[Event "HUN-chT 0809"]
[Site "Hungary"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Prohaszka"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 a6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O b5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. a3 Bb7 11. b4 Bd6
12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Nb3 e5 16. e4 Nd7
17. Rfd1 Qe6 18. Nbd2 Qh6 19. Nf1 Nf8 20. Ne3 Ne6 21. Ng4 Qf4
22. h3 Ng5 23. Rxc6 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qg5 25. Bc1 Qg6 26. Rb6 Bc8
27. f4 1-0

[Event "FSGM August"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Andreas Tzermiadianos"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ne4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 Rc8 13. b4 Nf6 14. Bb1 a5 15. bxa5 Ba3 16. Rc3 Bb4
17. Rc2 Qxa5 18. O-O O-O 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20. Ne5 Qd6 21. Rc5 Nd5
22. Qd3 g6 23. Rfc1 Rc7 24. Qd2 f6 25. Nf3 Nb6 26. Bd3 Na4
27. R5c2 Rfc8 28. e4 Kg7 29. e5 fxe5 30. Nxe5 Qxd4 31. Qg5 Rd8
32. Re2 Nc3 33. Ree1 Rf8 34. Nxg6 Qf6 35. Nxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS08 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2009.08.03"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Lajos Seres"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 d6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. b3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxa1 11. Neg5 c5
12. e4 fxe4 13. Nh4 Bf6 14. Bxe4 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rf6 16. Re1 Qf8
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bf3 a6 19. Qe2 Kf8 20. Bg4 Bxg4 21. Qxg4 b5
22. Re6 Qa1+ 23. Kg2 bxc4 24. Qf4+ Kg8 25. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Richard Dobias"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. O-O
Qc8 13. Qc2 Qb7 14. Rab1 axb4 15. axb4 b5 16. Nd2 Bd8 17. Ra1
Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Qa2 e5 21. Qa7 Qxa7
22. Rxa7 exd4 23. exd4 Rc8 24. Nb3 Kf8 25. Na5 Ke7 26. g4 h6
27. f3 g6 28. Kf2 h5 29. Ke3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Ne8 31. Kd3 Nef6
32. Kc2 Ne8 33. Ne2 Ng7 34. Nf4 Ne6 35. Nxe6 Kxe6 36. Ra6 Nb8
37. Ra8 Kd7 38. g5 Rf8 39. Kd3 Rc8 40. Ke3 Rf8 41. f4 Rc8
42. Kf3 Rf8 43. Kg4 Rc8 44. f5 Re8 45. Ra7+ Kc8 46. Rxf7 Re4+
47. Kf3 gxf5 48. g6 Re8 49. g7 Nd7 50. Nxc6 Kc7 51. Ne5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7
7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 a5 11. O-O Nh6 12. a3
Nc5 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Na4 f5 16. Nxc5 Qe7 17. Ne6
Bxe6 18. dxe6 fxe4 19. Ne1 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Qc5 21. Nf3 Rfe8
22. e7 exf3 23. Bxf3 e4 24. Bxe4 Bd4 25. Qf3 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2
Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 c6 28. Re1 Kf7 29. b4 Rxe7 30. b5 Rae8 31. Kf3
Kf6 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O
Nh5 13. Bh2 f5 14. Nd2 Nhf6 15. Nc4 Ne8 16. a5 Ne5 17. Nb6 Rb8
18. Ra3 Nf6 19. Re1 Nfd7 20. Rb3 Nxb6 21. Rxb6 g5 22. Bxa6 Ra8
23. Bf1 Rxa5 24. f4 Nd7 25. Rb5 Rxb5 26. Bxb5 gxf4 27. exf4
Qf7 28. Bg3 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Bh4 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 Nf6 32. Ne2
Bxb2 33. Qb1 Qg7 34. Ng3 Qh6 35. Bg5 Ng4+ 36. Kh1 Nf2+ 37. Kg1
Nxh3+ 38. gxh3 Qxh3 39. Qxb2 Qxg3+ 40. Qg2 Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Kf7
42. Bd8 c4 43. Kf2 c3 44. Ke3 b6 45. Bxb6 Bb7 46. Bc4 Kg6
47. Bd8 Kh5 48. Be2+ Kg6 49. Bf3 Ba6 50. Be7 h5 51. Bxd6 h4
52. Kf2 c2 53. Ba3 Kf6 54. Kg2 Bd3 55. Kh3 Be4 56. Bxe4 fxe4
57. Bc1 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgenij Miroshnichenko"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6
7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5
12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Qa4 Kb8 15. c5 Qc7 16. b4 Rc8
17. Kb1 Nf8 18. Ka1 b5 19. Qc2 Ng6 20. a4 a6 21. Kb2 Nh4
22. Bf1 Nf3 23. Bd3 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Qb7 25. Ra1 Kc7 26. f3 Nd7
27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra2 f6 29. Rha1 Ra8 30. Qh2+ e5 31. e4 Rxa2+
32. Rxa2 Kc8 33. exd5 exd4 34. dxc6 dxc3+ 35. Kxc3 Qxc6
36. Be4 Bd6 37. Qxd6 Qxd6 38. cxd6 Rd8 39. Kd4 Nb6 40. Kc5
Na4+ 41. Kc6 Kb8 42. d7 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Xander Wemmers"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 e5 11. O-O Ne4
12. Qc2 f5 13. d4 Ng5 14. d5 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qg5 16. e4 Nf6
17. Bc1 f4 18. c5 Qg6 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. Qc7 Ba6 21. Re1 Rfd8
22. Qc2 Rac8 23. Qd1 Rc4 24. Qa4 Bc8 25. Qb3 b5 26. Qd3 Rd4
27. Qe2 Bh3 28. Kh1 Bd7 29. Bb2 Rc4 30. Rac1 Rdc8 31. Rxc4
Rxc4 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 Qe8 34. Qc2 a6 35. Bd1 Qb8 36. Bd2
Qb6 37. Be1 Qd4 38. f3 Qa1 39. Bc3 Qxa3 40. Qd2 Kf7 41. g3 g5
42. gxf4 gxf4 43. Kg2 Ke7 44. Kf2 Bg4 45. Ke1 Bh3 46. Bb2 Qa2
47. Qc2 Bd7 48. Kd2 a5 49. bxa5 Qxa5+ 50. Kc1 Qb6 51. Bc3 Qc5
52. Qb2 Bh3 53. Kb1 Bf1 54. Bc2 Nd7 55. h4 Be2 56. Bb4 Qe3
57. Qa2 Qg1+ 58. Kb2 Qd4+ 59. Bc3 Qc5 60. Qb3 Bc4 61. Qb4
Qxb4+ 62. Bxb4 Be2 63. Kc3 Bxf3 64. Bd3 Nf6 65. Bxb5 Bxe4
66. Kd2 Bxd5 67. Ba6 Bc6 68. Ke2 Nd5 69. Be1 h5 70. Bd3 Kf6
71. Kf2 Ne7 72. Ba5 e4 73. Be2 Kg6 74. Bc7 Nf5 75. Ba6 e3+
76. Ke1 f3 77. Bb6 f2+ 78. Ke2 Bg2 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Kristian Trygstad"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5
7. a3 b6 8. Ne5 Ra7 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bxb7 Rxb7 11. Bb2 c5 12. Nc3
d6 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. h3 d5 16. Nb5 Ne4 17. Kg2 Bf6
18. Be5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 f4 20. gxf4 Qf7 21. Ng5 Nxg5 22. fxg5
Qh5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rf1+ Rf7 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. d4 Qxg5+
27. Kh1 Qg3 28. Qxh7 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 Qxe2+ 30. Kg1 Qe1+ 31. Kg2
Qe2+ 32. Kg3 Qe3+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "First Saturday februar GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.06"]
[EventDate "2010.02.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Gyula Pap"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Qc2 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. f3 Qe6
12. Bh4 b6 13. e3 Bb7 14. Be2 Rfe8 15. Bf2 c5 16. O-O Rac8
17. Rac1 Qc6 18. Bd3 Qe6 19. Bb1 Ba6 20. Rfe1 h6 21. e4 cxd4
22. Qxd4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4
26. Bxe4 Nf6 27. Bb1 Nd5 28. Ba2 Bb7 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Bh4 Rd7
31. Rd4 Kf8 32. Bb1 g5 33. Bg3 Bc6 34. Bf5 Rd8 35. b4 Ke7
36. Be4 Ke6 37. Bd3 f5 38. f4 b5 39. Bb1 Rd7 40. Ba2 Kf6
41. fxg5+ hxg5 42. Bf2 Ke5 43. Rd3 Nb6 44. Rxd7 Bxd7 45. g3 g4
46. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "First Saturday februar GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.07"]
[EventDate "2010.02.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Padmini Rout"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4
12. Be2 Nge5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rhg1 b5 15. Kb1 Rb8 16. a3 Rg8
17. Bg3 hxg5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Bh5 Rh8 21. g4
Rh6 22. Rgf1 Rf6 23. Qxg5 Kf8 24. Qxe5 b4 25. axb4 Rxb4
26. Rxf6 Bxf6 27. Qd6+ Qe7 28. Qxd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Bxc3
30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. b3 Rxe4 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Bf7 Re2 34. h3 Re3
35. Ka2 Re2 36. b4 Bxb4 37. Kb3 a5 38. Rf3 Be7 39. Be8 Bf6
40. Bb5 Re1 41. c4 Bd4 42. Kc2 e5 43. Kd2 Ra1 44. Bc6 a4
45. Ke2 a3 46. Bd5 Bc5 47. Rf7+ Kg6 48. Rc7 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "First Saturday februar GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.08"]
[EventDate "2010.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Zoltan Varga"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 c5 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O a6
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Bd7 9. a3 Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6
12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. f4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfd8
17. Nce4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qxb7 a5 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Qxe7
Bxe7 22. b5 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Bb7 24. Rc1 Rd2 25. Be5 Rd5 26. Rc7
Rxe5 27. Rxb7 Rxe3 28. Ra7 Rb3 29. a4 f4 30. h4 e5 31. h5 g6
32. h6 e4 33. Re7 Rb4 34. b6 Rxb6 35. Rxe4 Rb4 36. Re8+ Kf7
37. Rh8 Rxa4 38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rxg6 Ra3 41. Rf6
1-0

[Event "First Saturday februar GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.09"]
[EventDate "2010.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dinesh Sharma"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C35"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nbd7 7. d4 Nb6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Bxf4 Nbxd5
11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Qe6+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 c5 15. dxc5
Bxc5 16. c4 Nf6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Kxe3 O-O 19. Rhe1 Ng4+
20. Kd4 Rac8 21. h3 Rfd8+ 22. Kc3 b5 23. b3 Nf6 24. Rad1 Nd5+
25. Kb2 bxc4 26. bxc4 Rb8+ 27. Ka3 Rd6 28. cxd5 Ra6# 0-1

[Event "First Saturday februar GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.10"]
[EventDate "2010.02.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Zlatko Ilincic"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nhf6 11. Nf3 h5
12. Kb1 h4 13. Rc1 Kf8 14. Rhg1 g6 15. g4 hxg3 16. Rxg3 Nh5
17. Rg2 Ng7 18. Ne2 Rh6 19. Rcg1 Nf6 20. Nf4 Nf5 21. h4 Ke8
22. Ne5 Nxh4 23. Rh2 Kd8 24. Ka1 Bd7 25. f3 Kc7 26. Qf2 Rah8
27. Qg3 Kc8 28. Rgh1 Ne8 29. Rc1 Nc7 30. e4 dxe4 31. fxe4 g5
32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. exd5 Nf5 34. Rxh6 Rxh6 35. dxc6 bxc6 36. Ba6+
Kc7 37. Qc3 Kd8 38. d5 cxd5 39. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "First Saturday februar GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.11"]
[EventDate "2010.02.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Quinn"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. a3 Bd6
7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd2 b6 9. e4 c5 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 dxc4
12. Bxc4 a6 13. f4 Qc7 14. Ncb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 16. Nxd6
Qxd6 17. e5 Qd4 18. exf6 Bb7 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 Nxf6
21. Rhg1 Rac8+ 22. Kb1 Rfd8 23. Bc2 Ng4 24. Bc3 Ne3 25. Rxd8+
Rxd8 26. g3 h5 27. Re1 Nxc2 28. Kxc2 Bd5 29. Re3 f6 30. Bd4 b5
31. Bb6 Rb8 32. Ba5 Kf7 33. Rc3 Kg6 34. Rc7 Ra8 35. Bb4 Rd8
36. Be7 Be4+ 37. Kc1 Rh8 38. Kd2 h4 39. g4 Bf3 40. g5 Bd5
41. Ke3 Kf5 42. Rc5 Re8 43. Rc7 Rh8 44. Rc5 Rb8 45. gxf6 gxf6
46. Bd6 Rd8 47. Bc7 Rg8 48. Rxb5 Rg2 49. a4 Rxh2 50. Rb8 h3
0-1

[Event "First Saturday februar GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[EventDate "2010.02.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Fabian Platzgummer"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3
Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. Nc3 Ne4
12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be4 14. Bb2 Qa5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Nxd7
Rfd8 17. Ne5 Be4 18. Qg4 Bc2 19. Rdc1 cxd4 20. Rxc2 Qxe5
21. cxd4 Qg5 22. Qxg5 Bxg5 23. Rc7 Rdb8 24. Rd1 Bd8 25. Rd7 b5
26. d5 exd5 27. R1xd5 b4 28. Be5 Rc8 29. Rb5 Bb6 30. Rxb4 Rc1+
31. Kg2 Rc2 32. Rb2 Rac8 33. Rd2 R2c4 34. Kf3 h5 35. Bd4 Bxd4
36. Rxd4 R4c6 37. Rb7 Ra6 38. a4 Ra5 39. e4 Rc3+ 40. Kg2 Rc6
41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Rxf7 Rxa4 43. Rdd7 Rg6 44. Rf5 Kh6 45. Rdd5
1-0

[Event "First Saturday februar GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[EventDate "2010.02.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bill Paschall"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. b3 O-O
7. Bb2 e5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. Bb5 d4
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. exd4 Ba6 14. dxe5 Qe6 15. O-O-O Nd5 16. Ba3
Rfd8 17. Ng5 Qh6 18. Qf5 Bd3 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. h4 Bg6 21. h5
Qxg5 22. hxg6 h6 23. g3 c5 24. f4 1-0

[Event "First Saturday februar GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[EventDate "2010.02.06"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Denes Boros"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. axb5 cxb5
7. b3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 a5 10. bxc4 b4 11. Ne5 Nf6
12. Be2 O-O 13. Bf3 Ra7 14. O-O Qc7 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Nxd7 Nbxd7
17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. g3 e5 19. c5 exd4 20. exd4 Nf8 21. d5 Qe5
22. Nc4 Qf5 23. Kg2 Ne4 24. Qc2 Nxg3 25. Nd6 1-0

[Event "First Saturday februar GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[EventDate "2010.02.06"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Farago"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7
12. e4 e5 13. Bg5 exd4 14. Rxd4 Ne5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. g3 Bc5
17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Nh4 Ng6 19. Nf5 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Rd8 21. Qh6 Bf8
22. Qh3 Qe5 23. a3 Rd2 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 c5 26. f4 Qe6
27. Bf3 Qb3 28. Qg2 b4 29. axb4 cxb4 30. Bd1 Qe6 31. Bg4 Qb6+
0-1

[Event "First Saturday februar GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.17"]
[EventDate "2010.02.06"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Sekhar Chandra Sahu"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6
7. e4 a6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bxg5
12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. axb5 Bg4 14. f3 Bf5 15. Kh1 Qg6 16. Be2 Bxb1
17. Qxb1 Qxb1 18. Rfxb1 a5 19. Ra3 Re8 20. Bf1 Nd7 21. Rba1
Kf8 22. Kg1 Nb6 23. Rxa5 Rab8 24. Ra7 Re7 25. Rxe7 Kxe7
26. Ra7+ Kf6 27. g4 g5 28. b3 Ra8 29. Rb7 Nxd5 30. b6 Ke5
31. Bc4 f6 32. Kf2 Ra2+ 33. Kg3 h5 34. gxh5 Nf4 35. Re7+ Kf5
36. Be6+ Ke5 37. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "First Saturday februar GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[EventDate "2010.02.06"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yu Lie"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Bf5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bd6 15. Rab1 Qe7 16. a3 a5
17. Nh4 Qe6 18. Rfe1 f5 19. Qb3 b5 20. a4 b4 21. Ne2 g5
22. Nf3 Nf6 23. Nc1 Ne4 24. Qc2 Rac8 25. Nd3 h5 26. Qe2 Kg7
27. Rbc1 Rh8 28. Nde5 h4 29. gxh4 g4 30. Ng5 Qh6 31. Nxe4 Qxh4
32. f4 dxe4 33. Qc4 Bxe5 34. fxe5 g3 35. Kf1 Qg4 36. Kg1 Rh2
0-1

[Event "Gotth' Art Cup GM"]
[Site "Szentgotthard HUN"]
[Date "2010.02.22"]
[EventDate "2010.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. O-O Bb7
12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd6 16. f4
Qe7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. b4 Bd6 19. e4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nd7 21. Nxd7
Qxd7 22. Bb5 Qe7 23. e5 Bb8 24. Bc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Rd8 26. b5
h6 27. h3 Qd7 28. Kh2 Qd5 29. a4 Qb3 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 g5
32. Kg3 Kg7 33. Kf3 gxf4 34. Kxf4 Rd7 35. Ke4 Bc7 36. Bd4 Bd8
37. Rc6 Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gotth' Art Cup GM"]
[Site "Szentgotthard HUN"]
[Date "2010.02.23"]
[EventDate "2010.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tamas Banusz"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7
7. e4 O-O 8. Nc2 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Be3
Ba6 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nb5 d5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Nb4 Bxb4+ 17. axb4
Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. O-O Nc7 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+
22. Rxc1 Qd7 23. Qc4 Nd5 24. Bf2 Ne7 25. g3 Rc8 26. Qf1 Rxc1
27. Qxc1 h5 28. Qc4 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Nd5 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qe8 Qe2
32. Kg1 h4 33. Qd8 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Gotth' Art Cup GM"]
[Site "Szentgotthard HUN"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[EventDate "2010.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Levente Vajda"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7
7. Be2 e5 8. O-O h6 9. d5 a5 10. Nd2 Nh7 11. Qc2 Ng5 12. Kh1
b6 13. a3 f5 14. f3 Nf6 15. b4 Nh5 16. c5 bxc5 17. bxc5 Nf7
18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Bb5 f4 20. Bf2 g5 21. Be2 Nf6 22. Na4 g4
23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Qb3 Rb8 26. Qc3 g3 27. Ba7 Rb7
28. Bg1 gxh2 29. Bf2 Nh5 30. Rfb1 Rc7 31. Nc4 Ng3+ 32. Bxg3
fxg3 33. Qxa5 h5 34. Rb6 Qg5 35. Rc6 Rb7 36. Rb6 Rxb6 37. Qxb6
Rc8 38. a4 h4 39. Qb7 Qd8 40. a5 Rb8 41. a6 Rxb7 42. axb7 Kh7
43. Ra8 Qg5 44. Ra1 Qd8 45. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gotth' Art Cup GM"]
[Site "Szentgotthard HUN"]
[Date "2010.02.25"]
[EventDate "2010.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4
Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc7+ Rd7
16. Rac1 Kd8 17. Rxd7+ Kxd7 18. e4 b6 19. e5 Rb8 20. Bc6+ Kd8
21. d5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Be6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rc4 Rb7 25. Rh4 h6
26. Rg4 Ke8 27. Rc4 Rd7+ 28. Ke3 Rd5 29. f4 Ra5 30. a4 Kd7
31. Ke4 b5 32. axb5 Rxb5 33. f5 a5 34. fxe6+ Kxe6 35. Rc6+ Kf7
36. Ra6 Rb2 37. h4 Re2+ 38. Kd5 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gotth' Art Cup GM"]
[Site "Szentgotthard HUN"]
[Date "2010.02.26"]
[EventDate "2010.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Peter Prohaszka"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O
7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Be2 Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 Nf6
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. a4 a5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 Rfc8
17. Qxe4 Qxb5 18. axb5 dxe4 19. Rfc1 Bf8 20. Rc4 e6 21. Rac1
Rd8 22. Rc7 Rab8 23. f3 exf3 24. gxf3 h5 25. f4 Bd6 26. b6 Kf8
27. Bc3 Ke8 28. Be1 Rd7 29. R7c4 Ra8 30. Ra1 Rdd8 31. Bxa5 Kd7
32. Raa4 Rdc8 33. Kf1 Be7 34. Ke2 Bd8 35. Kd3 Rxc4 36. Kxc4
Kc6 37. e4 Rc8 38. Kd3 Kb5 39. Bd2 Kxb6 40. Ba5+ Kb5 41. Bxd8
Rxd8 42. Rc4 Kb6 43. h4 Ra8 44. Ra4 Rd8 45. Ke3 Kc7 46. Ra5
Kb6 47. Rg5 Rc8 48. f5 Rc3+ 49. Kf4 gxf5 50. exf5 Rxb3
51. Rxh5 Rb5 52. Ke4 Kc6 53. Rg5 f6 54. Rh5 Kd6 55. Rh7 Rxf5
56. Rxb7 Rh5 57. Rb6+ Kd7 58. Kd3 Rxh4 59. d5 Rh8 60. Kd2 Rh5
61. Ke3 Rh8 62. Ke4 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gotth' Art Cup GM"]
[Site "Szentgotthard HUN"]
[Date "2010.02.27"]
[EventDate "2010.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Martin Neubauer"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2
O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Ng3 Bg4 9. Nce2 Re8 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. c3 Bf8
12. Qc2 g6 13. f3 Be6 14. Rae1 Qb6 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Be7
17. Bc1 Ne5 18. f4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. f5 gxf5
22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 axb4 24. axb4 Ra1 25. Ref1 Ne4 26. Bh6
Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Ra8 28. Rc1 Bh4 29. g3 Bf6 30. Rc2 b5 31. Kg2
Ra3 32. Kf3 Be7 33. Kg4 f6 34. Kf5 Kf7 35. Bf4 Bf8 36. g4 Ra1
37. Nc1 Ra3 38. Ne2 Be7 39. h4 Rb3 40. h5 Ra3 41. Bh6 Ra8
42. Bf4 Ra3 43. Bh6 Ra1 44. Nc1 Rb1 45. Bf4 Ra1 46. Bh6 Ng3+
47. Kf4 Bd6+ 48. Kf3 Ne4 49. Ra2 Rxa2 50. Nxa2 Be7 51. Be3 Ke6
52. Bf2 f5 53. Be1 Bg5 0-1

[Event "Gotth' Art Cup GM"]
[Site "Szentgotthard HUN"]
[Date "2010.03.01"]
[EventDate "2010.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Albert Bokros"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4
12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Ne5 b5 15. Qb4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nc4
17. Bxc4 a5 18. Qc5 bxc4 19. e4 Re8 20. f4 Qe7 21. Qf2 Rad8
22. Rad1 f6 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Qb6 Ba8 25. e5 Qe7 26. Qxa5 c5
27. Na4 Bc6 28. Nb6 Rf8 29. a4 d4 30. Nxc4 Ra8 31. Qd2 Bxa4
32. Rc1 Bb5 33. b3 Bxc4 34. Rxc4 Rab8 35. Rfc1 Rb5 36. g3 Rd8
37. Qd3 Qe6 38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Qxb5 d3 40. Qc4 Kf7 41. Rd1 g5
42. fxg5 Qxc4 43. bxc4 Ke6 44. Kf2 Kxe5 45. Ke3 Rd4 46. Rxd3
Rxc4 47. Rd7 Kf5 48. Rxh7 Kxg5 49. Kf3 Rc3+ 50. Kg2 Rc2+
51. Kh3 Ra2 52. Rb7 Ra5 53. Rb3 Rc5 54. g4 Ra5 55. Kg3 Ra6
56. Rb5+ Kg6 57. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Gotth' Art Cup GM"]
[Site "Szentgotthard HUN"]
[Date "2010.03.02"]
[EventDate "2010.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tamas Fodor Jr"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 c5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qa5+
12. Ke2 Kxe7 13. g3 Qb6 14. b3 Rd8 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 f6
17. Rd1 Rxd1 18. Kxd1 e5 19. Kc1 Be6 20. Be2 a5 21. Nd2 Qb4
22. Kb2 Rd8 23. Nb1 a4 24. Rc1 axb3 25. axb3 Bf5 26. Rd1 Rxd1
27. Bxd1 Nd3+ 28. Ka2 Qa5+ 29. Na3 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Gotth' Art Cup GM"]
[Site "Szentgotthard HUN"]
[Date "2010.03.03"]
[EventDate "2010.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Nf8 9. Nge2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O O-O
12. f3 Re8 13. Rad1 b6 14. Kh1 Bb7 15. Bf2 Qc8 16. e4 dxe4
17. fxe4 c5 18. e5 Ng4 19. d5 Nxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Nd4 21. Qd2 Bh4
22. g3 Bd8 23. Qf4 Qc7 24. Kg1 g5 25. Qg4 Rxe5 26. Nxd4 cxd4
27. Qxd4 f6 28. Bf5 b5 29. Be6+ Kg7 30. Rdf1 Qb6 31. Qg4 Qe3
32. Qb4 Rxe6 33. dxe6 Qxe6 34. Nxb5 Qd5 35. Rf3 Bb6+ 36. Kg2
Re8 37. Nd6 Re2+ 38. Kh3 h5 39. Nf5+ Qxf5+ 0-1

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.05"]
[EventDate "2010.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Avraham Malachi"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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 g5 10. Bg3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2
Nh6 13. f3 f5 14. Bf2 Ng6 15. g3 fxe4 16. fxe4 b6 17. Be3 a6
18. h3 Nf7 19. Bg4 Nh6 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. Qh5 Nf7 22. O-O Bf6
23. Rf5 Kg7 24. Raf1 Be7 25. Rxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7
27. Qxh7+ Kf6 28. Nf3 Nf4 1-0

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.06"]
[EventDate "2010.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Salih Haskovic"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. Qxd5 Nf6 5. Qe5+ Be7 6. h3
O-O 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3 d5 9. Qc1 d4 10. g3 Bf5 11. a3 Qd7
12. Bg2 Rfe8 13. g4 Bg6 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7
17. Re1 Rae8 18. Bf1 h5 19. Qg5 hxg4 20. hxg4 Ne5 21. Nxe5
Rxe5 22. Qh4 Nf4 23. Nd2 Nxe2+ 24. Bxe2 Rxe2 25. Nf3 Bxc2
26. Rxe2 Rxe2 27. Kg2 Re4 28. Kg3 f5 29. Nh2 d3 30. f3 Qd6+
31. Kh3 Re6 32. g5 d2 33. Qc4 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.07"]
[EventDate "2010.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vladislav Nevednichy"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. O-O Re8 9. h3 a6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 exd5 12. exd5
Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Bf4 b5 17. cxb5
axb5 18. Bxb5 Bd7 19. Bc4 Qf6 20. Rae1 Na6 21. Rxe8 Bxe8
22. Nh2 Qd8 23. Ng4 h5 24. Nh2 Nc7 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bf4 Bf7
27. Nf3 Qd7 28. b3 Kg8 29. a4 g5 30. Bh2 Bf8 31. Qd3 Kg7
32. Ne1 Bg6 33. Qd1 Qf5 34. Nd3 Ra7 35. f4 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4
37. Nf2 Bf7 38. Bd3 Qh5 39. Ne4 g3 40. Qxh5 Bxh5 41. Nxg3 Bf7
42. Nf5+ Kg8 43. Bc4 Bxd5 44. Bxd5+ Nxd5 45. Rd1 Nc3 46. Rd3
Ne2+ 47. Kf2 Nc1 48. Rc3 Na2 49. Rg3+ Kh7 50. Rh3+ Kg8 51. Kf3
d5 52. Bg1 Rb7 53. Kg4 d4 54. Bf2 Nc1 55. a5 d3 56. Be1 Rxb3
57. a6 Ra3 58. a7 Rxa7 59. Bd2 Ra2 60. Bxc1 Rxg2+ 61. Kh5 c4
62. Ne3 d2 63. Bxd2 Rxd2 64. Nxc4 Rd4 65. Ne3 Kf7 66. Kg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.08"]
[EventDate "2010.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Artyom Timofeev"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 b5 5. a3 b4 6. axb4 Bxb4
7. Bd2 Ne7 8. Na4 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Nh3 dxe4 11. fxe4 e5
12. dxe5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Nd7 15. e6 Ne5 16. Nc5
N7g6 17. Ke3 fxe6 18. Be2 Nf4 19. Rhf1 g5 20. h4 Nxe2 21. hxg5
Rfb8 22. b3 Nc3 23. Kd4 Rb5 24. Nxe6 Ne2+ 25. Ke3 Nc3 26. Rxa7
Rab8 27. Rf4 Kh8 28. Rg7 Re8 29. Rh4 Ng4+ 30. Kd3 h6 31. Rxg4
Nd1 32. Rf4 Rxe6 33. Rd7 Rxg5 34. Kd2 Rg1 35. Rf8+ Rg8
36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. Kxd1 Rxe4 38. Rd6 Rh4 39. Rxc6 Rxh2 40. b4
Kf7 41. b5 Ke7 42. Kc1 Kd7 43. Kb2 Rh5 44. c4 Rh3 45. c5 Rg3
46. Rxh6 Rg5 47. Rc6 Rg3 48. Rd6+ Kc7 49. b6+ Kb7 50. Rd7+ Kc8
51. c6 1-0

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.09"]
[EventDate "2010.05.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Nebojsa Nikcevic"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6
7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 c5
12. Bd2 a5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Be1 cxd4
17. exd4 Bf4 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Qc6 21. Nf3
Nb6 22. Rd2 a4 23. Rc2 Qe8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Bd1 Bxf3 26. Qxf3
Qc1 27. Nf1 Nfd5 28. Qe2 g6 29. Qc2 Qa1 30. h4 Qxa2 31. h5 Qc4
32. Qe4 Qc1 33. Qe5 Qf4 34. Qe2 Qxd4 35. Qb5 Kg7 36. Qe8 Qxd1
37. h6+ Kxh6 38. Qf8+ Kg5 39. Qg7 Nc4 40. g4 Nd2 41. Qe5+ f5
0-1

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.10"]
[EventDate "2010.05.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Goran Djurovic"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 axb4
7. cxb4 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. a4 bxc5 11. b5 Bd6
12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 Qb8 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. e4 Bf4 16. O-O c4
17. Bc3 Qb7 18. e5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Nc5
22. Qc2 Nb3 23. Ra2 Rd8 24. Re1 Rd3 25. Bb4 Rc8 26. Bc3 h5
27. h3 Rcd8 28. Kh2 h4 29. Re3 Rb8 30. a5 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Qxb5
32. Qxe4 Qd5 33. Qxh4 Qd3 34. Qe1 Ra8 35. Bb4 Ra6 36. Qc3 Qd5
37. Rf2 Ra8 38. Ra2 Qb5 39. Rc2 Rc8 40. e4 Rc6 41. Rf2 Ra6
42. Be7 Rxa5 43. Bf6 gxf6 44. Qg3+ Kf8 45. exf6 Qe5 46. Rf4
Nc5 47. Qg7+ Ke8 48. Qg8+ Kd7 49. Qxf7+ Kc6 50. Qe8+ Nd7
51. Kg3 Qg5+ 52. Rg4 Ra3+ 53. Kh2 Qe5+ 54. Kg1 Ra1+ 55. Kf2
Qxf6+ 56. Kg3 Ra3+ 57. Kh2 Qe5+ 58. Kg1 Ra1+ 59. Kf2 c3
60. Qc8+ Qc7 61. Qh8 Qb6+ 62. Kg3 Qb8+ 63. Qxb8 Nxb8 64. e5
Kd5 65. Ra4 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[EventDate "2010.05.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Aghasi Inants"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6
7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. a4 a6
12. Ng3 Re8 13. e4 e5 14. Nf5 Bc7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8
17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. b4 Bc3 20. Qf3 Bxb4 21. Bb2 c5
22. Rd1 Qb6 23. Qg3 g6 24. Qg5 c4 25. Bxf6 cxd3 26. e5 Qc6
27. Ne3 Bc5 28. h4 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Qc2 30. Rf1 Qe2 31. Rf2 Qe1+
32. Rf1 d2 33. Qg4 Bd5 34. Qd1 Qxe3+ 35. Rf2 b4 36. Qxd2 Qxd2
37. Rxd2 Be6 38. Kf2 b3 39. Ke1 Rb8 40. Rb2 Bf5 41. Kd2 Bc2
42. Ke3 Rb4 43. Kf3 Kf8 44. Kg3 Ke8 45. Kh3 Kd7 46. g4 Ke6
47. Kg3 Ra4 0-1

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.12"]
[EventDate "2010.05.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erik Andrew Kislik"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1
Qb7 18. Nf1 Rfc8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Qe2 Bd8 21. Bd3 Rcb8 22. Red1
Ne8 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Bc5 Rc8 26. b4 axb3
27. axb3 Bg5 28. Rc3 Ng7 29. b4 Ne6 30. Qb2 Bc6 31. Bb1 Rd8
32. Rcd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Nxc5 34. bxc5 Qa7 35. Qxe5 Qa1 36. Qxa1
Rxa1 37. Rd1 Be7 38. Rc1 b4 39. Ne2 b3 40. Bd3 b2 41. Rb1 Bb5
0-1

[Event "40th Bosna Open"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[EventDate "2010.05.05"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Maiorov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Nh5 7. Bd2 e6 8. e3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O f5 11. a3 Nf6
12. b4 O-O 13. Na4 Nb8 14. b5 Be8 15. Qb3 Nbd7 16. Bb4 Bxb4
17. Qxb4 Bh5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Qd6 Bf7 21. Rfc1
Rc8 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. e6 Nb6 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Qf4 Nxa4
26. Qxa4 Qb6 27. Qf4 g6 28. a4 Rc5 29. Rxc5 Qxc5 30. Rd1 Re8
31. h4 Kg7 32. h5 Re4 33. h6+ Kf6 34. Qb8 Kg5 35. g3 Qc2
36. Rxd5 Kg4 37. Kg2 Qe2 38. Qd6 Qf3+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 40. Ke2
Qf3+ 41. Ke1 Kh3 42. Qa3 Rc4 43. Rc5 Rd4 44. Rc1 Kg2 45. Qa2
Rb4 46. Qc2 g5 47. Ra1 g4 48. Ra2 Kh3 49. Rb2 Re4 50. a5 f4
51. gxf4 g3 52. Qc8+ Kg2 53. fxg3+ Kg1 54. Re2 Ra4 55. Qc3
Qf1+ 56. Kd2 Ra2+ 57. Kd3 Qxe2+ 58. Ke4 Ra4+ 59. Kf5 Qh5+
60. Ke6 Re4+ 61. Kd7 Qf7+ 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup Men"]
[Site "Chur SUI"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francois Fargere"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3
d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 Be6 10. c3 Bf6 11. cxd4 Bxd4
12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qb3 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Qh4+ 16. Ke2
Rae8+ 17. Be3 Rxe3+ 18. Kxe3 Re8+ 19. Kd2 Qf2+ 20. Kc3 Rxe1
21. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 22. Kd4 Bxc4 23. Qxb7 Qh4+ 24. Kc3 g6 25. dxc4
Qxh2 26. Qxa7 Qg3+ 27. Kb4 Qxg2 28. Qd4 h5 29. b3 Qg3 30. a4
h4 31. a5 h3 32. a6 Qe1+ 33. Kb5 Qe8+ 34. Kb4 Qe7+ 35. Kb5 h2
36. Qd5 Qd6 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. c5 Qd7+ 39. Qc6 Qxc6+ 40. Kxc6
h1=Q+ 41. Kxc7 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup Men"]
[Site "Chur SUI"]
[Date "2010.05.30"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Luka Lenic"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+
Nbd7 7. Nf5 d5 8. exd5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. Ne3 Bc5
12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Bd2 Bd4 15. Rd1 Nbd7 16. Nf5 Nc5
17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Ng3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Nf5
Rfe8 22. Be3 Qe6 23. Bxd4 Qxf5 24. Be3 Rac8 25. Rd2 e4 26. f4
Qf6 27. O-O Qxb2 28. f5 Qf6 29. Bd4 Qg5 30. Be3 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup Men"]
[Site "Chur SUI"]
[Date "2010.05.31"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Florian Jenni"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5
7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Nxf1 exd5 11. Ng3 Bd6
12. b3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nf5 Rac8 15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. Qb1 Bf8
17. O-O Qb7 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Ng3 Bg7 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. dxc5 bxc5
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nf4 Ndf6 24. Qb2 d4 25. exd4 c4 26. b4 c3
27. Qc2 a5 28. Rb1 axb4 29. axb4 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Qxd5 31. b5 Rb8
32. Ne5 Nd2 33. Rb4 Rec8 34. b6 Qd6 35. Nd3 Rxb6 36. Rxb6 Qxb6
37. Nc5 Qb2 38. Rc1 Ra8 39. Nd3 Qxc2 40. Rxc2 Nb3 41. Kf1 Ra3
42. Rxc3 Nd2+ 43. Ke2 Rxc3 44. Kxd2 Ra3 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Ke4
Ke6 47. Nc5+ Kd6 48. Nb7+ Kc7 49. Nc5 Ra2 50. Ke3 Kc6 51. Ne4
Ra5 52. h4 h6 53. g4 Kd5 54. Nf6+ Ke6 55. Ne4 Ra3+ 56. Kf4 Rh3
57. f3 Rxh4 58. Nf2 Kd5 59. Kg3 g5 60. Kg2 Kxd4 61. Ne4 Rxg4+
0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup Men"]
[Site "Chur SUI"]
[Date "2010.06.01"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Markus Ragger"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3
d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Be6 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Nc6 11. b3 Nxc3
12. Qxc3 Qd5 13. Rb1 Rfd8 14. Rd1 Rd6 15. d3 Rad8 16. Bd2 Qb5
17. Bf1 Bf5 18. e4 Bg4 19. Rdc1 Rxd3 20. Qc2 Rxd2 21. Bxb5
Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Nd4 23. Rd2 Rd6 24. Bf1 c5 25. Rd3 g6 26. Rc3 b6
27. b4 cxb4 28. axb4 a4 29. Rc7 Be6 30. Ra7 Bb3 31. h3 Rc6
32. Ra6 Rc3 33. b5 Nc2 34. Rxb6 a3 35. Ra6 a2 36. Rc1 Na3
37. Rxc3 a1=Q 38. Rxb3 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup Men"]
[Site "Chur SUI"]
[Date "2010.06.02"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Zoran Jovanovic"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Qe8 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. b4 Bg4 10. b5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qe6
12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qc1 Qe7 16. c5 c6
17. a4 Nd7 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Qc4 h5 20. Rab1 Nf8 21. Qa6 Ne6
22. Rb7 Rd7 23. Rfb1 Rc7 24. Be2 Bf8 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Rb7 Qc8
27. Bc4 Rb8 28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. h3 Nd8 30. Kh2 Qb7 31. Qa5 Qd7
32. g3 Qe7 33. h4 Kh7 34. Bg5 f6 35. Be3 Bh6 36. Bxh6 Kxh6
37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Bb3 Kf8 39. Qb4 Kg7 40. Qb8 Qd7 41. a5 Kh7
42. a6 Kg7 43. Ba2 Kh7 44. Bc4 Kg7 45. Kf3 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qd7
47. Kh2 Qe7 48. Qc8 Kf8 49. Be6 Ke8 50. Bh3 Qf7 51. Kg1 Qe7
52. Kg2 Qf7 53. Kg1 Qe7 54. Kf1 Qf7 55. Ke1 Qe7 56. Kf1 Qf7
57. Kg2 Qe7 58. Kh1 Qf7 59. g4 Qe6 60. gxh5 Qxc8 61. Bxc8 gxh5
62. Kg2 Ke7 63. Kg3 Ne6 64. Bxe6 Kxe6 65. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup Men"]
[Site "Chur SUI"]
[Date "2010.06.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Simacek"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Qe3 Qe7 13. Bd3 Qa7 14. Qh3 b4 15. Ne2 Qc5 16. Kb1 a5
17. f5 e5 18. c3 Rb8 19. Rc1 b3 20. a3 h5 21. Rcd1 Ke7
22. Rhf1 Bh6 23. Rf3 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Rff1 Rbg8 26. Ng3
Qc6 27. Rfe1 Bxg2 28. Qh4 Bg5 29. Qd4 Kf8 30. Qa7 Kg7 31. Be4
Bxe4+ 32. Nxe4 Rd8 33. Nxg5 fxg5 34. Qxa5 Qe4+ 35. Ka1 Rd2
36. Rc1 Ra8 37. Qc5 Rc2 38. Qe7 Qxf5 39. Rcd1 Rxb2 40. Qxe5+
Qxe5 41. Rxe5 Rg2 42. Rb5 Rxa3+ 43. Kb1 Ra4 44. Rf1 f6 45. h3
Rh2 46. Rxb3 Rxh3 47. Rb7+ Kg6 48. Rb6 Rf4 49. Rxf4 gxf4
50. Kc2 h4 51. Kd2 Re3 52. Rb8 Kf5 53. Rh8 Kg4 54. c4 Re7
55. Rg8+ Kf3 56. Rh8 Kg3 57. Rg8+ Kf2 58. Rg4 f3 59. Rxh4 Kg3
60. Rh5 Re5 61. Rh6 Re6 62. Rg6+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup Men"]
[Site "Chur SUI"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Niclas Huschenbeth"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5
7. a4 Bb7 8. e6 fxe6 9. Be2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qd5 11. Ng5 Qxg2
12. Rf1 Nd7 13. Nxe6 Rc8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ra7 Qc6 16. Bg4 Qb6
17. Nc5 Qxa7 18. Bxd7+ Kd8 19. Qh5 g6 20. Bxb5 c6 21. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup Men"]
[Site "Chur SUI"]
[Date "2010.06.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 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 Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 c5 15. g4 Nxg4 16. Qe2 f5
17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qd5 19. Bxh6 Qe4 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Nd2
Qb4 22. Nb3 a5 23. Bd4 e5 24. h6 Rae8 25. hxg7 Bxg7 26. Bc3
Qe4 27. Qf1 a4 28. Na5 Qf3 29. Rd3 Qxf2 30. Qh3 Rd8 31. Rxd8
Rxd8 32. Nxb7 Rd5 33. c6 Ne3 34. Qh7+ Kf7 35. Qh5+ Kf6 36. c7
Qxc2+ 37. Ka1 a3 38. Qh4+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ Kf6 40. Qh4+ Kf7
41. Nd8+ Ke8 42. Qh5+ Kd7 43. Ne6 axb2+ 44. Bxb2 Rd1+
45. Rxd1+ Qxd1+ 46. Qxd1+ Nxd1 47. Nxg7 f4 48. Nf5 f3 49. Bc1
Kxc7 50. Kb1 Nc3+ 51. Kc2 Ne2 52. Bb2 Kc6 53. Kd3 Kb5 54. Ne3
Nd4 55. Ng4 Kb4 56. Ke3 Ka4 57. Nf2 Nc2+ 58. Kd2 Nb4 59. a3
Nc6 60. Ne4 Kb3 61. Bc1 Nd4 62. Kd3 f2 63. Nxf2 Nc2 64. Ng4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup Men"]
[Site "Chur SUI"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Marian Jurcik"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 a6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5 Rb8 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Qa4 Rfc8 16. Nxa6 bxa6
17. Rxc6 Rxc6 18. Qxc6 Rxb2 19. Qc8+ Qf8 20. Qxa6 Qb8 21. Ne5
h5 22. a4 Ng4 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. Nd7 Qb4 25. Qc8+ Kh7 26. Qe8
Rb1 27. f3 gxf3 28. Qd8 f2+ 29. Kxf2 Qd2+ 30. Kg3 Qxe3+
31. Rf3 Qe1+ 32. Rf2 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "Balaton International Chess Festival (A Group)"]
[Site "Heviz HUN"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[EventDate "2010.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Oleg Romanishin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. h3 Bxb5 8. cxb5 a6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 axb5 11. Ndxb5 O-O
12. Be3 Nc6 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Rad1 Rfc8 15. a3 Qe6 16. Nd5 Qxe4
17. Nbc3 Qe5 18. Nb6 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Qb5
Rb8 22. Rfe1 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. b4 Ra8 25. b5 Na5 26. Bd4
Nc4 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Re4 Nxa3 29. Ra1 Ra5 30. Re3 Nc4
31. Rxa5 Nxa5 32. Rxe5 Kf8 33. Rc5 Ke8 34. b6 Nb3 35. Rc8+ Kd7
36. Rc7+ Kd6 37. Rxb7 Nc5 38. Rb8 Kc6 39. Rf8 f6 40. Rf7 h5
41. Rxe7 Kxb6 42. Rf7 Ne4 43. f3 1-0

[Event "Balaton International Chess Festival (A Group)"]
[Site "Heviz HUN"]
[Date "2010.06.20"]
[EventDate "2010.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Oleg Romanishin"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. O-O d6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Rb1 e5 11. Na2 Bc7 12. b4
Rb8 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Na4 b6 15. e3 Qd7 16. b5 Ne7 17. Bb2 Ng6
18. Rbd1 Bh3 19. Nc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 d5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5
Qxd5 23. Qc4 Rbd8 24. h4 Qxc4 25. dxc4 e4 26. Nd2 f5 27. h5
Ne5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Nb3 Kf7 30. Kh3 Kf6 31. Kh4 g5+ 32. hxg6
Kxg6 33. Nc1 Bf6+ 34. Kh3 Be5 35. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balaton International Chess Festival (A Group)"]
[Site "Heviz HUN"]
[Date "2010.06.21"]
[EventDate "2010.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Kamil Miton"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 f6
12. Bd2 Nh6 13. c5 Nxc5 14. Qc1 Nf7 15. Nd5 Ne6 16. Nxc7 Nxc7
17. Qxc7 Nd8 18. Rfc1 Be6 19. b4 Rf7 20. Qc3 Bf8 21. Be3 Qa4
22. a3 Rc8 23. Qb2 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rd7 25. Nd2 Nc6 26. Bd1 Qb5
27. Bb3 Bxb3 28. Qxb3+ Kg7 29. Qe6 Rf7 30. Qe8 Qd3 31. Bh6+
Kg8 32. b5 Qd8 33. Qxd8 Nxd8 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Rc8 Rd7 36. Nc4
b6 37. Ne3 Kf7 38. Nd5 Ne6 39. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYCC Open U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Panay Papadopoulos"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O
7. Bb2 d6 8. Nc3 c5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 Qc7
12. Rac1 Rac8 13. d4 Rfd8 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 b5 16. Ne1 Bf8
17. g4 Nb6 18. g5 Nfd7 19. a3 Re8 20. Qg4 Qd8 21. Ne2 a5
22. Ng3 Ne5 23. Qe2 Ra8 24. Be4 Bc8 25. f4 Bg4 26. Nf3 Nxf3+
27. Bxf3 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 a4 29. e4 axb3 30. Qxb3 Nc4 31. Qxb5
Nxb2 32. Qxb2 Qa5 33. Rd3 Reb8 34. Qe2 Qa4 35. Qa2 Qb5 36. Qc2
Ra4 37. Kg2 Rb7 38. h4 Rb8 39. h5 Rb7 40. Rc3 Qb2 41. Kf3 Qb5
42. Nf1 Rba7 43. Qb3 Qe8 44. Ng3 f6 45. gxf6 gxf6 46. Rg1 Kh8
47. Qb2 Rd4 48. Rb3 f5 49. Rb8 fxe4+ 50. Kf2 Qf7 51. Ne2 Raa4
52. Rg4 h6 53. Nxd4 cxd4 54. Qc2 Rxa3 55. Qxe4 Ra2+ 56. Ke1
Ra1+ 57. Rb1 Rxb1+ 58. Qxb1 Qxd5 59. Qg6 Qa2 60. Qf6+ Kh7
61. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "WYCC Open U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grzegorz Nasuta"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nf6
7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. a4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be5 Bf5 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. a5 Bh6 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Nb3 Re8
17. Nc5 Qc8 18. Ra3 Bf8 19. Rc3 f6 20. Bg3 e5 21. dxe5 Qb8
22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Bb4 24. Rb3 c5 25. Qf3 Qd6 26. Rc1 fxe5
27. d4 cxd4 28. Rxb4 Rac8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. h3 Qxb4 31. Qxd5+
Kf8 32. Bxe5 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Re8 34. Bxd4 a6 35. Bc5+ Kg7
36. Bd4+ Kf8 37. Qd6+ Qe7 38. Qxa6 Qf7 39. Qf6 Qxf6 40. Bxf6
Kf7 41. Bd4 Ke6 42. a6 Kd5 43. Be3 Kc4 44. a7 Ra8 45. Kg3 Kb3
46. Kg4 h6 47. h4 Kxb2 48. h5 g5 49. Kf5 Rg8 50. Kf6 1-0

[Event "WYCC Open U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Matthias Bluebaum"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc1 f5 10. exf5 exd4 11. Bg5 Qe8
12. Nd5 d3 13. Qxd3 Bxf5 14. Qd2 Qf7 15. Be7 Re8 16. Ng5 Bh6
17. Nxf7 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Kxf7 19. Bh4 Na6 20. Rae1 h6 21. f4 c6
22. Bxg4 cxd5 23. Bf3 Be4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Bf2 Nb4 26. Bd4 a6
27. a3 Nd3 28. Ref1 Rec8 29. Ke3 Rxc4 30. Kxe4 Nc5+ 31. Kd5
Rc2 32. f5 g5 33. Rc1 Rxg2 34. b4 Rd2 35. Rhd1 Rxd1 36. Rxd1
Nd7 37. Kxd6 Nf6 38. Bxf6 Kxf6 39. Kc7 h5 40. Kxb7 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYCC Open U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "5.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Johannes Carow"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 axb5 6. e4 d6
7. Bxb5+ Bd7 8. Bc4 g6 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. Bc3 Na6 11. Nd2 Nc7
12. a4 e6 13. Ne2 exd5 14. Bxd5 Ncxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. Nc4 Bc8
17. a5 Ba6 18. b3 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc2 Kg8
22. Qc3 Re8 23. Kf2 Ne5 24. Rhe1 Qh4+ 25. Ng3 Qxc4 26. Qxc4
Nxc4 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Ne4 Kg7 29. a6 Ra8 30. a7 Kf8 31. Ra6
Ke7 32. Ke2 f5 33. Nc3 Kd7 34. Nb5 Kc8 35. Kd3 Kb7 36. Ra2
Ne5+ 37. Kc3 Nf7 38. Rb2 Kc8 39. f4 Kd7 40. Ra2 g5 41. g3 1-0

[Event "WYCC Open U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dennis Wagner"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6
7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Nf5
12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 Nc4 15. Bc1 Bd7 16. Qc2 b5
17. e4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd1 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Ne3
Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Qa2 23. Bf4 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Bxd6 c4
26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Bf3 Ke7 28. Rb1 Bd4 29. Kf1 Kd6 30. Bd1 Kc5
31. Ke2 b4 32. f3 Bb5 33. Kd2 Bg1 34. h3 Bh2 35. Ke3 Bxg3
36. f4 f6 37. Kf3 Bh2 38. Bc2 g5 39. e5 Bxf4 40. exf6 Bd6
41. Kg4 h6 42. Kh5 Bf8 43. Kg6 Bd7 44. Kf7 Bd6 45. Kg7 Bxh3
46. f7 Bg2 47. Kxh6 Bxd5 48. Kg7 g4 49. f8=Q Bxf8+ 50. Kxf8 g3
51. Rg1 g2 52. Ke7 b3 53. Bd1 Be4 0-1

[Event "WYCC Open U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Felix Jose Ynojosa Aponte"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "286"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d5 6. b3 Nf6
7. e5 Nd7 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Qe2 f5 11. Nc3 d4 12. Na4
Nb8 13. Ne1 Bd7 14. g3 Be8 15. h4 h6 16. h5 Nd7 17. Kg2 Nb6
18. Rh1 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Rb8 20. Ba3 Qa5 21. Qc2 Rf7 22. Nf3 Bf8
23. Rac1 Qd8 24. Qd2 Rfb7 25. Qd1 Qc7 26. Qe1 Rb6 27. Qa5 Qb7
28. Qd2 Ra6 29. Qd1 Qc7 30. Nd2 Qxe5 31. Re1 Qf6 32. Nb3 Rxa4
33. Bxc5 Rxa2 34. Bxd4 Qg5 35. Be3 Qxh5 36. Qxh5 Bxh5 37. Nd4
Re8 38. Nxc6 e5 39. Ra1 Rxa1 40. Rxa1 Be2 41. Ra5 e4 42. dxe4
Rxe4 43. c5 Bc4 44. Nxa7 Re5 45. Nc8 Bd5+ 46. Kf1 Bf3 47. Nb6
f4 48. gxf4 Rh5 49. Ke1 Rh1+ 50. Kd2 h5 51. Nc4 Rd1+ 52. Kc2
Rd8 53. Ne5 Be4+ 54. Kc3 h4 55. f3 Bf5 56. Bd4 Rc8 57. Kc4 h3
58. Ra1 Be6+ 59. Kb4 Rb8+ 60. Kc3 Rc8 61. Nd3 Bf5 62. Rh1 Bxd3
63. Kxd3 Bxc5 64. Be5 Kf7 65. Rxh3 Be7 66. Rh1 Bf6 67. Ke4
Rc4+ 68. Kd5 Ra4 69. Rg1 Ra5+ 70. Ke4 Ke6 71. f5+ Kf7 72. Bxf6
gxf6 73. Rd1 Re5+ 74. Kf4 Re7 75. Kg4 Kg7 76. Kh5 Kf7 77. Ra1
Kg7 78. Ra4 Rb7 79. Ra6 Rc7 80. Ra1 Rb7 81. f4 Rc7 82. Rg1+
Kf7 83. Kh6 Rc2 84. Rg7+ Kf8 85. Rg3 Kf7 86. Kh5 Rc1 87. Kg4
Ra1 88. Re3 Rb1 89. Ra3 Rb7 90. Kf3 Re7 91. Rc3 Re8 92. Rc7+
Re7 93. Rc8 Re1 94. Rc3 Re7 95. Rc1 Re8 96. Rh1 Kg7 97. Ra1
Kf7 98. Rb1 Re7 99. Kg4 Rc7 100. Rb4 Ra7 101. Kf3 Re7 102. Rb6
Re1 103. Kf2 Re7 104. Kg3 Re3+ 105. Kh4 Re7 106. Kg4 Ra7
107. Rb8 Kg7 108. Re8 Kf7 109. Re6 Ra5 110. Rb6 Ra7 111. Kh5
Kg7 112. Rb1 Rc7 113. Rg1+ Kf7 114. Rh1 Kg7 115. Rh4 Rc1
116. Kg4 Rg1+ 117. Kf3 Re1 118. Rh2 Re7 119. Kg4 Rc7 120. Rg2
Ra7 121. Kh5+ Kf7 122. Kh6 Ra1 123. Rg7+ Kf8 124. Rb7 Rg1
125. Kh5 Rg2 126. Kh4 Rg1 127. Kh3 Ke8 128. Kh2 Rg4 129. Rb4
Kf7 130. Ra4 Kf8 131. Ra6 Rxf4 132. Rxf6+ Ke7 133. Kg3 Rf1
134. Re6+ Kf7 135. Kg4 Rg1+ 136. Kf4 Rf1+ 137. Ke5 Re1+
138. Kd6 Rd1+ 139. Kc6 Rf1 140. Re5 Kf6 141. Re8 Rxf5
142. Rf8+ Kg5 143. Rxf5+ Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYCC Open U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.27"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Roman Grib"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Ne7 6. Nxd4
cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O Bc5 9. d3 O-O 10. a3 a6 11. Bb3 b5
12. f4 Bb7 13. f5 Bd6 14. f6 gxf6 15. Bh6 f5 16. Bxf8 Qxf8
17. exf5 Qh6 18. Ng3 Kh8 19. Qh5 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Bxg3 21. Rf3 Qe2
22. Qh6 Be1 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Bd5 exd5 26. Qf7+
Kh8 27. Rh3 1-0

[Event "WYCC Open U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "9.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "David Adelberg"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Bb7 11. Ned2 c5 12. O-O
Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. e4 cxd4 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. a5 Qa7
18. Qe4 g6 19. Qg4 Rfe8 20. h4 Bf8 21. h5 Bg7 22. hxg6 hxg6
23. Re1 Rac8 24. Nbxd4 Qb8 25. Qg3 Nc5 26. Bb1 Ne7 27. Ng5 Nf5
28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Bf4 Ne4 30. Rxe4 Qa7 31. e6 f6 32. Nf7 Bxe4
33. Qxg6 Re7 34. Rd1 Rxf7 35. Nxf5 Bxf5 36. exf7+ Qxf7
37. Qxf5 Re8 38. Rd7 Qe6 39. Qd3 Qe4 40. Bd2 Qxd3 41. Rxd3 Bf8
42. Rd5 Rc8 43. Rd4 Rb8 44. g4 Rb5 45. Kg2 Rxa5 46. Rd8 Ra2
47. Bxb4 Rxb2 48. Ba3 Ra2 49. Bxf8 a5 50. Ra8 Kf7 51. Bc5 Ke6
52. Kf3 Kd5 53. Bb6 a4 54. Kf4 Kc4 55. Kf5 a3 56. Kxf6 Kb3
57. g5 Rc2 58. Bd4 a2 59. g6 Rc1 60. g7 1-0

[Event "WYCC Open U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "10.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Irakli Beradze"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bb3 d6
7. h3 Bb6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bc2 d5 11. Qe2 d4 12. c4
Ba5+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Nh5 15. Ba4 Qf6 16. O-O-O a5
17. Ne1 Nb4 18. a3 Na6 19. Ng3 Nf4 20. Ne2 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Nc5
22. Bc2 b5 23. cxb5 Rab8 24. a4 c6 25. Nf3 cxb5 26. Kd2 bxa4
0-1

[Event "WYCC Open U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "11.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Tran Tuan Minh"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 e6 4. Qc2 Bd6 5. Nc3 f5 6. Bg5 Ne7
7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 a6 9. g4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 fxg4 11. Nd2 h6
12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Nde4 Nf5 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Qf7 16. Qe2 b5
17. Bb3 a5 18. Qxg4 a4 19. Bc2 e5 20. Qd1 exd4 21. exd4 Rd8
22. Ne2 Na6 23. N4c3 Nb4 24. Be4 a3 25. bxa3 Rxa3 26. Qd2 Qc4
27. Rd1 Nxa2 28. Nb1 Ra4 29. Bc2 Rb4 30. O-O Rb2 31. Bd3 Qb4
32. Qf4 Qd6 33. Qe5 Qxe5 34. dxe5 Re8 35. Bxf5 Rxe2 36. Bg6
Rf8 37. f4 Be6 38. f5 Bd5 39. e6 Rg2+ 40. Kh1 Re2+ 41. Kg1
Rg2+ 42. Kh1 Re2+ 43. Kg1 Rg2+ 44. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-AUT -11"]
[Site "Graz AUT"]
[Date "2010.11.19"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Davor Rogic"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4
7. Bxc4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Kh1 Be7
12. Rg1 g6 13. Rc1 a6 14. Qb3 Rd8 15. f4 O-O 16. Rg5 b5
17. axb5 cxb5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. f5 Nfd5 20. exd5 exd5 21. fxg6
Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Nd3 23. Nxd5 Nxc1 24. Ne7+ Kg7 25. Qe6 b4 26. d5
Nd3 27. Bh6+ Kxh6 28. gxh7+ Kg5 29. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "TCh-AUT -11"]
[Site "Graz AUT"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Baramidze"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3
c6 7. d3 Nh6 8. Ne2 Qb6 9. Ng3 Ng4 10. d4 e5 11. h3 Nf6
12. dxe5 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bg4 14. Qc2 O-O-O 15. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 16. Qc3
Qb6 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. c5 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Javier Garcia Jimenez"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. O-O e6
7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rae1 Rb8 11. Nc1 b5
12. Nd1 b4 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ndc6 15. Bh6 Ba6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. f4 f6 18. Ne3 Rb1 19. Rf2 Qa5 20. Nb3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qb6
22. Qd2 Rb8 23. f5 exf5 24. exf5 Ne5 25. d4 cxd4 26. cxd4 Nc4
27. Qe1 Qb4 28. Qc1 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Nxf5 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Qe7+
Kg6 32. Bd5 Rf8 33. h4 Qb8 34. h5+ Kh6 35. Bf7 Qd8 36. Qxa7
Bb5 37. d5 f4 38. Nd4 Qd7 39. Qxd7 Bxd7 40. Be6 Bxe6 41. dxe6
Kg5 42. Nb5 f5 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7
7. h3 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bh2 Qe7 11. Qc2 e5 12. Rad1
c6 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. e4 Nh5 16. Na4 Nf4 17. Bc4
Rad8 18. Rfe1 Bc8 19. Qb3 Rfe8 20. Bg3 h6 21. Rc1 Qf6 22. Red1
Bf8 23. Rd2 Ne6 24. Rc3 Nf4 25. Bh4 Qg7 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. g3
Nxh3+ 28. Kg2 Re8 29. Rcd3 Nf6 30. Rd8 Be7 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8
32. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2011.01.27"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Roiz"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6
7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. O-O Re8
12. Qd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bc7 14. Ba2 Nb6 15. f4 Qe7 16. e4 Rad8
17. e5 Nfd5 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Qf3 Nd7 21. Na4 Rbc8
22. Rac1 a6 23. g4 g6 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Qh5 Rg8
27. Rg1 Rxg1+ 28. Rxg1 Rg8 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. b4 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. b3 h6 6. Bb2 e6
7. d3 Bh7 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. c4 Nbd7 10. a3 O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 12. b4
a5 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Rfe1 e5 16. e4 d4 17. Nh4 Nf8
18. Nc4 Qd7 19. Rc2 g5 20. Nf3 Ng6 21. bxa5 Bxa5 22. Nfd2 Bc7
23. Nb6 Bxb6 24. Qxb6 Qe7 25. Qb4 Nd7 26. Bh3 h5 27. Bf5 Ra7
28. Nb3 f6 29. Bc1 Kh8 30. Kh1 Ndf8 31. f4 gxf4 32. gxf4 Nh4
33. Bh3 Ne6 34. Rf2 Raa8 35. Ref1 Rf8 36. Qe1 exf4 37. Bxf4
Nxf4 38. Rxf4 Ng6 39. Rf5 Rxa3 40. Qd1 Ne5 41. Rxh5 Rf7
42. Bf5 Kg8 43. Rg1+ Kf8 44. Rh3 Bg8 45. Rhg3 Bh7 46. Bxh7
Rxh7 47. Rg8+ Kf7 48. Nxd4 f5 49. R8g7+ Rxg7 50. Rxg7+ Kxg7
51. Nxf5+ Kf6 52. Nxe7 Kxe7 53. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Daniel Grigoryevich Fridman"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Rc1 a6 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O g6 12. Rfd1
Bg7 13. Qc2 Na5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ne5 c5 16. Bf3 Bf5 17. Qd2
cxd4 18. exd4 Be6 19. Na4 b5 20. Nc5 Nc4 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. b3
cxb3 23. axb3 a5 24. Re1 Rb8 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6
27. Bg4 Qb6 28. Qd3 Kf7 29. Qg3 Re8 30. h4 Qxd4 31. h5 g5
32. Qf3+ Qf4 33. Rc7+ Re7 34. g3 Qxf3 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Bxf3
Kd6 37. Bg4 e5 38. f3 Kc5 39. Be6 d4 40. Kf2 Kb4 41. g4 Kc3
42. Ke1 Kc2 43. Bd5 Bf8 44. Kf2 Bc5 45. Ke1 d3 46. Be4 Be3
47. Bf5 Bf4 48. Be4 Bg3+ 49. Kf1 Kc3 50. Bf5 Bf4 51. Ke1 d2+
52. Kd1 Kxb3 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Antonovich Bologan"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "332"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6
7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. e4 Nh5 11. Be3 a6 12. e5
b5 13. exd6 Qa5 14. Bd2 b4 15. Nd1 O-O 16. a4 Re8+ 17. Ne3 Nf4
18. g3 Nh3 19. Be2 Bb5 20. Kf1 Bxe2+ 21. Kxe2 Qd8 22. Kf1 Nd7
23. Kg2 Ng5 24. Nxg5 Qxg5 25. Rad1 Qh5 26. Bc1 Bd4 27. Nc2 c4
28. Qf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Ne5+ 30. Kg2 Bc5 31. Ne3 c3 32. bxc3
bxc3 33. f4 Nd7 34. Rd3 Bb4 35. Kf3 Rac8 36. Nc2 Bxd6 37. Be3
Nc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. Rb1 Rd8 40. Rb6 Bc7 41. Rxa6 Rdxd5
42. Rxd5 Rxd5 43. Rc6 Ba5 44. Ne3 Rd4 45. Nc4 Bd8 46. Nd6 Be7
47. Rc8+ Bf8 48. Ne4 Rxa4 49. Nxc3 Ra3 50. g4 Kg7 51. Ke4 Ra1
52. Nd5 Re1+ 53. Kf3 h6 54. h4 Be7 55. h5 gxh5 56. gxh5 Re6
57. Ne3 Ba3 58. Nf5+ Kh7 59. Ra8 Bc5 60. Kg4 Rc6 61. Rd8 Re6
62. Rc8 Bd6 63. Rc4 Ba3 64. Nd4 Rb6 65. Rc7 Kg7 66. Nf5+ Kg8
67. Rc3 Bb4 68. Rc8+ Kh7 69. Ne3 Rd6 70. Rc7 Kg8 71. Rc4 Ba3
72. Kf3 Ra6 73. Rc2 Kh7 74. Ra2 Ra7 75. Nd5 Ra5 76. Nf6+ Kg7
77. Ne4 Kf8 78. Ng3 Kg7 79. Kg4 Kh7 80. Nf5 Ra6 81. Nd4 Ra8
82. Nb5 Rg8+ 83. Kf5 Bc1 84. Nd6 Rb8 85. Ra7 Rb4 86. Rxf7+ Kg8
87. Ke5 Ra4 88. Rf5 Ra5+ 89. Ke4 Ra4+ 90. Kf3 Ra3+ 91. Kg4 Ra4
92. Ne8 Bb2 93. Rc5 Bd4 94. Rc8 Kh7 95. Nd6 Be3 96. Rc7+ Kg8
97. Nc4 Bc1 98. Kf5 Kf8 99. Kf6 Ra6+ 100. Ke5 Ra4 101. Rc6 Kg7
102. f5 Bg5 103. Rc7+ Kg8 104. Rc6 Kg7 105. Rc7+ Kg8 106. Kd5
Ra1 107. Ne5 Re1 108. Rc6 Bf4 109. Nd3 Rd1 110. Ke4 Bg5
111. Rg6+ Kf8 112. Ne5 Rf1 113. Nf3 Bc1 114. Rg2 Rh1 115. Rg1
Rxg1 116. Nxg1 Kf7 117. Ne2 Bb2 118. Ng1 Kf6 119. Kf4 Bc1+
120. Kg4 Ke5 121. Ne2 Bd2 122. Ng1 Bc1 123. Nf3+ Kd5 124. Ne1
Be3 125. Nd3 Ke4 126. Nb4 Bg5 127. Na6 Kd5 128. Nc7+ Ke5
129. Ne6 Be7 130. Nf4 Bd6 131. Ng2 Be7 132. Ne3 Kd4 133. Nf1
Bg5 134. Nh2 Ke4 135. Nf3 Bf6 136. Nd2+ Kd3 137. Nb3 Kc4
138. Na5+ Kb5 139. Nb3 Kc4 140. Nc1 Kd4 141. Ne2+ Ke5 142. Nf4
Ke4 143. Ng6 Bg7 144. Ne7 Ke5 145. Nc6+ Kf6 146. Nb8 Ke7
147. Nc6+ Kd7 148. Nb4 Kd6 149. Kf4 Bc3 150. Nc2 Bd2+ 151. Ke4
Ke7 152. Ne3 Kf6 153. Nd5+ Kf7 154. Ke5 Bc1 155. Nb6 Bb2+
156. Kf4 Bc1+ 157. Ke4 Ke7 158. Nd5+ Kf7 159. Ne3 Kf6 160. Nc4
Ke7 161. Ke5 Bg5 162. Nd6 Bf6+ 163. Kd5 Bb2 164. Ne4 Kf7
165. Kc4 Be5 166. Kd3 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2011.01.31"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[Round "7.25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Kambez Nuri"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5
7. d4 Nbd7 8. e3 Re8 9. a4 Rb8 10. a5 exd4 11. exd4 Nf8 12. d5
Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Qd2 Bg4 16. Be3 a6 17. Nd4
Re8 18. h3 Bd7 19. b4 Qc8 20. Kh2 c5 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rfc1
Qc7 23. Rab1 Bc8 24. c5 dxc5 25. Rb6 Nd7 26. Rxf6 Nxf6 27. Bf4
Qe7 28. Bxb8 cxd4 29. Qxd4 Nd7 30. Bf4 Qa3 31. Bh6 f6 32. d6
1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2011.02.01"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3
Qe6 7. b3 Ne7 8. Nc4 Ng6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qg4 11. Bb2 f6
12. f4 Bc5 13. h3 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Kf7 15. Kh1 Re8 16. f5 Ne5
17. Nxe5+ Rxe5 18. Ne6 Rxe6 19. fxe6+ Bxe6 20. Rd3 h5 21. Be5
Rc8 22. Bg3 Ke7 23. e5 f5 24. Bh4+ Kf7 25. Rd8 Be3 26. Rxc8
Bxc8 27. Bd8 Be6 28. h4 b5 29. Bxc7 g5 30. hxg5 Kg6 31. Bd8 h4
32. Rd1 Bc5 33. c3 Bd5 34. b4 Bf8 35. Kh2 f4 36. Kh3 Bxa2
37. Ra1 Bd5 38. Rxa6 Kf5 39. Bf6 c5 40. bxc5 Bxc5 41. g6 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2011.02.02"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9.29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alan Tate"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 e6 6. e4 c4
7. Bxc4 axb5 8. Bb3 Bc5 9. Ne2 Qb6 10. Nbc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Na6
12. g3 Bf2+ 13. Kf1 Nc5 14. e5 Nxb3 15. exf6 Nxa1 16. fxg7
Kxg7 17. Qc1 f5 18. Bh6+ Kf7 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qxa1 b4 21. Nd1
Bd4 22. Kg2 Bb7 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Nf2 Qxd5 25. Qd1 Rxa2
26. Qe2 Qb3 27. Rb1 Bc6 28. Qd3 Bd5 29. Kh3 Rxb2 30. Rc1 Qxd3
31. Nxd3 Rb3 32. Ne5 Ke7 33. f4 Rc3 34. Ra1 Rc7 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2011.02.03"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[Round "10.36"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dietmar Kolbus"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 d6
7. b3 e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nc3 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. e3 Be6 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Rad1 Qg7 15. Ba1 Rae8 16. Rfe1 Kh8
17. Nb5 g5 18. f4 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 a6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Rad1 gxf4
22. gxf4 Rf6 23. Kh1 Rg6 24. Bf3 Ne7 25. Ne2 Ng8 26. Ng3 Nf6
27. Rg1 Rg8 28. Rg2 Qh6 29. Rdg1 Qh3 30. Qe2 Ng4 31. Nf1 Bc6
32. Bxc6 Nxh2 33. Qb2+ R8g7 34. Qxg7+ Rxg7 35. Nxh2 Rxg2
36. Bxg2 Qxe3 37. Bxb7 Qxf4 38. Rf1 Qe5 39. Rf2 c6 40. Bc8 f4
41. Bg4 a5 42. Re2 Qa1+ 43. Kg2 a4 44. Bf3 axb3 45. axb3 Qg7+
46. Kf1 Qb7 47. Rb2 Qb6 48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Nf1 Qc5 50. Rd2 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1.132"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gerard Gorse"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 fxe4
7. dxe4 Bc5 8. Nh3 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 d6
12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. b4 h6 14. Nf2 Nh7 15. Nd3 Ndf6 16. Nd5 a5
17. c5 axb4 18. cxb6 c5 19. Nc7 Ra3 20. Ne6 Qxb6 21. Nxf8 Kxf8
22. Nb2 Ba6 23. Nc4 Qb5 24. Qd2 Qxc4 25. Qxd6+ Kg8 26. Bh3 Nf8
27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Rf1 Rxa2 29. Qxf6 Qxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Ra1
31. Qxe5 Rxf1+ 32. Kg2 Rf7 33. g4 b3 1-0

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Sergey Fedorchuk"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. d3 h6 10. Rb1 e5 11. Na2 Nd4 12. Nxd4
cxd4 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Ba3
Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 dxc4 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nfd7
12. e6 fxe6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bg5 Re8 16. f4 Nd3
17. e5 Na6 18. Ne4 Nac5 19. Bxd3 Nxd3 20. b3 cxb3 21. Rf3 b2
22. Rb1 Nb4 23. Rxb2 a5 24. a3 Nd5 25. Rxb7 Rab8 26. Rfb3 Rxb7
27. Rxb7 h6 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. exf6 Rf8 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Bxh6
Rxf6 32. g3 Ne3 33. Rc7 Nf5 34. Bg5 Rf8 35. Kg2 Rb8 36. Bf6+
Kg8 37. Rxc6 Rb3 38. Rc3 a4 39. Kf3 Nd6 40. Rxb3 axb3 41. a4
Nc4 42. Bc3 Kf7 43. Ke4 b2 44. Bxb2 Nxb2 45. a5 Nc4 46. a6
Nd6+ 47. Ke5 Nb5 48. g4 Ke7 49. h4 Na7 50. Kd4 Kf6 51. h5 gxh5
52. gxh5 Nc8 53. h6 Kg6 54. Ke5 Kxh6 55. Kxe6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4
7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Bd2 c5 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Qe2 e5
12. O-O Bg4 13. Rac1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nc6 15. Na2 Qe7 16. Nxb4
Nxb4 17. f4 Nc6 18. f3 Rad8 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Be3
b6 22. Rg1 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Rfe8 24. Rcc1 Qd7 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rc5
Qd3 27. Qf2 Nf6 28. Rc3 Qa6 29. Bxa7 Rd7 30. Bb6 g6 31. Rc6
Nh5 32. Qc5 Nf4 33. Qc4 Qxc4 34. Rxc4 Rb7 35. Bxa5 Rxb2
36. Bc7 Nd3 37. Ra1 Rf2 38. Ra3 Ne1 39. Kg1 Rxf3 40. Rcc3 Rxc3
41. Rxc3 Rc8 42. Kf2 Nd3+ 43. Ke3 Nb4 44. Kd4 f6 45. Rc4 Kf7
46. h4 Ke6 47. Rxb4 Rxc7 48. Rb6+ Kf7 49. h5 Rd7+ 50. Ke3 gxh5
51. e5 fxe5 52. Ke4 Re7 53. Rh6 Kg7 54. Rxh5 Kg6 55. Rh1 h5
56. Rg1+ Kh6 57. Kf5 Rf7+ 58. Kxe5 h4 59. Ke4 Kh5 60. Rg8 h3
61. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Be6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. b3 Bg4
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Nc6 16. Na4 Nd7
17. Be2 Bf8 18. Kf1 Bd6 19. Nc3 Kf8 20. Nb5 Be7 21. a3 Nf6
22. b4 Ne4 23. Rc2 Ke8 24. Bd3 Nd6 25. Nxd6+ Bxd6 26. e4 Be7
27. Re1 Kd7 28. g3 Bf6 29. e5 Bg7 30. Bb5 f5 31. Ke2 Kd8
32. Bd3 Kd7 33. Bb5 Kd8 34. Bd3 Kd7 35. h4 Na7 36. Rxc8 Rxc8
37. h5 Ke7 38. Rh1 Kf7 39. f4 Nc6 40. Kd2 Bf8 41. Be2 Kg7
42. Bc3 Ra8 43. Bb2 Re8 44. Bc3 Ra8 45. Ra1 Kf7 46. Kc2 Bh6
47. Kb3 g5 48. g4 fxg4 49. fxg5 Bxg5 50. Bxg4 Be3 51. Rf1+ Ke7
52. Rf6 Nxd4+ 53. Bxd4 Bxd4 54. Rxe6+ Kf8 55. Rf6+ Ke7 56. Rh6
Rh8 57. Bf5 b5 58. Re6+ Kf7 59. Rf6+ Ke7 60. Rh6 Rf8 61. Rxh7+
Kd8 62. Rd7+ Ke8 63. Rxd5 Rxf5 64. Rxd4 Rxe5 65. Rh4 Kf7
66. h6 Kg8 67. h7+ Kh8 68. Kc3 Rd5 69. Rh6 b6 70. Rh3 Rd7
71. Rh5 Rd6 72. Kc2 Rg6 73. Kd3 Rg3+ 74. Kd4 Rg4+ 75. Kd5 Rg6
76. Ke5 Rc6 77. Kd4 Rg6 78. Rxb5 Kxh7 79. Rf5 Rg3 80. a4 Rg4+
81. Kc3 Kg7 82. Kb3 1-0

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "6.100"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Danny Raznikov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4
7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 Nc6
12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Be2 b4 14. Bxc4 bxc3 15. Be3 h6 16. Ne4 O-O
17. O-O Ncb4 18. Ra5 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Rc1
Nc6 22. Ra4 Kh8 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxd5 Bd7 25. Rf4 Qd6 26. g3
Rxf4 27. Bxf4 Qf6 28. h4 Re8 29. Kg2 Nb4 30. Bf3 Nd3 31. Bg5
Qb6 32. Rf1 Ne1+ 33. Rxe1 Rxe1 34. Qf7 Qe6 35. Qf8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "7.125"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Svetlana Cherednichenko"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Na6
7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nh6 11. a3 c6 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. b4 Nf7 16. Nd2 Nc7 17. c5
a5 18. Nc4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Rd4 21. Na5 Rxb4
22. Rb1 Rxb1+ 23. Nxb1 Bc8 24. f3 Ne6 25. Bf2 Nd4 26. Bc4 Bf8
27. Nb3 Nxb3 28. Bxb3 Be7 29. Nd2 Kf8 30. Nc4 Be6 31. Kf1 Nd8
32. Ke2 Ke8 33. Kd3 Kd7 34. Na5 Kc7 35. Nc4 Bf7 36. Na5 Be6
37. g3 h5 38. f4 Bh3 39. Ba2 Bf1+ 40. Kc3 Bg2 41. Kd3 Bh3
42. Be3 Ne6 43. Bb3 exf4 44. gxf4 f5 45. e5 Bg2 46. Kd2 Bd5
47. Bxd5 cxd5 48. Nb3 Kd7 49. Kc3 Bf8 50. Kd3 Bh6 51. Na5 Kc7
52. Kc3 h4 0-1

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9.102"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stefan Mazur"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nd3 Qe7 12. Qd2
f5 13. f4 g5 14. fxg5 f4 15. Bf2 Qxg5 16. Kh1 Ndf6 17. b4 cxb4
18. Nxb4 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. c5 Qh5 21. Nd3 f3 22. g3 Bh3
23. Rfb1 Nf6 24. Be3 Ng4 25. Kg1 Bh6 26. Bxh6 f2+ 27. Nxf2
Nxf2 28. Rxb7 Rf7 29. Qxf2 Rxf2 30. Rg7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "10.83"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Hagen Poetsch"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Bg2 f5 13. f3 Nf6 14. fxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qh5+ Kd7
17. a4 Qf6 18. axb5 cxb5 19. b4 g6 20. Qe2 Be7 21. Bb2 Rhc8
22. O-O-O Qf5 23. d5 g5 24. fxg5 Rab8 25. Rhf1 Qxg5 26. Rf7
Ke8 27. Rg7 Qh6 28. d6 1-0

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erwin L'Ami"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 d6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. a4 e5 12. b3 h5
13. e4 h4 14. Bb2 Bh6 15. Nf3 hxg3 16. hxg3 Ng4 17. Nh2 Nxh2
18. Kxh2 Qg5 19. Bc1 Qh5+ 20. Kg1 Bxc1 21. Raxc1 Kg7 22. Rb1
Rh8 23. f3 Qh2+ 24. Kf2 Bh3 25. Rg1 f5 26. Qd2 Rbf8 27. Qg5
Rf6 28. exf5 Rh5 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Ne4+ Kg7 31. f6+ Kf8
32. Nxd6 Bxg2 33. Rxg2 Qh3 34. g4 Rh7 35. Ne4 Qh6 36. Ke2 Qf4
37. Nxc5 Kg8 38. Rd1 Nxb3 0-1

[Event "Zalakaros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.22"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Erik Andrew Kislik"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4
13. b3 Nb6 14. Nbd2 g6 15. c4 Nh5 16. Bd3 b4 17. Bf1 Bf6
18. Bb2 Bg7 19. g3 Nd7 20. Bg2 Kh8 21. Kh2 Nhf6 22. Re2 Ng8
23. Ne1 f5 24. Nd3 f4 25. gxf4 Ngf6 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. f4 Nh5
28. fxe5 Qg5 29. Nf1 Nxe5 30. Qd2 Qe7 31. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 32. Kg1
Nf4 33. Rf2 Kg8 34. Bxe5 Qxe5 35. Re1 a5 36. Nh2 Qg5 37. Kh1
Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Greek Teams"]
[Site "Eretria GRE"]
[Date "2011.07.03"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[Round "1.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Konstantinos Zenelis"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3
Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nxe5 Qh4 9. Qf3 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Kg2
O-O-O 12. d3 g5 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Nd2 Kb8 15. Qg3 Qh7 16. f4
gxf4 17. Bxf4 Rd7 18. Nc4 Ng6 19. e5 Qg8 20. Rae1 Bc5 21. e6
Re7 22. Re2 Nh4+ 23. Kh2 Rxe6 24. Bxc7+ Ka7 25. Rfe1 Rxe2+
26. Rxe2 Qd5 27. Re4 f5 28. gxf5 Nxf5 29. Qe5 Nd4 30. Ne3 Nf3+
31. Kg3 Nxe5 32. Nxd5 cxd5 33. Rxe5 Rc8 34. Ba5 Bd6 35. Bc3
Rxc3 0-1

[Event "39th Greek Teams"]
[Site "Eretria GRE"]
[Date "2011.07.04"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Yuriy Kryvoruchko"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. h3 c5
7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Nc3 d6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 Qb6
12. Qc2 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Rd7 14. Rab1 h6 15. Qa4 a5 16. Rd2 Rad8
17. Rbd1 Na7 18. Qc2 Nc6 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. Bh2 Nf6 21. Bg3 Ba8
22. Na4 Qa7 23. Nc3 Qb6 24. Na4 Qa7 25. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Greek Teams"]
[Site "Eretria GRE"]
[Date "2011.07.04"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[Round "3.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. b4
Bb6 7. Na3 a6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. e5 O-O 10. Nc4 Ba7 11. a4 d5
12. exd6 cxd6 13. Ba3 Be6 14. b5 Bc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Qh5 Ng6
17. g3 axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qc7 20. f4 Re8 21. Qf3 Qd7
22. Ra7 Qxb5 23. Qxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxb7 Kf8 25. Rb5 Bxc4 26. Bxc4
Rc8 27. Rb7 Ne7 28. f5 Rc6 29. Kg2 g6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. h4 g5
32. Bb5 Re6 33. h5 Kg7 34. Kh3 Ng8 35. Rc7 Re5 36. g4 Nh6
37. Bd3 Kf8 38. Kg3 Kg8 39. Kf3 Kg7 40. Rc6 Ng8 41. c4 dxc3
42. dxc3 Nh6 43. c4 Ng8 44. Be4 Nh6 45. Bd5 f5 46. Rc7+ Kh8
47. gxf5 g4+ 48. Kg3 Rxf5 49. Kh4 g3 50. Rxc5 g2 51. Rc8+ Kg7
52. Bxg2 Rf4+ 53. Kg3 Rg4+ 54. Kf2 Nf5 55. c5 Rc4 56. Bd5 Rd4
57. Bf3 Rc4 58. c6 Kh6 59. Rh8+ Kg7 60. Rg8+ Kh7 61. Rf8 Nd4
62. Rf7+ Kh8 63. Rf6 Kg7 64. Rg6+ Kh7 65. Be4 Nxc6 66. Bxc6
Rc2+ 67. Kg3 Rc5 68. Bf3 Rb5 69. Kf4 Rc5 70. Rd6 Rc8 71. Be4+
Kg7 72. Kg5 Kh8 73. Kh6 Rg8 74. Bh7 Re8 75. Rd7 Rf8 76. Bg6
Kg8 77. Rg7+ Kh8 78. Bf7 1-0

[Event "39th Greek Teams"]
[Site "Eretria GRE"]
[Date "2011.07.05"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vlad-Cristian Jianu"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Bd6
7. c5 Be7 8. Ng3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. Bd2 e5 11. Bb5 c6 12. Be2
Nbd7 13. O-O Re8 14. Qc2 Bf8 15. Na4 axb4 16. axb4 bxc5
17. Nxc5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Nxc5 19. bxc5 g6 20. Bc3 h5 21. dxe5
Ng4 22. Ra8 Qe7 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. h3 h4 26. Ne4
dxe4 27. hxg4 Qe6 28. Qxe4 Bxc5 29. Kh2 Be7 30. Qa4 Qd5
31. Qd4 Qe6 32. Kh3 Qa2 33. e6 f6 34. Qd7 Qxf2 35. Qe8+ Kh7
36. Qxe7+ Kh6 37. g5+ Kxg5 38. Qd6 Qxe3+ 39. g3 Qxc3 40. Qf4+
Kh5 41. Qxh4# 1-0

[Event "39th Greek Teams"]
[Site "Eretria GRE"]
[Date "2011.07.06"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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
Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. a4 Rb8 15. Nf1 Ne8 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 g6
18. Be3 c4 19. Ra7 Rb7 20. Rxb7 Nxb7 21. Qe2 f5 22. Bh6 Rf7
23. exf5 gxf5 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Rg7 26. f4 Qf7 27. Ne3 Nc7
28. Ra1 Rg6 29. h4 exf4 30. Bxf4 Qf6 31. Rf1 Rg7 32. Bg5 Qe5
33. Bxf5 Bxf5 34. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "39th Greek Teams"]
[Site "Eretria GRE"]
[Date "2011.07.07"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Suat Atalik"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. Bg5 f4 12. Nd3
Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. c5 g5 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nf2 h5 17. a4
Rf7 18. a5 Rg7 19. g4 fxg3 20. hxg3 g4 21. fxg4 h4 22. gxh4
Ng6 23. g5 Nh7 24. Ng4 Bxg4 25. Bxg4 Nxh4 26. Kf2 Qxg5
27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Ke2 Ng2 29. Kd3 Ne3 30. Qf3 Nxf1 31. Rxf1 a6
32. Nd1 Rf8 33. Qxf8+ Nxf8 34. Rxf8+ Kh7 35. Bf5+ Rg6 36. Rf7+
Kh8 37. Bxg6 Qg3+ 38. Ne3 Qxg6 39. Rxb7 Qg1 40. Rc7 Qb1+
41. Rc2 Qa1 42. Nc4 Qf1+ 43. Kd2 Qf2+ 44. Kd1 Qf3+ 45. Re2
Qd3+ 46. Nd2 Qb5 47. b3 Qxa5 48. Re3 Qc5 49. Ke2 a5 50. Rf3
Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Greek Teams"]
[Site "Eretria GRE"]
[Date "2011.07.08"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bd6
12. Nh5 Nd5 13. Bd3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 f5 15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Bc2 Qh4
17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Nce2 Rae8 19. Rad1 Na5 20. Bd3 Ba4 21. Rde1
Bd7 22. Rc1 Nc6 23. Bb1 e5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 exd4 26. Qh3
Qxh3 27. Bxh3 Rxe3 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Nf4 Bd6 30. Nd5 Rb3
31. Bc8 d3 32. Rd1 Ne5 33. Nf4 g5 34. Ne6 h6 35. h4 gxh4
36. Nf4 Bc5+ 37. Kh2 Be3 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2011.08.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Igor Kurnosov"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2
c5 8.d5 e6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nec3 Na6 11.Na3 exd5 12.exd5 Bf5
13.Be3 Qd7 14.Qd2 Bh3 15.Bxh3 Qxh3 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.d6 Qf5
18.Rfe1 Nb4 19.Ne4 Nd7 20.Bxc5 Nc6 21.Be3 Nde5 22.Ng5 h6 23.f4
hxg5 24.fxe5 Nxe5 25.Qd5 Nf3+ 26.Kf2 Nxe1+ 27.Qxf5 gxf5
28.Bxg5 Bxb2 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 30.Nc4 Bc3 31.Ne3 Ba5 32.Nc4 Bc3
33.Ne3 Kf8 34.Rd5 b6 35.a3 Ke8 36.h4 Kd7 37.h5 Ke6 38.Rd1 Rxd6
39.Rxd6+ Kxd6 40.Ke2 Ke5 41.h6 Ke4 42.Nd1 Bd4 43.Kxe1 f4
44.gxf4 Kxf4 45.h7 Kg5 46.Ke2 Kg6 47.Kd3 Bg7 48.Kc4 Kxh7
49.Ne3 Kg6 50.Kb5 Bd4 51.Nc2 Bf2 52.Ka6 Kf5 53.Nb4 Ke4 54.Nc6
f5 55.Nd8 f4 56.Ne6 Kf5 57.Nxf4 Kxf4 58.Kxa7 Ke5 59.Ka6 Kd6
60.a4 Kc5 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.25"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "1.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Neil Berry"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. O-O Rb8 8. h3 Bf5 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd2 c5 11. e4 Bd7 12. Qc2
a6 13. b3 b5 14. Bb2 e5 15. Ne2 Nh5 16. Bc3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5
18. Qd1 Nf6 19. Re1 Bh6 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 b4
23. Bb2 Nh5 24. Rf1 Re8 25. a3 bxa3 26. Rxa3 Re3 27. Rf3 Qe7
28. Kh2 Re1 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bxc4 c5 10. e5 Qd8 11. O-O cxd4
12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Qxd4 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Nc6 15. Qe4 O-O 16. Rac1
Qb6 17. Nfd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rfd8 20. Rc4 Bf8
21. Rfc1 Rd5 22. f4 Rad8 23. Nf3 b5 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Rc8 Rxc8
26. Rxc8 Rxb2 27. h3 Rb4 28. g3 a5 29. Ra8 a4 30. Kf2 a3
31. Nd2 Rb2 32. Ke3 g5 33. Ne4 Kg7 34. Nf6 a2 35. Ne8+ Kg6
36. Nd6 gxf4+ 37. Kxf4 f6 38. Ne4 fxe5+ 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "3.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ali Bitalzadeh"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 d6 11. Bf4 Qb6
12. Rab1 Rd8 13. a3 Bc6 14. Qc2 a5 15. Rd2 Ra7 16. Na4 Bxa4
17. Qxa4 e5 18. Bg5 Nbd7 19. Nh4 g6 20. Rd3 Rb8 21. Qd1 Ra6
22. Bh3 Qd8 23. Ng2 Ne8 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Ne3 Ndf6 26. Qa4 Qa7
27. Nd1 Rab6 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Bg2 h5 30. h3 Nc7 31. Nc3 Nfe8
32. Qd7 Nf6 33. Qa4 Nfe8 34. Ne4 Ne6 35. Rcd1 Qe7 36. Qxa5 h4
37. Qd2 hxg3 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Rxg3 Nd4 40. e3 Ne2+ 41. Kh2
Nxg3 42. Kxg3 Ng7 43. Qg5 Kf8 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "4.14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Benjamin Bok"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4
13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bc8 15. Nbd2 g6 16. Nf1 bxa4 17. bxa4 a5
18. Bh6 Re8 19. N1d2 Ba6 20. Nb1 Rb8 21. Na3 Qd7 22. Nd2 Qd8
23. Bb3 Nh5 24. Ndc4 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Bg5 26. Bxg5 Qxg5 27. Qg4
Qe7 28. Bb5 Rf8 29. Bc6 Nf4 30. Reb1 f5 31. Qf3 fxe4 32. Qxe4
Qh4 33. Rf1 Qf6 34. Ra2 c4 35. f3 Qg5 36. Qe3 e4 37. Qxe4 Qg3
38. Qe3 Nxh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "5.16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Berge Ostenstad"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Be2 Be7
7. h4 h5 8. g3 g6 9. Be3 Kf8 10. f3 Kg7 11. Nh3 a6 12. Qd2 Ne8
13. Ng5 Nc7 14. f4 Rb8 15. a4 Ne8 16. Nd1 Nc7 17. a5 b5
18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Nf2 Bf6 20. Rb1 exf4 21. gxf4 a5 22. Rg1 Na6
23. e5 dxe5 24. f5 Nf8 25. fxg6 Nxg6 26. Nfe4 Bf5 27. Ra1 Bxe4
28. Nxe4 Bxh4+ 29. Kd1 f5 30. Nxc5 f4 31. Nd7 fxe3 32. Qxe3
Rf6 33. Nxf6 Qxf6 34. Rg2 e4 35. Rxa5 Ra8 36. Qxe4 Bg5 37. d6
Qxd6+ 38. Rd5 Nb4 39. Qxg6+ Qxg6 40. Rdxg5 Rd8+ 41. Ke1 Nc2+
42. Kf2 Qxg5 43. Rxg5+ Kf6 44. Rxh5 Rb8 45. Rd5 Rxb2 46. Rd2
Ra2 47. c5 Nb4 48. Rd4 Na6 49. c6 Rc2 50. Rh4 Nb8 51. Rc4 Rxc4
52. Bxc4 Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "6.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrey Zhigalko"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5
7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 h5
12. O-O Nh7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. b4 b6 15. Rab1 h4 16. Nh1 f5
17. Nf2 g5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nce4 h3 20. Nxh3 g4 21. Nhg5 gxf3
22. gxf3 c4 23. Kh1 c3 24. Nxc3 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Nxg5 26. Bxg5
Qd7 27. Rg1 Qf5 28. f4 Ng6 29. Bg4 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Qe4+ 31. Bf3
Qf5 32. Qd4 Kf7 33. Bh5 Re4 34. Qc3 Rae8 35. Bg4 Re3 36. Qxe3
1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 Nd7
7. Nf3 Nxe5 8. Nxd4 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. a3 Nh6
12. Rb1 Nf5 13. b4 Qd8 14. g3 Qd4 15. Bb2 Qe3 16. Bxe5 Qxe5
17. f4 Qd4 18. Qb3 a5 19. c5 axb4 20. Qxe6+ Be7 21. axb4 Ne3
22. Qe4 Rd8 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Rb3 Nd5 25. Bg2 Nxb4 26. e3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Olaf Wegener"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5
12. O-O Qc7 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Na5 16. Ne5 Bd6
17. f4 Qe7 18. Rf3 f6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Kh8 21. Rh3 Bxf4
22. Qg4 e5 23. Be6 Bc8 24. Bxc8 Raxc8 25. d5 Qf7 26. c4 Kg8
27. Rf3 Qd7 28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. a4 a5 30. Kf2 Rd6 31. Ke2 Re8
32. Rb1 Ra8 33. Ba3 Kf7 34. Rh3 Kg6 35. Rf1 h5 36. Bb2 Rh8
37. Bc3 Rg8 38. Rh1 Rf8 39. Rf3 Rh8 40. g3 Bh6 41. Rf5 Re8
42. Rg1 Bg5 43. h4 Bh6 44. Kd3 Kh7 45. Rgf1 Re7 46. R5f2 Ra7
47. Ke2 Re7 48. Rf3 Ra7 49. Kf2 Re7 50. Kg2 Kg6 51. Kh3 Re8
52. Rg1 Re7 53. g4 hxg4+ 54. Kxg4 Bf4 55. h5+ Kf7 56. Kf5 Re8
57. Rxf4 exf4 58. e5 fxe5 59. Bxe5 Rxe5+ 60. Kxe5 Rh6 61. Kxf4
Rxh5 62. Rb1 Rh6 63. Ke5 Ke7 64. Rg1 Rh5+ 65. Ke4 Rh4+ 66. Ke5
Rh5+ 67. Ke4 Rh4+ 68. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[Round "5.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Florian Handke"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Bd6
7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3 Qe7 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 f6 11. Bc4+ Kh8
12. d3 Qe8 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. b4 Qg6 15. g3 Bh3 16. Rg1 Qh5
17. Bb3 a5 18. bxa5 Bd7 19. h4 Nc6 20. Nc4 Bc5 21. Bd1 Bg4
22. Qb3 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rab8 24. Bc3 Rfe8 25. Kf1 f5 26. Rd2 Qg4
27. Kg2 f4 28. Qd1 Qg6 29. Kh3 fxe3 30. fxe3 e4 31. h5 Qe6+
32. Qg4 Qxg4+ 33. Kxg4 exd3 34. Rf1 Bxe3 35. Nxe3 Rxe3 36. Rf7
Ne5+ 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxd3 h6 39. Rxc7 Rxa5 40. Kh4 Rba8
41. Rxb7 Rxa3 42. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[Round "6.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arik Braun"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7
12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Be2 a6 15. Rc1 f6 16. Kf2 Bc5
17. Rhd1 Ke7 18. Ke3 Bf7 19. Bxc5+ Nxc5 20. Bc4 a5 21. b3 Rhd8
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. h4 Rc8 24. Ne2 b6 25. Rc3 h6 26. g3 Nb7
27. Rc1 Nd6 28. Bd3 Rxc1 29. Nxc1 e5 30. Bc2 b5 31. Kd2 Kd7
32. Kc3 Bh5 33. g4 b4+ 34. Kd2 Bf7 35. h5 Nb7 36. Ke3 Nc5
37. Bd1 Kd6 38. Bc2 Ne6 39. Ne2 Kc5 40. Bd1 g6 41. hxg6 Bxg6
42. Bc2 h5 43. gxh5 Bxh5 44. Bd1 Kc6 45. Nc1 Nd4 46. Ne2 Ne6
47. Nc1 Kd6 48. Ne2 Kc5 49. Ng3 Bg6 50. Ne2 Bf7 51. Bc2 Kd6
52. Bd1 Ke7 53. Bc2 Kf8 54. Bd1 Kg7 55. Bc2 Kh6 56. Kf2 Kg5
57. Kg3 Nc5 58. Nc1 Be6 59. Bd1 Bg8 60. Bc2 Bf7 61. Bd1 Be6
62. Bc2 Bc8 63. Bd3 Be6 64. Bc2 Bf7 65. Bd1 Bg8 66. Bc2 Be6
67. Kf2 Kh4 68. Bd1 Bf7 69. Bc2 Bh5 70. Ne2 Bf7 71. Nc1 Bg8
72. Bd1 Be6 73. Bc2 Kh3 74. Bd1 Kh2 75. Bc2 Bc8 76. Bd3 Be6
77. Bc2 Bh3 78. Bd3 Bc8 79. Bc4 Be6 80. Bd5 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[Round "7.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Gasthofer"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6
7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Nf8 9. e3 Ng6 10. Bh2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Bd3 Be6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Bxe4
dxe4 17. Qxe4 Rhe8 18. Qc2 Bd5 19. Nc3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qf6
21. f4 Nh4 22. Ne4 Qg6 23. Nc5 Rd6 24. Rhg1 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 g6
26. b4 Kc7 27. Kc3 b6 28. Nd3 Rd5 29. Rc1 f6 30. Rc2 Re6
31. Rgc1 Nf5 32. Kb2 Ne7 33. a4 Kd8 34. a5 Kc7 35. axb6+ axb6
36. Kc3 Kb7 37. Kd2 Rh5 38. Rh1 Rb5 39. Ra2 Rh5 40. f3 Rd5
41. Rc1 Rh5 42. Rca1 Nc8 43. Nf2 Rb5 44. Ra4 Rd5 45. Kd3 Rf5
46. Ne4 Rh5 47. Rh1 Rh4 48. Nc3 Rd6 49. b5 cxb5 50. Nxb5 Rd5
51. Rb4 Kb8 52. Kc4 Rhh5 53. Nc3 Ra5 54. Rb3 g5 55. fxg5 Rhxg5
56. Ne4 Rg6 57. Kd3 Ra2 58. Rf1 f5 59. Nc3 Rh2 60. Nd5 Rc6
61. Nb4 Rg6 62. Rc1 Rgg2 63. Kc4 Kb7 64. Nd3 Rxh3 65. Nf4 Rg7
66. Nxh3 Rc7+ 67. Kd5 Rxc1 68. Ke6 Rh1 69. Nf4 Rf1 70. d5 Rxf3
71. d6 Nxd6 72. Kxd6 Rg3 73. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Groningen Chess Festival"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "2011.12.21"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Galoyan"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 a6 6. Be3 c6
7. Bd3 b5 8. cxb5 axb5 9. b4 O-O 10. Nge2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Rxa4 14. Nxa4 Na6 15. Bb6 Qd6 16. Bc5
Nxc5 17. bxc5 Qe7 18. O-O Nd7 19. Qc2 Bh6 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxf4
Ne5 22. Kh1 Rd8 23. Be2 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. g3
Qxe4+ 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. Re1 Rd4 29. Nb6 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Nxc5
31. Rc1 Nd3 32. Rxc6 Nxf4 33. Kg1 Rd2 34. Nc4 Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Rc2
36. Kg1 Kg7 37. Ne5 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Rg5 39. Nf3 Rf5 40. Kf2 Nd3+
0-1

[Event "Groningen Chess Festival"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "2011.12.22"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Viktoriya Tarasova"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. Qd2 Be6 9. e4 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Be2 Bc5 13. O-O O-O 14. g3 Rad8 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Kg2 Qe7
17. f4 Ned7 18. Bf3 Nf8 19. e5 N6d7 20. a5 Ne6 21. Ne2 a6
22. Qc4 Kh8 23. Qb3 Ndf8 24. Ra4 Ba7 25. Qc2 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4
27. b3 Ba7 28. Ba3 Qe6 29. Bd6 Bb8 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. Rd1 Qe7
32. Rad4 Rbd8 33. Qd2 Rxd4 34. Qxd4 Qc7 35. b4 Kg8 36. Bg4 g6
37. Kf2 Qe7 38. Qd6 Qxd6 39. Rxd6 h5 40. Bh3 Kg7 41. Ke3 g5
42. Bf5 gxf4+ 43. gxf4 Re7 44. Ke4 Re8 45. Kd4 Re7 46. Bh3
Ne6+ 47. Bxe6 fxe6 48. Ke4 Kf7 49. f5 exf5+ 50. Kxf5 Ke8
51. Re6 1-0

[Event "Groningen Chess Festival"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "2011.12.23"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. Ng1 h5 12. Bh4
Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne2 Nb6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. c4 c5 17. Nc3
Bd7 18. Nf1 Qg5 19. Ne3 Rb8 20. Qd2 h4 21. O-O-O Na4 22. Nxa4
Bxa4 23. Rdf1 Bd7 24. f4 gxf3 25. Rxf3 f5 26. exf5 Bc6 27. Rh3
Kd7 28. Rg1 Rbg8 29. g3 Bf3 30. Rf1 Bc6 31. gxh4 Qh6 32. Rg3
Qxh4 33. Rxg8 Rxg8 34. f6 Rf8 35. f7 Qh7 36. Ng4 Qh3 37. Qe2
Ke6 38. Kd2 Rxf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Qf2+ Qf3 41. Qxf3+ Bxf3
42. Ne3 Ke6 43. h4 c6 44. Nf1 Bh5 45. Ng3 Bg6 46. Ne4 Bh5
47. a3 Bg6 48. Ke3 Ke7 49. b4 cxb4 50. axb4 Ke6 51. Ng3 Bh7
52. h5 Kf6 53. Ne4+ Bxe4 54. Kxe4 Kg5 55. h6 Kxh6 56. Kf5 Kg7
57. Ke6 c5 58. bxc5 dxc5 59. Kd5 Kf6 60. Kxc5 Ke6 61. Kb6 Kd7
62. c5 1-0

[Event "Groningen Chess Festival"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "2011.12.24"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Arthur Pijpers"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 Qxb6
7. Nc3 d6 8. e4 Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 Qc7 12. Nc4
Rb8 13. Be2 Ne8 14. O-O Qd8 15. Na4 Nc7 16. Rb1 Nb5 17. Nab6
Re8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Nxb6 20. Nxb6 Rxb6 21. axb6 Qxb6
22. Bc4 Bd7 23. Qd3 a5 24. f4 a4 25. f5 g5 26. Bf2 Nd4 27. Kh1
Rb8 28. b4 axb3 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxb3 Qd8 31. Rfb1 Rxb3
32. Qxb3 Qa5 33. Qh3 Kh7 34. e5 Bxe5 35. f6 Bxh3 36. Bd3+ Kg8
37. Rb8+ Qd8 38. Rxd8# 1-0

[Event "Groningen Chess Festival"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "2011.12.26"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hagen Poetsch"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3 Bh7 9. a4 Rc8 10. a5 a6 11. c4 dxc4
12. Nbd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Be7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Bd2 Bg6 16. Ne3 Be4
17. Nd1 O-O 18. Re1 Bg6 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Bf1 Re8 21. Bb4 c5
22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Qc4 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Nd5 26. Rb3
Rc8 27. Qd4 Re7 28. Nd2 Rd7 29. Nc4 Nb4 30. Qb6 Nc2 31. Rc1
Qg5 32. Rb1 Rc6 33. Qa7 Nd4 34. Rg3 Qd8 35. Rxg6 b5 36. Qxd7
Qxd7 0-1

[Event "Groningen Chess Festival"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Sipke Ernst"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Bd6
7. Qb3 b6 8. Bg2 Ne7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bxe4 Nd7
12. Bg5 Rc8 13. O-O-O h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. Bc2 c5 16. d5 exd5
17. Nc3 g5 18. Rhe1 Nf6 19. Nb5 Bf4+ 20. Kb1 Qd8 21. cxd5 O-O
22. d6 Nc6 23. d7 Nxd7 24. Bg3 Bxg3 25. hxg3 a6 26. Rd6 c4
27. Qf3 Re8 28. Rh1 Re6 29. Qf5 Qe8 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7
32. Rxe6+ fxe6 33. Qg7+ Kd8 34. Nd6 Qf8 35. Qxf8+ Nxf8
36. Nxc8 Kxc8 1-0

[Event "Groningen Chess Festival"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Yaroslav Zherebukh"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Qb3 Qf7 11. Bd2 a5
12. Rfc1 a4 13. Qc4 c6 14. e3 e6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bb4 Rd8
17. Ba3 Bb7 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. Qe2 d5 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. f4 Nd7
22. Nf3 Rdc8 23. Qd2 Ba6 24. Rc2 Bc4 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 c5
27. dxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 29. Rc1 Qb6 30. Nd4 Rb8 31. b3
axb3 32. axb3 Nc5 33. Qc3 Ne4 34. Qc7 Qxc7 35. Rxc7 g5 36. Kg2
g4 37. Rc6 Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Rh7 Kg6 40. Rc7 Kf6 41. Rc6
Kf7 42. Rc2 h5 43. Kf1 Ra8 44. b4 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Rb1 46. b5 Ke7
47. Rc7+ Kd6 48. Rc6+ Kd7 49. Rxe6 Rb2+ 50. Kg1 Rb1+ 51. Kg2
Rb2+ 52. Kg1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Chess Festival"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kovchan"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Ne2 Nbc6
12. Qh5+ Ng6 13. f4 dxc3 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4
O-O-O 17. Qf3 Ba4 18. Qf2 Ne7 19. h4 Nc6 20. Bxc3 d4 21. Bb2
Qa5+ 22. Qd2 Qd5 23. O-O-O Kb8 24. Kb1 Rd7 25. Rh3 Rc7 26. Rc1
Rgc8 27. c4 dxc3 28. Qxd5 cxb2 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Qxc6 Rxc6
31. Bd3 Rc1+ 32. Kxb2 Rg1 33. Rh2 Rd1 34. Kc3 Rc1+ 35. Kd2 Rc8
36. h5 Kc7 37. h6 Rh8 38. g4 fxg4 39. h7 Be8 40. Rh4 Kd8
41. Rxg4 Bf7 42. Rg7 Ke8 43. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Groningen Chess Festival"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Evgeny Romanov"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 N5b6 10. Bg2 e5 11. O-O exd4
12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. b4 Nec4 14. Nce2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 a5 16. b5 a4
17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Nf4 g6 19. Nd3 Qe7 20. Qc3 Re8 21. Rfe1 Nd7
22. e4 Qf8 23. f4 Nc5 24. Nb4 Ne6 25. Ndc2 c6 26. e5 Bc5+
27. Kh1 Nd8 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rac1 Bb6 30. Nd4 Bb7 31. Qc4 Rc8
32. Ne2 Ne6 33. Nc3 Nc5 34. f5 gxf5 35. Qf4 Re6 36. Qxf5 Qg7
37. Ne4 Nxe4 38. Rxe4 Rd8 39. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "1.38"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ido Ben Artzi"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nh6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 Bxh6 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. c5 dxc5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Na4 O-O 13. Nxc5 Bf5 14. Be4 Bh3 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Rfd1
Bg7 17. Na4 Be6 18. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxa2 20. Bd5 Bxd5
21. Rxd5 Rb8 22. Rd7 e6 23. Rxa7 Bxb2 24. Rd7 Rb5 25. Rc7 Bd4
26. e3 Rb4 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. Ra8 Be5 29. Nc5 Bd6 30. Nd3 Rb3
31. Nf4 Bxf4 32. gxf4 h5 33. Kg2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "2.33"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nico Georgiadis"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. c4 a6 6. Nc3 b6
7. Be3 Bb7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. f3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Qc7
12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. Rab1 Qd8 14. b4 Nbd7 15. a4 Rab8 16. Nc2 Qf8
17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Bf2 Rd8 19. Rd1 Ba8 20. Qc1 h6 21. Qa3 a5
22. Nb5 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Bg3 Rbc8 25. Qa2 Nh5 26. Bc7 Re8
27. cxd5 axb4 28. f4 Ndf6 29. Bf3 Bc5 30. Be5 Qe7 31. Qb3 Qd7
32. Bxh5 Nxh5 33. Qf3 Qf5 34. Ncd4 Qg6 35. Nb3 Bf8 36. Rbc1
Rxc1 37. Rxc1 f6 38. Bd4 Nxf4 39. Nc7 Bd6 40. Nxa8 Rxa8
41. Rc6 Re8 42. Bf2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.26"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "3.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Jean Herman"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Bd6
7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 e5 10. Bg2 c6 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. a3
Nc5 13. Nf1 e4 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. d4 Ne6 16. c4 Kb8 17. c5 Bc7
18. b4 Ka8 19. Bc3 Ng8 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. b5 Qd7 22. bxc6 bxc6
23. Kd1 f5 24. Kc2 f4 25. Qa6 Ne7 26. Rhb1 Rb8 27. Rb4 Rxb4
28. axb4 Bb8 29. b5 cxb5 30. Nxe4 f3 31. Bxf3 Rxh3 32. Nd2 Ng5
33. Be2 Qb7 34. Bxb5 Rh2 35. Rf1 Rg2 36. Qa4 Bc7 37. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Jan Gustafsson"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6
12. Nb5 Bb6 13. Rc1 d4 14. e4 Ng4 15. Nf5 Nge5 16. Nbd6 Rb8
17. Bb5 g6 18. Re1 Qf6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Bxe5 Qxe5
22. Nc4 Qf6 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Nxd4 c5 25. e5 Qd8 26. Nf3 Bc6
27. Qf4 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Qd4 29. Qe2 Qd5 30. b3 Rbd8 31. Rcd1 Qc6
32. a4 Qe6 33. Qe3 Rfe8 34. f4 Rd5 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 36. h3 c4
37. bxc4 Qxc4 38. Qe4 Qc5+ 39. Kh2 b5 40. a5 b4 41. a6 Re7
42. Rb1 Ra7 43. e6 fxe6 44. Rxb4 Qd6 45. Rd4 Qxa6 46. Rd8+ Kf7
47. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zoltan Almasi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 Nc5
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd3 14. Re3 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 a5 16. Rec3
Rc8 17. Nf3 a4 18. Bc2 g6 19. Bd3 b4 20. Rc6 Bd7 21. Qxa4 Ra8
22. Qb3 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Ra5 24. h3 Qd7 25. Qc2 Rxa2 26. Rxc7 Qe6
27. Kh2 Raa8 28. Rc6 Qd7 29. Rc7 Qe6 30. Rc6 Qd7 31. Rc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Parimarjan Negi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Be3
Qb6 7. Bd3 Qxb2 8. Ne2 Qb4+ 9. c3 Qa5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb1 Bxd3
12. Qxb7 Bg7 13. Qxa8 O-O 14. Rfb1 Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Nd7 16. Qxc6
Qxa2 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. Nf4 Bh6 19. Qb7 Re8 20. h3 Bg5 21. c4
Nxc4 22. Qd5 Rc8 23. h4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Qe2 25. Bh6 f5 26. Qb7
Re8 27. Qb5 Rc8 28. d5 Qg4 29. Qd7 Ra8 30. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.30"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "7.28"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Gerald Loew"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. b4 O-O 5. Bb2 c6 6. a4 d5
7. e3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Be2 a5 10. b5 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rc1
Re8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. g3 Qb6 16. Nb3 e5 17. dxe5
Nxe5 18. cxd5 c4 19. Nd2 Nfd7 20. Bg2 Nd3 21. Nxc4 Rxc4
22. Qxd3 Rxa4 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rfd1 Qd6 26. Qc3
Rb4 27. Qc7 Qxc7 28. Rxc7 Rd8 29. Rxb7 Nc5 30. Rc7 Na4 31. Ra1
Nb6 32. Rxa5 Nxd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Raa7 Rf5 35. g4 Rf6
36. Ra6 Kg7 37. Rxf6 Kxf6 38. Rc6+ Kg5 39. b6 h5 40. gxh5 Kxh5
41. Rf6 Kg5 42. Rxf7 Rxb6 43. Kg2 Rb5 44. Kf3 Ra5 45. Kg3 Ra4
46. Rd7 Rb4 47. Rd5+ Kf6 48. h4 Ra4 49. f4 Ra3 50. Kf3 Ra1
51. h5 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.31"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mircea-Emilian Parligras"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6
7. Bg5 Qe8 8. g4 c5 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rc8
12. b3 h5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. gxh5 Rc5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Nd5 Bg7
17. Rc1 e6 18. Ne3 Rh5 19. Nb5 Be5 20. Ng4 Bf4 21. Nxd6 Qe7
22. Rc3 e5 23. Nb5 Rh7 24. Rd3 Be6 25. Rd6 Kh8 26. Qe2 Rh4
27. f3 Nc5 28. Rfd1 Qg5 29. b4 Bxg4 30. fxg4 Be3+ 31. Kh1 Nxe4
0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e3 c5 8. Bb5+ Bc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nd7 11. O-O Be7
12. Re1 O-O 13. Ne4 Rc8 14. h4 Bb7 15. Bb1 Qc7 16. Bd2 N5f6
17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Ng5 h6 20. Bh7+ Kf8 21. Nh3
Ne5 22. Rc1 Nc4 23. Bd2 Rxd4 24. Bb4+ Ke8 25. Qe2 Qd7 26. b3
Ne5 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. f4 Nd7 29. Bg6 Nc5 30. Bh5 Re4 31. Qb5+
Bc6 32. Qf1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Nd3 34. Qb1 Qd7 35. Kh2 Nxb4 36. Qh7
Nd5 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.02.02"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O
7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. Re1 Qc7
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Re4 Nf8 16. Rae1
Ne6 17. Rxe6 fxe6 18. Bf4 e5 19. Rxe5 Rxd4 20. Re4 Rxd3
21. Qxd3 Qd8 22. Qe2 c5 23. Re3 Qd7 24. Ne5 Qf5 25. Bh6 e6
26. Kh2 g5 27. b3 Qf4+ 28. Kg1 Qf5 29. Qh5 Rf8 30. Nd7 Bd4
31. Nxf8 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Qe5 33. Qg4 Qxe3+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Qg3
Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Bc8 37. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.04"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "8.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor V Glek"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 e5 11. Bg5
Be7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Ne3 Ne8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rad1
Qe6 17. b3 Nf6 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Nc4 Ne8 20. Red1 f6 21. Qh3
Qe7 22. Qc3 c5 23. Qa5 Kf8 24. h3 g6 25. a3 Kg7 26. Rd3 h5
27. Qd2 Rab8 28. Nxd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6
31. Rxd6 a5 32. Rd1 a4 33. Rb1 axb3 34. Rxb3 Ra8 35. f3 h4
36. Rb5 c4 37. Rb4 Rxa3 38. Rxc4 Kh6 39. Kf2 Kg5 40. g3 hxg3+
41. Kxg3 f5 42. h4+ Kf6 43. Rc6+ Kf7 44. exf5 gxf5 45. c3 Kg7
46. h5 Kh7 47. Kh4 e4 48. fxe4 fxe4 49. Kg4 Ra5 50. Kf4 Rxh5
51. Kxe4 Kg7 52. Re6 Kf7 53. Re5 Rh8 54. Kd4 Rd8+ 55. Kc5 Rc8+
56. Kb4 Kf6 57. Re3 Rb8+ 58. Kc5 Rc8+ 59. Kd5 Kf5 60. c4 Rd8+
61. Kc6 Rc8+ 62. Kb5 Rb8+ 63. Ka5 Rc8 64. Kb4 Rb8+ 65. Kc3 Rc8
66. Re1 Kf6 67. Kb4 Rb8+ 68. Ka5 Rc8 69. Rc1 Ke6 70. Kb6 Kd7
71. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.05"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "9.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Pavel Tregubov"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bg2 Ndb4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 bxc6 11. Bd2
Be7 12. a3 Nd5 13. Kc2 Ba6 14. e4 Nb6 15. Bf1 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1
O-O-O 17. Rad1 h5 18. h3 Nc4 19. Bc1 f5 20. h4 Bf6 21. exf5
exf5 22. Ne2 Ne5 23. Nd4 g6 24. Bf4 Rd5 25. b4 c5 26. Ne6 Rxd1
27. Rxd1 cxb4 28. axb4 Re8 29. Nc5 Rd8 30. Rc1 Rd4 31. Re1 Rd5
32. Kb3 Kd8 33. Ka4 Nd3 34. Nxd3 Rxd3 35. Re6 Be7 36. Be3 Rd6
37. Rxd6+ Bxd6 38. Ka5 f4 39. Bxf4 Bxf4 40. gxf4 Kc7 41. Kb5
Kd6 42. Kc4 Ke6 43. Kc5 Kf5 44. Kb5 Kxf4 45. Ka6 g5 46. hxg5
Kxg5 47. b5 h4 48. Kxa7 h3 49. b6 h2 50. b7 h1=Q 51. f4+ Kf5
52. b8=Q Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-chT 1112"]
[Site "Szombathely HUN"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Erdos"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.e4 e6 4.f4 exd5 5.fxe5 Qh4+ 6.Ke2 Qh5+
7.Kd2 Qh6+ 8.Kc3 Qc6+ 9.Kd2 Qh6+ 10.Kd3 Qa6+ 11.Kd2 Qh6+
12.Ke1 Qh4+ 13.Kd2 Qf4+ 14.Kc3 Qxe5+ 15.Qd4 Bb4+ 16.Kd3 dxe4+
17.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 18.Kxe4 Nf6+ 19.Ke3 Bc5+ 20.Kf3 b5 21.Bd3 Bb7+
22.Kg3 Bd6+ 23.Kf2 Ng4+ 24.Kf1 Nxh2+ 25.Kf2 Ng4+ 26.Kf1 Nh2+
27.Kf2 Ng4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.25"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "10.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Henrik Teske"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6
7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4
Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc4 Rd6
16. Rac1 Kd8 17. Ke3 Rb8 18. g4 h6 19. h4 f6 20. g5 Bd7
21. gxh6 gxh6 22. Bf3 b5 23. Rc5 Ra6 24. Bc6 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.26"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "11.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Naumann"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 Rb8 8. h3 Bf5 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd2 c5 11. e4 Bd7 12. Qc2
a6 13. b3 b5 14. Rb1 Nh5 15. Bb2 e5 16. Ne2 f5 17. f4 bxc4
18. bxc4 Rxb2 19. Rxb2 exf4 20. gxf4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Qh4
22. Rbb1 Bxh3 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Rf2 Qe3 25. Kg2 Bd4 26. Rf3
Nxc4 27. Nxd6 Rxf4 28. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 29. Rxf4 Qxf4 30. Nxc4 Qg4+
31. Kh2 Qh4+ 32. Kg2 Qg4+ 33. Kh2 Qh4+ 34. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Csaba Balogh"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+
Bd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. f4 Na5 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Nf3 Bb4
12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bd2 Nc4 14. Rc1 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qa5 16. a3 Bxc3
17. Rxc3 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 h5 20. Ke2 Ng4 21. Rb1
Nxe5 22. fxe5 Bc6 23. h4 Ke7 24. g3 f6 25. exf6+ gxf6 26. Kf2
f5 27. Be2 Kf6 28. Rg1 Rh7 29. Rb1 Be8 30. Rc1 Rc7 31. Ke1 Rg7
32. Kf2 Rc7 33. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ferenc Berkes"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6
7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 a6 12. a4
Ne5 13. h3 g5 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ng3 g4 16. h4 Nh7 17. a5 Qxh4
18. Na4 h5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Ra3 Rf8 21. Qd2 Kh8 22. Qf4 Ng6
23. Qxd6 Be5 24. Qxc5 f5 25. Nc4 Bg7 26. Qd6 f4 27. e5 fxg3
28. fxg3 Qe7 29. Qxb8 Nxe5 30. Re3 Be6 31. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.23"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "4.94"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Robert Kreisl"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nf3
a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Nc5 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. O-O Qxd5 11. d4 Nce4
12. Bb3 Qh5 13. Ne5 e6 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. f3 Nd6 16. Nc3 Nf6
17. d5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Ba4+ Kd8 20. dxe6 Bc5+ 21. Kh1
fxe6 22. Bg5 Ke7 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Rc2 h6 25. Bh4 Rhd8 26. Re1
g5 27. Bg3 Nh5 28. Rce2 Nxg3+ 29. hxg3 Rd6 30. Bc2 Bb4 31. Bf5
Rcc6 32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33. Nd5+ Kd6 34. Nxb4 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Rb6
36. a3 c3 37. bxc3 Kc5 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Kc4 40. Re7 a5
41. Rc7+ Kb3 42. Nd3 Kxa3 43. Ne5 Ba6 44. c4 Rf6 45. Ra7 Kb4
46. Nd7 Rf7 47. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "5.98"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Orkhan Abdulov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Ng4 9. h3 Ne5 10. Be2 Qh4 11. Qd2 Be6
12. Qe3 Bc5 13. Qf4 Qxf4 14. Bxf4 f6 15. Na4 Bb6 16. b3 Ke7
17. Rfd1 h5 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. a4 c5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rd2 g6
22. Rad1 f5 23. Bb5 f4 24. Bc6 Rab8 25. h4 g5 26. hxg5 Rhg8
27. Bd5 Rxg5 28. Bxe6 Kxe6 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 f3 31. g3 Rg4
32. Rf8 Rxe4 33. Rxf3 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Rc1 35. Rc3 e4 36. f3 Kf5
37. Kf2 exf3 38. Kxf3 Rf1+ 39. Kg2 Rd1 40. Kf3 Rd4 41. a5 Rd1
42. Rc4 Ra1 43. axb6 cxb6 44. b4 Ra3+ 45. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "6.95"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Denis Kadric"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. h3 Qe7 11. Ne2 Re8
12. Ng3 Nc5 13. Bh6 Nxd3 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. cxd3 c5 16. Nh2 Ng8
17. f4 f6 18. f5 Rd8 19. Qe2 g5 20. h4 gxh4 21. Nh5+ Kf8
22. Nf3 Bd7 23. Nxh4 Be8 24. Rad1 Rd7 25. b3 b6 26. Rf2 Bxh5
27. Qxh5 Qg7 28. Nf3 Qh6 29. Qxh6+ Nxh6 30. Ne1 Nf7 31. Rdd2
Rad8 32. Rde2 Nd6 33. Re3 b5 34. Rc2 Rc8 35. Nf3 Rdc7 36. Nd2
a6 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Rh3 Kf8 39. Rh1 c4 40. bxc4 bxc4 41. Rhc1
c3 42. Nb1 Rb8 43. Rxc3 Rb2+ 44. Kg1 Rcb7 45. Na3 Rxa2 46. Rc6
Ne8 47. R1c3 a5 48. Rc8 Kf7 49. Nc4 Ra7 50. Rb3 a4 51. Rbb8 a3
52. Rxe8 Ra1+ 53. Kh2 a2 54. Rh8 Rh1+ 55. Kxh1 a1=Q+ 56. Kh2
Kg7 57. Rbg8+ Kh6 58. Rg6+ Kh5 59. Ne3 Qb2 60. Kh3 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.27"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "7.56"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bojan Vuckovic"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "129"]

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 Bb7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Nf1 Bf8 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bg5
h6 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. b3 Nc6 21. Bb1 Nde5 22. Nxc6
Bxc6 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Be3 Qh4 25. Bd4 Bb7 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Rc1
Bg7 28. Qe3 Qg5 29. Rd1 Qxe3 30. Bxe3 Bf8 31. Ne2 Bb7 32. Nc3
Nd7 33. f3 Nf6 34. Kf2 Rc8 35. Bd4 Bg7 36. Ne2 Ne8 37. Ke3
Bxd4+ 38. Rxd4 Kg7 39. a4 bxa4 40. Rxa4 Rc5 41. Rb4 Bc8
42. Bd3 a5 43. Rb6 Kf8 44. Nf4 Bd7 45. Kd4 Rc6 46. Rb8 Rc8
47. Rxc8 Bxc8 48. Nd5 Bd7 49. Nb6 Be6 50. Bc4 Nc7 51. f4 Ke7
52. g4 f5 53. gxf5 gxf5 54. e5 Ne8 55. Nd5+ Kd8 56. Ne3 Ke7
57. Bd5 Nc7 58. exd6+ Kxd6 59. Nc4+ Ke7 60. Bxe6 Kxe6 61. Ne3
Ne8 62. Nc2 Kd6 63. Kc4 Ke6 64. Nd4+ Kf6 65. Kb5 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "8.94"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Iulian Baltag"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4
12. Ba3 Nb6 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. a5 Nd7 15. a6 b6 16. Qe3 O-O-O
17. Rac1 Nd6 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Ba4 Kb8 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Nc4
Rdd8 22. Ne5 b5 23. Bb3 Nd5 24. Qg3 Ne7 25. Rfe1 f6 26. Nxg6
Qxg3 27. hxg3 Nxg6 28. Rxe6 Kc7 29. c4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rd6
31. Re3 Rb8 32. f4 Kd7 33. Bc2 Ne7 34. g4 g6 35. Rh3 Rb5
36. Rxh7 f5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Ba4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Ke6 40. Rc5 Re1
41. Bb3+ Kd7 42. d5 Kc7 43. dxc6 Rxc6 44. Rxf5 Rcc1 45. Rff7
Kd6 46. Rh6+ Kc5 47. Re6 Rh1+ 48. Kg3 Nc6 49. Rc7 Kb6 50. Rc8
Rc3+ 51. Kg4 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "9.75"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tamas Petenyi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. a4 a6 6. Nf3 e6
7. a5 Qc7 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. Na4 Bg4 10. Be2 Ne7 11. b4 Nf5 12. c3
Be7 13. O-O h5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 g6 16. Nc5 Bf8 17. Qc1 Bh6
18. Bxh6 Nxh6 19. Qg5 Nf5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxg6+ Ke7 22. Bxh5
Rag8 23. Qf7+ Kd8 24. Bg4 Nf8 25. Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. g3 Nh7
27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Kg2 Ng5 29. f4 Ne4 30. Rf3 Rh7 31. Rg1 Rgh8
32. Rh1 b6 33. axb6+ Kxb6 34. h4 Rg8 35. Kh3 Rhg7 36. Rg1 Rg4
37. Kh2 Kb5 38. Rg2 Kc4 39. Rg1 R4g6 40. Rg2 Kb5 41. Rg1 Kb6
42. Rg2 R6g7 43. Kh3 a5 44. bxa5+ Kxa5 45. Kh2 Kb6 46. Kh3 c5
47. Kh2 c4 48. Rg1 Kc6 49. Rg2 Ra7 50. Kh3 Ra1 51. Kh2 Rd1
52. h5 Rd3 53. Rxd3 cxd3 0-1

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhael Mchedlishvili"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2
h5 13. c5 g5 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. a4 Bh6 17. Nd3 Bd7
18. Nb5 a6 19. Na3 Rb8 20. Rc3 Rf7 21. Kh1 Rg7 22. Ne1 Nh8
23. g3 Ng6 24. Ng2 Bh3 25. Rg1 Nf6 26. Nc4 g4 27. gxf4 Bxg2+
28. Rxg2 Nxf4 29. Bb6 Qd7 30. Rg1 Kh8 31. Bf1 Rbg8 32. Ne3
gxf3 33. Rxg7 Qxg7 34. Nf5 Qg6 35. Ne7 Qxe4 36. Nxg8 Kxg8
37. Qxf3 Qxa4 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kg6 40. Be3 Qa1 41. Bxf4
Bxf4 42. Qg2+ Kf5 43. Rg7 Ng4 44. h3 Kf6 45. Rd7 Qe1 46. hxg4
hxg4 47. Rh7 Qd1 48. Qe2 Qxd5+ 49. Bg2 Qc5 50. Bxb7 d5 51. Kg2
1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "11.53"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Emil Davidovich Sutovsky"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Ne1 Na5 9. e4 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. b3 c5 12. Nc2
e5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 b6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Nd5
Nxd5 18. cxd5 c4 19. Rab1 Rc8 20. Na3 c3 21. Qd3 Qe7 22. b4
Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bb5 24. Qxc3 Bxc4 25. Bh3 f5 26. exf5 gxf5
27. Rfc1 Qf7 28. Qd2 Bxd5 29. Bxf5+ Qxf5 30. Qxd5 Rxc1+
31. Rxc1 Qxf3 32. Qxf3 Rxf3 33. Re1 Kg6 34. a4 e4 35. b5 Bc3
36. Re2 h5 37. Kg2 Be5 38. a5 bxa5 39. Bxa7 Rb3 40. Rxe4 Rxb5
41. Bd4 Bb8 42. Bc3 Rc5 43. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andreas Breier"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6
7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Be3 e5 12. d5
Nd4 13. Bg2 c5 14. Qd2 a6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 f5 17. Bg5 Qc7
18. Ne2 f4 19. gxf4 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 exf4 21. f3 b5 22. cxb5
Rxb5 23. Rab1 c4 24. Rfc1 Ne5 25. Bf1 h6 26. Bh4 Rfb8 27. Kg2
Qa5 28. a3 Rb3 29. Be1 Qb6 30. Bc3 Nd3 31. Bxg7 Nxc1 32. Rxc1
Kxg7 33. Rxc4 Rxb2 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Qb2 36. Qxb2+ Rxb2+
37. Kg1 a5 38. a4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Raj Tischbierek"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. c4 dxc4
7. Qa4+ c6 8. Qxc4 O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bd2 Nd7
12. Rab1 a5 13. Qc2 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. e3 Qe7 16. b3 Rac8
17. Nb5 f5 18. Bc1 g5 19. Bb2 g4 20. Nh4 Kh7 21. f3 gxf3
22. Rxf3 Rf7 23. Rbf1 Rcf8 24. Nc7 e4 25. dxe4 Nde5 26. Nxe6
Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qxe6 28. exf5 Qe8 29. f6+ Kg8 30. fxg7 1-0

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2
h5 13. c5 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. a5 Bh6 16. Nb5 a6 17. Na3 Rf7
18. Nc4 Rg7 19. cxd6 Nxd6 20. Ra3 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 g4 22. fxg4
hxg4 23. g3 Kh7 24. Nd3 Qg5 25. Nc5 Qh5 26. Qc2 Bg5 27. Rd1
Be7 28. b4 Bd6 29. Bf1 Bd7 30. Nxb7 Bxb4 31. Ra2 Nh4 32. gxh4
g3 33. hxg3 fxg3 34. Be3 Rf8 35. Qb3 Rf2 36. Rxf2 gxf2+
37. Kxf2 Qxh4+ 38. Ke2 Bb5+ 39. Rd3 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[EventDate "2012.08.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrew Brown"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Ne5
12. h3 g5 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 g4 15. h4 Nh7 16. h5 Qh4 17. Bf4
Ng5 18. Nb5 Rd8 19. Qd2 Nef3+ 20. Bxf3 gxf3 21. Bxg5 hxg5
22. gxf3 Be5 23. Kf1 Bd7 24. Nc3 Bf4 25. Qd3 b5 26. Nf5 Bxf5
27. exf5 Re8 28. Ne4 Qh3+ 29. Ke2 Qxf5 30. Rad1 Qd7 31. Kf1
Qh3+ 32. Ke2 f5 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[EventDate "2012.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 c6 6. a3 Ba5
7. b4 Bc7 8. Bb2 d5 9. Ng3 Re8 10. f4 b6 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4
Nd5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. O-O N7f6 15. Nge2 Bb7 16. e4 Nxc3 17. Nxc3
c5 18. e5 cxd4 19. Nb5 Ne4 20. Qe1 a6 21. Nxd4 b5 22. Bb3 Bb6
23. Rd1 Re7 24. Kh1 Rd7 25. Qe3 Kh8 26. f5 exf5 27. Rxf5 Rc8
28. e6 fxe6 29. Bxe6 Rc2 30. Bxd7 Rxb2 31. Qf4 Nf6 32. Nf3
Qxd7 33. Qb8+ Ng8 34. Rf1 Qxf5 35. Qxb7 Rb1 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[EventDate "2012.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Juan Camilo Torres"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Bg2 Ne4
7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5
12. Qb3 a5 13. a4 b6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Bc3 Nc5 16. Qc2 e5
17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rad1 Qf6 20. Nf4 Rf7 21. Nd3
Nd7 22. f4 Raf8 23. b3 Kg8 24. Nf2 Qg7 25. Ne4 h6 26. e3 g5
27. Kh1 Qg6 28. Qg2 e5 29. Nc3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2
exf4 32. Rxf4 Nc5 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Rb1 Rg7+ 35. Kf3 Kf7
36. Nd5 Ke6 37. Nf4+ Ke5 38. Rd1 Rf7 39. Rb1 Nd3 40. Kg3 Nxf4
41. exf4+ Rxf4 42. Rd1 Rd4 43. Rb1 c6 44. Kf3 Rf4+ 45. Kg3 h5
0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2012.08.05"]
[EventDate "2012.08.02"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Dmytro Kigel"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Qe7
7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. e4 O-O 11. Re1 d6 12. e5
dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 f5 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Nh5 Qf7 17. Qg4
Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Be4 e5 20. Bg3 Bc8 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6
1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2012.08.06"]
[EventDate "2012.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O
12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. Qb5 Nb6 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Qb6 16. h3 f6
17. Rc2 Qb4 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Rd2 Rc4 20. Ne1 Rfc8 21. Kf1 Nc2
22. Nxc2 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Rb1 h5 25. Bg3 g5 26. f3 h4
27. Be1 Bd6 28. e4 Bf4 29. a3 Be3 30. exd5 exd5 31. b3 Bc1
32. b4 b5 33. Ra1 Be3 34. Rd1 Bf4 35. Rd3 Kf7 36. Rc3 Ra2
37. Rc5 Ke6 38. Rc6+ Kf5 39. Rc5 Bg3 40. Bxg3 hxg3 41. Rxd5+
Kf4 42. Rd7 Ra1+ 43. Ke2 Rg1 44. Rf7 f5 45. d5 Rxg2+ 46. Kf1
Rd2 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2012.08.07"]
[EventDate "2012.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Jorge Cori"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6
7. Bd3 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. O-O b5
12. Ne2 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Nd4 h5 15. h3 Rc8 16. Bh2 b4
17. Rc1 g6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Qf3 Ne4 20. Rcd1 Kf8 21. Bxe4 dxe4
22. Qg3 Bd5 23. h4 Kg7 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qd8 26. Qf4 Qe7
27. Rd2 Rc5 28. Kh2 Rhc8 29. f3 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1 31. fxe4
Bxa2 32. Nf3 a5 33. Ng5 Rc7 34. g4 hxg4 35. Qxg4 f6 36. exf6+
Qxf6 37. Qg3 e5 38. Rf2 Qe7 39. h5 Kh6 40. Nf3 gxh5 41. Nxe5
Qg7 42. Qf4+ Qg5 43. Ng4+ hxg4 44. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2012.08.08"]
[EventDate "2012.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Ipatov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. Qb3 Qb6
7. f3 Qxb3 8. Nxb3 Bc2 9. Bd2 Bxb3 10. axb3 e6 11. g4 h6
12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Ng2 Bd6 14. h4 e5 15. Ne3 g6 16. dxe5 Bxe5
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bh3 Bf4 19. Kd1 Nb6 20. Nc2 Be5 21. Bc3 d4
22. Nxd4 Rd8 23. e3 Nfd5 24. Ke2 O-O 25. Kf2 Rfe8 26. Rhe1 Bf6
27. Kg3 Nxc3 28. bxc3 Nd5 29. f4 Rxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Nxe3 31. Kf3
Nd5 32. g5 Bg7 33. Ne6 fxe6 34. Bxe6+ Kh7 35. Rd1 Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[EventDate "2012.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Mikhail Antipov"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 exd5
7. cxd5 d6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 a6 11. a3 Ba5 12. O-O
b5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. bxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. exd4
Nb6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bg3 Nbxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qf3
Be6 23. h4 Kg7 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rac1 Rh8 26. Rc6 Nf4 27. Rxe6
fxe6 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. Qg4+ Kf7 30. Qxf4+ Ke7 31. d5 Rf8
32. Qe3 Rf6 33. g4 e5 34. Qg5 Rc8 35. Rxa6 Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2012.08.11"]
[EventDate "2012.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 exd5
7. cxd5 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Ne2 Nxd5
12. O-O O-O 13. c4 Nb4 14. Bb1 Ne5 15. Nf4 Re8 16. a3 Nbc6
17. Nd5 Bg4 18. Qc2 Ng6 19. Bf6 Be6 20. Bc3 Qd8 21. f4 f5
22. Rf3 Nce7 23. Rg3 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Rf8 25. e4 Qe8 26. h4 Rf7
27. e5 h5 28. e6 Rf6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qb2 Kg7 31. Qxb7 Kh6
32. Qa6 Qb8 33. Qe2 c4 34. Qxc4 Qb6+ 35. Kh2 Rc8 36. Qb4 Rc1
37. Qxb6 axb6 38. Rb3 Nxf4 39. Ra2 Nfxd5 40. Rf2 Re1 41. Bxf5
Ne3 42. Bh3 Nf1+ 43. Rxf1 Rxf1 44. Rxb6 d5 45. Rb7 Ng6 46. Rf7
Re1 47. Rxf6 Kg7 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Rf5 Ne7 50. Rxh5 Kg7
51. Rg5+ Kf6 52. Rg3 d4 53. Rf3+ Ke5 54. h5 Rc1 55. Rf7 Kd6
56. Rf8 Nc6 57. h6 d3 58. h7 d2 59. Bg4 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2012.08.11"]
[EventDate "2012.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandr Shimanov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 10. g3 Nd6 11. b3 Nf5
12. a3 a6 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. Rad1 Rh5
17. Bf1 Rdh8 18. h3 g5 19. Bg2 Rxh3 20. Bxh3 Rxh3 21. Qg2 Qh6
22. Ne2 Nf6 23. cxd5 exd5 24. e4 Nxe4 25. Rf1 Bxg3 26. fxg3
Ne3 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[EventDate "2012.08.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Nils Grandelius"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6
7. e3 Qe7 8. Nf3 e5 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 e4 12. Be2
g5 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. O-O Ng6 15. f4 exf3 16. Rxf3 Ng4 17. Ne4
N6e5 18. Raf1 Bd7 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. Rxf7 Nxe3 21. Qe4 Nxf1
22. Bxe5 Nd2 23. Qe3 Qg6 24. Rf2 Qb1+ 25. Bf1 Nxf1 26. Rxf1
Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 O-O+ 28. Kg1 Rae8 29. h3 Rf5 30. Qxc5 Rexe5
31. Qxa7 Re2 32. Qxb7 Rff2 33. Qxd7 Rxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2012.08.14"]
[EventDate "2012.08.02"]
[Round "12.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samvel Ter-Sahakyan"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6
7. Qg4 g6 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Ra2 Bd7 11. Qf4 h6 12. h4
Na5 13. Bd3 Nc4 14. dxc5 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Rc8 16. h5 g5 17. Nd4
Qa5 18. f4 Qxc5 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 Qxc3+ 21. Ke2 Ne7
22. Qe3 a6 23. Kf2 Nc6 24. Nf3 Kd8 25. Raa1 f6 26. exf6 Qxf6
27. c4 Rf8 28. Rae1 dxc4 29. Be4 Nd4 30. Bxb7 Rb8 31. Rb1 e5
32. Be4 Ke7 33. Rhe1 Rxb1 34. Rxb1 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Nxf3+ 36. Bxf3
Qd4 37. Re1 Kf6 38. Kf1 Qxe3 39. Rxe3 Be6 40. Bd1 Rd8 41. Ke1
Rd3 42. Rxd3 cxd3 43. Kd2 Bd5 44. Kxd3 Bxg2 45. a4 a5 46. Kc4
Bc6 47. Kc5 Be8 48. Kb6 Kg7 49. Kxa5 e4 50. Kb4 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2012.08.15"]
[EventDate "2012.08.02"]
[Round "13.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7
12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Bb3 a6 15. h4 h5 16. Rd1 Nb8
17. Rd2 Rg8 18. Kf2 Rd8 19. Rhd1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc5 21. Kg3
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nc6 23. Rd2 Ke7 24. Ne2 e5 25. Nc3 Rd8 26. Nd5+
Kf8 27. Kf2 f6 28. Rc2 Bf7 29. Rc3 Rc8 30. Nb6 Rd8 31. Bd5
Bxd5 32. exd5 Nb4 33. a5 Ke8 34. Rc7 Nxd5 35. Rxb7 Nf4 36. Nc4
Rd4 37. b3 Nd3+ 38. Kg3 Nc5 39. Rxg7 Nxb3 40. Ne3 Rd7 41. Rg8+
Kf7 42. Ra8 Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-HUN -13"]
[Site "Szombathely HUN"]
[Date "2012.09.16"]
[EventDate "2012.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Zoltan Hajnal"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. g3 Bb4 8. Bg2 Ne4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Ba3 a5
12. Nxc4 Bb4 13. e4 Bg6 14. h4 f6 15. Qb3 O-O 16. Bxb4 axb4
17. Qxb4 b5 18. Nb2 Na6 19. Qc3 Rc8 20. Nd3 Qb6 21. Rfc1 Rc7
22. Qa3 b4 23. Qb2 Rd8 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Qa5 26. e5 fxe5
27. Qxe5 Bf5 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 h6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Rd1
Rf8 32. Qe5 Rcf7 33. Rd6 Kg8 34. Rxc6 Rxf2 35. Rc7 R2f6
36. Rb7 Qa6 37. Rb5 Qc6 38. Rxb4 Rf5 39. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-AUT -13"]
[Site "Hohenems AUT"]
[Date "2012.11.02"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Csaba Balogh"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Qb3 Be7
12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 Qc6 15. Bf1 Qxc5 16. Bd2
Rfd8 17. Be1 Bd6 18. Qb5 Qe5 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Rd1 Rxd1 22. Nxd1 Bc6 23. Bd3 g5 24. Bc3 Nd7 25. Bxe5 Nxe5
26. Be2 g4 27. h3 h5 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. Kh2 f5 30. Kg3 Kf7
31. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-AUT -13"]
[Site "Hohenems AUT"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Tomas Polak"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 b5
7. e4 exd5 8. cxd5 g5 9. Bg3 Nxe4 10. Ne2 Qf6 11. Qc2 Nxg3
12. Nxg3 O-O 13. Bxb5 Re8+ 14. Be2 Ba6 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3
Bxe2 17. Nxe2 d6 18. f4 g4 19. Ng3 Nd7 20. Qf5 Re7 21. Qxg4+
Kh7 22. Nf5 Rg8 23. Qh3 Re2 24. Ng3 Re7 25. Rf3 Qg6 26. Nf5
Ree8 27. Raf1 1-0

[Event "TCh-AUT -13"]
[Site "Hohenems AUT"]
[Date "2012.11.04"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marin Bosiocic"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6
7. Bf4 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. e3 Qe7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Bh2 h6 12. O-O
Ne8 13. a4 f5 14. a5 Nc7 15. Ra3 g5 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Kh1 g4
18. Rb3 Na6 19. Na2 h5 20. f4 Nf7 21. Nc4 Rb8 22. hxg4 hxg4
23. Bg3 Bd7 24. Qb1 Nc7 25. Qd3 Bf6 26. Be1 Kg7 27. Kg1 Rh8
28. Nc3 Rh6 29. Nd1 Rbh8 30. Nf2 Nb5 31. Bd1 Kg8 32. Na3 a6
33. Nc4 Bh4 34. Nb6 Bg3 35. e4 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 6. dxc5 Nc6
7. Qg3 f6 8. Ndf3 Bxc5 9. Bd3 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxe5 Nf6
12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh5 f5 15. Qh6+ Kf7 16. Qh5+ Kf8
17. Qh6+ Kf7 18. Qh5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Lukasz Cyborowski"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1
Nc6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rd8 15. Rc1 Kf8 16. Rc5
Ne7 17. Rb2 b6 18. Rc7 Rd7 19. Rbc2 Rxc7 20. Rxc7 Ke8 21. h4
Kd8 22. Rc3 f6 23. Nd2 Bb7 24. Bc4 Rc8 25. Rg3 g6 26. Ra3 Bxe4
27. Bxe6 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Bf5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Rxa7 Rc2 31. Nf3
Rxf2 32. Rb7 Nd5 33. Rxh7 Ne3 34. Rg7 Rxa2 35. h5 Ke8 36. Nh4
Kf8 37. Rb7 Kg8 38. Kg3 Ra3 39. Kf4 Nd5+ 40. Kxf5 Rg3 41. h6
Rg5+ 42. Ke6 Nf4+ 43. Kxf6 Rg4 44. h7+ Kh8 45. Kf5 Rxh4 46. g3
Rh5+ 47. Kxf4 b5 48. g4 Rd5 49. g5 Rxd4+ 50. Kf5 Rd5+ 51. Kg6
Rd6+ 52. Kh5 Rd1 53. Kh6 1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "1.23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alicja Sliwicka"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nge2 d6
7. O-O Ne7 8. Be3 a6 9. a4 Nd7 10. Qd2 h6 11. Kh1 Nf6 12. h3
Qd7 13. Rfd1 g5 14. Kg1 Rb8 15. f4 gxf4 16. Nxf4 Rg8 17. Kh2
Bh8 18. Rf1 Nc6 19. Rae1 e5 20. Nfe2 exd4 21. Nxd4 Ne5 22. Nf5
h5 23. b3 Qd8 24. Bd4 Nfd7 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qg5 27. Qxg5
Rxg5 28. h4 0-1

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "2.23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Pawel Szwarc"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 Rc8
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd3 Na5 14. Bd5 b5 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Nd1 Bxd5
17. Qxd5 Qc6 18. Ne3 Nc4 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21. Nd2
Rd4 22. Rcd1 d5 23. c3 Rd3 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Nb3 Rfd8 26. Rxd5
Rxd5 27. Re1 g6 28. Kf1 Bd8 29. Ke2 f5 30. Rc1 Bg5 31. Rc2 Kf7
32. c4 bxc4 33. Rxc4 h5 34. Rc7+ Ke6 35. Rc6+ Rd6 36. Nc5+ Kd5
37. Rxd6+ Kxd6 38. Nxa6 e4 39. Nb4 Bf6 40. b3 Kc5 41. Nc2 f4
42. f3 e3 43. g3 Be5 44. gxf4 Bxf4 45. h3 1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "3.20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mykhailo Dorokhin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. b3 d5 6. Bb2 d4
7. Ne2 g6 8. Ng3 Bh6 9. Ng5 Qc7 10. Qf3 f6 11. Nh3 e5 12. f5
Bd7 13. Nf2 O-O-O 14. Bd3 Rhf8 15. Ne2 Nb4 16. g4 Qa5 17. c3
Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bb5 19. c4 Bc6 20. Rg1 Rg8 21. Rg3 Bg5 22. a3
gxf5 23. gxf5 Bh4 24. Rxg8 Rxg8 25. Ng3 Bg5 26. O-O-O Kb8
27. Rg1 Nc8 28. Kc2 Nd6 29. Nh5 Rf8 30. Rg4 b5 31. h4 Bh6
32. Rg1 Ka8 33. Ng4 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "4.18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Egons Lavendelis"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6
7. Ne2 Nc6 8. e5 Nb4 9. Nbc3 N4d5 10. Nf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 c6
12. h4 Be6 13. h5 Bd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Qb3 O-O-O
17. h6 Bf8 18. O-O f5 19. Qa4 Kb8 20. b4 e6 21. Qb3 f4
22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Bxh6 24. b5 cxb5 25. a4 Bxf4 26. axb5
Qc7 27. Rxa7 Rxd4 28. Rfa1 Re4 1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "5.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrey Gorovets"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6
7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Bd7 9. Bd1 Qe8 10. Nge2 Nc5 11. f3 a5 12. Bc2
Kh8 13. g4 Ng8 14. Ng3 f6 15. Be3 Ne7 16. O-O-O a4 17. h4 f5
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nh5 Nb3+ 20. axb3 axb3 21. Bxb3 Qg6 22. Bc2
Ra1+ 23. Nb1 Rfa8 24. Nxg7 Qxg7 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Rhg1 Qf7
27. Be4 Bg6 28. Qd3 c6 29. Bg5 cxd5 30. Bxg6 Nxg6 31. Qxd5 Qf5
32. Qe4 Qe6 33. h5 Rc8 34. b3 b5 35. hxg6 bxc4 36. g7+ Kg8
37. b4 c3 38. Qd5 Qxd5 39. Rxd5 Rc4 40. Bf6 c2 41. Kb2 Rxb1+
42. Rxb1 cxb1=Q+ 43. Kxb1 Rxb4+ 44. Kc2 Rb6 45. Ra5 Rb8
46. Ra7 Re8 47. Kd3 d5 48. Ke3 h5 49. Rd7 d4+ 50. Ke4 Kh7
51. Bxe5 h4 52. Rxd4 Kg6 53. Rd6+ Kg5 54. f4+ Kh5 55. f5 h3
56. Rd3 Kh4 57. Rxh3+ 1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "6.24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Marek Kosiorek"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. O-O Bf5 8. Ne1 Qd7 9. e4 Bh3 10. Nc2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 e6
12. Be3 a6 13. f4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qe2 b5
17. b3 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rab8 19. Rfb1 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Rb8 21. Qe1
f5 22. Rxb8+ Nxb8 23. Qb4 Nc6 24. Qa3 a5 25. Qc5 Bf8 26. Qb5
Kf7 27. d5 exd5 28. Nd4 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Qxb5 30. cxb5 a4 31. h4
Bc5 32. e6+ Kf6 33. Bg5+ Kg7 34. Nc6 h6 35. Bxh6+ Kf6 36. e7
Kf7 37. Ne5+ Kxe7 38. Nxg6+ Kf6 39. Nf4 d4 40. Kf1 Bd6
41. Bg5+ Kf7 42. h5 Be5 43. h6 d3 44. Ke1 Bc3+ 45. Kd1 Be5
46. h7 Bb2 47. Nh5 Bh8 48. Bf6 e3 49. Bxh8 Kg6 50. Bd4 e2+
51. Kd2 Kxh7 52. Nf4 1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "7.18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Nedilko"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. a4 Bg7
7. e4 Bg4 8. Bxc4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 O-O 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Qb3 Na6
12. e5 Nh5 13. f4 Qb4 14. Ke2 e6 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. a5 Rfd8
17. Bb3 Bf8 18. Rhd1 Rac8 19. Kf3 Rc7 20. Ke4 Ng7 21. Rac1
Rcd7 22. Na4 Nf5 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nd3 25. Rb1 Nxe3
26. Kxe3 Nxc5 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Bc4
Ke7 31. b4 Kd8 32. Kf3 0-1

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "8.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Kamil Dragun"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d3 Bg7 6. Bd2
O-O 7. g3 e5 8. Bg2 Ne7 9. Qc1 Re8 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. h4 Nf5
12. h5 Nxh6 13. hxg6 Bg7 14. Rxh6 hxg6 15. Rh4 Nc6 16. Qd2 Be6
17. O-O-O b5 18. Rdh1 Nd4 19. Rh7 Bf5 20. g4 e4 21. dxe4 Nxf3
22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qh6+ Kf6 24. Nd5+ Ke6 25. gxf5+ Kd6
26. Bxf3 c6 27. Rd1 Qa5 28. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. d5 O-O 6. Nf3 e6
7. h3 d6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e4
Nh5 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng7 17. Qd2
Bd7 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Be5 20. a5 Rab8 21. Be2 Bxf4 22. Qxf4
g5 23. Qd2 Qe5 24. Bd1 b5 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Ba4 Bxa4 27. Nxa4
Rb4 28. Nc3 Reb8 29. Reb1 R8b6 30. Qe2 Ne8 31. Rxa6 Rxa6
32. Qxa6 Nf6 33. Qe2 h5 34. Re1 Kg7 35. Qd2 Nd7 36. Nd1 Nf6
37. f3 g4 38. h4 Kg6 39. Re2 Rd4 40. Qe1 Qf4 41. Nc3 g3
42. Rc2 Rc4 43. b3 Rxc3 44. Rxc3 Qxh4 45. Qe3 Qh2+ 46. Kf1 h4
47. Qg1 h3 48. e5 Nxd5 49. exd6 Nxc3 50. d7 Ne2 51. Qxh2 gxh2
52. Kxe2 h1=Q 53. d8=Q Qxg2+ 54. Kd3 Qxf3+ 55. Kc4 Qf4+
56. Kb5 h2 57. Qg8+ Kf6 58. Qh8+ Kf5 59. Qh3+ Kg5 60. Qg2+ Kf6
61. Qc6+ Kg5 62. Qg2+ Kh4 63. Qa8 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Sergei Vladimirovich Rublevsky"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6
7. Rc1 Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. h4 Bg6 10. Be5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. h5
Bh7 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 e6 15. g4 Be7 16. Nge2 O-O 17. Kf2
Kh8 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Na4 Rg8 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 f5 22. Qd3
Qg5 23. Nf4 Rac8 24. Rc3 Kh8 25. gxf5 e5 26. dxe5 d4 27. Rxc6
Rxc6 28. e6 dxe3+ 29. Kxe3 fxe6 30. Qd4+ Kh7 31. fxe6 Rxe6+
32. Kd3 Re5 33. Kc2 Qf5+ 34. Kc1 Rc8+ 0-1

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "11.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Bukavshin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bc4 g6
7. f3 Qb6 8. Bb3 Na6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Qd2 Bg7 11. g4 a5 12. g5
Nh5 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Bc4 O-O 15. O-O-O Rb8 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Robin van Kampen"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nf6
7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 e6 11. Rc1 b6 12. a3
a5 13. Na4 Rb8 14. Kh1 Bb7 15. g4 Nde7 16. Be1 Nd4 17. e4 Nxf3
18. Rxf3 f5 19. Bh4 Rf7 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Bxe7
Rxe7 23. Rh3 Qxf4 24. Rf1 Qg4 25. Rff3 Bc6 26. Nc3 f4 27. Rxh7
Rf8 28. Rhh3 Rf6 29. Qf2 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Romain Edouard"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Qe2 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O b5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Bd6
12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. h3 Rac8
17. Bb1 Nd7 18. Ne4 Bb8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Nc5 Nd8 21. Nxd7
Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Qxd7 23. Bb2 Qc7 24. Qd3 f5 25. Ba2 Be4 26. Qd2
Kh7 27. Be5 Qc8 28. Bxb8 Qxb8 29. Nd4 Qe5 30. Qc1 Bd5 31. Bxd5
Qxd5 32. Qc7 Nb7 33. h4 Nd6 34. Qe7 f4 35. Nxe6 Nf5 36. Qf7
Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qg4 38. Nf8+ Kh8 39. Ng6+ Kh7 40. Nf8+ Kh8
41. Qg6 Nxe3 42. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sipke Ernst"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Nf3 e6
7. Bd3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bf4 Re8 11. O-O b5 12. a3
b4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nb5 Nxe4 15. Nxd6 Nxd6 16. Bxd6 Qb6
17. Bg3 Bxb2 18. Qd2 Bc3 19. Qh6 Bg7 20. Qh4 a5 21. d6 Qd8
22. Qc4 Be6 23. Qb5 Nd7 24. Rac1 Rb8 25. Qa4 Bc3 26. Bh4 f6
27. Rxc3 bxc3 28. Qc2 Bf7 29. Qxc3 Rb3 30. Qd2 Qb6 31. Bc2 Rb2
32. Qc3 Rb4 33. Qa1 Re2 34. Rc1 Rxh4 35. Nxh4 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1
Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Sergei Mushegovic Movsesian"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 Nfd7 9. f4 Nxe5 10. fxe5 O-O 11. O-O Ra7
12. Bd2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Qb3 Rxf1+ 15. Rxf1 e5 16. e4 Be6
17. exd5 cxd5 18. Ne4 Nc6 19. Bg5 Qb8 20. Bg4 Bxg4 21. Qxd5+
Kh8 22. Qxc6 exd4 23. Bf6 d3 24. Bxg7+ Rxg7 25. Qd5 h6 26. Qd4
Bf5 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Qxd3 Rd7 29. Qd5 Qf6 30. b4 Kh7 31. h3 Qc3
32. c6 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Be6 34. cxd7 Bxd5 35. d8=Q Qe5+ 36. Kg1
Qe3+ 37. Rf2 Qe1+ 38. Rf1 Qe3+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nb3 Bb6
7. exd5 exd5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Qe2+ Ne4 11. Be3 O-O
12. O-O-O Bf5 13. Nfd4 Bg6 14. f3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Bd3
Nc4 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Rhe1 Re8 19. Qf2 Qe7 20. Bd2 Qf6 21. b3
Ne5 22. Kb1 a5 23. Bc1 a4 24. Qc2 axb3 25. axb3 Bc5 26. Re2
Rec8 27. Bb2 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Nc6 29. Rdd2 d4 30. Qd3 Qg5 31. Re4
Qa5 32. Rc2 Qa2+ 33. Kc1 Qxb3 34. Kd2 Ra2 35. cxd4 Qxd3+
36. Kxd3 Nb4+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Maxim Vladimirovich Turov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6. g3 b6
7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be4 10. Qa4 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O
12. Rad1 d6 13. c5 Qd7 14. Qa3 Nc6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. c4 Na5
17. c5 Nc4 18. Qb3 d5 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 b5 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. a3 Ra8 26. Rb1 Ra5
27. Bf4 Rxa3 28. Qxb5 Qxb5 29. Rxb5 Ra7 30. Bb8 Rd7 31. h4 Kf7
32. Kf3 Bf6 33. e3 g5 34. hxg5 Bxg5 35. Be5 Ra7 36. Rb8 h6
37. Rh8 Ra2 38. Rh7+ Ke8 39. Bg7 Kf7 40. Be5+ Ke8 41. Bd6 Rc2
42. Ra7 Rb2 43. Bc5 Rc2 44. Bb4 Rb2 45. Be1 Kf8 46. Rc7 Rb1
47. Bc3 Ke8 48. Bd2 Rb2 49. Be1 Rb1 50. Ke2 Kf8 51. Ra7 Kg8
52. Bc3 h5 53. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Bd7
7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. a4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. a5 Nd7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Red1 Qc7
17. Qe3 Be7 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. Rdc1 e5 20. Ba7 Bc4 21. Nc3 Ra8
22. Na4 h6 23. Nb6 Nxb6 24. Bxb6 Qc8 25. h4 Qg4 26. Rd1 Rac8
27. b3 Be6 28. c4 g5 29. Bf3 Qh3 30. Bg2 Qg4 31. hxg5 hxg5
32. Rd3 Kg7 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Jan Smeets"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 a6 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4
Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O Bd6 15. Qc2 h6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4
O-O 18. Qc3 Re8 19. Bc2 Qf6 20. Bb2 Re7 21. Rbe1 Rae8 22. Re3
Rxe3 23. fxe3 Qe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Qd4 c5
27. bxc5 Qg5 28. Be4 Nc6 29. Qd7 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Re7 31. Qg4 Qg5
32. Qxg5 hxg5 33. Bf3 Na5 34. Bc3 Bxf3 35. Bxa5 Bc6 36. Kg1
Re5 37. Bb4 f6 38. Rf2 Re4 39. Rb2 Kf7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Rd2
Rf4+ 42. Kg3 Rxb4 43. Rd6+ Ke5 44. Rxc6 Rc4 45. Rc7 Kd4
46. Rxg7 b4 47. Kg4 b3 48. Rb7 Kc3+ 49. Kf5 b2 50. Rxb2 Kxb2
51. Kxf6 Rxc5 52. h3 Kc3 53. g3 Kd4 54. Kg6 Ke4 55. h4 g4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nils Grandelius"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Bd3 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 Qc3+ 13. Ke2 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qg4+ 15. Qxg4 fxg4 16. h3
g3 17. f4 h5 18. h4 Bd7 19. Rh3 d4 20. Bxd4 O-O 21. Rf1 Nf5
22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Ke3 Rc8 24. c3 Rc4 25. Rxg3 Ra4 26. Ra1 Bc6
27. Rg6 Kf7 28. Rg5 Rxg5 29. fxg5 Kg6 30. g3 Bg2 31. Kf4 Bh3
32. Ra2 b6 33. Ke3 Bf5 34. Kd2 Be4 35. Ke3 Bb1 36. Ra1 Bf5
37. Ra2 b5 38. Ra1 a6 39. Ra2 Bh3 40. Rh2 Bf1 41. Rf2 Bh3
42. Bc5 Rg4 43. Rf4 Rxg3+ 44. Rf3 Rxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Kf5 46. Bd6
g6 47. Bc7 Bf1 48. Bd6 Bc4 49. Bc7 Bd5+ 50. Kg3 Ke4 51. Bd6
Bc6 52. Bc7 Be8 53. Bd6 a5 54. Bc7 a4 55. Bd6 Bc6 56. Bc7 Ke3
57. Bb6+ Kd3 58. Kf4 Kxc3 59. Bc5 Kc4 60. Bb4 Kd3 61. Bc5 Ke2
62. Kg3 Bd5 63. Kf4 Kf1 64. Kg3 Bc6 65. Bd6 Ke2 66. Bc5 Bb7
67. Kf4 b4 68. Bxb4 Kf2 69. Bc3 Kg2 70. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Ipatov"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3
Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. b4 Bg4 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. a4 Be7 15. Rfb1 Bd6 16. Bf5 Qh4
17. g3 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qe7 19. b5 Ne6 20. Nf3 g6 21. Qd3 Ng5
22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Kg2 h5 25. h4 Qg4 26. Qd1 Rb8
27. Qf3 a5 28. Ne2 Qd7 29. Nc1 Kg7 30. Nd3 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Qa7
32. Rc1 Qa6 33. Nc5 Bxc5 34. Rxc5 Rb8 35. Rc1 Rb4 36. Qf4 Qb7
37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Rc5 Rxa4 39. Qe8 Kg7 40. Qxc6 Qxc6 41. Rxc6
Rc4 42. Rd6 Rc7 43. Ra6 a4 44. Kf3 f6 45. Rxa4 Kf7 46. Ra5 Ke6
47. Ra6+ Ke7 48. Kf4 Rb7 49. Ra8 Kf7 50. Rh8 Rb2 51. Kf3 Ra2
52. Rh7+ Ke6 53. Rb7 Rc2 54. Rb6+ Ke7 55. Ra6 Rb2 56. Ra1 Ke6
57. Re1 Ra2 58. Re2 Ra8 59. Rb2 Ra7 60. Kf4 Ke7 61. f3 Kf7
62. Rb5 Rd7 63. Ra5 Kg7 64. Ra6 Kf7 65. g4 hxg4 66. fxg4 Rb7
67. Rd6 Rb5 68. g5 fxg5+ 69. hxg5 Ra5 70. Rf6+ Kg7 71. Re6 Ra1
72. Re5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nge2
Ne7 7. Ng3 O-O 8. O-O Nd7 9. Nce2 Bd6 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 Nf8
12. Be3 Nfg6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Nh5 Nf5 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Neg3
Bd7 17. Re2 f6 18. Rae1 Re7 19. Qd3 Qc7 20. Bd2 Rae8 21. c4
Bxg3 22. Nxg3 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Be6 25. c5 Qd7
26. f3 Bf5 27. Qa3 a6 28. g4 Qe7 29. Kf2 Bc8 30. Bf4 f5
31. Qe3 Kf7 32. Qxe7+ Kxe7 33. g5 Kf7 34. Kg3 Nf8 35. h4 Ne6
36. h5 Bd7 37. Kh4 g6 38. h6 Ke7 39. Bd6+ Kd8 40. f4 Be8
41. Kg3 Kd7 42. Be5 Kc8 43. Nc3 Nf8 44. Na4 Nd7 45. Bd6 Bf7
46. Kf3 Be8 47. Ke3 Bf7 48. Kd3 Be8 49. Kc3 Bf7 50. Kb4 Be8
51. Ka5 Bf7 52. b3 Be8 53. Nb2 Bf7 54. Nd3 Be8 55. a4 Bf7
56. Nb4 Be8 57. Nxa6 bxa6 58. Kxa6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 Nc6
7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne7 10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Nf5 12. f3
Nxg3 13. hxg3 d6 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. Bc2 c5 16. Ba4+ Kf8 17. dxc5
bxc5 18. O-O-O Kg7 19. g4 d5 20. Nf1 Kg8 21. Ng3 h5 22. Qe5
Ne8 23. cxd5 Qf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Nxh5 Kf7
27. e4 Ke7 28. Kc2 Ba6 29. Kc3 Rab8 30. Bb3 Ne8 31. Ba4 Nf6
32. a3 Be2 33. Rd2 Ba6 34. Rhd1 Bb5 35. Bxb5 Rxb5 36. Nxf6
Kxf6 37. Rd8 Rh7 38. R1d7 Rh1 39. Rd1 Rh7 40. R8d7 Rh8
41. Rxa7 Rhb8 42. Rd2 Rb3+ 43. Kc4 Rxb2 44. Rxb2 Rxb2 45. Kxc5
Rxg2 46. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. g3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 b6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3
a6 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Nxb6 Rb8 16. Nxc8 Rexc8 17. b3
Nh5 18. Bd2 Rc7 19. Qc2 Rcb7 20. Rfc1 f5 21. e3 Nf6 22. Ne2
Ne4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 Rxb3 26. Bc3 Qd7
27. f4 Nf7 28. g4 Bxc3 29. Nxc3 Qd8 30. Qc2 Qb6 31. Qd2 g5
32. Rc2 Qb4 33. Kh2 Qc4 34. Kg2 Nh8 35. Kf2 Ng6 36. Ne2 Qxa4
37. Rb2 gxf4 38. exf4 c4 39. f5 c3 40. Nxc3 Qf4+ 41. Ke1 Qg3+
42. Kd1 Rxc3 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. fxg6 Qf3+ 46. Qe2
Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2013.02.02"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tamas Banusz"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. e3 Nxc3
12. a3 Qa5 13. Qc1 Qb6 14. axb4 Ne4 15. Bc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 c5
17. b5 O-O 18. Be2 c4 19. Bxc4 Bd7 20. O-O Rfc8 21. Be2 Bxb5
22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Rxa7 Qc6 24. Ra3 Rb5 25. Rd1 Rc5 26. Qc2 g6
27. h3 h5 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Qb2 Kg8 30. Qd2 Rg5 31. e4 Qxe4
32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Qxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2013.02.03"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Peter Acs"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7
7. a3 a5 8. Bd3 g6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bg7 11. Ng3 Nf8 12. h3
Be6 13. Ne2 Bd5 14. Nf4 Ne6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. O-O Qc7 17. a4
b4 18. Re1 O-O 19. Re4 Rad8 20. Qe1 Qc8 21. Bc4 Ndc7 22. Be3
Nd5 23. Bd2 Ndc7 24. Qe3 Nd5 25. Qe2 Ndc7 26. Be3 Nd5 27. Bd2
Ndc7 28. Re1 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxe7 Bf6 31. Bh6 Rxc4
32. Qxc4 Bxe7 33. Rxe7 Ne6 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Ra7 Qd8 36. Qe4
Qg5 37. Qf3 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 f5 39. Qg3 Qf4 40. Rxa5 Qxg3+
41. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vitali Matveyevich Golod"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 f5 12. exf5
exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxg4 Bxf5 15. Rc1 Kh8 16. Re1 Qd7
17. Re4 Bxg4 18. Rxg4 Ne6 19. h4 gxh4 20. Rxh4 Rf5 21. Rh5 Nd4
22. Rh4 Ne6 23. Rh5 Nd4 24. Rh4 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ilja Zaragatski"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3
O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 Nh5 9. d4 Nf4 10. Bxf4 exf4 11. h4 Re8
12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Ng1 f5 14. Kf1 fxe4 15. Bxe4 h6 16. Nf3 Bxf3
17. gxf3 Kh8 18. Qd2 Ne7 19. Bc2 Ng8 20. Kg2 Qd7 21. Rab1 c6
22. Qxf4 Re2 23. Bd3 Rxa2 24. Rhe1 Nf6 25. Bf5 Qf7 26. Qxd6
Nh5 27. Bg4 Nf4+ 28. Kg1 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 h5 30. Qe6 Qxe6 31. Bxe6
b6 32. c5 Rd2 33. d5 Nxc3 34. Re5 g6 35. Ra1 Nxd5 36. cxb6
Nxb6 37. Rg5 Rd6 38. Rxg6 Re8 39. Bf7 Rxg6 40. Bxg6 Re6
41. Be4 Nc4 42. Rc1 Ne5 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Kg3 Kf6 45. Rc5 Re8
46. f4 Rg8+ 47. Kh3 Ng4 48. Rxc6+ Ke7 49. Rc7+ Kd6 50. Rc2 Rb8
51. Kg3 Rb4 52. Bf3 Rb3 53. Kg2 Ra3 54. Rc6+ Ke7 55. Bd5 Ra5
56. Bc4 Ra4 57. Kg3 Ra3+ 58. f3 Rc3 59. Re6+ Kf8 60. Bb5 Kf7
61. f5 Ne3 62. Be8+ Kf8 63. Bg6 Kg7 64. Rd6 Rc4 65. Rd7+ Kf6
66. Rf7+ Ke5 67. Re7+ Kd4 68. Re4+ Kd3 69. f6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Schwetzingen GER"]
[Date "2013.04.05"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ruud Janssen"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bb7
7. Bd2 h5 8. h4 Bd6 9. Rh3 g6 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. a3 a6 12. Nge4
Be7 13. Ng5 Nh7 14. Nf3 d5 15. b4 Bf6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bd3
Ne7 18. Ne2 Bc8 19. Rh1 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Nf4 Qd7 22. Rc1
Ra7 23. Qb3 Ne7 24. a4 Nf8 25. Nd3 Ne6 26. Nfe5 Bxe5 27. Nxe5
Qd8 28. b5 f6 29. Nc6 Nxc6 30. Rxc6 Qd7 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Rhc1
Re8 33. Kf1 Nd8 34. R6c2 axb5 35. axb5 Ne6 36. Qd3 Rea8 37. g4
hxg4 38. h5 f5 39. Rc6 Ra1 40. hxg6+ Kxg6 41. e4 fxe4 42. Qg3
Rxc1+ 43. Bxc1 Ra1 44. Qxg4+ Kf7 45. Kg2 Qe7 46. Qh5+ Kg8
47. Qg6+ Ng7 48. Bh6 e3 49. fxe3 Ra2+ 50. Kg3 Ra1 51. Kg2 Ra2+
52. Kf3 Rb2 53. Kg3 Qf8 54. Qxg7+ Qxg7+ 55. Bxg7 Kxg7
56. Rxc7+ Kf8 57. Kf4 Rxb5 58. Rc6 Rb1 59. Ke5 Rb3 60. Rf6+
Kg7 61. Rf3 Rb5 62. Kd6 Kg6 63. Rf8 Kg5 64. Re8 Kg4 65. Kc6
Rb1 66. Kxd5 Kf3 67. e4 Ke3 68. Ke5 b5 69. Rh8 b4 70. d5 b3
71. d6 b2 72. Rb8 Kf3 73. Rb3+ Kg4 74. d7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Schwetzingen GER"]
[Date "2013.04.06"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dennes Abel"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O-O Qc7
12. Bf4 Nd3+ 13. Rxd3 Qxf4+ 14. Kb1 O-O 15. g3 Qc7 16. g4 Qf4
17. h4 e5 18. g5 exd4 19. Qxe7 dxc3 20. gxf6 Be6 21. fxg7 Rfe8
22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. hxg5 cxb2 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Bc6 Re7 26. Ba4
Kxg7 27. Bb3 Bf5 28. Rd6 Re2 29. Rf6 Bg6 30. Kxb2 Rxc2+
31. Ka3 Rc5 32. f4 Ra5+ 33. Kb2 h5 34. f5 Rxf5 35. Rxf5 Bxf5
36. Rxh5 Be6 37. Kc3 Kg6 38. Rh2 Bxb3 39. axb3 Kxg5 40. Rg2+
Kf5 41. Rf2+ Ke6 42. Re2+ Kd5 43. Rf2 Ke6 44. Re2+ Kd6
45. Rd2+ Ke7 46. Re2+ Kf8 47. Re3 Rb6 48. Kd4 f6 49. Rc3 Kf7
50. Rg3 Rb5 51. Re3 Kg6 52. Re6 a5 53. Ra6 Kg5 54. Kc4 Re5
55. Kd4 Rf5 56. Ra8 Rb5 57. Kc4 Re5 58. Kd4 Kf4 59. Ra6 f5
60. Ra8 Re3 61. Kc4 Re4+ 62. Kd3 Re3+ 63. Kc4 Kg4 64. Rxa5 f4
65. b4 f3 66. Ra1 f2 67. Rf1 Kf3 68. b5 Re1 69. Rxf2+ Kxf2
70. b6 Ke3 71. Kd5 Rh1 72. b7 Rh8 73. Kc6 Kd4 74. Kc7 Kc5
75. b8=Q Rh7+ 76. Kd8 Rh8+ 77. Kc7 Rh7+ 78. Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Schwetzingen GER"]
[Date "2013.04.07"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Johannes Zwanzger"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5
7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Rc8
12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Ne1 Rfd8 15. d3 Na5 16. Bxb7
Qxb7 17. f4 a6 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. Ba1 Qd7 20. a4 Nc6 21. Nf3 Qc7
22. Rd2 Ne8 23. g4 Nb4 24. g5 Nd6 25. Ne5 b5 26. axb5 axb5
27. cxb5 Nxb5 28. Nxb5 Rxb5 29. Qh5 Bf8 30. Ng4 c4 31. Rg2
cxd3 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Nxf7+ Kg8 34. Nh6+ Kh8 35. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2013.05.22"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qxb3
7. axb3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 Na6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Bd2 Bb7
12. Rfc1 Be7 13. Nb5 cxb5 14. Rc7 Bc8 15. Bxb4 Bxb4 16. Raxa7
Rxa7 17. Rxc8+ Ke7 18. Rxh8 Ra1+ 19. Bf1 Be1 20. Bh3 Ne4
21. Kg2 Bxf2 22. Rb8 g6 23. Rb7+ Kf8 24. Bd7 Rd1 25. Bc6 Bxd4
26. Bxd5 Nd6 27. Rd7 Bc5 28. Bxf7 Nf5 29. Ra7 Ne3+ 30. Kh3 Be7
31. Ne5 Rd6 32. b4 Bf6 33. Nd3 Be7 34. Ne5 Bf6 35. Nd3 Be7
36. Bb3 g5 37. g4 Rh6+ 38. Kg3 Bd6+ 39. Kf3 Nc4 40. Bd1 Rxh2
41. Ke4 h5 42. gxh5 g4 43. Nf4 g3 44. Ne6+ Ke8 45. b3 Be7
46. Ng7+ Kf8 47. Ne6+ Ke8 48. Ng7+ Kf7 49. Nf5 g2 50. Rxe7+
Kf8 51. Rg7 Nd6+ 52. Kf4 Nxf5 53. Rxg2 Rxg2 54. Kxf5 Rg1
55. Bc2 Rc1 56. Bd3 Rc3 57. Ke6 Rxb3 58. Kd6 Rxb4 59. Kc6 Rf4
60. Bxb5 Rf6+ 61. Kc7 Ke7 62. Bc6 Re6 63. Kxb6 Rxe2 64. Kc5
Rc2+ 65. Kd5 Rh2 66. Ke5 Rxh5+ 67. Kd4 Kd6 68. Bf3 Rh4+
69. Be4 Rg4 70. Kd3 Ke5 71. Bb7 Rg3+ 72. Kc4 Rg1 73. Bf3 Rf1
74. Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
Qa5 7. Bd2 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 Qa6 11. Bg5 Ne4
12. Qc2 f5 13. dxe6 Qxc4 14. exd7 Nxd7 15. Rad1 Nxg5 16. Rxd7
Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. exf3 Rf7 19. Rfd1 Re8 20. Kg2 g6
21. Qd2 Kg7 22. h4 Rxd7 23. Qxd7+ Qf7 24. Qd2 h5 25. a4 Qf6
26. Qf4 Re7 27. Rd6 Re6 28. Rd7+ Re7 29. Rd6 Re6 30. Rd3 Re7
31. Kh3 Rf7 32. Kh2 Qe6 33. Kg2 Rd7 34. Re3 Qf6 35. Qb8 f4
36. gxf4 Qxh4 37. Re8 Qf6 38. Rh8 Qe7 39. Re8 Qd6 40. Rg8+ Kf6
41. Qe8 Rf7 42. c4 a6 43. Kg1 Qc7 44. Kg2 Qd6 45. Kh1 Qc7
46. f5 gxf5 47. Rg1 f4 48. Qh8+ Kf5 49. Qxh5+ Kf6 50. Qg5+ Ke6
51. Re1+ Kd6 52. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Ne2 Bg7
7. Nec3 a6 8. a4 Nd7 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Na3 Ne7 11. Qd2 h6
12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Nc4 Bd4 14. Qf4 O-O 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Nxd6
f5 17. Bc4 Rd8 18. Nxb7 Bxb7 19. d6+ Kg7 20. dxe7 Rd7 21. Nd5
Rb8 22. f3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxe7 25. O-O-O Bxb2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Nils Grandelius"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 c5 6. d5 e6
7. Be2 exd5 8. exd5 O-O 9. h5 Re8 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Bg5 Qb6
12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. f3 Qxb2 15. Qxb2 Bxb2 16. fxe4
Bxa1 17. Be7 Nd7 18. Nf3 Bc3+ 19. Kd1 Nf6 20. e5 Ng4 21. Kc2
Ba5 22. Ng5 Bf5+ 23. Kb3 Bd8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxg4 Bxg4
26. Rh8+ Kxh8 27. Nxf7+ Kg7 28. Nxd8 dxe5 29. Nxb7 e4 30. Nxc5
e3 31. Kc3 Kf6 32. d6 Bf5 33. Na6 Ke5 34. c5 Kf4 35. Nb4 Kg3
36. Nc2 e2 37. Ne1 Kf2 38. Kd2 Bd7 39. g4 g5 40. Nd3+ Kf1
41. Ne1 Kf2 42. Nd3+ Kf1 43. a3 a5 44. Ne1 Kf2 45. Nd3+ Kf1
46. Ne1 Kf2 47. Nc2 Ba4 48. Ne1 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2013.05.26"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hans Tikkanen"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 h5 3. Nc3 h4 4. g4 Bb4 5. h3 Ne7 6. Bg2 Nbc6
7. Qa4 a5 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. a3 Bd6 11. d4 c6
12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 Bb8 14. Qd4 Nxd5 15. Qxg7 Qf6 16. Qxf6
Nxf6 17. Nxh4 d5 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Be3 f5 20. g5 c5 21. Rd1 Be6
22. h4 Rh5 23. Nd2 b6 24. Bf3 Rh8 25. h5 Ra7 26. h6 Bf7
27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Bh5 Bxh5 29. Rxh5 Kf7 30. Rh1 Kg6 31. Rd5
Re8 32. Kd1 Ree7 33. Kc2 Red7 34. Rhd1 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Re7
36. Bd2 Be5 37. a4 Re6 38. Rd7 f4 39. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Emanuel Berg"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6
7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Ra2 Rc8 11. Rc2 Bg7
12. Nc3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxe5 15. Nce2 Rxc2
16. Nxc2 Bb2 17. Kd2 Ke7 18. Nc3 Rc8 19. Nd1 Bg7 20. f4 h5
21. Bd3 Bh6 22. g3 e5 23. Nde3 Kd6 24. Rf1 e4 25. Nd4 exd3
26. Nef5+ Bxf5 27. Nxf5+ Ke6 28. Nxh6 Rc2+ 29. Kxd3 Rxh2
30. Re1+ Kf6 31. Re5 Kg6 32. Nf5 Ra2 33. Rxd5 Rxa3+ 34. Ke4
Rb3 35. Rd6+ f6 36. Nh4+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Rxb7 a5 39. b5
Rxg3 40. Nf5 Rb3 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jonny Hector"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Bb3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Bd4 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 e5 16. Rd3 Qd7
17. Rc3 a5 18. a3 O-O 19. Rc6 a4 20. Ba2 b4 21. axb4 a3 22. b3
e4 23. Re1 g6 24. f4 exf3 25. Qxf3 Rae8 26. Rd1 Bg5+ 27. Kb1
Re3 28. Qf1 Qe7 29. Rc4 Re8 30. Rcd4 Qe5 31. Qc4 Re1 0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Manuel Apicella"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4
7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7 9. Rb1 Ne7 10. b4 cxb3 11. Nxb3 Ba4
12. Nxa5 Bxd1 13. Rxb6 axb6 14. Bb5+ Kd8 15. Nxb7+ Kc7
16. Kxd1 Kxb7 17. Ng5 Nc6 18. Nxf7 Rg8 19. a4 h6 20. f4 Be7
21. f5 exf5 22. Rf1 Nd8 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. exd6 Rf8 25. Re1 Nc6
26. c4 Rf7 27. cxd5 Nxd4 28. Be8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Rd7 30. Re7 Kc8
31. Rxd7 Kxd7 32. Be3 Nb3 33. Bxb6 Kxd6 34. a5 Nxa5 35. Bxa5
Kxd5 36. Bc3 g5 37. Bg7 h5 38. Bh6 g4 39. h4 gxh3 40. gxh3 Ke4
41. Ke2 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.05.31"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1
Nc6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Kd2 Bd7 16. Ke3
Rac8 17. h4 Kf8 18. g4 h6 19. Ne5 Nc6 20. f4 Be8 21. g5 Nb4
22. Bc4 Ba4 23. g6 fxg6 24. Rhg1 b5 25. Bxe6 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
Nc2+ 27. Rxc2 Bxc2 28. d5 Bb1 29. a3 a5 30. Nc6 Re8 31. e5 Ba2
32. Kd4 Ra8 33. Bd7 b4 34. axb4 a4 35. e6 a3 36. e7+ Kf7
37. d6 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.01"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Luc Roos"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Na5 6. Bb3 Ne7
7. d4 Nxb3 8. axb3 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qf7 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 c6 16. Ne3 d5
17. Ra4 Rae8 18. c3 Re5 19. f6 Rg5 20. h4 Rg6 21. Ng4 b5
22. Rf4 Bd6 23. Rf5 Qe6 24. Qf3 h5 25. Ne3 Rgxf6 26. Rxf6 Rxf6
27. Qxh5 Bc5 28. Re1 Qe4 29. Qg4 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Benoit Taddei"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 h6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. g3
O-O-O 13. Nf4 Nge7 14. Bh3 Kb8 15. O-O Nc8 16. Kh2 Nb6 17. Ng2
Qa5 18. Qe1 Na4 19. f4 g6 20. g4 Rdg8 21. Ne3 Qd8 22. hxg6
Rxg6 23. f5 Rg5 24. Ng2 a6 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. f6 Na7 27. Ne3
Qg8 28. Rf3 Qh7 29. Qd2 Qe4 30. Rg3 Nxc3 31. Qxc3 Nb5 32. Qd2
Nxd4 33. Qf2 Qxe5 34. Re1 Qf4 35. Nd1 e5 36. c3 Bxg4 37. Qxf4
gxf4 38. Rxg4 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Nxe1+ 40. Kf1 Nd3 41. Kg2 e4
42. Rg5 Ne1+ 43. Kf1 Nf3 44. Rxd5 Rxh3 45. Nf2 Nh2+ 46. Kg2
Rg3+ 47. Kxh2 e3 48. Nh3 e2 0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alberto David"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 Bb7
7. e3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 exd5 11. cxd5 Bxc3+
12. Qxc3 Bxd5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Bc2 Nc6 15. a3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 d5
17. Rg1 d4 18. Qd3 Re8 19. O-O-O Kf8 20. Qf1 Qd6 21. f4 Nd5
22. Qg2 g6 23. f5 g5 24. Bg3 Qd7 25. e4 Nf6 26. e5 Ng8 27. f4
c4 28. fxg5 d3 29. g6 Rac8 30. gxf7 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.04"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anthony Cornelis Kosten"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 axb5
7. Bb2 e6 8. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Andrei Sokolov"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6
7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. h4 g6 11. g4 Bg7
12. g5 h5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 e5 15. d5 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 Nd4 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. f4 Re8 20. f5 Nxf5 21. Rdf1 Nd6
22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Qe2 Qc8 24. Kb1 Bxf6 25. gxf6 Qg4 26. Qd2
Red8 27. Rhg1 Qxh4 28. Rh1 Qe4+ 29. Ka1 Ke8 30. Re1 Qg6 31. c5
Ne4 32. Qb4 Nxf6 33. Rxe5+ Kf8 34. cxb6+ Kg7 35. bxc7 Rxd5
36. Rxd5 Nxd5 37. Qd4+ Nf6 38. Rg1 Re8 39. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Luc Bergez"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O c5
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Rd1 Qa5
12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 f6
17. Bd2 Nb6 18. Ba5 Be6 19. e3 f5 20. exd4 exd4 21. Nf4 Bf7
22. c5 Rc8 23. Bxb7 Rc7 24. Bf3 Qd7 25. Nd3 Qb5 26. b4 Rcc8
27. Bxb6 axb6 28. a4 Qd7 29. c6 Qc7 30. b5 Bb3 31. Re1 Rxe1+
32. Qxe1 Ra8 33. Qb4 Qf7 34. a5 Bd5 35. Bxd5 Qxd5 36. Ra4 Bf8
37. Qc4 Qxc4 38. Rxc4 bxa5 39. c7 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3
c6 7. Ba4 Ne7 8. Qh5 d5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nf3 f6 11. exd5 cxd5
12. Re1 g6 13. Qh6 Bb4 14. Re2 Nf5 15. Qf4 g5 16. Qg4 Bc5
17. Nxg5 Ne3 18. Qh5 fxg5 19. fxe3 Qf6 20. Qf3 Bg4 21. Qxf6
Rxf6 22. Re1 Bb4 23. c3 dxc3 24. a3 Ba5 25. b4 Bb6 26. Bb3 Rd8
27. Ra2 Kg7 28. d4 Bf5 29. Bc2 Rc8 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Rf1 Rf6
32. Rxf6 Kxf6 33. g4 a5 34. Rc2 Rc4 35. Kf1 Bc7 36. h3 axb4
37. axb4 Rxb4 38. Rxc3 Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Konstantin Yuryevich Landa"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. h4 c5 10. dxc5 Na6 11. cxd5 Nxc5
12. Qd2 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qc7 exd5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nd4
Bd7 17. Be2 Rac8 18. O-O Kf8 19. Rfd1 Ke7 20. g4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Rc8 22. Rd1 Nd6 23. f3 Ba4 24. b3 Bd7 25. Kf2 a5 26. a4 g6
27. Bd3 Rc5 28. Ke2 b5 29. axb5 Bxb5 30. Ra1 Bd7 31. Kd2 Ne8
32. Rg1 Nd6 33. Ra1 Ne8 34. Rg1 Nd6 35. Rh1 Rc8 36. Ra1 Rc5
37. Ne2 Kd8 38. Nf4 Kc7 39. Rb1 Kb6 40. b4 axb4 41. Rxb4+ Kc7
42. Rd4 Bc6 43. Bxg6 fxg6 44. Ne6+ Kb6 45. Nxc5 Kxc5 46. Rf4
h5 47. Ke2 Be8 48. Kf2 hxg4 49. fxg4 g5 50. hxg5 Ne4+ 51. Kg2
Nxg5 52. Rf5 Ne4 53. Rf8 Bd7 54. Kh3 Kc4 55. Kh4 Kd3 56. Rd8
Be6 57. g5 Kxe3 58. g6 d4 59. g7 d3 60. g8=Q Bxg8 61. Rxg8 d2
62. Rd8 Nf2 63. Rxd2 Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. b4
Bb6 7. c4 c6 8. Ba4 Ne7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5
12. Re1 Bc7 13. Nf3 Ng6 14. h3 h6 15. Bb2 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qc8
17. Nxd4 Qxh3 18. Qf3 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bg3+ 20. Kg1 Bh2+ 21. Kh1
Bg3+ 22. Kg1 Bh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.23"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5
7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 b6 10. Nf6+ Kf8 11. Ne4 h6
12. d3 g5 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Qe2 Qd5 15. c4 Qd7 16. b3 f5
17. exf6 exf6 18. Bb2 Re8 19. Qc2 h5 20. Re3 h4 21. Ne4 Rh6
22. Rae1 h3 23. g3 Bf7 24. b4 cxb4 25. d4 a5 26. a3 Kg8
27. axb4 axb4 28. Nfd2 g4 29. Nb3 Rg6 30. Ned2 f5 31. Nf1 b5
32. Nc5 Qc8 33. Rxe8+ Nxe8 34. Re7 bxc4 35. Ne3 c3 36. Nxf5
cxb2 37. Nd7 Qa8 38. Qxb2 c5 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.24"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. f4 d6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Re8 13. g4 h6 14. h4 h5 15. g5 Ng4 16. Bxg4 hxg4
17. Qxg4 Bd4+ 18. Kh2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxe4 20. Bd2 Qe7 21. Rae1
Nb6 22. f5 Re8 23. Qg3 Nxd5 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. c4 Re2+ 26. Kg1
Qe4 27. Rxe2 Qxe2 28. cxd5 Qxd2 29. Qf3 Qd4+ 30. Kg2 Qg7
31. Qf6 c4 32. Qxd6 Re2+ 33. Rf2 Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qd4+ 35. Kf3
Qd3+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Kf3 Qd3+ 38. Kf2 Qd4+ 39. Kf3 Qd3+
40. Kf2 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+
Bxd7 7. c4 e5 8. Qd3 b5 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. O-O h6 11. c5 Be6
12. Nd5 Ne7 13. cxd6 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxd6 15. Re1 Qxd5 16. Qxd5
Bxd5 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Bxe5 Rb7 19. Nd4 O-O 20. Nf5 f6 21. Bc3
Rf7 22. a3 Rd7 23. Nxe7+ Rfxe7 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Re1 Kf7
26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. f3 h5 28. Kf2 Ke6 29. g3 g5 30. Ke3 Bb7
31. Ba5 Ba8 32. Bc3 Bb7 33. Ba5 Ba8 34. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8
12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Kd8
17. Qxg6 Rb8 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. f4 Bg7 20. Qxc6 Rb6 21. Qxd5
Bb7 22. Qg8+ Nf8 23. Nd5 Qd7 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. d5 Qg4 26. Kf2
Qg6 27. Rae1 Bc8 28. Rh4 Bf5 29. Re3 Kc7 30. e6 Bb1 31. f5 Qf6
32. e7 Qxb2+ 33. Kf3 Qc1 34. d6+ Kb7 35. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5
dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nc4 e6 10. a4 Be7 11. Ra3 Qc7
12. Rg3 g6 13. Nc3 a6 14. d3 Nd4 15. a5 Rd8 16. Rh3 O-O
17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qd2 Nd5 19. Kh1 Bf6 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Nf5
22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Rf1 Bh4 24. Rf4 Nxh6 25. Rfxh4 f5 26. Nxc5
Qxc5 27. Rxh6 Rd7 28. Rf3 Rc8 29. Rf2 Qe5 30. d4 Qe4 31. Kg1
e5 32. c3 Rc5 33. Rh3 Rxa5 34. Qd1 Rad5 35. Rhf3 b5 36. Qa1
R5d6 37. h3 h5 38. Qa3 Kg7 39. Qc5 Qd5 40. Qxd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c3 Nf6 6. O-O Na6
7. Na3 Nc7 8. Bf4 Ncd5 9. Be5 c4 10. Nc2 Nb6 11. Nd2 Bxg2
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Kxg2 h5 14. h4 Qg6 15. e4 Be7 16. Rh1 O-O
17. Ne3 f5 18. exf5 exf5 19. f4 Bd6 20. Qf3 Rae8 21. Rhe1 Na4
22. Rab1 Re6 23. Kf2 Nb6 24. Nd5 Rfe8 25. Nxb6 axb6 26. Qd5
Qg4 27. Nf3 g5 28. Nxg5 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Qxh4+ 30. Kf1 Qxf4+
31. Nf3 Kh8 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 d6 35. Ke2 h4
36. Qe6 h3 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qg6+ Kf8
41. Kf2 h2 42. Qh5 Qc1 43. Qxf5+ Ke7 44. Qh7+ Kd8 45. Qxh2
Qxb2+ 46. Kf1 Qc1+ 47. Ke2 Qc2+ 48. Nd2 Kc7 49. a3 Qxc3
50. Qxd6+ Kb7 51. Qd7+ Ka6 52. Qc8+ Ka7 53. Qc7+ Ka8 54. Qc6+
Ka7 55. Qxb5 Qd3+ 56. Kd1 Qxd4 57. Qxc4 Qa1+ 58. Qc1 Qg7
59. Kc2 b5 60. Nb3 Ka6 61. Qd2 Qg6+ 62. Kb2 Qc6 63. Qf2 Qh6
64. Nc5+ Kb6 65. Ne6+ Kb7 66. Qg2+ Kb6 67. Qg1+ Ka6 68. Nc7+
Kb7 69. Nxb5 Qd2+ 70. Ka1 Ka6 71. Nd4 Qc3+ 72. Ka2 Qd2+
73. Kb1 Qd3+ 74. Kb2 Qd2+ 75. Nc2 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 Nbd7
7. Be2 h5 8. h4 a6 9. Bg5 c5 10. d5 b5 11. b3 Nh7 12. Bd2 b4
13. Na4 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 e5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. f4 Ra7 17. f5 Kh8
18. Qc1 Rg8 19. Bg5 Nxg5 20. hxg5 Kg7 21. Qe3 Rh8 22. Bxh5
gxh5 23. Nxh5+ Kf8 24. g6 fxg6 25. fxg6 Kg8 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. g4
Rh6 28. Nb6 Nxb6 29. Nf6+ Qxf6 30. Qxf6 Rxh1+ 31. Kf2 Bxg4
32. Qxd6 Nc8 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qg5 Bd7 35. Qxe5+ Kxg6 36. Qg3+
Kh7 37. Qf4 Be8 38. Qf5+ Bg6 39. Qxc8 Rf7+ 40. Ke3 Re1+
41. Kd2 Rxe4 42. Qxc5 Rff4 43. d6 Rd4+ 44. Ke3 Rfe4+ 45. Kf2
Rd2+ 46. Kf3 Red4 47. Qxb4 Rxd6 48. Qb8 Rf6+ 49. Ke3 Rd3+
50. Ke2 Re6+ 51. Kf2 Bh5 52. Kf1 Rf3+ 53. Kg2 Rg6+ 54. Kh2 Rf7
55. Qe5 Rfg7 56. Qf5 Bg4 57. Qe4 Bd7 58. b4 Kh8 59. Qa8+ Rg8
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.31"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5
O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 c6 9. O-O Ne8 10. Ne2 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Qh4
12. Bb3 d5 13. exd6 Nxd6 14. Ne5 Re8 15. c3 c5 16. Qd3 Qf6
17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bc7 19. Qf3 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1
Qxc4 22. d3 Qg4 23. Qxg4 Bxg4 24. Be3 Be2 25. Rfe1 Bxd3
26. Bxc5 a6 27. Be7 f6 28. Re3 Bb5 29. b3 Kf7 30. Rae1 Bd7
31. c4 Rac8 32. c5 a5 33. f4 Bf5 34. a3 h5 35. Kf2 Bd7 36. Kg3
Ra8 37. Kh4 Bf5 38. Bd6 Rxe3 39. Rxe3 Re8 40. Rxe8 Kxe8
41. Kxh5 Kf7 42. Bc7 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4
Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Rg6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Ne2 b6 11. c4 Bb7
12. Bb2 Qd6 13. h3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Ne7 15. Qf4 h5 16. Rg1 Ba6
17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Re1 e3 20. f3 h4 21. Nf4 Rg5
22. Rxe3 Nc5 23. Re1 Rdg8 24. Bd3 Nc6 25. Bc3 Na4 26. Ba1 Na5
27. g4 Bxc4 28. Bd4 Bxd3 29. Nxd3 R5g7 30. Nb2 Rd8 31. Rd1 Nc6
32. Bf2 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Nxb2 34. Kxb2 Nxe5 35. Bd4 Rg5 36. f4
Nc4+ 37. Kc3 Rd5 38. Kxc4 c5 39. f5 Kc7 40. fxe6 fxe6 41. a4
a6 42. g5 b5+ 43. axb5 axb5+ 44. Kxb5 cxd4+ 45. Kc4 Rxg5
46. Rxd4 Rh5 47. Kd3 Rd5 48. Ke3 Rxd4 49. Kxd4 Kd6 50. Ke4 e5
51. c3 Ke6 52. c4 Kd6 53. Kf5 Kc5 54. Kxe5 Kxc4 55. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Davit Shengelia"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 b6 6. f3 Nc6
7. e4 e5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qe7 10. Ne2 d6 11. Bf2 Na5
12. Ng3 Be6 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Qe2 c5 15. Rb1 Qe8 16. Rb5 Bd7
17. Rb2 Kc7 18. Nf1 Bc8 19. Ne3 Ba6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Kb7
22. O-O Nh5 23. Rfb1 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Qa4 25. Nd5 Nxc4 26. Rb3
Rc8 27. dxe5 dxe5 28. f4 Rc6 29. Qh5 Nd6 30. Bc2 Qa5 31. fxe5
c4 32. R3b2 Qc5+ 33. Kh2 Nc8 34. Qxf7+ Kb8 35. Ba4 Rf8 36. Qg7
Re6 37. Bd7 Rfe8 38. Rb5 Bxb5 39. Rxb5 R6e7 40. Qg6 Re6
41. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Karsten Volke"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Bc2 b6 11. Qd3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 g6 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Ba4 Bd7
17. d5 exd5 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Qxd5 O-O 20. Bh6 Re8 21. O-O Qc7
22. Rfe1 Bf6 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Qd8 25. Qd5 Rc8 26. Rad1
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Be6 28. Qe4 Ne7 29. Bg5 Rc4 30. Qb7 Rxa4
31. Bxe7 Qe8 32. Bf6 Rf4 33. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gadir Guseinov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Qf3 Qf6
7. Qxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Nge2 Bg6
12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. h4 Na6 14. g4 Nc7 15. h5 gxh5 16. gxh5 Ne6
17. Rdg1 Kh7 18. Nd1 Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Ng8 20. Nf2 Nh6 21. Nd3
Rae8 22. Ndf4 Re7 23. Rh2 Rfe8 24. c3 Nf5 25. Rhg2 Nh4 26. Rg3
Kh6 27. Rh1 Nf5 28. Rg2 Ng5 29. Ng1 Ne3 30. Rf2 Nc4+ 31. Kc2
Re1 32. Nd3 Ne3+ 33. Kb3 Rd1 34. Ne5 f6 35. Ng6 Nf5 36. f4 Ne4
37. Rg2 Ne3 38. Rhh2 Nxg2 39. Rxg2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. O-O O-O-O 6. c4
dxc4 7. Nbd2 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxd4 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qb4 Qb6 11. Qc3
Be6 12. Nxc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 e6 14. Be3 Qb4 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Rfc1
Rd7 17. Bxa7 Qa5 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Bd4 h5 20. Qb3 h4 21. Rc4 b5
22. Rcc1 hxg3 23. hxg3 Nf4 24. gxf4 Rxd4 25. e3 Rd2 26. a4 b4
27. Qc4 Bc5 28. Qb5 Qxb5 29. axb5 Rh5 30. Bf3 Rf5 31. Be4 Rh5
32. Bf3 Rf5 33. Be4 Rh5 34. Bf3 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "5.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Christian Jepson"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3
Nbd7 7. c4 e6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. d4 Qe7 11. Bd3 O-O
12. a3 Rae8 13. Qd1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be2 f5 16. g3 Nb6
17. b4 a6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bc4 Nf6 21. Bc3 b5
22. Be2 Nd5 23. Bd2 Rc8 24. Ra2 Qc7 25. Rg1 Qd7 26. Rc2 Qf7
27. Qa2 h5 28. Bd1 g6 29. Rb2 Qe7 30. Bb3 Qd7 31. Rc2 Rc7
32. Ke2 Rfc8 33. Bxd5 cxd5 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Qxd5 Rc2 36. Qa8+
Kh7 37. Qxa6 Qc7 38. Qxb5 Ra2 39. Rd1 Bxg3 40. Qc5 Qd7 41. Rc1
f4 42. Ke1 Bxh4 43. Qc7 Qxc7 44. Rxc7+ Kg8 45. exf4 Rxa3
46. Ke2 Ra2 47. b5 Rb2 48. Rb7 Bf6 49. Rb8+ Kg7 50. Rb7+ Kg8
51. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Avital Boruchovsky"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6
7. d5 Nb8 8. c4 a5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. h3 Nh5 11. Bg5 Nc5 12. Bc2
h6 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Qe2 b6 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Rad1
Bd7 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Rfe1 Nh7 20. Qg3 Ng5 21. f3 Kh8 22. Kh1 a4
23. Bf2 Nge6 24. Nde2 g5 25. Be3 Be5 26. Qf2 Rg8 27. a3 Nf4
28. Bd4 f6 29. Nxf4 gxf4 30. Qh4 Rg6 31. Nd5 Ne6 32. Bxe5 fxe5
33. Ne7 Rg7 34. Qxh6+ Rh7 35. Qf6+ Rg7 36. Qh6+ Rh7 37. Qf6+
Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ogulcan Kanmazalp"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 Qd6 12. f4
Bxc3 13. bxc3 dxe4 14. Qe1 exf4 15. Bxf4 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qh5
17. Bd4 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. dxe4 Be6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rxf6
Qe5 22. Qf2 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Qxc3 24. Rf1 Qxb3 25. e5 Qd5 26. e6
Qe5 27. Rxf7 Rfe8 28. Qh4 Qh5 29. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2013/14"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.11.23"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sebastien Maze"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h6 6. a4 b6
7. Nge2 Nf6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 e6 10. Ng3 Bb7 11. Be2 c5 12. Kf2
Qc7 13. Qd2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. Rad1 Qb7 18. Rhe1 Bf6 19. h5 g5 20. Nf5 Qc7 21. Kg2 Rd8
22. c4 Ba8 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. b4 Kg7 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. Qb4 Nd7
27. c5 Rb8 28. Qa3 Rhd8 29. Rb1 Ne5 30. Kg3 Bd5 31. Rxb8 Rxb8
32. Rb1 Nc4 33. Rxb8 Nxa3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2013/14"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.11.24"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Kacper Piorun"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. d4 e6
7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. c4 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Re1 Ba3 11. Qc1 Bxb2
12. Qxb2 a5 13. a3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 h6 15. Bg2 Rfd8 16. e3 Ne8
17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd6 19. Nc3 Qf6 20. Rad1 e5 21. d5 c5
22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Qg6 24. Re2 Ra6 25. Qc3 Rf8 26. d6 Rxd6
27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Bd5 Nf6 30. Rd2 Qb6 31. Qxe5
Qxb3 32. Qc7 Nxd5 33. cxd5 c4 34. Kg2 c3 35. Rd3 Qb1 36. Qxc3
a4 37. Rd4 Re8 38. d6 Qb7+ 39. Qf3 Qd7 40. Qd5 Re6 41. h4 h5
42. Rxa4 Rxd6 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Qxh5+ Rh6 45. Qf3 Rf6 46. Qh5+
Rh6 47. Qf3 Rf6 48. Qe4+ g6 49. Re8 Qa7 50. Qe3 Qb7+ 51. Kg1
Rb6 52. Qe4 Rb1+ 53. Kg2 Qb5 54. Kh3 Qf1+ 55. Qg2 Qa6 56. Qf3
Qf1+ 57. Kg4 Qc4+ 58. Qf4 Qd5 59. Qe5 Qd1+ 60. f3 Qd7+ 61. Kg5
f6+ 62. Kxf6 Qg7+ 63. Kg5 Rb5 64. Qxb5 Qe5+ 65. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "1. Bundesliga /2014"]
[Site "Jenbach, Wolfsberg, St. Veit/Glan"]
[Date "2013.12.06"]
[EventDate "2013.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafal Antoniewski"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.h3 a6 5.Be3 Nd7 6.Nf3 b5 7.Ne2 Bb7
8.Ng3 Ngf6 9.Bd3 c5 10.c3 e5 11.d5 h5 12.Bg5 Bh6 13.Bxh6 Rxh6
14.Qd2 Rh8 15.h4 c4 16.Bc2 Qb6 17.Ng5 a5 18.Nf1 Nc5 19.Ne3 Ng4
20.Nd1 b4 21.f3 b3 22.axb3 cxb3 23.Bd3 Nf6 24.Be2 Nfd7 25.Ne3
Ba6 26.c4 Bc8 27.O-O Nf8 28.Kh2 f6 29.Nh3 Bxh3 30.Kxh3 Rh7
31.Kh2 a4 32.Ra3 Qa5 33.Qd1 Nfd7 34.Bd3 O-O-O 35.Qe2 Rf8
36.Nd1 Qd8 37.Nc3 Nb6 38.f4 Qe7 39.g3 g5 40.hxg5 fxg5 41.fxe5
Rxf1 42.Qxf1 Qxe5 43.Be2 Kb7 44.Qf5 Re7 45.Qxe5 Rxe5 46.Kg2 h4
47.Nb5 Nxe4 48.gxh4 gxh4 49.Bd3 Nc5 50.Nxd6+ Kb8 51.Bf1 Re1
0-1

[Event "1. Bundesliga /2014"]
[Site "Jenbach, Wolfsberg, St. Veit/Glan"]
[Date "2013.12.07"]
[EventDate "2013.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Matej Sebenik"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qe7
7. Nf3 f6 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O-O Nh6
12. h3 e4 13. Nd4 Bf7 14. d3 exd3 15. Qxd3 Qd7 16. g4 O-O
17. Rhg1 Rfe8 18. Rdf1 c5 19. Nde2 c6 20. f5 Qe7 21. Nd1 d4
22. h4 Bd5 23. g5 Nf7 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25. exd4 Qh6+ 26. Kb1 Be4
27. Qc3 Bh2 28. Nf2 Bxg1 29. Ng4 Qxh4 30. Rxg1 Nd6 31. dxc5
Nxf5 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Nd7+ Ke7 34. Rxg7+ Nxg7 35. Qxg7+ Ke6
36. Nd4+ Kd5 37. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "ch-European Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jakub Szostko"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 g5 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 h6 4. e4 c5 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. dxc5 Ng4 8. Qd2 Nxe3 9. Qxe3 Ne5 10. Nd4 d6 11. O-O-O Ng4
12. Qe2 O-O 13. f3 Ne5 14. h4 gxh4 15. Rxh4 e6 16. Rh5 Ng6
17. g3 Qa5 18. Nb3 Qb4 19. cxd6 Bd7 20. f4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3+
22. Kb1 Qxg3 23. Rxh6 Kg7 24. Rh3 Qxf4 25. Qb2+ e5 26. Bg2
Bxh3 27. Bxh3 Qf3 28. Rg1 Qxh3 29. Qxe5+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "ch-European Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "2.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Pawel Flis"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. f4 Nf6 6. d3 Qa5+
7. Nc3 g6 8. Ne2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6
12. Qe1 e6 13. Qh4 Qd8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Nd1 Ne8
17. Kh1 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 d5 19. f5 dxe4 20. fxe6 f5 21. Nc4 Qc7
22. dxe4 Bxe4 23. Nc3 Bc6 24. Rae1 Nf6 25. e7 Rf7 26. Ne5 Qb7
27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Rf2 Re8 29. Qc4+ Kg7 30. Qxc5 Qc7 31. Qd4
Rxe7 32. Rxe7+ Qxe7 33. Re2 Qb7 34. Re6 Bxg2+ 35. Kg1 Bh3
36. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "ch-European Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "3.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oleg Zujev"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5
7. h3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. Be2 Bf5 11. a4 h6 12. O-O
O-O-O 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. f4 e6 15. Nf3 Be7 16. Qc1 Kb8 17. Qb2
Ka8 18. Rfb1 Bc8 19. Qc1 Rdf8 20. Rb5 Qc7 21. Be3 f5 22. exf6
Rxf6 23. Qd2 Bd6 24. Ne5 Ne7 25. Bf3 Nf5 26. Bf2 g5 27. fxg5
hxg5 28. Qxg5 Rff8 29. Ng6 Rfg8 30. h4 Be7 31. Qf4 Qxf4
32. Nxf4 Nxh4 33. Bxh4 Rxh4 34. Ne2 Bd6 35. Kf2 Bd7 36. Rbb1
Be8 37. a5 Bg6 38. a6 b6 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40. Rxh1 Kb8 41. Rc1 Kc7
42. Ke3 Rf8 43. Kd2 b5 44. Ra1 Kb6 45. Ng1 Bf4+ 46. Kd1 Rh8
47. Nh3 Bf5 48. Nf2 Bg3 49. Ke2 Bxc2 50. Ng4 Bf5 51. Ne3 Bd3+
52. Kd2 Bf4 53. Re1 Kxa6 54. Kc1 b4 0-1

[Event "ch-European Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "4.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Zoltan Zambo"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 d6
7. Qe2 a6 8. O-O-O Qc7 9. g4 Rc8 10. h4 Nd4 11. Qe3 Nxf3
12. Qxf3 Ne7 13. g5 h6 14. Bh3 d5 15. g6 Nxg6 16. exd5 Qxf4
17. Qe2 Be7 18. Rhf1 Qe5 19. dxe6 f6 20. Qg4 Nxh4 21. Qxh4 Rd8
22. Bf5 Rd6 23. Ne4 Qd5 24. Nxd6+ Qxd6 25. Rde1 b5 26. Re3 1-0

[Event "ch-European Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "5.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marcel Kanarek"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O c4 9. Be2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6
12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bh6 O-O-O 15. g3 Bf8 16. Bg5 Be7
17. Bh6 Kb8 18. Bg2 Bf8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bh6 Ba3 21. Qd2 a6
22. h4 Rhg8 23. Kh2 Ka8 24. Bh3 Rb8 25. f4 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Rbxf8
27. g4 Qe7 28. Qf2 h5 29. gxh5 Rh8 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Qg3 Rxh4
32. Kg2 Rfh8 33. Rh1 Qh7 34. Rh2 g5 0-1

[Event "ch-European Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Pavel Tregubov"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. f4 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6
7. d3 d5 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Nf6 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Qe2 Be7 12. c4
d4 13. O-O O-O 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. Ne4
b5 18. Rf3 bxc4 19. dxc4 a5 20. Rh3 g6 21. Bc1 a4 22. g4 axb3
23. axb3 Ra8 24. g5 Ra1 25. Nf6+ Nxf6 26. gxf6 Bf8 27. Bb2
Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Ra6 29. Qh4 h6 30. Qe1 Qb7 31. Rg3 Rb6 32. Qd1
Qe4 33. Rf3 h5 34. Qd3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Bh6 36. Bc1 Ra6 37. Kf2
Ra1 38. Bd2 Bf8 39. Ke2 Rh1 40. Rh3 Bh6 41. Kd3 Kf8 42. b4
cxb4 43. Bxb4+ Ke8 44. Kxd4 Bxf4 45. Ra3 Rd1+ 46. Ke4 Bxh2
47. Ra8+ Rd8 48. Ra7 Rd7 49. Ra8+ Rd8 50. Ra7 Rd7 51. Ra2 Bg1
52. Bd6 Ra7 53. Rg2 Ra1 54. Rb2 Re1+ 55. Kf3 Bd4 56. Rb8+ Kd7
57. Rb7+ Kc6 58. Rc7+ Kb6 59. c5+ Kb5 60. Rxf7 Bxe5 61. Rb7+
Kc6 62. Rc7+ Kd5 63. f7 Rf1+ 64. Kg2 Rf5 65. Bxe5 Kxe5 66. Rd7
1-0

[Event "ch-European Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. h3 Bg7 6. g4 Bd7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bf4 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 c5 12. a3
Rc8 13. e4 h5 14. Bf3 hxg4 15. hxg4 Nh7 16. Be2 e5 17. Be3 f5
18. exf5 gxf5 19. gxf5 e4 20. Ncxe4 Qh4 21. Bd3 Be5 22. f4 Kh8
23. Rf2 Rg8+ 24. Kf1 Bd4 25. Nf3 Qh3+ 26. Ke2 Bxe3 27. Kxe3
Rce8 28. Qh1 Rg3 29. b4 Nxc4+ 30. Bxc4 Bxf5 31. Bd3 Bxe4
32. Bxe4 Qf5 33. Rh2 Rxe4+ 34. Kf2 Rxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Qxf4+
36. Kg2 Re2+ 37. Kg1 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "ch-European Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Markus Ragger"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "27"]

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

[Event "ch-European Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh4 Nc6 9. Nxf5 Qxf5 10. e3 Rab8 11. O-O Nd7
12. Qd1 Nb6 13. b3 Qd7 14. Bb2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe2 h5
17. Rad1 Qg4 18. Rfe1 a6 19. h3 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Rfe8 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. cxd5 g5 23. Rc2 Re7 24. Be4 Ng6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bf5
Ne5 27. Kg2 Rd8 28. Rdc1 c5 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Rd2 Kf6 31. Be4
g4 32. Bd3 a5 33. Be2 Ke6 34. Rd4 f5 35. Ra4 Ra7 36. Rh1 Kf6
37. Bd1 Rb8 38. Rd4 d5 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Rh6+ Ng6 41. Rh5 Rb4
42. Bc2 Ne7 43. Rd1 a4 44. a3 Rxb3 45. Rh6+ Ke5 46. Bxb3 axb3
47. Rb1 Rxa3 48. Rh7 Kd6 49. Rh6+ Ke5 50. Rh7 Kd6 51. Rh6+ Kd7
52. Rh8 c5 53. Rb8 c4 54. Rb7+ Kd6 55. Rh1 Nc6 56. Rb5 Ra5
57. Rh6+ Kc7 58. Rh7+ Kd6 59. Rh6+ Ke5 60. Rb7 Rc5 61. f3 d4
62. Rd7 dxe3 63. Rdd6 Nd4 64. Rd7 gxf3+ 0-1

[Event "ch-European Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 Nd7 3. Nc3 Ngf6 4. e4 e5 5. Qe2 c6 6. f4 Be7
7. O-O-O exf4 8. d4 Qa5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. g3 Nb6 11. gxf4 d5
12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Qxa2 15. Ng5 g6 16. e6 Bxe6
17. Nxe6 Ba3 18. Bxa3 Qxa3+ 19. Kd2 Qa5+ 20. Kc1 Rae8 21. f5
Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qa5+ 23. Kc1 fxe6 24. fxg6 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qa5+
26. Kc1 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qa5+ 28. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-European Rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "25"]

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 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ng5
Rf8 13. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st MVM Chess Cup"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2014.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bf5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Ne2 h6 6. Nbc3 c6
7. d4 e6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Bh7 10. h4 Nb6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Nf4
Bd6 13. g6 fxg6 14. O-O-O Qf6 15. Bh3 O-O-O 16. Nxe6 Rde8
17. Nc5 Rxe3 18. N3a4 Re7 19. Qb4 Kc7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nxb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "1st MVM Chess Cup"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2014.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. f3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 c5
7. d5 Nf6 8. Nh3 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. Qd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. O-O
Qc7 13. Nf2 Rad8 14. Rad1 e6 15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. Nd3 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Re6 19. Bg5 Rde8 20. Rfe1 Qc6 21. b3 Qc8
22. Bf1 Nh5 23. Kh1 Bc6 24. Bd3 Qb7 25. Nd5 Bd4 26. g4 Nf6
27. Nf4 R6e7 28. Bc2 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qc1 Nxe4 31. fxe4
Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "1st MVM Chess Cup"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2014.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bf5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Ne2 Nbd7 6. g4 Bg6
7. h4 h6 8. Nf4 e5 9. Nxg6 fxg6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Nc3 c6 12. Bh3
g5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Ba3
17. Ba1 Nb6 18. Qd3 Nfd7 19. Rh5 Rxh5 20. gxh5 Rh8 21. Bh3
Rxh5 22. Qf1 Kb8 23. Qg2 g6 24. Rg1 Nf6 25. Ne2 Nc4 26. Bc3
Nd6 27. Ng3 Rh4 28. Nh1 Nf7 29. Nf2 Bb4 30. Bxb4 Qxb4 31. Be6
Rh7 32. Nd3 Qe7 33. Bxf7 Rxf7 34. Qxg5 e4 35. Ne5 Rg7 36. f4
Ng8 37. f5 Qxg5 38. Rxg5 Kc7 39. d4 exd3 40. cxd3 Kd6 41. d4
Ke7 42. fxg6 Kf6 43. Rg3 Ke6 44. Kc2 Nf6 45. Kd3 Nd7 46. Nxd7
Kxd7 47. e4 dxe4+ 48. Kxe4 Ke6 49. b4 a6 50. a4 Kf6 51. Kf4
Rg8 52. g7 Kf7 53. Kf5 1-0

[Event "1st MVM Chess Cup"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2014.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7
7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Bf6 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Be1 Ne7
12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ne5 Nf5 14. e3 c5 15. Bc3 cxd4 16. exd4 Rc8
17. Qe2 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Rc2 Qe8 21. Ng4 Bg7
22. Ne3 Qa4 23. Rcd2 Bh6 24. Bh3 Ba6 25. Qg4 Nxe3 26. Qe6+ Rf7
27. fxe3 Bxe3+ 28. Kh1 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Re8 30. Qxd5 e3 31. Rg2
Bb7 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Nc4 Qe7 8. Ne2 b5 9. Nxd6+ cxd6 10. a4 b4 11. O-O O-O
12. Ng3 Nd5 13. f4 f6 14. a5 c5 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8
17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Qd3 Bb7 19. Rf1 Qd7 20. Qc4 Kh8 21. Qh4 Qe6
22. Qe4 Bc6 23. Qf5 Qe7 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. h4 Kg8 26. h5 Bd7
27. Qf3 Bb5 28. d3 h6 29. Ng3 Qe6 30. Nf5 Ne7 31. Nh4 Bd7
32. Bc1 Re8 33. e4 Kh7 34. Nf5 Nxf5 35. exf5 Qf6 36. Qb7 Bb5
37. Qe4 d5 38. Qxd5 e4 39. Bf4 exd3 40. cxd3 Re2 41. Qf3 Qd4+
42. Kh2 Qxd3 43. Qg4 Rxg2+ 44. Qxg2 Qxf1 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Bxh6
Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kh1 gxh6 50. Qxh6+ Kg8
51. Qg6+ Qg7 52. Qe6+ Qf7 53. Qc8+ Qf8 54. Qe6+ Qf7 55. Qc8+
Qe8 56. Qxc5 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Be2 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. O-O a5 10. Kh1 d6 11. f4 Nc6
12. b3 Re8 13. Rf3 Bf5 14. Rg3 Re6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nb4
17. Qd2 Qe7 18. e4 Qh4 19. Rf3 Nc2 20. Rb1 Qe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nxe1
22. Rg3 Rg6 23. Nd5 Rxg3 24. hxg3 c6 25. Be3 Nd3 26. Bxc5 cxd5
27. Bxd6 dxe4 28. Kg1 f5 29. Kf1 Ra6 30. Bc7 Kf7 31. g4 Rc6
32. Bxa5 Ra6 33. Bc3 Rxa2 34. gxf5 e3 35. g3 Rc2 36. Be1 Kf6
37. g4 h5 38. Bh4+ Kf7 39. gxh5 Rh2 40. Be1 Kf6 41. Kg1 Re2
42. Bc3+ Kxf5 43. Bxg7 Kxf4 44. Bh6+ Kg3 45. Bxe3 Rxe3 46. Kf1
Kf4 47. Ra1 Rf3+ 48. Kg1 Rg3+ 49. Kf1 Rf3+ 50. Kg1 Kg4 51. h6
Nf4 52. h7 Rh3 53. Kf2 Kf5 54. b4 Nd3+ 55. Ke2 Ke4 56. Ra8
Rh2+ 57. Kd1 Rxh7 58. Kd2 Nxb4 59. Kc3 Nc6 60. Re8+ Re7 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bf4 g5 6. Bg3 Ne4
7. Nc3 Nxg3 8. hxg3 g4 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Qe2 c6 11. e4 dxe4
12. O-O-O Bf5 13. Ndxe4 e6 14. f3 Bg7 15. fxg4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. Be2 Bf6 20. Rhf1 Be7
21. Bb5+ Kf8 22. Rf3 Kg7 23. Rdf1 Rhf8 24. Be2 Rac8 25. a4 Rc7
26. Rc3 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Rc8 28. Kb2 Rc6 29. Kb3 Bd6 30. Rf3 Rb6+
31. Ka2 a6 32. Bd3 Bc7 33. Be2 Rd6 34. Kb3 Rb6+ 35. Ka2 Rc6
36. Kb3 Ba5 37. Re3 Bd8 38. c4 dxc4+ 39. Bxc4 Rb6+ 40. Kc3 Rb1
41. Bb3 Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Amsterdam  NED"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
7. Qg4 f6 8. Nf3 c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. Qg3 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6
12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc7 Qa4 15. Kd1 O-O 16. f3 e5
17. Bxe5 Bf5 18. Ra2 Rf7 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Re1 Re8 21. f4 Nf6
22. Bf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. h5 h6 25. Kd2 Qb5 26. a4 Qb7
27. a5 a6 28. Qg4 Qa7 29. Rb2 Bf5 30. Qg3 Qe7 31. Rb6 Rc8
32. Reb1 Qa3 33. Rb7 Qa4 34. R1b2 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Qxc2+ 36. Ke1
Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kf1 Qd3+ 39. Qxd3 cxd3 40. g4 Be4 41. f5
c5 42. Rxg7+ Kf8 43. f6 Rc6 44. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. g5 e6
7. h4 h5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 Ne7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Nd2 d5 15. Qa4 Bg4 16. Rh2 Re8
17. Rb1 Qd7 18. Rf2 Qe6 19. Nb3 Bxe2 20. Kd2 Qg4 21. Nxc5 Qxh4
22. Be3 Nf5 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. g6 Rxe3 25. Kxe3 Re8+ 26. Kd2
Qf2 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxa7+ Kg8 29. Rb8 Bxd3+ 30. Kxd3 Qe2+
31. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 f5 12. Bxg4
fxg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. b4 Be6 17. O-O g5
18. b5 Qd7 19. bxc6 Nxc6 20. Nd5 Rab8 21. Nb3 a5 22. a4 Rb7
23. c5 Rfb8 24. Ra3 Kh8 25. cxd6 Qxd6 26. Nc5 Rb2 27. Rd3 Nd4
28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Rd2 Qa6 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Qxg4
d3 33. Qd7 Qg6 34. Ne7 Qf7 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Nf5 d2 37. g3 Bc3
38. Qd3 Qa7 39. Rd1 Bb4 40. e5 Qf7 41. Ne3+ Kg7 42. Qd4 Rb3
43. e6+ Qf6 44. Qd7+ Kh8 45. Kg2 g4 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. Qb7+ Kh8
48. e7 Qxe7 49. Qxe7 Bxe7 50. Rxd2 Bg5 51. Rd5 Bxe3 52. fxe3
Rxe3 53. Kf2 Ra3 54. Rxa5 Kg7 55. Ra8 Kg6 56. a5 Ra2+ 57. Ke3
Rxh2 58. a6 Ra2 59. Kd4 Kh5 60. Kc4 Ra3 61. Kb4 Ra1 62. Kb5
Rb1+ 63. Kc5 Rc1+ 64. Kb5 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Qf3 Bg6 6. Ne2 e6
7. c3 Qd5 8. N2g3 Nd7 9. h4 h6 10. Bd3 Ngf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6
12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Be2 Bd6 14. h5 Bc2 15. Nf1 a6 16. b3 Rc8
17. Bd2 Rg8 18. Ne3 Bh7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Bf8 21. Rc1 Rd8
22. Bf3 Nb8 23. Na5 Rxd4 24. Nxb7 Ba3 25. Rc7 Nd7 26. Na5 Ne5
27. Nc6 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Rd5 29. b4 Rgg5 30. Bxg5 fxg5 31. O-O
Kf8 32. Re1 Bb2 33. a4 Bc3 34. Re3 Bf6 35. Kg2 Bc2 36. Ne5
Bxe5 37. Rxc2 Bd6 38. Re4 Ke7 39. Rc6 a5 40. bxa5 Rxa5 41. Rb6
Ra7 42. Rb5 Kd7 43. Rd4 Kc6 44. Rc4+ Kd7 45. Kf1 Bc7 46. Ke2
Kd6 47. Kd3 Kd7 48. Rd4+ Kc6 49. Rc4+ Kd7 50. Kc2 Kd6 51. Kb3
Ba5 52. Rd4+ Ke7 53. f4 gxf4 54. Rxf4 f5 55. Rf3 Bc7 56. Rd3
Kf6 57. Rd7 Kg5 58. Re7 Bb6 59. f4+ Kxf4 60. Rxe6 Be3 61. Rxh6
Rf7 62. Rg6 Kf3 63. h6 Bd4 64. h7 Rxh7 65. Rxf5+ Ke4 66. Rfg5
Re7 67. a5 Be5 68. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Bb5 Qd6 10. c3 e4 11. h3 exf3
12. hxg4 fxg2 13. Rg1 a6 14. Bd3 Ne7 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. Rxg2
Nd5 17. Be4 Kb8 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Bxb7 Nc4 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Be4
Re8 22. Kf1 h5 23. gxh5 Bh6 24. b3 Nd2+ 25. Bxd2 Bxd2 26. Rd1
Bg5 27. Bc6 Re6 28. d5 Re5 29. Rg4 a5 30. Ra4 Qc5 31. Rdd4 Rg8
32. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Eindhoven NED"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 Na6 4. Qd4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nxc5 6. Bd2
Ne6 7. Qh4 g5 8. Qg3 d5 9. e4 d4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7
12. Nd5 Qc5 13. Nf3 Qxc2 14. O-O Qxe4 15. Nc7+ Nxc7 16. Rfe1
Qd5 17. Qxc7 e6 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bc3 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Bxc5
21. Bxh8 f6 22. Rac1 Ke7 23. Bxf6+ Kxf6 24. Red1 Ke7 25. Rxd7+
Kxd7 26. Rxc5 h6 27. Kf1 Rf8 28. Rc3 e5 29. Ra3 a6 30. Rd3+
Kc6 31. Rh3 Rf6 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Rd3+ Ke7 34. Rb3 b5 35. Rc3
Rd6 36. Rc7+ Ke6 37. f3 Kf5 38. g4+ Kg6 39. Rc5 Kf6 40. Ke3
Ke6 41. b3 Kf6 42. Rc7 Ke6 43. Rc3 Rb6 44. Ke4 Rd6 45. Ke3 Rb6
46. Rc2 Rd6 47. h4 gxh4 48. Rh2 Kd5 49. Rxh4 Rc6 50. Kd3 b4
51. Kd2 Rc3 52. Rxh6 Rxf3 53. Rxa6 Ke4 54. g5 Rg3 55. g6 Rg2+
56. Ke1 Ke3 57. Kf1 Rg4 58. a3 bxa3 59. Rxa3 Rxg6 60. b4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. e3 e5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 e4
7. d5 a6 8. Bf1 Ne7 9. Nd2 Bf5 10. Bb2 b5 11. h3 h5 12. a3 Nc8
13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Nxd5 15. Ng3 Nxe3 16. Qe2 Nxc2+ 17. Kd1 Bg6
18. Ndxe4 Qe7 19. Qf3 Nxa1 20. Bc4 Nb6 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Bxf6
Qc7 23. Re1+ Kd7 24. Bxa1 Qc6 25. Qxc6+ Kxc6 26. Bxh8 h4
27. Nf1 Nxc4 28. bxc4 Bd3 29. Nd2 d5 30. cxd5+ Kxd5 31. Re5+
Kc6 32. Rh5 Bg6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Qd2 Nd7
7. O-O-O b5 8. e5 d5 9. h4 Qa5 10. h5 Nb6 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. a3
Rb8 13. Ne4 b4 14. Nc5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. a4 c3 17. Qd3
cxb2+ 18. Kxb2 b3 19. c3 Qd8 20. Rxh7 Bf5 21. Qc4 Kf8 22. Ng5
Qd5 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Nce6+ Bxe6 25. Nxe6+ Kf7 26. Rxg7+ Kxe6
27. Rxg6+ Kf7 28. Ra6 Rb7 29. Ra1 Rh2 30. g3 e6 31. Ra3 Ne7
32. Rxb3 Rc7 33. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.01.28"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "1.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Rindlisbacher"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6
7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Rc1
a5 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. b5 h6 15. Nd2 f5 16. Nc4 Bxc3 17. Rxc3
fxe4 18. Qd4 f3 19. gxf3 Nf5 20. Qxe4 Bd7 21. Ne3 Qg5+ 22. Kh1
Rae8 23. Qd3 Qh4 24. Rc4 Bxb5 25. Nxf5 Bxc4 26. Nxh4 Bxd3
27. Bxd3 Rf4 28. Nxg6 Rxf3 29. Bb1 Re2 30. Kg2 Rf6 31. Kg3 Rb2
32. Nf4 b5 33. Nd3 Rd2 34. Rc1 b4 35. Rc8+ Rf8 36. Rc6 Rd1
37. Rc1 Rxc1 38. Nxc1 a4 39. Nd3 Rb8 40. Kf3 b3 41. Ke3 b2
42. a3 Rb3 43. Kd2 Rxa3 44. Kc2 Rb3 45. Ba2 Rb7 46. Nxb2 Rf7
47. Nd3 Rf3 48. Bc4 Rh3 49. Kb2 Rxh2 50. Ka3 h5 51. Kxa4 h4
52. Kb5 h3 53. Nf4 Rh1 54. Be2 h2 55. Bf3 Rf1 56. Nd3 Kf8
57. Kc4 Ke7 58. Kd4 Kf6 59. Ke4 Kg5 60. Ke3 Ra1 61. Be4 Kf6
62. f4 h1=B 63. Bxh1 Rxh1 64. Nf2 Re1+ 65. Kd4 Kf5 66. Nd3 Re2
67. Kc4 Ke4 68. Nb4 Re1 69. Nd3 Rf1 70. Nb4 Rc1+ 71. Kb5 Rc3
72. Kb6 Kxf4 73. Nc6 Ke4 74. Ne7 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "2.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Tania Sachdev"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "257"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 e6 6. g4 Bg6
7. h4 h6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. cxd3 Bd6 10. Nge2 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Nbd7
12. Kf2 Ng8 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Na4 Qxb3 15. axb3 Ne7 16. b4 O-O-O
17. Nc5 Kb8 18. h5 b6 19. Nb3 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd4 Kb7
22. Nf5 g5 23. hxg6 N7xg6 24. Ke2 Nxf4+ 25. exf4 Ng6 26. Kd2
Nxf4 27. Ra4 Rhe8 28. Rha1 Re2+ 29. Kd1 Ra8 30. b5 Rh2
31. bxc6+ Kc7 32. R1a3 Ng6 33. Rd4 Rd8 34. Rxa7+ Kxc6 35. Kc1
Ne5 36. Kb1 Nxf3 37. Rf4 Ng5 38. Rf1 Ne6 39. Rxf7 Kb5 40. Ra7
Rg8 41. Rc1 Nc5 42. Nd4+ Kb4 43. Nc2+ Kb5 44. Nd4+ Kb4 45. Ra3
Rxg4 46. Nc2+ Kb5 47. d4 Ne4 48. Rb3+ Ka6 49. Nb4+ Kb7 50. Ka2
Rg8 51. Nxd5 Ra8+ 52. Ra3 Rxa3+ 53. Kxa3 Rd2 54. Rc7+ Kb8
55. Rh7 Rd3+ 56. b3 Rxd4 57. Nxb6 Nc5 58. Nc4 Rd3 59. Na5 Rd6
60. Kb4 Na6+ 61. Kb5 Nc7+ 62. Kc4 Rg6 63. b4 Rg4+ 64. Kc5 Na6+
65. Kb6 Rxb4+ 66. Kxa6 Kc8 67. Nc6 Rb1 68. Nd4 h5 69. Nb5 h4
70. Kb6 h3 71. Kc6 Rc1+ 72. Kd5 Rd1+ 73. Nd4 h2 74. Rxh2 Kd7
75. Rh7+ Kd8 76. Ra7 Ke8 77. Ke5 Re1+ 78. Kf6 Rf1+ 79. Nf5 Kd8
80. Ra3 Kd7 81. Re3 Ra1 82. Nd4 Ra6+ 83. Ne6 Ra1 84. Rd3+ Kc6
85. Rd2 Rf1+ 86. Ke7 Re1 87. Rd6+ Kb5 88. Kd7 Kc4 89. Kc6 Re5
90. Nc7 Rc5+ 91. Kb6 Rh5 92. Rc6+ Kd4 93. Ne6+ Ke3 94. Rd6 Ke4
95. Kc6 Ke3 96. Rd1 Ke2 97. Ra1 Ke3 98. Kd6 Rh6 99. Ke5 Rh5+
100. Kf6 Rb5 101. Ra3+ Ke4 102. Ke7 Rb7+ 103. Kd6 Rb6+
104. Kd7 Ke5 105. Re3+ Kd5 106. Re1 Rd6+ 107. Ke7 Rb6 108. Kf6
Ra6 109. Kf5 Kd6 110. Rd1+ Ke7 111. Nc5 Ra2 112. Rd7+ Ke8
113. Rh7 Rf2+ 114. Ke5 Re2+ 115. Ne4 Re1 116. Ra7 Kf8 117. Kd5
Rd1+ 118. Ke6 Re1 119. Kf5 Ke8 120. Nf6+ Kd8 121. Kg6 Rg1+
122. Kf7 Re1 123. Nd5 Kc8 124. Ne7+ Kd8 125. Kf6 Ke8 126. Nc6
Rf1+ 127. Ke6 Re1+ 128. Ne5 Kd8 129. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "3.23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Larino Nieto"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3
Nc6 7. Bf4 e5 8. dxe5 Qe7 9. Bb5 fxe5 10. Bg3 Bd7 11. Qh5
O-O-O 12. Nf3 f6 13. O-O Rg8 14. Rfe1 Qc5 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Qf7
Qb6 17. Rad1 Rg7 18. Qc4 Be6 19. Qa4 Rg4 20. Qc2 h5 21. Nh4
Rg7 22. Kh1 Bxa2 23. b4 Be6 24. f3 Nd5 25. Bf2 Qc6 26. b5 Qxc3
27. Qa2 Qa3 28. Qc4 Rgd7 29. Ra1 Nf4 30. Qe4 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "4.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Joseph G Gallagher"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h4 e5
7. d5 c6 8. h5 cxd5 9. exd5 Qd7 10. hxg6 fxg6 11. Nf3 Qe7
12. Ng5 e4 13. Be3 Na6 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Rde1 Bf5
17. g4 Nxg4 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Bxg4 e3 20. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 21. fxe3
Bxg4 22. Rxh7 Rf2 23. Rg1 Bf5 24. e4 Bd7 25. d6 Raf8 26. e5
Rf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kd2 Rg1 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. e6 Rg2+
31. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.01"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "5.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Romain Edouard"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d5
7. Qc2 Nc6 8. a3 a5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Kh8 11. Nb5 Bd7
12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rab1 Nh5 14. Bd2 f4 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 fxg3
17. hxg3 Bg4 18. Bc3 Qd7 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bd6 21. Bc5
Bh3 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Qd1 Rf6 24. Nh2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nf4+
26. gxf4 Rh6 27. f5 Qxf5 28. f4 Qg6+ 29. Kf2 Rxh2+ 30. Ke1
Qg3+ 31. Kd2 d4 32. Qe1 Qe3+ 33. Kd1 Re8 34. Rb2 Ra8 35. Rb1
Ra2 36. Rc1 Qe8 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.02"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Nc6
7. Bd3 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. e4 d4
12. Ne2 e5 13. Ng3 g6 14. h3 h6 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6
17. Qd2 Rd8 18. a4 a5 19. Ra3 Nd7 20. Ne1 Nb6 21. Rb3 Nc4
22. Qd1 b6 23. Nd3 O-O 24. Re1 Rb8 25. Nf1 Kg7 26. Nh2 Rfc8
27. Qc1 Ne7 28. Ng4 h5 29. Nh2 f6 30. Nf3 Nd6 31. Nd2 g5
32. Qd1 h4 33. c3 dxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Rc8 36. Qc2 Ng6
37. Rb1 Nc4 38. Qa2 Qc6 39. Qxc4 Qxc4 40. Nxc4 Rxc4 41. Rxb6
Rxc3 42. Rd6 Rc4 43. Rd7+ Kg8 44. f3 Rxa4 45. Rd8+ Kf7
46. Rd7+ Ke8 47. Ra7 Ra3 48. Nc5 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Nf4 50. Ra8+ Kf7
51. Ra7+ Kg8 52. Ra8+ Kg7 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. Ra8+ Kf7 55. Ra7+
Ke8 56. Ra8+ Ke7 57. Ra7+ Kd6 58. Rxa5 Rd1 59. Nb3 Ne2 60. Ra2
Re1 61. Rc2 Ke7 62. Rc7+ Ke8 63. Rc8+ Kd7 64. Rc4 Rb1 65. Nc5+
Ke7 66. Nd3 Rd1 67. Nf2 Rf1 68. Nd3 Rd1 69. Nf2 Rd2 70. Ng4
Nf4 71. Ne3 Re2 72. Rc3 Kd7 73. Kh1 Re1+ 74. Kh2 Re2 75. Kh1
Re1+ 76. Kh2 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.03"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Hansen"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 f6 5. Bb5 Qd7 6. Nf3 a6
7. Bxc6 Qxc6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Na4 Qa7
12. Be3 b6 13. b3 O-O 14. c4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Bb7 16. c5 bxc5
17. dxc5 Nd5 18. Qd4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Rxf1+
21. Rxf1 Bd5 22. Rd1 Qb8 23. Nc3 c6 24. Qxb8+ Rxb8 25. e4 Bc4
26. Rd4 Bxa2 27. Ra4 Bb1 28. Rxa6 Bd3 29. Rxc6 Rb3 30. Na4 Rb4
31. Nb6 Bxe4 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Re5 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Rb2+ 35. Ke3
Bxg2 36. Nc4 Ra2 37. Nd6+ Kf6 38. Rf5+ Ke6 39. Rf7 Rc2
40. Rxg7 Rxc5 41. Rxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "8.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. b3 b6
7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5
12. d4 Qf5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxb7 Rad8 15. Qe2 Qd3 16. Ba6 Qxe2
17. Bxe2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc6 19. Bc3 Ba3 20. Rab1 Nb4 21. Bb2
Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Rc8 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. a3 Nd5
26. Rc2 Kf8 27. e4 Nf6 28. f3 Ke7 29. Kf2 Ne8 30. Bb5 Rd1
31. Ke2 Rb1 32. b4 Rh1 33. Rc8 Nd6 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. Bd3 Rxh2+
36. Ke3 g5 37. Rd7 Ne8 38. f4 Rh3 39. e5+ Kg7 40. Kf2 gxf4
41. gxf4 Kf8 42. f5 a5 43. b5 exf5 44. Bc4 Rxa3 45. Rxf7+ Kg8
46. Rf6+ Kg7 47. Rxb6 Rc3 48. Rb7+ Kh6 49. Bf7 Rc8 50. Re7 Nc7
51. b6 Na6 52. Ra7 Nb4 53. e6 Nd3+ 54. Ke3 Ne5 55. b7 Rb8
56. e7 Nxf7 57. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.05"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O Nf6
7. b3 d5 8. e3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 dxc4 10. bxc4 O-O 11. Rb1 Qd3
12. Qe2 Qxe2 13. Nxe2 Rb8 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. Nb5 Bd7 16. Nxa7 Ba4
17. Rb2 Ne8 18. Nb5 Bf6 19. d4 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 cxd4 21. c5 d3
22. Rd1 Ra8 23. a3 Ra4 24. Rxb7 Rc4 25. c6 e5 26. Rb4 Rc5
27. Bb2 d2 28. Kf1 Be7 29. Ke2 f5 30. g4 fxg4 31. Rxd2 Rxd2+
32. Kxd2 h5 33. Bc3 Bd6 34. Rb7 e4 35. Bxe4 Bxh2 36. Bg6 Nf6
37. Ra7 Rd5+ 38. Ke2 Rd8 39. Bxf6 gxf6 40. Bf5 Rb8 41. c7 Rb2+
42. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "10.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ivan Salgado Lopez"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3
Qd8 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 f5 9. e3 Bxc3 10. dxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 c6
12. h4 Nd7 13. h5 Nf6 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Rh4 Ke7 16. Nf3 Be6
17. Ne5 Bd5 18. f3 Rhd8 19. c4 Be6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. f4 Kd6
22. Kd2 Kc7+ 23. Kc2 c5 24. Bf3 Rd6 25. Kc3 b6 26. Rh6 Bc8
27. Kc2 Bb7 28. Be2 Be4+ 29. Kc1 Re6 30. g4 Re7 31. gxf5 Bxf5
32. Bf3 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Kxd7 34. Kd2 Ke8 35. Bd5 Kf8 36. Rh1 h5
37. Rg1 Re8 38. Rg3 b5 39. Rg1 bxc4 40. bxc4 a5 41. a3 a4
42. Bc6 Rd8+ 43. Ke2 Rd6 44. Bd5 Rb6 45. Rg5 Kg7 46. Kf3 Bg4+
47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 Rb1+ 49. Kf2 Rb2+ 50. Kg1 Rb1+ 51. Kg2
Rb2+ 52. Kg1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013/14"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2014.02.22"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Piotr Bobras"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. O-O-O
O-O 7. Bh6 e5 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nge2 c5 11. Ng3 Bd7
12. Nb1 Rc8 13. h4 h5 14. Na3 b5 15. c3 b4 16. cxd4 bxa3
17. dxe5 axb2+ 18. Kxb2 dxe5 19. Ka1 Ne8 20. Qc3 Qf6 21. f4
Bg4 22. fxe5 Qf2 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Rd2 Qf4 25. Nxe2 Qxe4 26. d6
Rb8 27. e6+ f6 28. e7 Rf7 29. Ng3 Qf4 30. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2013/14"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2014.02.23"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Markus Ragger"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. e3 Nxc3
12. a3 Qa5 13. Qc1 Ne4 14. axb4 Qf5 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qg5
17. Bd3 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Qxb4 19. Qxb4 Rxb4 20. Rhb1 a6 21. Bxa6
Ke7 22. b3 Bxa6+ 23. Rxa6 Rhb8 24. Rxc6 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 Rxb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2014.03.04"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktors Pupols"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. Re1 c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. b3 Qe7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nd2
Rd8 13. Rb1 Nf8 14. b4 Ne6 15. c5 Nd4 16. Qb2 a5 17. a3 axb4
18. axb4 Be6 19. Bc4 Nh5 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Nf1 Nf4 22. Bxf4
exf4 23. Qc1 Qg4 24. h3 Qh4 25. f3 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Bd4+ 27. Kh1
Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2014.03.05"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Wolfgang Pajeken"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Ne5 h6
7. g4 Bh7 8. Bd3 c6 9. Bxh7 Nxh7 10. Qf3 Rf8 11. O-O-O Nd7
12. Kb1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bg3 Ng5 15. Qe2 Bb4 16. Nb5 Rf7
17. a3 Bf8 18. Nc3 Qa5 19. Qd2 Rd7 20. h4 Nf7 21. Qd3 O-O-O
22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Nf4 e5 24. Ne6 e4 25. Qb3 Rg8 26. c4 Bxg3
27. fxg3 dxc4 28. Qxc4 Qd5 29. Rc1 Qxc4 30. Rxc4 Re7 31. Nf4
g5 32. Nd5 Re6 33. Rf1 gxh4 34. gxh4 Rxg4 35. Nxf6 Rxh4 36. d5
Re5 37. dxc6 Nd6 38. Rd4 Rf5 39. cxb7+ Kxb7 40. Rb4+ Kc6
41. Rc1+ Rc5 42. Rd1 Nc4 43. Nd7 Nxe3 44. Nb8+ Kc7 45. Rd7+
Kc8 46. Rh7 Rh1+ 47. Ka2 Ra1+ 48. Kb3 a5 49. Rh8+ Kc7 50. Na6+
Kd6 51. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2014.03.05"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gudmundur Kjartansson"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 g5 3. d4 g4 4. Ne5 h5 5. h3 d6 6. Nd3 gxh3
7. Bxh3 h4 8. g4 Bg7 9. c3 Nc6 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Na3
Nge7 13. Be3 b6 14. Qc2 Be6 15. O-O-O Qc8 16. f3 a6 17. Kb1
Ng6 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Ne5 21. Qe2 Ng6 22. Bh2
O-O 23. Nc2 Qe8 24. Nd4 b5 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Bxc7 Rfe8 27. g5
Qc6 28. Ba5 Nf4 29. Qf3 Nxh3 30. Rxh3 Qxe4+ 31. Qxe4 Rxe4
32. Rdh1 Rg4 33. Rxh4 Rxg5 34. Bb6 Re8 35. R1h2 f5 36. Bd4 Rg4
37. Rxg4 fxg4 38. Kc2 Bxd4 39. cxd4 Kf7 40. Rg2 Rg8 41. Kd3
Ke6 42. Ke4 g3 43. Kf4 Kd5 44. Ke3 a5 45. Kd3 b4 46. Ke3 a4
47. Kd3 Rg4 48. Ke3 Re4+ 49. Kf3 Rxd4 50. Kxg3 Ke4 51. Re2+
Kd3 52. Kf2 Rc4 53. b3 Rf4+ 54. Ke1 Rh4 55. Rd2+ Kc3 56. Rg2
axb3 57. Rg3+ Kb2 58. axb3 Rd4 59. Rh3 Kc2 60. Ke2 Rd2+
61. Ke1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2014.03.06"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nxd7 Qxd7 6. Bb2
e6 7. d3 Ne7 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. a3 Bg6 10. g3 f6 11. Bg2 Be7
12. Qe2 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nf3 Bh5 15. d4 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8
17. Rac1 Bf8 18. Ne5 Bxe2 19. Nxd7 Bh5 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 21. c4
Bf7 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Rc5 Rd6 24. Rec1 Ra8 25. a4 Rdd8 26. Ba3
Kg8 27. g4 Be6 28. h3 Bf7 29. Kh2 Rd7 30. Kg3 h6 31. Bf1 Rdd8
32. Bd3 Be8 33. f4 g6 34. f5 g5 35. Be2 Kg7 36. Kf2 Bf7
37. Bb5 Be8 38. e4 dxe4 39. d5 Ne5 40. Rxc7+ Kg8 41. Bxe8 Rxe8
42. Ke3 Nd3 43. R1c2 Nf4 44. Rd2 Re5 45. Rd7 Nd3 46. Be7 Kf7
47. Bd6+ Ke8 48. Rh7 Rxd5 49. Ba3 Rad8 50. Re7+ Kf8 51. Rd7+
1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2014.03.07"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robin van Kampen"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Qd4 O-O 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Qc4 Qd8 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Qa4 Ng4
12. Rg1 a6 13. h3 Nf2 14. Re1 dxc5 15. Qa3 Nd4 16. Ng5 Bd7
17. Nd5 Bc6 18. Qxc5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rc8 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. c3
h6 22. Nf3 Nxh3 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Rh1 Nf2 25. Rxh6 b5 26. a3
Bb6 27. Kc2 Rd7 28. Bc1 Rcd8 29. e5 e6 30. f5 Rd1 31. Bg5 Be3
32. Rxe3 R8d2+ 33. Kb3 Rb1 34. Kb4 Ng4 35. Reh3 Nxh6 36. Rxh6
Rdxb2+ 37. Ka5 Kg7 38. Bd3 Re1 39. fxg6 fxg6 40. Rxg6+ Kf7 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2014.03.08"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Pouya Idani"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 e5 10. e4 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. a3
Bg4 13. Re1 Re8 14. h3 Bh5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rc8 17. Qb3
Nh7 18. Bd5 Qf6 19. Rac1 Bb8 20. Qe3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Nf8 22. b5
Na5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Re8 25. Bc3 b6 26. Bxa5 bxa5 27. Rc6
Qd8 28. Nh2 Re7 29. Ng4 h5 30. Nh2 Rd7 31. Nf3 g6 32. g3 Kg7
33. Qc3 Re7 34. Nd2 Bc7 35. Nc4 Nd7 36. Qf3 Qb8 37. a4 Qd8
38. Kg2 Bb6 39. Kf1 Bc7 40. h4 Bb6 41. Nd6 Nf6 42. Qxf6+ Kxf6
43. Ne8# 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2014.03.09"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nf3
g6 7. O-O Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Qe2 e6 11. d4 O-O
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nb6 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne5 Qe8
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. d5 Rad8 21. Qf4 Qd6
22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Ne4 Rdd8 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. b3 h5 26. Ne3 Nd5
27. Nc4 Nc3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nxc3 Bxc3 30. Rc1 Bd4 31. a4 Rd5
32. Kf1 b5 33. axb5 Rxb5 34. Nd2 Bb6 35. Rc6 Kf7 36. f3 Ra5
37. Ke2 Ra1 38. f4 Rg1 39. Kf3 Rd1 40. Rc2 Ke7 41. g3 Kf6
42. Ke2 Rg1 43. Kf3 Rd1 44. h3 Rh1 45. Ne4+ Ke7 46. Ng5 Rf1+
47. Kg2 Rg1+ 48. Kf3 Rf1+ 49. Ke2 Rf2+ 50. Kd3 Rxc2 51. Kxc2
e5 52. Kd3 exf4 53. gxf4 Kf6 54. Ke4 Bf2 55. Nf3 Bb6 56. Ne5
Bc7 57. Nc6 Bb6 58. Nb4 Ke6 59. Nd3 Kf6 60. Ne5 Bc7 61. Nd7+
Ke6 62. Nc5+ Kf6 63. Nd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2014.03.10"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samy Shoker"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O Qe8 8. b4 a5 9. bxa5 Nc6 10. Bd2 Bd8 11. e3 Kh8 12. Rb1
Rxa5 13. d4 Ra8 14. Bc1 Na5 15. Nd2 exd4 16. exd4 f4 17. c5
fxg3 18. hxg3 Bg4 19. Qe1 Qg6 20. Nf3 Nd7 21. Nh2 Bf5 22. Rb2
dxc5 23. Nd5 cxd4 24. Bd2 Nc4 25. Rxb7 Rxa2 26. Bb4 c5
27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Bxc5 Re8 29. Qb4 Ra4 30. Qb7 Bc6 31. Nf4
Bxb7 32. Nxg6+ hxg6 33. Bxb7 Na5 34. Bg2 Rc4 35. Bd6 Bc7
36. Bxc7 Rxc7 37. Rd1 Nb3 38. Nf3 Rec8 39. Rd3 Rc3 40. Rxd4
Nxd4 41. Nxd4 Rd3 42. Nf3 Rd1+ 43. Bf1 Rcc1 44. Nh2 g5 45. Kg2
g4 46. Kg1 Kg8 47. Kg2 Kf8 48. Kg1 Ke7 49. Kg2 Kd6 50. Kg1 Kc5
51. Kg2 Kb4 52. Kg1 Kc3 53. Kg2 Kd2 54. Kg1 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2014.03.11"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6
7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Nh5 9. a3 c6 10. b4 c5 11. Nd2 b6 12. Rb1 Bd7
13. g3 Be8 14. b5 Nc7 15. Be2 f5 16. exf5 Nf4 17. gxf4 exf4
18. Bxf4 Rxf5 19. Bg3 Bxc3 20. O-O a6 21. Bg4 axb5 22. Ne4 Bd4
23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Nxd6 Bg6 25. Nxb5 Nxb5 26. Rxb5 Rxa3 27. Rb3
Bh5 28. Qxh5 Rxb3 29. Kh2 Qf6 30. Qe8+ Qf8 31. Qe6+ Qf7
32. Rg1 Qxe6 33. dxe6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2014.03.12"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]
[Round "10.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Rune Djurhuus"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. b3 e6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6
7. e3 O-O 8. c4 dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. d3 h6 12. e4
Qd7 13. Nd5 Nh7 14. Nh4 Nd4 15. f4 b5 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. fxe5
Bxe5 18. Qh5 Ng5 19. Nf5 f6 20. Nde7+ Kh8 21. Ng6+ Kh7
22. Nxf8+ Rxf8 23. cxb5 Qxb5 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Rab1 Qa6 26. Rb4
Rc3 27. Rfb1 Bc7 28. a4 Bb6 29. h4 Nf7 30. Qg4 g6 31. h5 g5
32. e5 Nxe5 33. Qe4 Qxd3 34. Qb7+ Rc7 35. Rxb6 Rxb7 36. Rxb7+
Bd7 37. Re1 Kh8 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Rb7 Kh8 40. Rb8+ Kh7 41. Rb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013/14"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2014.03.15"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. Qe2 Qc7 8. Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bc2 b6 11. exd5 exd5
12. Nb3 Re8 13. Qd3 a5 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1
Ba6 17. Qd1 Re8 18. Nd3 Qb6 19. h3 h6 20. Rb1 Bc4 21. a4 Ne4
22. Bd2 Bxd3 23. Bxd3 Nxf2 24. Qf3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 c4+ 26. Qd4
Re2 27. Rd1 Qxb2 28. Qxd5 Qc2 29. Bf4 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Re2
31. Rg1 Qd3 32. Qxd3 cxd3 33. Bxh6 d2 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Rg1
Ne5 36. Bf4 Nf3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2013/14"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2014.03.16"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robin van Kampen"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6
7. Qg4 g6 8. Bd2 Bd7 9. Nf3 c4 10. a4 f5 11. Qg3 Nge7 12. Bg5
Qb6 13. Be2 Qb2 14. Kd2 Nb4 15. cxb4 c3+ 16. Ke3 f4+ 17. Qxf4
Nf5+ 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Rhb1 h6 20. Bf4 Qxc2 21. Bd3 Qxb1
22. Bxb1 g5 23. Bd3 Rg8 24. g3 Rc8 25. Ne1 gxf4+ 26. Kxf4 Rg4+
27. Ke3 h5 28. f3 f4+ 29. gxf4 Rg1 30. b5 Ke7 31. f5 Rcg8
32. h4 a6 33. Kf4 Rh1 34. Nc2 Rxh4+ 35. Ke3 a5 36. e6 Bxe6
37. fxe6 Kxe6 38. Ra3 Rc8 39. Ra1 Kf6 40. Be2 Rh2 41. Kd3 h4
42. Ne3 c2 43. Rc1 Rh1 44. Nxd5+ Kf7 45. Rxh1 c1=Q 46. Rxc1
Rxc1 47. f4 h3 48. Bf3 Rf1 49. Ke2 Ra1 50. Nb6 h2 51. Bxb7 Ke6
52. Be4 h1=Q 53. Bxh1 Rxh1 54. Kd3 Rd1+ 55. Kc3 Rf1 56. Nc4
Rf3+ 57. Kd2 Kd5 58. Nxa5 Kxd4 59. b6 Rxf4 60. b7 Rf2+ 61. Ke1
Rb2 62. Nc6+ Kc5 63. b8=Q Rxb8 64. Nxb8 Kb6 65. Nd7+ Ka5
66. Nc5 Kb4 67. Nd3+ Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013/14"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.04"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Nc6 4. g4 h6 5. Bg2 d6 6. h3 Ne7
7. d4 Ng6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Qc2 c6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5
12. b3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Ne2 Be6 16. f4 exf4
17. exf4 Bd6 18. f5 Bd7 19. Kb1 Be5 20. Nd4 Rhe8 21. b4 a5
22. c5 axb4 23. Qa4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Qg3 25. Bf3 Qxf3 26. Qa8+
Kc7 27. Qa5+ Kc8 28. Qa8+ Kc7 29. Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013/14"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.05"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andreas Schenk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7
7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 a5 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. O-O
Nf7 13. Rb1 h5 14. f3 Bh6 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. b3 c5 17. a3 Bg5
18. Be1 Nh6 19. Nb5 Nb8 20. Bd3 Na6 21. Bg3 h4 22. Bf2 f5
23. Rfe1 Bd7 24. Nc3 Rae8 25. Ne2 Qg7 26. h3 b6 27. Qc3 Bf6
28. Qc2 Bg5 29. Qc3 Kh8 30. Kh1 Re7 31. Bg1 Ref7 32. Bc2 Ng8
33. Bh2 Bf6 34. Qd3 Re7 35. Nc3 Bg5 36. Rbd1 Nc7 37. Rf1 Nf6
38. Rb1 Nh5 39. Ne2 Qh6 40. Rfd1 Rh7 41. Qc3 Ng3+ 42. Nxg3
hxg3 43. Bxg3 Be3 44. Nf1 f4 45. Bh2 Bxh3 46. gxh3 Qxh3
47. Rd2 Bxd2 48. Qxd2 Qxf3+ 49. Qg2 Qh5 50. Bd1 f3 51. Qg1 Rf4
52. Rb2 Rg4 53. Qe3 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2013/14"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.06"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Sebastian Bogner"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+
Bxd7 7. c4 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. O-O b5 10. Nc3 bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nf6
12. Rd1 Be7 13. Ne1 O-O 14. Nc2 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Qe2 Qb6+
17. Qf2 Qb8 18. Kh1 Bd8 19. g4 Bb6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 Qb6
22. Rd2 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rab8 24. Qg1 Rd7 25. g5 hxg5 26. Qxg5
Nh7 27. Qg1 Qd8 28. Qg3 Qg5 29. Rg1 Qxg3 30. hxg3 Nf6 31. Kg2
Kf8 32. Rh1 Rdb7 33. b3 Ke7 34. Rhd1 Rc8 35. Na4 Rc6 36. Nb2
Rd7 37. Nbc4 g6 38. Kf2 Bxc4 39. Nxc4 Ke6 40. Re2 Rc5 41. Red2
Rc6 42. Ne3 Rc5 43. b4 Rc3 44. g4 Rd8 45. Rd3 Rc6 46. a4 Rb8
47. Rb3 Nd7 48. Rdb1 Rcc8 49. b5 axb5 50. Rxb5 Rxb5 51. Rxb5
Rc1 52. Nd5 Nc5 53. g5 Ra1 54. Rb8 Nd3+ 55. Ke3 Nf4 56. Re8+
Kd7 57. Re7+ Kd8 58. Rxf7 Ra3+ 59. Kf2 Ra2+ 60. Ke1 Ra1+
61. Kf2 Ra2+ 62. Ke1 Ra1+ 63. Kd2 Ra2+ 64. Kc3 Nxd5+ 65. exd5
Rxa4 66. Rf6 Ke7 67. Re6+ Kd7 68. Rxg6 Ra3+ 69. Kc4 Rxf3
70. Rg7+ Ke8 71. g6 Rf6 72. Kb5 Kf8 73. Ra7 Rxg6 74. Kc6 Kg8
75. Rb7 Kf8 76. Ra7 Kg8 77. Re7 Kf8 78. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-POL Friendly Match m"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2014.06.09"]
[EventDate "2014.06.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Grzegorz Gajewski"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6
7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Bxf6 dxc4 9. Qxc4 gxf6 10. Rc1 Qxc5 11. Qh4 Ke7
12. g3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 b6 14. Bg2 Ba6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Ne4 Qf5
17. g4 Qg6 18. f4 Nd4 19. Rd1 Nc2+ 20. Kf2 Rhd8 21. Bf3 h6
22. Ng3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rc4 24. Nh5 Bb5 25. Qg3 Qg8 26. f5 e5
27. Nxf6 Kxf6 28. Rd6+ Kg7 29. Qh4 Qf8 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Rg6+
1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2014.07.21"]
[EventDate "2014.07.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Tim L Rogers"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "9"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qe2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nd6# 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2014.07.22"]
[EventDate "2014.07.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christian Eriksson"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bd7 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Bd3 a6 6. a4 c5
7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Qxc5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 Nbc6 11. c3 f6
12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nd4 e5 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. Nf5 Ng6 16. Nf1 Be6
17. N1g3 Qd7 18. Nh6 Kc7 19. Bf5 Bxh6 20. Bxh6 Rad8 21. Bxe6
Qxe6 22. f4 Qd7 23. f5 Nf8 24. Rad1 Rg8 25. b4 Qe7 26. Qf3 Qf7
27. Rd2 Ne7 28. c4 d4 29. Ne4 Nd7 30. Rc1 Rb8 31. b5 axb5
32. cxb5+ Kd8 33. Nc5 Nxc5 34. Rxc5 b6 35. Rc1 Qd5 36. Qxd5+
Nxd5 37. Rc6 Kd7 38. Ra2 Nb4 39. Rac2 Nxc2 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2014.07.22"]
[EventDate "2014.07.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Tom Petri Petersen"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Ne2
Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nd7 9. Nbc3 d5 10. Na4 Bd6 11. Qe1 Qe7
12. Kh1 f6 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. Rxf8+ Nxf8 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. Qe2
Bd7 17. Rf1 Rf8 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Kg1 Bc8 20. c4 Ba6 21. Qg4
Qf7 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. h4 Ne7 24. Nc3 Bc8 25. Qa4 c6 26. Ba3
Bxa3 27. Qxa3 Nf5 28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. Qd6 Qe8 30. b4 h6 31. a4
Kh7 32. b5 cxb5 33. axb5 Be4 34. Nxe4 dxe4 35. Qd5 Kh8 36. Kh2
Qb8 37. Kg3 Qe8 38. Kh2 Qb8 39. Qc6 Kg8 40. Kg3 Kf7 41. Qd7+
Kf6 42. h5 Qb6 43. Qe8 Kf5 44. Qf7+ Qf6 45. Qd7+ Qe6 46. Qxg7
1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[EventDate "2014.07.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Matthieu Cornette"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 a6 4. g3 h5 5. h3 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. O-O h4 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 exd5
12. exd5 Bc5 13. Bg5 Kf8 14. Nf5 d6 15. Qd2 Nbd7 16. Rae1 Ne5
17. Kh1 a5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qc1 Bc8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. b3 Na3
22. c4 bxc3 23. f5 Ba6 24. Rf4 c2 25. Re6 fxe6 26. fxe6 Rf8
27. Rf5 Rc8 28. Bxf6+ Qxf6 29. Rg5+ Kh8 30. Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2014.07.24"]
[EventDate "2014.07.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Allan Stig Rasmussen"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4
7. Na3 Nf6 8. f3 Bh5 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Nc2 e6 11. Ne3 Bg6 12. Be5
Bd6 13. f4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Ne4 16. O-O Qe7 17. c4
Nb4 18. Qd1 dxc4 19. Qa4+ Nc6 20. Rf4 f5 21. Nc3 g5 22. Rff1
O-O-O 23. Rad1 Nxd4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Nxc4 Kb8 26. Nd6 Nf5
27. Qxe4 Nxd6 28. exd6 Rxd6 29. Qe5 Rd8 30. Rd5 Qc7 31. Rxd6
Qxd6 32. Qxg5 e5 33. Re1 Re8 34. Qh5 Re7 35. Qe2 e4 36. Rd1
Qc7 37. Qe3 b6 38. Rc1 Qd7 39. h3 Kb7 40. b3 Qd5 41. Qc3 Qe6
42. Kf2 a5 43. Ke2 Qd6 44. Qc8+ Ka7 45. Rd1 Qg3 46. Rd7+ Rxd7
47. Qxd7+ Ka6 48. Qc8+ Ka7 49. Qd7+ Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2014.07.25"]
[EventDate "2014.07.21"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Junta Ikeda"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nd2 g5 10. f4 gxf4 11. gxf4 Ng6
12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Bd2 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Qc2 Nh4
17. Bxb7 Ng4 18. Qd3 c5 19. Nb3 Rb8 20. Bd5 a5 21. Rab1 a4
22. Na1 Qe8 23. Nc2 Qh5 24. h3 Nf6 25. Kf2 Rbe8 26. Rg1 Ne4+
27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. Bc3 Rxf4+ 29. Ke1 Be5 30. Qg3 Ng6 31. Bxe5+
Qxe5 32. Qc3 Rh4 33. Qxe5+ Nxe5 34. Ne3 Rxh3 35. Kd2 h5
36. Rh1 Kg7 37. Rbg1+ Kh6 38. Rxh3 Bxh3 39. b3 axb3 40. axb3
Bc8 41. Bb7 Bxb7 42. Nf5+ Kh7 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rxb7 Rf8
45. Nxd6 Rd8 46. Ke3 Rxd6 47. Kxe4 Nd7 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. b4 Kg6
50. bxc5 Nxc5 51. Rb5 Rc6 52. Kf4 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2014.07.26"]
[EventDate "2014.07.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Gawain Jones"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Na6
7. c3 c5 8. Re1 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Qb3 a5 12. Bf4
Bf5 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. e3 Qe6 16. h4 Bh3 17. Bf3 Bf5
18. Qd1 h5 19. Be2 Ne4 20. Nf3 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Na2 22. Ra3 Nb4
23. Rc3 Na2 24. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2014.07.27"]
[EventDate "2014.07.21"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Semcesen"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 exd4
7. Nxd4 g5 8. Bg3 Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Qc2 Rb8 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. O-O c5 15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. Bd3 h5
17. h4 Ng4 18. hxg5 Qxg5 19. Bf4 Qh4 20. Bg3 Qf6 21. Rd2 Bh6
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 h4 24. Bh2 Rxe3 25. Re2 Re7 26. Rxe7
Qxe7 27. Qe2 Qxe2 28. Bxe2 Nf6 29. Bc4 Ne4 30. Re1 Nd2 31. b3
Nxc4 32. bxc4 Rb4 33. Kf1 Rxc4 34. Re7 Rc1+ 35. Ke2 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2014.07.28"]
[EventDate "2014.07.21"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Qa4 a6 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qb3 c5 11. a4 c4 12. Qc2
Bb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. b3 b4 16. Nd1 cxb3
17. Qxb3 Na6 18. Nf2 Qa5 19. Qb1 Rd8 20. Rd1 Nf5 21. e3 Bd5
22. Bb2 Qa2 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. Nd4 Nf5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Ng4
Qd6 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Ne4 Qb6 29. Nf3 f6 30. Rc1 Nxe3 31. dxe3
Qxe3+ 32. Kg2 Rd3 33. Ned2 Rxd2+ 34. Nxd2 Qxd2+ 35. Kh3 b3
36. Rd1 Qc2 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. Qe1 b2 39. g4 Qb3+ 40. Kg2 Qc2+
41. Kh3 Qb3+ 42. Kg2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2014.07.29"]
[EventDate "2014.07.21"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e3 Na6 10. Nh4 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nb4
12. Kd2 Be6 13. Be2 b6 14. g3 a5 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Rac1 Rg8
17. Rhd1 Kd7 18. f4 Kc7 19. Bh5 Rg7 20. Ke2 Re8 21. Kf2 Bc8
22. Nc3 Kb7 23. Bf3 f5 24. Bh5 Rd8 25. Be2 Be7 26. Nf3 h5
27. Rg1 Rh8 28. Nb1 Na2 29. Rcd1 Rh6 30. Nbd2 Nb4 31. Nb1 Na6
32. Bxa6+ Kxa6 33. Nbd2 Kb7 34. Ne5 Be6 35. Rc1 c5 36. Nd3
cxd4 37. exd4 h4 38. Nf3 Rgh7 39. Ng5 hxg3+ 40. hxg3 Rg7
41. Rh1 Rxh1 42. Rxh1 Bxg5 43. fxg5 Rxg5 44. Nf4 Rg8 45. Re1
Re8 46. Re3 Kc6 47. Ke2 Kd6 48. Kd2 Rh8 49. Re5 Rh2+ 50. Re2
Rh1 51. Re1 Rh2+ 52. Re2 Rh6 53. Re3 Rh7 54. Re5 Rg7 55. Re3
Rg8 56. Kc2 Bd7 57. Kd2 b5 58. Kc2 Be6 59. Kd2 Rh8 60. Re5
Rh2+ 61. Re2 Rh1 62. Re1 Rh7 63. Re5 Rh8 64. Re3 Rg8 65. Kc2
Rd8 66. Kd2 b4 67. Re1 Rh8 68. Re5 Rg8 69. Re3 Bd7 70. Re5 Be6
71. Re3 Rg5 72. Nh3 Rg4 73. Nf4 Kd7 74. Kc2 Kd6 75. Kd2 Kc6
76. Nxe6 fxe6 77. Rxe6+ Kb5 78. Re5 Rxd4+ 79. Kc2 Kc5 80. Rxf5
Rg4 81. Rf3 Kd4 82. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Saad Belouadah"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nd7 5. h3 e5 6. Bh2 Nh6
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bc4 c6 10. O-O Qe7 11. a4 Nf5
12. Qe2 a5 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Rd2 Nd6 15. e4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Bh6
17. Rd5 Nd7 18. Rdd1 Bg7 19. Qa2 Nb6 20. b3 f6 21. Ne1 f5
22. Nd3 f4 23. f3 Be6 24. Kh1 Nd7 25. Nb1 Rfe8 26. Bg1 Qh4
27. c4 g5 28. Qf2 Qh5 29. Qe2 Nf6 30. Nf2 Qh4 31. Ng4 Nh5
32. Bf2 Ng3+ 33. Bxg3 Qxg3 34. Rd3 Qh4 35. Rfd1 Qh5 36. Nd2
Qf7 37. Nf1 h5 38. Nf2 Bf8 39. g4 Bc5 40. gxh5 Qxh5 41. Nh2
Kf7 42. Nfg4 Bd4 43. c5 Qxh3 44. Rxd4 exd4 45. Ne5+ Kf6
46. Nc4 Bxc4 47. Qxc4 Rad8 48. Rxd4 Rh8 49. Rd2 Rxd2 50. Qc3+
Kg6 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Juan Armando Rohl Montes"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nxd7 Qxd7 6. Bb2
e6 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nd2 O-O-O 9. Be2 Kb8 10. a3 Bd6 11. c4 Qe7
12. b4 c6 13. Qa4 Bc7 14. Bd4 b6 15. Rc1 e5 16. Bb2 d4 17. e4
Bd7 18. Qb3 Be6 19. a4 Nd7 20. a5 b5 21. O-O Bd6 22. Qc2 Rc8
23. c5 Bc7 24. f4 f6 25. Nf3 g5 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Nd2 g4
28. Rce1 h5 29. Bd1 Nf8 30. Qb1 Ng6 31. Bb3 Rcf8 32. Bxe6 Qxe6
33. Bc1 h4 34. Qb3 Qe7 35. Qd1 Qe6 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Rf1
Rxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Bd8 39. Qf5 Qxf5 40. exf5 Nf4 41. Kf1 Nxd3
42. Ba3 Nf4 43. Ne4 Nd5 44. Bc1 Kc7 45. Bd2 Kd7 46. Ke2 Nf6
47. Ng5 e4 48. Ne6 d3+ 49. Ke3 Bc7 50. Nxc7 Kxc7 51. Kf4 Kd7
52. Ke5 Ke7 53. a6 Kf7 54. Kf4 h3 55. g3 Ke7 56. Ke5 Nh5
57. Bg5+ Kf7 58. Kd6 Nxg3 59. Kxc6 Nxf5 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "3.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 exd5
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd5 11. N2f3 Bc5
12. Nb3 Nbd7 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Rd1
Rfd8 17. Nd4 h6 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. Be1 Nf4 20. Bf1 Rd5 21. Ne2
Nd3 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 Be4 25. Ba6 Nb1 26. f3
Bg6 27. a4 Rd8 28. b4 Rd1 29. Kf2 Rc1 30. Ra2 Nc3 31. Bxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "5.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Qb3 Ned7 10. Qc2 a5 11. Bg5 Nc5
12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nd4 Qe8 14. Rfe1 Ng4 15. h3 h6 16. Bc1 Nf6
17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nfxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxh3 20. Bxg6 Qd7 21. Bh5
Rf6 22. Be3 Raf8 23. b3 c6 24. Be2 Kh8 25. a3 cxd5 26. cxd5
Qe8 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Nd7 29. f4 Qf7 30. Kh2 Bf5 31. Nxf5
Rxf5 32. Bg4 Rh5+ 33. Bxh5 Qxh5+ 34. Kg2 Nf6 35. Rh1 Nxd5
36. Qd2 Nxe3+ 37. Qxe3 Qg6 38. Rde1 e5 39. fxe5 dxe5 40. Qe4
Qb6 41. Rhf1 Rd8 42. Rd1 Rd4 43. Rxd4 exd4 44. Rc1 Qxb4
45. Rc8+ Bf8 46. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "7.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 f6
7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nb3 Bd6 9. Ng5 g6 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 a5 12. a4
Nb4 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Be2 N6d5 16. Bf3 b6 17. Re1
Bd7 18. Ne4 Qg7 19. Bg4 Rae8 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bh4 Bf4 22. Bg3
Bc6 23. Bf3 Kh8 24. Nc1 Rd8 25. Qb3 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qxd4 27. Rd1
Qe5 28. Ne2 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qxf6 31. Qe3 g5
32. Bxc6 Nxc6 33. Rd7 Ne5 34. Rxc7 Ng4 35. Qxb6 Qe5 36. Rc2
Nxf2 37. Qd4 Qxd4 38. Nxd4 Ng4 39. Nxe6 Re8 40. Rc6 Rb8
41. Rc4 Ne3 42. Re4 Nd1 43. Re5 Rxb2 44. Rxa5 Re2 45. Nd4 Re1+
46. Kh2 Nf2 47. g4 Nxg4+ 48. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "8.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Nc4 Qe7 8. a4 O-O 9. a5 Bg4 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. O-O e4
12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. f3 exf3 14. gxf3 Bh3 15. Rf2 Ne5 16. f4 Ng6
17. f5 Qg5+ 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. Ra4 Bg4 20. Qf1 f6 21. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Emil Davidovich Sutovsky"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. O-O-O e6 10. g4 Bb4 11. Ne2 Qa5
12. Kb1 Ne4 13. Nc1 Bd6 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rg1 b5
17. Bd3 f5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Bxg7 Rxg7 21. Qxf5
Kh8 22. Rxg7 Qxg7 23. Qxd5 Nxf2 24. Qxc6 Rf8 25. Rc1 Nxd3
26. cxd3 Qg3 27. a3 Bf4 28. Rd1 Qxh3 29. Nc5 Be3 30. Qe4 Qf3
31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Re1 Bf2 33. Re4 Qf5 34. Qc7 Kh8 35. Ne6 Rg8
36. d5 Bh4 37. Qc5 Bf6 38. Ka2 h5 39. Rf4 Qg6 40. d6 Bg7
41. Qf5 Kh7 42. d7 Qxf5 43. Rxf5 Kg6 44. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levente Vajda"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Bxd4 Nc6 8. Be2 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nbd2 O-O
12. Bd3 h6 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Nb3 Bd7 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8
17. Re1 Re6 18. Rd1 Bc6 19. Bf1 Ne4 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bh2+
22. Nxh2 Rd6 23. Nf1 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Qf4 25. f3 Nf6 26. Be2 Ba4
27. Rd2 Nd5 28. g3 Qc7 29. Kf2 Bd7 30. h4 Bh3 31. Nc2 Bxf1
32. Kxf1 Qa5 33. Rd4 Qxa2 34. Kf2 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne7 6. e4 Ng6
7. g3 Be7 8. h4 h6 9. Be2 a5 10. h5 Nf8 11. Nh4 N8h7 12. Be3
O-O 13. Ng2 c6 14. f3 Bd7 15. a4 Qc8 16. Bf2 Ng5 17. Ne3 Bd8
18. Qb3 Bc7 19. O-O-O Re8 20. Kb1 Qb8 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5
Qc8 23. g4 c5 24. Be3 Nfh7 25. Nb5 Qd7 26. Rhf1 Bd8 27. Bd3
Bf6 28. Be4 Nh3 29. Rh1 N3g5 30. Qc2 b6 31. Rdf1 Rad8 32. Re1
Qe7 33. Ref1 Qd7 34. Re1 Qe7 35. Ka2 Nf8 36. Ka1 Nfh7 37. Ka2
Nf8 38. Ka1 Nfh7 39. Rd1 Qd7 40. Qe2 Qe7 41. Rd3 Rb8 42. Rb3
Rb7 43. Ka2 Nf8 44. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Technical University Open"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.16"]
[EventDate "2014.08.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Kristaps Kretainis"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. Nc3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nge2 d5 6. e5 Nfd7
7. Nf4 g6 8. Qg4 Be7 9. h4 h5 10. Qh3 Nf8 11. Be3 c5 12. O-O-O
c4 13. Be2 Qd7 14. g4 hxg4 15. Qxg4 b5 16. h5 g5 17. Nh3 b4
18. Nb1 Qa4 19. Bxg5 Nc6 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. a3 bxa3 22. Nxa3
Bc6 23. Qf3 Nf5 24. Ng5 Nh7 25. Rhg1 Ke7 26. Qc3 a5 27. Nh3
Qb4 28. Nb1 Rhb8 29. Nf4 Qxc3 30. Nxc3 Rg8 31. Bg4 Nh6 32. Bh3
Ng5 33. Rg3 Nxh3 34. Rxh3 a4 35. Nce2 Rab8 36. Rg1 Rxg1+
37. Nxg1 Nf5 38. Nge2 Rh8 39. Rh2 c3 40. bxc3 a3 41. Kb1 Bb5
42. Nc1 Bc4 43. Nb3 Nh6 44. Rg2 Nf5 45. Ka2 Ra8 46. Rg5 Kf8
47. Ng2 Ke7 48. Ne3 Nxe3 49. fxe3 Be2 50. h6 Bf3 51. Nc5 Rh8
52. Rg3 Bd1 53. Rh3 Bxc2 54. Kxa3 Bh7 55. c4 Rb8 56. cxd5 exd5
57. Rg3 Rb6 58. e6 Bg6 59. Rg5 Rd6 60. Kb4 Kf6 61. exf7 Bxf7
62. Rg7 Rd8 63. e4 dxe4 64. Nxe4+ Kf5 65. Ng3+ Kf6 66. Ne4+
Kf5 67. Nd6+ Rxd6 68. Rxf7+ Ke4 69. Kc5 Rd5+ 70. Kc6 Rxd4
71. Rf8 Rc4+ 72. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Riga Technical University Open"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.17"]
[EventDate "2014.08.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stef Soors"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. b4 cxb4 4. a3 e6 5. axb4 Bxb4 6. c3 Be7
7. d4 d6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5
12. h4 Qc7 13. Re1 b6 14. Na3 Bb7 15. Nc4 Nxc3 16. Nd6+ Qxd6
17. exd6 Nxd1 18. dxe7 Nc3 19. Bb2 Nd5 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Bh6
N7f6 22. Bg5 Nb4 23. Bxf6 Nxd3 24. Rad1 Rg6 25. Rxd3 Rxf6
26. Ne5 Bd5 27. Ng4 Rf5 28. Ne3 Re5 29. f4 Re4 30. f5 Kxe7
31. Rxd5 exd5 32. Nxd5+ Kd6 33. Rxe4 Kxd5 34. Re7 a5 35. Rxf7
a4 36. Rxh7 a3 37. Rd7+ Ke5 38. Rd1 a2 39. Ra1 b5 0-1

[Event "Riga Technical University Open"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.18"]
[EventDate "2014.08.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Avital Boruchovsky"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6
7. d4 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qd5
12. c4 Qf5 13. d5 Ne5 14. Bd2 h6 15. Bc3 O-O 16. fxe5 Qxg5
17. Rf4 e6 18. d6 Qd8 19. Raf1 Qd7 20. Rxe4 a6 21. Be1 Qc6
22. Qc2 b5 23. Bh4 bxc4 24. Be7 Rfb8 25. Ref4 Qd5 26. Rxf7 Qd3
27. Qf2 Bxe5 28. Bf6 Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Kxf7 30. Be5+ Qf5 31. Qh4
1-0

[Event "Riga Technical University Open"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.19"]
[EventDate "2014.08.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniel Naroditsky"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4
7. cxd4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Be7
12. Rc1 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Ncxe7 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Be4 Bc6 16. Nxc6
bxc6 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Nc5 Rfb8 19. b3 a5 20. g3 Nf6 21. Rc4 Rb4
22. Qd3 Rab8 23. Rfc1 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Rb4 25. Rxb4 axb4 26. Qc4
g5 27. Kf1 h6 28. Bg2 Ned5 29. Nd3 Kg7 30. Ne5 c5 31. Bxd5
Nxd5 32. Nd3 cxd4 33. Qxd4+ f6 34. Kg1 h5 35. h4 e5 36. Qa7+
Kg6 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. Qa4 Kf5 39. Qe8 Nf6 40. Qc8+ Kg6 41. Qc2
e4 42. Nb2 Qd4 43. Nc4 h4 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Qc1 Nd5 46. a3
bxa3 47. Qxa3 Qd1+ 48. Kh2 Nf6 49. Qd6 Qxb3 50. Qe6 Qc3
51. Nd6 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Technical University Open"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.20"]
[EventDate "2014.08.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vitali Matveyevich Golod"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Be7 6. Nc4 d6
7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Ng3 Be6 11. d3 Qd7
12. Nd2 a5 13. a4 Nd5 14. Nc4 c5 15. Qd2 Nb4 16. f4 f6 17. e4
Rf8 18. Rf2 exf4 19. Rxf4 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Re4 Bf7
22. Nxa5 f5 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Nb7 Bg6 25. Re1 f4 26. Nxc5 Qc6
27. Qc3 Rf7 28. Re6 Qd5 29. Re5 Qc6 30. Nge4 f3 31. gxf3 Bxe4
32. Nxe4 Qxc3 33. Bxc3 Ng6 34. Rc5 Raf8 35. Ng5 Rf5 36. Rxf5
Rxf5 37. Ne4 Rxf3 38. a5 Rf8 39. b4 Ne7 40. Bd2 Nc6 41. Kg2
Kf7 42. b5 Nd4 43. c4 Nb3 44. Bb4 Rd8 45. a6 Ke6 46. Kf2 Rxd3
47. Bd6 Rd1 48. Bxc7 Kd7 49. Be5 Rc1 50. b6 Rc2+ 51. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Riga Technical University Open"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.21"]
[EventDate "2014.08.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Viktorovich Kovalenko"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6
7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Bxc5 bxc5
12. Qd3 exd5 13. Qxf5 Ne4 14. Qg4 Rae8 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. e3
Qf7 17. Qe2 Re5 18. Nf4 g5 19. Nd5 Ba6 20. Qc2 c6 21. Nc3 Bxc4
22. Nxe4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Be7 24. f4 gxf4 25. exf4 Rd5 26. Re1
Rd4 27. Nf2 Qg7 28. Re5 Bf6 29. Rxc5 Re8 30. Rf5 Qg6 31. Bf1
Re3 32. Ng4 Qxg4 33. Rxf6 Rd1 34. Kg2 Qf3+ 35. Kh3 Qh5+
36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Kh3 Rxf1 38. Rf5 Qe6 39. Kh4 h6 40. Kg4 Re5
0-1

[Event "Riga Technical University Open"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.22"]
[EventDate "2014.08.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Hrant Melkumyan"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g4 h6 5. Bg2 c6 6. h4 d6
7. g5 hxg5 8. hxg5 Rxh1 9. Bxh1 Nh7 10. f4 e5 11. Qe2 Qe7
12. b3 exf4 13. exf4 Bg4 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Bb2 Kd7 16. Bf3
Bf5 17. Nge2 Na6 18. Na4 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 f6 20. Kf2 Rf8 21. Rh1
Rf7 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Ng3 Nc5 24. Rh8 Ng4+ 25. Kg2 Ne6 26. Nd3
Bxd3 27. Bxg4 Ke7 28. Rb8 Nxf4+ 29. Kf3 Nd5+ 30. Kg2 Nf4+
31. Kf3 Nd5+ 32. Kg2 Nf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Technical University Open"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.23"]
[EventDate "2014.08.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Benjamin Bok"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 c6
7. O-O Qc7 8. Ba2 h6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Nf5 Bxf5
12. exf5 O-O 13. Be3 e4 14. Qe2 Qe5 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Qc4 Bd6
17. g3 Qxf5 18. Bd4 Ncd7 19. Re2 Be5 20. Bxa7 Bxc3 21. Qxc3
Ne5 22. Bc5 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Re5 24. Bxf8 Qh3+ 25. Kxh3 Rh5+
26. Kg2 Rxh2# 0-1

[Event "Riga Technical University Open"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.24"]
[EventDate "2014.08.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Savchenko"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bf4
O-O 7. Qd2 d5 8. Ndb5 Bb4 9. O-O-O c6 10. Nc7 Nxe4 11. Qd4
Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qe7 13. Rd3 Be6 14. Nxa8 c5 15. Qe3 c4 16. Rd4
Qa3+ 17. Kd1 Nxc3+ 18. Kd2 Nb1+ 19. Kd1 Nc6 20. Nc7 Nxd4
21. Qxd4 Nc3+ 22. Kd2 Ne4+ 23. Ke2 Qxa2 24. Kf3 Qa3+ 25. Qe3
Qe7 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Kxe4 g5 28. Bg3 Qf6 29. Be5 Qf5+ 30. Kd4
f6 31. Nxe6 Re8 32. Bg3 Rxe6 33. Qf3 Qxc2 34. Qxb7 Qd2+
35. Kc5 Qa5+ 36. Qb5 Qa3+ 37. Kxc4 Re4+ 38. Kd5 Rb4 39. Qe8+
Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kg7
44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Serbian League"]
[Site "Palic"]
[Date "2014.09.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Aleksandar Indjic"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6
12. Be2 Nbd5 13. Nc4 Re8 14. f4 Bd7 15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Qe2 Bg4
17. Rfd1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qc7 19. Rac1 Qb8 20. g4 Nxg4 21. Qxd5
Rxc4 22. bxc4 Nxe3 23. Qe4 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Qc7 25. Kg2 Qxc4
26. Qxb7 Qxa4 27. Rd2 Bf6 28. Qc6 Qxc6+ 29. Nxc6 Ra8 30. Ba3
e6 31. Rd7 Kg7 32. Bd6 a5 33. Ne5 Bxe5 34. Bxe5+ Kg8 35. Bf6
a4 36. Rd2 h6 37. Kf3 a3 38. Ra2 Ra5 39. Bc3 Ra4 40. Bd2 Kg7
41. Bc1 Kf6 42. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 43. Bxa3 Kf5 44. Bf8 h5 45. Bd6 f6
46. Bc7 h4 47. Bd8 g5 48. fxg5 fxg5 49. Ba5 e5 50. Bd2 e4+
51. Kg2 Kg4 52. Be3 Kh5 53. Kh3 g4+ 54. Kg2 Kg6 55. Bb6 Kg5
56. Bd8+ Kh5 57. Kf1 e3 58. Bb6 Kg5 59. Bxe3+ Kf5 60. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2014.10.18"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Donchenko"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Na3 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. h5 Nc6 5. Bb5 d6 6. d3 Rb8
7. Nc4 e6 8. Qf3 e5 9. Ne2 Be6 10. Bd2 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6
12. b3 d5 13. Na5 Rb6 14. c4 Nf6 15. h6 Bf8 16. Nc3 Bg4
17. Qg3 dxe4 18. Qxe5+ Be7 19. Nxe4 O-O 20. Bg5 Qxd3 21. f3
Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qxf3 23. Bxf6 Qxh1+ 24. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2014.10.19"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Qe3 Rb8 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Qe1 Be7 15. f5 Qc5 16. fxe6 fxe6
17. Bd3 a5 18. Ne2 a4 19. c3 b4 20. cxb4 Qxb4 21. Qxb4 Rxb4
22. a3 Rb7 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Bc4 Kf7 25. Rhf1 Rhb8 26. Rf2 Rc7
27. Ba2 Rc5 28. Rf4 h5 29. g3 Re5 30. Rc1 Bd8 31. Nc6 Bxc6
32. Rxc6 Ke7 33. Rc4 Ra5 34. Ka1 Bb6 35. Rb4 Ba7 36. Rxb8 Bxb8
37. Rh4 Ba7 38. g4 hxg4 39. Rh7+ Kf8 40. Bxe6 Bd4 41. Rf7+ Ke8
42. Rg7 f5 43. Rg8+ Ke7 44. exf5 Rb5 45. Rxg4 Bxb2+ 46. Kb1
Bxa3+ 47. Ka2 Bc1 48. Rc4 Bd2 49. Rxa4 Ra5 50. Rxa5 Bxa5
51. Kb3 Be1 52. Kc4 Kf6 53. Kd5 Kg7 54. Kxd6 Bh4 55. Ke5 Bf6+
56. Kf4 Kh8 57. Kg4 Ba1 58. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. Qe2 Ng6 6. h4 h5
7. Nc3 c6 8. Bd2 Be7 9. O-O-O Bg4 10. exd5 O-O 11. dxc6 Nxc6
12. Qe4 Rc8 13. d5 Nb4 14. a3 Na6 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Qa4 Nxh4
17. d6 Bf6 18. Ne4 Nxf3 19. Ba5 Rb8 20. gxf3 Bxb2+ 21. Kd2 Qd7
22. Qxd7 Bxd7 23. Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2014.11.09"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7
7. g3 a6 8. a4 Nf8 9. a5 Bd7 10. h4 h6 11. Bh3 Bxh3 12. Rxh3
N8d7 13. h5 Nh7 14. Rh1 O-O 15. Qd3 Rb8 16. Bd2 Bg5 17. Nxg5
Nxg5 18. g4 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Nd1 Qf6 21. Ra3 Rfb8 22. Ke2
Qe7 23. b3 Qf6 24. f3 Nf8 25. Nf2 Kh8 26. Rha1 Kg8 27. Rc1 Nd7
28. Rc3 Nf8 29. Qb1 Nd7 30. Qc1 Nh7 31. Rd3 Qh4 32. Qh1 Qf6
33. Nd1 Ng5 34. Ne3 g6 35. Nf1 Kg7 36. Ng3 a5 37. hxg6 fxg6
38. Bxa5 Ra8 39. Bb4 Rxa3 40. Bxa3 Qf4 41. Nf1 Ra6 42. Bb2 Ra2
43. Rd2 Nf6 44. Rc2 h5 45. gxh5 Rxb2 46. Rxb2 Qc1 47. h6+ Kf7
48. Ra2 Nh5 49. Kf2 Nf4 50. h7 Nfh3+ 51. Kg2 Nf4+ 52. Kf2
Nfh3+ 53. Kg2 Nf4+ 54. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Christmas Open"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.12.26"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Frank Salzgeber"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5
7. d5 h6 8. Be3 e6 9. Nge2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Ng3 h5
12. Be2 h4 13. Nf1 Nh7 14. Nd2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. O-O Ne5
17. Kh1 Qe7 18. Bf2 Ng6 19. Rg1 Bd7 20. a4 Nf4 21. Bf1 Nh5
22. Qe1 Qf7 23. Nc4 Rae8 24. Qd2 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Ng3+ 26. hxg3
hxg3 27. Bxg3 Qh5+ 28. Bh2 Rf6 29. g4 Qh4 30. gxf5+ Kf7
31. Nxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Zurich Christmas Open"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.12.28"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Lars Rindlisbacher"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. e3 Bd6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxf4 10. exf4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qd7
12. O-O-O Na6 13. Qe3 O-O-O 14. Nh3 Ne8 15. Nf2 Nd6 16. Nd3
Nc4 17. Qe1 Qd6 18. Na4 b6 19. Rh2 Rhe8 20. Re2 Re7 21. b3
Qa3+ 22. Kb1 c5 23. Qc3 Rc7 24. dxc5 b5 25. bxc4 Qxa4 26. Nb2
Qb4 27. Qxb4 Nxb4 28. cxb5 d4 29. Na4 Rb7 30. c4 dxc3
31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Nxc3 Nd5 1-0

[Event "Zurich Christmas Open"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.12.29"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luca Kessler"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. O-O e5 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. a3 Nh5 12. Re1
h6 13. b4 b6 14. Qc2 Kh8 15. Be3 Nf4 16. Bf1 g5 17. g3 Qf6
18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Nh2 Qg6 20. g4 h5 21. f3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nb6
23. a4 Bf6 24. a5 Nd7 25. Qa4 Nb8 26. a6 Kg7 27. Bf2 Bd8
28. Nd1 Bb6 29. Ne3 Rh8 30. Nf5+ Kf8 31. Rxb6 axb6 32. a7 Bxf5
33. axb8=R+ Rxb8 34. exf5 Qf6 35. Bg3 Kg7 36. Qb3 Ra8 37. Qb2
Ra4 38. Ra1 Rb4 39. Qc3 b5 40. cxb5 Nxd5 41. Qd2 Rd4 42. Qc2
c4 43. Bf2 Nb4 44. Qc3 Qh6 45. Bg3 Nd5 46. Qe1 c3 47. Rd1 Nf4
48. Rxd4 exd4 49. Qe4 Rc8 50. Qb7 Rc5 51. Bf2 c2 52. Bxd4+ Kg8
53. Qe7 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Zurich Christmas Open"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.12.29"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c3 e5 6. Qc2 Bg4
7. Be2 b6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. h3 Be6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. g4 h5 12. g5
Nd7 13. Ng3 c6 14. Nh4 g6 15. Be3 c5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Qc7
18. Ne4 Be7 19. a4 O-O-O 20. a5 Rhe8 21. Ng2 Nb8 22. Bf3 a6
23. h4 Nc6 24. O-O Nxa5 25. Be3 Nf4 26. Qa4 Nc6 27. Bxc5 Bg4
28. Bxg4+ hxg4 29. Qd1 Qd7 30. Bxb6 Qxd3 31. Qxg4+ Qd7 32. Qf3
Qd3 33. Qg4+ Qd7 34. f3 Qxg4 35. fxg4 Rd3 36. Nxf4 exf4
37. Rxf4 Ne5 38. Kg2 Bd8 39. Bd4 Bc7 40. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alan Tate"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4
7. cxd4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Be3 Nd5
12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nc5 Rd8 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Bf8
17. Qe2 Kg8 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Qg4 Rd6
22. Ncd3 Rad8 23. h4 Ne7 24. h5 f6 25. Nf3 Bd7 26. Qf4 Bf5
27. b4 Qb5 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. Nd3 Qe8 30. g4 Re6 31. Nc5 Rc6
32. Nh2 f5 33. Nd3 fxg4 34. Ne5 Rf6 35. Qg3 Nf5 36. Qg2 Nh4
37. Qg3 Qxh5 38. Rxc8 Rxc8 39. Nhxg4 Re6 40. Qh3 Rce8 41. Bf4
Bd6 42. Rd3 Bxe5 43. Nxe5 Rf6 44. Bc1 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Aryan Tari"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. a4 b6 9. Qb1 Bb7 10. h4 h6 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. Ng5
Ngf6 13. Rh3 Qc8 14. Ndf3 hxg5 15. hxg5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4
17. Kd2 g6 18. Qh1 f6 19. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bf4 Bxf3 5. gxf3 e6 6. e3
Nge7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qb3 Ra7 9. Rc1 g6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bd6 13. c4 Qg5 14. Bg2 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 h5 16. f4 O-O
17. Bh4 Qf5 18. h3 Be7 19. Bg3 h4 20. Bh2 Qa5 21. Rhd1 Bd6
22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 Nb8 24. e4 Re8 25. e5 b6 26. Kf1 Bc5
27. Kg1 Qb5 28. Qc2 Nd7 29. Re1 Bb4 30. Re3 Bc5 31. Re4 Bf8
32. Rc4 Nc5 33. f5 Bg7 34. fxg6 c6 35. dxc6 Bxe5 36. gxf7+
Rxf7 37. Bd5 Bxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Ne6 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "5.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kevin Spraggett"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Nc6
7. d4 Ne4 8. Bb2 h5 9. Nc3 h4 10. Rc1 hxg3 11. hxg3 Bf6 12. e3
g5 13. Qe2 g4 14. Nd2 Ne7 15. Rfd1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Kf7 17. f4
gxf3 18. Nxf3 Bd7 19. Kf2 Bc6 20. Rh1 Qg8 21. Rxh8 Qxh8
22. Ba5 Rc8 23. Rh1 Qg7 24. Rh3 dxc4 25. bxc4 Be4 26. Ne1 Bxg2
27. Nxg2 Nc6 28. Bc3 Rh8 29. Rxh8 Qxh8 30. Qb2 b6 31. Qb5 Nb8
32. c5 Qe8 33. Qc4 Qc6 34. Nf4 Nd7 35. Qe2 Qh1 36. Qc4 Qh2+
37. Kf3 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qc6 39. Qe2 Qh1 40. Qc4 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "6.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Avital Boruchovsky"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. d5 g6 5. Nd2 Nxg5 6. hxg5 Bg7
7. c3 d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Ngf3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. e4 O-O
13. g3 f5 14. Bd3 c4 15. Bxc4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Qc7 17. Ba2 Nc5
18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. O-O Rf5 20. Bb1 Raf8 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Re1
Bxd5 23. Re3 Bb7 24. Qb3+ Bd5 25. Qd1 e5 26. Qe2 Bb7 27. Nd2
Rxg5 28. Qc4+ d5 29. Qxc5 bxc5 30. c4 dxc4 31. Ne4 Rh5 32. f3
Bc6 33. Kg2 Rf5 34. Rc3 g5 35. Rxc4 Bf8 36. Rd1 h5 37. Rd8 g4
38. fxg4 hxg4 39. Kg1 Rf3 40. Ng5 Rxg3+ 41. Kf1 Rh3 42. Rxg4
Rh6 43. Ne6+ Kf7 44. Nxf8 Bf3 45. Rg5 Kf6 46. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.30"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "4.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Marani Rajendran Venkatesh"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 Na6 5. Nd2 Naxc5 6. Nxe4
Nxe4 7. Qd5 Nxg5 8. hxg5 e6 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. O-O-O Qxf2 11. Kb1
Be7 12. Nf3 d6 13. Qd3 g6 14. e3 e5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bb5+ Kf8
17. Bc4 Bf5 18. Rhf1 Qg3 19. Bd5 Kg7 20. e4 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6
22. Qxe6 Rhe8 23. Nh4 Qxh4 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Rh1 Bxg5 26. Rxh4
Bxh4 27. Rh1 Re7 28. Qf3 Bg5 29. Qg4 Bf6 30. Qxg6 Rf8 31. Qh6
Ref7 32. a4 Rg8 33. Qh3 Re7 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Qf5 Bg7 36. Rxd6
1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.02.02"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "7.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Renier Vazquez Igarza"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 Nd7 6. a4 b6
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. c3 c5 12. Ng3
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Bg5 Qb8 15. Be3 Qa7 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Ra3
Rc7 18. Bb1 Na5 19. Ba2 Rac8 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Qf4 Nf6 22. Qxd6
Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rc6 24. Qf4 Rxc4 25. Ne5 R4c7 26. Bg5 Ne8 27. Ng4
Bxd4 28. Rd3 Bxb2 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Bxf6 Ba8 31. Red1 Qb7
32. Rd8 Qc6 33. Qh6 Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Qc1+ 35. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Kh2
Bc6 37. Ne2 Rc4 38. Nc3 h6 39. f3 Kh7 40. Bd4 g5 41. Nd1 Rxa4
42. Bxb6 Rb4 43. Ba5 Rb3 44. Nf2 f5 45. exf5 exf5 46. Nd3 Bb5
47. Nc5 Ra3 48. Bb4 Ra2 49. Ne6 Rb2 50. Ba3 Re2 51. Nd4 Rd2
52. Bb4 Rd1 53. Bc3 f4 54. h4 g4 55. Ne6 g3+ 56. Kh3 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Ne2 Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2
Be6 13. h3 h6 14. Re1 b5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. a4 a6
18. Nf5 Ng8 19. Qd1 Kh8 20. Ng5 Bb6 21. Qh5 Rad8 22. axb5 axb5
23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. d5 cxd5 25. exd5 Rf6 26. Re2 Qc4 27. Ra6 Rb8
28. Ne3 Bxe3 29. Bxe3 b4 30. Ra4 Nf4 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 32. Rd2 Qc7
33. cxb4 Rfxb4 34. b3 Rxa4 35. bxa4 Rb2 36. Qd1 Qa5 37. Re2
Nf6 38. Bb3 Rxe2 39. Qxe2 Qb4 40. Qc4 Qe1+ 41. Qf1 Qb4 42. Qc4
Qe1+ 43. Qf1 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "9.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 a6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. g3 Ne7 10. Be3 Nbc6 11. g4 Qd7
12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bd3 hxg4 14. hxg4 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Qf2
Qd6 17. a3 Kb8 18. Kb1 Rdf8 19. Ne2 Na5 20. Bd2 Nac6 21. Bc1
Bg7 22. Qe3 Na5 23. Rhe1 Nac6 24. Rh1 Na5 25. Bd2 Nc4 26. Bxc4
dxc4 27. Rxh8 Rxh8 28. Re1 Qc6 29. Bc1 Rh4 30. f5 Rxg4
31. fxe6 Re4 32. Qf3 Rxe6 33. Qf7 Nd5 34. Qxg7 Ka7 35. Qf8 c3
36. Qc5+ Qxc5 37. dxc5 c6 38. Bg5 Re5 39. Bh4 cxb2 40. Kxb2
1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.02.05"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "10.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Eylon Nakar"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. h3 Qf6
7. Nf3 Bf5 8. O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bxd3 10. Be5 Qd8 11. cxd3 f6
12. Bg3 Bxc3 13. Nh4 g5 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Ng6+ Kg7 16. Nxh8 Ba5
17. b4 Bxb4 18. Qf7+ Kxh8 19. Qxb7 Na6 20. Qxa6 Qb6 21. Qa4
Qxd4 22. Rab1 Bc5 23. Qxc6 Rd8 24. Rb7 Bb6 25. Bc7 Rc8
26. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.02.21"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Aleksander Mista"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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. Rd1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5
Bd7 13. b3 Ne8 14. a4 bxa4 15. bxa4 g6 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Na3 Bg4
18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rfb8 20. Rab1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Rb8 22. Qd1
Ne8 23. Bd3 Rb6 24. Qf1 Nf6 25. Kh2 Qa7 26. Ra1 Ne8 27. Nc4
Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Nc7 29. f4 exf4 30. Qxf4 Ne8 31. e5 g5 32. Bxg5
dxe5 33. Qh4 Bf8 34. Rf1 Rd6 35. Bd3 h6 36. Be3 Qc7 37. c4 Bg7
38. Kh1 Rb6 39. Bd2 Rd6 40. Qe4 Rf6 41. Rxf6 Nxf6 42. Qh4 h5
43. Bg5 Qb6 44. a5 Qd6 45. Bf5 Kf8 46. Qf2 Kg8 47. Qg3 Ne8
48. Qf3 Qc7 49. Qxh5 Qxa5 50. Qh4 Qa1+ 51. Kh2 Qd4 52. Bh7+
Kh8 53. Be4+ Kg8 54. Be7 f6 55. Qg4 Qf2 56. d6 Nxd6 57. Bxd6
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoltan Almasi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. O-O-O b5
7. h4 h6 8. f4 h5 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. Ng5 d5 11. Bd3 Nh6 12. e5 Bg4
13. e6 f5 14. Rde1 Qd6 15. Ne2 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 O-O 17. Rhe1 Nc4
18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Bg1 Qd5 20. Qe3 Rad8 21. c3 Bf6 22. Qf3 Qd6
23. Re5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 b4 25. cxb4 Qxb4 26. Qc3 Qb7 27. Qf3 Rb8
28. Qxb7 Rxb7 29. Re2 Rfb8 30. Bf2 c3 31. b3 a5 32. Be1 a4
33. Bxc3 axb3 34. a4 b2+ 35. Bxb2 Ra8 36. Nf3 Ng4 37. Ne5 Nxe5
38. fxe5 Rxa4 39. Rc2 Ra5 40. Bc3 Ra6 41. d5 Rb5 42. Rd2 Rc5
43. Kb2 Rb6+ 44. Kc2 Rb8 45. d6 cxd6 46. exd6 exd6 47. Rxd6
Rbc8 48. Rd3 Re5 49. Kd2 Rxe6 50. Rd7 Rcc6 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[EventDate "2015.03.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolajs Nevickis"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1 Kh8 9. e4 fxe4 10. dxe4 Nc6 11. Nd5 Bd8
12. Bd2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Bg2 Nd7 16. Be3 c6
17. Nc3 Bb6 18. Na4 Ba5 19. Rf1 Nc5 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4
Nxa4 22. Qxd6 Bb6 23. b4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[EventDate "2015.03.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Matiss Mustaps"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O Rb8 16. a3 Kh8
17. Ncb4 Nd4 18. Ne3 Nb3 19. Rb1 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qg5 21. Qe2 Nc5
22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Qxb5 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Nxe4 25. Nd3 Rc8 26. Rbe1
Qd4 27. Qb4 Rc4 28. Qb8+ Rc8 29. Qb4 Rc4 30. Qb8+ Rc8 31. Qb7
f5 32. Rd1 h6 33. Qb4 Rc4 34. Qe1 Qb6 35. Nb4 Kh7 36. Rd3 f4
37. b3 Rxb4 38. axb4 d5 39. Rd1 Qb7 40. Ra1 d4 41. Ra5 Bd5
42. Qe2 Nc3 43. Qd3+ Be4 44. Qd2 f3 45. Re1 fxg2+ 46. Kg1 d3
47. Rxe5 Qxb4 48. R5xe4 Qc5+ 49. R4e3 Nd5 50. Qxd3+ Kh8 51. b4
1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[EventDate "2015.03.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nce2 f6 6. f3 Ng5
7. Be3 Nf7 8. f4 Nh6 9. h3 Nf5 10. Bf2 h5 11. Nf3 h4 12. c4 c6
13. Nc3 Be6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Bd3 e6 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Qxf3
fxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Bc4 O-O 22. Qg4
Rf7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxg6 Ne7 25. Qxe6 Nd5 26. Qg6 Qf5
27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Bxh4 Kh8 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Nd6 Rff8 31. Be7
Rg8 32. Rd1 Bf8 33. Bf6+ Bg7 34. Bxg7+ Rxg7 35. Rxd5 Rf8
36. f5 Rg3 37. e6 Re3 38. Rd2 Kg7 39. g4 Rxh3 40. Kg2 Re3
41. g5 Re5 42. f6+ Kg6 43. e7 Rxg5+ 44. Kh1 Rh8+ 45. Rh2 Rgh5
46. Rxh5 Rxh5+ 47. Kg2 Rg5+ 48. Kf3 Re5 49. e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[EventDate "2015.03.06"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Stepan Zilka"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. Be2 c6
7. c4 O-O 8. Nc2 c5 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. O-O Bc7 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Nf2 b6 14. a3 Bb7 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bd3 Rad8 17. Qe2 f5
18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Kh8 20. Rfd1 Bb8 21. Qc4 Qd6 22. e4 Nf4
23. Ne3 Na5 24. Qb5 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Qd3 26. Qxd3 Nxd3 27. Rb1
Nxb3 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxb3 Kg8 30. a4 Nb4 31. Nc4 Bd4+
32. Kf1 Rb8 33. g3 a6 34. Ke2 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Ne3 Ra8
37. Nd6 Ra5 38. Nef5 Nc6 39. Rdb1 b4 40. f4 g6 41. Ne3 Ra2
42. Nec4 Rd8 43. Ne4 Re8 44. Kf3 Bg7 45. Re3 Nd4+ 46. Kg4 h5+
47. Kh3 Rc8 48. Ned6 Rf8 49. Re7 Nf5 50. Nxf5 Rxf5 51. Rbe1
Rf7 52. Re8+ Kh7 53. Nd6 Rd7 54. Ne4 b3 55. Nxc5 Rdxd2 56. Rh1
b2 57. Ne4 Rc2 58. Ng5+ Kh6 59. Nf7+ Kh7 60. Ng5+ Kh6 61. Nf7+
Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Igors Volodins"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. d4 exd4
7. Nd5 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bd5 Bd7
12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxa8 c6 15. Bb7 O-O 16. a4 Qg6
17. Bf4 Bg4 18. f3 d3+ 19. Kh1 Nxf3 20. Qxd3 Qxd3 21. cxd3 Nd4
22. Be3 Bd7 23. Bxa6 Nb3 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. d4
Nb3 27. Rad1 Rb8 28. Rfe1 Rb6 29. Bc8 Rd6 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. d5
Na5 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Rb8 Nb7 34. d6 f5 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. d7
1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Meskovs"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Be2 Qe7 9. O-O e5 10. Nh2 Nbd7 11. Be3 Kh8 12. a3
Ne8 13. Qd2 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 e4 16. g4 Nc7 17. g5 b5
18. cxb5 Nb6 19. b3 a6 20. b4 Nxb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. bxc5 dxc5
23. d6 Qf7 24. Bxc5 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Bd4 Be6 27. a4 Rfb8
28. Rfe1 Rb3 29. Re3 Rd3 30. Rxd3 cxd3 31. Qc3 Qa7 32. Bxa7
Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ottomar Ladva"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g4 Bg6
7. h4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. f4 c6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. d4 Qe7 12. Bd3
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 f5 14. gxf6 gxf6 15. O-O-O Na6 16. Rdg1 O-O-O
17. Rg2 Rdg8 18. Rhg1 Qf7 19. Qd2 f5 20. Ng5 Qe7 21. Na4 Nf6
22. Kb1 Kb8 23. Qe2 b5 24. c4 dxc4 25. bxc4 bxa4 26. c5 Qb7
27. cxd6 a3 28. Qd3 axb2 29. Rxb2 Nb4 30. Qc4 Nfd5 31. a3 Qb5
32. Rc1 Qxc4 33. Rxc4 Kc8 34. axb4 Kd7 35. Rb3 Rg7 36. Ra3
Kxd6 37. e4 Nxf4 38. e5+ Kd5 39. Rc5+ Kxd4 40. Nf3+ 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 Nd7 3. e4 Ngf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. g4 Bg7 6. Qe2 c6
7. Bg2 Nc5 8. h3 Ne6 9. O-O-O h5 10. g5 Nxg5 11. f4 Ne6
12. Qf1 h4 13. Nge2 Nh5 14. Kb1 Nd4 15. Qf2 Nxe2 16. Nxe2 Bxb2
17. Kxb2 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rhf1 Qe7 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4
Ng3 22. Rfe1 O-O 23. e5 Be6 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Nxc6
Nh5 27. Qf3 Qg5 28. Nd4 Rae8 29. Qc3 Ng3 30. Nf3 Qe7 31. Rd6
Nf5 32. Nd4 Rc8 33. Nxe6+ fxe6 34. Rc6 Rxc6 35. Qxc6 Rd8
36. Re4 Rd4 37. Rxd4 Nxd4 38. Qe4 Qc5 39. c3 Nb5 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "5.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bartlomiej Heberla"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Bd6 8. O-O Qc7 9. h3 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nd2 Re8
12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Qc2 Nce4 15. a4 Bd7 16. a5 Rad8
17. N4b3 Bf5 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Bg5
f6 22. f3 fxg5 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Nd4 g4 25. hxg4 Qh4 26. Nf3
Qg3 27. Rxe4 dxe4 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qxe4 Bc5+ 30. Nd4 Bd6
31. Nf3 Bc5+ 32. Nd4 Qc7 33. Re1 h6 34. Kh1 Bxd4 35. cxd4 Qxa5
36. Rd1 Qa4 37. Qd3 Qb4 38. g5 Qd6 39. gxh6 Qxh6+ 40. Kg1 Re8
41. Qd2 Qb6 42. Qc3 Qh6 43. Qd2 Qh4 44. Qf2 Qg4 45. Qf3 Qxf3
46. gxf3 Kg8 47. Kf2 Kf7 48. Rc1 Re7 49. Rc5 Kf6 50. Rc8 Re6
51. Rc2 Rb6 52. Ke3 Kf5 53. Rc5+ Ke6 54. Rc2 Kd5 55. Rc5+ Kd6
56. Rc2 Kd5 57. Rc5+ Ke6 58. Rc2 Kf5 59. Rc5+ Kf6 60. Rc2 a5
61. Ke4 a4 62. Rc4 Rxb2 63. Rxa4 Re2+ 64. Kd3 Re7 65. Ra5 Rd7
66. Rb5 Ke6 67. Ke4 Kd6 68. d5 Re7+ 69. Kd4 Rf7 70. Ke4 Kc7
71. f4 b6 72. Rb1 Re7+ 73. Kd4 Rf7 74. Ke5 Re7+ 75. Kd4 Rf7
76. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6
7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. O-O e5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nh7 12. Qd2
f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bxh6 Rf6 15. Bxg7 Qxg7 16. Bc2 Nd7
17. Nh2 Nb6 18. b3 f4 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Rg1 Rh6 21. Ne4 Bd7
22. f3 Rf8 23. g3 Rxh3 24. gxf4 Qe7 25. Ng5 Nxg5 26. Rxg5 exf4
27. Rag1 Qe3 28. Qg2 Rg3 29. Rxg3 fxg3 30. Qxg3 Qh6 31. Qg6
Qxg6 32. Rxg6 Nc8 33. Kg2 Rg8 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Ng4 Kg7
36. Kg3 b5 37. Kf4 Nb6 38. Ne3 Kf6 39. Bd3 a6 40. Nd1 a5
41. Nc3 bxc4 42. bxc4 Bc8 43. Ne4+ Ke7 44. Nd2 Ba6 45. Ke3 Kf6
46. f4 Ke7 47. a3 Kf6 48. Be2 Ke7 49. Bd3 Kf6 50. Bf1 Kf7
51. f5 Nd7 52. Nb3 a4 53. Nd2 Nf6 54. Be2 Bc8 55. Kf4 Bd7
56. Bd1 Ke7 57. Nb1 Ng8 58. Kg5 Nf6 59. Nc3 Nh7+ 60. Kg6 Nf8+
61. Kg5 Nh7+ 62. Kf4 Kf6 63. Ne4+ Ke7 64. Bc2 Nf6 65. Nc3 Nh5+
66. Kg4 Nf6+ 67. Kg5 Kf7 68. Bxa4 Bxa4 69. Nxa4 Ne4+ 70. Kf4
Nd2 71. Nb6 Kf6 72. a4 Nb3 73. Nc8 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "9.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Evgeny Emmanuilovich Gleizerov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nh4 d5 4. d3 Be7 5. dxe4 dxe4 6. Qxd8+
Bxd8 7. Nc3 f5 8. Bh3 Ne7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbc6 11. f3
exf3 12. exf3 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ng2 Ng6 15. Rhe1 f4
16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. g4 c6 18. Rd6 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. Red1 Rc7
21. Ne4 Rff7 22. c4 Kh7 23. Kc2 Rce7 24. Kd3 Bf6 25. b4 Be5
26. Rd8 Bc7 27. Ra8 Rd7+ 28. Ke2 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 a6 30. Ke2 Rd7
31. a3 Be5 32. a4 Rd4 33. Re8 Bf6 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Re4 Rd7
36. Rxf4 Kg7 37. h4 Rd8 38. h5 Kf7 39. Ke3 Rd7 40. Rd4 Re7+
41. Kf4 Kg7 42. b5 cxb5 43. cxb5 axb5 44. axb5 Kf7 45. b6 Re1
46. Rd7+ Ke6 47. Rxb7 Rb1 48. Kg3 Rb4 49. Rh7 Rxb6 50. Rxh6
Rb5 51. Rh7 Rb1 52. Ra7 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "10.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Nc6
7. d4 Ne4 8. Bb2 h5 9. Nbd2 h4 10. Rc1 hxg3 11. hxg3 Bf6
12. e3 Qe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rxc6 bxc6 15. Qc1 Qe6 16. Qc2 Ba6
17. Re1 g5 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 g4 20. Nf1 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 f5 6. Rc1 c5
7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nh3 g5 10. f4 h6 11. O-O d6 12. fxg5
hxg5 13. e3 g4 14. Nf4 Qg5 15. Ncd5 Bd7 16. Rb1 Rad8 17. b4 b6
18. a4 Be5 19. a5 cxb4 20. axb6 a5 21. Rf2 Rb8 22. h4 Qh6
23. d4 Bg7 24. c5 dxc5 25. dxc5 Rfd8 26. Qc2 Kh8 27. Rd1 Ne5
28. Ne7 a4 29. Rd6 Qxd6 30. cxd6 b3 31. Qc7 a3 32. Bd5 a2
33. Rxa2 bxa2 34. Bxa2 Ra8 35. Bd5 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Rda8 37. b7
R8a2+ 38. Bxa2 Rxa2+ 39. Ne2 Nd3+ 40. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.27"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Matthias Bluebaum"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nge7
7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 b5 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Nbd2 Ba6 12. Nb3
b4 13. c4 e5 14. f5 gxf5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Rf1 Nfe7 17. Ng5 f5
18. Ne6 Rf6 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Bg5 Raf8 21. Bxf6+ Rxf6 22. Rf2
Bb7 23. Raf1 Bc8 24. Qe3 a5 25. Bf3 a4 26. Nd2 h6 27. Bd1 Nd4
28. Bxa4 Bb7 29. Bd1 f4 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Qxe7+ Rf7 32. Qh4 f3
33. Qg4+ Kh8 34. Qg6 Qc7 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kf8 37. Ne4
Bxe4 38. Qxe4 Re7 39. Qh4 Rf7 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qa8 Qd7
42. Bxf3 d5 43. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.28"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Qxd4 Be7 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bf4 O-O 8. Be2 a6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd3 Re8 11. Rad1 Nd7
12. Nd5 Bf6 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Nce5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qc3 c6 19. Ne3 Qc7 20. b5 Ra4 21. bxc6 Qxc6
22. Qb2 Qxe4 23. c3 b6 24. Bb5 Ra7 25. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.29"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ivan Salgado Lopez"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 cxd4
12. exd4 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfb1 b6 15. a4 Qf5 16. Qe3 Na5
17. Rb5 Nc4 18. Qc1 Qd7 19. Bh6 Rac8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qf4 Nd6
22. Rb3 Qe6 23. Rba3 Rc7 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Qxf6+ Kxf6 26. Nd2
Rfc8 27. Re3 e6 28. Kf1 h5 29. Ke2 Nf5 30. Rd3 Nd6 31. Kd1 g5
32. Kc2 Kg6 33. Ra1 f6 34. Kb3 Nb7 35. Kc2 Nd6 36. Kb3 Nb7
37. Kb2 Rd8 38. Kc2 Rcd7 39. Re3 e5 40. Nf3 exd4 41. Nxd4 Rc8
42. Nf3 Rc4 43. Kb3 Rg4 44. g3 Nc5+ 45. Kc2 Re4 46. a5 Rxe3
47. fxe3 Re7 48. axb6 axb6 49. Nd4 Rxe3 50. Kd2 Re7 51. Rb1
Rb7 52. Ke3 Nd7 53. h4 Rc7 54. Kd2 Rc5 55. hxg5 fxg5 56. Rh1
Rd5 57. Ke3 Nf6 58. Rb1 Rd6 59. c4 Ng4+ 60. Ke4 Rf6 61. Rg1
Rf7 62. Rb1 Rf6 63. Rg1 Rf8 64. Nb5 Re8+ 65. Kd4 Rd8+ 66. Ke4
Nf6+ 67. Ke3 Re8+ 68. Kd3 Re4 69. Nc3 Rg4 70. Ne2 Nd7 71. Rb1
Ne5+ 72. Ke3 Nxc4+ 73. Kf2 h4 74. gxh4 Rxh4 75. Nc3 Rh2+
76. Kg3 Rb2 77. Rc1 Rb3 78. Kh2 Ne5 79. Nd5 b5 80. Rc5 Nd3
81. Rc6+ Kf5 82. Rb6 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.30"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[Round "4.29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Stanislav Bogdanovich"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Qf6
6. Qe3+ Qe6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. c4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qd3 d6
11. Bd2 Re8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qg4 14. h3 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2
Qc4 16. e3 Bf5 17. b3 Qb5 18. Rc1 a5 19. Rc4 a4 20. Rb4 Qd7
21. g4 axb3 22. axb3 Bg6 23. O-O c5 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. f4 f5
26. Rc1 d5 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxc6 Kh8 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Bxd5
Rxe3 31. Rcb6 Rae8 32. Rb8 h6 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. h4 Kh7
35. Kf2 Rd8 36. Rb5 Kg6 37. b4 Bd3 38. Rc5 Rb8 39. Ke3 Bf1
40. h5+ Kf6 41. Rc7 Rf8 42. Rb7 g5 43. hxg6 Kxg6 44. b5 Kf5
45. Be4+ Ke6 46. b6 Kd6 47. Rh7 Re8 48. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.31"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[Round "5.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sethuraman P Sethuraman"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 b5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 f5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2
Nh6 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. c3 b3 15. Nb4 Nf7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4
Bd5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. f4 Kh8 20. Be3 Rg8 21. c4 Bb7 22. c5 Nd8
23. Rac1 g5 24. fxg5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. Nf3 Rg7 27. Qe3
Nf7 28. c6 Bxc6 29. Bb5 axb5 30. axb5 Rag8 31. Re2 f4 32. Qc5
Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.04.01"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Bukavshin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. c4 Qd6 9. d5 Ne7 10. a4 c5 11. Bb2 O-O
12. Nf3 Ng6 13. Nd2 e4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxe4 Qe5 16. Nd2 Bg4
17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 Rae8 19. Kf1 f5 20. g3 f4 21. exf4 Nxf4
22. gxf4 Qxf4 23. f3 Re3 24. Rg1 Qxh2 25. Rg2 Qh4 26. Rb1 Qd4
27. Rxb7 Rfxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Qa1+ 29. Rb1 Rxf3+ 30. Ke2 Qc3
31. Nxf3 Qxc4+ 32. Ke3 Qxd5 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Ng5+ Ke7 35. Ne4
Qd4+ 36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Rg5 h6 38. Rg6+ Kf7 39. Rd6 Qxa4 40. Kf5
1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.04.02"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[Round "7.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. d3 e6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Nf3 Nxe5
12. Qd2 Nxf3+ 13. exf3 Re8+ 14. Kf2 Bd4+ 15. Kg2 Be3 16. Qc2
d5 17. Rhe1 Bf5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. g4 d4 20. Nd1 Bxg4 21. Nxe3
Bxf3+ 22. Kxf3 dxe3 23. Qc4 Qd7 24. Kg2 Rad8 25. Re2 Qc6+
26. Kg1 Rd5 27. Qh4 Rxd3 28. Qf6 Qxf6 29. Bxf6 Re6 30. Rf1 h6
31. Bb2 f5 32. Kg2 Re4 33. Rc1 g5 34. h3 f4 35. Kf3 Re6
36. Rxc5 Rd1 37. h4 Rg1 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Rg2 Rxg2 40. Kxg2 e2
41. Rxg5+ Kf7 42. Bc3 e1=Q 43. Bxe1 Rxe1 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Ra5
Re7 46. Kxf4 Rb7 47. Ra6+ Ke7 48. Rh6 Kd8 49. Rh8+ Kc7
50. Rh7+ Kb6 51. Rxb7+ Kxb7 52. Ke5 Kc6 53. Kd4 Kb5 54. a3 Kb6
55. Kd5 Kb5 56. Kd6 Kb6 57. a4 Kb7 58. Kd7 Kb8 59. Kc6 Kc8
60. Kc5 Kc7 61. Kb5 Kb7 62. Ka5 Kb8 63. Kb4 Kc8 64. Kc5 Kc7
65. b4 Kb7 66. Kd6 Kb6 67. Kd7 Kb7 68. a5 Kb8 69. Kc6 Kc8
70. b5 Kb8 71. b6 axb6 72. axb6 Kc8 73. b7+ Kb8 74. Kb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.04.03"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[Round "8.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Anton Guijarro"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Bd7 6. Be3 cxd4
7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+ axb5 9. Nc3 b4 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. Ng3 Nec6
12. Nh5 Nd7 13. h4 h6 14. Qd3 Qa5 15. O-O Qa6 16. Qb1 g6
17. Nf4 Kd8 18. a3 bxa3 19. bxa3 Nb6 20. Nd2 Be7 21. Nd3 Na4
22. Nf3 Nb6 23. Nd2 Na4 24. Nf3 Nb6 25. Nd2 g5 26. f4 Na4
27. Kh2 Rc8 28. Qb3 b5 29. Rab1 Rb8 30. Nb4 Nxb4 31. axb4 gxf4
32. Bxf4 Qa7 33. Qd3 Bxh4 34. Nb3 Bg5 35. Nc5 Qe7 36. Qh3 Rf8
37. Ra1 Ra8 38. Qd3 Rb8 39. Nxa4 bxa4 40. Rxa4 f5 41. exf6
Bxf4+ 42. Rxf4 Qc7 43. Qg3 Kc8 44. Ra5 Kb7 45. Rb5+ Ka6
46. Rc5 Qd6 47. b5+ Kb7 48. Rc6 Qd7 49. Qa3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.04.04"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[Round "9.27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Grigoriy Oparin"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Re1
Nf6 7. c3 e6 8. d3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. h3 Qb7
12. Nf1 Rfd8 13. Ng3 Rac8 14. Qe2 h6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4
17. Red1 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Ne1 Nxg3 20. Bxg3 Rd7 21. a3 Nc6
22. Bf4 Bf8 23. b4 Rdc7 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Qh5 Kg8 26. Be3 Ne7
27. Nd3 Rc4 28. g4 a5 29. f4 Nc6 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Rc3
32. Bf2 Qe7 33. g5 Qf8 34. Rdc1 g6 35. Qe2 Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Rb8
37. Rb1 b4 38. Qa6 bxa3 39. Rxb8 Qxb8 40. Qxc6 a2 41. Qa4 Qb1+
42. Kh2 hxg5 43. f5 gxf5 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qd8 f4 46. Qf6+ Kg8
47. Qxg5+ Qg6 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. c6 a1=Q 50. c7 Qf1 51. Qf6+
Qxf6 52. exf6+ Kh7 53. c8=Q Qxf2+ 54. Kh1 f3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuniesky Quesada Perez"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 d6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. O-O-O b5
7. h4 h6 8. f4 h5 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. Bd3 d5 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Kb1
Bb7 13. exd5 Nbxd5 14. f5 gxf5 15. Bxf5 Nxc3+ 16. Qxc3 e6
17. Bd3 Nd5 18. Qe1 Qd6 19. Bg5 O-O 20. Qe2 Nb4 21. Qxh5 Nxd3
22. Rxd3 Be4 23. Rg3 Bg6 24. Qg4 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qc6 26. Bf6 Kh7
27. Qe2 Rg8 28. Rg5 Kh6 29. Rh3 b4 30. Rd3 a5 31. Qd2 Kh7
32. Qe2 Kh6 33. Qd2 Kh7 34. Rd7 a4 35. h5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Ne5 e6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Bd3 O-O
12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Qf3 Re8 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Rb8
17. Rfe1 Kf8 18. b3 a5 19. f3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Nd7 21. Bf5 Nf6
22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Nc5 Rc7 24. Kf2 Nd7 25. Nxd7+ Rxd7 26. Rh1
h6 27. Rh4 Rb7 28. Ke3 Ke7 29. Rg4 g6 30. Ra4 Rb5 31. g4 Kd6
32. c3 g5 33. Kd4 Rc5 34. g3 Rb5 35. Kd3 Ke5 36. Ke3 Rc5
37. Kd2 f5 38. f4+ Kf6 39. fxg5+ hxg5 40. Rd4 Rb5 41. Ke3 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bf4 Bxf3 5. gxf3 e6 6. e3 Bd6
7. Bg3 Nge7 8. Nc3 a6 9. a3 h5 10. c5 Bxc5 11. dxc5 h4 12. Bf4
e5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh3 fxg5 15. Rg1 Kf8 16. Rxg5 Qe8 17. Qb3
Rh5 18. Rxh5 Qxh5 19. Bg4 Qf7 20. Rd1 Na5 21. Qa4 Nac6 22. Qb3
Na5 23. Qa4 Nac6 24. Qb3 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.22"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vidit Santosh Gujrathi"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O e6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Re8 10. b4 b6 11. a4 a5 12. b5 c5
13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Qb1 c4 17. Ba3 Qc7
18. g3 h5 19. Nh4 Ng4 20. Ng2 Ndf6 21. Rf1 Rcd8 22. Rce1 Nh7
23. Qd1 Qd7 24. Nf4 Ng5 25. h4 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Bf3 Ree8
28. Ne2 Qc7 29. Nf4 Nf6 30. Ne2 Bc8 31. Nc3 Bg4 32. Kg2 Qd7
33. Rh1 Bh6 34. Qc2 Bxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Ng4 36. Re2 Re6 37. Rhe1
Rde8 38. Bc1 f5 39. Ba3 Nf6 40. Kg2 Ng4 41. Nd1 Qf7 42. Qd2
Nf6 43. Qc2 Qh7 44. Nc3 Qc7 45. Qc1 Qh7 46. Qc2 Qd7 47. Nd1
Ng4 48. Qd2 Nf6 49. Qc2 Qg7 50. Nc3 Kh8 51. Bc1 Kh7 52. Kg1
Qd7 53. Ba3 Ne4 54. Kg2 Nxc3 55. Qxc3 f4 56. gxf4 Bxf4 57. f3
Qd8 58. Kh3 Qf6 59. Qd2 Bh6 60. Kg3 Rxe3 61. Rxe3 Qf4+ 62. Kf2
Qh2+ 63. Kf1 Qxd2 64. Rxe8 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Eduardovich Akopian"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 Qh4 6. d3
Nf6 7. O-O d5 8. Bxd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Bd6 10. g3 Qh3 11. Re1+ Kf8
12. Re4 h5 13. Bf4 h4 14. Qf3 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 hxg3 16. Qxg3 Qh5
17. Nd2 Rh6 18. Kh1 Qxd5+ 19. f3 Rh3 20. Qf2 c5 21. Rg1 Qe5
22. Rh4 Qe3 23. Qxe3 dxe3 24. Rxh3 Bxh3 25. Nc4 Re8 26. Re1 e2
27. Kg1 Re6 28. Kf2 Bf1 29. Ne3 Rh6 30. Kg1 Rg6+ 31. Kf2 Rh6
32. Kg1 Rg6+ 33. Kf2 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ahmed Adly"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. b3 a5 2. e4 a4 3. b4 e6 4. Bb2 d5 5. a3 dxe4 6. Nc3 Nf6
7. g4 c5 8. b5 h6 9. Bg2 Ra5 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bxe4
Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Rxb5 15. Qxa4 Qc6 16. Nf3 Bd6
17. Ke2 c4 18. Bxg7 Re5+ 19. Nxe5 Qxa4 20. Bxh8 c3 21. f3 Qf4
22. dxc3 Bc5 23. Rb5 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Qe3+ 25. Kd1 Qxf3+ 26. Kd2
Be3+ 27. Kd3 Bf4+ 28. Kc4 Qxh1 29. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.20"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. c4 Qd6 9. d5 Nb8 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Nc3 Bf5
12. a4 Na6 13. Ba3 Nb4 14. Be2 a5 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Rc1 c5
17. f3 Bd7 18. e4 Nh5 19. Nb5 Qh6 20. Rc3 Nf4 21. g3 Nh3+
22. Kh1 Rac8 23. Bd3 Qg6 24. Bb1 h5 25. Qe1 Ng5 26. Re3 Bxb5
27. axb5 f6 28. f4 Nf7 29. Qe2 Nd6 30. Bb2 b6 31. h3 Rc7
32. Kh2 Rce7 33. f5 Qh7 34. Rg1 Kf7 35. g4 hxg4 36. Rxg4 Rh8
37. Reg3 Ke8 38. Bc1 Kf8 39. Kg2 Qh5 40. Bd2 Rh7 41. Bc1 Rh8
42. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.21"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Be2 Nxd5 6. c4
Ne7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8. h4 Be7 9. h5 Nh4 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. d4 Nxg2+
12. Kf1 Ne3+ 13. Nxe3 fxe3 14. d5 Nb4 15. a3 Na6 16. Bxe3 O-O
17. Qc2 Bg4 18. h6 g6 19. Qc3 Bf6 20. Bd4 Be7 21. c5 Re8
22. c6 Bf8 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. Bxa6 Qxd5 25. Kf2 Bxf3 26. Bc4
Re2+ 27. Bxe2 Bxh1 28. Rxh1 Qxh1 29. Qxc7 Qh4+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+
31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.22"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 e5 6. dxe5
Be6 7. Bg5 Nxc3 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. bxc3 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. e3
Bd5 12. Bb5 g5 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. O-O a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. h4
Rg8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nb3 Rg6 20. Rfd1 Be7 21. Rd2
Rb6 22. Nxc5 Rh6 23. Rad1 Rdh8 24. f3 Bxa2 25. Kf2 Bc4 26. Ne4
Rh1 27. f4 gxf4 28. exf4 a5 29. f5 a4 30. e6 fxe6 31. f6 Rxd1
32. Rxd1 Bf8 33. Bf4 Bd5 34. Nd2 Rg8 35. g3 Bc5+ 36. Be3 Bd6
37. c4 Bc6 38. Ke2 a3 39. f7 Rxg3 40. Ne4 Rg2+ 41. Kf1 Bf8
42. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 43. Kg3 e5 44. Bg5 a2 45. Bf6 Bd3 46. Bxe5 Bxc4
47. Bf6 a1=Q 48. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.23"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. h4 h5 9. e5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Kf7 11. Re1 Bf5
12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. e6+ Kg6 14. Ng1 Bh6 15. Ne2 Rad8+ 16. Kc2
Rd6 17. Nf4+ Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rxe5 Rhd8
21. Re2 Kf6 22. Rae1 Ra6 23. Re5 Rdd6 24. Rc5 Rac6 25. Ra5 a6
26. Ra4 Rxe6 27. Rxe6+ Rxe6 28. Kd2 Rd6+ 29. Ke2 e5 30. Rc4 c6
31. a4 a5 32. b4 Rd5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Rb4 Ra7 35. f3 f4
36. Kd3 Kf5 37. a5 Kf6 38. Ke4 Rxa5 39. Rxb7 Ra4+ 40. Kd3 Ra2
41. Rh7 Rxg2 42. Rh6+ Kf5 43. Rxh5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.24"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Rad1 g5 11. Be3 Nd6 12. b3
Bf6 13. Bc1 Rf7 14. Ba3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ne5 Nxe5
17. dxe5 Be7 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 Bd7 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3
Qa5 22. c5 b6 23. Bh5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qxc5+ 25. Qxc5 bxc5
26. Rf7 Rd8 27. Re7 e5 28. g4 e4 29. Kf2 a5 30. h3 a4 31. bxa4
c4 32. a5 c3 33. Ke1 c5 34. a6 e3 35. Rxe3 d4 36. Re7 Bc6
37. a7 Rxd6 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. a8=Q Bxa8 40. Rxa8 d3 41. Ra7+
Kh6 42. exd3 Rxd3 43. Ra6+ Kg7 44. Ra7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.25"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Qc2
b5 7. a4 c6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. O-O a5
12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Ba6 15. Ra2 Bb5 16. Rfa1
O-O 17. Nc1 Rc8 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qe3
Kg7 22. h4 Qd6 23. Rc1 Nd7 24. Raa1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Bc5 26. Qc3
a4 27. Qa1 a3 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. h5 h6 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. e3 Rb8
32. Bf1 Bxe3 33. Rc2 Bc5 34. Rd2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.27"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "236"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7
7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O h5 9. Qe2 a5 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Bb5 a4 12. b4
axb3 13. Nxb3 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. c4 O-O 16. Bf4 dxc4
17. Bxc4 Be7 18. Rac1 Ra3 19. Rfe1 Rd8 20. Bb3 Ra5 21. Ng5 g6
22. Qe3 Bb4 23. Re2 Ba3 24. Rc3 Bb4 25. Rc1 Ba3 26. Rc3 Bb4
27. Rc4 Rad5 28. h4 b5 29. Rc1 Rd3 30. Qe4 R3d4 31. Qf3 Bb7
32. Qg3 Ba3 33. Rc3 Bf8 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Qxg6+ Qg7 36. Bxe6+
Kh8 37. Qxh5+ Qh7 38. Qxh7+ Kxh7 39. Bf5+ Kh8 40. Be4 b4
41. Rc1 Rd1+ 42. Re1 Rxc1 43. Rxc1 Nd4 44. Bxb7 Ne2+ 45. Kh2
Nxf4 46. g3 Ng6 47. f4 Rd2+ 48. Kh3 Rxa2 49. Rc8 Rf2 50. h5
Nxf4+ 51. gxf4 Rxf4 52. Kg3 Rf5 53. Kg4 Rxe5 54. Rxf8+ Kg7
55. Rf3 Rc5 56. Ba6 Rc6 57. Bb5 Rc5 58. Ba6 Rc6 59. Bb5 Rc5
60. Be8 Rc4+ 61. Kg5 Rc5+ 62. Kg4 Rc4+ 63. Kf5 Kh6 64. Re3
Rc5+ 65. Kf6 Rc8 66. Ke7 Rb8 67. Rb3 Kg5 68. Bg6 Kh6 69. Kd6
Rb6+ 70. Kc7 Rb5 71. Kc6 Rb8 72. Bf7 Rf8 73. Bg6 Rb8 74. Kc5
Rb7 75. Kd4 Rb8 76. Kd3 Rd8+ 77. Kc2 Rb8 78. Kb2 Rb7 79. Re3
Kg7 80. Kb3 Kh6 81. Re5 Rb8 82. Be8 Rb7 83. Re6+ Kg7 84. Bg6
Rb8 85. Be4 Kh8 86. Re7 Rb5 87. Bg6 Rb6 88. Bd3 Rb8 89. Rd7
Rb6 90. Rd5 Kg7 91. Bb5 Kh6 92. Kxb4 Rb8 93. Kc3 Rb6 94. Kd4
Re6 95. Bd3 Re1 96. Ra5 Re7 97. Be4 Rg7 98. Bf3 Re7 99. Ra6+
Kg7 100. Be4 Kh8 101. Ra5 Kg7 102. Ke3 Rf7 103. Bg6 Rf6
104. Ke4 Rf8 105. Ra6 Rf6 106. Ra7+ Kh8 107. Bf5 Rf8 108. Kf4
Rb8 109. Kg5 Rg8+ 110. Bg6 Rg7 111. Ra5 Rg8 112. Ra4 Rg7
113. Kf6 Rg8 114. Ra7 Rg7 115. Bf7 Kh7 116. Ra8 Kh6 117. Rb8
Rh7 118. Bg6 Rg7 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.28"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 a6 11. a4 Bb7
12. axb5 cxb5 13. Ng3 e5 14. Bb1 Re8 15. Ba2 h6 16. Bd2 Bc7
17. Nh4 Nf8 18. Nhf5 Ne6 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Ba3
22. Bc3 Qxd1 23. Rbxd1 Ne4 24. Bxg7 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Be4 26. Bb2
Bxb2 27. Nd6 Bc6 28. f5 Ng5 29. Nxe8 Bxe8 30. Rd6 Kh7 31. f6
Be5 32. Rd5 Bxg3 33. Rfd1 Kg6 34. Rf1 Kh7 35. Rfd1 Bc7
36. Bb1+ Kg8 37. Kf2 Nh7 38. Rc5 Bb6 39. Rcd5 Nxf6 40. Rd6
Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 Nxh2 9. Nxh2 Bxh2 10. Rxg7 Nf8 11. Rg2 Bd6
12. e4 Ng6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Be3 dxe4 15. O-O-O f5 16. d5 Qa5
17. Kb1 Bd7 18. d6 Bf6 19. Bd2 Qe5 20. Nb5 Kf7 21. Bc3 Qf4
22. Nc7 Rag8 23. c5 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Ne5 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. Be2
Qxf2 27. Qxe5 Qxe2 28. Rh1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O
7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O Bf8 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Rad1 c6
12. h3 b5 13. b3 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. Nb5 d5 16. exd5 Bxh3
17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxh3 a6 19. Nbc3 bxc3 20. Nxc3 Bd6 21. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qc7 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Qb6 25. Qe3 g6
26. Bd7 Rd8 27. Be8 Qc7 28. Kg2 Rb8 29. Rh4 h5 30. Re4 Rb4
31. c4 Rb8 32. Qf3 Bf8 33. Qf6 a5 34. d6 Qb7 35. f3 Bg7
36. Qe7 Qxe7 37. Rxe7 Bf8 38. Bxf7+ Kg7 39. Ra7 Bxd6 40. Bd5+
Kf6 41. Rxa5 Rb6 42. f4 g5 43. Kf3 h4 44. fxg5+ Kxg5 45. gxh4+
Kxh4 46. Ke4 Kg5 47. Rb5 Rb8 48. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2015/16"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Hall GER"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Li Chao"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3
g6 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. h4 h5 9. Qc2 Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Bc4 Nb6
12. Ba2 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. Ng5 a5 15. Rb1 c4 16. Ba3 Rc8
17. Rb5 Bd7 18. Rxa5 Nxa4 19. Bb4 b5 20. O-O Qb6 21. d4 e5
22. Rb1 Rfd8 23. Rxa4 bxa4 24. Bc5 Qf6 25. Bxc4 Be8 26. Rb6
Rxc5 27. dxc5 Qe7 28. Qa2 Bf6 29. Bd5 Bxg5 30. Rxg6+ Kf8
31. Rxg5 Qxc5 32. Rf5 Qxc3 33. Bxf7 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qxe4 35. Bg6+
Qxf5 36. Qa3+ Kg7 37. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2015/16"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Hall GER"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Romanov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6
7. d5 Na5 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 cxd5 10. cxd5 b6 11. b4 Nb7 12. Nd4
Nd6 13. Qb3 Nfe4 14. Bb2 Ba6 15. b5 Bc8 16. Nd2 Qe8 17. Nxe4
fxe4 18. f3 exf3 19. exf3 g5 20. Ne2 Qg6 21. f4 Bb7 22. fxg5
Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Qxg5 24. Nf4 Rac8 25. Rac1 Qf6 26. Qe2 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 Kh8 28. Rf1 Nf5 29. Kh1 Qh6 30. Nh5 Kg8 31. Rf4 Ng7
32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Nf4 Qf6 34. h3 e5 35. dxe6 Bxg2+ 36. Qxg2
Nxe6 37. Qa8+ Kf7 38. Qxa7 Qd4 39. Nxe6 Qe4+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+
41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Dmitry Svetushkin"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 e5 6. Nxc4 e4
7. Nfe5 Be6 8. Qc2 f6 9. Ng4 f5 10. Nge3 Nf6 11. O-O Na6
12. a3 Bc5 13. Rd1 O-O 14. d3 Qe8 15. dxe4 fxe4 16. b4 Bxe3
17. Nxe3 Qf7 18. Rf1 Nc7 19. Bb2 Ncd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Rac1
Qh5 22. f3 Rae8 23. Qd2 Bd7 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8
26. Qd4 Re7 27. Bf3 Qg5 28. Qxa7 Nd2 29. Qb8+ Kf7 30. Rc3 d4
31. Rd3 Bb5 32. h4 Qh6 33. Bd5+ Kg6 34. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikael Agopov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. Bc4 Qc7 8. Bb3 d6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. Re1 Nc5 13. f3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qxc3 15. Ba3 Be6 16. Nf1 Rfd8
17. Ne3 Rac8 18. Qe2 Rd7 19. Rad1 Ne8 20. Rd3 Qa5 21. Bb2 b5
22. Rd2 Qb6 23. Ra1 a5 24. Qf2 Ra7 25. Ba3 a4 26. bxa4 bxa4
27. Rdd1 Rc3 28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. cxd3 Rc7 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1
Nc7 32. Nc4 Qb3 33. Qb6 Qd1+ 34. Kf2 h5 35. Qxc7 Qxc1 36. Qd8+
Kh7 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 O-O
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. e4 b5 11. Bd3 b4
12. Na4 c5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bb7 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ng5 Qa5
17. Ne4 Rfc8 18. Kh1 Ba6 19. a3 Bf8 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Nd6 Rc7
22. Bd2 b3 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Rf3 Qa4 25. Rc4 Qa6 26. Qc1 Qc6
27. h3 Rd7 28. Qf1 Qa6 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Rg4+ fxg4
32. Qxa6 Ne7 33. e6 fxe6 34. Qa4 Rc7 35. Qxg4+ Ng6 36. Qxe6+
Kh8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.16"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "4.14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Nbd7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 Nc5 11. Ne5 Be6
12. Kh1 Nfd7 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Nd4 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7
17. Be3 g6 18. Qf2 Nca4 19. Nxa4 Nxa4 20. Nb3 c5 21. d4 c4
22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 dxe4 24. fxe4 Qc7 25. Bh6 Be6 26. Qd4 f6
27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. c6 Qxc6 29. Qxa7 Bc5 30. Qa5 b6 31. Qd2 Qc7
32. Qf4 Qe5 33. Qxe5 fxe5 34. Rf1 Rd8 35. Rad1 Bd4 36. Rf6 Re8
37. Rd2 Kg7 38. Rf1 Ra8 39. a3 Ra5 40. h4 Rb5 41. Bf3 Rxb2
42. Rxb2 Bxb2 43. a4 Bd4 44. Kg2 c3 45. Bd1 Bc4 46. Rf3 Be2
47. Bxe2 c2 48. Rf1 Be3 49. Rc1 Bxc1 50. Bd3 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.17"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. c4 f6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 c6
7. g3 Bb4 8. Qb3 a5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ne7 11. Bg2 Nd7
12. O-O a4 13. Qa2 Bg6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. c4 O-O 16. cxd5 Nxd5
17. Nd2 Bf7 18. Qc2 Nc7 19. Bb2 Nb5 20. e4 Re8 21. Rfe1 Nb6
22. Qc5 Nd7 23. Qc2 Nb6 24. Qc5 Nd7 25. Qb4 Nb8 26. d5 Qe7
27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Nc4 Nd7 29. Rac1 cxd5 30. exd5 Rxe1+
31. Rxe1 Kf8 32. Ne3 Rc8 33. Bh3 Rc7 34. Rb1 Nd6 35. Bd4 Bg6
36. Rb4 Nc5 37. Bf1 Nd3 38. Rxa4 Rc1 39. Kg2 Be4+ 40. f3 Ne1+
41. Kf2 Bxf3 42. Bb2 Rb1 43. Bc3 Ne4+ 44. Rxe4 Bxe4 45. Bxe1
Rb2+ 46. Kg1 Rb1 47. Bb4+ Kf7 48. Kf2 Rb2+ 49. Ke1 Rb1+
50. Kd2 Bxd5 51. Bd3 Rb2+ 52. Bc2 Be6 53. Nd1 Ra2 54. Nc3 Ra1
55. Bb1 f5 56. Kc1 Kg6 57. Kb2 Rxb1+ 58. Kxb1 Kh5 59. Ne2 g5
60. Kc1 Kg4 61. Kd2 Kh3 62. Be7 h6 63. Bf8 Kxh2 64. Bxh6 Bc4
65. Bxg5 Bxe2 66. Kxe2 Kxg3 67. Ke3 Kg4 68. Bf4 b5 69. Be5 f4+
70. Bxf4 Kf5 71. Kd4 Kxf4 72. Kc5 Ke5 73. Kxb5 Kd6 74. Kb6 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.19"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3
e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qd6 10. Rb1 O-O-O 11. Qb3 b6
12. Qxf7 Kb8 13. Qc4 Qf6 14. Bg2 Nge7 15. f4 exf4 16. exf4 Na5
17. Qa6 Qe6+ 18. Be3 Nf5 19. O-O Nh4 20. Rb5 Nxg2 21. f5 Qc8
22. Qxc8+ Kxc8 23. Kxg2 Rhf8 24. Re1 Nc4 25. Bg5 Rd7 26. f6 h6
27. Bh4 g5 28. Bg3 Rxf6 29. h4 gxh4 30. Bxh4 Rc6 31. Bg3 a6
32. Rh5 Kb7 33. f4 Rf7 34. f5 Rcf6 35. Kh3 Rxf5 36. Rxf5 Rxf5
37. Re7 Kc6 38. Rxc7+ Kd5 39. Rd7+ Ke4 40. Rh7 Rf3 41. Re7+
Kd5 42. Rd7+ Ke6 43. Rd8 Ke7 44. Rc8 Nd6 45. Rb8 Rxc3 46. Rxb6
a5 47. Kg4 h5+ 48. Kf4 Rd3 49. Ra6 Rxd4+ 50. Ke5 Rd3 51. Ra7+
Kf8 52. Bf4 Nc4+ 53. Kf6 Ke8 54. Ke6 Rd4 55. Ra8+ Rd8 56. Ra7
Rd4 57. Ra8+ Rd8 58. Ra6 Rd4 59. Bc7 Re4+ 60. Kd5 Rg4 61. Rh6
Ne3+ 62. Kc6 Rc4+ 63. Kb7 h4 64. Bxa5 Nf5 65. Rf6 Rc5 66. Kb6
Rd5 67. Bb4 h3 68. Kc6 Ne7+ 69. Bxe7 Kxe7 70. Rh6 Ra5 71. Rxh3
Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "David Anton Guijarro"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Be2 Be7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 Ne4
7. Nfd2 d5 8. Nxe4 fxe4 9. c4 Bg5 10. Bh2 Nd7 11. Nc3 c6
12. O-O Rf7 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. b4 Ng6 15. Bh5 Rf6 16. b5 Nh4
17. Be5 Rh6 18. Bg4 Rg6 19. Rab1 Bf6 20. Bg3 Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5
22. bxc6 bxc6 23. cxd5 f4 24. Bxf4 cxd5 25. Kh2 Bg5 26. Be5
Rc6 27. Rfc1 Be6 28. Rb7 Be7 29. Qd2 Bf8 30. Ne2 Rc4 31. Nf4
Bf7 32. Rcb1 g5 33. Qe2 Qe8 34. Qg4 h6 35. Qf5 Rc6 36. Nxd5
1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 d4 11. Na2 e5
12. Nb4 Nd7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Bb7
17. Qe2 Qb6 18. c3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 dxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxb4 21. Rb1 c5
22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Re8 24. Ba1 Qe6 25. f3 Ra8 26. Bc4 Ba6
27. Qb2 Qg6 28. Qa2 Bb7 29. Rd1 h6 30. Qb2 Bc6 31. Qe5 Kh7
32. h4 f6 33. Qc7 Be8 34. Be6 Kh8 35. Qb7 Ra3 36. Qe7 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f4 b5 10. e5 b4 11. Ncb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Qa5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxa2 16. Rd3
Qa5 17. Bc5 Qd8 18. Rh3 Ra1+ 19. Kd2 Ba6 20. Rxh7 Rg8 21. Rg7
Rh8 22. Rh7 Rg8 23. Rg7 Rh8 24. Rh7 Rg8 25. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Masters GpB"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[EventDate "2015.12.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ilya Yulyevich Smirin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. b4
Bb6 7. Na3 a6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. Nc4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Qh5 d6
12. a3 b5 13. Na5 Nxa5 14. bxa5 c5 15. e5 d5 16. Rfe1 Be6
17. a4 c4 18. Bf1 b4 19. c3 dxc3 20. dxc3 bxc3 21. Bxc3 O-O
22. Rab1 Bc5 23. Red1 d4 24. Rb6 dxc3 25. Rxd8 Raxd8 26. Qf3
c2 27. Qc3 Bf5 0-1

[Event "ACP Masters GpB"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[EventDate "2015.12.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g4 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. h3 e6
7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. f4 h5 9. g5 e5 10. fxe5 Bxe5 11. Qd2 Ne7
12. Nf3 Bg7 13. b3 d5 14. Bb2 O-O 15. O-O-O Nf5 16. Na4 d4
17. Nxc5 Re8 18. Ne4 a5 19. Rdg1 c5 20. Qf4 a4 21. Nh4 Nxh4
22. Qxh4 Bb7 23. Rf1 Bxe4 24. dxe4 axb3 25. axb3 d3 26. Bxg7
dxe2 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Bb2 Kg8 29. Qf4 Ra7 30. Qe3 Rf7
31. Qxe2 Qxg5+ 32. Kb1 Qg3 33. Rd1 Rf2 34. Qe1 Qg2 35. Qc3
Qxe4+ 36. Kc1 Qe3+ 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 38. Rd8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "ACP Masters GpB"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[EventDate "2015.12.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emil Davidovich Sutovsky"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. Bc4
Qh4 7. d3 Ne7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. c3 d5 10. exd5 Bg4 11. Nf3 Qh5
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Ng6 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Re4
Ne5 17. Kg2 f5 18. d6+ Nxc4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. d7 Rd8 21. dxc4
dxc3 22. bxc3 Rxd7 23. Bf4 g5 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Rd3
26. Rb1 b6 27. c5 Rxc3 28. cxb6 cxb6 29. Rb5 Rc5 30. Rb2 Kf7
31. Rd2 Ke7 32. h4 gxh4 33. Rd4 Rc2+ 34. Kh3 Rxa2 35. Rxh4 b5
36. Kg3 Kd6 37. Kf4 Ra4+ 38. e4 fxe4 39. fxe4 a5 40. Rxh7 Ra1
41. e5+ Kc5 42. e6 Rf1+ 43. Ke5 a4 44. Ra7 Kb4 45. e7 a3
46. Ra8 Re1+ 47. Kd6 Kb3 48. e8=Q Rxe8 49. Rxe8 b4 50. Kc5 a2
51. Ra8 Kb2 52. Kxb4 a1=Q 53. Rxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Masters GpB"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[EventDate "2015.12.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. Nc3 d5 5. d4 dxe4 6. Nxe4
Nd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. c4 Ne3 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bxe3 fxe3 11. O-O-O
Bg4 12. Qxe3 Nc6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb1 f5 15. Ned2 Qd6 16. a3 Na6
17. h3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Rae8 19. Rhe1 Nc5 20. Bc2 a5 21. Kb1 Qb6
22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Qd2 g6 24. Nb5 c6 25. Nc3 cxd5 26. cxd5 Rc8
27. Na4 Nxa4 28. Bxa4 Bc3 29. Re6 Qxe6 30. dxe6 Bxd2 31. Rxd2
Rc7 32. Bd7 Ra8 33. e7 Kf7 34. e8=Q+ Rxe8 35. Bxe8+ Kxe8
36. Rd5 b6 37. Rd6 Rb7 38. Kc2 Ke7 39. Rc6 Kd7 40. Rf6 Rc7+
41. Kd2 Rc6 42. Rf7+ Ke6 43. Rxh7 Ke5 44. h4 Rc4 45. Ke3 Rc2
46. b4 Rb2 47. Rh6 axb4 48. axb4 f4+ 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. h5 g5
51. g4+ fxg3 52. Kxg3 Rb3+ 53. Kg2 Rb2+ 54. Kg3 Rb3+ 55. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Masters GpB"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[EventDate "2015.12.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Nc3 b6 9. Nd4 Bb7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxc6 dxc6
12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Qc8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qc2 Qa6
17. a4 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. Ne4 Be5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 f5 23. Nd2 Qc3 24. Nf3 Qa1 25. Qxa1 Bxa1 26. e4
Kf7 27. Kf1 fxe4 28. Nd2 e3 29. fxe3 Kf6 30. Ke2 Ke5 31. Kd3
Kf5 32. h3 h5 33. Nf3 c5 34. Nh4+ Ke5 35. Nf3+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2015/16"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Constantin Lupulescu"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Nd4 Nc8 9. d3 Bh5 10. h3 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bf4
a6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Na4 Ba7 15. Qd2 Ncb6 16. Nac5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5
Re8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Rfc1 e5 20. Bg3 f6 21. a4 Bf7 22. a5 Nc8
23. Rc7 Nd6 24. Qb4 Rb8 25. d4 Nb5 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. dxe5 fxe5
28. Qd2 d4 29. Qd3 Kg8 30. Be4 Kh8 31. Bxh7 Nd6 32. Qg6 Qf6
33. Qh5 Qh6 34. Qxh6 gxh6 35. Rc7 Rbc8 36. Rd7 Bb8 37. Bg6 Re6
38. Bb1 Kg8 39. Ba2 Kf8 40. Nxd4 Re7 41. Rxe7 Kxe7 42. Bxe5
Rc5 43. f4 Rxa5 44. Bg8 Ba7 45. e3 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Rb1 47. Kf3
Rf1+ 48. Kg3 Re1 49. Kf2 Rb1 50. Bxd6+ Kxd6 51. Nf5+ Kd7
52. b3 Rb2+ 53. Kf3 Rh2 54. h4 b5 55. Bf7 a5 56. h5 a4
57. bxa4 bxa4 58. g5 hxg5 59. fxg5 Bc5 60. h6 Bf8 61. Kg3 Rh1
62. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2015/16"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Matthias Bluebaum"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4
7. Be2 Na5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. O-O Nh6 10. Qe1 Nf5 11. Bd1 Bd7
12. Bc2 h6 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. Ng1 g5 15. g4 Nh4 16. f4 gxf4
17. Rxf4 f5 18. Ndf3 Nxf3 19. Nxf3 fxg4 20. Nh4 O-O-O 21. Ng6
Rh7 22. Rxg4 Nb3 23. Bxb3 cxb3 24. Bxh6 Be8 25. Qd2 Bxg6
26. Rxg6 Rdh8 27. Rag1 Bf8 28. Bxf8 Qf7 29. Bh6 Rxh6 30. Rxh6
Rxh6 31. Qg2 Rh8 32. Qg4 Kb8 33. h3 a5 34. Kh2 Ka7 35. Rg2 a4
36. Kg1 Rh6 37. Rf2 Qh7 38. Kh2 Qb1 39. Qe2 Qh7 40. Qe3 Rh4
41. c4 Re4 42. Qd2 Qc7 43. cxd5 exd5 44. Qb4 Qc4 45. Qa5+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2015/16"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Ipatov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Ne4
7. Nc3 c6 8. Ne5 Nd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Bf4 O-O
12. e3 b5 13. c5 a5 14. f3 exf3 15. Bxf3 Be8 16. e4 Bg6 17. e5
Be4 18. Bh5 Qc7 19. Qd2 a4 20. Be3 Bf5 21. h4 Bh3 22. Rxf8+
Rxf8 23. Kh2 Bf5 24. Rf1 Qd8 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Qxg5
27. hxg5 a3 28. bxa3 Ra8 29. Rf2 g6 30. Bd1 Rxa3 31. g4 Bb1
32. Bb3 Kg7 33. Rf6 Bxa2 34. Bxa2 Rxa2+ 35. Kg3 Ra6 36. Rxe6
Kf7 37. Rf6+ Ke7 38. Kf4 b4 39. Ke3 Ra3+ 40. Kd2 Rg3 41. Rxc6
Rxg4 42. Kd3 Rxg5 43. Rc7+ Ke6 44. Rc6+ Ke7 45. Rc7+ Ke6
46. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "1.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Anita Gara"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 e6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 a6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 e5 12. e4
Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Re8 16. Re1 b5 17. Bf1 Qb6
18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Rac1 Bb8 20. Rc5 Nd7 21. Rc2 Nd4 22. Bxd4
exd4 23. Rec1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qd3 Bg6 26. g3 f6 27. Rc6
Qb7 28. Nb3 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Nc5 Qe7 31. Bg2 h5 32. h4
Qd8 33. Kh2 Bf7 34. a4 Bc4 35. Rxc4 bxc4 36. Qxc4+ Kh8
37. Qxa6 Rxc5 38. bxc5 d3 39. Bf3 d2 40. Qe2 g6 41. Kg2 Kg7
42. c6 Bc7 43. Qb5 d1=Q 44. Bxd1 Qxd1 45. Qb7 Qd6 46. a5 Qe5
47. a6 Kh6 48. Qb4 Bb8 49. Qd2+ g5 50. hxg5+ fxg5 51. Qd5 Qe7
52. e5 h4 53. c7 h3+ 54. Kxh3 Qxc7 55. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Mohamad Naser Al Sayed"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5
7. d5 a5 8. h4 Na6 9. h5 Nc5 10. Qc2 c6 11. O-O-O cxd5
12. Bxc5 d4 13. h6 Bh8 14. Ba3 dxc3 15. bxc3 Qb6 16. Bxd6 Re8
17. c5 Qc6 18. f3 b5 19. Nh3 Ba6 20. Ng5 b4 21. Qb3 Ra7
22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Rd2 Nh5 25. Kb1 Nf4 26. c6 Bf6
27. Bc5 Bxg5 28. Bxa7 Qxc6 29. Rc1 Qf6 30. Qa4 Rf8 31. Bc5
Bxh6 32. Bxf8 Bxf8 33. Rc8 Qb6 34. Qe8 Qg1+ 35. Rc1 Qb6
36. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. g3 h5 5. h3 Bd7 6. Bg2 Qc8
7. Nge2 Bg7 8. b3 Nf6 9. Bb2 Bc6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4
Rd8 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. e4 Nf8 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5
Qd7 18. Nxd4 e6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bd4 Rac8
22. Qd3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 h4 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. f4 Qb2 26. Rb1 Qa2
27. Rc1 Bb2 28. Rf1 Rc8 29. e5 Ba3 30. e6 Rc2 31. exf7+ Kxf7
32. Qd5+ Kf8 33. f5 Bc5+ 34. Kh1 Rf2 35. fxg6 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1
Qf2 37. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Romain Edouard"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qf2 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Qh4 b4 11. Nd5 e6 12. Nxf6+
Qxf6 13. Qh3 Nc6 14. Kh1 Qe7 15. f5 exf5 16. exf5 Ne5 17. Bg5
f6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bd2 e4 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Qb3 Bxf5 22. Bxb4
Qe5 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. Qg3 Qxb2 25. Bb3 Re8 26. Rad1 Bb4 27. a3
e3 28. Ba4 e2 29. Bxe8 Bxc2 30. Rde1 exf1=Q+ 31. Rxf1 Bxa3
32. h4 Be4 33. Qf2 Qxf2 34. Rxf2 Be7 35. Ra2 Bd3 36. Rd2 Bb5
37. Bxb5 axb5 38. Rd7 Bc5 39. g4 Bf2 40. h5 Be3 41. Kg2 b4
42. Kf3 Bg5 43. Ke4 b3 44. Kd3 b2 45. Kc2 Bc1 46. Rf7 gxh5
47. gxh5 f5 48. Rb7 f4 49. h6 Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "6.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adrien Demuth"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 h6 11. c5 Kh8
12. Rd1 g5 13. Bd2 e4 14. Rac1 a6 15. Be1 Qe8 16. d6 c6
17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Rd6 Ne8 19. Rcd1 Nxd6 20. cxd6 Qf7 21. Qxf7
Rxf7 22. Na4 Be6 23. Ba5 g4 24. f3 gxf3 25. exf3 e3 26. Kf1 f4
27. Nc5 Bd5 28. d7 Bf8 29. Bc3+ Kh7 30. Ne6 Rxd7 31. Nxf4 Bc4+
32. Ke1 Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 Rd8+ 34. Ke1 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "David Anton Guijarro"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nh3 Nf6
7. O-O O-O 8. Nf2 Nd7 9. Nd2 Rb8 10. h4 b5 11. h5 b4 12. Nf3
Nf6 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Nh4 Nh5 15. Nf5 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. c3
c4 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Qf3 cxd3 20. Nxd3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Ba6
22. Rd1 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Qe7 24. Be3 Na5 25. Rad1 Nc4 26. Rd7 Qf6
27. Bxa7 Rb2 28. Qd3 Nb6 29. Rf1 Nxd7 30. Qxd7 Qe6 31. Qxe6
fxe6 32. Rxf8 Kxf8 33. Kh2 Rxa2 34. Bb8 Nf6 35. Kh3 Nd7
36. Bd6+ Kf7 37. Bf1 Rd2 38. Bc7 Rc2 39. Ba5 Nc5 40. Bc7 Nxe4
41. Bxe5 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "8.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mariya Muzychuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. f5 Qb6 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 h5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qe1 Bh6+
17. Kb1 Ke7 18. Bc4 Qc5 19. b3 Bb5 20. Rd4 Rhg8 21. Qh4 Qe5
22. Rhd1 Rxg2 23. Ng3 Rc8 24. Qh3 Rf2 25. Rxd6 Rxc4 26. bxc4
Ba4 27. Rxe6+ Qxe6 28. Nf5+ Kf8 29. Rd8+ Be8 30. Qg3 Rf1+
31. Kb2 Bc1+ 32. Kb3 Bg5 33. a3 Qe5 34. Qxe5 fxe5 35. Ra8 Be7
36. Nxe7 Kxe7 37. axb4 Rf6 38. Ra7+ Kf8 39. Ra8 Kf7 40. Ra7+
Kg6 41. Re7 Bf7 42. Rxe5 h4 43. Kc3 Rf3+ 44. Kd4 Rf2 45. b5
axb5 46. cxb5 Rxc2 47. b6 Rb2 48. Kc5 Kf6 49. Rf5+ Ke7 50. Rf4
h3 51. Rh4 Be6 52. Rh7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "9.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Pavel Tregubov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. h3 Ne7 6. c4 c6
7. c5 Bc7 8. Bd3 Bf5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7
12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. e6 Re8 18. Re3 Kg7 19. Ne2 Rxe6 20. Nd4 Re5 21. Nf5+ Kh7
22. Rae1 d4 23. Rxe5 fxe5 24. g3 Qa5 25. b4 Qxb4 26. Rb1 Qc3
27. Qd1 e4 28. Rxb7 Rf8 29. Qh5 d3 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. h4 Qe5
32. Qg5 e3 33. Nxe3 Qxg5 34. hxg5 Rd8 35. f4 d2 36. Rb1 Nf8
37. Rd1 Ne6 38. Nf1 Rd3 39. Rxd2 Ra3 40. Re2 Nxc5 41. f5 Kf8
42. f6 Kg8 43. Re7 Rf3 44. Kg2 Rf5 45. Re8+ Kh7 46. Rf8 Rxg5
47. Rxf7+ Kg6 48. Rxa7 Kxf6 49. Rc7 Ne6 50. Rxc6 Ra5 51. Rc2
Ra3 52. Rf2+ Kg6 53. Rb2 Nc5 54. Nd2 Na4 55. Nc4 Rc3 56. Ne5+
Kf5 57. Re2 Nc5 58. Nf3 Ne4 59. Nh4+ Ke5 60. Kh2 Ra3 61. Ng2
Kd4 62. Ne1 Ke5 63. Ng2 Kd4 64. g4 Nf6 65. g5 Ng4+ 66. Kg1 Rg3
67. Kf1 Nh2+ 68. Kg1 Ng4 69. Rd2+ Ke4 70. Rb2 Ne5 71. Rb4+ Kf5
72. Rb5 Rxg5 73. Kf1 Rg3 74. Ra5 Ke4 75. Kf2 Rc3 76. Ra4+ Rc4
77. Rxc4+ Nxc4 78. a3 Nxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "10.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Babu M R Lalith"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c5 6. e3 Ne4
7. Rc1 Nc6 8. Be2 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6
12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Bxd6 b6 14. Ng5 Bg8 15. Bf3 O-O-O 16. Bxc6
Rxd6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. c4 Rd3 20. Ke2 Ra3 21. Rc2
Re8 22. Rd1 Re7 23. Nxh7 f4 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Kxd3 fxe3 26. f3
b5 27. Ng5 b4 28. Re2 Bd4 29. Nh3 a5 30. Nf4 a4 31. Nd5 Re6
32. Kc2 Rd6 33. Kd3 Kd8 34. h4 Rd7 35. g4 Rb7 36. Kc2 b3+
37. Kb1 Rh7 38. Rh2 e2 39. Rxe2 Rxh4 40. axb3 axb3 41. Re1 Rh2
42. Nf4 Bc3 43. Rd1+ Ke8 44. Nd5 Bh8 45. g5 Rb2+ 46. Kc1 Ra2
47. Ne3 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Moulthun Ly"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. d3 Nf8 9. Rb1 Ne6 10. Ne2 a5 11. a4 b5
12. b3 O-O 13. c4 Rb8 14. Qc2 Nc7 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Bf4 bxa4
17. bxa4 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 Ne6 19. Be5 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Bxe5 21. Nf3
Bg7 22. Qb5 Qd6 23. e5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Ng3 Qd5 26. Rc1
Bb7 27. Ne4 c4 28. Rxc4 Qxd3 29. Ng3 Ba8 30. Rc5 Qd1+ 31. Kh2
Qd4 32. Rc2 h5 33. Qc5 Qf6 34. Nf1 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Qxa4 36. Rc4
Qa2 37. Ne3 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 e6 39. Qg5 Qb2 40. Kg1 Qb1+ 41. Kh2
Qb8+ 42. Kg1 Bd5 43. Rh4 Rc8 44. Nxd5 exd5 45. Rxh5 Re8 46. g3
Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2015/16"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Fedorovsky"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. Re1 g5 8. Nxg5 Nxd4 9. c3 Nc6 10. e4 h6 11. Nh3 fxe4
12. Nxe4 e5 13. f4 d6 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nf4 Kh8 16. Nxf6 Qxf6
17. Rf1 c6 18. Nh5 Qg6 19. Nf4 Qf6 20. Nh5 Qe7 21. Nxg7 Bg4
22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qd2 Rf6 24. h3 Qxg7 25. hxg4 Qxg4 26. Qe1
h5 27. Be3 h4 28. Bd4 hxg3 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Qxe5 Qh4 31. Qe8+
Kg7 32. Qd7+ Kf8 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qd7+ Kf8 35. Qh3 Qf4 36. Rf1
Qe3+ 37. Kh1 Rxf1+ 38. Bxf1 Qf3+ 39. Qg2 Qh5+ 40. Qh3 Qf3+
41. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2015/16"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. d4 b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Na5 10. Ne5 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd3
Be7 13. b4 Nc6 14. a3 Rc8 15. Re1 a5 16. b5 Nb8 17. c4 Nbd7
18. Rc1 Nc5 19. Ne5 Ncd7 20. Nd3 Nc5 21. Ne5 Ncd7 22. Ndf3 Bc5
23. Qa4 Qc7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Ne5 Qe7 26. cxd5 Nxd5 27. Nd3
Bd6 28. e4 Nc7 29. Qd4 Ne8 30. Qxb6 Rxc1 31. Nxc1 Bc5 32. Qxa5
Nf6 33. Nd3 Ra8 34. Qc3 Bb6 35. Nb4 h6 36. h3 Qd8 37. Qc2 Ra5
38. e5 Nd5 39. Nc6 Bxc6 40. Qxc6 Ne7 41. Qd6 Rxb5 42. Bd4 Nf5
43. Bxb6 Qxd6 44. exd6 Rxb6 45. d7 Rd6 46. a4 Rxd7 47. a5 Ra7
48. Ra1 Kf8 49. a6 Ke7 50. Bf1 Kd6 51. Kg2 Nd4 52. f4 Nb3
53. Rd1+ Kc7 54. f5 exf5 55. Rd5 Kc6 56. Rxf5 Nc5 57. Kf3 Kb6
58. Bc4 f6 59. Rd5 Rc7 60. Rd6+ Ka7 61. Bb5 Re7 62. h4 Ne4
63. Rd4 Nc5 64. Rd6 Ne4 65. Rd8 Nc5 66. Kg4 Kb6 67. Rb8+ Ka7
68. Rd8 Kb6 69. Rb8+ Ka7 70. Re8 Rc7 71. Re3 Kb6 72. Bf1 Nd7
73. Re8 Ne5+ 74. Kf5 Ka7 75. h5 Kb6 76. Ke6 Rc6+ 77. Ke7 Rc7+
78. Kf8 g6 79. Rxe5 fxe5 80. hxg6 Rc6 81. Kf7 Rc7+ 82. Kf6
Rc6+ 83. Kf5 e4 84. g7 Rc5+ 85. Kg6 Rg5+ 86. Kxh6 Rxg3 87. Kh7
1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2016.03.08"]
[EventDate "2016.03.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Hilmir Freyr Heimisson"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. f4 Nbd7 5. Nf3 e6 6. d3 Bc5
7. Qe2 h5 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. a3 c6 10. g3 a5 11. h3 b5 12. Bg2 a4
13. b4 Bxb4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. e4 dxe4
18. dxe4 Bg6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. e6 O-O 22. exd7 Qxd7
23. O-O Qxh3 24. Qg2 Bf5 25. Nxc6 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Bxc2 27. Rbc1
Bd3 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Rh1 g6 30. Nxd5 a3 31. Ba1 Rfc8 32. Nf6+
Kh6 33. Nf3 b4 34. Ng5 Bf5 35. Nxf7+ Kg7 36. Nd6 Rc2+ 37. Rxc2
Bxc2 38. Nd5+ Kf8 39. Nxb4 Ba4 40. Rc1 Ke7 41. Nc8+ Ke6
42. Re1+ Kf7 43. Nb6 Rb8 44. N4d5 Bc6 45. Re7+ Kf8 46. Nd7+
Bxd7 47. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2016.03.09"]
[EventDate "2016.03.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolas Pogan"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 a5
7. Bd2 Nc6 8. e3 a4 9. Nxa4 Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2 d5 11. cxd5 Na5
12. Qc2 Nxd5 13. a3 Be6 14. Ke1 O-O 15. Bf1 f4 16. gxf4 Qh4
17. Qxe4 Nxf4 18. Nf3 Ng2+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2016.03.09"]
[EventDate "2016.03.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Marc Esserman"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Bg7
7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Nc6 9. Re1 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Nbd2 Nd7
12. b3 Nc5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15. Rh4 f6 16. Rf4 Qd7
17. Nh4 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Nf3 e5 20. Rh4 Qd7 21. Bh6 Bxh6
22. Rxh6 Qg7 23. Rh4 Rae8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Qd2
Nc6 27. Re1 g5 28. Rhe4 f5 29. R4e2 h6 30. Qb2 Re7 31. Qb5
Rfe8 32. Nd2 Qf7 33. f3 Kg7 34. Nb3 Qh5 35. Rf2 Qg6 36. Nc5
Na7 37. Qb4 Qd6 38. Rb2 Qc6 39. Nxb7 Nc8 40. Rf1 e4 41. fxe4
fxe4 42. dxe4 Qxe4 43. Nd6 Nxd6 44. Qxd6 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+
46. Kg1 Qe3+ 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2016.03.10"]
[EventDate "2016.03.08"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gudmundur Kjartansson"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6
7. a3 Nc7 8. e3 Ne6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. f3 O-O 11. Bd3 g6 12. Bf2
c5 13. Qd2 b6 14. Nge2 Bb7 15. h4 a6 16. g4 b5 17. Rg1 Rc8
18. Ng3 Ne8 19. g5 Nd6 20. f4 cxd4 21. exd4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4
23. f5 Nc7 24. Nge4 Re8 25. O-O-O Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Nd5 27. Nc5 c3
28. bxc3 Qa5 29. Rg3 Bd6 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qa2 Bxg3 32. Qxd5+
Kh8 33. Bxg3 Qxc3+ 34. Kb1 Qxg3 35. Ne6 Qe3 36. Nc5 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[EventDate "2016.03.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Nbd7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 Re8 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qe7 14. Bg2 Bc5 15. Kh2 Bd4 16. Bf4 Qc5
17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rd2 Nf8 19. Rd3 Ne6 20. Bc1 Qh5 21. Bf3 Qc5
22. Bg2 Qh5 23. f4 Ng4+ 24. Kh1 Nc5 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Kg1 Nd3
27. hxg4 Qxg4 28. Qd1 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Red8 30. Be3 R4d7 31. Rb1
Nb4 32. f5 Nd3 33. Bxa7 Ne5 34. Be3 b5 35. a3 f6 36. Bf1 Rb7
37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Nxd1 g6 39. Be2 Kf7 40. b3 Rb8 41. Nb2 Ra8
42. a4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2016.03.12"]
[EventDate "2016.03.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Bc5 10. Ng5 d6 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh3
Nd7 13. Be3 Ngf6 14. Rad1 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 b4 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Nd4
Qe7 18. Be2 h6 19. f4 Ned7 20. Ngxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Rc8 22. Bf3
Bc6 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nh7 25. Ng7+ Qxg7 26. Qe6+ Qe7
27. Qxg6+ Kd8 28. Bxc6 Nf8 29. Qe4 Kc7 30. Bb7 Qc5 31. Bxc8
Kxc8 32. Rd5 Qc7 33. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[EventDate "2016.03.08"]
[Round "7.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Henrik Danielsen"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e4 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2 c6
7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Bh3 Qa5 11. d5 e5 12. Nd2
Qa6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. O-O-O a6 17. dxc6
bxc6 18. Bf5 Nb6 19. Qh3 N8d7 20. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2016.03.14"]
[EventDate "2016.03.08"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Grigoriants"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 h6 2. e4 g5 3. d4 Bg7 4. h3 d6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Qc7
7. Be3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 Ngf6 9. Nf1 Nh5 10. g3 Nhf6 11. g4 b6
12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Qc2 a6 14. Qe2 e6 15. Nd2 b5 16. h4 gxh4
17. Rxh4 Nb6 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Bc2 Nfd7 20. Nh5 Bf8 21. O-O-O
O-O-O 22. f4 e5 23. Rhh1 c4 24. Kb1 b4 25. cxb4 Bxb4 26. Nf3
c3 27. b3 f6 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Ng7 Qc6 30. Nf5 Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[EventDate "2016.03.08"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 a5
7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e4 e5 9. Nc3 Re8 10. h3 c6 11. Be3 exd4
12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Nh2 Nc4 15. Qg5 Qd8 16. Na2 h6
17. Qc1 c5 18. Bc3 Nb6 19. b3 d5 20. exd5 Nbxd5 21. Be5 Bf5
22. c4 Nb4 23. Nxb4 cxb4 24. Bxb7 Ra7 25. Bc6 Re6 26. Bg2 Rae7
27. Nf3 Ne4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nh4 Nc3 30. Nxf5+ gxf5 31. Rxe6
Rxe6 32. Bf3 Qd4 33. Kg2 Ne4 34. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 35. Kg1 Qd3
36. Qd1 Rd6 37. Qxd3 Rxd3 38. Re1 Rxb3 39. Re5 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2016.03.16"]
[EventDate "2016.03.08"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Stefan Bromberger"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. d4 Nbd7
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c5 Qc7 11. Bf4 Qc8
12. Rac1 h6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Nf6 16. Ree1
Nd5 17. Bd2 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rd8 19. h4 Bf6 20. Re4 Rd7 21. Rg4
h5 22. Re4 Be7 23. Re5 Nf6 24. Bc3 Qd8 25. Qe2 g6 26. Qc4 Nd5
27. Re4 Bf6 28. a4 Bg7 29. Bh3 Qc7 30. Bd2 Rad8 31. Bg5 Bf6
32. b4 a6 33. Rce1 Kg7 34. Bc1 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Qc2 Rh8
37. Bd2 Qd8 38. Ra1 Ne7 39. Qb2 Nf5 40. Bc3 Rd5 41. Bg2 Rxd4
42. Rxd4 Bxd4 43. Rd1 e5 44. Bxd4 Nxd4 45. Bxc6 g5 46. hxg5 h4
47. f4 Qc7 48. Rxd4 exd4 49. Qxd4+ Kg8 50. Qf6 hxg3 51. g6
fxg6 52. Bd5+ Kh7 53. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2015/16"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2016.04.09"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "12.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Grzegorz Gajewski"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5
7. e4 a4 8. Re1 a3 9. e5 axb2 10. Bxb2 Nfd7 11. Nd4 Nc5
12. N2b3 Nbd7 13. Bc3 Ra6 14. h4 Na4 15. Bd2 c5 16. Nb5 f6
17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rb1 Ne5 19. Qe2 c4 20. f4 Nxd3 21. cxd3 cxb3
22. axb3 Qb6+ 23. d4 Nb2 24. Rxb2 Bd7 25. Nc3 Qxd4+ 26. Kh2
Rc8 27. Rc2 Rac6 28. Nb5 Qb6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Nd6 Ra8 31. Bh3
h6 32. Bxe6+ Bxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2015/16"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2016.04.10"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "13.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Martin Kraemer"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 c5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 a5
7. Nc3 b6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a4 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Be4
12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 d6 16. Ng5 Nbd7
17. f3 Bh5 18. Nh3 Ne8 19. e4 Nc7 20. g4 Bg6 21. f4 f6
22. Rae1 b5 23. Kh1 Bf7 24. Rg1 Re8 25. Rg3 Qb8 26. f5 Nxd5
27. exd5 Bxd5+ 28. Kg1 Qb6 29. Rge3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Bf7 31. g5
Re8 32. Qf2 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Ne5 34. Be2 d5 35. gxf6 gxf6
36. Nf4 d4 37. Qg2+ Kf8 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qg2+ Kf8 40. Qa8+ Kg7
41. Ba5 Qc6 42. Qxc6 Nxc6 43. Bb6 c4 44. Bd1 c3 45. bxc3 dxc3
46. Ne2 b4 47. axb4 a3 48. Nxc3 Nxb4 49. Nb5 a2 50. Bd4 Bc4
51. Nd6 Bd3 52. Bb2 Bc2 53. Bf3 Nd3 54. Bc3 Nc1 55. Ne8+ Kf8
56. Nxf6 Bxf5 57. Bd1 Bc2 58. Bf3 Nb3 59. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2015/16"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "14.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dennis Wagner"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nh6 11. O-O Nf7 12. Ne1
Nd7 13. Nd3 c5 14. Rb1 h5 15. f3 Bh6 16. Bf2 a5 17. a3 Nb6
18. b3 Bd7 19. Ne1 Qc7 20. Bd3 Kg7 21. Nc2 Nc8 22. b4 b6
23. Ne3 Ne7 24. Qb3 Rfb8 25. Rfe1 Qd8 26. Qc2 Bg5 27. h4 Bh6
28. Rb2 axb4 29. axb4 Bxe3 30. Bxe3 g5 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Reb1
Ng6 33. Bf1 Rc8 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Rb7 Rc7 36. Qb2 Rxb7
37. Qxb7 Nf4 38. Qb6 Qf6 39. Qb7 Rd8 40. Ne2 g4 41. fxg4 hxg4
42. Ng3 Qh4 43. Bf2 Qh7 44. Be3 Nh5 45. Nxh5+ Qxh5 46. Bf2 Bc8
47. Qc7 Qh6 48. g3 Rh8 49. Bg2 Ba6 50. Qd7 Qh2+ 51. Kf1 Bxc4+
52. Ke1 Qh5 53. Kd2 Qg6 54. Rh1 Rxh1 55. Bxh1 Qh6+ 56. Be3
Qh2+ 57. Kc3 Be2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2015/16"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "15.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Marcin Tazbir"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 dxc4
7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Bf4 O-O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Nxf3 Bc5 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Be1 Bb6 15. b4 Bc7 16. a4 c5
17. b5 f5 18. a5 Ndf6 19. Rd3 g5 20. b6 axb6 21. axb6 Bxb6
22. Ne5 Rhe8 23. Rb3 Bc7 24. Ra8+ Bb8 25. Nc6 Rd1 26. Rxb8+
Kc7 27. R8xb7+ Kd6 28. Rd3+ Kxc6 29. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "Cez Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2016.06.05"]
[EventDate "2016.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d3 Bc5 11. Bf4 O-O
12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bd2 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Ng4 16. Be1 f5
17. Rab1 Kf7 18. a3 Nd4 19. e3 Nb3 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. e4 Rd8
22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. d4 Be7 25. Rd3 Na5 26. Bxa5
Rxa5 27. Rc1 Rd7 28. Rc8 b5 29. b4 Ra6 30. Rdc3 Bf6 31. R3c5
Rxa3 32. Bxd5+ Ke7 33. Rxb5 Bxd4 34. Rc2 b6 35. Rd2 Bc3
36. Re2+ Kf8 37. Kg2 Ra4 38. Bc6 Rd2 39. Rxd2 Bxd2 40. Rxf5+
gxf5 41. Bxa4 Bxb4 42. f4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cez Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[EventDate "2016.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6
7. exd6 cxd6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. b3 Nc6
12. Be3 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. b4 a6 15. a3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bf6
17. g4 N8e7 18. Bg2 g6 19. f4 b6 20. Na4 bxc5 21. Nxc5 Nc8
22. Rc1 N6e7 23. Qd3 Nd6 24. Kh1 Nc4 25. Bf2 Kh8 26. Rc2 Re8
27. Re2 Ra7 28. Rfe1 Rf8 29. Rf1 Re8 30. Ne4 Bg7 31. Bh4 dxe4
32. Qxc4 f5 33. Qxe6 Nd5 34. Qc6 Rc7 35. Qa4 Qd7 36. Qxd7 Rxd7
37. Bg3 Rc7 38. Kh2 Rec8 39. h4 Rc2 40. Rfe1 Bh6 41. gxf5 gxf5
42. Bh3 Nxf4 43. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 44. Kg2 Bd2 45. Rf1 Bc1 46. Rxc2
Rxc2+ 47. Rf2 Rxf2+ 48. Kxf2 f4 49. a4 Be3+ 50. Kf1 Bxd4
51. Bf5 e3 52. Ke2 Bc3 53. Bd3 Bxb4 54. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cez Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[EventDate "2016.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 Bc5
7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Bf4 d5 9. c5 Bc7 10. Bxc7 Qxc7 11. Nb5 Qb8
12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Nd2 b6 14. b4 a5 15. b5 Na7 16. cxb6 Qxd6
17. bxa7 Rxa7 18. a4 d4 19. Qb3 Rc7 20. Nc4 Qc5 21. e3 Rd8
22. b6 dxe3 23. bxc7 exf2+ 24. Ke2 Rd4 25. Qa3 Rxc4 26. Qxc5+
Rxc5 27. Kxf2 Rxc7 28. Bd3 Bd7 29. Rhc1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Bxa4
31. Rc5 Bb3 32. Rxa5 Bd5 33. Ra7+ Kf8 34. Be2 g6 35. Bf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cez Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2016.06.08"]
[EventDate "2016.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7
7. h3 Bh5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Ne1 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 c6 14. Nd3 Na6 15. Rae1 Nc7 16. Nf4 Qd7
17. Nh5 Rae8 18. Qf3 Kh8 19. Ne2 Nc4 20. Bc1 f6 21. Qg3 Bb4
22. exf6 g6 23. Bh6 Bxe1 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rxe1 gxh5 26. Nf4
Rxf6 27. Nxh5 Rg6 28. Qh4 Re6 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Nf4 Qf7
31. Qd8+ Ne8 32. Nd3 h6 33. b3 Nd6 34. Ne5 Qc7 35. Qh4 Qg7
36. Qd8 Kh7 37. f4 Qf6 38. Qd7+ Ng7 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "2.23"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Markus Ragger"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. Rg1 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. g5 hxg5
12. Nxg5 e4 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Qc5 Bd7 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qb8
17. Qe5+ Qxe5 18. dxe5 Rxh2 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nxe4 dxe4
21. Bb4 Rh8 22. O-O-O Bc6 23. Bc3 Ke7 24. Bb4+ Ke8 25. Bc3 Ke7
26. Bb4+ Ke8 27. Bc3 Ke7 28. Bb4+ Ke8 29. Bc3 Ke7 30. Bb4+ Ke8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qd1 Rc8 10. Nf3 e6 11. Bd3 Nc4
12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. O-O Bb4 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Qf3 h6
17. Rfc1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. g4 Bb5 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5
Rg8 22. Kh1 Qc7 23. Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Rg1 Rf8 25. Bxf6 gxf6
26. Qxf6 Bd3 27. h4 Be4+ 28. Kh2 Qc7 29. h5 Bf5 30. h6 Qc2
31. Qh4 Qe4 32. Qxe4 Bxe4 33. Rg7 f6 34. Ng6 Bxg6 35. Rxg6 Rh8
36. Kg3 Kf7 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rxb7 Rxh6 39. Rxa7 Rh1 40. a4 e5
41. a5 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 Ra1 43. a6 Ra3 44. Kg2 Ke8 45. dxe5 fxe5
46. f4 d4 47. exd4 exf4 48. d5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "4.18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Mauro Ampie"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7
7. Re1 Bc5 8. c4 O-O 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nd4 c5
12. Nf5 Bc7 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Bg5 Nf8 15. b4 h6 16. Bd2 Ne6
17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rab1 Bc6 19. N3h4 Ba5 20. Rec1 Bxd2 21. Qxd2
Qc7 22. Nf3 Rab8 23. Rb3 Rxb3 24. axb3 Rb8 25. Qc3 Qd8 26. Ne5
Be8 27. Ra1 Qb6 28. Ra3 Nd4 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Qa1 Rc8 31. Rxa7
Rc3 32. h3 Rxb3 33. Kh2 Rb1 34. Qa3 Qb4 35. Qxb4 Rxb4 36. Ra8
Kh7 37. f4 g5 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. g4 Rb2 41. Kf2 Rb4
42. h4 Bd7 43. Bf3 Be6 44. hxg5 Nh7 45. g6 fxg6 46. Ra7+ Kf6
47. Nc6 Rb6 48. Nxd4 Bf7 49. Bxd5 Bxd5 50. Rxh7 Rb4 51. Ke3
Kg5 52. Rd7 Bb7 53. Rd6 Bc8 54. Nf3+ Kxg4 55. Rxg6+ Kf5
56. Rh6 Bb7 57. Nd4+ Ke5 58. Nc6+ Bxc6 59. Rxc6 Rh4 60. d4+
Rxd4 61. Re6+ Kxe6 62. Kxd4 Kd6 63. Ke4 Ke6 64. e3 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "5.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7
7. h4 h6 8. h5 Ng8 9. d5 Nce7 10. c4 b5 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nh4 f4
13. g3 fxg3 14. f4 Nf6 15. fxe5 Bg4 16. Qd3 Nxh5 17. e6 Ng6
18. Nxg6 Qf6 19. Qf1 Bf3 20. Rg1 Be7 21. Nxh8 Qd4 22. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "6.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andres Rodriguez Vila"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g5
7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nh2 Ne7 11. Be3 Ng6 12. d4
O-O 13. f3 Nh5 14. Ng4 Nhf4 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bf1 h5 17. Nf2
f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Nce4 Kh8 20. Ng3 Rf7 21. Bxf4 gxf4
22. Nxh5 Bf8 23. Qd4 Qg5 24. Nd3 Bg7 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Qd5
Qxh5 27. Qxb7 Rg8 28. Kh1 Bxh3 29. gxh3 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "7.15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Yannick Pelletier"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Qd2 Bb4 6. a3
Bxc3 7. Qxc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Bb5 Rc8 11. e4 O-O
12. O-O Nb8 13. Qe3 c5 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Nf5 d5
17. f4 Rxc2 18. Qg3 Rxb2 19. Rf3 exf4 20. Rxf4 Bc8 21. e5 Qxf5
22. Rxf5 Bxf5 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Bc2 Nc5 26. Qc3 Ra2
27. Bb1 d4 28. Qb4 Rd8 29. Bxa2 Bxa2 30. Rd1 d3 31. Rd2 Be6
32. a4 Rd5 33. h3 Nd7 34. Qe7 Kh7 35. Rd1 a5 36. Qd8 Nc5
37. Qxb6 Nxa4 38. Qe3 Nc5 39. Rc1 Nd7 40. h4 h5 41. g4 hxg4
42. Qe4+ Kg8 43. Rc8+ Nf8 44. Rc1 d2 45. Rd1 Ng6 46. h5 Nxe5
47. Kg2 Nf3 48. Kg3 Rxh5 49. Rb1 g6 50. Rb8+ Kg7 51. Rd8 Rc5
52. Qb1 Rc8 53. Qb2+ Kh6 54. Rd3 Kh7 55. Qf6 a4 56. Rd6 Bb3
57. Rd7 Kg8 58. Qa1 d1=Q 59. Rxd1 Bxd1 60. Qxd1 Rc4 61. Qd8+
Kg7 62. Qd3 Ne5 63. Qe3 f6 64. Kh4 Rf4 65. Kg3 Rf3+ 66. Kh4
Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "8.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O h6
7. c3 Nc6 8. Nc2 Be4 9. Nd2 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nf6 11. Re1 Be7
12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qd5 14. Qf3 O-O-O 15. Nd2 Rhe8 16. Ne3
Qxf3+ 17. Nxf3 b5 18. a4 a6 19. h4 Kb7 20. g4 Bd6 21. g5 hxg5
22. hxg5 Nd7 23. Rh1 Rh8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bd2 Ne7 26. Rxh8
Rxh8 27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Kxh1 Ng6 29. Kg2 Bf4 30. Kf1 c5 31. Ke2
c4 32. d5 Nc5 33. Nd4 Ka6 34. dxe6 fxe6 35. Nec2 e5 36. Nf5
Ka5 37. Nxg7 Ne4 38. Be3 Bxg5 39. Ne6 Be7 40. Kf3 Nf6 41. Bc5
Bxc5 42. Nxc5 Nf4 43. b4+ Kb6 44. Ne4 Nd7 45. Kg4 Nd3 46. Kf5
Kc6 47. Ne3 Nf4 48. Ng4 Nd3 49. Nh6 Nf4 50. Ng8 Nd5 51. Ke6
Nf4+ 52. Kf5 Nd5 53. Ke6 Nf4+ 54. Kf7 Nb6 55. Kf6 Nd7+ 56. Ke7
Nb6 57. Kd8 Nbd5 58. Ne7+ Nxe7 59. Kxe7 Kd5 60. Nf6+ Kc6
61. Ne4 Kd5 62. f3 Kc6 63. Kf6 Kd5 64. Ke7 Kc6 65. Kf6 Kd5
66. Kf7 Kc6 67. Ke7 Ne2 68. Ke6 Ng1 69. Nd2 Ne2 70. Ne4 Ng1
71. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "9.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. d4 Ng6 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O Nd7 8. Nd5 Ndf8 9. Qe1 Ne6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. h4 O-O
12. h5 Nh8 13. e5 d5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Rd8 16. Bxe6 Qxe6
17. Qh4 Rd5 18. Bxf4 Qg4 19. Rac1 Qxh4 20. Nxh4 c6 21. Be3 Rb5
22. b3 h6 23. Rc3 Ra5 24. a4 Rd5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Re8
27. g4 Re6 28. Kg2 a6 29. Kg3 g6 30. Rf3 gxh5 31. gxh5 f6
32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. exf6 Rxh5 34. Kg4 Rd5 35. Bxh6 Rxd4+ 36. Kf3
Kf7 37. Be3 Rd6 38. Bg5 Rd5 39. Kg4 Kg6 40. Bh4 Nf7 41. Kf3
Rh5 42. Bg3 Kxf6 43. Re3 Rd5 44. Ke2 Ne5 45. Re4 Nd3 46. Re3
Nc1+ 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Bb8 Rd4 49. Rc3 Rd3+ 50. Rxd3 Nxd3
51. Ke3 Nc5 52. Kd4 Nxb3+ 53. Kc4 Nc1 54. a5 Ke4 55. Kc5 Kd3
56. Be5 Nb3+ 57. Kb4 Nd2 58. Kc5 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2016.10.15"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Martin Kraemer"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 b6
7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. b5 Qc7
12. d3 Ne8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nc3 Nd6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5
Rad8 17. Qb2+ Kg8 18. e4 e6 19. Bc6 Nb8 20. e5 Nf5 21. Be4 Nd4
22. a4 f5 23. exf6 Qxf4 24. Nxd4 Qe3+ 25. Qf2 Qxd4 26. a5 Rxf6
27. Qxd4 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rxd4 29. axb6 axb6 30. Ra8 Rd8 31. Ra6
Rd6 32. Ra8 Rd8 33. Ra6 Rd6 34. Ra8 Rd8 35. Ra6 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Rabiega"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5
7. d4 g4 8. Ne1 exd4 9. cxd4 Nxe4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 h5
12. Nd3 Qf6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Re1+ Kd8 15. Nf4 Bh6 16. Nd5 Qf5
17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. Qd2 Re6 19. c4 Ne7 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. d5 Re5
22. Rxe5+ dxe5 23. Qb4+ Kf6 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxb7 Rh8
26. Qxa7 h4 27. Qe3 Qf5 28. Rf1 e4 29. Re1 Ra8 30. Qh6+ Ke5
31. Qxh4 Rxa2 32. Qe7+ Kd4 33. Rd1+ Kc3 34. Qc5 Qf4 35. g3 Qf3
36. Qd4+ Kb3 37. Re1 Rc2 38. Rb1+ Ka2 39. Qa1# 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.06"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadie Slavin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 d4 8. c4 e5 9. O-O h5 10. Nb3 Qd6 11. h3 a5 12. Bd2 Nh7
13. Nh4 Qe7 14. Kh2 Bf6 15. Nf3 g5 16. Ng1 g4 17. f4 h4 18. f5
hxg3+ 19. Kxg3 gxh3 20. Nxh3 Bd7 21. Nc1 O-O-O 22. Ne2 Rdg8+
23. Kh2 Bg5 24. Neg1 Be3 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. Bf3 Qf8 27. Bxe3 dxe3
28. Qxe3 Qg7 29. Qf2 Qh6 30. Rad1 Nd4 31. Qd2 Qh4 32. Qf2 Qf4+
33. Kh1 Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Rxh3 35. Bh1 Rg3+ 36. Bg2 Qh4 37. Qe1
Ng4 38. Rf2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.07"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7
7. Nh4 Be6 8. c5 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4
e6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Na4 b6 15. cxb6 Rb7 16. Bd2 c5 17. dxc5
Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qc3 Qxb6 20. Rc1 Rc7 21. Qxg7 Rf8
22. Be2 Nd7 23. Qc3 Ke7 24. Qa5 Qxa5 25. Bxa5 Rb7 26. Rxc5
Nxc5 27. b4 Ne4 28. Bxa6 Ra7 29. b5 Rb8 30. Rh2 Rxb5 31. Bxb5
Rxa5 32. Bd3 Nc3 33. Rc2 Nxa2 34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. h4 Nb4 36. Be2
d4 37. exd4 Nd5 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. h5 gxh5 40. f5 Nf4 41. fxe6
fxe6 42. Bf3 Rxg5 43. Kf2 Nh3+ 44. Ke3 Rg3 45. Ke4 h4 46. Be2
Rg1 47. Ke3 Re1 48. Rc5 Kf6 49. Kd2 Ra1 50. d5 Ng5 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 e5 6. dxe5
Bb4 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Ba5 9. e3 O-O 10. Qa4 Bb6 11. Qf4 Qe7
12. h4 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Qc4+ Kh8 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5
17. Ng5 Ne5 18. Qe4 Qd7 19. O-O Re8 20. Qc2 h6 21. Ne4 Rh5
22. Ng3 Rxh4 23. Rad1 Rf8 24. Bc1 Qg4 25. Rd5 Qg5 26. Qe2 c6
27. Rd4 Rh1+ 28. Kxh1 Bxd4 29. f3 Bb6 30. Ne4 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Bc7
32. Kf2 Qh2 33. Ke1 Rd8 34. Bd2 Nd3+ 35. Kd1 Qe5 36. g4 Qb5
37. Qg2 Nb2+ 38. Kc2 Nc4 39. Bc1 Rd5 40. g5 Na5 41. Bd2 Qd3+
0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.09"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 Ne7 6. Nf3 Nd7
7. Bd3 Nxc5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Bd7 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Rb1 a6
12. Ba3 b5 13. Nd4 Ng6 14. Re3 Na4 15. Qf3 Qg5 16. Rbe1 Nc5
17. g3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Rxc3 19. Bb4 Rc8 20. Qg2 Qd8 21. Nb3 d4
22. Nxd4 Qb6 23. Qe4 h5 24. h4 Bc6 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Qd4 Qb7
27. a4 a5 28. Bxa5 Ne7 29. Qb2 Ra8 30. Bc3 Rxa4 31. Re4 Rxe4
32. dxe4 O-O 33. Bb4 Rc8 34. Bxe7 Qxe7 35. Qxb5 Qc5 36. Qd7
Rb8 37. Qd6 Rb5 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd7 Kg6 40. Qd3 Qxe5 41. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "5.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Martin Percivaldi"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4
7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1 Be7 9. f4 Nfd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. e4
f6 13. Kh1 Bf7 14. Nc3 c5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Nh4 Nb6 17. Nf5
Nc6 18. a4 a5 19. Qg3 Qd7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. f5 Nd4 22. Bf4
Qd7 23. Bd6 Rfc8 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qf2 Nxc2 26. Qxc5 Nxa1
27. Rxa1 Qc6 28. Qd4 Re8 29. Rc1 h6 30. Qf4 Qd7 31. Nb5 Rc8
32. b3 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 Nc8 34. d4 b6 35. Kg1 Ne7 36. Qf4 Nc6
37. Kf2 Qe7 38. Qc1 Qd7 39. Bf3 Kf8 40. Qf4 Ke7 41. h4 Kf8
42. Ke3 Qe7+ 43. Kd3 Qd7 44. Kc3 Qe7 45. Kb2 Qb4 46. Qe3 Qe7
47. Qc3 Qd7 48. Be2 Nb4 49. Qg3 Nc6 50. Qf4 Qd8 51. Bf1 Qb8
52. Nc7 Ne5 53. Qc1 Nxg4 54. Qc6 Ne3 55. Bd3 h5 56. Qd7 Kg8
57. Qe7 Qc8 58. Ba6 Qb8 59. Bd3 Ng2 60. Ne6 Qe8 61. Qd6 Nxh4
62. Qxd5 Nxf5 63. Bxf5 g6 64. Qd6 gxf5 65. Qg3+ Bg6 66. d5 Kh7
67. Qc7+ Bf7 68. Nd4 Kh8 69. d6 Qe5 70. Qxb6 Qd5 71. Kc3 h4
72. Qb8+ Kg7 73. Qb5 h3 74. Nxf5+ Kf8 75. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Bd6
7. c5 Be7 8. Nf4 c6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 e5 11. Nfe2 Re8 12. f3
b6 13. O-O a5 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. Be1 Qc8 16. Bg3 exd4 17. exd4
Ba6 18. Nf4 Qb7 19. Nfxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. b5 bxc5
22. bxa6 Qc6 23. Qb1 c4 24. Bxh7+ Kf8 25. Bf5 Rxa6 26. Re1 g6
27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Be5 Bf6 29. f4 Bxe5 30. fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 e6 5. f3 d5 6. Qd2 Be7
7. O-O-O O-O 8. e3 c5 9. Kb1 Nc6 10. Nge2 Rc8 11. g4 c4 12. g5
Ne8 13. h4 Ba6 14. Nf4 b5 15. Qg2 Qa5 16. h5 Bb4 17. Ncxd5
exd5 18. Nxd5 Rd8 19. f4 Ba3 20. Ba1 Bb7 21. Be2 Rxd5 22. Qxd5
Nd8 23. Qd7 Be4 24. Rhf1 Nd6 25. f5 Nc6 26. g6 Nb4 27. Bc3
cxb3 28. gxf7+ Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Chinese Chess League"]
[Site "CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.02"]
[EventDate "2016.04.12"]
[Round "19.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Wei Chao Chu"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7
7. O-O d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Bf2 Qd7 11. Na3 Ba6 12. Rb1
Rae8 13. b4 Bb7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. d4 cxb4 16. cxb4 a5 17. b5 Nb4
18. Rfe1 d5 19. e5 Rfc8 20. g4 Rc7 21. Rbc1 Rbc8 22. Be3 Bf8
23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rc1 Nc8 25. Bf1 Na7 26. Ne1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1
Qd8 28. Bd2 f6 29. Nb1 fxe5 30. fxe5 Qh4 31. h3 a4 32. Qxa4
Qg3+ 33. Ng2 Nd3 34. Bxd3 Qxd3 35. Qxa7 Qxb1+ 36. Kh2 Qc2
37. Qxb7 Qxd2 38. Qxb6 Kf7 39. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Chinese Chess League"]
[Site "CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.03"]
[EventDate "2016.04.12"]
[Round "20.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jinshi Bai"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 h6
7. O-O g5 8. d5 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Na5 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. f4 Rg8
12. Qc2 Rg7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Kd7 15. Qd3 Qg8 16. e4 gxf4
17. Bxf4 f6 18. Rf2 b6 19. Bxh6 Rh7 20. Bf4 Ba6 21. Qe3 Kc7
22. Bd3 Bxc4 23. e5 fxe5 24. Bxh7 Qxh7 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe5+
Kb7 27. Re1 Ka6 28. Qxe7 Qd3 29. d6 Bb5 30. Re3 Qd5 31. Qe6
Qg5 32. Qe7 Qd5 33. Qe6 Qh5 34. Qe5 Qd1+ 35. Re1 Qd3 36. Re3
Qd1+ 37. Re1 Qd3 38. Re3 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chinese Chess League"]
[Site "CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.04"]
[EventDate "2016.04.12"]
[Round "21.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Kaifeng Yu"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nh3 e6
7. Nf2 Nge7 8. Nd2 d5 9. e5 Nf5 10. Nf3 h5 11. O-O Bd7 12. c3
Qe7 13. Re1 b5 14. d4 b4 15. Bh3 c4 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Bg2 a5
18. Ng5 a4 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Rfb8 21. Bc1 Rb3 22. g4 hxg4
23. Qxg4 Nh6 24. Qh4 Rxa3 25. bxa3 Rb8 26. f5 gxf5 27. Nfh3
Rb1 28. Nf4 Na5 29. Nh5 Bh8 30. h3 Nb3 31. Bf4 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1
Qxa3 33. Kh2 Qe7 34. Qg3 a3 35. Nf3+ Kh7 36. Bxh6 Kxh6 37. Qg8
Qe8 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Qh4 Qc8 40. Ng5+ Kg8 41. Nf6+ Kg7
42. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Chinese Chess League"]
[Site "CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.05"]
[EventDate "2016.04.12"]
[Round "22.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhou Weiqi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. e4 Bc5 9. Qd1 Bb7 10. Bd3 Qb8 11. Qe2 Bc6
12. O-O h5 13. Nd5 Ng4 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. f4 exd5
17. exd5+ Kd8 18. dxc6 Re8 19. Qd2 dxc6 20. h3 Qd4+ 21. Kh1
Kc7 22. Rae1 Ne3 23. Rf3 Nxc4 24. Qc1 Nxb2 25. Bf1 Rxe1
26. Qxe1 Rd8 27. Qe7+ Rd7 28. Qg5 Nd1 29. Qxh5 Ne3 30. Be2 Re7
31. Qg5 f6 32. Qg6 c5 0-1

[Event "1st Hainan Open"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.07"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ziji Zhang"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. c3 a6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. Na3 h6 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 Bxe3
12. Nxe3 Ng4 13. Nc2 Nf6 14. d4 Nh7 15. Nd2 Qf6 16. dxe5 dxe5
17. Ne3 Ne7 18. h4 Be6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bf5 21. Qb3 Rab8
22. Re3 b5 23. Rae1 Qd6 24. Nf3 e4 25. Nd4 Bg6 26. Nc6 Ra8
27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Nf6 30. Re5 Kf8 31. c4
bxc4 32. Qxc4 a5 33. a4 Nd7 34. Re1 Nf6 35. Rd1 Re8 36. Nxa5
Re4 37. Rd4 Rxd4 38. Qxd4 Nxd5 39. Nc4 Qc6 40. a5 1-0

[Event "1st Hainan Open"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.08"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lin Yi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 a6
7. a4 Bg7 8. h3 Nd7 9. e4 Ne7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Qd2
f6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rac1 b6 15. Bg3 Kh8 16. Nb1 f5 17. e5 Qb7
18. exd6 Nxd5 19. Bc4 N5f6 20. Ng5 b5 21. Nf7+ Rxf7 22. Bxf7
Ne4 23. Qd5 Bxb2 24. Rcd1 Kg7 25. Be6 Nxg3 26. fxg3 Nf6 27. d7
Nxd5 28. Rxd5 c4 29. dxc8=Q Rxc8 30. Rd7+ Qxd7 31. Bxd7 Rc7
32. Be6 Kf6 33. Bg8 Rc8 34. Bd5 Rc5 35. Bg8 Kg7 36. Be6 Re5
37. Bc8 bxa4 38. Nd2 c3 39. Nc4 Rc5 40. Nxb2 cxb2 41. Be6 Rc1
42. Ba2 Ra1 0-1

[Event "1st Hainan Open"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.09"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Tan Zhongyi"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3
Bg7 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe1 Nd7 10. Kh1 e5 11. f5 gxf5
12. Nh4 f4 13. g3 c4 14. Nf5 cxd3 15. gxf4 Nc5 16. Nxg7 Kxg7
17. b4 Nd7 18. cxd3 Ba6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Rf5 Kh8 21. d4 Nd3
22. Qd2 Qh4 23. Ba3 Bc4 24. Rf3 Rae8 25. Rxd3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 f5
27. e5 dxe5 28. dxe5 Rxe5 29. Rg1 Rd8 30. Qc2 Re1 31. Ne2
Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Rg8+ 33. Ng3 Rxg3+ 34. hxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kf1 Qh3+
36. Kg1 Qxa3 37. Qxc6 Qxa2 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Qxf5+
Qf7 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qc3+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ Qf8 44. Qc4+ Kh8
45. Qc5 Qg7+ 46. Kh2 Qh6+ 47. Kg3 Qg6+ 48. Kh2 h6 49. Qxa7
Qd6+ 50. Kg2 Qxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Hainan Open"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Hamitevici"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. h3 d6 8. Be2 Qe7 9. Bh2 Nc6 10. O-O Nd8 11. b4 Nf7 12. c5
Kh8 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Re1 a6 15. Bd3 e5 16. Bc4 e4 17. Nd2 Ne8
18. Nd5 Qd8 19. a4 Ng5 20. Qb3 c6 21. Nb6 d5 22. Bxd5 cxd5
23. Qxd5 Bc6 24. Qb3 Nf6 25. Bd6 Ra7 26. h4 Nf7 27. Bxf8 Qxf8
28. d5 Be8 29. Ndc4 g5 30. h5 Nxh5 31. d6 Nd8 32. d7 Bf7
33. Qd1 Nf6 34. Nd6 Ng4 35. f3 exf3 36. Qxf3 Be5 37. Nxf5 Bh5
38. Rf1 Nf6 39. Qh3 Qf7 40. Nd6 Qb3 41. Rb1 Qd3 42. Ndc4 Bc3
43. Qf5 Qxf5 44. Rxf5 Bg6 45. g4 Bxf5 46. gxf5 a5 47. b5 Bb4
48. Kg2 Bxc5 49. e4 Ng4 50. Kf3 Nh6 51. Rd1 Kg7 52. Rd5 Bb4
53. Nd6 Bxd6 54. Rxd6 Nhf7 55. Re6 h5 56. e5 h4 57. Kg4 Kh7
58. Re7 Kh6 59. Rxf7 Nxf7 60. e6 1-0

[Event "1st Hainan Open"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "5.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Xiongjian Peng"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Nd7 4. Nf3 Ngf6 5. c4 Ne4 6. Bh4 Qa5+
7. Nbd2 Ndf6 8. Be2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Ne4 10. a3 Qxd2+ 11. Qxd2
Nxd2 12. Kxd2 e6 13. g4 Bd6 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Bg3 Be7 16. h4
Bd7 17. Rc3 Rad8 18. Kc1 dxc4 19. Rxc4 c5 20. dxc5 Bb5 21. Rc2
Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Bxc5 23. Rc2 Bb6 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rd8+
26. Ke2 f6 27. b4 Rd7 28. a4 a6 29. b5 axb5 30. Rb2 Bc7
31. Bxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxb5 Rd7 33. a5 e5 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Ke4 Kg6
36. Rb6 h5 37. g5 Rd2 38. Rxb7 Rxf2 39. gxf6 gxf6 40. a6 Rh2
41. Kd5 Rxh4 42. a7 Ra4 43. Kc6 h4 44. Kb6 h3 45. Rb8 h2
46. Rh8 Rb4+ 47. Ka6 Ra4+ 48. Kb6 Rb4+ 49. Ka5 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Hainan Open"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "6.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yi Xu"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Be3 Bg7
7. Qd2 O-O 8. Bh6 c6 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Rb1 Nbd7
12. O-O Nc5 13. Qf4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ncd7 16. Qg3 a5
17. Be2 a4 18. a3 Qc5 19. Rbd1 Ra5 20. Rd2 Rb8 21. Qh4 h5
22. Kh2 Rc8 23. Rd3 b5 24. Rfd1 b4 25. e5 bxc3 26. exf6+ Nxf6
27. Rxc3 Qb6 28. dxc6 Rxc6 29. Qb4 Rf5 30. f3 Re5 31. Bd3 Qc7
32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Re1 Qd5 34. Qc3 Rxe1 35. Qxe1 Qg5 36. Kh1 e5
37. b3 d5 38. bxa4 e4 39. fxe4 dxe4 40. Be2 Qe3 41. a5 Nd5
42. a6 Kh7 43. Qf1 f5 44. Bxh5 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Hainan Open"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.14"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "7.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Yan Liu"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7
7. a3 Nge7 8. h4 Bg4 9. Qd2 Qd7 10. Nd1 h6 11. Ne3 Be6 12. b4
cxb4 13. axb4 d5 14. c4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 O-O
17. O-O a6 18. Nd5 b5 19. Nc7 Bxc4 20. Nxa8 Bxf1 21. Bxf1 Rxa8
22. Bxb5 Rb8 23. Bxa6 Nxb4 24. Bc4 Nbc6 25. Kg2 Kf8 26. Ra6
Ke8 27. Be3 Nb4 28. Ra5 Nec6 29. Ra4 Bf8 30. Bd2 f6 31. h5
gxh5 32. Nh4 Kd7 33. Nf5 Kc7 34. Ra1 Rd8 35. Bc3 Kb6 36. Ne3
Rb8 37. Rb1 Kc7 38. Rh1 Bc5 39. Nf5 Nd4 40. Ng7 Bf8 41. Nxh5
Rb6 42. Rb1 Ndc2 43. Nxf6 Rxf6 44. Bxe5+ Rd6 45. Bb3 Kd7
46. Bxc2 Nxc2 47. Rb7+ Ke6 48. Bxd6 Bxd6 49. f4 Nd4 50. Rb6
Kd7 51. Kh3 Bf8 52. Kg4 Ke7 53. Rb4 Bg7 54. e5 Nc6 55. Rb7+
Kf8 56. Kf5 Kg8 57. Kg6 Bf8 58. Kf6 Nb4 59. Rd7 1-0

[Event "1st Hainan Open"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhamsaran Tsydypov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Nc3 Qg5 6. g3 Nf6
7. Qe2 Bd7 8. f3 Nd4 9. Bxd7+ Kxd7 10. Qd1 Qe5 11. f4 Qf5
12. Nce2 Nc6 13. h3 Rd8 14. g4 Qa5 15. Ng3 Kc8 16. Qe2 e3
17. Qxe3 Bc5 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. Nf3 Ncb4 20. Qc4 Nxc2+ 21. Qxc2
Nb4 22. Qb1 Nd3+ 23. Kf1 Qa6 24. Kg2 h5 25. gxh5 Nxf4+ 26. Kh2
Rxh5 0-1

[Event "1st Hainan Open"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4
Bd6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Bb3 Nb6 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Be6
12. e4 Rad8 13. Qc1 Rfe8 14. Re1 Bb4 15. d5 Bc8 16. e5 Bxc3
17. Qxc3 fxe5 18. Rxe5 Qd6 19. Rae1 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Nd7 21. Re3
Nf6 22. Ng5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Ne4 Qd1+ 25. Kh2 Qd4
26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Ne8+ Kf8 28. Qxc7 Be6 29. Re4 Qd7 30. Qxd7
Rxd7 31. Nf6 Rd2 32. Rb4 Rxf2 33. Nxh7+ Kg7 34. Ng5 Bd5
35. Nf3 a5 36. Rb6 Bxa2 37. Kg3 Re2 38. Rxb7 a4 39. Nd4 Rxg2+
40. Kxg2 Bd5+ 41. Kg3 Bxb7 42. h4 Kf6 43. Kf4 Bd5 44. Nb5 Ke6
45. Nc3 Bc6 46. Ne2 Kd5 47. Kg5 Ke5 48. h5 gxh5 49. Nc3 Kd4
50. Nb1 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Wei Yi - Rapport"]
[Site "Yancheng CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.20"]
[EventDate "2016.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c4 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Bb5 Bd7
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nf1 Rb8 14. Be2 Be6 15. Qa4 Qb6 16. Ne3 Nd7
17. Qf4 Qb4 18. Qg3 Nd4 19. Bd2 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Qxb2 21. Rae1
g6 22. Ng4 Qxa2 23. Nf6+ Kd8 24. Ng5 Rb6 25. Bc3 Qa3 26. Nxf7+
Bxf7 27. e6 Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Qa2 30. Nxd7 Kxd7
31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Qc7+ Ke6 33. Qc6+ Ke7 34. Qxc5+ Ke6
35. Qc6+ Ke7 36. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "Wei Yi - Rapport"]
[Site "Yancheng CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.21"]
[EventDate "2016.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5
7. Ngf3 Nxf3+ 8. Nxf3 Be7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Ne5
Qf5 12. Qa4+ Kf8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nf3 Rg8 15. Nh4 Qe6 16. Qc2
d4 17. g3 Qd5 18. e4 Qc4 19. b3 Qxc3+ 20. Qxc3 dxc3 21. O-O-O
f5 22. Nxf5 Rg6 23. Rd7 Re6 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Nxe7 Kxe7
26. Kc2 Rd8 27. Kxc3 b5 28. Kc2 Rd6 29. Rd1 Rh6 30. h4 Rf6
31. Rd2 Ra6 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. Rc2 Kd6 34. g4 c4+ 35. bxc4 bxc4+
36. Kd4 Ra4 37. Rxc4 Rxa2 38. e5+ Kd7 39. f3 Ra6 40. Rb4 Kc7
41. g5 Re6 42. Ra4 Kb6 43. f4 a5 44. f5 Re8 45. e6 1-0

[Event "Wei Yi - Rapport"]
[Site "Yancheng CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.22"]
[EventDate "2016.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3
Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Bd6 9. Qe3+ Qe7 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Qxe7+
Kxe7 12. Be3 Nb6 13. O-O-O Kd7 14. Rhe1 Nd5 15. Kc2 b5 16. Bc1
a5 17. g3 a4 18. a3 h5 19. h4 Rhe8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1 f5
22. Rxe8 Kxe8 23. b3 Nb6 24. bxa4 Nxa4 25. Kd3 Nb6 26. Nd2 Bc7
27. f4 Kd7 28. Nf1 Nc8 29. c4 Nd6 30. cxb5 cxb5 31. Bd2 Ne4
32. Be1 g6 33. Ne3 Bd6 34. Nc2 Ke6 35. Ke3 f6 36. Kd3 g5
37. hxg5 fxg5 38. fxg5 Nxg5 39. d5+ Kxd5 40. Nd4 Bxa3 41. Nxf5
Bb2 42. Ne3+ Kc6 43. Ke2 Bd4 44. g4 Bxe3 45. Kxe3 hxg4 46. Kf4
Nf3 47. Bb4 Ne5 48. Kxe5 g3 49. Be1 b4 50. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wei Yi - Rapport"]
[Site "Yancheng CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.23"]
[EventDate "2016.12.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc2 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nc6
7. Nd2 Bf5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 e5 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nc4 Qa6
12. Nxe5 Nxd4 13. cxd4 f6 14. Ne2 fxe5 15. Bxe5 Bb4+ 16. Nc3
Rc8 17. Rc1 Qxa2 18. O-O Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 O-O
21. Ra1 e3 22. Rcc1 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 a6 24. Ke3 Be6 25. Ra5 Rfd8
26. Kd2 Rc6 27. Rf1 Bc4 28. Rf3 b6 29. Ra1 a5 30. h4 Ra8
31. h5 a4 32. Rg3 Ra7 33. Bb8 Rb7 34. Be5 b5 35. Kc2 Bd5
36. Kb2 b4 37. Rxa4 bxc3+ 38. Kc1 h6 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Rb8 Ra7
41. Ra8 Rcc7 42. Rxa7 Rxa7 43. Rxc3 Bxg2 44. Kd2 Bd5 45. Ke3
Bf7 46. Rc7 Rxc7 47. Bxc7 Bxh5 48. Kf4 Kg6 49. d5 Be2 50. Be5
Bc4 51. d6 Be6 52. Kg3 Kh7 53. d7 Bxd7 54. Bd4 g5 55. Bf6 Kg6
56. Be7 h5 57. Bd8 h4+ 58. Kf2 Kh5 59. Be7 g4 60. Bd6 g3+
61. Bxg3 hxg3+ 62. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wei Yi - Rapport (Blitz Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "Yancheng CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.23"]
[EventDate "2016.12.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Bb4
7. Ne2 O-O 8. a3 Bd6 9. Ng3 Nc7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. f4 c5 13. O-O c4 14. Be2 b5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 Qb6 18. c3 Bb7 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Ng5 h6 21. Bxb7 hxg5
22. fxg5 Qxb7 23. Qh5 Nd5 24. Rf3 f5 25. g6 Nf6 26. Qh4 Qe4
27. Rf4 Qe2 28. Re1 Qh5 29. Qg3 Ne4 30. Qh4 Qxh4 31. Rxh4 Kf8
32. Rh7 Nf6 33. Rh3 Ke7 34. Re5 Rd5 35. Re1 Ne4 36. Rf3 Rh8
37. g4 Rh6 38. h4 Rxh4 39. Rf4 Rh6 40. Rexe4 fxe4 41. Rf7+ Kd6
42. Rxg7 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Wei Yi - Rapport (Blitz Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "Yancheng CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.23"]
[EventDate "2016.12.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6
7. e5 Nd7 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Bxd7 Qxd7
12. O-O Qf5 13. Qd1 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Kh1 Qd6 16. Bf4 Qb6
17. Rb1 Bf5 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Be3 Qa6 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Qf2 e6
22. Bxa7 exd5 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qc4 25. Rbd1 Bxc2 26. Nxd5
Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Kg7 28. Nc7 Rxd4 29. Nxe8+ Kf8 30. Nc7 Rd2
31. Ne6+ Kg8 32. Ng5 Bd3 33. Re1 h6 34. Nf3 Rxb2 35. h3 Rxa2
36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Re7 Bf1 38. Nh4 g5 39. Kg1 Ra1 40. Nf3 Be2+
41. Kf2 Bxf3 42. Kxf3 Rb1 43. Re8 b5 44. Rb8 Rb3+ 45. Kg4 Rb4+
46. Kf3 Rf4+ 47. Ke3 b4 48. Rb6 h5 49. Kd3 Rf2 50. g4 Rf3+
51. Ke4 hxg4 52. hxg4 Rf4+ 53. Ke5 f6+ 54. Ke6 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Wei Yi - Rapport (Blitz Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "Yancheng CHN"]
[Date "2016.12.23"]
[EventDate "2016.12.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 d5 5. Nxd5 e6 6. Nc3 Qxd4
7. Qxd4 Bxd4 8. Nf3 Ba7 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. h4 Nf6 11. e5 Ng4
12. Ne4 h5 13. c3 Ne3 14. Bxe3 Bxe3 15. g3 Bd7 16. Nf6+ Ke7
17. Ng5 Rhd8 18. Ke2 Ba7 19. Bg2 Na5 20. b3 Bb5+ 21. c4 Nxc4
22. bxc4 Bxc4+ 23. Ke1 Bb6 24. Rd1 Ba5+ 25. Kf2 Bb6+ 26. Ke1
Ba5+ 27. Kf2 Bb6+ 28. Kf3 Bxa2 29. g4 hxg4+ 30. Kxg4 a5
31. Bxb7 Rab8 32. Bc6 Bb3 33. Rb1 a4 34. h5 gxh5+ 35. Nxh5 Bc2
36. Ra1 Bf5+ 37. Kg3 Rd3+ 38. Bf3 a3 39. Nf6 Bd4 40. Rac1 c5
41. Rc4 Ra8 42. Ra4 Rxa4 43. Rh8 Bxe5 44. fxe5 Rd8 45. Ng8+
Kd7 46. Nxf7 Rxg8+ 47. Rxg8 a2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.c4 g5 5.d3 h6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.h4 g4
8.Nd2 d6 9.e3 f5 10.Nb3 Nge7 11.d4 b6 12.O-O O-O 13.Qe2 e5
14.Rd1 cxd4 15.Nd5 d3 16.Qxd3 e4 17.Nxe7+ Nxe7 18.Qc2 Ba6
19.Nd4 Qd7 20.b3 Nc6 21.Bb2 Ne5 22.Ne2 Nd3 23.Bxg7 Qxg7 24.Nd4
Rae8 25.Rxd3 exd3 26.Qxd3 Bb7 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 28.Ne2 Rf6 29.Nf4
Qe4 30.Qd2 Rc8 31.a4 Rc5 32.Rd1 Qf3 33.Nd5 Rf7 34.Qc2 a6
35.Nxb6 Qe4 36.Qc3 Qe5 37.Rd4 a5 38.Qd3 Rc6 39.Nd5 Kg7 40.Nc3
Rf6 41.Rd5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[EventDate "2017.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7
7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. d3 a4 11. Ng3 d5 12. Ne5
Qe8 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Nd3 Bd6 15. b4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 a3 17. Bd4
Ba6 18. Re1 Bc4 19. Nc5 f6 20. f4 Qg6 21. Kf2 Rfb8 22. c3 Rb5
23. g4 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qe4 25. Bd4 Rab8 26. Qf3 h6 27. Kg3 Re8
28. Rad1 Qc2 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rbb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.c4 e6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6 9.Rc1 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 d6 11.d5 e5 12.e4 Nd7 13.h4
a5 14.Bh3 Nc5 15.Kg2 Bc8 16.Rh1 Bxh3+ 17.Rxh3 Qd7 18.Nh2 h5
19.f3 g6 20.g4 Kh7 21.Rh1 Rg8 22.Qd1 Bg7 23.Nf1 Bh6 24.Kf2 Bc1
25.Ng3 Bxb2 26.Nb5 Bc1 27.gxh5 Bf4 28.Nc3 f5 29.hxg6+ Rxg6
30.Nxf5 Rag8 31.Kf1 b5 32.cxb5 Rg2 33.Qb1 Qf7 34.Ne2 Qg6
35.Ne7 Rf2+ 36.Kxf2 Qg2+ 37.Ke1 Rg3 38.Rxg3 Qxh1+ 39.Rg1 Qxf3
40.Nxf4 Qe3+ 41.Ne2 Nd3+ 42.Qxd3 Qxd3 43.Ng8 Qf3 44.h5 Kh8
45.Rg6 Qh1+ 46.Kd2 Qxe4 47.Nf6 Qb4+ 48.Ke3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2017.01.17"]
[EventDate "2017.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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. Nd5 Bg7 10. c3 Ne5 11. Qa4+ Nfd7
12. Bg5 Nd3+ 13. Kf1 N3c5 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+
exf6 17. Nf4 O-O 18. h4 Re8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 f5 21. Rd1
Qf6 22. Qd2 h5 23. Bf3 Re5 24. Kg2 Rae8 25. Qf4 b5 26. a3 Qd8
27. Rd4 Qb6 28. Rhd1 a5 29. Qh6 Nd7 30. Qg5 Kg7 31. Qd2 Nc5
32. Qc2 R5e7 33. R1d2 Nd7 34. Be2 Nf6 35. Bf1 Ne4 36. Rd1 Qc5
37. Qd3 Rb8 38. Re1 Reb7 39. Qe3 b4 40. cxb4 axb4 41. a4 Nf6
42. Rc1 Qa7 43. Bb5 Re7 44. Qd2 b3 45. Rd3 Ne4 46. Qe3 Nc5
47. Qd4+ f6 48. Re3 Rbb7 49. Rce1 Re4 50. Rxe4 fxe4 51. f3 Nd3
52. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "2017.01.19"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.a3
Be6 8.Nd5 Qd7 9.Bg5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Qf3 Rae8
13.Rae1 Bd8 14.h3 Qa4 15.Qd1 Qd7 16.Bd2 h6 17.b4 Re5 18.Qa1
Nxd5 19.Qxd4 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Nb6 21.Bb3 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.Qe4
Qxe4 24.dxe4 Nd7 25.g3 b5 26.a4 Ne5 27.Kf1 bxa4 28.Bxa4 Nc4
29.Be1 c5 30.Ke2 cxb4 31.Bb3 Nb6 32.Bxb4 Bc7 33.f4 Nd7 34.Kd3
g5 35.Kd4 a5 36.Bd2 Bb6+ 37.Kc4 Nf6 38.e5 Ne4 39.Be1 gxf4
40.gxf4 dxe5 41.fxe5 Ng5 42.Bd2 Kg7 43.h4 Nf3 44.Bc3 Kg6
45.h5+ Kf5 46.Kb5 Bc7 47.Bxf7 Bxe5 48.Bg6+ Kg5 49.Bxa5 Nd4+
50.Kc4 Nxc2 51.Kd3 Nd4 52.Ke4 Kf6 53.Kd5 Kg7 54.Bc3 Bf6
55.Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2017.01.20"]
[EventDate "2017.01.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3
Be6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. g3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Qd7 10. b4 d5 11. b5 Nd4
12. Qd3 c5 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Re1 h5 15. h4 g5 16. b6 a6
17. hxg5 Ng4 18. Ncxd5 h4 19. Nc7 h3 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Qxa6+
Kc6 22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. b7+ Kxc7 24. Qa5+ Kb8 25. Qa8+ Kc7
26. Qa5+ Kd6 27. Qb6+ Kd5 28. Re3 h2+ 29. Kh1 Qc6 30. Rb1 Qxb6
31. Rxb6 Bd6 32. Bb2 Rde8 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[EventDate "2017.01.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6
7. a3 Be6 8. Nd5 a5 9. Ng5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. f4 Nbd7
12. Ba2 a4 13. Kh1 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. d4 Ng6
17. c3 d5 18. Bb1 Bd6 19. Bf5 Re8 20. Qf3 h6 21. Nh3 Nh4
22. Qf2 Nxf5 23. Qxf5 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Bf4 Bf8 26. Rae1
Re4 27. Rxe4 dxe4 28. Nf2 Re8 29. Re1 g5 30. Bc1 Nf6 31. g3
Kg7 32. c4 Kg6 33. Bd2 Bg7 34. Kg2 h5 35. h3 Nd7 36. Rxe4 Rxe4
37. Nxe4 Bxd4 38. Bc3 Bb6 39. g4 f5 40. Nd2 Be3 41. b4 Nb6
42. b5 cxb5 43. cxb5 Nd5 44. gxh5+ Kxh5 45. Ba5 Bxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[EventDate "2017.01.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2840"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. c4 c6
7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a3 a5 11. Qb1 Bh7 12. b4
axb4 13. axb4 Qb6 14. Bc3 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Bxb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4
17. Rb1 Qd6 18. Rxb7 e5 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 c5 21. N4b3 d4
22. Bh3 d3 23. e3 Ne5 24. Bg2 Rc8 25. f4 Neg4 26. e4 Re8
27. e5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Rb6 Qe7 30. Rb8+ Ne8 31. Bc6
Re1+ 32. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Nf1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[EventDate "2017.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 d6
12. Qc2 f5 13. Rad1 Be4 14. Qc1 Qe8 15. Qe3 Bf6 16. c5 bxc5
17. dxc5 e5 18. Qb3+ Qf7 19. Bg5 Qxb3 20. axb3 h6 21. Bxf6
Rxf6 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Nd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nc6 25. Nc4 Nd4
26. f4 Nxb3 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Nxd6 exf4 29. Rxf4 Rd8 30. Nxf5
Rd2 31. Kf2 Nc1 32. Rc4 Nxe2 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Rb8 Nc3+ 35. Kf3
Nd1 36. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Haarlem NED"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[EventDate "2017.01.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Be1 Re8 10. Qc2 d5 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Nd2 Bxd4 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Nxe4 Bc5 15. Ng5 f5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7
17. Bc3 Bf8 18. e4 h6 19. exf5 hxg5 20. f6 c5 21. f4 g4 22. f5
gxf6 23. fxe6 Qh7 24. Qg2 Na6 25. Rd7 Qh5 26. Rxf6 Rad8
27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qf1+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[EventDate "2017.01.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Be2 f5
7. h4 h6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. d4 e4 10. Ng1 Ne7 11. d5 c5 12. Nh3 O-O
13. Nf4 a6 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. f3 Qe8 16. O-O-O b5 17. Rdg1 b4
18. Nd1 a5 19. Nf2 a4 20. Bd1 a3 21. Ba1 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5
23. g4 gxf4 24. gxf5 fxe3 25. Qxe3 Nxf5 26. Qg5 exf3 27. Bxf6
Rxf6 28. Qxf6 Qe3+ 29. Kb1 Qxf2 30. Qd8+ Kf7 31. Qc7+ Kf6
32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. Rxg7+ Nxg7 34. Qc7+ Kg8 35. Bc2 Bf5 36. Qxb8+
Kf7 37. Qc7+ Kg8 38. Qd8+ Kf7 39. Qc7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.13"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Ng6
7. Be3 Nd7 8. Ne1 h5 9. Nd2 Ndxe5 10. dxe5 d4 11. Nc4 dxe3
12. Nxe3 Nxe5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Nd3 Bd6 15. Nxe5 Bxe5
16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. c3 f4 18. Bc4 f6 19. Rfe1 Kc7 20. Rad1 Rae8
21. h3 Re7 22. Bd3 g5 23. Bf5 Rg8 24. f3 a5 25. a4 Rb8 26. Kf1
b5 27. axb5 Rxb5 28. Rd2 a4 29. Re4 Ra5 30. Bg6 h4 31. Rc4 Bd6
32. Be4 Bc5 33. Rd1 Kb6 34. Ra1 Rb5 35. Ra2 Rd7 36. Rcxa4 Kc7
37. b4 Be3 38. c4 Rb8 39. c5 Rd1+ 40. Ke2 Rg1 41. Kd3 Rd1+
42. Kc3 Rc1+ 43. Bc2 Bf2 44. Ra7+ Rb7 45. Rxb7+ Kxb7 46. Kb3
Bd4 47. Kc4 Ra1 48. Ra5 Rxa5 49. bxa5 Bf2 50. Be4 Be1 51. a6+
Kxa6 52. Bxc6 Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[EventDate "2017.01.13"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Baskaran Adhiban"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nc3 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qh4 e6 6. O-O-O
Be7 7. e4 a6 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Bd3 d6 10. Rhe1 Bd7 11. e5 dxe5
12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Ncxe7 14. Ng3 f6 15. Nh5 O-O-O 16. Nxg7
Ng6 17. Qc4 Ngf4 18. Qxc7+ Nxc7 19. g4 Bc6 20. Be4 Ng2 21. Re2
Nf4 22. Ree1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Ng2 24. Re2 Nf4 25. Re1 Ng2
26. Re2 Rd8+ 27. Nd2 Nf4 28. Bxc6 Nxe2 29. Bxb7+ Kxb7 30. Kxe2
Rg8 31. Nh5 Rg6 32. Kf3 f5 33. gxf5 exf5 34. Ng3 e4+ 35. Kf4
Nd5+ 36. Kxf5 e3 37. fxe3 Nxe3+ 38. Ke5 Nxc2 39. Nde4 Rh6
40. Nf1 Nb4 41. Nf6 Nxa2 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc8
12. e4 d6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Rad1 a4 15. h4 Ra5 16. Bc1 Re8
17. Nh2 Qa8 18. Nf1 Nf6 19. d5 Bf8 20. Ne3 a3 21. f4 Ra4
22. e5 Nd7 23. h5 Nc5 24. Qf1 h6 25. Rd4 Qa5 26. Bd2 exd5
27. Nxd5 c6 28. Nb4 Qa8 29. exd6 Rd8 30. f5 Nd7 31. Rd3 Nf6
32. Bf4 Ra5 33. Qf3 Rxf5 34. Nxc6 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Bxd6 36. Ne7+
Bxe7 37. Qxb7 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 Qxb7 39. Bxb7 Nxh5 40. Re8+ Bf8 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. d3 Nd7 5. g4 Bg6 6. f4 e6
7. Nf3 h5 8. g5 Ne7 9. Nh4 Nf5 10. Nxf5 Bxf5 11. Bg2 e5
12. Qd2 exf4 13. Qxf4 Be6 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Qh4 Ne5 16. Nf3 Ng6
17. Qa4+ Bd7 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qe3+ Kf8 20. O-O Qc7 21. Qd2 Re8
22. e3 Kg8 23. d4 Qc8 24. h4 Bh3 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Bxg2
27. Qxg2 Qg4 28. Rad1 Nxh4 29. Qxg4 hxg4 30. Rxd5 Nf3+ 31. Kg2
Rh2+ 32. Kg3 Rxc2 33. Rf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Nxg5 35. Kg3 Ne6
36. Rd7 Rd8 37. Rxb7 Rd2 38. Ba3 Rxa2 39. Rxa7 Re2 40. Bc1 Rc2
41. Ra1 Rc3 42. Kxg4 Rxb3 43. Kf5 Rd3 44. Ra8+ Kh7 45. Ra7 Rd1
46. Rxf7 Nd8 47. Rc7 Rf1+ 48. Ke4 Rxc1 49. Rc8 Nf7 50. Rc6 Nh6
51. e6 Ng8 52. Rc7 Nf6+ 53. Ke5 Kg6 54. e7 Re1 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.20"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3
e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qd7 10. Rb1 O-O-O 11. Bg2
Nge7 12. Qb3 b6 13. Qxf7 Rhf8 14. Qc4 Kb8 15. O-O g5 16. Rb5
Rf6 17. e4 h6 18. dxe5 Na5 19. Qe2 Rc6 20. Be3 Ng6 21. Rd5 Qe7
22. Rfd1 Rf8 23. Qb5 Qe6 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kb7 26. Qd5
Nc4 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Bh3 Rxe5 29. Bc8+ Kc6 30. Bd7+ Kb7
31. Bc8+ Kc6 32. Bd7+ Kb7 33. Bd4 Ra5 34. Bc8+ Kc6 35. Bd7+
Kb7 36. Bc8+ Kc6 37. Be6 Kb5 38. Bd7+ c6 39. Be8 Nf4 40. h4
Nd2 41. Kh2 gxh4 42. Be3 Nxf3+ 43. Kh1 Nh3 44. Bh5 Nxf2+
45. Bxf2 Rxa2 46. Bxf3 Rxf2 47. Rd3 Kc4 48. Re3 Rd2 49. e5 Rd7
50. e6 Re7 51. Bxc6 a5 52. Re4+ Kxc3 53. Bb5 a4 54. Bxa4 Kd3
55. Re1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.21"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "A R Saleh Salem"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Bc2 Re8 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. f4 Re8 14. f5 Qxb3 15. axb3 Ng4 16. h3 Nxe3
17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Rfe1 Bf5 19. Bxe3 Bxc2 20. Bxc5 Bh6
21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nf3 a6 23. b4 Re2 24. b5 Bd3 25. bxa6 bxa6
26. Re1 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.22"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "5.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 d6 9. d5 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 e5 11. b4 a5 12. bxa5
Rxa5 13. Nb3 Ra8 14. a4 Bc8 15. a5 Na6 16. Nb5 f5 17. Ra3 f4
18. axb6 cxb6 19. Nd2 Bg4 20. Bf3 Bh3 21. Bg2 Bg4 22. Bf3 Bh3
23. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "6.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Bg5 Na5 10. Bxb7 Nxb7 11. Qa4
Nd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd3 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. O-O Qc7
16. Rfd1 Ne4 17. Qa3 Rfc8 18. Qc1 Kg7 19. Rb1 Rab8 20. Rb3 a5
21. Ra3 h6 22. f3 Ng5 23. Nf4 f5 24. Qd2 Rb7 25. Rb3 Rcb8
26. Qxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxb8 Rd2 29. Kf2 Rxa2 30. h4
Nh7 31. Nd3 Ra3 32. Rb7 Kg8 33. Rb5 Rxc3 34. Rxc5 a4 35. Ke3
a3 36. Kd4 Rc2 37. Nf4 Nf6 38. Ra5 Ra2 39. Kc3 Ra1 40. Kb3 Rg1
41. Rxa3 e5 42. Nd3 e4 43. Ne5 Rxg3 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Ra7 exf3
46. exf3 Ng4 47. Rxf7+ Kg8 48. Rxf5 Nxe5 49. Rxe5 Rxf3+
50. Kb4 Rf4 51. h5 Kf7 52. Kb5 Kf6 53. Rd5 Ke6 54. Kc5 Ke7
55. Rd4 Rf5+ 56. Kb6 Rxh5 57. c5 Rh1 58. c6 Ke6 59. Rc4 Rb1+
60. Ka7 Ra1+ 61. Kb8 Rb1+ 62. Kc8 h5 63. c7 Ke7 64. Rh4 Rb5
65. Rh1 Ke6 66. Re1+ Kf6 67. Rc1 Ke7 68. Rc4 Rb1 69. Rc5 h4
70. Rh5 Rb4 71. Rh6 Ke8 72. Rh7 Rc4 73. Kb7 Rb4+ 74. Kc6 Rc4+
75. Kd6 Kf8 76. Kd5 Rc1 77. c8=Q+ Rxc8 78. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. d3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Ba2 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 c6 12. Ba2
Bf6 13. O-O Re8 14. b4 Nb7 15. c4 Be6 16. Bb2 c5 17. Bc3 Qd7
18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. a4 Qd7 21. axb5 Rxa1 22. Qxa1
Qxb5 23. Qb1 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 a5
12. O-O-O Bb4 13. Ne4 Ngf6 14. c3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2
Be7 17. g4 Qd5 18. c4 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Be3 f5 21. gxf5
O-O 22. Nh4 exf5 23. Ng6 Rfe8 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Rh4 Nf6
26. Rf4 Nxh5 27. Rxf5 Ng3 28. Rf3 Ne4 29. d5 cxd5 30. Rxd5 a4
31. Kc2 Rc8 32. b3 axb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.27"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Li Chao"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. h4
Bg7 7. h5 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Ne5
12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bb2 a6 14. Bc4 Rc8 15. Qf3 e6 16. a5 g5
17. h6 Rg8 18. g3 Rg6 19. Qe3 Bd6 20. Be2 c4 21. Bh5 Rg8
22. O-O e5 23. d4 cxd3 24. Qxd3 Be6 25. Rfd1 Ke7 26. g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2017.03.18"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Qc2 d5 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Bg5 dxc4
12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Qxc4 c5 14. Nc3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Nxc6
Qxc6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Qf4 Nh5 19. Qh4 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Nf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2017.03.19"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Jaroslaw Krassowizkij"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qd2 h6
7. Bf4 Bf5 8. f3 Nc6 9. g4 Be6 10. h4 Nd7 11. O-O-O a6 12. Qh2
Rc8 13. Nge2 Nb6 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. Nf4 Bxf4+ 16. Bxf4 h5 17. Qg3
hxg4 18. fxg4 g5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 20. hxg5 Rxh1 21. g6 fxg6
22. Qf3 Rh8 23. Qf6 Kd7 24. Re1 Rhe8 25. Bh3 Re7 26. Rxe6 Rxe6
27. g5 Re8 28. Ne2 Kd6 29. Qf4+ Kd7 30. Qf7+ Kd6 31. Bxe6 Rxe6
32. Nf4 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.13"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Jauk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 b6 8. Ba3 d6 9. O-O c5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. f3
Nc6 13. Rae1 g6 14. Bd3 e5 15. Nb3 Rae8 16. d5 Nd8 17. Bc1 Bc8
18. f4 Nf7 19. Qf2 Ba6 20. Qc2 exf4 21. exf4 Qxe1 22. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 23. Kf2 Rfe8 24. h3 Rh1 25. Be3 Nh6 26. Kf3 Bb7 27. Nd2
b5 28. Qb2 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Re7 30. Qb3 Kg7 31. Bf2 Nhg4 32. hxg4
fxg4+ 33. Kg3 h5 34. f5 g5 35. Bxc5 h4+ 36. Kf2 g3+ 37. Kf3
dxc5 38. Qb5 Rhe1 39. Qxc5 Bxd5+ 40. Bxd5 R7e3+ 41. Qxe3 g4+
42. Kf4 Nxd5+ 0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "David Hoeffer"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 h5
7. Be2 h4 8. Nf1 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Nd2 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. O-O
a6 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Kh1 Ne5 15. Ndb1 h3 16. g3 Rb8 17. Na3 Qc7
18. f3 Bd7 19. Be3 c4 20. a5 Qxa5 21. Nxc4 Qb4 22. Nb6 Qxb2
23. Bd4 Qb4 24. Nxd7 Nexd7 25. Ra4 Qb2 26. Nb1 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roy Saptarshi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. e4 e5 8. c3 g6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Ba3 exd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Rc1
Re8 13. Re1 a6 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Qb1 Nh5 16. g3 d5 17. exd5 Ndf6
18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Re1 Nhf6 20. Bf1 Nxd5 21. Bh3 Ra8 22. Ne4
a5 23. Neg5 Nb4 24. Bc1 Bd5 25. Ne5 Nd6 26. Bf4 Nc6 27. Rd1
Ne7 28. Qd3 a4 29. Nc4 axb3 30. axb3 Ndf5 31. Ne3 Nxe3
32. fxe3 Ra3 33. Rb1 c5 34. dxc5 bxc5 35. Qb5 Ra5 36. Qd7 Qxd7
37. Bxd7 Ra2 38. e4 Bd4+ 39. Kh1 Ba8 40. Re1 Bf2 41. Rf1 h6
42. Nf3 Bxe4 43. Kg2 Be3+ 44. Kh3 Bxf4 45. gxf4 Rb2 46. Ba4
Nf5 0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Robert Ruck"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h5
7. c3 Nh6 8. Na3 Bxa3 9. bxa3 Bg4 10. Rb1 b5 11. a4 a6 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 g6 14. Bxh5 Nb6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bf3 Rxa2
17. g4 Qh4 18. Bg2 Nc4 19. Bf4 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Ra1 Rxa1
22. Qxa1 Nf7 23. Qa8+ Ke7 24. Qb7+ Kf8 25. Bg3 Kg7 26. Ra1 e5
27. Ra6 exd4 28. Rxc6 Qg5 29. Bxd5 Rf8 30. Rc7 Qf6 31. cxd4
1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gabor Papp"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O
7. Re1 h6 8. c3 Kh8 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Qb3 Nd7 11. d4 Bf6 12. dxe5
Ncxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf1 Bg5 15. Nc4 Be6 16. f4 Bh4 17. Rd1
Ng4 18. g3 Be7 19. h3 Nf6 20. Qc2 d5 21. f5 Bc5+ 22. Be3 Qe7
23. Qf2 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 Nxe4 25. Qf4 Qc5 26. Rd4 Qb6 27. Nc4
dxc4 28. Qxe4 Bd7 29. Qc2 Rad8 30. Qf2 Bc6 31. Bxc4 Rxd4
32. cxd4 Rd8 33. d5 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Bd7 35. g4 Kg8 36. b3 Kf8
37. Re1 b6 38. Ba6 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Yuryevich (Nenashev) Graf"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7
7. Na3 a6 8. Nc2 Qc7 9. O-O Ng6 10. h4 Be7 11. g3 f6 12. h5
Nf8 13. b4 c4 14. Bf4 g5 15. hxg6 Nxg6 16. exf6 Nxf4 17. fxe7
Rg8 18. Ne3 Kxe7 19. Ng2 Nh3+ 20. Kh2 Nxf2 21. Rxf2 Qxg3+
22. Kg1 Raf8 23. Qe1 Rf4 24. a4 Be8 25. b5 Na5 26. bxa6 bxa6
27. Qc1 Re4 28. Ne5 Rxe5 29. Qa3+ Kd7 30. dxe5 Qxe5 31. Re1
Rg3 32. Rf3 Bg6 33. Qc5 Nc6 34. Rxg3 Qxg3 35. Qe3 Qxe3+
36. Nxe3 Kd6 37. Nxc4+ dxc4 38. Bxc4 Bc2 39. Rxe6+ Kc5
40. Bxa6 Bxa4 41. Kf2 Bb3 42. Rh6 Bc2 43. Rh5+ Kb6 44. Be2 Ne7
45. Ke3 Bg6 46. Re5 Nf5+ 47. Kd2 Nd6 48. Bd3 Bf7 49. Ke3 h5
50. Kd4 h4 51. c4 Kc6 52. c5 Nb5+ 53. Bxb5+ Kxb5 54. Rf5 Ba2
55. Rf6 h3 56. Rb6+ Ka5 57. Ke5 Bc4 58. Rh6 Kb5 59. Kd6 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Meilis Annaberdiev"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. c3 c5 8. h3 Nc6 9. a3 d5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O c4
13. Bc2 f5 14. Ba4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Konstantin Yuryevich Landa"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3
c6 7. b3 Qe5 8. c3 d5 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. f4
Qe7 13. d3 Nc5 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. Qc2
Qd8 18. b4 Na6 19. a3 Nc7 20. c4 a5 21. c5 Be7 22. Bb2 axb4
23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ng4 25. Nf1 Bf6 26. h3 Bxb2 27. Qxb2
Qf6 28. Qb1 Nh6 29. Ne5 Bc8 30. Nd2 Nf7 31. Ndf3 Nxe5 32. Nxe5
g5 33. Qb2 gxf4 34. gxf4 h6 35. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Marin Bosiocic"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "188"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Bb3 h6
7. c3 Nd7 8. a4 a5 9. Ne1 b6 10. f4 Ba6 11. Rf2 d5 12. e5 h5
13. Bc2 Bf8 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nf5 16. Nc2 Qc8 17. b3 Qa6
18. Qd1 b5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Rb8 22. Rb2 Be7
23. Bf2 O-O 24. Nd2 a4 25. Qf3 c5 26. Rbb1 axb3 27. Rxb3 Qc6
28. c4 cxd4 29. cxd5 exd5 30. Rd3 Nc5 31. Rxd4 Ne6 32. Rd3 Rb4
33. g3 Rd8 34. Nb3 Qc4 35. Rc1 Qe4 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. Rcd1 Rb4
38. Nd4 Nc5 39. Rf3 Rc8 40. Nc2 Rb3 41. Rxb3 Nxb3 42. Ne3 d4
43. Nd5 Kf8 44. Kh1 Rc5 45. Nb4 Rc4 46. Nd3 Bd8 47. Be1 Ba5
48. Rb1 Bxe1 49. Rxb3 Bd2 50. Kg2 Rc3 51. Rxc3 dxc3 52. Nb4 g5
53. Kf3 g4+ 54. Ke4 Bc1 55. Nc2 Bd2 56. Nd4 Kg7 57. Kd3 Kg6
58. Ne2 h4 59. Nxc3 hxg3 60. hxg3 Be1 61. Ne2 Kf5 62. Ke3 Ba5
63. Nd4+ Kg6 64. Nc2 Kf5 65. Ke2 Kg6 66. Ne3 Kh5 67. Nd5 Kg6
68. Ne3 Kh5 69. Kd1 Bb6 70. Kd2 Bd8 71. Nd5 Kg6 72. Kd3 Ba5
73. Ne7+ Kh5 74. Ke2 Bd8 75. Nd5 Kg6 76. Ne3 Kh5 77. Kd3 Ba5
78. Ke4 Be1 79. Kf5 Bxg3 80. Nxg4 Bh4 81. Ne3 Kh6 82. Kg4 Bd8
83. Nf5+ Kg6 84. Nd6 Ba5 85. f5+ Kg7 86. f6+ Kg6 87. Nf5 Bc3
88. Ne7+ Kh7 89. Kf5 Bb2 90. Nc8 Kg8 91. Nd6 Kf8 92. Nxf7 Kxf7
93. e6+ Ke8 94. Kg6 Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2017.04.29"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "13.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Berelowitsch"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7
7. Na3 Nf5 8. Nc2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Ne3 Nxe3
12. fxe3 Be7 13. a3 Nc6 14. b4 Nd8 15. Ne1 O-O 16. Nd3 Bb5
17. Bd2 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nc5 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rf7 21. Qg4 Qb5
22. Rac1 Rc8 23. a4 Qe8 24. b5 Rcc7 25. h3 e5 26. e4 b6
27. exd5 bxc5 28. d6 Rcd7 29. dxc5 Ne6 30. Be3 Rf8 31. Qb4 Qd8
32. Qc4 Re8 33. Rcd1 Kh8 34. Bc1 Nd4 35. Ba3 Qc8 36. c6 Red8
37. Qd5 Re7 38. d7 Rexd7 39. cxd7 Rxd7 40. Qe4 h6 41. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "14.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. b5 Nf6
7. Bg2 a6 8. f4 axb5 9. cxb5 c6 10. O-O Be7 11. bxc6 Nxc6
12. a4 O-O 13. Na3 Nd7 14. d3 Ra6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Bd2 b6
17. f5 e5 18. f4 Nc5 19. Qf3 e4 20. dxe4 d3 21. Ne3 Nd4
22. Qg4 Rd8 23. Nd5 Rxd5 24. exd5 Bf6 25. Rae1 Qd7 26. Qh3
Rxa4 27. g4 Ra2 28. g5 Rxd2 29. gxf6 Re2 30. Ra1 Re8 31. fxg7
d2 32. f6 Qd8 33. Qh4 Nf5 34. Qg5 Ne3 35. Rfb1 Nc2 36. Bh3 Ne4
37. Qf5 Nxa1 38. Rxa1 Nd6 39. Qe5 Rxe5 40. fxe5 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2017.05.01"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "15.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Adam Horvath"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h6 6. Qd2 b5
7. f3 Nd7 8. O-O-O e6 9. Kb1 Nb6 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. e5 Nfd5
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. f4 Bg4 14. Re1 Nc4 15. Qf2 Qd7 16. h5 dxe5
17. dxe5 Bxh5 18. f5 Bg4 19. e6 fxe6 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxg6+
Ke7 22. Bc5+ Kd8 23. Nf3 Rg8 24. g4 Bxg4 25. Nd4 Be5 26. Rxh6
Kc8 27. Rh7 Rg7 28. Be8 Rxh7 29. Bxd7+ Bxd7 30. Qg2 Kb7 31. b3
Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Nd6 33. Qxd5+ Bc6 34. Qc5 a5 35. Re6 Ra6 36. Kb2
a4 37. Re2 Rf7 38. Qb4 Rf1 39. Bc5 Rd1 40. Re7 Nc8 41. Rg7 Rd7
42. Rxd7 Bxd7 43. c4 axb3 44. axb3 Nd6 45. Bg1 Kc8 46. c5 Ne8
47. Qe4 Bc6 48. Qe7 Kb7 49. Bd4 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.06"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nd2 Be7
7. Ngf3 c5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Bd3 d5 10. b4 Rc8 11. Qb1 Ba8 12. Bg3
Bd6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. f4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Bf4
g5 18. Qd1 f5 19. exf6 Nf2 20. Kxf2 Qxf6 21. Qg4 e5 22. Qd7
Qg7 23. Bf5 Rce8 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bd7 Re7
27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. Rac1 exf4 29. exf4 Rxf4+ 30. Nf3 Bb5
31. Rhe1 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Bc4 33. h3 Re4+ 34. Kf2 Re2+ 35. Kg1
Ra2 36. Ne5 b5 37. Rc3 Kf6 38. Rf3+ Ke6 39. Kh2 Rd2 40. Re3
Kf5 41. Nf7 h5 42. Re5+ Kg6 43. Nd6 Bf1 44. Re6+ Kg7 45. Re7+
Kg6 46. Re6+ Kg7 47. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.07"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "125"]

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. d5 Nc4
13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. c4 b4 17. Nbd2 Bd8
18. Nf1 Kh8 19. Ra2 Qb8 20. Be3 Ne7 21. Ng3 Qc8 22. Nh4 Neg8
23. Rf1 Ne8 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Nh2 Ne7 26. Nh5 Ng6 27. Bb1 Qd8
28. Qc1 Kg8 29. Kh1 Bh4 30. f4 exf4 31. Nxf4 Ne5 32. Nd3 Nxd3
33. Bxd3 Nf6 34. Bf4 Nh5 35. Bxd6 Ng3+ 36. Bxg3 Bxg3 37. Nf3
Qc7 38. Re2 f6 39. e5 Bxe5 40. Qc2 h6 41. Bh7+ Kh8 42. Bf5 Be8
43. Nxe5 fxe5 44. Rfe1 Qxa5 45. Rxe5 Qc7 46. Qd2 Qd6 47. Re6
Qg3 48. Rxh6+ Kg8 49. Bh7+ Kh8 50. Bf5+ Kg8 51. Bh7+ Kh8
52. Be4+ Kg8 53. d6 Ra7 54. Re6 Raf7 55. Kg1 Rf2 56. Qd1 Bf7
57. Bd5 g6 58. R6e3 Qg5 59. Bf3 Ra2 60. d7 Rd8 61. Re8+ Kg7
62. Rxd8 Qxd8 63. Qd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[Round "3.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne4 9. c4 c6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e3 Bd7
12. Ne2 Bb5 13. O-O Re8 14. Re1 Nc6 15. f3 Nf6 16. g4 Bxe2
17. Rxe2 Rc8 18. Qd3 h6 19. Bd2 a6 20. Kh1 Na5 21. Rg1 Nc4
22. Bc1 Rc6 23. h3 b5 24. e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Rd6 26. Rd1 Rd7
27. g5 Nh5 28. Qf3 g6 29. gxh6 Rxd4 30. Rf1 Ne5 31. Qf2 Rd1
32. Bb2 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Qg5 34. h7+ Kxh7 35. Bxe5 Qxe5
36. Qxf7+ Kh6 37. Rg2 Qe6 38. Qxe6 Rxe6 39. a4 bxa4 40. Kh2
Rxe4 41. Ra2 a5 42. Bb5 Nf4 43. Ra3 Kg5 44. Bxa4 Kh4 45. Bb5
g5 46. Rxa5 Re5 47. Kh1 Rd5 48. Kh2 Rd2+ 49. Kh1 Kxh3 50. Bf1+
Kh4 51. Ra4 Kg3 52. Ra3+ Kf2 53. Bc4 Rd4 54. Ra2+ Kg3 55. Ra3+
Kh4 56. Bf1 g4 57. Kg1 g3 58. Ra1 Kg4 59. Re1 Rd2 60. Ra1 Rb2
61. Kh1 Nd5 62. Bg2 Nf4 63. Bf1 Kf3 64. Kg1 Nd5 65. Bh3 Ne3
66. Re1 Rc2 67. Ra1 Re2 68. Bf1 Rb2 69. Bh3 Rc2 70. Re1 g2
71. Be6 Rc3 72. Bh3 Kg3 73. Be6 Kf3 74. Bh3 Rc2 75. Be6 Rc6
76. Bh3 Rc3 77. Bd7 Nd5 78. Bh3 Nf4 79. Bxg2+ Nxg2 80. Rf1+
Kg3 81. Rf8 Rc1+ 82. Rf1 Rc6 83. Ra1 Ne3 84. Rb1 Rc2 85. Re1
Ng2 86. Rd1 Nh4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "A R Saleh Salem"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 d6
7. Nc3 g6 8. Ne3 Bh6 9. g3 Nf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. f4
exf4 13. gxf4 Bb7 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Ng4 Bxc1
17. Rxc1 Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxg2 19. Nxd7 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Qh4
21. Nxf8 Qxh2 22. Nd7 Qh3+ 23. Kf2 Qh2+ 24. Ke3 Re8+ 25. Kd3
Rd8 26. Nd5 Rxd7 27. Kc3 Rd6 28. b3 a5 29. Rc2 Qg3+ 30. Qd3
Qe1+ 31. Kb2 bxc4 32. bxc4 Re6 33. Qc3 Qf1 34. Qxa5 Re1
35. Ka3 h5 36. Qc3 Re6 37. Rb2 Ra6+ 38. Kb4 h4 39. Kc5 Qg1+
40. Qe3 Ra5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[Round "5.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6
7. Re1 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. d4 Nd7 10. Na3 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Be3
Kh7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. a4 Rad8 16. Qe2 Nxc4
17. Qxc4 Qf6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxa7 Rg8 21. a5
f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Red1 Ra8 24. Be3 f4 25. Bd2 Bf6 26. Ne1
Rg7 27. c4 Rag8 28. Kf1 Bxg2+ 29. Nxg2 f3 30. Be3 e4 31. Ra3
Be5 32. Rb3 c6 33. Bd4 fxg2+ 34. Kg1 Rd8 35. Rbd3 Rgd7
36. Bxe5 Rxd3 37. Re1 Rg8 38. h4 Rh3 39. Bh2 Rxh4 40. Rd1 Rg7
41. b4 e3 42. fxe3 Rxc4 43. Be5 Rgg4 44. Bd6 h5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8. Nd2 Be6 9. a4 O-O-O 10. a5 h5 11. Ra4 h4
12. h3 Nd7 13. Qa1 Nc5 14. Ra2 Rh5 15. Bc3 Rg5 16. Rg1 f6
17. Rb2 Qf7 18. b4 Nd7 19. Ne4 Rg6 20. Qa3 Qf8 21. Nc5 Nxc5
22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Bb4 Bxb4+ 24. Rxb4 c5 25. Rxh4 f5 26. Rh5
Kb8 27. g4 fxg4 28. Rxe5 Qf6 29. Qxc5 gxh3 30. Rxg6 Qxg6
31. Qe7 Re8 32. Qh4 Bc8 33. Qh5 Qxh5 34. Rxh5 g6 35. Rg5 h2
36. Ng3 Rh8 37. Nh1 Rh5 38. Rg2 Rxa5 39. Kd2 Rh5 40. Rxg6 a5
41. Kc1 Rh4 42. f3 Rh3 43. Rf6 c5 44. Kb2 Kc7 45. e4 Bd7
46. Rf7 Kd8 47. f4 c4 48. d4 c3+ 49. Ka3 b5 50. f5 Re3 51. Rh7
Rxe4 52. Rxh2 b4+ 53. Kb3 Rxd4 54. Ng3 Bc6 55. Ne2 a4+ 56. Ka2
Bd5+ 57. Kb1 Rd1+ 58. Nc1 a3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[Round "7.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "156"]

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 Nd7 12. a4 Rb8
13. axb5 axb5 14. b3 Re8 15. d5 Nf8 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Nf1 Ra8
18. Ne3 Qc7 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. Bd2 Ra7 21. Nh2 Rea8 22. Ng4 Qd8
23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qg4 h6 25. Be3 Ra6 26. Qf3 Nh7 27. g3 c4
28. b4 Nb3 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Bxb3 cxb3 31. Rb1 Ra3 32. Kg2
Bxf5 33. exf5 Qd8 34. Bc1 Ra2 35. Rxb3 Nf6 36. Ra3 Rxa3
37. Bxa3 Qa8 38. Bc1 Qxd5 39. Qxd5 Nxd5 40. Bd2 Nb6 41. Kf3 d5
42. g4 Nc4 43. Be3 Kh7 44. Ke2 Nd6 45. f4 f6 46. Bb6 g6
47. Bc7 Nc4 48. fxg6+ Kxg6 49. Kd3 Kf7 50. Bb8 Ke6 51. Ke2 Na3
52. Kd2 Nc4+ 53. Ke2 Nb6 54. Kd2 Nc8 55. Ke2 Ne7 56. Ba7 Kf7
57. Bg1 Nc6 58. Bh2 Ke6 59. Bg3 Ne7 60. Bf2 Kf7 61. Bg3 Nc6
62. Bh2 h5 63. Ke3 hxg4 64. hxg4 Ke6 65. Bg3 Nd8 66. Bf2 Nf7
67. Kf3 Nd6 68. Ke3 Nc4+ 69. Ke2 Kf7 70. Bg3 Ke6 71. Bf2 Nd6
72. Ke3 Nf7 73. Kf3 Nd8 74. Ke3 Nc6 75. Bg3 Ne7 76. Bf2 Ng8
77. Kf3 Nh6 78. Be3 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[Round "8.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5
7. e4 a4 8. c3 Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Ne1
Nb6 13. f4 a3 14. Ndf3 axb2 15. Bxb2 Na5 16. Nd3 Nac4 17. Bc1
Na4 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Rb1 b5 20. h4 Be8 21. Bh3 Qd7 22. Re1 Ra6
23. f5 exf5 24. Nb4 Rd6 25. Qd3 g6 26. Bf4 Rb6 27. Bh6 Bg7
28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Ne5 Qd8 30. Bg2 Rd6 31. Re2 f4 32. Rf1 c6
33. h5 Qg5 34. gxf4 Qxh5 35. Ref2 Rdf6 36. Qg3 Nd6 37. Bf3 Nf5
38. Qg5 Qh4 39. Rh2 Qg3+ 40. Rg2 Qxg5 41. fxg5 Re6 42. Rc1 Nh4
43. Bg4 Rxe5 44. dxe5 Nxg2 45. Kxg2 Rf4 46. Bc8 Re4 47. e6 Nb6
48. Bb7 Rxe6 49. Kf2 Na4 50. Re1 Rxe1 51. Kxe1 Nxc3 52. Nxc6
Nxa2 53. Kd2 b4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[Round "9.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 b5 4. Nbd2 bxc4 5. Nxc4 d5 6. Nce5
e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. Bd2 Bxd3
12. Nxd3 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. b4 Ne4 15. Be1 Qb8 16. Rab1
Qa8 17. Rb3 f6 18. Nc5 Ndxc5 19. dxc5 Bb8 20. Nd4 e5 21. Nf5
Qb7 22. f3 Ng5 23. e4 a6 24. a4 g6 25. Ne3 dxe4 26. fxe4 Rcd8
27. Rd3 Rd4 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Qc4+ Kg7 30. Qxd4 Qe7 31. Rd1
Nxe4 32. Nc4 Bc7 33. Qd7 Qxd7 34. Rxd7+ Rf7 35. Rd3 Re7
36. Kf1 f5 37. g3 Kf6 38. Bd2 g5 39. Bc1 Ke6 40. Nd2 Nxd2+
41. Bxd2 Kf6 42. Kf2 h6 43. h3 Kg6 44. Kf3 h5 45. Kf2 g4
46. h4 Re4 47. Rd7 Be5 48. Ra7 f4 49. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Ne2
e6 7. Bd2 c6 8. f3 Bf5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nf4 Qb6 11. Bb3 Qxd4
12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Be3 Qb4 14. a3 Qa5 15. h4 e5 16. O-O-O Be7
17. h5 Bxc2 18. Kxc2 exf4 19. Bxf4 Na6 20. Rhe1 O-O 21. Qxe7
Rae8 22. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5
7. Be2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. Nxb3 Ne4
12. Bh4 e5 13. Bb5 exd4 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 g5 16. Bg3
Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bxd4 18. exd4 Kg7 19. Rac1 Be6 20. Rc7 Rab8
21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4 Rfc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc1 Bf5 25. Kf2
Kf6 26. Rc5 Rc8 27. Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Ng5 d5
7. Be2 Ng7 8. O-O h6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. a4
Nf5 13. c3 h5 14. b4 a5 15. b5 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. c4 Nd7
18. cxd5 Nxe5 19. Bb2 Qf6 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. dxe6 Rd8 22. exf7+
Kxf7 23. Qb3+ Kg7 24. Ra2 Nd4 25. Qd1 Rhf8 26. Bxb7 Nf3+
27. Qxf3 Rxf3 28. Bxf3 Qf4 29. Bc6 h4 30. Nc3 Bd6 31. Rd1 Qc4
32. Rc2 Bh2+ 33. Kxh2 Rxd1 34. Nxd1 Qxc2 35. Ne3 Qxf2 36. Nd5
Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Qa3 38. Kh2 Qxa4 39. Nb6 Qf4+ 40. Kh1 a4 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Ne2 Nh5 6. a3 Be7
7. Be5 Nd7 8. Ng3 Nhf6 9. Bf4 a6 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O O-O
12. Re1 b5 13. Nh5 Bb7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. e4
dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Rfd8
21. Ree1 Kf8 22. Kf1 Ke7 23. Ke2 f6 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Kxe3 g5
26. h4 gxh4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rh1 Rc8 29. Rxh4 Rxc2 30. Rxh7+
Kd6 31. Ra7 Rxb2 32. Rxa6+ Ke5 33. a4 Rb3+ 34. Ke2 bxa4
35. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Ng5 d5
7. Be2 Ng7 8. O-O h6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 e6 11. h3 h5 12. Nb3
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nf5 14. Bd2 h4 15. a4 Na6 16. a5 Bh6 17. Be1 Bf4
18. c3 O-O 19. Nc1 f6 20. Nd3 fxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc5
23. Qe2 Nb3 24. Ra4 Nxa5 25. Rg4 Kf7 26. Bd2 Qb6 27. Bg5 Nc4
28. b4 Ng3 29. Qc2 Nxe5 30. Be3 Nxg4 31. Bxb6 axb6 32. Bxg4
Nxf1 33. Qd1 Ng3 34. fxg3 hxg3 35. Qf3+ Ke7 36. Qxg3 Kd7
37. Qe5 Rfe8 38. Qg7+ Re7 39. Qxg6 Ra3 40. Qf6 c5 41. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nd2 d5 6. Ngf3 c5
7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Nc6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4
b5 13. Bb3 e5 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Bxd5 exd4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Nb3
d3 18. Qd2 Nce5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nbd4 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Nc5
22. Bf4 Rfd8 23. Be5 Ne4 24. Qd1 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qd5 26. Nf3 Nc5
27. Nd4 Ne6 28. Qxd3 Nxd4 29. exd4 Qxd4 30. Qb3 Qd5 31. Qa3
Qd3 32. Qa5 Rd6 33. a4 Rc8 34. axb5 Qxb5 35. b4 Rc4 36. Qxb5
axb5 37. Rfb1 Rd2 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. Rb8 Rcc2 40. Rxb5 Rxf2
41. Rg5 f5 42. h4 Kf6 43. Rb3 Rfd2 44. b5 h6 45. Rgg3 f4
46. Rgf3 Rxg2+ 47. Kf1 Rh2 48. Kg1 Rcg2+ 49. Kf1 g5 50. b6 Rb2
51. hxg5+ hxg5 52. Kg1 Rhc2 53. Rxb2 Rxb2 54. Rh3 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Be2
O-O 7. Bf4 Re8 8. Qd2 Bf8 9. f3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4
Be6 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. g4 a6 14. h4 b5 15. g5 b4 16. Nd5 a5
17. h5 c6 18. Ne3 Ne5 19. Nf5 c5 20. Qd2 c4 21. Nxd6 c3
22. Qd4 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Bc4 25. Bd1 cxb2 26. Kxb2
Bb5 27. Rd5 Nc4+ 28. Kc1 Na3 29. h6 Bc4 30. Rc5 Bxa2 31. hxg7
Rec8 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. Be5 Bb3 34. f4 Bxc2 35. Bxc2 Rxc2+
36. Kd1 b3 37. Rh3 a4 38. f5 Nc4 39. g6 fxg6 40. fxg6 h5
41. Bf6 Rd2+ 42. Ke1 b2 43. Bxb2 Rxb2 44. Rxh5 a3 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 O-O
7. h3 Ne4 8. Nd2 Nd6 9. Nc3 c5 10. Be5 cxd4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7
12. exd4 Nb4 13. a3 Nc6 14. Nf3 Ne4 15. Bd3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd6
17. O-O e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. c4 Be6 21. cxd5
Bxd5 22. Qg4 h5 23. Rae1 Qf6 24. Qg3 Rfe8 25. Bb5 Re4 26. Rxe4
Bxe4 27. Re1 Bxc2 28. Qc7 Bf5 29. Qxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be3
Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. f4 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Be4 13. Rg1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qa3 15. Bd4 Bd5 16. c4 Bf3
17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. cxd3 e6 19. Kf2 c5 20. Kxf3 cxd4 21. Bg2
O-O-O 22. Rab1 b6 23. a4 Bc5 24. a5 Kd7 25. Rb5 h5 26. g5 g6
27. Rgb1 Rc8 28. Ke2 Rc7 29. Be4 Rb8 30. Kd1 Ke7 31. Kc2 Kd7
32. axb6 axb6 33. Ra1 Ke7 34. Ra6 Kd7 35. Kb3 Ke7 36. Ka4 Kd7
37. Rb1 Ke7 38. Kb5 Rbc8 39. Rba1 Kd8 40. R1a2 Rb8 41. Ra7
Rbc8 42. R7a6 Rb8 43. Bc6 Rbc8 44. Ra8 Rxc6 45. R2a7 Rxa8
46. Rxa8+ Rc8 47. Ra7 Rc7 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Ra6 h4 50. Ra8 Kd7
51. Ra6 Rb7 52. Ra8 Kc7 53. Ra2 Kb8 54. Kc6 Rc7+ 55. Kb5 Kb7
56. Ra4 Be7 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. d3 e6 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. e4 Bg6 8. Nh3 h6 9. O-O Bh7 10. Kh1 a5 11. a4 Na6 12. e5
Nd7 13. f4 Nb4 14. Nf2 c5 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Rc1 Nb6 17. Bf1 c4
18. dxc4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc2 21. Re2 Qxd1+
22. Rxd1 Rfd8 23. Red2 Ne3 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Rc1 Nxc4
26. bxc4 Bb6 27. Kg2 Be3 28. Re1 Bd2 29. Rd1 Bb4 30. Rd7 Bc2
31. Rxb7 Bxa4 32. Ra7 Rxc4 33. Nd3 Rc2+ 34. Kh3 Bb5 35. Nxb4
Rxb2 36. Na6 Bf1+ 37. Kg4 Rxh2 38. Kf3 Bxa6 39. Rxa6 Ra2
40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. Ra7 Kg6 42. g4 a4 43. Ra6 a3 44. f5+ Kg5
45. fxe6 fxe6 46. Rxe6 Ra1 47. Ra6 a2 48. Kg2 Kxg4 49. Kh2 g5
50. e6 Re1 51. Ra4+ Kf5 52. Rxa2 Rxe6 53. Kg3 Re3+ 54. Kf2 Re5
55. Kf3 h5 56. Ra8 g4+ 57. Kg3 Re3+ 58. Kf2 Rf3+ 59. Kg2 Rb3
60. Rg8 Kf4 61. Rf8+ Kg5 62. Rf2 h4 63. Ra2 h3+ 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5
Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. Qf3 Nb6 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O-O
Qd8 12. h3 e6 13. Bc4 Be7 14. g4 Nd5 15. Be5 Bf6 16. Ne4 Bxe5
17. dxe5 O-O 18. g5 b5 19. Bb3 Qc7 20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. exf6 c5
22. fxg7 Re8 23. c3 c4 24. Bc2 Rxa2 25. Rd4 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Rxh1
27. Bxh7+ Kxg7 28. Qf6+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qf6+ Kf8 31. Qh6+
Ke7 32. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nd7 8. Kc2 e5 9. Nd2 f6 10. a4 a5 11. Bc4 Nb6
12. Bb3 Bc5 13. f3 Ke7 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Rd1 Bxb3+
17. Kxb3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 c6 19. Kc2 Nc5 20. Nc4 Nxa4 21. Ra1 b5
22. b3 bxc4 23. bxa4 Rhd8 24. Rab1 Rd7 25. Rhd1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Rb8 27. g4 f5 28. Rb1 Rf8 29. Rb7+ Ke6 30. gxf5+ gxf5 31. Rxh7
fxe4 32. fxe4 Rf4 33. Rh6+ Kd7 34. h4 Rxe4 35. Kd2 Rg4 36. h5
Rh4 37. Rh8 Kd6 38. h6 Kc5 39. h7 Rh3 40. Re8 Rxh7 41. Rxe5+
Kb6 42. Re4 Rh2+ 43. Kc1 Kc5 44. Re5+ Kb6 45. Re4 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7
7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Nf1 Nh4 10. g3 Ng2+ 11. Ke2 Bh3
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Ng1 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. h4
1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Nd2 e5
7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Ngf3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rg1
Kh8 12. Qb3 Be6 13. c4 Rfd8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7
16. Qc3 f6 17. Bc4 Qc6 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Qb3 a6 20. Qa3 b5
21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qa5 Rd7 23. Rd2 Bxe4 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. fxe4
h6 26. Qb6 Rd8 27. a3 c4 28. Kb1 c3 29. Rc1 Qd3+ 30. Ka1 cxb2+
31. Kxb2 Re8 32. Qxa6 Kh7 33. Qc6 Rxe4 34. Rc2 b4 35. axb4
Rxb4+ 36. Kc1 Qf1+ 37. Kd2 Qxf2+ 38. Kc3 Qh4 39. Kd3 Rg4
40. Qe6 Qg5 41. Rc8 Rg1 42. Qg8+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qg8+ Kg6
45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qg8+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 d6 4. c4 c5 5. d5 e5 6. Nc3 Nbd7
7. Nh3 a6 8. Nf2 h5 9. h4 Bh6 10. Bxh6 Rxh6 11. Qd2 Rh8 12. a3
Kf8 13. Rc1 Kg7 14. g3 Rb8 15. b3 Nf8 16. Be2 Bd7 17. b4 cxb4
18. axb4 a5 19. bxa5 Qxa5 20. Nb5 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Bxb5 22. cxb5
N8d7 23. Nd3 Rhc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Kxc1 Nc5
27. Nb2 Nb3+ 28. Kd1 Nd4 29. b6 Kf8 30. Nc4 Ke7 31. Ke1 Nd7
32. Kf2 Nc5 33. Bf1 f5 34. Ke3 Nc2+ 35. Kd2 Nd4 36. Ke3 Nc2+
37. Kd2 Nd4 38. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qh4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O g6
7. d3 h6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Rc8 11. Re1 Bg7
12. Nc3 b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. a5 g5 15. Qa4+ Nd7 16. a6 Ba8
17. Qxd7+ Qxd7 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Nb5 Bc6 20. Nxa7 Rc7 21. Nxc6
Kxc6 22. f4 g4 23. f5 Ra7 24. Re4 h5 25. Rea4 b5 26. Ra5 Rd8
27. Kf1 Rd5 28. Be3 Bxb2 29. Rb1 Bd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. f6 exf6
32. Ke2 Kb6 33. Rba1 h4 34. R5a2 f5 35. g3 h3 36. Kf2 Re5
37. Ra3 Re3 38. R3a2 f4 39. c4 dxc3 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7
7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 a5 9. a3 Bh7 10. c4 c6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Rab1
Rc8 13. Rfc1 Nd7 14. Qd1 b5 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Rxc8
Rxc8 18. Rc1 Bc5 19. Qf1 Rc7 20. e3 Be7 21. Rxc7 Nxc7 22. e4
Bf6 23. Qa1 Nc5 24. Bf1 dxe4 25. dxe4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4
27. a4 bxa4 28. bxa4 Nd5 29. Nb5 Bxb2 30. Qxb2 Nf6 31. Qd2 Bd5
32. Be2 Ne4 33. Qe1 Nc5 34. Qd1 g5 35. Qd4 Nd7 36. Qc3 Qc5
37. Qxa5 Qc1+ 38. Bf1 Ne5 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Nd4 Qd1 41. Nxe6+
fxe6 42. Qe7+ Nf7 43. Qb4 Qf3 44. Qd4+ e5 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 e6
7. O-O Ne7 8. Ne2 h6 9. Ng3 b6 10. c3 Bb7 11. a4 Kf8 12. Re1
Kg8 13. b4 Kh7 14. Rc1 Kg8 15. h3 Nf8 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Qa2 Qe8
18. a5 b5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Rxc4 c6 21. Rcc1 d5 22. Nd2 dxe4
23. Ngxe4 Nd5 24. Nc4 Nxb4 25. Qb1 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qe7 27. Rb1
Nf6 28. Ned6 Bc8 29. Bf4 Nd5 30. Be5 Bd7 31. Rb7 Rd8 32. Nb6
Kh7 33. Qxa6 Nxb6 34. axb6 c5 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. dxc5 Qg5
37. Qa1+ Kg8 38. Rc7 Rh7 39. b7 Qd5 40. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Nb3 Bg4 15. Bc3 Rfc8 16. h3 Bd7
17. Ba5 Qe5 18. Rad1 Qh5 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Rfe1
Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh4 23. Kg1 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Qf2+
26. Kh1 Be5 27. Rd3 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 Bg3+ 30. Kg1
Bxe1 31. Rf3 Bf2+ 32. Kf1 Nh2# 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Ng5 d5
7. Be2 Ng7 8. O-O h6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 e6 11. h3 h5 12. Nb3
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nf5 14. a4 Na6 15. c3 Nc7 16. a5 Be7 17. Bd2 Kf8
18. Nc1 Kg7 19. Nd3 Bg5 20. Nf4 Bh6 21. g3 Na6 22. b4 Nc7
23. Re1 Nb5 24. Qc2 Bg5 25. Qd3 Be7 26. h4 Qd7 27. Bg2 a6
28. Bh3 Rh7 29. Qf3 Nc7 30. Nd3 Kh8 31. Nc5 Qc8 32. Bf4 Rb8
33. Ra2 Qg8 34. Nd7 Qd8 35. Nxb8 Qxb8 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. Bg5
Bxg5 38. hxg5 Kg7 39. Qf4 Kg6 40. f3 Nb5 41. Rc1 Qd8 42. Rh2
Na3 43. Kf2 Nb5 44. Qh4 Qxg5 45. Qxg5+ Kxg5 46. Rh4 Kg6
47. Ke3 Kg5 48. Kd3 Nc7 49. Rch1 Ne8 50. g4 fxg4 51. Rxg4+
hxg4 52. Rxh7 g3 53. Ke2 Kg6 54. Rh8 Nc7 55. Rb8 Nb5 56. Rxb7
Nxc3+ 57. Kf1 Nb5 58. Rb6 Nxd4 59. Rxa6 Nxf3 60. Ra8 Kf5
61. a6 d4 62. a7 d3 63. Rd8 d2 64. a8=Q Kf4 65. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bc1 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. e4 g6
7. Bd3 Bg7 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 e6 10. Nge2 Ng4 11. h4 h6 12. h5
g5 13. f4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Na6 15. a3 Nc7 16. Qd2 b5 17. cxb5
exd5 18. exd5 a6 19. b6 Nb5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qxb6
22. Nxd6 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Bxa3 25. O-O c4 26. Ng3
Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Nf2+ 28. Kh2 Ng4+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Rxf2 Bxf2
31. Nge4 Bh4 32. Bxh6 Rd8 33. Rc1 f5 34. Nxc8 Raxc8 35. Nc3
Bf6 36. Na4 c3 37. g3 c2 38. Nb6 Rc3 39. Na4 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Bc5 10. Qd2 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2
Nf6 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. b3 h5 15. h3 h4 16. Nf1 Ne5 17. N1h2 Bc5
18. Bb2 d6 19. Qg5 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Rh6 21. Qxg7 Rg6 22. Qh8+
Kd7 23. Qxh4 Rag8 24. Bxf6 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Bxf2 26. Qxf2 Rxf2+
27. Kxf2 e5 28. Rg1 Qc5+ 29. Ke2 Rxg1 30. Rxg1 Qc8 31. h4 Kc6
32. Rg3 Qe6 33. Bg5 f6 34. Be3 Kc7 35. h5 d5 36. Rg7+ Kb8
37. h6 dxe4 38. Rxb7+ Kxb7 39. Bxe4+ Kc7 40. h7 Qh3 41. Ng1
Qg4+ 42. Kd3 Qh5 43. Kc4 f5 44. Bxf5 Qf7+ 45. Kxb4 Qe7+
46. Bc5 Qh4+ 47. Ka3 Kc6 48. Be3 a5 49. Kb2 e4 50. Nh3 Qf6+
51. Kb1 Kd5 52. Ng5 Qh6 53. Nf7 Qxe3 54. h8=Q Qg1+ 55. Kb2 e3
56. Qe5+ Kc6 57. Qd6+ Kb7 58. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Ne2 Nh5 6. a3 Be7
7. Be5 Nd7 8. g4 Nhf6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ng3 c5 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4
Bd6 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Bd3 f5 15. Nh5 b6 16. Nf4 Qe7 17. Nb5
Nxb5 18. Bxb5 Nb8 19. c3 Ba6 20. a4 Bxb5 21. axb5 a5 22. dxc5
bxc5 23. Nxd5 Qb7 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Rg1 fxg5 26. Rxg5+ Kh8
27. Qd6 Nd7 28. O-O-O Nf6 29. Qxe6 Qxb5 30. Rxf5 Rab8 31. b4
Qb6 32. Rd6 Qb7 33. Rxf6 Rfe8 34. Qd7 cxb4 35. Rf7 Qxd7
36. Rdxd7 b3 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. Rhg7+ Kh8 39. Kb2 a4 40. Rh7+
Kg8 41. Rdg7+ Kf8 42. Ra7 Kg8 43. Rhg7+ Kh8 44. Rh7+ Kg8
45. Rh5 Ra8 46. Rha5 Rxa7 47. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3
Nb4 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. a3 Nc6 11. O-O
O-O-O 12. Be3 Rg8 13. g3 Qd5 14. b3 Qh5 15. c4 Bh6 16. Bxh6
Qxh6 17. Qd3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Qxf5+ Kb8
21. Qxc5 Rd3 22. Rad1 Qg6 23. b4 Qe4 24. Rxd3 Qxd3 25. Re1 Rc8
26. Qd5 Qxc4 27. Qd6+ Ka8 28. Qxf6 Qb3 29. Re3 Qd1+ 30. Kg2
Qd5+ 31. Qf3 Qd7 32. h4 a6 33. Qe4 h6 34. Rd3 Qc7 35. Qd5 Re8
36. Rf3 Re7 37. a4 Rd7 38. Qf5 Qc6 39. b5 Qd6 40. bxa6 bxa6
41. Qe4+ Ka7 42. Rb3 Qc5 43. Qf3 f5 44. Kh2 Rf7 45. Qf4 Rc7
46. Rf3 Rf7 47. Qxh6 Qc6 48. Qf4 Qb7 49. Re3 Ka8 50. Re8+ Ka7
51. Qd4+ Qb6 52. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Emilio Cordova"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh3 c6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. f3 Nb6
12. Nf4 Nc4 13. Bc1 Bb4 14. Qb3 a5 15. e4 Bg6 16. e5 Ne8
17. Nce2 Nc7 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qd3 a4 20. Bh3 f5 21. a3 Ba5
22. Rg1 Ne6 23. f4 Bb6 24. g4 Qh4 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Bxf5 Rae8
27. Bg6 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxe5 30. Be4 c5 31. Bxd5+
Kh8 32. Qxc4 Rh5 33. Qe2 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emilio Cordova"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Qb3 Qc7 8. f3 Be7 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rc1 dxc4
12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 c5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 Bd6
17. f4 Ne4 18. Bf3 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 Rc8 20. Qc4 a5 21. Ke2 Qa7
22. h4 Ke7 23. b3 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Bc5 25. Qe4 Qa6+ 26. Qd3 Qxd3+
27. Kxd3 Bb6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Ke2 Nc5 31. Rxc5
Bxc5 32. Bb7 Rd7 33. Bf3 Rc7 34. Be4 e5 35. Bd3 exf4 36. gxf4
Rc8 37. Bc4 Rh8 38. Nc1 Rxh4 39. Nd3 Bd6 40. Bd5 f5 41. Bg2 g5
42. fxg5 Rg4 43. Bf3 Rxg5 44. Nb2 Rg3 45. Nc4 Bc7 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6
7.Re1 c5 8.c3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.Be3 Qb8 12.b3 a5
13.d4 a4 14.Nd2 axb3 15.axb3 cxd4 16.cxd4 O-O 17.Rxa8 Qxa8
18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Rc1 Qb7 20.Qf5 Re8 21.Qxe5 Bd6 22.Qf5 Nxe4
23.Nxe4 Qxe4 24.Qxe4 Rxe4 25.Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. Qb3 a5 8. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c6
7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Re1 Qd8
12. Qb3 a5 13. e4 a4 14. Qa3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 e5 16. Nd6 exd4
17. c5 Nf6 18. Bc4 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. b4 b6 21. Red1 Bg4
22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 bxc5 24. bxc5 Qg5 25. g3 Be5 26. h4 Qf6
27. Qxf6 Bxf6 28. c6 Be5 29. Nb5 Ra5 30. c7 Rxb5 31. c8=Q Rxc8
32. Rxc8+ Kg7 33. Ra8 Rb4 34. Ra5 Bc7 35. Rxd5 Rb2 36. R5xd4
Rxa2 37. R4d2 Ra3 38. Rd3 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 h5 40. Ra3 Bd6
41. Rxa4 Bc5 42. Kg2 Bb6 43. Ra2 Bd4 44. Kf3 f5 45. Rd2 Be5
46. Rd5 Kf6 47. Ra5 Ke6 48. Ra6+ Kf7 49. Ke3 Bc3 50. f4 Bf6
51. Kd3 Bb2 52. Kc4 Bf6 53. Rc6 Bb2 54. Kd5 Kg7 55. Ke6 Bd4
56. Rc7+ Kg8 57. Rd7 Bc3 58. Rd3 Bb2 59. g4 hxg4 60. h5 Kg7
61. Rd7+ Kh6 62. hxg6 Kxg6 63. Rf7 Bc1 64. Rxf5 Kh6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. Nd4 Ne7 11. Bg5 O-O
12. Qe2 Bg6 13. h4 h6 14. h5 Bh7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7
17. Rh3 Qa4 18. c3 Qc4 19. Qd2 Be4 20. f3 Bh7 21. Kf2 Qd3
22. Qe1 Rae8 23. Rd1 Qa6 24. a3 Qb6 25. Rd2 f6 26. Rg3 Be4
27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Qe3 e5 29. Ne2 Bf5 30. Rxd5 Qxb2 31. Qxa7
Qb6+ 32. Qxb6 Rxb6 33. Rc5 Re7 34. f4 exf4 35. Nxf4 Rf7
36. Re3 Kh7 37. Kg3 Ra6 38. Re8 Ra4 39. Rd8 g5 40. hxg6+ Bxg6
41. Ne6 Bf5 42. Nd4 Rg7+ 43. Kf4 Bg4 44. Re5 Rxa3 45. Ree8 h5
46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Rd6+ Kf7 48. Nb5 Ra4+ 49. Ke3 Ra6 50. Rb8
Rxd6 51. Nxd6+ Ke6 52. Nxb7 Rc7 53. Kd4 Rd7+ 54. Ke3 Rc7
55. Kd4 Rd7+ 56. Kc4 Rd2 57. Nc5+ Kf7 58. g3 Be2+ 59. Kb3 Bd1+
60. Kc4 Be2+ 61. Kb3 Bd1+ 62. Ka3 Rg2 63. Rb7+ Kg6 64. Rb8 Kf7
65. Rd8 Rxg3 66. Rxd1 Rxc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. h4 Bd7 12. g3
Qa5 13. Qb3 Ba4 14. Qxb7 O-O 15. Qb2 Rfb8 16. Qa3 Rb6 17. O-O
Nf8 18. Nf3 N8d7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rfb1 Ra6 22. Nd2
Bd7 23. Qxa5 Rxa5 24. Rb3 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke2 Kd8 27. Rb2
Ra3 28. Rc1 Kc7 29. Rcc2 Bg4+ 30. f3 Bd7 31. Rb3 Ra6 32. Rcb2
Rb6 33. Rb1 Ra6 34. Rb7+ Kc8 35. R7b2 Ra3 36. Rc2 Ba4 37. Nb3
Kc7 38. Rcb2 Bd7 39. g4 Rb8 40. Na1 Rb6 41. Nc2 Ra4 42. Ne3
Ra3 43. Kd2 Ng8 44. Bc2 Rxb2 45. Rxb2 Ne7 46. h5 Ng8 47. Bb3
Nf6 48. Kd3 Nh7 49. Rb1 Ng5 50. Nc2 Ra6 51. Ke3 Nh3 52. Ne1
Nf4 53. Nd3 Nxd3 54. Kxd3 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Li Chao"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bg2 Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. g4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be6
12. f4 f6 13. Nd3 Bxg4 14. Rb1 e6 15. c4 Nc6 16. Nf2 Bh5
17. f5 gxf5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rxb7 Re8 20. Rb2 Rb8 21. Rxb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Li Chao"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "229"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nb6 9. Qa3 Na6 10. h3 Be6 11. e3 O-O
12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Nc4 14. Nxc4 Bxc4 15. c6 bxc6 16. Re1 Rb8
17. Nd4 Nb4 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Bxc6 Qc7 20. Qa4 Bd3 21. e4 Be5
22. Qa3 Rfd8 23. Bd5 Bc2 24. Bg5 Bxb2 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Bf4 Qc3
27. Re3 Qd4 28. Rf1 Rb6 29. Bh6 Rf6 30. Qe2 Rc8 31. Bg5 Rb6
32. Bxe7 Ba4 33. Qf3 Be8 34. e5 Rb5 35. Be6 Rcb8 36. Bd6 Rd8
37. Bb3 Qb6 38. e6 Rf5 39. Bf4 Bd4 40. Re4 a5 41. g4 Rf6
42. Qg3 a4 43. Bc7 Bxf2+ 44. Rxf2 Rd3 45. exf7+ Bxf7 46. Bxf7+
Kxf7 47. Bxb6 Rxg3+ 48. Kh2 Rxf2+ 49. Bxf2 Ra3 50. Re7+ Kf6
51. Bd4+ Kg5 52. Re2 Kf4 53. Bf2 Kf3 54. Rc2 Rd3 55. Bc5 h5
56. Rf2+ Ke4 57. g5 Rd5 58. Be7 Ke3 59. Rf6 h4 60. Re6+ Kf3
61. Rf6+ Ke3 62. a3 Rd2+ 63. Kg1 Rd5 64. Rf2 Rd7 65. Kf1 Rd1+
66. Kg2 Rd7 67. Rf3+ Ke4 68. Bf6 Rd2+ 69. Rf2 Rd3 70. Re2+ Kf4
71. Rf2+ Ke4 72. Rb2 Rxa3 73. Rb4+ Kf5 74. Rxh4 Ra2+ 75. Kf3
Ra3+ 76. Ke2 Ra2+ 77. Kd3 a3 78. Ra4 Rg2 79. Ra5+ Kf4 80. Kc4
a2 81. Kb3 Rg3+ 82. Kxa2 Rxh3 83. Ra4+ Kf5 84. Kb2 Rd3 85. Kc2
Rd7 86. Kc3 Rd1 87. Rd4 Re1 88. Kd2 Re6 89. Kd1 Re3 90. Rd2
Kg4 91. Re2 Rb3 92. Ke1 Rb1+ 93. Kf2 Rb4 94. Kg2 Kh5 95. Kf3
Rb3+ 96. Kf4 Rb4+ 97. Ke5 Rh4 98. Kd6 Ra4 99. Rh2+ Kg4
100. Ke6 Ra7 101. Rh6 Ra6+ 102. Kf7 Kf5 103. Rh1 Ra7+ 104. Be7
Rb7 105. Rf1+ Kg4 106. Kxg6 Rxe7 107. Rg1+ Kf4 108. Kh6 Re2
109. g6 Kf5 110. Rf1+ Ke6 111. g7 Rh2+ 112. Kg6 Rg2+ 113. Kh7
Rh2+ 114. Kg8 Ra2 115. Rh1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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. Bd3 c5 10. d5 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. h4
Bf6 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. Ng5 h6 15. f4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 e5 17. f5 b5
18. Nf3 bxc4 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. g4 Qb3 21. Qxb3 cxb3 22. g5 Bd8
23. gxh6 g6 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Bg5 gxf5 26. Bxd8 Raxd8 27. Rg7
fxe4 28. Ng5 Bxd5 29. O-O-O f6 30. Nh7 Rf7 31. Rdg1 f5 32. Ng5
Rfd7 33. Rg6 e3 34. Rf6 f4 35. h7 c4 36. Rd1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Nf3 Nc6
12. a3 Nh5 13. Be5 f6 14. Bf4 Nxf4 15. exf4 g6 16. O-O Kf7
17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. h4 f5 19. Qb3 Bf6 20. Nb5 Be8 21. Rad1 a6
22. Nc3 b5 23. Re2 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Bxf5 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2
gxf5 27. Nxd5 Qxh4 28. Ne3 Qf6 29. Rd6 Rc1+ 30. Rf1 Rc6
31. Rfd1 Rg8 32. Rxc6 Bxc6 33. Rd6 Rc8 34. Qd1 Ke7 35. Qd2 a5
36. Rd3 h5 37. Rc3 Rd8 38. Qe1 Be4 39. Qe2 Qh4 40. Qxb5 Qxf4
41. Qxa5 Rd7 42. Qc5+ Qd6 43. Qxd6+ Rxd6 44. Nf1 Rd1 45. Kf2
f4 46. Rh3 Bd3 47. Nh2 Bg6 48. Nf3 Rb1 49. Rh4 Rxb2+ 50. Kg1
Ra2 51. Rxf4 Rxa3 52. Kf2 Bf5 53. Nh4 Bg4 54. Ng6+ Kd6
55. Rd4+ Kc5 56. Rd2 Bf5 57. Ne5 Rb3 58. Nf3 Be4 59. Nd4 Rb6
60. Ke3 Bd5 61. Kf4 Rb1 62. Ke5 Kc4 63. g3 Rg1 64. Rc2+ Kd3
65. Rc3+ Kxc3 66. Ne2+ Kd3 67. Nxg1 Ke3 68. Nh3 Kf3 69. Nf4
Kg4 70. Ne2 Bc4 71. Nf4 Bb3 72. Ne2 Bc4 73. Nf4 Bd5 74. Ne2
Bb3 75. Nf4 Bc4 76. Ke4 Ba6 77. Nxe6 Kxg3 78. Ng7 h4 79. Nf5+
Kg4 80. Nxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 f6 5. Bb5 Qd7 6. Nf3 a6
7. Bd3 fxe5 8. dxe5 Nh6 9. O-O g6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. Qd2 Nf7
12. Rfe1 b6 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rad1 Ne7 15. Ng5 O-O 16. Nxf7 Rxf7
17. Bh6 Raf8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f3 c5 20. Ne2 Qa4 21. c3 Qh4
22. Rf1 Bc6 23. Bxa6 b5 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qe3 Rb8 26. Qxc5 Rxb2
27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Rb1 Ra2 29. Rb7 Qg5 30. Be2 Nf5 31. f4 Nxd4
32. Qxd4 Qf5 33. Bf3 Be8 34. Bxd5 Rxb7 35. Bxb7 Qc2 36. Qc5
Bf7 37. h4 Qb2 38. Bf3 Ra1 39. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 40. Kh2 Qc1 41. Kg3
a3 42. Qe7 Qxc3 43. h5 gxh5 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qf6+
Kg8 47. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6
7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 Nh7 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nb3 O-O
12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Na5 Qe8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. a4 Rd8 16. Qb3 b6
17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qb5 Rd6 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. c4 Qd7 21. c5 Rd3
22. Qa6 Qc6 23. Bxh6 Qxc5 24. Rac1 Qb4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nxe5
R3d6 27. Qxa7 Ng5 28. h4 Ne6 29. Qa6 Rh8 30. g3 Rh5 31. Nd3
Qd4 32. Re3 Ra5 33. Qb7 Rxa4 34. e5 Qd5 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. Rc6
Rad4 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. gxf4 Rxf4 39. Rxc7 Kh6 40. Kg2 Rf5
41. Re7 Rd4 42. Kg3 Kh5 43. f3 Rxh4 44. Rb3 Rhf4 45. e6 fxe6
46. Rxe6 b5 47. Ree3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e5 6. Bg2 Nd7
7. a3 a5 8. b5 Bd6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxb7 Rb8 11. Bg2 Ngf6 12. d3
Qe7+ 13. Kf1 Nc5 14. Bc6+ Kf8 15. Ra2 Nfd7 16. gxf4 Qf6
17. Nd2 Qxf4 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. h4 h5 20. Bg5 Ne5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5
22. Be4 Qe6 23. Bd5 Qf5 24. Be4 Qe6 25. f3 Rxb5 26. Bd5 Qd6
27. Bxf7 Rb7 28. Bd5 c6 29. Be4 Bxa3 30. Qa4 Bb4 31. f4 Rf7
32. Kg2 Ng4 33. Qxc6 Qxc6 34. Bxc6 Ne3+ 35. Kf3 g6 36. Be4 Kg7
37. c5 Ng4 38. c6 Rc8 39. Rc1 Bc3 40. Bd5 Ne5+ 41. Ke2 Nxc6
42. Bxf7 Kxf7 43. Rb1 Re8+ 44. Kf1 Re3 45. Rb6 Nb4 46. Re2
Nxd3 47. f5 Rxe2 48. fxg6+ Kg7 49. Kxe2 Nc1+ 50. Bxc1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.15"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 O-O 8. Qe2 Re8 9. h3 Nd7 10. Nd1 Nf8 11. Ne3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.16"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Re1 a6 10. Ne5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 d6 13. Ng4 Be7 14. e4 b5 15. Qe2 bxc4 16. d5 Qc8
17. e5 exd5 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Qxe7 d4 20. Qe4 Qc6 21. Bxd4 f5
22. Qxc6 Nxc6 23. Ne3 Nxd4 24. Rad1 f4 25. Rxd4 fxe3 26. Rxe3
Rab8 27. Re2 c3 28. bxc3 Rb6 29. Rb4 Rxb4 30. cxb4 Rb8 31. Rb2
Kf7 32. Kf3 Ke6 33. Ke4 d5+ 34. Kd3 Kd6 35. a4 Rb7 36. f4 h5
37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Kc5 39. Rc2+ Kxb5 40. Kd4 Rf7 41. Kxd5
1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.23"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "1.18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. d4 O-O
7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3 Nc5 9. Be3 e6 10. Rc1 a5 11. Ne1 exd5
12. cxd5 d6 13. Bd4 Re8 14. Nc2 h5 15. h3 Qd7 16. Re1 Ba6
17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rh8 21. Bf3 Nfd7
22. Kg2 Be5 23. Rh1+ Kg7 24. Qd2 Rae8 25. Be3 Rxh1 26. Rxh1
Rh8 27. Rxh8 Kxh8 28. g5 Bg7 29. b4 axb4 30. Nxb4 Bc8 31. Nc6
Qe8 32. Bd4 Ne5 33. Qe3 Bd7 34. Nxe5 Bxe5 35. Ne4 Nxe4
36. Bxe4 Kg8 37. f4 Bxd4 38. Qxd4 c5 39. dxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.24"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "2.35"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Gudmundur Kjartansson"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O
7. O-O a5 8. d3 Na6 9. a3 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. d4
Nd7 13. Nd3 e6 14. e3 Qe7 15. Nc3 Rfc8 16. Re1 Nc7 17. h4 Ne8
18. a4 Nd6 19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. axb5 Qe8 21. Bf1 Nf6 22. Ne5 Ne4
23. Qd3 f6 24. Nf3 Bf8 25. Rec1 Bb4 26. Ne1 Bd2 27. Rcb1 Bc3
28. Ng2 e5 29. Ne1 exd4 30. exd4 Qd7 31. Ng2 Bxb2 32. Rxb2 Rc3
33. Qd1 Qc7 34. Nf4 Re8 35. Bg2 Rc8 36. Bh3 f5 37. Bf1 Rc1
38. Rxc1 Qxc1 39. Qxc1 Rxc1 40. Nd3 Rc3 41. Ne5 Bc8 42. Bd3
Kf8 43. Kg2 Ke7 44. Rc2 Rxc2 45. Bxc2 Bd7 46. Nxd7 Kxd7
47. Kf3 Ke6 48. Ke3 h6 49. Bd3 Nd6 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Ke3 g5
52. hxg5+ hxg5 53. f3 Ne8 54. Be2 Ng7 55. g4 Ne6 56. Bf1 Nf4
57. Bd3 fxg4 58. fxg4 Nxd3 59. Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.25"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "3.29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Deimante Cornette"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Be3 Nb8 10. h3 Bh5 11. d4 Nbd7
12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. g4 Bg6 14. d5 h5 15. Qe2 c6 16. Rac1 Rc8
17. Rfd1 cxd5 18. cxd5 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Bxe4
21. Bb6 Qxb6 22. Qxe4 Nc5 23. Qe2 f5 24. Nd4 fxg4 25. Qxg4
exd4 26. cxd4 Qb2 27. f3 Nd3 28. Qe6+ Rf7 29. Qc8+ Bf8
30. Rxd3 Re7 31. Qc3 Qxa2 32. Re3 Rf7 33. Re8 Qxd5 34. Kf2 Qh5
35. Rce1 Qh4+ 36. Ke2 Qh3 37. Rf1 d5 38. Qe3 Rf6 39. Kd2 Qxf1
0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.26"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "4.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ilya Khmelniker"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Bf4 Re8
12. Qa4 c5 13. Rfd1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. e3 c4
17. Nd2 Rec8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qc7 20. Qb5 Rd8 21. Qh5 f6
22. Re1 Rab8 23. Re3 Qf7 24. Qe2 Nc7 25. Nd6 Rxd6 26. Re7 Re6
27. Rxf7 Rxe2 28. Rxc7 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rbe8 30. Rxa7 Rb2 31. a4
Ree2 32. Kf3 Rxf2+ 33. Ke4 Rxh2 34. Kd5 Rhg2 35. Re1 h5
36. Re3 b5 37. a5 b4 38. a6 bxc3 39. Rxc3 Ra2 40. Kc6 Rgd2
41. d5 Ra5 42. d6 Rad5 43. Rd7 Ra5 44. Kb6 Ra4 45. Kb5 Rda2
46. Ra7 Ra5+ 47. Kb6 Rd5 48. d7 Rad2 49. Rxc4 Kh7 50. Rb7 Rd6+
51. Rc6 Rxd7 52. Rxd7 Rxd7 53. a7 Rd8 54. Kc7 Rf8 55. Ra6 Ra8
56. Kb7 Rxa7+ 57. Rxa7 Kg6 58. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.27"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "5.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alan Pichot"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d5 Nb8 8. Be3 c6 9. a4 b6 10. Nd4 cxd5 11. exd5 a6 12. f4
Qd7 13. Bf3 Ng4 14. Bc1 Qc7 15. Ne6 fxe6 16. Bxg4 e5 17. Bxc8
Qxc8 18. fxe5 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Nd7 20. Bg5 Nxe5 21. Bxe7 Rxf1+
22. Qxf1 Qb4 23. Re1 Re8 24. Bg5 Qxb2 25. Ne4 Qxc2 26. Nf6+
Bxf6 27. Qxf6 Qxa4 28. h3 Nf7 29. Ra1 Qc4 30. Bd2 Qxd5 31. Bc3
Ne5 32. Rxa6 Rf8 33. Qe7 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Nf3+ 35. Kg3 Nd4 36. Kh2
Nf3+ 37. Kg3 Nd4 38. Kh2 Qc1 39. Qxd6 Qxc3 40. Qd5+ Kg7
41. Qe5+ Kg8 42. Qd5+ Kg7 43. Ra7+ Kh6 44. Qe4 Nf5 45. Qb7
Qe5+ 46. Kg1 Qg7 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.29"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "7.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Sunil Dhopade Swapnil"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Nbd7
7. Nbd2 e6 8. Qe2 Bd6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 e5 11. Bg2 Qe7 12. a3
a5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Qg4 O-O 15. Bf3 e4 16. dxe4 Be5 17. c3 Nc5
18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf4 20. exf4 Bxc3+ 21. Kf1 Bxb2 22. Ra2
Bc3 23. f6 Qd6 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. f5 Bxd2 26. f6+ Kh8 27. Rxd2
Nxb3 28. Rd1 Nc5 29. Rg1 Rae8 30. Rd4 Qe5 31. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "8.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Qd6 10. Rc1 Rae8 11. O-O
Nc8 12. b4 Nb6 13. a3 Re6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne7 16. e4 c6
17. e5 Qd8 18. Be2 Rh6 19. b5 f6 20. f4 Nf5 21. Qd3 fxe5
22. dxe5 Nc4 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Nd1 Rg6 25. Bg4 Qb6+ 26. Rf2
Nfe3 27. Nxe3 Nxe3 28. Rb1 Qc5 29. Bh5 Rg3 30. e6 g6 31. Bf3
Nxg2 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vidit Santosh Gujrathi"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Rd1 Rd8 10. Be2 dxc4 11. O-O Bd7
12. Qc2 Na5 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. f4 Bd6 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Qa4 Bb4
17. Ne4 b6 18. a3 Bd6 19. Nc3 a6 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 c5
22. Qa4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 b5 24. Qb6 f5 25. Kh1 Rdd8 26. e4 fxe4
27. Qe3 Bc5 28. Qxe4 Rac8 29. a4 b4 30. Na2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.10.28"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 d6
12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. Rac1 Qe8 14. Qe3 Bd8 15. g4 a4 16. b4 b5
17. c5 Ra6 18. Qd3 Nf6 19. Bg5 Nxg4 20. Bxd8 Qxd8 21. Qxb5 Qa8
22. Ne1 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Rb8 24. Qc4 a3 25. cxd6 Rxd6 26. Qxc7
Rdb6 27. Rd3 Nf6 28. Qc3 Rxb4 29. Qxa3 Ra4 30. Qc5 Rxa2
31. Qe5 Ra5 32. Qg3 h6 33. h4 Rb2 34. Rdc3 Qe4 35. Rc8+ Kh7
36. R8c7 Rb1 37. Qe3 Raa1 38. Qxe4+ Nxe4 39. Rxb1 Rxb1+
40. Kh2 Nxf2 41. Nf4 e5 42. dxe5 Ng4+ 43. Kg2 Nxe5 44. Re7 Rb5
45. h5 Ng4 46. Rxf7 Nf6 47. Kf3 Nxh5 48. e3 Re5 49. Nd3 Re8
50. e4 Rd8 51. Nc5 Rc8 52. Nd3 Rc3 53. Ke3 Nf6 54. Ra7 Rc4
55. Re7 h5 56. Nf4 Kh6 57. Kf3 Ra4 58. Re6 Ra3+ 59. Kg2 Kg5
60. Nh3+ Kh4 61. Nf2 Re3 62. Re5 Re2 63. Rf5 Ng4 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.10.29"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Mircea-Emilian Parligras"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. a3 Bd6 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Bb4+ 10. axb4 Qxd5 11. f3 Nc6
12. Kf2 Qxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Bf4 Nc2 15. Rc1 Nxb4 16. Bxc7
Be6 17. Bd6 Na2 18. Rc7 Rac8 19. Rxb7 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Rc2 21. g4
a5 22. Nh3 Re8 23. Rd1 Bc4 24. Ng1 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Rcxe2+
26. Kg3 h6 27. Rdd7 g5 28. Bd2 Rc8 29. h4 Rc2 30. Rd8+ Kg7
31. Rbd7 gxh4+ 32. Kxh4 Rxb2 33. Rd6 Re6 34. f4 Rxd6 35. Rxd6
Rb8 36. f5 a4 37. Ra6 Nb4 38. Bc3+ Kh7 39. Rd6 Na2 40. Bd4 Nc1
41. Kh5 Kg8 42. Rxh6 f6 43. Bxf6 Kf7 44. g5 Rb5 45. Rh7+ Ke8
46. Re7+ Kf8 47. Kg6 Nd3 48. Re4 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.10.30"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Benjamin Bok"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 e6
7. dxe6 dxe6 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nd3 Nb6 11. Na3 Nc6
12. Rb1 Nd4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Bf8 15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 fxe5
17. Bg5 Re8 18. Nf2 Bf5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Rc1 Bxe4
22. Bxe4 Kg7 23. Nb1 Nf5 24. Nc3 Rd8 25. b3 Red7 26. Rf1 Ne3
27. Rf3 Ng4 28. h3 Nf6 29. Re3 Nc8 30. g4 h6 31. Bd5 Nxd5
32. Nxd5 Re8 33. Nc3 b6 34. a3 Re6 35. b4 cxb4 36. axb4 Rc6
37. c5 bxc5 38. b5 Re6 39. Na4 Rc7 40. Nxc5 Kf7 41. Rec3 Rb6
42. Ne4 Rxc3 43. Rxc3 Ne7 44. Rc7 Ke6 45. Rxa7 Rxb5 46. Ra6+
Kd7 47. Nf6+ Kc7 48. Re6 Kd8 49. Rd6+ Kc8 50. Kf2 Rc5 51. Kf3
Rc6 52. Rxc6+ Nxc6 53. Ke4 Kc7 54. Nh7 Kd6 55. Nf8 g5 56. Ng6
Ke6 57. h4 gxh4 58. Nxh4 Nd8 59. Ng6 Nf7 60. Nf8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.10.31"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Qc2 d5 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Nc3 dxc4
12. e4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qe2 Bb4 15. Bg5 Ne8 16. Qxc4 Bb7
17. Rfe1 Nd6 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Rad1 Rae8 20. Bf4 Kh8 21. a3 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 f5 23. Rc1 Nb5 24. Qc4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bd5 26. Qd3 Bxe4
27. Qxe4 Qxd4 28. Qc6 Qd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Bxc7
Nxc7 32. Rxc7 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Kg8 34. Rc6 b5 35. Rc5 b4 36. axb4
axb4 37. Rxd5 Re2 38. b3 Rb2 39. Rd3 Kf7 40. h4 Ke6 41. g4 Ke5
42. Kf3 g6 43. g5 Rb1 44. Re3+ Kf5 45. Kg2 Kf4 46. Rd3 Ke4
47. Rg3 Kf5 48. Re3 Kf4 49. Rd3 Ke4 50. Rd7 Rxb3 51. Rxh7 Rc3
52. Rb7 b3 53. Rb6 Kf5 54. f3 Rc2+ 55. Kg3 b2 56. Rb5+ Ke6
57. f4 Kd6 58. Kg4 Rg2+ 59. Kf3 Rh2 60. Kg3 Rc2 61. h5 gxh5
62. f5 Rc4 63. g6 Rg4+ 64. Kf3 Rg5 65. Kf4 Rg4+ 66. Kf3 Rg5
67. Rxb2 Rxf5+ 68. Ke4 Rf8 69. Rb6+ Ke7 70. Ke5 Ra8 71. Rb7+
Kf8 72. Kf6 h4 73. Rf7+ Kg8 74. Rg7+ Kf8 75. Rf7+ Kg8 76. Rg7+
Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.01"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 c6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. Nd2 e6
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. f3 Bg6 9. e3 Be7 10. g4 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. c4 a5 13. a3 Qxb3 14. Nxb3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Rc1 N8d7
17. Ke2 Nd5 18. Bg3 Bh4 19. e4 N5b6 20. Nd2 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Ke7
22. g5 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Bb5 Rd8 26. Ke3 a4
27. Rc1 Rxd2 28. Kxd2 Nb3+ 29. Kd1 Nxc1 30. Kxc1 f6 31. gxf6+
gxf6 32. Kc2 Kd6 33. Kc3 Kc5 34. Be8 g5 35. Bf7 Nc4 36. Bxe6
Ne5 37. Bc8 b6 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Ng6 40. Bd7 b5 41. e5 fxe5
42. fxe5 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nd2 Bg7
7. N2f3 d6 8. O-O Nd7 9. b3 Ne7 10. Ba3 Qc7 11. Qd2 O-O
12. Rad1 Nc5 13. c4 e5 14. Ne2 Bg4 15. Ne1 f5 16. h3 Bh5
17. Bb1 Bh6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxe2 20. Bxc5 Rfc8 21. Ba3
Bf8 22. Rb6 Rc7 23. Bxe7 Bxe7 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Bxf5 Rf8
26. Be6+ Kh8 27. b4 e4 28. Bd5 Bh4 29. f3 Bf6 30. Nc2 exf3
31. Rxf3 Bxc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rbxf6 Rxf6 34. Rxf6 Rxc2
35. a4 Rc4 36. Rb6 a5 37. bxa5 Rxa4 38. Rb5 Ra2 39. Kh2 Ra3
40. h4 h6 41. Rb6 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nh3 g5 10. d3 Bg7 11. Ng1 O-O
12. Nc3 c5 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Nc6 15. Nf3 Re8 16. h4 g4
17. Nd2 Nd4 18. Nde4 Nh7 19. Nd5 Qc6 20. c4 f5 21. Nec3 Nf6
22. f3 g3 23. b4 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Qd6 25. Qa4 Bd7 26. bxc5 Qxc5
27. Qxd7 Qxc3+ 28. Bd2 Qc8 29. Rb7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Red8
31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Bd1 Rxd5 33. f4 exf4 34. Bxf4 Ne6 35. Bxg3
Rxd3 36. Bb3 Bc3+ 37. Kf1 Rxg3 38. Bxe6+ Kg7 39. Bxf5 Re3
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.06"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. b4 Be7
7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bb3 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bd6 10. Qc2 a5 11. b5 Nb8
12. O-O Nbd7 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ba3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Be6 16. c4 Nd7
17. Qe3 Qe7 18. Nxe5 Bxa3 19. Nxd7 Rfd8 20. Rxa3 Rxd7 21. c5
Rad8 22. Nf3 Bc4 23. Re1 h6 24. h4 Rd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Qf4
Bb3 27. c6 b6 28. Ne5 Rd4 29. Nd7 Qd6 30. e5 Qb4 31. Qe3 Rd3
32. Qxd3 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 Bxa4 34. Nf6+ gxf6 35. Qg3+ Kf8
36. exf6 Qb4 37. Qxc7 Qxh4+ 38. Kg1 Qxf6 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Qg4+
Kf8 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qg4+ Kf8 43. Qxa4 Qd6 44. Qc2 Qc7 45. Qc1
Ke7 46. Qxh6 Qe5 47. Qc1 Qc5 48. Qe1+ Kf8 49. Qd1 Kg7 50. g3
Qc3 51. Qg4+ Kf8 52. Qf4 Qc2 53. Qd6+ Kg7 54. Qe5+ Kg6 55. c7
a4 56. g4 Qd1+ 57. Kh2 Qxg4 58. Qg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.16"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. h3 Nf5 8. d5 Bd6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. O-O-O Re8
12. e3 Bxf4 13. exf4 Ne7 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bb3 a5 16. Nxb5 a4
17. Bc2 Nexd5 18. Rhe1 d6 19. Nfd4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Nb6 21. Nf5
Qd7 22. Nc3 Re8 23. g4 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 g6 25. Ng3 Nfd5 26. f5
Nxc3 27. Qxc3 Qd8 28. Kb1 Bg2 29. f4 d5 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. f5
d4 32. Qd2 d3 33. Qxg2 Qd4 34. Bd1 Nc4 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Qb7
Nd2+ 37. Ka2 Qc4+ 38. b3 Qc1 39. Qd5+ Kg7 40. Qd7+ Kf8
41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Qxd3 Qxd1 44. bxa4 c5 45. Ne4
Nxe4 46. Qxd1 Nc3+ 47. Kb3 Nxd1 48. a5 Ne3 49. a6 c4+ 50. Kc3
Nd5+ 51. Kxc4 Nc7 52. a7 g5 53. Kc5 Ke7 54. Kc6 Na8 55. Kd5
Kf6 56. Kd6 Kf7 57. Ke5 Kg6 58. Ke6 Nb6 59. a4 Na8 60. a5 Kg7
61. Kf5 Kh6 62. Kf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "2.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bd3
Nc6 7. Ne2 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Bb7 9. Nbc3 Nf6 10. Bf3 O-O 11. O-O
Qc8 12. Rad1 Ne7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Qe3 Rfe8
16. f3 Qa6 17. b3 Qa5 18. Rd3 a6 19. Nge4 Nd7 20. a4 Nf5
21. Qd2 Qb4 22. Rb1 Nf8 23. d5 exd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 c6
26. Ndc3 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Re3 28. Nde4 Ne6 29. Rd1 h5 30. b4 h4
31. h3 Ng3 32. Kf2 Nxe4+ 33. Kxe3 Nxc3 34. Rd6 Nxa4 35. Rxc6
Kf8 36. c5 bxc5 37. Rxa6 Nc3 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. bxc5 Nd5+
40. Ke4 Nf6+ 41. Ke5 Nxc5 42. Kf5 Ne6 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44. Ra8+
Ne8 45. Kg4 g5 46. g3 hxg3 47. Kxg3 f6 48. h4 Kf7 49. hxg5
Nxg5 50. f4 Ne4+ 51. Kg4 Ng7 52. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "3.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Li Chao"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. c4 d5 11. Qb3 c5
12. cxd5 Nb6 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Nb5
Rd8 17. Be2 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Be5 Bd7 20. Rfd1 Bxb5
21. Bxb5 Nb4 22. Bc7 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 a6 24. Be2 Kf8 25. Bg4 g6
26. g3 h5 27. Bh3 Nc6 28. Rd7 Nb8 29. Rd5 Nc6 30. Rd7 Nb8
31. Rd5 Nc6 32. Bb6 Ke8 33. Rd7 Rb8 34. f4 h4 35. Kf2 hxg3+
36. Kxg3 Bd8 37. Bc5 Be7 38. Bxe7 Nxe7 39. Kh4 f6 40. Be6 a5
41. Kg4 Kf8 42. h4 b5 43. h5 gxh5+ 44. Kxh5 a4 45. b4 Ke8
46. f5 Nc6 47. Rh7 Rd8 48. Kg6 Rd2 49. Kxf6 Kd8 50. Rb7 Nxb4
51. Rxb5 Rxb2 52. Ra5 Nc6 53. Rxa4 Rb4 54. Ra3 Kc7 55. Kf7
Ne5+ 56. Ke7 Nc6+ 57. Kf7 Ne5+ 58. Kg7 Rg4+ 59. Kf8 Rf4
60. Ke7 Nc6+ 61. Kf7 Rf2 62. Ra1 Rf4 63. Ra2 Kd6 64. Ra6 Kc7
65. f6 Ne5+ 66. Kg7 Rf1 67. Bh3 Rf3 68. Be6 Rf1 69. Ra7+ Kd6
70. Bh3 Rg1+ 71. Kf8 Rg3 72. Bc8 Rc3 73. Ra6+ Kc7 74. Re6 Re3
75. f7 Kxc8 76. Ke8 Nxf7 77. Rxe3 Nd6+ 78. Ke7 Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6
7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. O-O-O Nxf4 11. exf4 g5
12. Bd3 gxf4 13. Rhe1 Kf8 14. Bf5 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nb6
17. g4 Bxf5 18. Qc5+ Kg7 19. gxf5 Qf6 20. Re7 Rhe8 21. Rg1+
Kh7 22. Rge1 Rxe7 23. Qxe7 Qxf5 24. Nh4 Qd7 25. Qf6 Rg8
26. Re7 Qg4 27. Nf5 Qg1+ 28. Kc2 Qxf2+ 29. Kb3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.20"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Qd6 10. O-O Nd8 11. Nb5 Qb6
12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 c6 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Qc2 a5 16. Rab1 Ne6
17. a3 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rfc1 Rec8 20. b4 Qd8 21. Qb3 axb4
22. axb4 g5 23. Qd1 g6 24. h3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Ne4
7. Nc3 c6 8. Nd2 Nd6 9. b3 Nd7 10. a4 h5 11. b4 h4 12. b5 hxg3
13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. a5 a6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ba3 Rb8
18. Qc2 Nfe4 19. Ncxe4 fxe4 20. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 21. Qxb1 e3
22. Qg6+ Nf7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. fxe3 O-O 25. Qd3 Qg5 26. e4
dxc4 27. Nxc4 c5 28. Qe3 Qxe3+ 29. Nxe3 cxd4 30. Nc2 e5 31. e3
Rc8 32. Nb4 dxe3 33. Bf1 Rb8 34. Nxa6 Rb2 35. Nc5 Ng5 36. Bg2
Bh3 37. Bxh3 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.23"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nbd2 Na6
12. Nxc4 Nb4 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qa3 Rfd8 16. Rac1
Nd5 17. Qa1 N5f6 18. b3 Qb4 19. Ncd2 Rac8 20. e3 Ne4 21. Nc4
Nd6 22. Ne1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Qe7 25. Nd3 c5 26. Qa3
Kf8 27. Qb3 b6 28. Qb5 cxd4 29. exd4 Qd6 30. Nf4 Qc6+ 31. Qxc6
Rxc6 32. d5 Rd6 33. dxe6 Nc5 34. e7+ Kxe7 35. Nd5+ Kf8 36. Ra1
Rc8 37. Rdb1 Nd7 38. Ne3 Ne5 39. Rc1 Rd2 40. Rcb1 Nd3 41. Rf1
g6 42. Ra3 Rc6 43. Rb3 Nc5 44. Ra3 Ne4 45. Raa1 Rf6 46. Ng4
Rfd6 47. Ne3 Rf6 48. Ng4 Rf5 49. Rfd1 Rc5 50. Rxd2 Nxd2
51. Nf6 Ke7 52. Nd5+ Kd6 53. Rd1 Nxc4 54. Nxb6+ Kc6 55. Nd7
Rd5 56. Rc1 Rd4 57. Ne5+ Kc5 58. Nxf7 Kb4 59. Ng5 Nd2 60. Ne6
Rc4 61. Ra1 Kb3 62. f4 Kb2 63. Re1 Rxa4 64. Re5 Kc3 65. f5 Nc4
66. Rc5 gxf5 67. Kh3 Ra2 68. Rxf5 a4 69. Nc7 Rd2 70. Rf8 Rd7
71. Nb5+ Kb4 72. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.24"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Nd2 e5
7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Be2 Be7 9. Ngf3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Be6
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 h6 14. Bxe7 Ngxe7 15. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.25"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2
Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7
12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. Qa4 Ba8 16. b3 a5
17. c5 Nd7 18. cxb6 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. e3 Rxb6 21. Nf3 Bb7
22. Rc2 Ra8 23. Bf1 Kf8 24. Rdc1 Ke7 25. Ne1 Ra5 26. Kg2 Kd6
27. Nd3 Ba6 28. Nc5 Bxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Kc7 30. Nd3 Ra8 31. f4 Kd6
32. g4 Rc8 33. h4 Nf6 34. Ne5 Rc7 35. Kg2 Ne4 36. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chinese Chess League"]
[Site "China CHN"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[Round "19.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Yan Fang"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6
7. Qc2 Bd6 8. Bd3 Nf8 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Kb1 Ne6
12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Qc7 14. Rc1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 h5
17. Qa4 Qd6 18. Bf5 Nd7 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Nb6 21. Qb3 Nc4
22. Ka1 b5 23. Bd3 a5 24. Qd1 h4 25. Qg4 Qb4 26. Bxc4 bxc4
27. f5 Nf8 28. e4 O-O-O 29. Rxh4 Rxh4 30. Qxh4 dxe4 31. Qxe4
Qd6 32. Na4 Nd7 33. Rxc4 Kc7 34. Nc3 Rb8 35. a3 1-0

[Event "Chinese Chess League"]
[Site "China CHN"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[Round "20.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zeng Chongsheng"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6
7. Nc3 Bb7 8. O-O Na6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qa4 Qc8
12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 c5 14. d5 Bf6 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Ne5 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Nb4 18. a3 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qc6+ 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Bc3
Red8 22. f4 f6 23. Kf3 Kf7 24. g4 a5 25. a4 Ke7 26. h4 h5
27. g5 Kf7 28. e4 Ne7 29. Be1 f5 30. e5 Ke8 31. Ke3 Ng6
32. Bg3 Rac8 33. Ra1 Ne7 34. Be1 Ng6 35. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chinese Chess League"]
[Site "China CHN"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[Round "21.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Qun Ma"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 Bb6
7. a4 a6 8. Na3 Ne7 9. a5 Ba7 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. Nh4 Nxh4
12. Bxh4 h6 13. Nc2 Qe7 14. Qe2 c6 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6
17. Qf3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 g5 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. Ra4 c5 21. Rc4 O-O
22. Qe2 Nxg3 23. hxg3 b5 24. axb6 Rab8 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4
Rxb6 27. Qd2 exf4 28. Qxf4 Kg7 29. b4 a5 30. Qg3+ Kh7 31. Qf2
axb4 32. cxb4 Rxb4 33. O-O Rxc4 34. dxc4 Qxe4 35. Qf6 Qxc4
36. Rf4 Qd5 37. Qe7 Qe5 38. Rxf7+ Rxf7 39. Qxf7+ Qg7 40. Qf5+
Kh8 41. Qc8+ Qg8 42. Qf5 Qd8 43. Qf7 d5 44. Qe6 Kg7 45. Qe5+
Kg6 46. Qe6+ Kh7 47. Qf5+ Kg7 48. Qe5+ Qf6 49. Qc7+ Kg6
50. Qxc5 d4 51. Qd5 Qf4 52. Qg8+ Kf5 53. Qh7+ Ke5 54. Qe7+ Kd5
55. Qb7+ Kc4 56. Qa6+ Kc3 57. Qa3+ Kc2 58. Qa2+ Kc1 59. Qc4+
Kd2 60. Qb4+ Ke3 61. Qe1+ Kd3 62. Qd1+ Qd2 63. Qb3+ Qc3
64. Qd1+ Ke3 65. Kh2 Kf2 66. Qg4 Qc7+ 67. Kh3 Qe5 68. Qf3+ Ke1
69. g3 Qe6+ 70. Kh4 Qe2 71. Qh1+ Kf2 72. Qh2+ Ke3 73. Qg1+ Ke4
74. Qh1+ Ke5 75. Qa1 Kf5 76. Qa5+ Qe5 77. g4+ Kf4 78. Qd2+ Qe3
79. Qh2+ Kf3 80. Qh1+ Ke2 81. Qc6 d3 82. Qa6 Kf2 83. Qf6+ Kg2
84. Qb2+ Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Chinese Chess League"]
[Site "China CHN"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[Round "22.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Rb8 15. Rab1 Re8 16. Ng3
h6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rb7 19. Bd3 Be5 20. Rfe1 Kf8 21. b3
Rbe7 22. Kf1 Bc3 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. Be2 d4 26. Rd3
Re5 27. Rh3 Kg7 28. Rh5 Kg6 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Bd3+ f5 31. f3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Rasmus Svane"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Nf3 Nbd7
7. Qc2 b6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 c5
12. d5 Be7 13. O-O-O exd5 14. cxd5 Ng4 15. Bg5 Bxg5+ 16. Nxg5
Qf6 17. f3 h6 18. Qe1+ Ne5 19. Ne4 Qf4+ 20. Nd2 O-O 21. g3 Qf5
22. Qe3 Bb7 23. g4 Qf6 24. f4 Nxg4 25. Qg3 Bxd5 26. Rg1 h5
27. h3 Nh6 28. Bd3 c4 29. Bc2 c3 30. bxc3 Rfd8 31. Qg5 Kf8
32. Kb2 Rac8 33. Qxf6 gxf6 34. Ne4 Bxe4 35. Bxe4 Re8 36. Rd4
Rc5 37. Kc2 Nf5 38. Bxf5 Rxf5 39. Kd2 Rc8 40. Rb1 b5 41. a4
Rfc5 42. axb5 axb5 43. Rb3 Kg7 44. Rdb4 Rd5+ 45. Ke3 Re8+
46. Re4 Rc8 47. Reb4 Kg6 48. Ke4 Rd1 49. Rxb5 Re8+ 50. Kf3
Rd3+ 51. Kf2 Rxh3 52. c4 Rh2+ 53. Kf3 Ree2 54. Rc5 Rc2 55. Rb6
Rh3+ 56. Ke4 Re2+ 57. Kd4 Rd2+ 58. Ke4 Re2+ 59. Kd4 Kg7
60. Rcc6 f5 61. Rb7 Re4+ 62. Kc5 Rc3 63. Kd5 Rd3+ 64. Kc5 Rc3
65. Kd5 Rxf4 66. Rcc7 Kg6 67. c5 Rfc4 68. c6 f4 69. Rxf7 Rxc6
70. Rxf4 Kg5 71. Rd4 Rg6 72. Rbb4 Rf3 73. Re4 Rgf6 74. Rb8
R3f5+ 75. Kd4 Rg6 76. Ke3 Ra5 77. Rf8 Rb6 78. Rg8+ Kh6 79. Kf4
Rf6+ 80. Kg3 Ra3+ 81. Kh4 Ra1 82. Rh8+ Kg7 83. Rhe8 Rh1+
84. Kg3 Rg1+ 85. Kh2 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mihail Kopylov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 a6
7. a4 Bg7 8. g3 Nh6 9. Nd2 f5 10. Nc4 Nf7 11. a5 Nd7 12. Bg2
O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. Qc2 Nde5 15. Ne3 h5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Nc4 h4
18. Qd3 Bd7 19. h3 Nf6 20. Nb6 hxg3 21. Qxg3 Kh7 22. e4 Nh5
23. Qd3 Nh6 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Re8 26. Qe3 f4 27. Qxc5 Bxe5
28. d6 Bc6 29. d7 Qg5 30. Ncd5 Re6 31. Qf2 Nf5 32. Rd1 Nh4
33. Ra3 Bd6 34. Nxf4 Bc5 35. Be3 Nf3+ 36. Qxf3 Bxf3 37. Bxc5
Nxf4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Zaven Andriasian"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Ponkratov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Zhao Jun"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "169"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ivan Salgado Lopez"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "127"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Aleksandrovich Kuzubov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "40"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "10.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Giga Quparadze"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "11.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "158"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "12.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ivan Saric"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "133"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "13.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "14.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Dmitry Kokarev"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "15.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Grigoriants"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Qh5 e6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. h4 Qe7 11. a3 Ba5
12. Rh3 O-O-O 13. Re3 Qf8 14. Na4 Kb8 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Rb3 Bb6
17. Na4 Bc7 18. Kb1 Na5 19. Rf3 f5 20. Nec3 Qg7 21. Nb5 Qg6
22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. hxg5 Rdg8 24. Nxc7 Kxc7 25. Rg3 Bd7 26. Nc5
b6 27. Nd3 Nc6 28. Nf4 Kd6 29. Be2 h6 30. g6 fxg6 31. Rxg6
Rxg6 32. Nxg6 Rg8 33. Nf4 Nd8 34. g3 Nf7 35. Rh1 Rh8 36. Ng6
Rg8 37. Nf4 Rh8 38. Ng6 Rg8 39. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "2.26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nc6 8. f4 Qf6 9. d5 Nd4 10. Bg2 Rd8 11. Nc3 c5
12. O-O-O Nh6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Rhe1 Nhf5 15. Qc3 O-O 16. h4 Nd6
17. h5 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qf6 19. Kb1 Rb8 20. a4 a6 21. Qd3 h6
22. Qc3 d6 23. Bd3 exd5 24. cxd5 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bc2 b4
27. Qd3 Nxc2 28. Qxc2 b3 29. Qd3 Rb4 30. Re4 Rfb8 31. Rde1
Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Qf5 33. Kc1 Qxh5 34. Kd2 Qh1 35. Re1 Qg2 36. Re2
g6 37. f5 Rb4 38. Qe3 Qxd5+ 39. Ke1 Qxf5 40. Kf1 Kg7 41. Kg1
Qd5 42. Qe7 Rd4 43. Kh2 Rd1 44. Re1 Rxe1 45. Qxe1 Qe5 46. Qd2
c4 47. f4 Qe4 48. Qc3+ Kg8 49. Qf6 d5 50. g4 Qe6 51. Qd8+ Kg7
52. f5 gxf5 53. gxf5 Qxf5 54. Qc7 Qc2+ 55. Kh3 Qf5+ 56. Kh2
Qg5 57. Qc5 Qd2+ 58. Kh3 Qxb2 59. Qg1+ Kh7 60. Qe3 Qf6 61. Kh2
b2 62. Qe1 Qf5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "3.18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Zaven Andriasian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 h6
7. Bh4 Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 b6
12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bg3 Nc5 15. Bb5 Qc8 16. b4 Ne4
17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 a6 19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 f5 21. c4 Kh7
22. c5 Bf6 23. Bd6 Re8 24. Nf1 Ne5 25. Ng3 Nd3 26. Rf1 a5
27. f3 axb4 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Qh5 Qd7 31. axb4
Rg8 32. Bf4 Rg6 33. Qh3 Bd5 34. Bc2 Nxf4 35. exf4 f5 36. Bb3
Rf8 37. Ne2 Qf7 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. Nd4 Ra6 40. Nxb5 Qg7 41. Nd6
Ra1 42. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 43. Kf2 Qb2+ 44. Kf1 Qc1+ 45. Ke2 d4
46. Qh4 Qc2+ 47. Kf1 Qd1+ 48. Kf2 e3+ 49. Kg3 Rg8+ 50. Kh3
Qg4+ 51. Qxg4 fxg4+ 52. Kg3 d3 53. Nf5 Re8 54. c6 e2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "4.32"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. b4 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O
7. c4 Na6 8. a3 c5 9. Qb3 d5 10. Nh4 e6 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Qxc4
Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qxd2 14. Rab1 Nc7 15. Rfd1 Qg5 16. Nf3 Qh5
17. h3 g5 18. bxc5 Rac8 19. c6 g4 20. hxg4 Qxg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4
22. Ne4 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Nd5 24. Rc1 Rc7 25. Nd4 a6 26. a4 Rd8
27. Rb3 f5 28. Nxe6 fxe4 29. Nxd8 Re7 30. Rd1 Re5 31. Rxd5
Rxd5 32. Ne6 Rd6 33. c7 Rc6 34. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "5.51"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Mohamad Al-Modiahki"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bf4 Nh5 6. Be5
Nxe5 7. dxe5 c6 8. c4 dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bxc4 Ke8 11. Nc3
g5 12. O-O-O Ng7 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Rd2 b5 15. Bb3 a5 16. a4 b4
17. Ne4 c5 18. Nxc5 Rc8 19. Rc2 Bf5 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. e6 Bg7
22. exf7+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "6.34"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Nc3 d4
7. Nb1 Bh6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Ng5 Bg7 10. a4 h6 11. Nf3 g5 12. f5
Ng4 13. Na3 Nge5 14. Qe1 Bd7 15. Bd2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be5 17. g3
f6 18. Bh5+ Kf8 19. Nc4 Be8 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Rfb1 Bd6 22. a5
Kg7 23. Kg2 Rc8 24. Rh1 Bxh5 25. Qxh5 Qe8 26. Qxe8 Rhxe8
27. Ra3 Ne5 28. b3 h5 29. h4 g4 30. Raa1 Nf3 31. Bc1 Rc6
32. Rf1 Ne5 33. Bf4 Nxc4 34. bxc4 Bxf4 35. Rxf4 Ra6 36. Rff1
Rc8 37. Rfb1 Rc7 38. Rb5 Kf7 39. Kf2 Ke8 40. Rab1 Kd7 41. Ke2
Kc6 42. Kd2 b6 43. axb6 axb6 44. Re1 Kd6 45. Reb1 Kc6 46. Re1
Kd6 47. Reb1 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "7.33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Dmitry Kokarev"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 Na6 5. Nd2 Naxc5 6. Nxe4
Nxe4 7. Qd5 Nxg5 8. hxg5 e6 9. Qd2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Nf3
Qc7 12. Nd4 a6 13. Rh3 g6 14. Rc3 Qd8 15. Rd3 d5 16. Kb1 Bg7
17. Qb4 Bf8 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. Qb4 Bf8 20. Qc3 Qc8 21. Qb3 b5
22. e4 Bg7 23. Qb4 Bf8 24. Qe1 dxe4 25. Rc3 Qb8 26. Nxb5 Bb4
27. Nc7+ Qxc7 28. Rxc7 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Rb8 30. Re3 h6 31. Rh3
O-O 32. gxh6 Kh7 33. Rb3 Bd5 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. c4 Ba8
36. Rxf7+ Kxh6 37. Kc2 e3 38. fxe3 Be4+ 39. Kc3 Rd8 40. Rf4
Bf5 41. Be2 Kg5 42. Rf2 Rh8 43. g4 Be4 44. Kd4 Bb7 45. Ke5 Rh3
46. Kxe6 Rxe3+ 47. Kd6 Re8 48. c5 Be4 49. Bxa6 Ra8 50. Bc4
Kxg4 51. Re2 Kf3 52. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "8.29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 b5 4. d5 Nf6 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. a4 b4
7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 d6 11. Nd3 Nc6
12. Nf4 Qd7 13. c3 a5 14. Qb3 d5 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nh3 c4 17. Qd1
e4 18. Re1 e3 19. Nf3 exf2 20. Nxf2 O-O 21. Bf4 Bc5 22. e3
Rae8 23. Qd2 h6 24. h4 Ne7 25. Rad1 Qxa4 26. Ne5 Qb5 27. g4
Qb7 28. Kh2 Bd6 29. Rg1 Qc7 30. Nf3 Ng6 31. Nh3 Rxe3 32. Qxe3
Nxf4 33. Nd4 Ne4 34. Nb5 Nxh3+ 35. Kxh3 Rf2 36. Rg2 Rxg2
37. Kxg2 Qd7 38. Rxd5 Qxg4+ 39. Kf1 Be7 40. Re5 Ng3+ 41. Ke1
Bxh4 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Qe6 Ne4+ 44. Kf1 Nd2# 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "9.20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Hrant Melkumyan"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Ne5 h6
7. g4 Bh7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. cxd3 c6 10. h4 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Qa5
12. g5 Bb4 13. gxf6 Bxc3+ 14. Kf1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxb2 16. fxg7
Rg8 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. Kg2 b5 19. Qe2 Qa3 20. Rxb2 Kd7 21. Qf3
f5 22. Qh5 a5 23. Rc2 Qe7 24. Qg6 a4 25. Qxh6 a3 26. Rhc1 Ra6
27. Qh7 Qf7 28. h5 b4 29. h6 b3 30. Rd2 b2 31. Rb1 Rb6 32. Bg3
f4 33. Bxf4 Kc8 34. Bg3 Kb7 35. Qh8 Qe8 36. Qh7 Ka6 37. Bc7 a2
38. Rbxb2 Rxb2 39. Rxb2 a1=Q 40. Rb8 Qh5 41. Rb6+ Ka7 42. Bh2
Qad1 43. Qxg8 Qhf3# 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "10.27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Denis Khismatullin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Be2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 c6 9. a4 b6 10. Nd4 Bb7 11. a5 c5 12. Nf3
Na6 13. Bf4 Nc7 14. Qd2 Re8 15. h3 Qd7 16. a6 Bc8 17. e5 Nh5
18. Bh2 f5 19. e6 Qd8 20. Nb5 Nf6 21. Nxc7 Ne4 22. Qc1 Qxc7
23. Bb5 Rf8 24. c4 Nf6 25. Ra3 Rb8 26. Bf4 Qd8 27. Ng5 Nh5
28. Bd2 f4 29. Rf3 Rf5 30. Nf7 Qf8 31. Bxf4 Nxf4 32. Rxf4 Rxf4
33. Qxf4 Bxb2 34. Re3 Bc1 35. Qg5 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Bxa6 37. Bxa6
b5 38. Bxb5 Rb6 39. e4 a6 40. Bd7 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Rf1 42. e5 Qb8
43. Qxe7 dxe5 44. d6 e4 45. Nh6+ Kh8 46. Nf7+ Kg7 47. Ne5+ Kg8
48. Be8 e3 49. Bf7+ Kh8 50. Bxg6 hxg6 51. Qh4+ Kg8 52. Qe7 e2
53. Nd7 e1=Q 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "11.18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3
Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne2 Bf5 9. c3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Bg3 Qd7
12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 Bg4 14. Qd3 Qf5 15. Nf4 Qxd3 16. Nxd3 Bxg3
17. hxg3 f6 18. Rfe1 Kf7 19. Re3 b5 20. Bb3 Na5 21. Nfe5+ fxe5
22. Nxe5+ Kf8 23. Nxg4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Rae1 Nd5 26. Re5
Rxe5 27. dxe5 Ke7 28. f4 g6 29. Nf2 Nb6 30. Rd1 Na4 31. Rd2 a5
32. Kf1 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Kxd8 34. Nd1 Ke7 35. Ke2 h5 36. Kf3 Ke6
37. g4 h4 38. Ke4 Nc5+ 39. Ke3 g5 40. fxg5 Kxe5 41. Nf2 b4
42. g6 Kf6 43. Ne4+ Nxe4 44. Kxe4 Kxg6 45. Kf4 c5 46. g5 a4
47. a3 b3 48. Kg4 Kf7 49. Kf5 Kg7 50. g6 Kg8 51. Kg5 Kg7
52. Kh5 Kf6 53. Kh6 Kf5 54. g7 Ke4 55. g8=Q Kd3 56. Qe6 Kc2
57. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "12.15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Olexandr Bortnyk"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Bd6 8. Nd2 Nge7 9. N2f3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. h3 Ng6
12. Qb3 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Rd1 Re8 15. O-O Bc7 16. Qc2 Qd6
17. Rfe1 g6 18. Qd2 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Be6 20. Bc4 Rad8 21. Bxd5
Bb6 22. Qf6 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qc5+ 24. Qd4 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "13.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. h3 c6
7. Nc3 Qb6 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Nf3 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3 Bf5
12. g4 Be6 13. b4 a5 14. b5 a4 15. bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nb5 Rfc8
17. O-O h5 18. g5 Nd7 19. Kh2 Bf5 20. Nh4 Be6 21. Qd2 Qc2
22. Rfd1 b6 23. Na3 Qc3 24. Nb5 Qc2 25. Na3 Qc3 26. Nb5 Qc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "14.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Nc3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5
7. c5 Ne7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Nf3 b6 10. b4 a5 11. c6 Nf6 12. Qxd8
Rxd8 13. b5 Ne8 14. a4 Bg4 15. Ng5 Nd6 16. Bb3 h6 17. h3 Bc8
18. Nf3 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rd1 Nc4 21. Bc1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1
Rd8+ 23. Kc2 g5 24. Kb3 Nd6 25. h4 g4 26. Nh2 h5 27. Bg5 Kf7
28. f3 gxf3 29. Rf1 Rg8 30. Rxf3+ Ke8 31. g4 Rh8 32. gxh5 Rxh5
33. Ng4 Ng6 34. Nf6+ Bxf6 35. Rxf6 Nf8 36. Bh6 Ke7 37. Bg5 Nf7
38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Bd8 Ng6 40. Bxc7 Rxh4 41. Bxb6 Ne7 42. Bxa5
Ke8 43. Bb4 Nc8 44. a5 Rh7 45. b6 Kd8 46. Nb5 Rh1 47. b7 Rb1+
48. Ka3 Ra1+ 49. Kb2 Ra4 50. c7+ Kd7 51. Kb3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "15.25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Qd2 d6 6. O-O-O
a6 7. g4 Nd7 8. f4 g5 9. e3 Qe7 10. h4 Bg7 11. hxg5 hxg5
12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Nf3 gxf4 14. exf4 b5 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Qh2
Bg7 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Qh5 Qd7 19. Nxf7 Qxf7 20. Nxc7+ Ke7
21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxa8 Bb7 23. Nc7 Bf6 24. d5 e5 25. f5 Nd7
26. Ne6 Nb6 27. g5 Be7 28. Bg2 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "16.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Giga Quparadze"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6
7. N5c3 g6 8. Bf4 Nf6 9. Be2 e5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. cxd5 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Qxd4 Bg7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. O-O
Re8 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Rab1 Rac8 19. a3 Nd7 20. Bg4 Ne5 21. Qd1
Rc4 22. Be2 Rd4 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. b4 Rc8 25. Qb3 Rd2 26. Na4 Qd4
27. Bg4 f5 28. Bh3 Rcc2 29. Rbd1 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1
b5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Qd3 Ne5 34. Qxf5 bxa4 35. Qe6+ Kh8
36. Qxd6 Re2 37. Qc5 Re1+ 38. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 39. Qg1 Qxg1+
40. Kxg1 Bf8 41. Bc8 Bxb4 42. Bxa6 Bxa3 43. Kf2 Bc5+ 44. Ke2
a3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "18.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nfd4 Qd6
12. Re1 Bg4 13. Qd3 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 c5
17. Nc6 a5 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Ne5 Rac8 20. Nd3 d4 21. Bg5 c4
22. Ne5 cxb3 23. Bxf6 Be6 24. Be7 Rfe8 25. Ba3 dxc3 26. axb3
cxb2 27. Bxb2 Rc2 28. Nd3 Rd8 29. Rad1 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxb2
31. Rd6 Bxf2+ 32. Kh2 h6 33. Rf1 Bc5 34. Rc6 Bb4 35. g4 Rxb3
36. g5 hxg5 37. Rh1 Kh7 38. Rb6 a4 39. g4 Kg6 40. Rd1 Bc3
41. Ra6 a3 42. Kg2 Bf6 43. Rd2 Bb2 44. Re2 Bf6 45. Ra4 Rb2
46. Rxb2 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "19.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4
7. e3 Qf6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 c5 11. Nd2 Bc6 12. b5
Bb7 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. exd4 Bf4 15. Bf3 d5 16. cxd5 Qh6 17. g3
Bxd2 18. dxe6 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd7 20. exd7 Qe6 21. Rad1 Bg5
22. Qc6 Qb3 23. Ba1 Rad8 24. Rde1 Qxa3 25. Re8 Bf6 26. Rfe1 a6
27. d5 Bxa1 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Re8+ Qf8 30. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "20.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6
7. f4 e5 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Rb1 Qd8 10. Bc4 a6 11. fxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. a4 Bd6 14. O-O h6 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Qg3 Nh5
17. Qf3 Nf6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Rf2 O-O
22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxf6 Bc7 25. d6 Bd8 26. Rxh6
Kg7 27. Rh5 f6 28. Rb3 Be8 29. Rf5 Bg6 30. Rf1 Ba5 31. Bd5
Rfd8 32. Rfb1 b6 33. Nd1 c4 34. Rg3 Bd2 35. Bxc4 Rxd6 36. Bxa6
Bf4 37. Rd3 Rc6 38. Rd7+ Kh6 39. Bd3 Be8 40. Re7 Rd6 41. a5 b5
42. Nf2 Be3 43. Kf1 Kg6 44. Ng4 Bc5 45. Rc7 Rc6 46. Rxc6 Bxc6
47. Ke2 Ra8 48. Ra1 Ra6 49. c3 Be7 50. Ne3 Bd8 51. Nd5 Bd7
52. c4 bxc4 53. Bxc4 Rxa5 54. Ne7+ Kg5 55. Rxa5 Bxa5 56. Nd5
f5 57. Bd3 fxe4 58. Bxe4 Bc6 59. Nf6 Kxf6 60. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "21.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Ne5
7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. e4 Nf6 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O g5 11. f4 gxf4
12. Bxf4 Ng4 13. Qf3 h5 14. Be2 f6 15. h3 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Bd7
17. Rab1 Qb6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 O-O-O 20. b3 Rdg8 21. a4
Kd8 22. Rbd1 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rc1 Qa5 25. Qd3 Rg5 26. Rc4
Rhg8 27. Bf3 Qc7 28. b4 b6 29. a5 Qd7 30. axb6 Rg3 31. Kh2
axb6 32. bxc5 Bxc5 33. Rxc5 bxc5 34. b6 Ke8 35. Bxh5+ Kf8
36. Bf3 f5 37. Qc3 Qb5 38. Qxe5 Qxf1 39. Qxf5+ Ke8 40. Bh5+
1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vegar Koi Gandrud"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6
7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rae1 Ne5 15. Be2 Qa5 16. Kh1 Nd7
17. f4 Qc5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nf6 20. Bd3 b5 21. b3 bxc4
22. Bxc4 Rae8 23. a4 e6 24. Bb5 Re7 25. Bc6 Rc7 26. b4 Qb6
27. a5 Qb8 28. Qd4 exd5 29. b5 a6 30. f5 axb5 31. fxg6 fxg6
32. Bxd5 Qa7 33. Qa1 b4 34. a6 Rc3 35. Bb7 Rf7 36. Qb2 Qc5
37. Ra1 Ra3 38. Rac1 Rc3 39. Qa1 Ng4 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Rf1+
Nf2+ 42. Rxf2+ Qxf2 43. a7 Qf4 44. Bd5+ Kf6 45. Qg1 Rc1
46. a8=Q Rxg1+ 47. Kxg1 Qc1+ 48. Kf2 Qd2+ 49. Kg3 Qg5+ 50. Kf3
Qh5+ 51. Kf2 Qxh2 52. Qd8+ Ke5 53. Bf3 Qf4 54. Qh8+ Kf5
55. Qxh7 Qd4+ 56. Kg3 Qe5+ 57. Kh3 Qc3 58. Qh6 Kf6 59. g3 Qc8+
60. Bg4 Qa8 61. Bf3 Qc8+ 62. Kh4 Qc4+ 63. Bg4 Qe4 64. Qf8+ Ke5
65. Kg5 Qe3+ 66. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 67. gxf4+ Ke4 68. Bd1 d5 69. Bc2+
Ke3 70. Bxg6 d4 71. f5 d3 72. f6 b3 73. f7 b2 74. Bxd3 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "2.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 Ne4
7. Nc3 c6 8. O-O f5 9. e3 Nd7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rab1 Qe8 12. b4
Nd6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. a4 Kh8 15. Rfc1 Nb6 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. b5
a5 18. Ne2 Ndc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Qa2 Rc8 21. Nf4 b6 22. Nd3
Bd6 23. Rc2 Qh5 24. Rbc1 g5 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Be8 27. Qa1
f4 28. exf4 Bg6 29. Rc3 Rcd8 30. Be1 gxf4 31. Rb3 Ne3 32. Rxe3
fxe3 33. Qd4 exf2+ 34. Bxf2 Be4 35. Rc6 Rf3 36. Rxe6 Rd3
37. Qxb6 Rd1+ 38. Bf1 Rg8 39. Re7 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 Qd1+ 41. Be1
Rf8+ 42. Qf6+ Rxf6+ 43. exf6 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Victor Markovich Mikhalevski"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Nd4
Qd7 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Qxc6+ bxc6 10. g3 Rb8 11. Bg2
c5 12. d3 Bg7 13. Rb1 O-O 14. b3 c4 15. dxc4 Bf5 16. e4 Be6
17. Be3 Bxc4 18. Rc1 Bd3 19. f4 Bb2 20. Rc6 e5 21. Kf2 Rfe8
22. Rxc7 exf4 23. Bxf4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Kf3 Re6 26. Rd1
a6 27. Rxf7 Rxb3+ 28. axb3 Kxf7 29. Rd7+ Re7 30. Rd6 Re6
31. Rd7+ Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tal Baron"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2
Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Rd8 9. Qc2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfe1 Na6
12. e4 Nb4 13. Qb1 dxe4 14. Nxe4 c5 15. Nh4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4
17. Qxe4 cxd4 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 Rac8 20. Nf3 Nb8 21. Rac1 a5
22. b5 Nd7 23. Nxd4 Qxa3 24. Nc6 Re8 25. Qd4 Rc7 26. Qf4 e5
27. Qd2 Qc5 28. Re3 e4 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. cxd5 Kf8 31. d6 Rb7
32. Ne7 Nc5 33. Nd5 Re5 34. Nc7 g5 35. f3 a4 36. Rd1 Rb8
37. Rd4 Rd8 38. fxe4 f5 39. Rf3 Nxe4 40. Rxf5+ Rxf5 41. Ne6+
Ke8 42. Rxe4 Kd7 43. Nxd8 Kxd8 44. Rxa4 Kd7 45. Ra7+ Kxd6
46. Rxh7 Rxb5 47. h4 gxh4 48. Rh6+ Ke7 49. gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "5.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Danyyil Dvirnyy"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 h6 11. Qe2 Qc7
12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Be1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3
Be4 17. Bf1 c5 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Nb3 b6 20. e4 Bg5 21. f4 Be7
22. Bg2 Ba4 23. Kh1 c4 24. Bd2 b5 25. Rf1 Bxb3 26. axb3 Nb6
27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Be3 Qd7 29. g4 Rb8 30. g5 Na4 31. gxh6 g6
32. Qg4 Rb3 33. Bg1 Bf8 34. f5 exf5 35. exf5 Nxb2 36. fxg6 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lance Henderson de La Fuente"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7
7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 b5 11. Bc2 exd4
12. Nxd4 Rb8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Ba7 Rb7
17. Bd4 a5 18. Rad1 a4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd4 Qf4 21. c4 bxc4
22. Qxc4 Bb5 23. Qc3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Re3 Bd7 26. Qxe5
Rxe5 27. Rc3 g5 28. f3 Rxb2 29. Rxc7 Bb5 30. Rxd6 Rxa2
31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Ra8 Re6 33. h3 Rc6 34. Rb7 Ba6 35. Rxa6 Rxa6
36. Bd3 Rc6 37. e5 h5 38. Be4 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 h4 40. Bd5 Raa1
41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Rf6+ Kh8 43. Rf8+ Kh7 44. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.29"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "7.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Huzman"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 b6 8. Bg5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Nxc4 c5
12. Rfc1 Nd7 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Qa3 N5f6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Na5
Bd5 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nfd7 19. Nac6 Qe8 20. b4 f6 21. Nc4
Nb7 22. Rd1 b5 23. Ne3 Nb6 24. Rac1 a6 25. Na5 Nxa5 26. bxa5
Nd7 27. Qb3 Rf7 28. Rd6 Nf8 29. Rcc6 Rd7 30. Nc2 Rxd6 31. Rxd6
Qb8 32. Rb6 Qe5 33. Qf3 Rc8 34. Nb4 Rc4 35. Nc6 Qc5 36. Rxa6
Rc3 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Rc6 Rxf3 39. Rxc5 Ra3 40. Nc6 Rxa2
41. Rxb5 f5 42. Rb8 g5 43. Ra8 Rc2 44. Nd8+ Ke7 45. a6 Kd7
46. a7 Ra2 47. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.30"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O
7. Bg2 Qb6 8. O-O Rd8 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Na4 Qxb3 11. axb3 Na6
12. Rfc1 Ne4 13. Ba5 Rdc8 14. e3 g5 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 g4
17. Bf1 dxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. Bg2 Rab8 20. d5 Bd7 21. Bc3 Bxa4
22. Rxa4 Rd8 23. h3 gxh3 24. Bxh3 Rd6 25. e4 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rb6
27. b3 e5 28. Rf3 Kg7 29. Ra5 h6 30. Bd7 Rd6 31. Bb5 Nc7
32. Ba4 Na6 33. Rf5 f6 34. f4 exf4 35. gxf4 Kg6 36. b4 Nxb4
37. Bd1 Na6 38. Bh5+ Kh7 39. e5 Rb6 40. Rb5 Rg8+ 41. Kf2 Rxb5
42. cxb5 Nc7 43. d6 Nxb5 44. Rxf6 Rd8 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. Rxb7 a6
47. Rb6 c4 48. Rxa6 c3 49. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.31"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 a5 8. Bf4 Na6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Nb8 13. e4 d6 14. Nf3 a4 15. e5 Ra5 16. Qe2 Nc6
17. Rad1 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qa8+ 20. Qe4 Qxe4+
21. Rxe4 Bd6 22. Nc6 Raa8 23. Kf1 a3 24. Ke2 Ra4 25. Kd3 Rfa8
26. f4 Kf8 27. Rf1 h5 28. h3 g6 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kg7
31. f5 exf5 32. gxf5 Rh8 33. f6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Na6 6. d4
Qd5 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Qe5 Qxe5+ 9. dxe5 Nb4 10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3
Nd7 12. Be3 Nb6 13. Ke2 Be6 14. Nd4 Bd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. e6
g6 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. Ng5+ Ke8 20. Rab1 a5 21. Ne4
b6 22. Rhc1 Kd7 23. Nc3 a4 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. d4 Rhc8 26. Kd3
e6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Kc6 30. b3 axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Aachen GER"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Luca Shytaj"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5
7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxd5 Rd8 16. Qb3
exd5 17. Rfc1 Be6 18. Qa4 h6 19. Nd4 a6 20. Qa5 Rdc8 21. h3
Qd6 22. a4 Bd7 23. Rd1 b6 24. Qd2 a5 25. Ne2 Rc5 26. Nc3 Qg6
27. Kh2 Be6 28. Qd4 Rac8 29. Rd2 R8c6 30. Rad1 Kh7 31. Qe5 f6
32. Qb8 Qg5 33. f4 Qg6 34. Nb5 Qe4 35. Nd4 Qxe3 36. Re2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Aachen GER"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 a6 6. f4 f6
7. Nh3 Qd7 8. Nf2 O-O-O 9. Bd3 Nh6 10. O-O Na5 11. Be2 Qc6
12. Qe1 Be7 13. Nd1 Bc2 14. Rf3 fxe5 15. fxe5 Rdf8 16. Ne3 Bg6
17. Qg3 Qb6 18. a3 Nb3 19. Nxb3 Qxb3 20. Bd1 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2018.03.06"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Haik der Manuelian"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6
7. Nf3 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O O-O
12. h4 b5 13. h5 Nxh5 14. Rxh5 gxh5 15. Qf5 f6 16. Nh4 Rf7
17. Qxh5 b4 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Ne2 Qa5 20. Kb1 b3 21. axb3 Qb5
22. Kc2 a5 23. Nc3 Qb7 24. g4 c5 25. g5 fxg5 26. Qxg5+ Kh8
27. Rg1 Bg7 28. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Deimante Cornette"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Be7
7. d3 O-O 8. h3 Nd7 9. Nc3 Nc5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. b3 Re8 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Bb2 a5 16. Rb1 Be5
17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Rbd1 Qg6 19. Kf1 a4 20. b4 Ne6 21. Nde2 a3
22. Bc1 Reb8 23. Kg1 Nf8 24. Kh1 Qe6 25. f4 Bf6 26. c5 Bh4
27. Rf1 Rxb4 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Be7 31. Rdd1
Rc4 32. Rf3 Be8 33. Rd4 Rc5 34. Nb1 Ne6 35. Rd2 Rca5 36. Rdd3
Ra4 37. Bxa3 c5 38. Bc1 Bb5 39. Rd2 Bxe2 40. Rxe2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Bb4
7. Bd2 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nb6
12. Bg5 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. Qb3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bc6 16. Rfe1
Rc8 17. Bf1 a6 18. Re3 Qd5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qd1 b5 21. a4 Kh8
22. axb5 axb5 23. Rg3 Rg8 24. Ra7 e5 25. Qd2 exd4 26. cxd4
Rxg3 27. hxg3 Kg7 28. Qb4 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Qxb5 Qxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne1 Bd7
12. Nd3 Be7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Nb3 b6 15. c4 Rfd8 16. c5 Be8
17. Rac1 bxc5 18. Ndxc5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nb4 20. a3 Nbd5 21. Rc1
Nd7 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nxd7 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Bxd7 25. Be3 a6
26. Bc5 Ba4 27. Bxe7 Bxb3 28. Bc5 Bc4 29. Kf1 f5 30. Ke1 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Hamitevici"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. a3 h6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Nc6
7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 e6 10. h3 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Na4 Rc8 13. b4 Bd6 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Nc5 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Nxc5
17. Rxc5 b6 18. Rc3 Ne7 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qa4 a6 21. Nd3 Qb7
22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Ne5 b5 25. Qa5 Nc6 26. Nxc6
Qxc6 27. g3 Kh7 28. Kh2 Kg6 29. Kg2 e5 30. Qd8 exd4 31. exd4
Qe6 32. Qa8 Kf5 33. Qa7 Ke4 34. Qc5 Kd3 35. Qc1 Qe4+ 36. Kg1
Qe2 37. Qb1+ Qc2 38. Qe1 Kc4 39. Qe8 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qf5 41. Qe3
Qe4 42. Qc1+ Kb3 43. Qa1 Qc2 44. Kg1 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nxe4
7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8
12. Nxe5 Be8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6+ gxf6 15. Ng4 Be7 16. Na3 Bd7
17. Rad1 Kc8 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Nc4 a5 21. a4 Ra6
22. b3 Rc6 23. Nce3 Rd6 24. b4 Rg8 25. b5 Rd7 26. c4 c6
27. Nf4 Bb6 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Rc1 Bd4 31. Rd1
Bc5 32. Nh5 Rg6 33. Ng3 Kc7 34. Ne4 Bb4 35. h4 f5 36. h5 Re6
37. Nd2 f4 38. Nc2 Rd6 39. Nxb4 axb4 40. Kf1 Bf5 41. c5 Rd5
42. Ke1 Bc2 43. Rc1 Re5+ 44. Kf1 b3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. e5 Nd7
7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. c4 f6
12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Qd6 16. cxd5
cxd5 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Re2 Be7 19. Be5 Qb5 20. Qg4 Rf7 21. Rd1
Bf8 22. Qh3 Be7 23. Qg3 d4 24. h4 h6 25. Nh2 h5 26. Qg6 c4
27. dxc4 Qxc4 28. Rc2 Qd5 29. Nf3 Bb7 30. Rxd4 Qxa2 31. Rc7
Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Bxf3 33. Rf4 Raf8 34. Rc8 Rf6 35. Rxf6 Bxf6
36. Bxf6 Rxc8 37. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Baskaran Adhiban"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. a4 b4 9. e5 bxc3 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. bxc3 Ba6
12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. Rd6 O-O
17. Bf3 Nc8 18. Rxc6 Bb7 19. Rxc8 Raxc8 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Ba6
Rb3 22. Ba3 Rd8 23. Bb4 Rd2 24. Bxc4 Rbb2 25. Bf1 h5 26. a5 a6
27. Bc5 g6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Hannes Hlifar Stefansson"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "216"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6
7. a4 O-O 8. Nf3 b6 9. a5 Ba6 10. axb6 axb6 11. Bd3 Qc8
12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nd2 e5 14. Bb2 c5 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bf1 Qb7
17. Qb3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qc2 f5 20. Ra3 Qc7 21. d5 Nf6
22. Rea1 Bb7 23. f3 Rxa3 24. Rxa3 exf3 25. Qxf5 fxg2 26. Bxg2
Bc8 27. Qg5 Bg4 28. Ra1 Be2 29. Bh3 Kh8 30. Be6 e4 31. Bc1 Qb7
32. Ra2 Bxc4 33. Rf2 b5 34. Ba3 Qe7 35. Bxc5 Qxc5 36. Rxf6 Qe7
37. Rf5 Qxg5+ 38. Rxg5 g6 39. Rg4 Bd3 40. Rf4 Rd8 41. h4 Kg7
42. Kh2 Bc4 43. Rxe4 Kf6 44. Rd4 Ke5 45. e4 Ra8 46. Bh3 Ra2+
47. Bg2 h6 48. Kg3 Ra6 49. Bf3 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Kg4 Ra1
52. Rd2 Rg1+ 53. Bg2 Bf1 54. d6 Bxg2 55. d7 Bxe4+ 56. Kh5 Rh1+
57. Kxg5 Rg1+ 58. Kh6 Rg6+ 59. Kh5 Rg8 60. d8=Q Rxd8 61. Rxd8
Kf4 62. Rb8 Bd3 63. Re8 Be4 64. Re7 Bd3 65. Kh6 Be4 66. Kg7
Ke3 67. Kf6 Kd3 68. Ke5 Bg2 69. Rg7 Bf1 70. Rc7 Bg2 71. Kd6
Kc2 72. Ke5 Kd3 73. Rc8 Bf1 74. Kd6 Bg2 75. Rc5 Kc2 76. Ke5
Kd3 77. Kf4 Bf1 78. Kf3 Be2+ 79. Kf4 Bf1 80. Rc7 Bg2 81. Rg7
Bh1 82. Rh7 Bg2 83. Rg7 Bh1 84. Rg1 Bb7 85. Rg3+ Kc4 86. Rg7
Bh1 87. Rc7+ Kd3 88. Rc5 Bg2 89. Rg5 Bh1 90. Rh5 Bg2 91. Rg5
Bh1 92. Rc5 Bg2 93. Kg3 Be4 94. Kg4 Bg2 95. Kf5 Bf3 96. Rc8
Bg2 97. Ke5 Bf1 98. Rc6 Bg2 99. Rg6 Bh1 100. Rg1 Bb7 101. Rg3+
Kc4 102. Rg7 Bf3 103. Kf4 Bh1 104. Rh7 Bg2 105. Kg3 Bd5
106. Rd7 Bg8 107. Rd8 Bf7 108. Rf8 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.03.29"]
[EventDate "2018.03.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Peter Krauseneck"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. h3 O-O
7. Qc2 c6 8. g4 Ne4 9. gxf5 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 exf5 11. Nf3 Be6
12. Rg1 Nd7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Nf6 15. c5 Qe8 16. Bf4 Rf7
17. O-O-O b6 18. Kb1 Rb7 19. Be5 Rf7 20. Be2 Ne4 21. Qe1 Nf6
22. Rc1 Nd7 23. Bf4 bxc5 24. dxc5 a5 25. Bh5 g6 26. Qc3 Qe7
27. Bxg6 Rg7 28. Bh5 Nf6 29. Bd6 Qd8 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rg1+
Kh6 32. Be2 Nh5 33. Bf4+ Nxf4 34. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.03.30"]
[EventDate "2018.03.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pascal Neukirchner"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 Ne4
7. O-O f5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. h4 O-O 11. Rc1 Qe8 12. Ne5
Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. e3 Nc4 17. Qc2
Be6 18. Ne2 a5 19. Nf4 Bg8 20. Bh3 a4 21. Bxf5 Bd8 22. Bg6 Qe7
23. Bh5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Bg4 Bf6 26. Nd3 Qe4 27. Bh3 d4
28. Bg2 Qg4 29. e4 Bxa2 30. e5 Be7 31. Rce1 Bb3 32. Qd2 Qe6
33. f4 a3 34. bxa3 Rxa3 35. Be4 Ra2 36. Nb2 Ba3 37. Rb1 c5
38. Rf3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.03.30"]
[EventDate "2018.03.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Daniel Malek"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3
c6 7. b3 d5 8. Bb2 Be6 9. g3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Ndf6 11. O-O Qd8
12. d3 Nd6 13. f4 Be7 14. f5 Bd7 15. g4 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. c4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Kf8 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. a4 h5 21. gxh5 Ne8
22. Ne4 Ng7 23. Rf3 Rxh5 24. Rh3 Rxh3 25. Bxh3 Qe5 26. Rf1 Re8
27. Kh1 Qd4 28. Nc2 Qb2 29. Qg2 Bd8 30. Rg1 Nxf5 31. Nc5 Bc8
32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Re1+ Be6 35. Rxe6+ fxe6
36. Qg7+ Kd6 37. Ne4+ Ke5 38. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[EventDate "2018.03.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Lobron"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nc3 d6 11. Qc2 g6
12. Rad1 Bg7 13. h4 Nc6 14. a3 Rb8 15. Nb5 Ne7 16. Rfe1 Ba6
17. a4 Nc6 18. d5 Nb4 19. Qc1 e5 20. Na7 Qd7 21. b3 Bb7 22. e4
Ra8 23. Nb5 Bc8 24. h5 Qd8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qg5 Bf6 27. Qd2
Kg7 28. Nh2 Rh8 29. f4 Na6 30. Rf1 Qg8 31. Rf2 Qh7 32. Bf3
exf4 33. gxf4 Bh4 34. Rg2 Bh3 35. Re2 Bg3 36. Nf1 Qh4 37. Bg2
0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[EventDate "2018.03.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Maxime Lagarde"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 a6 6. Nc3
d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 Be6
12. Ne3 Rc8 13. a4 Qb6 14. O-O Be7 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Bd2 Qd4
17. Be1 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 Rc5 19. f3 Rfc8 20. Bf2 Kf8 21. Rd2 Nd7
22. Ncd1 g6 23. b3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra2 R5c6 26. g4 Bg5
27. h4 Bf4 28. Re2 Nb6 29. Ra5 d5 30. Rxb5 d4 31. Ng2 Rxc2
32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Nxf4 exf4 34. Bxd4 Rc1 35. Bxb6 Rxd1+
36. Kg2 Rd2+ 37. Bf2 Rd3 38. b4 Bb3 39. Bc5+ Ke8 40. Rb8+ Kd7
41. b5 Bd1 42. Rb7+ Kc8 43. Rxf7 Bxf3+ 44. Kf2 g5 45. Rf8+ Kb7
46. Rf7+ Kc8 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Rf5 Bxg4 49. Rxg5 Rd2+ 50. Kg1
Bf3 51. e5 Bd5 52. Rf5 Rg2+ 53. Kf1 Rc2 54. Bd4 Bc4+ 55. Kg1
Bxb5 56. Rxf4 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[EventDate "2018.03.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniel Sadzikowski"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nb5 Re8 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. f3 b6
12. b4 c5 13. bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[EventDate "2018.03.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Dmitrij Kollars"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. d3 d6 8. a3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. b4 Nc6 11. Nd5 O-O 12. Be3
cxb4 13. axb4 Bb7 14. O-O Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qd7 16. Qb1 Bf6
17. Nd2 Ne7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Ra3 d5 20. Bc5 Rfc8 21. Qa2 a5
22. Ra1 a4 23. c4 dxc4 24. dxc4 Rd8 25. cxb5 Qxb5 26. Rxa4
Rxa4 27. Qxa4 Qe2 28. Be3 h6 29. Nf1 Bg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Qa5
Nc6 32. Qc7 Qc4 33. b5 Qxb5 34. Rc1 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[EventDate "2018.03.??"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vincent Keymer"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. Bg3 Re8 11. h3 Bb4
12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Bf4 c5 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. Ne5 f6
17. Ng4 c4 18. Bb1 h5 19. Nh2 g5 20. Qxh5 gxf4 21. f3 Nd6
22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Qg7+ Ke6 25. Rfe1 Re7 26. Qg4+
f5 27. Bxf5+ Nxf5 28. Qg6+ Kd7 29. Qxf5+ Kc6 30. Qxf4 Be6
31. e4 Qg8 32. Qh6 Kc7 33. Kh1 Rf8 34. Re2 Rh7 35. Qd2 Kb8
36. Rce1 dxe4 37. fxe4 Bd7 38. Rf2 Re8 39. Qf4+ Ka8 40. Nf3
Rf8 41. Qh2 Na4 42. Re3 a6 43. Qe5 Bxh3 44. Kg1 Rg7 45. Nh4
Rxf2 46. Kxf2 Rxg2+ 47. Nxg2 Qxg2+ 48. Ke1 Qf1+ 49. Kd2 Bg4
50. Qe8+ Ka7 51. Qxa4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Open"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[EventDate "2018.03.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Falko Bindrich"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "13.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. d4 Na6 9. Nc3 d5 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Nb5 dxc4
12. Bxc4 cxd4 13. Nfxd4 Rc5 14. Qe2 Qb8 15. Nc3 Rh5 16. f4 Nc5
17. b4 e5 18. Nf3 Ncd7 19. Qd2 exf4 20. exf4 b5 21. Bb3 a5
22. a3 Ng4 23. Ne2 Ndf6 24. h3 Ne4 25. Qd7 Bxb2 26. hxg4 Qa7+
27. Ned4 Nf6 28. Qd6 Bxf3 29. gxh5 Ne4 30. Qd5 Qxd4+ 31. Qxd4
Bxd4+ 32. Kh2 Bxh5 33. Rfe1 Nf2 34. Rc7 axb4 35. axb4 g5
36. Rd7 Bc3 37. Rf1 Ng4+ 38. Kg3 Nf6 39. Rb7 Be2 40. Rc1 Bd2
0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "14.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Constantin Lupulescu"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 c5
7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qc7
12. c4 d4 13. Na3 Be7 14. O-O Rd8 15. f4 O-O 16. Nc2 dxe3
17. g5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc5 20. Bxe3 Nxd3 21. Rad1
Nb4 22. a3 Nc6 23. c5 Qa5 24. Qc4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+
Bxd8 27. Qc1 Bc7 28. Be4 e5 29. b4 Qb5 30. Qd1 Qc4 31. Bd5 Qc3
32. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "15.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Matthias Bluebaum"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3
Nge7 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Re1 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4
12. Qxd5 c6 13. Qh5 Qd7 14. Ne4 Ne6 15. Bh6 Qc7 16. Bc4 Bh2+
17. Kh1 Qe5 18. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.20"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "1.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Harshit Raja"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6
7. Nde2 Bg7 8. Bg2 h5 9. h3 Bd7 10. a4 Qc8 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Ne5 13. Ra2 h4 14. g4 g5 15. Nd4 Qc4 16. b3 Qb4+
17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Bxd2 a6 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Be4 Bf6 21. a5 Rc7
22. Ke2 O-O 23. c4 Kg7 24. Nf5+ Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Ng6 26. Bb6 Nf4+
27. Kd1 Rc5 28. Rc2 e6 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Be4 Rd8 31. Kc1 Bd4
32. Kb1 exd5 33. cxd5 Rd7 34. d6 Kf6 35. f3 Ke5 36. b4 cxb4
37. Rc7 Rxd6 38. Rxf7 Bc3 39. Re7+ Kf6 40. Rxb7 Rd2 41. Bc2
Rf2 42. Rd1 Ne6 43. Rd5 Nd4 44. Rb6+ Ke7 45. Re5+ Kd8 46. Rd5+
Ke7 47. Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.21"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "2.37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "C R G Krishna"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Nf6
7. c4 Bb7 8. Re1 bxc4 9. e4 Nfd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Na6
12. Bf1 Nb6 13. Nd2 Nb4 14. Nxc4 Ba6 15. Na5 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 c4
17. Qd2 Rc8 18. a3 Nd3 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. a4 e6 21. Bh6 exd5
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. exd5 Rce8 24. Nd4 Qg4 25. f4 h5 26. a5 Nd7
27. b3 h4 28. bxc4 N7c5 29. Rf3 Ne5 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Nce2 Ne4
32. Qb2 Ng5 33. Rf4 Nh3+ 34. Kg2 Nxf4+ 35. Nxf4 h3+ 36. Kg1
exd4 37. Qxd4+ Kg8 38. c5 Qf5 39. c6 Re4 40. Qc3 Rxf4 41. gxf4
Qxd5 42. Qb2 Qxc6 43. Rc1 Qe4 44. Qf2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.22"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "3.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Bf4
Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Qa5 8. Qb3 Nb6 9. a3 Be6 10. Qd1 Nh5 11. Be5 f6
12. Bc7 Rc8 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. e3 g6 15. Bc4 Bd5 16. Qc2 Rd8
17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qa5+ 19. b4 Qf5 20. Qxf5 gxf5 21. b5
cxb5 22. Bxb5+ Kf7 23. Rc1 e6 24. Rc7+ Be7 25. Ke2 a6 26. Bd7
b5 27. d5 exd5 28. Nd4 Bd6 29. Be6+ Kg6 30. Bf7+ Kh6 31. Nxf5+
Kg5 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. h4+ Kh6 34. g4 Ng7 35. f4 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. d5 Nb4 6. Be2 a5
7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f5 11. exf5 h6 12. Bh4
Bxf5 13. O-O Qd7 14. Qd2 g5 15. Bg3 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Rad1
Rae8 18. Nd4 Bf7 19. Ndb5 Nf6 20. h3 b6 21. b3 Kh8 22. Rfe1
Bg6 23. Bf3 Nd3 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Be2 Nh5 27. Bh2
Qf7 28. Nd5 Rf8 29. Nf3 Nf4 30. Nxf4 gxf4 31. Nxe5 Bxe5
32. Bf3 Qf5 33. Bg4 Qc2 34. Qxc2 Bxc2 35. Rc1 Be4 36. Re1 Bc6
37. Be6 a4 38. Bd5 Bd7 39. g4 fxg3 40. Bxg3 Re8 41. Kg2 Kg7
42. Bxe5+ Rxe5 43. Rxe5 dxe5 44. bxa4 Bxa4 45. f4 Kf6 46. Kf3
Bc2 47. Be4 Bd1+ 48. Ke3 Ke6 49. fxe5 Kxe5 50. Bd3 c5 51. a3
Ba4 52. h4 Bb3 53. Be2 Kf5 54. Kf3 Bc2 55. Ke3 Ba4 56. Bf3 Bd7
57. Bd5 Ke5 58. Bf7 Bh3 59. Bd5 Kf5 60. Kf3 Bg4+ 61. Ke3 Bh5
62. Bg8 Bd1 63. Bf7 Bb3 64. Kf3 Ba4 65. Bd5 Bd1+ 66. Ke3 Kg4
67. Ke4 Kxh4 68. Bf7 Kg5 69. Kd5 Ba4 70. Kd6 h5 71. Be6 h4
72. Bh3 Kf4 73. Bf1 Kg3 74. Kc7 Kf2 75. Bh3 b5 76. cxb5 Bxb5
0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bh4 b6
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 dxe4 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bc6 Bxc6
12. Nxc6 Qc8 13. Qe2 Qb7 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. O-O Bf4
17. f3 e3 18. Nc4 Nd5 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Ne5+ Ke8 21. Qe1 c5
22. c4 cxd4 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Nd3 Qf5 25. Qd1 Ke7 26. Qb3 Rhd8
27. Rfc1 Rac8 28. Rc4 b5 29. Rc2 Kf8 30. Rac1 e5 31. h3 Rxc2
32. Rxc2 Kg7 33. Rc7 Re8 34. Qd5 Re6 35. Nxf4 Rf6 36. Ne2 d3
37. Nc3 Rg6 38. Re7 b4 39. Nb1 e2 40. Qxe5+ Qxe5 41. Rxe5 Rc6
0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "6.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Donchenko"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 Nd4 6. Nge2 Nxe2
7. Qxe2 Ne7 8. d3 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rb1 Nd4 12. Qd1
h5 13. h4 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Ne2 b5 16. b3 c5 17. Nxd4 cxd4
18. Bd2 Rb8 19. O-O O-O 20. a4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Qc7 22. Bb4 Bh6
23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 a5 25. Bd2 Bg4 26. Bf3 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 Rb8
28. Qd1 Bh3 29. Rf2 d5 30. exd5 Bxf4 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 32. Bg2 Qg3
33. Qf1 Bxg2 34. Rxg2 Qxh4 35. d6 Re8 36. d7 Re6 37. Re2 Rd6
38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Qf3 Rxd7 40. Qa8 Qg3+ 41. Kh1 Qh4+ 42. Kg1
Re7 43. Rg8+ Kf6 44. Qd8 Qg3+ 45. Kh1 Qh3+ 46. Kg1 Qe3+
47. Kh1 Kf5 48. Qd5+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Gawain Jones"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "203"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O
7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Na4 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7
12. Rfc1 Ne4 13. Bb4 Nd6 14. e3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxe7
Re8 17. Bb4 Bd5 18. Nc3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 a5 20. Ba3 Nxe3 21. fxe3
Rxe3 22. Kg2 Bxd4 23. Rd1 Ne5 24. Rxd4 Nxf3 25. Rd7 Ne1+
26. Kf2 Rae8 27. Rad1 b6 28. Rd8 Nc2 29. R1d6 Nxa3 30. bxa3 b5
31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxc6 b4 33. Nd5 Rd8 34. Rc5 bxa3 35. Rxa5
h5 36. Nc3 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Rd4 38. Rxa3 h4 39. Ne2 Rd2 40. Kf2
hxg3+ 41. hxg3 Kg7 42. Kf3 Rd5 43. Nf4 Rb5 44. Ra7 Rb3+
45. Kg4 Rb4 46. Kh3 Kg8 47. Nd5 Rb2 48. Nf6+ Kg7 49. Ne4 Re2
50. Nd6 Rf2 51. g4 Kf8 52. g5 Rf3+ 53. Kg4 Rf1 54. Kg3 Rg1+
55. Kf4 Rf1+ 56. Ke5 Re1+ 57. Kd5 Rd1+ 58. Kc6 Rc1+ 59. Kd7
Rd1 60. Ra8+ Kg7 61. Kc6 Rc1+ 62. Kd5 Rd1+ 63. Ke5 Re1+
64. Kf4 Rf1+ 65. Ke3 Rg1 66. Ne8+ Kf8 67. Nf6+ Ke7 68. Re8+
Kd6 69. Ne4+ Kd7 70. Re5 Re1+ 71. Kf2 Ra1 72. Nf6+ Kd6 73. Re3
Ra5 74. Kf3 Ra1 75. Kf4 Rf1+ 76. Rf3 Ra1 77. Ng8 Re1 78. Nh6
Ke7 79. Ng4 Kf8 80. Nf6 Kg7 81. Rh3 Rf1+ 82. Ke3 Rg1 83. Rh7+
Kf8 84. Rh8+ Ke7 85. Ne4 Ra1 86. Rc8 Re1+ 87. Kd4 Rd1+ 88. Ke5
Re1 89. Rc2 Kf8 90. Rc4 Kg7 91. Kd6 Rd1+ 92. Kc7 Rd5 93. Kc6
Rd1 94. Nd6 Rg1 95. Rc5 Re1 96. Kd7 Rd1 97. Re5 Ra1 98. Re7
Ra7+ 99. Kd8 Ra8+ 100. Kc7 Ra7+ 101. Nb7 Kf8 102. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 a5 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3
Nf7 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. O-O Bh6 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. b3 Kg7 17. Rab1
Na6 18. a3 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Be3 22. Qd3
Bg5 23. Bf2 c5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Qc2 Qa5 26. Nb3 Nxb3 27. Rxb3
Rfb8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Qb2 Be6 31. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "9.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Bb3 Bb4 6. Ne2 O-O
7. O-O Nxb3 8. axb3 d5 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd2 b6 14. Qc3 Qd6 15. Ng3 f6 16. b4 Bb7
17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Ne3 a6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Rd2 Rfe8 21. Rad1 Qc6
22. Qb3+ Kf8 23. Qa3 Kg8 24. Qb3+ Kf8 25. f3 Qe6 26. Qc3 Re7
27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 Red7 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ne3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Thomas Beerdsen"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. Qd2 h6
7. Bf4 a6 8. h3 b5 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Be3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. a4
b4 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. Qe2 Qd6 15. Bxa6 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Bxc8
Rxc8 18. Qb5+ c6 19. Qxb4 Qxb4+ 20. Nxb4 Nf6 21. e5 Nd7
22. O-O-O c5 23. Nd5 Kd8 24. b4 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rhe1
Re8 27. b5 Ra8 28. Kd2 Rxa4 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Bb8 31. Re1
Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Ne5 b6 9. Nc6 Qe8 10. b3 Bd6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Ne5
Qe7 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ndc4 f6
17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Ne3 Ba6 20. c4 b5 21. c5 b4
22. Rf2 f5 23. d5 Qxc5 24. dxe6 Nb6 25. Rc1 Qe7 26. Qd4 Rf6
27. Rc6 Rc8 28. Rfc2 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Bb7 30. Rd6 Rf8 31. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Grzegorz Gajewski"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7
7. Rc1 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. Bg3 Re8 11. a3 Nf8
12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 b5 15. Na2 Rc8 16. Nb4 Bxb4+
17. Qxb4 Ne6 18. Kf1 a5 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Bxd6 a4 21. Rg1 Nd7
22. f4 Nb6 23. h4 f6 24. f5 Nd8 25. Bf4 Kh7 26. Rc2 Nc4 27. e4
dxe4 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Ra8 30. d5 Ra5 31. dxc6 Rxf5
32. Be3 Ne6 33. Rg4 Nc7 34. Rcxe4 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Rb5 36. Rb4
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Schreiner"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4
7. exd4 d5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Re1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Na5 11. Bf1 b6
12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rad1 Nd5
17. h4 e6 18. h5 gxh5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Ba6 Nb7 21. Bc4 Bxc4
22. Nxc4 Qf6 23. Ne5 Qf5 24. Qe3 Rfd8 25. Rc1 Na5 26. b3 Rg8
27. Qf3 Bxe5 28. Rxc8 Bxf4 29. Rxg8 Kxg8 30. g3 Bd6 31. Qxf5
exf5 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Ra8 Nc6 34. d5 Ne7 35. Rxa7 Kf6 36. a4
Nxd5 37. a5 bxa5 38. Rxa5 Nb4 39. Kg2 Kg5 40. Ra7 Kg6 41. Rd7
Bc5 42. Rc7 Nd3 43. Rd7 Nxf2 44. b4 Be3 45. b5 Ne4 46. Rc7 f6
47. Rc6 h4 48. gxh4 Nd2 49. h5+ Kg5 50. b6 f4 51. b7 f3+
52. Kg3 Ba7 53. Ra6 f2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Nikola Nestorovic"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be2 O-O 8. Qc2 a6 9. h3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bh2 Qe7
12. Rfd1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5
Rfd8 17. Qb3 a5 18. Rac1 Qb4 19. e4 Qxe4 20. Bf3 Qb4 21. Qxb4
axb4 22. Rxc7 Rab8 23. g4 f6 24. g5 Rdc8 25. Rdc1 Rd8 26. Rd1
Rdc8 27. Re7 Re8 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bg4 Bc8
31. Rc1 Bxg4 32. hxg4 Rd8 33. Rc6 Be7 34. Re6 Bc5 35. Rxe5 Bd4
36. Re2 Rxd5 37. Rd2 Kf7 38. Be5 Rxe5 39. Rxd4 b3 40. axb3 h5
41. Rf4+ Ke6 42. Kg2 hxg4 43. Kg3 Rb5 44. b4 g5 45. Rxg4 Rd5
46. Rc4 Kf5 47. Kg2 g4 48. Kf1 Rd3 49. Rc6 g3 50. fxg3 Rxg3
51. Rxb6 Rb3 52. Ke2 Ke5 53. Kd2 Kd5 54. Kc2 Rh3 55. b3 Rh2+
56. Kc3 Rg2 57. Ra6 Rh2 58. Rg6 Rf2 59. Kd3 Rf3+ 60. Kc2 Rf2+
61. Kc3 Rh2 62. Rb6 Rg2 63. b5 Kc5 64. Rb8 Rg3+ 65. Kc2 Rg2+
66. Kc1 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stefan E S Kindermann"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 e5 6. dxe6 Bxe6
7. e4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 Bf8 12. Re1
a6 13. Bf1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bd3 Rad8 17. Ne5
c4 18. Be4 Qb5 19. Qf3 Nd4 20. Qg3 Qxb2 21. Kf1 Nf5 22. Qf3 b5
23. c3 Nd6 24. Bc6 Re7 25. a4 b4 26. cxb4 Qxb4 27. g4 c3
28. Qg3 Nc4 29. Bg2 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 c2 31. Rec1 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[EventDate "2019.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4
7. Nd2 Bb7 8. e4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Rb1
Nd7 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qd2 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5
Qc7 18. Kh1 Ba6 19. b3 Nf6 20. h3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+
Nxe8 23. g4 Qd7 24. Kg2 Nc7 25. a4 Bc8 26. Qe3 Ne8 27. Kf1 Bf6
28. Bf5 gxf5 29. Bxf6 fxg4 30. hxg4 Nxf6 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Qxf6
Qxg4 33. Qxd6+ Kg7 34. Qe5+ f6 35. Qe7+ Kg6 36. Qe8+ Kg7
37. Qe7+ Kg6 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2019.01.13"]
[EventDate "2019.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "188"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 dxe4
7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bg4 9. c3 Nf6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 O-O-O
12. Na3 Ne8 13. c4 Bf8 14. Nc2 Be6 15. b3 Nb4 16. Nxb4 Bxb4
17. Rf1 f6 18. Be3 Ng7 19. c5 Rd3 20. Ne1 Rd7 21. c6 bxc6
22. Bxa7 Kb7 23. Be3 Ra8 24. Nf3 Bf7 25. Rfc1 Ne6 26. Bf1 Nd4
27. Kg2 c5 28. Bc4 Ba3 29. Rd1 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Kc6 31. Nh2 Rd6
32. Bh6 Kd7 33. Ng4 Ke6 34. Rab1 Bb4 35. Ne3 c6 36. a3 Rxa3
37. Ra1 Nb3 38. Rxa3 Bxa3 39. Rxd6+ Kxd6 40. Nc2 Bb2 41. Kf1
g5 42. Bf8+ Ke6 43. Ke2 Bd4 44. Ne1 Na5 45. Nd3 Nb7 46. f4
gxf4 47. gxf4 Kf7 48. Bh6 Nd6 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. Be3 Nxc4
51. Bf2 Ke7 52. Nxc5 Bxf2 53. Kxf2 Nb6 54. Kf3 Nd7 55. Nb7 c5
56. Ke3 Kf6 57. Nd6 Kg5 58. Kf3 Nb6 59. Nf7+ Kf6 60. Nh6 Nd7
61. Nf5 Kg5 62. Nd6 Nb6 63. Nf7+ Kf6 64. Nh6 Ke6 65. Nf5 c4
66. Ke2 Kd7 67. Nh6 Kc6 68. Nf7 Nd7 69. Kd2 Kc5 70. Kc3 Nf6
71. Nxe5 Nxe4+ 72. Kc2 Kd4 73. Nd7 Ke3 74. Nf8 h5 75. Ng6 Kf2
76. h4 Kg3 77. Kb2 Kg4 78. Kc2 Nd6 79. Kc3 Nf5 80. Ne5+ Kxh4
81. Kxc4 Kg3 82. Ng6 Kf3 83. Kd3 Ne7 84. Ne5+ Kg2 85. Nf7 h4
86. Ng5 Ng8 87. Ke3 Kg3 88. Ne4+ Kg2 89. Ng5 Kg3 90. Ne4+ Kh2
91. Kf2 Nh6 92. Ng5 Ng4+ 93. Kf3 Ne5+ 94. Ke4 Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2019.01.14"]
[EventDate "2019.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 b5 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bb7 10. f3 Nf6 11. Qg5 Rc8
12. Bd3 h6 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 Bc5 15. Ne2 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Ke7
17. Kd2 Rc7 18. c3 Rb8 19. Ra1 Bc8 20. b4 d6 21. a4 e5 22. Ne2
Bd7 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Rhc1 Bxd3 25. Kxd3 d5 26. exd5 Nxd5
27. Kd2 Rd8 28. Ke1 Rdc8 29. Rxa6 Nxb4 30. cxb4 Rxc1+ 31. Nxc1
Rxc1+ 32. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2019.01.15"]
[EventDate "2019.1.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nb5 Na6 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3
c6 8.Nc3 Nb4 9.h3 Nxd3+ 10.cxd3 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Qb3 Nd7
13.Rfe1 Rc8 14.Rac1 h6 15.Bg3 a5 16.Na4 Ba6 17.Ne5 Nxe5
18.Bxe5 Bb5 19.Re2 Re8 20.Rec2 Bf8 21.Nxb6 Qxb6 22.a4 Ra8
23.g4 Qd8 24.axb5 a4 25.Qc3 cxb5 26.Qc6 b4 27.Bc7 Qg5 28.f4
Qg6 29.e4 h5 30.g5 h4 31.Kf2 a3 32.b3 Rec8 33.Qb7 dxe4 34.dxe4
f6 35.Be5 Rxc2+ 36.Rxc2 Re8 37.gxf6 gxf6 38.Kf1 Re7 39.Qc6 Rg7
40.Qxe6+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Alkmaar NED"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[EventDate "2019.1.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Nxe4 7.d4
Bd7 8.Re1 Nf6 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Nxe5
Be8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6+ gxf6 15.Ng4 Be7 16.Nd2 Bd7 17.Ne3 Be6
18.Nb3 Kc8 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Rad1 a5 21.Nd5 Bd8 22.Nb3 b6 23.Nd4
a4 24.c4 Ra5 25.f4 c6 26.Nc3 Re8 27.Rxe8 Bxe8 28.Kf2 Bd7
29.Rd3 Bc7 30.Kf3 Rc5 31.b3 axb3 32.axb3 f5 33.Re3 Kd8 34.Nd1
b5 35.Rd3 bxc4 36.bxc4 Rxc4 37.Ne3 Ra4 38.Nxc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2019.01.18"]
[EventDate "2019.01.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "187"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 O-O
7. O-O Re8 8. Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 Nf8 10. c3 Bb6 11. Bb3 Be6
12. a4 d5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. d4 Ng6 16. a5 Bc7
17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 Rad8 19. f4 Qg6 20. Ngf5 Nd7 21. a6 Nc5
22. axb7 Nxe4 23. Qg4 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Nd2 26. Ba4
Bb6+ 27. Kh2 Nxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Re6 29. Bxc6 g6 30. Nxh6+ Kg7
31. Bxd5 Ree8 32. Bxf7 Re2 33. Bc4 Rxb2 34. Nf7 Rb8 35. Ng5
Bf2 36. Bd5 a5 37. Ra1 Rh8+ 38. Nh3 g5 39. fxg5 Bb6 40. Re1
Bc7+ 41. Kg1 Bd6 42. Ra1 Bg3 43. g6 a4 44. Kf1 Re8 45. Ng5 Re5
46. Ne4 Rxd5 47. Nxg3 Rdd2 48. Nf5+ Kf6 49. g7 Kf7 50. Re1
Rxb7 51. g5 Rd8 52. Ra1 Ra7 53. Ra3 Kg6 54. g4 Kxg5 55. c4 Rb8
56. Ke2 Ra6 57. Kd2 Rg8 58. Kc3 Kxg4 59. Nd4 Rxg7 60. Kb4 Rga7
61. Nb5 Ra8 62. Nc3 Rb8+ 63. Nb5 Rc8 64. Rxa4 Rxa4+ 65. Kxa4
Rxc4+ 66. Kb3 Rc8 67. Kb4 Kf4 68. Nd6 Rc6 69. Nb5 Ke4 70. Nc3+
Kd4 71. Nb5+ Kd3 72. Kb3 Rc4 73. Na3 Rc1 74. Kb4 Rh1 75. Nb5
Rh5 76. Nd6 Kd4 77. Nb5+ Kd5 78. Nc3+ Kc6 79. Kc4 Rh4+ 80. Kd3
Kc5 81. Ne4+ Kd5 82. Nc3+ Ke5 83. Nb5 Rg4 84. Nc3 Rb4 85. Ne2
Kd6 86. Nc3 Rh4 87. Ne4+ Ke5 88. Nc3 Rd4+ 89. Ke3 Rd8 90. Ne2
Rh8 91. Kd3 Rh3+ 92. Kc4 Rh2 93. Kd3 Rxe2 94. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[EventDate "2019.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8. Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Kf1 f5 10. a3 Qe7 11. b4 O-O
12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. e3 e5 15. b5 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5
17. h3 Kh8 18. Kg1 Nd7 19. Kh2 Nc5 20. Rhe1 Be6 21. a4 a5
22. Nb3 Ne4 23. Qc2 Qf7 24. Rac1 Qg6 25. Nd2 Nxf2 26. Rf1 Ne4
27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Qh6 29. h4 Rab8 30. Bxb7 Rxf1 31. Rxf1
Qxe3 32. Bg2 Bg8 33. Rf4 Re8 34. Bc6 Re6 35. Rf8 Rf6 36. Rxf6
gxf6 37. Qf5 Qe6 38. Qf2 Qe5 39. Qa7 d5 40. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[EventDate "2019.1.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 Rb8 11. c4 c5 12. b3
Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Qe1 Nd7 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Qc3 Bf6 17. Qd2
Be7 18. Qc3 Bf6 19. Qd2 Be7 20. f4 e5 21. Bc3 Bc6 22. Ba5 Qb7
23. Nc3 exf4 24. gxf4 Rfe8 25. e5 Bxg2 26. Qxg2 dxe5 27. Nd5
e4 28. Bc3 f6 29. Kh1 Kh8 30. Rg1 Bf8 31. Ne3 Qc6 32. Rd5 Qe6
33. Rh5 Qf7 34. Qh3 g6 35. Rh4 Rb6 36. f5 Ne5 37. Nd5 Rd6
38. fxg6 Nxg6 39. Bxf6+ Rxf6 40. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[EventDate "2019.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O
7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Nd5
12. Rc1 b6 13. Nce3 Nce7 14. b4 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Ba6 16. Nxd5
Nxd5 17. f3 Bb5 18. Kf2 Rfd8 19. a3 Rd7 20. Rhd1 Ba4 21. Re1
Rad8 22. e4 Nc7 23. Bf4 Nb5 24. Bf1 h6 25. h4 Nd4 26. h5 f6
27. Bc4 Kf7 28. Re3 Nb5 29. g4 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1 31. Bb8 a6
32. e5 Rd4 33. Bxb5 Bxb5 34. exf6 gxf6 35. Bc7 Rd2+ 36. Ke1
Rc2 37. Bxb6 e5 38. Bc5 Ra2 39. Rc3 e4 40. Bd4 Re2+ 41. Kd1
Rg2 42. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Leiden NED"]
[Date "2019.01.23"]
[EventDate "2019.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Be6 5. Nd2 c6 6. Ngf3
b5 7. a4 b4 8. a5 Bd6 9. c4 bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Be2 f5
12. O-O Nd7 13. Qa4 c5 14. c4 Nf6 15. Nb3 Ne4 16. Nxc5 Bxc5
17. dxc5 Rc8 18. c6 Nc3 19. Qc2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Rxc6 21. cxd5
Bxd5 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. Qd2 Qg5 24. f3 Rfc8 25. Rfc1 g6 26. Rxc5
Rxc5 27. Rb1 h5 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. Re8 Qf6 30. Rb8 Qa6 31. Nb3
Bxb3 32. Qd8 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Qf1+ 34. Kg3 f4+ 35. Kxf4 Rc4+
36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kh3 Rc8 38. Rxc8 Be6+ 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. fxg4
Qxe3+ 41. Kh4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2019.01.25"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[Round "11.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. O-O
dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Rae1 Nf6
16. Re2 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2019.01.26"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[Round "12.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vidit Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Qb3 Bxf3
7. gxf3 Rb8 8. a3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Rg1 Na5
12. cxd5 exd5 13. b4 Nc4 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxc4 Bh4 16. f5
Rfe8 17. Kf1 Nf6 18. f3 Qc6 19. Kg2 Rbd8 20. b5 Qd7 21. Kh3 g5
22. e4 Qxd4 23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Rxg5+ Kh8 25. Rag1 Nxe4 26. fxe4
Rxe4 27. Bxf7 Rh4+ 28. Kg2 Qf6 29. Kh1 Qxf7 30. Qg2 Rhd4
31. f6 Rd1 32. Qf3 Rxg1+ 33. Rxg1 Qd5 34. Qxd5 Rxd5 35. f7 Rd8
36. Rc1 a6 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. Rxc7 Kg7 39. Ra7 Rd1+ 40. Kg2
Rd2+ 41. Kg1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[Round "13.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Jorden van Foreest"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 a6
7. Bxc4 Rb8 8. Qc2 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. d5 exd5
12. O-O-O d4 13. Nxd4 Nh5 14. Be3 c5 15. Nf5 g6 16. Be2 Ng7
17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qe7 19. Rhd1 Bc6 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Nd5
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Aachen GER"]
[Date "2019.02.03"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan-Christian Schroeder"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Be2 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O Bf6
12. Bd4 Qd6 13. Rfd1 Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Ne7 16. Rad1
Bc6 17. f3 f5 18. e5 g5 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Bxb5
22. Rb4 Nc6 23. Rxb5 Ke7 24. b3 Rxb5 25. Nxb5 Nxe5 26. Ra1 h5
27. Nd4 h4 28. h3 Rc8 29. Kf2 Ng6 30. Ra5 Nf4 31. Ra7 Rc3
32. Ra8 Kf6 33. Ra2 g4 34. hxg4 fxg4 35. fxg4 Rg3 36. Ra8
Rxg2+ 37. Kf3 e5 38. Nf5 h3 39. Ne3 Rd2 40. Rh8 d5 41. c4 d4
42. Nf5 h2 43. Ng3 Kg7 44. Rh4 d3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne7
7. Bg5 f6 8. Bd2 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bg4
12. Qb3 b6 13. Bc4 Ned5 14. O-O Be7 15. h3 Be6 16. Qc2 Qd7
17. Rac1 O-O-O 18. Rfe1 Kb7 19. b4 Rhe8 20. Qb3 b5 21. Bf1 Nb6
22. Qc2 Bd5 23. Bf4 Ne6 24. Bg3 Na4 25. Rcd1 Qc8 26. Ned2 g6
27. Nb3 Bd6 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Nfd2 f5 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. Na5+
Kb8 32. Nxc4 bxc4 33. Qxa4 Nxd4 34. Bxc4 f4 35. b5 c5 36. b6
Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 axb6 38. Re8 Rd8 39. Re7 Nc6 40. Re6 Na5
41. Rxb6+ Nb7 42. Be2 Qc7 43. Qa6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. a5 h6 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Qf3 Ncxe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 d5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Rd1
a6 17. c3 Bd7 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Rd2 Rfe8 20. Ne2 Bc6 21. Nf4
Rcd8 22. Rad1 Ba4 23. Re1 Bc6 24. g3 Bf6 25. Red1 Ba4 26. Ra1
Bc6 27. Bb6 Rd7 28. Ng2 Re4 29. f3 Re8 30. Kf2 Bg5 31. Be3 Bd8
32. h4 Kh7 33. Nf4 Bc7 34. Ne2 Bb5 35. Bf4 Rxe2+ 36. Rxe2 Bxf4
37. gxf4 Bxe2 38. Kxe2 d4 39. c4 Kg6 40. Rg1+ Kf5 41. Rxg7 d3+
42. Kd2 Kxf4 43. Rh7 Kxf3 44. Rxh6 f5 45. Rg6 Rd4 46. h5 Rxc4
47. h6 Ke4 48. Re6+ Kd5 49. h7 Rh4 50. Re7 Kd4 51. Rd7+ Ke4
52. Re7+ Kd4 53. Rd7+ Ke4 54. Rxb7 Rh2+ 55. Kd1 f4 56. b4 f3
57. b5 axb5 58. a6 f2 59. Re7+ Kd4 60. Rf7 Rxh7 61. Rxf2 Kc3
62. Rf1 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. c4 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. a3 a6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd3 b5 12. O-O
Bb7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qe2 Nc4 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. a4 b4 17. Bxf6
gxf6 18. Ne4 Nxb2 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxb2 Qd6 21. Nc5 Rxc5
22. Qxb4 Rc6 23. Qxb7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qa3 25. Qb1 Qxa4 26. g3 a5
27. Rc7 Qa3 28. Qd1 Bg7 29. Ra7 Qc3 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Qb1 Qb4
32. Bh7+ Kf8 33. Qd3 Qb6 34. Ra6 Qb4 35. Qd1 Rb8 36. Qf3 Rb6
37. Bg6 f6 38. Ra8+ Rb8 39. Ra7 Rb7 40. Ra6 Rb6 41. Qe2 Kg8
42. Ra7 Rb7 43. Qa6 Rxa7 44. Qxa7 Kh8 45. Qd7 e5 46. dxe5 fxe5
47. Qxd5 a4 48. Qd8+ Qf8 49. Qa5 a3 50. Be4 Bf6 51. Bd5 Bg7
52. Qa4 Qd6 53. Qe8+ Qf8 54. Qe6 Bf6 55. h4 Bg7 56. Kh3 Bf6
57. Kg4 Bg7 58. Kh5 Bf6 59. Kg6 Bg7 60. e4 Qd8 61. Qf7 Qf8
62. Qxf8+ Bxf8 63. h5 Bg7 64. Kf7 Kh7 65. Bc4 Kh8 66. Bb3 Kh7
67. Ba2 Kh8 68. f3 Kh7 69. f4 exf4 70. gxf4 Bb2 71. e5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. a5 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. d5 b5 11. Bb3 cxd5 12. Nxd5
Bb7 13. a6 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Rb8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nd2
Rec8 18. Rec1 Nf6 19. Qd3 Ng4 20. Nf1 Nxe3 21. Nxe3 Bg5 22. c3
Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Rb6 24. Qd3 Qc4 25. Rd1 Rcc6 26. g3 Rxa6
27. Rxa6 Rxa6 28. Kg2 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Kf8 30. Rd5 Rb6 31. f4
exf4 32. gxf4 Ke7 33. Kf3 a6 34. h4 Rc6 35. Rd1 a5 36. h5 Rc5
37. Kg4 Ke6 38. Rd2 a4 39. Rd1 Rc4 40. Re1 b4 41. cxb4 Rxb4
42. Re2 f6 43. Kf3 f5 44. e5 Rb3+ 45. Kg2 dxe5 46. Rxe5+ Kf6
47. Ra5 Rxb2+ 48. Kg3 Rb3+ 49. Kh4 Rb1 50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. Ra7+
Ke6 52. Rxa4 Rh1+ 53. Kg3 Rxh5 54. Ra6+ Kd5 55. Ra5+ Kd4
56. Ra4+ Kd3 57. Ra3+ Kc4 58. Ra4+ Kb5 59. Ra1 g6 60. Rc1 Kb6
61. Ra1 g5 62. fxg5 hxg5 63. Rf1 g4 64. Kf4 Kc5 65. Rd1 Kc4
66. Rd8 Kc3 67. Rd7 Kc2 68. Rd8 Rh7 69. Kxf5 Rg7 70. Kf6 g3
71. Kxg7 g2 72. Rc8+ Kd2 73. Rd8+ Ke2 74. Re8+ Kf2 75. Rf8+
Kg3 76. Rf6 g1=Q 77. Rg6+ Kf2 78. Rxg1 Kxg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bf4 Nbd7
7. Nbd2 c5 8. h3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qb1 Qc8 11. O-O Ba6 12. a4
O-O 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Rfc8 16. b5 Qb7 17. Qb3
a5 18. Rac1 Bb4 19. Qb2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Ne5 Nxe5
22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bg3 Kf7 24. Qe2 g6 25. Qa2 Ke7 26. Bf4 g5
27. Bg3 Bd6 28. Bxd6+ Kxd6 29. d5 exd5 30. Rcd1 Rc5 31. f3
exf3 32. Rxf3 Qe7 33. e4 Rd8 34. Qf2 Qxe4 35. Rxf6+ Kc7
36. Re1 Qc2 37. Rf7+ Kc8 38. Qf6 Rc7 39. Rxc7+ Qxc7 40. Re6
Qc1+ 41. Kf2 Qc5+ 42. Kg3 Qc7+ 43. Kg4 Kb7 44. Rc6 Qf4+
45. Qxf4 gxf4 46. Rxh6 d4 47. Rh7+ Kc8 48. Re7 d3 49. Re1 d2
50. Rd1 Rd4 51. h4 Kd7 52. Kf5 Ke7 53. h5 Kf7 54. h6 Kg8
55. Ke5 Rxa4 56. Rxd2 Rb4 57. Rd5 Kh7 58. Rd7+ Kxh6 59. Rd6+
Kg5 60. Rxb6 a4 61. Rb8 a3 62. Rg8+ Kh4 63. Ra8 Kg3 64. b6
Kxg2 65. b7 f3 66. Rg8+ Kh3 67. Rh8+ Kg3 68. Rg8+ Kh2 69. Rh8+
Kg2 70. Rg8+ Kh3 71. Rh8+ Kg3 72. Rg8+ Kh4 73. Rh8+ Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 exd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. d5 Bg4 9. Be2 Nfd7 10. O-O Na6 11. Be3 Re8
12. Qd2 Bf6 13. Rae1 Nac5 14. b3 a5 15. Nd4 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Ne5
17. Ndb5 Ned7 18. Rfe1 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. f3 Re8 21. Bf2
Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Ne5 23. f4 Ng6 24. g3 c6 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Nd4
Qd7 27. Qd3 Ne7 28. Nf3 d5 29. Bc5 h6 30. Kg2 Qf5 31. Qxf5
Nxf5 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Rd1 d4 34. Rd2 Rd8 35. g4 Ne3+ 36. Kh3
Nd5 37. Bxd4 Nxf4+ 38. Kg3 Ne2+ 39. Rxe2 Bxd4 40. Nxd4 Rxd4
41. Re8+ Kh7 42. Ra8 Rd5 43. Kf4 h5 44. h3 f6 45. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "178"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. dxc5 Bxc5
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nc6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4
12. Be5 Nc6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bc7 Rd7 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Na4 Nxg3
17. hxg3 Ba7 18. c5 Kf8 19. Rc4 Rd8 20. Rh4 h6 21. Rc1 e5
22. Bc4 Bf5 23. Re1 e4 24. Rf4 g6 25. Nh4 Bb8 26. Rxf5 gxf5
27. Nxf5 Be5 28. Rxe4 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Rg4 h5 31. Re4 Nd4
32. Ne3 Re1 33. Nc3 Nc6 34. Rh4 Bxc3 35. bxc3 Re5 36. Rf4 Nd8
37. c6 bxc6 38. Bxa6 Ne6 39. Rh4 Rc1 40. Be2 Rxc3 41. Bxh5 Ra5
42. a4 Rd3 43. Bf3 Rd4 44. Bxc6 Rxh4+ 45. gxh4 Nd4 46. Bd7 Ra7
47. Bb5 Nxb5 48. axb5 Rb7 49. g4 Rxb5 50. Kg3 f6 51. Nf5 Rb4
52. f3 Kf7 53. h5 Ra4 54. Nd6+ Kg7 55. Ne4 Rb4 56. Kf4 Rb5
57. Nd6 Ra5 58. Kg3 Ra4 59. f4 Ra3+ 60. Kg2 Rb3 61. Nf5+ Kh7
62. Kf2 Ra3 63. Ne3 Ra4 64. Kf3 Kg7 65. Nf5+ Kh7 66. Nd6 Kg7
67. Ke3 Rb4 68. Nf5+ Kh7 69. Nd4 Kh6 70. Nf5+ Kh7 71. Nd6 Kg7
72. Ne8+ Kf7 73. Nc7 Kg7 74. Nd5 Ra4 75. Kf3 Rd4 76. Ne3 Ra4
77. Nf5+ Kh7 78. g5 fxg5 79. fxg5 Ra6 80. Ke4 Rb6 81. Ke5 Ra6
82. Nd6 Rb6 83. Ke6 Ra6 84. Ke7 Ra7+ 85. Kf8 Ra5 86. g6+ Kh6
87. g7 Ra8+ 88. Ne8 Rxe8+ 89. Kxe8 Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 exd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. d5 Bg4 9. Be2 Nfd7 10. O-O Na6 11. a3 Re8
12. Be3 Bf6 13. Rc1 Nac5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 Re8 18. Qd2 a5 19. Be2 axb4 20. axb4 b6 21. Rfe1 Ra3
22. Bf1 h6 23. g3 Ne5 24. Kg2 Qd7 25. f4 Ng6 26. Bd3 Rea8
27. Rc2 Rb3 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Ra2 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Be7 6. g3 O-O
7. Bg2 a5 8. O-O Na6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Na3 Nd5 11. Bd4 f6 12. e4
Ndb4 13. e5 Nd3 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxc4 Naxc5
17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Nb6 Rad8 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. b3 a4
22. bxa4 Nxa4 23. Rd2 b5 24. h4 h6 25. Qe3 e5 26. h5 Qf5
27. Nh4 Qf6 28. Bh3 Rd4 29. Nf5 R4d5 30. Rc2 Nac5 31. Rb1 b4
32. Rxb4 Nxb4 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Qxc5 Nd3 35. Qc7 Kh8 36. Qe7
Ra8 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Bf1 e4 39. Nd6 f5 40. f3 Rxa2 41. fxe4
Ne1 42. Bc4 Nf3+ 43. Kf1 Nd2+ 44. Ke1 Nxc4 45. Nxc4 fxe4
46. Nd2 Ra3 47. Nf1 Kg7 48. Ke2 Kf6 49. Nd2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[Round "10.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ned2 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 a4
12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 c6 14. Bc3 axb3 15. axb3 Qc7 16. Ne5 g6
17. f4 b5 18. Qe2 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 c5 21. Kh1 cxd4
22. Bxd4 Bc5 23. Bc3 Rb8 24. Rd1 Bf8 25. Bc2 Ra8 26. h3 Bg7
27. Kh2 Nc5 28. Bd4 Nh5 29. Qf3 Rc8 30. g3 Nf6 31. Qe3 Ncd7
32. Bd3 Ra8 33. Rd2 Bf8 34. Bf1 Ra3 35. Qe1 Qa5 36. Qe2 Ne4
37. Qxe4 Qxd2+ 38. Bg2 Bg7 39. Nxd7 Qxd4 40. Qb7 h5 41. Qb8+
Kh7 42. Nf8+ Kh6 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 g5 45. Qb5 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[Round "11.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Bb7 5. c3 Be7 6. Nbd2 c5
7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qb1 h6 9. h4 cxd4 10. exd4 Nd5 11. Nc4 d6 12. a4
f5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. h5 Rc8 15. Qd1 N7f6 16. Nh4 Ne4 17. Ng6
Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Bg5 19. f4 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 e5 21. dxe5 dxe5
22. Nxe5 Qe7 23. O-O Qxe5 24. Rae1 Qc5+ 25. Qe3 Qxe3+ 26. Rxe3
Bc6 27. Re5 Bxa4 28. Ng6 Rf7 29. Ra1 Bb3 30. Ra3 Bf6 31. Rxb3
Bxe5 32. Nxe5 Rf6 33. Rb5 Rd8 34. Bc4+ Kh7 35. Ng6 Rd2 36. Re5
Rxg6 37. hxg6+ Kxg6 38. Re2 Rxe2 39. Bxe2 Kf6 40. b4 a5
41. bxa5 bxa5 42. Bd1 g5 43. Kf2 g4 44. Ke3 Kg5 45. g3 h5
46. c4 h4 47. gxh4+ Kxh4 48. c5 Kg3 49. c6 f4+ 50. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[Round "12.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 c5 9. Bf4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 d5 11. Ne5 Ne4
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd3 Be7 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Nd2 Bf6 16. Nxe4
dxe4 17. Rac1 Re8 18. Bc7 exd3 19. Bxd8 Rxe3 20. Bxb7 Rxd8
21. fxe3 Nc5 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. exd3 Rxd3 24. e4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1
Kf8 26. Bd5 f6 27. a4 Rd2 28. Bc4 h5 29. Re1 g5 30. h3 Rc2
31. Rf1 Ke7 32. h4 gxh4 33. gxh4 Be5 34. Rf5 Rh2+ 35. Kg1 Rxh4
36. Be2 Rxe4 37. Bxh5 Ke6 38. Rf1 f5 39. Be8 Bd4+ 40. Kg2 Re2+
41. Kg3 Be5+ 42. Kh4 Kf6 43. Rf3 Bd4 44. Kh3 Rxe8 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 h6 5. Bd2 d5 6. exd5 exd5
7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 Ne5
12. Nf4 Re8 13. Bb5 Bg4 14. Be2 d4 15. Na2 Rc8 16. Nc1 Bd6
17. f3 Bf5 18. Ncd3 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 Qd7 20. a4 Bxd3 21. Nxd3 Nd5
22. Re1 Qf5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qf1 Qh5 25. g3 Ne3 26. Bxe3
Rxe3 27. Kg2 Qa5 28. Re1 Qxa4 29. Rxe3 dxe3 30. Qe2 Qd4 31. c3
Qb6 32. b4 a6 33. Nb2 Bf8 34. Nd1 a5 35. bxa5 Qb3 36. Nxe3
Qxc3 37. Nc4 g6 38. h4 h5 39. Qe4 Bc5 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Ne5
Qc2+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. Kg2 Bd6 44. f4 Qe4+ 45. Kh2 Qe2+ 46. Kh3
Bxe5 47. fxe5 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Qg1 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Be3 c6 10. Rad1 h6 11. d5 c5 12. Ne1
Kh8 13. Nd3 Ng8 14. a3 b6 15. b4 Ba6 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nb4 Bc8
18. a4 f5 19. f3 Nf6 20. a5 Nh5 21. Ra1 Bd7 22. Nc6 Qf6
23. Nb5 Nf4 24. g3 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 f4 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. g4 h5
28. gxh5 gxh5 29. Ncxa7 Bh6 30. Nc6 Rf7 31. a6 Rg7 32. a7 Qg5
33. Bd3 Qf6 34. Nb8 Bxb5 35. cxb5 Raxa7 36. Rxa7 Rxa7 37. Nc6
Rb7 38. Qg2 Ng5 39. Qa2 Kh7 40. b6 Nh3 41. Qg2 Ng5 42. Rb1 Bf8
43. Ba6 Rg7 44. Bc8 Nxe4 45. Qc2 Qg5 46. fxe4 f3 47. Bf5+ Kh6
48. b7 Qe3 49. b8=Q f2 50. Qc1 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. h3 Bf5 8. a3 c5 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Qb6 11. c3 Rfd8 12. a4
Rd7 13. Ne5 Rdd8 14. b3 Bd7 15. Qe1 Be8 16. Bd3 Rdc8 17. Bh2
Nd6 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. exd4 Nxb5 20. axb5 Nc7 21. Qf3 Nxb5
22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. b4 b6 24. Rfe1 f6 25. Ng4 Qd7 26. Bf4 h5
27. Ne3 e6 28. Ra3 a5 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. g4 g5 31. Bh2 h4
32. c4 dxc4 33. d5 Bf7 34. Nxc4 Rxc4 35. dxe6 Qc6 36. exf7+
Kxf7 37. Qf5 Rc1 38. Re3 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Re8 40. Qxa5 Rxe1+
41. Qxe1 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. a3 a5 8. h3 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. Nf1 a4 12. Ng3
Na5 13. Be3 c5 14. Nd2 b5 15. f4 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4
g6 18. Rc1 Bg7 19. Bc3 Rc8 20. Nf3 Nb3 21. Rc2 Nc5 22. Rd2 Nb3
23. Rde2 Bh6 24. f5 Bg7 25. Bc2 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Nc5 27. e5 dxe5
28. Nxe5 Red8 29. Qc1 Be8 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qg5 Nd5 32. Nxg6
fxg6 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Qxd5+ Kh8 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Qf7 Rg8
37. Bxg6 Qe6 38. Bxg7+ Rxg7 39. Qf8+ Qg8 40. Qf6 Nd7 41. Qh4+
Rh7 42. Bxh7 Qxh7 43. Qd8+ Qg8 44. Qxd7 Qxg3 45. Qxb5 Qf4
46. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. h3 Bf5 8. c3 c6 9. Na3 Nc7 10. Be2 Be4 11. O-O Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. exd5
cxd5 17. Qb3 Qf6 18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Rad1 b6 20. Bb7 Ne6
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd5 Qg5 25. g3
Qc1+ 26. Kg2 Bxc3 27. Nc4 Bxb2 28. Bc8 Qc3 29. Nd6 Qf6 30. Ba6
Bd4 31. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4 Na6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qa4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nb8
12. Rad1 d6 13. Qc2 f5 14. c5 Be4 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. cxd6 cxd6
17. d5 exd5 18. Nd4 Kh8 19. f3 Na6 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Qe6 Qxe6
22. Nxe6 Rf6 23. Nd4 Rf7 24. Nb5 d5 25. Rxd5 Rc8 26. Be5 Kg8
27. Bd4 g6 28. Nxa7 Ra8 29. Nc6 Bc5 30. g4 Rc7 31. Ne5 Bxd4+
32. cxd4 Nb4 33. Rd6 Nc2 34. gxf5 Ne3 35. fxg6 Nxf1 36. Bxe4
Rf8 37. gxh7+ Kg7 38. h8=Q+ Rxh8 39. Kxf1 Rxh2 40. Rd7+ Rxd7
41. Nxd7 Rh4 42. Bd3 Rxd4 43. Nxb6 Kf6 44. Nc4 Rd8 45. a4 Ke6
46. a5 Rf8+ 47. Ke1 Kd5 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. e3+ Kc5 50. Kc3 Kb5
51. e4 Kc5 52. a6 Rc8 53. Nd2 Kb6+ 54. Kd4 Rd8+ 55. Ke3 Kc5
56. Nf3 Re8 57. e5 Kd5 58. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nd2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Ngf3 Nbd7
7. h3 Re8 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bh2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Nxf3+
12. Nxf3 c6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Nd7
17. a4 Nc5 18. Qa3 a5 19. Bd6 Nd7 20. Qb3 Bf5 21. Qxb6 Nxb6
22. Bc7 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nc5 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Bd6 Ne4 26. Bf4 h6
27. Nb3 b6 28. Nd4 Rec8 29. Bd3 Nc5 30. Bc2 Ne6 31. Nxe6 Bxe6
32. Bb3 f5 33. Rac1 Kf7 34. h4 Bf6 35. Bxh6 Bxh4 36. Bf4 Bf6
37. Kf1 g5 38. Bg3 Ra7 39. Rd2 Re7 40. c4 d4 41. Rd3 c5 42. f4
dxe3 43. Rxe3 Bxb2 44. Rce1 Bd4 45. fxg5 Bxe3 46. Rxe3 Kg6
47. Bf4 Rce8 48. Kf2 Bg8 49. Rh3 Rh7 50. Rd3 Rhe7 51. Rd2 Re4
52. g3 Bxc4 53. Bd1 Bf7 54. Bf3 Rd4 55. Rb2 Rb4 56. Rd2 Rxa4
57. Bc6 Rd4 58. Rxd4 cxd4 59. Bxe8 Bxe8 60. Bc7 a4 61. Bxb6 d3
62. Ke3 Bb5 63. Bd8 a3 64. Bf6 a2 65. Kd2 Bc4 66. Ke3 Kh5
67. Kd2 Kg4 68. g6 Kxg3 69. g7 f4 70. Be5 Kg4 71. g8=Q+ Bxg8
72. Kxd3 f3 73. Ke3 Bc4 74. Kf2 Kf5 75. Bc3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 a6
7. c5 O-O 8. Nge2 b5 9. cxd6 exd6 10. Nf4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Re8
12. Qd2 Nb6 13. O-O Bb7 14. b3 Qe7 15. Bf2 Qf8 16. a4 b4
17. Nd1 a5 18. Nb2 Nfd7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Bh4
Re8 22. Bg3 Nf6 23. Bf2 Nfd7 24. Be3 Nf6 25. Nbd3 Nfd7 26. h4
c5 27. Nb2 cxd4 28. Bxd4 Nc5 29. Qe3 Bh6 30. Bxc5 Rxc5
31. Rxc5 dxc5 32. Bc4 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. g3 Bg7 35. e5 Qd4
36. Qxd4 cxd4 37. e6 Nxc4 38. exf7+ Kxf7 39. Nxc4 Bxf3
40. Nxa5 Bd1 41. Kf2 h6 42. Ke1 Bf3 43. Nc4 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5
45. Nd3 Ke6 46. Nxb4 Bf8 47. Nd3 Be4 48. Kd2 Kd7 49. a5 Kc7
50. b4 Kc6 51. a6 Kb5 52. Nce5 Kxa6 53. Nd7 Bxd3 54. Kxd3 Bxb4
55. Kxd4 g4 56. Ne5 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c3 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Ne5 Bd6
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4
12. Bb2 cxd4 13. exd4 f6 14. Nec4 Be7 15. Ne3 f5 16. c4 Bf6
17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Kh1 g6 20. Nb1 Rac8 21. Nc3 a6
22. d5 Nc5 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. Ncd5 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Nd3 26. Qd4 b5
27. g4 bxc4 28. bxc4 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 fxg4 30. Rd2 Kf7 31. Re2
Rxc4 32. Qxc4 Qxd5 33. Rxe4 h5 34. f5 Qxc4 35. fxg6+ Kxg6
36. Rxc4 Ne5 37. Ra4 Nf3 38. Rxa6+ Kg5 39. Ra3 Rd2 40. Raxf3
gxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "10.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d5 Nb8
7. e4 a5 8. h3 Na6 9. Be3 O-O 10. g4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Ndc5
12. O-O-O c6 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Be2 cxd5 15. cxd5 b5 16. Bxc5
Nxc5 17. Bxb5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxb5 19. Rc1 Rb8 20. Rc3 a4
21. Rhc1 Qb6 22. h4 Bd7 23. Rg1 Rfc8 24. h5 Rxc3 25. Nxc3 Qb4
26. Ka1 a3 27. bxa3 Qxa3 28. Ne4 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "11.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c3 Bb7 5. Nd2 h6 6. Bh4 c5
7. Ngf3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. exd4 Be7
12. Qe2 d6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Ba6 Qc8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. a4 a6
17. Nf1 b5 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. Nd2 d5 20. Qd3 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Rfc8
22. Ra2 a5 23. Rea1 Nd7 24. b3 Bd8 25. g3 Rab8 26. c4 dxc4
27. bxc4 Qc7 28. Ne4 Rb4 29. Rxa5 Qxa5 30. Rxa5 Bxa5 31. c5
Ra8 32. c6 Nb6 33. Nd6 Rd8 34. Nb7 Rdxd4 35. Qa6 Rb1+ 36. Kg2
Be1 37. c7 Rd2 38. Nc4 Rxf2+ 39. Kh3 Nc8 40. Qa8 Rb5 41. Qxc8+
Kh7 42. Qd8 Rh5+ 43. Qh4 Rxh4+ 44. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "12.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. Nxe5 dxe5 6. Nc3 e6
7. e4 Bc5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Rb1 exd5 11. cxd5 c6
12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bd2 Be6 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Be2 Bd4
17. Na4 c5 18. Bc3 Rac8 19. Ba6 Rb8 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qc5 Qd6
22. Bd3 Qxc5 23. Nxc5 Bc8 24. Rfc1 g5 25. b4 Rd6 26. b5 Nd7
27. a4 Kg7 28. f3 Nf8 29. a5 h5 30. Kf2 h4 31. Bc4 Ng6 32. Nd3
Bd7 33. Ke1 g4 34. fxg4 Bxg4 35. Kd2 f5 36. Bd5 Rxd5 37. exd5
e4 38. Nc5 e3+ 39. Kd3 Nf4+ 40. Kxd4 Ne2+ 41. Kxe3 Nxc1
42. Rxc1 Rxb5 43. d6 Kf6 44. d7 Ke7 45. h3 f4+ 46. Kxf4 Bxd7
47. Re1+ Kd6 48. Nxd7 Kxd7 49. Re5 Rb2 50. Rg5 Ke6 51. Rg7 Kf6
52. Rxa7 Rxg2 53. Rh7 Kg6 54. Rh8 Ra2 55. Ra8 Ra3 56. a6 Kg7
57. Kg4 Ra4+ 58. Kg5 Kh7 59. Ra7+ Kg8 60. Kf6 Rf4+ 61. Ke5 Ra4
62. Kd5 Ra3 63. Kc4 Ra1 64. Kb5 Ra3 65. Rb7 Rb3+ 66. Kc4 Rxh3
67. a7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "13.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 Be7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. Ne2 Nf8 8. f3 Ng6 9. Bf2 e5 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 d5 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. dxe5 g5 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. N4g3 Bg6
17. Qb3 c6 18. Qxb7 Kh7 19. Qxc6 Rc8 20. Qa4 Nb6 21. Qxa7 Nc4
22. Rad1 Qe8 23. Rd7 Bd8 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. e6 Bf6 26. Bd4 Ne5
27. e7 Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "14.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 c5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O b6 8. d5 Bxd2 9. Nxd2 exd5 10. cxd5 d6 11. e4 Ba6
12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. exf5 Qd7 14. Nc4 Qxf5 15. Nxd6 Qxd5 16. Bf4
Nb4 17. Qe2 Nh5 18. Be5 Nd3 19. Rad1 Nhf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4
21. Qg4 Qxa2 22. Nf5 Ng6 23. Rd7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Nd6 Qb3
26. h4 Rf8 27. h5 Ne5 28. Qe4 Qe6 29. Nb5 Qf5 30. Qd5+ Kh8
31. Nd6 Qf6 32. f4 Ng4 33. Re1 Qd4+ 34. Qxd4 cxd4 35. Re7 d3
36. Ne4 Rd8 37. Kf1 Nf6 38. Nd2 Nxh5 39. Rxa7 Nxf4 40. Kf2 Re8
41. Kf3 Ng6 42. Nc4 h6 43. Nxb6 Rd8 44. Ra1 Ne5+ 45. Ke4 d2
46. Nd5 Nc4 47. b3 Nb2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "15.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. Bg3 Nh6 5. e3 Nf5 6. c4 e5
7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Be6 11. Nf3 O-O-O
12. Be2 h5 13. dxe5 Qa5 14. Qc2 h4 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bxg5 fxg5
17. Nxg5 Qxe5 18. Nxe6 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qxe6 20. O-O Qxe3+
21. Kh1 Kb8 22. Bg4 Ne5 23. Bh3 Nd3 24. Bf5 a6 25. Rf3 Qe1+
26. Rxe1 Nxe1 27. Qb1 Nxf3 28. Be4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "16.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Ne4
7. Qc2 c6 8. b3 Nd7 9. Bb2 Qe8 10. Nc3 f5 11. e3 Bd6 12. Ne2
g5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Be7 15. f3 Nc5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. b4 Na6
18. a3 f4 19. Bh3 Nc7 20. Rae1 fxg3 21. hxg3 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Qg6
23. e4 Kh8 24. Nf5 exf5 25. e6+ Bf6 26. Bxf6+ Qxf6 27. exd7 f4
28. e5 Qh6 29. Kg2 fxg3 30. e6 Nd5 31. e7 Nf4+ 32. Qxf4 gxf4
33. e8=Q Raxe8 34. Rxe8 Qf6 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Re1 Qf6 37. Re2
Kg7 38. Rd2 Qd8 39. Bg4 h5 40. Bxh5 Kf6 41. Bg4 Kg7 42. Rd4
Kg6 43. Rxf4 a5 44. Re4 Qf8 45. Re6+ Kg5 46. Re8 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "17.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 c6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. h3 c5 9. a3 a6 10. Ne5 h6 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. dxe5
Nd7 13. Qg4 f5 14. Qg6 Rf7 15. Qxe6 Nf6 16. Bxf5 Bxe6 17. Bxe6
Ne8 18. Nxd5 Nc7 19. Nxc7 Rb8 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rad1 Qf8
22. Rd7 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rxd7 24. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "18.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O h5
7. e3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qd7 9. d3 b6 10. e4 Bb7 11. Ng5 h4 12. f4
hxg3 13. hxg3 f6 14. Nf3 Qg4 15. Kf2 f5 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Be3
Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Ng4+ 19. Ke2 Rh2 20. Rg1 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Na5
22. Kf3 Nf6 23. Rh1 Rxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxe4 25. dxe4 Bxe4+ 26. Kf2
Bxh1 27. Rxh1 Kd7 28. Rh7 Rg8 29. Kf3 Nxc4 30. Bc1 Ke6 31. Kg4
Kf6 32. Kf3 d5 33. g4 b5 34. g5+ Ke6 35. Kg4 Nd6 36. Be3 d4
37. cxd4 Nf5 38. Bf2 cxd4 39. Kf3 Rd8 40. Rh1 a6 41. Rc1 d3
42. Ke4 d2 43. Rd1 Nd6+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "19.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 a6 6. a3 Be7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e4 Rd8
12. e5 Qe7 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Nf4 b5 15. Re1 Bb7 16. Qd2 b4
17. Nh5 a5 18. Qf4 Qf8 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Ng5 Ne7 21. Nf4 g6
22. Qh3 Qg7 23. Re2 Bc8 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. c3 Bc5 26. Ra4 Bd7
27. Ra2 a4 28. Nf3 Kg8 29. Bc2 Nc6 30. Nd3 Be7 31. Rxa4 Rxa4
32. Bxa4 Nxe5 33. Ndxe5 Bxa4 34. Nd4 Bf6 35. Ng4 h5 36. Nxf6+
Qxf6 37. Qg3 Kg7 38. h4 Rc8 39. Re5 Kf8 40. Rg5 Bd7 41. Qd6+
Qe7 42. Qf4 Kg7 43. Qg3 Kf8 44. Re5 Qf6 45. Re3 Kg7 46. Rf3
Qe7 47. Qe5+ f6 48. Qe3 e5 49. Nc2 Bg4 50. Rg3 Bf5 51. Qd2 d4
52. Nb4 dxc3 53. bxc3 Rd8 54. Qe3 Qc7 55. Kh2 Qd6 56. Qf3 Bg4
57. Qe4 f5 58. Qc6 Qxc6 59. Nxc6 Rd5 60. Re3 Kf6 61. Nb4 Rd1
62. f3 f4 63. Rd3 Rxd3 64. Nxd3 Bf5 65. Nf2 Ke6 66. g3 Kd5
67. gxf4 exf4 68. Nd1 Kc4 69. Kg2 Kd3 70. Kg1 Ke2 71. Nf2 Kxf3
72. c4 Kg3 73. c5 Kxh4 74. c6 Kg3 75. c7 Kf3 76. Nd3 h4
77. Ne5+ Kg3 78. Nxg6 f3 79. Kf1 h3 80. Ne7 Bd3+ 81. Ke1 f2+
82. Kd2 Ba6 83. Nf5+ Kf4 84. Ne3 h2 85. Nd5+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "20.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 d6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Re8 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. e3 Ne6 12. b4
axb4 13. axb4 h5 14. Bb2 h4 15. Qb3 hxg3 16. hxg3 Ng4 17. Ra1
Rb8 18. Ra7 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qh6 20. Rfa1 Bd7 21. Ne4 b5 22. c5
dxc5 23. bxc5 Bc6 24. Qc2 f5 25. Ned2 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Qxe3+
27. Kf1 Nxc5 28. Re1 Qxd3+ 29. Qxd3 Nxd3 30. Rxc7 Rbc8
31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Nxe5 Rd6 33. Nxd3 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Rxd3
35. Bf1 Rxg3 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Bxb5 Kf6 38. Kf2 Ra3 39. Be2 g5
40. Nf1 g4 41. Ne3 g3+ 42. Kf3 g2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "21.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. e4 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5
Qxd5 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Be2
O-O 12. Rhe1 Nd7 13. f4 Nf6 14. Bf3 Rd8 15. g4 Nd5 16. Nf5
exf5 17. Bxd5 fxg4 18. Bb6 Re8 19. Bc5 Be6 20. Bxe7 Rxe7
21. f5 Bxd5 22. Rxe7 Bc6 23. Rd4 h5 24. Kd2 Kf8 25. Re5 f6
26. Re6 Kf7 27. Ke3 Rf8 28. Rdd6 Kg8 29. Kf4 Kh7 30. c4 Kh6
31. b4 Rc8 32. Re7 Bf3 33. c5 Bc6 34. Re2 Rf8 35. Red2 Re8
36. Re6 Ra8 37. Re7 Rc8 38. a4 g5+ 39. fxg6 Kxg6 40. Rb2 Rd8
41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Bh1 43. c6 bxc6 44. b6 Rd3 45. Re3 Rd4+
46. Kg3 Rd8 47. Ra3 c5 48. Rc3 Kg5 49. Rxc5+ f5 50. h4+ gxh3
51. Kxh3 Rd3+ 52. Kh2 Be4 53. b7 Rd1 54. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "22.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 d6
7. Bb2 Qa5 8. h3 e5 9. d3 Re8 10. e4 Na6 11. Nc3 Nc5 12. a3
Qb6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Rb1 a5 15. c5 Qd8 16. Na4 axb4 17. axb4
dxc5 18. bxc5 Nd7 19. Qc2 Ra5 20. Bc3 Rb5 21. Bd2 Qe7 22. Be3
Ra5 23. Rfc1 f5 24. Bd2 Rb5 25. Rxb5 cxb5 26. Nc3 Qxc5 27. Qb3
Kh8 28. Nxb5 Qb6 29. Be3 Ndc5 30. Qc4 Bd7 31. Nc3 Rc8 32. exf5
gxf5 33. Qh4 f4 34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rb1 Qd8 36. Ne4 Qxh4
37. Nxh4 Rb5 38. Ra1 h6 39. Nd6 Rb6 40. Ra8+ Bf8 41. Ng6+ Kg7
42. Nxf8 Rxd6 43. Nxe6+ Bxe6 44. Ra7 Bc8 45. Ra5 fxg3 46. fxg3
Rxd3 47. Rxe5 Rxg3 48. Kh2 Rc3 49. Bxb7 Kf6 50. Rb5 Rxh3+
51. Kg2 Bd7 52. Rd5 Be6 53. Rd6 Rc3 54. Bd5 Ke5 55. Rxe6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "23.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qh4 d6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 Be7
7. d3 Nc6 8. O-O h6 9. Qg3 Nh5 10. Qh3 e5 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. Qxh5 g6 13. Qxh6 Rxh6 14. Bxh6 f6 15. Be3 Kf7 16. Na3 Bg4
17. Nd2 g5 18. h3 Be6 19. g4 d5 20. f3 c4 21. dxc4 d4 22. Bf2
Qa5 23. Rfd1 Rb8 24. Nb3 Qxa4 25. Kg2 Bxc4 26. Nd2 Be2 27. Re1
Bb5 28. Nxb5 Qxb5 29. b3 a5 30. Nc4 Ra8 31. Ra4 d3 32. cxd3
Qxb3 33. Rxa5 Rxa5 34. Nxa5 Qc3 35. Nc4 Qxd3 36. Ne3 Bc5
37. Nf1 Qc2 38. Ne3 Qa2 39. Kg3 Bd4 40. Rf1 c5 41. Nd5 Qe2
42. Kg2 c4 43. Nb4 c3 44. Na2 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[Round "24.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. c4 d6
7. Nc3 e5 8. O-O Re8 9. e4 Na6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5
12. Re1 a5 13. h3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Nfd7 15. Re2 a4 16. Nxa4 Nxa4
17. bxa4 Qc7 18. Bc3 Nb6 19. Qb3 Nxa4 20. Ba1 Nc5 21. Qe3 Ra4
22. Rc2 Qe7 23. Re1 Bd7 24. Nb3 Bxa1 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. Rxa1
Rea8 27. Rb1 Be6 28. Rcb2 R8a7 29. Qf4 Kg7 30. Qb8 Rxa2
31. Rxa2 Rxa2 32. Rxb7 Qf6 33. Qf4 Qxf4 34. gxf4 Bxc4 35. Rc7
Ra6 36. e5 Be6 37. Bxc6 Bxh3 38. Bd5 Be6 39. Bxe6 Rxe6
40. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. Bd3 a5 13. Rfe1 Ng4 14. Be2 e5 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bf6
17. Red1 Bg5 18. Qg3 Bf4 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Rab1 Rfd8 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Bg5 23. g3 Be7 24. Rd3 Qc6 25. Bg4 Kg7 26. Rbd1
h5 27. Bh3 a4 28. Rf3 Rf8 29. c5 Rad8 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. cxd6
Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 33. Rc3 c5 34. Bd7 Rb8 35. Rd3 Be7 36. Bxa4
Rxb2 37. Bb3 Re2 38. Rd7 Kf8 39. Bd5 c4 40. Bxc4 Rxe4 41. Rc7
h4 42. Kg2 hxg3 43. hxg3 f5 44. a4 Bd8 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46. Be6
Rxa4 47. Rg7 Ra6 48. Rxg6 Ke7 49. Bxf5 Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2019.03.03"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sebastien Maze"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Qf2 Bc6 11. O-O-O
O-O-O 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ba6+ Kb8 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 Bc5
16. Qf3 d6 17. exd6 Rxd6 18. Kb1 Rhd8 19. Bc1 g6 20. g3 Qb7
21. Qe2 a5 22. Rhe1 Ka7 23. Rd3 h5 24. Red1 Ne7 25. Rxd6 Rxd6
26. Rxd6 Bxd6 27. Bd3 Bc5 28. Be4 Qd7 29. c3 Nd5 30. Bg2 Nc7
31. a3 Kb8 32. h3 a4 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 f5 35. Kc2 Ka7
36. g5 Qd6 37. Qc4 b5 38. Qe2 Kb6 39. Bd2 Nd5 40. Bf1 Qc6
41. Kb1 Bd6 42. Kc1 Bc7 43. Kc2 Ka6 44. Bg2 Ka7 45. Bf1 Ka6
46. Bg2 Ka7 47. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Hotel Don Giovanni Prague"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "188"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6
7. a4 Qc7 8. h3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6
12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Rfd1 Bf8 15. Qc4 Nb6 16. Qb3
Nc8 17. Rd3 Nd6 18. Ng5 Ree8 19. Bc5 Red8 20. Rad1 Nfe8
21. Nf3 b6 22. Be3 Nb7 23. Qc4 a6 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Qd3 Ne6
26. Qd7 Bd6 27. Qxc7 Bxc7 28. Na2 a5 29. Rd3 f6 30. Rc3 Nd8
31. Nd2 Kf7 32. Nc1 Rb8 33. Nd3 Ke7 34. g4 Kd7 35. Nc4 Ne6
36. b4 Nd6 37. Ncxe5+ fxe5 38. Nxe5+ Kc8 39. Nxc6 Nxe4 40. Rb3
Ra8 41. Ne7+ Kb7 42. Nd5 Kc6 43. Nxc7 Kxc7 44. bxa5 bxa5
45. Rb5 Nc3 46. Bb6+ Kc6 47. Rxa5 Rxa5 48. Bxa5 Nxa4 49. Kg2
Kd5 50. Kg3 Nac5 51. f3 Nd4 52. h4 Nce6 53. Bd2 Ne2+ 54. Kf2
N2f4 55. Kg3 Ke5 56. Bc3+ Kd6 57. Bb4+ Kd7 58. Bd2 Ne2+
59. Kf2 N2d4 60. c3 Nb3 61. Bh6 Kd6 62. Ke3 Nbc5 63. f4 Kd5
64. f5 gxf5 65. gxf5 Nd8 66. Bg7 Nf7 67. Bd4 Nb7 68. Kf4 Nbd6
69. Bg7 Kc4 70. Be5 Nb7 71. Bg7 Kd3 72. Be5 Nc5 73. Bd4 Na4
74. f6 Kc4 75. Ke4 Nb2 76. Be3 Nd3 77. Kf5 Kd5 78. c4+ Kd6
79. c5+ Kd5 80. c6 Nd6+ 81. Kg5 Nf7+ 82. Kf5 Nde5 83. c7 Nd6+
84. Kf4 Nef7 85. Ba7 Kc6 86. Bb8 Kd7 87. h5 Nc8 88. Ke4 Ke6
89. Kd4 Kxf6 90. Kd5 Ne5 91. Kc5 Ke6 92. Kd4 Ng4 93. Ke4 Nf6+
94. Kf4 h6 0-1

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Hotel Don Giovanni Prague"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Qe8 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. b4 Bg4 10. b5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qe6
12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qb3 Nd7 16. c5 c6
17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Rac1 Be7 19. Be2 Nf8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Bc4
Kg7 22. Qb7 Rab8 23. Qa6 Nd7 24. Qa5 h5 25. h3 g5 26. Rd3 g4
27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Rcd1 g3 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Qe6 31. Qc7
Rb1+ 32. Bf1 gxf2+ 33. Bxf2 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qc4+ 35. Ke1 Qxe4+
36. Kd1 Qa4+ 37. Ke2 Qg4+ 38. Kd2 Qb4+ 39. Ke2 Qg4+ 40. Kd2
Qb4+ 41. Kd3 Qb1+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Rd2 Qe4+ 44. Kf1 Qb1+
45. Be1 Qf5+ 46. Rf2 Qd3+ 47. Re2 Qf5+ 48. Bf2 Qb1+ 49. Re1
1-0

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vidit Santosh Gujrathi"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5
Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qc2 Rb8 14. O-O Qc5 15. Rab1 e5 16. Rfc1
Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. Rxc3 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Rfd8
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. g4 Rd2 23. a4 Rc2 24. b4 Kh7 25. Kg2 f6
26. Kg3 Rc4 27. b5 Rxa4 28. bxc6 Rc4 29. Ra1 Rxc6 30. Rxa7 Rc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Na5 5. Bb3 Nxb3 6. axb3
d5 7. Nf3 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bd6 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Ke2
a6 12. Rhd1 Rb8 13. Nd2 b5 14. Nf1 Nc5 15. Ng3 Ne6 16. Be3 g6
17. Nd5 Nf4+ 18. Kf1 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bb7 20. Rd3 h5 21. f3 Ke7
22. Nh1 f5 23. Bg5+ Ke6 24. Nf2 Rhf8 25. Ke2 Ra8 26. Bh6 Rfb8
27. Bd2 b4 28. c4 a5 29. Be3 Ra6 30. Rdd1 f4 31. Bd2 g5 32. g3
Rba8 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Rg1 a4 35. Rg7 a3 36. Rag1 Rf8 37. Nh3
Be7 38. Bxb4 1-0

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Qf3 Qf6
7. Bf4 Ne7 8. Qg3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. Bc7 Ndf8 11. a3 Be7
12. O-O-O Ne6 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qf4+ 15. Qxf4 Nexf4
16. Rde1+ Kf8 17. Bf1 Bg4 18. Nd2 h5 19. f3 Bf5 20. g3 Ne6
21. Nb3 Re8 22. h4 Bxc2 23. Kxc2 Nxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Rxe1 25. f4
Re8 26. b4 Ne7 27. Bd3 Nc8 28. Kd2 Nd6 29. Nce2 a6 30. Rc1 Rh6
31. a4 Rc8 32. Rc5 Ke8 33. Nc3 Kf8 34. a5 Rd8 35. Nce2 Ke8
36. Rc1 Kd7 37. Nc3 Re8 38. Na4 Kc7 39. Nc5 Rf6 40. Rc3 Rh6
41. Rc1 Rf6 42. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. c4 e5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nf5 O-O
7. e3 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Ng3 Ne5 10. Nc3 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 Qxd3
12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rc1 Bb6 14. f3 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 exf3+ 16. gxf3
c6 17. Rhg1 Bd4 18. Kf2 Be5 19. d4 Bc7 20. Nce4 Nxe4+ 21. Nxe4
Re6 22. d5 Rg6 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. h4 Bd8 25. h5 Bh4+ 26. Ke2
Rxg1 27. Rxg1 g6 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6 c5 30. h6 Be6 31. e4
a5 32. f4 Ra6 33. Be7 c4 34. f5 cxb3 35. fxe6 Rxe6 36. Bc5
bxa2 37. Kd3 f5 38. exf5 Re5 39. Bd4 Rxf5 40. Ra1 Kf7 41. Rxa2
g5 42. Rb2 Kg6 43. Rb6+ Kh5 44. Ra6 a4 45. Ke3 a3 46. Bg7 g4
47. Ke4 Rg5 48. Rxa3 g3 49. Ra1 g2 50. Rg1 Rg4+ 51. Kf3 Kh4
52. Rxg2 Rxg2 53. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 b5 4. c5 d6 5. cxd6 exd6 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Nf6 11. O-O Bb7
12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. Re1 a6 14. a4 Nb6 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Bd3 Ne4
17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qb3 Qd5 20. Qb4 Rfc8 21. e4
Qc6 22. b3 Nd7 23. h3 Nf6 24. d5 Qb6 25. Qd4 Qd8 26. Qd3 Nd7
27. Nd4 Qf6 28. Qd2 g6 29. f4 Re8 30. Re2 a5 31. Rf1 a4
32. Nxb5 Reb8 33. bxa4 Rxa4 34. Nc3 Qd4+ 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36. e5
Rd3 37. Rf3 Rxf3 38. gxf3 Kf8 39. exd6 Rb6 40. Ne4 f5 41. Ng5
Rxd6 42. Nxh7+ Kf7 43. Ng5+ Kf6 44. Nh7+ Kf7 45. Ng5+ Kf6
46. Re6+ Rxe6 47. Nxe6 Ke7 48. Nd4 Kd6 49. Nc6 Nf8 50. Kf2
Kxd5 51. Ne5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7
7. O-O d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. d4 d5 11. e5 Nf5 12. Bf2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Ba6 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Na3 Rc7 17. g4
Nfe7 18. Nc2 Rfc8 19. Ne3 Bh6 20. Bh4 Bxf4 21. Ng5 Nxe5
22. dxe5 d4 23. Ne4 Qa4 24. Rad1 Bxe3+ 25. Rxe3 dxe3 26. Qd8+
Qe8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Bg5 Ng8 29. Qd6+ Qe7 30. Nxh7+ Kg7
31. Bxe7 Nxe7 32. Ng5 Be2 33. Bf1 Bxg4 34. Re1 Nd5 35. Kg2 Rc1
36. Rxc1 Rxc1 37. Ba6 e2 38. Bxe2 Bxe2 39. Qd7 Rf1 40. Nxe6+
Kh6 41. Qxd5 Bf3+ 42. Qxf3 Rxf3 43. Kxf3 fxe6 44. Kg4 g5
45. h4 gxh4 46. Kxh4 Kg6 47. Kg4 a5 48. a4 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chess Festival (Masters)"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.15"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Bg4
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nf5 14. Re1 Nh4 15. Be2 Re8 16. Nxh4
Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Qxh4 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Nd4 g6 20. g3 Qf6 21. Kg2
h5 22. Qf3 Qg5 23. Nxc6 Qxd2 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Qxb2
26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxc3 28. Qxb7 Qd4 29. h4 Kg7 30. Qa6
Qe4+ 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.23"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[Round "12.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Kempinski"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qc2 Bxf3
7. exf3 Nc6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. O-O c6
12. Ne2 d5 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Rfd1 a5 15. Bf4 Rfc8 16. Be5 Qd8
17. Nc3 Qf8 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bd6 Qd8 21. Nb5 Nc6
22. Bc7 Nxd4 23. Qe3 Qd7 24. a4 Nc6 25. Qxb6 Nb4 26. b3 Ra6
27. Qe3 Bb2 28. Rb1 Bf6 29. Bf1 Ng7 30. Qd2 Bd8 31. Bxd8 Qxd8
32. Nd4 Ra7 33. Rbc1 Rac7 34. f4 Qf6 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Rc1
Rxc1 37. Qxc1 Nh5 38. Nc6 Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[Round "13.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Artur Jakubiec"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 f5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 e6 6. Nh3 d6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nf4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Qd2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4
12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Be2 Qd7 14. Qd5 O-O-O 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qb4
c5 17. Qb5 Qf7 18. Rd2 Be4 19. Qa4 Bc6 20. Qxa7 Kc7 21. Qa5+
Kb8 22. Rhd1 Qe7 23. Kb1 Rhf8 24. Bb5 h6 25. f3 g5 26. hxg5
hxg5 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Bf6 29. a4 Nf7 30. Bxf6 Qxf6
31. Qb6 Qe7 32. a5 Qc7 33. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[Round "14.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Erwin L'Ami"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O
Ngf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. exf3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. d3 c6 11. Nd2 Ne8
12. Nf3 Nd6 13. h4 Re8 14. Bh3 Nf8 15. f5 Nd7 16. Bf4 Qb6
17. Rb1 Nb5 18. Kg2 a5 19. a3 Bc5 20. d4 Bd6 21. Bg5 Bf8
22. h5 h6 23. f6 Nxf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bf5 Nd6 26. Nh4 Re7
27. Qg4+ Bg7 28. Qf4 Qc7 29. Bd3 Qd7 30. Bf5 Qc7 31. Bd3 Qd7
32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Rae8 34. b5 f5 35. Bxf5 Qc7 36. bxc6 bxc6
37. Rfc1 Ne4 38. Qxc7 Rxc7 39. Rb4 Nd6 40. Bd3 Bf6 41. Nf3 Nb7
42. Nh2 Nd8 43. Ng4 Bg7 44. f4 Ra7 45. Bf5 Kf8 46. Kh3 Rc7
47. Ra4 Ke7 48. Nh2 Kd6 49. Nf3 Re3 50. Nh4 Bf6 51. Ng2 Re2
52. Bd3 Rd2 53. Rc3 Re7 54. f5 Kd7 55. Nf4 Re3 56. Nxd5 Bxd4
57. Rxd4 cxd5 58. Rxd5+ Ke7 59. f6+ Kxf6 60. Rxd8 Rd1 61. Rd7
Rg1 62. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[Round "15.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Michael Coenen"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. d4 Ne4 8. c3 f5 9. Ne1 e5 10. Ndf3 Bf6 11. e3 Kh8 12. Nd3
exd4 13. exd4 Be6 14. h4 Ne7 15. Re1 Bg8 16. Nfe5 Nc8 17. Bf4
Nb6 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Bh3 Be6 21. f3 Nd6 22. Nc5
Nf8 23. Re2 Bxh4 24. gxh4 Qxh4 25. Qd2 Nc4 26. Nxc4 Ng6
27. Bxc7 dxc4 28. Nxe6 Qxh3 29. Rh2 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2019.04.17"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3
Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nd8 11. Bg2 O-O
12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Re1 Rab8 15. e4 b5 16. cxb5 Rxb5
17. b3 a5 18. Bf1 Rc5 19. Rxc5 Nxc5 20. e5 Rb8 21. Qd2 a4
22. b4 Ne6 23. a3 Rb6 24. exd6 Rxd6 25. Qc3 Qd8 26. Bc4 h6
27. h4 Be8 28. Bxe6 Rd3 29. Qc4 Rxf3 30. Qe4 Rd3 31. Bd5 Rxd5
32. Qxe8+ Qxe8 33. Rxe8+ Kh7 34. Ra8 c5 35. Rxa4 cxb4 36. axb4
Rd4 37. Kg2 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Kf3 Rd2 40. Ke3 Rb2 41. Kd4
f5 42. f4 Kg6 43. Kc5 Rc2+ 44. Kd5 Rd2+ 45. Kc6 Rc2+ 46. Kd6
Rd2+ 47. Kc7 Rc2+ 48. Kd6 Rd2+ 49. Kc5 Rc2+ 50. Kd4 Rd2+
51. Kc3 Rg2 52. b5 Rxg3+ 53. Kc4 Re3 54. b6 Re8 55. Kc5 gxf4
56. Rxf4 Kg5 57. Rb4 f4 58. b7 Rb8 59. Kc6 f3 60. Kc7 Rxb7+
61. Kxb7 f2 62. Rb1 Kf4 63. Kc6 Kf3 64. Kd5 Kg2 65. Ke4 f1=R
66. Rxf1 Kxf1 67. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2019.04.18"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4
7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Bd7
12. Nc3 Nd4 13. O-O Bc6 14. Be3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rfc8 16. Rad1
Nf5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Nd6 Nxd6 19. Rxd6 Kf8 20. Rfd1 Ke7
21. R6d4 Rac8 22. g4 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 R8c7 25. f3 Rd7
26. Kf2 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Nd7 28. Ra4 a5 29. Ne4 Rb5 30. Nc3 Rc5
31. Ne4 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2019.04.19"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Nf3
O-O 7. O-O Nbc6 8. Ne2 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Nh4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3
Qd7 12. h3 Ng6 13. Nhf5 Nce7 14. c3 Nxf5 15. Nxf5 Bd6 16. h4
Ne7 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qf3 c6 19. h5 Rfe8 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bd2
Rad8 22. Rae1 Qd7 23. Bf4 Nf5 24. Qg4 Re7 25. Rxe7 Nxe7
26. Qe2 Re8 27. Re1 Kf8 28. Qd3 Nf5 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. g4 Ne7
31. f3 Qe6 32. Kf2 f6 33. b3 Kf7 34. a4 Kg8 35. a5 a6 36. Qd2
Kf7 37. Bc7 Nc8 38. Qf4 Qe7 39. Bb6 Nxb6 40. axb6 c5 41. c4
dxc4 42. bxc4 cxd4 43. Qxd4 Qe6 44. Qd8 f5 45. Qc7+ Kf6
46. gxf5 Qxf5 47. c5 Qc2+ 48. Kg3 Qd1 49. Qf4+ Ke7 50. Qe5+
Kf7 51. c6 bxc6 52. b7 Qg1+ 53. Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Kg4 Qg1+ 55. Qg3
1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4
7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7
12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd5 14. Na5 Bb4 15. Bd2 Nc3 16. Nxb7
Nxe2+ 17. Kf1 Nc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. Rac1 Bxb7 20. Bxb7 Rab8
21. Rxc3 Rxb7 22. d5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Re8 24. Ra5 g6 25. Rca3
Ree7 26. g4 Kg7 27. Kg2 h6 28. h4 Rbc7 29. Kg3 Rb7 30. h5 g5
31. Re3 Red7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6
7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bg4 9. e5 Bc7 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxf3
12. gxf3 Bxe5 13. a4 Nf6 14. Ra3 Rd8 15. Re1 O-O 16. Rb3 Rd5
17. Rxb7 Rxc5 18. b4 Rd5 19. Rb6 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Bd2 Rxa4
22. Rxc6 Bb8 23. Kg2 Rh4 24. h3 Nd5 25. Re4 Nf4+ 26. Bxf4 Rxf4
27. Rxf4 Bxf4 28. Nc3 g6 29. Nd5 Be5 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2019.04.23"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6
12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b3 Kg7
17. Ne3 Re8 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Re5 20. Bd7 Rb6 21. g3 Bb4
22. Rd1 Re2 23. Bf5 Re5 24. Bd3 c5 25. f4 Re3 26. Kg2 d4
27. Rf3 Rbe6 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Rf1 a5 30. Rf2 Be1 31. Re2
Rxe2+ 32. Bxe2 f5 33. Bh5 Bd2 34. Kf3 Be3 35. Ke2 Bg1 36. h3
Kf6 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 Be3 39. Kf3 Ke7 40. Ke4 f6 41. f5 Kd6
42. Bf7 Bd2 43. a4 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2019.04.24"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nb5 c6 11. Nc7 Ra7
12. Qb3 d6 13. c5 Qxc7 14. cxb6 a4 15. bxc7 axb3 16. cxb8=Q
Rxb8 17. axb3 Rba8 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Rc1 Ra2 20. Ne1 d5
21. Rb1 g5 22. Bc1 Ba6 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Kf1 Ra5 25. Nc2 g4
26. Ne3 h5 27. Nc4 Ra2 28. Be3 Bb4 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. h3 Bb5
31. Rc1 Be7 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Rc2 Ra1 34. f3 exf3+ 35. exf3
gxf3+ 36. Kxf3 f6 37. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Bf4 b6
7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bb7 9. e5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nfd7 11. Nc3 a6
12. h4 h6 13. a4 Rd8 14. h5 Nf8 15. Rxd8 Bxd8 16. Rd1 Be7
17. g4 Bb4 18. Na2 Be7 19. Nc3 Bb4 20. Ne2 Be7 21. Kh2 Ra7
22. Nd2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 c5 24. Nc4 Rd7 25. Ra1 Bd8 26. Be3 Nc6
27. f4 Nb4 28. Rc1 Nd5 29. Bf2 Bc7 30. Kf3 f6 31. exf6 gxf6
32. Ne3 Nb4 33. Bh4 Kf7 34. Ng3 Rd4 35. Ne2 Rd7 36. g5 hxg5
37. fxg5 fxg5 38. Bxg5 Nh7 39. Bh4 Nd5 40. Rd1 Ndf6 41. Rxd7+
Nxd7 42. Ng4 Ne5+ 43. Nxe5+ Bxe5 44. b3 b5 45. c4 bxa4
46. bxa4 Nf8 47. Ng3 Nd7 48. Ne4 Nb6 49. Nxc5 Nxc4 50. Nxa6
Bd6 51. Bd8 Nb2 52. a5 Nc4 53. Kg4 Ne5+ 54. Kg5 Nf3+ 55. Kg4
Ne5+ 56. Kh4 Nc4 57. Kg5 Ba3 58. Nb8 Bc1+ 59. Kh4 Ke8 60. Bc7
Be3 61. a6 Na3 62. Kg4 Nb5 63. Bf4 Bc5 64. Nc6 Kd7 65. Ne5+
Ke8 66. h6 Bf8 67. h7 Bg7 68. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Nc3 Qe8 13. d5 exd5 14. Nd4 Qe5 15. e4 dxe4 16. axb5 axb5
17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Ra6
21. Nxb5 Ne5 22. Nxc7 Ra2 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Rc1 Rxb2 25. Rxc4
Rb8 26. Nd5 Bd8 27. Kg2 g6 28. Rb4 Rxb4 29. Nxb4 Nf6 30. Bf3
Be7 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. exd5 axb5
7. dxc6 bxc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Nf6 10. b3 Bd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4
12. Qf3 O-O 13. c3 Qd5 14. Qxd5 cxd5 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. c4 bxc4
17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxc4 Rfb8 20. Rfc1 e5 21. Ne3
Be6 22. a4 Rb4 23. a5 Rb5 24. a6 Rb6 25. a7 Rb7 26. g4 Raxa7
27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Kg3 Ra3 30. Rc5 Kg6 31. h3 h5
32. Rb5 Kh6 33. Rb8 f5 34. gxf5 Bxf5 35. Rb5 f6 36. Rb7 Kg6
37. Rc7 Rd3 38. h4 Be4 39. Rc5 Rb3 40. Kh2 Bb7 41. Kg3 Ba8
42. Rc8 Be4 43. Rc5 Kf7 44. Kh2 Ke6 45. Rc8 Rb1 46. Re8+ Kf7
47. Rd8 f5 48. Rd1 Rb2 49. Kg1 Ke6 50. Ra1 f4 51. Ng2 Kf5
52. Ne1 Rb3 53. Kf1 Rh3 54. Ra7 Bd5 55. Ra5 Rh1+ 56. Ke2 Bc4+
57. Kd2 Rf1 58. f3 Ke6 59. Ra8 Rf2+ 60. Kc3 Re2 61. Kxc4 Rxe1
62. Re8+ Kf5 63. Rf8+ Ke6 64. Re8+ Kf6 65. Rf8+ Kg7 66. Ra8
Rd1 67. Re8 Kf6 68. Rf8+ Ke7 69. Rf5 Ke6 70. Rxh5 Rf1 71. Rh6+
Kf5 72. Rh5+ Kf6 73. Rh6+ Kf5 74. Rh5+ Ke6 75. Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Div 1c 2018-19"]
[Site "Telford ENG"]
[Date "2019.05.04"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[Round "9.31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Matthew J Turner"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qxd4 9. Bxc6+ Bd7 10. Rd1 Bxc6 11. Qxc6+ bxc6 12. Rxd4 Nd5 13. Rxc4 Kd7 14. Nd2
Be7 15. Nf3 f6 16. Bd2 Rhb8 17. e4 Nb6 18. Rc2 e5 19. Rd1 Ke8 20. Rxc6 Na4 21.
b3 Nc5 22. Be3 Nxe4 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rb7 Rcb8 25. Rc7 Rc8 26. Rdd7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7
a6 28. Kf1 Bf8 29. g4 Nd6 30. a4 Ne4 31. Ke2 Rb8 32. Kd3 Nd6 33. Nd2 Rc8 34. Ra7
Rc6 35. b4 Nc8 36. Rb7 Kd8 37. Ne4 Be7 38. Nc5 Rb6 39. Rxb6 Nxb6 40. a5 Bxc5 41.
Bxc5 Nd5 42. Kc4 Nf4 43. b5 axb5+ 44. Kxb5 Kc7 45. Bb6+ Kb8 46. Kc6 g6 47. Kd6
h5 48. Be3 Nd3 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Ke6 Ne1 51. Kxf6 Nf3 52. h3 Kb7 1-0


[Event "4NCL Div 1a 2018/19"]
[Site "Telford ENG"]
[Date "2019.05.05"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[Round "10.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jonathan Speelman"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. g3 b6
7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. d5 exd5 10. Nh4 Na6 11. Nb1 Ne4
12. cxd5 Bxh4 13. Bxe4 Bf6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nc3 d6 16. Bf4 Nc7
17. Rad1 Re8 18. Bg2 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Nb5 20. Ne4 Nd4 21. Rxd4
cxd4 22. Qa4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Qe8 24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxa6 Be5
26. Bd2 Rc8 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Qd7 29. b3 g6 30. a4 Bg7
31. Qd3 Qc8 32. Bf4 Qb7 33. Qe4 Qd7 34. Kg2 a6 35. h3 h5
36. Qd3 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Qe4 Bf6 39. Qc2 Qe7 40. Qd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Div 1a 2018/19"]
[Site "Telford ENG"]
[Date "2019.05.06"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[Round "11.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Matthew Sadler"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6
7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. f4 h6
12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Re1 a5 15. Bd2 f5 16. Nf2 a4
17. Rb1 Bd6 18. Re2 Qc7 19. Rc1 b6 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3 Ra2
22. Rb1 Rfa8 23. b4 R8a4 24. Be1 Kh7 25. Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Qb3 Qa7
27. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Santosh Gujrathi Vidit"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 h5 8. h3
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. O-O Bd7 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Qd2 Qd8 14. Rfd1 a6 15.
Kh2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 17. a4 Kh7 18. e4 Qh8 19. a5 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Qe3
Rab8 22. Nd5 Re8 23. h4 Qh6 24. Qxh6+ Kxh6 25. b4 Kg7 26. Bh3 Nf6 27. f3 Rbd8
28. Nb6 Bd7 29. Bf1 Be6 30. b5 Nd7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. c5 dxc5 33. Rxd7 Bxd7 34.
bxa6 bxa6 35. Rxc5 Ra8 36. Kg2 Ra7 37. Kf2 f6 38. f4 e6 39. Ke3 Kf7 40. e5 f5
41. Rc1 Ke7 42. Rb1 Rc7 43. Bxa6 Rc3+ 44. Bd3 Bc6 45. Rb4 Ra3 46. a6 Be4 47.
Rxe4 fxe4 48. Kxe4 Ra4+ 49. Ke3 Kf7 50. Kd2 Ra3 51. Ke2 Ra2+ 52. Ke3 Ra4 53. Bb5
Ra5 54. Bc4 Ke7 55. Kd4 Kd7 56. Bd3 Ra3 57. Bxg6 Rxa6 58. Ke3 Ra3+ 59. Kf2 Ra2+
60. Kf3 Ra3+ 61. Kg2 Kc6 62. Bxh5 Kd7 63. Bg6 Ke7 64. Kh3 Kf8 65. h5 Kg7 66. Kh4
Rf3 67. Be8 Kf8 68. Bd7 Kf7 69. Bc6 Rc3 70. Be4 Kg7 71. Bg2 Rc1 72. g4 Rc2 73.
Kg3 Kh6 74. Bf3 Rc3 75. g5+ Kg7 76. Kg4 Rc4 77. Be2 Rc3 78. Bb5 Rc1 79. h6+ Kf7
80. Bd3 Rg1+ 81. Kf3 Rh1 82. Kg2 Rd1 83. Bh7 1-0


[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. a3 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bd3 f6
9. Bb2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 a5 13. b5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd7 15. a4
Be8 16. c4 Rc8 17. h3 Qe7 18. Qc2 Kh8 19. Rae1 Bh5 20. Kh1 Bc5 21. Qb2 b6 22.
cxd5 Nxd5 23. Ne4 Bb4 24. Rc1 Ba3 25. Bxg7+ Qxg7 26. Qxa3 Nf4 27. Ng3 Bf3 28.
Kh2 Bxg2 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc1 Rf8 31. Rc7 Qf6 32. Be4 Bxe4 33. Nxe4 Qf5 34.
Qc3+ e5 35. Nd6 Qf6 36. Ne4 Qf5 37. Nd6 Qf6 38. Ne4 Qf5 39. Qf3 Ng6 40. Qxf5
Rxf5 41. Kg3 Rf4 42. f3 Nh4 43. Ng5 Nf5+ 44. Kf2 Rxa4 45. Rxh7+ Kg8 46. Rb7 Ra2+
47. Ke1 Nd4 48. Rxb6 Rb2 49. Ra6 Rxb5 50. h4 Rc5 51. h5 e4 52. Nxe4 Nxf3+ 53.
Kf2 Rf5 54. Rg6+ Kh8 55. Rh6+ Kg7 56. Rg6+ Kh8 57. Rh6+ Kg7 58. Rg6+ Kh8 59.
Rh6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gawain C B Jones"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 Nxg4 6. Rg1 Ngf6 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2
b5 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bh3 b4 12. Nb1 Qc7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Nh4 g6
15. f4 Nb6 16. b3 Be7 17. Nf3 c5 18. Nxe5 Bb7 19. Qe2 c4 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Qxc4
O-O 22. Rg3 Rac8 23. Qe2 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd3 Kg7 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Qd3
Qg1+ 28. Kb2 Bb6 29. a3 Qd4+ 30. c3 Qf2+ 31. Qd2 Qxd2+ 32. Nxd2 Be3 33. Nec4
bxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Bxf4 35. h4 h5 36. Kd4 g5 37. hxg5 h4 38. Nf3 h3 39. a4 Bc8 40.
Ne3 h2 41. Nxh2 Bxh2 42. Nd1 Bg1+ 43. Ke5 Kg6 44. Nc3 Kxg5 45. b4 Be6 46. a5 Bc4
47. Nd5 Bf2 48. Kd6 Bd3 49. e5 Bg3 50. Ke7 Bxe5 51. Kxf7 Bc4 52. Ke6 Bg3 53. b5
Kg4 54. b6 a6 0-1


[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Ne2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8.
Bxd5 Bxd5 9. f4 O-O 10. f5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 f6 12. Ng3 b5 13. Ba3 Rf7 14. Bc5 Nb8
15. a4 Nd7 16. Be3 a6 17. Qg4 Bc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rfb1 Nb6 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21.
Qb4 Ra5 22. Nf1 Bxg2 23. Ne3 Bc6 24. Rxa5 bxa5 25. Qc5 Be8 26. c4 b4 27. Nd5 Rb7
28. Kf2 h6 29. Ke3 Kh7 30. Kd2 Qd7 31. Rf1 b3 32. cxb3 Rxb3 33. Qxa5 Bf7 34. Kc2
Rb7 35. Kd2 Rb2+ 36. Kc3 Qb7 37. Nb4 Rxh2 38. Rg1 Qf3 39. Qa7 Qe2 40. Qa1 e4 41.
Rg3 exd3 42. Rxd3 Rh4 0-1


[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[Round "5.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 e5 4. d3 Ne7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbc6 7. Rb1 a6 8. e4 b5
9. b3 O-O 10. h4 Bg4 11. Ne2 h5 12. Nh2 Be6 13. Nf1 Qd7 14. Ne3 Rab8 15. Nd5 a5
16. O-O Nb4 17. Bd2 Nxd3 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. cxb5 Nc5 20. a4 c6 21. Nc3 Rfc8 22.
Be3 Bd7 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. Nd5 Qe6 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Ne3 Rb4 27. Qc2 Bf8 28. Rfd1
c4 29. Nxc4 Bxa4 30. Bf1 Bb5 31. Rd5 a4 32. Qd1 axb3 33. Rxe5 Qf6 34. Rxb5 Rxb5
35. Rxb3 Rxb3 36. Qxb3 Bc5 37. Ne3 Bd4 38. Kg2 Rc3 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Nd1 Qf3+ 0-1


[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Be2 Nxd5 6. c4 Nf6 7. d4 Bd6 8. c5
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bxf4 Be6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qd2 Nd5 13. Bg3 a6 14. Kh1 Qd7 15.
Rad1 Rad8 16. a3 f5 17. b4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bd5 19. a4 f4 20. Bf2 Bf6 21. Bd3 Qf7
22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Ne7 24. Qc2 Qh5 25. Bc4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4+ Qd5 27. Nd2 Ra8 28.
Rfe1 Ra2 29. Qd3 Qf7 30. Ne4 Nd5 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Qe6 33. Re1 Qf5 34. Qb3
Kh8 35. b6 cxb6 36. Nd6 Qh5 37. cxb6 h6 38. h3 f3 39. Qxf3 Qxf3 40. gxf3 Nxb6
41. Rb1 Nd5 42. Rxb7 Ra8 43. Ne4 Ra3 44. Nxf6 Nxf6 45. Kg2 Nd5 46. Rb5 Nf4+ 47.
Kg3 Ne2+ 48. Kg4 Rd3 49. Rd5 Kg8 50. h4 g6 51. Rd7 h5+ 52. Kg5 Rxf3 53. Be1 Rf7
54. Rd6 Kh7 55. Rxg6 Rf1 56. Re6 Rxe1 57. Re7+ Kg8 58. Kh6 Rd1 59. Rxe2 Rxd4 60.
Kxh5 Rd7 61. Rg2+ Rg7 62. Rxg7+ Kxg7 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "190"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Bf4
Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. Qa4 Qe8 11. Qxe8 Rfxe8 12. Rfd1 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Bf6 14. Be3 h6
15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bf4 Red8 19. Rcc1 Rac8 20. Nc3 Nc7 21.
Rc2 a6 22. Rdc1 Kf8 23. e4 c5 24. Be3 Bf6 25. e5 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxe5 27. Bxb6 Rd7
28. Na4 Ne8 29. c5 Rc6 30. cxd6 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Bxd6 32. Rc6 Be7 33. Ba5 Ra7 34.
b4 Bd6 35. Nc5 Bxc5 36. bxc5 Ke7 37. Rc8 Rb7 38. Ra8 Rb5 39. Ra7+ Kf6 40. Bb6
Rb2 41. a4 Ke5 42. a5 Nf6 43. Rxf7 Rc2 44. Rxg7 Nd5 45. Rh7 Ne3+ 46. Kh3 Nf5 47.
f3 Rc3 48. Kg4 Rc4+ 49. f4+ Ke4 50. Rh8 Rc2 51. Re8 Kd5 52. Rd8+ Ke4 53. Re8 Kd5
54. Kh3 Nd4 55. Rd8+ Ke4 56. c6 Nf3 57. Kg4 Nxh2+ 58. Kh5 Rxc6 59. Kxh6 Nf1 60.
Kg5 Nxg3 61. Ra8 Ne2 62. Rxa6 Nxf4 63. Ra8 e5 64. Rg8 Nd5 65. Bd8 Rc8 66. Re8
Ra8 67. Rh8 Nf4 68. Bf6 Rxa5 69. Re8 Nd3 70. Bg7 Kf3 71. Bxe5 Nxe5 72. Rf8+ Ke4
73. Rf4+ Kd5 74. Rf1 Ra2 75. Rd1+ Ke6 76. Kf4 Ra4+ 77. Ke3 Ng4+ 78. Kf3 Kf5 79.
Rd8 Ra3+ 80. Ke2 Ke4 81. Re8+ Ne5 82. Kd2 Rd3+ 83. Ke2 Rd5 84. Re7 Ra5 85. Kd2
Kd4 86. Kc2 Rc5+ 87. Kd2 Rc8 88. Rh7 Nc4+ 89. Ke2 Nd6 90. Rd7 Rc6 91. Kd2 Ke5
92. Kd3 Ne4 93. Re7+ Re6 94. Rxe6+ Kxe6 95. Kxe4 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Xiangzhi Bu"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "184"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 e3 7. Bxe3 O-O 8. Be2
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qf6 11. c4 Nxf4 12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Qd6
15. d4 Bg4 16. c5 Qd7 17. c3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rae8+ 19. Kf2 b6 20. cxb6 axb6 21.
Rhe1 Ne5 22. Be2 Ng4+ 23. Kg1 Nf6 24. Bf3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.
c4 Nd6 28. c5 Nf5 29. cxb6 cxb6 30. d5 Qc7 31. g3 g6 32. Kg2 Qc5 33. Qf4 Nd6 34.
g4 b5 35. Qf6 Qc2+ 36. Kh3 Qc7 37. Qf4 Qe7 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. a4 bxa4 40. Qxa4 Qe5
41. Qc2 Qd4 42. Qd1 Qxd1 43. Bxd1 Kf6 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. Bb3 f6 46. Ke3 Nc8 47. h4
Ne7 48. d6 Kxd6 49. Ke4 Nc6 50. Bg8 h6 51. Bb3 Ke7 52. Ba4 Ne5 53. g5 Nf7 54.
gxf6+ Kxf6 55. Kf4 Nd6 56. Kg4 Ne4 57. Bc2 Nc5 58. Kf4 Ne6+ 59. Kg4 Nd4 60. Bd3
h5+ 61. Kh3 Nf5 62. Bb5 Nd6 63. Bd3 Nf5 64. Bb5 Ke5 65. Be8 Ne7 66. Kg3 Ke4 67.
Bf7 Kf5 68. Be8 Nd5 69. Bd7+ Ke5 70. Be8 Ne7 71. Bf7 Kf6 72. Bb3 Nf5+ 73. Kh3
Nd4 74. Bc4 Ke5 75. Bf7 Ne2 76. Be8 Kf5 77. Kh2 Nc3 78. Bd7+ Ke5 79. Be8 Kf6 80.
Kh3 Ne4 81. Ba4 Kf5 82. Bd7+ Ke5 83. Be8 Kf6 84. Ba4 Nc3 85. Bc2 Nd5 86. Kg3 Ne7
87. Ba4 Ke5 88. Be8 Ke4 89. Bf7 Ke5 90. Be8 Ke4 91. Bf7 Ke5 92. Be8 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hao Wang"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "148"]

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. Qc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Qb1 Nbxd5 13. Rfd1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Be4
15. Qa1 Qd5 16. Be1 Rac8 17. Nh4 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Qe4 19. Nf4 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21.
Qb1 Qb7 22. Nd3 Bd6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 h5 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qc1 Qb7 27. Qg5
Qd5 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. e4 Ne7 30. Bc3 Nc6 31. f4 f5 32. exf5 exf5 33. Kf2 Kf7 34.
Ke3 g6 35. Be5 Be7 36. b3 Ke6 37. Bc3 Bd6 38. Ne1 Kd5 39. Nf3 Be7 40. Kd3 a6 41.
a4 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. Nd4 Nxd4 44. Bxd4 h4 45. gxh4 Bxh4 46. Be3 Bf6 47. Bf2
Be7 48. Bd4 Ba3 49. Ba7 Bb2 50. Be3 Ba3 51. Ba7 Bd6 52. Be3 Bc7 53. Bd2 Kc5 54.
Ke3 Bd8 55. Kd3 Bf6 56. Ba5 Bg7 57. Bc3 Bf8 58. Ba5 Bd6 59. Ke3 Kd5 60. Bc3 Bc5+
61. Kd3 Bg1 62. h3 Kc5 63. Ba5 Bf2 64. Bc3 Bh4 65. Ba5 Bf6 66. Bc3 Bd8 67. Bd2
Bc7 68. Ke3 Bd6 69. Kd3 Kd5 70. Ke3 Ba3 71. Kd3 Bb2 72. Ke3 Bd4+ 73. Kd3 Bb2 74.
Ke3 Bd4+ 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. d3 Nf6 5. f4 a6 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. Nc4 d5 8. Ne5
Qc7 9. Ngf3 h6 10. O-O e6 11. Qe1 Be7 12. f5 dxe4 13. dxe4 O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
Rd1 exf5 16. Rxd6 Qxd6 17. Ng6 Qd8 18. Nxf8 Qxf8 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bxh6 Re8 21.
Qh4 Bxc2 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Kf2 c4 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Rc1 Bd3 27. Ne1
Bg6 28. Nf3 b5 29. b3 cxb3 30. axb3 a5 31. Ra1 Rd3 32. Rxa5 Rxb3 33. Nd4 Rb2+
34. Ke3 b4 35. Rb5 Rxg2 36. Rxb4 Rxh2 37. Ne2 Rh3+ 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Nf4 Ra3 40.
Rb6 Ra5 41. Kf3 Re5 42. Rd6 Bc2 43. Kg3 Bb3 44. Rd2 Be6 45. Rf2 Rg5+ 46. Kf3
Bg4+ 47. Ke3 Re5+ 48. Kd4 Re8 49. Nd5 f5 50. Ra2 Bf3 51. Nc3 Kf6 52. Ra6+ Re6
53. Ra7 f4 54. Kd3 Rd6+ 55. Kc4 Bg2 56. Ra2 Bb7 57. Ra7 Rd7 58. Ra1 f3 59. Nd1
Rxd1 60. Rxd1 Ba6+ 61. Kd4 f2 0-1


[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
h6 9. h3 Re8 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qf3 Bb4 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Ne2 Be6 15.
Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Ng3 Bc5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qc4 19. Rd2 Red8 20. b3 Qb4 21. Rad1
Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Kf8 24. f3 g6 25. Nf1 Ke7 26. Ne3 h5 27. h4 Nd7 28.
Nc4 f6 29. Na5 Rb8 30. Kf2 Nc5 31. Ke3 Ne6 32. g3 Nd4 33. c3 Ne6 34. b4 Nd8 35.
Nc4 Nf7 36. Rd1 b6 37. Rd2 Rg8 38. Rd1 g5 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. Rh1 Rh8 41. Ke2 Ke6
42. Ne3 Nd6 43. Kd3 Ne8 44. Nf5 Rh7 45. Ke2 Nf6 46. Rd1 Rd7 47. Rxd7 Kxd7 48.
Kd3 Ne8 49. Ke2 Ke6 50. Kd3 Kf6 51. Ke2 Ke6 52. Kf2 Nf6 53. Ke2 Ne8 54. Kf2 Nf6
55. Ke2 Kd7 56. Kf2 a5 57. bxa5 bxa5 58. Ne3 Ke6 59. Nc4 Nd7 60. Nxa5 Nb6 61.
Nxc6 Nxa4 62. c4 Nb2 63. Na5 Nd3+ 64. Kg2 Ne1+ 65. Kf2 Nd3+ 66. Kg2 Ne1+ 67. Kf2
Nd3+ 68. Kg2 Ne1+ 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Santosh Gujrathi Vidit"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc5 9. Nd4 a5 10. e4 e5 11. Nc2 d6 12. b3 Bc8 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. a3 a4 15. b4 Nb3
16. Bb2 h5 17. h4 Ng4 18. f3 Nh6 19. Qd3 f5 20. Ne2 f4 21. gxf4 Qxh4 22. fxe5
dxe5 23. Qe3 Nf7 24. f4 Nd6 25. Qd3 exf4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Ncd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4+
Kh7 29. e5 Bh3 30. exd6 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qg4+ 32. Kf2 Rae8 33. Rfe1 Qh4+ 34. Kf1
Qh3+ 35. Kf2 Re3 36. Ng1 Qg3+ 37. Kf1 f3 38. Qd2 f2 0-1


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Santosh Gujrathi Vidit"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nf5 O-O 7. e3 d5 8. cxd5
Nb4 9. Ng3 Nbxd5 10. Be2 Re8 11. a3 Bd6 12. Qc2 Be5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3
15. Qxc3 c6 16. O-O Be6 17. b4 Qd7 18. h3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. Qc5 b6 21. Qc2
f5 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. d3 exd3 24. Bxd3 g6 25. Ba6 Rc7 26. Ne2 c5 27. Qb2 Qe7 28.
Bc4 Nf6 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Nf4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rd8 32. Rdc1 Ne4 33. f3 Nf6 34. Qb3
Qf7 35. Qc2 Rdc8 36. h4 h6 37. Qf2 Nd5 38. Nd3 Qe7 39. e4 fxe4 40. Rxe4 Qd6 41.
Ne5 Re7 42. Nc4 Qf6 43. Rxe7 Nxe7 44. Nd2 Nf5 45. Ne4 Qxh4 46. Qa2+ Kg7 47. Qb2+
Kg8 48. Nf6+ Kf7 49. Ne4 Qe7 50. Re1 c4 51. Qc3 Qd8 52. g4 Qd4+ 53. Qxd4 Nxd4
54. Nd6+ Kf6 55. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 56. Kf2 Nxe1 57. Kxe1 a6 58. Nd6 Kg5 59. Nf7+ Kxg4
60. Nxh6+ Kf4 61. Kd2 g5 62. Kc3 g4 63. Nxg4 Kxg4 64. Kxc4 Kf5 65. Kc5 Ke6 66.
Kb6 Kd7 67. Kxa6 Kc8 68. a4 Kb8 69. a5 Ka8 70. Kb6 Kb8 71. a6 Ka8 72. a7 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. f3 Bd7 5. c4 c5 6. f4 d4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. exd4
cxd4 9. g3 Bf5 10. Bg2 e6 11. a3 h5 12. O-O h4 13. Nxh4 Rxh4 14. gxh4 Bd6 15. d3
Ng4 16. Qf3 Qxh4 17. Qh3 Qxh3 18. Bxh3 O-O-O 19. Nd2 Rh8 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Rae1
g5 22. fxg5 Bxh2+ 23. Kf2 Ne5 24. Bxd4 Nxd3+ 25. Kg2 Nxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rh5 27. Ne4
Bf4 28. Bg1 Bxg5 29. Nd6+ Kb8 30. Nxf7 Bf4 31. Re4 Bh3+ 32. Kf3 Bc7 33. Ke2 Bf5
34. Rd4 Rh3 35. c5 Rxb3 36. a4 a5 37. Nd6 Rb4 38. Nb5 Rxd4 39. Bxd4 Bd8 40. Be5+
Kc8 41. Nd6+ Kd7 42. Nxb7 Be7 43. Nxa5 Bxc5 44. Nb3 Bb4 45. Nd4 Be4 46. Ke3 Bd5
47. Kd3 Kc8 48. Nc2 Be7 49. Kc3 Kb7 50. Nb4 Bxb4+ 51. Kxb4 Ka6 52. a5 Bc6 53.
Bd4 Kb7 54. Be5 Ka8 55. Kc5 Bb5 56. Kxb5 Kb7 57. a6+ Ka8 58. Kb6 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Na6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nh4 c6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nf5 Nac7 13. e4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne6
15. Qg4 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Rad1 g6 18. f4 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 h5 20. Qh3 gxf5 21. Qxh5
Ng7 22. Qh6 Qe7 23. Rd6 Ba6 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. g4 Be2 26. gxf5 Nxf5 27. Qh3 Bxd1
28. Qxf5 Bxd6 29. exd6 Qe6 30. Qg5+ Qg6 31. Qh4 Qh7 32. Qg5+ Qg6 33. Qh4 Bh5 34.
Bf6 Re8 35. Be7 Qb1+ 0-1


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Xiangzhi Bu"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 d6 8. e3 Be6
9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Qd2 Nc8 11. Ne2 Nd8 12. h4 h5 13. d4 c6 14. Ndc3 f5 15. dxe5 dxe5
16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. O-O-O Be6 18. Na4 b6 19. Rd2 Ne7 20. Rhd1 Rc8 21. Rd6 Kf7 22.
Ng1 Nb7 23. Nf3 Nxd6 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Nxe6 Rfd8 26. Nxg7 Nf7 27. Ne6 Rxd1+ 28.
Kxd1 e4 29. Nf4 Rd8+ 30. Kc2 Rd6 31. Bf1 Nh6 32. c5 bxc5 33. Ba3 Ng4 34. Bxc5
Rd7 35. Bc4+ Nd5 36. Nc3 Nxf2 37. Ncxd5 cxd5 38. Nxd5 Kg7 39. Bd4+ Kh6 40. Be5
Nd3 41. Bf4+ Kg7 42. Kc3 Nc5 43. b4 Ne6 44. Be5+ Kh6 45. Nf6 1-0


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Xiangzhi Bu"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nb5 Ne5 14. b3 f6 15. Bb2
a6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. a4 Bb4 19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Red1 Rad8 21. h3 Qb8 22.
Kh2 Nf7 23. Rc2 Bc6 24. Na2 Be7 25. Rcd2 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. a5 b4 28. Bd4 Qa8
29. Bb6 Rc8 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 Bc5 32. e5 Qb8 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. a6 Qc8 35.
Rd2 Rxe5 36. Qf1 Ra5 37. Nxb4 Qc3 38. Nc6 Qxd2 39. Nxa5 Qxa5 40. Qc4 Qb6 41. f4
Nd8 42. Qa4 Rf7 43. Qe8+ Rf8 44. Qa4 Rf7 45. Qe8+ Rf8 46. Qa4 Qa7 47. b4 Nf7 48.
Qc6 Rb8 49. Qxe6 Kf8 50. Qc4 Nd6 51. Qc6 Ke7 52. b5 Rxb5 53. Qc2 Qxa6 54. Qxh7
Rb2 55. Qxg7+ Nf7 56. Qg6 Qc6 0-1


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bg6 8. g3
Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Bg2 Bd6 12. b4 Nb7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. Qb3
Qe7 16. Bc3 Ra7 17. e4 axb4 18. axb4 Rfa8 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. c5 bxc5 21. b5 Bh5
22. b6 cxb6 23. Qxb6 Bb8 24. Rb1 Be2 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Qd6 27. Nc4 Qc7 28.
Bxe5 Qxb6 29. Rxb6 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 f6 31. Nxd7 Na5 32. Nxc5 Nc4 33. Rb4 Ra1+ 34.
Kg2 Nd6 35. h4 Re1 36. g4 g6 37. f3 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Kg3 Kf7 40. Kf4 fxe4
41. fxe4 Rf1+ 42. Ke5 Ke7 43. Ne6 Rh1 44. Ng7 Nf7+ 45. Kd4 Rd1+ 46. Ke3 Kf6 47.
Nf5 Ke5 48. Nd4 Re1+ 49. Kf3 Rf1+ 50. Ke2 Rh1 51. Nf3+ Kd6 52. Rb6+ Kd7 53. e5
Ke7 54. Rb7+ Ke8 55. d6 Nd8 56. Rxh7 Kf8 57. Rh8+ 1-0


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nf5 O-O 7. e3 Re8 8. Nc3
d5 9. cxd5 Nb4 10. Ng3 Bg4 11. Qc1 Qe7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Bc4 h5 14. a3 Nd3+ 15.
Bxd3 exd3 16. Qd1 g6 17. Qf3 Bd6 18. Nb5 Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc3 c6 21. O-O h4
22. Nh1 cxd5 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Qd1 Ne4 25. f4 Qd6 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. b4 Rxc1 28.
Qxc1 Rc8 29. Qe1 Qf6 30. Nf2 Bf5 31. Nd1 Rc2 32. Nc3 a6 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. Kg1 Kg8
35. Kh2 b5 36. Kg1 Kh7 37. Nd5 Qd8 38. Nc3 Kg8 39. Kh2 Qe7 40. Kg1 Qd8 41. Kh2
Qe7 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2
Bd6 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 Rab8 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Bg4 Re7 20. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rd8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Bf5 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Kd3
Bc5 27. Ke2 Bd6 28. Kd3 Bc5 29. Ke2 Bd6 30. Kd3 Bc5 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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. Rac1 Rfc8 13. h3 Ne7 14. Rc2 Qd8
15. Rfc1 h6 16. Ne2 Rxc2 17. Rxc2 Rc8 18. Nc1 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Qc8 20. Qxc8+ Nxc8
21. Nd3 Nd6 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. g4 g5 25. Nd2 Nd7 26. f3 Nb8 27. Nb1 Nd7
28. Nd2 Nb8 29. Nb1 Nd7 30. Nd2 Nb8 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yangyi Yu"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "180"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. f3 c6 8.
Nge2 Bc5 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. a4 a5 11. Nc1 Ke7 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. Be3 Nf8 14. Nb1 Be6
15. Nd2 N6d7 16. Ke2 Bc7 17. Rhd1 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Ne6 19. c3 Rhb8 20. b4 axb4 21.
cxb4 b5 22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 cxb5 24. Na5 Nd8 25. Rc1 Bd6 26. g3 f6 27. f4
exf4 28. gxf4 Ke8 29. h4 g6 30. h5 Be7 31. Kf3 f5 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Nc6 Rc8 34.
Nd4 fxe4+ 35. Kxe4 Nf6+ 36. Kf3 Rxc1 37. Bxc1 Nd5 38. Bd2 Nc7 39. Ne5 Nd5 40.
Nd3 Nc7 41. Ke4 Nf7 42. Kf3 Nd8 43. Ne5 Nd5 44. Nc2 Bd6 45. Nxg6 Nc6 46. Ke4
Ncxb4 47. Nd4 Ne7 48. Nxb5 Bc5 49. Nc7+ Kd7 50. Nxe7 Bxe7 51. Nb5 Na6 52. Kf5
Nc5 53. Be3 Nd3 54. Ke4 Nxf4 55. Bxf4 Kc6 56. Nd4+ Kd7 57. Kd5 Bf6 58. Nb3 Ke7
59. Nc5 Kf7 60. Ne4 Ke7 61. Bd6+ Kf7 62. Kc6 Ke6 63. Nc5+ Kf5 64. Kd5 Bb2 65.
Nd3 Bf6 66. Nc5 Bb2 67. Ne4 Bf6 68. Ng3+ Kg6 69. Ke6 Bb2 70. Be7 Bc3 71. Ne2 Bd2
72. Nd4 Bc3 73. Nf5 Kh5 74. Ne3 Bd4 75. Nc2 Bf2 76. Kf5 Kh6 77. Bf6 Kh7 78. Nb4
Bc5 79. Nd3 Bd6 80. Ke6 Kg6 81. Bd4 Bg3 82. Be3 Bc7 83. Nb4 Bg3 84. Nd5 Bh2 85.
Ne7+ Kg7 86. Bd4+ Kf8 87. Nf5 Kg8 88. Bg7 Bg1 89. Kf6 Bc5 90. Kg6 1-0


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "12.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Yangyi Yu"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Rxd4 a6 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Bb1 Rad8 17. h3 b5 18. b4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Ncd7 20. a4 bxa4 21.
Nxa4 h6 22. Rc4 Qb8 23. e4 Rc8 24. Bc3 Bc6 25. Nb2 Nb6 26. Be5 Qb7 27. Rd4 Nbd7
28. Bg3 Bxb4 29. e5 Bc3 30. exf6 Qxb2 31. Qd3 Nxf6 32. Rc4 Rb8 33. Bxb8 Be4 34.
Rxe4 Qxb8 35. Qxc3 Qxb1+ 36. Re1 Qb6 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qc2+ Kg8 39. Ra1 g6 40.
Qa2 Ne4 41. Qe2 Nc5 42. Qe3 Qb2 43. Qd4 Qc2 44. Qd1 Qb2 45. Rb1 Qc3 46. Rb8+ Kg7
47. Qd4+ 1-0


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "13.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vladimir3 Fedoseev"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d4 Bb7
9. Nc3 e6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Qc8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ng5 e3 14. fxe3 c5 15. Nce4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rb8 18. Qf4 b5 19. Rc1 bxc4 20. Rxc4 Qa6 21. Ra4 Qb6
22. Ba3 e5 23. Qg4 f5 24. dxc5 Qc7 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Ra6 e4 27. Qa4 Ra8 28. Rc6
Qb8 29. Re6 Ne5 30. c6 Re8 31. c7 Qc8 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Qxe8+ Rxe8 34. Rc1 Rc8
35. Bd6 Nf7 36. Bf4 g5 37. Bh3 g4 38. Bf1 Be5 39. Bxe5+ Nxe5 40. Ba6 1-0


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "14.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir3 Fedoseev"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 Re8 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nf8 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Bf1 Ng6 14. Be3 Bf8 15. a5
d5 16. a6 b6 17. e5 Nd7 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22.
f4 Ndxe5 23. Qxd8 Raxd8 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Bd3 Re6 26. Bxh6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 gxh6
28. Bxg6 b5 29. b3 c4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Bf7 Rd2 32. Bxc4 Rxc2 33. Kh1 Rxc4 34.
Re6 Rd4 35. Re8 Kg7 36. Rc8 Bd6 37. g4 Rd3 38. Kg2 Rg3+ 39. Kf2 Rxh3 40. Ke2 Ra3
41. Rc6 Bf4 42. Re6 Bg5 43. Rc6 Be3 44. Kf3 Bb6+ 45. Ke4 Rxa6 0-1


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "15.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Nbd2 Ne4 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2
Bf6 9. e3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 Be8 13. Bc3 Bg6 14. Qb2 Qe7 15. Rac1
Kh8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 b5 19. Nb3 Nxb4 20. Nc5 Na2 21. Bb4 Nxc1
22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Bxf8 Nd3 24. Qd2 Qe8 25. Qxd3 f4 26. Qb3 Qxf8 27. Qxd5 fxe3
28. fxe3 Re8 29. Ne5 Qd6 30. Qxb5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Qe7 32. Rc1 h6 33. Qc5 Qxe5 34.
Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxc7 Rxe3 36. Rc1 Re8 37. Kf2 Rf8+ 38. Kg1 Re8 39. Kf2 Rf8+ 40.
Kg1 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "16.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "188"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nf5 O-O 7. e3 d5 8. cxd5
Nb4 9. Ng3 Nfxd5 10. Qc1 Be7 11. Nc3 Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 exd3 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxc7
Bd6 15. Qc3 f6 16. e4 Qb5 17. a4 Qa6 18. b4 Be5 19. Qa3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Be6 21.
O-O Rac8 22. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qxa4 24. Qd4 Qb5 25. Rc5 Qd7 26. Qxd7 Bxd7 27.
Rd5 Be6 28. Rxd3 Rc8 29. f4 g6 30. f5 Bf7 31. Rd7 b5 32. Rxa7 Rc4 33. Rb7 Rxb4
34. Kf2 Bc4 35. h4 Rb2 36. Rd7 b4 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. h5 gxh5 39. Nxh5 b3 40.
Nxf6+ Kf8 41. g4 Rc2 42. g5 Bf7 43. e5 b2 44. g6 Bxg6 45. e6 Rxd2+ 46. Rxd2 b1=Q
47. Re2 Ke7 48. Nd5+ Kd6 49. Nf4 Be8 50. Rd2+ Ke7 51. Re2 Qf5 52. Kg3 Bb5 53.
Re5 Qb1 54. Rg5 Qg1+ 55. Kh4 Qf2+ 56. Kg4 Be2+ 57. Kf5 Qc5+ 58. Kg6 Qc2+ 59. Kg7
Bc4 60. Re5 Qc3 61. Ng6+ Kd6 62. e7 Bb5 63. Kf8 Qf3+ 64. Kg7 Be8 65. Rg5 Qf7+
66. Kh6 Qf6 67. Rg4 Qa1 68. Rg3 Ke6 69. Re3+ Kf5 70. Rf3+ Ke6 71. Re3+ Kd6 72.
Rd3+ Kc7 73. Rg3 Qf6 74. Kh7 Kb6 75. Kh6 Ka5 76. Rg5+ Kb4 77. Rg4+ Kc3 78. Rg3+
Kd2 79. Rg2+ Ke1 80. Rg1+ Kf2 81. Rg5 Bxg6 82. Rxg6 Qh4+ 83. Kg7 Qxe7+ 84. Kh6
Kf3 85. Rg5 Kf4 86. Rg1 Qd6+ 87. Kh7 Qc7+ 88. Rg7 Qc2+ 89. Kh6 Kf5 90. Rf7+ Ke6
91. Rf8 Ke7 92. Rg8 Kf7 93. Rg7+ Kf6 94. Rg5 Qd2 0-1


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "17.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Hao Wang"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2
Be6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nd5 12. Qd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 c6
15. Rd1 Qe7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Qa5 Rd7 18. Rd4 a6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. h3 Qf6 21.
R4d2 Qe5 22. Qb6 Kg7 23. Kh2 h5 24. Kg1 Qf6 25. a4 Qc3 26. a5 d5 27. cxd5 cxd5
28. Rd3 Qb2 29. R1d2 Qa1+ 30. Rd1 Qb2 31. R1d2 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qe5 33. h4 Qf6 34.
Rd4 Qe7 35. Rb4 Rc8 36. Qd4+ Qf6 37. Rb6 Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Rc2 39. Kg1 Rc1+ 40. Kh2
Rc2 41. Kg1 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Rc2 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "18.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hao Wang"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c3 Ngf6 8.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qd5 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Be4 c6 14.
Bd2 h5 15. h4 g6 16. g3 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. Kg2 Rhh8 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Bf3 Kc7
21. Kf1 Rd6 22. Re5 Nd7 23. Re3 Nf6 24. Re5 Nd7 25. Re3 Nf6 26. Re5 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "19.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 Re8 10. Be3 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bf8 14. Rad1 Bd7 15.
Bg3 Rad8 16. b4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. b5 Ra8 19. Nd4 Ng6 20. Bc4 Rac8 21. Bb3
Nh5 22. Bh2 Nf6 23. Re3 Red8 24. g4 Re8 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Kg2 Nh4+ 27. Kg1 Ng6
28. Bg3 Ra8 29. Kg2 Ra5 30. f3 Rc5 31. Rdd3 h5 32. Nf5 hxg4 33. hxg4 Ne5 34. Rd4
Be6 35. Nxd6 Rd8 36. Nf5 Rxd4 37. Nxd4 Bd7 38. Nce2 g5 39. Rc3 Ng6 40. Nf5 Rxc3
41. Nxc3 Nf4+ 42. Kf1 Bc5 43. Nh6+ Kg7 44. Nxf7 Bc8 45. Nxg5 Ba6+ 46. Ke1 Ng2+
47. Kd1 Bb4 48. Be5 Kg6 49. Ne6 Ne3+ 50. Kd2 Nf1+ 51. Ke1 Ne3 52. Nc7 Bf1 53.
Kf2 Nexg4+ 54. fxg4 Nxg4+ 55. Kxf1 Nxe5 56. Nd1 Kg5 57. Ke2 Kf4 58. Nf2 Nd7 59.
Nd3+ 1-0


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "20.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. e3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Rc1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Ne4 13. Qd1 Bc6 14. Bf3 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 b6 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc6 Qe7 20. Rd4 Rad8 21.
g3 h5 22. h4 Rc8 23. Kg2 Qe6 24. a3 Re7 25. Rcd1 Rce8 26. R1d2 Qd7 27. Qb7 Qc8
28. Qc6 Qa8 29. Qd5 Re5 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31. Rd5 Kf6 32. Kf3 Rae8 33. Ke2 Ke7 34.
Kd3 Re6 35. Kc3 Kd7 36. R5d4 f5 37. Kd3 Re5 38. Ke2 Re4 39. Kf3 Rxd4 40. Rxd4
Ke6 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. f3 Re5 43. e4 fxe4 44. fxe4 g5+ 45. Ke3 gxh4 46. gxh4 Ke6
47. Kf4 c6 48. Rd3 b5 49. Rc3 Rc5 50. a4 bxa4 51. bxa4 Kf6 52. Rd3 Ke7 53. Rc3
Ke6 54. Rc2 Kf6 55. Rd2 Ke6 56. Rc2 Kf6 57. Rd2 Ke6 58. Rc2 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "21.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Quang Liem Le"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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 Bf8 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Qe2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. c4 O-O 15.
Rad1 Re8 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Ne2 e5 18. Bb1 exd4 19. Nxd4 h5 20. h3 Rad8 21. Qc3
Qb6 22. Nf3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Qd2 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Qc7 26. Bd4 Qd6 27. Nf3 c5
28. Be3 Qxd2 29. Nxd2 b6 30. Kf1 Ne8 31. Ke2 Nd6 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Kf8 34.
Ne4 Nxe4 35. Bxe4 Ke7 36. Kd2 Nf6 37. Bf3 Ne8 38. Kc2 Nd6 39. a3 a5 40. Bd5 Nc8
41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 cxb4 43. Kb3 Bc3 44. Bb7 Nd6 45. Ba6 Ne4 46. Bxb6 Kd6 47.
Bb5 Nc5+ 48. Kc2 Bd4 49. f3 b3+ 50. Kb1 b2 51. Be8 Ke7 52. Ba4 Kd6 53. Bc2 Nb3
54. Bxb3 Bxb6 55. Kxb2 g5 56. Kc2 f6 57. Kd3 Ke5 58. Ba4 Bc5 59. Bb5 Bb6 60. Ba4
Bc5 61. Bb5 Bb6 62. Ba4 1/2-1/2


[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[Round "22.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Quang Liem Le"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 f5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2
Ne7 9. d4 e4 10. d5 d6 11. h4 Ng4 12. Nf4 Ne5 13. Qc2 a6 14. a4 c5 15. h5 g5 16.
h6 Bh8 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 gxf4 19. Bxh7+ Kf7 20. gxf4 N5g6 21. Rh5 Bxb2 22.
Qxb2 Ke8 23. Qg7 Nh8 24. O-O-O Nf5 25. Bg6+ Nxg6 26. Qxg6+ Ke7 27. h7 Rh8 28.
Rxf5 Qe8 29. Qg7+ Kd8 30. Rf7 Bg4 31. Qg5+ Kc8 32. Qxg4+ Kb8 33. Qg7 Qc8 34. Rc7
Qxc7 35. Qxh8+ Ka7 36. Qxa8+ 1-0


[Event "Danzhou GM"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[EventDate "2019.06.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Qc2 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rc1 Qd8 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O
Bb7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Qb1 a6 16. a4 Bd6 17. Ne2
Ne4 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Be1 h6 21. h3 Rc8 22. b4 Be7
23. b5 a5 24. Rc2 Bd6 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Nd2 Nxd2 27. Bxd2 Kf8
28. Bc3 Qc7 29. Qa1 Nf6 30. Bb2 Bb4 31. Bc3 Be7 32. Bb2 Bb4
33. Bc3 Be7 34. Bb2 Bb4 35. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou GM"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[EventDate "2019.06.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bg5 Bc6 10. Qxc4 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4
12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 15. Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6
17. Nb3 Na6 18. h4 Qb6 19. Qc3 Rfd8 20. e3 Nb4 21. h5 Nd5
22. Qc4 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Qxd5
Bxg3 27. fxg3 Rd8 28. Qc4 Qxe3+ 29. Kg2 Rd3 30. Qc8+ Kh7
31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou GM"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2019.07.02"]
[EventDate "2019.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6
7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nfe4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Ng5 d5
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Ba6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. c5
Qd2 17. Rfe1 Qxc3 18. Bb4 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. cxb6 axb6
21. a3 b5 22. f3 f6 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Red1 Red8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. a4 bxa4 27. Rxa4 Rd7 28. Bc5 Bd5 29. Ra7 Rxa7 30. Bxa7 Ba8
31. Bc5 Bd5 32. Ba7 Ba8 33. Bc5 Bd5 34. Ba7 Ba8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou GM"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2019.07.03"]
[EventDate "2019.06.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Bassem Amin"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6
7. Qb3 a5 8. cxd5 a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Ng5 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qa5 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Rb1 b6
17. Re1 Bd7 18. h3 Rac8 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Be3 Bd5 21. Rb5 Qa7
22. Nd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 e6 25. Bg2 Na5 26. d5 exd5
27. Bxd5 Qd7 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 b5 30. Bf4 Bf8 31. g5 Nc4
32. Bb7 Rd8 33. Bc6 Na3 34. Kg2 b4 35. cxb4 Nc2 36. Rb1 Nxb4
37. Bxa4 Nxa2 38. Rb7 Nc3 39. Bb3 Nd5 40. Bd2 Bg7 41. Bxd5
Rxd5 42. Rb8+ Bf8 43. Bb4 Rxg5 44. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Danzhou GM"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[EventDate "2019.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4
7. Nd2 Bb7 8. e4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Bg5
Qd7 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Bc2 Na5 15. Qe2 f5 16. Rac1 Rae8 17. Rfe1
fxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bb1 Nxc4 20. Bd3 e5 21. Bxc4 dxc4
22. Qxc4+ Bd5 23. Qxc7 Qf5 24. Be3 Rf7 25. Qc3 Bxf3 26. gxf3
Qxf3 27. dxe5 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Rxe5 30. Qd2 Qg4+
31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 h5 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qc8 Qf3+
36. Kg1 Re4 37. Rc2 Rg4+ 38. Kf1 Qg2+ 39. Ke2 Qxh2 40. Qe6 Rf8
41. Rd1 Qg2 42. Qd7 Re4 43. Kd3 Qf3 44. Rdc1 Rd4+ 45. Qxd4
Bxd4 46. Kxd4 Rd8+ 47. Kc4 Rc8+ 48. Kd3 Rd8+ 49. Kc4 Rc8+
50. Kd3 Rxc2 51. Rxc2 g5 52. Kd2 h4 53. Rc7+ Kg6 54. Rc8 h3
55. Bd4 Qd5 56. Kc3 h2 0-1

[Event "Danzhou GM"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[EventDate "2019.06.30"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Vidit Santosh Gujrathi"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Qa4+ Nc6
7. Ne5 Qd6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. Nc3 e6 11. Ne3 O-O
12. Nexd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Re8 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. e3 Bd7 16. Qd1 Nc6
17. Ne4 b6 18. d4 cxd4 19. exd4 Bf5 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Nf6+ Bxf6
22. Bxf6 Be4 23. f3 Bd5 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. Bg5 Bc4 26. Rf2 f6
27. d5 Ne5 28. Bf4 Rad8 29. b3 Bxd5 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Bxe5 fxe5
32. Qe3 Bb7 33. Rfd2 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Kg7 35. h4 Qf6 36. Rd7+ Re7
37. Rxe7+ Qxe7 38. f4 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Qb7+ 40. Kf2 exf4 41. Qe5+
Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou GM"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[EventDate "2019.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2
Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nd4 Bc5 11. Rd1
Re8 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Bf4 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 d5 15. Re1 Nc5 16. Bd2
Qe6 17. b4 Nd7 18. b5 c5 19. Nxd5 cxd4 20. Nxc7 Qe7 21. e6 Nf6
22. exf7+ Qxf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Nxa8 Nd5 25. Rxe8 Kxe8
26. Ba5 Kd7 27. b6 Kc6 28. Nc7 Nxb6 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. Ne8 g5
31. Kf1 Bf5 32. Ng7 Bxc2 33. Ne6 Bd3+ 34. Ke1 h6 35. Kd2 Bb1
36. Nxd4+ Kc5 37. Kc3 Bxa2 38. Nf5 h5 39. Ng3 Bd5 40. Nxh5
Bxg2 41. Nf6 Kd6 42. Nh7 g4 43. Nf6 Bf3 44. Kb4 Ke6 45. Nxg4
Bxg4 46. f3 Kf5 47. fxg4+ Kxg4 48. Kb5 Kh3 49. Kxb6 Kxh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2019.07.13"]
[EventDate "2019.07.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bc5 8. N1c3 O-O 9. Bg2 a6 10. Na3 d6 11. O-O h6
12. Nc2 Be6 13. b3 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bg5 hxg5
17. Qxd5 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Qc4 b5 20. Qe4 Nd4 21. Nxd4
Bxd4 22. Rac1 b4 23. e3 Bc3 24. Rd3 g6 25. Rcd1 Rxd3 26. Qxd3
Kg7 27. a4 Qf6 28. Qd7 a5 29. Be4 Qe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. g4 Kf6
32. Rd7 Rc8 33. Bd3 e4 34. Bxe4 Be5 35. Bd3 Rc7 36. Rd8 Rc1+
37. Kg2 Rd1 38. Rd7 Rd2 39. h3 Bb8 40. Kf1 Bh2 41. Ke1 Rb2
42. Bc4 Bg1 43. Rd6 Bxf2+ 44. Kd1 Bg1 45. Rxe6+ Kg7 46. e4 Rh2
47. e5 Rxh3 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. Rf7+ Ke8 50. e6 Re3 51. Kd2 Kd8
52. Rf1 Rg3 53. Rf8+ Ke7 54. Rf7+ Kd6 55. Rd7+ Kc6 56. Bd5+
1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[EventDate "2019.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.b3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Na3 Bf6 12.Rc1 Nxd4
13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Nc4 Nb4 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Qd2 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Nc6
18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Qe3 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rd2 h6 22.h4 Qe7 23.f3
b5 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.Qxe5 a6 27.a4 bxa4 28.bxa4 a5
29.h5 Qd2 30.Qb5 Kf8 31.Qc5+ Kg8 32.Kf2 Kh7 33.f4 g6 34.hxg6+
Kxg6 35.Kf3 Qe1 36.Qc2+ Kg7 37.Qb2+ Kg8 38.Kg2 Qb4 39.Qxb4
axb4 40.a5 b3 41.a6 b2 42.a7 b1=Q 43.a8=Q+ Kg7 44.Qf3 Qa1
45.Qg4+ Kh7 46.Qf3 Kg7 47.Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[EventDate "2019.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qc2
Nxc3 8.Qxc3 O-O 9.O-O c5 10.Rd1 Bf6 11.Qb3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2
13.Kxg2 Qe7 14.Nf3 d6 15.Bf4 e5 16.Be3 Nc6 17.Qa3 Rfd8 18.Nd2
e4 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Nb3 Qe6 21.Nd4 Bxd4 22.Bxd4 Ne7 23.Qxa7 Ra8
24.Qxb6 Rdb8 25.Qc7 Rc8 26.Qb6 Rcb8 27.Qc7 Rc8 28.Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[EventDate "2019.07.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Daniel Grigoryevich Fridman"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Ne2 Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2
d5 13. Bg5 exd4 14. Nxd4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. f4 dxe4 17. Nxe4
Qh4 18. Qd3 Bc7 19. Rae1 Bg4 20. h3 Bd7 21. Re2 Qd8 22. Ref2
b6 23. b4 a5 24. b5 c5 25. Ne2 Bf5 26. N2g3 Qxd3 27. Bxd3 Rad8
28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Bxf5 Re3 30. Nh5 Rxc3 31. Nxf6+ Kg7 32. Nh5+
Kf8 33. Re2 Rc4 34. g3 Rcd4 35. Nf6 Rd2 36. Rfe1 Rxe2 37. Rxe2
Ne7 38. Nh7+ Ke8 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40. Nh7+ Ke8 41. Bc2 Rd4
42. Nf6+ Kd8 43. Kg2 Bd6 44. h4 c4 45. Kf3 Bc5 46. h5 Nd5
47. Ng4 Nc3 48. Rh2 Rd6 49. Ne5 Ke7 50. Nxc4 Re6 51. a4 Re1
52. Rd2 f6 53. Kg4 Ne2 54. Kf5 Nxg3+ 55. Kg6 Rh1 56. Bf5 Nxh5
57. Rd7+ Kf8 58. Bg4 Nxf4+ 59. Kxf6 Re1 60. Ne5 Be7+ 61. Kf5
Ng2 62. Nf3 Ra1 63. Bh3 Nh4+ 64. Nxh4 Bxh4 65. Rd6 Rxa4
66. Rxb6 Rb4 67. Rxh6 Rxb5+ 68. Ke4 Be7 69. Ra6 a4 70. Rxa4
Rb4+ 71. Rxb4 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2019.07.19"]
[EventDate "2019.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kaido Kulaots"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "182"]

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 h6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. b3 Be7
12. Bb2 h5 13. Rad1 Ke8 14. Ne4 Rd8 15. Rfe1 Bc8 16. Rxd8+
Bxd8 17. Bc1 b6 18. c4 c5 19. Nc3 Bb7 20. Nd5 Nd4 21. Ng5 Bc8
22. h4 Bf5 23. Bf4 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Kd7 25. f3 a5 26. Nc3 Kc6
27. Kf2 Re8 28. Bf4 Bc2 29. g4 Ne6 30. Bc1 Bg6 31. Rd1 Bc2
32. Re1 hxg4 33. fxg4 Rd8 34. h5 Rd4 35. Kg3 a4 36. Nxa4 Bd1
37. h6 gxh6 38. Bxh6 Rxg4+ 39. Kf2 Bc2 40. Nc3 Rh4 41. Bc1 Nd4
42. Rg1 Kd7 43. Bg5 Rh2+ 44. Rg2 Rh1 45. Bf4 Bg6 46. Rh2 Ra1
47. Rg2 Bb1 48. Rg1 Rxa2+ 49. Nxa2 Bxa2 50. Ke3 Bxb3 51. Kd3
Bc2+ 52. Ke3 Kc6 53. Rg8 Bf5 54. Rf8 Be6 55. Kd3 Nb3 56. Ra8
Kb7 57. Ra3 Nd4 58. Rc3 Nc6 59. Rc1 Kc8 60. Kc3 Na5 61. Kd3
Bf5+ 62. Kc3 Be6 63. Kd3 Nb3 64. Rc3 Bf5+ 65. Ke3 Na5 66. Bg5
Kd7 67. Bh4 Nc6 68. Bf6 Ke6 69. Kf4 Bb1 70. Rc1 Bd3 71. Ke3
Bg6 72. Rd1 Bc2 73. Rc1 Bf5 74. Kf4 Nb4 75. Kg5 Nd3 76. Ra1
Be4 77. Ra7 Nxe5 78. Rxc7 Nxc4 79. Re7+ Kd5 80. Rd7+ Kc6
81. Rxf7 b5 82. Kf4 b4 83. Rf8 Bc2 84. Rc8+ Kd6 85. Bg7 b3
86. Bf8+ Ke6 87. Bxc5 b2 88. Rb8 Be4 89. Kxe4 b1=Q+ 90. Rxb1
Nd2+ 91. Kd4 Nxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2019.07.20"]
[EventDate "2019.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6
bxc6 12. Qc2 Qb6 13. O-O Be6 14. Bd2 d4 15. exd4 Bxd4 16. Bc3
Rad8 17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. Qxc6 Qxb2 19. a4 Bd7 20. Qa6 Qb6
21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rfb1 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Bxa4 24. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2019.07.21"]
[EventDate "2019.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 a5 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5
Bd7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Qh5 Qf6 15. Bxg5 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. c3
Ne7 18. Bc4 f6 19. Be3 g5 20. d4 Ng6 21. d5 bxc3 22. b3 c5
23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. f3 Nf4 25. Rfd1 Ke7 26. Rac1 Rhc8 27. Rxc3
d5 28. exd5 Bxd5 29. Bxf4 Bxc4 30. Bxe5 Rxb3 31. Bd4 Rb4
32. Rdc1 Ke6 33. Bf2 Rxa4 34. Bb6 Rb8 35. Bc7 Rbb4 36. Bxa5
Rxa5 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Rxc4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. Qd3 Bh5 9. Bb5 Bg6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O Ng4
12. Bxc6 Qd6 13. f4 Qxc6 14. a3 Ba5 15. Kh1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 f6
17. b4 Bb6 18. Nb3 e5 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Nc5 exd4 21. Qxd4 Qd6
22. Qd5+ Qxd5 23. exd5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 a5 25. N3a4 axb4
26. axb4 Bxc5 27. Nxc5 Bf7 28. Ne6 Bxe6 29. dxe6 Re8 30. Re1
Kf8 31. Rf1+ Kg8 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34. Rf7+ Kxe6
35. Rxc7 Kd6 36. Rc1 Re4 37. Rb1 b5 38. Kg1 Kd5 39. Kf2 g5
40. Kf3 h5 41. h3 Rc4 42. Rd1+ Rd4 43. Rb1 Rd3+ 44. Kf2 Rd4
45. Ke3 Re4+ 46. Kd3 Ke5 47. Rb2 Rd4+ 48. Ke3 Rc4 49. Kd3 h4
50. Re2+ Kf5 51. Rf2+ Rf4 52. Rb2 g4 53. Ke3 Re4+ 54. Kd3 Rc4
55. Ke3 Ke5 56. Rb3 Rc2 57. Ra3 Rxg2 58. Ra5 Rg3+ 59. Kf2 Rxh3
60. Rxb5+ Kf4 61. Kg2 Rb3 0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 Bxf3
7. Bxf3 cxd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qe2 Rc8
12. Rd1 Qd7 13. Bd2 Rfd8 14. Be1 Ne8 15. Rac1 f5 16. Bg2 Nf6
17. Na4 b6 18. Nc3 Na5 19. Nb1 Nc4 20. Rc2 g5 21. Rdc1 g4
22. Bf1 Ne4 23. b3 Ncd6 24. Qa6 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Kf7 26. a4 h5
27. a5 Rb8 28. axb6 Rxb6 29. Qa2 Qb7 30. Ba5 Rxb3 31. Rc7 Qb8
32. Nd2 Rb2 33. Qa4 Nxd2 34. Qd7 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Qxc7 0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4
7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7 9. h4 O-O-O 10. Bh3 Kb8 11. O-O h6
12. Re1 Ne7 13. Rb1 Nc8 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. h5 Nb6 16. Be3 Ba4
17. Qe2 Be7 18. N3h2 Qd7 19. f4 g6 20. Bf2 Rdg8 21. Ne3 Nc6
22. Kh1 Bd8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qg4 Qh7 25. b3 cxb3 26. Qxe6
Nxd4 27. cxd4 Bd7 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Rxb3 Nb6 30. a4 Nxa4
31. Nxd5 g5 32. f5 g4 33. Bg2 Nb6 34. Ne3 h5 35. f6 h4 36. Kg1
Bc7 37. Rc1 Qd7 38. Rd1 hxg3 39. Bxg3 Rh3 40. Nhf1 Rh5 41. Rc3
Rc8 42. Rdc1 Qxd4 43. Rxc7 Rxc7 44. e6 Rhc5 45. Rxc5 Qxc5
46. e7 Qh5 47. Nf5 Nc8 48. N1e3 Qg6 49. Nd5 Qxf5 50. Bxc7+ 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4
7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. b3 cxb3
12. Qxb3 Rd8 13. Ba3 Qe8 14. Rd1 e5 15. d5 Qd7 16. Nc3 e4
17. d6 c6 18. Qa4 Re8 19. Qa5 h6 20. f3 Qh3 21. Nxe4 Nxe4
22. fxe4 Rxe4 23. Qd8+ Kh7 24. d7 Ba6 0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6
7. a4 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 d5
12. Bb5 Nd7 13. Bd2 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. d4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Qxf3 Rb8 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxb2 20. Be3 exd4 21. Bxd4
Nf8 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Ne6
26. Rd5 Rb1+ 27. Kh2 Rb6 28. Ne2 Rb2 29. Nd4 Nf4 30. Ra5 Rxf2
31. Kg3 Rf1 32. Rxa6 c5 33. Nb3 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 h5 35. Nxc5 h4
36. Ne4 Ra1 37. Ra7 Kf8 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. Ra7+ Kf8 40. Ra8+ Ke7
41. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O
7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e3 Qa5
12. Nh4 Be4 13. f3 Bf5 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Qd3 e6 16. Rfc1 a6
17. Na4 h5 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Qd2 Qb8 20. Nb2 Rc6 21. Nd3 Rfc8
22. a4 Bh6 23. Bb2 Kh7 24. Kf2 h4 25. Nf4 Rg8 26. Qd3 Qf8
27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Qxa6 Qg7 30. Ne2 hxg3+ 31. hxg3
Bxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Qh6+ 33. Kd3 Qxh3 34. Kc3 f4 35. gxf4 Rg2
36. Qd3 Rf2 37. Ng1 Qg2 38. Ba3 Nh5 39. Bd6 Ng3 40. Kb4 Nf5
41. Bc5 Rd2 42. Qf1 Nxd4 43. Bxd4+ Rxd4+ 44. Ka3 Qd2 45. Qh3+
Kg7 46. Qg3+ Kf8 47. Qe1 Qxf4 48. Ne2 Qd6+ 49. Ka2 Rd3 50. Rc1
c5 51. Rc3 Ne5 52. f4 Nf3 53. Qc1 Rd2+ 54. Rc2 Rxc2+ 55. Qxc2
d4 56. Qe4 Nh4 57. Nc1 Qa6 58. Qe5 Nf5 59. Qxc5+ Kg8 60. Qc4
Qb7 61. a5 Qg2+ 62. Ka3 Qd2 63. Ka4 Nd6 64. Qc5 Ne4 65. Qa3
Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St. Louis MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 b5
7. Bd2 exd5 8. cxd5 a6 9. a3 Ba5 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 O-O 12. Bg5
Nbd7 13. Nd2 b3 14. Qxb3 h6 15. Bf4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nxd5 17. exd5
Qf6 18. O-O-O Qxf4 19. Ne2 Qb4 20. Nc3 Nb6 21. Re1 c4 22. g4
Bd7 23. Re4 Rfc8 0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St. Louis MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Bb3 Bb4 6. Nf3
Nxb3 7. axb3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3+
11. bxc3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 f6 14. d4 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3
16. Qxf3 c6 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Qe3 a5 19. Ra4 b5 20. Ra3 e4
21. Rea1 h6 22. c4 bxc4 23. b4 a4 24. Qc3 Qd5 25. Rxa4 Rxa4
26. Rxa4 Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Qd6+ 28. Kg1 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qd6+ 30. g3
Qf6 31. Qxc4+ Kh8 32. Qe2 e3 33. Ra3 Qxf2+ 34. Qxf2 exf2
35. Kg2 Rf8 36. Kf1 h5 37. Ra5 g6 38. Ra6 c5 39. b5 Kg7
40. Rc6 Rf5 41. b6 h4 42. g4 Rd5 43. b7 Rd1+ 44. Kxf2 Rb1
45. Rc7+ Kf6 46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Rc6+ Kf7 49. Kg5 Rxb7
50. Rxc5 Re7 51. Kxh4 Kf6 52. Rc6+ Kg7 53. Kg5 Re5+ 54. Kf4
Re1 55. h4 Rd1 56. c4 Re1 57. Rd6 Rc1 58. Kg5 Rxc4 59. Rxg6+
Kh7 60. Rf6 Kg7 61. Rf5 Rc6 62. h5 Ra6 63. Rb5 Ra7 64. h6+ Kh7
65. Kh5 Ra1 66. Rb7+ Kg8 67. g5 Ra5 68. Re7 Rb5 69. Kg4 Rb1
70. g6 Rg1+ 71. Kf5 Rf1+ 72. Ke6 Re1+ 73. Kd7 Rd1+ 74. Kc6
Rc1+ 75. Kd6 Rd1+ 76. Kc7 Rc1+ 77. Kd8 Rd1+ 78. Rd7 Rg1
79. Rd6 Rh1 80. g7 Rg1 81. Rf6 Rd1+ 82. Kc7 Rc1+ 83. Kd6 Rd1+
84. Ke5 Re1+ 85. Kf4 Rf1+ 86. Kg5 Rg1+ 87. Kh4 Kh7 88. Rf8
Rh1+ 89. Kg3 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St. Louis MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bd3
Nc6 7. Ne2 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Bb7 9. Nbc3 Nf6 10. Bf3 O-O 11. O-O
Rb8 12. Rad1 Ne7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 c6
16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Rd1 Rd7
20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Nd4 Ne5 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. f4 Nec6
25. Nxc6+ Nxc6 26. Kd3 Ke6 27. Ke4 f5+ 28. Kd3 Kd6 29. a3 a6
30. b4 b5 31. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Qb6 6. e5 Nh6
7. Be2 O-O 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Qb3 Nf5 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. d5 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O Na6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6
Rad8 17. Be4 Nd6 18. Bf3 Nc5 19. Nd5 e6 20. Ne7+ Kg7 21. Nc6
Nxc4 22. Be2 Rc8 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Be3 f6 25. a4 Ra8 26. a5
Nb3 27. Bxb6 Nxa1 28. Rxa1 Rfb8 29. Bd4 Nc6 30. Bc3 Nxa5
31. Bf3 Ra7 32. b4 Nc6 33. Bxc6 Rxa1+ 34. Bxa1 Rxb4 35. Kf2 h5
36. Bf3 e5 37. Bc3 Ra4 38. h3 h4 39. Be2 g5 40. Bb2 Kg6
41. Bc3 Ra3 42. Bb4 Rb3 43. Bd6 Kf5 44. Bc5 Kf4 45. Bd6 f5
46. Be7 Rb2 47. Bc5 g4 48. hxg4 fxg4 49. Be3+ Ke4 50. Bc5 h3
51. gxh3 gxh3 0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Nd2 e6
7. Ngf3 Be7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. a3 Rc8 11. Qb1 cxd4
12. exd4 O-O 13. O-O Nh5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bxe7
Rfe8 17. Bh4 f5 18. dxe5 Kxh7 19. Nf3 Rc4 20. Rd1 Re4 21. Rd4
g5 22. Bxg5 Rxd4 23. Be3 Re4 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Qc2 Nf4 26. Re1
Ng6 27. Qb3 b5 28. Rxe4 fxe4 29. Nd4 Nxe5 30. Qb4 Bc6 31. Qd6
Nc4 32. Qf4 Kg6 33. b3 Nb6 34. Qg4+ Kf6 35. Qh5 Rh8 36. Nxe6
Be8 37. Qg4 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Qf3 Be6
7. Bf4 Nf6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Qf4 Rad8 11. Na3 Ne7
12. Qxd6 Rxd6 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. Ne2 Nh4 15. O-O Bf5 16. Nf4 Nh5
17. Nxh5 Bxd3 18. Rfe1 Rb6 19. Re3 Bf5 20. b3 c6 21. Nb1 c5
22. dxc5 Rb5 23. b4 d4 24. Rg3 dxc3 25. Nxc3 Rxb4 26. Nxg7 Bg6
27. Nh5 Rd8 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nfd5 Rd4 30. Ne7 Rc4 31. c6 bxc6
32. Nxg6 hxg6 33. Nd1 Ra4 34. h3 Nf5 35. Rb3 Rd2 36. Rb2 Rd3
37. Rc1 c5 38. Ne3 Nxe3 39. fxe3 c4 40. Kf2 c3 41. Rbc2 Rd2+
42. Kf3 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5
7. Ngf3 e6 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. g3 Nd7
12. Be3 Bg5 13. Qe2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qa5 15. a4 Qb6 16. b4 Qc7
17. a5 Nf6 18. Kf1 O-O 19. Kg2 Ne7 20. Rac1 Nf5 21. Qe2 Rac8
22. Nf3 Nd6 23. h4 Qe7 24. Ng5 Nh5 25. Nf3 Rc7 26. Ne5 Rfc8
27. Bxg6 Nf6 28. h5 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Bd3 Nc4 31. h6 g6
32. h7+ Nxh7 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. Nxc4 dxc4 35. d5 Qd6 36. dxe6
Qd5+ 37. Qf3 fxe6 38. Rd1 Qb5 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rb8 Kh6
41. Rxb7 Qe8 42. Kg1 g5 43. Qh1+ 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. Neg5 Ngf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qe2 h6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4
Bxe4 12. Qxe4 c6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. c4 Re8 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Be3
Rad8 17. g3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rac1 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. b3 a6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qe4 Bf6 25. Kg2 h5
26. h3 g6 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Qd7 29. g5 Bc3 30. Kg3 Bb2
31. Kg2 Bc3 32. Kg3 Bb2 33. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Nf3 Nf6
7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. b3 Nb4
12. Ne4 Nxd3 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qxd3 Qe7 15. Bb2 e5 16. Qe4
O-O 17. Rac1 a5 18. Nh4 Ra6 19. Rc4 Rc6 20. Rfc1 Kh8 21. Nf5
Qc7 22. Qf3 Rg8 23. Rh4 Rg5 24. Ng3 f5 25. Qd5 f6 26. Rh5 Bxe3
27. Rd1 Bf4 28. Rxg5 Bxg5 29. f4 Bxf4 30. Nh5 Be3+ 31. Kh1 Bb6
32. Nxf6 Rxf6 33. Qxe5 Qxe5 34. Bxe5 Kg7 35. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Ng4 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bc5 Re8 11. Qxd8
Rxd8 12. Rc1 Be6 13. b3 Bh6 14. f4 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Ne4
Ke7 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Bf3 h5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Kf2 a5 21. Rcd1 Rxd1
22. Rxd1 b6 23. Nd3 Bxh3 24. Ne5 Ng4+ 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. Nxc6+
Ke8 27. Rd3 Bd7 28. Ne5 Be6 29. Nc6 Bd7 30. Ne5 Be6 31. Nc6 a4
32. Nd4 Bd7 33. b4 c5 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Nc2 Bf5 36. Re3+ Kd7
37. Na3 Rb8 38. Nb5 Be6 39. Rd3+ Ke7 40. Rc3 Kd7 41. Rd3+ Ke7
42. Rc3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4
7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5 c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nfe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rfc1
Rd8 17. f4 Bg4 18. h3 Bd7 19. Kf2 Rac8 20. b3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nh6 5. Na3 Nc6 6. c3 Nf5
7. Nc2 Nh4 8. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 9. g3 Qd8 10. d4 Bd7 11. Be3 Qb6
12. Rb1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Be2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4
Qxd4 17. cxd4 Ke7 18. Kd2 Rac8 19. Rbc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8
21. Rf1 Rc6 22. Rf3 Rb6 23. b3 Bb5 24. Bd1 Ra6 25. a4 Bd7
26. g4 h6 27. h4 Rb6 28. Bc2 a5 29. Rf1 Rc6 30. Rb1 Rb6
31. Re1 Rc6 32. Rg1 Rc8 33. Bd3 Rc7 34. Rb1 Rc8 35. b4 b6
36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Rb7 Kd8 38. Ra7 Rb8 39. Rxa5 Rb4 40. Ra8+
Kc7 41. Ra7+ Kc8 42. Kc3 Rxa4 43. Ba6+ Kb8 44. Rxd7 Rxa6
45. Rxf7 h5 46. Rxg7 hxg4 47. h5 Ra3+ 48. Kb4 Rh3 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5
7. Ne2 e6 8. Nc1 Be7 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. h4 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 h6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. g4 Re8 15. g5 e5 16. Kf1 e4
17. Nf4 exf3 18. gxf6 Re4 19. Nh5 g6 20. Ng3 Rf4 21. h5 g5
22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Re1 Rxf6 24. Re3 Qg4 25. Qb5 Re6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6
27. Qd3 g4 28. Qf5 Re8 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Rh4 Rf6 31. Rxg4+ Kf8
32. Ke1 Nd8 33. Nf1 Rf5 34. Rh4 Ne6 35. Kd2 Ke7 36. Ne3 Rg5
37. Rh3 Ng7 38. Rxf3 Rxh5 39. a4 Rg5 40. Rh3 h5 41. f4 Rg1
42. Nxd5+ Ke6 43. Ne3 Rb1 44. b4 b6 45. d5+ Kd6 46. Rg3 Ne8
47. Rg5 Nf6 48. Rf5 Ke7 49. d6+ Ke6 50. Rxf6+ Kxf6 51. f5 Rg1
52. Nd5+ Ke5 53. d7 Rg8 54. Ne7 Rh8 55. Nc6+ Kxf5 56. Ke3 h4
57. Kf3 h3 58. d8=Q Rxd8 59. Nxd8 f6 60. Nc6 a6 61. a5 bxa5
62. bxa5 Ke6 63. Nb4 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 a5 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Nd5 a4 11. Ba2 Nxd5 12. Bxd5
Bd7 13. b4 axb3 14. cxb3 O-O 15. Qc2 Na7 16. b4 Nc8 17. Be3
Nb6 18. Bb3 Bg4 19. Nd2 c5 20. h3 Bd7 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Bxc5
Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Bxh3 24. Qxe5 Qxd3 25. Rad1 Bg4 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7
27. Qf4+ Kg8 28. Qxg4 Qxa3 29. Nf3 Qe7 30. e5 Nc4 31. Rd5 Qe8
32. Rb1 Qc6 33. Rd7 Qg6 34. Qxg6 hxg6 35. e6 Rbe8 36. Rxb5
Rxe6 37. Rbb7 Rf5 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Rh7 Rh5 40. Rhf7+ Ke8
41. Rfc7 Rb6 42. Rc8# 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "12.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. h4 Bg7 6. Nh3 Bxh3
7. Rxh3 h5 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Bd2 e6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Nbd7
12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Qa3 a5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Re3 Bf8
17. Qa4 Bb4 18. Nxe4 O-O 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Rb3 Nd5 21. Be3
Qd8 22. Rd3 Qxh4 23. a3 Bd6 24. Qb3 Rab8 25. g3 Qe4 26. Bd2
Qf5 27. Be1 Rfe8 28. Ka2 Ra8 29. Rf3 a4 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Bxd3
Bf8 32. Bd2 Bg7 33. Rc4 Red8 34. Bg5 Rd7 35. Bc2 Nc7 36. Be3
Ne6 37. Rxa4 Rxa4 38. Bxa4 Bxd4 39. Bc1 Bg7 40. Bc2 Nd4
41. Rd3 c5 42. Be3 b5 43. Rd1 Bf6 44. Be4 Kg7 45. Bc6 Rd6
46. Bg2 Rd8 47. Bf1 Rb8 48. Bf4 Rb6 49. Bc7 Rc6 50. Bf4 c4
51. Bg2 Ra6 52. Kb1 c3 53. bxc3 Ne2 54. Bd2 Rxa3 55. Bf1 Nxc3+
56. Bxc3 Bxc3 57. Bxb5 Rb3+ 58. Kc2 Rxb5 59. Kxc3 Kf6 60. Kd4
Re5 61. Rd3 Ke6 62. Ra3 f6 63. Kd3 Kf5 64. Ra4 g5 65. f3 Re1
66. g4+ Kg6 67. Kd2 Re8 68. gxh5+ Kxh5 69. Ra5 Re5 70. Ra4 f5
71. f4 Rd5+ 72. Ke2 g4 73. Ra8 Rd4 74. Rh8+ Kg6 75. Kf2 Rxf4+
76. Kg2 Rf3 77. Rg8+ Kf6 78. Rf8+ Kg5 79. Ra8 Re3 80. Ra5 Kf4
81. Ra4+ Re4 82. Ra2 Rb4 83. Rc2 Rb5 84. Ra2 Kg5 85. Ra8 Rb2+
86. Kg1 Kh4 87. Rf8 Kg3 88. Kf1 f4 0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "13.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 Bxc3
12. Bxc3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf5
16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. h3 Bxc2 18. Rd7 Rc8 19. Rd4 Bb3 20. Rg4 g6
21. Rb4 Bd5 22. Ra4 Ra8 23. Ra6 c5 24. Ra5 c6 25. Rxc5 f5
26. Ra5 a6 27. Ra4 Kf7 28. Rb4 Ra7 29. f3 a5 30. Rb8 a4 31. h4
Ke6 32. Kf2 f4 33. Rb4 Kf5 34. Bd2 Bb3 35. Rxf4+ Ke6 36. Bc3
Re7 37. Kg3 Rf7 38. Re4+ Kd7 39. Rb4 Ke6 40. Rb6 Kd5 41. Ra6
c5 42. h5 gxh5 43. Rh6 Bc2 44. Rxh5+ Kc6 45. Kf2 Bg6 46. Re5
Kd6 47. Re1 Re7 48. Rd1+ Ke6 49. g4 h5 50. Kg3 hxg4 51. fxg4
Kf7 52. Rd5 Rc7 53. Rd6 Bc2 54. g5 Re7 55. Rf6+ Kg8 56. Rc6
Re3+ 57. Kf4 Re4+ 58. Kg3 Re3+ 59. Kf2 Re7 60. g6 Re8 61. g7
Bb3 62. Rxc5 Kf7 63. Rf5+ Kg8 64. Rh5 Kf7 65. Rh8 Rg8 66. Ke3
Ke7 67. Kf4 Re8 68. Kg5 Bg8 69. Rh6 Ra8 70. Rf6 Bf7 71. Bb4+
1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "14.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rxc7
Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rc2 Nf6 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Ne2
Bxe2 17. Kxe2 Qd6 18. Qc3 Rfe8 19. Qc7 Qe6 20. Rhc1 Ne4
21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Kf1 Rab8 23. Rc3 Qf5 24. Kg1 a6 25. a4 Rbc8
26. Qxb7 Rb8 27. Qxa6 Rxb2 28. Qf1 Reb8 29. g4 Qd7 30. Qd3 g6
31. a5 Ra2 32. Ra3 Rbb2 33. Ra1 Rxa1+ 34. Rxa1 h5 35. Qd1 hxg4
36. hxg4 Rb7 37. a6 Ra7 38. Qe2 Qe6 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. f3 Qc6
41. Qd3 Qb6 42. Qe2 Qc6 43. Ra2 Qb6 44. Qd3 Qc6 45. e4 dxe4
46. fxe4 Qe6 47. d5 Qxg4+ 48. Kf1 Qf4+ 49. Rf2 Qe5 50. d6 Rd7
51. Rd2 Qf4+ 52. Ke1 Qe5 53. Qd4 Kf6 54. Qxe5+ Kxe5 55. a7 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "15.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O
7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Re8 10. dxe6 dxe6 11. Qc2 Nc5
12. Rad1 Qe7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Be4 15. Qc1 a5 16. b4 axb4
17. axb4 Ncd7 18. Qf4 Ra3 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qxb4 22. Rd7 Rf8 23. Nc6 Qa4 24. Rxc7 Ra2 25. e4 Qc2 26. Nb4
e5 27. Qf5 Qa4 28. Nxa2 Qxa2 29. Rc8 Qa6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8
31. Qxe5 Qxc4 32. Qd6+ Ke8 33. Rd1 Qxe4+ 34. Kg1 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "16.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. cxd4
e6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Bd3 f5 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Qb3 a6 11. O-O-O Bd7
12. Kb1 Bc6 13. h3 h5 14. h4 Ng4 15. Rdf1 Bd6 16. g3 Qa5
17. Nf4 O-O-O 18. Be2 Kb8 19. Nd3 Rc8 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. a3 Rc6
22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qc7 25. Na2 Qxe5 26. Nb4
Rb6 27. Nd3 Rxb3 28. Nxe5 Be8 29. Ka2 Rb6 30. b4 f6 31. Nd3 e5
32. Nc5 Rd6 33. Rhd1 Bg6 34. a4 Rhd8 35. a5 d4 36. exd4 Rxd4
37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. Kb3 Bf7+ 39. Kc3 Kc7 40. Na4 Kd6 41. Nb6 Be8
42. Nc4+ Kd5 43. Nd2 Bg6 44. Rd1 Kc6 45. Rc1 Kb5 46. Nb3 Rc4+
47. Kb2 Rxc1 48. Nxc1 Kxb4 49. Nb3 Bf7 50. Nd2 Bd5 51. Nf1
Kxa5 52. Ne3 Be6 0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "17.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 Na6 8. h4 Re8 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Bd2 c5 11. d5 exd5
12. cxd5 Bf6 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Ng5 Rd4 15. Qc2 g6 16. Bc3 Nb4
17. Qb3 a5 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. d6 Qf6 20. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "18.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 f5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Ne4 9. Nfd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7
12. f4 c5 13. d5 e5 14. e4 exf4 15. Qxf4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf6
17. Bd3 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Nf6 20. Qe2 Qe8 21. Qd2
Qe5 22. Re1 Qh5 23. Be2 Qh4 24. g3 Qh3 25. Bf3 Rf8 26. Qe2 Bc8
27. Bg2 Qh6 28. Bc1 Qg6 29. Nb5 Be5 30. Bb2 Bxb2 31. Qxb2 Ng4
32. Qe2 a6 33. Nc7 Qh6 34. h4 Ne5 35. Ne6 Rf6 36. Rf1 Bd7
37. Rxf6 Qxf6 38. Bh3 b5 39. Nf4 Bxh3 40. Nxh3 bxc4 41. bxc4
Qf3+ 42. Qxf3 Nxf3 43. Kg2 Ne5 44. Ng5 Nxc4 45. Ne4 Kf7
46. Kf3 Ke7 47. Ng5 Nb6 48. Ke4 h6 49. Ne6 g6 50. g4 Nd7
51. g5 h5 52. Nc7 a5 53. Ne6 a4 54. Nf4 Ne5 55. Ne2 a3 56. Nc3
Kd7 57. Nb5 Nc4 58. Kd3 Nb6 59. Ke4 Na4 60. Kd3 Nb6 61. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj MNE"]
[Date "2019.11.12"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. c4 c6
7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Be6 10. b3 f6 11. Nc3 Kf7
12. Ne1 Na6 13. Nd3 Rhd8 14. Be3 Rd7 15. Rd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 h5
17. h3 b6 18. f4 Bh6 19. Kf1 h4 20. gxh4 exf4 21. Nxf4 Rxd2
22. Rxd2 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Bd7 24. Ke2 Bg7 25. Nd3 c5 26. Nd5 Nc6
27. Bc3 Nab8 28. Kf2 Bc8 29. Kg3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. h5 gxh5
32. Bf3 f5 33. Bxh5+ Kf8 34. Bg6 fxe4 35. Bxe4 Nd7 36. Kf4
Bh6+ 37. Kf3 Nc5 38. h4 Nxd3 39. Bxd3 Bb7 40. Ke4 Be3 41. Ke5
Bf2 42. h5 Kg7 43. Ne7 Kh6 44. Be4 Ba6 45. Bg6 b5 46. c5 d3
47. Kf4 Kg7 48. b4 Be1 49. a3 Bd2+ 50. Ke4 Bxb4 51. axb4 d2
52. Nf5+ Kh8 53. Ne3 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj MNE"]
[Date "2019.11.13"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zahar Efimenko"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "138"]

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. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8
12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. Qd3 d6 16. Bc3 O-O
17. b3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Be5 Rd8 20. Rad1 Bd6 21. Qg3 Bxe5
22. Qxe5 Qb8 23. Qxb8 Rdxb8 24. Bc4 Nf6 25. Rfe1 Kf8 26. f4 g6
27. h3 h5 28. g3 a5 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Kf3 Rh8 31. Rd2 Rd6
32. Rxd6 Kxd6 33. Rd1+ Ke7 34. Bb5 Rg8 35. h4 Rb8 36. Bc4 Nd7
37. Bd3 Nb6 38. Be4 Nc8 39. Bd3 Na7 40. Ke3 Nc6 41. c3 Na7
42. Rb1 Nc8 43. a3 Nb6 44. c4 Nc8 45. Kd2 Nd6 46. Kc3 Nf5
47. Bxf5 gxf5 48. Re1 Kd6 49. Re3 Kc6 50. Kd2 Rd8+ 51. Ke2 a4
52. bxa4 Ra8 53. Rb3 Rxa4 54. Kd3 f6 55. Rc3 e5 56. fxe5 fxe5
57. Ke3 Kd6 58. Rd3+ Ke6 59. Rc3 Ke7 60. Kf3 e4+ 61. Kf4 Ke6
62. Rb3 Rxc4 63. Rb6+ Kd5 64. Rf6 Rc1 65. a4 Rf1+ 66. Ke3 c4
67. Ke2 c3 68. Kxf1 c2 69. Rxf5+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj MNE"]
[Date "2019.11.14"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Rauf Mamedov"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 c6
7. Be2 e5 8. d5 Na6 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. a3 Rc8 11. b4 cxd5 12. exd5
Ne8 13. Nb3 f5 14. Bxa7 b6 15. O-O Ra8 16. Nb5 Rf7 17. a4 Nxb4
18. Qd2 e4 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Rfxa7 22. Rxa7
Rxa7 23. Qxb4 Qb6 24. Nd2 Ra2 25. Nc4 Qd4 26. Qe1 Nf6 27. b6
Nd7 28. b7 Qc5 29. Kh1 Qc7 30. f3 Qxb7 31. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj MNE"]
[Date "2019.11.15"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. a4 h6 8. Nc3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. c3
Bf6 13. Be3 Re8 14. b4 cxb4 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. cxb4
Ne7 18. Rac1 d5 19. Bc5 Qd7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Rc5 dxe4
22. dxe4 Rd8 23. g3 Qd3 24. Rc3 Qd6 25. Kg2 Rc7 26. Rec1 Rxc3
27. Rxc3 g6 28. Rc5 a6 29. Qc4 Kg7 30. b5 axb5 31. Qxb5 Qd7
32. Qc4 Qd3 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. Qxd3 Rxd3 35. Rxe5 Rd4 36. a5 b6
37. axb6 Rb4 38. h4 h5 39. Kf3 Rxb6 40. Rd5 Rb2 41. Ke3 Rb3+
42. Rd3 Rb2 43. Rd2 Rb4 44. Kf4 Ra4 45. Rc2 Kf6 46. Re2 Kg7
47. Rb2 Kf6 48. Rb7 Kg7 49. Rd7 Ra2 50. Ke3 Ra3+ 51. Rd3 Ra4
52. Rd2 Ra3+ 53. Kf4 Ra4 54. f3 Ra1 55. g4 hxg4 56. Kxg4 Rg1+
57. Kf4 Rh1 58. Kg3 Rg1+ 59. Kf4 Rh1 60. Kg3 Rg1+ 61. Rg2 Rh1
62. Rh2 Rg1+ 63. Kf4 Kh6 64. Ke5 Rf1 65. Rh3 Kg7 66. Kf4 Kh6
67. Rh2 Rg1 68. Rc2 Rh1 69. Kg3 Rg1+ 70. Kh2 Rf1 71. Kg2 Re1
72. Rc5 Re2+ 73. Kg3 Re1 74. Rc7 Kg7 75. Re7 Rg1+ 76. Kh2 Rf1
77. Kg3 Rg1+ 78. Kh2 Rf1 79. Kg2 Re1 80. Ra7 Re2+ 81. Kg3 Re1
82. Ra2 Rg1+ 83. Rg2 Rh1 84. Rh2 Rg1+ 85. Kf4 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj MNE"]
[Date "2019.11.16"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 a6
7. Nbd2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. f4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Rae1 Rc8
17. e4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Qxe4
c4 22. bxc4 Qb6+ 23. Bd4 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kg2 Qxc4
26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Re1 f6 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. Re3 Ra4 30. a3 Rc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.09"]
[EventDate "2020.12.02"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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 Bd7 10.Nc3 b6 11.b3 Be7 12.Bb2 h5
13.Rad1 Ke8 14.Ne4 Rd8 15.Nfg5 c5 16.Rfe1 Bc6 17.Rxd8+ Bxd8
18.e6 f6 19.Nf7 Rg8 20.c4 Be7 21.Nc3 Nd4 22.Bc1 Nc2 23.Re2 Nd4
24.Re1 Nc2 25.Re2 Nd4 26.Re1 1/2-1/2

