[Event "EYCC B10"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.01"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Efstathios Diktapanidis"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5
7. O-O Bg4 8. f3 Bd7 9. Be3 Re8 10. Qd2 exd4 11. Nxd4 a6
12. a4 Qc8 13. Rfe1 Bh3 14. b3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nfd7 16. Nd5 c6
17. Nc3 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Re6 19. f4 Qe8 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5 Re7
22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Bh6 Qg8 24. Qxg8+ Kxg8 25. Rxe7 f6 26. Rg7+
Kh8 27. Re1 Nf8 28. Re8 Nbd7 29. Rxa8 d5 30. Rxd7 Kg8
31. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "EYCC B10"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.02"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sanan Guliyev"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2
Nc6 7. g3 Bc5 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne7
12. c4 O-O 13. a3 Ng6 14. b4 Ba7 15. Qd3 Nd7 16. Be3 Bxe3
17. fxe3 Rc8 18. e4 Qc7 19. Rac1 a5 20. Kh1 Qb6 21. Bh3 Rfd8
22. Rb1 Rc7 23. Nc3 axb4 24. axb4 Rcc8 25. Nb5 Ra8 26. Ra1
Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nb8 28. Qa3 Na6 29. Qc3 Ne7 30. Rc1 g6 31. Rf1
Nc7 32. Qf3 Rf8 33. Qf6 Nxb5 34. Qxe7 Qc7 35. Qxc7 Nxc7 36. c5
Rd8 37. Ra1 Nb5 38. Ra5 Nc3 39. c6 1-0

[Event "EYCC B10"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.03"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georgios Kanakaris"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nc3 e6
7. a3 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Rc1
Ne4 13. Nc3 f5 14. h3 Bf6 15. Qe2 g5 16. Bh2 Qe8 17. Bxe4 fxe4
18. Nd2 Qg6 19. Rfe1 h5 20. Bg3 Ne7 21. Bd6 Rf7 22. Bxe7 Bxe7
23. f3 exf3 24. Nxf3 Bd6 25. Qc2 Qh6 26. Nh2 g4 27. Kh1 Raf8
28. Re2 Qf6 29. Qd1 Qh4 30. Qg1 Qg3 31. e4 Bf4 32. Rd1 Bc6
33. exd5 Bxd5 34. Nxd5 exd5 35. Nf1 Qb3 36. Rde1 gxh3 37. Re7
Kh8 38. Rxf7 Rxf7 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Re6 Rg7 41. g3 Qxb2 42. Qh2
Qxh2+ 43. Kxh2 Bc1 44. a4 Kg8 45. Re5 h4 46. Kxh3 hxg3 47. Kg2
Rg5 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Re7+ Rg7 50. Rxg7+ Kxg7 51. Nxg3 Kf6
52. Kf3 Ke6 53. Ne2 Bd2 54. Nf4+ Bxf4 55. Kxf4 b6 56. Kf3 Kf5
57. Ke3 Kg4 0-1

[Event "EYCC B10"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.04"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Davit Benidze"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 h6 9. b3 Bb4 10. c3 Ba5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. e5
Nd5 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. Rac1 Rad8
17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Red1 Nf5 19. Nf3 c5 20. c4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8
22. Rc1 Qd7 23. h4 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Qc7 25. Rc2 b4 26. Rd2 Bb6
27. Kg2 Kf8 28. Be4 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. f4 Ke7
32. Bd3 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. h5 Kf8 35. Qe4 a5 36. h6 Qb8
37. Kf3 Bc7 38. Qg4 Bxe5 39. Qxg5 f5 40. g4 Qb7+ 41. Kf2 Qh1
42. gxf5 Qh2+ 43. Kf3 Qh1+ 44. Kf2 Qh2+ 45. Kf3 Qh1+ 46. Ke2
Qh2+ 47. Kd1 exf5 48. Qxf5+ Ke7 49. Qg5+ Kf8 50. Be4 d3
51. Qd8+ Kf7 52. Qd7+ Kf8 53. Qf5+ Ke7 54. Qg5+ Kf8 55. Bxd3
Qh1+ 56. Ke2 Qh2+ 57. Kf3 Bc3 58. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 59. Kxf4 Bd2+
60. Ke5 Bxh6 61. Kd6 Ke8 62. Kc7 Be3 63. Bg6+ Ke7 64. Kc6 Ba7
65. Bf5 Kf6 66. Bh3 Ke5 67. Kb7 Bc5 68. Ka6 Kd4 69. Kxa5 Bd6
70. Kb5 Bc5 71. Kc6 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EYCC B10"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.06"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxim Matlakov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. e3 e5 6. b3 Be7
7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ne2 Be6 9. h3 Qd7 10. Kf1 Rad8 11. Kg1 b5
12. Kh2 d4 13. e4 c4 14. Bc1 Nb4 15. Nf1 Rc8 16. f4 Qc7 17. f5
Bd7 18. a3 cxd3 19. cxd3 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Nxc2 21. Ra2 Ne1 22. Rd2
Rc2 23. Rxc2 Nxc2 24. Nd2 Nxa3 25. Nf3 Bd6 26. Bxa3 Bxa3
27. Nxe5 Bc5 28. Nf3 Rd8 29. Rc1 Bb6 30. g4 h6 31. e5 Nh7
32. Nf4 Be8 33. e6 fxe6 34. Nxe6 Rb8 35. Ne5 Nf8 36. Nf4 a5
37. Bd5+ Kh7 38. h4 Nd7 39. Nxd7 Bxd7 40. Be6 Rb7 41. Bxd7
Rxd7 42. Rc8 Rd8 43. Rc6 Rb8 44. Nd5 Bd8 45. Kg3 a4 46. b4 Ra8
47. Rc2 Kg8 48. h5 Bg5 49. Kf3 Re8 50. Kf2 Re5 51. Nc7 Be7
52. Ne6 Bxb4 53. Rc7 Kh8 54. Rc8+ Kh7 55. Nf4 Rc5 56. Ra8 Rc2+
57. Kf3 1-0

[Event "EYCC B10"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Peter Lichmann"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. Nf3
Bg4 7. Be2 e5 8. h3 Bf5 9. O-O Bc5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Qe7
12. Be3 Rad8 13. Qc1 Rfe8 14. Re1 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qb4 16. Qc1 h6
17. a3 Qb6 18. Bf1 Nd4 19. Nd2 Qc5 20. a4 Bg6 21. g3 Nh5
22. Kg2 f5 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. Be2 Kh8 25. Qc1 Rf8 26. Nf3 f4
27. Bd1 Rde8 28. g4 e4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. Nb5 f3+ 31. Kg1 Qd7
32. dxe4 Nxe4 33. Re3 Ng5 34. Kh2 a6 35. Rd3 Bxd3 0-1

[Event "EYCC B10"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.08"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aggelos Sismanis"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 e6 8. f3 Bb4 9. e4 Bg6 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bf4
Qd8 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Nc4 a5 15. g4 Kf8 16. h4 h5 17. g5 Ng8
18. Bh3 Ne7 19. Bg3 c5 20. O-O-O Nb6 21. Nd6 Nxa4 22. Qf4 Bxc3
23. bxc3 Qb6 24. Rd2 Kg8 25. Qe3 Nd5 26. Qd3 Ndxc3 27. Nc4 Qb3
0-1

[Event "EYCC B10"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vuk Savanovic"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bd6 7. d3 c6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Re1 f6 13. c4 Nd7 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. g4 Bf7 16. Nd2 Nc5
17. h4 Kh8 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bd7 21. Kh1 Rf8
22. Qe2 Rae8 23. Rg1 f5 24. g5 c5 25. h5 Bc6 26. h6 gxh6
27. gxh6 Re6 28. Bc1 f4 29. Bf3 Rxh6+ 30. Kg2 Qd7 31. Kf1 Qh3+
0-1

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[EventDate "2003.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marcin Dziuba"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5
7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Be3 a6 11. O-O-O Nbd7
12. f4 Qc7 13. g4 O-O-O 14. g5 Ne8 15. h4 g6 16. Kb1 Ng7
17. Rhf1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rg1 Rhf8 20. h5 e5 21. h6 exd4
22. hxg7 dxe3 23. gxf8=Q Rxf8 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Qc3 Re8 26. Bh5
e2 27. Rde1 Bf8 28. Bxe8 Qxe8 29. Qc2 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2003.06.23"]
[EventDate "2003.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Christian Esplana"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7
7. Bb3 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. f4 Nc5 10. Qf3 Nxb3 11. axb3 g6
12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 d5 14. Bh6 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxf5
17. Qxe5 Bf6 18. Qg3 Bh4 19. Qf3 Re8 20. Ng3 Be6 21. Rae1 Qd4+
22. Kh1 Bd5 23. Rd1 Bxf3 24. Rxd4 Bxg3 25. gxf3 Be5 26. Rd7 b5
27. c3 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rf2 Re6 30. Kg2 a6 31. Rfd2 Rc8
32. b4 Rcc6 33. Kf2 Rf6 34. R2d4 h5 35. h4 Rce6 36. Ra7 Re5
37. f4 Re8 38. Rad7 Rfe6 39. Rd2 Re4 40. R7d4 Re3 41. R4d3
R3e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2003.06.24"]
[EventDate "2003.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 a6 6. c4 e6
7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qc7
12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Bf1 Qb8 15. Qf2 Bd8 16. b3 Bc7
17. g3 Rfe8 18. Bg2 h6 19. Kh1 Qa8 20. Nde2 Rb8 21. Nf4 Rbc8
22. Nd3 Nc5 23. Bf4 Qb8 24. Rd2 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 d5 26. Be3 dxe4
27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Ng4 29. Qe2 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Be5 31. Rd7
Red8 32. Rcd1 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Rd8 34. Qd3 Rxd7 35. Qxd7 Qf8
36. Qd2 Qc5 37. Bf3 g6 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Bg4 Bf6 40. Bf3 h5
41. Bd1 Qe5 42. Bf3 Qa1 43. Bd1 Bc3 44. Qc2 Bb4 45. Bf3 Bc5
46. Qe2 a5 47. Kh3 Bd4 48. a4 Qc3 49. Qd1 Qb2 50. Bg2 Be5
51. Qf3 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2003.06.28"]
[EventDate "2003.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Craig A Hanley"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. b4 e4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4
12. Nbd2 exf3 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Re1+ Be7 15. Kc2 Be6 16. Nxf3
O-O-O 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Rd5 19. Bf4 Bf5 20. Bxf5+ Rxf5
21. Bg3 h5 22. Re2 h4 23. Bd6 Nd8 24. a4 Ne6 25. a5 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2003.06.29"]
[EventDate "2003.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Gogineni Rohit"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nde2
e6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 Qb8 11. g4 Rd8
12. Ng3 Be8 13. f4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. g5 b5 16. Nh5 Bf8 17. Ne2
Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Rac8 19. b3 Nc5 20. Be3 Qb8 21. Neg3 Nd7 22. a3
a6 23. Qg4 Ne7 24. Rf2 Qc7 25. Bd4 Ng6 26. h4 Bc5 27. Bxc5
Qxc5 28. Rd1 Qd4 29. Bh3 Rc7 30. Nf6+ gxf6 31. gxf6 Ndxe5
32. Qg5 Nd7 33. Nh5 Qc5 34. Bxe6 fxe6 35. f7+ Bxf7 36. Qxd8+
Ndf8 37. f5 exf5 38. Rxf5 Qe7 39. Nf6+ Kh8 40. Qxe7 Nxe7
41. Rf2 Nfg6 42. h5 Ne5 43. h6 Rc6 44. Kg1 Re6 45. Rdd2 Ng8
46. Nxd5 Rg6+ 47. Kh1 Rxh6+ 48. Kg1 Rg6+ 49. Kh1 Rd6 50. Rd1
Bh5 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2003.07.02"]
[EventDate "2003.06.22"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Magesh Chandran Panchanathan"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Be6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Re1 O-O 9. Ne4 Bb6 10. b3 h6 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. dxc3 Qf6 14. Qe2 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qe4 Bg6
17. Qh4 Qxh4 18. Nxh4 Bxc2 19. Rac1 Bh7 20. Rcd1 e4 21. g4 Ne5
22. Re2 h5 23. c4 c5 24. Rd5 hxg4 25. hxg4 Nxg4 26. Bb2 Nh6
27. Re3 f6 28. Rd7 Rad8 29. Rxb7 Rd1+ 30. Bf1 Bf5 31. Rg3 Bg4
32. Kg2 e3 33. Be2 Rd2 34. Bxg4 Rxf2+ 35. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2003.07.03"]
[EventDate "2003.06.22"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jiri Jirka"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d6
7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Qc2 Qc5
12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Qd1 Qe7 14. e3 Bg4 15. f3 Bf5 16. e4 Be6
17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. O-O Nd7 20. f4 f6 21. Rfe1 a5
22. b3 c6 23. Qf2 Nc5 24. Bf1 Qd6 25. b4 Na4 26. c5 Qd7
27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Bxc4+ Kh8 29. Rad1 Nc3 30. Rd3 axb4 31. axb4
Rfe8 32. e5 fxe5 33. Rxe5 Ne4 34. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 35. Rxd4 Nf6
36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. h3 h5 38. Bf7 Re3 39. Kf2 Re7 40. Bg6 h4
41. Rd8+ Ng8 42. g4 Rc7 43. g5 Re7 44. Kf3 Rc7 45. Kg4 Re7
46. Kxh4 Rc7 47. Kg4 Re7 48. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 5th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h4
Nc6 8.Rg1 h5 9.gxh5 Nxh5 10.Bg5 Nf6 11.Qd2 Qb6 12.Be3 Qxb2
13.Rb1 Qa3 14.e5 Nxe5 15.Rg5 Rxh4 16.f4 Nfd7 17.fxe5 Nxe5
18.Rxe5 dxe5 19.Bb5+ Ke7 20.Bg5+ f6 21.Bxh4 exd4 22.Qxd4 Qd6
23.Qe4 Kf7 24.Bc4 Rb8 25.Ne2 Qc5 26.Rb5 Qe7 27.Nf4 Bd7 28.Qg6+
Kg8 29.Bd3 Qd6 30.Qh7+ Kf7 31.Bg6+ Ke7 32.Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "6th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2004.04.19"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8
12. O-O cxd4 13. Qxd4 h6 14. Bh4 e5 15. Qxd6 Nc5 16. Qxd8
Rcxd8 17. Bf5 Nb3 18. Rae1 g5 19. Bg3 Nd2 20. Bxe5 Nxf1
21. Kxf1 Ne8 22. Bb1 Nd6 23. b3 Bc8 24. Bf6 Rd7 25. Ng3 Ne8
26. Bc3 Rd8 27. Kf2 Be6 28. h4 f6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh1 Rd7
31. Bg6 Rd8 32. Ne4 Kg7 33. Nxg5 Bg8 34. Bc2 Nd6 35. g4 Rfe8
36. Nh7 1-0

[Event "6th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2004.04.22"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Tahir Vakhidov"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 e6 3. Nc3 Bxc5 4. Ne4 Nf6 5. Nxc5 Qa5+ 6. Qd2
Qxc5 7. Qg5 Qxg5 8. Bxg5 d5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. e3
Bd7 12. Nf3 Ke7 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. a3 Rhg8 15. Rg1 a6 16. c4
dxc4 17. Bxc4 Na5 18. Bd3 Ba4 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Kxc1 Nb3+
21. Kb1 Rc8 22. g3 h6 23. Re1 Bc6 24. Bc2 Bxf3 25. Bxb3 Be4+
26. Ka1 b5 27. Rd1 f5 0-1

[Event "6th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Abhijeet Gupta"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5
7. Nf1 Bxc1 8. Qxc1 Nge7 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Kh8 11. f4 f5
12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Bd5 Qd7 16. Qd2
Rf6 17. Rae1 Raf8 18. d4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 b6 20. Be4 h6 21. Nd5
R6f7 22. Nf4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qg4 24. g3 h5 25. Kg2 h4 26. Rf2
Rf6 27. Nh3 Qxe4+ 28. Rxe4 Nf3 29. Rf4 Rxf4 30. Nxf4 Ne5
31. gxh4 Rc8 32. Kg3 Rc4 33. Rd2 Kg8 34. c3 Rc6 35. Nd5 Rc5
36. Ne3 Nf7 37. Rd5 Rc8 38. Kf4 Kf8 39. c4 Re8 40. b3 Re6
41. a4 g6 42. Ng4 Re2 43. h5 gxh5 44. Rxh5 Kg7 45. Rd5 Rc2
46. Rd3 Kf8 47. h4 Rc1 48. Rh3 Rf1+ 49. Ke4 Ke7 50. Ne3 Re1
51. Kd4 Kf6 52. Nd5+ Kg6 53. Rg3+ Kf5 1-0

[Event "6th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O a6 8. f4 Qc7 9. Bf3 O-O 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Be3 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5
Nd7 17. Be4 g6 18. Qg3 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Bf8 20. c3 Ne5 21. h3 Bg7
22. Bc2 b5 23. Bb3 Rab8 24. Re2 a5 25. a3 a4 26. Ba2 Qd7
27. Ref2 Rf8 28. Bg5 f5 29. Bf4 Rfe8 30. Re2 1-0

[Event "6th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2004.04.27"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. c4 Ne4 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2
Nxd2 7. Qxd2 f5 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Rad1 O-O
12. Qb4 Re8 13. Rfe1 c5 14. Qa3 e5 15. e3 e4 16. Nd2 a5
17. Qc3 b6 18. f4 exf3 19. Bxf3 Bb7 20. d5 Rf8 21. e4 Rae8
22. e5 dxe5 23. d6 Qd7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxe5 Qc6 26. Rxe8
Nxe8 27. Nf3 Nxd6 28. Ne5 Qc7 29. Qd3 Nf7 30. Nd7 Rd8 31. Qd5
f4 32. gxf4 Qxf4 33. Qe6 h5 34. h3 Kh8 35. Rd5 Ng5 36. Qe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2004.04.28"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sergey Kayumov"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6
7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. c4 Nd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rfc8
12. c5 Qc7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 Ng6 15. Qc3 Re8 16. b5 e5 17. b6
Qb8 18. dxe5 Ngxe5 19. Nd4 Ng4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. h3 Be6 22. a4
Nf6 23. N4f3 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op 7th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.Bd3 d6 8.O-O h6 9.Ne2 O-O 10.Nd4 Bc5 11.c3 Bd7 12.Qf3 Ng4
13.Bf4 Qf6 14.Nf5 Ne5 15.Qg3 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 Rfe8 17.Be3 Bxf5
18.exf5 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Qe5 20.Rf3 Qe4 21.Qxe4 Rxe4 22.Kf2 Rae8
23.Re1 Kf8 24.Rf4 h5 25.g3 d5 26.h3 R8e5 27.g4 Rxf4+ 28.exf4
Rxe1 29.Kxe1 hxg4 30.hxg4 Ke7 31.Kd2 Kd6 32.Kd3 Kc5 33.b3 Kd6
34.Kd4 a5 35.a4 c5+ 36.Kd3 f6 37.c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BELFORT YWCC BU18"]
[Site "Belfort (FRA)"]
[Date "2005.07.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Gabor Papp"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 Qa5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3
Bxc5 7. O-O Qc7 8. Qe2 Ng4 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. h3 h5 11. e5 Ngxe5
12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 d6 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Bxe5
Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BELFORT YWCC BU18"]
[Site "Belfort (FRA)"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9.20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Steven Tweedie"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 d4
7. Ne4 Nxe4 8. dxe4 Nc6 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Be5
12. f4 d3 13. fxe5 dxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxe5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Bf4 Bg4
17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Rd1 Re8 23. Kf2 f5 24. Re1 fxe4 25. Kg1 g6 26. Bg2
Kg7 27. Qe2 b6 28. Qa6 Qe7 29. Re3 Qg5 30. Qe2 Re7 31. Qe1 h5
32. h4 Qd5 33. a3 Qb3 34. Bxe4 Qe6 35. Bxc6 Qxe3+ 36. Qxe3
Rxe3 37. Kf2 Re6 38. Bf3 Re5 39. Bd1 Kf6 40. Be2 Re7 41. Kf3
g5 42. hxg5+ Kxg5 43. Kf2 Re5 44. Ke1 Kf5 45. Kd2 Ke4 46. b4
Kd5 0-1

[Event "BELFORT YWCC BU18"]
[Site "Belfort (FRA)"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ante Brkic"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. c4 Nb4 10. c5 Nd5 11. Qd4 Ba6
12. Bxa6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxa6 14. h4 Be7 15. h5 O-O 16. h6 g6
17. Rh3 f5 18. exf6 e5 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Bxf6 21. O-O-O
Be7 22. Bc3 Rf7 23. Bxe5 Re8 24. Bg7 Bf8 25. f3 Bxg7 26. hxg7
Re5 27. Ra3 Kxg7 28. Rxa7 Rfe7 29. a4 h6 30. a5 Nf6 31. b4 Nd5
32. Rb7 Re8 33. Rxd7+ Kf8 34. b5 Ne3 35. b6 Nxd1 36. Kxd1 1-0

[Event "BELFORT YWCC BU18"]
[Site "Belfort (FRA)"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Mark Bluvshtein"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. g3 f5 6. Bg2 O-O
7. Nd2 c6 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 Be6 11. Rc1 dxc4
12. Nxc4 Bc7 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. b4 Bd5 16. Bxd5
Nxd5 17. Rb1 h5 18. Nc3 h4 19. Nd2 f4 20. exf4 Nxc3 21. Qxc3
Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Nf3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8
26. Ne1 f5 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. Kd3 Bb6 30. Nf3 hxg3
31. fxg3 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 g6 34. Kc4 Bd8 35. Nd4+ Ke7
36. b5 cxb5+ 37. Nxb5 Bb6 38. Nd4 Bxd4 39. Kxd4 Kd6 40. h3 b5
41. g4 g5 42. fxg5 f4 43. h4 f3 44. Ke3 b4 45. h5 Ke7 46. g6
b3 0-1

[Event "BELFORT YWCC BU18"]
[Site "Belfort (FRA)"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10.14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Lev Milman"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. g3 b4
7. Nce2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. Qd3 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. f3 Nc5 12. Qe3
Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd4 Qb6 15. b3 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. a4 a5
1/2-1/2

[Event "BELFORT YWCC BU18"]
[Site "Belfort (FRA)"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dagur Arngrimsson"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5
Qxc5 7. Na3 Qa5 8. Bf4 e6 9. Nc4 Qf5 10. Qa4 Qe4+ 11. Be3 Rb8
12. Ng5 Qf5 13. Qb3 Nd5 14. Nf3 b5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Be7
17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 O-O 19. O-O-O Bb7 20. Qxb5 Bd5 21. Qa4
Bg5 22. h4 Qf2 23. Rd2 Bxe3 24. Bxe3 Qxe3 25. Qd1 Qg3 26. Rh3
Qf4 27. Kb1 Rbd8 28. Ka1 Bb3 29. Rxd8 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Rb8
31. Rf3 Qxh4 32. g3 Qa4 33. b3 Qc6 34. Bg2 g6 35. Rd2 a5
36. Kb2 Qc7 37. Rfd3 Qe5 38. g4 Rb4 39. g5 Rh4 40. Bc6 Qxg5
0-1

[Event "7th Dubai Open Chess Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2005.04.11"]
[EventDate "2005.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Kuzubov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Qa4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7
12. Qxc4 Na5 13. Qd3 Bc6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rac1
Rac8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 19. Qb5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc6
21. Qxb7 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Qf3 a5 24. a4 g6 25. e3 Kg7
26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Dubai Open Chess Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2005.04.12"]
[EventDate "2005.04.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4
7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. h3 Nc6 11. g4 b5 12. Ng3
Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. f4 g6 15. b3 h6 16. gxh6 Bf6 17. Bb2 Rxh6
18. Qd2 Rh7 19. f5 Be5 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Nge2 O-O-O 22. Rad1
g5 23. Nb1 0-1

[Event "7th Dubai Open Chess Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2005.04.05"]
[EventDate "2005.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Vladimirov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. Nxc3 d6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e4 Qe7 11. Re1 e5 12. d5
Ne8 13. b4 g6 14. Be3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Ng7 17. Rc1 c5
18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. c5 bxc5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Bxc5
Qc7 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Na4 e4 25. Bb5 Ng4 26. g3 Ne5 27. Rf1
Rd8 28. Qc3 Nf3+ 29. Rxf3 exf3 30. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "7th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Kusadasi TUR"]
[Date "2006.04.05"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Kempinski"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Bxc3
12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qb2 c6 14. Bf1 b5 15. Nh4 d5 16. f3 Bg6
17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. e3 Qb6 20. Be1 Rfe8 21. Bf2 b4
22. Rac1 g5 23. g4 Rec8 24. Rc2 Ne8 25. Rdc1 Nd6 26. Rxc8+
Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. Qc1 Ne7 29. Bg3 Nc6 30. Kg2 g6 31. a4
bxa3 32. Qxa3 Nb4 33. Qa4 Nc2 34. Kf2 Nf8 35. Qb5 Qd8 36. Be2
Nd7 37. Qc6 Nb4 38. Qc7 Qxc7 39. Bxc7 Nc6 40. Bb5 Ndb8 41. Ke2
Na7 42. Ba4 Nbc6 43. Kd2 Kf8 44. Kc3 Ke7 45. f4 f6 46. fxg5
fxg5 47. h3 Kf7 48. Kb2 Kf8 49. Ka3 Ke7 50. Bxc6 Nxc6 51. Ka4
Nb4 52. Bg3 Nc2 53. Bf2 Kd7 54. Kxa5 Kc6 55. Ka4 Kb6 56. b4
Na1 57. Ka3 Kb5 58. Kb2 Kxb4 59. Kxa1 Kc3 60. h4 gxh4 61. Bxh4
Kd3 62. Bg5 1-0

[Event "7th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Kusadasi TUR"]
[Date "2006.04.06"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Yasin Emrah Yagiz"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. g3 b4
7. Na4 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 d5
12. c4 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nxc3 14. Qh5 Ne4 15. Nxe6 Qb6 16. Nc7+
Qxc7 17. Qxd5 Nc6 18. Qxe4+ Be7 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Rad1 Qb7
21. Bd6 O-O 22. Bxe7 Rfe8 23. Qf3 Rac8 24. Ba3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1
h6 26. Re7 1-0

[Event "7th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Kusadasi TUR"]
[Date "2006.04.04"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Evgenij Agrest"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7
7. O-O c5 8. h3 Rb8 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 a6 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4
Bb7 13. Bh6 Nc5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfe1 e5 16. Nb3 Qd7 17. Qe3
Bc6 18. Nd2 Nxa4 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. b3 Bb5 21. c4 Bc6 22. Rxa6
Qc7 23. Rea1 Nd7 24. b4 Bb7 25. Ra7 Rfe8 26. f4 Nf6 27. Bf3 h5
28. R1a6 Nd7 29. Ra3 Rh8 30. Ra1 Rbd8 31. Nb3 Ra8 32. Rxa8
Rxa8 33. Rxa8 Bxa8 34. Nd2 Nb8 35. Qc3 Nc6 36. Nb3 Qe7 37. c5
dxc5 38. bxc5 b5 39. Qb2 0-1

[Event "7th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Kusadasi TUR"]
[Date "2006.04.07"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Zelcic"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. f3 Rc8
12. Kh1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. a5 Nd7 16. Bd4 Bxd4
17. Qxd4 Nf6 18. Rd2 Red8 19. Bc4 Bd7 20. Bb3 Qc5 21. Ne2 Be6
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qd3 Qc4 24. Qe3 e5 25. Ng3 Qb4 26. c3 Qc5
27. Qg5 Kf7 28. Qh6 Rg8 29. Qh3 Qc4 30. Nf1 Qc5 31. Qg3 g5
32. Qe1 g4 33. Ng3 gxf3 34. gxf3 Rg6 35. Qg1 Qxg1+ 36. Rxg1
Rcg8 37. Rgd1 Ke6 38. c4 Rc8 39. b3 Nd7 40. Nf5 Nb8 41. Rxd6+
exd6 42. Rxd6+ Kf7 43. Rxg6 hxg6 44. Nd6+ Ke6 45. Nxc8 Nc6
46. Nb6 Nxa5 47. b4 Nc6 48. Nd5 a5 49. bxa5 Nxa5 50. Nb6 Kd6
51. Kg2 Kc6 52. Nd5 Nxc4 53. f4 exf4 54. Nxf4 Ne5 55. Kf2 b5
56. Ke3 Kc5 57. Nd5 g5 58. Kf2 Ng4+ 59. Kf3 Nxh2+ 60. Kg3 Nf1+
61. Kg4 Nd2 62. Nc7 Nxe4 63. Nxb5 Kxb5 64. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Kusadasi TUR"]
[Date "2006.04.08"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Pavel Blatny"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7
7. Be3 e5 8. Qd2 h6 9. Rc1 exd4 10. Bxd4 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5
12. Be3 c5 13. Nd5 Ne7 14. b4 f5 15. f3 cxb4 16. Qxb4 Nc6
17. Qa3 f4 18. Bf2 Bf8 19. Qb2 Ba6 20. O-O Kf7 21. c5 Bxd3
22. Rfd1 bxc5 23. Qb7+ Ne7 24. Rxd3 Qc8 25. Qb2 Nc6 26. Nxf4
Rb8 27. Rb3 Bd6 28. Nd3 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qa3 Qc7 31. e5
Be7 32. Qa6 Rb6 33. Qc4+ Kg7 34. Qxd4 Rd8 35. Qe4 Rxb3
36. axb3 Qb6 37. Nf4 Rd4 38. Qe3 Rxf4 39. Qxf4 Bg5 40. Qg4
Be3+ 41. Kh1 Bxc1 42. Qd7+ Kh8 43. e6 Qa5 44. Qe8+ Kg7
45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Kusadasi TUR"]
[Date "2006.04.09"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Iskusnyh"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Bxc3
12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qc1 c6 14. Qf4 Qe7 15. Rac1 h6 16. Bb2 a4
17. b4 a3 18. Bc3 Rfc8 19. h4 d5 20. c5 b5 21. Bh3 Re8 22. Ne5
Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. f3 Bf5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Qxf5 Nxe5
27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Kf2 Rae8 30. Rc2 Re3 31. h5 f5
32. Rd4 Kf7 33. Rf4 Kf6 34. g4 R3e5 35. e3 g5 36. hxg6 Rxe3
37. Rxf5+ Kxg6 38. Rf8 R8e6 39. Rg8+ Kf7 40. Rc8 d4 41. Rd2
Rf6 42. Rxd4 Rfxf3+ 43. Kg2 Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Kusadasi TUR"]
[Date "2006.04.10"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Luc Winants"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g5 5. Bc1 Bf5 6. c4 e6
7. e3 Qd7 8. a3 Nge7 9. Nc3 a6 10. b4 Bg7 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 Rd8 13. Bb2 h6 14. e4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 g4 16. Nh4 Qxd4
17. Qe2 Ne5 18. O-O Qd2 19. Rad1 Qxe2 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Nxe2
N7g6 22. Nxg6 Nxg6 23. Nd4 Ke7 24. Nb3 b6 25. Rc1 Kd7 26. Nd4
Re8 27. f3 h5 28. Kf2 Ne5 29. Ke2 Bh6 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Bc1 Bxc1
32. Rxc1 Kd7 33. Rd1 Kc8 34. f4 Nc4 35. Nc2 Nd6 36. Ke3 Rd8
37. Rd3 Kb7 38. g3 e5 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Ke2 Rf8 41. Rd5 Re8
42. Ke3 Re6 43. Rd1 Rf6 44. Ne1 Rf1 45. Ke2 Rh1 46. Kf2 Rxh2+
47. Ng2 Nxe4+ 48. Kg1 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "7th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Kusadasi TUR"]
[Date "2006.04.12"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aydin Duman"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Nc6 11. a4 Re8 12. Nb3
d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Qf2 Nc4 16. Bc1 Nb4 17. Na2 Nc6
18. Nc3 Bd7 19. Ne2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nbd4
Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bc5 24. b3 Qb6 25. c3 Na5 26. b4 Bxd4 27. cxd4
Nc6 28. Be3 Nxb4 29. Qb2 Nc6 30. f5 exf5 31. Bxd5 Be6 32. Bg2
Rd8 33. Qf2 Qa6 34. g4 fxg4 35. d5 Rxd5 36. Bxd5 Bxd5 37. Qf4
h5 38. e6 Bxe6 39. Qd6 b4 40. Rc1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "7th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Kusadasi TUR"]
[Date "2006.04.13"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Blazimir Kovacevic"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O
f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Bf3 Bd6 16. Qc2 Ne7 17. Rae1
b6 18. Nb2 Bd7 19. a4 Rac8 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. g3 Rce8 22. Nd1
Nf5 23. Nf2 b5 24. a5 g6 25. Re2 a6 26. Rfe1 Re7 27. Qb1 Qe8
28. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Kusadasi TUR"]
[Date "2006.04.14"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Athanasios Mastrovasilis"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7
12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bg3 Qc6
17. c4 Ba6 18. h3 Qa8 19. Qe2 Bb7 20. Bd6 Rfd8 21. c5 bxc5
22. dxc5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qd5 24. Red1 Qg5+ 25. Kh2 Nxc5 26. f4
Qh4 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Bxc5 Qxf4+ 29. Kh1 Rd5 30. Be3 Qh4
31. Qf3 a5 32. Bf1 Qa4 33. Rc1 Qa3 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Qe2 Qb4
36. Qc2+ g6 37. Qc3 Qe4+ 38. Bg2 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Qf5 40. Qc5 Nd5
41. Qf8 Qe5+ 42. f4 Qg7 43. Bxd5 Rxd5 44. Qxg7+ Kxg7 45. a4
Rd3 46. Rc3 Rd1 47. Rc5 Rd3 48. Bf2 Kf6 49. Bh4+ Kg7 50. Rxa5
1-0

[Event "7th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Kusadasi TUR"]
[Date "2006.04.15"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Luis Galego"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "11"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.23"]
[EventDate "2006.04.23"]
[Round "1.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Hasan Kolyaie"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. e5 Nh5
7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d3 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bd2 Nd5
12. O-O Qc7 13. Rae1 Bd7 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qxe7 Rxf3 16. gxf3
Rf8 17. Kg2 Bf6 18. Qe3 d4 19. Qh6 Qc8 20. Re4 Bg7 21. Qh4 Rf5
22. Qg3 Bc6 23. Rfe1 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Rf7 25. Qd6 Bf8 26. Qd5 Bg7
27. Bf4 h5 28. Kg3 c4 1-0

[Event "8th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.24"]
[EventDate "2006.04.23"]
[Round "2.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aarthie Ramaswamy"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Rfd1 Rc8
12. f3 Re8 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. Nb3 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Bd4 e5
17. Be3 Qb4 18. Qc1 Bc6 19. Ra3 Qa5 20. b4 Qc7 21. b5 axb5
22. axb5 Bd7 23. b6 Qd8 24. Nb5 d5 25. exd5 Bf5 26. c4 e4
27. Nc7 Rxc7 28. bxc7 Qxc7 29. c5 exf3 30. Bxf3 Ne4 31. c6 Qe7
32. cxb7 Qxb7 33. Qc6 Qb8 34. d6 Nf6 35. d7 Nxd7 36. Rxd7 Bxd7
37. Qxd7 Rd8 38. Qxd8+ Qxd8 39. Ra8 Qxa8 40. Bxa8 Be5 41. Bh6
Bd4 42. Bd5 Bg7 43. Bxg7 Kxg7 44. Kg1 f5 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Bc6
Ke5 47. Ke3 g5 48. Be8 Kd5 49. Bf7+ Ke5 50. Bh5 Kd5 51. h3 Ke5
52. Bf3 h6 53. Be2 Kd5 54. Bd1 Ke5 55. Bf3 Ke6 56. Kd4 Kd6
57. Bh5 Ke7 58. Bg6 Kf6 59. Be8 Ke7 60. Ke5 Kxe8 61. Kxf5 Kf7
62. g3 Kg7 63. Ke6 Kg6 64. Ke5 Kg7 65. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[EventDate "2006.04.23"]
[Round "3.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Bjoern Bente"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Be3 Rc8 10. a4 Nf6 11. h3 Be7 12. f4
O-O 13. Nb3 Na5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Ne4 d5 17. c3 Qc7
18. Nd2 b5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Rf2 Qb7 21. Nb3 Nc7 22. g4 g6
23. f5 Bh4 24. Rd2 Na8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Nf3 Be7 27. f6 Bc5
28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Rf2 h6 30. h4 Nb6 31. Bf1 Bb5 32. Bxb5 axb5
33. Nd4 Nd7 34. Qd2 Kh7 35. Re1 b4 36. h5 g5 37. Qd3+ Kh8
38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. Qg6 1-0

[Event "8th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.26"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ashot Anastasian"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. b3 Re8
12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. d5 c6 15. Nh4 cxd5 16. cxd5 g6
17. f4 Rc8 18. Qd2 exf4 19. Rxf4 Ne5 20. Rdf1 Nfd7 21. Bh3 Rc5
22. Rxf7 Nxf7 23. Be6 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Qe6 26. Qb7
Nc5 27. Qxa7 Qe3+ 28. Rf2 Rf8 29. Ng2 Qxb3 30. Bc1 Qd1+
31. Rf1 Qxe2 32. Nf4 Qc4 33. Bb2 Qb3 34. Bd4 Qc4 35. Ba1 Qe4
36. Qxb6 Qe3+ 37. Kh1 Ne5 38. Qxd6 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kg2
Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.27"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "5.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 e6
7. Nb3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. a4 Ngf6 11. a5 a6 12. O-O
Bd6 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. c3 c5 15. Be2 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Be7 17. Qb3
Nd5 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Bf6 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Qa3 Qb8 22. Be3
Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qg3 24. Ncd2 Bg6 25. Nf1 Qc7 26. Bd3 Bxd3
27. Rxd3 e5 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Rcd1 Rxd3 31. Rxd3
c4 32. Rd2 Qb5 33. Qa1 Rd8 34. Rf2 Rd5 35. Nd2 Bg5 36. Nf1
Qxa5 37. Qb1 Rd3 38. Rf3 Qd5 39. Qe1 b5 40. Qg3 Qd6 41. Qg4
Qe6 42. Qg3 Rd6 43. h4 Bf6 44. h5 Be5 45. Qh4 Rd3 46. Rf2 a5
47. g3 Bc7 48. Qh1 Bb6 49. Qa8+ Kh7 50. Kg2 b4 51. Qb7 f5
52. cxb4 axb4 53. g4 fxg4 54. Rf4 Rb3 55. Rf7 Rxb2+ 56. Kh1
Qe5 57. Rxg7+ Qxg7 58. Qe4+ Kg8 59. Qe6+ Qf7 60. Qxg4+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "8th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.28"]
[EventDate "2006.04.23"]
[Round "6.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "O T Anilkumar"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Rad1 a6
12. Nde2 Nbd7 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. h3 Qc5 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. f3 b5
17. Bc1 Rac8 18. Be3 Nfd7 19. Nb1 Rfd8 20. Bg5 Re8 21. c3 d5
22. exd5 exd5 23. Rf2 h6 24. Bf4 Ne6 25. Be3 f5 26. Rff1 Ne5
27. Nf4 b4 28. cxb4 d4 29. Bd2 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 Rc2
32. Na3 Rxa2 33. Bc1 Ra1 0-1

[Event "8th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[EventDate "2006.03.29"]
[Round "7.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Atousa Pourkashiyan"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4
7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 O-O
12. f4 Rd8 13. Qe1 e5 14. Kh1 Nh5 15. Ne2 exf4 16. gxf4 Be6
17. Be3 f5 18. e5 Bd5 19. Qf2 Bxg2+ 20. Qxg2 g6 21. Nd4 Ng7
22. Rad1 Rd7 23. Rd3 c5 24. Ne2 Rxd3 25. cxd3 Rd8 26. d4 cxd4
27. Nxd4 Bc5 28. Nc2 Ne6 29. Qf3 Rd3 30. Re1 Qd7 31. Re2 g5
32. Qg2 Be7 33. Ne1 Rd1 34. Kh2 Kh8 35. fxg5 Qb5 36. Nf3 f4
37. Bd2 Qd3 38. Bc3 Qf5 39. h4 Bc5 40. Rd2 Qb1 41. Rxd1 Qxd1
42. h5 b5 43. a3 Be3 44. Bb4 Qb1 45. Kh3 Qe4 46. Bc3 Kg8
47. Kg4 Ng7 48. Kh3 Nf5 49. Ne1 f3 50. Nxf3 Bf4 51. Nh4 Qd3+
52. Qf3 Qxf3+ 53. Nxf3 Bc1 54. Nd4 Nxd4 55. Bxd4 Bxg5 56. Kg4
Bc1 57. e6 Kf8 58. Bf6 a5 59. Kf5 a4 60. Ke4 Bd2 61. Kd5 b4
62. Kc4 bxa3 63. bxa3 h6 64. Kb5 Bg5 65. Bxg5 hxg5 66. h6 g4
67. h7 1-0

[Event "8th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.30"]
[EventDate "2006.04.30"]
[Round "8.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ramachandran Ramesh"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 Bg4 11. Be2 Qc8
12. h5 Re8 13. Kb1 a6 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 dxe5 16. g4 Qe6
17. g5 Rad8 18. Rdg1 Rd6 19. Rg3 Red8 20. b3 b5 21. g6 fxg6
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.05.01"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "9.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Krivoshey"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7
7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bxd6 cxd6 10. d5 Na6 11. Nc3 Rac8
12. Nd2 exd5 13. cxd5 Rfe8 14. Re1 Nc5 15. Rc1 h5 16. Nb3 Nce4
17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. f3 Nf6 21. e4 Rc4
22. Nb5 Qxb2 23. Nxd6 Rc2 24. Bf1 Ba6 25. Qa1 Qa3 26. Bxa6
Qxf3 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Qxe2 29. Qd4 Ng4 30. Nf5 f6 31. h3
Ne5 32. Qf2 Qxe4 33. Ne3 b5 34. Kf1 Nd3 35. Qd2 Qf3+ 36. Kg1
Qxg3+ 37. Ng2 Ne5 38. Qe2 Qxh3 39. Qxb5 Qg4 40. Qb8+ Kh7
41. Qb1+ g6 42. Qf1 Nf3+ 43. Kf2 h4 44. Ne3 Qg3+ 45. Ke2 Nd4+
46. Kd2 Qg5 0-1

[Event "4th Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2006.05.09"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "44"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Nbd2
c5 13. a4 Re8 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. axb5
axb5 18. c4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 b4 20. Nf1 Nf8 21. Qc2 Ra8 22. Rxa8
Bxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2006.05.10"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alex Kulikov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. d3 Nge7
7. c3 Nf5 8. g3 h5 9. Na3 b6 10. Nc2 Bb7 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. Bxe3
d4 13. Bf2 dxc3 14. bxc3 b5 15. Bg2 b4 16. O-O bxc3 17. Qb3
Nb4 18. Qxc3 Qxd3 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Ne1 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Bd5
22. Nc2 c4 23. Bf1 Nxc2 24. Rxc2 a5 25. Rac1 Ba3 26. Ra1 Bb4
27. Be1 O-O 28. h3 c3 29. Bd3 Rc7 30. Rb1 Rfc8 31. Bf2 Rc6
32. Be3 f6 33. exf6 gxf6 34. Kh2 Rd6 35. h4 Bf3 36. Be2 Bxe2
37. Rxe2 c2 38. Rc1 Rdc6 39. Kh3 Ba3 40. Rce1 c1=Q 41. Bxc1
Rxc1 42. Rxc1 Rxc1 43. Rxe6 Kf7 44. Rb6 Rc4 45. Rb5 Rc5
46. Rb3 Bb4 47. g4 Rc3+ 48. Rxc3 Bxc3 49. g5 f5 50. Kg3 Ke6
51. Kh3 Kd5 52. Kg3 Ke4 53. Kh3 Kxf4 54. g6 Ke3 0-1

[Event "4th Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2006.05.11"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. f4 e6 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 Be7
12. Rhe1 Nd7 13. Qg4 g5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxe6 Qd6 16. Qxd6 Bxd6
17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Nd5 Kf8 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Bf5 Ne5 21. Nxe5
Bxf5 22. Nb6 Rd8 23. Ned7+ Rxd7 24. Nxd7+ Bxd7 25. Rxd6 Bc6
26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Rxh8 Kxh8 28. g3 Kg7 29. Kd2 Kg6 30. c4 Kh5
31. Ke3 Kg4 32. Kf2 h5 33. b4 h4 34. Re7 f5 35. a4 Kh3 36. b5
axb5 37. axb5 Be4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. c5 Kxh2 40. c6 bxc6 41. b6
c5 42. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "4th Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2006.05.12"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 b4
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Kb1 Nfxd5 15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. Qxb4
Qc7 17. a4 d5 18. Qe1 Rc8 19. Qf2 Bh4 20. Qd2 Nc4 21. Qc3 d4
22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. f4 d3 25. Rxd3 Rxf4 26. Rd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Daniil Lintchevski"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Nxb4
12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Qxb4 Qb6 14. a4 axb5 15. a5 Qa7 16. Qd4 Bd7
17. Bd3 Na4 18. O-O Rfb8 19. Qxa7 Rxa7 20. Rfb1 Rxa5 21. Rb4
Ra7 22. Nd4 Rab7 23. Kf2 g6 24. g4 Nc5 25. Ke3 Rb6 26. Ra5 Ra6
27. Rxa6 Nxa6 28. Rb1 Nc5 29. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Hovhannisyan"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 b6
7. Bc4 Qc7 8. Bd5 Bb7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. O-O e6 11. Bxe6 fxe6
12. Nxe6 Qc4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Kf7 15. Nf4 Re8 16. Re1 Re5
17. b3 Qc3 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. g3 g5 21. Ne6 Nxd5
22. Nd8+ Kg7 23. Nc6 Qf6 24. c4 Nc3 25. Qe1 d5 26. Rc1 d4
27. Nxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxc3 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 Bc5 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. h3
Kf6 32. Kf1 Rd2 33. Rf3+ Ke5 34. h4 g4 35. Rf4 h5 36. Ke1 Rb2
37. Rf7 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "4th Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2006.05.16"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Aleksandr Volodin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qe2 b5 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. Nd5 exd5 11. exd5 Nxd4
12. Bxd4+ Kf8 13. a3 Bc5 14. d6 Qxd6 15. Be5 Qb6 16. Rhe1 Bb7
17. Qd2 Re8 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 20. Bxb5 Bd6 21. Qe3+
Kf8 22. Qa7 Qg5+ 23. Kb1 Qxb5 24. Rxd6 Ke7 25. Rd3 Rc8 26. Qd4
Kf8 27. f3 Bc6 28. b3 Re8 29. a4 Qg5 30. Qb4+ Kg8 31. g3 Qh5
32. h4 Qe5 33. Qb6 Qxg3 34. Qxa6 h5 35. Ka2 Qf2 36. Qc4 Re1
37. Qc3 Re2 38. Kb2 Qxh4 39. a5 Qf6 40. Qxf6 gxf6 41. a6 h4
42. Rd4 h3 43. a7 h2 44. Rg4+ Kf8 45. Rh4 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "4th Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2006.05.17"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Popov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Rfe8
12. Nf3 Rf8 13. g4 Rad8 14. Qe2 Bc8 15. Rad1 b6 16. Qf2 Bb7
17. Rfe1 e6 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bd4 Rfe8
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. h4 Nxb3 24. axb3 Qc5 25. Re3 b5 26. Ne2 e5
27. b4 Qb6 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Rf1 Rd7 30. Nc3 Re6 31. h5 Qd8
32. Rg3 Qb6 33. h6+ Kf8 34. Qxb6 axb6 35. Rgf3 Red6 36. Rf6
Ke8 37. R1f2 Rxf6 38. Rxf6 Rc7 39. Kf2 Kd8 40. Ke3 Ke8 41. Ne2
Bd7 42. Rxb6 Rxc2 43. Nc3 Be6 44. Nxb5 Rxb2 45. Nc7+ Ke7
46. Nxe6 fxe6 47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. b5 Rb3+ 49. Kd2 Rb4 50. b6 Ke8
51. Kc3 Rb1 52. Kc4 Rc1+ 53. Kb5 Rb1+ 54. Kc6 1-0

[Event "4th Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Elena Tairova"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 b6
12. g4 Bb7 13. Rg1 Qe7 14. g5 Rfc8 15. Qf2 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Nc5
17. Nd4 b5 18. Nce2 Na5 19. Ng3 Ne4 20. Bd3 Nc4 21. Qe1 Nc5
22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Nh5 Qf8 24. f5 exf5 25. Nxf5 Be4 26. Nfxg7
Bg6 27. Qh4 c3 28. b4 Ne4 29. Rd4 Rc4 30. Rxc4 bxc4 31. a3 a5
32. Re1 Qd8 33. Rd1 Nd2 34. b5 Qf8 35. Rxd2 Qxa3+ 36. Kd1 Qa1+
37. Ke2 cxd2 38. Kxd2 Rd8+ 39. Ke3 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "4th Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2006.05.19"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Srinath Narayanan"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. Nc3 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd1 Bb7 11. b3 Nbd7 12. f4
Nc5 13. Nf2 g6 14. Bb2 Bg7 15. Rae1 O-O 16. Nf3 Rac8 17. e5
Nd5 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Be5 Qb6 20. Nd4 f6 21. a5 Qd8 22. Ne4
Nc3 23. Qg4 f5 24. Nxc5 fxg4 25. Nxb7 Qe7 26. Bxa6 Bxe5
27. Rxe5 Rf6 28. Rfe1 Qc7 29. Nxe6 Qb8 30. Nbc5 Rc6 31. Bc4
Kh8 32. Nd4 Rc8 33. Nd7 Qd6 34. Nxf6 Qxd4+ 35. Kh1 Rf8 36. Ne4
Rxf4 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Ng5 Kh6 39. Ne6 Qf2 40. Nxf4 Qxf4 41. a6
Qd4 42. R8e7 Nd1 43. g3 Qf6 44. Rf7 Qc6+ 45. Kg1 Qc5+ 46. Kg2
Ne3+ 47. Rxe3 Qxe3 48. a7 Qe4+ 49. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vladimir Onischuk"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Nxe6 Bxe6
17. fxe6 g6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh3 Kg7 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Be2 Rf8
22. Rdf1 Ra7 23. Qa3 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qd7 25. Qg3 Qd8 26. Qa3
Qd7 27. Qg3 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Istanbul Festival"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2006.09.05"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vladimir Baklan"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6
7. Nde2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. c3 b5
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 e6 14. Nf4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be3 Nc4
17. Bxa7 Ra8 18. Bd4 Nxb2 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Qd1 Nb2 21. Qd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Istanbul Festival"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2006.09.06"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "David Arutinian"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 Be7 13. a3 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. Re1 Qb6
17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Re3 Be8 20. Bb1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6
22. Rg3 Kf8 23. Rd3 Rd7 24. b4 Bb5 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. Qc1 b6
27. Rc3 Rad8 28. Rc8 Qd5 29. h3 Rxc8 30. Qxc8+ Ke7 31. Bc2 Rd8
32. Qa6 Rd7 33. Qc8 Qb7 34. Qc3 Qc7 35. Qb2 Nd5 36. Bd3 Qd6
37. g3 Rc7 38. Bf1 Nf6 39. Bg2 Rd7 40. Qc3 Rd8 41. Bf3 Kf8
42. Kg2 g6 43. h4 Rd7 44. Qe3 Kg7 45. Qe5 Qc7 46. g4 Qxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Istanbul Festival"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgenij Miroshnichenko"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 d6 8. Qf3 c6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Bd3 h6 11. h4 Re8 12. Ne2
Kf8 13. O-O-O Nbd7 14. g4 d5 15. cxd5 hxg5 16. dxe6 Rxe6
17. hxg5 Ng8 18. Nf4 Ke7 19. Rh8 Rd6 20. Bh7 Qc7 21. Qe4+ Re6
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxg8 1-0

[Event "5th Istanbul Festival"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2006.09.02"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Giorgi Kacheishvili"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f3 d6
7. e4 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. Qd2 Nbd7
12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Bf1 Rfe8 15. a3 Qb8 16. b4 Bd8
17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Bg3 Rcd8 20. Qc2 Ng6 21. h3 h5
22. h4 d5 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Nxd5 Qxc2 26. Rxc2
Nxd5 27. exd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Nd4 Re1 30. Kf2 Ra1
31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rd8 Ra2+ 33. Kg3 Ne7 34. Rd7 Rd2 35. Rxe7
Rxd4 36. Rd7 Kg6 37. Bxa6 Rd1 38. Be2 Rd4 39. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Pardubice op-A"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2006.07.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.Nd2
Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6 9.f3 Nbd7 10.e4 e5 11.Bd3 Nf8 12.Bf2 c5 13.d5
Ng6 14.g3 Nd7 15.Nf1 Ne7 16.Ne3 Qc7 17.Qa4 a6 18.Rb1 O-O
19.Qc2 Kh8 20.a4 a5 21.Kd2 Bc8 22.f4 f5 23.exf5 exf4 24.gxf4
Nf6 25.Bh4 Bd7 26.Rbe1 Nfg8 27.Rhg1 Rf7 28.f6 Nxf6 29.Ng2 Qd8
30.f5 Neg8 31.Nf4 Qc7 32.Kc1 Re8 33.Re6 Kh7 34.Ng6 Qb7 35.Bg3
h5 36.Bxd6 Nh6 37.Ne5 1-0

[Event "6th Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.15"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6
7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nbc3 c6 11. Re1 cxd5
12. exd5 e6 13. Nf4 e5 14. Nd3 Nac4 15. b3 e4 16. Nxe4 Bxa1
17. bxc4 Bg7 18. Qb3 Bf5 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 g5
22. Bd2 f5 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. c5 Nd7 25. Bb4 f4 26. d6+ Kh8
27. Bxb7 fxg3 28. hxg3 Rb8 29. c6 Qf6 30. Re7 Qf3 31. Bc3 Bxc3
32. Qxc3+ Nf6 33. d7 Kg8 34. Qb3+ Kh8 35. c7 1-0

[Event "6th Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.14"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sergey Grigoriants"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6
7. Bb3 Nd7 8. d4 Bf6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Be3 Nf8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. h3
Bd7 13. a3 Nh7 14. Ba2 b6 15. b4 Ne7 16. Nh2 Ng6 17. Qh5 Be6
18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. d5 Re8 21. g3 Qd7 22. h4 Bxe3
23. Nxe3 Ne7 24. c4 c6 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Rac1 Rec8 27. Rc3 Nf6
28. Qf3 a5 29. b5 Qc7 30. h5 Qd7 31. Rd3 Rd8 32. Kg2 Nh7
33. Qg4 Qxg4 34. Nxg4 Ng5 35. Rd1 1-0

[Event "6th Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.16"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alexey Korotylev"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O Qc7
12. f3 b5 13. a3 Be7 14. g4 Rb8 15. h4 Nc4 16. Qe1 O-O 17. g5
Ne8 18. Rg1 g6 19. h5 Ng7 20. h6 Nh5 21. Bh2 Rfc8 22. f4 a5
23. Bxh5 b4 24. Be2 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 bxc3+ 26. Ka2 a4 27. Rd4
axb3+ 28. cxb3 d5 29. exd5 Qa7 30. d6 Qxd4 31. dxe7 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "6th Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor Kurnosov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Qf3 e5 10. Nf5 exf4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. O-O-O Bxf5 13. exf5 Be7 14. Bc4 Rc8 15. Bb3 Rc7 16. Kb1
O-O 17. Qxf4 Rxc3 18. bxc3 d5 19. Rhe1 Ba3 20. c4 b5 21. cxb5
axb5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qe5 Qh4 24. Qxd5 Rc8 25. Re3 Bf8 26. h3
Qf2 27. Qb3 b4 28. f6 g6 29. Red3 h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Qf4
32. Rh3 Rc7 33. Qg3 Qxg3 34. Rxg3 Rc6 35. g5 Rc5 36. Rd8 b3
37. Rxb3 1-0

[Event "6th Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 O-O
7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. c3 Qc7 9. d4 b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. Nf1 c4 12. Bc2
Bb7 13. a4 a6 14. Ng3 Rfe8 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. d5 Reb8 17. h3 Nc5
18. Bg5 Ne8 19. Nd2 Bc8 20. g4 Nxa4 21. Bxa4 bxa4 22. Qxa4 Bd7
23. Qxc4 Rxb2 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Nc4 Rb3 26. Nfxd6 Bxd6
27. Nxd6 Rxc3 28. Re3 Rc2 29. Rb3 h5 30. Rb7 hxg4 31. Rc1
Rxc1+ 32. Bxc1 1-0

[Event "6th Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Stelios Halkias"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 O-O
7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. c3 Qc7 9. d4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Nf1 c5 12. Ng3
g6 13. Bh6 Rfe8 14. h3 Nf8 15. Qd2 c4 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. d5 Ng7
18. Nh2 Kh8 19. f4 Ng8 20. fxe5 Nxh6 21. Qxh6 dxe5 22. Rf1 Bc8
23. Kh1 Rf8 24. Nf3 f6 25. Rf2 Bd7 26. Raf1 Kg8 27. Nh2 Qb6
28. Ng4 Bxg4 29. hxg4 Rf7 30. Rf3 Raf8 31. Bd1 Ne8 32. g5 Nd6
33. Qh3 Qd8 34. Qe6 fxg5 35. Nh5 Qc7 36. R3f2 Qd8 37. Bg4 Qc7
38. Qxe5 Ne8 39. Qe6 Nd6 40. e5 1-0

[Event "6th Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.20"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "151"]

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. Qe2 Na5 11. Bd5 Be6
12. Rfd1 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Qc7 15. Bd2 Nc4 16. b3
Nxd2 17. Qxd2 b5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Rxc4 Qb7
21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. h4 h6 23. g3 Rc7 24. Kg2 Qc8 25. Ra5 Rc2
26. Qd3 Rb2 27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. bxc4 Bd8 29. Rxa6 Bb6 30. Kh3 Bc5
31. h5 Rxf2 32. Nh4 Re2 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Rf8 Rxe4 35. Rxf7 Kg8
36. Rc7 Rxc4 37. Nf5 Ra4 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Rg6 e4 40. Rf6+ Kg8
41. Nxh6+ Kh7 42. Nf5 e3 43. Re6 Rxa2 44. g4 Rf2 45. Kg3 e2
46. Nh4 d5 47. Nf3 e1=Q 48. Rxe1 Rb2 49. Ng5+ Kg8 50. Re8+ Kg7
51. Rd8 Rb3+ 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. Rxd5 Be3+ 54. Ke4 Bc1 55. Rf5+
Kg7 56. Ne6+ Kh6 57. Rf6+ Kh7 58. Rf7+ Kh6 59. Rf6+ Kh7 60. g5
Rb4+ 61. Kf5 Rb5+ 62. Kg4 Rb4+ 63. Kg3 Rb3+ 64. Rf3 Rb8
65. Rf7+ Kg8 66. Rg7+ Kh8 67. Re7 Ba3 68. Rd7 Kg8 69. Kg4 Rb5
70. Rg7+ Kh8 71. Ra7 Bb2 72. h6 Rb8 73. Nf4 Rb4 74. Ra8+ Kh7
75. Kh5 Rb5 76. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "6th Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7
12. a5 Rfc8 13. Nd2 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Nf1 a5 16. Ne3 a4
17. Bd2 Bf8 18. Qe2 Qb7 19. Red1 Nc4 20. Rdb1 Nxd2 21. Qxd2
Qb4 22. Qd3 Ra5 23. Ra3 Qd4 24. b4 axb3 25. Rxa5 Rxc3 26. Qe2
Nxe4 27. cxb3 Nc5 28. Rd1 Qb4 29. Rb5 Qa3 30. b4 Nb3 31. Rb8
Nd4 32. Qe1 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 34. Bd5 g6 35. Ra1 Qd3 36. Qf1
Qd2 37. Qc4 Be6 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. h3 d5 40. Qc7 Ne2+ 41. Kf1
Qc3 42. Ra7 Qxc7 43. Rxc7 Nd4 44. Rb7 Bd6 45. b5 Kf8 46. Ng4
1-0

[Event "6th Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "1"]

1. e4 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.03"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 d5
7. exd5 exd5 8. O-O Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Bf3 a6 11. Re1 Re8
12. h3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be6 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. a3 h6 16. Be5 Qa5
17. Qf4 Rc4 18. Qg3 Rd8 19. Ne2 d4 20. c3 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Qc7
22. Be5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qa5 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Bxb7 Nh5 26. Qe3 Bg5
27. Qe2 Ra4 28. Nb3 Qb5 29. Qxb5 Bxb5 30. Nd4 Rc4 31. Bf3 Bf6
32. Nxb5 axb5 33. Rd5 Nf4 34. Rxb5 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Bxe5 36. Rxe5
g5 37. a4 Rc2 38. Rb5 Rxf2 39. a5 Rf1 40. Rb3 Rc1 41. a6 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Werner Wilke"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. g4 Be7 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Nc5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Nce2 d5 17. e5
g6 18. h5 O-O-O 19. Qh3 Rhf8 20. Qg2 Kb8 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rh7
a5 23. Qh3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qb6 25. Qb5 Bc5 26. Qxb6 Bxb6
27. Rdh1 Rc8 28. b3 Ba6 29. Rg7 Rc7 30. Rhh7 Bxe2 31. Nxe2 Be3
32. Rh3 Bb6 33. Rhh7 Be3 34. Rh3 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Perparim Makoli"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Nd2
O-O 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. a5 Bf8 16. Re2 b5 17. axb6
Nxb6 18. Rxa6 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Bb6 Qb7 21. Bxd8 Bxa6
22. Bxf6 Qxb2 23. Re3 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. Bd8 Qb4 26. Kh2
Bb7 27. Qe2 d5 28. exd5 Qd6 29. Kg1 Qxd8 30. Qxe5 Bd6 31. Qd4
Qa5 32. g3 Ba6 33. Bg2 h5 34. h4 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qe7 36. Kg1 Bc5
37. Qc3 g6 38. Bf3 Bb4 39. Qd4 Qc5 40. Qe4 Qc3 41. Kg2 Bc5
42. Qa4 Qe1 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Yuri Yakovich"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7
7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O b4 9. Na4 Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nc5
12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Be3 Qb6 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bxc5
Qxc5 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. b3 Qc5 19. Ra2 Ra7 20. Qd3 a5 21. Re4
O-O 22. Rc4 Qb6 23. Qc3 g6 24. h4 h5 25. Rc5 Rfa8 26. Ra4 Qd6
27. Kh2 Qd1 28. Rf4 d5 29. Qf6 Rf8 30. Rc3 Rb7 31. Rcf3 Qxc2
32. g4 Qc7 33. gxh5 Qe7 34. hxg6 Qxf6 35. Rxf6 d4 36. h5 Rfb8
37. h6 Rxb3 38. Rh3 Rxh3+ 39. Kxh3 d3 40. h7+ Kh8 41. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Markus"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. Qa4 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. dxe6 Bxe6
12. O-O Qb6 13. Qc2 Rab8 14. Rb1 Qa5 15. Bf4 Rb4 16. b3 Rc8
17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Rbd1 Qb7 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Bd6 Ne8 21. Be5 c4
22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. Qe3 Kh7 25. Ne5 Qb6 26. Qf3
Qe6 27. Nd7 Ne8 28. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sigitas Kalvaitis"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7
7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Ne5 O-O
12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Qd2 a6 15. Be2 Nd8 16. Bf3 c6
17. Qe2 Bd6 18. g5 Ne8 19. h4 Ne6 20. Bg4 Qf7 21. O-O-O Nf4
22. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 23. Kb1 Nc7 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. h5 Rfe8 26. hxg6
Nxe6 27. Rxh7+ Kg8 28. Qh5 Kf8 29. Re1 Ke7 30. Qh3 Be5
31. Rxe5 Kd6 32. Ne2 Qxf2 33. Qc3 a5 34. Rxe6+ Kxe6 35. Rxg7
Rh8 36. Nc1 Rh1 37. Rxb7 Rxc1+ 38. Ka2 Qxc2 39. Qh3+ Qf5
40. Qe3+ Qe4 41. Qxc1 Rc8 42. Qf1 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.09"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stanislav Novikov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. a3 Be6 10. c3 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Na5 12. Qa2
c5 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nbd2 c4 16. a4 Qc6 17. d4 Rfb8
18. Qa3 Bf8 19. d5 Qc7 20. axb5 axb5 21. b4 cxb3 22. Nxb3 Nxb3
23. Qxb3 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Kf1 g6 26. Reb1 Bh6 27. Ke2 Rc8
28. Ne1 Ra4 29. Rxa4 bxa4 30. Qxa4 Qxc3 31. Qb4 Qc7 32. g3 Ra8
33. Rb2 Kg7 34. Rc2 Qd7 35. Qb3 Ra1 36. Qc3 Rb1 37. Rb2 Qa4
38. f3 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Ra1 40. Re2 Qa4 41. Qb2 Qa7+ 42. Kf1 Bc1
43. Qc3 Bg5 44. Qb4 Qa6 45. Qc3 Rd1 46. Qc6 Qd3 47. Qb6 Qxf3+
48. Qf2 Qh1+ 49. Qg1 Qxg1+ 50. Kxg1 Bd2 51. Kf2 Bxe1+ 52. Rxe1
Rxe1 53. Kxe1 f5 54. exf5 gxf5 55. Ke2 Kg6 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Igor Kurnosov"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. g4 b4 13. Nce2 g6 14. g5 Nd7 15. Kb1 Nc5 16. h4 h5 17. Qh3
O-O-O 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 e5 20. f6+ Kb8 21. g6 fxg6 22. Ne6
Nxe6 23. Qxe6 Qc8 24. Qb3 Bxh1 25. Rxh1 d5 26. Bxg6 Rh6
27. Rg1 Bc5 28. Rg5 Qe6 29. a3 Qxf6 30. axb4 Be7 31. b5 a5
32. Qd3 e4 33. Qg3+ Qd6 34. Nd4 Bxg5 35. Nc6+ Kb7 36. Qxg5
Rxg6 37. Nxd8+ Kc7 38. b6+ Kxb6 39. Qf5 Rf6 40. Qc8 Qc7 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Kotanjian"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5
12. Be2 b5 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. O-O Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bd7 16. Rc2 Qa5
17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Qc5 Bg4
21. Qxe7 Bxf3 22. Qe8+ Bf8 23. gxf3 Qe1+ 24. Bf1 Qd2 25. Qb8
b4 26. Qc7 Qd4 27. Kg2 Bc5 28. Qg3 Kg7 29. Ba6 Qf6 30. Bc4 Bd6
31. Qg4 h5 32. Qd7 Qg5+ 33. Kf1 Bxh2 34. d6 Qf6 35. Qxa7 Bxd6
36. Qd7 Be7 37. Kg2 Qg5+ 38. Kh3 Kf8 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Qe8 Qf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Yuri Drozdovskij"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7
7. Nf3 Bf6 8. h3 Nge7 9. Ne2 Bf5 10. c3 Qd7 11. g4 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 h6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. Ng3 g6 15. O-O-O Bg7 16. Kb1
Rdf8 17. Rdg1 Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Berelowitsch"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "181"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. c3
dxc3 13. Nxc3 Qd7 14. Ne2 g6 15. Nf4 c5 16. Qf3 Rfc8 17. axb5
axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Bc3 c4 20. dxc4 bxc4 21. Bc2 Qg4
22. Qe3 Qg5 23. Ra1 Ng4 24. Qg3 Ne5 25. Ra5 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Bf6
27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rc6 29. f3 Rb6 30. Bd4 Ra6 31. Kf2 Be7
32. Bc3 Rb6 33. Ke2 h5 34. Kd2 Bf6 35. Ra5 Kg7 36. Ra4 Rc6
37. Ra7 Rb6 38. Ra1 Rc6 39. Ra4 Rb6 40. f4 Ng4 41. Rxc4 Bxc3+
42. Kxc3 Ne3 43. Rc7 d5 44. e5 Nxg2 45. Ba4 h4 46. gxh4 d4+
47. Kc4 d3 48. Kxd3 Rxb2 49. Kc3 Re2 50. Bb3 Re3+ 51. Kb2 Nxh4
52. Rxf7+ Kh6 53. Rf6 Kg7 54. Rf7+ Kh6 55. Bc2 Nf3 56. Rf6 Nh4
57. Kc1 Re1+ 58. Kd2 Nf3+ 59. Kd3 Nxe5+ 60. fxe5 Rxe5
61. Rxg6+ Kh5 62. Kd4 Rg5 63. Rf6 Rg7 64. Ke3 Kg5 65. Rf5+ Kg4
66. Re5 Rg5 67. Bd1+ Kh4 68. Re7 Kg3 69. Bf3 Rg6 70. Be4 Rg5
71. Rf7 Rg4 72. Rf5 Rg7 73. Rh5 Kg4 74. Bf3+ Kg3 75. Rh1 Re7+
76. Be4 Rf7 77. Rg1+ Kh4 78. Rg8 Rf6 79. Bf3 Rb6 80. Kf2 Rb2+
81. Be2 Rb4 82. Bf3 Ra4 83. Ke3 Kh3 84. Bg2+ Kh2 85. Be4 Ra3+
86. Kf4 Rg3 87. Ra8 Rg7 88. Rh8+ Kg1 89. Ke3 Kf1 90. Ra8 Kg1
91. Ra1+ 1-0

[Event "Baku Chess Festival"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2007.05.03"]
[EventDate "2007.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Araz Allahverdiyev"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nde2
d6 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nd5 Qc8 11. Bg5 h6
12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Nc3 g5 15. Be3 f5 16. f4 g4
17. Qd2 fxe4 18. f5 Ne5 19. Nd5 Kh7 20. f6 Bh8 21. Bxe4+ Ng6
22. Ne7 Qc7 23. Qd5 Be8 24. Bxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Baku Chess Festival"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2007.05.04"]
[EventDate "2007.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nijat Abasov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Bc4 Nc6
7. Qe4 d6 8. Nf3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O O-O
12. Bd3 f5 13. Qe2 e5 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Nd2 e4 16. Nf3 exf3
17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. g3 f4 20. Qxd5 Qc8 21. Qh5 g6
22. Qxf3 fxg3 23. Qe4 Re8 24. Qd5 gxf2+ 25. Kh1 Re5 26. Qxd6
Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "Baku Chess Festival"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2007.05.05"]
[EventDate "2007.05.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vadim Milov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O
Nbc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. f4 Be7 9. Nd2 b5 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5
12. e5 Nb4 13. Be4 d5 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Kh1 O-O 16. c3 Nd3
17. Bxd3 Qxd3 18. Nf3 Qf5 19. Qe2 Bb7 20. Nd4 Qe4 21. Qxe4
Bxe4 22. f5 Bd5 23. Bf4 Rb7 24. Rae1 b4 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Bd2
Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bf6 28. Re1 Rd7 29. Bf4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Ra7
31. h3 Ra2 32. Nf3 Bxc3 33. Rc1 Bf6 34. Rd1 h6 35. Rd2 Ra1+
36. Kh2 Rf1 37. Rd3 g5 38. Bd6 Kg7 39. Re3 Kg6 40. Kg3 h5
41. Re2 Bc3 42. Kh2 Kf5 43. Nd2 Rd1 44. Rf2+ Kg6 45. Nf3 Bxf3
46. Rxf3 Bf6 47. Bb8 e5 48. Re3 Kf5 49. Rf3+ Ke6 50. Re3 g4
51. hxg4 hxg4 52. Re2 Rd3 53. Ba7 Bg5 54. g3 Kd5 55. Kg2 e4
56. Ra2 Bd2 57. Kf2 Bb4 58. Kg2 e3 59. Kf1 Ke4 60. Ke2 Rc3
61. Bb6 Rc1 62. Bxe3 Re1+ 63. Kf2 Rxe3 64. Ra6 Rf3+ 65. Kg2
Rd3 66. Re6+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.16"]
[EventDate "2007.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zaven Andriasian"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3
d5 13. Bd2 b5 14. Qe2 d4 15. Red1 Qd7 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rac1
Rab8 18. b4 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Bd4 20. a3 Re7 21. Rc2 Bxc3 22. Rxc3
Nd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Qc2 Rd8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Qxc7 Qd6
27. Qc3 Rd7 28. Qb2 Rc7 29. Kh2 h5 30. Qd2 Qd4 31. Qa2 Qd7
32. f3 Kh7 33. h4 Qd6 34. Qd2 g6 35. Ne2 Kg7 36. Rc1 Rd7
37. Rc3 Nh7 38. Qe1 Qe7 39. Qg3 Qf6 40. Nc1 g5 41. Rc5 Qf4
42. Qxf4 exf4 43. hxg5 Kg6 44. Ne2 Rf7 45. g3 fxg3+ 46. Kxg3
Nxg5 47. f4 Nh7 48. Rc6 Rd7 49. Rxe6+ Kf7 50. Rxa6 Rxd3+
51. Kh4 Nf6 52. Ra7+ Kf8 53. e5 Ne4 54. Kxh5 Rd2 55. Nc1 Nc3
56. Kg4 Nd5 57. e6 Rg2+ 58. Kf3 Rc2 59. Ne2 Ke8 60. Nd4 Rc4
61. Nxb5 Rxf4+ 62. Kg3 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.17"]
[EventDate "2007.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4
11. O-O-O c5 12. Ne4 Ke7 13. Nxc5 e5 14. c3 Ne6 15. Ne4 f5
16. Nd6 Nc5 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Rhe1 Kf6 19. b4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Ne4
21. f3 Rac8 22. Ne3 Nxc3 23. Rd6+ Kg5 24. Kd2 e4 25. Rc1 f4
26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. Rd5+ Kg6 28. Kxc3 fxe3 29. fxe4 Re8 30. Rd4
f5 31. Kd3 f4 32. g3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.18"]
[EventDate "2007.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eduard Gorovykh"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Re1 Qc7
12. a5 Rfc8 13. Be3 Bf8 14. h3 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 Rab8
17. Qd2 h6 18. Reb1 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Be2 Qb7 21. f3 Qc6
22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Ra4 Qc6 24. Qd3 Qb7 25. Kh2 Rc7 26. Bd2 Ra8
27. Ra2 Rc6 28. Rba1 Nd7 29. Be3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[EventDate "2007.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6
7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 a6
12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. a4 Qd7 15. a5 Rae8 16. Be3 h6
17. Nf3 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qxg4+ 19. Qg2 Qxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Nxc2
21. Bf4 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Rd8 23. Nd5 Rfe8 24. b4 Kh7 25. bxc5
dxc5 26. Rb1 f5 27. Rxb7 fxe4 28. Ne5 Bg5 29. Bxg5 Rxd5
30. Bf6 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.20"]
[EventDate "2007.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniil Lintchevski"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Bb7 11. Qb3 Bxe4
12. Bc4 Be7 13. Bxf7+ Kf8 14. Bd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc6 16. Qe6
Qd7 17. Qb3 Nc6 18. O-O Bf6 19. Rad1 Ke7 20. Ng5 Nd8 21. Qxb6
Rc8 22. Qxa6 Rxc2 23. Ne4 Rc6 24. Qe2 Nf7 25. Nc3 Rhc8 26. a5
Qb7 27. Nd5+ Kf8 28. b4 Rc2 29. Qd3 Ra2 30. Qxh7 Rcc2 31. Qd3
Qd7 32. a6 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.21"]
[EventDate "2007.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Yuri Kuzubov"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 e5
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxh4 14. Nxh4 O-O 15. g3 Re8 16. Bg2 Nf6
17. Qd2 Bg4 18. Rde1 exf4 19. gxf4 Qc4 20. Kb1 Rac8 21. h3 Bd7
22. Bf3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxh3 24. Rh1 Re8 25. b3 Qc8 26. Qd3 h5
27. Rg1 Qc5 28. Rh1 Bd7 29. Nf5 Qb4 30. Rg1 Re1+ 31. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 32. Kb2 Qb4 33. Nd4 Qc5 34. c4 Kf8 35. Be2 Qc8 36. f5
Qe8 37. Ne6+ fxe6 38. dxe6 Bc6 39. Qxd6+ Kg8 40. b4 Be4 41. e7
Bxf5 42. c5 Kh7 43. b5 axb5 44. Bf3 Ng8 45. Qe5 Bg6 46. Bd5
Nxe7 47. Bb3 Nc6 48. Qh2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.23"]
[EventDate "2007.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "267"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 d5 11. exd6 cxd6
12. Bd3 f5 13. Qe3 g6 14. O-O Qxe3 15. Bxe3 Bg7 16. Rac1 Be6
17. b3 Kf7 18. Rfd1 Rhd8 19. Be2 d5 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Kxf6
22. c5 Nd7 23. Nb1 a5 24. Nd2 f4 25. Nf3 Ne5 26. Nd4 Bf5
27. a3 Rab8 28. Rc3 Rd7 29. Bf1 g5 30. Re1 Rc7 31. f3 h5
32. Kf2 h4 33. h3 Bg6 34. Ke2 Re7 35. Kd2 Rbe8 36. Rcc1 Rc7
37. Kc3 Ree7 38. b4 axb4+ 39. axb4 Ra7 40. Ra1 Be8 41. Ra5
Rac7 42. Ra6 Nf7 43. Rxe7 Kxe7 44. b5 cxb5 45. Kb4 Nd8
46. Bxb5 Bxb5 47. Kxb5 Rb7+ 48. Rb6 Ra7 49. Nf5+ Kd7 50. c6+
Kc7 51. Ne7 Ne6 52. Nxd5+ Kc8 53. Kc4 Ra5 54. Rb5 Ra2 55. c7
Nxc7 56. Nxc7 Kxc7 57. Rxg5 Kd6 58. Kd4 Ke6 59. Ke4 Ra4+
60. Kd3 Ra2 61. Rh5 Rxg2 62. Ke4 Ra2 63. Kxf4 Ra4+ 64. Kg5 Ra3
65. Kg4 Kf6 66. Rxh4 Kg6 67. Rh8 Ra1 68. Rb8 Rg1+ 69. Kf4 Rh1
70. Kg3 Rg1+ 71. Kf2 Ra1 72. h4 Ra4 73. Kg3 Rc4 74. Re8 Rc1
75. Re4 Kf5 76. Rf4+ Kg6 77. Ra4 Kf5 78. Ra5+ Kg6 79. Kg4 Rg1+
80. Kf4 Rh1 81. Ra6+ Kh5 82. Kf5 Rb1 83. Kf4 Rh1 84. Ra5+ Kg6
85. h5+ Kh6 86. Rf5 Re1 87. Re5 Rf1 88. Ra5 Rc1 89. Rg5 Rf1
90. Re5 Ra1 91. Ke3 Re1+ 92. Kd4 Rf1 93. Ke4 Re1+ 94. Kd5 Rf1
95. Rf5 Re1 96. f4 Re2 97. Re5 Rf2 98. Ke4 Rf1 99. Rg5 Re1+
100. Kf5 Ra1 101. Rg8 Ra2 102. Re8 Ra1 103. Re2 Rb1 104. Re3
Ra1 105. Re8 Rb1 106. Rg8 Ra1 107. Rg5 Rb1 108. Ke4 Re1+
109. Kf3 Rf1+ 110. Ke3 Re1+ 111. Kf2 Rh1 112. Ke3 Re1+
113. Kd4 Ra1 114. Re5 Ra4+ 115. Ke3 Ra1 116. Kf3 Rf1+ 117. Kg4
Rg1+ 118. Kf3 Rf1+ 119. Ke4 Ra1 120. Rb5 Ra4+ 121. Kf3 Ra1
122. Rg5 Rf1+ 123. Ke4 Re1+ 124. Kf5 Ra1 125. Rg8 Rb1
126. Rh8+ Kg7 127. Re8 Kh6 128. Re2 Ra1 129. Kf6 Kxh5 130. f5
Ra6+ 131. Kg7 Ra7+ 132. Kf6 Ra6+ 133. Re6 Ra8 134. Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.24"]
[EventDate "2007.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Parimarjan Negi"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6
Ba6 12. Bxa6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxa6 14. Bb4 O-O-O 15. a3 e5
16. O-O-O Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Re6 18. Qc5 d6 19. Qc3 c5 20. Qh3 Qc4
21. Ba5 Rd7 22. f3 g5 23. Kb1 g4 24. fxg4 Qxg4 25. Qd3 Rb7
26. h3 Qa4 27. Qf5 Qd7 28. Bc3 Qe7 29. Bd2 Ne8 30. Bg5 Qd7
31. c4 h6 32. Be3 Rf6 33. Qh5 Ng7 34. Qh4 Qf5+ 35. Ka1 Rb3
36. g4 Qe6 37. g5 hxg5 38. Qe4 Kb8 39. Bxg5 Rf2 40. Rf1 Rf5
41. h4 Rb6 42. Rxf5 Qxf5 43. Qxf5 Nxf5 44. Rf1 Ng3 45. Rf3 Ne4
46. Rf8+ Kb7 47. Ka2 d5 48. cxd5 c4 49. Rf7+ Kb8 50. Bd8 Rb5
51. Bc7+ Kc8 52. Bxe5 Rxd5 53. Bf4 c3 54. Rc7+ Kd8 55. Rc4 Nf2
56. Rxc3 Nd3 57. Be3 a6 58. h5 Ne1 59. h6 Rh5 60. Bd2 Ng2
61. Rg3 Nh4 62. Rg5 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.25"]
[EventDate "2007.05.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ivan Popov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "189"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3
Bh5 7. Re1 e5 8. d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Nf1 Nd7 11. c3 f6
12. Ng3 Bf7 13. Nf5 O-O 14. N3h4 Kh8 15. d4 g6 16. dxe5 dxe5
17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf3 c4 19. Be3 Rfb8 20. Re2 Nb6 21. Rd2 Rd8
22. b4 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Rd8 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. a4 Ra8
27. Rd1 Qc7 28. Nh2 c5 29. b5 Kg7 30. Ng4 h5 31. Ne3 Ra5
32. Rd2 Qa7 33. Qd1 Rxa4 34. Rd7 Qa8 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qd7+
Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Nd5 Ra7 40. Qxf6 Qe8 41. h4
Rf7 42. Qxb6 Kg7 43. Qxc5 Qf8 44. Qe3 Kh7 45. b6 Qh6 46. Qe2
Qf8 47. Qe3 Qc8 48. f3 Qd8 49. Qf2 Qd6 50. Qg3 Rb7 51. Kh2 Rf7
52. Qg5 Kg7 53. Qg3 Kh7 54. Qh3 Qd8 55. Kg3 Qe8 56. b7 Qb8
57. Qc8 Qxb7 58. Qxc4 Qb1 59. Qe2 Qc1 60. Kh2 Rb7 61. Qf2 Rb8
62. Qa7+ Kh6 63. Qe3+ Qxe3 64. Nxe3 Kg7 65. Kg3 Rb1 66. Nd5
Rh1 67. Nb6 Rd1 68. Nd5 Rd2 69. Nb6 Kf6 70. Nd5+ Kf7 71. Kh3
Rc2 72. Kg3 Ke6 73. Nc7+ Kd6 74. Nd5 Ra2 75. Nb6 Rc2 76. Nd5
Rd2 77. Kh3 Kc5 78. Ne7 Rd6 79. Nd5 Kc4 80. g4 Kd3 81. Kg3 Re6
82. Kh3 Re8 83. Kg3 Rf8 84. g5 Ra8 85. Ne7 Ra6 86. Nd5 Ra7
87. Kf2 Rf7 88. Kg3 Ke2 89. Nf6 Rc7 90. Nd5 Rc4 91. Kg2 Ra4
92. Ne7 Ra6 93. Kg3 Kd3 94. Nd5 Kc4 95. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.26"]
[EventDate "2007.05.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Avetik Grigoryan"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. Na3 Nxf3+
12. Bxf3 Bg4 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Rac1 Rae8 15. h3 Nf6 16. Rc2
Qd7 17. Kg2 Re5 18. Qb4 b6 19. Qc4 Nxd5 20. e4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[EventDate "2007.05.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Falko Bindrich"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 O-O
7. Nbd2 Kh8 8. Nf1 Ng4 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. N1d2 f5
12. O-O Bxd2 13. Bxd2 fxe4 14. Ng5 Nxd4 15. Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Bxf7
Qf6 17. Bh5 Qh4 18. Bf4 c5 19. Be8 Be6 20. Bg3 Qg5 21. Ba4 h5
22. h4 Qh6 23. Re1 b5 24. Bb3 d5 25. Rc1 Nf5 26. Rxc5 Nxg3
27. fxg3 Qf6 28. Rf1 Qe5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Qxd5 31. Bxd5
Re8 32. Bf7 Re5 33. Bg6 Kg8 34. Rf5 Rxf5 35. Bxf5 Ne3 36. Bxe4
Nd1 37. Bf3 Nxb2 38. Bxh5 a5 39. Kf2 b4 40. Bf3 Kf7 41. Ke3
Kf6 42. Kd4 a4 43. Bd5 Kf5 44. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.12"]
[EventDate "2007.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Turkan Mamedjarova"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Qe4 d6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. c4 Nb6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. O-O a6
12. Rd1 axb5 13. Rxd6 bxc4 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Be3 Nc8 16. Rd2 Qe7
17. Rad1 Be8 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qxc4 b6 20. Nge4 f6 21. Nd6 b5
22. Ncxb5 Nxd6 23. Nxd6 Ne5 24. Qc3 Qg7 25. f4 Nf7 26. Ne4 Nh6
27. Bc5 Ba4 28. b3 1-0

[Event "11th Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.13"]
[EventDate "2007.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Martine Middelveld"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nd7 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5
12. Re1 Bf5 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Qf3 Bg6 16. Ne4 Bf7
17. Nc5 Qc8 18. Bd2 b6 19. Ne4 Qd7 20. Ng3 Rae8 21. h4 Ng6
22. h5 Nh4 23. Qd3 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Bc2 f5 26. Ne3 Bxe3
27. fxe3 Qd5 28. Re2 Qc4 29. Rf1 Qxd3 30. Bxd3 Bxa2 31. Rf4 g5
32. hxg6 Nxg6 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34. Nxf5 Bd5 35. g3 Be4 36. Bxe4
Rxe4 37. Rc2 Ne7 38. Nxe7+ Rxe7 39. Kf2 Re6 40. b4 Kf7 41. Kf3
Rf6+ 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Ra2 Kd6 44. Rxa7 h6 45. Rb7 b5 46. Rg7
Kd5 47. Kd3 Rf1 48. e4+ Ke6 49. Rg6+ Kd7 50. Ke3 Rb1 51. Kf4
Rxb4 52. Ke5 h5 53. Rg7+ Kd8 54. Rh7 Rb3 55. Kd6 Ke8 56. Kxc6
Rxg3 57. Rxh5 b4 58. Rb5 Rg4 59. Kd5 1-0

[Event "11th Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.14"]
[EventDate "2007.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sander van Eijk"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Bc2 Kh8
17. Qh5 e4 18. Nf4 Qf6 19. O-O Ne7 20. Bb3 Bg8 21. f3 b4
22. Rac1 bxc3 23. bxc3 Qe5 24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Bxg8 Kxg8
26. Ned5 Nxd5 27. Qxe5 Bxe5 28. Nxd5 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rb8
30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nxe4 Rb2 32. Rf2 Rb1+ 33. Rf1 Rb2 34. Rf2
Rb1+ 35. Rf1 Bxh2+ 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Kf3 d5 38. Nf2 Rc2 39. Nd1
Rd2 40. g3 Rc2 41. Rf2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Kf6 43. Kg2 Bxg3
44. Kxg3 Ke5 45. Kf3 a5 46. Ke3 h5 47. Kd3 h4 48. c4 d4 49. c5
Kd5 50. c6 Kxc6 51. Kxd4 h3 52. Nf2 h2 53. Kc4 Kd6 54. Kb5 Ke6
55. Kxa5 Kf5 0-1

[Event "11th Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.15"]
[EventDate "2007.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Dennis Ruijgrok"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. O-O O-O 8. c3 d5 9. d3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bd6 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. h3
Ne7 13. Nh4 Qc6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Re1 a5 16. a4 b4 17. Bc4 bxc3
18. bxc3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Nf1 Rb6 21. Bg5 Bc5 22. Ng3 h6
23. Bc1 Rfb8 24. Nhf5 Ng6 25. Qf3 Rb3 26. Bd2 Rb2 27. Rad1 Nf4
28. Be3 Rc2 29. Rc1 Nd3 30. Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Nf5 Kh7 32. Nxh6
Bxe3 33. Ng4 Nxg4 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Rxc2 Nxe1 36. Re2 Nh6
37. Qh5 Nd3 38. Rxe3 Qd6 39. Rxd3 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Qxd3 41. Qxh6+
Kg8 42. Qg6+ Kf8 43. Qf6+ Ke8 44. Qxe5+ Kd8 45. Qf6+ Kc8
46. e5 Rb6 47. Qf8+ Kb7 48. Qc5 Qe4 49. c4 Ka6 50. e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[EventDate "2007.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Vedder"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5
7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nc7 10. Bf4 d6 11. exd6 exd6
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Qd2 g5 16. Ne1 Nd5
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nd3 a5 19. f4 h6 20. b3 Qd7 21. Nb2 Rae8
22. Na4 Qg4 23. Rae1 f5 24. Nc3 Be4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. h3 Qh5
27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 Be5 30. Bf4 Qe8 31. Bh6
Rf7 32. Qxa5 Qe6 33. Bc1 d5 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qg5 Qg6 36. Rxe4
Qxg5 37. Bxg5 dxe4 38. Bf4 Bd4 39. Re1 c5 40. g3 Rd7 41. Kg2
Bc3 42. Rc1 Rd3 43. Kf1 Bd4 44. Ke2 Rf3 45. Rf1 Rc3 46. Rc1
Rf3 47. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[EventDate "2007.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Arthur Pijpers"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nde2
Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Qc7 10. h3 a6 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Ne5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Kh2 b5 16. b3 Bc8
17. a4 b4 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nc6 Bxc6
22. dxc6 Nc5 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Ne6 25. Qd2 Nc7 26. Re4
Rab8 27. Rae1 Ne6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Qc5 30. Bd5 Kh8
31. Re4 e5 32. Rc4 Qb6 33. Bg2 Qc7 34. Rxb4 Rxb4 35. Qxb4 a5
36. Qb7 Qc8 37. Qxc8 Rxc8 38. c3 Rb8 39. Bd5 e4 40. Kg2 e3
41. Kf3 Kg7 42. b4 axb4 43. cxb4 Kf6 44. b5 Ke7 45. c7 Rf8
46. Bb7 1-0

[Event "11th Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[EventDate "2007.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Herman Grooten"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. e4 cxd4
7. e5 Ng8 8. Nxd4 Ne7 9. Nc3 Nbc6 10. Ndb5 Nf5 11. Qe4 h5
12. Bf4 g5 13. Nd5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 Ncd4 16. Bd2
Bg7 17. O-O O-O 18. Bd3 Re8 19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 d6 21. e6
fxe6 22. Bg3 Qg5 23. Rae1 Rad8 24. Bf4 Qg6 25. Be3 Qf6
26. dxe6 d5 27. Qf4 Rf8 28. Kh1 Qe7 29. Bd2 Bh6 30. Qf2 Bxd2
31. Qxd2 Rd6 32. Re5 Rxe6 33. Rxd5 Qh4 34. Kg1 Ref6 35. Rf4
Ne3 36. g3 Rxf4 37. Qxe3 Qg4 38. Qe5 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 0-1

[Event "11th Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[EventDate "2007.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "David Smerdon"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Nge2 dxe4 6. a3 Be7
7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nxe4 f5 9. N4c3 b6 10. g3 Bb7 11. d5 Bxd5
12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. O-O-O c6 15. Bh3 b5 16. Nd4
Kd8 17. Rhe1 Re8 18. f4 a6 19. Bxf5 h6 20. Bg4 Bf8 21. Re5
Rxe5 22. fxe5 Bg7 23. Re1 Ra7 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Bh5 Nd7 26. Bxf7
Nc5 27. e6 Ne4 28. h4 Rc7 29. g4 Nd6 30. Nxd6 Bxd6 31. Rf1 Be7
32. g5 hxg5 33. h5 Bf8 34. Rf6 Bg7 35. Rg6 Be5 36. Rg8+ Ke7
37. h6 1-0

[Event "11th Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[EventDate "2007.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erwin L'Ami"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5
Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Nh3 exd5 10. Nf4 O-O 11. g3 Nc6
12. e3 Ne7 13. Bg2 c6 14. O-O Nf5 15. b4 Nd6 16. b5 Nc4
17. Qd3 Nd6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rfc1 a5 20. Qd1 h5 21. Na4 Nc4
22. Nd3 Rb8 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Qe7 25. Nab2 Bf5 26. Rc1
Nxe3 27. fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Bxd4 29. Rxc6 a4 30. Nxa4 Bxd3
31. Qc1 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.14"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Igor Lysyj"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7
7. h3 Bh5 8. e4 Be7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nh4 Ne8 11. f4 dxe4
12. dxe4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 e5 14. f5 Qb6+ 15. Kh2 Nef6 16. b3 Qa6
17. Nc4 b5 18. Nb2 Qc8 19. a4 a6 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Rg1 c5
22. Nd3 c4 23. Bh1 Rg8 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 cxb3 26. Bb2
Qxc2+ 27. Rg2 Rae8 28. Qg3 Qc8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rag1 b4
31. Rd2 h6 32. e5 Nh7 33. Qf4 Qb8 34. Rd6 Rc8 35. Be4 Rc4
36. Rg2 Qc7 37. Rd4 Rxd4 38. Bxd4 Nf6 39. Bd3 Nd5 40. Qg3 f6
41. Rg1 Rd8 42. Bc4 b2 43. Bxb2 Nc3 44. exf6 Rd2+ 45. Rg2
Qxg3+ 46. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.15"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4
7. Nxd4 b5 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 Rb8 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Be3 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Bg5
17. Qe2 Bxe3 18. Qxh5 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qf6+ 20. Ke3 Rxb2 21. Kd3
Rf2 22. Rab1 g6 23. Qh3 Kg7 24. Re3 Qe5 25. Qg3 Rf4 26. Bd5
Bd7 27. Ne2 Rg4 28. Qxe5+ Rxe5 29. Rb7 Bb5+ 30. Kd2 Rxg2
31. Rxc7 Rxh2 32. Rxf7+ Kh6 33. Ke1 Rg5 34. Rf2 Rgh5 35. Nd4
Bd7 36. Ra3 Rxf2 37. Kxf2 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rb2 39. Rxa6 Kg5
40. Rxd6 Bg4 41. e5 Kf4 42. e6 Kg3 43. Bc4 Rb1+ 44. Bf1 Re1
45. Rb6 h5 46. Rb3+ Kf4 47. Kf2 Re5 48. Rb4 Kg5 49. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Artashes Minasian"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 exd5
7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Rc1 a6
12. Re1 Rad8 13. a3 Rd7 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Nxg4 16. hxg4 Bxg4
17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Ng3 h5 19. Bd3 Qf6 20. Be2 h4 21. Bg5 Qg6
22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Nxh4 Qxg5 24. Bxg4 Rd5 25. Nhf5 Bd8 26. Qf3
Qd2 27. Re2 Qc1+ 28. Kg2 g6 29. Ne3 Rxd4 30. Rc2 Qe1 31. Rxc6
Rd6 32. Rxd6 cxd6 33. Ne4 Qc1 34. Qd1 Qxb2 35. Qxd6 a5 36. Bf3
Kg7 37. Nc4 Qa1 38. Qe5+ Qxe5 39. Nxe5 Be7 40. a4 Rc8 41. Be2
f5 42. Ng3 Rc2 43. Bb5 Bc5 44. Ne2 g5 45. Nc6 Kf6 46. Nxa5 g4
47. Nb3 Ba7 48. Nbd4 Rd2 49. Nc6 Bc5 50. f3 gxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Ra2
52. Ned4 Ra3+ 53. Ke2 f4 54. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.18"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6
7. a3 a5 8. O-O e5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 a4 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. b4
b5 13. Ncxe5 cxb4 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. d4
f6 18. Nd3 bxa3 19. Bd6 Qd8 20. Bb4 O-O 21. Re1 Re8 22. Qb1
Be6 23. Rxa3 Bc4 24. Nc5 f5 25. Nb7 Qd7 26. Nd6 fxe4 27. Ne5
Bxe5 28. dxe5 Bd5 29. e6 Qxe6 30. c4 bxc4 31. Nxe8 Rxe8
32. Rxa4 Nf5 33. Qa1 e3 34. Ra8 Bxg2 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Qf6
Bd5 37. fxe3 Qb8 38. e4 Qxb4 39. Ra1 Qb8 40. exd5 cxd5 41. Kh1
Qe8 42. h4 d4 43. h5 d3 44. Qc3 Qe4+ 45. Kg1 Qg4+ 46. Kh1
Qxh5+ 47. Kg1 Qg4+ 48. Kh1 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 Ne3 50. Qb2 Qf4+
51. Kg1 Qg3+ 52. Kh1 Qf3+ 53. Kg1 h5 54. Qb8+ Kh7 55. Ra7+ Kh6
56. Qh8+ Kg5 57. Ra5+ Nf5 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Emil Sutovsky"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. h3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Be3
Nb6 13. Nbd2 e5 14. b4 axb3 15. Bxb3 Kh8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4
Nxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Nf3 d3 21. Bg5 Qc8 22. Qxd3
Qc3 23. Qxb5 Qxb3 24. Qxb3 Bxb3 25. Rab1 Rxa3 26. Re3 Nd7
27. Rexb3 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Nc5 29. Re3 Re8 30. Bf4 Rxe4 31. Bxd6
Rxe3 32. fxe3 Ne4 33. Bf4 f5 34. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. c4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O Rb8 15. b3 Bg5 16. Qd3 Be6
17. Nc2 a5 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. a4 Kh8 20. Na3 Nd4 21. Nb5 Bxd5
22. Bxd5 Bf6 23. Bc4 g6 24. g3 Qb6 25. Kg2 Bg7 26. Rfe1 Qc5
27. h4 f5 28. Nxd4 fxe4 29. Qxe4 exd4 30. h5 d3 31. f4 Qxh5
32. Rxd3 Qc5 33. Rd5 Qc7 34. Rb5 Rb8 35. Qd5 Rf5 36. Re7 Rxd5
37. Rxc7 Rdxb5 38. axb5 Bd4 39. Rd7 Bc5 40. g4 h6 41. f5 gxf5
42. gxf5 Rf8 43. Be6 Rb8 44. Kf3 Rxb5 45. Kg4 Rb4+ 46. Kh5 Rf4
47. Kxh6 Rh4+ 48. Kg5 Rh2 49. Rd8+ Kh7 50. Bg8+ Kh8 51. Bd5+
Kh7 52. Rd7+ Kh8 53. Kg6 Bb6 54. Re7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.21"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mircea-Emilian Parligras"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4
7. Nxd4 b5 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bb5 16. a4 bxa3
17. bxa3 Bf6 18. Rb1 Bc3 19. Bd2 Bd4 20. Be3 Bc3 21. Bd2 Bd4
22. a4 Bd3 23. Bc2 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Qh4 25. g3 Qg4 26. Kg2 h5
27. Rb7 Qg6 28. Rxc7 h4 29. Bc3 Bc5 30. Qd3 Rab8 31. Bd4 Bxd4
32. Qxd4 Qh5 33. h3 hxg3 34. fxg3 Re5 35. Rf1 Rf8 36. Qd3 Qg6
37. Rf4 f6 38. Qc4 Rg5 39. g4 Qe8 40. Qxa6 Qe5 41. Kg3 Qd4
42. Qa7 Qd3+ 43. Kg2 Re8 44. Re7 Rc8 45. Rc7 Qe2+ 46. Kg3 Rxc7
47. Qxc7 Qe3+ 48. Rf3 Qg1+ 49. Kh4 Qe1+ 50. Rg3 Qxe4 51. Rc3
Qf4 52. Qb8+ Kh7 53. Qb1+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.22"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sergei Azarov"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6
7. Qd2 Rb8 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. O-O b5 10. b4 Nxe2+ 11. Nxe2 Bxa1
12. Rxa1 cxb4 13. Bxa7 Ra8 14. Be3 Ra4 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rb1 Nf6
17. h3 e5 18. Ne2 Qa5 19. Qd1 O-O 20. Bd2 Rc8 21. f4 Rxa2
22. Rc1 Qa4 23. Qf1 Ne8 24. Re1 b3 25. Be3 b2 26. fxe5 dxe5
0-1

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2008.04.08"]
[EventDate "2008.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Nedochetov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Bxc3
12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qxc3 Re8 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Ne1 c5 16. Nc2
Rec8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfd1 b5 19. cxb5 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxb5
21. Qxd6 Qxe2 22. Nd4 Qxa2 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nxe6 Qxb3
25. Nd8 h5 26. Re1 h4 27. Nc6 h3 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Qf4 Rc5
30. Nf5 Qb4 31. Qxb4 axb4 32. Nd4 Rd5 33. Nb3 Ng4 34. Rb1 f6
35. f3 Ne5 36. Kf2 Rd3 37. f4 Ng4+ 38. Ke2 Re3+ 39. Kd2 Rf3
40. Nd4 Rf2+ 41. Kd3 Rxh2 42. Ke4 Rf2 43. Rxb4 h2 44. Rb1 Rg2
45. Nf3 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2008.04.09"]
[EventDate "2008.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tamaz Gelashvili"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O
7. d5 e5 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 a6 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rc8 14. Be2 h6 15. b4 Ne8 16. Na4 f5 17. f3 f4
18. Bf2 e4 19. fxe4 Ne5 20. Nb6 f3 21. gxf3 Rc7 22. Be3 Rcf7
23. c5 Rf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Qe1 Nf6 26. Rc2 Nh5 27. Qf2 Rh4
28. Rd1 Rxh3 29. f4 Rg3+ 30. Qxg3 Nxg3 31. fxe5 Qg5 32. Bf3
Nxe4+ 33. Kf1 Ng3+ 34. Kf2 Nf5 35. Nc4 Bxe5 36. c6 bxc6
37. dxc6 Qg3+ 38. Ke2 d5 39. Ne3 Nxe3 40. Kxe3 Qf4+ 41. Ke2 d4
42. Bd5+ Kg7 43. Kd3 Qf5+ 44. Be4 Qg4 45. Rf1 h5 46. c7 Bxc7
47. Rxc7+ Kh6 48. Rc6 Qg3+ 49. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[EventDate "2008.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mohamed Darwish"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Be7
12. g3 Bd7 13. Bg2 Bc6 14. Re1 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd5 Rd8
17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Bh3 h5 19. Rd2 b5 20. e5 dxe5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8
22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Rxe5 h4 24. Re3 Rh8 25. Bg4 Bd5 26. Be2 f5
27. a4 bxa4 28. Bxa6 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rh1+ 30. Kd2 Rb1 31. Bb5 a3
32. Rxa3 Rxb2 33. Be2 Kf6 34. Bf3 Bxf3 35. Rxf3 Rb4 36. Rb3
Rg4 37. Ke2 e5 38. Rc3 Kg5 39. Kf2 Rd4 40. Rc5 e4 41. Rc8 Rd2+
42. Ke3 Rg2 43. Rg8+ Kf6 44. g4 Rg3+ 45. Kd4 fxg4 46. Kxe4 Rg1
47. c4 g3 48. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[EventDate "2008.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ilgar Bajarani"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 O-O 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bd5 Na5
12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. d4 d6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qe2 Qd6 16. b3 Qc6
17. Bb2 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Re6 19. Rd5 Rae8 20. Rfd1 Nd6 21. Ne1
Nb7 22. Nd3 a5 23. g3 g6 24. h4 Bg7 25. Ne1 f6 26. h5 Rd6
27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qg4 Kf7 29. Nf3 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 g5 31. Bxe5
fxe5 32. Nxg5+ Ke7 33. Ne6 Bf6 34. Ng7 Rd8 35. Nf5+ Kf7
36. Nh6+ Ke7 37. Qg6 Rf8 38. Nf5+ Ke6 39. Ng7+ Ke7 40. Rxe5+
1-0

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[EventDate "2008.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Rajaram R Laxman"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bxc6+
bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8
12. Qf3 Qc8 13. Rfe1 Ng4 14. h3 Ne5 15. Qg3 Bf6 16. Rad1 Ng6
17. Nde2 c5 18. Qd3 Bc6 19. f3 Qb7 20. Qd2 h6 21. Ng3 Be5
22. Nf5 Kh7 23. Kh1 Ne7 24. Ne3 Rad8 25. Nc4 Bg3 26. Rf1 Qc8
27. Ne2 Bh4 28. Nf4 Bg5 29. Qc3 Bf6 30. e5 dxe5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8
32. Nh5 Qe6 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. Ne3 Ng6 35. Qxc5 Nf4 36. Qc4
Qxc4 37. bxc4 Rd2 38. Bc3 Rd7 39. Rf2 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[EventDate "2008.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tania Sachdev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. Bc3 Nbd7 11. a3 Bxc3
12. Nxc3 Re8 13. e4 e5 14. d5 c6 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Rad1 cxd5
17. exd5 Ba6 18. Bf1 a4 19. Nxa4 b5 20. Nb2 Nb6 21. Ng5 g6
22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Re3 bxc4 25. bxc4 Nd7 26. Rc3 e4
27. Bg2 Nc5 28. Na4 Nd3 29. c5 dxc5 30. Nxc5 Qa5 31. Na4 Qxd5
32. Nb6 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Qd6 34. Qb3+ Kg7 35. Nd5 Rc8 36. Nf4 Qe7
37. Bf1 Bc4 38. Qc3+ Ne5 39. Bxc4 Rxc4 40. Qb2 Qf6 41. Kg2 Kh6
42. Nd5 Qe6 43. Nf4 Qe7 44. Nd5 Qe8 45. h4 Rc6 46. Qd2+ Kg7
47. Qb2 Kg8 48. Qb7 Kh8 49. Rb1 Rd6 50. Ne3 Rd7 51. Qb8 Qxb8
52. Rxb8+ Kg7 53. Rb5 Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2008.04.14"]
[EventDate "2008.04.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gadir Guseinov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6
7. a4 Nbd7 8. Nd2 Re8 9. f4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nc4 exf4
12. Bxf4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bd3 Rd4 15. c3 Rd5 16. Ne3 Rh5
17. Be2 Rc5 18. Bc4 Qe8 19. Re1 Qe4 20. Bd6 Bf8 21. Bd3 Qh4
22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. b4 Bb6 24. a5 Bc7 25. g3 Qf6 26. Qd2 Ne5
27. Be4 Be6 28. Qf2 Qg7 29. Rad1 Rf8 30. Bg2 b6 31. a6 h5
32. h3 Bb3 33. Rd2 b5 34. Kh1 h4 35. Nf1 hxg3 36. Qxa7 f5
37. Rde2 f4 38. Rxe5 Bxe5 39. Qxg7+ Bxg7 40. Bxc6 Bxc3 41. Rb1
Ba2 42. Rd1 Bc4 43. a7 Be2 44. Rc1 Be5 45. Nd2 Bd4 46. a8=Q
Rxa8 47. Bxa8 Be3 48. Rc8+ Kg7 49. Bf3 Bd3 50. Ne4 Bf1
51. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[EventDate "2008.04.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Hafizulhelmi Mas"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Nf3 d6
7. O-O Nd7 8. Ng5 Ngf6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 c4 12. h3
Qb6+ 13. Kh1 a5 14. b3 cxb3 15. cxb3 Be7 16. Bb2 O-O 17. g4
Nc5 18. Nf3 Qa6 19. Ne1 Nfd7 20. Ng3 Bh4 21. Kh2 g6 22. Bd4 f5
23. exf5 exf5 24. Ra2 Nf6 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Rg2
fxg4 28. hxg4 Nd5 29. Qd2 Rae8 30. Re2 Qd7 31. Rxe8 Rxe8
32. Ne4 Qxg4 33. Ng2 Rf8 34. Qd1 Qxd1 35. Rxd1 Be7 36. Kg3 Kf7
37. Rc1 Rd8 38. Ne1 Bf8 39. Nf3 Ne3 40. Nfg5+ Ke8 41. Nf6+ Ke7
42. Ng8+ Kd7 43. Nf6+ Kc6 44. Nfxh7 Be7 45. Nf7 Nf5+ 46. Kg4
Rd4 47. Ne5+ Kd6 48. Re1 Nh4 49. Nc4+ Kd7 50. Re4 Nf5 51. Ne5+
Kd6 52. Re2 Nh6+ 53. Kf3 Kd5 54. Re4 Nf5 55. Re2 Nh6 56. Rd2
Nf5 57. Nxg6 Bd6 58. Nf6+ Ke6 59. Ne4 Rd5 60. Kg4 Nd4 61. Rb2
Nf5 62. Nxd6 Nxd6 63. Ne5 Nf7 64. Nxf7 Kxf7 65. Rd2 Kf6
66. Kf3 Rd8 67. Ke4 Rd4+ 68. Ke3 Rd8 69. Rc2 Re8+ 70. Kd2 Rc8
71. Rc4 Kf5 72. Ke3 Kg4 73. Re4 Rf8 74. Re5 Rxf4 75. Re4 Rxe4+
76. Kxe4 Kg3 77. Kd5 Kf3 78. Kxc5 Ke3 79. Kc4 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.21"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alexandru-Barbu Nitelea"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 Be7
7. e5 d6 8. O-O dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nf6 11. Qf3 Ra7
12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 Qd4 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Nc4 Rd7 16. Kg1 h5
17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 Qd5 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. f4 b3 21. fxe5 fxe5
22. Rf5 Nc6 23. Raf1 h4 24. g4 h3 25. c3 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3
27. Kf2 Rh4 28. Rg1 f6 29. Ke2 Rd5 30. Nd2 Na5 31. Rh5 Rxh5
32. gxh5 Kf7 33. h6 Rd8 34. Rg7+ Ke6 35. h7 Rh8 36. Ne4 f5
37. Bxc5 fxe4 38. Rxe7+ Kd5 39. Be3 Nc6 40. Rb7 Na5 41. Rc7
Kd6 42. Bb6 Nc6 43. Rg7 Ke6 44. Bc5 Na5 45. Re7+ Kf5 46. Be3
Nc4 47. Bc1 Nb6 48. Rf7+ Kg4 49. Ke3 Nxa4 50. Ke2 Nb6 51. Rb7
Na4 52. Rb4 Nc5 53. Be3 a5 54. Rc4 Nd3 55. Rxe4+ Nf4+ 56. Bxf4
exf4 57. Re7 a4 58. Rg7+ Kh5 59. Ra7 Kg4 60. Rb7 Re8+ 61. Kf2
Rh8 62. c4 a3 63. bxa3 b2 64. Rxb2 Rxh7 65. c5 Kf5 66. c6 Rc7
67. Rc2 Ke6 68. Kf3 Kd6 69. Kxf4 Rf7+ 70. Kg3 Rc7 71. Kxh3 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.22"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Igor Kurnosov"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bb2 g6 5. e6 f6 6. h4 dxe6
7. h5 Bg7 8. Nf3 e5 9. Bc4 Be6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. hxg6 hxg6
12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Qe4 Kf7 14. Nc3 Ncb4 15. g4 Nf4 16. O-O-O
Qd7 17. Rh1 Qc6 18. Nxe5+ fxe5 19. Rh7+ Bg7 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7
21. Qxe5+ Kf7 22. Qxf4+ Ke8 23. f3 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qxf3 25. Kb1
Rd8 26. Qxc5 Qxg4 27. d3 Rc8 28. Qb5+ Kf7 29. a3 Rxc3 30. axb4
Rc6 31. Qd5+ Qe6 32. Qh1 Ke8 33. b5 Rc7 34. Qh8+ Kd7 35. Qd4+
Qd6 36. Qxa7 Qc5 37. b6 Qxc2+ 38. Ka1 Rc6 39. Qxb7+ Ke6 40. d4
Kf7 41. Ka2 Re6 42. Qa7 Qd3 43. Qa5 Rd6 44. Bc3 Qf3 45. Qa7
Qc6 46. Ba5 Qc2+ 47. Ka3 Qc1+ 48. Ka2 Rc6 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vlatko Bogdanovski"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bg5 c5 6. O-O Na6
7. c3 Be7 8. Qd3 Qb6 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd4 O-O
12. a3 Rac8 13. Rfc1 Nb8 14. e3 a5 15. Bf1 Bc6 16. Ne5 Bxe5
17. dxe5 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Ne4 Rh6 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. exd4
Rf8 22. Nd6 b4 23. Nc4 Rh5 24. Ne5 Be4 25. axb4 axb4 26. f3
Bd5 27. Be2 Rg5 28. f4 Rxf4 29. Ra7 Rf8 30. Nxd7 Nxd7 31. Rxd7
h5 32. Rf1 Re8 33. Bf3 Bxf3 34. Rxf3 h4 35. Kg2 Rc8 36. Kh3
hxg3 37. hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. Ne2 c5 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7
12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Qa4 Qb7 14. Nc3 cxd4 15. Rxd4 d5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6
17. cxd5 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rad8 19. dxe6 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxg2
21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Qe5 Qg6 23. e4 Nd7 24. Qd5 Kh7 25. f3 Nc5
26. Qc4 Qh5 27. Qe2 Ne6 28. f4 Qh4+ 29. Kd1 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Qxf4
31. Qd2 Qf3+ 32. Kc2 Nc5 33. Qd5 Qg2+ 34. Qd2 Qf3 35. Kb1 Nxe4
36. Qc2 Qf1+ 37. Ka2 Qc4+ 38. Ka1 Qf1+ 39. Ka2 Qc4+ 40. Ka1
Qf1+ 41. Ka2 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.26"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michal Luch"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. f3 b6 9. e4 c5 10. Nh3 h6 11. Be3 Ba6
12. O-O-O cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc8 14. Qxd6 Bxc4 15. Kb1 Bxf1
16. Rhxf1 Qb7 17. Nf4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. e5 Rfb8 20. Rf2
Ne8 21. Qxc5 Rc8 22. Qe3 Nc7 23. Rd7 Qb5 24. Rfd2 Na6 25. Qe2
Qa5 26. Rc2 Nc5 27. Rd1 Rcb8 28. Qe3 Na4 29. Rd3 Rb5 30. Rb3
Rxe5 31. Qd2 Qa6 32. Qd3 Qa5 33. Qd2 Nb6 34. Qxa5 Rxa5 35. Rc7
Ra4 36. Nd3 Rf8 37. Ne5 Nd5 38. Rd7 Nf6 39. Rdb7 Nd5 40. Nc6
a6 41. Ra7 Rc8 42. Rb8 Rxb8 43. Nxb8 Rd4 44. Nxa6 Rd2 45. Nc7
Ne3 46. Rb7 Rxg2 47. a4 Nc4 48. Rb4 Nd2+ 49. Ka2 Rg5 50. Rb8+
Kh7 51. b4 Nxf3 52. a5 Rg2+ 53. Ka3 Rc2 54. Nb5 Rc6 55. Ka4
Ne5 56. Na3 Rd6 57. Rc8 Nd7 58. Nc4 Rd1 59. a6 f5 60. Kb5 Ra1
61. Na5 Nf6 62. a7 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Zsivko Bratanov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3
dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. Nge2 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Nbd7
12. Ng3 h6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nf5 Bxe3
17. fxe3 Ne5 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Rd6 Qc5 20. Qf2 Neg4 21. Qg3 h5
22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. h3 Rxe3 24. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Nxe3
26. Rxf6 Nc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Rb6 Bc8 29. Nd5 h4 30. Kf2 Kg7
31. Nc7 Ra7 32. Rc6 Bf5 33. Rxc4 a5 34. Ne8+ Kf8 35. Nd6 Be6
36. Ra4 Rc7 37. b3 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Ne4 Bd5 40. Kg4 Bc6
41. Rxa5 Bxe4 42. Re5+ Kf6 43. Rxe4 Rxg2+ 44. Kxh4 Rxa2
45. Kh5 Rb2 46. Re3 Rg2 47. h4 Kf5 48. Rc3 Ke4 49. Rc4+ Ke5
50. Rc5+ Ke4 51. Rg5 Rb2 52. Rg4+ Ke5 53. Rg5+ Ke4 54. Rg4+
Ke5 55. Kg5 f5 56. Rg1 Rxb3 57. Re1+ Kd6 58. Kxf5 Rf3+ 59. Kg5
Rg3+ 60. Kf4 Rg7 61. Kf5 Rg2 62. Re6+ Kd7 63. Re4 Rh2 64. Kf6
Rf2+ 65. Kg6 Rg2+ 66. Kh6 Rg1 67. Re5 Rh1 68. Rh5 Rg1 69. Rg5
Rh1 70. h5 Ke7 71. Kg7 Rf1 72. h6 Rf7+ 73. Kg6 Rf6+ 74. Kh5
Rf1 75. h7 Kf7 76. h8=N+ Kf6 77. Rg6+ Kf5 78. Rg5+ Kf6 79. Ng6
Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.29"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Plamen Mladenov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Bf1 h6
12. Bh4 Bg4 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 h5 16. Nc4 Bh6
17. a4 a6 18. Nh4 Ne5 19. f4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 e6 21. Be2 g5
22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. fxg5 Qxg3 24. gxh6 Qxh4 25. e5 f5 26. exf6
Rxf6 27. h7+ Kh8 28. Rf1 g3 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Tiberiu-Marian Georgescu"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e6
7. Qd2 Rb8 8. Nge2 b5 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7
12. Nd1 Qa5 13. c3 b4 14. Ne3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Ba6 16. f4 f5
17. exf5 exf5 18. g4 Nd4 19. Ng3 fxg4 20. Rae1 Nef5 21. Nxg4
Nxg3 22. hxg3 Nf5 23. Kh2 Rbe8 24. Nf2 Qd8 25. Ne4 Bb7 26. Bh3
Kg8 27. Re2 Bc6 28. Rfe1 c4 29. Ng5 Rxe2+ 30. Rxe2 cxd3
31. Qxd3 Re8 32. Ne6 Qf6 33. Qc4 Bb5 34. Qxb5 Rxe6 35. Qb8+
Kg7 36. Qxa7+ Kh6 37. Rxe6 Qxe6 38. Qf2 Qe4 39. a4 Ne3 40. a5
d5 41. a6 d4 42. cxd4 Qxd4 43. Qa2 Qa7 44. Qa3 Qd4 45. Qa2 Qa7
46. Qa5 Nf5 47. Bxf5 Qf2+ 48. Kh3 gxf5 49. Qa1 Kh5 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.01"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dragan Solak"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nf6
7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. f3 Bd7 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 Qc8 12. b3
e5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Qd2 Nb4 15. Bg5 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. f4
exf4 18. gxf4 h6 19. Bh4 bxc4 20. dxc4 Bh3 21. f5 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 g5 23. Bf2 Re8 24. Ng3 Qb7 25. Rfe1 Re7 26. Re2 Rbe8
27. Rbe1 Na6 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Re5 31. Qd3
Nb4 32. Qf3 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Qd7 34. Qe4 Bf6 35. Kf3 Na6 36. Nh5
Bd8 37. Be1 Nc7 38. Ba5 Kf8 39. Bxc7 Qxc7 40. Qe3 Qa5 41. Qc1
Qa2 42. Qc3 f6 43. Kg3 Qe2 44. Qf3 Qe5+ 45. Kh3 Ba5 46. Ng3
Be1 47. Qh5 Bxg3 48. Qxh6+ Ke7 49. Qh7+ Kd8 50. hxg3 Qe2
51. Qg8+ Kc7 52. Qf7+ Kb6 53. Qxf6 Qh5+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Ng5 h6 9. Nh3 b4 10. Ne2 d5 11. e5 Ng4 12. d4
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Re1 Nbc6 15. Nf4 Nxd4 16. Rxe5 Nb5
17. Qh5 Nc7 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Rxe6+ Be7 20. Re5 O-O 21. Bxh6
Bf6 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Rxg5 Qf6 24. Re5 Rac8 25. Rc1 Rc7 26. Qe2
g6 27. c4 bxc3 28. Rxc3 Rd7 29. Rd3 Kg7 30. h4 Rc8 31. h5 Rc1+
32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Qxc2 Qxe5 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Qd2 Rf7 36. Kg1
Rd7 37. Qb4 Qd6 38. Qxd6 Rxd6 39. f4 Kf6 40. Kf2 g5 41. Bf3
gxf4 42. gxf4 Kf5 43. Rd4 Bc6 44. Ke3 a5 45. Kd2 Rd8 46. b3
Ke6 47. Kc3 Kd6 48. a3 Re8 49. Kd3 Rb8 50. b4 axb4 51. axb4
Bb5+ 52. Kc3 Bc4 53. Bd1 Ra8 54. Bc2 Ra3+ 55. Kd2 Ra2 56. Kc3
Ra3+ 57. Kd2 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[EventDate "2008.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Asif Hasanov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nxd5 6. Bxd5
Qxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Bxf4 Qd8 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Qd2 c6
12. Rae1 Nd7 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bg3 Bh5
17. Qe6+ Bf7 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qd1 Bb4 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. a3 Bxc3
22. bxc3 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qxc3 24. Rf3 Qb2 25. h4 Re8 26. Bf2 Bc4
27. Qd2 Re2 28. Qa5 Qxc2 29. Qxh5 Bf7 30. Qf5 Qxf5 31. Rxf5
Ra2 0-1

[Event "President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 h6 8. a4 Re8 9. h3 c6 10. Ba2 Qc7 11. Be3 Nf8 12. Nh4
Ng4 13. hxg4 Bxh4 14. d5 Qd7 15. b4 Qxg4 16. dxc6 bxc6
17. Qxg4 Bxg4 18. b5 Bd7 19. Red1 Be7 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nb5
Red8 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 a6 24. Nc7 Rac8 25. Nxa6 Rc4
26. Rb5 Nd7 27. Nb4 Rb8 28. Rxb8+ Nxb8 29. c3 Bg5 30. Bxg5
hxg5 31. a5 Rc7 32. a6 Ra7 33. Rd1 Nxa6 34. Ra1 Rc7 35. Rxa6
Rxc3 36. Nd5 Rc4 37. f3 g4 38. Rxd6 g3 39. Ne3 Rc3 40. Nd1 Rc2
41. Kf1 g6 42. Ne3 Ra2 43. Rc6 Kg7 44. Rc2 Ra1+ 45. Ke2 Rh1
46. Ng4 Rg1 47. Ke3 f6 48. Rc7+ Kf8 49. Nxf6 Rxg2 50. Nd7+ Ke7
51. Nxe5+ 1-0

[Event "President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 cxd4
7. O-O d3 8. Bxd3 Nc6 9. Na3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Be3 O-O
12. h3 Bf5 13. Bc4 Qa5 14. Nd4 Rad8 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Nxf5 gxf5
17. Bc1 Rd7 18. Bb3 e6 19. Rd1 a6 20. Nc2 Qd8 21. Ne1 Na5
22. Bc2 b5 23. Nf3 Qc7 24. Ng5 Rd6 25. g4 h6 26. Nf3 fxg4
27. Nd4 Nc6 28. Qxg4 f5 29. Qg2 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Kf7 31. Rd3 Rg8
32. Rg3 Rdd8 33. Qf3 Be5 34. Rxg8 Rxg8+ 35. Kh1 Ke7 36. Bxh6
Rg6 37. Bd2 Bf4 38. Rd1 Bxd2 39. Rxd2 Nf4 40. Rd1 Rh6 41. Rg1
Rxh3+ 42. Qxh3 Nxh3 43. Rg7+ Kd6 44. Rxc7 Kxc7 45. Kg2 Nf4+
46. Kf3 Ng6 47. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vadim Malakhatko"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Bxc3
12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qb2 c6 14. Bf1 h6 15. Ne1 d5 16. Nd3 Bh7
17. Rac1 Ne4 18. Be1 Rc8 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bf2 Re8 21. Ne5 f6
22. cxd5 fxe5 23. dxc6 e4 24. cxd7 Qxd7 25. d5 b5 26. Rxc8
Qxc8 27. dxe6 Qxe6 28. Qd4 Nf7 29. f4 e3 30. Be1 Rd8 31. Qa1
Rxd1 32. Qxd1 b4 33. Qc1 Nd6 34. Qc7 Qd5 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Qa7+
Kf8 37. Qb8+ Kf7 38. Qc7+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kf8 41. a3
Bg6 42. axb4 Be8 43. Qd8 Kf7 44. Qc7+ Kg8 45. Bc3 Nf7 46. Qc5
Qe4 47. Qd4 Qxd4 48. Bxd4 axb4 49. Bg2 Nd6 50. Bxe3 Bf7
51. Bc5 Nb5 52. Bxb4 Nd4 53. Kf2 Bxb3 54. e3 Ne6 55. e4 Kf7
56. Ke3 Nc7 57. Bf1 g6 58. Bd6 Ne6 59. f5 gxf5 60. exf5 Ng7
61. g4 h5 62. h3 Bd1 63. Kf4 hxg4 64. Bc4+ Ke8 65. hxg4 Kd7
66. Be5 Ne8 67. g5 1-0

[Event "President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Bela Khotenashvili"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Bf6
12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Be4 Qd6 14. Bc3 Ne7 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Bd2 Bd7
17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3 Bc6 19. h4 Bg7 20. h5 Ne7 21. Rad1 Bxe4
22. Qxe4 Qd5 23. Qf4 gxh5 24. Bb4 Rae8 25. b3 a5 26. Ba3 b5
27. Bc5 f6 28. Nd3 Ng6 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Bxd6 Rf7 31. Nc5 e5
32. dxe5 fxe5 33. Ne4 Nf4 34. Bc5 Ra8 35. Be3 Rc7 36. Rd2 Ne6
37. Ng3 h4 38. Nf5 Bf6 39. Rd5 b4 40. Red1 Kf7 41. Nd6+ Kg6
42. Ne4 Rc2 43. Rd6 Kf5 44. Rxe6 Kxe6 45. Rd6+ Kf5 46. Nxf6
Rxa2 47. f3 Rf8 48. Ne4 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Re1 50. g4+ 1-0

[Event "President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhael Mchedlishvili"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Nc6
12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Rac8 14. Rfc1 a6 15. Bg3 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5
17. Nd2 Be6 18. a3 Bd5 19. Bc7 Nc6 20. Bb6 Nb8 21. Bd3 f5
22. f4 e6 23. Bc5 Rfd8 24. Rab1 b5 25. Nf3 Nd7 26. Bb4 Nb6
27. Ba5 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. Ne5 Bxe5
31. dxe5 Ne7 32. Bb4 Nc6 33. Bc5 Na5 34. Bc2 Nb3 35. Bxb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[Round "1.28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fethi Apaydin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a3 h6
7. Bh4 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. e4 Nxe4 10. fxe4 Qxh4+ 11. g3 Qd8
12. O-O-O Bg4 13. exd5 Bxd1 14. Qxd1 g6 15. Nxb5 cxb5
16. Bxb5+ Ke7 17. d6+ Qxd6 18. Qe2 Bg7 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[Round "2.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vasif Durarbayli"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 Qa5
12. a3 Rfc8 13. h4 Rab8 14. h5 b5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qg5 Bc4
17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Bxf6 exf6 20. Qh4 Rbc8 21. Rd2
Kf8 22. Rdh2 g5 23. Qh7 b4 24. axb4 Qd7 25. Ne3 Qa4 26. Qxg7+
1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Martyn Kravtsiv"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6
7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bc5 Bf8
12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Qd2 Kg7 14. Rd1 Be8 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. c4 Nd4
17. Bxe8 Rhxe8 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Rxd4 Nf5 20. exf5 Qb4 21. Re4
Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxb2 23. Nd2 Qxa1+ 24. Nf1 Rf8 25. fxg6 hxg6
26. Qxb7 Qxa2 27. Qxc7+ Rf7 28. Qc8 a5 29. h4 a4 30. h5 gxh5
31. Ne3 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33. g3 f5 34. Nd5 f4 35. g4 f3+
36. Kh3 Qe1 37. Ne3 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Bassem Amin"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. c3 Be7 11. Nbd2 Nh7 12. Bg3
Bf6 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 c6 15. a4 Rb8 16. b4 Nb7 17. Ne3 Ng5
18. Ng4 d6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. O-O Qf6 22. Qe3 h5
23. f4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Bxf4 Be6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra6
Rec8 28. Rb6 f6 29. Ra1 Ra8 30. Rba6 Rxa6 31. Rxa6 g5 32. Be3
Nd8 33. Bd1 h4 34. Ra7 Nf7 35. Re7 Ra8 36. Rxe6 Ra1 37. Kf2
Rxd1 38. Ke2 Rh1 39. h3 g4 40. hxg4 Rh2 41. Kf1 Rh1+ 42. Kf2
Ne5 43. Rxd6 Nxg4+ 44. Ke2 Rh2 45. Kf3 Ne5+ 46. Kf2 h3 47. Kg3
Rxg2+ 48. Kxh3 Rc2 49. Bd4 Nxd3 50. Kg4 c5 51. bxc5 Rg2+
52. Kf3 Ne1+ 53. Kf4 Nd3+ 54. Ke3 Rg3+ 55. Kd2 b4 56. c4 b3
57. c6 b2 58. c7 Rg2+ 59. Kc3 b1=Q 60. c8=Q+ Kh7 61. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2008.08.06"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4
7. d5 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Ne5 9. Bb5+ Ned7 10. Nc3 g6 11. O-O Bg7
12. Be3 O-O 13. Bd4 a6 14. Be2 Rc8 15. Qe3 b5 16. a4 b4
17. Nb1 Nc5 18. Nd2 a5 19. f3 e6 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Bb6 Qe7
22. Nb3 Nd7 23. Bxa5 Ndc5 24. Bxb4 Nxb3 25. Qxb3 Nd4 26. Qd3
Nc2 27. Bxd6 Qa7+ 28. Kh1 Nxa1 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Rxa1 Bxb2
31. Rb1 Qf2 32. a5 Be5 33. Rf1 Qc5 34. f4 Bb8 35. a6 Kg7
36. e5 Ba7 37. f5 Qxe5 38. fxg6 hxg6 39. Qd7 Rf8 40. Qxa7 Qxe2
41. Qd4+ f6 42. Ra1 Qb5 43. Qe4 Rf7 44. a7 Rxa7 45. Rxa7+ 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ivan Popov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Nge7
7. Nb3 Na5 8. Nxa5 Qxa5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. f4 d6
12. Kh1 O-O 13. g4 b5 14. f5 Qd8 15. e5 Bb7 16. f6 gxf6
17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Bf4 f6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Qxd6
Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rf7 23. Rad1 Na5 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. Bb4 Rd8
26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Bc3 e5 28. Rd1 Nb7 29. g5 fxg5 30. Bxe5 Kf8
31. Kg2 Ke7 32. Bc3 Rf5 33. Rd3 h5 34. Bb4+ Ke6 35. Ra3 Nc5
36. Ra5 Kd7 37. Kg1 Kc7 38. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abhijeet Gupta"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4
Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Bc4 c5 9. d5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Ne2 b5
12. Bb3 c4 13. Bc2 e6 14. O-O Rd8 15. a4 exd5 16. exd5 bxa4
17. Rxa4 Qc5 18. Ng3 Nd7 19. Ne4 Qf8 20. Rxc4 Ba6 21. Rc7 Bxf1
22. Rxd7 f5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Kxf1 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Qc5 26. Qd3
a5 27. c4 a4 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qf6+ Ke8 31. Qe6+
Qe7 32. Qc6+ Qd7 33. Qg6+ Ke7 34. Qg7+ Kd6 35. Qd4 Rc8
36. Qb6+ Ke7 37. Qe3+ Kd8 38. Qb6+ Qc7 39. Qf6+ Qe7 40. Qb6+
Ke8 41. Qa6 Qd7 42. h3 Kf7 43. Kg1 Kg7 44. h4 Rf8 45. d6 Qf5
46. Qa7+ Rf7 47. Qd4+ Qf6 48. Qg4+ Kh6 49. d7 Rf8 50. Qe2 Rd8
51. Qd2+ Kg7 52. g3 Qf5 53. Qd4+ Kg8 54. c5 Qxd7 55. Qc4+ Kg7
56. c6 Qd1+ 57. Kh2 Qf3 58. Qc5 Rf8 59. Kg1 Qf5 60. Qa7+ Rf7
61. c7 Qb1+ 62. Kg2 Qe4+ 63. Kg1 Qe5 64. Kg2 Qc3 65. Kg1 Qc1+
66. Kh2 Qxc7 67. Qd4+ Kg8 68. f4 Qc2+ 69. Kh3 a3 70. h5 a2
71. g4 Qb1 72. Qd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Arik Braun"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Bf6
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Bc3 Be6 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Bb1 g6
17. Qf3 Bg7 18. Rcd1 Rfd8 19. Qf4 Re8 20. h3 Qc7 21. Qh4 Ne7
22. g4 f6 23. Nd3 Nc6 24. f4 Bf7 25. f5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8
27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Qe1 Bf7 29. Qe3 b6 30. Qf3 Bh6 31. fxg6
hxg6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6
7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. d5 e6 10. Nec3 Na6 11. Be3 Nc4 12. Bf4
exd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Qe2 Nd6 15. Na3 Nb4 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Qf1
a6 18. Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Li Chao"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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. Kb1 b4
12. Nce2 Qb6 13. Qd3 h5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Be2 Be7
17. Rhe1 h4 18. Bg4 O-O-O 19. Nb3 Kb8 20. f5 d5 21. exd5 Rxd5
22. Qe2 Rhd8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. fxe6 Re5 25. Qd1 fxe6 26. Rxe5
fxe5 27. g3 hxg3 28. hxg3 Bd5 29. Be2 a5 30. Nc1 e4 31. Qf1
Ka7 32. Bc4 Bb7 33. Ne2 a4 34. Qf7 Qd8 35. Qf2+ Ka8 36. Qd4
Qc8 37. b3 a3 38. c3 Qf8 39. Nf4 Qh6 40. Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[Round "11.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. cxd5 Nb4 8. Bb1 Nbxd5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. Ng3 Re8
12. a3 Bd6 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bg5 Bf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qd2 Qc7
17. f3 Rd8 18. Nge4 N6d5 19. g3 Nh5 20. Ba2 Be6 21. Ng5 Nxg3
22. hxg3 Qxg3+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Ne3+ 25. Kf2 Nxf1
26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Rxf1 Rxd4 28. Nce4 Rf8 29. Ke3 Rd5 30. Rh1
Rff5 31. Nxe6 Rde5 32. Nd4 Rf7 33. f4 Rd5 34. Nf3 Re7 35. Ne5
Kg7 36. Rg1 Rb5 37. b4 a5 38. Nd6 Rexe5+ 39. fxe5 Rxe5+
40. Kf4 Rd5 41. Nxb7 axb4 42. a4 b3 43. Ke4 Rh5 44. Kd3 Kf6
45. Kc3 Rh3+ 46. Kb2 Ke7 47. a5 Kd7 48. a6 Kc7 49. Ra1 Rh2+
50. Kxb3 Rh3+ 51. Kc4 Rh4+ 52. Kc3 Rh3+ 53. Kd4 Kb8 54. a7+
Ka8 55. Nd6 Rb3 56. Nc8 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[Round "12.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 O-O
12. Nbd2 Re8 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
dxe5 17. Nf3 Qc8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ra7 Kg7 20. Bd5 Re7 21. b4
c6 22. Bb3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Qa1 Re8 25. h3 Qb7 26. Rd1
Rd8 27. Rd2 Qb8 28. Qd1 Be8 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Nxe5 Qxe5
31. Qxd8 Qxc3 32. Qxe8 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Internet Qualifier"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dagne Ciuksyte"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4
exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. e5 c5 9. Qe3 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Be6 11. Nc3 Bd6
12. Nc4 Be7 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. b3 Bd6
17. Na4 Qb4 18. c4 Rfe8 19. Bd2 Qb8 20. Bc3 Bf5 21. Qg5 Qc8
22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. Bxf6 Bf8 24. f3 Bf5 25. Re1 Bg6 26. Bc3 h6
27. Qg3 Qd7 28. Be5 Rac8 29. Rad1 Qf5 30. Bxc7 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1
Qd7 32. Be5 Re8 33. Bc3 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Qd3 35. Qd2 Qb1+
36. Kf2 Bd3 37. Nb6 Qf1+ 38. Ke3 Bb1 39. h3 Qg1+ 40. Qf2 Qxf2+
41. Kxf2 Bxa2 42. Nd7 Bd6 43. Ba5 Bxb3 44. Bb6 Bxc4 45. Nxc5
f5 46. Nb7 Bb4 47. Na5 Bd5 48. Ke3 Kf7 49. Kd4 Ke6 50. Bc7 g5
51. Bd8 h5 52. Bc7 Be1 53. Bd8 g4 54. hxg4 fxg4 55. Ke3 gxf3
56. gxf3 h4 57. Ke2 h3 58. Bc7 Bxa5 59. Bh2 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Corus Internet Qualifier"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Dagne Ciuksyte"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6
7. O-O Be7 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qc7 10. Bf4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qb7+
12. Qf3 Qxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Nc6 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Be3 Nd4
17. Ne5 f5 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Nd2 Nh6 20. Nc6 Rd7 21. Rfe1 Rc7
22. Rxe6 Bf6 23. Nc4 Kd7 24. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Corus Internet Qualifier"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4
Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Rc1 e5 9. dxe5 Qe7 10. f4 g5 11. Qh5 gxf4
12. Nf3 Be6 13. a3 Nc6 14. g3 Qd7 15. gxf4 Bg4 16. Qg5 Bxf3
17. Rg1 f6 18. exf6 Bxe4 19. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Corus Internet Qualifier"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bc2 Bb7
7. O-O Rc8 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf6 10. d5 g6 11. Nc3 d6 12. a4
b4 13. Ne2 Bg7 14. Ned4 O-O 15. b3 Qb6 16. h3 e6 17. Be3 Qc7
18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Ng5 Rfe8 21. Qd2 e5 22. Ne2 h6
23. Nf3 Nxe4 24. Qxb4 Nc6 25. Qxe4 Nd4 26. Qxg6 Nxe2+ 27. Kh2
e4 28. Bxh6 Qf7 29. Qg4 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Re6 31. Ng5 Be5+ 32. Kg1
Rg6 33. Qxc8+ Bxc8 34. Nxf7 Bxh3 35. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 dxe5
37. Rg1 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Bf5 39. Be3 Kf7 40. b4 Ke6 41. b5 axb5
42. axb5 Kd5 43. b6 1-0

[Event "12th Essent Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Naumkin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. f4 c4
12. Kh1 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxc4 e4 15. Be3 Nd3 16. Bxd3 exd3
17. Qxd3 Bf5 18. Qd2 b5 19. Nxb5 Ne4 20. Qd1 Rc8 21. Rc1 Qd7
22. Nd4 Bg4 23. Qd3 Qxd5 24. Ne5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxe5 26. fxe5
Rxe5 27. Kg1 Nc5 28. Qd2 Qe4 29. Rc3 Qb1+ 30. Rc1 Qd3 31. Rc3
Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "John van der Wiel"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Bd7
7. c3 g6 8. d4 Qe7 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxa4
12. Ng4 Qe6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. c4 O-O 16. Nc3
Bc6 17. f3 Rae8 18. Qf2 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vlastimil Hort"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. d5 Na5
12. Be2 e6 13. O-O exd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Qd2 b6 16. Bf4 Be4
17. d6 Bc6 18. Nd4 Ba4 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Nc6 Bxc6
22. Bxc6 Rbd8 23. Bd5 Qf5 24. h3 g5 25. Bh2 Rfe8 26. Rxe8+
Rxe8 27. Bf3 Rd8 28. Bg3 Qf6 29. Rc7 h6 30. Bd5 Rf8 31. d7 h5
32. Rc8 Rd8 33. Be5 Qe7 34. Bc7 Kh7 35. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "12th Essent Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Merijn van Delft"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6
7. g3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 a5 11. f4 a4 12. e5
Nfd7 13. Nf3 b5 14. h4 b4 15. h5 c5 16. c4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nc6
18. Ng5 Re8 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Qg4 Ne7 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Nxe6
fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. f5 gxf5 25. Bg5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daan Brandenburg"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 Be7 10. g4 b5 11. a4 bxa4
12. Rxa4 Nb6 13. Rxa6 Rxa6 14. Bxa6 O-O 15. Na5 Qa8 16. Qe2
Rb8 17. O-O d5 18. Bd2 Bb4 19. Nb3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Nc1
Bc5+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Rxb2 24. Qd2 h5 25. h3 Nd7
26. N1e2 Nf8 27. Kg2 Qc8 28. Nd1 Rb7 29. Ne3 Rd7 30. Qa5 Ng6
31. Kf2 f6 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Nxd1 h4 34. Qb6 Qd7 35. Ke1 Bf7
36. Ne3 c3 37. Nxc3 Nf4 38. Nf5 Bc4 39. Nd5 Bxd5 40. exd5 Qa4
41. Qc7 Qb4+ 42. Kd1 Qb1+ 43. Kd2 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Stefan Kuipers"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Qb6
7. a4 O-O 8. Na3 d5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nc2
a5 13. d3 f6 14. Re1 Nf7 15. Bf4 Nd8 16. Qd2 Re8 17. d4 c4
18. Na3 Qxa4 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ne5 Qb3 21. Bg5 Qb6 22. Re2 Bf5
23. Rae1 Nf7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. g4 Bd3 26. Re6 Qxe6 27. Rxe6
Kxe6 28. Nb5 Kd7 29. Bf4 Rac8 30. Qd1 e5 31. dxe5 Bxe5
32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Qa4 Rce8 34. Qxa5 Ke7 35. Qc7+ Kf6 36. Nd4
R8e7 37. Qd6+ Kg7 38. Nf3 Re2 39. Qxd5 Rxb2 40. Qd4+ Kf7
41. Qh8 Ke6 42. Qd8 Rd7 43. Nd4+ Kd6 44. Qf6+ Kc7 45. Ne6+ Kc6
46. Qf8 Rb1+ 47. Kh2 Kd5 48. Qe8 Kd6 49. Nf8 Rc7 50. Qe6+ Kc5
51. Nd7+ Rxd7 52. Qxd7 b5 53. Qe7+ Kd5 54. f4 b4 55. cxb4 Rb3
56. Qe5+ Kc6 57. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "12th Essent Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Freddie van der Elburg"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a4 Nf6
12. Be3 O-O 13. a5 Rae8 14. Bd4 Nd7 15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Red1 Rd8
17. Ne2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Ra3 Bxd4 21. Nxd4
Ne5 22. Qf4 Rfe8 23. h4 Qd7 24. Rc3 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Kg2
Nc4 27. Nf5 Qe6 28. Qg5 g6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Ng4 h5 31. Re1
Qxg4 32. Qxg4 hxg4 33. Rxe8 Nxa5 34. Rb8 b5 35. Rb6 Nc4
36. Rxa6 Nxb2 37. Rb6 Nc4 38. Rxb5 Na3 39. Rc5 1-0

[Event "12th Essent Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henk Vedder"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3
Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd4 a5
12. f4 Ba6 13. f5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rc8 15. Kh1 Rc6 16. Rf3 Bxc3
17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. fxe6 Rxe6 19. Bd4 Rfe8 20. Raf1 f6 21. a4 Qd7
22. b3 Qc6 23. Bc3 Ng5 24. Rg3 Re2 25. Bxf6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Essent Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Fred Slingerland"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 Qb6 6. Ba4 cxd4
7. cxd4 Nxd4 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Qc2 a6 11. O-O Ne7
12. Bf4 Qc4 13. Bd6 b5 14. Bb3 Qc6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Qd2 Nc8
17. Bf4 d6 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. e5 d5 20. Bxd5 O-O 21. Be3 Qc7
22. Ne4 Qb8 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. exf6 Kh8 26. Bc5
Rg8 27. Qh6 Na7 28. Bxa7 Rxa7 29. Rd3 1-0

[Event "World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Mersin TURKEY"]
[Date "2008.08.23"]
[EventDate "2008.08.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6
7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 b5 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. a4
Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Nd2 Rh5 16. Nf3 Bg4
17. Bg3 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Rb5 19. e5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 dxe5 21. Rxa6
Rab8 22. Bc4 Rxb2 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxe5 Rd7 25. Rc5 Rb7
26. Be5 Nh5 27. Rxg6 Kh7 28. Rg4 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Ng7 30. Rd4
Rxd4 31. cxd4 Kg6 32. Re7 Nf5 33. Bxf7+ Kf6 34. Rd7 Nh4
35. Kf1 Rb1+ 36. Ke2 Rb2+ 37. Kd3 c6 38. Bc4 Rxf2 39. Ke4 Kg5
40. Rg7+ Kf6 41. Rc7 Kg5 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rf7+ Kg6 44. Rf8 Kg7
45. Rf4 Rxh2 46. Rf7+ Kg6 47. Rc7 Rh1 48. Rxc6+ Kg7 49. Rc7+
Kf6 50. Rf7+ Kg6 51. Be6 Re1+ 52. Kd5 Ng2 53. f4 h5 54. Kd6 h4
55. d5 Kh6 56. Rf8 Kh7 57. f5 Nf4 58. f6 Ng6 59. Bf5 Kh6
60. Rg8 Ne5 61. Be6 Ng6 62. Bf5 Ne5 63. Rg7 Nc4+ 64. Kc5 Rf1
65. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.17"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Bocharov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. g3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 e5 9. Nb5 a6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Na3
Be6 12. Bg2 Kc7 13. Nc2 Nc6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4+ Bd6 16. Nd4
Nxd4 17. cxd4 Rad8 18. e3 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Bd5 20. Rg1 g6 21. Kd2
Rhe8 22. Kd3 f5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. h4 Re6 25. Rgc1+ Rc6
26. Rxc6+ Kxc6 27. h5 gxh5 28. e4 fxe4+ 29. Kxe4 Ra5 30. f5
Kd6 31. Rb1 Rxa2 32. Rxb7 Re2+ 33. Kf4 Rf2+ 34. Kg5 Kd5
35. Rxh7 Kxd4 36. f6 a5 37. Kg6 Kc4 38. Rxh5 a4 39. Rf5 Rxf5
40. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.18"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Nf6
12. Bg5 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Re1 Re8 16. h4 g6
17. Ba2 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. Qf4
Qc7 22. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxf4 24. Nxf4 Na5 25. d5 h6 26. b4
Nc4 27. Re7 Rb8 28. Rc7 b5 29. Nd4 a6 30. a4 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5
32. Nfe6+ Kg6 33. Nc5 Bxd5 34. Nc6 Bxc6 35. Rxc6+ Kf5 36. Nxa6
Rb7 37. Rc5+ Kf4 38. Nc7 Nd6 39. Nxb5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.19"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O
7. Be2 a6 8. Be3 b5 9. Qb3 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. h3 Bc8
12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Rd1 Na5 14. Qc2 f5 15. O-O Nc4 16. Bc1 fxe4
17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qe2 Qd6 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Qc6 22. Nd5 Be6 23. Qe4 Kh8 24. Nb4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rd8 26. Rde1
a5 27. Nc6 Rd7 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxa2 30. Nxb5 Rd8 31. Bg5
h6 32. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Konstantin Landa"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. d4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bf5
7. Ng3 Bg4 8. Bc4 e6 9. c3 Nf6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7
12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Bh6 14. Ne4 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Qe7 16. O-O-O Nh7
17. Ne4 Nhf6 18. Ng5 Nh7 19. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. Rd1 Bb7 9. c3 d5 10. d3 Re8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. a3
Bf8 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15. b4 Nc6 16. Ne3 d4 17. cxd4 Nxd4
18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Ng4 c4 20. Qf3 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Qb6 22. dxc4
Rxe4 23. Qg3 Qe6 24. Qd3 Re8 25. Bd2 Qg6 26. Qh3 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Arman Pashikian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 Bc5 9. c3 Be7 10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 Qc7
12. Rf1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Qe1 O-O-O 16. h3 Bh5
17. Qf2 Kb8 18. d4 Rhe8 19. Bb3 Bd6 20. Qh4 Bg6 21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Kh1 Ka8 24. Bd2 Re4 25. Qf2 Rde8 26. Rae1
Qd7 27. c4 Nf6 28. Bc3 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Ne4 30. Qe3 f6 31. Rd1
Qc8 32. Be1 Bh5 33. Rd3 Nc5 34. Qxc5 Rxe1+ 35. Kh2 Bg6 36. Rd2
Qc7+ 37. Qd6 Kb8 38. c5 Qxd6+ 39. cxd6 Kc8 40. g4 Kd7 41. h4
Re5 42. Rd4 Be4 43. Bg8 h6 44. Ra4 a6 45. Rb4 b5 46. Rd4 Bd5
0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksej Aleksandrov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Bg4 11. d5 N8d7
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rc8 14. Re1 Ne5 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Bg5 Qd7
17. Rad1 Nec4 18. Rd3 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 Qf5 20. Qd2 Rxc3 21. Rxc3
Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxg5 23. d6 e6 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. g3
Qd8 27. Qc5 Nc8 28. Rc1 Nxd6 29. Qxa7 Nb5 30. Qc5 Rc7 31. Qe3
Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 b6 33. a4 Nd4 34. Qd1 Qd6 35. Bc4 Nf5 36. Qb3
h5 37. h4 Qd4 38. Be2 Nd6 39. Bf3 Nc4 40. Be2 Nb2 41. Bb5 Kg7
42. Kf1 Nd1 43. Qf3 f5 44. Be2 Nc3 45. Qb7+ Kf6 46. Qc8 Nxe2
47. Kxe2 Qe4+ 48. Kf1 Qh1+ 49. Ke2 Qe4+ 50. Kf1 Qxa4 51. Qd8+
Kf7 52. Qc7+ Ke8 53. Qxb6 Qc4+ 54. Kg1 Ke7 55. Qb2 Kf7 56. Qd2
Qd5 57. Qc3 Qd8 58. Qe5 Qd1+ 59. Kh2 Qd8 60. Qe3 Qf6 61. Qa7+
Qe7 62. Qb8 e5 63. Kg2 Kg7 64. Kf1 Qf6 65. Qc7+ Kh6 66. Qb8 f4
67. gxf4 exf4 68. Kg2 g5 69. hxg5+ Kxg5 70. Qg8+ Kh4 71. Kf3
Qf5 72. Qg1 Qf7 73. Ke4 Qc4+ 74. Kf5 Qf7+ 75. Ke4 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
dxc4 7. d5 Ne5 8. Qd4 h6 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bxc4 Nxf4 11. Qxf4 g5
12. Qd2 Bg7 13. Nge2 Bd7 14. Bb3 b5 15. O-O b4 16. Nd1 a5
17. Ng3 O-O 18. Ne3 e6 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Qe2 Qb6 21. Ngf5 Bxf5
22. Nxf5 a4 23. Bc4 Ra5 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Qf3 Qe6 26. h3 Ne4
27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Rad1 Re5 29. Bb1 Nc5 30. Rd4 Re1 31. Rd1 Re5
32. Rd4 Re1 33. Rd1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qc4+ 35. Kg1 Qe2 36. Qd5
Re5 37. Qd4 Ne6 38. Qd3 Kf6 39. Qd7 Kg7 40. Qxa4 Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Nd5 Nc6
7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. Qe3 f5 9. Bc4 fxe4 10. Qxe4 e6 11. Bb3 d5
12. Qe2 Bg7 13. O-O Na5 14. Rd1 O-O 15. c4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qf6
17. h3 Bd7 18. Nh2 Qe5 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20. cxd5 Bg7 21. d6 Bc6
22. Be3 Rfd8 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Ng4 Bd5 25. Bc7 Bxb3 26. Rd2 f5
27. Ne3 f4 28. Rd3 fxe3 29. Rxb3 Be5 30. fxe3 Bxd6 31. Bxd6
Rxd6 32. Rxb7 Rad8 33. Ra5 Kh8 34. Rc5 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 R1d7
36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Rc6 a5 38. Rxe6 Rd3 39. Re5 Kg7 40. Rxa5
Rxe3 41. b4 Rb3 42. Rg5+ Kf6 43. Rg4 Kf5 44. Rh4 Kg6 45. Rc4
Kg5 46. Rc5+ Kg6 47. b5 h6 48. h4 Rb2 49. h5+ Kf6 50. Kg3 Kg7
51. Kf3 Kf6 52. g4 Rb4 53. Kg3 Rb3+ 54. Kh4 Kg7 55. Rc7+ Kg8
56. Rc6 Kh7 57. b6 1-0

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Borka Franciskovic"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Bf6
12. Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rad1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Nd2 Qxa3
17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. f4 Bd7 20. Qf2 Ne7 21. Bg5 Qg7
22. Qh4 Nd5 23. c4 h6 24. Bxh6 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Ne3 26. Bxg6 Nxd1
27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Re7
31. Qg4+ Kh7 32. Bf8 Rf7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Bh6 Be8 35. Qg6+ Kh8
36. Bg5 Rg7 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Bf6 Rg6 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Bb2 Ke7
41. Ba3+ Kd7 42. Qd4+ Kc8 43. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.07"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. a4 h6 8. a5 a6 9. c3 Nh7 10. Qb3 Ng5 11. Nxg5 Bxg5 12. Be3
Ne7 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. d4 Qf6 15. Nf3 Bf4 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bc5
Bg4 18. Be2 Rfb8 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Qb4 Rd8 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3
Bd2 23. Re2 Bg5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. g3 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Ra1 27. Bh5
Kh7 28. Bg4 Kg8 29. b3 Bc1 30. Ba7 Ba3 31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. bxc4
Ne7 33. Bb8 Bd6 34. c5 Bxc5 35. Bxc7 Nc6 36. Rd2 g6 37. Bc8
Rb1 38. Bd7 f6 39. Rd5 Ba7 40. Rd6 Kf7 41. Bxc6 bxc6 42. Rxc6
Rb2 43. Bb6 Bxb6 44. axb6 a5 45. c4 a4 46. Rc7+ Ke6 47. c5 a3
48. Ra7 a2 49. g4 h5 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. h4 1-0

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.08"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Mark Ferguson"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. c3 d6 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d3 Nc6 12. Nbd2
Nh5 13. Nf1 g6 14. Bb3 Bf6 15. Bd5 Qc7 16. d4 Rb8 17. Bh6 Re8
18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Ng5 Nd8 20. Ne3 Ne6 21. h4 Nxg5 22. hxg5 Bg7
23. Qd3 Bxh6 24. gxh6 Qe7 25. g3 Nf6 1-0

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "182"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2
Ng6 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Be6 16. h4 gxh4
17. Rxh4 Qa5 18. Rh1 Qg5 19. Ne2 O-O-O 20. g3 Qa5+ 21. Qc3+
Qxc3+ 22. Nxc3 h5 23. f4 Bg4 24. Be2 e6 25. Rd1 Bxe2 26. Kxe2
h4 27. f5 exf5 28. exf5 Rde8+ 29. Kd2 Ne5 30. gxh4 Rxh4
31. Rxh4 Nf3+ 32. Kc1 Nxh4 33. Rxd6 Nxf5 34. Rf6 Nd4 35. Rxf7
Ne2+ 36. Kd2 Nxc3 37. Kxc3 Re3+ 38. Kb4 Re2 39. Kb3 Re3+
40. c3 Re2 41. a3 Kb8 42. c4 Ka7 43. c5 Kb8 44. Kc3 Rh2 45. b3
Rh4 46. Rd7 Kc8 47. Rd4 Rh3+ 48. Rd3 Rh4 49. b4 Kc7 50. Rf3
Kc6 51. Kb3 Kb5 52. a4+ Kc6 53. Rf6+ Kc7 54. b5 axb5 55. axb5
Rg4 56. Kc3 Rh4 57. Rd6 Rg4 58. Rd4 Rg1 59. Rf4 Rc1+ 60. Kb4
Rb1+ 61. Kc4 Rc1+ 62. Kd5 Rd1+ 63. Rd4 Rc1 64. b6+ Kd7 65. Rd2
Rh1 66. Kc4+ Kc8 67. Rd6 Rh4+ 68. Kb5 Rh1 69. Rg6 Rb1+ 70. Kc4
Rc1+ 71. Kd5 Rd1+ 72. Ke6 Re1+ 73. Kd6 Rd1+ 74. Ke7 Re1+
75. Re6 Rc1 76. Re5 Rc2 77. Kd6 Rd2+ 78. Rd5 Rc2 79. Rd1 Rh2
80. Rg1 Rd2+ 81. Ke6 Re2+ 82. Kd5 Rd2+ 83. Kc4 Rd8 84. Rg7 Kb8
85. Rg5 Kc8 86. Rd5 Rh8 87. Rg5 Rd8 88. Rg1 Kb8 89. Rg6 Kc8
90. Rd6 Rxd6 91. cxd6 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.10"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. c3 d5 9. d3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Bc2
h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 c5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Re1 Rac8 17. a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.11"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gergely Szabo"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3
Ne5 13. Be2 Nbc6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 O-O 16. Nd5 e6 17. Ne3
d5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. O-O Ng6 20. Bg4 Qf6 21. c3 Nf4 22. Re1
Rad8 23. Qb3 Rf7 24. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.12"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Anatoly Bykhovsky"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. Rd1 d5 8. e5 Ne8 9. h3 Qb6 10. d4 Nc7 11. Ba4 Bf5 12. Bg5
cxd4 13. cxd4 f6 14. exf6 exf6 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Nc3 Na5
17. Bf4 Rf7 18. Rac1 Bf8 19. Nh4 Bc8 20. Qf3 Bd6 21. Bh6 Nc6
22. Qd3 Ne7 23. Be3 g5 24. Nf3 Bf5 25. Qd2 Ne6 26. Bb3 Bb8
27. Re1 h6 28. Na4 Qd6 29. Nc5 Ng6 30. Bc2 Kg7 31. g3 Bxh3 1-0

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7
12. Ne1 Re8 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Nf4 Bg4 16. h3 Bf5
17. Bxd5 Bxh3 18. Bc3 Qh6 19. Qb3 Re7 20. Rfd1 Rae8 21. Qc4
Bf5 22. Kg2 Be4+ 23. f3 Bg6 24. e4 Qg5 25. Rh1 Ne5 26. Qe2 Nd7
27. Qb5 Nc5 28. Rae1 Bc7 29. Rh4 Bxf4 30. Rxf4 Ne6 31. Rg4 Qh6
32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33. Rh4 a6 1-0

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sergei Reutsky"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O
7. Nge2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 a6
12. Ng3 Bh7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Qf3 Nce7 16. Bd2 b5
17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Rfe1 Ned5 19. Nh5 c6 20. Re5 Qd6 21. Nf4 Rae8
22. Qg3 Nf6 23. Rae1 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Qxd2 25. Rd1 Ne4 26. Rxd2
Nxg3 27. fxg3 Re8 28. e6 fxe6 29. Nxe6 Nc4 30. Bxc4 bxc4
31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Nxd8 Be4 33. Nb7 Bd5 34. Nc5 a5 35. Kf2 Kf7
36. Ke3 Bxg2 37. h4 Kf6 38. Nb7 c5 39. Nxc5 Kf5 40. Nd7 h5
41. Nb6 Bf1 42. Nd5 g5 43. Kd4 Be2 44. Ne3+ Kf6 45. Nxc4 gxh4
46. gxh4 Kf5 47. Ne5 Kf4 48. c4 Kg3 49. Ng6 a4 50. c5 Bb5
51. Ke5 Kg4 52. Kd6 Be8 53. Ne5+ Kxh4 54. Nd7 Bg6 55. c6 Be4
56. c7 Bb7 57. Nc5 Bc8 58. Ke7 Kg3 59. Kd8 h4 60. Ne4+ Kg2
61. Kxc8 h3 62. Kb7 h2 63. c8=Q h1=Q 64. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Potkin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4
12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe3 Bxb2 15. Rad1 e6 16. Ne5 Nd7
17. Nd3 e5 18. Bg5 Bd4 19. Bxd8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rfxd8 21. Nb4
Be4 22. c6 Nb6 23. c7 Rdc8 24. Rf6 a5 25. Rxb6 axb4 26. Rc1
Rxa2 27. Bf3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Raa8 29. Rxb5 Kg7 30. Rxb4 Ra7
31. Rbc4 Kf6 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Kg3 Kd7 34. Rd1+ Ke7 35. Rdc1 Kd7
36. Rd1+ Ke7 37. Rdc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Borki Predojevic"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Gabriele Franchini"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Nf3
O-O 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. O-O Nbc6 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Qd3
Nd6 12. Bd5 Bf5 13. Qd1 Ne7 14. Bb3 c6 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Bh4 Qa5
17. Ne5 Ng6 18. Qh5 Nd6 19. Bg3 Rae8 20. Qf3 Be6 21. h4 Nxe5
22. dxe5 Nf5 23. Ne4 Nd4 24. Qh5 Be7 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rad1
Rd8 27. Qg4 Nf5 28. a3 Rd5 29. Nc3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rd8 31. Re1
Rd4 32. Re4 Rxe4 33. Nxe4 Qd8 34. h5 Kh8 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. Qe2
Nxg3 37. Nxg3 Kg8 38. Kg1 a6 39. Nf1 Bd8 40. Nh2 Bc7 41. Ng4
c5 42. h6 gxh6 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Ne8+ Kf8 45. Nxc7 Qd7 46. Qf3+
Kg8 47. Qg4+ Kf7 48. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thomas Paehtz Jr"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 cxd4
7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qb3 b6
12. Ne5 Ba6 13. Qb4 Qxb4 14. axb4 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Rc8 16. Kd2
Nc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Kd3 Nd5 19. Bd2 b5 20. Ra5 a6 21. Rfa1
Rb6 22. c4 bxc4+ 23. Kxc4 Kf8 24. g4 Ke7 25. f4 Nf6 26. Kd3
Nd5 27. b5 Nc7 28. bxa6 Raxa6 29. Bb4+ Rxb4 30. Rxa6 Nxa6
31. Rxa6 Rb2 32. h4 g6 33. h5 gxh5 34. g5 Kf8 35. Ke4 Rb5
36. Rc6 Rf5 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc5 Kg6 39. Rxf5 exf5+ 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Mikael Agopov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6
7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 e5 9. h3 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Na7 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. d6 Nc8 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Bg5 Bc6 16. Nd2 h6 17. Bh4
Nb6 18. Qf3 Rfd8 19. Nf1 Qe6 20. b3 c4 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Rxd7
Nfxd7 23. Ne3 Nf8 24. Rd1 Ng6 25. Bd8 Bb7 26. Nf5 Nd7 27. Ba5
Nc5 28. Rd6 Qe8 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Qg4 Nd3 31. g3 Rb8 32. Bc7
Rc8 33. Bb6 Bc6 34. Ne3 h5 35. Qxh5 Bxe4 36. Qg4 Ba8 37. h4 e4
38. Ba4 Qf8 39. Qxc8 Qxc8 40. Rd8+ Qxd8 41. Bxd8 Nge5 42. Bc7
Bc6 43. Bxc6 Nxc6 44. Kf1 Nb2 45. Ke2 g6 46. g4 Kg7 47. Bd6 f6
48. h5 f5 49. gxf5 gxh5 50. Nd5 Kf7 51. Bg3 Nd3 52. Ke3 Nc5
53. Kf4 Ne7 54. Nxe7 Kxe7 55. Ke5 Na4 56. Bh4+ Kf7 57. Kd4 Nb2
58. Kxe4 a5 59. Kd5 a4 60. a3 Nd3 61. Kxc4 Ne5+ 62. Kd5 Nf3
63. Bg3 h4 64. Bd6 h3 65. c4 h2 66. Bxh2 Nxh2 67. Kd6 Ng4
68. c5 Nxf2 69. c6 Ne4+ 70. Kd5 Nf6+ 71. Kc5 Ke7 72. Kb6 Nd5+
73. Kb7 Kf6 74. c7 Nxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.11"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Gonzalez Garcia"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Rc1 e6 11. h4 Bb7
12. e5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. h5 Ne7 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rac8
17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bf6 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxf6
21. exf6 Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qf4 Qe6+ 24. Kd2 Rf8 25. Qc7
Qf7 26. Qe7 h5 27. Rc1 Qxf6 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. Ke3 Kg7 30. Rc8
Re6+ 31. Kd3 Rf6 32. Ke3 Re6+ 33. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Theo Hommeles"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 a6 11. d5 Nc5 12. Ba3
cxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Ncxe4 15. Nxe5 Nxd5 16. Nc6 Nec3
17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Qxc3 Nf5 20. Qd3 b5 21. Re5 g6
22. axb5 axb5 23. Ree1 Qc6 24. Bb2 Rac8 25. Re2 Rfe8 26. Rae1
Rxe2 27. Rxe2 h5 28. h3 Re8 29. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yannick Gozzoli"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6
12. Qd2 e5 13. dxe5 Be6 14. Rfd1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. f4 Qe7
17. Qc2 Rfd8 18. Ng3 h5 19. Nf1 Qe6 20. Rd2 Bf8 21. Rad1 Be7
22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Nd2 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Marin Bosiocic"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. h3 Bf5
7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bb3 Bd6 11. c4 O-O
12. Be3 Bg6 13. Nh4 c5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Qc2 a6
17. a3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Ba2 a5 20. Rcd1 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Be5
22. Be3 b6 23. Nc3 Bf4 24. Bd4 Rac8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Ncd7
27. Rfe1 Qb8 28. Qe2 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.14"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrei Shchekachev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3
Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bf4 Be6 9. Qa3 c5 10. Qxc5 Nc6 11. e3 Rc8
12. Qa3 O-O 13. Be2 Nc4 14. Qa4 Nxb2 15. Qb5 Nc4 16. O-O Nb6
17. Rac1 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rc5 e6 20. Rfc1 Re8 21. Qb1 f5
22. Bd1 Bf8 23. R5c3 Qb6 24. Bb3 Bb4 25. Rd3 Ba3 26. Rcd1 Qa6
27. Bxd5 exd5 28. h4 Bf8 29. h5 b6 30. Rb3 Qa4 31. a3 Na5
32. Rb5 Red8 33. Ne5 Nc4 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Nxg6 Nxa3 36. Qxf5
Qxd1+ 37. Kh2 Nxb5 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Nxf8+ Rxf8 40. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Udo Hobuss"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Ne7
7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. c3 Qb6 10. b4 g6 11. a4 Bg7 12. Ba3
Ne5 13. Qc2 dxc3 14. b5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 cxd2 16. Rab1 Qd8
17. Bd6 b6 18. Rfd1 axb5 19. axb5 Bb7 20. f3 f6 21. Rxd2 Rc8
22. Ra1 Ra8 23. Rad1 Rc8 24. Qa3 Ra8 25. Qb4 Bc8 26. Qc3 Bf8
27. Nf4 Kf7 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Rd6 Qe7 30. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2009"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2009.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikil P Shyam"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4
b5 8.Nxc6 Bxc6 9.Bb3 Nf6 10.c4 Be7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Nc3 Rb8
13.Qc2 Ba8 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Be3 Bg5 16.Rad1 b4 17.Nd5 Bxe3
18.Rxe3 c6 19.Rh3 g6 20.Ne3 c5 21.Rxh5 gxh5 22.Nf5 Qf6 23.f3
Rb6 24.Qf2 Kh8 25.Rd2 Bb7 26.Bd1 a5 27.Qg3 Bc8 28.Nxd6 h4
29.e5 hxg3 30.exf6 gxh2 31.Kxh2 Kg8 32.Ne4 Bf5 33.Nxc5 Rxf6
34.g4 Rc8 35.Rd5 Be6 36.Re5 Rd8 37.Be2 Rd2 38.Kg3 Rxb2 39.Bd3
Rxa2 40.g5 Rg6 41.Bxg6 hxg6 42.Nxe6 fxe6 43.Rb5 Kf7 44.Kf4 Ke7
45.Ke5 Re2 46.Kd4 Kd6 47.Rxa5 Rd2 48.Ke3 Rc2 49.Ra6 Kc5
50.Rxe6 b3 51.Kd3 Rxc4 52.Re5 Kb4 53.Re6 Rc3 54.Ke4 b2 55.Rb6
Ka3 56.Ra6 Kb3 57.Kd4 Rc4 0-1

[Event "4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2009"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2009.09.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sharma Himanshu"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.O-O a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6 9.Re1 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qg4 Bf6 12.e5
dxe5 13.Ne4 h5 14.Qg3 h4 15.Qg4 Ra7 16.Be3 Rd7 17.Bc5 g6
18.Qf3 Be7 19.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.Nd6 Kf8 22.Qf6 Rh5
23.Rxe5 Rd7 24.Rxh5 gxh5 25.Qh8 Ke7 26.Nf5 1-0

[Event "4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2009"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2009.09.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1
Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5
20.Ra3 Rb8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ra7 Qb6 23.Rea1 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8
25.Rxa8 Bxa8 26.Nh4 Bb7 27.Bh6 Qd8 28.Bg5 Bc8 29.f4 exf4
30.Qxf4 Be7 31.Nf3 Nfd7 32.Bh6 Bf8 33.Bxf8 Qxf8 34.e5 dxe5
35.Nxe5 Bb7 36.Nxh5 Bxd5 37.Ng4 gxh5 38.Qg5 Qg7 39.Qd8 Qf8
40.Qg5 Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2009"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2009.09.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Enamul Hossain"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 h6 11.Bh4 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nd5
13.Nxd5 exd5 14.e6 Bxe6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Qe2 Qc3 17.Qd2 Qxd2
18.Kxd2 Be7 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Rxb7 Nd7 21.Be2 Rhb8 22.Rhb1 Rxb7
23.Rxb7 Kd6 24.a4 Kc6 25.Rb4 a5 26.Rg4 g5 27.Bb5 Kd6 28.Bxd7
Kxd7 29.h4 Rg8 30.c4 dxc4 31.Kc3 e5 32.Rxc4 Rg6 33.hxg5 hxg5
34.Kd3 Rc6 35.Rg4 Rc5 36.Ke3 Ke6 37.Rxg5 Rc3 38.Kd2 Rc4 39.g4
Rxa4 40.Rg6 Kd5 41.Ra6 Ra2 42.Ke3 Ra3 43.Kf2 Ke4 44.g5 Rf3
45.Ke2 Rg3 46.Rxa5 Rg2 47.Ke1 Rxg5 48.Ra4 Kf3 49.Ra3 Kf4
50.Kf2 Rh5 51.Ra4 e4 52.Ra3 Rh1 53.Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2009"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Baskaran Adhiban"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.f3 a6 11.h4 Rd8 12.h5 Qc7 13.h6
g6 14.Qf4 Ne8 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Qe3 b5 17.Nd4 Bb7 18.Bd3 Na5
19.Nb3 Nc6 20.f4 Rac8 21.Kb1 Nf6 22.Be2 Qc7 23.Bf3 Ne7 24.a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2009"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhael Mchedlishvili"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4 Bd7 6.Qc2 Nb6
7.d4 Bg7 8.e4 Bg4 9.Ne5 Bc8 10.Be3 O-O 11.O-O-O N6d7 12.f4 e6
13.h4 c5 14.h5 cxd4 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.e5 Nc6 17.h6 Bh8 18.Bb5
Qe7 19.Bxd4 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 a6 21.Bd3 b5 22.Be4 Ra7 23.Qd3 b4
24.Ne2 Bd7 25.Kb1 Bb5 26.Qe3 f6 27.exf6 Bxf6 28.Rd2 Qc5
29.Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2009"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2009.09.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5
7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxf6 Nxf6 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4
b6 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Be4 Rad8 17.Bxb7
Qxb7 18.c3 a5 19.a4 f5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1 22.Qxd1 Qe4
23.Ne1 Kg7 24.Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2009"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2009.09.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksej Aleksandrov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 O-O 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Nxd5 cxd5 9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O Bf5 11.a3 Rc8 12.Rc1 a6
13.h3 h6 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Qb6 16.b4 e6 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Bg3
Bf8 19.Bh4 Re8 20.Bg3 Red8 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2009"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Rauf Mamedov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Rd1
d6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bg4 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nbd2 Qa5 12.h3 Bc8
13.b3 Ba6 14.Qe3 Nd7 15.Bb2 Rac8 16.Bc3 Qb6 17.Rac1 Rfe8
18.Re1 e5 19.dxe5 Qxe3 20.Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marx Gyorgy Memorial VII"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2009.09.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ferenc Berkes"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c6 8. a4 a5 9. Ba2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. h3 Be6 12. Bf4
Bxa2 13. Rxa2 Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6
17. Bxd6 Nfxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bc7 Nf6 20. Raa1 h6 21. c4
Ne4 22. Rad1 Nc5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxa5 Re2 25. Bb4 Nxa4
26. b3 Rb2 27. Rd3 Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Nb2 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Bc5 b6
31. Bxb6 Nxc4 32. bxc4 Rxb6 33. Rd6 Kg8 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rd6
Kg8 36. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marx Gyorgy Memorial VII"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2009.09.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Be2 f6 12. c4
Qc7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. c4 Nde7 15. exf6 gxf6 16. d5 exd5
17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qc2 Ncb4 19. Qe4+ Kd8 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. O-O
Nc3 22. Qxb4 Nxe2+ 23. Kh1 Kc8 24. Rfe1 Re8 25. Qb2 Nf4
26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Rc1 Bc6 28. Qxf6 Kb8 29. a5 Nd3 30. Rc3
Nxf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. gxh3 Qxa5 33. Rxc6 bxc6 34. Ne5 Qc7
35. Nxc6+ Kb7 36. Na5+ Qxa5 37. Qf3+ Kc7 38. Qf7+ Kc8 39. Qe6+
Kd8 40. Qg8+ Kd7 41. Qf7+ Kc8 42. Qe6+ Kb8 43. Qe8+ Ka7
44. Qd7+ Kb6 45. Qe6+ Kb7 46. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marx Gyorgy Memorial VII"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2009.09.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3 Na6 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O Re8 11. Rab1 c6
12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Rfc1 Nc7 14. b4 a6 15. Ne4 Nbd5 16. a4 Ne6
17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. bxc5 a5 19. Ng5 f6 20. Ne4 Nb4 21. Qb2 Be6
22. Bd2 f5 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Qd4 25. Nd1 Red8 26. Qd2 Na2
27. Rc2 Nb4 28. Rcc1 Na2 29. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marx Gyorgy Memorial VII"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2009.09.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zoltan Almasi"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Re1 Nb6
12. Nd2 Rc8 13. a5 Nc4 14. Nxc4 Rxc4 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bb6 Qc6
17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qe8 20. c3 Ra4 21. Rac1 Qb5
22. c4 Qb3 23. c5 dxc5 24. d6 Rd4 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 Rxd6
27. Rxe5 Rd7 28. g4 h6 29. h4 Bd6 30. Rf5 Re7 31. Rd1 Be5
32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Ne8 34. Bxb7 Rxb7 35. Rxe5 c4 36. Rd4 f6
37. Ree4 fxg5 38. Rxc4 Rbb8 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. Re7 Nd6 41. Ra7
Rxc3 42. Rxa6 Ra3 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Bc5 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Nb5
46. Bb6 Ra3 47. Rd8 Ra2 48. Rd5 Na3 49. Rc5 Nc2 50. Rxg5 Ra3
51. Re5 Nb4 52. Rb5 Nc6 53. Rc5 Nb4 54. Rb5 Nc6 55. Kf1 Ra2
56. Ke1 Kg6 57. Kd1 Kf6 58. Kc1 Ke6 59. Kb1 Ra4 60. Kb2 Kd7
61. Rg5 Kc8 62. Kb3 Ra1 63. Kc4 Kb7 64. Rxg7+ Ka6 65. Rg5 Ra3
66. Rf5 Ne7 67. Rf7 Nc6 68. Rf5 Ne7 69. Rf6 Ra4+ 70. Kc5 Nc8
71. f4 Ra1 72. Kc6 Rd1 73. Kc7 Rc1+ 74. Kb8 Kb5 75. Bc7 Ne7
76. Rb6+ Ka4 77. a6 Nd5 78. Rb7 Rg1 79. Bd8 Nb4 80. Rxb4+ 1-0

[Event "Marx Gyorgy Memorial VII"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2009.09.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Peter Acs"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Ng5
Re7 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nf1 Nbd7 15. Ng3 g6 16. Be3 Bg7 17. a4 Nc5
18. Bc2 Nxa4 19. Bxa4 bxa4 20. Qxa4 Qe8 21. Qb4 c6 22. c4 c5
23. Qb6 Qd8 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. b4 cxb4 26. c5 dxc5 27. Bxc5
Ree8 28. Bxb4 Rc8 29. Reb1 Rc4 30. Bd6 Bc8 31. Rb8 Bf8
32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Re1 a5 34. Ra8 a4 35. Nf3 Nd7 36. Rb1 f6
37. Ra7 Re7 38. Nd2 Rc2 39. Nf3 Nc5 40. Ra8 Re8 41. Rb6 Kf7
42. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marx Gyorgy Memorial VII"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ferenc Berkes"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7
12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O a5
17. h3 Nce4 18. Qb1 Nd6 19. Ba6 Ra8 20. Be2 Rc8 21. Rfe1 Nf5
22. Bc1 Rc5 23. g4 Nd6 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Nb3 Rxd5 26. Be3 Rxd1
27. Rxd1 Qc7 28. Rc1 Qd8 29. Bf3 e6 30. Qd3 Nd5 31. Bxd5 exd5
32. Qxd5 Bxb2 33. Rd1 Nb7 34. Qxd8 Nxd8 35. Nxa5 Ne6 36. Nc6
Bc3 37. Rb1 Ra8 38. Nxb4 Bxb4 39. Rxb4 Rxa2 40. Bh6 Ra8
41. Rb7 Re8 42. Kg2 Nd4 43. Rd7 Nc6 44. Rc7 Ne7 45. Kg3 f6
46. Bd2 g5 47. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marx Gyorgy Memorial VII"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2009.10.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Na3 Rd8
12. Ne2 Qe8 13. Qe1 f5 14. h3 fxe4 15. fxe4 Be6 16. d5 Ne5
17. Bd4 Bf7 18. Qg3 Nbd7 19. Kb1 c6 20. Nf4 e6 21. dxc6 bxc6
22. Be2 Qe7 23. h4 h6 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Ne5
27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bb3 Qd6 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Nd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3
Qa5 32. Rd1 Kg7 33. Qf4 Qb5 34. g4 Nd3 35. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Marx Gyorgy Memorial VII"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2009.10.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5
h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O
Rd8 12. Qe4 Qe7 13. Bc4 Nf6 14. Qe2 a6 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Kb1 c5
17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. Bd3
Kf8 22. f4 Rd8 23. g3 a5 24. Re1 b6 25. a3 Rd5 26. Bc4 Rd4
27. Bd3 Rd5 28. Bc4 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marx Gyorgy Memorial VII"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Acs"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6
7. Re1 Bg4 8. d3 Qb6 9. Ba4 Qa6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. h3 Be6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 c5 15. d5 Bd7 16. Nb1 Ba4
17. Qd2 Rab8 18. Nc3 Rb4 19. Rb1 Bb5 20. a3 Rb3 21. e5 Nd7
22. Qd1 Bc4 23. Bg5 Rfb8 24. Bxe7 dxe5 25. Nd2 Rxb2 26. Rxb2
Rxb2 27. Qg4 Bb5 28. Nxb5 f5 29. Qe2 Qxb5 30. Qxb5 Rxb5
31. Nc4 Rb3 32. f4 e4 33. g4 Rd3 34. d6 Rc3 35. Ne5 Bxe5
36. fxe5 Nxe5 37. gxf5 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nxe1 39. d7 Rd3 40. d8=Q+
Rxd8 41. Bxd8 Nc2 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. Be7 Nxa3 44. Bxc5 Nb5
45. Ke2 a5 46. Ke3 a4 47. Kxe4 a3 48. Bxa3 Nxa3 49. Kf4 Kg7
50. Kg5 Nc4 51. h4 Nd6 52. h5 Nf7+ 53. Kg4 g5 0-1

[Event "Marx Gyorgy Memorial VII"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "28"]

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

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.10.19"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oleg Yaksin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Ne5 Be6 9. e4 Bg7 10. f4 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7
12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. e5 b5 15. d3 b4 16. Be3 Rfc8
17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. cxb4 cxb4 20. Bxa7 Rb5 21. a4
bxa3 22. Rxa3 Qc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Kf7
26. d4 Bh6 27. g3 g5 28. Bh5+ Kg7 29. Bc5 Rb1+ 30. Kf2 Rb2+
31. Ke3 Bd5 32. Ra7 gxf4+ 33. Kd3 Bg5 34. gxf4 Kh6 35. fxg5+
Kxh5 36. Rxe7 f4 37. Rxh7+ Kxg5 38. Rg7+ Kf5 39. Be7 f3
40. Bh4 f2 41. Bxf2 Rxf2 42. Rd7 Be6 43. Rd6 Rxh2 44. d5 Kxe5
45. Rxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.10.20"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Igor Malakhov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6
7. Ng5 Be7 8. f4 Nc6 9. O-O Bxg5 10. fxg5 Nge7 11. Be3 O-O
12. Ne2 e5 13. c3 Bc8 14. Qd2 Be6 15. h4 Bg4 16. Kh2 Rb8
17. Ng1 b4 18. Nh3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qb6 20. Rac1 Qa5 21. Rc2 Rbd8
22. Nf2 Be6 23. h5 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. h6 d5 26. hxg7 Rf7
27. Qe2 c4 28. Ng4 cxd3 29. Nh6+ Kxg7 30. Qh5 Rff8 31. Rcf2
Bg6 32. Rf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxf7+ Kh8 34. Qf3 Ng8 35. Rb7 Nb8
36. Bb6 Qb5 37. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.10.21"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Thal Abergel"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. c4 Nb4 10. c5 Qb8 11. f4 Ba6
12. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vitaly Shinkevich"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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 a5 10. d4 a4 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Na3 Qb8
13. Bg5 Rd8 14. Bd3 b4 15. Nc4 h6 16. Bh4 Be8 17. Rb1 bxc3
18. bxc3 Qa7 19. Ne3 Nh7 20. Bg3 Ng5 21. d5 Na5 22. Nf5 Nxf3+
23. Qxf3 Bf8 24. Bh4 f6 25. Bb5 Kh7 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Re3 c6
28. Bxf6 Qf7 29. Bh4 g6 30. Nd4 Qxf3 31. Nxf3 g5 32. Bg3 Reb8
33. Rb4 Rxb4 34. cxb4 Nc4 35. Rc3 cxd5 36. exd5 Nb6 37. Rc7+
Kg8 38. Nd2 Nxd5 39. Rb7 Rc8 40. a3 Rc3 41. b5 Rxa3 42. b6 Ra2
43. Nc4 Rc2 44. Ne3 Nxe3 45. fxe3 Rb2 46. Ra7 Rxb6 47. Rxa4
Kf7 48. h4 gxh4 49. Rxh4 Kg6 50. Ra4 Be7 51. Kf2 Bg5 52. Bh4
Rb2+ 53. Kf3 Bxh4 54. Rxh4 d5 55. Rg4+ Kf5 56. Rh4 Kg5
57. Rg4+ Kf6 58. Rh4 Rb3 59. Rxh6+ Kg5 60. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Romanenko"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. a3 Bb7
12. Bd3 Be7 13. Kb1 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. fxg5 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nfd7
17. Qh5 Ng6 18. Bg3 hxg5 19. Qf3 Nge5 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Na5 Na4
22. Nxa4 Qxa5 23. Nc5 Bc6 24. Nb3 Qb6 25. Bf2 Qc7 26. Nd4 Bd7
27. Nf3 Nc4 28. Bd4 e5 29. Bf2 Be6 30. h4 g4 31. Nd2 Rc8
32. h5 Nxb2 33. Kxb2 Qc3+ 34. Kb1 Qxa3 35. Nb3 Rc3 36. Bxb5+
axb5 37. Qxb5+ Bd7 38. Qb8+ Rc8 39. Qa7 Qb4 40. Qe3 Be6
41. Be1 Qa4 42. Kb2 Rxc2+ 43. Kxc2 Qa2+ 44. Kd3 Qxb3+ 45. Bc3
Qa2 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sabino Brunello"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qe2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Rd1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qe7 14. h4 c6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Be1 Nc4
17. b3 Ne5 18. Bg2 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1 21. Nxd1
Qc5 22. f3 Bf5 23. Nf2 Qc2 24. Qxc2 Bxc2 25. f4 Nd3 26. Nxd3
Bxd3 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 f5 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Kd3 Ke6 31. Kc4
b6 32. a4 Kd6 33. Bf2 Bb2 34. b4 Bf6 35. b5 Bb2 36. Be1 Bc1
37. Bf2 c5 38. Bg1 Ba3 39. g4 fxg4 40. Bh2 Ke6 41. e4 Bb2
42. a5 bxa5 43. Kxc5 Bc3 44. Bg3 a4 45. Kc4 Bd2 46. Bf2 Bxf4
47. Bxa7 g3 48. Bd4 g2 49. b6 Kd7 50. Kb4 Bh2 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O Nd7 9. d3 Bd6 10. Ne2 c5 11. Ng3 Nb8
12. Nf5 Nc6 13. N3h4 Be7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nf3 f6 16. Be3 Be6
17. b3 b6 18. Nd2 g5 19. h4 h6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. g4 a5 22. a4
Kf7 23. Kg2 Rh8 24. f3 Qd7 25. Rh1 Ne7 26. Qe2 Ng6 27. Rxh8
Rxh8 28. Rh1 Qd8 29. Rxh8 Qxh8 30. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2009.12.30"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Konstantin Landa"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O
7. Be2 a6 8. Be3 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. Bd2
Qc7 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2009.12.31"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Michele Godena"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. h3 Bh5
12. d3 Qa6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bd5 h6 16. Bh4 b4
17. Nbd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 O-O 19. Qa1 Ra8 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Rb1
Na5 22. Bg3 Bb6 23. Nh4 Bh7 24. Nf5 Kf8 25. Ne3 Ra7 26. Kf1
Bxe3 27. fxe3 Nb6 28. Ke2 Nb7 29. Bxb7 Rxb7 30. c4 f6 31. c5
dxc5 32. Rb5 Ra7 33. Rxc5 Nd7 34. Rc2 c5 35. Nb3 Ke7 36. Be1
Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Nc5
12. Nd2 Be6 13. Bf3 Rfd8 14. b4 Nb3 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nxa1
17. dxe6 d5 18. exf7+ Kf8 19. Qxa1 d4 20. Ne4 dxe3 21. fxe3
Bxb4 22. Ng5 Qc3 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Nxh7+ Ke7
26. Bxa6 Bxa5 27. f8=Q+ Rxf8 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Rxf8 Kxf8
30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Kf3 Bb6 32. h4 Kf6 33. Ke4 Bc5 34. Bb5 g6
35. Be8 Bb6 36. c4 Ba7 37. g4 Bc5 38. g5+ Kg7 39. Kd5 Bxe3
40. c5 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Be7 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 O-O
12. Nbd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne5 Ra7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Be3
Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bf6 19. Qb1 h5 20. Qa2 h4 21. Rf1
Qd5+ 22. Rf3 Rc7 23. Ne4 c4 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. gxh4 Kh7
26. Raf1 Rg8+ 27. Kh1 b3 28. Qb1 cxd3 29. cxd3 Rc2 30. e4 Qd6
31. R1f2 Qc5 32. d4 Qxd4 33. Qe1 Qxb2 34. Qa5 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2010.01.04"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zoltan Almasi"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6
7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 h5 12. Nc3
h4 13. Nge2 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. h3 Bc6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Nec3
Rb8 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Ne3 Bd4 20. Nxc4 Rb4 21. Qd3 Qf6 22. Be3
Bb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Nb6 Qe6 25. Nd5 Rc4 26. b3 Bxa1 27. bxc4
bxc4 28. Qxc4 Bf6 29. Qd3 Bd8 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. Nxf6 Bxf6
32. Qxd6+ Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Kg7 34. Bxc5 Rb8 35. Rd1 Rb2 36. a3 g5
37. Kf1 Ra2 38. Rd5 Kg6 39. Bb4 Bb2 40. Rd3 f6 41. Ke1 Kf7
42. Kd1 Kg6 43. Bc5 Kf7 44. Rd7+ Kg6 45. Ra7 Bc3 46. Be3 Be5
47. a4 Bc3 48. Bb6 Rb2 49. Be3 Ra2 50. Bc5 Rd2+ 51. Kc1 Ra2
52. Bb6 Be1 53. Kb1 Rd2 54. a5 Bxf2 55. Bxf2 Rxf2 56. a6 Rf1+
57. Kb2 Rf2+ 58. Kb3 Rxg2 59. Ra8 Rg3+ 60. Kb4 Re3 61. Re8 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2010.01.05"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Rd8
12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qb6 14. f5 Ng4 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Bxd8
Nxe5 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Rd1 Kf8 19. Bb5 Ke7 20. Na4 Nc4 21. b3
Nd6 22. f6+ gxf6 23. Nxb6 Rb8 24. Ba4 f5 25. c4 Ne4 26. Nxc8+
Rxc8 27. Rd7+ Kf6 28. Rxb7 Rg8 29. g3 Ra8 30. Kb2 Nc5 31. Rb5
Nxa4+ 32. bxa4 Rxa4 33. Kb3 Ra7 34. a4 e5 35. a5 f4 36. gxf4
exf4 37. Kc3 f3 38. Kd3 Re7 39. Rb2 Kf5 40. a6 Kf4 41. Ra2
Re3+ 42. Kd4 Re2 43. Ra1 f2 44. a7 Re4+ 45. Kc3 Re8 46. c5 Re1
47. a8=Q f1=Q 48. Ra4+ Kf5 49. Qd5+ Kf6 50. Qd6+ Kf5 51. Qd7+
Kf6 52. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniele Vocaturo"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nc4 Ba7
12. Be3 b5 13. Ncd2 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 d5 15. Qf1 d4 16. cxd4 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. b4 a5 21. bxa5
Rxa5 22. Nb3 Ra4 23. Re2 Nh5 24. Kh2 Nf4 25. Rd2 Rg6 26. g3
Ne6 27. Rc2 Ng5 28. Qf1 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4
31. Rac1 c6 32. Qe2 Rgd6 33. Qh5 Re6 34. Qe2 Qc7 35. Rc5 Qd7
36. Rd1 f6 37. Qg4 Qe8 38. Qe2 Red6 39. Qc2 Qh5 40. Rd2 Qe8
41. Rd1 Kh7 42. h4 Qd7 43. h5 Qg4 44. f3 Qd7 45. Rc3 b4
46. Rb3 c5 47. Rf1 c4 48. Rxb4 Rxd3 49. Qxc4 R6d4 50. Qb5 Rd2+
51. Rf2 Rxf2+ 52. Kxf2 Rd2+ 53. Ke3 Qd6 54. f4 Rxa2 55. Rb1
Qd4+ 56. Kf3 Rf2+ 57. Kg4 Qxe4 58. Rg1 f5+ 59. Kh3 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.09"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6
12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 exd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. f4 f6
17. f5 Bd7 18. Nf4 Nc6 19. Bb5 Ne5 20. Qxd4 g5 21. Ne6+ Bxe6
22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. fxe6 Ng6 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. e5 fxe5 26. Rf7+
Kg8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxa7 Kf8 29. Rxh7 e4 30. Bd7 Kg8 31. Rf7
Rf8 32. Rf2 Rf4 33. g3 e3 34. Rxf4 gxf4 35. gxf4 Kg7 36. Kf1
Kf6 37. Ke2 Nxf4+ 38. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.10"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Darwin Laylo"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. O-O d6 8. Kh1 Nbd7 9. f4 b5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. e5
dxe5 13. fxe5 Nfd7 14. Rae1 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bc5 16. Qg4 Bxd4
17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Bg5 Rae8 19. Re3 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 f6 21. Rc5 Qd8
22. Be3 Qxd4 23. Bxd4 Rd8 24. Ne2 e5 25. Rc7 Rf7 26. Rfc1 exd4
27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Rc7+ Kg6 29. Rxb7 Re8 30. Ng1 Re3 31. Rb6
Rxd3 32. Rxa6 Rd2 33. b3 Kf5 34. h3 d3 35. Nf3 Rb2 36. Kh2 b4
37. Kg3 g5 38. Rd6 Rxa2 39. Rxd3 Rb2 40. Re3 h5 41. h4 Kg6
42. Nd4 Rd2 43. Nc6 gxh4+ 44. Kh3 Kg5 45. Nxb4 Rd1 46. Kh2 f5
47. Nd3 f4 48. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.11"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Borki Predojevic"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5
12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nbd2 cxd4 16. Bb2 Nfd7
17. Qb1 Rc8 18. Nxd4 Bg5 19. Nf1 Ne5 20. Ne3 Bf4 21. g3 Bxe3
22. Rxe3 Bh3 23. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.12"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Pavel Tregubov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6
Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. a4
O-O 12. f4 b6 13. Qh5 Rd8 14. Rf3 g6 15. Qh6 Bf8 16. Qh4 Be7
17. Qf2 c5 18. f5 exf5 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. c4 Be6 21. exf5 Bxd5
22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Rf1 Re8 24. h4 Bd6 25. h5 gxh5 26. Qh4 Be5
27. f6 Kh8 28. Qxh5 Qe4 29. Bh6 Rg8 30. Qxf7 Qg4 31. Bg7+ Rxg7
32. Qxg7+ Qxg7 33. fxg7+ Bxg7 34. b3 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Rf7
c4 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Rc7 Bd4+ 39. Kh1 c3 40. Re1 Bf6 41. Re4
h6 42. Kh2 Bg7 43. Ree7 Bf6 44. Re6 Rf8 45. Kh3 Kg8 46. Kg4
Rf7 47. Rxf7 Kxf7 48. Kf5 Bg5 49. Rc6 Bd2 50. Rc7+ Ke8 51. Ke6
Kd8 52. Rc5 Be1 53. Kd6 Bd2 54. Rc4 Ke8 55. Ke6 Kd8 56. Rc6
Be1 57. Rc5 Bd2 58. Rc4 Be1 59. Kd6 Bd2 60. g3 Ke8 61. Rc7 Kd8
62. Rc6 Ke8 63. Ke6 Kd8 64. g4 Be1 65. Kd5 Bd2 66. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Farrukh Amonatov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3
Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Bb3 Qa6 9. Bc2 O-O 10. b4 Bxd4 11. cxd4 Nc4
12. O-O d5 13. Nc3 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf5 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Qb3 Be6
17. b5 Qa5 18. d5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bd7 20. e4 Ng6 21. Kh1 Ne5
22. a4 Qb6 23. a5 Qe3 24. Rae1 Qd4 25. Rd1 Qe3 26. Rfe1 Qc5
27. Be2 Qd6 28. Rf1 Rde8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Zaven Andriasian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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. Bb3 Be6 11. Qe2 Na5
12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nh5 15. Ne1 g6 16. Bh6 Rfd8
17. Nd3 Bf8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Qe3 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Kg7 21. Rd2 h6
22. Qe3 Nf6 23. Rad1 Rac8 24. h3 Qa5 25. Kh1 Rd7 26. f4 exf4
27. Nxf4 Qe5 28. Nd3 Qg5 29. Nf4 Qe5 30. Nd3 Qg5 31. Qf2 Nh5
32. Kh2 Kg8 33. Rf1 a5 34. Re2 Ng7 35. Re3 Rdc7 36. Rg3 Qe7
37. Nf4 Rc5 38. Nfd5 Bxd5 39. Nxd5 Qe6 40. c3 Nh5 41. Re3 b5
42. g4 Ng7 43. Qf4 g5 44. Qf2 Rf8 45. Rf3 f5 46. gxf5 Qxe4
47. Ne3 Kh8 48. Qg3 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Qe1 Nd7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8
12. Nd2 Ne5 13. Rd1 c5 14. Ne2 Qh4 15. Ng3 Nc6 16. f4 Bg4
17. Rb1 f6 18. e5 fxe5 19. f5 Rf8 20. Qe4 h5 21. Nc4 Rf7
22. Rf2 Raf8 23. Rbf1 Kh8 24. Ne3 Be7 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Ba3 b6
27. Ne3 Nd4 28. Bc1 Bg5 29. c3 Nb5 30. Nxg4 hxg4 31. Bxg5 Qxg5
32. c4 Nd6 33. Qxe5 a5 34. Kh1 Re7 35. Qb2 Ne4 36. Nxe4 Rxe4
37. g3 Rf6 38. Qc2 Qe3 39. Rd2 Rh6 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Rd2 Rd6
42. Rdf2 Kg8 43. Qb2 Qd4 44. Qc1 Qe3 45. Qb2 Red4 46. Re2 Qg5
47. Re8+ Kh7 48. Qb1 Rf6 49. Re2 Kg8 50. Qc2 Rf8 51. Rff2 Qd8
52. Kg1 Rd1+ 53. Kg2 Rd4 54. Re1 Re8 55. Rxe8+ Qxe8 56. f6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g3 Nf6
7. Bg2 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nce2 O-O 10. b3 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5
12. exf5 d5 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. c4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2
17. Bxd2 Rxd5 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Nc3
Rd7 22. Ne4 f6 23. Kf1 Nb4 24. g4 Kf7 25. Bd2 Nc6 26. Be3 Nb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.17"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O c5 8. e4 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5 Na6 11. Qa4 Ndb4 12. a3
Nd3 13. Qh4 Nxc1 14. Rxc1 Nxc5 15. Rxc5 Qd1+ 16. Bf1 Qxf3
17. Nc3 b6 18. Bg2 Qg4 19. Qxe7 bxc5 20. Bxa8 Be6 21. Qxa7
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.06"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Manfred Boehnisch"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Ndb4
12. Bf4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. a3 Bd6 16. Ng5 g6
17. Qh3 h5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxd6 Rf6 20. Ne4 Rf5 21. Qg3 g5
22. h4 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.07"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rene Stern"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5
7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 10. Bd2 Rd8 11. Qxd8+
Qxd8 12. Bxc3 Qc7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. Bxb4 Na6 16. O-O
Nxc5 17. Rfc1 b6 18. Rc3 Bb7 19. Rac1 Qd6 20. h3 Qf6 21. Bxc5
bxc5 22. Ne1 Ra4 23. Bf3 Ba6 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Ra5
26. Rdc3 Qd6 27. a4 Rxa4 28. Rxc5 h5 29. Rc6 Qe5 30. R6c5 Qf6
31. Rc6 e6 32. R6c4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qa2 35. Rc8+
Kg7 36. Kg1 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qb2 38. Kg1 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qa2 40. Kg1
Qb1+ 41. Kh2 e5 42. e4 h4 43. Rc7 Qb2 44. Kg1 Qd2 45. Kf1 Kh6
46. Rc5 f5 47. Rd5 Qc1+ 48. Rd1 Qc4+ 49. Kg1 fxe4 50. Bg4 Qc3
51. Kf1 e3 52. fxe3 Qxe3 53. Re1 Qd3+ 54. Be2 Qd4 55. Bf3 g5
56. Re4 Qc5 57. Rg4 Kg6 58. Be4+ Kf6 59. Bf3 Qb6 60. Re4 Kf5
61. Rg4 Qe3 62. Rc4 Qd3+ 63. Be2 Qb1+ 64. Kf2 e4 65. Rc6 e3+
0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.08"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5
Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd3 Qd7 11. Rd1
Be7 12. Be3 Qf5 13. Qc3 Qg6 14. e6 O-O 15. Qxc6 Bxe6 16. Nc3
Rfd8 17. Nb5 Bf6 18. Bf4 d4 19. Bg3 h5 20. h4 Bd5 21. Qc5 Be4
22. Kh2 c6 23. Nd6 Bd5 24. Nb7 Rd7 25. Na5 Bxh4 26. Rg1 Bd8
27. Nc4 h4 28. Be5 f6 29. Bd6 Qf7 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.09"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luca Shytaj"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4
Nxd4 7. Bg5 d6 8. f4 Be6 9. Na3 Nc6 10. c3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. Qb3 Rb8 13. f5 Bd7 14. Qd1 Ne7 15. Qc2 Bc6 16. Qd3 Qh4
17. Rae1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.10"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7
7. O-O Ngf6 8. Kh1 b5 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. b4 Nxd3
12. cxd3 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. a4 Rc8 15. Rac1 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Nd7
17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Nb3 Bc6 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Nd4 Ba8 21. b5 axb5
22. Ndxb5 e5 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Na3 Rb3 25. Qa2 Qb8 26. Nc4 d5
27. Nxe5 Rb2 28. Qa4 Rb4 29. Qa2 Rb2 30. Qa4 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4
exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bh4 Qh6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Bg3 Bd6
12. e5 Bc5 13. Qd3 Bb6 14. Nbd2 Ne7 15. Nc4 O-O 16. Nxb6 cxb6
17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. exd6 Nf5 19. Ne5 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Be6 21. f4 f6
22. f5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 fxe5 24. Rxe5 Rae8 25. Rae1 Rxe5 26. Rxe5
Rd8 27. Re7 Rxd6 28. Rxb7 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 b5 30. Rb6 Rb1 31. b3
Rb2 32. Rxc6 Rxa2 33. g4 a5 34. Rc5 a4 35. Rxb5 Rxc2 36. bxa4
Rc4 37. a5 Rxg4 38. a6 Ra4 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. a7 h5
42. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Torsten Sarbok"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 Nf6
12. Bg5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rad1 Nxe3
17. fxe3 Qa5 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. e4 Rac8 20. e5 Nb8 21. Qe2 Bc6
22. Bb1 Qa6 23. Qc2 g6 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Qf4 Nd7 26. h4 Nb6
27. Nh2 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Ng4 g5 30. Qe3 Rh8 31. Rf2 Rc7
32. Rdf1 Bd8 33. Nf6 Bc4 34. Re1 Kf8 35. Kg1 gxh4 36. Qh3 Qa5
37. b4 Qa4 38. Bc2 Qb5 39. Qxh4 Bd3 40. Bxd3 Qxd3 41. d5 exd5
42. e6 Re7 43. Kh1 Rxe6 44. Rxe6 fxe6 45. Ng4+ Ke8 46. Qh5+
Ke7 47. Rf7+ Kd6 48. Qe5+ Kc6 49. Qxe6+ Kb5 50. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d5 5. Nxe5 dxe4 6. d4
exd3 7. Qf3 Be6 8. Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7
11. Qe4+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Bxe7 13. Be3 Rb8 14. b3 a5 15. Nd2 O-O
16. f3 a4 17. Kf2 Rfe8 18. Rhe1 Be6 19. b4 c5 20. a3 Rec8
21. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 22. bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rab1 Rbc8 24. Rec1 Re5
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Ne4 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. e3 Nxd2
7. Qxd2 Bg4 8. Ne5 Be6 9. Nd3 O-O 10. Be2 Bf5 11. O-O Nd7
12. Nc5 b6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 c5 16. bxc5 bxc5
17. d5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Be4 19. Qc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qg4+ 21. Kh1
Qf3+ 22. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Arman Pashikian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 Re8
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Rhg1 a6
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. g4 Nxg4 14. Bg3 Rb8 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Qc8
17. h3 Qb7 18. b3 Nf6 19. Bf4 Kh8 20. Qe3 Bf8 21. Bxh6 gxh6
22. Qf4 Re6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Be8 25. Ndc4 Rd8 26. Qf5 c5
27. d5 Rxd5 28. Ng6+ fxg6 29. Qxe6 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Bg7 31. Rd8
Kh7 32. Ne5 Qh1+ 33. Kb2 Qe4 34. f3 Qe3 35. Qe7 Bb5 36. f4
Qxf4 37. Rh8+ Kxh8 38. Nxg6+ Kh7 39. Nxf4 Ng8+ 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeniy Podolchenko"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4
Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. d5 Rd8 14. Ke1 Nb4 15. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2010.04.05"]
[EventDate "2010.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "M Ayyad Maher"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5
Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Qd6 11. O-O c6
12. h3 Nd7 13. Rb1 a5 14. a3 Re8 15. Re1 Nf6 16. b4 b5 17. Qb3
Bf5 18. Rb2 Nd7 19. g4 Be6 20. bxa5 Reb8 21. Nb1 Rxa5 22. Qc3
Raa8 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Nfd2 Nb6 25. Rbc2 Nc4 26. Nb3 Re8 27. Nc5
Bc8 28. a4 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 Rxe3 31. Qd2 Qxh3+
32. Ke1 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2010.04.06"]
[EventDate "2010.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ramnath Bhuvanesh"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6
7. O-O Nh6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Nc4 Nf7 11. Be3 Qc7
12. Qe2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Rae1 Rae8 15. Bd2 e5 16. Bc3 e4
17. Nh4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bc8 19. f4 Qd8 20. Qf2 exd3 21. Rd1 Qf6
22. cxd3 Qxc3 23. Qg3 b5 24. Nd2 Re2 25. Ndf3 Qf6 26. Kh1 Re3
27. Rc1 Bf5 28. Qf2 Rxd3 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. Rxc5 Qxf4 31. Qc2
Rxa3 32. Nh2 Qa4 33. Qc1 h5 34. Rxc6 Kg7 35. Qb2+ Kh7 36. Rc8
Rb3 37. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2010.04.08"]
[EventDate "2010.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Konstantine Shanava"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 Rxc3 11. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. exd6 e6 14. Be7 Bxe7 15. dxe7 Nxc3
16. Bd3 Kxe7 17. Kd2 Na4 18. Rhb1 Bc6 19. Rb4 Rd8 20. g4 Nc5
21. Re1 b5 22. Re5 Nd7 23. Rg5 g6 24. Rgxb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Nb6
26. Ke3 Rd5 27. a4 Kd6 28. g5 Rxb5 29. Bxb5 Nd5+ 30. Ke4 f5+
31. gxf6 Nxf6+ 32. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[EventDate "2010.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rajaram R Laxman"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. Kc2 e5 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. Nd2 Bd7
12. f3 h5 13. h4 a5 14. b3 Ne6 15. g3 Bc5 16. Nc4 b5 17. Bxc5
Nxc5 18. Ne3 c6 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Ke7 21. a3 Rhd8 22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nb7 25. Rh1 Ra8 26. Kb2 Nd6 27. Ra1
Rxa1 28. Kxa1 Ke6 29. Kb1 f5 30. exf5+ Nxf5 31. Nf1 Kd5
32. Kc2 e4 33. f4 c5 0-1

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[EventDate "2010.04.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Zaur Mammadov"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bg5 b6
12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. a3 Nd5 15. h4 g6 16. Ba2 Nxc3
17. bxc3 Na5 18. Bh6 Bxa3 19. Bxf8 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Qxf8 21. Ne5
Bd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qf4 Nc4 24. Nd7 Qd6 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Qg4
Qxf6 27. Qxc8 Nd6 28. Qc6 Ne4 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. c4 a5 31. f3
Nc3 32. c5 bxc5 33. dxc5 Nb5 34. Rb1 Nd4 35. Rd1 Nc6 36. Rxd5
Ke7 37. Rd6 Nb4 38. Kf2 h5 39. Ke2 f6 40. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2010.04.11"]
[EventDate "2010.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5
7. d4 Be6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Qa4+ Qd7
12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O Bc5 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bh6 O-O-O 16. Bf4
Nb6 17. Rac1 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. g3 b5 20. b3 Ba3 21. bxc4
Bxc1 22. Rxc1 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4+ Kd7 25. Rc7+ Ke6
26. Rxa7 Ra8 27. Rb7 Rxa2 28. Rb6+ Kf5 29. Rb5+ Ke6 30. Rb6+
Kf5 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2010.04.12"]
[EventDate "2010.04.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vladimir Baklan"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Qe1 Qa5 11. f4 Be7
12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Rf1 Rhf8 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Bf2 d5
17. e5 Nd7 18. Ne2 Nc5 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Qe3 Bd7 21. Nb3 g6
22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Ba4 24. Rc1 Bxb3 25. Bxb3 Rfd8 26. Rfd1
b6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bc4 a5 29. Be2 Qc6 30. Bf3 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2010.04.13"]
[EventDate "2010.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Hrant Melkumyan"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. d3 Bd6 9. Ne2 c5 10. c3 Nb8 11. a3 Nc6
12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 a5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nexd4
Nxd4 17. Bxd4 b6 18. Bc3 Re8 19. Re1 Bb7 20. Qd4 Bf8 21. Qa4
Re6 22. Rad1 Qe8 23. Qxe8 Raxe8 24. e5 f6 25. exf6 Bxf3
26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. gxf3 gxf6 28. f4 Rc6 29. Rd3 Kf7 30. f5 Bd6
31. Bd4 Be7 32. Rc3 Rd6 33. Be3 c5 34. Rc4 Bf8 35. Rh4 h6
36. Kg2 Rd1 37. Rc4 Rd5 38. Rh4 Rd3 39. Re4 Rb3 40. Bc1 Bd6
41. Re3 Rb5 42. Rd3 Ke7 43. b3 h5 44. Bd2 c4 45. bxc4 Rxf5
46. Rb3 Bc5 47. Be3 Kd6 48. Bxc5+ bxc5 49. Rd3+ Ke6 50. Re3+
Kf7 51. Kg3 h4+ 52. Kxh4 Rxf2 53. Rc3 Rg2 54. Rf3 Ke6 55. Re3+
Kf5 56. Kh5 Rg8 57. Rf3+ Ke5 58. Rd3 f5 59. Rd5+ Ke4 60. Rxc5
f4 61. Rxa5 f3 62. Ra7 Rf8 63. Re7+ Kf5 64. Kh6 f2 65. Kg7 Rf6
0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2010.08.03"]
[EventDate "2010.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Davit Lomsadze"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Rb1 Qc7
7. h3 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. exd6 exd6
12. Bd3 Re8+ 13. Be3 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qc7 15. O-O Nd7 16. Qd2 Nb6
17. Bh6 Nc4 18. Qf4 Be6 19. h4 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Bg4 21. Qf4 Be6
22. Qh6 Bg4 23. Nh2 Qd7 24. Rbe1 Bf5 25. h5 Na3 26. Nf3 Rxe1
27. Rxe1 Nxc2 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Re2 g5 31. Qxd6
Nxd4 32. Re5 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qh7+ 34. Kg1 Qb1+ 35. Ne1 Ne6 36. g3
Rc8 37. Qxd5 Qxb4 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. Qxe6+ Kg7 40. Qd7+ Kf6
41. Nd3 Qc4 42. a3 Qe6 43. Qxb7 Kg6 44. Ne5+ Qxe5 45. Qxc8
Qa1+ 46. Kg2 Qxa3 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. Qe5+ Kg6 49. g4 Qf8
50. Qe4+ Kh6 51. Qe6+ Kg7 52. Qe3 Qa8+ 53. Qe4 Qf8 54. Qe3
Qa8+ 55. f3 Kf6 56. Qc3+ Ke6 57. Qe1+ Kf7 58. Qa5 Ke6 59. Qf5+
Kd6 60. Qf6+ Kd7 61. Qxg5 a5 62. Qb5+ Ke6 63. Qf5+ Kd6
64. Qf6+ Kd7 65. g5 Qd5 66. g6 a4 67. g7 a3 68. Kg3 a2 69. f4
Qb3+ 70. Kh4 Qd5 71. Kg3 Qb3+ 72. Kh4 Qd5 73. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[EventDate "2010.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marcin Krzyzanowski"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Bc1 Nb8 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Bc4 Qa5 10. Qd2 h6 11. Be3 Qc7
12. Be2 e6 13. f4 b5 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. a3 Nc5 16. e5 Nfe4
17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qe2 dxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. O-O-O Bc5 21. g3
O-O 22. Rhe1 f5 23. Bf4 Qf6 24. Nb3 Be7 25. Nd2 Bc5 26. Nb3
Be7 27. Nd2 g5 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Be3 Rad8 30. Bb6 Rde8
31. Nxe4 Qg6 32. Rd7 Bd5 33. Bd4 Rf7 34. Nd6 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Rc8
36. c3 Ba2 37. Qc2 Qxc2+ 38. Kxc2 a5 39. Rb6 Rd7 40. Kd2 Bc4
41. b3 Bxb3 42. Rxb5 a4 43. h4 gxh4 44. Rh5 hxg3 45. Rg1 Kh7
46. Rgh1 Rxd4+ 47. cxd4 g2 48. Rxh6+ Kg7 49. Rh7+ Kg6
50. R1h6+ Kg5 51. Rh5+ Kg4 52. Rh4+ Kg3 53. Rh3+ Kf2 54. Rf7+
Kg1 55. Rfh7 Kf2 56. Rf7+ Kg1 57. Rf6 Rc2+ 58. Kd3 Rf2
59. Rfh6 Kf1 60. Rh1+ g1=Q 61. Rxg1+ Kxg1 62. Kc3 Rc2+ 63. Kd3
Ra2 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[EventDate "2010.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Marcin Sieciechowicz"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nb3
Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O-O Nd5 14. Bg3 Qb6 15. a3 Bd7 16. Be5
Rfc8 17. Kb1 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nd4 Rc5 20. Rhe1 Ba4
21. Ka2 Rac8 22. Rd2 Ra5 23. Bc4 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. c3 e5
26. Nf3 Bb3+ 27. Ka1 Bc4 28. Qd1 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Rd8 30. Qc1 Be6
31. Re2 Qd6 32. Qb1 f6 33. Ne4 Qd1 34. Re1 Qd5 35. f3 Qc4
36. g4 Kf7 37. h4 b5 38. Nf2 a5 39. h5 b4 40. cxb4 axb4
41. Rc1 Qb3 42. Rc7+ Kf8 43. Ra7 Qxf3 44. Qh7 Rd7 45. Qh8+ Kf7
46. Rxd7+ Bxd7 47. Qd8 Qc6 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[EventDate "2010.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Upadhyaya Anwesh"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f4 Be7 11. Kb1 O-O
12. f5 Bc4 13. g4 Nxg4 14. Rg1 Ndf6 15. Bg5 Bxf1 16. Rdxf1 b4
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qh6 Ne8 19. Nd5 Bf6 20. Rf3 Kh8 21. Qh5 g6
22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rxg6 Ra7 24. Rh6 Rg7 25. Nd2 Be7 26. b3 Nf6
27. Nxf6 Rxf6 28. Rhxf6 Bxf6 29. Rf1 Bg5 30. Nc4 Bf4 31. Rd1
Qg5 32. Qe8+ Rg8 33. Qe6 Qh6 34. Qd5 Qxh2 35. Nxd6 Rf8 36. Nf5
Qh5 37. Qd6 Qf7 38. Qxb4 h6 39. Qb6 Qh5 40. Qd6 Rf7 41. Rg1
Kh7 42. Qxa6 Rd7 43. Kb2 Rc7 44. Qb6 Rf7 45. Qe6 Bg5 46. Rh1
Qg6 47. Qxg6+ Kxg6 48. a4 h5 49. a5 Rh7 50. a6 Ra7 51. Ra1 Bd8
52. b4 Kg5 53. b5 Kf4 54. Nd6 h4 55. Nc8 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Benjamin Vincent Hercules"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 c5 11. e6 c4 12. Qd1
Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. h5 Nc6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Nd5
17. Ng5 Rf5 18. Nce4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qd5 20. g4 Rxg5 21. Bg2 Qe6
22. Nxg5 Qxe3+ 23. Qe2 Qxg5 24. Bxc6 Bxg4 25. Rg1 Qh4+ 26. Qf2
Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 28. Kg3 Rc8 29. Bb7 Rc7 30. Kxg4 Rxb7
31. Rg2 b4 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Ke4 Bf6 34. Rc1 Rc7 35. Rcc2 Rc5
36. b3 c3 37. Kd3 a5 38. a3 bxa3 39. Ra2 Rd5+ 40. Kc2 Rd2+
41. Rxd2 cxd2 42. Rxa3 Bc3 43. Ra4 g5 44. Rc4 Bb4 45. Kd1 Kf6
46. Ke2 Kf5 47. Rd4 g4 48. Rd8 Kf4 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2010.08.09"]
[EventDate "2010.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Berik Akkozov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bc4 Qb6 12. Nb3
Nc6 13. h4 Qb4 14. Qd3 b5 15. Bd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. O-O-O
Bf5 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Bh7 21. hxg5 hxg5
22. a4 Kd7 23. Re1 b4 24. Ne4 Rac8 25. Nxg5 Rc5 26. Rh1 Rxd5
27. Nxf7 Rc8 28. Nxd6 Rcc5 29. Rxh7 Rxd4 30. b3 Rcd5 31. Nc4
Rd1+ 32. Kb2 Rg1 33. Ne3 Rd2 34. Bh4 a5 35. Rxe7+ Kc8 36. Nc4
1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2010.08.10"]
[EventDate "2010.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vugar Rasulov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qb6
12. Be3 Qxb2 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Rfc8 15. Rab1 Rc3 16. Qd1
Qxa2 17. Rxb7 Qa6 18. Qb1 Nxe4 19. Nc6 h5 20. Nxe7+ Kh7
21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Bd4 Rg8 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7
25. Qxe4 Rc7 26. Qd4+ Kh7 27. Qf6 Qb5 28. Qg5 Rf7 29. h3 Qc5
30. Kh2 Qd4 31. Re1 Qxf2 32. Re6 Qf4+ 33. Qxf4 Rxf4 34. Rxd6
Kg7 35. Kg3 g5 36. Rd7+ Rf7 37. Rd6 Rf4 38. Rd7+ Rf7 39. Rd6
Kh7 40. h4 g4 41. Re6 Rf5 42. d6 a6 43. d7 Rd5 44. Re5 Rd3+
45. Kf4 Kg6 46. Re7 Kf6 47. Rh7 Kg6 48. Ke4 Rd2 49. Re7 Kf6
50. Re5 Rxd7 51. Rxh5 Rd2 52. g3 Rf2 53. Rg5 Ra2 54. Rf5+ Ke6
55. Rc5 Ra4+ 56. Ke3 Kf6 57. Rd5 Ra3+ 58. Rd3 Ra1 59. Rd4 a5
60. Rf4+ Ke6 61. Rxg4 Ra3+ 62. Kd2 a4 63. Kc2 Rb3 64. h5 Rb5
65. h6 Kf6 66. Rg8 Rh5 67. g4 Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2010.08.11"]
[EventDate "2010.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ilija Golichenko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "263"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 b6
12. Nc4 Bb7 13. f3 Bc6 14. Bf2 g6 15. Ne3 Qb7 16. Bc4 b5
17. Ned5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bd8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ba2 b4 21. Qd2
Rb8 22. Bc4 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qc8 24. Bb3 Nc5 25. Qxd6 Nxb3
26. cxb3 Bc7 27. Qc5 Re8 28. Rfc1 Rb7 29. Ra7 Rd8 30. h4 Rd7
31. Ra6 Qd8 32. Rc6 Kg7 33. Kh2 Bd6 34. Qc4 Bc7 35. Qa6 Rb8
36. Bg3 f6 37. Qc4 Bb6 38. Ra1 Bd4 39. Raa6 Bb6 40. Qe6 Bd4
41. h5 Rf7 42. Rd6 Qf8 43. Qg4 Rd8 44. Rdc6 Ra8 45. Rxa8 Qxa8
46. Qe6 Be3 47. Bh4 g5 48. Be1 Qb7 49. Rc8 Qd7 50. Qxd7 Rxd7
51. Bxb4 Rb7 52. Rc4 Kh6 53. g4 Kg7 54. Ba3 h6 55. b4 Rd7
56. Rc2 Kf7 57. Kg2 Rd1 58. b5 Rg1+ 59. Kh2 Rf1 60. Re2 Bd4
61. Kg3 Rg1+ 62. Rg2 Rc1 63. Bb4 Rb1 64. Rc2 Rg1+ 65. Kh2 Rf1
66. Kg2 Rg1+ 67. Kh2 Rf1 68. Kg3 Rg1+ 69. Rg2 Rb1 70. Bc3 Bc5
71. Rc2 Be3 72. Bd2 Bd4 73. Bc1 Ke6 74. b6 Bxb6 75. Rc6+ Kf7
76. Bxg5 Bf2+ 77. Kxf2 Rxb2+ 78. Ke3 hxg5 79. Rc7+ Kg8 80. Kd3
Rf2 81. Ke3 Ra2 82. h6 Ra3+ 83. Kf2 Ra2+ 84. Kg3 Ra6 85. h7+
Kh8 86. Rf7 Rb6 87. Kf2 Ra6 88. Ke2 Rb6 89. Kd2 Ra6 90. Kc2
Rb6 91. Kc3 Rc6+ 92. Kb4 Rb6+ 93. Kc5 Ra6 94. Kb5 Rd6 95. Kc5
Ra6 96. Kd5 Rb6 97. Ra7 Rb3 98. Ke6 Rxf3 99. Kf7 Kxh7 100. Ra1
Rh3 101. Kxf6 Kh6 102. Rf1 Rh2 103. Rf5 Ra2 104. Rxg5 Ra6+
105. Kf5 Rb6 106. Rh5+ Kg7 107. Kxe5 Rb5+ 108. Kf4 Rb1
109. Ra5 Kg6 110. Ra6+ Kf7 111. Ra7+ Kg6 112. Ra6+ Kf7 113. e5
Rf1+ 114. Kg5 Re1 115. e6+ Ke7 116. Kg6 Rg1 117. g5 Rg2
118. Kh6 Rh2+ 119. Kg7 Rg2 120. g6 Rg1 121. Kh7 Rh1+ 122. Kg8
Rg1 123. g7 Rh1 124. Ra7+ Ke8 125. Ra8+ Ke7 126. Ra7+ Ke8
127. Rf7 Rh2 128. e7 Rh1 129. Rf8+ Kxe7 130. Rf2 Rh3 131. Re2+
Kd7 132. Re4 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[EventDate "2010.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Stef Soors"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Nd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Bc4 Qc5 13. Bb3 O-O 14. O-O Nce7 15. Qe2 Ng6 16. Rfe1 b6
17. Rad1 Bb7 18. g3 Rad8 19. h4 Rfe8 20. Ba4 Rf8 21. Ng5 e5
22. Nf5 h6 23. Ne4 Qc7 24. Qh5 Nde7 25. Bc2 Nxf5 26. Qxf5 Bc8
27. Qf3 Be6 28. h5 Ne7 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. g4 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rd8
32. Re1 Ng8 33. Nxg8 Kxg8 34. Qe4 Rd2 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1
Kf8 37. Bb3 Bxb3 38. axb3 Qd7 39. Kg2 f6 40. Kg3 Kg8 41. c4
Qe7 42. Qd5+ Kh8 43. Kf3 Qb4 44. Ke4 Qxb3 45. Kf5 Qa4 46. Kg6
Qe8+ 47. Qf7 Qg8 48. Qe7 Qh7+ 49. Kf7 Qg8+ 50. Kg6 a5 51. b3
Qh7+ 52. Kf7 Qg8+ 53. Kg6 Qh7+ 54. Kf7 Qg8+ 55. Kg6 Qh7+
56. Kf7 Qg8+ 57. Kg6 Qh7+ 58. Kf7 Qg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[EventDate "2010.08.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Andrey Baryshpolets"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. f5 Bd7 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Bh5 O-O 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 Rac8
17. Rd3 Qc5 18. Rg3+ Kh8 19. Qd2 exf5 20. Nf4 Be6 21. Bg6
Qxc2+ 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Kxc2 hxg6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Re1 e5
26. Rxg6 fxe4 27. Rxe4 Kh7 28. Rg3 f5 29. Rxb4 f4 30. Rg4 Rf7
31. Rb3 Kh8 32. Rh3+ Rh7 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. b4 d5 35. Kb3 Bd6
36. Rg5 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[EventDate "2010.08.03"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasif Durarbayli"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. h3 b5 5. d4 Nbd7 6. dxc5
Nxc5 7. Ng3 a6 8. Be3 e6 9. b4 Ncd7 10. a4 d5 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Qd2 Bd6 13. exd5 O-O 14. Nge4 Be5 15. d6 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qc6
17. f4 Qxe4 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Qd4 Qxc2 20. Rc1 Qf5 21. Be2 f6
22. Bg4 Qg6 23. Be2 Qf5 24. Bg4 Qg6 25. Rxc8 Raxc8 26. Bxe6+
Kh8 27. O-O Rce8 28. Bf5 Qf7 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rc1 Nc4 31. Bf4
Rd8 32. Qc5 g6 33. Bg4 h5 34. Bf3 Rc8 35. Qd4 Ne5 36. Be2
Rxc1+ 37. Bxc1 Qd7 38. Bf4 Re8 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Nxg4
41. Bf3 Ne5 42. Bg2 Re6 43. Be3 Rxd6 44. Qh4+ Kg8 45. Kf2 Ng4+
0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2010.08.15"]
[EventDate "2010.08.03"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Falko Bindrich"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 17. Bg5 Qc7
18. b4 Nf8 19. Qc2 Ne6 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Red1 Nb6 22. dxe5 dxe5
23. a5 Na4 24. Rxa4 bxa4 25. Bb6 Qc8 26. Qxa4 Re7 27. Bc4 Rd7
28. Kh2 Qe8 29. Qb3 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qe7 31. Ne1 Bc8 32. Nd3 Nf4
33. Nc5 Ne6 34. Nf1 Nxc5 35. Bxc5 Qe8 36. Qd3 Bh6 37. Ne3 Bf8
38. Bb6 Kg7 39. Qe2 Qe7 40. Bd3 Qe8 41. Nc4 Be6 42. Nxe5 Bd6
43. f4 c5 44. Qf2 cxb4 45. Qd4 Bxe5 46. Qxe5+ f6 47. Qc7+ Qd7
48. Qxd7+ Bxd7 49. cxb4 Bc6 50. Kg3 Bb7 51. Kf2 Rc8 52. Bc5
Rd8 53. Ke3 Rxd3+ 54. Kxd3 f5 55. e5 Bxg2 56. Kd4 Bc6 57. e6
Kf6 58. b5 Bxb5 59. Kd5 g5 60. Bd4+ Kg6 61. Ke5 h6 62. Be3 Ba4
63. Bd2 Bb5 64. Be3 Ba4 65. Kd6 Kf6 66. Bd4+ Kg6 67. Ke5 Bb5
68. Bc5 gxf4 69. Kxf4 Kf6 70. e7 Be8 71. h4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[EventDate "2010.08.03"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emre Can"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Na4 a6 6. Nxc5
dxc5 7. d3 h6 8. Be3 Qd6 9. Nd2 Nge7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Bd5 Nce7
12. Bb3 b6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. g3 Be6 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Kh7
17. a4 f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. c3 e4 20. dxe4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Ne5
22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Be2 g6 24. Qh3 a5 25. Rf4 Kg7 26. Qf1 Rad8
27. Rd5 c6 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Rd8 30. Qb3 Rd2 31. Rf2 Qc7
32. Qe6 Rxb2 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Qe6 Kg7 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Qe6 Qg7
37. Kf1 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 Rb2 39. Kf1 Rb1+ 40. Kg2 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2010.08.23"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Narmin Khalafova"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. Rd1 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. h3 Qc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 a5
12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Qe3 a4 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Ne5 Be6
17. Nd3 Rad8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Bh6 b6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. N5xa4
Be6 22. b3 Bc8 23. Nb2 Bb7 24. Nc4 Qa7 25. a4 Ba6 26. Ne5 Qa8
27. Qf4 Rf8 28. Rd2 Bb7 29. f3 Qa5 30. Ne2 Rc8 31. Rdc2 Qb4
32. Qe3 Qd6 33. Nc4 Qd8 34. Nf4 Re8 35. h4 h6 36. b4 1-0

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2010.08.24"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bahruz Rzayev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bb4 4. d3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Bc5
7. O-O d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb3 h6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bg4
12. Qd3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be3 Bd6 16. h3 Be6
17. Rad1 Bc7 18. Ne2 Qd6 19. f4 Rfe8 20. c3 Nf6 21. Bc2 Bf5
22. Qxf5 Rxe3 23. Rd3 Rxe2 24. Rg3 Qe6 25. Qd3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2010.08.26"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Farid Abbasov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Ng5 Nb6 11. Be3 Nc6
12. Rd1 Na5 13. Qb4 Nac4 14. Bc1 Bg4 15. f3 Bf5 16. Nge4 c6
17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. b3 Nb6 19. O-O a5 20. Qc5 Rc8 21. Bg5 f6
22. exf6 exf6 23. Bh4 Nd7 24. Qd6 Re8 25. d5 b4 26. dxc6 Qb6+
27. Bf2 Qxc6 28. Na4 Bxe4 29. fxe4 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Ne5 31. Bb6
Nf7 32. Rdd1 Rxe4 33. Rc1 Ra8 34. Rc5 f5 35. Rxa5 Rc8 36. Rd1
h5 37. Rc5 Rce8 38. Rc2 h4 39. Kf1 Be5 40. Bg1 Bd6 41. Nb6 g5
42. Nd5 Kg7 43. Bd4+ Kg6 44. Rc6 R8e6 45. Bg1 g4 46. Rc4 Re2
47. Nxb4 Bxb4 48. Rxb4 Rxa2 49. Rb6 Rxb6 50. Bxb6 f4 51. Bf2
h3 52. gxh3 gxh3 53. b4 Ne5 54. b5 Ng4 55. Bg1 f3 56. b6 f2
57. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 58. Ke1 Rxh2 59. Rd6+ Kf5 60. Rd5+ Ke4 61. Rh5
Kd3 0-1

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2010.08.25"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Iveri Chighladze"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg4
7. Be3 e6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne5
12. f4 Nf3+ 13. Ke2 Nh4 14. Bh3 Be7 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nd5 Bd8
17. Nc3 Qf7 18. Rhg1 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. c5 dxc5 21. Bxc5
Qxb3 22. axb3 Kf7 23. Nb5 Nc8 24. Rad1 Re8+ 25. Kf3 a6
26. Rd7+ Ke6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nc7+ Kf7 29. Nxa8 Rd3+ 30. Ke2
Rxb3 31. Bd4 g6 32. Nc7 Ne7 33. Bc3 Rb6 34. Rd1 Rc6 35. Rd7
1-0

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2010.08.27"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Nbd2 c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e4 Nc6 9. a4 b6 10. Bb5 Bb7 11. O-O a6 12. Be2
Na5 13. Qc2 c4 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bh2 Nc7 17. Nd4 Ne6
18. Bg4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 e6 20. Ne4 Nb3 21. Rab1 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 b5
23. axb5 axb5 24. d5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Qb7 26. Bf3 Rae8 27. Rbd1
Re7 28. Qe1 b4 29. Qe4 Qc8 30. Be2 c3 31. Qxb4 c2 32. Qxe7
c1=Q 33. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 34. Rd1 Qxb2 35. Bf1 Nd4 36. Qd6 Ne2+
37. Bxe2 Qxe2 38. Bg3 h5 39. Qd4 Re8 40. f4 Ra8 41. Bf2 Ra2
42. Re1 Qd2 43. Qxd2 Rxd2 44. g3 g5 45. f5 Rd5 46. f6 Bf8
47. Rc1 Kh7 48. Rc8 Ba3 49. Re8 g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. Be3 Kg6
52. Bf4 Kf5 53. Kf2 Bc5+ 54. Ke2 Bb4 55. Rc8 Bc5 56. Re8 Bb4
57. Re7 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Evgenij Miroshnichenko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "122"]

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. Bb3 h6 11. Nd2 Na5
12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Be6 14. Bb3 b5 15. f3 Rb8 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. Bxd5 Qc7 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. c3 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Bg5 21. Bxg5
hxg5 22. Rfd1 Rb6 23. Rd3 b4 24. Rd2 Qa7 25. Kh1 bxc3 26. bxc3
Rc5 27. Qd3 Qc7 28. h3 Rbc6 29. c4 g6 30. Qe3 Qe7 31. Qd3 Kg7
32. Kg1 Qc7 33. Kh2 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Qxd6 Qxd6 36. Rxd6
Ra4 37. Rd2 f5 38. Re2 Kf6 39. Kg3 Ra3 40. exf5 gxf5 41. Kf2
Ke6 42. g3 Ra4 43. Rd2 a5 44. Rb2 f4 45. Kg2 Kf5 46. Rc2 Ra3
47. gxf4 gxf4 48. h4 a4 49. h5 Kg5 50. Re2 Kxh5 51. Rxe5+ Kh4
52. Re2 Rc3 53. Rd2 a3 54. Re2 Rc1 55. Rd2 Rb1 56. Kh2 Rb5
57. Rc2 Rd5 58. Rg2 Kh5 59. Rg4 Rd2+ 60. Kh3 Rd4 61. Kh2 Rd2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2010.08.29"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emil Sutovsky"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O h5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Be3 d6 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. b3
h4 13. f4 Ng6 14. g4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5
Nf4 18. Rae1 Rd8 19. Qf2 Nxg2 20. Bxc5 Nxe1 21. Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2010.08.30"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. N1d2 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5
12. g4 Ngf6 13. f4 Bb7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Rhf1 Nb6 16. f5 Nc4
17. g5 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Ng4 19. Qh3 Ne5 20. fxg6 Nxg6 21. e5 Nxe5
22. g6 fxg6 23. Nd4 Nxd3 24. cxd3 e5 25. Ne6 Qd7 26. Ng7+ Kd8
27. Ne6+ Ke8 28. Ng7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Johannes Manyedi Mabusela"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qd3 b6
12. Bf4 e6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bd2 cxd4 15. cxd4 h6 16. h4 Bb7
17. Bd1 Rc8 18. h5 Qe8 19. Bc2 Ba6 20. Qxa6 Rxc2 21. Bb4 Qc8
22. Qxa7 Rd8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qa3 Qc4 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. Rxb3
Rxa2 27. Rc1 Ra4 28. Bd2 g5 29. Be3 Ra2 30. Rc6 Re8 31. Ne1
Ra1 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Bxc1 Rc8 34. Be3 Bf8 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2
Ke8 37. Nf3 Bb4 38. Kd3 Kd7 39. Nd2 Ra8 40. Ne4 Be7 41. Nc3
Nxc3 42. Kxc3 Kc6 43. Kb2 Ra4 44. Rc3+ Kd7 45. g4 b5 46. Rd3
Kc6 47. Rd1 Kd5 48. Rh1 Bf8 49. Kb3 Ra3+ 50. Kb2 Ra4 51. Kb3
Ke4 52. Rg1 Ra8 53. Rc1 Kf3 54. Rg1 Ra3+ 55. Kb2 Ra4 56. Rg3+
Ke2 57. Rg1 Rb4+ 58. Kc3 Rc4+ 59. Kb3 Bb4 60. Rh1 Bc3 61. Rxh6
Kd3 62. Rh1 Rb4+ 63. Ka3 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sergej Wassin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[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. Bb3 h6 11. Nd2 Na5
12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Be6 14. Bb3 b5 15. f3 Rb8 16. Rf2 Qd7
17. Rd2 Rfc8 18. Qe2 Rc6 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Ba7 Rb7 21. Bf2 Bc4
22. Qe1 b4 23. Ne2 Bxb3 24. cxb3 Rbc7 25. Ng3 g6 26. Nf1 Rc1
27. Ne3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 a5 29. Nc4 Qa6 30. Qe3 Kg7 31. Qb6 Rc6
32. Qxa5 Qxa5 33. Nxa5 Ra6 34. Nc4 Rxa2 35. Be1 Ne8 36. Bxb4
Kf6 37. Ba3 Ke6 38. Kf2 f6 39. Ne3 Nc7 40. Nd5 Nxd5 41. exd5+
Kd7 42. Ke3 Bd8 43. Kd3 Bb6 44. Kc2 Bc5 45. b4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Dumit Semerene"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bg5 b6
12. a3 Bb7 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Bh6 Re8
17. Ba4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd6 19. c4 Red8 20. d5 exd5 21. cxd5 Na5
22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Ng5 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ne6+ fxe6 26. dxe6
Qe7 27. Qe5+ Kh6 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. e7 Qd3 30. e8=Q Rxe8
31. Bxe8 Qxa3 32. h4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nils Grandelius"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Rb1 Nc6 8. h4 h6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. h5 g5 11. f4 e5
12. fxg5 Qxg5 13. g4 Rd8 14. Nh3 Qe7 15. Nf2 Kh8 16. Be4 a6
17. Bc2 Be6 18. Rxb7 Nd4 19. cxd4 Rxd4 20. Qa5 Rc4 21. Kd1 Qd6
22. Be4 Rd8 23. Rh3 Bxg4 24. Nxg4 Rxe4 25. Rd3 Rd4 26. Rxd4
Qxd4 27. Qxc7 Qa4+ 28. Rb3 Qe8 29. Bb2 Rc8 30. Qd6 Rd8 31. Nf6
1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zahar Efimenko"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5
12. exd5 Nc5 13. Qd2 b6 14. f3 Nh5 15. Rfd1 f5 16. Nxc5 bxc5
17. c3 Bh4 18. Bd3 g6 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Bf6 21. Rab1 e4
22. fxe4 Be5 23. Bf2 f4 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Qd3 g5 26. Qh3 Kg7
27. Bg4 Nxe4 28. Bf5 Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Nc3 30. a4 Rb8 31. Re1 Nxb1
32. Rxb1 Rb7 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. b6
Bc3 37. Rc1 Ba5 38. Kf1 Ke5 39. Ra1 Bb4 40. Ra7 Rb8 41. Rxh7
Bc5 42. b7 Kxd5 43. Rc7 Kc4 44. Rg7 Kd3 45. h3 Be3 46. Rd7 Ke4
47. Ke2 Bxf2 48. Kxf2 d5 49. Ke2 Ke5 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. Rc7 Kd6
52. Rh7 Rf8 53. Rf7 Re8 54. Rg7 Kc6 55. Re7 Rf8 56. Kd4 Rd8
57. Rg7 Re8 58. Rg6+ Kxb7 59. Kxd5 f3 60. gxf3 Rh8 61. Rxg5
Rxh3 62. f4 Kc7 63. Ke6 Rh6+ 64. Kf7 Rh7+ 65. Rg7 Rh6 66. f5
Kd7 67. f6 Rh8 68. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sabino Brunello"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Re1 g5 8. Rf1 Bg7 9. b3 g4 10. Ne1 h5 11. Bb2 d5 12. exd5
exd5 13. Na4 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 Nge7 15. Na4 c4 16. bxc4 dxc4
17. Be4 b5 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. d3 Qd4 20. Ne2 Qe5 21. Bxc6+ Nxc6
22. dxc4 bxc4 23. Ng3 Kf8 24. Qd7 Nd8 25. Rd1 Bc6 26. Qd6+
Qxd6 27. Rxd6 h4 28. Nf5 Rh5 29. Ne3 Ke7 30. Rd4 f5 31. Nxc4
Ne6 32. Rd2 Bb5 33. Nb6 Rb8 34. Nd5+ Kf8 35. Nd3 h3 36. c4
Bxc4 37. Nf6 Bxd3 38. Rxd3 Nf4 39. Rd2 hxg2 40. Re1 Rh8
41. Nd7+ Kf7 42. Nxb8 Rxb8 43. Rd4 Nh3+ 44. Kxg2 Rb2 45. Rf1
Rxa2 46. Rd6 Nf4+ 47. Kg3 Ne2+ 48. Kh4 Nc3 49. Rc6 Nb5 50. Kg5
Nd4 51. Rf6+ Kg7 52. Rg6+ Kh7 53. Rd1 Nf3+ 54. Kf6 Nd2 55. Rc1
Ne4+ 56. Kf7 Rb2 57. Rc7 a5 58. Ra6 Rb8 59. Ke6+ Kg6 60. Ke5+
Kh5 61. Rh7+ Kg5 62. Rg7+ Kh5 63. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aleksei Pridorozhni"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1
Nf6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. b3 Rb4 15. Ne2 c5 16. Bb2 Rb8
17. Bc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qa5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Qxc3 21. Nxc3
Rfc8 22. Rac1 Nf6 23. f3 Rc6 24. Kf2 e6 25. Ke3 Rbc8 26. Ne2
e5 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Rc1 Ra6 29. Nc3 g5 30. g4 h5 31. Kd3 Rc6
32. Rc2 h4 33. b4 Kf8 34. a4 Ke7 35. Nd5+ Nxd5 36. exd5 Rb6
37. b5 Rb7 38. Rc6 Kd7 39. Ke4 Rb8 40. Kf5 e4 41. fxe4 Re8
42. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.17"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubisa Andonovski"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Qb1 b6
12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Qb5 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Qa6 b5
17. Ne4 Rb8 18. Rab1 Rb6 19. Qa3 b4 20. Qb2 c3 21. Qc2 Bxd4
22. exd4 Nxd4 23. Qd1 Ba4 24. Qf1 Bc2 25. Rxc2 Nxc2 26. Rd1
Nd4 27. Bc4 Rc6 28. Bd3 Qc7 29. Bg3 e5 30. Qe1 Qe7 31. h4 h6
32. f4 f5 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Robert Philipowski"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1
Nh6 7. c3 f6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 d6
12. Be3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Qb7 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Re8
17. Nd2 Qb4 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Rc1 f5 20. f3 f4 21. Bf2 Ng5
22. Ne2 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Qc4+ Qxc4 25. Nxc4 Nf7 26. Red1
Be6 27. Na5 c5 28. Nc6 Rc8 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Rxc5 Rxc5
31. Bxc5 Rc8 32. Rc1 a6 33. Bb6 Rxc1+ 34. Nxc1 Kg7 35. Nd3 Kf6
36. Bc7 g5 37. Nc5 Bc8 38. b4 Ke7 39. Kf2 Nd6 40. a4 h5
41. Ke1 Nc4 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Kf6 44. Kf2 g4 45. h4 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Evgeny V Mochalov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. e5 Ng4 8. Qd2 Nxe3 9. Qxe3 Nb4 10. O-O-O c6 11. a3 Nd5
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 b5 14. h4 b4 15. axb4 a5 16. h5 axb4
17. f5 Ba6 18. h6 Bh8 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. e6 Qc8 21. Ng5 b3
22. c3 Bf6 23. Nxf7 g5 24. Rh5 Rxf7 25. Rxg5+ Kf8 26. exf7
Kxf7 27. Rh5 Ra1+ 28. Kd2 Ra2 29. Rb1 Ra4 30. Qe6+ Qxe6
31. fxe6+ Kxe6 32. Re1+ Kf7 33. Rxd5 Ra2 34. Rb1 Kg6 35. Rb5
Kxh6 36. Rxb3 Ra5 37. Re1 Kg6 38. Rb7 Kf7 39. Re2 h5 40. b4
Ra1 41. b5 Bg5+ 42. Kc2 Ra2+ 43. Kd3 Ra1 44. Rb2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Petr Letov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3
dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. Nge2 a6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6
12. Qd3 b4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bg5 15. Ng3 a5 16. Rfd1 a4
17. Bc4 Ra5 18. Ne3 Bf6 19. Nc2 Qa8 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Re1 Kh8
22. Rad1 f5 23. Nd2 Bf6 24. Re2 Ne7 25. f3 Rd8 26. Rde1 Ng6
27. Qe3 Bd5 28. Kh1 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 Rad5 30. b3 axb3 31. axb3 h6
32. Qc1 Qb8 33. Re6 Kh7 34. N4e3 Ra5 35. Qd2 Ra2 36. Rxf6 Rxc2
37. Qxc2 gxf6 38. Nxf5 Rd7 39. h4 Kh8 40. Re6 Qd8 41. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Roman Lovkov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. exd5 exd5
7. cxd5 Nb4 8. d3 Nfxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne2 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bf6 14. Re1 a6 15. Be4 h6 16. Nf5 Bxf5
17. Bxf5 Ne7 18. Be4 Nc6 19. Qh5 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Rb1
Rac8 22. Bf4 g5 23. Bd2 Nc6 24. Rec1 Rfe8 25. Bxc6 Rxc6
26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Be3 Re4 28. b3 Bd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Re1 Rd2
31. a4 Rd6 32. Re5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Igor Malakhov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5
7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. d5 Nxc2 11. Qxc2 exd5
12. Nc3 b4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Qe2+ Be6 16. Qe5
Qb8 17. Qe4 Be7 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Bc7 d5 20. Qe5 Bf6 21. Qg3 Qd7
22. Be5 Qd8 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qd6 Qd8 25. Qc6+ Kf8 26. Nd4 h5
27. Rae1 Rh6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Nxe6+ Rxe6 30. Qxe6 d4 31. Rd1
Rc8 32. h3 a5 33. Qe5 d3 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Rxd3 Rc1+ 36. Kh2
Qc7+ 37. f4 Rc5 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Rd6 h4 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+
Kg8 42. Re6 Qd7 43. Re8+ Kf7 44. Rh8 Qe7 45. Qxe7+ Kxe7
46. Rxh4 a4 47. f5 Rxf5 48. Rxb4 Rf2 49. a3 Rc2 50. h4 Ke6
51. Kg3 Rd2 52. Kf3 Ke5 53. g4 Rh2 54. Ke3 Rg2 55. Kd3 Rh2
56. g5 Kf5 57. Kc3 Kg6 58. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Davit Gevorgi Petrosian"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Ng4 9. Nb5 Qc6 10. Nxa7 Nxe3 11. fxe3
Rxa7 12. Qxa7 Bb4+ 13. Kd1 b6 14. Qb8 Bd6 15. Bb5 Bxb8
16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. a4 Bc7 18. b4 Ba6 19. b5 cxb5 20. axb5 Bxb5
21. Ra8+ Bd8 22. Kc1 Bc6 23. Ra7 Bxe4 24. Rd1 Bxg2 25. Rg1 Be4
26. Rg4 Bf5 27. Rd4 O-O 28. Rad7 e5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.01"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sergei Iskusnyh"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd4
O-O 12. c3 Qb6 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Bc2 Be8 16. Rfe1
Rac8 17. Bb3 Kh8 18. Rd3 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Rg3 Rc5 21. Qg4
Rg5 22. Qf3 Rxg3 23. hxg3 Nc6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Qc5
26. Bc2 Bh5 27. Qe4 Kg8 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Bb3 Rd1+ 30. Re1+ Rd5
31. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.02"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexei Fedorov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Be2 e5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5
12. Qd2 b5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. a3 O-O 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Rfe1 a5
17. h3 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Re3 Rc4 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfc8
22. g4 h6 23. h4 Rd4 24. Rd3 Rb4 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Nh7
27. Rxd7 Nxg5 28. b3 Rd4 29. Bg4 Rxd7 30. Bxd7 Rc7 31. Bb5
Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Bd3 Bxd3 35. cxd3 Rc3
36. Rd5 f6 37. Rxa5 Rxd3 38. b4 Rb3 39. Rb5 g5 40. Rb8 Kg6
41. b5 Kf5 42. b6 Kf4 43. b7 f5 44. Kg2 Rb1 45. Kh2 e4 46. Kg2
Kg4 47. Kh2 f4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.03"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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 Nc5 10. c3 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 Be7
12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 a5 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Qc1 a4
17. Nc5 Qc6 18. Bb4 Qg6 19. Qc3 O-O 20. Rfe1 h5 21. Nd3 Bxd3
22. Bxe7 Rfe8 23. Re3 Be4 24. Rg3 Qe6 25. Bh4 Rac8 26. Qc5 Qd7
27. f3 Bg6 28. Rg5 Kh7 29. Rf1 c6 30. f4 f6 31. Rg3 Qf5 32. h3
Re6 33. exf6 gxf6 34. Qa7+ Kh6 35. Bg5+ fxg5 36. fxg5+ Qxg5
37. Rxg5 Kxg5 38. Qg7 Rce8 39. Rf3 h4 40. Qc7 Kh5 41. Rc3 Re1+
42. Kh2 Rf8 43. Qd7 Kh6 44. Qg4 Re4 45. Qd1 Rf2 46. Rf3 Rxf3
47. gxf3 Re6 48. Qd2+ Kg7 49. Qf2 Rf6 50. f4 Be4 51. Qxh4 Rg6
52. Qe7+ Kh6 53. h4 Rg2+ 54. Kh3 Rxb2 55. Qe6+ Kh7 56. f5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.04"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Rd1 a5 10. e3 Be6 11. d5 Bg4
12. Be2 Qd7 13. O-O a4 14. Qa3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qh3 16. Bg3 N8d7
17. Nb5 c6 18. Nc7 Rac8 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qxe7 Rxc7 21. Bxc7
Nd5 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Rd1 d4 24. Bg3 h5 25. Bb5 Nb6 26. exd4
Qf5 27. Qe2 Rd8 28. Bc6 Rxd4 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 31. b3
axb3 32. axb3 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem Classic Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "17"]

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 1/2-1/2

[Event "30th Open"]
[Site "Benasque ESP"]
[Date "2010.07.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Bernd Kohlweyer"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 Ne5 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bc1 Qb6 12. b3
Na5 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. Bb2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Kb1 Nc6
17. Nf3 Be7 18. Qe3 Be8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. fxe5 Bc5 23. Qd3+ Nd7 24. Ne4 Kc8 25. Nd6+ Kb8
26. Nxb7 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "12th European Invidividual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1.58"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Charly Rouler"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg5 e5
7. Nf3 d4 8. Nd5 Nc6 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nxd5
12. cxd5 Nb4 13. O-O-O f6 14. Bh4 dxe3 15. fxe3 Nxd5 16. Ne4
Nxe3 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. Rd3 Nxg2 19. Bf2 Be6 20. Nd6 Nf4 21. Rd2
Bd5 0-1

[Event "12th European Invidividual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Eric Prie"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4
e6 7. Bd2 Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qb6 10. d5 exd5 11. Bxd5 O-O
12. Bxf6 Re8+ 13. Kf1 gxf6 14. Qd4 Bxc2 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7
16. Qc4+ Kg7 17. Qxc2 Qb5+ 18. Kg1 Nc6 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. h4 Qd3 22. Qc1 Qe2 23. Qf4 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Rxh1+
25. Kxh1 Qxb2 26. Qxc7+ Kg8 27. Qc8+ Kf7 28. Qf5 Kg7 29. h5
Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Ne7 31. Qg4+ Kf7 32. Qe4 Qc7+ 33. g3 Kg7 34. Qg4+
Kh8 35. Qe6 Ng8 36. Qe3 b6 37. Nh4 Qc5 38. Qf3 b5 39. Nf5 Ne7
40. Nxe7 Qxe7 41. h6 Qf8 42. Qh5 a6 43. Kg2 Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kh8
45. Qh5 Kg8 46. f4 Qc8 47. Qd5+ Kf8 48. Qe4 Qd7 49. Qa8+ Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "3.60"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Michalik"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Nd2
a4 13. Rd1 f5 14. Rb1 Bf7 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Nd5 17. Bb2
Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bd5 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5
22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 c6 26. Rd1
Qe7 27. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "4.57"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Evgeny A Levin"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. h5 h6 10. Nf3 Nbc6 11. Rh4 c4 12. Rf4
Bd7 13. Nh4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. g4 fxg4 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Bxg4
Be6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Qf3 Bxg4 20. Rxg4 Nf5 21. Kd2 O-O-O
22. Rf4 g6 23. Rg1 Rhg8 24. Qh3 Rdf8 25. Rf3 Qe6 26. Rg4 g5
27. Rxg5 hxg5 28. Qxf5 g4 29. Rf4 Rh8 30. Ke2 Kd7 31. Qxe6+
Kxe6 32. Rf6+ Ke7 33. h6 Rfg8 34. Rd6 g3 35. fxg3 Rxg3
36. Rxd5 Rhg8 37. Rc5 Rh3 38. Kf2 Rgg3 39. Bd2 Rf3+ 40. Ke2
Rfg3 41. Kf2 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "5.60"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alin-Mile Berescu"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
Bc5 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8. Bf4 e5 9. Nf5+ Kf8 10. Bg5 Bb4 11. Qd3 d5
12. O-O-O Bxf5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5 Qg5+ 15. f4 exf4
16. exf5 Rd8 17. h4 Qh6 18. Qb3 f3+ 19. Kb1 f2 20. c3 Bc5
21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qc7 Qd6 23. Qxd6+ Bxd6 24. Nf6 gxf6 25. Rxd6
Ne5 26. Rd4 h5 27. Be2 Rg8 28. Rf1 Rxg2 29. Rf4 Ng4 30. Bxg4
hxg4 31. R1xf2 Rg1+ 32. Kc2 Kg7 33. c4 Kh6 34. c5 Kh5 35. Rc4
Rg8 36. c6 g3 37. Rd2 g2 38. Kb3 Rb1 39. Rxg2 Rxg2 40. c7
Rbxb2+ 41. Ka4 Rxa2+ 42. Kb5 Rgb2+ 43. Kc5 Rc2 0-1

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Aleksandr Shimanov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5
cxd5 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7
11. Qxe7+ Bxe7 12. N2f3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. O-O-O Ne4 15. Be3
Bf6 16. Ne2 Ke8 17. c3 b5 18. a3 Ne7 19. g4 g6 20. Nfd4 Rab8
21. f3 Nc5 22. Nf4 a5 23. Nc2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Bxc5 Rxc5
26. cxb4 Rc4 27. Nd3 Rbc8 28. Nc5 Nc6 29. Rhe1+ Be7 30. Kb1
Nxb4 31. Nxb4 Rxb4 32. Rxd5 Rf4 33. Re3 Rc7 34. Ne4 Kf8 35. b3
f5 36. gxf5 Rxf5 37. Rxf5+ gxf5 38. Nc3 Rb7 39. Kc2 Bd6
40. Re2 Rb4 41. Rd2 Be5 42. Rd5 Bxh2 43. Rxf5+ Kg7 44. Ne4 Rb8
45. Kc3 Rf8 46. Kd4 1-0

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3
e6 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Ndb4
12. Bf4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Nb4 14. Qe4 Re8 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nc4 Bd7
17. a3 Rc8 18. Ne3 f5 19. Qb1 Nc6 20. d5 Nd4 21. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. h4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxc3
7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 h6 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bxe5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5
12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Qxd4 15. cxd4 Ne5 16. Bxd7+
Nxd7 17. Ke2 c5 18. a4 Ke7 19. h5 Rac8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. a5
Rc7 22. Rab1 b6 23. axb6 axb6 24. g4 Ra7 25. Rb2 Rha8 26. Rxh6
Ra2 27. Rd2 Nf6 28. Ne5 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Ra2+ 30. Kd3 Rxf2
31. g5 Nd5 32. Nxg6+ Ke8 33. Rh8+ Kd7 34. Ne5+ Ke7 35. Rh7+
Ke6 36. Rh6+ Ke7 37. e4 Nb4+ 38. Ke3 1-0

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sebastien Maze"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 Re8
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. Ne3 Ng4
12. Bg3 Bf8 13. Ba4 a5 14. O-O Ne7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nh4 Nxe3
17. fxe3 g6 18. d4 Bg7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qc4 Rf8 21. Rad1 Qc6
22. Qxc6 Nxc6 23. Rd7 Rac8 24. a4 Nb8 25. Rd5 Nc6 26. Nf3 Rfe8
27. Nd2 b6 28. Nc4 f6 29. h3 Re6 30. Kf2 Bf8 31. Ke2 Nb8
32. Nd2 Na6 33. Nb3 Bd6 34. Kd1 Kf7 35. Kc2 Ree8 36. Bh4 g5
37. Be1 Ke6 38. c4 Be7 39. Bc3 c6 40. Rd2 h5 41. g3 Rh8
42. Rdf2 Rh6 43. Rd1 Nc5 44. Nxc5+ Bxc5 45. Rd3 Rh7 46. Rf5 h4
47. g4 Rb7 48. Rf1 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikola Sedlak"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 f5 5. g3 h5 6. h4 d6
7. Bg2 Nd7 8. Ne2 Bh6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nbc3 Ng4
12. Nf4 Re8 13. Kf1 Rb8 14. Bf3 c5 15. Kg2 Bd7 16. Rhd1 Bc6
17. Bd5 Qf6 18. Rac1 Bxf4 19. exf4 Bxd5+ 20. Nxd5 Qxd4
21. Qxd4 cxd4 22. Rc2 Re4 23. f3 Ne3+ 24. Nxe3 Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Jan Markos"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6
7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 e5 9. h3 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. d6 Be6 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Qf3 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nf1
Qf6 18. Qg3 Qg6 19. Qh4 h6 20. Ne3 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. b3 f6
23. Ba3 Nb7 24. Red1 Nb6 25. Bd3 Rd7 26. c4 b4 27. Bc1 a5
28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Nd6 30. Be3 c4 31. Bxb6 cxd3 32. f3 f5
33. exf5 Nc8 34. Be3 Rxd5 35. Rac1 Nd6 36. Rc5 Rxc5 37. Bxc5
Nxf5 38. Rxd3 Rc8 39. Bb6 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Rc2 41. Bxa5 Nh4
42. Bxb4 Rxg2+ 43. Kh1 Rxa2 44. Bc3 Ng6 45. Re3 Ra3 46. Bxe5
Nxe5 47. Rxe5 Rxb3 48. Kg2 Kf7 49. Rxg5 Kf6 50. h4 Rb4 51. Kg3
Ra4 52. Rg4 Ra1 53. Rb4 Kg6 54. Rb6+ Kh5 55. Rb5+ Kg6 56. Kg4
Rg1+ 57. Kf4 Rh1 58. Rg5+ Kf6 59. Kg4 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2011.08.07"]
[EventDate "2011.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nijat Aghayev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 Ne4 6. Nxe4
dxe4 7. Ng5 Bf5 8. g4 Bxg4 9. c3 e5 10. dxe5 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2
Bxe5 12. Nxe4 Nc6 13. h3 Bf5 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Rhe8
16. Be3 Bg7 17. Nc5 Bf8 18. Nb3 Be6 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Rd1 b6
21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Rd2 c5 23. Nc2 Ne6 24. Na3 f5 25. Rd1 f4
26. Bd2 Bd6 27. h4 Ng7 28. Bf3 Nf5 29. Rh1 h5 30. Nc2 Be7
31. Bxf4 Nxh4 32. Bd5 Rf8 33. Be5 Bg4 34. f3 Bg5+ 35. f4 Be7
36. e4 Nf3 37. Bg7 Rxf4 38. Ne3 Bf6 39. Bh6 Bg5 40. Bxg5 Nxg5
41. Nxg4 hxg4 42. e5 Rf5 43. Rg1 Rxe5 44. c4 Nh3 45. Rxg4 g5
46. Re4 Rxe4 47. Bxe4 Kc7 48. Kd2 Kd6 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Bc6 Nf4
51. Bd7 Nh5 52. a3 Nf6 53. Bc8 Ne4 54. b3 Nd6 55. Bd7 Nf5+
56. Kf2 a5 0-1

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2011.08.08"]
[EventDate "2011.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qe2 Qc7
12. Nxd4 O-O-O 13. a4 Bd6 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Qc5 16. Nb5 a6
17. Ra3 Kb8 18. b4 Qh5 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. Nd6 Be8 21. Nxe8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2011.08.09"]
[EventDate "2011.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5
12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bd3
Be7 17. Bg6+ Kd8 18. Bxe7+ Qxe7 19. O-O Nd7 20. Rf7 Qc5+
21. Kh1 Rc8 22. Qe1 Qc6 23. Qh4+ Kc7 24. Qg3+ Kd8 25. Qh4+ Kc7
26. Qf4+ Kd8 27. Qh4+ Kc7 28. Qg3+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2011.08.10"]
[EventDate "2011.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. O-O
Nge7 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Bf5 9. c3 Qd7 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. Rxe5 a6
12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Re1 Rae8 14. Rxe8 Rxe8 15. Bf4 f6 16. Nd2 g5
17. Bg3 Kg7 18. Nf1 Ne7 19. Qb3 c6 20. Re1 Kf7 21. Nd2 h5
22. f3 Bd3 23. Ne4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2011.08.11"]
[EventDate "2011.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4
7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxc4 Nxf4 11. Qf3 e6
12. Qxf4 c5 13. dxc5 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 Nc6 15. Rhd1 Ne5 16. Qe4
Rad8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rc2 h6 19. Nf3 Qxc5 20. Bxe6 Qd6
21. Rd2 Qa6+ 22. Bc4 Rxd2+ 23. Nxd2 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 b5 25. Qb3
Qc6 26. Nf3 a5 27. Ne1 Qc5 28. Qc2 Qh5+ 29. Nf3 Qg4 30. Kf1 a4
31. b3 a3 32. Qc6 b4 33. h3 Qf5 34. e4 Qf4 35. Qc8+ Kh7
36. Qc2 Bc3 37. Ke2 Kg7 38. g3 Qf6 39. h4 Qe6 40. Kf1 Qh3+
41. Kg1 Qd7 42. Kg2 Qd6 43. Qe2 Qd7 44. h5 g5 45. Nh2 Qd6
46. Qf3 Bd4 47. Ng4 Qd7 48. e5 Qe6 49. Qf6+ Qxf6 50. exf6+
Bxf6 51. Ne3 Ba1 52. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2011.08.12"]
[EventDate "2011.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ayaz Mammadov"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "183"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4
7. a3 Nxc3 8. Qg4 Bf8 9. bxc3 b6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Ne2 Bxd3
12. cxd3 Nc6 13. h4 Ne7 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. h5 Nf5 16. Nxf5 exf5
17. Qf3 Be7 18. Ke2 O-O 19. Rh3 c5 20. Rg1 f6 21. Rg3 Kh7
22. Rg6 fxe5 23. dxe5 Rae8 24. e6 Qa4 25. Rc1 f4 26. Bd2 Bf6
27. Qxd5 Rxe6+ 28. Kf1 Re5 29. Qf3 Bg5 30. d4 Qc4+ 31. Kg1 Re2
32. Rd1 Rfe8 33. Bxf4 Rf8 34. g3 Bxf4 35. gxf4 Re7 36. Rg4
cxd4 37. cxd4 Qe2 38. Qxe2 Rxe2 39. d5 Re7 40. Kg2 Rf5 41. Rg6
Rxf4 42. d6 Rd7 43. Rd5 Kg8 44. Kg3 Ra4 45. Rd3 Kf7 46. f4 Re4
47. Kg4 b5 48. Kf5 Rc4 49. Rdg3 Rc5+ 50. Ke4 Ke8 51. Rxg7 Rxd6
52. Rxa7 Kf8 53. Rg6 Rdc6 54. Ra8+ Kf7 55. Ra7+ Kf8 56. Kf3
Rc1 57. Ra8+ Kf7 58. Ra7+ Kf8 59. Rxc6 Rxc6 60. Ke4 Rb6
61. Rh7 b4 62. axb4 Rxb4+ 63. Kf5 Rb5+ 64. Kg4 Rb6 65. Rd7 Rb5
66. Rd6 Kg7 67. Rg6+ Kh7 68. Re6 Kg7 69. Re7+ Kg8 70. Re5 Rb6
71. Rd5 Rf6 72. Rd8+ Kg7 73. Rd7+ Kg8 74. f5 Ra6 75. Kf4 Ra5
76. Ke4 Kf8 77. Rd6 Kg7 78. Rg6+ Kh7 79. Rd6 Kg7 80. Rg6+ Kh7
81. f6 Ra4+ 82. Ke5 Ra5+ 83. Kd6 Ra6+ 84. Kd7 Ra7+ 85. Kc6
Ra6+ 86. Kc7 Ra7+ 87. Kb6 Ra1 88. Rg7+ Kh8 89. Kc5 Ra5+
90. Kd6 Ra6+ 91. Ke7 Rxf6 92. Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[EventDate "2011.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4
Bd7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Bb3 Bc5 14. Rad1 O-O 15. c3 Rfd8 16. Rfe1
Kf8 17. Be5 Ng4 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Be5 Ng4 20. Bg3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.25"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Andreas Peschel"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7
7. Bc4 Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Ne5 Nd7
12. Nxf7 Nb6 13. Nh6+ Kh8 14. Bb3 e5 15. dxe5 a5 16. e6 Qe7
17. Nf7+ Kg8 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. e7 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mario Sibilio"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5
Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 e6 11. e4 a6
12. f4 Bd4 13. e5 Qd8 14. Bf3 exd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Nf6+ Kg7
17. f5 Nd7 18. fxe6 Nxf6 19. exf6+ Qxf6 20. e7 Rfe8 21. Kf1
Rxe7 22. h4 Qd6 23. Bd2 a5 24. Bc3 Qa6+ 25. Be2 Qf6+ 26. Bf3
Rd8 27. Qd3 b5 28. Rd1 b4 29. Be1 Re3 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Denis Kadric"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. a5 b5 15. c4 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxc4
Nd7 18. Ne1 Rb8 19. b3 e4 20. Ba7 Ra8 21. Bd4 Bf6 22. Bxf6
Nxf6 23. Nc2 Nd7 24. Nb4 Ne5 25. Rfc1 Bf5 26. Bxa6 Rfb8
27. Nc6 Nxc6 28. Rxc6 Kf8 29. Bf1 Ke7 30. Ra3 Bd7 31. Rc4 f5
32. f3 exf3 33. gxf3 Rb5 34. b4 Rxd5 35. Re3+ Kd8 36. Rd3 Rxd3
37. Bxd3 Rb8 38. Rd4 Kc7 39. Kf2 g6 40. Ke3 Bc6 41. Rh4 h5
42. Rd4 d5 43. f4 Kd6 44. Kd2 Re8 45. h4 Rb8 46. Bf1 Re8
47. Bg2 Re7 48. Rd3 Rb7 49. Kc3 Rb8 50. Rd2 Ke6 51. Bf1 Kd6
52. Rb2 Rc8 53. Kd4 Re8 54. Bd3 Ra8 55. Ra2 Rb8 56. b5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vincent Riff"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 d6
7. Nbd2 Rb8 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 e5 10. a3 a5 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4
Rxb4 13. c3 Rb5 14. d4 exd4 15. e5 d5 16. cxd4 c4 17. e6 fxe6
18. Ra7 Bd7 19. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sebastian Nilsson"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. axb5
axb5 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Rb1 b4 15. b3 Ba6 16. Re1 Bxe2 17. Rxe2
Nd4 18. Re3 e6 19. Rd3 exd5 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qb6
22. Qxd5 Qc5 23. Qd1 Rfc8 24. Rb2 Ra8 25. Be3 Qc3 26. Bd4 Ra1
27. Qxa1 Qxd4 28. Rb1 Qd2 29. Rd1 Qxc2 30. Rxd6 Nc5 31. Qf6
Nd3 32. Bf1 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ioannis Nikolaidis"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5
e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Ne5 a6 11. Ngf3 Qc7
12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. c3 Nbd5 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Qf3 Bxd4
17. cxd4 Bb5 18. Bb1 Qa5 19. Rd1 Ba4 20. Qa3 Qb4 21. b3 Qxa3
22. Bxa3 Bc6 23. Nc4 Kd7 24. Ne5+ Ke8 25. Bd3 Ne7 26. Rac1
Nfd5 27. Be4 Rc8 28. Nc4 Kd7 29. Nd6 Rcf8 30. Rc2 f6 31. Rdc1
Rb8 32. Bf3 g5 33. Ne4 Ke8 34. Bh5+ Kf8 35. Re1 Kg7 36. Bxe7
Nxe7 37. Nc5 Nd5 38. Nxe6+ Kh7 39. Nc5 Rhd8 40. Nxa6 Ra8
41. Nc7 Nxc7 42. Re7+ Kh8 43. Rxc7 Rxd4 44. h3 Rad8 45. Rc1 f5
46. Bf3 Bxf3 47. gxf3 b5 48. R1c6 Rh4 49. Kg2 Rf8 50. Rc8 Rxc8
51. Rxc8+ Kg7 52. Rc5 b4 53. Rxf5 Rd4 54. Re5 Kg6 55. Re4 Rd2
56. Rxb4 Rxa2 57. f4 Rd2 58. fxg5 hxg5 59. Rb8 Rd3 60. b4 Rb3
61. b5 Kf6 62. b6 Kg6 63. f3 Kg7 64. b7 Rb4 65. h4 g4 66. f4
1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras/Greece"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Christian Bauer"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 2... g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3
5... O-O 6. cxd5 6... Nxd5 7. Bc4 7... Nb6 8. Bb3 8... c5
9. O-O 9... cxd4 10. exd4 10... Nc6 11. d5 11... Na5 12. Re1
12... Bg4 13. h3 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 14... Re8 15. Be3
15... Bxc3 16. Bxb6 16... Qxb6 17. bxc3 17... Nxb3 18. axb3
18... Qxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Julian Radulski"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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
g6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Bh6 Nc4 15. Qc1 exd4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Nxd4
d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ne3 Qc5 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Be3
Qxe5 23. Nc6 Qe6 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Qc3 Rd7 26. Rad1 f6
27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. Bxd4 Kf7 29. Qg3 Bb7 30. Qc7+ Qe7 31. Qxc4+
Kg7 32. f3 Rc8 33. Qa4 Rc6 34. fxe4 Re6 35. e5 fxe5 36. Bxe5+
Rxe5 37. Qd4 Qc5 38. Qxc5 Rxc5 39. Re7+ Kf6 40. Rxb7 Rc2
41. a4 h5 42. b4 Kf5 43. Rb6 Rc4 44. a5 g5 45. Kf2 Ke4 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Gustafsson"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5
7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Rc1 Nd7 9. cxd5 Qa5 10. Nd4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc5
12. Bc4 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 16. Kf1
fxe6 17. Qb3 Qa6+ 18. Kg1 Bf6 19. h3 Rad8 20. Kh2 Rd2 21. Rc2
Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qc6 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Bd6 Kf7
26. Kg3 Be7 27. Bc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Ke7 29. Ra5 c5 30. Rxa7+ Kd6
31. Kf3 c4 32. Ke2 Rb8 33. Kd2 Rb2+ 34. Kc3 Rxf2 35. g4 h5
36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeoroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.07"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Bd6 10. cxd5 cxd5
11. exd5 exd5 12. O-O Ne7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Qd7
16. Re1 Rac8 17. Bc3 Bc5 18. Bd4 Bb4 19. Re3 Nf5 20. Rd3 Rfd8
21. Qb3 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 a5 23. Rad1 Rb8 24. a4 Re8 25. Nb5 Rbd8
26. h3 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Bxe1 28. Nd4 Bb4 29. Ne2 Qf5 30. g3 Bc5
31. Nf4 Qe4 32. Qd1 Kf7 33. Rc3 Bf8 34. Re3 Qf5 35. Ne6 Rd7
36. g4 Qg6 37. Qc1 Be7 38. Qc8 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 d4 40. Nxd4 Rxd4
41. Qe6+ Kg6 42. Qxe7 h6 43. Qb7 Kh7 44. Re7 Qg6 45. Qa8 Rxa4
46. Re8 Qf7 47. b3 Rb4 48. Rh8+ Kg6 49. Qxa5 Qb7+ 50. Kg1 Rb5
51. Qd8 Qe4 52. Qg8 Qe1+ 53. Kg2 Qe4+ 54. Kg1 Qe1+ 55. Kg2
Qe4+ 56. Kg3 Qe5+ 57. Kf3 f5 58. Qh7+ Kg5 59. Qxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.08"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6
7. Qb3 b6 8. Nb5 Na6 9. Qa4 c6 10. Qxa6 cxb5 11. cxb5 Rc8
12. Ne2 Rxc1+ 13. Nxc1 Nh5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qc7 16. Kd2
Bc8 17. Qa4 e5 18. Nb3 Bf5 19. Bd3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd3 21. Kxd3
Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Rc8 23. Ke2 Qc2+ 24. Kf3 Qf5+ 25. Qf4 Qe6
26. Rd1 Rc2 27. g4 Rxb2 28. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.09"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Baskaran Adhiban"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. g3 e5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bg2 b5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. a4
Bb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. O-O b4 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. c4
Bxe4 18. Re1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 O-O 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Nd4 Nfe4
22. Bxe4 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 exd4 24. Bd5 Qd8 25. Qd2 Qf6 26. Rd1
Re8 27. Qxb4 g6 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 d3 30. b4 Nb3 31. c5
Nd4 32. c6 Ne2+ 33. Kg2 Qd4 34. Bf3 Qc4 35. Qd2 d5 36. c7 Nd4
37. Qf4 d2 38. c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.10"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. c3 Nbd7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. Qf3 f5
17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Qxa2 22. Qd6 a5 23. Qe7 Rg8 24. Qf7 Qb3 25. Rd2 Qa4
26. Rd4 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Qxb2 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Qxe6+ Kc7 30. Qe5+
Kb6 31. Qc5+ Kc7 32. Qxa5+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.11"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Csaba Balogh"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6
7. d4 Bg7 8. d5 Nce7 9. c4 h6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Ne1 Nf6 12. f3
O-O 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Nd3 c5 15. Qe2 g5 16. Bd2 Ng6 17. exf5
Qxf5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Qd7 20. g3 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rf8
22. b3 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 b6 24. Nf2 Nf8 25. Ng4 Qf7+ 26. Kg2 Qg6
27. Qd3 Nh7 28. Ne3 Bf8 29. b4 Nf6 30. Nf5 Ne8 31. g4 Ng7
32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Qa3 Nxf5 34. exf5 Qg7 35. Qb2 Qd7 36. Kf3
Qa4 37. Qb3 Qd7 38. Ke4 Kf7 39. Be1 Be7 40. Bd2 Kg7 41. a4 Bf6
42. a5 Be7 43. h3 Bf6 44. Bc3 Kh7 45. Ke3 Kg7 46. Kd2 Kf7
47. Qb6 Qa4 48. Qxa6 Qa2+ 49. Kc1 Qb3 50. Bb2 Bd8 51. Qb5 Qxb5
52. cxb5 Bxa5 53. Kc2 Bd8 54. Kd3 Bb6 55. Ke4 Ba5 56. Bc1 Kg7
57. Be3 Bb6 58. Bf2 Bd8 59. Kf3 Kf7 60. Be3 Kg7 61. Bg1 Kf7
62. Bf2 Ke8 63. Be3 Kd7 64. Ke4 Bf6 65. Bd2 Kc7 66. Ba5+ Kb7
67. Kd3 Kc8 68. Kc4 Kb7 69. Kd3 Kc8 70. Kc3 Kb7 71. Kc4 Kc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.12"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6
7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. Rc1 b6 11. d4 cxd4
12. Nb5 Bb7 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Nd5 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Nc7 Nxc7 20. Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.13"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2 g6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nb3 Qc7
18. axb5 cxb5 19. Na5 Nc5 20. Nxb7 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qxb7 22. Bg5
Nd7 23. Rad1 Nc5 24. Qe3 Qc6 25. Bh6 f6 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. h4
Na4 28. Re2 Rad8 29. Red2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Nc5 31. Rd5 Ne6 32. g3
Rd8 33. Qd2 Qa8 34. h5 Rxd5 35. exd5 Nf8 36. Nh4 Kg7 37. Qd3
Qc8 38. b3 Kf7 39. c4 Qc5 40. Nf3 Nd7 41. Nh4 Nf8 42. Nf3 Ke7
43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Nd2 f5 45. Qc3 Nd7 46. Nf3 Qd6 47. Qa5 Qb6
48. Qxb6 Nxb6 49. cxb5 axb5 50. Nxe5 Kf6 51. Nc6 Nxd5 52. Kf1
Nc3 53. Ke1 Ke6 54. Kd2 Ne4+ 55. Ke3 Kd6 56. Nd4 Kc5 57. g4
Nxf2 58. gxf5 Ng4+ 59. Kd3 Nf2+ 60. Ke3 Ng4+ 61. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.14"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Karen H Grigoryan"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5
Qxd5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Qd8 9. d3 c6 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Rb1 a5
12. b4 axb4 13. Rxb4 Bc8 14. a4 Na6 15. Rb1 Re8 16. Nd2 Nc7
17. Nc4 Ra6 18. e3 b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Nd2 Be6 21. d4 Ra2
22. Qd3 Bd5 23. e4 Bb7 24. Nf3 Qa8 25. Re1 Qa4 26. Bd2 Ra3
27. Qf1 Rb3 28. Rxb3 Qxb3 29. d5 Ra8 30. Rc1 Ne8 31. Bg5 Kf8
32. Nd2 Qa4 33. Qe1 h6 34. Be3 Rc8 35. Rb1 Nd6 36. e5 Nf5
37. Ra1 Qc2 38. Ra7 Nxe3 39. Rxb7 Nxg2 40. Kxg2 Qd3 41. Rd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.15"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Qf3 Bg4 16. Qg2 Qh5
17. Be3 Rae8 18. Nd2 Re6 19. a4 Rfe8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 h6
22. Rb7 Bh3 23. Qf3 Bg4 24. Qg2 Bh3 25. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.20"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "1.53"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgenija Ovod"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 f5 5. e3 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7
7. g3 h5 8. h4 Nf6 9. Bg2 Bh6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Ng4 12. Nf4
Re8 13. Bf3 c6 14. b4 Bd7 15. Rb1 a6 16. a4 Qf6 17. b5 axb5
18. cxb5 d5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rb6 Qd8 21. Qb3 Nxe3 22. fxe3
Rxe3 23. a5 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Kg7 25. Kf2 Rd3 26. Kg3 Rc8 27. Qb4
Ra8 28. Ne2 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "2.109"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Djakhangir Agaragimov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6
7. Re1 b5 8. Bc2 e5 9. h3 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. d6 Nc4 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. b3 Nb6 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Nd2
Nbd7 18. Qf3 Ne8 19. Qe2 Nc7 20. Nf1 Ne6 21. Ng3 g6 22. Rad1
a5 23. a3 Rfb8 24. Qg4 Ng7 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bh6 Nf8 27. f4 Bd7
28. Qf3 Rb6 29. h4 exf4 30. Nf5 gxf5 31. exf5 Qf7 32. Qxa8 Bc6
33. Qd8 Rb7 34. Rd6 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "3.80"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Kreisl"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e4 Nb6 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5
12. Bf4 f6 13. Rac1 e5 14. Nb5 exf4 15. Rxc5 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4
17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Nd6 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Bd1 Nc8 21. Rcd5
Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 Kf8 24. f4 Nf7 25. Rd7 Rd8
26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. Bc2 h6 30. Bb3 g6
31. Bc2 g5 32. Bd1 Nc6 33. Kf3 Nb4 34. a3 Nc6 35. Kg4 Nd4
36. Kh5 gxf4 37. gxf4 Ne6 38. Kg4 Ng7 39. Bb3 f5+ 40. Kf3
fxe4+ 41. Kxe4 h5 42. Bd1 Ke6 43. b4 Ne8 44. f5+ Kd6 45. Kf4
Nf6 46. Bf3 b6 47. a4 h4 48. Bg2 Ne8 49. a5 bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.23"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "4.78"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Aleksandar Colovic"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 Bd7
7. d5 Ne7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Re1 Bg7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nh5
12. Be3 h6 13. c5 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Qd3 Kh7 18. Rac1 Rae8 19. Nd2 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Bg5 21. Re4
Qf5 22. f3 Rf7 23. Rcc4 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Ref8 25. a4 h5 26. h3
Kg7 27. Qb4 Qg5 28. cxd6 Rxf3 29. dxc7 h4 30. Qxf8+ Rxf8
31. c8=Q Rxc8 32. Rxc8 Qd2 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. Rxb7 Qxd5 35. Rbb4
a5 36. Rbc4 g5 37. Kh2 Qd3 38. b4 axb4 39. Rxb4 Qg3+ 40. Kh1
Qa3 41. Rb5 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qa3 43. a5 Qd3 44. Rbxe5 g4 45. Re3
g3+ 46. Kg1 Qd1+ 47. Re1 Qd2 48. a6 Qa2 49. Re6+ Kg5 50. Kh1
Qa3 51. Rb6 Qc5 52. Reb1 Qc8 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Momchil Nikolov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d6 7. f3 d5 8. Bg5 c5 9. e3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qc3 d4
12. exd4 Nxd4 13. O-O-O e5 14. Ne2 Nxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Qc7 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. f4 Be6 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Qh4 Bxc4 20. Qxf6+ Kg8
21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Gabor Papp"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 c6 11. Nxe5
dxe5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. c4 Rfe8 15. g4 b5 16. Bd2 Bb4
17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. a3 Qc5 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. f3 Rab8 21. h4 b4
22. a4 Rbd8 23. Qe4 g6 24. Bb5 Rf8 25. h5 Rd4 26. Rxd4 Qxd4
27. Re1 Rd8 28. Bd3 b3 29. Qxd4 exd4 30. cxb3 Bxb3 31. Re7 a5
32. Re5 Rd5 33. Rxd5 Bxd5 34. Be4 Bb3 35. Bc2 Bd5 36. Be4 Bb3
37. Bc2 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.27"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "7.53"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Valerij Popov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7
12. a3 h6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bc1 Rd8 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. e3 Bf5
17. Rc1 Be4 18. Re1 Qf8 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. Rcd1 Qe7 21. Rd2 f6
22. Red1 Rc7 23. Bd4 Rcd7 24. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "8.50"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vasif Durarbayli"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Rd8 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4
12. Nc3 Qh5 13. Ne5 Nxd3 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. Rxd3 Nf6 16. Rad1
Kf8 17. Bg5 Bd7 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Nxd5+ exd5
21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rc8 24. Kf1 Rc2 25. Rb5
b6 26. a4 Kd6 27. a5 Rc5 28. Rb3 Rxa5 29. Ke1 Rd5 30. Rg3 g6
31. Rf3 Re5+ 32. Kf1 f5 33. Rd3+ Kc6 34. Rh3 Re7 35. Rc3+ Kb5
36. h4 Kb4 37. f3 b5 38. Kf2 a5 39. g4 fxg4 40. fxg4 Re4
41. Kf3 Rc4 42. Re3 h5 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Kg3 a4 45. Re5 Rc5
46. Re3 Rc2 47. Re4+ Kb3 48. Re5 b4 0-1

[Event "Turkish Bank Chess League 2012"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2012.07.18"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nidjat Mamedov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Turkish Bank Chess League 2012"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2012.07.18"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vedat Ali Cetinkaya"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Ne5 Ne8 8. Na3 Nd6 9. e3 Be6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Naxc4 Nxe5
12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 Qc7 16. Rd1
Rfc8 17. Bd5 Bd7 18. Rb1 Bb5 19. Qd2 e6 20. Bb3 d5 21. Qe1 Bc4
22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Bd2 Bxb2 24. Bc1 Qc7 25. Bd2 Qc4 26. Bc1 Bf6
27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. a3 Rb3 29. Kg2 h5 30. h4 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Qc2
32. Qd2 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 Be7 34. Rb2 Rd3 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Bb2+
Bf6 37. Bxf6+ Kxf6 38. a4 Ra3 39. Rb4 a5 40. Rd4 Ke5 41. g4
hxg4 42. Rxg4 Kd6 43. Kf1 e5 44. h5 gxh5 45. Rh4 Ke6 46. Ke2
f6 47. Kd2 Ra2+ 48. Ke1 Kf7 49. Rxh5 Rxa4 50. Rh8 Ra1+ 51. Ke2
a4 0-1

[Event "Turkish Bank Chess League 2012"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ba2 O-O 11. h3 c5 12. Nc4
Nc6 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Ne3 Ne8 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nh4 Nc7 17. f4
exf4 18. Rxf4 Be6 19. Nhf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 g6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6
22. Rg4 Kh8 23. Nh6 Rb7 24. Qf3 Nd4 25. Qf2 f5 26. exf5 gxf5
27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Nxf5 Qf6 29. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 30. Nxd4 Rf4 31. Ne2
Rf5 32. Nd4 Rd5 33. c3 Kg8 34. Rf1 Rf7 35. Rd1 bxc3 36. bxc3
Rc7 37. Ne2 Rc4 38. Kf2 Rxa4 39. d4 Rb5 40. Ke3 a5 41. Ke4 Ra2
42. Nf4 a4 43. c4 Rb4 44. Kd5 a3 45. Re1 Rc2 46. Kxd6 Rcxc4
47. Re8+ Kg7 48. Ne6+ Kh6 49. Rf8 a2 50. Rf1 Kg6 51. Ke5 Rb5+
52. d5 Rb1 53. Rf6+ Kh5 54. Ng7+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Turkish Bank Chess League 2012"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2012.07.20"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Galkin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 d5
7. O-O Bg4 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6
12. Qc2 Qe7 13. a3 a5 14. e3 Rec8 15. Rac1 Ne8 16. Rfd1 Bxb2
17. Qxb2 Nd6 18. Nd2 h5 19. h4 Qf6 20. Qb1 Qe7 21. Qb2 Qf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Turkish Bank Chess League 2012"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Dragan Solak"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. d3 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. Qd1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nf3 b5 15. d4 c4 16. g3 b4 17. h4
bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Qc2 Rfb8 20. Bd2 Ra7 21. Rab1 Rab7
22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. h5 Qb5 24. Be2 Qb2 25. Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Turkish Bank Chess League 2012"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikolai Chadaev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Turkish Bank Chess League 2012"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2012.07.11"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhael Mchedlishvili"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6
7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Nd2
a4 13. Rd1 f5 14. Rb1 Bf7 15. Nf3 Bc4 16. Qe1 Nb4 17. Ne5 Bxe5
18. dxe5 Nc2 19. Qd2 Nb4 20. e4 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 Bd3 22. Rbc1 Nc4
23. exf5 Nxb2 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ e6 26. Bxb7 Nxd1 27. Bxa8
Rxa8 28. f6 Nb2 29. Rxc7 Nc4 30. f7+ Kg7 31. Bb4 Rf8 32. Bxf8+
Kxf8 33. f4 Nb6 34. Rc6 Nd5 35. Rxe6 Kxf7 36. Rc6 Ne7 37. Rc3
Bb5 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Rc5 Bc6 40. Ke3 Bd5 41. a3 Nc6 42. Rb5 h5
43. Rb6 Kd7 44. Rb5 Bb3 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. Rc5 Ne7 47. Ra5 Nc6
48. Ra6 Bc2+ 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Kd2 Bb3 51. Kc3 Kc5 52. Ra8 Ne7
53. Kd3 Bc4+ 54. Kd2 Bb3 55. Ra7 Nd5 56. Rg7 Nb6 57. Kc3 Nc4
58. Rc7+ Kd5 59. e6 Nd6 60. Rg7 Kxe6 61. Rxg6+ Ke7 62. h3 Bf7
63. Rh6 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Turkish Bank Chess League 2012"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2012.07.12"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. Qe2 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. Rd1 Bb6 10. h3 h6 11. d3 Re8 12. Be3
Bxe3 13. fxe3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. Nbd2 Bb7 16. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Turkish Bank Chess League 2012"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasif Durarbayli"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Na4 Be4 14. Qc1 d5 15. c5 b5 16. Nb2 Ba3
17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qc2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Turkish Bank Chess League 2012"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 g5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. h3 Nfd7
12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 b5 14. h4 Bb7 15. g5 Qa5 16. Kb1 b4
17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Bxd5 20. Nb3 Bxb3 21. cxb3
Rc8 22. Rd5 Rc5 23. Rxc5 Nxc5 24. Bc6+ Nd7 25. Qe4 Bg7 26. h5
Qb6 27. Rc1 f6 28. Be3 Qd8 29. Qf5 Qe7 30. Bd5 Nc5 31. Bxc5
dxc5 32. Qc8+ Qd8 33. Qe6+ Qe7 34. Qc8+ Qd8 35. Qe6+ Qe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Turkish Bank Chess League 2012"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksandr Shimanov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. Qc2 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. Nd2 Nc6
12. e3 h5 13. a3 h4 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bd3 f5
17. f3 h3 18. gxh3 Rxh3 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. fxg4 fxg4 21. Ne4
Bh6 22. Nc3 Qxh1 23. Rxh1 Bxf4 24. exf4 Nxd4 25. Qa4 Rxd3
26. Qxa7 Nb3+ 27. Kb1 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Bf5+
30. Ka2 Nc1+ 31. Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Turkish Bank Chess League 2012"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "245"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qe2 Qa5+ 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nd6+ Kf8
12. Nc4 Qc5 13. cxd4 Qb4+ 14. Ncd2 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Be4 Bxe4
17. Nxe4 Ke7 18. d5 Rhc8 19. Rad1 Qxb2 20. Rd2 Qb4 21. Rfd1 e5
22. a3 Qa4 23. Nd4 g6 24. Nc6+ Kf8 25. Nxf6 Nxf6 26. Qxe5 Kg7
27. Rd4 Qb5 28. Ne7 Rc2 29. Nf5+ gxf5 30. Qxf5 Rc6 31. Qf4
Nxd5 32. Rxd5 Qe2 33. h4 Re8 34. Rg5+ Rg6 35. Rd7 Re7 36. Qd4+
Kh6 37. Rd6 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Rgxg6+ fxg6 40. Qd2+ Kg7
41. Qc3+ Kg8 42. g3 Qe5 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. Qc8 Re8 45. Qb7+ Kg8
46. Ra8 Qe2 47. Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qe6 49. Rxa7 Qe4+ 50. Qxe4
Rxe4 51. Ra6 Re6 52. g4 Rc6 53. Kg3 h6 54. f3 Kg7 55. Ra7+ Kg8
56. Rb7 Rf6 57. Kf2 Re6 58. a4 Kh8 59. Rd7 Kg8 60. Ra7 Rc6
61. Ke3 Rc4 62. Ra6 Kg7 63. Ra7+ Kg8 64. Kf2 Rb4 65. Kg3 Rc4
66. f4 Rc3+ 67. Kf2 Ra3 68. Ra6 Kg7 69. Ke2 Rb3 70. Ra7+ Kg8
71. Kf2 Ra3 72. h5 gxh5 73. gxh5 Rh3 74. Ra6 Ra3 75. Rxb6 Rxa4
76. Kg3 Kg7 77. Rg6+ Kh7 78. Re6 Kg7 79. Kg4 Ra5 80. Re7+ Kg8
81. Re5 Ra6 82. Re7 Ra5 83. Re5 Ra6 84. Kf5 Kf7 85. Rb5 Rf6+
86. Kg4 Kg7 87. Rb7+ Kg8 88. Rd7 Kf8 89. f5 Ra6 90. Kf4 Ra5
91. Ke4 Kg8 92. Rd6 Kg7 93. Rg6+ Kh7 94. Rd6 Kg7 95. Rd5 Ra7
96. Rd6 Ra5 97. Rg6+ Kh7 98. f6 Ra4+ 99. Kd5 Ra5+ 100. Kc6 Ra7
101. Kb6 Rd7 102. Kc5 Ra7 103. Rg4 Ra5+ 104. Kd6 Ra6+ 105. Ke5
Ra5+ 106. Ke4 Ra4+ 107. Kf3 Ra3+ 108. Kg2 Ra2+ 109. Kg3 Ra3+
110. Kh4 Ra7 111. Re4 Kg8 112. Kg4 Kf7 113. Kh4 Kg8 114. Kg4
Kf7 115. Kf5 Rb7 116. Re7+ Rxe7 117. fxe7 Kxe7 118. Kg6 Kf8
119. Kxh6 Kg8 120. Kg6 Kh8 121. h6 Kg8 122. h7+ Kh8 123. Kh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Turkish Bank Chess League 2012"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Pavel Tregubov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2
Nd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nf1 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Ne3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O
12. Qe2 e5 13. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vlad Serban"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. f4 Rb8 12. Be3
b6 13. g4 Re8 14. g5 Nd7 15. f5 Nde5 16. Kh1 Bf8 17. f6 Bb7
18. Ne2 d5 19. fxg7 Bxg7 20. Ng3 Ne7 21. a5 bxa5 22. Nc5 Nc4
23. Bg1 Nxb2 24. Qh5 Ng6 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. exd5 Rb5 27. Rae1
Nf4 28. Rxf4 Qxf4 29. Rf1 Qc7 30. Be4 Rxd5 31. Qxh7+ Kf8
32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Nf5 Be5 34. Nh6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sam E Collins"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. d3 a6 6. Nf3 d6
7. O-O h6 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Nd7 13. f4 f6 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Qd4 Nd7 16. Nd5 a5
17. c4 Nb8 18. Rad1 Nc6 19. Qc3 Qb8 20. c5 dxc5 21. Qxc5 Rf7
22. e5 fxe5 23. fxe5 Qa7 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 25. Nf4 Bxa2 26. e6 Re7
27. Rd7 Re8 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Nh5 Kh8 30. Rxg7 Rg8 31. Rxg8+
Kxg8 32. e7 Bf7 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. e8=Q Bxe8 35. Nxe8+ Kg8
36. Rf6 Rb7 37. Rxc6 Rb3 38. Nxc7 Rxg3+ 39. Kh2 Rb3 40. Rc2 a4
41. Nd5 Kf7 42. Nc3 a3 43. bxa3 Rxa3 44. Ne4 Re3 45. Ng3 Re6
46. Kg2 Kg6 47. Kf3 Ra6 48. Rc4 h5 49. Ne2 Ra3+ 50. Rc3 Ra5
51. h4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "John Arni Nilssen"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 b6 6. h3 Bg7
7. O-O e5 8. a3 a5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Qb1 h6 12. Qa2
Bc8 13. Qc4 O-O 14. b4 Be6 15. Qc3 Nd5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. d4
cxd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Qe3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxc2
22. Rfc1 Qc7 23. Rxc2 Qxc2 24. Nf3 Qe4 25. Qd2 g5 26. Nd4 Rc8
27. Rd1 Rc4 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Qxa5 d4 31. Qd2
Qd6 32. Qd3 Ra4 33. Ra1 Qc5 34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Rd1 Rxa3 36. Qxd4+
Qxd4 37. Rxd4 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Khenkin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nc6
7. g3 e5 8. h6 Bf6 9. Bg2 Nxc3 10. dxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Be7
12. Be3 f6 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Rh4 Nd8 15. Nb3 c6 16. Ra4 a6
17. Bb6 Nf7 18. Na5 Bd8 19. Bxd8 Nxd8 20. Rb4 Bc8 21. Kc2 Kd7
22. Nc4 Rb8 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. Nd6 Be6 25. f4 Nf7 26. Nxf7 Bxf7
27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Bh3 Rbd8 29. Rf1 Rhf8 30. Re4 Rde8 31. Re3
e4 32. Rf4 g5 33. Rf5 Bg6 34. Rxg5 Rf2 35. Rg4 Rd8 36. Rf4 Rh2
37. Bf5 Rxh6 38. Rexe4 Bxf5 39. Rxf5 Rd7 40. a4 Rg6 41. g4
Rdg7 42. a5 h6 43. Rff4 Rg5 44. b4 h5 45. gxh5 Rxh5 46. Kb3 b6
47. Rf6 bxa5 48. Ree6 axb4 49. Rxc6+ Kb8 50. Kxb4 a5+ 51. Kc4
Re5 52. Rb6+ Rb7 53. Kd3 Rxb6 54. Rxb6+ Kc7 55. Rb2 Kc6 56. e4
Re8 57. Ra2 Ra8 58. Kc4 a4 59. Re2 a3 60. Kb3 Kd6 61. e5+ Ke6
62. c4 a2 63. Rxa2 Rxa2 64. Kxa2 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mladen Palac"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4
12. Ne2 Qd5 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. Nh5 Nxh5 15. Qxh5 h6 16. Re1 Bd7
17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Qf3 Ne5 19. Qg3 Qf6 20. c3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3
Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Bc6 23. cxd4 Re8 24. Bc3 Qg5 25. Qg3 Qd5 26. f3
Re2 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qe6 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. dxe5 g5
31. Kf2 Kh7 32. Bd4 a6 33. Bb6 Kg6 34. Bd8 Kf5 35. Bf6 g4
36. fxg4+ Kxg4 37. h3+ Kf5 38. g4+ Kg6 39. h4 h5 40. gxh5+
Kxh5 41. Ke3 Kg4 42. Kd4 Kh5 43. Kc5 Kg6 44. b4 Bh1 45. a4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4
12. Ne2 Qd5 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. Nh5 Nxh5 15. Qxh5 h6 16. f4 f5
17. Bd2 Qf6 18. c4 Be6 19. b4 Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rfe1 b6
22. Re2 Rac8 23. Rae1 Rfe8 24. Bc1 a5 25. b5 Nb8 26. Bb2 Nd7
27. Bxd4 Nc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Bb1 Bd7 30. Rxe8 Bxe8 31. Kf2
Bd7 32. Bd3 Be6 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Kd4 Kd6 35. Re3 g6 36. Rg3 Bf7
37. Rh3 h5 38. Re3 Be6 39. Be2 Rc7 40. Kc3 Ke7 41. Re5 Kd6
42. Kd4 h4 43. Re3 Re7 44. Bf3 h3 45. g3 Rg7 46. Re5 g5
47. c5+ bxc5+ 48. Rxc5 gxf4 49. gxf4 Rg1 50. b6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd3 Rb7 15. Rfc1 Qc7 16. c3 Bc4
17. Qc2 Be6 18. Qd1 Qd8 19. Bf1 bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bg5 21. Bxg5
Qxg5 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Nd7 24. Rac1 Qd8 25. Rc6 Qb8
26. Rxd6 Rxb3 27. Rxd7 Rxb2 28. Qd5 Rb1 29. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 30. Kg2
Qa1 31. a5 h6 32. Rd6 Rc8 33. Rxa6 Rc1 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7
1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "11.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 Be7 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3
b5 13. O-O-O b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 a5 16. Be4 Bd7 17. Kb1
a4 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 O-O 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Bd3 b3 22. cxb3
axb3 23. a3 Bf6 24. Bxd6 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Qxd6 26. Rxh6 Red8
27. g5 gxh6 28. gxf6 Qxf6 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Rf1 Qg7 31. Bc4
Rab8 32. Rf3 Qg1+ 33. Rf1 Qg5 34. Qc3+ Qg7 35. Qh3 Rb6
36. Bxb3 Rf6 37. Rc1 Rf2 38. Rc3 Qg1+ 39. Rc1 Qg5 40. Rc6 h5
41. Qc3+ Kg8 42. Ka2 h4 43. d6 Qf6 44. Qc1 h3 45. Rc7 Qxd6
46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Rc3 h2 48. Rh3 Rxb2+ 49. Kxb2 Qd4+ 50. Ka2
Qf2+ 51. Kb1 Qf1+ 52. Kb2 Qe2+ 53. Kb1 Qe1+ 54. Qc1 Qe4+
55. Ka1 Qe5+ 56. Ka2 Qe2+ 57. Ka1 Qe5+ 58. Ka2 Qe2+ 59. Ka1
Qe5+ 60. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubisa Andonovski"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Be6 8. d5 Bc8 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O cxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7
12. Rd1 Ne8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 Nd6 15. Qb4 a5 16. Qb3 g5
17. Bg3 Nf5 18. Nb5 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Nc5 20. Qa3 Qb6 21. Rac1 Ne4
22. Nfd4 Bd7 23. Qf3 f5 24. a4 Be5 25. Bc4 Bxb5 26. Nxb5 g4
27. Qe2 Bxg3 28. d6+ Kh8 29. Rf1 Bxf2+ 30. Rxf2 g3 31. Qh5
Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Qe3 33. Rf1 Nf2+ 34. Rxf2 gxf2 0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Lars Oskar Hauge"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O d6 9. a4 O-O 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. f4 b6 12. g4 d5
13. e5 Nd7 14. Ne2 Nc5 15. Nbd4 Ne4 16. c3 Bd7 17. Nxc6 Qxc6
18. f5 Qc4 19. Nd4 Bc5 20. Be3 f6 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Re1 Bd6
23. g5 Rxf5 24. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Filip Daniel Goldstern"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5
Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. e3 Qd6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O c6
12. Rb1 Nd7 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rfc1 Nb6 15. Qb3 Qd8 16. Qc2 Re8
17. Re1 Bf8 18. Rbc1 Bd6 19. g3 Bg4 20. Nd2 a4 21. a3 Kg7
22. f3 Bh3 23. Bf1 Bf5 24. Bd3 Be6 25. Kf2 h5 26. h4 c5
27. dxc5 Bxc5 28. Nb5 Rc8 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. Qxc5
Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Bc6 33. Nf1 Nd7 34. Rc3 Ne5 35. Be2 Qb6 36. Rc2
Bd7 37. Rec1 Nc6 38. Rd1 Bh3 39. Nh2 Bf5 40. Rcd2 Nxd4
41. exd4 Rc8 42. Nf1 Bc2 43. Re1 Qxb2 44. Ne3 Qb3 45. Rc1 Bf5
46. Rxc8+ Bxc8 47. Rd3 Qa2 48. Rc3 Be6 49. Ke1 b5 50. Nc2 Bf5
51. Ne3 Qa1+ 52. Nd1 Qb1 0-1

[Event "World Cities Team Championship"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.22"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "1.25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Baris Esen"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. f3 g6 10. c4 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3
Rc8 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 e6 15. Nc2 Bf8 16. Bh6 Be7 17. Qf2
Qc7 18. Kh1 Qb8 19. Rd2 Ba8 20. Red1 Red8 21. h3 b5 22. cxb5
axb5 23. a3 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Bg5 Bb3 26. Rxd7 Rxd7
27. Rxd7 Bc5 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxc5 Rc8 30. Qxb5 Nh5 31. Qxb8
Rxb8 32. Nb4 f6 33. Bh4 Rd8 34. Be1 f5 35. Kg1 g5 36. a4 Ra8
37. Bb5 Nf4 38. Nc6 Kg7 39. Nd4 Bd5 40. Nxd5 Nxd5 41. Bc6 1-0

[Event "World Cities Team Championship"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.23"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "2.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Murtas Kazhgaleyev"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4
7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nf3 Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 11. Nxd4 Ne7
12. O-O O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 a5 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 f6
17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Bb2 Rxf4 19. Rxf4 Bxf4 20. Qg4 e5 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Qxe5 Ng8 24. Qd4 Nf6 25. Re1 Qd7 26. h3
Re8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qf4 Kg8 29. Kf2 Qe7 30. Qb8+ Kf7
31. Qf4 Kg8 32. Qb8+ Kf7 33. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cities Team Championship"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.24"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "3.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Constantin Lupulescu"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc5 10. Nf2 c6 11. Be3 cxd5
12. cxd5 b6 13. O-O a5 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. b3 e6
17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Bc4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6
Ne8 22. Rd3 Bd4 23. e5 Ng7 24. Nb5 Ba6 25. Nxd4 Bxc4 26. bxc4
cxd4 27. Rxd4 Ne6 28. Re4 Rfd8 29. Ng4 Rd4 30. f5 gxf5
31. Nh6+ Kf8 32. Rxd4 Nxd4 33. Nxf5 Nxf5 34. Rxf5 Ke7 35. Rf4
Rb8 36. a3 Rb3 37. Rf3 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rb2+ 39. Ke3 Rxg2 40. Rh3
Rg4 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Rxh7 Kxe5 43. Rxf7 Rh4 44. Rg7 Kd6 45. Rg5
Rh3+ 46. Kd4 Rh4+ 47. Kc3 Rh3+ 48. Kd4 Rh4+ 49. Kc3 Rh3+
50. Kb2 Rxh2+ 51. Kb3 Rh3+ 52. Ka4 Rc3 53. Kb5 Rxa3 54. c5+
Kc7 55. Rg7+ Kb8 56. Kc6 Rh3 57. Rg8+ Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cities Team Championship"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.25"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2
Nc6 7. Rd1 g5 8. c3 g4 9. Nh4 O-O-O 10. d4 d5 11. e5 Ne4
12. Be3 Rg8 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 e6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. Qh6 Rdf8 18. g3 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qe3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Kb8
22. Rd2 Qf7 23. Re1 Re8 24. Qg5 Rg8 25. Qe3 Re8 26. Qg5 Rg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cities Team Championship"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Ivanisevic"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 b5 5. g3 d5 6. Qe2 b4
7. exd5 bxc3 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Rb1 Ra7
12. Ne5 O-O 13. O-O Re7 14. Ba3 a5 15. Rxb8 Bxb8 16. Nc6 Qc7
17. Bxc5 Ree8 18. Rb1 Bb7 19. Rxb7 Qxb7 20. Ne7+ Qxe7 21. Bxe7
Rxe7 22. d4 Ba7 23. Qa6 Nd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qd6 Re2
26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Qf3 Rxc2 28. Qe4 Rxa2 29. Qb1 Re2 30. Kf1
Rxh2 31. Kg1 Rd2 32. Kf1 Rb8 33. Qe4 a4 34. f5 a3 35. f6 gxf6
36. Qf5 Rf8 37. Qa5 a2 38. Qxa7 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "World Cities Team Championship"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.28"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h4 h5 9. Ng5 c6 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. Qc2 Nd7
12. O-O Nb6 13. c4 Qa4 14. Qxa4 Nxa4 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Nf3 e5
17. Rfd1 Bf5 18. Rxb7 e4 19. Ng5 Nc3 20. Re1 Rxd2 21. Rxf7
Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3 23. Bc5 Rad8 24. Rxa7 Rd1 25. f3 Be5
26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kf2 Rd2+ 28. Ke1 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Ke1
Rd1+ 31. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]
[Round "6.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tejas Bakre"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Be2 Nfd7
7. c4 e5 8. cxd5 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. Bb2 Nxd5 11. Qb3 a5
12. bxa5 Nf4 13. exf4 Bxd4 14. O-O Nc6 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. Bf3
Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Qxb2 18. Nxb2 Nd4 19. Rfc1 c6 20. Nc4 Nxf3+
21. gxf3 Bh3 22. Rab1 Ra7 23. Nd6 Rxa5 24. Rxb7 Rxa2 25. Rc7
Ra3 26. Ne4 h6 27. R7xc6 Rd8 28. f5 Bxf5 29. Kg2 Rdd3 30. R6c3
Bxe4 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. fxe4 Rf3 33. Rf1 g5 34. Rcc1 g4 35. Ra1
Rxa1 36. Rxa1 h5 37. Ra5 Kg6 38. h4 f6 39. Ra6 Kg7 40. Ra7+
Kg6 41. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.20"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7
7. cxd5 O-O 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bf3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nge2 Nb4
12. O-O h6 13. a3 Nd3 14. Rd1 Nxc1 15. Raxc1 Ra5 16. d6 exd6
17. Nf4 Re8 18. b4 Rxa3 19. Nb5 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Bf8 21. Nc7 Rd8
22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 b5 24. Rc7 Be6 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. d5 Bh3
27. Ng4 Rb8 28. Ra1 h5 29. Ne3 Kf6 30. Ra7 Bc8 31. Kg2 Be7
32. Rc2 Ke5 33. Rca2 Bh4 34. Ra8 Rxa8 35. Rxa8 Bd7 36. Rb8 f5
37. Rxb7 Be8 38. Rb8 Bd7 39. Rb7 Be8 40. Rc7 f4 41. Nd1 Kxd5
42. Nc3+ Kd4 43. Kf1 Bf6 44. Ke2 Be5 45. Kd2 g5 46. Ne2+ Kd5
47. Nc3+ Ke6 48. h3 h4 49. Ne4 Bf6 50. Rc8 Bd7 51. Rb8 Be7
52. Rb6 Ke5 53. Rb7 Ke6 54. Rb6 Ke5 55. Rb7 Ke6 56. Rb6 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.21"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Qun Ma"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Ne1 f5
12. f3 Nf6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nd3 c5 15. Qe2 b5 16. b3 g5 17. Bd2
bxc4 18. bxc4 Rae8 19. Rae1 Nh5 20. Qd1 Nf4 21. Nf2 fxe4
22. fxe4 Neg6 23. g3 Nh3+ 24. Nxh3 Qxh3 25. Qe2 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1
Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Rb8 28. Ke2 Ne7 29. h3 Kf7 30. Rb1 Rxb1
31. Nxb1 Bf6 32. Nc3 h5 33. Kf3 Ng8 34. Nd1 Bd8 35. Ne3 Ne7
36. g4 h4 37. Nf5 Nc8 38. Ke2 Bf6 39. Kd3 Ke8 40. Kc2 Kd7
41. Nh6 Ke8 42. Ng8 Bd8 43. Kb3 Kf7 44. Nh6+ Ke8 45. Bc1 Bf6
46. Nf5 Kf7 47. Ne3 Bd8 48. Nc2 Nb6 49. Bd2 Nd7 50. Ne1 Kg6
51. Nf3 Nf8 52. Ka4 Nd7 53. Ba5 Bb6 54. Nd2 Kf6 55. Bxb6 Nxb6+
56. Ka5 Nc8 57. Kxa6 Ke7 58. Kb7 Kd7 1-0

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.13"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]
[Round "1.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Shah Sagar"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "25"]

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. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Kb1
Na5 13. f4 1-0

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.15"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]
[Round "3.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 b6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Bd2 g6 12. Kh1
Bb7 13. Rae1 Qc5 14. Nf3 O-O 15. f5 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Qc7 17. fxe6
fxe6 18. Ng5 Bf8 1-0

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.17"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 g6
7. e3 Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Re1 e6 11. b3 d5 12. Ba3
Re8 13. Ne5 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. b4 Rb8 17. Rb1
Ba8 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxc5 d4 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 e5 22. Qf3
Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Re8 24. c6 f5 25. Qc2 Qd5 26. a4 e4 27. b5 d3
28. Qd2 Rec8 29. Rec1 a6 30. c7 Rb6 31. Qb4 axb5 32. axb5 f4
33. Rc5 Qe6 34. Qc3 Rd6 35. Re5 Qa2 36. Re7 Qxb1+ 37. Kg2 f3+
38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.08"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. a5 Be6 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Bg4 14. Bb6 Qc8 15. Ra3 Nd7 16. Rc3 Qe8 17. Rc7
Nxb6 18. axb6 Bd8 19. Rxb7 Bc8 20. Ra7 Rb8 21. b7 Rxb7
22. Rxa6 Rxb2 23. Rxd6 Qe7 24. Rc6 Bb7 25. Qa1 Bxc6 26. Qxb2
Bxd5 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 Re8 29. f4 Bb6+ 30. Kh1 Bd4
31. Bf3 Bxe5 32. Bxd5 Bc3 33. g3 Re1 34. Rxe1 Bxe1 35. c4 Bb4
36. Kg2 Kf8 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Ke4 f6 39. Kf5 Bc5 40. h3 Bf2
41. g4 Bc5 42. h4 Bf2 43. h5 Bc5 44. Kg6 Kf8 45. Kf5 Ke7
46. Kg6 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.09"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. h4 h5
7. d3 Bg7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Rc1 e5 12. Bh6
Re8 13. O-O Nd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Ne4 c6
17. Rfe1 Nd5 18. Nc5 b6 19. Ne4 c5 20. a3 a5 21. e3 dxe3
22. fxe3 Ra7 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Qxc3+ Qf6 25. d4 cxd4 26. exd4
Rc8 27. Bc6 Bd7 28. d5 Bxc6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rxc6+ Rxc6
31. dxc6 Rc7 32. Rc1 Ke6 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 b5 35. Rc5 Kd6
36. Kf2 Rxc6 37. Rxb5 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 Rc3+ 39. Kf4 Rc4+ 40. Kf3
Rc3+ 41. Kf4 Rc4+ 42. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Pavel Tregubov"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 d5
7. exd5 exd5 8. Bg2 Bg4 9. f3 Bd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Re1 Re8 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Bf2 Qd7 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qc8
17. Nb5 b6 18. N5d4 Bd7 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Nd4 Qc8 21. c3 h6
22. Bf1 Nh7 23. h4 Nf8 24. Bd3 Ba4 25. Rc1 Bf6 26. Rxe8 Rxe8
27. Nf5 Qc7 28. Bd4 Bxd4+ 29. cxd4 Qb8 30. Qb4 Bd7 31. Qd6
Qxd6 32. Nxd6 Re3 33. Rc3 Re1+ 34. Kf2 Ra1 35. Ra3 a5 36. Rb3
Rxa2 37. Rxb6 a4 38. Ke3 a3 39. bxa3 Rxa3 40. g4 g5 41. h5 Be6
42. Rb8 Kg7 43. Ne8+ Kg8 44. Nd6 Kg7 45. Rd8 Bd7 46. Kd2 Rb3
47. Kc2 Rb6 48. Nf5+ Bxf5 49. Bxf5 Rb5 50. Rd6 Nh7 51. Bxh7
Kxh7 52. Rc6 Rb4 53. Kd3 Kg7 54. Rc5 Rb3+ 55. Ke2 Rb2+ 56. Ke3
Rb3+ 57. Kf2 Rb2+ 58. Kg3 Rd2 59. Rxd5 Kf8 60. Rd8+ Kg7
61. Rd6 Kh7 62. d5 Kg7 63. Kh3 Kh7 64. Rf6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ildar Ibragimov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 e6
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Bb4 9. e5 Qa5 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6
12. a3 d4 13. Ne4 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Qxc5 16. Ne4
Qb6 17. Rd3 Qa5 18. b4 Qb6 19. c4 dxc3 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Nd6
Nh6 22. Qxc3 Ke7 23. Qc5 Qxc5+ 24. bxc5 b6 25. cxb6 axb6
26. Bb5 Nd4 27. Rd1 Nxb5 28. Nxb5 Nf5 29. Nd6 Ne3 30. Rd2 Nd5
31. Rd4 Ra8 32. Kb2 f6 33. h4 h5 34. Ne4 fxe5 35. fxe5 Rf8
36. Ra4 Kd7 37. g3 Rf5 38. Ra7+ Kc6 39. Rg7 Rxe5 40. Ng5 Re2+
41. Kc1 e5 42. Rxg6+ Kb5 43. Nf3 Re3 44. Nd2 Rxa3 45. Rg5 Rc3+
46. Kd1 Ne3+ 47. Ke2 Ng4 48. Rxh5 Rxg3 49. Rg5 Re3+ 50. Kf1
Rd3 51. Ke2 Rd4 52. h5 Kb4 53. Rg6 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karpos Open"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2013.03.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Aleksandar Indjic"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5
7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Be3 c6 10. O-O-O Kc7 11. f4 Bh6
12. Nge2 Nh5 13. Bf3 Nxg3 14. Nxg3 exf4 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. Bg4
Rd8 17. Nf1 b6 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Nh2 g5 20. Rdg1 Rd6 21. Ng4
Nf3 22. Nxh6 Nxg1 23. Nxf7 Nf3 24. Nxd6 Kxd6 25. Rf1 Nd4
26. Kd1 Ke5 27. Ne2 Ne6 28. Ng1 Rd8 29. Re1 h5 30. Nf3+ Kf6
31. Rg1 Rg8 32. Bc3+ Ke7 33. Ne5 Nc5 34. Nd3 Ne6 35. Bd2 Rd8
36. Ne5 Rd6 37. Nf3 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.05"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "1.39"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rasmus Skytte"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O
7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Qa3 Qc7 10. b4 b6 11. Nb5 Qb7
12. Bb2 a5 13. c6 Qxc6 14. Rc1 axb4 15. Qxb4 Nc5 16. O-O Bb7
17. Nbd4 Qc7 18. Nb5 Qc8 19. Nbd4 Ra4 20. Qd2 Nfe4 21. Qe2 Nd6
22. Bb3 Ra7 23. Nb5 Nxb5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qxb5 Bxf3 26. gxf3
Qb8 27. Rfd1 Ra5 28. Qc4 Nxb3 29. axb3 Rg5+ 30. Kh1 Rf5
31. Qd4+ e5 32. Qe4 Rd8 33. Rd5 Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Qa7 35. e4 Rh5
36. Qd8 b5 37. Rc8 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Qf1+ 40. Kh2
Qf2+ 41. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "2.68"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Mateusz Kolosowski"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2
d5 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. d4 Bg7 9. dxe5 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Bxc6
bxc6 12. e6 Re8 13. Qd3 c5 14. Bf4 c4 15. Qa3 Rxe6 16. Rfe1
Bf8 17. Qc3 Rb6 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Bxc7 Rxb2 21. h3
Bh5 22. Re6 Rb7 23. Bd6 Rb6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rae1 Re8
26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qa3 Qf7 28. Nf5 Rb8 29. Qd6 Rb6 30. Qc5 Rc6
31. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "3.35"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Baris Esen"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Ne5 Ng4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. e3 e6
12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bd2 Nh6 14. O-O a6 15. Rfc1 Nf5 16. Bh3 Rfc8
17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Ne2 Bf8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1
f6 22. Nd3 Bd6 23. Bb4 Bc7 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Kf7 26. Kf1
Ke8 27. Ke2 Kd7 28. Bb4 Bd8 29. Kd3 Kc6 30. Bf8 Kd7 31. Bb4
Kc6 32. Bf8 Kd7 33. Bb4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "4.38"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Gyula Pap"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+
bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 c5 9. Nc6 Qd7 10. Na5 Bf6 11. e5 dxe5
12. Be3 Ne7 13. Nc3 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bf5 15. Rd2 O-O 16. Bxc5
Rfe8 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Ne3 Bg5 19. Ne4 Bxe3 20. Bxe3 Rad8
21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Rfd1 Nc6 23. Kf1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Ke2 f6
26. c4 Rxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Nd8 28. Kc3 Kf7 29. a4 Ke7 30. b4 Ne6
31. Nd3 c6 32. b5 cxb5 33. cxb5 axb5 34. axb5 Kd6 35. Nb2 Bb7
36. Nc4+ Kc7 37. g3 Bf3 38. Kb4 h5 39. Bb6+ Kd7 40. Bc5 Nc7
41. b6 Ne6 42. Be3 Nd8 43. Nd2 Be2 44. Kc5 Nb7+ 45. Kd5 Bg4
46. f4 Be6+ 47. Ke4 Nd6+ 48. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "5.44"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lukasz Cyborowski"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 h5
12. f3 Bh6 13. Bf2 Nf8 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ke2 b6
17. Rhd1+ Ke7 18. Nd2 Ne6 19. Nc4 Rhd8 20. g3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Ke8 22. h4 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. b3 Bf8 25. Kd3 Bc5 26. Be3
Bxe3 27. Nxe3 Nc5+ 28. Kc2 c6 29. Nc4 Kc7 30. Ne3 Kd6 31. Nc4+
Kc7 32. Ne3 Kd6 33. Nc4+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "6.45"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Stelios Halkias"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Ne2 d5 12. Nxe5
dxe4 13. d4 c5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. c3 Rad8 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Ng3
b3 18. Bxb3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Rxd4 20. Nf5 Qxe5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Nxd4 Bd5 23. Qc3 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Rad1 Bc4 26. Rxd4
Bxf1 27. Kxf1 f5 28. Ke2 Rb8 29. b4 Kf7 30. Kd2 Ke6 31. Kc3 g6
32. Rc4 Rb6 33. Rc5 Rd6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Rd1 36. Kb4 Rd2
37. b6 Kd6 38. Rc8 Rb2+ 39. Ka5 Ra2+ 40. Kb5 Rb2+ 41. Ka6 Rxf2
42. b7 Ra2+ 43. Kb6 Rb2+ 44. Ka6 Ra2+ 45. Kb6 Rb2+ 46. Ka6
Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.11"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "7.45"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Goganov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qa3 O-O 9. e3 N8d7 10. Rd1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Be2 c6 13. O-O Re8 14. Bg3 Qb6 15. Nd2 a5 16. Bc4 Qb4
17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nb1 Rec8 19. Rc1 Bf8 20. Rc3 e6 21. Rb3 Qxa3
22. Nxa3 b6 23. Nb5 Rc2 24. Rb1 Bb4 25. Kf1 Rac8 26. a3 Bd2
27. Ke2 a4 28. Rd3 Bc3+ 29. Kd1 Bxb2 30. Rd2 Rc1+ 31. Ke2 Bc3
32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "8.45"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Nikita Maiorov"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. a3
exd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Nf5 Nc5
17. Ba2 Ne6 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Ndxe7+ Rxe7 20. e5 Ne8 21. exd6
Rd7 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Nxd6
26. Qe2 Bd5 27. Re7 Rxe7 28. Qxe7 Nf5 29. Qe5 Bb7 30. Bg5 h6
31. Rc1 Qf8 32. Rc5 Bc8 33. Be3 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "9.30"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Grigoriants"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg7 8. Rb1 Bd5 9. c4 Bxc4 10. Rxb7 O-O 11. Qa4
Bd5 12. Rxa7 Rxa7 13. Qxa7 Nc6 14. Qe3 e5 15. d3 Nd4 16. O-O
Qa8 17. Bb2 Bh6 18. Qxh6 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 Bxf3 20. Qh3 Re8 21. a3
Qd5 22. Re1 Qxd3 23. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Qg2 Qb3 25. Ba1 c5 26. Qc6
Re6 27. Qa8+ Kg7 28. f4 Nd4 29. fxe5 Nc2 30. Rc1 c4 31. Qe4
Nxa1 32. Rxa1 c3 33. Rf1 Qxa3 34. Qf3 Re7 35. e6 f5 36. Qd5
Qb4 37. Rf4 Qb7 38. Qxb7 Rxb7 39. Rc4 Rb1+ 40. Kg2 Rc1
41. Rc7+ Kf6 42. Rxh7 c2 43. e7 Rg1+ 44. Kxg1 c1=Q+ 45. Kf2
Qd2+ 46. Kf1 Qd3+ 47. Kf2 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "10.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ivan Popov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Rc8 16. Rec3
c5 17. dxc5 d4 18. Rg3 Bxc5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Bc2
Bf5 22. h3 Rd8 23. f4 Kf8 24. Bd3 Qc6 25. Nd2 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 f6
27. Qg4 Qc2 28. Rg3 g6 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Qe6 Bh4 31. Qe5 Kf7
32. Ne4 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Bxg3+ 34. Kxg3 Qc6 35. Ng5+ Kg8 36. Ne6
Rd7 37. Qb8+ Kf7 38. Ng5+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ Kg7
41. Ne6+ Kf6 42. Ng5 Kg7 43. Ne6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.16"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "11.22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Svetushkin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3
Qe7+ 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Bf5 14. Bd1 O-O-O 15. O-O Rhe8
16. Bf4 d4 17. Rc1 f6 18. Bg3 Re7 19. h3 Ne5 20. Be2 Rc7
21. Rfe1 Rd5 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1+ Nc6 25. Kf1
Kd7 26. Ke2 Rb5 27. Rb1 a5 28. f4 a4 29. Be1 Rb3 30. Kd2 Nd8
31. Kc2 Ne6 32. g3 Nc5 33. Rd1 Rb6 34. Bb4 Nb3 35. Re1 Rc6+
36. Kd1 Rc1+ 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 Nd2+ 39. Kg4 Rxb2 40. Re2
Rxb4 41. axb4 Nb1 42. Re4 a3 43. Rxd4+ Kc6 44. Rc4+ Kb5
45. Rc7 b6 46. d4 a2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "1.27"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rakhim Pasiev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. h3 Qc7
12. Bf1 h6 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf5 16. c4 Nd7
17. a3 a5 18. b3 Bh7 19. Nd4 Qd8 20. Nb5 f5 21. Bb2 f4 22. b4
b6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Rf7 25. Rac1 Qb8 26. c5 bxc5 27. bxc5
Nxc5 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. d6 Bf6 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Qb7
32. Qc4 Kh8 33. Rxc5 Re8 34. Rc7 Rxc7 35. dxc7 Rc8 36. a4 f3
37. g3 Qb6 38. Qf7 Qc6 39. Kh2 Qe4 40. Qd7 Qc2 41. Qxc8+ Kh7
42. h4 Qxf2+ 43. Kh3 h5 44. Qf5+ g6 45. Qf7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kh7
47. Qe7+ Kh6 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Qf7+ Kh6 50. Qf4+ Kh7 51. Qf7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "2.19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Mohamad Naser Al Sayed"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 e6 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 cxd4
7. cxd4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nc3 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. O-O Na5
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rad1 Nh5 15. Be3 Nf6 16. Nd2 Qc7
17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Bb1 Rfd8 19. f4 Qa8 20. b4 Nc6 21. d5 exd5
22. Nxd5 Re8 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. b5 Na5 25. Nc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Nf8
27. Ba2 d5 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Bd6 30. Rc3 Nb7 31. Ne4 Qd8
32. Rc6 Qe7 33. Nxd6 Nxd6 34. Bf2 Qd7 35. Re1 Rd8 36. a4 Ng6
37. Qf3 Qf5 38. g4 Qd7 39. f5 Ne7 40. Bg3 Nxc6 41. bxc6 Qc8
42. Re7 Ne8 43. Rxa7 Nf6 44. d6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 Nc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. f4 h6
12. Bh4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 e4 16. Qe2 Qd4+
17. Kh1 Qe5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Rxe4
Bxb2 22. Rb1 Rfe8 23. Bd5 Bc3 24. g4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Re8
26. Bxb7 a5 27. Rb3 Bf6 28. Bd5 h5 29. gxh5 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Re2+
31. Kf3 Rxc2 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. h6 Rxh2 34. hxg7 Kxg7 35. Rb7
Kh6 36. Rxf7 Kg5 37. Be6 Rh3+ 38. Ke4 a4 39. Rf8 Rh7 40. Rg8+
Bg7 41. Kd5 Kf6 42. Ra8 Rh4 43. Ra7 Bh8 44. Bd7 Kg5 45. Ke6
Re4+ 46. Kf7 Rf4 47. Ra8 Bb2 48. Rg8+ Kh4 49. Rg6 Rd4 50. Be6
Rb4 51. f6 Rb7+ 52. Kg8 Kh5 53. Bf7 Rb6 54. Kg7 Kh4 55. Rh6+
Kg5 56. Rh5+ Kg4 57. Rh6 Kg5 58. Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Na5 11. Ba2 bxa4 12. Nc3
c5 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Bb1 Rxb2 15. Nxa4 Rb5 16. c4 Rb4 17. Bxb4
cxb4 18. Nb2 Qc7 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Rb8 21. Bc2 Qb6 22. Ba4
Bxa4 23. Nxa4 Qc7 24. Nb2 Nb7 25. Rxa6 Nc5 26. Nb5 Qd8 27. Ra7
Nfxe4 28. Nd3 Nc3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Nf4 Bf6 31. Nd5 h6 32. Qf3
c2 33. Qf5 Rb2 34. Rc1 Qb8 35. Nxf6+ gxf6 36. Ra3 d5 37. Rg3+
Kf8 38. cxd5 Qe5 39. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3
Qe7+ 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Ne5 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. a4 O-O-O
16. Rd1 Bf5 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Kd2 a6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. cxd3 b6
21. Rdc1 Kb7 22. Rc3 Rd7 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. b4 Na7 25. Rxc8 Nxc8
26. Re1 Re7 27. Rc1 Na7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nc6
7. d4 Bf5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Bh6 Bxh6
12. Rxh6 Kg7 13. Rh4 e5 14. e4 Bc8 15. O-O-O exd4 16. cxd4 Qe7
17. Qe3 Rh8 18. Rxh8 Kxh8 19. Bc4 Kg8 20. Qh6 Qf6 21. Ng5 Nd8
22. Nh7 Qg7 23. Qh4 Qxh7 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. Qxc7 Kg8 26. Qd8+
Kg7 27. Qc7 Kg8 28. Rd3 Bg4 29. Qf4 Rc8 30. Rc3 Be6 31. d5 Bd7
32. Kb2 b5 33. Bb3 Rxc3 34. Kxc3 Qh1 35. d6 Qa1+ 36. Kc2 Be6
37. d7 Bxb3+ 38. axb3 Qa2+ 39. Kc1 Qa1+ 40. Kc2 Qa2+ 41. Kc3
Qa1+ 42. Kd3 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Qc2+ 44. Ke1 Qb1+ 45. Ke2 Qc2+
46. Qd2 Qxe4+ 47. Kd1 Qb1+ 48. Ke2 Qe4+ 49. Kf1 Qb1+ 50. Ke2
Qe4+ 51. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "230"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7
7. cxd5 O-O 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bf3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nge2 Nb4
12. O-O Rd8 13. d6 exd6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. a3 Nc6
17. Rfd1 Ne7 18. Nf4 Nf5 19. Nfe2 Ne7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 b5
22. Rac1 Bg4 23. f3 Be6 24. Nf4 Bg5 25. Nxe6 Bxc1 26. Nxd8
Be3+ 27. Kf1 Rxd8 28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Bd5 Rc8 30. Rd3 Bc1 31. Rb3
Rc2 32. Rxb5 Bxb2 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rb7 Bxd4 35. Rxf7+ Kh8
36. Rf8+ Kg7 37. Rf7+ Kh8 38. f4 Be3 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. Rf7+ Kh8
41. Ke1 Rd2 42. Be4 d5 43. Bxg6 Rxg2 44. f5 Bg5 45. Kf1 Rxh2
46. f6 Kg8 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rh7 Bxf6 49. Rf7+ Kg8 50. Rxf6 Kg7
51. Ra6 Ra2 52. Ke1 Rg2 53. Bd3 h5 54. Kf1 Ra2 55. a4 h4
56. a5 h3 57. Kg1 Ra3 58. Bf5 d4 59. Rg6+ Kf7 60. a6 d3
61. Rd6 d2 62. Bc2 Ke7 63. Rxd2 Rxa6 64. Bf5 Kf6 65. Bxh3 Ke5
66. Kf2 Ra3 67. Bg2 Rc3 68. Rd5+ Kf4 69. Rd4+ Ke5 70. Re4+ Kf5
71. Bf3 Rc7 72. Ra4 Ke5 73. Ke2 Rc3 74. Be4 Rc1 75. Kd2 Rg1
76. Bf3 Rb1 77. Bd1 Kd5 78. Bc2 Rg1 79. Kc3 Rc1 80. Ra5+ Kd6
81. Kd3 Ke6 82. Bb3+ Kf6 83. Kd4 Rc6 84. Ke4 Rc1 85. Bd5 Re1+
86. Kf4 Rf1+ 87. Bf3 Re1 88. Rh5 Rg1 89. Rf5+ Ke6 90. Ra5 Rf1
91. Ra6+ Ke7 92. Ke4 Rf2 93. Bg4 Rb2 94. Bf5 Rb4+ 95. Ke5 Rb5+
96. Kf4 Rc5 97. Be6 Rc1 98. Bd5 Re1 99. Be4 Kd7 100. Ke5 Ke7
101. Ra7+ Ke8 102. Rh7 Re2 103. Kd5 Kf8 104. Bf5 Re7 105. Rh1
Re2 106. Be6 Ke7 107. Rh7+ Kf6 108. Rf7+ Kg5 109. Rf5+ Kg6
110. Kd6 Rb2 111. Rf1 Rb6+ 112. Ke5 Rb5+ 113. Bd5 Kg5
114. Rg1+ Kh5 115. Ke4 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Boris Grachev"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Be7
7. c3 O-O 8. d4 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 a5 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 Ba6
13. Qd1 Rc8 14. Bf1 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Kg2 Ne4
18. Nbd2 cxd4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bc5
22. Qxe4 Rxf2+ 23. Kh3 Qd7 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6+ 25. Rxe6 Rf1
26. Re2 Rcf8 27. b3 Rh1+ 28. Rh2 Rxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Rf3 30. Bf4
Rxc3 31. Rd1 Rxb3 32. Rd7 Rb2+ 33. Kh3 Re2 34. Kg4 Re7
35. Rxe7 Bxe7 36. Kf5 Kf7 37. Ke5 Bc5 38. Kd5 h5 39. Kc6 Bf2
40. Bc7 Ke6 41. Bxb6 Bxg3 42. Bxa5 Bxh4 43. Bb6 Be1 44. a5 h4
45. a6 h3 46. Bc7 Bf2 47. Kb5 Kf5 48. Kc4 Ke4 49. Bg3 Ba7
50. Bd6 g5 51. Kc3 g4 52. Kd2 Kf3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "9.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7
Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke7 8. Qe2 Kf7 9. Qh5+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "10.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Rb8 11. c3 h6 12. a5
bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Be3 d5 16. Ncd2 Nc5 17. Bxc5
Bxc5 18. Rfe1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qf6 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Qe6
22. Qe2 Rb5 23. Red1 Rfb8 24. g3 Ba7 25. Kg2 Rc5 26. Ra4 Rbb5
27. Rda1 Ne7 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. Rda1 Kh7 30. Qd3 Ne7 31. Nfd2 Nc8
32. R1a2 Rc6 33. Rb4 Nd6 34. Rxb5 axb5 35. Nxd6 Qxa2 36. Nf5
Qxa5 37. Nf3 Qb6 38. Qe2 Rxc3 39. Nxe5 Qc5 40. Nd3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "11.16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rodrigo Rafael Vasquez Schroeder"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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. a4 exd5
12. exd5 Nc4 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Nde4 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. d6 h6
17. Nd5 f5 18. Nec3 c4 19. Be3 Bc6 20. Ne7+ Kh7 21. Nxc6 bxc6
22. f4 Nd3 23. Bxc6 Qxd6 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Qf3 Re8 26. Kh1
Nxb2 27. Nb5 Qd7 28. Bxa7 Nxa4 29. Rab1 c3 30. Nxc3 Nxc3
31. Rb7 Qd2 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qb7+ Kg8 34. Qxa6 Qd5+ 35. Kg1
Qf7 36. Bf2 Kh7 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Bxe1 Ne4 39. Bf2 Qd7 40. Qa7
Qxa7 41. Bxa7 Kg7 42. Kg2 h5 43. h3 Kf7 44. Be3 Ke6 45. Kf3
Nf6 46. Bd4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "12.18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6
7. Qb3 c5 8. Qxb7 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nf3 dxc4 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Bxc4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxf4 15. exf4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4
Rxa2 17. g3 Nc6 18. O-O Rd8 19. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "13.14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Ng6 6. c3 d5
7. exd5 Qxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. c4 Qd6 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Be3 Nxd4
12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Ne7 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Be3
O-O-O 17. a3 Be7 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8
21. Ne4 f5 22. Nd2 a5 23. Kf1 Bf6 24. b3 Bb2 25. Bc5 Kd7
26. Ke2 e5 27. f3 Ke6 28. Kd3 h5 29. Kc2 Bd4 30. Bxd4 Nxd4+
31. Kd3 g5 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 g4 34. f4 h4 35. fxe5 Kxe5
36. c5 Ne6 37. Nc4+ Kd5 38. Ne3+ Ke5 39. Nc4+ Kd5 40. Ne3+ Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "14.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 Kf8
12. b3 c5 13. Na4 Bb7 14. c4 d4 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Be4 h5 17. Nb2
Rb8 18. Nd3 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb7 20. Qe2 g6 21. Bd2 Kg7 22. Ba5
h4 23. Nf4 Bg5 24. Nh3 Be7 25. Nf4 Bg5 26. Nh3 Bd8 27. Bxd8
Rbxd8 28. Nf4 a5 29. Rad1 a4 30. Rd3 axb3 31. axb3 Ra8 32. Qg4
Qb6 33. h3 Qc7 34. Qxg6+ fxg6 35. Nxe6+ Kh6 36. Nxc7 Ra7
37. Nd5 Re8 38. e6 Nf8 39. e7 Nd7 40. b4 cxb4 41. Nxb4 Ra4
42. Rxd4 Nf6 43. Nd5 Nxd5 44. Rxd5 Ra7 45. Re4 Rexe7 46. Rxh4+
Kg7 47. Rg4 Re6 48. c5 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Ra2 50. f3 Rc2 51. h4 Kh6
52. h5 gxh5 53. Rh4 Ree2 54. Rhxh5+ Kg6 55. Rhg5+ Kf6 56. f4
Rf2 57. Rdf5+ Ke6 58. Kh3 Rc3+ 59. g3 Rf1 60. Kg2 Rfc1
61. Re5+ Kf6 62. Re2 Rb3 63. Rd2 Rcc3 64. Rd6+ Kf7 65. c6 Rb6
66. Kh3 Rbxc6 67. Rxc6 Rxc6 68. Ra5 Kf6 69. g4 Rc1 70. Ra6+
Kf7 71. Kh4 Rc5 72. f5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[EventDate "2013.06.06"]
[Round "15.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qa3 O-O 9. e3 N8d7 10. Rd1 Nd5 11. Bg3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nb6 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. O-O Qa4 15. Qxe7 Nd5 16. Qh4 h6
17. Rc1 Qa3 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 c5 20. Be4 cxd4 21. cxd4
Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. h4 b5 24. d5 Bd7 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5
Re8 27. Qc7 Rxe4 28. Qxd7 Qxa2 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. d6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. dxc3 c6 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Rfd1
Na6 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 f6 14. Bf4 Be6 15. a3 g5 16. Bd2 Bb3
17. Rdc1 Rad8 18. e3 Nc7 19. Ba5 Rd7 20. Rc3 Be6 21. Bxc7 Rxc7
22. b4 Rd8 23. b5 Bd5 24. Rac1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rdc8 26. Rc5 e6
27. Kf3 Kf7 28. bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 bxc6 31. Ke4
Ke7 32. Kd3 g4 33. Kc4 Kd6 34. Kb4 f5 35. Kc4 h5 36. a4 Kd7
37. Kc5 Kc7 38. Kb4 Kb6 39. a5+ Kc7 40. Kc5 Kd7 41. Kb4 Kd6
42. Kc4 Kd7 43. Kb4 Kd6 44. Kc4 Kd7 45. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Rd1 Bb6 10. d3 Be6 11. Nbd2 Bxb3
12. axb3 Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Be3 c5 16. Nf5 Ne7
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. c4 Nd7 19. h3 Nf8 20. b4 f6 21. bxc5 dxc5
22. b4 Ne6 23. Rdb1 Qd7 24. Qc2 Qc6 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Rxa8
Rxa8 27. bxc5 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Qa2+ Kf8
31. d4 exd4 32. Nxd4 Qxe4 33. Ne6+ Nxe6 34. Rxc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+
Kg6 36. Re7 Kf5 37. g4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "3.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ngoc Truongson Nguyen"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nge2 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Re8 11. Bc2 Bf8
12. Qd3 g6 13. Ng3 Bg7 14. Nce2 Nce7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Nf5
17. Rad1 c6 18. Qf3 Nh4 19. Qd3 Nf5 20. Rfe1 Nxg3 21. Nxg3 Qb6
22. Bc1 Rad8 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Qd2 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Bxe4
Nc7 27. Qc2 Rxd4 28. Be3 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qxb2 30. Qd8+ Kh7
31. g3 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Qe5 33. Bf3 Nd5 34. Bxa7 Qe7 35. Qa5 Qd6
36. Qa4 b5 37. Qc2 Nc3 38. Qb3 Kg8 39. h4 h5 40. Be3 Nd5
41. Bg5 Bf6 42. Bc1 Kg7 43. Qc2 Bd4 44. Qd2 c5 45. Qh6+ Kg8
46. Qg5 Nf6 47. Bf4 Qe6 48. Bd2 Ne4 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. Be1 Nxf2
51. Bxf2 Qa2 52. Bd5 Qxf2+ 53. Kh3 Be5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "4.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ngoc Truongson Nguyen"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c5 8. e4 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5 Na6 11. Qd4 Ndb4
12. Qc3 Qd3 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nd4 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Nxe6
fxe6 17. f4 Rfd8 18. Be4 Rac8 19. Na3 Na5 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Nxc5 22. Bg2 a6 23. Bh3 Kf7 24. Nc2 Bh6 25. Bxc5 Rxc5
26. Nd4 Rxc3 27. Bxe6+ Ke8 28. Bg8 Kf8 29. Bd5 b5 30. Kf2 Nc4
31. Ne6+ Ke8 32. Nc7+ Kf8 33. Be6 Rc2+ 34. Ke1 Nxe5 35. Rd8+
Kg7 36. Ne8+ Kf8 37. fxe5 Be3 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Ng4 Rc1+
40. Ke2 h5 41. Nxe3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "5.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rodrigo Rafael Vasquez Schroeder"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Re1 O-O
12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Bg5 Rfd8 14. Bxd7 Rxd7 15. Qb3 c6 16. Rad1
Rad8 17. h3 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qc2 Qe6 20. b3 h5 21. Kf1 a5
22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Ke2 Qe7 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Qc5 26. Ke2 b5
27. Qd2 a4 28. Ne1 Bh4 29. Nd3 Qe7 30. Qc2 axb3 31. axb3 Qd6
32. g3 Bd8 33. Qd2 Bb6 34. h4 Qe6 35. Kf1 Qxb3 36. Nxe5 Qb1+
37. Qe1 Qa2 38. Kg2 Qe6 39. Nf3 c5 40. Qe2 c4 41. Ng5 Qf6
42. e5 Qc6+ 43. Kh2 Bd8 44. Ne4 Be7 45. f4 Qd5 46. Kg2 b4
47. cxb4 Bxb4 48. Qf3 Kg7 49. f5 Qxe5 50. fxg6 fxg6 51. Ng5
Qe7 52. Qf4 c3 53. Qd4+ Kg8 54. Qc4+ Kf8 55. Ne6+ Ke8 56. Nc7+
Kf8 57. Nd5 Qe5 58. Qxb4+ Kf7 59. Qc4 c2 60. Ne3+ Kg7 61. Nxc2
Qb2 62. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "6.20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Rodrigo Rafael Vasquez Schroeder"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3
7. Qxf3 g6 8. O-O Bh6 9. Qe2 e5 10. a4 O-O 11. Na3 Kg7 12. d3
Bxc1 13. Raxc1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. g3 Qd7 16. Kg2 Rad8
17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rcd1 Nb6 19. Bb3 Na5 20. Bc2 Nxa4 21. Nc4
Nxc4 22. dxc4 Qc6+ 23. Be4 Qc7 24. h4 Nb6 25. h5 f5 26. Bc2 e4
27. Qe3 Nxc4 28. h6+ Kf6 29. Qc1 Qe5 30. Bb3 Nb6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8
32. Rd1 Rd6 33. Bg8 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 Qe7 35. Bxh7 e3 36. fxe3
Qe4+ 37. Kf2 Nd5 38. Qd2 Kf7 39. c4 Nf6 40. Bg8+ Kxg8 41. Qd8+
Kf7 42. Qh8 Ng4+ 43. Kf1 Qd3+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "7.26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Mohamad Naser Al Sayed"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 a6 8. a4 b6 9. Nd5 Bb7 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bd3 Rfe8
12. d5 Nc5 13. a5 b5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Bf1
Nf4 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nf6 21. Nd2 h5 22. f3 h4
23. Bf2 Kg7 24. Nf1 h3 25. Ne3 Bc8 26. g3 Ng2 27. Nxg2 hxg2
28. g4 Rh8 29. Kxg2 Rb8 30. Rb1 Nd7 31. Qe2 Nf8 32. Bg3 Ra8
33. Rbc1 Ng6 34. Bd3 Rb8 35. Rc4 Nf4+ 36. Bxf4 gxf4 37. Qf2
Rb7 38. Rec1 Qg5 39. Rxc7 Bxg4 40. Rxb7 Bc8+ 41. Kh1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "8.26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mohamad Naser Al Sayed"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. h4
h5 7. c3 Bg7 8. e4 c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Bg4
12. Qe3 O-O 13. Qxc5 Bh6 14. Ng5 Rc8 15. f3 Na5 16. Qb4 Qc7
17. Be2 Qg3+ 18. Kf1 Nc6 19. Qc5 Rfd8 20. Nc4 Nd4 21. Qxe7
Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Nxe2 23. Ne3 Nf4 24. Re1 Rd2 25. Nd1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "9.22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexei Bezgodov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. h4 h5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d3 e6
7. Nf3 d6 8. Bf4 Be5 9. Qd2 a6 10. Ba2 b5 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Rb1
Ne7 13. Ng5 Nec6 14. Nd1 b4 15. O-O a5 16. f4 O-O 17. Ra1 a4
18. Rc1 b3 19. cxb3 axb3 20. Bxb3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "10.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alexei Bezgodov"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc5 6. Be2
Bg4 7. Nc3 c6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 g6 11. Bh6 Qd7
12. Bg7 Rg8 13. Bf6 Ne6 14. Rad1 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Na6 16. b4 Nc7
17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nf6 Rh8 20. c3 Ne8 21. Rf4
Nxf6 22. Rxf6 Rhe8 23. Qg4+ Qd7 24. Qf4 Re7 25. h3 Rde8
26. Re1 Qc7 27. Re3 a6 28. a4 Kb8 29. g3 Ka7 30. Kg2 Qd7
31. Rd6 Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. f4 Re6 34. Rd7 f6 35. Rxh7 fxe5
36. fxe5 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. Kf2 Re4 39. Rh4 Re5 40. Rf4
Kb6 41. h4 c5 42. h5 cxb4 43. cxb4 a5 44. h6 Re6 45. Rh4 Re8
46. h7 Rh8 47. Rh6+ Kc7 48. bxa5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "11.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6
Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 Nf5 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bg5 f6
12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Rhe1 Qxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Bc4
Nd6 17. Bd5 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bc5 19. Be3 Bd6 20. h4 h5 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 a6 23. g3 Bg4 24. Rd3 Rhe8 25. Rde3 Kb8 26. Bg6
Rxe3 27. Bxe3 Be5 28. c3 Bf3 29. Kc2 b6 30. Bf4 Bxf4 31. gxf4
Rd7 32. Re8+ Kb7 33. Rh8 Re7 34. Re8 Rxe8 35. Bxe8 c5 36. Kd3
Kc7 37. Ke3 Bg4 38. f3 Be6 39. a3 a5 40. Bxh5 Kd6 41. Bg4 Bb3
42. Bf5 Bf7 43. Bd3 Bd5 44. Be4 Be6 45. Kf2 Bf7 46. Kg3 Bh5
47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Ke3 Kd6 49. Kd3 Bf7 50. Bf5 Bd5 51. Ke3 Bb3
52. h5 Bc4 53. Kf2 Bf7 54. Bg4 Be8 55. Ke3 Bf7 56. f5 Ke5
57. f4+ Kd5 58. Kd3 Be8 59. Bf3+ Kd6 60. Kc4 Bd7 61. Be4 Be8
62. Bf3 Ba4 63. Kd3 Bb3 64. Ke3 Bc2 65. Bg4 Kd5 66. Kd2 Be4
67. Ke3 Bb1 68. Bh3 Kc4 69. Kd2 Kb3 70. Kc1 Bd3 71. Bg2 Bxf5
72. Bd5+ c4 73. Bf7 Be4 74. Be8 Bd3 75. Bb5 Be2 76. Be8 Bd3
77. Bf7 Be2 78. Bg6 Bd3 79. Be8 Be4 80. Bf7 Bd3 81. Be8 Be4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "12.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "244"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4
7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 a5 10. a4 Bd5 11. Bb2 Nb4 12. e3
Ne4 13. Qe2 Nd6 14. Rfd1 c6 15. Ncd2 Ne4 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Rdc1
Rfd8 18. Nfe5 Nd6 19. e4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Ne8 21. Rd1 c5 22. Nf3
cxd4 23. Nxd4 Rac8 24. Rac1 b6 25. Nb5 Qc5 26. e5 e6 27. Bd4
Rxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxe5 29. Nb5 Nf6 30. Bf3 h5 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. h4
Nc6 33. Qd2 Ne7 34. Nd6 Rc7 35. Ne4 Nxe4 36. Bxe4 Qb4 37. Qc2
Nc8 38. Bf3 Nd6 39. Be2 Nf5 40. Rb1 Qc5 41. Qe4 Bf6 42. Bf1
Nd4 43. Kg1 Nc6 44. Rb5 Qa3 45. Rxb6 Qxa4 46. Rd2 Nb4 47. Rb7
Rxb7 48. Qxb7 Qc6 49. Rd7 Qxb7 50. Rxb7 Bd4 51. Kg2 Bc5
52. Rb5 Bd4 53. Rxa5 Kf6 54. Rb5 Nc6 55. Be2 Ne5 56. f4 Nd7
57. Rb7 Nc5 58. Rc7 Ne4 59. Bd3 Nc5 60. Bc2 Kg7 61. Kf3 Kf8
62. Rc8+ Ke7 63. Rc7+ Kf6 64. Bd1 Na6 65. Rd7 Bg1 66. Rb7 Nc5
67. Rc7 Bd4 68. Ke2 Bg1 69. Bc2 Kg7 70. Rc8 Bd4 71. Kf3 Kf6
72. Rd8 Bc3 73. Ke3 Nb7 74. Rd7 Nc5 75. Rc7 Na6 76. Rb7 Be1
77. Kf3 Nc5 78. Rc7 Bb4 79. Be4 Nb3 80. Bc6 Nd2+ 81. Kg2 Nxc4
82. Ba4 Ne3+ 83. Kh3 Nd5 84. Rb7 Be7 85. Bc6 Nb4 86. Be8 Nd3
87. Bb5 Nf2+ 88. Kg2 Ne4 89. Be2 Nc5 90. Ra7 Bd6 91. Bf3 Be7
92. Bc6 Nb3 93. Be8 Nd4 94. Kh3 Ne2 95. Rb7 Ng1+ 96. Kg2 Ne2
97. Rd7 Nc3 98. Kf3 Nd5 99. g4 hxg4+ 100. Kxg4 Kg7 101. Rb7
Kf8 102. Bc6 Ne3+ 103. Kh3 Nf5 104. Rb8+ Kg7 105. Rb7 Bxh4
106. Be8 Be7 107. Bc6 Kf6 108. Bf3 Nd4 109. Bd1 Bd6 110. Rd7
Nf5 111. Kg4 Ba3 112. Ba4 Bc1 113. Ra7 Ne3+ 114. Kf3 Nd5
115. Be8 Ne7 116. Rb7 Ba3 117. Ra7 Bc5 118. Rb7 Kg7 119. Bb5
Nf5 120. Rc7 Bd6 121. Rd7 Nd4+ 122. Ke4 Nxb5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "13.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 O-O
7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Be2 Be6 11. Qc2 h6
12. Bh4 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. Rad1 Nh5 15. h3 Be6 16. Rfe1 g5
17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Nf4 19. e5 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Nce4
Rh6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Bg4 Rh6 24. g3 Nfd5 25. Ng5 Nc7 26. Re4
e6 27. Bxe6+ Nxe6 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Nd5 30. Qg6 Qd7
31. Rde1 Rf8 32. Re8 Qf7 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qg4 Kg8 35. h4 Nf6
36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Qg6 38. Qxg6+ Kxg6 39. Re7 Nd5 40. Rxb7
Bxd4 41. Kg2 a5 42. g4 Nf4+ 43. Kf3 Nd3 44. b3 c5 45. Rb6+ Kh7
46. Ke4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "14.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nxe4 d5 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4
f5 7. Bf3 e4 8. Be2 Nc6 9. d3 Bd6 10. Nh3 O-O 11. dxe4 fxe4
12. Be3 Bxh3 13. gxh3 Kh8 14. c3 Qh4 15. Qb3 Bf4 16. O-O-O
Qxf2 17. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 18. Kb1 b6 19. Qd5 Ne5 20. Rhf1 Nf3
21. Bxf3 exf3 22. Rd3 f2 23. Rd2 Rae8 24. Rdxf2 Qxf2 25. Rxf2
Rxf2 26. a4 Ref8 27. Qb7 Rxh2 28. Ka2 Rxh3 29. Qxa7 Rh6
30. Qxc7 Rhf6 31. Kb3 g5 32. Kb4 g4 33. Kb5 Rg6 34. Qe5+ Rg7
35. Qg3 Rf6 36. b4 Rg5+ 37. Kc4 h6 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qc7+ Kg6
40. Qg3 Rf3 41. Qd6+ Rf6 42. Qg3 h5 43. Qd3+ Kg7 44. Qg3 Kg6
45. Kb3 h4 46. Qxh4 g3 47. Qe4+ Kh5 48. Qh1+ Kg4 49. c4 Rf3+
50. Kc2 Rf2+ 51. Kb3 g2 52. Qg1 Kg3 53. c5 Rf1 54. Qe3+ Rf3
0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "15.16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Aleksei Pridorozhni"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nb6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nf3 d5 11. exd5 Nfxd5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Ng5
Bxg5 17. Bxg5 h6 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Be4 Rc7 20. b3 Nd5 21. Bd2
Rd7 22. Bf3 Nb4 23. Bxb4 cxb4 24. a3 bxa3 25. Rxa3 b6 26. b4
Rc8 27. c3 Rcc7 28. h3 g5 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Kg7 31. Kf1
Kf6 32. Ke1 Bd5 33. g3 Ke5 34. Kd2 f5 35. Be2 f4 36. Ra1 Rd7
37. Ke1 Be4 38. Bb5 Rc7 39. Kd2 Bf5 40. Re1+ Kf6 41. gxf4 gxf4
42. h4 a5 43. bxa5 bxa5 44. Ra1 Ra7 45. c4 Kg6 46. c5 Kh5
47. Ra4 Kxh4 48. Rxf4+ Kg5 49. Ra4 h5 50. Ke3 h4 51. Kf3 Bc2
52. Rg4+ Kf5 53. Rxh4 a4 54. Rf4+ Ke5 55. Bc4 Rc7 56. Rh4 Rxc5
57. Rh5+ Kd4 58. Rxc5 Kxc5 59. Bf7 Kd4 60. Ke2 Kc3 61. f4 Bb3
62. Bg6 a3 63. Bb1 Kb2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "16.16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksei Pridorozhni"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Ng3
Nc5 12. h3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nfxe4 14. dxe4 a5 15. Ng5 Nxb3
16. axb3 f6 17. Nf3 Be6 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Red8
21. Kf1 Kf7 22. Ke2 Ke7 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Kxd3 b6 25. Ke3 Rd8
26. Ne1 c5 27. Nf3 c4 28. bxc4 Bxc4 29. Nd2 Be6 30. h4 Rc8
31. c3 h5 32. Kd3 Rd8+ 33. Kc2 g5 34. Rh1 g4 35. Ra1 f5 36. b4
axb4 37. cxb4 fxe4 38. Ra7+ Kf8 39. Rh7 e3 40. Rh8+ Ke7
41. Rh7+ Kf6 42. Rh6+ Kg7 43. Rxe6 Rxd2+ 44. Kc3 exf2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "17.14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5
Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bd6 Qb6 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Qd6 Qb6 11. Rb1 a6
12. Na3 Qb4 13. Nc4 b5 14. a3 Qxd6 15. Nxd6 Ne8 16. Rd1 b4
17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Kd2 Nf6 20. Bd3 Rc6 21. Ra1
Rfc8 22. Ra4 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Rb6 24. Kc2 d5 25. Rha1 Rbc6 26. f4
h5 27. Kd2 Rb6 28. R1a2 Rcc6 29. exd5 exd5 30. Rd4 Rd6 31. Kc2
g6 32. h4 Kg7 33. Ra5 Rdc6 34. Ra2 Rc5 35. Kd2 Rcc6 36. Nxd5
Nxd5 37. Rxd5 Rb4 38. g3 Rcb6 39. Kc3 Rb3+ 40. Kc2 R3b4
41. Re5 Rc6+ 42. Kd2 Rd6 43. Kc3 Rbd4 44. Re3 R4d5 45. Ra4 a5
46. d4 Rb6 47. Re5 Rd7 48. Raxa5 Rdb7 49. d5 Rxb2 50. Ra3 Rf2
51. Kc4 Rc7+ 52. Kd4 Rfc2 53. d6 R7c4+ 54. Kd3 Rc1 55. d7 Rc7
56. Kd2 R7c2+ 57. Ke3 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "18.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 d6 5. f4 e5 6. dxe5 Qh4+
7. Ke2 dxe5 8. Nf3 Qe7 9. fxe5 Nd7 10. Bg5 Qb4 11. Qd2 h6
12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Kf2 Qxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxe4+ 15. Kg1 Nxc3 16. bxc3
Ne7 17. Bc4 g5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Kf2 Nd5 21. Bd2
Rd8 22. Rhe1 Nb6 23. Rab1 Rd7 24. Be3 Na4 25. Rb3 b5 26. Nd4
Nc5 27. Ra3 Rc7 28. c4 b4 29. Ra5 Bf8 30. Nb3 Ne4+ 31. Kf3 Nc3
32. Rxa7 Rhh7 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Bc5 Rf7+ 35. Kg3 Nxa2 36. Bxf8
Kxf8 37. Nd4 Kg7 38. Nxe6+ Kg6 39. Nd8 Re7 40. Nxc6 Re8 41. e6
Nc3 42. Nxb4 Na4 43. Nd5 Nc5 44. e7 Kf7 45. Rf1+ Kg7 46. Re1
Kf7 47. Kf3 Nd7 48. Kg4 Rc8 49. e8=Q+ Rxe8 50. Rxe8 Kxe8
51. Kh5 Nc5 52. Kxh6 Ne4 53. Kg6 Kd7 54. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "19.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O
7. Ne2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6
12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. Qc2 Nbd5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Re8
17. Rae1 Qd7 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Bc6 20. Qc1 Bb5 21. Bc4 Qc6
22. Be2 Qxc1 23. Bxc1 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Nxe2 Rb8 26. h3
Rb3 27. Re1 a5 28. Ng3 Rb1 29. Bd2 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 a4 31. Kf1
Nb6 32. Bb4 Nfd5 33. Bc5 Nd7 34. Ne4 f5 35. Nd2 Kf7 36. Ke2
Ke6 37. g3 Nxc5 38. dxc5 Nc3+ 39. Kd3 Nb5 40. Kc4 Nxa3+
41. Kb4 Nc2+ 42. Kxa4 Ne1 43. Kb5 Nd3 44. Kc6 g5 45. f3 h5
46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 fxg4 48. fxg4 Ne5+ 49. Kxc7 Nxg4 50. Nf3
Nf6 51. Nxg5+ Kd5 52. c6 Ne8+ 53. Kb6 Kd6 54. Ne4+ Ke7 55. Kb7
Kd8 56. Nf6 Nd6+ 57. Kb8 Nb5 58. Nd5 Nd6 59. c7+ Kd7 60. Nb6+
Kc6 61. Nc4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "20.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. c3 c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Re1 Bg4
12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 h5 15. Nh4 Ne5 16. Bf1 Rad8
17. Nc4 Bh6 18. f4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 e6 20. Be2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rd7
22. e5 Rfd8 23. Nf3 Qc6 24. Qe4 Qb5 25. Re2 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 27. Kh2 Qd7 28. a3 Bf8 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Qb5 31. Qd2
c4 32. Ng5 Be7 33. Ne4 Kg7 34. Nd6 Qc6 35. Qd4 b5 36. a4 a6
37. a5 Kf8 38. Qb6 Qxb6 39. axb6 Bd8 40. b7 Bc7 41. Ne4 Ke7
42. Nc5 a5 43. Na6 Kd7 44. g4 hxg4 45. Kg3 Kc6 46. b8=Q Bxb8
47. Nxb8+ Kc7 48. Na6+ Kb6 49. Nb8 Kc7 50. Na6+ Kb6 51. Nb8 b4
52. Nd7+ Kb5 53. cxb4 axb4 54. Nf6 c3 55. bxc3 bxc3 56. Ne4 c2
57. Nd6+ Kb4 58. Kxg4 c1=Q 59. Kg5 Qc6 60. g4 Qd7 61. Kf6 Kc5
62. Nxf7 Qa4 63. Kg5 Qe4 64. Nd6 Qd3 65. Ne8 Kd4 66. Ng7 Kd5
67. Ne8 Ke4 68. Ng7 Qd8+ 69. Kxg6 Qg8 70. f5 exf5 71. gxf5
Kxe5 72. f6 Qd8 73. Nh5 Ke6 74. Ng7+ Ke5 75. Nh5 Qd3+ 76. Kg7
Qd7+ 77. f7 Ke6 78. Nf4+ Kf5 79. Ng6 Qd4+ 80. Kg8 Kxg6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "21.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5
7. d3 e6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Nbd2 d5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Re1 O-O-O
12. e5 Nd7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf1 h5 15. Ng3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rh7
17. Bf4 Rdh8 18. Kg2 Kb8 19. Rh1 a6 20. Rxh7 Rxh7 21. Rh1 Rxh1
22. Kxh1 Ka7 23. Kg2 Qb6 24. Nh5 Bf8 25. Nh4 Bh7 26. Nf3 Bg6
27. Nh4 Bh7 28. Nf3 Bg6 29. Ba4 Qc7 30. Bg3 Be7 31. Nf4 Bh7
32. Nxd5 exd5 33. e6 Bd6 34. Bxc6 Qxc6 35. exd7 Qxd7 36. Bxd6
Qxd6 37. Qe5 Qd7 38. Qxg7 Bxd3 39. Ne5 Qe6 40. Nxd3 Qe4+
41. f3 Qxd3 42. Qxf7 Qe2+ 43. Kg3 Qe1+ 44. Kf4 Qd2+ 45. Kf5
Qc2+ 46. Ke6 Qxb2 47. g5 Qxa2 48. Kd6 Qh2+ 49. f4 d4 50. cxd4
cxd4 51. Qf6 d3 52. Qd4+ Kb8 53. g6 d2 54. g7 d1=Q 55. g8=Q#
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "22.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6
dxc6 7. Nd2 e5 8. Nc4 Qc7 9. a4 Bc5 10. O-O Be6 11. Qe2 O-O
12. Kh1 b5 13. Ne3 a6 14. Bd2 Rfd8 15. Rfc1 h6 16. h3 Bd4
17. c3 Bb6 18. Bc2 Nd7 19. b4 Nf8 20. Nf5 Ng6 21. g3 Bc4
22. Qe1 Qd7 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Ne7 25. Rd1 Nxf5 26. exf5
Qe7 27. Be4 Bd5 28. Kh2 Qf6 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. axb5 axb5
31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxd5 Qxf5 33. Rxe5 Qd7 34. Qe4 Rc8 35. Kg2
g6 36. Rc5 Re8 37. Qd5 Qa7 38. Rxb5 Re2 39. Rc5 Qe7 40. Qd4
Kh7 41. Rd5 Qb7 42. Qc5 Re5 43. c4 Rf5 44. b5 Rf6 45. Qd4 Re6
46. Qd3 Qa8 47. Qf3 Qa7 48. c5 Qe7 49. c6 Rf6 50. Qe3 Qb4
51. c7 Qc4 52. Rc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "23.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Rb1 Qa5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Qa3
Qxa3 12. Bxa3 b6 13. d4 Bf5 14. Rbc1 Na5 15. dxc5 Nc4 16. Bb4
a5 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. cxb6 axb4 20. b7 bxc3
21. bxc8=Q Rxc8 22. a4 Nd2 23. Rfd1 Nb3 24. Rc2 Nd4 25. Rxd4
Bxd4 26. e3 Bb6 27. Bf1 Ba5 28. Bd3 e6 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Rc1 Ke7
31. Ke2 Rb8 32. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "24.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bc2 e6
7. O-O Nf6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb7 10. d5 Rc8 11. Nc3 b4
12. Ne2 exd5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nf4 Be7 15. Bb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Ng5
17. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rc5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxb7 Rxe5
21. Qxb4 Be7 22. Qd4 Bf6 23. Qb4 Be7 24. Qc3 Bf6 25. Rxa6 O-O
26. Be3 Re6 27. Qd3 Bxb2 28. Rd1 Qb8 29. Rxe6 dxe6 30. Bc5 Rc8
31. b4 g6 32. g3 Bg7 33. Qd7 Bf8 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. b5 Rc4
36. Ra1 Qe5 37. Rb1 Rb4 38. Rxb4 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qxb4 40. Qc6 Kg7
41. b6 e5 42. b7 e4 43. Qc7 Qb3 44. Qe5+ Kh6 45. Qf4+ Kg7
46. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "25.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6
12. Bf4 Rb8 13. b3 Rb4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfe1 Rb7 16. Na4 Re7
17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. fxg3 Rfe8 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. g4 h6 21. Kf2 Kf8
22. Rd1 Re5 23. c4 Ke7 24. c5 a5 25. a3 d4 26. b4 axb4
27. axb4 Nd5 28. Nb6 Nxb6 29. cxb6 Kd6 30. Be2 c5 31. bxc5+
Rxc5 32. Rxd4+ Kc6 33. Rb4 Kb7 34. Bf3+ Kb8 35. b7 Bd7 36. Rb6
Rc2+ 37. Kg3 Rc7 38. Rd6 Ka7 39. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "26.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf3 Bb4 9. Be2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O Bxc3
12. bxc3 O-O 13. Qb3 Qd6 14. Rfe1 b6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Re3 Rac8
17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. h3 Bd7 19. Ba6 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Re8 21. Rxe8+
Bxe8 22. Qb2 Bd7 23. Bd3 Qf4 24. Qd2 Qxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "27.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Pavel Ponkratov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nh6 5. c3 f5 6. exd5 exd5
7. Bb5 Nf7 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Bd6 11. Bd3 Qf6
12. Qb3 Ne7 13. c4 c6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne3 Nf4 16. Bc4 b5
17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Nc2 Be6 19. Qc3 Bd5 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Ne5
Re7 22. Nb4 Be4 23. f3 Bd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Nxc6
Be3+ 27. Kf1 Re6 28. Nb4 Rae8 29. Rad1 Rd8 30. Nc2 f4 31. Nxe3
fxe3 32. Ke2 Rc8 33. Rc1 Rc4 34. Kd3 Ra4 35. a3 b4 36. Rxe3
Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 bxa3 38. bxa3 Rxa3+ 39. Kf4 Ra2 40. Rc8+ Kf7
41. Rc7+ Kf6 42. Rc6+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "28.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Ponkratov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
Bc5 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8. Bf4 e5 9. Nf5+ Kf8 10. Bg5 Bb4 11. Bc4 d5
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bxd5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qxf5 15. O-O Rd8 16. a3
Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne7 18. c4 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qe4 20. d6 f6 21. Qd2
Kf7 22. Rab1 Rd7 23. c3 Rhd8 24. f4 exf4 25. Rbe1 Qc6 26. Rxf4
Qxd6 27. Rd4 Qc5 28. Re4 Rxd4 29. cxd4 Qxa3 30. h3 Qd6
31. Qa2+ Qd5 32. Qe2 Rd7 33. Kh1 a5 34. Rh4 h6 35. Rh5 Qxd4
36. Qa2+ Kf8 37. Rxa5 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd6+ 39. Kh1 Qd1+ 40. Kh2
Qd6+ 41. Kh1 Rd8 42. Ra7 Re8 43. Qa5 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qd6+ 45. Kh1
Re7 46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. Qa2+ Qe6 48. Qa4 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+
50. Kh1 Qd5 51. Qb4 Qe4 52. Qb3+ Qe6 53. Qa4 Kg6 54. Qc2+ Qe4
55. Qb3 Qe6 56. Qc2+ Qf5 57. Qc1 Kh7 58. Qc4 Re1+ 59. Kh2 Qe5+
0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "29.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6
7. Re1 Ne5 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 e6 11. dxc5 dxc5
12. Be3 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Rad1 Qc6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Rfd8
17. e5 Nd5 18. Bg3 b5 19. Ne4 a5 20. Rd2 Ra7 21. Nd6 Bxd6
22. exd6 Rad7 23. h3 a4 24. Be5 Rxd6 25. Qg4 f6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6
27. c4 bxc4 28. Qxc4 Kf7 29. Rde2 Nc7 30. Rc2 Rd5 31. b4 axb3
32. axb3 Qd6 33. Rcc1 Ke7 34. b4 Rd4 35. bxc5 Qd5 36. Qc3 Rd3
37. Qb4 Qc6 38. Qb6 Kd7 39. Red1 Rxd1+ 40. Rxd1+ Nd5 41. Qa7+
Qc7 42. Qa4+ Qc6 43. Qg4 g5 44. Qh5 Qxc5 45. Qxh6 Qc2 46. Qg7+
Kc6 47. Re1 e5 48. Qa7 Qd2 49. Qa4+ Kd6 50. Rd1 Qe2 51. Rc1
Nc3 52. Qb4+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[Round "30.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Rauf Mamedov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 Nbc6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 c5 11. Nb3 Be6
12. Nd2 N7c6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. c3 Ng4 15. h3 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne7
17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Bf1 d5 20. Bb5 Rf8 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Bc4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Bxc4 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6
Be6 27. h4 Be5 28. Rd2 b5 29. a3 a5 30. Re1 Bf6 31. Red1 Rb8
32. Rc1 Kf8 33. Kg2 b4 34. cxb4 cxb4 35. axb4 Rxb4 36. Rcc2 a4
37. Re2 Bg4 38. f3 Be6 39. Rcd2 Rb3 40. Re4 Bxb2 41. Rxa4 Bf6
42. Re4 h6 43. Rde2 Bd5 44. Rf4 Be7 45. Rd2 Be6 46. Re2 g5
47. Rfe4 g4 48. fxg4 Bd5 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Bxg5 51. Kh3
Bxe4 52. Rxe4 Be7 53. Rd4 Bf6 54. Rd5 Ke7 55. Kg4 Ke6 56. Rd2
Be5 57. Rg2 Rxg3+ 58. Rxg3 Bxg3 59. Kxg3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.59"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Bassem Amin"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Qc8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. N3d2
a5 18. Ne3 Ra6 19. Qf3 a4 20. b3 axb3 21. axb3 Qa8 22. Rxa6
Qxa6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qa2 25. Qd1 Nxd5 26. Nf3 c6 27. Be4
N7b6 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Nxe5 Nxc3 30. Qd7 Ne2+ 31. Rxe2 Qa1+
32. Kh2 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 34. Bg3 Qf6 35. Qe8 g5 36. Bb8 b4
37. Kg1 c5 38. Be5 Qe6 39. Qxe6 fxe6 40. Kf1 Bg7 41. Bd6 c4
42. Ke2 cxb3 43. Kd3 Bc3 44. g4 Kf7 45. f3 Ke8 46. Bc5 Kd7
47. Bf8 Kc6 48. Bxh6 Kb5 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.59"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bassem Amin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1
Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Qh4 f6
12. exf6 exf6 13. Nc3 Ne6 14. Nd4 f5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxe6
dxe6 17. Be3 Ba6 18. c5 Rab8 19. Rad1 Rd3 20. Rxd3 Bxd3
21. Rd1 Bc2 22. Rd2 Bxc3 23. Rxc2 Bxb2 24. g3 e5 25. Kf1 Rb4
26. Bd2 Rb7 27. Be3 Kf7 28. Ke2 Ba1 29. Rd2 Rb2 30. Rxb2 Bxb2
31. Kd3 Ke6 32. Kc4 e4 33. h3 Be5 34. Bd2 h5 35. Bg5 Bf6
36. Bf4 h4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.59"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bassem Amin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5
7. c3 Nge7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nh4 b6 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 d5 12. e5
Ba6 13. Re1 d4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. dxc5 Nb4 16. Nc3 bxc5 17. Qa4
Bxd3 18. Rad1 Nec6 19. Bf2 Nd4 20. Rd2 Bc2 21. Qxa7 Nd3
22. Rxd3 Bxd3 23. Rd1 Bc4 24. Kh1 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. b3 Be6
27. Ne4 Bd5 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxd5 Bxh4 30. Bxh4 Nf5 31. Bf2
Kg7 32. Bc4 f6 33. e6 Re8 34. a4 Kf8 35. a5 Ke7 36. Rd5 Nd4
37. Bxd4 cxd4 38. Rxd4 Rb8 39. a6 Rxc4 40. Rxc4 Rxb3 41. Ra4
Rb8 42. a7 Ra8 43. Ra6 Kd8 44. Kg2 Kc7 45. Kf3 Kb7 46. Ra2 Kc6
47. f5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Bassem Amin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "181"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 d6 8. h3 Ne8 9. Nd5 Be6 10. c3 Qc8 11. Kh2 h6 12. d4
exd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nxd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6
17. Qa4 d5 18. Bf4 Qb7 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Rc2 g5 21. Bd2 Nd6
22. Bb4 Rfd8 23. Bc5 Ne4 24. b3 a6 25. Re1 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 Bf8
27. Rc2 Qb4 28. Qxb4 Bxb4 29. Rec1 Ba3 30. Rd1 c5 31. dxc5
Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Bxc5 33. Bxd5 Kg7 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. f4 gxf4
36. gxf4 a5 37. Kf3 Bb4 38. Rd3 Rd7 39. Ke2 Re7+ 40. Kf3 Rd7
41. h4 Rd8 42. h5 Rd7 43. Rd4 Bc5 44. Rd1 Bb4 45. Rd3 Rd8
46. a4 Rd7 47. Rd1 Rd8 48. Ke4 Re8+ 49. Kd4 Re1 50. Rd3 Rf1
51. Ke4 Re1+ 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Kg3 Rc1 54. Rd4 Rc3+ 55. Kg4 Bc5
56. Rd2 Bb4 57. Rd1 Re3 58. Bc4 Re1 59. Rd7 Re7 60. Rd5 Rc7
61. Rf5+ Kg7 62. Rb5 Kf6 63. Rb6+ Kg7 64. Kf5 Bd2 65. Rb5 Bb4
66. Ke4 Kf6 67. Rb6+ Kg7 68. Bd5 Re7+ 69. Kd4 Bd2 70. Ra6 Rc7
71. f5 Bc3+ 72. Kd3 Rc5 73. Ke4 Rc7 74. f6+ Bxf6 75. Rxa5 Re7+
76. Kd3 Re5 77. Rb5 Rxh5 78. a5 Rh3+ 79. Kc4 Rc3+ 80. Kb4 Rc1
81. Rb7 Bc3+ 82. Kb5 Rf1 83. a6 Bd4 84. Bc4 Rf2 85. b4 Rf3
86. Bd5 Rf1 87. Kc4 Bg1 88. a7 Rc1+ 89. Kb5 Ra1 90. Rxf7+ Kg6
91. Rf1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "5.59"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Bassem Amin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 d6 8. h3 Ne8 9. Nd5 Be6 10. c3 h6 11. d4 f5 12. Nh4 Bxd5
13. exd5 Ne7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qb3 Nd6 16. Nf3 Kh7 17. Re1 e4
18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Qe8 20. Bf4 Qf7 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Qxb7
Nxd5 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. f3 Re8 25. fxe4 Rfe7 26. e5 Nb4
27. Rad1 Nxa2 28. Ra1 Nb4 29. Ra4 Rb8 30. e6 Kg7 31. d5 Kf6
32. Re3 Rb5 33. Bf1 Rb6 34. Bc4 a6 35. Ra5 Rc7 36. b3 Ke7
37. Kf2 Rb8 38. Re2 Rbc8 39. Ke3 Rc5 40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. Kd4 Ra5
42. Rf2 Ra1 43. Kc3 a5 44. g4 Rc1+ 45. Kd2 Ra1 46. Rf3 Ra2+
47. Kc1 a4 48. gxf5 Rc2+ 49. Kd1 a3 50. f6+ Kf8 51. f7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "6.59"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bassem Amin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 e5
7. d3 Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nb3 c4 12. dxc4
Bxc4 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Nfd2 Be6 15. a4 a5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Ba3 Nd7
18. Nf1 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Ne3 Rfd8 21. Qc2 Nc8 22. Bf1 c4
23. Red1 Nb6 24. Be2 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Bg4 Qe7 27. Bxe6
Qxe6 28. Qc1 h5 29. Ra2 Kg7 30. Rad2 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Qe7 32. Qd1
Qa3 33. Rd6 Nxa4 34. Nxc4 Qa2 35. Nxe5 Nxc3 36. Qd3 Qb1+
37. Qxb1 Nxb1 38. Rd1 Nc3 39. Rd7 a4 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7
7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Bg3 c6 9. e4 dxe4 10. fxe4 Bb4 11. Bd3 e5
12. a3 Ba5 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nc5 15. b4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bb6
17. Nf3 O-O 18. Nxe5 a5 19. b5 a4 20. Nc4 Bc5 21. O-O-O Bg4
22. Rd2 Qe7 23. d6 Qe6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Rac8 26. Kb1 Qxd5
27. Rxd5 Be6 28. Rhd1 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd6 30. Nxd6 Rc3 31. Kb2
Rb3+ 32. Ka2 Rd8 33. Rd4 h5 34. Bh4 Rd7 35. Bf6 Kh7 36. e5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4
12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 O-O 16. b4 Qd7
17. Bg5 Rfd8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Re3 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5
Nxa5 22. Nd4 Bg6 23. e6 Nc4 24. Rxd3 Re8 25. Rf3 c5 26. Bxg6
fxg6 27. Rf7 Qd6 28. Rd7 Qe5 29. Nxb5 Nxb2 30. Rd8 Qxe6
31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. g3 h6 34. Nd6 Qe1+ 35. Kg2
Qxc3 36. Nf7+ Kh7 37. Qa8 g5 38. Qe4+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kh7
40. Qe4+ Kg8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2013.09.19"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "1.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Zaur Mammadov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2
Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd2 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O-O
Qc7 12. h4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 f6 14. Nd4 Qe5 15. Qxe5 fxe5 16. Nf3
e4 17. Ng5 Rxf2 18. Nxe4 Rf7 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Bd7 21. Rh4
Rf5 22. b3 Be8 23. Rd4 Bc6 24. g4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "4.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Orkhan Abdulov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3
dxc6 7. Nd2 Be6 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. c4 a5 10. a4 O-O-O 11. Be2 h5
12. O-O Bg4 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 14. Bxg4+ hxg4 15. c5 Ba7 16. Bg5
Rh5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rac1 Rd3 19. Nxa5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Bxc5
21. Rc1 Rd2 22. Nc4 Rxf2 23. Nd6+ cxd6 24. Rxc5 Rxb2 25. Rc4
c5 26. Kf1 Kd7 27. h4 gxh3 28. gxh3 Ke6 29. Rc3 Rb4 30. Re3
Rxa4 31. h4 f5 32. h5 fxe4 33. h6 f5 0-1

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Rinat Jumabayev"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 b5 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Nf3 Nxf3 11. gxf3 Qa5
12. Bd6 b4 13. Nb1 Qb6 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Rg1 h6 16. Qf4 Qc5
17. Nd2 Nh5 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Ke7 20. Nc4 g5 21. Rg2 Rd8
22. Rgd2 Nf6 23. Nd6 a5 24. Bb5 Ba6 25. e5 Nd5 26. e4 Nb6
27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. f4 gxf4 29. Rf2 Nc8 30. Nb7 Rg8 31. Rxf4 Rc6
32. Rf2 a4 33. b3 axb3 34. axb3 Rg5 35. Rdf1 Rg7 36. Rd1 Rg5
37. Rdf1 Rg7 38. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "6.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dragan Solak"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd2
O-O 12. Rae1 d6 13. Re3 e5 14. Rf3 Kh8 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Qh6
Rg8 17. Nd5 Rg6 18. Qf8+ Rg8 19. Qxf7 Bh3 20. Qxf6+ Rg7
21. Ne3 Qc8 22. Rd1 Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Rxf8 24. Kf1 Rxg2 25. Nxg2
Rg8 26. Ke2 Rxg2 27. Ke3 Rg6 28. f4 exf4+ 29. Kxf4 Kg7 30. Rd2
Kf6 31. Rf2 Ke7 32. e5 Rg4+ 33. Ke3 dxe5 34. Rf5 Kd6 35. Rf6+
Kc5 36. Rh6 Bg2 37. Rxh7 Bc6 38. Rh5 Kd6 39. Rh6+ Kc5 40. a3
a5 41. b3 Bd5 42. c4 Bc6 43. Rh5 Kd6 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 b6
46. Rh6+ Kc7 47. Be2 Re4+ 48. Kf2 Rf4+ 49. Kg3 Bh1 50. Rh4 Rf7
51. Rg4 e4 52. h4 e3 53. h5 Rf2 54. Rh4 Bb7 55. Rh2 Rxh2
56. Kxh2 Kd6 57. Kg3 Ke5 58. Bf3 Be4 59. h6 Bd3 60. c5 bxc5
61. bxc5 Kf6 62. c6 Kg6 63. c7 Ba6 64. Kf4 Kxh6 65. Kxe3 Kg5
66. Kd4 Kf4 67. Bg2 Bc8 68. Be4 Be6 69. Bg2 Bc8 70. Kd5 Ke3
71. Kc5 Kd3 72. Bc6 Kc3 73. Be8 Kb3 74. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "7.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bc2
Nd7 13. Bf4 Nde5 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Bb3 Rfc8 16. h3 Be8 17. Be3
Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Ne5 19. Qg3 Qb8 20. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2013.09.26"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viorel Iordachescu"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 a6
7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Nh2 d5 10. Ng4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Qf6
12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 O-O-O 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ne4 Bxe4
16. dxe4 f6 17. Ke2 Ne7 18. Be3 Bb6 19. a4 a5 20. Rad1 Ng6
21. Be6+ Kb8 22. Rd5 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Rhd1 c6 25. Rd7
Rxd7 26. Rxd7 h5 27. Rxg7 hxg4 28. Rxg4 Bc7 29. b4 axb4
30. cxb4 Rd8 31. b5 cxb5 32. axb5 Ka7 33. Rg7 Kb6 34. Bd5 Rb8
35. Bc4 Be5 36. Re7 Ra8 37. Kf1 Kc5 38. Bd3 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Rd1
40. Be2 Rd2 41. Kf1 Kb6 42. Re6+ Kc5 43. Re8 Kb6 44. Re6+ Kc5
45. Re8 Kb6 46. Re7 Rd8 47. Kg2 Rd2 48. Kf1 Rd8 49. Re6+ Kc5
50. Re7 Kb6 51. Re6+ Kc5 52. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2013.09.21"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "3.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Misratdin Iskandarov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 b4
7. Nce2 cxd5 8. a3 bxa3 9. Rxa3 Nf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6
12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nd3 Na5 14. Nc5 Bc6 15. Ba4 Qc8 16. b3 Nb7
17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. b4 Nd6 19. Ra6 Qc8 20. c3 Nd7 21. Qa4 Nb6
22. Qa2 Nb5 23. Bf4 Qf5 24. Be3 Nc4 25. Qb1 Qg4 26. Qd3 Rad8
27. h3 Qc8 28. Bf4 Rfe8 29. Rfa1 e6 30. Bg3 Bf8 31. h4 Bd6
32. h5 Bxg3 33. Qxg3 Rd6 34. Nf4 Qd8 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Nxg6
fxg6 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 38. Rxd6 Qxd6 39. Ra6 Nb6 40. Qh6+ Kg8
41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Qd3 Nc7 43. Rxa7 Ra8 44. Rxa8+ Nbxa8 45. Qh7
Qf4 46. g3 Qf5 47. Qh8+ Ke7 48. Qc8 Qf7 49. Qd7+ Kf8 50. Qd8+
Kg7 51. Nd7 Qf5 52. Qe7+ Qf7 53. Qg5+ Qg6 54. Qe5+ Kg8 55. b5
Kf7 56. Qh8 Ke7 57. Ne5 Qb1+ 58. Kg2 Qxb5 59. g4 Qe8 60. Qh7+
Kd6 61. g5 Qe7 62. Nf7+ Kd7 63. g6 Ne8 64. g7 Nxg7 65. Qxg7
Kc8 66. Qg8+ Kb7 67. Nd8+ Ka6 68. Nc6 Qb7 69. Qxe6 Nb6
70. Qe2+ Nc4 71. Ne5 Qg7+ 72. Kf1 Qh6 73. Qa2+ Kb5 74. Qb3+
Ka6 75. Nxc4 1-0

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2013.09.20"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "2.14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ebrahim Ahmadinia"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. h3 d6 11. e4 Qxd1
12. Rxd1 Be6 13. Nd5 Rfc8 14. c5 dxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxd5 16. exd5
Na5 17. Be3 Ne8 18. Rab1 Nd6 19. b3 Nf5 20. Rdc1 Nxe3 21. fxe3
Be5 22. Kf2 Bd6 23. b4 b6 24. bxa5 bxc5 25. Bf1 Rab8 26. Rb3
Kg7 27. a6 Rxb3 28. axb3 Rf8 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Bc4 Bc7 31. Kg2
f5 32. Rf1 h5 33. e4 fxe4 34. Re1 Rf8 35. Rxe4 Bd6 36. Re2 Rf5
37. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mats Persson"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. Be2 Qc7
7. d4 e6 8. Bf3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qa4+ b5 11. Qf4 Bb7
12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Qg3 g6 14. Nd3 Be7 15. Bh6 Nbd7 16. O-O Rc8
17. Rac1 Rc4 18. h3 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Nb1 Qc7 21. Qxc7
Rxc7 22. Nd2 Nb6 23. Nb3 Nc4 24. Rfd1 Kg7 25. c3 Rd8 26. Nbc5
Nxb2 27. Nxe6+ fxe6 28. Nxb2 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Nd5 30. a3 Kf6
31. Kf1 Ke5 32. g3 a5 33. Rb1 Rc5 34. Ke1 Ke4 35. Ke2 Rxc3
36. Rxb5 Rxa3 37. Rb7 Ra2+ 38. Ke1 Kd3 39. Rxh7 Ra1 40. Rb7 a4
41. h4 a3 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Osmani Penalver"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. h3 e6 6. Bb3 Na5
7. Ba4+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. dxc3 Nc6
12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Ng5 Bf4 16. g3
Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Re8 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. a3 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qh5 Qe7 23. Qxh7 e5 24. Be3 f6 25. g4 b6
26. h4 Qd7 27. Qe4 Kc7 28. h5 Ne7 29. g5 Qe6 30. h6 gxh6
31. gxh6 f5 32. Qa8 f4 33. h7 Qh3 34. Qxa7+ Kc6 35. Qa8+ Kc7
36. h8=Q Qf1+ 37. Kd2 fxe3+ 38. Kxe3 Nf5+ 39. Kf3 Qd1+ 40. Kg2
Qg4+ 41. Kh1 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Hans Tikkanen"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6
7. Nb3 Qb6 8. c3 a5 9. a4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Ndb8 11. Bd3 Bd7
12. O-O Nb4 13. Bb1 N8a6 14. Ng5 g6 15. h4 h5 16. g4 hxg4
17. Qxg4 Rh6 18. h5 gxh5 19. Qh3 Nc6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. f5 Nxd4
22. fxe6+ Kg8 23. Bxh6 Nxb3+ 24. Kh1 Qxe6 25. Rg1+ Kh8
26. Qxb3 Qxh6 27. Bc2 Bc6 28. Raf1 Bg7 29. Qf3 Nc5 30. Qg3 Re8
31. Rf5 h4 32. Qg4 d4+ 33. Kh2 Bd7 34. Qh5 d3 35. Bb1 Bxf5
36. Qxe8+ Kh7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qe7+ Kh8 39. Qe8+ Kg7
40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. Ba2+ Be6 42. Qe8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Krasimir Rusev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. h4 Bg7 6. e3 c5
7. cxd5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qxd5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5
12. dxe5 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nxe5 15. Rab1 O-O
16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rhc1 b6 18. f4 Bg7 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Be7 Re8
21. Rc7 Be6 22. Rxa7 Bxa2 23. Rxa2 Rxe7 24. Ra8 Rxa8 25. Bxa8
Bf8 26. Rxb6 Rxe3 27. Rxg6+ hxg6 28. Kxe3 f5 29. g3 Bc5+
30. Kf3 Kg7 31. Bc6 Kf6 32. Bb5 Bb4 33. Ba4 Be1 34. Be8 Kg7
35. h5 gxh5 36. Bxh5 Kf6 37. Be8 Ke7 38. Bb5 Kf6 39. Bd3 Ke6
40. Bxf5+ Kxf5 41. g4+ Kg6 42. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Rb8 11. Nc4 h6 12. Be3
Be6 13. Re1 Qc8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rd8 17. Ne3
c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Qd7 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Qxa6 Bxb2 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rd1 Qxf5 25. Qxd6 Bd4 26. Qg3
Re2 27. Qf3 Rxf2 28. Qxf5 Rxf5+ 29. Kh1 Bc3 30. a5 c4 31. Bxc4
Rxa5 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Bxf7 h5 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Re5 36. Re8
Rxe8 37. Bxe8 Kh6 38. Kg2 Kg5 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Ke4 Kg5 41. Kf3
Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vlastimil Babula"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6
12. Qa3 Bg4 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bxe7 Rfe8 16. Bc5 Rxe4
17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qa4 19. Bxg4 Rxg4 20. Qe3 Qe4 21. f3
Qxe3+ 22. Bxe3 Ra4 23. Rf2 Kg7 24. Rc2 Rc4 25. Rb2 Rc6 26. Kf2
Rac8 27. Bxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. Rd7 Rc2+ 30. Kg3 Rxa2
31. Rxb7 Rb2 32. e6 Kf6 33. e7 Re2 34. Rxb6+ Kxe7 35. h4 h5
36. Ra6 Kf8 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Ra6 Kf8 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Ra6 Kf8
41. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.14"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O Nge7
7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 d5 10. a3 b6 11. Rb1 a5 12. Qc1 Kh7
13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Na4 e5 15. e3 d4 16. Qc2 dxe3 17. fxe3 Rb8
18. Nc3 Kh8 19. Nb5 Nf5 20. Re1 Re8 21. Bc3 Nd6 22. Rbd1 Nxb5
23. cxb5 Na7 24. a4 Nc8 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rb7 27. e4 f5
28. exf5 gxf5 29. Nc4 Rbe7 30. Qf2 Qd5+ 31. Kg1 f4 32. Qe2 Qf7
33. Rf1 Re6 34. Rde1 Qg6 35. Kg2 e4 36. Bxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qd2
fxg3 38. Qc3+ Kh7 39. hxg3 e3 40. Rf3 e2 41. d4 cxd4 42. Qxd4
R8e7 43. Qd3 Qxd3 44. Rxd3 h5 45. b3 Re8 46. Kf2 Kg6 47. Ne3
Nd6 48. Nd5 Ne4+ 49. Kf3 Re5 50. Nf4+ Kh6 51. Rd7 Rg5 52. Nxe2
Nxg3 53. Rd6+ Kh7 54. Rd7+ Kh8 55. Rg1 Rf8+ 56. Nf4 h4 57. Rd6
Kh7 58. Rd7+ Kh8 59. Rd6 Kh7 60. Rd7+ Kg8 61. Rg2 Rgf5 62. Rd4
Rg5 63. Rd6 Rgf5 64. Rd4 Rg5 65. Rd6 Rgf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Dimitrios Mastrovasilis"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5
12. Bd3 c6 13. Nd2 Nh4 14. Qc2 Ng6 15. Nf3 Qd6 16. h4 Nxh4
17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. Bf5 g6 20. Bxc8 Rfxc8 21. Qd2
Kg8 22. Qh6 Bf6 23. Bf4 Qf8 24. Qh2 Re8 25. Bh6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1
Re8 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 a6 29. Qc7 Qe7 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. g3
g5 32. b4 Qe4 33. Qxb7 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qh7+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1
Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qh7+ 38. Kg1 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.26"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Dragan Solak"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4
7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. c3 Nf6 11. Bc2 Qd5
12. Qg3 g6 13. O-O Bg7 14. Bb3 Qd7 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bg5 a5
17. a3 b5 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. g4 Bf8 21. h4 Be7
22. Kg2 Qd8 23. Re5 Ra7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. h5 f6 26. Re4 gxh5
27. gxh5 f5 28. Re5 Qg5+ 29. Kf1 Rg7 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Rde1
Qg1+ 32. Ke2 Qg4 33. Rh1 Kf7 34. Rh3 Qxf3+ 35. Rxf3 Rg1
36. Rg3 Rh1 37. b3 Rxh5 38. c4 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rh4 40. cxd5 Rxd4
41. dxe6+ Rxe6 42. Rge3 Rxe5 43. Rxe5 Re4+ 44. Rxe4 fxe4
45. Ke3 a4 46. Kxe4 Ke6 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Kg4 Kg6 49. f4 Kf6
50. f5 h6 51. Kh5 Kxf5 52. Kxh6 Ke4 53. Kg5 Kd4 54. Kf4 Kc4
55. Ke3 Kb3 56. Kd2 Kxa3 57. Kc1 Ka2 58. Kc2 a3 59. Kc1 Ka1
60. Kc2 a2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.27"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. e3 Be6 11. Qd2 Nc6
12. Be2 cxd4 13. cxd4 g5 14. Bg3 Qa5 15. h4 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 g4
17. Ne1 Bxa2 18. Rc2 Bd5 19. Bxg4 e5 20. dxe5 Rfd8 21. Ke2
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nd3 Be4 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Bf3 Bxf3+
26. gxf3 Rdc8 27. Ra2 a6 28. Nf4 Bxh4 29. Rd7 b5 30. Rb7 Rab8
31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Rxa6 b4 33. Rxh6 Bg5 34. Rh1 Bxf4 35. exf4
Kg7 36. Kd3 Kf6 37. Kc4 Kf5 38. Rb1 Rc8+ 39. Kd4 Rd8+ 40. Kc4
Kxf4 41. Rxb4 f5 42. Rb5 Rd2 43. Kc3 Rxf2 44. Kd3 Rxf3+
45. Ke2 Kg3 46. Rb8 Rf2+ 47. Ke1 f4 48. Rg8+ Kf3 49. Rf8 Rh2
50. Rf7 Rh1+ 51. Kd2 Rf1 52. Rf8 Kg2 53. Rg8+ Kf2 54. Kd3 Re1
55. Kd2 f3 56. Rh8 Re7 57. Rh2+ Kg1 58. Rh8 Rg7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.28"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d4 d6
7. Bg5 Nf6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nbd2 Ne6 11. Bxe6
Bxe6 12. Nxe5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe5 14. Nc5 Bf5 15. O-O-O f6
16. Be3 b6 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Bf4 O-O-O 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Nf4
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Re8 22. Nd5 Re2 23. Rd2 Re1+ 24. Rd1 Re2
25. Rd2 Re1+ 26. Rd1 Re2 27. Rd2 Re1+ 28. Rd1 Re2 29. Rd2 Re1+
30. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.29"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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. f3 b5 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b4
12. Na4 Rb8 13. Qf2 O-O 14. Nb6 e5 15. Be3 d6 16. Nxc8 Qxc8
17. b3 Ne8 18. Bc4 Nc7 19. Rd3 Nb5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Rc1 f5
22. exf5 Ra8 23. g4 d5 24. c3 Qb7 25. Bc5 e4 26. Bxe7 Qxe7
27. fxe4 dxe4 28. Re3 Rac8 29. Qe2 Rxc3 30. Rxe4 Rxc1+
31. Kxc1 Qd7 32. Kb1 Qd6 33. Re8 h5 34. gxh5 Qd7 35. Qe6+ Qxe6
36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. fxe6 Ke7 38. Kc2 Kxe6 39. Kd3 Kd5 40. Ke3
Ke5 41. h3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.30"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7
12. g5 Nh5 13. Be5 Qxe5 14. Qxd7+ Kf8 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qa7 g6
17. Kb1 h6 18. Rd7 Re8 19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Qxa6 b4 21. Ne2 Nf6
22. Rd1 Rxh2 23. Rxh2 Qxh2 24. Nd4 Rd8 25. Qe2 Qc7 26. Nb5
Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qf4 28. c3 g5 29. Bd3 g4 30. fxg4 Nxe4 31. Qh1
Nd2+ 32. Kc2 Bf6 33. g5 Bxg5 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qd4 Qxd4
36. Nxd4 bxc3 37. bxc3 e5 38. Nf5+ Ke6 39. a4 e4 40. Nd4+ Kd5
41. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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 Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qe2 Rc8
12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Ne1 h6 14. Nd3 Nb6 15. f4 Nc4 16. f5 Bd7
17. Rf1 b5 18. Kh1 a5 19. a3 Qb7 20. Rae1 Bc6 21. Bc1 b4
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 bxa3 24. bxa3 a4 25. Ba2 Nxd5 26. Bxc4
Rxc4 27. Nxe5 Rc7 28. Ng4 h5 29. Ne3 Nf6 30. c4 Rb8 31. Rd1
Qe4 32. Rfe1 Rb3 33. Qf2 Rd3 34. Rxd3 Qxd3 35. Bb2 Rb7 36. Qe2
Qxe2 37. Rxe2 d5 38. g3 Rb3 39. Bxf6 Bxf6 40. Nxd5 Rxa3 41. c5
Ra1+ 42. Kg2 Rc1 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Nxf6+ gxf6 45. Ra8 Rxc5
46. Rxa4 Rxf5 47. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. c3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7
12. Re1 Qc7 13. Qe2 e6 14. Ne5 Rad8 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Nd3 a5
17. a3 Rfe8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Qf3 Nd5 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bh4 a4
22. Ba2 g5 23. Bg3 e5 24. Bb1 h6 25. Bf5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Qa7
27. Rad1 Qf7 28. dxe5 fxe5 29. Qe4 Bf8 30. Nd3 Nf4 31. Nxe5
Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Bg7 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Nxf7 Rxe4 35. Nd6 Re2
36. Rb1 Bf8 37. Kf1 Re6 38. Nf5 c5 39. Re1 Kf7 40. g4 fxg3
41. fxg3 Rxe1+ 42. Kxe1 Ke6 43. g4 Kd5 44. Kd2 b4 45. Ne3+ Ke4
46. Nc4 Kf4 47. Nb6 Kg3 48. Ke3 Kxh3 49. Kf4 bxa3 50. bxa3 c4
51. Nxa4 Bxa3 52. Nb6 Bb2 53. Nxc4 Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.04"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Khaled Abdel Razik"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6
7. Qb3 b6 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Na6 10. Qa3 Nxc5 11. Rd1 a5
12. Be2 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. O-O Qd7 15. Ng5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5
Qc6 17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. Bh4 Rac8 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qxd5
21. b3 Bf8 22. Qb2 Qe4 23. Bf6 Rc2 24. Bf3 Rxb2 25. Bxe4 Rxa2
26. Bd5 Bg7 27. Bh4 Rc8 28. f4 b5 29. f5 gxf5 30. g4 Ra1
31. Be1 Bc3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1 Qa6 15. Qb3 b6 16. Rc4
Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Rd7 18. a3 Rad8 19. Qc2 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. b4
Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Rd4 24. bxc5 Rxc4 25. dxc4 bxc5
26. f4 f5 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. e3 e6 29. h3 h5 30. h4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bronstein Memorial"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2014.02.11"]
[EventDate "2014.02.11"]
[Round "1.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Andrei Obodchuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6
7. d3 Be7 8. Ng5 h6 9. Nh3 e5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. c3
Nf5 13. f4 Bf6 14. Nf2 h5 15. Ne4 Be7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qf3
Qb6 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. Qxf7+ Kd8 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Qxg7 Qxb2
22. Qf6+ Be7 23. Qxh8+ Kc7 24. Qxe5+ Kd8 25. Nf2 Nxf1 26. Re1
1-0

[Event "Bronstein Memorial"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2014.02.12"]
[EventDate "2014.02.11"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nijat Abasov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Be6 10. Rc1 Qd7 11. Ne4 Bh3
12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 f6 15. b4 Qe6 16. b5 Nd8
17. Qb1 Qd7 18. Ba3 Ne6 19. Rc3 Rfd8 20. Rfc1 Kh8 21. Rd3 Qe8
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qb4 Rd5 24. Rb1 h6 25. d3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4
27. Bc1 Kh7 28. Rb2 Qd7 29. e4 dxe3 30. Bxe3 Rxd3 31. Rd2 Rxd2
32. Bxd2 Qd3 33. h4 Nd5 34. Qb2 c5 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Bb4 Nb6
37. Bc5 Nc4 38. Qb7 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Ne5 40. Bxa7 Qf1 41. g4 Nxg4+
42. Kg3 Ne5 43. Qc8 Qd3+ 44. Kh2 Nf3+ 45. Kg3 Nxh4+ 46. Be3
Nf5+ 47. Kf4 Nxe3 48. fxe3 Qc4+ 49. e4 Qxa2 50. Qf5+ Kh8
51. Qc8+ Qg8 52. Qxc6 Qb8+ 53. Kf5 Kh7 54. Ke6 Kg6 55. Ke7
Qa7+ 56. Ke8 h5 57. Qd5 Qb8+ 58. Ke7 Qe5+ 59. Kf8 Kh6 60. Qd7
Qb8+ 61. Kf7 Qg3 62. Kg8 h4 63. Qf5 Qg6 64. Qf4+ Qg5 65. Qf3
Qh5 66. Qf4+ g5 0-1

[Event "Bronstein Memorial"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2014.02.13"]
[EventDate "2014.02.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Boris Savchenko"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4
12. h3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 a6 14. Bxc6 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 bxc6 16. Qd4
Ng6 17. Re1 Qg5 18. Qe3 Qh4 19. Nd4 c5 20. Nf5 Qb4 21. Qc3 f6
22. Qxb4 cxb4 23. Rd3 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxd5 Ne7
26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Kf1 Rc7 28. Rd2 Rc5 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Kd1 Ke6
31. Rd4 a5 32. Kd2 h5 33. Kd3 Rf5 34. f3 g5 35. Kc4 h4 36. a3
bxa3 37. bxa3 Kf7 38. a4 1-0

[Event "Bronstein Memorial"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2014.02.14"]
[EventDate "2014.02.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasif Durarbayli"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6
12. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bronstein Memorial"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2014.02.15"]
[EventDate "2014.02.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Qc7 6. O-O g6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bd3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Be4 Bg7 13. Rd1 O-O-O 14. Nd2 f5 15. Bxd5 Rxd5 16. Nf1
Rhd8 17. Rxd5 Rxd5 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Be3 b6 20. a4 Kb7 21. c4
Rd3 22. a5 Bf6 23. a6+ Kc8 24. Rc1 g5 25. b4 f4 26. b5 fxe3
27. bxc6 exf2+ 28. Kh1 Qf5 29. c5 bxc5 30. Rb1 Kc7 31. Rb7+
Kxc6 32. Rxa7 Qd5 33. Ra8 Kb6 34. Rb8+ Ka7 35. Rb7+ Ka8
36. Rc7 Kb8 37. Rb7+ Ka8 38. Rc7 Kb8 39. Rb7+ Ka8 40. Rc7 Qc4
41. Rd7 Rc3 42. Qd1 e6 43. a7 g4 44. Qb1 Rb3 45. Qd1 Bd4
46. Rf7 Qd3 47. Qxd3 Rxd3 48. g3 c4 49. Rxh7 c3 50. Rc7 e5
51. h4 gxh3 0-1

[Event "Bronstein Memorial"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2014.02.16"]
[EventDate "2014.02.11"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniil Lintchevski"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5
Qd6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Qxc6+ bxc6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 Be6 11. b3
O-O-O 12. Bb2 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bronstein Memorial"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2014.02.17"]
[EventDate "2014.02.11"]
[Round "7.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Mikhail Mozharov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nge5
12. Nd5 b5 13. c3 Rb8 14. h4 g4 15. h5 Be6 16. Rd1 Qd7 17. Be2
f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Qc2 Qc8 21. Qe4 O-O 22. Nd4
Bd7 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Nd5 Qb7 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Bxg4 Kh8
27. Be6 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Qb6 29. Qe2 Qf6 30. Be4 Rbd8 31. O-O Qg5
32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Bf6 35. g3 Qg8 36. Qd7
Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kh8 38. Qg6 Bg7 39. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Bronstein Memorial"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2014.02.18"]
[EventDate "2014.02.11"]
[Round "8.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrey Zhigalko"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Qa4 a6 13. Rfc1 Rb8 14. Rc3 b5 15. Qd1 Bf6 16. Rc5 Be7
17. Nxe5 Bxc5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxc5 Bxg2 20. Bxf8 Bh3 21. Bb4
c5 22. Be1 Qd5 23. e4 Qe6 24. Qe2 Rd8 25. Ba5 Rd7 26. Bc3 h6
27. Re1 Bg4 28. f3 Bh3 29. Rd1 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial (Group B)"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[EventDate "2014.04.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Gadir Guseinov"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. f3 Be6
12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5
17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 20. Nc3 d5 21. cxd5 Nf6
22. Bb6 Nxd5 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rh2 Bxb3+ 26. Ke1
Bxa2 27. Bxa6 bxa6 28. Rxa2 Rd4 29. gxf5 Rxf4 30. Ke2 Rxf5
31. Rxa6 Bf6 32. Rf1 Re5+ 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Ra4 Rf5+ 35. Kg2
Rg5+ 36. Rg4 Ra5 37. Rf2 Rb5 38. Rh4 Kg7 39. Rg4+ Kf7 40. Rh4
Kg7 41. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial (Group B)"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[EventDate "2014.04.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nijat Abasov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. Qa4+ Bd7
7. Qxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5
12. Qh4 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Bxb7
Rb8 17. Bf3 Rxb2 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nd6 Bxd6
21. Rxd6 Bb5 22. Kf1 Rb8 23. a4 Bc4 24. Rc6 Rb1+ 25. Rxb1
Rxb1+ 26. Kg2 Rb4 27. a5 Ra4 28. Rc5 a6 29. Bc6 Rb4 30. e3 Be2
31. Bf3 Bc4 32. Bc6 Be2 33. Bf3 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial (Group B)"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.22"]
[EventDate "2014.03.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Rauf Mamedov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bxb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Ra4 13. b4 Qh4 14. O-O Rg8 15. f4 Kd8 16. Nb6 Qh3
17. Rf2 Rxb4 18. Nxc8 fxe4 19. Ncxd6 e3 20. Re2 Nd4 21. Nxf7+
Ke7 22. Nxe5 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Rxf4 24. Kh1 Qf5 25. Nf3 Kf6
26. Qxe3 Bc5 27. Qc3+ Kg6 28. Rf1 Kh6 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. Qc3+ Kh6
31. Qd2 Kg7 32. Qc3+ Kh6 33. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial (Group B)"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[EventDate "2014.04.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. f4 Rd8
12. Nf3 Qe6 13. Nc3 Nc4 14. Qe2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nb4 16. Kb1 c6
17. Be2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. e5 Bd7 20. h4 h5 21. g4 hxg4
22. Ng5 Qb6 23. h5 f6 24. e6 fxg5 25. exd7 gxh5 26. f5 Rxd7
27. Rxh5 Kf8 28. Qxg5 Bxd4 29. Qd2 Bg7 30. f6 exf6 31. Bxg4
Rd6 32. Rdh1 Kf7 33. Rh7 Rg8 34. Re1 Rdd8 35. Bh5+ Kf8 36. Qe2
1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial (Group B)"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[EventDate "2014.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Nc4 d6 11. h3 h6 12. c3
Rb8 13. a5 bxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Ne7 17. Qc2
Ng6 18. Rfb1 Qe7 19. Ba2 Rb5 20. Ncd2 Rfb8 21. Bxe6 Qxe6
22. c4 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Qe8 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. Nxb3
c5 27. Nfd2 Nf8 28. Nb1 Ne6 29. Nc3 Kf8 30. Nd5 Ng8 31. Kf2
Ne7 32. Ke2 Nc6 33. Kd2 g6 34. Nb6 Ke8 35. Nc8 Kd7 36. Nb6+
Kd8 37. Nd5 h5 38. Nf6 Ke7 39. Nd5+ Kf8 40. Ke2 Ned8 41. Nc7
Ke7 42. d4 exd4 43. exd4 cxd4 44. Nxa6 Ne6 45. g3 Kf6 46. Kd3
Ke5 47. h4 f5 48. exf5 Kxf5 49. Ke2 Kg4 50. Kf2 Kh3 51. Kf3 d3
52. Nd2 Nxa5 53. Nb4 Nc5 54. Nd5 Nab3 55. Nxb3 Nxb3 56. Nf4+
Kh2 57. Nxd3 Nd2+ 58. Ke3 Nxc4+ 59. Kf2 Kh3 60. Nf4+ Kg4
61. Nxg6 Nd2 62. Ke3 Nf1+ 63. Ke4 Nxg3+ 64. Kd5 Nf5 65. Ke4
d5+ 66. Kxd5 Nxh4 67. Ne5+ Kf4 68. Ke6 Nf3 69. Ng6+ Kg5
70. Kf7 Nd4 71. Kg7 Ne6+ 72. Kf7 Nf4 73. Ne5 Kf5 74. Nf3 Kg4
75. Ne5+ Kg3 76. Kf6 h4 77. Kg5 h3 78. Ng4 Ne6+ 79. Kh5 Nf4+
80. Kg5 Ng6 81. Ne3 Kf2 82. Ng4+ Kf3 83. Nh2+ Kg2 84. Ng4 Ne5
85. Ne3+ Kf2 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial (Group B)"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[EventDate "2014.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qg4 Nf6 10. Qg3 Qxg3 11. hxg3 Ng4
12. Bd2 e5 13. a4 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Ke2 Bd6 16. Nd1 Nd7
17. Ne3 g6 18. b4 Nb6 19. a5 Nd7 20. c4 Nf8 21. c5 Bc7 22. Bc3
Ke7 23. Rh6 Rd8 24. Rah1 Bc8 25. R1h4 Ne6 26. Rxh7 Rxh7
27. Rxh7 Nd4+ 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Nc2 Rd8 30. Kd2 Be6 31. Kc3
Kf6 32. Ne1 Bg4 33. Bc2 Be6 34. Bd3 Bg4 35. Nf3 Be6 36. Bc2
Bc4 37. g4 Ke7 38. Ne1 Be6 39. f3 Rd4 40. Bd3 Rd8 41. g3 Kf6
42. Ng2 Kg5 43. Ne3 Kf6 44. Nd1 Bb3 45. Nf2 Ba2 46. Be2 Be6
47. Nh3 Rd4 48. g5+ Ke7 49. Nf4 exf4 50. Kxd4 fxg3 51. Bf1 Bf4
52. Rh8 Bd2 53. Ra8 Bxb4 54. Rxa6 Kd7 55. Ra7+ Kc8 56. a6 Kb8
57. Rb7+ Ka8 58. Rc7 Ba5 59. Rxc6 Ka7 60. Ke3 b4 61. f4 b3
62. Rxe6 fxe6 63. Kf3 Bd2 64. Kxg3 e5 65. f5 gxf5 66. g6 fxe4
67. g7 b2 68. g8=Q Be1+ 69. Kg4 b1=Q 70. Qf7+ Kb8 71. Qe8+ Ka7
72. Qd7+ Ka8 73. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial (Group B)"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[EventDate "2014.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vasif Durarbayli"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 a6
12. a4 Rac8 13. b3 e6 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qd2 Na5 16. Rb1 Qc7
17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Nde2 Qa5 21. f4 Re8
22. Rbd1 Bg7 23. Rf3 h6 24. Bh4 Qb4 25. Rd3 Red8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6
27. e5 Be7 28. Ng3 Nb8 29. Nd5 Qxd2 30. Nxe7+ Kf8 31. Nxg6+
fxg6 32. R3xd2 dxe5 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Rf1 exf4 35. Rxf4+ Ke7
36. Rg4 g5 37. h4 Kf6 38. b4 Nc6 39. b5 Ne5 40. hxg5+ hxg5
41. Re4 Nd3 42. Kg1 Nc5 43. Re1 Rd4 44. bxa6 bxa6 45. Rc1 Ke5
46. a5 Rd3 47. Nf1 Ra3 48. Nh2 Rxa5 49. Nf3+ Kf4 50. Re1 Ra4
51. Nxg5 Kxg5 52. Re5+ Kf4 53. Rxc5 e5 54. Rc8 e4 55. c5 Ra1+
56. Kf2 Ra2+ 57. Kg1 Ke3 58. c6 Rc2 59. c7 Rc1+ 60. Kh2 a5
61. g4 a4 62. Kg3 Rc5 63. Ra8 Rxc7 64. Rxa4 Kd3 65. Kf4 Rf7+
66. Ke5 e3 67. Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial (Group B)"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[EventDate "2014.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. h4 gxh4 12. Bxh4
Nc6 13. Nb3 b5 14. O-O Be6 15. Qd2 Nge5 16. Nd5 Nc4 17. Bxc4
bxc4 18. Nc1 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. Ne2 Qd7 21. f3 Ng6 22. Bf2
Bxb2 23. Rae1 Bf6 24. Bd4 Qf5 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Nd4 h4 27. Re4
Rh5 28. Nc6 c3 29. Qd3 Kf8 30. f4 Qf5 31. Qf3 Rh7 32. Re2 Rc8
33. Nd4 Qh5 34. Qh3 Rc4 35. f5 Ne5 36. Rxe5 dxe5 37. f6 exf6
38. Qd7 Rxd4 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qxf6+ Kg8 41. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial (Group B)"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.29"]
[EventDate "2014.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 Qd3
7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Ngxe2 c6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. b3 O-O
12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Ke2 f5 15. Nc3 a4 16. Rhd1 Rd8
17. Be1 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Bc5 20. Na4 Nxa4 21. Rxa4
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. exd4 Be6 24. b4 Kf7 25. Ke3 Bd5 26. Bf1
b5 27. Bd3 Kf6 28. h4 h5 29. Be2 g6 30. Bd1 Na6 31. Bc3 Nc7
32. Bd2 Ne6 33. Kd3 Bc4+ 34. Ke3 Bd5 35. Kd3 Bc4+ 36. Ke3 Bd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2014.05.04"]
[EventDate "2014.05.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Gulnar Mammadova"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Qd2 O-O
7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O Qe7 10. Rfe1 Rd8 11. Bh6 Nh5
12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Bf1 Qf6 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Re3 Nf8 16. g3 Bd7
17. a4 a5 18. Bg2 Rad8 19. Rd3 Qe7 20. Qe3 Nf6 21. R3d2 h6
22. b3 g5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Rd6 b5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Rb6 a4
27. Rdd6 Be6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxb5 axb3 30. cxb3 Qd6 31. Nxe5
Bxb3 32. Nf3 Qa3 33. e5 Nd5 34. Nxd5 Qa1+ 35. Qe1 1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2014.05.05"]
[EventDate "2014.05.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Natalia Zhukova"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5
exd5 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8
12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Kg7 14. Rae1 Ne4 15. Ndxe4 dxe4 16. Bh4 Nb6
17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rc7 20. Bg3 Rd7 21. Rb4
Qd5 22. Rfb1 Qc6 23. Rb5 Nd5 24. Rc5 Qe6 25. Qd2 b6 26. Rxc4
Nxe3 27. Rcb4 Nd5 28. R4b3 Rc8 29. Re1 h5 30. Qc2 Qc6 31. Rxe4
Nxc3 32. Re1 Nd5 33. Qd2 Re7 34. Rxe7 Qc1+ 35. Qe1 Nxe7
36. Rb1 Qxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Rc2 38. a3 Ra2 39. h3 Nf5 40. Be5+ f6
41. Bb8 Rxa3 42. d5 Kf7 43. Rc1 Rd3 44. Bxa7 b5 45. Rc5 b4
46. Rb5 b3 47. Rb7+ Ke8 48. Kf1 Rd1+ 49. Ke2 Ra1 50. Bc5 Ra5
51. Be3 Ra2+ 52. Kd3 Nxe3 53. Kxe3 Rb2 54. h4 Kd8 55. d6 g5
56. hxg5 fxg5 57. g3 g4 58. Rb5 Kd7 59. Rxh5 Kxd6 60. Rb5 Kc6
61. Rb8 Kc5 62. f3 gxf3 63. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2014.05.06"]
[EventDate "2014.05.04"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vahap Sanal"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. d3 c6
12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Nh4 Nd7 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. g5 Nf8
17. h4 Ne6 18. Be4 Nf4 19. Qf3 Rab8 20. c4 Ne6 21. h5 gxh5
22. g6 f6 23. Qxh5 b6 24. Bf5 Qd7 25. d4 exd4 26. Bxd4 Rbd8
27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rbe1 Bf4 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Rxe6+
1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2014.05.07"]
[EventDate "2014.05.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Savchenko"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. h3 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Nbd2 d6
7. Be2 Nc6 8. c3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nd5 10. Bg3 e5 11. O-O Re8
12. Nc4 Nf4 13. Re1 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 b5 15. Ne3 exd4 16. Nxd4
Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qb6 18. d5 Bd7 19. Qd2 f5 20. Nf1 a5 21. Rad1 b4
22. Bf4 b3 23. Be3 Qb4 24. axb3 Qxb3 25. Bd4 Qxd5 26. Rxe8+
Bxe8 27. Bxg7 Qxd2 28. Nxd2 Kxg7 29. Nc4 Bf7 30. Nxd6 Bb3
31. Rc1 Rb8 32. Rc7+ Kf6 33. Nb7 Bd5 34. Nxa5 Rxb2 35. Nc4
Rb1+ 36. Kh2 f4 37. f3 g5 38. Nd6 h5 39. Ne8+ Kg6 40. Rc2 Re1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2014.05.08"]
[EventDate "2014.05.04"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Konstantine Shanava"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 Kf8
12. Na4 h5 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. c4 d4 15. Bd2 c5 16. Be4 Qc7 17. b3
Rb8 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Qe4 Rb8 20. Nb2 g6 21. Nd3 Kg7 22. Nf4
Qb7 23. Qe2 Ra8 24. Ba5 Nb8 25. Rad1 Nc6 26. Bd2 a5 27. Bc1 a4
28. Rd3 h4 29. Bd2 axb3 30. axb3 Ra2 31. Qf3 Qa8 32. Kf1 Na5
33. Bxa5 Qxf3 34. Rxf3 Rxa5 35. Rb1 Rb8 36. Ke2 Ra2+ 37. Kd1
g5 38. Nd3 g4 39. Rf4 Bg5 40. Rxg4 Rd2+ 41. Ke1 Rxd3 42. Rxg5+
Kf8 43. Rh5 Rbxb3 44. Rxb3 Rxb3 45. Rxh4 Rc3 46. Rh8+ Kg7
47. Rc8 Rxc4 48. Kd2 Kg6 49. h4 Kf5 50. Rc7 Kxe5 51. Rxf7 Ra4
52. h5 Ra2+ 53. Kd3 Kd5 54. Rd7+ Kc6 55. Rd8 Ra1 56. g4 Rd1+
57. Ke2 Rh1 58. Rh8 Kd5 59. g5 Ke5 60. g6 Kf6 61. Rh7 Rg1
62. f4 Kf5 63. Kf3 e5 64. Rf7+ Ke6 65. f5+ Kd6 66. g7 c4
67. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2014.05.09"]
[EventDate "2014.05.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gaioz Nigalidze"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Rc1 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3
O-O 12. Qb3 Qxc5 13. Bd3 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Nd4 Ne4 16. Rfd1
Rfc8 17. Nb5 Nf6 18. a4 Ba6 19. c4 Bb7 20. Qb2 Qe7 21. Qa3
Qxa3 22. Nxa3 Bc6 23. Nb5 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Kf8 25. f3 Ke7 26. e4
Bxb5 27. Bxb5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 a6 29. Be2 Kd6 30. Rd1+ Kc5
31. Kf2 b5 32. Rc1+ Kb6 33. Rb1 Ne8 34. axb5 a5 35. e5 Rc8
36. Ke3 Rc5 37. f4 Nc7 38. Kd4 Nxb5+ 39. Bxb5 Rxb5 40. Rxb5+
Kxb5 41. Kd5 Kb6 42. f5 a4 43. Kc4 Kc6 44. f6 gxf6 45. exf6
Kd6 46. Kb4 Ke5 47. Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2014.05.10"]
[EventDate "2014.05.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Gadir Guseinov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Ngf3 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Qe7
12. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2014.05.11"]
[EventDate "2014.05.04"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. Qb3 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. c4 Rad8
16. Qg3+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Kg7 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Qh4 Kg7 20. f4 Qd2
21. e5 fxe5 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qf6+
Kg8 26. Rf3 Rd3 27. Nd6 Rxf3 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[EventDate "2014.05.04"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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. Qd2 Ne7 11. b4 Bd6
12. Rb1 Nbc6 13. Bxb5 Ne5 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Bf1 Rac8 16. Rb3 f5
17. b5 Ng4 18. h3 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Bg3 21. Qe3 Bxe1
22. Qxe1 fxe4 23. bxa6 Ba8 24. Ncb5 Qe5 25. Ba3 Qf6 26. Kg1 e5
27. Ne2 Rxc2 28. Rc3 Rxa2 29. Ng3 Kh8 30. Bc4 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 d5
32. Bf1 Nc6 33. Ra2 Qd8 34. Kh2 Qb6 35. Qc1 e3 36. Qa3 Rf6
37. Rb2 h5 38. Be2 g6 39. Nc3 Qd8 40. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Na4 Bb6 5. Nxb6 axb6 6. d4
exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. e5 Nc6 9. Bb5 dxe5 10. Qxe5+ Be6 11. Bf4
O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc7 Qxc7 14. Bxc7 Nd5 15. Bg3 Nb4
16. O-O Nxc2 17. Rac1 Bf5 18. a3 c5 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Bc7 Rfc8
21. Bxb6 Rab8 22. Rd6 Be4 23. Nd2 Bh7 24. Nb3 c4 25. Na1 c3
26. bxc3 Nxa3 27. Rcd1 Bf5 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Ba5
Nb5 31. Nb3 Bc2 32. Rd5 Nxc3 33. Rc5 Rxc5 34. Nxc5 Ne2+
35. Kf1 Nf4 36. Bd2 Ne6 37. Nxe6 fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "3.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3
Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 f6 13. f4 Bd7 14. Bc4 O-O-O 15. O-O Rhe8 16. b4
e5 17. b5 Nd4 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Bxd4 Bg4 20. Rd2 Rxd4 21. Rxd4
exd4 22. Rf4 Bd7 23. Rxd4 Re1+ 24. Kf2 Ra1 25. Rd3 Kc7 26. Rg3
g6 27. Be2 Kb6 28. Re3 Bf5 29. c4 Ra2 30. Kf3 h5 31. Kf4 Kc5
32. h4 Kd4 33. g3 Bb1 34. Re7 b6 35. Re3 Rc2 36. Re5 Ra2
37. Re3 Rc2 38. a4 Ra2 39. Re7 Rxa4 40. Rd7+ Kc3 41. Kg5 Ra2
42. Re7 Kd4 43. Kf4 Kc3 44. Ke3 Bf5 45. Re5 Bb1 46. c5 bxc5
47. Rxc5+ Kb4 48. Re5 Bc2 49. Kf4 Ra3 50. Rd5 Rc3 51. Rd7 Ra3
52. Rc7 Bb1 53. Rc6 Ka5 54. Ra6+ Kb4 55. Rc6 Ka5 56. Bc4 Kb4
57. Bf1 Ka5 58. Ra6+ Kb4 59. Rd6 Bc2 60. Rd5 Ra1 61. Be2 Ra2
62. Rd6 Kc5 63. Rc6+ Kd4 64. Rc4+ Kd5 65. Rc7 Kd4 66. Rc4+ Kd5
67. Rc6 Ra4+ 68. Kg5 Bb1 69. Bf3+ Ke5 70. Rc5+ Kd6 71. Rc6+
Ke5 72. Rc1 Bd3 73. Re1+ Kd4 74. Bc6 Ra5 75. Kf4 a6 76. Rd1
axb5 77. Be4 Ra3 78. Bxg6 b4 79. Bxh5 Kc3 80. Rxd3+ Kxd3
81. Bg6+ Kd4 82. h5 Rxg3 83. Kxg3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "5.17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6
bxc6 7. d3 Ng6 8. Ng5 f6 9. Nh3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Qh5 d5
12. f5 exf5 13. exf5 Ne5 14. Nf4 Bd6 15. Bd2 Qe8 16. Qh3 Ra7
17. Kh1 Re7 18. Nce2 Ng6 19. Ng3 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Rxf4
Re1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 23. Rf1 Qd2 24. Nh5 g6 25. Qg3 Qe2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Be7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 Be6 9. O-O f5 10. d3 Kh8 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. b4 e4 13. dxe4 Bxe4 14. Qb3 Bd5 15. Qc2 Be4 16. Qb3 Bd5
17. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "6.34"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Michalik"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. Bb5 Qa5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. bxc3
c4 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rfe1 Nb6 14. Be7 Re8 15. Bc5 Qa4 16. Qb1
Nd7 17. Bd6 Nf6 18. Nd2 Qc6 19. Be5 Nd7 20. Bg3 Nb6 21. f3 Na4
22. Qc2 b5 23. e4 Bb7 24. exd5 Qxd5 25. Ne4 Re6 26. Nf2 Rae8
27. Re5 Rxe5 28. dxe5 Qc5 29. Rd1 Qe3 30. Kf1 Nxc3 31. Rd7 Bc8
32. Ng4 Qe2+ 33. Qxe2 Nxe2 34. Rxa7 Nxg3+ 35. hxg3 Bxg4
36. fxg4 h6 37. Ra5 Rxe5 38. a4 c3 39. axb5 Rc5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "7.16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bd6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6
12. d3 Rb8 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ne4 f5 16. gxf5 Bxf5
17. Qh5 Ne7 18. Be3 b6 19. c4 Bg6 20. Qg4 Bf5 21. Qh5 Bg6
22. Qg4 Bf5 23. Qh5 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "8.18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7
12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Qe2 Nh5 16. Bg3 Nxg3
17. hxg3 Nf6 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Bb4 20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qb7
Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rxa2 23. Ne5 Qb8 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Ra1 Rxa1
26. Rxa1 b5 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Rxb5 Rxc3 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. f3 Rc1+
31. Kh2 Rd1 32. Rd8 Nd5 33. Nxf7 Rxd4 34. Rd6 Kg8 35. Nd8 Rd2
36. Rxe6 Nc7 37. Re7 Rxd8 38. Rxc7 Rd2 39. Kh3 Kh7 40. g4 Kg6
41. Kg3 Kf6 42. Rc6+ Kf7 43. Rc5 Ra2 44. g5 hxg5 45. Rxg5 Kf6
46. Rc5 Rb2 47. Kh3 Ra2 48. g3 Ra3 49. Kg4 Ra4+ 50. f4 Ra3
51. Rc6+ Kf7 52. Kh4 Rf3 53. Kg4 Ra3 54. f5 Rb3 55. Kh4 Ra3
56. g4 Ra1 57. Rc7+ Kf6 58. Rc6+ Kf7 59. Kh5 Rh1+ 60. Kg5 Rg1
61. Rc7+ Kg8 62. Kh5 Rh1+ 63. Kg6 Rh6+ 64. Kg5 Kh7 65. Rf7 Kg8
66. Re7 Kh7 67. Kf4 Rh1 68. g5 Kg8 69. g6 Kf8 70. Rf7+ Kg8
71. Rc7 Kf8 72. Rc8+ Ke7 73. Rc7+ Kf8 74. Rc8+ Ke7 75. Rg8
Rf1+ 76. Ke4 Re1+ 77. Kd4 Rd1+ 78. Ke3 Kf6 79. Rf8+ Kg5
80. Rf7 Re1+ 81. Kd4 Re2 82. Kd5 Re1 83. Kd6 Re2 84. Kd7 Re1
85. Re7 Rf1 86. Rxg7 Rxf5 87. Rg8 Rf6 88. g7 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "9.18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Qe2 Ng5 6. Nxg5
Qxg5 7. d4 Qf5 8. dxe5 Nd4 9. Qd3 Qxd3 10. Bxd3 d5 11. exd6
Bxd6 12. Re1+ Be6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bb5 Kd7 15. Bd4 Rhg8 16. Nd2
a6 17. Bxc6+ Kxc6 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Ne5+ Bxe5 20. Bxe5 b5
21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 f6 23. Bf4 a5 24. a3 Bf5 25. f3 Re8
26. Kf2 h5 27. h4 Re7 28. c3 a4 29. Rd2 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Kxd7
31. Ke3 c6 32. Kd4 Be6 33. Ke3 Bf5 34. Kd4 Be6 35. Ke3 Bf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "10.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qd3 b5 6. a3 e6
7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Be7 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. h4 Bb7 11. Qe3 h6
12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Qd2 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Qe7 16. O-O-O
O-O-O 17. Qe3 a6 18. Be4 Kb8 19. Rd3 c5 20. Qf4+ Qc7 21. Qxc7+
Kxc7 22. Bxb7 Kxb7 23. dxc5 Rxd3 24. cxd3 Rd8 25. Rd1 g5
26. hxg5 hxg5 27. d4 Kc6 28. b4 Rh8 29. Kd2 g4 30. Ne5+ Bxe5
31. dxe5 Rh5 32. Kc3 Rf5 33. Rd6+ Kb7 34. Rd7+ Kc6 35. Rd6+
Kb7 36. Rd4 Rxf2 37. Rxg4 Rf5 38. Re4 Rf2 39. g4 Rf3+ 40. Kb2
Rf2+ 41. Kc1 Kc7 42. Rd4 Rf3 43. Kb2 Rf2+ 44. Kc3 Ra2 45. Kb3
Re2 46. Rf4 Rxe5 47. Rxf7+ Kc6 48. Ra7 Re3+ 49. Kb2 Re2+
50. Kc3 Re3+ 51. Kb2 Re2+ 52. Kc1 Kd5 53. Rxa6 Kc4 54. Kd1 Re4
55. g5 Rg4 56. Rxe6 Rxg5 57. Re3 Rg2 58. c6 Rg6 59. c7 Rc6
60. Kd2 Kd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "11.25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Igor V Glek"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 a6 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 dxe4
7. Nxe4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Bg5 Nbd7
12. Re1 O-O 13. Ne5 Be7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. Qh3 Rfe8
17. Rad1 Nf8 18. Bc1 Rad8 19. a3 Ng6 20. b4 a5 21. b5 cxb5
22. Bxb5 Rf8 23. Qd3 e5 24. d5 Bc5 25. Be3 Nf4 26. Qc4 Bxe3
27. fxe3 Rc8 28. Na4 Qd6 29. Qb3 Ng6 30. e4 Rb8 31. Rb1 Nf4
32. Qe3 Ng4 33. Qf3 h5 34. h3 Nf6 35. Qe3 h4 36. Qc5 Qd8
37. d6 Nd7 38. Bxd7 Rxb1 39. Rxb1 Qxd7 40. Nb6 Qe6 41. d7 Rd8
42. Qf2 Qg6 43. Qf3 Qd6 44. Kh2 Ne6 45. Qf2 Rb8 46. Nc8 Qc7
47. Ne7+ Kf8 48. Nd5 Qd8 49. Rxb8 Qxb8 50. Qxh4 Kg8 51. Ne7+
Kf8 52. Nc6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "12.25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Antipov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6
7. Re1 h6 8. Bb3 Be6 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Ba4 dxe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Red8 15. Re1 f6 16. Bxc6
bxc6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 a5 19. c4 Bxc4 20. Rc3 Bb5 21. a4
Bd3 22. Nd2 Rab8 23. b3 Rb6 24. f3 Ba6 25. Ra2 Bc8 26. Rc5 Be6
27. Rxa5 Bxb3 28. Nxb3 Rxb3 29. Ra7 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 h5 31. h4
Rdb8 32. Rxc7 R8b2 33. Rxb2 Rxb2 34. Rxc6 Ra2 35. Ra6 Kh7
36. Ra8 Kg6 37. a5 Ra3 38. a6 Kh7 39. a7 Ra2 40. Kg1 Kg6
41. g4 Kh7 42. gxh5 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Ke3 Ra3+ 45. Kd2 Ra1
46. Kc3 Ra3+ 47. Kc4 Ra1 48. Kd5 Ra5+ 49. Ke6 Ra6+ 50. Kf7 Ra3
51. h6 g5 52. hxg5 fxg5 53. Ke6 Ra6+ 54. Kf5 Ra5 55. Kxg5 Ra6
56. Kf5 Ra5 57. Kf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "13.29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Mateusz Bartel"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. d3 h6
12. Be3 b6 13. c4 Bd7 14. Nd2 f5 15. c5 bxc5 16. Rxb8 Nxb8
17. Nc4 Be6 18. Qh5 Qd7 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qg6+ Kf8 21. Qf6+
Qf7 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxh6 Bxc4 24. dxc4 Nd7 25. Bd5 Qf6
26. Qh7+ Kd8 27. Bc6 Qe7 28. Qxf5 Rf8 29. Qe4 Qf7 30. Qe2 Nb6
31. Rd1 Kc8 32. Bb5 Qf5 33. Ba6+ Kd7 34. a4 Ke7 35. a5 Nd7
36. Bb7 Nf6 37. f4 Kf7 38. fxe5 Qxe5 39. Qf3 Kg7 40. Bc6 Qe6
41. Qd3 Ng4 42. Rf1 Rxf1+ 43. Qxf1 Qe3+ 44. Kh1 Qd2 45. Bg2
Qxc2 46. Qe1 Qxc4 47. h3 Nf6 48. Qd2 Qd4 49. Qg5+ Kf7 50. h4
Qe5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "14.35"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tahir Vakhidov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Kc2 Bc5 11. Bxc5
Nxc5 12. f3 a5 13. Bc4 Ke7 14. Nb3 Ne6 15. Rhd1 b6 16. Rd2 Bd7
17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nc1 Ba4+ 19. b3 Rxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Bc6 21. Nd3
h5 22. Nf2 h4 23. Bxe6 Kxe6 24. h3 f5 25. Re2 Kf6 26. Nd3 fxe4
27. fxe4 Ke6 28. Kd2 a4 29. Ke3 axb3 30. axb3 Rf8 31. Rf2 Rg8
32. Nb4 Bb7 33. c4 Ra8 34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. exd5+ Ke7 36. Ke4 Ra3
37. Rf3 Ra2 38. g3 Re2+ 39. Kd3 Re1 40. gxh4 e4+ 41. Kd2 Rh1
42. Re3 Kd6 43. Rxe4 Rxh3 44. b4 b5 45. cxb5 Kxd5 46. Rg4 Rb3
47. Kc2 Rh3 48. Kb2 Rf3 49. Rxg6 Kc4 50. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "15.35"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4
7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 Bxf3
12. gxf3 O-O-O 13. Be3 Rhe8 14. Rad1 Re6 15. Kf1 Be7 16. Rxd8+
Bxd8 17. Ke2 Ne8 18. Kf1 Nf6 19. Ke2 Ne8 20. Kf1 Nf6 21. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. e5 dxe5
7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 Nd5 9. e6 fxe6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 e5
12. Nf3 e6 13. Nxe5 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 O-O 16. a3 Ba5
17. Ne3 c5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Bc3 20. Rac1 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Rf5
22. Nd7 Ba6+ 23. Ke1 Rd8 24. Nxc5 Re5+ 25. Be4 Nf6 26. f3 Rc8
27. b4 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Rxe4+ 29. Kd2 Rd8+ 30. Kc2 Re2+ 31. Kb1
Rdd2 32. Rce1 Rb2+ 33. Ka1 Ra2+ 34. Kb1 Reb2+ 35. Kc1 Bc4
36. Rd1 h6 37. Rhe1 Rxh2 38. Kb1 Rxa3 39. Rd4 Ba2+ 40. Kc1 Bd5
41. Kb1 Rxg3 42. b5 Rc3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "7.25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Anton Guijarro"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. O-O
Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 c5 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Be6
12. b3 Nd7 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Na4 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 a5 16. c4 Nb6
17. Nd1 a4 18. Ne3 axb3 19. axb3 Qf6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Qe4 Rxa1
22. Rxa1 Nd7 23. Ra7 Qf4 24. Qc6 h6 25. g3 Qf6 26. Rxc7 Rb8
27. Nd2 Nf8 28. Qxc5 Rd8 29. Qb4 Bh3 30. Qc3 Qg6 31. Ra7 Ne6
32. Ra1 Nd4 33. Re1 Qh5 34. Qa5 Ne6 35. Ne4 Qf3 36. Nc5 Re8
37. Nxe6 Rxe6 38. Qd5 e4 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qh4 Bf5 41. Qf4 Bg6
42. Qxf3 exf3 43. b4 Ra6 44. g4 Ra4 45. b5 Bd3 46. Rc1 h5
47. h3 h4 48. b6 Rb4 49. c5 Be4 50. Nc4 f5 51. Nd6 Bd3 52. b7
fxg4 53. c6 g3 54. c7 Rb2 55. c8=Q Rxf2 56. Qf5+ Bxf5 57. Nxf5
Rg2+ 58. Kh1 Rh2+ 59. Kg1 f2+ 60. Kf1 Rh1+ 61. Ke2 Rxc1
62. Ne3 Rb1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
a6 7. g3 b5 8. Qb3 c5 9. Bg2 c4 10. Qd1 Nc6 11. O-O Bg7 12. d3
cxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Bg5 Bf5 15. Qe3 Ng4 16. Qc5 Rc8 17. Rad1
Qa5 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nb6 Rc7 20. h3 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rd7
Be7 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Qxc6 Rd8 25. g4 Be4 26. Qxe4 Qxb6
27. Ne5 Rc8 28. g5 Qc5 29. h4 Rec7 30. Ng4 Qd6 31. Bf3 Rc4
32. Qe3 Qf4 33. Qxf4 Rxf4 34. Kg2 Kf8 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. Rd2 Rd8
37. Rc2 Rc4 38. Rxc4 bxc4 39. Ne3 c3 40. bxc3 Rd2 41. a4 Ra2
42. Bc6 Rxe2 43. Bb7 Ra2 44. Bxa6 Rxa4 45. Bc4 Kd6 46. Kg3 Ra3
47. Nd1 Ra4 48. Be2 Ke5 49. Ne3 Kd6 50. Nc4+ Ke7 51. Ne3 Ra3
52. c4 Rc3 53. Kf4 Kd6 54. Ke4 Rc1 55. h5 Rg1 56. Kf4 e5+
57. Ke4 Rxg5 58. hxg6 hxg6 59. f4 f5+ 60. Kf3 exf4 61. Kxf4
Rg1 62. Nxf5+ gxf5 63. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. c3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5
7. exd5 exd5 8. Bb3 Ne7 9. h3 Nbc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 h6
12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Re1 a6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Be5 f6 16. Bg3 Rc8
17. Rad1 Na5 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Nxd5 Nxb3 20. Nxe7 Rc2 21. Qe3
Na5 22. Qa3 Nc4 23. Qb4 Bf8 24. d5 Rxe7 25. d6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1
Nxd6 27. Rd1 Nf7 28. Qe1 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. Nd4 Rxb2
31. Nxf5 gxf5 32. Rd7 Re2 33. Rxb7 Kg6 34. Ra7 Bc5 35. Rxa6 f4
36. Bh4 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Bd4 38. Ra4 Be5 39. f3 Ra1 40. Bf2 Nd6
41. h4 Nf5 42. Ra8 Ng3 43. h5+ Kxh5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1.44"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Husein Aziz Nezad"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Nf5
Nce4 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2 a6 15. Bd4 Rad8 16. f3
Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qc6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qf5 Rxe1+
21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Re5 Rxe5 23. Qxe5 Ne8 24. h3 Qd7 25. Kh2 f6
26. Qe2 Nd6 27. Kg1 Kf7 28. Qd3 Qa4 29. Bc5 Qc4 30. Qxc4 Nxc4
31. b3 Ne5 32. Bd4 Nd3 33. Be3 Ke6 34. Kf1 Ne5 35. Ke2 h5
36. Bd4 Ng6 37. g4 Nf4+ 38. Ke3 g5 39. gxh5 Nxh5 40. Kf2 Nf4
41. Kg3 Kf5 42. Be3 Ne2+ 43. Kf2 Nxc3 44. a3 Nd1+ 45. Ke2 Nxe3
46. Kxe3 Ke5 47. Kd3 Kf4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "3.34"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mateusz Bartel"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Bb4
7. Bg2 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nce2 h6 11. h3 Re8
12. Nf4 Ne4 13. c3 Bc5 14. Be3 Bb6 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Qd3 Ne5
17. Qc2 Nc4 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. Bc1 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Bf5 21. Qd1 Qd7
22. Nd3 Bxh3 23. b3 Nc3 24. Qc2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxe1 26. Nxe1
Nb5 27. bxc4 Nxd4 28. Qc3 dxc4 29. Qxc4 Rc8 30. Qd3 Qc6+
31. Nf3 Ne6 32. Be3 Qc2 33. Qxc2 Rxc2 34. Bxa7 g5 35. Be3 Kh7
36. Nd4 Nxd4 37. Bxd4 Kg6 38. a4 Rc4 39. Be3 Rb4 40. a5 h5
41. Rd1 Kf5 42. Rd5+ Kg6 43. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "4.38"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Igor V Glek"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 f5 5. Nge2 fxe4 6. Nxe4 d5
7. N4c3 Nf6 8. d4 Bb4 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Rb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Nf7 16. Bxd5 c6
17. Bg2 Nd6 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. Rbd1 Qf8 20. f4 Rd8 21. Qa5 a6
22. Nf3 Bg4 23. Rd3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Re8 25. Re5 Rxe5 26. Qxe5
Nf7 27. Qc7 Qc5+ 28. Kg2 Re6 29. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5.34"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Bg5 c5
7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. e3 Qd7
12. Rc1 Rad8 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Qa4 Nc4
17. b3 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Nd6 19. Nc5 b6 20. Na6 Rc8 21. Kf1 Nb5
22. a4 Nc3 23. Rd3 Ne4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rd2 Rc3
27. Rb2 Be7 28. Ke2 Ba3 29. Rb1 Rc2+ 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. b4 Bb2
32. b5 Ba3 33. Rb3 Bd6 34. Nb4 Rc4 35. Nc6 Rxa4 36. Kg2 h5
37. h3 Kf6 38. Rb2 g5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 a5 41. bxa6 Rxa6
42. Rb5 Bc7 43. d5 Ra2 44. dxe6 fxe6 45. Rb4 Rc2 46. Nd4 Rc5
47. Ne2 Ke5 48. Ng3 Rc2 49. Nxe4 Kd5 50. Rd4+ Kc6 51. Nxg5 e5
52. Rd1 b5 53. Ne6 Bb6 54. Kf3 e4+ 55. Kxe4 Rxf2 56. Rc1+ Kd6
57. Nd4 Bxd4 58. exd4 Re2+ 59. Kf3 Rd2 60. Rb1 Rxd4 61. Rxb5
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6.32"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Steven James Breckenridge"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 f6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nfxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd8 14. Bf4 Kf7 15. c4 c6 16. c5 Nd5
17. Bxd5+ cxd5 18. Nb5 g5 19. Bd6 Re8 20. Rxe8 Kxe8 21. Re1+
Kd7 22. Nd4 b6 23. b4 a5 24. b5 bxc5 25. Bxc5 a4 26. Re6 Rb8
27. Rd6+ Kc7 28. Rxd5 Bd7 29. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "10.24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Sergei Yudin"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c6 8. a4 a5 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nb6 11. Bd3 d5 12. e5
Ne8 13. Bb2 g6 14. Nce2 Ng7 15. Ng3 Nd7 16. f4 f5 17. c4 Nc5
18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nb5 Nge6 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. g3
Nc5 23. Nc1 g5 24. Nd6 Be6 25. f5 Rxf5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. e6
Nxe6 28. Ne2 d4 29. Qc2 Rc8 30. Qd2 Bb4 31. Qd1 d3 32. Rf1 Bg4
33. Bf6 Qb6+ 34. Kg2 dxe2 35. Qd7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "11.29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Potkin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Ne4 a5
12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 14. Bb2 Qd7 15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Rfd1 Bh3
17. d4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc6 21. Kg1
Rae8 22. Rad1 Ne7 23. Qc3 Ng6 24. R4d2 a4 25. Qc4 b5 26. Qd5
Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxe2 28. Bc3 h6 29. Rd7 Rc2 30. Bb4 c6 31. f4
Re8 32. Rd8 Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34. Rc8 Ne7 35. Rc7 Nd5
36. Rxc6 Nxb4 37. axb4 a3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "12.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6
7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 a5 9. b3 h6 10. Ba3 Qc7 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rad1
Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. Qe3 Nh7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8
17. Rd1 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Ne2 Nh4 21. Qd6 Bxh3
22. Bc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Bxg2 24. Rd7 Bxe4 25. Rxf7 Kh8 26. Rf8+
Kh7 27. Bg8+ Kg6 28. Bf7+ Kf5 29. Ng3+ Kg4 30. Nxe4 Nf3+
31. Kf1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "13.14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. d4 Bf5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Be3 b6
12. Re1 Re8 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Nf3 Bf5 15. Nh4 Bd7 16. Nf3 Bf5
17. Nh4 Bd7 18. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "16.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. h3 Nf6 11. g4 Qb6 12. Nb3
e6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. f4 b5 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. O-O Be7 17. a4 b4
18. Ne2 Na5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Ng3 O-O 21. g5 Nd7 22. f5 Rfe8
23. Kh1 Bf8 24. Bf4 Ne5 25. f6 g6 26. b3 Rac8 27. Qd2 Qc5
28. Rf2 Qc3 29. Rd1 a5 30. Kh2 Rc7 31. Qxc3 Rxc3 32. Bxe5 dxe5
33. Rd7 Bc6 34. Rc7 Bd6 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Rd2 Rec8 37. Kh1 Bc5
38. Bf1 Be3 39. Rd7 Bxg5 40. Bc4 Bxf6 41. Nf1 R6c7 42. Rd6 Rc6
43. Rd7 R8c7 44. Rd1 Rxc4 45. bxc4 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "14.15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nf3 f6 11. Ne4 Be6
12. b3 Bd5 13. O-O a5 14. Bc5 a4 15. Nfd2 axb3 16. axb3 Nd7
17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qc2 f5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5
Ra2 22. Rd1 e4 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Rc3 Rb8 25. Re3 Rb4 26. h4
Rd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "15.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Re8
7. Re1 Bf8 8. d3 d6 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Nf1 a6 11. Ba4 Nd4
12. cxd4 Bxa4 13. b3 Bd7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bb2 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Qxf3 Bc5 18. Rac1 Bb6 19. Ng3 Nd7 20. Rcd1 Nf8 21. d4 Bxd4
22. Bxd4 exd4 23. e5 b6 24. Nf5 Ne6 25. Re4 Kh8 26. h4 Qd7
27. Rg4 Rad8 28. h5 Qd5 29. Qg3 Rg8 30. Ne7 Qa5 31. Nxg8 Kxg8
32. Rxg7+ Nxg7 33. h6 Kf8 34. Qxg7+ Ke8 35. e6 fxe6 36. Qh8+
Ke7 37. Qxh7+ Kf6 38. Qg7+ Kf5 39. g4+ Ke4 40. h7 Qxa2
41. h8=Q Rxh8 42. Qxd4+ Kf3 43. Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "17.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. c3 c5 6. Nbd2 b6
7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Qe2 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O Bc6 15. f4 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6
17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Bc2 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd3 Qe4
22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Rad1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rf8+ 25. Ke1 Bb5
26. Bxe4 Rf1+ 27. Kd2 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Kf7 29. b4 cxb4 30. cxb4
Ke6 31. Kd2 Ke5 32. Bf3 Bc4 33. a3 g5 34. Kc3 Be6 35. Kd3 Bb3
36. Kd2 Bc4 37. g3 Be6 38. h4 Bc4 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Kc3 Be6
41. Kd3 Bb3 42. Bg2 Be6 43. Ke2 Bg4+ 44. Bf3 Be6 45. Kd3 Bb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "18.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ngoc Truongson Nguyen"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Bc5 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. exd5
exd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxc6 Rc8
16. Qb5 Rc2 17. Qd3 Nb4 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Be3 Rxb2 20. Bxb6
axb6 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 h6 23. g3 Nxa2 24. Rd8+ Kh7
25. Nd2 b5 26. Nf3 b4 27. Rb8 Nc3 28. Ne5 f6 29. Nc4 Rb1+
30. Kg2 g5 31. Nd2 Rd1 32. Nc4 Nd5 33. Rb5 Rd4 34. Na5 g4
35. h3 f5 36. Nc6 Rd2 37. hxg4 fxg4 38. Nxb4 Ne3+ 39. Kg1 Rd1+
40. Kh2 Nc4 41. Rd5 Rxd5 42. Nxd5 h5 43. Kg2 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "19.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O c6
7. d3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Re8 11. c4 e5
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. a3 Qb6 16. b4 a5
17. Qa4 axb4 18. axb4 Bf8 19. b5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bc5 21. Rf1 Nh5
22. d4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Bxd5 Rxe2 25. Nc4 Qf6 26. Qa8+
Kg7 27. Qxb7 Nc5 28. Qc6 Qg5 29. Qxc5 Nxg3 30. Qxd4+ Kg8
31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. Qd6+ Kg7 33. Qxg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "20.18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6
7. Bd2 Bb4 8. a3 Ba5 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 d4 11. Ne2 Bxd2+
12. Rxd2 e5 13. g5 Ng8 14. h4 h6 15. g6 fxg6 16. Bh3 Qf6
17. Qg3 Ne7 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Nc5 20. e5 Qf7 21. Kb1 O-O
22. Rf1 Nf5 23. Qxg6 Ne3 24. Rg1 Qxg6 25. Nxg6 Rf3 26. Bc8 Kh7
27. Bg4 Rf7 28. b4 Na4 29. Be6 Rf3 30. h5 Re8 31. Bb3 Nc3+
32. Kb2 Rf5 33. e6 Rxh5 34. e7 Ncd5 35. Nf8+ Kg8 36. Ne6 Rxe7
37. Nxd4 Kh7 38. Rf2 Rg5 39. Rh1 Kg6 40. c4 Nf6 41. Nf3 Rg3
42. d4 Ne4 43. Nh4+ Kh7 44. Re2 g5 45. c5 gxh4 46. Rxh4 Rf3
47. a4 Rf2 48. Rxf2 Nxf2 49. Kc3 Ne4+ 50. Kd3 Nf2+ 51. Kc3
Nd5+ 52. Bxd5 cxd5 53. b5 Ne4+ 54. Kb4 Kg6 55. a5 h5 56. Rh1
Nf6 57. c6 bxc6 58. bxc6 Kg5 59. Kc5 Rf7 60. Kd6 h4 61. Rg1+
Kh5 62. Ke6 Rf8 63. Ke7 Nh7 64. Rg7 Rh8 65. c7 Ng5 66. Kd7 h3
67. Re7 h2 68. Re1 Nf3 69. Rh1 Kg4 70. c8=Q Rxc8 71. Kxc8 Kg3
72. Kb7 Nxd4 73. a6 Kg2 74. Rxh2+ Kxh2 75. Kxa7 Nb5+ 76. Kb6
Nd6 77. Kc6 Nc8 78. a7 Nxa7+ 79. Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "21.17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4
Bc6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bg7 9. e4 e5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7
12. b4 a6 13. a4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. b5 Qe6
17. Qxe6 Bxe6 18. a5 Nbd7 19. Ng5 Bb3 20. Rdc1 h6 21. Rab1
hxg5 22. Rxb3 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxa5 24. Rxc7 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8
26. Nd6 Ra1+ 27. Bf1 Rb8 28. Kg2 b6 29. Be2 Ke7 30. Nc4 Kd8
31. Rc6 Ke7 32. Nxb6 Rxb6 33. Rcxb6 Nxb6 34. Rxb6 Ra2 35. Bd1
Rd2 36. Bb3 Rxd3 37. Rb7+ Rd7 38. Rb5 Kd6 39. Kf3 Rc7 40. Ke2
g4 41. Kd3 Nd7 42. Rd5+ Ke7 43. Kd2 Rc5 44. Rxc5 Nxc5 45. Bc2
Ne6 46. Ke3 Nd4 47. Bd1 f5 48. exf5 gxf5 49. f3 gxf3 50. Bxf3
Kf6 51. h4 Ne6 52. Be2 f4+ 53. gxf4 Nxf4 54. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "1.85"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ruben Bernardi"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 cxd4
7. cxd4 g5 8. h3 Bg7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 f5 12. exf6
Qxf6 13. Nh5 Qf7 14. Nxg7+ Qxg7 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bb5 Ne7
17. O-O a6 18. Bd3 Nc6 19. Bc2 Nf6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7
22. Bd4 Rf4 23. Re1 Nf8 24. Be3 Rf7 25. h4 Ng6 26. hxg5 Nf4
27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. g6 Bd7 29. g3 Rff8 30. Qh5 Rac8 31. Rac1 Rc7
32. Bd3 Rfc8 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Qh4 Rc8 35. Kg2 Rf8 36. Qd4 Be8
37. Qg4 Qe7 38. Rh1 Kg7 39. Rxh6 Kxh6 40. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "2.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John K Shaw"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Qf3 Bg7 5. e5 Ng8 6. e6 Nf6
7. exf7+ Kxf7 8. g4 h6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Nd4 11. Qg3 d5
12. h3 a6 13. f4 h5 14. g5 h4 15. Qf2 Nh5 16. Nxd5 Ng3 17. Bg2
Nxh1 18. Bxh1 Be6 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. c3 Rac8 21. Kb1 Nf5 22. Be4
Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Bf5 24. Nf3 Bxe4+ 25. Qxe4 Qxh3 26. Qxb7 Qf5+
27. Kc1 h3 28. Re1 h2 29. Qxe7+ Kg8 30. Rh1 Rh3 31. Qe2 Qg4
32. Qc4+ Kh7 33. Nxh2 Qg2 34. Rd1 Rxh2 35. f5 gxf5 36. Qf7
Qxg5 37. c4 Rf8 38. Qc7 f4 39. Re1 Kh8 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "3.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Mladen Palac"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nh4 g6
12. Bh6 Re8 13. Nf3 Nbd7 14. Ng5 Bc4 15. Qf3 Bf8 16. Qh3 Bxb3
17. cxb3 Qd8 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Bxf8 Nxf8 20. Qe3 Rc8 21. Rd2
Rc6 22. Rfd1 Nf6 23. Nf3 b5 24. b4 Qb8 25. Rd3 N8d7 26. Qh6
Nf8 27. Qd2 Rec8 28. h3 Ne6 29. Qh6 Nf4 30. Re3 Ne6 31. Red3
Nf4 32. Ng5 Rxc3 33. Rxd6 R3c6 34. Rxf6 Rxf6 35. Rd7 Nxh3+
36. gxh3 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Qb6+ 39. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. a5 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. h3
h6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nfd2 Bf8 15. Ba4 Bd7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4
Ne5 18. Bb3 Ng6 19. Bg3 Be6 20. Nf3 d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Qd2
Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Re6 24. Rae1 Rxe1 25. Bxe1 Qd7 26. Bf2 Bxf2
27. Qxf2 Re8 28. Ncd2 Nh5 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Nhf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Konstantine Shanava"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "202"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qe2
Nxc3 7. dxc3 O-O 8. Bf4 c5 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. a3 Be6 11. h4 Nc6
12. Ng5 c4 13. Qf3 Rad8 14. Kb1 Bf5 15. Bc1 Be4 16. Qg3 Bxc2+
17. Kxc2 Qa4+ 18. Kd2 d4 19. Ke1 dxc3 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Qxc3
Qd1+ 22. Kf2 Bc5+ 23. Be3 Rd2+ 24. Kg1 Rc2 25. Bxc5 Rxc3
26. bxc3 h6 27. Nf3 Qc1 28. Rh3 Qxc3 29. Bf2 Qc1 30. e6 fxe6
31. Nd4 Ne5 32. Nxe6 c3 33. Bd4 c2 34. Bxe5 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1
c1=Q+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Kf1 Qd5 38. Bxg7 Qxe6 39. Rg3 Kf7
40. Kg1 Qd6 41. Kh2 b5 42. Bb2 a5 43. Bc1 h5 44. Bb2 Qf4
45. Kh3 Qf5+ 46. Kh2 Qe4 47. Rf3+ Ke6 48. Rh3 Qf4+ 49. Kh1 Qd2
50. Bh8 Qc1+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+ 52. Kh1 a4 53. Bb2 Qd2 54. Bh8 Kf7
55. Rf3+ Kg6 56. Rg3+ Kh7 57. Bf6 Qd1+ 58. Kh2 Qd6 59. Bg5 b4
60. axb4 a3 61. Be7 Qf4 62. Bf6 Qxb4 63. Kh3 a2 64. Bc3 Qe4
65. Rg7+ Kh6 66. Rg3 Qf5+ 67. Kh2 Qd7 68. Bf6 Kh7 69. Rg5 Qa4
70. Rg7+ Kh6 71. Rg3 Qe4 72. Bg7+ Kh7 73. Bf6 Qf4 74. Bc3
Qxh4+ 75. Rh3 Qf4+ 76. Kh1 Kg6 77. Rf3 Qc7 78. Bh8 h4 79. Bd4
Kh5 80. Bf6 Kg4 81. Bh8 Qc8 82. Be5 Qc5 83. Bh8 Qc7 84. Bb2
Qc8 85. Be5 Qc1+ 86. Kh2 Qc5 87. Bh8 Qb5 88. Bc3 Qc5 89. Bh8
Qd6+ 90. Kh1 Qc7 91. Bb2 Qh7 92. Bc3 Qb1+ 93. Kh2 Qc1 94. Be5
Qe1 95. Bc3 Qd1 96. Be5 Qc1 97. Bc3 Qg5 98. Kh1 Qc5 99. Bh8
Kg5 100. Bb2 Qb4 101. Bf6+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nb3 b6 10. d4 Ba6 11. Re1 cxd4
12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Ne7+
Kh8 17. Nxd5 Qc8 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Qd3 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxc2
21. Bd4 Rad8 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qe5+ Kg8 24. Rac1 Qa4 25. a3
Rfe8 26. Qf6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rd1 28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kg2 Qd5+
30. Kg1 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "11.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 Qb6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qxb2 11. Na4 Qb4+
12. c3 Qa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. Qb3 Qc7
17. Rb1 Ra8 18. Qb7 Qxb7 19. Rxb7 g6 20. Kf2 Bg7 21. Rhb1 e6
22. Rc7 O-O 23. Rxc6 d5 24. e5 Nd7 25. f4 Rfc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8
27. Bd4 f6 28. Bxa6 Ra8 29. Bb5 Rxa2+ 30. Kg3 fxe5 31. Bxd7
exd4 32. Bxe6+ Kf8 33. Rb7 Re2 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Bxd5 Re3+
36. Kf2 Rxc3 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. g4 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Rc3+ 40. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Clup Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.14"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Vaarala"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bxc3 5. dxc3 O-O 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. b3 h6 9. Ne1 Be6 10. e4 Qd7 11. Nc2 Bh3
12. f3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ne7 14. Ne3 Rad8 15. a4 Nh7 16. Ra2 Kh8
17. Raf2 b6 18. Qc2 Rde8 19. Rd1 f5 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. exf5
Rxf5 22. Be3 Ref8 23. Rdf1 R5f7 24. Qe2 Nf6 25. Kg1 Qh3
26. Bc1 Re8 27. Be3 Rfe7 28. Qc2 e4 29. Rd1 Ng4 30. f4 Nxh2
31. Rxh2 Qxg3+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+ 33. Rg2 Qxe3 34. Rf1 Rf8 35. Rgf2
Ref7 0-1

[Event "European Clup Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mats Persson"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4
7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bxc6 Rc8 13. Bb7 Rb8 14. Bg2 Qa5 15. Nc2 Qxc3 16. dxc5
Rfd8 17. Qc1 Qxc5 18. Be3 Qc4 19. Rd1 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5
21. Nd4 Qa4 22. Qc5 e6 23. Rd2 Rdc8 24. Qd6 Rb4 25. Rad1 Bxd4
26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zahar Efimenko"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5
12. exd5 Ne8 13. Bg4 g6 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. c4 f5 16. f4 Bf6
17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Ng7 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. b4
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Re3 f4 24. Re2 Rxe2 25. Nxe2 a5 26. bxa5
Qa4 27. Nxf4 Qxa5 28. a3 Qe1+ 29. Qf1 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qxa3
31. Ne6 Qa8 32. h3 Nxe6 33. dxe6 Qf8 34. Qe2 Qe7 35. g4 Kf8
36. Qf3+ Ke8 37. Qd5 Qf6 38. Qxd6 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Qf2+ 40. Kh1
Qf1+ 41. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.09.22"]
[EventDate "2014.09.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Omar Noaman Al Ali"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Be6 8. Qd3 c5 9. d5 Bd7 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd2 Na6
12. Be2 b5 13. O-O c4 14. Qb1 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. a4 b4
17. Nb5 Be2 18. Rc1 c3 19. bxc3 bxc3 20. Nb3 Qb4 21. Bd4 Bxb5
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. axb5 Nc7 24. Na5 Qc5 25. Nb3 Qb4 26. Na5 Qc5
27. Nb3 Qb4 28. Na5 Qxb5 29. Qc2 Qb2 30. Qxc3+ Qxc3 31. Rxc3
Nb5 32. Rc5 a6 33. f3 e6 34. dxe6 fxe6 35. Nb3 Rfb8 36. Rc6 e5
37. h4 Ra7 38. Raxa6 Re7 39. Rab6 Rxb6 40. Rxb6 Nc3 41. Nc5
Ne2+ 42. Kf2 Nd4 43. Nd3 Nc2 44. Rc6 Nd4 45. Rd6 Nb3 46. g4 h6
47. Rd5 Kf6 48. Ke3 g5 49. h5 Na1 50. Nc5 Nc2+ 51. Kf2 Nb4
52. Rd6+ Kg7 53. Rb6 Nc2 54. Rg6+ Kh7 55. Rd6 Nd4 56. Nd3 Ne6
57. Nxe5 Nc5 58. Nd3 Ne6 59. Ke3 Kg7 60. Rb6 Nc7 61. Rg6+ Kh7
62. Rd6 Nb5 63. Rc6 Rd7 64. Nc5 Rd1 65. Nd3 Ra1 66. Rb6 Na3
67. Rb7+ Kg8 68. e5 Nc2+ 69. Ke4 Ra4+ 70. Kf5 Nd4+ 71. Ke4
Nc2+ 72. Kf5 Nd4+ 73. Ke4 Nc2+ 74. Kf5 Nd4+ 75. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.09.24"]
[EventDate "2014.09.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vugar Rasulov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5
12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nbd2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Nb3 Rc8
17. Rc1 Re8 18. Be3 d5 19. exd5 Nb4 20. Bb1 Qxd5 21. Qxd5
Nbxd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bf5 Re8 24. g4 Bg6 25. Bxg6 hxg6
26. Bc5 Kf8 27. Ne5 Rc8 28. Bxe7+ Nxe7 29. Rd1 Nfd5 30. Nc5 a5
31. Ne4 b4 32. Rd2 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Re1 34. Nc5 g5 35. Nc4 Rc1
36. Nb6 f6 37. Nb3 Rb1 38. Nxd5 Nxd5 39. Rxd5 a4 40. Nc5 Rxb2
41. Kg2 Rxa2 42. Rd4 a3 43. Rxb4 Rc2 44. Ne4 a2 45. Ra4 Ke7
46. Kf3 Rb2 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Nc5 g6 49. Nd3 Rb3 50. Ke3 Rb1
51. Rxa2 Rh1 52. Ra8+ Kg7 53. Ra7+ Kh6 54. f3 Rxh3 55. Nf2 Rg3
56. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.09.29"]
[EventDate "2014.09.22"]
[Round "8.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Pouria Darini"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1
Ne5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. b3 g6 9. a4 b6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Ba3 Qc7
12. Qe2 O-O 13. b4 cxb4 14. Bxb4 Rd8 15. Rab1 e6 16. Rb3 Nd7
17. Reb1 Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nd1 Rd4 20. Bc4 Qa5 21. Nc3 Bh6
22. d3 Rd8 23. h4 Bd7 24. h5 Bf8 25. Qf3 Be7 26. g3 Kg7
27. Kg2 Bg5 28. Qg4 Bd2 29. Nd1 Bc6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Bxe6 Ra7
32. Rb6 Rd6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Bb3 Qd8 35. Nb2 Qg5 36. Qh3 Qh6
37. Qg4 Qg5 38. Qh3 Qh6 39. Qg4 Qg5 40. Qh3 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.09.23"]
[EventDate "2014.09.22"]
[Round "2.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Aqil Pirverdiyev"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Nc6
7. Bg2 Bd7 8. Ndb5 Qb8 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 axb5 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bf4 Ne5 13. O-O Be7 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Bf1 b4 16. Nb5 Ra6
17. Bd2 Rb6 18. Nd4 O-O 19. Be3 Qc7 20. b3 Nc6 21. a3 bxa3
22. Rxa3 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qc5 25. Qxc5 dxc5 26. Ra5
Rc8 27. Rd1 Be8 28. f4 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 f6 31. h4 Rd6
32. Rda1 Rc7 33. Bd3 b6 34. Ra8 e5 35. Rb8 Bf7 36. Raa8 exf4+
37. gxf4 g5 38. Rh8 gxh4 39. Rxh6 f5 40. Rxd6 Kxd6 41. e5+ Ke7
42. Bxf5 c4 43. b4 c3 44. Rh8 Rc4 45. Rxh4 Rxb4 46. Rh7 Kf8
47. e6 1-0

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.09.25"]
[EventDate "2014.09.22"]
[Round "4.17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Saveliy Golubov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "220"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Nbd2 Bc6 10. Nxc4 Be4 11. Qd1 Nbd7
12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Ncd2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Rb8 16. Nc4
c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Rfd1 b6 21. e3
g6 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 b5 24. axb5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 axb5 26. Ne5
Rc8 27. Bc6 b4 28. Bb7 Rc7 29. Ba6 Ne8 30. Nc4 Ra7 31. Bb5 Nc7
32. Bc6 Ra6 33. Bf3 Nb5 34. Ne5 f6 35. Nd7+ Ke8 36. Nb8 Rb6
37. Bc6+ Kf7 38. Bd5+ Ke8 39. Nc6 Nc7 40. Be4 Ra6 41. f5 g5
42. Nb8 Rd6 43. Ra1 c4 44. Ra7 Bd8 45. Rb7 c3 46. bxc3 bxc3
47. Bd3 h5 48. e4 h4 49. Rb3 Be7 50. Rxc3 Rb6 51. Nc6 Bd6
52. h3 Kd7 53. Na5 Rb2+ 54. Rc2 Rxc2+ 55. Bxc2 Ke7 56. Nc6+
Kf8 57. Bd3 Kg7 58. Kf3 Bc5 59. Bc4 Ne8 60. Nd8 Nc7 61. Nc6
Ne8 62. Bd5 Nc7 63. Nb8 Bd4 64. Nd7 Kh6 65. Bc4 Ne8 66. Kg4
Be5 67. Bf7 Nd6 68. Bd5 Bd4 69. f4 gxf4 70. Kxf4 Kh5 71. Bb3
Kh6 72. Nf8 Be5+ 73. Kf3 Kg5 74. Ne6+ Kh6 75. Nf8 Kg5 76. Bd5
Kh5 77. Ba2 Kh6 78. Bb3 Kg5 79. Ne6+ Kh6 80. Nc5 Kg5 81. Nd7
Bd4 82. Bg8 Bc3 83. Nf8 Be5 84. Bh7 Kh6 85. Bg6 Kg5 86. Ne6+
Kh6 87. Nc5 Kg5 88. Nd3 Bd4 89. Nf4 Be5 90. Ne2 Nb5 91. Ke3
Bh2 92. Bf7 Be5 93. Bc4 Nd6 94. Bd5 Bh2 95. Kf2 Be5 96. Nc1
Bd4+ 97. Kf3 Kh5 98. Nd3 Kg5 99. Ne1 Bc3 100. Nd3 Bd4 101. Be6
Bb6 102. Bd5 Bd4 103. Nf4 Be5 104. Ne6+ Kh5 105. Bb3 Bc3
106. Ke3 Be5 107. Bd1+ Kh6 108. Kf3 Kh5 109. Be2 Nf7 110. Nf8
Ng5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.09.28"]
[EventDate "2014.09.22"]
[Round "7.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Namig Guliyev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Re8 14. Nd2 Qc8 15. Nf3 Qe6 16. b4 c5
17. Qd3 cxb4 18. cxb4 d5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Bd2
f6 22. Re6 Bxb4 23. Raxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku Open"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.09.30"]
[EventDate "2014.09.22"]
[Round "9.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vadim Malakhatko"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.26"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "1.38"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Noel Studer"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Nb5 Qa5 9. e5 a6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ne4
12. Qd3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Be2
b5 17. Bc5 h5 18. Kf2 Bb7 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rhb1 Nd8 21. Rxa4
Rc8 22. Bd4 Ke7 23. Rab4 Bd5 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bd3 Rg8 26. g3
h4 27. Rb8 Nf7 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Rg1 hxg3+ 30. Rxg3 Rh8 31. h3
Rh4 32. Be3 Bc6 33. Bc1 f5 34. c4 d6 35. Bf1 e5 36. fxe5 dxe5
37. Rg6 Kd7 38. Rg7 Ke6 39. Rg6+ Kd7 40. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.27"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "2.39"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Yinglun Xu"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 a6
7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Qd4 Rb8 13. h5 Qb6 14. O-O-O Qxd4 15. Bxd4 h6 16. g6 f5
17. f3 e5 18. Bf2 Nf6 19. Bg2 fxe4 20. fxe4 Be7 21. Bf3 Rf8
22. Bh4 Nd7 23. Bg4 Bxh4 24. Rxh4 Ke7 25. Bf5 Nf6 26. Ne2 d5
27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Ng3 Be6 29. Rh2 Rbd8 30. Re1 Rd5 31. Bxe6
Kxe6 32. Rf2 Rfd8 33. b3 R8d7 34. Rf3 Rc7 35. Re2 Rd4 36. Rfe3
Ng4 37. Rf3 Nf6 38. Rfe3 Ng4 39. Rf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "3.37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Seyb"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. f4
Rc8 13. Kb1 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7
17. Qg2 Bf6 18. Nd4 O-O 19. Bc1 Re8 20. Bd3 Nc4 21. Nf5 Bxf5
22. Bxf5 Rc7 23. Rhe1 Rce7 24. Qf2 Re5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Qa7
Qe8 27. Bd3 Qc8 28. Bf5 Rxf5 29. gxf5 Na3+ 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "4.29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Zhansaya Abdumalik"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6
7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bb5 Be6
12. Ba4 Nc6 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Nh4 Ng6 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. d4 Qe7
17. Bb3 Kh7 18. f3 Nh5 19. Be3 Nf4 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. dxe5 Qxe5
22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Qd4 Qg5 24. Kh2 Ra5 25. Re2 h5 26. Qf2 h4
27. Rd2 Qf6 28. a3 Rg5 29. Rf1 Rg3 30. Qd4 Qe7 31. Qd5 Qf8
32. e5 Rg5 33. Re2 Rff5 34. Re4 Rh5 35. Qc4 Qe7 36. exd6 Qxd6+
37. Kg1 b5 38. Qb4 Qb6+ 39. Qd4 c5 40. Qf2 Qf6 41. Rd1 Rf4
42. Re8 Re5 43. Rb8 Qe7 44. Rdd8 g5 45. Re8 Qd6 46. Rxe5 Qxe5
47. Rxb7 c4 48. Qc2+ Kg8 49. Qd2 Rf6 50. Rd7 Re6 51. Rd4 Qg3
52. Re4 Rg6 53. Re8+ Kh7 54. Qd5 Rd6 55. Qf5+ Rg6 56. Re6 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nbd2
Ng6 13. Nf1 Nh4 14. N1h2 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Bb7 16. Be3 Be7 17. a4
Nf6 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Be3 Nf6 22. Bg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "6.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bc4 Nd7 11. Rhe1 Ne5
12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. h4 Qf6 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. g4 Kh8
17. Bd3 Qe6 18. Kb1 f6 19. Bc1 Rad8 20. f4 Qd5 21. fxe5 Qxe5
22. Qf1 Qg3 23. Bf5 Rde8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Qc4 g6 26. Be6 Qe5
27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Qe4 29. Qc6 Re5 30. Rxd6 cxd6 31. Qxd6
Re8 32. Qxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "7.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Bd7 4. Ngf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. Bf4 Be7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Ned2 O-O 10. Nc4 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7
12. Rad1 Nd5 13. Bg3 N7f6 14. Nce5 Nh5 15. Ba6 Qc8 16. Bxb7
Qxb7 17. Qb5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 c5 19. c4 Nf6 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. b4
a6 22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. Nxc6 Rfc8 24. bxc5 Rxc6 25. cxb6 Rxb6
26. Rb1 Rab8 27. Rxb6 Rxb6 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. Ne5 Ke8 30. f3 Rb2
31. g4 Re2 32. Nc6 Nd7 33. Rb1 Nc5 34. Rd1 Nd7 35. Rb1 Rc2
36. Nb4 Rxc4 37. Nxa6 Ke7 38. Nb4 Nc5 39. Kf1 g6 40. Ke2 h5
41. gxh5 gxh5 42. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.03"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "8.17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Romain Edouard"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ne5 c5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. a3 Ba5 13. Ne2 c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. Bxa5 Qxa5 16. Ng3 Rfe8
17. b4 Qc7 18. Qd2 a5 19. Rae1 axb4 20. axb4 Bd7 21. f3 c3
22. Qf2 Qc4 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Ra6 25. Rb1 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Rf6
27. Qe3 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qxb4 29. e5 Be6 30. Qd3 g6 31. Rb1 Qc4
32. Rxb5 Rd8 33. Qxc4 Bxc4 34. Rc5 Rxd4 35. h3 h5 36. e6 fxe6
37. Bxg6 Kg7 38. Bc2 h4 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Ke3 Bd5 41. Be4 Bxe4
42. Kxe4 c2 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. g4 Rh2 45. g5+ Kg6 46. Kf4 Rf2+
47. Ke3 Rg2 48. Kf4 e5+ 49. Kf3 Rxg5 50. Rxc2 Kf5 51. Rc8 Rg3+
52. Kf2 Rxh3 53. Rf8+ Ke4 54. Rh8 Rf3+ 55. Ke2 Re3+ 56. Kf2 h3
57. Rh4+ Kd3 58. Ra4 Re2+ 59. Kg1 Rc2 60. Ra8 e4 61. Rd8+ Ke2
62. Kh2 Rc7 63. Ra8 e3 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5
17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Bxd3 20. Be3 Rfe8 21. Nd2
f6 22. f3 h5 23. Bd4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Bf5 25. Ne4 Bc7 26. h3 Bc8
27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Kf7 29. Rh1 Kg6 30. Kf2 Bf4 31. Ng3 Be6
32. a3 Re8 33. Re1 Bf7 34. Nh5 Bc7 35. Rxe8 Bxe8 36. Ke3 Bd7
37. b4 Kf7 38. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai Chess Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2015.04.06"]
[EventDate "2015.04.06"]
[Round "1.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ishaq Saeed"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Bf6
12. h4 h6 13. Bb1 Re8 14. Ne5 dxc4 15. Qh5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qd4
17. Rf3 Qxb2 18. O-O Nd4 19. Bxh6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Kf8 21. Bxg7+
Kxg7 22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. Rd1 Qb3 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ Kf8
26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qf6+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ Kf8 30. Rf1
Qb6 31. Bg6 Qc7 32. h5 Kg8 33. Bc2 Qd8 34. Qh6 f5 35. exf6 Re7
36. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Dubai Chess Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2015.04.08"]
[EventDate "2015.04.06"]
[Round "3.26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eid Mahmoud Abou El Zein"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qd2
Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. d5 Qb6 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Ne2 Ne5 11. Nc3 Bg4
12. Re1 Bf5 13. Be2 Qa6 14. Kb1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Rd8
17. Rd1 O-O 18. Qc2 e6 19. Ka1 Nd3 20. Bxd3 exd3 21. Qb3 exd5
22. cxd5 c4 23. Qb4 Rfe8 24. d6 Qc6 25. f3 Rxe3 26. Qa5 Qd7
27. Nd5 b6 28. Ne7+ Rxe7 29. dxe7 bxa5 0-1

[Event "Dubai Chess Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2015.04.09"]
[EventDate "2015.04.06"]
[Round "4.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Iva Videnova"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bc5 Rfd8 16. g4 h6
17. Bb3 Nf4 18. Bd6 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Bd5 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. Rd1 Kh8
22. g5 hxg5 23. c4 f5 24. cxd5 cxd5+ 25. Kb1 fxe4 26. Rxd5
exf3 27. Rd7 Qc5 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Bc2 Qh3
31. Be4 g4 32. a3 Qh4 33. Ka2 Ne2 34. Qd6 Qf6 35. Qd7 f2
36. Rf1 Qf4 37. Qc6 Bf6 38. Qc2 Nd4 39. Qxf2 Qxe4 40. Qxf6
Qd5+ 41. Kb1 Qe4+ 42. Ka1 Nc2+ 43. Ka2 Qc4+ 44. b3 Nb4+
45. axb4 1-0

[Event "Dubai Chess Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2015.04.11"]
[EventDate "2015.04.06"]
[Round "5.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sayantan Das"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4
exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c5 11. Qd3 Bb7
12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Nd5 Bf6 15. c3 Rb8 16. b3 Nf8
17. Rad1 Ng6 18. Bg3 a5 19. Nd2 Bxd5 20. exd5 a4 21. bxa4 Ra8
22. Nb3 Rxa4 23. Qb5 Ra8 24. c4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 h5 26. Na5 Bc3
27. Nc6 Qg5 28. Rf1 h4 29. Bh2 Rxa2 30. Qb3 Qd2 31. Qb8+ Kh7
32. Qxc7 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Bxa1 34. g4 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1
Qf3 37. Qa7 Bd4 38. Nxd4 Qxh3 39. f3 cxd4 40. Qxf7 Ne5
41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai Chess Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2015.04.11"]
[EventDate "2015.04.06"]
[Round "6.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Mohamed Ezat"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 Nf6
7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. Nfxd4 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Bh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rxe2
16. Rd2 Rae8 17. c3 Re1 18. Rc2 R8e2 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20. f3 h6
21. Kg1 Nh5 22. g4 Nf6 23. Bd2 Nd5 24. Rd1 Nb6 25. Nc1 Re6
26. Nd3 Na4 27. Bc1 g5 28. Kf2 Rd6 29. Ke2 Re6+ 30. Kd2 Nb6
31. Re1 Rd6 32. Kc2 Nd5 33. Nc5 Rf6 34. Rd1 Rd6 35. a3 Kg7
36. Nxb7 Rd7 37. Nc5 Rd8 38. b4 Ne5 39. Kb3 Kf8 40. f4 gxf4
41. Bxf4 Nc4 42. Bxh6+ Kg8 43. Rd4 Ncb6 44. c4 Rd6 45. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Dubai Chess Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2015.04.12"]
[EventDate "2015.04.06"]
[Round "7.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gabor Papp"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6
7. Qg3 Na6 8. Be2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Rab1 O-O
12. Kh1 Nd7 13. a3 Qc5 14. Bd2 b5 15. Bd1 f5 16. b4 f4
17. bxc5 fxg3 18. f4 Naxc5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Ne2 a5 21. Nxg3
a4 22. Bb4 Rf7 23. Bg4 h5 24. Bd1 Na6 25. Bd6 h4 26. Ne2 Re8
27. c4 dxc4 28. dxc4 Rf6 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. Bb4 Rfe6 31. Bc3
Rxe2 32. Bxe2 Rxe2 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rxb5 Nac5 35. Rc1 Re3
36. Rbxc5 Nxc5 37. Rxc5 Rxa3 38. Kg1 Kf6 39. Ra5 Ra2 40. Kf1
a3 41. Kg1 Ke6 42. Kf1 Kd6 43. Kg1 Kc6 44. Kh2 Kb6 45. Rg5 Rf2
46. Rxg6+ Kb5 47. Rg8 Rxf4 48. Rb8+ Ka4 49. g3 Rf2+ 50. Kg1
hxg3 51. Ra8+ Kb3 52. Rg8 Rc2 53. Rxg3+ Kb2 54. Rg8 a2
55. Rb8+ Kc1 56. Ra8 Kb1 0-1

[Event "Dubai Chess Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2015.04.13"]
[EventDate "2015.04.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Nils Grandelius"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 b5
7. c4 bxc4 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 e5 10. d3 Be7 11. a4 Rb8 12. a5
Na8 13. Na3 O-O 14. Nc4 Nc7 15. Nb6 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Be3
Nd7 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Qa4 Qb7 20. Bd2 Qb5 21. Qd1 Rfe8 22. Bc3
Nd4 23. Nfd2 Qc6 24. Ne3 Bg5 25. Ndc4 Nf6 26. Nb6 Nb5 27. Nec4
Rbd8 28. Qf3 h5 29. Nd5 h4 30. Qf5 Nh7 31. g3 g6 32. Qg4 f5
33. Qf3 Qd7 34. Qg2 hxg3 35. hxg3 Bh6 36. Qh3 Bg7 37. Kg2 Qf7
38. Rh1 Ng5 39. Qh4 fxe4 40. Qxg5 Qxd5 41. Ne3 Qf7 42. dxe4
Rf8 43. Ng4 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Qxe4 45. Nh6+ Bxh6 46. Rxh6 Kg7
47. Rh4 Qf5 48. Qh6+ Kf7 49. Rf4 exf4 50. Re1 1-0

[Event "Dubai Chess Open"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2015.04.14"]
[EventDate "2015.04.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dragan Solak"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "30"]

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

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Orkhan Abdulov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. O-O d6 8. Re1 Nd7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 a5 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3
Be7 13. Bc4 Qc8 14. b3 Ngf6 15. Ba3 Nc5 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Rc1
Qc7 18. f4 Rd8 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nd5 21. Ne4 Nb4 22. Nxc5
Bxc5 23. Kh1 Kg8 24. Qg4 Qb6 25. Nf3 Be3 26. Rcd1 Nc2 27. Be7
Rd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Bf6 Bh6 30. Rc1 Qc5 31. Bg5 Kf8 32. Bd3
Bxb3 33. Bxc2 Bxc2 34. Qf4 Qf2 35. Bxh6 gxh6 36. Qxh6+ Kg8
37. h3 Qe2 38. Nd4 Qxe5 39. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nino Khurtsidze"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. b3 Bf5 11. Bb2 Be4
12. Rc1 b6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Bh3 Bxf3 16. exf3 Qd6
17. f4 a5 18. Bg2 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Qg6 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Qb5 Qe6
22. Bf3 Rd6 23. Kg2 Red8 24. a3 h6 25. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Amirreza Pourramezanali"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O
12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ng4 14. g3 Qf6 15. h4 Qh6 16. Ng2 e5
17. dxe5 Ngxe5 18. Ng5 Kh8 19. Be2 d4 20. f4 Nf7 21. Bd3 Nxg5
22. fxg5 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Qd6 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Nxf4 Bg4 26. Re1
Rd8 27. a3 g6 28. b4 a6 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. Bc4 Rd8 31. Bd3 Rf8
32. Bc4 Rd8 33. Be6 Bxe6 34. Nxe6 Rd7 35. Nc5 Rf7+ 36. Kg2 h6
37. gxh6 Kh7 38. Re6 Kxh6 39. Nxb7 Rxb7 40. Rxc6 a5 41. bxa5
Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rb3+ 43. Kg4 Rb5 44. a6 Ra5 45. Rd6 Ra4 46. Kf4
Kh5 47. Ke4 Rxa3 48. Kxd4 Rxg3 49. Rd5+ Kxh4 50. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zaur Mammadov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 Ng6 10. h3 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bb3
c5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Re1 Rc8 15. a4 c4 16. Ba2 b4 17. cxb4 Bxb4
18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 cxd3 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qxd3 Rc6 22. b4
Nf4 23. Qb3 Qc8 24. Re3 h6 25. Rd1 Kh7 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5
Rb6 28. Rc3 Qb8 29. Qa3 Rxb5 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Ra8
32. Rd2 Rb4 33. Rc5 Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Rxe4 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Nxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "M Amin Tabatabaei"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Bb6 12. Nf1
Nh5 13. Ng5 hxg5 14. Qxh5 Qf6 15. Re2 g6 16. Qxg5 Qxg5
17. Bxg5 Na5 18. Bc2 f5 19. b4 Nc6 20. Bb3+ Be6 21. Bxe6+ Rxe6
22. a4 Rc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Nxe3 Ne7 26. Rea2 f4
27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 Ree8 29. Ra5 c6 30. Ra6 cxd5 31. Rxd6
Rxc3 32. Rxd5 Rb3 33. Rd7 Rxb4 34. Ra6 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 b4
36. Rxg6+ Kh8 37. Rb6 b3 38. Rdb7 Rb2 39. f3 Rc8 40. Re6 Rd2
41. Rh6+ Kg8 42. Rg6+ Kh8 43. Rxb3 Rd1 44. Ra6 Rd2 45. Rh6+
Kg7 46. Rd6 Rc7 47. Rb5 e4 48. Rg5+ Kh7 49. Rf6 exf3 50. Rxf4
Kh6 51. Rg3 Rxg2+ 52. Rxg2 fxg2 53. Kxg2 Rc3 54. Rf3 Kg5
55. Kg3 Rc1 56. h4+ Kg6 57. d4 Rd1 58. Rf4 Re1 59. Kf3 Re8
60. Re4 Rd8 61. Ke3 Kf6 62. Re5 Rg8 63. h5 Ra8 64. Ke4 Ra1
65. h6 Rh1 66. Kd5 Rh4 67. Re4 Rh1 68. Kd6 Kf7 69. Re7+ Kf8
70. Re6 Rh4 71. d5 Rh5 72. Kc6 Kf7 73. Re1 Rxh6+ 74. d6 1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 Qb6 5. a4 h5 6. a5 Qc7
7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. c4 Na6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. O-O Nf5
12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Qc4 Nxd5 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. a6 b5 16. Qe2 Be7
17. Ne4 Nxh4 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. Nd6+ Rxd6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. b3
Bf6 22. Ba3 b4 23. Bb2 Nc3 24. Bxc3 bxc3 25. Rfd1 Bxd4 26. Qe4
e5 27. Rxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxc6+ Ke7 29. Qc7+ Kf6 30. Ra4 Qd1+
31. Kh2 Re8 32. Rc4 g5 33. Rxc3 g4 34. Qxa7 Qd6 35. Qe3 e4+
36. g3 Kg6 37. a7 f6 38. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gadir Guseinov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Bh6 exd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5
Qxd5 17. Ne2 Qc5+ 18. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. exf5 Nge7 6. Nh4
Nxf5 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Nxg6 Ng7 9. Qh6 Nf5 10. Qh5 Ng7 11. Qh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Pouya Idani"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qf3 g6
7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O e5 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. h4
Nb6 13. g5 Nh5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Rxd6 Qxd6 16. Bc5 Qxc5
17. Nxc5 axb5 18. Qd3 Ke7 19. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.60"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Csaba Balogh"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Ba7
7. d4 Nge7 8. O-O exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 Rb8 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Re4 Be6 16. Rf4 Qd8
17. Qd3 Re8 18. a4 Qd7 19. b5 Bh3 20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21. Nd5 c6
22. Ne3 Qe6 23. a5 axb5 24. cxb5 Ra8 25. Rb1 d5 26. bxc6 Qxc6
27. Qf5 Re7 28. Nxd5 Rd7 29. Nb6 Bxb6 30. Rxb6 Qd5 31. Rb5
Qxf5 32. Rfxf5 Rad8 33. Kg2 g6 34. Rfc5 Kg7 35. d5 Re8 36. d6
Rxd6 37. Rxb7 Re2 38. Rc3 Rf6 39. Rf3 Ra2 40. Rxf6 Kxf6
41. Rb6+ Ke5 42. a6 h5 43. Kf3 g5 44. Ke3 g4 45. Kd3 f5
46. Kc4 f4 47. Kb3 Ra1 48. Rb5+ Kf6 49. Rb6+ Ke5 50. Rb5+ Kf6
51. Rb6+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.60"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Csaba Balogh"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 a5 14. Bg2 Bg5 15. O-O Be6 16. Qd3 Bxd5
17. cxd5 Nb8 18. h4 Bh6 19. a3 Na6 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Nxb4 axb4
22. Ra6 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 Qb8 24. Bh3 b3 25. Qc4 Bd2 26. Rd1 Bb4
27. Rd3 Bc5 28. Rxb3 Qa7 29. Qe2 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Qxb8 31. Qa6 g6
32. Qc8+ Qxc8 33. Bxc8 h6 34. Kf1 g5 35. h5 Kf8 36. Ke2 Ke7
37. Bb7 Kd8 38. Bc6 Bd4 39. b3 Bc5 40. f3 Bd4 41. Bb5 Bc5
42. Ke1 Bb4+ 43. Kd1 Bc5 44. Ke2 Bb4 45. Kf2 Bc5+ 46. Kg2 Ke7
47. Kh3 Kf6 48. Kg4 Be3 49. Bd7 Bd2 50. Bc8 Be3 51. b4 Bd2
52. b5 Ba5 53. f4 gxf4 54. gxf4 exf4 55. Kxf4 Bd2+ 56. Kf3 Ba5
57. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Csaba Balogh"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d3 Na6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1
dxe4 13. dxe4 Bc5 14. Nb3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4
17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rd7 Rb4 21. b3 Kf8
22. Rad1 Ke8 23. f4 g6 24. g4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. f5 gxf5
27. gxf5 Rb5 28. Rf1 b6 29. Rf4 Re5 30. Bf2 c5 31. Rh4 Rxf5
32. Rxh7 Ne6 33. Rh8+ Kd7 34. h4 Nf4 35. Be3 Ng6 36. Rh7 b5
37. h5 Ne5 38. h6 Ng4 39. Bd2 Ke6 40. Rh8 Rh5 41. Ra8 f6
42. Rxa7 b4 43. Ra6+ Kd5 44. Bxb4 Rxh6 45. Ra5 Ne5 46. Rxc5+
Kd4 47. Rc8 Ke4 48. Bd6 Rg6+ 49. Kf1 Nf3 50. Re8+ Kd3 51. Bf4
Nd4 52. Re3+ Kc2 53. b4 Rg4 54. Bc7 Nb5 55. Ba5 Nd6 56. Rf3
Nc4 57. Rxf6 Nxa5 58. bxa5 Ra4 59. a6 Kc3 60. Rf3+ Kb2
61. Rb3+ Kc2 62. Rb6 Rxa2 63. Ke2 Kc3+ 64. Ke3 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Csaba Balogh"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Be2 e5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5
12. Qd3 b5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. a3 O-O 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Rd2 b4
17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rb1 Rc4 19. Qd6 Rfc8 20. Be2 Qxd6 21. Rxd6
Rb4 22. Na2 Ra4 23. Nc3 Rb4 24. Na2 Rd4 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. e5
Nd5 27. c3 Nf4 28. Bf1 dxc3 29. Nxc3 Ng6 30. Rd1 Nxe5 31. f4
Ng6 32. Rxd7 Bc6 33. Rd6 a5 34. Ba6 Rc7 35. f5 Nf8 36. Nd5
Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Rc1+ 38. Bf1 a4 39. Ra5 Rb1 40. Ra7 h5 41. h4
Nh7 42. Ra8+ Nf8 43. Rxa4 Rxb2 44. Bc4 Rb6 45. Be2 Rf6 46. Ra5
g6 47. fxg6 fxg6 48. Ra7 Rf4 49. g3 Rd4 50. Kf2 Rd7 51. Ra6
Kg7 52. Bb5 Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Csaba Balogh"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Rc8
12. c3 Bc5 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Bb1 Bc6
17. Rhg1 Rb8 18. c4 Rb4 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. b3 c4 21. Kb2 Rfb8
22. Bd4 Rxb3+ 23. axb3 Rxb3+ 24. Kc1 c3 25. Qa2 Qb4 26. Rd3
Be4 27. Bc2 Rb2 28. Rxc3 Rxa2 29. Rc8+ Qf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8
31. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Csaba Balogh"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 e4
7. Ne5 b5 8. Bb3 Na5 9. Bxf7+ Nxf7 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qh5+ g6
12. Qd5+ Kg7 13. Qxa8 Nc6 14. d5 Nd4 15. Nc3 Bd6 16. g3 Re8
17. Qxa7 Qf6 18. f4 e3 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 20. Rad1 Nf5 21. Nxb5
Qxb2 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rde1 Qc3 24. Rd1 Rxg3+ 25. Kh1 Rh3
26. Rf2 Rxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kh2
Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "1.56"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Tomas Krnan"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nge2 a6 6. d3 O-O
7. O-O d6 8. h3 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Be3
Rb8 13. Nc1 f5 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb3 16. Nxb3 Bxe3 17. fxe3
Qg5 18. Rf3 e4 19. dxe4 fxe4 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Kh2 Qxe3
22. Qh5 g6 23. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. a4 a5 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. d5
Na6 13. Nd4 Nac5 14. Ba3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 exd5 16. f3 Nc5
17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Ne6 dxc4 19. Qb1 Qf6 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Qc2
Re8 22. Rad1 Bc6 23. Re2 h6 24. h3 Qg5 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Kg1 Qg5
27. e4 fxe4 28. fxe4 Re5 29. Qa2 Qe7 30. Qxc4+ Qe6 31. Qxe6+
Rxe6 32. Ra1 Kf7 33. e5 Re8 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Ke3 Rd8 36. g4 Rd5
37. h4 c4 38. Kf2 Rd3 39. Re3 Rd2+ 40. Re2 Rd3 41. Re3 Rd2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "3.15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nd2 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. a5
Nd7 13. Nc4 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Qd2 Qg6 16. f3 Nc5 17. Nb6
Ra7 18. Bc4 e4 19. O-O exf3 20. Rxf3 Re7 21. Raf1 Bg4 22. Rf4
Rfe8 23. Qxb4 Bh3 24. R4f2 Ne4 25. Bd3 f5 26. Bxe4 fxe4
27. Re2 e3 28. Rf4 h5 29. Qc3 Bg4 30. Re1 Bh3 31. Re2 Bg4
32. Re1 Bf5 33. Nc4 Be4 34. Re2 Bxd5 35. Qd4 Bc6 36. Nxd6 Rd7
37. Qc4+ Kh7 38. Nxe8 Bb5 39. Qc3 Bxe2 40. Qxe3 Rd1+ 41. Kf2
Bb5 42. Nf6+ Kh8 43. c4 Qc2+ 44. Kf3 Bc6+ 45. Ne4 Rd3 46. Rf8+
Kh7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "4.47"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Martin Breutigam"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Be7 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Be3 c4 11. b3 cxb3
12. axb3 Bf5 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Qa2 Nb4 15. Qa5 Qxa5 16. Rxa5 b6
17. Ra4 a5 18. Ne1 Rfd8 19. f3 b5 20. Ra1 Nc2 21. Nxc2 Bxc2
22. Bf4 Rd7 23. Bh3 Rda7 24. Rfc1 Bxb3 25. e4 a4 26. Bf1 b4
27. Bb5 a3 28. Bc6 Rd8 29. Kf2 Bc4 30. exd5 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5
32. Rc8+ Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Bd6 Be7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "5.20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Qd1 d6
12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5+ Ne5 15. f4 Be7 16. fxe5 dxe5
17. Rxe5 O-O 18. Re1 Bf6 19. a5 Qd7 20. Qd3 Rad8 21. Rd1 Rfe8
22. c4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Qc7 24. Be3 Qxc3 25. Ra3 Qc8 26. Rb3 h5
27. Rb6 Qd7 28. Bf4 Be5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Qb3 Bxd5 31. Bxd5
Rxd5 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxa6 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+
36. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "6.19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4
7. Nxd4 b5 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Re1 Be7 11. c4 O-O
12. Nc3 Nd7 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nd5 Bf6 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Be3 Nxb3
17. Qxb3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Re8 19. Rec1 Be5 20. Rc2 Qh4 21. g3 Qa4
22. Qd3 h5 23. b3 Qg4 24. Rd1 h4 25. Qe2 Qe4 26. Qd3 Qg4
27. Qe2 Qg6 28. Qd3 Qg4 29. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "7.29"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6
7. Nd2 Be6 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O f5 10. Rc1 Nf6 11. c4 dxc4
12. Nxc4 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Rfd1 a6
17. Qb6 Qe7 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. b4 Rfd8 20. a3 h5 21. Qc5 Qe6
22. Ne2 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 Rc8 11. Re1 c5
12. exd5 exd5 13. Bb2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bb7 15. d5 Ne8 16. Ne4 f5
17. Ned2 Nc7 18. Re2 Bf6 19. Rae1 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qf6 21. Qxf6
Nxf6 22. Re7 Rfd8 23. Ng5 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Re7 Nf8 26. d6
Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Na6 28. Ndf3 Nb8 29. Ne5 Nc6 30. Nxc6 Rxc6
31. Nf7 Ng6 32. Rc7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "9.43"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhong Zhang"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3
dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Bd3 O-O-O 9. h4 h6 10. Bd2 Qxf3 11. gxf3
Nf6 12. Rg1 g6 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Bc3 Rhe8 15. f4 h5 16. Nd4 Bg4
17. Kf1 Nf6 18. Nxc6 Nxe4 19. Rxg4 hxg4 20. Nxd8 Kxd8 21. Re1
Nxf2 22. Bf6+ Kd7 23. Rxe8 Kxe8 24. Be2 Ne4 25. Be5 Ng3+
26. Ke1 Nxe2 27. Kxe2 Bd6 28. Bd4 Bxf4 29. Bxa7 b6 30. a4 Kd7
31. a5 bxa5 32. b3 Bg3 33. Be3 Bxh4 34. Bd2 f5 35. Bxa5 f4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "10.33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Andrei Shchekachev"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6
7. d3 Be7 8. Ng5 h6 9. Nh3 g5 10. f4 gxf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 12. Ne2
Bd7 13. c3 Qb6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bb5 16. Kh1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2
Qxd4 18. Rac1 Qd3 19. Qe1 Qb5 20. Nf2 Nfd7 21. Qc3 Bg5 22. Qd2
Qb6 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Kf8 25. Nh3 Rg8 26. Qh6+ Ke7
27. Qh4+ f6 28. Qh7+ Nf7 29. Nf4 Ne5 30. Qf5 exf5 31. Nd5+ Kf8
32. Nxb6 Re8 33. exf5 Ng4 34. Rc7 Ne3 35. Bd5 Ne5 36. Bxg8
Kxg8 37. Re1 Nd3 38. Re2 Re5 39. Nd7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 O-O
12. Be3 Rc8 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Na4 f5 15. Nb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Qd7
17. c4 e5 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. Ra3 Rf6 21. Rf3 Qxf3
22. Bxf3 Rxf3 23. Re3 Rf5 24. b4 Rcf8 25. Rd3 h5 26. Rd5 h4
27. b5 Be8 28. Be3 hxg3 29. hxg3 R8f6 30. Kg2 Kg8 31. g4 Rf3
32. Qxf3 Rxf3 33. Kxf3 Bf7 34. Ke4 Bg6+ 35. Kf3 Bf7 36. Ke4
Bg6+ 37. Kf3 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c5 6. Nb5 Na6
7. c3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 O-O 10. Be5 h5 11. Nf4 Qd7
12. a4 cxd4 13. exd4 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f3 Nf6 16. g4 hxg4
17. fxg4 Qxg4 18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. Nxd5 Rad8 20. Nf4 e5 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Nd4 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Rfe8+ 24. Kf2 bxc6 25. b4 Re4
26. Kf3 Rde8 27. Rac1 Re3+ 28. Kf2 R3e4 29. Ng2 Re2+ 30. Kf3
Nc7 31. Rhe1 Rxe1 32. Nxe1 Nd5 33. Ng2 a6 34. a5 f5 35. Re1
Rxe1 36. Nxe1 Nxc3 37. Ke3 Nd5+ 38. Kd4 Nxb4 39. Kc5 Nd5
40. Kxc6 Ne3 41. Kb6 Nc4+ 42. Kxa6 Kh6 43. Kb5 Nxa5 44. Kxa5
Kh5 45. Kb4 Kxh4 46. Kc3 Kg3 47. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "13.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 Nf6
7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bc7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bd3 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Be6 16. Qd2 a5
17. a4 Nb4 18. Kh1 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rc8 20. Nbd2 Qd5 21. Ne4 f5
22. Ned2 Bf7 23. h4 Rfe8 24. hxg5 Re3 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. axb5
hxg5 27. Nxg5 Bg6 28. c3 Rxg3 29. Ndf3 dxc3 30. bxc3 Be3
31. Nh3 f4 32. Rxa5 Bd3 33. Re1 Kg7 34. b6 Rh8 35. Rg5+ Rxg5
36. Nxg5 Kf6 37. Nf3 Be4 38. Kh2 Rc8 39. Nfg1 Kf5 40. Rf1 Bd3
41. Rf3 Rxc3 42. Nxf4 Be4 43. Nd5+ Bxf3 44. Nxc3 Bc6 45. Nf3
Bxb6 46. Kg3 Be3 47. Nd1 Bc5 48. Nc3 b6 49. Nh4+ Ke6 50. Kf4
Bd4 51. Ne4 b5 52. Nf3 Bb6 53. Ned2 b4 54. g4 Bd5 55. Ng5+ Ke7
56. Ke5 Bg8 57. Nge4 Be3 58. Nf1 Bb6 59. Nfd2 b3 60. Nc3 Ba5
61. Kd4 b2 62. Ndb1 Bh7 63. Kc4 Bc2 64. Na3 Bh7 65. Kb3 Kf6
66. Kxb2 Kg5 67. Nc4 Bd8 68. Ne3 Kf4 69. Ned5+ Kxg4 70. Kb3
Kf5 71. Ne3+ Ke6 72. Kc4 Bg5 73. Ned5 Ke5 74. Nb4 Bg8+ 75. Kd3
Bh6 76. Nc6+ Kd6 77. Nd4 Bh7+ 78. Kc4 Bg7 79. Ndb5+ Ke5
80. Nd4 Bg8+ 81. Kd3 Bh8 82. Nc6+ Kd6 83. Nd4 Kc5 84. Ne4+ Kb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3
Qh4 12. g3 Qh3 13. Qe2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 e5 15. O-O-O Bf5 16. Bxf5
Qxf5 17. Rd5 Rad8 18. Rhd1 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Qe6 20. Qb5 f6
21. Rd2 Rf7 22. Qd3 Qa2 23. Rd1 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qa2 25. Ke3 Qe6
26. Qd5 Qf5 27. Qe4 Qh5 28. Qf3 Qg6 29. Rd2 Qh6+ 30. Ke2 Qxh2
31. Rd6 Qh3 32. Qd5 h6 33. b4 Qh5+ 34. Kd2 Qg5+ 35. Kd1 a6
36. Qe6 h5 37. f3 Qxg3 38. Rd7 Qg1+ 39. Be1 Qg6 40. Qe8+ Kh7
41. Qxf7 Qg5 42. Rxb7 Nd4 43. Qd5 Qg2 44. Qe4+ f5 45. Qd3 Qh3
46. Rf7 Kg6 47. Ra7 Nxf3 48. Rxa6+ Kh7 49. Kc1 Qg4 50. Bc3 h4
51. Ra8 h3 52. Qd8 h2 53. Qh8+ Kg6 54. Ra6+ Kg5 55. Qxg7+ Kf4
56. Qh6+ Kg3 57. Rd6 Kg2 58. Rd1 Qf4+ 59. Qxf4 exf4 60. b5 Kf2
61. b6 Ng1 62. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "15.35"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. O-O d6
7. d3 h6 8. Be3 g5 9. h3 g4 10. hxg4 Bxg4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Nd5
O-O-O 13. c4 h5 14. b4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4
17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Kg2 Qe7 19. Rh1 h4 20. Rxh4 Rxh4 21. gxh4
Qxh4 22. Rh1 Qf6 23. Bg4+ Kb8 24. Rh5 Rh8 25. Qg5 Rxh5
26. Qxf6 Rh2+ 27. Kxh2 Bxf6 28. Bh5 Bh4 29. f3 f6 30. Kh3 Bg5
31. Kg4 Kc8 32. Kf5 Kd7 33. Bf7 Ke7 34. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "1.74"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ottomar Ladva"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 O-O
12. Be3 Nd7 13. Na4 Nc5 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. e5 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rfd8 19. Kf3 g6 20. Ke4 h5 21. f4 Kg7
22. h3 f5+ 23. exf6+ Bxf6 24. c3 Kf7 25. Rd7+ Rxd7 26. Nxd7
Rc8 27. Rd1 Ke7 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. Rd7 Rb8 30. Rd6 Rc8 31. g4
hxg4 32. hxg4 Rc7 33. f5 gxf5+ 34. gxf5 c4 35. Rxe6+ Kf7
36. Rb6 Rc5 37. Rxb7+ Kf8 38. Rb4 Kf7 39. Ra4 Kf6 40. Kd4 Rxf5
41. Kxc4 Ke5 42. Kc5 Ke6+ 43. Kb6 Rb5+ 44. Kxa6 Rxb2 45. Rb4
Rc2 46. Kb7 Rxc3 47. a6 Kd6 48. a7 Rc7+ 49. Kb8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "2.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6
7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. h3 Nf7 11. dxe5 Ncxe5
12. Bb3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Qg3 f5 16. Bd4 Bxd4
17. cxd4 Qf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxf7 Rxf7 20. dxe5 Qe7 21. Qc3
Be6 22. Nf3 Rff8 23. Rac1 c6 24. Rfd1 Bd5 25. e6+ Kg8 26. Nd4
Rad8 27. Re1 Rfe8 28. Re3 Qf6 29. Rce1 Be4 30. Nxf5 Qxc3
31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. bxc3 Kxh6 33. Rxe4 Re7 34. f3 Kg7 35. Kf2
Rd2+ 36. R1e2 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Kf6 38. Kd3 Rxe6 39. Rf4+ Ke7
40. a4 Rd6+ 41. Ke3 Re6+ 42. Kd3 Rd6+ 43. Ke3 Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "3.16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6
Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 g6
12. Qe2 e5 13. Na4 O-O 14. c4 Rb8 15. b3 Be6 16. Ba3 c5
17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Bc1 Rfd8 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Nc3 Qc6 21. Bh6 Rd7
22. Rd3 Bd8 23. Red1 Ba5 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Qf3 Bd8 26. Bxd8
Rbxd8 27. Qe3 f6 28. f4 exf4 29. Qxf4 Qc7 30. h3 Qc6 31. Rf1
Rf7 32. Qd2 Qc7 33. Rd1 Rfd7 34. Ne2 Qc6 35. Qe3 Bf7 36. Nc3
Qc7 37. Qf4 Be6 38. Rf1 Rf8 39. Rg3 Qc6 40. h4 Qc7 41. h5 Qd8
42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Qe3 Qe7 44. Ne2 Bf7 45. Nf4 Qe5 46. Nd3 Qc3
47. Nf4 Qxe3+ 48. Rxe3 Re8 49. Rfe1 Rde7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "4.23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "227"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxb6 cxb6
12. a3 Re8 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. e3 f6 16. Na4 Re7
17. Qe2 Rd7 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. Be4 f5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxc5
bxc5 22. Nxe5 Rd5 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. a4 Rcd8 25. Rbc1 h6 26. Rc3
R5d7 27. Qc2 Bd5 28. f4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Re7 30. Kf2 Rde8 31. Re1
Qd6 32. Rxc5 Qg6 33. Qd1 Rb7 34. Qd2 Reb8 35. Rb1 Rb4 36. Rxa5
Qh5 37. Kg2 Rb3 38. Rc5 Qf7 39. Kf2 R3b4 40. a5 Qh5 41. Kg1
Qf3 42. a6 Ra4 43. Qf2 Qh5 44. Rxc6 Qe8 45. Rbc1 Rab4 46. a7
Ra8 47. Ra6 Qb5 48. Qf3 Qe8 49. Rc2 Rb3 50. Qxa8 Qxa8 51. Rc8+
Qxc8 52. a8=Q Rb8 53. Qc6 Qd8 54. Qd6 Qc8 55. Rc6 Qe8 56. Qe5
Qxc6 57. Qxb8+ Kh7 58. Qb3 Qc1+ 59. Kf2 Qd2+ 60. Kf3 Qe1
61. e4 Qf1+ 62. Ke3 Qg1+ 63. Kd2 Qxh2+ 64. Kc3 fxe4 65. Qd5
Qxg3 66. Qxe4+ Kh8 67. b4 Qg1 68. Kc4 Qc1+ 69. Kd5 Qc8 70. b5
h5 71. f5 Qd7+ 72. Kc5 Qc7+ 73. Kb4 Qd6+ 74. Ka5 Qa3+ 75. Kb6
Qd6+ 76. Kb7 Qd7+ 77. Ka6 Qc8+ 78. Kb6 Qd8+ 79. Kc5 Qc7+
80. Qc6 Qe5+ 81. Qd5 Qc7+ 82. Kb4 h4 83. f6 gxf6 84. Qh5+ Kg7
85. Qxh4 Qd6+ 86. Kc4 Qc7+ 87. Kb3 Qc1 88. Qg4+ Kh6 89. Qc4
Qb1+ 90. Ka4 Qa1+ 91. Kb4 Qe1+ 92. Qc3 Qe7+ 93. Ka4 Qa7+
94. Kb3 Qf7+ 95. Qc4 Qa7 96. Qc6 Qd4 97. Qc4 Qa1 98. Kb4 Qe1+
99. Kc5 Qe7+ 100. Kb6 Qd6+ 101. Kb7 Qd7+ 102. Ka6 Qd6+ 103. b6
f5 104. d4 f4 105. d5 Kg5 106. Qc6 Qa3+ 107. Kb7 f3 108. d6 f2
109. d7 Qe7 110. Qd5+ Kf4 111. Qd4+ Kf3 112. Kb8 f1=Q
113. d8=Q Qxd8+ 114. Qxd8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "5.53"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Rasmus Svane"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bb5+
Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 N5f6
11. N2f3 O-O 12. b3 a6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Nxe6 fxe6
16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf7+ Kh7 19. Qf5+ Kg8 20. Qg6 Qf4
21. Bc1 Nf8 22. Nxh6+ Qxh6 23. Qxe8 Rxe8 24. Bxh6 gxh6
25. Rfe1 Kf7 26. g3 Rd8 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bc5 29. Kg2 Ne6
30. f4 a5 31. Re1 b6 32. h3 h5 33. Kf3 Nd4+ 34. Kg2 Nc6
35. Kf3 Nd4+ 36. Kg2 Nd7 37. g4 h4 38. Re4 Nf6 39. Re5 Bd6
40. Re1 Bxf4 41. Rd1 Be5 42. Re1 Nc6 43. g5 Nd7 44. Kf3 Bg3
45. Rd1 Nce5+ 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. Rf1 Nc5+ 48. Ke3 Ned7 49. g6 Nf6
50. g7 Ncd7 51. a3 Kf7 52. b4 Kxg7 53. c5 bxc5 54. bxa5 Be5
55. a6 Bd4+ 56. Kf4 Nd5+ 57. Ke4 N5b6 58. a7 Nf6+ 59. Kd3 Kf7
60. a4 Ke6 61. Rb1 Nfd5 62. a5 Na8 63. Rb8 Ndc7 64. Kc4 Kd7
65. Rg8 Kc6 66. Rb8 Be5 67. Rb1 Bg3 68. Rb8 Bf4 69. Rb1 Ne8
70. Rb8 Nec7 71. Rb2 Na6 72. Rb1 Nb4 73. Rf1 Bg3 74. Rf6+ Kb7
75. Kxc5 Na6+ 76. Kd5 N8c7+ 77. Ke4 Kxa7 78. Kf5 Kb7 79. Rh6
Nc5 80. Kg4 Nd3 81. Rxh4 Bxh4 82. Kxh4 Ne6 83. Kg4 Ng7 84. h4
Ne5+ 85. Kg5 Nf3+ 86. Kg6 Nxh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "6.51"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean-Noel Riff"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6
7. d4 Bg7 8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 h6 11. Nfd2 f5
12. f3 Nf6 13. c4 O-O 14. Nc3 c5 15. Rb1 b5 16. b3 g5 17. cxb5
axb5 18. a4 b4 19. Nb5 g4 20. Qe2 gxf3 21. gxf3 Kh7 22. Kh1
fxe4 23. fxe4 Ng4 24. Rg1 h5 25. Rg3 Ng6 26. Rbg1 Nf4 27. Qf1
Bh6 28. Nc4 Nxd5 29. Qe2 Ndxe3 30. Nxe3 Nf2+ 31. Kg2 h4
32. Rf3 Bxe3 33. Qxe3 Rxf3 34. Qxf3 Ng4 35. Kh1 Rg8 36. h3
Nf2+ 37. Qxf2 Qxh3+ 38. Qh2 Qf3+ 39. Rg2 h3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "7.29"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "200"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3
c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. c3 O-O 11. Bg5
Bxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. Re1 Bc6 14. Re5 h6 15. Bh4 Qe7 16. Qe2
Rfd8 17. Qe3 Rd7 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Bb1 Rd5 20. Rd2 R8d7 21. a3
Qd8 22. h3 Rxe5 23. Qxe5 Rd5 24. Bxf6 Rxe5 25. Bxd8 Re1+
26. Kh2 Rxb1 27. f3 f6 28. Bc7 Kf7 29. Bb8 a6 30. Bc7 g5
31. Kg3 Rc1 32. Ba5 Kg6 33. Bc3 Bd5 34. Kf2 h5 35. Re2 Bc4
36. Re1 Rc2+ 37. Kg1 h4 38. Rd1 Bd5 39. Rf1 Bc4 40. Rd1 Kf7
41. Rd2 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Rf1 43. Bb4 Bd5 44. Rc2 Bc6 45. Bd6 Rd1
46. Bc5 Kg6 47. Re2 Bd5 48. Bb6 Kh5 49. Bd8 Kg6 50. Bb6 Bc4
51. Rc2 Bd5 52. Re2 Kf7 53. Bc5 Bc6 54. Bb6 Bd5 55. Bc5 Rc1
56. Bb6 Rc4 57. Rd2 Rc1 58. Ba7 Kg6 59. Bb8 Kh5 60. Bd6 Kg6
61. Be7 Rc4 62. Bd6 Kf7 63. Bb4 b6 64. Bc3 a5 65. Re2 a4
66. Kg1 b5 67. Kf2 Rc8 68. Ke3 Rg8 69. Be1 Ke7 70. Rc2 Bc4
71. Bb4+ Kd7 72. Bc3 Kc6 73. d5+ Kxd5 74. Rd2+ Kc6 75. Bxf6
Rg6 76. Be5 Bd5 77. Rc2+ Bc4 78. Rd2 Bd5 79. Rd4 Bb3 80. Rd6+
Kc5 81. Rd7 Ba2 82. Rg7 Rxg7 83. Bxg7 Kc4 84. Kd2 Bb1 85. Bf6
Bd3 86. Ke1 Kb3 87. Bxg5 Kxb2 88. Be7 e5 89. Kf2 Kb3 90. Bd6
Kb2 91. Ke3 Bf1 92. Kf2 Bd3 93. g3 hxg3+ 94. Kxg3 e4 95. fxe4
Bxe4 96. Kf4 Bd3 97. h4 Kc3 98. h5 Kc4 99. Ke5 b4 100. Bxb4
Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "8.27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5
Qxd5 7. Ne2 c5 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. d5 O-O 10. e4 e6 11. Be2 exd5
12. exd5 Re8 13. O-O a6 14. Be3 Qd6 15. Bf3 Bf5 16. g4 Rxe3
17. fxe3 Bd7 18. Ne4 Qe5 19. Qb3 Bb5 20. Nxc5 Bf8 21. Rfc1 Nd7
22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Qc3 Qg5 24. Kh1 Bd6 25. Rc2 Re8 26. Re1 Qh4
27. Rf1 Re5 28. e4 Qh3 29. Bg2 Qxg4 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. Bxf3 h5
32. Rfc1 Kf8 33. Kg2 Ke7 34. h4 Kd8 35. b3 a5 36. a4 b6
37. Rc4 Re7 38. Re1 Re5 39. Bd1 g5 40. Bxh5 gxh4 41. Bxf7 h3+
42. Kh1 Bg4 43. Re3 Rg5 44. Be6 Bxe6 45. dxe6 h2 46. Re1 Ke7
47. Rc6 Bg3 48. Rd1 Re5 49. Rd7+ Kf6 50. Rf7+ Kg6 51. Rf8 Kg7
52. Rf3 Rg5 53. e7 Be5 54. Rf1 Bd4 55. e8=Q Rg1+ 56. Kxh2 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9.50"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Michele Godena"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. d3 Bd7
12. Nd2 b6 13. Qh5 Qg5 14. Qxg5 hxg5 15. Ne4 f6 16. Nxd6 cxd6
17. Ba3 Rbc8 18. Bxd6 Rfd8 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. Ba3 Bh3 21. Bg2
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Kg8 23. Re4 Kf7 24. h4 f5 25. Rc4 g4 26. Re1 Kf6
27. Bc1 Ke6 28. Bf4 Rd5 29. Ra4 a5 30. c4 Rd7 31. Be3 Nb4
32. Re2 Rc6 33. Bf4 Rc5 34. Be3 Rc6 35. Ra3 Kf6 36. Rb3 Rb7
37. a3 Na6 38. Bg5+ Ke6 39. Bf4 Rc5 40. Rb5 Rxb5 41. cxb5 Nc7
42. Bxe5 Nxb5 43. Bxg7+ Kf7 44. Bb2 Rc7 45. Re5 Nd6 46. c4 a4
47. Rd5 Ke6 48. Be5 Rxc4 49. dxc4 Nxc4 50. Rb5 Nxe5 51. Rxb6+
Kd5 52. Ra6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "10.40"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Danilo Milanovic"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. Qa4 b5 6. cxb5 d6
7. e4 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. f4 Ned7 10. Nf3 a6 11. bxa6 Nc5
12. Qc2 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Be2 Nxa6 15. O-O Nb4 16. Qb1 Qb8
17. Kh1 Qa7 18. a3 Ng4 19. h3 Nf6 20. Bd2 Nh5 21. Kh2 Nc6
22. Qe1 Rab8 23. b4 Rfe8 24. Rc1 Ra8 25. Ng5 Nf6 26. Nxe6 fxe6
27. Bb5 Qb6 28. a4 Re7 29. e5 dxe5 30. fxe5 Nh5 31. Nd5 exd5
32. Rxc6 Qd4 33. Bc3 Bxe5+ 34. Kh1 Qe4 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Qf2
Rf5 37. Qe1 Rxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Ng3+ 39. Kh2 Nxf1+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "11.23"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Qe2 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Qxe5+ Qe7 8. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "12.24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 Qc7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 h6
7. g4 Bd7 8. f4 h5 9. gxh5 Nh6 10. Bh3 Bxh3 11. Nxh3 e6
12. Qf3 c5 13. dxc5 Nf5 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Kb1 Nxc5 16. Ng5
O-O-O 17. Bf2 Kb8 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Rh3 b5 20. a3 Nb7 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Rc3 Qd7 23. Rxc8+ Kxc8 24. Qf3 d4 25. c3 Bc5 26. Ne4
Bb6 27. cxd4 Kb8 28. d5 Bxf2 29. Nxf2 Rc8 30. d6 Qc6 31. Qd3
Nxh4 32. f5 Nf3 33. e6 fxe6 34. fxe6 Ne5 35. Qe4 Qxe4+
36. Nxe4 Nc6 37. d7 Rh8 38. Ng5 Nbd8 39. Re1 Ne7 40. Rf1 Kc7
41. Nf7 Nxf7 42. Rxf7 Kd6 43. Rxg7 Kxe6 44. h6 Kxd7 45. h7 Ke6
46. Ka2 Kf6 47. Rg1 Rxh7 48. Kb3 Nd5 49. Re1 Rh3+ 50. Kc2 Re3
51. Rh1 Ke7 52. Rh6 Re6 53. Rh7+ Kd6 54. Kd3 Kc5 55. b4+ Kc6
56. Kd4 Re4+ 57. Kd3 Rf4 58. Rh6+ Rf6 59. Rh8 Nb6 60. Rh7 Nc4
61. a4 Nb2+ 62. Kd4 Nxa4 63. Ke5 Rg6 64. Kf5 Rd6 65. Ke5 Nb6
66. Ra7 Nc4+ 67. Ke4 Kb6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "13.41"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tobias Hirneise"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be6 10. Ba3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6
12. e3 Qa5 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Nd2 Qb4 15. Nb3 Rfd8 16. Qd2 Qxd2
17. Nxd2 Nb4 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Be4 f5 20. Bb1 Kf7 21. Ba3 Bd5
22. Rc1 e5 23. Rc7+ Kg8 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. dxe5 Ba8 26. Bc1
Rbc8 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "14.30"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. dxc3
h6 7. O-O d6 8. Re1 Be6 9. b3 Qd7 10. c4 Bh3 11. Nh4 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Ne7 13. Qf3 b6 14. a4 a5 15. Be3 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Nxg4
17. h3 Nf6 18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. exf5 Kd7 20. Rad1 Kc6 21. g4 h5
22. g5 Ng8 23. Kf3 Ne7 24. Ke4 Rad8 25. f4 f6 26. gxf6 gxf6
27. Rg1 d5+ 28. cxd5+ Nxd5 29. Kf3 e4+ 30. Kf2 Ne7 31. Bd4
Nxf5 32. Bxf6 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rg8 34. Bg5 Rg6 35. c4 Rd6
36. Rxd6+ Kxd6 37. Bf6 Kc5 38. Bd8 c6 39. Ke2 Kb4 40. Bxb6
Kxb3 41. Bxa5 Kxa4 42. Bb6 Kb4 43. c5 Kc4 44. Ba7 Kd4 45. Bb8
Kxc5 46. Be5 Kd5 47. Bc3 c5 48. Bb2 Kc4 49. Ba3 Nd4+ 50. Ke3
Kd5 51. Bb2 Nf5+ 52. Ke2 c4 53. Bc3 Kc5 54. Kf2 Kb5 55. Ke2
Ka4 56. Be5 Kb3 57. Kd2 e3+ 58. Kc1 c3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "15.42"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Denis Khismatullin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 c6 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O a5 8. Nc3 Na6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5
12. d3 Rc8 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. a3 Nc6 15. Na4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 b5
17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 e6 21. Qc3 Ne8
22. Ra1 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Nd6 24. Ra8 Qc6 25. Ra7 Qb6 26. Ra2 Nb7
27. Qc3 Nxc5 28. bxc5 Qc6 29. d4 Bd7 30. e3 Ra8 31. Rxa8+ Qxa8
32. Bf1 Bc6 33. Bd3 Qa4 34. Bc2 Qc4 35. Qb2 b4 36. Bb3 Qd3
37. Qc2 Qxc2 38. Bxc2 Bb5 39. f3 Kf8 40. Kf2 Ke7 41. Ke1 Kd7
42. Kd2 Kc6 43. Kc1 Bc4 44. Ba4+ Kc7 45. Be8 f6 46. Kb2 Kd8
47. Ba4 Kc7 48. h4 h6 49. e4 g5 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. exd5 Bxd5
52. f4 gxf4 53. gxf4 h5 54. Bd1 h4 55. Bg4 Kc6 56. Bh3 Kb5
57. Bf1+ Kc6 58. Bh3 Kd7 59. Kc2 Bc4 60. Kb2 Kc6 61. Bg2+ Bd5
62. Bh3 Kd7 63. Bf1 Be4 64. Kb3 Bf5 65. Kxb4 h3 66. Kb5 h2
67. Bg2 Kc7 68. Kc4 Bg6 69. d5 exd5+ 70. Kxd5 Be8 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "16.28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Re1 c4 11. Nf1 b5
12. Ng3 h6 13. h4 Nb6 14. h5 a5 15. Nh2 b4 16. f4 Qd7 17. Rf1
O-O-O 18. f5 Kb7 19. Ng4 Ra8 20. f6 Nb5 21. Qf3 gxf6 22. Nxf6
Qc6 23. Ng4 Ka6 24. Qxf7 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nxc3 26. Rf6 Re8
27. Nxh6 Re7 28. Qxf8 Rxf8 29. Rxf8 Rg7 30. Bf4 Ne4 31. Nxe4
dxe4 32. Rg8 Rxg8 33. Nxg8 Nd5 34. Bg5 Qb6 35. Rd1 c3 36. Kh1
e3 37. Nf6 c2 38. Rg1 Qb1 39. Nxd5 c1=Q 40. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 41. Kh2
exd5 42. h6 Qc2 43. Bxe3 Qe4 44. Bg5 Kb7 45. Kg3 Kc6 46. Bf4
Kd7 47. Kg4 Ke6 48. g3 Kf7 49. Kg5 Qg6+ 50. Kh4 Qf5 51. Bg5
Kg6 52. Bf4 Qh5# 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "17.35"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nd2 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. a5
Nd7 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. Be2 f5 15. O-O f4 16. Ba7 Rb7 17. Bb6 Nxb6
18. Nxb6 Rxb6 19. axb6 Qxb6 20. Bd3 g6 21. Be4 a5 22. Re1 Qc5
23. Qd3 Bd8 24. Re2 Kg7 25. c3 bxc3 26. Rc1 Qa7 27. Rxc3 Ba6
28. Qc2 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Bb6 30. h4 Bc5 31. h5 Qd7 32. hxg6 hxg6
33. Rh3 Rf6 34. Kh1 Bd4 35. b3 Qc8 36. Qe1 Qg4 37. f3 Qc8
38. Kh2 Qc3 39. Qh4 Qc1 40. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "18.29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. exd5
Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 cxd5 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. N2f3 Nce4 15. h3 a5
16. a4 Be6 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Qe3 Re8 19. Nf5 Qc7 20. N3d4 Bxf5
21. Nxf5 g6 22. Nd4 Nc5 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. Qc3 Nxb3 25. Qxb3 Qc5
26. Nd4 Re7 27. Qb5 Qc7 28. c3 Kg7 29. g3 h5 30. h4 Re4
31. Kg2 Rg4 32. Nf3 Ne4 33. Qxd5 Rxg3+ 34. Kf1 Rxf3 35. Qxe4
Rf4 36. Qd5 Rxh4 37. Rd4 Rxd4 38. Qxd4+ Kg8 39. Qd5 Qb6 40. b3
Kg7 41. Qe4 Qc5 42. Qxb7 Qxc3 43. Qe4 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qc3 45. Kh2
Kg8 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe4 Kh7 48. Qd5 Qf6 49. Qxa5 Qxf2+
50. Kh1 Qf3+ 51. Kh2 Qxb3 52. Qb5 Qc2+ 53. Kh1 Qd1+ 54. Kg2
Qd2+ 55. Kg1 Qe3+ 56. Kg2 h4 57. Qd7 Qg3+ 58. Kh1 Qf3+ 59. Kh2
Qf4+ 60. Kh1 Kg7 61. Kg2 Qg3+ 62. Kh1 h3 63. Qd4+ Kh7 64. Qd5
Qf4 65. a5 Kg7 66. a6 Qf1+ 67. Kh2 Qxa6 68. Qd4+ Qf6 69. Qd7
Qf3 70. Qd4+ f6 71. Qd7+ Kh6 72. Qd2+ g5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "19.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. a3 Nc7 10. a4 b6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
a6 13. Bc4 Nd7 14. Qe2 Qb8 15. Kh1 Qb7 16. Ra3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3
b5 18. Ba2 c4 19. h4 Nc5 20. h5 e6 21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Nxd5
23. Rg3 Rae8 24. Qf3 Nb4 25. Qxb7 Nxb7 26. Bb1 Re4 27. c3 Rh4+
28. Kg1 Nd3 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. Bh6 Re8 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. hxg6
fxg6 33. Bd2 Re2 34. Bg5 Rxa4 35. Bf6 d2 36. Rxg6+ Kh7
37. Rg7+ Kh6 38. Rg3 Nc5 39. Bg5+ Kh5 40. Bf4 Ne4 41. Rh3+ Kg4
42. Bh6 Re1 43. Rd3 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "20.26"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2
Nh6 7. Ne4 Nf5 8. c3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nd7
12. Re1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ned2 Nf6 15. Qc2 e6 16. Be5 Nd5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. g3 h5 21. Bg2 h4
22. Nc4 Nb6 23. Nce5 hxg3 24. hxg3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8
Qxd8 27. Qd2 Qc7 28. Qe2 Bxf3 29. Bxf3 Qd6 30. Nd3 Na4 31. Qc2
Nb6 32. Qe2 Na4 33. Qc2 Nb6 34. Kg2 c4 35. Nb4 a5 36. Nc6 a4
37. Qe2 Nd5 38. Qe5+ Qxe5 39. Nxe5 a3 40. Bxd5 exd5 41. bxa3
Kf6 42. Nc6 Ke6 43. Kf3 Kd6 44. Nb4 Kc5 45. g4 Nd6 46. Na6+
Kb6 47. Nb4 Kc5 48. Na6+ Kb6 49. Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nd2 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. a5
f5 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Be2 Nf6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Nb6 Kh8 17. f4 exf4
18. Rxf4 Ne4 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. Bc4 Qc8 21. Qd3 Bg5 22. Rf3 Bf6
23. Raf1 Re8 24. Rxf5 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 Re3 27. Qd2
Bc8 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Rxf6 Kg7 30. Rf4 Re5 31. h3 Qe3 32. Qxe3
Rxe3 33. Bb3 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Bd7 35. Rxb4 Bb5 36. Rg4+ Kf6
37. Bc4 h5 38. Rd4 Ke5 39. c3 Bxc4 40. Rxc4 Kxd5 41. Rh4 Re5
42. Rd4+ Kc6 43. b4 d5 44. Rd3 Kb5 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Kc4
47. Rg3 Rg5 48. Kh3 d4 49. cxd4 Kxb4 50. Kh4 Rg8 51. g5 Kxa5
52. g6 Kb4 53. Kg5 Kc4 54. Rg4 a5 55. Kf6 Kd5 56. Kf7 Ra8
57. g7 a4 58. g8=Q Rxg8 59. Rxg8 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.18"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Henri Torkkola"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6
7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Kh8 11. b3 e5
12. Nxd5 Qf7 13. c4 Nxd4 14. Ng5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qg6 16. Ne4
Nf6 17. Ndxf6 gxf6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Ba3 Rg8 20. f3 Bh3
21. Rf2 Rg7 22. Kh1 Rag8 23. Rg1 Qh6 24. Qd2 Rg5 25. g4 e4
26. Bb2 Re8 27. fxe4 Re6 28. Rg3 Kg7 29. Rxh3 Qg6 30. Qf4 h5
31. Rxh5 Rxh5 32. gxh5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.19"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Fabian Brinkmann"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
dxc4 7. d5 Ne5 8. Qd4 h6 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bxc4 Nxf4 11. Qxf4 g5
12. Qd2 Bg7 13. Nge2 Bd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bb3 Rfd8
17. Ng3 Ng4 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Qe4 Qd6 20. f4 gxf4 21. Qxf4 Qf6
22. Qe4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qg6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Ng4 26. Rdf1
Nf6 27. Qe2 a6 28. R1f3 Rd6 29. h3 Re8 30. Bc2 Nd7 31. R5f4
Qg5 32. Rg4 Qc1+ 33. Rf1 Qxb2 34. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniele Vocaturo"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Ne4
7. d4 d5 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. e3 Re8 11. Qe2 Nxd2
12. Qxd2 Be4 13. Rac1 e5 14. Rfd1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4
Qe7 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nf6 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Qc5 Qxc5
21. Rxc5 Rad8 22. Rcc1 Rd7 23. Rd4 Red8 24. Nf3 f6 25. g4 Nc7
26. Kf1 Ne6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Nd2 Rd5 30. Ne4 Ke7
31. f4 f5 32. Nf2 g5 33. gxf5 Rxf5 34. fxg5 Rxg5 35. Rc4 Ra5
36. a4 Rh5 37. h3 Nc5 38. Rg4 Rf5 39. Ne4 Nxb3 40. Rg7+ Rf7
41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Nxb7 Kd5 44. Kd3 Nc1+ 45. Kd2
Na2 46. Kd3 Nc1+ 47. Kd2 Na2 48. Kd3 Nc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ildar Khairullin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 a6
7. h3 h6 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne2 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. c3 b5 12. Bb3
Bb6 13. a4 Bb7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Be3 Bxe3
17. fxe3 c5 18. Nd2 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4
22. Nxc4 Qe7 23. Qf3 Qe6 24. Qf5 Qd5 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rd2 Re8
27. Qf1 Rd8 28. Rf2 Qe6 29. Rd2 Ne7 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. dxe4 Rxd2
32. Nxd2 Qd7 33. Nb3 Ng6 34. Qe2 Qa4 35. Nxc5 Qb4 36. Nd3 Qxe4
37. Nf2 Qb4 38. Kh2 e4 39. Qc2 Qb8+ 40. Kg1 f5 41. Nd1 Kh7
42. Qf2 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Matej Sebenik"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5
7. Nbd2 e6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Nf1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ng3 Bg6
12. O-O O-O 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Be3 Qa5
17. Qd1 Bc5 18. Qf3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 b6 21. Rd4 Qc5
22. Rad1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 e5 24. Qf3 Re8 25. Rd2 h5 26. Nf1 a5
27. Ne3 b5 28. a3 b4 29. cxb4 axb4 30. a4 Bd3 31. Nd5 Nxd5
32. Qxd3 Nf6 33. Qc4 Qe7 34. Qc6 e4 35. Qd6 Qa7 36. Qd4 Qc7
37. Bc4 e3 38. fxe3 Qg3 39. Re2 Re4 40. Qd3 Qc7 41. b3 Qb6
42. Kh1 h4 43. Rd2 Qc5 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Bd3 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qe1
47. Rd1 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Qf2 49. Qd4 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bjorn Moller Ochsner"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3
e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8. Bd2 a5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. O-O-O O-O
12. g4 d6 13. g5 Ne8 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Qe3 Be6 16. Nc4 b5
17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 b4 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. axb4
axb4 22. Bxe5 Qxh1 23. Bd3 Qg2 24. Bg3 Qc6 25. Qe7 Rb7 26. Qe2
Ra7 27. Qh5 g6 28. Qg4 Qc5 29. Kd2 Ng7 30. Ke1 Nh5 31. Kf1 Re8
32. b3 Nxg3+ 33. Qxg3 Qd4 34. Kg2 Re5 35. h4 Ra1 36. Rxa1 Qxa1
37. Qf4 Qa8+ 38. Kg3 Qb7 39. Bc4 Rf5 40. Qe3 Re5 41. Qf4 Qe7
42. Bd3 d5 43. Qd4 Qd6 44. Kg2 Re1 45. Qg4 d4 46. Qf3 Re5
47. Qf4 Re6 48. Qg4 Qd5+ 49. f3 Qe5 50. Be4 h5 51. Qg3 Qc5
52. Qf4 Qc3 53. Kh3 Qe3 54. Qb8+ Kg7 55. Qb7 Qf4 56. Qd5 Qe5
57. Qxe5+ Rxe5 58. Bd3 Re3 59. Kg2 Kf8 60. Kg3 Ke7 61. Kg2 Kd6
62. f4 Kd5 63. f5 gxf5 64. Bc4+ Ke5 65. Bxf7 Re2+ 66. Kf3 Rxc2
67. Bxh5 Rc3+ 68. Ke2 Rh3 69. g6 Kf6 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6
12. Qd3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. b3 b5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 e6
17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. Nc2
Qc7 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. Bf4 Qb6+ 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Bf4
Qb6+ 27. Be3 Qc7 28. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6
12. Qd3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. b3 b5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 e6
17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. Nc2
Qc7 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. Bf4 Qb6+ 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Bf4
Qb6+ 27. Be3 Qc7 28. Bf4 Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.17"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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
Bb6 13. h3 d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4
17. Qxd8 Bxd8 18. Bf4 Bc7 19. Bxe4 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rfe1
g6 22. f4 Re8 23. Bc2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Be6 25. a3 Rd8 26. Rd1
Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 c5 28. Kf2 f5 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. h4 Kf6 31. Bf3 b6
32. g3 h6 33. Bc6 g5 34. hxg5+ hxg5 35. Bf3 Bf7 36. Be2 Be6
37. Bf3 Bf7 38. Be2 Be6 39. Bf3 Bf7 40. Be2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ferenc Berkes"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. h3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Bxd7 Nxf3+
12. Nxf3 Qxd7 13. e5 Nd5 14. c4 Nb6 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. b3 Qd3
17. Qxd3 Rxd3 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 h6 21. g4 Rc7
22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Re8 g5 24. Kg2 e6 25. h4 gxh4 26. Kh3 Nc8
27. Kxh4 Kg6 28. Kg3 Kh7 29. Kh4 Kg6 30. Kg3 Kh7 31. Kf4 Ne7
32. Ke4 Ng6 33. Rd8 b6 34. Rd1 Kg8 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Bd2 Ne7
37. Bc3 Nc6 38. Rd1 Nb8 39. Rd8 Nc6 40. Rd1 Nb8 41. Nh4 Rd7
42. Rh1 a6 43. f4 b5 44. Nf3 Nc6 45. f5 Kg8 46. Rg1 b4 47. Bb2
a5 48. f6 Bf8 49. Bc1 a4 50. Be3 Na5 51. Nd2 Nc6 52. Nf3 Na5
53. g5 axb3 54. gxh6+ Kh8 55. axb3 Nxb3 56. Rb1 Na5 57. Ra1
Nc6 58. Ra6 Nd8 59. Ra8 b3 60. Rb8 Kh7 61. Ng5+ Kh8 62. Nxf7+
Nxf7 63. Rxf8+ Kh7 64. Rb8 Ra7 65. Rxb3 Ra4 66. Rc3 Ra1
67. Rc1 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Rainer Buhmann"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. N2f3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 O-O 9. c4 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nf6
11. O-O-O a6 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Qc3 Bb7 15. Kb1 bxc4
16. Qxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxc4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rd6 Be4+ 20. Bd3
Bxf3 21. gxf3 a5 22. Rc1 g6 23. Rc5 Rfc8 24. Rb5 Ra7 25. a3
Kg7 26. Rd4 h5 27. h4 Nd7 28. Be4 Rcc7 29. Bc2 Kf6 30. Rf4+
Ke7 31. Rd4 Rc8 32. Be4 Rcc7 33. Bc2 Rc8 34. Be4 Kf6 35. Rd2
Ne5 36. Re2 Rd8 37. Ka2 Rd4 38. Rc2 Nc4 39. Re2 Nd6 40. Rb3
Nf5 41. Rd3 Rxd3 42. Bxd3 Nxh4 43. Re4 g5 44. Ra4 Nxf3 45. Be2
g4 46. b4 Nd4 47. Bf1 Rc7 48. bxa5 Rc2+ 49. Kb1 Rxf2 50. Ba6
Nb3 51. Bb7 Nc5 52. Rc4 Nxb7 53. a6 g3 54. axb7 g2 55. b8=Q
g1=Q+ 56. Rc1 Qg6+ 57. Ka1 Kg7 58. a4 h4 59. Qb6 Qf6+ 60. Kb1
Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Samuel Sevian"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6
7. O-O d6 8. d4 Bd7 9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 a6 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. exd4
b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Kh1 b4 17. Nce2
Qa6 18. Rad1 Bb5 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Nd4 Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5
22. Nc6 e6 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Ra1 h5 25. Rfe1 Qd6 26. Qe2 Qc6
27. Kg1 Nc3 28. Bxc3 bxc3 29. Rac1 f5 30. Qe3 e4 31. Red1 Ra8
32. Rc2 Ra5 33. Rd4 Rd5 34. Rc4 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5 36. R4xc3
Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Qe5 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Qa7+ Kh6 40. Qe3+ g5 41. h4
f4 42. hxg5+ Qxg5 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Qxe4+ Qf5 45. Qxf5+ exf5
46. gxf4 Rb1 47. Rg8+ Kf6 48. Rb8 Ke6 49. Rb5 h4 50. a4 Kd6
51. a5 Kc6 52. Rb4 Kc5 53. Ra4 h3+ 54. Kh2 Rxb3 55. a6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.17"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nijat Abasov"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. f3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 e5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bc4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 O-O
12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Qb3 Be7 14. Rd1 b5 15. a4 bxc4 16. Qxb7 Nc5
17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qb1 Nd3+ 20. Rxd3 Rb8 21. Qc2 cxd3
22. Qxd3 f5 23. Bf4 fxe4 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Bxb8 Qxb8 26. f4 Bd6
27. g3 g5 28. f5 Rxf5+ 29. Kg1 Rf3 30. Rc1 Qb2 31. d5 e3
32. Qd4+ Qxd4 33. Nxd4 Rf2 34. Rc6 Be5 35. d6 Bxd4 36. d7 Rf8
37. Rc8 e2+ 38. Kg2 e1=Q 39. Rxf8+ Kg7 40. d8=Q Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.18"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Miguoel Admiraal"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "189"]

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 Qc7
12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. c4
Rhe8 17. Bc3 Bb6 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Kb1 c5 20. Qe2 cxd4 21. Nxd4
Rd7 22. Nb3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. g4 Ne8
26. Kc2 Qd7 27. f3 Qc6 28. Nc1 Bd8 29. b3 Bf6 30. Nd3 Bxc3
31. Kxc3 Nd6 32. Qe5 Ne8 33. Qe3 Nd6 34. a4 b6 35. Qe5 Ne8
36. Qb5 Qxb5 37. axb5 Nc7 38. Nb4 f6 39. f4 Kd7 40. Nc6 a5
41. b4 axb4+ 42. Kxb4 Kd6 43. Nd4 Kd7 44. f5 e5 45. Nb3 Ne8
46. Nd2 Kc7 47. c5 bxc5+ 48. Kxc5 Nd6 49. b6+ Kd7 50. Kd5 Nc8
51. Nc4 Ne7+ 52. Kc5 Nc6 53. Nd6 Nb8 54. Kd5 Na6 55. Ne4 Nb4+
56. Kc4 Nc6 57. Nc5+ Kd6 58. Ne4+ Kd7 59. Nc3 Na5+ 60. Kb5 Nb7
61. Ne4 Nd8 62. Nc5+ Kd6 63. Ne6 Nb7 64. Nxg7 e4 65. Kc4 Ke5
66. Ne6 Nd6+ 67. Kc3 Nb7 68. Kd2 Nd6 69. Ke2 Nb7 70. Kf2 Nd6
71. Nd8 Kf4 72. Nf7 e3+ 73. Ke1 Nb7 74. Ke2 Kxg4 75. Kxe3 Kxf5
76. Kd4 Kg4 77. Kd5 Kxh5 78. Nd6 Nd8 79. Nf7 Nb7 80. Kc6 Na5+
81. Kb5 Nb7 82. Kc6 Na5+ 83. Kc7 f5 84. Nd6 f4 85. Nc4 f3
86. Nxa5 f2 87. b7 f1=Q 88. b8=Q Qf4+ 89. Kc8 Qf5+ 90. Kb7
Qb5+ 91. Kc8 Qxa5 92. Qh2+ Kg6 93. Qd6+ Kg5 94. Qg3+ Kf6
95. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Benjamin Bok"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
a5 7. Qc2 d5 8. Bg5 a4 9. e3 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Ne4
12. Qxa5 Rxa5 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nd4 Nexc5 16. Rc1
Re8 17. Bb5 Nb3 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Nxb3 axb3 20. Kd2 Bf5
21. Rc7 Rb5 22. Rhc1 Bc2 23. Be5 h6 24. Bd4 Ra8 25. Ra1 Bg6
26. f3 Ra4 27. Kc3 Bc2 28. g4 Ra8 29. h4 Kf8 30. Kd2 Kg8
31. Rg1 Ra6 32. Kc3 Ra4 33. Ra1 Ra6 34. Kd2 Ra8 35. Rxc2 bxc2
36. b4 Rc8 37. Kc1 Rc4 38. Ra2 h5 39. Rxc2 g5 40. Bf6 gxh4
41. Bxh4 hxg4 42. fxg4 f5 43. Rxc4 dxc4 44. gxf5 Rxf5 45. a4
Rd5 46. Bf6 Rd3 47. Bd4 Kf7 48. Kc2 Ke6 49. a5 Kd5 50. Bb6 Kc6
51. Bc5 Rb3 52. Kd2 Kb5 53. Kc2 Rd3 54. Kb2 Rd2+ 55. Kc3 Ra2
56. e4 Re2 57. Kd4 Rd2+ 58. Kc3 Rd3+ 59. Kb2 Kc6 60. Kc2 Rg3
61. Kd2 Rh3 62. Kc2 Rh4 63. e5 Kd5 64. Bg1 Rg4 65. Bc5 Rg2+
66. Kc3 Rg3+ 67. Kc2 Rb3 68. Bd6 Ra3 69. Bc7 Kd4 70. b5 c3
71. a6 bxa6 72. b6 Ra2+ 73. Kc1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.20"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5
12. Qe2 Bd6 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Ra7 15. Nd1 c5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5
17. Qxe5 Bc6 18. Qxc5 Bxg2 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Kxg2 Rxc2 21. Ne3
Rc6 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. Rd8+ Ke7
26. Ra8 Nd5 27. Nxd5+ exd5 28. Kf3 Ke6 29. Ke3 h5 30. Kd4 Rb6
31. f4 g6 32. Kc5 Rd6 33. Re8+ Kd7 34. Re2 d4 35. Rd2 d3
36. b4 h4 37. a4 h3 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 Kc7 40. Kc4 Kb6
41. Rxd3 Re6 42. Rd2 Re4+ 43. Kd3 Re1 44. Rb2 Rg1 45. Ke3 f5
46. Kf3 Rf1+ 47. Ke2 Rh1 48. Ke3 Rg1 49. Rd2 Re1+ 50. Kf3 Rf1+
51. Rf2 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.22"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anne Haast"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. Be2
Ne7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nd2 a5 9. e5 d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nc4 Be6
12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bf3 Bd5 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Bd2 a4 16. a3 Ng6
17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qg3 Qc6 20. c3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8
22. f4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 dxc3 24. bxc3 Qc5+ 25. Kf1 Qxa3 26. f5
Nf8 27. f6 Qd6 28. fxg7 Qxd3+ 29. Kg1 Ne6 30. Bh6 a3 31. Qc1
Qa6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.23"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Mikhail Antipov"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 exd5 6. Qf3
Qe7+ 7. Nge2 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nc6 9. f3 h6 10. Bd2 a5 11. O-O-O
Nb4 12. Qb3 c5 13. dxc5 O-O 14. a3 Na6 15. Qe3 Be6 16. Bxa5
Rfc8 17. Nd4 Rxc5 18. Bc3 Rac8 19. Bxa6 Rxc3 20. Bd3 R3c5
21. Rhe1 Qc7 22. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.24"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3
Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Ne4 8. Rd1 O-O 9. e3 Bd7 10. Qc2 Be8 11. b4 a6
12. Rc1 f5 13. b5 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 axb5 15. cxb5 Ne7 16. Rc3 c6
17. bxc6 Nxc6 18. Be2 Na5 19. Qb2 b5 20. Bxb5 Qb6 21. a4 Nc4
22. Qc1 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Erwin L'Ami"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. d4 Ba7 12. h3
Be6 13. Re1 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Qb3 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5
17. Qxd5 c6 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qc2 Rae8 20. Rad1 d5 21. exd5 cxd5
22. Re5 Rd8 23. Rde1 Bb8 24. R5e2 Bd6 25. Qf5 Qb5 26. a3 Rc8
27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Baskaran Adhiban"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. c3 Nc6
7. Nd2 Bg4 8. Ngf3 e6 9. Qa4 c4 10. Bb1 Bd6 11. Bg5 O-O
12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 Rb8 14. b4 b5 15. Qd1 a5 16. a3 Ra8
17. Bc2 e5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Ne4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Bxe4
dxe4 22. Nd2 axb4 23. axb4 f5 24. d5 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Nd8 26. f3
exf3 27. Nxf3 Nf7 28. Qa6 Qd7 29. Qe6 Rd8 30. e4 fxe4 31. Rxe4
Qxd5 32. Rxe5 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Kf8 34. Nd4 Rd5 35. Rc6 Ke7
36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. Rb7 Nd6 38. Rd7 Rxd4 39. cxd4 Ke6 40. Rc7 Ne4
41. Kf1 Kd6 42. Rc8 Kd5 43. Rd8+ Kc6 44. d5+ Kc7 45. Re8 Nc3
46. Re7+ Kd6 47. Rxg7 Na2 48. Ke2 Nxb4 49. Rxh7 Nxd5 50. h4 b4
51. h5 b3 52. Rb7 Nf4+ 53. Ke3 Nxh5 54. Kd4 Nf4 55. g4 Nd3
56. g5 Kc6 57. Rb8 Kc7 58. Rb5 Nf4 59. Kxc4 Kd6 60. g6 Ne6
61. Rxb3 Ke7 62. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.29"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Jorden van Foreest"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6
7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Nb8
12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Qf3 Nge7 15. Nf4 g6 16. Nh3 Ng8
17. O-O Na5 18. a4 Nc4 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Qf4 Nb2 21. Re1 Nc4
22. Ra2 Rb8 23. f3 Rh7 24. g4 b5 25. axb5 Rxb5 26. Qg3 c5
27. gxh5 Rxh5 28. Nf4 Rh8 29. h5 gxh5 30. Kf2 cxd4 31. cxd4
Qa7 32. c3 Ne7 33. Qh3 h4 34. Bf6 Rg8 35. Qxh4 Rb3 36. Ne2 Nf5
37. Qh7 Rf8 38. Rg1 Kd7 39. Rg5 Qb6 40. Rxf5 exf5 41. Qxf5+
Qe6 42. Qh7 Qb6 43. Qg7 Ke8 44. Ra1 Qb8 45. Rh1 Kd7 46. e6+
Kc6 47. Be5 Nxe5 48. dxe5 Rb2 49. exf7 Qa7+ 50. Kg3 Qxf7
51. Nd4+ Kb7 52. Qxf7+ Rxf7 53. e6 Rf8 54. f4 a4 55. Ra1 Ra8
56. f5 Kc7 57. f6 Kd6 58. Re1 Rbb8 59. Nf5+ Kc6 60. e7 Kd7
61. f7 a3 62. Ng7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.30"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5
a6 7. Bc4 exd5 8. Bb3 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Nc6 11. Nf3
Bg4 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Ned4 Bb4+ 14. c3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxd4
16. Bxd4 Rhe8+ 17. Kf1 Bd6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rd1 Be5 20. Rxd5
Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Rd8 22. c4 Bxb2 23. Rg1 h6 24. Rg4 b5 25. Bxf7
Rd4 26. Rg8+ Kc7 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Rg6 Rh4 29. Kg2 Be5 30. h3
Kd6 31. f4 Rxf4 32. Rxh6 Bd4 33. f3 Be5 34. h4 Rd4 35. Kh3 Rd3
36. Kg4 Rd4+ 37. Kh3 Rd3 38. Kg4 Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[EventDate "2016.01.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nino Batsiashvili"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 c5 5. Qe2+ Be7 6. Bb5+
Nc6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxe7 Ngxe7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. dxc5 Bg4 11. Nbd2
Nd4 12. Qd3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bf5 14. Qc3 d4 15. Qb3 Rc8
16. O-O-O Rxc5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Ng6 19. Rd2 Qg5 20. h4
Qf4 21. Rhd1 Nxh4 22. Kb1 Nf3 23. Re2 h5 24. a4 h4 25. Bd7 Rd8
26. Bh3 b6 27. Bg2 Ne5 28. Qh3 g6 29. Red2 Kg7 30. Re2 Rc4
31. Qb3 Rd6 32. Red2 a5 33. c3 dxc3 34. Rxd6 c2+ 35. Qxc2 Rxc2
36. Kxc2 Nc4 0-1

