[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.17"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Tahbaz, Arash"] [Black "Rasulov, Vu"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2435"] [BlackElo "2500"] [ECO "A07"] [Opening "Reti"] [Variation "King's Indian attack, Pachman system"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "12528846"] [BlackFideId "13402390"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. c4 c6 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Be6 10. Nc3 f6 11. b3 Na6 12. Be3 Kf7 13. Bf1 h5 14. Nd2 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. a3 h4 17. b4 hxg3 18. hxg3 Nc7 19. c5 Rah8 20. f3 Kg7 21. Kf2 Rh2+ 22. Ke3 g5 23. g4 Ng6 24. Nc4 Nf4 25. Nd6 Rb2 26. Rab1 Rc2 27. Rbc1 Rb2 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Rbc1 Rhh2 30. Nxb7 Rb2 31. Rb1 Rbc2 32. Rbc1 Rb2 33. Rb1 Rbc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.17"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Pour Agha Bala, Amirreza"] [Black "Noroozi, O"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2260"] [ECO "B87"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "12572896"] [BlackFideId "12501190"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. g4 Nd7 13. Kb1 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Qa5 15. a3 Rac8 16. Rhd1 Ne5 17. Na2 Qc7 18. Nc3 Qa5 19. f4 Nc6 20. R4d2 b4 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. f5 Bf6 23. Bd4 Bg5 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Be3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Na2 27. Bxa2 Bxe4 28. Kb2 Rf3 29. Qc4 d5 30. Qc8+ Kf7 31. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.17"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Omidi, Arya"] [Black "Shahinyan, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackTitle "CM"] [WhiteElo "2320"] [BlackElo "2207"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti opening"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "12508780"] [BlackFideId "13314599"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Ne1 Qc7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nf3 d6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. Rae1 b5 15. b3 e6 16. Ne2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 bxa4 18. bxa4 Bc6 19. a5 Rab8 20. d4 Bb5 21. Rf2 Bxe2 22. Rfxe2 cxd4 23. Bxd4 e5 24. Ba1 Rb5 25. Kg2 Rxa5 26. Bc3 Rb5 27. Rd1 Nb6 28. Bb4 Nc4 29. Bxd6 Qb6 30. Qd3 Nb2 31. Qd2 Rd8 0-1

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.18"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Shahinyan, Vladimir"] [Black "Rasulov, Vu"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2207"] [BlackElo "2500"] [ECO "C47"] [Opening "Four knights"] [Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "13314599"] [BlackFideId "13402390"] 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 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd5 13. Qe1 Bg6 14. Rd1 c6 15. c4 Re8 16. Qf2 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Qd6 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Rxd5 Qa6 22. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.18"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Tahbaz, Arash"] [Black "Pour Agha Bala, Amirreza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [WhiteElo "2435"] [BlackElo "2475"] [ECO "C67"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez"] [Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "12528846"] [BlackFideId "12572896"] 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 "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.18"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Nguyen, Quoc Hy"] [Black "Babujian, L"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2417"] [BlackElo "2318"] [ECO "D80"] [Opening "Gruenfeld"] [Variation "Stockholm variation"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "12410853"] [BlackFideId "13301993"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e4 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nxd5 Bg7 11. Qf3 Bxd4 12. Rd1 Bxb2 13. Qb3 Bg7 14. Qb5 Kf8 15. Qc4 Qc6 16. Qb4 Bf6 17. e5 Na6 18. Qa3 Bg5 19. Nf3 Rd8 20. Nxg5 Rxd5 21. O-O Rxe5 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. Nxf7 Rg8 24. Nxe5 Rxd8 25. Qe3 Qc5 26. Qg3 Rd5 27. Re1 Qb4 28. f4 Nc5 29. Qh4 Ne6 30. Nf3 Rh5 31. Qf2 Nxf4 32. Qxa7 Rc5 33. Qb8 Rf5 34. Qd8 Qxe1+ 35. Nxe1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.11"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Ghoreishi Amiri, Seyed Kian"] [Black "Bosiocic, Mari"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2020"] [BlackElo "2550"] [ECO "B13"] [Opening "Caro-Kann"] [Variation "exchange variation"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "36757527"] [BlackFideId "14507927"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Rasulov, Vu"] [Black "Damod, Sajjad"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2020"] [ECO "A37"] [Opening "English"] [Variation "symmetrical variation"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "13402390"] [BlackFideId "32769806"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. h4 h5 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. e4 d6 12. a3 Qd7 13. Bh3 Qc7 14. b4 Rae8 15. Rae1 Bc8 16. Bg2 e5 17. b5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Na2 f6 20. Bh6 Kh7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nb4 Bb7 23. f4 f5 24. Kh2 Rf7 25. a4 Ref8 26. Nd5 Qd8 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Qg5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Qd6 30. Rf2 Kh7 31. Kg1 Re7 32. a5 Rfe8 33. Kh2 Bc8 34. Qd2 Rf8 35. Kg1 Rfe8 36. Kh2 Rf8 37. Rb1 f4 38. Kg1 Ref7 39. Rbf1 Bg4 40. axb6 axb6 41. Qe1 Kg7 42. gxf4 exf4 43. Bf3 Re7 44. Qa1 Qf6 45. Bxg4 hxg4 46. Rxf4 Qxf4 47. Rxf4 Rxf4 48. d6 Re2 49. d7 Rf3 50. d8=Q Rc2 51. Qaxd4+ 1-0

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.11"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Ghayourifar, Ali"] [Black "Pour Agha Bala, Amirreza"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2020"] [BlackElo "2475"] [ECO "B06"] [Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "22568840"] [BlackFideId "12572896"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. a4 f5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Re1 Qg6 16. Bh4 e4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Nb6 19. a5 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Be6 21. d5 Bg8 22. Rc1 Qh6 23. Be7 Rfe8 24. d6 cxd6 25. Qxd6 Qg6 26. Red1 Rac8 27. b3 Rc6 28. Qd7 Rec8 29. Qxb7 f4 30. Rd6 Rxd6 31. Qxc8 Re6 32. Bb4 e3 33. fxe3 f3 34. g4 Qh6 35. Kh2 Rxe3 36. Rc2 Qf4+ 37. Kh1 Rxb3 38. Be1 Rb1 0-1

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.12"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Baghaei, Mehrad"] [Black "Rasulov, Vu"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2116"] [BlackElo "2500"] [ECO "A10"] [Opening "English opening"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "22596062"] [BlackFideId "13402390"] 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. e4 d6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe1 Rc8 13. Qf2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Bd8 16. Kh1 Ne5 17. b3 Re8 18. Bf1 h5 19. h3 Ng6 20. Nde2 Ba8 21. Nf4 Ne5 22. Nd3 Ned7 23. Bf4 Bc7 24. Qg3 Bb7 25. Nf2 Ne5 26. Bg5 Nh7 27. Bf4 Rcd8 28. Be3 Ng6 29. f4 h4 30. Qf3 d5 31. cxd5 exd5 32. Nxd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. exd5 Rxe3 35. Qxe3 Bxf4 36. Qc3 Bxc1 37. Qxc1 Nf6 38. Qd2 Qd6 39. a4 a5 40. Bc4 Nf4 41. Qd4 g5 42. Ne4 Nxe4 43. Qxe4 Kg7 44. Qe3 Qf6 45. Qf3 Qe5 46. Qg4 Kf6 47. Qf3 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Ke5 49. d6 Kxd6 50. Bxf7 Qe5 51. Kh1 Ne2 52. Qd3+ Ke7 53. Bg6 Ng3+ 54. Kh2 Kf6 55. Bh7 Ne2+ 56. Kh1 Qa1+ 57. Qb1 Qxb1+ 58. Bxb1 Nd4 59. Kg1 Nxb3 60. Kf2 Ke5 61. Ke3 Nd4 62. Bd3 Ne6 63. Kf3 Nc5 64. Bb5 Ne4 65. Kg4 Kf6 66. Bc6 Nd6 67. Kf3 Ke5 68. Kg4 b5 69. axb5 a4 70. b6 a3 71. b7 Nxb7 0-1

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.12"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Pour Agha Bala, Amirreza"] [Black "Zahmati, Sobhan"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2107"] [ECO "D00"] [Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "12572896"] [BlackFideId "22506985"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 c6 6. Qf3 Qb6 7. b3 a5 8. a3 Be6 9. Ne2 a4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Nbc3 Nd7 12. e4 Nb6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 b5 15. Rc1 Nb6 16. N2g3 O-O-O 17. c3 Bf4 18. Rc2 Rhe8 19. O-O Bxg3 20. hxg3 Bd5 21. Qg4+ Kb8 22. Nc5 Ka7 23. Qxg7 Qd6 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Re2 Rde8 26. Rfe1 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Nc8 28. Qxh7 Rg5 29. Qh8 Kb8 30. Re8 1-0

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.12"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Riahi, Arvin"] [Black "Hayrapetyan, Ho"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2100"] [BlackElo "2442"] [ECO "D38"] [Opening "QGD"] [Variation "Ragozin variation"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "22564489"] [BlackFideId "13302639"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Rc1 h5 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. f3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qd6 16. Kf2 h4 17. Rh3 hxg3+ 18. Rxg3 O-O-O 19. e3 Rde8 20. Bb5 Qe7 21. Re1 Rh6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Qxa7 Ra6 24. Qc5 Rxa2+ 25. Kg1 Qxc5 26. dxc5 f6 27. Rd1 c6 28. f4 Ra3 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. Rxg5 Rxc3 31. Rg7 Rcxe3 32. Rf1 R3e7 33. Rg4 Kc7 34. Ra1 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kf2 Rc1 37. Rg7+ Kb8 38. g4 Rxc5 39. g5 d4 40. Ke2 Rf5 41. g6 Rg5 42. Kd3 Rg4 43. Kc4 Ka7 44. Rg8 Kb6 45. Rg7 c5 46. Rg8 Rg3 47. g7 d3 48. Kc3 Kb5 0-1

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.13"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Rasulov, Vu"] [Black "Jahedi, Mani"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2186"] [ECO "D35"] [Opening "QGD"] [Variation "exchange, positional line"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "13402390"] [BlackFideId "12572500"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Qf3 c6 10. h3 Re8 11. Nge2 Qe7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Ng3 Nf8 14. Rad1 Bxf4 15. exf4 Bd7 16. a3 Qd6 17. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Ne6 19. Nce2 Re8 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Nf5 Nf8 22. Ne3 Ne4 23. f5 Nh7 24. Qf4 Qb6 25. b4 Bc8 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Qd6 Nf6 28. Ng3 Re8 29. Ng4 Nxg4 30. hxg4 Qd8 31. Qxd8 Rxd8 32. f3 f6 33. Re1 Kf7 34. Nh5 Rd7 35. Kf2 Rc7 36. Nf4 Re7 37. Rc1 Bd7 38. a4 Re8 39. Rc3 Ke7 40. a5 Kd6 41. Nh5 Re7 42. Re3 Rf7 43. Ke2 Kc7 44. Nf4 Kd6 45. Ng6 Kc7 46. Kf2 Kd8 47. Kg3 Be8 48. Nf4 Re7 49. Ne6+ Kc8 50. Rc3 Bd7 51. Nf4 Kd8 52. Kf2 Be8 53. Ne6+ Kc8 54. b5 Bd7 55. Nf4 Kb8 56. b6 Be8 57. Re3 Rxe3 58. Kxe3 axb6 59. axb6 Bf7 60. Kd3 Kc8 61. Kc3 Kd7 62. Kb4 Be8 63. Ne6 Kc8 64. Nxg7 Bf7 65. Ne6 Bxe6 66. fxe6 Kd8 67. f4 Ke7 68. f5 Kd6 69. g3 Ke7 70. Kc5 Ke8 71. Kd6 1-0

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.13"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Khademi, M"] [Black "Pour Agha Bala, Amirreza"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [WhiteElo "2116"] [BlackElo "2475"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Benko's opening"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "12503550"] [BlackFideId "12572896"] 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. e4 d4 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. Ndf3 g6 11. h3 Be6 12. Qd2 h6 13. a3 Nd7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. c3 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nb6 20. Rfc1 Kb8 21. Ra3 Rd7 22. Qa1 Rhd8 23. Bf1 Qd6 24. Rb1 Nc8 25. Rb5 g5 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 f6 28. Nd2 Nd4 29. Rb2 h5 30. Bg2 g4 31. Nc4 Qe7 32. Be4 Rc7 33. Na5 Rdd7 34. Ra4 Qd6 35. Nc4 Qe7 36. Rba2 Nb3 37. Qe1 Nc5 38. R4a3 Rd4 39. Nd2 Qd7 40. Qe3 Qb5 41. Kh2 a6 42. Qh6 Nxe4 43. Nxe4 Rxe4 44. dxe4 Qf1 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Ra1 Qxf2+ 47. Kh1 Nd6 48. Qf8+ Nc8 49. Qh8 Ka7 50. Qh2 Qxh2+ 51. Kxh2 Nd6 52. Rd1 Nxe4 53. Rd8 Rc6 54. Rg8 Nd6 55. Rxg4 Nxf5 56. Rg6 b5 57. Rf3 Nd4 58. Rfxf6 Rxf6 59. Rxf6 b4 60. g4 e4 61. Kg3 b3 62. Rf1 e3 63. Rb1 a5 64. g5 a4 65. Ra1 Nc2 66. Rxa4+ Kb6 67. g6 b2 68. Ra8 e2 69. Re8 Ne3 70. Rxe3 b1=Q 71. Rxe2 Qxg6+ 72. Kf4 Kc5 73. Re4 Kd5 74. Re5+ Kd4 75. Rg5 Qf6+ 76. Kg4 Ke4 77. Kh5 Kf3 78. Rg3+ Kf2 79. Rg5 Qf7+ 80. Kh4 Qf8 81. Kg4 Qc8+ 82. Kf4 Qc4+ 83. Ke5 Kf3 84. Rf5+ Ke3 85. Kf6 Qd4+ 86. Kg5 Qg7+ 87. Kh5 Ke4 88. Rg5 Qh7+ 89. Kg4 Qh2 90. Rg6 Qg2+ 91. Kh5 Qh3+ 92. Kg5 Ke5 93. Rg7 Qg3+ 94. Kh6 Qh4+ 95. Kg6 Ke6 96. Rg8 Qg4+ 97. Kh7 Qh5+ 98. Kg7 Ke7 99. Ra8 Qg4+ 100. Kh6 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.13"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Hayrapetyan, Ho"] [Black "Hojjatinejad, Ilia"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2442"] [BlackElo "2166"] [ECO "A67"] [Opening "Benoni"] [Variation "Taimanov variation"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "13302639"] [BlackFideId "22549986"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Be2 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qd8 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Na6 13. Kg2 Nc7 14. a4 a6 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Nc4 b5 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19. axb5 axb5 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nd7 22. e6 fxe6 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. d6 Ne8 25. Ne4 Nxd6 26. Nxd6 Qc6+ 27. Ne4 Qxe4+ 28. Bf3 Qd4 29. Qe2 Qc4 30. Ra7 Qxe2+ 31. Bxe2 Nf6 32. Bf4 e5 33. Bg5 Ne4 34. Be3 c4 35. Rc7 Nd6 36. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.14"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"] [Black "Rasulov, Vu"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2415"] [BlackElo "2500"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti opening"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "12519278"] [BlackFideId "13402390"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. c4 O-O 10. Nb3 Ng4 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. c5 Qa6 13. Bf4 Rb4 14. Rfc1 Ne5 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Bc3 d5 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Qa4 21. Qc3+ Nf6 22. Bc2 Qb4 23. Qe5 Bh3 24. a3 Qb7 25. Na5 Qa6 26. b4 Rbd8 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Qe1 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qc8 31. Nc4 Qe6 32. Ne5 Qa2 33. a4 Qa3 34. Nd3 Bf5 35. b5 Bxd3 36. Qxd3 Qxc5+ 37. Kg2 cxb5 38. axb5 Ng4 39. Kf3 Nxh2+ 40. Ke2 Ng4 41. Bb3 e5 42. Bxf7 exf4 43. gxf4 Kxf7 0-1

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.14"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Pour Agha Bala, Amirreza"] [Black "Farmanbar, Farshad"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2130"] [ECO "A08"] [Opening "Reti"] [Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "12572896"] [BlackFideId "36774154"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. h4 Rfc8 13. c3 a5 14. N1h2 Qd8 15. Bf4 b4 16. Ng5 Nf8 17. Ng4 Ng6 18. Nh3 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 a4 20. a3 Qa5 21. Rec1 bxc3 22. bxc3 Qc7 23. Nh5 Bf8 24. Re1 Kh8 25. Nh2 g6 26. Nf4 Bg7 27. Nf3 h6 28. Rac1 Na5 29. Qc2 Nb3 30. Rcd1 Rd8 31. Re2 Rab8 32. Rde1 Qa5 33. Nh2 d4 34. c4 Qc3 35. Qd1 Bc8 36. Rc2 Qa5 37. Ng4 Qc7 38. h5 g5 39. Nh3 Qe7 40. Rce2 Bd7 41. Rf1 Na5 42. f4 gxf4 43. Rxf4 Bc6 44. Ref2 Bxg2 45. Kxg2 Qb7+ 46. Kh2 Rd7 47. Qd2 Nb3 48. Qe1 Qc7 49. Nf6 Bxf6 50. Rxf6 Kg7 51. Qe4 Rg8 52. Nf4 Qb7 53. Nxe6+ fxe6 54. Qg6+ Kh8 55. Rf8 Rg7 56. Qxh6+ Rh7 57. Rxg8+ 1-0

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.14"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Omidi, Arya"] [Black "Babujian, L"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2320"] [BlackElo "2318"] [ECO "B48"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Taimanov variation"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "12508780"] [BlackFideId "13301993"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Ne2 Qxe4 11. Rg1 Qc4 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. O-O-O Nf6 16. f4 Rc8 17. f5 Nd5 18. g5 g6 19. Rde1 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Qd5 21. Rf1 Be7 22. f6 Bc5 23. Rd3 Qxa2 24. Nb3 O-O 25. Qf4 Rfd8 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. Qxb4 Rdc8 0-1

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.14"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Babujian, L"] [Black "Pour Agha Bala, Amirreza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2318"] [BlackElo "2475"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "13301993"] [BlackFideId "12572896"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. g4 Nc6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Ne2 Ne5 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. h5 Qc7 17. Kb1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Rh2 Rf8 20. g6 hxg6 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Qg2 e5 23. Qxg6+ Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Rxf7 25. Nf5 d5 26. Rh8+ Kd7 27. Rh7 Bf8 28. Bh6 Kc7 29. Bxg7 Bxg7 30. Rg1 dxe4 31. Rgxg7 Rxg7 32. Rxg7+ Kb6 33. fxe4 Bxe4 34. Ne3 Rh8 35. Kc1 Rh1+ 36. Kd2 Rh2+ 37. Kc3 Re2 38. Rg3 Kc5 39. a3 Kd6 40. b4 Ke6 41. Kb3 Kf6 42. c4 bxc4+ 43. Kxc4 Ke6 44. Rh3 Kf6 45. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.14"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Azadi, Amirmohammad"] [Black "Rasulov, Vu"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2246"] [BlackElo "2500"] [ECO "A13"] [Opening "English"] [Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "22510842"] [BlackFideId "13402390"] 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. d4 a6 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. Nc3 Qxd4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Be5 O-O 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. a4 Qc7 19. Rdc1 Qb6 20. Qc2 Rad8 21. Nc5 Bxc5 0-1

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.14"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Hayrapetyan, Ho"] [Black "Gerayeli, Kiarash"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2442"] [BlackElo "2083"] [ECO "D31"] [Opening "QGD"] [Variation "semi-Slav"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "13302639"] [BlackFideId "12556157"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. h3 Nd7 9. g4 Ndf6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 O-O 12. Rg1 Kh8 13. a3 a5 14. g5 Nxc3 15. gxf6 gxf6 16. c5 Be7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Bd2 a4 21. O-O-O Raa8 22. Rg2 Rg8 23. Rdg1 Rxg2 24. Rxg2 Rb8 25. Qd3 Qb7 26. Ba5 Bd8 27. Be1 Qa7 28. Qd1 Qa6 29. Qe2 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 Rb3 31. Bc3 Kg7 32. Rg2+ Kf7 33. Kc2 Be7 34. Rg1 Bf8 35. Rd1 e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Rf1 Ke6 38. dxe5 Bxc5 39. Kd3 Rb8 40. Rf4 Ra8 41. Rh4 Bf8 42. Rxh7 c5 43. Rb7 Ra6 44. h4 Rc6 45. Ra7 f4 46. exf4 d4 47. Ke4 1-0

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.15"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Rasulov, Vu"] [Black "Babujian, L"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2318"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian defence"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "13402390"] [BlackFideId "13301993"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 a6 6. Be3 c4 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Bd6 9. b3 Nge7 10. bxc4 dxc4 11. d5 Na5 12. Nd4 O-O 13. O-O b5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bc1 Nf5 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Rc8 18. Nd2 Qe7 19. Bh3 Qxe6 20. Nf3 Be5 21. Nh4 g6 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Qf3 Qc6 24. Qxf5 Kh8 25. Bh6 Rg8 26. Rad1 Rcd8 27. Rfe1 Qc7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bf4 Qe7 30. Rxe5 fxe5 31. Bg5 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Qb7+ 33. f3 Kg8 34. Qf6 Qg7 35. Be6+ Kh8 36. Qf5 1-0

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.15"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Pour Agha Bala, Amirreza"] [Black "Hayrapetyan, Ho"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2442"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "12572896"] [BlackFideId "13302639"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. a3 Ne5 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. h4 Nd7 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Qe2 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Nc4 20. Na2 a5 21. f4 Bd7 22. Nb3 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. f5 Na5 25. g6 fxg6 26. fxg6 Nxb3 27. Rxh7 Rf8 28. Rxg7 Ra8 29. Rf7 Rg8 30. Qf3 Rxa2 31. cxb3 Qa7 32. Qf6 Ra1+ 33. Kc2 Qc5+ 34. Kd2 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Qg1+ 36. Kd2 Qxg2+ 37. Kc1 Qh1+ 38. Kd2 Qg2+ 39. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.15"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Tahbaz, Arash"] [Black "Hojjatinejad, Ilia"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [WhiteElo "2435"] [BlackElo "2166"] [ECO "A34"] [Opening "English"] [Variation "symmetrical variation"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "12528846"] [BlackFideId "22549986"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 Rb8 8. O-O a6 9. Ne1 O-O 10. Nc2 Qd7 11. a4 b6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. b4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Na3 bxc4 17. b5 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. dxc4 f5 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Nc2 f4 22. Qd3 Bh3 23. Rfd1 fxg3 24. hxg3 Qg5 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Be7 27. Ne3 Rf4 28. Nd5 Rd4 29. Qe3 Rxc4 30. Qxg5 Bxg5 31. b6 Kg8 32. Rdb1 1-0

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.16"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Rasulov, Vu"] [Black "Pour Agha Bala, Amirreza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2475"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor"] [Variation "Improved Hanham variation"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "13402390"] [BlackFideId "12572896"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c6 8. a4 Re8 9. a5 Qc7 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Be3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. Bf1 Nfd7 14. Nh4 Nc5 15. f4 Ned7 16. Qf3 Ne6 17. Be3 g6 18. Qf2 Bg7 19. Nf3 Nec5 20. e5 Ne6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Bc4 Nf6 23. Ne5 Nd5 24. Rad1 Nec7 25. Ne4 Qd8 26. Bxa7 Bf5 27. Bb6 f6 28. Bb3 fxe5 29. c4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Qc8 31. cxd5 Nxd5 32. fxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Bxe5 34. Qc5 Kh8 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. Qxc8+ Rxc8 37. b4 Bd6 38. Rb1 Kg7 39. Kf1 Rc2 40. Be3 Ra2 41. Bb6 Kf6 42. b5 Ke6 43. Re1+ Kd7 44. Rd1 Ke6 45. Re1+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.16"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Nguyen, Quoc Hy"] [Black "Tahbaz, Arash"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [WhiteElo "2417"] [BlackElo "2435"] [ECO "E44"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian"] [Variation "Fischer variation, 5.Ne2"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "12410853"] [BlackFideId "12528846"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. h4 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 d5 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Qf6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bd3 f5 15. h5 h6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxc7 f4 18. Bb5 fxe3 19. f3 Rac8 20. Qg3 Rc2 21. Bc1 e5 22. Bd3 Rc3 23. Qg6 Nf6 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Bb2 Bf7 26. Bc4 Nd5 27. Qg4 Be6 28. Qg6 Bf7 29. Qg4 Be6 30. Qg6 Bf5 31. f4 Qxf4 32. Rf1 Qxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Bxg6 34. Bxc3 Nxc3 35. hxg6 e2 36. Bxe2 Re8 37. Kd2 Rxe2+ 38. Kxc3 Rxg2 39. Rd1 Rxg6 40. b4 b5 41. Rd7 a6 42. Kd4 h5 43. Ke5 h4 44. Kf5 Rh6 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Rd2 h3 47. Rh2 Rh5+ 48. Kg4 Kh6 49. Kf4 Rh4+ 50. Kg3 g5 51. Kf3 Kh5 52. Kg3 Rg4+ 53. Kf3 Kh4 54. Rd2 Rf4+ 55. Ke3 Kg3 56. Rd5 g4 0-1

[Event "21st Caspian Sea Cup 2025"] [Site "Bandar-e Anzali IRI"] [Date "2025.02.16"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Hayrapetyan, Ho"] [Black "Noroozi, O"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [WhiteElo "2442"] [BlackElo "2260"] [ECO "A41"] [Opening "Modern defence"] [EventDate "2025.02.11"] [WhiteFideId "13302639"] [BlackFideId "12501190"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 Bxf3 7. exf3 Nd4 8. Bg2 c5 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. b3 Kf8 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6+ Kg8 18. Qd2 Qh5 19. h4 a6 20. f4 e5 21. Qe3 Qf5 22. Ne2 Kg7 23. Rd2 Re8 24. Qd3 e4 25. Qc3 Qc5 26. Rcd1 Rcd8 27. Rd5 Qb4 28. Qb2 Ne7 29. a3 Qb6 30. g4 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 e3 32. f3 Qc7 33. g5 Kg8 34. gxf6 b5 35. Qc3 bxc4 36. bxc4 Rc8 37. Rd4 Qc5 38. Qd3 Rb8 39. Rd5 Qb6 40. Rxd6 Qa5 41. Kh2 Rb2 42. Kh3 Rd2 43. Rd5 Qb6 44. Qc3 Rxe2 45. f5 Rd2 46. Re5 Rxe5 47. Qxe5 Rd8 48. h5 Qd4 49. Qe7 gxh5 50. f4 Qd7 51. Kg3 Kh8 52. Bd5 h4+ 53. Kf3 h3 54. Kxe3 Re8 0-1