[Event "Aeroflot Open 2020 A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2020.02.19"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Sagar"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
Bb4 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Ne2 Qe7 11. Nf4 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Ba3 13. Qc1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Rfc8
15. c5 a5 16. a3 Ne8 17. Rfc1 Nc7 18. Nd2 Re8 19. e4 Nb5 20. e5 Qg5 21. Re1
Reb8 22. Re3 b6 23. Rc1 Qe7 24. Rg3 Rb7 25. a4 Nc7 26. cxb6 Rxb6 27. Qc3 Qf8
28. Nf4 g6 29. Qe3 Ne8 30. Rh3 Ng7 31. g4 f5 32. f3 (32. exf6 Nxf6 (32... Qxf6
33. Nd3)) 32... g5 33. Nh5 h6 34. Rf1 Rb4 35. Nxg7 Qxg7 36. f4 fxg4 37. Rg3 h5
38. f5 Rf8 39. f6 Qg6 40. Nf3 c5 41. Qxg5 Kf7 42. Qc1 Rg8 43. dxc5 h4 44. Nxh4
Qh5 45. c6 Nxe5 46. Qc5 Qxh4 47. Qe7+ Kg6 48. f7 1-0
[Event "Aeroflot Open 2020 A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be2 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. O-O c5 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14.
exd4 Nc6 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nd4 19. Bc4 Bf6 20.
b3 Rfd8 21. Ba6 Rc2 22. Rxc2 Nxc2 23. Bc4 Nb4 24. a4 Nc6 25. Rb1 g6 26. Kf1 Kg7
27. Be3 Nd4 28. Rc1 Nf5 29. Ke2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Aeroflot Open 2020 A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 g6 5. Qc2 Bg7 6. Bg5 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. e3 a6
9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. d5 b5 12. e4 b4 13. Nd1 e6 14. Ne3 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rfe8
16. Nd2 a5 17. Rde1 a4 18. Qb1 b3 19. a3 Ba6 20. Bf4 Re7 21. Bg5 Ree8 22. h4
exd5 23. exd5 h5 24. Bf4 Re7 25. Bg5 Rae8 26. Qc1 Ne5 27. Nb1 Ne4 28. Bf4 Qa5
29. f3 Nf6 30. Bg5 Ned7 31. Bd3 Nh7 32. Bxe7 Rxe7 33. Nc3 Bd4 34. Kh1 Qd8 35.
g3 Ne5 36. Bb1 Nxc4 37. Nxc4 Bxc4 38. Rxe7 Qxe7 39. Re1 Qd7 40. Kg2 Nf6 41. Ne2
Bxe2 42. Rxe2 Nxd5 43. Qg5 Nf6 44. Bd3 Kg7 45. Rd2 Qc6 46. Re2 c4 47. Bb1 Qc7
48. Qd2 Bc5 49. Qg5 Ba7 50. Re6 Qd8 51. Bxg6 fxg6 52. Qf4 d5 53. Qe5 Kf7 54.
Rc6 Bb8 55. Qe6+ Kg7 56. g4 hxg4 57. fxg4 d4 58. Kh3 g5 59. h5 d3 60. Qf5 d2
61. h6+ Kf7 62. Qe6+ Kg6 63. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Aeroflot Open 2020 A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Bc4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8
15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxf6 dxc4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. Rxe7 cxb3 22. Rxb7 bxa2 23. Rxa7 Rb6 24. Rxa2 Bd7 25. Nd5 Rb5 26. Rd1 Rb7
27. b4 Be6 28. Rb2 Rfb8 29. Nf4 Bf5 30. Rd4 h6 31. h4 g5 32. Ne2 Kg7 33. Ng3
Be6 34. Ne4 Rb5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Nc3 Rc5 37. bxc5 Rxb2 38. Ne4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 f6
40. Rd6 Kf7 41. Rd3 Rb4 42. f3 g4 43. Kg3 Ke7 44. Ra3 gxf3 45. gxf3 Bd7 46. Re3
Be6 47. f4 Rb2 48. Nd6 Kd7 49. Ne8 Rb3 50. Nxf6+ Kc6 51. Rxb3 Bxb3 52. Ne4 Bc2
53. Kf3 Kd5 54. Nf6+ Kxc5 55. Ke3 Kd6 56. Ne4+ Bxe4 57. Kxe4 Ke6 58. f5+ Kf6
1/2-1/2
[Event "Aeroflot Open 2020 A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Be7 8. g4
h6 9. Rg1 Nc6 10. h4 h5 11. gxh5 Nxh5 12. Bd2 d6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. a3 O-O-O 15.
b4 Kb8 16. b5 Na5 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. b6 axb6 20. Nxb6 Nc6 21. Rg5 d5
22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Bxh4 25. Nxh4 Rxh4 26. Bf3 Rh6 27. Rdb5
Bc8 28. Ba5 Nxa5 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 30. Rxa5 Rf6 31. Ke2 Kb8 32. Rab5 Rd7 33. a4
Rc7 34. Be4 Ka7 35. Ke1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Aeroflot Open 2020 A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2020.02.24"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. Nh4 b5 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nge7 14. b4 Qa3
15. Qc2 d4 16. cxd4 Qxb4+ 17. Qd2 a5 18. a4 f4 19. axb5 c3 20. Qd3 fxe3 21.
fxe3 Qb2 22. O-O Nb4 23. Qe4 O-O 24. Bc4 c2 25. Rac1 Rad8 26. Bd3 g6 27. b6
Ned5 28. Bc4 Qc3 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. b7 Rb8 31. e6 f5 32. Rxc2 Qxc2 33. Qxc2 Nxc2
34. c6 Rb5 35. d5 Kg7 36. d6 Kf6 37. d7 Rc5 38. Rd1 Rd8 39. e4 Ke7 40. exf5
gxf5 41. Rd5 0-1
[Event "Aeroflot Open 2020 A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2020.02.25"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. e3 Nd7 4. Nc3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
f5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 c6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. b3 $1 {The exclamation
is not for the move, because it's nearly the only move in the position. The
exclamation is for seeing a few moves ahead.} f4 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Bxc3
16. Qxc3 Rxf4 17. Rad1 $1 {The star move of the game. White has full
compensation for the missing piece.} (17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Rad1 Be6 $13) 17... Be6
$6 {What can be more natural than developing a piece?} (17... Rf7 18. c5 Nd7
19. Rd6 Nf8 20. Qe5 $1 $16) 18. c5 $1 Rh4 (18... Nd7 19. Rd6 $18 {Attacks the
bishop on e6 and also the rook on f4 is hanging.}) 19. Rd6 $1 Nd7 (19... Nbc8
20. Qf6 $1 Nxd6 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Qxh4 $18 {White is a pawn up, has the bishop
pair, and is clearly better.}) (19... Nec8 20. Qf6 $16) 20. f4 Bh3 21. Qc4+ Kf8
22. Bxh3 Rxh3 23. Qe6 Rxe3 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxd7 $18 {The technical phase of
the game is not too difficult for Aydin.} Rxe4 26. Qd3 Re6 27. Qd7 Re4 28. f5
$1 gxf5 (28... Nxf5 29. Rxf5+ $18) 29. Rxf5+ Kg7 30. Rg5+ Kf6 31. Rg3 b5 32.
Qd6+ Kf7 33. Qh6 1-0
[Event "Aeroflot Open 2020 A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2020.02.26"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 (5... c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 {
is one of the main ways to play here.}) 6. e3 Bf5 {An ambitious way to develop
your light squared bishop.} (6... O-O 7. Bd3) (6... c6 7. Bd3) 7. Qb3 {You can
bank on Parham to play in the most uncompromising way.} (7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 Be6
9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 $14) 7... Nc6 $1 {The right spirit of the
position. Black needs to give up a few pawns and focus on speedy development.}
(7... Qc8 $6 8. Nf3 $14 (8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Bb4+ $132)) 8. Qxb7 (8. g4 $1 {
This should have been played by Maghsoodloo.} Bxg4 (8... Nxg4 9. Qxd5 $1 {
White should be slightly better here. Kramnik chose} (9. Nxd5 $6 {was
Topalov's choice, but after} O-O $1 {It seems like Black is already doing
quite well. 0-1 (39) Topalov,V (2725)-Kasparov,G (2795) Linares 1997}) 9... Qc8
$5 10. Qg2 $14 {Aronian retreated the queen and later won the game.}) 9. Qxb7
Nb4 10. Rc1 {The bishop now is not so well placed on g4 and White can hope for
an opening edge.} Rb8 (10... Bf5 11. a3 Rb8 12. Qxa7 Nc2+ 13. Rxc2 Bxc2 14.
Bxc7 Ra8 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qb6 Qc8 17. Nge2 $16) 11. Qxc7 Qxc7 12. Bxc7 $14)
8... Nb4 9. Rc1 (9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Rc1 a6 11. Be2 Ne8 {The threat is Rb8 Qc8 and
Rb7 trapping the queen.} 12. a3 Rb8 13. Qa7 Ra8 $11) 9... O-O 10. Qxc7 (10. g4
{now makes no real sense.} Nxg4) 10... Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rfc8 {Just transposes to
the game.} 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. f3 $6 (13. a3 $1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 (14. Rxc3 Na2 15.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 16. Ne2 Rc2 17. b4 a5 $36) 14... a5 $1 (14... Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16.
Kd2 Bf5 17. Ne2 $14) (14... Na2 15. Ra1 Nxc3 16. Ba6 $16) 15. axb4 axb4 {
And this position is quite unclear. Black with his active pieces, definitely
has excellent chances.} 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bb5 Ra5) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 g5 (14...
a5 15. e4 dxe4 16. cxb4 Rxc1+ 17. Bxc1 $11) 15. Bg3 {This is the moment of the
game which makes you understand what a big talent this youngster is. Of course
he first began by checking Nxa2. But he realized that Nxa2 is met with Ra1 and
Nxc3 by Ba6 when White completes his development with Ne2 and is completely
fine. The main problem was the light squared bishop developing with a tempo.
and so what does Aydin do?} a5 $3 {A brilliant move aimed against the Ba6
ideas. Such deep prophylaxis at such an age just shows what a big talent this
youngster really is.} (15... Nxa2 16. Ra1 Nxc3 17. Ba6 Bb4 (17... Re8 18. Kf2
$16) 18. Kf2 Re8 19. Ne2 $14) 16. a4 Na2 17. Ra1 Nxc3 18. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Bb4 $6 {Perhaps the only move in the game where Aydin could have improved his
play.} (18... Nxe2 $1 19. Bxe2 Rc2 $17 {The rook swoops in and the other rook
will also join in via Rac8, Rb2 and Rc2. It's going to be very difficult for
White to hold here.}) 19. Kf2 Bc2 20. Nxc3 Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. Ra2 $2 {
The final mistake of the game.} (21. Ra3 Bb4 $11 (21... Bb2 22. Ra2 $16)) (21.
Rc1 $2 Bd2 22. Ra1 Rc3 $17) 21... Bb1 $1 22. Re2 (22. Ra3 {was better, but
Black is still in the driver's seat.} Bb4 23. Ra1 (23. Be2 Bxa3 24. Rxb1 $17)
23... Rc1 $17) 22... Rc4 $1 {If the a4 pawn falls it is game over.} 23. Rc2 $5
{Maghsoodloo's last trick.} (23. h4 Rxa4 24. hxg5 Ra1) 23... Be1+ $1 (23...
Bxc2 $2 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Rc1 Bxa4 26. Rxc3 Bb3 27. Bd6 a4 28. Ba3 $11) 24.
Kxe1 Rxc2 25. h4 Rac8 26. Bd6 R8c3 27. hxg5 Rb2 {A tremendous game by Aydin
Suleymanli. Definitely a talent to look forward to.} 28. Kd1 Ba2 $19 0-1
[Event "Aeroflot Open 2020 A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2020.02.27"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Re1 a6 10. Nbd2 f6 11. c4 O-O 12. a3 Ng6 13. Nf1 Qf7 14. Bd2 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Ne3 Kh8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Re2 Bd7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rae1 Rad8 21.
Qc5 Be6 22. Nd1 Bd6 23. Qb6 Bc7 24. Qb3 Bc8 25. Ne3 Bb8 26. Qc3 Bd7 27. Qb3 Bc8
28. Qc3 Bd7 29. Bb1 Bd6 1/2-1/2