According to Offsideplus.az, the 33-year-old grandmaster also touched upon the match with the Armenian representative Levon Aronian, whom he defeated in the final :
"I tried to stay focused until the end. I have mixed feelings. I am very happy to have won. I spent a lot of energy to get here. I analyzed Aronia's performance both at the initial stage and in the next rounds. It was really good. Demonstrates a high-level game at all times. This time he was at the top of his form. "
Radjabov against the winner of the tournament to be the aim, he said: "I am a professional player. My goal for someone to beat, but the winner of the tournament was to be. Therefore, I did my best. Yesterday, my daughter, my message has written a good game was congratulated. At the same time, today's match and wished success. "I was able to keep my composure and concentration. I don't know what happened in the last match. It was a great start to the new year."
It should be noted that the final stage of the Airthings Masters tournament lasted for two days. Teymur Rajabov, who finished the first day with a victory of 2.5: 1.5, also won on the second day - 2: 1. Thus, Rajabov won the tournament and won a prize of $ 60,000.
