According to Offsideplus.az, Azerbaijan's representative Teymur Rajabov faced Anish Giri from the Netherlands 6 more times on the second day of this round.

The first four matches between the sides ended in a draw - 2: 2. The chess player who qualified for the semifinals became known in the tie-break. Here, Rajabov defeated his opponent with a score of 1.5: 0.5 and advanced to the next stage.

It should be noted that Teymur Rajabov will face the US representative Wesley So in the semifinal. In the other match of this round, Magnus Carlsen from Norway will face Maxime Vashie-Lagrave from France. The semifinal matches will take place on February 11-12.

"Opera Euro Rapid"

1/4 final

Anish Giri (Netherlands) - Teymur Rajabov (AZERBAIJAN) - 2: 2 (0.5: 1.5 in tie-break)

Magnus Carlsen (Norway) - Daniil Dubov (Russia) - 0.5: 2.5 (2: 1 in tie-break)

Wesley So (USA) - Jan Krzysztof Duda (Poland) - 2: 0

Levon Aronian (Armenia) - Maxime Vashie-Lagrave (France) - 2: 2