Van Wely Upset in Baku

IM Alex Wohl may rue his first round loss to 1950-rated Abgul Novruzov, but he can at least take solace in Loek van Wely's terrible showing in round 1 of the 3rd President's Cup in Baku. Here is the super-GM going down to the 2133-rated Shakhiyar Rahmanov.

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3rd President Cup,Baku
Van Wely, Loek
Rahmanov, Shakhiyar
A84

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 f5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. c5 Bxf4 10. exf4 Nbd7 11. Qa4 Ne4 12. Ne2 Ndf6 13. b4 a6 14. Rad1 Kh8 15. Qa5 Ng4 16. a4 Bd7 17. h3 Nh6 18. Qc7 Nf7 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rfd8 21. Qb6 g5 22. f3

Position after 22. f3

With van Wely's queen so out of position, Rahmanov goes for the attack! 22...gxf4 23. fxe4 f3 24. Rxf3 fxe4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rf4 Be8 27. Rxe4 Bh5 28. Rdd4 Rg8 29. Nf4 Bf3 30. Re3 Bd5 31. Re2 Raf8 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Qg5 34. h4 Qg4 35. Rf2 Ra8 36. Ne2 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 0-1