Na rapid turniru (ustvari turniru sa mini mečevima) su pobjedili Sergej Karjakin i Richard Rapport sa 16 poena ispred Caruane i Mamedjarova sa 14 poena. Peti je Rauf Mamedo sa 9 poena, šesti je Navara sa 8 poena. Sedmo mjesto je osvojio Vugar Asadli sa 4 poena, dok je na poslednjem mjestu Anand sa 3 poena.
7th Gashimov Mem Rapid Baku AZE Fri 17th Dec 2021 – Fri 24th Dec 2021
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
| Rk | Name | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts |
| 1 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2757 | # | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 1 | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2750 | 3 | # | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2770 | 1 | 2 | # | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2727 | 0 | 3 | 3 | # | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2690 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Navara, David | CZE | 2706 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | # | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Asadli, Vugar | AZE | 2309 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | # | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2748 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | # | 3 |
Mamedov,Rauf (2656) – Rapport,Richard (2763) [C02]
7th Gashimov Mem Rapid Baku AZE (5.1), 20.12.2021
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.0–0 dxc3 8.Nxc3 Nge7 9.Bg5 Qb8 10.Re1 Ng6 11.Rc1 h6 12.Be3 Ngxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bb5 Bd6 15.Bd4 Nc6 16.Nxd5 Kf8 17.Nc3 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Bxb5 19.Nxb5 Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 a6 21.Qc5+ Kg8 22.Nc7 Bxc7 23.Qxc7 h5 24.Red1 Rh6 25.Rd7 Rf6 26.f3 Qxc7 27.Rcxc7 b5 28.Kh2 g6 29.Rd6 Rf5 30.Rdd7 b4 31.b3 Rb8 32.Rc6 a5 33.Ra6 Rc8 34.Rda7 Rc2 35.Rxa5 Rxf3 36.Rg5 Kg7 37.Ra4 Rf4 38.a3 h4 39.Rxb4 Rxb4 40.axb4
40…f5 41.Kh3 Rc3+ 42.Kxh4 Rxb3 43.Rg3 Rxb4+ 44.Kh3 Kf6 45.Ra3 e5 0–1
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2767) – Anand,Viswanathan (2751) [D38]
7th Gashimov Mem Rapid Baku AZE (5.3), 20.12.2021
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Bd7 8.Qc2 dxc4 9.e4 Na5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.e5 g5 13.Nxg5 Nd5 14.Nf3 Qb6 15.Rb1 Qc6 16.Be2 Qa4 17.Qc1 Nb3 18.Qb2 cxd4 19.cxd4 Qa5+ 20.Kf1 b5 21.Bd1 Qc3 22.Bxb3 Qxb2 23.Rxb2 cxb3 24.Rxb3 Rc8 25.Ke2 Rc2+ 26.Nd2 b4 27.axb4 Bb5+ 28.Kd1 Ra2 29.Kc1 Nf4 30.Ne4 Ra1+ 31.Rb1
31…Rxb1+ 0–1
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2767) – Rapport,Richard (2763) [E63]
7th Gashimov Mem Rapid Baku AZE (6.1), 21.12.2021
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 0–0 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0–0 a6 8.e4 Rb8 9.a3 Bg4 10.Be3 Na5 11.Qe2 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.h3 Bc8 14.e5 Nd7 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bf4 fxe5 17.dxe5 Kh8 18.Rfe1 Nc4 19.exd6 exd6 20.Nxb5 Rxb5 21.Qxc4 Rxb2 22.Ng5 Qf6 23.Rad1 Ne5 24.Qxc7 Rxf2 25.Kxf2 Qxg5
26.Qxc8 Qh5 27.Qc7 g5 28.Rxd6 gxf4 29.Rd8 fxg3+ 30.Kg1 Nf3+ 31.Bxf3 Qxf3 32.Rxf8+ Bxf8 33.Qe5+ Kg8 34.Qg5+ Kh8 35.Rf1 Qa8 36.Qf6+ Bg7 37.Qf3 Qb8 38.Re1 h6 39.Kg2 Bf8 40.Re2 Kg7 41.a4 Bd6 42.Qg4+ Kh8 43.Qg6 Qb7+ 44.Qe4 Qc7 45.a5 1–0
Mamedov,Rauf (2656) – Navara,David (2697) [C53]
7th Gashimov Mem Rapid Baku AZE (6.2), 21.12.2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 0–0 7.h3 a6 8.Bb3 Be6 9.0–0 h6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Nf1 d5 12.Qe2 Nh5 13.Ng5 hxg5 14.Qxh5 f6 15.h4 Bf7 16.Qg4 Be6 17.Qg3 gxh4 18.Qxh4 d4 19.Ng3 Bxb3 20.axb3 dxc3 21.bxc3 Qxd3 22.Qg4 Qxc3 23.Bh6 Bf8 24.Nh5 Kf7 25.Bxg7 Be7 26.Bh6 Rg8 27.Ng7 Rxg7 28.Qxg7+ Ke6 29.Rac1 Qb4 30.Qg4+ Kf7 31.Qh5+ Ke6 32.Qf5+ Kd6 33.Be3 Qb5
34.Red1+ Nd4 35.Bxd4 1–0
Rapport,Richard (2763) – Navara,David (2697) [C44]
7th Gashimov Mem Rapid Baku AZE (7.1), 21.12.2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.0–0 0–0 8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.g4 Bg6 13.Ng5 Be7 14.Ne4 f5 15.gxf5 Bxf5 16.Be3 Qd7 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qf3 Be6 19.Qg3 Bxa2 20.Rb5 Be6 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.Rxc5 Qd6 23.Rb1 Rfe8 24.h4 Ne7 25.Qxe5 Nf5 26.Bf4 Bf7
27.Qxe8+ Rxe8 28.Bxd6 cxd6 29.Ra5 Nxh4 30.Rxb7 Re1+ 31.Kh2 Re2 32.Raxa7 Rxf2 33.Rxf7 Rxf7 34.Bd5 Nf3+ 35.Kg3 1–0
Karjakin,Sergey (2743) – Mamedov,Rauf (2656) [B33]
7th Gashimov Mem Rapid Baku AZE (7.2), 21.12.2021
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Ne7 9.c4 Ng6 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Qb4 Qb8 12.h4 h5 13.Be3 a6 14.Nc3 Be7 15.Na4 Qc7 16.Bb6 Qc8 17.Ba5 Bxa4 18.Qxa4+ b5 19.cxb5 0–0 20.b6 Qc5 21.Rd1 Bd8 22.Qb4 Qxb4+ 23.Bxb4 Bxb6 24.Bxd6 Rfd8 25.Ba3 Ba5+ 26.b4 Bc7 27.Bb2 Nf4 28.a3 a5 29.g3 Nxd5 30.b5 e4 31.Be2 Rab8 32.0–0 e3 33.f4 Bb6 34.Kg2 Rbc8 35.Kf3 Rc2 36.Be5 Rd2 37.Rc1 Ne7 38.a4 Nf5 39.Rc6 f6 40.Bc3 Rc2 41.Bd1 Rxc3 42.Rxc3 Nd4+ 43.Kg2 e2 44.Bxe2 Nxe2 45.Rc6 Ba7 46.b6 Bb8 47.b7 Nd4 48.Rc8 Rf8 49.Rd1 Ne6
50.f5 1–0