According to Offsideplus.az, the 33-year-old grandmaster recalled that he had won many victories in the tournament: "The first match with Wesley So was amazing. And then there was bad luck." I thank Kaissa (the goddess of chess) for this tournament. I did my best. It was one of the most exciting tournaments so far. This tournament is a great chess holiday."
It should be noted that Teymur Rajabov lost to US representative Wesley Soya in Armageddon in the tie-break of the 1/4 final stage. Earlier, Rajabov defeated Armenian chess player Levon Aronian.