Kasparov (2804) - Anand (2786) [C42]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.a3 Nc6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.Bd3 Qd7 17.Rb1 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 b6 19.d5 Bf6 20.c4 h6 21.h3 Ne7 [TN; 21....Re7, Leko-Anand, Linares 2003] 22.Ne5 1/2-1/2
Vallejo Pons (2686) - Topalov (2757) [D37]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.e3 c5 9.dxc5 Qa5 10.Bxc4 Qxc5 11.Ne4 Qa5+ 12.Ke2 Be7 13.Qc3 Qxc3 14.Nxc3 a6 15.Rhd1 Nd7 16.Ne4 [Here Vallejo Pons made a draw offer, which Topalov turned down.] b5 17.Bb3 Bb7 [If 17....Nc5 18.Bd5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Ne6 20.Nb6 Bb7 21.Nxa8 Bd8 22.Rxd8+.] 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.Rxd6 Ke7 20.Rad1 Rhd8 21.R6d4 Rac8 22.Ne1 a5! 23.f3 Rc7 24.e4 Rdc8 25.a3 g5! 26.Ke3 Ne5 27.R4d2 Ba6 28.Rd6 Ra7 29.R6d2 b4! 30.axb4 Rb8 31.Ra1 [31.Nc2 a4 32.Bxa4 Nc4+ 33.Bxa4 Nc4+ wins for black too.] Rxb4 32.Ra3 a4 33.Ba2 Bc4 34.Bb1 Bf1 35.Ba2 Rab7 36.Nc2 Rxb2 37.Rxa4 Rc7 38.Kf2 [38.Ne1 Rc3+ 39.Kd2 Rc4+! 40.Bxc4 Rxd2+ 41.Kc3 Nxc4 42.Rxc4 Rd1 also loses.] Bb5 0-1 [Nicely played by Topalov.]
Kasimdzhanov (2678) - Leko (2749) [B31]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.a3 Bg4 8.d3 Nf6 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.h3 Be6 11.Nc4 0-0 12.Bd2 Qe7 13.Bc3 f6 14.Qe2 Rfd8 15.Na5 Rab8 16.Reb1 Rdc8 17.b4 b6 18.Nb3 Bf7 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Qe3 Bf8 21.a4 c4 22.dxc4 Nb6 23.c5 Nd7 24.Bb2 Bxb3 1/2-1/2
Standings: Kasparov (+5). Topalov (+3). Anand (+2). Leko (0). Adams (–2). Vallejo, Kasimdzhanov (–4).
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