Sunday, January 27, 2008

Corus Round 13 (Final) - Carlsen and Aronian share first

Gelfand-Eljanov [A17]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.e3 Bb7 8.b4 d6 9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Be2 c5 11.0-0 Rc8 12.d4 Ne4 13.Qb3 Rc7 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.a4 d5 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.b5 Nd6 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Rac1 Rb8 20.Qc2 Rcc8 21.Ba3 h6 22.Bb2 Qe6 23.Qc3 f6 24.h3 Nb6 25.Qc2 Nbc4 26.Ba1 Re8 27.Qg6 Rbd8 28.Bd3 Ne4 29.Nh4 Ncd6 30.Bxe4 Nxe4 31.Nf5 Rd7 32.Nxh6+ Kf8 33.Nf5 d4 34.exd4 Qa2 35.Rf1 cxd4 36.Bxd4 Qd5 37.f3 Nd6 38.Bc5 1-0

Leko-Mamedyarov [C72]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.0-0 Bd7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 b5 8.Nxc6 Bxc6 9.Bb3 Nf6 10.c4 Be7 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bf4 Rb8 14.Qc2 b4 15.Nd5 Nd7 16.Be3 Bf8 17.f3 Ba8 18.Rad1 c6 19.Nf4 Qc7 20.Nd3 a5 21.c5 Bb7 22.Bf4 Ba6 23.cxd6 Bxd6 24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.Ne5 Qxe5 26.Rxd7 Red8 27.Red1 1-0

Polgar-Aronian [C89]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Nd2 Rae8 17.Ne4 Bg4 18.Qg2 Qxg2+ 19.Kxg2 f5 20.h3 Bh5 21.Bf4 Bxf4 22.gxf4 fxe4 23.dxe4 Bf3+ 24.Kxf3 Rxf4+ 25.Kg3 Rfxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.f3 Re5 28.c4 bxc4 29.Bxc4 a5 30.Rc1 Rg5+ 31.Kf2 Kf8 32.Bf1 Ne7 33.Rc4 Rd5 34.Ra4 Ke8 35.Bc4 Rd2+ 36.Ke3 Rxb2 37.Rxa5 Kd7 38.f4 Kd6 39.f5 Rh2 40.Bf1 Nd5+ 41.Kf3 Rc2 42.a4 Rc3+ 43.Kf2 Rc2+ 44.Kf3 Rc3+ 45.Kf2 Ne7 46.f6 gxf6 47.Rh5 Rc2+ 48.Kf3 Ra2 49.a5 c5 50.a6 Nc6 51.Ke3 Nb4 52.Bc4 Ra3+ 53.Ke4 Nxa6 54.Rh6 Ra4 55.Rxf6+ Ke7 56.Rxa6 Rxc4+ 57.Kd5 1/2-1/2

Carlsen-Radjabov [A48]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.e4 0-0 6.c3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.0-0 Na5 10.Be2 Be6 11.Re1 a6 12.Qc2 h6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.h3 Bd7 15.Nf1 e5 16.N3h2 Be6 17.Ng4 Nxg4 18.hxg4 Nc4 19.b3 Nd6 20.Rad1 b5 21.Bc1 c4 22.Ne3 cxb3 23.axb3 Rfc8 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Ne8 26.Rd3 Nf6 27.Red1 g5 28.c4 bxc4 29.bxc4 Bf8 30.Rf3 Nd7 31.Rf5 Nc5 32.Rd5 Bg7 33.Be3 Qe7 34.Bxc5 Rxc5 35.Rf3 Bf8 36.Qa4 Ra7 37.g3 Qe6 38.Rb3 Qc6 39.Qa1 Qc7 40.Kg2 a5 41.Qa4 Rb7 42.Rxc5 Bxc5 43.Qe8+ Bf8 44.Rxb7 Qxb7 45.Qxe5 a4 46.c5 Qc6 47.Bc4 Qxc5 48.Qxc5 Bxc5 49.f4 Kg7 50.e5 f6 51.exf6+ Kxf6 52.Kf3 Ke7 53.Ke4 Bf2 54.Kf5 Be3 55.Ke4 Bd2 56.fxg5 hxg5 57.Bb5 a3 58.Bc4 Kd6 59.Ba2 Kc5 60.Kd3 Be1 61.Kc2 Kb4 62.Be6 Bxg3 63.Kb1 Bf4 64.Ka2 Bg3 65.Bf5 Bf4 1/2-1/2

Anand-Kramnik [C42]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 0-0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0-0-0 Nc5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd5 Qc6 15.Qf5 Qc4 16.Kb1 g6 17.Qh3 h5 18.Nd2 Qe2 19.Rde1 Qg4 20.Qh2 d5 21.f3 Qa4 22.g4 Bd6 23.Qf2 hxg4 24.fxg4 Qxg4 25.Reg1 Qh5 26.Nf3 Re7 27.Bg5 Ree8 28.Be3 Re7 29.Bg5 Rd7 30.Nd4 Nxd4 31.Qxd4 Bf8 32.Qe3 c6 33.Qh3 Rd6 34.Bf4 Re6 35.Rg5 Qh8 36.h5 Rae8 37.Bd2 Bc5 38.Rg3 Re2 39.Kc1 Qg7 40.a3 Bd6 41.Rgg1 Bc5 42.Rg3 Bd6 43.Rg4 R8e6 44.hxg6 Rxg6 45.Rxg6 fxg6 46.Be3 Qe5 47.Qh7+ Kf8 48.Bd2 Qf6 49.Qxb7 Rh2 50.Re1 Qf2 51.Kb1 Qxd2 52.Rf1+ Kg8 53.Qf7+ Kh8 54.Qxg6 Qg2 55.Qe8+ Qg8 56.Qxc6 Bf8 57.Qa8 Bc5 58.Qxg8+ Kxg8 59.Rf5 Rd2 60.c4 Kg7 61.b4 Be7 1/2-1/2


Saturday, January 26, 2008

Corus Round 12

Carlsen rejoins Aronian in lead; Anand and Radjabov 1/2 point behind

Adams-Polgar

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5 9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 0-0 12.Rb1 Na5 13.Qf5 Re8 14.Bf4 g6 15.Qh3 Nc4 16.Ne5 Bd6 17.Nxc4 Bxf4 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Qf3 dxc4 20.Qxf4 Qe2 21.h3 b6 22.Qf3 Qxf3 23.gxf3 a5 24.Re1 Kf8 25.Re4 Re8 26.Kf1 f5 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8 28.f4 Kd7 29.Ke2 Kd6 30.Kd2 Kc6 31.f3 Kd6 32.Ke3 Kd5 33.Ke2 Kd6 34.Kd2 Ke7 35.Ke3 Ke6 36.Ke2 g5 37.Ke3 Kf6 38.d5 h5 39.a3 g4 40.fxg4 fxg4 41.hxg4 hxg4 42.Ke4 b5 43.Kd4 Kf5 44.Ke3 a4 0-1

Eljanov-Topalov

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Bf4 Bg4 11.Nd2 Nh5 12.Be3 Nd7 13.h3 Bxh3 14.Bxh3 Nxg3 15.fxg3 Rxe3 16.Rf3 Bd4 17.Rxe3 Bxe3+ 18.Kh1 Ne5 19.Nf1 Bh6 20.e4 a6 21.a4 Qb6 22.Qe2 c4 23.Nh2 Bg7 24.Rf1 Rf8 25.Ng4 Nxg4 26.Bxg4 Qc5 27.Kg2 Re8 28.Qf2 Qc7 29.Be2 Re7 30.Rc1 h5 31.Rc2 Re5 32.Bf3 Qe7 33.a5 Bf6 34.Kf1 Kg7 35.Ne2 Rg5 36.Rxc4 Bxb2 37.Nd4 Ba1 38.Ra4 Bc3 39.Qe3 Bb2 40.Rb4 Ba1 41.Rb1 Bxd4 42.Qxd4+ Re5 43.Kg2 h4 44.Rh1 hxg3 45.Qd2 g5 46.Qc3 1-0

Kramnik-Carlsen

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.0-0 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Rd1 a6 10.Ng5 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Nc6 12.Qf4 0-0 13.Nce4 Ne8 14.b3 Ra7 15.Bb2 Rd7 16.Rac1 Nc7 17.Nf3 f5 18.Nc3 g5 19.Qd2 g4 20.Ne1 Bg5 21.e3 Rff7 22.Kg1 Ne8 23.Ne2 Nf6 24.Nf4 Qe8 25.Qc3 Rg7 26.b4 Ne4 27.Qb3 Rge7 28.Qa4 Ne5 29.Qxa6 Ra7 30.Qb5 Qxb5 31.cxb5 Rxa2 32.Rc8+ Kf7 33.Nfd3 Bf6 34.Nxe5+ dxe5 35.Rc2 Rea7 36.Kg2 Ng5 37.Rd6 e4 38.Bxf6 Kxf6 39.Kf1 Ra1 40.Ke2 Rb1 41.Rd1 Rxb4 42.Ng2 Rxb5 43.Nf4 Rc5 44.Rb2 b5 45.Kf1 Rac7 46.Rbb1 Rb7 47.Rb4 Rc4 48.Rb2 b4 49.Rdb1 Nf3 50.Kg2 Rd7 51.h3 e5 52.Ne2 Rd2 53.hxg4 fxg4 54.Rxd2 Nxd2 55.Rb2 Nf3 56.Kf1 b3 57.Kg2 Rc2 0-1

Aronian-Ivanchuk

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Re1 Nc6 11.Bg5 b5 12.h4 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.d5 Bxc3 15.bxc3 exd5 16.Bxd5 Bb7 17.a4 Qd7 18.axb5 axb5 19.Rb1 Ra5 20.Rb2 b4 21.Be4 Rd8 22.Qb1 Rb5 23.cxb4 Nd4 24.Nxd4 Qxd4 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.g3 Rb5 27.Rbe2 g6 28.Re4 Qf6 29.Qc1 h5 30.Qh6 Qc6 31.Qe3 Rbd5 32.Kh2 Rd1 33.Qf4 Rxe1 34.Rxe1 Rd5 35.Rc1 Qb6 36.Rc8+ Kg7 37.Rc5 Rd1 38.Qf3 Rb1 39.Rc6 Qd4 40.Rc7 Qf6 41.Qxf6+ Kxf6 42.Rb7 Ke6 43.b5 Rb2 44.Kg2 Rb3 45.Kf1 Rb2 46.Ke1 f6 47.Kf1 Kf5 48.b6 Ke6 49.f3 Rb1+ 50.Kf2 Rb3 51.Ke2 g5 52.hxg5 fxg5 53.Rb8 Kf7 54.b7 Kg7 55.f4 h4 56.f5 h3 57.f6+ Kf7 58.Rh8 h2 59.Rxh2 Kxf6 60.Rh7 Kf5 61.Kd2 Kg4 62.Rd7 Kh3 1/2-1/2

Van Wely - Anand

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 Bf6 12.Bb2 Nc6 13.Qd2 Rb8 14.e4 e5 15.d5 Nd4 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Bh3 g6 18.Re1 Re8 19.Rab1 Ba6 20.a4 Rb7 21.Re2 Rbe7 22.Qc2 h5 23.Ne1 Bg7 24.Ng2 g5 25.Bf5 Bc8 26.Rbe1 Bxf5 27.exf5 Rxe2 28.Rxe2 Rxe2 29.Qxe2 Qf6 30.Qe8+ Bf8 31.Qe4 Qe5 32.Qd3 Bh6 33.f3 h4 34.Qe4 hxg3 35.Qxe5 dxe5 36.hxg3 g4 37.fxg4 Kf8 38.Kf2 Ke7 39.Kf3 Bg5 40.Ne1 a5 41.Nd3 f6 42.Nf2 Ke8 43.Ne4 Ke7 44.Nxg5 fxg5 45.Ke4 Ke8 1/2-1/2

Friday, January 25, 2008

Corus Round 11

Aronian in lead; Anand, Radjabov and Carlsen 1/2 point behind

Aronian - Van Wely

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.f4 Bxc5 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.Ke2 Nh6 13.h3 Nf5 14.g4 Ne7 15.Rb1 a5 16.e4 Bb7 17.f5 Bd4 18.exd5 Bxe5 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Rbc1 b4 21.dxc6 Bxc6 22.Ne4 Rd8 23.f6 Nd5 24.Rxc6 Qxc6 25.Rc1 Qd7 26.Nd6+ Qxd6 27.Bb5+ Kf8 28.Bc5 Nf4+ 29.Ke1 gxf6 30.Bxd6+ Rxd6 31.Rc8+ Kg7 32.Rxh8 Kxh8 33.Qb7 Kg7 34.Be8 Kh6 35.Qxf7 Ng6 36.Qb3 Nf4 37.Qg8 Rd4 38.h4 Ng2+ 39.Ke2 Nxh4 40.g5+ fxg5 41.Qe6+ 1-0

Gelfand-Radjabov

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Be3 Re8 9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 Bf8 11.Ne1 Ng7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3 Be7 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.c5 fxe4 16.fxe4 Bh3 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Rfc1 Ng4 19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Nb5 Rf8 21.Rc3 a6 22.Nc7 Rc8 23.Rac1 Qd7 24.Nf2 Bd8 25.Qc2 Rf3 26.Qb3 Rxc7 27.Rxc7 Bxc7 28.Nxg4 Qxg4 29.Rxc7 Ne8 30.Re7 Qxe4 31.Rxe8+ Kf7 32.Rc8 Rxe3 33.Qxb7+ Kf6 34.Rf8+ Kg5 35.Qxh7 Re1+ 36.Rf1 Qd4+ 37.Kg2 Re2+ 0-1

Carlsen - Anand

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.a4 Nc6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Be3 0-0 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qd2 Bf8 14.Qf2 Bd7 15.g4 e5 16.Nf5 exf4 17.Bxf4 Be6 18.Rad1 Ne5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.g5 Nd7 21.Nd5 Qc6 22.Bg2 Qc5 23.Qh4 Qxc2 24.Rc1 Qxa4 25.b3 Qa5 26.Rc3 g6 27.Rh3 h5 28.Bf3 Bxd5 29.exd5 Bg7 30.Bxh5 gxf5 31.Bxf7+ Kxf7 32.g6+ Kg8 33.Qh7+ Kf8 34.Rxf5+ Ke7 35.Qxg7+ Kd6 36.Rf7 Qxd5+ 37.Kg1 Rbd8 38.Rh7 Qd4+ 39.Kg2 Qg4+ 40.Kh1 Rg8 41.Rf6+ Kc7 42.Qe7 Qe4+ 0-1

Polgar-Eljanov

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 0-0 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.d4 Bb6 11.dxe5 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Nd2 Qf6 15.Qe2 c6 16.Bc4 Kg7 17.Bb3 h5 18.Nc4 Bg4 19.Qe1 Bc5 20.Ne3 Rh8 21.Bd1 Be6 22.Bb3 Bg4 23.Bd1 Rh7 24.b4 Bb6 25.a4 a6 26.a5 Ba7 27.Ra2 Rah8 28.Rd2 Bc8 29.Nf5+ Bxf5 30.exf5 g4 31.Qe4 h4 32.Bxg4 hxg3 33.Bh3 Rh4 34.Qd3 Qg5 35.f6+ Kxf6 36.Rfd1 Bxf2+ 37.Rxf2+ gxf2+ 38.Kxf2 Kg7 39.Qe3 Rf4+ 40.Ke2 Rhh4 41.Qd3 Re4+ 42.Kf2 Qf4+ 43.Kg1 Re3 0-1

Topalov-Mamedyarov

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6 10.0-0 Bd7 11.Nd2 Qe8 12.Kh1 Nh7 13.a3 h5 14.f3 Bh6 15.b3 Be3 16.Rb1 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 Kh8 20.Bd3 Qg6 21.Qe2 Qh6 22.Rfd1 Rae8 23.Qe1 Rg8 24.Nf1 Bg5 25.Ne2 Rg7 26.Bxg5 Qxg5 27.Qf2 e4 28.f4 Qh6 29.Bc2 h4 30.h3 Nf6 31.Ne3 Nh5 32.Kh2 Ng3 33.Nd4 Reg8 34.Rd2 Qf6 35.Bd1 Ra8 36.Be2 Kh7 37.Bd1 Rf8 38.Qe1 Rfg8 39.Kg1 Rf7 40.Ndc2 Ba4 41.Nd4 Bd7 42.Kh2 1/2-1/2

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Corus Round 10

Carlsen in sole lead at +3, Aronian at +2, and Adams/Anand/Ivanchuk/Kramnik/Radjabov in five way tie for third at +1

Van Wely - Carlsen [A58]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.Rb1 Qa5 11.Bd2 Nb6 12.b3 Qa3 13.0-0 0-0 14.Ne1 Bb7 15.Nc2 Qa6 16.e4 Ne8 17.a4 Nc7 18.Re1 Rae8 19.b4 Nd7 20.Nb5 Rc8 21.Bh3 f5 22.Bg5 Ne5 23.bxc5 Qxa4 24.Nxc7 Rxc7 25.c6 Bc8 26.exf5 Rxf5 27.f4 Nc4 28.Rb4 Qa7+ 29.Kg2 Qc5 30.Rb8 Nb2 31.Qf3 Qxc2+ 32.Re2 Qb1 33.Bxf5 Qxf5 34.g4 Qf7 35.Bxe7 h5 36.Bxd6 hxg4 37.Qe4 Kh7 38.Bxc7 Bf5 39.Qe3? [39.Qe7+-] Qxd5+ 40.Kg3 Nc4 41.Qf2? [41.Qb3=] Qd3+ 42.Kg2 Be4+ 43.Rxe4 Qxe4+ 44.Kf1 Qd3+ 45.Qe2 Nd2+ 46.Ke1 Nf3+ 47.Kf1 Nxh2+ 48.Ke1 Bc3+ 49.Kf2 g3+ 0-1

Eljanov-Ivanchuk[E00]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 c6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bc1 Nhf6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bc1 Nhf6 13.Nd2 b5!? 14.cxb5 cxb5 15.Nxb5 Qb6 16.Qa4 Bb7 17.Nc3 Bc6 18.Qc2 Qxd4 19.Nb3 Qb6 20.Be3 Qa6 21.Nd4 Bb7 22.Bg5 Rfc8 23.Rfc1 e5 24.Nf5 Bf8 25.Qd3 Qe6 26.Nh4 h6 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.Qd1 Rab8 29.e3 d4! 30.exd4 Bxg2 31.Nxg2 Rxb2 32.dxe5 Qxe5 33.Qe1 Bd6!? 34.Nd5 Rxc1 35.Nxf6+ Qxf6 36.Rxc1 Rxa2 37.Nf4 Qf5 38.Qe3 a5 39.Qd4 Bf8 40.Qd8 Qe4 41.Nd5 Re2 42.Rf1 Qa4 43.Nc3 Re8 44.Qc7 Qa3 45.Rd1 Bb4 46.Qd7 Kf8 47.Nd5 Qf3 48.Nxb4 axb4 49.Rb1 b3 50.Qb5 Re2 51.Qb8+ Ke7! 52.Qc7+ Kf6 53.Qb6+ Kf5 54.h3 f6 55.Qd4 b2 56.Kf1 Rc2 0-1

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Corus Round 9

Aronian and Carlsen in lead; Kramnik, Adams, Radjabov and Anand 1/2 point behind

Topalov-Kramnik
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Ke7 15.Nd6 Qb6 16.Bg4 Raf8 17.Qc2 Qxd4 18.Qg6 Qxg4 19.Qxg7+ Kd8 20.Nxb7+ Kc8 21.a4 b4 22.Rac1 c3 23.bxc3 b3 24.c4 Rfg8 25.Nd6+ Kc7 26.Qf7 Rf8 27.cxd5 Rxf7 28.Rxc6+ Kb8 29.Nxf7 Re8 30.Nd6 Rh8 31.Rc4 Qe2 32.dxe6 Nb6 33.Rb4 Ka8 34.e7 Nd5 35.Rxb3 Nxe7 36.Rfb1 Nd5 37.h3 h5 38.Nf7 Rc8 39.e6 a6 40.Nxg5 h4 41.Bd6 Rg8 42.R3b2 Qd3 43.e7 Nf6 44.Be5 Nd7 45.Ne6 1-0

Leko-Carlsen
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 a5 16.Bd2 Rb8 17.Bd3 b4 18.Qc2 d5 19.cxb4 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Bxb4 21.Bxb4 Bxe4 22.Bxa5 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 e4 24.Qc4 exf3 25.Bxc7 Qc8 26.Bxb8 Qxb8 27.Rxe8+ Qxe8 28.a4 fxg2 29.a5 Qe4 30.a6 Nb6 31.a7 Kg7 32.Qc7 Qxd4 33.Re1 Qb4 34.Re7 Qxb3 35.Kxg2 Qd5+ 36.Kg1 Qd1+ 37.Kg2 Qd5+ 38.Kg1 Qd1+ 39.Kh2 Qf3 40.Qxb6 Qf4+ 1-0

Adams - Van Wely
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 0-0 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Kh1 Kh8 13.Bg5 Bxg5 14.Qxg5 Nf6 15.f3 Bd7 16.Rfd1 Nc6 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.a3 Rab8 19.Rd4 Rfc8 20.Rad1 h6 21.Qd2 Ne8 22.Ne2 a5 23.c3 Nf6 24.Qe3 Rd8 25.Ng3 Rd7 26.h3 Qa7 27.Qe1 Rbd8 28.R4d2 Qc5 29.Ne2 Qe5 30.Rd4 g5 31.c4 bxc4 32.Bxc4 Nh5 33.Qc3 Bb7 34.Bb5 Rc8 35.Qxa5 Rc2 36.R4d2 Rdc7 37.Qb4 Kg7 38.Qd4 Kf6 39.Kg1 d5 40.exd5 Bxd5 41.Qxe5+ Kxe5 42.Nc3 Rxd2 43.Rxd2 Nf4 44.g3 Nxh3+ 45.Kh2 g4 46.f4+ Kd6 47.Be2 1-0

IvanchukMamedyarov
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.d4 g6 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.Be3 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qd8 14.Bc3 0-0 15.Qd2 Bd7 16.0-0 Rc8 17.Rfc1 a6 18.a4 Na7 19.Bd3 b5 20.Ba5 Qe8 21.Rxc8 Nxc8 22.e5 bxa4 23.Nc3 Na7 24.Bb4 Nb5 25.Nd5 Nxd4 26.Bxe7 Nb3 27.Qf4 Kh8 28.Re1 Rg8 29.Bd6 Qe6 30.Ne7 Rf8 31.h3 Bb5 32.Be4 Bc4 33.Bc6 a3 34.Bxa3 Rd8 35.Bf3 Nd4 36.Bg4 f5 37.exf6 Qxe1+ 38.Kh2 Bf7 39.fxg7+ Kxg7 40.Bb2 Qxe7 41.Bxd4+ Rxd4 1/2-1/2

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Corus Round 8

Carlsen in lead; Kramnik and Aronian 1/2 point behind

Anand - Topalov

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 g6 12.0-0-0 Nb6 13.Qa5 Bh6 14.Bxh6 Rxh6 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Qb4 Kf8 17.c4 Kg7 18.g3 Rh8 19.Rc1 Qc7 20.Bh3 Rce8 21.Rhd1 Re7 22.a3 Rd8 23.Nd2 Nbd7 24.Qc3 a5 25.Bxd7 Nxd7 26.f4 Nf6 27.Rf1 b6 28.h3 Qd7 29.f5 Rf8 30.Qe3 e4 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Re5 33.Rf4 Qd8 34.g5 Nh5 35.f6+ Kg8 36.Rxe4 Rfe8 37.Ka2 a4 38.Rc3 Qc7 39.Qd4 Qc5 40.Qxc5 1-0

Kramnik - Polgar

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Ne4 11.Qc2 Bd6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Ng5 Bxf4 14.gxf4 Nf6 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Bxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Re8 18.Qd3 Qf6 19.e3 Rad8 20.Qc2 Rd5 21.Rad1 g5 22.Qxc7 gxf4 23.exf4 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Rxd4 25.Re3 h5 26.Qe5 Qxe5 27.fxe5 Rd2 28.Rb3 Kg7 29.Kg2 Kg6 30.Ra3 Rxb2 31.Rxa7 b5 32.Kg3 h4+ 33.Kf3 b4 34.h3 Rc2 35.Ra4 Rb2 36.Ra7 Rc2 37.Rb7 Rb2 38.Kg2 Rxa2 39.Rxb4 Kf5 40.Rxh4 Kxe5 41.Rg4 Kf5 42.Kg3 Ra3+ 43.f3 Ra1 44.Rf4+ Kg6 45.Rb4 Rg1+ 46.Kf2 Rh1 47.Rg4+ Kf6 48.h4 Ra1 49.Kg2 1/2-1/2

Carlsen - Gelfand

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.a4 c5 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qxd4 Bc7 15.Bd2 Qxd4 16.Nxd4 Bd7 17.Be2 Rfd8 18.Bf3 e5 19.Nb3 e4 20.Be2 Be5 21.Ba5 Rdc8 22.Nd4 h6 23.h3 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Bf1 h5 26.Bc3 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Nd5 28.Bxb5 Bxb5 29.Nxb5 Nxc3 30.Nxc3 f5 31.h4 Kf7 32.Kf1 Rb8 33.Ra2 Rb3 34.Nd1 Bf6 35.g3 g5 36.hxg5 Bxg5 37.Nc3 Bf6 38.Ra7+ Ke6 39.Ne2 Be5 40.Rh7 Rxb2 41.Rxh5 Kf6 42.Rh6+ Kf7 43.Ra6 Rb1+ 44.Kg2 Rb2 45.Ng1 Rd2 46.Nh3 Rd6 47.Ra5 Kf6 48.g4 fxg4 49.Ng5 Kxg5 50.Rxe5+ Kh4 51.Rxe4 Rd1 52.Rd4 Ra1 53.Rd8 Kg5 54.Rh8 Rb1 55.Rh1 Rb8 56.Kg3 Rf8 57.Ra1 Rf3+ 58.Kg2 Rf8 59.Ra4 Rf7 60.Ra8 Kg6 61.Ra2 Kg5 62.Ra5+ Kg6 63.Rd5 Rf8 64.Kf1 Rf7 65.Kg2 Rf8 66.Rd2 Kg5 67.Re2 Rf3 1/2-1/2

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Corus Round 7

Carlsen retains sole lead; Kramnik and Aronian 1/2 point behind

Polgar - Anand

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Bg5 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Qe2 Nc5 15.Rad1 b5 16.Ne3 Nxb3 17.axb3 Qc7 18.Rd3 Nb4 19.Rd2 Qe7 20.Rfd1 Rad8 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Rfe8 23.c3 Nc6 24.Qe4 Na5 25.Qd5 Qf6 26.Re2 Rc8 27.Nd2 Qxf5 28.Ne4 Qe6 29.Nxd6 Rcd8 30.Red2 Nxb3 31.Nxe8 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 h6 33.Rd8 Kh7 34.Nd6 Nc5 35.h3 Qg6 36.g3 Ne6 37.Rd7 Ng5 38.h4 Qe6 39.Rb7 Nf3+ 40.Kg2 Qg4 41.Rd5 Nxh4+ 42.Kf1 Qf3 43.Rd2 Nf5 44.Nxf5 Qxb7 45.Ke2 a5 46.Ne3 a4 47.Rd5 b4 48.cxb4 Qxb4 49.Rd2 f5 50.Rc2 Qb3 51.f4 exf4 52.gxf4 Qb4 53.Nc4 g5 0-1

Aronian - Radjabov

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.d5 0-0 6.Bg2 d6 7.Nf3 e6 8.0-0 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nd2 b6 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.h3 Ba6 13.Qa4 Bd3 14.Nf1 b5 15.Qd1 Bc4 16.Nd2 Nb6 17.Nxc4 Nxc4 18.Nxb5 Qa5 19.a4 Nd7 20.Bf4 Bxb2 21.Rb1 Be5 22.Qc1 a6 23.Qxc4 axb5 24.axb5 Nb6 25.Qc1 c4 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.e4 Ree8 28.Re3 Qa2 29.h4 Nd7 30.Rc3 Nb6 31.h5 Re5 32.h6 f5 33.exf5 Rxf5 34.Rc2 Qa3 35.Qd2 Qc5 36.Bh3 Rf3 37.Rc3 Rf6 38.Be6+ Kh8 39.Re3 Raf8 40.Qb2 Na4 41.Qa3 Rxf2 42.Qxc5 dxc5 43.Ra3 Nb6 44.Rd1 R2f6 45.Rda1 g5 46.Ra6 c3 47.Rxb6 c2 48.Rc6 1-0

Eljanov - Van Wely

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd2 e6 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Nc3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.g4 h6 10.Bg2 Bd6 11.h3 Nb6 12.Nb5 Be7 13.dxc5 Nc4 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.cxd6 Nxd2 16.Nxd2 Qxd6 17.Rc1 0-0 18.Qc5 Qxc5 19.Rxc5 Be6 20.Ke2 Rfd8 21.f4 h5 22.g5 Ne8 23.Nb3 Rd6 24.Nd4 g6 25.Rf1 Ng7 26.Rc7 Rb8 27.Rfc1 Kf8 28.Kd3 Bd7 29.h4 Bf5+ 30.Kd2 Bg4 31.R1c3 Ne6 32.Nxe6+ Bxe6 33.a3 d4 34.exd4 b6 35.Ra7 a5 36.d5 Bxd5 37.Rd3 Rbd8 38.Bxd5 Rxd5 39.Rxd5 Rxd5+ 40.Kc3 Rc5+ 41.Kd4 Rb5 42.Rb7 Rxb2 43.f5 gxf5 44.Ke5 Kg7 45.Kxf5 Rb5+ 46.Kf4 Rb3 47.a4 Kg6 48.Rc7 Rh3 49.Rc6+ Kg7 50.Kf5 Rxh4 51.g6 fxg6+ 52.Rxg6+ Kf7 53.Rxb6 Rxa4 54.Rb7+ Ke8 55.Ke6 Re4+ 56.Kf5 Rb4 57.Ra7 a4 58.Ke6 Kd8 59.Kd6 Kc8 60.Kc5 Rh4 61.Kc6 Kb8 62.Rb7+ Ka8 63.Rb5 Ka7 64.Rb7+ Ka8 65.Rb5 Rc4+ 66.Kb6 h4 67.Rh5 Rb4+ 68.Ka5 Rg4 69.Kb6 Rb4+ 70.Ka5 Rg4 71.Kb6 Rg6+ 72.Kb5 Rg4 1/2-1/2

Topalov - Carlsen

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Bd2 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Ne2 d5 16.Ng3 dxe4 17.dxe4 Bc8 18.c3 Bc5 19.Qf3 Be6 20.Nf5 Rc8 21.Red1 Re8 22.cxd4 Bxd4 23.Be3 Bxf5 24.Qxf5 g6 25.Qf3 Qb6 26.Rd2 Kg7 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Re1 Qd6 29.g3 Re7 30.Qd3 Rce8 31.Qxd4 Qxd4 32.Rxd4 Nxe4 33.Kg2 f5 34.Rc1 Nf6 35.Rd6 Re2 36.Rc7+ R8e7 37.Rxe7+ Rxe7 38.Be6 Ne4 39.Rc6 a5 40.h4 Nd2 41.b3 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Rb6 Ne4 44.f3 Nc5 45.Bc4 Re3 46.Rc6 Nd3 47.Rc7+ Kh8 48.f4 Nb2 49.Bf7 Rxa3 50.h5 gxh5 51.Kh3 Nd3 52.Kh4 Nf2 53.Be6 Ne4 54.Bxf5 Nxg3 55.Bxh7 Re3 56.Kg5 1/2-1/2

Adams - Mamedyarov

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 g6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Bg5 f6 8.Be3 Nh6 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Bb3 Qe7 11.Re1 Nf7 12.Nbd2 0-0 13.Bd5 Kh8 14.Qb3 Ncd8 15.Rad1 Rb8 16.Qa3 Be6 17.c4 exd4 18.Nxd4 c6 19.Bxe6 Nxe6 20.b4 Rbe8 21.Qc1 Ne5 22.N2b3 f5 23.exf5 gxf5 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 25.Bf4 Qg6 26.Re3 Re7 27.h3 Rfe8 28.Kh1 Nf7 29.Red3 Re4 30.Na5 R8e7 31.b5 axb5 32.cxb5 c5 33.Nc4 Bd4 34.Be3 Bxe3 35.Rxe3 f4 36.Rxe4 Rxe4 37.Qc3+ Kg8 38.Qb3 f3 39.Rg1 Rg4 40.Ne3 fxg2+ 41.Kh2 Rb4 42.Qa3 Ng5 43.Qa8+ Kg7 44.Qxb7+ Qf7 45.Qxg2 h6 46.Nd5 Rb2 47.Rf1 Kh7 48.Kh1 Rxa2 49.Nc3 Rb2 50.Ne4 Rb3 51.Nxg5+ hxg5 52.f4 Qf5 53.fxg5 Qxh3+ 54.Qxh3+ Rxh3+ 55.Kg2 Rb3 56.Rd1 c4 57.Rxd6 Rxb5 58.g6+ Kg7 59.Rc6 c3 60.Rxc3 Rg5+ 61.Rg3 Rxg3+ 62.Kxg3 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

Gelfand - Leko

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 b6 10.Nc3 Nh5 11.Bc1 Nhf6 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nxf4 15.gxf4 f5 16.Rfd1 Ba6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Qa4 Bb7 19.e3 a6 20.Rdc1 b5 21.Qd1 Qb6 22.a4 Rfc8 23.axb5 axb5 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Ne2 Rc8 26.Nd4 Rxc1 27.Qxc1 Kf7 28.Bf1 b4 29.Qd1 g6 30.Qa4 Bc8 31.Bb5 Qc7 32.Be8+ Kf8 33.Bc6 Bc5 34.Nb3 Be7 35.Qa8 Kg7 36.Nd4 Bd7 37.Bxd7 Qxd7 38.Qa6 Kf7 39.Kf1 Bc5 40.Nb3 Qc7 41.Nxc5 Qxc5 42.Qb7+ Qe7 43.Qb8 Qf8 44.Qb6 h6 45.Ke2 Qe7 46.Kd3 g5 47.fxg5 hxg5 48.h3 f4 49.Qd4 1/2-1/2

Friday, January 18, 2008

Corus Round 6

Carlsen beats Polgar and takes sole lead; Kramnik and Radjabov a half point behind

Leko - Topalov

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.a4 Be7 11.Be2 Qc7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.a5 b5 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Rac8 17.c3 Qb7 18.Ra3 g6 19.Na1 Re8 20.Nc2 Bf8 21.Nb4 Bg7 22.Rc1 e4 23.f4 Ng4 24.Bxg4 hxg4 25.Qe2 Nf6 26.Rd1 Rc4 27.Qd2 Qc8 28.Raa1 g3 29.h3 Nh5 30.Rac1 Bh6 31.b3 Rc7 32.Nc6 Ng7 33.c4 bxc4 34.Rxc4 Qd7 35.Qc2 Rb7 36.b4 Nf5 37.Bc1 e3 38.Re1 Rb5 39.Qd3 f6 40.Re4 Rxe4 41.Qxe4 Qf7 42.Nd4 Qxd5 43.Qe8+ Kh7 44.Nxf5 Qxf5 45.Qxe3 Rxb4 46.Qxg3 Re4 47.Rxe4 Qxe4 48.Qe3 f5 49.Qxe4 fxe4 50.Kf2 d5 51.g4 d4 52.Bb2 Bg7 53.Ba3 Kg8 54.h4 Kf7 55.Bc5 Ke6 56.h5 gxh5 57.gxh5 d3 58.Ke3 Bh6 59.Bb4 Kd5 60.Bd2 Bf8 61.Bc1 Bc5+ 62.Kd2 Kc4 63.h6 Bf2 64.Kd1 e3 65.Bxe3 Bxe3 66.h7 Bd4 0-1

Carlsen - Polgar

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.e3 Qf6 11.f3 Qh4+ 12.g3 Nxg3 13.Qf2 Nf5 14.Qxh4 Nxh4 15.b4 a6 16.Kf2 Ne5 17.Bb2 f6 18.Rd1 Be6 19.Ne2 Bf7 20.Rg1 Nc4 21.Bc1 g5 22.Nc3 0-0-0 23.e4 dxe4 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Nxe4 Kc7 26.Nxf6 h6 27.f4 Nd2 28.Be2 Nb3 29.Be3 Nd4 30.Bxd4 Rxd4 31.fxg5 Rf4+ 32.Ke1 hxg5 33.Nh7 Bd5 34.Nxg5 Kc6 35.Rf1 Rxf1+ 36.Bxf1 a5 37.Kd2 axb4 38.axb4 b6 39.cxb6 Kxb6 40.Bd3 Bc6 41.Kc3 Bd7 42.Be4 Bg4 43.Nf7 Bf3 44.Bd3 Bc6 45.Ne5 Bd5 46.Ng6 Ng2 47.Kd4 Bb7 48.h4 Bf3 49.Bf1 Ne1 50.Ne5 Nc2+ 51.Kc3 Be4 52.h5 1-0

Kramnik - Aronian

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 a6 14.a4 e5 15.Bg4 exd4 16.e5 c5 17.Re1 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 0-0 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Ne2 f5 21.Bh5 f4 22.b4 cxb3 23.Qxb3 Qd5 24.Qh3 Bc8 25.Nc3 dxc3 26.Qxc3+ Qd4 27.Qf3 Ra7 28.axb5 Qf6 29.Qa3 Qb6 30.Qc3+ Kg8 31.Re5 Qf6 32.Qxc5 Rd7 33.h4 gxh4 34.Bg4 Rdd8 35.Bxc8 Rxc8 36.Qd5+ Qf7 37.bxa6 Qxd5 38.Rxd5 Rf7 39.a7 Ra8 40.Rda5 Kh7 41.R1a3 h3 42.gxh3 f3 43.Kh2 Rg7 44.h4 Rg2+ 45.Kh3 Rg7 46.Ra6 Rf7 47.R3a5 Rg7 48.h5 Rf7 49.Kg4 Rg8+ 50.Kh3 Ra8 51.Kg4 Rg8+ 52.Rg6 Ra8 53.Raa6 Raxa7 54.Rxh6+ Kg8 55.Rag6+ Rg7 56.Kxf3 Rxg6 57.Rxg6+ Kf7 58.Rg4 Ra1 59.Kg3 Rh1 60.Rh4 Ra1 61.Rb4 Kg7 62.Rb6 Rg1+ 63.Kf4 Rh1 64.Kg5 Rg1+ 65.Kf5 Rh1 66.h6+ Kh7 67.Ra6 Rf1 68.f4 Rb1 69.Re6 Ra1 70.Rf6 Re1 71.Kg4 Ra1 72.f5 Rg1+ 73.Kf4 Rf1+ 74.Ke5 Re1+ 75.Kd6 Rf1 76.Ke7 Rf2 77.Rf8 Re2+ 78.Kf7 Ra2 79.Rd8 Ra7+ 80.Kf6 Ra1 81.Rd2 Rb1 82.Ra2 Rb3 83.Rh2 Rb1 84.Rh4 Rb8 85.Kg5 Rg8+ 86.Kf4 Ra8 87.Kg5 Rg8+ 88.Kf6 Ra8 89.Re4 Ra1 90.Re8 Ra2 91.Re1 Ra3 92.Rh1 Ra2 93.Kg5 Rg2+ 94.Kf4 Rf2+ 95.Ke4 Re2+ 96.Kf3 Ra2 97.Ke4 Re2+ 98.Kd4 Rd2+ 99.Ke3 Ra2 100.f6 Ra7 101.Rf1 Kg6 102.Ke4 Ra4+ 103.Kd5 Kf7 104.Rh1 Ra5+ 105.Kc4 Ra4+ 106.Kb5 Ra8 107.h7 Rh8 108.Rh6 Rb8+ 109.Kc6 Rc8+ 110.Kd6 1-0

Mamedyarov - Eljanov

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.b4 Bb6 6.d3 d6 7.a4 a5 8.b5 Ne7 9.0-0 Ng6 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Re1 h6 12.d4 Nh5 13.Be2 Nhf4 14.Nc4 Qf6 15.h3 Be6 16.Be3 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 Nf4 18.Bxf4 Qxf4 19.Nxb6 cxb6 20.d5 Bd7 21.Nd2 Qg5 22.Kh1 Qd8 23.Qe3 Rc8 24.f4 exf4 25.Qxf4 Qg5 26.Qxg5 hxg5 27.Re3 f6 28.Kg1 Kf7 29.g4 Ke7 30.Kg2 Rh8 31.Kg3 Kd8 32.Rh1 Kc7 33.Re2 Kb8 34.c4 Rh4 35.Reh2 Re8 36.Re1 Rc8 37.Nf3 Rh6 38.Rc1 Re8 39.Nd2 Rh4 40.Re1 Rc8 41.Ree2 Be8 42.Re3 Bg6 43.Rc3 Re8 44.Re2 Reh8 45.Kg2 Re8 46.Rg3 Kc7 47.Ree3 Kd7 48.Kf2 Rhh8 49.Ke2 Rc8 50.Kd3 Rc7 51.Re1 Rcc8 52.Nb3 Rce8 53.Nd2 Re5 54.Nf3 Ree8 55.h4 gxh4 56.Rh3 Rh6 57.Rxh4 Reh8 58.Rxh6 Rxh6 59.Ke3 Rh3 60.Kf2 Ke7 61.Kg2 Rh8 62.Kg3 Rc8 63.Nd2 Rh8 64.Rf1 Be8 65.Nf3 Bd7 66.Nd2 1/2-1/2

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Corus Round 5

Radjabov joins Carlsen and Aronian in lead

Eljanov-Radjabov

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 0-0 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bf4 Ng4 10.Qd2 Na6 11.a3 Nc7 12.f3 Ne5 13.0-0 exd5 14.cxd5 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 b6 16.Qd2 Kh7 17.Ng3 Ba6 18.Rfe1 Re8 19.a4 Bc4 20.Nf1 Bxf1 21.Rxf1 a6 22.Bg3 Qd7 23.Rae1 b5 24.f4 b4 25.Nd1 f5 26.exf5 Qxf5 27.Ne3 Rxe3 28.Rxe3 Bd4 29.Bf2 Bxe3 30.Bxe3 Nxd5 31.Rd1 Re8 32.Bf2 Nxf4 33.Qxd6 Qe4 0-1

Mamedyarov-VanWely

1.e4 c5 2.b3 d6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.d3 Nc6 7.f4 d5 8.Nd2 0-0-0 9.Qe2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Nd4 11.Bxd4 Qxd4 12.Rd1 Qc3 13.Ngf3 Qxc2 14.Ng5 Rd4 15.0-0 e6 16.Nxf7 Rg8 17.Ng5 Be7 18.Nxe6 Rxe4 19.Qf3 Rxe6 20.Qh3 Ng4 21.Qxg4 Qg6 22.Qh3 Qh6 23.Qf3 Bf6 24.Kh1 Bd4 25.b4 cxb4 26.Ne4 Bb6 27.f5 Bc7 28.h3 Rc6 29.Qg4 Kb8 30.f6 a5 31.f7 Rf8 32.Qf5 Qh4 33.Rd7 g6 34.Qd5 a4 35.Qd4 b3 36.axb3 axb3 37.Qg7 Rxf7 38.Qg8+ Ka7 39.Qxf7 Qxe4 40.Rxc7 b2 41.Rxb7+ 1-0

Topalov-Gelfand

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Re1 0-0 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 cxd6 13.Re3 Qd7 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qd2 Rae8 16.Nh4 Rxe3 17.Qxe3 Qe6 18.Nf5 Rd8 19.Qg5 Bg6 20.Ne3 Be4 21.Re1 h6 22.Qh4 Qg6 23.Be2 Bxc2 24.Bh5 Qe4 25.Qg3 Bd3 26.f3 Qe7 27.Ng4 Qg5 28.f4 1-0