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