Corus Round 2

Aronian and Carlsen at 2-0!

Gelfand-Aronian
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.Bd2 0-0 16.Rac1 f6 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.e4 Bd4 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Kd1 Rf7 21.Re1 Bb7 22.Qe2 Ng6 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Qe6 Rd8 25.Qxb6 Bxb6 26.Re6 Ba7 27.Ne2 d4 28.Ng3 d3 29.Rxg6 Bf2 30.Ba5 Bxg3 0-1

Carlsen-Eljanov
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bh4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Qa4+ Qd7 9.Qxc4 b6 10.e3 Ba6 11.Qb3 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 0-0 13.Ke2 c5 14.dxc5 Na6 15.Rhd1 Qb7 16.c6 Qxc6 17.Bxe7 Rfe8 18.Ba3 Qxc3 19.Qxc3 Bxc3 20.Rac1 Bb4 21.Bb2 Bf8 22.Nd4 Nc5 23.g4 Re4 24.Kf3 Rae8 25.h3 f6 26.Ba3 Kf7 27.Rc2 Na6 28.Bxf8 Kxf8 29.Rc6 Kg7 30.Nb5 R4e7 31.Rdd6 Nc5 32.Nc7 Rf8 33.h4 Rff7 34.Nd5 Rd7 35.Rxd7 Nxd7 36.Kg3 Nc5 37.f3 h6 38.Nf4 g5 39.Nh5+ Kg6 40.f4 gxf4+ 41.exf4 Kh7 42.f5 Kg8 43.Kf3 Nd7 44.Ke4 Kf8 45.Rc8+ Ke7 46.Kd5 b5 47.Rh8 Nb6+ 48.Kc6 Nc4 49.Ra8 Ne5+ 50.Kc5 Nd7+ 51.Kxb5 Kd6 52.Rxa7 Rf8 53.Kb4 Nc5 54.Kc4 1-0

Kramnik-Radjabov
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Kh8 14.f3 c6 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Nb3 Nf6 17.Bg5 Be6 18.Kh1 Bg8 19.Qd2 Rb8 20.b5 cxb5 21.cxb5 d5 22.exd5 Nexd5 23.Nxd5 Qxd5 24.Na5 Qxd2 25.Bxd2 Nd5 26.Bc4 e4 27.fxe4 Nc3 28.Rb3 Bxc4 29.Nxc4 Nxb5 30.exf5 gxf5 31.g3 Nd4 32.Rxb8 Rxb8 33.Be3 Rc8 34.Nd6 Rc6 35.Nxf5 Nxf5 36.Rxf5 Rc2 37.h4 h6 38.Kg1 Kh7 39.Rd5 Re2 40.Bf4 Rc2 41.Kf1 Ra2 42.Be3 Rc2 43.Bf2 Kg6 44.h5+ Kh7 45.Kg2 Rc7 46.Be3 Rf7 47.Bf4 Rb7 48.Kf3 Re7 49.Rd6 Rb7 50.Rd5 Re7 51.Rb5 Kg8 52.Bd6 Re6 53.Rb8+ Kh7 54.Rd8 Rf6+ 55.Ke4 Rf7 56.Rc8 Rf6 57.Rd8 Rf7 58.g4 Ra7 59.Rb8 Ra4+ 60.Kf5 Ra5+ 61.Ke6 Ra4 62.Bb4 Ra6+ 63.Kd5 Ra7 64.Rb6 Rd7+ 65.Bd6 Ra7 66.Ke6 Ra4 67.Bb4 Ra7 68.Rb8 Ra6+ 69.Kd5 Ra7 70.Re8 Rd7+ 71.Bd6 Ra7 72.Re4 Rd7 73.Ke6 Ra7 74.Rb4 Bc3 75.Rb5 Bg7 76.Bc5 Rc7 77.Ra5 Bc3 78.Ra7 Rxa7 79.Bxa7 1/2-1/2

Leko-Adams
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6 16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Rc8 22.Bb3 Bd7 23.Qf3 Be6 24.Red1 Qg5 25.Rd3 Qf4 26.Qe2 Bxb3 27.axb3 d5 28.Rxd5 Rxc3 29.Rxa6 Rxb3 30.Nd2 Rxb4 31.g3 Qg5 32.Rb6 Rd8 33.Rbxb5 Rxd5 34.Rxd5 Rb2 35.h4 Qf6 36.Qe3 Rc2 37.Nf3 Bc5 38.Rxc5 Rxc5 39.Qxc5 Qxf3 40.Qxe5 h5 41.Qb8+ Kh7 42.Qf4 Qd1+ 43.Kg2 Kg8 44.Qb8+ Kh7 45.Qb5 f6 46.Qf5+ Kh6 47.Qf3 Qd7 48.Qc3 Qd6 49.Qc2 Qd4 50.Kf3 Qa1 51.Qd3 Qb2 52.Qd5 Qc3+ 53.Ke2 Kg6 54.Qd2 Qb3 55.Qd3 Qb2+ 56.Ke3 Kf7 57.Qd4 Qc1+ 58.Qd2 Qc5+ 59.Ke2 Qb5+ 60.Qd3 Qb2+ 61.Kf3 Qa1 62.Qc2 Qd4 63.Ke2 Qb4 64.Qa2+ Kg6 65.Qd5 Qb2+ 66.Ke3 Qc3+ 67.Qd3 Qc5+ 68.Ke2 Qe5 69.f4 Qb2+ 70.Kf3 Qb7 71.g4 hxg4+ 72.Kxg4 Qc8+ 73.Kg3 Kf7 74.e5 fxe5 75.fxe5 Qe6 76.Qe4 g6 77.Qb7+ Ke8 78.Qb8+ Kd7 79.Qb5+ Ke7 80.Qb4+ Kf7 81.Qe4 Kg7 82.Kf4 Qf7+ 83.Ke3 Qe6 84.Qd4 Qb3+ 85.Qd3 Qb6+ 86.Ke4 Qc6+ 87.Qd5 Qc2+ 88.Qd3 Qc6+ 89.Ke3 Qc5+ 90.Qd4 Qc1+ 91.Kd3 Qd1+ 92.Kc4 Qa4+ 93.Kc5 Qa7+ 94.Kd5 Qd7+ 95.Ke4 Qg4+ 96.Ke3 Qg1+ 97.Kd3 Qd1+ 98.Ke4 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

Corus Round 1

Three of top 4 seeds lose!

Radjabov-Anand
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 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.Re1 N Bf8 15.Bg3 Bg7 16.Bd6 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.b3 b4 19.Na4 c3 20.a3 a5 21.d5 Qe7 22.d6 Qf6 23.e5 Qf4 24.Bd3 bxa3 25.Qe2 Qd2 26.Rxa3 Qxe2 27.Rxe2 g4 28.Nxc3 Rg8 29.Ne4 Kd8 30.Nd2 c5 31.Bb5 Bd5 32.Nc4 Rg5 33.Rea2 Nxe5 34.Nb6 Rb8 35.Rxa5 Be4 36.Ra7 f6 37.R2a6 Rg8 38.Rc7 Rf8 39.Rxc5 Rf7 40.d7 Nxd7 41.Nxd7 Rxd7 42.Bxd7 Kxd7 43.Rc3 f5 44.Ra7+ Kd6 45.Rh7 Bd5 46.Rxh6 Bxb3 47.h3 gxh3 48.Rhxh3 Bd5 49.Rc2 Ke5 50.f3 Kf6 51.Kf2 Rb4 52.Re2 Kg6 53.Kg3 Ra4 54.Rh4 Ra7 55.Rb2 Kf6 56.Rhb4 Ke5 57.Re2+ Kf6 58.Rd2 Ke5 59.Re2+ Kf6 60.Kf4 Ra3 61.Rd2 Ra5 62.Re2 Ra3 63.Kg3 Ra8? [Anand could have claimed a draw by repetition by playing 63....Ra7! - Marin] 64.Rc2 Ke5 65.Rh4 Rg8+ 66.Kh2 Ra8 67.Re2+ Kf6 68.f4 Ke7 69.Rh7+ Kd6 70.Kg3 Rg8+ 71.Kh3 Rg4 72.g3 Rg8 73.Rd2 Rc8 74.Kh4 Rc3 75.Rg7 Ra3 76.Rc2 Bc6 77.Rc1 Rb3 78.Rg1 Bd5 79.Kg5 Kc5 80.Kf6 Kd4 81.Re1 Rb6 82.Rd7 Rc6 83.Ke7 Ra6 84.Rd6 Ra7+ 85.Kf6 1-0

Mamedyarov-Carlsen
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.0-0 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.d3 0-0 10.Qd1 Nd7 11.f4 c4 12.dxc4 Na5 13.Nd5 Nxc4 14.c3 Ndb6 15.Qe2 Rc8 16.Kh2 e6 17.Nb4 Na4 18.f5 Re8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Nd3 Qb6 21.h4 Qa6 22.Rf2 Ne5 23.Nf4 Nc5 24.Qxa6 bxa6 25.Re2 h6 26.Kh1 a5 27.Be3 a4 28.Rd1 Rc6 29.Bd4 g5 30.Nh3 g4 31.Nf4 Rb6 32.Nh5 Bh8 33.Red2 Reb8 34.Bxc5 dxc5 35.Rd8+ Kf7 36.Rxb8 Rxb8 37.Rd2 Nc4 38.Rd7+ Ke8 39.Rxa7 Be5 40.Rxa4 Ne3 0-1

Aronian-Topalov
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bf4 0-0 9.e3 h6 10.h4 Bg4 11.Rc1 e5 12.dxe5 Qe7 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Nb4 15.Qc4 Be6 16.Qxc7 Nd3+ 17.Kd2 Qb4+ 18.Qc3 Qxc3+ 19.Rxc3 Nxf2 20.Nd4 Nxh1 21.Bxh1 Rfd8 22.Rc7 Rac8 23.Rxb7 Bxa2 24.Rxa7 Be6 25.Rb7 Bf5 26.Bf3 Rc2+ 27.Ke1 Rc1+ 28.Kf2 Be6 29.g4 Bc8 30.Rb8 Rf8 31.h5 g5 32.Bg3 Ra1 33.Rb6 Re8 34.Be2 Bxe5 35.Bxe5 Rxe5 36.Rxh6 Re4 37.Bf3 Re5 38.Rc6 Be6 39.Nxe6 fxe6 40.Be2 Rb1 41.Rb6 Rd5 42.Bc4 Rd2+ 43.Kf3 Rbxb2 44.Rxe6 Rbc2 45.Rg6+ Kh8 46.Be6 Rc6 47.Ke4 Rd8 48.Kf5 Rc5+ 49.Kf6 Rf8+ 50.Ke7 Rf3 51.Bf5 Re5+ 52.Kf7 Rfxf5+ 53.gxf5 Rxf5+ 54.Ke6 Ra5 55.e4 Kh7 56.e5 Ra1 57.Rxg5 Kh6 58.Rg2 Kxh5 59.Kf6 Rf1+ 60.Ke7 Ra1 61.e6 Kh6 62.Kf7 1-0

The other four games were pathetic draws not worth mentioning.

January 2008 Rating List

1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2799 3 1969 and Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2799 9 1975
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2780 14 1975
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2765 12 1977
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2763 19 1976
6 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2760 35 1985
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2755 49 1972
8 Leko, Peter g HUN 2753 9 1979
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2751 30 1969
10 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2739 16 1982
11 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2737 9 1968
12 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2735 20 1987
13 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2733 37 1990
14 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732 36 1990
15 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2726 32 1974 and Adams, Michael g ENG 2726 31 1971
17 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2720 33 1983
18 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2719 40 1983
19 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2713 36 1986
20 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2711 35 1985 and Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2711 21 1983
22 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2707 10 1976
23 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2700 30 1971 and Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2700 23 1983

FIDE World Cup Final Round Game 4

Kamsky is the winner, 2.5-1.5

Kamsky (2714) - Shirov (2739) [B31]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 0-0 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.Nh4 e6 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.f3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Ng5 15.b4 a5 16.bxa5 Rxa5 17.Nb3 Ra7 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Qc2 Rc8 20.a4 Bf8 21.a5 Bb4 22.Re2 Qd8 23.e6 fxe6 24.Rxe6 Qd7 25.Qe2 Kf7 26.Re5 Bd6 27.f4 Bxe5 28.fxe5 Qb7 29.Nc5 Qb4 30.e6+ Kg8 31.Rd1 Qxa5 32.e7 Re8 33.Qe6+ Kg7 34.Qe5+ Kf7 35.Qe6+ ½-½

Normally the winner would go on to challenge the reigning World Champion, but according to a special rule instituted by FIDE for the current cycle, Kamsky has to play Topalov first.

FIDE World Cup Final Round Game 3

Shirov (2739) - Kamsky (2714) [C91]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nc3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nc6 15.Bb3 Rc8 16.Re3 Nd7 17.Nd5 Bg5 18.Rc3 b4 19.Rc4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 a5 22.f4 Bh6 23.Qg4 Rc5 24.Ne3 Nf6 25.Qf3 Qa8 26.Rad1 g6 27.Nc4 a4 28.Nb6 Qc6 29.Nxa4 Rc1 30.Rxb4 Rxd1+ 31.Bxd1 Qc1 32.e5 dxe5 33.fxe5 Qg5+ 34.Kf1 Qxe5 35.h3 Bd2 36.Rc4 Rd8 37.Bb3 Kg7 38.Kg2 Qg5+ 39.Qg3 Qd5+ 40.Qf3 Qg5+ 41.Qg3 Qd5+ ½-½

FIDE World Cup Final Round Game 2

Kamsky draws first blood!

Kamsky (2714) - Shirov (2739) [B30]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.Qh5 Nh6 8.h3 Nd4 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nb3 Bxc1 11.Raxc1 Ne6 12.Ne2 Qf6 13.Nd2 Kh8 14.c3 g5 15.d4 Rg8 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Nf3 Rg6 18.h4 Qg7 19.Bxe6 Bxe6 20.hxg5 f6 21.gxf6 Rxg2+ 22.Kh1 Qxf6 23.Qxe5 Qxe5 24.Nxe5 Rg5 25.f4 Rh5+ 26.Kg1 Rg8+ 27.Kf2 Rh2+ 28.Ke3 Rgg2 29.Ng1 Rxb2 30.f5 Bxa2 31.Rcd1 Rbc2 32.Rd8+ Ng8 33.Ngf3 Rxc3+ 34.Kf4 Rh6 35.Rg1 Rf6 36.Ng5 h6 37.Ngf7+ 1-0

FIDE World Cup Final Round Game 1

Shirov (2739) - Kamsky (2714) [C95]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 [Shirov has played 15.a4 against Kramnik in 2002 and Van der Sterren in 1998] 15...a5 [Introduced by Kamsky in the 4th round game versus Svidler] 16.a4 b4 17.cxb4 axb4 18.Bb2 Bh6 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Bd3Nc5 [20...Bf4 Svidler-Kamsky, Khany-Maniysk 2007] 21.Bb5 Qxd1 22.Raxd1 c623.Bc4Nfd7 24.Re2 Bf4 25.Rc2 Re7 26.Ne2 Bh6 27.Ng3 Bf4 [A silent draw offer by repeating the moves. In spite of having less time on the clock, Shirov decides to continue the game. This is quite understandable - after all Shirov is a fighter and wouldn't be happy with a short draw as white.] 28.Bc1 [28.Ne2 Bh6=] 28...Ba6! [28...Bxg3 29.Bg5! Ree8 30.fxg3 favors White] 29.Bxf4 exf4 30.Ne2 Bxc4 31.Rxc4 Nxb3 32.Rxb4 Nbc5 [Kamsky simplified the position and although White keeps a slight initiative, Black easily achieves the draw.] 33.Nc3Ree8 34.Rd6 Re6 35.Rbd4 Rxd6 36.Rxd6 Ra6 37.e5 Rb6 38.Rd1 Rb3 39.Ne2 Ra3 40.Ned4Rxa4 41.Nxc6 Nf8 42.Ne7+ 1/2-1/2

FIDE World Cup Round 6

Kamsky over Carlsen, 1.5-0.5
Shirov over Karajakin in tiebreak

FIDE World Cup Round 5

Carlsen (2714) over Cheparinov (2670) 1.5-0.5
Karjakin (2694) over Alekseev (2716) in tiebreak
Kamsky (2714) over Ponomario (2705) 1.5-0.5
Shirov (2739) over Jakovenko (2710) 2-0

FIDE World Cup Round 4

Shirov (2739) over Akopian (2713)
Alekseev (2716) over Bareev (2653) in tiebreak
Kamsky (2714) over Svidler (2732) in tiebreak
Carlsen (2714) over Adams (2729)
Jakovenko (2710) over Aronian (2741) in tiebreak
Ponomariov (2705) over Sasikiran (2661)
Karjakin (2694) over Nisipeanu (2668)
Cheparinov (2670) over Wang (2703)

FIDE World Cup Round 3

(upset) Nisipeanu over Ivanchuk (in tiebreak)
(upset) Cheparinov over Mamedyarov
Aronian over Inarkiev (tiebreak)
Shirov over Onischuk
Svidler over Rublevsky (tiebreak)
Adams over Zhou
Alekseev over Fressinet
(upset) Bareev over Grischuk (tiebreak)
Carlsen over Dominguez
Kamsky over Georgiev
Akopian over Malakhov
Jakovenko over Almasi
Ponomariov over Tomashevsky
Wang over Bu
Karjakin over Bacrot (tiebreak)
Sasikiran over Macieja (tiebreak)

FIDE World Cup Round 2

Ivanchuk over Galkin (in tiebreak)
Mamedyarov over Kozul
Macieja over Radjabov (2-0 upset)
Aronian over Gustafsson
Shirov over Shulman
Svidler over Pavasovic
Adams over Gurevich
Alekseev over Sakaev
Grischuk over Najer
Carlsen over Naiditsch (in tiebreak)
Kamsky over Avrukh
Akopian over Ghaem-Maghami
Jakovenko over Belov
Ponomariov over Hao Wang (in tiebreak)
Yue Wang over Tiviakov (in tiebreak)
Bacrot over Roiz
Karjakin over Zhang
Bu over Motylev (in tiebreak)
Tomashevsky over Hossain
Almasi over Socko
Malakhov over Volkov (in tiebreak)
Georgiev won the sudden death game over Kasimdzhanov
Dominguez (no relation) over Baramidze
Bareev over VanWely
Fressinet over Nevednichy
Zhou won the sudden death game over Volokitin
Rublevsky over Navara (in tiebreak)
Onischuk over Nikolic
Inarkiev over Vallejo-Pons
Sasikiran over Zvjaginsev (in tiebreak)
Cheparinov over Tkachiev (in tiebreak)
Nisipeanu over Zhao (in tiebreak)

FIDE World Cup Round 1

Many of the favorites won in round 1, including all top 7 seeds.

The following matches will be going into tiebreaks...

Ismagambetov, Anuar

KAZ

2480

Alekseev, Evgeny

RUS

2716

Filippov, Anton

UZB

2496

Akopian, Vladimir

ARM

2713

El Gindy, Essam

EGY

2503

Ponomariov, Ruslan

UKR

2705

Gopal, G.N.

IND

2520

Kasimdzhanov, Rustam

UZB

2690

Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son

VIE

2530

Van Wely, Loek

NED

2679

Andriasian, Zaven

ARM

2546

Onischuk, Alexander

USA

2674

Kunte, Abhijit

IND

2547

Zvjaginsev, Vadim

RUS

2674

Zhao, Jun

CHN

2552

Harikrishna, P.

IND

2668

Sasikiran, Krishnan

IND

2661

Zhigalko, Sergei

BLR

2562

Baramidze, David

GER

2569

Short, Nigel D

ENG

2649

Mamedov, Rauf

AZE

2582

Tomashevsky, Evgeny

RUS

2646

Gagunashvili, Merab

GEO

2584

Zhang, Pengxiang

CHN

2644

Roiz, Michael

ISR

2644

Akobian, Varuzhan

USA

2585

Belov, Vladimir

RUS

2587

Khalifman, Alexander

RUS

2643

Milos, Gilberto

BRA

2592

Avrukh, Boris

ISR

2641

Sakaev, Konstantin

RUS

2634

Vitiugov, Nikita

RUS

2594

Kaidanov, Gregory S

USA

2597

Gurevich, Mikhail

TUR

2627

Leitao, Rafael

BRA

2601

Shulman, Yuri

USA

2616

Kozul, Zdenko

CRO

2609

Bruzon Batista, Lazaro

CUB

2607

Galkin, Alexander

RUS

2608

Bartel, Mateusz

POL

2608

And of course it wouldn't be the World Cup without some upsets...

Eljanov, Pavel

UKR

2691

½

Hossain Enamul

BAN

2514

1.5

Landa, Konstantin

RUS

2678

0.5

Nevednichy, Vladislav

ROU

2531

1.5

Sutovsky, Emil

ISR

2655

0.5

Zhou, Jianchao

CHN

2566

1.5

Shabalov, Alexander

USA

2626

0.5

Pavasovic, Dusko

SLO

2597

1.5

Rodshtein, Maxim

ISR

2615

0.5

Gustafsson, Jan

GER

2606

1.5

Macieja, Bartlomiej

POL

2606

1.5

Laznicka, Viktor

CZE

2610

0.5

Edited to add link to official website:
http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/main_e.htm

Ivanchuk wins World Blitz Championship!

The decisive game was the exciting last round game between Anand and Ivanchuk.

Tal Memorial Round 9

All games drawn - Kramnik wins at +4

Tal Memorial Round 8

Kramnik,V (2785) - Mamedyarov,S (2752) [A40]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 e5 5.Nge2 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.h4 f5 9.h5 fxe4 10.hxg6 hxg6 11.Rxh8+ Bxh8 12.Nxe4 d5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bd4 Bg4 15.Qxg4 Bxd4 16.cxd5 Bxb2 17.Rd1 cxd5 18.Bb5+ Kf8 19.Qe6 Kg7 20.Bc6 Nxc6 21.Qxc6 d4 22.Kf1 Rb8 23.Ng5 Qd6 24.Qc4 Qd7 25.Kg1 c6 26.Ne6+ Kf6 27.Nc5 Qe7 28.Rb1 Rb6 29.Nd3 Qe4 30.Re1 Qd5 31.Qa4 Bc3 32.Qxa7 Bxe1 33.Qxb6 Bc3 34.a4 Qe4 35.Qd8+ Kf7 36.Qc7+ Kf6 37.Qd6+ Qe6 38.Qf8+ Qf7 39.Qh8+ Ke7 40.a5 Qa2 41.Qg7+ Kd8 42.Ne5 1-0

Kramnik wins with one round to spare

Kramnik - 6
Shirov - 4.5
Gelfand, Carlsen, Jakovenko, Leko -4

Tal Memorial Round 7

Mamedyarov,S (2752) - Kamsky,G (2714) [D15]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 g6 8.h3 Bg7 9.Be2 Be4 10.Nh4 e5 11.Bg3 exd4 12.exd4 0-0 13.f3 Bf5 14.Nxf5 gxf5 15.Qd2 Nh5 16.Bf2 f4 17.0-0-0 Re8 18.Rhe1 Nf8 19.Bd3 Qf6 20.Na4 Ne6 21.Bc2 Ng3 22.Qd3 Qh6 23.Nc3 Re7 24.b4 Rae8 25.a4 a5 26.b5 Qg6 27.Qd2 Qf6 28.Ne2 Nxc5 29.Nxf4 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31.Bxe1 Nf1 32.Nh5 Qe7 33.Qxa5 b6 34.Qa8+ Bf8 35.Bc3 Ne6 36.Qxc6 Qg5+ 37.Kb1 Qxh5 38.a5 Qg5 39.a6 Nd2+ 40.Ka2 Nc4 41.Kb3 0-1

Alekseev,Evgeny (2716) - Shirov,A (2739) [D78]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Qb3 Bg7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 Qb6 8.Nc3 Bf5 9.Ne5 e6 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.f3 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 g5 14.e4 Bg6 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.a3 dxe4 18.fxe4 Ne8 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Rfe1 Nd6 21.Bf1 f6 22.Kf2 b5 23.Bd3 Nf7 24.Bb1 Rd7 25.Ba2 Bh5 26.Be6 Re7 27.g4 Rxe6 28.gxh5 Kh6 29.d5 Re7 30.Ne2 Rxe4 31.dxc6 bxc6 32.Ng3 Rxe1 33.Kxe1 Rd8 34.Rxd8 Nxd8 35.b3 Nb7 36.a4 b4 37.Kd2 Na5 38.Kd3 c5 39.Ne4 Nxb3 40.Nxf6 Na5 41.Kc2 c4 42.Nd5 Nc6 43.Ne3 c3 44.Nd5 Kxh5 45.Nxb4 Nxb4+ 46.Kxc3 Na6 47.Kc4 Kh4 0-1

Standings:
Kramnik - 5
Shirov - 4
Carlsen, Jakovenko, Mamedyarov, Gelfand, Leko - 3.5

Tal Memorial Round 6

Three wins this round:
Kramnik over Alekseev
Shirov over Carlsen
Jakovenko over Kamsky

Standings:
1. Kramnik 4.5
2. Mamedyarov 3.5
3-7. Carlsen, Gelfand, Leko, Shirov, Jakovenko 3

Decisive games with annotations:
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/talmem2007_rd6.htm

Tal Memorial Round 5

Kramnik,V (2785) - Shirov,A (2739) [E05]
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.Qxc4 a6 8.Bf4 Bd6 9.0-0 b5 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nb3 Be4 13.Qd2 Qe7 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.Bxd6 cxd6 16.Qa5 Rcb8 17.Nbd2 Bd5 18.Rc2 Qd8 19.Qxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rac1 Nb6 21.Ne1 Rac8 22.Nd3 Rxc2 23.Rxc2 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Nxc8 25.Nb4 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 a5 27.Nc6 a4 28.e4 Ne8 29.Kf3 Kf8 30.Ke3 Nc7 31.Kd3 Ke8 32.Kc3 Na6 33.Nb4 Nc7 34.Nf1 Kd7 35.Ne3 Ne7 36.g4 g5 37.Nd3 f6 38.f4 gxf4 39.Nxf4 e5 40.dxe5 fxe5 41.Nfd5 Ncxd5+ 42.exd5 Kc7 43.g5 Kb6 44.b4 axb3 45.axb3 Ka5 46.h4 Ng6 47.h5 Nf4 48.g6 hxg6 49.h6 g5 50.h7 Ng6 51.Kd3 1-0

Kramnik now in sole lead at 3.5/5, followed by Carlsen and Mamedyarov at 3/5.

Tal Memorial Round 4

All games drawn - AGAIN.

Tal Memorial Round 3

Mamedyarov,S (2752) - Ivanchuk,V (2787) [D43]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.0-0 Bg7 11.Qc2 0-0 12.Bb3 Qe7 13.Ne4 e5 14.Nc3 a5 15.a3 Kh7 16.Rfe1 b6 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.d5 Rac8 19.d6 Qe8 20.h4 f5 21.e4 f4 22.Na4 Bf6 23.g3 Bd8 24.Kg2 Rf6 25.g4 Ba6 26.g5 Rf8 27.gxh6 Kxh6 28.Rg1 c5 29.Bd5 b5 30.Nc3 b4 31.Ne2 Nb6 32.Kh2 Rh8 33.Bf7 Qxf7 34.Nxe5 Qe8 35.Nxg6 Nd7 36.Nexf4 Ne5 37.d7 Nxd7 38.e5 Qxe5 39.Nxe5 1-0

Jakovenko,D (2710) - Carlsen,M (2714) [E20]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 0-0 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.0-0 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Bc4 16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5 18.Bf4 c5 19.Qb2 Rad8 20.Re1 Rd7 21.h3 h6 22.a4 Ba6 23.Qa2 Rfd8 24.a5 Nc4 25.Bf1 e5 26.g4 Qg6 27.Bxc4 exf4 28.Bd5 f3 29.c4 h5 30.Kh2 Qf6 31.Rg1 hxg4 32.Rab1 Bxc4 33.Qxc4 Qf4+ 34.Rg3 Rxd5 35.Qxd5 Rxd5 36.exd5 c4 37.Rd1 c3 38.d6 c2 39.Rd3 Qc4 40.Re3 Qc6 41.Rd3 Qc5 0-1

Kamsky,G (2714) - Shirov,A (2739) [D00]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c5 4.dxc5 g5 5.Bg3 Bg7 6.c3 Na6 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Qa3 Qc8 9.c6 Bxc6 10.Nd2 e5 11.e4 Ne7 12.Ngf3 f6 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Bb5+ Kf7 15.c4 Bc6 16.0-0 Rd8 17.Rad1 Qd7 18.h4 g4 19.Nh2 Qd4 20.Rfe1 h5 21.Nhf1 Qc5 22.Qa4 Bxb5 23.cxb5 Qb4 24.Qc2 Qxb5 25.Nc4 Qc6 26.Qb3 Kf8 27.Na5 Qc7 28.Qb5 Qc5 29.Qb3 0-1

Kramnik,V (2785) - Leko,P (2755) [E05]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.Rc1 Be4 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.e3 Qa8 14.Qd1 b4 15.Qf1 Bd5 16.Be1 Rc8 17.Nbd2 Na5 18.Ne5 c5 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Nd3 Bf8 21.Bxd5 Nxd5 22.e4 Nb6 23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.Nf3 Qb7 25.Nxb4 Qxe4 26.Qd3 Qxd3 27.Nxd3 Nac4 28.b3 Nd6 29.Rc1 Nd5 30.Rc6 Nf5 31.Ba5 Ra8 32.Nfe5 Nfe7 33.Rd6 Nf6 34.b4 Ned5 35.Rc6 Be7 36.a4 g6 37.Nc4 Kf8 38.Nc5 Bxc5 39.bxc5 Ke8 40.f3 Ng8 41.Nb6 Nge7 42.Rd6 Rb8 43.Nxd5 Nxd5 44.Rxa6 Rc8 45.Bb6 Nb4 46.Ra7 Nc6 47.Rb7 Ra8 48.Rc7 Nd4 49.a5 Nxf3+ 50.Kf2 Nxh2 51.c6 Ng4+ 52.Kf3 Nf6 53.Rb7 Nd5 54.Ke4 Nb4 55.c7 Rc8 56.Kd4 Kd7 57.Kc5 Nc6 58.a6 h5 59.a7 f5 60.a8Q Rxa8 61.c8Q+ Kxc8 62.Kxc6 1-0

Kramnik, Carlsen and Mamedyarov share lead at 2/3.

Tal Memorial Round 2

All games drawn. What a snooze-fest. I believe Tal would be most unhappy.

Tal Memorial Round 1

Participants (Average Elo 2740, Category 20):
Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR 2787)
Kramnik Vladimir (RUS 2785)
Leko Peter (HUN 2755)
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE 2752)
Shirov Alexei (ESP 2739)
Gelfand Boris (ISR 2736)
Kamsky Gata (USA 2724)
Alekseev Evgeny (RUS 2716)
Carlsen Magnus (NOR 2714)
Jakovenko Dmitry (RUS 2710)

Round 1:
Peter Leko - Alexei Shirov
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. b4 Ne7 19. Na3 Ng6 20. Nc4 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Qxd4 22. Na5 Qd2 23. Bb3 Ne5 24. Nc4 Nxg4 25. Nxd2 Rxb4 26. Rfc1 Ne5 27. Rxc7 g5 28. Bd5 g4 29. Nc4 h5 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. Re7 1-0

The other four games were drawn.

FIDE Rating List

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2801	21	1969
2	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2787	20	1969
3	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2785	21	1975
4	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2769	0	1975
5	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2755	21	1979
6	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2755	19	1977
7	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2752	11	1985
8	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2742	9	1987
9	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2741	14	1982
10	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2739	11	1972
11	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2736	21	1968
12	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2732	25	1976
13	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2729	16	1971
14	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2724	9	1974
15	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2716	17	1985
16	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2715	23	1983
17	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2714	25	1990
18	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2713	5	1971
19	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2710	23	1983
20	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2708	9	1976
21	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2705	5	1983
22	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2703	27	1987

So what next?

Unless (Until?) FIDE changes the rules again...

FIDE Champion Anand will play a match against former champion Kramnik in 2008.

Topalov (who was left out of the Mexico WC tournament) will play the winner of the FIDE World Cup (which will be from 11/22/2007 to 12/18/2007 in Khanty-Mansiysk) to become the challenger to the winner of the Anand-Kramnik match.

This system is completely illogical. Anand is going to play in the World Cup. If he wins, does he then have to play a match with Topalov in addition to his match with Kramnik? And what if he does and he wins them both? Does he then have to play a match against himself? Absurd!

FIDE World Championship Round 14

Anand World Champion!

Kramnik and Gelfand tied for 2nd-3rd a full point behind

Anand (2792) - Leko (2751) [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.Re1 Bd6 13.d3 Bf5 14.Nd2 Nf4 15.Ne4 Nxd3 16.Bg5 Qd7 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Bc2 Qg6 19.Bxd3 Bxd3 20.Be3 1/2-1/2

Svidler (2735) - Grischuk (2726) [B90]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Nbc6 13.Nd5 e6 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Ne3 Qa5+ 16.c3 Nf3+ 17.Qxf3 Bxc3+ 18.Kd1 Qa4+ 19.Nc2 Bxb2 20.Rc1 Bxc1 21.Qf6 Kd7 22.Kxc1 Qxa2 23.Bd3 Rac8 24.Rd1 d5 25.Bf5 Rhe8 26.Qf7+ Kd8 27.Re1 Qa3+ 28.Nxa3 Ne5+ 29.Kd2 Nxf7 30.Bxe6 Rc6 31.Bxf7 Rxe1 32.Kxe1 b5 33.Kd2 b4 34.Nc2 b3 35.Nd4 Rb6 36.Kc1 a5 37.Bxd5 a4 38.Be5 b2+ 39.Kb1 a3 40.Ba2 Rb7 41.Bd6 Rd7 42.Nb5 1-0

Kramnik (2769) - Aronian (2750) [E15]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Rc8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 b5 15.Re1 bxc4 16.Bf1 Nb6 17.Rb1 Nd5 18.Ba1 Bb4 19.Nc5 Bxe1 20.Qxe1 cxb3 21.Nxa6 bxa2 22.Rb2 Nc7 23.Rxa2 Nxa6 24.Rxa6 Qd7 25.Qc3 f6 26.Qc5 Rf7 27.Bc3 Qb7 28.Qc4 Qd7 29.Bg2 Kh8 30.Bxc6 Qb7 31.Kg2 h6 32.d5 Qb8 33.dxe6 Re7 34.Bb4 Rec7 35.e7 1-0

Morozevich (2758) - Gelfand (2733) [C42]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.Bf5 d4 14.Ne2 d3 15.Nf4 Nd4 16.Bxd3 0-0 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Qb1 Qd6 19.Rd1 Qe5 20.Bxh7+ Nxh7 21.Nd3 Qf5 22.Nxc5 Nc2 23.b4 Qg6 24.a4 Nxa1 25.Qxg6 fxg6 26.Rxa1 Nf6 27.h3 Rfe8 28.a5 b6 29.Nb3 Ne4 30.c5 bxc5 31.Nxc5 Nc3 32.Na6 Nd5 33.Rc1 Nxe3 34.fxe3 Rxe3 35.Rxc7 Re2 36.Kh2 Rf8 37.Rxa7 Rff2 38.Kg3 Rxg2+ 39.Kf3 Rgf2+ 40.Kg3 Rg2+ 41.Kf3 Rgf2+ 42.Kg3 g5 43.b5 Rf4 44.b6 Re3+ 45.Kg2 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

FIDE Championship Round 13

Grischuk (2726) - Anand (2792) [D43]

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.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Rg8 12.Nxg4 Nxg4 13.Bxg4 b4 14.Na4 c5 15.d5 exd5 16.exd5 Qxd5 17.Qxd5 Bxd5 18.0-0-0 Rxg4 19.Rxd5 Nd7 20.Re1+ Kd8 21.Red1 Rd4 22.R1xd4 cxd4 23.Rxd4 Rc8 24.Bd6 Ke8 25.Re4+ Kd8 26.Bxf8 Nxf8 27.a3 bxa3 28.bxa3 Rc6 29.Nb2 Rf6 30.Re2 c3 31.Nd1 Ra6 32.Ra2 Ng6 33.g3 Rc6 34.Kc2 Ne7 35.Nxc3 Nd5 36.Kd3 Rxc3+ 37.Kd4 a5 38.Kxd5 a4 39.Kd4 Rb3 40.Kc4 Kc8 41.Rc2 Kd7 42.Rc3 Rb2 43.Rf3 Ke6 44.g4 Ke7 45.Kd5 Rb3 46.Ke4 Rb2 47.Kf5 Rb5+ 48.Kf4 Kf6 49.Rd3 Rb2 50.f3 Ra2 51.Ke4 Rh2 52.Rd4 Rxh4 53.Rxa4 Rh1 54.Rb4 Ra1 55.a4 Kg6 56.Kd5 Ra3 57.Kc6 Rxf3 58.a5 f5 59.a6 Ra3 60.gxf5+ Kxf5 61.Kb6 h5 62.Rb5+ Kg4 63.Ra5 Rf3 64.a7 Rf8 65.a8Q Rxa8 66.Rxa8 h4 67.Kc5 h3 68.Kd4 h2 69.Rh8 Kg3 70.Ke3 Kg2 71.Rg8+ Kf1 72.Rh8 Kg1 73.Rxh2 Kxh2 1/2-1/2

Aronian (2750) - Svidler (2735) [A29]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Nxe5 7.e4 c5 8.h3 0-0 9.d3 a6 10.Bg2 b5 11.Rf1 d6 12.Kg1 h6 13.b3 Be6 14.Be3 Rb8 15.Ne2 Re8 16.Rc1 Bd7 17.Rc2 bxc4 18.dxc4 Bc6 19.Nc3 Rb7 20.Rcf2 Nh7 21.h4 Rbe7 22.Rd2 Qa5 23.Qc2 Ng4 24.Bf4 Nhf6 25.Re1 d5 26.e5 Nxe5 27.Rde2 d4 28.Bxe5 Bxg2 29.Bxf6 Rxe2 30.Rxe2 Rxe2 31.Qxe2 gxf6 32.Qg4+ Kf8 33.Qc8+ Ke7 34.Kxg2 dxc3 35.Qb7+ Kd8 36.Qd5+ Kc8 37.Qc6+ Kb8 38.Qe8+ Kb7 39.Qe4+ Kc8 40.Qc6+ Kb8 41.Qe8+ Kb7 42.Qe4+ Kc8 43.Qc2 Qa3 44.Qxc3 Qxa2+ 45.Kf3 Qb1 46.Qe3 1/2-1/2

Leko (2751) - Morozevich (2758) [B67]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f3 Be7 10.Be3 h5 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bf4 e5 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.f4 a5 17.f5 Bd7 18.a4 Rb8 19.Bc4 Rb4 20.Bb3 Qb6 21.Rhe1 Rd4 22.Qe2 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Qc5 24.Rd3 h4 25.Rh3 Bd8 26.Ka2 Kf8 27.Qe1 Be8 28.Rxh4 Rxh4 29.Qxh4 Qg1 30.Qh8+ Ke7 31.h4 d5 32.exd5 Qxg2 33.h5 1-0

Standings
Anand - 8.5
Gelfand - 7.5
Kramnik - 7
Leko - 6.5

The only way Anand can fail to win this outright is if tomorrow he loses to Leko while Gelfand beats Morozevich. The best Kramnik can hope for is second, and the best Leko can hope for is shared second.

FIDE Championship Round 12

Morozevich (2758) - Grischuk (2726) [A28]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nf6 7.Be2 Bg4 8.0-0 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nd4 10.g3 Bc5 11.Bg2 0-0 12.Na4 Bb6 13.Be3 Qd6 14.f4 Nd7 15.Kh1 Rad8 16.Rc1 Nc6 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Rc3 Nc5 19.a3 Nxd3 20.Qc2 Nc5 21.Bxc5 bxc5 22.Rxc5 Rfe8 23.Rd5 Qe7 24.Qb3 exf4 25.Qxb7 Rxd5 26.exd5 Nd4 27.Rxf4 Qc5 28.Rf1 g6 29.Qa6 Re2 30.d6 cxd6 31.b4 Qc2 32.Qxd6 Nf5 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.Qd5 Qb2 35.g4 Rd2 36.Qf3 Nd6 37.h3 f5 38.Qg3 Qc2 39.gxf5 Nxf5 40.Rxf5 Rxg2 41.Qe5+ Kh6 42.Qe3+ 1-0

Kramnik (2769) - Leko (2751) [E06]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Qc8 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Qf4 Bb7 14.Rc1 Bd6 15.Qh4 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Nbd2 Re8 18.e4 Nd7 19.Nb3 a5 20.Nc5 Be7 21.Qf4 e5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Bg5 24.Qf3 Bxc1 25.Rxc1 Rxe5 26.Qc3 f6 27.Qb3+ Kh8 28.Qf7 Bc6 29.Nd3 Re6 30.Nf4 Rd6 31.Ng6+ Kh7 32.e5 fxe5 33.Bxc6 Rf6 34.Qd5 Qf5 35.Bxa8 Qxf2+ 36.Kh1 Qxb2 37.Qc5 Kxg6 38.Be4+ Kh5 39.Rb1 1-0

Aronian (2750) - Gelfand (2733) [D43]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.0-0 Bg7 11.Rc1 0-0 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Bb3 Rd8 14.Qc2 e5 15.Rfe1 Kh8 16.g4 Rf8 17.g5 f5 18.gxf6 Bxf6 19.Kg2 Bg7 20.h4 Nb6 21.dxe5 Bg4 22.Ned2 Nd7 23.e6 Ne5 24.Nh2 Qxh4 25.f4 Bf5 26.Ne4 Qh3+ 27.Kg1 Nf3+ 28.Nxf3 Qxf3 29.Ng5 hxg5 30.Qh2+ Qh5 31.Qxh5+ gxh5 32.e7 Rfe8 33.Rc5 Bg4 34.Rxg5 Rxe7 35.Kg2 Bf6 36.Rg6 Rf8 37.e4 Bf5 38.Rh6+ Kg7 39.Rxh5 Bxe4+ 40.Kh2 Bd5 0-1

Standings

Anand - 8
Gelfand - 7
Kramnik - 6.5

FIDE Championship Round 11

Anand (2792) - Morozevich (2758) [B90]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.g4 Nb6 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.0-0-0 Be7 13.Rg1 0-0 14.Kb1 Qc7 15.Qf2 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 f5 19.gxf6 Rxf6 20.Qe2 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Rxf4 22.Rd3 Qd7 23.Nc1 Rcf8 24.a3 Kh8 25.Na2 Qh3 26.Rg3 Qh5 27.Qg2 Rh4 28.h3 Qh6 29.Rb3 b5 30.Nb4 Rh5 31.Qf1 Rh4 32.Qg2 Rh5 33.Nxa6 Bh4 34.Rg4 Bf6 35.Qe2 Rxh3 36.Rxb5 Bd8 37.Rb8 Qf6 38.Nb4 Rxf3 39.Nd5 Qf7 40.Qa6 h5 41.Rg2 h4 42.Qxd6 Be7 43.Qxe5 Rxb8 44.Qxb8+ Kh7 45.Qc7 Bf8 46.Qxf7 Rxf7 47.Rg4 Rf1+ 48.Ka2 Rh1 49.e5 Bc5 50.e6 Kh6 51.Rc4 h3 52.Rxc5 h2 53.Ne3 Ra1+ 54.Kxa1 h1Q+ 55.Ka2 Qe4 56.Re5 1-0

Leko (2751) - Aronian (2750) [E15]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1 d6 11.Bf4 a6 12.Qb4 Nc6 13.Qa3 d5 14.Qa4 Qc8 15.cxd5 b5 16.Qc2 Nb4 17.Qd2 Nbxd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Rac1 Qe8 20.Nd4 Rc8 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.Nf5 Rd8 23.Bc7 Rd7 24.e4 exf5 25.exd5 Bd6 26.Re1 Qa8 27.Ba5 Rb8 28.a3 b4 29.axb4 Bf8 30.Re5 g6 31.Rc7 Rbd8 32.Rxd7 Rxd7 33.Qe1 Rxd5 34.Re8 Qc6 35.b5 Qd7 36.Kg2 Rxb5 37.Bc3 Qd6 38.Qe3 Rb7 39.Qd4 Qxd4 40.Bxd4 f6 41.Ra8 Kf7 42.Rxa6 Be7 43.Kf3 Rd7 44.Bc3 Bd6 45.Ke2 Be5 46.f4 Bxc3 47.bxc3 g5 48.Ra4 Rb7 49.Rd4 Ke6 50.Rd2 Rb1 51.Ke3 Rc1 52.Kd4 Rf1 53.Re2+ Kd6 54.Ke3 Rc1 55.Kd2 Rf1 56.Ke3 Rc1 1/2-1/2

Standings:
Anand - 7.5
Gelfand - 6
Leko, Kramnik, Aronian - 5.5

NOTE: The Grischuk-Kramnik game lasted all of 13 moves. For shame! They should be required to give all the spectators 1/4th of their entry fee back with a personal apology.

FIDE Championship Round 10

Aronian (2750) - Grischuk (2726) [D30]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.g3 g5 8.h3 Bg7 9.Rc1 c5 10.e3 0-0 11.Bg2 b6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.0-0 Bb7 14.Re1 Rfd8 15.g4 h5 16.gxh5 Qh6 17.Nh2 Rac8 18.Ndf1 f5 19.Ng3 Qe6 20.Nf3 Qf6 21.dxc5 bxc5 22.b4 f4 23.exf4 gxf4 24.Nf1 c4 25.N1h2 Qf5 26.Nd4 Qd3 27.Ne6 Qxd1 28.Rexd1 Ne5 29.Nxd8 Rxd8 30.Ng4 Nd3 31.Rxd3 cxd3 32.Rd1 Bc8 33.Rxd3 d4 34.Be4 Ba6 35.Ra3 Be2 36.h6 Bh8 37.Rxa7 d3 38.h7+ Kf8 39.Bg6 d2 40.Rf7+ Ke8 41.Nf6+ Bxf6 42.Rg7+ 1-0

Svidler (2735) - Morozevich (2758) [B17]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.0-0 b6 12.Qg4 Kf8 13.Bd2 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rd8 15.Rad1 c5 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.h4 Nf6 18.Qh3 c4 19.Bf1 Bd5 20.h5 Kg8 21.Be3 Kh7 22.Bd4 Rhe8 23.b3 cxb3 24.axb3 Ne4 25.Bb5 Re7 26.Qg4 f5 27.Qg6+ Kg8 28.c4 Ba8 29.Be3 Rf8 30.Bd4 a6 31.c5 Bxc5 32.Bc4 Qb6 33.Bxc5 Qxc5 34.Bxe6+ Kh8 35.Rd4 Bc6 36.Bxf5 Nf6 37.Rc4 Rxe1+ 38.Nxe1 Qe7 39.Nd3 Be8 40.Qg3 Nxh5 41.Qg4 Bf7 42.Rc5 Qd6 43.Qb4 Bg8 44.Ra5 Qxb4 1/2-1/2

Kramnik (2769) - Anand (2792) [D43]

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.Bh5 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16.e5 Qb6 17.b3 0-0-0 18.bxc4 Nxe5 19.c5 Qa5 20.Ne4 Qb4 21.Nd6+ Rxd6 22.cxd6 Nd7 23.a4 Qxd6 24.Bf3 Nb6 25.axb5 cxb5 26.Bxb7+ Kxb7 27.Qh5 Nd5 28.Qxh6 Nf4 29.Kh1 Qd5 30.f3 Rd8 31.Qg7 Rd7 32.Qf8 Ne2 33.Rfe1 Nxd4 34.Red1 e5 35.Rac1 Qd6 36.Qg8 f6 37.Rc8 a5 38.h3 a4 39.Qe8 Kb6 40.Rb8+ Ka5 41.Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

Standings:
Anand - 6.5
Gelfand - 5.5
Leko, Kramnik, Aronian - 5