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

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

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

Corus Round 4

Carlsen and Aronian still in lead at 3/4 (+2), followed by Radjabov, VanWely, Kramnik and Polgar at 2.5/4 (+1).

Gelfand-Polgar
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.0-0 Nc6 9.e3 d3 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Bd2 0-0 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Ne4 14.Bxe5 Bg4 15.Bd4 Ng5 16.Bc3 Rc8 17.b4 Re8 18.h4 Ne4 19.Bb2 Qd7 20.Qc1 d2 21.Qc2 Bf5 22.Qb3 Be6 23.Qc2 Bf5 24.Qa4 Qd3 25.b5 Nd8 26.Qxa7 Ne6 27.g4 Bxg4 28.Ne5 Qc2 29.Nxg4 Qxb2 30.Bxe4 Rxc4 31.Bf3 Rc1 32.Raxc1 dxc1Q 33.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 34.Kg2 h5 35.Nh2 Nc5 36.Bxb7 Qc2 37.Bd5 Qg6+ 38.Kh1 Nd3 39.Nf3 Nxf2+ 40.Kh2 Ng4+ 0-1

Kramnik-Eljanov
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 c5 7.g3 Nc6 8.Bg2 Qb6 9.0-0 Qb4 10.Qxb4 cxb4 11.Nb5 Rc8 12.b3 e5 13.Bb2 Be7 14.d4 e4 15.Ne5 Be6 16.d5 Bxd5 17.Bh3 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Rfc1 0-0 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 21.Rxc6 bxc6 22.Nxa7 c5 23.Nc6 Nd5 24.a4 bxa3 25.Rxa3 Rc8 26.Ra6 Bf8 27.e3 Nc7 28.Ra7 Nd5 29.Ne5 Rb8 30.Nd7 Rxb3 31.Ba3 Be7 32.Bxc5 Bxc5 33.Nxc5 Rb1+ 34.Kg2 Rb2 35.Ra3 Nf6 36.Ra8+ Kf7 37.Ra7+ Ke8 38.Ra6 Ng4 39.Nxe4 Nxe3+ 40.Kf3 Nd5 41.Rxe6+ Kf8 42.Rd6 Ne7 43.Rd8+ Kg7 44.Rd7 Kf8 45.Nf6 h5 46.Ra7 Rb5 47.Ke4 Rb4+ 48.Ke3 Rb5 49.Ne4 Re5 50.f3 Rb5 51.h3 Nd5+ 52.Kd4 Ne7 53.Ra6 Rf5 54.Ke3 Nd5+ 55.Kf2 Ne7 56.Ra8+ Kg7 57.Ra7 Kf8 58.Rb7 Ra5 59.g4 hxg4 60.hxg4 Rd5 61.Kg3 Ra5 62.Kh4 Re5 63.Nf6 Kf7 64.f4 Ra5 65.Nd7 g5+ 66.fxg5 Ke6 67.Kh5 Rd5 68.Nf8+ 1-0

VanWely-Topalov
1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bd3 a6 8.h3 Ne7 9.0-0 h6 10.Re1 0-0 11.a4 g5 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.Nc4 Nf6 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.Bc3 g4 16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.e5 dxe5 18.Bxe5 Nexd5 19.Bxb8 Qxb8 20.Nce5 Be6 21.Qb3 Ne3 22.Qb6 Ned5 23.Qxc5 Rc8 24.Qd4 Ng4 25.Rad1 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Qe4 Ndf6 28.Qe2 Qb6 29.Bb1 h5 30.Rd2 Re8 31.Qd3 Bh6 32.Qd4 Qb8 33.Rdd1 Bg7 34.Qd2 Qb6 35.Qd4 Qb8 36.Qd2 Qb6 37.Nxg4 hxg4 38.Qd4 Qb8 39.Ng5 Bb3 40.Rc1 Rd8 41.Qe3 Bd5 42.Rcd1 Re8 43.Qd3 Rxe1+ 44.Rxe1 Bc4 45.Qe3 Bh6 46.Qe5 Qxe5 47.Rxe5 g3 48.fxg3 Ng4 49.Rc5 Kg7 50.Be4 Nf6 51.Kh1 Nd7 52.Rf5 Nf6 53.Bc2 Ng4 54.b3 Ne3 55.Rc5 Be2 56.Nf3 Nf1 57.Nd4 Nxg3+ 58.Kh2 Bf4 59.Nxe2 Nxe2+ 60.Kh3 Nd4 61.Kg4 Bd2 62.Rd5 Be3 63.Be4 Kf6 64.Rh5 Bd2 65.Rd5 Be3 66.Bf5 b4 67.Bd3 Kg7 68.Rd7 Kf8 69.Be4 Ke8 70.Rb7 Bd2 71.Bd5 f6 72.Kh5 Nf5 73.g4 Ne7 74.Be6 Kf8 75.Rb8+ Kg7 76.Re8 Nc6 77.Rg8+ Kh7 78.Rc8 Ne5 79.Rc7+ Kh8 80.Rb7 Be1 81.g5 1-0

Anand-Adams
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 f5 13.Bb2 Bd6 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.Nf3 Qe7 16.Rfd1 c5 17.e3 Nf6 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.Qd2 Rfd8 21.cxd5 Nxd5 22.Rac1 Bc5 23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.Qc3 Rcd8 25.Rxd5 Rxd5 26.b4 Bd6 27.Nc6 Qd7 28.h4 Bb7 29.Nd4 Be5 30.f4 Bxd4 31.exd4 Qe8 32.Kf2 h6 33.Qa3 a6 34.Rc7 Rd7 35.Rxd7 Qxd7 36.d5 Qxd5 37.Qc3 Qd7 38.Qd4 Qc7 39.Qc3 Qf7 40.a3 b5 41.Qe5 Kh7 42.Qd4 Bd5 43.Bc3 Qg6 44.Qd1 Qf7 45.Qd4 Ba8 46.Qe3 Qb7 47.Bd4 Qh1 48.Ke2 Be4 49.Kd2 Kg6 50.Qe1 Qf3 51.Qe3 Qf1 52.Qe2 Qb1 53.Qe3 Qc2+ 54.Ke1 Qc4 55.Qc3 Qd5 56.Bxg7 Qd3 1/2-1/2

Leko-Ivanchuk
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 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.b3 Bb7 14.Bb2 Nf6 15.Qh3 Nd5 16.g3 c5 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Rae1 Nf6 19.Ne5 Rd8 20.Qh4 Bc7 21.b4 Qe7 22.a3 a6 23.Re2 Nd5 24.Qh5 Nf6 25.Qh4 Nd5 26.Qh3 h5 27.Rfe1 Rh6 28.Bc1 Rh8 29.Bg5 Nf6 30.Qh4 Bxe5 31.Rxe5 b5 32.Rf5 exf5 33.Rxe7 Kxe7 34.Qf4 Rhe8 35.f3 Bc8 36.Kf2 Kf8 37.Bxf6 gxf6 38.Qh6+ Ke7 39.Qe3+ Kf8 40.Qh6+ Ke7 41.Qe3+ Kf8 42.Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

Corus Round 3

All games drawn

Radjabov-VanWely
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.Bh5 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16.d5 cxd5 17.exd5 Nf6 18.dxe6 Qxd1 19.Bxf7+ Ke7 20.Raxd1 Rfd8 21.Ne2 Be4 22.f4 b4 23.fxg5 hxg5 24.Ng3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Bh7 26.Nh5 c3 27.Nxf6 Kxf6 28.bxc3 bxc3 29.Rc1 c2 30.Kf2 Rd8 31.Ke2 Rd4 32.h3 Be4 33.Bh5 Kxe6 34.g3 Ke5 35.h4 gxh4 36.gxh4 Rd5 37.Bf3 Rd1 38.Bxe4 Rxc1 39.Kd2 Rg1 40.Bxc2 Kd4 41.Bd3 a5 42.a4 Rh1 43.Bb5 Rh2+ 44.Kd1 Ke3 45.Kc1 Rxh4 46.Kc2 Rh7 47.Ba6 Rc7+ 48.Kd1 Rc6 49.Bb5 Rc3 50.Ba6 Ra3 51.Bb5 Ra2 52.Kc1 Kd4 53.Kd1 Kc3 54.Ke1 Rd2 55.Ba6 Rd4 56.Bb5 Kc2 57.Ke2 Re4+ 58.Kf3 Re7 59.Kf2 Kc3 60.Kf3 Kd4 61.Ba6 Re3+ 62.Kf2 Ke4 63.Bb5 Kf4 64.Ba6 Re4 65.Bb5 Re6 66.Bc4 Re4 67.Bb5 Rd4 68.Ke2 Rd6 69.Bd3 Rh6 70.Bb5 Ke4 71.Bd3+ Kd4 72.Bb5 Rh2+ 73.Kf3 Ra2 74.Bd7 Ra3+ 75.Kf2 Kd3 76.Kf3 Kd2+ 77.Kf4 Re3 78.Bb5 Re7 79.Kf3 Kc3 80.Ba6 Kd4 81.Bb5 Re6 82.Kf2 Re5 83.Kf3 Kc5 84.Kf2 Kb6 85.Bd3 Kc5 1/2-1/2

Polgar-Topalov
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 h6 9.a5 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bg4 12.Ra4 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nd7 14.Bd3 g6 15.Qg3 Nc5 16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.f4 exf4 18.Qxf4 Qxf4 19.Rxf4 Bd6 20.Re4+ Kf8 21.0-0 Kg7 22.Rfe1 Rhd8 23.Bc4 Rd7 24.Bb3 Kf8 25.Ba4 Re7 26.Rxe7 Bxe7 27.Re3 c4 28.Rc3 Rc8 29.b3 Rc5 30.Rxc4 Rxa5 31.Rc8+ Kg7 32.Rc7 Bd6 33.Rxb7 Rxd5 34.b4 h5 35.Bb3 Rf5 36.g3 Be5 37.Kg2 Bd4 38.Rd7 Rf2+ 39.Kg1 Bb6 40.Rb7 Rf6+ 41.Kg2 Bd4 42.Rd7 Bc3 43.b5 axb5 44.Rd3 b4 45.Rf3 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

The other games were relatively short draws. Eljanov-Anand was drawn in 17 moves. ARGH!

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