[Event "Magistral Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona "]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{B23: Sizilianisch (Geschlossenes System)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 d6 4. g3
b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d4 cxd4 (6... b4 7. Na4 Nd7 8. c3 Ngf6 9. cxb4 cxb4 10. d5 g6
11. Nd4 Bg7 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. O-O Bxc6 14. dxc6 Ne5 15. Be3 Qxc6 16. f4 Nc4 17.
Bd4 e5 18. Rc1 exd4 19. b3 O-O 20. Rxc4 Qb5 21. Rxd4 {Rublevsky,S (2645)
-Areshchenko,A (2595)/Warschau 2005/1/2-1/2}) 7. Nxd4 e6 8. O-O b4 (8... Be7 9.
Re1 Nd7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nc5 14. Ndb5 Nf6 15. Bf4 Ra6
16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Qe2 Nc5 20. Red1 Qb6 21. Qc4 Ncd7
22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 {Kosov,I (2379)-Alonso Roselli,A (2285)/Sibenik 2007/1/
2-1/2}) 9. Nd5 $146 (9. Na4 Nd7 10. a3 a5 11. Re1 Ne7 12. axb4 axb4 13. Nb5 Nc8
14. Qd4 Qa5 15. c4 bxc3 16. Nbxc3 Ne5 17. b4 Qc7 18. Bf4 Be7 19. Rac1 Qb8 20.
b5 O-O 21. Red1 Nd7 22. Be3 Bd8 23. Qb4 Ba5 {Slobodjan,R (2561)-Van Wely,L 
(2646)/ 2000/1-0}) (9. Na4 $5 $16) 9... exd5 $11 10. exd5 Bc8 11. Re1+ Be7 12.
c4 (12. Bf4 Ra7 $14) 12... Kf8 (12... bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Rb1 $14) 13. a3
bxa3 14. Rxa3 Bg5 $4 (14... h6 $142 $14) 15. Bxg5 $18 Qxg5 16. Ne6+ $1 fxe6 17.
dxe6 d5 (17... Ra7 18. Qxd6+ Qe7 19. Qxb8 Qc7 20. e7+ Nxe7 21. Rf3+ Ke8 $18)
18. Rf3+ Nf6 19. h4 Qg6 20. Qxd5 Ra7 21. e7+ $1 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Qb1+ (22... Kxe7
23. Re3+ Ne4 24. Rxe4+ (24. Qxe4+ $143 Qxe4 25. Rxe4+ Kd6 $17) 24... Qxe4 25.
Qxe4+ Kd8 26. Qd5+ Nd7 27. Qg5+ Ke8 28. Qxg7 $18) 23. Kh2 Kxe7 24. Re3+ Be6 (
24... Qe4 25. Rxe4+ Nxe4 26. Qxe4+ Kd8 27. Qd4+ Nd7 $18) 25. Qxe6+ (25. Qxe6+
Kf8 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Bd5+ Nxd5 28. Qe8#) 1-0

[Event "Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{B12: Caro-Kann (Vorstoss-Variante)} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5.
Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 (7. c4 Ne7 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. d5 exd5 11.
Bxd5 Nb6 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc4 14. Qb3 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Nxd2 16. Nexd2 Qb4 17.
Qc2 Be7 18. O-O O-O 19. a3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Nf3 Qg4 {Short,N (2645)
-Ivanchuk,V (2740)/Dortmund 1995/1/2-1/2}) 7... c4 8. a4 $146 (8. O-O Ne7 9. c3
Nc6 10. b3 b5 11. a4 a6 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Bg4 Bd3 15. Re1 Be7 16.
Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Re3 O-O 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. h4 Re8 21. Nf3 bxa4 22. Rxa4
Rb8 {Hrabusa,M (2246)-Vranova,J (1815)/Stare Mesto CZE 2008/1-0}) (8. c3 b5 9.
O-O Nh6 10. Ne1 Bg6 11. g4 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Ng2 Nb6 14. b3 Nf7 15. a4 Nd6
16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Qc1 Qc7 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Qb2 Nd6 20. Bf3 Rb8 21. Qa2 Nb5 22.
Qa5 Qd7 {Alekseev,E (2715)-David,A (2585)/Kallithea 2008/1-0}) 8... h6 9. b3
cxb3 10. Nxb3 Rc8 11. Ra2 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Ne7 14. O-O Qc4 15. Rb1 b6
16. Qf1 Nc6 17. c3 (17. Qxc4 $5 dxc4 18. Nc1 $11) 17... Qxc3 $15 18. a5 Be7 (
18... Qc4 19. Qd1 $15) 19. axb6 axb6 (19... Nxb6 $143 20. Nbd2 Nb8 21. Rxa7 $11
) 20. Qd1 Qc4 (20... Nb4 21. Ra7 Qd3 22. Nbd2 $15) 21. Nc1 (21. Rc1 $5 Qb4 22.
Rb1 $11) 21... Nb4 $15 22. Ra7 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Nxc2 24. Bd2 (24. Nd3 $5 $15) 24...
Na3 $17 25. Ra1 Nc4 26. Rb7 (26. Nd3 Nb8 $17) 26... Nb8 27. Ra8 (27. Ne2 Nc6
$17) 27... O-O 28. Raxb8 Nxd2 29. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rxc8 31. Ne2 Bd8 32. f4
g6 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Kf3 Ra8 35. Ke3 $2 (35. Nc1 $142 $5 $19) 35... Ra3+ 36. Kd2
Bh4 (36... Bh4 37. Nc3 Rb3 38. Rb8+ Kg7 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix 2008"]
[Site "Elista, Russia"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{B19: Caro-Kann (Hauptvariante)} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5.
Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12.
Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Ne4 O-O (16... b5 17. Nxf6+
Nxf6 18. Ne5 bxc4 19. Qxc4 O-O 20. Kb1 c5 21. Nd3 Rfc8 22. Rc1 Ne4 23. Be3 Nd6
24. Qa4 c4 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. Rc2 a6 27. Rd1 Qb5 28. Qxb5 axb5 29. d5 Nf5 30. Ne4
Rd8 31. Rcd2 {Sadvakasov,D (2605)-Riazantsev,A (2608)/Sochi 2005/1-0}) 17. g4
$146 (17. Rdg1 c5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Ng4 20. Qd4 f5 21. Bf4 Qxc5 22. Rf1
Rac8 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Bg3 f4 25. Bh4 Rf5 26. Re1 Bxf2 27. Rxe6 Rxc4+ 28. Kb1
Rxh5 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Re7 Ne3 31. b3 Rc8 {Petr,M (2397)-Krzesaj,R (2275)/
Pardubice 2006/0-1}) (17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. g4 Nxg4 19. Rhg1 (19. Rdg1 f5 20. Qe2
Rae8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 f4 23. Qe4 Bg5 24. f3 Rf5 25. Bc3 Rd8 26. Rd1 Qf7
27. c5 Rd5 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Qb4 Bd8 30. Re1 Qe7 31. e6 b6 32. Qa4 Qxc5 33. Kb1
Be7 {Hambartsumian,Y (2387)-Kjartansson,G (2324)/Yerevan 2007/1-0}) 19... f5
20. Ne5 Nxf2 21. Qe2 Nxd1 22. Bxh6 Bf6 23. Bxg7 Kh7 24. h6 Qd8 25. Qxd1 Bxe5
26. Bxe5 Rg8 27. Bg7 Qh4 28. Qe2 Rae8 29. Qe5 c5 30. Rd1 cxd4 31. Rxd4 Qg5+ {
Mijovic,A (2198)-Franciskovic,B (2227)/Kreta 2007/1-0}) (17. Nxf6+ $5 Nxf6 18.
Ne5 $11) 17... Nxg4 $15 18. Qe2 f5 (18... Rae8 19. Kb1 $11) 19. Rdg1 (19. Ng3
$5 Qd6 20. Kb1 $11) 19... Rae8 $17 20. Ne1 (20. Ng3 Bd6 $17) 20... e5 21. Ng3
exd4 (21... Bg5 22. Nxf5 Bxd2+ 23. Qxd2 Rxf5 24. Rxg4 $17) 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 (22...
Bg5 23. Qxg4 Ne5 24. Nxh6+ Bxh6 25. Qd1 $17) 23. Qxg4 $15 Rf7 (23... Rg5 24.
Bxg5 Bxg5+ 25. Kb1 $15) 24. Bxh6 $11 Bf6 25. Bd2 Ne5 (25... b5 26. h6 Nf8 27.
cxb5 cxb5+ 28. Kb1 $14) 26. Qe2 d3 27. Qe4 Qb6 28. b3 Qc5 (28... Rfe7 $142 $5
29. Qf4 Nd7 $11) 29. h6 $16 Qa3+ (29... Rd7 30. hxg7 Rxg7 31. Rxg7+ Bxg7 32. f4
Qa3+ 33. Kb1 Qb2+ 34. Kxb2 Nxc4+ 35. Kc1 Rxe4 36. bxc4 Rxc4+ 37. Kb1 $18) 30.
Kd1 Qxa2 $4 (30... Qe7 $142 $16) 31. Qh7+ $3 (31. Qh7+ Kf8 (31... Kxh7 32.
hxg7+ Kg8 33. Rh8#) 32. Bb4+ c5 33. Bxc5+ Rfe7 34. hxg7+ Bxg7 35. Qxg7#) 1-0

[Event "77th ch-UKR"]
[Site "Poltava UKR"]
[Date "2008.12.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{B53: Sizilianisch (Ungarische Variante)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5
Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Na3 Nxd6 (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nb5 exd6 9. Be2 d5 10. Qxd5
Qa5+ 11. c3 Nf6 12. Qc4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. Qxe5 Re8 16. Qxe8+
Nxe8 17. Bg4+ Kb8 18. Bf4+ Ka8 19. a4 g5 20. Bxg5 a6 21. O-O {Graf,A (2624)
-Banikas,H (2520)/Fuerth 2002/1-0}) 7. Bf4 Bg4 $146 (7... e6 8. Qd2 f6 9. O-O-O
e5 10. Nb5 Nxb5 11. Qxd8+ Nxd8 12. Bxb5+ Nc6 13. Bxe5 fxe5 14. Nxe5 a6 15. Ba4
b5 16. Nxc6 bxa4 17. Rhe1+ Kf7 18. Rd8 g6 19. Kb1 Rg8 20. Ree8 Bb7 21. Ne5+ Kf6
22. Nd7+ {Fernandez Romero,E (2434)-Rodriguez Lopez,R (2260)/Andorra 2003/1-0})
(7... Qa5+ 8. Qd2 Qxd2+ 9. Bxd2 e5 10. Nb5 Nxb5 11. Bxb5 Bd7 12. O-O f6 13. a4
a6 14. Bc4 Nb4 15. c3 Rc8 16. b3 Nc6 17. Bd5 Nd8 18. b4 Bc6 19. Bb3 Be7 20.
Rfc1 Bd7 21. Be3 Be6 22. Rab1 {Fernandez Romero,E (2425)-Suba,M (2522)/Dos
Hermanas 2004/1/2-1/2}) (7... Qb6 8. Nc4 Nxc4 9. Bxc4 Qb4+ 10. Nd2 $15) 8. h3
Bh5 (8... e5 9. hxg4 exf4 10. Qe2+ Qe7 11. Nb5 $11) 9. Qd5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e5 11.
Be3 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qa4 (12... Nd4 13. Qd1 $14) 13. Rd1 O-O-O 14. Rd5 Be7 15. Be2
f5 16. O-O Qe4 17. Rfd1 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 (18. gxf3 $143 f4 19. Bc1 Nf7 $11) 18...
Kc7 $4 (18... Rhf8 $142 $14) 19. Rxd6 $1 $18 Bxd6 (19... Rxd6 20. Nb5+) (19...
Bxd6 20. Nb5+) 20. Nb5+ Kb8 21. Nxd6 Rhf8 22. Bc5 Rf6 23. Bxc6 (23. g4 g6 $18)
23... bxc6 24. Rd2 g5 (24... Kc7 25. Nc4 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 $18) 25. Kf1 Kc7 26. Nc4
Rxd2 27. Nxd2 a6 28. Nf3 g4 (28... Rg6 29. Nxe5 Re6 30. Nd3 $18) 29. Nxe5 gxh3
30. gxh3 Rh6 31. Kg2 Rh4 (31... Re6 32. f4 $18) 32. f3 Rh6 33. f4 Re6 34. a4
Re8 35. a5 Rg8+ 36. Kf3 Kb7 (36... Re8 37. Nd3 $18) 37. b4 (37. Nf7 Kc7 38. Nh6
Rg6 39. Nxf5 Kd7 $18) 37... Re8 (37... Kc7 38. Bd4 $18) 38. Bd4 (38. Nf7 Kc7
$18) 38... Rg8 (38... Re6 39. Nd7 $18) 39. Nd7 h6 (39... Kc7 40. Nf6 Rg6 41.
Nxh7 $18) 40. Bb6 (40. Bb6 Ka8 41. Nc5 Rg1 42. Nxa6 Rd1 43. Bd4 Rd3+ 44. Kg2
Rd2+ 45. Kg3 Rd3+ 46. Kh4 Rf3 47. Be5 Kb7 48. Nc5+ Ka7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2008.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{B51: Sizilianisch (Rossolimo-Variante)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O
Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. a4 g6 $146 (9... b4 10. d4 cxd4
11. cxd4 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. Be3 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Bh3 16. Qe2 Qf6 17.
Kh1 Be7 18. Rg1 h6 19. Nd2 O-O 20. Bxa6 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Bd3 Bg5 23. Nc4
Rfd8 24. b3 {Picado,J (2219)-Waqar,M (2207)/Dresden GER 2008/0-1}) (9... Rb8
10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nbd2 Qc8 15. Bd3 Be7 16.
h3 Bh5 17. b4 Qc3 18. Ra3 Qxb4 19. g4 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Bg6 21. Ra7 Nd7 22. Ba3
Qc3 23. Qe2 b4 24. Rc1 {Sutovsky,E (2655)-Tiviakov,S (2643)/Kreta 2007/1-0}) (
9... Rc8 10. axb5 axb5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 g6 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. d3 Bg7 15. Bg5
O-O 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Reb1 Ra8 18. Nf1 h6 19. Bd2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 e6 21. h4 d5 22.
exd5 exd5 23. h5 g5 24. d4 {Kaula,R (2350)-Stripunsky,A (2495)/Polanica Zdroj
1995/0-1}) (9... b4 10. h3 Bh5 11. a5 $14) 10. h3 (10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8
$14) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 (11. gxf3 $143 b4 $15) 11... Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qd1
(13. Na3 Bg7 $11) 13... Qb6 (13... Bh6 14. d3 Bg7 15. Be3 $14) 14. d3 Bg7 15.
Be3 O-O 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nd7 (17... Na5 18. Nc3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5
$11) 18. d5 (18. Nc3 Qb7 $14) 18... Nd4 $11 19. Nc3 Qc5 20. Bb1 (20. Ne2 Nxe2+
21. Rxe2 Qb4 $11) 20... Rfe8 21. f4 Qb4 22. Ra7 Nb6 (22... Red8 23. Bf2 $11)
23. e5 (23. Bf2 e5 24. dxe6 Nxe6 $11) 23... dxe5 $11 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Bf2 Bg7
26. Kh2 (26. Re4 $142 $5 Qxb2 27. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 28. Qxd4 $11) 26... Nc4 $17 27.
Ne4 $2 (27. Qg4 $5 Nd2 28. Kh1 Nxb1 29. Rxb1 $17) 27... Rbd8 (27... Ra8 28. Rb7
Qxb2 29. Qc1 Qxc1 30. Rxc1 $19) 28. d6 Nxd6 (28... Nxb2 $6 29. Qc1 $17) 29.
Nxd6 Qxd6+ (29... exd6 $6 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Kh1 $17) 30. Bg3 (30. Kg1 Qb4 31. Ra2
Ne6 $19) 30... Qb4 (30... Qb6 31. Ra3 $19) 31. Re4 (31. Qc1 Rc8 32. Qf4 Bf6 $19
) 31... Bf6 (31... Qxb2 32. Raxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 $19) 32. Ra6 (32. Ra2 Qc5 $19)
32... Qxb2 33. Bc7 (33. Ra2 Qc3 34. Be1 Qc6 $19) 33... Rc8 (33... Rd7 $142 34.
Rxf6 Rxc7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Rxd4 Kg7 $19) 34. Ba2 (34. Ra2 Qc3 35. Bf4 $19)
34... Rxc7 35. Rxf6 Qxa2 36. Qxd4 Rc2 (36... Rc2 37. Qg1 Qd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "38. Olympiade"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{E15: Damenindisch (Hauptfortsetzung, Abweichungen)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4
b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1
Qc8 11. Nh4 Bxh4 12. Rxd5 Be7 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Qf5 $146 (14. Qe4 O-O 15. Rh5 g6
16. Rh3 Bf6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bh6 Bxb2 19. Rd1 Re8 20. Qg4 Re6 21. Bg5 h5 22. Qh4
f6 23. Be3 f5 24. Bg5 Qb8 25. Bf6 Be5 26. Qg5 Kf7 27. Rxh5 Qg8 28. Rh6 Rc8 {
Beliavsky,A (2646)-Almasi,Z (2691)/Kreta 2007/1-0}) (14. Bf4 Nb4 15. Qf5 Nxd5
16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 O-O 18. Rd1 d6 19. Qe4 Re8 20. Qf3 Rf8 21. Qe4 Re8 22.
Qf3 Rf8 23. Qe4 {Gelfand,B (2733)-Carlsen,M (2690)/Monte Carlo 2007/1/2-1/2}) (
14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Rxg5 O-O $15) 14... d6 (14... Nb4 15. Rd1 $15) 15. Qh5 (15.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 (15... Bxc8 $2 16. Rxc5 Nd8 17. Rc7 $18 (17. Bxa8 $6 bxc5 18. Nb5 a6
$14)) 16. Rd1 Rd8 $11) 15... O-O (15... Nb4 16. Rd1 $15) 16. Be3 (16. Bg5 Qd7
$15) 16... Nb4 (16... Ne5 $5 $17) 17. Rd2 $15 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. Qf3 Qxf3+
20. Kxf3 f5 21. Bf4 Nc6 22. Rad1 (22. Bxd6 $143 Rad8 23. Bf4 g5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8
$17) 22... Rfd8 (22... Nd4+ 23. Kg2 $11) 23. Kg2 Rd7 24. Bxd6 (24. Rd5 g6 $11)
24... Bf6 25. Na4 (25. Bf4 $5 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 $11) 25... Rad8 $15 26. Bf4 Rxd2
27. Rxd2 (27. Bxd2 $2 Na5 28. Kf1 Nc4 $19) 27... Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Kf7 29. Kf1 Nb4
30. a3 Nd5 31. Ke1 b5 32. Nc3 Nxc3 33. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 34. bxc3 a5 35. c4 $2 (35.
Kd2 $142 $17) 35... b4 $19 36. a4 (36. Kd2 g5 $19) 36... g5 37. e3 $4 (37. Kd2
$142 $19) 37... g4 (37... g4 38. Kd2 Kf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "38. Olympiade"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{A41: Moderne Verteidigung gegen 1.d4 (mit oder ohne späterem e2-e4 und Sf6)} 
1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c3 c6 4. Nbd2 (4. Qb3 Qc7 5. Bf4 Nd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2
Ngf6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 e5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bh2 Qb6 12. e3 Be7 13. Nc4 Qxb3 14.
axb3 exd4 15. exd4 Kd8 16. Nxd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Nxg4 18. Bg2 Re8+ {Silva,F (2362)
-Fernandes,A (2473)/Lissabon 2003/1-0}) 4... Nd7 (4... Nf6 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Ng5 e6
7. f3 Bh5 8. e4 d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Nh3 f6 11. f4 Be7 12. Bd3 c5 13. c4 fxe5 14.
cxd5 cxd4 15. dxe6 Nc5 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. Qd5 Rd8 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Qc4 {
Birkenmaier,R (2131)-Popchev,M (2442)/Schwaebisch Gmuend 2005/0-1}) 5. h3 Bh5
6. e4 $146 (6. g4 Bg6 7. Nh4 e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bg2 Ngf6 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. a4
exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. a5 a6 14. Nb1 Bd6 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. Bd2 Kb8 17. g5 {
Markovic,M (2306)-Drazic,S (2474)/Pancevo 2002/1/2-1/2}) (6. Qb3 Qb6 7. e4 e5
8. Bc4 Qxb3 9. Nxb3 Ngf6 10. Nfd2 Bg6 11. f3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14.
O-O f6 15. f4 exf4 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Nh4 Bd3 18. Rf3 Be4 19. Bxf4 Bxf3 20. Bxd6
Be4 {Antonov-Rakhmangulov,A (2344)/Nikolaev 2001/0-1}) 6... e6 7. g3 (7. Bd3
Ngf6 $11) 7... d5 (7... Ngf6 8. Rb1 $11) 8. Bg2 Ngf6 9. Qe2 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4
11. Qxe4 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Re1
Nd7 18. Be3 Nb6 (18... Bg6 19. Qd1 $11) 19. a4 (19. Ne5 Re8 $14) 19... Nd5 20.
Bd2 a5 21. Ne5 f6 22. Nd3 Bf7 23. Qd1 b6 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qf3 h4 26. gxh4 Qd6 27.
h5 c5 28. h6 (28. Qg4 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 f5 $16) 28... c4 $14 29. hxg7 Rfe8 (29...
Kxg7 $4 30. Qg4+ Bg6 31. Rxe6 $18) 30. Ne5 fxe5 31. dxe5 (31. Rxe5 $143 Qe7 32.
Rg5 Qf6 $11) 31... Qd7 32. Qg4 Rec8 33. Bg5 (33. Qxc4 $6 Bg6 $11 (33... Kxg7
$143 34. Qg4+ Bg6 35. c4 $16)) 33... Be8 (33... Qe8 34. Qh4 Bh5 $16) 34. Rad1
$18 Qxg7 (34... Bd8 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. e6 Qxg7 37. e7 Bxe7 38. Bxd5+ (38. Bxe7
$6 Qxg4 39. hxg4 Bf7 $11) 38... Bf7 39. Bxf7+ Qxf7 40. Rxe7 $18 (40. Bxe7+ $6
Qg7 $16)) 35. Qxe6+ Bf7 (35... Kh8 36. Qg4 (36. Bxd5 $6 Qxg5+ 37. Kh1 Bxa4 $11)
36... Bd8 37. Bxd8 (37. Rxd5 $6 Bxg5 38. Re4 Be7 $11 (38... Bxa4 39. e6 Rg8 40.
Qh5+ (40. Rxc4 $6 Bb3 $11) 40... Bh6 41. Rg4 $18)) (37. Bxd5 $6 Qxg5 38. f4
Qxg4+ 39. hxg4 Bxa4 $11) 37... Rxd8 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Bxd5 $18) 36. Qg4 Nxc3
37. bxc3 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Final"]
[Site "Motril ESP"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassili"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{B90: Sizilianisch (Najdorf-Variante, Abweichungen)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O a5 $146 (
9... Be6 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 Nd7 12. Kb1 b5 13. f5 Bc4 14. Be2 Ngf6 15. Bd3 b4
16. Bxc4 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxe4 18. Qd3 Nef6 19. g4 Nxg4 20. Rhg1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Qb6
22. Qd2 Rac8 23. Bd5 Kh8 24. Rg4 {Bartel,M (2602)-Yilmaz,M (2387)/Dresden GER
2008/1-0}) (9... b5 10. Kb1 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bb7 13. c4 bxc4 14. Bxc4
a5 15. a4 Nf6 16. Rc1 {Ni Hua (2710)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2599)/Beijing CHN 2008/1/
2-1/2}) (9... Qc7 10. f3 {Ashwin,J (2399)-Roeder,M (2444)/Balaguer 2007/1/2-1/2
}) 10. Kb1 a4 11. Nc1 a3 12. b3 Be6 (12... Ng4 13. Nd5 Nxe3 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.
fxe3 $15) 13. h3 (13. f3 Ra5 $11) 13... Ra5 14. g4 d5 15. g5 d4 16. gxf6 Bxf6
17. Qe1 Nd7 (17... Qc7 $5 18. Nb5 Qb6 $14) 18. Nd5 (18. f4 Rc5 19. Nb5 dxe3 $18
) 18... Rxd5 (18... dxe3 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. Qxe3 $16) 19. exd5 $16
Bxd5 20. Rg1 Qc7 21. Bg5 Rc8 22. c4 dxc3 (22... b5 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Ka1 bxc4
25. bxc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. Nb3 $16) 23. Rxd5 c2+ 24. Ka1 e4+ 25. Bxf6 Nxf6
26. Rb5 Rd8 27. Bc4 Rd1 28. Qa5 Qd7 29. Rd5 $4 (29. Qa8+ $142 Ne8 30. Bxf7+
Qxf7 31. Re5 $16) 29... Rxg1 $15 30. Qa8+ $4 (30. Qxa3 $142 Qe8 31. Ra5 Rxc1+
32. Qxc1 $15) 30... Qe8 $19 31. Qxa3 Nxd5 (31... Nxd5 32. Kb2 e3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.10.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{B66: Sizilianisch (Richter/Rauser-Angriff)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 Rb8 (12... Qa5 13. e5 fxe5 14. fxe5 d5 15. Bh5 Rf8 16. Nxd5
exd5 17. Qxd5 Ra7 18. Qc6+ Bd7 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. e6 Qc7 21. exd7+ Qxd7 22. Qxa6
{Svidler,P (2713)-Kramnik,V (2751)/Internet ICC 1999/1-0}) 13. Bh5 $146 (13.
Bf3 Qb6 14. Qd2 a5 (14... Bd7 15. Rhe1 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Kb1 Qa5
19. b3 Qc5 20. Nf1 exf4 21. Qxf4 a5 22. Bg4 Rc8 23. Ne3 a4 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25.
Nc4 axb3 26. cxb3 Rg8 27. g3 Rc6 28. Qh6 Kd7 29. e5 {Porrasmaa,T (2120)
-Saastamoinen,A (2175)/Savonlinna 1997/0-1}) 15. Ne2 O-O 16. g4 a4 17. f5 a3
18. b3 Qc5 19. Rhg1 Qe5 20. Nd4 Bb7 21. h4 Rfd8 22. Rde1 Rbc8 23. g5 Kf8 24. g6
hxg6 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Rxg6 Ke8 27. Bg4 Bxe4 {Bodnaruk,A (2270)-Kostyuchenko,V
(2152)/St Petersburg 2007/1-0}) 13... b4 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. f5 (15. Bf3 $5 $14)
15... Qxa2 $15 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Nf4 O-O 18. Kd2 Qa5 (18... Rfc8 19. Ra1 Rc4
20. Rxa2 Rxd4+ 21. Ke3 $15) 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 f5 21. h4 Qd8 22. Qd3 Bf6 23.
Kc1 $2 (23. Rb1 $142 $15) 23... Bg7 $19 24. Qxf5 Qa5 (24... b3 25. cxb3 Rxb3
$19) 25. Kd2 $4 (25. Rh3 $142 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qxb2 27. Rb3 Qd4+ 28. Kc1 Qa1+ 29.
Kd2 $19) 25... Rbe8 $19 (25... Rbe8 26. Rhf1 Bh6+ 27. Rf4 Bxf4+ 28. Qxf4 Qxd5+
29. Kc1 Qxh5 30. Qxb4 Re2 $19) 0-1

[Event "WM 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir "]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Rogozenko"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{Eine grossartige Partie und ein sehr wichtiger Sieg für Anand. Der
Weltmeister präsentierte eine neue und starke Idee in der Eröffnung, hat
danach immer Druck auf Kramniks König ausgeübt und am Ende im Mattangriff
gewonnen.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {Wie in der ersten Partie greift Anand erneut zur
Slawischen Verteidigung.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 {Keine Abtauschvariante mehr.
Kramnik wählt die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung.} e6 5. e3 {Die so genannte
Meraner Variante. Beide Kontrahenten haben mit dieser Variante grosse
Erfahrung. Weiss will erst die Entwicklung beenden und dann e3-e4 spielen.}
Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 {Bisher hat Anand in dieser Stellung
fast immer 8...Lb7 gespielt. Mit 8...a6 verteidigt Schwarz den Bauer b5 und
bereitet den Vorstoss c6-c5.} 9. e4 c5 10. e5 {Die schärfste Fortsetzung.
Einer der besten Kenner dieser Variante ist übrigens der Moskauer GM  Evgeny
Bareev, der früher viel mit Kramnik zusammen gearbeitet hat.} cxd4 11. Nxb5 {
Das sofortige 11.exf6 dxc3 ist ungünstig für Weiss. Bevor er deshalb den
gegnerischen Springer auf f6 nimmt, zerstört Weiss vorher die schwarze
Bauernstruktur. Vor fast 10 Jahren hat Kramnik genau diese Stellung schon
einmal auf dem Brett gehabt, und zwar gegen Ex-Weltmeister Gary Kasparov} axb5
{Kasparov spielte damals 11...Sxe5 und nach 12.Sxe5 axb5 13.Lxb5+ Ld7 und
weiteren 20 Zügen endete die Partie Remis.} (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Bxb5+
Bd7 14. Nxd7 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qxb5 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. a4 Qc4 18. b3 Qd3 19. Qf3 Qe4+
20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. b4 Ke7 22. f3 Nc3 23. Bxc3 dxc3 24. Ke2 Rfd8 25. Rhd1 c2 26.
Rdc1 Rd4 27. Rxc2 Rxb4 28. a5 {Kramnik,V (2751)-Kasparov,G (2812)/Wijk aan Zee
1999/1/2-1/2}) 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O {Mit dem König auf e1 geht 13.Lxb5 nicht,
denn nach 13...Da5+ verliert Weiss den Läufer.} Qb6 14. Qe2 {In dieser
bekannten theoretischen Stellung hat Schwarz den Bauern b5 bislang mit
unterschiedlichen Zügen verteidigt. Meistens geschah 14...La6, aber auch 14...
b4 oder sogar 14...Ta5 wurden gespielt. Doch alle diese Züge geben Weiss laut
aktueller Theorie die besseren Aussichten.} Bb7 {Dutzende von
Großmeisterpartien wurden mit dieser Stellung schon gespielt - doch dieser Zug
ist auf GM-Niveau neu! Anand opfert einen Bauern und setzt auf Königsangriff.
Der Weltmeister führte diesen Zug sehr schnell aus - offensichtlich hat er die
ganze Idee mit seinen Sekundanten vor dem Wettkampf vorbereitet. Eine
unangenehme Situation für Kramnik, vor allem aus psychologischer Sicht: er
muss jetzt mit begrenzter Bedenkzeit alle Probleme am Brett lösen, während
Anand die Stellung zuhause in Ruhe mit dem Computer analysieren konnte.} 15.
Bxb5 {Wird man mit Weiss mit einer so grossen Überraschung konfrontiert, dann
hat man oft die Möglichkeit, einen Gang zurückzuschalten, den Ehrgeiz, den man
zu Beginn der Partie vielleicht hatte, zu zügeln, ruhig weiter zu spielen,
Remis zu machen, um dann zu Hause alles gründlich zu analysieren und in der
nächsten Partie wieder auf Gewinn zu spielen. Doch dafür ist diese Stellung
viel zu scharf und wenn Weiss nicht prinzipiell weiter spielt, kommt er
schnell in Schwierigkeiten. Anders gesagt: Kramnik hatte keine grosse Wahl und
musste Anands Bauernopfer akzeptieren.} Bd6 16. Rd1 Rg8 {Anand nutzt die
offenen Linien und Diagonalen, um seine Figuren gegen den weissen König in
Stellung zu bringen. Er will Ke7 spielen, um anschliessend die Türme auf der
g-Linie zu verdoppeln. Kramniks Stellung sieht sehr gefährdet aus.} 17. g3 {
Droht 18.Sxd4.} Rg4 {Damit will Anand nicht nur seinen Bauern verteidigen.
Viel wichtiger ist ihm, die d-Linie geschlossen zu halten, denn schliesslich
steht sein König im Zentrum ebenfalls anfällig und kann leicht einem weissen
Angriff zum Opfer fallen.} 18. Bf4 {Kramnik versucht die Verteidigung seines
Königs mit einem Angriff im Zentrum zu verbinden. Um die d-Linie zu öffnen,
opfert Weiss deshalb kurzfristig eine Figur. Nach 18.Sd2 spielt Schwarz 18...
Ke7 und weder 19.Lxd7 Tag8 noch 19.Dxg4 Dxb5 ist besonders schön für Weiss. 18.
h3 ist sogar noch schlechter: Nach 18...d3 19.Dxd3 Txg3+ gewinnt Schwarz
sofort.} Bxf4 19. Nxd4 {Vermutlich kam dieser Zug unerwartet für Anand, denn
von diesem Moment an investierte er viel mehr Bedenkzeit in seine Züge. Mit 19.
Sxd4 bereitet Kramnik ein Opfer auf e6 vor. Aber stärker war 19.Txd4 0-0-0 20.
Tad1 Ld5, was zu einer komplizierten Stellung mit etwa gleichen Chancen führt.}
h5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7 {Schwach ist 21.Lxd7+ Ke7 und Weiss verbleibt mit
einer Figur weniger.} Kf8 {Schwarz muss sich gegen das drohende Abzugsschach
des Turms verteidigen.} 22. Qd3 {Kramnik stellt eine neue Drohung auf: 23.Dh7.}
Rg7 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. gxf4 Rd8 25. Qe2 Kh6 {Kramnik hat die geopferte Figur
zurück gewonnen und zwei Mehrbauern behalten. Doch sein König schwebt in
grosser Gefahr. Anand hingegen konnte seinen König auf h6 in Sicherheit
bringen und steht bereit, die g-Linie erneut zum Angriff zu nutzen. Deshalb
hat Schwarz trotz des materiellen Nachteils generell bessere Aussichten, vor
allem aus praktischer Sicht: Mit begrenzter Bedenkzeit fällt es auch einem
Verteidigungskünstler wie Kramnik schwer, solche Stellungen zu spielen.} 26.
Kf1 Rg8 27. a4 Bg2+ 28. Ke1 Bh3 29. Ra3 $2 {Besser war ...} (29. Rd1 Bg4 (29...
Rg1+ 30. Kd2) 30. Qe3 Qxe3+ 31. fxe3 Bxd1 32. Kxd1 {Das sollte Weiss keine
grossen Probleme bereiten  - seine verbundenen Freibauern auf dem Damenflügel
sind stark genug, um ihm das Remis zu sichern.}) 29... Rg1+ 30. Kd2 Qd4+ 31.
Kc2 Bg4 (31... Bf5+ $1 32. Bd3 (32. Rd3) 32... Bg4 33. f3 Bh3 {... und Schwarz
gewinnt}) 32. f3 $2 {Der zweite und entscheidende Fehler. Kramnik übersieht
hier eine versteckte Verteidigungsmöglichkeit} (32. Rd3 Qc5+ (32... Bf5 33. Kb3
Bxd3 34. Bxd3) 33. Rc3) 32... Bf5+ {Jetzt gibt es keine Verteidigung mehr.
Anand gewinnt in allen Varianten.} 33. Bd3 Bh3 ({Noch schneller gewinnt ...} 
33... Bxd3+ 34. Rxd3 (34. Qxd3 Rg2+ 35. Kd1 Qg1+) 34... Qc4+ 35. Kd2 Qc1#) 34.
a5 Rg2 35. a6 Rxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Bf5+ 37. Kb3 Qe3+ 38. Ka2 Qxe2 39. a7 Qc4+ 40. Ka1
Qf1+ 41. Ka2 Bb1+ {und Kramnik gab auf.    Analysen: Dorian Rogozenko auf
SpiegelOnline} (41... Bb1+ 42. Kb3 Qb5+ 43. Kc3 Qc5+ 44. Kb3 Bc2+ 45. Ka2 Qd5+
46. b3 Qd2 47. Ra6 Bxb3+ 48. Kxb3 Qd3+ 49. Kb4 Qxa6 50. Kc5 Qxa7+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Schachwoche A"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "2008.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kargin, Arseny"]
[Black "Gaehwiler, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 {B90: Sizilianisch 
(Najdorf-Variante, Abweichungen)} e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Ng3 Be6 9. f4 $146 (9. Be2
O-O 10. O-O (10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Re8 13. g4 h6 14. h4 Nh7 15.
Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bc6 Rxb2 17. Nd5 Bf8 18. g5 Qc8 19. Ba4 Rd8 20. Bb3 Nc5 21. g6
Qxf5 22. gxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rg1 Nxb3 24. axb3 Rxc2 {Lindberg,B (2443)-Blomqvist,E 
(2313)/Taby 2007/1/2-1/2}) 10... g6 11. Nd5 (11. Qd2 Ne8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5
Nc6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. c3 Ng7 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Bh6 Rfd8 18. Nf1 Ne6 19. Ne3 Rd7
20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Bg4 Nb8 22. Be3 Rc6 23. a4 Qe8 24. b4 Bd8 25. Qa2 Rc8 {
Nevednichy,V (2576)-Petkov,V (2480)/Sibenik 2006/1-0}) 11... Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7
13. c4 Ne8 14. Qd2 f5 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. f3 a5 17. Kh1 Bh4 18. Bd3 Bxg3 19. hxg3
f4 20. Kg1 Qf6 21. Kf2 Nc5 22. Bc2 Ng7 23. Bxg7 fxg3+ {Muzychuk,A (2469)
-Dzagnidze,N (2416)/Kemer 2007/0-1}) (9. Be2 O-O $11) 9... Ng4 $11 10. Bd2 Qb6
(10... exf4 11. Bxf4 Qb6 12. Qf3 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rc1 $15) 11. Qf3 $11
exf4 12. Qxf4 g5 (12... Qxb2 $143 13. Rb1 g5 14. Qf3 $16) 13. Qf3 Nc6 (13...
Qxb2 $143 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Rxb7 $16) 14. Nf5 (14. O-O-O Nce5 15. Qe2 Nc4 $15)
14... Nce5 $15 15. Ng7+ Kd7 16. Qg3 h5 (16... Qxb2 $143 17. Rb1 Qxc2 18. Be2
$14) 17. Nxe6 fxe6 (17... Kxe6 $143 18. Be2 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qxc2 20. h3 $16) 18.
Nd1 (18. h3 h4 19. Na4 Qxb2 $17 (19... hxg3 $143 20. Nxb6+ Kc6 21. Nxa8 $16 (
21. hxg4 $143 Kxb6 (21... Rxh1 $143 22. Nxa8 Rh8 23. a4 $14) 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 $15)
)) 18... h4 (18... Qc6 $5 $19) 19. Qb3 $17 Qc6 20. Nc3 $2 (20. h3 Qxe4+ 21. Ne3
Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Rac8 $17) 20... h3 $17 21. Qa4 $2 (21. Rg1 hxg2 22. Bxg2 Rxh2 $19
) 21... hxg2 (21... Qxa4 22. Nxa4 Raf8 23. Nb6+ Kc7 24. gxh3 Nf3+ (24... Kxb6
$6 25. hxg4 Nxg4 26. Bc4 $15) 25. Ke2 Nxd2 (25... Kxb6 $6 26. hxg4 Nxh2 27. Rd1
$17) 26. Na8+ Kc6 (26... Rxa8 $143 27. hxg4 Nc4 28. Rb1 $19) 27. Kxd2 Nf2 $19 (
27... Rxa8 $6 28. hxg4 Raf8 29. h3 $11)) 22. Bxg2 Rxh2 23. Rxh2 Nxh2 24. O-O-O
(24. Qxc6+ Kxc6 25. Ke2 g4 $19) 24... Qxa4 25. Nxa4 Kc6 26. Rh1 Nhf3 27. Be3 (
27. Rh7 Nxd2 28. Kxd2 Rf8 $19) 27... Nh4 28. Bf1 g4 29. Bf2 $2 (29. Nc3 $142
$19) 29... Rf8 30. Bg3 Rf3 31. Be1 (31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Be2 g3 33. Bxf3 Nxf3 $19)
31... g3 32. Rg1 (32. Bc3 Bg5+ 33. Kb1 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Nhf3 35. Bxe5 Nd2+ (35...
Nxe5 $6 36. Nc3 $15) 36. Ka1 Nxf1 (36... dxe5 $6 37. Rg1 $17) 37. Bxg3 Nxg3 $19
) 32... Rxf1 $1 33. Rxf1 g2 34. Rg1 Nef3 35. Bxh4 (35. Rxg2 Nxg2 36. Bd2 $19)
35... Nxg1 36. Bf2 Nh3 37. Ba7 b6 $1 38. Bxb6 Bd8 $3 (38... Bd8 39. Bd4 e5 $19
40. Be3 Bg5 41. Bxg5 g1=Q+) 0-1

[Event "Russ. Superfinale"]
[Site "Moskau"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{C11: Französische Verteidigung} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4
c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bxc5 (11.
Kb1 Rd8 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b6 14. f5 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qg4
Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Nxe5 19. Qg3 f6 20. fxe6 Qb7 21. Rhd1 Re8 22. Qh3 Qc6 23. Nxd5 {
Korneev,O (2638)-Gurevich,M (2643)/Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2006/1/2-1/2}) 11...
Nxc5 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 $146 (13. Rh3 Rab8 14. h5 b5 (14... h6 15. Qe3 Na4 16.
Nxa4 Qxa4 17. Kb1 Rfc8 18. Rd2 b5 19. g4 Nb4 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 f6 22. exf6
gxf6 23. Rg2 Kf7 24. c3 Nc6 25. g5 Rg8 26. g6+ Kg7 27. Rd2 Rgd8 28. Rhh2 e5 29.
Bh3 {Najer,E (2670)-Lysyj,I (2596)/Novokuznetsk RUS 2008/1-0}) 15. f5 exf5 16.
Rg3 Ne6 17. Qh6 Nb4 18. Rxg7+ Nxg7 19. Ng5 Rfc8 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. h6 Rxc3 22.
Qxg7+ Ke7 23. Qf6+ Ke8 24. bxc3 Nxa2+ 25. Kb2 Qxc3+ 26. Kb1 Qa3 27. Qh8+ Ke7 {
Najer,E (2624)-Riazantsev,A (2621)/Sochi 2007/1/2-1/2}) 13... Rab8 (13... h6 $5
$11) 14. h6 $16 g6 15. Qe3 (15. Qf2 Ne7 $14) 15... Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. Kb1
Rfc8 18. Rd2 Nb4 19. a3 Rxc2 20. axb4 Rc1+ 21. Kxc1 Qa1+ 22. Kc2 Rc8+ 23. Qc3
Rxc3+ 24. Kxc3 (24. bxc3 Ba4+ 25. Kd3 Bd1 $14) 24... Bb5 $14 25. Kd4 (25. Bxb5
$143 Qxh1 26. Kd3 Qxh6 $17) 25... Bxf1 26. Rf2 Qc1 27. Rfxf1 (27. Rhxf1 $5
Qxf4+ 28. Kd3 Qxh6 29. Nd2 $14) 27... Qxf4+ $11 (27... Qxb2+ 28. Ke3 Qxb4 29.
Rc1 Qb6+ 30. Nd4 $18) 28. Kd3 Qe4+ 29. Kd2 Qxb4+ 30. Ke3 Qb6+ (30... f6 $5 31.
exf6 e5 $11) 31. Kf4 $14 f6 (31... Kf8 32. g4 $16) 32. exf6 (32. Kg3 g5 33. Rc1
Qd8 $18) 32... Qxb2 33. Kg4 (33. Kg3 Qxf6 34. Re1 g5 $16) 33... Qxg2+ $14 34.
Kh4 Qb2 35. Rhg1 Qxf6+ $4 (35... e5 $142 36. Rc1 Qe2 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Rg7+
Kxf6 $11) 36. Ng5 $18 Qb2 37. Kh3 a5 (37... e5 38. Ne6 Qa3+ 39. Rg3 Qe7 40.
Rf8+ Qxf8 41. Nxf8 Kxf8 $18) 38. Nxe6 (38. Nxe6 Qb4 39. Rg3 $18) (38. Rg3 Qe5
39. Rgf3 Qf5+ 40. Rxf5 gxf5 41. Rc1 Kf8 42. Nxh7+ Ke7 43. Ng5 Kf6 44. h7 Kxg5
45. h8=Q f4 46. Qe5+ Kg6 47. Qxe6+ Kh5 48. Rg1 b6 49. Qg6#) 1-0

[Event "17. kroat. Mannschaftsmeistersch."]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2008.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 {C77: Spanische Partie 
(Anderssen-Variante)} b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d3 Bb6 9. Bg5 (9. O-O O-O 10.
Be3 Ne7 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Nh4 g5 13. Nf3 h6 14. Na3 Ng6 15. Kh1 Nf4 16. Qd2 Qd7
17. Ng1 d5 18. exd5 N4xd5 19. Nc2 Nf4 20. Ne1 Bb7 21. f3 Rad8 22. Qf2 Qc6 23.
Rd1 Rd6 {Tiviakov,S (2655)-Sasikiran,K (2470)/Ubeda 1999/1/2-1/2}) 9... h6 10.
Bh4 Na5 $146 (10... Be6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Nf1 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qe6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Ne3 Ne7 16. O-O O-O 17. b4 Qe6 18. Ra3 f5 19. Rfa1 fxe4 20. dxe4 Qc8 21. g3
Qb7 22. Nd2 d5 23. Rf1 dxe4 24. Ng2 e3 25. Nxe3 {Vehi Bach,V (2445)-Sturua,Z 
(2540)/Biel 1995/0-1}) 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Nf1 g5 14. Bg3 c4 (14... O-O
$5 $11) 15. d4 $14 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 d5 (17... Nc6 $5 18. O-O-O d5
$14) 18. Be5 $16 O-O 19. h4 Nxe4 (19... g4 20. Qe3 Nxe4 21. f3 $18) 20. Bxe4
dxe4 21. hxg5 (21. Qh5 $142 $5 g4 22. d5 $18) 21... Qxg5 $16 22. Ng3 Bg4 $2 (
22... f6 23. Nxe4 Qg6 $16 (23... Qxg2 $2 24. O-O-O Bg4 25. Rdg1 Bxe2 26. Rxg2+
Kh7 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Rhg1 $18 (28. Bxf6 $143 Rg8 29. Rxg8 Kxg8 $18))) 23.
Nxe4 $18 Bxe2 24. Nxg5 f6 25. Rxh6 (25. Kxe2 hxg5 26. Bd6 Rfe8+ 27. Kf3 Nc6 $15
) 25... Bd3 $4 (25... Kg7 $142 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 $18) 26. Bxf6 (26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27.
Rxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "5. CHN-RUS"]
[Site "Ningpo CHN"]
[Date "2008.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.09.18"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 {C67: Spanische Partie 
(Rio-de-Janeiro-Variante)} 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.
h3 Ne7 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. Be3 Ke8 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Rfe1 $146 (13. a3 h5 14. Rfe1
h4 15. Nd4 Rh5 16. f4 a6 17. Rd2 (17. Ne4 Bd7 18. c4 a5 19. c5 a4 20. Rc1 f5
21. exf6 Bxf6 22. f5 Ne7 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Bf4 Kf7 25. Bxc7 Nxf5 26. Rc4 Nxd4
27. Rxd4 Be6 28. Bd6 Ra5 29. Rde4 Bd5 30. Re7+ Kg6 31. Rxb7 Rb5 {Kasimdzhanov,
R (2670)-Topalov,V (2788)/San Luis 2005/1/2-1/2}) 17... Bd7 18. Red1 Rd8 19.
Nde2 Bc8 20. Ne4 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 b6 22. c4 c5 23. N2c3 Be6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5
c6 26. Rd3 Rf5 27. Nd6+ Bxd6 {Baramidze,D (2542)-Gyimesi,Z (2624)/Austria 2006/
1/2-1/2}) 13... h5 14. Nd4 h4 (14... Kf8 15. Bc1 $14) 15. f4 Rh5 16. Ne4 f5 (
16... Bd7 17. Nf3 $14) 17. exf6 $1 $16 Bxf6 (17... Bxf6 18. Nxf6+) (17... gxf6
18. f5 Ne5 19. Bf4 Kf7 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxe5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Bxf6 Kxf6
24. Re4 Rh8 25. Rd7 Rd5 26. Rxc7 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Rd2 28. Rxb7 Rxc2 29. Rg4 a5 30.
a4 $16) 18. f5 $1 Ne7 (18... Bxf5 19. Nxf6+ (19. g4 hxg3 20. Nxg3 Bxc2 21. Nxh5
Bxd1 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxd1)) 19. Bf4 (19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bf2 Bxf5 21. Bxh4
Kf7 22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23. Rd7+ Kg6 $18) 19... Kf7 (19... Kf8 20. Bxc7 Nxf5 21. Nf3
$16) 20. Ne6 Rxf5 (20... Bxe6 $5 21. fxe6+ Kxe6 22. Ng3+ Re5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 $18)
21. Nxc7 $18 Rxf4 22. Nxa8 Be5 23. Ng5+ Kf6 24. Nh7+ Ke6 25. Rd8 Rf5 26. Nc7+
Kf7 27. Ne8 (27. Rf8+ $5 Kg6 28. Rxf5 Kxf5 29. Rf1+ Kg6 30. Nf8+ Kh6 $18) 27...
Bg3 28. Nd6+ Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Rh5 30. Rf1+ Bf5 31. Rd7 g6 32. Rxb7 Rxh7 33. Rxa7
Kf6 34. c4 (34. a4 Rh8 35. a5 Rb8 $18) 34... Rh8 $16 35. b4 Rd8 (35... Rb8 36.
a3 $16) 36. Re1 $18 Be6 37. b5 Rd2 38. a4 Nf5 39. bxc6 (39. Ra6 $142 $5 Nd4 40.
bxc6 $18) 39... Bxc4 40. c7 Bd5 41. Ra6+ Kg5 (41... Kf7 $142 $5 42. Re2 $1 Rd1+
43. Kf2 Rc1 $16) 42. Re5 $18 Bb7 $4 (42... Rxg2+ $142 43. Kf1 Rc2 44. Rxd5 Rxc7
$18) 43. Rb6 Rxg2+ (43... Bc8 44. Re8 Rd1+ 45. Kf2 $18) 44. Kf1 Rc2 45. Rxb7
Kf4 46. Re8 (46. Re8 Nd6 47. Rb4+ Kf5 48. Rd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "4. EU-Meisterschaft"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2008.09.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.09.09"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {E04: Katalanisch} d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3 cxd4 9. Naxc4 Bc5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Qxb7 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rb8 13.
Qf3 Bd6 (13... Nd5 14. Rd1 f6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. b3 Qd6 17. Bb2 Qb6 18. Rac1
Rbd8 19. Rc4 e5 20. e3 Nc7 21. exd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qd3 Rfe8 24. Rc6 Qa5
25. Qc4+ Nd5 26. b4 {Schebler,G (2500)-Braun,P (2221)/Stuttgart 2005/1-0}) 14.
Nc6 (14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bg5 Be5 16. Rab1 h6 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Rfe8 19. Rfc1
e5 20. Qd2 Rec8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 e4 24. Qd2 Qd5 25. Qc2 g6
26. b4 Kg7 27. h3 d3 28. Qd2 Qc4 {Vaganian,R (2615)-Serper,G (2575)/Luzern
1993/1/2-1/2}) 14... Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Qe7 $146 (15... e5 16. Rb1 Rb6 17. Qa4 Qb8
18. Bg5 Be7 19. b4 Bxb4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qd7 Qc8 22. Qxa7 Rb8 23. Qa4 Bc3 24.
Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Be4 Qc7 26. Qa6 Kg7 27. Qd3 Rb8 28. Bxh7 Rb2 29. Be4 Rxa2 30. h4
{Kasparov,G (2795)-Comp Deep Blue/Philadelphia 1996/1-0}) 16. Qa4 e5 (16...
Rfd8 17. Re1 $11) 17. Rb1 (17. a3 e4 $11) 17... h6 18. Bd2 Bb4 19. Bxb4 Rxb4
20. Qa3 e4 21. Rfc1 Rd8 22. Rc2 Ng4 23. Rbc1 $2 (23. Re1 $142 $5 $11) 23... d3
$17 24. exd3 e3 25. Rc8 $4 (25. Rf1 $142 Nxf2 26. Rfxf2 exf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qe1+ 28.
Bf1 $17) 25... Rxc8 (25... exf2+ 26. Kh1 Qe1+ 27. Bf1 Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Kh7 29.
Rc1 Qxc1 30. Kg2 Rxb2 31. Qxb2 Qxb2 32. Kf3 Nxh2+ 33. Ke4 Nxf1 34. a3 Nd2+ 35.
Kd5 f1=Q 36. Kd6 Qxd3+ 37. Ke7 Qf6+ 38. Kf8 Qdd8#) 26. Rxc8+ Kh7 27. Re8 (27.
Be4+ Rxe4 28. Qxe7 exf2+ (28... Rxe7 $6 29. fxe3 Nxe3 30. b4 $19) 29. Kf1 Rxe7
$19) 27... exf2+ (27... Qxe8 $6 28. Qxb4 exf2+ 29. Kf1 $17) 28. Kf1 Qc5 (28...
Qc5 29. Qxb4 Nxh2+ 30. Ke2 Qxb4 31. Kxf2 Qc5+ 32. d4 Qxd4+ 33. Ke2 Qxb2+ 34.
Kd1 Qxg2 $19) (28... Qxe8 $6 29. Qxb4 Qd7 30. Be4+ f5 31. h3 $17) 0-1

[Event "Damen-WM"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.09.14"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{C90: Spanische Partie (Abweichungen von der Hauptvariante)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3 d6 9. c3 Bg4 (
9... Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 c6 14. dxc6 Qc7 15. Nf1
Qxc6 16. Ng3 Nac4 17. Nh5 Be7 18. b3 Na5 19. Qd2 f6 20. c4 Nb7 21. cxb5 axb5
22. b4+ Nc4 23. Nh4 Rf7 24. Qd3 {Vasiukov,E (2575)-Tukmakov,V (2560)/Moscow
1972/1/2-1/2}) 10. d3 (10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 d5 12. g4 dxe4 13. gxh5 exf3 14. Qxf3
Qd7 15. h6 g6 16. Bg5 e4 17. dxe4 Nh5 18. Rd1 Ne5 19. Qg2 Qe8 20. Be3 Rd8 21.
Nd2 Qc6 22. Nf1 Bc5 23. Bd5 Qf6 24. Kh1 Bxe3 {Djuric,S (2460)-Vijayalakshmi,S 
(2424)/Cutro 2007/0-1}) 10... Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 $146 (12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1
Qc7 14. h3 Bd7 15. Ne3 b4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. c4 Rfb8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nd8
20. b3 f5 21. Nh2 Bf6 22. Ra2 a5 23. f4 Qb7 24. Bb2 a4 25. Bb1 Nf7 26. Nf3 axb3
{Zednik,Z (1845)-Soutner,J (1755)/Klatovy 1998//0-1}) 12... Bd7 (12... Be6 13.
Nbd2 $11) 13. d4 Qc7 (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Bd2 $11) 14. d5 (14. b4 Nc4
15. bxc5 dxc5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 $14) 14... c4 15. Nbd2 Nb7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. g4 h5
18. N3h2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Qc8 20. f3 Nh7 21. Ng3 Bg5 22. Nf5 Qd8 23. Kg2 g6 (23...
Qf6 24. Bxg5 Nxg5 25. Rh1 $15) 24. Ng3 (24. Nxd6 $5 Qb6 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. gxf5
$15) 24... Kg7 $17 25. Rh1 Rh8 26. Nhf1 Qf6 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Nxe3 Ng5 29. Qe2
Rag8 30. Raf1 Qf4 31. Rxh8 $2 (31. Qf2 $142 $17) 31... Rxh8 $19 (31... Kxh8 $6
32. Rh1+ Kg7 33. Qf2 $15) 32. Rh1 (32. Qf2 Nd3 33. Bxd3 cxd3 $19) 32... Rxh1
33. Nxh1 Nd3 $1 34. Bxd3 cxd3 35. Qf2 d2 $1 36. Ng3 (36. Qxd2 Qxf3+ 37. Kg1
Nxe4 38. Qc1 Bxg4 39. Ng2 Bh3 40. Qf1 Qg4 41. Nf2 Qxg2+ 42. Qxg2 Bxg2 43. Kxg2
Nxf2 44. Kxf2 e4 $19) 36... Nxf3 $1 37. Qxf3 Bxg4 $1 38. Qf2 (38. Nxg4 Qxf3+
39. Kxf3 d1=Q+) (38. Qxg4 Qxg4 39. Nxg4 d1=Q) (38. -- Qxf3+ 39. Kh2 Qf2+ 40.
Ng2 d1=Q 41. Ne2 Qdxe2) 38... d1=Q 39. Nxd1 Bxd1 40. Qe1 (40. Qf1 Bc2 41. Qe2
$19) 40... Bf3+ 41. Kg1 f5 42. exf5 (42. Qf2 fxe4 43. Nf1 Qg4+ 44. Qg3 Qxg3+
45. Nxg3 e3 $19) 42... gxf5 43. Qf2 Kg6 44. b3 e4 45. c4 (45. Qh2 Qe3+ 46. Qf2
Qc1+ 47. Qf1 Qxc3 48. Qf2 Qc1+ 49. Qf1 Qxa3 50. Qf2 $19) 45... bxc4 46. bxc4
Qg5 47. c5 (47. Kf1 Qc1+ 48. Qe1 Qxc4+ 49. Kg1 $19) 47... f4 48. cxd6 (48. Kf1
fxg3 49. Qc2 g2+ 50. Kg1 Qe3+ 51. Qf2 Qc1+ 52. Kh2 Qh1+ 53. Kg3 g1=Q+ 54. Qxg1
Qxg1+ 55. Kh3 Qg2+ 56. Kh4 Qh2#) 48... fxg3 (48... fxg3 49. Qc2 Qh4 50. Qg2
Bxg2 51. Kxg2 Qh2+ 52. Kf1 Qf2#) 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{E15: Damenindisch (Hauptfortsetzung, Abweichungen)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1
Qc8 11. a3 Nf6 12. Bg5 $146 (12. Nc3 d5 13. Bg5 Nbd7 (13... d4 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Ne4 O-O 16. Rac1 Qe6 17. Nh4 Bc6 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Bd6 20. Nf3 Nc6 21.
e3 Ne5 22. Nfh4 Rac8 23. Nf4 Qg4 24. h3 Qd7 25. Nh5 Qxh3 26. Qf5 Qxf5 27. Nxf5
Rfd8 28. exd4 {Rodshtein,M (2517)-Pashikian,A (2527)/Yerevan 2006/1-0}) 14. e4
d4 15. e5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Qa4+ Nd7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Re1 Nxe5 20. Rxe5+
Kf8 21. Kxg2 dxc3 22. bxc3 g6 23. Rae1 Kg7 24. Re7 Qf5 25. Qc4 Rhd8 26. R1e5
Qf6 {Kramnik,V (2788)-Leko,P (2741)/Moscow RUS 2008/1/2-1/2}) 12... d5 (12...
h6 $5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 $11) 13. Bxf6 $14 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 $143
O-O $15) 15... Na6 16. Nh4 g6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 O-O 19. Rad1 Nc7 20. Rd7
Ne6 21. Qe4 Qe8 (21... c4 $5 22. Qg4 Qc5 $11) 22. Nf3 $16 c4 (22... Nd4 23. Ne5
Nc6 24. f4 Nxe5 25. fxe5 $16) 23. Qh4 Nc5 (23... h5 $142 $5 24. Qf6 Nc5 $18)
24. Re7 $18 Rd8 $2 (24... Qa4 25. Rd6 Qc2 $18 (25... Qxa3 $4 26. Ng5 Qc1+ 27.
Kg2 Qxg5 28. Qxg5 $18)) 25. Rf1 (25. Rf1 Qc6 26. Ng5 $18 h5 27. Nxf7 Rxf7 (
27... Rc8 28. Ne5 Qf6 29. Qxc4+ Kh8 30. Qd4 Rcd8 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 32. Qxd8+ Kh7
33. Rxf7+ Qxf7 $18) 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Qxd8) 1-0

[Event "3. NH"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{A30: Englische Eröffnung (Symmetrische Variante)} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3
Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Re1 Nc6 8. e4 (8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2
10. Kxg2 cxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Rad1 Rc5 {Volzhin,A (2556)
-Staniszewski,P (2434)/Zakopane 2000/1/2-1/2}) 8... e5 (8... Ng4 9. d3 d6 10.
Nh4 Nge5 11. f4 Nd7 12. a3 O-O 13. Bd2 Nd4 14. Rb1 e6 15. b4 Qe7 16. Nf3 Nxf3+
17. Bxf3 Rfc8 18. Bg2 Nb8 19. bxc5 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 dxc5 21. Nb5 Bh8 22. e5 Rd8 23.
Nd6 {Kustar,S (2351)-Breder,D (2473)/Budapest 2004/1/2-1/2}) 9. d3 d6 $146 (
9... O-O 10. Nd5 (10. a3 h6 {Szekely,P (2455)-Csom,I (2455)/Budapest 1995/1/
2-1/2}) 10... h6 11. Rb1 d6 12. a3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. b4 Bc8 15. Bb2 f5 16.
Nxe5 dxe5 17. d6 Rb8 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. f4 e4 20. dxe4 Rd8 21. Qc2 cxb4 22. Bxg7
Qxg7 23. Rxb4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 {Lopushnoy,D (2390)-Mikhaliov,V/Krasnoyarsk 1998/
1-0}) 10. Nd5 h6 11. a3 O-O 12. Bd2 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. b4 Ba6 15. Bc3 f5 16.
bxc5 bxc5 17. Qc2 f4 18. Nd2 Qd7 19. Nc4 f3 20. Bf1 g5 21. Bd2 g4 22. Qc3 Rfb8
23. Reb1 Kh7 24. Qa5 Bc8 $2 (24... Bxc4 $142 25. dxc4 h5 $11) 25. d4 $18 cxd4
26. Bb4 Ng6 27. Bxd6 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Bf6 $2 (28... h5 $142 $5 $18) 29. Bc7 (29.
Nb6 Bd8 30. Nxd7 Bxa5 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 Bb6 $18) 29... Qg7 30. Nd6 Bd7 (
30... Bg5 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. d6 $18) 31. Rb7 (31. Bb8 a6 $18) 31... Nf8 32. Rxa7
(32. Qa6 Kg8 $18) 32... Rxa7 33. Qxa7 Qg5 $2 (33... h5 $142 $18) 34. Nc4 Bg7 (
34... Qg7 35. Bd6 Ng6 $18) 35. Bd6 (35. Bd6 Kg8 36. Bxf8 Bxf8 37. Qxd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "9.TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{D02: Damenbauernspiele} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. c3 Nh5 5. Bg3 (5. Bc1
g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. a3 Rad8 16. Ba2 Nb6 17. b4 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5
19. Bb2 exd4 {Onkoud,A (2406)-Barsov,A (2521)/France 2007/1/2-1/2}) 5... g6
$146 (5... Nxg3 6. hxg3 Bf5 (6... g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. c4 c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4
Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qd8 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Be2 Nb6 15. Qa5 Qc7 16. Kb1 Bd7
17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Bf3 Nc4 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Rcd1 Na3+ 21. Ka1 {Balogh,T (2447)
-Magem Badals,J (2528)/Batumi 1999/0-1}) 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nbd2 h6 9. e4 dxe4 10.
Ng5 e6 11. Ngxe4 Nd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 Be7 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16.
f4 Bg6 17. Bf3 Rhe8 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qb6 20. Rhe1 {Laundy,P-Bridger,M/
London 2000/1/2-1/2}) 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. e3 (7. e4 O-O $11) 7... Nd7 8. Bh4 h6 9.
g4 Nhf6 10. h3 Qb6 11. Qc2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. Rg1 (13. gxh5 Nxh5 14. Bh2 f6 $14)
13... hxg4 14. hxg4 Nf8 15. Nxg5 Bxg4 16. Be5 Bh5 17. Bd3 Rg8 (17... Bh6 18. a4
$14) 18. Nh3 Bg4 $2 (18... Bh6 $142 19. Bxf6 Rxg1+ 20. Nxg1 exf6 $16) 19. Bxf6
$18 Bxf6 20. Be2 Bxe2 (20... Bxh3 21. Rxg8 O-O-O 22. Nb3 $18) 21. Rxg8 Ba6 22.
Ng5 (22. O-O-O O-O-O $18) 22... Qb5 23. O-O-O Bxg5 24. Rxg5 Qe2 25. Nb3 Qxc2+
26. Kxc2 b6 27. Rg8 Bc8 28. Rh1 f6 29. Kd2 Kf7 30. Rhh8 Bf5 31. Nc1 c5 (31...
e5 32. dxe5 fxe5 33. f3 $18) 32. Nd3 cxd4 (32... Bxd3 33. Kxd3 c4+ 34. Ke2 $18)
33. exd4 Bxd3 34. Kxd3 Rc8 (34... Rd8 35. f4 e6 36. Rg3 $18) 35. f4 e6 36. a4 (
36. Rg3 Rc7 $18) 36... a5 (36... a6 37. Rg1 Rc7 38. Rhg8 $18) 37. b3 Rd8 (37...
f5 38. Rg3 $18) 38. c4 Re8 (38... dxc4+ 39. Kxc4 e5 40. fxe5 fxe5 41. dxe5 Rc8+
42. Kd5 Rd8+ 43. Kc6 Rc8+ 44. Kb7 Rc3 45. Rxf8+ Ke6 46. Re8+ Kf5 47. Rhf8+ Ke4
$18) 39. c5 (39. c5 bxc5 40. dxc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{D45: Damengambit (Anti-Meraner Variante)} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3
e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 Nxh2 9. Nxh2 Bxh2 10. Rxg7 Nf8 11.
Rg2 Bd6 12. e4 (12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O a6 14. e4 Rc8 15. Re1 Be7 16. f4 b5 17.
c5 dxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. cxd6 Kf7 21. Kb1 Rg8 22. Rxg8 Kxg8 23.
Qc5 Ng6 24. Bd3 a5 25. Bc2 a4 26. Rg1 Ra8 {Garcia Ilundain,D (2420)-Illescas
Cordoba,M (2555)/Leon 1992/0-1}) 12... Ng6 $146 (12... dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bd7 14. c5
Be7 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bh2 f5 17. Qe3 Bf6 18. O-O-O Kf7 19. Be2 Qf8 20. Bh5 Qg7
21. Ne2 Rhg8 22. Bd6 Be7 23. Be5 Bf6 24. Nf4 Qh8 25. Rh2 Qg7 26. Nxg6 {Dang
Bich Ngoc (2192)-Pham Bich,N (2111)/Phu Quoc 2007/1-0}) (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4
Ng6 14. Be3 Nh4 15. Rg4 h5 16. Rxh4 Qxh4 17. O-O-O Bf4 18. e5 Qg5 19. Ne4 Bxe3+
20. Kb1 Qe7 21. fxe3 Bd7 22. Rf1 Kd8 23. Nd6 f5 24. Nxb7+ Kc7 25. Nc5 Bc8 26.
Qa4 a5 27. Rc1 {Niemann,P (2091)-Singh,M (1736)/Dortmund 2006/1-0}) 13. Bg5 Be7
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. O-O-O dxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Nd2 c5 18. dxc5 (18. Qb3 cxd4 19.
Nf3 e5 $11) 18... Bd7 $11 19. b4 O-O-O 20. Rg3 e5 (20... Rhg8 21. Nf3 $11) 21.
Rd3 Be6 (21... e4 $5 22. Rd6 Ne5 $11) 22. Ra3 $14 a6 (22... Qd7 23. Rxa7 Kb8
24. Ra3 $14) 23. c6 bxc6 (23... Qxb4 24. cxb7+ Kc7 25. Rxa6 $18) 24. c5 $16 Qg5
$2 (24... Qh4 $142 25. Qa4 Bd5 26. Qxa6+ Kd7 $18) 25. Rxa6 $18 Kd7 26. Bc4 Bxc4
27. Qxc4 Ne7 $4 (27... Ke8 28. Qe6+ Qe7 29. Qxc6+ Kf7 $18) 28. Kc2 (28. Qf7
$142 $5 Kc8 29. Ra7 Rhf8 30. Qe6+ Kb8 31. Rxe7 Qf6 32. Qxf6 Rxf6 $18) 28... Ke8
29. Nf3 Qf6 (29... Qg8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. Qd3+ Qd5 32. Nxe5 Qxd3+ 33. Kxd3 $18)
30. Rd6 $1 Rxd6 31. cxd6 (31. cxd6 Qxd6 32. Ra8+ Kd7 33. Rxh8 $18) 1-0

[Event "2. FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{E15: Damenindisch (Hauptfortsetzung, Abweichungen)} 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 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. cxb6
Nxb6 17. Re1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nd7 19. Nf3 (19. Ne4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Rad1 Qb6
22. Qxb6 {1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov,S (2742)-Kramnik,V (2788)/Moscow RUS 2008/The
Week in Chess 721}) 19... Bc4 20. Qb2 Bf6 $146 (20... Nc5 21. Bxg7 Nd3 22. Bxf8
Nxb2 23. Bxe7 Qb6 24. Ne5 Be6 25. Re2 Nc4 26. Rae1 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 h6 28. R5e2
Qd4 29. h4 Rc4 30. Ba3 Qd3 31. Bb2 Rc2 32. Bf1 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Qb1 34. Bc3 Qc1
35. Bb4 {Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Leko,P (2755)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008/1/2-1/2 (215)})
21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ne5 Bd5 23. Rad1 Qa5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Nd7 Rfd8 $4 (25...
Rfe8 $142 26. Re5 Qb4 $14) 26. Qe5 $18 (26. Qe5 Qxa2 27. Rxd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Britische Meisterschaft"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Surtees, Michael"]
[Black "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{B10: Caro-Kann-Verteidigung} 1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. d4 Nc6
6. a3 e6 (6... f6 7. Nf4 fxe5 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Nxg6 Nf6 10. Qh4 Nxd4 11. Nxe5
Nxc2+ 12. Kd1 Bd7 13. Ra2 Ba4 14. axb4 Ne3+ 15. Ke1 Nxf1 16. Rxa4 Qc7 17. Qf4
Qc2 18. Ra1 Rc8 19. Ba3 Bh6 20. Qxh6 Qe4+ 21. Kxf1 {Bertholee,R (2335)-Peelen,
P (2390)/Amstelveen 1994/1-0}) (6... bxa3 7. c3 e6 8. Nf4 Nge7 9. Bxa3 Ng6 10.
Nh5 Bd7 11. Bd3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 O-O 13. O-O f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Qb1 f5 16. Qxb7
Rb8 17. Qa6 Rb6 18. Qa4 Qg5 19. Qd1 f4 20. Be2 Nh4 21. Bg4 {Surtees,M-Arkell,K
(2521)/Bradford 2002/0-1}) 7. axb4 Bxb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 $146 (8... Be7 9. Ng3 Bd7
10. h4 f5 11. Bd3 a6 12. Nd2 Nh6 13. Nf3 Nf7 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. O-O Na5 16. Qb1
Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. d5 exd5 19. Re1 Nd8 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 g6 22. Qg4 Qb6
23. Nd4 {Richmond,P (2190)-Lee,G (2319)/England 1999/1-0}) 9. Ng3 Nge7 10. Nh5
O-O 11. Bg5 Qc7 (11... h6 $5 12. Bd2 Kh8 $11) 12. Rxa5 $14 Qxa5 13. Nxg7 f5 (
13... Kxg7 14. Bf6+ Kg8 (14... Kh6 15. Qc1+ Kh5 16. Qg5#) 15. Qg4+ Ng6 16. Qh5
Nxd4 17. Bd3 Qa2 18. O-O Ne2+ 19. Bxe2 Qxe2 20. Qh6 $18) 14. Nh5 Ng6 15. Nf6+
Kh8 $2 (15... Rxf6 $142 16. exf6 e5 17. dxe5 Ngxe5 18. Qh5 $14) 16. Nxh7 $1 $18
Qc7 (16... Kxh7 17. Qh5+) 17. Nxf8 Nxf8 18. Bf6+ Kg8 19. g4 f4 20. Bd3 b5 (
20... Bd7 21. Qf3 Ne7 22. Bxe7 Bb5 $18) 21. g5 b4 (21... Bb7 22. Qh5 Nh7 $18)
22. Qh5 Ne7 23. g6 (23. g6 Nexg6 24. Bxg6 Nh7 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 (25... Qxh7 26.
Qe8#) 26. Bg8 Bb7 27. Qh8 Ke8 28. Bxe6#) (23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Qg7+ Ke8 25. Bb5+
Nc6 26. Bxc6+ Qd7 27. Qe7#) 1-0

[Event "2. FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 {D43: Damengambit
(Moskauer Variante)} 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Nxg4 Nbd7 12.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 (12... Nxf6 13. Qf3 Rg8 14. Be2 a6 15. Rd1 Nd7 16. O-O Qf6 17. Qe3
O-O-O 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb3 Be7 20. Rc1 Qh8 21. Bh2 Qg7 22. Bf3 e5 23. Nd5 Bd6
24. Qc3 Rde8 25. Qa5 Re6 26. Rxc6+ Bxc6 27. Rc1 {Gelfand,B (2723)-Alekseev,E 
(2711)/Dagomys RUS 2008/1-0}) 13. Be2 $146 (13. Qd2 Rg8 (13... O-O-O 14. h5 Bg7
15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Qe3 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 cxd3
21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Qg5+ 23. Qd2 Qxg2 24. Rd1 Qg5 25. f4 Qxh5 26. Qd7+ Kb8
27. e5 Qf3 {Gelfand,B (2737)-Najer,E (2634)/Odessa 2008/1/2-1/2}) 14. O-O-O Nb6
15. Qe3 b4 16. e5 Qf5 17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Be2 c5 19. dxc5 Qxe4 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.
Qxe4 Bxe4 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rd1+ Kc8 24. Rd4 Bxg2 25. Rxc4+ Bc5 26. Rf4 b3 27.
a3 Bd5 {Bocharov,D (2569)-Vitiugov,N (2617)/Dagomys RUS 2008/1-0}) 13... O-O-O
14. e5 Qf5 15. a4 b4 (15... Rg8 $5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Rxa7 Bxg2 $11) 16. Bxc4
$14 Nc5 (16... Rg8 $5 17. Bd3 Qg4 $14) (16... bxc3 17. Bd3 cxb2 18. Rb1 Bb4+
19. Kf1 Qxd3+ 20. Qxd3 $18) 17. Ne2 $16 Rg8 18. O-O Be7 19. Qc1 Ne4 20. Ba6 Kb8
(20... Bxa6 21. Qxc6+ Kb8 22. Qxa6 $18) 21. Bxb7 Kxb7 22. a5 Rc8 23. a6+ Kb8
24. Qxh6 $4 (24. Qe3 $142 $16) 24... Ng5 $15 25. d5 Rg6 26. Qxg6 Qxg6 27. d6
Bd8 28. hxg5 Bb6 29. Rfd1 Qxg5 30. Rac1 Qg4 31. d7 Rd8 32. Kf1 Kc7 33. Rd6 Rxd7
$4 (33... c5 $142 34. Rcd1 c4 $15) 34. Rcxc6+ $18 Kd8 35. f3 Qh5 36. Rxb6 Qh1+
37. Ng1 Rxd6 (37... Kc8 38. Rxd7 Kxd7 39. Rxb4 $18) 38. exd6 (38. exd6 Qh6 (
38... axb6 39. a7 Kd7 40. a8=Q e5 41. Bxe5 Qh4 42. Qa4+ Ke6 43. Qe8+ Kd5 44. d7
Kc5 45. d8=Q $18) 39. Rb8+ Kd7 40. Rb7+ Kc6 41. d7 Qc1+ 42. Be1 $18) 1-0

[Event "41. Festival GM"]
[Site "Biel "]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{D81: Grünfeld-Verteidigung (Botwinnik-Variante)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 a6 (7... Nfd7 8. Be3 Nb6 9. Qc5 f5 (
9... e5 10. Nf3 N8d7 11. Qa3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Qg5 14. O-O Qc5 15.
Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Rfd1 c6 17. Rd2 a5 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. f4 Ne6 20. g3 Nxd4 21. Rxd4
Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Kf8 23. e5 Be6 24. a3 {Moiseenko,A (2643)-Rodshtein,M (2614)/
Maalot-Tarshiha ISR 2008/1/2-1/2}) 10. Nh3 N8d7 11. Qa3 Nf6 12. Qb3+ e6 13.
exf5 gxf5 14. O-O a5 15. Rad1 a4 16. Qc2 Nfd5 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. Qc1 Bd7 19. Nf4
Bc6 20. Nh5 {Yakovich,Y (2596)-Sakaev,K (2665)/St Petersburg 2004/1/2-1/2}) 8.
Be3 b5 $146 (8... Nbd7 9. e5 Nb6 10. exf6 Nxc4 11. fxg7 Kxg7 12. Bxc4 Qd6 13.
Nge2 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. O-O e6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Re1 g5
20. Be5+ Kg8 21. Ng3 g4 22. a3 h5 23. Nxh5 {Epishin,V (2587)-Anton Guijarro,D 
(1957)/Parla 2007/1-0}) 9. Qb3 Bb7 (9... Nc6 10. d5 b4 11. Na4 $11) 10. f3 Nfd7
11. Nh3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Nb6 13. d5 Na5 14. Qc2 Nac4 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Bc5 Re8 17.
O-O Qc8 18. b3 Nd6 19. Nf4 c6 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Nfe2 Qc7 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Bd4
Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rac8 25. Qd2 Red8 26. Rd1 Nb7 27. Qe3 Rxd4 28. Nxd4 Rd8 29. h4 b4
30. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Qxc6 32. Qd4 Qc2 33. Kh2 Nd6 34. Ne3 Qf2 (34... Qc3
$142 $5 35. Qa7 Qe5+ 36. Kh3 Qe6+ 37. Kg3 Qe5+ 38. Kh3 Qe6+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40.
Kh3 $11) 35. Nf5 $16 Qxd4 36. Nxd4 Nb5 37. Nc6 a5 38. Nxe7+ Kf8 39. Nc6 Nc3 40.
Nxa5 Nxa2 41. Kg3 Ke7 42. Kf4 Kd6 $2 (42... Ke6 $142 $18) 43. Kg5 (43. Kg5 Ke7
44. Kh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Kurmann, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{A00: Unregelmäßige Eröffnungen} 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O
Bg4 (5... h6 6. e4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3 a5 9. b3 Re8 10. Qc2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5
12. Nc4 Qe7 13. a3 Rd8 14. Rb1 Qe6 15. h3 a4 16. Re1 axb3 17. Qxb3 b6 18. Bf1
Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qf5 20. Ncxe5 {Lima,D (2475)-Sion Castro,M (2435)/Elgoibar 1997/
0-1}) 6. h3 Bh5 $146 (6... Be6 7. Na3 (7. Ng5 Bd7 8. c4 h6 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. dxc4
Nc6 11. b3 Qe7 12. e3 O-O-O 13. Bb2 g5 14. a3 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Qc2 Bxf3 17.
Bxf3 e4 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bg4+ Kb8 20. Nd2 Qg7 21. Bh3 f5 {Szuk,B (2310)-Jusic,
Z (2305)/Gyor 1992/0-1}) 7... Qd7 8. Ng5 Bf5 9. e4 Bxa3 10. exf5 Bd6 11. g4 h6
12. Nf3 Nc6 13. a3 e4 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. c4 exd3 16. cxd5 Nd4 17. Nc4 Ne2+ 18.
Kh1 h5 19. g5 Ng4 20. Qxd3 Rde8 21. Bd2 {Shoker,S (2398)-Rej,T (2257)/Yerevan
2006/1-0}) 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 O-O 10. Qe1 a5 11. Nh4 Na6 12. Nf5 Bc5
13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Kh7 15. Qc1 Bg6 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. g4 Ng8 18. Rd7 Rfb8 (18...
Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf6 20. Na4 $14) 19. Na4 Qb4 20. b3 Qa3 21. Qd2 Bb4 22. c3 b5 (
22... Bc5 $142 $16) 23. Nb2 $4 (23. cxb4 $142 bxa4 24. Qc3 $18) 23... Nc5 $15
24. cxb4 Nxd7 25. Nd3 c5 (25... f6 $5 $17) 26. bxc5 $11 Nxc5 27. Nxe5 Nxb3 28.
Qc3 Qc5 29. Qxb3 Qxe5 30. Rd1 a4 31. Qb4 (31. Qb1 Rc8 $11) 31... Rc8 $15 32.
Bg3 Qc5 33. Qb2 Bxf5 34. exf5 a3 35. Qb3 Ra7 36. Be4 (36. Bd5 $142 $5 Qc2 37.
Qxc2 Rxc2 38. Bb3 $17) 36... Nf6 $19 37. Bb1 Qc4 38. Qe3 $2 (38. Qf3 $142 $19)
38... Rd7 39. Rxd7 (39. Re1 Re8 40. Be5 Qa4 $19) 39... Qc1+ 40. Qxc1 (40. Kg2
Qxe3 41. fxe3 Nxd7 42. Be4 $19) 40... Rxc1+ 41. Kg2 Nxd7 42. Be4 Nf6 (42... Nf6
43. Bf3 Rc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Superfinal Chelyabinsk Oblast"]
[Site "Satka RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{A52: Budapester Gambit (Hauptvariante)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4
g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h4 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. hxg5 (9. e3 d6 10. hxg5
Qxg5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qa4+ (12. Nd5 O-O-O 13. Rh5 {Riazantsev,A (2556)-Tjurin,A
(2397)/Voronezh 2004/1-0}) 12... Nc6 13. Rc1 O-O-O 14. Bh4 Qh6 15. Nb5 Bf6 16.
c5 dxc5 17. Nxc7 Bxh4 18. Rxh4 Qf6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxc5 Qxb2 21. Qc2 Qb6 22.
Bb5 Rd6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 {Bareev,E (2555)-Teske,H (2425)/Voronezh 1987/1-0}) 9...
Nxc4 10. Nc3 Qxg5 $146 (10... c6 11. e4 Nxb2 (11... d5 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Qxd8+
Kxd8 14. O-O-O+ Ke8 15. Rh4 Be6 16. Rdh1 Rd8 17. Rxh7 Rxh7 18. Rxh7 Kf8 19. Rh1
Rd3 20. Kc2 b5 21. Rd1 Rxd1 22. Nxd1 Ke7 23. f4 Bg4 24. Ne3 Be2 25. Kd2 Bd3 26.
Nf5+ {Gutman,G (2497)-Tjurin,A (2340)/Pardubice CZE 2008/1-0}) 12. Qd2 Na4 13.
Nxa4 Bxa1 14. Bd6 b5 15. Nb2 Rg8 16. Rxh7 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Qxg5 18. Rh8 {Kouatly,
B (2440)-Preissmann,E (2350)/Bagneux 1983/1-0}) 11. Rh4 Ne5 (11... Bxc3+ $5 12.
bxc3 d5 $14) 12. Nd5 $16 O-O 13. e3 d6 14. Rh5 Qg4 (14... Qd8 $142 $5 15. Qc2
h6 $16) 15. Be2 $18 Qd7 16. Qc2 (16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qc2 f5 $18) 16... f5 $16 17.
Nxc7 Rb8 18. Rc1 Kh8 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nd4 b5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 (21... Bxe5 22. Nc6
Rb7 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Rh6 $16) 22. Nxf5 $18 Rxf5 (22... Qf7 23. Bg4 e4 24. b3
$18) 23. Rxf5 Qxf5 24. Qc7 Ra8 25. Bf3 e4 $4 (25... Bb7 $142 26. Qxb7 Rd8 $18)
26. Bxe4 (26. Bxe4 Qf8 27. Bxa8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund "]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{C42: Russische Verteidigung (Petrow)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3
Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Qh5 O-O 17. Nxe7+
Qxe7 18. Qxb5 Rfd8 19. Be3 a6 20. Qb3 Rac8 21. h3 (21. Rac1 h6 22. h3 Nd4 {
Kasparov,G (2700)-Karpov,A (2720)/Moscow 1985/1/2-1/2}) 21... h6 22. Rad1 Rxd1
23. Rxd1 b5 $146 (23... Rd8 24. Rc1 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. Rc2 Rd1+
28. Kh2 Qd6+ 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Kg6 31. Rc7 Ra1 32. a3 b5 33. Rc6+ f6 34.
Rxa6 b4 35. Ra4 bxa3 36. Rxa3 Rb1 37. Rb3 Kf5 38. Kf3 {Tsuboi,E-Almada,E/Sao
Paulo 1989/1-0}) 24. Rd3 Rc6 25. Qd5 Qe8 26. Rd2 Qc8 27. b3 Rc3 28. h4 a5 29.
Rd1 Rc2 30. Qxb5 Rxa2 31. h5 Nf8 32. Rd4 Qc7 33. Rd1 Rb2 34. Rc1 Qd7 35. Qb8
Rc2 36. Ra1 Qf5 37. Qd8 Qxh5 38. Rxa5 Qg4 39. Ra4 Qd7 40. Rd4 Qb7 41. b4 Rb2
42. Bd2 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Qb5 44. Qd5 Qe2 45. Be3 Ng6 (45... g5 46. Qf5 Qh5+ 47. Kg3
$11) 46. Qf5 Qf1 47. Kg3 Rb3 48. Re4 Nf8 $4 (48... Qh1 $142 $14) 49. Rf4 $18 (
49. Rf4 Rxe3+ 50. fxe3 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund "]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{D30: Damengambit (ohne Sc3)} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7
6. Bb2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7
12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Ba3 16. Ba1 h6 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18.
h3 a5 19. Re3 Qc7 20. Qe2 Kf8 21. Nh2 Be7 22. Ng4 c5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 {Kramnik,V 
(2766)-Van Wely,L (2683)/Monte Carlo 2007/1-0}) 9... O-O 10. Ne5 Qe7 $146 (
10... Qc7 11. f4 c5 12. Qe1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Ne4 16. Qe3
f6 17. Rac1 Qd8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. b4 Rfc8 20. c5 Bc6 21. Qe2 b5 22. a4 a6 23.
a5 f5 24. g4 fxg4 25. Qxg4 {Savchenko,B (2569)-Caruana,F (2620)/Plovdiv BUL
2008/0-1}) 11. Qf3 Rfd8 12. Qh3 h6 13. f4 Bb4 14. Ndf3 Ne4 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16.
Ne5 Rc7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. c5 bxc5 19. a3 Ba5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. b4 Qb5 22. Qg3
Bb6 (22... f5 $5 23. Qg6 Re7 $14) 23. Nd7 g6 $4 (23... f6 $142 24. Nxf6+ Kf8
25. Nxe4 Qd5 $16) 24. Nf6+ $18 Kf8 25. Be5 (25. f5 exf5 26. Qd6+ Re7 27. Nh7+
Ke8 $18) 25... Rcc8 $2 (25... a5 26. f5 exf5 27. Bxc7 Ba7 28. bxa5 Kg7 $18) 26.
Qh4 h5 (26... Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 c5 28. Rfd1 $18) 27. Nh7+ (27. Nd7+ $142 Kg8 28.
Qf6 Qxe5 29. fxe5 Bxe3+ 30. Kh1 Rf8 $18) 27... Ke8 28. Bd6 Rc7 29. Rfd1 (29.
Rfd1 Qe2 30. Kh1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Livio Dieter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

{B33: Sizilianisch (Lasker/Pelikan/Sweschnikow-Variante)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10.
Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 O-O 14. h4 Be6 15. Bh3 a4 16. Ncxb4 Nxb4
17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxb4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Be7 20. a3 Rf3 21. Rf1 $146 (21. c5 dxc5 22.
Nd5 Qb7 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. O-O Rd8 25. Qa5 g5 26. h5 Rdd3 27. Rac1 Qb7 28. Qxc5
{Korneev,O (2631)-Salvador,R (2443)/Bratto ITA 2008/1-0}) 21... Raf8 22. O-O-O
Rb3 23. Qc2 d5 24. exd5 Bxb4 25. axb4 Qxb4 (25... Rxb4 $142 $5 26. dxe6 Qxe6
$15) 26. dxe6 $11 Rb8 27. Rd2 a3 28. Rfd1 g6 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31.
Qe4 Kh6 $4 (31... Kf6 $142 32. f4 axb2+ 33. Kb1 Qa5 34. Qxe5+ Qxe5 35. fxe5+
Kxe6 36. Re8+ Kd7 $11) 32. Qg4 $18 Qe1+ (32... Qe7 33. Qg5+ $1 Qxg5+ 34. hxg5+
Kh5 35. bxa3 Rb7 $18) 33. Rd1 a2 34. Kc2 (34. Rxe1 $4 a1=Q+ 35. Kc2 Qxb2+ 36.
Kd1 Rd3#) 34... a1=N+ (34... Qxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Rb7 36. Qa1 $18) 35. Rxa1 $1 Qxf2+
(35... Qxa1 36. Qg5+) 36. Kxb3 (36. Kxb3 Kg7 37. Rd1 Qb6+ 38. Kc2 Qf2+ 39. Rd2
Qf6 40. Rd7+ Kg8 41. Rf7 Qd8 42. e7 Qe8 43. Rf8+ Qxf8 44. Qe6+ Kg7 45. exf8=Q+
Kxf8 46. c5 e4 47. c6 e3 48. Qxe3 Kg7 49. c7 g5 50. Qe7+ Kg6 51. Qxg5+ Kf7 52.
c8=Q h5 53. Qcg8#) 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 {E97: Königsindisch (Klassisches System)} Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6
12. f3 Kh8 13. b5 (13. Be3 Ne8 14. Rc1 c6 15. c5 Ng8 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 Ne7
18. cxd6 Nxd6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Bc5 exf4 21. Bxd6 Qxg5 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Bf3 {
Kramnik,V (2758)-Ivanchuk,V (2709)/Monte Carlo 2000 / 1-0}) 13... Ne8 $146 (
13... h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Ne8 16. Be3 Qc8 17. c5 Qxe6 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19.
axb3 dxc5 20. Bxc5 Nd6 21. Red1 Rfd8 22. Bc4 Bf6 23. b6 axb6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25.
Bxd6 cxd6 26. Rxd6 Bg5 27. Kf1 Ra1+ 28. Ke2 {Ricardi,P (2527)-Lemos,D (2439)/
San Luis 2007 / 1/2-1/2}) (13... Nh5 14. Qb3 $11) 14. Be3 (14. Qb3 $5 $14)
14... Bf6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Ng7 17. Bh6 Nxe6 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. c5 Nxc5 20.
Bc4 Bg5 21. Qe2 Qh6 22. Rad1 Rf8 23. a4 b6 24. g3 Qh3 25. Qg2 Qh6 26. Qe2 Qh3
27. Kh1 Nd7 28. Ra1 Qh6 29. Ra2 Nf6 30. Kg2 Nh5 (30... f4 31. Be6 fxg3 32. hxg3
$11) 31. Nd5 $14 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Bf4 33. Qf2 fxe4 34. Bxe4 Qg5 35. Rc2 d5 (35...
Rf7 36. Bb7 $14) 36. Bxd5 $16 Bxg3 37. hxg3 Nf4+ 38. Kf1 Nxd5 39. Rce2 Qf6 (
39... Nf6 $5 40. Rxe5 Qh6 $18) 40. Rxe5 $18 Qxf3 $4 (40... Qd6 $18) 41. Qxf3
Rxf3+ 42. Ke2 Rf5 43. Rxf5 gxf5 44. Kd3 c5 (44... f4 45. Kd4 $18) 45. Re5 (45.
Kc4 Nf6 46. Re7 Kg8 $18) 45... Nb4+ 46. Kd2 (46. Kc4 Kg7 47. Re7+ Kf6 48. Rxa7
Ke6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bosna-GM-Turnier"]
[Site "Sarajevo "]
[Date "2008.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.05.23"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {C45: Schottische Partie} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5
6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 (9. Nd2 Bb6 (9... d6 10. Kh1 f5 11.
f4 Bb6 12. Qf3 Kh8 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Nc4 Qd7 16. Bd2 Nh4 17. Qd3
Qg4 18. g3 Qh3 19. Ne3 Ng6 20. Rae1 d5 21. Ng2 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+
24. Nxe1 h6 {Wiersma,E (2425)-Sokolov,I (2652)/Netherlands 2006 / 1/2-1/2}) 10.
Qh5 d6 11. Nf3 f6 12. e5 g6 13. Qh4 dxe5 14. Bh6 Rf7 15. Bc4 Qe8 16. Qxf6 Nd5
17. Qxe5 Bg4 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Ng5 Bc5 20. Nxf7 Qxf7 21. Qg3 Be6 22. Bxd5 Bxd5
23. b3 Bd6 24. Qe3 {Czebe,A (2513)-Kapnisis,S (2412)/Plovdiv BUL 2008 / 1-0})
9... f6 10. Bh4 d6 $146 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Bg3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15.
a4 a6 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Qb7 Rb8 18. Qxa6 Rxb2 19. Ne4 h5 20. h4 Rb6 (20... Qe7
$5 21. Rae1 Bb6 $14) 21. Qc4 $16 Qg8 22. Qe2 Rb8 23. Ng5 Nf8 24. Qxh5+ (24.
Rab1 $142 Bb6 25. Rxb6 Rxb6 26. Qxh5+ Qh7 27. Nxh7 Rxh5 28. Nxf8 $18) 24... Nh7
$2 (24... Qh7 $142 25. Nxh7 Rxh5 $16) 25. Rae1 $18 Bb6 26. Re7 Rbf8 27. Kh2
R5f6 (27... Ba5 $18) 28. a5 $1 (28. a5 Bxa5 29. Nxh7 Qxh7 30. Qxa5 $18) 1-0

[Event "President's Cup"]
[Site "Baku "]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.05.12"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 {E51:
Nimzoindisch (Moderne Variante)} dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e4 $146 (10.
Qe2 a6 11. Rd1 b5 12. Ba2 Qb6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. e4 Bb7 15. Bf4 Rfd8 16. Rac1
Qh5 17. h3 Nc5 18. Bb1 Nb3 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Rd1 Bb6 21. Bc2 Na5 22. Rd3 Nc4
23. b4 h6 24. Bd1 g5 {Cvitan,O (2480)-Campos Moreno,J (2415)/Valjevo 1984 / 0-1
}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rc1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6
16. Qd3 Nd7 17. Qg3 e5 18. Be3 Kh8 (18... Bc5 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Bh6 $14) 19. Rfd1
$16 Qe8 20. Nb5 Bd8 $2 (20... Qb8 $142 $16) 21. Nd6 $18 Qe6 22. Nf5 g6 23. Bc4
Qf6 24. Rd6 gxf5 25. Rxf6 Bxf6 26. Bg5 Bd8 (26... Bxg5 27. Qxg5 fxe4 $18) 27.
Bxd8 Raxd8 28. Qh4 Rc8 (28... f6 29. Be6 fxe4 30. Rd1 $18) 29. Rd1 (29. exf5 $5
Rg8 30. g3 Bb5 $18) 29... fxe4 (29... Ba4 30. b3 Rxc4 31. bxa4 $18) 30. h3 e3
31. fxe3 Rg8 32. g4 Rg7 33. Bd3 Ba4 34. Rd2 f6 35. Bf5 Rf8 36. Rd6 Bc6 37. Kh2
Nc5 (37... a6 $18) 38. Rxf6 Rd8 39. Rh6 Rd2+ 40. Kg1 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Ne4+ 42. Ke2
Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Rg2 (43... Ng5 44. Rxh7+ $1 Nxh7 45. Kxd2 Bd5 46. Qd8+ Bg8 $18)
44. Rxh7+ (44. Rxh7+ Kg8 45. Be6+ Kf8 46. Rh8+ Rg8 47. Rxg8#) (44. Qd8+ Be8 45.
Qxe8+ Rg8 46. Rxh7#) 1-0

[Event "US-Einzelmeisterschaft"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 {E04: Katalanisch} dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 c5
7. Na3 cxd4 8. Naxc4 Bc5 9. Bd2 Nd5 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 (11... Qf6 12. Nd3
Be7 13. e4 Nc7 14. Bf4 Nb5 15. e5 Qf5 16. Nb6 Nc6 17. Nxa8 Bd8 18. g4 Qg6 19.
Bg3 Kh8 20. a4 Nba7 21. b4 f5 22. Qb3 Qxg4 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Ne7 25. Qa4 Bd7
26. Qxa7 {Gelfand,B (2703)-Aronian,L (2649)/Bastia 2003/CBM 098/1-0}) 12. Nd3
Ba7 13. Ba5 $146 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qf6 17. Nd3 (17. Bxd5
$2 Qxe5 18. Bc7 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Bxb8 Bxb8 $19) 17... b6 18. Bb4 (18.
Bxd5 $4 bxa5 (18... exd5 $6 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Qxd5 $11) 19. Qc4 exd5 20. Qxd5 Bb7
$19) 18... Rd8 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rc7 Bb7 (20... Rd7 21. Qc4 Qd8 22. Rxd7 Qxd7
23. Ne5 $14) 21. Be7 (21. Nf4 $142 $5 Qd8 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qc2 $16) 21... Qf5
$14 22. Qc2 (22. Rxb7 $5 Rxb7 23. Qc4 $16) 22... e5 $15 23. Rc1 h6 24. Nb4 (24.
f3 $142 $5 $11) 24... d3 $17 25. exd3 $2 (25. Nxd3 $142 $5 Rd7 26. Ne1 $17)
25... Rd7 $19 26. Rxb7 (26. d4 $142 Rxc7 27. Qxc7 $19 (27. Qxf5 $4 Rxc1#))
26... Rbxb7 (26... Rdxb7 $6 27. Bd6 Rd8 28. Qc6 $19) 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Nxa6 (28.
Rc3 Qf3 29. Qc6 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Rxe7 31. Qe4+ f5 32. Qxf5+ g6 $19) 28... Qxd3 29.
Nb4 Qd2 30. Bf8 (30. Rc2 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Rxe7 $19) 30... Rb8 (30... Rb8 31. Qc2+
Qxc2 32. Rxc2 Rxf8 $19) 0-1

[Event "4. M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 {C11: Französische Verteidigung} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4
c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 (11. O-O
Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Rfd1 f6 15. exf6 Qxd4+ 16. Rxd4 Nxf6 17.
Re1 Bd7 18. g4 Rac8 19. g5 Ne8 20. Bg4 Nc7 21. Re2 Rcd8 22. Kg2 Bc8 23. Kg3 Rd6
24. Nd1 Nb5 25. Rdd2 Rc6 {Rivas Pastor,M (2505)-Jimenez Ruiz,J (2021)/Malaga 
2008/1-0}) 11... Qc7 $146 (11... Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Qxf6 Rxf6 16. O-O Nb6 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. f5 Rc8 19. fxe6 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 Bxe6
21. Rd4 Rc7 22. Bd3 h6 23. Ne2 Nc4 24. Nf4 Kf7 25. Bxc4 {Raaste,E (2415)-Kanko,
I (2310)/Finland 1988 / 1/2-1/2}) 12. Bf3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb6 14. Ne2 Bxd4 15.
Qxd4 Bd7 16. b3 Bb5 17. Nc3 Rfc8 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Ra2 Nb8 21. O-O
Nc6 22. Qd2 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Raa1 (25. Rfa1 Nd4 26. Bd3 f6
$15) 25... Rca8 26. Rad1 Rxa3 27. Bxb5 Nb4 28. c4 R8a5 29. f5 exf5 30. g4 Rxb3
(30... fxg4 $5 31. Bd7 dxc4 $15) 31. gxf5 $11 Re3 32. Rb1 Nd3 (32... Re2 33.
Rxb4 Raa2 34. Rfb1 Rxh2+ 35. Kg1 Rag2+ 36. Kf1 $11) 33. e6 (33. Ra1 $5 Rxa1 34.
Rxa1 $14) 33... d4 $11 34. Be8 (34. Bc6 $1 Nc5 35. Bxb7 fxe6 36. fxe6 Nxb7 37.
Rxb7 $11) 34... Nc5 (34... Kf8 35. Bxf7 Ra2 36. Ra1 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Re1+ 38. Rxe1
Nxe1 39. Bh5 $17) 35. Bxf7+ (35. Bc6 fxe6 36. fxe6 g6 37. Bxb7 Nxe6 $15) 35...
Kf8 $17 36. f6 gxf6 37. Rxf6 Ke7 38. Rh6 d3 39. Rxh7 (39. Bh5 Ra2 $17) 39... d2
40. Rg1 $4 (40. Kg2 $142 Re1 41. Bh5+ Kxe6 42. Bd1 $19) 40... Re1 $19 41. Bh5+
Kxe6 42. Rhg7 (42. Rh6+ Ke5 43. h3 Ra3 $19) 42... Ne4 43. R7g6+ (43. Bf3 $19)
43... Ke5 (43... Ke5 44. h3 Kf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "26. Liechtenstein Open"]
[Site "Triesen LIE"]
[Date "2008.05.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LIE"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 {D97:
Grünfeld-Verteidigung (Russisches System, Ragosin-Variante)} 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3
Nc6 10. e5 Be6 11. exf6 Bxb3 12. fxg7 Kxg7 13. axb3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. O-O
Qb4 16. Bf3 Qxb3 17. Ne4 (17. Bd5 Qb4 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Rd1 Rd8 21.
Be3 Qc6 22. Bd4+ Kf8 23. Ne3 Qe4 24. Bc5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Ke8 26. b4 a5 27. Nd5
axb4 28. Bxb4 Qc2 29. Ne3 Qb3 30. Ba5 f6 31. Bxc7 b4 {Bologan,V (2661)-Svidler,
P (2765)/Asnieres sur Seine 2006/1/2-1/2}) 17... Rfd8 18. Bd2 b4 19. Rfb1 a5
$146 (19... Rd5 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Nc5 Qc2 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. b3 e5 24. Rc1 Qb2
25. g3 Qe2 26. Nxa6 Rd3 27. Re1 Qf3 28. Nc5 Rc3 29. Ra4 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Qd1+ 31.
Kg2 Qd5+ 32. Ne4 f5 33. Rxb4 c5 34. Rc4 {Gyimesi,Z (2610)-Brkic,A (2577)/
Sibenik 2007/1-0}) (19... Rab8 20. Bg5 Qe6 21. Re1 $17) 20. Nc5 $15 Qc2 21. Be3
a4 (21... Rab8 $142 $5 $17) 22. Be4 $11 Qe2 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Nxa4 b3 25. h3 e5
26. Re1 Qb5 27. Nc5 Ra2 28. Rab1 f5 29. f4 exf4 30. Ne6+ Kg8 31. Bxf4 (31. Bxf4
Ra8 32. Nxc7 Qc5+ 33. Kh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O {C72: Spanische Partie (Moderne
Steinitz-Verteidigung)} Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Nxd4 9. hxg4 Nxb3 10. axb3
hxg4 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Qd3 $146 (12. c4 Rb8 13. Rxa6 (13. Qd5 c6 14. Qxf7+ Qxf7
15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Rxa6 Nf6 17. Re1 bxc4 18. bxc4 d5 19. Rxc6 Bb4 20. Rd1 d4 21.
Rc7+ Kg6 22. f3 g3 23. Nd2 Bxd2 24. Bxd2 Rh2 25. Be1 Rxb2 26. Bd2 Nh5 27. c5
Nf4 {De Firmian,N (2553)-Sokolov,I (2695)/Selfoss 2003 / 0-1}) 13... f6 14. Nc3
fxg5 15. Nxb5 Nf6 16. Ra7 Rc8 17. Re1 Qf7 18. Be3 Qh5 19. Kf1 Kd7 20. b4 Qh1+
21. Ke2 Qxg2 22. Qa4 Kd8 23. Nxc7 Rxc7 24. Qa5 Ne8 25. Kd2 Kd7 26. Qb5+ Ke7 {
Smirnov,P (2626)-Yandemirov,V (2488)/Izmir 2004 / 1/2-1/2}) 12... Rb8 13. Rxa6
f6 14. Nc3 fxg5 15. Bxg5 Be7 16. f4 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Nf6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qf7+ Kd8
20. Qxg7 Kc8 $2 (20... Re8 $142 21. exd5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kc8 $16) 21. Qxh8+ $18
Kb7 22. Qh7 Qg4 (22... Rd8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. Raa1 $18) 23. exd5
Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxg5 (24... Kxa6 25. Bxe7 Qxd5 26. Bg5 $18) 25. Rfa1 (25. Rxd6 $1
Rg8 26. Rd7 Bd8 $18) 25... Be3 26. Ra7+ Qxa7 27. Rxa7+ Bxa7 28. g4 Rf8 (28...
Be3 29. Qd3 Rh8+ 30. Kg2 $18) 29. g5 Rf2 (29... Rf1+ 30. Kh2 Rf2+ 31. Kg3 $18)
30. Qe4 (30. g6 $142 Rxc2 31. g7 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rg1 $18) 30... Rf1+ 31. Kh2 Rf4 (
31... Rf7 $18) 32. Qxf4 $1 exf4 33. c3 1-0

[Event "9.Europameisterschaft"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 {E12: Damenindisch (Petrosjan-System )} 4. d4 e6
5. a3 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4
12. Bh2 (12. b4 a5 13. b5 e5 14. Bh2 exd4 15. exd4 Qf6 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Rad1 h6
18. h4 Rad8 19. Qf4 Re7 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. c5 Bd5 22. Bd3 dxc5 23. dxc5 Bb3 24.
Bc2 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Bc4 26. Re1 Rxe1+ {Niklasson,C (2375)-Schussler,H (2446)/
Sweden 2006/1/2-1/2}) 12... Qe7 (12... e5 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qc8 15. Ne4 Re8
16. Re1 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Rc1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 a5
22. b3 Rf5 23. Qe4 Re5 {Epishin,V (2620)-Romanishin,O (2610)/Reggio Emilia
1991/1/2-1/2}) 13. Nd2 $146 (13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. b4 c5 15. Qb3 a5 16. Rfd1 axb4
17. axb4 Ra7 18. dxc5 {Bischoff,K (2564)-Langrock,H (2336)/Bad Zwesten 2004/1/
2-1/2}) 13... Bb7 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e5 16. Qc6 (16. Rfe1 Rae8 17. Qb7 exd4
18. Qxc7 dxe3 19. Rxe3 Ne5 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 $11) 16... exd4 $15 17. exd4 Bxd4 18.
Qxc7 Bxb2 19. Ra2 Rfc8 20. Qb7 Bf6 21. Ne4 Nc5 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qd5 Re8 24.
Re2 (24. a4 a5 $17) 24... Rad8 (24... Rxe2 $142 $5 25. Qxa8+ Kg7 $19) 25. Qxd6
Qxd6 26. Rxe8+ Qf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Be5 Ke7 29. a4 Ke6 30. Bc3 a5 31. Re1+
Kd7 32. g4 Nxa4 33. Bf6 Re8 34. Rd1+ Kc6 35. Kg2 (35. f3 Re6 36. Bg7 Rd6 $19)
35... Nc5 36. Kf3 Nd7 37. Ba1 Ne5+ 38. Kf4 (38. Bxe5 Rxe5 39. Rb1 Re6 $19)
38... Nxc4 39. Kg5 Re2 40. Rd4 (40. f4 a4 41. Kh6 a3 42. Kxh7 b5 $19) 40... Nd6
41. Rf4 (41. Ra4 Rxf2 42. Kh6 Rh2 $19) 41... Rxf2 $1 42. Be5 (42. Rxf2 Ne4+)
42... Rxf4 43. Bxf4 (43. Kxf4 Kd5 44. Ba1 b5 $19) 43... Ne4+ 44. Kh6 Nf2 (44...
a4 45. Kxh7 a3 46. g5 $19) 0-1

[Event "SMM Luzern-Riehen"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Papa, Severin"]
[Black "Kaenel, Hansjuerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.04.20"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 {B20: Sizilianisch} 2. Na3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. Nf3 (4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6
6. Nf3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 e5 9. h3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Be6 12. d4 cxd4 13.
cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Rac8 16. Bf4 Qc5 17. Qd2 d5 18. e5 Ne4 {
Svidler,P (2765)-Malakhov,V (2694)/Moscow 2006/EXT 2007/0-1 (39)}) 4... a6 (
4... g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Qxd4 f6 8. O-O Nh6 9. e5 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf5
11. Qe4 Bg7 12. Bf4 d6 13. Nd3 O-O 14. c3 e5 15. Bg3 d5 16. Qa4 Nxg3 17. hxg3
e4 18. Nf4 Rb8 19. Rab1 {Szabo,G (2496)-Shishkin,V (2474)/Bucharest 2007/CBM
117 ext/0-1 (39)}) 5. Bxc6 Qxc6 6. O-O Qxe4 $146 (6... d6 7. Re1 Bg4 8. c3 Nf6
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. d3 Be7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Nc4 Kh8 15. Bf4
b5 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qe2 Bf6 20. Nf3 Qb6 21. Red1 {
Deviatkin,A (2530)-Bernasek,J (2459)/Pardubice 2006/CBM 113 ext/1/2-1/2 (92)})
(6... e6 7. Re1 b6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Bg5 Bc5 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Rad1 d6
13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nc4 O-O-O 15. Qc3 Kb8 16. Ncd2 e5 17. Nb3 f5 18. Nxc5 bxc5
19. exf5 Rhg8 20. Kf1 Qb5+ 21. Kg1 {Malakhov,V (2690)-Vorobiov,E (2539)/Tomsk
2006/CBM 114 ext/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 7. d4 cxd4 8. Re1 Qc6 9. Bf4 b5 (9... e6 10.
Nxd4 Qa4 11. Nb1 $11) 10. Nxd4 $14 Qb6 11. c4 e6 12. cxb5 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Ne7 14.
Rc1 (14. Be3 $142 Qa5 15. b6 $16) 14... Nd5 $2 (14... axb5 $142 15. Be3 Qa6 $11
) 15. Nxe6 $18 dxe6 (15... fxe6 16. Qxd5 Bb7 17. Qh5+ g6 $18) 16. Qxd5 Bb7 17.
Qg5 O-O 18. Rc7 h6 19. Qg3 Kh7 $4 (19... Bd5 20. Be5 g5 $18) 20. Be5 g5 21.
Qd3+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ $3 fxg6 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rxb7+ Kg8 25. Rg7+ Kh8 26. Rxg6+ (
26. Rxg6+ Kh7 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Rxg5+ Kh7 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rb7+ Kg8 31. Rxb6
axb5 32. Rxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "10. Open"]
[Site "Dubai "]
[Date "2008.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 {E15: Damenindisch} 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5
7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe4 (10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Qf5 (11. Nh4 Bxh4
12. Rxd5 Be7 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Qe4 O-O 15. Rh5 f5 16. Rxf5 Rxf5 17. Qxf5 Nd4 18.
Bd5+ Bxd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Bf4 Qg8 21. Qxd7 Bf6 22. Qb7 Rd8 23. Kh1 Qe8 24.
Rd1 Nxe2 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 {Fressinet,L (2656)-Lutz,C (2588)/Godesberg 2008 / 1-0})
11... Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bg5 d6 14. Qxc8 Rxc8 15. Nb5 Nbd7 16. Nxd6 Bxd6 17.
Rxd6 h6 18. Be3 Nf8 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne8 21. Rd3 Rd8 22. Rad1 Ne6 23. Nf5
Kf8 24. g4 Rxd3 {Gelfand,B (2733)-Ivanchuk,V (2729)/Sochi 2007 / 1/2-1/2})
10... Bc6 $146 (10... Qc7 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5 Bf6 13. Rd1 Na6 14. Rxd5 Rae8 15.
Qg4 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Kh8 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Nc3 g6 19. Ne3 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21.
gxf4 Nc7 22. Rd1 Ne6 23. Bxe6 dxe6 24. Rd7 Rd8 25. Rxa7 {Pantsulaia,L (2611)
-Sakelsek,T (2479)/Istanbul 2007 / 1-0}) 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qa4 O-O
14. Nc3 a6 15. Bxc6 dxc6 16. Qxc6 b5 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Qf3 Qe6 19. e4 Rad8 20.
Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bf8 23. e5 Nd7 24. Qb7 (24. Rd5 c4 $11) 24...
Nxe5 $15 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxa6 b4 27. Na4 g6 28. Qc4 Qh5 29. Rf1 (29. Rc1 $5
$15) 29... Qf3 $17 30. Nb6 Rd8 31. Qc2 Bg7 32. Nc4 (32. Re1 Bd4 $15) 32... Bd4
(32... Re8 33. Qd1 Qe2 34. Qxe2 Rxe2 35. a4 Bxb2 36. Nxb2 Rxb2 37. Rc1 $17) 33.
Na5 (33. Re1 $5 $15) 33... Qa8 $17 34. Nb3 Qxa2 35. Nxd4 (35. Rd1 Qa4 $17)
35... cxd4 $19 36. Rd1 d3 $1 37. Qd2 (37. Rxd3 Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Rxd3 39. Qxd3 Qxb2
$19) 37... Qc4 38. Rc1 (38. Qe1 Qd4 39. Rd2 Kg7 $19) 38... Qe4 39. Re1 Qd4 40.
h4 h5 41. Rd1 (41. Kg2 $142 $19) 41... Re8 42. Qf4 (42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. Kh3 Qd7+
44. Kh2 $19) 42... Qxb2 43. Qd6 (43. Kg2 Qc2 44. Rd2 Qc3 $19) 43... Re2 (43...
Qc2 44. Rxd3 b3 45. Rd1 $19) 44. Qb6 (44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qxd3 Rxf2 $19) 44... b3
(44... Kg7 45. Qa7 Qc3 46. Qa1 Qxa1 47. Rxa1 $19) 45. Kg2 Qc2 (45... Qa2 $142
46. Rxd3 b2 $19) 46. Ra1 $4 (46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qd4+ f6 48. Qa7+ Kh6 49. Qb6 $19)
46... b2 47. Ra8+ Kh7 48. Rb8 b1=Q $1 (48... b1=Q 49. Qf6 Qxb8 50. Qxf7+ Kh6
51. Qf3 d2 52. g4 d1=Q 53. g5+ Kg7 54. Qe3 Rxf2+ 55. Qxf2 Qe4+ 56. Kh3 Qdg4#)
0-1

[Event "3. Open"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2008.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Rahman, Zia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 {B06: Moderne Verteidigung} 4. f4 Qb6 5. Nf3 d5 6.
e5 Bg4 7. Be2 Nh6 8. Ng5 (8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Bxf3 (9... Nd7 10. O-O b5 11. Nc5
Nxc5 12. b4 Qa4 13. bxc5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Kd7 15. a4 a6 16. h3 Bf5 17. Rd2 Kc7 18.
g4 Bd7 19. Rda2 Kb7 20. Kf2 f6 21. Kg3 Nf7 22. Bd3 fxe5 23. fxe5 Nd8 24. Ng5 {
Howell,D (2471)-Cicak,S (2530)/Stockholm 2007/1-0}) 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. b4 Qc7 12.
O-O a5 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bf2 h5 15. Nc5 axb4 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. cxb4 Ra3 18. b5 e6
19. bxc6+ bxc6 20. Qd2 Qa5 21. Qb2 Rc8 22. Bd1 Qc3 {Shomoev,A (2558)-Sanduleac,
V (2492)/Istanbul 2003/0-1}) 8... Bxe2 9. Nxe2 e6 $146 (9... c5 10. dxc5 Qxc5
11. Qd3 O-O 12. c3 Rc8 13. Nd4 Qc4 14. Qh3 Na6 15. Kf2 Nc5 16. Rd1 f6 17. Nge6
Nf7 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Kg1 Qa6 20. Be3 Kh8 21. exf6 exf6 22. f5 Ne5 23. fxg6
Nxg6 24. Rf1 {Stellwagen,D (2543)-Cicak,S (2506)/Malmo 2006/1-0}) 10. O-O c5
11. Be3 Ng4 12. Qd2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. c3 Nxd4 16. cxd4 O-O
17. Rf2 Rac8 18. g4 Rc4 19. Rd1 Rfc8 20. Rdd2 Rc1+ 21. Kg2 Rb1 22. f5 exf5 23.
gxf5 gxf5 24. Qh3 Qg6 25. Qxf5 Rf8 (25... Rc7 26. e6 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Qxe6 28.
Nxe6 $11) 26. Rc2 $14 Bh6 27. Qxg6+ hxg6 28. Nf3 Rd1 29. Rfe2 f6 30. e6 Rc1 31.
Rxc1 Bxc1 32. Kg3 (32. Ne1 Bf4 $14) 32... Rc8 33. h4 Kg7 34. h5 f5 35. Nh4 f4+
$2 (35... gxh5 $142 36. Nxf5+ Kf6 $14) 36. Kf3 $18 g5 37. e7 Re8 $4 (37... gxh4
38. e8=Q Rxe8 39. Rxe8 h3 $18) 38. Nf5+ Kf6 39. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Franz. Team-Meisterschaft"]
[Site "Clichy FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 {B19:
Caro-Kann (Hauptvariante)} Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Rhe1 b5 17. c5 O-O 18. Kb1
(18. Nf5 exf5 19. Rxe7 Nxc5 20. Qe2 Ncd7 21. Nh4 Qd6 22. Nxf5 Qd5 23. g4 Qxa2
24. g5 hxg5 25. Qe3 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Qa4+ 27. Kc1 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 {Leko,P (2738)
-Karpov,A (2668)/Miskolc 2006/ 1/2-1/2}) 18... a5 19. Ne2 $146 (19. Qc2 Rfe8
20. Ne5 Bf8 21. f4 b4 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. g4 f6 24. Ng6 Qa7 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. cxd6
a4 27. Qc4 N7b6 28. Qc5 Qa6 29. f5 b3 30. fxe6 Qd3+ 31. Ka1 a3 32. axb3 Qxb3 {
Michielsen,J (2314)-Braun,A (2540)/Hengelo 2007/ 0-1}) 19... Ng4 20. Rf1 Rfd8
21. Qc2 b4 22. Ne1 e5 23. f3 Ngf6 24. Nd3 Nd5 25. g4 exd4 (25... Bf6 26. f4 e4
27. Ne5 $15) 26. Nxd4 $11 Bf6 27. Nf5 a4 28. Nxb4 a3 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. b4 Rab8
31. f4 (31. Kc1 Bb2+ 32. Kb1 Bf6 $11) 31... Nxc5 $15 32. Rc1 Rdc8 33. g5 hxg5
34. fxg5 Bxg5 $1 35. Qc3 (35. Bxg5 Rxb4+) 35... Rxb4+ $1 $19 36. Ka1 Bf6 37.
Nh6+ Kh7 38. Rxf6 Rc4 39. Rxf7 Rxc3 40. Bxc3 (40. Rxc7 Rxc1+ 41. Bxc1 Rxc7 42.
Nf5 Na4 43. Bxa3 Rc3 44. Bb2 Rf3 45. Kb1 Rxf5 $19) 40... Nd3 41. Rxc7 Rxc7 42.
Rg1 $4 (42. Rb1 $142 Rxc3 43. Nf5 $19) 42... Rxc3 43. Nf5 (43. Nf7 Nb4 44. Kb1
Re3 $19) 43... Nb4 44. Kb1 (44. Nd4 Rd3 45. Nb5 Rd2 46. Nxa3 Rxa2+ 47. Kb1 Rxa3
$19) 44... Rf3 (44... Rf3 45. Nd4 Rf2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Palace Hotel GM"]
[Site "Heviz "]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 {C80: Spanische Partie (Offene Verteidigung)} Nc5 10. c3 d4 11.
Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bb4 14. axb5 Nxb5 15. Qa4 Be7 16. Ne4 O-O 17.
Rd1 Qc8 18. Be3 $146 (18. Bg5 Nxg5 19. Nexg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 h6 21. Ne4 Qe6 {
Galkin,A (2598)-Mikhalevski,V (2572)/Port Erin 2005 / 1/2-1/2}) (18. Qc2 Rd8
19. Bg5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qe8 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qc6 Qe8 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 24. Ra1
Nbd4 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Ra4 Ne6 27. g3 Rb8 28. Rxa6 g5 29. Ra4 Kg7 30. Rc4 Rxb2
31. Nc5 Rb5 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 {Palac,M (2582)-Howell,D (2471)/Cap d'Agde 2006 / 1/
2-1/2}) 18... Re8 19. h4 h6 20. Rac1 Qb7 21. Ng3 Red8 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Qh5 Kg8
24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxh6 gxh6 (25... g6 $5 26. Qg4 Nbd4 $14) 26. Nf5 $18 Bf8 27.
Rc4 Rd7 $2 (27... Nbd4 $142 28. N3xd4 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Qd5 30. Rxc7 Bg7 $18) 28.
Nxh6+ Bxh6 29. Qxh6 Nbd4 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. e6 $1 Rd5 (31... Nxe6 32. Rg4+ Ng5
33. Rxg5#) (31... fxe6 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Qxe6+ Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Qf6+ Kh7
36. Qxd4 $18) 32. exf7+ Kxf7 33. Rxc7+ $3 (33. Rxc7+ Qxc7 34. Qh7+ Kf6 35. Qxc7
$18) 1-0

[Event "XXIII Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik "]
[Date "2008.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 {B42: Sizilianisch 
(Paulsen-Variante)} Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O e5 8. Nd2 Be6 9. Nf3 (9. Nc4 Bxc4
10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bc5 12. Kf1 Nf6 13. f3 h6 14. Bd2 Bd4 15. Ba5 O-O 16. c3
Bc5 17. b4 Ba7 18. Bc7 Rfe8 19. a4 Rac8 20. Bd6 c5 21. b5 axb5 22. Bxb5 Re6 23.
Bc4 Ree8 {Korneev,O (2613)-Ivanov,J (2446)/Sevilla 2003/1-0}) 9... Bd6 $146 (
9... f6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Qe2 Ng6 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Nb6
Nf4 16. Qf1 Bxb6 17. Bxb6 c5 18. a4 c4 19. Be2 Qc6 20. a5 O-O 21. f3 f5 22.
exf5 Rxf5 23. Be3 Raf8 24. Qf2 Rg5 {Del Rio Angelis,S (2490)-Wegerle,J (2365)/
France 2003/1-0}) 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Bc4 Qe7 (12... Qxc4 13. Qxd6
Qe6 14. Qxe6+ fxe6 15. Rd1 $14) 13. Qg4 $14 Qf8 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16.
Rad1 Rd8 17. Rd3 h5 18. Qe2 Ke7 19. Rfd1 Qh6 20. Bxf7 Bc5 (20... Kxf7 $5 21.
Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Qc1+ 23. Rd1 Qg5 $18) 21. Rxd8 $18 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 (22. Bxh5
Rh8 23. g4 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 $18) 22... Kxd8 $16 23. Bxh5 Kc7 24. g3 Qc1+ 25.
Kg2 Qxb2 26. Bf7 b5 27. h4 Qc1 28. Qf3 Qxc2 29. h5 Bf8 30. Bb3 Qb1 (30... Qc5
31. Qxf6 Qe7 32. Qxe7+ Bxe7 33. Kf3 $18) 31. Qe3 (31. Kh2 $142 $5 Bg7 32. Qe3
$18) 31... Kb7 $16 32. h6 Bxh6 33. Qxh6 Qxe4+ 34. Kh2 Qf3 35. Qd2 a5 (35... Qf5
$142 $5 $16) 36. Bd1 $18 Qf5 37. Kg2 a4 38. Qd6 Kb6 39. Bf3 Qc2 (39... e4 40.
Qd4+ Ka6 41. Bxe4 $18) 40. Qxf6 e4 (40... Qxa2 41. Qxc6+ Ka5 42. Qc3+ Kb6 43.
Qxe5 $18) 41. Qd4+ c5 (41... Ka5 42. Bxe4 Qxa2 43. Qc3+ Kb6 44. Qxc6+ Ka5 $18)
42. Bxe4 Qxa2 (42... cxd4 43. Bxc2 Kc6 $18) 43. Qd8+ Ka6 44. Qc7 Qb2 45. Bb7+ (
45. Bb7+ Ka7 46. Bc8+ Ka8 47. Qb7#) 1-0

[Event "Poln. Meisterschaft"]
[Site "Lublin "]
[Date "2008.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 {D38: Damengambit 
(Ragosin-Verteidigung)} 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 b6 $146
(9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. O-O e5 12. h3 Qe7 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. d5 Nd8 15. e4 Nh5
16. Bd3 f6 17. g4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. e5 fxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Ne4 Nf7 22.
Bg6 Nh6 23. Neg5 Ng8 24. Re1 {Mirzoev,A (2543)-Landenbergue,C (2446)/Elgoibar
2006/1-0}) 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bb7 12. O-O b5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Rfd1
f5 (15... Qe8 16. Qb3 $14) 16. Nc3 (16. d5 exd5 17. Nc3 g6 18. Nxd5 Bd6 $16)
16... Nf6 (16... Qe8 $142 $5 $14) 17. d5 $16 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. e4 Nxb4 20.
axb4 fxe4 21. Bf1 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Bxc6 23. Ne5 (23. Rdc1 $5 Bd5 24. Rxc7 $18)
23... Bd5 $16 24. Rdc1 Bf6 (24... Rf5 $142 $5 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Bxb4 27.
Rxc7 Bc5 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 $16) 25. Rxc7 $18 Rfc8 26. Rac1 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 a5 28.
bxa5 Rxa5 29. Nc6 Ra2 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Bxb5 Ra1+ 33. Bf1 Bb3 34.
Ng6+ Kg8 (34... Ke8 35. Nf4 $18) 35. h3 Re1 36. g3 Ba4 (36... f5 37. Nf4 $18)
37. Kg2 Bd1 38. Nh4 Bf3+ 39. Nxf3 exf3+ 40. Kg1 e5 41. Rc3 e4 (41... Kf7 42.
Rxf3 Rd1 43. Rd3 $18) 42. Re3 (42. Re3 Rxe3 43. fxe3 $18) 1-0

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares "]
[Date "2008.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 {C67: Spanische Partie 
(Rio-de-Janeiro-Variante)} 5. d4 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe2 Bf5 8. Re1 Bb4 $146 (
8... Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxe5 f5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qc4+ Kh7 14. Nxe4
fxe4 15. Rxe4 Bh4 16. Be3 Qf6 17. f4 Rae8 18. Re5 Qd8 19. Rf1 Qd7 20. f5 gxf5
21. Rfxf5 Rxf5 22. gxf5 Bf6 23. Re6 {Georgiev,K (2480)-Piket,J (2550)/Corfu
1991/0-1}) (8... Bd6 9. dxe5 Bc5 10. Be3 $11) 9. c3 $14 Bd6 10. Qc2 Qd7 11.
dxe5 Bc5 12. Rxe4 O-O-O 13. Nbd2 Qd5 14. Kf1 Rhe8 15. b3 g5 16. Bb2 (16. c4
$142 $5 Qe6 17. h3 $16) 16... g4 $14 17. Nd4 Bxd4 (17... Bxe4 $5 18. Qxe4 Qxe4
19. Nxe4 Rxe5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 $14) 18. cxd4 $16 c5 19. Rae1 cxd4 20. Qc4 (20. Qd1
$142 $5 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $16) 20... Bxe4 $11 21. Rxe4 Rxe5 22. Rxg4 Rde8 23. Nf3
Qxc4+ 24. bxc4 Re2 25. Bxd4 Rxa2 26. Rg7 a5 27. Rxf7 Rc2 28. g4 a4 29. g5 a3
30. Rxh7 a2 31. Rh8 Rxh8 32. Bxh8 Rxc4 33. h3 (33. Ke2 Kd8 $15) 33... c5 34.
Ne1 $2 (34. Nd2 $142 Rc1+ 35. Ke2 $17) 34... Rc1 $19 35. g6 Kd7 36. Bb2 $2 (36.
Ke2 $142 c4 37. Ng2 $19) 36... Ke6 37. h4 $2 (37. Ke2 $19) 37... c4 38. h5 c3
39. Bxc1 a1=Q 40. Nd3 0-1

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 {B90: Sizilianisch 
(Najdorf-Variante, Abweichungen)} e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. O-O-O
Be7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Na5 Rc8 15. Nc6 Nxd5 16. Nxe7
Nxe7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nc6 19. c3 Ke7 20. Rd1 $146 (20. Rd2 Rhd8 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Be2 f5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxa6 Na5 25. Bb5 Nb3+ 26. Kb1 Nc5 27. Kc2 Rb8
28. Bc4 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 Kd6 31. Kd2 g5 32. Bg8 h6 33. Bh7 Ke6 34.
Bg8+ Kd6 {Mecking,H (2570)-Evans,L (2545)/San Antonio 1972/1/2-1/2}) 20... f5
21. Bd3 g6 22. Rhe1 Rhd8 23. Bf1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Na5 25. a4 Nc4 26. axb5 axb5
27. Rd5 Kf6 28. Rxb5 Ne3 29. Rb6+ Kg5 30. Ba6 Rd8 31. b4 Kf4 (31... Nxg2 $142
$5 32. Re6 e4 33. fxe4 Nf4 34. h4+ Kxh4 $11) 32. Rc6 $16 Nxg2 33. b5 Ra8 34.
Bb7 (34. Rc8 Ra7 35. Rc4+ Ke3 36. Ra4 $18) 34... Rb8 $11 35. Rc7 Ne1 36. Rxh7
Nxf3 37. c4 e4 38. Kc2 $2 (38. c5 $142 Re8 39. b6 $11) 38... e3 $19 39. Kd3 (
39. Kd1 Re8 40. Ke2 Rd8 $19) 39... g5 40. Ke2 (40. Re7 Ne5+ 41. Kc3 $19) 40...
Nd4+ 41. Ke1 Rd8 42. Re7 (42. Bd5 g4 43. Ra7 Nxb5 44. Ra1 $19) 42... Nc2+ 43.
Kf1 Rd1+ 44. Ke2 Rd2+ 45. Kf1 Nd4 (45... Nd4 46. h3 Rd1+ 47. Kg2 e2 $19) (45...
g4 46. Re6 Nd4 47. c5 Nxe6 48. Ke1 Nxc5 49. Kf1 Nxb7 50. Ke1 Nc5 51. Kf1 Kf3
52. Ke1 Nd3+ 53. Kf1 Rd1#) 0-1

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 {C89: Spanische Partie (Marshall-Angriff)} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11.
Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 Re8 14. d4 (14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. d4 Ra7 16. Nd2 Re7
17. Nf3 f6 18. Kg2 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Bd2 Re2 21. g4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Qe4 23. Qh1
Rxd2 24. Re1 Qxg4+ 25. Kf1 Rxb2 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. Qxd5+ Kf8 {
Almasi,Z (2691)-Jakovenko,D (2710)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/1/2-1/2}) 14... Rxe1+
$146 (14... Bg4 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Qxg4 Qe1+ 17. Kg2 Qxc1 18. Qe2 a5 19. Bxd5
cxd5 20. Qd2 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 a4 22. a3 f5 23. f4 Kf7 24. Nf1 Re8 25. Kf3 Re4 26.
Ne3 Ke6 27. Rb1 h6 28. h4 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh1 gxf4 31. Rh6+ Kd7 32. Nxf5
Bc7 33. g4 {Hellers,F (2525)-Howell,J (2450)/New York 1990/CBM 016 ext/1-0 (41)
}) 15. Qxe1 Ra7 16. Be3 Re7 17. Nd2 Qe8 18. Nf1 h5 19. a4 Be6 20. Bd1 h4 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Bf3 Bh3 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qd1 f5 (24... hxg3 25. hxg3 Qc6 26. Bg5
$14) 25. Bg5 (25. Qb3 Qc6 26. Bg5 Re8 $16) 25... Re4 26. Bxh4 Qg6 27. Bd8 f4
28. Qd3 (28. Bb6 $5 $16) 28... Qh5 $11 29. Nd2 Re2 30. Nf3 $4 (30. Bh4 $142 $11
) 30... Re3 $3 $19 31. fxe3 (31. Qd1 Rxf3 32. Bh4 $19) 31... Qxf3 32. Qc2 (32.
Qf1 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 Qxe3+ 34. Kh1 fxg3 35. Bh4 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 gxh2+ 37. Kf2 Qxh4+
38. Ke2 Qg4+ 39. Ke3 Qg3+ 40. Ke2 Qg2+ 41. Ke1 Bg3+ 42. Kd1 Qxf1+ 43. Kc2 h1=Q
44. Kb3 Qc4+ 45. Kc2 Qhf1 46. Kd2 Qce2#) 32... fxg3 33. hxg3 Qxg3+ 34. Kh1 Bf5
$3 (34... Bf5 35. Rf1 Bxc2 36. Rf4 Bxf4 37. Bh4 Be4#) 0-1

[Event "dt. Bundesliga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Be7 9. f4 d6 {B85: Sizilianisch (Scheveninger System)} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
Qd3 O-O 12. b3 d5 (12... c5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. Bd3 d5 15. e5 Nh5 16. Qh3 g6 17.
Bb2 Rae8 18. Rae1 f5 19. Be2 Ng7 20. Bf3 Rb8 21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Qg3 d4 23. Nb1
Be4 24. Na3 c4 25. Nxc4 Bxc2 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Bxd4 {Svidler,P (2689)
-Movsesian,S (2666)/Shenyang 2000/1-0}) 13. Bb2 Bb7 $146 (13... a5 14. Qg3 Bb7
15. e5 Nd7 16. Rae1 Kh8 17. Qh3 g6 18. Rf3 Rfe8 19. Na4 c5 20. Bb5 Red8 21. f5
gxf5 22. Bxd7 d4 23. Bb5 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Rab8 25. Bd3 Rd5 26. Bc1 Rxe5 27. Rf1
Rd5 28. g4 {Lanka,Z (2504)-Movsesian,S (2659)/Batumi 1999/CBM 074/[Ftacnik]/
1-0 (41)}) 14. Rae1 c5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bg4 g6 17. Qh3 Rad8 (17... Nb6 18. Rf3 d4
19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 $11) 18. Ne2 (18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. Nxd5 Bxd5
21. Qxd5 c4 $11) 18... Rfe8 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. f5 exf5 21. Rxf5 (21. Bxf5 gxf5 22.
Rxf5 f6 $15) 21... gxf5 $15 22. Bxf5 Nf6 23. Rf1 (23. Qh4 $5 Bg7 24. Bc3 $15)
23... Rxe5 $17 24. Nh5 Bg7 25. Nxg7 (25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Bg7
28. Bxe5 Qxe5 $19) 25... d4 $19 26. Qg3 $4 (26. Qh6 $142 Qc6 27. Bh3 $19) 26...
Kh8 27. Bc1 (27. c3 Qe7 28. Bc1 dxc3 $19) 27... Rg8 28. Bh6 (28. Bg5 Qd6 29.
Bg6 $19) 28... Nh5 $3 29. Qh3 Qc6 (29... Re2 30. Rg1 Qe5 31. Bd3 Rxg2 32. Be4
Bxe4 33. Rxg2 Bc6 34. Bd2 Qxg7 35. Kg1 Bxg2 36. Qh4 Bh3+ 37. Bg5 Qf6 38. Qxh3
Qxg5+ 39. Kf1 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Qg1+ 41. Ke2 Nf4+ 42. Kd2 Nxh3 43. Kd3 Qd1+ 44. Ke4
Rg5 45. b4 Qe2#) 30. Bf4 (30. Bg4 Qxh6 31. Nxh5 Bxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Rxh5 33. Bxh5
Rxg2 34. Kxg2 Qg5+ 35. Kh1 Qxh5 36. Rf2 $19) 30... Rxf5 (30... Rxf5 31. Nxf5
Rxg2 32. Qf3 Nxf4 33. Nh4 Rxc2 34. Kg1 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 Qc7 36. Rf2 Bxf3+ 37. Nxf3
Rxf2 38. a3 Rxf3 39. Kg2 Rxb3 40. a4 Qf4 41. a5 Qf3#) 0-1

[Event "6. Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar "]
[Date "2008.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 {A22: Englische Eröffnung} 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Bxc3 5. bxc3
O-O 6. d3 d6 7. e4 Nc6 8. Ne2 (8. Nf3 Bd7 9. O-O Qc8 10. Bg5 Ne8 11. Be3 Bh3
12. c5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Kh8 14. h3 f5 15. exf5 Qxf5 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17. Nh4 Qe6 18.
Kh2 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Rxf5 21. Rab1 b6 22. Rbd1 Rdf8 {Osttveit,M (2084)
-Gupta,A (2335)/Nakhchivan 2003/0-1}) 8... Bd7 $146 (8... Rb8 9. O-O Ne8 10. h3
f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. g4 Bd7 13. f4 Qe7 14. f5 Kh8 15. Qe1 Nf6 16. Ng3 b5 17.
cxb5 Rxb5 18. Rf2 Rfb8 19. g5 Ng8 20. f6 gxf6 21. gxf6 Qf7 22. Ne4 h6 23. Rf1 {
Giorgadze,T (2520)-Escalona Cuevas,L/Seville 1990/1-0}) 9. h3 Ne8 10. O-O a6
11. a4 b6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Nd4 g6 15. Nc2 Ng7 16. Ne3 f6 17. d4 Nf7
18. g4 c6 19. Ra2 Ne6 20. Bg3 Neg5 (20... Ng7 $5 $16) 21. Qd3 Qe7 22. h4 Ne6
23. Rb2 Rab8 24. Rbf2 Nh6 25. c5 bxc5 26. dxc5 Nxc5 (26... Nf7 27. cxd6 Qd8 28.
Rxf6 $18) 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Bxd6 Nxa4 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. g5 Ng4 (30... Nf7 31.
Rxf6 Nc5 32. Nc4 $18) 31. Nxg4 Bxg4 32. Rxf6 Rc8 (32... Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Nxc3 34.
e5 $18) 33. R1f4 Bd7 (33... h5 34. gxh6 Bd1 35. Bh3 $18) 34. Bf1 (34. Bf1 Nb6
35. c4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 {A30: Englische Eröffnung (Symmetrische Variante)
} 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. Ng5 Bxg2
11. Kxg2 Nc6 12. Qf4 O-O 13. Nce4 Ne8 14. b3 Ra7 15. Bb2 Rd7 (15... b5 16. Nf3
Qa8 17. Rac1 h6 18. Ned2 Rd7 19. Kg1 Qb7 20. Qe4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rc7 22. Qd3 d5
23. Qb1 Nf6 24. e4 Qb6 25. exd5 exd5 26. Qf5 Rd8 27. Ne5 Bc5 28. Ndc4 dxc4 29.
Nxc4 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 {Wojtkiewicz,A (2580)-Ftacnik,L (2535)/Budapest 1993/0-1})
16. Rac1 Nc7 $146 (16... Qa8 17. Kg1 b5 18. Nf3 bxc4 19. Rxc4 d5 20. Nc5 Rd8
21. Rcc1 Nf6 22. Qa4 Nb8 23. Be5 Rc8 24. b4 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Ne4 26. Nd2 Nc6 27.
Nxe4 Nxe5 28. Nd6 Rc7 29. Qf4 Nd7 30. Nf5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 {Van der Sterren,P 
(2470)-Kindermann,S (2500)/München1988/1/2-1/2}) 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 (28. f3 Nf6 $14) 28... Ne5 $11 29. Qxa6 Ra7 30. Qb5
Qxb5 31. cxb5 Rxa2 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Nfd3 Bf6 34. Nxe5+ (34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Rc6
Rb7 $15) 34... dxe5 35. Rc2 Rea7 36. Kg2 (36. Nd3 Ng5 37. Nc1 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 R2a4
$17) 36... Ng5 $17 37. Rd6 (37. Rdd2 $5 $17) 37... e4 $19 38. Bxf6 (38. Bc1 Nf3
39. Kf1 Nxh2+ 40. Ke2 Nf3 $19) 38... Kxf6 39. Kf1 (39. Rd1 Nf3 40. Kf1 Nxh2+
41. Ke2 Nf3 $19) 39... Ra1 40. Ke2 Rb1 41. Rd1 Rxb4 42. Ng2 Rxb5 43. Nf4 Rc5
44. Rb2 b5 45. Kf1 Rac7 46. Rbb1 Rb7 47. Rb4 (47. Kg2 Rc2 48. Rb3 Nf3 $19)
47... Rc4 48. Rb2 b4 49. Rdb1 (49. Kg2 Nf3 $19) 49... Nf3 50. Kg2 Rd7 51. h3 (
51. Ra2 Rd6 52. Rab2 $19) 51... e5 52. Ne2 Rd2 53. hxg4 fxg4 54. Rxd2 Nxd2 55.
Rb2 Nf3 56. Kf1 (56. Rb1 Ke6 $19) 56... b3 $1 57. Kg2 (57. Rxb3 Nd2+) 57... Rc2
(57... Rc2 58. Rxb3 Rxe2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 {B90: Sizilianisch 
(Najdorf-Variante, Abweichungen)} e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5
Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O (12. Na5 Qc7 13. Be2 Bg7 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Kb1 O-O
16. Rc1 e4 17. f4 Nc5 18. Nb3 Na4 19. c3 Rfe8 20. Rhf1 Nb6 21. c4 Ng4 22. f5
Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Nd7 24. g4 Qb6 25. Qh3 Nc5 26. fxg6 fxg6 {Anand,V (2782)-Kramnik,
V (2770)/Dortmund 2004/1-0}) 12... Nb6 $146 13. Qa5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Kb1
Rc8 16. Qb4 $1 Kf8 17. c4 Kg7 18. g3 $1 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 $1 a4 38. Rc3 Qc7 39. Qd4 Qc5 (39... Rxe4 40.
Nxe4 Re5 41. Rc1 $18) 40. Qxc5 (40. Qxc5 bxc5 41. Rce3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Date "2008.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 {C65: Spanische Partie 
(Berliner-Verteidigung)} 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. c3 Bb6
10. Bb3 h6 $146 (10... O-O 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 a5 (13... g5 14. Bg3
Ne8 15. d4 Qe7 16. f3 Ng7 17. Bf2 Be6 18. Ne3 Bd7 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Kh8 21.
Rad1 a6 22. Bc2 Bc8 23. b4 Nh5 24. Nf5 Qf6 25. g3 Ng7 26. c4 Rfe8 27. d5 cxd5
28. cxd5 Bd7 29. a4 {Kosintseva,T (2474)-Sargissian,G (2658)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/
1-0}) 14. Ne3 Bb6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 d5 17. Kh1 Re8 18. Qf3 e4 19. dxe4 Rxe4
20. Bg3 Bc7 21. Bc2 Re7 22. Rfe1 Bxg3 23. Qxg3 a4 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qc7 26.
Re1 Ng4 27. Qg3 Qxg3 28. fxg3 {Matsuura,E (2511)-Karjakin,S (2694)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/0-1}) (10... Qe7 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Qe1 d5 13. Kh1 Bc7 14. f3
Be6 15. d4 exd4 16. e5 dxc3 17. bxc3 Nd7 18. f4 Bf5 19. a4 Bb6 20. a5 Bc5 21.
Bd1 f6 22. Nb3 O-O 23. a6 b6 24. Nd4 Bd3 25. Rf3 {Brzozka,S-Fichtl,J/Warsaw
1961/0-1}) 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ne3 O-O 13. Qf3 g6 14. g4 h5 15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4
Kg7 17. Kg2 Nh7 18. Rh1 Ng5 19. Qg3 Rg8 20. Kf1 (20. Nc2 Kf8 $16) 20... Bd7 (
20... a5 $142 $5 $11) 21. Nf5+ $16 Kf8 (21... gxf5 22. gxf5 Kf8 23. Rg1 f6 24.
Bxg8 d5 25. Qh4 $18 Kxg8 (25... Qe7 26. Bxg5 fxg5 27. Rxg5 Qf6 28. Bxd5 cxd5
29. Rg8+ Kxg8 30. Qxf6 Bd8 31. Qd6 dxe4 32. Qd5+ Kf8 33. Qxb7 $18) 26. Bxg5
fxg5 27. Rxg5+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Rg8+ Ke7 30. Rg7+ Ke8 31. Qh8#) 22. Qh4
gxf5 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24. gxf5 d5 25. Qxg5 $1 Rxg5 (25... Qxg5 26. Bxg5) 26. Rh8+
Ke7 27. Bxg5+ f6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Be3 Bb6 30. Ke2 Be8 (30... Bxe3 31. Kxe3 Rh8
32. Rg1 $16) 31. Rh1 $18 Bf7 32. Rh7 (32. d4 exd4 33. cxd4 Bc7 $18) 32... Bxe3
$16 33. fxe3 Kf8 34. exd5 cxd5 35. Rh8+ Bg8 36. e4 Kg7 37. Rh4 Bf7 38. exd5
Bxd5 39. Bxd5 Rxd5 40. Rc4 Kh6 41. Rg4 Kh5 42. Rg7 a5 (42... Ra5 43. a3 b5 44.
Rg6 $18) 43. Ke3 b5 44. Ke4 Rd8 45. Rg6 Rd6 46. d4 exd4 47. cxd4 Rc6 48. Rg2
Rc1 49. Kd5 Re1 50. Kc6 b4 51. b3 (51. d5 Rc1+ 52. Kd7 a4 $18) 1-0

