[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O Bd6 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Nc4 Bxh2+
15. Kh1 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. g3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Qxg3 19. Qh5 Ra5 20. Qxf7+ Kd8
21. Bg2 Rg5 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. Bxf3 axb2 24. Bxb2 Rf8 25. Be4 Rf6 26. Rxf6 gxf6
27. Kh2 Kc7 28. Bc3 e5 29. dxe5 fxe5 30. Rf1 Kd6 31. Rf7 Bc8 32. Rxh7 Be6 33.
Rh6 c5 34. Bd3 Kd7 35. Bb5+ Ke7 36. e4 Rg4 37. Bc6 Rg5 38. Be1 Rg4 39. Bg3 Bc4
40. Bxe5 Bd3 41. Bd6+ Kf7 42. Bd5+ Kg7 43. Re6 c4 44. Kh3 Rg1 45. Be5+ Kf8 46.
Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Bd6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bd6 13. e4 c4 14. Be2 Qb6+ 15.
Bf2 Bc5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Qd4 Qxd4+ 20. cxd4 Be6 21.
f5 Bd5 22. Kf2 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Rc6 24. a4 Rac8 25. Rc3 Rb6 26. Ra2 Kf8 27. Ke3
Ke7 28. Bd1 Ra6 29. Ra1 b5 30. b4 bxa4 31. b5 Ra5 32. Rxa4 Rxa4 33. Bxa4 f6 34.
Bc2 fxe5 35. dxe5 Rc5 36. Ra3 Rxb5 37. Rxa7+ Kf8 38. e6 Bb7 39. e7+ Kxe7 40.
Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. h3
Qa5 9. Bh4 Nf6 10. Nb3 Qh5 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. g4 Nf6 14. Bg2 h5 15.
f3 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. O-O-O g6 18. Nd2 hxg4 19. hxg4 f5 20. Bg3 Rxh1 21.
Rxh1 Nf7 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Bh3 Bxh3 24. Rxh3 Bh6 25. Kd1 Bxd2 26. Kxd2 Rc8 27.
Bf2 Rc4 28. Rh4 Ne5 29. Rxc4 Nxc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bxc4 Nfd7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 Nb6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. Qb3 c6 14. f4
Ned7 15. O-O Qe8 16. a4 cxd5 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. e5 a6 20. Na7 Qc7
21. Rc1 Qd8 22. a5 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qxb7 g5 25. Nc6 Qe8 26. Rxc4 gxf4 27.
Bxf4 Kh8 28. Bg3 Rg8 29. Kf1 e6 30. Rd4 Nc5 31. Qb6 Nd7 32. Qc7 Nb8 33. Nd8
Qb5+ 34. Kg1 h6 35. Nxf7+ Kh7 36. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14.
Qd5 Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4 16. Kb1 g6 17. Qh3 h5 18. Nd2 Qe2 19. Rde1 Qg4 20. Qh2 d5
21. f3 Qa4 22. g4 Bd6 23. Qg1 Nf4 24. c4 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Ng2 26. Qf2 Nxe1 27.
Rxe1 Re8 28. gxh5 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 gxh5 30. Qg1+ Kf8 31. Qd4 dxc4 32. Qh8+ Ke7
33. Qxh5 c3 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Ne4 Qc4 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39.
a3 Qf1+ 40. Ka2 cxb2 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Na6 14. Be3
Bf6 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Rc4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Rfd8 18. Be3 b5 19. Rc3 Nb4 20. Bc5 Nd5
21. Rc2 h6 22. Rec1 f5 23. f3 a6 24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf6 26. Be7 Rd7 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Kh3 Kf7 29. Kg4 Kg6 30. Rc6 e5 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Rf5 Rd2 33. Rxa6 Rxh2
34. Rxe5 h5+ 35. Kf4 Rf2+ 36. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

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. Nc3 d5 13. Bg5 Nbd7 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 27.
R5e6 Qf5 28. Re5 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. e3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Be2
Nb6 15. Bg3 Qg6 16. Qc5 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. Qe7 Nd7 19. Qb4 Nb6 20. Qe7 Nd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Bb3 b6 13. f4 exd4 14. f5 gxf5
15. cxd4 Nc5 16. e5 Nxb3 17. axb3 c5 18. Bb2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxe5 20. Nc6 Rc5 21.
Qxc5 bxc5 22. Nxd8 Bxb2 23. Rae1 Bd7 24. Nb7 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Rb8 26. Nd6 Rxb3 27.
Re7 Be6 28. Rxa7 c4 29. Ra4 Rc3 30. Nb5 Rd3 31. Nxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Be5 Bg7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. Nfg5 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Bd5 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Nc3 h6
15. Nxd5 hxg5 16. Ne3 Rd8 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. g3 Nf6 19. Rd1 Qd7 20. Bc4 e6 21. Kg2
Kf8 22. h3 Nf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Qe3 Rg8 25. h4 Ng4 26. Qe2 gxh4 27. Rxh4 Qe7
28. Rh3 Qg5 29. Qd2 f4 30. Be2 Nf6 31. Bf3 e5 32. Qc2 exd4 33. b4 Qe5 34. Qd2
fxg3 35. Re1 gxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qg5 37. Qxg5 Rxg5 38. Rh8+ Ng8 39. Rd1 Kg7 40. Rh4
d3 41. Re4 Nf6 42. Re7 Rf5 43. Rxb7 Ng4+ 44. Kg3 Ne3 45. Re1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8.
f4 g6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Kh1 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. c4 Be6 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Nc3 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Rf7 17. b4 Bf6 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nd7 20. Re4 Bf5 21.
Re3 Nb6 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Kg1 Re7 24. Kf2 Rxe3 25. Kxe3 Re8+ 26. Kf2 c6 27. Rd4
Be6 28. Bf3 Nd5 29. Ne4 Re7 30. Nc5 Nc3 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rh8 Kg7 33. Rb8 Bd5
34. Nxb7 Ne4+ 35. Kg1 Bxa2 36. Nc5 Bd5 37. Bxe4 Bxe4 38. Kf2 Bd5 39. g4 Kf6 40.
Rd8 Rc7 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Rb8 Kd6 43. Nb7+ Ke6 44. Kd4 h5 45. Nc5+ Kf6 46. h3
hxg4 47. hxg4 Rh7 48. Rd8 Rh1 49. Rd6+ Kg7 50. g5 Rc1 51. Rd7+ Kh8 52. Ke5 Rc4
53. Kf6 Rxf4+ 54. Kxg6 Rxb4 55. Rxa7 Bg8 56. Re7 Rh4 57. Re8 Rd4 58. Re7 Rd6+
59. Kh5 Bh7 60. Nd7 Rd1 61. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
g3 Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Qa4 Bg4 13. Bg5 Bxe2 14. Nxe2
Rxe2 15. Rac1 Bb6 16. Qxc6 Qe8 17. Bxf6 Qxc6 18. Rxc6 gxf6 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. Bc4
Rxb2 21. Rxf6 Rd7 22. Rf3 Rbd2 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Re1 R2d4 25. Bb5 R7d6 26. Re5
R6d5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Bc4 Rd7 29. Kf1 Re7 30. Rf4 Bc7 31. Rg4+ Kf8 32. Rh4 Kg7
33. Bd3 h6 34. Rg4+ Kf8 35. Rd4 Re6 36. Rd7 Re7 37. Rd5 Re5 38. Rd4 Re6 39. Rc4
Bb6 40. Rc2 Rd6 41. Bb5 Ke7 42. f4 Rd5 43. a4 Rd6 44. Ke2 Kf6 45. Kf3 Kg7 46.
h4 Rd5 47. g4 Bd8 48. Ke4 Rd6 49. h5 Re6+ 50. Kd5 Re7 51. Rc4 Bc7 52. Ba6 Bb6
53. Kd6 Re6+ 54. Kd7 Be3 55. Bb5 Rf6 56. f5 Rb6 57. Rc7 a5 58. Kc8 Rf6 59. Rd7
Bf4 60. Ra7 Bd2 61. Kd7 Rb6 62. Kc7 Rf6 63. Ra8 Bb4 64. Rd8 Be7 65. Rd5 Bb4 66.
Bc6 Kf8 67. Rd8+ Kg7 68. Kb6 Bc3 69. Kb5 Bb4 70. Bd5 Be1 71. Bc4 Bc3 72. Ra8
Be1 73. Rxa5 Bxa5 74. Kxa5 Rd6 75. Kb5 Kf6 76. a5 Kg5 77. a6 Kxg4 78. a7 Rd8
79. Kb6 Kxf5 80. Bd5 Ke5 81. Kc7 Rh8 82. Bb7 f5 83. Bc8 Rh7+ 84. Bd7 Rh8 85.
Bc8 Rh7+ 86. Bd7 Rh8 87. Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8
15. f3 Rc6 16. Bb6 Rxb6 17. axb6 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Qxb6+ 19. Kh1 Qxb3 20. Rac1 Rd8
21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd7 24. g3 Kf8 25. f4 f6 26. Kg2 Bd8 27.
Kf3 Ke7 28. b4 Rc7 29. Rxc7+ Bxc7 30. Rd1 Bb6 31. Ke2 Bd4 32. Kd3 Kd7 33. f5
Bb6 34. Rc1 Bd4 35. Rc2 Bb6 36. g4 h6 37. h4 Bd8 38. Kc4 Kc6 39. Kb3+ Kd7 40.
Kc4 Kc6 41. b5+ axb5+ 42. Kb4+ Kd7 43. Kxb5 Be7 44. Rd2 Kc7 45. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

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 Ng6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. O-O-O dxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Nd2 c5 18. dxc5 Bd7 19. b4 O-O-O 20. Rg3 e5 21.
Rd3 Be6 22. Ra3 a6 23. c6 bxc6 24. c5 Qg5 25. Rxa6 Kd7 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4
Ne7 28. Kc2 Ke8 29. Nf3 Qf6 30. Rd6 Rxd6 31. cxd6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nac5 13. f3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc5
15. Qd4 Nb3 16. Qxg4 Nxa1 17. Bh6 g6 18. Nc3 Qb6+ 19. Rf2 Rfe8 20. Qf4 Qc7 21.
Re2 Re6 22. Kf1 d4 23. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nxe5
8. dxe5 Be7 9. Qh5 Be6 10. Rb1 Qd7 11. h3 b6 12. O-O g6 13. Qh6 Bf8 14. Qh4 Be7
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 O-O 17. f4 Qd8 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. f5 gxf5 20. Bxf5 Rg8 21.
Qf3 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qg5 23. Qxg5 Rxg5 24. Rxf7 Rag8 25. g4 Rxe5 26. Rxc7 Re3 27.
Kg2 Rf8 28. Rxa7 Rff3 29. Rxb6 Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nfd7 8.
Be3 Nb6 9. Qc5 c6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. h4 Qd6 12. Qxd6 exd6 13. h5 Re8 14. Nh3
N8d7 15. Nf4 Bc4 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bf3 a5 18. Nfe2 a4 19. Bh6 d5 20. Ng3 Nf6
21. e5 Nfd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bg4 c5 24. f4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc5 26. Kc2 Ne6 27.
Bxe6 fxe6 28. b3 axb3+ 29. axb3 Ba6 30. Nf1 Rh8 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. Ne3 Nc8 33.
Rd2 Rh4 34. g4 Rh3 35. Nexd5 exd5 36. Nxd5 Kf8 37. Nc7 Na7 38. e6 Nc6 39. Rd7
Rf3 40. e7+ Nxe7 41. Ne6+ Kf7 42. Ng5+ Ke8 43. Rxe7+ Kxe7 44. Nxf3 Be2 45. Ne5
Kf6 46. Kd2 Bf1 47. Nc4 g5 48. Ne3 Bb5 49. Nd5+ Kf7 50. f5 Bc6 51. Ne3 Bf3 52.
Kd3 Ke7 53. Kc4 Kd6 54. Kb5 Kc7 55. b4 Bc6+ 56. Kc5 Bf3 57. Kb5 Bc6+ 58. Kc4
Kd6 59. b5 Bf3 60. Kd4 Be2 61. b6 Bf3 62. Nc4+ Ke7 63. Ne5 Bd1 64. Kc5 Be2 65.
Kd5 Bd1 66. Kd4 Kf6 67. Ke4 Ke7 68. Kd5 Be2 69. Kd4 Bd1 70. Nc6+ Kf6 71. Na5
Bxg4 72. Nxb7 Bf3 73. Nd6 Ba8 74. Ke3 Ke5 75. b7 Bxb7 76. Nxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. dxe5 Qg6 12. Nh4 Bxd1 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Rxd1
O-O-O 15. Kf1 Ne6 16. Rb1 g5 17. Re1 g4 18. Nb3 c5 19. Be3 c4 20. Nd2 b5 21.
Ke2 g5 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Rh1 Bg7 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. g3 Bxe5 26. c3 c6 27. Rd1
Rh7 28. Nf1 Kb7 29. Bc1 Nc5 30. Ne3 Nxe4 31. Nxg4 Bh8 32. Be3 b4 33. cxb4 Bxb2
34. Bd4 Nc3+ 35. Bxc3 Bxc3 36. Rc1 Bxb4 37. Rxc4 a5 38. Ne5 Re7 39. f4 gxf4 40.
gxf4 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3
Ra7 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Nxd5 Nc6 12. Nf4 e5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bd2 Be7 15.
Nf3 e4 16. Ng1 Bxg5 17. Ne2 Nce5 18. Ng1 Nc6 19. O-O-O Nf6 20. Bg2 Qc8 21. Kb1
Qf5 22. Be1 Bh4 23. Ne2 O-O 24. Ng3 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Nd5 26. h4 a5 27. Bd2 a4 28.
Qc2 Re8 29. a3 Raa8 30. Bh3 Qf3 31. Rde1 Qxg3 32. h5 gxh5 33. Bd7 Red8 34. Rxh5
Rxd7 35. Reh1 f5 36. Rh8+ Kf7 37. Rxa8 Nxe3 38. Bxe3 Qxe3 39. Qc4+ Kf6 40. Rf8+
Kg5 41. Qc5 g6 42. Rfh8 Qd3+ 43. Ka1 Nxd4 44. Rg1+ Kf6 45. Qf8+ Ke5 46. Qc5+
Kf6 47. Qb6+ Ke5 48. Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d6 9. e4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 e5 14. Qd2 Nd4
15. Qh6 Kh8 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bd3 Qe7 18. g4 a5 19. Rhg1 Rg8 20. Rg3 Rg6 21.
Qd2 a4 22. Kb1 Bc6 23. f4 Rag8 24. Rdg1 exf4 25. Qxf4 Qe5 26. Rf1 Re8 27. Ka1
Kg7 28. Qf2 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. Rf3 Re6 31. h3 d3 32. Qd2 Qxc4 33. Rxd3 Rg5
34. Rc1 Qa6 35. Rd1 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 O-O-O 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 Bf6 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14.
Qxg5 b5 15. Bb3 f6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qf4 h5 18. h3 g5 19. Nd4 Qd5 20. Nxc6
Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 gxf4 22. Nxd8 Kxd8 23. Kc1 Rg8 24. Rg1 f3 25. g3 Re8 26. Rd1 Re2
27. Rd2 Re1+ 28. Rd1 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

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.
Bg2 g6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. b3 a4 18. O-O axb3 19. axb3 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Qd8 21. Rd1
Qa5 22. h5 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 gxh5 24. Ra6 Rc8 25. Kh2 Kf8 26. Bh3 Ke7 27. Rb6 Kd7
28. Nxb4 Nxb4 29. Rxb4 Kc6 30. Rb5 Ra8 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. f4 Ra2+ 33. Kh3 exf4
34. gxf4 Re2 35. e5 d5 36. Rb8 d4 37. Rd8 Kc5 38. Rd6 Re4 39. Kg3 h4+ 40. Kxh4
Rxf4+ 41. Kg3 Re4 42. Rxe6 Re3+ 43. Kf4 Rxb3 44. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 Rc8
15. Nc3 d4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h4 Nb8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8
21. Qa4 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 a6 25. Be3 Nxe5 26. Bxb6 Nc4
27. Na4 Nd2+ 28. Ke2 Nxe4 29. Kd3 f5 30. Nc3 Nc5+ 31. Kc4 Nd7 32. Bc7 Bc5 33.
Nd1 Kf7 34. b4 Ba7 35. b5 axb5+ 36. Kxb5 e5 37. a4 Ke6 38. a5 g6 39. a6 h6 40.
Ne3 Nc5 41. Bb6 Bxb6 42. Kxb6 Nxa6 43. Kxa6 f4 44. gxf4 exf4 45. Ng4 Kf5 46. f3
h5 47. Nf2 Ke5 48. Nd3+ Kd4 49. Nxf4 Ke3 50. Nxg6 Kxf3 51. Kb5 Kg4 52. Kc4 Kf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

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 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Qh5 18. Bc2 f5 19. f3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3 21. Bd2
Qxd3 22. Bxd3 f4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Kf2 fxg3+ 25. hxg3 c5 26. c4 Nb6 27. cxb5 c4
28. Bf1 axb5 29. Bg2 Rf8+ 30. Bf3 Be7 31. Ba5 Na4 32. b3 Bf6 33. Kg2 Bxd4 34.
Rf1 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 Nb2 36. Rf5 c3 37. Rxb5 c2 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Rc8 Nd1 40. Bd2
Bc3 41. Bc1 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qg3 g6 14. Bf3 a5 15. b4
Rc8 16. Rad1 axb4 17. axb4 Rc4 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. Be2 Rxb4 20. Nxb5 Bxe4 21. Bg7
Bxc2 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. Rd4 d5 24. Rxb4 Bxb4 25. Rc1 Be4 26. Rc7 Qd8 27. Qe3 Qh4
28. Qg3 Qf6 29. Qe3 Qa1+ 30. Qc1 Qa2 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Qd1 Nf6 33. h3 Bd2 34.
Qf1 Bxf4 35. Nc7 Qd2 36. Ne8+ Nxe8 37. Rxe8 Qe3 38. Bf3 Bxf3 39. gxf3 Qd2 40.
Qg1 Qe2 0-1

