[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nd7
8. Be3 Nc5 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. Rhe1 Qf6 13. Kb1 Be6 14.
Qe3 Rfe8 15. Qg5 Be7 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Qg5 Be7 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Ng5 Qa6 14. e4 Rad8
15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Qe1 h6 17. exf5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rxf7 19. fxg6 Rff8 20. f4 Qd3
21. f5 Nh5 22. Rf3 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Bf6 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. Nc5 Rd6 26. Bxf6+ Rdxf6 27.
Ne6+ Rxe6 28. Qxe6 Rf6 29. Qe3 Rxf5 30. Qxd4+ Nxd4 31. Rxf5 Ng3+ 32. Kh2 Ngxf5
33. Rc7 Kxg6 34. g4 Nd6 35. Rxe7 Kf6 36. Re3 b5 37. h4 Nc4 38. Re4 Ne6 39. Kg3
a5 40. b3 Nd6 41. Re1 Nc5 42. g5+ Kf5 43. Rf1+ Ke5 44. Kg4 Nce4 45. h5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15.
Ng5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. a5 Bxa5 18. Qf3 Nf8 19. Qf7+ Kh8 20. Qxb7 Qb6 21.
Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nd6 Qxb7 23. Nxb7 Bb6 24. Be3 Reb8 25. Nd6 Bd8 26. Ra2 Rb4 27. Rc1
a5 28. Rc2 Rab8 29. Kf1 g5 30. Ke2 Ng6 31. g3 h6 32. Kd3 Rb3+ 33. Rc3 Rxc3+ 34.
bxc3 Ne7 35. h3 Bc7 36. Bc1 Bxd6 37. exd6 Nf5 38. d7 Rd8 39. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qa4
Nbd7 9. e5 Nb6 10. exf6 Nxa4 11. fxg7 Re8 12. Nxa4 e5 13. dxe5 Bg4 14. Nc3 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Rxe5+ 16. Be2 Qe7 17. f4 Re6 18. Kf1 Rd8 19. Bf3 Re1+ 20. Kg2 Rxh1 21.
Kxh1 Rd3 22. Kg2 c6 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nc3 Kxg7 25. a4 a5 26. Nd1 h5 27. Ne3 h4 28.
h3 Qe6 29. Kf1 Rd4 30. Be2 Qe4 31. f3 Rxa4 32. fxe4 Rxa1 33. exf5 Rxc1+ 34. Kf2
Rb1 35. Nc4 a4 36. fxg6 Rxb2 37. Nxb2 a3 38. Bc4 axb2 39. Bd3 c5 40. Ke3 b5 41.
Bb1 b4 42. Kd3 Kxg6 43. Kc4+ 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

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
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Qc2 Bg7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Bb2 Nh5 20. Bf1 bxa4 21. bxa4 d5
22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. c4 dxe4 25. c5 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 e3 27. fxe3 Rcd8
28. Nc4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qe7 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Qd4 Rf8 32. Bc4 Bc8 33. Rb1 Ng3 34.
e4 Qg5 35. Bxf7+ Rxf7 36. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. e3 Bf5
9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. g4 Be6 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Ne4 13. Ndxe4 dxe4 14. Rc1 a4 15. Be2
Bb3 16. axb3 a3 17. Nxe4 e5 18. Bg5 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 h6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Bh4 a2
22. Kg2 exd4 23. exd4 Qa3 24. Qd2 Rfe8 25. Nd6 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qxb3 27. Rhd1 Qd5+
28. Qe4 Qxe4+ 29. Nxe4 Ra4 30. Ra1 f5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Nc3 Rxd4 33. Rxa2 Rxh4
34. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe5 Rf8 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qc3 Qc7 13. a4 Bb7 14. axb5
Nxe4 15. Qb3+ c4 16. Qxc4+ Qxc4 17. Nxc4 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ncd2 Ra1 20. f3
Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Bg5 22. Nb3 Rb1 23. Bd2 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Bd5 25. Nd4 Be3+ 26. Bf2
Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Ba2 28. h4 Bb1 29. c3 Kf7 30. Kf2 g6 31. Ke3 Ke6 32. Kf4 h5 33.
Kg5 d5 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Bc2 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Bd3 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Ke5
Bc4 40. Be3 Kg7 41. Kd4 Kh7 42. Kc5 Kg8 43. h6 Kh7 44. Kb4 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7
8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nxe5 Bf5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. d3 Rhe8 12. f4 Kb8 13. Qf2 Bc8 14.
Bd2 b6 15. Rae1 Qe6 16. f5 Qd5 17. c4 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 Re8
15. Rc1 a6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. b5 Rxa3 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Ra7 20. Qb3 Bxf3
21. Rxb6 Be2 22. Rb1 Bc4 23. Qc3 Rae7 24. f3 f6 25. Qd4 Qc8 26. e4 dxe4 27. Rc1
e3 28. Qxc4+ Qxc4 29. Rxc4 e2 30. Bg3 e1=Q+ 31. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Kh2 R1e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

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. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. Rb1 Kh8 15.
a4 Bd6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ne7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nc5 20. f3 Bh5 21. Nb3
Ne6 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Rb3 Bg6 24. Ba3 Rf7 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. f4 Nc8 27. Bc5 Nb6
28. Rbb1 Rd7 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 31. Kh1 Qe6 32. c4 dxc4 33. Bxc4 Qe7
34. Be2 Qb4 35. Red1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Qxf4 37. Qxc7 Re8 38. b6 h6 39. e6 Qe3 40.
Bc4 Bh5 41. Rf1 Be2 42. Qf7 Bxc4 43. Qxe8+ Kh7 44. Rg1 Bxe6 45. Qb5 Qd4 46. Qb1
Qc5 47. Rc1 Qf2 48. Rf1 Qc5 49. h3 Bd7 50. Rc1 Qf2 51. Rc7 Qd4 52. Rxb7 Bc6 53.
Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Ng5 Nf6 8.
Nxe6 fxe6 9. Bc4 Qd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Qf3 Na5 13. Ba4 Nc6 14. O-O-O
O-O 15. Qh3 Kh8 16. Rhf1 a6 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Qc7 19. Qxe6 b5 20. Bb3 Na5
21. Kb1 Rfe8 22. Bd4 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Qb7 24. Qf7 Qc6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. Bxc6
dxc6 9. a5 Ba7 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 exd4 13. Rd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. cxd4 Rfd8 17. Ra4 f5 18. exf5 Rd5 19. Nc3 Rxf5 20. g4 Rf6 21.
Rb4 b5 22. axb6 cxb6 23. Ra4 a5 24. Ne4 Rf4 25. Ng3 Rd8 26. Kg2 Rf6 27. Nf5 Bb8
28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Rac4 Rc8 30. b4 axb4 31. Rxb4 Bc7 32. Ra4 Ke8 33. Ra7 Bf4 34.
Rb1 b5 35. d5 cxd5 36. Rxb5 Kf8 37. Rxd5 Re8 38. h4 Kg8 39. h5 Bc1 40. Rb7 Ba3
41. Rbd7 Bf8 42. Rd8 Rfe6 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Ne3 Rxd8 45. Rxd8 Rb1 46. Nf5 Rb6 47.
Rc8 Rb3+ 48. Kh4 Rb6 49. f4 Ra6 50. g5 hxg5+ 51. Kxg5 Re6 52. h6 Rg6+ 53. Kh5
Rf6 54. Ne7+ Kh7 55. Rxf8 Rxf4 56. Kg5 Rf1 57. Nf5 Rg1+ 58. Kf6 Rg6+ 59. Kxf7
Ra6 60. Ke7 Kg6 61. Kd7 Rb6 62. Kc7 Ra6 63. Kb8 Rb6+ 64. Ka7 Re6 65. Kb7 Re1
66. Kc6 Rc1+ 67. Kd6 Rd1+ 68. Ke5 Re1+ 69. Kf4 Rf1+ 70. Kg3 Rh1 71. Kf3 Rh2 72.
Kg4 Rg2+ 73. Kf4 Rg1 74. Rg8+ Kh5 75. h7 Rxg8 76. Ng3+ Kh6 77. hxg8=R 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. e3
Nxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. Qe2 Qc6 15.
Qf1 Rfc8 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. h3 Ncd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. e4 Bf6 20. f3 Bxc3 21. bxc3
Nc5 22. a5 Na4 23. Rd6 b5 24. Bb3 Rxc3 25. Bxa4 bxa4 26. Rb6 Rb3 27. Qc4 e5
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. O-O h6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Rfe1+ Ne7 16. Qb3 O-O 17. a4 Bf5 18. a5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bc7 20. b5 Bd6 21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qd7 23. Bb4 Rfd8 24. Bd6 Rc4 25. h3 Qe6 26. Rad1 Rd7 27. a6
bxa6 28. bxa6 Nf5 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc6 31. Red1 Rxa6 32. Bc5 Rxd5 33.
Rxd5 Ra5 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Bd6 Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Bd3
g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. e4 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 exd4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15.
Bb1 d3 16. Bxd3 Rd8 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Qxd5 20. Re8+ Rxe8 21.
Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Qd3+ Kg8 24. Re4 Rad8 25. Qb1 Rd6 26. Re1 Red8 27.
b3 b5 28. Qc2 Bf6 29. Qc5 a6 30. Qc7 Kg7 31. Kh2 R8d7 32. Qc5 Rd5 33. Qc2 Bf5
34. Qc7 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. Qf3
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rg1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qg3 Rd8 14. Be2
Rxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rc4 Be6 17. Rd1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rd8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5
Kh8 21. Rf1 f6 22. Kb1 b5 23. Qf3 b4 24. g4 Qb6 25. h4 Be3 26. g5 Bf4 27. gxf6
Qxf6 28. h5 a5 29. a4 Qg5 30. Qe2 Rf8 31. Rh1 Qe7 32. Qa6 Qc5 33. Bb3 Rd8 34.
Ka2 Bg5 35. Rf1 Bf4 36. Rd1 Qf8 37. Bd5 Qc5 38. Bb3 Qf8 39. Rh1 Ra8 40. Qb6 Qd8
41. Qe6 Qe8 42. Qd5 Qd8 43. Qb5 Qe8 44. Qe2 Rd8 45. Qa6 Ra8 46. Qb7 Rb8 47. Qc7
Qd8 48. Qc4 Qd6 49. Rh3 Rd8 50. Rd3 Qf8 51. Rd5 Ra8 52. Rd7 Rd8 53. Ra7 Ra8 54.
Rf7 Qd6 55. Qb5 Bh6 56. Rd7 Qf6 57. Qd5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qh4 Bf6 10. Qf4 Qf5 11. g3 g5 12. Qe3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. h6 Rc8
15. O-O Rg8 16. Ne1 b6 17. Nd3 Qg6 18. a4 Na5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxh6 21. d3
Bc6 22. Qf5 Rd8 23. Bxc6+ Nxc6 24. a5 Nxa5 25. Rxa5 bxa5 26. Be3 Qc6 27. Rb1
Rg6 28. c4 Rh6 29. f3 Qe6 30. Qxc5 Qh3 31. Qb5+ Kf8 32. Kf2 Re6 33. Rg1 f6 34.
Qb1 Qf5 35. Qc1 a4 36. Rh1 Kg8 37. d4 Rc6 38. c5 Ra6 39. g4 Qd5 40. Qc2 Qf7 41.
Rxh7 Qxh7 42. Qc4+ Qf7 43. Qxa6 Qb3 44. c6 Qe6 45. c7 Qxa6 46. cxd8=Q+ Kf7 47.
d5 Qb5 48. d6 exd6 49. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Ng2 h5 14. f4 hxg4 15.
hxg4 Qc7 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21.
g5 Bf7 22. Qc2 g6 23. Qf2 d5 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Be3 Bxg5 26. Qg3 Be7 27. Bg2 g5
28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxg5 Qf7 31. Kf2 Rh2+ 32. Kf1 Rd8 33. Qg3 Qc4+
34. Kg1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Qf2 Na5 15.
Ndb5 axb5 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Bxa5 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rf8 20. Bb5 b6 21.
Bb4 Qc7 22. c3 Ra8 23. Rda1 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Nd7 25. Qe2 Nc5 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Bc4
Ra8 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. g3 e6 30. Kg2 Bf6 31. Bb5 Ra7 32. h4 h5 33. Bc4 Qc6 34. Kh3
Be7 35. Re1 Qa8 36. Rd1 Ra1 37. Ba3 Rxd1 38. Qxd1 Qc8 39. Bb5 d5 40. exd5 exd5+
41. Kg2 Qe6 42. Qe2 Kf8 43. Qxe6 Nxe6 44. Bxe7+ Kxe7 45. Kf2 d4 46. c4 Nc7 47.
Ba4 f5 48. Ke2 Na6 49. Bb5 Nb4 50. f4 Kf7 51. Kd2 Ke7 52. Ke2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 f6 14. Na5 Qc8 15.
c3 Kh8 16. Qb3 c5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra2 Qc6 21. Rea1
c4 22. Qc2 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Nb6 24. Ra6 Rfd8 25. Qe2 Qd5 26. Be3 Nc4 27. Ba7 Ra8
28. b3 Na3 29. b4 Nc4 30. Ne1 h6 31. Nc2 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34.
Bxe3 Rxa6 35. Rxa6 Rxc3 36. Rb6 Bxb4 37. Rxb5 Rc4 38. g4 Kh7 39. Kg2 Kg6 40.
Rb7 Bf8 41. Rb8 Kf7 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Kf3 Be7 44. Rb6+ Bd6 45. Rb7 Be7 46. Rb6+
Bd6 47. Rb7 Bf8 48. Rb6+ Kf7 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb8 Bd6 51. Rb7 Bc7 52. Ra7 h5
53. Rb7 hxg4+ 54. hxg4 Bd6 55. Rb6 Ba3 56. Rb7 Bc1 57. Bxc1 Rxc1 58. Kg2 Kh6
59. g5+ fxg5 60. Rb6+ Kh5 61. Rb7 Kg6 62. Rb6+ Kf5 63. Rb7 g6 64. Rf7+ Ke6 65.
Rf8 Rc3 66. Ra8 g4 67. Rg8 Kf5 68. Rf8+ Ke6 69. Re8+ Kf6 70. Rf8+ Ke7 71. Rg8
Rf3 72. Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Bg6 7. Nh4 Nf5 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Nf3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14. Bxc4 Nc6
15. Bb2 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Rxh4 17. Bd3 Bb6 18. g3 Rh5 19. f4 O-O-O 20. O-O-O Bd4 21.
h4 Rhh8 22. Rh2 Rd7 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Be4 Rhd8 25. Kb2 Nf5 26. Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. Be2 e6 13. O-O Bb4 14. Be3 O-O
15. Qb3 Qb8 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Rad1 f6 18. Na2 Bf8 19. Bc4 Bf7 20. f4 Re7 21. Nc3
Qe8 22. Bf2 Nb8 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Na6 25. Bb6 cxd5 26. Nxd5 Re4 27. Qg3 Qc6
28. Bb5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Bxa5 Nc5 31. b4 Ne6 32. Bd3 Rd4 33. Qe3 Re8 34.
Bb5 Rc8 35. Bd7 Re4 36. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. e4 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 g5 14. Bg3 cxd4
15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Qe2 Qa6 17. Bxb8 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Raxb8 19. Rxd4 Rbc8 20. Rfd1
Rc2+ 21. R1d2 Rfc8 22. Ne5 Rc1 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Ra8 Rc5 26. Nd3
Rc2+ 27. Kd1 Rc7 28. f3 h5 29. Kd2 Nd7 30. b3 h4 31. g3 hxg3 32. hxg3 Kf6 33.
f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 e5 35. Re8 exf4 36. Nxf4 Rc6 37. b4 Kg7 38. Kd3 Rd6+ 39. Ke3
a6 40. e5 Rh6 41. e6 Ne5 42. e7 Kf6 43. Nd5+ Ke6 44. Rd8 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Bb3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 d5 8. Nbd2
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5 12. Qe2 h6 13. Qb5 Qe7 14. Qxb7 Na5 15.
Qb5 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Bd6 17. Nh4 a6 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. f3 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. Be3
Nd7 22. g4 Bg6 23. Red1 Rfb8 24. a3 Kf8 25. Rd5 Ke7 26. Rad1 Bh7 27. Kf2 Nb6
28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. Nf5+ Bxf5 30. exf5 h5 31. Nd2 hxg4 32. fxg4 Ra4 33. Re1 Rb8
34. Ne4 f6 35. h4 Kd7 36. Kf3 Kc6 37. Red1 Be7 38. h5 Rh8 39. R5d2 Raa8 40. Rh2
Rh6 41. Rc2 Ra4 42. Rcd2 Rh8 43. Rd7 Re8 44. Ke3 Raa8 45. R7d5 Rh8 46. R5d3 Ra4
47. R3d2 Raa8 48. Rh1 Rh6 49. c4 b4 50. axb4 Bxb4 51. Rd5 Ra2 52. Rb1 Rh8 53.
Rb5 Be7 54. Nc3 Raa8 55. Nd5 Bd6 56. Ke4 Ra4 57. b4 Ra3 58. Ra5 Rg3 59. b5+ Kd7
60. b6 Rxg4+ 61. Kf3 Rd4 62. b7 Rb8 63. Ra8 c6 64. Nb6+ Kd8 65. c5 Bc7 66. Rg1
Rf4+ 67. Ke2 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Nb5 c4 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 Bxc2 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nge7 14. Bxb4
Nxb4 15. Ng5 Rxa8 16. Nxf7 Nec6 17. Nd6 Bg6 18. a3 Nxd4 19. Bxc4 Nbc6 20. Ra2
Qb6 21. Be2 a6 22. Qc3 Rb8 23. Rd1 Qb3 24. Qxb3 Nxb3 25. f4 b5 26. Bg4 Ke7 27.
h4 h5 28. Bh3 Nba5 29. Rf2 Nc4 30. Rf3 N4xe5 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. Rg3 Kxd6 33. Re1
Be4 34. Rxg7 a5 35. Ra7 Nc6 36. Ra6 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Bxe6 b3 39. Rc1 d4 40.
Bxb3 Rxb3 41. Rc4 Rd3 42. Kf2 Bd5 43. Rc2 Rc3 44. Rd2 Kc5 45. Ra8 Be6 46. Rg8
Bxg8 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3
Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Rg1 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Ke2 dxc4
15. bxc4 e5 16. Bg2 exd4 17. exd4 O-O 18. Rgd1 Rfe8+ 19. Kf1 Nb6 20. b3 a5 21.
g5 Nh5 22. c5 Nd7 23. Ne4 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Nf4 25. Nd6 Reb8 26. Bf3 Ra6 27. Bg4 f5
28. Be2 b5 29. h4 a4 30. Bd1 Rba8 31. bxa4 bxa4 32. Ra3 Nf8 33. Rb2 N8e6 34.
Rb4 Nd5 35. Rc4 Rb8 36. Raxa4 Rxa4 37. Bxa4 Rb1+ 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Ke1 Nb4 40.
Kd1 Nf4 41. Bc2 Kf8 42. Rc3 Nfd5 43. Rc4 Nf4 44. Rc3 Nfd5 45. Rc4 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. h3 Re8 12. Rfd1 Bf8 13. a3 Nc5 14. Nd2 Ne6
15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Nd2 Ne6 17. Nf3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 e6 7. Re1 Ne7 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. Nf1 a6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Qe2 c5 12. Be3 h6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bb1 Rad8 15.
Bf4 e5 16. Be3 b5 17. h4 Nf6 18. h5 Ng4 19. Bc1 Bc8 20. a4 Qb6 21. axb5 axb5
22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nh2 Nxh2 24. Kxh2 c4 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. hxg6 fxg6
28. Rd1 Be6 29. Bc2 Nc6 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Kg1 h5 32. Nf1 Bf6 33. Qd2 Kg7 34.
Qxd8 Nxd8 35. Nd2 Nf7 36. b3 Bg5 37. Bxg5 Nxg5 38. bxc4 Bxc4 39. g3 Kf6 40. Kg2
Ne6 41. Nxc4 bxc4 42. Ba4 Nc5 43. Bc6 Nd3 44. Kf3 g5 45. Bb5 Nb2 46. Ke2 h4 47.
Bd7 Ke7 48. Bf5 Na4 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. Bg4 Kc6 51. Bf5 Nb2 52. Ke2 Kb5 53. Bd7+
Kc5 54. Be6 Na4 55. Kd2 Kb5 56. Bd7+ Ka5 57. Be6 Nc5 58. Bxc4 Nxe4+ 59. Ke3
hxg3 60. fxg3 Nxc3 61. Kf3 Kb4 62. Bf1 Kc5 63. Kg4 Ne4 64. Bg2 Kd4 65. Kf5
Nxg3+ 66. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Nc2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. Na3 e5 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Qb2
Rb8 15. Nb5 Qa5 16. Bg5 Bf5 17. Rbd1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rd6 Qb6 20. Qd2 Rf8
21. Bxf6 Qxb5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Be7 Re8 24. Rd8 c5 25. f3 h6 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.
Qd8 Qxd8 28. Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 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. Kb1 Rd8 17. Ne4 O-O 18. g3 b5 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Ne5
c5 22. cxb5 Rxd4 23. Qf3 Nd5 24. Nc6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bf6 26. Qb3 a6 27. Rc1 axb5
28. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

