[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. Nd5 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Ne3 O-O 8. c3
Rb8 9. a4 Ng4 10. O-O Nxe3 11. Bxe3 Kh8 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. Qxd8 Rbxd8 16. Bd5 Nb4 17. Bxb7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rd7 19. Bd5 Nxd5 20. exd5
Rxd5 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Ra3 f5 24. Rb3 h6 25. Rb7 Bf6 26. Rxa7
Bxb2 27. a5 Bd4 28. a6 Bxe3 29. fxe3 c4 30. Rc7 Ra5 31. a7 Kh7 32. Kf2 c3 33.
Ke2 Ra2+ 34. Kd3 c2 35. Kd2 Kg6 36. h4 h5 37. e4 fxe4 38. fxe4 Kf6 39. e5+ Kxe5
40. Rxg7 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 Na6 13. Bd2 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb4
15. Ke2 f6 16. h4 Kf7 17. Bg2 f5 18. Ra5 Bd8 19. Ra4 a5 20. Rha1 Nb6 21. Rxa5
Rxa5 22. Rxa5 Nxc4 23. Ra7 Nxd2 24. Rxb7+ Be7 25. Kxd2 Rxh4 26. Bf1 Kf8 27. Be2
Rh2 28. Na4 Na2 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Nc1 31. Kxc1 Rxe2 32. b4 Ke8 33. Rc7 Rxe3
34. Rxc6 Kd7 35. b5 Rb3 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rb6 e5 38. Rb7+ Ke6 39. c6 exf4 40. c7
Kd7 41. b6 Rb4 42. Rb8 Rc4+ 43. Kd2 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. b4 a5 8. bxa5
Qxa5 9. Bd2 b4 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. Nc1 e5 12. a4 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Be7 14. Ndb3 Qc7 15.
Nd3 O-O 16. Be2 Ba6 17. O-O exd4 18. exd4 Rfe8 19. Ndc1 Bc4 20. Qc2 Bxe2 21.
Nxe2 Bf6 22. a5 Qb7 23. Qd3 Nb8 24. Rfe1 Na6 25. g3 Re4 26. Nf4 Rae8 27. Rxe4
Rxe4 28. Ng2 g6 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Kf8 31. Nf3 h5 32. h4 Nc7 33. Kf1 Ke7
34. Qe2+ Kd8 35. Ne1 Kc8 36. Nc2 Na6 37. Qe8+ Bd8 38. Kg2 Qd7 39. Qxd7+ Kxd7
40. Ne1 Ke6 41. Nd3 Bc7 42. f4 f6 43. Kf2 Bd8 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. Ne1 g5 46. hxg5
fxg5 47. fxg5 Bxg5 48. Nd3 Bf6 49. Nf4 Kg5 50. Ne2 Kf5 51. Nf4 Kg5 52. Nd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 h6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Qb3
Na5 15. Qa4 Rfc8 16. Nb5 Nc4 17. Rfc1 a6 18. Nxd6 Nxd6 19. Qb4 Qd5 20. Rc5 Rxc5
21. Qxc5 Qe6 22. d5 Qd7 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Qb4 Rc4 25. Qb3 Qa4 26. Qxa4 Rxa4 27.
a3 Kf8 28. Kf1 Re4 29. b3 Ke7 30. Nd4 Kd7 31. a4 Re8 32. Rc1 Re5 33. Rc5 Ne4
34. Rc1 Nd2+ 35. Kg1 Rxd5 36. Ne2 Nxb3 37. Rb1 Nc5 38. a5 Kc7 39. Nf4 Rf5 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2
g6 9. Qd1 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Qc2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Be1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 h5 19. Be2 Nce4 20. Qa4 Nxc3 21.
Bxc3 b6 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. g3 a5 24. Kg2 Rd8 25. Qf4 Qe7 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qg5
Kh7 28. Bd4 Kg8 29. Kg1 Bh8 30. Bxh5 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. Bxh8 Kxh8 33. Be2
Kg7 34. Kf1 e5 35. Bc4 Nf6 36. h4 Ne4 37. Ke2 Nd6 38. Bd5 f6 39. Kf3 g5 40.
hxg5 fxg5 41. Kg4 Kf6 42. f4 gxf4 43. exf4 e4 44. a4 Ke7 45. Kh3 e3 46. Kg2 Nf5
47. Bc4 Nd4 48. g4 Kf6 49. Kg3 Kg6 50. Bd3+ Kf6 51. g5+ Ke6 52. Kg2 Kd6 53. Bc4
Ke7 54. Kg3 Kf8 55. Bd3 Kg7 56. Be4 Kf7 57. f5 Kg7 58. f6+ Kf7 59. Bd5+ Kg6 60.
Kg2 Ne2 61. Kf3 Nf4 62. f7 Kg7 63. Bc4 e2 64. Bxe2 Ne6 65. Kg4 Nc5 66. Bb5 Kxf7
67. Kf5 Ke7 68. Ke5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. a4 Bc6 12. Bf3 a5 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Be2 Nc5 17. Bb5 e5 18. Nc3 f5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rad1 Nb7
21. f4 exf4 22. Qxf4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Rf7 25. b3 Rcf8 26. Ne2 Nc5 27.
Qd4+ Kg8 28. Kg1 d5 29. Rf1 Qa7 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qe7 33.
Qf4 Ne4 34. Nd4 Qe8 35. Nf3 c5 36. Qc7 g5 37. h3 h5 38. Qe5 Qf7 39. c4 g4 40.
hxg4 hxg4 41. cxd5 Nd2+ 42. Kg1 Nxf3+ 43. gxf3 Qxf3 44. d6 Kf7 45. Qe7+ Kg6 46.
Qe6+ Kg7 47. d7 g3 48. Qe1 Qf6 49. Qxg3+ Kf7 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Ba3 Nh5 17. Bf1 Nf4 18. Qc2 exd4 19. cxd4 Rc8 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. b4 Ne6
22. Nb3 Bg7 23. Bb2 bxa4 24. Na5 c5 25. Qxa4 Qc7 26. Qa1 Rb8 27. d5 Bxb2 28.
Qxb2 Nef8 29. Qc3 Ba8 30. Rb1 Qb6 31. b5 axb5 32. Bxb5 Qc7 33. Nc4 Red8 34.
Nfd2 Rb7 35. Rb3 Ra7 36. Ra1 Nb6 37. Rxa7 Qxa7 38. Ra3 Qb8 39. Qa5 Nxc4 40.
Nxc4 g5 41. Rb3 Qc8 42. Rg3 h6 43. h4 Ng6 44. hxg5 h5 45. Rf3 h4 46. Qa7 Rf8
47. Nxd6 Qg4 48. Rxf7 Qd1+ 49. Bf1 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

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 Nc6 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8
15. Nc3 Kg7 16. Rd6 Na5 17. Qf4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Re8 21.
Rxg6+ fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Nf5+ Kf7 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. Rd1 Rf8
27. Rd5 Rf6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rg5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. c5 Nbd7 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Be2 Nc5 15.
b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Na6 18. Qb3 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Nc4 Nc7 21. Qe3
Nh5 22. g3 Bb5 23. O-O f5 24. exf5 Nxd5 25. Qb3 Kh8 26. Rd1 Nhf6 27. Bf1 Qc7
28. Rc1 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Ne3 31. Qb5 Qa7 32. Qa5 Qxa5 33. bxa5 Nxf1
34. Rxf1 Rc8 35. Rb1 h5 36. Bb2 Rc5 37. Ba3 Rxa5 38. Bxd6 e4 39. fxe4 Nxe4 40.
Bc7 Rxf5 41. Rxb7 Rf7 42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Bf4 h4 44. Kg2 hxg3 45. hxg3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 Nb6 7. Qh4 Bg7 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. d4 e5 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxd7+ Nexd7 13. Ke2 Nc5 14.
Rb1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Rb3 a5 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Be1 b6 19. Rb1 c5 20. h4 h6
21. Nh2 f5 22. f3 Nf6 23. Nf1 Nd5 24. Kf2 O-O 25. Rg1 h5 26. Rd1 a4 27. Rh1 Nb2
28. Rb1 a3 29. Rh3 b5 30. Rg3 Kh7 31. Bd2 Rd7 32. Rg5 Nb6 33. Ke2 N6c4 34. Be1
Re7 35. Bf2 Rd8 36. g4 fxg4 37. fxg4 hxg4 38. Rxc5 Na4 39. Rxc4 bxc4 40. Be1
Rd3 41. Rb4 Nxc3+ 42. Bxc3 Rxc3 43. Kd2 Rd3+ 44. Ke2 g3 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 f6
15. Bf4 Kf7 16. h4 h5 17. Qxc7 Rhe8 18. Ng5+ fxg5 19. Bxg5 Kg8 20. Bxe7 Qxd4
21. gxh5 Bxh5 22. Qe5 Qg4+ 23. Qg3 Rac8 24. Qxg4 Bxg4 25. Bb4 Be2 26. Rac1
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

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. Be2 Bf5 10. Be3 c6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nf3 Ne6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 d4
15. Bd2 Qd5 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Bd8 18. Rb1 Bxa5 19. Rxb7 O-O 20. f5 Bxd2 21.
Qxd2 Rxa2 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Rfb1 c5 24. Rb8 Ra8 25. R8b6 Rfe8 26. h4 c4 27. Rd6
Qc5 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. e6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Qg5+
Kh8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Rb7 Qf8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qe5+
Kg8 40. Qd5+ Kh8 41. Qxd4+ Kg8 42. Qxc4+ Kh8 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kh8 45. Rf7
Ra1+ 46. Kf2 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4 10. Na4 e5 11. Qd1 Ne4 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 exd4 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. O-O Bd6 16. Bf5 Nf6 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Rac1 g6 19. Bd3 a5 20. Rc6 Re8 21. Qb6
Qxb6 22. Nxb6 Rad8 23. Bb5 Re6 24. Rfc1 Kg7 25. Bd3 d4 26. exd4 Bf4 27. Rxe6
Bxc1 28. Rc6 Rxd4 29. Rxc1 Rxd3 30. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. g3 Nf6 11. Bg2 Rc8 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Rc1 Ng4 15.
Nd5 Bg5 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Rc3 e4 18. Nc2 Nge5 19. Nce3 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 exf3 21. h4
Bh6 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Kh2 Rce8 24. Re1 Ne5 25. Bd4 Qg4 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Ne3
Qh5 28. Qd7 Rd8 29. Qxb7 Bg5 30. Kg1 Bxh4 31. Nf1 Bg5 32. c5 h6 33. Qb3 Rb8 34.
Qd1 Rxb2 35. c6 Re2 36. Rxf3 Qxf3 37. Qxe2 Qxc6 38. Qxe5 Bf6 39. Qe4 Qb5 40. a4
Qc5 41. Rd1 Bg5 42. Qd4 Qf5 43. Re1 Bf6 44. Qe4 Qc5 45. Rd1 Bg5 46. Qd4 Qf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[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 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15.
Ng5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qh3 Nf8 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Be3 Be7 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Nh3
Rec8 22. Nf4 g5 23. Nh3 h6 24. f4 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Bg5 26. Ra3 Bxf4 27. Rxf4 Rc2
28. Rf2 Rac8 29. Rb3 Nd7 30. Rb5 h5 31. a5 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Kf7 34.
Bg5 Ke8 35. h3 Rc4 36. Ke3 Rc2 37. g3 Rc7 38. Kd3 Rc8 39. Bd2 Kf7 40. axb6 Rc6
41. Ba5 Kg6 42. Rb3 Kf5 43. Ke2 Ke4 44. g4 hxg4 45. Rg3 gxh3 46. Rxg7 h2 47.
Rg4+ Kf5 48. Rh4 Rc2+ 49. Bd2 Nxb6 50. b3 Rb2 51. Rxh2 Rxb3 52. Rf2+ Kg4 53.
Rf4+ Kg3 54. Rf6 Nc4 55. Be1+ Kg4 56. Rxe6 Re3+ 57. Kf1 Rf3+ 58. Ke2 Re3+ 59.
Kf1 Re4 60. Rg6+ Kh5 61. Rg7 b5 62. Rb7 Kg4 63. Bf2 Nd2+ 64. Kg2 Re2 65. e6
Rxe6 66. Rxb5 Re2 67. Rb8 Ne4 68. Rf8 Rd2 69. Kf1 Ra2 70. Be3 Ng3+ 71. Kg1 Nf5
72. Bf2 Kf4 73. Kg2 Rb2 74. Rf6 Kg5 75. Rf8 Kf4 76. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 Ba7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bb3
d6 9. O-O h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. N3h2 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qd7 14. Ng3 Ne7 15.
b4 c6 16. Ng4 Qe6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 d5 19. exd5 Nexd5 20. Nc4 Nd7 21. Ne4
Nf4 22. Qf3 b5 23. Na5 f5 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. bxc5 Nd5 26. Nb7 e4 27. dxe4 fxe4
28. Qg3 Nf6 29. Nd6 Re7 30. b4 Kh7 31. Qe3 Qe5 32. Ra3 Qh5 33. Qd4 Qg6 34. c4
bxc4 35. Qxc4 Re5 36. Rg3 Rg5 37. Rxg5 hxg5 38. Nxe4 Nxe4 39. Rxe4 a5 40. bxa5
Rxa5 41. Re5 Qf6 42. Qe4+ g6 43. Re6 Ra1+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. Qxf4 gxf4 46. Rxc6
Ra2 47. f3 Rc2 48. h4 Kg7 49. Rc8 Kf7 50. c6 Kg7 51. Kh3 Kf7 52. Rd8 Rxc6 53.
Rd4 Kg7 54. Rxf4 Rc5 55. Re4 Rb5 56. Kg4 Rc5 57. f4 Rb5 58. g3 Kf6 59. Re5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Ne5 Bf5 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg4 f5 13. f3 fxg4 14. fxe4 Bd6
15. Nd3 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Nf6 17. exd5 g5 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd3 Qd5 20. O-O Qxb3
21. axb3 O-O 22. Rf5 Ne4 23. Re5 Rae8 24. Rf1 Rxe5 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Nxe5 h5
27. b4 Ke7 28. Kf1 Ke6 29. Ke2 Kd5 30. b3 a6 31. Nc4 Kc6 32. Kd3 Nf2+ 33. Kc2
h4 34. Kd2 h3 35. gxh3 gxh3 36. Ne5+ Kb5 37. Ke2 Ne4 38. Ng4 Kxb4 39. Kd3 Nd6
40. e4 Kxb3 41. e5 Nf7 42. Nf2 g4 43. Ne4 Nh6 44. d5 Nf7 45. Kd4 Nh6 46. d6
Nf5+ 47. Kd5 a5 48. d7 Ne7+ 49. Kd6 Nc6 50. e6 a4 51. e7 Nxe7 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Na4 O-O
15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Rxc6 Rac8 17. Qc1 Rxc6 18. Qxc6 Bd3 19. Rc1 Bb5 20. Qc7 Qxa4
21. Qxe7 Qxa2 22. Qb4 Bc4 23. h3 a5 24. Qb6 Qb3 25. Qxb3 Bxb3 26. Rc7 Rb8 27.
Bd2 a4 28. Bc3 h5 29. Ra7 Rc8 30. Kh2 h4 31. g3 hxg3+ 32. fxg3 g5 33. g4 Kg7
34. Kg3 Kg6 35. Ra6 Bd1 36. Ra7 Bb3 37. Ra6 Bd1 38. Ra7 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[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 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Bb2 Nh5 18. Bf1 Nf4 19. Rad1 exd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. Qc3 a5 22.
Qe3 Nh5 23. e5 Ba6 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Ra1 Ng7 26. Ba3 Nf5 27. Qc3 c5 28. dxc5
Nxc5 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. e6 Bxe6 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Bb2 f6 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Qd4 Qd8
35. g4 Be4 36. Qxf6 Qxf6 37. Bxf6 Rb8 38. Be5 Bg7 39. Rxa5 Nxb3 40. Bxb8 Nxa5
41. Nxe4 dxe4 42. Bb5 Bd4 43. Kf1 Nb7 44. Bc6 Nc5 45. Ke2 Kg7 46. h4 h6 47. Bd6
Kf7 48. Bf4 Kg7 49. Bd2 Bf6 50. Be3 Ne6 51. Bd5 Nc7 52. Bxe4 Bxh4 53. f4 Bf6
54. Kd3 Ba1 55. Kc4 Ne8 56. Bf3 Nf6 57. Kc5 Bb2 58. Kd6 Kf7 59. Kc6 Ba1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Bd4 Bh3 14. Bxh3
Qxh3 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qf5 17. Qe3 e6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qb6 Qe5 20. b3
Qxe2 21. Rfd1 Qb2 22. Qxd6 a5 23. Qd4 Qa3 24. Rd3 a4 25. c5 axb3 26. Rxb3 Qa7
27. Rab1 Rac8 28. Rxb7 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Ra7 Rfc8 31. Kg2 Rf5 32. Rb2 Rc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. b3
d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Ncb5 Qb6 11. bxc4 a6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Qb3 Re8
15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nc5 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. Bxb4 Na4 20. Rac1 Be5
21. e4 Bd6 22. a3 Bd7 23. f4 Rbc8 24. e5 Bxb4 25. axb4 Nb2 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Rd2 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Nd1+ 29. Ke2 Nc3+ 30. Ke3 Nd1+ 31. Kd3 Rc3+ 32. Ke2 Ne3 33.
Bf3 Ng4 34. h3 Ne3 35. Rd3 Rxd3 36. Kxd3 Nf5 37. g4 Nxd4 38. Kxd4 b6 39. Be2
Bc8 40. d6 exd6 41. exd6 Kf8 42. Kd5 Bb7+ 43. Ke5 Ke8 44. Bc4 a5 45. bxa5 bxa5
46. Bb5+ Kd8 47. h4 Bc8 48. f5 gxf5 49. gxf5 Bd7 50. Bc4 Ke8 51. Kf6 Kf8 52.
Bd5 a4 53. Bc4 a3 54. Bd5 Bc8 55. Bc4 Bd7 56. h5 h6 57. Bb3 Bc8 58. Bc4 Bd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4
Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qd1 Nf6 18. N2f3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Nd7 20. Kh1
Qf6 21. Rg1 Nc5 22. Rc1 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qxf3+ 25. Rg2 fxe6 26. Kg1
e5 27. Qc2 Qf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. e4 dxe4 30. Rg4 Kf7 31. Rxe4 Ke6 32. Rb4 b5
33. Rh4 h6 34. Rh3 e4 35. Rc3 Kd5 36. b4 Rf3 37. Rc7 Ra3 38. Rxg7 Rxa2 39. Rh7
Kc4 40. Rxh6 Kxb4 41. h4 a5 42. h5 a4 43. Re6 Rc2 44. h6 a3 45. Rxe4+ Kb3 46.
Re3+ Kb2 47. h7 Rc8 48. Re2+ Kb3 49. Re3+ Ka4 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 c6 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. Qf3 Nbd7 17. Ng4 a5 18. Ba2 Qe7 19. Nf1 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Nc5 21. g5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Qb7 23. Ng3 a4 24. Rad1 Nb3 25. Nf5 Re6 26. Rd3 f6 27. Bc1 Kf7 28.
Qh5+ g6 29. Qh7+ Ke8 30. Qxg6+ Qf7 31. Qg4 Kd7 32. Qd1 Kc7 33. Bxb3 axb3 34.
Qxb3 Ra4 35. f3 Re7 36. Qxf7 Rxf7 37. Bh6 Bxh6 38. Nxh6 Rd7 39. Ng4 Rf7 40.
Red1 Bd7 41. Ne3 Ra6 42. Nd5+ Kd8 43. Nb4 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nh6 7. a3 b6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. O-O f6 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Nf7 12. Be3 f5 13. Ra3 e5 14. Qe2 f4 15. Bd2
h5 16. Nh2 Ng5 17. Rfa1 a6 18. Na4 Ne6 19. Qd1 Ra7 20. Be1 Rd7 21. f3 b5 22.
Nc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 g5 24. Rxa6 Bxa6 25. Rxa6 Rc7 26. Bf2 Qd7 27. Qa1 Rf7 28. Qa2
Kh7 29. Kf1 Ra7 30. Ke2 Qb7 31. Rxa7 Qxa7 32. Qb2 Qa4 33. Nf1 Ra7 34. Nd2 Qa2
35. Qc1 Ra3 36. Kd1 Kg6 37. Qb1 Qxb1+ 38. Nxb1 Ra2 39. Kc1 Bf6 40. Nd2 Ra1+ 41.
Nb1 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Kg5 44. Kb2 Ra8 45. Nd2 Kxg4 46. Nf3 Kh5 47. Kc1
Rg8 48. Kd2 Rxg2 49. Ke2 b4 50. Kf1 Rg8 51. d4 exd4 52. e5 Be7 53. Nxd4 Bxc5
54. Nxc6 Rc8 55. Bxc5 Rxc6 56. Bxb4 Kg4 57. Ke2 Rc4 58. Be1 Re4+ 59. Kd2 Rxe5
60. Bf2 f3 61. Ba7 Re7 62. Bb6 Re6 63. Ba7 Ra6 64. Bc5 Kg3 65. Kd3 Rc6 66. Ba7
Rc7 67. Bb6 f2 68. Bxf2+ Kxf2 69. c4 Kf3 70. Kd4 Kf4 71. Kd5 Kf5 72. c5 Rd7+
73. Kc6 Ke6 74. Kb6 Kd5 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Qe7 14.
Nf3 O-O 15. b4 Rd8 16. Qb2 Bd7 17. b5 Na5 18. Be2 b6 19. Qb4 Qxb4+ 20. axb4 Nb7
21. Ne5 Nd6 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. bxc6 a5 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Bf3 Ra7 26. Ke2 Kf8 27.
Rc5 Rb8 28. Ra1 a4 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. Ra3 Rb2 31. Rc2 Rb4 32. Rc5 Kd8 33. Bd1 Kc7
34. f3 Kb6 35. Rc1 Nb5 36. Ra2 a3 37. Kd2 Rc7 38. Rac2 Rc8 39. Be2 Rd8+ 40. Ke1
Nc7 41. Ra2 Rb3 42. Kf2 Rd5 43. e4 Rc5 44. Rca1 Ra5 45. Rc1 g5 46. Bc4 Rb4 47.
Be2 Rb3 48. Bc4 Rc5 49. Bxb3 Rxc1 50. Rxa3 Rc3 51. Ke2 Nb5 52. Kd2 e5 53. c7
Kxc7 54. Ra7+ Kb6 55. Rxf7 Rxb3 56. Rxh7 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Nd4 58. h4 Re2+ 59. Kd3
Rxg2 60. hxg5 Nxf3 61. Rf7 Nd4 62. Kc4 Rxg5 63. Kd5 Nc2 64. Rf6+ Kb5 65. Ke6
Kc5 66. Rf8 Kd4 67. Rf5 Rg6+ 68. Kf7 Ra6 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Be2 O-O 14. a5 b5 15.
Rdc1 Be7 16. Ne5 Rd8 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Ne4 Nfd5 19. Nc5 Bf6 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21.
Bxb4 Bxe5 22. e4 Rd8 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Nd3 Bf6 25. Bd6 Ra8 26. e5 Bd8 27. Nc5 f6
28. b4 fxe5 29. Bxe5 Ra7 30. Rac1 Rf7 31. Rd4 Be7 32. Rcd1 h6 33. f4 Kh7 34. h3
g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Kh2 Kg6 37. R1d2 Rf1 38. Re2 Rc1 39. Nd3 Rc4 40. Ree4 Rxd4
41. Rxd4 Rd8 42. Rxd8 Bxd8 43. g4 Be7 44. Kg3 Bf8 45. Nc5 Be7 46. Kf3 Kf7 47.
Ke3 Kg6 48. Kf3 Bf8 49. Ke3 Be7 50. Kd4 Bf8 51. Ke4 Be7 52. Kd4 Bf8 53. Ke4 Be7
54. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nc6 12. Bd5 Be6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bg5
Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Bd5 16. Rd3 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Rab8 18. Rc3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rxe5 20. Rd1
g6 21. Rb3 Rb4 22. Rd6 Rc4 23. Rb7 Rxc2 24. Rxa7 Rc1+ 25. Kg2 Rg5+ 26. Kh3 Kg7
27. Ra4 Rc2 28. Rg4 Rd5 29. Rxc6 Rxf2 30. Kg3 Rxa2 31. h4 Rf5 32. Rg5 Rxg5+ 33.
hxg5 Rc2 34. Rc7 c4 35. f4 c3 36. Kf3 Rc1 37. Kg2 c2 38. Rc6 h6 39. gxh6+ Kxh6
40. f5 Kg7 41. fxg6 f6 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
a4 f6 9. a5 Nc5 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Ne6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Nc3 Bd7
15. Qd2 Rad8 16. b4 Bc8 17. Na4 Qf7 18. f3 h6 19. Nc5 Kh7 20. Qc3 Re7 21. Rf2
Qg6 22. Raf1 Qf7 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Rde8 26. Rh4 Bc8 27. Qd2
Qg6 28. Bf4 f5 29. e5 Re6 30. Rf3 Qf7 31. Rfh3 Qf8 32. d4 Rg6 33. c4 Rd8 34.
Rd3 Qg8 35. d5 cxd5 36. cxd5 c6 37. d6 Be6 38. Rg3 Qf7 39. Rxg6 Qxg6 40. Bg5
Rg8 41. Be7 Bd7 42. Qf4 Rb8 43. Qe3 Qe6 44. h3 Rg8 45. Kh2 Qd5 46. Bf6 Qe6 47.
Qd2 Rf8 48. Qf4 Rg8 49. Kg1 Qf7 50. Be7 Qg6 51. Qe3 Qe6 52. Rd4 Re8 53. Rd2 Kg8
54. h4 Kh7 55. Qf4 Kg8 56. Kh2 Kh7 57. Rd3 Rb8 58. Qd4 Re8 59. Rg3 Qf7 60. Kg1
Rg8 61. Rf3 Qg6 62. Kf2 Kh8 63. h5 Qf7 64. Rg3 Qxh5 65. e6 Bxe6 66. d7 Bxd7 67.
Qxd7 Qf7 68. Rd3 Kh7 69. Bc5 Qf6 70. Rf3 f4 71. Qd3+ Kh8 72. Qe4 Qh4+ 73. Kg1
Rd8 74. Rf1 Qg3 75. Qxf4 Qxf4 76. Rxf4 Rd7 77. Re4 Kg8 78. Re7 Rxe7 79. Bxe7
Kf7 80. Bc5 h5 81. Kf2 g5 82. Ke3 Kg6 83. Ke4 h4 84. Be7 Kh5 85. Kf5 g4 86. Kf4
h3 87. gxh3 gxh3 88. Kg3 h2 89. Kxh2 Kg4 90. Bc5 Kf5 91. Kg3 Ke6 92. Kf4 Kd7
93. Ke5 Kc8 94. Kd6 Kb8 95. Kd7 Ka8 96. Kc7 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[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. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bc4 Bd6 14. Nb3 Bb7 15.
Bd3 Bc8 16. Bc4 Bb7 17. h3 Kf8 18. Bd3 Bc8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Nfd2 Ke8 21. f3 Be7
22. Bc4 Bc8 23. Red1 Bb7 24. Bf2 Nd7 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. Nc4 Ne6 27. Nba5 Nxa5 28.
Nxa5 Bc8 29. Nc6 Rd6 30. Nxe5 Bf6 31. Nc4 Rd8 32. e5 Be7 33. Be4 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1
Rb8 35. Bc6+ Kf8 36. Ba7 Bb7 37. Bxb8 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 Bxc6 39. b3 Ke8 40. Nb2 Bb6
41. Nc4 Bc5 42. h4 h5 43. Rd2 Ba8 44. Ke1 Bc6 45. Kd1 Bd7 46. Nb2 Be3 47. Re2
Bd4 48. Nd3 a5 49. Re4 Bb6 50. Nb2 Kd8 51. Nc4 Bc5 52. Nxa5 Kc8 53. Bxc7 Kxc7
54. Ke1 Bd4 55. Kf1 Kb6 56. Nc4+ Kc5 57. Nd6 Kd5 58. Nxf7 Be8 59. Nd6 Bg6 60.
Re2 Bc3 61. Ne4 Nf4 62. Nxc3+ bxc3 63. Rf2 Kxe5 64. Ke1 Kd4 65. a5 Kc5 66. Kd1
Kb5 67. g3 Ne6 68. Kc1 Kxa5 69. g4 Nf4 70. gxh5 Bxh5 71. Rf1 Kb4 72. Kb1 Kc5
73. Re1 Nd5 74. Rg1 g6 75. Rg3 Kd4 76. Rg1 Ne3 77. Kc1 Kc5 78. f4 Kd4 79. Rg3
Bg4 80. b4 Bf5 81. b5 Nxc2 82. b6 Nb4 83. Rg2 Nd3+ 84. Kd1 Nc5 85. Kc1 Kc4 86.
Re2 Nb3+ 87. Kd1 Bg4 88. b7 Bxe2+ 89. Kxe2 Nd4+ 90. Kd1 Kd3 91. b8=Q c2+ 92.
Ke1 c1=Q+ 93. Kf2 Qd2+ 94. Kg3 Nf5+ 95. Kh3 Qe3+ 96. Kg2 Qe2+ 97. Kh3 Qf3+ 98.
Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Ne2
O-O-O 15. g3 d4 16. Qc4 Nf5 17. Bg2 Na5 18. Qxc7+ Kxc7 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Bxc6
Kxc6 21. Kf2 d3 22. cxd3 Rxd3 23. Rg1 Rh8 24. h4 Nc4 25. a4 b6 26. Ra1 Kd5 27.
Ra2 Ke4 28. Re1 Nh6 29. Kg2 Ng4 30. Ng1+ Kf5 31. Nf3 a5 32. Ng5 Kg6 33. Rae2
Rb3 34. f5+ exf5 35. e6 f6 36. e7 Re8 37. h5+ Kxh5 38. Ne6 Kg6 39. Nc7 Kf7 40.
Nxe8 Kxe8 41. Re6 Rc3 42. Bf4 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Nce5 44. Bxe5 Nxe5 45. Re3 Nd7 46.
Rd6 Rc7 47. Kg2 1-0

