[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Final"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.08.02"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Ne4 Rad8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Qc2 Qe8 15.
Ba1 Qf7 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nd5 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21.
Bxd4 Bd7 22. Be4 f5 23. Bf3 Bc6 24. Rbd1 Rbe8 25. Ba1 Ne7 26. Qb2 Ng6 27. Bxc6
bxc6 28. e3 Re6 29. Rd4 Ne5 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. Ra4 Nd7 32. Qa2 Kh8 33. Rxa6 Nxc5
34. Ra7 Ne4 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Qxe6 Ng5 37. Qc4 c5 38. Qd5 h6 39. Rc1 Ne4 40. f3
Ng5 41. Qxc5 Qf7 42. Qc6 Qh5 43. Rf1 Rf7 44. h4 Nh7 45. Rd1 Nf6 46. Kg2 Kh7 47.
Bxf6 Rxf6 48. Rd6 Rf8 49. Rd7 Qe8 50. Kf2 Qe5 51. Rd4 Re8 52. Qc3 Re6 53. Rc4
Qd6 54. h5 Re7 55. Qc2 Rf7 56. a4 Qd8 57. Rf4 Qg5 58. g4 Qh4+ 59. Kg2 Qe7 60.
Rxf5 Rxf5 61. Qxf5+ Kh8 62. Qf4 1-0

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Final"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bb6 7. h3 Bd7 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nc4 Ng6 11. h4 h6 12. g3 Qe6 13. a4 c6 14. a5 Bc7 15. Ne3
Ne7 16. h5 d5 17. Ra4 O-O-O 18. Nh4 Qd7 19. Kf1 c5 20. b3 c4 21. dxc4 Nxe4 22.
Qc2 Nc5 23. Ra2 d4 24. cxd4 exd4 25. Neg2 d3 26. Qd1 Ne4 27. a6 d2 28. axb7+
Kb8 29. Bb2 Nf5 30. Kg1 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Bb6+ 32. Ne3 Nxe3 33. Be5+ Kxb7 34. Qf3+
Qc6 0-1

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Final"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bh6 Rd8 14. Qc2 Rb8
15. c4 Bd7 16. Rfc1 b6 17. h4 Qa4 18. Rb3 b5 19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. Rxb5 Qxc2 21.
Rxc2 Bxb5 22. Rxc5 Bxe2 23. Bf1 Bf3 24. Bg2 Be2 25. Bf1 Bg4 26. Be3 Rb8 27. Rb5
Rxb5 28. Bxb5 a5 29. Kg2 Bd1 30. a4 Bb3 31. Bc6 Bd6 32. Kf3 f5 33. Bd2 Bc7 34.
Ke2 Bc4+ 35. Kd1 Kf7 36. Ke1 Bb6 37. Bc3 h6 38. Bd2 Kg7 39. Bc3+ Kf7 40. Bd2
Kg7 41. Bc3+ Kh7 42. Bd2 Bd3 43. f3 Bc4 44. Bc1 Bc7 45. Kf2 Bd6 46. Be3 Bb4 47.
Bf4 Kg7 48. Be3 Bc3 49. Bc1 Bb4 50. Be3 h5 51. Bd4+ Kf7 52. Be5 Bc5+ 53. Kg2
Bd6 54. Bxd6 exd6 55. f4 Ke7 56. Kf2 Kd8 57. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Final"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8
8. Qg3 Rxe4 9. a3 Rg4 10. Qe3 Bf8 11. f3 Rg6 12. Qf2 d5 13. Bd3 d4 14. Bxg6
hxg6 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nb5 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Be3 19. Qg3 Bf5 20. Nxc7
Qd7 21. Nxa8 Bxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Qf5+ 23. Kb3 Qd5+ 24. Kc2 Qf5+ 25. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Naiditsch, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2
c5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. c3 Rc8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Nd2 h5 18. Nc4 Rc7 19. Rf1 Re8 20. h3 Kg7 21. b4 cxb4
22. cxb4 d5 23. Ne3 Bg5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rfd1 Qd7 26. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naiditsch, A."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.08.02"]

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. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Ra3 Rb8 20. Qd2 h5 21. Ng5 Bh6 22.
Nf1 Nfd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rea1 Qe7 25. h4 Ra8 26. Qd1 Ra6 27. Rxa6 Bxa6 28.
Ra3 Ra8 29. Qa1 Qf8 30. Nf3 Bxe3 31. Nxe3 Bb7 32. Rxa8 Qxa8 33. Qxa8+ Bxa8 34.
Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Naiditsch, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nd7 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. Nc4 f6 11. a4 Nf8 12. c3 a5 13. Nxa5 Rxa5 14. b4 Bxb4
15. cxb4 Ra8 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Rfb1 O-O 18. Qd1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Qf7 20. a5 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 Qxb3 22. Rxb3 Rxd4 23. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, A."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 d6 8. a4
a5 9. Na3 exd4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. Nc2 Be6 16. Rfb1 c5 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Rfb8 19. f3 f5 20. bxc5 Rxb1+
21. Rxb1 Rxa4 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rb8+ Kg7 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Rd8 d5
27. g4 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Qb3 cxd4 13. exd4 Qa5 14. Rd1 Rac8
15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Bf1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qa4 18. Bb4 Rfd8 19. Bc5 h6 20. Bb5 Qxb3 21.
axb3 Rc7 22. Be2 Nc8 23. Bxa7 Rc2 24. Bc4 Rxb2 25. Bc5 Ne4 26. Re1 Ncd6 27. Ba3
Rd2 28. Bf1 Rxd4 29. Bc1 Nd2 30. Bb2 Rd5 31. Rad1 Nf5 32. Be2 Nxb3 33. Rxd5
Rxd5 34. Rb1 Nbd4 35. Bf1 Nc6 36. Bc3 Rd7 37. g4 Nfe7 38. f4 Nd5 39. Bd2 Kf8
40. Kf2 Ke7 41. h4 Nf6 0-1

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Black "Naiditsch, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
h3 c5 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. Nb3 b6 12. O-O Nc6 13. f4 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4
15. Nd1 f5 16. e5 Be7 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Nf3 Qd5 19. a4 a6 20. b3 Kh8 21. Nf2 g5
22. Nh1 gxf4 23. Qd2 Rg8 24. Kh2 Bg5 25. Rae1 Rae8 26. Re2 Bh6 27. Qe1 Re6 28.
Qh4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qh5 Rf8 31. Ra1 c4 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Ra4 cxd3 34. cxd3
c5 35. Ra7 Bg7 36. Rb2 Re7 37. Qh4 Rfe8 38. Qxf4 c4 39. dxc4 Qe4 40. Qxe4 fxe4
41. Rbxb7 Rxb7 42. Rxb7 exf3 43. gxf3 Bxe5+ 44. Kg2 Rg8+ 45. Kf1 Ra8 46. Nf2
Ra1+ 47. Kg2 Ra2 48. f4 Bxf4 49. Kf3 Bh6 50. Ng4 Bg5 51. Ke4 h5 52. Ne5 Bf6 53.
Ng6+ Kg8 54. Nf4 Ra3 55. c5 Re3+ 56. Kf5 Be5 57. c6 Bd6 58. Rd7 Bb8 59. Rd8+
1-0

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 13. Bf2 Ng4 14. Bg3 Nd7 15.
Be2 Ngxe5 16. O-O Bg7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Ne4 Rf8 19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. Rb3 Rxf1+ 21.
Kxf1 Nc4 22. Rxa3 Nxd2+ 23. Nxd2 Be5 24. Rf3 Bxg3 25. Rf7+ Kd6 26. hxg3 b5 27.
Rh7 Bb7 28. Bf3 Rf8 29. Ke2 Bd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Rxh6+ Rf6 32. Rh5 Re6+ 33.
Kd1 g4 34. Nb3 Nf6 35. Rf5 Ne4 36. Kc1 Nc3 37. a3 Re3 38. Rf6+ Ke5 39. Rxa6
Rxg3 40. Nc5 Rxg2 41. Nd3+ Kd4 42. Ne1 Re2 43. Nd3 Rh2 44. Ne1 Ne4 45. Kb2 Rh1
46. Nd3 Nc3 47. a4 Nxa4+ 48. Ka3 Ra1+ 49. Kb4 Rb1+ 50. Ka3 Nc5 51. Nxc5 Kxc5
52. Rg6 Rg1 53. Kb3 g3 54. Rg4 g2 55. Kb2 b4 56. Rg5 Kd6 0-1

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Naiditsch, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. h3 b6 12. Ba2 Rd8 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Re1 Na5
15. Rc1 h6 16. Nd2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. c4 Bb7 19. d5 b5 20. Qg4 f5 21. Qg6
exd5 22. cxb5 c4 23. Qxf5 Rf8 24. Qe6+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bc3 Nb3 27. Bxb3
cxb3 28. Bd4 a6 29. Rb1 axb5 30. Rxb3 Bc6 31. Rc1 Bd7 32. Rc5 Kh7 33. Rbc3 Ra4
34. Rxd5 b4 35. axb4 Rxb4 36. Rc7 Be6 37. Rxf7 Bxf7 38. Rd7 Kg8 39. g4 Rb5 40.
Kg2 h5 41. Kg3 hxg4 42. hxg4 g5 43. Bf6 Ra5 44. f3 Rb5 45. e4 Ra5 46. e5 Rb5
47. Re7 Bd5 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naiditsch, A."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Ne7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Qa4 c5 16. Be3 Qb8 17. Qd7 Re8 18. Nd5 Bf8 19. Rad1 exd5 20. Qxf5 d4 21.
Bc1 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Rfe1 f6 24. Kf1 Kf7 25. b4 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 cxb4 27.
Rxd4 Ke6 28. Rc4 a5 29. Be3 Bd6 30. Kd2 a4 31. Kc2 Kd5 32. Rd4+ Kc6 33. Bd2 Bc5
34. Rg4 Rb8 35. Rxg7 b3+ 36. axb3 axb3+ 37. Kb1 Rd8 38. Ba5 Rd3 39. Rg3 Rxg3
40. fxg3 Kb5 41. Bd2 f5 42. Bh6 Bd6 43. Kb2 Kc4 44. Kc1 Be5 45. Kd2 Kd4 46.
Be3+ Kd5 47. Bh6 Kc4 48. Be3 h5 49. Bb6 Bc3+ 50. Kc1 Bd4 51. Bc7 Kd3 52. Bd6
Ke2 0-1

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. h3 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ng3 Bxb3 11. axb3 Ne7 12. Nh4 Kh8 13. O-O d5 14. Qe2 Qd6 15.
Bg5 Qe6 16. b4 h6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rad8 19. Ngf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Rd7 21.
Rfe1 dxe4 22. dxe4 Kh7 23. Ra5 b6 24. Rxa6 Rfd8 25. Qf3 g6 26. Ne3 Kg7 27. Ra7
Qc6 28. Raa1 Rd2 29. Rad1 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 Rd2 31. Qg3 Qe6 32. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nb6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. b3 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bb2 c5 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. Rac1 Rab8 20. Nb1 Bxb2 21.
Qxb2 Rec8 22. Qe5 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Na3 a5 25. Kf1 a4 26. b4 Nd7 27. Rd4
cxd4 28. Rxc7 Nf6 29. b5 dxe3 30. Rxe7 exf2 31. Kxf2 Nd5 32. Re4 Nc3 33. Rc4
Nxa2 34. Ke3 Rd8 35. Rxa4 Nc3 36. Rc4 Nd5+ 37. Kd3 Ra8 38. Nc2 Kf8 39. Kd4 Nb6
40. Rc6 Rd8+ 41. Kc5 Nd7+ 42. Kb4 Ke7 43. Na3 h5 44. Nc4 h4 45. b6 hxg3 46.
hxg3 Nxb6 47. Nxb6 Rd1 48. Rc3 f5 49. Kc5 g5 50. Nd5+ Kf7 51. Kd6 Kg6 52. Ke5
Re1+ 53. Ne3 f4 54. gxf4 gxf4 55. Kxf4 Kf6 56. Rc5 Ke6 57. Re5+ Kd7 58. Ke4 Ra1
59. Rh5 Ra4+ 60. Ke5 Ra1 61. Rh6 Re1 62. Kd4 Ra1 63. Nc4 Rd1+ 64. Kc5 Ke7 65.
Ne3 Rc1+ 66. Kd5 Re1 67. Re6+ Kf7 68. Re4 Ra1 69. Ke5 Re1 70. Kf5 Re2 71. Re5
Re1 72. Re6 Re2 73. Rf6+ Ke7 74. Nd5+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, A."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]

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 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qe1 Qc6 15.
Bf3 Nf8 16. Rac1 Ng6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g3 Ne7 20. h4 b5 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Qd7 23. Qe2 Qc7 24. Bg4 Rb8 25. Nd2 Qxa5 26. Ne4 Kf8 27. Qf3 Ng8 28.
Bh5 Ke7 29. c4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rbc8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Bxf7 Qd8 33. Be6 Rc7 34. g4
Qe8 35. Bxg8 Qxg8 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Rc4 38. gxf6+ gxf6+ 39. Kf1 Qg6 40. Ng3
Rf4 41. Qb3 Qg4 42. Rc1 Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. Ne2 Rb4 45. Qd3+ e4 46. Qg3 Qxg3
47. Nxg3 f5 48. Rc6 f4 49. Rxd6+ Kg5 50. Nxe4+ Rxe4 51. Rxa6 Rb4 52. d6 Kg4 53.
d7 Rd4 54. Ra7 f3 55. Ke1 Kf5 56. b4 Ke4 57. b5 Kd3 58. b6 Rd6 59. b7 Kc2 60.
Ra2+ 1-0

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "211"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Bg5 Ne4 8.
cxd5 Bxd5 9. Be3 g6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qa4 Bg7 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1
Qb4 15. Qc2 Nd6 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Qe2 e6 18. a3 Qb3 19. Bb1 Rfd8 20. Ba2 Qb5 21.
Rd3 Nf5 22. Qd2 Na5 23. Rc3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rac1 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 h6 27. h3
a6 28. Qc7 Rd7 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31. Qxc7 Qxb2 32. Qxf7 Nxe3 33. fxe3
Qxa3 34. Qxe6 a5 35. d5 a4 36. d6 Qd3 37. d7 a3 38. Nd4 Bxd4 39. exd4 Qxd4+ 40.
Kh1 a2 41. Qxa2 Qxd7 42. Qb2 b5 43. Qb4 h5 44. h4 Kg7 45. Kh2 Qc7+ 46. g3 Qe5
47. Qb3 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Qc4 49. Qb2+ Kh7 50. Qf6 Qc8+ 51. Kh2 Qb7 52. g4 hxg4 53.
h5 Qc7+ 54. Kg2 gxh5 55. Qf5+ Kg8 56. Qg5+ Qg7 57. Qxb5 Qf7 58. Qg5+ Kh7 59.
Qe3 Qf6 60. Qe4+ Kg7 61. Qd5 Kh6 62. Qd2+ Kg6 63. Qd3+ Kg7 64. Qd5 Qf7 65. Qe5+
Kg8 66. Qg5+ Kh7 67. Qe3 Qd5+ 68. Kg3 Kg6 69. Qe8+ Qf7 70. Qe4+ Qf5 71. Qe8+
Kg7 72. Qe7+ Kh6 73. Qe3+ Qg5 74. Qe6+ Qg6 75. Qe3+ Kg7 76. Qe5+ Kh7 77. Qe7+
Qg7 78. Qe4+ Kh6 79. Qe6+ Qg6 80. Qe3+ Kg7 81. Qe7+ Qf7 82. Qe5+ Qf6 83. Qe4
Kf7 84. Kg2 Qb2+ 85. Kg3 Qa3+ 86. Kg2 Qc5 87. Qh7+ Ke6 88. Qg6+ Kd7 89. Qf7+
Kc6 90. Qe6+ Kb7 91. Qb3+ Kc7 92. Qf7+ Kb6 93. Qb3+ Ka5 94. Qa2+ Kb6 95. Qb3+
Qb5 96. Qe3+ Kb7 97. Qe7+ Ka8 98. Qa3+ Kb8 99. Qf8+ Ka7 100. Qa3+ Kb6 101. Qe3+
Qc5 102. Qb3+ Kc7 103. Qf7+ Kd8 104. Qg8+ Kd7 105. Qf7+ Kc6 106. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naiditsch, A."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 d6 8. d5
Ne7 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne1 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nd3 Bd7 14. Nb4 h6 15.
Qd3 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bd2 Qe8 18. Rfc1 g5 19. Nd1 Rc8 20. Nf2 h5 21. h3 Ng6 22.
Na6 Qd8 23. Rc3 Bf6 24. Rac1 g4 25. Nxc7 Bh4 26. hxg4 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qh4+ 28.
Ke2 Qh2 29. gxh5 b4 30. Rc4 Nh4 31. Rf1 Bh3 32. Rf2 Bxg2 33. Kd1 Qh1+ 34. Kc2
Bxf3 35. Kb3 Qd1+ 36. Qc2 Qxc2+ 37. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 38. Kb3 Bd3 39. Rc1 Nf5 40. Kxb4
Nd4 41. b3 Ne2 42. Rc6 Nd4 43. Rc3 Rb8+ 44. Ka3 Rfc8 45. Kb2 Bf5 46. Bxf4 exf4
47. Rc4 Nc2 48. Rfxf4 Ne3 49. Rc3 Nd1+ 0-1

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Naiditsch, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 14.
Rb1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Nc5 16. Rfe1 O-O-O 17. Re3 e5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qd7 20. g3
Qe6 21. Rf3 Kd7 22. b4 Ke7 23. Qh4 Rdg8 24. Rd1 Rg6 25. Rf5 h6 26. c4 Rg5 27.
c5 Rxf5 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. b5 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Qxh6 Qb1+ 33.
Kg2 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th WCh-Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 g5 9. d3 g4 10. Nd2 h5 11. b4 h4 12. Nb3 hxg3 13. hxg3 Be6 14. Na5 Nxa5 15.
bxa5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qa4+ c6 18. a6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. f3 gxf3+ 21.
Rxf3 b5 22. Qg4 f6 23. Be3 Kf7 24. Qf5 Qe6 25. Qxe6+ Kxe6 26. Rc1 Rhc8 27. Bc5
Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rab8 29. g4 Rb6 30. d4 Rg8 31. Kg3 exd4 32. Rcf5 Rg6 33. Kh4 Rh6+
34. Rh5 Rg6 35. Rhf5 Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

