[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Ne2 e6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ng3 Nh5 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. c5 Nd7 11. e4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Ng5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxd3 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Nxf7 Rd5 19. Rxd3 Qxf7 20. Rxd5 cxd5
21. Bxe5 Bxc5 22. f4 b6 23. Qc2 Kb7 24. Rxh7 Rg8 25. Kb1 a5 26. a3 d4 27. Qe4+
Ka7 28. Qd3 Qb7 29. Ka2 Qd5+ 30. Qb3 Rd8 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxg7+ Ka6 33. Rh7 d3
34. Rh1 Bf2 35. g4 d2 36. Rd1 Be3 37. g3 Bf2 38. g5 Bxg3 39. g6 Rd8 40. g7 a4
41. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

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 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Nd2 c4 12. g4 b5 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. h3 Re8 15.
e3 a5 16. O-O Qd6 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Bg3 Qc6 20. Be5 b4 21. axb4
axb4 22. e4 c3 23. exd5 Nfxd5 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Ne4 Qg6 26. Qb3 c2 27. Nc5 Rxe5
28. Rxe5 Nf4 29. Rc1 Bc6 30. Qxb6 Nxg2 31. Qa6 Ra8 32. Qd3 Nh4 33. Re3 Qg5 34.
Ne4 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Qf4 36. d5 Ne5 37. Qxc2 Bxd5 38. Rd1 Nxg4 39. hxg4 Qxg4+ 40.
Kf1 Ra2 41. Qd3 Qh4 42. Nf6+ gxf6 43. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Nc3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxe5 Qa5 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Ba6 14. Qd4
Rab8 15. O-O c5 16. Qd2 Bxc4 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Kf8
21. Rc1 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Ke7 23. Rc4 Rb4 24. Rxb4 cxb4 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. f4 d5 27.
Kf2 Rc3 28. e3 Kf6 29. Kf3 h6 30. h3 a5 31. Kf2 g5 32. Kf3 Kf5 33. Kf2 g4 34.
hxg4+ Kxg4 35. Re2 h5 36. Kg2 Kf5 37. Kf3 d4 38. Re1 e5 39. fxe5 Kxe5 40. Kf2
Rc2+ 41. Kf3 d3 42. Rh1 Rxa2 43. Rxh5+ Ke6 44. e4 a4 45. bxa4 b3 46. Rh1 b2 47.
Rb1 d2 48. Ke2 Ra1 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. a3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5
Rc8 9. g4 Bg6 10. Qa4 Nd7 11. b4 e6 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxa7 c5 15.
Qa6 O-O 16. Qe2 c4 17. e4 d4 18. Nb5 e5 19. h4 Qb6 20. a4 Qb7 21. Ng5 h6 22. h5
hxg5 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. f3 Bxb4 25. Ba3 Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Qb6 27. Qh2 Qc5 28. Qh7+
Kf7 29. Ra1 Nf6 30. Qh2 Ra8 31. d3 Qxb5 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Smeets, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd2 Nbd7 6. Rc1 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 c5 14. Nb5 b6
15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Bb1 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Re7 19. e4 Qf4 20. Rcd1 dxe4
21. Nxe4 Rae8 22. Nd6 Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. Rc1 Kf8 25. Kf2 Be6 26. Nb5 Ne8
27. a3 g6 28. h4 Rd7 29. Rcd1 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 a6 31. Nc3 Ke7 32. Bd3 Nc7 33. h5
Rd8 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 35. h6 Ke7 36. g4 Bc8 37. Ke3 Bd7 38. g5 a5 39. Kd4 Ne6+ 40.
Ke3 Nxg5 41. f4 Ne6 42. f5 Nc5 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Bxg6 Kf6 45. Bxh7 Be6 46. Bc2
Kf7 47. Kd4 Nd7 48. Ne4 Kg8 49. Ng5 Bg4 50. h7+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Qf3 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Rb8 12. g4 h6 13. h4 Be7 14. g5 hxg5
15. hxg5 Nh7 16. Re1 O-O 17. g6 fxg6 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. fxg6 Bg5 20. Qh1 Bh4 21.
Re4 Qf6 22. Qxh4 Qxg6+ 23. Qg4 Qf6 24. Qg3 d5 25. Rf4 Qe6 26. Nc3 Rxf4 27. Bxf4
Rb4 28. a3 Rc4 29. b3 Rd4 30. Qe3 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Ng5 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Ne4 34.
Re1 Qh5+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Nxc3+ 37. Qxc3 Re4+ 38. Kd1 Rxe1+ 39. Qxe1 Qf3+
40. Qe2 Qh1+ 41. Kd2 d4 42. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. g4 c6 14. Kg2 b5 15. b3 a5
16. Nf2 b4 17. Na4 Bb7 18. Rc1 fxe4 19. fxe4 cxd5 20. exd5 Nexd5 21. cxd5 Nxd5
22. Kg1 e4 23. Nxe4 Bd4+ 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Nxf2 Qh4 26. Qe1 Rf8 27. Bf3 Rxf3 28.
Qe4 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smeets, J."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. h3 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Be3 Nb7 16. e5 Bf5 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bg5 Re8 19. g4 Bd7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21.
exf6 Nb4 22. Bd1 Bc6 23. a4 Rad8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Re1 Nd3 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
b3 Nb2 28. Kg2 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Na5 30. Rd3 b4 31. Be3 Be4 32. Rd7 Nxb3 33. Rc7
Nd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Re7 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rb8 37. Re1 b3 38. Rb1 Kf8 39. Ke4 Rb4
40. Kd5 Ke8 41. Kc5 Rb8 42. Kxd4 Kd7 43. Kc3 Ke6 44. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 45. Kxb3 Kxf6
46. f4 g5 47. f5 Ke5 48. Kc4 Kf4 49. Kd5 Kg3 50. f6 Kxh3 51. Kd6 Kxg4 52. Ke7
h5 53. Kxf7 h4 54. Kg6 h3 55. f7 h2 56. f8=Q h1=Q 57. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. Rc1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc4 17. e5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bh6 19. Kf2 b5 20. Ke2 e6
21. Bb7 Rc4 22. Rxc4 bxc4 23. Be4 Rb8 24. Rb1 Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bb2 e6 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Qb8 15. Qc2
Rc8 16. a4 bxc4 17. bxc4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Be2 Nb3 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rb1
dxc4 22. Bxc4 Qc7 23. Qxb3 Qxc4 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxc4 Rab8 26. Qc2 Rbc8 27.
Qe2 Rc6 28. Rd1 Rdc8 29. Qf3 Rb6 30. Bd4 Rbc6 31. Rb1 Ne8 32. g3 Bxd4 33. exd4
Kg7 34. a5 Rf6 35. Qd3 Rcc6 36. d5 Rcd6 37. Qd4 Nc7 38. Rb6 Nb5 39. Qe5 h6 40.
f4 g5 41. f5 h5 42. g4 h4 43. Rc6 Rxc6 44. dxc6 Nd6 45. c7 Nc8 46. Qe8 Nd6 47.
Qd8 Nb7 48. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 Ne7 11. g4 b6 12. Qd2 c5 13. Bg3 a6 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Bb3
Bb5 16. Nf4 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc6 18. O-O-O Na5 19. h4 Rc8 20. Kb1 Nxb3 21. axb3
Bd7 22. h5 g5 23. Nd3 Nh7 24. Rhe1 f5 25. Nxd5 Rf7 26. Ne5 fxg4 27. Nxf7 Bf5+
28. Ka1 Qxd5 29. Nd6 Rc2 30. Nxf5 Qxb3 31. Qxc2 Qxc2 32. fxg4 Nf6 33. Rc1 Qa4+
34. Kb1 Nd5 35. Be5 Nb4 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Bxg7 Qa2+ 38. Kc1 Qa1+ 39. Kd2 Qxb2+
40. Ke3 Nd5+ 41. Kf3 Qb3+ 42. Kf2 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc6 Bb5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Nc3 a5 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Qd2 h6 18. Rc2 Qb4 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Rdc1 Rc4 21. Be3
Rec8 22. Bf2 a4 23. e3 R4c7 24. Be1 a3 25. b3 e5 26. Qd1 Qe7 27. Bf2 Qb4 28.
Be1 Qe7 29. Bf2 Qb4 30. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Kb1 Na5 14. Qc2 e5
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Rxd4 Qb6 17. Rd6 Rc6 18. Rxc6 Qxc6 19. Be2 f5 20. Bxe7 Qxe4
21. Bf6 Rg8 22. Bf3 Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Rg6 24. Re1+ Kf8 25. Be7+ Kg8 26. Kc3 Re6
27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Bd6 Kf7 29. Bh5+ Kf6 30. f4 b5 31. h3 Nc6 32. Bf3 e5 33. Bxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 b5 6. Bc2 d6 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. O-O Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. d4 O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Nb4 16. Nbd2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Qd7 18. Rac1 Rbc8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. e5 Bg7 21.
Ne4 Rfe8 22. Re3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 c5 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. b3 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27.
Rec3 c4 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 c6 4. Bb3 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. a4 exd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Nh4 Nc5 15.
Bxc5 bxc5 16. Ng6 Be6 17. Nxf8 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Kxf8 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qc4 Nd7 21.
Ne2 Rb8 22. Ng3 Rb4 23. Qc3 Nf6 24. Nf5 Rbxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Nxd6 Re2 27.
Nf5 Re5 28. g4 Kg8 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. e6 fxe6
15. Bg4 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Nce5 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Qf4 Rf8 20. Qg3 Nf6
21. Nc5 Nh5 22. Qe1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nf3 24. Qh1 Nf4+ 25. Kf2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Kh1 Bf4 13. Rae1 O-O 14. g3 Bh6
15. e5 Nd7 16. Nd1 c5 17. f4 Rfd8 18. Kg1 Qc6 19. Nf2 c4 20. bxc4 Nc5 21. cxd5
Rxd5 22. Ne4 Rad8 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxc2 27.
Rd4 Rdc8 28. Rfd1 g5 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. f5 g4 32. Ba3 Be3+ 33. Kf1
Rf2+ 34. Ke1 Rxf5 35. Bf8+ Kg6 36. Bd6 h5 37. Ra8 Bg1 38. Rxa6 Bxh2 39. Ra3 h4
40. gxh4 g3 41. Ra8 Kh7 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smeets, J."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Be3 Nb7 16. e5 Bf5 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rd5 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21.
Bxf6 Nd4 22. Rfd1 h6 23. Kf1 a5 24. Rac1 Nd8 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bxd8 Raxd8 27.
f4 g5 28. g3 d3 29. Kf2 d2 30. Rc3 b4 31. Re3 Kg7 32. f5 Rc8 33. Ke2 Rc2 34. e6
fxe6 35. fxe6 Kf8 36. Rd3 Rxd3 37. Kxd3 Rxb2 38. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 39. Kxd2 Ke7 40.
Kd3 Kxe6 41. Kc4 Kf5 42. Kb5 g4 43. h4 Ke4 44. Kxa5 Kf3 45. Kxb4 Kxg3 46. a4
Kxh4 47. a5 g3 48. a6 g2 49. a7 g1=Q 50. a8=Q h5 51. Qd5 Qg4+ 52. Ka3 Kg3 53.
Qe5+ Kh3 54. Qd5 Kh2 55. Qd2+ Qg2 56. Qd4 Qg3+ 57. Ka2 h4 58. Ka1 Qg1+ 59. Ka2
Qxd4 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Smeets, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nh4 Be6 10. e4 Na6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. h3 Be5 13. f4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Bd5 16. e5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. c4 Qe4 20. Re1 Qxe2+ 21.
Rxe2 Nd7 22. Be3 f6 23. Bxa7 fxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Kf7 26. Rb1 Rd7 27.
Bf2 Ke6 28. g4 Rf8 29. Be3 Rff7 30. a4 Rd3 31. a5 Rc3 32. Rd1 Rxc4 33. Bg5 Rd7
34. Rxd7 Kxd7 35. e6+ Ke8 36. Rd2 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Ne3 a5 15.
Kh1 g5 16. Bg3 Bb6 17. Re1 Kg7 18. f3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Nh5 20. Bf2 Nf4 21. d4 Qf6
22. Bc4 h5 23. Bf1 h4 24. Qd2 Rh8 25. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f4 b5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Kb1 h5 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. a3 Rb8 15.
Qe2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 b4 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Bg5 O-O 19. g4 hxg4 20. h3 g3 21. Qxg3
Rc8 22. Qg2 Kf8 23. Rhg1 Ke8 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc4 27. Re1
Kf8 28. Re3 Qc7 29. Rg3 Bf6 30. Rc3 Rc4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. Rxd6 a5 33. Rd3 Qb4
34. Nc1 a4 35. Qe2 Rb8 36. c3 Qb7 37. Rd5 Kg8 38. Ra5 Qc6 39. Qc2 Bg5 40. Rxa4
Rd8 41. Qb3 Qc5 42. Nd3 Rxd3 43. Ra8+ Bd8 44. Qa4 Kh7 45. Ka2 Rd2 46. Qb3 Qc7
47. Qb5 Kh6 48. Qe8 Kg5 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Rc1
c5 9. d5 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Qd2 e6 15. a5
exd5 16. exd5 Qh4 17. Bg4 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Bd4 19. Qd2 f5 20. Bd1 Nf6 21. Ne2 Ne4
22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Nxf4 Re8 24. Ba4 Re7 25. Rc2 Ng3 26. Rd1 Re4 27. Nd3 Kf7 28.
Re1 h5 29. Kh2 Rxe1 30. Nxe1 Ne4 31. Nd3 h4 32. Re2 Kf6 33. Bd7 Nxd5 34. cxd5
c4 35. Ne1 Bxf2 36. Nf3 g5 37. Nd2 Bg3+ 38. Kg1 Nc5 39. Bc8 c3 40. bxc3 Be5 41.
Nc4 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. f4 Rb8 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Nc4 e4 16. f5 Ra8 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. g4 h6 19. Nd6 Rf8 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qb6
22. Ndxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 gxf5 24. Ng3 Ne5 25. Qc2 Qg6 26. Bf4 Re8 27. Nh5 Ng4
28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Ra3 Bd7 30. h3 Re4 31. hxg4 Rh8+ 32. Bh2 Qh6 33. Bf3 Rd4 34.
g5 Qh3 35. Qg2 Qxg2+ 36. Bxg2 Rdh4 37. Kg1 Rxh2 38. Rc3 R2h5 39. Rxc5 Rxg5 40.
b3 f4 41. Rxf4 Bh3 42. Rf2 Rh6 43. Rc3 Bxg2 44. Rxg2 Rhg6 45. Rxg5 Rxg5+ 46.
Kf2 Rxd5 47. Rc7 b5 48. Rc6 bxa4 49. bxa4 a5 50. Ke3 f6 51. Rb6 Kf7 52. Ke4 Rg5
53. Rb8 Rh5 54. Kf4 Re5 55. Ra8 Rc5 56. Ke4 Ke7 57. Ra7+ Ke6 58. Ra6+ Kf7 59.
Ra8 Rh5 60. Kf4 Re5 61. Rb8 Ke7 62. Rb7+ Kd6 63. Rb6+ Ke7 64. Rb7+ Ke6 65. Rb6+
Kf7 66. Rb8 Kg6 67. Rg8+ Kf7 68. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h4 Qb6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. e5 dxe5
15. g5 Be7 16. f5 Nb6 17. f6 gxf6 18. gxf6 Bb4 19. Ne4 Bd7 20. a3 Bf8 21. Rh2
O-O-O 22. Rhd2 Kb8 23. Qh5 Rc8 24. Qxf7 Nd5 25. Kb1 Bc6 26. Qxc7+ Nxc7 27. Bd3
b6 28. Re2 Rd8 29. Nbd2 b5 30. Nf3 Bd6 31. Rf1 Rhf8 32. Nxd6 Bxf3 33. Rxf3 Rxd6
34. Rxe5 Rd5 35. Rxd5 Nxd5 36. f7 Kc7 37. c4 Ne7 38. cxb5 axb5 39. Rf6 Kd6 40.
Bxb5 Ke5 41. Rf1 Nf5 42. Bc4 Kd6 43. Rd1+ Ke7 44. Re1 Ng7 45. a4 Rxf7 46. a5
Rf4 47. b3 Kd6 48. Kb2 Rf7 49. Kc3 Re7 50. b4 Ne8 51. b5 Kc5 52. b6 Nd6 53.
Re5+ Kc6 54. Bxe6 Rg7 55. Kb4 Nb7 56. Bd5+ Kd6 57. Bxb7 Kxe5 58. a6 Rg4+ 59.
Kc5 Rg1 60. a7 Rc1+ 61. Kb5 Rb1+ 62. Kc6 Rc1+ 63. Kd7 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. h4 c6 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. h5 h6 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. Nxe5
dxe5 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rad8 18. Qg4 Kf8 19. Rd7 Rxd7 20. Qxd7
Qd5 21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Be3 b5 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. b4 f6 26. Kb2 Kf7 27.
Kb3 Ke6 28. a4 bxa4+ 29. Kxa4 f5 30. Re1 e4 31. Kb3 Bf6 32. Ra1 Rc8 33. Ra6+
Kf7 34. Ra7+ Ke6 35. Ra6+ Kf7 36. Bd4 f4 37. b5 e3 38. fxe3 fxe3 39. Ra1 e2 40.
Re1 Re8 41. g3 Bg5 42. Bf2 Bd2 43. Ra1 e1=Q 44. Bxe1 Bxe1 45. Rd1 Re3 46. Rxd5
Rxc3+ 47. Kb2 Rxg3 48. c4 Rg5 49. Rd6 Bg3 50. Rc6 Rxh5 51. b6 Re5 52. b7 Re7
53. Rb6 Bb8 54. c5 h5 55. c6 h4 56. Rb3 Re6 57. Rc3 Bc7 58. Kb3 h3 59. Rd3 h2
60. Rd7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 15.
g5 hxg5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nf3 e4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21.
Bxg5 Nc6 22. Rb3 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 24. Rg3 b5 25. Rhg1 Ra7 26. Be3 Rd7 27. Bh6
Rff7 28. Bh5 Kh7 29. Bxf7 Rxf7 30. Bxg7 Nf3+ 31. Rxf3 Rxf3 32. Bb2 e5 33. Rg3
Rxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. e4 Bg7 7. e5 Ng8 8. f4 d6 9.
Nf3 Nd7 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. bxa6 Qa5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15.
Qf3 Kg7 16. O-O Bd4+ 17. Be3 Nf6 18. d6 Bf5 19. a4 e5 20. Ne2 Qd8 21. Bxd4 cxd4
22. Qg3 Ng4 23. h3 Ne3 24. Qxe5+ f6 25. Qxd4 Nc2 26. Qc5 Nxa1 27. Rxa1 Qc8 28.
b4 Bxh3 29. d7 Bxd7 30. Qe7+ Kh6 31. Bxd7 Qxa6 32. Nd4 Qd3 33. Qxf6 Rhf8 34.
Qh4+ Kg7 35. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. Bc2 Nb6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. Bb3+ Kh8 14. e5 f4 15.
exd6 Qxd6 16. Re1 f3 17. Nxf3 Bg4 18. Re3 Bh4 19. Qd3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Rxf3 21.
gxf3 Re8 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Kh1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bf2 25. Bc2 g6 26. Rf1 Bxe3 27. Re1
Qf4 28. Qe2 Re7 29. d5 Re5 30. Be4 Bc5 31. Qc2 Bd6 32. Re2 Kg7 33. Rg2 Rh5 34.
Bxg6 Rxh2+ 35. Rxh2 Qxf3+ 36. Kg1 Bxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg2 hxg6 39. Qc3+ Kf8
40. Qb3 b5 41. Qa3+ Qd6 42. Qd3 Qf6 43. Qc2 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Kg1 Qg5+ 46.
Kh2 Qe5+ 47. Kg1 g5 48. Qg6 a5 49. Qa6 Qd4+ 50. Kf1 Qb6 51. Qc8+ Ke7 52. Ke2
Qd6 53. Qa8 a4 54. b3 Qh2+ 55. Kd3 Qxa2 56. d6+ Kd7 57. dxc7 Qxb3+ 58. Ke4 Qe6+
59. Kf3 Qf5+ 60. Ke3 Qc5+ 61. Ke4 Kxc7 62. Qa5+ Kb7 63. Qd2 Qc4+ 64. Kf5 Qf4+
0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nc6 7. d4 Bf5 8. Bd2
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qe7 12. Bb5+ c6 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. exf5
Bxb2+ 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Qb1 Bc3+ 17. Kf1 gxf5 18. a4 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Rg8 20. Rh4
Rg4 21. g3 Qe4 22. Qb2 Rxh4 23. gxh4 b6 24. h6 Rd6 25. a5 b5 26. a6 Ke7 27. Qc1
Re6 28. Ng1 Kd7 29. h5 Re5 30. Qg5 b4 31. Qg8 Ke7 32. Qb8 Qd4 33. Qc7+ Kf6 34.
Qxc6+ Re6 35. Qc8 Ke7 36. Qb7+ Kf8 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Qc7+ Kf8 39. Qb8+ Ke7 40.
Bf3 Qb6 41. Qe5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smeets, J."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

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 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qe2 Bb6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. c4 Rhe8 20. Kb1 Bc7
21. Ne5 Nd7 22. a3 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Kc2 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 Qc5
27. Ke1 Qd4 28. Kf1 Kd7 29. Kg2 Ke8 30. b3 a6 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Kd7 33. Kf3
Bd8 34. Ke4 Be7 35. a4 Kc7 36. Kd3 Kb6 37. g4 Ka5 38. Bg3 b5 39. axb5 cxb5 40.
Be1+ Kb6 41. e4 a5 42. cxb5 Kxb5 43. Bf2 Kb4 44. Be1+ Kb5 45. Bf2 Bd8 46. Be3
Bc7 47. Bd4 Bb6 48. Bc3 Bf2 49. Bd2 Bg3 50. Bc3 Bh2 51. Kc2 a4 52. bxa4+ Kxa4
53. Kd3 Kb3 54. Bd4 Bf4 55. Ba1 Bc1 56. Kd4 Ba3 57. Bc3 Bb4 58. Ba1 g6 59. Kd3
gxh5 60. gxh5 Bc5 61. Bc3 Be7 62. Bd2 Bf8 63. Bc3 Be7 1/2-1/2

