[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. d5 Bg4 10. Qd4 Bxf3 11. Qxh8 Bxd5 12. Qd4 Nb6 13. e4 Bc6 14. f3 Qxd4
15. cxd4 Bg7 16. Rc1 Bxd4 17. Bxc4 Be3 18. Rc2 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Rd8 20. Rc2 Bb6
21. Bg5 Ba4 22. Rc1 Rd3 23. Rb1 c6 24. Bd2 Bb5 25. Rb3 Rd7 26. Ra3 Bc5 27. Rc3
Bb4 28. Rc2 Ba4 29. Rb2 Ba3 30. Rb1 Bc2 31. Ra1 Bb2 32. Ke2 Bd3+ 33. Kf2 Bxa1
34. Rxa1 c5 35. Be3 b6 36. Rd1 Bc4 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. a3 Kc6 39. Bf4 a5 40. Bd2
Kb5 41. Bf4 Ka4 42. Bc7 b5 43. Ke3 Bf1 44. Kf2 Bd3 45. Ke3 c4 46. Kd4 Kxa3 47.
Bxa5 b4 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. e4 Bxc3
15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 dxe4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. c4 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Na4
21. Rab1 b6 22. Nf1 Kg7 23. h4 h6 24. Bf4 f6 25. Ne3 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Bd6
f5 28. c5 Kf7 29. Nd5 Re6 30. Nc7 Rh6 31. Be5 bxc5 32. dxc5 Bc6 33. Rc4 Rd8 34.
Rd4 Rxd4 35. Bxd4 Rg6 36. Nb5 Bxb5 37. Rxb5 Ra6 38. c6 Rxc6 39. Rxf5+ Kg6 40.
Ra5 Nc3 41. Be3 Ne2+ 42. Kf1 Nf4 43. g3 Ne6 44. Rxa7 g4 45. a4 Nc7 46. Ra5 Rc4
47. Rc5 Rxc5 48. Bxc5 Kf5 49. a5 Ke6 50. Ke2 Kd5 51. Bb6 Ne6 52. a6 Kc6 53. a7
Kb7 54. Ke3 Ng5 55. Kf4 Nf3 56. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. bxc3 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Nd6 13. Qd3 Qf6 14. Re1
b6 15. Bg5 Qf5 16. Qxf5 Nxf5 17. g4 f6 18. Bf4 Nd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Nd4 Bb7
21. Nf5 g6 22. Ne7+ Kf7 23. Re3 Ba6 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. h4 Bc4 26. a3 Rh8 27. Kh2
b5 28. Kg3 a5 29. h5 Bb3 30. f4 Bc2 31. f5 g5 32. h6 Bb3 33. Kf2 Rhf8 34. Re4
Bc2 35. R4e3 Bb3 36. Re4 Bc2 37. R4e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. f4 Qb6 10. Qd2 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. f5 Nc6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Kh1 Ra7 18. Qe3 Rd7 19. Rb8 Kh8 20. e5 dxe5
21. Ne4 Qxe3 22. Bxe3 Rdd8 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Kg8 25. Bc4 Kf7 26. Rb6 Rd4
27. Bxe6+ Ke7 28. Rxc6 Nd7 29. Re1 Nxc5 30. Bxc8 Re4 31. Rc1 Rc4 32. Bxa6 Rc3
33. Bb5 Ne4 34. a4 Rxc6 35. Bxc6 Nc3 36. a5 Kd6 37. Bb7 Kc7 38. a6 e4 39. Re1
Kb6 40. Kg1 Rf5 41. Bxe4 Nxe4 42. Rxe4 Kxa6 43. Re7 Rg5 44. Kf2 Kb6 45. Kf3 h5
46. h4 Rf5+ 47. Ke4 Rc5 48. g3 Rc4+ 49. Kf5 g6+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smeets, J."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

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.
b3 a5 16. Bd3 b4 17. cxb4 axb4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qc2 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Be3
Qa8 22. Nd2 h5 23. Rec1 c5 24. Ngf1 Qa7 25. Qc4 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27. Nh2 Re6
28. Nhf3 Qa6 29. Qc2 Nb8 30. Nc4 Nc6 31. Rd1 Kg7 32. Ng5 Re8 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34.
Rxd6 Nd4 35. Rxa6 Nxc2 36. Ra7 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Kg8 38. Nxf7 Nxe4 39. Nh6+ Kh8 40.
Nf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Ba3 Qxc3 14. Qb1 Qf6
15. Bd3 h6 16. b5 Rd8 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Ra4 b6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rh4 N7f6 21. Ne5
Bd7 22. Ba3 Qe8 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Qb2 Kg8 25. h3 Rc3 26. Rd1 Rdc8 27. Rd4 Rxd3
28. R1xd3 Bxb5 29. Rd2 a6 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. Rxg4 f6 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qxf6 Qd7
34. Rxg7+ Qxg7 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Qg6 37. Qxc8 Qc6 38. Qd8 Qe6 39. Bb2 a5
40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. Qg7+ Kf5 42. Qg4# 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Re1 a6 8. Bc4
Na5 9. a3 Nxc4 10. dxc4 h6 11. h3 Bc5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 d6 14. Qd2 Be6 15.
b3 Nd7 16. Rd1 Rf8 17. Qe2 b6 18. Ne1 Nc5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 b5 21. d4 exd4
22. Rxd4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Qf6 24. Rd1 Rab8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rb2 27. Qf3 Qxf3
28. Rxf3 Re2 29. Rd4 Rc2 30. Ra4 Ra8 31. g4 c5 32. dxc6 Rxc6 33. Rb4 Rac8 34.
Rd3 Rc3 35. Rbd4 R8c4 36. Rxc4 Rxd3 37. Ra4 Rxh3 38. Rxa6 g6 39. Kg2 Rd3 40. a4
Ra3 41. f3 Kg7 42. Kg3 Ra2 43. a5 Ra3 44. Ra8 Kf6 45. a6 Ke7 46. a7 Ra2 47. f4
Ra3+ 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Ke2 Kg7 50. Kd2 h5 51. g5 h4 52. Ke2 h3 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54.
Kg1 Rg2+ 55. Kh1 Ra2 56. f5 Kh7 57. f6 h2 58. Rf8 Rxa7 59. Kxh2 Rb7 60. Kg3 Ra7
61. Kf4 Rb7 62. Ke3 Ra7 63. Kd4 Rc7 64. Re8 Ra7 65. Kd5 Ra5+ 66. Kxd6 Ra6+ 67.
Ke7 Ra7+ 68. Kf8 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smeets, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 c6 8. Bb3
Re8 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. d4 Bc7 11. h3 Nf8 12. Bc2 Ng6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Be6 15.
Bd2 b5 16. Bd3 Bb6 17. a4 a6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qd2 c5 20. d5 Bd7 21. b3 Rab8 22.
Bf1 c4 23. axb5 axb5 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Qe3 Bb5 27. Nd2 Reb8 28.
Nf5 Nd7 29. Ra3 Ra6 30. Rea1 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Nb6 32. Qg3 Bd7 33. Ne3 Bb5 34. Ra1
Ne7 35. Rb1 Qc5 36. Ndxc4 Bxc4 37. Nxc4 Qc7 38. Na3 Na4 39. Rxb8+ Qxb8 40. Nb5
Nc5 41. Qe3 Nc8 42. Kh2 Na7 43. c4 Nc8 44. f4 exf4 45. Qxf4 Nd7 46. Nd4 Ne7 47.
Qg3 Ne5 48. Nb5 Qb6 49. Be2 Qc5 50. Qf4 N7g6 51. Qg3 Nf8 52. Bf1 Nfd7 53. Qh4
Nf6 54. Qf4 Nfd7 55. Qh4 Nf6 56. Qf4 Kh8 57. Be2 Kg8 58. h4 h5 59. Kg3 Ng6 60.
Qf3 Ne5 61. Qf4 Ng6 62. Qf3 Ne5 63. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 Qb6 9. h3 d6 10. Qc2 a5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. e5 Qb4 15.
Nc3 dxe5 16. dxe5 Rb8 17. Rab1 Rd8 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Bd2 Bc4 20. Qd1 e6 21. b3
Bd3 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Re3 Bh6 24. Re1 Bg7 25. Re3 c5 26. Na4 Be4 27. Nxc5 Bxf3
28. Rxf3 Nxe5 29. Rfc3 Rd5 30. Qe1 Rc8 31. Na4 Rxc3 32. Nxc3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. Bd2 Re8 7. Nf3 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. dxc4 h6 10. Qc2 Bf8 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Bc1 Qc7 13. b3 a5 14. Na4 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb2 Bg4 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. h3 Be6 20. e3 Be7 21. Nf3
Nd7 22. g4 a4 23. Rd1 axb3 24. axb3 Ra8 25. Bc3 Ra3 26. Bf1 Qb6 27. Rb1 Bf6 28.
Nd2 Qa7 29. Bb2 Ra2 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Qd1 Ba3 32. Bc3 Be7 33. Bd3 b5 34. cxb5
cxb5 35. Bxb5 Qb7 36. Bd3 Bd5 37. Ng3 Bh4 38. Be2 Bxg3 39. fxg3 Qb6 40. Kf2 Nf6
41. Be1 Ne4+ 42. Kf1 Bb7 43. Ra1 Rxa1 44. Qxa1 Qf6+ 45. Kg1 Ng5 46. Qd1 Nxh3+
47. Kh2 Ng5 48. b4 Qc6 49. e4 Nxe4 50. Bf3 Qc7 51. Bxe4 Bxe4 52. Qe2 Ba8 53.
Kg1 Qb6+ 54. Kf1 Qc6 55. b5 Qd5 56. Bf2 f6 57. Ke1 Qb3 58. Qd1 Qxd1+ 59. Kxd1
Bf3+ 60. Kd2 Bxg4 61. Bc5 Kf7 62. Ke3 Bc8 63. b6 Bb7 64. Ba3 h5 65. Bd6 Ke6 66.
Bc7 g5 67. Bd8 Kf7 68. Kf2 Kg6 69. Bc7 Kf5 70. Bd8 Bc6 71. Ke3 h4 72. gxh4 gxh4
73. Kf2 e4 74. Bc7 Ke6 75. Ke3 Kd5 76. Bh2 Kc4 77. Bf4 Kc3 78. Bh2 Kc2 79. Ke2
h3 80. Bg3 f5 81. Bh2 Bb7 82. Bf4 Ba6+ 83. Ke3 Kd1 84. Bg3 Bc8 85. Kf2 Kd2 86.
Bf4+ Kd3 87. Kg3 e3 88. Kf3 e2 89. Kf2 h2 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. a3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
e5 9. O-O exd4 10. Bxd4 Bg7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 c5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 O-O 17. f4 Qd6 18. Qe3 Rae8 19. Rad1 Qd5 20. Qf2 Bxe5 21.
fxe5 Qxe5 22. Bc4 Re7 23. Rde1 Qd6 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qf6 Qxf6 26. Rxf6 a5 27.
Rb6 Be4 28. Rb5 Rd8 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. cxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxc5 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33.
Kf3 Rxb2 34. Rxa5 Ra2 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. a5 g5 37. Rb8 Ra4 38. g4 h5 39. h3 h4
40. Kg2 Kf6 41. Rb5 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 b3 43. Rxb3 Rxa5 44. Rf3+ Ke6 45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46.
Kg1 f6 47. Rf5 Re2 48. Rf3 Re4 49. Kg2 Rf4 50. Re3+ Kd5 51. Ra3 Rb4 52. Rf3
Rb2+ 53. Kg1 Rb6 54. Kg2 Ke4 55. Rf2 Rc6 56. Kh2 Ke3 57. Kg2 Re6 58. Rf3+ Kd2
59. Rf5 Re2+ 60. Kg1 Re3 61. Kg2 Re6 62. Rd5+ Ke1 63. Rf5 Re2+ 64. Kg1 Re3 65.
Kg2 Re6 66. Rf1+ Kd2 67. Rf5 Kd3 68. Rd5+ Ke4 69. Rf5 Rd6 70. Rf2 Ke3 71. Rf3+
Kd4 72. Rf5 Ke4 73. Rf2 Ke5 74. Rf5+ Ke6 75. Rf3 Rd2+ 76. Kg1 Rd5 77. Kg2 f5
78. gxf5+ Rxf5 79. Rxf5 Kxf5 80. Kf3 Ke5 81. Ke3 Kf6 82. Kf2 Ke6 83. Ke2 Kf7
84. Kf3 Kf6 85. Kf2 Kg6 86. Kg2 Kg7 87. Kg1 Kf6 88. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. d5 Nf6 12. Bd3 e5 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Nd2 Ng4
15. Bg5 f5 16. f3 Nh6 17. a4 Nf7 18. Be3 Nd6 19. Nc4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bd7 21. Qb3
b6 22. Rf1 h5 23. Rc2 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rf8+ 25. Rf2 Rxf2+ 26. Bxf2 Kh7 27. Kg1
Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Qd8 29. a5 b5 30. Bxb5 Qxa5 31. Bf1 Qb6 32. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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. Nc3 dxc4 10. e4 Nh5 11. Be3 Nhf6 12. a4 Ng4 13. Bf4 e5 14. dxe5 Qa5 15.
e6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Kh1 g5 20. Rad1 b5 21. f4
gxf4 22. gxf4 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 Qxf4 24. e5 Rb8 25. Be4 Qh6 26. Qf2 Qf8 27. Qg2+
Qg7 28. Qh3 Kh8 29. Qh5 Bf8 30. Rd8 h6 31. Qf3 Kg8 32. Bh7+ Kxh7 33. Rxf8 Qg5
34. Ne4 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Nf2 Qg6+ 37. Kh3 h5 38. Rf6 Qg5 39. Qe4+ Kg7 40.
Qd4 bxa4 41. Rf3 Rb3 42. Qxa7+ Kg6 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. Rxb3 cxb3 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46.
Qxc8 Qxe5 47. Qd7+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kh6 49. Qf8+ Kg6 50. Qg8+ Kh6 51. Qf8+ Kg6 52.
Qg8+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Qb2 b6 14. a4 Bd7
15. Rfd1 Be8 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. f4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Bb3 Nc6
21. Bc4 Na5 22. Ba6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxa4 24. Rc7 e6 25. e5 Bf8 26. Rxa7 Nc6 27.
Rb7 Nb4 28. Nc3 Nxa6 29. Nxa4 Nb4 30. Nxb6 Nc2 31. Kf2 Nxd4 32. Nd7 Nc6 33. g4
Rc8 34. Kf3 Be7 35. Nb6 Re8 36. Ke4 Bd8 37. Nd7 Kg7 38. Rb1 Be7 39. Rc1 Rd8 40.
Rxc6 Rxd7 41. f5 exf5+ 42. gxf5 gxf5+ 43. Kxf5 h5 44. e6 Rd5+ 45. Ke4 Rd6 46.
Rxd6 Bxd6 47. exf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4
9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Be7 14. a5 b5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 g6 17. h3 Bf6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qd2 Be6 21. Qf4
Qd8 22. Re1 Bh8 23. Ng5 Qe7 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rc1 Nxd4 26. Rc7 Qe8 27. Qd6 Bf6
28. Bf4 Qd8 29. Qb6 e5 30. Bh6 e4 31. Qb7 Ne6 32. Rd7 Qe8 33. Bf1 d4 34. Qxe4
Qxd7 35. Qxa8+ Kf7 36. Qxa6 d3 37. Bd2 Bg5 38. Bxg5 Nxg5 39. Bxd3 Qxd3 40. Qb7+
Kf6 41. a6 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd6+ 43. g3 Qd4 44. Qc6+ Ne6 45. Kg2 b4 46. Qb7 Nc5 47.
Qf3+ Kg7 48. a7 Nd3 49. Qb7+ Kh6 50. a8=Q Qxf2+ 51. Kh1 Ne1 52. Qb5 b3 53. Qc4
1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd5 Nb6 11. Qe4 Bf5 12. Qh4 f6 13. g4 Be6 14. Bg2 Nc6 15.
O-O Kh8 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Ne4 Bg8 18. Nc5 Ncb4 19. a3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Nd5 21. Rfe1
c6 22. Nd3 g5 23. Qg3 h6 24. h4 Bh7 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. Nc5 Qc8 27. Rc1 e6 28.
Nd2 Ra7 29. Nde4 Re7 30. Nd6 Qa8 31. Rf1 a5 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Ncb7 Qa8 34.
Rxc6 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

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. Rd1 Re8 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bd2 Ba5 13. Be1 Bc7 14. Rac1 Qe7 15.
Qc2 Rad8 16. Qb3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bf1 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. g3 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bg2 Qc7 24. Ne2 Nbd7 25. Bc3 Be7 26. Qc2 g6 27. b3
Bd6 28. Nf4 Ne8 29. Nd3 Ng7 30. Bb2 Be7 31. h4 Bf6 32. Ba3 Nf5 33. Bh3 Nd6 34.
h5 Nb5 35. Bb4 a5 36. Be1 Ne5 37. Nxe5 Qxe5 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Bf1 Nc3 40. a4 b5
41. Bxc3 Qxc3 42. Qxc3 Bxc3 43. axb5 cxb5 44. Bxb5 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Smeets, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Bf4 Ng6 8.
Bg3 f5 9. h4 f4 10. Bh2 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. h5 Ne5 13. Bxf4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Qxd3
15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Rh3 O-O 20. Rd6 Bxd6 21.
Qxe6+ Rf7 22. Qxd6 Qxg2 23. Rg3 Re8+ 24. Be3 Qh1 25. h6 Qh5 26. Rxg7+ Rxg7 27.
hxg7 Ng4 28. Nd5 Qe5 29. Qd7 Qe6 30. Qxb7 Rd8 31. Ne7+ Kxg7 32. Nf5+ Kf6 33.
Qg7+ Kxf5 34. Qg5+ Ke4 35. f3+ Kd3 36. Qxd8+ Kxe3 37. Qd2# 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smeets, J."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

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 c5 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Rc8 19. Bb3 Nxe4 20. Qf4 Nef6
21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Qd4 N7f6 24. Bd2 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Rc1 Rxc1
27. Bxc1 Nc5 28. Bc2 Nb4 29. Be3 Nxc2 30. Bxc5 Ne1 31. Ne3 Nd3 32. b4 a5 33. a3
Nxc5 34. bxc5 b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. Kf1 b3 37. Nd1 Kf8 38. g3 g5 39. Ke2 Bg2 40.
h4 gxh4 41. gxh4 Kg7 42. Kd3 Kg6 43. Kc4 Kh5 44. Kxb3 Kxh4 45. Ne3 Bb7 46. Kc4
h5 47. Kd4 Kg5 48. Ke5 h4 49. f4+ Kg6 50. Ng4 h3 51. Nh2 f6+ 52. Ke6 Bg2 53.
Ng4 Kh5 54. Nf2 h2 55. Kxf6 Kh4 56. Ke5 Kg3 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. Nc3 b4 7. Na4 d6 8. d4 Nbd7
9. a3 a5 10. O-O c5 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Re1 Be4 13. Bh3 Be7 14. Ng5 Bg6 15. axb4 h6
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Bxe6 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Nxe6 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Qxe6+ Qe7 23. Qc6+ Kf7 24. Qd5+ Qe6 25. Qb7+ Be7 26. Nc5 Qf5 27. Nd7
Rhd8 28. Rad1 Qe4 29. Rd5 Kg8 30. Qb6 Kh7 31. h4 Bxh4 32. Rd4 Qf5 33. Rd5 Qh3
34. Qd4 Bxg3 35. Nf6+ gxf6 36. fxg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Rd8 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Qc7
15. Rfd1 b6 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Bb5 g5 18. f4 Ng6 19. fxg5 f6 20. gxf6 Rxf6 21. Kh1
Qe5 22. f3 Rdf8 23. Rf1 Nh4 24. Bd7 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Qxe4 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Bd4
Qxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Kg1 Kf6 31. Bg4 Rf4 32. h3 Ng6 33. Kg2
Ra4 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. Rf1+ Kg7 36. Be6 Ra3 37. Rf7+ Kh6 38. Rf3 b5 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb2 Qb6 14. Rfe1 Bb7
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bh3 Qc6 18. Rc1 Ne4 19. Bg2 f5 20. b4 c4 21. a3
Bf6 22. Nd4 Qb6 23. N2f3 g5 24. e3 g4 25. Nd2 Ne5 26. Re2 Bg7 27. Rd1 Rc8 28.
Nf1 Nd3 29. Ba1 Qa6 30. Qa2 Qa4 31. Rc2 Ndxf2 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Ne6 Nxd1 34.
Bxg7 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Bb6 8. dxe5
Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Re1 h6 14. Nbd2 Bf5
15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Nc4 Ba7 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. h3 Nd3 21.
Re2 Ne5 22. Nd4 Qg6 23. Qc2 Bxd4 24. Qxg6 Nxg6 25. Bxd4 Re8 26. Rd2 Re6 27.
Rad1 Rc8 28. a4 f6 29. a5 Kf7 30. b3 Ne7 31. Rd3 g5 32. Kf1 Nc6 33. Bb6 Ne5 34.
Rg3 Nd7 35. Bd4 Nc5 36. c4 f5 37. Rf3 Kg6 38. g3 Ne4 39. Rfd3 h5 40. Be3 Rf8
41. Bc1 g4 42. h4 Re5 43. b4 Rc8 44. Bf4 Re6 45. Rd4 Kf7 46. R1d3 Re7 47. f3
gxf3 48. Rxf3 Ke6 49. Re3 Kf7 50. Kg2 Rec7 51. c5 dxc5 52. Rd5 Rc6 53. Rxf5+
Nf6 54. bxc5 Kg6 55. Rg5+ Kf7 56. Rf3 Ke6 57. Re5+ Kf7 58. Bg5 Kg6 59. Bxf6
Rxf6 60. Rg5+ Kf7 61. Rxh5 Rd8 62. Rh7+ Kg6 63. Rxf6+ Kxf6 64. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Ng6 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. Qd2 e6 15. Nc3
Be5 16. O-O-O Qf6 17. Nde2 Bd7 18. Kb1 b5 19. Nc1 Na5 20. Nd3 Nc4 21. Qe1 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Ke7 24. Kc1 Rhc8 25. h4 Nxh4 26. Bxh4 gxh4 27. Rxh4 Ne3
28. Re1 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 Rxc3 30. Kb2 Rbc8 31. Rf2 a5 32. Rxh6 b4 33. g4 Bb5 34.
Rd2 a4 35. Nxb4 a3+ 36. Kc1 Rxf3 37. Rh1 Rc4 38. Nd3 Rxe4 39. Ne1 Rg3 40. Rf2
Bc4 41. Kd2 Bxa2 42. Rh7 e5 43. Nd3 Rexg4 44. Rh8 Bd5 45. Rc8 Kd7 46. Rc3 a2
47. Ra3 Rg2 48. Ra7+ Ke6 49. Kc3 Rxf2 50. Nxf2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. e4 Nb6 12. Nd2 Qe8 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. d5 Bh6
15. f4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bg3 Ne3 18. Qe1 Nxf1 19. Bxf1 b5 20. Nf3 Rd5 21.
Ne5 e6 22. Be2 f6 23. Ng4 Bg7 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. Qe3 Qe7 26. Qxa7 h5 27. Nf2 f5
28. Nh3 b4 29. Bf2 bxc3 30. Qa4 Bd4 31. Qxc4 c5 32. Ng5 Rd6 33. Rxc3 Bxc3 34.
Qxc3 Rc8 35. Qc4 Qf6 36. h4 Rc7 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Qxc5 Qd4+ 39. Qxd4 Rxd4 40.
Nxe6 Rd2 41. a4 Kf7 42. Nc5 Rc2 43. Nb3 Ke7 44. a5 Ra2 45. Bb7 Kd6 46. a6 Kc7
47. Nd4 Ra4 48. Ne6+ Kb6 49. Kh2 Rb4 50. g3 Rb2+ 51. Kh3 Rd2 52. Ng5 Rd6 53.
Nf7 Rf6 54. Ne5 Kc7 55. Bd5 Rxa6 56. Bf7 Kd6 57. Bxg6 Ke6 58. Bxh5 Kf6 59. Bf3
Ra1 60. h5 Rc1 61. Bd5 Rd1 62. Bf7 Rd8 63. Bg6 Rh8 64. Nf3 Rd8 65. Nh4 Rd1 66.
Bxf5 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Qb3 b5 13. Nxb5 Rb8 14. Qa4 Qd7 15.
Qxa6 Rxb5 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Bxd6 Ne4 18. Bc7 Rxb2 19. d6 Bd7 20. Rab1 c4 21.
Rxb2 Bxb2 22. e3 c3 23. Nd4 f5 24. Bf1 Nd2 25. Bd3 c2 26. Nxc2 Nf3+ 27. Kf1
Nxe1 28. Kxe1 Re5 29. Bc4+ Kf8 30. Kd2 Rc5 31. Kd3 Bf6 32. Nd4 Ke8 33. Nb3 Rc6
34. Na5 Rc5 35. Nb3 Rc6 36. f3 h5 37. Na5 Rc5 38. Nb3 Rc6 39. f4 h4 40. gxh4
Bxh4 41. Na5 Rc5 42. Nb3 Rc6 43. Bb5 Rxc7 44. dxc7 Bxb5+ 45. Kd4 Kd7 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Rc1 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. e3 Qa5 12. Be5 Qxa2 13. Bd3 Qxb2 14. Bxe4
dxe4 15. Rc2 Qb3 16. Nd2 Qe6 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. O-O b6 19. Ncxe4 Nd7 20. Qa1 bxc5
21. Rb1 Bxd2 22. Bc7 Qxe4 23. Rxd2 Re8 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4
Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. e3 Nb5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15.
Nb3 Qd7 16. Na5 Nd5 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. d4 b6 19. Nb3 Nc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Rb2 a5
22. d5 Bg4 23. Qd2 axb4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Nd4 Rb3 26. Qc2 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 exd4
28. Qxb4 Be2 29. Ra1 dxe3 30. fxe3 Bc4 31. h3 Qc7 32. d6 Qc5 33. Qd2 Qe5 34.
Ra7 Qxg3 35. Qd4 Rd8 36. d7 Kf7 37. Qxb6 Bd5 38. Ra2 Rxd7 39. Qxb5 Qxe3+ 40.
Rf2 Be6 41. Qh5+ Kf8 42. Qxh7 Rd1+ 43. Bf1 Qg3+ 44. Rg2 Rxf1+ 45. Kxf1 Bxh3 46.
Qh8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nd5 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bf6 Kf8 9. Bxg7+ Kxg7 10. O-O d6 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Nb5 Rxe4 14.
Nbxc7 Rb8 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Qc3+ Ne5 17. b3 Re2 18. f4 Rxc2 19. Qd4 Qh4 20. Rad1
Rxa2 21. Nb5 Bh3 22. gxh3 Qxh3 23. Rd2 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qh3 25. Rdf2 Rxf2 26. Rxf2
Rc8 27. Ndc3 Qd3 28. fxe5 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxc3 30. exd6 Rd3 31. Rf4 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Smeets, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. a4 d6 11. d3 Bg5 12. Bd2 a6 13. Bc4 b6 14. b4 Bd7 15.
Bb3 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Qf6 17. Re4 Bf5 18. Re2 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Bd7 21.
a5 bxa5 22. bxa5 Kf8 23. Bc4 Qd8 24. Qd2 Rb8 25. h4 Bb5 26. h5 Bxc4 27. dxc4 h6
28. g3 Qg5 29. Qe2 Qf6 30. Kg2 Qd8 31. Qe4 Kg8 32. Qf5 Qxa5 33. Re7 Rf8 34. Rd7
Qb6 35. g4 Qb4 36. g5 Qxc4 37. gxh6 gxh6 38. Rxd6 d3 39. Rxh6 Re8 40. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4
Be7 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Ne4 Qa5
15. Qh5 f6 16. Ng5 fxg5 17. Be4 h6 18. Qg6 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21.
Qg6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. f4 Rc8 14. Be2 Qa5
15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Rf1 f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. Kf2 Nc4 19. Rfd1 f5 20. exf5 gxf5
21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Rd7 Rf7 23. Rad1 Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8.
Ne5 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a3 g6 12. e3 Bg7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O f6
15. b4 e5 16. Bg3 Qd7 17. Qb3 Rae8 18. Bf3 Kh8 19. h3 Bb5 20. dxe5 Bxf1 21.
Kxf1 d4 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Rd3 Qb6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Rd1 Rf7 26. Kg1 Rfe7 27.
Kh2 b5 28. a4 h5 29. h4 Re1 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qd3 Rxd1 32. Bxd1 Rd8 33. Qe2 Rd4
34. Bc2 Rxb4 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Bd3 Rb3 37. Bxb5 Qf8 38. Qe2 Rb2 39. Qd3 Qf6 40.
Bc4 Rb6 41. Qd5 Qf8 42. Bd3 Kh8 43. Be4 Qe7 44. f3 Re6 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Bd5 Be5
47. Bxe6 Qxh4+ 48. Kg1 Qxg3 49. Qg8+ Kh6 50. Kf1 Qf4 51. Qc8 Qd2 52. Qf8+ Bg7
53. Qa3 Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Bd4+ 55. Kg3 Qe1+ 56. Kh2 Qxe6 57. Qf8+ Bg7 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne2 b6 11. Rd1 Ne7 12. Ned4 a6 13. e6 f6 14. b4
Ng6 15. Be3 c5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. Re1 Ne7 18. Bf4 g5 19. Be3 Bb7 20. c4 Rd8 21.
Nc2 Bd6 22. Nfd4 c5 23. Ne2 Be4 24. Rac1 Bd3 25. Na3 Nf5 26. Nc3 Nxe3 27. fxe3
Bf5 28. Nd5 Bxe6 29. Nxf6+ Ke7 30. Nd5+ Bxd5 31. cxd5 b5 32. Nc2 Rhf8 33. g3
Be5 34. e4 Rf3 35. Kg2 Rd3 36. Re2 Rc3 37. Rd1 Rf8 38. Ne3 c4 39. Nf5+ Kd7 40.
d6 Rd8 41. Rd5 Ke6 42. Red2 Rd7 43. Rc5 Bxd6 44. Rcd5 Rd3 45. R2xd3 cxd3 46.
Nd4+ Ke7 47. Nf5+ Ke6 48. Nd4+ Ke7 49. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Smeets, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rd1 c5 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Ne1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5
15. Bd2 Rc7 16. e4 Bg6 17. Nd3 Qa6 18. Qe3 Nb6 19. Qf3 Nc4 20. Bf4 Rd7 21. h4
h6 22. h5 Bh7 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 e5 26. Bc1 Qxa2 27. Bf1 Na5
28. Qd3 Qa4 29. f3 f5 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. exf5 Bxf5 32. Bxh6 gxh6 33. Qxe5+ Kg8
34. Rd6 Qe8 35. Qf4 Qe1 36. Rxh6 Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Bd3+ 38. Kf2 Rxf4 39. gxf4 Nc6
40. Rd6 Bf5 41. Kg3 a5 42. Kh4 a4 43. Kg5 Bb1 44. Rd1 Bc2 45. Rc1 Bd3 46. Ra1
Bc2 47. f5 Ne7 48. Re1 Nxf5 49. Re2 Bd3 50. Rd2 Bb1 51. Rb2 Bd3 52. Rxb7 Ng7
53. c6 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Na6
9. O-O Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 h5 13. a3 Qe7 14. Nd3 b6 15. h3 Nh6
16. f4 g5 17. fxg5 fxg5 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Bf2 g4 20. h4 Nf7 21. g3 Bh6 22. b4
Bd7 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. a4 Rf8 26. a5 Qf6 27. Qe1 Nd6 28. Ra2 Bc1
29. axb6 axb6 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Qxc1 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Qxg3 33. Qg5+ Kf7 34. Ra7
Qh3+ 35. Kg1 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Ke8 37. Qg6+ Rf7 38. Qg8+ Ke7 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Ra8+
Nc8 41. Rxc8+ Bxc8 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qg5+ Kh7 44. Qxh5+ Kg8 45. Qg5+ Rg7 46.
Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qxc8 Rf7 48. Qxg4 Rf1+ 49. Bxf1 Qxg4 50. d6 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
h6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Nd2 f5 13. O-O fxe4 14. c4 d6 15.
Bb2 Qg5 16. f3 Bh3 17. Qe2 e3 18. Ne4 Qg6 19. a4 Nd7 20. Ra3 Ne5 21. Kh1 Nxc4
22. gxh3 Rxe4 23. Rg1 Qh5 24. Rxg7+ Kf8 25. Rh7 Nxb2 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Kg8
28. Rxh6 Qf5 29. Rh4 Nd3 30. Rg4+ Kf7 31. Re4 Qxd5 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Rh7 Kg8 34.
Rc7 Nf2+ 35. Qxf2 Kf8 36. Qe3 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Qg6+ 39. Kh4 Qf6+ 40.
Qg5 Qxg5+ 41. Kxg5 d5 42. f4 d4 43. f5 Re8 44. Kf6 d3 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. Rg7+ Kh8
47. Rd7 c4 48. Kf7 Rc8 49. f6 c3 50. Rd4 Rc7+ 51. Kg6 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smeets, J."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bh5 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Qe3
Qd7 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Rbd1 Qe6 19. Bg5 Rbe8 20. Qd2
Nxe5 21. Bf4 Qf5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxd5 Qxc3 25. Qxb7 Qxc2 26.
Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 Rb8 28. Rd3 Kf8 29. Rc3 Rb7 30. Re3 Rb6 31. Kf1 Re6 32. Rc3
c6 33. Rc4 Ke8 34. Rd4 Re5 35. h4 Ke7 36. g3 Ke6 37. Kg2 Rb5 38. Rd3 a5 39. g4
Rd5 40. Rf3 Rd4 41. Kg3 c5 42. Re3+ Kd7 43. f3 Rb4 44. f4 Kc6 45. h5 gxh5 46.
gxh5 Rb7 47. Kg4 Kd5 48. Kf5 Kd4 49. Rg3 f6 50. Kg6 a4 51. bxa4 c4 52. f5 c3
53. Rg1 c2 54. Rc1 Kc3 55. h6 gxh6 56. Kxf6 Kd2 57. Rh1 c1=Q 58. Rxc1 Kxc1 59.
a5 Ra7 60. Kg6 Rxa5 61. f6 Ra6 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. e3 Qa5 8. Bxf6
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Nd2 gxf6 11. Be2 Qa5 12. e4 dxe4 13. O-O Qd8 14. Nxe4
f5 15. Ng3 Nd7 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nf6 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Qb1 f4 20. Nf5 O-O
21. Bf3 Rb8 22. Rd1 Qa5 23. Ne7+ Kg7 24. Qb2 Rfe8 25. Re1 Qc5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27.
Re5 Rxe5 28. Qxe5 Rc8 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Qxf6 Qc1+ 31. Bd1 Qc3 32. Qxc3 Rxc3 33.
Bf3 Bxf3 34. gxf3 Rxf3 35. Rb1 Ra3 36. Rxb7 f3 37. h3 Rxa4 38. Kh2 a5 39. Kg3
Ra1 40. Kxf3 a4 41. Ra7 a3 42. Kf4 Kg7 43. Kf5 a2 44. f4 Rh1 45. Rxa2 Rxh3 46.
Rg2+ Kf8 47. Ra2 Rh6 48. Kg4 Rg6+ 49. Kf3 Kg7 50. Ra5 h6 51. Rb5 Rd6 52. Kg4
Kg6 53. Ra5 Rd4 54. Rb5 h5+ 55. Rxh5 Rxf4+ 56. Kxf4 Kxh5 57. Kf5 f6 58. Kxf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bf4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. h3 e5 20. Na4 Qa7 21.
hxg4 exf4 22. Nb6 Be6 23. Nxa8 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qxa8 25. Ra1 Bf6 26. Rxa6 Qd8 27.
Rxc6 Be5 28. Bf3 Bd4 29. Qe1 Be3 30. Kh2 Qf6 31. Kh3 g5 32. g3 Qh6+ 33. Kg2
fxg3 34. Qxg3 Bf4 35. Qh3 Qg7 36. e5 Bxe5 37. Be4 h6 38. b4 Qf7 39. Qf3 Qb7 40.
Qb3+ Kg7 41. Qc4 Rf7 42. Rxd6 Qa7 43. Rg6+ Kh8 44. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Qf6
8. Nb3 Nc6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nbxd4 Nge7 11. e6 Bxe6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. O-O O-O 14.
Re1 Kh8 15. Rxe6 Qg4 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. h3 Qf5 18. Qe4 Qh5 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4
Rf4 21. Rae1 Raf8 22. R6e4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Rf4 24. Re8+ Rf8 25. Re3 h6 26. g5
Nge7 27. Re6 Nf5 28. Bd5 Nd8 29. Re1 c6 30. Bb3 Kh7 31. g6+ Kxg6 32. Ne5+ Kh7
33. Nd7 Rh8 34. Bc2 g6 35. g4 Nd6 36. Re7+ N8f7 37. Ne5 Kg7 38. Nxf7 Nxf7 39.
Bb3 Rf8 40. Rxb7 Kf6 41. f4 g5 42. Rxa7 Nd6 43. Rh7 gxf4 44. Rxh6+ Ke7 45. Re6+
Kd7 46. Re5 Rh8 47. Kg2 Ne8 48. Rf5 Kd6 49. Rxf4 Ke5 50. Rf5+ Kd4 51. g5 Nd6
52. Rf6 Ne4 53. Rh6 Rf8 54. Rh4 Ke3 55. g6 Rf2+ 56. Kg1 Ng5 57. Bd1 Rf6 58. Rh6
Nf3+ 59. Bxf3 Rxf3 60. Rh2 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Na5 8. a4
Nxb3 9. Nxb3 Bb7 10. O-O Bg7 11. Na5 Rb8 12. Nxb7 Rxb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. f4 d5
15. f5 gxf5 16. Nc3 fxe4 17. Nxd5 c6 18. Qg4 Bd4+ 19. Be3 cxd5 20. Bxd4 f6 21.
Qe6+ Re7 22. Qc6+ Qd7 23. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. d5 Nf6 12. e5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bh6
15. Bxh6 Nxh6 16. h3 e6 17. Qd2 Nf5 18. g4 exd5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Bg2 Be4 21.
O-O Rad8 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Qf4 Rd7 24. Nh2 f5 25. Rcd1 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27.
Rd2 Ree7 28. f3 c4 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Bf1 Kg7 32. Be2 Rd2 33. Bxc4
Rc2 34. Re3 Kf6 35. Bb3 Rb2 36. Nf1 Ke5 37. Ng3 Rd2 38. c4 a5 39. Re2 Rd3 40.
Kg2 b6 41. Ba4 Rd4 42. Bb5 f4 43. Nxe4 Rxe4 44. Kf3 Rxe2 45. Kxe2 Kd4 46. Kf3
g5 47. a4 h6 48. Kg4 Kc5 49. h4 Kd4 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Kxg5 f3 52. Kf4 f2 53. c5
bxc5 54. Kf3 c4 55. Kxf2 Kc3 56. Ke1 Kb3 57. Kd2 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Qe4 Nf6 13. Qh4 Nb4 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bd2 b6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Nh7 19. Bd3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Bg5 21. Qh5
Qf6 22. Rh3 Qg7 23. Rg3 Rfd8 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qh6 26. Ne4 Kf8 27. Rh3 Qg6
28. Rg3 Qh6 29. Rh3 Qg7 30. Rg3 Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qf3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Ba3 O-O 10. Rd1 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nc6 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Bxd6
Nd4 15. Qd3 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Qxc3+ 17. Kf1 Rfd8 18. h4 b5 19. c5 Rac8 20. Rh3 Qc4
21. Qxc4 bxc4 22. Re1 Nd7 23. Bxe5 f6 24. Bd4 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rc3 Rd4
27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Ra8 h5 29. Ra7+ Kg8 30. Rxa6 Rxh4 31. Ra4 Rd4 32. g3 Kh7 33.
Kg2 Kh6 34. Rb4 Kg5 35. a4 Kxf5 36. a5 Rxa5 37. Rcxc4 Rd7 38. g4+ hxg4 39. Rf4+
Ke6 40. Rfe4+ Kf7 41. Rxg4 g5 42. Rbd4 Rda7 43. f4 Ra2+ 44. Kh3 Kg6 45. fxg5
fxg5 46. Rg2 Rh7+ 47. Kg3 Ra3+ 48. Kf2 Rh1 49. Rd5 Ra2+ 50. Kg3 Ra4 51. Rd6+
Kg7 52. Rc2 Rf1 53. Rc7+ Rf7 54. Rxf7+ Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Smeets, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

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. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. cxd5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 c5 13. d6 Qxd6 14. Nb5
Nxb5 15. Bxb5+ Kf8 16. Qe2 a6 17. Bf4 Qxf4 18. Qxe7+ Kg8 19. Be8 Qg5+ 20. Kh1
Qh5 21. Re3 h6 22. Ba4 b5 23. Bc2 c4 24. Rd1 Nh7 25. Rg1 Nf8 26. f4 Ng6 27. Qe4
Rd8 28. f5 Nf8 29. Qe7 Rd7 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rg3+ Kh7 32. f6+ Ng6 33. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Bh6 14. a5 f5 15. Bd3
Kh8 16. Re1 Nf6 17. c5 fxe4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5 21. Rb1
Qd7 22. h3 Rac8 23. Qb3 Rf7 24. Bc3 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qf5 26. Rbe1 Rc5 27. Bxe5+
dxe5 28. Rxe5 Qf6 29. Re6 Qf4 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Rc1+ 32. Ne1 Bf8 33. Qb2+
Kg8 34. Re8 Rd1 35. Qxb7 Qf7 36. Qc8 Kg7 37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. Re5 Qf4 39. Qb3 Bc5
40. d6+ Kg7 41. Re7+ Kh6 42. Qc2 Rc1 43. Re4 Rxc2 44. Rxf4 Rc1 45. Kf1 Bxd6 46.
Ra4 Bc5 47. Ke2 Ba7 48. Ra2 Kg5 49. Nd3 Rc4 50. Rb2 Ra4 51. Rb5+ Kf6 52. Nb4
Ke6 53. f4 Kd6 54. g4 Ra3 55. Nd3 Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Ra3 57. Ke2 Ra2+ 58. Ke1 Bd4 59.
f5 gxf5 60. Rxf5 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. e4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be6 14. f4 Bc7
15. Be3 Nd7 16. Rac1 Bb6 17. Kf2 Nf6 18. h3 h5 19. Bf3 Rfd8 20. e5 Ne8 21. b3
f6 22. Na4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 fxe5 24. fxe5 Ng7 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rf8 27. Ke2 Bc7
28. Nc5 Bc8 29. Nd7 Rd8 30. Nf6+ Kf7 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Bxa7 Bc7 33. Bd4 Ne6 34.
Bb2 Ng5 35. Bg2 Ke6 36. Ne4 Nf7 37. Nd6 1/2-1/2

