[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. a3 Qa5 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bh4 Rd8
15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. b4 Qh5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nf4 Qb5 20. d5 Ne5 21.
Bb3 Rac8 22. Qe1 Qb6 23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. Qxe5 Kh8 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rf1 a5 29. Qe4 axb4 30. Bc2 Kg8 31. axb4 Bf6 32. Bb3 Rd4 33. Qg6
Kf8 34. b5 Rd6 35. Qh5 Rd3 36. Bc4 Rd4 37. Qe2 Qc5 38. Bxe6 Qe5 39. Qxe5 Bxe5
40. g3 Rb4 41. Rd1 Rxb5 42. Rd7 Rb6 43. Bf5 Ke8 44. Rc7 Kd8 45. Rd7+ Ke8 46.
Rc7 Kd8 47. Rf7 Ke8 48. Bg6 Kd8 49. Be4 Ke8 50. Rxb7 Rxb7 51. Bxb7 Kf8 52. Kg2
g5 53. Kf3 Kg7 54. Kg4 Bc7 55. h4 Bb6 56. f3 Bf2 57. hxg5 hxg5 58. Kxg5 Bxg3
59. f4 Bxf4+ 60. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Na4 Be7 10. d4 exd4 11. Rd1 c5 12. e3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Qc7 14. Nc3 a6
15. g4 h6 16. h4 d6 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nh7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Bxc5
Nxg5 22. Bg2 Bg4 23. Rd2 Ne6 24. Ba3 Nf4 25. c5 Bh4 26. Nd5 Be6 27. Qe3 Bxd5
28. Qxf4 Bg5 29. Qxg5 Qxg5 30. Rxd5 Qg4 31. cxd6 Rfd8 32. Re1 Rbc8 33. Re4 Rc1+
34. Kh2 Qg6 35. d7 Qh6+ 36. Kg3 Rg1 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Rxd8 Qg6+ 39. Kf4 Qf6+ 40.
Ke3 Qxd8 41. Be4+ g6 42. f3 Rg5 43. Be7 Qb6+ 44. Rd4 Qa5 45. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 46. Kf2
Qd8 47. Bxb7 a5 48. a3 Kg7 49. b4 axb4 50. axb4 f5 51. b5 f4 52. Be4 g5 53. Ke2
Kf6 54. Rd5 Ke6 55. b6 g4 56. fxg4 Kf6 57. b7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Bg5 Qe7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3
Ne5 15. Bxf6 Nxf3 16. Qe3 Qxf6 17. Bd5 Rb8 18. Bc6+ Ke7 19. Qa7 Rhc8 20. Bxf3
Rb6 21. Bb7 Re8 22. Rhe1 Kf8 23. Bxa6 Qd8 24. a4 bxa4 25. Ka1 Qb8 26. Qxb8
Rexb8 27. Bd3 Rxb2 28. Re4 Ra2# 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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 Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. c4 Be6 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. f3 f6 14. Nh3 Be6
15. b3 a6 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. Qf2 b5 18. c5 Qc7 19. Nd3 a5 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Bb6
Qb8 22. Bc5 Rd8 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. f4 Bd6 26. Bd3 a4 27. Rd1 axb3
28. cxb3 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Qc7 30. Kb1 Rd8 31. Qc2 Kh8 32. g3 Qd7 33. f5 Qd6 34.
Qf2 Bd5 35. Qf4 Qa3 36. Be4 Bxe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
e3 c5 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. O-O c4 11. Be2 Re8 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Bg3 Nb6 17. Bf3 Re6 18. a4 Bd7 19. Rfb1 Bc6 20. Bc7 Qa6 21.
a5 Nd7 22. Bg4 Ree8 23. Bf5 Nf8 24. Qd2 Ne6 25. Bg3 Rad8 26. f3 Bd7 27. Bc2 Ng5
28. Bc7 Rc8 29. Bf4 Ne6 30. Bg3 Ng5 31. Bh4 Rc7 32. Bg3 Rcc8 33. Kh1 Re7 34.
Be5 Rce8 35. Qf2 f6 36. Bf4 Ne6 37. Bg3 Nf8 38. e4 Bf5 39. exf5 Re2 40. Ba4
Rxf2 41. Bxe8 Rd2 42. h4 g6 43. fxg6 Re2 44. Bf7+ Kg7 45. h5 Qc6 46. Re1 Rxe1+
47. Rxe1 Qd7 48. Kg1 b5 49. axb6 axb6 50. Re8 b5 51. Rb8 Qe7 52. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Be7 14.
Rfd1 Be6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Kh2 h5 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Nc5 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Bc8 20. b4
h4 21. Rd3 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. g4 hxg3+ 24. Kxg3 b6 25. Nd3 Be6 26. a3 Bd5
27. Nd4 Ke7 28. Nf5+ Kf8 29. f4 Be4 30. Kg4 f6 31. exf6 gxf6 32. h4 Nh8 33. Ng3
Bh7 34. f5 Nf7 35. Kf4 Nd6 36. Nf2 Bg8 37. Nfe4 Ne8 38. h5 Kg7 39. Nf2 Ba2 40.
Ng4 Bb1 41. h6+ Kh7 42. c3 Nd6 43. Nxf6+ Kxh6 44. Ng4+ Kg7 45. Ne5 Kf6 46. Nh5+
Ke7 47. Nxc6+ Kf8 48. Ng3 Nb5 49. Ne2 Bd3 50. a4 Bxe2 51. axb5 Bxb5 52. Nxa7
Bd7 53. c4 Ke7 54. Ke5 Be8 55. Nb5 c6 56. f6+ Kd7 57. Nd6 Bg6 58. c5 bxc5 59.
bxc5 Bb1 60. Nc4 Ba2 61. Nb6+ Ke8 62. Kd6 Kf7 63. Kxc6 Kxf6 64. Kd6 Bb1 65. c6
Bd3 66. Nd7+ Kg7 67. Nc5 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Qe2 Nd5 15.
Bg3 Bb4 16. Rec1 Nde7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bc6 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qa5 21.
Qxa5 Bxa5 22. Bd6 Rfe8 23. b4 Bc7 24. Bc5 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. a5 Red8 27. g3
Bd6 28. Bb6 Rf8 29. Bc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Bf3 31. Re1 Rfd8 32. Be4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4
Kf8 34. Rb1 Ke7 35. Kf1 Rd5 36. h4 Kd7 37. Rf4 f6 38. Re1 Re8 39. Rfe4 g5 40.
hxg5 hxg5 41. g4 e5 42. Ke2 Rh8 43. Rc1 Kc6 44. Rc3 Kb5 45. Rf3 Rh6 46. Rf5 Rd7
47. Rf3 Rd8 48. Rf5 Rd7 49. Rf3 Rd8 50. Rf5 Ka4 51. Rf3 Rd7 52. Rf5 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 e6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 Nxc3 11. dxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 13. Kc2 Be7
14. e4 h5 15. Be3 g6 16. Rad1 Kb7 17. Rd3 c4 18. bxc4 c5 19. e5 Kc6 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. h4 Rd7 22. f3 Rd8 23. g3 Rb8 24. Bh6 Rh8 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Rd1 Kc7 27.
Bf2 Kc6 28. Bg1 Kc7 29. Be3 Rd8 30. Rb1 a6 31. Bf2 Kc6 32. a4 Kc7 33. g4 Rh8
34. Kd3 Rb8 35. Rg1 Rh8 36. Ke4 Kc6 37. Rh1 Bd8 38. Rd1 Bc7 39. Rb1 Ba5 40. Rd1
Rd8 41. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Bf4 h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Rad1
Qe7 16. Rg1 Ne5 17. Qe1 Nf8 18. Qf2 a6 19. Nb3 Be6 20. c5 Rad8 21. cxd6 Rxd6
22. Qc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nfd7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Bc1 Bc4 26. Kg2 Bxe2 27. Nxe2 Nc4
28. Nbd4 c5 29. Nc2 Nf8 30. b3 Ne5 31. f4 Nc6 32. e5 Ne6 33. Be3 Rc7 34. Kf3 b5
35. Ng3 c4 36. bxc4 Na5 37. c5 Nxc5 38. Nb4 Ne6 39. Nd5 Rc2 40. Nf6+ Bxf6 41.
exf6 Nc4 42. f5 Rc3 43. fxe6 Rxe3+ 44. Kf4 fxe6 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. Rd7+ Ke8 47.
Re7+ Kf8 48. Nxh5 e5+ 49. Kg4 Re4+ 50. Kf3 Nd2+ 51. Kf2 gxh5 52. g6 Rf4+ 53.
Ke2 Rxf6 54. g7+ Kg8 55. Kxd2 Rf2+ 56. Ke3 Rxa2 57. Ke4 Rxh2 58. Kf5 Kh7 59.
Ra7 Ra2 60. g8=Q+ Kxg8 61. Kg6 Kf8 62. Kf6 Rf2+ 63. Kxe5 b4 64. Rxa6 b3 65. Rb6
b2 66. Ke4 Ke7 67. Ke3 Rh2 68. Kf4 Kd7 69. Kg3 Rd2 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Qe2
Nc7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne6 12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Bc2 b6 14. Rfd1 Ba6 15.
b4 Ncd7 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Nb3 e6 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nb8 21. Nfd4
Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Ba6 Ra8 24. Be5 Ne4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f3 Nf6 27. Nd4 Qc7
28. Bb5 Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Qe7 30. e4 Rfd8 31. Nd6 Ne8 32. Nxe8+ Qxe8 33. exd5 Rxd5
34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Qxe8 Rxe8 36. c6 Kf6 37. c7 Rc8 38. Kf2 Ke5 39. Ke3 Kd6 40.
Kd4 Rxc7 41. Rxc7 Kxc7 42. Kxd5 Kb6 43. Ke5 Kb5 44. Kf6 Kb4 45. f4 Ka3 46. Kxf7
Kxa2 47. g4 a5 48. f5 gxf5 49. gxf5 a4 50. f6 a3 51. Kg8 Kb3 52. f7 a2 53. f8=Q
a1=Q 54. Qf3+ Kc4 55. Qf4+ Kd5 56. Kxh7 Qa7+ 57. Kg6 Qa6+ 58. Qf6 Qe2 59. h4
Kc5 60. h5 Qe8+ 61. Kh6 Kd5 62. Kg5 Qg8+ 63. Kf4 Qb8+ 64. Kg4 Qb4+ 65. Kg5 Qd2+
66. Kg6 Kc4 67. h6 Qg2+ 68. Kf7 Qb7+ 69. Kg8 Qb8+ 70. Qf8 Qg3+ 71. Kh8 Qe5+ 72.
Qg7 Qe4 73. h7 Kd3 74. Qd7+ Ke2 75. Kg8 Qg6+ 76. Kf8 Qh6+ 77. Qg7 Qf4+ 78. Qf7
Qh6+ 79. Ke7 Qh4+ 80. Ke8 Qa4+ 81. Kf8 Qd4 82. Qh5+ Kf2 83. h8=Q Qd6+ 84. Kf7
Qd7+ 85. Kg6 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rd4 d5 14. Ne5 Nce4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rd7 Bf6 18. Rad1 Bd5 19. Qa4 Bxe5 20. cxd5 Bxf4 21.
gxf4 exd5 22. e3 Qc4 23. Qxc4 dxc4 24. R1d4 b5 25. Rxe4 Rfd8 26. Rb7 a6 27.
Ree7 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rb4 Rb1 31. Rxc4 Rxb2 32. Rxa4 Rb6 33.
Ra7 Rg6+ 34. Kh1 Rc8 35. Ra1 h5 36. R7xa6 Rxa6 37. Rxa6 Rc5 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39.
Ra7 Kg8 40. Re7 g6 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Re5 Rc2 43. Re7 Ra2 44. Rb7 Rc2 45. Ra7 Rb2
46. Kf3 Rd2 47. Rc7 Rb2 48. h3 Ra2 49. Rd7 Rb2 50. e4 Rb3+ 51. Kg2 Rb4 52. f3
h4 53. Rd2 Rb1 54. Rc2 Ra1 55. Rb2 Rc1 56. Rb7 Rc2+ 57. Kg1 Rc1+ 58. Kf2 Rh1
59. Kg2 Ra1 60. Kf2 Ra2+ 61. Ke3 Ra3+ 62. Ke2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Nd3 Bxd4 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. e3 Bb6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Na4 Bc7 15.
Rc1 Bd6 16. Nc3 e6 17. Nb5 Bf8 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bc7 Qd7 20. Qa4 a6 21. Bb6 Nb4
22. Nxb4 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Bc5 Nf6 25. a3 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Bd7 27. Rfc1 Red8
28. f3 Ne8 29. e4 dxe4 30. fxe4 Nd6 31. e5 Nc4 32. Bxb7 Rab8 33. Rc7 Na5 34.
Be4 Be8 35. Bd3 Kg7 36. R1c2 Nc4 37. Rc5 Rd4 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. R5xc4 Rd1+ 40.
Kg2 Ba4 41. Rf2 Rbd8 42. Rc7 Be8 43. Rfc2 Ba4 44. Rf2 Be8 45. Rfc2 R8d4 46. Kf3
Rf1+ 47. Ke3 Rdd1 48. Rd2 Rfe1+ 49. Re2 Rg1 50. Kf3 Bb5 51. Rf2 Rde1 52. Rc5
Ba4 53. Nc2 Rc1 54. b4 Rgd1 55. Rc7 Rd5 56. Ke4 Be8 57. Re7 Rd8 58. Nd4 Kf8 59.
Ra7 Re1+ 60. Ne2 Bb5 61. Rfxf7+ Kg8 62. Rg7+ Kf8 63. Rxh7 Rxe2+ 64. Kf4 Rf2+
65. Ke3 Re2+ 66. Kf4 Rf2+ 67. Ke3 Re2+ 68. Kf3 Kg8 69. Rag7+ Kf8 70. Rc7 Kg8
71. Rc4 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bc3 Na6 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc7 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Nc3 Nc5
15. Qd4 Qb7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Kg1 d6 19. Qe3 a6 20. Nd4 Bf8 21.
Qf3 Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Rb8 23. Nd4 Rdc8 24. f3 g6 25. Kf2 Bh6 26. e3 Bg7 27. Ke2 Kf8
28. Rd2 Ne8 29. Rcd1 Be5 30. g4 Rb7 31. g5 Bg7 32. Ba3 Kg8 33. h4 h5 34. Rc1
Rbc7 35. Rcd1 Rb7 36. Rc1 Rbc7 37. Rcd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bg5
dxe4 9. dxe4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nbd2 Qf6 13. Nc4 Nf4 14. b4 Bb6 15.
Nxb6 axb6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. f3 h5 18. a4 Red8 19. Rae1 Ne7 20. Bf2 h4 21. Be3 h3
22. g3 Ng2 23. Re2 c6 24. Bd3 b5 25. a5 Rd7 26. Bb6 Nc8 27. Bc5 Qd8 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bg2 Qe5+ 12. Be3 Qh2 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxh4+ 15. Bf2 Qd8 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. O-O-O+ Kc7 18. Rd3 Bd6 19. Bg3 Rd8 20.
Rgd1 f6 21. f5 e5 22. Be1 a5 23. Rd5 e4 24. Kb1 e3 25. Bf1 Re8 26. Rxd6 e2 27.
Bxe2 Rxe2 28. Bg3 Rg2 29. Bf4 Rxg4 30. Rd7+ Kc6 31. R1d6+ Kb5 32. a4+ Kxa4 33.
Rb6 Rxf4 34. Ka2 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rd1 a6 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Rab1 Rd8 14. Qe3 Bf8
15. Nf3 Be7 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Rxb6 Nd7 18. Rb2 Nc5 19. Rbd2 Re8 20. Bxc5 dxc5
21. Ne5 Kf8 22. Rb1 Ra7 23. a4 Rd8 24. Rdb2 Bf6 25. f4 a5 26. Rb5 Bxe5 27. fxe5
Bd7 28. Rxc5 Bxa4 29. Rxb7 Ra6 30. Rcc7 Be8 31. c5 a4 32. Ra7 Rxa7 33. Rxa7 Rc8
34. Ra5 a3 35. Kf2 a2 36. Rxa2 Rxc5 37. Rc2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Rxe5+ 39. Kd4 Rh5 40.
h4 Ra5 41. c4 e5+ 42. Ke3 f5 43. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 b4 15. Bxb4
Qb6 16. Ba3 Qxd4 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rad1 Qe5 19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Nb1 O-O 21. Nd2 Ne5
22. Be2 Rfc8 23. Kh1 c4 24. Rc1 Qc6 25. f3 Nd3 26. Rb1 Nxb2 27. Bxb2 c3 28.
Bxc3 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. Nc4 Rc7 31. Rfc1 Bd4 32. Na5 Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 Ra7 34.
Rc7 Ba8 35. Rxa7 Bxa7 36. Bxa6 f5 37. exf5 exf5 38. Bb7 Bb6 39. Nc4 Bxb7 40.
Nxb6 Kf7 41. Kg1 Ke6 42. Kf2 f4 43. Nc4 Kd5 44. Nd2 Kc5 45. Ne4+ Kb4 46. Nd6
Bd5 47. Nf5 Kxa4 48. Nxh6 Kb4 49. Ng4 Be6 50. Nf6 Kc4 51. h3 Kd4 52. Nh7 Ke5
53. Nxg5 Bc4 54. h4 Kf5 55. Nh3 Bf7 56. Ke2 Bc4+ 57. Kd2 Bf1 58. h5 Bxg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. b4 Nxb4 8. Nxe5
O-O 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. a3 Na6 11. f4 c6 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. Ndf3 Ng4 14. Nxd4 Nxe5 15.
fxe5 Bxe5 16. e3 g6 17. Nb3 Bg7 18. d4 Rb8 19. e4 b6 20. Bf4 Rb7 21. e5 Qe8 22.
Nd2 Bf5 23. Qa4 Nb8 24. Rbe1 Qd7 25. d5 cxd5 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Bxd5 Rbb8 28. e6
fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Bxe6 30. Bxb8 Bf5 31. Bd6 Rc8 32. Nf3 Bd3 33. Rf2 Bxc4 34. Rc2
b5 35. Re7 Nc5 36. Rxa7 Ne4 37. Be5 Bf8 38. Bd4 Rd8 39. Rc7 g5 40. g4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 c5 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nf4 g5 14. Bb2 Rg8
15. e6 Bxe6 16. Rad1+ Kc7 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. g4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Ne5 Rad8
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. f4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Ne8 25. Rf7+ Kb6 26. Re7 Nf6
27. Rxe6 Nd5 28. Rxh6 Ne3+ 29. Kg3 Nxc2 30. h4 Nd4 31. h5 Ka5 32. Rh7 b5 33. h6
Rh1 34. Kg2 Rh4 35. Kg3 Rh1 36. g5 Kb4 37. Nd3+ Kc3 38. Nxc5 a5 39. Rf7 Kb4 40.
Nd3+ Kc3 41. Nf2 Rh5 42. Nh3 Ne6 43. Rf3+ Kb2 44. Kg4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Bf5 12. Rd1 a4 13. d5 Na5 14. Nd4 Nac4 15.
Nxf5 gxf5 16. Qc2 Nd6 17. Rb1 Ra5 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Qc8 20. Bf4 h6 21. Rbc1
Rb5 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Qg4 24. Qd3 Rb4 25. Bf3 Qg6 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. Qxg6
fxg6 28. Bg4 g5 29. Be6+ Kf8 30. Be3 Rxb3 31. h4 Bf6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kg2 Rb4
34. Rh1 Kg7 35. Rh5 Rh8 36. Rxh8 Kxh8 37. Rh1+ Kg7 38. Rh5 Nc4 39. Bxg5 Kg6 40.
f4 Kxh5 41. Bf7+ Kg4 42. Be6+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. Bf4 Nh4 17. Kh1 Nf3 18. Kg2 Nh4+ 19. Kh1 Nf3 20. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. b3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxe5 14. Bb2 c6
15. Rd2 Bf5 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. h3 h5 18. Kh2 Be5 19. Kg1 Bf6 20. Bf1 Kf8 21. Kg2
Rad8 22. Ba3+ Kg8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. e4 Be6 26. Ne2 Nc8 27. Nf4
Bd7 28. Nd3 Be7 29. Bc5 Kf8 30. f4 b6 31. Be3 Nd6 32. Ne5 Be8 33. Bd3 c5 34.
Kf3 f6 35. Nc4 Bc6 36. Nxd6 Bxd6 37. Bd2 b5 38. Bc3 Kf7 39. Ke3 a6 40. Be2 Bd7
41. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Be3 Bc6 14. a5 a6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rdc1 Qc7 17. Na4 Nfd5 18. Bd2 Rfb8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nf4 21.
Qe4 Nbd5 22. b3 Ng6 23. Qe2 Qb7 24. Ra4 Rd8 25. g3 Nge7 26. Rb1 Nf5 27. Bd3 Qd7
28. Bc2 Nc7 29. Rd1 Nb5 30. Qe4 h5 31. Bg5 Qxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 Rd5 34.
Rc4 Ra7 35. Qf3 f6 36. Be3 Rad7 37. Re4 Re7 38. Bf4 Nfd4 39. Qd3 Nf5 40. Qf3
Nfd4 41. Qd3 Nf5 42. Qc2 e5 43. Be3 Red7 44. Qe2 g6 45. Qc4 Kg7 46. f4 Nxe3+
47. Rxe3 Rd2+ 48. Re2 e4 49. Kf2 f5 50. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 51. Ke1 Rd5 52. h3 Kf6 53.
g4 h4 54. b4 Rd8 55. gxf5 gxf5 56. Qe2 Nc3 57. Qh5 Rd1+ 58. Kf2 Rd2+ 59. Ke1
Rd1+ 60. Kf2 Rd2+ 61. Ke1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. e3 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Nge2
Na5 9. Bxb7 Nxb7 10. O-O c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Be1 f5 14. f3 Nf6 15.
b4 O-O 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rb1 Nd6 18. Qd3 Rfc8 19. Kg2 cxd4 20. Bb4 a5 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. Rfc1 Qa6 23. Nxd4 Qd6 24. Rb5 Rc5 25. Qc3 h6 26. a4 Nd5 27. cxd5 Rxc3
28. Rxc3 Kh7 29. dxe6 dxe6 30. Rb7 e5 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Rcc7 exd4 33. Rh7+ Kg8
34. Rcg7+ Kf8 35. Rf7+ Ke8 36. Rfg7 Qf8 37. exd4 Rd8 38. Ra7 Qf6 39. Rxa5 Rxd4
40. Rb7 Rd7 41. Rbb5 f4 42. Re5+ Kd8 43. Re2 Qc6 44. Rf5 fxg3 45. hxg3 Qxa4 46.
Rf8+ Kc7 47. Rfe8 Qb4 48. R8e4 Qa3 49. g4 Qd6 50. Re6 Qf4 51. Re7 h5 52. Rxd7+
Kxd7 53. gxh5 Qg5+ 54. Kf2 Qxh5 55. Kg2 Qg5+ 56. Kf2 Qf4 57. Kg2 Kd6 58. Re4
Qd2+ 59. Kg3 Kd5 60. Rg4 Qe2 61. Re4 Qf1 62. Kg4 Qg2+ 63. Kf4 Qg1 64. Re5+ Kd4
65. Re4+ Kd3 66. Re5 Qh2+ 67. Kf5 Qh5+ 68. Kf4 Qh2+ 69. Kf5 Qg3 70. f4 Qf3 71.
Kg5 Kd4 72. Re6 Qg3+ 73. Kf5 Qh3+ 74. Kf6 Qg4 75. f5 Qf4 76. Kg6 Kd5 77. Ra6
Qg4+ 78. Kf6 Qe2 79. Re6 Qh2 80. Kg6 Qg3+ 81. Kf6 Qf4 82. Kg6 Qg4+ 83. Kf6 Qg3
84. Ra6 Qc3+ 85. Kg6 Ke5 86. Re6+ Kf4 87. f6 Qg3+ 88. Kh7 Qh3+ 89. Kg7 Qg4+ 90.
Kh8 Qh5+ 91. Kg7 Qg5+ 92. Kh7 Qh4+ 93. Kg8 Qg3+ 94. Kh8 Qc3 95. Kh7 Qc2+ 96.
Kg7 Qg2+ 97. Kh8 Qb7 98. f7 Qxf7 99. Re4+ Kg5 100. Rg4+ Kh5 101. Rh4+ Kxh4
1/2-1/2

