[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nd7
8. Be3 Nc5 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. Rhe1 Qf6 13. Kb1 Be6 14.
Qe3 Rfe8 15. Qg5 Be7 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Qg5 Be7 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Ng5 Qa6 14. e4 Rad8
15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Qe1 h6 17. exf5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rxf7 19. fxg6 Rff8 20. f4 Qd3
21. f5 Nh5 22. Rf3 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Bf6 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. Nc5 Rd6 26. Bxf6+ Rdxf6 27.
Ne6+ Rxe6 28. Qxe6 Rf6 29. Qe3 Rxf5 30. Qxd4+ Nxd4 31. Rxf5 Ng3+ 32. Kh2 Ngxf5
33. Rc7 Kxg6 34. g4 Nd6 35. Rxe7 Kf6 36. Re3 b5 37. h4 Nc4 38. Re4 Ne6 39. Kg3
a5 40. b3 Nd6 41. Re1 Nc5 42. g5+ Kf5 43. Rf1+ Ke5 44. Kg4 Nce4 45. h5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15.
Ng5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. a5 Bxa5 18. Qf3 Nf8 19. Qf7+ Kh8 20. Qxb7 Qb6 21.
Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nd6 Qxb7 23. Nxb7 Bb6 24. Be3 Reb8 25. Nd6 Bd8 26. Ra2 Rb4 27. Rc1
a5 28. Rc2 Rab8 29. Kf1 g5 30. Ke2 Ng6 31. g3 h6 32. Kd3 Rb3+ 33. Rc3 Rxc3+ 34.
bxc3 Ne7 35. h3 Bc7 36. Bc1 Bxd6 37. exd6 Nf5 38. d7 Rd8 39. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qa4
Nbd7 9. e5 Nb6 10. exf6 Nxa4 11. fxg7 Re8 12. Nxa4 e5 13. dxe5 Bg4 14. Nc3 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Rxe5+ 16. Be2 Qe7 17. f4 Re6 18. Kf1 Rd8 19. Bf3 Re1+ 20. Kg2 Rxh1 21.
Kxh1 Rd3 22. Kg2 c6 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nc3 Kxg7 25. a4 a5 26. Nd1 h5 27. Ne3 h4 28.
h3 Qe6 29. Kf1 Rd4 30. Be2 Qe4 31. f3 Rxa4 32. fxe4 Rxa1 33. exf5 Rxc1+ 34. Kf2
Rb1 35. Nc4 a4 36. fxg6 Rxb2 37. Nxb2 a3 38. Bc4 axb2 39. Bd3 c5 40. Ke3 b5 41.
Bb1 b4 42. Kd3 Kxg6 43. Kc4+ 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Qc2 Bg7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Bb2 Nh5 20. Bf1 bxa4 21. bxa4 d5
22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. c4 dxe4 25. c5 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 e3 27. fxe3 Rcd8
28. Nc4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qe7 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Qd4 Rf8 32. Bc4 Bc8 33. Rb1 Ng3 34.
e4 Qg5 35. Bxf7+ Rxf7 36. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. e3 Bf5
9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. g4 Be6 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Ne4 13. Ndxe4 dxe4 14. Rc1 a4 15. Be2
Bb3 16. axb3 a3 17. Nxe4 e5 18. Bg5 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 h6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Bh4 a2
22. Kg2 exd4 23. exd4 Qa3 24. Qd2 Rfe8 25. Nd6 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qxb3 27. Rhd1 Qd5+
28. Qe4 Qxe4+ 29. Nxe4 Ra4 30. Ra1 f5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Nc3 Rxd4 33. Rxa2 Rxh4
34. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe5 Rf8 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qc3 Qc7 13. a4 Bb7 14. axb5
Nxe4 15. Qb3+ c4 16. Qxc4+ Qxc4 17. Nxc4 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ncd2 Ra1 20. f3
Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Bg5 22. Nb3 Rb1 23. Bd2 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Bd5 25. Nd4 Be3+ 26. Bf2
Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Ba2 28. h4 Bb1 29. c3 Kf7 30. Kf2 g6 31. Ke3 Ke6 32. Kf4 h5 33.
Kg5 d5 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Bc2 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Bd3 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Ke5
Bc4 40. Be3 Kg7 41. Kd4 Kh7 42. Kc5 Kg8 43. h6 Kh7 44. Kb4 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7
8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nxe5 Bf5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. d3 Rhe8 12. f4 Kb8 13. Qf2 Bc8 14.
Bd2 b6 15. Rae1 Qe6 16. f5 Qd5 17. c4 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 Re8
15. Rc1 a6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. b5 Rxa3 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Ra7 20. Qb3 Bxf3
21. Rxb6 Be2 22. Rb1 Bc4 23. Qc3 Rae7 24. f3 f6 25. Qd4 Qc8 26. e4 dxe4 27. Rc1
e3 28. Qxc4+ Qxc4 29. Rxc4 e2 30. Bg3 e1=Q+ 31. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Kh2 R1e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. Rb1 Kh8 15.
a4 Bd6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ne7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nc5 20. f3 Bh5 21. Nb3
Ne6 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Rb3 Bg6 24. Ba3 Rf7 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. f4 Nc8 27. Bc5 Nb6
28. Rbb1 Rd7 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 31. Kh1 Qe6 32. c4 dxc4 33. Bxc4 Qe7
34. Be2 Qb4 35. Red1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Qxf4 37. Qxc7 Re8 38. b6 h6 39. e6 Qe3 40.
Bc4 Bh5 41. Rf1 Be2 42. Qf7 Bxc4 43. Qxe8+ Kh7 44. Rg1 Bxe6 45. Qb5 Qd4 46. Qb1
Qc5 47. Rc1 Qf2 48. Rf1 Qc5 49. h3 Bd7 50. Rc1 Qf2 51. Rc7 Qd4 52. Rxb7 Bc6 53.
Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Ng5 Nf6 8.
Nxe6 fxe6 9. Bc4 Qd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Qf3 Na5 13. Ba4 Nc6 14. O-O-O
O-O 15. Qh3 Kh8 16. Rhf1 a6 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Qc7 19. Qxe6 b5 20. Bb3 Na5
21. Kb1 Rfe8 22. Bd4 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Qb7 24. Qf7 Qc6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. Bxc6
dxc6 9. a5 Ba7 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 exd4 13. Rd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. cxd4 Rfd8 17. Ra4 f5 18. exf5 Rd5 19. Nc3 Rxf5 20. g4 Rf6 21.
Rb4 b5 22. axb6 cxb6 23. Ra4 a5 24. Ne4 Rf4 25. Ng3 Rd8 26. Kg2 Rf6 27. Nf5 Bb8
28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Rac4 Rc8 30. b4 axb4 31. Rxb4 Bc7 32. Ra4 Ke8 33. Ra7 Bf4 34.
Rb1 b5 35. d5 cxd5 36. Rxb5 Kf8 37. Rxd5 Re8 38. h4 Kg8 39. h5 Bc1 40. Rb7 Ba3
41. Rbd7 Bf8 42. Rd8 Rfe6 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Ne3 Rxd8 45. Rxd8 Rb1 46. Nf5 Rb6 47.
Rc8 Rb3+ 48. Kh4 Rb6 49. f4 Ra6 50. g5 hxg5+ 51. Kxg5 Re6 52. h6 Rg6+ 53. Kh5
Rf6 54. Ne7+ Kh7 55. Rxf8 Rxf4 56. Kg5 Rf1 57. Nf5 Rg1+ 58. Kf6 Rg6+ 59. Kxf7
Ra6 60. Ke7 Kg6 61. Kd7 Rb6 62. Kc7 Ra6 63. Kb8 Rb6+ 64. Ka7 Re6 65. Kb7 Re1
66. Kc6 Rc1+ 67. Kd6 Rd1+ 68. Ke5 Re1+ 69. Kf4 Rf1+ 70. Kg3 Rh1 71. Kf3 Rh2 72.
Kg4 Rg2+ 73. Kf4 Rg1 74. Rg8+ Kh5 75. h7 Rxg8 76. Ng3+ Kh6 77. hxg8=R 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. e3
Nxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. Qe2 Qc6 15.
Qf1 Rfc8 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. h3 Ncd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. e4 Bf6 20. f3 Bxc3 21. bxc3
Nc5 22. a5 Na4 23. Rd6 b5 24. Bb3 Rxc3 25. Bxa4 bxa4 26. Rb6 Rb3 27. Qc4 e5
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. O-O h6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Rfe1+ Ne7 16. Qb3 O-O 17. a4 Bf5 18. a5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bc7 20. b5 Bd6 21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qd7 23. Bb4 Rfd8 24. Bd6 Rc4 25. h3 Qe6 26. Rad1 Rd7 27. a6
bxa6 28. bxa6 Nf5 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc6 31. Red1 Rxa6 32. Bc5 Rxd5 33.
Rxd5 Ra5 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Bd6 Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Bd3
g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. e4 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 exd4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15.
Bb1 d3 16. Bxd3 Rd8 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Qxd5 20. Re8+ Rxe8 21.
Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Qd3+ Kg8 24. Re4 Rad8 25. Qb1 Rd6 26. Re1 Red8 27.
b3 b5 28. Qc2 Bf6 29. Qc5 a6 30. Qc7 Kg7 31. Kh2 R8d7 32. Qc5 Rd5 33. Qc2 Bf5
34. Qc7 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. Qf3
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rg1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qg3 Rd8 14. Be2
Rxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rc4 Be6 17. Rd1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rd8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5
Kh8 21. Rf1 f6 22. Kb1 b5 23. Qf3 b4 24. g4 Qb6 25. h4 Be3 26. g5 Bf4 27. gxf6
Qxf6 28. h5 a5 29. a4 Qg5 30. Qe2 Rf8 31. Rh1 Qe7 32. Qa6 Qc5 33. Bb3 Rd8 34.
Ka2 Bg5 35. Rf1 Bf4 36. Rd1 Qf8 37. Bd5 Qc5 38. Bb3 Qf8 39. Rh1 Ra8 40. Qb6 Qd8
41. Qe6 Qe8 42. Qd5 Qd8 43. Qb5 Qe8 44. Qe2 Rd8 45. Qa6 Ra8 46. Qb7 Rb8 47. Qc7
Qd8 48. Qc4 Qd6 49. Rh3 Rd8 50. Rd3 Qf8 51. Rd5 Ra8 52. Rd7 Rd8 53. Ra7 Ra8 54.
Rf7 Qd6 55. Qb5 Bh6 56. Rd7 Qf6 57. Qd5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qh4 Bf6 10. Qf4 Qf5 11. g3 g5 12. Qe3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. h6 Rc8
15. O-O Rg8 16. Ne1 b6 17. Nd3 Qg6 18. a4 Na5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxh6 21. d3
Bc6 22. Qf5 Rd8 23. Bxc6+ Nxc6 24. a5 Nxa5 25. Rxa5 bxa5 26. Be3 Qc6 27. Rb1
Rg6 28. c4 Rh6 29. f3 Qe6 30. Qxc5 Qh3 31. Qb5+ Kf8 32. Kf2 Re6 33. Rg1 f6 34.
Qb1 Qf5 35. Qc1 a4 36. Rh1 Kg8 37. d4 Rc6 38. c5 Ra6 39. g4 Qd5 40. Qc2 Qf7 41.
Rxh7 Qxh7 42. Qc4+ Qf7 43. Qxa6 Qb3 44. c6 Qe6 45. c7 Qxa6 46. cxd8=Q+ Kf7 47.
d5 Qb5 48. d6 exd6 49. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Ng2 h5 14. f4 hxg4 15.
hxg4 Qc7 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21.
g5 Bf7 22. Qc2 g6 23. Qf2 d5 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Be3 Bxg5 26. Qg3 Be7 27. Bg2 g5
28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxg5 Qf7 31. Kf2 Rh2+ 32. Kf1 Rd8 33. Qg3 Qc4+
34. Kg1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Qf2 Na5 15.
Ndb5 axb5 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Bxa5 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rf8 20. Bb5 b6 21.
Bb4 Qc7 22. c3 Ra8 23. Rda1 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Nd7 25. Qe2 Nc5 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Bc4
Ra8 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. g3 e6 30. Kg2 Bf6 31. Bb5 Ra7 32. h4 h5 33. Bc4 Qc6 34. Kh3
Be7 35. Re1 Qa8 36. Rd1 Ra1 37. Ba3 Rxd1 38. Qxd1 Qc8 39. Bb5 d5 40. exd5 exd5+
41. Kg2 Qe6 42. Qe2 Kf8 43. Qxe6 Nxe6 44. Bxe7+ Kxe7 45. Kf2 d4 46. c4 Nc7 47.
Ba4 f5 48. Ke2 Na6 49. Bb5 Nb4 50. f4 Kf7 51. Kd2 Ke7 52. Ke2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 f6 14. Na5 Qc8 15.
c3 Kh8 16. Qb3 c5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra2 Qc6 21. Rea1
c4 22. Qc2 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Nb6 24. Ra6 Rfd8 25. Qe2 Qd5 26. Be3 Nc4 27. Ba7 Ra8
28. b3 Na3 29. b4 Nc4 30. Ne1 h6 31. Nc2 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34.
Bxe3 Rxa6 35. Rxa6 Rxc3 36. Rb6 Bxb4 37. Rxb5 Rc4 38. g4 Kh7 39. Kg2 Kg6 40.
Rb7 Bf8 41. Rb8 Kf7 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Kf3 Be7 44. Rb6+ Bd6 45. Rb7 Be7 46. Rb6+
Bd6 47. Rb7 Bf8 48. Rb6+ Kf7 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb8 Bd6 51. Rb7 Bc7 52. Ra7 h5
53. Rb7 hxg4+ 54. hxg4 Bd6 55. Rb6 Ba3 56. Rb7 Bc1 57. Bxc1 Rxc1 58. Kg2 Kh6
59. g5+ fxg5 60. Rb6+ Kh5 61. Rb7 Kg6 62. Rb6+ Kf5 63. Rb7 g6 64. Rf7+ Ke6 65.
Rf8 Rc3 66. Ra8 g4 67. Rg8 Kf5 68. Rf8+ Ke6 69. Re8+ Kf6 70. Rf8+ Ke7 71. Rg8
Rf3 72. Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Bg6 7. Nh4 Nf5 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Nf3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14. Bxc4 Nc6
15. Bb2 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Rxh4 17. Bd3 Bb6 18. g3 Rh5 19. f4 O-O-O 20. O-O-O Bd4 21.
h4 Rhh8 22. Rh2 Rd7 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Be4 Rhd8 25. Kb2 Nf5 26. Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. Be2 e6 13. O-O Bb4 14. Be3 O-O
15. Qb3 Qb8 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Rad1 f6 18. Na2 Bf8 19. Bc4 Bf7 20. f4 Re7 21. Nc3
Qe8 22. Bf2 Nb8 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Na6 25. Bb6 cxd5 26. Nxd5 Re4 27. Qg3 Qc6
28. Bb5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Bxa5 Nc5 31. b4 Ne6 32. Bd3 Rd4 33. Qe3 Re8 34.
Bb5 Rc8 35. Bd7 Re4 36. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. e4 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 g5 14. Bg3 cxd4
15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Qe2 Qa6 17. Bxb8 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Raxb8 19. Rxd4 Rbc8 20. Rfd1
Rc2+ 21. R1d2 Rfc8 22. Ne5 Rc1 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Ra8 Rc5 26. Nd3
Rc2+ 27. Kd1 Rc7 28. f3 h5 29. Kd2 Nd7 30. b3 h4 31. g3 hxg3 32. hxg3 Kf6 33.
f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 e5 35. Re8 exf4 36. Nxf4 Rc6 37. b4 Kg7 38. Kd3 Rd6+ 39. Ke3
a6 40. e5 Rh6 41. e6 Ne5 42. e7 Kf6 43. Nd5+ Ke6 44. Rd8 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Bb3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 d5 8. Nbd2
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5 12. Qe2 h6 13. Qb5 Qe7 14. Qxb7 Na5 15.
Qb5 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Bd6 17. Nh4 a6 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. f3 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. Be3
Nd7 22. g4 Bg6 23. Red1 Rfb8 24. a3 Kf8 25. Rd5 Ke7 26. Rad1 Bh7 27. Kf2 Nb6
28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. Nf5+ Bxf5 30. exf5 h5 31. Nd2 hxg4 32. fxg4 Ra4 33. Re1 Rb8
34. Ne4 f6 35. h4 Kd7 36. Kf3 Kc6 37. Red1 Be7 38. h5 Rh8 39. R5d2 Raa8 40. Rh2
Rh6 41. Rc2 Ra4 42. Rcd2 Rh8 43. Rd7 Re8 44. Ke3 Raa8 45. R7d5 Rh8 46. R5d3 Ra4
47. R3d2 Raa8 48. Rh1 Rh6 49. c4 b4 50. axb4 Bxb4 51. Rd5 Ra2 52. Rb1 Rh8 53.
Rb5 Be7 54. Nc3 Raa8 55. Nd5 Bd6 56. Ke4 Ra4 57. b4 Ra3 58. Ra5 Rg3 59. b5+ Kd7
60. b6 Rxg4+ 61. Kf3 Rd4 62. b7 Rb8 63. Ra8 c6 64. Nb6+ Kd8 65. c5 Bc7 66. Rg1
Rf4+ 67. Ke2 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Nb5 c4 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 Bxc2 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nge7 14. Bxb4
Nxb4 15. Ng5 Rxa8 16. Nxf7 Nec6 17. Nd6 Bg6 18. a3 Nxd4 19. Bxc4 Nbc6 20. Ra2
Qb6 21. Be2 a6 22. Qc3 Rb8 23. Rd1 Qb3 24. Qxb3 Nxb3 25. f4 b5 26. Bg4 Ke7 27.
h4 h5 28. Bh3 Nba5 29. Rf2 Nc4 30. Rf3 N4xe5 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. Rg3 Kxd6 33. Re1
Be4 34. Rxg7 a5 35. Ra7 Nc6 36. Ra6 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Bxe6 b3 39. Rc1 d4 40.
Bxb3 Rxb3 41. Rc4 Rd3 42. Kf2 Bd5 43. Rc2 Rc3 44. Rd2 Kc5 45. Ra8 Be6 46. Rg8
Bxg8 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3
Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Rg1 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Ke2 dxc4
15. bxc4 e5 16. Bg2 exd4 17. exd4 O-O 18. Rgd1 Rfe8+ 19. Kf1 Nb6 20. b3 a5 21.
g5 Nh5 22. c5 Nd7 23. Ne4 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Nf4 25. Nd6 Reb8 26. Bf3 Ra6 27. Bg4 f5
28. Be2 b5 29. h4 a4 30. Bd1 Rba8 31. bxa4 bxa4 32. Ra3 Nf8 33. Rb2 N8e6 34.
Rb4 Nd5 35. Rc4 Rb8 36. Raxa4 Rxa4 37. Bxa4 Rb1+ 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Ke1 Nb4 40.
Kd1 Nf4 41. Bc2 Kf8 42. Rc3 Nfd5 43. Rc4 Nf4 44. Rc3 Nfd5 45. Rc4 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. h3 Re8 12. Rfd1 Bf8 13. a3 Nc5 14. Nd2 Ne6
15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Nd2 Ne6 17. Nf3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 e6 7. Re1 Ne7 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. Nf1 a6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Qe2 c5 12. Be3 h6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bb1 Rad8 15.
Bf4 e5 16. Be3 b5 17. h4 Nf6 18. h5 Ng4 19. Bc1 Bc8 20. a4 Qb6 21. axb5 axb5
22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nh2 Nxh2 24. Kxh2 c4 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. hxg6 fxg6
28. Rd1 Be6 29. Bc2 Nc6 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Kg1 h5 32. Nf1 Bf6 33. Qd2 Kg7 34.
Qxd8 Nxd8 35. Nd2 Nf7 36. b3 Bg5 37. Bxg5 Nxg5 38. bxc4 Bxc4 39. g3 Kf6 40. Kg2
Ne6 41. Nxc4 bxc4 42. Ba4 Nc5 43. Bc6 Nd3 44. Kf3 g5 45. Bb5 Nb2 46. Ke2 h4 47.
Bd7 Ke7 48. Bf5 Na4 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. Bg4 Kc6 51. Bf5 Nb2 52. Ke2 Kb5 53. Bd7+
Kc5 54. Be6 Na4 55. Kd2 Kb5 56. Bd7+ Ka5 57. Be6 Nc5 58. Bxc4 Nxe4+ 59. Ke3
hxg3 60. fxg3 Nxc3 61. Kf3 Kb4 62. Bf1 Kc5 63. Kg4 Ne4 64. Bg2 Kd4 65. Kf5
Nxg3+ 66. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Nc2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. Na3 e5 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Qb2
Rb8 15. Nb5 Qa5 16. Bg5 Bf5 17. Rbd1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rd6 Qb6 20. Qd2 Rf8
21. Bxf6 Qxb5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Be7 Re8 24. Rd8 c5 25. f3 h6 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.
Qd8 Qxd8 28. Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 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 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 Rd8 17. Ne4 O-O 18. g3 b5 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Ne5
c5 22. cxb5 Rxd4 23. Qf3 Nd5 24. Nc6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bf6 26. Qb3 a6 27. Rc1 axb5
28. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. O-O e5 8. a3
a5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 a4 11. b4 axb3 12. Nxb3 f5 13. a4 f4 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Bc3
Rb8 16. Qb1 g5 17. Qb2 Ng6 18. Nbd2 b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Ra7 Bf6 21. Ba5 Qc6
22. Rc7 Qd6 23. Nc4 Qe6 24. Rxc5 O-O 25. Bc7 Rb7 26. Na5 Ra7 27. Qxb5 Bd7 28.
Qb6 Qxb6 29. Bxb6 Ra6 30. Nc4 g4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. Nfd2 Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34.
Ba5 Be6 35. Rb1 f3 36. g3 Bg5 37. Rb6 Rxa5 38. Nxa5 Bxd2 39. Rxe6 Bxa5 40. Rf6
Kg7 41. Ra6 Bb4 42. Rc6 h5 43. c3 Be7 44. d4 h4 45. Kh2 Bg5 46. d5 Be3 47. fxe3
f2 48. Kg2 hxg3 49. Ra6 Nh4+ 50. Kf1 Nf3 51. Ra1 Kf7 52. c4 Nd2+ 53. Kg2 Nxe4
54. c5 Nxc5 55. Kxg3 Ne4+ 56. Kg2 Ke7 57. Ra6 Nc5 58. Rc6 Ne4 59. Re6+ Kd7 60.
Rxe5 Nf6 61. e4 Ng4 62. Rf5 Kd6 63. Rxf2 Ke5 64. Kg3 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "257"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rfd1 Bf5 11. c5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bc2 13. Rdc1 Bxb3 14. Nd2 Bc4
15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Na4 Nd5 17. Rxc4 b5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rcc1 Rfc8 20. Nc3 Rxa1
21. Rxa1 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Nf6 23. Ra6 Bd8 24. Bf3 Kf8 25. e3 Nd5 26. Ne4 Be7 27.
Nd2 c5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxb6 cxd4 30. exd4 g6 31. Nf3 f6 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. h4 h5
34. Ng1 Rc2 35. Kf3 g5 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. hxg5 Bxg5 38. Rb5 Ke6 39. Rb6+ Kf7 40.
Rd6 Bf6 41. Ne2 Rxb2 42. Rxd5 h4 43. Nf4 Rd2 44. Ke3 Rd1 45. Ke4 Ke7 46. Nd3
Ra1 47. Rh5 Kf7 48. d5 Kg7 49. f3 Ra3 50. Nf4 Kf7 51. Rh7+ Kg8 52. Rb7 Bg5 53.
Ne6 Bf6 54. f4 h3 55. Kf5 Bh4 56. Rg7+ Kh8 57. Rg6 Ra7 58. Rg1 Ra5 59. Ke4 h2
60. Rh1 Ra2 61. Nd4 Kg8 62. d6 Kf7 63. Nf3 Bf6 64. Kf5 Rf2 65. Nxh2 Rd2 66. Ng4
Rxd6 67. Rh6 Rd5+ 68. Ne5+ Bxe5 69. fxe5 Ra5 70. Rh7+ Kg8 71. Re7 Ra6 72. Re6
Ra1 73. Rf6 Kg7 74. Ke4 Ra4+ 75. Kd5 Ra5+ 76. Kd4 Ra4+ 77. Kd5 Ra5+ 78. Ke4
Ra4+ 79. Kf5 Ra1 80. Rb6 Kf7 81. Rb7+ Ke8 82. Kf6 Re1 83. Ke6 Kf8 84. Rb8+ Kg7
85. Rd8 Re2 86. Rd5 Kf8 87. Rc5 Re1 88. Rc8+ Kg7 89. Kd6 Kf7 90. Rc7+ Ke8 91.
Ke6 Kf8 92. Rf7+ Ke8 93. Rh7 Kf8 94. Rh8+ Kg7 95. Re8 Re2 96. Kd7 Rd2+ 97. Ke7
Re2 98. e6 Ra2 99. Rc8 Ra7+ 100. Kd6 Ra6+ 101. Kd7 Ra7+ 102. Rc7 Ra8 103. Ke7
Kg6 104. Rb7 Kg7 105. Rd7 Kg6 106. Rd2 Ra7+ 107. Kf8 Ra8+ 108. Ke7 Ra7+ 109.
Kd6 Ra6+ 110. Ke5 Ra5+ 111. Rd5 Ra1 112. Rd8 Ra5+ 113. Kd6 Ra6+ 114. Ke7 Ra7+
115. Rd7 Ra8 116. Rd6 Kg7 117. Rc6 Ra7+ 118. Ke8 Ra8+ 119. Ke7 Ra7+ 120. Kd8
Kf8 121. Rc5 Ra8+ 122. Kd7 Ra7+ 123. Kd6 Ra6+ 124. Rc6 Rxc6+ 125. Kxc6 Ke7 126.
Kd5 Ke8 127. Kd6 Kd8 128. e7+ Ke8 129. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Qd2 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 e6 10. c5 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 g6 13. Nf4 Qc7 14. Nd3 Nh5 15. f4
Be7 16. O-O-O Bh4 17. Be2 Ng7 18. Kb1 f5 19. Ka2 Nf6 20. f3 Nd7 21. Rdg1 Nh5
22. Bd1 O-O-O 23. Be2 Kb8 24. Qc2 Rde8 25. Bc1 Kc8 26. Bd2 Kd8 27. Qd1 Ke7 28.
Qf1 Kf7 29. Qh3 Qd8 30. Bd1 Qe7 31. Rg2 Ref8 32. Rhg1 Ke8 33. Re2 Bf6 34. Rge1
Bh4 35. Rf1 Bf6 36. Be1 Kd8 37. Bf2 Qg7 38. Rfe1 Kc7 39. Rc2 Ra8 40. Qf1 Rhe8
41. Ne5 Qe7 42. Qh3 Bg7 43. Rg1 Bf6 44. Be2 Rab8 45. Rcc1 Red8 46. Ba6 Rf8 47.
Qf1 Bh4 48. Bg3 Nxe5 49. dxe5 Qd8 50. Bd3 Be7 51. Bb1 Qc8 52. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

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. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. g4 Nxg4 17. Rhg1 f5 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. c4 Qd6 20. Ne5 Qxd4 21.
Nxg4 fxg4 22. Rxg4 Qxf2 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 24. Rf4 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

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 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. Be2 N8d7 12. Qa3 c6 13. h4 h5 14. Qb3 Be6 15.
Qd1 f6 16. Bd3 Qe8 17. Qc2 f5 18. Ng5 Bd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Ne6 Rf7 21. Bd2 Nf8
22. Ng5 Rd8 23. O-O-O Bh6 24. Nxf7 Bxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Qxf7 26. Bc4 Ne6 27. Kb1 Qe8
28. f3 Kg7 29. g4 hxg4 30. fxg4 fxg4 31. Qe4 Qf7 32. Rf1 Qg8 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34.
Qxg4 c5 35. Rg2 g5 36. Rgf2 Rxd4 37. Rf7+ Qxf7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qf5+ Ke8 40.
Qxe6 gxh4 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qf5+ Kg7 43. e6 h3 44. Qxh3 Kf6 45. Qf3+ Kxe6 46.
Qxb7 Rd6 47. Kc2 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 e6 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Rc1 O-O
15. Na4 Ba7 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Bxa6 Ne4 18. Qh5 f5 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Rc1 Qe7 21.
Rc2 f4 22. exf4 Rxf4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Bc3 d4 25. Bd2 d3 26. Rc3 Re2 27. Rxd3
Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. a4 a6
9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxa8 O-O 14. Bf3 Nd5
15. h4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. e4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne7 19. Bb4 Nbc6 20. Bd6 Qb6 21. b3
Ra8 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qc1 Ng6 24. Qxc4 Ncxe5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Qc3 Qd4 27. Rc1
g5 28. Kg2 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 g4 30. Be2 Kg7 31. f4 gxf3+ 32. Bxf3 Ra2+ 33. Kf1 Ra4
34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Ke3 Nc4+ 36. Kd3 Ne5+ 37. Ke3 Nc4+ 38. Kd3 Ne5+ 39. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
e4 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. O-O a5 11. a3 a4 12. Nd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nce4 Qa5 15.
Rb1 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Nd4 17. c3 Nc6 18. b4 Qc7 19. Bb2 Nb6 20. Qe2 Ne5 21. Rfd1 Ba2
22. Ra1 Bd5 23. Nc5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qc6+ 25. f3 Nbd7 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. c4 Rad8
28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rab1 Rd3 30. h4 Bg7 31. Ne4 Qxc4 32. Rbc1 Qd5 33. Rxd3 Qxd3
34. Qxd3 Rxd3 35. Rc8+ Bf8 36. Nc5 Rxa3 37. Nd7 Kg7 38. Nxf8 Rd3 39. Nxh7 Kxh7
40. Rc7 b6 41. Rxe7 Kg7 42. Rb7 Rd2+ 43. Kh3 Rd6 44. b5 a3 45. Ra7 Rd3 46. Ra6
Rxf3 47. Rxb6 a2 48. Ra6 Rf2 49. b6 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 c6 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd2 Qd5 11. a5 c5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14. Bxc4
Bc6 15. Ke2 Nd7 16. Rhc1 Ke7 17. Be3 b5 18. Bd3 c4 19. Bb1 f6 20. exf6+ Nexf6
21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nd5 23. f3 Nxe3 24. Kxe3 Rad8 25. Bc2 Rd5 26. Be4 Rxe5
27. Kd4 Kf6 28. Rd1 Bd5 29. a6 Rb8 30. Bxd5 Rxd5+ 31. Ke4 Rbd8 32. Rxd5 Rxd5
33. f4 Ke7 34. g4 Kd6 35. f5 exf5+ 36. gxf5 Kc5 37. Rg1 Rd7 38. Rg5 Re7+ 39.
Kf4 Kb6 40. h4 Kxa6 41. h5 h6 42. Rg6+ Ka5 43. Re6 Rd7 44. Ke4 Ka4 45. f6 gxf6
46. Rxf6 Kb3 47. Rxh6 Kxc3 48. Rg6 b4 49. h6 Rh7 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 c6 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. c4
Nb6 9. Be3 a5 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Qb3 Bf5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Rac1 h6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15.
Rd2 Nd7 16. Rdd1 Be6 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb6 20. Qa2 Nc7 21.
Bc4 e6 22. d5 Qxb2 23. dxe6 Qxa2 24. exf7+ Kh7 25. Bxa2 Nb5 26. Rd3 Nf8 27. Rb3
Nd6 28. Bf4 g5 29. Bg3 Nxf7 30. Rxb7 Nd6 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. Rcc7 Nd7 33. Rxd7
Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Rc8 35. g3 Rc3 36. Rd3 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Bf8 38. a4 Bc5 39. Rd7+ Kg6
40. Ne5+ Kf5 41. Nd3 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Be2 exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6
15. c4 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 b6 17. h3 Re8 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Ne5 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Nb1
f5 22. Nc3 Nf7 23. a4 g5 24. a5 f4 25. Bd2 Nd6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rb1 Reb8 28.
Re1 Ra3 29. Re7 Bf5 30. Rc1 Rb7 31. Rxb7 Nxb7 32. Nb5 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Bxa1 34. h4
h6 35. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O Ng6 11. c4 Be7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. g3 O-O
15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Bc3 Rfd8 17. Qa4 Bc5 18. Rac1 h6 19. Rc2 a5 20. a3 Bb6 21. Qg4
a4 22. Re1 Qa7 23. Rf1 Qb8 24. Re1 Ba5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. axb4 Raa8
28. Rd2 Rdb8 29. Rd4 c5 30. bxc5 Rxb2 31. Rd2 a3 32. Ra1 Nxe5 33. Rxb2 Nxf3+
0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. b3 g6 8.
Bb2 Bg7 9. c4 Nh5 10. Bxg7 Nxg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. e5 Nf5 13. Nd5 dxe5 14. Nxe5
Qe6 15. Rae1 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 e6 18. Ne3 b6 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Re3
Kg7 21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Rg3+ Kf6 23. Rh3 Kg6 24. Rg3+ Kf6 25. Rh3 Kg6 26. Rg3+ Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Bh6
Rfd8 15. h4 Be6 16. Qg5 Qxc3 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rd5 19. Qf6 Rxf8 20. Be4 Rh5
21. Rac1 Qa5 22. f3 Rb5 23. a4 Rb6 24. d5 Bf5 25. d6 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Qxa4 27. h5
Qxe4 28. Qe7 Qb4 29. h6 Rc6 30. Qf6 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Be3 Qc4 14. Bd5
Qa6 15. Qb3 Qxe2 16. Bc5 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rxb7 Rf5 20. Rc7
Be5 21. Rxe7 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Rxc5 23. Rb1 a5 24. Rbb7 Rh5 25. Rxe6 Rd8 26. Ree7
Rc8 27. Ra7 Rd8 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. a4 Rb8 30. g4 Rh4 31. f3 Rf8 32. Rxa5 h5 33.
gxh5 Rxh5 34. Rxh5 gxh5 35. a5 Rf6 36. Rb7 h4 37. Rb3 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

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 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Kg2 h5 14. f3
Be7 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Be3 a6 17. Ne2 Rd8 18. Nf4 g6 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Ke8
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. f4 Rh7 23. Bf2 Rh8 24. Bg3 Rh7 25. Kf3 Rh8 26. Re1 Rh7 27.
Re2 Rh8 28. Rh2 Rh7 29. Ke4 Rg7 30. Rd2 Rg8 31. Re2 Rg7 32. Rh2 Kf7 33. Rd2 Ke8
34. Rg2 Kf7 35. b3 Rg8 36. Rd2 Ke8 37. Rf2 Kf7 38. Rf3 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rh8 40. f5
gxf5+ 41. gxf5 exf5+ 42. Kxf5 Rh6 43. Rf2 c5 44. Rh2 Rxh2 45. Bxh2 Ke8 46. Bf4
c4 47. bxc4 Bb4 48. Ke6 Ba5 49. Be3 Bb4 50. Bd4 Bf8 51. c5 Be7 52. Kd5 c6+ 53.
Ke6 Bf8 54. Be3 Be7 55. Bf2 Bf8 56. Bg1 Be7 57. Kf5 Kf7 58. e6+ Ke8 59. Bd4 Bf8
60. Ke4 Ke7 61. Kf5 Ke8 62. Be3 Be7 63. Ke5 Bf8 64. Bf2 Be7 65. Kd4 Bf6+ 66.
Ke4 Be7 67. Be3 Bf8 68. Bd4 Ke7 69. Kf5 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nc2
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Qe2 d6 12. O-O Na5 13. Be3 a6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Rac1
Qb8 16. b4 Nc6 17. f5 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Ba8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Qb7
22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Be4 Qc7 25. Nd5 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1
Qxc4 28. Re1 Rf8 29. Nf4 b5 30. h3 Bf2 31. Qe7 Qc8 32. Ne6 Rg8 33. Ng5 Rf8 34.
Ne6 Rg8 35. Ng5 Rf8 36. Rd1 Re8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nd6
Rxe7 41. Nxc8 Re8 42. Bxa8 Rxc8 43. Bd5+ Kh8 44. Bb7 Rb8 45. Bxa6 g6 46. Rd6
Bg3 47. Rd3 Be5 48. g4 Rb6 49. Bc8 Kg7 50. Kg2 Kf6 51. Kf3 Rb8 52. Bd7 Bb2 53.
Ke4 Rd8 54. Rf3+ Ke7 55. Bxb5 Rd4+ 56. Ke3 Rd6 57. Ke2 Rf6 58. Rb3 Bd4 59. Kd3
Rf3+ 60. Kc4 Rxb3 61. Kxb3 Kd6 62. a4 Bf2 63. Kc4 g5 64. Be8 h6 65. Kb5 Be1 66.
Kb6 Bxb4 67. a5 Bc5+ 68. Kb7 Ke7 69. Bh5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 h6 13. d5 Ne7 14. b3 c6 15. c4
cxd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. g4 Ng6 18. Nf1 Nf4 19. Kh2 Rc8 20. Bd2 h5 21. Ne3 hxg4
22. hxg4 Nf6 23. Rg1 g6 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Rg3 Be7 26. Bb1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Bd8 28.
Kg1 Bb6 29. Nh4 Qc7 30. Bd2 Bc8 31. Qf3 Nh7 32. Kf1 Qd8 33. Qh1 Ng5 34. Nf3 Kg7
35. Nxg5 Qxg5 36. Nf5+ Bxf5 37. gxf5 Qf6 38. Bd3 Rh8 39. Qg1 Qh4 40. Bxf4 exf4
41. Rxg6+ Kf8 42. Rxd6 Bxf2 43. Qg2 f3 44. Qxf2 Qe7 45. Qg3 Qc7 46. f6 Rg8 47.
Qf4 Rh8 48. Rc6 Rh1+ 49. Kf2 Qa7+ 50. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd2 a5 8. Bd3 Bg7
9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Rae1 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc3 Qe7 17. Bd4 b4 18. a3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. axb4 axb4 21. Ra1
Qa7 22. Rxa6 Qxa6 23. b3 Ra8 24. Ra1 Qxa1+ 25. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 26. Nc1 Ne4 27. g4
Bf8 28. Kg2 Nc3 29. Nd3 Ra2 30. Qc1 Ne4 31. Qe1 Bxc5 32. Qc1 Ra5 33. h4 Nc3 34.
Nxc5 Rxc5 35. Qa1 Ne4 36. f3 Rc2+ 37. Kh3 Rc3 38. Qa7 Nd2 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qxb4
Rd3 41. Kg2 d4 42. exd4 Nxb3 43. Qe7 Nxd4 44. Qe5+ Kg8 45. h5 Ne6 46. h6 g5 47.
Kf2 Rd8 48. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Rd1 Bd3 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Rxd3
Bc5 15. Ne4 Bxd4 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Rxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qa5+ 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. Rc1
Rhd8 21. Qh4+ Kf8 22. Nc4 Qc5 23. Qxh7 b5 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qh4+ Kf8 26. Qh8+
Ke7 27. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bd2 Ng4 13. f4 Nh6 14. b4 Bf5 15.
a4 f6 16. Nd1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 e5 18. Nf2 Qd7 19. Bc3 exf4 20. exf4 Rfe8 21. Rfe1
Ng4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 f5 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Bd2 Kf7 27. Be3
Qe4 28. Qd2 h6 29. h4 Qb1 30. g3 Qa1 31. a5 Qb1 32. Kg2 Bf6 33. Kh2 Qf1 34. Bg1
Qf3 35. Bf2 Bd8 36. Qe3 Qe4 37. Qd2 Qb1 38. Kg2 Bc7 39. Be3 Qe4+ 40. Kf2 Qh1
41. Qe1 Qh2+ 42. Kf3 Qh3 43. Qg1 Qg4+ 44. Kf2 Kg7 45. Qe1 Kf7 46. Qe2 Bd8 47.
Qf3 Bf6 48. Kg2 Bg7 49. Kf2 Qh3 50. Qg2 Qg4 51. Qf3 Bf8 52. Kg2 Be7 53. Kf2 g5
54. Qxg4 fxg4 55. fxg5 hxg5 56. Bxg5 Bxg5 57. hxg5 Kg6 58. Ke3 Kxg5 59. Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nxc5 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 f6
15. Nd3 Ne4 16. Qa2 Qxa2 17. Bxa2 b6 18. f3 Nd6 19. c4 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Nf4
Bf7 22. O-O Rc8 23. Rfd1 Nb7 24. e4 Nc5 25. Nd5 Rc6 26. Rc3 Kf8 27. Ra3 a5 28.
Rb1 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rd6 30. Re3 g5 31. e5 fxe5 32. Rxe5 h6 33. Rbe1 Kg7 34. Re7+
Kf6 35. Rc7 a4 36. Re3 Na6 37. Ra7 b5 38. f4 Nb4 39. fxg5+ hxg5 40. Bb1 Nxd5
41. Rf3+ Nf4 42. Rf1 Rd2 43. Be4 Ke5 44. Bf3 g4 45. Re1+ Kd6 46. Rd1 Rxd1+ 47.
Bxd1 Rc8 48. Kf2 Rc3 49. Ra6+ Kc5 50. Bxg4 a3 51. h4 b4 52. h5 Nd3+ 53. Kg1 b3
54. Rxa3 Rc1+ 55. Kh2 b2 56. Rb3 b1=Q 57. Rxb1 Rxb1 58. Bf5 Rb3 59. h6 Ne5 60.
h7 Rb8 61. Kg3 Kd6 62. Kf4 Nf7 63. g4 Ke7 64. g5 Kf8 65. g6 Nh8 66. Kg5 Kg7 67.
Be4 Rc8 68. Kh5 Rc4 69. Bd3 Rc1 70. Be4 Rg1 71. Bf5 Kf6 72. Be4 Rg5+ 73. Kh6
Rg4 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 f6 7. Nh4 g6 8. f4
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Be3 h6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 f5 15.
Bxc5 g5 16. Nf3 Ng6 17. d4 Re8 18. Bxa7 Rb7 19. Bc5 g4 20. Ne1 Bf8 21. Nd3 Bxc5
22. Nxc5 Qxd4+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Ra7 25. Re2 Rd8 26. g3 h5 27. a3 f4 28.
gxf4 Nxf4 29. Rc2 Rf7 30. N3e4 Rf5 31. Re1 Kg7 32. Ng3 Rg5 33. Nf1 h4 34. Rd2
Rf8 35. Re4 g3 36. hxg3 hxg3 37. Ne3 Nh3+ 38. Kg2 Nf4+ 39. Kg1 Nh3+ 40. Kg2
Nf4+ 41. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Nbd7 13. O-O O-O-O
14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. Nf1 Kc7 17. g3 Ne4 18. Bc1 Bc5 19. Bf4+ Bd6 20.
Bc1 Bc5 21. Ne3 Nd5 22. Bd3 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Bxe3 24. Bxe4 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 c5 14. Re1 cxd4 15.
Qxd4 Nb6 16. Bf1 Bd7 17. Bb5 Rfd8 18. Qe4 a6 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Na4 Nd5 21. Nc5
Rc7 22. Nd3 Rac8 23. g3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Qc7 26. Nd3 Qc2 27. Kg2 h5
28. Nfe1 Qc6 29. Kg1 Bh6 30. a3 b5 31. f4 Bf8 32. Kf2 a5 33. Kf3 a4 34. h3 Qc4
35. g4 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 Qb3 37. f5 Qd1+ 38. Kg3 Kh7 39. fxg6+ fxg6 40. Qf3 Qxf3+
41. Nxf3 Kg8 42. Nd4 b4 43. axb4 Nxb4 44. Nxb4 Bxb4 45. Nxe6 Kf7 46. Nf4 Bc3
47. e6+ Ke8 48. Nd5 Bxb2 49. Kf4 a3 50. Nb4 Ke7 51. Kg5 Kxe6 52. Kxg6 Kd6 53.
Kf5 Kc5 54. Nc2 a2 55. g5 Kc4 56. g6 Kb3 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Ba5 8. O-O
Bb6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Qd2 exd5 11. cxd5 Ng4 12. Bb1 Qh4 13. Qf4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. h3 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Qg5 Bc5 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Ng1 Rf1 20. Bxh7+ Kh8
0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qa5 8. e4 e5
9. h3 Nbd7 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15.
Kg2 Rae8 16. Rb1 a6 17. b4 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. c5 Rd8 20. cxd6 Rexd6 21. Qc2 b5
22. Red1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 Qd6 25. Bf4 Qd4 26. f3 Nfd7 27. Qd2 Nc4
28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Ne3 Nb6 31. Kf1 f6 32. Ke2 c5 33. bxc5 Bxc5 34.
Bc7 Na4 35. Ba5 c3 36. Nd5 Kf7 37. Kd3 Bd6 38. g4 Ke6 39. Bxc3 Nxc3 40. Kxc3 f5
41. Kd4 fxg4 42. hxg4 Be5+ 43. Ke3 g5 44. Kd3 Bd6 45. Kd4 Bh2 46. a4 Bg1+ 47.
Kc4 Ke5 48. Nb4 Kf4 49. Nxa6 Kxf3 50. e5 Bh2 51. e6 Bd6 52. Kd5 Bf8 53. Nb8 h5
54. Nd7 hxg4 55. Nxf8 g3 56. e7 g2 57. e8=Q g1=Q 58. Qe4+ Kg3 59. Ne6 Qd1+ 60.
Qd4 Qb3+ 61. Ke5 g4 62. Kf5 Kh2 63. Qf2+ Kh1 64. Qh4+ Kg1 65. Qxg4+ Kh1 66.
Qe4+ Kh2 67. Kf6 Qa3 68. Ke5 Qc3+ 69. Qd4 Qa5+ 70. Kd6 Qa6+ 71. Kd7 Qb7+ 72.
Nc7 Qf3 73. Qh8+ Kg1 74. Qd4+ Kh2 75. Qe5+ Kg1 76. a5 Qd3+ 77. Kc8 Qh3+ 78. Kb8
Qb3+ 79. Ka7 Qa3 80. a6 Kh1 81. Kb6 Qg3 82. Qd5+ Kh2 83. a7 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. h3 Be7 11. Bb3 e5 12. O-O exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bf4 O-O
15. Qd3 Nfd5 16. Be5 a5 17. a4 Re8 18. f4 Qd7 19. f5 f6 20. Bg3 g5 21. Ne4 Rad8
22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Nc8 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Bf2 Qe2 26. Rfe1 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Kf8
28. Red1 Re2 29. R1d2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Ke8 31. g4 Nf4 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Be1 Nd3
34. Bxa5+ Ke8 35. Be6 Ne7 36. b4 Nf4 37. Bc4 Nxh3+ 38. Kf1 Nf4 39. b5 Kd7 40.
Bd2 Nfd5 41. Bd3 cxb5 42. axb5 b6 43. cxb6 Nxb6 44. Kf2 Ned5 45. Bc1 Kd6 46.
Ba3+ Ke5 47. Be2 Kd4 48. Ke1 Nf4 49. Bf3 Nfd5 50. Bf8 Nd7 51. Bxg7 Kc5 52. Kf1
N7b6 53. Be2 Nd7 54. Bf3 N7b6 55. Ke2 Kxb5 56. Kd3 Nb4+ 57. Kd4 Nd7 58. Bd1 Ka5
59. Bb3 Nc6+ 60. Kd5 Nce5 61. Kd6 Kb5 62. Bd1 Kc4 63. Ke7 Kc5 64. Bxf6 Nxf6 65.
Kxf6 Kd6 66. Kxg5 Ke7 67. f6+ 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Nbd7 9. h3 Rb8 10. Be3 a5 11. b3 Re8 12. g4 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Na4 d5 15.
dxe5 Nxe4 16. f4 Ba6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 Qc7 19. Rf2 g6 20. Nb2 Ra8 21. Ne2
Bh4 22. Rg2 Nb6 23. c4 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. Be3 O-O 11. f3 Bb7 12. Rf2 Qc7 13. Bf1 Rac8 14. Qe1 Ne5 15.
Rd2 Nfd7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. Qg3 Nc5 19. Nd4 Qb8 20. Rf2 Ncd7 21. Bc1
Nf6 22. Re2 Ng6 23. Ree1 Be7 24. Qf2 Bd8 25. Nde2 Bc7 26. Qg1 d5 27. exd5 Nxd5
28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Nc3 Bb7 30. Be3 Ne5 31. Be2 Bc6 32. Bxa6 Nxf3 33. gxf3 Bxf3+
0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7
9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ne8 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. a5 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 Bd7 16. Na4 Bb5 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Nc3 Nd7 19. Qb3 Ne5 20. Nxb5 c4 21. Qb4
axb5 22. Be2 Qd7 23. e4 Rfe8 24. Bg3 h5 25. Ra3 Rac8 26. a6 bxa6 27. Rxa6 Rc5
28. Bf4 Qc8 29. Rb6 Nd7 30. Bxd6 Nxb6 31. Bxc5 Na4 32. Be3 Qd7 33. Bd1 Rxe4 34.
Bxa4 bxa4 35. Rd1 f5 36. Qb6 Kh7 37. d6 Re8 38. Bf4 c3 39. bxc3 a3 40. Qa5 Re4
41. Qc7 Qa4 42. Ra1 Rc4 43. Qe7 Re4 44. Qc7 Rc4 45. Rxa3 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qe2 47.
Ra7 Rxc7 48. dxc7 Qc4 49. Bd6 Qc6 50. c8=Q Qxc8 51. Be5 Qe6 52. Rxg7+ Kh6 53.
f4 h4 54. Rb7 g5 55. Rb8 Kg6 56. Rd8 Qc4 57. Rd6+ Kh5 58. fxg5 Kxg5 59. Rd4 Qc5
60. Bf4+ Kh5 61. Rd3 Qc4 62. Rf3 Qc5 63. Kh1 Kg6 64. Bh2 Kg5 65. Bg1 Qc4 66.
Be3+ Kg6 67. Bd4 Kg5 68. Re3 f4 69. Rf3 Qe2 70. Kh2 Kf5 71. Bc5 Qe6 72. Ba3 Qe1
73. Bd6 Kg6 74. c4 Qe6 75. c5 Qd5 76. Rxf4 Kh5 77. Rg4 Qe6 78. Rd4 Qd7 79. Re4
Qc6 80. Re6 Qa4 81. Rf6 Qc6 82. Rf8 Qe4 83. Rc8 Qd4 84. Rd8 Qe4 85. Rh8+ Kg5
86. Rc8 Qd5 87. Rd8 Kh5 88. Re8 Qc4 89. Rf8 Qd5 90. Rf6 Kg5 91. Rf4 Kh5 92. Rg4
Qc6 93. Kg1 Qd5 94. Kf2 Qd3 95. Kg1 Qd1+ 96. Kh2 Qd5 97. Rf4 Qc6 98. Rf5+ Kg6
99. Rf1 Kh5 100. Rc1 Kg5 101. Kh1 Kh5 102. Bh2 Kg6 103. Bg1 Kh5 104. Bf2 Kg5
105. Rc4 Qd5 106. Rg4+ Kf5 107. Rxh4 Qd2 108. Bg1 Qe1 109. Rg4 Ke6 110. Rd4 Kf5
111. c6 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 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 e5 15. Re1
Qf6 16. Ba3 Bf8 17. Bg4 Rd8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. dxe5
Qe6 22. Qh5 Qxe5 23. f4 Qxf4 24. Rf1 Qe5 25. Rf5 Qe6 26. Raf1 Kg7 27. Ne2 Rf8
28. Ng3 c5 29. Rf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Qxh6+ Ke7 32. Nf5+ Ke8 33. Nd6+ Ke7
34. e5 Rg8 35. Qf6+ Kf8 36. e6 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 bxc6 8. g3
Nc5 9. Bd2 d5 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bxb4 Qb6 14. Ba3 Bxc4
15. Rac1 Nfd7 16. Ng5 f5 17. b3 Ba6 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Bb2 Nf6 20. Bd4 e5 21.
Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. e3 e4 25. h4 h6 26. Nh3 Kh7 27. Qd4 Re7
28. b4 Rc7 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Bb5 31. a3 a6 32. Bf1 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Ng4 34.
Qc8 Qe5 35. Kg2 Nf6 36. Nf4 d4 37. exd4 Qxd4 38. Qxf5+ Kh8 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40.
Qxa6 Qc3 41. Qe2 Qxa3 42. b5 Qb3 43. h5 Kh8 44. Ng6+ Kh7 45. Ne7 Qb4 46. Nf5
Qc5 47. Ne3 Nd5 48. Nxd5 Qxd5 49. b6 Qc6 50. Qe3 Qc4 51. g4 Qb4 52. Kg3 Qd6+
53. f4 exf3+ 54. Kxf3 Qf6+ 55. Kg3 Qd6+ 56. Kh3 Qd5 57. Qf2 Qb3+ 58. Kh4 Kg8
59. Qc5 Qb2 60. Kg3 Kh7 61. Kf4 Qh2+ 62. Kf5 Qe2 63. Qc6 Qf2+ 64. Ke5 Qg3+ 65.
Kd4 Qg1+ 66. Kd5 Qd1+ 67. Kc5 Qc2+ 68. Kd6 Qd2+ 69. Kc7 Qf4+ 70. Qd6 Qc4+ 71.
Kd8 Qb5 72. Qd4 Qc6 73. Qd3+ Kh8 74. Qg6 Qd5+ 75. Kc7 Qc5+ 76. Qc6 Qe7+ 77. Kb8
Kh7 78. Qc2+ Kh8 79. b7 Qb4 80. Qc8+ Kh7 81. Qf5+ Kh8 82. Qe5 Kh7 83. Kc7 Qc4+
84. Kd8 Qd3+ 85. Ke8 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4
c5 15. Bc4 cxd4 16. Bxf7+ Kd8 17. Kb1 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Nec5 20. Qe3
Rh4 21. Rhe1 Re4 22. Qh3 Qf4 23. Qh8+ Kc7 24. Qxa8 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qxf7 26. Bc3
Qf5+ 27. Ka1 Bf6 28. Qxa7 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qf2 30. Qa5+ Kc6 31. Rb1 Qxg2 32. Qb5+
Kc7 33. Qa5+ b6 34. Qa7+ Nb7 35. Rd1 Qf3 36. Rc1 Qf4 37. Rd1 Ndc5 38. Rb1 Qf6
39. Qa3 Ne4 40. Qb4 Nbc5 41. Qd4 Qf3 42. Qg7+ Nd7 43. Qd4 g5 44. Rd1 Ndc5 45.
Rc1 Qf4 46. Rd1 Qxh2 47. Qg7+ Kc6 48. Qg6+ Kb7 49. Qf7+ Qc7 50. Qxc7+ Kxc7 51.
Rg1 Nd3 52. Kb1 Ndf2 53. Kc2 g4 54. a4 g3 55. Kb3 Kc6 56. Kb4 Nd3+ 57. Kc4 Ne5+
58. Kb4 Nf3 59. Rxg3 Nxg3 60. a5 bxa5+ 61. Kxa5 Kc5 62. c4 Ne4 63. Ka4 Nd4 64.
Ka5 Nc3 65. Ka6 Ne6 66. Kb7 Na4 67. Ka6 Nb6 68. Kb7 Nd7 69. Ka6 Nd8 70. Ka5 Nb6
71. Ka6 Kc6 72. c5 Nc4 73. Ka7 Ne6 74. Kb8 Nd8 75. Ka7 Nb7 76. Kb8 Na3 77. Ka7
Nb5+ 78. Ka6 Nc3 79. Ka7 Nd5 80. Ka6 Nb4+ 81. Ka7 Kc7 82. c6 Nc5 83. Ka8 Ne4
84. Ka7 Nd6 85. Ka8 Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Na4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15.
Ne5 Bd7 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Rab8 18. f4 Be8 19. Rc2 Nh7 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21. a3
Bf8 22. g3 Kg7 23. Kg2 a5 24. Kf3 b6 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Nxc6 a4 27. Nxd8 axb3
28. Rc7+ Kg8 29. Nxe6 g5 30. e4 Bd7 31. Nxf8 Bg4+ 32. Ke3 Re8 33. e5 Nd5+ 34.
Ke4 Nxc7 35. Rxc7 Rxf8 36. d5 Bf5+ 37. Kd4 Bh3 38. fxg5 Rf2 39. e6 Rd2+ 40. Ke5
Rxb2 41. Rb7 Rb1 42. e7 Re1+ 43. Kf6 Rf1+ 44. Ke5 Re1+ 45. Kf6 Rf1+ 46. Ke5
Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Qe2
dxe4 9. dxe4 Qe7 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Nc4 Qe6 14. Na5 Nxa5
15. Rxa5 Nd7 16. Rd1 c6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rfd8 19. h3 f6 20. Raa1 Nf8 21.
Qb6 Rd7 22. Nh4 Rc8 23. Nf5 Rcc7 24. Kh2 h5 25. Qe3 g6 26. Nh4 Kg7 27. Qe2 Qb3
28. g3 Ne6 29. Rg1 Rd6 30. Ra3 Nd4 31. cxd4 Qxb4 32. dxe5 Rd2 33. exf6+ Kf7 34.
Qe3 Qxb2 35. Rg2 Re2 36. Qg5 Qxa3 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40.
Ng6+ Ke8 41. Qe5+ Kd8 42. Nf4 Re1 43. f7 Rxf7 44. Qb8+ Ke7 45. Qxb7+ Ke8 46.
Qc8+ Ke7 47. e5 Rxe5 48. Ng6+ Kf6 49. Nxe5 Kxe5 50. f4+ Kf6 51. Qh8+ Kg6 52.
Qg8+ Rg7 53. f5+ Kf6 54. Qe6+ 1-0

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

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

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3
Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 Na6 13. Bd2 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb4
15. Ke2 f6 16. h4 Kf7 17. Bg2 f5 18. Ra5 Bd8 19. Ra4 a5 20. Rha1 Nb6 21. Rxa5
Rxa5 22. Rxa5 Nxc4 23. Ra7 Nxd2 24. Rxb7+ Be7 25. Kxd2 Rxh4 26. Bf1 Kf8 27. Be2
Rh2 28. Na4 Na2 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Nc1 31. Kxc1 Rxe2 32. b4 Ke8 33. Rc7 Rxe3
34. Rxc6 Kd7 35. b5 Rb3 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rb6 e5 38. Rb7+ Ke6 39. c6 exf4 40. c7
Kd7 41. b6 Rb4 42. Rb8 Rc4+ 43. Kd2 1-0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Ba3 Nh5 17. Bf1 Nf4 18. Qc2 exd4 19. cxd4 Rc8 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. b4 Ne6
22. Nb3 Bg7 23. Bb2 bxa4 24. Na5 c5 25. Qxa4 Qc7 26. Qa1 Rb8 27. d5 Bxb2 28.
Qxb2 Nef8 29. Qc3 Ba8 30. Rb1 Qb6 31. b5 axb5 32. Bxb5 Qc7 33. Nc4 Red8 34.
Nfd2 Rb7 35. Rb3 Ra7 36. Ra1 Nb6 37. Rxa7 Qxa7 38. Ra3 Qb8 39. Qa5 Nxc4 40.
Nxc4 g5 41. Rb3 Qc8 42. Rg3 h6 43. h4 Ng6 44. hxg5 h5 45. Rf3 h4 46. Qa7 Rf8
47. Nxd6 Qg4 48. Rxf7 Qd1+ 49. Bf1 1-0

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8
15. Nc3 Kg7 16. Rd6 Na5 17. Qf4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Re8 21.
Rxg6+ fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Nf5+ Kf7 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. Rd1 Rf8
27. Rd5 Rf6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rg5 1-0

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

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

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

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

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 f6
15. Bf4 Kf7 16. h4 h5 17. Qxc7 Rhe8 18. Ng5+ fxg5 19. Bxg5 Kg8 20. Bxe7 Qxd4
21. gxh5 Bxh5 22. Qe5 Qg4+ 23. Qg3 Rac8 24. Qxg4 Bxg4 25. Bb4 Be2 26. Rac1
1/2-1/2

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

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8.
f4 g6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Be3 c6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nf3 Ne6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 d4
15. Bd2 Qd5 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Bd8 18. Rb1 Bxa5 19. Rxb7 O-O 20. f5 Bxd2 21.
Qxd2 Rxa2 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Rfb1 c5 24. Rb8 Ra8 25. R8b6 Rfe8 26. h4 c4 27. Rd6
Qc5 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. e6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Qg5+
Kh8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Rb7 Qf8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qe5+
Kg8 40. Qd5+ Kh8 41. Qxd4+ Kg8 42. Qxc4+ Kh8 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kh8 45. Rf7
Ra1+ 46. Kf2 1-0

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

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

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

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

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15.
Ng5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qh3 Nf8 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Be3 Be7 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Nh3
Rec8 22. Nf4 g5 23. Nh3 h6 24. f4 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Bg5 26. Ra3 Bxf4 27. Rxf4 Rc2
28. Rf2 Rac8 29. Rb3 Nd7 30. Rb5 h5 31. a5 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Kf7 34.
Bg5 Ke8 35. h3 Rc4 36. Ke3 Rc2 37. g3 Rc7 38. Kd3 Rc8 39. Bd2 Kf7 40. axb6 Rc6
41. Ba5 Kg6 42. Rb3 Kf5 43. Ke2 Ke4 44. g4 hxg4 45. Rg3 gxh3 46. Rxg7 h2 47.
Rg4+ Kf5 48. Rh4 Rc2+ 49. Bd2 Nxb6 50. b3 Rb2 51. Rxh2 Rxb3 52. Rf2+ Kg4 53.
Rf4+ Kg3 54. Rf6 Nc4 55. Be1+ Kg4 56. Rxe6 Re3+ 57. Kf1 Rf3+ 58. Ke2 Re3+ 59.
Kf1 Re4 60. Rg6+ Kh5 61. Rg7 b5 62. Rb7 Kg4 63. Bf2 Nd2+ 64. Kg2 Re2 65. e6
Rxe6 66. Rxb5 Re2 67. Rb8 Ne4 68. Rf8 Rd2 69. Kf1 Ra2 70. Be3 Ng3+ 71. Kg1 Nf5
72. Bf2 Kf4 73. Kg2 Rb2 74. Rf6 Kg5 75. Rf8 Kf4 76. Rf6 1/2-1/2

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Bb2 Nh5 18. Bf1 Nf4 19. Rad1 exd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. Qc3 a5 22.
Qe3 Nh5 23. e5 Ba6 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Ra1 Ng7 26. Ba3 Nf5 27. Qc3 c5 28. dxc5
Nxc5 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. e6 Bxe6 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Bb2 f6 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Qd4 Qd8
35. g4 Be4 36. Qxf6 Qxf6 37. Bxf6 Rb8 38. Be5 Bg7 39. Rxa5 Nxb3 40. Bxb8 Nxa5
41. Nxe4 dxe4 42. Bb5 Bd4 43. Kf1 Nb7 44. Bc6 Nc5 45. Ke2 Kg7 46. h4 h6 47. Bd6
Kf7 48. Bf4 Kg7 49. Bd2 Bf6 50. Be3 Ne6 51. Bd5 Nc7 52. Bxe4 Bxh4 53. f4 Bf6
54. Kd3 Ba1 55. Kc4 Ne8 56. Bf3 Nf6 57. Kc5 Bb2 58. Kd6 Kf7 59. Kc6 Ba1 1/2-1/2

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 c6 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. Qf3 Nbd7 17. Ng4 a5 18. Ba2 Qe7 19. Nf1 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Nc5 21. g5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Qb7 23. Ng3 a4 24. Rad1 Nb3 25. Nf5 Re6 26. Rd3 f6 27. Bc1 Kf7 28.
Qh5+ g6 29. Qh7+ Ke8 30. Qxg6+ Qf7 31. Qg4 Kd7 32. Qd1 Kc7 33. Bxb3 axb3 34.
Qxb3 Ra4 35. f3 Re7 36. Qxf7 Rxf7 37. Bh6 Bxh6 38. Nxh6 Rd7 39. Ng4 Rf7 40.
Red1 Bd7 41. Ne3 Ra6 42. Nd5+ Kd8 43. Nb4 1-0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bc4 Bd6 14. Nb3 Bb7 15.
Bd3 Bc8 16. Bc4 Bb7 17. h3 Kf8 18. Bd3 Bc8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Nfd2 Ke8 21. f3 Be7
22. Bc4 Bc8 23. Red1 Bb7 24. Bf2 Nd7 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. Nc4 Ne6 27. Nba5 Nxa5 28.
Nxa5 Bc8 29. Nc6 Rd6 30. Nxe5 Bf6 31. Nc4 Rd8 32. e5 Be7 33. Be4 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1
Rb8 35. Bc6+ Kf8 36. Ba7 Bb7 37. Bxb8 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 Bxc6 39. b3 Ke8 40. Nb2 Bb6
41. Nc4 Bc5 42. h4 h5 43. Rd2 Ba8 44. Ke1 Bc6 45. Kd1 Bd7 46. Nb2 Be3 47. Re2
Bd4 48. Nd3 a5 49. Re4 Bb6 50. Nb2 Kd8 51. Nc4 Bc5 52. Nxa5 Kc8 53. Bxc7 Kxc7
54. Ke1 Bd4 55. Kf1 Kb6 56. Nc4+ Kc5 57. Nd6 Kd5 58. Nxf7 Be8 59. Nd6 Bg6 60.
Re2 Bc3 61. Ne4 Nf4 62. Nxc3+ bxc3 63. Rf2 Kxe5 64. Ke1 Kd4 65. a5 Kc5 66. Kd1
Kb5 67. g3 Ne6 68. Kc1 Kxa5 69. g4 Nf4 70. gxh5 Bxh5 71. Rf1 Kb4 72. Kb1 Kc5
73. Re1 Nd5 74. Rg1 g6 75. Rg3 Kd4 76. Rg1 Ne3 77. Kc1 Kc5 78. f4 Kd4 79. Rg3
Bg4 80. b4 Bf5 81. b5 Nxc2 82. b6 Nb4 83. Rg2 Nd3+ 84. Kd1 Nc5 85. Kc1 Kc4 86.
Re2 Nb3+ 87. Kd1 Bg4 88. b7 Bxe2+ 89. Kxe2 Nd4+ 90. Kd1 Kd3 91. b8=Q c2+ 92.
Ke1 c1=Q+ 93. Kf2 Qd2+ 94. Kg3 Nf5+ 95. Kh3 Qe3+ 96. Kg2 Qe2+ 97. Kh3 Qf3+ 98.
Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

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

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

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 h6 8.
Bf4 e6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Re8 12. O-O-O Bb4 13. Qd3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qa3 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne5 Red8 19. Rc1 Be8 20. Bb3 Nfd5
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Bc2 f6 24. Nf3 Bg6 25. Bxg6 Nxg6 26. Bd2 Kf7 27.
a4 Nge7 28. Ka2 g5 29. Ng1 Nf5 30. Ne2 Nh4 31. Rg1 Kg6 32. Kb3 Rc8 33. Nc3 Nf5
34. Ne2 h5 35. h3 Rc6 36. a5 Rc7 37. Re1 Nh4 38. Rg1 Rd7 39. Kc2 Ne7 40. Bc3
Nc6 41. g3 Nf3 42. Rd1 Kf5 43. Rd3 g4 44. h4 Ne7 45. Nf4 Nd5 46. Nxd5 Rxd5 47.
Re3 Nxd4+ 48. Bxd4 Rxd4 49. Rc3 Rd7 50. Rc4 e5 51. Kc3 Rd6 52. Rb4 b6 53. axb6
axb6 54. Kc2 Ke6 55. Rb5 Kd7 56. Rb3 f5 57. Rb5 Ke6 58. Kc3 e4 59. Kc2 Rd3 60.
Rxb6+ Kd7 61. Rh6 Rf3 62. Rxh5 Rxf2+ 63. Kc3 Ke6 64. b4 Rf3+ 65. Kc4 Rxg3 66.
b5 Rg1 67. b6 Ke5 68. Rg5 Rc1+ 69. Kb5 e3 70. Rg8 Kf4 71. b7 Rb1+ 72. Kc6 e2
73. Re8 Kf3 74. h5 g3 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nd4 Qd7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5
8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Qxc6+ bxc6 10. g3 Be6 11. Bg2 Bd5 12. e4 Bc4 13. d4 Bg7 14. Be3
c5 15. O-O-O cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxa2 18. e5 Rb8 19. Ra4 Be6 20. Rxa7
O-O 21. Rxc7 Rb5 22. Re1 Rfb8 23. Re2 Kf8 24. f4 Ra5 25. Kb1 Rb4 26. Be4 Rba4
27. Kc2 Rb4 28. Rb7 Rd4 29. Rc7 Rb4 30. Bd3 Ra2 31. Kb1 Ra8 32. Rc3 Rab8 33.
Kc1 h5 34. Rf2 Kg7 35. Rc7 Kf8 36. f5 gxf5 37. Bxf5 Bb3 38. Bb1 Be6 39. Bf5 Bb3
40. Bg6 Rd8 41. Bc2 Be6 42. Rc5 h4 43. Rf4 hxg3 44. hxg3 Rb6 45. Rh4 Kg7 46.
Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

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 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Kc8 13. Rad1 Bb4 14. Ne4
Be6 15. c3 Be7 16. g4 Bd5 17. Rfe1 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. c4 Be6 20. Nc5 b6 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Re3 Rf8 23. f3 Be7 24. Kg2 a4 25. Red3 axb3 26. axb3 Ra2 27. R1d2
Bg5 28. Rf2 Bh4 29. Re2 c5 30. Kf1 Kb7 31. Bc3 Ra3 32. Bb2 Raa8 33. Bc3 Kc6 34.
Kg2 Ra3 35. Be1 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Bxd8 37. Rb2 Bg5 38. Bc3 Bf4 39. h4 b5 40. cxb5+
Kxb5 41. h5 Kc6 42. Be1 Bxe5 43. Rb1 Kd5 44. Bg3 Bd6 45. f4 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 Rd2
47. Ke3 Rd4 48. Ra1 Re4+ 49. Kf3 Rb4 50. Rd1+ Rd4 51. Re1 Rd3+ 52. Re3 c4 53.
bxc4+ Kxc4 54. Bf2 Kd4 55. g5 c5 56. gxh6 gxh6 57. f5 exf5 58. Rxd3+ Kxd3 59.
Bxc5 Bxc5 60. Kf4 Ke2 61. Kxf5 Kf3 62. Kg6 Be3 63. Kf5 Bf4 64. Kf6 Kg4 65. Ke6
Kxh5 66. Kf5 Bg5 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. a3 Be6 15. Ne3
Bf8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 g6 20. Bd2 Bg7 21. Bc3 Nh5
22. Qd2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Rad1 Qg5 25. Kh1 Nf4 26. Bd3 d5 27. e5 Nxd3 28.
Qxd3 Qxe5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxd5 Re4 33. Rd6 Ra4
34. c4 bxc4 35. Rd4 g5 36. h4 Kg7 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. g4 Kf6 39. Re4 Rxa3 40.
Rxc4 Ke5 41. Kg2 Rd3 42. Ra4 Rd6 43. Ra5+ Kf4 44. Rf5+ Kxg4 45. Rxf7 a5 46. f3+
Kh5 47. Ra7 Rd2+ 48. Kg3 Ra2 49. Ra6 Ra1 50. Kh3 Ra3 51. Kg2 a4 52. Kf2 Ra1 53.
Kg3 a3 54. Kh3 a2 55. Kg2 g4 56. Ra5+ Kh4 57. Ra4 Kh5 58. fxg4+ Kh4 59. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Be2
Re8 15. Rc1 Bg6 16. Bb5 Qf6 17. b4 Be4 18. Ng5 d4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Qf3 Rae8
21. Bd3 R4e7 22. e4 g5 23. Bg3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Ne5 25. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Bg3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 d6 12. Bf3 Qd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. b3 a6 15.
Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qf3 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rc6 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Ne2 Kf8 21.
e4 Nh5 22. f4 g6 23. f3 Ke8 24. Bf2 Nf6 25. Kf1 Nd7 26. Be3 h5 27. f5 gxf5 28.
exf5 e5 29. a4 Nf6 30. Nc3 Kd7 31. Ke2 Rg8 32. Rg1 Rxg1 33. Rxg1 Ke8 34. Rd1
Kd7 35. Bg5 Ng8 36. Be3 Nf6 37. Rg1 Ke8 38. Kd3 Kf8 39. Nd5 Nxd5 40. cxd5 Rc8
41. Bxb6 Rb8 42. a5 Bd8 43. Bxd8 Rxd8 44. b4 Rb8 45. Kc4 Ke7 46. Rg5 Rc8+ 47.
Kb3 Rc1 48. Rxh5 Rf1 49. Rh3 Rd1 50. Rh8 Rd3+ 51. Kb2 Rxf3 52. Ra8 Rf4 53. Kc3
Rf3+ 54. Kc2 Rf4 55. Rxa6 Rxb4 56. f6+ Kxf6 57. Rxd6+ Kf5 58. Rb6 Ra4 59. a6 e4
60. h4 e3 61. d6 Ra2+ 62. Kd3 Kf4 63. Rb1 Rd2+ 64. Kc3 Rxd6 65. a7 Rc6+ 66. Kd3
Rd6+ 67. Kc3 Rc6+ 68. Kd4 Rd6+ 69. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. a4 c5 10. a5 f6 11. Nh4 Rf7 12. Nf5 Nf8 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qd2 Bb5 17. b3 g5 18. f3 Rd8 19. Bf2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 c6 21. Rab1
h5 22. Be3 h4 23. Rb6 Rd7 24. Rfb1 Rg7 25. Qf2 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke8 27. Ke2 Kd8 28.
Kd2 Kc8 29. Kc3 Qd6 30. Kb2 Rdf7 31. h3 Rh7 32. Ka2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Bc4 Nd5 8.
N1f3 exd4 9. Qxd4 N7f6 10. O-O Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. Ne4 Be6 13. Re1 h6 14. Nc5
Bc8 15. Bd2 b6 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Bg3 b5
21. Bb3 Nb6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qg4 Re8 24. h3 Qd2 25. Re2 Qd5 26. b3 c5 27. Re4
Qd2 28. c4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Qg5 30. Qe2 Rcd8 31. Nf3 Qf5 32. Be5 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Qf4
34. Rxc5 e5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Qxe5 Qxc4 37. Qe7 Rd7 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Re1 Qxa2
40. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. O-O Nb4 10. Be2 Be7 11. a5 O-O 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd7 14. Nf3 a6 15.
Rd1 Nd5 16. e4 N5f6 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Nc4 Rfe8 19. g3 Bb4 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Kg2 h6
22. Qc2 Nf8 23. Ra4 Be7 24. Nb6 Ng6 25. Nxa8 Nxf4+ 26. gxf4 Qxa8 27. Qe2 Bd8
28. Qf3 Qc8 29. d5 cxd5 30. exd5 exd5 31. Nxd5 Qc2 32. Nxf6+ Bxf6 33. Rb4 Bh4
34. Rxb7 Re6 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Rb6 Rg6+ 37. Rxg6 fxg6 38. Rd6 Qxb2 39. f5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Nc2 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Rae8 15.
Qd2 Nh5 16. Be4 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf4 18. Rad1 Rf6 19. Rd2 Ne7 20. Ne3 Nf5 21. Nxf5
Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Qg4 Ref8 24. Ne4 Qc6 25. Re1 d5 26. Ng3 R5f6 27. cxd5
Nxd5 28. Qe4 Nf4 29. Rc2 Qb6 30. Qe3 Qb4 31. Rd1 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Rd2 Qc6
34. f3 Re8 35. h3 Nd5 36. Qe1 Nf6 37. Re2 Qd6 38. Kh2 e4 39. Kh1 e3 40. Nf5 Qf4
41. Rxe3 Rd8 42. Ng3 h6 43. Re7 b5 44. Nf1 Qd6 45. a4 bxa4 46. bxa4 Qd1 47.
Qe6+ Kh8 48. Qxa6 Nh5 49. Kh2 Nf4 50. Ne3 Qd2 51. Qb5 Ng6 52. Re8+ Kh7 53. Rxd8
Qxd8 54. Qb1 Qd4 55. Qe4 Qd6+ 56. Kh1 Kh8 57. Nd5 Ne5 58. a5 Nd7 59. a6 Nc5 60.
a7 Qa6 61. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Re8 8.
d3 h6 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Qb3 Bf5 14. Ne1 Qc7
15. Qc4 Rab8 16. a3 b5 17. Qc3 Na6 18. Nc2 c4 19. dxc4 bxc4 20. Nd4 Bd3 21. Re1
Be5 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Bf4 Qf6 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. b4 Nc7 26. Rc1 Re8 27. h3 Qe5
28. Qa1 Nxd5 29. Nb5 Nxb4 30. axb4 Qxb5 31. Qxa7 Qxb4 32. Bd5 Re7 33. Qd4 Qd2
34. Rxc4 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Bf1+ 36. Kh2 Bxc4 37. Bxc4 Re4 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Bd3 Qxf2+
40. Kh1 Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Kb1 g6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa5 19. c4 Rb8 20. Rg4 Ng7 21. h4
Nf5 22. Bf2 Bd8 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bd3 b4 25. Qb3 Bb6 26. Rxb4 Qxb4 27. Qxb4
Bxf2 28. Qa4 Ne3 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Bc4 Nb6 31. Qd1 Bd4 32. Bb5 Nc8 33. a4 Na7 34.
Qd3 Rb7 35. Rc4 Rfb8 36. Rb4 Nc6 37. Rb3 Na5 38. Rc3 d5 39. f4 Nc4 40. fxe5
Bxc3 41. Qxc3 Rxb5 42. axb5 Rxb5 43. e6 fxe6 44. b4 Rb7 45. Kc1 e5 46. Qh3 Kf7
47. h5 Rc7 48. Kd1 d4 49. Qf3+ Ke6 50. hxg6 Ne3+ 51. Kd2 hxg6 52. Qf6+ Kd5 53.
Qxg6 Rc3 54. Qf7+ Ke4 55. Qh7+ Kf4 56. Qh2+ Kf5 57. Qh7+ Kxg5 58. Qg7+ Kf4 59.
Qh6+ Ke4 60. Qg6+ Kf4 61. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bg5 Bg7 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. b3 c6 18. Rad1 Qf8 19. a4 Rad8 20. Qc1 h6 21. Be3 Kh7
22. b4 Re7 23. axb5 cxb5 24. d5 Rc8 25. Qa3 Qd8 26. Rc1 Nb6 27. Nd2 h5 28. Bd3
Bh6 29. Bxh6 Kxh6 30. c4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Nxc4 32. Nxc4 Rec7 33. Qe3+ Kh7 34. Na5
Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Qb6 37. Qg5 Ng8 38. Qc1 Ne7 39. Nf1 Bc8 40. Nc6
Qc7 41. Qc4 Nxc6 42. dxc6 Kg7 43. Ne3 Qd8 44. Nd5 Qg5 45. Qc3 Qh4 46. Qe3 Be6
47. c7 f5 48. Qa7 Kh6 49. Qb8 Qxe4 50. Qh8+ Kg5 51. Qf6+ Kh6 52. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8.
Qc2 exd5 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Ne2 Ndxc5 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nd4
Bg6 15. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nh7 9. Nc4 Ng5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Qh5 Be6 12. Ne3 Bxb3 13. axb3 f6 14. h4 Qe8
15. Qg4 Qc8 16. Nf5 g6 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Qxc8 Rfxc8 19. hxg5 f5 20. g3 Kg7 21.
Kg2 Rh8 22. Be3 a6 23. f4 Rad8 24. Rae1 Nc6 25. b4 Rd7 26. Rh1 Rxh1 27. Rxh1
Rf7 28. Rf1 Rf8 29. Bd2 Re8 30. Re1 Kf7 31. c4 fxe4 32. dxe4 Nd4 33. Bc3 Ne6
34. Rf1 Ke7 35. Bd2 Rg8 36. Be3 Ke8 37. Rh1 Rf8 38. Rh4 Rf7 39. b3 Kf8 40. Rh8+
Kg7 41. Rb8 b6 42. Bd2 Rf8 43. Rb7 Kg8 44. Ra7 exf4 45. gxf4 Nxf4+ 46. Bxf4
Rxf4 47. Rxc7 Rxe4 48. Rc6 b5 49. Kf3 Rh4 50. c5 Rxb4 51. Rxd6 a5 52. Rxg6+ Kf7
53. Ra6 a4 54. bxa4 bxa4 55. Ke3 Rc4 56. c6 a3 57. Kd3 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. d5 Na6 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qf6
15. O-O O-O-O 16. Qxe6+ Qxe6 17. dxe6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nc5 19. h4 Nxe6 20. hxg5
hxg5 21. Kg2 Rhf8 22. Rad1 Rf5 23. Rd5 Rdf8 24. Rxf5 Rxf5 25. Rh1 Rc5 26. f4
gxf4 27. exf4 Kd7 28. Rh7+ Ke8 29. Kh3 Nf8 30. Rg7 Ne6 31. Rh7 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O a6 11. a3 b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bb1 Bb7 14. Ne2 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd4 Qf6 18. Qg4 Rac8 19. Qd7 Rb8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21.
Rxc6 Rfd8 22. Rxf6 Rxd7 23. Rxa6 Bxb2 24. Rd1 d4 25. h4 Rbd8 26. exd4 Rxd4 27.
Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. Kb1 Ne4 12. Bxe4 Bxg5 13. Bf5 Bf6 14. g4 g6
15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. h4 Ne6 17. h5 c5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qb3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21.
exd4 Qd7 22. Nxd5 Bg7 23. Qf3 Rc6 24. Rhe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re6 26. Rc1 Rc6 27.
Rxc6 bxc6 28. Nc3 Bxd4 29. Ne4 c5 30. Qe2 a5 31. f3 a4 32. a3 Qb7 33. Nd6 Qb3
34. Nc4 Kg7 35. f4 Qb7 36. f5 gxf5 37. gxf5 Kf6 38. Qc2 Qh1+ 39. Ka2 Qc6 40. b3
axb3+ 41. Kxb3 Qf3+ 42. Ka2 Qxf5 43. Qxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2
b5 9. Rd1 Bb4 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. e4 Ne7 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Bg5 Be7 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. d5 exd5 17. Nc3 Rae8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Bd4 20. Qc2 f5 21. e5
f4 22. Nf6+ Rxf6 23. exf6 Nb4 24. Qd2 c5 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Re7 Qf5 27. fxg7 fxg3
28. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 29. Re2 gxf2+ 30. Kh1 Nd3 31. Qh6+ Kf7 32. Rf1 Ne5 33. Qh4 Ng4
34. h3 Nf6 35. Rexf2 Bxf2 36. Rxf2 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Qxe4 Qe7
8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Nd5 c6 11. Nxe7 Kxe7 12. Re1+ Kd8 13. Bf1 Re8 14.
Re3 d6 15. b3 Bf5 16. Bb2 f6 17. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bg3
Bb4 9. Rc1 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. dxc5 Qa5
15. c4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 d4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rac8
21. Rc2 Kg8 22. Qd5 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 f6 11. a3 Nd4 12. Ne4 Bb3 13. Qd2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bd5
15. Qc2 c6 16. Nd2 Kh8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. b4 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. a4 Qe7 21. a5
Bxf3 22. Nxf3 e4 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Nd2 e3 25. axb6 exd2 26. Rxd2 axb6 27. Rd4
Rae8 28. e3 Rf7 29. Qd3 b5 30. Rd1 h6 31. Rd2 Ref8 32. f4 b6 33. Rd6 Rf6 34.
Kf2 Re8 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 36. Qd7 Qg6 37. f5 Qh5 38. h4 Re5 39. e4 Rxe4 40. f6 gxf6
41. Qxc6 Qf5+ 42. Kg2 Re7 43. Qxb6 Kg7 44. Rf2 Qe5 45. Kh2 Re6 46. Qb7+ Re7 47.
Qc6 Re6 48. Qd7+ Re7 49. Qg4+ Kh7 50. Kh3 h5 51. Qf3 Kg7 52. Kh2 Qd4 53. Qf5
Re1 54. Qf3 Re7 55. Kh3 Qe5 56. Qc6 Qe6+ 57. Qxe6 Rxe6 58. Rf5 Kg6 59. Rxb5 Re2
60. Rb8 Rb2 61. b5 Kg7 62. b6 f5 63. b7 Kh7 64. Rf8 Rxb7 65. Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. Rc1 O-O 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Nd1 Rd6 22. Rc5 Kf8 23. Kf1 h5 24. Ne3 Ke7 25. Ke2 Bg7 26. Nc2 Bh6 27. Ra5 Rd7
28. Rxe5+ Kd6 29. Ra5 Bg7 30. f4 Bxb2 31. e5+ Ke7 32. Nb4 Kf8 33. Nxc6 Bc1 34.
Kf3 Rc7 35. Rc5 Ba3 36. Rc2 Nc8 37. Ke4 Kg7 38. Bxf7 Kxf7 39. Nd8+ Ke8 40. Rxc7
Kxd8 41. Rc3 Bb4 42. Rd3+ Ke7 43. f5 gxf5+ 44. Kxf5 a5 45. f4 Nb6 46. Rg3 Nd5
47. a3 Be1 48. Rd3 Nc3 49. e6 a4 50. Rd7+ Ke8 51. Rd4 Ke7 52. Ke5 Nb5 53. Rxa4
Bc3+ 54. Kd5 Nc7+ 55. Kc4 Bf6 56. Ra7 Kd6 57. f5 Ne8 58. Rd7+ Ke5 59. Rd5+ Ke4
60. a4 Nc7 61. Rd7 Ne8 62. e7 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Bd2 Nd4 12. a4 Nd7 13. Ned5 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6
15. b3 Qd8 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Qg5 20. c3 Bxc4 21.
bxc4 Nc6 22. Ra2 Qe5 23. Nd5 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Raf2 a6 26. Qb3 b6 27. h3
Qd7 28. Rf5 f6 29. Qa2 Rfe8 30. Rb1 Rb7 31. Rf2 Reb8 32. Rf5 Re8 33. Rf2 Reb8
34. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4
Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qd1 Nf6 18. N2f3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Rc5 20. Rfc1
Qc7 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. f3 h5 24. Rd1 g6 25. Qd2 Qe7 26. Rc1 Rxc1+
27. Qxc1 Qe5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Kf2 Qd6 30. a4 Qe7 31. Qc8 Ne8 32. Ke2 Nf6 33. g4
hxg4 34. hxg4 Nh7 35. Qb8 Ng5 36. Kd3 Qf6 37. Qg3 a5 38. Ke2 Ne6 39. Nxe6+ Qxe6
40. Qf4 Qf6 41. Qxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Be5 Bxe5
15. Nxe5 f6 16. Ra1 Qb6 17. d6+ Kg7 18. dxe7 Re8 19. Nf3 Rxe7 20. Rfb1 Qc7 21.
Nd4 Ne4 22. Qd3 Nc5 23. Qd2 Ne4 24. Qd3 Nc5 25. Qc2 Ne4 26. Bd3 Nc5 27. Be2 b6
28. Bf3 Bb7 29. Nb5 Qe5 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. c4 Rd7 32. h3 Qe4 33. Qa2 Rad8 34.
Nc3 Qe6 35. Nd5 Ne4 36. Qc2 Rc8 37. Rd1 Qe5 38. Rd4 Nc5 39. Nc3 Qe6 40. Qd1
Rcd8 41. Rxa7 Rxa7 42. Rxd8 Qxc4 43. Ne2 Qf7 44. Qb1 Qb3 45. Qxb3 Nxb3 46. Rb8
Ra1+ 47. Kh2 Nd2 48. Rb7+ Kg8 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. Rb7+ Kg8 51. Ng3 Rb1 52. h4 h5
53. f4 f5 54. Rd7 Rb2 55. Kh3 b5 56. Rd4 Kf7 57. e4 fxe4 58. Nxe4 Rb3+ 59. g3
Nxe4 60. Rxe4 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Qb3 b6 11. Ne5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxa6 14. c4
Rc8 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rfd1 Rc7 17. Bf4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxc4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qg3+
Kf8 21. Qf3 Rd8 22. Qxf6 Rd5 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24. Qxh7 Qa4 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qh4+
Ke8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 Bc7 13. b5 Re8 14. a4 Nf8 15.
Ba3 Ne6 16. h4 h5 17. g3 g6 18. Rac1 Kg7 19. Nb1 Qd7 20. Rc2 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6
22. Rfc1 Rec8 23. Qd1 c5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Nxc5 26. Bf1 Rd8 27. Bg2 b6 28.
Nd2 Nd3 29. Rc6 Qe7 30. Nf1 Ne5 31. Rc1 Ne4 32. Qd4 Qf6 33. f4 Ng4 34. Rc7 Qxd4
35. exd4 Re8 36. Bf3 Nh6 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxa7 Rxd4 39. Ne3 Ng4 40. Nxg4 hxg4
41. a5 bxa5 42. Rxa5 Rb4 43. b6 d4 44. Rd5 Kf6 45. b7 Rxb7 46. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 d4 9. Qc2 e5 10. Nf3 Re8 11. e3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Nxc5
15. exd4 exd4 16. b4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rd8 18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qxa7 Be4
21. Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qxd2 24. c5 Qf4 25. f3 Re8 26. Qa6 d3 27.
Rad1 Re2 28. Qd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 bxa5 11. Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Nxa5 Qc7 14. f3 Rab8
15. b4 Ba8 16. Kh1 d5 17. c5 Qe5 18. Bd2 Qd4 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Bxa6 dxe4 21. Ne2
Qd8 22. f4 Nf3 23. Bc3 Ng4 24. c6 Nfxh2 25. Rfd1 Bd6 26. Be1 Qf6 27. Rxd6 Nf3
28. Ng1 Nxe1 29. Qe2 Qxf4 30. g3 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Na4 e5 14. d5 e4 15.
Nd4 cxd5 16. Nc3 Ne5 17. Nxd5 Qg5 18. Rc7 Bg4 19. Qc2 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 exf3 21. g3
Rad8 22. h4 Qe5 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Bxf7 Bf5 25. Nxg6+ Bxg6 26. Bxg6 Qe6 27. Kh2
Qxa2 28. Be4 Qa6 29. Re1 Qa5 30. b4 Qe5 31. Bxb7 a5 32. Rc4 axb4 33. Rb1 b3 34.
Rxb3 Qa5 35. Rd3 Rb8 36. Rd7 Qa1 37. Rd1 Qa7 38. Be4 Rb2 39. Qd3 Rxf2+ 40. Kh3
Qa2 41. Kg4 Qa6 42. Rc6 Qa7 43. Rb1 Re2 44. Rb7 Qxb7 45. Rxh6+ Bxh6 46. Bxb7 f2
47. Bg2 Rxe3 48. Qd4+ Kh7 49. Be4+ Rxe4+ 50. Qxe4+ Kh8 51. Qe5+ Kg8 52. Qe6+
Rf7 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. c3 Qc7 11. Nc4 b5 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nxc8 Rfxc8 14. a4 Ne5
15. axb5 axb5 16. Bd4 Nc6 17. Be3 b4 18. Ba6 Rd8 19. Qe2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qe5 21.
Bd2 Rb2 22. f4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 d5 24. e5 d4 25. Qe1 g6 26. Qc1 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 dxc3
28. Qf2 Qxf2 29. Rxf2 Nb4 30. Rff1 c2 31. Be2 Bc5 32. Bc4 Be3 33. Bb3 Rc8 34.
Bxc2 Rxc2 35. Rad1 Nd5 36. g3 h5 37. Rf3 Re2 38. Rff1 h4 39. Rf3 h3 40. Rff1
Bf2 41. Rd3 Ne3 42. Rb1 Ng4 43. f5 Bb6 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 O-O-O 10. Rb1 Qxc2 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Ng5 Nh6 13. Rc1 Qb2 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Na4 Qb4 16. Nxc5 Qxe1 17. Rfxe1 Bf5 18. f3 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Kb7 20. g4
Bd3 21. Bd2 Rd7 22. Nh3 Ng8 23. Nf4 Bc4 24. Rb1+ Ka8 25. Ra5 g6 26. Nh3 h6 27.
Kf2 Ne7 28. Kg3 c5 29. Rxc5 Bxa2 30. Rb2 Bc4 31. Nf4 Rb7 32. Rc2 Kb8 33. Ng2
Rc7 34. Rxc7 Kxc7 35. Ne3 Kb6 36. Bb4 Nc6 37. Bc5+ Kb7 38. Nxc4 dxc4 39. Rxc4
a5 40. Kf4 Ka6 41. Ke4 Kb5 42. Rc1 h5 43. g5 Ra8 44. Bd6 a4 45. Rb1+ Kc4 46.
Rc1+ Kb5 47. Rb1+ Kc4 48. Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. e3
e6 9. h3 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3 Qc8 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Re8 14. Bh2 Bd8 15.
f4 b6 16. a3 a5 17. Qc2 Qb7 18. g4 Bc7 19. Kg2 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Ra8
22. Rxa8+ Qxa8 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Nxa4 bxc5 25. dxc5 Ne4 26. f5 Bxh2 27. fxe6
fxe6 28. Kxh2 Kf7 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Kg3 Ne5 31. Nc3 Nd3 32. b5 cxb5 33. c6 Ke7
34. Nxb5 e5 35. Kh4 Nf2 36. Kg5 Nxh3+ 37. Kxg6 Nf2 38. g5 Nd1 39. c7 Kd7 40.
Nd6 Kxc7 41. Nf5 Kd7 42. Kxg7 Ke6 43. Kg6 Nf2 44. Nh6 Nd1 45. Ng4 Nc3 46. Kh7
Kf5 47. g6 Kxg4 48. g7 Kf3 49. g8=Q Kxe3 50. Kg6 Kd3 51. Qd8+ Kc2 52. Qb6 Kd3
53. Qd6+ Kc4 54. Qxe5 Kd3 55. Kf5 e3 56. Kf4 Ne2+ 57. Kf3 Nd4+ 58. Kg2 Nc2 59.
Kf1 Nd4 60. Qe8 Nc2 61. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Ne5 Qb7 13. Qc7 Qxc7 14. Rxc7 Bd6
15. Rc2 Nh5 16. Be3 f6 17. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. a3
Nd7 9. Nd5 Nb6 10. Ba2 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 Qd7 14. b4 b5 15.
Be3 a6 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. Rfb1 Qd7 18. Qd1 Rfb8 19. Qb3 a5 20. bxc5 a4 21. Qd1
dxc5 22. c4 bxc4 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. Qxa4 cxd3 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Qc4 Qd6 27. Ne1
Ra8 28. Nxd3 Nd4 29. Ra1 Rd8 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. a4 Nf5 32. Ke2 Nd4+ 33. Ke1 Nf5
34. Rd1 Nd4 35. a5 Nc6 36. Bxc5 Nxa5 37. Qb4 1-0

