[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. a4 c5
9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Nb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4
15. Bxh7 g6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kf8 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Rac1 Qh7 20. Qg3 Ke8 21.
d5 Bd6 22. Rfe1 Bd7 23. h3 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rg8 25. Qe3 Rg6 26. dxe6 Bc6 27. Rxc6
bxc6 28. Qe4 Qg7 29. Qxc6+ Ke7 30. Qc5+ Ke8 31. Qc6+ Ke7 32. Re3 Ra7 33. Qc5+
Ke8 34. Qc6+ Ke7 35. Qb6 Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rg1+ 37. Ke2 Ra8 38. Qb7+ Kd6 39. Rd3+
Kxe6 40. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "A89"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation with Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5
9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c5 Kh8 11. Qb3 h6 12. Rd1 g5 13. Bd2 a6 14. Be1 Qe8 15. d6 exd6
16. cxd6 c6 17. Na4 e4 18. Nc5 f4 19. Bc3 e3 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. d7 exf2+ 22. Kf1
Bxd7 23. Nxd7 Re6 24. Nb6 Re3 25. Qc4 Rb8 26. Rd7 fxg3 27. hxg3 Qh5 28. Kxf2
Rbe8 29. Re1 Qh2 30. Qg4 R3e6 31. Rd3 h5 32. Qxg5 Rf6+ 33. Rf3 Rxf3+ 34. Kxf3
Rf8+ 35. Ke3 Qxg2 36. Kd3 Qf2 37. Rh1 Qd4+ 38. Kc2 Qxb2+ 39. Kd1 Qb1+ 40. Kd2
Qxh1 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen (Paulsen), classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400630"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15.
Bd3 Qh5 16. Rf3 Qa5 17. Rg3 Rac8 18. Rf1 Kh8 19. Qf2 Bc6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bb6 Qb4
22. fxe5 Nh5 23. Rh3 Qg4 24. Kg1 Nf4 25. Rg3 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Qb4 27. Na2 Qxa4 28.
Qxf7 Bf8 29. d4 Be4 30. Nc3 Qc2 31. Nxe4 Qxe4 32. Bc5 Rxc5 33. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Gligoric system with 7...dc"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Bxd5 Bxh4 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Ne4 Rb8 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Qc3 Qe7 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. Re4
Qc7 22. Rae1 Rd5 23. a5 Rb5 24. b4 Qb8 25. Nd3 Qd6 26. h3 Bd7 27. Nc5 Bc8 28.
Kh1 Qb8 29. Nd3 Bd7 30. Re5 Qd6 31. R5e4 f5 32. R4e2 Rxd4 33. Nc5 Rbxb4 34. Nxe6
Rbc4 35. Qb2 Bxe6 36. Rxe6 Qf4 37. Qb7 Re4 38. R6xe4 fxe4 39. Qxa6 Qxf2 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nf3 c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. a3 Nbd7 13. O-O a6 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Rfe1
Rc8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Re6 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6
Qxc6 22. Ne2 Re5 23. Nd4 Qe8 24. Nf3 Re7 25. Rxd6 Nfxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Red1
Qf8 28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Ng5 Re2 30. Rf6 Rc7 31. Rf3 Kg7 32. Rd5 Nd3 33. h4 h6 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "D57"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Lasker defence, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. e4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Qf6 16. d5 Ne7 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Bf3 Ng6 19. Nxg6 Bxg6 20. Qb3 b6 21. Re3
Bf5 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. h3 Bd7 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 b5 26. Re5 Rab8 27. R1e3 c4
28. Qc2 b4 29. cxb4 Qxb4 30. g3 Qb1+ 31. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Re8+ Rxe8
34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Rc8 Rxd5 36. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 8. Ne1
c5 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. c3 Be7 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Nd3 c4 13. Nf4 b5 14. Qg4 Ncb6 15.
Nf3 Nf8 16. g3 Qd7 17. h4 Rg8 18. b3 O-O-O 19. Ng5 Qe8 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. Nd3 Nd7
22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Nh7 Rh8 24. Ng5 Rf8 25. Nh7 Rh8 26. Ng5 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rac1 Rfd8
15. Nc5 Be8 16. Be2 Rd5 17. Nb3 Rad8 18. Be1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 Nb4 21.
Na5 Nd3 22. Bc3 Ne4 23. Nxb7 Ndxf2 24. Be2 Bxa4 25. Bd4 Bb5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27.
Kf1 Nd3 28. Ke2 Nb4 29. Bb6 Bf6 30. Bd4 Be7 31. Bb6 Nd5 32. Ba5 Bf6 33. b3 Bb2
34. Nd2 Nxd2 35. Bxd2 Be5 36. h3 f5 37. Nd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nb3 Qe7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. a3 Bd6
15. Kh1 Ne5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Ng6 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Bc6 21. Bb5
Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Bb8 23. Rf3 a6 24. Nc3 Ba7 25. Qe2 f5 26. Raf1 Rac8 27. Rh3 Bb8
28. e5 b5 29. Rxh6 b4 30. axb4 Qxb4 31. Qh5 Qxb3 32. h4 Qc4 33. Rf3 Bxe5 34.
fxe5 Qg4 35. Qxg4 fxg4 36. Re3 Rc5 37. Ne4 Rxe5 38. Rxg6+ fxg6 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40.
Rxe5 g3 41. Re1 Kxf6 42. Kg1 Rd2 43. b3 Rb2 44. Kf1 Rxb3 45. Ra1 Rb6 46. Ke2 Kf5
47. Kf3 e5 48. Kxg3 Ke4 49. Kf2 Kd3 50. Ra3+ Kc4 51. Ke3 Re6 52. Ra1 e4 53. g4
Kb4 54. Rb1+ Kc5 55. Rc1+ Kd5 56. Rd1+ Ke5 57. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400630"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Ng3 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. d5 exd5 12. Ne5 Qe6 13. f4 Nd7 14. O-O
O-O-O 15. Qh5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Rae1 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Rxf5 Qxh5 20.
Nxh5 Rd7 21. Rxf7 Bd8 22. Rf5 b6 23. Nf4 d4 24. b3 Bc7 25. Nd3 Rg8 26. g3 Rg6
27. Kg2 Rc6 28. Re2 c4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Rh5 Ra4 31. Nc1 Kb7 32. Rd2 a6 33. Rh4
Bd8 34. Rh5 b5 35. Nb3 Bb6 36. c3 d3 37. Nc1 Ba5 38. Rxd3 Rxd3 39. Nxd3 Rxa2+
40. Kf3 Bxc3 41. Rxh7+ Kc6 42. g4 b4 43. g5 b3 44. g6 Rd2 45. Ke3 Rg2 46. Rh6
Bd2+ 47. Kf3 Bxh6 48. Kxg2 a5 49. Nb2 Kb5 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14.
Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Bg5+ f6 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Be3 Ke6 18. O-O-O Bb4 19. Kb1 Rhc8 20.
a3 Bc5 21. Rhe1 Bxe3 22. Rxe3+ Kd6 23. Rde1 Rc4 24. h3 Rd8 25. Re6+ Kc7 26. Rc1
Rd6 27. Re8 Rxc1+ 28. Kxc1 Rc6+ 29. Kd2 Kd6 30. Ra8 Rc7 31. Ke3 Ke5 32. f4+ Kf5
33. Rd8 Re7+ 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. Ke3 Kf5+ 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Ke3 Kf5+ 38. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nb5 Re8 11. Re1 Ng4 12. h3 a6 13. hxg4 axb5 14. cxb5 Qh4
15. g3 Qxg4 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. Bf4 Bf3 18. b6 g5 19. Bxg5 Re5 20. Bh4 cxb6 21.
Rac1 Rae8 22. Bb5 Rf8 23. Bd3 Bh6 24. Rc4 f5 25. Rxd4 fxe4 26. Rexe4 Bxe4 27.
Bxe4 Bc1 28. Rc4 Bxb2 29. f3 Ba3 30. Rc7 Rf7 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. g4 Rxe4 33. fxe4
Rf4 34. Rc7+ Kg6 35. Kg2 Rxg4+ 36. Bg3 Rxe4 37. Rxb7 Rb4 38. Kf3 Rb5 39. Bf2
Rxd5 40. Rxb6 Kf5 41. Rb3 Ra5 42. Be1 Ra4 43. Bf2 Bc5 44. Bxc5 dxc5 45. Rb5 Rc4
46. a4 Rc3+ 47. Ke2 Ke4 48. a5 c4 49. Rh5 Rc2+ 50. Kd1 Ra2 51. Rxh7 Rxa5 52. Kc2
c3 53. Rh4+ Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Qa4 a6 8. Bf4 Be6
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 Ra7 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Ra8 15.
Qb3 a5 16. Bxd5 a4 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Nxf7 Rxb7 19. Nxd8 Bxd5 20. Nxb7 Bxb7 21.
Rac1 Bd5 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. a3 Kf7 24. Rd2 Nf6 25. f3 Bb3 26. Be5 Ne8 27. Rc5 Bxe5
28. Rxe5 Nd6 29. Rc5 Nc4 30. Rd3 Nxb2 31. Re3 Rxd4 32. Rc7 Be6 33. Ra7 g5 34.
Rc3 Rc4 35. Re3 Rc2 36. Re4 Rc3 37. h4 h6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Ra6 Ba2 40. Ra7 Be6
41. Ra6 Bc4 42. Rc6 Rxa3 43. Rcxc4 Nxc4 44. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open, 4.ed ed"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. Bd3 c4 7. Be2 Bd6 8. c3
Ne7 9. b3 b5 10. a4 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb2 Nbc6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bf1 Rae8 15. g3
Bc8 16. Bg2 Bf5 17. axb5 axb5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Nf1 Ra8 20. Ne3 Bd3 21. Bf1 Bxf1
22. Nxf1 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Qb7 24. Re2 Ra8 25. Qc1 h6 26. Ne3 Ra2 27. Kf1 Qb3 28.
Nd1 Qa4 29. Qb1 Na5 30. Ne1 Qb3 31. Nc2 Nac6 32. Na1 Qa4 33. Ne3 Nd8 34. Nac2
Qb3 35. Na1 Qa4 36. Nac2 Ne6 37. f4 h5 38. Bc1 Qb3 39. Qxb3 cxb3 40. Ne1 Nc7 41.
Bb2 Nb5 42. Nd3 Ba3 43. Nd1 Nc6 44. Nc1 Bxb2 45. Nxb3 g6 46. Rc2 Kg7 47. Rxb2
Rxb2 48. Nxb2 Nxc3 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. Nd3 Kf5 51. Kf3 Nb5 52. Ke3 Nd6 53. h3 f6 54.
Kf3 Nb5 55. g4+ hxg4+ 56. hxg4+ Ke6 57. Ke3 Nd6 58. Ndc5+ Ke7 59. Na4 Ne4 60.
Nac5 Nd6 61. Na4 Ne4 62. Nac5 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "13400630"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. h3 exd5 7. cxd5 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O
9. Nbd2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Ra2
Ra8 16. b3 Nfd7 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Qf6 19. Ra2 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Nf3 Qc3
22. Re3 Qf6 23. Bf1 Bd7 24. Ra5 Bb5 25. Qc1 Nd7 26. Bc4 Rab8 27. Qf1 Ne5 28.
Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Ra8 31. g3 Ra1 32. Re1 Rea8 33. Kg2 Qc3 34.
Rb8+ Rxb8 35. Rxa1 Rxb3 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Qa1 Qxa1 38. Rxa1 f5 39. Ra6 fxe4 40.
Rxd6 Rd3 41. Kf1 Kf7 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Rc6 Rxd5 44. Rc7+ Kd6 45. Rxh7 c4 46. Rh6
c3 47. Rxg6+ Kc5 48. Rg8 Rd3 49. h4 Kd4 50. Rd8+ Kc4 51. Rc8+ Kd4 52. Rd8+ Kc4
53. Rc8+ Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Ng6 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. Qd2 e6 15. Nc3
Be5 16. O-O-O Qf6 17. Nde2 b5 18. h4 g4 19. Ng1 Bd7 20. h5 Nge7 21. Bh4 Qf4 22.
Qxf4 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 gxf3 24. Nxf3 f5 25. Ne2 Be3 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. exf5 Nxf5 28.
g4 Ne7 29. Rxd6 Bc6 30. Bg2 Rf8 31. Nh4 Bxg2 32. Nxg2 Bg5 33. Nd4 Rf2 34. Ne1 e5
35. Nd3 Rf6 36. Ne6 e4 37. Ndc5 e3 38. Ne4 Rf3 39. N6xg5 hxg5 40. Nxg5 Rf4 41.
Re6 Rxg4 42. Nf3 Rg3 43. Rxe3 Kf8 44. Rf1 Nf5 45. Re5 Nd6 46. Re6 Nc4 47. Ne5+
Kg7 48. Nxc4 bxc4 49. Rxa6 c3 50. b3 Rf8 51. Rc1 Kh7 52. a4 Rf5 53. h6 Rgf3 54.
Rc6 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. g3 Bb7
9. d5 b5 10. Bg2 bxc4 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 d6 13. Bg5 exd5 14. Nf4 Nc7 15. Nh5
Nce8 16. exd5 h6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qa4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bc8 21. Qxc4
Bf5 22. Rbe1 Rab8 23. Re3 Bd7 24. Rfe1 Rb2 25. Rf3 Qg5 26. Rfe3 Qf5 27. Rf3 Rb1
28. Re3 Rfb8 29. Be4 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qf6 31. Rb1 Re8 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34.
Qd3 Qe5 35. Rb7 Bg4 36. Bg6 Re7 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. Be4 Qe5 39. Qe3 Kg7 40. f4 Qe7
41. Kf2 Qf6 42. Kg1 gxf4 43. gxf4 Bf5 44. Bg2 c4 45. Kf2 Bd3 46. Qg3+ Kf8 47.
Qg5 Qxc3 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qxd6 Qd4+ 50. Kg3 c3 51. Qe7 c2 52. Qg5+ Bg6 53. f5
Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. g3
h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Nd4 Bg4
15. h3 Be6 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. e3 Bb6 18. a3 Ba5 19. Nce2 Bb6 20. Nf4 Rd6 21. Qd3
Rcd8 22. Rfe1 Bd7 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 g6 25. Qc2 Qe5 26. Rd3 d4 27. e4 g5 28.
Ne2 Nxe4 29. Nc1 Qc5 30. Qd1 Nf6 31. Bxb7 Qb5 32. Re2 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Rd2
d3 35. Nxd3 Kg7 36. Bg2 Ne4 37. Bxe4 Qxe4 38. Ne1 Qf5 39. Qf3 Rf6 40. Qxf5 Rxf5
41. Kg2 h5 42. Nf3 Kg6 43. b4 Rb5 44. Rd6+ Kg7 45. Nd4 Re5 46. a4 Re4 47. Nf5+
Kh7 48. a5 Bc7 49. Rd7 Be5 50. b5 Rb4 51. Rb7 Rb2 52. a6 g4 53. hxg4 hxg4 54.
Rxa7 Rxb5 55. Rb7 Ra5 56. a7 Ra2 57. Rd7 Bf6 58. Ne3 Kg6 59. Nd5 Bd4 60. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 Bd5 15. Nd2
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Nf3 Qxb5 18. Bxd4 a4 19. Qb1 Qd5 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Qxb6
Rfc8 22. Rfb1 Rc3 23. Qxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxb7 Bxa3 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. Ra2 Ra6 27. f4 Bc5
28. Nb5 Rc1 29. Nc7 Rg1+ 30. Kh3 Rc6 31. f5 a3 32. Ne6 Bd6 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rd7
Kg8 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Ra7 Rc8 37. Rc2 Rg8 38. Nf4 Rb1 39. Rc4 Rgb8 40. Nh5 Bf8
41. Nxf6 R1b7 42. Rca4 Bc5 43. R7a6 Kg7 44. Ne4 Bb4 45. Nd6 Rb6 46. Rxb6 Rxb6
47. Nc4 Rb5 48. e4 Bf8 49. e5 Rd5 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. f6 Kg6 52. Ra8 Bb4 53. Rg8+
Kf7 54. Rg7+ Ke6 55. Ra7 Rxd3 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ra4 Bc5 58. Kg4 Kg6 59. Nxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1
Nf6 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxb4 c5 18. Ba3 cxd4 19. Bf3 Bf8 20. Re1 Bxa3 21. Nxa3 Nc5
22. Nxc4 O-O 23. b4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Nd7 25. h4 Rc8 26. Qd3 Qc7 27. Rac1 Nb6 28.
Nd6 Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc3 31. Qxd4 Nd5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qg4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Nb3
e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qf2 Rb8 13. Kb1 Nce5 14. Rg1 Be7 15.
f4 Nc4 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Bd4 b4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Ne2 e5 21. Be3 a5
22. Ng3 g6 23. Nf3 a4 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rd5 b3 26. cxb3 axb3 27. a3 O-O 28. Rc1
Qa6 29. Qd2 Nf6 30. Rxe5 Rd8 31. Bd4 Be6 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. h3 Bc4 34. Ne7+ Bxe7
35. Rxe7 Bd3+ 36. Ka1 Bc2 37. Qf4 Rdc8 38. Rc7 Rxc7 39. Qxc7 Nxe4 40. Re1 Re8
41. Ng5 Rf8 42. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Franco-Indian (Keres) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8.
O-O Qe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. Rfe1 d5 11. e3 Nbd7 12. b3 b6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nf4 dxc4 15.
bxc4 c5 16. Ng5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e5 18. Nfe6 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxe6 20. Ng5 Qxc4 21.
dxc5 Nxc5 22. Rec1 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Nxd3 24. Rc7 h6 25. Nf3 Rf7 26. Rc3 Rd7 27. a4
Rad8 28. Rb1 Rd5 29. Rc7 R8d7 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rb5 Rd6 32. a5 e4 33. Nd4 g6 34.
Rb1 Kf7 35. h3 Ke7 36. Nb5 Rd5 37. axb6 axb6 38. Nd4 Rd6 39. Nb5 Rf6 40. f3
exf3+ 41. Kxf3 Ne5+ 42. Ke2 Nd7 43. Nd4 Rd6 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4 Ne5 46. Nb5 Rf6
47. Rb4 Rf2+ 48. Kxf2 Nd3+ 49. Kf3 Nxb4 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Nc3 Nd3+ 52. Ke4 Nc5+
53. Kf4 g5+ 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Nb5 Ne4 56. Na7 Nd2+ 57. Ke2 Nc4 58. Nc6+ Ke4 59.
Ne7 Nxe3 60. Nc8 Nxg4 61. Nxb6 Ne5 62. Kf2 h5 63. Kg3 h4+ 64. Kh3 Kf3 65. Nc8
Nd3 66. Nd6 Nf4+ 67. Kh2 g4 68. Nf5 g3+ 69. Kh1 g2+ 70. Kh2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "MacCutcheon, Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400630"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Ba6 12. h5 g5 13. f4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Kd7 15.
Bd2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Kc8 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. Qf4 Rh7 20. O-O-O Qd5 21. Qg4
Kd7 22. Qg8 Qa2 23. Bc3 Be4 24. Bb2 Qc4 25. Rd2 Na6 26. Qg4 Bd5 27. Rd3 Qc6 28.
Nd2 Rf8 29. Rc3 Qb7 30. Re3 b5 31. Ne4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 c6 33. Bc3 Qc8 34. Rf1 Rg8
35. Qh3 Nc7 36. Ref4 Rgg7 37. Bb4 Nd5 38. R4f2 Qg8 39. Bc5 a5 40. Qd3 a4 41. g4
Qd8 42. c4 Qg5+ 43. Rd2 bxc4 44. Qxc4 Qe3 45. Qa6 Nc7 46. Qxa4 Rxg4 47. Qc2 Rg2
48. d5 Qxd2+ 49. Qxd2 Rxd2 50. Kxd2 exd5 51. Be3 Ne6 52. Rf6 Rg7 53. Bxh6 Rg2+
54. Ke1 Ke7 55. Rf2 Rg1+ 56. Rf1 Rg3 57. Rh1 Rxa3 58. Bc1 Ra1 59. Kf2 Ra2+ 60.
Kg3 Kf8 61. h6 Kg8 62. Rf1 Ra7 63. Rd1 Rd7 64. Kg4 c5 65. Kf5 Kh7 66. Be3 d4 67.
Bf2 c4 68. Ke4 c3 69. Kd3 Nc5+ 70. Kc4 c2 71. Rc1 d3 72. Be3 Ne4 73. Kb3 d2 74.
Bxd2 Rxd2 75. Rxc2 Rxc2 76. Kxc2 Kxh6 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. b4 d6 7. Rb1 Nge7 8. Nf3 O-O
9. O-O b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. b5 Na5 12. d3 d5 13. Rd1 Nf5 14. Bg5 Nd4 15. Qc1 Nab3
16. Bxd8 Nxc1 17. Rdxc1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rfxd8 19. a4 Rab8 20. cxd5 exd5 21. a5
Rd6 22. Na4 Bc8 23. Kg2 h5 24. h3 Be6 25. Rc2 c4 26. dxc4 Bf5 27. Rbc1 Bxc2 28.
Rxc2 dxc4 29. axb6 axb6 30. Rxc4 Rd4 31. Nb2 Rxc4 32. Nxc4 Bf8 33. Bd5 Kg7 34.
e4 Bc5 35. f4 Rc8 36. Ne5 f6 37. Nd3 Bf8 38. Bc6 Rd8 39. Bd5 Rd7 40. g4 h4 41.
Kf3 g5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Ne5 Ra7 44. Nc4 Bc5 45. e5 Ra2 46. Ke4 Rh2 47. Kf5 Rxh3
48. Kxg5 Rd3 49. Bc6 h3 50. e6 h2 51. Nxb6 Rd6 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, Russian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qxh7 Qa5 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. Nb1 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. a3 O-O-O 12. c3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 d4 14. Nb5 Bxd2+
15. Nxd2 Nf5 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. b4 Qa6 18. Qh3 Nxe5 19. Nxd4 Qd6 20. N4b3 Bc6 21.
Rg1 Bd5 22. Qc3 Bxb3 23. Nxb3 Nh4 24. Be2 Nxg2+ 25. Kf1 Nf4 26. Qe3 Rxg1+ 27.
Kxg1 Qd5 28. Bg4 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13400630"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Rc1 Bg4 8. f3
Bc8 9. g4 g6 10. h4 h6 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. Qh2 e6 13. Bc7 Qe7 14. a3 g5 15. Bd6 Qd8
16. hxg5 Ng8 17. g6 fxg6 18. Bd3 Nge7 19. Nge2 Kf7 20. Bc7 Qd7 21. Bb6 e5 22.
Bc5 Re8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nxd5 Qd8 25. g5 Rh8 26. Bxg6+ Kf8 27. Nf6 Ke7 28. Rxc6
bxc6 29. Qxe5+ Kf8 30. Qf4 Ke7 31. Nh7 Rxh7 32. Qf7+ Kd6 33. Bxh7 Qxg5 34. Rg1
Be6 35. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. Nf3 Kg7 13. g3 c6 14. Bg2 Na6 15.
O-O-O Qc7 16. Qe3 Bf5 17. Ne5 Rae8 18. f4 Bd8 19. Qf3 h5 20. Bh3 f6 21. Bxf5
fxe5 22. Bc2 exd4 23. Rxd4 Bf6 24. Qd3 Qf7 25. e4 Nc5 26. Qe3 dxe4 27. Rd6 Nd3+
28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Qxd3 Rd8 30. Re1 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Re8 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Kd2 Kf7
34. Kd3 Bxc3 35. bxc3 Qe6 36. Qc7+ Qe7 37. Qb8 Qd7+ 38. Kc2 b6 39. Qa8 Qf5+ 40.
Kc1 Qd7 41. f5 gxf5 42. Qh8 Qd3 43. Qxh5+ Kg7 44. Qg5+ Kf7 45. Kb2 Qb5+ 46. Kc2
Qd5 47. Kb2 Qb5+ 48. Kc1 Qd3 49. Kb2 Qb5+ 50. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
Qh3 Nf8 16. Nf3 b5 17. Qh4 N8d7 18. Qh3 Nf8 19. a3 Nh5 20. Rfd1 Bxg5 21. Nxg5
Qe7 22. Qe3 Nf6 23. Nf3 N8d7 24. Ne1 Rab8 25. f3 Nb6 26. b3 d5 27. exd5 exd5 28.
Ne2 d4 29. Qg5 Nbd5 30. Ng3 Ne3 31. Rd2 Nfd5 32. Qxe7 Nxe7 33. Ne4 N7d5 34. h4
Nc3 35. Nxc3 Rxc3 36. a4 b4 37. a5 Kf7 38. f4 exf4 39. Rxd4 Nxc2 40. Rxf4+ Kg7
41. Nxc2 Rxc2 42. Rd1 Rc7 43. Rd6 Ra7 44. Rb6 Rxb6 45. axb6 Rb7 46. Rxb4 Kf6 47.
Kf2 Ke5 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kf4 h6 50. g4 Kc5 51. Rc4+ Kd5 52. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch, 2.Bg5 variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. c4 h6 6. Bf4 Nd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Bg3 g5
9. h3 Ne7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f4 12. Bh2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. exf4 gxf4 15. Kh1
N7g6 16. Qd2 c6 17. Rad1 Qh4 18. f3 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Bf1 a6 21. Re4 Kh8 22.
b3 Qf6 23. Nde2 d5 24. cxd5 Bf5 25. Nxf4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Qf7 27. Nxg6+ Qxg6 28. d6
Rf7 29. Re1 Rfd7 30. Bd3 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Qf5 32. Rd1 Re8 33. b4 a5 34. a3 axb4 35.
axb4 Rdd8 36. Bg3 Be5 37. Qe3 Qg6 38. Bxe5+ Rxe5 39. Qb6 Rd7 40. Qd4 Rg7 41. Qb2
Rd5 42. Rxd5 cxd5 43. d7 Qb6 44. Qf6 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Simagin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6
9. Nf4 c6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Be2 Qc7 12. O-O bxc5 13. bxc5 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qd4 Ned7 16. Na4 Re8 17. Rac1 Bf8 18. f3 Rb8 19. Bc3 Rb3 20. Ra1 Qb8 21. Rfc1
Ne4 22. Bb4 Ng5 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Bxc3 f6 25. Kf2 Ne5 26. Qb4 Qc7 27. Qa5 Qe7 28.
Bd4 Bf5 29. Nc3 Rb8 30. g4 Bc2 31. Rc1 Bg6 32. Nxg6 Nxg6 33. Rb1 Rxb1 34. Nxb1
Ne6 35. Nd2 f5 36. Nb3 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 fxg4 38. fxg4 Qh3 39. Qd2 Nh4 40. Bd1 Nf3+
41. Bxf3 Qxf3 42. Be5 Ng5 43. h4 Nh3+ 44. Kh2 Nf2 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne2 Re8 8. O-O
Bf8 9. Bd2 b6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Nf4 Ba6 12. Qf3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Nc6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Rfd1 c4 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. Qh3 Rb8 18. Rc2 Nd3 19. Qf3 d4 20. exd4 Rxb2 21. Rxb2
Nxb2 22. Rc1 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qe5 24. g3 Nd3 25. Nxd3 cxd3 26. Bd2 Qd4 27. Rb1 Qc4
28. Rb3 Bb4 29. Kg2 a5 30. Nb1 Rd8 31. Bxb4 axb4 32. Nd2 Qc2 33. Qf4 Nd5 34. Qh4
f6 35. Qc4 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. h3 Re8 8. Nf3 e6
9. Nd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4
Bd7 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Bb5 18. Ncxb5 axb5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nxb5 Qxb6 21. Na3 Qb3
22. Rb1 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Rb3 24. Bd2 Nfd7 25. Bc3 g5 26. Kh1 Ra8 27. Bf1 Rxc3 28.
bxc3 Rxa3 29. Rdc1 Ra2 30. Kg2 Ng6 31. Bc4 Ra7 32. Bf1 Be5 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Rxa1
Bxc3 35. Ra6 Be5 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Ke2 c4 38. f3 Nc5 39. Ra7 c3 40. Kd1 Nh4 41.
Bb5 Nxf3 42. Be8 Nd4 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 Qb6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 cxd4 8. a5
Qd8 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Qa4 d5 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nd2 Rfc8 14. Nb3 e6 15.
Rd1 Nd8 16. e3 Qxa4 17. Rxa4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bd2 f5 20. Bc3 Rc7 21. Kf1
Kf7 22. Bb4 Nc6 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Ba3 e5 25. a6 b5 26. Rb4 exd4 27. Rxb5 dxe3 28.
Rb7 Rxb7 29. axb7 Rb8 30. Rxc6 Rxb7 31. Na5 Rd7 32. fxe3 Rd1+ 33. Ke2 Rh1 34.
Nc4 Rxh2+ 35. Kf1 h5 36. Ra6 Rc2 37. Rxa7+ Kg8 38. Rc7 Bf6 39. Rc6 Kg7 40. Ne5
Rd2 41. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, Smyslov system"]
[WhiteFideId "13400630"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 Re8 6. Bd2 c6 7. Nf3 d5 8. O-O h6
9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 cxd5 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Qa6 Nc5
15. Qa3 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Rc3 d4 18. Rc2 Na6 19. Rac1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Nb4 21.
Rc1 Nxa2 22. Nc4 Nxc1 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Qa4 Rd8 25. Bf3 Bh3 26. Bg2 Nxe2+ 27.
Kf1 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 e4 29. Qd1 exd3 30. Kf1 g5 31. Ke1 Nc3 32. Qxd3 Re8+ 33. Kf1
Ne2 34. Qxe2 Rxe2 35. Kxe2 Kf8 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Kxd4 Kd6 38. g4 f6 39. Kc4 Kc6
40. b3 b5+ 41. Kb4 Kb6 42. h3 Kc6 43. Ka5 Kc5 44. b4+ Kc4 45. f3 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nd4 Ne4 12. Bf4 Re8 13. f3 Nexc5 14. Be2
Ne5 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Ng6 17. Bg3 Rxe3 18. O-O Bf5 19. Bf2 Re7 20. Qd2 Qc7
21. Rfe1 Qf4 22. Qxf4 Nxf4 23. Bf1 Re6 24. Red1 a6 25. b4 h6 26. Bg3 Ne2+ 27.
Bxe2 Rxe2 28. Rxd5 Be6 29. Rd4 a5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Re4 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Bd7 33.
Rc2 Bc6 34. e5 Rc5 35. c4 Be4 36. Rc3 Ra5 37. Re3 Bf5 38. Be1 Ra2 39. c5 Be6 40.
Rd3 Kh7 41. h3 Ra1 42. Kf2 Rb1 43. Bc3 Rc1 44. Kg3 g5 45. h4 Kg6 46. hxg5 hxg5
47. Rf3 Bd5 48. Rf6+ Kh5 49. Bd2 Rc2 50. Rf2 Be6 51. Be3 Rc3 52. Kf3 Bd5+ 53.
Ke2 Kg4 54. Kd2 Ra3 55. Rf1 Ra2+ 56. Kd3 Rxg2 57. Rg1 Rxg1 58. Bxg1 Kf3 59. Kd2
g4 60. Bd4 g3 61. Ke1 Bc4 62. e6 Bxe6 63. Bf6 Bc4 64. Kd2 Kf2 65. Bh4 f5 66. Kc3
f4 67. Kxc4 Ke2 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc7 15. Nb3
Nxb3 16. Bxb3 Bg4 17. Bg5 exd4 18. Qxd4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nh5 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. e5 Qg5+ 23. Qg4 Qxg4+ 24. fxg4 Nf4 25. Rc6 dxe5 26. Rxa6 Nd3 27. Re3
Nxb2 28. a5 e4 29. Rxe4 Nd3 30. Rc6 Ra8 31. a6 h5 32. g5 Rfc8 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34.
g6 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...b6"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bd6
9. Qe2 c5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 c4 14. b3 Qc8 15.
Qxc8 Rfxc8 16. Bd2 a6 17. a4 Bb4 18. Rdb1 cxb3 19. Rxb3 Rc4 20. Nb1 Bd6 21. Ne1
Rac8 22. f3 h5 23. h3 h4 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Nc3 Ke6 27. Rab1 Nh5 28.
Kd3 f5 29. Nc2 Nhf6 30. Nb4 Bxb4 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Rxb4 g5 33. Rb1 Rg8 34. Rc1
Rc8 35. e4 dxe4+ 36. fxe4 Nxe4 37. Nxe4 fxe4+ 38. Kxe4 Nf6+ 39. Kd3 Rxc1 40.
Bxc1 Kf5 41. Kc4 g4 42. hxg4+ Kxg4 43. Bd2 Kf5 44. Be1 Kg4 45. d5 b5+ 46. axb5
axb5+ 47. Kd4 Nxd5 48. Kxd5 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. e3 d6 10. d4 Ne4 11. d5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. Ne1 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rc1
Qf5 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Nf4 Nf6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. h3 Re5 20. g4 Qd7 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22.
cxd5 Qe7 23. Qd3 g5 24. Kf1 Nd7 25. a4 Rf8 26. Qxa6 f5 27. Qb7 fxg4 28. hxg4
Rxe3 29. Qa6 Qf6 30. Re2 Ne5 31. Rce1 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13400630"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
a4 9. Ba2 Qd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. f4 Ncxe4 14. dxe4 Nxe4
15. Kh1 Qc5 16. c4 f6 17. cxd5 Nc3 18. d6+ Nxa2 19. d7 Nc3 20. dxc8=Q Raxc8 21.
Qg4 fxg5 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Ng6+ hxg6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Qc2 c6 15.
Rxc5 Bf5 16. e4 Bg6 17. Qc3 b6 18. Rc4 c5 19. b4 a5 20. b5 Nb7 21. O-O Nd6 22.
a4 Rae8 23. Qb3 f5 24. Rc3 f4 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Qd7 27. Qe2 Rf6 28. g4 Bf7
29. f3 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31. Bh3 Rg6 32. Kf2 h5 33. Rh1 Qe7 34. Rcc1 Kh7 35. Rcg1
Reg8 36. Kf1 Kh6 37. Rg2 c4 38. Qxc4 Qa3 39. Rf2 hxg4 40. Bxg4 Rxg4 41. fxg4
Rxg4 42. Qe2 Bh5 43. Rf3 Qc1+ 44. Qe1 Qc4+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Reshevsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 c6 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Ba2 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Nf6 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Bd2 b6 16. f3 Nd5 17. e4 Nc7 18. O-O-O Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Bc3 Nb5
21. Be5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "MacCutcheon, Lasker variation, 8...g6"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Qf4 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15.
Rhb1 O-O-O 16. Rb5 Qe7 17. Rab1 b6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. R5b4 g5 20. Qe3 Qc5 21. f4
gxf4 22. Rxf4 Rhg8 23. g3 Qxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Rg5 25. Rxf7 Rxe5+ 26. Kf4 Rh5 27. g4
Rxh2 28. Rxa7 Rd7 29. Ra6 Kc7 30. Kg3 Rd2 31. Rbxb6 Bb7 32. Rxb7+ Kxb7 33. Rxe6
Rc7 34. Rxh6 Rxc3 35. Kf4 Rf2+ 36. Ke5 Rg2 37. Rg6 Ra3 38. Kxd5 Rxa2 39. Be4 Re2
40. c4 Rad2+ 41. Ke5+ Kc7 42. Kf5 Rf2+ 43. Kg5 Rd4 44. Bd5 Kd7 45. Kh6 Re2 46.
Rg7+ Kd6 47. g5 Re5 48. Rf7 Rh4+ 49. Kg6 Rg4 50. Rf5 Rg1 51. Kf6 Rxf5+ 52. Kxf5
Rf1+ 53. Kg6 Ke5 54. Kg7 Rf4 55. g6 Kf5 56. Bf7 Rd4 57. c5 Rd8 58. c6 Rc8 59.
Bd5 Rc7+ 60. Kh6 Kf6 61. Kh5 Ra7 62. Bf7 Kg7 63. Kg5 Ra5+ 64. Kf4 Rc5 65. Be8
Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Nh2 Na6
9. Ng4 Qe8 10. Ne3 Kh8 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Nf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Rb1 f4 15. Nf1 Bd7
16. Nh2 Qe7 17. Bd2 g5 18. Ng4 Ng8 19. h4 gxh4 20. Nh2 Bf6 21. Nb5 Rf7 22. Be2
Nh6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Bxg4 Rg7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Qf3 cxb4 27. axb4 Nc7 28. Na3
Rag8 29. Rh2 b6 30. Kf1 Ne8 31. Ra1 Qc8 32. Rc1 Qd7 33. Nc2 Be7 34. Ne1 Nf6 35.
Bc3 Rc8 36. Qe2 Qe8 37. Nf3 Qg6 38. Re1 Ng4 39. Rh3 a5 40. bxa5 b5 41. a6 Bd8
42. Ra1 Bb6 43. Nxh4 Qg5 44. Be1 Rxc4 45. Nf5 Rg8 46. Nxd6 Rc7 47. Qf3 Bd4 48.
Rc1 Ra7 49. Rc6 b4 50. Nb5 Rf7 51. a7 b3 52. Nxd4 exd4 53. Qd3 Ne5 54. Qxd4
Qxg2+ 55. Ke2 Qg4+ 56. f3 Qg7 57. Bc3 Re7 58. Rh5 Nxc6 59. dxc6 b2 60. Qxg7+
Rexg7 61. Bxb2 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7
9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15.
O-O e5 16. Na4 Be6 17. c5 Qc7 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Rd1
Rd8 22. h3 g6 23. Qb2 Qf4 24. Bf3 d3 25. Qd2 Qd4 26. Bxb7 a5 27. Bf3 axb4 28.
Qxb4 d2 29. c6 Qe5 30. Nd7 Nxd7 31. Qxd2 Qc7 32. Qd4 Rc8 33. cxd7 Rd8 34. Qb2
Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qb4 Qd3 38. a4 Bxh3 39. Qb2+ Kg8 40. Be2 Qe4
41. gxh3 Qxa4 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Bf3 Qd7 45. Bd5 Qxh3 46. Qe8+ Kg7
47. Qxf7+ Kh6 48. Qf4+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kh6 50. Qe3+ Qxe3 51. fxe3 Kg5 52. Kg2 Kf5
53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Bg8 h6 55. Bf7 Kf5 56. Be8 h5 57. e4+ Kf6 58. Ke3 h4 59. Bd7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Jaenisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. g3 Bf6 17. Rc1 h6 18. c4 Qa5 19. d5 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Bd3
Bg4 22. Re4 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bb2 24. Rb1 Qxa3 25. c5 Kf8 26. d6 cxd6 27. cxd6 Rxe4
28. Qxe4 Bf6 29. Qh7 g6 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Rxb7 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Bg7 33. Qxg6 Qf6 34.
Rxg7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13400630"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Ba4 d5 8. h3 h6
9. g4 Nh7 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. Bb3 Be6 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 Bf8 14. g5 Bxb3 15.
axb3 Qd5 16. Rg1 h5 17. g6 fxg6 18. Rxg6 Re6 19. Rg3 Be7 20. Nfg5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5
g6 22. c4 Qd7 23. Nc5 Qe8 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Be3 Kh8 26. O-O-O a5 27. Rdg1 Qf5
28. Rf3 Qd7 29. Bd2 a4 30. Bc3 Qd6 31. Qe4 a3 32. bxa3 Nd4 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Kc2
Rxa3 35. Rxg6 Ra2+ 36. Kb1 Ra1+ 37. Kxa1 Qa3+ 38. Kb1 Qxb3+ 39. Kc1 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 Bd5 15. Nd2
c5 16. bxc6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 bxc6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rab1 Re8 20. Rfc1 a4 21. Qa2 c5
22. Ba1 Bf8 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. Rb7 Qd6 25. Rc2 g5 26. e4 dxe3 27. Nxg5 Kg8 28. Ne4
Qe6 29. Rd7 Rad8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5+ Rxd5 32. Nxf6+ Kf7 33. Nxd5 e2 34. Bc3
e1=Q 35. Bxe1 Rxe1 36. Nc3 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3
Bg7 9. Qe1 Qd7 10. a4 f5 11. Nd5 fxe4 12. dxe4 Rb8 13. Ng5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qf5 15.
Ne6 Bf6 16. Qe2 h5 17. Ra3 Nh6 18. Rg3 Kd7 19. Rg5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Qxd5 21. Nf4
Qd4+ 22. Be3 Qe4 23. gxh6 Rxh6 24. Nd5 Rhh8 25. Qd2 Rhf8 26. Re1 Rf5 27. Nb6+
Kc6 28. Bxc5 Rbf8 29. Bd4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A60"]
[Opening "Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "13400630"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Nf3
Re8 9. e3 a6 10. a4 Bf8 11. d6 Re6 12. Bc4 Rxd6 13. Qb3 Qe8 14. Bg3 Nc6 15. Bxd6
Bxd6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Nb4 18. O-O Bf8 19. e4 d6 20. h3 Rb8 21. a5 b5 22.
axb6 Rxb6 23. Qc3 g6 24. Rfe1 Bg7 25. Qd2 Nxd5 26. exd5 Qd7 27. Rab1 Kh7 28. Qf4
a5 29. Qh4 Rb4 30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Ne4 Kh8 32. Qg3 Rb6 33. Nd2 Ba6 34. b3 Kh7 35.
Rbd1 Qf5 36. Ne4 Be5 37. Qe3 Rb4 38. Nxc5 Bf4 39. Qe8 dxc5 40. d6 Rxb3 41. Re7
Bc4 42. d7 Rxh3 43. gxh3 Qg5+ 44. Kh1 Qf5 45. Re3 Bxe3 46. Qxe3 Bd5+ 47. Kh2
Qxd7 48. Qxc5 Qf5 49. Rxd5 Qf4+ 50. Kg1 a4 51. Qd4 Qc1+ 52. Qd1 Qc3 53. Rd3 Qb4
54. Qa1 Qf4 55. Ra3 Qg5+ 56. Rg3 Qf4 57. Rg4 Qf3 58. Rg3 Qf4 59. Qa3 h5 60. Rf3
Qc4 61. Qe3 Kg8 62. Qe8+ Kg7 63. Qe5+ Kg8 64. Rc3 Qa6 65. Qe8+ Kg7 66. Rc8 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 a6 8.
Bf4 Nc6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e3 Rc8 11. Be2 Na7 12. O-O Nb5 13. Be5 Be6 14. d5 Bd7 15.
Qb3 Nd6 16. Nd4 Rb8 17. h3 c5 18. Ne6 fxe6 19. dxe6 Kh8 20. exd7 Qxd7 21. Qb6
Qc6 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. b3 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe5 25. Nxc5 Ra8 26. Nd7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Wormald (Alapin) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 a6 5. Ba4 Be7 6. c3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
Bd7 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. c4 g6 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Rb1 Ng7 14. b4 f5 15. Be3
Rb8 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. a4 f4 18. Bd2 g5 19. h3 h5 20. Nh2 Qg6 21. f3 Ne8 22. Rdc1
Nef6 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. Ke1 g4 25. Kd1 gxh3 26. gxh3 Rg8 27. Kc2 Qg2 28. Rh1 Qxe2
29. Nxe2 Rg2 30. Kd3 Nb6 31. Rbg1 Rbg8 32. Rxg2 Rxg2 33. a5 Nxc4 34. Bc1 b5 35.
axb6 Nxb6 36. Nf1 Nh7 37. h4 Nf8 38. Bd2 Ng6 39. Be1 Na4 40. Rg1 Rxg1 41. Nxg1
Bxh4 42. Bd2 Ke7 43. Nh3 Kd7 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Rb3 Qe7 14. Ba4 b5 15.
Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qd8 17. Qc3 Qa5 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. O-O Qa4 21.
Kh1 Be7 22. Rfb1 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Rb6 Qxa2 25. Re1 Qc4 26. Rbxe6 Bb4 27.
Bxf6+ Nxf6 28. Qxf6+ Kc7 29. Re7+ Bd7 30. Qe5+ Kc6 31. Qxh8 Bxe7 32. Qa8+ Kc7
33. Qa7+ Kd8 34. Qb8+ Bc8 35. Qe5 Bc5 36. f5 Qxc2 37. f6 Qf5 38. Qe8+ Kc7 39.
Rc1 Kb6 40. f7 d4 41. Qd8+ Kb5 42. Qc7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bg4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Na5 13. Rc1 O-O 14. O-O
b5 15. Qb4 a6 16. a4 Nc4 17. axb5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 axb5 19. Qxb5 Ra3 20. Rf3 Bh6
21. Rc3 Ra1+ 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 e6 24. g3 Qa8 25. d5 Rb8 26. Ra3 Qxa3 27.
Qxb8+ Bf8 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Kf2 Qa1 30. Qb3 Qf6+ 31. Nf4 Kf7 32. Ke2 Qe5 33. Kf3
g5 34. Qb7+ Be7 35. Nd3 Qa1 36. Nf2 Qf1 37. Qb2 g4+ 38. Kxg4 Qg2 39. Qc2 h5+ 40.
Kxh5 Qxh2+ 41. Kg4 Bd6 42. Kf3 Bxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Nc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Rb1 O-O 12. Bh6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. c3 Qc2
15. Rc1 Qe4+ 16. Be2 f4 17. Qh4 h6 18. Kf1 Bd7 19. Ne1 Qf5 20. Bd3 Ng6 21. Bxf5
Nxh4 22. Bd3 Na5 23. Rb1 Rac8 24. g3 Nf5 25. Ke2 b6 26. Rb4 Be8 27. Rg1 Bg6 28.
g4 Nh4 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 30. Nf3 Nc4 31. a4 Ne7 32. Bc1 g6 33. h4 Rf7 34. Ne1 Nc6
35. Rb1 Kg7 36. Rh1 Rh8 37. Rh3 h5 38. f3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg4 40. Rxh8 Kxh8 41.
fxg4 Ne7 42. Kf3 Ng6 43. Ng2 Rh7 44. Nxf4 Nxf4 45. Bxf4 Kg7 46. Kg3 Kg6 47. Rf1
Rf7 48. Rf2 Na3 49. a5 bxa5 50. Rb2 Nc4 51. Rb8 Re7 52. Bc1 a4 53. Rb4 a3 54.
Ra4 a5 55. Bxa3 Rb7 56. Bc5 Rb3 57. Ra2 Rxc3+ 58. Kf4 Rh3 59. Be7 Rh1 60. Rf2
Rh7 61. Bd8 Rf7+ 62. Bf6 a4 63. Ra2 a3 64. Kf3 Rb7 65. Kf4 Rh7 66. Kg3 Rh1 67.
Be7 Rg1+ 68. Kh4 Rh1+ 69. Kg3 Rh7 70. Bc5 Rb7 71. Kh4 Rb2 72. Rxa3 Nxa3 73. Bxa3
Rh2+ 74. Kg3 Rd2 75. Bc5 Kxg5 76. Be7+ Kg6 77. Bc5 Re2 78. Kf3 Re1 79. Kg3 Rf1
80. Kg2 Rf7 81. Kg3 Kg5 82. Bb6 Rb7 83. Bd8+ Kg6 84. Kf4 Rb3 85. Be7 Rb7 86. Bc5
Rf7+ 87. Kg3 Kg5 88. Bb6 Rb7 89. Bd8+ Kg6 90. Kf4 Rb4 91. Ke3 Kf7 92. Bc7 Ra4
93. Bb6 Kg6 94. Kf3 Ra1 95. Kf4 Re1 96. Bc5 Re2 97. Kf3 Re4 98. Kg3 Kf7 99. Kh4
Re3 100. Kg5 Kg7 101. Kf4 Rh3 102. Kg5 Kf7 103. Bd6 Rh8 104. Bc5 Rg8+ 105. Kh5
Ke8 106. Bd6 Kf7 107. Bc5 Rg6 108. Bd6 Kg7 109. Bf8+ Kh7 110. Bc5 Rg7 111. Bf8
Rf7 112. Bc5 Kg7 113. Kg5 Rf3 114. Kh5 Kf7 115. Kg5 Rh3 116. Bd6 Rh7 117. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Rb1"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 f5 7. b4 axb4 8. axb4 e4
9. Nh3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 d6 12. d3 exd3 13. exd3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15.
Ng5 Qf6 16. h4 h6 17. Re1 Nd4 18. Be3 c6 19. Nf3 cxd5 20. Bxd4 Qf7 21. Ra1 Rxa1
22. Qxa1 dxc4 23. dxc4 Kg8 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Qd1 Qf6 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Rd1 f4 28.
Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 fxg3 30. fxg3 Rxf3 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rxc8 Rxg3+ 33. Kf2 Rg4
34. b5 b6 35. Rc7+ Kf6 36. Rc6+ Ke5 37. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. e4 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Qc8 14. Ne2 Qb7
15. f3 c5 16. Kf2 Rac8 17. Qd2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxe4+ 19. fxe4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Nxe4+
21. Kg1 Qd5 22. h3 g5 23. Be1 f5 24. h4 g4 25. Qxh6 Rf6 26. Qe3 Rd8 27. Kh2 f4
28. Qe2 g3+ 29. Kg1 e5 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qg4+ Kf7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34.
Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O g5 12. Bc1 Ne5 13. Qc2 Nxc4 14. e4 Qa5
15. Rb1 Na3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. e5 d5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Rxf4 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
Rbf1 Qe7 22. Qf2 Bg7 23. Qe3 Bd7 24. Bxd5 Rxf4 25. Rxf4 Qc5 26. Bxe6+ Bxe6 27.
Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Kg2 Qxc3 29. Nf3 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 Qc8 31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rf7 Rb8 33.
Ng5 a5 34. Ne6 Bb2 35. Kg4 a4 36. Kf5 b5 37. Ra7 a3 38. Ng5 Rf8+ 39. Ke4 Re8+
40. Kd3 Rd8+ 41. Kc2 Rd5 42. Rxh7+ Kg8 43. Rh5 b4 44. g4 Rd2+ 45. Kb3 Bc3 46.
Ne4 Rb2+ 47. Kc4 Rxa2 48. Nxc3 bxc3 49. Kxc3 Rg2 50. Ra5 Rxg4 51. Rxa3 Rh4 52.
Rb3 Rh3+ 53. Kb4 Rxb3+ 54. Kxb3 Kg7 55. h4 Kg6 56. h5+ Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O-O d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Kb1
Bf6 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne5 18. Qf5 Nc4 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 g6
21. Qxd5 Rac8 22. Qe4 b5 23. h4 a5 24. h5 a4 25. Nc1 Rfe8 26. Qd3 Qe5 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. c3 Kg7 29. Rd5 Qf4 30. Qd4+ Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc5 32. Rhd1 Rf5 33. f3 Ne3
34. Re1 Re6 35. Rd2 Nc4 36. Rde2 Rd6 37. Na2 g5 38. Nb4 g4 39. fxg4 Rf4 40. Nc2
Rxg4 41. Nd4 Rd5 42. Rf2 Kg6 43. Re8 Rdg5 44. Nf3 Rf5 45. Rg8+ Kh5 46. Rh8+ Kg6
47. Rg8+ Kh5 48. Rh8+ Kg6 49. Re2 Kf6 50. Rb8 Rd5 51. Nd4 Rdg5 52. Rf2+ Kg6 53.
Rxb5 Rxg2 54. Rxg5+ Rxg5 55. Kc2 f5 56. Ne6 Rg4 57. Nc5 Ne5 58. Kd2 Kf6 59. Nd3
Nc4+ 60. Ke2 Re4+ 61. Kd1 Ne3+ 62. Kd2 Nc4+ 63. Kc2 Rh4 64. Nc5 Ne5 65. b3 axb3+
66. Kxb3 Rh8 67. Rf4 Rc8 68. Ne4+ Ke6 69. Ng5+ Kf6 70. Ne4+ Ke6 71. Ng3 Rb8+ 72.
Rb4 Rf8 73. Ne2 Nd3 74. Rd4 Rb8+ 75. Kc2 Nc5 76. Rb4 Rc8 77. Nf4+ Ke5 78. Rc4
Ra8 79. Ng6+ Kf6 80. Nf4 Ke5 81. Ne2 Kd5 82. Rd4+ Kc6 83. Rf4 Rxa3 84. Nd4+ Kd5
85. Nxf5 Ra2+ 86. Kb1 Rh2 87. Ne3+ Kc6 88. Nc2 Rh1+ 89. Ka2 Rh2 90. Rf6+ Kb5 91.
Kb2 Na4+ 92. Kb3 Nc5+ 93. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Be6 12. h4 gxh4 13. Bxh4 Qb6 14. O-O-O Rc8 15.
Kb1 h5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nce5 18. Re1 Ng6 19. f3 Bh6 20. Qe2 N4e5 21. Bf2
Qc7 22. Qe4 Bg7 23. Bd4 Bf6 24. Be2 Nd7 25. Bd3 Be5 26. Qf5 Nf4 27. Bxe5 dxe5
28. g3 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Qc4 30. Qd2 b6 31. Rh4 Qc7 32. f4 f6 33. g4 a5 34. Rxh5 Rg8
35. g5 a4 36. Nc1 a3 37. gxf6 exf6 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Nd3 axb2 40. Nxe5 Nxe5 41.
d6 Qd7 42. Qd5 Kf8 43. Qxe5 Rc5 44. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400630"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd3 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Nb4 9. Qb3 Qd5 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb5+ c6 13. Be2 f5 14. Ng3 c5
15. Bb5+ Nd7 16. d5 a6 17. Be2 Nf6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Nh3 b5 20. Rhe1 Rb8 21. Nh5
Rb6 22. Kb1 Rg8 23. N3f4 Kf7 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Rd3 Bd6 26. Nh5+ Kf7 27. Red1 Ke7
28. Rh3 Rxg2 29. Ng3 Bxg3 30. Rxh7+ Kf6 31. hxg3 Rxf2 32. Bh5 Bb7 33. Re1 Be4
34. Rf7+ Kg5 35. Bd1 Rd6 36. Kc1 Rdd2 37. g4 Bxc2 38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. Rf1 Rxb2 40.
Rxf2 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Chigorin, 12...c5d4"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Bb1 h6 19. Nf1 Rfe8 20. d5 Na5 21. b3 Bd8
22. Bd3 Bb6 23. b4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. a3 Rac8 26. Bxb6 Qxb6 27. Rc3 Nh5 28.
Ne3 Nf4 29. Qc2 Rc7 30. Rc1 Rec8 31. Qd2 Bb5 32. R1c2 f6 33. Kh2 Nd3 34. Qe2 Qa6
35. g3 g6 36. Nh4 Kh7 37. Ng4 h5 38. Nxf6+ Kg7 39. Nxh5+ gxh5 40. Qxh5 Bd7 41.
Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qf7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Benoni formation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13400630"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. Nc3 g6 8. Nxc6
Bxc6 9. e4 Bg7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nd5 O-O 12. Qe2 a5 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rac1 a4 15.
Rfd1 h6 16. Be3 Qb8 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Qb4 b6 19. Bd4 Bf8 20. Qd2 Qb7 21. Re1 Rac8
22. Nb4 Nc5 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Qf4 Kg8 25. e5 Qd7 26. Qe3 Bg7 27. Rcd1 Ne6 28.
Bxb6 Rxc4 29. b3 axb3 30. axb3 Rb4 31. exd6 Rb8 32. Ba7 Rxb3 33. Bxb8 Rxe3 34.
Rxe3 exd6 35. Red3 Bf8 36. Bxd6 Bxd6 37. Rxd6 Qa4 38. h4 Kg7 39. Bh3 Nc5 40.
R6d4 Qc2 41. Bg2 Ne6 42. R4d2 Qa4 43. Bd5 Nf8 44. Rd4 Qc2 45. Kg2 g5 46. R1d2
Qc1 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. R2d3 Ng6 49. Re3 Qc5 50. Rd2 Ne7 51. Bf3 Nf5 52. Re4 Ne7
53. Rd7 Ng6 54. Re3 g4 55. Bd5 Kh6 56. Bxf7 Qc6+ 57. Rd5 Kg7 58. Bxg6 Qxd5+ 59.
Be4 Qd4 60. Bd3 Qd5+ 61. Kg1 Qc5 62. Re4 Qc1+ 63. Bf1 Qd1 64. Rf4 Kg6 65. Kg2
Kg5 66. Bc4 Qe1 67. Bd3 Qe6 68. Be4 Qd7 69. Bf5 Qd5+ 70. Kh2 Qd6 71. Kg2 Qd5+
72. Kg1 Qd1+ 73. Kh2 Qd6 74. Bc8 Qc5 75. Bxg4 Qc7 76. Bf3 Qh7+ 77. Kg2 Qc7 78.
Be4 Qd7 79. Rh4 Qd2 80. Rh7 Qe2 81. Bf3 Qd2 82. Rf7 Kg6 83. Rb7 Kf6 84. Rb5 Qc2
85. Rb6+ Kg5 86. Re6 Qa2 87. Re2 Qc4 88. Re5+ Kf6 89. Re4 Qc2 90. Re3 Kg5 91.
Be4 Qd2 92. Bd3 Kf6 93. Be2 Qd5+ 94. Kg1 Qd2 95. Rf3+ Kg7 96. Bd3 Qc1+ 97. Kh2
Qh6+ 98. Kg1 Qc1+ 99. Bf1 Kg6 100. Rf4 Kg7 101. Kg2 Qc6+ 102. Kh2 Qh6+ 103. Kg1
Qd6 104. Bc4 Qd1+ 105. Kg2 Qd2 106. Be6 Qd6 107. Re4 Qd2 108. g4 Kf6 109. Bf5
Qd5 110. Kg3 Qd6+ 111. f4 Qd1 112. Re6+ Kf7 113. Kh4 Kg7 114. Rg6+ Kf7 115. Rh6
Kg7 116. Kg5 Qd8+ 117. Kh5 Qd2 118. Rg6+ Kf7 119. Be6+ Ke7 120. Kg5 Qc1 121. Bf5
Qd2 122. Rh6 Kf7 123. Rh7+ Kf8 124. Rd7 Qc1 125. Kf6 Qc3+ 126. Kg6 Qc4 127. Kg5
Qc5 128. Rh7 Kg8 129. Rd7 Kf8 130. Kg6 Qc4 131. g5 Qxf4 132. Rf7+ Kg8 133. Rf6
Qb4 134. Bd7 Qe4+ 135. Bf5 Qe7 136. Be6+ Kh8 137. Kh5 Qh7+ 138. Rh6 Qxh6+ 139.
gxh6 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Jaenisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Re8 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 b6 18. Rab1 Qd8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Rxb6 Bg4
21. Rb7 Bxf3 22. gxf3 h6 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Qxa7 Qc8 25. Kg2 Qc6 26. Qb8+ Kh7 27.
Qb1+ Kg8 28. Qf5 Qc4 29. a4 Qxa4 30. Qxd5 Qa6 31. Qe4 Qc4 32. d5 Qxc3 33. Qe8+
Kh7 34. Qxf7 Qe5 35. h4 h5 36. Qe6 Qxe6 37. dxe6 Kg6 38. f4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "A59"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1
d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 Nbd7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 Ne8 13. Re1 Nc7 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Qe2
Qd7 16. b3 f5 17. a4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Qf5 19. Qxf5 gxf5 20. Rxe7 Nbxd5 21. Rd7 Nxc3
22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bxc3+ Kf7 24. Rd1 Ke7 25. b4 Rxa4 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Be5 Nb5
28. Rb1 Rb4 29. Ra1 c4 30. Ra6 Rc8 31. Rb6 c3 32. Rb7+ Ke6 33. Bxc3 Rxc3 34.
Rxb5 Rxb5 35. Nd4+ Kd5 36. Nxb5 Rc5 37. Na3 Ra5 38. Nb1 Ra2+ 39. Kh3 Kd4 40. Kh4
Rxh2+ 41. Kg5 Rb2 42. Na3 Rb3 43. Nc2+ Ke4 44. Kh4 h6 45. Kh3 Rb2 46. Ne1 Rb1
47. Nc2 Kd3 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation (Yugoslav attack / Mar del Plata variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Kh8 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. b4 f5 13. f3 f4 14. Nb5 b6 15. Qc2 a4 16.
Rd1 g5 17. g4 h5 18. h3 Rf6 19. Bb2 Rh6 20. Kg2 Ng6 21. Rh1 Bf8 22. Kf2 Nf6 23.
c5 dxc5 24. Nc4 Bd6 25. Bc3 Kg7 26. Qb2 cxb4 27. axb4 Qe7 28. Rbg1 Bd7 29. Nbxd6
cxd6 30. h4 hxg4 31. hxg5 Nxe4+ 32. fxe4 Rxh1 33. Rxh1 f3 34. Nxb6 g3+ 35. Kxf3
Rf8+ 36. Ke3 Qxg5+ 37. Kd3 Bb5+ 38. Kc2 Rf2 39. Bd2 Rxe2 40. Qc3 g2 41. Rg1 a3
42. Kc1 Rxd2 43. Qxd2 a2 44. Kc2 Qxd2+ 45. Kxd2 Bf1 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2
d5 9. e5 Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. O-O Qf8 14. Re1 h6 15. Re3
Nf5 16. Rd3 Nd6 17. Ne5 Nb4 18. Rf3 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 Bf5 20. Qc5 Nf7 21. Qxc7 Nxe5
22. dxe5 Rf7 23. Qc6 Qd8 24. Rxf5 Rxf5 25. Qxg6 Qf8 26. Nf3 Qf7 27. Qd6 Re8 28.
Bxh6 Re6 29. Qd8+ Re8 30. Qd6 Re6 31. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Ne2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. a3 Qa5 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bh4 Rd8 15.
Rfd1 Bd7 16. b4 Qh5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nf4 Qb5 20. d5 Ne5 21. Bb3
Rac8 22. Qe1 Qb6 23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. Qxe5 Kh8 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. Rf1 a5 29. Qe4 axb4 30. Bc2 Kg8 31. axb4 Bf6 32. Bb3 Rd4 33. Qg6 Kf8
34. b5 Rd6 35. Qh5 Rd3 36. Bc4 Rd4 37. Qe2 Qc5 38. Bxe6 Qe5 39. Qxe5 Bxe5 40. g3
Rb4 41. Rd1 Rxb5 42. Rd7 Rb6 43. Bf5 Ke8 44. Rc7 Kd8 45. Rd7+ Ke8 46. Rc7 Kd8
47. Rf7 Ke8 48. Bg6 Kd8 49. Be4 Ke8 50. Rxb7 Rxb7 51. Bxb7 Kf8 52. Kg2 g5 53.
Kf3 Kg7 54. Kg4 Bc7 55. h4 Bb6 56. f3 Bf2 57. hxg5 hxg5 58. Kxg5 Bxg3 59. f4
Bxf4+ 60. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "13400630"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. c4 Be6 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. f3 f6 14. Nh3 Be6 15.
b3 a6 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. Qf2 b5 18. c5 Qc7 19. Nd3 a5 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Bb6 Qb8 22.
Bc5 Rd8 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. f4 Bd6 26. Bd3 a4 27. Rd1 axb3 28. cxb3
Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Qc7 30. Kb1 Rd8 31. Qc2 Kh8 32. g3 Qd7 33. f5 Qd6 34. Qf2 Bd5 35.
Qf4 Qa3 36. Be4 Bxe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Be7 14. Rfd1
Be6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Kh2 h5 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Nc5 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Bc8 20. b4 h4
21. Rd3 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. g4 hxg3+ 24. Kxg3 b6 25. Nd3 Be6 26. a3 Bd5 27.
Nd4 Ke7 28. Nf5+ Kf8 29. f4 Be4 30. Kg4 f6 31. exf6 gxf6 32. h4 Nh8 33. Ng3 Bh7
34. f5 Nf7 35. Kf4 Nd6 36. Nf2 Bg8 37. Nfe4 Ne8 38. h5 Kg7 39. Nf2 Ba2 40. Ng4
Bb1 41. h6+ Kh7 42. c3 Nd6 43. Nxf6+ Kxh6 44. Ng4+ Kg7 45. Ne5 Kf6 46. Nh5+ Ke7
47. Nxc6+ Kf8 48. Ng3 Nb5 49. Ne2 Bd3 50. a4 Bxe2 51. axb5 Bxb5 52. Nxa7 Bd7 53.
c4 Ke7 54. Ke5 Be8 55. Nb5 c6 56. f6+ Kd7 57. Nd6 Bg6 58. c5 bxc5 59. bxc5 Bb1
60. Nc4 Ba2 61. Nb6+ Ke8 62. Kd6 Kf7 63. Kxc6 Kxf6 64. Kd6 Bb1 65. c6 Bd3 66.
Nd7+ Kg7 67. Nc5 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Gligoric system with 7...dc"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13400630"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, Keres attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13400630"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 c5 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nf4 g5 14. Bb2 Rg8 15.
e6 Bxe6 16. Rad1+ Kc7 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. g4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Ne5 Rad8 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. f4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Ne8 25. Rf7+ Kb6 26. Re7 Nf6 27.
Rxe6 Nd5 28. Rxh6 Ne3+ 29. Kg3 Nxc2 30. h4 Nd4 31. h5 Ka5 32. Rh7 b5 33. h6 Rh1
34. Kg2 Rh4 35. Kg3 Rh1 36. g5 Kb4 37. Nd3+ Kc3 38. Nxc5 a5 39. Rf7 Kb4 40. Nd3+
Kc3 41. Nf2 Rh5 42. Nh3 Ne6 43. Rf3+ Kb2 44. Kg4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. Bf4 Nh4 17. Kh1 Nf3 18. Kg2 Nh4+ 19. Kh1 Nf3 20. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13400630"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. O-O Bd6 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ndb5 axb5 15.
Nxb5 Bxh2 16. Nxc7 Bxc7 17. c5 bxc5 18. Rxc5 d5 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Qc1 Be5 21. f4
Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Nxe4 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. Qe5 Be8 25. Bd3 Rb3 26. Bd4 f6 27. Qxe6+ Bf7
28. Qa6 h5 29. Rc7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400630"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Ne2 Ne7 12. b3 Bg4 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. c4 Ng6
15. h3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Be7 17. f4 Nh4 18. Ng3 g6 19. Kf1 Rf8 20. Ne4 Rd7 21. a4
Kd8 22. Bd4 b6 23. a5 Kc8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Be3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Ra1 Rd3
28. Rb1 Rd8 29. Ke2 Kd7 30. f5 Nxf5 31. Ra1 Ke6 32. f4 f6 33. Ra7 Rc8 34. exf6
Bxf6 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36. Bf2 c5 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke4 Re8 39. Kd3 Rd8+ 40. Ke2 Kd6
41. Ra1 Kc6 42. Rg1 Rd6 43. Rg2 Kd7 44. Rg1 Ke7 45. Ra1 Kd7 46. Rg1 Nd4+ 47.
Bxd4 cxd4 48. b4 Re6+ 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. h4 c5 51. bxc5+ Kxc5 52. Kd3 Re3+ 53. Kd2
Rh3 54. Rxg6 Rxh4 55. Kd3 Rxf4 56. Rxh6 Rf3+ 57. Kd2 Rc3 58. Rh8 Kxc4 59. Rc8+
Kb4 60. Rd8 b5 61. Rxd4+ Kb3 62. Rd7 b4 63. Rb7 Ka3 64. Ra7+ Kb2 65. Rb7 b3 66.
Rb8 Rc7 67. Rd8 Kb1 68. Rb8 b2 69. Ra8 Rd7+ 70. Ke2 Rd5 71. Ra7 Kc2 72. Rc7+ Kb3
73. Rb7+ Ka3 74. Ke3 Ra5 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Keres (...Nd7) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 Bf6 15.
Be3 Bb7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Bb1 Re8 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. e5 cxd4 21. Rxc6 Qxd2
22. Bxd2 Bxc6 23. exf6 Bxf3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. gxf3 d5 26. b3 Ne5 27. Kf1 Nxf3
28. Bb4 Re6 29. Ne2 Rxf6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Kg3 g5 32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kf1 Rc6 34. Ba3
Nf3 35. Bb4 Kf6 36. Kg2 Nh4+ 37. Kg3 Ke5 38. Bd2 Rf6 39. f4+ gxf4+ 40. Bxf4+
Rxf4 41. Nxf4 Ng6 42. Nxg6+ fxg6 43. Bd3 b4 44. Kg4 a5 45. h4 Kf6 46. Kf4 h6 47.
Kg4 Kf7 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. h5 g5 52. Kf5 Kf7 53. Be2 Ke7
54. Ke5 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bc1 Na5 13. O-O d6 14. Ba3 Be6
15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Re8 17. c5 Nc4 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Bc1 Rac8 20. Bxb7 Rxc5
21. Re1 h6 22. Ba6 Rd6 23. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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. g5 b4 13. gxf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6
15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa5 Rc6 19. Rg1 Rfc8 20. Kb1 d5 21.
Bg5 d4 22. f4 h6 23. Bxh6 Ng4 24. Bxg7 Rxc2 25. Bd3 R2c5 26. Qa3 Kxg7 27. f5 Kf6
28. fxe6 Ne3 29. exf7 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Kxf7 31. Bxa6 R8c6 32. Qb3+ Kg7 33. Bb5 Rg6
34. a4 Rg2 35. Qa3 Rc7 36. Qxe7+ Rxe7 37. Bc4 Ra7 38. b3 Rxh2 39. Rf1 Rg2 40.
Kc1 Ra8 41. Rd1 Kf6 42. Rd2 Rxd2 43. Kxd2 Ke7 44. Bb5 Kd6 45. b4 Kc7 46. Kc2 Kb7
47. Kb3 Rh8 48. Bd3 Rh3 49. Kc2 Rh2+ 50. Kb3 Rd2 51. Bc4 Rd1 52. Kb2 Kb8 53. a5
d3 54. Kc3 d2 55. Bd3 Rb1 56. Kxd2 Rxb4 57. a6 Ka7 58. Kc3 Rd4 59. Kc2 Kb6 60.
Kd2 Kc6 61. Kc2 Kc5 62. Kc3 Ra4 63. Kb3 Ra1 64. Kb2 Rh1 65. Kc3 Rh3 66. Kc2 Kd4
67. Bb5 Ra3 68. Kb2 Ra5 69. Bf1 Ra1 70. Kxa1 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Rc1 a6 8. Nf3
e6 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. Qxb7 Na5 11. Qxa8 Qxa8 12. Bxd6 Kd7 13. Bc5 Rb8 14. Ne5+ Ke8
15. b4 Nb7 16. Na4 Nxc5 17. bxc5 Qb7 18. Nb6 Qc7 19. Kd1 Ne4 20. Nd3 Rxb6 21.
cxb6 Qxb6 22. f3 Nd6 23. Nc5 Qb2 24. g4 Bb1 25. Bxa6 Bxa2 26. Rc2 Qb1+ 27. Rc1
Bb3+ 28. Kd2 Qb2+ 29. Kd3 Bc4+ 30. Bxc4 dxc4+ 31. Rxc4 Nxc4 32. Kxc4 Qe2+ 33.
Kc3 Qxe3+ 34. Nd3 Qxf3 35. Ra1 f6 36. g5 e5 37. Kc4 Qe4 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical main line"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4 e5
9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Re2 Nc5 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Bf4 Qxc4 15. Rc2
Nfxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxd4 17. Nxd6 Rd8 18. Rd2 Qb4 19. Rc1 Ne6 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Qb3
Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Rxd6 23. Be3 Nd4 24. Qb4 Rd8 25. Kh2 a5 26. Qe7 Bd7 27. Bxd4 Bxd4
28. Rd1 Be6 29. Qxb7 Rab8 30. Qc7 Rdc8 31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rxd4 Bxa2 33. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Ne5 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O e6
9. a4 Qc8 10. e4 Be7 11. g4 Nfd7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Qe2 b4 15. Nd1 c5
16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nf6 18. Ne3 Bf8 19. Ne5 Nxd5 20. Qxc4 Qe6 21. Rad1 Nxe3 22.
Qxe6 fxe6 23. fxe3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Be7 26. g5 Ra7 27. Kf3 Rb7 28. b3
Kf8 29. g6 hxg6 30. Nxg6+ Ke8 31. Nxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Chigorin, 12...c5d4"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. a3 Rfe8 18. Bd3 Rab8 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bc5
Bd8 22. b4 axb3 23. Nxb3 Qa8 24. Bd6 Rb6 25. Rc5 Nd4 26. Bxe5 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3
Qxa3 28. Bc2 Qa8 29. Bd4 Rbe6 30. Rg5 g6 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. Nxd7 Nxd7 33. Bb3 Bf6
34. Bxf6 Nxf6 35. Qf4 Qa5 36. Re3 Qd2 37. e5 Nd5 38. Qf3 Rdd8 39. Rg4 Re7 40.
Rd3 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe5+ 42. g3 Red7 43. Rgd4 Qf6 44. Qe2 Nc3 45. Rxd7 Rxd7 46.
Qe8+ Kg7 47. Rxd7 Qxf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "13400630"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. g3 Bxf3 6. exf3 e6 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Ne7 9. Bh3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Rc1 Nc4 15.
Qb3 Ne5 16. Qd1 Nc4 17. b3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. f4 d5 21. Rd3 d4
22. Ne2 Qd6 23. Rc4 Rad8 24. Bf1 c5 25. b4 cxb4 26. Nxd4 Qb6 27. Nf3 a5 28. Qa4
Kf8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qc2 Qd6 31. Rc5 a4 32. Ra5 a3 33. Qb3 Rc8 34. Rb5 Rc3 35.
Qxb4 Qxb4 36. Rxb4 Nc6 37. Rc4 Rxf3 38. Rxc6 Rc3 39. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Rfd1 Rac8 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rfd8 14. Ne5 Qe8 15.
Qf3 Bb7 16. Qf4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. d5 exd5 20. Ne3 Bd6 21. Qf3
Be5 22. Nexd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Qc6 24. Rad1 Re8 25. Nb5 Bxb2 26. Nxa7 Qf6 27. Qxf6
Bxf6 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rb5 Rc6 30. b4 Kf8 31. Rbd5 Ke8 32. a4 Be7 33. a5 bxa5
34. bxa5 Nd6 35. Rb1 Kd7 36. Rb8 Ra6 37. h4 Bd8 38. Rbb5 f6 39. Rb8 Bxa5 40. Rg8
Ke6 41. Rd1 Kf7 42. Rh8 h6 43. Ra1 Ne8 44. h5 Ra7 45. Kg2 Bb6 46. Rxa7+ Bxa7 47.
g4 Bb8 48. f3 Bd6 49. Kh3 Bf8 50. f4 Nc7 51. Kg3 Nd5 52. Kf3 Ne7 53. g5 fxg5 54.
fxg5 hxg5 55. Kg4 Ng8 56. Kxg5 Be7+ 57. Kf5 Bf6 58. Rxg8 Kxg8 59. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 b4 12. Na4 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 a5 15.
Rac1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. c4 bxc3 18. Rxc3 Ke7 19. Rhc1 Nb4 20. Rb3 Rc6 21.
Rxc6 Nxc6 22. Rb7 Kd8 23. Ng5 Kc8 24. Nxf7 Kxb7 25. Nxh8 Nd8 26. Ke3 Kc6 27. Kd4
Kb5 28. Nc3+ Kb4 29. Nxd5+ exd5 30. Kxd5 Nc5 31. f5 Kb5 32. e6 Nc6 33. g4 Kb6
34. Nf7 Ne7+ 35. Kd6 Nc8+ 36. Kd5 Ne7+ 37. Kd6 Nc8+ 38. Ke5 Ne7 39. g5 Nc6+ 40.
Kd6 Nd4 41. Ke5 Nc6+ 42. Kd6 Nd4 43. Ke5 Nc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E98"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Be6 15. b3 a5
16. Bf2 c5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Rae1 Ra7 20. Bd1 Re7 21. Kh1 Kh8 22.
Bh4 Qe8 23. f4 e4 24. Nf2 Nd4 25. h3 Rd7 26. Na4 Ra7 27. Qe3 Qc6 28. Nc3 d5 29.
Bxf6 Bxf6 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Rg1 Bg8 32. g4 Re7 33. Kh2 Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 exf3 35.
Qd2 Rd7 36. Qc2 Qd6 37. Qc1 Qd2 38. Qxd2 Rxd2 39. Nd1 Bh4 40. Rgf1 Rxa2 41. Re3
c4 42. Rxf3 cxb3 43. Nc3 Rc2 44. Kg1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Nc3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nac5 14. cxd5 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Nxc3 16. Qxf5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Qc2 Rae8 19. Rae1 Re6 20. Re4 f6 21.
exf6 Rexf6 22. Bc1 h6 23. Qe2 Kh8 24. h3 Qb3 25. f3 Rg6 26. Kh1 Rd6 27. Re1 Nf6
28. Re3 Qd5 29. Re5 Qd4 30. Re7 Rd7 31. Be3 Qa4 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Qd2 Nf6 34.
Bc5 Rf7 35. Qd3 b6 36. Be7 Ng8 37. Bb4 c5 38. Bc3 Qc6 39. Qc4 Qd7 40. Re6 b5 41.
Qg4 Re7 42. Rg6 Qxg4 43. Rxg4 Kh7 44. Re4 Rb7 45. Re5 b4 46. axb4 cxb4 47. Bd4
Ne7 48. Re6 a5 49. Ra6 Rd7 50. Bc5 Ng6 51. Rxa5 Rd1+ 52. Kh2 Rd2 53. Ra7 Nh4 54.
Kg3 Nf5+ 55. Kf4 Rxg2 56. Rb7 Nh4 57. Bd4 Ng6+ 58. Ke3 Nh4 59. Ke4 Re2+ 60. Kd3
Rg2 61. Ke4 Re2+ 62. Kd5 Nf5 63. Be5 Kg6 64. f4 Rd2+ 65. Ke6 Rd8 66. Rxb4 Re8+
67. Kd7 Re7+ 68. Kc6 Kh5 69. Rb7 Re8 70. b4 g5 71. Rf7 Ne3 72. b5 Nc4 73. Bc7
Kg6 74. Rd7 Re3 75. Kc5 Rc3 76. Kb4 Rc1 77. fxg5 hxg5 78. Rd4 Ne3 79. Rd6+ Kf5
80. b6 Rb1+ 81. Kc5 g4 82. hxg4+ Nxg4 83. Rd5+ Ke6 84. Rd6+ Kf5 85. Rd4 Nf6 86.
Kc6 Rc1+ 87. Kb7 Ke6 88. Rd6+ Ke7 89. Kc8 Ne8 90. Rd7+ Ke6 91. b7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 7...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13400630"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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
d6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Rad1 Bb7 16. f3 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 b6 11. Ba3 Ba6 12. Nb5 Rd7 13. Nec3 Bb7 14. Na4 Rad8
15. Be2 Nh5 16. g3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Kf2 Nd4 19. Rhd1 Nxe2 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21.
Kxe2 Bh6 22. Bb4 Bc6 23. b3 Nf6 24. Bc3 e5 25. Nb2 a6 26. Na3 f4 27. Rd1 Kf7 28.
Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. Nc2 e4 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Nb4 a5 32. Nd5 fxg3 33. hxg3 Ke6 34. Ne3
Bb1 35. a3 Nc5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Ne4 38. Be1 Nd6 39. Bf2 Ba2 40. Kd3 Bb1+ 41.
Ke2 Ba2 42. Kd3 Bb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Bf7 14. Nc5 Qc7 15. Be3
a5 16. Qd2 axb4 17. axb4 Nd7 18. N5e4 f5 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng5 Ra3
22. Rfc1 Nb3 23. Qb2 Nxc1 24. Qxa3 Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Qxg5 26. Qa7 Qd2 27. Qxb7 Nb8
28. b5 Qc3 29. Nxc3 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Ne2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. f4 Qe7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 c5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. f5 c4 17. Bxc4 Qc5+ 18. Rf2 Nf6 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Ng3 gxf5 21. Qe2
fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd2 24. Rf1 Rxb2 25. Nf5 Kh8 26. Qh4 Rxf2 27. Rxf2
Qxc3 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Qe7 Qc8 31. Rf6 b6 32. Qxe5 Qc5+ 33. Qxc5
bxc5 34. Rc6 Re8 35. Rxc5 Re7 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. a4 Kg6 38. Ra5 h5 39. Kg3 f6 40.
Kf3 Rc7 41. Ke4 h4 42. Kf3 Rc3+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Rc7 46. g4
Rc2+ 47. Kg1 Rc3 48. Kg2 Rc2+ 49. Kh1 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Rc1+ 52. Kg2
Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. c4 e6 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. g3 Bd7 8. Nc3
Bc6 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Nbd5 14. Ne5 Bxe5
15. Bxe5 Qd7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rc4 a5 18. Rfc1 Ra6 19. Rc5 a4 20. Qa3 Rb6 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. R5c2 Rf7 23. Qe3 h6 24. h3 Rb4 25. f3 Qe6 26. Qd3 Bb5 27. Qd2 Rc4
28. Kh2 c6 29. Rg1 Qe7 30. g4 f4 31. Rxc4 Bxc4 32. Rg2 Qg5 33. a3 b5 34. Qa5 c5
35. Qb6 b4 36. axb4 cxb4 37. Qxb4 Bb3 38. Qd6 Kh7 39. Qb4 Ra7 40. Qb6 Qe7 41. g5
hxg5 42. h4 a3 43. Rxg5 a2 44. Rh5+ Kg8 45. Qb8+ Kf7 46. Qxb3 Qd8 47. Qd3 a1=Q
48. Qf5+ Ke7 49. Rh7 Qg8 50. Bxg7 Qxh7 51. Qxh7 Qe1 52. Be5+ Ke8 53. Qg8+ Ke7
54. Qg7+ Ke8 55. Qg6+ Rf7 56. Qe6+ Kf8 57. Bd6+ Kg7 58. Be5+ Kf8 59. Qc8+ Ke7
60. Qc7+ Ke8 61. Qc6+ Ke7 62. Qb7+ Ke8 63. Qc8+ Ke7 64. Qc5+ Ke8 65. Qc6+ Ke7
66. Qd6+ Ke8 67. Qe6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Bd7 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nb8 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Qb3 Qc8 15.
d4 Nbd7 16. Qc2 g6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Rad1 c6 19. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation, 9.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. e3 Be6 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Na4 Qa5 16. Rxc6 Rad8 17. a3 d4 18. b4 Qb5 19. Rc5 Qb8 20. e4 d3 21. Qd2 Bb3
22. Nc3 Bd4 23. Rc6 Qb7 24. b5 Bc2 25. a4 Bb6 26. Nd5 Bxa4 27. e5 Qb8 28. e6
Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Nc6 Qd6 32. Nxd8 Qxd8 33. Bc6 Qd4 34. Kg2
Bc2 35. Re1 Qxf2+ 36. Qxf2 Bxf2 37. Rxe6 d2 38. Bf3 Bb6 39. Rd6 Ba4 40. Rxd2
Bxb5 41. Be4 Kg8 42. Rd5 Bc6 43. Re5 Bxe4+ 44. Rxe4 h5 45. Kf3 g6 46. Kf4 Kg7
47. Ke5 Bd8 48. Ke6 Bf6 49. Ra4 Bb2 50. Rxa7+ Kg8 51. Ra2 Bc3 52. Rc2 Ba1 53.
Rc7 Bb2 54. Rc2 Ba1 55. Rg2 Kg7 56. g4 hxg4 57. Rxg4 Bc3 58. Rc4 Ba1 59. Rf4 Bb2
60. Rf1 Bd4 61. Rf7+ Kg8 62. Rf4 Bc3 63. Rg4 Kg7 64. Rg2 Bf6 65. Rc2 Ba1 66.
Rc7+ Kg8 67. h4 Bb2 68. Rc2 Bd4 69. Rd2 Bc3 70. Rd3 Be1 71. Kf6 Bxh4+ 72. Kxg6
Kf8 73. Rh3 Bd8 74. Rh7 Ke8 75. Kf5 Kf8 76. Ke6 Bg5 77. Rf7+ Kg8 78. Rd7 Kf8 79.
Rd5 Bc1 80. Rd1 Bb2 81. Rf1+ Kg7 82. Rf7+ Kg6 83. Rf2 Bc1 84. Rg2+ Kh5 85. Kf5
Kh4 86. Rc2 Be3 87. Ke4 Ba7 88. Ra2 Bb6 89. Kf4 Bc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "13400630"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Nc5 e5
15. Qc4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. h3 Rb8 18. a3 Qc7 19. b4 Rd8 20. Bb2 a5 21. Nd3
Rd6 22. Rac1 Nb6 23. Qc5 Na4 24. Nb5 Nxc5 25. Nxc7 Rxd3 26. Bxg7 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1
Kxg7 28. bxc5 Kf8 29. Rd8+ Ke7 30. Rh8 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Bd7 32. Na8 Rb5 33. Nb6 Rxc5
34. Nxd7 Kxd7 35. Rxh6 Rc3 36. h4 Rxa3 37. g4 a4 38. h5 gxh5 39. Rxh5 Ra1 40.
Rf5 Ke7 41. Rc5 Kd6 42. Rf5 Ke6 43. Rc5 Kd6 44. Rf5 a3 45. Rxf7 Ke6 46. Rc7 Rc1
47. Ra7 Rc3 48. f4 Rf3 49. Ra4 c5 50. Kg2 Rb3 51. Ra6+ Kd5 52. g5 Ke4 53. g6 a2
54. Rxa2 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. b3 O-O-O 13. Nd4 a6 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. g4 Ne5 16. Be2 Qc6 17. f4 Ng6 18. h5 Bxc3 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. Bc1 d5 21. Bf3 e5
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bf6 25. Rhg1 Rhf8 26. Rde1 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 Qf6
28. Bg4+ Kb8 29. Rge5 Nc6 30. Rxd5 Nb4 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qf3 Qh6 33. Qe4 Nc6
34. Bf3 Qf6 35. Qe3 Nd4 36. Rd1 Nxf3 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Qxf3 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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. Nf1
c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxb5 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxe4 21.
Bxe8 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qxe8 23. c4 Qe5 24. b3 d5 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, reverse dragon"]
[WhiteFideId "13400630"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Rb1 a5 8. O-O
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. Rbc1 f5 14. Rfd1 Bf6 15.
a3 Kh8 16. e3 Bf7 17. Nd2 Bh5 18. Bf3 Be8 19. Qb3 Bf7 20. Bd5 Bh5 21. Be6 Bxd1
22. Rxd1 f4 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Qd5 Qg4 25. Qe4 Qh5 26. Re1 Bg5 27. Kg2 fxe3 28.
fxe3 Nd4 29. Rf1 Rxf1 30. Nxf1 Nc2 31. Qf5 h6 32. h4 Ne1+ 33. Kf2 Bxe3+ 34. Nxe3
Qxf5+ 35. Nxf5 Nxd3+ 36. Ke3 Nxb2 37. Nd6 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "E98"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. Nb5 Rf7
16. Ba5 b6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Be1 a6 19. Nc3 a5 20. a4 Bf8 21. Nf2 h5 22. h3 Rg7
23. Nb5 Nh4 24. Rc3 Rb8 25. Qc2 g4 26. fxg4 hxg4 27. Nxg4 Nxg4 28. Bxg4 Bxg4 29.
hxg4 Rxg4 30. Bxh4 Qxh4 31. Rff3 Qe1+ 32. Rf1 Qh4 33. Rff3 Qe1+ 34. Rf1 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O Na5 8. d3
Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bc6 11. e5 Qc7 12. Qd3 f5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Qh3 dxe5 15.
Be3 e4 16. Ne6 Qc8 17. Nxc5 Nf6 18. Bd4 Kf7 19. Rae1 a5 20. Re2 b5 21. Nb3 bxc4
22. Nd2 Bd5 23. Rfe1 Qd8 24. Qh4 e6 25. Rb1 Qe7 26. Nxc4 Nd7 27. Qxe7+ Kxe7 28.
Ne3 Rhb8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. c4 Bc6 31. Rd2 e5 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. fxe5 f4 34. Nd5+
Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rb2 37. Rd4 Rxc2+ 38. Kf1 f3 39. gxf3 exf3 40. Rd6 g5
41. Rxh6 Rxa2 42. h3 a4 43. Rf6 Ra1+ 44. Kf2 a3 45. Ra6 a2 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "D72"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5
O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Nec3 Na6 11. a4 exd5 12. exd5 Nc4 13. Na3 Ne5 14. h3 Nb4 15.
Be3 b6 16. Qe2 Bf5 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. Kh2 Rae8 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bh6 h4 21. g4 Bxg4
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. hxg4 h3 24. Be4 Nxg4+ 25. Kh1 f5 26. Bf3 Qd6 27. Bxg4 fxg4 28.
Rg1 Qf6 29. Rg3 Qxf2 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 31. Rd1 Rf4 32. Nab5 Re7 33. d6 Rd7 34. Re3
Nc6 35. Nd5 Rf2 36. Rg3 Ne5 37. Ne3 Rf4 38. Rd5 Kf6 39. b3 a6 40. Nc7 Re4 41. a5
bxa5 42. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. g4
Nxg4 9. Qxd5 Qc8 10. Qg2 O-O 11. e4 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb4+ 13. Nc3 Qf5 14. Be2 Rfe8
15. Kf1 Nf6 16. Bh6 g6 17. Qg5 Nxd4 18. Rd1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4 20. Qxf5 Nxf5 21.
Bd2 Rad8 22. Be1 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Re5 24. Nf3 Rc5 25. Bb3 Nxc3 26. Ne5 Ne4 27. Nxf7
Kg7 28. f3 Nf6 29. Bf2 Rc3 30. Ng5 Nh5 31. Ke2 Nf4+ 32. Kd2 Rd3+ 33. Kc2 Kh6 34.
Nf7+ Kh5 35. Rg1 h6 36. Ne5 Ne3+ 37. Kb1 Rc3 38. Nxg6 Nh3 39. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 c5 14. Ke2 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Nd7 16. Rac1 Qg5 17. Qc6 Nf6 18. h4 Qe5 19. g3 Rad8 20. Rhd1 Rd5 21.
Qb7 Qh5+ 22. Ke1 Rfd8 23. Rc8 e5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qc7 Rd5 26. Qc8+ Kh7 27.
Qf5+ Qxf5 28. Nxf5 Rc5 29. Ke2 g6 30. Nd6 Kg7 31. Rd2 Kf8 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. Ne4
Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3
g5 9. Bg3 c4 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxc3 15.
Rxc3 Qxc3 16. Bh5 O-O 17. Qf3 Nd8 18. Qf6 Qc2 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Be5 Qh7 21. Bxg4
Ne6 22. f4 Qg7 23. Qe7 Rae8 24. Qd7 Qh7 25. fxg5 f5 26. Qxh7+ Kxh7 27. Bxf5+
Rxf5 28. Rxf5 c3 29. gxh6 b5 30. Bd6 a5 31. Ba3 b4 32. Bc1 a4 33. Rf7+ Kxh6 34.
Rb7 Nf4 35. exf4 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rxc1 37. Rxb4 Ra1 38. Rb6+ Kg7 39. Rc6 Rxa2+ 40.
Ke3 Rxg2 41. Rxc3 Rxh2 42. Rc6 a3 43. f5 Rh6 44. Rc1 Ra6 45. Kd3 a2 46. Ra1 Kf6
47. Kc3 Kxf5 48. Kb2 Ke4 49. Re1+ Kxd4 50. Ka1 Kc3 51. Rc1+ Kd2 52. Rc2+ Kd3 53.
Rc3+ Ke4 54. Rh3 d4 55. Rh4+ Kd3 56. Rh3+ Kc4 57. Rc3+ Kd5 58. Rh3 Rb6 59. Kxa2
Kc4 60. Rh1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 f5 14. Qa4 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Qc7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qxa7 Bc5 18. Bf3 f4 19. g4 Ng3 20. b4 Ra8 21. Nxd5
Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Rxa7 23. Nxc7 Bxf3 24. Nxe6 Nc3 25. bxc5 Nxd1 26. cxb6 Ra4 27.
Nxf8 Kxf8 28. Rb1 Rxa2 29. b7 Rxf2+ 30. Ke1 Re2+ 31. Kf1 Rf2+ 32. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 Qd8 17. O-O Qc8 18. Rb3 Qc4 19. Ne2 Be7 20. Rfb1 O-O 21.
Rb7 Qc8 22. Qc3 Bd8 23. Qxc8 Bxc8 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Rxb8 Bc7 26. Ra8 Bd7 27. Ra7
Rc8 28. Nc3 g5 29. g3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Kg7 31. f5 Kh6 32. Be3+ Kh5 33. Ne2 Kg4 34.
Nd4 exf5 35. Kg2 f4 36. h3+ Kg5 37. Bf2 Bf5 38. Bh4+ Kg6 39. Rxa6+ Be6 40. Nxe6
fxe6 41. Rc6 Kh5 42. Bf6 Rg8+ 43. Kf3 Ba5 44. Kxf4 Bd2+ 45. Kf3 Re8 46. Rc7 Ra8
47. Ke2 Bf4 48. Rc6 Rxa2 49. Kd3 Ra3+ 50. c3 Ra2 51. Kd4 Kg6 52. Rxe6 Kf5 53.
Re8 Rd2+ 54. Kc5 Rd3 55. Bg7 Rxc3+ 56. Kd4 Rxh3 57. Rf8+ Kg4 58. e6 Re3 59. Kxd5
Bg5 60. Be5 Ra3 61. Bd6 Re3 62. Rf7 h5 63. e7 Bxe7 64. Bxe7 h4 65. Rg7+ Kh5 66.
Kd4 Re6 67. Kd5 Re2 68. Bf6 Re3 69. Rg5+ Kh6 70. Rg8 h3 71. Bd4 Ra3 72. Ke4 h2
73. Rh8+ Kg6 74. Rxh2 Ra4 75. Rf2 Ra8 76. Rg2+ Kf7 77. Rg7+ Ke6 78. Rg6+ Kf7 79.
Rh6 Ra4 80. Rd6 Ke7 81. Rc6 Kd7 82. Rh6 Ke7 83. Kd5 Ra5+ 84. Bc5+ Kf7 85. Rc6
Ra8 86. Ke5 Ra1 87. Rf6+ Kg7 88. Bf8+ Kg8 89. Bh6 Re1+ 90. Kf5 Rg1 91. Bg5 Rf1+
92. Bf4 Kg7 93. Rb6 Kf7 94. Rb7+ Kf8 95. Ra7 Rf2 96. Ke5 Kg8 97. Bg5 Rf7 98. Ra6
Kg7 99. Bf6+ Kg6 100. Rc6 Ra7 101. Bd8+ Kf7 102. Kf5 Ke8 103. Bf6 Kd7 104. Rc4
Ra5+ 105. Be5 Ra7 106. Rc2 Rb7 107. Rd2+ Kc6 108. Ke6 Rb5 109. Bd4 Rh5 110. Rc2+
Kb5 111. Be5 Kb4 112. Kd5 Kb3 113. Rb2+ Ka3 114. Rb8 Rg5 115. Kd4 Ka4 116. Bd6
Rb5 117. Rc8 Kb3 118. Rc3+ Kb2 119. Kc4 Rh5 120. Rf3 Rh4+ 121. Bf4 Rg4 122. Rf2+
Ka3 123. Kc3 Ka4 124. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qa5 9. exf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxg5 11. fxg7 Qxg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. O-O
Nc6 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Qe3 Ne7 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. f4 Rac8 19. Bd3 Rxc3 20. Qd4 Nh4
21. Be4 Rc7 22. Qd6 Rc2 23. Qe7 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. Bxb4
cxb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 d6 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. Ne1 Nc6 14. Nc2 exd4 15.
Rfe1 Nd7 16. Nxd4 Nde5 17. Qe3 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc5 19. Qe3 a5 20. Nf1 a4 21. Red1
Rfd8 22. Qd2 Ng4 23. Rab1 h6 24. Qe2 Nf6 25. e5 Bxg2 26. exf6 Bxf1 27. Qxf1 axb3
28. axb3 d5 29. fxg7 dxc4 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxc4 Rd4 32. Qe2 Qd5 33. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "13400630"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be5 14. f4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 c5 16. Qf2 Rhe8 17. Bd3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. d5 Nxc3 14. dxe6 Nxd1
15. exf7+ Kh8 16. Rxd1 Qc8 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. h4 h6 19. Be4 Qf6 20. Ne6 Rxf7 21.
Rd2 Rg8 22. Ng5 Rff8 23. Ne6 Rf7 24. Kg2 Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 Qf5 27. e4
Qxd5 28. exd5 Rc8 29. b3 Kh7 30. g4 Bh8 31. Be3 b6 32. f4 Rc3 33. Kf3 Be5 34.
Ke4 Bd6 35. Rh2 Kg8 36. Rg2 Rh7 37. Kd4 Rc8 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Bd4 Rc1 40. Rc2 Rxc2
41. Kxc2 Ke8 42. Kd3 Rf7 43. Ke4 Kd7 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Ba3 46. f5 Bc1 47. a4
Bd2 48. Be5 Kc8 49. Bb2 Kd7 50. Bd4 Kc8 51. Be5 Rh7 52. Bb2 Rf7 53. Ba3 Rh7 54.
b4 Rh8 55. d6 Kd7 56. dxe7 Kxe7 57. b5+ Kf7 58. Bd6 Rc8 59. Bc7 Ke7 60. Kd5 Kd7
61. Be5 Bc3 62. Bf4 Rh8 63. Be3 Bf6 64. Bd2 Bb2 65. Bf4 Bf6 66. Bd6 Re8 67. Bf8
Bg5 68. Bg7 Bc1 69. Be5 Bd2 70. Bd4 Rc8 71. f6 Ke8 72. Be5 Kf7 73. Kd6 Re8 74.
Ng7 Bb4+ 75. Kd5 Rc8 76. Nf5 Bf8 77. Nd4 Rc5+ 78. Ke4 Rc4 79. Kf5 Rc1 80. Nc6
Rf1+ 81. Ke4 Ke6 82. Nd4+ Kd7 83. Nc6 Ke6 84. Nd4+ Kd7 85. Nc6 Bd6 86. Bd4 Rf4+
87. Ke3 Ke6 88. Nxa7 Kd5 89. Bxb6 Re4+ 90. Kf3 Rxa4 91. Nc8 Rf4+ 92. Kg2 Rxf6
93. Nxd6 Rxd6 94. Bc7 Rd7 95. b6 Kc6 96. Kg3 Rd5 97. Kg4 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400630"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nde7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Qd2 Qb6 15.
Rad1 Rd8 16. Qc1 Bd7 17. Bh3 Nce7 18. Nc5 Bb5 19. Nc3 Rac8 20. b4 Bc6 21. a3 Kh7
22. Ne2 Bf3 23. Qb1 Nd5 24. Rd3 Qb5 25. a4 Qc6 26. b5 Qc7 27. Nf4 b6 28. Ncxe6
fxe6 29. Nxe6 Qf7 30. Nxd8 Rxd8 31. Bg5 hxg5 32. Rxf3 Nde7 33. g4 Rxd4 34. gxf5
g4 35. Rg3 gxh3 36. fxg6+ Nxg6 37. Qc2 Rh4 38. Ree3 Qf6 39. Rxh3 Qa1+ 40. Kg2
Kh6 41. Re6 Bf6 42. Qf5 Kg7 43. Rg3 Rh6 44. Re4 Qa2 45. h4 Kf7 46. Qd7+ Ne7 47.
Rge3 Qd5 48. Qxd5+ Nxd5 49. Rd3 Rh5 50. Kf3 Be7 51. Red4 Nf6 52. Rf4 Ke6 53.
Re3+ Kf7 54. Rd3 Kg6 55. Rd1 Rc5 56. Rg1+ Kf7 57. Rg5 Rc3+ 58. Kg2 Rc8 59. h5
Rh8 60. Rf3 Rh7 61. Rh3 Nd7 62. Rg4 Nf6 63. Rc4 Bc5 64. a5 Nxh5 65. Kf1 Kg6 66.
Rg4+ Kf5 67. Rgh4 Kg6 68. a6 Be7 69. Rg4+ Kf5 70. Rg8 Bd6 71. Rh4 Be7 72. Rh2
Bd6 73. Rh3 Be5 74. Ke1 Bd6 75. Kd1 Be5 76. Rf3+ Bf4 77. Kc2 Re7 78. Rf8+ Kg4
79. Rc3 Be5 80. Rc4+ Nf4 81. Re4 Kf3 82. Rxe5 Rxe5 83. Rf7 Rc5+ 84. Kd2 Rxb5 85.
Rxa7 Ra5 86. Kc3 Kxf2 87. Rb7 Rxa6 88. Kc4 Ra4+ 89. Kb5 Ra1 90. Rxb6 Ke3 91. Rd6
Ke4 92. Kc4 Rc1+ 93. Kb3 Nd5 94. Rd8 Kd4 95. Kb2 Rc7 96. Rd6 Kc4 97. Kc1 Rh7 98.
Rd8 Rh2 99. Kd1 Kd4 100. Ke1 Ke4 101. Kd1 Nc3+ 102. Kc1 Ne2+ 103. Kd1 Nd4 104.
Ke1 Ke3 105. Re8+ Kd3 106. Rd8 Re2+ 107. Kf1 Re7 108. Kf2 Rf7+ 109. Ke1 Rf5 110.
Rd7 Rf8 111. Rd5 Re8+ 112. Kf2 Re2+ 113. Kf1 Rb2 114. Rd8 Ke4 115. Re8+ Kf4 116.
Rf8+ Nf5 117. Ke1 Rb5 118. Kd2 Re5 119. Kd3 Re7 120. Kd2 Ke4 121. Rd8 Nd4 122.
Kc3 Rc7+ 123. Kd2 Nc6 124. Re8+ Ne7 125. Rd8 Nd5 126. Re8+ Kd4 127. Rd8 Rc6 128.
Ke1 Ra6 129. Ke2 Ra2+ 130. Ke1 Ke4 131. Re8+ Kd3 132. Rd8 Re2+ 133. Kf1 Re5 134.
Kf2 Rf5+ 135. Ke1 Kc2 136. Ke2 Re5+ 137. Kf2 Nb4 138. Kf3 Nc6 139. Rc8 Re6 140.
Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. f4 Rb8 14. Kf2
b5 15. Qb3 a5 16. Rac1 a4 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Rc2 Bd6 19. Rhc1 b4 20. Qc4 Qa7 21. e3
Ba6 22. Qc6 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Rc3 Bb7 25. Qc4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qa2 27. R1c2 Qa8+ 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8.
Ncb5 Qxc4 9. b3 Qc5 10. Ba3 Qb6 11. Bxe7 Re8 12. Nd6 Rxe7 13. Nxc8 Qb4+ 14. Kf1
Re4 15. Nc2 Qf8 16. Nd6 Re6 17. Nxb7 Nc6 18. Rc1 Rb8 19. Nd4 Rxb7 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Bxc6 dxc6 22. Qd4 Rf7 23. Kg2 Nd5 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Bd4 26. Rxc6 Rxf2+
27. Kh3 Rxe2 28. Rf1 h5 29. Rfc1 Kg7 30. R1c2 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 e5 32. Rc6 Nb4 33.
Rc7+ Kf6 34. a3 Nd5 35. Rc6+ Kf5 36. Kg2 e4 37. Kf1 e3 38. Ke1 Ke4 39. Rd6 g5
40. b4 Nc3 41. Rg6 g4 42. Rh6 Kd3 43. Rxh5 Ne4 44. Rd5 Nd2 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Opening "Richter-Veresov attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. h4 e6 8. Nge2
Nd7 9. g4 Qb6 10. h5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 12. Qb5 Rc8 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. O-O-O Rg8
15. Rdg1 Nc4 16. Nd1 cxd4 17. exd4 b5 18. f4 Bb4 19. Rh3 Ke7 20. Rd3 Rc6 21. Rg2
a5 22. g5 f5 23. Ng1 Bd6 24. Rf2 Rgc8 25. Rg3 b4 26. Ne3 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Bxf4 28.
Rxf4 Rxc2+ 29. Kd1 Rc1+ 30. Kd2 R8c2+ 31. Kd3 Rxb2 32. Re2 Rc3# 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nbd2 Bc6
15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nbd7 17. Rc1 Nxe5 18. Rxc5 Ned7 19. Rc1 h6 20. Bf4 e5 21.
Be3 Ng4 22. Qb3 Ndf6 23. Rfd1 Qd5+ 24. Qxd5 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 Nxd5 26. Nc4 Rad8 27.
Kf3 f6 28. Na5 e4+ 29. Kf2 Rf7 30. Rd4 f5 31. Rcd1 Rfd7 32. Nxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxd5
Rxd5 34. Rxd5 g6 35. h3 Rxb2 36. Rd6 Kf7 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 h5 39. Rxa6 Ra2
40. g5 h4 41. Rf6+ Kg7 42. Rf4 Rxa4 43. Rxh4 Ra5 44. Rg4 Kf7 45. Kg3 Ra2 46.
Rxe4 Rxe2 47. Re5 Re1 48. e4 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 Rf1+ 50. Ke3 Re1+ 51. Kd4 Rd1+ 52. Kc5
Rd2 53. Rd5 Re2 54. Kd4 Rg2 55. Ra5 Rg1 56. Ra7+ Ke6 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Ra5 Ke6
59. Re5+ Kd6 60. Rb5 Ke6 61. Rb6+ Kf7 62. Rf6+ Kg7 63. Kd5 Rxg5+ 64. e5 Rf5 65.
Ra6 g5 66. Kd6 Rf1 67. e6 Kf6 68. Kd7 Re1 69. Rd6 g4 70. Rd4 Rxe6 71. Rxg4 1/2-1/2




