[Event "Belfort op"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Lecuyer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.e4 Ne7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Nh3 Nec6 13.Nf2 Na5 14.Qc2 e5 15.Be2 Be6
16.O-O Nd7 17.Nd3 Nb3 18.Rab1 Nbxc5 19.Rfd1 Rfc8 20.Nb4 a6 21.c4 Qa5 22.Qa2 b5
23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Rab8 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Qa1 Rb7 27.h3 h6 28.Kh2 Kh7 29.Bxc5 Rxc5
30.Rxc5 Nxc5 31.Qxe5 Qxa3 32.Rxb5 Rxb5 33.Bxb5 Ne6 34.Bc4 Qe7 35.f4 Kg8 36.Bxe6 fxe6
37.f5 Kf7 38.Qxe6+ Qxe6 39.fxe6+ Kxe6 40.Kg3 Ke5 41.Kf3 g5 42.Ke3 h5 43.g3 h4
44.gxh4 gxh4 45.Kf3  0-1

[Event "Belfort op"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Zawadski, Stephane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Bf5 8.Bxf5 gxf5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Nb6 11.Bd2 N8d7 12.Rfe1 Nf6 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Qc2 e6 15.e4 fxe4
16.Nxe4 Nbd5 17.Nfg5 Rad8 18.Re3 h6 19.Nxf6+ Nxf6 20.Ne4 Qf4 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6
22.Bc3 Rd5 23.Rg3 Kh8 24.Rdd3 Qf5 25.Qd1 Rg8 26.Rdf3 Qh5 27.Rh3 Qg6 28.Rhg3 Qh5
29.Rh3 Qg6 30.Rhg3 Qxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belfort op"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Stefanski, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Be2 c6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Qc2 Nh5 12.Rfd1 Nf4 13.Bf1 f5 14.exf5 Rxf5 15.Nd2 Nf6
16.g3 Ne8 17.Nde4 Ne6 18.c5 Nd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Ne2 Rd5 21.Nf4 Bf5 22.Nxd5 cxd5
23.Qb3 Bxe4 24.Re1 Qf7 25.Rxe4  1-0

[Event "Belfort op"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pachow, Joerg"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nd5 7.Bd2 Nxc3 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.Bxc3 Qd5 10.O-O Bg4 11.Re1 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qxf3 13.gxf3 O-O-O 14.Bb4 e6 15.Bxf8 Rhxf8
16.Re4 Rd5 17.c3 Rfd8 18.Rae1 a6 19.Kg2 R8d7 20.Re5 Rxe5 21.Rxe5 Rd5 22.f4 Kd7
23.Kf3 Kd6 24.Ke3 f6 25.Rxd5+ cxd5 26.Kd3 g5 27.fxg5 fxg5 28.b4 e5 29.dxe5+ Kxe5
30.c4 dxc4+ 31.Kxc4 Kf4 32.b5 axb5+ 33.Kxb5 Kf3 34.a4  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Qc2 a6 10.g4 Rb8 11.Ng3 Bd7 12.Bd3 b5 13.c5 b4 14.Nce2 dxc5 15.Bxc5 Bb5
16.Bxb5 Rxb5 17.Bxb4 Ne8 18.Bc3 Nd6 19.b3 Qc8 20.Rc1 Kh8 21.Qb2 f6 22.Bd2 Rg8
23.Qc2 Rb7 24.Qd3 Qa8 25.Ba5 Qa7 26.Bd2 Rf8 27.Be3 Qb8 28.Nc3 f5 29.gxf5 gxf5
30.Nh5 f4 31.Nxg7 fxe3 32.Ne6 Rxf3 33.Qe2 Rh3 34.Qg2 Ng6 35.Qxh3 Nf4 36.Nxf4 exf4
37.O-O Qg8+ 38.Qg2 Qf7 39.Ne2  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuliev, S."]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Bf4 c6
9.d5 Na6 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.e4 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Nc5 14.Bg2 Na4 15.Qxa4 Bxd4
16.Qc2 e5 17.Rae1 Qd8 18.Bh6 Rf7 19.b4 c5 20.a3 Rc8 21.b5 Qa5 22.Be4 Rxf2
23.Qxf2 Bxf2+ 24.Kxf2 Qc3 25.Rc1 Qd4+ 26.Kf3 g5 27.g4 Qd2 28.Rce1 Qf4+ 29.Kg2 Qxg4+
30.Kh1 Qh4 31.Rf6 Qxe1+  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bxc5 Nc6
9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Nge2 Nd7 11.Ba3 Nde5 12.Nf4 e6 13.Rd1 Rxd1+ 14.Kxd1 b6 15.Nb5 Ba6
16.Kc2 Rc8 17.Kb1 Bh6 18.Nh3 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Nd4 20.b3 Be3 21.f4 Ng4 22.Bc4 Nf6
23.Bb4 a5 24.bxa6 Nc6 25.Re1 Bxf4 26.Nxf4 Nxb4 27.Nxe6 b5 28.a7 Ra8 29.Nc7 Rxa7
30.Nxb5 Rxa2 31.e5 Nh5 32.Nd6 Rxg2 33.Bxf7+ Kf8 34.e6 Nd5 35.Re5 Nhf6 36.b4 Nc3+
37.Kc1 Nfd5 38.b5 Nb4 39.e7+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Metreveli, S."]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nd5 7.Bd2 Nxc3 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.Bxc3 Qd5 10.O-O Bg4 11.Re1 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qxf3 13.gxf3 e6 14.f4 O-O-O 15.Re5 Rd5
16.Rxd5 cxd5 17.Bd2 Bd6 18.Re1 Kd7 19.b3 Rb8 20.Kg2 Rb6 21.Kf3 h5 22.Rg1 g6
23.a4 Ke7 24.Ke2 Kd7 25.h3 c5 26.dxc5 Bxc5 27.Be3 Kd6 28.Bxc5+ Kxc5 29.Kd3 Rb4
30.Ke3 Re4+ 31.Kf3 Kb4 32.Ra1 Kc3 33.Ra2 a5 34.Kg3 f6 35.Kf3 g5 36.fxg5 fxg5
37.Kg3 Re1 38.Kf3 e5 39.Kg3 d4 40.Kf3 e4+ 41.Kg3 d3 42.cxd3 exd3  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A89"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.c4 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.e4 f4 11.b3 g5 12.Qe2 a6 13.Bd2 Qe8 14.Rac1 Qg6 15.c5 Qh6
16.f3 fxg3 17.hxg3 Nh5 18.Qf2 Qg6 19.Be3 g4 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 g3 22.Qd2 Nf6
23.e5 Ng4 24.Rf3 Nh2 25.d6 Nxf3+ 26.Bxf3 cxd6 27.Nd5 Rf7 28.cxd6 Bg4 29.Bxg4 Qxg4
30.Nxe7+ Kh8 31.d7 Rff8 32.Rc8 Raxc8 33.dxc8=Q Rxc8 34.Nxc8 Qxc8 35.Kg2 h5
36.Kxg3 Qg4+ 37.Kh2 Qh4+ 38.Kg1 Qg3+ 39.Kf1 Qf3+ 40.Qf2 Qh1+ 41.Ke2 Qb1 42.Kf3 Qf5
43.Ke2 Kh7 44.Qf3 b5 45.Bd2 h4 46.Be1 h3 47.Kf2 Bh6 48.Qb7+ Kg6 49.Qc6+ Kh5
50.Qf3+ Kg6 51.Qc6+ Kh7 52.Qb7+ Bg7 53.Qf3 h2 54.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geanta, Horia"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nd5 7.Bd2 Nxc3 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.Bxc3 Qd5 10.O-O Bg4 11.Bb4 Bxf3 12.gxf3 O-O-O 13.Bc5 e6 14.Bxa7 Qa5 15.b4 Qxa7
16.c3 Bd6 17.Qb3 Qb6 18.a4 Rd7 19.Rfe1 Re7 20.Re4 Rhe8 21.Rh4 c5 22.c4 cxd4
23.Rb1 d3 24.c5  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O e6 8.Be3 O-O-O
9.a3 Nd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.b4 Bd6 12.c4 Qf5 13.b5 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bc5
16.Qe2 Rxd4 17.a4 g5 18.g3 g4 19.Bg2 Rhd8 20.Ra2 Qd3 21.Rc1 Qxe2 22.Rxe2 Rd1+
23.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24.Bf1 Rd4 25.Rc2 Kd7 26.Kg2 e5 27.Be2 f5 28.h3 h5 29.hxg4 hxg4
30.Kf1 Kd6 31.Ke1 Bb4+ 32.Kf1 Kc5 33.Kg2 Rd2 34.Rxd2 Bxd2 35.f3 gxf3+ 36.Kxf3 b6
37.Kf2 Kd4 38.Bf1 Be3+ 39.Ke2 f4 40.gxf4 exf4 41.Kf3 Kc5 42.Ke4 Kd6 43.Be2 c5
44.Bf1 Ke6 45.Be2 Kf6 46.Kd5 Kf5 47.Bf3 Bd2 48.Be2 Be3 49.Bd1 Kg5 50.Ke4 Kh4
51.Kf3 Kh3 52.Be2 Kh4 53.Bf1 Bc1 54.Be2 Kg5 55.Bd3 Be3 56.Bc2 Bd2 57.Bd3 Bc1
58.Bc2 Kf6 59.Ke4 Ke6 60.Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Hua Lefong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 b6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.e3 c5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d5 d6 7.e4 Na6 8.Bd3 Nc7 9.O-O Be7
10.Re1 O-O 11.Bd2 a6 12.a4 Rb8 13.Qc2 h6 14.dxe6 Nxe6 15.Nd5 Bc6 16.Bc3 Re8
17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.e5 Nd7 19.exd6 Qxd6 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Be4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Qf4
23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Bxe5 Qxe4 25.Rxe4 Ng5 26.Re3 Rbd8 27.Rae1 Kh7 28.f4 Ne6 29.f5 Nf8
30.Bc7 Rxe3 31.Rxe3 Rd4 32.b3 Nd7 33.Kf2 g6 34.fxg6+ Kxg6 35.a5 bxa5 36.Bxa5 Nf6
37.h3 Kf5 38.Rf3+ Ke5 39.Rxf6 Kxf6 40.Bc3 Ke5 41.Ke3 f5 42.g3 h5 43.b4 Ke6
44.Bxd4 cxd4+ 45.Kxd4 Kd6 46.h4 Ke6 47.b5 a5 48.b6 Kd6 49.c5+ Kc6 50.Kc4  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Das, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nf8
9.Nge2 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.h3 Ng7 12.f3 Nf5 13.Bf2 c5 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.Qd2 a6
16.Ba4 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Be6 19.Rd1 Rc8 20.Bb3 Bc5 21.Qd2 Kg7 22.O-O Bb4
23.Rc1 Re8 24.Rfd1 h6 25.Qe2 Qa5 26.Be1 Rcd8 27.Rd4 b5 28.a3 Bxc3 29.Bxc3 Qb6
30.Rcd1 Kh7 31.Qd2 Rc8 32.Kh1 Qc7 33.Bc2 Qg3 34.Qe1 Nh5 35.Kg1 Qc7 36.g4 Ng7
37.Kg2 f5 38.Qg3 fxg4 39.hxg4 Qe7 40.Rh1 Bf7 41.e4 Rh8 42.exd5 Qe2+ 43.Qf2 Qe7
44.d6 Qd7 45.Qe3 Kg8 46.Qe7 Qxe7 47.dxe7 Ne6 48.Rd6 a5  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.h3 Qh5 8.Bf4 O-O-O
9.O-O Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Qh4 11.Bxc6 Qxf4 12.Bf3 Rxd4 13.Qe2 c6 14.Rad1 Rxd1 15.Rxd1 Qc7
16.b4 e6 17.b5 Bb4 18.Ne4 Nd5 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.a3 Be7 21.Rb1 Qa5 22.c4 Nb6
23.c5 Nd5 24.Qb2 Qb5 25.Qc2 Qa5 26.a4 f5 27.Qb2 fxe4 28.Qb7+ Kd8 29.Bg4 Rf8
30.Bxe6 Qc7 31.Qa8+  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Na6 7.e3 Nb4 8.Qd2 Bf5
9.Rc1 Be7 10.a3 Na6 11.Bxa6 bxa6 12.Nf3 h6 13.Bh4 Rc8 14.O-O O-O 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Na4 Be4 17.Nc5 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Bh4 19.f4 Qd6 20.Kh1 Kh8 21.Qd3 f5 22.Qxa6 Qg6
23.Rg1 Qh5 24.Rg2 Rg8 25.Nd7 Qf3 26.Ne5 Qe4 27.Qe2 Bxf2 28.Nf7+ Kh7 29.Ng5+  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Orsag, T."]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 Bg4 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Be7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.Re1 Nc6 10.Ne4 Nd5 11.Bg3 f5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 fxe4 15.Qxe4 Bf6
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxe6+ Qxe6 18.Rxe6 Rae8 19.Rae1 Rxe6 20.Rxe6 Kf7 21.Re4 Re8
22.Kf1 Rxe4 23.dxe4 Nb4 24.a3 Nxc2 25.Ke2 Nd4+ 26.Kd3 c5 27.b4 Ne6 28.bxc5 Nxc5+
29.Kd4 Ne6+ 30.Ke5 Ke7 31.g4 Nc7 32.f4 b6 33.g5 Nb5 34.a4 Nc3 35.f5 Nxa4
36.f6+ gxf6+ 37.gxf6+ Kf7 38.Kd6 Nc5 39.e5 a5 40.Kc6 a4 41.Kxb6 a3 42.Kxc5 a2
43.Kd6 a1=Q 44.e6+ Kxf6 45.e7 Qd4+ 46.Kc7 Kxe7  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Rodrigues, RP."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Bb4 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 c6
9.Ne2 O-O 10.Qc2 a5 11.O-O b6 12.f3 Ba6 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.e4 Qc7 15.e5 Nh7
16.Nxd5 Qb7 17.Nxb4 axb4 18.Be7 Rfa8 19.Bxb4 Rxa2 20.Rxa2 Rxa2 21.Ba3 Qa6
22.Qd1 Qc4 23.Qd2 Qb3 24.Qc3 Qd5 25.Qe3 Nhf8 26.Nc3 Qb3 27.Qc1 Rxa3 28.bxa3 Qc4
29.Qe3 Ne6 30.Ne2 b5 31.Rc1 Qd5 32.Qe4 Qa2 33.Rxc6 Qxa3 34.Rc8+ Ndf8 35.d5 Qa1+
36.Rc1 Qa7+ 37.Kh1 Ng5 38.Qd3 b4 39.h4 Ngh7 40.f4 Qd7 41.Qf3 Qa4 42.Nd4 Nd7
43.e6 fxe6 44.dxe6 Nb6 45.Qb3 Qxb3 46.Nxb3 Kf8 47.Nd4 Nd5 48.Nf5 Nc3 49.Ra1 Nf6
50.Ra8+ Ne8 51.Nd6 Ke7 52.Nxe8 b3 53.Rb8 b2 54.Rxb2 Kxe8 55.Rb7 g6 56.h5 Nd5
57.hxg6 Nf6 58.Rf7 Ng8 59.g7  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mont Reynaud, Jordy"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e4 b5 7.Bg5 Qb6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.Rfd1 Ngf6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Ne4 h6 14.Bh4 O-O 15.Qc1 c5
16.Nf6+ N5xf6 17.exf6 cxd4 18.fxg7 Kxg7 19.Nxd4 Ne5 20.Qf4 Ng6 21.Qf6+ Kh7
22.Nf5 exf5 23.Qxb6 Rab8 24.Qd4 Rg8 25.f3 Rbc8 26.Qf6 Be7 27.Qxf7+ Rg7 28.Qxf5 Bxh4
29.Rd7 Rc7 30.Rxc7 Rxc7 31.axb5 Bc8 32.Qd5 axb5 33.Qxb5 Be6 34.Qb6 Re7 35.Ra7 Bf7
36.Rxe7 Bxe7 37.Qc7 Kg7 38.Bxc4 Be8 39.Qc8 Bf7 40.Bxf7 Kxf7 41.Qb7 Ne5 42.b4 Kf6
43.b5 Nd3 44.Qc6+  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D09"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Bg4 6.Bg2 Qd7 7.O-O O-O-O 8.Nbd2 h5
9.h4 Nge7 10.Qa4 Ng6 11.b3 Kb8 12.Bb2 Ngxe5 13.Rad1 d3 14.exd3 Nxd3 15.Bc3 Nc5
16.Qa3 Ne4 17.Qc1 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Qd3 19.Nb1 Qxd1 20.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 21.Kh2 Rxb1
22.Ne5 Bd6 23.Nxc6+ bxc6 24.c5 Rd8 25.Bxc6 Bxc5 26.Qxc5 Rd6 27.Be4 Rbd1 28.Qb5+ Kc8
29.Qe8+ Rd8 30.Qxf7 R1d2 31.a4 R8d7 32.Qf8+ Rd8 33.Qc5 a6 34.Kg2 R8d6 35.Bf5+ Bxf5
36.Qxf5+ Kb7 37.Qxh5 Rf6 38.Qc5 Rdd6 39.h5 Rc6 40.Qg5 Rf7 41.f4 Rc2+ 42.Kh3 Rc6
43.b4 Kc8 44.Qd5 Rcf6 45.Kg4 Re7 46.Qg8+ Kd7 47.Qd5+ Ke8 48.a5 Rd6 49.Qc5 Kf8
50.b5 axb5 51.Qxb5 Re8 52.Qc5 Re7 53.Qc4 c6 54.Qc5 Rd5 55.Qb6 Rb5 56.Qd4 Kf7
57.a6 Ra5 58.Qc4+ Kf8 59.Qxc6 Ra7 60.Qc8+ Ke7 61.Qg8 R5xa6 62.Qxg7+ Ke8 63.Qg8+ Ke7
64.h6 Ra8 65.h7 Rxg8+ 66.hxg8=Q  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vamos, Viktor"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Be3 e5 5.d5 c6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Bb3 Qc7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nc5 11.Bxc5 dxc5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Ng3 Rb8 14.Rb1 Rb4 15.Qe2 Qb8
16.Na2 Rb6 17.Rfd1 Ne8 18.Nf1 Nd6 19.Nd2 a5 20.Nc1 Ba6 21.c4 Bg5 22.Qd3 Rd8
23.Qc3 Bxd2 24.Qxd2 Rb4 25.Qg5 f6 26.Qe3 Bc8 27.Qe2 Be6 28.Qc2 Bxc4 29.Rxd6 Qxd6
30.Bxc4+ Kh8 31.b3 Qd1+ 32.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 33.Bf1 Rxe4  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Szabo, Gergely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Ne2 Be6
9.Bf4 c6 10.a4 g5 11.Bg3 h5 12.h3 Qb6 13.Nbc3 Rd8 14.Qb1 c4 15.a5 Qc5 16.Rd1 Be7
17.Bc7 Rxd1+ 18.Qxd1 h4 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Na4 Qa7 21.Nb6 Bc5 22.Nxd7 Bxd4 23.Nb6 Bc5
24.Qd8+ Kf7 25.Bb8 Bxb6 26.axb6 Qa8 27.Rd1 Kg6 28.Qe8+ Kh6  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 Bg4 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 O-O
9.Nc3 c6 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bf4 d5 12.c5 b6 13.g4 Bg6 14.b4 a5 15.Bxg6 hxg6 16.Na4 Nbd7
17.a3 Ne4 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 b5 20.Nb6 Ra7 21.a4 axb4 22.axb5 Rxa1 23.Qxa1 cxb5
24.Qa7 Nd2 25.c6 Bd6 26.c7 Bxc7 27.Bxc7 Qe7 28.Rd1 Qe2 29.Qa1 b3 30.Rxd2 Qxd2
31.Qb1 b2  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kuliev, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nxe4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Qxe4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Bb5 Bd7
9.d4 O-O 10.d5 Bf5 11.Qe2 Nb8 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bf4 a6 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.Nbd2 Re8
16.Rfe1 g5 17.Bg3 Qc8 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.a4 b6 20.Ne3 Qc8 21.Qc2 h6 22.Bg6 Rf8
23.Nc4 Qd8 24.Bh7+ Kh8 25.Bf5 Be8 26.Qe2 Ra7 27.a5 b5 28.Nb6 Bf7 29.c4 b4
30.Rad1 Rc7 31.Rd3 Re8 32.Re3 Bf8 33.Nd2 Kg8 34.Ne4 e6 35.dxe6 Bxe6 36.Nxf6+ Qxf6
37.Bxe6+ Kg7 38.Bd5  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chanda, Sandipan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.cxd5 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 Qxd5 11.Re1 Bf5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 Be6 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bxd6 cxd6
16.Rac1 O-O 17.a3 Rfe8 18.Nd2 h6 19.h3 Rac8 20.Qd3 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Bd7 22.f3 Qg5
23.Kh1 Bb5 24.f4 Qxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Bxd3 26.Kf3 Kf8 27.Rc3 Bf5 28.h4 Rc8 29.Nc4 Ke7
30.Kf2 Be6 31.Ne3 Rxc3 32.bxc3 g6 33.Kg3 f5 34.Nc2 Kd7 35.Ne3 Kc6 36.c4 d5
37.c5 h5 38.a4 b6 39.cxb6 Kxb6 40.Nd1 Ka5 41.Nb2 Bd7 42.Kf2 Bxa4 43.Ke2 Bb5+
44.Kd2 Kb4 45.Kc2 a5 46.Kb1 Be2 47.Kc2 a4 48.Kb1 a3 49.Nd3+ Bxd3+ 50.Ka1 g5
51.hxg5 h4 52.g6 h3 53.Ka2 h2 54.g7 h1=Q  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 c5 7.c3 O-O 8.Nxe4 dxe4
9.Ng5 cxd4 10.exd4 Qd5 11.Qe2 f5 12.Qc4 e6 13.Bxb8 Rxb8 14.Qc7 f4 15.h4 e3
16.f3 h6 17.Qxb8 hxg5 18.Qxa7 g4 19.Be2 e5 20.Qc5 Qxc5 21.dxc5 Bd7 22.Bc4+ Kh7
23.Bd5 Bc6 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Ke2 Rb8 26.Rhb1 Rb5 27.a4 Rxc5 28.a5 Rd5 29.Rd1 Rb5
30.Ra2 e4 31.fxg4 Rb8 32.a6 Rf8 33.a7 Bh6 34.g5  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Bb3 Na5 11.h3 h6 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Rfd1 a6 14.Rd2 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4
16.Qe1 b5 17.a3 Qb7 18.b3 Be6 19.Re2 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Qxe4 21.Bg5 Qb7 22.Bxe7 Qxe7
23.Rd1 Rac8 24.Red2 Rfd8 25.Qe2 f6 26.Re1 Re8 27.a4 bxa4 28.Qxa6 axb3 29.cxb3 d5
30.Kf1 Qf7 31.b4 d4 32.b5 Rb8 33.Rb2 Bc4+ 34.Kg1 Qd5 35.Qa7 Rb7 36.Qa1 Rxb5
37.Rxb5 Bxb5 38.Qa5 Ra8 39.Qc7 Qd7 40.Qb6 Qc6 41.Qxc6 Bxc6 42.Nd2 Bd5 43.Rd1 Kf7
44.f3 h5 45.h4 g6 46.Kf2 Ra2 47.Ke2 Ke6 48.g4 hxg4 49.fxg4 e4 50.Ke1 e3  0-1

[Event "Cannes op2"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Debard, Michel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.Rd1 Qe7
9.Nc3 c6 10.b3 h6 11.e4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Bf4 Rd8 14.h3 a5 15.Rd2 a4 16.Rad1 Ne8
17.Nxa4 Nxa4 18.bxa4 Bd7 19.Nb3 Be6 20.a5 c5 21.Be3 Kh7 22.Kh2 Rab8 23.f4 Rdc8
24.Bf2 f5 25.Re2 Qf7 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Be4 Bxe4 28.Qxe4 Nc7 29.Rxd6 Re8 30.Qd3 Rxe2
31.Qxe2 Re8 32.Qd3 Ne6 33.Nxc5 h5 34.Qd5  1-0

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Rahmani, Chebly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Bg4 14.Qa4 Qd7 15.Rfd1 Qb7
16.Qc2 Rac8 17.a3 Qa6 18.h3 Be6 19.Qa4 Qxa4 20.Nxa4 Nd7 21.Nc5 Nb6 22.b3 Bf6
23.Bd4 Be7 24.e3 Bxc5 25.Bxc5 Bf5 26.Rc3 Rc7 27.Bxb6 axb6 28.Rxd5 Be6 29.Rd6 Ra8
30.a4 Rac8 31.b4 Bd7 32.Rcd3 Be8 33.a5 bxa5 34.bxa5 Kf8 35.Rd8 Ke7 36.Rxc8 Rxc8
37.a6 Ra8 38.Ra3 Ra7 39.Bf1 Kd6  1-0

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Weindl, Alfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.a4 a5 8.e4 g6 9.Bb5 Bg7
10.f4 O-O 11.Nf3 Nxb6 12.O-O e6 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.e5 dxe5 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8 16.Nxe5 Ng4
17.Nc6 Bd4+ 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Ne4 Bd5 20.h3 Bxe4 21.hxg4 Rac8 22.Bd2 Rc2 23.Rf2 Rdc8
24.Re1 f5 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.Bxa5 Nd5 27.Bd7 Rxf2 28.Kxf2 Rc2+ 29.Re2 d3 30.Rxc2 dxc2
31.Bd2 Kf7 32.Bb5 Nb4 33.Bc4+ Ke8 34.g3 Kd7 35.Ke3 Kc6 36.Kd4 Kb6 37.Kc3 Na6
38.Be3+ Kb7 39.Bb3 Nc7 40.Kd2 Nd5 41.Bxd5+ Bxd5 42.Kxc2 Bc6 43.b3 Kc7 44.Kc3 Kd6
45.Kc4 Bd5+ 46.Kb4 Be6 47.a5 Kc6 48.a6  1-0

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Ne5 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Be7
9.Nd2 Bb7 10.f4 Ne4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qf3 Nxd2 13.Kxd2 c5 14.c3 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Nxa6
16.g4 b5 17.a3 Kh7 18.g5 f6 19.gxf6 gxf6 20.Ng4 Rg8 21.Nxh6 Rg6 22.Ng4 Qg7
23.Rag1 Rh8 24.f5 Rg5 25.fxe6 f5 26.Ne5  1-0

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.h3 Bf5 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O h6
9.Re1 Be7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Ne5 Qb6 12.g4 Bh7 13.Bb3 Na6 14.Qf3 Nb4 15.Re2 Nbd5
16.Bg3 a5 17.Na4 Qxd4 18.c4 Be4 19.Rxe4 Qxe4 20.cxd5 Qxf3 21.Nxf3 cxd5 22.Nd4 Ne4
23.Bc7 Bh4 24.Rf1 Bd8 25.Bf4 Bg5 26.Bc7 Bd8 27.Bf4 Bg5 28.Bc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Le Touquet op"]
[Site "Le Touquet"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Decotte, Delphine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nb6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be3 c6 8.Bd3 N8d7
9.O-O Nf6 10.Qc2 h6 11.h3 Bd7 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.a4 Bb4 14.a5 Nc8 15.Nc4 Ne7 16.Qb3 c5
17.Ne2 cxd4 18.Bf4 Qd8 19.Qxb4 O-O 20.Nxd4 Nc6 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.Nd6 Qe7 23.e5 Nd5
24.Qe4 f5 25.exf6 Nxf6 26.Qg6 Rfd8 27.Rad1 Rd7 28.Rfe1 Rad8 29.Nf5 Qe8 30.Nxh6+ Kf8
31.Qxe8+ Nxe8 32.Bg5 Nf6 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Bc2 Rxd1 35.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36.Bxd1 f5
37.g4 Bd7 38.gxf5 exf5 39.Bc2 Kg7 40.Nxf5+ Bxf5 41.Bxf5 Kf6 42.Be4  1-0

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Osman, Mihai"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nxe4 7.d5 Qa5+ 8.Kf1 Ne5
9.Qd4 Nxf3 10.Bxf3 Qc5 11.Be3 Qxd4 12.Bxd4 Nf6 13.Nc3 Bd7 14.a4 a6 15.Ra3 g5
16.Ne4 Bg7 17.Nxg5 O-O 18.Bc3 Rfc8 19.Ke2 Rc4 20.Rha1 Rac8 21.Rb3 b5 22.axb5 Bxb5
23.Ke1 h6 24.Nh3 Nd7 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Be2 Re4 27.Re3 Rxe3 28.fxe3 Bxe2 29.Kxe2 Rc2+
30.Kf3 Ne5+ 31.Kg3 Rxb2 32.Rxa6 Re2 33.Ra3 Nc4 34.Kf3 Rxg2 35.Rc3 Rxh2 36.Kg3 Re2
37.Rxc4 Rxe3+ 38.Kg2 e6 39.Rg4+ Kf6 40.dxe6 fxe6 41.Rf4+ Kg6 42.Rh4 d5 43.Ng1 Re4
44.Nf3 Kf6 45.Rxh6+ Ke7 46.Kf2 Kd6 47.Ng5 Rf4+ 48.Ke3 Rg4 49.Rxe6+ Kc5 50.Rg6 Kc4
51.Rc6+ Kb5 52.Rg6 Kc4 53.Kf3 Rg1 54.Kf2 Rg4 55.Rc6+ Kb5 56.Rg6 Kc4 57.Kf3 Rg1
58.Kf4 d4 59.Rd6 Rd1 60.Nf3 Kc3 61.Ke4 d3 62.Ke3 Kc2 63.Rc6+ Kb2 64.Nd2 Rh1
65.Kxd3 Rh3+ 66.Kd4 Rh4+ 67.Ne4 Rh8 68.Rb6+ Kc2 69.Rc6+ Kb2 70.Kd3 Rh3+ 71.Kc4 Rh4
72.Rb6+ Kc2 73.Kd4 Rh8 74.Rc6+ Kb2 75.Nf2 Rh4+ 76.Kd3 Rh8 77.Nd1+ Kb3 78.Rb6+ Ka4
79.Nb2+ Ka5 80.Nc4+ Ka4 81.Nd6 Ka5 82.Nc4+ Ka4 83.Kd4 Rd8+ 84.Nd6 Rh8 85.Rb1 Rh4+
86.Ne4 Rh8 87.Kc4 Ka5 88.Rb5+ Ka6 89.Nc5+ Ka7 90.Rb7+ Ka8 91.Re7 Rh1 92.Kb5 Rb1+
93.Kc6 Rc1 94.Kb6 Rb1+ 95.Kc7 Rc1 96.Re5 Ka7 97.Kc6 Ka8 98.Re3 Ka7 99.Ra3+ Kb8
100.Ra2 Rc4 101.Kd5 Rc1 102.Ne6 Rd1+ 103.Nd4 Kc7 104.Ra7+ Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Arkhangelsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 Nc6
8.O-O Qf6 9.e5 Qg6 10.Kh1 Nge7 11.h3 O-O 12.Qe2 Be6 13.Nb3 Nd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd5
15.Rfd1 Rae8 16.Nh4 Qh6  0-1

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Toulzac, Pierre Yves"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qc2 Bd6 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Bg5 Bf5 8.Bxe7 Bxc2
9.Bxd8 Kxd8 10.Kd2 Bg6 11.h3 Nd7 12.e3 Re8 13.a3 Ke7 14.Ne1 Kf8 15.Bd3 a5
16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Nd3 Nb6 18.b3 a4 19.b4 g5 20.g4 g6 21.h4 gxh4 22.Rxh4 Kg7
23.Nb2 Be7 24.Rh3 Rh8 25.Rxh8 Kxh8 26.f3 Kg7 27.Kd3 Kf6 28.e4 dxe4+ 29.Nxe4+ Ke6
30.Re1 Kd7 31.Nc5+ Bxc5 32.bxc5 Nd5 33.Nc4 Kc7 34.Rb1 Rf8 35.Rb2 f5 36.g5 Rh8
37.Ne5 Rh5 38.Nxg6 Rxg5 39.Ne5 Rg1 40.Nc4 Rd1+ 41.Rd2 Rc1 42.Rc2 Rd1+ 43.Rd2 Rc1
44.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dubois, Jean Marie"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe2 Nf6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bf4 e5 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Rac1 Bg4 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nb5 Qe7 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Nd4 17.Qa3 Nxb5 18.Bxb5 a6 19.Ba4 Rfd8 20.Rd5 h6 21.Rcd1 Rac8 22.Rxd6 Rxd6
23.Qxd6 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Rc7 25.Kf1 Be7 26.Rd7 Rxd7 27.Bxd7 b6 28.Ke2 Bc5 29.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Mohebbi, Jafar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nf3 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Ng4 12.h3 Ne5 13.Be2 c5 14.Be3 f5 15.Rad1 f4
16.Qd2 Be6 17.Bxf4 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Bxc4 19.Rfe1 Bb3 20.Rc1 c6 21.Qe3 Qd7 22.Qg3 Qe6
23.Nb1 Rab8 24.Bg5 Bxg5 25.Qxg5 Qf6 26.Qxf6 gxf6 27.Re2 Rfe8 28.Nd2 Kf7 29.Nc4 Bxc4
30.Rxc4 a5 31.Rd2 Ke6 32.Rc3 Rb5 33.f4 Re7 34.Rcd3 Rd7 35.Re3 a4 36.Kf1 Rb3
37.Ke2 Rxe3+ 38.Kxe3 d5 39.exd5+ cxd5 40.Re2 Kd6 41.g4 Re7+ 42.Kf3 c4 43.h4 Kc5
44.g5 fxg5 45.fxg5 d4 46.Rg2 d3 47.h5 c3 48.bxc3 Kc4 49.g6 hxg6 50.hxg6 Rg7
51.Kf2 Kxc3 52.Ke1 Kb3 53.Kd2 Kxa3 54.Kxd3 Kb3 55.Ke4 a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Elbilia, Jacques"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Bd6 6.Bg3 Nf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Re8
9.Qc2 Bxg3 10.hxg3 h6 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.Rh4 b6 13.O-O-O Qe7 14.Rdh1 Bb7 15.Bf5 c5
16.g4 g6 17.Rxh6 Nf8 18.Ne5 cxd4 19.exd4 N6h7 20.Bd3 Qg5+ 21.Qd2 Qxd2+ 22.Kxd2 Ng5
23.f4 Nge6 24.Ne2 Kg7 25.g5 Rac8 26.Rh8 a6 27.Ng4  1-0

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Miulescu, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "D72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.Nbc3 Nc6
9.d5 Ne5 10.f4 Nec4 11.a4 a5 12.e5 Nd7 13.Nb5 c6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.b3 Ncxe5
16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Nbd4 Ba6 18.O-O Qb6 19.Ba3 Ng4 20.Kh1 Ne3  0-1

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f3 Rb8 11.g4 Ne5 12.h4 b5 13.Bd3 Nfd7 14.g5 Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 Ne5
16.Qe2 Nc4 17.f4 b4 18.Nb1 e5 19.Nf5 h5 20.Nd2 Nxe3 21.Nxe3 exf4 22.Nd5 Qc6
23.Nf3 Bg4 24.e5 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 Rc8 26.Qe4 Qc4 27.Rd4  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U10"]
[Site "Szombathely"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Orsag, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.a3 a6
9.Nge2 Bg4 10.f3 Bh5 11.Nf4 Bg6 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nfxd5 Re8 15.Nxf6+ gxf6
16.Kf2 Qe7 17.Re1 Rad8 18.Qb3 b6 19.Rac1 Rd6 20.Ne4 Rd7 21.Rxc6 f5 22.Nf6+ Kf8
23.Nxe8 Qxe8 24.Rec1 Qe7 25.d5 Qd8 26.Qc3 Rxd5 27.Rxc7 Rd2+ 28.Kg1 Rd1+ 29.Rxd1 Qxd1+
30.Kf2 Kg8 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U10"]
[Site "Szombathely"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paliulionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.Bg5 Ne7 7.e4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Ne5 Nd7 13.Ng4 Rad8 14.Qc2 Nf6 15.Rad1 Nxg4
16.Bxg4 e5 17.dxe5 Qxe5 18.Bf3 c5 19.Re3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Qc7 22.Bg4 Rd8
23.Qe2 Qd6 24.axb5 axb5 25.h3 Qd2 26.Qxd2 Rxd2 27.e5 Rd3 28.Rxd3 cxd3 29.f3 Bc8
30.Kf2 Bxg4 31.hxg4 Kf8 32.f4 Ke7 33.f5 Kd7 34.Ke3 c4 35.g5 Kc6 36.f6 gxf6
37.gxf6 Kd5 38.Kf4 d2 39.Kf5 d1=Q 40.e6 fxe6+ 41.Kg5 Qd2+ 42.Kg4 Qxc3 43.Kg5 Qg3+  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U10"]
[Site "Szombathely"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ostapuk, O."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.e3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qe7 8.a4 b6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.O-O a6 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.Nd2 Qd7 14.Ba3 Ne7 15.f3 Bh5
16.e4 Bg6 17.Rfe1 O-O 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.exd5 Qd6 20.c4 c6 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.fxe4 Ng4
23.e5 Qh6 24.h3 Qf4 25.hxg4 Qxd4+ 26.Kh1 Qxg4 27.Bxh7+ Kh8 28.Bf5 Qh4+ 29.Bh3 g5
30.Qe4 Qh6 31.Qf5 f6 32.e6 Rg8 33.d6 g4 34.e7 gxh3 35.Qxh3  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U10"]
[Site "Szombathely"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd2 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Ngxe2 Nbd7
8.Nf4 c6 9.d5 cxd5 10.Ncxd5 Qd8 11.Bc3 e6 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Qf3 Qc7 14.O-O-O Be7
15.Nh5 Nxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U10"]
[Site "Szombathely"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Sarkisian, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4 e5 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.Nf3 g6 10.Nd2 Qc7 11.a4 a5 12.O-O Be7 13.Ra3 Nb6 14.Nb5 Qd8 15.Qc2 O-O
16.Nb3 Nbd7 17.Bh6 Re8 18.f4 Qb6 19.Nd2 Qb8 20.Rb3 Bb7 21.Nc4 Rd8 22.Nbxd6 Bxd6
23.Nxd6 Qxd6 24.Rxb7 Rab8 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.Bb5 Ng4 27.fxe5 Ndxe5 28.Bf4 Qb6
29.Bxe5 Nxe5 30.Qf2 Rf8 31.Qf6 Qb8 32.d6 Ng4 33.Qf4 f5 34.e5 Rd8 35.h3  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U10"]
[Site "Szombathely"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Raceanu, Valentin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bf4 c6 5.e3 Qb6 6.Qc1 Bf5 7.Bd3 h6 8.O-O e6
9.c3 Ng3 10.Bxf5 Ne2+ 11.Kh1 Nxc1 12.Rxc1 exf5 13.b3 Nd7 14.Nbd2 Be7 15.c4 O-O
16.c5 Qd8 17.b4 Nf6 18.a4 Ne4 19.Kg1 Nxd2 20.Nxd2 Re8 21.b5 Bg5 22.Bd6 Rxe3
23.fxe3 Bxe3+ 24.Kh1 Bxd2 25.Rd1 Qg5 26.bxc6 bxc6 27.Ra2 Bf4 28.Bxf4 Qxf4
29.a5 Rb8 30.a6 Qxd4  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U10"]
[Site "Szombathely"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Aleskerov, Faik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Ngxe5
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.e3 d6 11.Be2 Be6 12.Qc3 Bf5 13.c5 O-O 14.O-O f6 15.Qb3+ Kh8
16.Qxb7 dxc5 17.Qb3 c4 18.Bxc4 Rab8 19.Qc3 Nxc4 20.Qxc4 Rxb2 21.Qa6 Qc5 22.Rac1 Rc2
23.Rxc2 Bxc2 24.Rc1 Rd8 25.Qe2 Bd3 26.Qb2 Bg6 27.h3 Qb6 28.Qc3 c6 29.Qxc6 Qxc6
30.Rxc6 Kg8 31.f3 Kf8 32.Ra6 Ra8 33.Bd6+ Ke8 34.Bc5 Kd7 35.Rxa7+ Rxa7 36.Bxa7 Bf7
37.Bd4 Kc6 38.a4 Bb3 39.a5 Kb5 40.Bc3 Bc4 41.h4 h5 42.Kf2 Kc6 43.e4 Kd6 44.Ke3 Ke6
45.g3 g6 46.Kd4 Ba6 47.Kc5 Be2 48.f4 Bf3 49.e5 fxe5 50.fxe5 Bd5 51.Bd4 Ba8
52.Kb6 Kf5 53.a6 Bd5 54.a7 Kg4 55.e6  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U10"]
[Site "Szombathely"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kochetkov, Maksim"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 Bg4 6.f3 Bf5 7.Ne2 e6 8.g4 Bg6
9.Nf4 Nc6 10.h4 O-O-O 11.h5 Rxd4 12.Qe2 Bxc2 13.Be3 h6 14.Bxd4 Nxd4 15.Qg2 Bb4
16.Ne2 Nxe2 17.Qxe2 Bxc3+ 18.bxc3 Qxc3+ 19.Kf2 Rd8 20.Kg3 Rd2 21.Qe4 Nxe4+
22.Kh4 Qf6+ 23.Kh3 Qxf3+ 24.Kh4 Rg2  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U10"]
[Site "Szombathely"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Jakubowski, Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A89"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.e4 f4 11.f3 Qd6 12.b3 Bd7 13.a4 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 g5 15.Ba3 c5 16.dxc6 Bxc6
17.Bxe7 Rf7 18.a5 Qe3 19.Bb4 fxg3 20.Re1 Qf4 21.Ne2 Qh4 22.Nxg3 g4 23.Nf5 Qh5
24.Ng3 Qh4 25.Ra2 Bd7 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.exf5 gxf3 28.Qxf3 Nh5 29.Qf2 Qxf2 30.Rxf2 Nf4
31.Rxf4 exf4 32.Bd5 Rf8 33.Bxf8 Kxf8 34.Bxf7 Kxf7 35.Kg2 Bd4 36.Kf3 Be3 37.Rxe3 fxe3
38.Kxe3 Kf6 39.Ke4 h5 40.h4 a6 41.b4 Kf7 42.c5 Kf6 43.b5  1-0

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sellos, Didier"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Na4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5+ Ke7 14.Bd2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qb6
16.Qe2 a5 17.Rfd1 Rhd8 18.Be1 Rab8 19.Bc4 Nfd7 20.f4 e5 21.f5 e4 22.Rd5 Nf6
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Qxd1 Ncd7 26.Qd4 Qxd4 27.exd4 Ne8 28.a3 Nd6 29.Ba2 bxa3
30.bxa3 Nxf5 31.Bxa5 Nxd4 32.Bb4+ Ke8 33.Kg2 Nc2 34.Bd6 e3 35.fxe3 Nxe3+
36.Kf3 Nf5 37.Bb4 Ne7 38.Bc3 f6 39.a4 Kd8 40.Ba5+ Kc8 41.Bb4 Nc6 42.Bc3 Kb7
43.Bg8 h6 44.Bd5 Kb6 45.Be4 Nc5 46.Bc2 h5 47.Kg3 Ne6 48.Bd1 Nc5 49.Kf4 Ne7
50.a5+ Kc7 51.Bf3 Kd6 52.Kg3 Nc6 53.Kh4 g6 54.Bxc6 Kxc6 55.Bxf6 Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qb3 Kh8
9.c5 d5 10.Bf4 Nd7 11.Rad1 Qe8 12.Qc2 h6 13.Ne5 Nexc5 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.dxc5 e5
16.Bc1 a5 17.a3 Ba6 18.Rfe1 Qe7 19.b4 Rfb8 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Nxd5 Qf7 22.Nc7 Ra7
23.Nxa6 Rxa6 24.c6 Nf8 25.b5 Rab6 26.a4 Rc8 27.Qc3 Qc7 28.Be3 Rbb8 29.Bc5 Rd8
30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Qe3 f4 32.Bb6 Qc8 33.Qb3 Re8 34.Bxa5 Ne6 35.Bc3 Ng5 36.Qd5 Rd8
37.Qc4 f3 38.c7 Rf8 39.g4 Rf4 40.Rd1 Qxg4+ 41.Kf1 Rxc4  0-1

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.e3 Nxd4 11.exd4 O-O 12.Be2 Be6 13.Qb3 Bxc3+ 14.Qxc3 Re8 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.O-O Bf5 17.Bd3 Rac8 18.Qb3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Re4 20.Qb3 Qc6 21.Rad1 Re2 22.h3 Rc2
23.Rde1 b6 24.Re5 Rc1 25.g3 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Qc4+ 27.Qxc4 dxc4 28.Re7 a5 29.Rb7 c3
30.bxc3 Rxc3 31.Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.e4 Qh5
9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Ng4 12.f4 Na6 13.h3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Be6 15.b3 f6
16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Bb2 Rad8 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Nxd1 Bxb2 21.Nxb2 Nb4
22.a3 Nc2 23.a4 a5 24.Nd3 Nd4 25.Nc5 Bc8 26.Kf2 b6 27.Ne4 c5 28.Nc3 e6 29.g4 Nxb3
30.f5 gxf5 31.gxf5 Nd2 32.fxe6 Bxe6 33.Bd5 Kf7 34.Ne4 Nxe4+  0-1

[Event "Formia op"]
[Site "Formia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pagnoncelli, Marco"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nb3 b5 11.f4 Qd8 12.Kb1 Be7 13.g4 Bb7 14.Bg2 Qb6 15.Qe2 b4
16.Nd5 exd5 17.exd5 Na7 18.Rhe1 Nc8 19.Nd4 O-O 20.g5 g6 21.gxh6 Bf6 22.Qf2 Na7
23.f5 g5 24.Qg3 Kh7 25.Be4 Rg8 26.Qh3 Nb5 27.Nxb5 axb5 28.Qh5 Rgf8 29.Rg1 Qa7
30.Rxg5 Qxa2+ 31.Kc1 Qxb2+ 32.Kd2 Qd4+  0-1

[Event "Formia op"]
[Site "Formia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Foisor, Ovidiu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.c3 Na6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 d5 8.Nbd2 b6
9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Rc1 e6 11.e3 Qe7 12.Qc2 Rac8 13.Qb1 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 f5
16.f3 exf3 17.Bxf3 Bh6 18.Kf2 cxd4 19.cxd4 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Nc7 21.Bc3 Nd5 22.Bd2 Nf6
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rc1 Qb7 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Qc1 Qxc1 27.Bxc1 Kf7 28.Ne5+ Ke8
29.a4 Bf8 30.Ke2 Bd6 31.Nf3 Kd7 32.Kd3 Kc6 33.Bd2 a6 34.Kc4 b5+ 35.axb5+ axb5+
36.Kd3 Kd5 37.Be1 Ne4 38.Nd2 Nxd2 39.Bxd2 g5 40.Be1 g4 41.Ba5 h5 42.Bd8 e5
43.dxe5 Bxe5 44.Bg5 Bd6 45.Bf6 Ke6 46.Bg5 Bc5 47.Bd8 Kd5 48.Bg5 Bb4 49.Bd8 Ba3
50.Bg5 Bf8 51.Bf6 Bd6 52.Bd4 Be7 53.Bb6 h4 54.gxh4 Bxh4 55.Bc7 Bf6 56.Bg3 Bb2
57.Bf4 Be5 58.Bg3 Bxg3 59.hxg3 Ke5 60.Ke2 Ke6 61.Kd2 Kd6 62.Kc3 Ke5 63.Kd3 Kd5
64.b4 Ke5 65.Kd2 Ke6 66.Kc3 Ke5 67.Kd2 Kd6 68.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Formia op"]
[Site "Formia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ragozin, Evgeni"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Bf4 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 Nf6 7.Bg5 Bb4 8.Be2 Qa5
9.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxc3+ 11.Kf1 gxf6 12.axb5 Bb7 13.Rb1 a6 14.bxc6 Bxc6
15.Nf3 Rg8 16.Ne1 Bb5 17.d5 Nd7 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Nf3 Ke7 20.Nd4 Rab8 21.Rc1 Qa3
22.h4 Ne5 23.Ra1 Qc5 24.Qc2 f5 25.Qc3 Qd5 26.f3 Nd3 27.h5 Qd6 28.f4 Qb4 29.Qc2 Ba4
30.Qa2 Qb2 31.Qxa4 Qxe2+ 32.Nxe2 Rb2 33.Qa3+ Kf7 34.Qc3 Rxg2 35.Kxg2 Rxe2+
36.Kf1 Rf2+ 37.Kg1 Rf3 38.Rxa6 Rg3+ 39.Kf1 Rf3+ 40.Kg2 Rf2+ 41.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Formia op"]
[Site "Formia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Gazik, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.h3 Bh5
9.Qc2 Re8 10.g4 Bg6 11.d5 c6 12.Nd2 cxd5 13.cxd5 Rc8 14.Qb3 Nc5 15.Bxc5 Rxc5
16.Qxb7 a5 17.f3 Rc8 18.Qb3 Nd7 19.Bb5 Bh4+ 20.Ke2 Nc5 21.Qc2 Re7 22.a4 f6
23.Nc4 Rb7 24.Rhb1 Qc7 25.Ne3 Qb6 26.Ra3 Qa7 27.Qd1 Rcb8 28.Qg1 Nxa4 29.Rxa4 Rxb5
30.Nxb5 Qa6 31.Qc1 Be8 32.Kd2 Bxb5 33.Ra3 Qb6 34.Rc3 Bg5 35.Kc2 Be2 36.Qe1 Bxf3
37.Nf5 Bxe4+ 38.Qxe4 Qf2+ 39.Kd1 Qd2+  0-1

[Event "Formia op"]
[Site "Formia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Isonzo, Davide"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bg5 Ne7 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bg6
9.O-O O-O 10.Bh4 Nd7 11.Bg3 Nc8 12.Rb1 Bxg3 13.hxg3 Nd6 14.b4 b5 15.Bxg6 hxg6
16.a4 a6 17.Qd3 Qe7 18.Rfe1 f5 19.Rec1 Nc4 20.a5 g5 21.Ne2 Rad8 22.Nd2 Nf6
23.Nf3 Nd7 24.Nd2 Qd6 25.Qc3 g6 26.Nb3 Kf7 27.Nc5 Nxc5 28.dxc5 Qc7 29.Nd4 Rde8
30.Qd3 Re7 31.Re1 Ke8 32.Nf3 g4 33.Nd4 Kd7 34.Kf1 Re4 35.Ke2 f4 36.Rh1 Kc8
37.gxf4 Qxf4 38.Rbf1 g3 39.Nxc6 Qxf2+ 40.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 41.Ke1 Rxe3+ 42.Qxe3 Nxe3  0-1

[Event "Formia op"]
[Site "Formia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 d6 7.Qd3 Qe7 8.Nd2 g5
9.Bg3 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Qc2 Bd7 12.f3 O-O-O 13.O-O-O c6 14.Bf2 Bc5 15.Bxc5 dxc5
16.e4 Be6 17.Be2 Qc7 18.g3 Ng6 19.Nb3 Qe5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Nxd1 h5
23.Qc3 Qxc3+ 24.Nxc3 b6 25.Nd2 h4 26.Nd1 Nh5 27.Nf1 hxg3 28.hxg3 Bh3 29.Nde3 Kc7
30.Kd2 Nf6 31.Ke1 Be6 32.Nd2 a6 33.b3 b5 34.Kf2 Kd6 35.Ng2 Bh3 36.Ne1 Bc8
37.Ke3 Nh5 38.Kf2 Ng7 39.Ke3 Nh5 40.Kf2 Ng7 41.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Formia op"]
[Site "Formia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f3 Rb8 11.Kb1 b5 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.g4 b4 14.Ne2 e5 15.h4 Be6 16.Ng3 g6
17.Rg1 a5 18.g5 hxg5 19.hxg5 Nd7 20.Bd3 Bg7 21.Nf5 gxf5 22.exf5 Bd5 23.f6 Bf8
24.g6 fxg6 25.Bxg6+ Bf7 26.Qg2 Nxf6 27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.Qg6+ Ke6 29.f4 Qe4 30.Qg3 Be7
31.fxe5 Rbg8 32.Bg5 Nd5 33.Rge1 Rxg5 34.Qb3 Qg2 35.Rg1 Qxg1 36.Qxd5+ Kd7
37.a3 Qb6 38.e6+ Kc7 39.Qc4+ Qc5 40.Qa6 Rg1 41.Rxg1 Qxg1+  0-1

[Event "Formia op"]
[Site "Formia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Bxe7 Nxe7 5.Nbd2 c5 6.e3 Qb6 7.Rb1 Nbc6 8.dxc5 Qxc5
9.c4 O-O 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Be2 Rd8 12.O-O e5 13.Rc1 Qe7 14.Bb5 e4 15.Ne1 Ne5
16.Nc2 Qh4 17.g3 Qh3 18.Re1 Nxe3 19.Bf1 Nxd1 20.Bxh3 Rxd2 21.Bxc8 Nf3+ 22.Kg2 Rxf2+
23.Kh3 Rxh2+ 24.Kg4 Nf2+ 25.Kf5 Rxc8 26.Nb4 Re8 27.g4 Nxe1 28.Rxe1 Nh3 29.g5 Rg2
30.Rg1 g6+ 31.Kf6 Re6+  0-1

[Event "Formia op"]
[Site "Formia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kharkova, Elena"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.e4 c5 14.dxc5 Nd7 15.c6 Bxc6
16.Be3 Nf6 17.Rfd1 Qa5 18.Nd2 Rac8 19.Nb3 Qc7 20.Rac1 Qb8 21.Ba6 Bb7 22.Bxb7 Qxb7
23.f3 Rfd8 24.Rxd8+ Bxd8 25.Rxc8 Qxc8 26.Bxa7 Qa8 27.Qe3 h6 28.a3 bxa3 29.bxa3 Nd7
30.g3 Qb7 31.Kg2 Qa6 32.Bc5 Bb6 33.Bxb6 Nxb6 34.Nc5 Qa5 35.Qd4 Kh7 36.a4 e5
37.Qxe5 Nxa4 38.Qf5+ Kg8 39.Qc8+ Kh7 40.Qf5+ Kg8 41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.Nd7 Nb6 43.Nf8+ Kg8
44.Qd8 Qa8 45.Qxa8 Nxa8 46.Nd7 Nc7 47.e5 h5 48.f4 Nd5 49.Kf3 Ne7 50.Ke4 g6
51.Nf6+ Kf8 52.Nd5 Nf5 53.Ne3 Nh6 54.f5 gxf5+ 55.Kf4 Ng8 56.Nxf5 Ke8 57.Ng7+ Kd7
58.Nxh5 Ke6 59.Ng7+ Kd5 60.Nf5 f6 61.exf6 Ke6 62.g4 Nxf6 63.g5 Nd5+ 64.Kg4 Kf7
65.h4 Kg6 66.h5+ Kf7 67.Kf3 Nc3 68.Kf4 Nd5+ 69.Ke5 Nb6 70.g6+ Kg8 71.Ke6  1-0

[Event "FRA-chT "]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Monnard, Laurent"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Bb7 12.Bg5 Nf6 13.Qc2 h6 14.Bh4 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.Rad1 Qe7 17.Ne5 Bd6 18.Ng4 Bf4 19.Bxf6 Qc7 20.Qc3 h5 21.Be5 Qc6 22.Bf3  1-0

[Event "Metz op"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nd7 5.Nf3 f5 6.Qc2 Nh6 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bxf5 Nxf5 10.Qxf5 Ne5 11.Qc2 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 O-O 13.Qe2 Bh3 14.f4 Qh4 15.Qf3 Rae8
16.Qg3 Qh6 17.Ne2 Rf6 18.Qg5 Bb4+ 19.Nc3 c5 20.a3 Ba5 21.Bd2 cxd4 22.Qxd5+ Rf7
23.Qxa5 dxc3 24.Bxc3 Qxf4 25.O-O-O Qxf2 26.Kb1 b6 27.Qa4 Ref8 28.Qd4 Bf5+
29.Ka1 Be6 30.Rd2 Qf3 31.Rg1 Qb7 32.Rf2 h6 33.e4 Qd7 34.Rxf7 Rxf7 35.Kb1 Bb3
36.Qe3 Qb5 37.Qh3 Qc6 38.Bxg7 Bc2+ 39.Kc1 Bxe4+ 40.Bc3+ Kh7 41.Qg3 Qg6 42.Qxg6+ Bxg6
43.Rg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bishop, M."]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Nd4
9.Ng3 b5 10.Nxb5 d5 11.exd5 Nxb5 12.Bxb5 Rb8 13.Ba4 exd5 14.Rb1 Rxb2 15.Rxb2 Bxb2
16.Qf3 Be6 17.Qf4 Qa5 18.Bb3 Bc3 19.Nf5 Qd8 20.Ne3 Bd2 21.Qa4 Qg5 22.h4 Qe5
23.Ng4 Qc7 24.Rd1 Bf4 25.Re1 Bxg4 26.Bxd5 Qd6 27.Bb3 Bd7 28.Qxa7 Bc6 29.a4 Qg6
30.f3 Bxf3 31.Qxf7+ Qxf7 32.Bxf7+ Kxf7 33.gxf3 Re8 34.Rb1 Ra8 35.Rb5 Rxa4
36.Kf1 Bd6 37.h5 Rh4 38.Ke2 Rxh5 39.d4 Rh2+ 40.Kd3 cxd4 41.Rd5 Bb4 42.Rd7+ Kf6  0-1

[Event "Metz op"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Hartmann, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 d6 6.e4 g6 7.a4 Bg7 8.Na3 O-O 9.Ne2 axb5
10.axb5 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Nb6 12.Be2 Qc7 13.Be3 e6 14.Nc4 Rxa1 15.Qxa1 exd5 16.Nxb6 Qxb6
17.exd5 Bb7 18.Qd1 Re8 19.Bf2 Qa5 20.O-O Qb4 21.Qd3 Qxb2 22.Rb1 Qa3 23.Ne4 Qa2
24.Re1 Qxd5 25.Nxd6 Rxe2 26.Qxe2 Qxd6 27.Qe7 Qb6 28.Bxc5 Qa5 29.Rd1 Bd5 30.Bd4 Qa4
31.Qd8+ Bf8 32.Rd2 Nh5 33.Qxd5  1-0

[Event "Metz op"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anic, Darko"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 dxc4 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.Qa4 a6 6.Qxc4 c5 7.Qc2 Rb8 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 e5 10.Nb3 Ngf6 11.O-O Be7 12.Rd1 O-O 13.h3 b6 14.Bg5 Ne8 15.Be3 Nd6
16.Nc3 Nf6 17.Bg5 Bf5 18.e4 Be6 19.f4 Nh5 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Nxg3
23.Qd3 Nh5 24.Rxd6 Nxf4 25.Qd2 Qg5 26.Kh2 Rbd8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Qf2 Rd3 29.Rc1 h6
30.Bf1 Qh5 31.Rc3 Rd6 32.Bxa6 Rf6 33.Qf3 Qh4 34.Qg3 Qxg3+ 35.Rxg3 Rc6 36.Re3 Rg6
37.Bf1  1-0

[Event "Nice"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Ne4 8.Qd3 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 d6 10.b3 Na6 11.Bb2 Nc5 12.Nd2 Ne6 13.Nf3 g5 14.Qd2 g4 15.Ne1 f4 16.d5 Bxb2
17.Qxb2 Ng5 18.gxf4 Rxf4 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Bxc6 Rb8 21.Bg2 Bb7 22.Bxb7 Rxb7
23.Qd2 e6 24.f3 Rg7 25.Kh1 Qf6 26.Ng2 Rd4 27.Qe1 gxf3 28.exf3 Nh3 29.Qe2 Qe5
30.Qc2 Qc5 31.Rae1 Rg6 32.f4 Rd3 33.f5 exf5 34.Qe2 Qc6 35.Qe8+ Qxe8 36.Rxe8+ Kf7
37.Re3 Rxe3 38.Nxe3 f4 39.Ng2 Rf6 40.Rf3 Ng5 41.Rxf4 Nf3 42.Rxf6+ Kxf6 43.Ne3 Ke5
44.Nd5 a5 45.Ne7 Nd4 46.Kg2 Ke4 47.Kf2 Kd3 48.Nc8 Kc3 49.Nxd6 Kb2 50.Ke3 Nc6
51.Kd2 Kxa2 52.Kc3 Ne5 53.c5 h6 54.Nc4  1-0

[Event "Nice"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d3 b6 6.Ng5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Nh3 c4 9.dxc4 Nxe4
10.O-O Bb7 11.Bf3 Be7 12.Re1 Ndf6 13.Nd2 Nc5 14.Bxb7 Nxb7 15.f5 e5 16.Ne4 Qd7
17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Qf3 O-O-O 19.Be3 Kc7 20.Rad1 Qc6 21.Qxc6+ Kxc6 22.Rd5 Na5
23.b3 Kc7 24.Nf2 Nc6 25.Ne4 Ne7 26.Rd3 Nxf5 27.Nxf6 gxf6 28.Bf2 Ng7 29.Rf3 f5
30.Bh4 Rdg8 31.Bf6 f4 32.b4 Kc6 33.Rd3 Rh7 34.Red1 Nf5 35.Be7 Rg6 36.c5 bxc5
37.bxc5 Kxc5 38.Rd5+ Kc6 39.Bd8 Ne3  0-1

[Event "Nice"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Tasic, Branislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 c5 7.d4 Nc6 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 e5 10.a3 b6 11.b4 Nb7 12.e4 Ng4 13.Nb3 f5 14.f3 Nf6 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.Bd2 Bd7
17.Rae1 Rac8 18.b5 Qf7 19.a4 h5 20.f4 Rce8 21.Kh1 h4 22.gxh4 exf4 23.Rxf4 Nh5
24.Rff1 f4 25.Bf3 Be5 26.Rg1 Kh7 27.Rg5 Rg8 28.Ne2 Kh6 29.Rf1 Bf6 30.Bxh5 Bxg5
31.hxg5+ Kh7 32.Nxf4  1-0

[Event "Nice"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 Bf5 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Qe2 Be7
9.O-O-O c6 10.Ne5 Qxd4 11.Rhe1 Nbd7 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.Bxe6+ Bxe6 14.Qxe6+ Kg6
15.Ne2  1-0

[Event "Nice"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Lamoureux, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.Rd1 Qe7
9.Nc3 c6 10.b3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.h3 Nc5 13.e3 h5 14.Ba3 Nce4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Rac1 c5 17.Qxe4 Qxe4 18.Bxe4 cxd4 19.Bg2 dxe3 20.Bxd6 e2 21.Re1 Bf5 22.Bxb7 Rad8
23.Bf4 Bb2 24.f3 Bxc1 25.Bxc1 Rd1 26.Kf2 Bb1 27.c5 Bxa2 28.b4 Bd5 29.Bxd5 Rxd5
30.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 31.Kxe2 a5 32.bxa5 Rxc5 33.Bd2 Rc6 34.h4 Kf8 35.Ke3 Ke7 36.Ke4 Ke6
37.Kd4 Rd6+ 38.Kc3 Kd7 39.Be3 Rf6 40.f4 Ra6 41.Kb4 Kc6 42.Bb6 Ra8 43.Kc4 Re8
44.Kd3 Re1 45.Kd2 Ra1 46.f5 gxf5 47.Ke3 Ra4 48.Bd8 f4+ 49.gxf4 f5 50.Bb6 Kd5
51.Kf3 Ra3+ 52.Kg2 Ke4 53.Bc7 Rc3 54.Bb8 Rb3 55.Be5 Rb5 56.Bc3 Rc5 57.Be1 Rc1
58.Kf2 Rc2+ 59.Kg3 Re2 60.Bf2 Ra2 61.Bb6 Ra3+ 62.Kg2 Kxf4 63.Bc7+ Kg4 64.Bd8 Ra2+
65.Kf1 f4 66.Bc7 Kf3 67.Kg1 Rg2+ 68.Kh1 Rc2 69.Bb6 Kg3 70.a6 Rc6 71.a7 Rxb6  0-1

[Event "Nice"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Relange, Eloi"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O Bf5 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.cxd4 Bxb1 12.Rxb1 e6 13.Qg4 h5 14.Qg5 Qd8 15.Qe5 Qd6
16.Qg5 Qd8 17.Qe5 Qd6 18.Be3 Qxe5 19.dxe5 O-O-O 20.Bg5 Rd7 21.Rfd1 Rxd1+
22.Rxd1 Nd7 23.Ba4 Nxe5 24.Rd8+ Kc7 25.Ra8 f6 26.Bd2 a6 27.Bb4 Ng6 28.Ba5+ Kd6
29.Ra7 Be7 30.Rxb7 Rc8 31.Rb6+ Ke5 32.Bc3+ Kf5 33.Rxa6 Nf4 34.Kf1 Rc7 35.Bc2+ Kg5
36.g3 Nd5 37.Bd2+ Kg4 38.Ra4+  1-0

[Event "Nice"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.c4 Ne5 8.Nc3 Nfd7
9.d3 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nice"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 d5 9.e5 b6
10.a4 Bb7 11.Na3 Na5 12.b4 cxb4 13.cxb4 Nac6 14.Nc2 Qd7 15.b5 Na5 16.Ncd4 Nf5
17.Bd2 Rac8 18.Qe1 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Rc7 20.Bb4 Rfc8 21.g4 f5 22.gxf5 gxf5 23.Kh1 Bf8
24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Rg1 Qe7 26.Ra2 Kh8 27.Bf3 Rcc8 28.Rag2 Rg8 29.Rxg8+ Rxg8
30.Rxg8+ Kxg8 31.Qg3+ Kh8 32.Qg5 Qxg5 33.fxg5 Bc8 34.Bh5 Nb7 35.Be8 Nc5 36.Nc6 a6
37.Na7 axb5 38.axb5 Bd7 39.d4 Bxe8 40.dxc5 Bxb5 41.Nxb5 bxc5 42.Nc7 d4 43.Kg2 d3
44.Kf2 c4 45.Ke3 f4+  0-1

[Event "Nice"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Markotic, Gordan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 c6 5.d5 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Qb3 cxd5 11.cxd5 Qa5 12.a3 a6 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.Qxb7 Rb8 15.Qxa6 Qxa6
16.Bxa6 Rxb2 17.a4 Nc5 18.Bb5 Nfd7 19.Ne4 Rd8 20.Rfd1 h6 21.h3 f5 22.Nxc5 Nxc5
23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.Rxc5 Be5 25.Rdc1 Kg7 26.Bc6 Rdb8 27.g3 Rd2 28.Bb5 Bd6 29.R5c2 Rxd5
30.f4 g5 31.fxg5 hxg5 32.Kg2 Rd4 33.Rc4 Rd2 34.R1c2 Rd1 35.h4 gxh4 36.gxh4 Rh8
37.Bd7 Kf6 38.Rc8 Rxh4 39.Rf8+ Kg7 40.Rxf5 Rd3 41.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nice"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 c5 7.O-O a6 8.Bb3 Nc6
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 d3 11.Rxd3 Qc7 12.Nc3 Be7 13.e4 Nd7 14.Rd1 O-O 15.Be3 b5
16.Rac1 Bb7 17.Nd5 exd5 18.exd5 Ndb8 19.dxc6 Nxc6 20.Nd4 Rac8 21.Nf5 Qe5
22.Qg4 Bf6 23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Nxf7+ Rxf7 25.Bxf7 Qxb2 26.Qd7  1-0

[Event "Nice"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Touzane, Olivier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "A89"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qb3 Kh8 11.Rd1 h6 12.c5 g5 13.Qa3 Qe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Disney rapid sim"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d5 Na5 7.Qa4+ c6 8.b4 cxb3
9.axb3 Nd7 10.b4 cxd5 11.exd5 b6 12.bxa5 bxa5 13.Bb5 Bb4 14.Ne2 O-O 15.O-O Nb6
16.Qa2 Bg4 17.Bc6 Rc8 18.Rfc1 f5 19.f3 Bh5 20.Na4 Bf7 21.Nxb6 axb6 22.Qc4 Qc7
23.Qb5 Bc5 24.Bxc5 bxc5 25.Qxa5 Qxa5 26.Rxa5  1-0

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leroux, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O b6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.f4 Ne4 11.Qg4 Ndf6 12.Qh3 Qc8 13.f5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Ne4 15.c4 f6
16.Nf3 Nd6 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Ba3 Re8 19.Qg4 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Bxc4 21.Bxe7 Rxe7 22.Rfe1 Bd3
23.e4 Qd7 24.Rad1 Bc4 25.e5 Rf8 26.Nh4 Bxa2 27.Ra1 Bd5 28.Rxa7 Ra8 29.Rxa8+ Bxa8
30.Qg3 Qxd4+ 31.Kh1 Rxe5 32.Qb3+ Bd5 33.Qd1 Qxd1 34.Rxd1 c6  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Mamedov, Chingiz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Qc7
9.Rd1 e5 10.b3 Re8 11.e4 a5 12.Ba3 exd4 13.Rxd4 Nc5 14.Rad1 Bf8 15.Ne1 Nfd7
16.R4d2 Ne5 17.h3 f5 18.f4 Nf7 19.Bxc5 dxc5 20.e5 Be6 21.Nf3 Rab8 22.a4 Bh6
23.Bf1 g5 24.fxg5 Nxg5 25.Nxg5 Bxg5 26.Rd6 Be3+ 27.Kh2 Bd4 28.R1xd4 cxd4
29.Ne2 Rbd8 30.c5 Qg7 31.Nxd4 Qxe5 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Nxe6 Qxe6 34.Bc4 Rd5 35.Bxd5 Qxd5
36.Qc4 Qxc4 37.bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+ Nbd7 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Bb7 8.Bf4 e6
9.e3 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Qxd8+ Rxd8 12.Nd4 b4 13.Nd1 Nd5 14.Bg3 Be7 15.Be2 h5
16.h3 f6 17.O-O Kf7 18.Bf3 g6 19.Nb3 Rd7 20.Nxc5 Bxc5 21.e4 Nb6 22.Ne3 Bxe3
23.fxe3 Nc4 24.e5 f5 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.b3 Nxe3  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kondarevich, O."]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Kb1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Rxd4 Bd7 13.Be2 Be7 14.f4 Bc6 15.g4 Bf6
16.Rxd6 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Bxe4 18.Re1 Ke7 19.Rd4 Bc6 20.Bc4 Kf6 21.h4 g5 22.f5 e5
23.Rd6+ Ke7 24.Red1 gxh4 25.f6+ Ke8 26.Re1 h3 27.Rxe5+ Kf8 28.Rh5 Rg8 29.Rxh6 Rxg4
30.Rh8+ Rg8 31.Rxh3 Rc8  1-0

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rc1 Bg4 13.h3 Be6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Na4 Qd7
16.Kh2 Bf5 17.Bc5 Bd8 18.Bd4 a5 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Nc5 Qe7 21.e4 dxe4 22.Re1 Qe5
23.Bxe4 Qxb2 24.Nd3 Qb5 25.Rc5 Rxe4 26.Rxb5 cxb5 27.Qf3 Rxe1 28.Nxe1 Rb8
29.Qxf5 b4 30.Qc2 Bb6 31.Qd2 Kg7 32.Qd6 Rb7 33.Nd3 Bc7 34.Qc6 Ra7 35.Kg2 Bd8
36.Nf4 a4 37.Qc5 Rb7 38.Qd5 Rb8 39.Qd6 Rb5 40.Qxd8 b3 41.axb3 axb3 42.Ne6+ Kg6
43.Qd3+ Rf5 44.Nd4  1-0

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Starostits, Andris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nh3 c6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qc2 Kh8
9.Nd2 Bxf4 10.Nxf4 Qe7 11.Nf3 Ne4 12.Ne5 Qe8 13.f3 Nd6 14.e4 dxe4 15.fxe4 Nd7
16.Nxd7 Bxd7 17.Rae1 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Rf6 20.Nd3 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Qe7
22.Ne5 Kg8 23.Rf7 Qxf7 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.Qxh7 Rf8 26.h4 b5 27.c5 Be8 28.h5 Kf6
29.Qe4 Ke7 30.g4 Bd7 31.Qe5 Rf7 32.g5 Kf8 33.h6 gxh6 34.g6 Rf5 35.Qh8+ Ke7
36.g7 Rg5+ 37.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marandich, G."]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d3 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.Re1 e6 8.Bf1 c4
9.Bf4 Nc5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Na3 cxd3 13.Bxd3 O-O 14.Nb5 a6 15.Nbd4 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 Qc7 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.Qe3 Rac8 19.Rd3 b5 20.Qe2 Qa5 21.a3 Qb6 22.Red1 a5
23.b3 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.c4 d5 26.cxd5 exd5 27.e5 Be7 28.Nf5 Bf8 29.Qe3 Qg6
30.Qg5 Qxg5 31.Nxg5 Rc3 32.Nf3 Rdc8 33.Rxc3 bxc3 34.Rc1 Ba3 35.Rc2 d4 36.N5xd4 Be4
37.Kf1 Bxc2 38.Nxc2 Bc5 39.b4 Bb6 40.Ke2 Rd8 41.g4 Kf8 42.Nfe1 Rd2+ 43.Kf3 Bxf2
44.b5 Bxe1 45.Nxe1 c2 46.Nxc2 Rxc2 47.Ke4 Ke7 48.Kd5 Kd7 49.b6 Rxh2 50.b7 Rb2  0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Bc6 8.Qb3 dxc4
9.Qxc4 O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.e4 Bb7 12.e5 Be7 13.Bd3 Ba6 14.Nb5 c6 15.Qc2 Bxb5
16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.h4 Qd5 18.Be4 Qd8 19.O-O-O Nd7 20.Ng5 Rc8 21.Bg6 fxg6 22.Qxg6 Bxg5+
23.hxg5+ Kg8 24.Qxe6+ Rf7 25.g6 Qg5+ 26.Rd2 Rf8 27.Qh3 Qh6 28.gxf7+ Kxf7
29.Qxd7+  1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bokros, Albert"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Qd2 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Bg7
9.c3 Nf6 10.Bd3 d5 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.O-O Bf5 13.Bxf5 Qxf5 14.Na3 O-O 15.Nc2 Ne4
16.Qe2 Qg6 17.Nfd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.cxd4 e6 20.Rfe1 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Rad8
22.Qe3 Rd7 23.Red1 Qc2 24.Rd2 Qf5 25.Rad1 Rfd8 26.Kf1 Qb5+ 27.Qe2 Qa5 28.Qc4 Rd5
29.b4 Qb6 30.Rd3 Kg7 31.a3 Qd6 32.R1d2 Qd7 33.Ke2 Rc8 34.Qb3 Qb5 35.a4 Qc6
36.f3 Qc1 37.Rd1 Rc2+ 38.R1d2 Rxd2+ 39.Rxd2 Qg1 40.Qe3 Qxg2+ 41.Qf2 Qxf2+
42.Kxf2 e5 43.Ke3 Rxd4 44.Rxd4 exd4+ 45.Kxd4 h5 46.Ke5 h4 47.gxh4 gxh4 48.Kf4 f5
49.Ke3 Kf6 50.f4 Ke6 51.Kf3 Kd5 52.Kg2 Ke4 53.Kh3 Kxf4 54.Kxh4 Ke3  0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Valerian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D08"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Bg4 6.Bf4 Qe7 7.Nbd2 O-O-O 8.g3 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Bg2 d3 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Qe4 13.Be3 Qxc4 14.exd3 Rxd3 15.Qe2 Qa6
16.O-O Nb8 17.Ne5 Rd6 18.Qc2 Re6 19.Nf7 Rg8 20.Qf5 Nbd7 21.Bxb7+ Qxb7 22.Qxe6 h6
23.Rad1 Qe4 24.Qa6+ Qb7 25.Qe6 Qe4 26.Qa6+ Qb7 27.Qxb7+ Kxb7 28.Nd8+ Kc8
29.Ne6 Bd6 30.Bxa7 g5 31.Be3 Ne5 32.Kg2 Nc4 33.Bd4 Nd7 34.Rc1 Nce5 35.Bxe5 Bxe5
36.Rc2 Rg6 37.Nxc7 Kb7 38.Nd5 h5 39.b3 h4 40.Rfc1  1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.b3 Nf6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Be2 Bg4 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.O-O b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Qxb5
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qc3+ f6 18.a4 Qb6 19.Rfe1 Rab8 20.Ned2 d5 21.h3 Bd7 22.Qd3 e6
23.h4 Nb4 24.Qb1 e5 25.Nc4 Qc7 26.Ncxe5 fxe5 27.Nxe5 Bf5 28.Qb2 Kg8 29.h5 Rbe8
30.f3 gxh5 31.Rc1 Qg7 32.Qd4 Nc2 33.Rxc2 Bxc2 34.Qxd5+ Kh8 35.b4 Bxa4 36.b5 Re7
37.Re4 Bc2 38.Re2 Bf5 39.b6 Be6 40.Qd6 Rfe8 41.Nc6 Rd7 42.Rxe6 Qa1+ 43.Kh2 Rxd6
44.Rxe8+ Kg7 45.b7 Qf6 46.Re4 Rd8 47.Nxd8 Qxd8 48.f4 Kf7 49.Re3 Qb6 50.Rf3 Qxb7
51.f5 Kf6 52.Kg1 Qb2 53.Kh2 h4 54.Kg1 Qe2 55.Kh2 Qe1 56.Rh3 Kxf5 57.Rf3+ Kg4
58.Rh3 Qg3+ 59.Rxg3+ hxg3+ 60.Kh1 Kf4 61.Kg1 Ke3 62.Kh1 Ke2 63.Kg1 h6 64.Kh1 h5
65.Kg1 h4 66.Kh1 Ke3 67.Kg1 Ke4 68.Kh1 Kf4 69.Kg1 Ke3 70.Kh1 h3 71.Kg1 Ke2
72.gxh3 Kf3 73.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Geanta, Horia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.a3 Nf6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Rd1 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.e4 Qc7 14.Bf4 Qc6 15.e5 Nh5
16.Ne1 Qc8 17.Qd2 Rd8 18.Qe3 Nxf4 19.gxf4 Bxg2 20.Nxg2 Nb6 21.Qf3 Rd4 22.Nb5 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 a6 24.Nc3 Rb8 25.Ne3 Qc7 26.Kg2 c4 27.Rd2 Nd7 28.Qe4 Nb6 29.f5 Rf8
30.f4 Bc5 31.Ng4 exf5 32.Qxf5 Rd8 33.Qc2 Qc6+ 34.Kg3 Rd4 35.Rxd4 Bxd4 36.Qd2 Qd7
37.Ne4 Kf8 38.Qb4+ Qe7 39.Nd6 h5 40.Qd2 Bc5 41.Ne3 Qd7 42.h3 c3 43.Qxc3 Na4
44.Qb3 g6 45.Qb8+ Ke7 46.Nd5+ Ke6 47.Nc7+ Ke7 48.Nc8+  1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khamrakulov, Ibragim S"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 cxd4 5.cxd4 e5 6.Ne2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbc3 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.h3 Re8 12.Kh1 Nd7 13.f4 Nc5 14.Bc4 Be6 15.Bxe6 Nxe6
16.Be3 Bf6 17.Qd2 Qe7 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Rfe1 Nc5 20.Bd4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Qh4 22.Qe3 Ne6
23.f5 Nc5 24.b4 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 d5 26.Qxa7 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Qxe4 28.Qc7 Qe8 29.Qf4 Qe2
30.Rd2 Qe7 31.a4 f6 32.a5 Qe5 33.Qxe5 fxe5 34.Rc2 d4 35.Kg1 e4 36.Kf1 d3
37.Rc1 e3 38.Ra1 Rf8 39.g4 g6 40.Ra3 Rd8 41.Ra1 gxf5 42.gxf5 Rf8 43.Ra3 Rxf5+
44.Ke1 d2+  0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.d5 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Ne5 8.Be2 Ned7
9.c4 g6 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qd2 Re8 13.f4 a6 14.O-O Qa5 15.a4 e6 16.dxe6 Rxe6
17.f5 gxf5 18.exf5 Re5 19.Qxd6 Rxf5 20.Kh1 Ne5 21.Nd5 Ng6 22.Qxc5 Qxc5 23.Bxc5 Nxd5
24.cxd5 Rxd5 25.Ba3 Ne5 26.Rad1 Rad8 27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28.b3 Rd2 29.Rd1 Rxd1+
30.Bxd1 Bf8 31.Bc1 Bc5 32.Be3 Bxe3 33.fxe3 Kg7 34.b4 Nd3 35.Bf3 b6 36.b5 a5
37.Bd5 Nc5 38.Kg2 Nxa4 39.Kf2 Nc3 40.Bc4 a4  0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nge2 Bf5 7.O-O e6 8.d4 Nbd7
9.a3 Bd6 10.Bf4 Qc7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Nc1 Rfe8 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Rc1 Rad8
16.Qf3 Bg6 17.Qe3 Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Nd2 Nb6 20.b3 h6 21.c4 dxc4 22.bxc4 e5
23.d5 e4 24.Qd4 f5 25.Nf1 Nd7 26.d6 Qc5 27.Qd5+ Qxd5 28.cxd5 Nf6 29.Rc7 b6
30.Rxa7 Rxd6 31.Ne3 Nxd5 32.Rd1 Red8 33.Nc4 Re6 34.Rb7 Bf7 35.Nxb6 Red6 36.Nc4 R6d7
37.Rxd7 Rxd7 38.Ne5 Rd6 39.Bf1 Kf8 40.Nxf7 Kxf7 41.Bc4 Ke6 42.Kf1 g5 43.Ke2 f4
44.a4 Ke5 45.Rxd5+ Rxd5 46.Bxd5 Kxd5 47.Kd2 Kc4 48.a5 Kb5 49.g4 Kxa5 50.Kc3 Kb5
51.Kd4 Kb4 52.Kxe4 Kc3 53.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credis op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Alexandria, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d5 b5 8.Qb3 Qc8
9.Qxb5 c6 10.dxc6 Bxc6 11.Qa5 Qb7 12.Nc3 Na6 13.Rd1 Rfc8 14.Rb1 Nc5 15.Qxc5 Ne4
16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Qxe7 Re8 18.Qd6 Bxb1 19.Nd2 Qb8 20.Nxb1 Rxe2 21.Qd5  1-0

[Event "Biel Credis op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jurek, Josef"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Qb6 11.d4 e5 12.dxe5 Bxe5 13.Bxe5 Nxe5 14.Bg2 Rad8 15.e3 Qc5
16.Nf3 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Ne4 18.Qd3 Rfe8 19.c3 b5 20.Rac1 a5 21.Rc2 Qb6 22.Rd1 Nxg3
23.Qd4 c5 24.Qg4 Ne4 25.c4 Nf6 26.Qf5 bxc4 27.bxc4 d4 28.exd4 cxd4 29.c5 Qc7
30.c6 Re5 31.Qd3 Rg5+ 32.Kh1 Nh5 33.Qe4 Re5 34.Qh4 Nf4 35.Rb2 g5 36.Qg3 Qc8
37.Kh2 Rc5 38.Rb7 Ne6 39.Qg4 Rxc6 40.Bxc6 Qxc6 41.Rb3 Qc2 42.Qf3 Qxa2 43.Rb7 Nf4
44.Rg1 Ng6 45.Rxg5 Qe6 46.Rxa5 d3 47.Rb1 Kg7 48.Ra7 Ne5 49.Qg3+ Ng6 50.Rd1 Qe2
51.Raa1 d2 52.Kg1 Rd3 53.Qg5 Rxh3 54.Rxd2 Qe4 55.Qg2 Qf5 56.Rd5 Qe6 57.Rad1 Rh4
58.Rg5 h6 59.Rg3 Re4 60.Qf3 Re5 61.Qc3 Kh7 62.Qd3 h5 63.Kf1 h4 64.Re3 Rxe3
65.Qxe3 Qc4+ 66.Qe2 Qxe2+ 67.Kxe2 Kh6 68.Kf3 f5 69.Rd8 Kg5 70.Rg8 Kf6 71.Ra8 Kg5
72.Ra5 Kf6 73.Ke3 Kg5 74.Ra1 Kh5 75.Rh1 Kg5 76.f4+ Kf6 77.Ra1 Ke6 78.Rg1 Kf7
79.Rg5 Kf6 80.Rh5 Ke6 81.Rg5 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credis op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Sinkovics, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 d5 3.Nf3 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 c5 6.Nc3 d4 7.Na4 Qa5 8.c4 Bd7
9.b3 Bxa4 10.bxa4 Nc6 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Bf4 e5 13.Rxb7 Qxb7 14.Nxe5 Rc8 15.Nxc6 Rxc6
16.Qb3 Qa6 17.Bxc6+ Qxc6 18.Qb8+ Ke7 19.Qxa7+ Nd7 20.Qa5 Ra8 21.Qb5 Qxb5
22.axb5 Rxa2 23.Rb1 Ra7 24.h4 Be5 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.Rb2 Kd6 27.f3 f5 28.Kf2 Ra3
29.Kg2 Kc7 30.Rc2 Kb6 31.Kf2 Ra1 32.Rb2 h6 33.Kg2 g5 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Kf2 g4
36.f4 Nf7 37.e3 dxe3+ 38.Kxe3 Rf1 39.Ra2 Rf3+ 40.Ke2 Rxg3 41.Ra6+ Kb7 42.Rc6 Nd8
43.Rd6 Kc7 44.Rf6 Rf3 45.Rxf5 Ne6 46.b6+ Kb8  0-1

[Event "Biel Credis op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Dobosz, Henryk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 f5 5.f4 Nd7 6.Nf3 Nh6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 Nf6 11.Ne5 Be6 12.Rb1 Qe7 13.a3 a5 14.Be1 Nd7 15.b4 axb4
16.axb4 Nb6 17.h3 Ra3 18.Qc1 Rfa8 19.Nd3 Nc4 20.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credis op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ambroz, Jan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 Nc6 5.Bd3 d5 6.e5 Nd7 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.e6 fxe6 10.d4 e5 11.dxe5 e6 12.Qa4 Qc7 13.Qf4 g6 14.O-O Bg7 15.Re1 c4 16.Qd4 O-O
17.Bf4 Rb8 18.Re2 Qa5 19.Nbd2 Qb6 20.Bg3 Qxb2 21.Ree1 Qc2 22.Nf1 Qd3 23.Re3 Qxd4
24.Nxd4 Nc5 25.Nxc6 Rb6 26.Nd4 Rb2 27.Re2 Rxe2 28.Nxe2 Ne4 29.f4 Nxg3 30.Nfxg3 g5
31.Nh5 Bh8 32.g3 Kf7 33.Kf2 Kg6 34.Nf6 Bxf6 35.exf6 Kxf6 36.Rb1 e5 37.Rb6+ Kg7
38.Ke3 exf4+ 39.gxf4 Rf6 40.Rb8 Bxh3 41.fxg5 Re6+ 42.Kf2 Re4 43.Rb6 Rg4 44.Rxa6 Rxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credis op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Marinkovic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.g3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Na3 b4 9.Nc2 d6
10.Nfe1 Nbd7 11.Nd3 O-O 12.e4 Nb6 13.b3 Nfd7 14.Bb2 Bxb2 15.Nxb2 Qc7 16.Qd2 Rae8
17.Nd3 e6 18.dxe6 Rxe6 19.Rfe1 Ne5 20.Nf4 Ree8 21.Rad1 Rd8 22.Ne3 Rfe8 23.h3 Qe7
24.Nfd5 Bxd5 25.cxd5 Qf6 26.f4 Ned7 27.Qd3 Qe7 28.Bf3 h5 29.Re2 Qf8 30.Rde1 Nf6
31.Nc4 Nxc4 32.Qxc4 Nd7 33.e5 Nb6 34.Qd3 dxe5 35.fxe5 c4 36.bxc4 Qc5+ 37.Kg2 Qxc4
38.Qxc4 Nxc4 39.d6 Nb6 40.Rb2 f6 41.Rxb4 fxe5 42.Rbe4 Rxd6 43.Rxe5 Rd2+ 44.R1e2 Rxe5
45.Rxd2 Kg7 46.Bd1 a5 47.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credis op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bd2 Nf6 8.Nd5 Qd8
9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.c3 Nd7 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.O-O-O Bd6 13.Be2 O-O 14.Bg5 Qg6 15.h4 Bg4
16.h5 Qe4 17.Bd3 Bf4+ 18.Kb1 Bxf3 19.Bxe4 Bxe4+ 20.Ka1 Bxg5 21.c4 h6 22.f3 Bh7
23.a4 Rab8 24.g3 Rfd8 25.Rh2 Rd7 26.a5 Nc8 27.d5 exd5 28.cxd5 Ne7 29.dxc6 Rxd1+
30.Qxd1 Nxc6 31.Re2 Bf5 32.Qd5 Be6 33.Rxe6 fxe6 34.Qxe6+ Kf8 35.a6 Bf6 36.axb7 Rxb7
37.Qxc6 Rxb2 38.Qc8+ Ke7 39.Qc7+ Ke6 40.Qc6+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credis op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Zichichi, Alvise"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Qb3 e6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.e3 Be7
9.Bd3 b5 10.O-O Bb7 11.a4 Na5 12.Qd1 b4 13.Nb1 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nbd2 O-O
16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 Qa5 18.Nd2 e5 19.Qd1 Qd8 20.Nb3 a5 21.Rc1 Qd6 22.Bb5 Bd8
23.Nc5 Bc8 24.dxe5 Qxe5 25.Nd3 Qg5 26.Bc6 Ra7 27.Nf4 Bf6 28.Rc2 d4 29.Nd5 dxe3
30.Nxe3 Qe5 31.Qf3 Be6 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.Bxd5 Rd7 34.Rc5 Qxb2 35.Rxa5 Qa3 36.Qf5 Rfd8
37.Ra8 Rxa8 38.Qxd7 Rf8 39.Qb5 Qb2 40.a5 Bd4 41.Qd3 Re8 42.Qf5 Re7 43.h4 Ba7
44.Rd1 Qf6 45.Qxf6 gxf6 46.Kf1 Rc7 47.a6 Kf8 48.Bb3 Rc6 49.Rd7 Rxa6 50.Rxf7+ Ke8
51.Rh7 Bd4 52.Rxh6 Ra3 53.Bd5 b3 54.Rh8+ Ke7 55.Rb8 b2 56.Ke2 Ra1 57.Be4 Rh1
58.Bd3 Rxh4 59.Rb4 Rh1 60.Rxd4 b1=Q 61.Bxb1 Rxb1 62.Kf3 Kf7 63.g3 Kg6 64.Kg4 Rb7
65.Ra4 Rc7 66.Kf4 Rb7 67.f3 Rc7 68.Kg4 Rb7 69.Rc4 Ra7 70.Kh4 Rb7 71.Kh3 Ra7
72.Rg4+ Kf5 73.Rg8 Ra3 74.Kg2 Ra2+ 75.Kf1 Ra3 76.Kf2 Ra2+ 77.Kf1 Ra3 78.Kg2 Ra2+
79.Kh3 Ra3 80.f4 Ra1 81.Re8 Ra2 82.Rb8 Ra7 83.Rb5+ Kg6 84.Kg4 Ra4 85.Rb3 Rc4
86.Ra3 Rb4 87.Ra8 Rc4 88.Kf3 Rc3+ 89.Kg4 Rc4 90.Re8 Rb4 91.Kf3 Rb1 92.Re2 Ra1
93.Rb2 Rc1 94.Rb4 Ra1 95.g4 Ra3+ 96.Kf2 Rc3 97.Re4 Ra3 98.Re3 Ra7 99.Kf3 Rh7
100.Re8 Ra7 101.f5+ Kf7 102.Rc8 Kg7 103.Rc6 Rb7 104.Kf4 Ra7 105.g5 fxg5+
106.Kxg5 Rb7 107.Rg6+ Kf7 108.Rf6+ Kg7  1-0

[Event "Biel Credis op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ilijin, Neboisa"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.f4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Nb3 a6 11.a4 Nb4 12.Bf3 Bc6 13.Nd4 Nd7 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.a5 d5 16.e5 b6
17.Nce2 Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credis op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vigh, Bela"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 Nbd7 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Rd1 Rad8 14.Qc2 c5 15.Na2 cxd4
16.Nxb4 Qxb4 17.exd4 Rc8 18.b3 Rfd8 19.Ba3 Qa5 20.Qe2 Nb6 21.Bb2 Rc7 22.Bb5 a6
23.Bd3 Nfd5 24.Qe1 Qxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Nb4 26.Bf1 Rdc8 27.Rac1 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Rxc1
29.Bxc1 Nc6 30.Bd3 Nd5 31.Bb2 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credis op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 f5 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 d6
9.Rb1 a5 10.a3 Ne7 11.f4 c6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 exf4 14.gxf4 d5 15.c5 Ng4
16.d4 h6 17.Na4 Be6 18.Nb2 g5 19.Nd3 Ng6 20.b5 Nh4 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Rb6 Qe8
23.h3 Nf6 24.Ne5 Nxg2 25.Kxg2 Nd7 26.Rb2 Bxe5 27.fxe5 Qh5 28.Ng3 Qxd1 29.Rxd1 Kg7
30.Rf1 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credis op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Veroci, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Be2 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.O-O g6
9.d3 Bg7 10.Na3 Nd5 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nb5 Qd8 13.Nbxd4 O-O 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.c4 Nc7
16.Qa4 Bb7 17.Be3 Ne6 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Nd4 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Nf4 21.Bf3 c5 22.Be5 Qxe5
23.Bxb7 Ne2+ 24.Kh1 Rab8 25.Rd7 Qxb2 26.Qxa7 e6 27.Bf3 Nd4 28.Qxc5 Nxf3 29.gxf3 Rbc8
30.Rc7 Rxc7 31.Qxc7 Qxa2 32.Kg2 Qa6 33.Rd1 Qc8 34.Qf4 Qc6 35.Qe4 Qc7 36.Rc1 Qc5
37.Rd1 Rc8 38.f4 Qxc4 39.Rd8+ Kg7 40.Qe5+ f6 41.Rxc8 Qxc8 42.Qd6 Kf7 43.Kg3 Qe8
44.Kg2 Qe7 45.Qb8 h6 46.h3 g5 47.fxg5 hxg5 48.Qh8 Kg6 49.h4 Qb7+ 50.Kg1 Qb1+
51.Kh2 Qe1 52.h5+ Kf5 53.Kg2 Kg4 54.Qxf6 Kxh5 55.Qf7+ Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Payen, Arnaud"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.b3 Be7 7.c4 O-O 8.Nc3 cxd4
9.exd4 d5 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.Bb2 Nb4 13.Bb1 dxc4 14.bxc4 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qc7
16.a3 Na6 17.Bd3 Qf4 18.Qe3 Qh4 19.Ne2 Nc7 20.f4 Nh5 21.Kh1 Bd6 22.Bc1 b5
23.c5 Nd5 24.Qf3 Bc7 25.Rg1 Nhxf4 26.Rg4 Qh3 27.Rg3 Qf1+ 28.Rg1 Qh3 29.Rg3 Qf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Martinez"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldgewicht, Lionel"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O Be6 10.Na3 dxc3 11.Qe2 Bxb3 12.axb3 e6 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.g3 e5 15.bxc3 Be7
16.Be3 Nc8 17.c4 O-O 18.Rfd1 Nd6 19.Nc3 Nf5 20.Nd5 b6 21.Bd2 Bd6 22.Bc3 Re8
23.Qe4 Nfd4 24.Bxd4 Nxd4 25.Nxd4 exd4 26.Qg4 Kf8 27.Ra2 Be5 28.f4 Bd6 29.Kg2 Qb7
30.Rxd4 Bc5 31.Rd1 Re3 32.Rb2 Ba3 33.Rbb1 Rae8 34.Rd2 Bb4 35.Rc2 a5 36.Kh3 R8e6
37.Kg2 Qc6 38.Kf1 g6 39.Kg2 h5 40.Qg5 Kg7 41.f5 Re2+ 42.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 43.Kh3 Bd2
44.Qh4 gxf5 45.Qd4+ f6 46.Qxb6 Qxb6 47.Nxb6 f4 48.Rf1 fxg3 49.hxg3 Re3 50.Nd5 Rxb3
51.Nxf6 Kh6 52.c5 Bb4 53.Nd7 Re3 54.Rf6+ Kg5 55.Ra6 h4 56.Nf8 Rxg3+ 57.Kh2 Rc3
58.Ne6+ Kf5 59.Nd8 Rxc5 60.Nb7 Rd5 61.Kh3 Rd3+ 62.Kh2 Bd2 63.Kg2 h3+ 64.Kh1 Ra3
65.Ra8 Ke4 66.Nxa5 Ra1+ 67.Kh2 Bf4+  0-1

[Event "Cannes m"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 Bd7 7.Qc2 Rc8 8.Nf3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Na5 10.Bb3 c5 11.dxc5 Nxb3 12.Qxb3 Qa5 13.O-O Qxc5 14.Rfd1 Qc4 15.Ne5 Qxb3
16.axb3 a6 17.Nc4 Bc6 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.Bxd6 Rd8 20.f3 Nd5 21.Bc5 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 f6 24.e4 Kf7 25.Kf2 Rc8 26.Bb6 e5 27.Ke3 Re8 28.Rd6 Re7 29.Kd3 Rd7
30.Rxd7+ Bxd7 31.Kc4 Bb5+ 32.Kc5 Bf1 33.Kd6 Bxg2 34.Kc7 Bxf3 35.Kxb7 Bxe4+
36.Kxa6 Bc2 37.b4 Bd3+ 38.b5 Ke6 39.Ka5 Kd7 40.Kb4 f5 41.Bf2 f4 42.b6 Kc6
43.c4 g5 44.Be1 Kxb6 45.Bc3 e4 46.Bf6 h6 47.Bg7 Kc6 48.Kc3 f3 49.Bd4 Kd6
50.Kd2 Ke6 51.Ke3 Kf5 52.c5 Bb5 53.Kf2 Kg4 54.Bg7 h5 55.Be5 Kh3 56.Bf6 g4
57.Be5 Bc6  0-1

[Event "Cannes Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 d6 4.e3 Nh5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Nfd2 Ng7 8.Bg3 Nf5
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.Qf3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Nc6 12.c3 g4 13.Qe2 h5 14.Na3 Bd7 15.Nc2 e5
16.d5 Ne7 17.e4 c6 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.O-O-O Rb8 20.Bc4 d5 21.Bb3 a5 22.Ne3 Qb6
23.Ndc4 Qc5 24.exd5 cxd5 25.Nxe5 Bxe5 26.Nxd5 f6 27.Qxe5 fxe5 28.Nf6+ Kd8
29.Rxd7+ Kc8 30.Be6 Rb6 31.Rd5+ Rxe6 32.Rxc5+ Kb7 33.Nxg4 Nc6 34.Ne3 Rf8
35.Nd1 Kb6 36.Rc4 e4 37.Kc2 Rf5 38.Re1 Rfe5 39.a4 Ne7 40.f4 exf3 41.Rxe5 Rxe5
42.gxf3 Re2+ 43.Kb3 Rg2 44.Rh4 Rxg3 45.Rxh5 Rxf3 46.Rb5+ Ka6 47.Re5 Nf5 48.Rd5 Kb6
49.Rd2 Ng3 50.Rf2 Rd3 51.Kc2 Rd7 52.Rf6+ Kb7 53.Nf2 Nf1 54.Ne4 Ne3+ 55.Kb3 Rd5
56.Nd6+ Ka7 57.Rf3 Ng4 58.Nb5+ Kb6 59.Rf4 Rg5 60.Nd6 Ne5 61.Nc4+ Nxc4 62.Kxc4 Rc5+
63.Kd4 Rc6 64.Rf5 Rd6+ 65.Kc4 Rc6+ 66.Kb3 Rh6 67.Rf3 Kc5 68.Ka3 Kc4 69.Rf5 Ra6
70.b4 Kxc3 71.Rxa5 Rh6 72.Rc5+ Kd4 73.a5 Ra6 74.Ka4 Ra8 75.Rc1 Rh8 76.a6  1-0

[Event "Cannes m"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Be2 d6 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Na3 a6
9.d3 g6 10.Be3 Bg7 11.Nd2 Ne5 12.d4 cxd4 13.Bxd4 O-O 14.O-O Be6 15.Ne4 Qc6
16.Ng5 Bd5 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.Qxd5 Qxb2 19.f4 h6 20.fxe5 hxg5 21.Bc4 Qxa3 22.Rxf7 Rxf7
23.Qxf7+ Kh7 24.Bd3 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Qc6 26.e6 Qe8 27.Bxg6+  1-0

[Event "Cannes Martinez"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg2 e5
9.O-O Re8 10.e4 Bg4 11.Ne1 Nc6 12.Nc2 exd4 13.Nxd4 Ne5 14.b3 c5 15.Nf5 Qd7
16.f4 Bxf5 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exf5 Nf6 20.Qxd7 Nxd7 21.Bxb7 Rab8
22.Bc6 Red8 23.Rfe1 f6 24.Rad1 Nb6 25.Kf2 Kf8 26.Ke2 Ke7 27.a3 a5 28.Rxd8 Rxd8
29.Rd1 Rd4 30.Bb5 Kd6 31.Rd2 Nc8 32.Ke3 Ne7 33.g4 h5 34.h3 h4 35.b4 Rxd2
36.bxc5+ Kxc5 37.Kxd2 Kd4 38.Kc2 Nc8 39.Kb3 Nd6 40.Ka4 e4 41.Kxa5 e3  0-1

[Event "Cannes Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Olivier, Jean Christophe"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 Bd7 11.Be2 b5 12.Bxb5 axb5 13.Ndxb5 Qb8 14.Nxd6+ Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Qxd6
16.Rxd6 Na5 17.b3 Rc8 18.Bd2 Nb7 19.Rd4 Bc6 20.e5 Nd5 21.Ne4 f5 22.Nd6+ Nxd6
23.exd6 Kd7 24.c4 Nf6 25.Re1 Rhg8 26.g3 g5 27.Kb2 Ng4 28.Ba5 Nxh2 29.Rc1 gxf4
30.gxf4 Rg2+ 31.Rc2 Rxc2+ 32.Kxc2 h5 33.Kb2 h4 34.b4 h3 35.b5 Bg2 36.Bc7 Nf3
37.Rd1 h2 38.c5 Nd4 39.Rxd4 h1=Q  0-1

[Event "Cannes Martinez"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Collas, Didier"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.d5 Qc7 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.O-O c4 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bg3 Bf4
17.e5 Nxe5 18.Bxf4 gxf4 19.Re1 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Bb7 21.Rxe6+ Kf7 22.Qh3 Rae8
23.Rae1 Qc6 24.Bf5 Rhg8 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Qh5+ Kf8 27.Qxh6+  1-0

[Event "Cannes m"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Bb4 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.e5 Ne7 7.Qg4 Nf5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.Bd3 h5 10.Qf4 Nce7 11.Qd2 Bd7 12.Qd1 a6 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Be3 Ba5 15.Qxb6 Bxb6
16.Kd2 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes m"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Nc3 e6 12.O-O Be7 13.Qg4 O-O 14.Bxc6 Qxc6 15.Bh6 Bf6
16.Rad1 Qd7 17.Ne4 Qe7 18.Rd3 Kh8 19.Bf4 Rfd8 20.Rh3 Rd5 21.Nxf6 Qxf6 22.Be5 Qg6
23.Qxg6 fxg6 24.Rc3 Nd7 25.Rfc1 h6 26.Rc7 b6 27.Kf1 g5 28.Rb7 Nxe5 29.dxe5 Rxe5
30.Rd7 Ra5 31.Rcc7 Rxa2 32.Rxg7 Rxb2 33.Rh7+ Kg8 34.Rhg7+ Kh8 35.Rh7+ Kg8
36.Rhg7+ Kh8 37.Rh7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sale, Srdjan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 dxe5
9.d5 Na5 10.Nc3 Nxb3 11.Qxb3 e6 12.Nxe5 exd5 13.Be3 Bd6 14.Qb5+ Bd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.O-O-O Qxb5 17.Nxb5 Rc8+ 18.Kb1 Bb8 19.Bxb6 axb6 20.Rhe1+ Kf8 21.Rxd5 Re8
22.Red1 h5 23.h4 Rh6 24.g3 Kg8 25.R1d2 Rc6 26.a4 Re1+ 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Be5
29.Rd8+ Kh7 30.Rd7 Bf6 31.Nd6 Kg6 32.f4 Rc5 33.Rxb7 Rd5 34.Rxb6  1-0

[Event "Cannes m"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 Qe7 10.e4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Be2 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qe5 15.g3 Bh3
16.Bf4 Qe6 17.Rfe1 Rad8 18.Rad1 Nd7 19.Bg2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Nc5 21.f3 h6 22.Be3 Qc4
23.Bxc5 Qxc5 24.Qb3 b5 25.axb5 cxb5 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 Rxd1 28.Nxd1 Qd4
29.Qd5 Qxd5 30.exd5 Kf8 31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Ke3 f5 33.g4 Kd6 34.gxf5 Kxd5 35.f6 gxf6
36.Kd3 Ke5 37.Ne3 f5 38.f4+ Ke6 39.Nc2 Bd6 40.Nd4+ Kf6 41.Ne2 Bb8 42.Kd4 Kg6
43.h3 Bd6 44.Kd5 Bf8 45.Ke6 Bg7 46.Ng3 Bxb2 47.Nxf5 b4 48.Ne7+ Kh5 49.Nc6 Bc3
50.Na5 Kh4 51.f5 Kxh3 52.f6 Bxf6 53.Kxf6 h5  0-1

[Event "Cannes Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Lepelletier, Benoit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 d6 5.Bxf6 gxf6 6.e3 Qb6 7.Nc3 b4 8.Ne4 Bg7
9.Ng3 f5 10.Rb1 O-O 11.Bd3 e6 12.Nh5 Nd7 13.g4 Nf6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.gxf5 exd5
16.Rg1+ Kh8 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.f6 Qd8 19.Qh5 h6 20.Rxg5 Qxf6 21.Rg3 Be6 22.Bg6 Qg7
23.Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Martinez"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Nf3 Ng6 7.g3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Qc2 Na6 11.Re1 Rb8 12.b3 b5 13.Bb2 Nc7 14.Rad1 Bf6 15.a3 a5
16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Na6 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.d6 Nb4 20.Qb1 Bg4 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Bxb2
23.Qxb2 b4 24.Rc1 c4 25.Nd4 c3 26.Qb3 Bd7 27.Ra1 Qb6 28.e3 Rec8 29.Be4 Nf8
30.Bf5 g6 31.Bd3 Ne6 32.Bc4 Nc5 33.Qc2 b3 34.Qxc3 Na4 35.Qxb3 Qd8 36.Bb5 Nc3
37.Re5 Qf6 38.f4 Nxb5 39.Nxb5 Rxb5 40.Rxb5 Qxa1+ 41.Kg2 Bxb5 42.Qxb5 Qa2+
43.Kf3 Qa8+ 44.Kg4 Qc6  0-1

[Event "Cannes m"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd1 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Be2 b5
9.cxb5 axb5 10.Qd5 Bd7 11.Ng5 Nh6 12.Bxb5 e6 13.Qd2 Nd4 14.Bxd7+ Kxd7 15.Na3 Qa5
16.b4 Qb6 17.O-O Rhc8 18.Kh1 Nb5 19.Nxb5 Bxa1 20.Rd1 Rc6 21.Qd3 Rb8 22.a4 Be5
23.Nf3 Bg7 24.Bxh6 Bxh6 25.Ne5+ Ke7 26.Nxc6+ Qxc6 27.Nxd6 Rxb4 28.Nf5+ exf5
29.Qd8+ Ke6 30.exf5+ gxf5 31.a5 Rc4 32.a6 Qxa6 33.Qd7+ Ke5 34.Rd5+ Kf6 35.Rxf5+ Kg7
36.Qxf7+ Kh8 37.Qe8+ Kg7 38.Qf7+  1-0

[Event "Cannes Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goldgewicht, Lionel"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O Be6 10.Na3 dxc3 11.Qe2 Bxb3 12.Nb5 Qb8 13.axb3 e5 14.Nfd4 Bc5 15.Nf5 O-O
16.Bh6 g6 17.Bxf8 Bxf8 18.Ng3 cxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Martinez"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.c4 Bd6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qxd4
16.Rad1 Kg7 17.Qc2 Qc5 18.Qc3 a5 19.a3 Rad8 20.Be4 Qe7 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 c5
23.b5 e5 24.Bd5 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Qf6 26.Rfe1 Rfe8 27.g4 Qd6 28.Qd3 Ra8 29.Ra1 Rxa1
30.Rxa1 Rd8 31.Ra6 Qxd5 32.Qxd5 Rxd5 33.Rxb6 Rd1+ 34.Kg2 Rb1 35.Rb8 c4 36.Rc8 Rxb5
37.Rxc4 f6 38.Rc6 Rb4 39.Kg3 Rf4 40.Rc8 h5 41.gxh5 Rh4 42.Rc7+ Kh6 43.Rf7 Rf4
44.Rf8 Kxh5 45.Rh8+ Kg6 46.Rb8 Kf5 47.Rb6 g4 48.fxg4+ Rxg4+ 49.Kf3 Ra4 50.Rb3 Kg5
51.Rb5 Ra3+ 52.Ke2 Kf4 53.Rb4+ e4 54.Rb6 Ra2+ 55.Ke1 f5 56.Rb3 Kg4 57.Rg3+ Kh4
58.Rg8 f4 59.f3 exf3 60.Kf1 f2 61.Rg7 Kh5 62.Rg8 Kh6 63.Rg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Rouchouse, Stevens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 dxe4
9.Ng5 e3 10.fxe3 e5 11.Nde4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Be7 13.Kh1 a5 14.b3 exd4 15.exd4 Nf6
16.Bb2 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Bf6 18.Qc2 g6 19.d5 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 f5 21.Bf3 c5 22.Rfe1 Qd6
23.Qe5 Ra6 24.Re2 Bd7 25.Rae1 Qxe5 26.Rxe5 Rd6 27.h4 h5 28.Re7 Rf7 29.R7e2 Kg7
30.Kg2 Kf6 31.Kf2 Rh7 32.a3 Rb6 33.Rb1 Rh8 34.Reb2 Ra8 35.Be2 Rd6 36.b4 axb4
37.axb4 cxb4 38.Rxb4 b5 39.cxb5 Rxd5 40.b6 Rb8 41.b7 Be6 42.Rb6 Rc5 43.Ra6 Rc7
44.Rbb6  1-0

[Event "Cannes Martinez"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 a6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Nc2 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 Nxe4 10.Bd4 Qa5+ 11.b4 Qg5 12.h4 Qh6 13.Bd3 f5 14.Bxe4 fxe4 15.Qg4 O-O
16.Qxe4 Rf4 17.Qe3 Nc6 18.g3 Rg4 19.Qc3 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Re4+ 21.Kf1 b5 22.cxb5 axb5
23.Kg1 Bb7 24.Rh2 Rc8 25.Qb2 Qf6 26.Rd1 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 Qxd4  0-1

[Event "Cannes Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boudenne, Jean"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.d3 b6 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 d5 10.Bf2 dxe4 11.dxe4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Ba6 13.Re1 Qxd1 14.Raxd1 Rad8 15.Be3 Rxd1
16.Rxd1 Rd8 17.Rxd8+ Nxd8 18.Kf2 Bb7 19.Nd2 f5 20.exf5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Nd5 22.Kf3 exf5
23.Nb1 Nf7 24.c4 Nb4 25.c3 Nc6 26.Nd2 Nd6 27.Ke2 Na5 28.Kd3 Kg7 29.h3 Kf6
30.Bf2 a6 31.a4 h6 32.h4 h5 33.Be3 Ke6 34.Bf2 Ke7 35.Be1 Ke6 36.Bf2 Ne4 37.Be1 Nxd2
38.Bxd2 Kd6 39.Be3 Kc6 40.Bf2 Nb7 41.Kc2 Nd6 42.Kb3 b5 43.cxb5+ axb5 44.axb5+ Kxb5
45.Be1 c4+ 46.Kc2 Ka4 47.Kb2 Nb5 48.Bf2 Ka5 49.Kc2 Ka6 50.Be1 Kb7 51.Kd2 Kb6
52.Kd1 Kc5 53.Kc2 Kd5 54.Kd2 Na3 55.Bf2 Nb5 56.Be1 Kc6 57.Kc2 Nd6 58.Bf2 Kb5
59.Kb1 Ka4 60.Ka2 Ne4 61.Be1 Ka5 62.Kb1 Kb5 63.Kb2 Nc5 64.Bd2 Ka4 65.Ka2 Nd3
66.Be3 Kb5 67.Kb1 Kc6 68.Kc2 Kd5 69.Kd1 Nc5 70.Bxc5 Kxc5 71.Kc2 Kd5 72.Kd2 Kc6
73.Kc1 Kb5 74.Kb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Martinez"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anic, Darko"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qb3 Nc5 7.Qe3+ Be7 8.d4 Na4
9.b3 Nb6 10.O-O Nf6 11.Ba3 Nc8 12.Nc3 c6 13.Ne5 O-O 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Nxg4 Nxg4
16.Qd3 f5 17.f3 Nf6 18.e4 fxe4 19.fxe4 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Ned5 21.Ng5 Re8 22.Bh3 Qd6
23.Rae1 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Nc7 25.Bf5 h6 26.Bh7+ Kf8 27.Nf3 Re8 28.Rf1 Ne6 29.Bg6 Rd8
30.Rd1 c5 31.Qc4 Qd5 32.Qxd5 Rxd5 33.Re1 Nxd4 34.Nxd4 Rxd4 35.Re2 c4 36.bxc4 Rxc4
37.h3 Rc5 38.g4 Rd5 39.Kg2 b5 40.Kg3 a5 41.Rc2 Ke7 42.Rc7+ Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kalantarian, Norik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.O-O Rb8 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bf4 Qc7 14.Nd2 Nh5 15.Bh2 Be5
16.g3 Ndf6 17.Bf1 Ng7 18.Qc2 g5 19.f4 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 g4 21.h4 Nfh5 22.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Martinez"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 a5 6.Nc3 Ba6 7.b7 Ra7 8.Bg5 Rxb7
9.Bxf6 exf6 10.Rb1 f5 11.e3 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 g6 13.Nge2 Bg7 14.g3 O-O 15.Kg2 Qb6
16.h4 c4 17.h5 Na6 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Rh4 Rc8 20.Qh1 Qf6 21.Qh2 d6 22.Nd4 Nc5
23.Nc6 Ne4 24.Rh1 Ng5 25.Rxc4 Re8 26.b3 Ne4 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Na4 Rb5 29.Rd1 g5
30.Nd4 Rxd5 31.Nb6 Qe7 32.Nxd5 Qb7 33.Nc6 Nc5 34.Nxa5 Qa8 35.Rxc5 dxc5 36.Nc4 Qxa2
37.Qxf5 Qxb3 38.Nd6 f6 39.Rd3 Qc2 40.Nxe8  1-0

[Event "Cannes Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rosandic, Denis"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 b6 6.c3 Bb7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qa4 O-O
9.Ne5 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.f4 c5 13.Qd1 cxd4 14.exd4 Ne4 15.Qe2 f5
16.a4 Bxe5 17.fxe5 a5 18.Bb5 Kh7 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.c4 Nxd2 21.Qxd2 Rfd8 22.Qe3 Qb4
23.b3 Rac8 24.h3 dxc4 25.bxc4 Rxc4 26.Bxc4 Qxc4 27.d5 Rxd5 28.Rxd5 Qxd5 29.Rf2 Qd1+
30.Kh2 Qxa4 31.Qxb6 Bd5 32.Qe3 Qc6 33.Qd3 a4 34.Rc2 Qb6 35.Qc3 Qb3 36.Qc7 f4
37.Rf2 Qg3+ 38.Kg1 a3 39.Qc2+ Qg6 40.Qxg6+ Kxg6 41.Rxf4 a2 42.Ra4 Kf5 43.Kf2 Kxe5
44.g3 Bb3  0-1

[Event "Cannes Martinez"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 c5
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Ne2 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Qxf6 gxf6 13.O-O-O Rd8 14.Nc3 f5 15.Rg1 Kf8
16.Be2 Nc6 17.g4 fxg4 18.Rxg4 Ne5 19.Rh4 Ba6 20.b3 Rab8 21.Kc2 Ke7 22.f4 Ng6
23.Rh5 d6 24.f5 Ne5 25.Rxh6 Rh8 26.f6+ Kd7 27.Rxh8 Rxh8 28.Ne4 Rxh2 29.Rxd6+ Kc7
30.Rd2 Nd7 31.b4 cxb4 32.axb4 Bb7 33.Nd6 Nxf6 34.Nxb7 Ne4 35.Nc5 Nxd2 36.Kxd2 Rh8
37.Na6+ Kb7 38.b5 Rh2 39.c5 e5 40.e4 Rh4 41.Bc4 f5 42.Bd5+ Kc8 43.Be6+  1-0

[Event "Cannes Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Mestrovic, Zvonimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.d5 Nce7 6.e4 Ng6 7.g3 Qc8 8.Be2 Be7
9.h4 Nf6 10.Qc2 O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Martinez"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Bezold, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.g3 Bxf3 6.exf3 Ngf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.f4 c6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 exf4 12.Bxf4 Re8 13.Qc2 Nf8 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.Bd2 Qc7
16.Bf4 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qh5 18.Ne2 Ng6 19.h3 Rad8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Payen, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.d4 a6 10.Qb3 b5 11.Nf3 Nb6 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Nc6 Qd7 14.O-O Kh8 15.Nb4 Rac8
16.Be3 a5 17.Nd3 a4 18.Qd1 Bxd5 19.Nc5 Qc6 20.Nxd5 Nfxd5 21.Qe2 b4 22.Rac1 Qd6
23.Qb5 a3 24.bxa3 Nc3 25.Qd3 Nxa2 26.Rc2 bxa3 27.Qd2 e5 28.d5 e4 29.Rxa2 Nc4
30.Qe2 Nxe3 31.Nxe4 Qxd5 32.fxe3 Bb2 33.Rxb2 axb2 34.Qxb2+ f6 35.Nxf6  1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Viot, Alain"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 e6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 c5 7.O-O a6 8.Bb3 b5
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Nxd4 Nbd7 12.a3 Bc5 13.Nc3 O-O 14.e4 Qb6 15.Be3 Ne5
16.f3 Rfd8 17.Nc2 Nfd7 18.Rac1 Bxe3+ 19.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 20.Nxe3 Nc5 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8
22.Rd1 Rxd1+ 23.Bxd1 g5 24.h3 h5 25.b4 Ncd3 26.Be2 h4 27.Nc2 Nb2 28.Kf2 f5
29.exf5 exf5 30.Nd4 Bc8 31.Nd5 Kf7 32.f4 gxf4 33.Nxf4 Nbc4 34.Bxc4+ Nxc4
35.Nd3 Nxa3 36.g3 hxg3+ 37.Kxg3 Nc4 38.Kf4 Kf6 39.Nc5 Nb6 40.Kf3 Nd5 41.Nc6 Nc7
42.h4 Be6 43.Nb8 Ke5 44.Nbxa6 Bd5+ 45.Kf2 Ne8 46.Nd3+ Kd4 47.Nf4 Bf7 48.Nc5 Kc3
49.Ncd3 Nf6 50.Ne5 Be8 51.Ne2+ Kxb4 52.Nd4 Ng4+ 53.Nxg4 fxg4 54.Kg3 Bh5 55.Ne6 Kc4
56.Nf4 b4 57.Nxh5 b3 58.Kxg4 b2 59.Nf6 b1=Q 60.Kg5 Kd4 61.h5 Ke5  0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 Qa5 6.bxa6 Bxa6 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.e4 Bxf1
9.Kxf1 d6 10.f4 g6 11.Qe2 Bg7 12.Rb1 O-O 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nfd7 15.Nf3 Na6
16.Bf4 e6 17.d6 Nb4 18.a3 Nc6 19.Qe4 f6 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.Bg5 Rf7 22.Kf2 Raf8
23.Rhf1 Bd4+ 24.Ke2 Nde5 25.Be7 Rf4 26.Qc2 Qa6+ 27.Kd2 Nxf3+ 28.gxf3 Rxf3
29.Rxf3 Rxf3 30.Ne2 Be3+ 31.Ke1 Nd4 32.Qd1 Rf2 33.Ng3 Rg2 34.Qe2 Rxe2+ 35.Kf1  0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.h3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.g4 d5
9.Bb5 Bd7 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Bc4 Rc8 12.Bb3 Rxc3 13.bxc3 Nbxd5 14.Qd3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 O-O
16.O-O Qc7 17.Rad1 e6 18.Nf3 b6 19.Ne5 Bc8 20.f4 Bb7 21.g5 Ne4 22.Rd7 Qc8
23.Rfd1 Nc5 24.Nxf7 Qc6 25.Rxb7 Qxb7 26.Nd8 Qe7 27.Nc6 Qc7 28.Nd4 Nxb3 29.axb3 Re8
30.Nb5 Qe7 31.Ra1 a5 32.Rd1 e5 33.fxe5 Bxe5 34.Qf3 Qc5+ 35.Nd4 Bxd4+ 36.cxd4 Qxg5+
37.Kh1 Rf8 38.Qc6 Qh5 39.Qe6+ Kg7 40.Qe5+ Qxe5 41.dxe5 Re8 42.Rd5 Kh6 43.Kg2 Kg5
44.Kf3 Kf5 45.Rd6 Re6 46.Rd7 h5 47.Rb7 Kxe5 48.Ke3 Kf5+ 49.Kf3 Rc6 50.c4 Kg5
51.Rd7 Kh4 52.Kg2 g5 53.Rd4+ g4 54.hxg4 hxg4 55.Rd8 Re6 56.Rh8+ Kg5 57.Rg8+ Kf4
58.Rf8+ Ke5 59.Kg3 Kd6 60.Kxg4 Re3 61.Rf6+ Kc7 62.Rf3 Re4+ 63.Rf4 Re6 64.Kf3 Kc6
65.Rf5 Rh6 66.Ke4 Rh3 67.Rf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Mellado Trivino, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.e3 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.a3 a5 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.exd4 Nxd4 8.Be2 Bf5
9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.Qxd4 Bxd4 11.f4 f6 12.Nd2 fxe5 13.Nf3 Ne7 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Bf3 O-O-O
16.Bd2 Nc6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Bxa5 Rhe8+ 19.Kd2 Re3 20.Rae1 Rde8 21.Rxe3 dxe3+
22.Kc3 Be4 23.Rg1 c5 24.b3 g6 25.Kb2 e2 26.Bc3 Rd8 27.Re1 Bxg2 28.Rxe2 Bh3
29.Re5 Rd1 30.Rxc5 Kb7 31.Re5 Rf1 32.a4 Rf2+ 33.Ka3 Rxh2 34.Re7 Bf5 35.Be5 h5
36.Rxc7+ Ka8 37.c5 h4 38.Rh7 h3 39.Kb4 Rd2 40.Kb5 h2 41.Kb6  1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Borulia, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O a6
9.Be3 b6 10.f3 Bb7 11.Qd2 Re8 12.Rfd1 Nbd7 13.Bf1 Rc8 14.Rac1 Qc7 15.Nc2 Qb8
16.Nb4 e6 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Ne5 19.b3 b5 20.Qh4 bxc4 21.Qxf6 Qa7+ 22.Kh1 Qc5
23.a3 cxb3 24.Nd3 Qxa3 25.Nxe5 dxe5 26.Rd7 Rf8 27.Rcd1 Bc6 28.Rxf7 Rxf7 29.Qxe6 Qf8
30.Bxa6 Rc7 31.Qxe5 Bb7 32.Nd5 Rc2 33.Bxb7 b2 34.Nf6+ Rxf6 35.Bd5+ Kg7 36.Bb3 Rc1
37.Qxb2 Rxd1+ 38.Bxd1 Qd6 39.Be2 Qc5 40.h3 Qe3 41.Bc4 h5 42.Bd5 h4 43.Qe5 Qc1+
44.Kh2 Qf4+ 45.Qxf4 Rxf4 46.e5 Rf5 47.f4 Rxf4 48.e6 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 e6 8.e3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Srokowski, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 f5 5.Nc3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Qc2 d6 8.Bf4 Nf6
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Be2 Nb6 11.O-O Bd7 12.Nd2 O-O-O 13.a4 Ne4 14.Nxe4 fxe4 15.Qxe4 Rde8
16.Ra3 a6 17.Rfa1 Kc7 18.Qc2 Rhf8 19.Bg3 e5 20.dxe6 Bxe6 21.Qb3 Bd7 22.R3a2 Rf6
23.Bf3 Rxf3 24.gxf3 Be6 25.Rb2 Bxc4 26.Qd1 Nc8 27.Rab1 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Rd2 Re6
30.Qc1 Nb6 31.Qd1 Nc8 32.Qc1 Nb6 33.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carbonnel, Pierre"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.Ne5 Bf5 6.c4 e6 7.d4 Be7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nc3 O-O 10.a3 Nbd7 11.Bf4 a5 12.Rc1 Re8 13.f3 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Qb6 15.Qd2 Nd7
16.Bf4 Bf6 17.Rfd1 Ne5 18.Na4 Qa7 19.b3 Nd7 20.Be3 Nb6 21.Nb2 Qa6 22.a4 Nc8
23.Bf1 Qb6 24.Rc3 Nd6 25.Bf2 Bg6 26.e3 Re7 27.Nd3 Rae8 28.Nf4 Bg5 29.Ng2 h5
30.h3 Qb4 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 f6 33.Bg3 Nc8 34.f4 Bh6 35.f5 Bf7 36.Nf4 Nd6
37.Bg2 Kh7 38.Kf2 Ne4+ 39.Bxe4 Rxe4 40.Rd3 Qxd2+ 41.R1xd2 g5 42.Nh5 Bxh5
43.gxh5 g4 44.Re2 Rg8 45.Bh4 Bg5 46.Bg3 Kg7 47.Re1 Rh8 48.Rh1 Kh6 49.Bc7 Rhe8
50.Re1 Bh4+  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sarthou, Gaetan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f3 Rb8 11.Kb1 b5 12.Bd3 b4 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Ne2 e5 15.f4 Be7
16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Ng3 Be6 18.Rhf1 O-O 19.Bxh6 gxh6 20.Qxh6 Ng4 21.Qh5 Ne3 22.Nf5 Bxf5
23.exf5 e4 24.Rf3 Bf6 25.Rg3+ Bg7 26.Rxg7+ Kxg7 27.Qg5+ Kh7 28.f6 Nf5 29.Qxf5+ Kh6
30.Qf4+ Kh5 31.Bxe4  1-0

[Event "Blindfold sim"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A29"]

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 Re8 10.d3 Bf8 11.Be3 a5 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.Bxb6 cxb6 14.a4 Bb4 15.Nb5 Na7
16.Qb3 Bc5 17.Nxa7 Rxa7 18.e3 Bg4 19.h3 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Qd7 21.Kg2 Rea8 22.Bd5 b5
23.Rfc1 Bd6 24.a5 Rxa5 25.Rxa5 Rxa5 26.Qc3 Ra8 27.d4 Ba3 28.e4 Bxc1 29.Qxc1 exd4
30.Qc5 d3 31.Qc3 Kh8 32.Qxd3 f5 33.Qf3 Rd8 34.h4 b4 35.h5 b5 36.Qb3 Qd6 37.Qb2 fxe4
38.Bxe4 Qd4 39.Qb1 Rf8 40.f4 b3 41.Bxh7 b2  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Mach, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 e5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.Qxb7 Nd4 8.Bb5+ Ke7
9.Bd3 f6 10.O-O Kf7 11.Rd1 Bd6 12.c3 Ne6 13.Bc4 Qc8 14.Bxe6+ Kxe6 15.Qd5+ Ke7
16.c4 Kf8 17.c5 Be7 18.Nc3 c6 19.Qc4 Rb8 20.b4 Nh6 21.Bxh6 gxh6 22.Rd3 Rg8
23.Rad1 Rb7 24.Ne2 Kg7 25.Ng3 Kh8 26.Nf5 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Nd6 Qd7 29.Rd3 Rc7
30.Rg3  1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.d4 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O b6 13.Qc1 Bb7 14.Bc4 Qa4 15.Bb5 Qa2
16.Re1 Rc8 17.Qd1 e6 18.Ba4 Na6 19.h4 Qa3 20.h5 Qf8 21.Bf4 Rd8 22.Bg5 Rd6
23.Bf4 Rdd8 24.Qd2 Rac8 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Qe3 Rc4 27.Bb5 Rb4 28.Qe2 Rxb1 29.Rxb1 Nb8
30.Rd1 Qb4 31.Bg5 Rc8 32.d5 exd5 33.exd5 a6 34.Be8 Qf8 35.Ba4 b5 36.Bb3 Re8
37.Qd2 Qa3 38.Qd3 Nd7 39.d6 Qb2 40.Bc1 Qf6 41.Ng5 Rf8 42.Qh3 Rc8 43.Bxf7+ Kf8
44.Nh7+ Kxf7 45.Qxd7+  1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Bd7 7.O-O g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Nc2 O-O 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Qa5 12.a4 Ng4 13.Qd2 Qh5 14.h3 Nf6 15.Kh2 Ne5 16.Ne3 Bh6
17.f4 Neg4+ 18.Nxg4 Nxg4+ 19.Kh1 Nf6 20.Kh2 Qa5 21.Ne4 Qxd2 22.Nxd2 Bc6 23.Bxf6 exf6
24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Rab8 26.Rfd1 f5 27.Bf3 Rfd8 28.Rd5 Bf8 29.Rad1 Re8 30.R1d3 h5
31.Kg2 b6 32.Kf2 Kg7 33.h4 Kg8 34.Re3 Rec8 35.Red3 Re8 36.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Osttveit, Martin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nge7 8.Bh6 O-O
9.h4 f6 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.h5 g5 12.f4 h6 13.O-O-O e5 14.fxg5 fxg5 15.Nf3 Nd4
16.Nxg5 hxg5 17.Qxg5+ Kh7 18.Nd5 Ng8 19.Qg6+ Kh8 20.h6 Ne6 21.h7 Ne7  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Haddouche, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A45"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.h3 Nc6 8.Nbc3 exd4
9.Nxd4 Qe7 10.Nde2 Bd7 11.Bg5 Qe5 12.Qd2 Rfe8 13.Bh6 Rad8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Rad1 Ne7
16.Nf4 Bc6 17.Rfe1 Qc5 18.g4 h6 19.a3 h5 20.g5 Nd7 21.b4 Qe5 22.Nd3 Qd4 23.b5 Nb6
24.bxc6 Nc4 25.Ne2 Qc5 26.Qc3+  1-0

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheng, X."]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 Nd7 5.c3 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 f5 8.e3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5
10.h3 f4 11.exf4 exf4 12.Bh2 Ngf6 13.Qb3 Qe7+ 14.Kd1 Nc5 15.Bb5+ c6 16.Qc2 cxb5
17.Re1 Ne6  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.gxf3 Nbd7 7.f4 e5 8.Be3 b5
9.a3 a5 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxd8+ Rxd8 13.f4 Ned7 14.e5 b4 15.axb4 axb4
16.exf6 bxc3 17.fxg7 Bxg7 18.b3 O-O 19.Rg1 Rfe8 20.Kf2 Nf6 21.Bd3 Kh8 22.Bb6 Rd7  1-0

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Ne2 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.Nbc3 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.f4 f5 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Rb1 Nec6 12.a3 Rb8 13.b4 b6 14.Bf2 Bb7 15.h3 Qd7 16.Kh2 Nxe2
17.Nxe2 Nd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Qe2 Rbe8 20.Bg1 fxe4 21.Bxe4 d5 22.Bf3 e5 23.fxe5 Rxe5
24.Qg2 Rxf3 25.Rxf3 dxc4 26.Qf2 Qd5  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 g6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.d5 d6 6.g3 Nd7 7.Bg2 Nc5 8.e3 Bd7
9.Nge2 Qe7 10.Qd4 Qe5 11.O-O a5 12.Qc4 Bh6 13.Nf4 O-O 14.Nd3 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Rfc8
16.Rfc1 Kh8 17.d4 Qe7 18.Qd3 c6 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Rc2 Rab8 21.Rac1 d5 22.Qe2 Qb4
23.b3 Bf8 24.Na4 Kg7 25.Rc3 Qa3 26.Bh3 Bb4 27.R3c2 Bd6 28.Rd1 c5 29.Nxc5 Bxc5
30.dxc5 Rxc5 31.Rcd2 Be6 32.Qa6 Kf7 33.Qd6 Rbb5 34.Bf1 Rb7 35.Bg2 Rbb5 36.Bxd5 Bxd5
37.Rxd5 Rxd5 38.Rxd5 Qxd6 39.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Raceanu, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E09"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.O-O Be7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Nbd2 b6
9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne8 11.Rd1 Nc7 12.b3 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Bb2 Rc8 15.Rac1 dxc4
16.Nxc4 Nd5 17.Qb1 Qc7 18.Nd6 Bxd6 19.Ng5 g6 20.exd6 Qxd6 21.Rc4 h6 22.Rh4 h5
23.Rxh5 e5 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.Rh7+ Ke8 26.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "Wch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.Qe2 Na5 10.Bb3 h6 11.Rd1 Bd7 12.O-O Nxb3 13.axb3 Qc7 14.Nd2 Bc6 15.f3 d5
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Ne4 Be6 19.Rd3 f6 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.c4 Rxd3 22.Rxd3 Rd8
23.Nc3 Rxd3 24.Qxd3 Qd7 25.Qxd7 Bxd7 26.Nd5 Bd8 27.c5 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "St Lorenzo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.c3 O-O 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 a5 8.Bb5 Bd7
9.a4 Qc8 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nb3 Rd8 12.O-O e5 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Nfd2 Nd7 15.Bxd7 Qxd7
16.h3 Qc7 17.Qf3 Bg7 18.Rfd1 Bf8 19.e4 dxe4 20.Qxe4 Bf5 21.Qe3 Rd3 22.Qe2 Rad8
23.Nc4 Bxc5 24.Nxc5 Qxc5 25.Ne3 e4 26.Rxd3 exd3 27.Qd2 Be6 28.b4 Qg5 29.Rb1 Bxh3
30.f4 Qg3 31.Nf1 Qg4 32.Ne3 Qg3 33.Nf1 Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "St Lorenzo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Mach, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8
8.Bf4 Nh5 9.O-O-O+ Bd7 10.Be3 Kc7 11.e5 g6 12.Na4 c5 13.Rxd7+ Kxd7 14.Nc3 Kc6
15.Bxc5 b6 16.g4 Ng7 17.Bg2+  1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "St Lorenzo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tan, Desmond"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Be3 Qc7 10.Be2 O-O 11.f4 a6 12.a4 b6 13.f5 Ne5 14.Nd4 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Qxc4
16.Qd3 Qxd3 17.cxd3 Ng4 18.Nc6 Nxe3 19.Nxe7+ Kh8 20.Nxc8 Raxc8 21.Rf3 Nc2
22.Raf1 Nd4 23.R3f2 exf5 24.exf5 Rfe8 25.f6 g6 26.g3 Re5 27.Rf4 Ne2+ 28.Nxe2 Rxe2
29.R1f2 Re1+ 30.Kg2 Kg8 31.Rd4 Re6 32.Rb4 Rc6 33.Rc4 Rc5 34.b4 Rxc4 35.dxc4 h5
36.Rf4 Re2+ 37.Rf2 Re4 38.Rf4 Re2+ 39.Rf2 Re5 40.Rd2 Re6 41.Rf2 Kf8 42.b5 a5
43.Rf4 Ke8 44.Kf2 Kd7 45.h3 Re5 46.g4 hxg4 47.hxg4 g5 48.Rd4 Re6 49.Rd5 Rxf6+
50.Ke3 Rf4 51.Rxg5 Rxc4 52.Rf5 Ke6 53.Rf4 Rxf4 54.Kxf4 f6 55.Ke4 d5+ 56.Kf4 Kd6
57.Kf5 d4 58.Ke4 Kc5 59.Kd3 Kd5 60.Kd2 Ke4 61.Ke2 Kf4 62.Kd3 Kxg4 63.Kxd4 f5
64.Kd5 f4 65.Kc6 f3 66.Kxb6 f2 67.Ka7 f1=Q 68.b6 Qf2 69.Ka8 Qf8+ 70.Ka7 Qc5
71.Ka8 Qc6+ 72.b7 Qa6+ 73.Kb8 Kf5 74.Kc7 Qc4+ 75.Kd8 Qb4 76.Kc7 Qxa4  0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "St Lorenzo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qd7 13.Bg5 e6 14.Qe3 Rc8 15.Bb5 Bc6
16.Ne5 Qb7 17.Bd3 f6 18.Nxc6 Nxc6 19.Bh4 f5 20.d5 exd5 21.exf5 Qf7 22.fxg6 hxg6
23.Bg3 Nd4 24.Qg5 Nf5 25.h4 Qf6 26.Qg4 Rc3 27.Rbd1 Rf8 28.Rfe1 Nxg3 29.Qxg3 Rc6
30.Bb1 d4 31.Re2 Qf4 32.Qb3+ Qf7 33.Qd3 Qf5 34.Qb3+ Qf7 35.Qa4 Re6 36.Qc2 Rxe2
37.Qxe2 Re8 38.Qd3 Rf8 39.Rf1 Rd8 40.Bc2 Rd6  1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "St Lorenzo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Batsanin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Qe6+ 6.Kf1 g6 7.d3 Bg7 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.Be3 Nd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.h3 Qd6 12.Nd2 b6 13.Nc4 Qd7 14.a4 Ba6 15.Qg4 f5
16.Qf3 Rc8 17.Kg1 e5 18.Rd1 Bb7 19.Kh2 Na5 20.Qe2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qd5+ 22.Kh2 Nc6
23.f4 O-O 24.Qg2 Qd7 25.a5 b5 26.Bxc5 exf4 27.gxf4 Rfe8 28.Nd6 Nd4 29.Qd5+ Re6
30.b4 Rc6 31.Rhe1 Rxd6 32.Bxd6 Qxd6 33.Qxd6 Rxd6 34.Kg3 Nxc2 35.Re7 a6 36.Rc1 Rxd3+
37.Kh2 Rd2+ 38.Kh1 Bf8 39.Re8 Kf7 40.Rc8 Nxb4 41.R1c7+ Be7 42.Ra7 Rd6 43.Rcc7 Nd5
44.Rcb7 b4 45.Ra8 Kf6 46.Re8 Re6 47.Rh8 Nxf4 48.Rxh7 Re1+ 49.Kh2 Bd6 50.Rhf7+ Ke6
51.Rh7 Re2+ 52.Kh1 Re1+ 53.Kh2 Re2+ 54.Kh1 Nh5 55.Rb6 Ng3+ 56.Kg1 Ke5  0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "St Lorenzo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Vinay, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 Bd6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 Qe7
9.Re1 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Ng5 e3 12.Rxe3 Bb7 13.Nde4 Bc7 14.Nc3 h6 15.d5 cxd5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "St Lorenzo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szymanski, Marcin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nc3 Be6 6.e4 c6 7.Bg5+ f6 8.O-O-O+ Kc7
9.Be3 Nd7 10.Be2 Bb4 11.Kc2 b6 12.f4 Ne7 13.Nf3 Bd6 14.f5 Bf7 15.Rd2 Rhd8
16.Rhd1 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.b4 Nb7 19.b5 Rxd2+ 20.Rxd2 Rd8 21.Rxd8 Kxd8 22.bxc6 Nxc6
23.Nd5 Nc5 24.Nd2 Nd4+ 25.Kd1 b5 26.cxb5 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Bxd5 28.Nc3 Bxg2 29.Kd2 Bh3
30.a4 Bxf5 31.Bc4 Be6 32.Bf1 Kc7 33.a5 f5 34.Ke1 g5 35.Na4 Bd5 36.b6+ axb6
37.axb6+ Kb7 38.Nc5+ Kxb6 39.Nd7+ Kc6 40.Nxe5+ Kd6 41.Nd3 Nf3+ 42.Kf2 Nxh2
43.Be2 Ng4+ 44.Bxg4 fxg4 45.Kg3 h5 46.Nf2 Ke5 47.Nd3+ Kf5  0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "St Lorenzo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ho, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A40"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.e4 d6 8.Nge2 O-O
9.O-O Qc7 10.h3 Bd7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.g4 Ne5 13.Bd4 Be6 14.Ng3 Nc4 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Bd7 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.b3 Na3 20.Qb2 Qa5 21.Re3 Rac8 22.b4 Nc4
23.bxa5 Nxb2 24.Rb3 Rxc2 25.Rxb7 Rd8 26.Rxa7 Na4 27.a6 Bb5 28.Rxe7 Bxa6 29.Ne4 Nc5
30.Nf6+ Kg7 31.Re8 Rxe8 32.Nxe8+ Kf8 33.Nxd6 Ke7 34.Ne4 Nxe4 35.Bxe4 Rd2
36.a4 Rd4 37.Bf3 h5 38.gxh5 gxh5 39.Re1+ Kf6 40.Re4 Rxd5 41.Rf4+ Kg5 42.Bxd5 Kxf4
43.Bxf7 h4 44.Bd5 Ke5 45.Bg2 Kd4 46.Bf1 Bc8 47.a5 Kc5 48.a6 Kb6 49.f4 Ka7
50.Kf2 Kb6 51.Ke3 Bf5 52.Kd4 Bc2 53.Ke5 Kc7 54.Kf6 Kd6 55.Bg2  1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "St Lorenzo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 c6 8.a4 b6
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Bg5 Nc5 12.Rfd1 Ne6 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Ng5 Nxg5 15.Bxg5 Rad8
16.Rd3 h6 17.Bh4 Bc8 18.Rad1 Rxd3 19.Rxd3 Rd8 20.Bg3 Rxd3 21.Qxd3 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "St Lorenzo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 c6
9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.f3 h6 12.Bh4 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Kh1 Bxe3
16.Rad1 Be6 17.Bb5 Re7 18.Qd3 d4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Qxd4 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 a6 22.Bd3 Rd7
23.Rxd7 Nxd7 24.Rd1 Kf8 25.Kg1 Ke7 26.Kf2 Nc5 27.Bb1 Rc8 28.Rd4 b5 29.Rh4 a5
30.a3 Rb8 31.Rh5 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.Nd5+ Kd6 34.Nxf6 Ra8 35.Rh4 Ra1 36.Bh7 b3
37.Ne4+ Nxe4+ 38.Rxe4 f5 39.Re2 Ra7 40.Bg6 Ra8 41.f4 Rc8 42.Rd2+ Kc5 43.Bh5 Ra8
44.Bf3 Ra4 45.Ke3 Bc4 46.h3 Ra1 47.g4 Re1+ 48.Kf2 Rf1+ 49.Kg2 fxg4 50.hxg4 Rc1
51.Bd1 Be2 52.Rxe2 Rxd1 53.f5 Rd6 54.Kf3 Rd1 55.Ke4 Rd4+ 56.Ke5 Rxg4 57.f6 Rg3
58.Rf2 Re3+ 59.Kf4 Re8 60.f7 Rf8 61.Ke5 Kc4 62.Kf6 Kd3 63.Kg7 Rxf7+ 64.Kxf7  1-0

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 e6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd3 h6 12.Bh4 Qb6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.b3 Qb4 15.a3 Qb7
16.Na4 Rfd8 17.c4 c5 18.Rab1 Ng4 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Qg3 Ne5 21.Nxc5 Nxc4 22.Nxe6 Qxe6
23.bxc4 Rac8 24.Qe3 Rxc4 25.Qxa7 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Qxe4 27.Qb7 d5 28.h3 Qa4 29.Qc7 Rf8
30.Qd6 d4 31.Rb7 Qa5 32.Kh2 Rd8 33.Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.e3 h5 10.f3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Nd7 13.Kf2 Nf6 14.Rb1 b6 15.c4 c6
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Bb5+ Kf8 18.Ne2 Kg7 19.Rb3 Be6 20.Ba6 Qd6 21.Rc3 Rae8 22.Qc1 Bd7
23.e4 dxe4 24.Qxg5+ Kf8 25.Re3 exf3 26.Rxe8+ Kxe8 27.gxf3 Rg8 28.Qe5+ Qxe5
29.dxe5 Nd5 30.Bc4 Be6 31.Nd4 Rh8 32.Nxe6 fxe6 33.Bxd5 exd5 34.f4 Kf7 35.f5 d4
36.Rc1 Kg7 37.Rc7+ Kh6 38.Rf7 Kg5 39.e6 h4 40.e7  1-0

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.h4 O-O
9.h5 d5 10.hxg6 hxg6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Bf4 Be6
16.Rd1 Rd5 17.Rxd5 cxd5 18.Kd2 d4 19.f3 e3+ 20.Kc1 Rc8 21.Rd1 g5 22.Bxg5 Bxe5
23.b3 f6 24.Bh4 Kg7 25.f4 Bf5 26.c4 Bxf4 27.Rxd4 Bd6 28.Bf3 Rh8 29.g3 Rc8
30.Rd5 Be6 31.Rd3 Bc5 32.Kd1 a5 33.Ke2 a4 34.Rd1 Rb8 35.Rd3 Rb6 36.g4 axb3
37.axb3 Ra6 38.b4 Ra2+ 39.Kd1 Bxb4 40.Rxe3 Bxc4 41.Re4 Bb3+ 42.Kc1 Bd2+  0-1

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.Nf3 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 c5
9.O-O b6 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Rad1 Bb7 12.Qd6 Nc6 13.Qxe7 Nxe7 14.Rd2 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Rxd2
16.Rxd2 Ng6 17.b3 Kf8 18.Ng5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.Be3 Nd4 5.Nce2 Bg7 6.c3 Nxe2 7.Nxe2 b6 8.g3 Bb7
9.Bg2 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 Qc7 12.c4 e6 13.f4 Ne8 14.Nc3 Rd8 15.Bf2 d5 16.cxd5 exd5
17.e5 d4 18.Ne4 Kh8 19.Re1 Bc6 20.b4 cxb4 21.Rc1 Qb7 22.Qb3 a5 23.Qc4 Bd5
24.Qxd4 f5 25.Qxb6 Qa8 26.Rc5 fxe4 27.Rxa5 Qc8 28.dxe4 Be6 29.Rc5 Qd7 30.Qxb4 Bxa2
31.Ra5 Bg8 32.Ra7 Qc8 33.Qc5 Rf7 34.Qxc8 Rxc8 35.Rxf7 Bxf7 36.Bd4 Rd8 37.Ba1 Nc7
38.f5 Ra8 39.g4 Kg8 40.Bf1 Ra5 41.Rc1 Ne8 42.f6 Bh6 43.Rb1 Bf4 44.Bc3 Ra3
45.Ba1 Ra4 46.Bd3 Ra5 47.Bb5 Nc7 48.Bc6 Bxe5 49.Rb8+ Ne8 50.Bxe5 Rxe5 51.h4 h6
52.Kg2 Kf8 53.Rc8 g5 54.hxg5 hxg5 55.Kg3 Bg6 56.Bd5 Bf7 57.Bc6 Kg8 58.Kf3 Kh7
59.Bxe8 Bxe8 60.Rd8 Kg6 61.Rd6 Bf7 62.Ke3 Be6  0-1

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Na6 6.e3 Bg4 7.Bxc4 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 Nb4 10.Rd1 O-O 11.h3 Bh5 12.a5 Rc8 13.Bb3 c5 14.Nb5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 a6
16.dxc5 Nbd5 17.Nd6 Bxd6 18.cxd6 Qxd6 19.Ra4 Rc5 20.f4 Qc6 21.Bd2 Qb5 22.Qxb5 Rxb5
23.Ra3 Ne4 24.Be1 Ndf6 25.Rc1 Rd8 26.f3 Nd6 27.Rd1 Nfe8 28.Ba4 Rd5 29.Rxd5 exd5
30.Rd3 Nc7 31.Bb4 Ndb5 32.Bc5 f5 33.Bb6 Rd6 34.e4 Kf7 35.e5 Rc6 36.Bxc7 Rc1+
37.Kf2 Nxc7 38.Rb3 Ne6 39.Rxb7+ Kf8 40.Rb8+ Ke7 41.Rb7+ Rc7 42.Rxc7+ Nxc7
43.Bc6 d4 44.b4  1-0

[Event "Amsterdam m2"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.g3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nh4 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qd3 Nbd7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bf4 Ne8 15.Rab1 a5
16.a3 Bd6 17.Bd2 Nc7 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Be7 20.Rfe1 Nd5 21.Nc3 N7b6 22.Nxd5 Nxd5
23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Qb5 Bf6 25.Be3 b6 26.Rec1 Re8 27.Rc6 Bg5 28.Bxg5 Qxg5 29.Rd6 Rad8
30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.Kf1 Re4 32.Re1 Rxe1+ 33.Kxe1 Qe7+ 34.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam m2"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Qd2 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Qa5 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Kb1 Qc5 12.Qd2 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Bb5+ Kd8 15.Qe2 Be6
16.Ne4 Qf5 17.Bd3 Qa5 18.c4 Bg7 19.f4 Qb4 20.Ng5 Bg4 21.Qd2 Qxd2 22.Rxd2 Kc7
23.Re1 Rce8 24.h3 Bd7 25.Rde2 Bf6 26.Nxf7 Rhg8 27.Ng5 h6 28.Ne6+ Bxe6 29.Rxe6 Bh4
30.R1e2 h5 31.Bg6 Ref8 32.f5 Rh8 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 Kd7 35.Bh5 Bf6 36.Kc2 Rc8
37.Kd3 Rc5 38.b4 Rc6 39.R6e3 Ra6 40.Rc2 Ra4 41.b5 a6 42.bxa6 Rxa6 43.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O cxd4 7.Qxd4 Be7 8.Nc3 d6
9.b3 O-O 10.Ba3 d5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Ne5 Nf6 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Rfd1 Nc6
16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.e4 Qc5 19.Qxc5 Rxc5 20.f3 Rfc8 21.Ne2 g5 22.Kf2 Kf8
23.Rxc5 Rxc5 24.Rd8+ Kg7 25.Ra8 a5 26.Rb8 g4 27.Rxb6 Rh5 28.fxg4 Nxg4+ 29.Ke1 Nxh2
30.a4 Re5 31.Nc3 f5 32.b4 fxe4 33.bxa5 Nf3+ 34.Kf2 Nd4 35.a6 e3+ 36.Ke1 e2
37.Nxe2 Nxe2 38.Rb5 Re4 39.a7 Nxg3+ 40.Kf2 Rxa4 41.Rb7+ Kg6 42.Kxg3 h5 43.Re7 Kf6
44.Rh7 Kg6 45.Re7 h4+ 46.Kh3 Kf5 47.Rh7 e5 48.Rxh4 Rxa7 49.Kg3 Ra3+ 50.Kf2 e4
51.Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Palkovi, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Re1 a6 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.Qa3 Qb6 15.Nc3 Nxc3
16.Rxe8+ Bxe8 17.bxc3 Nd7 18.Rb1 Qc7 19.Bf4 Nf6 20.Qb3 Bd7 21.c4 Ne8 22.Qb6 Qxb6
23.Rxb6 Bf8 24.g4 Ra7 25.Rb8 f6 26.Nd2 Kf7 27.Ne4 Be7 28.f3 f5 29.Ng3 g5
30.Bd2 f4 31.Ne2 Bf6 32.Bxh7 a5 33.h4 gxh4 34.Bxf4 Ba4 35.Bf5 Ng7 36.Be4 Be7
37.Nc3 Bd7 38.Nb5 Bxb5 39.cxb5 a4 40.b6 Ra5 41.Bd3  1-0

[Event "Balatonbereny"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f3 Rb8 11.Kb1 b5 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.g4 b4 14.Ne2 e5 15.h4 Be6 16.Rg1 Nd7
17.Ng3 g6 18.h5 Nb6 19.b3 Na4 20.Ne2 Nc3+ 21.Nxc3 bxc3 22.Qd3 Rb5 23.hxg6 fxg6
24.f4 Be7 25.f5 Bf7 26.f6 Bf8 27.Rg3 d5 28.exd5 Rxd5 29.Bg2  1-0

[Event "Balatonbereny"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 e6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Qe3 Rc8 14.Rfd1 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nd7
16.Bb5 Nf6 17.Rbc1 Qb8 18.Rxc8+ Qxc8 19.Rc1 Qb8 20.Bf4 Qf8 21.Rc7 Bxe4 22.Ng5 Qb4
23.Bf1 Bf5 24.Rxf7 h6 25.Qf3 hxg5 26.Qb7 gxf4 27.Rxg7+ Kh8 28.Re7 Rd8 29.Qxa7 Qxd4
30.h3 g5 31.Rf7 Bg6  0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wach, Markus"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 b6
9.Be3 Bb7 10.Be2 Nb8 11.e5 Ng8 12.Bf3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nd7 14.exd6 Bxd6 15.O-O-O Bxa3
16.Rxd7 Kxd7 17.Rd1+ Bd6 18.Bf4 Qc8 19.Bxd6 Nf6 20.Bf8+ Kc7 21.Bxg7 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Qxd8
23.Bxf6 Qc8 24.Be5+ Kd8  1-0

[Event "Balatonbereny"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Nf3 g6 9.Bc4 Bg7
10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.a4 bxa3 13.Rxa3 Rxa3 14.Nxa3 Ng4 15.Bf1 Nde5 16.Nd2 Nxf2
17.Kxf2 Ng4+ 18.Ke2 e6 19.Qb3 exd5 20.h3 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Re8 22.Kd2 Qa5+ 23.Kc2 Qxe1  0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.e4 c5 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.e5 Nd5 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.Ng5 h6 17.Qh5 Qc7 18.Bd3 Kg8 19.Ne4 Be7 20.f4 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Ba6 22.Bxa6 Qxa6
23.Bd2 g6 24.Qf3 Rc8 25.a3 bxa3 26.bxa3 Kg7 27.Bb4 Nxb4 28.axb4 Qb6 29.b5 Rc7
30.g4 h5 31.f5 hxg4 32.f6+ Kg8 33.fxe7 gxf3 34.e8=Q+ Kg7 35.Nd6 Qd4 36.Ra2 Qxe5
37.Rd2 Qf4 38.b6 Qxd2 39.Nf5+ gxf5 40.Rg1+ Qg2+  0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nd7 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 dxc4
9.Qxc4 e5 10.Qe2 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.h3 Bc5 14.Nc3 b5 15.Be3 Qb6
16.a4 Nc4 17.a5 Qa6 18.Ne6 Bxe6 19.Bxc5 Rfe8 20.f4 b4 21.Bxb4 Qb7 22.Bxe7 Qxe7
23.f5 Qc5+ 24.Qf2 Qxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Bc8 26.b3 Ne5 27.b4 Rb8 28.Rab1 Kf8 29.Na4 Ba6
30.Nc5 Bb5 31.Rd4 Red8 32.Rbd1 Rxd4 33.Rxd4 Ke7 34.Bf1 Bc4 35.Rxc4 Nxc4 36.Bxc4 Rxb4
37.Bd3 Kd6 38.Na6 Ra4 39.Ke3 f6 40.g4 c5 41.Nb8 Rxa5 42.e5+ fxe5 43.g5 Ra3
44.Kd2 Ra4  0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.e3 Ne5 10.b3 d6 11.h3 h5 12.Bb2 c6 13.Qc2 a5 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Ba3 h4 16.g4 Nexg4
17.hxg4 Nxg4 18.Ne4 Bf8 19.f3 d5 20.fxg4 dxe4 21.Bxf8 Kxf8 22.Rf4 Bd7 23.Qf2  1-0

[Event "Balatonbereny"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.b3 g5 10.g3 Bg7 11.Bb2 O-O-O 12.Qe4 f5 13.Qxf5 Rhf8 14.Qe4 Qb4+ 15.Nd2 Rxf2
16.Kxf2 Qxd2+ 17.Qe2 Qb4 18.Bd4 c5 19.Bb2 Rf8+ 20.Kg1 Ne7 21.Bg2 Ng6 22.Qe4 c6
23.Rd1 Kc7 24.h4 gxh4 25.Rxh4 Nxh4 26.Qxh4 Bc8 27.Qe7 Bh6 28.Qd6+ Kb7 29.Qxh6  1-0

[Event "Balatonbereny"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qc2 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Nc6 8.e3 Bg7
9.d5 Na5 10.f4 O-O 11.Bd2 c6 12.dxe6 dxe6 13.Ne2 b5 14.Bb4 Re8 15.Rd1 Qb6
16.c5 Qc7 17.Bc3 Rad8 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Bg2 Nd5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.O-O Qe7 22.Bxd5 Rxd5
23.Qc3+ e5 24.Qxa5 exf4 25.Qc3+ Kg8 26.Nxf4 Rg5+ 27.Kh1 Rxc5 28.Qd3 a5 29.Rd1 b4
30.axb4 axb4 31.Qd8+ Qxd8 32.Rxd8+ Kg7 33.Rd2 g5 34.Ne2 Rc4 35.Kg2 c5 36.b3 Rg4+
37.Kf3 Rh4 38.Rd5 Kg6 39.Rxc5 Rxh2 40.Rc4 h5 41.Kg3 Rh1 42.Rxb4 h4+ 43.Kg2 Rb1
44.Rb6+ Kh5 45.Rb5 Rb2 46.Nf4+ Kg4 47.Nd3 h3+ 48.Kh2 Re2 49.Ne5+ Kh5 50.Kxh3  1-0

[Event "Cannes mT"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Ba6 8.Nf3 d6
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Rc8 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qe7 15.Rad1 Qe4
16.Qb3 Rfe8 17.Bf4 c4 18.Qa4 Nc5 19.Qxa7 Nd3 20.Qxb6 Nxd5 21.Qxd6 Rcd8 22.Qa6 Ra8
23.Qb5 N5xf4 24.exf4 Reb8 25.Qd7 Qxf4 26.Rd2 h6 27.Qd5 Ra6 28.g3 Qc7 29.Rb1 Rxa3
30.bxa3 Rxb1+ 31.Kg2 g5 32.h3 Rb8 33.Rc2 Rc8 34.Qe4 Qc5 35.h4 Kg7 36.Nd4 Ne1+
37.Qxe1 Qxd4 38.Qc3 Qxc3 39.Rxc3 Kf6 40.hxg5+ hxg5 41.Kf3 Ke5 42.Ke3 Kd5
43.Kd2 g4 44.Re3 Ra8 45.Re7 f6 46.Rf7 Ra6 47.Rd7+ Ke4 48.Kc3 Rxa3+ 49.Kxc4 Kf3
50.Rd2 Ra1  0-1

[Event "Cannes Martinez op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Etchegaray, Malina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.Rd1 Qe7
9.Nc3 c6 10.b3 Re8 11.e4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.f3 a5 14.Be3 d5 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Bg5 Qd6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Ndb5 Qb6 19.Kh1 d4 20.Nxd4 Bxd4 21.Nd5 Qa7 22.Rxd4 Nxb3
23.Nf6+ Kf8 24.Rdd1 Nxa1 25.Qd2 Be6 26.Qh6+ Ke7 27.Nxh7 Rh8 28.Qh4+ g5 29.Qxg5+ Ke8
30.Nf6+ Kf8 31.Rxa1 Qd4 32.Rc1 Rc8 33.Rxc8+ Bxc8 34.h4 Be6 35.a3 b6 36.Kh2 Qc5
37.e5 Qc2 38.Ne4 Qc7 39.f4 Qe7 40.Nf6 Qxa3 41.f5 Bc4 42.Nh7+ Rxh7 43.Qd8+ Kg7
44.f6+ Kg6 45.Be4+  1-0

[Event "Cannes mT"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.Bd3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rad1 cxd4 12.exd4 Rc8 13.Ne5 Rc7 14.f4 g6 15.Qe3 a6
16.Qh3 dxc4 17.bxc4 b5 18.c5 Nd5 19.Ne4 f5 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.cxd6 Rc8 22.Qh6 N7f6
23.Rf3 Rf7 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.Bb1 Qxd6 26.Qh4 Nh5 27.Rdf1 Ndf6 28.Re3 Rc4 29.h3 Nd5
30.Ref3 Qc6 31.R1f2 Rb4 32.Kh2 Ndf6 33.Re3 Qc7 34.Bd3 Nxf4 35.Qxf4 Qxf4+
36.Rxf4 Rxb2 37.Re2 Rb4 38.g3 Nd5 39.Rh4 Kg7 40.Rxe6 Rb2+ 41.Kg1 Rd2 42.Bf1 Kf7
43.Re2 Rxe2 44.Bxe2 Kg7 45.Bf3 b4 46.g4 a5 47.gxf5 gxf5 48.Bxd5 Bxd5 49.Rf4 Bxa2
50.Rxf5 a4 51.d5 b3 52.d6 b2 53.Rb5 Bb3  0-1

[Event "Cannes Martinez op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Payen, Arnaud"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.b3 Nbd7
9.Bb2 Rc8 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rac1 Qc7 12.h3 Qb8 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Ba6 Nf8
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Na4 Ne6 18.Ba3 Rc7 19.Rc2 Qc8 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Rdc1 Rdc8 22.Qd2 h6
23.Qa5 Nd7 24.Nd4 cxd4 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.Rxc7 Nxc7 27.Bxe7 dxe3 28.fxe3 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Martinez op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Guyot, Philippe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.e4 d6 8.Nge2 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Bd7 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Nd5 Rfe8 13.c4 e6 14.Ndc3 Rad8 15.Qxd6 Bf8
16.Qd2 Ne5 17.Nd5  1-0

[Event "Cannes mT"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.f3 Bd7
16.a4 Rad8 17.Re1 Bc6 18.e4 Nd5 19.Bd2 Nf4 20.Bf1 c4 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Rad1 Qe5
23.Bxc4 Qc5+ 24.Rd4 Rxd4 25.cxd4 Qxd4+ 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.Qb3 Rd7 28.h3 g5 29.e5 Kg7
30.Bb5 Qd2 31.Qb1 Rd4 32.Bxc6 bxc6 33.e6 fxe6 34.Rxe6 Qd1+ 35.Qxd1 Rxd1+
36.Kh2 Rc1 37.Re7+ Kg6 38.Rxa7 h5 39.a5 Ra1 40.Ra6 Kf5 41.Rxc6 Rxa5 42.g4+ Ke5
43.gxh5 Ra4 44.Kg3 Rh4 45.Rh6 Kf5 46.Rh8 Kf6 47.h6 Rh5 48.h7 Kg6 49.Rg8+ Kxh7
50.Kg4 Rh4+ 51.Kxg5 Rxh3 52.Rf8 Kg7 53.Rf4 Rh6 54.Rf5 Rg6+ 55.Kf4 Ra6 56.Rb5 Kf6
57.Kg4 Kf7 58.f4 Rc6 59.Rf5+ Kg6 60.Rd5 Kf6 61.Rh5 Kg6 62.f5+ Kg7 63.Rh1 Ra6
64.Kg5 Kf7 65.Rh7+ Kf8 66.Rd7 Rb6 67.Ra7 Rc6 68.Ra5 Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Martinez op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goldgewicht, Lionel"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.h3 Nc6 6.c3 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Nf3 Nxd3+
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 Be6 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nb3 Qd7 14.Nbd4 Rac8 15.Rfe1 a6
16.Re2 Bb8 17.Rae1 Qd6 18.Nxe6 Rxe6 19.Rd1 h6 20.Ree1 Rd8 21.Qe2 Qe7 22.Qc2 Rd7
23.Rd3 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes mT"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.e3 c5 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.exd4 Rad8 14.Bf4 Rfe8 15.Rac1 Bd6
16.Na4 Qa5 17.Bxd6 Qxa4 18.b3 Qa6 19.Qxa6 bxa6 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Ne4 22.Bf1  1-0

[Event "Cannes Martinez op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Hochstrasser, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 4.e4 Nf6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.Nbc3 a5 8.a4 Na6
9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Re1 Re8 12.Bf4 Nfd7 13.Be3 Nf6 14.f3 b6 15.Qd2 Bb7
16.Rad1 Qd7 17.b3 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Qxd5 20.Nb5 Qxd2 21.Bxd2 Rxe1+
22.Rxe1 Ne6 23.Be3 Rd8 24.Kf2 Kf8 25.Bf1 c5 26.Bc4 Nd4 27.Nxd4 Bxd4 28.Bd3 Bxe3+
29.Rxe3 Re8 30.h4 h6 31.f4 f5 32.Re5 Rxe5 33.fxe5 Bc8 34.g4 fxg4 35.Bxg6 Bb7
36.Kg3 Bf3 37.Bh5 Bd1 38.Bxg4 Bxc2 39.Be6 Ke7 40.Bc4 Bd1 41.Kf4 Bc2 42.Kg4 Bd1+
43.Kf5 Bc2+ 44.Kf4 Bh7 45.Ke3 Bc2 46.Kf3 Bd1+ 47.Ke4 Bg4 48.Bd5 Bd1 49.Bg8 Bc2+
50.Ke3 Bd1 51.Bc4 Bc2 52.Kf3 Bd1+ 53.Ke4 Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes mT"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Bg5 c5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 Qa5 8.Bxf6 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 gxf6 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.Nd2 b6 12.Rb1 Qh5 13.Ne4 Ke7 14.Qa4 Qg6 15.Qc6 d5
16.Nd2 Ba6 17.cxd5 Rhc8 18.d6+ Ke8 19.Qf3 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 Rab8 21.Ke2 b5 22.Rfc1 Rb6
23.Ne4 f5 24.Nc5 Qg4 25.Qxg4 fxg4 26.Ne4 f5 27.Ng5 Rxd6 28.Nxh7 Ke7 29.Ng5 Nb6
30.h4 Nd5 31.Kd2 a6 32.a4 bxa4 33.Rb7+ Rc7 34.Rxc7+ Nxc7 35.Ra1 Nb5 36.Rxa4 Rc6
37.Ra1 Kf6 38.f4 gxf3 39.gxf3 Nc7 40.Rc1 e5 41.Ra1 exd4 42.cxd4 Nd5 43.Ra5 Ne7
44.Kd3 Ng6 45.d5 Ne5+ 46.Ke2 Rb6 47.Ra2 Ng6 48.Ne6 Nxh4 49.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes mT"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 h6 10.Bh4 Nxd4 11.exd4 Bf5 12.O-O c6 13.g4 Be6 14.f4 d5 15.f5 Bc8 16.cxd5 cxd5
17.Kh1 Bd7 18.Bf3 Bc6 19.Qc2 g5 20.Bg3 Rc8 21.Qg2 Re8 22.Rad1 Qd7 23.Be5 Rcd8
24.Qh3 Kh7 25.Kg1 b6 26.Rf2 Bb7 27.Re2 Re7 28.Rde1 Rde8 29.Qg2 Kg8 30.Qf2 Ba6
31.Re3 Bb7 32.h4 gxh4 33.Qxh4 Nh7 34.Kf2 Bxe5 35.Rxe5 Rxe5 36.dxe5 d4 37.Qxh6 dxc3
38.Rd1 Qc7 39.f6 Qc5+ 40.Kf1 Ba6+ 41.Kg2 Qf8 42.Qh5 Kh8 43.Be4 Qg8 44.e6 Bb7
45.exf7  1-0

[Event "Cannes Martinez op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 d6 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O Bg4 10.Qe2 Qe6 11.Qxe6 Bxe6 12.d4 cxd3 13.Bxd3 Rd8 14.Bc2 g6 15.Bf4 Bg7
16.Nbd2 O-O 17.Rfe1 Bf5 18.Bxf5 gxf5 19.Bc7 Rd7 20.Bxb6 axb6 21.Nc4 b5 22.Ne3 e6
23.Rad1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 b4 25.cxb4 Nxb4 26.a3 Nc6 27.b3 Rc8 28.g3 Rc7 29.a4 Bf6
30.Nc4 Nb4 31.Nfe5 Nd5 32.f4 Be7 33.Rd3 h5 34.Kg2 h4 35.Ne3 Nxe3+ 36.Rxe3 Rc2+
37.Kh3 hxg3 38.Rxg3+ Kf8 39.Rd3 Ke8 40.Kg3 Bc5 41.h4 Rc1 42.h5 Rh1 43.Rc3 Bd6
44.Rc8+ Ke7 45.Rh8 Kf6 46.Nf3 Kg7 47.Rd8 Bc5 48.Rd7 b6 49.Ng5  1-0

[Event "Cannes Martinez op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brochet, Philippe"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d5 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.a3 Ba5 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.Be5 Rc8
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.b4 Rxc3 18.Qxc3 Bc7 19.Qe3 Qe7 20.Bd3 a5 21.Qc5 Bf4+ 22.Kb1 Qxc5
23.bxc5 Ke7 24.Bb5 Rc8 25.Rd4 Be3 26.Rd3 Rxc5 27.Rxe3 Rxb5+ 28.Kc1 Rc5 29.Rd1 f5
30.Rd4 Kf6 31.g3 b5 32.Kd2 a4 33.f4 Ke7 34.Rc3 Bc4 35.Re3 Bd5 36.Re1 h5 37.Re3 Ba2
38.Rc3 Bc4 39.Ke3 Rc6 40.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes mT"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nf8
9.Nf3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rab1 a5 13.a3 Ng7 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Bf5
16.b5 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Ra3 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Ra1 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Nf5 21.Bg5 Nd7 22.Bxe7 Qxe7
23.Ra7 Rb8 24.Qc2 Qe6 25.h3 Nd6 26.Nd2 Nb6 27.Na4 Nxa4 28.Rxa4 Nf5 29.Ra6 Nxe3
30.fxe3 Qxe3+ 31.Kh1 Qxd4 32.Nf3 Qe4 33.Rxc6 Rb1+ 34.Ng1 Qe1 35.Qc5 h5 36.Rc8+ Kh7
37.Qd4 f6 38.Rc7+ Kh6 39.Qf4+  1-0

[Event "Cannes Martinez op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Rouchouse, Stevens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.b3 b6
9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Qc2 Rc8 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 c5 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.dxc5 Be4 15.Qc1 Bxc5
16.Qf4 Bg6 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Ne5 Qc7 19.Bc3 Bd6 20.Rxd6 Qxd6 21.Nxg6 Qxf4 22.Nxf4 Rfd8
23.Re1 Ne8 24.Kf1 b5 25.Ba5  1-0

[Event "Cannes mT"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.a5 Nbd7 8.Bxc4 b5
9.axb6 axb6 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.Nh4 Bg4 12.f3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.e4 b5 15.Bb3 Nb6
16.Be3 Qb7 17.O-O Be7 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Qe2 O-O 20.Qf2 Nfd7 21.Rc1 Rb8 22.Qe2 Rc8
23.Rd1 Bf8 24.g5 e5 25.d5 Bc5 26.dxc6 Qxc6 27.Bd5 Nxd5 28.Nxd5 Nb6 29.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes mT"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O-O 16.Qe5 f6 17.Qe3 Kb8 18.Be2 e5 19.Rad1 Qe6 20.Qa3 Nc7 21.Qb3 Rd4
22.Rxd4 exd4 23.Bf3 Rd8 24.Kd2 Re8 25.Na5 Qe3+ 26.Kc2 d3+ 27.Kb1 Qb6 28.Qxb6 axb6
29.Nc4 b5 30.axb5 Nxb5 31.Rd1 f5 32.Rxd3 Kc7 33.Kc2 g6 34.Kd2 Re7 35.h4 Re8
36.h5 Re7 37.Kc1 Re1+ 38.Kd2 Re7 39.Be2 Rg7 40.Ke1 gxh5 41.Kf2 h4 42.Rh3 Nd4
43.Bf3 b5 44.Ne5 Kd6 45.Nd3 c5 46.Rxh4 Nxf3 47.Kxf3 c4 48.Rd4+ Kc6 49.Nf4 Ra7
50.Rd2 b4 51.Nd5 Kb5 52.Ne3 Rc7 53.Nxf5 c3 54.Nd4+ Ka5 55.Rc2 cxb2 56.Rxb2 Rc3+
57.Kf4 Ka4 58.g4 Ka3 59.Rh2 Rc4 60.Ke4 b3 61.Kd3 b2 62.Kxc4 b1=Q 63.Nb5+  1-0

[Event "Cannes Martinez op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jetzl, Joerg"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E28"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.e3 O-O 7.Ne2 b6 8.Ng3 Ba6
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.e4 e5 11.Be3 Qd7 12.Nf5 Ne7 13.Bg5 Nxf5 14.exf5 e4 15.Bxf6 Qxf5
16.Bxg7 exd3 17.Bxf8 Re8+ 18.Kf1 Re2  0-1

[Event "Cannes mT"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Nf6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.h3 Qb6
9.O-O O-O 10.c4 c5 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.Rfc1 Nc6 13.a3 a6 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d3 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.Nbd2 g6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Ng5 Bd5 12.Bf3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nf6 14.Qc6+ Nd7 15.Qd5 e6
16.Qf3 Nf6 17.Qc6+ Nd7 18.Qf3 Nf6 19.Qc6+ Nd7 20.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yedidia, Jonathan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.h3 h6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.c4 Be7
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.c5 Qxb3 11.axb3 Bxb1 12.Rfxb1 a6 13.b4 Rc8 14.Nd2 O-O 15.Nb3 Bd8
16.Na5 Bxa5 17.bxa5 Rfe8 18.Bd3 e5 19.Bh2 g6 20.Ra4 Re7 21.Rb4 Rc7 22.Ra1 Nh7
23.Ra3 f6 24.Bxg6 Ndf8 25.Bf5 Ng5 26.f4 Nf7 27.fxe5 fxe5 28.Rab3 Kg7 29.Kf2 Kf6
30.g4 Ne6 31.Bg3 Neg5 32.Kg2 Ne4 33.dxe5+  1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Cruz Lopez Claret, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nc3 Be7
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 O-O 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Nc3 Rfd8 13.Rfd1 c5 14.Qe2 cxd4 15.Bxd4 b6
16.b3 Bc5 17.Nb5 Qb7 18.Bxc5 Nxc5 19.Ne5 Nce4 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+
22.Qxd1 g6 23.Qd8+ Kg7 24.f3 a6 25.Nc7 Qa7 26.fxe4 b5+ 27.Kf1 h5 28.Qe7  1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nemety, Laslo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Ne7 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nbc6 5.Bf4 Ng6 6.Bg3 Bb4 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 Nce7
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Rxc3 Nf5 11.Bd3 c6 12.O-O Nxg3 13.hxg3 f5 14.b4 Bd7 15.Qb3 h5
16.Rfc1 h4 17.gxh4 Nxh4 18.Ne5 Be8 19.g3 Qg5 20.Be2 f4 21.exf4 Rxf4 22.Qd1 Re4
23.f4 Rxf4 24.Bg4 Nf3+ 25.Rxf3 Rxf3 26.Bxf3 Qxg3+ 27.Kf1 a5 28.b5 cxb5 29.cxd5 b4
30.a4 Qf4 31.Rc7 b5 32.d6 bxa4 33.d7 Bxd7 34.Rxd7 Rc8 35.Qd3 b3 36.Ng6 Rc1+
37.Kg2 Rc2+ 38.Be2 Qg4+ 39.Kf2 Qxe2+ 40.Qxe2 Rxe2+ 41.Kxe2 b2 42.Ne7+ Kh7
43.Rb7 a3 44.Kd3 Kh6 45.Kc2 g5 46.Rb6  1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Olivier, Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 e5 6.dxe5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 b4 8.Nb1 Ba6
9.Nf3 Nd7 10.Nbd2 Nc5 11.Bxc4 Bxc4 12.Nxc4 Nxe4 13.Ke2 Bc5 14.Be3 Ne7 15.Bxc5 Nxc5
16.Nd6+ Kd7 17.Nxf7 Rhf8 18.Nd6 Nd5 19.Rhd1 Nb3 20.Rab1 h6 21.Nc4 Ke7 22.g3 Rf5
23.Nd4 Nxd4+ 24.Rxd4 g5 25.g4 Rf4 26.Rxf4 Nxf4+ 27.Ke3 Rd8 28.Ke4 Ke6 29.h4 Nd3
30.Ke3 Nxe5 31.Nxe5 Kxe5 32.Rc1 Rd6 33.Rc5+ Kf6 34.hxg5+ hxg5 35.Rc4 Ke6
36.Re4+ Kf6 37.Rxb4 Rd5 38.Rc4 c5 39.b3 Re5+ 40.Re4 Rd5 41.Re8 Rd4 42.Rf8+ Ke6
43.Rf5 Rxg4 44.Rxc5 Rb4 45.Rxg5 Rxb3+ 46.Ke2 Rb2+ 47.Kf3 Rb3+ 48.Kg2 Rb7
49.Kg3 Kf6 50.Ra5 Rc7 51.f3 Rb7 52.Kg4 Rc7 53.Ra6+ Kf7 54.f4 Rd7 55.Kg5 Rd5+
56.f5 Rd7 57.Rh6 Kg7 58.f6+ Kg8 59.Kg6 a5 60.Rh4 Rg7+ 61.Kf5 Rb7 62.Re4 Rb1
63.Re5 Kf7 64.Re7+ Kf8 65.Ra7 Rf1+ 66.Ke6 Re1+ 67.Kd7 Kf7 68.Rxa5 Kxf6 69.Rd5 Re7+
70.Kc6 Ra7 71.a5 Ke6 72.Rh5 Rg7 73.a6 Rg1 74.a7  1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Vaugeois, Stephane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d5 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.h3 Nh5 10.Bh2 f5 11.Ne5 f4 12.Nd3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxh5 gxh5
16.Qxh5 Rf5 17.Qf3 b6 18.O-O Kh8 19.Rfe1 Bb7 20.Nb3 Qf6 21.Nd4 Bxd4 22.cxd4 Qxd4
23.Re7 Ba6 24.g4 Rg8 25.Kh1 Bd3 26.Rd1 Be4 27.Rxe4 dxe4 28.Rxd4 exf3 29.gxf5  1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harovelo, Ingmar"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d5 Na5 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Nd2 Ng4
9.Qf3 Qh4 10.g3 Qe7 11.Nxc4 Nxc4 12.Bxc4 O-O 13.O-O-O Nxe3 14.fxe3 a6 15.g4 b5
16.Bd3 Rb8 17.Ne2 c5 18.dxc6 Rb6 19.Kb1 Rxc6 20.Ng3 g6 21.h4 b4 22.Nf5 gxf5
23.exf5 e4 24.Bxe4 Rc4 25.Bd3 Rc5 26.f6 Qe5 27.g5 Re8 28.Rhf1 Qxe3 29.Qh5 Bf5
30.Rxf5 Rc1+ 31.Rxc1 Qxd3+ 32.Ka1 Qxf5 33.Qd1 Bf8 34.Qd2 Rc8 35.Rd1 Rc2 36.Qd8 Qc5
37.Kb1 Rg2 38.Rc1 Qf5+ 39.Ka1 Qc2  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Heurtebize, Olivier"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.Nc3 c5 7.O-O b5 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.b3 Bb7 10.Bb2 Bd6 11.Ne2 O-O 12.Ng3 Qe7 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.Bc2 Rac8
16.Rad1 Bb8 17.Rd2 Nfg4 18.h3 Qh4 19.e4 Nf6 20.Rfd1 Ng6 21.Nf3 Qh6 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.Nh2 Nf4 24.Qe3 Nxh3+ 25.gxh3 Qxe3 26.fxe3 Bxg3 27.Rg2 Kh8 28.Ng4 Rg8 29.Rdd2 Bxe4
30.Rxg3 Rxc2 31.Rxc2 Bxc2 32.Kf2 f5 33.Ne5 Rxg3 34.Kxg3 Kg7 35.b4 Be4 36.Kf4 f6
37.Nd7 e5+ 38.Kg3 Bb7 39.Nc5 Bc8 40.Kf3 Kf7 41.Kg3 Ke7 42.Kh4 Kd6 43.Kh5 Kd5  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Salus, Stephane"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D29"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O c5 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7
9.a4 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8+ Bxa8 13.Nc3 Bc6 14.e4 c4 15.Bc2 Be7
16.d5 Bb7 17.dxe6 Qxe6 18.Nd4 Qe5 19.Ndxb5 O-O 20.Be3 Ba6 21.Bd4 Qb8 22.Ba4 Ne5
23.h3 Nd3 24.e5 Nd7 25.e6 N7c5 26.Qg4 Nxe6 27.Ba7 Qb7 28.Bc2 Bxb5  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 Be7 11.h3 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Rhe1 b4 14.Na4 Rb8 15.Nb3 O-O
16.Kb1 Nd7 17.Qf2 Bd8 18.e5 dxe5 19.f5 Ne7 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Qg3 Kh8 22.Nac5 Nxc5
23.Bxc5 Rf6 24.Rxe5 Bd5 25.Bd4  0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Batlha, Armando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Bb4 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O c4 11.Bc2 Qc7 12.Ba4 Qa5 13.a3 Bd6 14.b4 cxb3 15.Bxb3 Ng4
16.h3 Ngf6 17.Qe1 Nb6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nxd5 Qxe1 20.Nxf6+ Kh8 21.Rfxe1 a5
22.a4 Be7 23.Ne4 Bf5 24.N4g3 Bd3 25.Nf4 Bh7 26.Rec1 Bd6 27.Nfe2 Bg6 28.e4 f6
29.f4 Rac8 30.e5 fxe5 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.fxe5 Be7 33.Nf4 Be8 34.Ne4 Rd8 35.d5 Bc5+
36.Nxc5  1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ermekov, Almas"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qe2 Qa5 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.O-O-O O-O 12.f4 b4 13.Na4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Bxb4 Rb8
16.Rd4 a5 17.Ba3 Ba6 18.Qf3 e5 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Bxe7 exd4 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Re1 Bb7
23.e5 Ne4 24.Rf1 Ba6 25.Bxf7+ Kh8 26.Rf2 Qh6+ 27.Qf4 Nxf2  0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Gratka, Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c6 8.O-O Qc7
9.Qc2 e5 10.Rfd1 Re8 11.Rac1 Nf8 12.h3 b6 13.Bh4 h6 14.Bg3 Bf5 15.e4 Bc8
16.c5 bxc5 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Na4 Nh5 19.Bh2 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Nxc5 g5 22.Rd2 Ng6
23.Nd4 Ne5 24.b3 Rb8 25.Rcd1 Rb4 26.Nf3 Ng6 27.Bc4 Rb8 28.Rd7 Bxd7 29.Rxd7 Qc8
30.Bxf7+ Kh7 31.Bxg6+  1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Batsanin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qe6+ 6.Be2 Qd7 7.Bb5 Qe6+ 8.Qe2 Qxe2+
9.Kxe2 Bd7 10.Rd1 e6 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nge7 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Ne4 Nc8 15.Nb3 e5
16.Be3 Bf5 17.f3 Rb8 18.Rd2 Bxe4 19.fxe4 Nd6 20.Na5 Rc8 21.Rad1 Nxe4 22.Rd7 f5
23.Rxa7 h5 24.Nc4 h4 25.Nxe5 hxg3 26.hxg3 Nxg3+ 27.Kf3 Ne4 28.Kf4 Rh3 29.Bb6 Rh5
30.Nxc6 Bd6+ 31.Kf3 Rh3+ 32.Kg2 Rg3+ 33.Kf1 Rxc6  0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6
9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O a6 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Nbd7 13.f3 Rc8 14.Rac1 Qb8 15.Bf1 O-O
16.Qf2 Ne5 17.Na4 Bd8 18.h3 Kh8 19.b4 Nfd7 20.Rc2 Ng6 21.Nb3 Bc6 22.Nb2 Bh4
23.g3 Bf6 24.Bg2 Bxb2 25.Rxb2 Nge5 26.Rd4 Ba4 27.Nd2 b5 28.Bf1 bxc4 29.Nxc4 Nxc4
30.Rxc4 Bb5 31.Rcc2 Ne5 32.Bd4 Nc4 33.Bxc4 Bxc4 34.Rc3 e5 35.Bc5 Be6 36.Ba7 Qb7
37.Rbc2 f5 38.exf5 Bxf5 39.Rxc8 Bxc8 40.g4 Be6 41.Rc3 Bd5 42.Qb6 Qe7 43.Qxa6 Bxf3
44.Rc8 Bd5 45.Bb8 Qf6 46.Rxf8+ Qxf8 47.Qd3 Qxb8 48.Qxd5 Qa7+ 49.Kg2 Qxa3
50.Qxd6 h6 51.Qf8+ Kh7 52.Qf5+ Kg8 53.Qc8+ Kf7 54.Qc4+ Kf6 55.Qc6+ Ke7 56.Qb7+ Ke6
57.Qxg7 Qe3 58.Qg6+ Kd5 59.Qf7+ Kd6 60.Qf2 Qe4+ 61.Kg3 Ke7 62.Qd2 Qb1 63.Qxh6 Qe1+
64.Kg2 Qe2+ 65.Kg3 Qe1+ 66.Kf3 e4+ 67.Kg2 Qe2+ 68.Kg3 Qe1+ 69.Kg2 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 Nc6 5.Bd3 d5 6.e5 Nd7 7.Bb5 e6 8.O-O Qc7 9.d4 Be7
10.a3 Nb6 11.Bd3 Bd7 12.Re1 h6 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Be3 Be7 15.Nbd2 Rc8 16.Nd4 Nxe5
17.Bf4 Bd6 18.Qh5 g6 19.Qxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Qd8 21.Bxh8 Kf8 22.Be5 f6 23.Bh2 e5
24.Nc2 Kf7 25.Ne3 Be6 26.Rad1 Na4 27.Bc2 Qa5 28.Bxa4 Qxa4 29.Nf3 Rd8 30.Rd2 g5
31.Nc2 g4 32.hxg4 Bxg4 33.Nh4 Be6 34.Bg3 h5 35.Ne3 d4 36.cxd4 Rxd4 37.Rc2 Rxh4
38.Rc7+ Kg6 39.Bxh4 Qxh4 40.Rxb7 Qa4 41.Rc1 f5 42.Rb4 Qd7 43.g3 Kf6 44.Rd1 Qc6
45.Re1 a5 46.Rh4 Qf3 47.Rc1 f4 48.gxf4 exf4 49.Ng2 Bg4 50.Rc4 Qd1+ 51.Kh2 f3
52.Ne3 Qd6+ 53.Kg1 Kg5 54.Rhxg4+ hxg4 55.Rxg4+ Kh5 56.Rg3 Qc6 57.Nf1 Qd5
58.Ne3 Qe4 59.Nf1 a4 60.Ne3 Qb1+ 61.Nf1 Qd1 62.Rg7 Kh6 63.Rg4 Kh5 64.Rg7 Kh6
65.Rg8 Kh7 66.Rg5 Qd4 67.Rg3 Qd1 68.Rg4 Qb3 69.Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Nb4
9.Be2 a5 10.a3 Na6 11.Rb1 Nc5 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Nce4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bb2 Bxb2
16.Rxb2 e5 17.dxe6 Bxe6 18.Qc2 Qe7 19.Nd2 Qf6 20.Nxe4 fxe4 21.Rbb1 Qe5 22.Rbd1 Bf7
23.Rd4 Rfe8 24.g3 c5 25.bxc5 dxc5 26.Rd7 Re7 27.Rxe7 Qxe7 28.Rb1 h5 29.Bf1 h4
30.Bg2 Re8 31.Rb6 Qd8 32.Rb3 b5 33.Rxb5 Qd3 34.Qc1 hxg3 35.hxg3 Qxc4 36.Qxc4 Bxc4
37.Rxc5 Bd3 38.g4 Kf7 39.Kh2 Ke6 40.Kg3 Rg8 41.Rc6+ Kd5 42.Rf6 g5 43.Rf5+ Ke6
44.Rc5 Kd6 45.Ra5 Ke6 46.Ra4 Ke5 47.Ra5+ Kf6 48.Rc5 Rg7 49.Bh1 Rh7 50.Rf5+ Ke6
51.Bxe4 Bxe4 52.Rxg5 Rf7 53.f4 Kf6 54.Re5 Bg6 55.g5+ Kg7 56.Kg4 Ra7 57.f5 Bf7
58.Kf4 Ra4+ 59.e4 Ra7 60.Rc5 Ra6 61.Rc7 Kf8 62.Rb7 Rc6 63.Rb4 Ra6 64.Rb7 Rc6
65.Ke5 Rc5+ 66.Kf4 Rc6 67.Ra7 Rb6 68.Ra1 Rc6 69.Rg1 Rc4 70.g6 Bd5 71.Re1 Kg7
72.Ke5 Ba8 73.Re3 Ra4 74.Re2 Rb4 75.Kf4 Ra4 76.Kg5 Bxe4 77.f6+ Kf8 78.g7+ Kg8
79.Rd2 Ra5+ 80.Kh6 Bd5 81.Rc2 Ra8 82.Kg5 Bf7 83.Rh2 Ra5+ 84.Kg4 Ra4+ 85.Kf3 Ra3+
86.Kf4 Ra4+ 87.Ke3 Ra3+ 88.Kd4 Ra4+ 89.Kc3  1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.Bb2 Rfe8 12.e4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qe3 c5
16.Ne5 Qc7 17.f4 Rad8 18.Bf3 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Nd7 21.Qe2 Re7 22.g3 Nxe5
23.fxe5 Ba3 24.Bc3 Red7 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.Rf1 Qd3 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.Rxf3 Rd1+
29.Kg2 a5 30.Rf1 Rd7 31.Rf2 Bc5 32.Rd2 Rxd2+ 33.Bxd2 f5 34.exf6 gxf6 35.g4 Kf7
36.Kf3 f5 37.gxf5 exf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Valerian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 c5
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.e3 h6 11.Bh4 Nc6 12.Bd3 Qa5 13.Ne2 Qxc3+ 14.Nxc3 Ne5 15.Be2 d5
16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Kd2 f6 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Bf2 Rfd8 21.Rhd1 Nc4+
22.Bxc4 Bxc4+ 23.Ke1 Ba6 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.e4 Re8 26.Bxc5 f5 27.Bxa7 fxe4
28.f4 Rd8 29.Rd1 Rd3 30.Rxd3 exd3 31.Kd2 Kf7 32.Bd4 g6 33.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khamrakulov, Ibragim S"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Na3 e6 6.Nf3 Qd8 7.Bf4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nd5
9.Bg3 Nc6 10.Nc4 Bc5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qa4 Bb7 13.Ne5 f6 14.Ba6 Nb6 15.Qe4 Bxa6
16.Qxc6+ Kf8 17.Qxc5+ Kg8 18.Rd1 Qe8 19.Nd3 e5 20.Nb4 Bb7 21.O-O h5 22.h4 Kh7
23.Qc7 Rb8 24.a4 Qe6 25.Rd6 Qc4 26.Rd7 Qxc7 27.Rxc7 a5 28.Nc6 Bxc6 29.Rxc6 Nxa4
30.Ra1 Nxb2 31.Rxa5 Rhc8 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 c6 5.a4 Nd7 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ngf6 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Nd2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Nc4 Ba6 12.b4 Qc7 13.b5 cxb5 14.axb5 Bb7 15.f3 Rfd8
16.Ra2 Bf8 17.Qa1 Qb8 18.Rd1 Nh5 19.g3 Ng7 20.Nd5 Ne6 21.Kg2 Kh8 22.h4 Bg7
23.h5 gxh5 24.Ne7 Ndc5 25.Nf5 Rxd1 26.Bxd1 Bf6 27.Ncd6 Nd8 28.Bxc5 bxc5 29.Qc3 Bc8
30.Qxc5 Bxf5 31.exf5 Nb7 32.Nxb7 Qxb7 33.Ra6 Kg7 34.Qd6 Qe7 35.Qxe7 Bxe7
36.Be2 Rc8 37.c4 Bc5 38.Bd3 Rd8 39.Rc6 Be3 40.Be4 Rd2+ 41.Kf1 Rd7 42.Bd5 Bg5
43.Kg2 h4 44.gxh4 Bxh4 45.Kh3 Bf6 46.Kg4 Be7 47.Be4 h6 48.c5 Rd2 49.Rc7 Bg5
50.f4 exf4 51.Rxa7 Kf6 52.b6  1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cervinka, Michal"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Bd6 6.c4 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.a3 Nbd7
9.b4 Qe7 10.c5 Bc7 11.Bd2 Rfd8 12.a4 a5 13.Na2 e5 14.Rc1 e4 15.dxe4 dxe4
16.Ne1 Ne5 17.h3 e3 18.fxe3 Be6 19.Qc2 Nc4 20.Nf3 Nxd2 21.Nxd2 Bxa2 22.Qxa2 Qxe3+  0-1

[Event "Wch U14 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Dziuba, Marcin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[ECO "A44"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bd3 Bg5 6.Nf3 Bxc1 7.Qxc1 Nf6 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 Nh5 10.g3 Bg4 11.Be2 g6 12.Qh6 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Ng7 14.Bg2 Nd7 15.Bh3 f5
16.exf5 Nxf5 17.Bxf5 Rxf5 18.Qe3 Qf8 19.f3 Qf7 20.Rad1 Nf6 21.Kg2 Qe8 22.b3 Kg7
23.h3 Qe7 24.Qf2 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grigutavicius, Dainius"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 c5 8.e3 Bb7
9.f3 h6 10.Bh4 d5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Bd3 d4 13.exd4 cxd4 14.Qc2 Nbd7 15.Ne2 Rc8
16.O-O e5 17.Bf2 Nc5 18.b4 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Qe7 20.Ng3 Rfe8 21.Rfe1 Qd7 22.Rac1 Re6
23.Nf1 Nh5 24.Bg3 Rce8  1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ngoc Trach Tran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.O-O e5 7.Nc3 Be6 8.d3 Be7
9.Bd2 O-O 10.a3 Rc8 11.Qa4 f6 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Rfc1 Rb8 14.Qd1 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Bxd5+ Qxd5 17.b4 Rfe8 18.Rab1 b6 19.bxc5 Bxc5 20.Bb4 Rbc8 21.Rb2  1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vavrak, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Bb7 11.e4 c5 12.e5 Ng4 13.Nxb5 cxd4 14.Nbxd4 Ngxe5 15.Bf4 Bf6
16.Qe2 Nxf3+ 17.Nxf3 Nb6 18.Be5 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qe7 20.Rac1 Rac8 21.f4 Bxe5
22.Qxe5 Nd7 23.Qe3 Nf6 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rd1 g6 26.h3 Nh5 27.Qe5  0-1

[Event "Wch U14 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Poliakov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nb3 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.f3 O-O 10.Be3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.c3 Bf5 14.Bxf5 Qxf5 15.Nc5 b6
16.Ne4 b5 17.a4 b4 18.Qe2 bxc3 19.bxc3 Rfc8 20.Rab1 Na5 21.Rb6 Nc4 22.Rb4 Nxe3
23.Qxe3 Qe6 24.Qd3 h6 25.c4 a5 26.Rbb1  0-1

[Event "Wch U14 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Zaremba, Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.b3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Bb2 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Be6 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.h3 Qa5
16.a3 a6 17.b4 Qb6 18.Na4 Qa7 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Rfd8 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Rxd5 Rxd5
23.Qxc8+ Rd8 24.Qc7 Qb8 25.Qxb8 Rxb8 26.Rd1 b6 27.Rd5 Kf8 28.Kf1 Ke7 29.Ke2 Ke6
30.Rd3 Be7 31.Rc3 Rb7 32.e4  1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Qd8
9.Qb3 Qc8 10.d5 exd5 11.cxd5 Bd6 12.Qe3+ Kf8 13.Qb3 Nbd7 14.Nc3 a6 15.a4 Qc7
16.O-O Re8 17.Be3 h6 18.Nh4 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 g6 20.Rac1 Kg7 21.Nf3 Qb8 22.Nd2 Ne5
23.Bf4 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.Nc3 b4 27.Na4 Rxd5 28.Ne4 Rf5 29.Nexc5 Bxc5
30.Nxc5 Rd8  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Schadler, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.O-O Qc7 12.Re1 Re8 13.a5 Ne5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Be3 Bf8
16.Na4 Qxa5 17.b4 Qd8 18.bxc5 Bd7 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Bg5 Bg7 21.Qf3 Bc8 22.Red1 h6
23.Be3 Nd7 24.Na4 Qf6 25.Qe2 g5 26.Rab1 Qg6 27.Rb3 Nf6 28.f3 Nh5 29.Rb6 f6
30.d6 Bd7 31.Bc4+ Kh7 32.Nc3 Nf4 33.Bxf4 gxf4 34.Rdb1  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.g3 c6 6.Nxe7 Qxe7 7.Bg2 f5 8.c5 e4
9.b4 dxc5 10.bxc5 Qf7 11.Bf4 Ne7 12.Bd6 O-O 13.Nh3 Re8 14.O-O Nd5 15.Qc2 Nd7
16.Nf4 N7f6 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Rab1 b5 19.cxb6 axb6 20.Qxc6 Ba6 21.Qc2 Rec8
22.Qd2 Nc3 23.Rxb6 Nxe2+ 24.Kh1 Bd3 25.Be5 Nc3 26.Rc1 Nd5 27.Rxc8+ Rxc8 28.Rb2 h6
29.h3 Kh7 30.a4 Rc4 31.a5 Ra4 32.Ra2 Qd7 33.Kh2 Rxa2 34.Qxa2 Nb4 35.Qb3 Nd5
36.Qa3 Ne7 37.Qc5 Qb7 38.Bd6 Nd5 39.Be5 Ne7 40.Qd6 Ng6 41.Qb6 Qc8 42.Qc7 Qxc7
43.Bxc7 Ne7 44.Kg1 Nd5 45.Bb6 Kg6 46.Bf1 f4 47.Bc5 Kf5 48.a6 Nc7 49.a7 f3
50.Bf8 Kf6 51.d5  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 d5 5.Nc3 Be7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bf4 O-O 8.e3 Bb7
9.Be2 c5 10.Ne5 Na6 11.Qa4 Nc7 12.Nc6 Bxc6 13.Qxc6 Ne6 14.Be5 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Rc8
16.Qb5 Nxd4 17.exd4 Ne4 18.Nxd5 Bc5 19.dxc5 Rxc5 20.Qb4 Qxd5 21.Rd1 Qe5 22.O-O Nf6
23.Rfe1 Qc7 24.Bf3 h6 25.g3 Rd8 26.Kg2 g5 27.Rd4 Kg7 28.h3 Rxd4 29.Qxd4 Rc4
30.Qe5 Qxe5 31.Rxe5 Kf8 32.Re3 Rc8 33.b4 Rc1 34.Bb7 Rc7 35.Ba8 Rc8 36.Bb7 Rc7
37.Ba8 Rc8 38.Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Itkis, Boris"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Bd2 Re8
9.O-O e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nb5 Bb8 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Rxe5 14.Rac1 Rh5 15.f4 Bd7
16.h3 Bxb5 17.Bxb5 a6 18.Bd3 Ba7 19.Qc7 Ne4 20.Qxd8+ Rxd8 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Rc2 g5
23.Kh1 g4 24.Kh2 Rhd5 25.Bc1 h5 26.Rc7 R5d7 27.Rxd7 Rxd7 28.Kg3 gxh3 29.gxh3 Kg7
30.Rf2 Rd3 31.Re2 Kg6 32.Bd2 Kf5 33.Kf2 Bc5 34.Ke1 b6 35.a3 a5 36.Kd1 a4
37.Kc2 Rd6 38.Be1 Rg6 39.b3 axb3+ 40.Kxb3 Rd6 41.Bd2 Rd3+ 42.Kc4 Bxa3 43.Rg2 f6
44.Re2 Bc5 45.Kb5 Ke6 46.Kc4 Kd7 47.Kb5 Kd6 48.Bc1 f5 49.h4 Ba3  0-1

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 b6 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.f4 O-O-O 15.O-O-O c5
16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Ba6 Rd5 18.Bxb7+ Qxb7 19.Be3 Bxe3+ 20.Qxe3 Rhd8 21.Qc3+ Rc5
22.Rxd8+ Kxd8 23.Rd1+ Ke8 24.Qg3 g6 25.Qf2 Rd5 26.Re1 Kf8 27.c4 Rd8 28.g3 Qc7
29.Qf3 Nd7 30.Qa3+ Nc5 31.Rd1 Rxd1+ 32.Kxd1 Kg7 33.Qc3 f6 34.Nd3 g5 35.fxg5 hxg5
36.b4 Nxd3 37.Qxd3 Qc6 38.Kd2 Qg2+ 39.Kc3 Qxa2 40.Qd7+ Kg6 41.c5 Qa3+ 42.Kc4 bxc5
43.bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O d6 7.e3 O-O 8.d4 Ba7
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Nb4 13.e4 Bd7 14.a3 Bb5 15.Qd2 f5
16.Ng5 f4 17.Nf3 fxg3 18.hxg3 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Rxf3 20.Bxf3 Rf8 21.Qxb4 Qxb4
22.axb4 Rxf3 23.b5 Rxf2+ 24.Ke1 Rf6 25.Bg5 Rg6 26.bxa6 bxa6 27.Bh4 Kf7 28.Rc1 Bb6
29.Ke2 Ke8 30.b3 Rg4 31.Kf3 h5 32.d6 cxd6 33.Rc6 Bc5 34.Rc8+ Kf7 35.Bd8 Rg6
36.Ra8 Re6 37.Rxa6 Re8 38.Bc7 Ke6 39.Ra4 Rc8 40.Ba5 Bd4 41.Bd2 Rc2 42.Bg5 Rf2+  0-1

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fiorito, Fabian"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.b3 Ne7 8.c4 Ng6 9.Na3 Nf4
10.Bxf4 Bxa3 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Rb1 Be7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Qe3 Bg6 16.Rfd1 a6
17.Rbc1 Bxd3 18.Rxd3 Kh7 19.g4 Rc8 20.Kg2 Kg8 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.h4 f5
24.g5 h5 25.Rc3 Qb8 26.g6 Rc8 27.Bg5 Bb4 28.Rc1 Nf8 29.Rg1 Rc3 30.Qe2 Rc6
31.Kh1 Qe8 32.Nh2 Bc3 33.Qxh5 Bxd4 34.Qe2 Qc8 35.Be7 Rc1 36.Qh5  0-1

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Juswanto, Denny"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.O-O Nbd7 6.b3 e6 7.Bb2 Be7 8.c4 O-O
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.e3 a5 11.Nd2 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Nf6 13.Re1 b5 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 Bxe4 17.Rxe4 Re8 18.Qf3 Bf8 19.Rd1 Qc7 20.Rde1 Red8 21.Rg4 f5 22.Rh4 Qd7
23.g4 Bb4 24.gxf5 exf5 25.Re5 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Re8 27.Rf4 Rxe5 28.dxe5 Qd1+ 29.Kg2 Re8
30.cxb5 cxb5 31.Qc6 Qh5 32.Qd5+ Kh8 33.Rf3 h6 34.h3 Qg5+ 35.Rg3 Qf4 36.Re3 Qg5+
37.Rg3 Qh4 38.Re3 f4 39.Re1 Qg5+ 40.Kh2 f3 41.Qxf3 Rxe5 42.Qf8+ Kh7 43.f4 Qf5
44.Qxf5+ Rxf5 45.Kg3 Rc5 46.Re6 Rc3+ 47.Kg4 a4 48.bxa4 bxa4 49.Ra6 Ra3 50.f5 Rxa2
51.Ra7 Kg8 52.f6 g6 53.Kf4 a3 54.Ke5 Re2+ 55.Kf4 a2 56.h4 Kf8 57.h5 gxh5
58.Kf5 h4 59.Kg4 Rh2 60.Kf5 Rg2 61.Ra8+ Kf7 62.Ra7+ Ke8 63.Ra8+ Kd7 64.f7 h3
65.f8=Q Rf2+ 66.Kg4 h5+ 67.Kxh3 Rxf8 68.Rxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 c5 3.c4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 Bf5 11.e4 Be6 12.b3 Nd7 13.Be3 a6 14.Rac1 Qa5 15.Qd2 Rfe8
16.Nd5 Qxd2 17.Bxd2 Rac8 18.Nf4 Nc5 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Be3 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.Rfd1 b4
23.Rc4 Bc3 24.e5 Red8 25.Bh3 Kf7 26.a4 Bxe5 27.Rxb4 d5 28.a5 Bd6 29.Rb6 Nd7
30.Rb7 Rb8 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.Rb1 Ne5 33.Bf1 d4 34.Bf4 g5 35.Bxe5 Bxe5 36.a6 Bd6
37.Ra1 Bc5 38.Ra5 Ba7 39.Bc4 Kf6 40.Kf1 e5 41.Rd5 e4 42.Rd7 Bb6 43.g4 h6
44.f3 e3 45.Ke2 Bc5 46.Rc7 Bd6 47.Rc6 Ke5 48.a7 Ra8 49.Ra6 e6 50.b4 h5 51.b5 hxg4
52.b6 gxf3+ 53.Kxf3 Rf8+ 54.Kg4 Rf4+ 55.Kxg5 Be7+ 56.Kg6  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.g3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e6 7.e3 Nf6 8.d4 O-O 9.b3 Rb8
10.Bb2 a6 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Qe2 b6 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.Na4 Qc7 15.Bc3 Re8 16.Ng5 h6
17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 e5 19.Bb2 Bb7 20.Nc3 Nd4 21.Qd3 Nf3+ 22.Kg2 Ng5 23.Bxb7 Qxb7+
24.Qd5 e4 25.Qxb7 Rxb7 26.Rd5 Ne6 27.Ba1 f5 28.Na4 Bf8 29.Rfd1 b5 30.Nc3 bxc4
31.bxc4 Rbb8 32.Rd7 Rbd8 33.Nd5 Rxd7 34.Nf6+ Kf7 35.Nxd7 Bg7 36.Bxg7 Kxg7
37.Rd5 Rc8 38.Rd6 Rd8 39.Rxe6 Rxd7 40.Rxa6 Rd2 41.Ra5 Rc2 42.Rxc5 Rxa2 43.g4 f4
44.exf4 e3 45.Kf3 exf2 46.Kg2 Rc2 47.Kf1 Kf6 48.Rc6+ Kg7 49.Rc8 Kf6 50.c5 Rc4
51.c6 Ke7 52.Kxf2 Rxf4+ 53.Kg3 Rc4 54.c7 g5 55.h3 Kd6 56.Kf3 Rc3+ 57.Ke4 Rxh3
58.Kf5 Rh4 59.Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kalinin, Alexander"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f3 Rb8 11.Kb1 b5 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Ne2 e5 14.Nc3 Be7 15.Be2 Be6
16.Nd5 Rc8 17.c3 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bf5+ 19.Ka1 Qb7 20.f4 exf4 21.Bd4 O-O 22.Qxf4 Bg6
23.h4 Rfe8 24.Bd3 Bf8 25.Bxg6 fxg6 26.Qg4 Kh7 27.h5 Qf7 28.hxg6+ Qxg6 29.Qxg6+ Kxg6
30.Rde1 Rxe1+ 31.Rxe1 Kf5 32.Kb1 Kf4 33.Re3 h5 34.Kc2 h4 35.Kd3 Kg4 36.Ke2 g5
37.Kf2 Kf5 38.Re6 Kg4 39.Re4+ Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.Nb3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 b6 10.f4 Bb7 11.Bf3 Na5 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Rae1 Nxb3 14.cxb3 e6 15.Rc1 Rac8
16.e5 Ne8 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Nb5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Qd7 20.a4 dxe5 21.fxe5 a6 22.Nc3 Qd4+
23.Kh1 Nc7 24.Be7 Re8 25.Bd6 Nd5 26.Nxd5 exd5 27.Rd1 Qe4 28.Re1 Bxe5 29.Qf2 Bxd6
30.Rxe4 dxe4 31.g3 Bc5 32.Qe2 a5 33.Kg2 e3 34.Kf3 Re6 35.h4 Rf6+ 36.Ke4 Rf2
37.Qb5 Kg7 38.Qe8 e2 39.Kd3 Rf3+ 40.Kxe2 Re3+ 41.Qxe3 Bxe3 42.Kxe3 Kf6 43.Kd4 Kf5
44.Kc4 Kg4 45.Kb5 Kxg3 46.Kxb6 f5 47.b4 axb4 48.a5 f4 49.a6 f3 50.a7 f2 51.a8=Q f1=Q
52.Qh8 h5 53.Ka5 Qf4 54.Qd8 Kh3 55.b3 Qxh4 56.Qd3+ Qg3 57.Qf1+ Kg4 58.Qd1+ Kh4
59.Qh1+ Kg5 60.Qd5+ Kh6 61.Kxb4 h4 62.Ka4 h3 63.b4 h2 64.Qd4 Qc7 65.Qh4+ Kg7
66.Qd4+ Kg8 67.Qe4 Qd7+ 68.Ka3 Qh3+ 69.Ka4 h1=Q 70.Qxg6+ Kf8 71.Qf6+ Ke8
72.Qg6+ Ke7 73.Qg7+ Kd6 74.Qf8+ Ke5 75.Qg7+ Ke4 76.Qe7+ Kd3  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Qc2 e5 12.Rad1 Qe7 13.Bd3 Re8 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Bf5 Nf8
16.Bxc8 Raxc8 17.c5 Nxg3 18.cxd6 Qxd6 19.hxg3 exd4 20.Nxd4 Qg6 21.Nf5 Re6
22.Rd2 Nh7 23.Ne2 Rf8 24.Rfd1 Nf6 25.f3 Nh5 26.g4 Nf6 27.Kf2 Nd5 28.e4 Nf4
29.Ned4 Bxd4+ 30.Rxd4 Qf6 31.Rh1 Qe5 32.g3 Ng6 33.Qd2 Ne7 34.Nxh6 Kg7 35.Nf5+ Kf6
36.f4  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O c5 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rc1 Na5 12.Ne5 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 Nd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 exd5
16.Rc3 Bd6 17.Nd3 Bf5 18.Nf4 Bxf4 19.Bxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 Be7 11.Be2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.e5 b4 14.exf6 bxc3 15.Bxc3 gxf6
16.f5 e5 17.Ba5 Qa7 18.Rhf1 Bb7 19.Bf3 Rc8 20.Bb4 Rd8 21.Bd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Rg8
23.Rd3 Qd7 24.c4 Rg5 25.Qe4 h5 26.b3 Rg4 27.Qd5 Rg5 28.Qf3 Rg4 29.Qd5 Rg5
30.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Nbd2 c5
9.Ne1 e6 10.Nc2 Rb8 11.a4 exd5 12.cxd5 Re8 13.Re1 c4 14.Na3 Qc7 15.Naxc4 Nxc4
16.Qc2 Bd7 17.Qxc4 Rbc8 18.Qb4 Re5 19.Nf3 Re4 20.Qb3 Qc4 21.Qxc4 Rexc4 22.b3 Rb4
23.Ba3 Rxb3 24.Nd2 Rb6 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Bxa4 27.Nc4 Ra6 28.Bxd6 b5 29.Nb6 h5
30.Nc8 Bb3 31.Bc5 Ra2 32.d6 Be6 33.Nxa7 b4 34.Nb5 b3 35.Nc3 Ra5 36.Bd4 b2
37.Rf1 Ne8 38.Bd5 Bxd4 39.Bxe6 Nxd6  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.02.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.g4 e5 7.Nf5 g6 8.Ng3 Be6
9.Nd5 Bg7 10.Bg2 Nf6 11.g5 Nd7 12.h4 O-O 13.h5 Nb6 14.c3 Rc8 15.O-O Bxd5
16.exd5 Ne7 17.Be3 Qd7 18.Bxb6 axb6 19.Ne4 f5 20.gxf6 Bxf6 21.Qd3 Bh4 22.Bh3 Nf5
23.Kh2 Kh8 24.Rg1 gxh5 25.Ng5 Qa4 26.Ne6 Ne7 27.Rg2 Rg8 28.Rag1 Rxg2+ 29.Rxg2 Rg8
30.Rxg8+ Kxg8 31.Qf3 Qe8 32.Nc7 Qg6 33.Be6+ Kg7 34.Bd7 e4 35.Qf4 Bg5 36.Ne6+ Kh6
37.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.02.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 Qe7
9.O-O b6 10.a4 a5 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Rac1 Rac8 13.Rfd1 c5 14.Nb5 Bb8 15.Qb1 e5
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Qf5 Rce8 19.Qxe5 Qxe5 20.Nxe5 Rxe5 21.Bf3 Rb8
22.Nc7 d4 23.exd4 cxd4 24.Rxd4 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Rc8 26.Nb5 Rg5+ 27.Kf1 Rh5 28.Rcd1 Kf8
29.Kg2 Rg5+ 30.Kh1 Re8 31.Nc3 Rf5 32.R4d3 g6 33.Kg2 Re6 34.Re3 Rc6 35.Ne2 Rg5+
36.Ng3 h5 37.Rd4 Kg7 38.h4 Rgc5 39.f4 Rc7 40.Red3 R7c6 41.Rd6 Kf8 42.f5 Ke7
43.Rxc6 Rxc6 44.fxg6 fxg6 45.Ne2 Nd7 46.Nf4 Nc5 47.Re3+ Kf7 48.Kg3 Rd6 49.Nd5 Re6
50.Kf4 Rxe3 51.fxe3 Nxb3 52.Nxb6 Nc5 53.e4 Ne6+ 54.Ke3 g5 55.hxg5 h4 56.Nc8 h3
57.Nd6+ Kg6 58.Kf2 Nc5 59.Kg3 Kxg5 60.e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Bxf3 4.gxf3 Nf6 5.e3 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Bg2 e6 8.d3 g6
9.c4 Bg7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Na4 Qd6 13.Rb1 Rac8 14.Bc1 b6 15.a3 dxe3
16.fxe3 Rfd8 17.Nb2 e5 18.Kh1 exf4 19.exf4 Nd4 20.Na4 Nf5 21.Rb2 Nh5 22.Rc2 Bh6
23.Bh3 Qxd3 24.Qxd3 Rxd3 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.Nc3 Nf6 27.Bb2 Kf8 28.Kg2 Re8 29.Bc1 Bg7
30.Rf3 Red8 31.b4 Rxf3 32.Kxf3 Rd3+ 33.Kg2 Ne4 34.Nd5 Bd4 35.Nc7 h5 36.Nb5 h4
37.Nxd4 cxd4 38.Bb2 h3+ 39.Kf1 Rf3+ 40.Ke2 Re3+ 41.Kf1 d3 42.Rc1 Re2  0-1

[Event "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qc2 Qa5
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O c4 11.Bf5 Re8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bxd7 Nxd7 14.Rae1 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nb6
16.f3 Qa4 17.Qb2 Qc6 18.e4 Be6 19.Re3 Na4 20.Qc1 b5 21.Qe1 Nb6 22.Qh4 Nd7
23.g4 b4 24.e5 bxc3 25.Qh6 Kh8 26.Ne4 f5 27.exf6 Rg8 28.Nxc3 Raf8 29.Qh4 Qb6
30.Rxe6 Qxe6 31.Re1 Rxf6 32.Rxe6 Rxe6 33.Nxd5 Rb8 34.Bf4  1-0

[Event "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Bg7 8.c3 Bd7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 O-O-O 12.O-O c5 13.Nf3 Nf6 14.Re1 Rhe8 15.Nfd2 Nh5
16.Na3 Bc6 17.Nb3 Rxe4 18.Rxe4 Bxe4 19.Nxc5 Bd5 20.Nb5 Bc4 21.a4 Rd5 22.b4 Bxb5
23.axb5 Bxc3 24.Rc1 Bxb4 25.Na4 Nxg3 26.hxg3 Rxb5  0-1

[Event "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Kh1 d6
9.f4 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.a4 Rb8 12.g4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Ba7 Ra8
16.g5 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Rxa7 18.Bd3 Be6 19.Qh5 Qc6 20.Rf3 g6 21.Qh6 Bg4 22.Rf6 Qd5
23.Raf1 Be2 24.Re1 Bh5 25.Kg1 Qd7 26.Rf2 Qg4+ 27.Kh1 Qh4 28.Kg1 Qg4+ 29.Kh1 Qh3
30.Kg1 Bg4 31.Nf6+ Bxf6 32.Qxh3 Bxh3 33.Rxf6 Re8 34.a5 Raa8 35.Re3 Bg4 36.Bc4 Re7
37.Bd5 Rd8 38.c4 Kg7 39.Rb6 Bc8 40.Kf2 h6 41.h4 hxg5 42.hxg5 Rh8 43.Bf3 Rh2+
44.Kg3 Rh3+ 45.Kf2 Rh4 46.Re4 Rh2+ 47.Kg3 Rh3+ 48.Kg2 Bf5 49.Re2 e4 50.Bxe4 Rh5
51.Bf3 Rxe2+ 52.Bxe2 Rxg5+ 53.Kf2 Be4 54.b4 Rg2+ 55.Ke3 f5 56.b5 g5 57.bxa6 bxa6
58.Rxa6 g4 59.Re6 g3 60.Bf3 Bxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg2 Na5 8.b3 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qc2 Rac8 11.Rfd1 c5 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 cxd4 14.Rxd4 d6 15.Rad1 Rfd8
16.Bb4 Ne8 17.R4d2 Nc6 18.Bc3 e5 19.Bh3 Rb8 20.Nh4 g6 21.Ng2 Bc8 22.Bxc8 Rdxc8
23.b4 Qe6 24.Ne3 Ne7 25.Qd3 b5 26.cxb5 d5 27.Ba1 d4 28.Ng2 Nf6 29.f4 Qh3
30.g4 Qxg4 31.h3 Qe6 32.fxe5 Nh5 33.Bxd4 Rd8 34.e4 Rd7 35.a4 a6 36.bxa6 Rxb4
37.a7 Rxa4 38.Qb5 Qc6 39.Qxc6 Nxc6 40.Bc5 Rxd2 41.Rxd2 Kg7 42.Rd7 Ng3 43.e6 Ne5
44.Ne1 Ra1 45.Rxf7+ Kh6 46.e7  1-0

[Event "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 a6 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxe2
9.Ngxe2 e6 10.h3 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Na4 Ne4 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Nc5 Nxc5
16.Rxc5 Ne7 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Qd2 h6 19.Rc1 Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Be2 d6 11.O-O Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Rfd1 Qb8 14.f3 Rd8 15.Bd4 a6
16.b4 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O h6
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.c5 Bb8 11.e4 e5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bf1 Nxc3 14.bxc3 e4 15.Re1 Nf6
16.g3 Bf5 17.Bb2 Bh7 18.Qb3 Ng4 19.Re2 e3 20.Rxe3 Nxe3 21.Re1 Qd7 22.Rxe3 Bc7
23.Ba3 Rab8 24.Qa4 Rfe8 25.c4 Bf5 26.Bc1 Bg4 27.Qd1 b6 28.Ba3 Rxe3 29.fxe3 bxc5
30.Bxc5 Qe6 31.Qe2 Rb1 32.Kf2 Qe4 33.Bg2 Rc1 34.h3 Rc2 35.hxg4 Bxg3+ 36.Kf1 Rxe2
37.Kxe2 Qxg4 38.Kf1 Qf5 39.Ke2 Qc2+ 40.Nd2 Bc7 41.Be4 Qxa2  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT9697 final"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1997.05.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Roos, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 Nd7
9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.h3 Rb8 12.Qe2 b5 13.Bb3 Nb6 14.Rd1 a5 15.a3 Bd7 16.Bg5 Rbe8
17.Qe3 a4 18.Ba2 Be6 19.Bf4 Qb7 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Ng5 Qc8 22.Qg3 Bf6 23.Nf3 Rf7
24.e5 Bg7 25.Ng5 Rf5 26.Ne4 Qd7 27.Bg5 Qd5 28.Re1 Nc4 29.h4 Kh8 30.Qg4 Ref8
31.Bxe7 Rf4 32.Qe2 R8f7 33.Bg5 R4f5 34.Bf6 h5 35.f3 Kg8 36.Ng3 R5xf6 37.exf6 Rxf6
38.Ne4 Rf5 39.Ng5 Bh6 40.Qxe6+ Qxe6 41.Rxe6 Bf8 42.Rxg6+ Kh8 43.Rxc6 Nxa3
44.Ne6  1-0

[Event "FRA-chT9697 final"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1997.05.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.Rd1 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 Bd7 13.Nbd2 Nh5 14.Nf1 g6 15.g3 Nc4 16.h4 Ng7
17.b3 Nb6 18.Bh6 c4 19.b4 a5 20.a3 Ra6 21.h5 axb4 22.axb4 Rfa8 23.Rxa6 Rxa6
24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Kg2 Qa7 26.Bc1 Ra2 27.Ne3 f5 28.Rh1 f4 29.gxf4 exf4 30.Nd1 g5
31.Nd4 Bf6 32.Rh6 Be5 33.Nf5 Bxf5 34.exf5 Nxd5 35.Qf3 Nf6 36.Be4 Nxe4 37.Qxe4 Qa8
38.Qxa8+ Rxa8 39.f6 Nf5 40.Rg6+ Kf7 41.Rxg5 Kxf6  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT9697 final"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1997.05.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Sellos, Didier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O a6 12.b4 g6 13.Rfc1 Nf8 14.Ne2 Ne6 15.Bh4 Nd7
16.Bg3 c6 17.Qb1 a5 18.bxa5 Rxa5 19.a4 Qa8 20.Nc3 Ba6 21.Bc2 Bf6 22.Bd6 Bb7
23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Bd8 25.f4 d4 26.exd4 Nxd4 27.Bd3 Bc8 28.Ne2 Nxe2+ 29.Bxe2 Rxa4
30.Rxa4 Qxa4 31.Rc4 Qa8 32.Bf3 Bd7 33.Qc1 b5 34.Bxc6 Bb6+ 35.Kh1 Bxc6 36.Rxc6 Be3
37.Qc3 Bd2 38.Qxd2 Qxc6 39.h3 Rc8 40.Kh2 Qe4 41.Be7 h6 42.Bf6 Kh7  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT9697 final"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1997.05.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bh4 d5 4.f3 Nd6 5.c3 Nd7 6.Nd2 c5 7.e3 g6 8.dxc5 Nxc5
9.Nb3 Nxb3 10.axb3 Bh6 11.Bf2 O-O 12.Qxd5 Be6 13.Qa5 Bxb3 14.Qxd8 Rfxd8 15.Ne2 e5
16.Nc1 Bc2 17.Nd3 e4 18.Nb4 Bb3 19.Ra3 Bc4 20.fxe4 Bxf1 21.Rxf1 Nxe4 22.Nc2 Rd2
23.Ra4 Rad8  0-1

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Nc2 d6 10.e4 Nd7 11.Qd2 a6 12.b3 Rb8 13.Bb2 b5 14.Ne3 bxc4 15.Nxc4 Bb7
16.Nd5 Nce5 17.Na5 Nf6 18.f4 Nxd5 19.fxe5 Nb6 20.Qf2 Qd7 21.Nxb7 Rxb7 22.Bh3 Qe7
23.exd6 cxd6 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Rad1 Rbb8 26.Rd3 Kg8 27.Qd4 Qxe4 28.Qxe4 Rxe4
29.Rxd6 a5 30.Rff6 Rb4 31.Rf3 a4 32.Rdf6 axb3 33.axb3 Rb7 34.Rxf7 Rxf7 35.Be6 Kh8
36.Rxf7 Re4 37.Re7 h5 38.Kf2 Re5 39.h3 Nd5 40.Re8+ Kg7 41.Bd7 Rxe8 42.Bxe8 h4
43.gxh4 Kh6 44.Bc6 Nb4 45.Bf3 g5 46.hxg5+ Kxg5 47.Ke3 Nc2+ 48.Kd3 Ne1+ 49.Ke4 Nc2
50.Bd1 Nb4 51.Kd4 Kh4 52.Bg4  1-0

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qc2 Qa5
9.Bd3 c4 10.Bf5 O-O 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Re8 13.Nd2 g6 14.Bxd7 Nxd7 15.Rae1 Nb6
16.f3 Bd7 17.h4 Na4 18.Rc1 f6 19.Bf4 Re6 20.e4 Rae8 21.Rfe1 Bc6 22.e5 fxe5
23.Bxe5 Nc5 24.Re3 Nd3 25.Rxd3 cxd3 26.Qxd3 Qxa2 27.f4 Bd7 28.h5 Rb6 29.hxg6 Rxg6
30.Rf1 Bf5 31.Qxf5 Qxd2 32.Qh3 Qe2 33.f5 Rf8 34.Rf4 Rg5 35.f6 h6 36.f7+ Kh7
37.Bd6 Rh5 38.Qxh5  1-0

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Glek, Igor V"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 O-O
9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Rhg1 a6 11.g4 b5 12.g5 bxc4 13.Qxc4 Bb7 14.gxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6
16.Qxc6 Bxc6 17.Rxd6 Rfc8 18.Bd4 Be7 19.Bxg7 Bxd6 20.Bh6+ Kh8 21.Bg7+ Kg8
22.Be5+ Kf8 23.Bxd6+ Ke8 24.Rg7 h5 25.Rh7 Bb7 26.f3 Rc4 27.Ba3 Rac8 28.Kd2 R8c7
29.Rxh5 f5 30.exf5 exf5 31.Rxf5 Rh4 32.Ke3 Kd7 33.Rf7+ Kc8 34.Rf8+ Kd7 35.Rf7+ Kc8
36.Rxc7+ Kxc7 37.Ne2 Rxh2 38.Nd4 Rh4 39.Bc5 Kd7 40.a4 Bc6 41.b3 Bb7 42.c4 Bc6
43.a5 Rh1 44.Bb4 Bb7 45.Bd2 Rh4 46.Bc3 Rh1 47.Kf2 Rd1 48.Ke2 Rh1 49.Be1 Kd6
50.Bg3+ Kc5 51.Nc2 Rc1 52.Bf2+ Kd6 53.Nd4 Ke5 54.Be3 Ra1 55.b4 Ra4 56.Nb3 Rxb4
57.Nc5 Rb2+ 58.Kd3 Bxf3 59.Bd4+ Kd6 60.Nxa6 Ra2 61.Bc5+ Kd7 62.Bb4 Kc6 63.Kc3 Be2
64.Nc5 Rxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Casagrande, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "A44"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 f5 5.e4 f4 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5+ Ke7 8.Qxe5+ Kf7
9.Bxf4 a6 10.Bc4 b5 11.d6+ bxc4 12.Qd5+ Be6 13.Qxa8 g5 14.Be5 Bg7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.O-O-O Nf6 17.e5 Ng4 18.Qa7+ Nd7 19.Ne4 c3 20.Nxc5 cxb2+ 21.Kb1 Re8 22.Qc7 Bf5
23.e6 Qxc7 24.dxc7 Nb6 25.Rd8 Nf6 26.Rhd1 Nc8 27.Kxb2 Ne7 28.Rxe8  1-0

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wach, Markus"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 c6 6.Bb3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.O-O Qe7
9.Rd1 O-O 10.Nbd2 a5 11.a4 Na6 12.Nc4 Nc5 13.Ncxe5 Nfxe4 14.Bxf7+ Rxf7 15.Nxf7 Kxf7
16.Ng5+ Nxg5 17.Qxe7+ Kxe7 18.Bxg5+ Kf7 19.Be3 Ne6 20.c3 Nc7 21.Bd4 Be6 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Rd4 Kf6 24.Re1 Re8 25.f4 Kf7 26.Re5 Bd5 27.Rxe8 Kxe8 28.f5 gxf5 29.Rh4 Bg8
30.Rf4 Be6 31.Rh4 Bg8 32.Rf4 b6 33.Rxf5 Na6 34.Rf4 Bb3 35.Rf6 Kd7 36.g4 Nc5
37.h4 Nxa4 38.Rf2 Ke7 39.g5 Bf7 40.Kh2 b5 41.Kg3 Nc5 42.Kg4 a4 43.h5 Be6+
44.Kh4 Ne4 45.Rf4 Nd6 46.Rf2 c5 47.g6 h6 48.g7 Ne8 49.Rg2 Nf6 50.Rf2 Bd5
51.Rf5 Ke6 52.Rf1 Bc4 53.Rf2 Ke5 54.Rc2 Ke4 55.Rg2 Kd3 56.Rf2 Ng8 57.Kg3 b4
58.cxb4 cxb4 59.Kf4 Bb3 60.Kf5 a3 61.bxa3 bxa3 62.Rf3+ Kc2 63.Rxb3 Kxb3 64.Ke6 a2
65.Kf7 a1=Q 66.Kxg8 Kc2 67.Kh7 Qa7 68.Kh8 Qd4 69.Kh7 Qe4+ 70.Kh8 Qe5 71.Kh7 Qf5+
72.Kh8 Qxh5 73.g8=Q Qg5 74.Qc4+ Kd2 75.Qd4+ Ke2 76.Qc4+ Kf3 77.Qf1+ Kg3 78.Qg1+ Kf4
79.Qf2+ Ke5 80.Qb2+ Kf5 81.Qc2+ Kf6 82.Qc6+ Kf7 83.Qc4+ Kg6 84.Qe4+ Qf5 85.Qg2+ Qg5
86.Qe4+ Kf7 87.Qc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Qb3 Nd7 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Rd2 Rfe8
16.Kh1 Qb8 17.Qd1 Ba8 18.f3 Nce5 19.Qg1 Bd8 20.Rcd1 Bc7 21.Nc2 Bb7 22.b3 Ng6
23.Bf1 Nge5 24.Qf2 Ng6 25.Be2 Ne7 26.Bf4 e5 27.Be3 f5 28.exf5 Nxf5 29.Bd3 Rf8
30.Bxf5 Rxf5 31.Nb4 Nf6 32.Ncd5 Nxd5 33.Nxd5 Bxd5 34.Rxd5 Rcf8 35.h3 h6 36.Qg3 R5f6
37.Qg4 Qe8 38.Bc1 Kh8 39.Ba3 Rf4 40.Qg3 e4 41.Bb2 Qe7 42.Re1 b5 43.Qg6 Kg8
44.Rh5 Qf7 45.Rxh6 Qxg6 46.Rxg6 R8f7 47.Bc1 R4f5 48.Rxe4 bxc4 49.bxc4 d5
50.Re8+ Kh7 51.Rg4 dxc4 52.Rh4+ Kg6 53.Re6+ R5f6 54.Rxf6+ gxf6 55.Rxc4 Rd7
56.Bf4 Bb6 57.Rc6 Rd1+ 58.Kh2 Rb1 59.Kg3 a5 60.Be5 Bd8 61.Bd4 Rb4 62.Be5 Ra4
63.h4 Rxa2 64.h5+ Kf7 65.Rc8 Be7 66.Bf4 Ra1 67.Rc7 Ke6 68.Kh2 Ra4 69.g3 Rd4
70.Ra7 a4 71.h6 a3 72.Ra8 Rd5 73.g4 a2 74.Rxa2 Rd8 75.Kg3 Kf7 76.Ra7 Ke6
77.g5  1-0

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beim, Valery"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Bd6 6.Bxd6 Qxd6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.dxc5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nc6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.c3 Nxc5
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.O-O Qb6 11.Nb3 Na4 12.Qxd5 Nxb2 13.Nfd4 e5 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Qd6 Na4
16.Rac1 e4 17.Bc4 Nb2 18.Be2 Na4 19.Bc4 Nb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1997.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.e3 c5
9.dxc5 Qa5 10.Bxc4 Qxc5 11.Ne4 Qa5+ 12.Ke2 Be7 13.g4 Nd7 14.a3 Nf6 15.Ned2 Bd7
16.Rhg1 Rc8 17.Qb3 Qb6 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.Ne5 Ba4 20.Rac1 Bd6 21.Ndf3 Ke7 22.h4 Rhd8
23.g5 Nd7 24.Nxd7 Rxd7 25.Bd3 Rdc7 26.Rxc7+ Rxc7 27.Nd4 Be5 28.Rg4 Bd7 29.Re4 f6
30.gxh6 gxh6 31.f4 Bxd4 32.Rxd4 Rc5 33.Rb4 b5 34.Kf2 Kd6 35.Rd4+ Kc7 36.Be4 Bc6
37.Bxc6 Rc2+ 38.Kf3 bxc6 39.b4 Rc3 40.f5 exf5 41.Kf4 Rxa3 42.Kxf5 Rxe3 43.Kxf6 Rc3
44.Ke5 h5 45.Re4 c5 46.Kd5 cxb4 47.Rxb4 Kb6 48.Kd4 Rc5 49.Rb1 Rc4+ 50.Kd3 Rxh4
51.Kc3 Rc4+ 52.Kb3 h4 53.Rg1 Rc6 54.Rg5 Rh6  0-1

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1997.09.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E55"]

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 Nbd7
9.Qb3 a6 10.a4 Qe7 11.Rd1 Rd8 12.Qc2 cxd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bd3 h6 15.Bf4 Nbd5
16.Bg3 Bd7 17.Bh4 Rac8 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Qb3 a5 20.Ne5 Be6 21.f4 Qd6 22.Bb1 Kf8
23.Qf3 Qb6 24.Kh1 Be7 25.Qe2 Rc7 26.Be1 Kg8 27.f5 Bc8 28.Qb5 Qxb5 29.axb5 Bb4
30.Bxb4 axb4 31.g4 Ne4 32.Kg2 Nd6 33.Bd3 Nc4 34.Rdc1 Bd7 35.b6 Rcc8 36.Nxd7 Rxd7
37.b3 Nxb6 38.Rxc8+ Nxc8 39.f6 Nb6 40.fxg7 Rc7 41.Ra7 Kxg7 42.Kf2 Nc8 43.Ra8 Rc3
44.Ke3 Ne7 45.Rb8 Rxb3 46.h4 Ng6 47.h5 Nh4 48.Rxb7 Nf3 49.Kxf3 Rxd3+ 50.Kf4 Rxd4+
51.Kf5 Rd1 52.Rxb4 d4 53.Kf4 d3 54.Ke3 Kf6 55.Rf4+ Kg5 56.Rxf7 Kxg4 57.Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1997.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.Bc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Rb8 13.d5 exd5 14.exd5 Ne7 15.d6 Nf5
16.Rd1 O-O 17.d7 Bb7 18.O-O Qf6 19.Qf4 a6 20.g4 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Nh4 22.Qxf6 gxf6
23.Be4 Rfd8 24.Rd6 a5 25.f4 Ng6 26.h4 Kg7 27.h5 Nf8 28.h6+ Kxh6 29.g5+ Kg7
30.gxf6+ Kg8 31.Bc6 Ne6 32.f5 Nc7 33.Rd3 Rb6 34.Rc1 Na6 35.Re3 Rf8 36.Re8 Rb8
37.Bxb5  1-0

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1997.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 e4 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Ne7 7.Bf4 a6 8.f3 exf3
9.Nxf3 Nbc6 10.e4 Be6 11.Rd1 dxe4 12.d5 Nxd5 13.Rxd5 Bxd5 14.Nxd5 Bd6 15.Qxb7 O-O
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Qxc6 Qxc6 18.Ne7+ Kh8 19.Nxc6 exf3 20.Kf2 Rac8 21.Nb4 Rc1
22.Nd3 Ra1 23.Bg2 Rxa2 24.Bxf3 Rd8 25.Rc1 g6 26.Ke3 Kg7 27.Rc7 Ra5 28.Ra7 Rd6
29.g4 Rb5 30.b4 h5 31.gxh5 gxh5 32.Bb7 Rbb6 33.Bc8 Kf6 34.Nc5 Kg6 35.Rxa6 f5
36.h4 f4+ 37.Kf3 Rf6 38.Rxb6 Rxb6 39.Nd3 Rc6 40.Bb7 Rc3 41.Kxf4 Kf6 42.Be4 Rb3
43.Ke3 Rb1 44.Kd4 Rg1 45.b5 Ke6 46.b6  1-0

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O Qe7 11.Re1 Rd8 12.Qb3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 c5 14.d5 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.Red1 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 exd5 18.Bxd5 Be6 19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 Re8 6.a3 Bf8 7.d5 d6 8.g3 exd5
9.cxd5 c5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Bg2 d5 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.Re1 c5 15.Nde2 Qb6
16.Nf4 d4 17.Ncd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Qd6 19.e4 Qb8 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Qg4 Re6 22.Qh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 a6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c6 11.h3 Nd7 12.O-O Be7 13.a3 Bd6 14.Re1 Nf6 15.Ne5 c5
16.Qf3 Be6 17.Bf5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Nd7 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Qg4 Qe7 21.f4 Rae8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 Be7
9.e3 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bh4 Be6 13.O-O Rc8 14.Nd4 Nfe4 15.Bxe4 Nxe4
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nde2 Qg5 18.Qd3 Rfd8 19.Nf4 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Rc4 21.Rfc1 Rdc8
22.a4 Qe5 23.Ra3 R8c5 24.Qd2 Qd6 25.a5 Rb5 26.Raa1 a6 27.Ne2 Rcc5 28.c4 Rb3
29.Nd4 dxc4 30.Nxb3 Rd5 31.Nd4 Rh5 32.f4 Bd5 33.Rab1 Qe7 34.Nf3 Be4 35.Ra1 Rd5
36.Nd4 Bd3 37.Rc3 Qe4 38.Raa3 g5 39.Rxd3 cxd3 40.Rxd3 Rxa5 41.Nb3 Rb5 42.fxg5 Rxg5
43.g3 Rf5 44.Nd4 Rf6 45.Rc3 b5 46.Qc2 Qe5 47.Qd3 h5 48.Rc6 h4 49.gxh4 b4
50.Rxf6 Qxf6 51.Qe4 a5 52.Qa8+ Kh7 53.Qxa5 Qxh4 54.Qf5+ Kg8 55.Qc8+ Kh7 56.Qc2+ Kg8
57.Qf2 Qh5 58.Qg2+ Kf8 59.Qa8+ Kg7 60.Qf3 Qc5 61.Kg2 b3 62.Qg3+ Kh7 63.Qh4+ Kg7
64.Qg4+ Kf8 65.Qf4 Qb6 66.Nxb3 Qxb3 67.h4 Qd5+ 68.Kg3 Qh1 69.Kg4 Qg2+ 70.Kf5 Qg6+
71.Ke5 Qe6+ 72.Kd4 Qb6+ 73.Kd3 Qb3+ 74.Ke2 Qc2+ 75.Kf3 Qd1+ 76.Kg2 Qe2+ 77.Kg3 Qd1
78.Qb8+ Kg7 79.Qb2+ Kg6 80.Kf2 Qh1 81.Qc2+ f5 82.Kg3 Qg1+ 83.Kf3 Qg4+ 84.Kf2 Qxh4+
85.Kg2 Qg4+ 86.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.c3 e5
9.Re1 h6 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nc4 Re8 12.a4 b6 13.Nfd2 f5 14.a5 Rb8 15.axb6 axb6
16.Qb3 Be6 17.Qb5 Qc7 18.Nf1 Bf7 19.Nfe3 Nde7 20.Ra6 Na7 21.Qa4 Nac8 22.Nd5 Qd8
23.Nce3 b5 24.Nxe7+ Rxe7 25.Qa5 Qd7 26.Bc6 Qxd3 27.Rd1 Qe2 28.Ra8 Rxa8 29.Qxa8 Kh7
30.Qxc8 f4 31.Qg4 Qxg4 32.Nxg4 h5 33.Nxe5 Rxe5 34.gxf4 Re7 35.Bxb5 c4 36.Bc6 h4
37.h3 Rc7 38.Bf3 Be6 39.Bg4 Bf5 40.Be3 Bd3 41.Ra1 Bh6 42.Bf3 Rf7 43.Bd5 Rd7
44.Ra5 Bg7 45.Be6 Rb7 46.Ra7 Rxb2 47.Bd4 Rb1+ 48.Kg2 Be4+ 49.f3 Rb2+ 50.Kg1 Rb1+
51.Kf2 Rb7 52.Rxb7 Bxb7 53.Bxg7 Kxg7 54.Bxc4 Bc8 55.Kg2 Bf5 56.Bd5 Kf6 57.c4 Ke7
58.c5 Kd7 59.Be4 Kc7 60.Kf2 Bxh3 61.Bxg6 Kc6 62.Bh5 Be6 63.Bg4 Bb3 64.Kg2 Kxc5
65.Kh3 Kd6 66.Kxh4 Ke7 67.Kg5 Kf7 68.Kf5 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 Be7
9.e3 c5 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.Ne5 cxd4 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Rxd4 Ne4
16.Qxe4 Bxg5 17.Nxd5 Rfe8 18.Qd3 Qc6 19.Bf3 Qc2 20.Qxc2 Rxc2 21.Nb4 Rc7 22.Bxb7 Rxb7
23.Rc1 Bf6 24.Rd2 Kf8 25.Kf1 h5 26.Ke2 g6 27.Nd5 Be5 28.h3 Rd8 29.Rcd1 Rc8
30.f4 Bg7 31.e4 h4 32.Kf3 Re8 33.Rc1 Rd7 34.b3 f5 35.e5 g5 36.fxg5 Bxe5 37.Rcd1 Rg7
38.Nf6 Ree7 39.Rd8+ Kf7 40.Nd5 Rb7 41.Re1 Bh2 42.Ree8 Rxg5 43.Rf8+ Ke6 44.Kf2 Bg3+
45.Kf1 Bd6 46.Rf6+ Kxd5 47.Rdxd6+ Kc5 48.Rc6+ Kb5 49.Rce6 Rc7 50.Re5+ Ka6
51.Rexf5 Rc1+ 52.Ke2 Rxg2+ 53.Kd3 Ra1 54.a4 Rg3+ 55.Rf3 Rh1 56.Rxg3 hxg3
57.Rg6 Rxh3 58.Rg7 Ka5 59.Kc4 Rh4+ 60.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 Re8 6.g3 d5 7.Bg2 dxc4 8.O-O c6
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Ne4 Nb6 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.e4 e5 13.Be3 exd4 14.Bxd4 Qe7 15.a4 Be6
16.Nf4 Rad8 17.Be3 Ba5 18.Rfd1 h6 19.h3 Qf6 20.Bf1 c3 21.b3 Bb4 22.a5 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Bxa5 24.Bd4 Qe7 25.Ra1 Qb4 26.Nxe6 Rxe6 27.Be3 Rxe4 28.Bc5 Qxc5 29.Qxe4 g6
30.Rd1 Nd5 31.Bc4 Bb6 32.Qf3 a5 33.Rc1 Qa3 34.Rc2 Bd4 35.Bxd5 cxd5 36.Qxd5 Bf6
37.Qxb7 Qa1+ 38.Kg2 Qb1 39.Rxc3 Bxc3 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.Qxc3 Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 c5 10.e3 Qa5 11.Bd3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne4 13.Be7 Re8 14.Bb4 Qb6 15.a4 Ndc5
16.Bxc5 Qxc5 17.O-O Bd7 18.c4 Rac8 19.cxd5 Qxd5 20.Qb2 Nc5 21.Bc2 b6 22.Rfd1 Qg5
23.Nf3 Qe7 24.Rd4 Qf6 25.Qb1 g6 26.Rf4 Qc3 27.Ra2 Bxa4 28.h4 Bxc2 29.Rxc2 Qb3
30.Qc1 Rcd8 31.Nd4 Qd5 32.Qa1 a5 33.Qb1 Rd6 34.Rc1 a4 35.Nb5 Rd7 36.Nc3 Qa8
37.Rc4 Qa6 38.Rd4 Rxd4 39.exd4 Nb3 40.Rd1 Qc4 41.Ne4 Qe6 42.Nc3 Qc6 43.Qd3 a3
44.d5 Qf6 45.Ne4 Rxe4 46.Qxb3 Qd6 47.Ra1 Rxh4 48.Rxa3 Qh2+ 49.Kf1 Qh1+ 50.Ke2 Qxg2
51.Ra8+ Kg7 52.Re8 Qg4+ 53.f3 Qd4  0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9798"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O
9.Re1 b6 10.Bf1 Bb7 11.Nd5 Nd7 12.c3 e6 13.Ne3 Nc5 14.Nxc5 bxc5 15.Qa4 Qc7
16.Ba6 h6 17.Bd2 Rab8 18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.Nc4 g5 20.Rad1 Ne5 21.Bc1 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 Rd8
23.Rd3 Qe7 24.b3 Rbd7 25.Be3 Be5 26.Red1 Kh7 27.Qb5 Rb7 28.Qa5 Rc8 29.c4 Rg8
30.Qe1 g4 31.Qd2 h5 32.Kh1 Rb6 33.Bf4 Bd4 34.Be3 e5 35.Bxd4 exd4 36.Qf4 Qe6
37.Re1 Rbb8 38.Kg1 Rbe8 39.Rdd1 Re7 40.Kf1 Qe5 41.Qxe5 dxe5 42.Rd3 Kg6 43.Ke2 f5
44.exf5+ Kxf5 45.f3 e4 46.fxe4+ Rxe4+ 47.Kd2 Rxe1 48.Kxe1 Ke4 49.Rd2 Rf8  0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9798"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 O-O 6.g3 d5 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O c6
9.Rc1 Qe7 10.Qe3 dxc4 11.a4 Re8 12.Na3 e5 13.Nxc4 e4 14.Nfe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Ng4
16.Qxe4 Nxe5 17.Rd1 f5 18.Qxe5 Qxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5 20.Rd8+ Kf7 21.e4 Re8 22.Rxe8 Kxe8
23.a5 Ke7 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.a6 Rb8 26.axb7 Rxb7 27.Bxc6 Rxb2 28.Rxa7+ Kd6 29.Bf3 Bh3
30.Ra1 Ke7 31.Re1+ Kf6 32.Be2 Bf5 33.Bf1 Rb1 34.Rxb1 Bxb1 35.f3 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9798"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1997.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Qe2 f6 8.Nc4 Qd7
9.Rd1 c5 10.c3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Ne7 13.d3 Nc6 14.a3 Be7 15.Ne3 O-O
16.Nd5 Bd6 17.Qg4 Rad8 18.Qxd7 Rxd7 19.Kf1 Rfd8 20.Ke2 Kf7 21.Be3 a5 22.a4 Ne7
23.Nxe7 Rxe7 24.Rf1 h5 25.g3 h4 26.g4 g5 27.Rfd1 b6 28.Kd2 Red7 29.Kc2 Be7
30.Rd2 Ke6 31.Rad1 Kd6 32.f3 Kc6 33.Ra1 Rg8 34.Rf1 Rd6 35.Rfd1 Re6 36.Ra1 Rd8
37.Rf1 Kb7 38.Rfd1 Re8 39.Kb3 Bd6 40.Kc4 Kc6 41.Bg1 Rb8 42.Bh2 b5+ 43.axb5+ Rxb5
44.Ra1 Re8 45.b3 Reb8 46.Rb2 Ra8 47.Ra4 Rab8 48.Bg1 Ra8 49.Be3 Rab8 50.Bf2 R8b6
51.Bg1 Rb8 52.Be3 R8b6 53.Ra3 Ra6 54.Rba2 Ra8 55.Ra4 Ra6 56.Bd2 Rab6 57.R2a3 Ra6
58.Be1 Ra8 59.Bf2 Ra6 60.Be1 Ra8 61.Ra1 Rab8 62.R1a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.e4 Nbd7
9.Nge2 a6 10.O-O b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.a3 Nb6 13.b3 Qe7 14.h3 Bb7 15.Qe3 Nbd7
16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.d5 Ra6 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Qe8 21.Nc3 Nc5 22.Bf1 Rb8
23.a4 Nxb3 24.Rab1 Nd4 25.Bxb5 Nxb5 26.axb5 Rab6 27.Ra1 Nd7 28.Ra7 Qd8 29.Qf3 R6b7
30.Rxb7 Rxb7 31.Ne4 Qc7 32.Qc3 Qxc3 33.Nxc3 Kf8 34.Ra1 Ke7 35.Ra6 h5 36.Kf1 f5
37.h4 g6 38.Ke2 Nc5 39.Rc6 Nb3 40.Kd3 Kd7 41.Kc4 Nd4 42.f4 Rb8 43.fxe5 dxe5
44.Kc5 Nb3+ 45.Kb4 Nc1 46.b6 e4 47.Nb5 Nd3+ 48.Kc3 f4 49.Rxg6 f3 50.Rg7+ Kd8
51.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "Corsica rap op"]
[Site "Corsica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Villard, Patrick"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bf4 Nbd7 8.Qd2 Qc7
9.h3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Be3 b5 12.b4 a5 13.a3 Rd8 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.Qd6 Qxd6
16.Rxd6 axb4 17.axb4 Bf8 18.Rfd1 Bxd6 19.Rxd6 Ne8 20.Rd1 f6 21.Nd2 Nf8 22.Nb3 Rxd1+
23.Bxd1 Bc8 24.Na5 Bd7 25.Nb1 Nd6 26.Nd2 Nb7 27.Ndb3 Nxa5 28.Nxa5 Be6 29.Be2 Re8
30.c3 Nd7 31.Nb7 Kf8 32.f3 Ke7 33.Kf2 Rb8 34.Na5 Kd6 35.Ba7 Ra8 36.Be3 Kc7
37.Kg3 Nb6 38.Bh6 g5 39.Kf2 Rg8  0-1

[Event "Corsica rap op"]
[Site "Corsica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Peric, Slavisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 b5 6.e5 b4 7.exf6 bxc3 8.bxc3 Qa5
9.Qd2 gxf6 10.Bxc4 Nd7 11.Nf3 Nb6 12.Be2 c4 13.O-O Bb7 14.Rd1 Rd8 15.Qf4 Nxd5
16.Qxc4 Nxc3 17.Rxd8+ Kxd8 18.Bf1 Bxf3 19.Bd2 Qc7 20.Qd3+ Nd5 21.Rc1 Qb6
22.Rb1 Qc7 23.Rb5 Ke8 24.Rxd5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5  1-0

[Event "Corsica rap op"]
[Site "Corsica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e3 Be6
9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O h6 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Rc1 Bg4 13.Bb5 Na5 14.h3 Bf5 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.b4 a6 17.Be2 cxb4 18.axb4 Bxb4 19.Nd4 Be6 20.Qa4 Be7 21.Rfd1 Nb7 22.Nc6 Qe8
23.Nxe7+ Qxe7 24.Qd4 Na5 25.Qb6 Nc4 26.Bxc4 dxc4 27.Bd6 Qd8 28.Qd4 Re8 29.e4 Qc8
30.f4 Qc6 31.Rb1 Nxe4 32.Nxe4 Bf5 33.Nc3 Bxb1 34.Rxb1 Rad8 35.Rb6 Qc8 36.Kh2 Re6
37.Ne4 Qa8 38.Nc5 Re2 39.Rb7 Qc8 40.Qd5 Re6 41.Nxe6 fxe6 42.Qe4 Rxd6 43.Ra7 Rc6
44.Qe5 Qf8 45.f5 Qd6 46.Rxg7+ Kf8 47.Qxd6+ Rxd6 48.Rc7 exf5 49.Rxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica rap op"]
[Site "Corsica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Bb3 e5 14.Ng3 Kh8 15.h4 f5
16.h5 e4 17.Nd2 g5 18.Rac1 c5 19.Qc4 Qf6 20.dxc5 Ne5 21.Qb5 a6 22.Qa5 Nd3
23.Rc2 Nxb2 24.Rb1 Nd3 25.Nc4 Qe7 26.Nd6 Be5 27.Bd5 g4 28.Rb6 Nxf2 29.Nxc8 Qg5
30.Rxf2 Raxc8 31.Nf1 g3 32.Rf4 Bxf4 33.exf4 Qg7 34.Nxg3 Qd4+ 35.Kh2 Qxd5
36.Rxh6+ Kg7 37.Rg6+ Kh7 38.Qb6 Rf7 39.Rh6+ Kg8 40.Qg6+ Rg7 41.Qf6 Rc6 42.Qxf5 Qxf5
43.Nxf5 Rxh6 44.Nxh6+ Kh7 45.Nf5 Rc7 46.g4 Rxc5 47.Kg3 b5 48.Nd6 Rc3+ 49.Kh4 e3  0-1

[Event "Corsica rap op"]
[Site "Corsica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mancini, Mario"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.c3 Bf5 10.Re1 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2 h6 13.Be3 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.g4 Be6
16.Nxe4 Qxd1 17.Raxd1 Bxa2 18.f4 Nc6 19.Rd7 b6 20.Bb5 Na5 21.f5 Rfd8 22.f6 Bf8
23.Red1 Rxd7 24.Bxd7 Bb3 25.Ra1 Bd5 26.Nd2 Rd8 27.Bb5 Rd6 28.Bd4 Bc6 29.Be2 Re6
30.Bf3 Bxf3 31.Nxf3 Nc6 32.b4 Bd6 33.Ra2 Bb8 34.Rf2 b5 35.Kg2 a6 36.h4 Bf4
37.g5 Rd6 38.Re2 Rd8 39.Bc5 hxg5 40.hxg5 Kh7 41.Kh3 Rd3 42.Kg4 Bc1 43.Bf8 Re3
44.Rh2+ Kg8 45.Bg7 Re4+ 46.Kh3 Ne5 47.Nxe5 Rxe5 48.Kg4 Rxg5+  0-1

[Event "Corsica rap op"]
[Site "Corsica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Aleksieva, Silvia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Ne2 Nc6 6.O-O e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Nxd8
9.b3 O-O 10.Nbc3 c6 11.Bb2 b6 12.Rfd1 Ba6 13.Nc1 Ne6 14.Nd3 Bxd3 15.Rxd3 Nd4
16.Rc1 Rfd8 17.Kf1 Rd7 18.Ne2 c5 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.c3 dxc3 21.Rdxc3 Ne8 22.Rc8 Rd8
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.a4 Rd8 25.Ke2 f6 26.Bh3 Kf7 27.Rc6 Bf8 28.Be6+ Kg7 29.Bd5 Bd6
30.Bc3 Nc7 31.Bc4 Kf8 32.f4 Ke7 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.b4 Kd7 35.b5 Re8 36.a5 Bc5
37.Rxc5 bxc5 38.b6 axb6 39.axb6 Kc6 40.bxc7 Kxc7 41.Bf7 Re7 42.Bd5 Kd6 43.Bd2 Ra7
44.Bh6 Ke7 45.Bg7 Ra1 46.Bxe5 Rh1 47.h4 h6 48.Bf4 g5 49.hxg5 hxg5 50.Bxg5+ Kd6
51.Bf4+ Ke7 52.e5 Ra1 53.Bg5+ Kf8 54.e6 Ra6 55.Kd3 Ke8 56.Kc4 Kf8 57.Kb5 Ra7
58.Kxc5 Rc7+ 59.Kd6 Rc8 60.Kd7 Rb8 61.Bd8  1-0

[Event "Corsica rap op"]
[Site "Corsica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qc2 Nd7 8.e4 dxe4
9.Qxe4 g6 10.Qe3 Qe7 11.c5 Bg7 12.Ne4 O-O 13.Bc4 b6 14.Rd1 a5 15.O-O Ba6
16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Nd6 bxc5 18.dxc5 Raa8 19.Nd4 Nxc5 20.Nxc6 Qg5 21.f4 Qh5 22.f5 Na4
23.f6 Bxf6 24.Ne4 Bg7 25.b3 Nb2 26.Rd2 a4 27.Nf6+ Bxf6 28.Rxf6 axb3 29.axb3 Ra1+
30.Rf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Qb5+ 32.Kg1 Qxc6 33.Rxb2 Rd8 34.Rb1 h5 35.b4 Qc2 36.Qc1 Qxc1+
37.Rxc1 Rd5 38.Rb1 Rb5 39.Kf2 Kf8 40.Ke3 Ke7 41.Kd4 Kd6 42.Kc4 Kc6 43.Ra1 Rf5
44.Ra6+ Kb7 45.Ra2 Kb6 46.g3 h4 47.Rd2 h3 48.Rd6+ Kc7 49.Rd2 Kc6 50.Ra2 Kb6
51.Rd2 Rf1 52.Rd6+ Kc7 53.Rd2 Rg1 54.Rf2 f5 55.Re2 Kd6 56.Rd2+ Ke7 57.b5 Rg2
58.Rd1 Rxh2 59.b6 Rb2 60.Kc5 g5 61.Kc6 g4 62.Rd7+ Kf6 63.Rh7 Ke5 64.b7 Ke4
65.Rh8 Kf3 66.b8=Q Rxb8 67.Rxb8 h2 68.Rb1 Kg2  0-1

[Event "Corsica rap op"]
[Site "Corsica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.O-O c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica rap op"]
[Site "Corsica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N5c3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.Bf4 b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Rc1 Ne5 14.Bg3 Ng6 15.a3 Bc6
16.b4 Qd7 17.f3 Qb7 18.Nb3 Rfd8 19.Bf1 Be8 20.Nd4 Ne5 21.Qb3 Rc7 22.Bf2 Rdc8
23.Nd1 b5 24.Nb2 Nfd7 25.Be3 bxc4 26.Nxc4 Nxc4 27.Rxc4 Rxc4 28.Bxc4 Nb6 29.Bf1 Bf6
30.Bf2 Bxd4 31.Bxd4 Bb5 32.Qe3 Bxf1 33.Rxf1 Nc4 34.Qd3 f6 35.Rc1 Qb5 36.Bf2 Kf7
37.Qd4 Kg6 38.h3 Rc6 39.Rc3 Ne5 40.Rxc6 Qxc6 41.a4 Qxa4 42.Qxd6 Qa1+ 43.Kh2 Qa2
44.Kg1 Qb1+ 45.Kh2 Qc2 46.Kg1 Nd3 47.Bc5 Qc1+ 48.Kh2 Qc4 49.Qg3+ Kf7 50.Qc7+ Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien Les Bains"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.Bg5 a6 8.e4 b5 9.d5 Be7
10.O-O-O exd5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nxd5 O-O 13.Nb6 cxb6 14.Rxd8 Rxd8 15.Be2 Nd7
16.e5 Nc5 17.Qc3 Be4 18.b4 cxb3  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT9697 groupe B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 g6 6.Ne2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 e5 9.Nc3 Be6
10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nde4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.c4 Rc8 14.Rb1 h6 15.Nc3 Qd7 16.Kh2 f5
17.Bb2 Kh7 18.Nd5 Qd6 19.Bc3 f4 20.Be4 Nd4 21.Qd2 Qd7 22.Bxd4 cxd4 23.g4 f3
24.Rg1 Bxd5 25.Bxd5 e4 26.Bxe4 Be5+ 27.Kh1 Qe7 28.Rb5 Qh4 29.Rg3 Bxg3 30.Rh5 Bf4
31.Qxf4 Qxh5  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT9697 groupe B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qc2 Bg7 7.e4 d6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7
10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 f5 13.h3 Ngf6 14.Ng5 Re8 15.Bf3 fxe4 16.Ngxe4 Nxe4
17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 d5 19.Qd3 c5 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Qf3 dxc4 22.Be3 Nd3 23.Rad1 Qf6
24.Qe2 Rad8 25.Qg4 Qe5 26.Rd2 Nxb2 27.Rxb2 Qxc3 28.Rb4 Qxa3 29.Rxc4 Rd7 30.Rfc1 Qf8
31.Rc8 Rxc8 32.Qxe6+ Kh8 33.Qxd7 Rxc1+ 34.Bxc1 a5 35.Be3 Qb8 36.Bxb6 Be5
37.Qb5 a4 38.Qxa4 Bh2+ 39.Kh1 Qxb6 40.Qa1+ Kg8 41.Qa2+ Kg7 42.Kxh2 h5 43.h4 Qd4
44.g3 Kf6 45.Qe2 Kf7 46.Kg2 Qd7 47.Qc4+ Kg7 48.Qc5 Qb7+ 49.Kf1 Qe4 50.Qc3+ Kf7
51.Qe3 Qc2 52.Ke1 Kf6 53.Qd2 Qb1+ 54.Ke2 Qe4+ 55.Qe3 Qc2+ 56.Kf3 Qd1+ 57.Ke4 Qc2+
58.Kd5 Qa2+ 59.Kc6 Qa6+ 60.Kc7 Qa5+ 61.Kd6 Qa6+ 62.Kd5 Qa2+ 63.Kd4 Qa4+ 64.Kd3 Qb3+
65.Ke2 Qc2+ 66.Kf3 Qd1+ 67.Kg2 Qc2 68.Qg5+ Kf7 69.Qd5+ Kf6 70.Qd4+ Kf7 71.Kf3 Qc6+
72.Ke3 Qc1+ 73.Ke4 Qb1+ 74.Kd5 Qb5+ 75.Qc5 Qd7+ 76.Kc4 Qa4+ 77.Kc3 Qa1+ 78.Kb4 Qb2+
79.Ka5 Qb3 80.Ka6 Qb2 81.Qd5+ Kf6 82.Qc6+ Kf5 83.Qd7+ Ke4 84.Qc6+ Kf5 85.Qc8+ Ke4
86.Qe6+ Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT9697 groupe B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ochoa de Echaguen, F Javier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.d5 e5 9.dxe6 Bxe6
10.Qd3 Ng4 11.b3 Na6 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.e3 d5 14.cxd5 Nb4 15.Qe2 Nxd5 16.Na4 Nb6
17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nd4 Nxa4 19.bxa4 Nf6 20.Nxe6+ Qxe6 21.Rab1 Rf7 22.Rfd1 Re8
23.Rb4 Ree7 24.Qb2 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.Rd4 Qc7 27.e4 fxe4 28.Rxe4 Re7 29.Rxe7+ Qxe7
30.h4 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT9697 groupe B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karr, Jean Philipp"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Ne4
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Nd2 f5 11.O-O c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.a3 a5 14.b4 axb4 15.Nb3 bxa3
16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.Bxa3 Qc7 18.Bb2 Bd7 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Qd4 Ba4 21.f3 Rd8 22.Qc3 exf3
23.gxf3 Rd7 24.Kh1 Bc6 25.Qb4 Nd3 26.Bxd3 Rxd3 27.Bd4 g5 28.Kg1 Qd8 29.Qc5 Qc7
30.Ra1 Kf7 31.Ra8 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 e5 33.Qf8+ Kg6 34.Qg8+ Kh5 35.Bxe5 Rd2+ 36.Kg1 Qd7
37.Bd4 Bxf3 38.Rd8 Qc7 39.Be5 Rxd8  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT9697 groupe B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Rainfray, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[ECO "D66"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O a6 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 f5
16.Bd3 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Qe2 Qf6 19.Rc2 Bb6 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.a4 Be4 22.axb5 axb5
23.b4 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Qe5 25.g3 Rd8 26.Qc6 Qd5 27.Qxb6 Qxd3 28.Qxe6+ Kh8 29.Rc1 h6
30.Kg2 Kh7 31.Rc5 Rf8 32.Qe5 Qa3 33.Rc7 Qa8+ 34.Kg1  1-0

[Event "FRA-chT9697 groupe B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Be7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e3 Bb7 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bh4 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxh4 13.Nxh4 Qxh4 14.Ng3 c5 15.Bf5 Qe7
16.O-O Nf6 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Rac1 g6 19.Bh3 c4 20.Ne2 Rab8 21.Rfd1 Ba8 22.Rb1 d4
23.Qxc4 dxe3 24.Nc3 exf2+ 25.Kxf2 Ne4+ 26.Kg1 Ng5 27.Rd3 Rxb2  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT9697 groupe B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Schabanel, Stephane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 h6 8.Bh4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.O-O Nxd4 11.exd4 Bf5 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Re8 15.Rac1 Nh5
16.d5 Qd7 17.Bg3 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Qc7 19.b3 Qa5 20.Re2 a6 21.Ne4 b5 22.g4 Qd8
23.c5 dxc5 24.Nxc5 Qd6 25.b4 Qf4 26.Rb1 Qxg4 27.Nxa6 Qc4 28.Qxc4 Rxc4 29.d6 e6
30.Rd2 Bd4 31.Nc7 Rb8 32.Rdd1 Kf8 33.a3 h5 34.g3 e5 35.Rbc1 Bb2 36.Rb1 Bd4
37.Rdc1 Rxc1+ 38.Rxc1 Bb2 39.Rd1 Bd4 40.Kg2 Rb7 41.f4 f6 42.Kf3 f5 43.fxe5 Bxe5
44.Ne6+ Ke8 45.Nc5  1-0

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd2 Bg4 6.f3 Bf5 7.g4 Bg6 8.f4 e6
9.Bg2 Qa6 10.g5 Nfd7 11.d5 Bd6 12.Qe2 Qxe2+ 13.Ngxe2 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nc6 15.O-O-O O-O-O
16.Bc3 Bh5 17.Rde1 Nb6 18.Nxb6+ axb6 19.Rhf1 Rhe8 20.Ng3 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Bxf4+
22.Kb1 Bg6 23.Ne4 Bxh2 24.Bxg7 Kb8 25.b3 Re8 26.Bc3 Bf4 27.a4 Re6 28.Bf3 Ne7
29.Kb2 Nd5 30.Re2 Ne3 31.Nf2 Bxg5 32.Bd4 Nxc2 33.Rxc2 Bxc2 34.Kxc2 Bf6 35.Bd5 Bxd4
36.Bxe6 fxe6 37.Nh3 e5 38.Kd3 h6  0-1

[Event "Internet Rapid"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.Nc3 e6 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 Re8 12.O-O Na6 13.b4 Nc7 14.Rfc1 h5 15.h4 g6
16.e3 Re7 17.Ne1 Qd6 18.Nd3 Ne6 19.Qb3 Rd8 20.a4 Bg7 21.Ra2 Bh6 22.Rd1 Kh7
23.Rad2 Red7 24.Qb1 Nc7 25.Rc2 Re7 26.Kh2 Ne8 27.b5 Nf6 28.Ne2 Ng4+ 29.Kg1 cxb5
30.axb5 Bxe3 31.fxe3 Nxe3 32.Nef4 Nxc2 33.Qxc2 Rc8 34.Qd2 Rec7 35.Ne5 Rc2
36.Qe3 R8c3 37.Nxf7 Rxe3 38.Nxd6 Bc8 39.Nxc8 Rxc8 40.Nxd5 Rxg3 41.Kh2 Rb3
42.Re1 Rc2  1-0

[Event "Internet Rapid"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.b3 b6 10.a4 a5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nb5 Bb4 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Bb2 Ba6
16.Rfc1 Rac8 17.Qd1 Bxb5 18.Bxb5 Nc5 19.Bd4 Qb7 20.f3 Rc7 21.g4 Rfc8 22.Kg2 h6
23.h4 Kf8 24.Kh3 Qb8 25.Ra2 Ke7 26.Rac2 Qb7 27.Rb1 Nd7 28.Rbc1 Nc5 29.h5 Nd7
30.Bxd7 Kxd7 31.f4 Bc5 32.f5 Bxd4 33.exd4 Ke7 34.Qd2 Kd7 35.f6 gxf6 36.exf6 Qb8
37.Rxc7+ Rxc7 38.Qxh6 Rxc1 39.Qxc1 e5 40.Qg5 exd4 41.Qxd5+ Kc8 42.Qc6+ Kd8
43.Qd5+ Kc8 44.Qc4+ Kb7 45.Qxf7+ Ka6 46.Qc4+ Ka7 47.Qxd4 Qb7 48.Kh4 Qh1+
49.Kg5 Qc1+ 50.Kg6 Qc6 51.Kg7 Qc1 52.Qd7+ Ka6 53.f7 Qg5+ 54.Kh7  1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9798"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d5 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Ne5
16.Rxb7 a5 17.Rxe7 a4 18.Bd4 Nxf3+ 19.gxf3 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 a3 21.Kg2 Qb2 22.Qxb2 axb2
23.Rb1 Rfb8 24.d6 Kf8 25.Rc7 Ra1 26.Rxb2 Rxb2 27.Rc8+ Kg7 28.d7 Rd2 29.d8=Q Rxd8
30.Rxd8 Re1 31.Rd3 f5 32.Rd7+ Kh6 33.Re7 Kg5 34.Rxh7 fxe4 35.h4+ Kf6 36.Rc7 exf3+
37.Kxf3 Ra1 38.Kg4 Ra4+ 39.f4 Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 c5 11.axb5 Bd5 12.Qd3 Be4 13.Qb3 Bd5 14.Qd3 c4 15.Qc2 axb5
16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Nc3 Bc6 18.d5 exd5 19.Nd4 Bc5 20.Ncxb5 O-O 21.Qc3 Rb8 22.Nxc6 Qxc6
23.Nd4 Qb6 24.Rd1 h6 25.h3 Nf8 26.e3 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 Ne6 28.Rd1 Qb5 29.Qc2 Ng5
30.Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qc2 Nd7 8.e4 dxe4
9.Qxe4 g6 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfe1 c5 13.d5 Nb6 14.d6 Qd8 15.Qf4 Bd7
16.Rad1 Bc6 17.Be4 Nxc4 18.Bxc6 Nxb2 19.Bxb7 Rb8 20.Ne5 Nxd1 21.Nc6 Qb6 22.Rxd1 Rxb7
23.Ne7+ Kh7 24.Ne4 f5 25.Ng5+ hxg5 26.Qxg5 Rxe7 27.dxe7 Re8 28.h4 Qc7 29.h5 Qxe7
30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.Rd3 c4  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.f3 Be6 10.e4 Nd7 11.Be3 Kc8 12.O-O-O Re8 13.Be2 Nb6 14.c5 Nd7 15.Kc2 Bf8
16.b4 a5 17.a3 f5 18.Bd3 Bg7 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Bc1 Ne5 21.Be2 axb4 22.axb4 b6
23.Rhe1 Kb7 24.f4 Ng4 25.Bxg4 fxg4 26.Bb2 bxc5 27.Ne4 Bf5 28.Bxg7 Bxe4+ 29.Kc3 cxb4+
30.Kxb4 Bd5 31.Rxe8 Rxe8 32.Be5 Ra8 33.Ra1 Rd8 34.Rd1 Rb8 35.Kc5 Kc8 36.Rd2 Rb3
37.Kd4 Kd7 38.Rc2 h5 39.Bf6 Ke6 40.Be5 Kd7 41.Bf6 Rb4+ 42.Ke3 Re4+ 43.Kd2 Bc4
44.Be5 c5 45.Kc3 Kc6 46.Rd2 Bd5 47.Rb2 Re3+ 48.Kd2 Rf3 49.Rc2 c4 50.Kc1 Kc5
51.Kb2 Rb3+ 52.Kc1 Be4 53.Rb2 Rf3  0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9798"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.f4 e5 10.Nb3 exf4 11.Rxf4 Be6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne5 14.Qd2 Nfd7 15.Rff1 Re8
16.Kh1 a6 17.Na5 Qb8 18.c4 Bd8 19.Nb3 Bb6 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 b5 22.cxb5 axb5
23.b3 b4 24.Rf4 Ng6 25.Rg4 Qb7 26.Bb2 Rab8 27.Rd4 Nc5 28.Bg4 Ne5 29.Bf5 g6
30.Bc2 Ncd7 31.Rd1 Qb5 32.h3 Nf6 33.Qf2 Nfd7 34.Bb1 Rb7 35.Kg1 Nc5 36.Qf4 Rbe7
37.R4d2 Ned7 38.Kh2 Re1 39.Qh6  1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9798"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6
9.Rd1 Re8 10.d5 Qc7 11.Be3 a5 12.a3 a4 13.Nd2 Bf8 14.Rdc1 Qa5 15.Bd1 cxd5
16.cxd5 Nc5 17.b4 axb3 18.Nxb3 Nxb3 19.Qxb3 Nxe4 20.Bb6 Nc5 21.Qb5 Qxb5 22.Nxb5 Na6
23.Bc7 Bh6 24.Rc4 Bf8 25.h3 Bf5 26.Nxd6 Nxc7 27.Nxf5 Nxd5 28.Ng3 Rxa3 29.Rxa3 Bxa3
30.Bf3 Rd8 31.Rc2 Nf4 32.Bxb7 f5 33.Nf1 e4 34.f3 Rb8 35.Bc6 exf3 36.Bxf3 Nd3
37.Be2 Bc5+ 38.Kh2 Bd6+ 39.g3 Nb4 40.Rd2 Bc5 41.Kg2 Rb7 42.g4 f4 43.g5 Kf7
44.Kf3 Ke6 45.Kxf4 Nd5+ 46.Kg3 Bd6+ 47.Kf2 Rf7+ 48.Kg1 Bf4 49.Rd1 Rc7 50.Bg4+ Ke5
51.Re1+ Kd4 52.Bf3 Nc3 53.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9798"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 e6 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Nb5 O-O 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qg4+ Kh8 13.Rd1 Nd7 14.Qh4 Qd8 15.Nd6 Qe7
16.f4 Rg8 17.O-O Nb6 18.Rf3 Nxc4 19.Rh3 Rg7 20.e5 Nxd6 21.exf6  1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9798"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "San Segundo, Pablo"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O Qe7
9.e3 d5 10.Na4 dxc4 11.Qxc4 Nd7 12.d4 Nb6 13.Nxb6 Bxb6 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.Qxc5 Bxc5
16.b4 Be7 17.Rd1 Rd8 18.Bb2 f6 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 e5 21.Bc5 Kf7 22.Rxd8 Bxd8
23.a4 f5 24.Bd5+ Ke8 25.a5 a6 26.f4  1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9798"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bf4 Ba6 7.Qf3 b4 8.Nd1 g6 9.Ne3 Bg7
10.Bxc4 Bxc4 11.Nxc4 Nbd7 12.Qe2 Nb6 13.Be5 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 O-O 15.Nf3 Nd7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7
17.O-O Qc7 18.Rfe1 Nb6 19.Qe2 Rfe8 20.Red1 Rad8 21.Rac1 e6 22.Qb5 exd5 23.exd5 Rc8
24.d6 Qc6 25.Qxc6 Rxc6 26.Nd4 Rcc8 27.Nb5 Re2 28.g3 Rxb2 29.Nxa7 Ra8 30.d7 Rd8
31.Rxc5 Rxd7 32.Rxd7 Nxd7 33.Rb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1998.02.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 Bb7 6.axb5 Bxe4 7.Bxc4 Nf6 8.Nc3 Bb7
9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Ne5 Kh8 12.Qe2 Qxd4 13.Nxf7+ Rxf7 14.Qxe6 Nbd7 15.Qxf7 Bd6
16.Ra4 Bxh2+ 17.Kxh2 Rf8 18.Bd5 Qxf2 19.Re2 Qf1 20.Qe7 Bxd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5
22.Qxd7 Nb6 23.Qg4 Nxa4 24.Be3 h6 25.Bxa7 Rf4 26.Re8+ Kh7 27.Qg3 Qxb5 28.Re7 Qh5+
29.Kg1 Qd1+ 30.Kh2 Qh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1998.02.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dunnington, Angus J"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O g6 5.c4 d4 6.b4 cxb4 7.a3 bxa3 8.d3 Bg7
9.Bxa3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Nb3 Ne8 12.Nc5 b6 13.Ng5 bxc5 14.Bxc6 Rb8 15.Bg2 Qc7
16.Ne4 Bb7 17.Nxc5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nf6 19.Qa4 Rb6 20.Rfb1 h5 21.Rxb6 axb6 22.Nb3 h4
23.Bb2 Ng4 24.Qb5 Rd8 25.Ra6 Rd6 26.Bc1 Qb7+ 27.Kg1 h3 28.f3 Re6 29.Qe8+ Kh7
30.Ra8 Nf6 31.Qxf7 Rxe2  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1998.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 O-O
9.Qh4 h5 10.Rd1 Na6 11.e4 Rc8 12.e5 Ng4 13.Bf4 Rxc4 14.Nd2 Rc7 15.Nb5 Bxg2
16.Nxc7 Qxc7 17.Kxg2 Qc5 18.Rf1 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.Nf3 Qxb2 21.Qa4 Nc5
22.Qxa7 e5 23.Rab1 Qc2 24.Rbc1 Qf5 25.Qxb6 Nd3 26.Rcd1 e4 27.Ne1 Nb2 28.Rc1 h4
29.Rc5 h3+ 30.Kg1 Qg4 31.Qb3 Ra8 32.Rc2 Na4 33.Rc4 Nb2 34.f3 Qg5 35.fxe4 Nxc4
36.Qxc4 Qe3+ 37.Kh1 Kh7 38.Qd3 Qxd3 39.Nxd3 Rxa2 40.Nf4 g5 41.Nxh3 Kg6 42.Rd1 Re2
43.Rd6+ f6 44.Rxd7 Rxe4 45.Nf2 Re2 46.Kg2 f5 47.Rd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1998.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 b6 4.e3 h6 5.Bh4 Bb7 6.Nbd2 d6 7.Bd3 g5 8.Bg3 g4
9.Nh4 Rg8 10.h3 Nh5 11.hxg4 Nxg3 12.fxg3 Qg5 13.Kf2 h5 14.Ne4 Bxe4 15.Bxe4 d5
16.Bd3 hxg4 17.Qe2 Bd6 18.Qe1 Nd7 19.Bb5 c5 20.c3 a6 21.Bxd7+ Kxd7 22.Rd1 b5
23.Rf1 f5 24.Kg1 Rg7 25.Rf4 cxd4 26.Rfxd4 Qf6 27.c4 bxc4 28.Rxc4 Qe5 29.Rf4 Rc8
30.Qf2 Rc5 31.b4 Rc3 32.e4 fxe4 33.Qa7+ Rc7 34.Qxa6 Qc3 35.Rxe4 Qxg3 36.Qb5+ Rc6
37.Qb7+ Bc7 38.b5 Qh2+ 39.Kf1 Qh1+ 40.Ke2 Rc2+ 41.Rd2 Qc1 42.Rd4 Rg5 43.Ng6 Rxg6
44.Rxd5+ exd5 45.Qxd5+ Bd6 46.Qf7+ Kd8 47.Qf8+ Kc7 48.b6+ Kxb6 49.Qd8+ Bc7
50.Qd4+ Ka5  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1998.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.dxc5 e6 4.e4 Bxc5 5.Nc3 Qb6 6.Qd2 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nf6 8.Nxc5 Qxc5
9.b4 Qe7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.a3 Rd8 13.Bd3 a6 14.c4 Bd7 15.Kb1 h6
16.g4 e5 17.Rdg1 Bxg4 18.Qe3 Qd7 19.Bc2 Bf5 20.Nxe5 Bxc2+ 21.Kxc2 Qf5+ 22.Kc1 Nxe5
23.Qxe5 Qxf2 24.Qxf6 Qe3+ 25.Kb1 Rd1+ 26.Rxd1 gxf6 27.Bxf6 Kh7 28.Bb2 Qe4+
29.Ka1 Rd8 30.Rde1 Qxc4 31.h4 Qb3 32.Rhg1 Rg8 33.h5 Rxg1 34.Rxg1 f6 35.Kb1 Qd5
36.Ka1 Qxh5 37.Bxf6 Qe2 38.Bb2 h5 39.Bc3  0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1998.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 c5 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.O-O Rd8 14.e3 Na6 15.h4 Nc7
16.Rfe1 Ne6 17.Nh2 cxd4 18.exd4 h5 19.Bh3 Rd6 20.Nf3 Bc6 21.Qc2 Re8 22.Re3 Qd8
23.Qe2 Bd7 24.Bg2 Nc7 25.Ne5 g6 26.Nxd7 Rxd7 27.Nxd5 Rxe3 28.Nxf6+ Qxf6 29.fxe3 Ne6
30.Qf2 Qd8 31.Rf1 Qc7 32.Be4 Re7 33.Bb1 Qc4 34.b4 Qc3 35.d5 Nf8 36.d6 Rd7
37.Ba2 Kg7 38.Bxf7 Rxd6 39.Be8 Rf6 40.Qxf6+ Qxf6 41.Rxf6 Kxf6 42.Kf2 a5 43.Kf3 axb4
44.axb4 Ne6 45.Bb5 Nc7 46.Bd3 b5 47.e4 Ke5 48.g4 Kd4 49.Be2 Ke5 50.g5 Kd4
51.Bf1 Na6 52.Bxb5 Nxb4 53.Kf4 Kc5 54.Ke5 Kxb5 55.Kd6 Na6 56.e5 Nc5 57.e6 Ne4+
58.Ke5 Kc6 59.Kxe4 Kd6 60.e7 Kd7 61.Kd5  1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1998.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Siegel, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Re8 15.Re1 Rxe1+
16.Qxe1 Bf5 17.g4 Bd3 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 c5 20.Qe3 c4 21.Bd1 Qe7 22.Be2 Bxe2
23.Qxe2 Re8 24.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca mem 33th Elite"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Arencibia, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 c6 6.axb5 cxb5 7.b3 Nf6 8.bxc4 Nxe4
9.c5 Bxc5 10.Bxb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.dxc5 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Nxf2+ 14.Ke2 Nxh1
15.Bf4 Nc6 16.Bd6 f6 17.Nc3 Kd7 18.Rxh1 e5 19.Rb1 Kc8 20.Kd3 Rd8 21.Kc4 Rd7
22.Kd5 Ne7+ 23.Ke6 Nc6 24.Ra1 Kd8 25.g4 Rc8 26.g5 fxg5 27.Rg1 Ke8 28.Ne4 Rf7
29.Bxe5 Nxe5 30.Kxe5 Kf8 31.Kd5 Rf5+ 32.Ke6 Rf4 33.Kd7 Re8 34.Nexg5 Re7+
35.Kd6 Rf6+ 36.Kd5 Rf5+ 37.Kd6 Rf6+ 38.Kd5 Rf5+ 39.Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Nf6 5.dxc5 Na6 6.e4 Nxc5 7.Nc3 d6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.Nge2 a6 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.Nb3 Na4 12.Nxa4 Bxa4 13.Be2 g6 14.O-O Bg7 15.Bh6 O-O
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd4 Bc6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Qxe5 Qd5 20.Qxd5 Nxd5 21.Na5 Rac8 22.Rfd1 Ne3
23.Rd2 Bb5 24.Bxb5 axb5 25.c3 Rc7 26.Kf2 Nf5 27.Nb3 Ra8 28.Nd4 Nd6 29.a3 Kf6
30.Re2 Rd8 31.Rae1 Ra8 32.f4 h5 33.Re5 Ra5 34.R1e2 Rd7 35.Kf3 Nc4 36.Rxb5 Rxb5
37.Nxb5 Rd1 38.g3 Rb1 39.b4 Ra1 40.Ke4 Nxa3 41.Nxa3 Rxa3 42.Kd4 e6 43.c4 Ke7
44.Kc5 Ra6 45.Rd2 Rc6+ 46.Kb5 f6 47.c5 e5 48.fxe5 fxe5 49.Kc4 Ke6 50.b5 Rc7
51.Rd6+ Kf5 52.Kd5 g5 53.c6 bxc6+ 54.bxc6 Rc8 55.Rd7 e4 56.Re7 Rd8+ 57.Kc5 h4
58.c7 Rc8 59.gxh4 gxh4 60.Kd6 Kf4 61.Kd7 Ra8 62.Re8 Ra7 63.Kd6 Rxc7 64.Kxc7 e3
65.Kd6 Kf3 66.Ke5  1-0

[Event "Capablanca mem 33th Elite"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vera, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Nh3 Rc8 11.O-O-O c5 12.dxc5 Rxc5 13.Rxd6 Qe7 14.Rd2 Rfc8 15.Kb1 a5
16.Be2 Ba6 17.Rhd1 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Qb3 Qe8 20.e4 R4c6 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Nf4 Qe7
23.e5 Ne8 24.Ne2 Qg5 25.Nd4 Rc5 26.Qxb6 Qxe5 27.g3 h6 28.f4 Qe4+ 29.Ka2 a4
30.Qa6 Ra8 31.Qe2 Qd5+ 32.Kb1 Nf6 33.Nc2 Qb7 34.Rd8+ Rxd8 35.Rxd8+ Kh7 36.Rd4 Qc6
37.Qd1 e5 38.fxe5 Rxe5 39.Nb4 Qe8 40.Qc2+ g6 41.Nd3 Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1998.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qd5
9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 Qd7 11.Ba3 g6 12.O-O Bg7 13.Re1 Bd5 14.Ng5 Nc6 15.e6 fxe6
16.Bxd5 Qxd5 17.Nxe6 Kf7 18.Nxc7 Qf5 19.Nxa8 Rxa8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bc5 Rd8
22.Qb1 Qxb1 23.Rexb1 e5 24.Ra6 Nxd4 25.cxd4 exd4 26.Rxb5 d3 27.Rd6 Rxd6 28.Bxd6 Ke6
29.Bf4 c3 30.Kf1 Bd4 31.f3 Bh8 32.Be3 Be5 33.f4 Bh8 34.g4 Kd6 35.Rb8  1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1998.05.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 Nc6 7.b3 g6 8.c3 Bg7
9.d4 O-O 10.Bb2 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd7 Nxd7 13.Nbd2 Rfd8 14.a4 Na5 15.Red1 Nb6
16.Rab1 Rd7 17.Kf1 Rad8 18.Ke2 f6 19.c4 Nc8 20.Bc3 Nc6 21.Ne1 Bh6 22.Nf1 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Rxd1 24.Kxd1 Nd6 25.f3 b6 26.Nd3 Kf7 27.Ke2 a5 28.Nf2 Nd4+ 29.Bxd4 cxd4
30.Nd3 Nb7 31.g3 Ke6 32.f4 exf4 33.gxf4 f5 34.exf5+ gxf5 35.Ng3 Nc5 36.Nxc5+ bxc5
37.Kf3 Bf8 38.Nh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca mem 33th Elite"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.axb5 Nb6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.bxa6 Rxa6 11.Rxa6 Nxa6 12.O-O Be7 13.Bxc4 Nxc4 14.Qa4+ Qd7 15.Qxc4 Nb4
16.Rd1 O-O 17.Bg5 Bxf3 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.gxf3 Rd8 20.Kf1 h6 21.Ke2 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Rxd5
23.Rd3 Qd8 24.b4 Qb8 25.Ra3 c5 26.dxc5 Qxe5+ 27.Re3 Qb2+ 28.Kf1 Rd4 29.Qb5 Rd2
30.Re2 Qb1+ 31.Re1 Qc2 32.Qb8+ Kh7 33.Qf4 Rxf2+ 34.Kg1 Rg2+ 35.Kh1 Qf2 36.Qe4+ Rg6  0-1

[Event "Capablanca mem 33th Elite"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.b3 Qe7
9.Bb2 b6 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.Kb1 Rac8 12.Rc1 a6 13.h4 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Bd3 Rfd8 17.h5 d4 18.Na4 h6 19.Rhe1 Qf8 20.e4 Re8 21.Nd2 Bc6 22.Nc4 Bxa4
23.bxa4 Rb8 24.Ka1 Ng4 25.Rb1 Nge5 26.Nxe5 Bxe5 27.Bxa6 c4 28.Qxc4 Rb4 29.Qc6 Nb8  0-1

[Event "Capablanca mem 33th Elite"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.g3 O-O 11.Rd1 b5 12.Qc2 a5 13.Bh3 Ba6 14.Na2 Be7 15.Nc1 Qb6
16.O-O Ra7 17.Nd3 b4 18.Nc5 b3 19.Nxb3 Rb7 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.dxc5 Qxb2 22.Qxb2 Rxb2
23.Rb1 Rxe2 24.Rb6 Re4 25.Rfb1 Bb5 26.Bf1 Nd7 27.Bxb5 Nxb6 28.Bd3 Nd7 29.Bxe4 dxe4
30.Nd4 Rb8 31.Rxb8+ Nxb8 32.a4 Nd7 33.Nxc6 Nxc5 34.Nxa5 Nxa4 35.f3 Nc5 36.fxe4 Nxe4
37.Nc6 g6 38.Kg2 f6 39.Kf3 Ng5+ 40.Ke3 Nh3 41.Nd4 h5 42.Nf3 Kf7 43.Nd4 f5
44.Ne2 g5 45.Nd4 Kg6 46.Kf3 Kf6 47.Ke3 g4 48.Ne2 Ke5 49.Nd4 Ng5 50.Nc6+ Kf6
51.Nd4 Ke5 52.Nc6+ Kf6 53.Nd4 Ne4 54.Kf4 Nd6 55.Nc2 Nc8 56.Ke3 Ne7 57.Nb4 Ng6
58.Nd3 Kg5 59.Kf2 h4 60.gxh4+ Kxh4 61.Kg1 Kg5 62.Kf2 Nf4 63.Nc5 Kh4 64.Nb7 Nd3+
65.Ke3 f4+ 66.Kxd3 g3  0-1

[Event "Capablanca mem 33th Elite"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Nd5 e4 6.Ng1 O-O 7.a3 Bd6 8.Ne2 Re8
9.Nec3 Be5 10.d4 exd3 11.Bxd3 Bxc3+ 12.Nxc3 d6 13.O-O Be6 14.e4 Ne5 15.b3 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 Nd7 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.Bb2 f6 19.Rae1 a6 20.Nd5 b5 21.Qc3 bxc4 22.bxc4 Rb8
23.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca mem 33th Elite"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qc2 Nd7 8.e4 dxe4
9.Qxe4 g6 10.c5 Bg7 11.Qe3 O-O 12.Ne4 Qd8 13.O-O-O b6 14.Bc4 Nf6 15.Rd2 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 bxc5 17.dxc5 Qa5 18.Qe3 Ba6 19.Bxa6 Qxa6 20.Kb1 Rfd8 21.Rhd1 Rd5
22.Rxd5 exd5 23.Nd4 Rb8 24.b3 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Qf1+ 26.Kb2 Qxg2 27.Ra4 Qxh2 28.Rxa7 h5
29.a4 Rd8 30.Re7 Qh4 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.Qxe8+ Kg7 33.Qxc6 Qd4+ 34.Ka3 h4 35.Qd6 h3
36.c6 h2 37.Qxh2 Qc5+ 38.Kb2 Qd4+ 39.Ka2 Qd2+ 40.Ka3 Qc1+ 41.Kb4 Qxc6 42.Qe5+ Kh7
43.a5 Qb7+ 44.Ka3 Qc6 45.Qd4 g5 46.b4 Qc1+ 47.Ka4 Qc6+ 48.b5 Qc2+ 49.Kb4 Qb1+
50.Kc5 Qc2+ 51.Kb6 Qc4 52.Qf6 d4 53.Qf5+ Kh6 54.a6 d3 55.a7 Qd4+ 56.Kb7  1-0

[Event "Capablanca mem 33th Elite"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Ng5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca mem 33th Elite"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Borges Mateos, Juan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 d5 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e3 c6 7.h4 h5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.Ne2 Be6 10.c3 Nd7 11.Qc2 g6 12.g3 Bf7 13.a3 b5 14.a4 a6 15.axb5 axb5 16.O-O O-O
17.b3 Nb6 18.Rfb1 Qc7 19.Qc1 Ra7 20.Rxa7 Qxa7 21.Ra1 Qb7 22.Ra2 Ra8 23.Qa1 Rxa2
24.Qxa2 Qa8 25.Qxa8+ Nxa8 26.Kf1 Nb6 27.Ke1 Be7 28.Nd2 Kg7 29.Kd1 Nc8 30.c4 bxc4
31.bxc4 c5 32.cxd5 Nb6 33.Bb5 Nxd5 34.Bc4 cxd4 35.exd4 g5 36.Nf1 f4 37.Nd2 fxg3
38.Nxg3 gxh4 39.Nf5+ Kf8 40.Nxh4 Bb4 41.Kc2 Nf4 42.Bxf7 Bxd2 43.Bxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca mem 33th Elite"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Qe2 c5 8.Nbd2 cxd4
9.e5 Qd8 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.Nb3 Bc5 12.Be4 O-O 13.Nbxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 d5
16.exd6 Qxd6 17.f4 Rad8 18.Nf3 Qc7 19.g3 a5 20.c3 Qc8 21.Ne5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rd8
23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Kc2 h5 25.b4 axb4 26.cxb4 Bd6 27.Nc6 Qf6 28.Kb3 g5 29.fxg5 Qxg5
30.a4 Bc7 31.Nd4 Qd2 32.Qc2 Qxd4 33.Qxc7 e5 34.a5 bxa5 35.bxa5 Qd3+ 36.Kb4 e4
37.Qc8+ Kh7 38.Qf5+ Kg7 39.Qg5+ Kf8 40.Qc5+ Kg8 41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.Qc4 Qd2+ 43.Kb3 Qxa5
44.Qxf7+ Kh6 45.Qe6+ Kg7 46.Qxe4 Qc5 47.Qe6 Qd4 48.Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca mem 33th Elite"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.O-O Be6 13.Nxe5 fxe5 14.Be3 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Nxc5
16.Ne4 Rd8 17.Qb1 Nb3 18.Ra3 h6 19.e3 O-O 20.Qc2 Qf7 21.f4 exf4 22.Rxf4 Qd7
23.Bf3 Nd2 24.Nxd2 Qxd2 25.Qxd2 Rxd2 26.b4 a6 27.b5 axb5 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.axb5 cxb5
30.Ra8+ Ke7 31.Rb8 Rd7 32.Bxb7 Rd8 33.Rxd8 Kxd8 34.Kf2 Kc7 35.Be4 Kd6 36.Ke1 Kc5
37.Kd2 Kb4 38.Bc6 Bc4 39.Kc2 Be6 40.h4 Kc4  0-1

[Event "Albert/Berlin m"]
[Site "Albert/Berlin"]
[Date "1998.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Ne4
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Ne5 Qd5 11.b3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Bb2 Rd8 14.Qc1 Qb6 15.Bxe4 Bxd4
16.Bxd4 Rxd4 17.Bg2 Be6 18.Rd1 Rxd1+ 19.Qxd1 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert/Berlin m"]
[Site "Albert/Berlin"]
[Date "1998.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.e4 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Ba6 11.Qa4 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 O-O 13.Rd1 b5 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.h4 Re8
16.Rh3 Rc8 17.e5 Be7 18.Ng5 Nf8 19.Nge4 f5 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Ne4 Qe7
23.h5 h6 24.Rc3 Red8 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.Qxc6 Qh4 27.Kg1 Qxh5 28.Nc3 Rd5 29.Qa8 Rg5
30.Re1 Qg4 31.Qe4 a6 32.Qxg4 Rxg4 33.Ne4 Rf4 34.f3 Rf5 35.Nc5 Rd5 36.Nxe6 Nxe6
37.Rxe6 Rxd4 38.Rxa6 b4 39.Ra4 Rd1+ 40.Kh2 bxa3 41.Rxa3 Rd2 42.Rb3 Kf7 43.Kh3 h5
44.Rb5 Kf6 45.f4 g6 46.g3 Rd1 47.Kg2 Rd2+ 48.Kf3 Rd3+ 49.Kf2 Rd2+ 50.Ke3 Rc2
51.Ke4 Re2+ 52.Kf3 Rh2 53.Rb8 Rh1 54.b4 Rf1+ 55.Kg2 Rb1 56.b5 Kf5 57.Kh3 Rh1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert/Berlin m"]
[Site "Albert/Berlin"]
[Date "1998.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 O-O
9.Qh4 h5 10.Bg5 d6 11.e4 Nc6 12.Nd5 Re8 13.Rad1 Nh7 14.Bc1 e6 15.Qxd8 Raxd8
16.Nc7 Re7 17.Nb5 Red7 18.Nfd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 d5 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Bh3 Re7 22.exd5 Rxd5
23.Be3 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.Bxd4 Ng5 26.Bg2 Nf3+ 27.Bxf3 Bxf3 28.h4 Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert/Berlin m"]
[Site "Albert/Berlin"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.Rd1 e5 12.Bb3 Qe7 13.Bd2 Rad8 14.a3 Rfe8 15.Rac1 e4
16.Qg3 Nb6 17.Ba2 Rd7 18.Qg5 Nfd5 19.Qxe7 Rexe7 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Rc2 Re8 22.Rb1 Bf8
23.b4 a6 24.a4 Ra8 25.f3 f5 26.fxe4 fxe4 27.b5 axb5 28.axb5 Kh8 29.bxc6 bxc6
30.Rb3 c5 31.dxc5 Bxc5 32.Kf2 Ra3 33.Bc1 Rxb3 34.Bxb3 Be7 35.Rc4 Nf6 36.g4 h6
37.Bc2 Rb7 38.Bd2 Kg8 39.Ke2 Kf7 40.Bxe4 Nxe4 41.Rxe4 Rb1 42.Be1 Bd6 43.Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert/Berlin m"]
[Site "Albert/Berlin"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.e3 Rb8 10.Nde2 d6 11.b3 Bf5 12.Bb2 Qc8 13.Qd2 Bh3 14.Bxh3 Qxh3 15.Nf4 Ne5
16.f3 Qd7 17.Rad1 Rbd8 18.e4 c6 19.Kg2 Qc7 20.Rf2 a6 21.Qc2 Qb8 22.a4 h5
23.Ba3 Nh7 24.h4 Nf8 25.Rfd2 c5 26.Bb2 Kh7 27.Ncd5 Ne6 28.Qb1 Rf8 29.Qa1 b5
30.cxb5 axb5 31.a5 Nd4 32.Bxd4 cxd4 33.Rf2 Qa7 34.Nd3 f5 35.Nxe5 dxe5 36.b4 fxe4
37.fxe4 Rxf2+ 38.Kxf2 Qf7+ 39.Kg2 Rxd5 40.exd5 Qxd5+ 41.Kh2 d3 42.a6 e4 43.Qa3 Qf7
44.a7 Qf2+ 45.Kh1 Qf3+ 46.Kh2 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "Albert/Berlin m"]
[Site "Albert/Berlin"]
[Date "1998.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ c6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.e3 O-O 12.Be2 c5 13.O-O Rc8 14.Rfc1 a5 15.Bb5 Nc6
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Qh4 a4 18.Rc2 Ra5 19.Be2 Qxh4 20.Nxh4 g6 21.Rd1 Ne7 22.Nf3 Ba6
23.Bxa6 Rxa6 24.Nd2 Rb6 25.Kf1 Kg7 26.Nb1 d4 27.exd4 cxd4 28.Rxc8 Nxc8 29.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.Nf1 d5
9.Ne3 Qb4+ 10.Qd2 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Ne4+ 12.Ke1 dxc4 13.Rc1 Nd6 14.Nxc4 Nxc4
15.Rxc4 Ke7 16.Kd2 Rd8 17.e4 a5 18.Rhc1 Ra6 19.Ke3 Rb6 20.b3 Rd7 21.Rc5 Kd8
22.Bf1 Re7 23.Nd2 f6 24.Bb5 Na7 25.Bc4 Nc6 26.Nb1 a4 27.bxa4 Rb4 28.Nc3 Nb8
29.Bb3 c6 30.a5 Na6 31.Rc4 Kc7 32.Rxb4 Nxb4 33.Bc4 Kb8 34.Be2 Ka7 35.Na4 e5
36.d5 Bd7 37.d6 Re6 38.a3  1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Bg4
8.Be2 Nd7 9.Be3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 h5 11.Kc2 Bh6 12.Bxh6 Rxh6 13.h4 e5 14.g3 Ke7
15.Bg2 Rhh8 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Rd2 Nb6 18.Rhd1 Nc4 19.Rd5 c6 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rxd8 Kxd8
22.Bf1 Nd6 23.Kd3 Ke7 24.Be2 Ke6 25.Bd1 Ke7 26.Be2 c5 27.Bd1 b6 28.Bb3 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Guigonis, Dominique"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Be3 Nh6 6.d5 Ne5 7.h3 f5 8.Qd2 Nef7
9.Nge2 fxe4 10.g4 Ne5 11.Nd4 c5 12.dxc6 Nhf7 13.Nxe4 bxc6 14.Qe2 c5 15.Nb5 a6
16.Nbc3 Rb8 17.f4 Nc6 18.Bg2 Nd4 19.Qd2 h5 20.gxh5 Rxh5 21.h4 Bf5 22.Bf2 Qa5
23.O-O e6 24.Ng3 Rh6 25.Rfe1 Qd8 26.h5 Kf8 27.Rad1 Bg4 28.hxg6 Rxg6 29.Qd3 Rh6
30.Rd2 Qh4 31.Re4 Kg8 32.Nf1 Qh5 33.Bxd4 cxd4 34.Rxd4 e5 35.Rd5 Kh8 36.Be4 Bh3
37.Rh2 Rg8 38.Bg2 Bf6 39.Ng3 Qg4 40.Nce4 Bd8 41.Nf2 Qxf4 42.Rxh3 Rxh3 43.Nxh3 Qxg3
44.Qxg3 Rxg3 45.Kh2 Re3 46.Nf2 Re2 47.Ne4 Rxb2 48.Nxd6 Nxd6 49.Rxd6 Bb6 50.Kh3 a5
51.Rc6 Bd4 52.c5 Rxa2 53.Rc8+ Kg7 54.c6 Rc2 55.Bd5 Rc5 56.Rd8 a4 57.Kg4 a3
58.Kf5 a2 59.Rd7+ Kf8 60.Bxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qd2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nd7 10.O-O c5 11.Rfd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nb6 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Rac1 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chomet, Pascal"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.Nc3 d6
9.a4 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Ne2 c5 12.Ng3 h5 13.Nf5 Bf8 14.Bg5 g6 15.e5 dxe5
16.Qe2 Bd6 17.f4 e4 18.dxe4 gxf5 19.e5 c4 20.exd6+ Be4 21.d7+ Qxd7 22.Bxf6 Rg8
23.Rf2 cxb3 24.cxb3 Rg6 25.Bg5 d3 26.Qxh5 Qd4 27.Rc1 d2 28.Rf1 Rc8 29.Qe2 Rd6
30.Rd1 Rc1  0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Nxc5 8.f3 d5
9.cxd5 b6 10.b4 Na4 11.Qc2 b5 12.e4 a6 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Qf2 exd5 15.e5 Qe7 16.Qd4 Nd7
17.f4 f6 18.Nf3 O-O 19.O-O Rae8 20.Re1 fxe5 21.fxe5 Rxf3 22.gxf3 Nxe5 23.Kh1 Bc6
24.Bf4 Nxf3 25.Bxh7+ Kh8 26.Rxe7 Nxd4 27.Rxe8+ Bxe8 28.Bd3 Nb2 29.Be5 Nxd3
30.Bxd4 Bg6 31.Rf1 Kh7 32.h4 Kh6 33.Kg2  1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Bxd2 e6 13.O-O b6 14.Rbc1 Bb7 15.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nh5 8.Bg5 f6
9.Be3 Nf4 10.c5 Nxe2+ 11.Qxe2 exd4 12.Bxd4 dxc5 13.Bxc5 Rf7 14.e5 Na6 15.exf6 Nxc5
16.fxg7 Bg4 17.Qc4 Bxf3 18.Qxc5 b6 19.Qe5 Bb7 20.Rfe1 Qh4 21.f3 Bc6 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.a3 Nd7 8.e4 dxe4
9.Qxe4 g6 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.h4 O-O 12.h5 e5 13.d5 Nc5 14.Qe3 Nb3 15.Ne4 Qf4 16.Qxb3 Qxe4+
17.Be2 gxh5 18.Rxh5 cxd5 19.cxd5 Bg4 20.Rh4 h5 21.Rd1 Rad8 22.Ng1 Qxg2 23.Bxg4 hxg4
24.Ne2 Rd6 25.Rd3 Rf6 26.Rg3 Qxf2+ 27.Kd1 Rf3 28.Qc2 Rd8 29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Rxf3 gxf3
31.Nc3 Qg1+ 32.Kc2 Qg2+ 33.Kb3 f2  0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.b4 Qe7 13.Qb3 e5 14.b5 exd4 15.exd4 Nb6
16.Rfe1 Qd8 17.bxc6 Nxc4 18.Qxc4 bxc6 19.Ne5 Be6 20.Qxc6 Qxd4 21.Nxg6 Rac8
22.Ne7+ Kh8 23.Nxc8 Rxc8 24.Rxe6 Rxc6 25.Rxc6 Qd2 26.Ne4 Qxa2 27.Nf6 Bxf6
28.Rxf6 Kg7 29.Rf3 a5 30.h3 a4 31.Rcc3 Qb1+ 32.Kh2 Qb8+ 33.g3 Qb4 34.Rc7 Qf8
35.Ra7  1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Marciano, David"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.g3 g6 10.Bg2 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 Nb6 13.b3 Rfe8 14.Bb2 f6 15.e6 Qxe6
16.Qxe6+ Rxe6 17.Rxe6 dxe6 18.Bxc6 Rd8 19.Na3 f5 20.Bxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D39"]

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.f4 e5
16.f5 Nd4 17.Bg5 Bc6 18.Nd2 Rfd8 19.Kh1 Bc7 20.Bc4 Qd6 21.Bd5 Rd7 22.Nc4 Qe7
23.Qd3 Bd8 24.Qg3 Nh5 25.Qxe5 Qxe5 26.Nxe5 Bxg5 27.Nxd7 Bxd7 28.Rad1 Bb5
29.Nxb5 Nxb5 30.Bc4 a6 31.a4 Na7 32.Rd7 Nf6 33.Rxb7 Nc6 34.Bxf7+ Kf8 35.Bd5 Nxd5
36.exd5 Ne5 37.h3 Nc4 38.Re1 Rd8 39.b3 Nd2 40.Re6 Rc8 41.Kg1 Rc2 42.Rc6 Be3+
43.Kh1 Nf1 44.h4  1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 Bg4
9.O-O Nge7 10.Qb3 Qd7 11.Nf4 Rd8 12.Na4 O-O 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.dxc5 Rfe8 15.Bd2 Ng6
16.Rfe1 Nge5 17.Bb5 a6 18.Bf1 d4 19.Qg3 f6 20.b4 d3 21.Nxd3 Nxd3 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8
23.Qxg4 Nde5 24.Qf4 Rd4 25.Qe3 Qg6 26.Bc3 Re4 27.Qh3 h5 28.Qc8+ Kh7 29.Qxb7 h4
30.h3 Rf4 31.Bxe5 Nxe5 32.c6 Qc2 33.c7 Qxf2+ 34.Kh1 Qd4 35.Rc1  1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6 6.Nc3 Bc7 7.e4 d6 8.Bd3 O-O
9.h3 Re8 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Re1 a6 12.a3 Ba5 13.Bd2 b5 14.Bc2 Bb7 15.Rb1 Rc8
16.b4 cxb4 17.axb4 Bb6 18.Bd3 Qe7 19.Rc1 Ne5 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.Rxe3 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Qe5
23.Bf1 Qd4 24.Rb1 h6 25.Ne2 Qe5 26.Ng3 g6 27.Qd1 h5 28.Ne2 Rc4 29.f4 Qe7
30.Nd4 Rcc8 31.Rbb3 Nxe4 32.Nf3 Qf6  0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gallego, Ruben"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.O-O a6
9.a4 Qc7 10.Be2 b6 11.f4 Be7 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Kh1 Nd7 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Be3 Bf6
16.Rad1 Rd8 17.g4 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Na5 19.Bg2 Bb7 20.Nxa5 bxa5 21.f5 Re8 22.f6 Nxf6
23.Rxf6 gxf6 24.Qf2 e5 25.Rd3 Qc4 26.Bh6 Bxe4  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.e4 O-O 13.Re1 Rd8 14.e5 b6 15.Qe2 Rb8
16.Bd3 Bb7 17.Be4 b5 18.Qe3 Rdc8 19.Nd2 Qf8 20.f4 a6 21.Qf3 Ba8 22.a3 c5
23.d5 exd5 24.Bxd5 b4 25.Ncb1 Bxd5 26.Qxd5 Nb6 27.Qf3 c4 28.Ne4 c3 29.bxc3 bxa3
30.Nd6 a2 31.Nd2 Rc7 32.Rc2 Nc8 33.Nxc8 Qxc8 34.Rxa2 Rxc3 35.Qe2 Rc1 36.Ra1 Rc2
37.Qd3 Rbb2 38.Rad1 Qc5+ 39.Kh1 Qb4 40.Nf3 Qxf4 41.Re4 Qf5 42.e6 fxe6 43.g4  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.a3 Nd4 10.Ba2 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 c6 12.Qg3 d6 13.Be3 Qd7 14.h3 Rae8 15.Rad1 Qc8
16.Bh6 Nh5 17.Qf3 Nf6 18.Qg3 Nh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.b4 O-O 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Qb3 b6 14.e4 Bb7 15.Rfe1 Rfd8
16.a4 Nf8 17.Rcd1 Rab8 18.b5 Rbc8 19.bxc6 Rxc6 20.Nd5 Qd7 21.Nb4 Rcc8 22.d5 Qe7
23.h3 Kh7 24.Nd3 Qc7 25.Rc1 exd5 26.exd5 Qd6 27.Nde5 Bxd5 28.Nxf7 Bxf7 29.Bxf7 Rxc1
30.Rxc1 Rd7 31.Bc4 Qf4 32.Re1 Rc7 33.Bb5 Rc1 34.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 35.Kh2 Qc7+ 36.g3 Qc3
37.Qf7 Qf6 38.Qd5 Qe6 39.Qb7 a5 40.Bc6 Qd6 41.Nh4 Ne6 42.Bd5 Nd8 43.Qa8 Bd4
44.Qa7+ Kh8 45.Be4 Bxf2 46.Nxg6+ Kg8 47.Nf4 Nf7 48.Bd5  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qb3 a6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 Nbd7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Ne4 11.Bf4 Ng5 12.Nxg5 Bxg5 13.Bg3 Re8 14.O-O Bh4 15.Bf4 Nb6
16.Nb1 Bg4 17.Nd2 Bh5 18.Nf3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 g6 20.Bg3 Bf6 21.Kg2 a5 22.a4 Be7
23.Rh1 Bb4 24.h4 h5 25.Bf4 Kh7 26.e4 Qf6 27.Bg5 Qe6 28.e5 Rac8 29.Qd1 Nc4
30.Rc2 c5 31.f4 cxd4 32.Qxh5+ Kg8 33.Qf3 Be7 34.f5 Qxe5 35.Re2 Qd6 36.Rhe1 f6
37.fxg6  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 Na6
9.Rb1 Nc5 10.Be3 Nfe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bd4 e5 13.dxe6 Qxe6 14.Ng5 Qxc4 15.Bxg7 Nxg5
16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.Bd5 Qg4 18.f4 Nf7 19.Qb3 Nh6 20.Qc3 c6 21.Qh8+ Ke7 22.Qxh7+ Kd8
23.Bf3 Qh3 24.Rbd1 d5 25.Bxd5  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 f5 5.h4 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nf6 7.h5 Rg8 8.hxg6 hxg6
9.Qc2 d6 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qa5 12.Ng5 Nb6 13.e3 Na4 14.Rc1 b5 15.Qd2 bxc4
16.f3 Rb8 17.e4 Rb2 18.Qe3 Nb6 19.Nh7 Nh5 20.Bxd6 exd6 21.Rxh5 gxh5 22.Nf6+ Kd8
23.Nxg8 Qxa2 24.exf5 Nxd5 25.Qe4 Rd2 26.f6 Qb2 27.Qb1 Be6 28.f7 Bxf7 29.Nh6 Be6  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd7 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bf1 Bc6
9.Nbd2 e5 10.a4 Re8 11.b4 cxb4 12.cxb4 b5 13.d4 exd4 14.axb5 Bxe4 15.Bb2 Bb7
16.Rxe8+ Nxe8 17.Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.O-O Bc5
9.Qe2 Qe7 10.Bf4 g5 11.Bd2 Nxe5 12.Re1 Bd6 13.f4 gxf4 14.Bxf4 f6 15.Nd2 Kd8
16.Kh1 Qg7 17.Qf2 Rg8 18.Bf1 a5 19.h3 a4 20.Bh2 Qh6 21.Nf3 Nxf3 22.Qxf3 Bd7
23.c4 Qg5 24.cxd5 Bxh2 25.dxc6 Bd6 26.cxd7 Rb8 27.Bc4 Rf8 28.Rad1 Qg3 29.Qxg3 Bxg3
30.Re2  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Nb3 b6 10.f4 Bb7 11.Bf3 Rc8 12.Rf2 Nd7 13.Rb1 Nc5 14.Kh1 Nb8 15.Bd4 e5
16.Be3 Bh6 17.Qd2 exf4 18.Bxf4 Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Qe7 20.Rd1 Qe5 21.Qxe5 dxe5 22.Nd5 Kg7
23.c3 Rfd8 24.Nxc5 Rxc5 25.Ne3 Rxd1+ 26.Nxd1 Nd7 27.Rd2 Rc7 28.Nf2 Nc5 29.Rd1 f5
30.exf5 e4 31.Be2 gxf5 32.Nh3 Kf6 33.Kg1 Ke5 34.g3 Bd5 35.c4 Bf7 36.Kf2 b5
37.cxb5 Bxa2 38.Nf4 Nb7 39.Ra1 Bf7 40.Rxa7 Kd6 41.b6 Re7 42.Ba6 Kc6 43.Ke3 Kxb6
44.Rxb7+ Rxb7 45.Bxb7 Kxb7 46.Kd4 Kc6 47.Ke5 Kc5 48.b4+ Kxb4 49.Kxf5 e3 50.Ke4 Kc5
51.Kxe3 Kd6 52.Ke4 Be6 53.Nxe6 Kxe6 54.Kf4 Kf6 55.Kg4 Kg6 56.h3 Kf6 57.Kh5 Kg7
58.Kg5 Kf7 59.Kh6 Kg8 60.h4 Kh8 61.Kg5 Kg7 62.Kf5 Kf7 63.Kg5 Kg7 64.h5 Kf7
65.Kh6 Kg8 66.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Rc8 13.Kb1 exf4 14.Qxf4 Qb6 15.Bf2 Qa5
16.g4 d5 17.Bg2 Rfd8 18.Be1 d4 19.Ne4 Nb4 20.Bxb4 Qxb4 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Qd2 Qb6
23.Be4 d3 24.cxd3 Rd4 25.Rc1 Rcd8 26.Qe2 a5 27.h4 Rb4 28.Rc2 a4 29.g5 Bd4
30.a3 Rb3 31.g6 Kf8 32.gxf7 Kxf7 33.Qg2 Kf8 34.f6 Bxf6 35.Rf1 Qd4 36.Rxf6+ gxf6
37.Qg6 Ke7 38.Bf5 Kd6 39.Qf7  1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arencibia, Walter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 e5
9.O-O-O exd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Rxd4 c5 13.Rd1 Be6 14.Bd3 Nc6 15.Nge2 Rad8
16.Nf4 Kg7 17.Rhe1 g5 18.Nxe6+ fxe6 19.e5 h6 20.Ne4 c4 21.Bb1 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rf5
23.Nd6 Rxe5 24.Be4 Na5 25.Bxb7 Nxb7 26.Nxb7 Re2 27.Rd2 Re1+ 28.Kc2 Ra1 29.Nc5 Kf7
30.Re2 Rxa2 31.Kb1 Ra5 32.Nxe6 Rd5 33.Kc2 Na4 34.b3 cxb3+ 35.Kxb3 Nb6 36.f4 a5
37.fxg5 hxg5 38.Nc7 Rd3+ 39.Ka2 a4 40.Nb5 Nd5 41.Rf2+ Kg6 42.Ka1 a3 43.g3 Nb4
44.Rf1 Rd2 45.Nxa3 Ra2+ 46.Kb1 Rxa3 47.Kb2 Ra5 48.Kb3 Nd3 49.Kc3 Ne5 50.Rf2 g4
51.Kd4 Nf3+ 52.Ke3 Ra3+ 53.Kf4 Ra4+ 54.Ke3 Ng5 55.Rb2 Re4+ 56.Kd3 Re5 57.Rf2 Nf3
58.Ra2 Rh5 59.Ke3 Rxh2 60.Ra6+ Kf5 61.Ra8 Rh6 62.Rf8+ Rf6 63.Rg8 Re6+ 64.Kf2 Ng5
65.Ra8 Nh3+ 66.Kf1 Ng5 67.Kf2 Ne4+ 68.Kg2 Rc6 69.Rf8+ Nf6 70.Ra8 Rc2+ 71.Kg1 Ne4  0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 Nd7 11.Nd2 f5 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.Bb4 Ra8 14.a4 Bh6 15.Bd3 Rf7
16.Nb3 Nf6 17.c5 fxe4 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bf5 21.Bxf5 Nxf5
22.Bd2 Bxd2 23.Qxd2 Qb6 24.Rfb1 Raf8 25.a5 Qb5 26.a6 bxa6 27.Na5 Qc5 28.Nc6 Ng3
29.hxg3 Rxf2 30.Ne7+ Kg7 31.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 32.Kh2 Rf3 33.Rb7 Qxg3+ 34.Kg1 Qf2+
35.Kh1 Qh4+ 36.Kg1 Rf7  0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.O-O c5 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.dxc5 O-O
9.Qxc4 Be6 10.Qh4 h5 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.Qc4 Rac8 14.Bf4 Nh7 15.Nxh7 Kxh7
16.Rac1 Be6 17.Bd5 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Qb4 19.Ne4 Qxb2 20.Rb1 Qxe2 21.Rxb7 e6 22.Ng5+ Kg8
23.Qd7 Ne5 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Nxf7 Qf6 26.Nd6 Rcd8 27.Qc7 Qd4 28.Qe7 Kh7 29.Rxa7 Rb8
30.Ne4 Kh6 31.c6 Rbe8 32.Qg5+ Kh7 33.Qe3 Qb2 34.Ng5+ Kh8 35.Qe4 Qf6 36.h4 Rb8
37.Qxe6 Qd4 38.Qxg6  1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.O-O Nc5 13.Ne3 Bg6 14.b4 Rd8 15.Ned5 cxd5
16.bxc5 Bxc5 17.Nxd5 Qb8 18.Qb3 Bd6 19.Rfd1 Bf7 20.Qb5+ Kf8 21.Rab1 b6 22.Be3 Qc8
23.Rbc1 Qb8 24.a5 Ng4 25.Bf4 Bxf4 26.gxf4 g5 27.h3 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Rxd5 29.Qxd5 Qxf4
30.Rc8+ Kg7 31.Qd7+ Kh6 32.hxg4 Rxc8 33.Qxc8 bxa5 34.Bf3 a4 35.Qf8+ Kg6 36.Qe8+ Kg7
37.Qe7+ Kh6 38.Kg2 a5 39.e3 Qe5 40.Qxe5 fxe5 41.Bd5 Kg6 42.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qxd7+ Nbxd7
9.Nb5 O-O 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc7 Bxg5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Nxg5 Rac8 14.e4 Bb7 15.Bd3 h6
16.Nh3 Nf6 17.f3 Rfd8 18.Ke2 Rxd4 19.Rac1 Rdd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.O-O-O Qe7
9.Kb1 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nd4 a6 13.h3 Nc6 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 Rad8
16.g4 g6 17.Qf3 Bb4 18.Bg2 Rfe8 19.Be1 Qe6 20.a3 Bxc3 21.Bxc3 Ne4 22.Be1 b5
23.Qf4 a5 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Bc3 b4 26.Bf6 bxa3 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Bxd8 Nb4 29.Qf6 Qa2+
30.Kc1 axb2+  0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde comp m"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Comp VChess2"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Bb6 7.Bg5 d6 8.Nbd2 h6
9.Bh4 Bg4 10.Bd5 g5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.Nc4 Nf4 15.Bxf4 gxf4
16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Re1 Kh7 18.d4 f6 19.Qd1 Rg8 20.Kh1 Be6 21.Qd3 Qf7 22.Nxb6 axb6
23.d5 Bd7 24.c4 c5 25.a3 Qh5 26.b3 Rg7 27.Rec1 f5 28.Nd2 Kh8 29.Re1 Rag8
30.Rg1 Rg4 31.Qf3 R8g5 32.exf5 Bxf5 33.Rae1 Qh4 34.Re2 Rh5 35.Nf1 Rg7 36.Qc3 Bg4
37.f3 Bf5 38.Qe1 Rg3 39.Rd2 Kg7 40.b4 cxb4 41.axb4 Kf7 42.Qf2 Rg8 43.Qxh4 Rxh4
44.Ra2 Ke7 45.Nd2 Rh5 46.Ra7 Kd7 47.Ne4 Bxe4 48.fxe4 Rg3 49.Raa1 Re3 50.Rge1 Rxe1+
51.Rxe1 Rg5 52.Ra1 Rg8 53.Ra3 h5 54.Kg1 Rb8 55.b5 Rg8 56.Kf2 Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Bg4 6.d5 Nd7 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 a5
9.h4 Bh6 10.Bxh6 Nxh6 11.Be2 Qf6 12.Qxf6 Nxf6 13.Kd2 c6 14.Rag1 Nd7 15.g4 f6
16.g5 fxg5 17.h5 Nf7 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Rxh8+ Nxh8 20.Rxg5 Ke7 21.Ke3 Rf8 22.Rg1 Rf4
23.a3 Rh4 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.b4 Rh3+ 26.f3 Kf6 27.b5 cxb5 28.Nd5+ Kg7 29.cxb5 Nf7
30.Ne7 Kf6 31.Nd5+ Kg7 32.Ne7 Nd8 33.Bc4 Nb6 34.Bd5 Kf6 35.Ng8+ Kg7 36.Ne7 Nxd5+
37.Nxd5 Ne6 38.b6 Nd4 39.Rf1 Rh2 40.Rb1 Ra2 41.b7 Rxa3+ 42.Kf2 Nc6 43.b8=Q Nxb8
44.Rxb8 a4 45.Ra8 Ra1 46.Nc3 a3 47.Nb5 a2 48.Nc3 Rc1 49.Nxa2 Ra1 50.Ra6 Kh6
51.Nb4  1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.b3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bb2 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Ne5 Qc7 8.f4 O-O
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Rf3 Nd7 11.Rh3 f6 12.Qh5 fxe5 13.Qxh7+ Kf7 14.Rg3 Ke8 15.Rxg7 Ba6
16.Na3 exf4 17.exf4 Kd8 18.Bc3 Kc8 19.Re1 d4 20.Bb2 Bxf4 21.d3 Bd2 22.Rd1 Qf4
23.h3 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Be1 25.Rf7 Qe2 26.Rb1 Rxf7 27.Qxf7 Kc7 28.Qf3 Qxf3 29.gxf3 Bd2
30.Bc1 Bxc1 31.Rxc1 Rh8 32.Kg2 Nf6 33.Re1 Kd6 34.Nb1 Nd5 35.Nd2 Ne3+ 36.Kh2 Nxc2
37.Ne4+ Kc7 38.Rg1 Kb6 39.Rg7 Bxd3 40.Nd6 Ba6 41.a4 d3 42.a5+ Kxa5 43.Rxa7 Kb6
44.Rd7 Nd4 45.Ne4 Nxb3 46.Kg3 Nd4 47.h4 Nf5+ 48.Kf4 Rxh4+ 49.Ke5 Nd4 50.f4 Rh5+
51.Kf6 Rf5+ 52.Ke7 Rxf4  0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D56"]

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.Rc1 c6 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Nd7 12.Bd3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b6 14.O-O Bb7 15.Rfd1 c5
16.d5 exd5 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Nf6 19.Rd3 Rad8 20.Rcd1 Rfe8 21.h3 Rxd3 22.Qxd3 Qc7
23.Nh4 g6 24.Nf3 Kg7 25.a3 Re7 26.Qc3 Re6 27.Rd3 Qe7 28.Nd2 Kh7 29.Qc4 Ne4
30.Nxe4 Rxe4 31.Qc3 Re6 32.Qd2 Qf6 33.Rd8 h5 34.Kf1 c4 35.Rd7 a6 36.Qb4 Rxe3
37.Qxc4 Re6 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Kg7 40.Kg2 b5 41.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde comp m"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Comp VChess2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.d5 Ne5 5.f4 Nd7 6.e4 Nb6 7.a4 a5 8.Be3 e6 9.Bxb6 cxb6
10.Bxc4 Bb4 11.Bb5+ Kf8 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Qf3 Nf6 14.f5 Bd7 15.Ne2 Bxb5 16.axb5 Qe7
17.O-O Re8 18.Ng3 Qe5 19.Rad1 h5 20.Nd5 h4 21.Nxf6 gxf6 22.Nh5 Bd6 23.Rxd6 Qc5+
24.Kh1 Qxd6 25.Qg4 Qd4 26.Qg7+ Ke7 27.e5 Rxh5 28.exf6+ Kd8 29.Qxf7 Rxf5  0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qc2 Nb4 7.Qb3 c5 8.a3 Be6
9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qd1 N4c6 11.e3 Bg7 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O e5 14.Rb1 Bf5 15.d3 c4
16.e4 cxd3 17.Qxd3 Be6 18.Nd5 Nd4 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.Qb5 Nd7 21.Bf4 Bxd5 22.exd5 Qf6
23.Bc7 Nb6 24.d6 Rac8 25.Bg4 Rxc7 26.dxc7 Qf4 27.Bf3 Qxc7 28.Rbc1 Qb8 29.a4 Rd8
30.a5 Nd7 31.Qxb7 Qxb7 32.Bxb7 d3 33.Rfd1 Bxb2 34.Rb1 Bd4 35.Rxd3 Nc5 36.Rd2 Ne6
37.Kf1 Kg7 38.Rbd1 Rb8 39.Bd5 Bc3 40.Rc2 Bxa5 41.Bxe6 fxe6 42.Rd7+ Kf6 43.Rxa7 Rb1+
44.Ke2 Re1+ 45.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Cekro, Ekrem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Rc1 Bd6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.e4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.d5 Nb6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Be2 Bg4
16.Nd2 Be6 17.Bg4 Rfd8 18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.Qe2 Bc5 20.Nb3 Bd4 21.Na5 Rd6 22.b4 Qg6
23.Nb1 Qe6 24.Rc2 Qd7 25.Kh1 Nc8 26.Nd2 Rb8 27.a3 Ne7 28.Ndc4 Rg6 29.Rd1 Qc7
30.Nb3 Rd8 31.Rcd2 Re6 32.f4 Re8 33.fxe5 c5 34.Nxd4 cxd4 35.Rxd4 Ng6 36.Rd7 Qb8
37.Qf2 R6e7 38.h3 Qb5 39.Qd4 Nxe5 40.Nxe5 Rxe5 41.Qxa7 Rxe4 42.Qf2 Qc4 43.Rd8 Qc3
44.Rxe8+ Rxe8 45.Rf1 Re7 46.Qf3 Qb2 47.Qd3 Re2 48.Qd5 Kh7 49.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bg5 Nc6 14.Qe3 Bf5 15.Bh6 Bxb2
16.Rad1 Qa5 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Rxd3 Qxa2 20.Rd2 Qa3 21.Qe4 Rc8 22.Ng5 Bc1
23.Qd5 Ne5 24.Qb7 Rf8 25.Rd5 Bxg5 26.Rxe5 Bf6 27.Rd5 e6 28.Rd6 Qxc5 29.Rxa6 Bd4
30.Ra5 Rd8 31.Rxb5 Bxf2+ 32.Kh1 Qc4 33.Rbb1 Qe2 34.Qe7 Rf8 35.Qf6 Bc5 36.Rbd1 Ba3
37.Rb1 Bd6 38.Rf2 Qh5 39.h3 Qc5 40.Rd1 h5 41.Rff1 Be5 42.Qg5 Bd6 43.Qxc5 Bxc5
44.g4 h4 45.Rd7 Be3 46.Kg2 Bg5 47.Rb7 Kg7 48.Re1 Re8 49.Rf1 Rf8 50.Re1 Re8
51.Rf1 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.e4 Bc6 8.d3 O-O
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Be3 e5 12.g3 Nhf6 13.O-O Ne8 14.b4 a6 15.a4 Nb6
16.Qb3 Bd7 17.Rfd1 Be6 18.Qc2 Qe7 19.Ng5 Rd8 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.b5 axb5 22.Nxb5 Na8
23.Rab1 c6 24.Na3 Nd6 25.Nc4 Nxc4 26.dxc4 b6 27.c5 bxc5 28.Bxc5 Rfe8 29.Rxd8 Rxd8
30.Rb7 Kh8 31.Qc4  1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "San Segundo, Pablo"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.b4 a5 10.Ba3 b6 11.bxa5 Nh5 12.Re1 f5 13.Bc1 Rxa5 14.a4 Nf4 15.Bf1 fxe4
16.Nxe4 Bg4 17.Bd2 Ra8 18.Ra3 h6 19.h3 Bd7 20.a5 g5 21.Qc1 bxa5 22.Bxa5 Kh8
23.Bb4 Rc8 24.Ba5 Qe8 25.Nh2 Qg6 26.Qd1 Ra8 27.Bb4 Rxa3 28.Bxa3 Bf5 29.f3 h5
30.Nf2 Bc8 31.Qd2 Nf5 32.Qa5 e4 33.Rxe4 Qf7 34.Qd2 Ng3 35.Bb2 Nxe4 36.Nxe4 Qg6
37.g3 Nxh3+ 38.Bxh3 Bxh3 39.Nxg5 Qb1+ 40.Bc1 Bd7 41.Nf1 Kg8 42.Qe3 Qa1 43.Kg2 Re8
44.Ne4 Qe5 45.Bd2 Qd4 46.Qg5 Rxe4 47.fxe4 Be8 48.e5 Qxc4 49.exd6 Bb5 50.Qf5 Qe2+
51.Qf2 Qe4+ 52.Kh2 cxd6 53.Ne3 Bd7 54.Qf4 Qd3 55.Be1 h4 56.Bf2 Qe2 57.Ng2 h3
58.Qe3 Qf1 59.Nf4 Be5 60.Qe1 Qc4 61.Qb1 Bxf4 62.Qg6+ Kh8 63.Qf6+ Kh7 64.Qf7+ Kh6
65.Qxd7 Bxg3+ 66.Kxg3 Qxd5 67.Be3+ Kg6 68.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Galego, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.O-O Qe7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Bh2 Ne5 15.Be2 Bd7
16.g4 Nf6 17.Nd2 g5 18.Nc4 h5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.a5 Rad8 21.Nb6 hxg4 22.Bxg4 Bxg4
23.hxg4 Nd7 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Qf3 Rb8 26.Na4 Bf8 27.Kg2 Be7 28.Rh1 b5 29.Nxc5 Qd6
30.Ne6  1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 Ne8 11.h3 Bd7 12.Rb1 c5 13.a3 f5 14.b4 f4 15.bxc5 Nxc5 16.a4 Nc7
17.a5 Rf7 18.Re2 h5 19.Nh2 N7a6 20.Ra2 Bf8 21.Be2 Be7 22.Nf1 Rh7 23.Nd2 Qc8
24.Ba3 g5 25.f3 Bd8 26.Nb5 Rh6 27.Kf1 b6 28.Nb3 bxa5 29.Nxa5 Bxa5 30.Bxc5 Nxc5
31.Rxa5 g4 32.Nxa7 Qd8 33.Rxc5 gxh3  0-1

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Bd2 e6
9.Bb4 Bd6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Qc3 Rfc8 14.Rc1 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4
16.O-O Bxf3 17.gxf3 e5 18.dxe5 Qg6+ 19.Kh1 Qh5 20.e4 d4 21.Qd3 Qxe5 22.b4 a5
23.Rc5 Qd6 24.e5 Qg6 25.Qxg6 hxg6 26.bxa5 Rcb8 27.Kg2 Rb2 28.f4 Rxa2 29.Rxc6 R2xa5
30.h4 Rd8 31.Rfc1 d3 32.Rc8 Rd5 33.Rxd8+ Rxd8 34.Kf3 d2 35.Rd1 f6 36.Ke3 Re8
37.Ke4 Rd8 38.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Claesen, Pieter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Rc1 Re8
9.e3 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Ne2 Qf6 12.a3 Ba5 13.b4 Nxb4 14.axb4 Bxb4 15.Qb3 a5
16.h4 d5 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.cxd5 Bg4 19.f3 Nxg3 20.Nxg3 Rxe3+ 21.Ne2 Bf5 22.Kf2 Qb6
23.Ke1 Bxc3+  0-1

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Emms, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 d6 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.h3 b5 14.Bf4 Qb6 15.e4 Rac8
16.Be3 Bb7 17.Nd2 a6 18.a4 b4 19.Nc4 Qc7 20.Nb1 Ne5 21.Nbd2 Nfd7 22.a5 Nxc4
23.Nxc4 Ne5 24.Nb6 Rb8 25.f4 b3 26.Qxb3 Nd7 27.Kh2 Qd8 28.Bd2 Bc8 29.Bc3 Nxb6
30.axb6 Rxb6 31.Qa3 Bxc3 32.bxc3 Qc7 33.e5 Bd7 34.Qa5 Qb8 35.Ra2 dxe5 36.fxe5 Rb5
37.Qxa6 Rxe5 38.Rf1 Rb6 39.Qa8 Kg7 40.Qxb8 Rxb8 41.Ra7 Be8 42.Rf2 Rc8 43.c4 Kf8
44.h4 Re7 45.Rfa2 Re3 46.Bh3 Rb8 47.d6 Rbb3 48.d7 Bxd7 49.Rxd7 Rxg3 50.Be6 Rgf3
51.Bd5 Rf4 52.Kg2 h5 53.Ra4 Rb2+ 54.Kg3 Rbf2 55.Ra3 Rf1 56.Bf3 Rf5 57.Rd5 Rxd5
58.cxd5 Ke7 59.Ra7+ Kf6 60.d6 c4 61.Rc7 Rc1 62.d7 Ke7 63.Bc6 c3 64.Rc8 Rd1
65.Ba4 Rd3+ 66.Kf2 c2 67.Rxc2  1-0

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Nc2 d6
9.O-O Re8 10.Bd2 Ne5 11.b3 c6 12.Rc1 a5 13.h3 a4 14.Be3 axb3 15.axb3 Qc7
16.Qd2 Ned7 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.b4 Nb6 19.Ne3 Be6 20.Ncd5 Qd8 21.Nf4 d5 22.Rfd1 dxc4
23.Nxe6 Qxd2 24.Rxd2 c3 25.Rd3 Rxe6 26.Rcxc3 Bg7 27.Bxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 a6 8.N5c3 Nf6
9.Bc4 Be7 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 O-O 12.Qd2 Be6 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.O-O Qc7 15.a4 Na5
16.Qd3 Nc4 17.Bc1 Rfe8 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Qh3 Bf6 20.Rd1 Na5 21.Be3 Nc4 22.Bc1 Na5
23.Be3 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.Qa4 O-O 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bc5 13.O-O Bd7 14.Qd1 Qf6 15.e3 Qh6
16.Nf3 Rad8 17.Re1 Be6 18.Qd3 a6 19.Rad1 b5 20.h3 Nf6 21.g4 Nd7 22.Nxd5 Nb6
23.g5 Qg6 24.Qxg6 hxg6 25.Nc7 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Bxa2 27.Nxa6 Be7 28.h4 f6 29.Nc7 Bc4
30.Nd4 fxg5 31.hxg5 b4 32.Rc1 Bf7 33.f4 Rc8 34.Rc6 Kh7 35.Bh3 Rb8 36.Be6 Bxe6
37.Rxe6 Bf8 38.b3 Nd7 39.Rc6 Nc5 40.Nce6  1-0

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.c4 c6 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.a4 Rb8 14.cxb5 cxb5 15.axb5 axb5
16.Nf1 Nb6 17.Qd3 Nc4 18.Re2 d5 19.Nxe5 Nxe4 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Ng3 Nxg3 22.Qxg3 Bf5
23.Ra6 Rb6 24.Rxb6 Nxb6 25.Ng6 Bxf4 26.Qxf4 Qxf4 27.Nxf4 Rd8 28.Re5 Bd7 29.Bxd5 Kf8
30.Bf3 Be8 31.d5 Nc4 32.Re2 Ra8 33.g4 Ra1+ 34.Kg2 Rb1 35.Nd3 f6 36.Be4 Bf7
37.f3 g6 38.Kf2 Nd6 39.Nf4 Rd1 40.Rc2 f5 41.gxf5 gxf5 42.Bd3 Ke7 43.Ke2 Ra1
44.Ke3 Kf6 45.Rc6 Ke5 46.Bxb5 Rb1 47.Be2 Ra1 48.Rc7 Ra8 49.Bd1 Re8 50.Ba4 Rb8
51.b3 Rb6 52.Nd3+ Kf6 53.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.Nc2 d6 10.h3 a5 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Nd4 Be4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bd4 Rb8
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qc2 f5 18.e3 Qf6 19.Rab1 h5 20.h4 g5 21.hxg5 Qxg5 22.Rfd1 Kh6
23.Rd4 Re7 24.Bxe4 fxe4 25.Kg2 Qf5 26.Rh1 Qf3+ 27.Kg1 Rg8 28.Rh3 Rf7 29.Rd2 Rg5
30.Qd1 Qf5 31.Rh4 Qe5 32.Rh2 Rf3 33.Qe1 Rg4 34.Kh1 Qf5 35.Rd1 Kg6 36.Qe2 Kf7
37.Rg1 Ke6 38.b3 Qe5 39.Qd2 Qf6 40.Rgg2 Rf5 41.Qe2 Rfg5 42.Rh3 Qa1+ 43.Rg1 Qc3
44.Rg2 Qa1+ 45.Rg1 Qg7 46.Qd1 Kd7 47.Rg2 h4 48.gxh4 Rxg2 49.hxg5 Rxg5 50.Rh5 Rg4
51.Qf1 Qf6 52.Kh2 Kc8 53.Rh3 Kb7 54.Rg3 Qh8+ 55.Rh3 Qe5+ 56.Kh1 Qb2 57.Rh2 Qf6
58.Qd1 Rg6 59.a3 Kc8 60.Rg2 Rh6+ 61.Kg1 Qh8 62.Qg4+ Kb7 63.f4 exf3  0-1

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 d6
9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Be4 12.Qa4 c5 13.Nh4 Qc7 14.Red1 Bxg2 15.Nxg2 Ne4
16.Be1 cxd4 17.Rxd4 Ndc5 18.Qa3 f5 19.f3 Ng5 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.h4 Nf7 22.Qe3 Ne5
23.b3 Nc6 24.R4d2 e5 25.Bf2 Rf6 26.Qc3 f4 27.gxf4 exf4 28.h5 Re8 29.Bh4 Rf5
30.Rxd6 Rxe2 31.Bf2 Rg5 32.Kf1 Rxa2 33.Nxf4 h6 34.Bh4 Rf5 35.Bg3 Ne5 36.Rd8+ Kh7
37.Qe3 Qf7 38.R8d5 Rxh5 39.Nxh5 Qxh5 40.R1d2 Qh1+ 41.Ke2 Ra1 42.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E55"]

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 Nbd7
9.Qe2 b6 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bb7 12.Bd2 Rc8 13.Bd3 Be7 14.Rac1 Nd5 15.Bb1 N7f6
16.Re1 Qd6 17.Nb5 Qb8 18.Ne5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 a6 20.Nc3 Qa8 21.f3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Rd8
23.Bg5 h6 24.Bh4 b5 25.Qc2 Kf8 26.a4 Bd5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Qe2 Qa3 29.Qe1 Nd7
30.Bxe7+ Kxe7 31.Nd3 Rc8 32.Nb4 Nb6 33.Bd3 Bc4 34.Ra1 Qb2 35.Rb1 Qa3 36.Ra1 Qb2
37.Rb1 Qa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Qe7 12.O-O Rd8 13.Ne1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.h3 a6 5.g4 b5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.O-O c5 9.Be3 b4
10.Nb1 Ngf6 11.Nd2 cxd4 12.Bxd4 O-O 13.Ng3 Qc7 14.Rc1 Nc5 15.g5 Nh5 16.Bxg7 Nxg7
17.f4 f5 18.Qe2 fxe4 19.Ndxe4 Nce6 20.f5 gxf5 21.Nxf5 Rxf5 22.Rxf5 Nd4  0-1

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Na6 8.d5 Bb4
9.Bd2 Nc5 10.Ne1 Re8 11.Rc1 exd5 12.cxd5 Qe7 13.Nc2 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Qxe2 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Ne3 Qxd1 17.Rfxd1 a5 18.Rc4 d6 19.Rh4 Bc8 20.Rdd4 Bd7 21.Bf3 Re5 22.Bd1 Kg7
23.Bc2 h6 24.Rdf4 Rh8 25.Rf3 h5 26.Rhf4 Rh6 27.b3 Bg4 28.Nxg4 hxg4 29.Rxg4+ Kf8
30.Rd4 Re2 31.Rc3 Rh5 32.a3 Rhe5 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Ne4 35.Bxe4 R5xe4 36.Rdd3 Rxb4
37.Rxc7 b5 38.Rd7 Rb1+ 39.Kg2 b4 40.Rxd6 b3 41.Rxf6 b2 42.Rb6 Rc1 43.d6  1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Teplitsky, Yan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.c5 Rf7 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.a4 Ng6 16.a5 Nf6
17.Kh1 Bf8 18.Nb5 g4 19.Nxa7 Bd7 20.Bb6 Qe8 21.Qb3 g3 22.Nb5 Rc8 23.Na7 Rb8
24.Nb5 Qe7 25.Nc7 Nh5 26.Ne6 gxh2 27.Bf2 Bxe6 28.dxe6 Rg7 29.Bb5 Kh8 30.Bd7 Qd8
31.Qb6 Qxb6 32.axb6 Ng3+ 33.Bxg3 fxg3 34.Nd3 Be7 35.Rfc1 h5 36.Nb4 h4 37.Bb5 Nf4
38.Nd5 Nxe6 39.Bd7 Nc5 40.Bb5 Nb3 41.Nxe7 Rxe7 42.Rc7 Rxc7 43.bxc7 Rc8 44.Rd1 Rxc7
45.f4 exf4 46.e5 dxe5 47.Bc6 Nd4  0-1

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Bxc4 e6 9.Qg4 Qa5
10.b3 Nb6 11.Bd3 Qd5 12.Bc2 h5 13.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Bb5 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 Bb6
9.Re1 Nxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.Nc3 f6 12.Be3 Kh8 13.Qd2 c6 14.Bd3 dxe4 15.Bxe4 Bf5
16.Bf3 Be6 17.Na4 Bd5 18.Bg4 Ng6 19.Nc5 f5 20.Bg5 Ba5  0-1

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Qb3 Qd7
9.Qxb7 Rb8 10.Qa6 Nf6 11.Nbd2 Bd6 12.a3 O-O 13.Qd3 Ng4 14.h3 Nge5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Qxd4 Ng4 17.Kh1 c5 18.Qd3 Nxf2+ 19.Rxf2 Rxf2 20.e5 Rd8 21.exd6 Qxd6 22.Qxd6 Rxd6
23.Kg1 Rdxd2 24.Bxd2 Rxd2 25.Rc1 Rxb2 26.Rxc5 Rb7 27.Ra5 Kf7 28.Kf2 Kf6 29.Kf3 h5
30.Ke4 h4 31.Kf4 Rc7 32.Kg4 Rc4+ 33.Kf3 Rc3+ 34.Kf2 Rc7 35.Kf3 g5 36.Ke3 Rc3+
37.Kf2 Rc7 38.Ke3 Rb7 39.Kf3 Rb3+ 40.Kf2 Rb7 41.Ke3 Rc7 42.Kf3 Rb7 43.Ke3 Rb3+
44.Kf2 e5 45.Rxa7 Kf5 46.Rf7+ Ke4 47.Rg7 Rb2+ 48.Kg1 Kf4 49.Rf7+ Ke3 50.Rf3+ Kd4
51.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Elbilia, Jacques"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Bg5 c5 8.d5 Qa5
9.Bd3 b5 10.cxb5 a6 11.O-O axb5 12.Bxb5 h6 13.Bxd7 Bxd7 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.b3 Ne8
16.Re1 Nc7 17.e5 Bf5 18.Bf4 g5 19.Bg3 Qb4 20.Qd2 Rfd8 21.Rac1 Bg6 22.Na4 Na6
23.Qe3 Qb7 24.e6 Rf8 25.h4 g4 26.Nh2 f5 27.Bf4 Nb4 28.Bxh6 f4 29.Bxf4 Nxd5
30.Qg3 Rxf4 31.Nxg4 Bh5 32.Nh6+ Kh7 33.Nf7 Bxf7 34.exf7 Rxf7 35.Rcd1 Nb4  0-1

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.e3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 b5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.a4 c6 13.axb5 cxb5 14.Qe4 O-O 15.f4 Rc8
16.Bg2 Nc6 17.O-O Rab8 18.Bh3 b4 19.Na4 Rd8 20.Nc5 Qd5 21.Bg2 Nxd4 22.exd4 Bxd4
23.Na4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.e5 c5 8.Be4 Rb8 9.Be3 b4
10.Ne2 Nh6 11.h3 O-O 12.c3 Nb6 13.Bf2 bxc3 14.bxc3 Nc4 15.O-O Qc7 16.Rb1 Bd7
17.Rxb8 Rxb8 18.Qd3 Bb5 19.Qc2 Qd7 20.Ng5 Nf5 21.Re1 e6 22.Bf3 cxd4 23.cxd4 Rc8
24.Rc1 d5 25.h4 h6 26.Nh3 h5 27.Ng5 Bf8 28.Qd1 Nb2 29.Qd2 Nd3 30.Rxc8 Qxc8
31.Ng3 Nxg3 32.Bxg3 Qc4 33.Qe3 Ba3 34.Bxh5 gxh5 35.Qf3 Qxd4+ 36.Kh2 Bc5 37.Qxh5 Qg1+
38.Kh3 Qh1+ 39.Kg4 Nf2+ 40.Bxf2 Qxg2+  0-1

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.02.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Be3 Kh8 14.a4 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 fxe4
17.Nxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Nxf6 Rxf6 20.Qb3 Rxe6 21.Rad1 Rd6 22.Bc5 Rd7 23.Bxe7 Qxe7
24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Bxd5 Rf8 26.Be4 Rf6 27.Rc1 Kh7 28.Rc8 Rf8 29.Rc4 Rd8 30.h4 h5
31.Qf3 Kh6 32.Bxb7 Bf6 33.g3 Kg7 34.Bd5 Rd6 35.b5 Qd8 36.Be4 Rd4 37.Qc3 Rxc4
38.Qxc4 Qd6 39.Qc6 Qd1+ 40.Kh2 Qxa4 41.Qd7+ Kh6 42.Qf7 Qxe4 43.Qxf6 Qa8 44.Qxe5 Kh7
45.Qe7+ Kg8 46.Qe6+ Kg7 47.Qd7+ Kf6 48.f4 Qe4 49.Qc6+ Kf5 50.Qc8+ Kf6 51.Qf8+ Ke6
52.Qe8+ Kf5 53.Qf7+ Kg4 54.Qd7+ Kf3 55.Qc6 Ke3 56.Qc3+ Kf2 57.Qb2+ Kf3 58.Qg2+ Ke3
59.Qg1+ Kf3 60.Qh1+ Ke3 61.Qc1+ Kf2 62.Qb2+ Ke3 63.Qb3+ Kf2 64.Qa2+ Kf3 65.Qb2 Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.02.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 a6 11.Nh2 Be6 12.Ng4 Nd4 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bf1 Bg5 15.Be3 Bxe3
16.Rxe3 Rc8 17.Bd3 Qb6 18.Rb1 f5 19.exf5 Nxf5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Qd2 d5 22.Nxd5 Qd8
23.Rd1 Qxd5 24.Qxd5 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Rxc2 26.Rd8+ Kh7 27.Rd7 Rxb2 28.Rg3 Rg5
29.Rb3 Rxa2 30.Rbxb7 a5 31.Ra7 a4 32.Rdc7 Ra1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.02.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.d4 b5 8.Qb3 Nc6
9.Bf4 Bg7 10.e3 O-O 11.Be2 Be6 12.Qd1 Nb4 13.e4 Bc4 14.a3 Nc6 15.Bxc4 bxc4
16.O-O Rb8 17.d5 Nh5 18.Be3 Na5 19.Qa4 c6 20.dxc6 e6 21.e5 Qc7 22.g4 Nxc6
23.Qxc4 Rfc8 24.gxh5 Nxe5 25.Nxe5 Qxe5 26.Qe2 Qf5 27.f3 gxh5 28.Kh1 Kh8 29.Qxa6 Rc7
30.Rad1  1-0

[Event "Chess Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.a4 c5 13.Ra3 Nf6 14.Nh4 Nd7 15.g3 f5 16.f4 Ra6
17.Ng2 Nf6 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Be3 b6 20.a5 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.g4 Nf5 23.gxf5 gxf5
24.Bf2 bxa5 25.Bxc5 f4 26.Ra2 Rg6 27.Bh5 Rg5 28.Rxe4 Bf5 29.Bf3 Bxe4 30.Bxe4 Qc7
31.Bxf8 Bxf8 32.Qd3 Bc5+ 33.Kh1 Kg7 34.Rb2 Bb4 35.Nh4 Qb6 36.Nf3 Rh5 37.Rg2+ Kh8
38.d6 Qxd6 39.Bd5  1-0

[Event "Chess Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "C33"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nc3 Qh4+ 4.Ke2 Qe7 5.d4 Nf6 6.e5 d6 7.Nf3 dxe5 8.dxe5 g5
9.Ke1 g4 10.Bxf4 gxf3 11.Qxf3 c6 12.Bc4 Bg7 13.Kd2 Ng4 14.Rae1 Be6 15.Bxe6 Qxe6
16.h3 Nh6 17.Ne4 O-O 18.Kc1 Nd7 19.Ng5 Qg6 20.e6 Nb6 21.h4 Nd5 22.Bd6 Rfd8
23.Ba3 Re8 24.Rh3 f6 25.Rg3 fxg5 26.Rxg5 Qf6 27.Qg3 Kh8 28.c4 Qf4+  0-1

[Event "Chess Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Nb3 b5
9.f4 Bb7 10.Qd2 Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.Bg2 d5 13.Qf2 dxe4 14.f5 Nd5 15.fxe6 O-O-O
16.O-O Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Qb4 18.Kh1 Bc5 19.Qe2 fxe6 20.Bxe4 Qxb2 21.Bxb7+ Kxb7
22.Qe4+ Kb8 23.Na4 Qd4 24.Nxc5 Qxc5 25.Rf7 Qd5 26.Qxd5 Rxd5 27.Re1 h5 28.Rxg7 hxg4
29.Rxg4 Rh6 30.Re2 Kc7 31.Kg2 Rdh5 32.Kg1 Rc5 33.h4 Rch5 34.Ree4 Rc5 35.c4 Kc6
36.cxb5+ axb5 37.a4 bxa4 38.Rxa4 Rc2 39.Rg2 Rxg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e4 d6 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Nxe4 8.Qg4 Nxc3
9.Qxg7 Ke7 10.bxc3 Qg8 11.Qh6 Nd7 12.g3 b6 13.Bg2 Rb8 14.Nf3 Ba6 15.Nd2 Qg6
16.Qe3 h5 17.h3 Rbg8 18.O-O Qg5 19.Qe2 h4 20.g4 Qf4 21.Rfe1 Nf8 22.Nf1 Ng6
23.Ne3 Kf8 24.Rad1 Kg7 25.Bc6 d5 26.Bb5 Bb7 27.cxd5 Bxd5 28.Nxd5 exd5 29.Qb2 Rd8
30.Re3 Rd6 31.Bd3 Rhd8 32.Rde1 Rf6 33.Bxg6 fxg6 34.Re7+ Rf7 35.Rxf7+ Qxf7
36.Re5 Qf3 37.Re7+ Kf8 38.Re3 Qf7 39.Kg2 Rd6 40.Qe2 Rf6 41.Re5 Rf4 42.Qe3 Kg7
43.f3 Kf8 44.Qf2 Kg7 45.Qe2 Kf8 46.Qe3 c6 47.Qf2 Qf6 48.Qe2 Qf7 49.Qe3 a4
50.Qf2 Qf6 51.Qe2 Kf7 52.Qd3 b5 53.Re2 Kg7 54.Qe3 Qd6 55.Qf2 Qxa3 56.Qxh4 Qxc3
57.Qe7+ Rf7 58.Qe5+ Kh7 59.f4 Qd3 60.h4 Rxf4 61.Qc7+ Kg8 62.Re8+ Rf8 63.Rxf8+ Kxf8
64.Qd6+ Kf7 65.Qd7+ Kf8 66.Qd6+ Kf7 67.Qd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 d6 5.d3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O a6 9.h3 Rb8
10.Be3 b5 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.Rac1 bxc4 13.dxc4 Nc5 14.b3 Bb7 15.Kh2 Ne6 16.Ng5 Ncd4
17.Nxe6 Nxe6 18.Bh6 c5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.f4 Nd4 21.Rf2 Bc6 22.Rcf1 f6 23.g4 Qe7
24.Ne2 Nxe2 25.Rxe2 a5 26.f5 a4 27.Re3 axb3 28.axb3 g5 29.Rd1 Rfd8 30.Rd3 Be8
31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.Qxd6 Qxd6 33.Rxd6 Rxb3 34.Rd5 Rb6 35.Rxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Bc6 8.Qb3 dxc4
9.Qxc4 O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.e4 Bb7 12.e5 Be7 13.Rd1 c6 14.h4 Na6 15.Ng5 Nc7
16.Qd3 g6 17.Qg3 h6 18.Nge4 Nd5 19.f4 Kg7 20.h5 g5 21.fxg5 Bxg5 22.Nxd5 cxd5
23.Nxg5 Qxg5 24.Qxg5+ hxg5 25.h6+ Kh8 26.Rc1 Rac8 27.Rxc8 Bxc8 28.Bd3 f5
29.exf6 Rxf6 30.Rh5 Rf4 31.Rxg5 Rxd4 32.Ke2 Rf4 33.Ke3 Rf6 34.h7 Rf8 35.Kd4 a6
36.Ke5 Bd7 37.Bb1 Bb5 38.Kxe6 d4 39.Ke7 Rb8 40.Rd5 Re8+ 41.Kf7 Bc4 42.Kxe8 Bxd5
43.g4  1-0

[Event "Chess Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Be3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Qxf3 10.gxf3 Bd6 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.Nc4 Ng6 13.Rfd1 b5 14.Nd2 Kd7 15.Kf1 Nf8
16.Nb3 Ne6 17.d4 exd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 f6 20.f4 Rhe8 21.f3 Kc8 22.e5 Be7
23.Re1 Rf8 24.Rad1 Kb7 25.Bc3 fxe5 26.Bxe5 Bh4 27.Re4 Rf7 28.Ke2 Bg3 29.f5 Bxe5
30.Rxe5 Raf8 31.Rg1 Rd8 32.Rg5 Rfd7 33.Kf2 Rh8 34.Re2 h4 35.Rg4 Rh5 36.Rf4 a5
37.Ree4 Rd2+ 38.Re2 Rd7 39.Ree4 Rd2+ 40.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Qb3 Qc8 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Bg7 7.e3 e5 8.dxe5 Bxe5
9.Nc3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nc6 11.c5 dxc5 12.Ba3 Qe6 13.Bb5 Nf6 14.Bxc5 Ne4 15.Bd4 O-O
16.Qf4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Nc3 18.Bd3 Rfd8 19.O-O c5 20.Rfc1 cxd4 21.exd4 Nd5 22.Qf3 Rd7
23.Bb5 Rd6 24.Re1 Qf6 25.Qxf6 Rxf6 26.Bc4 Rd8 27.Bb3 Rd7 28.Rad1 Kf8 29.Rd2 a6
30.Rb1 Ne7 31.Bd1 Rfd6 32.Bf3 b5 33.Rb4 Nc6 34.Bxc6 Rxc6 35.d5 Rcd6 36.Rbd4 a5
37.Kf1 b4 38.Ke2 Ke7 39.Ke3 Rc7 40.Ke4 Rc3 41.R4d3 Rc1 42.Kd4 Rf6 43.a3 Kd6
44.g3 Rf5 45.axb4 axb4  0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM Pool A"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.e4 Nbd7
9.Nf3 b5 10.cxb5 cxb5 11.O-O Bb7 12.Nh4 Nb6 13.Nxb5 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 Nxe4 15.Qe2 Ng5
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Qxe5 Nc4 18.Qd4 Qxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne YM Pool A"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Re1 Nh5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bc1 Nf6 15.Rb1 Bc4
16.e4 Bxa2 17.Nxa2 Rxa2 18.e5 Nfxd5 19.e6 Ra4 20.exf7+ Rxf7 21.Qc2 Rf6 22.Nh4 Nb4
23.Qe2 g5 24.Nf3 e5 25.h4 gxh4 26.Nxh4 Ra7 27.f4 Re7 28.f5 Re8 29.Bf3 Qd7
30.Bh5 Rb8 31.Bg6 N6d5 32.g4 Qb5 33.g5 Qxe2 34.Rxe2 hxg5 35.Bxg5 Rff8 36.Rh2 Nf6
37.Ng2 Nbd5 38.Rd1 Rfc8 39.Bxf6 Nxf6 40.Rxd6 Rxb2 41.Bh5 c4 42.Bd1 Kf7 43.Ne3 Rb1
44.Kf1 Bf8 45.Re6 Rd8 46.Ke2 c3 47.Bc2 Rd2+ 48.Kf3 e4+ 49.Kg3 Rg1+ 50.Kh3 Bh6
51.Nc4 Bf4 52.Nxd2 cxd2 53.Re2 Rc1 54.Ba4 Re1 55.Bb3 Rb1 56.Bc2 Rb2 57.Bd1 Rb1
58.Bc2 Rc1 59.Ba4 Rc3+ 60.Kg2 e3 61.Kf3 Bg5 62.R2xe3 Bxe3 63.Rxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne YM Pool A"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Qe7 8.Re1 Bg7 9.Nbd2 O-O
10.h3 Kh8 11.Nf1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 d5 14.exd5 Qd7 15.Qf3 Kh7 16.Bb3 a5
17.a3 Rd8 18.Ne3 Re8 19.Rd1 Ra6 20.Bc2 a4 21.Bd2 b6 22.d6 cxd6 23.d5 Qd8
24.Bd3 Ra7 25.Rac1 Rae7 26.Bb4 Ne4 27.Bxe4 Rxe4 28.Rc6 Bb7 29.Rxd6 Qc7 30.Ng4 Rxb4
31.Nf6+ Bxf6 32.Rxf6 Bxd5 33.Qxd5 Rf4 34.Qd6 Qxd6 35.Rdxd6 Rxf6 36.Rxf6 Kg7
37.Rxb6 Re2 38.g4 Rd2 39.Kg2 Rd3 40.h4 Rd4 41.Kg3 Rd3+ 42.f3 Rd4 43.Kf2 Rd2+
44.Ke3 Rh2 45.Rb4 Rg2 46.Kd4 Rc2 47.Rxa4 Rxb2 48.Rb4 Rh2 49.a4 Rxh4 50.a5 h5
51.Kc5 Rh1 52.gxh5 gxh5 53.a6 Ra1 54.Kb6 Kg6 55.a7 f5 56.f4 h4 57.Rb5 h3
58.Ra5 Rb1+ 59.Kc5  1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM qf"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 O-O 8.Nc3 h6
9.a4 b4 10.Nd5 d6 11.c3 bxc3 12.bxc3 Ba7 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Bd5 Bd7 15.Be3 Bxe3
16.fxe3 Qe7 17.Qe1 Rab8 18.Ra2 Nd8 19.Nh4 Kh7 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 f6 22.Bc4 c6
23.d4 a5 24.Qd2 d5 25.Be2 Nf7 26.c4 exd4 27.exd4 Rb4 28.cxd5 cxd5 29.Bh5 Ng5
30.Qf4 Qa7 31.Qd6 Qxd4+ 32.Kh1 Rfb8 33.Rc2 Rb1 34.Rfc1 Qe5 35.Qxe5 fxe5 36.h4 Rxc1+
37.Rxc1 Ne4 38.Bg6+ Kh8 39.Kg1 d4 40.Rc7 Rd8 41.Re7 Nf6 42.Rxe5 d3 43.Re1 d2
44.Rd1 Ne4 45.Bh5 Nc3  0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM sf 5'"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "D29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 c5 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.a4 b4 12.a5 Qa7 13.Na4 Rc8 14.Ne5 Be7 15.Nc4 Bd5 16.Nab6 Nxb6
17.axb6 Qb7 18.e4 Bxe4 19.f3 Bd5 20.Rxa6 O-O 21.Ra7 Bxc4 22.Bxc4 Qxb6 23.Rxe7 cxd4
24.Bd3 Rb8 25.Bf4 Rbc8 26.Be5 Rfd8 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Qe4 f5 29.Qh4 Kf8 30.Qf6  1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM sf"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bd2 e6 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.Bb4 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Nbd2 Nd7 14.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne YM sf playoff"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5+ Nd7 14.Bg5 Qa5 15.Bxd7+ Kxd7
16.O-O Bc6 17.b3 h6 18.Bd2 Bb5 19.Re1 Bxa4 20.bxa4 Bc5 21.a3 Qb6 22.a5 Qb7
23.axb4 Be7 24.Nd4 Rhc8 25.Qa4+ Kd8 26.Rac1 Qd7 27.Nc6+ Ke8 28.b5 Kf8 29.Red1 Kg8
30.Be3 Bf8 31.h3 Rc7 32.Bc5 Bxc5 33.Rxc5 Kh8 34.Rdc1 Rac8 35.Kh2 g6 36.Qd4 Kg7
37.Nb4 Rxc5 38.Rxc5 Rxc5 39.Qxc5 Nf4 40.Nc2 Qd1 41.Ne3 Qa1 42.Qc4 Qxe5 43.g3 Nh5
44.Ng4 Qb2 45.Qc5 Qb1 46.b6 axb6 47.Qxb6 Qa2 48.a6 f5 49.Ne5 f4 50.g4 Ng3
51.Nd3 Nf1+ 52.Kg1 Ne3 53.Qb2+ Qxb2 54.Nxb2 Nd5 55.Nc4 Nc7 56.a7 Na8 57.Kg2 Kf6
58.Kf3 g5 59.Ke4 Ke7 60.Ke5 Kd7 61.f3 Ke7 62.Kd4 Kd7 63.Ke4 Kc6 64.Ke5 Nc7
65.Nd6 Kb6 66.Nf7 Kxa7 67.Nxh6 Kb6 68.Nf7 Kc6 69.Nxg5 Kd7 70.h4 Ke7 71.Nh3 Kf7
72.Nxf4 Ke7 73.g5 Kf7 74.h5 Ke7 75.g6 Ne8 76.Nxe6 Nf6 77.Nf4 Nd7+ 78.Kf5 Nc5
79.Kg5 Kf8 80.h6 Kg8 81.Kf6 Nd7+ 82.Ke6 Nf8+ 83.Kf6 Nd7+ 84.Ke6 Nf8+ 85.Ke7  1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM sf playoff"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxc5 Bxc5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.O-O Rc8
16.a3 a5 17.axb4 axb4 18.Bd2 h6 19.Rc1 Qb6 20.Bc4 Ne7 21.Nd4 Nd3 22.Nxe6+ fxe6
23.Bxd3 Rxc1 24.Bxc1 Qd4 25.Re1 g5 26.Be3 Qxb2 27.h4 Qxe5 28.Ba6 Bxa6 29.Bd4 Qd5
30.Bxh8 Qxd1 31.Rxd1 Kf7 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Bb2 b3 34.Rd7 Ke8 35.Rc7 Bd3 36.Rc3 Bc2
37.Rg3 Nd5 38.Rxg5 Nf4 39.Rb5 Nd3 40.Ba1 Kd7 41.f3 Kc6 42.Rb8 Kc7 43.Re8 Kd7
44.Ra8 Bd1 45.Ra4 Ke7 46.Rd4 b2 47.Bxb2 Nxb2 48.Rd2 Bxf3 49.Rxb2 Be4 50.Kf2 Kf6
51.Ke3 Bd5 52.Kf4 e5+ 53.Kg4 Be6+ 54.Kg3 Kf5 55.Kf3 Bd5+ 56.Ke3 Bc6 57.Kf2 Bd5
58.Rb8 Bc6 59.Rf8+ Kg5 60.Kg3 Bd5 61.Re8 Kf5 62.Rf8+ Kg5 63.Rf2 Bc6 64.Re2 Kf5
65.Rf2+ Kg5 66.Rc2 Bb7 67.Rc5 Kf5 68.Rc2 Kg5 69.Kf2 Kf5 70.Kg3 Kg5 71.Re2 Kf5
72.Kh4 Bc6 73.Rf2+ Kg6 74.g4 Bd5 75.g5 Bf7 76.Rf6+ Kg7 77.Rf5 e4 78.Re5 Bg6
79.Re7+ Kf8 80.Ra7 Kg8  1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM sf 5'"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nd7 9.O-O a6
10.h4 Ngf6 11.Ng5 Qb6 12.Bd2 Be7 13.f4 h6 14.Nf3 c5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Rxa8+ Bxa8
17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Qe2 O-O 19.Kh1 Ne4 20.Kh2 Ndf6 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Ne5 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Bd6
24.Bc3 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Qc6+ 26.Kh2 Ne4 27.Rd1 b4 28.h5 f6 29.Bd4 Rc8 30.Qc2 c3
31.bxc3 bxc3 32.Rb1 Nd2 33.Bxf6 Nxb1 34.Bxg7 Kxg7 35.Qg6+ Kf8 36.Qf6+ Ke8
37.Qh8+ Kd7 38.Qg7+ Kd8 39.Qf6+ Kc7 40.Qe5+ Kb7 41.Qg7+ Rc7  0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.g3 g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Bg2 Rae8 13.O-O Nb6 14.Re1 f6 15.Qe3 Qe6
16.Ba3 Rf7 17.Nc3 fxe5 18.Rad1 Bb7 19.Ne4 Qf5 20.Bd6 Nc8 21.Bxc7 d5 22.Nd6 Nxd6
23.Bxd6 Rd7 24.Bc5 a6 25.a4 h5 26.h4 Kh7 27.Kh2 Qf7 28.Qe2 Rdd8 29.b4 Bc8
30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 e4 32.Qc2 cxb5 33.cxb5 d4 34.b6 Bb7 35.Qd2 e3 36.fxe3 dxe3
37.Qe2 Bxg2 38.Qxg2 Rxd1 39.Rxd1 Qc4 40.Bd6 e2 41.Re1 Bc3 42.Rc1 e1=Q 43.Rxe1 Bxe1
44.b7 Qb3 45.Qc6 Re2+ 46.Kh1 Bc3 47.Bc5 Bg7 48.Ba7 Qxg3  0-1

[Event "FRA-ch G2"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Lepelletier, Benoit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Qxd2 f5 5.g4 fxg4 6.h3 e5 7.hxg4 exd4 8.Qxd4 Qf6
9.Qd2 Ne7 10.e3 d6 11.f3 Nbc6 12.Nc3 Be6 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Nd5 Qf7 15.Be2 Kb8
16.f4 h6 17.Nh3 Bc8 18.Rhf1 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Ne7 20.Nf2 c5 21.Kb1 b6 22.Ka1 Rhe8
23.e4 Ng6 24.f5 Ne5 25.g5 hxg5 26.Qxg5 Rh8 27.Nd3 Qf6 28.Qg3 Nxd3 29.Bxd3 Rde8
30.Rh1 Kc7 31.Rxh8 Rxh8 32.Rg1 Rg8 33.Qg6 Qd4 34.Bb1 c4 35.e5 Qxe5 36.Qf7+ Bd7
37.Qxg8 c3 38.Rc1  1-0

[Event "FRA-ch G2"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boudre, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Ra4 Qe8 14.Bc2 Bd7 15.Ra1 Bg4
16.d5 Ne7 17.c4 Ng6 18.h3 Bd7 19.Nc3 Nh5 20.b4 Nhf4 21.Be3 Qe7 22.Na4 Bxe3
23.fxe3 Nh5 24.Qe1 Nf6 25.Nb2 h5 26.Qc3 h4 27.Nd1 Nh5 28.Nf2 Ng3 29.Rfe1 f5
30.exf5 Bxf5 31.Bxf5 Rxf5 32.Ng4 Rbf8 33.Qc2 Qf7 34.Kh2 Qe7 35.c5 e4 36.Nd4 Rxd5
37.Qc4 Qf7 38.cxd6 Rxd6 39.Qxf7+ Rxf7 40.Rec1 Kh7 41.Rc4 Nf1+ 42.Kg1 Ng3
43.Rc5 Nf4 44.Kh2 Ne6 45.Nxe6 Rxe6 46.Kg1 Ra6 47.Rca5 Rb6 48.R5a4 Rf5 49.Ra7 c6
50.Rc7 Rfb5 51.Nf6+ Kh6 52.Nd7 Rb7 53.Rxc6+ Kh5 54.Nc5 Rf7 55.Ne6 g5 56.Rc5 Rxc5
57.bxc5 Ne2+ 58.Kh2 Re7 59.Nd4 Nxd4 60.exd4 Rd7 61.Ra4 e3 62.Kg1 Rf7 63.Ra2 Rd7
64.Ra4 Rf7 65.c6 Rf2 66.Rc4 Rd2 67.c7 Rd1+ 68.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch G2"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 b5 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 Bb7 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Bg5 O-O
9.e3 d5 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O Kh8 12.Re1 Ng4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.h3 Nge5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Bc2 Qh4 17.f4 Rad8 18.fxe5 d4 19.Qe2 dxc3 20.bxc3 Qg3 21.Rf1 Qxe5 22.Qd3 g6
23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Rf1 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Qg5 26.Qd2 Bd5 27.a4 Bc4+ 28.Kg1 Kg7 29.Be4 Qe5
30.Bc6 Qc7 31.Qd7+ Qxd7 32.Bxd7 Kf7 33.Bc6 Ke7 34.Be4 Kd6 35.g4 Kc7 36.Bc2 h6
37.Bxg6 Bb3 38.h4 e5 39.a5  1-0

[Event "FRA-ch G2"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.O-O h6 15.Nd2 Qc7
16.Re1 Rd8 17.Qg4 Kf8 18.Qg3 g6 19.h4 Ne7 20.Nb3 Bb6 21.Bd2 a5 22.Rac1 Qd7
23.Red1 Bd5 24.Nc5 Qa7 25.Be3 Kg7 26.Qf4 Nf5 27.Bxf5 gxf5 28.g4 Qe7 29.gxf5 exf5
30.Kh2 Rh7 31.Bd4 Be4 32.Nxe4 Bxd4 33.Rxd4 Rxd4 34.Rg1+ Kf8 35.Nf6 Qxf6 36.Qxd4 Qe7
37.Rc1  1-0

[Event "FRA-ch G2"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 Bb4 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 11.bxc4 b4 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Bd3 Nbd7 14.O-O O-O 15.Re1 Ne4
16.Qc2 f5 17.c5 Qc7 18.Bb5 Bc6 19.Ba4 Bxa4 20.Qxa4 Rfc8 21.Ra2 Ra6 22.Rea1 Rca8
23.Ne1 Nef6 24.Qb5 Nb8 25.Nd3 Nc6 26.Ra4 Qd7 27.f3 g5 28.e4 R6a7 29.Qc4 fxe4
30.Ne5 Nxe5 31.dxe5 Nd5 32.c6 Qc8 33.Bd4 Rc7 34.Rc1 Ra6 35.Qe2 Raxc6 36.Rf1 Rc1
37.Qxe4 Rxf1+ 38.Kxf1 Rc1+ 39.Kf2 Qc2+ 40.Qxc2 Rxc2+ 41.Ke1  0-1

[Event "FRA-ch G2"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 e6 7.Bxc4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 a5 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.b3 Bb7 13.Bb2 Qb6 14.Nc1 c5 15.Nd3 Rac8
16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Nd2 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Qb8 20.e4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Bb7 22.f3 Qa8
23.Kf1 Nf8 24.Be3 Rc8 25.Rd1 Bd8 26.Nc4 Qb8 27.g3 Bc7 28.Nc5 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Bxd8
30.Bf4 Qc8 31.Nxb7 Qxb7 32.Qd3 Qc8 33.Qd6 Ng6 34.Be3 Bc7 35.Qd2 h5 36.Kg2 h4
37.Qd4 Qb8 38.Qa7 Qd8 39.Qd4 Qb8 40.Qa7 Qd8 41.Nd2 hxg3 42.hxg3 Nh5 43.Nf1 Be5
44.Be2 Bc7 45.f4 Nf6 46.Nd2 Nf8 47.Bf3 N6d7 48.Nc4 g5 49.e5 gxf4 50.gxf4 Ng6
51.Be4 Ndf8 52.Qc5 Nh4+ 53.Kg3 Nhg6 54.Kg2 Nh4+ 55.Kg3 Nhg6 56.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch G2"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Qe2 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Bg2 Ne7 8.O-O dxe4
9.Bxe4 Nc6 10.Nd2 Be7 11.h4 O-O 12.Nc4 f6 13.Bf4 g6 14.Bh6 Re8 15.h5 f5 16.Bxc6 bxc6
17.Ne5 Bd6 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.f4 Qf6 20.Bg5 Bxe5 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.g4 Bb7 23.Rae1 Kf7
24.Rf3 fxg4 25.Rg3 c5 26.Qxg4 Bd5 27.Qxg6+ Ke7 28.f5 e5 29.Qh7+ Bf7 30.Qh1 Rab8
31.Qc6 Rec8 32.Qa6 Bd5 33.Rg6 Rb6  1-0

[Event "FRA-ch G2 playoff"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4 11.hxg4 hxg4 12.g3 gxf3 13.Qxf3 Ne6 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Qf5 Qc5
16.Nf3 g6 17.Qxc5 Bxc5 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Rd8 20.Ree1 c5 21.Red1 Ke7 22.c3 Rd6
23.Kf1 g5 24.Ne5 b5 25.Ke2 c4 26.a4 Kf6 27.Ng4+ Ke7 28.Rxd6 Kxd6 29.Rd1+ Ke7
30.Ne5 Kf6 31.Rd5 bxa4 32.Nxc4 c5 33.Rd6 Ra8 34.f4 gxf4 35.gxf4 Ke7 36.f5 Ng5
37.e5 a3 38.Nxa3 Rh8 39.Nc4 Rh4 40.Kd3 Nf3 41.f6+ Ke8 42.b3 Rh3 43.Ke4 Ng5+
44.Kd5 Rxc3 45.Rb6 Rd3+ 46.Kxc5 Ne6+ 47.Kb4 Nc7 48.Rb7 Nb5 49.Ka5 Rxb3 50.Kxa6 Nd4
51.Nd6+ Kf8 52.Rxf7+ Kg8 53.Rg7+ Kf8 54.Re7 Rb8 55.e6 Rd8 56.Rf7+ Kg8 57.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "FRA-ch G2 playoff"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3 e6 8.Nf3 c5
9.a4 b4 10.Ne2 Bb7 11.O-O Bxf3 12.gxf3 Nbd7 13.e4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bc5 15.Be3 O-O
16.Rc1 Qb6 17.a5 Qxa5 18.Nc6 Qb5 19.Ba4 Qb6 20.Rxc5 Nxc5 21.Qd6 Nfd7 22.Bxc5 Qxc5
23.Qxd7 a5 24.Rd1 Qh5 25.Kg2 Kh8 26.Qe7 Qg6+ 27.Kf1 Qf6 28.Qxf6 gxf6 29.Rd7 Kg7
30.Ke2 Kg6 31.f4 Ra6 32.Ke3 Kh5 33.Nd8 Kg6 34.Nc6 Kh5 35.f3 Rc8 36.Nd4 Kg6
37.f5+ exf5 38.Nxf5 Rb6 39.Bb3 Rf8 40.Nd6 Rbb8 41.Bxf7+ Rxf7 42.Nxf7 a4 43.Nd6 a3
44.Nf5 axb2 45.Rg7+ Kh5 46.Rxh7+ Kg6 47.Rg7+ Kh5 48.Rg1 Rc8 49.Rb1 Rc2 50.Ng3+ Kh4
51.Ne2 Kh3 52.Nf4+ Kxh2 53.Nd3  1-0

[Event "FRA-ch G2 playoff"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Nf3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 e6 8.f4 Nbd7
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.f5 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bg2 Bd6 13.O-O O-O 14.f4 Nc6 15.Rd1 d4
16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Rxd4 Qe7 18.Ne4 Rad8 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Bd2 Bc7 21.Bc3 Bb6
22.Rxd8 Bxe3+ 23.Kh1 Qxd8 24.Rd1 Qh4 25.Qg2 Qh6 26.f6 g6 27.f5 Bf4 28.fxg6 hxg6
29.h3 Re8 30.Rd3 Qh5 31.Qf3 Qg5 32.Qg4 Qb5 33.Rd1 Bh6 34.Qf3 Re3 35.Qg4 Qb8
36.Kg2 Bf4 37.Kf2 Rg3 38.Qd7 Be3+ 39.Ke2 Qb5+ 40.Rd3 Qh5+  0-1

[Event "FRA-ch G2 playoff"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Be3 c6 6.Qd2 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.a4 b4 9.Ne2 a5
10.c3 bxc3 11.bxc3 Ngf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rab1 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Qc7 16.h3 Rab8
17.Bf4 Rxb1 18.Rxb1 Rb8 19.e5 Rxb1+ 20.Qxb1 Nd5 21.exd6 exd6 22.Bg3 N7b6
23.Qb3 c5 24.Qb5 cxd4 25.cxd4 Bf8 26.Qxa5 Qc2 27.Qb5 Qxa4 28.Qxa4 Nxa4 29.Kf1 h6
30.Nd2 Nab6 31.h4 f5 32.Nf4 Kf7 33.Ke2 Nc7 34.Kd3 g5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Ne2 Nbd5
37.Nc4 Ke6 38.f3 Nb4+ 39.Kc3 Nc6 40.Kd3 Nb5 41.Nb6 d5 42.Na4 Nb4+ 43.Kd2 Nc6
44.Kd3 Bb4 45.Bf2 Bd6 46.Nac3 Nb4+ 47.Kd2 Na3 48.Nb5 Nxb5 49.g4 f4 50.Nc1 Na3
51.Nb3 Nc4+ 52.Ke2 Nc6 53.Kd3 Be7 54.Nc1 N4a5 55.Ne2 Bb4 56.Nc1 Kd6 57.Ne2 Nd8
58.Ng1 Ne6 59.Ne2 Nc4 60.Nc1 Kc6 61.Nb3 Na5 62.Nc1 Kb5 63.Ne2 Nc4 64.Nc1 Na5
65.Ne2 Ka4 66.Nc1 Ka3 67.Kc2 Nc6 68.Ne2 Ba5 69.Kd3 Kb2 70.Bg1 Nb4+ 71.Kd2 Na2+  0-1

[Event "FRA-ch G2 playoff"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.h3 e6 8.g4 Bg6
9.e3 Na6 10.Bxc4 Nb4 11.O-O Nd7 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Qf3 Bd6 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 axb6
16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Bd2 O-O 18.Kg2 Nf6 19.g5 Nd7 20.Ne4 Be7 21.h4 Nd5 22.h5 c5
23.Rh1 Qc6 24.Bd3 c4 25.Bb1 b5 26.Qh3 Rc8 27.hxg6 fxg6 28.Kg1 Kf7 29.Ng3 c3
30.Bxg6+  1-0

[Event "FRA-ch G2 playoff"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Ne7 6.Nxe5 Qd4 7.Qh5 g6 8.Qg5 Bg7
9.Nd3 f5 10.e5 c5 11.b3 b6 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Bb2 Qg4 14.Qxg4 fxg4 15.Rfe1 O-O-O
16.Ne4 Rhf8 17.Rad1 Nf5 18.e6 Bxb2 19.Nxb2 Rde8 20.Ng3 Nd4 21.c3 Nxe6 22.Nd3 h5
23.Re3 Ng7 24.Rde1 Rd8 25.R1e2 h4 26.Ne5 hxg3 27.Rxg3 Nh5 28.Rxg4 Nf4 29.Re1 Rxd2
30.f3 Rd6 31.h4  0-1

[Event "FRA-ch 2nd stage"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.h4 h5 10.Nh3 Bd6 11.Nf4 Nd7 12.O-O-O Qe7 13.Bd3 Rh6 14.e4 dxe4 15.Bxe4 O-O-O
16.Rhe1 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Nb6 18.Nxh5 Nd5 19.Nc3 Qc7 20.Nxd5 cxd5+ 21.Kb1 Kb8
22.Nxf6 Rxh4 23.g3 Rh2 24.Ne8 Qd7 25.Nxd6 Qxd6 26.Qxf7 Rhh8 27.Qe6 Qb4 28.a3 Qa4
29.Qe2 Rh2 30.Rh1 Rxh1 31.Qe5+ Ka8 32.Rxh1 Qc4 33.Qe3 a6 34.Re1 Qa4 35.Qd3 Rc8
36.Re5 Qc6 37.Ka2 Qc1 38.Qb3 Qf1 39.Re7 Rb8 40.f4 Qf2 41.Rd7 Qxd4 42.Qxd5 Qf2
43.Rd6 Qf1 44.Rd8 Qf2 45.Rxb8+ Kxb8 46.Qe5+ Ka7 47.f5 Qd2 48.f6 Qd3 49.Qc5+  1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 2nd stage"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anic, Darko"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 a5 7.Nc3 a4 8.Qb4 O-O 9.O-O dxc4
10.Qxc4 Qa5 11.h3 Nbd7 12.e4 b5 13.Qd3 b4 14.Ne2 Ba6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch fin stage"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Marciano, David"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bg4 10.f3 Bd7 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.Bf4 c4 13.Na5 b5 14.Nd5 Bc5+ 15.Kf1 Ne7
16.Bxc7 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Kxc7 18.Rxc5+ Kb6 19.b4 cxb3 20.Nxb3 Be6 21.Rc3 a5 22.a4 Rc8
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Nd4 Bc4+ 25.Ke1 b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch fin stage"]
[Site "Bescanon"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Marciano, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bf5 15.Re1 Re8
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.Re1 a5 19.Ne4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 a4 21.Bc2 a3 22.bxa3 Qd6
23.a4 Nd5 24.Bb3 Rd8 25.Ne5 g5 26.h4 Bg7 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Nf3 f6 29.Re1 Kf8
30.Qd3 Re8 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Qg6+ Kf8 33.Nxg5 Qe7 34.Nf3 Qa3 35.Bxd5 Qc1+
36.Kh2 cxd5 37.Qf5 Qc6 38.Ne5 Qc7 39.g3 Ke7 40.Ng6+ Kd6 41.Nf4 Qf7 42.Qc8 b6
43.Qa6 Qc7 44.a5 Qc2 45.Qxb6+ Kd7 46.Qe6+  1-0

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1999.09.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Qd2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nd7 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Rd1 c5 12.dxc5 Qc7 13.b4 a5 14.Nd6 Nf6 15.O-O axb4
16.Qxb4 Nd7 17.Rc1 Nxc5 18.Nxc8 Rfxc8 19.Qb1 Bf6 20.Nd4 Qe7 21.Nb5 Na4 22.Be2 Rc6
23.Qb3 Nc5 24.Qb1 Na4 25.Qb3 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1999.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 Nbd7
10.d5 b4 11.dxe6 bxc3 12.exd7+ Qxd7 13.Qc2 g4 14.Rd1 Qb7 15.Ne5 Qxb2 16.Qa4 Qb5
17.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1999.09.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O c5 12.Rc1 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Ne2 Bb7
16.Qd2 Be5 17.Nd4 Qf6 18.Be2 Rac8 19.Bf3 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Rc8 21.Rxc8+ Bxc8 22.Bxd5 Bxh2+
23.Kxh2 Qe5+ 24.Kg1 Qxd5 25.a3 h5 26.f3 Bd7 27.e4 Qe5 28.Ne2 Qc5+ 29.Kh2 Qc7+
30.f4 Bc6 31.e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1999.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e4 b5 5.a4 c6 6.b3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 cxb3
9.axb5 Nf6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.f3 Qe7 13.Rb1 Rd8 14.Qe3 Nfd7 15.bxc6 Nxc6
16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Rxb3 Rab8 18.Rxb8 Nxb8 19.Kf2 Qb4 20.Be2 Qxd4 21.Ra1 Qxe3+
22.Kxe3 Rd7 23.Nb5 Bxb5 24.Bxb5 Rb7 25.Ra5 Kf8 26.h4 h6 27.g4 Ke7 28.g5 hxg5
29.hxg5 Kd6 30.e5+ Kc7 31.Be8 Kd8 32.Bb5 g6 33.f4 Rc7 34.Ra1 Kc8 35.Kd4 Kd8
36.Ra2 Kc8 37.Ra1 Nd7 38.Rh1 Kb7 39.Rh7 Kb6 40.Ba4 Nb8 41.Be8 Nc6+ 42.Kd3 Nd8
43.Rh1 a6 44.Rb1+ Ka7 45.Rh1 Re7 46.Ba4 Kb6 47.Rc1 Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1999.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.g3 d5
9.Bg2 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Bd5 11.Qc3 Nbd7 12.b4 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.O-O Qe7 15.Be3 Ne4
16.Qc2 cxb4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Rxa7 Rxa7 19.Bxa7 Qb7 20.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1999.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qb6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.c4 Nf6
9.b3 Be7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Bb2 Rd8 12.Qc2 a5 13.e3 Bb7 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.Rfd1 h6
16.Nf3 Ba6 17.Ne5 Nd7 18.Bf1 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 c5 20.Qb2 Bf8 21.Bc3 Bb7 22.Bg2 Ra8
23.Rd2 Bc6 24.Rcd1 a4 25.cxd5 exd5 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 axb3
29.axb3 Rb8 30.Be5 Qxb3 31.Qxb3 Rxb3 32.Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Heinatz, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Nge2 Nh5 7.Ng3 Nxg3 8.hxg3 Bg5
9.f4 exf4 10.gxf4 Bh4+ 11.Kd2 Bf6 12.Bd3 Na6 13.a3 Bd7 14.e5 dxe5 15.Re1 Bh4
16.Rxe5+ Kf8 17.Kc2 Qb6 18.b3 Bf6 19.Bb2 Bxe5 20.fxe5 h5 21.Qf3 Nc7 22.Rf1 Be8
23.Na4  1-0

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 e5 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O d6 7.a3 a5 8.d3 Nge7 9.Rb1 O-O
10.Ne1 Be6 11.Nd5 Rb8 12.Nxe7+ Nxe7 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 cxb4 15.Bg5 b5 16.cxb5 f6
17.Bd2 Rxb5 18.Rxb4 Rxb4 19.Bxb4 Qb6 20.Qa4 Rc8 21.Qa3 Nf5 22.Nf3 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 Nbd7
10.d5 cxd5 11.exd5 Nb6 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Nd4 Bb4 14.O-O O-O 15.Ncxb5 Bd5 16.a4 Ne4
17.a5 Nxg3 18.hxg3 a6 19.Nc3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Nd7 21.Nf5 Be6 22.Nxh6+ Kg7 23.Ng4 Bxg4
24.Bxg4 Ne5 25.Qxd8 Raxd8 26.Bf5 Rd2 27.Rfd1 Rfd8 28.Rxd2 Rxd2 29.Bc8 Rd6
30.Kf1 Nd3 31.Ra4 Nc1 32.Ke1 Nd3+ 33.Ke2 Rc6 34.Bf5 Nc1+ 35.Ke3 Nb3 36.g4 Rc5
37.f3 Nxa5 38.Ra3 Rd5 39.Be4 Rb5 40.Ra2 Kf6 41.Kd4 Ke6 42.g3 Kd6 43.f4 gxf4
44.gxf4 f6 45.Rh2 Rc5 46.Rh6 Nb3+ 47.Ke3 Ke7 48.Rh7+ Kf8 49.Bg6 Rc6 50.Ke4 a5
51.Rf7+ Kg8 52.Ra7 a4 53.Kf5 Nd4+ 54.cxd4 c3 55.d5 c2 56.dxc6 c1=Q 57.c7 Qc6
58.Bf7+  1-0

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.O-O c6
9.d5 Qe7 10.Nd2 h5 11.Bg5 a5 12.a3 c5 13.Rb1 Kh7 14.Nf3 Bh6 15.Bh4 Kh8 16.Nb5 Rg8
17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Nh7 19.Nxh7 Kxh7 20.Qd2 Kg7 21.Bd3 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bastia m"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "1999.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 Nd7 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.Bb4 Ra8 13.a4 Bh6 14.a5 f5 15.Nd2 Kh8
16.Bd3 Nb8 17.c5 Na6 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.Nc4 dxc5 20.Bxc5 Bg7 21.f3 Re8 22.d6 Ng8
23.Nb5 Rc6 24.dxc7 Qxd1 25.Rfxd1 Rxc5 26.Ncd6 Rf8 27.Nxc8 Rxc8 28.Rac1 Rxb5
29.Rd8 Rxc7 30.Rxc7 Bf6 31.Rb8 Rxa5 32.Rcc8 Ra1+ 33.Kf2 Ra2+ 34.Kg3 Kg7 35.Rxg8+ Kh6
36.exf5 e4 37.Rbe8 exf3 38.gxf3 Ra1 39.Re6 Kg5 40.fxg6 hxg6 41.Re4 Kh6 42.Rge8 Rg1+
43.Kf2 Rb1 44.R8e6 Kg5 45.h4+ Kf5 46.Re8 b5 47.Rf8 b4 48.Rc4 Ke5 49.Re4+ Kf5
50.Rc4 Ke5 51.Rb8 b3 52.Rcb4 b2 53.Rxb2 Bxh4+ 54.Kg2 Rd1 55.R8b6 g5 56.R2b5+ Kf4
57.Rf6+ Ke3 58.Re5+ Kd4 59.Re4+ Kd5 60.Rf8 Ra1 61.Rd8+ Kc5 62.Rd2 Ra3 63.Rc2+ Kd5
64.Rd2+ Kc5 65.Rg4 Kc6 66.Rc4+ Kb5 67.Rdc2 Re3 68.R4c3 Re5 69.Rb3+ Ka4 70.Rb7 Ka3
71.Rcb2 Ra5 72.R7b3+ Ka4 73.Rb1 Be1 74.R3b2 Ka3 75.Rb5 Rxb5 76.Rxb5 Bd2 77.Kg3 Ka4
78.Rb7 Bf4+ 79.Kg4 Ka5 80.Rg7 Bd2 81.Rxg5+ Kb6 82.Rd5 Bc1 83.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Bastia m"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "1999.11.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Re1 Re8 12.d5 Ne7 13.Bxb6 cxb6 14.Bc2 Qd7 15.Bd3 Rec8
16.Rc1 Rc7 17.b4 g6 18.Qe2 Rac8 19.c4 Nexd5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Be4 f5 22.Bxd5+ Bxd5
23.Qd3 Be6 24.Ng5 bxc4 25.Qh3 Qe7 26.Nxe6 Qxe6 27.Qc3 b5 28.f4 e4 29.Nf3 Qf7
30.Nd4 d5 31.Rcd1 Re8 32.Kf2 Qg7 33.h4 Rce7 34.Re3 Rd7 35.h5 Qh6 36.Ne2 Qxh5
37.Qf6 Qh6 38.Qc6 Red8 39.Qe6+ Kh8 40.Rh3 Qg7 41.Nd4 Rd6 42.Qe5 Qxe5 43.fxe5 Rb6
44.Ke3 Kg7 45.Ne2 Re6 46.Nd4 Rxe5 47.Nc6 d4+ 48.Kf4 Red5 49.Nxd8 Rxd8 50.Ra3 d3
51.Rxa6 c3 52.Rc6 c2 53.Rc7+ Kf6 54.Rc6+ Kf7 55.Rc7+ Kf6 56.Rc6+ Kf7 57.Rc7+ Ke6
58.Rh1 d2 59.Rxc2 d1=Q 60.Rxd1 Rxd1 61.Rc6+ Rd6 62.Rc5 Rd2 63.Rxb5 Rxg2 64.a4 g5+
65.Ke3 Rg3+ 66.Kd4 Rd3+ 67.Kc4 Ra3 68.a5 g4 69.Rb8 g3 70.Rg8 Ke5 71.Kb5 f4
72.a6 e3 73.Kb6 Ke4 74.a7 e2 75.b5  0-1

[Event "Bastia m"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "1999.11.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.a3 Nh5 9.b4 Na6
10.Rb1 b6 11.Be3 f5 12.f3 Bd7 13.Qd2 Qe7 14.O-O Nf6 15.Bc2 Rac8 16.Qd3 Rf7
17.h3 Nh5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Ba4 Bxa4 20.Nxa4 Kh8 21.bxc5 Nxc5 22.Nxc5 bxc5
23.f4 e4 24.Qc2 Rg8 25.Kh2 Bf6 26.g3 Rfg7 27.Rg1 Rg6 28.Rb3 Qg7 29.Bc1 Rh6
30.Rg2 a5 31.Qb1 Qf8 32.Kg1 Ng7 33.h4 Rg6 34.Bb2 Nh5 35.Kh2 Kg7 36.Rb7+ Kh6
37.Bxf6 Qxf6 38.Qb2 Qf8 39.Kh3 Nf6 40.Qb6 Ng4 41.Rd7 Ne3 42.Rg1 Nxc4 43.Qb5 Nd2
44.Qxa5 Nf3 45.Rb1 Qf6 46.Kg2 Qxh4 47.Rh1 Rxg3+ 48.Nxg3 Rxg3+ 49.Kf2 Rh3+
50.Ke2 Nd4+ 51.Kd2 Rd3+  0-1

[Event "Bastia m"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "1999.11.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.a4 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Nxg5 hxg5
16.Bxg5 Re8 17.Re1 Bxd4 18.Nf3 Be5 19.Bh4 Bf4 20.g3 Bh6 21.Nd4 Bxe4 22.Ne6 Rxe6
23.Bxe6 Bg6 24.Qf3 Bg7 25.Bf5 Bxf5 26.Qxf5 Qd7 27.Qf4 Nbd5 28.Qf3 Rb8 29.axb5 axb5
30.Bg5 Qg4 31.Qxg4 Nxg4 32.Rad1 c6 33.Re2 Ne5 34.Bc1 Nf3+ 35.Kg2 Nd4 36.Re4 Nb3
37.Bg5 Nc5 38.Re2 Na4 39.Rc1 Rc8 40.b3 Nc5 41.h4 Nxb3 42.Rce1 f6 43.Be3 c5
44.h5 Nxe3+ 45.Rxe3 c4 46.g4 c3 47.f4 Nd4 48.Rd3 f5 49.h6 Bh8 50.g5 c2 51.g6 c1=Q
52.Rxc1 Rxc1 53.Ra3 Rc8 54.Ra7 Ne6 55.h7+ Kf8 56.Rf7+ Ke8 57.Kg3 Rc7 58.Rxf5 Nf8
59.Rg5 Nxg6 60.Rxg6 Rg7  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2000.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naumann,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Be6 5.Nd2 c6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Ne2 f5 8.c4 Nd7
9.Qb3 Rb8 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nf4 O-O 12.O-O Nf6 13.Rac1 Kh8 14.Qa4 a6 15.b4 g5
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Rc2 Ra8 18.Rfc1 Qb8 19.Nf1 Qd8 20.Qa5 Ng8 21.Qxd8 Rfxd8 22.b5 a5
23.Nd2 Ne7 24.Nf3 h6 25.h3 Rac8 26.g4 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 Kg7 28.Nd2 h5 29.gxh5 Kh6
30.Be2 Rg8 31.b6 g4 32.hxg4 fxg4 33.e4 Nc6 34.Bd1 Nxd4 35.Rc3 Nf3+ 36.Bxf3 Bb4
37.Rd3 gxf3+ 38.Kh1 Bxd2 39.Rxd2 dxe4 40.Rd6 Kxh5 41.Rxe6 Rg4 42.Re8 Kg6
43.Kh2 Kf5 44.Kh3 Rg2 45.Ra8 Rxf2 46.Rxa5+ Kf4 47.Ra7 Rf1 48.Kh2 Rb1 49.Rxb7 f2
50.Rf7+ Ke3 51.b7 Rxb7  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Straeter,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Bxe7 Qxe7 5.Qd3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 d5 7.h3 Nc6 8.c4 O-O
9.e3 Kh8 10.Qb3 a5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bb5 Nd8 13.Ne5 f4 14.O-O c6 15.Be2 Ne6
16.Qc2 fxe3 17.fxe3 Ng5 18.Bd3 Kg8 19.h4 Ne6 20.Ndf3 g6 21.Rf2 Ng7 22.Ng5 Nf5
23.Re1 Nxh4 24.Rf4 Nf5 25.g4 Nh5 26.gxf5 Qxg5+ 27.Rg4 Qe7 28.Rg2 Qh4 29.Nf3 Qh3
30.Ng5 Qh4 31.Nf3 Qh3 32.Qf2 Bxf5 33.Ng5 Bxd3 34.Nxh3 Rxf2 35.Nxf2 Bf5 36.Ng4 Kg7
37.Ne5 Nf6 38.a3 Re8 39.b4 a4 40.b5 c5 41.Rb2 c4 42.Rb4 Ra8 43.Nxc4 dxc4
44.Rxc4 Be4 45.Rc7+ Kh6 46.Rf7 Kg5 47.Rf1 Nh5 48.Rc1 h6 49.Rc5+ Kg4 50.Re5 Bd3
51.Kf2 g5 52.Rxb7 Ng3 53.Rbe7 Rb8 54.e4 Bxb5 55.d5 Bc4 56.Ke3 h5 57.Rg7 h4
58.Rexg5+ Kh3 59.Kd4 Bb3 60.e5 Bc2 61.e6 Nf5+ 62.Rxf5 Bxf5 63.Ke5 Bg4 64.d6 Kg3
65.d7 h3 66.e7 h2 67.e8=Q Rb5+ 68.Kd4 Rd5+ 69.Kc4 h1=Q 70.Qe3+  1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2000.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O-O Nf8 11.h4 Be6 12.Kb1 Rc8 13.Ka1 a6 14.Qb1 b5 15.Rc1 h6
16.Bf4 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.f3 Qb6 20.Rhd1 b4 21.Nce2 Bxd4 22.exd4 Bb5
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.g4 Re8 25.Nc1 h5 26.g5 N6d7 27.Bf5 Ng6 28.Bxg6 Qxg6 29.Qxg6 fxg6
30.Bd2 a5 31.Nb3 a4 32.Nc5 b3 33.Re1 Rxe1+ 34.Bxe1 Nxc5 35.dxc5 Bd3 36.axb3 axb3
37.c6 Kf7 38.c7 Bf5 39.Bc3 Ke7 40.c8=Q Bxc8 41.Kb1 Ke6 42.Kc1 Kf5 43.Kd2 Kf4
44.Ke2 Kg3 45.Be5+ Kg2 46.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2000.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.g3 Bh5 11.Be2 g5 12.Ng2 h6 13.Rc1 Qb6 14.Qc2 Bg6 15.Bd3 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Qa6 17.b3 Nbd7 18.Ke2 O-O-O 19.c5 Qxd3+ 20.Kxd3 Ne8 21.b4 Nc7 22.a4 b6
23.Ne2 Kb7 24.Rb1 f5 25.Rhc1 e5 26.f4 e4+ 27.Kc2 g4 28.Kd1 b5 29.Ra1 h5 30.Nh4 Bxh4
31.gxh4 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match g/25"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2000.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 c6
9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Bd6 11.Be5 Qe7 12.Rab1 a5 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Ne5 Nbd7 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.a3 a4 17.Rfe1 Rfe8 18.h3 Qg6 19.Qd1 b5 20.Ne2 Nb6 21.Nf4 Qd6 22.Nd3 Nc4
23.Qc2 Ra7 24.Re2 Rae7 25.Rbe1 Qg6 26.Nc5 Qxc2 27.Rxc2 f6 28.g4 Kf7 29.Kg2 h5
30.Kg3 Rh8 31.Nd3 Ree8 32.Nb4 Re6 33.Nd3 Ree8 34.Nb4 Re6 35.Nd3 g5 36.Rcc1 Ree8
37.Rcd1 Rh7 38.Rh1 Reh8 39.Kg2 Ke7 40.Rde1 Kd6 41.gxh5 Rxh5 42.f3 Re8 43.Kf2 Rh7
44.Re2 Reh8 45.Kg2 Re7 46.e4 Rh4 47.Nf2 dxe4 48.fxe4 f5 49.Rhe1 Rf4 50.exf5 Rxe2
51.Rxe2 Rxf5 52.Kg3 Kd5 53.Kg4 Rf4+ 54.Kxg5 Rxd4 55.h4 Ne5 56.h5 Nf3+ 57.Kg6 Ne5+
58.Kg7 c5 59.h6 Rh4 60.h7 Nf7 61.Kxf7 Rxh7+ 62.Kg6 Rh2 63.Kf5 Kc4 64.Kf4 b4
65.Kf3 Rh5 66.Re3 Rh2 67.Ke2 Rg2 68.Rf3 Rh2 69.Kd2 Kd4 70.Rf4+ Kd5 71.Rf5+ Kd4
72.Rf3 Kc4 73.Kc2 Rg2 74.Kd2 Kd4 75.Ke2 Kc4 76.Kf1 Rh2 77.Ng4 Rxb2 78.Ne5+ Kd4
79.Nc6+ Kd5 80.Ne7+  1-0

[Event "Match g/25"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2000.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Qxc4 Bd6 12.h3 O-O 13.Na4 Qc7 14.Qc2 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.O-O Rfe8 17.Rfd1 Rad8 18.Be1 Bf8 19.Nc5 g5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 g6
23.Qa4 b6 24.Rc1 Bg7 25.b4 Qe7 26.Qb3 Bf6 27.Rd1 Rxd1 28.Bxd1 Kg7 29.Be2 Qc7
30.Qc2 c5 31.bxc5 bxc5 32.Kf1 Nd7 33.Bb5 Nb6 34.a4 Nd5 35.Qb3 Ne7 36.Qc4 Nf5
37.Bb4 Be7 38.g4 Nh4 39.Qc3+ f6 40.Ke2 a6 41.Bd3 Qc6 42.Ba3 Qf3+ 43.Ke1 Ng2+
44.Kd2 Qxf2+ 45.Be2 Bd6 46.Qd3 Nxe3 47.Bb2 Bf4 48.Qd7+ Kh6 49.Qe8 Kg7 50.Qe7+ Kh6
51.Qf8+ Kh7 52.Qf7+ Kh6 53.Qe8 Nd5+ 54.Kc2 Kg7 55.Kb1 Qe3 56.Qd7+ Qe7 57.Qxe7+ Nxe7
58.Bxa6 Be5 59.Bxe5 fxe5 60.Bb7 Nc6 61.Bxc6 Kf7 62.a5 e4 63.Bxe4 Ke7 64.a6  0-1

[Event "Match g/5"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2000.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Bg2 Qc7 8.Qb3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 d6 11.Rac1 Nbd7 12.Rfd1 Ng4 13.Bd2 Rb8 14.h3 Ngf6 15.Be3 Ne5
16.Na4 Nfd7 17.Bf4 Ng6 18.Be3 Bf6 19.Qa3 Nc5 20.b4 Nxa4 21.Qxa4 Bd7 22.Qb3 Rfc8
23.a4 Be8 24.c5 dxc5 25.bxc5 Be7 26.Qc4 Qa5 27.Nb3 Qxa4 28.Qxa4 Bxa4 29.Rd3 Ne5
30.Rdc3 Nc6 31.Nd2 Bf6 32.Rd3 Bb5 33.Rd7 Rd8 34.Rxd8+ Rxd8 35.Ne4 Be7 36.Kf1 Nd4
37.Nc3 Bc6 38.Bxc6 Nxc6 39.Ne4 f5 40.Nc3 Kf7 41.Rb1 Rd7 42.Nd1 Bd8 43.Nb2 Be7
44.Nc4 e5 45.f3 Ke6 46.g4 g6 47.Rb2 Rc7 48.Rb6 Kd5 49.Nd2 Bxc5 50.Bxc5 Kxc5
51.Rb1 b5 52.Rc1+ Kb6 53.gxf5 gxf5 54.Rb1 Nd4 55.e3 Ne6 56.Ke2 a5 57.h4 a4
58.e4 f4 59.Kd3 Nc5+ 60.Ke2 Ne6 61.Kd3 Ka5 62.Ra1 Rd7+ 63.Kc3 b4+ 64.Kc2 Nd4+
65.Kb2 Kb5 66.Rc1 Ne2 67.Rc2 a3+ 68.Ka2 Nc3+ 69.Kb3 Rd3 70.Nc4 Nxe4+ 71.Ka2 b3+  0-1

[Event "Match g/5"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2000.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Nd5 Re8 7.Qf5 d6 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.a3 Bc5 11.b4 Bb6 12.Bb2 a5 13.b5 Nd8 14.d4 Bg4 15.c5 dxc5
16.dxe5 a4 17.Bc4 Ba5+ 18.Kf1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 fxe5 20.Rg1+ Kf8 21.Rd1 c6 22.Rg5 cxb5
23.Bxb5 f6 24.Rf5 Re6 25.Bc4 Kg7 26.Bxe6 Nxe6 27.Rh5 Kg6 28.Rh4 h5 29.Rd6 Re8
30.Rxa4 Bc7 31.Rd7 Rd8 32.Rxd8 Bxd8 33.Ra7 b6 34.Ke2 c4 35.Rd7 h4 36.h3 Kf5
37.Bc3 Bc7 38.Bb4 Bb8 39.Kd2 Ng5 40.Rb7 Nxh3 41.Rxb8 Ng5 42.Ke2 Kg6 43.Rh8 Nh7
44.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2000.04.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Michaelsen,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O
9.Ne2 Be6 10.O-O Nd7 11.Bg5 b5 12.Bb3 Bxb3 13.axb3 a5 14.Qc1 Re8 15.Rd1 Qb6
16.Be3 a4 17.bxa4 Rxa4 18.Rb1 Qa6 19.Ng3 e5 20.Bh6 Bh8 21.d5 c5 22.d6 Bf6
23.Bg5 Re6 24.h4 Ra2 25.h5 Rxd6 26.Rxd6 Qxd6 27.Rxb5 Bg7 28.h6 Bf8 29.Rb1 f6
30.Be3 Qd3 31.Rb2 Rxb2 32.Qxb2 Qc4 33.Qb7 Qe6 34.Qc8 Kf7 35.Qb7 Be7 36.Nf1 f5
37.Qa8 f4 38.Qh8 Nf8 39.Qg7+ Ke8 40.Bd2 Bf6 41.Qc7 Nd7 42.Nh2 Qa6  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2000.04.09"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Cladouras,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 c6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O h6 8.Rb1 Be7
9.b4 g5 10.d5 c5 11.a3 Kf8 12.Be3 a6 13.Ne1 b6 14.Qd2 Kg7 15.Nd3 Nf8 16.Rfd1 Bd8
17.f3 Ng6 18.g3 Nh7 19.Na4 Qd7 20.bxc5 Qxa4 21.cxb6 Rb8 22.c5 Nf6 23.c6 Bxb6
24.Rxb6 Rxb6 25.Bxb6 Qxa3 26.Qb2 Qxb2 27.Nxb2 g4 28.Nc4 gxf3 29.Bxf3 Ne8
30.Ba5  1-0

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.b3 g6 10.f4 Qb4+ 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Qe4 f5 13.Qf3 Qd4 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Bb4
16.Rc1 Bxc3+ 17.Rxc3 O-O-O 18.c5 Bb7 19.Qe3 Qxe3+ 20.Rxe3 d6 21.Bc4 Kd7 22.h4 d5
23.Bd3 h5 24.Rg3 Rh6 25.b4 Ke6 26.Kd2 Ra8 27.Rb1 a6 28.Rb3 Kf7 29.Ra3 Rhh8
30.Rg5 Rh6 31.Kc3 Rb8 32.Ra5 Ra8 33.Kd4 Rhh8 34.Bc2 Rab8 35.Bd3 Ra8 36.Be2 Rhb8
37.Ra3 Rh8 38.Rag3 Rag8 39.Bxh5  1-0

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Qe7 11.Bd3 g5 12.Bf2 Nh5 13.a4 a5 14.Rb1 f5 15.h4 Kf7 16.Qc2 Ndf6
17.c5 dxc5 18.Nc4 Nd7 19.g4 Bxf3 20.Rg1 Nhf6 21.gxf5 exf5 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Nd2 Be4
24.Rxg5 Rh1+ 25.Ke2 Rah8 26.Rxh1 Rxh1 27.Nxe4 fxe4 28.Qb3+ Kf8 29.Bb5 cxd4
30.cxd4 Qb4 31.Bc4 Rc1 32.Bg8 Qxb3 33.Bxb3 Rc3 34.Be6 Rc6 35.Bb3 Rc3 36.Be6 Rc6
37.Bb3 Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4
16.Ng3 g6 17.Qe2 Rfe8 18.a4 Bf8 19.Nh2 Be6 20.Qf3 Bg7 21.Rd1 h5 22.Bg5 Nh7
23.Bc1 Nf6 24.Bg5 Nd7 25.b3 Na5 26.b4 Nc4 27.a5 Rac8 28.Nhf1 Nb2 29.Rdb1 Na4
30.Bxa4 bxa4 31.Rc1 d5 32.c4 dxc4 33.Ne2 Rb8 34.Rcb1 f6 35.Bd2 f5 36.Nc3 Nf6
37.Qg3 Kh7 38.exf5 Bxf5 39.Rb2 Red8 40.Qe3 Rd3 41.Qe1 Ne4 42.Nxe4 Bxe4 43.f3 Bd5
44.Rc2 e4 45.Bc3 Bxc3 46.Rxc3 Re8 47.Rxd3 exd3 48.Qf2 Re2 49.Qa7+ Qb7 50.Qc5 Bxf3
51.gxf3 Qxf3 52.Qc7+ Kh6 53.Qg3 Qxg3+ 54.Nxg3 Re5 55.Kf2 c3 56.Nf1 Re2+ 57.Kf3 Rb2
58.Ke3 c2 59.Nd2 a3 60.b5 Rxb5 61.Kxd3 Rb1  0-1

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d6 8.Rb1 a5
9.a3 h6 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Be6 12.b5 Ne7 13.Qb3 c6 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Rfc1 g5
16.e3 Bf5 17.Ne1 Be6 18.Nc2 d5 19.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.Nb4 dxc4 21.dxc4 cxb5 22.Nbd5 Bxd5
23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.cxd5 e4 25.Rc5 Rc8 26.Rxb5 Re5 27.Rd1 Rc7 28.Bh3 Qf6 29.d6 Rxb5
30.Qxb5 Rc2 31.Bf5 Bf8 32.d7 Be7 33.d8=R+ Bxd8 34.Qe8+ Kg7 35.Rxd8 Rc1+ 36.Kg2 Qxf5
37.Qf8+ Kg6 38.Rd6+  1-0

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 g5 10.Bg3 Nc6 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Rh6 Qe7 14.Qf3 Rg6 15.Rxg6 fxg6
16.Bd3 O-O-O 17.Qe2 Rh8 18.O-O-O Rh6 19.f3 Kb8 20.Bf2 e5 21.g4 d5 22.Kb2 Rh2
23.Qf1 dxc4 24.Bxg6 Nd5 25.Bg1 exd4 26.exd4 Re2  0-1

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d6 8.Rb1 a5
9.a3 Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Bg7 14.b5 Ne7 15.Qb3 c6
16.Nd2 Be6 17.Rfc1 d5 18.Qb4 Bf8 19.Qb2 Bg7 20.Qc2 Kh7 21.Nb3 dxc4 22.dxc4 Bxc4
23.Nc5 cxb5 24.Nxb5 Bxb5 25.Rxb5 Nf5 26.Rxb7 Rc8 27.Rxf7 Nd4 28.Qa2 Re7 29.Rxe7 Qxe7
30.Nd3 Rxc1+ 31.Nxc1 e4 32.Qb1 e3 33.f4 Qc7 34.Kf1 Kh8 35.Nd3 Qc2 36.Qxc2 Nxc2
37.Be4 g5 38.Nc5 Nd4 39.fxg5 hxg5 40.Bb1 Bf8 41.Nd7 Bg7 42.Be4 Nb3 43.Bd5 Nd4
44.Nb6 Nf5 45.Nc4 Bd4 46.Kg2 Kg7 47.Be6 Ne7 48.Kf3 Kf6 49.Ke4 Ba1 50.Bd7 Bc3
51.Nxe3 Ba1 52.Ba4 Bb2 53.Nc4 Ba1 54.Nb6 Bb2 55.Kf3 Bd4 56.Nd7+ Kf5 57.Bc2+ Ke6
58.Nf8+  1-0

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 dxc5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8
8.Ne5 Be6 9.g3 Nd7 10.Nxd7 Kxd7 11.Bg2 Nf6 12.Rb1 b6 13.Bxa8 Rxa8 14.f3 Ne8
15.Bf4 Bxc4 16.Rb2 Kc6 17.Rd2 Nd6 18.Bxd6 exd6 19.Kf2 d5 20.e4 dxe4 21.fxe4 Re8
22.Re1 Be6 23.Kf3 Kb5 24.Kf4 Kc4 25.Re3 a5 26.Kg5 b5 27.Kh6 b4 28.cxb4 axb4
29.Kxh7 Ra8 30.Kg7 Kb5 31.h4 c4 32.g4 c3 33.Rg2 Rxa2  0-1

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nf8
9.Bd3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rab1 a5 13.a3 Ng7 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Bf5
16.b5 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Nf5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Rb3 Qe7 21.Rfb1 Rfc8
22.h3 Qd8 23.Rb6 Ng7 24.Ra6 Ne6 25.Rbb6 Rxa6 26.Qxa6 Ra8 27.Qb7 Ra1+ 28.Rb1 Rxb1+
29.Nxb1 c5 30.dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Ne2 Nb4 6.Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7.Qxd3 g6 8.h4 h6
9.h5 g5 10.f4 gxf4 11.Bxf4 d6 12.O-O-O Qd7 13.d5 O-O-O 14.Be3 Bg7 15.Rdf1 Be5
16.Bd4 Rh7 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Qg3 exd5 19.cxd5 f6 20.Qe3 Rg7 21.Ng3 Kb8 22.Rf2 Rg5
23.Nf5 Qf7 24.Qe2 c6 25.dxc6 Bxc6 26.Rd1 Rd7 27.g4 Qf8 28.Qc4 Rxd1+ 29.Kxd1 Qc8
30.Ne3 Bd7 31.Qxc8+ Bxc8 32.Rg2 Ne7 33.Ke2 Rg7 34.Kf3 Be6 35.Rf2 a6 36.Kg3 Rf7
37.a3 Kc7 38.Rc2 Kd6 39.Rd2+ Kc7 40.Rc2 Kb7 41.Rd2 Kc7 42.Ne2 Rf8 43.Kf3 Nc6
44.Nd5+ Kb7 45.Ne3 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.Qb3 Nh6 7.d4 Na5 8.Qb5 Nxc4
9.Bxh6 Nd6 10.Qxe5 Nxe4 11.Bxg7 Rg8 12.Qxe4 Rxg7 13.O-O d5 14.Qe5 Kf8 15.Re1 Qd6
16.Qe2 Bh3 17.g3 f6 18.Nbd2 Kg8 19.c4 c6 20.Rab1 Bf8 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Nf1 Re7
23.Qd3 Rxe1 24.Nxe1 Qd7 25.Qf3 Bf5 26.Rxb7 Qxb7 27.Qxf5 Re8 28.Nd3 Re4 29.Nf4 Rxd4
30.Ne3 Bh6 31.Qe6+ Qf7 32.Qc8+ Qf8 33.Qg4+ Qg7 34.Qf3 Rxf4 35.Qxd5+ Kh8 36.Qd8+ Qg8
37.Qxg8+ Kxg8 38.gxf4 Bxf4 39.Nd5 Be5 40.f4 Bd4+ 41.Kg2 Kf7 42.f5 Ke8 43.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Nec6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.f5 d6
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bf4 Re8 11.Qd5+ Kh8 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.h4 Nce5 14.h5 h6 15.Qd2 Nf7
16.Bd3 Bb4 17.Bc2 Nc5 18.Qd5 Kg8 19.Ne2 c6 20.Qd4 Bxf5 21.exf5 Rxe2 22.Ng1 Rxg2
23.a3 Qd7 24.axb4 Rxc2+ 25.Kxc2 Qxf5+ 26.Kc3 Ne6 27.Qe3 Nxf4 28.Nf3 a5 29.Ra1 axb4+
30.Kxb4 Rd8 31.Rhf1 Qc2 32.Qc3 c5+  0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Szeged HUN"]
[Date "2000.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.e4 e5 14.d5 Nb6 15.dxc6 bxc6
16.Bd3 Rfd8 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Bd2 Bb4 19.Be3 Bc5 20.Bd2 Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Szeged HUN"]
[Date "2000.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6
16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 Qc8 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 Bd7 22.Ne3 Qxc3
23.Nd5 Qc6 24.Bb3 Qb7 25.g5 Be6 26.Re3 Rec8 27.Qh5 Rc4 28.Bxc4 bxc4 29.Rd1 Rc8
30.a3 Rc6 31.Rc3 Qc8 32.Rdc1 Bg4 33.Qh4 Be6 34.Qg3  1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Szeged HUN"]
[Date "2000.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6 5.a4 a6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d3 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 h6
10.h3 Ne7 11.d4 exd4 12.a5 Ba7 13.cxd4 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Na3 f6
17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Be3 c6 19.g4 Nc3 20.Qc2 Bxd3 21.Qxc3 Rxf3 22.Qxd3 Qd6  0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Szeged HUN"]
[Date "2000.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 a5
16.Ng4 Nxg4 17.hxg4 Be7 18.Be3 c6 19.Qe2 Bg5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Rad1 Qd7 22.c4 Ba6
23.Ne3 g6 24.Bd3 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 bxc4 26.Be2 cxd5 27.Rxd5 Qb7 28.Qc3 Qb4 29.a3 Qb6
30.Red1 Rab8 31.R1d2 Rbd8 32.Bf1 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Qc7 34.Bxc4 Bxc4 35.Qxc4 Qb7
36.b3 Rb8 37.Rd3 Qb5 38.Qc3 a4 39.bxa4 Qxa4 40.Qxe5 Re8 41.Qxc5 Qxe4 42.Re3 Qb1+
43.Kh2 Qb8+ 44.g3 Rc8 45.Qd5 Rd8 46.Qf3 Qa8 47.Qf6 Rd1 48.f3 Rd2+ 49.Kh3 Qf8
50.Qf4 Rd1 51.Re2 Qc5 52.Re8+ Kg7 53.g5 Qd4 54.Qxd4+ Rxd4 55.Ra8 h6 56.gxh6+ Kxh6
57.f4 Rd3 58.a4 Ra3 59.a5 f5 60.a6 Ra2 61.g4 fxg4+ 62.Kxg4 Ra4 63.Kf3 Kg7
64.Ke3 Kf7 65.Kd3 Kg7 66.Ra7+ Kf6 67.Ke3 Kf5 68.Ra8 Ra3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Szeged HUN"]
[Date "2000.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bc5
9.Qd3 O-O 10.Bg5 b6 11.Rd1 Ba6 12.Bh4 Bb4 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.a3 Bxc3+ 15.Qxc3 Qf4
16.Qg3+ Qxg3 17.hxg3 Rfd8 18.b3 Rac8 19.Rh5 Bb7 20.f3 Kg7 21.Kf2 h6 22.b4 d6
23.a4 Ba6 24.b5 Bb7 25.Rdh1 Rh8 26.a5 bxa5 27.Ra1 d5 28.Rxa5 dxc4 29.Rxa7 c3
30.Rh1 Rc7 31.Ke3 c2 32.Rc1 Rd8 33.Kf2 Rd2 34.Ke1 Rcd7 35.Ra2 f5 36.exf5 exf5
37.Raxc2 Rxc2 38.Rxc2 Rd6 39.Rc3 Bd5 40.Bc4 Re6+ 41.Kd2  1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Szeged HUN"]
[Date "2000.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 a5
16.Ng4 Nxg4 17.hxg4 c6 18.Ne3 Be7 19.Nf5 g6 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.Be3 Rec8 22.Qd2 cxd5
23.exd5 f6 24.f4 Qd7 25.g5 exf4 26.Bxf4 f5 27.Qd4 Re8 28.Qf6 Ne4 29.Bxe4 fxe4
30.Bxd6 Qf5 31.Qxf5 gxf5 32.Kf2 Rad8 33.Bf4 Rxd5 34.Rad1 a4 35.Rxd5 Bxd5
36.a3 e3+ 37.Bxe3 f4 38.Bxf4 Rxe1 39.Kxe1 Bxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Pool A"]
[Site "Vichy FRA"]
[Date "2000.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Marciano,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Qd2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.dxc5 Nd7 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.b4 a5 14.Nd6 Nf6 15.e4 axb4
16.e5 Bxd6 17.Qxd6 Ne8 18.Qb6 Ra5 19.Qxb4 Qxc5 20.Rb1 Bd7 21.Qxc5 Rxc5 22.Rxb7 Bc6
23.Rb4 Nc7 24.O-O Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Pool A"]
[Site "Vichy FRA"]
[Date "2000.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Relange,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 a6 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.f3 Bh5
9.Nge2 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Rc1 Bg6 12.a3 O-O 13.Na4 Nd7 14.Bg3 Rc8 15.b4 b5
16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.Bxg6 Na4 18.Bb1 g6 19.Bd3 Qb6 20.Nc3 Nxc3 21.Rxc3 e5 22.dxe5 d4
23.Rc1 dxe3 24.Kh1 Nd4 25.Re1 Rcd8 26.Rxe3 Nb3  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Pool A"]
[Site "Vichy FRA"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Anic,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qb3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Kh8 10.Ba3 d6 11.c5 Na6 12.cxd6 exd6 13.e4 fxe4 14.Nd2 Nc7 15.Nxe4 Nb5
16.Bb2 d5 17.Nd2 Bg4 18.a4 Nd6 19.Ba3 Rf7 20.Rae1 Bf5 21.Re3 Bh6 22.f4 g5
23.c4 gxf4 24.gxf4 Bg7 25.cxd5 Bxd4 26.Nf3 Bc2 27.Qxc2 Bxe3+ 28.Kh1 Nf5 29.Ng5 Qf6
30.Nxf7+ Qxf7 31.dxc6 bxc6 32.Be4 Ng7 33.Qxc6 Rd8 34.f5 Bd4 35.Qc2 Nh5 36.Rd1 Qf6
37.Bf3 Ng7 38.Be4 Be5 39.Rxd8+ Qxd8 40.Bc5 a6 41.Bg1 Nh5 42.Qc5 Bf6 43.Qc6 Be5
44.a5 Nf6 45.Qa8 Bb8 46.Bf3 Qd6 47.Qc6 Qe5 48.Qxa6 Qxf5 49.Qa8 Kg7 50.Qb7+ Kg6
51.a6  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Pool A"]
[Site "Vichy FRA"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hauchard,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.Be2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Nb6 10.d3 Be6 11.Qc2 O-O 12.O-O Rfd8 13.a3 Bf5 14.Nd2 a5 15.b3 Nd7
16.Ne4 Nf6 17.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Pool A"]
[Site "Vichy FRA"]
[Date "2000.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nataf,IA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.b3 f6 12.Nf3 f5 13.a4 Nf6 14.Ne5 Bd7 15.Ba3 Re8 16.e3 Bf8
17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Qd2 a5 19.Rfc1 Qe7 20.Bf1 Rfc8 21.Bd3 Nb4 22.Ne2 Bc6 23.Nc3 Be8
24.Na2 Nc6 25.Nxc6 Bxc6 26.Rc5 b6 27.Rc2 Ne8 28.Rac1 Qd7 29.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Pool A"]
[Site "Vichy FRA"]
[Date "2000.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Guidarelli,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qxd7+ Nbxd7
9.Nb5 Kd8 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.e4 N5f6 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.Bd3 c6 14.Nc3 h6 15.Rd1 Bd6
16.Be3 Ke7 17.O-O Rc8 18.Rfe1 Bb8 19.d5 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.f4 Bxc3
23.bxc3 c5 24.e5 g6 25.Bxg6 Rg8 26.f5 exf5 27.Bxf5 Rxg2+ 28.Kf1 Rc7 29.Bf4  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Haute"]
[Site "Vichy FRA"]
[Date "2000.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 d5 11.Qe3 Be7 12.Be2 O-O 13.h4 Re8 14.Qg3 Kh8 15.Bc7 Qd7
16.Be5 Bf8 17.exd5 cxd5 18.Rd4 Qe7 19.Bd3 Nd7 20.f4 Bb7 21.Qg4 Nc5 22.Na4 Nxd3+
23.Rxd3 f6 24.Bd4 Qb4 25.Nb6 Rad8 26.a3 Qd6 27.Rc3 e5 28.Bc5 Qxc5 29.Rxc5 Bxc5
30.Na4 Be3+ 31.Kb1 Bxf4 32.Nc5 Bc8 33.Qe2 e4 34.Rd1 d4 35.g4 e3 36.Nd3 Bg3
37.Rh1 Bb7 38.Rh3 Bd6 39.g5 Be4 40.gxf6 gxf6 41.Rf3 Bxf3 42.Qxf3 Re6 43.Qg4 Rde8
44.Qg6 Bf8  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Pool A"]
[Site "Vichy FRA"]
[Date "2000.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Degraeve,JM"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 a6 7.O-O d6 8.Bb3 Ba7
9.h3 h6 10.Re1 Be6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Nxe3 Qd7 14.Nh4 Bxb3 15.axb3 Qe6
16.b4 g6 17.Qf3 Rac8 18.Nd5 Kg7 19.g4 Ne7 20.Ne3 d5 21.exd5 Nfxd5 22.Qg3 Nxe3
23.Rxe3 Nd5 24.Re4 Nf6 25.Re2 Qd6 26.Rae1 Rcd8 27.Re3 e4 28.Qxd6 Rxd6 29.dxe4 Rde6
30.e5 Nd5 31.Re4 Kg8 32.Kh2 c6 33.Kg3 Nf6 34.R4e2 Nd5 35.f3 g5 36.Nf5 Nf4
37.Re3 Kh7 38.h4 Ng6 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Nd6 R8e7 41.Ne4 Rxe5 42.Nxg5+ Kg7 43.Rxe5 Rxe5
44.Rxe5 Nxe5 45.Ne4 Nd3 46.Nc5 Nxb2 47.Nxb7 Na4 48.c4 Kf6 49.c5 Nc3 50.Na5 Ne2+
51.Kh4 Nd4 52.f4 Ke6 53.Kg5  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Haute"]
[Site "Vichy FRA"]
[Date "2000.08.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qd5
9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 Qd7 11.Ba3 g6 12.O-O Bg7 13.Re1 O-O 14.Bc5 Bd5 15.Ng5 Nc6
16.e6 fxe6 17.Qg4 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qd5+ 19.f3 e5 20.Ne6 exd4 21.cxd4 Rac8 22.axb5 axb5
23.Ra6 Rf5 24.Nf4 Rxf4 25.Qxc8+ Rf8 26.Qe6+ Qxe6 27.Rxe6 Nxd4 28.Rxe7 Nb3
29.Rc6 Rc8 30.Rexc7 Rxc7 31.Rxc7 Bf8 32.Bxf8 Kxf8 33.Kf2 Ke8 34.Ke3 Kd8 35.Rxh7 b4
36.Rb7 c3 37.Rb8+ Kd7 38.Kd3 Nd4 39.Rxb4 Nxf3 40.h4  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Haute"]
[Site "Vichy FRA"]
[Date "2000.08.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Koch,JR"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Qe2 a6
9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 Na5 11.g4 Nxb3+ 12.axb3 b5 13.g5 Nd7 14.h4 b4 15.Na2 Bb7
16.f3 d5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Kb1 Qb7 19.Rhf1 O-O 20.f4 a5 21.f5 a4 22.f6 Bc5
23.fxg7 Rfc8 24.Qh5 Ne5 25.g6 Nxg6 26.Nf5 exf5 27.Rxf5 axb3 28.Bxc5 Rxc5
29.Rdxd5 bxa2+ 30.Ka1 Rxd5 31.Rxd5 Nf4  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Haute"]
[Site "Vichy FRA"]
[Date "2000.08.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dorfman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.h3 Qb6 12.hxg4 Qxd4 13.Qf3 Qb6 14.Qe2 Re8 15.Be3 Qc7
16.f3 Nc5 17.Rad1 Be5 18.Qc2 Qe7 19.Ne2 a5 20.g3 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.h4 Nd7 11.h5 Bf5 12.f3 Be6 13.Bd3 f5 14.Nge2 Bd6 15.h6 Ke7
16.Kf2 Rag8 17.Nf4 Nf6 18.Nh5 Nxh5 19.Rxh5 Kf6 20.Ne2 b6 21.f4 c5 22.Rah1 Rg6
23.g3 Rhg8 24.R5h3 Rc8 25.Nc3 c4 26.Bc2 Bb4 27.Ne2 Bd2 28.Rd1 Bb4 29.Rh5 b5
30.Rdh1 Bd2 31.Rd1 Bb4 32.Rdh1 Bd2 33.Rd1 Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 e5 10.Nde2 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb4 13.c4 b5 14.Nc3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 bxc4
16.Qxc4 Qb8 17.b4 Rc8 18.Qb3 Bd8 19.Rac1 Bb6 20.Bg5 Ne8 21.Ne4 Qb7 22.g4 h6
23.Bd2 Rc7 24.b5 f5 25.gxf5 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Qf7 27.Ng3 Nf6 28.Rc6 Rd8 29.a4 Bd4
30.a5 Nh5 31.b6 axb6 32.axb6 Rb8 33.Rxd6 Nxg3 34.Qxg3 Bxb6 35.Bxh6 Kh7 36.Bxg7 Qxg7
37.Rg6 Qe7 38.Rh6+  1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Nc6 12.Nf4 O-O 13.Nd3 Qb6 14.O-O Rd8 15.Rfc1 Bd7
16.Rc3 Be8 17.Rac1 Rab8 18.Rb3 Qd4 19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.fxe3 Rd6 21.Ra3 a6 22.Rb3 b6
23.Rbc3 Ne7 24.Rc7 Kf8 25.Ra7 a5 26.b4 axb4 27.Nxb4 Rd7 28.Rcc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O a6 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Rb8 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 Nd7 14.Qxb8 Nxb8 15.Rxd8 Bxd8
16.Bf3 Bc7 17.Rd1 Nc6 18.g3 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.Na4 Bd7 21.Nc5 Bc8 22.Na4 Bd7
23.Bb6 Bxb6 24.Nxb6 Bc6 25.Bxc6 Nxc6 26.Nd7 f6 27.Nc5 Nd8 28.b4 Kf7 29.a4 Ke7
30.a5 Kd6 31.c4 Nc6 32.Nxb7+ Kc7 33.Nc5 Nxb4 34.Nxe6+ Kd6 35.Nxg7 Nc6 36.Kd2 Nxa5
37.Kc3 Kc5 38.Ne6+ Kd6 39.Nd4 Kc5 40.Ne6+ Kd6 41.Ng7 Kc5 42.Ne8 Nxc4 43.Nxf6 Ne3
44.Kd3 Nf1 45.Ne4+ Kd5 46.h3  1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Nbd7
9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bc4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Be2 Bd7 14.b3 Rfc8 15.Bb2 Ng6
16.h4 h5 17.a4 a6 18.Rd1 e5 19.Nf3 Be6 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Bxb3 22.Ra1 Bc4
23.Bxf6 Bxe2 24.Kxe2 gxf6 25.Rhb1 Rab8 26.Rb6 Kg7 27.Rd1 Rc6 28.Rb4 b5 29.Rd5 Kg6
30.axb5 Rcb6 31.g4 Rxb5 32.gxh5+ Kg7 33.Rg4+ Kh7 34.e4 a5 35.Rf4 Kg7 36.h6+ Kxh6
37.Rd6 Rb2+ 38.Kf1 Rb1+ 39.Kg2 Rg8+ 40.Kh2 Rg6 41.Rdxf6 Rxf6 42.Rxf6+ Kg7
43.Ra6 Re1 44.f3 f5 45.exf5 Re5 46.f6+ Kf7 47.Kg3 Rb5 48.Kg4 a4 49.h5 Rb1
50.f4 a3 51.Kg5 Rb5+ 52.f5 Rb1 53.Ra7+ Kf8 54.Rxa3 Rg1+ 55.Kf4 Kf7 56.Rg3 Rh1
57.Kg5 Rh2 58.h6 Rh1 59.Rg4 Rh2 60.Rh4 Rg2+ 61.Kf4  1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O a6 10.f4 Qc7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.a3 Bb7 14.f5 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Rfe8
16.f6 Bf8 17.fxg7 Bxg7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Ne5 21.Kd2 Rad8
22.Rxd8 Rxd8+ 23.Ke3 h6 24.gxh6+ Kxh6 25.Rg1 Ng6 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Nxd1 f5 28.exf5 exf5
29.Nf2 Kg5 30.Nh3+ Kf6 31.Nf4 Ne7 32.h4  1-0

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Bg5 h6 10.Rd1+ Ke7 11.Be3 Be6 12.Bc5+ Ke8 13.e3 Rd8 14.Rxd8+ Kxd8 15.Bd4 Re8
16.Kd2 b6 17.b4 Ke7 18.Bd3 Bf8 19.a3 Nd7 20.Na4 f5 21.e4 Kf7 22.Re1 Rd8 23.exf5 gxf5
24.Kc2 a5 25.bxa5 Ra8 26.Bc3 Bxa3 27.Bd2 Bd6 28.Be2 Nf6 29.f3 bxa5 30.c5 Bf8
31.Rb1 Ra7 32.Bd3 Nd5 33.Rb8 Nf6 34.Be3 Nd7 35.Rb1 Ne5 36.f4 Nxd3 37.Kxd3 Ra8
38.Rb7 Rd8+ 39.Bd4 Rd7 40.Ke3 Bc4 41.Ra7 Re7+ 42.Be5 Bg7 43.Nc3 Bb3 44.Rxa5 Bxe5
45.fxe5 Rxe5+ 46.Kd4 Re7 47.Ra3 Be6 48.Ke5 Bd7+ 49.Kf4 Re1 50.Ra5 Rf1+ 51.Ke3 Rh1
52.h4 Re1+ 53.Ne2 Be6 54.Kd2 Rb1 55.Ra7 Bd5 56.Rxc7+ Kf6 57.Rh7 Rb2+ 58.Kd3 Be4+
59.Ke3 Rb3+ 60.Kd4 Rd3+ 61.Kc4 Re3 62.Nf4 Rxg3 63.Rxh6+ Kg7 64.Nh5+ Kxh6
65.Nxg3 Bd5+ 66.Kd3 f4 67.Ne2 f3 68.Nf4 Be4+ 69.Ke3 Kh7 70.Nh5 Bc2 71.Ng3 Bd1
72.Nf5 Kg6 73.Nd4 Kh5 74.Nxf3 Kg4 75.Ne5+ Kxh4 76.Kf4 Ba4 77.Kf5 Kg3 78.Ke6 Kf4
79.Kd6 Ke4 80.Nxc6 Kd3 81.Kc7 Kc4 82.Kb6 Kd5 83.Na7 Bd7 84.Nb5 Kc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.c4 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.bxa6 Bxa6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 d6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qc2 Qb6 12.Rb1 Ng4 13.h3 Nge5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bd2 Rfb8
16.Kh2 Bg7 17.b3 Qa7 18.f4 Bc8 19.a4 Ba6 20.Rfe1 Rb6 21.Ne4 Rab8 22.b4 cxb4
23.Be3 Nc5 24.Nxc5 dxc5 25.Qxc5 Qd7 26.Qa5 Rd6 27.Rxb4 Rc8 28.Bd4 Bc4 29.Bxg7 Ra6
30.Qxa6 Bxa6 31.Bd4 f6 32.Reb1 Bxe2 33.Rb8 Rxb8 34.Rxb8+ Kg7 35.a5 Qa4 36.Rb7 Kf8
37.Bc5 Qc2 38.Rxe7 Bf3 39.Re2+ Qxc5 40.Bxf3 Qxa5 41.d6 Qd8 42.Rd2 Qa5 43.Re2 Qd8
44.Rd2 Qa5 45.Rd1 Ke8 46.Bc6+ Kd8 47.d7 Qa2+ 48.Bg2 Qe2 49.Rd5 f5 50.h4 Qb2
51.Rd3 Qe2 52.Rd6 Qe3 53.Kh3 Qc5 54.Rd3 Qc2 55.Rd5 Qe2 56.Kh2 h6 57.Re5 Qc2
58.Rd5 Qe2 59.Re5 Qc2 60.Rd5 Qe2 61.Rd6 g5 62.fxg5 hxg5 63.hxg5 Qh5+ 64.Kg1 Qxg5
65.Rd3 Qc1+ 66.Kh2 Qh6+ 67.Bh3 Qh5 68.Rd2 Qf3 69.Bg2 Qh5+ 70.Bh3 Qf3 71.Bg2 Qh5+
72.Kg1 Qg5 73.Rd3 Qg6 74.Kh2 f4 75.Rf3 Qh5+ 76.Kg1 Qc5+ 77.Kh2 fxg3+ 78.Kxg3 Kxd7
79.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O Bg4 10.Re1 Ne5 11.Rxe5 Bxf3 12.Qe1 Bd5 13.b3 e6 14.Na3 Qd7 15.bxc4 Nxc4
16.Nxc4 Bxc4 17.Bb3 Bxb3 18.axb3 Bd6 19.Re2 O-O 20.d4 b5 21.Ra6 Rfc8 22.h3 Rc6
23.Rea2 Rxa6 24.Rxa6 Rc8 25.Bd2 Bc7 26.Qe4 Bb6 27.h4 h5 28.g3 Qd5 29.Qxd5 exd5
30.Kf1 b4 31.cxb4 Rc2 32.Ke2 Rb2 33.Kd3 Rxb3+ 34.Kc2 Rf3 35.Be3 Rf6 36.b5 Kf8
37.Kd3 Re6 38.Bf4 Re1 39.Bd6+ Ke8 40.Bc5 Re6 41.Ra1 Kd8 42.Bxb6+ axb6 43.Ra8+ Kd7
44.Ra7+ Ke8 45.Rb7 g6 46.f3 f5 47.Rg7 Kd8 48.Kd2 Ke8 49.Ra7 Kd8 50.Ra1 Kd7
51.Ra7+ Kd8 52.Ra3 Kd7 53.Rc3 Ke7 54.Rc8 Kd7 55.Rb8 Kc7 56.Rg8 Kd7 57.Rg7+ Kd8
58.Kd3 Ke8 59.Rc7 Kd8 60.Rc1 Kd7 61.Rg1 Kd6 62.Kd2 Kc7 63.Rc1+ Kd7 64.Rc3 Ke7
65.Re3 f4 66.gxf4 Rxe3 67.Kxe3 Ke6 68.Kf2 Kf6 69.Kg2 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 a5 12.bxa5 c5 13.a4 Rxa5 14.Ra3 Nh5 15.Nb5 Nf6
16.g3 Ra6 17.Nh4 Nd7 18.f4 exf4 19.gxf4 Nxd5 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.cxd5 Re8 22.Rg3 Nf6
23.e5 dxe5 24.fxe5 Nxd5 25.Rd3 Be6 26.Bg2 c4 27.Rxd5 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Qh4 29.Re4 Qh3
30.Bf4 Qf5 31.Qe2 c3 32.Nd6 Rxd6 33.exd6 Qxd5 34.Rxe8+ Kh7 35.Qe4 Qd1+ 36.Kg2 c2
37.Bg5 Qh5 38.Bc1 Bh6 39.Bxh6 Qxh6 40.Qxc2 Qg5+ 41.Kf1 Qf4+ 42.Qf2 Qc1+ 43.Re1 Qc4+
44.Kg1 Qg4+ 45.Kh1  1-0

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d6 7.c3 e5 8.h3 g6 9.d4 Qc7
10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Be3 b6 12.Nbd2 Bg7 13.Nc4 O-O 14.Qd6 Qb8 15.Qxb8 Rxb8 16.Nd6 a5
17.Bc4 h6 18.Rad1 Be6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Nc4 a4 21.Rd6 Rfd8 22.Red1 Rxd6 23.Rxd6 Na5
24.Rd7 Kf7 25.Nd6+ Kf8 26.Nd2 g5 27.Kf1 Bf6 28.Ke2 Nac6 29.f3 Nd8 30.Ra7 Ndc6
31.Rxa4 Rd8 32.N2c4 Rb8 33.Ra6 b5 34.Nb6 Kg7 35.Bxc5  1-0

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bg3 c5
9.Bd3 cxd4 10.exd4 Bb7 11.O-O Nd7 12.Rc1 N7f6 13.Re1 Rc8 14.Ne5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qd5
16.f3 b5 17.Kh1 a6 18.a4 Ba8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qd2 Rfd8 21.Qe2 Ba3 22.Rcd1 Rxc3
23.Bh4 Be7 24.Bxb5 Rdc8 25.Ba6 Bb7 26.Bxb7 Qxb7 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.Qxe6+ Kf8
29.d5 Nxd5 30.Qxd5 Qxd5 31.Bxe7+ Kf7 32.Rxd5 Re3 33.Bh4  1-0

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 g6
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Kh1 b6 12.Qe1 Bb7 13.Bd2 e6 14.Qh4 Rae8 15.Rae1 Nc5
16.b4 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Ba8 18.Rc1 Qb7 19.b5 Rc8 20.Ne2 axb5 21.axb5 Rc5 22.Ned4 Qd7
23.Bb4 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Bxd6 Qc1+ 27.Ng1 h6 28.Ne2 Qd1 29.Be5 Qxd3
30.Nd4 Qxe4 31.Nc6 g5 32.Qf2 Bxc6 33.bxc6 Qxc6 34.Bxf6 Bxf6 35.fxg5 Bxg5
36.Qg3 Qc1 37.Qb8+ Kh7 38.Qf8 Qf1 39.Qa3 b5 40.h3 Bf6 41.Qb4 Bg5 42.Qe4+ Kg7
43.h4 Qf4 44.Qe2 Qxh4+ 45.Nh3 Bf6 46.Kg1 b4 47.Kf1 b3  0-1

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Serper,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bb7
9.Be2 e6 10.Be3 Be7 11.O-O Nd7 12.Rb1 Be4 13.axb5 Bxb1 14.Qxb1 Rb8 15.Bxc4 axb5
16.Bd3 h6 17.d5 exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Serper,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 e6 8.Bxc4 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 Be7 11.Ba6 Qb6 12.Bxb7 Qxb7 13.Bd2 O-O 14.Nc1 c5 15.Nb3 Ne4
16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Be1 h6 18.h3 a6 19.Rc2 cxd4 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Nfxd4 Nec5 22.Rc1 Nxb3
23.Rxc8+ Qxc8 24.Nxb3 Qc6 25.a5 e5 26.e4 Bf8 27.Qd3 g6 28.Bd2 h5 29.Kf1 Be7
30.Ke2 Nf8 31.Be3 Ne6 32.g3 Kf8 33.Nd2 Bc5 34.Qc4 Bxe3 35.Qxc6 Nd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Serper,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bxc4 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Re1 h6 12.Bh4 Nh5 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.Rad1 Bd7
16.Ne5 Bc6 17.Ba2 Bd5 18.Bb1 Rc8 19.Re3 Nf5 20.Ree1 Bb3 21.Bxf5 Bxd1 22.Bxe6 fxe6
23.Rxd1 Qb6 24.d5 exd5 25.Ng6 Rfe8 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.Qxd5+ Qe6 28.h4 Qxd5 29.Rxd5 Rc1+
30.Kh2 Rc2 31.f4 Rxb2 32.f5 b5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Rd7 b4 35.Rb7 b3 36.Ne7+ Kf7
37.Nd5+ Kf8 38.Nf4 Kg8 39.Ne6 Kh8 40.Nf4 Rb1 41.Ng6+ Kg8 42.Ne7+ Kf7 43.Nd5+ Kg8
44.Ne7+ Kh7 45.h5 Rf1 46.Nd5 Rxf5 47.Nc3 Rxh5+ 48.Kg3 Re3+ 49.Kg4 Rg5+  0-1

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Serper,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D25"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 b5 6.Be2 Bb7 7.O-O e6 8.a4 b4
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.b3 c5 11.Bb2 Be7 12.Nc4 O-O 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nd4 Qc7
16.Bf3 Rfd8 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Qe2 Nd5 19.Na5 Qb6 20.Nc4 Qb8 21.Na5 Qb6 22.Nc4 Qb8
23.Na5 Qb6 24.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Serper,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 e6 8.Bxc4 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 Be7 11.Ba6 Bxa6 12.Qxa6 Qb6 13.Qc4 O-O 14.Bd2 a5 15.Nc1 c5
16.Nb3 Rfc8 17.Rfc1 Ne4 18.dxc5 Ndxc5 19.Nxc5 Nxc5 20.Nd4 h6 21.Rc2 Kh7 22.Rac1 Rd8
23.Qb5 Qxb5 24.axb5 Nd3 25.Ra1 Bc5 26.Nc6 Rd5 27.Rxa5 Rxa5 28.Nxa5 Bb6 29.Nb3 Rxb5
30.Kf1 Rd5 31.Ke2 Ne5 32.Bxb4 Rb5 33.Bc3 Nd7 34.Nd4 Rd5 35.Nf3 f6 36.Bd4 Ba5
37.Rc6 e5 38.Bc3 Rb5 39.Nd2 Nc5 40.b4  1-0

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Serper,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Ne4 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nxe4 dxe4
9.Nd2 f5 10.c5 O-O 11.Bc4 Kh8 12.O-O e5 13.Nb3 Be6 14.Bxe6 Qxe6 15.dxe5 Qxe5
16.Rc1 Qxb2 17.Qd6 Qf6 18.Rfd1 Qxd6 19.cxd6 Nd7 20.f4 Rab8 21.Kf2 Kg8 22.h3 Kf7
23.g4 g6 24.Nd4 c5 25.Nb5 a6 26.Nc7 Rbc8 27.Rd5 Kf6 28.Rg1 h6 29.h4 a5 30.h5 fxg4
31.Rxg4 Rg8 32.a4 gxh5 33.Rh4 Rg6 34.Rdxh5 Kg7 35.Rd5 b6 36.f5 Rf6 37.Ke2 Kf7
38.Rg4 Rg8 39.Rxg8 Kxg8 40.Nb5 Kf7 41.Nc3 h5 42.Nxe4 Rh6 43.Kf3 h4 44.Kg2 h3+
45.Kh2 Rh5 46.Ng3 Rh4 47.e4 c4 48.e5 Nxe5 49.Rxe5 Rd4 50.Ne4 c3 51.Nxc3 Rxd6
52.Re3 Rd4 53.Rf3 Kf6 54.Kxh3 Kf7 55.Kg3 Rc4 56.Kf2 Rb4 57.Ke3 Rc4 58.Kd3 Rb4
59.Re3 Rb3 60.Re5 Kf6 61.Rd5 Rb4 62.Kc2 Kf7 63.Rb5 Rf4 64.Rxb6 Rxf5 65.Rb5 Rf2+
66.Kb3 Ke6 67.Rxa5 Kd7 68.Rc5 Rf1 69.Kb4 Rb1+ 70.Nxb1  1-0

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Serper,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 g6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.e3 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.b4 a6 13.O-O Be7 14.Rab1 Nd7 15.a4 Bd6
16.b5 axb5 17.axb5 Nb6 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Nd2 Re8 20.Ra1 Qc7 21.h3 Reb8 22.Rfb1 Rxa1
23.Rxa1 c5 24.dxc5 Qxc5 25.Nf3 Rc8 26.Ne2 Qc4 27.Qd1 Qc2 28.Ned4 Qxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Ba3
30.Rd3 Be7 31.g3 h5 32.Ne2 Bf6 33.Nf4 Rc5 34.Kg2 Kg7 35.Rb3 Rc6 36.Ra3 Rc5
37.Ra7 Nc8 38.Ne6+ Kg8 39.Rxf7 Kxf7 40.Nxc5 Ne7 41.Nb3 Nf5 42.Nfd4 Nd6 43.Ne2 g5
44.g4 hxg4 45.hxg4 Ke7 46.Ned4 Kf7 47.Kf3 Bh8 48.Nf5 Nc4 49.Nbd4 Be5 50.Ke2 Bc7
51.Nf3 Kf6 52.Kd3 Bb6 53.N5d4 Nb2+ 54.Ke2 Nc4 55.Nb5 Ba5 56.Kd3 Nb2+ 57.Kc2 Nc4
58.Nc3 Bxc3 59.Kxc3 Nd6 60.Nd2 Nf7 61.Nf3 Nd6 62.Kd4 Ne4 63.Kxd5 Nxf2 64.Ne5 Nd1
65.Nc4 Nf2 66.Kd6 Nxg4 67.e4 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi ITA"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rytshagov,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.a3 Be6 10.b4 Nd4 11.Bb2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 c6 13.Ne4 Nd7 14.Bc3 Bd5 15.Nd2 Bxf3
16.Nxf3 Bd6 17.a4 Qe7 18.Rb1 a6 19.Nd2 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Qb3 Kh8 22.Ne4 Bc7
23.Bd2 Bb6 24.Rbc1 Rac8 25.Be3 Bxe3 26.fxe3 f5 27.Nc5 Nxc5 28.Rxc5 f4 29.gxf4 exf4
30.e4 Rf6 31.Kh1 Rcf8 32.Qc3 Qd7 33.d4 h6 34.e5 Rg6 35.Qd3 Qg4 36.Qf3 Qd7
37.e3 Kg8 38.d5 cxd5 39.exf4 Rg4 40.f5 Rxb4 41.e6 Qb7 42.Qg2 Re4 43.h3 Re5
44.Rfc1 Qe7 45.Rc7 Qf6 46.Rg1 g5 47.fxg6 Qxe6 48.g7 Re8 49.Rf1 Rg5 50.Qf3 Rxg7
51.Rc5 Qe4 52.Qxe4 dxe4 53.Rxb5 e3 54.Re1 e2 55.Rb2 Rge7 56.Kg2 Kh7 57.Ra2 Re5
58.h4 Rg8+ 59.Kf3 Rf5+ 60.Ke4 Rh5 61.Ra7+ Kh8 62.Rxe2 Rxh4+ 63.Kf3 Rh3+ 64.Kf2 Rh2+
65.Ke1 Rxe2+ 66.Kxe2 Rf8 67.Ke3 Rf6 68.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rytshagov,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.d5 Nb8 15.Nf1 Nbd7
16.N3h2 Nc5 17.Bc2 a5 18.Qf3 g6 19.Ng3 h5 20.Bd2 c6 21.b4 Ncd7 22.dxc6 Bxc6
23.Bg5 Be7 24.a4 axb4 25.axb5 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Bxb5 27.cxb4 Nh7 28.Bxe7 Qxe7
29.Bb3 Rc8 30.Rd1 Nb6 31.h4 Na4 32.Rd2 Nf6 33.Rc2 Rxc2 34.Bxc2 Nb6 35.Bb3 Nc4
36.Qc3 d5 37.Bxc4 dxc4 38.Nf3 Ng4 39.Nf1 Qa7 40.Ne3 Nxe3 41.fxe3 Qa4 42.Qxe5 Qxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rytshagov,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 Be6
9.b4 Nd4 10.Rb1 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 c6 12.b5 Rc8 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.d3 O-O 15.Bb2 c5
16.Nb5 Qd7 17.Bxe5 Rfd8 18.a4 f6 19.Ba1 Nd5 20.Bg2 Bf8 21.Na3 Nb4 22.Bc3 Qf7
23.Bd2 a5 24.Nb5 Bf5 25.Rc1 Be6 26.Rb1 Bf5 27.Rb2 Be6 28.Qa1 Bg4 29.Re1 h5
30.Be3 c4 31.dxc4 Rxc4 32.Rd1 Rdc8 33.Qb1 Be6 34.Rbd2 Nc6 35.Rd6 Rb4 36.Qa1 Ne7
37.Bd2 Rbc4 38.Bxa5 Rc2 39.Nd4 Bb3 40.Nxc2 Rxc2 41.R6d2 Rc4 42.Rb1 Rxa4 43.Qc3 Bd5
44.e4 Bxe4 45.Bxe4 Rxe4 46.Rd8 Ng6 47.Qd3 f5 48.Qd5 Qxd5 49.Rxd5 Ne7 50.Rdb5 g6
51.Rd1 f4 52.Rd8 Nc6 53.Rd7 fxg3 54.hxg3 Nxa5 55.Rxa5 Be7 56.Rb7 Kf7 57.Ra3 h4
58.gxh4 Kf8 59.Rf3+ Kg8 60.Rg3 Bxh4 61.Rxg6+ Kf8 62.Rh6 Kg8 63.Kg2 Be7 64.Ra6 Kf8
65.Raa7 Ke8 66.Kf3 Re6 67.Rxe7+ Rxe7 68.Rxe7+ Kxe7 69.Kf4 Kf6 70.f3 Ke6 71.Kg5 Kf7
72.Kf5 Ke7  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Rytshagov,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 g6 13.Ba2 Bg7 14.b4 Rc8 15.Bb2 a5 16.d5 Ne7
17.bxa5 c6 18.c4 cxd5 19.cxd5 Qxa5 20.Nb3 Qa4 21.Bb1 Nd7 22.Bd3 f5 23.Ng5 Bf6
24.Ne6 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Nb6 26.f4 Nexd5 27.fxe5 Rxe6 28.exf6 Rxe4 29.f7+ Kxf7
30.Qf3+ Nf4 31.Rf1 Kg8 32.Nd4 Nc4 33.Rac1 Rf8  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Nc6 8.e4 e5
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bc4 h5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.O-O-O Qxh4 13.Nxh4 Rf8 14.Rd2 O-O-O 15.Rhd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 Nb8 13.a4 Nbd7 14.Bd3 c6 15.Nf1 d5
16.Bg5 dxe4 17.Rxe4 Be7 18.Re2 exd4 19.Nxd4 g6 20.axb5 cxb5 21.Bc2 Nd5 22.Qd2 Bxg5
23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qxg5 Qe5 25.Qxe5 Nxe5 26.Nd2 Rd8 27.Be4 b4 28.cxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A23"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Qb6 6.Nc2 d5 7.Bg2 dxc4 8.O-O Be6
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nd7 11.Ne3 Nf6 12.Bf5 Bxf5 13.Nxf5 Qb5 14.Qc2 O-O-O 15.Ne3 Re8
16.Re1 Re4 17.b3 Qh5 18.Bb2 Ng4 19.Nxg4 Rxg4 20.bxc4 Bd6 21.e4 Re8 22.d4 Re6
23.e5 Bb4 24.f3 Rf4 25.Rf1 Rxf3 26.Qe4 Rh6 27.Qh4 Rxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Qe2 29.Rf2 Qe1+  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 Nb8 13.b3 Nbd7 14.d5 c6 15.c4 Rc8 16.a4 b4
17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Nf1 a5 19.Ng3 Nc5 20.Nh2 g6 21.Ra2 h5 22.Nf3 Qc7 23.Bb1 Qb7
24.Rae2 Be7 25.Bc2 Nh7 26.Nf1 Nf8 27.Ng5 Bxg5 28.Bxg5 Nfe6 29.Bc1 Nd4 30.Re3 Nce6
31.Bb2 Rcd8 32.f3 h4 33.Rd3 Qe7 34.Qd2 Nxc2 35.Qxc2 Rd7 36.Ne3 Qg5 37.Kh1 Red8
38.Bc1 Qh5 39.Ng4 Kg7 40.Bh6+ Kh8 41.Be3 Kg7 42.Bb6 Rb8 43.Bxa5 f5 44.exf5 gxf5
45.Nxe5 dxe5 46.Rxe5 Qg6 47.Rxd7+ Bxd7 48.Qd2 Rb7 49.Bxb4 Kh7 50.Bc3 Bc8
51.b4 Rg7 52.Ra5 Rd7 53.Rd5 Rf7 54.Be5 f4 55.Qd3 Rf5 56.b5 Ng5 57.Rd8 Nf7
58.Rxc8 Nxe5 59.Qd8 Nf7 60.Qxh4+ Nh6 61.Rc6 Qg7 62.b6 Rf7 63.a5 Re7 64.Rxh6+  1-0

[Event "Anibal Open"]
[Site "Anibal Open ESP"]
[Date "2001.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rizouk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nc3 dxe5 8.dxe5 Nxc3
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 Bg4 11.Rb1 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Kc7 13.e6 fxe6 14.Bc4 e5 15.Be3 g6
16.Ke2 Bg7 17.Bd5 b6 18.Be4 e6 19.h4 Rac8 20.h5 Ne7 21.c4 Rb8 22.Rhg1 Bf6
23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Bxg6 Nc6 25.Be4 Nd4+ 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.Rg6 Rbf8 28.Rbg1 Kd6
29.Kd3 Rh5 30.a4 Ke7 31.Kc2 Rfh8 32.Kb3 Rh3 33.Rg8 Rxg8 34.Rxg8 d3 35.Rg1 d2
36.Kc2 Rh2 37.Kxd2 Rxf2+ 38.Kd3 Ra2 39.Bc6 Ra3+ 40.Ke4 a6 41.Rb1 Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Anibal Open"]
[Site "Anibal Open ESP"]
[Date "2001.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perez,Rod"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 e5 10.Nb3 exf4 11.Rxf4 Ne8 12.Qd2 Bg5 13.Rf2 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Be6 15.Rd1 Qe7
16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 a6 18.Bc4 Rd8 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Rxf8+ Qxf8 21.e5 d5 22.Qb6 Qe7
23.Ne2 Nc7 24.Qxb7 Rf8 25.h3 Qf7 26.Kh2 h5 27.Rd3 Qe7 28.Nd4 Rf2 29.Rf3 Rd2
30.Nxe6 Qxe6 31.Qxc7 Re2 32.Rg3 Qxe5 33.Qxe5 Rxe5 34.Rg6 Re2 35.Rc6 h4 36.a4 Kf7
37.b4 Re7 38.c3 Re3 39.Rxa6 Rxc3 40.b5 d4 41.Kg1 Rc2 42.Rd6  1-0

[Event "Anibal Open"]
[Site "Anibal Open ESP"]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Roeder,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 d5 5.Nc3 Be7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bf4 O-O 8.e3 Bb7
9.Be2 a6 10.b4 Bd6 11.Bg3 Qe7 12.Qb3 Nbd7 13.O-O Bxg3 14.hxg3 Qd6 15.Rfc1 Rfe8
16.b5 c6 17.bxc6 Bxc6 18.Qb4 Qxb4 19.axb4 Bb7 20.Na4 Rec8 21.Ne5 g6 22.b5 a5
23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Bg4 Nxg4 25.Nxd7 Rc2 26.Naxb6 Rb2 27.Re1 Rxb5 28.f3 Nh6
29.g4 f5 30.g5 Nf7 31.Rc1 Nxg5 32.Rc7 Ba6 33.Nxd5 Rb7 34.N7f6+ Kf8 35.Rc8+ Kf7
36.Ra8 Rb1+ 37.Kh2 Bf1 38.Ra7+ Ke6 39.e4 fxe4 40.fxe4 Nxe4 41.Nxe4 Rb2 42.Ne3 Bxg2
43.Ra6+ Ke7 44.Nxg2 Rb4 45.Nf4 Rxd4 46.Ra7+ Rd7 47.Nd5+  1-0

[Event "Anibal Open"]
[Site "Anibal Open ESP"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jobava,Ba"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.a4 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nf6 8.Qb1 a6 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Be7 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 O-O 14.Bg3 Qb6 15.h3 Rfe8 16.b3 cxb3
17.Qxb3 b4 18.e5 Nh5 19.Bh2 bxc3 20.Qxb6 Nxb6 21.Rdb1 c2 22.Rxb6 Ba3 23.Rxb7 Reb8
24.Bxa6 Rxb7 25.Bxb7 Rb8 26.Ne1 c1=Q 27.Rxc1 Bxc1 28.Bxc6 Rb1 29.Kf1 Bd2
30.Ke2 Bxe1 31.g4 Bc3 32.Kd3 Ba1 33.gxh5 Rb4 34.a5 Rxd4+ 35.Ke2 Rc4 36.Bb7 Bd4
37.a6 Ba7 38.Kf3 Kf8 39.Bf4 Bxf2 40.Bxh6 gxh6 41.Kxf2 Ra4 42.Kg3 Ke7 43.Kf3 Kd7
44.Ke3 Kc7 45.Kd3 Kb6 46.Bc8 Rh4 47.Bd7 Rxh3+ 48.Ke4 Rh4+ 49.Kd3 Rxh5 50.Kd4 Kxa6
51.Be8 Rf5 52.Bc6 Kb6 53.Be4 Rf4  0-1

[Event "Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gershon,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qxd7+ Nbxd7
9.Nb5 O-O 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Nxc7 Rac8 13.Nb5 Rc2 14.Rb1 Be4 15.Ng5 Nf6
16.Nxa7 Ra8 17.e3 Bg6 18.Nb5 Rac8 19.Be2 Rxe2+ 20.Kxe2 Rc2+ 21.Ke1 h6 22.Nh3 Bd3
23.Nc3 Rxc3 24.bxc3 Bxb1 25.f3 Ne8 26.Kd2 Ba2 27.Ra1 Bc4 28.Nf2 Ba6 29.Nd3 Nd6
30.Nb4 Bc4 31.e4 f5 32.Ke3 g5 33.a4 Bb3 34.d5 exd5 35.Nxd5 Nxd5+ 36.exd5 Bxd5
37.Kd4 Bf7 38.Rb1 Nc8 39.Ke5 Be8 40.Rb4 Kf7 41.Kxf5 Ne7+ 42.Ke4 Ng6 43.g3 Bc6+
44.Kd4 h5 45.c4 Nf8 46.Ke5 Ke7 47.Kf5 Nd7 48.Rb3 g4 49.Re3+ Kf7 50.f4 Bxa4
51.Kg5 Nf6 52.f5 Bc2 53.Re6 Nh7+ 54.Kxh5 Bxf5 55.Rxb6 Nf6+ 56.Kg5 Be6 57.Rb7+ Bd7
58.c5 Ne4+ 59.Kh4 Ke8 60.Rb8+ Ke7 61.c6 Bxc6 62.Kxg4 Bd5 63.Kh4 Kf7 64.h3 Kg7
65.g4 Nf6 66.Kg5 Bf7 67.Rb6 Nd5 68.Rb7 Nf6 69.Ra7 Nh7+ 70.Kf5 Nf6 71.g5 Nd5
72.g6 Ne3+ 73.Kg5  1-0

[Event "Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 c6 13.Kh1 Kh8 14.b5 c5 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Ne8
17.Nd5 Ng8 18.exf5 gxf5 19.g4 fxg4 20.fxg4 e4 21.Rb1 Qh4 22.Bf4 Be5 23.Bxe5+ dxe5
24.Rf1 Ng7 25.Qc2 e3 26.Qe4 Rf2 27.Rxf2 exf2 28.Qxe5 Re8 29.Nc7 Rf8 30.Rf1 Ne7
31.Qxc5 Ng6 32.Qe3 Qe7 33.Nd5 Qxe6 34.Rxf2 Qxe3 35.Rxf8+ Nxf8 36.Nxe3 Nge6
37.Kg2 Nd7 38.Bf3 Nec5 39.Nf5  1-0

[Event "Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sturua,Z"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Qe2 c6 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sulskis,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.e3 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Qc2 d6 10.Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Nd7 13.Be4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Ke7 15.a4 a5
16.Rb1 Qg8 17.Qc6 Rc8 18.e4 Qe8 19.Qb7 Nb8 20.e5 dxe5 21.Nxe5 f6 22.Ng4 Qc6
23.Qxc6 Nxc6 24.Nxh6 f5 25.Ke2 Kf6 26.Rh5 Ne7 27.f4 g4 28.d5 Rcd8 29.dxe6 Kxe6
30.Rb5 Kf6 31.Re5 c5 32.Kf2 Rd2+ 33.Ke1 Rhd8 34.Nxf5 Rd1+ 35.Kf2 R8d2+ 36.Ke3 Ng6
37.Rd5 Rxd5 38.cxd5 Rxd5 39.Ke4 Rd2 40.Ne3 Ra2 41.Nd5+ Kg7 42.Nxb6 Rxg2 43.Kf5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Bad Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Joachim,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.b3 a4 9.Ba3 Re8
10.Re1 Nbd7 11.Bb2 a3 12.Bc3 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Ng5 e3 15.fxe3 Bh6 16.Nf3 Bxe3+
17.Kf1 Nf6 18.b4 Ng4 19.Qb3 Be6 20.h3 Qd6 21.Reb1 Bxc4 22.Qxc4 Qxg3 23.Be1 Nh2+
24.Nxh2 Qxh2 25.Bf2 Qf4 26.Bf3 Bxf2 27.Kxf2 e5 28.Kg1 Rad8 29.Rd1 exd4 30.Rf1 Re6
31.Rf2 Qe3 32.Rd1 Qg5+ 33.Bg2 Qe5 34.Rd3 Rf6 35.Rxf6 Qxf6 36.Rxa3 Kg7 37.Rd3 Rd6
38.Kh1 h5 39.a4 Kg8 40.Qc5 Rd8 41.Kg1 Kg7 42.Qc2 Qe7 43.Qd2 Rd6 44.Rxd4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Bad Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Georgiev,Vl"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bg4 11.f3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Na5 13.Bd5 Bd7 14.Rb1 a6 15.Bxb7 Nxb7
16.Rxb7 Bb5 17.Rf2 Qc8 18.Rb6 Qc4 19.Nc1 Qc3 20.Qd2 Qc7 21.d5 Bc3 22.Qc2 Rfc8
23.Nb3 Be1 24.Qxc7 Bxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Rxc7 26.Nd4 f6 27.h4 Kf7 28.g4 Rcc8 29.Rb7 Rab8
30.Ra7 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA"]
[Site "Monaco FRA"]
[Date "2001.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dorfman,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 d4 5.b4 cxb4 6.a3 bxa3 7.Bxa3 Nc6 8.O-O e5
9.Bxf8 Kxf8 10.d3 g6 11.Nbd2 Kg7 12.Qb3 Re8 13.Ng5 Qe7 14.Nge4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 f5
16.Nd2 a5 17.Rfb1 Nb4 18.Qb2 Ra6 19.Nb3 b6 20.Nc1 Bd7 21.Qxb4 axb4 22.Rxa6 b5
23.cxb5 Bxb5 24.Rb6 Qc5 25.Rb7+ Kh6 26.Nb3 Qc2 27.Rc1 Qxb3 28.Rxb5 Re7 29.Bd5 Qb2
30.Re1 e4 31.Bc4 e3 32.f4 Ra7  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA"]
[Site "Monaco FRA"]
[Date "2001.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ng3 Re8 14.d4 Bf8 15.Bc2 g6
16.Bd2 c5 17.d5 c4 18.b4 cxb3 19.axb3 Qc7 20.Bd3 Nc5 21.Bf1 Reb8 22.c4 bxc4
23.Ba5 Qe7 24.Bxc4 Bc8 25.Ra3 Bd7 26.Qe2 Bb5 27.Rc1 Bxc4 28.Qxc4 Rc8 29.Qe2 Qb7
30.Rc3 Qb5 31.Qc2 Rcb8 32.Nd2 Nb7 33.Nc4 Nd7 34.Ne2 Rc8 35.Ra4 Ndc5 36.Ra1 Nd7
37.Ra4 Ndc5 38.Ra1 Nd7 39.Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA"]
[Site "Monaco FRA"]
[Date "2001.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mellado Trivino,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be6 8.Nc3 Bc4
9.Bxc4 Nxc4 10.Qb3 N4a5 11.Qa4 e6 12.O-O-O b5 13.Nxb5 Rb8 14.d5 exd5 15.Rxd5 Qe7
16.Bc5 Rxb5 17.Bxe7 Rxd5 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.Nf3 Rc5+ 20.Kb1 Rc4 21.Qa3 Rb4 22.Rc1 Kd7
23.e6+ Kc8 24.Ne5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2001.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Straeter,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Ne4 10.h3 Be6 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.f3 Nd6 13.Qe2 Qe8 14.g4 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Nc4
16.f4 Nxe5 17.fxe5 fxg4 18.Rxf8+ Bxf8 19.hxg4 Qd7 20.g5 Bf5 21.Bxf5 Qxf5
22.Qg2 Be7 23.g6 hxg6 24.Rf1 Qd3 25.Nxd5 cxd5 26.Qxd5+ Kh8 27.Qh1+ Kg8 28.Qd5+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2001.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Watson,W"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Qf3 h6 10.Bh4 Qb6 11.O-O-O Rb8 12.Nb3 c5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nd5 exd5 15.Qxf6 Rg8
16.exd5 Be7 17.Rhe1 Be6 18.Qc3 Bc8 19.Na5 Bb7 20.Re4 Kf8 21.Kb1 Qd8 22.Rf4 Rg7
23.g3 Kg8 24.h4 Rg6 25.Nc4 Ba6 26.h5 Rg5 27.Ne3 Bc8 28.g4 a5 29.f3 Bf8 30.Nf5 Rb4
31.Qe3 Rxf4 32.Qxf4 Bxf5 33.gxf5 Qf6  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gustafsson,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D76"]

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.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.e4 c6 13.b3 Rc8 14.Bb2 cxd5 15.exd5 Nbc4
16.bxc4 Qb6 17.Ne6 Nxc4 18.Nxg7 Nxb2 19.Qe2 Kxg7 20.Rab1 Rxc3 21.Rxb2 Qf6
22.Rxb7 Bf5 23.Qb2 a5 24.h3 Rc2 25.Qxf6+ exf6 26.g4 Bc8 27.Ra7 Rxa2 28.Rc1 Rb2
29.Rcc7 Rf8 30.Bf1 Rb8 31.Bc4 h5 32.d6 hxg4 33.d7 gxh3 34.Bxf7 Kh6 35.Be6 Bxd7
36.Rxd7 Rb1+ 37.Kh2 Rb2 38.Kg3 f5 39.Rh7+ Kg5 40.f4+ Kf6 41.Bd5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Agdestein,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 Qb6 7.Bc1 e6 8.c4 Qb4+
9.Nc3 Qxc4 10.e4 Qb4 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Bc4 d6 13.Nge2 Be7 14.a4 e5 15.g4 h5 16.g5 Nh7
17.Rg1 Nd7 18.Be3 Qd8 19.Qd2 O-O 20.h4 g6 21.Nc1 f6 22.gxf6 Rxf6 23.Qg2 Ndf8
24.Nd3 Rf7 25.O-O-O Bxh4 26.Nxe5 dxe5 27.d6 Bf6 28.Bxf7+ Kxf7 29.Bxc5 Be6
30.Kb1 Rc8 31.Bxa7 Rc6 32.d7 Bxd7 33.f4 exf4 34.e5 Bf5+ 35.Ka1 Qa5 36.exf6 Qxa7
37.Qd5+ Be6 38.Qe4 Nxf6 39.Qxf4 Rc4 40.Qd6 Rxc3 41.bxc3 Qxa4+ 42.Kb2 Qb3+
43.Kc1 Qxc3+ 44.Kb1 Qb3+ 45.Kc1 Qc4+ 46.Kb2 Qa2+ 47.Kc1 Bf5 48.Qc7+ N8d7
49.Rge1 Qa1+ 50.Kd2 Qb2+ 51.Ke3 Ng4+ 52.Kf4 Qh2+  0-1

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess Gp B"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bg5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Nb5 Bc5 13.e5 h6 14.exf6 hxg5 15.fxg7 Rg8
16.Qh7 Ke7 17.b4 a6 18.bxc5 axb5 19.Qh6 f6 20.Bd3 Bxg2 21.Rg1 Qc7 22.cxb5 Qxc5
23.Qh7 Bf3 24.Rb1 Rxa3  0-1

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess Gp B"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d6 8.Rb1 a5
9.e3 h6 10.h3 Be6 11.e4 Nd7 12.Be3 f5 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Ne1 Ne7
16.f4 c6 17.Nf3 Ng6 18.Rbe1 Qc7 19.b3 Rae8 20.Kh1 Nf6 21.Qf2 Nh5 22.d4 exf4
23.gxf4 Nhxf4 24.Bxf4 Nxf4 25.Qh4 Nxg2 26.Kxg2 Bf6 27.Qf4 Bc8 28.Kh2 Qd8
29.Re2 c5 30.Rfe1 Bg7 31.Nd5 Re4 32.Rxe4 fxe4 33.Qxe4+ Bf5 34.Qe7 Qxe7 35.Rxe7 Bb1
36.Kg3 Bxa2 37.Rxb7 a4 38.bxa4 Bxc4 39.Nf4 Kg8 40.Rc7 Ra8 41.dxc5 dxc5 42.Rxc5 Rxa4
43.Rc8+ Kh7 44.Rc7 Kg8 45.Rc8+ Kh7 46.Rc7 Kg8 47.Rc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess Gp B"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 c6 10.Ne1 a5 11.bxa5 Qxa5 12.Bd2 Qd8 13.a4 Nd7 14.Nd3 f5 15.Kh1 Kh8
16.Ra3 Nf6 17.f3 c5 18.exf5 Nxf5 19.Nf2 Nd4 20.Bd3 Bf5 21.Bg5 Qd7 22.Qd2 Rf7
23.a5 Raf8 24.a6 bxa6 25.Rxa6 Rb8 26.Nfe4 Bxe4 27.Nxe4 Nxe4 28.Bxe4 Bf8 29.Qa2 Kg8
30.Ra1 Qc8 31.h4 Nf5 32.Qf2 Rfb7 33.R6a2 Be7 34.g4 Bxg5 35.hxg5 Nd4 36.Kg2 Qd8
37.Qe3 Rb3 38.Qd2 Qf8 39.Rf1 R8b4 40.Rf2 Qb8 41.f4 exf4 42.Qxf4 Rb7 43.Ra6 Rb2
44.Qxd6 Rxf2+ 45.Kxf2 Rf7+ 46.Kg3 Qb3+ 47.Kh4 Rf8 48.Bxg6 Qb7 49.Be4 Qg7
50.Qh6 Qxh6+ 51.gxh6 Rb8 52.d6 Rd8 53.Ra7 Rxd6 54.Bxh7+ Kh8 55.Kh5 Nc6 56.Rg7 Ne5
57.g5 Rd2 58.g6 Rh2+ 59.Kg5 Nxg6 60.Bxg6 Rh5+ 61.Kf6 Rf5+ 62.Ke7 Re5+ 63.Kd7 Rg5
64.Rh7+ Kg8 65.Be4 Re5 66.Rg7+ Kh8 67.Re7  1-0

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess Gp B"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.g3 Bxf3 6.exf3 e6 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Ne7
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.h4 Nb6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bf4 h5 14.g4 c6 15.dxc6 Nxc6
16.Ne4 d5 17.Ng5 Qf6 18.Bc1 Qd4 19.gxh5 Qxd1 20.Rxd1 gxh5 21.f4 Nd4 22.Be3 Nf5
23.Bxb6 axb6 24.Bxd5 Nxh4 25.Rac1 Ng6 26.Rc7 Nxf4 27.Bxf7+ Kh8 28.Bb3 Ra5
29.Nf7+ Kh7 30.Rdd7 Re8 31.Kh2 Ne6 32.Rxb7 Nf8 33.Nd6 Nxd7 34.Nxe8 Be5+ 35.Kh3 Bxb2
36.Rxd7+ Kh6 37.Rd6+ Kg5 38.Rd5+ Rxd5 39.Bxd5 Bd4 40.f3 Be5 41.Bf7 h4 42.Bd5 b5
43.Bc6 b4 44.Bd5 Kf4 45.Kxh4 Ke3 46.Kg4 Kd4 47.Bb3  1-0

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess Gp B"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Re1 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Be7 12.Nc3 Ncb4 13.Bb3 Rc8 14.Ne4 Nf6 15.Neg5 Bd5
16.Ne5 O-O 17.Re2 h6 18.Ngf3 Bxb3 19.axb3 Qc7 20.Bd2 Nfd5 21.h3 Rfd8 22.Qb1 Qc2
23.Qxc2 Rxc2 24.Kf1 Rdc8 25.Ne1 R2c7 26.N1d3 Nc2 27.Rxa6 Nxd4 28.Re4 Nxb3
29.Be1 Bf6 30.Ng4 Bxb2 31.Nxh6+ Kf8 32.Bb4+ Nxb4 33.Rxb4 Nd4 34.Rxb2 Rc1+
35.Ne1 gxh6 36.Raa2 b4 37.Rxb4 Rd1 38.f4 Rxe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess Gp B"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 e5 6.Nxe5 Bb4 7.e3 Be6 8.Be2 Ne4
9.Bd2 Nd6 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxb4 c5 12.Bc3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bf3 Bd5 15.Bxe4 Bxe4
16.Qg4 Qd5 17.dxc5 h5 18.Qxg7 O-O-O 19.Qd4 Bxg2 20.Qxd5 Bxd5 21.Rg1 Rhg8
22.Ke2 Rg4 23.f3 Rh4 24.Rg2 Re8 25.Kf2 f5 26.Rh1 Rh3 27.Rg3 Rxg3 28.hxg3 Bf7
29.Rh4 Rd8 30.Rf4 Be6 31.Bd4 Kb7 32.Kg2 Ka6 33.Bc3 Rd3 34.Kf2 Rd1 35.e4 fxe4
36.fxe4 Bh3 37.Rf6 Rf1+ 38.Ke3 Rxf6 39.Bxf6 Ka5 40.Kf4 Kxa4 41.Ke5 c3 42.bxc3 Kb3
43.Kd6 Kc4 44.Bd8 Kxc3 45.e5 Kb4 46.Kxc6 a5 47.Kd6 a4 48.Bf6 a3 49.e6 Bxe6
50.Kxe6 Kxc5 51.Be7+ Kd4 52.Bxa3 Ke4 53.Be7  1-0

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess Gp B"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O g6
9.e5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Re1 Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess 1/4 Final"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Rb1 a5 6.a3 d6 7.b4 axb4 8.axb4 f5
9.d3 h6 10.e3 Nf6 11.Nge2 O-O 12.O-O Ne7 13.f4 g5 14.Bd2 Ng6 15.Qc2 gxf4
16.exf4 h5 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Bg5 Qd7 19.Nd5 Nh7 20.Be3 h4 21.Rbd1 hxg3 22.hxg3 Nf6
23.Nxf6+ Bxf6 24.Bc5 Be7 25.d4 Bxc5 26.bxc5 Qe7 27.c6 bxc6 28.Bxc6 Ra3 29.Rd3 e4
30.Rxa3 Qxa3 31.Qc1 Qd6 32.Ba4 Ba6 33.Bb3 Kg7 34.Qg5 Qf6 35.Qxf6+ Rxf6 36.Ra1 Rb6
37.Ra3 Ne7 38.Kf2 Bc8 39.Nf4 Kf6 40.Ke3 Rb4 41.c5 Kg5 42.d5 Kg4 43.Kf2 e3+
44.Kxe3 Kxg3 45.Ne2+ Kg4 46.d6 cxd6 47.cxd6 f4+ 48.Kf2 Nf5 49.Bd1 Rb2 50.Rb3 Rd2
51.Ke1 Rxd6 52.Nd4+ Kg5 53.Nxf5 Bxf5 54.Rb5 Kf6 55.Rb4 Re6+ 56.Kf2 Kg5 57.Rb5 Ra6
58.Bf3 Ra4 59.Rc5 Kf6 60.Rc6+ Kg5 61.Rc5 Ra2+ 62.Kg1 Ra4 63.Kf2 Ra2+ 64.Kg1 Kf6
65.Rc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess 1/4 Final"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qe5 Rab8 17.a5 f6 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.Ne3 Rfc8+ 20.Kb1 Kf7 21.Ra3 f5
22.Be2 Nb4 23.Rf1 Ke7 24.Ra4 Nc6 25.g4 g6 26.gxf5 gxf5 27.a6 bxa6 28.Rxa6 Rb6
29.Rxf5 d4 30.Rxb6 axb6 31.Rh5 dxe3 32.Rxh7+ Kd6 33.Rh3 Nd4 34.Rxe3 Rh8 35.h3 Nxe2
36.Rxe2 Rxh3 37.Re4 e5 38.Kc2 Rh6 39.Kd3 Kd5 40.Rb4 Rd6 41.Rb3 b5 42.Ke3 Kc4
43.Rc3+ Kb4 44.Ke2 Rd4 45.Re3 e4 46.Rc3 Rc4 47.Rh3 Rc2+ 48.Kd1 Rxb2 49.Re3 Ka4
50.Rxe4+ Rb4 51.Re8 Rc4 52.Re3 b4 53.Kd2 b3 54.Re8 Ka3 55.Ra8+ Kb2 56.Rd8 Kb1
57.Rb8 b2 58.Rd8 Rc2+ 59.Kd1 Rc5 60.Kd2 Ra5 61.Rb8 Ka1  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA"]
[Site "Bordeaux FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Badea,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E95"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.Nf3 e5 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 c6
9.d5 Nc5 10.Bf1 a5 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.b3 Bd7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Rfb8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.a3 Na6 17.Qd2 Bg7 18.g3 Nc5 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Na4 21.dxc6 Nxc3 22.Qxc3 Qxc6
23.Nd2 Be6 24.Bd3 Re8 25.Qb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Qxd2 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 O-O 11.Qb2 Nbd7 12.Rc1 c6 13.Nc3 Rfe8 14.e3 a6 15.a4 a5
16.Rab1 axb4 17.Qxb4 Ba6 18.Qxe7 Rxe7 19.Bf1 g6 20.Ne1 Kg7 21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.Nd3 Re6
23.Rc2 Ra5 24.Nf4 Re8 25.Kf1 g5 26.Nd3 Re6 27.Nc1 Ne4 28.Nxe4 dxe4 29.Rc4 h6
30.Nb3 Ra6 31.g4 Nf6 32.h3 Nd5 33.Rbc1 Rf6 34.Kg2 b5 35.Nc5 Ra7 36.R4c2 bxa4
37.Ra1 Nb4 38.Rc4 Nd3 39.Nxe4 Re6 40.Kf3 Nb2 41.Rc3 Ra5 42.Nc5 Re8 43.Ra2 Rb8
44.Nd7 Nd1 45.Rcc2 Rb3 46.Nc5 Nc3 47.Ra1 Rxc5 48.dxc5 a3 49.Kg2 Kf6 50.Rd2 a2
51.h4 Ke5 52.h5 f5 53.gxf5 Kxf5 54.f3 g4 55.Kg3 gxf3 56.Kxf3 Ke5 57.Rc2 Kf5
58.Rg2 Ke5 59.Rf2 Kf5 60.Rc2 Ke5 61.Raxa2 Nxa2 62.Rxa2 Rb4 63.Rg2 Rh4 64.Rg6 Rxh5
65.Rxc6 Rh3+ 66.Kf2 Ke4 67.Rc8 Rf3+ 68.Kg2 Rf6 69.c6 Kd5 70.e4+ Kc5 71.c7 Kc6
72.Kg3 Kd7 73.Rh8 Kxc7 74.e5 Rf1 75.Rxh6 Kd7 76.Kg4 Ke7 77.Rc6 Rg1+ 78.Kf4 Rf1+
79.Kg3 Rg1+ 80.Kf2 Rg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.f4 a6 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.Kb1 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 b5 13.g4 Qa5 14.a3 Bb7 15.g5 Rfc8
16.h4 Rab8 17.h5 Ba8 18.h6 Bf8 19.Bd2 b4 20.Na2 Qc7 21.Bd3 bxa3 22.b3 Nc5
23.Bc3 e5 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Qxe5 Nxd3 26.Qxc7 Rxc7 27.hxg7 Bxg7 28.Bxg7 Bxe4
29.Bd4 Rxb3+ 30.cxb3 Nc1+  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Bd6
9.g4 h6 10.h4 Bb4 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qe7 13.O-O-O Nd5 14.e4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 b5
16.Bb3 Ba3+ 17.Kb1 a5 18.g5 Nb6 19.gxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.a4 h6 15.Bc2 exd4
16.cxd4 Nb4 17.Bb1 c5 18.d5 Nd7 19.Ra3 f5 20.Nh2 Nf6 21.Rg3 Qe7 22.Rf3 Bxd5
23.Rxf5 Bf7 24.Ndf3 Be6 25.g4 Bxf5 26.gxf5 Qb7 27.Ng4 Nxe4 28.Bxh6 Nf6 29.Be3 Nxg4
30.hxg4 Qd5 31.Nd2 c4 32.g5 Nd3 33.Bxd3 cxd3 34.Qg4 Re5 35.f6 Qe6 36.Qg3 d5
37.Rc1 Bd6 38.Rc6 d4 39.f7+ Qxf7 40.Rxd6 dxe3 41.Qxe5 Re8 42.Qxe3 Rxe3 43.fxe3 Qf5
44.g6 Qg4+ 45.Kf2 Qe2+ 46.Kg3 Kf8 47.Nf3 Qxe3 48.axb5 axb5 49.b4 Ke7 50.Rd5 Ke6
51.Rd8 Kf5 52.Kg2 Kxg6 53.Rxd3 Qe2+ 54.Kg1 Kh6 55.Rd6+ g6 56.Rf6 Kg7  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 Qe7 8.axb5 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.d5 Nf6 11.d6 Qb7 12.b3 Nbd7 13.bxc4 b4 14.Bd4 a5 15.Qa4 O-O
16.c5 Qd5 17.c6 e5 18.Bb2 Nc5 19.Qd1 Qxc6 20.Nxe5 Qb6 21.Nc4 Qd8 22.Bd4 Nfd7
23.Be2 Bb7 24.O-O a4 25.Qd2 Rb8 26.Qe1 Bc6 27.Rb1 Nb3 28.Rxb3 axb3 29.f3 Qg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nf8
9.Bd3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.h3 O-O 12.O-O-O b5 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.f4 b4 15.Na4 c5 16.dxc5 Nxc5
17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.Kb1 Be7 19.Nc6 Bxc6 20.Qxc6 Rc8 21.Qa6 Nh5 22.Be1 Bc5 23.g4 Nf6
24.Bh4 Kg7 25.e4 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Qb6 27.Qxb6 Bxb6 28.Bf3 Rc4 29.Rhf1 Re8 30.Rd6 Re6
31.Rxe6 fxe6 32.b3 Rd4 33.Kc2 h6 34.Bf2 Rxf4 35.Bg3 Rd4 36.Be5 Rd8 37.Bb7 Bd4
38.Rd1 Bb6 39.Rf1 Bd4 40.Rd1 Bb6 41.Rxd8 Bxd8 42.Kd3 Kf7 43.Kc4 a5 44.Bf4 g5
45.Bg3 h5 46.Bf3 hxg4 47.hxg4 Ke7 48.Kc5 Kd7 49.Be5 Be7+ 50.Kb6 Bd8+ 51.Kc5 Be7+
52.Kb5 Bd8 53.Kc4 Ke7 54.Kb5 Kd7 55.Bb2 Kd6 56.a3 bxa3 57.Bxa3+ Ke5 58.Bc1 Ne4
59.Kc6 Bf6 60.Kb5 Bd8 61.Kc6 Bf6 62.Kb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Akopian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc5
9.Qf3 Nc6 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.Bd6 Nxd4 13.Rxd4 b6 14.Qxa8 Qxc3+ 15.Rd2 Qa1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Ne5 10.Nc2 Be7 11.b3 a6 12.Ne4 Qc7 13.Rd1 Rb8 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Qxd6
16.Rxd6 b6 17.f4 Ng4 18.O-O Ke7 19.Rfd1 f6 20.R6d3 Re8 21.a4 Nh6 22.a5 bxa5
23.Ra1 Nf7 24.Rxa5 d6 25.Nd4 Kf8 26.Bc6 Re7 27.Be4 f5 28.Bg2 Rb6 29.e4 fxe4
30.Bxe4 g6 31.Bg2 e5 32.c5 dxc5 33.Rxc5 Bd7 34.fxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.O-O Qd5 14.Qe2 Ba6 15.Bg5 Be7
16.f4 O-O 17.Rf3 Bb7 18.Rg3 Rfc8 19.Bxh7+ Kf8 20.Bh6 gxh6 21.Qh5 Ke8 22.Qxf7+ Kd8
23.Rg7 Qc5 24.h3 Rxa2 25.Rd1 Qd6 26.Ng6 Rxb2 27.Nxe7 Rxg2+ 28.Rxg2 Bxg2 29.Qxf6 Qxe7
30.Qxe7+ Kxe7 31.Kxg2 Rc4 32.Bd3 Rc5 33.Kf3 Rh5 34.Bf1 Rd5 35.Ke4 Kf6 36.Rb1 d3
37.Bxd3 Rh5 38.Bf1 e5 39.Rxb5 Rh4 40.Rb6+  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rausis,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qxd1+ 11.Bxd1 Bd7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Nc3 e6 14.Be2 a6 15.Be3 Nc4
16.Bd4 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Rxc5 18.f4 Nxb2 19.Ne4 Rc2 20.Nd6+ Ke7 21.Rf2 b5 22.Bf1 Rxf2
23.Kxf2 Bc6 24.Rc1 Kd7 25.Nxf7 Rf8 26.Ng5 Rxf4+ 27.Kg3 Ra4 28.Nxe6 Kxe6 29.Rxc6+ Kxe5
30.Rc7 Ra3+ 31.Kh4 Nd1 32.Rxg7 Ne3 33.Rg5+ Kf6 34.Bxb5 axb5 35.Rxb5 Nxg2+
36.Kg4 Ne3+ 37.Kh5 Rxa2 38.Rb6+ Ke5 39.h4 Ra7 40.Rc6 Kf5 41.Rb6 Rd7 42.Ra6 Nd5
43.Kh6 Nf6 44.Ra5+ Ke6 45.Rg5 Rd4 46.h5 Rd5 47.Rxd5 Kxd5 48.Kg7 Ke6 49.h6 Nh5+  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Bg4 10.Rb1 a6 11.Rxb7 Nc6 12.Bc4 O-O 13.Bd5 Rac8 14.O-O Bxf3 15.gxf3 cxd4
16.cxd4 Qxd2 17.Bxd2 Bxd4 18.Bh6 Rfe8 19.Rc1 Na7 20.Rc4 Rxc4 21.Bxc4 Nb5
22.Rd7 Bc5 23.a4 Nc3 24.Bxa6 Nxa4 25.Rc7 Bd6 26.Rc6 Rb8 27.Be3 Kg7 28.f4 f6
29.Kg2 Rb3 30.Bc4 Rb4 31.Bd5 Nb2 32.Kf3 Nd3 33.Bd2 Rb2 34.Bc3 Rb8 35.Bd2 g5
36.e5 Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2001.04.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Koch,JR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.cxd5 Qb5 10.Ng5 a5 11.h4 Na6 12.a3 c6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.d5 Nc7 15.dxc6 a4
16.Be3 Ra6 17.Rc1 h6 18.Nh3 Qxb2 19.Nf4 Kh7 20.Qd3 Qb3 21.Rb1 Qxd3 22.Nxd3 e6
23.Bf4 Rd8 24.Nc5 Ra8 25.Nb7 Bxb7 26.cxb7 Rab8 27.Rfc1 Nd5 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.Bxd6 Rxd6
30.Rc8  1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nb3 e6
9.e4 Nc6 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Bd2 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Bxc3 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.bxc3 Rb8 15.Rab1 Ne5
16.Rfe1 Nd7 17.Na5 Kf8 18.Bxb7 Bxb7 19.Nxb7 Rdc8 20.Nd6 Rxc3 21.Rxb8+ Nxb8
22.Rb1 Nc6 23.Rb7 f5 24.Rxh7 Rxc2 25.h4 Rd2 26.Nb7 Rxa2 27.Nc5 e5 28.Ne6+ Ke8
29.Nc7+ Kf8 30.Ne6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O c6 6.Be3 O-O 7.Qc1 Bg4 8.Rd1 Nbd7
9.c4 Rc8 10.Nbd2 b5 11.c5 Re8 12.a4 b4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Bd4 Ned7 17.e3 Ne4 18.Nd2 f5 19.a5 Qe7 20.Nb3 h5 21.h4 g5 22.hxg5 Qxg5
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Nd4 Ne5 25.f4 Qg6 26.fxe5 Nxg3 27.Kh2 Rxe5 28.Rg1 h4 29.Bh3 Rce8
30.Qd2 Kh8 31.Rae1 Qf6 32.Qxb4 f4 33.Nxc6 Qxc6 34.Qxf4 Re4 35.Qd6 Qb7 36.Qh6+ Kg8
37.Bf5 Qxb2+ 38.Kh3 Rc4 39.Bh7+ Kf7 40.Ref1+  1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 Nbd7 4.Nc3 c6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 a6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Re8 12.Rac1 Nh5 13.Bxe7 Rxe7 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Rxe5
16.Qd2 Rg5 17.Bxh5 Rxh5 18.Qxd6 Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Be6 20.b3 b5 21.Rxc6 bxc4 22.bxc4 Ra5
23.f4 g6 24.Rc2 Rb8 25.Nd5 Rb1+ 26.Kf2 Ra1 27.Nc3 Rh1 28.Ne2 Rxh2 29.Nd4 Bd7
30.Rc7 Ba4 31.Rd2 g5 32.Ne6 gxf4 33.Rd8+ Kh7 34.Rxf7+ Kg6 35.Rxf4 Re5 36.Rg8+ Kh5
37.Rf5+ Rxf5+ 38.exf5 Bd7 39.Kg3 Bxe6 40.fxe6  1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.23"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 c6 6.Be3 O-O 7.Nbd2 Bg4 8.Qc1 Nbd7
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Re8 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Rd1 b5 13.a4 b4 14.c3 bxc3 15.Qxc3 c5
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Qa3 Nfe4 18.Be3 e6 19.Rac1 Qa5 20.Ng5 Qxa4 21.Qxa4 Nxa4 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Rd7 f5 25.b3 Nc3 26.Nxe6 Bf6 27.Kf1 a5 28.h4 Rb8 29.h5 gxh5
30.Nc5 h4 31.gxh4 Rc8 32.Nb7 a4 33.bxa4 Nxa4 34.Nd6 Rb8 35.Nxf5 Nc3 36.Nh6+ Kh8
37.Bg5 Bg7 38.Nf5 Be5 39.Re7 Rb1+ 40.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 d6
9.d5 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 Nb8 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O c6 14.Qd2 Nd7 15.e4 e5
16.Ne1 Nc5 17.Nc2 Be6 18.Ne3 a5 19.b3 Rf6 20.Rcc1 Qc7 21.Rcd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf4 Na5 12.d5 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 exd5 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Qxb7 Bc5
16.Be5 a5 17.Nd4 Nd7 18.Bg3 Re8 19.Ndb5 h5 20.Nxd5 h4 21.Bf4 Bg4 22.Nbc7 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Rb8 24.Qxb8 Nxb8 25.Re8+ Qxe8 26.Nxe8 Nc6 27.Nef6+ gxf6 28.Nxf6+ Kf8
29.Nxg4 Nb4 30.Be3 Bd6 31.a3 Nd3 32.Bd4 Ke7 33.h3 Ke6 34.Ne3 a4 35.Kf1 f5
36.Nc4 Bc7 37.Bb6 Be5 38.Nxe5 Kxe5 39.Bd8 Nxb2 40.Bxh4 Ke6 41.Bg5 Nc4 42.Bc1  1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.e5 b5
9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Be3 Nf6 12.a4 bxa4 13.Rxa4 Nc6 14.Bc4 Rb8 15.Bxe6+ Kh8
16.Qc4 Bxe6 17.Qxe6 Qd6 18.Ng5 Rxb2 19.O-O Rc2 20.Rc4 Na5 21.Rc5 Qxe6 22.Nxe6 Rc8
23.Rb1 Nd7 24.Rxa5 Rxc3 25.Rxa6 Nf8 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.h4 Kf7 28.Rb5 Rd8 29.h5 Ne6
30.d5 Nf8 31.Bf4 Nd7 32.hxg6+ hxg6 33.Rc6 Rxc6 34.dxc6 Nf6 35.Kh2 Rd4 36.Bxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bruzon,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O-O Nf8 11.h3 Be6 12.Kb1 Rc8 13.g4 N6d7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nd2 c5
16.f4 f6 17.Rhe1 cxd4 18.exd4 Qd6 19.Rf1 a6 20.Nb3 Bf7 21.Qf2 Re7 22.Rde1 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Rxe8 Bxe8 25.f5 Nb6 26.Nc5 Bc6 27.Ne2 Na8 28.Nf4 Nc7 29.Qe3 Kf7
30.h4 a5 31.Nb3 b6 32.Nd2 Qe7 33.Nf1 Qxe3 34.Nxe3 Ke7 35.Kc2 Kd6 36.Nh5 Ne8
37.b4 axb4 38.Kb3 h6 39.Kxb4 Nd7 40.Ng2 Nb8 41.Ngf4 Bd7 42.Bb5 Nc6+ 43.Kc3 Bc8
44.Ng6 Bd7 45.Nf8 Bc8 46.a4 Kc7 47.Nf4 Kd6 48.N4g6 Bb7 49.Ne6 Ba8 50.Ngf4 Bb7
51.Nh5 g5 52.hxg5 hxg5 53.Neg7 Nxg7 54.Nxg7 Ke7 55.Bxc6 Bxc6 56.Kb4 Kd6 57.Nh5 Ke7
58.Ng7 Bd7 59.Kb3 Bc8 60.Nh5 Ba6 61.Ng3 Bd3 62.Kc3 Ba6 63.Kb4 Bd3 64.a5 bxa5+
65.Kxa5 Be4 66.Kb6 Kd6 67.Nh5 Bf3 68.Nxf6 Ke7 69.Nh7 Bxg4 70.f6+ Kf7 71.Kc5 Bf5
72.Nxg5+ Kxf6 73.Kxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bruzon,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 Nb8 13.b3 Nbd7 14.d5 c6 15.c4 g6 16.a4 bxc4
17.bxc4 Nc5 18.a5 Qc7 19.Nf1 Rec8 20.Bg5 Bg7 21.Ra2 Rab8 22.N3h2 Ba8 23.Qf3 Ne8
24.Ng4 cxd5 25.cxd5 Rb5 26.Qa3 Rcb8 27.Rc1 h5 28.Ngh2 Bf6 29.Be3 Qd8 30.Nd2 Bg5
31.Rca1 Bxe3 32.Qxe3 Rb4 33.Nhf3 Qe7 34.Ne1 Nf6 35.Nd3 Rxe4 36.Nxe4 Ncxe4
37.Rb2 Rxb2 38.Nxb2 Nc5 39.Nc4 Nxd5 40.Qd2 Nf4 41.f3 Qg5 42.Kh2 h4 43.Ra3 d5
44.Ne3 Qg3+ 45.Kh1 d4 46.Nf1 Qg5 47.Kh2 Bc6 48.Qf2 Bb5 49.Kh1 Bxf1 50.Qxf1 d3
51.Bxd3 Ncxd3 52.Rxd3 Nxd3 53.Qxd3 Qc1+ 54.Kh2 Qf4+ 55.Kh1 Qf6 56.Qd5 Kg7
57.Qe4 Qf4 58.Qc6 Qf6 59.Qe4 Kh6 60.Qe3+ Kg7 61.Qb6 Qe6 62.Qb4 Qd5 63.Qb6 Qd3
64.Qc5 Kf6 65.Qf8 Qc4 66.Qd6+ Kf5 67.Qd7+ Kf4 68.Qg4+  1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bruzon,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qc2 g6 8.e3 Bf5
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 O-O 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.h4 Nd7 13.h5 Re8 14.O-O-O Bg7 15.hxg6 hxg6
16.Rh3 Qe7 17.Rdh1 Rad8 18.g4 b5 19.Nd2 b4 20.Ne2 c5 21.Nf4 Qd6 22.Nf3 cxd4
23.Ng5 Nc5 24.Qf1 Qf6 25.Nh7 Qa6 26.Qxa6 Nxa6 27.g5 Re5 28.exd4 Rf5 29.Nd3 Nc7
30.Nf6+ Kf8 31.Nxb4 Bxf6 32.gxf6 Rxf6 33.Rh8+ Ke7 34.Re1+ Kd7 35.Rh2 Re8
36.Rxe8 Kxe8 37.Kd2 Kd7 38.Nd3 Nb5 39.Rh4 Nd6 40.b3 Ke7 41.Rh8 Ne8 42.a4 Rf5
43.Ke3 Rh5 44.Rg8 Rh3+ 45.f3 Nd6 46.Ra8 Nf5+ 47.Kd2 Nxd4 48.Rxa7+ Kf6 49.b4 Nxf3+
50.Kc1 Nd4 51.Nf4 Rf3 52.Nxd5+ Ke5 53.Nb6 Nc6 54.Rb7 Nxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bruzon,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f3 Rb8 11.Kb1 b5 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Ne2 e5 14.Nc3 Be7 15.g4 b4
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Qc7 18.Bd3 a5 19.h4 Bd7 20.g5 h5 21.f4 Bg4 22.Be2 exf4
23.Bxf4 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Gp B"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Apicella,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Kh1 Bd7
9.Ndb5 Qb8 10.Bf4 Ne5 11.Bg3 a6 12.Nd4 Nc6 13.f4 Qa7 14.Bf2 Qb8 15.Bg3 Qa7
16.Bf2 Qb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA High Pool"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fontaine,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 h6 8.Bh4 d6
9.Nd2 g5 10.Bg3 Nc6 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Rh6 Qe7 14.Qf3 Rg6 15.Rxg6 fxg6
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Qf6 18.c5 Na5 19.Bb5+ Kf7 20.c6 Nxc6 21.Bxc6 d5 22.Bxb7 dxe4
23.Bxa8 Qh8 24.O-O-O Qxa8 25.Rh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA High Pool"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,And"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.d5 Nb8 15.Nh2 c6
16.Ng4 cxd5 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nd7 20.a4 Qd8 21.Ne4 Be7 22.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA High Pool"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vaisser,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e3 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Qb3 Bxd4 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bh6 Bg7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Bxd5 Qf6 17.Rfe1 a5 18.Qc3 Ra6 19.Re5 Rd6 20.Rae1 Rfd8 21.Qxa5 Bh3 22.Bg2 Rd2
23.R5e2 Rxe2 24.Rxe2 Rd1+ 25.Re1 b6 26.Qb4 Rxe1+ 27.Qxe1 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Qxb2
29.a4 Qd4 30.Qb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA High Pool"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Degraeve,JM"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Qe2 Ng6
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nh4 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.d5 Ne5 13.Nd4 Bd6 14.N2b3 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Gp B"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dorfman,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "A19"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxe5 8.Ndb5 a6
9.Nd6+ Bxd6 10.Qxd6 f6 11.Be3 Ne7 12.Bb6 Nf5 13.Qc5 Qe7 14.Qxe7+ Kxe7 15.f4 Ng6
16.g3 d6 17.Bh3 Bd7 18.O-O-O Bc6 19.Rhe1 Kf7 20.Nd5 exd5 21.Bxf5 Nf8 22.c5 dxc5
23.Bxc5 h5 24.Re7+ Kg8 25.Rde1 Rh6 26.Rc7 Ng6 27.h4 a5 28.Bc8 a4 29.Kd2 Rh8
30.Bf5 Rh6 31.a3 Rd8 32.Kc3 Kh8 33.Bb6 Ra8 34.Bc8 Kg8 35.Bd4 Rh8 36.Be6+ Kh7
37.Bxf6 Rhe8 38.Rxg7+ Kh6 39.Rc7  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Gp B"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Relange,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.d3 f6 11.Bb2 Qd7 12.Rc1 Rad8 13.Ne4 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Gp B"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Nb5 a6 11.Nd6+ Ke7 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.Qb3 b5 14.Rd1 Rd8 15.Be2 Qa4
16.Qxa4 bxa4 17.Nxc8+ Rdxc8 18.Bd6+ Ke8 19.f3 Nd7 20.Kf2 Nce5 21.Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Gp B"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nataf,IA"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.b3 g6 10.f4 Qb4+ 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Qe4 f5 13.Qf3 Qd4 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Bb4
16.Rc1 Bxc3+ 17.Rxc3 Bb7 18.c5 d5 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Qe3 dxe5 21.Qxe5+ Qxe5+
22.fxe5 O-O-O 23.Bc4 Rhe8 24.e6 c5 25.O-O Rd2 26.Rf2 Rd1+ 27.Rf1 Rd2 28.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Gp B"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chabanon,JL"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxd7 Qxd7
9.e3 e6 10.Be2 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.O-O b5 13.a3 O-O 14.Qd3 Na5 15.b4 Nc4
16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Gp B"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Na2 Be7 13.Rd1 c5 14.e4 cxd4 15.e5 Nd5
16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Rxd4 Qa5 18.Nc3 Nb6 19.Bd2 Bb4 20.Qg4 Nc4 21.Qh3 g5 22.Bxg5 Nxe5
23.Rxb4  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Playoff"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Degraeve,JM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 Nf6 6.e4 O-O 7.h3 e5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Nh5
10.Qd2 Kh7 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.Ne2 Qf6 13.Rb1 Re8 14.Nh2 Qe7 15.O-O Nf8 16.g4 Nf6
17.Ng3 a6 18.Kg2 Ng8 19.a3 a5 20.b3 Bf6 21.Nf3 Kg7 22.Rg1 Nh7 23.b4 axb4
24.axb4 b6 25.bxc5 bxc5 26.Rb6 Ng5 27.Nh2 Nh7 28.Nf3 Ng5 29.Nxg5 Bxg5 30.Bxg5 hxg5
31.Rgb1 f6 32.Qb2 Nh6 33.Ra1 Rxa1 34.Qxa1 Nf7 35.Bc2 Qc7 36.Rb1 Re7 37.Ba4 Qa5
38.Bb5 Ra7 39.Qxa5 Rxa5 40.Nf1 Kf8 41.Ne3 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Playoff"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaisser,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Qd2 Qa5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 O-O 13.d5 Rd8 14.Ke1 Na5 15.Bd2 b6
16.Bb4 Bf8 17.Bb5 e6 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.Rc7 exd5 20.e5 Be6 21.Ke2 Rdc8 22.Rhc1 Nc4
23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Nd4 Rc5 25.f4 Na3 26.Rxc5 bxc5 27.Nxe6+ fxe6 28.Ba6 Nc2
29.Bd3 Nb4 30.Bb1 Kf7 31.g4 Nc6 32.h4 Nd4+ 33.Ke3 Nb5 34.a4 Nd4 35.Bd3 a5
36.g5 Kg7 37.Bb1 Nc6 38.Bd3 Nb4 39.Be2 Nc2+ 40.Kd2 Nd4 41.Bg4 h5 42.Bh3 Kf7
43.Ke3 Ke7 44.Kf2 Kd7 45.Ke3 Kc6 46.Bf1 Nf5+ 47.Kf2 Kd7 48.Bb5+ Ke7 49.Bd3 Nxh4
50.Bc2 Nf5 51.Bd3 c4 52.Bc2 h4  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Playoff"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Degraeve,JM"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 d6 8.Nxd4 cxd4
9.Ne2 Nf6 10.Kh1 Nd7 11.b4 Qb6 12.c3 dxc3 13.dxc3 a5 14.Rb1 axb4 15.Rxb4 Qc7
16.Bb1 O-O 17.Qe1 b6 18.Qh4 Ba6 19.Qf2 Nc5 20.Rd1 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 Bxc3 22.Rc4 Bg7
23.Bb2 Bxb2 24.Qxb2 Ra4 25.Rcc1 Qb8 26.Bc2 Ra7 27.Bb1 Rc8 28.h4 Rac7 29.Qd2 Na4
30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.h5 Qc3 32.Qe2 Rc5 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.f5 Kg7 35.Qf2 Qf6 36.Kg1 Nc3
37.Re1 gxf5 38.e5 dxe5 39.Bxf5 e6 40.Qg3+ Kf8 41.Bh7 e4 42.Qe3 Qh4 43.Bxe4 Nxe4
44.Qxe4 Qxe4 45.Rxe4 Ke7 46.Rb4 Rc6 47.a4 e5 48.Rb5 Ke6 49.a5 bxa5 50.Rxa5 Kf5
51.Ra7 f6 52.Ra4 Rc2 53.Ra6 e4 54.Kf1 Kg5 55.Ra5+ Kf4 56.Ra6 f5 57.Ra5 Kg4
58.Re5 Kf4 59.Ra5 e3 60.Rb5 Rf2+ 61.Kg1 Kg3 62.Re5 Rxg2+ 63.Kf1 Rf2+ 64.Ke1 f4  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Playoff"]
[Site "Marsailles FRA"]
[Date "2001.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vaisser,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 d6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e3 a6 7.a4 b4 8.Nbd2 Be7
9.a5 Nd7 10.Nc4 f5 11.g3 Rb8 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O Nf6 14.Nb6 Nd7 15.Nc4 Qc7
16.Nfd2 g6 17.Re1 Bf6 18.e4 Ne5 19.Nb6 Rxb6 20.axb6 Qxb6 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.h3 c4
23.Rxe5 dxe5 24.Nxc4 Qa7 25.Qe2 Bd7 26.Nxe5 Re8 27.Rxa6 Qd4 28.Rxf6 Rxe5
29.Qf3 Bf5 30.Kh2 Qxb2 31.Rb6 Qd4 32.Rb8+ Kg7 33.Qf4 Qxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUR-ASIA Rapid Match"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2001.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vladimirov,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.O-O e6 12.Qg4 a6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nc3 f5 15.Qf3 Be7
16.Qh5+ g6 17.Qh6 Bf8 18.Qh4 Bg7 19.Re1 O-O 20.Bh6 Bf6 21.Qg3 Rfe8 22.Rad1 Bxd4
23.Ne2 e5 24.Nxd4 exd4 25.Qb3+ Nd5 26.Qc4 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Rd1 Qe6 29.h4 Nf6
30.Qxd4 Qd5 31.f3 Re1+ 32.Kh2 Rxd1 33.Qxf6 Qd6+ 34.Qxd6 Rxd6 35.Kg3 Re6 36.Kf2 Kf7
37.Bd2 c5 38.Bc3 Ke7 39.Bd2 Kd6  0-1

[Event "EUR-ASIA Rapid Match"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2001.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vladimirov,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 Ne7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O Nbc6 8.Rb1 Bg4
9.b4 Qd7 10.Re1 Qf5 11.Ba3 Bf3 12.b5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Na5 14.d3 a6 15.c5 dxc5
16.Bxc5 Qd7 17.a4 Rfd8 18.Qc2 h5 19.h4 Nf5 20.e4 Nd6 21.Red1 axb5 22.Bxd6 Qxd6
23.Nxb5 Qc6 24.Qxc6 bxc6 25.Nbc3 Rdb8 26.Rxb8+ Rxb8 27.Rb1 Rd8 28.Nc1 Bh6
29.N3e2 Kf8 30.f4 exf4 31.Nxf4 Ke7 32.Kf2 Rd4 33.Ra1 Rb4 34.Ra2 Bg7 35.Nfe2 Kd6
36.Ke3 c5 37.Nf4 Bd4+ 38.Kf3 Rb1 39.Nce2 Rf1+ 40.Kg2 Rf2+ 41.Kh3 c6 42.Rc2 Bf6
43.Ng2 Rf1 44.Ne3 Ra1 45.Nc4+ Nxc4 46.Rxc4 Rd1 47.Nc1  0-1

[Event "EUR-ASIA Rapid Match"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2001.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 b6 12.a4 Re8 13.Nd2 c5 14.Ba3 Rf8 15.Bb2 Bd7
16.Nb5 Nc8 17.Ra3 Qe7 18.Qc2 Bh6 19.Nb3 Ne8 20.a5 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Qd1 Nf6
23.axb6 Rxa3 24.Bxa3 Nxb6 25.Na5 Nc8 26.Nc6 Qd7 27.Bb2 Bg7 28.Qa1 Nh5 29.Rd1 Qf7
30.Bf1 Bg4 31.f3 Bxf3 32.gxf3 Qxf3 33.Bg2 Qf2+ 34.Kh1 Nf4 35.Rg1 Rf5 36.Qa8 Rf8
37.Qa1 Rf5 38.Qa8 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUR-ASIA Rapid Match"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2001.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.f4 b5 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.e5 Nh6 9.Be4 Qc8
10.Ng5 b4 11.Qf3 Rb8 12.Na4 O-O 13.O-O-O Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Qb7 15.Qxb7 Rxb7 16.h3 Nf5
17.Bf2 Bh6 18.g3 Ng7 19.h4 f6 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Rhe1 Bxg5 22.hxg5 Ng4 23.Bg1 Nf5
24.Rd3 Kf7 25.Kd1 h6 26.gxh6 Nfxh6 27.Ke2 Nf6 28.Kf3 Nd5 29.b3 Rh8 30.c4 Nf6
31.Rdd1 Nf5 32.Bf2 Rbb8 33.Rh1 Nh6 34.Nb2 Nhg4 35.Nd3 a5 36.d5 Nh2+ 37.Kg2 Nhg4
38.Bd4 Rh5 39.Rxh5 gxh5 40.Rh1 Rg8 41.Kf3 Kg6 42.Re1 Re8 43.Bxf6 Nxf6 44.Nf2 Kf7
45.Nh3 Nh7 46.Re6 c6 47.Ke4 cxd5+ 48.cxd5 Rc8 49.Kf5 Rc5 50.Rh6 e6+ 51.Ke4 Nf6+
52.Kf3 Kg7 53.Rxf6 Kxf6 54.dxe6 Kxe6 55.Nf2 Rc1 56.Ne4 Ra1 57.Ng5+ Ke7 58.Ke4 Rxa2
59.Kf3 Rb2  0-1

[Event "EUR-ASIA Rapid Match"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2001.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.e3 h6
9.Bh4 Bd6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O b6 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Bb1 Be7 14.Qc2 Nb4 15.Qb3 Nc6
16.h3 Rc8 17.Rfd1 Re8 18.Qc2 Nb4 19.Qe2 Ne4 20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.Qe1 Nxc3 22.Rxc3 Rxc3
23.Qxc3 a5 24.Rc1 Bc6 25.Ne5 Bxa4 26.Qc8 Qxc8 27.Rxc8+ Be8 28.Rb8 Kf8 29.Rxb6 Rc7
30.Nd3 Nxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUR-ASIA Rapid Match"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2001.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.exd5 exd4 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Nf6 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Bc2 Nxd5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7
16.Qxd4 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Nxf5 18.Qb4 Qb6 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.a3 Rfd8 21.Rfd1 Ne7 22.Ne5 Nc6
23.Nc4 b5 24.Nd6 b4 25.Nxb7 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 bxa3 27.bxa3 Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUR-ASIA Rapid Match"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2001.09.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rogers,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nh4 Nb6 11.Qb3 Qxd4 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Bf4 Rad8 14.a3 Qc4 15.Qxc4 Nxc4
16.b4 a6 17.Ra2 Bd6 18.Bg5 Nb6 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.e3 Be5 21.Ne2 Rd3 22.Bh3 Nc4
23.a4 Rb3 24.Bxf5 Rxb4 25.Rd1 Nb2 26.Rb1 Rxa4 27.Rbxb2 Bxb2 28.Rxa4 Rd8 29.Rb4 Rd2
30.Nd4 c5 31.Rxb7 cxd4 32.Ra7 dxe3 33.fxe3 Rd1+ 34.Kf2 Ra1 35.Bd3 Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUR-ASIA Rapid Match"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2001.09.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bf4 Bb4 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5
10.O-O Nc6 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Qc2 Be7 14.Ne5 Nb4 15.Qd2 Be6 16.Rfc1 Qa5
17.Nf3 Rfc8 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.h3 Rxc1+ 20.Rxc1 Rc8 21.Rxc8+ Bxc8 22.Qc3 Qc5 23.Bf3 Qxc3
24.bxc3 Na2 25.Ne2 Bf6 26.Bxd5 Nxc3 27.Nxc3 Bxc3 28.Kf1 a5 29.Ke2 Bd7 30.Kd3 Be1
31.Bxb7 Bxa4 32.Bc7 Bb5+ 33.Kc2 a4 34.f4 Bb4 35.Bd5 Kf8 36.Be5 Bc5 37.Bd4 Bxd4
38.exd4 Ke7 39.Kc3 f6 40.Kb4 Bd7 41.Bg8 h5 42.Bc4 Kd6 43.g3 Bxh3 44.Kxa4 Be6
45.Kb4 Bxc4 46.Kxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUR-ASIA Rapid Match"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2001.09.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 Bb7 6.b3 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.bxc4 bxc4
9.Bxc4 e6 10.O-O Nd7 11.Nbd2 c5 12.Ne4 N5b6 13.Bd3 c4 14.Bc2 a5 15.Nfg5 Bb4
16.Rb1 h6 17.Qh5 Qe7 18.Nxf7 Qxf7 19.Nd6+ Bxd6 20.Bg6 O-O 21.Bxf7+ Rxf7 22.exd6 Bd5
23.Qd1 c3 24.Ba3 Nc4 25.Bc5 Nd2 26.Rc1 Bb3 27.Qe1 Nxf1 28.Qxc3 Bxa4 29.Rxf1 Bb5
30.Rb1  1-0

[Event "EUR-ASIA Rapid Match"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2001.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Adianto,U"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bd6 4.g3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bb4 7.Qb3 Na6 8.Nf3 d6
9.O-O h6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Qc2 O-O 12.b4 Bb6 13.Bb2 Re8 14.d3 Nc7 15.Na4 Na6 16.e4 Bg4
17.Nxb6 axb6 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Nc7 20.Bg2 Nh5 21.d4 Qg5 22.Rad1 Nf6 23.Rd3 Qg6
24.Re3 b5 25.Rd1 bxc4 26.Qxc4 Nd7 27.Qb3 Nb6 28.Bf1 Na4 29.Ba1 Re7 30.dxe5 dxe5
31.Red3 Nb6 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Rxd8+ Kh7 34.a4 Nd7 35.Qd3 Qe6 36.Bc3 Nf6 37.Bg2 Qb3
38.Bd2 Qxd3 39.Rxd3 Ne6 40.Bc3 Nd7 41.a5 f6 42.h4 c5 43.b5 c4 44.Rd6 Ndc5
45.Bh3 Nc7 46.Bb4 Nd3 47.Rxd3 cxd3 48.Bxe7 d2 49.Bg4 Nxb5 50.Bb4 g6 51.Bxd2 Na3
52.Bb4 Nc2 53.Bc3 Na3 54.Be2 Nc2 55.Bb5  1-0

[Event "EUR-ASIA Rapid Match"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2001.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adianto,U"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 e6 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.b4 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Nd2 Bg6 13.a4 Re8 14.Nb3 Bf6 15.Bg3 e5
16.Bg4 exd4 17.exd4 Nf8 18.Qd2 h5 19.Bh3 Ne6 20.Bxe6 Rxe6 21.Rfe1 Bf5 22.Rxe6 Bxe6
23.Re1 Qd7 24.Be5 Be7 25.Qe2 h4 26.h3 Re8 27.Qd2 Bd8 28.Bf4 Bf5 29.Rxe8+ Qxe8
30.f3 f6 31.Kf2 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Bonn GER"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Speelman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Qc2 f5 11.e3 Ndf6 12.Bd3 Qe7 13.O-O-O Bd7 14.Nd2 Nxg3 15.hxg3 O-O-O
16.Rhe1 Kb8 17.e4 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Qg7 19.Nxf6 Qxf6 20.Be4 Bc8 21.c5 d5 22.Bf3 g4
23.Be2 e5 24.dxe5 Qxe5 25.Bd3 Qf6 26.Re2 Rhe8 27.Rde1 Rxe2 28.Rxe2 h5 29.a3 h4
30.gxh4 Qxh4 31.g3 Qh1+ 32.Qd1 Qf3 33.Qd2 Rf8 34.Kc2 b6 35.cxb6 axb6 36.Qh6 Kb7
37.Kd2 Bd7 38.Qg7 Bf5 39.Bxf5 Rxf5 40.Qd4 Rh5 41.Qe3 Rh2 42.Kd3 Qf5+ 43.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Bonn GER"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen,SuB"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Bb3 O-O 8.Re1 e5
9.h3 Be6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nc4 Kh8 14.a3 Qe7 15.Ba2 f5
16.b4 f4 17.Rb1 b6 18.b5 Nd8 19.a4 Ne6 20.a5 Nc7 21.Na3 g5 22.d4 cxd4 23.cxd4 bxa5
24.Qd3 g4 25.hxg4 Bxg4 26.Nc4 a4 27.b6 axb6 28.Rxb6 Rad8 29.Rb7 Rb8 30.Reb1 Rxb7
31.Rxb7 exd4 32.Nb6 Bxf3 33.Qxf3 Qd8 34.Qg4 d3 35.Qf3 d2 36.Qd3 Na6 37.Nd7 Nc5
38.Nxc5 dxc5 39.Rd7 Qg5 40.Qxd2 f3 41.Qxg5 hxg5 42.Ra7 Bd4 43.gxf3 g4 44.Kg2 gxf3+
45.Kg3 Be5+ 46.Kg4 Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2001.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.g3 a6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bg2 d5
9.O-O Nf6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Be3 Be7 12.Na4 Qa5 13.Nb6 Rd8 14.e5 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Rxd7
16.Qg4 Kf8 17.Bg5 Qb4 18.Bxe7+ Qxe7 19.Qa4 g6 20.Re3 Kg7 21.Rae1 c5 22.Rf3 d4
23.Rf6 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Ra7 25.Qb3 Qb7+ 26.Qxb7 Rxb7 27.b3 Rd8 28.Rf4 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2001.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.e5 Ng4
9.d4 Be6 10.d5 Bf5 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.Qe2 f6 13.e6 Nde5 14.Bxe5 fxe5 15.h3 Nf6
16.Rd1 e4 17.Ng5 c6 18.g4 Nxd5 19.gxf5 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2001.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7
9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Be3 Be7 11.f4 O-O 12.Qh5 f5 13.Rf3 e5 14.Rh3 h6 15.Rf1 exf4
16.Bxf4 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 fxe4 18.Rhf3 Qe7 19.Rg3 Kh8 20.Nxe4 Qxe4 21.Rxg7 Rf6
22.Rg3 Bd6 23.Qh4 Be7 24.Rgf3 Rg6 25.Qf2 Be6 26.Re3 Qd5 27.Re5 Qd7 28.Qe3 Bd5
29.Bg3 Bd6 30.c4 Bxg2+ 31.Kxg2 Bxe5 32.Qxe5+ Qg7 33.Kh1 Qxe5 34.Bxe5+ Kg8
35.Rd1 Re8 36.Bg3 Rge6 37.Rd7 R8e7 38.Rd8+ Re8 39.Rd7 R8e7 40.Rd8+ Kg7 41.Bf2 Re2
42.Bd4+ Kg6  0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2001.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 h6
9.a3 a6 10.e3 Ba7 11.b4 c6 12.d4 exd4 13.exd4 d5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.Be3 Bh3 17.Re1 Rc8 18.Rc1 Rxc1 19.Qxc1 Qd7 20.Qb1 Rc8 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Qxc1 Qf5
23.Qd1 g5 24.Be2 Qe4 25.Bf3 Qf5 26.Be2 Kg7 27.f3 Qc8 28.Qb3 Be6 29.Kf2 f6
30.Bd3 Bf5 31.Be2 Be6 32.b5 axb5 33.Qxb5 Bf7 34.Qb3 h5 35.Kg2 h4 36.Bd3 Qe6
37.Bf2 hxg3 38.hxg3 Qe7 39.a4 Be6 40.a5 f5 41.a6 bxa6 42.Bxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7
9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Be3 Be7 11.f4 O-O 12.Qh5 f5 13.Bd4 Bd6 14.e5 Be7 15.Rf3 g6
16.Qh3 b5 17.Bf2 Bb7 18.Rd3 Rad8 19.Rad1 Rxd3 20.Rxd3 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.Bf4 Na6 8.e4 c5
9.dxc5 Be6 10.Qb5 Bd7 11.Qxb7 Nxc5 12.Qb4 Ne6 13.Be5 a5 14.Qa3 Qb6 15.Bc4 Ng4
16.Bg3 Qb4 17.Qxb4 axb4 18.Nd5 Bxb2 19.Rb1 Bc3+ 20.Nxc3 bxc3 21.O-O Rac8
22.Ba6 c2 23.Ra1 Rc3 24.Rfc1 Nc5 25.Be2 Nxe4 26.Bh4 Ngf6 27.Ne1 g5 28.Bg3 Nxg3
29.hxg3 Ba4  0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2001.10.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f3 Rb8 11.Kb1 Be7 12.g4 Ne5 13.h4 Nfd7 14.Qg2 b5 15.f4 b4 16.Na4 Nc6
17.Nb3 Bb7 18.g5 hxg5 19.hxg5 Rxh1 20.Qxh1 g6 21.Bd3 Bf8 22.Qh7 Ne7 23.f5 e5
24.f6 Nc6 25.Nd2 Na5 26.b3 d5 27.exd5 Bxd5 28.Nb2 Bc5 29.Bxc5 Qxc5 30.Nbc4 Nxc4
31.bxc4 Bc6 32.Bxg6 fxg6 33.Ne4 Qf8 34.Rd6 Ba4 35.Rxa6 b3 36.axb3 Bxb3 37.cxb3 Qb4
38.Re6+ Kd8 39.Qe7+ Qxe7 40.Nc3 Ra8 41.fxe7+ Ke8  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2001.10.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Nb6
16.Be3 Qh5 17.Rd6 Nc4 18.Rxc6 Nxe3 19.Rxa6 Rab8 20.Qa4 Rb2 21.Re1 Qe2  0-1

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Delchev,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.a3 Nf6 5.e3 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.d5 Nb8
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.b4 Bf5 12.Bb2 Re8 13.Rc1 Bf8 14.Re1 Nbd7 15.Bf1 Rc8
16.h3 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kempinski,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bd3 d6 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 Bg4
9.Be3 e5 10.d5 Nc5 11.Bc2 cxd5 12.cxd5 Nfxe4 13.Bxe4 f5 14.Bxc5 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxf3
16.gxf3 dxc5 17.d6 b6 18.Qd5+ Kh8 19.d7 Qe7 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.Re3 Bh6 22.Ra3 Bf4
23.Rxa7 Qh4 24.Ng3 h5 25.Qc6 Qg5 26.Rd6 Kh7 27.Kf1 h4 28.Ne4 Qf5 29.Rf6 Rxf6
30.Qxf6 Qxf6 31.Nxf6+ Kg7 32.Nd5 Kf7 33.h3 b5 34.Nc3 b4 35.Ne4 c4 36.Nd6+ Ke7
37.Nxc4 g5 38.Na5  1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 a5
16.Ng4 Nxg4 17.hxg4 Be7 18.Ne3 Bg5 19.b4 axb4 20.cxb4 Na4 21.Qd3 Qd7 22.Nf5 Bxc1
23.Raxc1 Nb6 24.Bb3 f6 25.Rc3 g6 26.Ne3 Kg7 27.Rec1 Rac8 28.Bd1 c6 29.dxc6 Rxc6
30.Qxb5  1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 h6
9.Qc2 c6 10.a3 Be7 11.e4 d6 12.Bg2 a6 13.h3 b5 14.Be3 Be6 15.cxb5 axb5 16.d4 Qb8
17.d5 cxd5 18.exd5 Bd7 19.Na2 Rc8 20.Qb3 Rc4 21.Rfc1 Bd8 22.Nb4 Ba5 23.Nc6 Bxc6
24.dxc6 d5 25.Bf1 Rxc1 26.Bxc1 Bb6 27.Bxb5 Qa7 28.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.Bxb5+ Bd7 14.Nxd7 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Qxb5
16.Nxf8 Kxf8 17.a4 Qxb2 18.O-O Ne4 19.Qf3 f5 20.Bf4 Qc3 21.Qh5 d3 22.Rac1 Qf6
23.Rc7 Qg6 24.Qf3 Rd8 25.Rd1 d2 26.Be5 Nf6 27.a5 h6 28.Qb3 Nh5 29.a6 f4 30.f3 Kg8
31.a7 Kh7 32.Rb7 Rd3 33.Qb2 Rc8 34.Rb8 Rc1 35.Rh8+ Kxh8 36.a8=Q+ Kh7 37.Rxc1 d1=Q+
38.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 39.Kf2 Ng3 40.Qa6 Nh1+ 41.Ke2 Rg1 42.Qd3 Rxg2+ 43.Kf1 Rg1+
44.Ke2 Re1+ 45.Kxe1 Qxd3 46.Qe2 Qb1+ 47.Qd1 Qxd1+ 48.Kxd1 Nf2+ 49.Ke2 Nh3
50.Kf1 Kg6 51.Kg2 Ng5 52.Bxf4 Kf5 53.Bc1 e5 54.Kg3 Ne6 55.Bd2 Nd4 56.Bb4 h5
57.Ba5 g6 58.Bb4 Ke6 59.Ba5 Kd5 60.Kf2 Nc6 61.Bb6 Ne7 62.Bd8 Nf5 63.Ke2 Nd4+
64.Ke3 Nf5+ 65.Ke2 Ke6 66.Kd3 Nd6 67.Ke3 Kf5 68.Kf2 Kf4 69.Be7 Nc4 70.Bb4 g5
71.h3 Nb6 72.Bd2+ Kf5 73.Ba5 Nd5 74.Kg3 Nf4 75.Bd8 h4+ 76.Kh2 Ne6 77.Bb6 Kf4
78.Kg2 Nd4 79.Kf2 Nxf3 80.Be3+ Ke4 81.Bc1 Nd4 82.Bxg5 Nf5 83.Ke2 Kd4 84.Kf3 e4+
85.Kg4 Ke5 86.Bf4+ Ke6 87.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Agrest,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Nd4 17.Bd3 a5 18.f4 b5 19.Kh1 Rfc8 20.f5 Qa4 21.Qd2 Nf3 22.Qe2 Ne5
23.fxg6 Nxd3 24.gxf7+ Kf8 25.Qg4 Ne5 26.Qf5 Nxf7 27.Rg1 Bf6 28.Rg6 Bg5 29.Bxg5 hxg5
30.Rxg5 Qd4 31.Rbg1 Qh8 32.e5 e6 33.dxe6 Rc7 34.Rh5 Qxe5 35.Rg8+ Ke7 36.Qxf7+ Kd6
37.Rxe5 Rxg8 38.Qxg8  1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qxd7+ Nbxd7
9.Nb5 Bd8 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.e4 N5f6 12.Rc1 Bxe4 13.Nxc7+ Bxc7 14.Rxc7 Nd5 15.Rc1 h6
16.Bd2 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Ke7 18.Ba6 N7f6 19.Rc4 Rad8 20.Ke2 Nh5 21.Rhc1 Nhf4+
22.Kf1 Kf6 23.Ra4 g5 24.Bb5 a5 25.Rc6 Rc8 26.Rac4 Rxc6 27.Rxc6 Rd8 28.Be3 Ng6
29.Rc4 Nh4 30.Ke2 h5 31.Rc6 Nf5 32.Kd2 g4 33.Be2 g3 34.hxg3 Ndxe3 35.fxe3 Nxg3
36.Rxb6 h4 37.f4 h3 38.Bf3 h2 39.Rb5 Rh8 40.Rxa5 Rh3 41.Bb7 Nf1+ 42.Ke2 Nxe3
43.Bh1 Nf5 44.Kf2 Rb3 45.Kg2 Rxb2+ 46.Kh3 Nxd4 47.a4 Ra2 48.Ra7 Ne2 49.Kxh2 Nxf4+
50.Kg3 Nd3 51.Bc6 Ne5 52.Be8 Rd2 53.a5 Rd8 54.Bb5 Rb8 55.Ba4 Rb4 56.Be8 Rb3+
57.Kg2 Ra3 58.a6 Ra5 59.Kg3 Kg7 60.Kg2 Kf8 61.Ra8 Ke7 62.a7 Kf6 63.Kf2 Ra3
64.Bb5 Kf5 65.Be8 Kf4 66.Bxf7 Ra2+ 67.Kf1 Nxf7 68.Re8 Rxa7 69.Rxe6 Ng5 70.Re8 Kf3
71.Ke1 Ne4 72.Kd1 Ra2 73.Kc1 Ke3 74.Rd8 Nc5 75.Kb1 Rh2 76.Rd5 Nd3 77.Rd8 Rb2+
78.Ka1 Rb7 79.Ka2 Kd2 80.Rc8 Ne5 81.Rc5 Nf3 82.Ka3 Nd4 83.Rc8 Nb5+ 84.Ka4 Nc7
85.Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Heiligenhaus GER"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Jussupow,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 Nb6 7.Bxc4 Nxc4 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bd6 10.O-O Bc6 11.Ne5 Bxe5 12.Bxe5 Nd7 13.Bg3 Nb6 14.Qc5 Nd7 15.Qa5 b6
16.Qa3 h5 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.e4 h4 19.Bf4 Qe7 20.Qxe7+ Kxe7 21.d5 Bb7 22.Bxc7 Ba6
23.Rfd1 e5 24.b4 Bc4 25.a4 a6 26.a5 b5 27.d6+ Kf6 28.h3 Ra8 29.Na4 Bb3 30.Nb6 Nxb6
31.axb6 Bxd1 32.b7 Rab8 33.Bxb8 Rxb8 34.d7  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Heiligenhaus GER"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Van Mil,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.g3 Bxf3 6.exf3 e6 7.Bg2 Ne7 8.d5 exd5
9.cxd5 Nd7 10.O-O O-O 11.h4 Nb6 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.Rc1 c6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.h5 Ned5
16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Qd2 Rac8 19.b3 d4 20.Bh6 Bxh6 21.Qxh6 Rc3 22.Rce1 d5
23.Bh3 Qd8 24.Re6 Rxf3 25.Kg2 Rf6 26.Rh1 Rxf2+ 27.Kg1 Qc7 28.Rxg6+ fxg6 29.Be6+  1-0

[Event "Rapid"]
[Site "Aubervilliers FRA"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Duchateau,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e4 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.Bxc4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 a6 10.Qe2 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.c6 Nc5 15.Bc2 Qxc6
16.Bg5 Qc7 17.h4 h6 18.Bf4 Bd7 19.Nh2 Bxh4 20.Qg4 Bg5 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.Qxg5 Rfd8
23.Ng4 Kf8 24.Qh4 Ba4 25.Rac1 Bxc2 26.Rxc2 Nd3 27.Qh8+ Ke7 28.Qxg7 Rg8 29.Qf6+ Ke8
30.Qh4 Nxe5 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Nxg8 Kxg8 33.Qg3+ Kf8 34.Re2  1-0

[Event "Rapid"]
[Site "Aubervilliers FRA"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kirszenberg,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 c6 8.e3 e6
9.Nh3 exd5 10.Nf4 Nd7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Qe7 13.a3 a5 14.Nd3 h5 15.Na4 Rb8
16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 b5 18.Nac5 Nb6 19.Na6 Ra8 20.Nac5 Bf5 21.Ra6 Rxa6 22.Nxa6 Nc4
23.Ndc5 Nd6 24.Qc1 Ra8 25.Qc3 Nc4 26.Ra1 Bc8 27.Bxc4 dxc4 28.Ra5 Bf5 29.f3 Re8
30.e4 Rd8 31.e5 Qh4 32.g3 Qxd4+ 33.Qxd4 Rxd4 34.f4 c3 35.Nb3 c2 36.Kf2 Rd2+
37.Ke3 Rd3+  0-1

[Event "Rapid"]
[Site "Aubervilliers FRA"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Boudiba,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O Nf6 13.Bd3 b6 14.e5 Nd5 15.Ng5 h6
16.Ne4 Bb7 17.Nd6 Rb8 18.Rac1 f5 19.Bc4 Ba8 20.Bb3 Qh4 21.f3 a5 22.a4 Qe7
23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Rc3 Rfd8 25.Rfc1 Kh7 26.Qd3 Rxd6 27.exd6 Qxd6 28.Qe3 b5 29.axb5 Rxb5
30.Rc5 Qb6 31.Rxb5 Qxb5 32.Qe5 Qe8 33.Rc7 Qg6 34.Kf2 a4 35.Ra7 Bb3 36.h4 h5
37.Kg1 Bd1 38.Kh2 Bb3 39.Qf4 Qf6 40.Qg5 Qg6 41.Kg3 Qxg5+ 42.hxg5 Kg6 43.f4 Kh7
44.Kh4 Kg6 45.g3 Bd1 46.Kh3 Bb3 47.Kg2 Bd1 48.Kf2 Bb3 49.Ke3 h4 50.gxh4 Kh5  1-0

[Event "Rapid"]
[Site "Aubervilliers FRA"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sharif,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.f4 Be7 10.Nc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.Kh1 Bg6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Bb3 c5 15.d5 c4
16.Bxc4 Nb6 17.Bb3 exd5 18.Bd2 Rc8 19.Rad1 Ne4 20.Be1 Nxc3 21.Bxc3 Bb4 22.e4 Bxc3
23.bxc3 Qf6 24.exd5 Rxc3 25.Qe4 Nc8 26.d6 Nxd6 27.Qe5 Nc4 28.Qxf6 gxf6 29.Rd7 b5
30.Re1 a5 31.Bd1 Rc1 32.Kg1 Nb2 33.Kf2 Nxd1+ 34.Rexd1 Rc2+ 35.R1d2 Rfc8 36.Ke2 R8c4
37.g3 Rxd2+ 38.Rxd2 Ra4 39.Kd1 Ra3 40.Kc1 Rc3+ 41.Kb2 Rc5 42.g4 f5 43.g5 Rc4
44.Rf2 Kf8 45.a3 Ke7 46.Kb3 Ke6 47.Rf3 Kd5 48.h4 Ke4 49.Rf1 Ke3 50.Re1+ Kxf4
51.Re7 Kg4 52.Rxf7 Kxh4 53.Rb7  0-1

[Event "Rapid"]
[Site "Aubervilliers FRA"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Belkhodja,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 f6 6.O-O Nh6 7.d4 Nf7 8.Ba3 cxd4
9.Bxf8 Kxf8 10.Qxd4 d6 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.Qc3 Ke7 13.Nbd2 Ba6 14.a3 Rhd8 15.b4 Rac8
16.Nb3 e5 17.h4 Kf8 18.Rd2 Rc7 19.Rad1 Bc8 20.Nh2 g6 21.Qf3 Kg7 22.Ng4 Bxg4
23.Qxg4 Rcc8 24.Qe2 Qb5 25.Qe3 Qb6 26.Qe2 Qb5 27.c4 Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.b3 g6 10.f4 Qb4+ 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Qf3 Qd4 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 c5 15.Bd3 Bg7
16.Qxd4 cxd4 17.O-O O-O 18.Bb4 Rfe8 19.Be4 c6 20.Rfe1 f6 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Rad1 Kg7
23.Kf2 d5 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Bd3 Bxd3 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Rxd3 Rc8 28.Ke2 Kf7 29.Be1 Re8+
30.Kd1 Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.exd4 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Qa4+ Nbd7 12.Qb4 Qc7 13.Bg3 e5 14.Nh4 Be4 15.Bxe4 Nxe4
16.Nf5 g6 17.Ne3 O-O 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.O-O Re8 20.Rad1 exd4 21.Bxd6 Nxc3 22.Nxc3 dxc3
23.Qxc3 Qf6 24.Qh3 Ne5 25.c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Rfc8 18.Rc1 Na5 19.Bd3 Qxc1 20.Qxc1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 exd4 22.Nxd4 Rb8
23.Nf5 Bf8 24.Bd4 Ne8 25.Ne3 Nc6 26.Bc3 b4 27.axb4 Nxb4 28.Bc4 g6 29.Nf3 Bh6
30.h4 Bxe3 31.fxe3 Be6 32.Bxe6 fxe6 33.Ra1 Nd3 34.e5 Nxb2 35.Ng5 Nc4 36.Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Rac8 18.Bb1 Qb7 19.Qe2 Rc7 20.Nf1 Rfc8 21.Rcd1 Nb4 22.dxe5 dxe5
23.Nxe5 Be6 24.Bd4 Nxa2 25.Ng4 Nc1 26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Qe3 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 Nb3
29.Rd6 Rc6 30.Red1 Rxd6 31.Rxd6 Qc7 32.e5 g6 33.Qg5 b4 34.h4 Qc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4
9.Bxe4 e5 10.O-O exd4 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.Qxd4 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qxf6 gxf6 15.Rad1 Bc7
16.Nd4 Be6 17.Rfe1 Ba5 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Re3 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Rg3 Bc7 22.Ra3 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nataf,IA"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.b3 g6 10.f4 Qb4+ 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Qe4 f5 13.Qf3 Nb4 14.Kd1 Bb7 15.Nc3 c5 16.Nd5 Bg7
17.Bxb4 cxb4 18.Kc2 Bxd5 19.cxd5 d6 20.Bc4 O-O-O 21.Rae1 dxe5 22.fxe5 Rhe8
23.e6 Qd4 24.Qd3 Qxd3+ 25.Kxd3 c6 26.g4 Bc3 27.Re2 Rd6 28.gxf5 gxf5 29.Kc2 cxd5
30.Bd3 Re7 31.Bxf5 Rd8 32.Rg1 Kc7 33.Rg5 Kd6 34.Rh5 Rf8 35.Kd3 a5 36.Re3 h6
37.a4 Bf6 38.Rf3 Rc7 39.Rxh6 Rc3+ 40.Ke2 Rxf3 41.Kxf3 Bg5 42.e7+ Bxh6 43.exf8=Q+ Bxf8
44.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 h6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Bd2 Qa5 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.Qd3 Kh7
16.Nh4 Ne7 17.Qh3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qd5 19.Bc1 c5 20.Ba3 Rf7 21.Nf3 Kg8 22.Rfd1 cxd4
23.Nxd4 Qxe5 24.Nf3 Qxc3 25.Qxe6 Nc6 26.Qa2 Nde5 27.Nxe5 Qxe5 28.Rab1 Re8
29.h3 Qe6 30.Qb2 Qf5 31.Rbc1 Re4 32.Bc5 Rxa4 33.Re1 Re4 34.Rxe4 Qxe4 35.Qa2 a6
36.Ba3 Qe8 37.h4 Kh7 38.h5 gxh5 39.Qc2+ Kg8 40.Bb2 Qe6  0-1

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Bb4 8.Bd2 Qe7
9.Bd3 b6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Rc1 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 O-O 14.Qc7 Qb4+ 15.Kc2 Nf6
16.Kb1 Ne4 17.Ne5 Nxf2 18.Rhf1 Nxd3 19.Nxd3 Qb5 20.Ne5 f6 21.g5 fxe5 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8
23.Qd8+ Kf7 24.g6+ Kxg6 25.Rg1+ Kf7 26.dxe5 Qd3+ 27.Ka1 Qxe3 28.Qc7+ Ke8
29.Qc6+ Ke7 30.Qd6+ Kf7 31.Qc7+ Ke8 32.Qc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Bb7 8.Nd2 g5
9.Bg3 d6 10.e3 Qe7 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Rh6 Nbd7 14.Qa4 Kf8 15.O-O-O Kg7
16.Rh1 e5 17.f3 a6 18.Bd3 Rh8 19.Bf5 Rxh1 20.Rxh1 Rh8 21.Rxh8 Kxh8 22.e4 Nh5
23.Qxd7 Qxd7 24.Bxd7 Nxg3 25.dxe5 Ne2+ 26.Kc2 Nf4 27.exd6 cxd6 28.g3 Nh5
29.Nf1 Nf6 30.Bf5 g4 31.Bxg4 Nxg4 32.fxg4 Bxe4+ 33.Kd2 Kg7 34.Ke3 Bg2 35.Nd2 Kf6
36.Kf4 Ke6 37.a3 Bh3 38.g5 Bf5 39.Ne4 Bg6 40.Nf6 Bd3 41.Nd5 Bxc4 42.Nxb6 Bb3
43.c4 Bc2 44.Ke3 a5 45.Kd4 Bd1 46.Nd5 Bf3 47.Nc7+ Kd7 48.Nb5 Kc6 49.Nc3 Kd7
50.Ke3 Bg4 51.Nd5 Bf5 52.Kd4 Bb1 53.Nc3 Bc2 54.Kd5 Bf5 55.Ne2 Be6+ 56.Kd4 Kc6
57.Nc1 Kb6 58.Nb3 Ka6 59.Nd2 Kb6 60.Nf3 Bf5 61.Kd5 Be6+ 62.Kxd6 Bxc4 63.Ne5 Bb3
64.Ke7 Kb5 65.Nxf7 Bc2 66.Nd6+ Ka4 67.Nc4 Bb3 68.Nxa5  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.Nf3 b6 5.e4 Bb7 6.Bd3 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.O-O Nd7
9.b4 Nh6 10.a4 a5 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.Nb3 Ra8 13.a5 O-O 14.Qc2 c5 15.d5 Ng4 16.h3 Ngf6
17.Rfb1 exd5 18.exd5 Rfb8 19.Bf5 g6 20.Bxd7 Nxd7 21.axb6 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Nxb6
23.Re1 Qf8 24.Na5 Ba8 25.Qe4 Nd7 26.Qe7 Rd8 27.Ng5 Ne5 28.Qxf8+ Rxf8 29.Rb1 Rd8
30.Rb6 Nxc4 31.Nxc4 Bxd5 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33.Nxd6 c4 34.Nb5 f6 35.Nf3 Bxf3 36.gxf3 Kf7
37.Nd6+ Ke6 38.Nxc4  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.O-O d4 11.Na4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.exd4 Rd8 14.Be2 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4
16.Qxd4 Rxd4 17.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Bd7 19.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.h3 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.b3 Qe7 12.Nd4 Nc6 13.Ncb5 Nxd4 14.exd4 Re8 15.Nxd6 Qxd6
16.Qf3 Ne4 17.Bf4 Qf6 18.Bxe4 Rxe4 19.Rfe1 Qxd4 20.Qg3 Qf6 21.Rxe4 dxe4 22.Rc1 Bd7
23.Rd1 Bc6 24.Be5 Qg6 25.Qxg6 hxg6 26.Bc7 f6 27.Rd8+ Rxd8 28.Bxd8 Kf7 29.Kf1 g5
30.Ke2 Ke6 31.Ba5 Bb5+ 32.Ke3 Bf1 33.g3 Kf5 34.Bc3 Bxh3 35.a4 Bg4 36.b4 Bd1
37.a5 a6 38.Bd4 Ba4 39.Bc5 Bc6 40.Bf8 Kg6 41.Bd6 Kf7 42.Kd4 g6 43.Bc7 Ke7
44.Ke3 Kd7 45.Bb6 Ke6 46.Bd8 Ke5 47.Be7 g4 48.Bd8 f5 49.Bg5 Kd5 50.Be7 Kc4
51.Bf8 g5 52.Be7 Kc3 53.Bd6 Bd7 54.Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Nd4 Be7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Be3 a5
16.Bf3 Ba6 17.Re1 Bb4 18.Bd2 Bc5 19.Bc3 d4 20.Bxa8 dxc3 21.Bd5 Qf6 22.bxc3 Bxf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.d4 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.Qc2 d6 8.e4 Nbd7
9.Be2 c5 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxh4 13.Nxh4 Qxh4 14.Nc7+ Ke7 15.Nxa8 Bxg2
16.Rg1 Bxa8 17.Rxg7 Ne5 18.Qd2 Ng6 19.O-O-O Qg5 20.f4 Qxf4 21.Rxf7+ Kxf7
22.Rf1 Qxf1+ 23.Bxf1 Ke7 24.Bg2 Bxg2 25.Qxg2 Ne5 26.Qb7+ Nd7 27.Qe4+ Ne5
28.Kc2 Rf8 29.Qh7+ Nf7 30.Kb3 Rb8 31.Qe4+ Kd7 32.Qf3 Ke6 33.Qd5+ Ke7 34.Qc6 Rd8
35.Qe4+ Ne5 36.Qh4+ Kd7 37.Qxh6 Kc6 38.Qg7 Rd7 39.Qg8 Kc7 40.h4 Rf7 41.h5 Rf3+
42.Kc2 Rf2+ 43.Kd1 Rxb2 44.h6 Rf2 45.h7 Nf7 46.Qf8 Rf1+ 47.Kc2 Rf2+ 48.Kb3 Rf3+
49.Ka4 Rf4 50.Kb5 Kb7 51.Qe7+ Kc8 52.Qe8+ Kc7 53.Qc6+ Kd8 54.h8=Q+ Nxh8 55.Qxd6+  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.d4 Bf6
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Nd4 Nc4 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.f4 c5 14.Nde2 Bxc3 15.Nxc3 Re8
16.e5 Kc8 17.b3 Na5 18.Nd5 Nc6 19.Bb2 h5 20.Rd2 Be6 21.c4 b6 22.h3 Kb7 23.Kf2 Ne7
24.Rad1 h4 25.Nc3 Bf5 26.Kf3 Bg6 27.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.e5 c5 8.Be3 Bb7 9.Be4 Qc8
10.Bxb7 Qxb7 11.dxc5 dxe5 12.Qd5 Qxd5 13.Nxd5 Rc8 14.Nb6 Nxb6 15.cxb6 e4
16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.fxe5 e6 18.Bc5 Ne7 19.Bd6 Rxc2 20.b7 Nc6 21.O-O f5 22.exf6 Kf7
23.Rac1 Rc4 24.b3 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Nd4 26.Rc8  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.b3 Qa5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qc2 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.Na4 c5
16.Bd2 Qb5 17.bxc4 cxd4 18.Qxh7+ Kxh7 19.cxb5 Ne4 20.Ba5 Rd7 21.Rac1 Rxc1
22.Rxc1 Rb7 23.Rb1 Bd7 24.e3 Rxb5 25.Rxb5 Bxb5 26.Nb2 Ba3 27.Nd1 Be2 28.f3 Nd6
29.Nf2 Nc4 30.Be1 dxe3 31.Nh3 d4 32.Nf4 d3 33.Nxe2 d2 34.Bxd2 exd2 35.Nc3 Ne3  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.d3 Nf6 4.Nd2 e5 5.e4 Bd6 6.Ngf3 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.a4 Nbd7
9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Re1 Qc7 12.d4 dxe4 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Rxe4 Nxf3+
16.Qxf3 Rxe4 17.Qxe4 Bf8 18.a5 Rd8 19.h4 h6 20.a6 Bc8 21.Qxc6 Qxc6 22.Bxc6 Rd2
23.Bc1 Rxc2 24.Bb7 Bc5 25.Bf4 Bxf2+ 26.Kh1 Be6 27.Rd1 Ra2 28.Be4 f5 29.Bb7 Bxb3
30.Rd7 Be6 31.Re7 Bf7 32.Rxf7 Kxf7 33.Bd5+ Kf6 34.Bxa2 g5 35.Kg2 Bc5 36.Bc1 b5
37.Kf3 Ke5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Bxg5 Bb6 40.Be3 Bxe3 41.Kxe3 b4 42.Bb3 f4+ 43.gxf4+ Kf5
44.Kf3 Kf6 45.Ke4 Kg6 46.Bc2 Kf6 47.Kd4 b3 48.Bxb3 Kf5 49.Ke3  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nd4 4.e3 Nxf3+ 5.Qxf3 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 d6 8.g3 Nf6
9.Nd5 e5 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Qxf6 Bxf6 12.Bg2 Rb8 13.Bd5 Ke7 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Bxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.a3 Be6 10.b4 f6 11.Bb2 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nd2 c6 14.bxc6 Nxc6 15.Nb5 a4 16.Rc1 Ra5
17.Nc3 Rf7 18.f4 exf4 19.Rxf4 f5 20.Kh1 Bg5 21.Rf1 Bxd2 22.Qxd2 Nc4 23.Qc2 Ne3
24.Qd2 Nxf1 25.Rxf1 h6 26.Rf4 Bb3 27.Qe1 Ne7 28.Qf2 Nd5 29.Qd4 Qd7 30.Nxd5 Bxd5
31.e4 Bc6 32.Qc3 Rb5  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.e3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bf5 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 e6 12.Qb3 f6 13.Bg3 b5 14.a4 bxa4 15.Qxa4+ Qd7
16.Ra1 Qxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Coupe de France"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.O-O d4
9.Re1 O-O 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Qd2 Bf8 14.Nh4 f5 15.Ng5 Re7
16.Qd1 Qd6 17.Qh5 Qh6 18.Bxf7+ Kg7 19.Qxh6+ Kxh6 20.f4 exf4 21.Nhf3 Re3 22.Bd5 Bc5
23.Nh3 Ne7 24.Bb3 Ng6 25.Bf7 b6 26.Bd5 Rb8 27.a3 b5 28.Kf2 Bd7 29.Bf7 b4
30.a4 Bc6 31.Bxg6 hxg6 32.Ne5 Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Bxa4 34.Nxf4 Bxc2 35.Nd7 Bd6 36.Nxb8 Bxf4
37.Nc6 Bxd3 38.Nxd4 Be4 39.Nf3 a5 40.Ra1 Bc7 41.Ke2 Kh5 42.Rc1 Bd8 43.b3 g5
44.Rc5 g4 45.Nd2 Bxg2 46.Rxf5+ Kh4 47.Rf8 Bc7 48.Rf7 Bb8 49.Rh7+ Kg5 50.Nc4 Bh3
51.Nxa5 Bxh2 52.Nc6 Kg6 53.Rh8 Kg7 54.Rh5 g3 55.Ne5 g2 56.Rg5+ Kf6 57.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Be2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Bf3 Be7 11.Nf5 exf5 12.Bxd5 O-O 13.c4 Qc7 14.Nc3 Bd6 15.h3 Be5
16.Be3 Ne7 17.Bd4 Bd6 18.Qb3 Rac8 19.Bb6 Qb8 20.Rad1 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Be6 22.Qd3 Rc6
23.Be3 f4 24.Bd2 f3 25.Qxf3 Rxc4 26.Bc3 Be5 27.Qe2 Bh2+ 28.Kh1 Rh4 29.Rfe1 Bg4
30.Qe4 h5 31.Ne7+ Kh8 32.Nf5  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Qb3 Kh8 14.Rd1 fxe4 15.Ncxe4 cxd5
16.cxd5 Nf5 17.Bb2 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Nh4 19.Be2 Rf4 20.f3 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Bf5 22.Bd3 Rf8
23.Bc1 Nxg2 24.Kxg2 Rxf3 25.Qc4 Rxd3 26.Rxd3 Rc8 27.Qxc8+ Bxc8 28.Bd2 Bf5
29.Re1 Qb5 30.Rde3 Qxd5 31.Bc3 Bh6 32.R3e2 Qd3 33.Ba1 Bxe4+ 34.Rxe4 Kg8 35.Bxe5 dxe5
36.Rxe5 Bf8 37.b5 Bd6 38.Re8+ Kf7 39.R8e4 Qxb5 40.h4 Qd5 41.Re2 b5 42.Kf1 b4
43.R4e3 Qh1+ 44.Kf2 Bc5  0-1

[Event "Grand Prix du Senat"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.06.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.Nc3 d5
9.O-O O-O 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bf4 Na6 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Rfd1 c6 14.a3 Nc7 15.Bxc7 Qxc7
16.b4 Bd6 17.e3 Qe7 18.Qb3 Rad8 19.Ne1 h5 20.b5 h4 21.bxc6 hxg3 22.hxg3 Bxc6
23.Nc2 Ng4 24.Nxd5 Qg5 25.Nf4 Bxf4 26.Bxc6 Qh6 27.Bg2 Bxg3 28.fxg3 Qh2+ 29.Kf1 Qxg3
30.Rd2 Rd6  0-1

[Event "Grand Prix du Senat"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.06.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Na6
10.Ne5 Nb4 11.Qb3 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nd3 dxc4 14.Qxc4 e5 15.Nxb4 Qxb4 16.Rfd1 exd4
17.Rxd4 Qxb2 18.Rb1 Qa3 19.Ne4 Qe7 20.Nd6 Nf6 21.Qc5 Nd7 22.Qc3 Nf6 23.Qc5 Nd7
24.Qc3 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix du Senat"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.06.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 a6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Kh1 Qc7 12.Qg3 Bf6 13.Nf3 Nb4 14.Rad1 Nxd3 15.cxd3 b5
16.f5 b4 17.Ne2 exf5 18.exf5 Re8 19.Qf2 Qc2 20.Rd2 Qc7 21.Nf4 Bb7 22.Nh5 Qa5
23.Nd4 Qd5 24.Nxf6+ Nxf6 25.Qg3 Re5 26.Bg5 Nd7 27.Bh6 g6 28.fxg6 fxg6 29.Qg4 Qf7
30.Rg1 Rae8 31.h3 Nf6 32.Qf4 Rh5 33.Kh2 Nd5 34.Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.Rf2+ Kg8 36.Bd2 Rhe5
37.Rgf1 Kg7 38.a3 R8e7 39.axb4 Nc7 40.Bc3 Nd5 41.Nf3 Nxc3 42.Nxe5 dxe5 43.bxc3 Rd7
44.Re2 Rxd3 45.Rxe5 Kh6 46.Rf4 Rd2 47.Rh4+ Kg7 48.Re7+ Kf6 49.Rxb7 Kg5 50.Rhxh7 a5
51.Rb5+ Kf4 52.Rxa5 g5 53.Rf7+ Ke4 54.Rxg5  1-0

[Event "Grand Prix du Senat"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.06.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O a6 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.g5 Nd7 14.h4 Rc8 15.a3 Ne5
16.Qf2 Nc6 17.Bb6 Qd7 18.f4 b4 19.axb4 Nxb4 20.Rh3 Bc6 21.f5 Qb7 22.f6 Bd8
23.fxg7 Re8 24.Bxd8 Rexd8 25.g6 fxg6 26.Qf6 Qxg7 27.Qxe6+ Kh8 28.h5 gxh5
29.Rxh5 Be8 30.Ra5 Bf7 31.Qh3 Rb8 32.Qe3 Bg6 33.Bc4 Nc6 34.Rxa6 Qb7 35.b3 Ne5
36.Qd4 Qg7 37.Rxd6 Re8 38.Be6 Ra8 39.Bd5 Ra3 40.Re6 Ra7 41.Rxe8+ Bxe8 42.Rg1 Bg6
43.Rf1 Re7 44.Qc5 Re8 45.Qd4 h5 46.Ne2 Ng4 47.Qxg7+ Kxg7 48.Nf4 h4 49.Nxg6 Kxg6
50.Bf7+ Kg5 51.Bxe8 Ne3 52.Rh1  1-0

[Event "Grand Prix du Senat"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.06.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Qc2 O-O 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Nc3 Nh5 13.Bc1 Nhf6 14.Bb2 dxc4 15.bxc4 Bxc4
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd5 18.Ne4 b5 19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.exd6 Qd7 21.Rd4 f5 22.e4 Nb4
23.Qc3 c5 24.Rd2 f4 25.a4 a6 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ra7  1-0

[Event "Grand Prix du Senat"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.06.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 c6 6.axb5 cxb5 7.b3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Nbxd2 Nc6 10.bxc4 Nxd4 11.cxb5 Ne7 12.Be2 Nxe2 13.Qxe2 O-O 14.O-O Bb7 15.Nc4 Ng6
16.Qe3 Qb8 17.Nd4 Rc8 18.Na5 Rc7 19.Rfd1 h6 20.h3 Qe8 21.Ndc6 Bxc6 22.Nxc6 a6
23.Qb6 Rcc8 24.Rxa6 Rxa6 25.Qxa6 Ra8 26.Qxa8 Qxa8 27.Rd8+ Qxd8 28.Nxd8 Ne5
29.f4 Nc4 30.Nc6 Kf8 31.g3 Ke8 32.Nd4 Kd7 33.Kf2 Kd6 34.Nb3 Na3 35.e5+ Kd5
36.b6 Kc6 37.Nc5 Kxb6 38.Ne4 Nc4 39.g4 Kc6 40.Ng3 g5 41.Kf3 gxf4 42.Kxf4 Kd5
43.Nh5 Nxe5 44.Nf6+ Kd4 45.Ng8 Ng6+ 46.Kg3 e5 47.Nxh6 e4 48.Nxf7 e3 49.Ng5 Kd3
50.Nf3 e2 51.h4 Ke3 52.Ne1 Nf4 53.h5 Nd3 54.Ng2+ Ke4 55.h6 Nf4 56.Ne1 Ke3
57.h7 Ng6 58.g5 Kd2 59.Nf3+ Ke3 60.Kg4 Ke4 61.Ne1 Ke5 62.Kh5 Kf5 63.Kh6 Nh8
64.Kg7 Ng6 65.Kh6 Kg4  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2002.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Degraeve,JM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Qd7
10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qc1 Nh5 12.Rd1 Qe6 13.Nd5 Na6 14.c5 Nf4 15.Bc4 Nxd5 16.exd5 Qf5
17.Be7 Re8 18.d6 cxd6 19.cxd6 Bd7 20.Nh4 Qh5 21.Qe3 Nb4 22.Be2 Bg4 23.f3 Rxe7
24.dxe7 Qxh4 25.Qe4 Qxe7 26.fxg4 Bf6 27.a3 Nc6 28.Bc4 Kg7 29.Rac1 Nd4 30.Rf1 Rf8
31.Bd5 Rd8 32.Rf2 Ne6 33.Bxe6 Qxe6 34.g3 Qb6 35.Kg2 Rd4 36.Qc2 Rd7 37.Qc5 Qe6
38.Qc4 Qe7 39.Rcf1 Rd6 40.h4 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Qe4 Qd7 43.Rh1 Kf8 44.Rc1 Kg7
45.Qf5 Re6 46.Rc4 Qd5+ 47.Qe4 Qxe4+ 48.Rxe4 Rb6 49.Kf3 Rb5 50.Ree2 Bd8 51.Ke4 Bb6
52.Rf5 Bd4 53.Rxg5+ Kf6 54.Rf5+ Ke6 55.g5 a4 56.Rf6+ Ke7 57.Rc2  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2002.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bauer,Ch"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.a4 Nd5 7.Qd2 Nxf4 8.Qxf4 Qd6
9.Qxd6 exd6 10.e4 Be6 11.d5 cxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.h4 h5 15.Kd2 Be7
16.Re1 Kd8 17.Bxc4 Bf6 18.Nb3 Nd7 19.Na5 Kc7 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Kxd3 Nc5+ 22.Kc2 Rae8
23.b4 Bxc3 24.Kxc3 Nxa4+ 25.Kd4 Nb6 26.Rc1+ Kb8 27.Rhe1 Nc8 28.Nc4 Rhf8 29.g3 g6
30.Kd3 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Kc7 32.Kd4 Kd7 33.Na5 Ne7 34.Rb1 b5 35.Rc1 Rc8 36.Rxc8 Nxc8
37.Nb3 Kc7 38.f3 Ne7 39.g4 f5 40.g5 f4 41.Ke4 Kb6 42.Na5 Nf5 43.Kxf4 Nxh4
44.Nc6 Nf5 45.Ke4 h4 46.f4 h3 47.Kf3 Ne3  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2002.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Rg8 12.h4 Rxg5 13.hxg5 Nd5 14.g6 fxg6 15.Qg4 Qe7 16.Bg2 Kd8
17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Qxg6 Rb8 19.Rh7 Qe8 20.Qxe8+ Kxe8 21.f4 b4 22.Ne2 Ba6 23.g4 c3
24.b3 Bd3 25.f5 Rb6 26.Nf4 Be4 27.Ke2 Be7 28.Rh8+ Kf7 29.fxe6+ Rxe6 30.Rf1 Ra6
31.e6+ Kg7 32.Re8 Rxa2+ 33.Ke3 Bg5 34.exd7 Rd2 35.Rxe4 dxe4 36.Kxe4 Be7 37.Nd5 Bg5
38.Nf6  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2002.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaisser,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Ne5 Bh5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qa4+ Nfd7 11.Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2002.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Na6 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be7 12.Rd1 Nc5 13.Qc4 e5 14.Ba3 Qa5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5
16.Qxc5 Bxc5 17.Nb3 Ba3 18.Na5 Bb2 19.Rab1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2002.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marcelin,C"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 f6 7.Nh4 g6 8.f4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Nf3 h6 11.Be3 d6 12.e5 fxe5 13.fxe5 Nf5 14.Nbd2 g5 15.g4 Nxe3
16.Qxe3 Rb8 17.b3 Rb4 18.Nc4 d5 19.a3 Rb8 20.Nd6 Qa5 21.Nxg5 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 hxg5
23.Qxg5 Ba6 24.Qg6 Qd2 25.Qxe6+ Kh7 26.Qf5+ Kg8 27.Qf7+ Kh7 28.Rf5 Qd1+ 29.Kf2 Qd2+
30.Kg3 Qe3+ 31.Kh4 Qe1+ 32.Kh3 Qe3+ 33.Kh4 Qe1+ 34.Kh5 Qe3 35.Qg6+ Kg8 36.Qe6+ Kh7
37.Qg6+ Kg8 38.h4 c4 39.Qe6+ Kh7 40.Qg6+ Kg8  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2002.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fontaine,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.Rb1 O-O 11.O-O Nb6 12.b3 Ra7 13.Re1 Qa8 14.e4 Bb7 15.a4 Rc8
16.Bh3 Nfd7 17.Nb5 Ra6 18.Bg5 Kf8 19.Qd2 c4 20.Rec1 Nc5 21.Bxc8 Qxc8 22.bxc4 Nbxa4
23.Qe3 Nd7 24.Bh6 Nac5 25.Bxg7+ Kxg7 26.Ra1 Rb6 27.Kg2 Nf6 28.Nd2 e6 29.Ra5 Ncd7
30.Rca1 h5 31.f3 h4 32.c5 h3+ 33.Kg1 dxc5 34.Nc4 Ra6 35.Rxa6 Bxa6 36.Ncd6 Qa8
37.dxe6 fxe6 38.Nc7 Qb8 39.Nxe6+ Kh7 40.Ng5+ Kg7 41.Ne6+ Kh7 42.Nf5 gxf5
43.Qg5 Ne8 44.Qh5+ Kg8 45.Qg6+  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2002.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bricard,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 f5 7.Qa4+ Kf8 8.h4 h6
9.Bf4 Nf6 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.Qc2 b5 13.cxb5 c4 14.Be2 Nb6 15.Nd2 Nbxd5
16.Bh2 e5 17.Bxc4 Bb7 18.O-O Kg7 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.c4 Rac8 21.Rfc1 Nd7 22.a4 Be6
23.a5 g5 24.h5 Nc5 25.Rcb1 Rb8 26.Qb2 Kh7 27.b6 Qf7 28.Qc2 Rhc8 29.Nf3 axb6
30.Rxb6 Rxb6 31.axb6 Rb8 32.Ra7 Rb7 33.g4 Rxa7 34.bxa7 Qxa7 35.gxf5 Bf7 36.Qd1 Bxc4
37.Bxe5 dxe5 38.Nxe5 Bf7 39.Qd4 Nb3 40.Qxa7  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2002.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Skripchenko,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 Qd8
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nc3 b6 11.a3 Bb7 12.b4 Be7 13.Be3 Nbd7 14.h3 Qc7 15.Nb5 Qb8
16.Qb3 e5 17.Rfd1 Re8 18.Rac1 a6 19.Nc3 e4 20.Nd4 Qe5 21.Rd2 Rac8 22.Rcd1 Nf8
23.Nc2 Rc6 24.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2002.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Qd3 Qa5 7.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Nxd2 d6 10.Bg2 O-O 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Qe3 Rd8 13.a3 Nc6 14.Rd1 Nd4 15.O-O Bd7
16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 Bc6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rd1 h6 21.Kg2 Qc7 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8
23.Qb7 Qb6 24.Qxb6 axb6 25.e4 e5 26.f4 exf4 27.gxf4 Kf8 28.Kf3 g6 29.e5 Ke7
30.Ke4 f5+ 31.exf6+ Kxf6 32.a4 Ke6 33.Kd3 g5 34.fxg5 hxg5 35.Kc3 Ke5 36.b4 cxb4+
37.Kxb4 Kd6 38.h3 Kc7 39.c5 Kb7 40.cxb6 Kxb6 41.a5+ Ka6 42.Kc5 Kxa5 43.Kxc6 Ka6
44.Kd5 Kb6 45.Ke5 Kc6 46.Kf5 Kd6 47.Kf6 Kd7 48.Kxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2002.08.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dorfman,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 N5f6 12.Ng3 Qb4+ 13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 b6 15.Ke2 Bb7
16.Rhd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Playoff"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 7.Bxc4 O-O 8.Be3 Nbc6
9.Nb5 Bd7 10.a3 Ba5 11.b4 Bb6 12.Bxb6 axb6 13.f4 Na7 14.Nxa7 Rxa7 15.O-O Ng6
16.Qf3 c6 17.Qg3 Qc7 18.h4 Ne7 19.a4 Qd6 20.Rad1 Qxb4 21.Bxf7+ Rxf7 22.Rxd7 Ra8
23.Rfd1 Raf8 24.f5 Kh8 25.Kh2 Qc5 26.Ne2 Ng8 27.Nf4  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Playoff"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C99"]

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.Qe2 Rfc8 19.Bb1 Rc7 20.a3 Rac8 21.Rcd1 exd4 22.Nxd4 Nxd4
23.Bxd4 b4 24.e5 dxe5 25.Bxe5 Rc6 26.Ne4 Ne8 27.Ng3 Be6 28.Be4 bxa3 29.bxa3 Bxa3
30.Ra1 Bb4 31.Reb1 Bb3 32.Nf5 Bf8 33.Nd4 Qa6 34.Qxa6 Rxa6 35.Bb7 Ra5 36.Bxc8 Rxe5
37.Nxb3 axb3 38.Rxb3 g6 39.Bd7 Nd6 40.Rd1 Kg7 41.Rbd3 Nc4 42.Rc3 Nd6 43.Ba4 Nf5
44.Rc7 Bd6 45.Rd7 Bb4 46.Bb3 Re7 47.Rxe7 Nxe7 48.Rd7 h5 49.Kf1 Bc5 50.Ke2 f5
51.f3 Kf6 52.Rc7 Bd6 53.Ra7 Bg3 54.Ra6+ Kg7 55.Re6 Ng8 56.Rb6 Nf6 57.Rb7+ Kh6
58.Rf7 Ne8 59.Re7 Ng7 60.Bf7 h4 61.Bc4 Nh5 62.Kd2 Nf4 63.Bf1 Bf2 64.Rd7 Kg5
65.Kc3 Kf6 66.Kc4 Ke6 67.Rb7 Nd5 68.Rb2 Ba7 69.Re2+ Ne3+ 70.Kd3 f4 71.Ra2 Bb8
72.Ke2 Bd6 73.Ra6 Ke5 74.Ra5+ Kf6 75.Kf2 Nd1+ 76.Kg1 Bb4 77.Rb5 Bc3 78.Bd3 Ne3
79.Rb6+ Ke5 80.Rxg6 Be1 81.Ra6 Bg3 82.Ra4 Kd5 83.Re4 Kc5 84.Re8 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Popovic,Pe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Bxc3+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Na5 13.h4 Bg4 14.Ng5 Bxe2 15.Kxe2 e6
16.h5 Nc4 17.Qc1 exd5 18.Nxh7 Re8 19.hxg6 Rxe4+ 20.Kf1 Rh4 21.Rxh4 Qxh4 22.Kg1 Ne5
23.gxf7+ Kxh7 24.Qxc5 Kg7 25.Rb3 Qc4 26.f8=Q+ Rxf8 27.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.e3 Be6
9.b3 exd4 10.Qxd4 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nge2 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 Nd7 14.O-O Qe7 15.Nd4 Rfd8
16.Rfd1 Nf6 17.Rd2 Rd7 18.h3 Rad8 19.Rad1 c5 20.Nxe6 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Rxd2 22.Qxd2 fxe6
23.g4 Ne8 24.Qc3 b6 25.Bc6 Nd6 26.Qe5 g6 27.Kg2 Nf7 28.Qb8+ Kg7 29.Bb5 Nd6
30.Ba6 h5 31.gxh5 gxh5 32.Kf1 e5 33.Qa8 Qf7 34.Qc6 Qe6 35.Ke1 Qg6 36.Qd7+ Kh6
37.Ke2 Qc2+ 38.Kf3 Qe4+ 39.Ke2 Qc2+ 40.Kf1 Qb1+ 41.Kg2 Qg6+ 42.Kf1 Qb1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bogdanovski,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Qd3 Qa5 7.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Nxd2 Nc6 10.d5 Nd4 11.Kd1 Nf5 12.e3 Qc7 13.Bd3 Ne7 14.dxe6 dxe6 15.Kc2 e5
16.Qh4 f5 17.Rad1 Be6 18.Nb1 O-O 19.Nc3 a6 20.Be2 Rad8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rd1 Rxd1
23.Kxd1 Qd6+ 24.Kc1 Nc6 25.Qh5 g6 26.Qf3 h6 27.Qh1 Kf7 28.Qd1 Qxd1+ 29.Kxd1 Ke7
30.f4 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.b3 g6 10.g3 Bg7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Bg2 Rae8 13.O-O Bxe5 14.Qxe5 Qxe5 15.Bxe5 Rxe5
16.cxd5 Bxf1 17.Kxf1 cxd5 18.Nd2 Rfe8 19.Bf3 a5 20.Rc1 c6 21.Nb1 Kf8 22.Nc3 Ke7
23.Na4 Kd6 24.Nc5 Rb8 25.Be2 Re7 26.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kharlov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d5 Ne5 6.Bf4 Ng6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nc3 e5
9.Bxc4 a6 10.h3 Bd7 11.h4 Bg4 12.Be2 Bd6 13.Nd2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 O-O 15.O-O-O Qd7
16.h5 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Nc4 b5 19.Nxd6 cxd6 20.Qd3 h6 21.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.Nc2 d6 10.e4 Ne5 11.b3 c6 12.Ba3 Nfd7 13.Qe2 Nc5 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Qd2 f5
16.f4 Nf7 17.e5 Rd8 18.exd6 Rxd6 19.Qe3 Rxd1 20.Qe8+ Bf8 21.Rxd1 Qe7 22.Re1 Qxe8
23.Rxe8 Nd7 24.Nd4 Nh6 25.Ne6 Kf7 26.Rxf8+ Kxe6 27.Re8+ Kf7 28.Re7+ Kg8 29.Nd5 Ng4
30.Nc7 Rb8 31.Ne6 Ndf6 32.Bd6 Ra8 33.Nc7 Rb8 34.h3 Nh6 35.Ne8 Nxe8 36.Rxe8+ Kf7
37.Re7+  1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.Nc2 d6 10.b3 Bf5 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Bxe4 Bxe4 13.Ne3 Nd4 14.Nxe4 Rxe4 15.Qd3 Qe8
16.Rad1 c6 17.Rd2 Qe6 18.Ng2 Nf5 19.f3 Bd4+ 20.Rf2 Bxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Re5 22.e4 Ng7
23.Bxe5 dxe5 24.Qd7 Qxd7 25.Rxd7 Rb8 26.Ne3 h5 27.f4 Ne6 28.fxe5 Nc5 29.Rd4 a5
30.g4 hxg4 31.Nxg4 Kf8 32.Nf6 Ke7 33.Rd6 Rh8 34.Kg3 Rd8 35.Rxd8 Kxd8 36.Kf3 Nd3
37.e6 fxe6 38.Kg4 Ke7 39.Kg5 Kf7 40.Nd7 b5 41.Kh6 bxc4 42.bxc4 Ke7 43.Nb6 Kf6
44.Nd7+ Ke7 45.Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.g4 b5 10.g5 b4 11.Ne2 Nh5 12.Qd2 a5 13.Ng3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 a4 15.Nc1 Qa5 16.f4 g6
17.Nd3 Bg7 18.a3 bxa3 19.Qxa5 Rxa5 20.Rxa3 O-O 21.b4 Raa8 22.Bg2 Rab8 23.Rxa4 Rfc8
24.Kd2 exf4 25.gxf4 Nb6 26.Bxb6 Rxb6 27.Bh3 Bxh3 28.Rxh3 Rbc6 29.Kd1 Rc4
30.Re3 Rxc2 31.Ra8 Rxa8 32.Kxc2 Rc8+ 33.Kb3 Rc3+ 34.Ka4 Bd4 35.Rf3 Kf8 36.Ne1 Rc1
37.Rd3 Bf2 38.Nf3 Ke7 39.Kb5 Rc8 40.Nd4 Kd7 41.Nf3 Ke7 42.Nd4 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Rc1 Na6 9.Be2 O-O
10.O-O Nb4 11.Qb3 h6 12.Bh4 b6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Nd3 Ba6
17.Nxb4 Qxb4 18.Qxb4 axb4 19.Nb5 Rfc8 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Nd6 Rc6 22.Bxa6 Rxd6
23.Rc1 f5 24.Kf1 e5 25.Bc8 exd4 26.Bxd7 Rxd7 27.exd4 b3 28.Rc3 Ra7 29.Rxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.Qf2 b5 14.g5 Nh5 15.h4 Rcb8
16.f4 b4 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Nb6 19.Ra5 exf4 20.Bxf4 Nxf4 21.Qxf4 Nc4 22.Bxc4 Qxc4
23.Rd5 Rb5 24.Rd4 Qc7 25.Rd2 Re8 26.Nd4 Re5 27.Nf3 Re6 28.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Qc2 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 e6 8.axb5 cxb5
9.e5 Nd5 10.Nxb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bb7 12.Ra7 Nb4 13.Qd1 Be4 14.Be2 N8c6 15.Rxf7 Kxf7
16.Ng5+ Ke8 17.Nxe4 Qxd4 18.Nc3 Bc5 19.O-O Rf8 20.Nxb5 Qxd1 21.Rxd1 Rxf2
22.Nd6+ Ke7 23.Bg5+ Kf8 24.Rf1 Rf6+ 25.Kh1 Rxf1+ 26.Bxf1 Nd3 27.Bh4 Nxb2
28.Nxc4 Bd4 29.Nxb2 Bxb2 30.Be1 Kf7 31.g3 Nxe5 32.Kg2 Kf6 33.Ba5 Bd4 34.Bd8+ Kf7
35.Bc7 Ng4 36.Be2 Nf6 37.Kf3 h6 38.Ba5 Nd5 39.Bd2 Ke7 40.Bf4 Nf6 41.Bc1 Kd6
42.Bd3 e5 43.Bb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O a6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 d6 11.Qf3 O-O 12.g4 b5 13.g5 Nd7 14.Rae1 Re8 15.Qg3 Bf8 16.Qh4 g6
17.Rf3 Bb7 18.Rh3 h6 19.gxh6 Kh7 20.Nd2 Be7 21.Qg3 Nb4 22.Nf3 Nxd3 23.cxd3 b4
24.Nd1 f5 25.Nf2 Rg8 26.Rh4 Qd8 27.Nh3 Kh8 28.Nhg5 Bxg5 29.Nxg5 Qf6 30.e5 dxe5
31.fxe5 Qe7 32.Rd4 Rgc8 33.Rd6 Nf8 34.Re2 Rc7 35.Nh3 Nh7 36.Nf4 Nf8 37.h4 Rac8
38.Qg5 Kh7 39.Kf2 Rd7 40.Nh3 Kg8 41.Qxe7 Rxe7 42.Bg5 Rec7 43.Bf6 Bd5 44.b3 a5
45.Ke3 Ra7 46.Nf4  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Motwani,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 a5 11.Ne4 h5 12.h4 Be6 13.Re1 Bb4 14.Bd2 Bxd2 15.Nexd2 Rd8
16.Rad1 Ke7 17.Nb3 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 b6 19.Nbd4 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Bd7 21.f3 c5 22.Ne2 Bf5
23.Nf4 Bxc2 24.Nd5+ Ke6 25.Nxc7+ Kxe5 26.Rd5+ Kf6 27.Rd6+ Ke5 28.Rxb6 Rd8
29.Rc6 Bb1 30.Rxc5+ Kd6 31.Na6 a4 32.Rxh5 Bxa2 33.Ra5 Bb3 34.Nc5 Rb8 35.Nxa4 Bc2
36.Nc3 Rxb2 37.Rd5+ Ke6 38.Rd2 g6 39.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svetushkin,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Re8 11.Nd2 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Nhxf6 13.f4 b6 14.b4 a5 15.a3 Ba6
16.Qe2 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 axb4 18.axb4 Qc7 19.Nf3 Qb7 20.h3 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Ra8 22.Rxa8+ Qxa8
23.Qc2 b5 24.Ne5 Qa1+ 25.Kh2 Qe1 26.Nxc6 Ng4+ 27.hxg4 Qh4+ 28.Kg1 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.Qc2 Qa5
9.Bd3 d6 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nbd7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Rfb1 Rab8 14.Rb5 Qc7 15.Rab1 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kulaots,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc5
9.Qf3 Nc6 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Bg2 b6 12.Nxc6 dxc6 13.Rd1 Qf6 14.Bd6 Qxf3 15.Bxf3 Rd8
16.Bxc5 Rxd1+ 17.Kxd1 bxc5 18.Kc2 Ba6 19.Bxc6 Rd8 20.Bb5 Bb7 21.f3 Kf8 22.Rb1 Ke7
23.Rb3 Kd6 24.Ba4 Ba6 25.Bb5 Bb7 26.Kd2 Kc7+ 27.Ke3 f6 28.Rb1 Rd6 29.h4 Bc8
30.g4 e5 31.Ba4 Rb6 32.Rb5 Kd6 33.Bc2 h6 34.Bf5 Bb7 35.a4 Bc6 36.Ra5 a6 37.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bg5 Ne4 7.Bh4 Qa5 8.Qb3 e6
9.e3 Bb4 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.a3 Nc6 12.O-O Qa4 13.Qxa4 Nxa4 14.axb4 Nxb2 15.Be2 Nc4
16.Bxc4 dxc4 17.b5 Na7 18.bxa6 b5 19.Nd2 e5 20.d5 h5 21.Ne4 Rh6 22.Nc5 b4
23.Bg3 h4 24.Bxe5 Rh5 25.Bd4 Nb5 26.Rfc1 Rxd5 27.Rxc4 Na3 28.Rcc1 Bxa6 29.Nxa6 Rxa6
30.Bc5 Ra4 31.h3 Rd3 32.Ra2 b3 33.Rxa3 b2 34.Rb1 Rdxa3 35.Bxa3 Rxa3 36.Rxb2 Ra1+
37.Kh2 Rf1 38.Rb4 Rxf2 39.Rxh4 Re2 40.Re4+ Kf8 41.Kg3 g6 42.Kf3 Re1 43.Ra4 Kg7
44.Ra8 Rf1+ 45.Kg3 Re1 46.Re8 Rf1 47.Re4 Re1 48.Kf2 Ra1 49.Re5 Kf6 50.Rd5 Ke6
51.Rb5 Kf6 52.h4 Rh1 53.g3 Kg7 54.e4 Kf6 55.Ra5 Rb1 56.Rd5 Rb3 57.Ra5 Rc3
58.Ra8 Rb3 59.Re8 Ra3 60.Kg2 Kg7 61.Kh3 Ra5 62.Kg4 f5+ 63.Kf4 fxe4 64.g4 g5+
65.hxg5 Ra1 66.Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Qb3 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Qc8
16.Rd1 Rd8 17.b5 Qxe6 18.Ba3 Kh8 19.bxc6 Nxc6 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Bd5 Qe7 22.Nb5 Ne8
23.Rab1 Rac8 24.Qe3 b6 25.Qf3 Qd7 26.Qh3 a6 27.Nc3 Nd4 28.Rxb6 Qe7 29.Bc1 Qf6
30.Rxa6 Nc7 31.Ra7 Qg6 32.Bb7 Rb8 33.Rd3 Qf6 34.Qh5 f4 35.h4 d5 36.Nxd5 Nxd5
37.Bxd5 Rb1 38.Rf7 Rxc1+ 39.Kh2 Qd6 40.Qg4 Rg8 41.Rd7 Qf6 42.Bxg8 Kxg8 43.Ra3 f3
44.Ra8+ Kh7 45.Rxg7+  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nc3 h6
9.Be3 Nb6 10.g3 Nbd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bd2 Bg4 13.Bg2 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Qc7 8.Nc3 e6
9.Bd2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.fxe4 O-O 14.Rc1 Rd8 15.Ke2 b6
16.f4 Nc6 17.Rhg1 Qxf4 18.Rxg7+ Kh8 19.Rcg1 Rxd2+ 20.Kxd2 Qf2+ 21.Kc1 Qxe3+
22.Qxe3 Bxe3+ 23.Kc2 Bxg1 24.Rxg1 Rg8 25.Rxg8+ Kxg8 26.Kc3 Nb8 27.Kd4 Kf8
28.e5 Ke7 29.a3 a5 30.Bb5 Nd7 31.Bxd7 Kxd7 32.Kc4 Ke8 33.b4 axb4 34.Kxb4 f5
35.exf6 Kf7 36.a4 e5 37.a5 bxa5+ 38.Kxa5 Kxf6 39.Kb4 Kf5 40.Kc3 Kg4  0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.a4 c5 13.Ra3 Ra6 14.Nb5 Nf6 15.Bf1 Kh8
16.Bb2 Ng4 17.h3 Nh6 18.Nd2 g5 19.Be2 Ng6 20.Bg4 Nf4 21.Nf1 f5 22.exf5 Bxf5
23.Ng3 Bg6 24.Ne4 Nxg4 25.hxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rozentalis,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Ne2 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bd7 10.Be3 O-O-O 11.Nbc3 Re8 12.Rd2 Bc6 13.Rad1 b6 14.f3 Ne7 15.Nf4 Ng6
16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Bf4 g5 18.Bg3 Be7 19.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bg5 Ne4 7.Bh4 Nc6 8.e3 Qa5
9.Qb3 Qb4 10.Qxb4 Nxb4 11.Rc1 Bf5 12.a3 Nxc3 13.Rxc3 Nc6 14.Kd2 e6 15.Bd3 Bxd3
16.Kxd3 f6 17.Bg3 Kd7 18.Rhc1 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Drancy FRA"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rotstein,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "A23"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 d5 6.cxd5 Qb6 7.e3 cxd5 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.d3 Bg4 10.Qa4 Bb4 11.Bd2 exd3 12.Qb5 Qxb5 13.Ncxb5 Nxd4 14.exd4 Bxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Kd7
16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Kxd3 Bf5+ 18.Kd2 a6 19.Nc3 Rc4 20.Ne2 Rhc8 21.Rxc4 dxc4 22.Nc3 b5
23.Re1 Rc7 24.h3 h5 25.Re5 g6 26.a3 Kd6 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.Rxd5+ Ke7 29.Re5+ Be6
30.Kc3 Kd6 31.f4 f6 32.Re1 a5 33.Re3 Bd5 34.Bxd5 Kxd5 35.Re8 b4+ 36.axb4 axb4+
37.Kxb4 Rb7+ 38.Kc3 Rb3+ 39.Kc2 Rxg3 40.Rd8+ Ke4 41.d5 Kxf4 42.d6 Ke5 43.d7 Ke6
44.Rf8 Kxd7 45.Rxf6 g5 46.h4 gxh4 47.Rf5 Ke6 48.Rxh5 h3 49.Kd2 Kf6 50.Ke1 Kg6
51.Rh8 Kf5 52.Kf2 Rg2+ 53.Kf1 Kg4 54.Rc8 Kg3 55.Rg8+ Kh2 56.Rc8 Rc2 57.Rb8 Kg3
58.Rg8+ Kf3 59.Rf8+ Ke3 60.Re8+ Kd2 61.Rh8 Rxb2 62.Rxh3 Rb1+ 63.Kf2 c3  0-1

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Drancy FRA"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Godard,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.a5 Bb4 8.Qa4 Be7
9.e3 h6 10.Bf4 O-O 11.c5 Nh5 12.O-O-O f6 13.Bg3 e5 14.b4 e4 15.Nh4 f5 16.Ng6 Nxg3
17.hxg3 Rf6 18.Nf4 Nf8 19.Qa2 Be6 20.f3 Bf7 21.g4 exf3 22.gxf3 fxg4 23.fxg4 Ne6
24.Nce2 Qe8 25.Qd2 Ng5 26.Ng3 Bd8 27.Bg2 Bc7 28.Rdf1 Qd7 29.Nf5 Re8 30.Kb2 Ne4
31.Qe1 Qd8 32.Kc2 Rf8 33.Qh4 Bxf4 34.Rxf4 Be6 35.Bxe4 dxe4 36.Kc3 Bxf5 37.Rxf5 Rxf5
38.Qxd8 Rxd8 39.gxf5 Kh7 40.Rh4 Rd5 41.Rxe4 Rxf5 42.Rh4 Rf1 43.e4 Rc1+ 44.Kd3 Rd1+
45.Kc4 Rc1+ 46.Kd3 Rd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Qe7 11.Bd3 g5 12.Bf2 O-O-O 13.a4 a5 14.Qb3 Rhg8 15.O-O-O Nh5
16.h3 f5 17.Kc2 Rgf8 18.Qb5 e5 19.Rhf1 Nb8 20.Qb3 Nc6 21.g4 Ng7 22.d5 Nb8
23.e4 fxg4 24.hxg4 h5 25.c5 dxc5 26.Nc4 Ne8 27.gxh5 Ba6 28.Be3 Bxc4 29.Bxc4 Nd7
30.Be2 Rh8 31.Rh1 Nd6 32.Rh2 Rh7 33.Rg1 Rg8 34.Qb1 Kb8 35.Rg3 Qe8 36.Qh1 Nf6
37.Kb3 Rxh5 38.Rxh5 Nxh5 39.Rxg5 Rxg5 40.Bxg5 Ng3 41.Qh2 Nxe2 42.Qxe2 c4+
43.Ka3 Kb7 44.Be3 Qh5 45.Kb2 Qe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 Be6 10.Qa4+ Qd7 11.Qxd7+ Kxd7 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nc6 14.Rb1 dxc4 15.d5 Bxd5
16.Rd1 Ke6 17.Rxb7 Rab8 18.Rxc7 Rhc8 19.Rxc6+ Rxc6 20.Nd4+ Kd7 21.Nf5 Rb1
22.Nxe7 Rxc1 23.Nxd5 Rxd1+ 24.Bxd1 Rd6 25.Ne3 Rd3 26.Ba4+ Kd6 27.Nxc4+ Kc5
28.Ne3 Rxc3 29.Kf1 g6 30.Ke2 Kd4 31.Nc2+ Ke4 32.Bb3 f5 33.h4 f4 34.Ne1 Kf5
35.Nf3 Rc7 36.Kd3 h6 37.Kd4 g5 38.Bc4 Rd7+ 39.Bd5 Rc7 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Be4+ Kf6
42.Ne5 Rc1 43.Nd3 Rc2 44.a4 Ra2 45.Bc6 Rc2 46.Kd5 g4 47.Nxf4 Rxf2 48.g3 Kf5
49.Bd7+ Kg5 50.Ne6+ Kh5 51.Nc5 Rf3 52.Ne4 Rd3+ 53.Ke5 Ra3 54.Be8+  1-0

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 Qd7 13.d5 Ne7 14.Nf1 Ng6 15.Bc2 c6 16.dxc6 Bxc6
17.Bg5 Nh5 18.Nh4 Ngf4 19.Qg4 Qxg4 20.hxg4 Ne6 21.Bd2 Nf6 22.g5 Nd7 23.Rad1 a5
24.Bc1 g6 25.Nh2 b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.Ng4 Reb8 28.Nh6+ Kg7 29.g3 bxc3 30.bxc3 Ra2
31.Bd3 Ndc5 32.f4 Nxd3 33.Rxd3 Nc5 34.Rf3 Bxe4 35.Rff1 Bd3 36.fxe5 Bxf1 37.Rxf1 dxe5
38.Rxf7+ Kh8 39.Rf1 Ne4  0-1

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Re8 10.Nd4 Nc5 11.f3 Ne6 12.Be3 Nxd4 13.cxd4 c6 14.Bd3 Be6 15.Kb1 a5
16.g4 b5 17.h4 a4 18.h5 Bc4 19.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nc2 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Nd7 10.Bd2 Nc5 11.b4 Ne6 12.Rc1 Ned4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Nd5 e6 15.Ne3 a5
16.bxa5 Bd7 17.Bb4 Rxa5 18.Bxa5 Qxa5 19.Bd3 Qxa2 20.Ra1 Qb3 21.Rb1 Qxd1 22.Re1 Qxb1
23.Rxb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Ba3 O-O 8.Nf3 b6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.Qd3 Qd7 11.O-O Qa4 12.c4 Nd7 13.Bd1 Qa5 14.e5 c5 15.Rb1 cxd4
16.Rb5 Qc3 17.Qxc3 dxc3 18.Bxe7 Rfe8 19.Bd6 Rac8 20.Re1 Bc6 21.Rb1 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Bxe5
23.Bxe5 Nxe5 24.Re3 Nxc4 25.Rxc3 Re1+ 26.Kg2 Nd6 27.Rd3 Nf5 28.Rb5 Rc7 29.Rbd5 Kg7
30.Rd2 h6 31.Bb3 Nh4+ 32.Kg3 Nf5+ 33.Kg2 Nh4+ 34.Kg3 g5 35.Rd7 Rg1+ 36.Kh3 Nxf3
37.Be6 h5  0-1

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gretarsson,H"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.Nc2 d6 10.e4 Ne5 11.b3 c6 12.Ba3 d5 13.f4 Bg4 14.Qd2 Nf3+ 15.Bxf3 Bxf3
16.e5 Ne4 17.Qe3 Bg4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 f6 20.Ne3 Be2 21.Rf2 fxe5 22.Rc1 Bd3
23.Qf3 Qa5 24.Bd6 e4 25.Qd1 Rad8 26.c5 Bd4 27.Qe1 Qxe1+ 28.Rxe1 b6 29.Bc7 Rc8
30.cxb6 axb6 31.Bd6 c5 32.f5 b5 33.fxg6 hxg6 34.Bf4 c4 35.bxc4 bxc4 36.a4 c3
37.Kg2 Rf8 38.Ra2 Rxf4 39.gxf4 Bxe3 40.Rxe3 c2  0-1

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kristjansson,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Na6
10.Ne5 Nb4 11.Na2 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxb4 Qxb4 14.Qc2 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qc5 16.Rfd1 b6
17.Rac1 Ba6 18.Bd3 h6 19.cxd5 Qxc2 20.Rxc2 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 cxd5 22.Kf1 Rfc8
23.Rdc3 Rxc3 24.Rxc3 Rb8 25.Rb3 Kf8 26.Rb5 Ke7 27.b4 axb4 28.a5 Kd7 29.axb6 Kc6
30.Rxb4 Rxb6 31.Rg4 g6 32.Rf4 Rb7 33.g4 Re7 34.h4 g5 35.Rf6 gxh4 36.Kg2 Kd7
37.Rxh6 Re8 38.Rh7 Ke7 39.g5 Rg8 40.f4 Kf8 41.Kh3 Ke7 42.Kxh4 Ke8 43.Kg4 Ke7
44.Kf3 Ke8 45.Ke2 Ke7 46.Kd2 Kf8 47.Kd3 Ke8 48.Kc3 Kf8 49.Kb4 Ke8 50.Kc5 Ke7
51.Kb6 Rb8+ 52.Kc7 Rg8 53.Kb7 Ke8 54.Kc6 Ke7 55.Kc7 Rg6 56.Rh8 Rg7 57.Kc6 Rg6
58.Ra8 Rg7 59.Ra7+ Kf8 60.Kd6 Kg8 61.Ra8+ Kh7 62.Ke7 Kg6 63.Rh8  1-0

[Event "Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Be7
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Nd2 Bg6 11.Nc4 Qxb3 12.axb3 Nd5 13.O-O f5 14.Na5 O-O-O 15.Bxd5 exd5
16.Bf4 Nb8 17.Rfc1 Bd6 18.Nxd5 Bxf4 19.Nxf4 Rxd4 20.Nc4 Bf7 21.Rxa7 Bxc4
22.Rxc4 Rd1+ 23.Kg2 Re8 24.Rc2 Kc7 25.Ra5 g6 26.Nd5+ Kc8 27.Ne3 Rd4 28.Ra4 Red8
29.Rxd4 Rxd4 30.Nc4 Rd1 31.Rd2 Rb1 32.b4 b5 33.Ne5 Kc7 34.h4 Kb6 35.Kf3 Na6
36.Nd7+ Kc7 37.Nf8 Nxb4 38.Nxh7 Nd5 39.Nf8 Nb6 40.Nxg6 Nc4 41.Rc2 Nxb2 42.Ne5 b4
43.Rxc6+ Kb7 44.h5  1-0

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bjornsson,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 d5 8.O-O c6
9.b3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 Nf6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 h6
16.Qc3 Rd8 17.Rad1 Qf6 18.Rd3 Bd7 19.Rfd1 Be8 20.h4 Rab8 21.Qa5 a6 22.Kg2 g6
23.Qc7 Kh8 24.a4 Kg7 25.Qb6 Qe7 26.b4 Qd6 27.a5 f5 28.Bf3 Bf7 29.Qc5 Kf6
30.Qe5+ Qxe5 31.dxe5+ Ke7 32.Rd6 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.c5 Rxd6 35.cxd6+ Kd7
36.Rh1 Bg6 37.Rh6 Rg8 38.Be2 g4 39.Bc4 f4 40.gxf4 Be4+  1-0

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Qxe7 6.e3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Nd7 13.Rc1 Rb8 14.O-O Nf6 15.Rfd1 b6
16.Bc4 Bb7 17.Be2 Rfd8 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rd1 Rxd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 d6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.d4 O-O 8.d5 Nd4 9.Be3 Nxf3+
10.Bxf3 Bh3 11.g4 Ne8 12.Rg1 f5 13.gxf5 gxf5 14.Rg3 fxe4 15.Bxe4 Bf5 16.Qh5 Qd7
17.O-O-O Qf7 18.Qh4 Kh8 19.Rf3 Qg6 20.Rxf5 Rxf5 21.Qh3 Rh5 22.Qf3  1-0

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Bordeaux FRA"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Istratescu,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.d5 Nb8 6.h3 e5 7.g4 c5 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Be3 O-O
10.Be2 Ne8 11.a3 a5 12.Qd2 Na6 13.O-O-O Bd7 14.Rdg1 f6 15.h4 Rf7 16.Qd1 Nec7
17.g5 f5 18.h5 f4 19.Bd2 Bf8 20.Rh4 Rb8 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Rgh1 Bg7 23.R1h2 Rf8
24.Qh1 Kf7 25.Rh7 Rh8 26.Rxh8 Bxh8 27.Nb5 Nxb5 28.cxb5 Nc7 29.Rh7+ Bg7 30.Rxg7+ Kxg7
31.Qh6+ Kf7 32.Qh7+ Kf8 33.Nh4 Ne8 34.Qh8+ Kf7 35.Nf5  1-0

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Bordeaux FRA"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rausis,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 Be6 10.Qa4+ Qd7 11.Qxd7+ Kxd7 12.Nc3 Rhd8 13.a3 Nxc3 14.Ne5+ Ke8 15.bxc3 Nc6
16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Re1 Kf8 19.Bf4 Bd6 20.Bxd6+ cxd6 21.Bd3 g6 22.f3 Rdb8
23.Reb1 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Bordeaux FRA"]
[Date "2003.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.h3 Bh5
10.Bb2 Bd6 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Qc7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.e4 O-O
17.e5 Be7 18.Rc3 Rc8 19.Rg3 Qc7 20.Nf4 Qc2 21.Qg4 g6 22.Nd3 Qd2 23.Bc1 Qxa2
24.Rf3 a5 25.Bh6 a4 26.Qf4 Rf8 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.bxa4 bxa4 29.Qc1 Qc4 30.Qa1 a3
31.Rc1 Qb5 32.Nc5 Nxc5 33.Qxa3 Ne4 34.Qxe7 Qb2 35.Qa3 Qxd4 36.Qa1 Qb6 37.Rb1 Qc5
38.Rc1 Qb6 39.Rc2 d4 40.Qb2 Qxb2 41.Rxb2 Rd8 42.Rd3 Nc5 43.Rd1 Rd5 44.f4 Kg7
45.Rb6 f6 46.Rd6 fxe5 47.Rxd5 exd5 48.fxe5 Kf7 49.Rxd4 Ke6 50.Rf4 Kxe5 51.Rf7 h5
52.Kf2 Ne4+ 53.Ke2 Ng3+ 54.Kf3 Nf5 55.Rf8 Nd4+ 56.Kf2 Ne6 57.Rf7 Ng5 58.Rg7 Kf6
59.Rd7 Ke5 60.Ke3 Ne6 61.h4 Nd4 62.g3 Nf5+ 63.Kf3 Nd4+ 64.Kf2 Ne6 65.Ke3 Nd4
66.Re7+ Kf6 67.Re8 Ne6 68.Rb8 Kf5 69.Rb5 Ke5 70.Ra5 Nd4 71.Ra6 Ne6 72.Kf3 Nd4+
73.Kg2 Ne6 74.Kh3 Kf5 75.Ra5 Ke4 76.Ra6 Kf5 77.Rb6 Ke5 78.g4 d4 79.gxh5 gxh5
80.Kg3 d3 81.Rb1 Nd4 82.Re1+ Kd5 83.Kf4 Kc4 84.Rc1+ Nc2 85.Kg5 Kc3 86.Kxh5 d2
87.Rb1 Nd4 88.Kg4 Kc2 89.Rh1 d1=Q+ 90.Rxd1 Kxd1 91.h5 Ne6 92.h6 Nf8 93.Kf5 Ke2
94.Kf6 Kf3 95.Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Bordeaux FRA"]
[Date "2003.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Pujos,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "B37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nc2 Bg7 8.Be2 Nd7
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nc5 11.Bh6 f6 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Rab1 Rc8 15.Bg7 Rg8
16.Bh6 Rh8 17.Be3 h5 18.f4 Nf7 19.Nb3 b6 20.Nxc5 dxc5 21.Rbd1 Qc7 22.Rd2 Bc6
23.Bf3 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Qe2 Qa8 26.e5 Bxf3 27.Rxf3 Qe4 28.Rf2 f5 29.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Clermont-Ferrand FRA"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dautov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 e6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6
16.Qe2 Qd5 17.Ne5 Qe4 18.Qxe4 Nxe4 19.Nd3 Rfd8 20.c3 Nf6 21.g4 a5 22.Rdg1 Nd5
23.Bc1 Rac8 24.g5 hxg5 25.Bxg5 Bxg5 26.Rxg5 f6 27.Rg3 Kf7 28.Rhg1 Rg8 29.Rf3 Rcd8
30.Ne5+ Ke8 31.Ng6 Ne7 32.Nf4 Kf7 33.Nd3 Rd5 34.Re1 Rxh5 35.Rfe3 Rd5 36.Rxe6 Nf5
37.Nc5 Rb8 38.Kc2 b6 39.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Clermont-Ferrand FRA"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flear,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.f4 O-O 6.Qd2 a6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.d5 Nb4 10.Be2 a5 11.O-O c6 12.a3 Na6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nd7
16.Kh1 Nb6 17.e5 d5 18.b3 Qc7 19.a4 f6 20.exf6 exf6 21.Bh4 f5 22.Rae1 Rae8
23.Ne2 Nc5 24.Qxa5 Ne4 25.Bf2 Nxf2+ 26.Rxf2 Re3 27.Rd1 Rfe8 28.c4 Rxb3 29.cxd5 cxd5
30.Bxd5+ Nxd5 31.Qxd5+ Qf7 32.Qxf7+ Kxf7 33.Ng1  1/2-1/2

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Clermont-Ferrand FRA"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaisser,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 e6
9.Rc1 Be7 10.O-O Rc8 11.Bg5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 O-O 13.Na4 Nd7 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Qd2 b5
16.Rxc8 Qxc8 17.Rc1 Qb8 18.Nc5 Nxc5 19.Rxc5 Rc8 20.Qa5 Qb7 21.a4 Nc6 22.Qd2 bxa4
23.Qc2 g6 24.Qxa4 Nb8 25.b4 Kg7 26.g3 Rc6 27.Qc2 Qd7 28.Qc3 Rb6 29.e4 Qa4
30.exd5 exd5 31.Rxd5 Qxb4 32.Qxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "National I"]
[Site "Clermont-Ferrand FRA"]
[Date "2003.05.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Chabanon,JL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 Nd7 13.Bxe4 fxe4 14.Qxe4 Qf6 15.O-O O-O-O
16.Qxe6 Qxe6 17.dxe6 Nc5 18.Nd4 Rde8 19.f3 Nxe6 20.e4 Nc5 21.Rfe1 Nd3 22.Re2 Ne5
23.Nb5 Nxc4 24.Nxa7+ Kd7 25.Nb5 Ra8 26.e5 dxe5 27.Bxe5 Nxe5 28.Rxe5 Rae8
29.Rd1+ Kc8 30.Rde1 Rxe5 31.Rxe5 Kd7 32.Rf5 Ba6 33.a4 Bxb5 34.axb5 Ke6 35.g4 Rd8
36.Kf2 Rd2+ 37.Kg3 Rc2 38.h4 gxh4+ 39.Kxh4 Rxc3 40.Kh5 Rc5 41.Kg6 c6 42.bxc6 Rxc6
43.Rf6+ Kd5 44.Rxc6 Kxc6 45.Kxh6 Kd5  1-0

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "David,Alb"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Re8 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.Bd3 Be6 12.Kb1 Bf6 13.h4 Bd5 14.Ng5 h6 15.Bh7+ Kf8
16.Bf5 Kg8 17.Bh7+ Kf8 18.Bf5 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sturua,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bc4 Ke8 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Bb3 Nc6
9.h3 Bb4 10.Bd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Ne7 12.Bd2 f6 13.O-O-O c6 14.dxc6 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Nxc6
16.Nd2 Kf7 17.Ne4 Rd8 18.Rxd8 Nxd8 19.Rd1 Be6 20.Nd6+ Kg8 21.Nb5 Bc4 22.Nd6 Be6
23.Nb5 Bc4 24.Nc7 Rc8 25.Rd7 Nc6 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Rc7 28.Bd2 Kf7 29.Be3 Ke6
30.Rd2 b6 31.b3 h5 32.c4 Ne7 33.Kd1 Nf5 34.Ke2 Rc8 35.Rd5 Nxe3 36.Kxe3 Rc5
37.Rd8 b5 38.Re8+ Kd6 39.cxb5 Rxb5 40.Rh8 Ra5 41.a4 Rc5 42.Kd2 Rd5+ 43.Ke2 Rc5
44.Rxh5 Rc2+ 45.Ke1 Rc1+ 46.Kd2 Rg1 47.g3 Rb1 48.Rh7 Rb2+ 49.Ke1 g5 50.Rxa7 Rxb3
51.Ra6+ Ke7 52.a5 Ra3 53.Ra8 Kf7 54.a6 f5 55.Kd2 e4 56.Kc2 f4 57.gxf4 gxf4
58.Kb2 Ra5 59.Kc3 Ra2 60.Kd4 Ra4+ 61.Kc3 Ra2 62.a7 Kg7 63.h4 e3 64.fxe3 fxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svetushkin,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.f4 e6 10.c5 Ne4 11.Bb2 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 a5 13.Bd3 f5 14.Qe2 Be7 15.O-O-O Nf6
16.Rhg1 g6 17.a3 a4 18.b4 Qd7 19.Rh1 Kf7 20.Rdg1 Ne4 21.Be1 Bh4 22.Bb1 Nf6
23.f3 Bxe1 24.Qxe1 Qe7 25.Rg5 Nh5 26.Rhg1 Qf6 27.Qf2 Rhg8 28.h4 h6 29.R5g2 Rg7
30.Rh2 Kg8 31.Bd3 Rb8 32.Kc2 Kh7 33.Kc3 Rf8 34.Bf1 Qe7 35.Qg2 Qf7 36.Qh3 Qe7
37.Bd3 Qf7 38.Rf2 Qe7 39.Qh2 Qc7 40.Re1 Kh8 41.Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bischoff,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.exd4 O-O 10.O-O Be7 11.Re1 d6 12.b4 Nbd7 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Rb1 Bf8 15.Bc2 Qc8
16.Bg3 a6 17.Bd3 g6 18.h3 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Bf1 Bg7 21.Rc1 Qf5 22.Nb3 Nh5
23.Bh2 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Qxf4 25.Nd5 Qh4 26.g3 Qd8 27.Bg2 Rc8 28.Nf6+ Bxf6 29.Bxb7 Rxc4
30.Rxc4 Nxc4 31.Rxe8+ Qxe8 32.Bxa6 b5 33.Qd5 Qe1+ 34.Kg2 Qe2 35.Qf3 Qxf3+
36.Kxf3 Na3 37.Nc1 Bc3 38.Nd3 Nc2 39.Ke4 Nxb4 40.Nxb4 Bxb4 41.Bxb5 Be1 42.Ke3 Kf8
43.g4 Ke7 44.f4 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jaracz,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.Nc3 dxe4 7.Ng5 O-O 8.Ncxe4 Nxe4
9.Nxe4 Bf5 10.Qf3 Bxe4 11.dxe4 Nd7 12.c3 a5 13.a3 a4 14.Ba2 Qe7 15.O-O Bc5
16.Bd2 Rad8 17.Rad1 h6 18.g3 Qf6 19.Qe2 Qe7 20.Kg2 b5 21.Qg4 Nf6 22.Qf5 Rd6
23.Bc1 Qd7 24.Qxd7 Rxd7 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nataf,IA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.h3 Qb6 12.hxg4 Qxd4 13.g5 Nc5 14.Qc2 Qe5 15.Be3 Qe7
16.Rad1 b6 17.b4 Ne6 18.b5 Bb7 19.bxc6 Bxc6 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.f4 Nc5 22.Bxc5 bxc5
23.e5 dxe5 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.Rxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Guliev,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 Nb6 8.O-O Nc6
9.e3 Re8 10.Qb3 Be6 11.Qc2 Bf5 12.Qd2 Qd7 13.e4 Bg4 14.d5 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nd4
16.Bg2 c6 17.Qd3 cxd5 18.exd5 Rac8 19.Be3 e5 20.Rac1 Nc4 21.b3 Nd6 22.Rfe1 Qd8
23.f4 N4f5 24.fxe5 Nxe3 25.exd6 Qxd6 26.Ne4 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Qb6 28.Kh1 Bb2 29.d6 Rd8
30.Rc5 Ng4 31.h3 Nf2+ 32.Nxf2 Qxc5 33.Ne4 Qd4 34.Qc2 Ba3 35.Qc7 Rf8 36.h4 h6
37.d7 Be7 38.Nc3 Bd8 39.Qc8 Bb6 40.Kh2 Qg1+ 41.Kh3 Qe3 42.Nd5 Qe6+ 43.Kh2 Rd8
44.Qc3 Rxd7 45.Nf6+ Kf8 46.Nxd7+ Qxd7 47.Qh8+ Ke7 48.Qxh6 Qc7 49.Qg5+ Kf8
50.Qf6 Qd7 51.Qh8+ Ke7 52.Qe5+ Kf8 53.Qb8+ Kg7 54.Qxb7 Qxb7 55.Bxb7 Bc5 56.g4 Be7
57.Kg3 f5 58.g5 Bb4 59.Kf2 Bc5+ 60.Kf3 Bb4 61.Kf2 Bc5+ 62.Kg2 Bb4 63.Ba6 Kf7
64.Bc4+ Kg7 65.Be6 Bc5 66.Kf3 Bb4 67.Bd7 Be1 68.h5 Bd2 69.hxg6 Kxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kritz,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Be7 11.Bf4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.Ne2 Be7 14.Rad1 Bc5 15.Ng3 h5
16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.h4 g6 19.f3 a5 20.Kf2 a4 21.Ke3 Be6 22.b3 Ra5
23.f4 Bg4 24.Rd2 Rd5 25.Rff2 axb3 26.axb3 Ra8 27.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Areshchenko,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Bd3 d6 8.Nd2 Nf6
9.h3 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.g4 Re8 12.f3 Ne7 13.Re1 Ng6 14.Bf2 Bd7 15.Nc4 Bxd4
16.cxd4 d5 17.exd5 Bb5 18.Rxe8+ Nxe8 19.a4 Bxa4 20.Ne5 Nf8  0-1

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Halkias,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.f4 Ng4 12.Nxg4 Bxg4 13.Bxd5 Bxg5 14.fxg5 Qxg5 15.Rf4 Be6
16.Bg2 Rad8 17.d5 Ne7 18.e4 Ng6 19.Rf2 Bd7 20.Qd4 Ne5 21.Qxa7 Nd3 22.Re2 Qe5
23.Qb6 Bg4 24.Rd2 Rd6 25.Qe3 f5 26.Rf1 Rdf6 27.d6 Rxd6 28.h3 Bh5 29.Qg5 Bg6
30.exf5 h6 31.Qh4 Qc5+ 32.Kh1 Bxf5 33.Qe7 Rf7 34.Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.Ne4 Qe3 36.Nxd6+ Ke6
37.Nxc4 Qxg3 38.Re2+ Kf6 39.Ne3 g6 40.Nxf5 gxf5 41.Rf3 Qg5 42.Rxd3 Qc1+ 43.Kh2 Qf4+
44.Kg1 Qc1+ 45.Bf1 Qg5+ 46.Rg2 Qf4 47.Rf2 Qg5+ 48.Kh1 Qh4 49.Rdf3 Ke7 50.Rxf5 Qe4+
51.Kg1 Qe3 52.Rf7+ Kd6 53.Rxb7 Qg5+ 54.Bg2 Qc1+ 55.Kh2  1-0

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Agrest,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O e6 9.h3 Bf5
10.Bd3 Bb4 11.Bb2 O-O 12.a3 Bd6 13.Qc2 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qe7 15.Rfc1 Rfc8 16.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rozentalis,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Na6 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be7 12.Rd1 Nc5 13.Qc4 e5 14.Ba3 Qa5 15.Bb4 Qa4
16.Qd5 exd4 17.Bxc5 Bxc5 18.Qxc5 dxc3 19.Qxc3 Rb8 20.Qc7 Bg4 21.Bxb7 Bxe2
22.Rd7 Bb5 23.Rdd1 Qc4 24.Rac1 Qxa2 25.Bc8 Rb6 26.Rd8 Qa3 27.Rxf8+ Qxf8 28.Qxa7 Rc6
29.Rxc6 Bxc6 30.Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timofeev,Ar"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.h3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6
16.Nc3 Rc8 17.Rc1 Nc6 18.Be3 Re8 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Nb8 21.Bf4 Bf8 22.Rxe8 Qxe8
23.Nd4 Bxc2 24.Rxc2 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 Qe1+ 26.Kg2 Nd7 27.Nf5 Qb4 28.Bg3 g6 29.Ne3 Nc5
30.g5 Qd4 31.h4 h5 32.b3 Kh7 33.Qd1 Nd3 34.Kh2 Bg7 35.Kg1 Bf8 36.Qf3 Kg8
37.Qd1 Qc3 38.Qc2 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Nc5 40.Qd1 Qb4 41.Nc2 Qe4 42.f3 Qf5 43.Ne3 Qd7
44.Nc2 Qe8 45.Qe1 Qc8 46.Nd4 Nd3 47.Qe2 Nb4 48.Qd2 Qc5 49.Bf2 Nxd5 50.Ne6 Qc6
51.Nxf8 Kxf8 52.Bg3 Ke7 53.Qd4 Qc2+ 54.Kh3 Qc5 55.Qe4+ Kd7 56.Kh2 b4 57.Kh3 a5
58.Kh2 Qb5 59.Kh3 Ne7 60.Kg2 Qd5 61.Qe2 Nc6 62.Bf4 Nd4 63.Qd3 Ne6 64.Qe3 Qd4
65.Qxd4 Nxd4 66.Be3 Ne6 67.f4 Kc6 68.Kf3 d5 69.Bf2 Kb5 70.Be3 a4 71.Bf2 axb3
72.axb3 Ng7 73.Ke2 Ne6 74.Kf3 Kc6 75.Bg1 Kd6 76.Bf2 Nd8 77.Bb6 Nc6 78.f5 gxf5
79.Kf4 Ke6 80.Bc5 Na5 81.Bxb4 Nxb3 82.Be1 d4 83.Bb4 d3 84.Ke3 d2  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 Qc7 8.Qb3 h6
9.Nc4 e6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 c5 12.O-O Be7 13.b3 O-O 14.Bb2 Rfd8 15.Qe2 b5
16.Nce5 Qb7 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Rfd1 a6 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 f5 6.Bc4 Bc5 7.Qxc5 Nxc5 8.Bg5 Qxg5
9.Nxg5 Nc6 10.O-O Ne6 11.Nf3 b6 12.Bd5 Bb7 13.c4 O-O-O 14.Nc3 h6 15.Rad1 g5
16.Rfe1 Rhe8 17.Nb5 Kb8 18.b3 Nf4 19.Nc3 a6 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 c6 22.Bf3 Kc7
23.Kf1 Re6 24.g3 Ng6 25.Bh5 Nxe5 26.f4 gxf4 27.gxf4 c5 28.Rd2 Nf3 29.Bxf3 Bxf3
30.Rxe6 dxe6 31.Rxd8 Kxd8 32.Na4 Kc7 33.Kf2 Bc6 34.Nc3 Kd6 35.Ke3 e5 36.Ne2 Bd7
37.a3 Be6 38.Ng3 a5 39.a4 Bd7 40.Ne2 Bc6 41.Nc3 Ke6 42.Ne2 Be4 43.Nc1 exf4+  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.f4 e6 10.c5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bg2 f5 13.f3 exf3 14.Bxf3 Rc8 15.a4 Nf6
16.axb5 axb5 17.Ra6 Qd7 18.Qd2 Be7 19.O-O O-O 20.Qg2 Nd5 21.Bd2 Ra8 22.Rfa1 Qb7
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Qf1 Ra6 25.Qb1 g6 26.Kf1 Qa8 27.Rxa6 Qxa6 28.Ke1 Bd8 29.Kd1 Qa3
30.Kc2 Ba5 31.Bxd5 exd5 32.Bxa5 Qxa5 33.b4 Qa3 34.Kd2 Kg7 35.Ke2 Kf7 36.Qe1 Qa2+
37.Kf3 Qh2 38.Qf1 Qc2 39.Qa1  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Ba6 12.Qc2 Qd7 13.Bxa6 Nxa6 14.d5 c4 15.Ba3 Rfc8
16.Nd4 Bxd4 17.cxd4 b5 18.f4 e6 19.dxe6 Qxd4+ 20.Kh1 fxe6 21.Rxb5 Qd3 22.Qxd3 cxd3
23.Rd1 Rc4 24.Rxd3 Rxe4 25.h3 Rxf4 26.Rb7  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lutz,C"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Re1 Nc6 7.a4 Be6 8.a5 b6
9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 d5 13.Qe5 Nxe4 14.Qxe6+ Kh8 15.Nc3 Bb4
16.axb6 Nxc3 17.b7 Rb8 18.bxc3 Bxc3 19.Ba3 Rf6 20.Qe3 Bxa1 21.Be7 Qe8 22.Rxa1 Rb6  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Bd7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.Ne3 Nc6
16.Bb3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Qxd4 Qc5 19.Qd3 Rfe8 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 d5 22.Be3 Qb4
23.a3 Qe4 24.Qxe4 dxe4 25.a4 bxa4 26.Bxa4 Red8 27.Rac1 h6 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Rc1 Rb8
30.b3 Nd5 31.Ba7 Ra8 32.Bd4 Bb4 33.Rc4 a5 34.Bc6 Rd8 35.g3 Bd2 36.Kf1 e3
37.Bxd5 Rxd5 38.f6 gxf6 39.fxe3 Rd6 40.Bc5 Rd5 41.Ke2 Kh7 42.Ba3 Bb4 43.Bxb4 axb4
44.Rxb4 h5 45.Rd4 Rg5 46.Kf3 Rb5 47.b4 f5 48.Ke2 Kg6 49.Kd3 Re5 50.h4 Kf6
51.Rf4 Kg6 52.Kd4 f6 53.Kc4 Rxe3 54.b5 Rxg3 55.b6 Rg1 56.Kb5  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 b4
9.c3 O-O 10.a5 Rb8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxa6 Ra8 13.Qe2 Qb8 14.d4 bxc3 15.d5 cxb2
16.Bxb2 Nb4 17.dxe6 Nxa6 18.exf7+ Rxf7 19.Ba3 Nh5 20.g3 Nb4 21.Nc3 Nc6 22.a6 Qc8
23.Nd5 Rxa6 24.Rec1 Bd8 25.Kg2 g6 26.Qc4 Kg7 27.Bxd6 Rxa1 28.Qxc6 Rxc1 29.Bxe5+ Kg8
30.Qxc1 Qe6 31.Qc3 Qg4 32.Nd2 c6 33.Qxc6 Qe2 34.Qe8+ Rf8 35.Qe6+ Rf7 36.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 Rf7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qd1 Nbc6 13.Nf3 Qf8 14.O-O c4 15.Be2 h6
16.Bc1 Kh7 17.a4 Bd7 18.Ba3 Qb8 19.Qd2 Nf5 20.Rab1 Qc7 21.Bc1 g5 22.h4 g4
23.Nh2 h5 24.Qg5 Ng7 25.Re1 Rh8 26.Nf1 Rf5 27.Qe3 Ne7 28.Qg3 Qc8 29.f3 gxf3
30.Bxf3 Bxa4 31.Bg5 Ng6 32.Ra1 b5 33.Qd6 Qf8 34.Qh2 Rf7 35.Ng3 Kg8 36.Re2 Qd6
37.Qh3 Nf4 38.Bxf4 Rxf4 39.Re5 Qe7 40.Rg5 Bxc2 41.Nxh5 Rxh5 42.Bxh5 Rf5 43.Rxf5 Bxf5
44.Bg4 b4 45.Bxf5 Nxf5 46.Qg4+ Kf8 47.cxb4 Qxb4 48.Qg6 Qb6 49.Qf6+ Kg8 50.Kh1 c3
51.Rc1 Ng3+ 52.Kh2 Ne4 53.Qg6+ Kf8 54.Rf1+ Ke7 55.Qg7+ Kd6 56.Qf8+ Kc6 57.Qe8+ Kd6
58.Rf7 Qxd4 59.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lutz,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 b4 9.Na4 Bd7
10.c4 Qa5 11.b3 Bxa4 12.bxa4 h6 13.Bg2 Nbd7 14.O-O Rc8 15.f4 Be7 16.g5 hxg5
17.fxg5 Nh5 18.g6 Nhf6 19.gxf7+ Kxf7 20.Qg4 Nf8 21.Qg3 Qe5 22.Qxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.d5 Nb8 14.Qe2 Nbd7 15.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Skripchenko,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8
9.c4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.Nc3 f5 13.f3 Bg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Qc1 Qh4
16.b4 Nd7 17.Qe1 Qd4+ 18.Kh1 b5 19.Rd1 Qb6 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Bxb5 Ra3 22.Bc6 Ba6
23.b5 Bc8 24.Qd2 Nc5 25.Nb1 Ra4 26.Qb2 Qa5 27.a3 Qb6 28.Nd2 f4 29.Nb3 Bf5
30.Nxc5 Qxc5 31.b6 Qxa3 32.Qxa3 Rxa3 33.Ra1 Rb3 34.b7 e4 35.Rfb1  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Apicella,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.Bh4 Nd7 13.Rb1 a5 14.Nd5 Re8 15.c3 a4 16.Nc1 Qa5
17.a3 e6 18.Ne3 Qc7 19.Nd3 Na5 20.Qe2 Nb3 21.Rfe1 e5 22.fxe5 dxe5 23.Nb4 Rab8
24.Ned5 Bxd5 25.Nxd5 Qc5+ 26.Kh1 Nf8 27.Nf6+ Bxf6 28.Bxf6 Qc6 29.Bh4 Ne6
30.Qe3 Qc5 31.Qh6 Qf8 32.Qxf8+ Kxf8 33.Bg4 h5 34.Bxe6 Rxe6 35.Rbd1 Rb7 36.Rd8+ Kg7
37.h3 Na5 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Nc4 40.Red1 Nxb2 41.R1d5 Nc4 42.g5 Ree7 43.Kh2 Nxa3
44.Bf2 Nb1 45.Rd3 f6 46.gxf6+ Kxf6 47.Bc5 Rh7+ 48.Kg3 Rhf7 49.Rg8 Rg7 50.Rf8+ Rgf7
51.Rg8 Rg7 52.Rf8+ Rgf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Chabanon,JL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.O-O-O a6 10.f4 Qb6 11.Nde2 Bd7 12.Ng3 O-O-O 13.Nh5 Be7 14.Be2 Kb8 15.Rhf1 Ka8
16.f5 Rdf8 17.Kb1 Ne5 18.Rf4 Bc6 19.Rdf1 Qd8 20.Qd4 Rhg8 21.g3 Nd7 22.Qd2 e5
23.R4f2 Nb6 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.Rf3 Rc8 26.Rd3 Nc4 27.Qc1 Qb6 28.Ka1 Qf2 29.b3 Nb6
30.Qe3 Qxe3 31.Rxe3 Rgd8 32.Red3 Rd7 33.Kb2 Ka7 34.R1d2 Na8 35.g4 b5 36.Bf3 Nb6
37.Nd1 b4 38.c4 bxc3+ 39.Rxc3 Rb7 40.Kc1 Bd7 41.Rxc8 Bxc8 42.Rc2 Kb8 43.Ne3 Rc7
44.Ng3 Rxc2+ 45.Kxc2 Bb7 46.Ne2 Bd8 47.Nc3 Nd7 48.Nc4 Bc7 49.b4 Kc8 50.Be2 Kd8
51.Nd2 a5 52.a3 axb4 53.axb4 Nb8 54.Bb5 Bb6 55.Nc4 Bc7 56.Kd3 Nd7 57.Bxd7 Kxd7
58.b5 Bb8 59.Nb6+ Kd8 60.Nbd5 Ba7 61.b6 Ba6+ 62.Ke3 Bb8 63.Nxf6  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vaisser,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbc6
9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Be3 c4 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qg4 Qf7 14.Ng5 Qe8 15.h4 h6
16.Nh3 Bd7 17.Qe2 b5 18.g4 a5 19.h5 gxh5 20.g5 hxg5 21.Nxg5 g6 22.O-O-O Qe7
23.Rdg1 Qxa3+ 24.Kd2 b4 25.Ne4 dxe4 26.Qxh5 Rxf2+ 27.Bxf2 Qxc3+ 28.Kd1 Qf3+
29.Qxf3 exf3 30.Rxg6+ Kf7 31.Rf6+ Ke7 32.Rh7+  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Guidarelli,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bb3 Na6
9.Qf3 Nc5 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.Qxf5 b5 12.Be3 Qc8 13.Qxc8 Rfxc8 14.f3 Bd8 15.Rfd1 Bb6
16.Bf2 Nb7 17.Ne2 Bxf2+ 18.Kxf2 Kf8 19.c3 Nd7 20.Nd4 Ndc5 21.Nf5 Rd8 22.Rd4 g6
23.Ne3 a5 24.Bc2 Ke7 25.h4 Ne6 26.Rd2 Nbc5 27.Re1 b4 28.Nc4 Nc7 29.Red1 Nb5
30.Nxa5 Rxa5 31.cxb4 Rxa2 32.bxc5 Rxb2 33.cxd6+ Rxd6 34.Ke1 h6 35.Bd3 Rxd2
36.Rxd2 g5 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dorfman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O c6 6.d4 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 e6
9.Bf4 Nc6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Bd7 12.e4 Bc6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.exd5 exd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.Bxd5 Qxd4 17.Qxd4 Bxd4 18.Rfd1 Bf6 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Bxb7 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Bxb2
22.Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bauer,Ch"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Bd4 8.Bd3 Ne7
9.O-O Ng6 10.Qe1 Be5 11.Rb1 Nf4 12.Ne2 Nxd3 13.cxd3 Qd6 14.Qd2 Bg4 15.f3 Be6
16.f4 Bd4+ 17.Kh1 f5 18.Nxd4 Qxd4 19.b3 O-O-O 20.Bb2 Qxd3 21.Qxd3 Rxd3 22.exf5 Bxf5
23.Rbd1 Rhd8 24.Rxd3 Rxd3 25.Kg1 g6 26.Re1 Kd7 27.Kf2 c5 28.Ke2 Rd5 29.Rc1 a5
30.h3 h5 31.Bg7 Kc6 32.Rc3 Bb1 33.a3 Bf5 34.Bf8 Kb5 35.Bg7 b6 36.Be5 Rd7
37.Ke3 a4 38.b4 cxb4 39.axb4 Kxb4 40.Rxc7 Rxc7 41.Bxc7 b5 42.Kd2 a3  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fontaine,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.Nd2 d5
9.O-O O-O 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.c4 dxe4 12.Bxe4 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Be6 14.Bd3 Rad8 15.Bf4 Ng6
16.Bg3 f5 17.c5 f4 18.cxb6 fxg3 19.bxc7 gxf2+ 20.Kf1 Rxd3 21.Rxd3 Bc4 22.Nc5 Ne5
23.Ke2 Rc8 24.b3 Nxd3 25.Nxd3 Ba6 26.Rd1 Rxc7 27.Kxf2 Rd7 28.Nb2 Re7 29.Rd2 c5
30.Na4 Rc7 31.Nc3 Rf7+ 32.Ke3 Re7+ 33.Kf4 Bb7 34.Rc2 h6 35.Na4 Re4+ 36.Kg3 h5
37.Kf2 Rf4+ 38.Kg1 Ba6 39.g3 Rf1+ 40.Kg2 c4 41.bxc4 Rf5 42.Nb2 Bb7+ 43.Kg1 Ra5
44.Nd1 Kf7 45.Rb2 Bc6 46.Kf2 Ra3 47.Ke1 h4 48.gxh4 Rh3 49.Rf2+ Ke6 50.Kd2 Ke5
51.Nb2 Be4 52.Rf7 a5 53.Re7+ Kd4 54.Rd7+ Ke5 55.Nd1 Rxh2+ 56.Kc3 Rh3+ 57.Kb2 Rh2+
58.Ka3 Rh3+ 59.Kb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,And1"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.Bc2 Nb8 15.a4 Nbd7
16.Bd3 c6 17.b4 Nb6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Rxa8 Qxa8 20.Nb3 Qb8 21.Na5 Ba8 22.Bg5 Nfd7
23.Bh4 g6 24.Bg3 Bg7 25.Qb3 Nf8 26.c4 bxc4 27.Nxc4 Nbd7 28.Qa2 Ne6 29.Rb1 h6
30.Qa5 Nf4 31.Bxf4 exf4 32.b5 c5 33.d5 f5 34.exf5 Bxd5 35.b6 Bxf3 36.gxf3 d5
37.Qb5 Rd8 38.Na5 Ne5 39.Nc6 Nxc6 40.Qxc6 c4 41.Qe6+ Kh8 42.f6 cxd3 43.fxg7+ Kh7
44.Rd1 Kxg7 45.Qe7+ Kg8 46.Ra1 Re8 47.Qf6 d2 48.Qxg6+ Kf8 49.Qf6+ Kg8 50.Kh2 Re1
51.Ra7  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.g4 Nb6 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O-O Rc8 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Rg1 g6 15.Qf2 Nc4
16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.Na4 Be6 18.Nb6 Rc7 19.Qd2 Rc6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rc8 22.Qd3 Qd7
23.Nd2 f6 24.gxf6 Rxf6 25.c4 Rf7 26.c5 Rd8 27.cxd6 Bxd6 28.Bg5 Rdf8 29.Bh6 Nf4
30.Qb3 Rd8 31.Bxf4 Rxf4 32.Ne4 Kh8 33.Rd3 Rf7 34.Rc1 Qf5 35.a3 Rfd7 36.Ka2 Bf8
37.Rcd1 Qf7 38.d6 Qf5 39.Rd5 Rc8 40.R1d3 b5 41.Rc3 Rxc3 42.Qxc3 Qe6 43.Qd3 Qf5
44.Kb1 Kg8 45.Ka1 h6 46.Qc3 Bg7 47.Qc8+ Kh7 48.Rd3 Qf7 49.Rc3 b4 50.axb4 Qf5
51.Qe8 Rb7 52.Rc8 g5 53.Qg8+ Kg6 54.Rc7  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Degraeve,JM"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Playoff"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.b3 e6 7.Nbd2 c5 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Nc6 10.Bb2 Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.a3 dxc4 13.bxc4 Re8 14.Qe3 Bh5 15.Rfe1 Qc7
16.h3 Rad8 17.Rab1 Bd6 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Nd7 20.f4 Bg6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Ne4 Na5
23.Nd6 Nxc4 24.Nxe8 Rxe8 25.Qf2 Nc5 26.Red1 Na4 27.Ba1 Nxa3 28.Rbc1 Nc4 29.Qa7 Nab6
30.Bd4 Nd5 31.Bc5 b5 32.Qxc7 Nxc7 33.Rd7 Nd5 34.g3 Rc8 35.Bd4 a5 36.Ra7 a4
37.Kf2 Nb4 38.Ke2 Rd8 39.Bc3 Nd5 40.Ba5 Rb8 41.Be1 a3 42.Rc2 Nce3 43.Rc6 b4
44.Rca6 b3 45.Ra8 Rxa8 46.Rxa8+ Kh7 47.Rxa3 Nc2  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Playoff"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.08.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,And1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Qe7 8.Nd2 Bxc3
9.bxc3 d6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.Bd3 e5 12.e4 g5 13.Bf2 Nh5 14.Nf1 f5 15.Ne3 fxe4
16.fxe4 Nf4 17.d5 O-O-O 18.Bc2 Rdf8 19.g3 Nh3 20.Nf5 Rxf5 21.exf5 Nxf2 22.Kxf2 Ba6
23.Be4 Nc5 24.Qe2 h5 25.a4 g4 26.h4 gxh3 27.Rxh3 Qg5 28.Rh4 Kb8 29.Bc2 e4
30.Bxe4 Re8 31.Re1 Nxa4 32.Qxh5 Qe7 33.Qf3 Qf6 34.Bc2 Rxe1 35.Kxe1 Nxc3 36.Qe3 Na2
37.Kf2 Nb4 38.Qb3 Nxc2 39.Qxc2 Bc8 40.Rf4 a5 41.Kg2 Bd7 42.Rf3 a4 43.Qc3 Qh6
44.f6 Bg4 45.Rf2 Qh7 46.f7 Qe4+ 47.Kg1  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Playoff"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.b4 O-O 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.Rac1 b6 14.a4 Bb7 15.Rfd1 Rab8
16.e4 Rfd8 17.b5 c5 18.d5 Nf8 19.a5 g5 20.h3 Kh8 21.a6 Ba8 22.Ne2 exd5 23.exd5 Ng6
24.Ng3 Nf4 25.Re1 Qf6 26.Rcd1 Re8 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.d6 Rd8 29.d7 Nxh3+ 30.gxh3 Bxf3
31.Re1 Bf8 32.Re8 g4 33.Nh5 Qa1+ 34.Bf1  1-0

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Papa,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O O-O 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Nd7 13.h4 Qc7 14.g5 b4 15.Na4 Bb7
16.b3 d5 17.g6 fxg6 18.Bh3 e5 19.Be3 d4 20.h5 Qc6 21.hxg6 Rxf3 22.Bxd7 Qxd7
23.Rxh7 Qe6 24.Rg1 Bxe4 25.Qh2 Bxg6 26.Rh8+ Kf7 27.Rxa8 dxe3 28.Qh8 Qc6 29.Qg8+ Kf6
30.Rf8+ Bxf8 31.Qxf8+ Bf7 32.Qxg7+ Ke6 33.Qh6+ Rf6 34.Qxe3 Bg6 35.Nc5+ Kf7
36.Qxe5 Rf5 37.Nd3 Qb6 38.Qg3 a5 39.Nf4  1-0

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Papa,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nc4 f6 10.Nh4 Nc5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Qd5 13.Qg4 Rfe8 14.Re1 Rad8 15.Nd2 Qf7
16.Qf3 Rd4 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.dxe4 Qc4 19.Qb3 Red8 20.g3 Qxb3 21.axb3 c5 22.c3 R4d6
23.Be3 Rb6 24.b4 Rc6 25.bxc5 Bxc5 26.Bxc5 Rxc5 27.Red1 Rd6 28.Rxd6 cxd6 29.Rd1 Rb5
30.b4 Rb6 31.Kf1 Rc6 32.Rc1 g6 33.g4 Kf7 34.Ke2 gxf5 35.gxf5 Rc8 36.Rd1 Rxc3
37.Rxd6 b5 38.Rxa6 Rc4 39.Ra7+ Kg8 40.Kf3 Rxb4 41.Ra8+ Kg7 42.Ra7+ Kg8 43.Ra8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 Nd7 13.Bxe4 fxe4 14.Qxe4 Qf6 15.Qxe6+ Qxe6
16.dxe6 Nc5 17.O-O O-O-O 18.Nd4 Rde8 19.f3 Ba6 20.Nb5 Rxe6 21.e4 Kb8 22.Rab1 h5
23.Rfe1 g4 24.e5 h4 25.Bf2 Nd3 26.exd6 Nxe1 27.Nxc7 Re2 28.Nxa6+ Kb7 29.Rxe1 Rxe1+
30.Bxe1 Kxa6 31.d7 Rd8 32.Bxh4 Rxd7 33.fxg4 Kb7 34.Bf6 Rd1+ 35.Kf2 Kc6 36.h4 Kd7
37.h5 Ke6 38.Bd4 Rh1 39.Kg3 Kf7 40.c5 bxc5 41.Bxc5 a6 42.Bd4 Kg8 43.a3 Kh7
44.Kf3 Ra1 45.g5 Rxa3 46.g4 Rb3 47.g6+ Kh6 48.Be5  1-0

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6
16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Bd7 22.Qd1 Rc8
23.Re3 Be6 24.Bb3 Re7 25.Rg3 Rec7 26.Rc1 Qh4 27.Bd5 Bxd5 28.Qxd5 Rc4 29.Rf3 R8c7
30.Ng3 Qe7 31.Qd2 Qe6 32.Rc2 a5 33.a3 axb4 34.axb4 g6 35.Qd3 h5 36.Nf1 Bh6
37.Nd2 Bxd2 38.Rxd2 R7c6 39.Rd1 Ra6 40.Qe2 Qe7 41.Rd5 Rac6 42.Qd2 Rxe4 43.Rxb5 Kg7
44.Ra5 Rec4 45.b5 R6c5 46.Qa2 e4 47.Ra7 Rc7 48.Rxc7 Rxc7 49.Re3 Qe5 50.b6 Rb7
51.Qa6 Qd5 52.Re1 Rb8 53.Rb1 Qd3 54.Qxd3 exd3 55.Kf1 Kf6 56.Ke1 Ke6 57.Kd2 Kd5
58.Rb4 Kc5 59.Rf4 f5 60.Rb4 Rxb6 61.Rxb6 Kxb6 62.h4 Kc5 63.Kxd3 Kd5 64.c4+ Ke5
65.Kc3 d5 66.cxd5 Kxd5 67.Kd3 Ke5 68.Ke3 f4+ 69.Kd3 Kd5 70.f3 Ke5 71.Kc4 g5
72.hxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nd7 10.O-O Qc7 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.Bd3 b6 13.Qe2 h6 14.Bd2 e6 15.e5 Nd5 16.c4 Ne7
17.Be4 Bb7 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.dxc5 Rfc8 20.cxb6 axb6 21.Bb4 Nf5 22.a3 Bf8 23.Rfd1 Bc5
24.Rd3 Kg7 25.Nd2 Bxb4 26.Rxb4 Qe7 27.Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nb4
9.Be3 Nd5 10.Qd3 O-O 11.O-O-O Nxe3 12.Qxe3 Bc5 13.Qf4 Bd6 14.Qd2 Bb4 15.Bc4 Nd7
16.a3 Ba5 17.Rhe1 Nb6 18.Ba2 c5 19.Ndb5 Qf6 20.Nc7 Bg4 21.Nxa8 Na4 22.Nc7 Nxc3
23.bxc3 Bxc7 24.f3 Bc8 25.Qe3 Ba5 26.Qxc5 Bb6 27.Qe7 Qxf3 28.Bd5 Qh5 29.Re5 Qh6+
30.Kb1 g6 31.Rf1 Bf5 32.g4 Bd8 33.Qd6 Qh3 34.Rf3 Qxg4 35.Rexf5  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sikora Lerch,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Re1 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Ne8 14.a4 a6 15.Rad1 f6
16.Rb1 Ne5 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.b4 Nd6 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Nd2 f5 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 Qd6
23.a5 Rab8 24.Na4 fxe4 25.Rb6 Rxb6 26.axb6 e3 27.Rxe3 e4 28.Qxe4 Bd4 29.Qe6+ Qxe6
30.Rxe6 Rxf2 31.Kh2 Rf7 32.h4 Rb7 33.Rc6 c4 34.d6 Rd7 35.g3 Be5 36.Rc8+ Kg7
37.Rc7  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Joachim,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Bc2 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 exd4 15.cxd4 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Rb1 c5 18.Rd1 d5 19.Bg5 dxe4 20.Bxe4 Re8 21.Bd3 h6 22.Bxf6 Qxf6
23.Qxf6 Bxf6 24.b3 Bd4 25.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mochalov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nge7
9.c4 Nd4 10.Be3 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Be7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.O-O Bd7 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.Bxd4 exd4
16.Nc2 Qb6 17.h3 Bf6 18.f4 Rfe8 19.Kh2 g6 20.Ne1 Bg7 21.Nf3 b4 22.Rfe1 a5
23.Rad1 a4 24.Bb1 Rc4 25.e5 b3 26.axb3 axb3 27.e6 fxe6 28.dxe6 Rxe6 29.Ng5 Rxe1
30.Qxe1 Bf6 31.Qe4 Bxg5 32.Qd5+ Kg7 33.Qxg5 Be8 34.f5 d5 35.Rf1 Qd6+ 36.Kg1 Rc7
37.f6+ Kg8 38.Qh4 Bf7 39.Bd3 Rc6 40.Qxd4 Qc5 41.Qxc5 Rxc5 42.Ra1 Be8 43.Ra7 Rc6
44.Rg7+ Kf8 45.Rxh7 Rxf6 46.Rb7 Ba4 47.Rb4 Bd7 48.Rxb3 Ke7 49.Rb7 Kd8 50.Ra7 Rb6
51.Ra6 Rxb2 52.Rxg6 Ke7 53.Rg7+ Kd6 54.h4 Rd2 55.Bf1 Bf5 56.h5 Ke5 57.h6 Kf6
58.g4 Be4 59.g5+ Ke5 60.Re7+ Kf5 61.Rxe4  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Socko,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bh4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.e3 e5 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nb5 Rd8 12.Be2 d6 13.O-O Bxc3 14.Nxc3 Be6 15.Qb3 Rd7
16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.Rd2 Qg6 18.Rcd1 e4 19.Qc2 Bf5 20.Kh1 Ne5 21.Rd5 Rc8 22.Qa4 Qf6
23.Kg1 a6 24.R1d4 Nc6 25.Rd2 Ne5 26.Qd1 Rcd8 27.Na4 Be6 28.Rxd6 Rxd6 29.Rxd6 Rxd6
30.Qxd6 Bxc4 31.Qb8+ Kh7 32.Bxc4 Nxc4 33.Qxb7 Qe5 34.Qxf7 Nxb2 35.Nxb2 Qxb2
36.g4 Qe2 37.h3 Qd3 38.Kg2 Qa3 39.Kg3 Qd6+ 40.Qf4 Qc6 41.Qe5 Qc4 42.a3 Qc2
43.Qe6 Qa4 44.Qf5+ Kh8 45.Qf8+ Kh7 46.Kf4 Qc2 47.Kg3 Qc7+ 48.Kg2 Qc6 49.h4 Qc4
50.Qf5+ g6 51.Qd7+ Kg8 52.Qe7 Qd5 53.Qf6 Kh7 54.Qxa6 Qf7 55.Qe2 Qb3 56.Qd2 Qf7
57.Qd1 Qe7 58.Qd5  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Timofeev,Ar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6 4.b3 Nf6 5.Bb2 a5 6.Bg2 a4 7.O-O Nbd7 8.d4 axb3
9.axb3 Rxa1 10.Bxa1 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Qc2 b6 13.e4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Bb7
16.Rd1 Qc7 17.Qe3 Ra8 18.Bc3 Ra3 19.Nd2 Nf6 20.Bb2 Ra2 21.Qc3 Qc8 22.Ra1 Rxa1+
23.Bxa1 Qa8 24.Bb2 c5 25.Bxb7 Qxb7 26.Qf3 Qxf3 27.Nxf3 Nd7 28.Kf1 f5 29.Ne5 Nxe5
30.dxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 g6 8.h4 Nxf4
9.exf4 Bg7 10.h5 b6 11.cxb6 Qxb6 12.Qd2 Rb8 13.b3 c5 14.Nxd5 Qe6+ 15.Ne3 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Qe4 17.Rd1 Rb6 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Rxh8+ Bxh8 20.Qc2 Qxc2 21.Ndxc2 Bc3+
22.Ke2 Nf6 23.Rd3 Ba5 24.Nc4 Re6+ 25.Kd1 Bc7 26.Nd4 Re4 27.f3 Rxf4 28.g3 Rxd4
29.Rxd4 Bxg3 30.Nd2 Bf2 31.Ra4 Nd5 32.Ne4 Bb6 33.Bxa6 Bd7 34.Ra3 f5 35.Nd2 Bc5
36.Ra5 Nc3+ 37.Kc2 Bb4 38.Re5 Bd6 39.Re1 Nxa2 40.Bc4 Nb4+ 41.Kc3 Nc6 42.Bb5 g5
43.Ba4 Kd8 44.Rg1 Bf4 45.Nc4 Kc7 46.b4 Nd4 47.Kxd4 Bxa4 48.Ne5 Kd6 49.Nf7+ Kc6
50.Nxg5 e5+ 51.Kc3 Be3 52.Rg2 Kb6 53.Ne6 Bc6 54.Rg6 Ka7 55.Rf6 f4 56.Ng5 Bb5
57.Rf5 Bd4+ 58.Kd2 Bc6 59.Ne6 Be3+ 60.Ke2 Bb5+ 61.Ke1 Bc6 62.Ng5 Bd4 63.Ne6 Bc3+
64.Kf2 Kb6 65.Ng5 Bd7 66.Rf7 Bc6 67.Re7 Bd5 68.Nf7 Bxb4 69.Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O O-O 10.d5 Qa6 11.Re1 Ne4 12.Qc2 f5 13.Ng5 exd5 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Nxe4 Bxe4
16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Nc6 18.Qd5+ Rf7 19.Bf4 Re8 20.e4 Na5 21.Rad1 Qc4 22.Qxc4 Nxc4
23.Rd5 h6 24.h4 Re6 25.f3 Kf8 26.Kf2 Ke8 27.Red1 a5 28.Ke2 Kd8 29.Rb1 a4
30.h5 Na3 31.Rb2 Nc4 32.Rb1 Na3 33.Rb2 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Be6 10.c5 Nc6 11.Bb5 Bf6 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Ne5 Qb8 15.Qc1 Bxe5
16.Bxe5 f6 17.Bf4 Ng5 18.b3 h6 19.h4 Nf7 20.Qe1 Qc8 21.Qa5 g5 22.hxg5 hxg5
23.Bxc7 Kg7 24.Nd2 Rh8 25.Rae1 Nh6 26.Nf3 Qd7 27.Bd6 Nf5 28.Qc7 Qxc7 29.Bxc7 Rae8
30.g4 Nh6 31.Nh2 Nxg4 32.Rxe6 Nxh2 33.Rxe8 Nf3+ 34.Kg2 Nh4+ 35.Kh3 Rxe8 36.f4 Re3+
37.Kg4 Re4 38.Kh3 Re3+ 39.Kg4 Re4 40.Kh3 Ng6 41.fxg5 fxg5 42.Rf5 g4+ 43.Kg3 Rxd4
44.Be5+ Nxe5 45.Rxe5 Kf6 46.Rh5 a5 47.Rh6+ Kf5 48.Rxc6 Rd3+ 49.Kg2 Rc3 50.Rc8 Kf4
51.c6 Rc2+ 52.Kf1 Kf3 53.Rf8+ Kg3 54.Rc8 Rxa2 55.Rd8 Rc2 56.Rxd5 Rc1+ 57.Ke2 Rxc6
58.Rxa5 Rb6 59.Ra3 Rd6 60.b4+ Kh2 61.Ra2 g3 62.Kf3+ Kh3 63.b5 Rd3+ 64.Kf4 g2  0-1

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bf4 g5
9.h3 Nxf2 10.Kxf2 gxf4 11.Qh5 Bc5 12.Rd1 fxg3+ 13.Kg2 Bxd4 14.Rxd4 Be6 15.Ne4 Nd7
16.Bb5 dxe4 17.Bxd7+ Bxd7 18.Rhd1 Rf8 19.e6 Qf6 20.exd7+ Kd8 21.Qe2 Qf2+
22.Qxf2 gxf2 23.Rxe4 a5 24.Kxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.h3 a6 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.Rac1 Qa5
16.Nd2 b5 17.Nb3 Qb6 18.axb5 cxb5 19.e5 Nd5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.e6 Nf6
23.exf7+ Bxf7 24.Be5 Qe6 25.Qe3 Nd7 26.Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.Nxc1 Bc5 28.dxc5 Qxe5
29.b4 Qxe3 30.fxe3 Kf8 31.Bf5 Nb8 32.Nb3 g6 33.Bc8 Ke7 34.Na5 Kd8 35.Bb7 Kd7
36.Kf2 Ke6 37.Nc6 Nxc6 38.Bxc6 Ke5 39.Bb7 Be8 40.Ke2 g5 41.Bxa6 Bc6 42.Kd3 h5
43.Bc8 h4 44.Bg4 Be8 45.Bc8 Bg6+ 46.Ke2 Bh5+ 47.Kf2 Be8 48.Bb7 Bg6 49.Bc6 Bd3
50.Bd7 Kf6 51.Bg4 Ke5 52.Be2 Bc4 53.Ke1 Ke6 54.Kd2 Ke5 55.Bf3 Bf1 56.c6 Kd6
57.Bxd5  1-0

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 a6 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 e6
9.Qb3 Na5 10.Qa4+ Nc6 11.Rc1 Be7 12.Ng3 Bh5 13.Nxh5 Nxh5 14.Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "D56"]

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.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Be2 Rc8 14.Rac1 Nd7 15.Rfd1 c5
16.dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "KO Blitz"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nde2 O-O 7.g3 Re8 8.Bg2 c6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.a4 a5 11.h3 Bf8 12.g4 Nc5 13.Ng3 Qb6 14.Be3 Nfd7 15.b3 g6 16.Bd4 Qc7
17.Qd2 Ne6 18.Be3 Nec5 19.Rfe1 b6 20.Rad1 Ba6 21.Bf4 Ne5 22.Bg5 Ned7 23.Nce2 b5
24.axb5 Bxb5 25.Nd4 Ba6 26.Bh6 Rad8 27.Bxf8 Nxf8 28.Ra1 Nb7 29.c4 Ne6 30.Nxe6 Rxe6
31.Qc3 Rb8 32.Ne2 Ree8 33.Nd4 Qb6 34.Re3 Ra8 35.h4 Nc5 36.h5 Bb7 37.h6 f6
38.Nc2 Rf8 39.g5 a4 40.b4 Ne6 41.gxf6 Qd8 42.Rd1 Rxf6 43.e5 Rf4 44.exd6 Qf6
45.Qxf6 Rxf6 46.b5 Nf4 47.bxc6 Nxg2 48.cxb7  1-0

[Event "KO Rapid"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Bc4
16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5 18.Be3 Be2 19.Re1 Nc4 20.Qc5 Rfd8 21.e5 Nb2 22.Qxc6 Nd3
23.Qxa8 Rxa8 24.Bxa8 Nxe1 25.Rxe1 a5 26.Rb1 h6 27.Rb8+ Kh7 28.Be4+ g6 29.Rb7 Kg7
30.Kg2 Ba6 31.Ra7 Qe2 32.h4 a4 33.a3 Bb5 34.Ra5 Qc4 35.Bd4 Qb3 36.Bc5 Bc4
37.Be7 Qd1 38.Bf6+ Kh7 39.Ra8 Qf1+ 40.Kh2 Qxf2+ 41.Bg2 Qxg2+ 42.Kxg2 Bd5+
43.Kf2 Bxa8 44.Ke3 Bd5 45.Kd4 g5 46.c4 Bg2 47.h5 Bf3 48.c5 Kg8 49.Kc4 Kf8
50.Kb5 Bxh5 51.c6 Ke8 52.Kb6 Bf3 53.Kc7 g4 54.Kd6 h5 55.Bg5 Bg2 56.Kc5 Bf3
57.Kb5 Be4 58.Bf6 Bf3 59.Kc5 Bg2 60.Kd6 Bf3 61.c7 Bb7 62.Bd8 Bc8 63.Kc6 Ba6
64.Bf6 Bc8 65.Bg5 Ba6 66.Be3 Bc8 67.Bc5 Ba6 68.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "KO Rapid"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.a3 Qd7 15.Bc2 Rad8
16.d5 Ne7 17.b3 Ng6 18.Nf1 c6 19.c4 Nh5 20.Ng3 Nxg3 21.fxg3 Rc8 22.Be3 Be7
23.Qd2 Nf8 24.Rec1 Qd8 25.a4 bxc4 26.bxc4 Nd7 27.a5 Ba8 28.Rab1 Rb8 29.Ba4 Qc7
30.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "KO Blitz"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Qa4+ Qd7 10.Qb3 c5 11.Rd1 c4 12.Qc2 O-O 13.g3 Re8 14.Bg2 Na6 15.O-O Nc7
16.Rfe1 Rad8 17.h4 h5 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Rxe4 21.Qxe4 Re8 22.Qb7 Re7
23.Qxa7 Qb5 24.d5 Na6 25.Qa8+ Re8 26.Qb7 Nc5 27.Qc7 Re7 28.Qc8+ Re8 29.Qf5 Qxb2
30.d6 c3 31.d7 Rd8 32.Re1 Nxd7 33.Ng5 Bxg5 34.hxg5 g6 35.Qe4 c2 36.Qe7 Rf8
37.Qe3 Nc5 38.Bd5 Kg7 39.Kg2 Nd3 40.Qxd3 c1=Q 41.Rxc1 Qxc1 42.Qd4+ Kh7 43.Qf6 Qc7
44.f4 Qd8 45.Qe5 Re8 46.Qd4 Qd7 47.Qc4 Rc8 48.Qb3 Rc7 49.Be4 Qe6 50.Qd3 Re7
51.Bf3 Rd7 52.Qc3 Qd6 53.Kh3 Qe6+ 54.Kh2 Qd6 55.Qc4 Rc7 56.Qe4 Re7 57.Qc2 Rc7
58.Qb3 Kg8 59.f5 Qd2+ 60.Bg2 Rc2 61.Qf3 gxf5 62.g6 Qxg2+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Hofheim GER"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.cxd5 Nd7 10.Ng5 Nb6 11.a4 c6 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.d5 c5 14.Ra2 Rb8 15.b3 Bd7
16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 Na8 18.e4 Nc7 19.Re2 Rb4 20.Bd2 Rd4 21.Qc2 f4 22.Bh3 Be5
23.Bc3 Na6 24.Bxd4 Bxd4 25.e5 Nb4 26.Qe4 f3 27.Rd2 d5 28.Qh4 Bc3 29.Rdd1 Bxe5
30.Qg5 Bd4 31.Bg4 a5 32.h4 Kg7 33.Rxd4 cxd4 34.Qe5+ Rf6 35.Qxd4 Qc6 36.Qa7 Qd6
37.Rc1 Rf8 38.Rc7 Kf6 39.Rd7 Qe5 40.Rxe7 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Nd3 42.Rf7+ Rxf7 43.exf7 Kg7
44.Bxf3 Nxf2 45.Qd4+ Kxf7 46.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Hofheim GER"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Savchenko,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Rc1 Na6 9.Be2 Nb4
10.O-O O-O 11.Qb3 b6 12.Na2 c5 13.Rfd1 Bb7 14.Nxb4 axb4 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6
17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Bc4 Qa5 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Rxd5 Qxa4 21.Qxa4 Rxa4 22.b3 Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Belezky,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.d3 Nd7 5.Nbd2 Ngf6 6.O-O e5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Bc5
9.c3 O-O 10.Qc2 h6 11.b4 Bb6 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Ne3 Be6 15.Nh4 g6 16.a3 Rfd8
17.c4 Nf8 18.Bb2 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Rxd8 Qxd8 21.Nf3 N8d7 22.c5 Nh7 23.Nc4 f6
24.h4 Qe7 25.Bc1 g5 26.Be3 Nhf8 27.a4 Bf7 28.Qd3 Qe6 29.Nd6 Bxd6 30.cxd6 b6
31.a5 Qc4 32.Qxc4 Bxc4 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Nd2 Bb5 35.f4 gxf4 36.gxf4 Kf7 37.Kf2 Ke6
38.Nb1 Kxd6 39.Nc3 Bc4 40.axb6 axb6 41.Na4 Kc7 42.f5 Bb3 43.Nc3 Nb8 44.Kg3 Nfd7
45.Kh4 Bf7 46.Bf1 b5 47.Be2 Na6 48.Bh5 Bxh5 49.Kxh5 Nxb4 50.Kg6 Nd3 51.Bh6 b4
52.Nb1 N3c5 53.Nd2 b3 54.Bg7 b2 55.Bxf6 Nxf6 56.Kxf6 Nxe4+  0-1

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Belezky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 c6 7.e4 Qa5 8.h3 e5 9.Be3 Na6
10.a3 Qc7 11.Re1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Bd7 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Be3 Nf6 15.g4 Nc5 16.Nde2 Rae8
17.Ng3 Bc8 18.Bd4 Ne6 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Qd2 Rd8 21.Rad1 b5 22.Bf4 Ne8 23.Bg5 Nf6
24.Bf4 Ne8 25.Bg5 Nf6 26.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Belezky,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Qc2 d6 10.Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 f5 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Nd4 O-O 15.Nxf5 Qe8
16.Nxh6+ Kg7 17.Ng4 Nd7 18.c4 Bc6 19.Qb2+ Ndf6 20.Nxf6 Nxf6 21.h4 Qh5 22.Be2 g4
23.Bf4 Rae8 24.Bg5 Re5 25.O-O-O Kg8 26.f3 Qg6 27.Bd3 Qf7 28.Rhf1 g3 29.Bf4 Rh5
30.Bxg3 b5 31.cxb5 Rb8 32.Bf4 Rc5+ 33.Kd2 Bxb5 34.a4 Qd5 35.axb5 Rcxb5 36.Qc3 Rb2+
37.Ke1 R8b3 38.Qc4 Rxd3 39.Qxd3 Qxd3 40.Rxd3 Rb1+ 41.Ke2 Rd1 42.Rfxd1  1-0

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rabiega,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Nf6 6.c3 O-O 7.a4 Kh8 8.h3 Ng8
9.d4 f5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8 Raxd8 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Bb5 Na5 15.b4 Nb3
16.Ra3 a6 17.Be2 Na5 18.Nxe5 Bd6 19.Nc4 Nxc4 20.Bxc4 a5 21.Rb3 axb4 22.cxb4 Bc2
23.Rb2 Bxa4 24.Nc3 Bd7 25.Bc5 Bxc5 26.bxc5 Bc6 27.Bb5 Rd4 28.Bxc6 bxc6 29.Rb7 Rc4
30.Nd1 Nd5 31.Ne3 Rxc5 32.Re1 h6 33.Nxd5 cxd5 34.Re7 Rc8 35.Rd7 Kh7 36.g4 Kg6
37.Kg2 Kf6 38.h4 g5 39.h5 Ke5 40.Kg3 Rc6 41.Rb2 Rd6 42.Re2+ Kd4 43.Rxd6 cxd6
44.Re6 Rh8 45.Rxd6 Kc4 46.f4 gxf4+ 47.Kxf4 d4 48.g5 hxg5+ 49.Kxg5 d3 50.h6 Kc3
51.Kg6 d2 52.Kg7 Rxh6 53.Kxh6 Kc2 54.Kg5 d1=Q 55.Rxd1 Kxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rabiega,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.Nbd2 Be6 8.a4 a6
9.c3 Qd7 10.Nf1 Bxc4 11.dxc4 Nd8 12.Ng3 Ne6 13.Nf5 g6 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.a5 Nh5
16.Bh6 Nhg7 17.Qd5 Rab8 18.Rad1 Kh8 19.b4 Rfd8 20.h3 f6 21.Be3 Nh5 22.g3 Nhg7
23.Qd2 f5 24.exf5 Nxf5 25.Bg5 Nxg5 26.Nxg5 Rf8 27.Ne4 Rbd8 28.Qe2 Ng7 29.Rd5 c6
30.Rd2 d5 31.Nc5 e4 32.cxd5 cxd5 33.Red1 Nf5 34.Rxd5 Rxd5 35.Rxd5 e3 36.Rd7 Qe5
37.Rd3 Qe7 38.g4 exf2+ 39.Qxf2 Nh4 40.Qd4+ Kg8 41.Qd5+ Kh8 42.Qe6 Qg5 43.Qe3 Nf3+
44.Kh1 Qh4 45.Qxf3 Rxf3 46.Rxf3 Qe1+ 47.Kg2 Qe2+ 48.Kg3 Qe5+ 49.Kf2 Qd5 50.Re3 Kg7
51.Ne4 Qa2+ 52.Kf3 Qd5 53.g5 h6 54.h4 Qf5+ 55.Kg3 Qe5+ 56.Kf3 Qf5+ 57.Ke2 Qg4+
58.Kd3 Qxh4 59.gxh6+ Kxh6 60.Nd6 Qd8 61.Re6 Qd7 62.Rf6 Kg5  0-1

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rabiega,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nf3 Nbd7
9.O-O Re8 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.h3 Be6 12.Rab1 Rc8 13.b4 N6d7 14.Bf4 Nb6 15.Rfd1 Ng6
16.Bg3 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.a4 a6 19.Qb2 Re7 20.Rbc1 Rce8 21.b5 cxb5 22.axb5 a5
23.Ra1 Ra8 24.Qa3 Qxa3 25.Rxa3 Rc7 26.Rda1 Rac8 27.Ne2 a4 28.Kf1 Ne7 29.g4 h5
30.Nh2 hxg4 31.hxg4 f6 32.f3 Bf7 33.f4 Be8 34.Kf2 Bd7 35.f5 Kf7 36.Nf3 g6
37.fxg6+ Nxg6 38.g5 Bg4 39.gxf6 Bxf3 40.Kxf3 Kxf6 41.Rg1 Rg7 42.Kf2 Rh8 43.Rf1 Ke7
44.Rg1 Kf6 45.Rg2 Rh1 46.Ng3 Rh3 47.Ne2 Nh4 48.Rxg7 Kxg7 49.Nf4 Rf3+ 50.Ke2 Rg3
51.Nh5+  1-0

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rabiega,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rab1 a5 12.a3 Re8 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Ne4 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Qc2 Nb6 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nd2 Qe6 19.b5 Ra2 20.Rb2 Rxb2 21.Qxb2 Nd5 22.bxc6 bxc6
23.Rc1 h5 24.h3 Rc8 25.Qb7 Rc7 26.Qb1 f5 27.Nc4 f4 28.exf4 Nxf4 29.Re1 Qg6
30.Qxe4 Nxh3+ 31.Kf1 Qxe4 32.Rxe4 Ng5 33.Re5 Nf7 34.Rxh5 Rd7 35.Rh4 c5 36.dxc5 Rd5
37.Re4 Rxc5 38.Ne3 Re5 39.Ra4 g6 40.Ke2 Kg7 41.Ra7 Kf8 42.Kf3 Nd6 43.Kf4 Re4+
44.Kg5 Re6 45.Kf4 Re4+ 46.Kf3 Re6 47.g3 Nb5 48.Ra8+ Kg7 49.Rd8 Rd6 50.Rb8 Nd4+
51.Kg2 Rd7 52.Rb6 Re7 53.Rd6 Nf5 54.Nxf5+ gxf5 55.Kh3 Re4 56.f4 Re3 57.Kh4 Ra3
58.Rb6 Kf7 59.Kg5 Rxg3+ 60.Kxf5 Ra3 61.Rb7+ Kf8 62.Kg5 Ra5+ 63.f5 Ra6 64.Rc7 Rb6
65.Rh7 Ra6 66.Rb7 Rc6 67.Kf4 Ra6 68.Ke5 Ra5+ 69.Kf6 Ra6+ 70.Kg5 Rc6 71.Rd7 Ra6
72.Rc7 Rb6 73.Kf4 Rb4+ 74.Kg5 Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Panarin,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 b5 10.Bxb5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Qa5+ 12.Nfd2 Qxb5 13.Nxd6 Qa6 14.N2c4 Rd8 15.Bf4 Nd7
16.O-O Nb6 17.Nxb6 Qxb6 18.Nxc8 Raxc8 19.Rb1 c4 20.d6 Qb5 21.Qd2 Be5 22.Bxe5 Qxe5
23.d7 Rc7 24.Rbe1 Qb5 25.Re8+ Rxe8 26.d8=Q  1-0

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Panarin,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4 b5 8.cxd5 d6
9.O-O g6 10.a4 b4 11.e4 Bg7 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nd2 a5 14.Qc2 Nbd7 15.Nhf3 Nb6
16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 Ba6 18.Qc2 Nd7 19.Bf4 Qb6 20.e5 dxe5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Rae8
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.b3 Qd6 25.h4 h6 26.Rac1 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Rc8 28.Qb2+ Qf6 29.Qxf6+ Kxf6
30.d6 c4 31.Bf1 Rd8 32.Rd1 Ke6 33.bxc4 Rxd6 34.Re1+ Kd7 35.c5 Rc6 36.Bh3+ f5
37.h5 Rxc5 38.hxg6 b3 39.g7 Bc4 40.Rc1 b2 41.Rb1 Bd5 42.Rxb2 Rc1+ 43.Bf1 Bc4
44.Rc2 Rxf1+ 45.Kg2 Rb1 46.Rxc4 Rb8 47.Rc5 Ke6 48.Rxa5 Kf6 49.Ra7 Kg6 50.a5 Kh7
51.Rf7 Rb5 52.a6 Kg8 53.a7 Kxf7 54.a8=Q Kxg7 55.Qa7+ Kg8 56.Qa2+ Kg7 57.Qa7+ Kg8
58.Qd7 Re5 59.Qd6 Re4 60.Qg6+ Kh8 61.Qxh6+ Kg8 62.Qg6+ Kh8 63.Qxf5 Re7 64.Qf6+ Rg7
65.Qxg7+  1-0

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Panarin,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Rd1+ Ke8 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.h3 Ng6 12.b3 Bf5 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.f4 Bc5 15.Be3 Bxd4
16.Rxd4 h5 17.Na4 b6 18.Rd2 Be6 19.c4 Ne7 20.Bf2 h4 21.Rad1 Nf5 22.Nc3 f6
23.Re1 Kf7 24.Ne4 Rad8 25.Red1 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Re8 27.exf6 gxf6 28.Nc3 Bc8 29.Rd3 Kg6
30.Kf1 Kf7 31.Ne2 c5 32.Ng1 Bb7 33.Nf3 Bxf3 34.Rxf3 Re4 35.Rd3 Ke6 36.Rd5 Rxf4
37.Ke2 a5 38.Be3 Re4 39.Rd3 Nd4+ 40.Kf2 a4 41.bxa4 Nc6 42.Rc3 f5 43.Bg5 Kf7
44.Re3 Rxc4 45.Rd3 Kg6 46.Bd8 Nxd8 47.Rxd8 Rxa4 48.Rg8+ Kf7 49.Rh8 Rxa2+
50.Kf3 Ra4 51.Rh7+ Ke6 52.Rxc7 Rb4 53.Rh7 b5 54.Rh6+ Ke5 55.Rh8 Rc4 56.Re8+ Kf6
57.Rf8+ Ke6 58.Re8+ Kf7 59.Rb8 b4 60.g4 fxg4+ 61.hxg4 h3 62.g5 Rc3+ 63.Kf2 b3
64.Kg1 c4 65.Rb6 Rc2 66.Kh1 b2 67.Rf6+ Kg7 68.Rb6 Rc1+ 69.Kh2 b1=Q 70.Rc6 Qc2+  0-1

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 b5 5.O-O Bb7 6.a4 b4 7.c4 bxc3 8.bxc3 Nbd7
9.Ba3 Bxa3 10.Nxa3 O-O 11.c4 c5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Re1 Bf8
9.Bf1 Nbd7 10.b3 Nc5 11.f3 d5 12.exd5 Rxe1 13.Qxe1 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Bb2 Bd7
16.Rd1 Qh5 17.Ne2 Bd6 18.Ng3 Qh6 19.Qd2 Bf4 20.Qc3 Be6 21.Bc4 Re8 22.Nf1 Bd6
23.Bc1 Qg6 24.Be3 b6 25.Bf2 Bf5 26.Bb5 c6 27.Bxc6 Rc8 28.Bd5 Nd3 29.Qxc8+ Bxc8
30.Rxd3 Bf5 31.Rc3 Qf6 32.Rc4 h5 33.Be4 Bxe4 34.fxe4 Qa1 35.a4 Bxh2+ 36.Kxh2 Qxf1
37.Bg3 g5 38.Be5 f6 39.Rc8+ Kf7 40.Bb8 a6 41.Rc7+ Ke8 42.Rc6 h4 43.Rxb6 g4
44.a5 h3 45.gxh3 Qf2+ 46.Kh1 gxh3  0-1

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Rfd1 h6 13.Bf4 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Qb2 Qe7
16.a3 dxc4 17.bxc4 e5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Bxf2+ 20.Kh1 Be3 21.Bxf6 Qxf6
22.Qxf6 gxf6 23.Bd5 Bxd2 24.Rxd2 Bxc4 25.Bxc4 Rxc4 26.a4 Rc5 27.a5 bxa5 28.Rda2 a6
29.Rxa5 Rxa5 30.Rxa5 Ra8 31.Kg2 Kg7 32.Kf3 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 Re8 10.Ng5 d5 11.exd5 Nd4 12.Ba2 Nxd5 13.Rxe5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Qd7 15.Bxd5 Bxd5
16.Rxe8+ Rxe8 17.Be3 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qc6+ 19.Kg1 Nxc2 20.Nc3 Nxa1 21.Qxa1 Qg6+
22.Kh1 Qxd3 23.axb5 axb5 24.Qd1 Qc4 25.Kg2 h6 26.Qd7 Re6 27.Qd8+ Kh7 28.Qd4 Rg6+
29.Kf3 Qf1 30.Bf4 Qg2+ 31.Ke3 Re6+ 32.Kd2 c6 33.Bg3 Qg1 34.Kc2 Qf1 35.Qd3+ Qxd3+
36.Kxd3 g5 37.Ne4 f5 38.Nc5 Re1 39.f4 Rc1 40.Ne6 Kg6 41.Kd2 Rc4 42.b3 Re4
43.Nc5 Re8 44.Nd3 Kf6 45.Bf2 Re4 46.Be3 g4 47.Bf2 Re8 48.Ne5 Rd8+ 49.Kc2 Ra8
50.Kb2 Ra6 51.Bd4 Ke6 52.Bf2 Kd5 53.Nf7 Ke4 54.Bg3 h5 55.Nd6+ Kf3 56.Nxf5 c5
57.Nh4+ Ke4 58.f5 b4 59.Bf2 Rc6 60.Bg3 c4 61.bxc4 Rxc4 62.Kb3 Rc6 63.Kxb4 Rf6
64.Kc4 Rc6+ 65.Kb3  1-0

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bc2 Bb7 10.Re1 Re8 11.Nf1 Bf8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Be7 14.Ne3 Nd7 15.Bg3 Bf8
16.a3 g6 17.h4 h5 18.Bb3 Be7 19.Nd5 Nc5 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.Ba2 Na4 22.Qd2 Kg7
23.Ng5 Nd8 24.f4 f6 25.Nf3 Nf7 26.Rf1 Nh6 27.Rae1 Nb6 28.Nh2 c5 29.Bf2 Rad8
30.Be3 Nf7 31.f5 Nh8 32.g4 Bc8 33.g5 Rf8 34.gxf6+ Rxf6 35.Bh6+ Kh7 36.Bg5 Rdf8
37.fxg6+ Nxg6 38.Rxf6 Rxf6 39.Bxf6 Qxf6 40.Qg5 Qxg5+ 41.hxg5 Nf4 42.Rd1 Na4
43.Rd2 Kg6 44.Bb3 Nb6 45.Kf2 Kxg5 46.d4 exd4 47.cxd4 c4 48.Bc2 Bg4 49.Ke3 c3  0-1

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bc4 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Re1 b5
9.Bf1 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Nc6 13.g3 d5 14.Bg2 Qd7 15.Bg5 Qxf5
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxd5 Rac8 18.c3 Rfd8 19.Qe4 Rd2 20.Re2 Rxe2 21.Qxe2 bxc3
22.Nxc3 Nd4 23.Qg4 Qe6 24.Qxe6 fxe6 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Kf1 Kf7 27.Be4 h6 28.h4 Bf6
29.Na4 c4 30.Rc1 Rc8 31.h5 Nb5 32.Bd3 Nd6 33.Be2 Ke7 34.Rc2 Bd4 35.Kg2 Be5
36.Nc3 Bd4 37.Nd1 Bb6 38.Nc3 Bd4 39.Bf3 Rb8 40.Be2 Bxc3 41.bxc3 Rb5 42.g4 Rb6
43.Kf3 Rb5 44.Rd2 Ra5 45.Ke3 Ra3 46.Rc2 Ra5 47.f4 e5 48.fxe5 Rxe5+ 49.Kd4 Re4+
50.Kd5 Re3 51.Kc6 Re5 52.Bf3 Re3 53.Bd5 Ne4 54.Bxc4 Rxc3 55.Rxc3 Nxc3 56.a3 a5
57.Kb6 a4 58.Ka5 Kd6 59.Kb4 Ne4 60.Kxa4 Kc5 61.Bd3 Nd2 62.Ka5 Nb3+ 63.Ka6 Kc6
64.Be4+ Kc5 65.Kb7 Nd2 66.Bd3 Kd4 67.Bf5 Kc5 68.Kc7 Nc4 69.a4 Nb2 70.Bc2 Kb4
71.Kd6 Nc4+ 72.Ke6 Ne3 73.Bf5 Kxa4 74.Kf7 Kb5 75.Kxg7 Kc6 76.Kxh6 Kd6 77.Kg7 Ke7
78.h6  1-0

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.Na3 e5
9.Nb3 d4 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.c5 Qe7 13.Rc1 Na6 14.Nb5 Be6 15.c6 bxc6
16.Rxc6 Bd7 17.Rxa6 Bxb5 18.Ra5 Rab8 19.a4 Bc4 20.Nd2 Be6 21.b3 Rfc8 22.f4 exf4
23.gxf4 Rc3 24.f5 Bxf5 25.Raxf5 gxf5 26.Rxf5 Qe3+ 27.Kh1 d3 28.exd3 Rxd3
29.Qh5 Rxd2 30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Qg6 Rd1+ 32.Bf1 Qe4+ 33.Kg1 Bd4+  0-1

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bc5 7.d3 h6 8.h4 d6
9.b4 Bd4 10.Bd2 O-O 11.e3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Qd7 13.O-O Re8 14.Bg2 d5 15.Qb3 dxc4
16.Qxc4 c6 17.a4 Qf5 18.e4 Qg6 19.b5 Bd7 20.Rfe1 Rac8 21.Qb3 cxb5 22.axb5 Bxb5
23.Qxb5 Rxc3 24.Rxa7 Rc2 25.Rxb7 Qh5 26.Qb3 Rd2 27.Bf3 Qg6 28.Rd1 Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 Rd8
30.Qb3 Ne8 31.h5 Qf6 32.Kg2 Nd6 33.Rc7 Ne8 34.Ra7 Nd6 35.Bg4 Qg5 36.Bf3 Kh7
37.d4 exd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Qd2 Be7 7.Bxe7 Ngxe7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.h3 Kh8 10.O-O-O f5 11.e5 dxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Rxd8+ Nxd8 14.Nxe5 Be6 15.Bc4 Bxc4
16.Nxc4 Ndc6 17.Re1 Kg8 18.Na5 Rb8 19.Nxc6 Nxc6 20.Nd5 Kf7 21.Nxc7 Nb4 22.Rd1 Nxa2+
23.Kb1 Nb4 24.Rd7+ Kf6 25.c3 Nc6 26.Nxa6 Ra8 27.Nc5 Ne5 28.Rxb7 Rd8 29.Kc2 Nc4
30.b3 Rd2+ 31.Kc1 Rxf2 32.bxc4 Rxg2 33.Nd3 Rg3 34.Kd2 Rxh3 35.c5 Rh2+ 36.Ke3 Ke6
37.Nf4+ Ke5 38.c6 Kd6 39.c7 Kd7 40.Nd5 Rh4 41.Nb6+  1-0

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bc5 7.d3 h6 8.h4 c6
9.g4 d5 10.g5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Qb6 12.O-O Bh3 13.Na4 Qa5 14.Nxc5 Qxc5 15.cxd5 Bxf1
16.dxc6 Bh3 17.cxb7 Rb8 18.Rc1 Qa5 19.Bd2 Qa6 20.Rc6 Qxb7 21.Rxf6 Qe7 22.Ra6 Qxh4
23.Qa4+ Qxa4 24.Rxa4 Rb6 25.Bg4 Bxg4 26.Rxg4 Rxb2 27.Bc3 Rxe2 28.Rxg7 Rh3
29.Rg8+ Kd7 30.Kf1 Rxa2 31.Bxe5 Rxd3 32.Bf6 Ke6 33.Bg5 a5 34.Be3 a4 35.Re8+ Kf6
36.Ra8 a3 37.Ra6+ Kf5 38.Bc5 Ke4 39.Kg2 Kd5 40.Be7 Rdd2 41.Bh4 Kc4 42.Rc6+ Kb3
43.Rc8 Rab2 44.Bf6 Rxf2+  0-1

[Event "ch-Europe Internet Blitz"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Qd2 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.O-O-O Bg4 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Ne5 12.Re1 O-O-O 13.Nd4 Qf6 14.Re3 Rde8 15.Rb3 Nd7
16.f3 Bh5 17.g3 Nb6 18.a4 Nxa4 19.Nc6 Bg6 20.Na7+ Kd7 21.Bh3+ Bf5 22.g4 Nc5
23.Ra3 Qh4 24.b4 Nd3+ 25.cxd3 Qxh3 26.gxf5 Qxf3 27.Rd1 Re2 28.Qc3 Qxd5 29.Ra5 Qg2
30.Kb1 c6 31.Qd4 Rhe8 32.Qb6 Rb8 33.Qd4 g6 34.Rc1 Qf2 35.Qg7 Qxa7 36.fxg6 hxg6
37.Qxf7+ Re7 38.Qxg6 Qd4 39.Qf5+ Kc7 40.Ra4 Rbe8 41.Qa5+ Kb8 42.Ra3 Re5 43.b5 Rxb5+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremer GER"]
[Date "2003.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Jussupow,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 Rf7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qd1 Nbc6 13.Nf3 Qa5 14.Bd2 c4 15.Be2 Bd7
16.O-O Kg7 17.Qc1 Ng8 18.Bf4 Raf8 19.Be5+ Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Qxc3 21.Nxf7 Rxf7
22.Rb1 b6 23.Qb2 Qxb2 24.Rxb2 Nf6 25.Bf3 Ne8 26.c3 Nc7 27.Rc1 Kf6 28.Re2 Nb5
29.a4 Nc7 30.Ra1 Ke7 31.h4 Rf4 32.h5 g5 33.Re3 h6 34.g3 Rf8 35.Bd1 Ne8 36.Bc2 Nf6
37.Kg2 Kd6 38.Rf1 Be8 39.Bd1 Rg8 40.g4 Bd7 41.f4 Ke7 42.fxg5 Rxg5 43.Re5 Nh7
44.Rxg5 Nxg5 45.Kg3 Bc6 46.Bc2 Bd7 47.Kf4 Kf6 48.Ke3+ Ke7 49.a5 b5 50.Bg6 Bc6
51.Kd2 Bd7 52.Rf4 Bc6 53.Kc2 Bb7 54.Kb2 b4 55.cxb4 Bc6 56.Kc3 Bb5 57.Rf1 e5
58.dxe5 Ne6 59.Rd1 Nf4 60.Kd4 Ne2+ 61.Kc5 Ba4 62.Rxd5 c3 63.b5 Nf4 64.Kb4 Nxd5+
65.Kxa4 Ke6 66.g5 Kxe5 67.gxh6 Kf6 68.Kb3 Nc7 69.Bd3 Kf7 70.Bc4+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremer GER"]
[Date "2003.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Johannessen,LE"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.f4 e6 10.c5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bg2 f5 13.f3 exf3 14.Bxf3 Rc8 15.Qe2 Nf6
16.Bd2 Qd7 17.a4 Be7 18.Kd1 O-O 19.Kc2 Nd5 20.Ra2 Kh8 21.h4 g6 22.Qf2 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2003.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hracek,Z"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Qc8 12.Bc4 Re8 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ne3 Bf8 15.b3 g6 16.Bb2 Bg7
17.Qd2 Rb8 18.h3 Nd8 19.Nh2 Bxc4 20.bxc4 Ne6 21.Nhg4 Nd7 22.Nd5 c6 23.Nb6 Nxb6
24.axb6 h5 25.Ne3 Rxb6 26.c5 Nxc5 27.Nc4 Qc7 28.Nxb6 Qxb6 29.d4 Ne6 30.Ra4 a5
31.Rea1 exd4 32.Rxa5 Nc7 33.Qf4 c5 34.Ra7 c4 35.Qf3 Rf8 36.R7a4 Rb8 37.Ra7 Rb7
38.Rxb7 Qxb7 39.Rb1 Qc6 40.Bc1 Qc5 41.Bd2 b3 42.cxb3 c3 43.Bc1 d3  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.d4 exd4 10.e5 Ne4 11.cxd4 Bg4 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 f5 15.Kh1 Na5
16.Rg1 Qd7 17.Qe2 Qe6 18.Bg5 c6 19.Bc2 Ra7 20.f4 Kh8 21.Qh5 Ba3 22.Rg3 Nc4
23.Rag1 Qf7 24.Qh4 Nd2 25.Rh3 Qg8 26.f3 Nc4 27.Bd3 Nb2 28.Bb1 Nc4 29.Bf6 Nd6
30.Be7 Rxe7 31.Qxe7  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpA"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2004.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bujisho,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e5 6.f4 d6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O
9.f5 gxf5 10.Nh4 fxe4 11.dxe4 f6 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 Kh8 14.Nd5 Qd7 15.c3 Rad8
16.Qh5 Qe8 17.Qh3 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Ne7 19.Be6 d5 20.g4 Rd6 21.Bd2 Rxe6 22.fxe6 Qc6
23.g5 f5 24.g6 Nxg6 25.Rxf5 Qxe6 26.Rxf8+ Nxf8 27.Qxe6 Nxe6 28.Kg2 Kg8 29.Re1 Kf7
30.b3 Kg6 31.c4 d4 32.Kg3 Nc7 33.Re4 Bf6 34.h4 Kf5 35.Re1 e4 36.Rf1+ Ke6
37.Re1 e3 38.Bxe3 dxe3 39.Rxe3+ Kf5 40.Rf3+ Kg6 41.Rd3 Bd4 42.Kg4 Ne8 43.b4 Nd6
44.bxc5 Bxc5 45.Rd5 b6 46.Rg5+ Kf6 47.Rh5 Nf7 48.Rf5+ Ke6 49.Rf1 Ne5+ 50.Kh5 Be3
51.Rf8 Nd7  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpA"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2004.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Huebner,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Re1 Nf6
9.d5 Ne7 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 h6 12.b4 Nh5 13.Bxd7 Qxd7 14.c5 f5 15.Nd2 fxe4
16.Nc4 Nf6 17.Be3 Rae8 18.Rc1 Nf5 19.Na5 Nxe3 20.fxe3 dxc5 21.bxc5 b6 22.c6 Qe7
23.Nb7 Kh7 24.a4 h5 25.h3 Bh6 26.Qb3 Qf7 27.Qa2 Qe7 28.Qc4 Qf7 29.Rc2 Bg5
30.Nxe4 Nxe4 31.Qxe4 Be7 32.Rd1 Qf6 33.d6 Bxd6 34.Nxd6 cxd6 35.c7 Rc8 36.Qc6 b5
37.Rxd6 Qg5 38.Rd7+ Kh6 39.Qe4 bxa4 40.Rc6 Rf6 41.h4  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpA"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2004.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beikert,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.b3 Bxf3 4.exf3 Nf6 5.f4 g6 6.Bh3 Bg7 7.Bb2 e6 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 c5 10.d3 Nfd7 11.Qc1 Nc6 12.Nd2 Bxb2 13.Qxb2 Qf6 14.Qxf6 Nxf6 15.Bg2 b5
16.c3 a5 17.a4 b4 18.c4 Nd4 19.Rab1 Rac8 20.Kf1 Rfd8 21.Rb2 Kf8 22.Rd1 Ng8
23.Ke1 Re8 24.Nf3 Nxf3+ 25.Bxf3 Ne7 26.Kf1 Red8 27.cxd5 exd5 28.Rc1 Rc6 29.Bg4 h5
30.Bh3 c4 31.dxc4 dxc4 32.bxc4 Rc5 33.Rbc2 Rd3 34.Ke2 Ra3 35.Bd7 Nc8 36.Bxc8 Rxc8
37.c5 Rxa4 38.Kd3 b3 39.Rb2 Rb4 40.Rc4 Rd8+ 41.Kc3 Rxc4+ 42.Kxc4 a4 43.c6 Ke7
44.c7 Ra8 45.Rd2 Rc8 46.Kb4 Rxc7 47.Kxa4 Rc2 48.Rd3 b2 49.Rb3 Rxf2  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gustafsson,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 h6 15.Ne1 Bg6
16.Bxg6 fxg6 17.Nc2 Ba5 18.Qd3 Kh7 19.f4 a6 20.b4 Bb6 21.g4 Qh4 22.Ne3 Rac8
23.Bd2 h5 24.Rae1 hxg4 25.Re2 Rf7 26.Rg2 Nf8 27.Rxg4 Qe7 28.a5 Ba7 29.Rf3 Kg8
30.Rh3 Qe8 31.Rgh4 Rfc7 32.f5 Kf7 33.Rh8 Qb5 34.fxg6+ Ke7 35.Rf3 Rc1+ 36.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Asrian,K"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.Bc2 g6 15.d5 Nb8
16.b3 c6 17.c4 a5 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.cxb5 Bxb5 20.Nc4 Bxc4 21.bxc4 Na6 22.Ba4 Re7
23.Bg5 Bg7 24.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Yakovich,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 Bg7 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.c4 f5 15.O-O O-O
16.Qf3 d5 17.cxd5 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Rb8 19.Rad1 Qd7 20.d6 Rb6 21.Qc3 Rxd6 22.Bf5 Qc6
23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Nxb5 axb5 25.Bxc8 f5 26.Qb3+ Kh8 27.Rd1 Qc5 28.Bd7 b4 29.a3 bxa3
30.Qxa3 Qc2 31.Qd3 Qxd3 32.Rxd3 e4 33.Rb3 f4 34.Kf1 Rd8 35.Bf5 e3 36.fxe3 fxe3
37.Ke1 Be5 38.h3 Ra8 39.Rb5 Bd4 40.Rb7 h6 41.Rh7+ Kg8 42.Rxh6 Bxb2 43.Ke2 Bd4
44.Rc6 Ra1 45.Bd3 Ra2+ 46.Bc2 Ra5 47.Rc4 Bb6 48.Kf3 Rc5 49.Rb4 Ba7 50.Bb3+ Kh8
51.Re4 Rc7 52.g4 Rc3 53.Bc4 Bc5 54.h4 Rc2 55.g5 Rf2+ 56.Kg4 Kg7 57.Kh5 Rc2
58.Ba6 Rf2 59.Re5 Bd6 60.Rxe3 Rf4 61.Rd3 Be7 62.Rd7 Re4 63.Bd3 Re1 64.Rc7 Re3
65.Bc2 Re2 66.Rb7 Re1 67.Rb6 Bf8 68.Rg6+ Kh8 69.Rf6 Kg7 70.Bb3 Re7 71.Rg6+ Kh7
72.Rg8  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Filippov,Va"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.e3 Rb8 10.Nde2 d6 11.b3 Bf5 12.Bb2 Ne4 13.Na4 Nf6 14.Nd4 Be4 15.f3 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 Bf5 17.e4 Bd7 18.Bxa7 Ra8 19.Bf2 Bxa4 20.bxa4 Qd7 21.Rb1 Rxa4 22.Rxb7 Rxa2
23.Qb3 Rea8 24.Rb8+ Rxb8 25.Qxb8+ Ne8 26.Rb1 Qa4 27.Qb5 Kf8 28.Qxa4 Rxa4
29.Bf1 c5 30.f4 Bc3 31.Rb7 Nf6 32.e5 dxe5 33.Bxc5+ Kg7 34.fxe5 Ne4 35.Be3 Bxe5
36.Rb5 Kf6 37.Rb6+ Kg7 38.Rb3 Nd6 39.c5 Nc4 40.Bf2 Nd2 41.Rd3 Nxf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Berkes,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 Nfd7
9.Qd2 Nb6 10.O-O-O N8d7 11.Qf2 Bb7 12.Bd3 Rc8 13.Nce2 Qc7 14.Kb1 d5 15.Ng3 Nc4
16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Nde2 Qb7 19.Bd4 Rb8 20.Qe3 Bc5 21.Qc3 Bb4 22.Qe3 Bc5
23.Qc3 Bb4 24.Qe3 O-O 25.Rhf1 Bc5 26.Qc1 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 Ne5 28.Ne4 Nxf3 29.Rxf3 Bxe4
30.Re3 Bf3 31.Nc3 Rfc8 32.b3 cxb3 33.axb3 e5 34.Rd6 Bxg4 35.Kb2 Be6 36.Qd1 Qb4
37.Nd5 Bxd5 38.Qxd5 Rb5 39.Qd3 Qa5 40.Rh3 g6 41.Qe3 Qc7 42.Rd2 h5 43.Kb1 Qb6
44.Qh6 e4 45.Rg3 Rf5 46.Rd1 Qc6  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sulskis,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be3 O-O 7.Be2 Re8 8.Qd2 Bf8
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Rxe4 13.O-O Bg7 14.c3 Nc6 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Bd3 Re8 17.f4 Be6 18.Rae1 Rb8 19.Bb1 Bc4 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Re1 Qd8 22.Qf2 Bd5
23.fxg5 hxg5 24.Qc2 Qf6 25.Rf1 Qh6 26.Re1 Be6 27.b3 c5 28.c4 Re8 29.Qd2 Bd7
30.Rxe8+ Bxe8 31.Be4 Bd4+ 32.Kh1 Qf6 33.Qe2 Bd7 34.Be1 Bg4 35.Bf3 Bxf3 36.Qxf3 Qg6
37.Qd1 Qe4 38.Ba5 c6 39.h3 Kg7 40.Bd8 Qf4 41.Qf3 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 Qe1  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Qd3 Qa5 7.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Nxd2 Nc6 10.dxc5 b6 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.Qf4 bxc5 13.O-O Nd4 14.Qg5 Nxe2+ 15.Kh1 Bxg2+
16.Kxg2 O-O 17.Nb3 Qb4 18.Qxc5 Qxc5 19.Nxc5 Rfc8 20.Nb3 Rxc4 21.Rfd1 Rc2
22.Rab1 e5 23.Kf3 Rb8 24.Rxd7 f5 25.Re1 g5 26.Ke3 Rb4 27.Kd3 Rxb2 28.Nd2 Rd4+
29.Rxd4 Nxd4 30.Nc4 Rxf2 31.Rxe5 Nc6 32.Rc5 Nb4+ 33.Ke3 Rxh2 34.Rxf5 h6 35.Rb5 Nxa2
36.Rb8+ Kg7 37.Rb7+ Kf6 38.Rxa7 Nb4 39.Rb7 Nd5+ 40.Ke4 Ke6 41.Rb2 Rh1 42.Kf3 Rc1
43.Re2+ Kf6 44.Rd2 Rc3+ 45.Kg2 Nc7 46.Nd6 Ke6 47.Ne4 Re3 48.Nf2 h5 49.Rd8 Nd5
50.Rg8 Re5 51.Re8+ Ne7 52.Rh8 h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timofeev,Ar"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nde2 c6 7.a4 Be6 8.Nd4 O-O
9.Be2 d5 10.O-O Bc5 11.Be3 Bxd4 12.Qxd4 dxe4 13.Qb4 Qc7 14.Nxe4 Nd5 15.Qd6 Qxd6
16.Nxd6 Nxe3 17.fxe3 b6 18.Bf3 a5 19.Nb5 Rc8 20.Rad1 Kf8 21.Rd4 Nd7 22.Nd6 Rc7
23.Nb5 Rcc8 24.Nd6 Rc7 25.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremer GER"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 e5 11.Bd3 Qe7 12.e4 Nf8 13.Nf1 Ng6 14.Bf2 Nf4 15.Ne3 Nxd3+
16.Qxd3 Nh5 17.g3 O-O 18.O-O Bc8 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.c5 Nf6 22.c4 Bh3
23.Rfd1 Nxd5 24.exd5 bxc5 25.Bxc5 Re8 26.Rab1 a6 27.Bf2 Qd7 28.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Bremer GER"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Berndt,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nde2 c6 7.a4 O-O 8.g3 d5
9.exd5 Bb4 10.Bg2 Nxd5 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Nxc3 Be6 13.Bf4 Nd7 14.Bd6 Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Nf6
16.Qb4 Qb6 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Rfd1 Bf5 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.Rad1 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Kf8
22.Kf1 Ke7 23.Ke1 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.Kd2 Kd7 26.f4 Kd6 27.Nd1 Be6 28.Ne3 Ng4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 d6 8.Qd3 h6
9.Bh4 Qe7 10.Nbd2 Nb8 11.Rfe1 c6 12.Ba4 Bc7 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.Ng3 g6 15.Qd2 Kh7
16.h3 Rg8 17.Nf1 g5 18.Bg3 Nh5 19.Ne3 Ndf6 20.Bc2 g4 21.Nh4 gxh3 22.Nef5 Qf8
23.gxh3 Nf4 24.Kh2 N6h5 25.Bd1 Be6 26.Bg4 Re8 27.Qd1 Nf6 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.Bf3 d5
30.e5 Nd7 31.Rg1 Rxg1 32.Qxg1 Bd8 33.Be2 Bxh4 34.Nxh4 Qe7 35.Bd3+ Kh8 36.Nf3 Rg8
37.Qc1 Bxh3 38.Qxf4 Qe6 39.Rg1 Rxg1 40.Nxg1 Bg4 41.f3 Bh5 42.Bf5  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpA"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roos,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 e5
9.Na3 d6 10.Bd2 h6 11.b4 Be6 12.b5 Nb8 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.a4 Nd7 15.a5 Rad8 16.Qa4 f5
17.b6 axb6 18.axb6 Qb8 19.exf5 gxf5 20.d4 cxd4 21.cxd4 e4 22.Bf4 Nf6 23.Nfd2 Nh5
24.Be3 d5 25.Ne5 f4 26.gxf4 Nxf4 27.Qa3 Bxe5 28.Qxe7 Rd7 29.Qh4 Rg7 30.Bxf4 Rxf4
31.Qxh6 Rf6 32.Qh5 Bf4 33.Nxe4 dxe4 34.Rxe4 Rh6 35.Qxh6 Bxh6 36.Rxe6 Qd8  0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bf5 9.Bb2 e6
10.c5 Be7 11.b4 a5 12.a3 Ne4 13.Na2 a4 14.Nc1 h5 15.Nd3 h4 16.Nde5 Qc7 17.Nxd7 Qxd7
18.Bd3 f6 19.Qc2 Bd8 20.O-O-O Bc7 21.Kb1 O-O-O 22.Ka1 Bb8 23.Rhf1 Rdf8 24.Rc1 Re8
25.Qe2 Qb7 26.Rfd1 Re7 27.Qe1 Ree8 28.Be2 Bg6 29.Nd2 Nxd2 30.Qxd2 Bh5 31.f3 Bg3
32.Bd3 f5 33.Rf1 Rhf8 34.e4 Qc7 35.e5 Qb7 36.Qg5 Qe7 37.Qd2 Qb7 38.Rc3 f4
39.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpA"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Schenk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Nc6 12.Qe3 Qa5+ 13.Nc3 Qb6 14.O-O-O Qxe3+
15.fxe3 Ke7 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Rd4 c5 18.Rc4 Bb7 19.Rd1 Rhc8 20.e4 Rab8 21.Rd2 Ba6
22.Ra4 Rc6 23.e5 Rb4 24.Rd6 Rbb6 25.Ne4 f5 26.exf6+ gxf6 27.Rxc6 Rxc6 28.Ra5 f5
29.Nxc5 Bxe2 30.Kd2 Bf3 31.Rxa7+ Kd6 32.b4 h5 33.Ke3 Bd5 34.Kf4 Rc8 35.Ra6+ Rc6
36.Rxc6+ Bxc6 37.a4 Kd5 38.a5 e5+ 39.Kxf5 Kd4 40.Ne6+ Kd5 41.a6  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpA"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bricard,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 e6 6.Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.Bg5 f6
9.Be3 Nd7 10.h4 h5 11.Be2 Qe7 12.Nd2 Nh6 13.f3 Nf8 14.Qa4+ Qd7 15.Qb3 Nf7
16.O-O-O Kd8 17.Rdf1 Kc7 18.g4 Qe7 19.gxh5 Rxh5 20.f4 exf4 21.Rxf4 Rh8 22.Rhf1 Nh7
23.Qd1 Bd7 24.Qe1 Raf8 25.Qg3 Ne5 26.R4f2 Rhg8 27.Nf3 b6 28.Nxe5 fxe5 29.Bh6 Rxf2
30.Qxf2 Be8 31.Bg4 Rh8 32.Be6 Kb8 33.Kb2 Ka8 34.Qf3 b5 35.Qf2 bxc4 36.Ka1 Qc7
37.Qe2 Ba4 38.Qxc4 Qa5 39.Rb1 Rb8 40.Rxb8+ Kxb8 41.Bf7 Nf6 42.Bxg6 Nd7 43.Bd2 Nb6
44.Qd3 c4 45.Qb1 Qc5 46.h5 Qf2 47.Qe1 Qg2 48.Bf5 Bd7 49.Bh7 Na4 50.h6 Nc5
51.Bf5 Nd3 52.h7  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 GpA"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nazar,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nf3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 a6 9.a4 O-O
10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bf4 Qc7 13.Re1 Nh5 14.Bh2 Rb8 15.Be2 Nhf6 16.Nd2 Bf8
17.Kh1 Nb6 18.f4 Nfd7 19.Bf1 Bg7 20.Nf3 f6 21.Qd2 Qd8 22.Rad1 Na8 23.e5 fxe5
24.Ne4 exf4 25.Nxd6 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Nf6 27.Bxf4 Bd7 28.Ng5 Nb6 29.a5 Nbxd5 30.Bc4 Be6
31.Re5 Qxd6 32.Rxd5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Chuchelov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Qe7 11.Qa4 e5 12.e4 a6 13.Bd3 g5 14.Bf2 Nh5 15.g3 g4 16.fxg4 Nf6
17.h3 exd4 18.cxd4 b5 19.cxb5 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.O-O Nf6 22.Qb4 Bd5 23.Rae1 Be6
24.d5 Nxd5 25.Qc4 Kf8 26.Qc6 Qe8 27.Bd4 Qxc6 28.bxc6 Ke7 29.Rf5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2003-4"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lutz,C"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.Bc2 g6 15.d5 Nb8
16.b3 c6 17.c4 a5 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.cxb5 Bxb5 20.Nc4 Na6 21.Bg5 Bxc4 22.bxc4 Nc5
23.Ba4 Re6 24.Bc6 Rc8 25.Bd5 Re8 26.Rb1 Be7 27.Bxf6 Bxf6 28.Qd2 Re7 29.h4 Ra7
30.g3 Na6 31.a3 Kg7 32.h5 g5 33.Rb7 Rc7 34.Rxc7 Rxc7 35.Qxa5 Ra7 36.Qxd8 Bxd8
37.Rb1 Nc5 38.Rb8 Rxa3 39.Nh2 Bc7 40.h6+ Kxh6 41.Rf8 Bb6 42.Rxf7 Kg6 43.Rf8 h5
44.Nf3 Nd3 45.Rg8+ Kf6 46.Rf8+ Kg6 47.Rg8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.e4 Qh5 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxf3 14.gxf3 O-O 15.Be3 Rfd8
16.Rac1 Nf8 17.Ne2 Ng6 18.Ng3 Nh4 19.f4 Rd7 20.Kf1 h6 21.Ke2 Rad8 22.Rd3 Ba5
23.Rb1 Bc7 24.b4 Ng6 25.Kf3 Nh4+ 26.Ke2 Ng6 27.Kf3 Nh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Bxc5
10.cxd5 exd5 11.e4 d4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.Ne1 Qb6 14.h3 Be6 15.Nf4 Bb3 16.Qe2 O-O
17.Nf3 Bd6 18.Re1 Rfe8 19.Bd2 h6 20.g3 Rac8 21.a5 Qd8 22.Qf1 Nd7 23.Rac1 Nde5
24.Be2 Nxf3+ 25.Bxf3 Ne5 26.Be2 Bc2 27.Qg2 d3 28.Bg4 Nxg4 29.hxg4 Be5 30.b4 Bc3
31.f3 Bb2 32.Kh2 Bxc1 33.Rxc1 Qd6 34.Nd5 Bb3 35.Rxc8 Rxc8 36.Ne3 Be6 37.f4 Qd4
38.Kh3 Bd7 39.e5 Bc6 40.Qf1 Be4 41.Qd1 Rc6 42.Qe1 Bf3 43.Qf1 Qe4 44.Qf2 Rg6
45.Kh4 Be2 46.Qg1 Qf3 47.Kh3 Rxg4 48.Nxg4 Qxg4+ 49.Kh2 Qh5+ 50.Kg2 Qf3+ 51.Kh3 Bf1+
52.Kh4 g6  0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Qd5 Nc5
9.Bg5 Ne7 10.Qd1 Ne4 11.Bh4 d5 12.exd6 Nxd6 13.Bd3 Bf5 14.Na3 Re8 15.Nc4 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 Qd5 18.Qxd5 Nxd5 19.Rfd1 c6 20.Kf1 f6 21.Bg3 Rad8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2004.04.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bf5 9.Bb2 e6
10.c5 Be7 11.b4 a5 12.a3 axb4 13.axb4 Ne4 14.O-O O-O 15.Qb3 Qc7 16.Ra3 Bf6
17.Rfa1 Rxa3 18.Qxa3 e5 19.Qa7 Qxa7 20.Rxa7 Nxc3 21.Bxc3 e4 22.Nd2 Rc8 23.Nb3 Nf8
24.Na5 Bd7 25.f3 Bg5 26.Kf2 f5 27.fxe4 fxe4 28.Bd1 Bh4+ 29.Ke2 Bg3 30.Be1 Rc7
31.Ra6 Bxe1 32.Kxe1 Ng6 33.Ra8+ Kf7 34.Bh5 Bc8 35.Kf2 Kf6 36.Bxg6 Kxg6 37.Kg3 Kf6
38.h4 h6 39.Kf4 g5+ 40.hxg5+ hxg5+ 41.Kg3 Kf7 42.Nb3 Ke7 43.Nd2 Kd8 44.Nf1 Rh7
45.Nh2 Rh4 46.Ra7 Bd7 47.Ra6 Ke7 48.Ra8 Kf7 49.Nf1 Rh6 50.Kf2 Rf6+ 51.Kg1 Kg7
52.Rd8 Rf7 53.Nd2 Kf6 54.Nb3 Kf5 55.Na5 Kg4 56.Ra8 Rf6 57.Ra7 Be8 58.Re7 Bh5
59.Kh2 Kh4 60.Rc7 Be8 61.Rc8 Bd7 62.Rd8 Bg4 63.Rd6 Rf2 64.Nxc6 Bh5 65.Ne5 Re2
66.Rh6 g4 67.Ng6+ Kg5 68.Rxh5+ Kxg6 69.Rxd5 Rxe3 70.c6 g3+ 71.Kh3  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 Final"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2004.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Apicella,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbc6
9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Be3 c4 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qg4 Bd7 14.h4 Rf5 15.Ng1 Qa5
16.Ne2 Raf8 17.Kd2 Ne7 18.Ng3 Rxf2+ 19.Bxf2 Rxf2+ 20.Ne2 Nf5 21.Raf1 Rxf1
22.Rxf1 Qxa3 23.Qg5 Be8 24.Nf4 Bf7 25.Qd8+ Qf8 26.Qxf8+ Kxf8 27.g4 Ng3 28.Ra1 a6
29.Rb1 b5 30.Ra1 Ne4+ 31.Ke3 g5 32.hxg5 Nxg5 33.Rxa6 Ke7 34.Ra7+ Kf8 35.Rb7 Be8
36.Kd2 g6 37.Kc1 Bc6 38.Rc7 Be8 39.Rc8 Ke7 40.Kb2 h5 41.gxh5 gxh5 42.Ra8 h4
43.Ra7+ Kf8 44.Ra1 Bf7 45.Rh1 h3 46.Nxh3 Nxh3 47.Rxh3 Bg6 48.Rh2 Ke7 49.Rg2 Be4
50.Rg7+ Kd8 51.Ka3 Bxc2 52.Kb4 Ke8  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 Final"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sarthou,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 d6 6.O-O e5 7.c3 f5 8.exf5 Nf6
9.d4 e4 10.Ng5 d5 11.f3 h6 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.fxe6 Bd6 14.fxe4 dxe4 15.Qe2 O-O
16.Be3 Qe7 17.Nd2 Qxe6 18.Rae1 Nd5 19.Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.dxc5 Nxc3 21.Qc4 Qxc4
22.Nxc4 Be7 23.Bd4 Bf6 24.Bxf6 Rxf6 25.Nd6 Re6 26.Re3 Nxa2 27.Rxe4 Rxe4 28.Nxe4 Kf7
29.Kf2 Nc1 30.Nd2 Ke6 31.Ke3 Kd5 32.Kf4 Kxc5 33.Kf5 Kb4 34.Kg6 Nxb3 35.Nb1 a5
36.g4 a4 37.Kxg7 Nd2 38.Na3 Kxa3  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Nat1 Final"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2004.05.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Godena,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Bg5 exd4 11.cxd4 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nxe4 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Na5
16.Ba2 Nc4 17.Qd3 Qf6 18.a5 Ba7 19.Rfe1+ Kf8 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Qxc4 Qd8 22.Ne5 dxe5
23.Qb4+ Kg8 24.Qxb7 exd4 25.cxd4 Bxd4 26.Rad1 c5 27.Be5 Qc8 28.Qxc8+ Rxc8
29.Bxh8 Kxh8 30.Re7 Kg7 31.Ra7 Rb8 32.Rxa6 Rb2 33.Rc6 Bxf2+ 34.Kf1 Bd4 35.Rd3 Rf2+
36.Ke1 Ra2 37.a6 g4 38.Kd1 h5 39.Rd2 Ra3 40.Re2 Ra1+ 41.Kc2 Ra3 42.Re7 Bg1
43.Kb2 Ra5 44.Kb3 c4+ 45.Kb4 Ra2 46.Re5 Rxg2 47.Rxh5 f6 48.Rxc4 Kg6 49.Rh8 f5
50.Kb3 Re2 51.Ra4 Re3+ 52.Kc2 Re7 53.Rg8+ Kf7 54.Rb8 Kf6 55.Rb7 Re8 56.a7 Ra8
57.Ra6+ Kg5 58.Rh7 Kf4 59.Ra3 Be3 60.Rf7 Bg1 61.Rh7 Be3 62.Kd1 Kf3 63.Ke1 f4
64.Kf1 Ke4 65.Re7+ Kf3 66.Rg7 Ke4 67.Rxg4 Rxa7 68.Rxa7 Bxa7 69.Ke2 Bc5 70.h4 Be7
71.h5 Kf5 72.Rg6 Bc5 73.Rc6 Bd4 74.h6  1-0

[Event "Coupe de France"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ravot,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Bd3 Bxc3 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.bxc3 Qa5 13.Ba3 Rd8 14.Nd2 Bg6 15.Bb4 Qa6
16.c4 e5 17.f4 exf4 18.exf4 f6 19.f5 Bf7 20.Qg4 Nd7 21.Rf3 Kh8 22.Rg3 Rg8
23.Ne4 c5 24.dxc5 Ne5 25.Qh4 Rgd8 26.Nd6 Bg8 27.Re1 Qxa4 28.Bc3 Rd7 29.Bxe5 fxe5
30.f6 Qa5 31.fxg7+ Rxg7 32.Rxg7 Qxc5+ 33.Kh1 Qxd6 34.Rxb7 Rc8 35.Qg5 Rc7
36.c5 Qd8 37.Rb5 Qd6 38.Rb8  1-0

[Event "Coupe de France"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dorfman,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 e6
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vaganian,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Bd7 9.Nxc7+ Qxc7
10.Nf3 Nh6 11.Bd3 a6 12.Bb2 Bb5 13.Bxb5+ axb5 14.Nxd4 O-O 15.Nxb5 Qb6 16.Nd4 Rc8
17.g4 Rc4 18.O-O Nc6 19.c3 Rc8 20.Rf2 Nxd4 21.cxd4 Qd8 22.h3 f5 23.exf6 Qxf6
24.Qe2 b5 25.Re1 R8c6 26.f5 Rc2 27.Qxc2 Rxc2 28.Rxc2 exf5 29.Bc1 fxg4 30.Rf2 Qg6
31.Bxh6 gxh6 32.hxg4 Qd3 33.Re8+ Kg7 34.Re7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Bc4
16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5 18.Be3 Be2 19.Rd2 Rab8 20.Bxb6 axb6 21.Qd6 Rfc8 22.Rb1 h6
23.e5 Bf3 24.a4 Ra8 25.Qd4 b5 26.Bxf3 Qxf3 27.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Bc8 13.c3 Nc6 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 exd4
16.Nb3 d3 17.Bf4 Bb7 18.Qxd3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Qxd8 Raxd8 21.Bxe5 Nxe4
22.f3 Nf6 23.Bd4 Rfe8 24.Bc5 Bf8 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.Nc5 Bc6 28.Kf2 Rd8
29.Re1 a5 30.Bb3 Nh5 31.Rd1 Rxd1 32.Bxd1 Nf4 33.Bc2 g6 34.Nb3 a4 35.Nd4 Bd7
36.Ne2 Ne6 37.Ke3 Ke7 38.Nd4 Nc7 39.b4 axb3 40.Bxb3 Na6 41.h4 h6 42.Bd5 Nc7
43.Ke4 Na6 44.g3 Be8 45.Nc2 Kd6 46.Kd4 Nc7 47.Bb3 Na6 48.Ne3 Nc5 49.Bd5 h5
50.f4 Nd7 51.Nc2 Nb6 52.Be4 Nc4 53.Bd3 Na5 54.Kc3 Kc5 55.Nd4 Bd7 56.f5 Bxf5
57.Nxf5 gxf5 58.Be2 Nc6 59.Bxh5 b4+ 60.axb4+ Nxb4 61.Bf3 Nd5+ 62.Bxd5 Kxd5
63.Kd3 Ke5 64.Ke2 Kf6 65.Ke3 Kg6 66.Kd4 Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lputian,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Be3 g6 8.g4 Nhf6
9.h3 Bg7 10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O h5 12.g5 Nh7 13.Qd2 e5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bxe5
16.f4 Bg7 17.Bd4 Bxd4+ 18.Qxd4 Bf5 19.Rad1 Re8 20.Rfe1 Qc7 21.Qf2 Rad8 22.e4 dxe4
23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Rxe4 26.Bxe4 Nf8 27.Kg2 Qe7 28.Bc2 a5 29.a3 Ne6
30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 Qc7 32.Kg3 Nxg5 33.Qd4 Nh7 34.Qd6 Qc8 35.f5 gxf5 36.Kf4 Qe6
37.Qxe6 fxe6 38.Ke5 Kf7 39.Bb3 Ng5 40.Kd6 f4 41.Kc7 f3 42.Kxb7 f2 43.Bc4 Nf3
44.b5 Nd2 45.Be2 cxb5 46.c6 Nc4 47.c7 Nd6+ 48.Kb6 Ke7 49.Bxb5 Nxb5 50.c8=Q f1=Q
51.Qc5+ Kd8 52.Qxh5 Nd6 53.Kc6 Nf7 54.h4 Qa6+  0-1

[Event "ARM-ROW Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Ba6 15.Qb4 Qc7
16.Bf3 Rab8 17.Qa3 Rb6 18.Rfd1 c5 19.Rd2 Bc4 20.Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.Ne5 Rc8
9.e3 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Rxc1 12.Qxc1 Bxe4 13.e6 Qa5+ 14.Ke2 fxe6 15.f3 Bf5
16.Be5 h5 17.Kf2 Kf7 18.Be2 Rg8 19.g4 Bh7 20.gxh5 g5 21.hxg6+ Bxg6 22.Rg1 Qxa2
23.f4 Qb3 24.h4 Bh6 25.Qc7 Qc2 26.Qxc2 Bxc2 27.Rc1 Be4 28.Rc7 Rg2+ 29.Kf1 Bg7
30.Bh5+ Kg8 31.Rxe7 Bxe5 32.fxe5 Rxb2 33.Rxe6 Rh2 34.Re8+ Kg7 35.Re7+ Kh6
36.Bf7 Rxh4 37.e6 Bf5 38.Rxb7 Bxe6 39.Rb6 d4 40.Bxe6 dxe3 41.Ke2 Kg7 42.Kxe3 Kf6
43.Ba2+ Ke5 44.Re6+ Kf5 45.Rxa6 Ke5 46.Ra5+ Kd6 47.Bb1 Rg4 48.Be4 Rg1 49.Kd4 Rd1+
50.Bd3 Rc1 51.Rh5 Rc7 52.Rh6+ Ke7 53.Be4 Rd7+ 54.Ke5 Rc7 55.Bc6 Kd8 56.Kd6 Rd7+
57.Kc5 Rg7 58.Re6 Re7 59.Rd6+ Kc7 60.Bd5 Rg7 61.Ra6 Kd8 62.Kd6 Rd7+ 63.Ke5 Ke7
64.Ra8 Rc7 65.Rh8 Kd7 66.Rg8 Ke7 67.Rg6 Kd8 68.Bc6 Re7+ 69.Kd6 Rd7+ 70.Bxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Charbonneau,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Nc4 Rc8 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Be2 Qg6 13.O-O Be7 14.Bf3 O-O 15.Ncd5 Bd8
16.c3 Ne7 17.Nxe7+ Bxe7 18.Qd3 Rbd8 19.Rad1 h5 20.Qe2 h4 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Rc8
23.Rfd1 Qg5 24.a4 g6 25.Qc2 Rc6 26.Qb3 Rb8 27.Be2 Qf4 28.R5d3 Qxe4 29.Re3 Qf5
30.Bc4 Bg5 31.Rf3 Bf4 32.Bd5 Rc7 33.g3 Qg4 34.h3 Qg5 35.Kh1 hxg3 36.fxg3 Be3
37.h4 Qh6 38.Bxf7+ Kh8 39.Rxd6 Bc5 40.Rxg6 Qc1+ 41.Kg2 Rf8 42.Qe6 Qd2+ 43.Kh3 Qd7
44.Rf5 Qxe6 45.Bxe6 Rxf5 46.Bxf5 Be3 47.Be4 b6 48.Rc6 Rf7 49.b4 Kg7 50.a5 bxa5
51.bxa5  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Charbonneau,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.g3 d5 8.Bg2 dxe4
9.Nd2 Bb6 10.Nxe4 Qg6 11.Nb5 O-O 12.Bxb6 Bh3 13.Nf6+ Qxf6 14.Bxh3 cxb6 15.O-O Rad8
16.Qb3 a6 17.Na3 b5 18.Rad1 Ne5 19.Rxd8 Nf3+ 20.Kg2 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Nd2 22.Kg1 Qd6  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C99"]

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.Bd3 Rfe8 19.Qe2 Rab8 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 dxe5
22.Nf3 Bb4 23.Bd2 Bf8 24.Bg5 Nh5 25.Nh2 Nf4 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Qd2 Be6 28.Bb1 Qe7
29.Qxf4 Qb4 30.Nf3 Qxb2 31.Ng5 Bb4 32.Red1 Qf6 33.Qe3 Bc4 34.Nxh7 Qb6 35.Qxb6 Rxb6
36.Ng5 Ba3 37.Rc3 Rd6 38.Rxd6 Bxd6 39.Nf3 Rd8 40.e5 Bb4 41.Rc1 Ba3 42.Re1 Bb2
43.Kh2 a3 44.Kg3 Kf8 45.h4 Ke7 46.Kf4 Bc3 47.Rh1 b4 48.Ke3 Rd7 49.Rc1 Be6
50.Ke2 Bb2 51.Rc6 b3 52.axb3 Bxb3 53.Nd2 a2 54.Bxa2 Bxa2 55.Rc2 Rb7 56.Nc4 Bb3
57.Na5 Bxc2 58.Nxb7 Bxe5 59.Nc5 Bd4 60.Na6 Kd6 61.Nb4 Be4 62.f3 Bb1  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nbd2 Ke7 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Ng5 Rd8 12.Nde4 Bb4 13.a3 Bd6 14.Rd1 Ne8 15.Nxd6 Nxd6
16.Bf3 f6 17.Ne4 Ne5 18.Nxd6 Nxf3+ 19.gxf3 Rxd6 20.Bd2 Ke8 21.Bc3 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Bd7
23.Rd4 Bc6 24.Kg2 Kf7 25.Ba5 Ke8 26.Kg3 Rc8 27.f4 Bd7 28.Bc3 Rc5 29.f3 Bc6
30.e4 Kf7 31.Rd8 g5 32.fxg5 Rxg5+ 33.Kf2 e5 34.Rd6 Ke7 35.Bb4 Kf7 36.Bc3 Rh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Ne8 10.c5 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Be3 Bh6 14.Nf7+ Rxf7 15.Bxh6 f4
16.Rc1 Neg8 17.Bg5 Rg7 18.g4 h5 19.h3 Rh7 20.Kg2 Bd7 21.Rh1 Rc8 22.Qg1 Ra8
23.a4 Qf8 24.a5 Nh6 25.Bh4 g5 26.Bf2 a6 27.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O e6 9.h3 Bf5
10.Bd3 Bb4 11.Bb2 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 O-O 13.Rfc1 bxc4 14.bxc4 Qe7 15.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Qb3 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Qc8
16.Rd1 Rd8 17.b5 Qxe6 18.bxc6 Nxc6 19.exf5 Qxf5 20.Qxb7 Nd4 21.Bd5+ Kh7 22.Be3 Rab8
23.Qxa7 Rb2 24.Kh1 Ng4 25.Ne4 Rf8 26.h3 Nxe3 27.fxe3 Nf3 28.Nf6+ Rxf6 29.Bxf3 e4
30.Rd5 Qe6 31.Bg4 Qe8 32.h4 Rff2 33.Bh3 Qd8 34.h5 Rxg2 35.hxg6+ Kh8 36.Qa5 Rh2+
37.Kg1 Qe8 38.Bf5 Rbg2+ 39.Kf1 Bxa1 40.Qa7 Bg7 41.Rxd6 Rxa2  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3
10.Qxd3 e6 11.O-O Be7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Rac1 Qb8 14.Rc2 Rd8 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Rfc1 Qb7
17.Ne2 Rac8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Nd7 20.Qd2 Nb6 21.Bd4 Ba3 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Rxc8+ Nxc8
24.Qa5 Be7 25.Nf4 Na7 26.Nd3 Nc6 27.Qb6 Qxb6 28.Bxb6 Nb4 29.Nxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 e5 11.Qh4 e4 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qxf6 exd3 14.Qg5+ Kh8 15.Qf6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 d5
9.O-O Bb7 10.Re1 dxe4 11.dxe4 Bc5 12.h3 Nh5 13.Bd5 Qf6 14.a4 Nf4 15.Nb3 Bb6
16.Bxf4 Qxf4 17.Qe2 bxa4 18.Rxa4 Rfd8 19.Rc4 Rd6 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.Rxc5 Rad8
22.b4 Rg6 23.Qe3 Rgd6 24.Qxf4 exf4 25.Ra1 Kf8 26.c4 Rb8 27.Rb1 Ba8 28.e5 Rh6
29.e6 Rb6 30.exf7 Rh5 31.Re1  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Rfd8
16.Rxb7 e6 17.Rc7 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Ne5 19.d6 Bf8 20.Bc5 Qa5 21.Be2 Rac8 22.Qa1 Qxa1
23.Rxa1 Rxc7 24.dxc7 Rc8 25.Bxf8 Kxf8 26.Rc1 Ke7 27.Ba6 Kd7 28.Rd1+  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.d5 Nb8 15.Nf1 Nbd7
16.N3h2 Nc5 17.Bc2 c6 18.b4 Ncd7 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Ng4 Nxg4
23.Qxg4 Bd7 24.Qf3 Rc8 25.Bb3 Be6 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.a4 Qd7 28.axb5 axb5 29.Red1 Qc6
30.Rd3 Ra8 31.Rad1 Ra7 32.Ng3 Rf7 33.Qg4 Rf4 34.Qg6 Rf6 35.Qg4 Rf4 36.Qg6 Rf6
37.Qh5 Ra8 38.Qe2 Qc4 39.Nh5 Rf7 40.Qg4 Ra3 41.Qg6 Rxc3 42.Rxd6 Rc1 43.Kh2 Rxd1
44.Rxd1 Bxb4 45.Rd7 Be7 46.Rxe7 Rxe7 47.Nf6+ Kf8 48.Nh7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Rd1 Kc8 11.Ng5 Be8 12.b3 b6 13.Bb2 Be7 14.Nge4 Kb7 15.Rd3 Rd8
16.Rad1 Kc8 17.Ne2 h5 18.g3 a5 19.c4 c5 20.N4c3 Rxd3 21.Rxd3 Bd7 22.Nd5 Bd8
23.Nef4 h4 24.g4 Nd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Rxd4 Bxg4 27.Ng6  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Bg2 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.a5 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.Qa4 Qe7 13.Rfd1 Rb8 14.Qa2 c5 15.d5 exd5
16.Nxd5 Qxe2 17.Nxb4 cxb4 18.Rd2 Qe7 19.Qxc4 Nf6 20.Rd4 b5 21.Qxb4 Qxb4 22.Rxb4 Bb7
23.Rd4 Rfd8 24.Rad1 Rxd4 25.Nxd4 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Rd8 27.Kf3 Nd7 28.Ke2 Ne5 29.Nf5 Re8
30.Kf1 Nc6 31.Rd6 Nxa5 32.Rxa6 Nc4 33.b4 Re5 34.Nd4 Rd5 35.Nc6 Kh7 36.Ra7 Rd6
37.Ne7 Ne5 38.Rb7 Nf3 39.h4 Nd4 40.h5 Rd8 41.Kg2 Rd6 42.g4 Kh8 43.f4 g6 44.hxg6 fxg6
45.Kg3 Re6 46.Rd7 Ne2+ 47.Kf3 Nd4+ 48.Rxd4 Rxe7 49.Rd6 Kg7 50.Rb6 Re1 51.Rxb5 Rf1+
52.Ke4 Re1+ 53.Kd4 Rd1+ 54.Ke5 Re1+ 55.Kd6 Re4 56.g5 h5 57.Rb7+ Kg8 58.b5 h4
59.Re7 Rxe7 60.Kxe7 h3 61.b6 h2 62.b7 h1=Q 63.b8=Q+ Kg7 64.Qf8+ Kh7 65.Qf7+ Kh8
66.Kf8 Qa8+ 67.Qe8 Qb7  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.d3 c6 7.Ba4 d6 8.Nd2 Ne7
9.c3 Bb6 10.Qh5 dxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.d4 Be6 13.Nf3 f6 14.Bb3 Qd7 15.Re1 Rae8
16.Ba3 Ng6 17.Nh4 Nxh4 18.Qxh4 Bxb3 19.axb3 Re6 20.Re3 Rfe8 21.Rae1 d5 22.h3 Bc7
23.Qg4 h5 24.Qf3 dxe4 25.Rxe4 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Qxe4 Kf7 28.Qe2 g6 29.c4 Bb6
30.d5 cxd5 31.cxd5 Qe8 32.Qd1 Qe5 33.d6 Ke8 34.Bb4 a5 35.Ba3 Kd7 36.Qf3 Qa1+
37.Kh2 Qxa3 38.Qxb7+ Ke6 39.Qe7+ Kd5 40.Qb7+ Ke6 41.Qe7+ Kf5 42.g4+ hxg4
43.hxg4+ Kg5 44.f4+ Kxg4 45.Qe6+ Kf3  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nc4 f6 10.Nh4 Nc5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Qd7 13.Qf3 Qd5 14.Qg4 Rad8 15.Re1 Rfe8
16.a4 Bf8 17.b3 b5 18.axb5 cxb5 19.Ne3 Qd4 20.Ra2 Qxg4 21.Nxg4 e4 22.d4 Rxd4
23.Bb2 Rd6 24.Rea1 Ra8 25.Ne3 Nb7 26.c4 bxc4 27.Nxc4 Rd3 28.g4 Rxb3 29.Nd2 Rb6
30.Nxe4 Nc5 31.Ng3 Nb3 32.Rd1 Rd6 33.Re1 Rd2 34.Nf1 Rd3 35.Kg2 a5 36.Re4 Nd2
37.Re3 Rxe3 38.Nxe3 Nb3 39.Ra4 Bb4 40.h4 Rd8 41.Nc4 h6 42.Ra2 Nd2 43.Ne3 c5
44.Bc1 Nb3 45.Bb2 Rd2 46.Nc4 Re2 47.Kf1 Re4 48.Ne3 c4 49.Nd5 Re1+ 50.Kg2 Re2
51.Kf3 Nd4+  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 a6 5.b3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.O-O Be7 10.Bb2 c5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Ne4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 N7f6 14.Nc5 O-O 15.Rfc1 Qb6
16.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bc4 a6 10.O-O Be7 11.dxc5 Qxd1 12.Raxd1 Bxc5 13.Ne5 Be7 14.Rfe1 b5 15.Bb3 g5
16.Bg3 Nh5 17.Nc6 Nxg3 18.Nxe7 Kxe7 19.hxg3 Bb7 20.c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCM4 Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sohrabi,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Be3 c6 11.O-O Nh5 12.g3 Bf8 13.Rfd1 Re8 14.Kg2 Ng7 15.Rd2 f5
16.Rad1 Nf6 17.Rd8 fxe4  0-1

[Event "CCM4 Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Eisenbeiser,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nge7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d6 8.Rb1 a5
9.a3 Bf5 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Qd7 12.Re1 h6 13.b5 Nd8 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 c6
16.Nd2 cxb5 17.Qb3 Ra5 18.Bb2 b6 19.Bc3 Ra6 20.Qxb5 Qxb5 21.Rxb5 Bd7 22.Rbb1 Nb7
23.Rec1 Rc8 24.Bb4 Nc5 25.Nc4 Bf8 26.Bd2 b5 27.Na5 Rb8 28.Kf1 Kg7 29.f4 f6
30.Nc6 Rb7 31.Bb4 Na4 32.Ra1 exf4 33.gxf4 Nc5 34.Rab1 Na4 35.Ra1 Nc5 36.d4 Na4
37.Ra3 Ra8 38.Kf2 Kf7 39.e4 Re8 40.e5 fxe5 41.fxe5 dxe5 42.d6 e4 43.Ne5+ Rxe5
44.dxe5 Bf5 45.Ke3 Ke6 46.Bxe4 Kxe5 47.Bxb7  1-0

[Event "CCM4 Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Farago,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Qxe7 6.e3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 Nbd7
9.Qc2 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.O-O c5 13.Rce1 Rfe8 14.Nd2 cxd4 15.Nb5 dxe3
16.Rxe3 Qc5 17.Rfe1 Rxe3 18.Rxe3 a6 19.Qxc5 Nxc5 20.Nd6 Bc6 21.b4 Ne6 22.Bf5 Nd4
23.Bc8 Nb5 24.Nf5 Kf8 25.Ne7 Nd6 26.Bxa6 Bd7 27.Bf1 Re8  0-1

[Event "CCM4 Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Jussupow,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.h3 Be6 12.Re1 O-O 13.a3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bf6 15.Bf4 Qd7
16.Qb1 g6 17.Qxb7 Rab8 18.Qxc7 Qxc7 19.Bxc7 Rb3 20.Be4 Rxc3 21.d5 Nd4 22.Nxd4 Rxc7
23.Rad1 Bd7 24.Nc6 Rb7 25.Rb1 Rc7 26.Bf3 Kg7 27.g4 Re8 28.Rec1 Bg5 29.Rc4 Be7
30.a4 Bd6 31.a5 Bc8 32.Re4 Rxe4 33.Bxe4 Ba6 34.Kg2 Bc4 35.Rc1 Bb5 36.Bf3 h6
37.Re1 Rb7 38.Re8 Rd7 39.Ra8 Bc5 40.Rb8 Bc4 41.Ne5 Rxd5 42.Nxc4 Rd4 43.Ne3 Rd2
44.Rb3 Ra2 45.Bd5 Rxa5 46.Rd3 Ra1 47.Kf3 Rh1 48.Kg2 Re1 49.Nc4 Bb4 50.Rf3 Re7
51.Nb2 a5 52.Bb3 Rc7 53.Nd3 Bd6 54.Nf4 Rb7 55.Nd5 Rb5 56.Bc4 Rc5 57.Nb6 Rc7
58.Bd5 Bc5 59.Na4 Bb4 60.h4 Rd7 61.Bb3 Rc7 62.h5 gxh5 63.gxh5 Bd6 64.Nb6 Rb7
65.Nc4 Bc7 66.Nd2 Bd8 67.Ne4  1-0

[Event "CCM4 Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Varga,Zo"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Qd2 d5 8.Ndb5 c6
9.Nc7 d4 10.Ne2 g5 11.Nxa8 gxf4 12.Qxf4 Na6 13.O-O-O c5 14.Ng3 Ng4 15.Kb1 Bd6
16.Qf3 Ne5 17.Qf4 Ng6 18.Qf3 Ne5 19.Qf4 Qe7 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Rxa8 22.f6 Qf8
23.Qe4 Nb4 24.g4 Nbc6 25.h4 Qh6 26.g5 Qg6 27.Bg2 Qxe4 28.Bxe4 Rd8 29.f3 Nc4
30.h5 Bf4 31.Rhg1 Nd2+ 32.Ka1 Nxe4 33.fxe4 Ne5 34.Rdf1 Be3 35.Rg2 c4 36.Rf5 Re8
37.b3 d3 38.bxc4 d2 39.Rf1 Nxc4 40.c3 Rd8 41.Rd1 Ne5 42.Kb1 Nf3 43.g6 Ne1
44.gxh7+ Kxh7 45.Rg7+ Kh6 46.Rxf7 Nd3 47.Rxb7 Nf2 48.Kc2 Nxd1 49.Kxd1 Rg8
50.Ke2 Rg2+  0-1

[Event "CCM4 Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dautov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 d5
9.b4 d4 10.Qb2 e5 11.O-O Re8 12.d3 Nbd7 13.e4 dxe3 14.Bxe3 Qc8 15.Rfe1 e4
16.dxe4 Bxe4 17.Bf4 Qb7 18.Qc3 Nf8 19.Bg5 N8d7 20.Rad1 h6 21.Bf4 a5 22.h3 axb4
23.axb4 Kh7 24.g4 Nf8 25.Bxh6 Kxh6 26.g5+ Kh7 27.gxf6 Kg8 28.fxg7 Ng6 29.Qf6 Re6
30.Rd8+ Rxd8 31.Qxd8+ Kxg7 32.Qd4+ Kg8 33.Ng5 Bxg2 34.Nxe6  1-0

[Event "CCM4 Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Bf3 c6
9.Bf4 a5 10.h3 a4 11.Qd2 Bf8 12.g4 Nfd7 13.Rad1 Ne5 14.Bg2 Nc4 15.Qc1 Qa5
16.Nce2 d5 17.b3 Nb6 18.Ng3 dxe4 19.Nxe4 axb3 20.axb3 Nd5 21.Bg3 Nc3 22.Nxc3 Qxc3
23.Qd2 Qxd2 24.Rxd2 Na6 25.Nxc6 bxc6 26.Bxc6 Bb4 27.Rd4 Be6 28.Bxa8 Rxa8
29.Ra1 Bc5 30.Rda4 Bc8 31.b4 Bd4 32.Rd1 Bf6 33.b5 Nc7 34.Rxa8 Nxa8 35.c4 Nb6
36.c5 Na4 37.c6 h5 38.c7 Nb6 39.Rd6 Nd7 40.b6 h4 41.Bh2 Kf8 42.Rxd7 Ke8 43.Rd2 Bb7
44.Bf4 g6 45.Ra2 Kd7 46.Rd2+ Kc8 47.Be3 Bc6 48.f4 Be7 49.Kf2 f5 50.g5 Bb5
51.b7+ Kxb7 52.Rb2 Kxc7 53.Rxb5 Kc6 54.Rb1 Bd6 55.Kf3  1-0

[Event "CCM4 Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.b3 e6 6.Bb2 Be7 7.d3 O-O 8.Nbd2 c5
9.Ne5 Bh5 10.c4 Nbd7 11.Nef3 Qc7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.d4 Qb8 15.Ne4 Rfd8
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Nxc5 Rxc5 18.Rxc5 Bxc5 19.Qc1 Be7 20.Rd1 h6 21.h3 Rc8 22.Qa1 Bf6
23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.g4 Bg6 25.Ne5 Be4 26.Nd7 Nxd7 27.Bxe4 Nf6 28.Bf3 b6 29.Qd4 e5
30.Qd3 Qc7 31.Bg2 g6 32.e3 Kg7 33.a4 Qe7 34.Qd2 Qa3 35.Qd3 Qb4 36.Qb5 Qc3
37.Qd3 Qb2 38.Rd2 Qc3 39.Qxc3 Rxc3 40.Rb2 Kf8 41.Kf1 Ke7 42.Ke2 Rc1 43.Kd2 Rc7
44.Ra2 Nd7 45.b4 Rc4 46.Rb2 Kd6 47.Kd3 Rc1 48.Rc2 Rxc2 49.Kxc2 a5 50.Kc3 axb4+
51.Kxb4 Nf6 52.Kb5 Kc7 53.Bc6 g5 54.e4 h5 55.gxh5 Nxh5 56.Be8 Nf4 57.Bxf7 Nxh3
58.f3 Ng1 59.Bh5 Ne2 60.Kc4 Kd6 61.Kb5 Kc7 62.Kc4 Kc6 63.Be8+ Kd6 64.Kb5 Kc7
65.Kc4 Kd6 66.Kb5 Kc7 67.Kc4 Nd4 68.Kd5 Nxf3 69.Bh5 Ne1 70.Kxe5 Nd3+ 71.Kf5 Kd6
72.Kxg5 Ke5 73.Be8 Kxe4 74.Kf6 Kd5 75.Ke7 Nc5 76.Bb5 Nb7 77.Kd7 Kc5 78.Kc7 Nd6
79.Bd7 Ne4 80.Be8 Nc3 81.Kb7 Nd5 82.Bd7 Nf6 83.Bb5 Ne4 84.Ka6 Nd6 85.a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCM4 Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nge7
9.c4 Nxd5 10.exd5 Nd4 11.cxb5 Be7 12.Be3 Nf5 13.Bd2 O-O 14.Bd3 Bf6 15.Qb1 Nh4
16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Be4 Be7 18.O-O f5 19.Bc2 axb5 20.Qd1 Qe8 21.f4 e4 22.Bb3 Bf6
23.Nc2 Qg6 24.Qe2 Bxb2 25.Rab1 Bf6 26.Bb4 Ra6 27.Kh1 Bd7 28.Ne1 Qh6 29.g3 Ng6
30.Nc2 Ne7 31.Ne3 g5 32.Rbc1 gxf4 33.gxf4 Ng6 34.Rc7 Rd8 35.Rxd7 Rxd7 36.Nxf5 Qh3
37.Ng3 Re7 38.Qxb5 Ra8 39.Bxd6 Rh7 40.Qe2 Qxg3 41.Rg1 Nxf4 42.Rxg3 Nxe2 43.Re3 Nd4
44.Rxe4 Nxb3 45.axb3 Rd7 46.Re6 Bg7  0-1

[Event "CCM4 Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kritz,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.O-O Na6 9.Nd2 Nc5
10.Rb1 Nfd7 11.b3 f5 12.a3 Nf6 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Ncxe4 15.Ndxe4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 fxe4
17.Be3 Qh4 18.Qd2 Bg4 19.Bxg4 Qxg4 20.Ra1 h5 21.h3 Qd7 22.Qc2 Kh7 23.c5 Bh6
24.Bxh6 Kxh6 25.Qxe4 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Rf4 27.Qc2 dxc5 28.Qxc5 Qd6 29.Rc1 Rxb4
30.Qxc7 Qxc7 31.Rxc7 Rd4 32.Rxb7 Rxd5 33.h4 Rd6 34.Re7 Rd5 35.g3 Ra5 36.Kg2 Rb5
37.Kf3 Ra5 38.Ke4 Ra2 39.Rf7 Ra5 40.f3 Ra4+ 41.Kxe5 Ra5+ 42.Ke4 Ra4+ 43.Ke5 Ra5+
44.Kf6 Ra6+ 45.Ke7 Ra7+ 46.Ke6 Ra6+ 47.Kd5 Ra5+ 48.Kd4 Ra4+ 49.Ke3 Ra3+ 50.Ke2 Ra2+
51.Kf1 Ra1+ 52.Kg2 Ra2+ 53.Kh3 Ra3 54.g4 hxg4+ 55.Kxg4 Ra4+ 56.Rf4 Rxf4+
57.Kxf4 Kh5 58.Kg3 g5 59.hxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCM4 Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pinter,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Bd3 b6 11.b4 Be7 12.Bb2 Bb7 13.O-O Rc8 14.Qe2 b5 15.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kekki,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.a3 a5 13.Rc1 b4 14.axb4 axb4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Ne4 Be7 17.Qb3 Ra5 18.Rfd1 Qb8 19.Bb1 g6 20.Ned2 c5 21.Bxg6 cxd4 22.Bb1 dxe3
23.Qxe3 Kg7 24.Nb3 Rd5 25.Nbd4 Bg5 26.Nxg5 hxg5 27.Nxe6+ fxe6 28.Rxd5 exd5
29.Qxg5+ Kf7 30.Re1  1-0

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Idrizaj,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Nd2 dxc5 6.Qc2 g6 7.Ngf3 Bg7 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 Nd7 10.O-O b6 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Nc4 Ba6 13.Bf1 Rad8 14.Bf4 Qc8 15.a4 Nf6
16.Nfe5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Qe6 18.Bxf6 exf6 19.b3 h5 20.h4 Bh6 21.Kh2 Rfe8 22.f3 Bc8
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Qxd1 Bf8 26.Qd5 f5 27.Qxe6 Bxe6 28.exf5 Bxf5
29.a5 bxa5 30.Nxa5 Bd7 31.Kg2 Bh6 32.Nb7 Be3 33.Bc4 Kf8 34.Nd6 f6 35.Bb5 Be6
36.Bc4 Bd7 37.Bb5 Bxb5 38.Nxb5 c4 39.b4 Ke7 40.Kf1 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vukic,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Nbd7 4.Nc3 c6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Rb1 Qc7
9.b4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Re1 Bf8 12.Bf1 a6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g6 15.f3 b6 16.a4 Bb7
17.Rc1 Bg7 18.Qd2 c5 19.Nd5 Qb8 20.Nc2 Nxd5 21.cxd5 cxb4 22.Qxb4 a5 23.Qb1 Ba6
24.Bxa6 Rxa6 25.Bf2 Rc8 26.Nd4 Nc5 27.Nc6 Qc7 28.Qb5 Raa8 29.Rc4 Qd8  1-0

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O Be6 10.Rd1 Nb4 11.Qd2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.a3 exf3 14.Bxf3 Nc6 15.d5 Ne5
16.dxe6 Nxf3+ 17.gxf3 fxe6 18.Qc2 Qg5+ 19.Kf1 Rd8 20.Bd2 Be7 21.Bc3 Qg6 22.Qe4 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Qxe4 24.fxe4 Rg8 25.Ke2 g6 26.Be5 b5 27.h4 c4 28.Kf3 Kf7 29.Ke2 Ke8
30.f4 Kf7 31.Kd2 a5 32.Ke2 a4 33.Kd2 Ke8 34.Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Rc1 c5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Bd3 h6 13.Bh4 Ba6 14.c4 Qxd2+ 15.Nxd2 N5f6
16.O-O O-O 17.Rfd1 cxd4 18.exd4 e5 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Bf5 Rfd8 21.Ne4 Kg7 22.c5 exd4
23.c6 Nc5 24.c7 Rd5 25.Nxc5 Rxc5 26.Rxc5 bxc5 27.Rb1 Re8 28.Bd7 Re7 29.c8=Q Bxc8
30.Bxc8 d3 31.Ba6 d2 32.Kf1 c4 33.Bxc4 Rc7 34.Ke2 Rxc4 35.Kxd2 Ra4 36.Rb3 f5
37.Kc2 Kf6 38.Kd2 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Penalver,Marion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nbd2 Qd7
9.a4 a6 10.b4 Ba7 11.b5 axb5 12.axb5 Ne7 13.b6 cxb6 14.Qb3 O-O 15.Bb5 Nc6
16.Bb2 d5 17.Nxe5 Qd6 18.d4 dxe4 19.Ba3 Qc7 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Ndc4 Nd7 22.Nxd7+ Qxd7
23.Nxb6 Qd8 24.Nxa8 Qxa8 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Qd1 h6 27.Kh1 f5 28.Re1 Kg8 29.f4 g6
30.d5 cxd5  1-0

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Voloshin,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e4 d6 7.h3 e5 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.g3 f5
10.Qe2 Nf6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bd2 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Bf5 15.g4 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 Qf6
17.Ke2 Nd7 18.Be3 Qf7 19.g5 Qf5 20.Qxf5 gxf5 21.gxh6 Bf6 22.Rag1+ Kh8 23.Bg5 e4
24.Nh4 Rf7 25.Nxf5 Bxg5 26.Rxg5 Raf8 27.Nh4 Rxf2+ 28.Ke3 R8f7 29.Rhg1 Ne5
30.Rg8+ Kh7 31.R8g7+ Kxh6 32.Rxf7 Rxf7 33.Kxe4 Kh5 34.Nf5 Nxc4 35.h4 Rxf5
36.Kxf5 Nxb2 37.Rg7 Kxh4 38.Rxb7 Nd3 39.Rxa7 c4 40.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Balogh,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Nd4 Qf6 15.f3 Nxg3
16.hxg3 f4 17.gxf4 gxf4 18.Be4 c6 19.exf4 Qxf4 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Kf2 Kd7 22.Rae1 Rg8
23.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Balogh,C"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Ne2 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bd7 10.Nbc3 O-O-O 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rd2 Bc6 13.Rad1 b6 14.f3 Ne7 15.Nf4 Ng6
16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Bf4 Be7 18.Nd5 Bd8 19.Bg3 g5 20.Ne3 g6 21.Bf2 Rh7 22.g4 Rd7
23.Bg3 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Bd7 25.Kf2 Be6 26.a4 c4 27.c3 Bd7 28.a5 b5 29.Nd5 f5
30.exf5 gxf5 31.gxf5 Bxf5 32.Nb4 Kb7 33.Rd5 Bc8 34.Rc5 Bd7 35.Rd5 Bc8 36.Rc5 Re6
37.Rd5 Be7 38.Nc2 c6 39.Rd2 Rf6 40.Kg2 Rf8 41.Re2 Bd8 42.Bd6 Rf7 43.Bb4 Rf5
44.Re8 Rd5 45.Ne3 Rd2+ 46.Kg1 Bc7 47.Re7 Kb8 48.Ng4 Bxg4 49.fxg4 Bxh2+ 50.Kf1 Bf4
51.Bc5 Rxb2 52.Ra7 Bd6 53.Bb6 b4 54.Rd7 Bf4 55.Rd8+ Kb7 56.Rd7+ Kc8 57.Rd8+ Kb7
58.Rd7+ Ka8 59.Rd8+ Bb8 60.cxb4 c3 61.Be3 c2 62.Rg8 Rb1+ 63.Ke2 c1=Q 64.Bxc1 Rxc1
65.Rxg5 Rc4 66.Rg8 Rxb4 67.g5 Rg4 68.g6 Kb7 69.g7 Be5 70.Ke1  0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Greenfeld,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Bb4+
9.Nc3 c5 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc6 13.Ndb5 h6 14.Bh4 Qe7 15.Qc1 Bxc3
16.Nxc3 Nd4 17.Ra3 Nf5 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Ne4 Qe7 20.Rd1 Bd7 21.Ng3 Bc6 22.Nxf5 exf5
23.Bf3 Be4 24.h3 Rfd8 25.Re1 Rd4 26.Rae3 Rad8 27.b3 b6 28.Qb1 Re8 29.Bxe4 fxe4
30.f3 f5 31.fxe4 Rxe4 32.Rxe4 fxe4 33.Re3 Qc5 34.Qe1 Qd4 35.Kh2 Re6 36.Qg3 Kh7
37.Qf4 Re5 38.Rg3 Rg5 39.Rxg5 hxg5 40.Qxg5 e3 41.Qh5+ Kg8 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Qh5+ Kg8
44.Qe8+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Greenfeld,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 c6 5.Bg2 a5 6.bxa5 O-O 7.O-O Qxa5 8.c4 Qa4
9.Qc1 d6 10.d3 Bg4 11.Nc3 Qa7 12.Nd2 Na6 13.h3 Be6 14.a4 Bh6 15.Kh2 Qb6 16.f4 Bg7
17.a5 Qc7 18.Nce4 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 f6 20.d4 Kh8 21.Nd2 d5 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Qxc7 Nxc7
24.Nb3 Na6 25.Ba3 Rfe8 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.Bxc5 f5 28.Rfb1 Reb8 29.e3 Bf8 30.Rb5 Bf7
31.Rab1 Kg8 32.Rxb7 Rxb7 33.Rxb7 Rxa5 34.Bxe7 Bxe7 35.Rxe7 Kg7 36.g4 Kf6
37.Rc7 Ra3 38.g5+ Ke6 39.Bxd5+ Kxd5 40.Rxf7 Ke4 41.Kg2 Kxe3 42.Rxh7 Kxf4
43.h4 Ra2+ 44.Kf1 Kf3 45.Ke1 f4 46.h5 Kg2 47.hxg6 f3 48.Rf7 Ra6 49.g7 Re6+
50.Kd2 Rg6 51.Ke3 Re6+ 52.Kd3 Rg6 53.d5 Rxg5 54.d6 f2 55.d7  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Qc7 8.O-O d6
9.f4 Nd7 10.Be3 Ngf6 11.Re1 Be7 12.Bf2 Nc5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxb7 Nxb7 15.fxe5 Nd7
16.Qg4 O-O 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.Nc6 exd5 19.Nxd8 Raxd8 20.b4 Rfe8 21.e6 Nf6 22.exf7+ Kxf7
23.Qe6+ Kf8 24.Qxb6 Nd6 25.Bc5 Nfe4 26.Rxe4 Nxe4 27.Bxe7+ Kxe7 28.Re1 Rd6
29.Qd4 Kf7 30.c4  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.d4 exd4 10.e5 Ne4 11.cxd4 Bf5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qd7 14.Bg5 Ba3 15.Qe2 h6
16.Bf4 Na5 17.Bc2 Nc4 18.Rad1 Be7 19.h3 a5 20.Nh2 Ra6 21.Ng4 b4 22.Bxf5 Qxf5
23.Bd2 Rg6 24.Kf1 c5 25.Ne3 Nxe3+ 26.Qxe3 c4 27.g4 Qc2 28.Rc1 Qa4 29.f4 Rb6
30.f5 Bg5 31.Qe2 Qxa2 32.Red1 Bxd2 33.Rxd2 Qa3 34.Re1 Qxc3 35.Kg2 b3 36.e6 fxe6
37.fxe6 Re8 38.e7 Rxe7 39.Qxe7 Qxd2+ 40.Kg3 Rf6 41.Re2 Qxd4 42.Kh4 Kh7 43.Qd8 Rf3  0-1

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2718"]


1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 d5 4.Bxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nf3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 c6 8.Bb3 Qxd1+
9.Kxd1 Nh5 10.Ke2 Bg4 11.Kf2 Nd7 12.Re1 O-O 13.Bc4 Rfe8 14.b4 h6 15.a4 g5
16.a5 Nhf6 17.Bd3 Ne5 18.Bb2 Nfd7 19.h4 f6 20.c4 Rad8 21.c5 Kf7 22.a6 b5
23.cxb6 Nxb6 24.Nxe5+ fxe5 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Rh1 Kg6 27.Bc3 Bc8 28.Rh2 g4 29.g3 fxg3+
30.Kxg3 Rf8 31.Rah1 Rf3+ 32.Kg2 Rh3 33.Bxe5 Nd7 34.Bd4 Nb8 35.Bxa7 Nxa6 36.Bb6 Re8
37.Ba5 Rxh2+ 38.Rxh2 Nb8 39.Bb6 Nd7 40.Bd4 Ne5 41.Bxe5 Rxe5 42.Kg3 c5 43.b5 Bb7
44.Kf4 Re8 45.Kxg4 c4 46.Kf4 cxd3 47.cxd3 Bc8 48.b6 Bd7 49.b7 Rb8 50.Rb2 Kf7
51.Rb6 Ke7 52.Ke5 Ba4 53.d4 Kd7 54.d5 Kc7 55.Rb4 Bd7 56.Kf6 Rxb7 57.Rxb7+ Kxb7
58.e5 Kc7 59.e6 Ba4 60.Ke7 Kc8 61.d6 Bd7 62.exd7+ Kb7 63.d8=Q Ka7 64.Qc7+ Ka8
65.Qc5 Kb7 66.d7 Ka6 67.d8=Q Kb7 68.Qdb6+ Ka8 69.Qca5+  1-0

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2718"]


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 Ne7 11.Ne4 Ng6 12.Re1 h6 13.Bd2 c5 14.Ng3 Be6 15.Nh5 Kd7
16.Nh2 Kc6 17.f4 Rd8 18.Be3 Ne7 19.g4 g6 20.Nf6 Bg7 21.Nf3 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5
23.Kf2 h5 24.Kg3 hxg4 25.hxg4 f6 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.Ne5+ Bxe5 28.fxe5 Rdf8 29.Rf1 Rxf1
30.Rxf1 Re8 31.Rf6+ Re6 32.a3 b6 33.Kf4 Kd7 34.Bf2 Rxf6+ 35.exf6 Ke6 36.Kg5 Be4
37.c3 c4 38.Bh4 c6 39.Kh6 Kf7 40.Kg5 a5 41.Bg3 a4 42.Bc7 b5 43.Bd8 Bd5 44.Kf4 Bh1
45.Ke5 Bd5 46.g5 Bh1 47.Kd6 Bg2 48.Be7 Bh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2687"]


1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 Bxc5
9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Bd6 11.h3 a6 12.Be2 Be6 13.b3 Qd7 14.Bb2 Bxh3 15.gxh3 Qxh3
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qe4 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Nde7 19.Bf1 Qh6 20.Bg2 Rfe8 21.Qg4 Qg6 22.Qxg6 Nxg6
23.Nd4 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 b6 25.Bc6 Rf8 26.Rad1 Bc7 27.Ba3 Rxd4 28.exd4 Rd8 29.Bb7 a5
30.Rc1 Bd6 31.Bxd6 Rxd6 32.d5 Kf8 33.Rc6 Ke7 34.Rc8 Kf6 35.Rc6 Ke5 36.Rc7 Rf6
37.Bc6 h5 38.Rb7 Nf4 39.Re7+ Kd6 40.Rd7+ Kc5 41.Ba8 g5 42.a3 h4 43.d6 b5
44.Rd8 Ne6 45.b4+ axb4 46.axb4+ Kxb4 47.Re8 Rf4 48.d7 Rd4 49.Bc6 Kc5 50.Rc8 Kb6
51.Kg2 g4 52.Kh2 Rd2 53.Kg1 Nf4 54.d8=Q+ Rxd8 55.Rxd8 Kxc6 56.Rf8 Kd5 57.Rxf7 Ke4
58.Rb7 g3 59.fxg3 hxg3 60.Rxb5 Kf3 61.Rb3+ Kg4 62.Rb4 Kf3 63.Rb3+ Kg4 64.Ra3 Kh4
65.Ra4 Kg4 66.Rb4 Kf3 67.Rb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2687"]


1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nbd7 5.d3 e5 6.h3 Bh5 7.Qe1 c6 8.e4 dxe4
9.dxe4 Bc5 10.Nh4 a5 11.Nd2 a4 12.Nc4 b5 13.Ne3 O-O 14.Bd2 Re8 15.Nhf5 Qb6
16.Kh2 Nf8 17.a3 Ne6 18.c3 Qc7 19.Nc2 Rad8 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.fxe3 Bg6 22.Qf2 Bxf5
23.exf5 Nc5 24.Qe2 h5 25.Rad1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 e4 27.Qd2 Nd3 28.Nb4 h4 29.Nxd3 Qxg3+
30.Kh1 exd3 31.Qxd3 Rxe3 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Qd2 Ne4 34.Bxe4 Qxh3+ 35.Qh2 Qxh2+
36.Kxh2 Rxe4 37.Rd2 Rf4 38.Kh3 Rxf5 39.Kg4 Rc5 40.Kxh4 g6 41.Kg4 Kh6 42.Kf4 f6
43.Re2 g5+ 44.Kg4 Kg6 45.Kf3 Rc4 46.Re6 Kf5 47.Rd6 Ke5 48.Rd2 g4+ 49.Kg3 f5
50.Re2+ Re4 51.Rd2 Re3+ 52.Kf2 f4 53.Kg2 g3 54.Kf1 f3 55.Rd8 g2+ 56.Kf2 Re2+
57.Kxf3 g1=Q 58.Re8+ Kd6 59.Rxe2 Kc5 60.Rd2 Kc4 61.Ke4 Qe1+ 62.Kf5 Qxd2 63.Ke6 Qxb2
64.Kd6 Qxa3+ 65.Kxc6 Qxc3  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2005.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 g6 9.f4 Nh5
10.Be2 Ng7 11.Qb3 Nd7 12.a4 Ne6 13.Na2 Qc8 14.Nb4 a5 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.axb5 Nexc5
17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Bd2 Bg7 19.O-O O-O 20.Rfc1 Qb6 21.Rc6 Qd8 22.b6 Nf6 23.Rxa5 Rb8
24.Ra7 e5 25.Bf3 Ne4 26.Bc3 exf4 27.exf4 Qh4 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Qe3 Qh5
31.Rd7 Qb5 32.Qxe4 Kg8 33.b7 Rbe8 34.Qc4 Qf5 35.Rd3 Re4 36.Qd5 Qxf4 37.Rc8 Rb4
38.Rf3  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gouliev,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Re1 Bf8
9.Bf1 Nbd7 10.g3 Ne5 11.Bg2 Bg4 12.f3 c5 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 d5 15.Bf4 Qd6
16.Rxe5 Rxe5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.f4 Qxf5 19.Nxd5 c4 20.Qd4 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Qxc2
22.Bxf7+ Kxf7 23.Qd5+ Kf6 24.Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Re1 Ng6 11.Bg5+ Ke8 12.Nh4 h6 13.Nxg6 fxg6 14.Bd2 Be6 15.Ne4 g5
16.Re3 Rd8 17.Bc3 b6 18.Rae1 Kf7 19.f4 gxf4 20.Rf3 Kg6 21.Rxf4 Be7 22.Kf2 a5
23.a3 Bg5 24.Nxg5 hxg5 25.Rd4 Rxd4 26.Bxd4 Rxh2 27.Re2 Rh4 28.c3 a4 29.Be3 Kf5
30.Bd2 Rh1 31.Re1 Rh8 32.Re3 g4 33.Rd3 Rh1 34.Rd4 Rb1 35.Rxa4 Rxb2 36.Ke2 g3
37.Ke3 g5 38.Ra7 Bd5 39.Rxc7 Bxg2 40.e6 Kxe6 41.Be1 Rb3 42.Kd2 Rxa3 43.Bxg3 Bd5  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Berkes,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 d6 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.a4 a5 14.Be4 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 Ke7
16.Rb1 Qg8 17.Qc6 Ra7 18.O-O h5 19.e4 h4 20.Qb5 hxg3 21.fxg3 Ra8 22.e5 Qg6
23.Rbe1 Rh5 24.g4 Rh6 25.Qc6 Ra7 26.d5 Qh7 27.dxe6 fxe6 28.exd6+ cxd6 29.Rd1 Rh1+
30.Kf2 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Qh1+ 32.Ng1 Qh2 33.Nf3 Qh1+ 34.Ng1 Qh2 35.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Bf5 11.Rd1+ Kc8 12.Rd2 h6 13.b3 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Rxd5 Bxc2
16.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Asrian,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 e6 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Ne4 Ngf6 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Ne5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qb6 15.O-O-O Qa5
16.Kb1 Rd8 17.Qe3 O-O 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.Rd3 Qd5 20.a3 Nd7 21.Ng4 Bg5 22.Bc7 Rc8
23.Bd6 Rfd8 24.Ne5 Kg8 25.Bb4 Qe4 26.Nc4 Qh7 27.Nd6 Rb8 28.Qf3 Nb6 29.Ne4 Nd5
30.Bd6 Rbc8 31.g4 Be7 32.Bxe7 Nxe7 33.Rg1 Kh8 34.Rf1 f5 35.Nc5 fxg4 36.Qxg4 Qf5  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.e3 O-O 9.Qc2 Ne8
10.Be2 e5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Qe7 13.O-O Qxc5 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe5
17.Bg5 f6 18.Be3 Nd6 19.Nxd6 Bxd6 20.Rad1 Bb4 21.Bc4+ Kh8 22.Qd4 Bf5 23.a3 Rad8
24.Qxd8 Rxd8 25.axb4 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 h5 27.Bd4 Kg7 28.Bc3 g5 29.Re1 Qd7 30.Bb3 h4
31.Rd1 Qe7 32.Re1 Qd8 33.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kobalia,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Nbd2 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.Re1 Re8 10.Qe2 a6 11.Ba4 Bg6 12.Bc2 Nh5 13.exd5 Nf4 14.Qf1 Nxd5 15.Ne4 Ba7
16.Bd2 f5 17.Ng3 h6 18.b4 Qf6 19.a4 Rad8 20.b5 Nb8 21.c4 Nf4 22.Be3 Bxe3
23.fxe3 Ne6 24.Kh1 Nd7 25.d4 e4 26.Ng1 Qg5 27.Qf2 Nb6 28.Rac1 Kh8 29.bxa6 bxa6
30.a5 Nxc4 31.Ba4 Nb2 32.Qxb2 Qxg3 33.Bxe8 Bxe8 34.Qa2 Qd6 35.Ne2 Bb5 36.Nc3 Bd3
37.Na4 f4 38.Nc5 Nxc5 39.dxc5 Qf6 40.exf4 Qxf4 41.Rcd1 Rf8 42.Qe6 Qg5 43.Qc6 Rf2
44.Rg1 Qe5 45.Rge1 Qg3 46.Rg1 Qe5 47.Rge1 Qg3 48.Rg1 Kh7 49.Qd5 Rf6 50.Rde1 Qf2
51.Rxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Filippov,Va"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6
9.Bd6 f6 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Bd3 Qg4 13.c5 e5 14.h3 Qe6 15.Qa4 Nc7
16.Bc4 Qf5 17.Qa5 Ne8 18.Bf7  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Kh8 8.Nc3 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.Be3 Qd7 11.Nd5 Na5 12.Nxe5 Qd8 13.Qd2 b6 14.b4 Nxc4 15.Nxc4 Nxd5
16.exd5 f5 17.Bd4 Bh4 18.Qh6 Bxf2+ 19.Kxf2 Qh4+ 20.Ke3 Qxd4+ 21.Kxd4 gxh6
22.Re7 Rf7 23.Rxf7 Bxf7 24.a5 Rc8 25.axb6 axb6 26.Rf1 Bg6 27.Ne3 Rf8 28.g4 f4
29.Rf3 h5 30.g5 h4 31.Ng2 Kg8 32.c4 Rf5 33.Nxh4 Rxg5 34.Rxf4 Rg3 35.Nxg6 hxg6
36.h4 g5 37.hxg5 Rxg5 38.Kc3 Rg1 39.Kb3 Ra1 40.c5 bxc5 41.bxc5 Rb1+ 42.Kc2 Rb5
43.cxd6 cxd6 44.d4 Rxd5 45.Kd3 Rh5 46.Kc4 Kg7 47.d5 Rh1 48.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Bc4
16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5 18.Bf4 c5 19.Qb2 e5 20.Be3 Rfc8 21.f3 Qg6 22.a4 a5
23.Bh3 Be6 24.Qxb6 Bxh3 25.Qxg6 fxg6 26.Kf2 Be6 27.Rab1 Rab8 28.Rxb8 Rxb8
29.Bxc5 Kf7 30.Bd6 Rb2+ 31.Ke3 Kf6 32.Bc7 Bc4 33.Rd6+ Ke7 34.Rd2 Rxd2 35.Kxd2 Ke6
36.f4 exf4 37.gxf4 Bb3 38.Bxa5 Bxa4 39.Ke3 Bb5 40.Bb6 Ba6 41.Bd4 Kf7 42.Be5 Bb7
43.Kd4 h6 44.c4 g5 45.fxg5 hxg5 46.Bd6 Ke6 47.e5 Kd7 48.Kc5 Ba6 49.Bf8 g6
50.Kb4 Kc6 51.e6 Bc8 52.e7 Kd7 53.Kc5 Ba6 54.Kd5 g4 55.c5 Bb7+ 56.Ke5 g5
57.Kf5 Bf3 58.Kxg5 Ke8 59.Kf4 Be2 60.Ke5 Kd7 61.c6+  1-0

[Event "6th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 a5 8.Be2 Na6 9.O-O O-O
10.Qb3 b6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.c5 Nb4 13.cxb6 h6 14.Bh4 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Ng4 Be7
17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Bb5 Qxb6 19.Ne2 Rfc8 20.Nd4 Nc6 21.Qd1 f5 22.Qh5 Bxh4 23.Qxh4 Nxd4
24.exd4 Kg7 25.Ra3 Qd8 26.Qg3+ Kh7 27.Qe5 Qh8 28.Qd6 Qd8 29.Qxd8 Rxd8 30.Rc1 Ba6
31.Rc6 Bxb5 32.axb5 Rdc8 33.Rc5 a4 34.f4 Rcb8 35.Kf2 Ra5 36.b3 axb3 37.Rxb3 Rb6
38.Rb2 Kg6 39.Ke2 Kf6 40.Kd3 Ra3+ 41.Rc3 Ra5 42.Rc5 Ra3+ 43.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dominguez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 b4
10.Na4 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.Nb3 Rb8 13.Ba7 Rb7 14.Qf2 Bd7 15.Bd4 Qc7 16.Bxe5 dxe5
17.Nac5 Qb6 18.Qg1 Ra7 19.Nd3 Qxg1 20.Rxg1 Bd6 21.f4 Bc7 22.fxe5 Nxe4 23.Bg2 Ng5
24.Rge1 Ke7 25.Nxb4 Rc8 26.h4 Nh7 27.Nd4 Ke8 28.Nbc6 Raa8 29.Nb4 Ra7 30.Nbc6 Raa8
31.Rd3 Nf8 32.h5 Bb6 33.Rb3 Bc5 34.Rb7 a5 35.Rb5 Bxd4 36.Nxd4 Ra7 37.Rb7 Rxb7
38.Bxb7 Rc7 39.Bf3 f6 40.Kd2 Kf7 41.b3 Rc5 42.exf6 gxf6 43.c4 Nh7 44.Be4 Ng5
45.Bg6+ Ke7 46.Re3 Nf7 47.Bd3 Rg5 48.Be2 e5 49.c5 Bxg4 50.Bxg4 Rxg4 51.Nc6+ Ke6
52.Nxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2005.03.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D43"]

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.h4 g4 11.Ne5 h5 12.f3 Nbd7 13.fxg4 hxg4 14.O-O Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Nd7 16.Bxh8 Qxh4
17.Bxg4 Qxh8 18.e5 O-O-O 19.Qe2 c5 20.d5 Nxe5 21.dxe6 Nxg4 22.Qxg4 Qd4+ 23.Qxd4 cxd4
24.Nxb5 fxe6 25.Rac1 Bh6 26.Rxc4+ Kb8 27.Re1 Be3+ 28.Rxe3 dxe3 29.Rd4 Rf8
30.Rd1 a6 31.Nc3 Rf2 32.Rd6 e5 33.Re6 Rf5 34.Rg6 Rf2 35.Rg5 Rxb2 36.Rxe5 Rxg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Bc2 Nb8 14.b4 Nbd7 15.Bb2 g6 16.c4 exd4
17.cxb5 axb5 18.Nxd4 c6 19.a4 d5 20.N4f3 bxa4 21.e5 a3 22.Rxa3 Rxa3 23.Bxa3 Nh5
24.e6 Rxe6 25.Rxe6 fxe6 26.Bxg6 Nf4 27.Bb1 Qf6 28.Kh2 Bg7 29.Qa4 Nf8 30.Qa7 Qf7
31.Qb8 Ne2 32.b5 Qf4+ 33.Qxf4 Nxf4 34.Bd6 Ne2 35.bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2005.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Qc7
9.Re1 Bb7 10.Qf3 Bd6 11.h4 Nf6 12.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2005.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bf5 8.Nbc3 e6
9.O-O Qd7 10.Be3 O-O-O 11.Rc1 Kb8 12.Na4 Be7 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.Rxc5 Ne7 15.Qd2 Nbd5
16.a4 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Nf4 b6 19.Rcc1 Nxf4 20.Bxf4 e5 21.Be3 c5 22.d5 Nxd5
23.Rfd1 Nb4 24.Qc3 Qb7 25.Rd2 Nc6 26.f4 Rxd2 27.Qxd2 Rd8 28.Qf2 e4 29.Rd1 Rxd1+
30.Bxd1 Qd7 31.Qd2 Kc7 32.Qxd7+ Bxd7 33.g4 f5 34.g5 Kd6 35.h4 Be6 36.h5 Nb4
37.g6 hxg6 38.h6 Bg8 39.Bb3 Bh7 40.Bc4 Nd5 41.Bxd5 Kxd5 42.Kf2 Kc4 43.Kg3 Kd3
44.Bg1 e3 45.Kh4 Ke4 46.Kg5 Kf3 47.Bxe3 Kxe3 48.Kf6 Kxf4 49.Kg7 g5 50.Kxh7 g4
51.Kg7 g3 52.h7 g2 53.h8=Q g1=Q+ 54.Kf7 Qd4 55.Qb8+ Kg4 56.Qxa7 Qxb2 57.a5 Qa2+
58.Kf6 Qxa5 59.Qg7+ Kf3 60.Qb7+ Ke3 61.Qe7+ Kd2 62.Qd6+ Kc2  0-1

[Event "6th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2005.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.e3 Nc6 10.Bb5 Nb4 11.Qa4 Qxa4 12.Bxa4 Nd3+ 13.Ke2 Nxc5 14.Bc2 Be6 15.Nd4 Rac8
16.Rac1 g6 17.Rhd1 Rfd8 18.Bb1 a6 19.a3 Kg7 20.Ba2 h6 21.Bh4 g5 22.Bg3 Nce4
23.Nxe4 Nxe4 24.Bc7 Re8 25.Rc2 Bf6 26.Nxe6+ fxe6 27.Rdc1 g4 28.f3 gxf3+ 29.gxf3 Ng5
30.f4 Nf7 31.f5 exf5 32.Bxd5 Bg5 33.Bb6 Rxc2+ 34.Rxc2 Nd6 35.Kf3 Bf6 36.Bc5 Ne4
37.Bb4 Ng5+ 38.Kf2 b6 39.Rc7+ Kg6 40.h4 Ne6 41.Rc6 a5 42.Bc3 Bxh4+ 43.Kf3 Kf7
44.e4  1-0

[Event "6th Karpov"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2005.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Ne4 Ng6 11.Re1 h6 12.h3 Be7 13.Ng3 Nh4 14.Nh2 h5 15.Ne4 Be6
16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 Ke7 18.Re4 Ng6 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Nf3 Rad8 21.g3 Rhf8 22.Kg2 Rf5
23.Rae1 Rdf8 24.R4e3 Rd8 25.Ra3 a6 26.Rb3 b6 27.Rc3 c5 28.b4 Rd5 29.bxc5 Nxe5
30.Nh4 Rf6 31.f4 Nd7 32.cxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Noyon FRA"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nijboer,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.h3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 e5 7.a4 Bg7 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Nd2 O-O 10.Nc4 Ne8 11.Bc5 Qf6 12.Bxf8 Nxf8 13.Be2 h5 14.O-O Ne6 15.Nd6 Nxd6
16.Qxd6 Bf8 17.Qd3 Nf4 18.Qg3 Bb4 19.Rfe1 Be6 20.Rad1 Kg7 21.h4 Bc5 22.Bf3 Kh6
23.Rd2 Rg8 24.Qg5+ Qxg5 25.hxg5+ Kxg5 26.g3 Nh3+ 27.Kg2 Kf6 28.Bd1 Ke7 29.Rh1 Ng5
30.Re2 Bc4 31.Ree1 Bd4 32.Be2 Bxc3 33.bxc3 Bxe2 34.Rxe2 a5 35.f4 Ne6 36.fxe5 Nc5
37.Rf1 Nd7 38.Rd2 Nxe5 39.Rb1 Rb8 40.Rd4 b6 41.c4 Nd7 42.c5 Nxc5 43.Rc4 Kd6
44.Rd4+ Ke5 45.Rc4 Kd6 46.Rd4+ Ke5 47.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Noyon FRA"]
[Date "2005.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "David,Alb"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Ne4 Ng6 11.h3 h6 12.b3 Be6 13.Bb2 c5 14.c4 Be7 15.Ng3 h5 16.Ne4 Ke8
17.Nc3 Rd8 18.Rad1 Rd7 19.Bc1 h4 20.Bb2 Rh5 21.Rxd7 Kxd7 22.Rd1+ Kc8 23.Nd5 Bd8
24.Re1 b5 25.Ne3 a6 26.Kf1 c6 27.Rc1 Nf4 28.cxb5 Nd3 29.Rc3 Nxb2 30.bxa6 Bb6
31.Ke2 c4 32.bxc4 Ba7 33.Rb3 Nxc4 34.Rb7 Bc5 35.Ng4 Na5  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Noyon FRA"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sarthou,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Na4 Nd4 8.Nxc5 Nxb5
9.Nb3 c5 10.c3 b6 11.h3 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Nc7 13.Nc4 Ne6 14.Ne3 Kh8 15.c4 Ng8 16.b3 Ne7
17.Nd5 Ng6 18.Ne3 Qd7 19.Ne1 Ne7 20.Qg4 f5 21.Nxf5 Nxf5 22.exf5 Nd4 23.f6 Qxg4
24.hxg4 gxf6 25.f3 f5 26.gxf5 Rxf5 27.Be3 Ne6 28.Kf2 Kg7 29.Rh1 h5 30.Rh4 d5
31.cxd5 Bxd5 32.Nc2 Nf4 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.Re1 a5 35.Na3 a4 36.Nc4 axb3 37.axb3 Bxc4
38.bxc4 Kf6 39.g4 fxg3+ 40.Kxg3 Rg5+ 41.Kf2 Ra2+ 42.Ke3 Ra8 43.Rhh1 Ke5 44.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Noyon FRA"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 Nd7 13.Bxe4 fxe4 14.Qxe4 Qf6 15.O-O O-O-O
16.Qxe6 Qxe6 17.dxe6 Nc5 18.Nd4 Rde8 19.f3 Nxe6 20.e4 h5 21.h4 gxh4 22.Bxh4 Nf4
23.Bg3 Nd3 24.Rab1 Rhg8 25.Bh2 Ba6 26.Nf5 Ne5 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.Rb4 d5 29.cxd5 Bxf1
30.Kxf1 Kd7 31.f4 Ree8 32.e5 Ref8 33.e6+ Ke8 34.Ne3 Ke7 35.Rc4 c5 36.Re4 b5
37.Ke2 a5 38.Kf3 h4 39.Re5  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 Poule Haute"]
[Site "Port Barcares FRA"]
[Date "2005.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Relange,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.d5 a5 12.Nd2 Na6 13.a3 Qe8 14.f3 Bd7 15.Bf2 a4 16.Nb5 Qe7
17.Qxa4 c6 18.Nc3 f5 19.Qc2 g4 20.O-O-O gxf3 21.gxf3 fxe4 22.Ndxe4 Nf5 23.Rhg1 Kh8
24.Rd3 Nd4 25.Qd1 Nc5 26.Nxc5 dxc5 27.Ne4 cxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 Poule Haute"]
[Site "Port Barcares FRA"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eliet,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.h3 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qd2 e5
9.O-O exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Rae1 Nc5 12.Bh6 Bh8 13.Nb3 Nxd3 14.cxd3 a5 15.f4 a4
16.Nc1 a3 17.b3 Qa5 18.N1e2 Nh5 19.f5 d5 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.exd5 cxd5 22.d4 Nf6
23.Qg5 Ra6 24.Qf4 Be6 25.Na4 Ne4 26.Rc1 Rc6 27.Rxc6 bxc6 28.Qe3 Nd6 29.Qf2 Bf5
30.Ng3 Qb4 31.Rd1 Ne4 32.Nxe4 Rxe4 33.Be3 Qe7 34.Rd3 Bxd4 35.Bxd4 Re1+ 36.Kh2 Bxd3
37.Qg3 Bf5  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 Poule Haute"]
[Site "Port Barcares FRA"]
[Date "2005.05.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Delchev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D39"]

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 Qe5 12.Bd3 Na6 13.f4 Qd6 14.Bc2 Qb6 15.e5 Nd5
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Qe2 Rc8 18.Bd3 O-O 19.Qf2 Bxd2+ 20.Qxd2 Nb4 21.Bb1 Ba4 22.Ke2 f6
23.Qd4 Bxb3  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 Poule Haute"]
[Site "Port Barcares FRA"]
[Date "2005.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Nc3 e6
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Rc1 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Be7 14.Bd3 Bg6 15.Be2 a5
16.a4 O-O 17.O-O Bd6 18.Bf3 Qe7 19.e4 Rfd8 20.Rfe1 h6 21.g3 Rd7 22.h4 Qd8
23.h5 Bh7 24.d5 exd5 25.exd5 cxd5 26.Rcd1 Be4 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Qd5 Qb6 29.Qxe4 Rdd8
30.Rd5 Bc5 31.Rf5 Bd4 32.Rb5 Qf6 33.Bxd4 Rxd4 34.Qxb7 Rad8 35.b3 Rd2 36.Rf1 Qc3
37.Rf5 R2d7 38.Qb5 Rd3 39.Kg2 Ra8 40.Rxf7 Qxb3 41.Qxb3 Rxb3 42.Rc7 Rb4 43.Rd1 Kh7
44.Rdd7 Rg8 45.f4 Rxa4 46.f5 Ra2+ 47.Kf3 Ra1 48.Rf7 Kh8 49.Ra7 a4 50.Kg2 Ra2+
51.Kh3 Ra1 52.Rfe7 a3 53.f6 Rf1 54.fxg7+ Kh7 55.Rxa3 Rh1+ 56.Kg4 Rxg7+ 57.Rxg7+ Kxg7
58.Ra7+ Kg8 59.Ra5 Kg7 60.Re5 Kf6 61.Rf5+ Kg7 62.Rd5 Rf1 63.Kh3 Rf2 64.Rd7+ Kg8
65.Rd3 Kg7 66.g4 Rf4 67.Kg3 Rf1 68.Rd7+ Kg8 69.Rd5 Kg7 70.Rf5 Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "French Cup Final"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Relange,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.d5 Nd7 12.Nd2 f5 13.f3 Nf6 14.h3 Nh5 15.Bf2 Nf4 16.g3 Nxe2
17.Qxe2 c5 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.g4 f4 20.h4 Nf7 21.O-O-O Be6 22.hxg5 Qxg5 23.Nb3 a5
24.c5 a4 25.Na1 Qd8 26.cxd6 Qa5 27.Nc2 Rfd8 28.d7 Bf8 29.a3 Rab8 30.Be1 Qb6
31.Nxa4 Qb3 32.Qh2 h6 33.g5 Qxa4 34.Bc3 Rb3 35.gxh6 Rxc3 36.bxc3 Kh8 37.Rhg1 Rb8
38.d8=Q Nxd8 39.Qh4 Kh7 40.Qf6  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Be2 Na6 9.O-O O-O
10.Qb3 Nb4 11.Rac1 b6 12.cxd5 Nfxd5 13.Bf4 Nxf4 14.exf4 Bd6 15.g3 Bb7 16.Bc4 c5
17.d5 Bxf4 18.Rcd1 b5 19.axb5 Bd6 20.Rd2 a4 21.Qd1 e5 22.Re1 a3 23.bxa3 Rxa3
24.Qc1 Qa8 25.Ng5 Rd8 26.Nce4 Ra5 27.Qb1 h6 28.Nxd6 hxg5 29.Nxf7 Kxf7 30.Qf5+ Kg8
31.d6+ Bd5 32.Bxd5+ Nxd5 33.Qe6+ Kh7 34.Rxd5 Rxb5 35.Rdxe5 Rf8 36.Rxg5  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.Nd2 Nf4 13.Bf1 Ra8 14.a4 f5 15.Ra3 fxe4
16.Ndxe4 b6 17.Nb5 Kh8 18.g3 Nh5 19.a5 bxa5 20.Bd2 Bf5 21.Rxa5 Qd7 22.Qa4 Rxa5
23.Qxa5 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 c6 25.dxc6 Nxc6 26.Qa1 d5 27.cxd5 Qxd5 28.Qe1 Nf6 29.Ra4 e4
30.Nc3 Qd7 31.Bb5 Qh3 32.Qf1 Qxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Ne5 34.h3 Rb8 35.Be2 Nf3 36.Bf4 Rd8
37.Nxe4 Nd4 38.Bc7 Rc8 39.Rxd4 Rxc7 40.Rd8+ Ng8 41.Nd6 Bf6 42.Ra8 Rc1+ 43.Kg2 Be7
44.Bc4 h5 45.Rxg8+ Kh7 46.Rc8 Bxd6 47.Bg8+  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.d5 Ne5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Be3 e6 10.Bc5 Re8 11.Be2 b6 12.Be3 Bb7 13.O-O exd5 14.cxd5 c6 15.dxc6 Bxc6
16.Qxd8 Rexd8 17.f3 Bf8 18.Rfd1 Bb7 19.Kf2 Kg7 20.a4 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rc8 22.g4 h6
23.h4 Be7 24.Nb5 Bc5 25.Rd2 Bb4 26.Rd3 Rc2 27.Rb3 a5 28.Kf1 Nd7 29.Na3 Rc8
30.Nc4 Bc6 31.Rd3 Bxa4 32.b3 Bb5 33.Rd5 Bc6 34.Rd1 Rb8 35.Rc1 Bb5 36.Kf2 Bxc4
37.Bxc4 Bc5 38.Rd1 Bxe3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.a3 h6 15.Ba2 Nb8
16.d5 c6 17.c4 Nbd7 18.b4 Nb6 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Qb3 Ra7 21.Bb2 Nxc4 22.Nxc4 bxc4
23.Qxc4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 d5 25.Qb3 Nxe4 26.Nxe5 Qb6 27.Ng4 Rae7 28.Rf1 Nd2 29.Qxd5 Nxf1
30.Ne5 Qf6 31.Nd3 Re1  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Bd3 Na6 9.O-O Nc7
10.dxe6 Nxe6 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Be2 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Bg4 h5 16.Bxe6 Bxe6
17.Nd5 b6 18.a4 f5 19.f3 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Bf8 21.Rfc1 Kf7 22.Rc3 Rdc8 23.Rac1 Rc7
24.b4 Rac8 25.Rc4 Bd6 26.bxc5 Bxc5 27.Kf1 Bd6 28.Rxc7+ Rxc7 29.Rxc7+ Bxc7
30.a5 bxa5 31.Bxa7 Kf6 32.Ke2 Bd6 33.Be3 a4 34.Kd3 Ke7 35.Kc4 Kf6 36.Bd2 fxe4
37.fxe4 Bf8 38.Ba5 Kg5 39.g3 Kf6 40.Bc7 a3 41.Kb3 Bc5 42.Bd8+ Kf7 43.Bg5 Bf2
44.g4 hxg4 45.hxg4 Ke8 46.Bf6 Bd4 47.Kxa3 Kd7 48.Kb4 Kd6 49.Bg7 Be3 50.Kc4 Bc1
51.Bf8+ Kd7 52.Bc5 Kc7 53.Kd3 Kd7 54.Be3 Ba3 55.Bd2 Bc5 56.Kc4 Bf2 57.Bb4 Be3
58.Bc3 Kd6 59.Kb5 Bf2 60.Ka6 Bd4 61.Ba5 Kd7 62.Bb6 Bb2 63.Kb7 Bc3 64.Bc7 Bb2
65.Bb8 Bd4 66.Ka6 Kc8 67.Bd6 Kd7 68.Bf8 Bc3 69.Kb5 Bb2 70.Bc5 Bc1 71.Kc4 Bd2
72.Ba3 Be3 73.Bb4 Bc1 74.d6 Kc6 75.d7 Kxd7 76.Kd5 Bg5 77.Kxe5 Bh4 78.Kd5 Bg5
79.e5 Bh4 80.Bc5 Bg5 81.Bf2 Ke7 82.e6 Ke8 83.Ke5 Ke7 84.Bc5+ Ke8 85.Ke4 Kd8
86.Bd6 Ke8 87.Bf4 Bf6 88.Be3 Ke7 89.Kd5 Ke8 90.Kd6 Kd8 91.Bd2 Ke8 92.Bf4 Kd8
93.Be5 Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6
16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Bd7 22.Qf3 Rc8
23.Bb3 Be6 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.a4 Qc7 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ra3 Ra8 28.Rea1 Rxa3 29.Rxa3 Be7
30.Qd3 Qc6 31.Ne3 Rc8 32.g3 Bg5 33.h4 Bxe3 34.Qxe3 Kh7 35.Ra5 Qxc3 36.Qxc3 Rxc3
37.Rxb5 Rc4 38.Rb6 Rxe4 39.Rxd6 Rxb4 40.Rxe6 Rb5 41.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.e4 b5 14.Re1 dxe4 15.Bxe4 bxc4
16.bxc4 c5 17.d5 exd5 18.Bxd5 Nb6 19.Ba5 Bf6 20.Rb1 Rb8 21.Qf3 Qd7 22.Bxb6 axb6
23.Ne4 Bd4 24.Qf4 h6 25.a4 Rbe8 26.Rxb6 Qxa4 27.Reb1 Bxc4 28.Bc6 Qa5 29.Bxe8 Rxe8
30.h4 Be5 31.Nf6+ Bxf6 32.Qxc4 Qc3 33.Qxc3 Bxc3 34.Rb8 Kf8 35.h5 Rxb8 36.Rxb8+ Ke7
37.Kf1 Kf6 38.Rb7 Bd4 39.Ke2 Kg5 40.Rxf7 Kxh5 41.Kf3 Kg6 42.Rf8 Kg5 43.g4 Bf6
44.Kg3 Kg6 45.f4 h5 46.g5 Be7 47.Re8 Kf7 48.Rc8 Ke6 49.Kf3 Bd6 50.Ke4 g6
51.Rh8 Be7 52.Rh6 Kf7 53.Rh7+  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.Kb1 Bf6 11.Nd4 Nc6 12.h3 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Bf5 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Re8
16.Rhe1 Qd7 17.g4 g6 18.g5 Bg7 19.h4 Qg4 20.Rh1 Qe4 21.Qf1 c5 22.dxc5 dxc5
23.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc5
9.Qf3 d6 10.Bg2 Bd7 11.O-O Bc6 12.Qg4 O-O 13.Bh6 Qf6 14.Bg5 Qg6 15.Nxc6 Nxc6
16.Qh4 f6 17.Be3 Rfd8 18.Rab1 Qf7 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Qe4 e5 22.Rb2 Rab8
23.Rfb1 Rxb2 24.Rxb2 Qd7 25.Kg2 Re8 26.Qe3 Qe7 27.a4 g6 28.a5 Rd8 29.a6 Rd7
30.Rb8+ Kg7 31.Rc8 Qd6 32.Qe4 f5 33.Qxc6 Qxc6+ 34.Rxc6 Kf7 35.f4 exf4 36.gxf4 Re7
37.Kf3 Ke8 38.Rxc5 Kd7 39.Re5 Rxe5 40.fxe5 g5 41.c5 h6 42.c4 h5 43.h4 g4+
44.Kf4 Ke6 45.c6 Ke7 46.c5 Ke6 47.c7 Kd7 48.e6+ Kxc7 49.e3 Kc6 50.Ke5 g3
51.e7 Kd7 52.Kf6 g2 53.c6+ Kc7 54.e8=Q g1=Q 55.Qd7+ Kb6 56.c7  1-0

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kulaots,K"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6
16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Bd7 22.Qf3 Rc8
23.Bb3 Be6 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.a4 Qd7 26.axb5 axb5 27.Qd3 Qc6 28.Ra3 d5 29.exd5 exd5
30.Ne3 d4 31.cxd4 exd4 32.Qxd4 Re4 33.Qa1 Bxb4 34.Ra6 Qe8 35.Rc1 Rxc1+ 36.Qxc1 Bf8
37.Rc6 Ra4 38.g3 Qa8 39.Qc2 Ra1+ 40.Kh2 Qa2 41.Kg2 Qxc2 42.Rxc2 Ra7 43.Kf3 b4
44.Ke4 Kf7 45.Kd3 Ke6 46.Rc6+ Kd7 47.Rc2 Ra1 48.Kc4 g5 49.h4 gxh4 50.gxh4 Rh1
51.Rd2+ Kc6 52.Nf5 Rh3 53.Rd3 Rxd3 54.Kxd3 Kb5 55.h5 Ka4 56.Kc2 Ka3 57.Kb1 Kb3
58.Ne3 Kc3 59.Ng4 Bg7 60.Ne3 Kd3 61.Nf5 Bf8 62.Ng3 Kd4 63.Kc2 Ke5 64.Kb3 Kf4
65.Kc4 Bd6 66.Kd5 Be7 67.Kc4 Kg4 68.Kb3 Bf8 69.Kc4 Kf4 70.Kb3 Bc5 71.Kc4 Be7
72.Kb3 Ke5 73.Kc4 Bd6 74.Kb3 Bc5 75.Kc4 Bd6 76.Kb3 Kf4 77.Kc4 Kg4 78.Ne4 Be7
79.Ng3 Bh4 80.f3+ Kxg3 81.Kxb4 Kxf3 82.Kc4 Ke3 83.Kc3 Bf6+ 84.Kc2 Ke2 85.Kc1 Bg5+
86.Kc2 Bd2 87.Kb3 Kd3 88.Kb2 Be3 89.Kb1 Kc3 90.Ka1 Bd4 91.Kb1 Kd2 92.Ka2 Kc2
93.Ka3 Bg7 94.Ka2 Kc1 95.Kb3 Kb1 96.Ka3 Bh8 97.Kb3 Bb2 98.Kc4 Kc2 99.Kb4 Bc1
100.Kc4 Be3 101.Kb4 Bd4 102.Ka3 Bc5+ 103.Ka2 Bb4 104.Ka1 Kd3 105.Kb2 Ke3
106.Kc2 Ba5 107.Kd1 Kf3 108.Kc2 Be1 109.Kd1 Bh4 110.Kd2 Bf2 111.Kd1 Kg2 112.Ke2 Kg1
113.Kd1 Kf1 114.Kd2 Bh4 115.Kd1 Bg5 116.Kc2 Ke2 117.Kc3 Kd1 118.Kb2 Bf6+
119.Kb1 Bd4 120.Ka2 Ke2 121.Kb1 Kf3 122.Kc2 Kg4 123.Kd3 Kxh5  0-1

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Qc7 12.d5 Nd7 13.Qc2 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.c4 e6
16.Bb2 Qc7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.a4 exd5 19.exd5 Rfe8 20.Bd3 Bc8 21.a5 Rb8 22.axb6 axb6
23.Qc3+ Qe5 24.Qxe5+ Rxe5 25.Rb3 Bf5 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Rc8
16.Bb3 Nc6 17.Qd1 d5 18.exd5 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Bc5 20.Qd3 Qb6 21.Qf3 a5 22.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lutz,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4
16.c6 cxb3 17.Re1 b2 18.Bxb2 Nc5 19.Nc4 Bxc4 20.Qg4 Bg5 21.Qxc4 Nd3 22.Be5 Nxe1
23.Rxe1 Bf6 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.c7 Qd6 26.Rc1 b5 27.Qc2 g6 28.Bb7 b4 29.Qc5 Qxc5
30.Rxc5 Rfe8 31.Kf1 Kf8 32.Bxc8 Rxc8 33.Ke2 Ke7 34.Kd3 Kd6 35.Kc4 Rxc7 36.Rxc7 Kxc7
37.Kxb4 Kb6 38.f4 f5 39.h3 h6 40.Kc4 Kc6 41.a3 a6 42.Kd4 Kd6 43.a4 a5 44.Kc4 Kc6
45.h4 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Be2 c5 10.Nb3 Qa4 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.dxc5 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Qc6 14.O-O Bxc5 15.Nxc5 Qxc5
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Qb6 18.Rad1 Qxb2 19.Rd4 Qa3 20.Rfd1 Qe7 21.h4 Qf6 22.h5 Rb8
23.h6 g6 24.Bb3 b5 25.Rd8 Rxd8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Qe5 f6 28.Qxb8 Qd7 29.g4 Kf7
30.f4 Ke7 31.g5 fxg5 32.fxg5 a5 33.Qe5 Qc6 34.Kf2 a4 35.Bd1 Bb7 36.Be2 Qg2+
37.Ke1 Qh1+ 38.Kf2 Qh4+ 39.Kf1 Qh1+ 40.Kf2 Qh4+ 41.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Rc8
16.Qd1 Nd7 17.Nc3 Bf6 18.Re2 Be5 19.Nd5 Nc6 20.Bc3 Nb6 21.Rc1 Nxd5 22.exd5 b4
23.dxc6 bxc3 24.bxc3 Rxc6 25.Be4 Rb6 26.c4 g6 27.Rb1 Rxb1 28.Qxb1 Qb8 29.Qxb8 Rxb8
30.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Be7 15.Ng5 Bxg5
16.Qxg5 Bg6 17.Bxg6 fxg6 18.Qg4 Rf5 19.Be3 Nb8 20.a5 a6 21.Rfc1 Nc6 22.Rc5 Na7
23.Rac1 Nb5 24.h4 Qe8 25.g3 Rf8 26.R1c2 Qf7 27.Kg2 h6 28.Qd1 Qf5 29.f3 h5
30.Bf4 Kh7 31.Be3 Rae8 32.Bg5 Kg8 33.Be3 Kh7 34.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kempinski,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Nf6 12.Be3 b6 13.a3 Nc5 14.Bxc5 bxc5 15.Nd2 Rb8
16.Rb1 Qe7 17.Qc2 c6 18.Nb3 h5 19.Na5 Bd7 20.Rfd1 Rfc8 21.Na4 Bf8 22.Bf3 Be6
23.Nb3 Nd7 24.Rd3 Rc7 25.Rbd1 Qe8 26.Be2 Qc8 27.Rg3 h4 28.Rc3 Qa6 29.Nc1 Nf6
30.Bf3 Be7 31.Nd3 Nd7 32.Rc1 Rcb7 33.Bd1 Qa5 34.Bf3 Qd8 35.Qe2 Qa5 36.Qd1 Kg7
37.Ra1 Qc7 38.Qc2 Qa5 39.Rd1 Qc7 40.Rd2 Qa5 41.Qd1 Rb3 42.Rxb3 Rxb3 43.Nc1 Rb7
44.b3 Bg5 45.Rc2 Nb6 46.Nc3 Qxa3 47.N3e2 Rd7 48.Qf1 Qb4 49.Bg4 Bxg4 50.hxg4 Rd2
51.Na2 Qxb3 52.Rxd2 Bxd2 53.Qa1 Nxc4 54.Nac3 Qa3 55.Qb1 Bxc3 56.Qd3 Qa1+
57.Kh2 Bd4 58.Qxc4 Bxf2 59.Qd3 Qe1 60.g5 Bg3+  0-1

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Damljanovic,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bc5 7.e3 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.d4 Bb4 10.Ne2 e4 11.Bg2 c6 12.a3 Ba5 13.b4 Bb6 14.d5 cxd5 15.cxd5 Re8 16.Bb2 Ng4
17.Nf4 f5 18.Qb3 Ne5 19.Rfd1 Qe7 20.a4 Qf7 21.a5 Bd8 22.Rac1 Bf6 23.b5 g5
24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.Ne6 Bxe6 26.dxe6 Qxe6 27.Qxe6+ Rxe6 28.Bf1 Kg7 29.Bc4 Re7
30.Rxd6 Rc8 31.Rd2 Rec7 32.Rdc2 g4 33.Bb3 Rxc2 34.Rxc2 Rxc2 35.Bxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Brendel,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.c5 Ne8 12.Be2 f5 13.f3 f4 14.Bf2 g5 15.Qb3 b6 16.cxd6 Nxd6
17.Nb5 Kh8 18.Rfc1 Nxb5 19.Bxb5 Nc8 20.Rc6 Nd6 21.Rac1 Rf7 22.Be2 a6 23.R1c3 Bf8
24.Qc2 Ne8 25.Re6 Bd6 26.Rc6 Ng7 27.Rh6 Rd7 28.g4 Qf8 29.h4 gxh4 30.Rxh4 Ne8
31.Rh5 Qf7 32.Bh4 Ng7 33.Rh6 Kg8 34.Bc4 Qf8 35.Bg5 Bc5+ 36.Kf1 Rd6 37.Qh2 b5
38.Bb3 Bd4 39.Rxh7 Rc8 40.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Prang,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.a3 Nc6 6.b4 Bf5 7.Bb2 e6 8.e3 Bd6
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O a5 11.b5 Ne7 12.Nc3 Ne4 13.Na4 Ng6 14.Ne5 Nh4 15.f4 f6 16.Nf3 Ng6
17.Nd2 e5 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Nc5 exf4 20.Ne6 Qd7 21.Nxf4 Nxf4 22.exf4 Rac8 23.Rc1 Rxc1
24.Bxc1 Rc8 25.a4 Bc2 26.Qe1 b6 27.Bd1 Be4 28.Bb3 f5 29.Bd2 Ba3 30.Qa1 Qd6
31.Bc1 Bb4 32.Qa2 Rc3  0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Zude,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 f6 12.Bd2 Nh6 13.Rb1 Nc5 14.Qc1 g5 15.Be3 Ne6
16.c5 c6 17.Rd1 Kh8 18.Nd2 f5 19.exf5 Nxf5 20.Nde4 Nfd4 21.Bf1 h6 22.Nd6 Qe7
23.Re1 Qc7 24.Nce4 Nf4 25.Nxc8 Raxc8 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.g3 Ng6 28.Nd6 Rcd8 29.Qd1 Ne5
30.Bg2 Rxd6 31.cxd6 Qxd6 32.Qd2 b5 33.Re4 c5 34.Kh1 d3 35.b3 c4 36.f4 gxf4
37.gxf4 Ng6 38.bxc4 bxc4 39.Rxc4 Nxf4 40.Rb7 Ne2 41.Rg4 Ng3+ 42.Rxg3 Qxg3
43.Rd7 Re8 44.Bf1 Re1 45.Qg2 Qxg2+ 46.Kxg2 Ra1 47.Rd8+ Bf8 48.Rxf8+ Kg7 49.Rd8 Rxa2+
50.Kf3 d2 51.Be2 Kf6 52.Bd1 Ra3+ 53.Kg2 Ra2 54.Kf2 a5 55.Rd6+ Kg5 56.Rd5+ Kf6
57.Rd6+ Kg5 58.Kg3 Ra3+ 59.Kg2 Ra2 60.Rd5+ Kf6 61.h4 a4 62.Rd6+ Ke5 63.Rd8 a3
64.Kf2 Rb2 65.Ke2 a2 66.Ra8 Kf4 67.h5 Kg3 68.Ra4 Kh3 69.Kf2 Rb1 70.Bg4+ Kh2
71.Bf3 d1=N+ 72.Bxd1 Rb2+ 73.Be2 Kh3 74.Ke3 Rb3+ 75.Bd3 Rb2 76.Bc4 Rb4 77.Be6+ Kg3
78.Rxa2 Kh4 79.Bf7 Rg4 80.Bg6 Rg3+ 81.Kf4 Rg4+ 82.Kf5 Rg5+ 83.Kf6 Rg4 84.Kg7  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hickl,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.b3 Nf6 5.Bb2 e6 6.d3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Nxf3 Ba3 10.Bxa3 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxa3 12.O-O Qd6 13.c4 O-O 14.Rfc1 Rfe8 15.b4 a6
16.Qb2 h6 17.Rab1 e5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Nd2 Nf8 20.e3 Ne6 21.a3 Rac8 22.Nf3 Nd7
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rc1 Rxc1+ 25.Qxc1 Nc7 26.Qc3 g5 27.h4 g4 28.Nd2 f5 29.Nb3 b6
30.d4 e4 31.Bf1 Nb8 32.Nc1 Qc6 33.Qb2 b5 34.Nb3 Nd7 35.Na5 Qb6 36.Qc2 Kf8
37.a4 Ke7 38.axb5 axb5 39.Qc6 Ke8 40.Qc3 Ke7 41.Be2 Ke6 42.Bd1 Nb8 43.Nb3 Nc6
44.Kg2 Kd6 45.Nc5 Qa7 46.Be2 Qb6 47.Qa3 Qa7 48.Qc3 Qb6 49.Qa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nde2 c6 7.g3 b5 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Na4 O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nd4 Bf8 13.Nf5 c5 14.Bg5 Nc6 15.f4 Re6
16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Qxd1 18.Raxd1 Rae8 19.Nxg7 Bxg7 20.Nxc5 Rxe5 21.Rxe5 Rxe5
22.Nxb7 Rxg5 23.Bxc6 h5 24.Bf3 Bf8 25.Kg2 h4 26.Rd8 Kg7 27.Ra8 hxg3 28.h4 Rf5
29.Rxa7 Nd5 30.Ra5 Ne3+ 31.Kxg3 Bd6+ 32.Kf2 Rxa5 33.Nxa5 Nxc2 34.Be4 Nd4
35.Ke3 Ne6 36.Nc6 Bf8 37.Bd5 Nc7 38.Bc4 f5 39.Kd3 Kf6 40.Kc2 f4 41.Kb3 f3
42.Nxb4 Ne6 43.Nd3 Nd4+ 44.Kc3 Nf5 45.h5 Ne3 46.Bb5 Kg5 47.Bc6 Bg7+ 48.Kb3 Kg4
49.h6 Bh8 50.h7 Nf5 51.Kc4 Kg3 52.a4 Ne3+ 53.Kc5 Nd1 54.Bxf3 Kxf3 55.a5 Ke4
56.a6 Kxd3 57.a7 Bd4+ 58.Kc6 Bxa7 59.h8=Q Bd4 60.Qh7+ Kd2 61.b4 Ne3 62.b5 Kc3
63.b6 Nc4 64.b7 Na5+ 65.Kb5  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Chuchelov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Nb3 Nf6 8.Nc3 e6
9.e4 d4 10.Nb5 e5 11.f4 O-O 12.fxe5 Ng4 13.N5xd4 Qb6 14.c3 Ncxe5 15.h3 Nf6
16.Be3 Nc4 17.Bf2 Qc7 18.Qe2 Bd7 19.g4 Rfe8 20.Rae1 Nd5 21.Qf3 Ne5 22.Qg3 Nb6
23.Nd2 Na4 24.Rb1 b5 25.Nc2 Be6 26.Nb4 Rad8 27.Bd4 Nb6 28.Qf2 Nbc4 29.Nxc4 Bxc4
30.Rfd1 Rd7 31.b3 Be6 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.exd5 Bf8 34.Re1 Bd6 35.Re3 Rde7 36.Rbe1 Nd7
37.Rxe7 Rxe7 38.Rxe7 Bxe7 39.Qe3 Bf6 40.Bxf6 Qd6 41.Qd4 Nc5 42.c4  1-0

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huzman,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Bd3 b6 8.cxb6 c5 9.O-O Qxb6
10.b3 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 12.Bb2 Qb8 13.Qe2 O-O 14.Rfe1 Bb7 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.Na4 Bxe5
17.dxe5 Ne4 18.Qe3 Bc6 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.Qxc5 Bd5 22.Qd4 a5 23.Rac1 Qb5
24.h3 h6 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Rc1 Ra8 27.Qc5 Qe2 28.Qc2 Qxc2 29.Rxc2 a4 30.bxa4 Bxa2
31.Rc3 Rxa4 32.Ra3 Rxa3 33.Bxa3 f5 34.exf6 gxf6 35.Bc1 Kg7 36.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Be2 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nb3 Qb6 12.Na4 Qc7 13.Nxd4 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Qxc4 15.Bxc4 Ne5
16.Bb5 Bd7 17.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O c5 13.b3 e5 14.c3 exd4 15.cxd4 Ne5
16.Qe4 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Bxh2+ 18.Kh1 Bd6 19.Bb2 Qe7 20.Kg1 Qh4 21.g3 Qg4 22.Qd5 Qe6
23.Qg2 Qh3 24.Ba3 Qxg2+ 25.Kxg2 b6 26.Be4 Rb8 27.Rac1 Bb7 28.Bxb7 Rxb7 29.dxc5 bxc5
30.Rcd1 Be7 31.Bxc5 g5 32.Rd8+ Kg7 33.Bd4+ f6 34.Rxh8 Kxh8 35.Rc1 Kg7 36.Kf3 a5
37.Rc6 a4 38.bxa4 Rb4 39.Ke4 Rxa4 40.Rc7 Kf8 41.Ra7 Rxa7 42.Bxa7 h5 43.Kf5 h4
44.gxh4 gxh4 45.Kg4 f5+ 46.Kh3 Kf7 47.f3 Ke6 48.Bf2 Kd5 49.Bxh4 Ba3 50.Bf2 Bc1
51.Kg3 Kc4 52.a4 Bg5 53.Be1 Bf4+ 54.Kf2 Bg5 55.Ke2 Bf6 56.Bd2 Bh4 57.Be1 Bg5
58.Bd2 Bf6 59.Kf2 Bd4+ 60.Kg2 Kc5 61.Kh3 Bf2 62.Kg2 Bh4 63.Kf1 Kc4 64.Ke2 Bf6
65.a5 Kb5 66.Kd3 Bg7 67.Bc3 Bh6 68.Bd2 Bg7 69.Ke3 Bh6+ 70.Ke2 Bg7 71.Kf2 Be5
72.Kg2 Bc7 73.Kh3 Ka6 74.Kh4 Bd8+ 75.Kh5 Bc7 76.Kg6 f4 77.Kf5 Kb5 78.Ke6 Ka6
79.Kd7 Be5 80.Kc6 Bb8 81.Bb4 Be5 82.Bd6 Bc3 83.Bxf4 Kxa5 84.Bc7+ Kb4 85.f4 Kc4
86.Be5 Bd2 87.f5 Bg5 88.Bb2 Bh4 89.Kd6 Kd3 90.Ke5 Ke3 91.Bc1+ Kf3 92.Bh6 Kg4
93.Ke6 Be7 94.Be3 Bh4 95.Bd4 Be7 96.Bf6 Bb4 97.Bd8 Bc3 98.Bc7 Kg5 99.Be5 Bb4
100.f6 Kg6 101.f7 Ba3 102.Bf6 Bf8 103.Bd8 Bg7 104.Be7 Bh6 105.Bb4 Bg7 106.Bc3 Bf8
107.Bf6 Bh6 108.Ke7 Kf5 109.Bc3 Kg6 110.Ke8 Kf5 111.Bd2 Bg7 112.Ke7 Kg6 113.Ke8 Kf5
114.Bc3 Bh6 115.Ke7 Kg6 116.Bd4 Kf5 117.Bf6 Kg6 118.Bb2 Kf5 119.Ba3 Kg6 120.Ke8 Bg7
121.Bf8 Bc3 122.Bh6 Bb4 123.Bd2 Bc5 124.Be3 Bb4 125.Bf2 Kf6 126.Be1 Bc5 127.Bd2 Ke6
128.Bh6 Bd6 129.Bf8 Be5 130.Bc5 Bg7 131.Be3 Kd6 132.Bd4 Bh6 133.Bf6 Ke6 134.Be7 Bg7
135.Bg5 Kf5 136.Bc1 Ke6 137.Bd2 Kd6 138.f8=Q+ Bxf8 139.Kxf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf4 Rac8
16.h3 Be4 17.Bd3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Qxf3 19.gxf3 Bd6 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Be3 Na5 22.Rb1 Rc8
23.Bf5 Rb8 24.Bd3 Rc8 25.Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Efimenko,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.e4 b5 14.Re1 dxe4 15.Bxe4 bxc4
16.bxc4 Nb6 17.c5 Nd5 18.Qc2 h6 19.Bg2 Rb8 20.Nf3 Bf6 21.Bd2 Rb7 22.Rad1 Bb5
23.h4 Rd7 24.Re4 Re8 25.a3 Rb7 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Qe7 28.Rde1 Reb8 29.Bc1 Kh8
30.Rg4 Ba6 31.Ra4 Bb5 32.Rg4 Ba6 33.Ra4 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karlsson,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "B75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Bd7
9.Bc4 Rc8 10.Bb3 Ne5 11.Bh6 Bxh6 12.Qxh6 Nc4 13.O-O-O Qa5 14.Nde2 Qh5 15.Qxh5 Nxh5
16.Nd5 Be6 17.Rd4 Bxd5 18.exd5 Ne5 19.f4 Nd7 20.c3 Nhf6 21.Re1 Kd8 22.Ng1 Rc5
23.a4 Nb6 24.Red1 h6 25.Nf3 Rg8 26.h3 g5 27.fxg5 hxg5 28.Ne1 Nbd7 29.Nc2 Ne5
30.Ne3 Kd7 31.Bc2 a5 32.Bf5+ Kc7 33.Kd2 Kb8 34.Rf1 Rc7 35.Bd3 Nh5 36.Bh7 Rh8
37.Bc2 Rg8 38.Rf2 Ka7 39.Bd1 Ng3 40.Bc2 Nh1 41.Rf1 Ng3 42.Re1 Rf8 43.Ng4 Nc4+
44.Kc1 f5 45.Bd3 fxg4 46.Rxg4 Ne5 47.Rxg3 Rf4 48.Bc2 g4 49.hxg4 Nxg4 50.Rf3 Rxf3
51.gxf3 Nf6 52.Bb3 Kb6 53.Kc2 Kc5 54.Rd1 Rc8 55.Re1 Re8 56.c4 Kb4 57.Ba2 Nd7
58.Kd3 Nc5+ 59.Kd4 Rf8 60.Rxe7 Rxf3 61.Bb1 Rf1 62.Bc2 Rf2 63.Bg6 Rd2+ 64.Ke3 Rxb2
65.Re6 Kxc4 66.Rxd6 Nxa4 67.Rd8 Nc5 68.Bf7 Kb5 69.d6 Kc6 70.Be8+ Kd5 71.d7 Ke6
72.Ra8 Nxd7 73.Rxa5 Kd6 74.Bxd7 Kxd7 75.Kd3 Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2005.10.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bf5 8.Nbc3 e6
9.O-O Qd7 10.Be3 O-O-O 11.Rc1 Kb8 12.Na4 Be7 13.Nxb6 cxb6 14.Ba4 Rc8 15.Qb3 Qd8
16.Qd1 Qd7 17.Qb3 Qd8 18.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richter,Mic"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nf3 h6 4.Bh4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.c4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Nc3 Nxg3
9.hxg3 Bg7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.g4 Qe7 12.a3 O-O-O 13.b4 Kb8 14.Kf1 h5 15.gxh5 g4
16.Ng1 f5 17.c5 Qf7 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Rc1 Rxh5 20.Rxh5 Qxh5 21.Nb5 f4 22.Qa4 fxe3
23.fxe3 Bh6 24.Be4 Bxe3 25.Rxc6 dxc6 26.Qa7+ Kc8  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vogt,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.d5 a5
9.Nd4 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Na6 11.h4 Nf6 12.g4 Nc5 13.h5 Qd7 14.f3 e5 15.Nc2 Na4
16.Nd1 c6 17.b3 Nc5 18.h6 Bh8 19.Nc3 cxd5 20.cxd5 Rfc8 21.Bxc5 dxc5 22.Ne3 Ne8
23.Nc4 Ra6 24.a4 Nc7 25.Rd1 b5 26.d6 bxc4 27.dxc7 Qxc7 28.Qxc4 Rd6 29.Rxd6 Qxd6
30.Ke2 Bf6 31.Rd1 Qf8 32.Rd7 Rd8 33.Nd5 Bg5 34.Rxd8 Bxd8 35.Qc1 Bh4 36.g5 Qd8
37.f4 Bg3 38.Qc3 Bxf4 39.Nxf4 Qxg5 40.Nd5 Qxh6 41.Qxe5 Qh3 42.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "2nd Rapid"]
[Site "D'Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Guillevic,Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e4 h5 6.Be2 g6 7.exf5 Qe7 8.fxg6 Bg7
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O d6 11.Nd5 Qd7 12.Re1 Kd8 13.Bd3 f5 14.Qd2 Bh6 15.Ng5 Rf8
16.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "2nd Rapid"]
[Site "D'Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Midoux,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.O-O cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Qe2 Ne7
9.Nc3 Ng6 10.f4 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 O-O 12.Bd2 Rc8 13.Rad1 Kh8 14.a3 f5 15.Bc1 a5
16.Bb5 Qc7 17.Bxc6 dxc6 18.e5 Rfd8 19.Qc4 Qe7 20.Na4 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rd3 Rxd3
23.Qxd3 h6 24.g3 b5 25.Nxc5 Qxc5 26.Be3 Qe7 27.Qc3 Qd7 28.Qd4 Qe8 29.Qd6 a4
30.Bc5 Kh7 31.Kg2 Nh8 32.Qe7 Qg6 33.Qd7 Qg4 34.Qxc6 Ng6 35.Kf2 Qd1 36.Be3 Ne7
37.Qxb5 Qxc2+ 38.Qe2 Qb1 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.Qf3 Qc2+ 41.Qf2 Qd1 42.Qd2 Nd5 43.Qf2 Qd3
44.Bd2 Qe4+ 45.Kg1 Qb1+ 46.Be1 g5 47.fxg5 hxg5 48.Qe2 Kg6 49.Kg2 f4 50.Bc3 Ne3+
51.Kh3 Qe4 52.Bd2 g4+ 53.Kh4 Nf5+  0-1

[Event "2nd Rapid"]
[Site "D'Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Agrest,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 g5 10.Bg3 Qe7 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Qa4+ Nfd7 14.Rb1 Bc6 15.Qc2 Nf6
16.e4 Nbd7 17.f3 e5 18.c5 dxc5 19.Nc4 O-O-O 20.dxe5 Ne8 21.Rh6 Bb7 22.Qa4 Kb8
23.Rd1 Ng7 24.Nd6 cxd6 25.Rhxd6 Kc8 26.e6 Nxe6 27.Rc6+  1-0

[Event "2nd Rapid"]
[Site "D'Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korneev,O"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Rd1+ Ke8 12.Bg5 Bd7 13.Rd2 h6 14.Bh4 Bb4 15.Rad1 Nxh4
16.Rxd7 Nxf3+ 17.gxf3 Bd6 18.e6 fxe6 19.Rxg7 Be5 20.Rgd7 Bd6 21.Rg7 Be5 22.Rgd7 Bd6
23.Rg7 Be5 24.Rgd7 Bd6 25.Rg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Rapid"]
[Site "D'Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5+ 8.Nbd2 Qxc5
9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Bc4 Qf5 11.Nd4 Qa5 12.O-O O-O 13.Bd3 Nbc6 14.Nc4 Qg5 15.Nxc6 Nxc6
16.Be4 Qh4 17.Qf3 Bd7 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Nd6 f5 20.Bc2 Be8 21.Qf4 Qe7 22.Nxe8 Rfxe8
23.h3 h6 24.Ba4 Qf6 25.b4 e5 26.Qc4+ Kh8 27.Rac1 f4 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.exf4 Rd4
30.Qc5 Qxf4 31.Bxc6 bxc6 32.Qxc6 Rxb4 33.Qc8+ Kh7 34.Qc2+ Qe4 35.Qd2 Rd4
36.Qc3 Ra4 37.Qb3 Rd4 38.Qc2 Qxc2 39.Rxc2 Ra4 40.Kf1 Kg6 41.Ke2 Kf5 42.Ke3 Ra3+
43.Ke2 h5 44.h4 g5 45.hxg5 Kxg5 46.Rd2 h4 47.f3 Kf4 48.Kf2 e4 49.fxe4 Kxe4
50.Rb2 Kf4 51.Rc2 Kg4 52.Rc4+ Kg5 53.Rc5+ Kg4 54.Rc2 Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Rapid"]
[Site "D'Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Bd3 d5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rfd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.cxd5 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Bxd5
16.Qe2 Rc8 17.Ndb5 Rc5 18.Ne4 Rc4 19.Nbc3 Be5 20.f4 Bxc3 21.Nxc3 Qc7 22.Nxd5 exd5
23.Rxd5 Rc2 24.Rd2 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 Rd8 26.Qe2 Qc5 27.a3 b5 28.h3 a5 29.Kh2 b4
30.axb4 axb4 31.e4 Qd4 32.Rf1 Re8 33.e5 b3 34.Rf3 Rc8 35.Qe3 Qxb2 36.Qxb3 Qe2
37.Qe3 Qxe3 38.Rxe3 h5 39.Kg3 g6 40.f5 Kg7 41.e6 fxe6 42.fxe6 g5 43.e7 Re8
44.h4 Kf6 45.hxg5+ Kxg5 46.Re5+ Kf6 47.Kf4 h4 48.Re3 Kg6 49.Kg4 Kf7 50.Kh3 Kf6
51.Kxh4  1-0

[Event "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Venaco FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Steil Antoni,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.h3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Be6
9.Re1 h6 10.a4 Bxe3 11.Rxe3 Qe7 12.Nf1 Bxc4 13.dxc4 Nd7 14.Ng3 Nc5 15.Nh2 Ne6
16.Nf5 Qd7 17.Rg3 Kh7 18.Ng4 Qd8 19.Qd2 Qg5 20.Nge3 Qd8 21.Nxg7 Nxg7 22.Rxg7+ Kh8
23.Rg4 Rg8 24.Nd5 Rg5 25.Ra3 f6 26.Rf3 Kg7 27.Rxf6 Qxf6 28.Nxf6 Kxf6 29.Rxg5 hxg5
30.h4 Nb8  1-0

[Event "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Venaco FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brunner,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.a3 Bd6
9.e4 Nxe4 10.Bd3 Nd2 11.Kxd2 Qg4 12.Rg1 O-O 13.Ne4 Rd8 14.h3 Qh5 15.Nxd6 Rxd6
16.Qc3 e5 17.dxe5 Rd5 18.Kc2 Bf5 19.g4 Bxd3+ 20.Qxd3 Rxd3 21.gxh5 Rxf3 22.Be3 Nxe5
23.Bd4 f6 24.Rae1 Re8 25.Re4 c5 26.Be3 Kf7 27.Rd1 b6 28.h4 Ke6 29.b3 a5 30.Rg1 Re7
31.Rd1 Kf5 32.Ra4 Ng4 33.Rd5+ Ke6 34.Re4+ Kxd5 35.Rxe7 Rf5 36.Rxg7 Nxe3+
37.fxe3 Rxh5 38.Rg4 f5 39.Rf4 Ke5 40.a4 Rh6 41.Kc3 Rg6 42.Rf3 Rg4 43.Rh3 h5
44.Kd3 Ke6 45.Kc3 Kd5 46.Kd3 Ke5 47.Rh1 Ke6 48.Rh2 Kd5 49.Rh3 Rb4 50.Kc3 c4
51.bxc4+ Rxc4+ 52.Kb3 Rb4+ 53.Ka3 Ke5 54.Rh1 Re4 55.Rh3 Rg4 56.Kb3 Rb4+ 57.Ka3 Ke4
58.Rg3 Ke5 59.Rg6 Rxh4 60.Rxb6 Rh3 61.Rb5+ Ke4 62.Rxa5 Rxe3+ 63.Kb2 h4 64.Ra8 h3
65.Rh8 Kf4 66.a5 Kg3 67.a6 Re7 68.Kc3 h2 69.Kd4 Rg7 70.Kc5 Kg2 71.a7 Rxa7
72.Rg8+ Kf1 73.Rh8 Ra2 74.Kd4 Kg1  0-1

[Event "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Venaco FRA"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Agrest,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 g5 10.Bg3 Nc6 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.e4 Qe7 14.Qc2 O-O-O 15.O-O-O e5
16.d5 Nb8 17.c5 bxc5 18.Nc4 c6 19.Rh6 Rg6 20.Rxg6 fxg6 21.Be2 Rd7 22.Qa4 cxd5
23.exd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Nxd5 25.Bg4 Nb6 26.Nxb6+ axb6 27.Qe4 Kc7 28.Bf3 d5 29.Qxg6 Nc6
30.c4 Rd6 31.Qg8 d4 32.Qa8 e4 33.Bg4 Qd8 34.Qa6 Qb8 35.a4 d3 36.Kd2 Qh8 37.Bxd6+ Kxd6
38.Qxb6 Qd4 39.Ke1 Qc3+  0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2005.11.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "David,Alb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 c6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rab1 Be6 12.b4 Rc8 13.Rfe1 N6d7 14.Bf4 Bg4 15.Nd2 a6
16.Na4 b5 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.bxc5 Bh5 19.h3 Bg6 20.Nb3 Qd7 21.Bg3 Ne6 22.Rbd1 Ng5
23.f3 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 f5 25.Be5 Bd8 26.Bf4 g6 27.Re2 Bf6 28.Bxg5 Bxg5 29.f4 Bf6
30.Nd2 Kf7 31.Nf3 Re4 32.Nd2 Re7 33.Rf1 Rce8 34.Nf3 Re4 35.Ne5+ Bxe5 36.fxe5 Kg7
37.Rf4 Qe7 38.Ref2 h5 39.Qd2 Qd8 40.Qc3 Rf8 41.Qd2 Rf7 42.g3 Rf8 43.Kg2 Qg5
44.Kh2 Qd8 45.Qc3 Rf7 46.Qe1 Rf8 47.Qc3 Rf7 48.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2005.11.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "David,Alb"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Bb3 b5 8.a4 b4 9.e4 cxd4
10.e5 Nfd7 11.Qxd4 Bb7 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Qg4 Nc6 14.Nbd2 Ndxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Qg3 Bd6
17.Bf4 Qd4 18.Rad1 g5 19.Nc4 Qxc4 20.Bxc4 gxf4 21.Qb3 Rg8 22.f3 Bc5+ 23.Kh1 Ke7
24.Rfe1 Rg5 25.Qc2 Rc8 26.Qd2 Nxc4 27.Qd7+ Kf6 28.Qxb7 Rcg8 29.Rd7 Ne5 30.Rxe5 Rxe5
31.Rxf7+ Kg6 32.h4 Re1+ 33.Kh2 Bg1+ 34.Kh3 Be3 35.h5+ Kh6 36.Rxh7+ Kg5 37.Qe7+ Kf5
38.Qf7+ Ke5 39.Qxg8 Bf2 40.Qg5+ Kd4 41.Rd7+ Kc4 42.Qxf4+ Kb3 43.Rd3+ Ka2
44.Qc4+ Ka1 45.Qxb4 Rh1+ 46.Kg4 Rh4+ 47.Kg5 Rxb4 48.h6 Bg3 49.h7 Be5 50.Re3 Bh8
51.Rxe6 Rxb2 52.g4 Rb8 53.Rxa6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gyimesi,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Bd2 h6 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Ne4 c5 14.Ng3 Kc8 15.Rfe1 Be7
16.Bc3 Rg8 17.Nh5 Be6 18.a4 b6 19.Nh2 Nf8 20.g4 g6 21.Nf6 Bxf6 22.exf6 g5
23.Nf3 Ng6 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Rxe5 Kb7 26.Kg2 Kc6 27.Kg3 Rg6 28.Re3 Rag8 29.Red3 h5
30.f3 hxg4 31.fxg4 Rh8 32.Rd8 Rh4 33.Re1 Rh7 34.Re2 Rgh6 35.Rh2 Rh4 36.Rdd2 R7h6
37.Rde2 Rh8 38.Rxe6+ fxe6 39.f7 R4h7 40.Bxh8 Rxh8 41.Rf2 Rf8 42.h4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2005-6"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khenkin,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Ne4
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.Qc2 Bf5 13.O-O O-O 14.Rab1 h5 15.b4 a6
16.Rfc1 h4 17.h3 Rad8 18.a4 Nh7 19.Ne2 Ng5 20.Nf4 Ne6 21.Nxe6 Qxe6 22.Qd1 Rd5
23.Rc5 Qg6 24.Kh1 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Chumfwa,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc5
9.Qf3 O-O 10.Bg2 d6 11.O-O Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Ba3 Rb8 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.Qf4 e5
16.Qd2 Be6 17.Qxd6 Qxd6 18.Rxd6 Na4 19.Rxc6 Rfc8 20.Bd6 Rxc6 21.Bxc6 Rb6
22.Bxa4 Rxd6 23.Rb1 g6 24.c5 Ra6 25.Rb8+ Kg7 26.Bb3 Kf6 27.Rb7 h5 28.f3 Rc6
29.Rxa7 Rxc5 30.Bxe6 Kxe6 31.Ra3 h4 32.Kg2 hxg3 33.hxg3 Kd5 34.Kf2 Kc4 35.Ra7 f5
36.Ra6 g5 37.Rg6  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chumfwa,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Nbd2 Re8 8.Qe2 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.Rd1 Qd7 11.Nf1 Bg6 12.Nh4 Bh5 13.Nf3 Nd4 14.cxd4 Qxb5 15.g4 Bg6
16.dxc5 dxe4 17.Nh4 exd3 18.Qe3 e4 19.b3 Nd5 20.Qd4 Rad8 21.Bb2 f6 22.Nxg6 hxg6
23.Qc4 Qxc4 24.bxc4 Nf4 25.h4 Ne6 26.Ba3 Nd4 27.Rab1 Ne2+ 28.Kg2 Nc3 29.Ne3 Nxd1
30.Nxd1 b6 31.Ne3 d2 32.c6 Rd3  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kempinski,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Nf6 12.Be3 b6 13.a3 Bb7 14.Qc2 Nh5 15.b4 Nf4
16.c5 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 f5 18.Rfc1 bxc5 19.b5 Nb8 20.Bxc5 Rf7 21.Ng5 Rd7 22.Rd1 h6
23.Qc4+ Kh8 24.Qe6 Qxe6 25.Nxe6 fxe4 26.Be3 Bc8 27.Nd5 Rxd5 28.Nxc7  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kempinski,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Be2 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 O-O
9.O-O Ncb4 10.Qd2 c5 11.d4 exd4 12.exd4 cxd4 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd4 Nf4 15.Qxf4 Qxd4
16.Bf3 Bf5 17.Qxd4 Bxd4 18.g4 Be6 19.Rd1 Rad8 20.Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 d6 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Nd5 Nd7 8.O-O c6
9.Nf4 b5 10.Be2 g6 11.c3 Bh6 12.d3 Bg7 13.Qc2 dxc3 14.bxc3 O-O 15.d4 Nb6
16.Be3 Bd7 17.Rfd1 Re8 18.Rab1 Rc8 19.Bd3 a6 20.Ne2 c5 21.Qd2 Be6 22.d5 Bd7
23.Bg5 Qc7 24.h4 Na4 25.h5 Qa5 26.Rbc1 b4 27.cxb4 cxb4 28.a3 Nb2 29.h6 Be5
30.axb4 Qa3 31.Bb1 Nxd1 32.Rxd1 Qb2 33.Qe3 Ba4 34.Rf1 Bb5 35.Bd3 Bxd3 36.Qxd3 Qxb4
37.f4 Bh8 38.e5 f6 39.exf6 Qc4 40.Qxc4 Rxc4 41.Rb1 Rc7 42.Nd4 Rf7 43.Rb6 Bxf6
44.Bxf6 Rxf6 45.Ne6 Ra8 46.Ng5 Rf5 47.Rxd6 Ra7 48.Ne6 a5 49.g4 Rf8 50.Nxf8 Kxf8
51.Re6 Kf7 52.Re2 a4 53.d6 a3 54.Kg2 g5 55.fxg5 Kg6 56.Rd2 a2 57.d7 Ra8 58.d8=Q Rxd8
59.Rxa2 Kxg5 60.Ra7 Kxh6 61.Kg3 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6 13.f4 Bc7 14.O-O exd5 15.exd5 Ba5
16.f5 Bxf5 17.Rxb7 Qd6 18.Bc4 Rfb8 19.Rxb8+ Rxb8 20.Qg5 Rb1 21.Bf4 Rxf1+
22.Kxf1 Qb6 23.Be5 Qb1+ 24.Kf2 Qc2+ 25.Kg1 Qb1+ 26.Kf2 Qc2+ 27.Kg1 Qb1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bg5 f6 7.Be3 Nh6 8.dxe5 fxe5
9.c5 O-O 10.Bc4+ Kh8 11.h3 Na5 12.Be2 Be6 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Qd2 Nf7 15.b3 Nc6
16.O-O Qd7 17.Rac1 Rad8 18.Rfd1 h6 19.Nd5 Rc8 20.Nh4 Kh7 21.Nf3 g5 22.Nh2 Nh8
23.Bg4 Ng6 24.Nc3 Rcd8 25.Nb5 Nf4 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Qxd6 Bxg4 28.Nxg4 Qxd6
29.Nxd6 h5 30.Nh2 Nd4 31.Nxb7 Ne2+ 32.Kf1 Rxd1+ 33.Rxd1 Nc3 34.Re1 Re8 35.e5 Nxa2
36.e6 Bf8 37.Nf3 Be7 38.Ra1 Rb8 39.Rxa2 Rxb7 40.Rd2 Rb6 41.Rd7  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nc4 f6 10.Nh4 Nc5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Qd5 13.Qg4 Rfe8 14.Re1 Rad8 15.Be3 e4
16.b4 Na4 17.a3 exd3 18.Rad1 h5 19.Qf4 b5 20.Na5 Bd6 21.Qf3 Qxf3 22.gxf3 dxc2
23.Rc1 c5 24.Nb7 cxb4 25.Nxd6 cxd6 26.axb4 d5 27.Rxc2 d4 28.Bd2 Rxe1+ 29.Bxe1 d3
30.Ra2 Nb6 31.Kg2 Nc4 32.Bd2 Re8 33.Bf4 d2 34.Bxd2 Re2 35.Rxa6 Rxd2 36.Kg3 Rd5
37.Kf4 Nd6 38.Ke3 Nxf5+ 39.Ke4 Re5+ 40.Kd3 Kf7 41.f4 Rd5+ 42.Ke4 Ne7 43.Ra7 f5+
44.Ke3 Ke6  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qc2 c5 6.cxd5 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Bg5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Nxe7 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Qb3 Qxb3 12.Nxb3 Nbc6 13.g3 b6 14.Bg2 Ba6 15.Nd4 Bb7
16.Ndb5 Rab8 17.O-O a6 18.Nd6 Ba8 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.Rfd1 Kf8 21.f4 Nc8 22.Nc4 Rxd2
23.Rxd2 Ke7 24.Na4 Nb4 25.Bxa8 Rxa8 26.a3 b5 27.Nc5 bxc4 28.Rd7+ Ke8 29.axb4 a5
30.Rc7 axb4 31.Ne4 c3 32.bxc3 bxc3 33.Rxc3 Ne7 34.Rc7 Rd8 35.Rb7 h6 36.Kf2 Nf5
37.Nc5 Nd6 38.Ra7 Nb5 39.Ra5 Nd4 40.Nd3 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.O-O c5 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.e4 Qd8 10.e5 Nfd7 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Qc4 Qb4 13.Qxb4 cxb4 14.Nc4 Nc6 15.Be3 Bxf3
16.gxf3 b5 17.Be4 bxc4 18.Bxc6 O-O-O 19.a3 bxa3 20.bxa3 Kc7 21.Be4 Nb6 22.Rfc1 Be7
23.a4 Rb8 24.a5 Nd5 25.Rxc4+ Kd7 26.Bd2 Rhc8 27.Rxc8 Kxc8 28.Bd3 Nc7 29.Kf1 Bb4
30.Be3 g6 31.Ke2 Bc3 32.Ra3 Rb2+ 33.Kd1 Bb4 34.Ra1 Kd7 35.Bc4 Bc3 36.Ra3 Bb4
37.Ra4 Bc3 38.Kc1 Nb5 39.f4 Kc6 40.Bf1 Rb4 41.Bg2+ Kd7 42.Rxb4 Bxb4 43.Bb7 Bxa5
44.Bxa6 Kc6 45.Kc2 Kb6 46.Bc8 Kc7 47.Ba6 Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.Kh1 O-O 11.Qe1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Qg3 Bc6 15.Rae1 Qb7
16.Bd3 b4 17.Nd1 bxa3 18.bxa3 g6 19.Nf2 Nh5 20.Qe3 f6 21.Bc4 Ng7 22.Rb1 Qc8
23.Bb3 Kh8 24.Nd3 a5 25.Rf3 Rb8 26.Re1 Qd7 27.Rh3 d5 28.f5 exf5 29.Qh6 Nh5
30.exf5 Kg8 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.Qxg6+ Ng7 33.Qh7+ Kf7 34.Rg3 Rg8 35.Ne5+ fxe5
36.Qg6+ Kf8 37.Rf1+  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bd3 Bf5 8.Bxf5 gxf5
9.Ne5 a5 10.f3 Nfd7 11.Nd3 Bg7 12.Qc2 e6 13.Qf2 Nf6 14.Bd2 Nbd7 15.b4 a4
16.Ne2 Qc7 17.Qh4 O-O-O 18.O-O-O Rdg8 19.Be1 Qd8 20.Bg3 h5 21.Bf4 Bh6 22.Rhg1 Ne8
23.Qf2 Bxf4 24.Ndxf4 Kb7 25.g3 Qe7 26.Nc3 Nc7 27.e4 fxe4 28.fxe4 h4 29.g4 Qg5
30.Kb1 Nf6 31.exd5 exd5 32.h3 Re8 33.Rge1 Rxe1 34.Rxe1 Re8 35.Rxe8 Nfxe8
36.Ng2 Qg6+ 37.Qf5 Qh6 38.g5 Qe6 39.Qd3 Ng7 40.Ne2 Qe7 41.Nxh4 Nce6 42.Nf3 Nxg5
43.Ne5 Ne4 44.Kb2 Ne6 45.Qe3 Qh4 46.Nxf7 Qe1 47.Nd6+ Nxd6 48.cxd6 Qxb4+ 49.Kc2 Qxd6
50.h4 Ng7 51.Qg5 Qd7 52.Kd2 Qf7 53.Nf4 b4 54.h5 Nxh5 55.Nxh5 Qf2+ 56.Kd3 Qf3+
57.Kd2 Qf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.d3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.O-O Be7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.c3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Ne6 15.f4 d4
16.f5 Nc5 17.Bc2 Re8 18.Qf3 Bf6 19.Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.Bd2 Qb5 21.Rb1 Qa5 22.Qd5 Rd8
23.b4 Rxd5 24.bxa5 dxc3 25.Be3 Bd4 26.Bxd4 Rxd4 27.Rb5 Nxd3 28.Rxb7 Kf8 29.Rxa7 Nb4
30.Bb3 c2 31.Bxc2 Nxc2 32.a6 Ra4 33.Rc7 Rxa6 34.Rxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6
9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 g6 12.Na4 Qa5 13.Bh6 Qb4 14.Qxb4 Bxb4 15.c3 Ba5
16.b4 Bc7 17.f4 a5 18.b5 Nb6 19.Nxb6 Bxb6+ 20.Kf1 cxb5 21.Bxb5+ Bd7 22.Rab1 Rb8
23.c4 Ba7 24.Ba6 Bc6 25.cxd5 exd5 26.f5 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 Kd7 28.Rc1 gxf5 29.Bd3 Re8
30.Bf4 Bd4 31.Bxf5+ Kc7 32.e6+ Kb6 33.Rb1+ Kc5 34.exf7 Rf8 35.Rc1+ Kb6 36.Be6 Bc5
37.Bh6 Bb5+ 38.Ke1 Bb4+ 39.Kf2 Rd8 40.Rc8  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3
16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Be3 Bxd3 18.Qxd5 Rad8 19.Qf3 Bc4 20.Nd2 Be6 21.Bd4 Bb8 22.Ne4 Bd5
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qf6+ Kg8 25.Qg5+ Kh8 26.Qf6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg2 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+
9.Nxd1 Nc6 10.Be3 Nd5 11.O-O Nxe3 12.Nxe3 Bxc5 13.Nxc4 Ke7 14.Rac1 Bd7 15.Nfe5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Bd6 17.Nxd7 Kxd7 18.Bxb7 Ra7 19.Bc6+ Ke7 20.b3 Rb8 21.Rb1 f5 22.e3 Rc7
23.Bf3 Rc3 24.Be2 Rcxb3 25.Rxb3 Rxb3 26.Bxa6 Ra3 27.Bb5 Be5 28.Kg2 Ra1 29.Rxa1 Bxa1
30.a5 Be5 31.a6 Bb8 32.h4 Ba7 33.Kf3 Kf6 34.g4 h6 35.h5 g5 36.hxg6 Kxg6 37.gxf5+ exf5
38.Bf1 Kg5 39.Kg3 Kf6 40.Bg2 Bb6 41.Kh4 Kg6 42.Bc6 Bd8+ 43.Kg3 Bb6 44.e4 Kf6
45.f4 fxe4 46.Bxe4 Ke6 47.Kg4 Kf6 48.Bg2 Ba7 49.Bh3 Bc5 50.f5 Ba7  1-0

[Event "WCC Places 3-4"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.g3 Qd7 14.d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC Places 3-4"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.O-O Be7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Nb3 Nd7 14.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC Places 3-4"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Bg5 c6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nbd2 Be6
16.Rc1 h6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nf1 d5 19.Qe2 Rfe8 20.N1h2 Rad8 21.Ng4 Bxg4 22.hxg4 Qe6
23.exd5 Qxg4 24.Be4 Nb7 25.c4 Nc5 26.cxb5 Nxe4 27.Qxe4 Qxe4 28.Rxe4 axb5
29.Rc5 Ra8 30.a3 Reb8 31.d6 Ra4 32.Nd2 Ra6 33.d7 Rd8 34.Rxb5 Rxd7 35.Nc4 Rd1+
36.Kh2 Rd4 37.Rxd4 exd4 38.b3 Kf8 39.Kg3 Ke7 40.Kf3 Re6 41.a4 Re1 42.Nb2 Kd6
43.a5 Ra1 44.Ke4 Kc6 45.Rb6+ Kc7 46.b4 Be7 47.Nd3 Bf6 48.g4 Ra2 49.Nc5 Rxf2
50.Rb7+ Kc6 51.a6 Re2+ 52.Kd3 Re3+ 53.Kc2 Ra3 54.Rb8 Kc7 55.Rb5 d3+ 56.Kd1 Bg5
57.Ra5 Rxa5 58.bxa5 Kb8 59.Nxd3 Ka7 60.Nb4 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC Places 3-4"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 O-O 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.O-O Na6 12.e4 Rc8 13.Re1 Rc7 14.Nd3 dxe4 15.Nxe4 c5
16.d5 exd5 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.cxd5 g6 20.Qg4 Rd8 21.Rad1 h5 22.Qa4 Rd6
23.Ne5 Rc8 24.Nc4 Rdd8 25.d6 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Nb4 27.Qxa7 Nc2 28.Re4 Nd4 29.Rd3 Qf5
30.Qe7 Kh7 31.Rf4 Qd5+ 32.f3 Re8 33.Rxf7+ Kg8 34.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.f3 Be6
9.Nbc3 Bc4 10.Bxc4 Nxc4 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.e6 fxe6 13.Be3 Qd7 14.O-O g6 15.Rfd1 Na5
16.Qb4 Nc6 17.Qb3 Na5 18.Qb4 Nc6 19.Qb5 a6 20.Qb3 Na5 21.Qb4 Nc6 22.Qb3 Na5
23.Qb4 Nc6 24.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "B37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nc2 Bg7 8.Be2 Nd7
9.Bd2 Nc5 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 Ne6 12.Rc1 Ned4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Be3 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 Be6
16.Nd5 Qd7 17.Rfd1 b6 18.b5 f5 19.exf5 Rxf5 20.Nb4 Bf7 21.Nc6 Re8 22.Qd3 Rc8
23.Qe4 Rc7 24.a4 h5 25.h3 Qe6 26.Qxe6 Bxe6 27.Re1 Bc8 28.a5 bxa5 29.Bxa7 Kf7
30.Bb6 Rxc6 31.bxc6 a4 32.Red1 a3 33.Bd4 Bxd4 34.Rxd4 Be6 35.Rd5 Ke8 36.Rxf5 gxf5
37.Ra1 Kd8 38.Rxa3 Kc7 39.Re3 Bxc4 40.Rxe7+ Kxc6 41.f3  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.h4 Bf6 11.Ng5 h6 12.Bd3 Nxd3+ 13.Qxd3 g6 14.Nf3 h5 15.Rde1 Bf5
16.Qd2 Re8 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Qf6 19.f3 Re5 20.Rxe5 dxe5 21.Rd1 Qc6 22.b3 Re8
23.Kb2 e4 24.fxe4 Bxe4 25.Qf4 Bf5 26.Rd2 Qc5 27.Nf3 Bg4 28.a4 Bxf3 29.Qxf3 c6
30.Rd7 Re7 31.Qd3 Rxd7 32.Qxd7 Qb6 33.b4 c5 34.a5 Qc6 35.Qxc6 bxc6 36.Kb3 Kf8
37.Kc4 Ke7 38.Kxc5 Kd7 39.c4 f6 40.b5 g5 41.b6 axb6+ 42.Kxb6 Kc8 43.Kxc6 gxh4
44.c5  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.h4 Bf6 11.Ng5 h6 12.Bd3 Nxd3+ 13.Qxd3 g6 14.Nf3 h5 15.Rde1 Bf5
16.Qd2 Re8 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Qf6 19.f3 Re5 20.Rxe5 dxe5 21.Rd1 Qc6 22.b3 Re8
23.Kb2 e4 24.fxe4 Bxe4 25.Qf4 Bf5 26.Rd2 Qc5 27.Nf3 Bg4 28.a4 Bxf3 29.Qxf3 c6
30.Rd7 Re7 31.Qd3 Rxd7 32.Qxd7 Qb6 33.b4 c5 34.a5 Qc6 35.Qxc6 bxc6 36.Kb3 Kf8
37.Kc4 cxb4 38.cxb4 Ke7 39.Kc5 Kd7 40.c4 f6 41.b5 g5 42.b6 axb6+ 43.Kxb6 Kc8
44.Kxc6 gxh4 45.c5  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.O-O Nc5 13.Ne3 Bg6 14.b4 Ne6 15.b5 Rd8
16.Qb3 Nd4 17.Qb2 Bc5 18.Rfc1 Qe7 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Ne4 Bb4 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.Rxc4 c5
23.e3 Ne6 24.Nc3 Nxf4 25.Bc6+ Kf8 26.Rxf4 Qe5 27.Rc1 a5 28.Bb5 Ke7 29.Qb3 Rd2
30.e4 Rhd8 31.Nd5+ Kf8 32.Qf3 Rd4 33.Rc4 Bd2 34.Rxc5 Bxf4 35.Nxf4 Qxe4 36.Bc6 Qxf3
37.Bxf3 Bf7 38.Rxa5 g5 39.Ne2 Rc4 40.h3 Rd1+ 41.Kg2 Ra1 42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.a5 Rca4
44.Rd8 Rxa5 45.Nd4 f5 46.Rd7 Kf6 47.Rd6+ Ke5 48.Rd8 Rc5 49.Nc6+ Ke6 50.Rh8 Kf6
51.Rxh7 g4 52.hxg4 fxg4 53.Be4 Re1 54.Nd8 Bd5 55.Rh6+ Ke7 56.Bxd5 Rxd5 57.Nc6+ Kd7
58.Rg6 Rdd1 59.Nb8+ Kc8 60.Rg8+ Kb7 61.Rxg4 Kxb8  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5
16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 f5 18.Nh2 Nf6 19.Rf3 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Nbxd5 21.Ng4 Kh8 22.Bd2 Nxe4
23.Rxe4 Rxe4 24.Bxe4 Nc3 25.Bxc3 Bxe4 26.Rf4 Bg6 27.Nxh6 Qg5 28.Qf3 Qxh6
29.Bd2 Qxf4 30.Bxf4 Re8 31.axb5 axb5 32.Qc6 Kh7 33.Qxb5 d5 34.Qd7 d4 35.h4 Re4
36.Bg3 Be7 37.h5 Bxh5 38.f3 Re2 39.Kf1 Rxb2 40.Qxe7 Rb1+ 41.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e3 O-O
9.Rc1 Qg6 10.Qc2 Qxc2 11.Rxc2 Rd8 12.a3 Bf8 13.Nb5 Rd7 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Bd3 a6
16.Nc3 Rd8 17.O-O Nb8 18.Rb1 a5 19.h3 c6 20.e4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Be6 22.Bc4 Bxc4
23.Rxc4 Nd7 24.Rc3 Be7 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 Nf6 27.Nxf6+ Bxf6 28.b5 cxb5 29.Rcb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Be2 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nb3 Qb6 12.Na4 Qc7 13.Nxd4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bd6 15.Rac1 Bxh2+
16.Kh1 Bd6 17.Nb5 Qb8 18.Be2 a6 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.Rfd1 Qb4 21.Rd4 Qa5 22.Bf4 Re8
23.b4 Qf5 24.Qxf5 exf5 25.Bf3 h6 26.Rc7 g5 27.Bg3 Rb8 28.Nc3 Nf8 29.Rd1 Ne6
30.Rxf7 Kxf7 31.Bxb8 g4 32.Be2 Ng5 33.Kg1 Be6 34.Be5 Rc8 35.f3 gxf3 36.gxf3 Nd7
37.Bd4 Bc4 38.Kf2 Bxe2 39.Nxe2 Rc2 40.a4 Nf8 41.Rc1 Rxc1 42.Nxc1 Nge6 43.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Bg2 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 a5
9.O-O d5 10.Nc3 Ba6 11.a3 Be7 12.Ne5 O-O 13.Re1 Nfd7 14.Nf3 Nf6 15.Ne5 Nfd7
16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.e4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Rb8 19.Na4 Nf6 20.Bf3 Qxd4 21.Bxa5 Qxd1 22.Bxd1 c5
23.Rc1 Rfc8 24.Bc3 Nd7 25.Bc2 Bb5 26.Nb2 Bf6 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Re3 Bc6 29.Bd1 Bd5
30.Rec3 Rc7 31.Nd3 Rcb7 32.b4 cxb4 33.Nxb4 Be4 34.Re3 Bg6 35.h4 h5 36.Nc6 Rb1
37.Rec3 R8b2 38.a4 Kf8 39.a5 Rxc1 40.Rxc1 Ra2 41.Bf3 Kg7 42.Kg2 Kh6 43.Re1 Nc5
44.Re2 Ra1 45.Re3 Kg7 46.Rc3 Nd3 47.Be2 Ne1+ 48.Kh3 Bf5+ 49.g4 hxg4+ 50.Bxg4 Be4
51.Nd4 f5 52.Be2 Ra4 53.Nb3 Bg2+ 54.Kg3 f4+ 55.Kh2 Bd5 56.Kg1 Ng2 57.h5 Nh4
58.Bd1 Ra3 59.Kh2 Nf5 60.Rd3 Nd6 61.Rd4 Ne4 62.Bc2 Ng5  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.a3 Nc6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Bf4 Rac8
16.Nd2 Na5 17.Nf1 Qb3 18.Qd2 Qc2 19.Qxc2 Bxc2 20.Bg4 f5 21.Bxf5 Bxf5 22.Re5 Nc4
23.Rxf5 c6 24.Bc1 c5 25.a4 cxd4 26.cxd4 Bf6 27.Be3 Red8 28.Rd1 b6 29.h3 Nb2
30.Ra1 Bxd4 31.a5 Nc4 32.Bxd4 Rxd4 33.axb6 axb6 34.Rb5 Rc5 35.Rbb1 Ra5 36.Ne3 Rxa1
37.Rxa1 Nxe3 38.fxe3 Rd8 39.Rb1 Rb8 40.Rb5 Kf7 41.Kf2 Ke6 42.e4 Kd6 43.Ke3 Kc6
44.Rg5 Rb7 45.Kd4 Rd7+ 46.Kc4 Ra7 47.Re5 Ra4+ 48.Kb3 Ra7 49.Kc4 Ra4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 d5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qe5+ 8.Be3 Nf6
9.O-O Bc5 10.Re1 O-O 11.Na4 Ba7 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Bxa7 Qf4 14.Bd4 Nc6 15.Bxf6 Rxf6
16.Be4 Qxf2+ 17.Kh1 Ne5 18.Qd8+ Rf8 19.Qg5 Bd7 20.Qxe5 Bxa4 21.Bxb7 Rab8
22.Bxa6 Kh8 23.b3 Bc6 24.Qg3 Qa7 25.Bd3 Rf2 26.Rg1 Rbf8 27.Raf1 Kg8 28.Rxf2 Rxf2
29.Qh3 Kf7 30.Bc4 Qe7 31.Qe3 Rxc2 32.Rf1+ Ke8 33.Rf2 Rxf2 34.Qxf2 e5 35.h3 Qg5
36.Kh2 e4 37.Qg3 Qh6 38.Qe5+ Kd7 39.Bd5 e3 40.Bxc6+ Kxc6 41.Kg3 Qg6+ 42.Kf3 Qc2
43.Qe6+ Kb7 44.Qd7+ Kb8 45.Qb5+ Ka7 46.Qe2  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.Kb1 b6 11.Nd4 Bb7 12.h3 a6 13.f4 Nd7 14.Nf5 Re8 15.Rg1 Nc5
16.Bxc5 bxc5 17.g4 Bf8 18.Bc4 Qd7 19.Qf2 d5 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.c4 c6 22.cxd5 cxd5
23.Ne3 d4 24.Nc4 Qb5 25.b3 Rab8 26.Kc1 Re4 27.Rge1 Rbe8 28.Rxe4 Rxe4 29.Re1 Qe8
30.Kd1 f5 31.Rxe4 Qxe4 32.Qe2 Qxe2+ 33.Kxe2 Kf7 34.Kf3 Ke6 35.gxf5+ Kxf5
36.a4 Be7 37.Nd2 g6 38.Nf1 Bh4 39.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.e3 b6 10.b4 Nxf4 11.exf4 Qc7 12.g3 g6 13.Rc1 Bg7 14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O a5 16.b5 bxc5
17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Qxd5 Be6 20.Qxc5 Qxc5 21.Rxc5 Bxa2 22.Ne5 Bxe5
23.fxe5 Rfc8 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.Ra1 Rc2 26.Bf3 Rb2 27.b6 Bc4 28.b7 Ba6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.b3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Bb2 Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Rfd1 Qc7 12.Rac1 Rad8 13.a3 a5 14.h3 Qb8 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Nd7 18.f4 b5 19.Bd3 Nc5 20.Bc2 b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.Ne4 Nxe4
23.Bxe4 c5 24.Bd3 g6 25.e4 Rd7 26.f5 Bg5 27.Bc4 Bc8 28.Rxd7 Bxd7 29.Rd1 Qc7
30.Qd3 Bc8 31.f6 Bb7 32.Qd6 Qc6 33.Qd7 h5 34.Qxc6 Bxc6 35.Re1 Rd8 36.Re2 Bf4
37.Kf2 h4 38.Kf3 g5 39.g3 Bxg3 40.Bc1 Bxe5 41.Bxg5 Rd1 42.Rg2 Kh8 43.Rg4 Rh1
44.Rxh4+ Kg8 45.Rh5 Bb7 46.Bh4 Bd4 47.Rg5+ Kf8 48.Rh5 Rxh3+ 49.Kg2 Rxh4 50.Rxh4 Bxf6
51.Rg4 Ke7 52.Kf3 Kd6 53.Kf4 Be5+ 54.Ke3 Bb2 55.Rh4 Bc6 56.Rh7 Bc1+ 57.Ke2 Ke7
58.Kd3 Bb2 59.Rh2 Be5 60.Ra2 f5 61.exf5 exf5 62.Ra7+ Kd8 63.Be6 f4 64.Rf7 Bd6
65.Bc4 Bg2 66.Ke2 Ke8 67.Kf2 Be4 68.Ke2 Be5 69.Ra7 Bd4 70.Rf7 Be5 71.Ra7 Kd8
72.Rf7 Bc6 73.Rf5 Bd6 74.Bd5 Bd7 75.Rf7 Be8 76.Rh7 Be5 77.Kf3 Bd6 78.Rh6 Ke7
79.Ke4 Bd7 80.Rh7+ Kd8 81.Bc4 Bc6+ 82.Kf5 f3 83.Ke6 Bg3 84.Rg7 Bh2 85.Rh7 Bg3
86.Bd5 f2 87.Rf7 Bb5 88.Bg2 c4 89.Bf1 Be8 90.Bxc4 Bxf7+ 91.Kxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Howell,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Bf5 11.g4 Bxc2 12.Nd4 Bg6 13.f4 c5 14.Nf3 f5 15.Be3 b6 16.e6 Be8
17.Bf2 fxg4 18.hxg4 h5 19.g5 g6 20.Rad1+ Kc8 21.Ne5 Nf5 22.Nd5 Bd6 23.Rfe1 Kb7
24.Nf6 Ne7 25.Rd2 Bxe5 26.Rxe5 Bc6 27.Re1 Rad8 28.Red1 Kc8 29.Kh2 Rxd2 30.Rxd2 Rd8
31.Re2  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,And1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qd3 Qb6 10.Bxd5 exd5 11.Be3 Bh3 12.g4 Na6 13.a3 Bxc3+ 14.Qxc3 Rac8 15.Nf5 Rxc3
16.Bxb6 Rc4 17.Bd4 Bxg4 18.b3 Bxf5 19.bxc4 dxc4 20.Rg1 f6 21.Bxa7 Nc7 22.O-O-O Nb5
23.Bc5 Nc3 24.Bxf8 Nxe2+ 25.Kb2 Nxg1 26.Bxg7 c3+ 27.Kxc3 Ne2+ 28.Kd2  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bunzmann,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Bf4 Bb7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.e4 d5 10.Nd2 dxe4 11.Ndxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 f5 13.Nc3 Bf6 14.Qe2 Qe7 15.O-O-O Rd8
16.Rhe1 Rxd4 17.Rxd4 Bxd4 18.Nb5 Bxf2 19.Qxf2 cxb5 20.Rxe6 Qd7 21.Rd6 Qe7
22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.Rd8+ Kf7 24.Bxb8 Ke7 25.Qxf5 Kxd8 26.Qf8+ Kd7 27.Qf7+  1-0

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bf4 d5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 Na6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rc1 Ne4 13.h4 Nd6 14.a4 Nc4 15.Ne5 Na5
16.Bh3 Qe8 17.h5 Nc6 18.h6 g5 19.e4 dxe4 20.Nxc6 Bxc6 21.Bxg5 Bxg5 22.Qg4 Qe7
23.Rxc6 f5 24.Qh5 Kh8 25.d5 exd5 26.Nd4 Bf6 27.Nxf5 Qe8 28.Qxe8 Raxe8 29.Rd1 Nb4
30.Rc7 a5 31.Ng7 Re7 32.Rxe7 Bxe7 33.Ne6 Rc8 34.Nf4 Rd8 35.Be6 Bg5 36.Kf1 Rd6
37.Bf5 Bxf4 38.gxf4 Rxh6 39.Ke2 Rf6 40.Bg4 Rxf4 41.Rg1 Nd3 42.Be6 Rxf2+ 43.Ke3 Rf8
44.Bxd5 Nb4 45.Bxe4 Rd8 46.Rc1 h5 47.Kf4 Nd3+ 48.Bxd3 Rxd3 49.Kg5 Kg7 50.Rc7+ Kf8
51.Kxh5 Ke8 52.Kg5 Rd4 53.b3 Kd8 54.Rc6 Rb4 55.Rc3 Ke7 56.Kf5 Kd6 57.Rd3+ Kc5
58.Ke5 b5 59.Rc3+ Kb6 60.Kd5 bxa4 61.bxa4 Rxa4 62.Rb3+ Ka6 63.Kc5 Rh4 64.Rb6+ Ka7
65.Rg6 a4 66.Kb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Ng5 g6 14.Qh3 h5 15.Qg3 Qf6
16.Bxd6 cxd6 17.Nh3 Rae8 18.Qf4 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Kg7 20.Qg3 Qf5 21.Nf4 b5 22.h4 Rd8
23.Qg5 Qxg5 24.hxg5 b4 25.cxb4 Nxb4 26.c3 Nxa2 27.Nxd5 Rb8 28.Re2 Nc1 29.Re7 a5
30.Ra7 Rc8 31.Rxa5 Ne2+ 32.Kh2 Nxc3 33.Nf6 Rb8 34.d5 Nb5 35.Ra4 Nc7 36.Ne4 Ne8
37.Ra7 Rd8 38.f3 Kf8 39.g4 hxg4 40.fxg4 Rb8 41.Kg3 Rb3+ 42.Kf4 Rb4 43.Ke3 Rb3+
44.Kd4 Rb4+ 45.Kd3 Rb3+ 46.Kc4 Rf3 47.Rd7 Rf4 48.Kd3 f6 49.Nxf6 Nxf6 50.gxf6 Rxg4
51.Rxd6 Kf7 52.Re6 Ra4 53.Re4 Rxe4 54.Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Ng5 g6 14.Qh3 h5 15.Qg3 Qf6
16.Bxd6 cxd6 17.Nh3 Rae8 18.Qf4 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Kg7 20.Qg3 Qf5 21.Nf4 b5 22.h4 Rd8
23.Qg5 Qxg5 24.hxg5 b4 25.cxb4 Nxb4 26.c3 Nxa2 27.Nxd5 Rb8 28.Re2 Nc1 29.Re7 a5
30.Ra7 Rc8 31.Rxa5 Ne2+ 32.Kh2 Nxc3 33.Nf6 Rb8 34.d5 Nb5 35.Ra4 Nc7 36.Ra7 Ne8
37.Ne4 Rd8 38.f3 Kf8 39.g4 hxg4 40.fxg4 Rb8 41.Kg3 Rb3+ 42.Kf4 Rb4 43.Ke3 Rb3+
44.Kd4 Rb4+ 45.Kd3 Rb3+ 46.Kc4 Rf3 47.Rd7 Rf4 48.Kd3 f6 49.Nxf6 Nxf6 50.gxf6 Rxg4
51.Rxd6 Kf7 52.Re6 Ra4 53.Re4 Rxe4 54.Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 c5
9.Ne2 Bg4 10.f3 Bh5 11.Nf4 Bg6 12.Be2 Nc6 13.h4 h5 14.O-O Ne7 15.dxc5 Qa5
16.Nxg6 fxg6 17.Rb1 Qxc5 18.c4 dxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd3 Qa4 15.Ng5 Nf8
16.Qd5 Bxg5 17.hxg5 Qe4 18.c4 Qxd5 19.cxd5 Nd7 20.Rd3 f6 21.Rc3 Rac8 22.Rh4 Re7
23.Rhc4 Nb6 24.Bxb6 axb6 25.gxf6 gxf6 26.a4 Kf8 27.Kd2 Rg7 28.g3 Ke8 29.Rf3 Rg6
30.Rh4 h6 31.Re4+ Kd7 32.Re6 Rf8 33.c4 h5 34.Rf5 Rg4 35.b3 h4 36.gxh4 Rxh4
37.Rfxf6 Rxf6 38.Rxf6 Ke7 39.Re6+ Kf7 40.Re3 Rh1 41.Rf3+ Ke7 42.Ke3 Re1+
43.Kf4 Kf6 44.Rh3 Re2 45.Rh7 Rxf2+ 46.Ke3 Rb2 47.Rxc7 Rxb3+ 48.Kd4 Rb4 49.Rd7 Rxa4
50.Rxd6+ Ke7 51.Rxb6 Ra7 52.c5 Kd8 53.Ke5 Kc7 54.Rh6 Ra5 55.Rh7+ Kb8 56.Rh8+ Ka7
57.d6 Rxc5+ 58.Ke6 Rc6 59.Ke7  1-0

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.e4 b5 14.Re1 dxe4 15.Bxe4 bxc4
16.bxc4 c5 17.d5 exd5 18.Bxd5 Bf6 19.Ne4 Bxc3 20.Nxc3 Nb6 21.Re4 Re8 22.Qf3 Nxd5
23.Nxd5 Re6 24.Rd1 Qe8 25.Rg4 Kh8 26.Qc3 f6 27.Rf4 Bb7 28.Rf3 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Rad1 h6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.b4 Bf8 17.c5 Qc7 18.Bc3 a5 19.a3 axb4 20.axb4 f5 21.Bd3 b6 22.Rfe1 Bb7
23.Bc4 Be4 24.Qb3 Kh8 25.Bxe6 Nf6 26.Nh4 bxc5 27.Bxf6 c4 28.Qxc4 Qxc4 29.Bxc4 gxf6
30.f3 Bxb4 31.Rd7 Rg8 32.Rf1 Rg7 33.Rxg7 Kxg7 34.fxe4 Bc5+ 35.Kh1 fxe4 36.Nf5+ Kg6
37.Ng3 e3 38.Bd3+ Kf7 39.Ne2 Ke7 40.g3 Ra2 41.Kg2 Rd2 42.Bc4 Bb6 43.Kf3 Kd6
44.Ke4 Ke7 45.Rb1 Rd6 46.Kf3 Rc6 47.Bd5 Rd6 48.Be4 Ke6 49.Rb5 Kd7 50.Nf4 Bd4
51.Rd5 Ba7 52.Rxd6+ Kxd6 53.Ng2 Ke5 54.Nxe3 h5 55.h4  1-0

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Qd3 Qa5 7.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Nxd2 Nc6 10.dxc5 b6 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.Qf4 bxc5 13.Qd6 Qb6 14.Ne4 Nd4 15.Qxb6 axb6
16.Nd6+ Ke7 17.Bxb7 Nc2+ 18.Kd2 Nxa1 19.Nxf7 Rxa2 20.Nxh8 Rxb2+ 21.Kd3 Rb3+
22.Ke4 Nc2 23.e3 b5 24.Kf4 bxc4 25.Be4 Nb4 26.Bxh7 Nd3+ 27.Kg5 Nxf2 28.Rf1 Rb2
29.h4 d5 30.Ra1 Kd7 31.Nf7 c3 32.Kg6 Ng4 33.Rg1 Re2 34.Kxg7 Rxe3 35.h5 d4
36.h6 c4 37.Bc2 Nxh6 38.Nxh6 d3 39.Ba4+ Kd6 40.g4 Kc5 41.g5 Kb4 42.Ng4 Re4
43.Nf6 Re5 44.Bd1 d2 45.g6 Re1 46.Kf7 Rxg1 47.g7 Ka3 48.Bg4 Rxg4 49.Nxg4 d1=Q
50.g8=Q Qd7+ 51.Kf6 Qd4+ 52.Kxe6 c2 53.Qa8+ Kb2 54.Qb8+ Kc1 55.Qg8 Kd1  0-1

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.g3 Nd7 8.Bg2 dxc4
9.O-O Be7 10.Qc2 O-O 11.Rfd1 e5 12.d5 Nc5 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.Qc1 Rad8 15.dxc6 bxc6
16.Nxc4 Qe6 17.Ne3 Bg6 18.b4 Na6 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.a3 Nc7 21.Na4 e4 22.Nc5 Qe5
23.Nb7 Rd7 24.Na5 Bf6 25.Bh3 Ne6 26.Ra2 Rc7 27.Bxe6 Qxe6 28.Rc2 Bh5 29.Ng2 Bg5
30.Nf4 Qd6 31.Kg2 Qd7 32.h4 Bxf4 33.Qxf4 Rc8 34.Rd2 Qe6 35.Nb7 Re8 36.Nc5 Qc4
37.g4 Bg6 38.h5 Bh7 39.e3 a5  0-1

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.b3 c5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bb2 Be7 11.Qb1 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Bf6 13.Rc1 Bh5 14.Rc4 Qe7 15.h3 Rd8
16.Be4 Bxd4 17.Nxd4 N7f6 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Qb2 O-O 20.Rac1 Bg6 21.N4f3 f6 22.g3 e5
23.a3 Qe6 24.e4 Ne7 25.Rc7 Rd7 26.h4 Rfd8 27.b4 h6 28.Rxd7 Rxd7 29.b5 axb5
30.Qxb5 Nc6 31.Kg2 Kh7 32.Qc4 Qxc4 33.Rxc4 Rd3 34.a4 Ra3 35.Nb1 Ra2 36.Nc3 Rc2
37.Rc5 Nb4 38.Ne1 Rc1  0-1

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.axb5 Nb6
9.Ng5 h6 10.Nge4 axb5 11.Rxa8 Nxa8 12.Nxb5 Nb6 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Be2 Bb4+ 15.Nbc3 O-O
16.g4 Bb7 17.O-O Ne7 18.Nd2 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Ned5 20.Qc1 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Qg5 22.Rf4 Nd5
23.Re4 Ne7 24.Rf4 Ng6 25.Rf2 Qxe3 26.Nb3 Qxc1+ 27.Nxc1 c5 28.Bxc4 cxd4 29.Rb2 Bf3
30.cxd4 Rc8 31.Rc2 Be4 32.Nd3 Nf4 33.Rd2 Nh3+  0-1

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Be3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nd7 13.Rad1 Qa5 14.a3 Rad8 15.Rfe1 Rfe8
16.h3 Nf8 17.Qc2 Ng6 18.Bd2 Qh5 19.Bc3 Rd7 20.Qe4 Red8 21.Rd3 Bf6 22.g4 Qh6
23.Bd2 Qxh3 24.Ng5 Qxd3 25.Qxd3 Rxd4 26.Qh3 Rxd2 27.Qxh7+ Kf8 28.Nxe6+ fxe6
29.Qxg6 Bd4 30.Rf1 Ke7 31.Qg5+ Bf6 32.Qc5+ Kf7 33.g5 Bxb2 34.Rb1 R8d3 35.Qb6 Bd4
36.Qxb7+ Kg6 37.Rf1 Rg3+ 38.Kh2 Rxg5 39.Qxc6 Kf6 40.Kh3 Rh5+ 41.Kg4 Rg5+
42.Kh3 Rh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.a3 Nc6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Bf4 Rac8
16.Bd3 Qd7 17.Rb1 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 b6 19.d5 Bf6 20.c4 h6 21.h3 Ne7 22.Ne5 Bxe5
23.Bxe5 Nf5 24.Bb2 f6 25.Bc3 Nd6 26.Bd2 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Rc1 Qf5 29.Qxf5 Nxf5
30.Bf4 Re7 31.g4 Nd4 32.Kf1 Kf7 33.Be3 Nb3 34.Rc3 Na5 35.c5 Rd7 36.Bf4 b5
37.Rd3 Nc6 38.Bxc7 Rxc7 39.dxc6 Rxc6 40.Rd7+ Kg6 41.Rxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 exd4 7.Bxc4 Nc6
8.O-O Qf6 9.b4 Nge7 10.b5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.f4 Qd6 13.f5 Bd7 14.Nf3 f6
15.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 16.Nxd4 O-O-O 17.Be6 Kb8 18.Bxd7 Rxd7 19.Ne6 Nc8 20.e5 fxe5
21.Rae1 Nd6 22.Rxe5 Re7 23.g4 h5 24.g5 Rhe8 25.f6 gxf6 26.Rxf6 Nxb5 27.Rxb5 Rxe6
28.Rxe6 Rxe6 29.Kg2 Kc8 30.Kg3 Re4 31.h3 Kd7 32.Rxb7 Ra4 33.a3 Ke6 34.Rb4 Rxa3+
35.Kh4 Kf7 36.Rc4 a5 37.Rxc7+ Kg6 38.Rc6+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.d5 Nd7 12.Nd2 f5 13.f3 Nf6 14.h3 c5 15.Bf2 f4 16.a3 Nf7
17.b4 b6 18.Qb3 h5 19.O-O-O Bd7 20.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Parmentier,X"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "E80"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 Nc6 4.Be3 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.f3 e5 7.d5 Ne7 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.Nge2 f5
10.Qd2 c5 11.h3 f4 12.Bf2 O-O 13.Rb1 Nf6 14.b4 b6 15.bxc5 dxc5 16.Nc1 g5
17.Qb2 h5 18.a4 Ne8 19.a5 Rf6 20.Qa3 Bd7 21.Ra1 Rc8 22.axb6 axb6 23.Nb3 Rg6
24.Nd2 Nd6 25.Ke2 g4 26.hxg4 hxg4 27.Qb2 g3 28.Bg1 Ra8 29.Bc2 Rxa1 30.Qxa1 Rf6
31.Ba4 Rf8 32.Bxd7 Qxd7 33.Qa6 Rb8 34.Nb5 Nec8 35.Kd3 Bf6 36.Rh5 Kg7 37.Nb3 Kg6
38.Rh1 Nxb5 39.cxb5 Rb7 40.Qa8 Qxb5+ 41.Kc2 Ra7  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2006.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd3 Qc6 15.Qf5 Nf8
16.Nd4 Qc4 17.Kb1 Bf6 18.Qf3 Nd7 19.g4 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Qc6 21.Qxc6 bxc6 22.g5 c5
23.Rf4 Re5 24.Kc1 Nb6 25.Re1 Rae8 26.Kd1 R8e6 27.Bd2 f6 28.Rg1 Kf7 29.h5 c4
30.g6+ hxg6 31.hxg6+ Kg8 32.Be3 Nd5 33.Rh4 Nxe3+ 34.fxe3 Re4 35.Rgh1 Rxh4
36.Rxh4 d5 37.Rd4 c6 38.Ke2 f5 39.b3 Rxg6 40.bxc4 dxc4 41.Rxc4 Re6 42.Kf3 Kf7
43.Ra4 Re7 44.Rc4 Rc7 45.e4 fxe4+ 46.Kxe4 Kf6 47.Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2006.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Relange,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.g3 d5 4.Nbc3 d4 5.Nd5 g5 6.d3 h6 7.Bg2 e6 8.c4 exd5 9.cxd5 Ne7
10.O-O Ng6 11.b4 Nd7 12.bxc5 Bxc5 13.Bb2 Qf6 14.f4 gxf4 15.Nxf4 Nxf4 16.Rxf4 Qg5
17.Rc1 b6 18.Qa4 O-O 19.Rf5 Qg7 20.Qc6 Rb8 21.Qc7 f6 22.d6 Rb7 23.Qc6 Ne5
24.Qd5+ Qf7  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2006.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bissieres,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.e3 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 Qf6 13.Nd4 Nc5 14.Nxe6 Nxe6 15.dxe6 Rf8
16.O-O Qxe6 17.f4 Be4 18.Bxe4 Qxe4 19.Qxe4+ fxe4 20.fxg5 hxg5 21.Rxf8+ Kxf8
22.Rf1+ Kg7 23.Rf5 Nc6 24.Rxg5+ Kf6 25.Bh4 Kf7 26.Rf5+ Kg7 27.g4 Rf8 28.Rxf8 Kxf8
29.Kf2 Ne5 30.Kg3 Nxc4 31.Kf4 d5 32.Bd8 c6 33.h4 Kg7 34.h5  1-0

[Event "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2006.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shchekachev,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.O-O g5
9.Nb5 Qd8 10.c3 Be7 11.a4 g4 12.Nd2 Rg8 13.f4 a6 14.Na3 c5 15.Nc2 cxd4 16.cxd4 Nc6
17.Qe2 Qb8 18.e5 h5 19.f5 Qa7 20.Rac1 O-O-O 21.b4 Kb8 22.b5 axb5 23.axb5 Na5
24.Ra1 Bd5 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Rf7 Rde8 27.Ne3 Qc7 28.Ne4 Nb3 29.Ra6 Rgf8 30.Nxd5 exd5
31.Qa2 Na5 32.Qxd5 Nb7 33.Ra1 Na5 34.Raf1 Rxf7 35.Qxf7 Qd8 36.Qd5 Rf8 37.Rc1 Ba3
38.Ra1 Qe7 39.Nd6 Bxd6 40.Rxa5 bxa5 41.Be4 Kc7 42.b6+ Kc8 43.Qb7+ Kd8 44.Qa8+ Bb8
45.Qxb8+  1-0

[Event "1st Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2006.04.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smirnov,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Qe2 Nc6 5.c3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Nf3 Ng6 8.O-O Bc5
9.c4 O-O 10.Nc3 a5 11.g3 d6 12.Na4 Bc8 13.Kg2 h6 14.Nxc5 dxc5 15.b3 Ne8 16.Bb2 f6
17.Nd2 Qd7 18.Qh5 Qf7 19.Kg1 Kh8 20.f4 Nxf4 21.Qxf7 Nh3+ 22.Kh1 Rxf7 23.Bxe5 Nd6
24.Bc3 Bg4 25.Rae1 Re8 26.e5 fxe5 27.Bg6 Rxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Ra8 29.Bxe5 Kg8 30.Kg2 a4
31.Bh5 Bxh5 32.Kxh3 Bg6 33.g4 axb3 34.axb3 Ra2 35.Rf2 Rc2 36.Kg2 Rc1 37.h4 Rd1
38.Bf4 Bc2 39.Rf1 Rxf1 40.Kxf1 Kf7 41.Kf2 Kf6 42.Ke3 g5 43.hxg5+ hxg5 44.Bg3 Bd1
45.Ne4+ Ke7 46.Nxd6 cxd6 47.Kd3 Bxb3 48.Be1 Bd1 49.Bd2 Kf6 50.Bc3+ Kf7 51.Bd2 Kg6
52.Be1 Kf6 53.Bc3+ Kg6 54.Be1 Kf7 55.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16"]
[Site "Asnieres sur Seine FRA"]
[Date "2006.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dunis,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.O-O Be7 12.Ne5 Qa5 13.Ne2 O-O 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Rxc6 bxc6
16.Qb1 c5 17.Rc1 c4 18.Bg5 Rb8 19.Rc2 h6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.g3 Be7 22.b3 Qa3
23.Rc3 a5 24.Nc1 a4 25.Kg2 g6 26.Rc2 Kg7 27.Rb2 Qb4 28.Qc2 Qb5 29.Rb1 cxb3
30.axb3 Ba3 31.b4 Bxb4 32.Na2 Qa5 33.Qc6 Bd6 34.Rc1 Ba3 35.Rc3 Rb3 36.h4 Bf8
37.Rc2 Qa7 38.h5 gxh5 39.Nc1 Rb6 40.Qc3 a3 41.Ra2 Rb1 42.Ne2 Qa6 43.Kf3 Qc4
44.Rxa3 Bxa3 45.Qxa3 Qc2  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16"]
[Site "Asnieres sur Seine FRA"]
[Date "2006.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Beikert,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nb3 Bb6
9.Bg2 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.Rc1 Bf5 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Be4 15.Bh3 Qb4
16.Nb3 Qe7 17.a4 a5 18.Nd2 Nh5 19.Bd6 Qxd6 20.Nxe4 Qe5 21.Nc5 Nf6 22.Nd3 Qd6
23.Qb3 Rad8 24.Rfd1 Rfe8 25.Rc2 Ne4 26.Bg2 Qf6 27.Rf1 h5 28.Kh1 h4 29.gxh4 Ba7
30.Qxb7 Bb8 31.f4 Qxh4 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Ne5 Re7 34.Qb3 Bxe5 35.fxe5 e3 36.Qxe3 Qxa4
37.Rc5 Qb4 38.Qc3 Qxc3 39.bxc3 Ra8 40.Ra1 a4 41.Ra3 f6 42.exf6 gxf6 43.Rc4 Rxe2
44.Rcxa4 Rxa4 45.Rxa4 Rc2 46.Rc4 Kf7 47.h4 Kg6 48.Kg1 Kh5 49.Kf1 f5 50.Ke1 f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16"]
[Site "Asnieres sur Seine FRA"]
[Date "2006.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 g6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qc2 Be6 13.Be2 Bg7 14.O-O O-O 15.Rad1 Bd5
16.Ne5 Nd7 17.f4 b6 18.Bc3 bxc5 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.dxc5 Qe6 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qc3+ Qf6
23.Rd4 Bxa2 24.Ra1 Bd5 25.Rxa6 Rxa6 26.Bxa6 Ra8 27.Bf1 h6 28.b4 Ra3 29.Qd2 e6
30.h3 h5 31.Bc4 Ra1+ 32.Kh2 Rb1 33.Bxd5 exd5 34.Qd3 Qf5 35.Qxf5 gxf5 36.Kg3 Kf6
37.Kh4 Kg6 38.Kg3 Rb2 39.Kf3 Kf6 40.Ke3 Ke6 41.h4 Rxg2 42.b5 cxb5 43.Rb4 Rg3+
44.Ke2 Rc3 45.Rxb5 d4 46.c6 f6 47.Rb7 Rxc6 48.Kd3 Rc3+ 49.Kxd4 Rf3 50.Rh7 Rxf4+
51.Ke3 Rxh4 52.Kf3 f4 53.Ke4 f5+ 54.Kf3 Kf6 55.Rh8 Kg7 56.Ra8 Rg4 57.Ra5 Kf6
58.Ra8 Kg5 59.Rg8+ Kh4 60.Rf8 Kg5 61.Rg8+ Kf6 62.Ra8 h4 63.Rh8 Ke5 64.Re8+ Kd4
65.Rd8+ Kc3 66.Rc8+ Kd2 67.Rd8+ Ke1 68.Re8+ Kf1 69.Re1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Bg3 d6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O Nd7 12.e4 Bf6 13.Rc1 g5 14.Bb1 h5 15.h3 Rg8 16.b4 g4
17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Nh2 Bh4 19.Bf4 Bg5 20.Qxg4 Qf6 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Qxg8+ Ke7 23.Qxa8 Bxa8
24.fxe3 Qg6 25.Rf4 e5 26.Rf5 Qh6 27.Re1 exd4 28.exd4 Qd2 29.Nf3 Qxb4 30.Rc1 Bb7
31.Rb5 Qa3 32.Re1 Qc3 33.Rb3 Qxc4 34.Bd3 Qa4 35.Rc3 c5 36.Bc4 Qb4 37.Rcc1 cxd4
38.Nxd4 Ne5 39.Nf5+ Kd7 40.Bd5 Bxd5 41.exd5 Qf4 42.Rf1 Nf3+ 43.gxf3 Qxf5
44.f4 Qxd5 45.f5 Qd2 46.f6 b5 47.Rce1 Kc6 48.Ra1 Qd4+ 49.Kg2 Qb2+ 50.Kg3 b4
51.Kg4 d5 52.Kg5 Qg2+ 53.Kh4 Kd6 54.Kh5 a5  0-1

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.Bd2 Nd4 15.b4 Nxf3+
16.Qxf3 c4 17.dxc4 bxc4 18.Qe2 Qc7 19.Bg5 Ne8 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Bxc4 Nf6 22.Rbd1 a5
23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 axb4 25.axb4 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Qc7 27.Rc1 Qc3 28.b5 Rfd8 29.Qd1 h6
30.Kh2 Rc5 31.Rxc5 Qxc5 32.Qe2 Rc8 33.c4 Qd4 34.Rc2 g6 35.f3 Kg7 36.Rd2 Qxc4
37.Qxc4 Rxc4 38.Rxd6 Rb4 39.b6 h5 40.h4 f5 41.Rd7+ Kf6 42.b7 fxe4 43.fxe4 g5
44.g3 Rb2+ 45.Kg1 gxh4 46.gxh4 Ke6 47.Rh7 Kd6 48.Rxh5 Rxb7 49.Kg2 Rb4 50.Kf3 Rb1
51.Rg5 Ke6 52.h5 Rf1+ 53.Ke2 Rf4 54.Ke3 Rh4 55.Rf5 Rh3+ 56.Kf2 Rh4 57.Kf3 Rh3+
58.Kg4 Re3 59.h6 Rxe4+ 60.Kg5 Re1 61.Rf6+ Kd5 62.h7 Rg1+ 63.Kh6 Ke4 64.Rf8 Rh1+
65.Kg6 Rxh7 66.Kxh7 Kd3 67.Rd8+ Ke3 68.Kg6 e4 69.Kf5 Kf3 70.Rh8 e3 71.Rh3+ Kf2
72.Kf4 e2 73.Rh2+ Kf1 74.Kf3 e1=N+ 75.Kg3 Nd3 76.Rd2 Ne1 77.Rf2+ Kg1 78.Rf8 Ng2
79.Kf3 Kf1 80.Kg3+ Kg1 81.Kf3 Kf1 82.Rf7 Ne1+ 83.Ke3+ Kg1 84.Ke2 Ng2 85.Rh7 Nf4+
86.Kf3 Nd3 87.Rh4 Ne5+ 88.Ke2 Kg2 89.Re4 Nf7 90.Re7 Nd6 91.Rg7+ Kh3 92.Kf3 Kh4
93.Kf4 Kh5 94.Re7 Nc4 95.Re6 Nd2 96.Rc6 Nb3 97.Ke3 Kg4 98.Rc4+ Kg3 99.Rc3 Na5
100.Ke4+ Kf2 101.Kd5 Nb7 102.Rb3 Nd8 103.Rb8  1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Qc7 12.d5 Nd7 13.Qc2 Rad8 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Bh6 Bg7
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.a4 e6 18.dxe6 Nf6 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nxf7 Bxe4 21.Qb3 Rxf7 22.exf7 Bxb1
23.Rxb1 Qxf7 24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.Bc4+ Kf8 26.f3 Rd2 27.a5 bxa5 28.Ra1 Rc2 29.Bd3 Rd2
30.Bc4 Rc2 31.Bd3 Rd2 32.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.O-O Qa6 10.Ne5 d5 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Bf4 cxd4 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.cxd4 b6 15.Rfc1 Ba6
16.cxd5 Qxc2 17.Rxc2 Nxd5 18.Bd6 Rac8 19.Rac1 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Rd8 21.Ba3 f5
22.e3 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Bd6 Kf7 26.Bb8 a6 27.Bc7 b5 28.a3 g5
29.f4 g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Rb8 12.Bc4 Qc8 13.b3 Nd7 14.Nf1 Bf6 15.Ne3 g6 16.Bb2 Bxc4
17.Nxc4 Re8 18.d4 exd4 19.Nxd4 Nce5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Rb1 Qb7 22.f3 Nf6 23.Qd2 c5
24.Nf5 Bxb2 25.Rxb2 Rbd8 26.Rbb1 Qc7 27.Qh6 Nh5 28.Ne3 Nf6 29.Nf5 Nh5 30.Rbd1 gxf5
31.Qxh5 fxe4 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Rd5 Re6 34.Rxe4 Rde8 35.Qh5 Qxa5 36.Qxh7 Qa1+
37.Kf2 Rxe4 38.fxe4 Re6 39.Rd3 Rf6+ 40.Rf3 Rxf3+ 41.gxf3 Qc1 42.Kg3 Qxc2
43.Qh6+ Kg8 44.Qg5+ Kh7 45.Qh5+ Kg7 46.Qg5+ Kh7 47.Qh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5
16.Qe1 Bf5 17.Nd2 h6 18.f3 Kg7 19.a4 Bxe4 20.fxe4 Rae8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nf1 Qg4
23.Bc2 Re7 24.Bd2 Rfe8 25.e5 f6 26.h3 Qxh3 27.Qe4 Kh8 28.Ra6 fxe5 29.Rxc6 Rf8
30.Bd3 Ref7 31.Qg2 Qxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Rf6 33.dxe5 Bxe5 34.Rc5 Rd6 35.Be4 Rfd8
36.Rxb5 Bg7 37.Bc1 Nf6 38.Bf3 g4 39.Be2 Re8 40.Bc4 Rd1 41.Bf4 Ne4 42.Be2 Nxc3
43.Bxd1 Nxb5 44.Bxg4 Re1 45.Ne3 Nd4 46.Nc4 Rb1 47.Bd2 Nb3 48.Be3 Nd4 49.Bd2 Nb3
50.Be3 Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Qb6 5.c5 Qc7 6.g3 Bg4 7.Ne5 Be6 8.Bf4 Qc8
9.Bg2 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.b4 O-O 12.Re1 Nh5 13.e3 Nd7 14.Bf3 Nxf4 15.exf4 Nxe5
16.fxe5 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Bh1 g5 19.Qd2 Qd7 20.Re3 Bf5 21.Rae1 e6 22.Bg2 Qg7
23.Ne2 Kh8 24.Rd1 Rae8 25.Nc1 Re7 26.Nb3 h5 27.Qe2 h4 28.g4 Bg6 29.b5 e5
30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Re1 e4 32.Qd2 Be8 33.f3 exf3 34.Bxf3 Bd7 35.Bd1 Rxe3 36.Rxe3 Bd8
37.Rf3 Rxf3 38.Bxf3 Qg6 39.Bd1 h3 40.Qe3 Kg7 41.Qxh3 Qb1 42.Qf1 Be8 43.Qe2 Bg6
44.Kf2 Kf7 45.Nd2 Qxa2 46.Nf3 Qxe2+ 47.Kxe2 Bf6 48.Ba4 Be4 49.Bxc6 Ke6 50.Nd2 Bxd4
51.Nxe4 dxe4 52.Bxe4 Bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.c3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.b4 Qd7 17.Ng3 a5 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.a4 b4 20.Be3 c4 21.dxc4 Qxd1 22.Rexd1 bxc3
23.c5 c2 24.Rdc1 Nb4 25.Ne1 Rfc8 26.Nxc2 Bxc5 27.Nxb4 Bxe3 28.Rxc8+ Rxc8
29.fxe3 axb4 30.Rb1 Rb8 31.a5 Ra8 32.Rxb4 Rxa5 33.Rb6 Kf7 34.Rb7+ Kg6 35.Rb6 Kf7
36.Rb7+ Kg6 37.Rb6 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Qe7 11.Re1 Rfe8 12.Rc1 c6 13.Qc2 Bb4 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bd2 c5
16.a3 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Ne4 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Nd2 f5 20.b4 Nb6 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Bh3 Bc8
23.bxc5 Qxc5 24.Bb2 Qe7 25.f3 exf3 26.Qb3+ Be6 27.Qxf3 Nc4 28.Bd4 Rad8 29.Qf2 Nd2
30.Qf4 Rxd4 31.Qxd4 Nb3 32.Qb4 Qxb4 33.axb4 Nxc1 34.Rxc1 Rb8 35.Rc7 Rxb4
36.Rxa7 Kf8 37.Kf2 h5 38.Bg2 h4 39.Ra8+ Kf7 40.Ra7+ Kf6 41.Ra6 hxg3+ 42.hxg3 Ke5
43.Ra5+ Kf6 44.Ra6 Ke5 45.Ra5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Rc1 e5
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Na4 Nxe5 12.Bc3 f6 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.Nxc8 Rxc8 15.g3 Qd7
16.h4 Qf7 17.Bh3 Nd7 18.b4 Rd8 19.f4 Be7 20.h5 g6 21.Qb3 Rg8 22.e4 gxh5 23.exd5 cxd5
24.Kf2 h4 25.Bxd7+ Rxd7 26.Rxh4 d4 27.Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.Bd2 Rg7 29.Rh5 Bf8 30.c6 bxc6
31.Rxc6 d3 32.Rxa6 Kg8 33.Rh1 Rde7 34.Kf3 Re2 35.Rd1 h5 36.Rxf6 h4 37.gxh4 Rgg2
38.Be3 Be7 39.Ra6 Rxa2 40.b5 Rab2 41.Rxd3 Bxh4 42.Rd7  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Galego,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Qe2 d6 8.c4 g6
9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.h3 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Be3 Nh5 15.Rfd1 Bd7
16.Qc2 f5 17.Qb3 Bc6 18.Qb6 Qe7 19.b4 Nf4 20.Bf1 Rf7 21.a4 Qg5 22.Kh1 Bf6
23.b5 Bxe4 24.Nxe4 fxe4 25.bxa6 Rxa6 26.Qb5 Qf5 27.Rd7 Rf8 28.Rxb7 Rd6 29.Bc5 Nxh3
30.gxh3 Qf3+ 31.Bg2 Rd1+ 32.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33.Kh2 Bg5 34.Be3  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Garcia,Gild"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Nf5 11.c3 d5 12.Bf4 Nh4 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.Nf3 Ng6 15.Bg3 h5 16.h3 h4
17.Bh2 Qd7 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Rae8 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Re1 c6 22.Re3 Rxe3 23.fxe3 Qe6
24.Kf2 a6 25.b3 Be7 26.c4 dxc4 27.Qxc4 Qf5 28.Qe2 Qe4 29.Nd2 Qe6 30.e4 Bd6
31.e5 Bb4 32.Nf3 Qf5 33.Qc4 a5 34.Qe2 Ne7 35.Kg1 Qb1+ 36.Kf2 Qf5 37.Kg1 Bc3
38.Kh1 Qb1+ 39.Bg1 Nf5 40.Kh2 Bb4 41.Bf2 Be7 42.Qd2 Qf1 43.Qe1 Qxe1 44.Bxe1 Bd8
45.Kg1 Kf8 46.Kf1 Ke8 47.Ke2 Kd7 48.Kd3 Ke6 49.Ke4 g6 50.a4 b6 51.Bf2 f6
52.Be1 g5 53.exf6 Bxf6 54.Bd2 Ng3+ 55.Kd3 Kf5 56.Be3 Nh5 57.d5 cxd5 58.Bxb6 Nf4+
59.Kd2 Nxg2 60.b4 g4 61.hxg4+ Ke4 62.bxa5 Kxf3 63.a6 h3 64.a7 h2 65.a8=Q Nf4
66.Qf8 Bg5 67.Qf5 h1=Q 68.Qxg5 Qa1 69.Qf5 Qb2+ 70.Qc2 Qxb6 71.g5 Qd4+ 72.Kc1 Nd3+  0-1

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Qxb6 8.Na4 Qa7
9.Bd3 a5 10.O-O Ba6 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.Bxa6 Qxa6 13.b3 O-O 14.Bb2 Nfd7 15.Rc1 Rc8
16.f4 Ra7 17.f5 exf5 18.Rxf5 f6 19.Ng4 Re8 20.h4 Kh8 21.h5 h6 22.Nc5 Qc8
23.Qf3 Qd8 24.e4 Nxc5 25.dxc5 dxe4 26.Qe3 Be7 27.Nxf6 Bxf6 28.Rxf6 Kg8 29.Rg6 Rf7
30.Qxh6 Ree7 31.Qg5 Rd7 32.Qxd8+ Rxd8 33.h6 Kh7 34.Rxg7+ Rxg7 35.hxg7 Rd2
36.Bc3 Rd3 37.Kf2 Kg8 38.Ba1 Kf7 39.Ke2 Nd7 40.Rf1+  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.e4 Qh5 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxf3 14.gxf3 O-O 15.Be3 Rfd8
16.Be2 a5 17.Na2 Be7 18.Nc1 Nf8 19.Nd3 Ng6 20.Rdb1 Nd7 21.b4 axb4 22.Nxb4 c5
23.Nd3 Bf6 24.e5 cxd4 25.exf6 dxe3 26.Rxb7 exf2+ 27.Kxf2 Ra5 28.fxg7 Nf6
29.Rb5 Rxb5 30.axb5 Nd5 31.Rb1 Nb6 32.Ra1 Kxg7 33.Ra6 Nd5 34.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.a4 Bg4 9.Qb3 Ra7
10.h3 dxc4 11.Qxc4 Bf5 12.Ng5 b5 13.Qb3 h6 14.e4 Bc8 15.Nf3 c5 16.axb5 cxd4
17.Nxd4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Qxd4 19.Be3 Qxe4 20.Bf3 Qe5 21.Bxa7 Be6 22.Qb4 axb5
23.Qxe7 Qxb2 24.Rab1 Qa2 25.Qb7 Qa6 26.Rfd1 Bc4 27.Bc5 Re8 28.Bd6 Qxb7 29.Bxb7 Rd8
30.Bg3 Re8 31.Bd5 Na6 32.Bc6 Re6 33.Bxb5 Ba2 34.Rbc1 Nb4 35.Bc4 Bxc4 36.Rxc4 Nc6
37.Kf1 g5 38.Rd6 Rxd6 39.Bxd6 Nd4 40.Rc7 Ne6 41.Rb7 h5 42.Ke2 Bd4 43.Ba3 Nf4+
44.Kf3 Ng6 45.Bc1 g4+ 46.hxg4 hxg4+ 47.Ke2 f5 48.g3 Be5 49.Kd3 Kf8 50.Bh6+ Ke8
51.Bg7 Bd6 52.Bd4 f4 53.Rg7 Ne7 54.gxf4 Bxf4 55.Ke4 Bd6 56.Rxg4 Kf7 57.f4 Ng8
58.Rg7+ Kf8 59.Rd7 Be7 60.Kf5 Kf7 61.Bc5 Ke8 62.Rxe7+ Nxe7+ 63.Bxe7 Kxe7
64.Kg6  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.g3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nd4
9.Qd1 c6 10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O Bc5 12.Kh2 a5 13.f4 b5 14.f5 b4 15.Na4 Nd7 16.Nxc5 dxc5
17.g4 f6 18.h4 h6 19.Bd2 Kf7 20.Rf2 Ke7 21.Qg1 Rh8 22.Bf3 Nb6 23.Bd1 a4 24.Rg2 a3
25.b3 Qe8 26.Kg3 g5 27.Kf2 Nc8 28.Rh2 Nd6 29.Qg3 Nf7 30.Be2 Qg8 31.Rah1 Qg7
32.Bd1 Rad8 33.Be3 Rd6 34.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.c3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.b4 Qd7 17.Ng3 a5 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.Qb3 Rab8 20.a4 b4 21.Rd1 bxc3 22.Qxc3 Nd4
23.Nxd4 exd4 24.Qc2 Bd6 25.Bd2 Qc7 26.Nf1 c4 27.dxc4 Rbc8 28.Rab1 Qxc4 29.Qxc4 Rxc4
30.Re1 Nd7 31.Bxa5 Rxa4 32.Ra1 Rxa1 33.Rxa1 Nc5 34.Bb6 Rb8 35.Bxc5 Bxc5 36.Rc1 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 Bg4 10.Qb3 a5 11.f3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.g5 Nd5 14.e4 N5b6 15.Be2 Bh5 16.Ng2 h6
17.gxh6 gxh6 18.Be3 Bg6 19.f4 Qe7 20.f5 exf5 21.exf5 Bh7 22.Na2 Bd6 23.f6 Qe4
24.Nc3 Qc2 25.Bd1 Qxb3 26.Bxb3 Bd3 27.Rf3 Bc4 28.Ne4 Bb4 29.Bxc4 Nxc4 30.b3 Ncb6
31.Bf4 O-O-O 32.Bd6 Rde8 33.Bxb4 Rxe4 34.Bxa5 Nd5 35.Raf1 Rg8 36.Kh1 Rxd4
37.Ne3 Ne5 38.Rh3 Nd3 39.Bd2 N3f4 40.Nxd5 Nxh3 41.Ne7+ Kd7 42.Nxg8 Rxd2 43.Nxh6 Nf2+
44.Kg1 Nh3+ 45.Kh1 Nf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Coupe de France"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Bg7
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Rb1 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Qc2 Nb6 13.Rd1 Nc4 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Nxc4 Bxc4
16.Bd2 Qa6 17.a4 Bxe2 18.Nxe2 Qxe2 19.Re1 Qa6 20.Rxe7 Ne5 21.b4 Bf6 22.b5 Qxa4
23.Qxa4 Rxa4 24.Rb7 Rfa8 25.Bc3 Ra3 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.b6 Ra1 28.Rxa1 Rxa1+
29.Bf1 Rb1 30.Rb8+ Kg7 31.b7 c4 32.Kg2 Bd4 33.Bxc4 Ba7 34.Re8 Rxb7 35.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sohl,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Qe2 Nc6 5.c3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.h4 c6 8.c4 h5 9.Nf3 Ng6
10.Nc3 Bc5 11.g3 Qc7 12.a3 a5 13.O-O O-O 14.Nd1 b5 15.b3 a4 16.b4 bxc4 17.Bxc4 cxd5
18.exd5 Bb6 19.Nd2 Rac8 20.Bb2 e4 21.Kg2 Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Bxd5 23.Ne3 Be6 24.Rac1 Qa7
25.Nxe4 Bxe3 26.fxe3 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Bd5  0-1

[Event "13th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Stockmann,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nge5 12.Ne4 f5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.a3 Bxa3 15.bxa3 fxe4
16.Bxe4 d5 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Bg2 Ba6 19.Bf4 Nc4 20.Qa4 Qa5 21.Qd7 Bc8 22.Qc6 Qb6
23.Qa4 Bb7 24.Rab1 Qc6 25.Qb4 Ba6 26.e4 dxe4 27.Rfe1 Rac8 28.Rxe4 Qd5 29.Qe7 Rce8
30.Qxa7 Qd3 31.Rbe1 Ra8 32.Qd4 Qxe4  1-0

[Event "13th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Poldauf,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Nd4 10.a3 Bc5 11.Be3 a5 12.Bg2 c6 13.O-O h6 14.Rb1 Qe7 15.Ne2 Ne6
16.Qd2 a4 17.Kh2 Rfb8 18.f4 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 b5 20.cxb5 Rxb5 21.f5 Nc5 22.Nc3 Rb3
23.g4 Rab8 24.g5 hxg5 25.Qxg5 Nxd3 26.Nxa4 Qa7 27.Rf3 Nf4 28.Rxb3 Rxb3 29.Nc3 Qf2
30.Qg3 Qxg3+ 31.Kxg3 Ne2+  0-1

[Event "13th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dgebuadze,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.e3 Bf5 11.Nh4 Bg4 12.Qb3 Na5 13.Qc2 c6 14.b3 b6 15.h3 Be6 16.Nf3 Rac8
17.Qb2 Ba3 18.Qb1 Nb7 19.Qd3 c5 20.Nb5 cxd4 21.Nxa7 Ra8 22.Nc6 Qd6 23.Ncxd4 Bb2
24.Rab1 Rxa2 25.Nxe6 fxe6 26.Qc2 Qc5 27.Qd3 Rc8 28.Ng5 Qd6 29.b4 Be5 30.f4 Rcc2
31.fxe5 Qxe5 32.Rxf6 Qxg5 33.Rf2 Qxg3 34.Rbf1 Rc8 35.Be1 Rxf2 36.Bxf2 Qd6
37.e4 Qxb4 38.exd5 Nc5 39.Qd4 Qb3 40.dxe6 Nxe6 41.Qd5 Qxd5 42.Bxd5 Re8 43.Bxb6 h6
44.h4 Kh8 45.Kh2 Rb8 46.Be3 Nf8 47.Rf7 Nh7 48.Bd4 Nf6 49.Bxf6 gxf6 50.Kh3 f5
51.Rxf5 Rb5 52.Kg4 Kg7 53.Kh5 Rb6 54.Rf7+ Kh8 55.Be4 Kg8 56.Rd7 Rb4 57.Bg6 Kh8
58.Re7 Rd4 59.Be4 Rd6 60.Bg6 Rd4 61.Re6 Kg7 62.Re7+ Kh8 63.Bf5 Rd6 64.Be6 Rd5+
65.Kg6  1-0

[Event "13th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fridman,D2"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd2 Nbd7
9.Rc1 Bd6 10.g3 O-O 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bg2 Re8 13.O-O Nf8 14.Re1 Ne6 15.a3 Qd7
16.Re2 g5 17.h3 g6 18.Be1 Re7 19.e4 dxe4 20.Nxe4  1-0

[Event "13th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2006.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Erdos,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Rd1 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Re8 14.Rd3 Rc8 15.Rc1 Qa5
16.a3 b5 17.Rdc3 Nf6 18.Qe2 b4 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Rd3 c5 21.h3 Nd7 22.Ne5 Qc7
23.Rg3 f6 24.Nd3 Qb7 25.Bd6 a5 26.Qg4 g6 27.Nf4 Qe4 28.d5 f5 29.Qh5 Nf8 30.Nxg6 Nxg6
31.Rd1 f4 32.Rg5 Rcd8 33.dxe6 Rxe6 34.Rgd5 Rde8 35.f3 Qc2 36.Qg4 Re1+ 37.Rxe1 Rxe1+
38.Kh2 Qf2 39.Bxf4 Qg1+ 40.Kg3 Re7 41.Bh6 Be1+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Erenburg,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.c3 O-O
9.Ba4 Ne7 10.Bc2 Ng6 11.O-O Qe7 12.Re1 Nh5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Qxh5 Be6 15.a3 c5
16.Be3 Rad8 17.Rad1 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Qe2 Qh4 20.f3 Kh8 21.Qf2 Qf6 22.Rd2 Rd6
23.b4 cxb4 24.axb4 Rc8 25.d4 Bxc2 26.Rxc2 Qf5 27.Rcc1 h6 28.Qg3 Rdc6 29.dxe5 Nxe5
30.Bd4 Ng6 31.Re7 Rg8 32.Rxb7 Re6 33.Re1 Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 Nf4 35.Qe5 Qb1+ 36.Kf2 Nd3+
37.Kg3 Nxe5 38.Bxe5 Qe1+ 39.Kf4 Qd2+ 40.Kf5 Qxg2 41.Rxb6 Qxf3+ 42.Kg6 Qe4+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D56"]

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.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Rxc4 Nd7 13.O-O e5 14.Qc2 exd4 15.Rxd4 Nf6
16.Rfd1 Be6 17.b4 Rfd8 18.a3 Rxd4 19.Rxd4 a5 20.Qb2 axb4 21.Rxb4 b5 22.e4 Qa7
23.e5 Nd5 24.Rb3 Nf4 25.Re3 Bd5 26.Bf1 Qe7 27.Nd4 Qg5 28.g3 Ne6 29.Ne2 Qe7
30.Nc3 Nc7 31.Nxd5 Nxd5 32.Rd3 Re8 33.f4 Ra8 34.Bg2 Qc5+ 35.Kh1 Qc4 36.Qd2 b4
37.Bxd5 cxd5 38.axb4 Qe4+ 39.Kg1 Ra1+ 40.Kf2 Rh1 41.Qe3 Rxh2+ 42.Kf1 Qg2+
43.Ke1 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zoler,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.c3 e5 5.d5 Nce7 6.c4 Ng6 7.g3 c6 8.h4 Nf6 9.h5 Bb4+
10.Kf1 Ne7 11.h6 gxh6 12.Bxh6 Rg8 13.Qf3 Rg6 14.a3 Bc5 15.Rh4 b5 16.Nd2 Bd4
17.d6 Nc8 18.Ne2 Bxb2 19.Ra2 Qa5 20.Rxb2 Qxa3 21.Rb3 Qxd6 22.cxb5 Nb6 23.Be3 Rc8
24.Bxb6 axb6 25.Nc4 Qe6 26.Qf5 Ke7 27.Qxe6+ Kxe6 28.Nxb6 Rc7 29.Nc4 cxb5
30.Rxb5 d6 31.Rb6 Bc6 32.f4 Rg4 33.fxe5 Rxh4 34.gxh4 Ne8 35.Nd4+ Kd7 36.Rxc6 Rxc6
37.Nxc6 Kxc6 38.Nxd6 Nxd6 39.exd6 Kxd6 40.Ke2 Ke5 41.Ke3 h5 42.Bc2 f6 43.Bd3 Ke6
44.Kf4 Kf7 45.Kf5 Kg7 46.Bc4 Kh7 47.Kxf6 Kh6 48.e5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gagunashvili,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 e6 8.Be2 Ne4
9.O-O Be7 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.b4 g5 12.Bg3 h5 13.Bd6 Bxd6 14.cxd6 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nf6
16.a4 Qxd6 17.Rb1 h4 18.h3 Ke7 19.b5 cxb5 20.axb5 a5 21.b6 a4 22.Qe2 a3 23.Rfc1 Rhc8
24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Qa2 Rc3 26.Qa1 Qc6 27.Bd1 Ne4 28.Bb3 Nd2 29.Qxa3+ Qd6  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Livshits,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxc5 Bf5
9.Nd4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Be5 Qa5 12.Qd4 Rab8 13.a3 Ne8 14.b4 Qd8 15.e4 Bxe5
16.Qxe5 f6 17.Qg3 d4 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Ne2 e5 20.f4 exf4 21.Nxf4 Qe7 22.Nxg6+ hxg6
23.Qxb8 Qxe4 24.Qf4 Qxf4 25.Rxf4 Bf5 26.Re1 Ng7 27.Rh4+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Be7 13.Bxe7 Kxe7 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.f4 Rad8
16.Ne4 Bc8 17.g4 h5 18.Nf5+ Bxf5 19.gxf5 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Nxf4 21.Kf2 Rd8 22.f6+ gxf6
23.exf6+ Ke8 24.Rxd8+ Kxd8 25.Kf3 Nxh3 26.Kg3 Ng1 27.Kf2 Nh3+ 28.Kg3 Ng1
29.Nc3 Kd7 30.Kg2 Ke6 31.Kxg1 Kxf6 32.Ne4+ Ke5 33.Nc5 b6 34.Na6 Kd6 35.b4 c5
36.bxc5+ bxc5 37.c4 Ke5 38.Nxc7 Kd4 39.Nb5+ Kxc4 40.Nxa7 Kb4 41.Nc6+ Ka3
42.Ne5 f5 43.Kf2 Kxa2 44.Ke3 Kb3 45.Kf4 h4 46.Kxf5 h3 47.Nf3 c4 48.Kf4 c3
49.Kg3 Kc4 50.Ne1 Kd4 51.Kxh3 Ke3 52.Nc2+ Kd3 53.Na3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.O-O e6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nh4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Rb1 Qc8 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Qa4 Bd6
16.c4 Qxc4 17.Qxc4 dxc4 18.Rxb7 Ke7 19.Bc6 Rhd8 20.Rxd7+ Rxd7 21.Bxa8 c3
22.Be4 Rc7 23.Bc2 Rc4 24.e3 f5 25.Rd1 Kf6 26.Kf1 Rc6 27.Ke2 Ra6 28.Bb3 Bb4
29.Rg1 Rc6 30.Kd3 a5 31.Bc2 Rc8 32.h4 Rh8 33.gxf5 gxf5 34.Rh1 Rc8 35.h5 Be7
36.h6 g5 37.h7 Kg7 38.h8=Q+ Rxh8 39.Rxh8 Kxh8 40.Kxc3 g4 41.Kd3 Kg7 42.Bd2  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.h3 Bd7 8.Nbd2 Bb6
9.Nc4 Ne7 10.Bxd7 Qxd7 11.Bg5 Ne8 12.a4 f6 13.Bd2 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Qe2 Nc6
16.b4 a5 17.b5 Nd8 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Nd6 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 d5 7.e3 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Qc2 Re8 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 cxd4 15.exd4 b5
16.Bb3 Bb7 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nd5 19.Rad1 Rxe5 20.Bg3 Rh5 21.Rd4 Nf6 22.Bc7 Qa3
23.Bd6 Qa6 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Bc7 Bd5 26.g4 Rg5 27.h3 Qb7 28.f4 Bxb3 29.Qxb3 Rd5
30.Qf3 Rxc7 31.Rxc7 Qxc7 32.Rxd5 Nxd5 33.Qxd5 Qxf4 34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.Qxa7 Qg3+
36.Kf1 Qxh3+ 37.Kf2 Qh4+ 38.Kf3 Qf6+ 39.Kg3 g5 40.Qa8 Qf4+ 41.Kh3 Kg7 42.Qd5 b4
43.Qb3 Qd4 44.Qb1 Qc4 45.Qf5 Qc3+ 46.Kg2 Qb2+ 47.Kh3 Qf6 48.Qd5 h5 49.Qb5 Qf3+
50.Kh2 Qf2+ 51.Kh1 Qh4+ 52.Kg2 Qxg4+ 53.Kh1 Qe4+ 54.Kh2 Qf4+ 55.Kh1 h4 56.Qd5 h3
57.a3 bxa3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.h3 e6 6.b3 c5 7.d4 Nc6 8.Bb2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd6
10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Qe7 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Qd4 Rfe8 16.Rfd1 Be5
17.Qh4 Rad8 18.Bf3 h6 19.Rd2 Kh7 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.Rcd1 Bxf3 23.Rxd8 Bxd1
24.Rxd1 Qa5 25.Qc4 Re7 26.a4 Qf5 27.Rd4 Rd7 28.Rf4 Qg6 29.Kh2 Qd3 30.Qc8 Qd6
31.Kg1 Qc7 32.Qxc7 Rxc7 33.Rd4 Kg6 34.g4 Ng8 35.Kg2 f6 36.f4 Kf7 37.f5 Ne7
38.Kg3 Nc6 39.Rc4 Rd7  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gurevich,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 a6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.Nf3 b4 6.Nb1 d6 7.Bg5 g6 8.Nbd2 Bg7 9.e4 h6
10.Bh4 O-O 11.h3 Nh5 12.g4 Nf4 13.Bg3 e5 14.Qc2 a5 15.Nh4 Bf6 16.Ng2 Bg5
17.Ne3 a4 18.h4 Bf6 19.h5 Kg7 20.Bd3 b3 21.Qb1 bxa2 22.Rxa2 Na6 23.Rxa4 Bd7
24.Ra3 Nb4 25.Be2 Qc8 26.Rxa8 Qxa8 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.Ng2 g5 29.O-O Rb8 30.Ne1 Qa4
31.b3 Qa5 32.Nd3 Nxd3 33.Qxd3 Qc3 34.Rb1 Ra8 35.Qxc3 Bxc3 36.Nf3 Kf6 37.Kg2 Ra2
38.Bd3 Bxg4 39.Rc1 Be5 40.Nxe5 Kxe5 41.Rc2 Rxc2 42.Bxc2 Bxh5 43.f3 Kd4 44.Kf2 f6
45.Ke2 Bg6 46.Bd1 Kc3 47.Kf2 Kd4 48.Be2 f5 49.exf5 Bxf5 50.Bd1 Bd3 51.Ke1 Ke3
52.b4 cxb4 53.c5 dxc5 54.d6 Bb5 55.Bb3 Kxf3 56.Be6 Ke4 57.Bc4 Bd7 58.Ke2 Ke5
59.Kf3 Kxd6 60.Ke4 Be6 61.Be2 c4 62.Kd4 c3 63.Bd1 Bf5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nxb6 axb6
9.O-O Ne7 10.Ba4 Ng6 11.h3 Nh5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 Nhf4 14.d4 Kh8 15.Kh2 f5
16.exf5 Bxf5 17.dxe5 Nxg2 18.Bg5 Qc8 19.exd6 cxd6 20.Bb3 Bxh3 21.Ng1 N2f4
22.Re1 Ra5 23.Bxf4 Nxf4 24.Ne2 Bg4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bg2 Bg7 10.Rb1 Nb6 11.b3 Bc8 12.Nd2 Bf5 13.e4 Bc8 14.O-O Ba6 15.Re1 Nfd7
16.Bb2 O-O 17.Nf3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Qd2 Nd7 20.Nd1 Qb6 21.Kh1 c4 22.bxc4 Bxc4
23.Ne3 Qa6 24.Bd4 Qxa2 25.Rb2 Qa6 26.Rc1 Rfc8 27.Ng4 Bxd4 28.Qxd4 f6 29.Rbc2 Bb3
30.Rxc8+ Rxc8 31.Rxc8+ Qxc8 32.Qb2 Nc5 33.Ne3 Qa6 34.h4 Qd3 35.h5 Nxe4 36.hxg6 hxg6
37.Kh2 Nc5 38.Qa3 Qa6 39.Qb4 Qb7 40.Qg4 Kf7 41.Qh4 Kg7 42.Qg4 Qd7 43.Qb4 Qa4
44.Qb8 Qd4 45.Qd8 Qe5 46.Bh3 f5 47.Bg2 Ne4 48.Bxe4 Qxe4 49.Qd7 Kf7 50.Qb5 Ba2
51.Qa5 Bb1 52.Ng2 Qf3 53.Qe1 Be4 54.Nh4 Qh5 55.f3 Bxd5 56.Qe3 g5 57.Qd3 Be6  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bc2 d5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.d4 Bd6 12.dxe5 Bxe5 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.exd5 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qxd5
16.Qh3 Rfe8 17.Rd1 Qc6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Be3 b4 20.Qf5 bxc3 21.bxc3 Bxc3 22.Rab1 Rad8
23.h3 Qe6 24.Qxe6 fxe6 25.Bg6 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rb8 27.Rc1 Be5 28.Rc6 Nd5 29.Rxe6 Bd6
30.h4 Nxe3 31.Rxe3 a5 32.g4 Bf4 33.Re4 Bc1 34.Kg2 Kf8 35.f4 Bb2 36.g5 hxg5
37.hxg5 c5 38.Kh3 Rc8 39.Rc4 Ke7 40.Ra4 Bc3 41.Rc4 Bb2 42.Kg4 Kd6 43.Rc2 Bd4
44.Bf7 Rb8 45.Re2 Rb2 46.Re6+ Kd7 47.Ra6 Bc3 48.f5 Rg2+ 49.Kh5 Bd2 50.Rg6 Bc3
51.Bd5 Rh2+ 52.Kg4 Rd2 53.Be6+ Ke7 54.Kf3 Rd6 55.Ke4 Bb2 56.Bd5 Rxg6 57.fxg6 Kd6
58.Bc4 Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Bg5 Rf8 11.Rad1 Bg4 12.Rd2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nd4 14.Nb5 c5 15.Nxd4 cxd4
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Be2 Rfc8 18.g3 Be7 19.Bd3 Bd6 20.f4 f6 21.Rdf2 Rc7 22.f5 g5
23.Rb1 Rac8 24.Rc2 a5 25.a4 h5 26.h3 Bb4 27.Kf1 Rg7 28.Ke2 Kf8 29.Rh1 Ke7
30.Rb1 Kd6 31.Ra1 Bc5 32.Rac1 Rc6 33.b3 Rb6 34.Rb1 Rc7 35.Rcc1 Rg7 36.Bc2 Bb4
37.Kd3 Rc6 38.Rd1 Rc8 39.Rdc1 g4 40.h4 Rgc7 41.Ra1 Bc3 42.Ra2 Rc6 43.Rb1 Rb6
44.Rc1 Rb4 45.Rb1 Rc6 46.Rc1 Ra6 47.Rd1 Rab6 48.Rb1 Kc5 49.Ra3 Rc6 50.Ra2 Kd6
51.Ra3 Rc8 52.Ra2 Rb6 53.Ra3 Bb4 54.Ra2 Rbc6 55.Rd1 Rc5 56.Rb1 Kc7 57.Rd1 Kb8
58.Rb1 R5c7 59.Rd1 Bf8 60.Rb1 Bh6 61.Rf1 Be3 62.Raa1 Rc6 63.Ra2 Kc7 64.Raa1 Kd6
65.Ra2 Kc7 66.Raa1 Rc5 67.Ra2 Kb8 68.Raa1 b5 69.axb5 Rxb5 70.Ke2 Kb7 71.Ra4 Rbc5
72.Rfa1 Kb6 73.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Bh3 d5 8.O-O Bxf3
9.exf3 dxc4 10.Re1 Nd7 11.Qa4 c6 12.Qxc4 Nb6 13.Qe2 Bg7 14.Bg5 Nd5 15.Rad1 Qd6
16.f4 h6 17.Bh4 g5 18.fxg5 hxg5 19.Qg4 Qh6 20.Qd7+ Kf8 21.Qxb7 Re8 22.Bd7 gxh4
23.g4 Rd8 24.Bxc6 Qg5 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Qxe7+ Kg8 27.h3 Rh6 28.Re4 Bf6  0-1

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bg4 10.f3 Bd7 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.Bf4 c4 13.Na5 Bc5+ 14.Kf1 b5 15.a4 Ne7
16.axb5 Bxb5 17.Bd2 Rhe8 18.Nxb5 axb5 19.b3 cxb3 20.Nxb3 Bb6 21.Bc3 Rxd1+
22.Rxd1 c5 23.Rd6 Ba7 24.Ra6 Kb7 25.Re6 Kc7 26.e5 Kd7 27.Ra6 Nc8 28.exf6 gxf6
29.Rxf6 Nd6 30.Rh6 Re7 31.Rh5 Kc6 32.Be1 Nc4 33.Bf2 Ne3+ 34.Bxe3 Rxe3 35.Rxh7 Bb6
36.Rh6+ Kc7 37.Rh7+ Kc6 38.Rh6+ Kc7 39.Rh7+ Kc6 40.Rh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Skripchenko,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.Nxc4 Nb6 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Nf3 c5 12.Bf4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Bc5 14.Qd3 Qe7 15.Rfd1 e5
16.Bg5 f6 17.Bc1 Bb4 18.Be3 Bc5 19.Rac1 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Nc5 21.Nb5 Ne6 22.Nd6 Kh8
23.Nh4 g6 24.Qh6 Rg8 25.a4 Nd4 26.Nxc8 Raxc8 27.Rxc8 Nxc8 28.e3 Nc6 29.Be4 f5
30.Bd5 Rg7 31.Bb3 Nd6 32.Rxd6 Qxd6 33.Nxf5 Qf6 34.Nxg7 Qxg7 35.Qxg7+ Kxg7
36.Bd5 Nd8 37.Kf1 Kf6 38.Ke2 Ke7 39.Kd3 Kd6 40.e4 g5 41.Ke3 Kc5 42.f4 gxf4+
43.gxf4 exf4+ 44.Kxf4 a5 45.h4  1-0

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nbd2 e6 8.b3 c5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bb2 Be7 11.Qb1 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Bf6 13.Rc1 Bh5 14.Qb2 O-O 15.a3 Qe7
16.Bxf6 N5xf6 17.b4 Rfd8 18.Bf1 Nb6 19.a4 Nbd5 20.Rc4 Rac8 21.b5 Rxc4 22.Bxc4 a5
23.Ne5 Nb4 24.Bf1 Nfd5 25.Nb3 Rc8 26.Rc1 Rxc1 27.Qxc1 f6 28.Qc8+ Qe8 29.Qxe8+ Bxe8
30.Nc4 Nc3 31.Nd6 Bg6 32.Nxb7 Nxa4 33.N7xa5 Kf7 34.f3 Ke7 35.e4 Be8 36.Kf2 Nc2
37.h4 e5 38.Bd3 Nb4 39.Bc4 Nc2 40.Nc6+ Bxc6 41.bxc6 Kd6 42.Bg8 h6 43.Na5 Nb4
44.Bf7 Nc3 45.Be8 Nd3+ 46.Ke3 Nb4 47.Kf2 Nd3+ 48.Kg3 Nf4 49.Nc4+ Kc7 50.Ne3 Nce2+
51.Kg4 Kd8 52.Bf7 Ke7 53.g3 Nd3 54.Kh3 Kd6 55.Nf5+ Kxc6 56.Nxg7 Nd4 57.Ne8 Kd7
58.Nxf6+ Ke7 59.Bc4 Kxf6 60.Bxd3 Nxf3 61.Kg4 Nd4 62.Kh5 Kg7 63.Bc4 Nc2 64.g4 Ne3
65.Bb5 Ng2 66.g5 Nf4+ 67.Kg4 h5+ 68.Kf5 Ng6 69.Be8 Nxh4+ 70.Kxe5 Nf3+ 71.Kf4 Nd4
72.Bxh5 Kf8 73.Ke5 Nc6+ 74.Kf6 Ne7 75.Bf7 Nc6 76.g6  1-0

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc5
9.Qd2 b6 10.Nb5 O-O 11.Nd6 Qc7 12.Ba3 Bb7 13.f3 Nba6 14.Bg2 f5 15.O-O Bc6
16.Rad1 h6 17.Qd4 e5 18.Qd2 Rf6 19.Nb5 Qb7 20.Qe3 Raf8 21.Rd6 Qb8 22.Rfd1 Nb7
23.Rxd7 Bxd7 24.Bxf8 Qe8 25.Ba3 Bxb5 26.cxb5 Qxb5 27.Qd3 Qe8 28.Qxa6  1-0

[Event "GpB Tiebreak"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koneru,H"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 e6 6.b3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Bb2 Bg4 10.Be2 Be7 11.h3 Be6 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Rc1 b6 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Qc2 Qe7
16.Ng5 g6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.a3 a5 19.Qb1 Rf7 20.Nf3 Ne4 21.Bb5 Rxf3 22.Bxc6 Raf8
23.gxf3 Nd2 24.Qd3 Nxf3+ 25.Kg2 Qg5+ 26.Kh1 Qh5 27.Kg2 Nh4+ 28.Kh2 Qf3 29.Rg1 Bd6+
30.Rg3 Qg2+  0-1

[Event "GpB Tiebreak"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.Nc3 b5 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Ne5 O-O 13.Re3 Re8 14.Rh3 g6 15.Qd2 Nf8
16.Bc2 b4 17.Na4 Ne4 18.Bxe4 Bxg5 19.Qd3 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Rc8 21.Nc5 Qd5 22.Qxd5 exd5
23.Nxa6 Rc2 24.Nxb4 Rxb2 25.Nxd5 Rd8 26.Ne3 Rxd4 27.Nf3 Bxe3 28.fxe3 Ra4
29.Rh4 Ra3 30.Re4 Ne6 31.Re5 Kg7 32.h3 h5 33.Kh2 Re2 34.Nd4 Nxd4 35.exd4 Rd2
36.Rd5 Rc3 37.a4 Rcc2 38.Rg1 Ra2 39.a5 h4 40.Kh1 f5 41.Rd7+ Kh6 42.d5 Rxa5
43.d6 Kg5 44.Rd8 Rad5 45.d7 Re5 46.Kh2 Re7 47.Kh1 Rf7 48.Rf1 Rfxd7 49.Rxd7 Rxd7
50.Kg1 Rd5 51.Kf2 Rd3 52.Ke2 Ra3 53.Kf2 Kf4 54.Rc1 Ra2+ 55.Kg1 Re2 56.Rc3 g5
57.Rf3+ Ke4 58.Kf1 Ra2 59.Rb3 Ra4 60.Kf2 g4 61.hxg4 fxg4 62.Kf1 Ra1+ 63.Ke2 Kf4
64.Kf2 g3+ 65.Ke2 Ra4 66.Rf3+ Kg4 67.Rf8 Re4+ 68.Kf1 Re5 69.Rg8+ Kf4 70.Rf8+ Ke3
71.Rf3+ Kd2 72.Kg1 Ke2 73.Rf4 Ke3 74.Rf1 Kd2 75.Ra1 Re4 76.Rf1 Re2 77.Ra1 Kc3
78.Rc1+ Kd4 79.Ra1 Rb2 80.Ra4+ Kc5 81.Ra1 Rb4 82.Rc1+ Kd4 83.Re1 Kd3 84.Ra1 Ke4
85.Re1+ Kf4 86.Rf1+ Kg4 87.Ra1 h3 88.gxh3+ Kxh3 89.Rc1 Rb2 90.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpB Tiebreak"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 h6 11.Rad1 e5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.h3 Bd7
16.Ne2 Rc8 17.Qb1 Qe7 18.Rc1 Ne4 19.Ba5 b6 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Bc3 Bb5 22.Bxe5 Qxe5
23.Rfe1 Bd3 24.Qa1 Qxa1 25.Rxa1 Rc2 26.Nd4 Rb2 27.Rec1 f5 28.g3 g5 29.Rc3 f4
30.exf4 gxf4 31.g4 Rb1+ 32.Rxb1 Bxb1 33.a4 Rf6  0-1

[Event "GpB Tiebreak"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Nbd7
9.Bd3 h6 10.O-O c5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.a3 b6 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Be2 Bb7 15.b4 Nd7
16.Rac1 Bf6 17.Qb3 Qe7 18.Rc2 Rfc8 19.Rfc1 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 Qd8
22.Nc4 N7f6 23.Nce5 Rc8 24.h3 Ne4 25.Rxc8 Qxc8 26.Bd3 Nef6 27.Qc2 Qxc2 28.Bxc2 Kf8
29.Nd4 Ke7 30.e4 Nc7 31.f3 Nd7 32.Nc4 g6 33.Kf2 e5 34.Nb3 Bc6 35.Ke3 Bb5
36.Bd3 Bxc4 37.Bxc4 b5 38.Bd3 Nb6 39.h4 Kd6 40.Nc5 Nd7 41.Nb3 Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpB Tiebreak"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Qb3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 c6 10.Be2 Nd7 11.O-O Qe7 12.Rac1 Re8 13.Rfd1 Nf6 14.Qb3 Ne4 15.Qc2 Bd7
16.Ne5 Red8 17.Bd3 Nd6 18.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koneru,H"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.f3 Qc7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.O-O-O Qb6 14.Qc2 c5 15.Na4 Qc6
16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Kb1 O-O 19.Rc1 Qxc2+ 20.Rxc2 Rac8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8
22.Rc1 Rxc1+ 23.Kxc1 Kf8 24.Bc3 Bd6 25.h3 Ke7 26.Kd2 Ke6 27.Bd4 Be5 28.Bxa7 Bxb2
29.Kc2 Ba1 30.Kb1 Bc3 31.Kc2 Ba1 32.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Nbd7
9.Rc1 Qa5 10.Nd2 b6 11.c6 d4 12.cxd7 dxc3 13.bxc3 Bxc3 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Bd3 Bxd7
16.Rc2 Rfd8 17.O-O Bxd2 18.Rxd2 Bf5 19.e4 Be6 20.e5 f5 21.Qe2 Rd4 22.Qe3 Rad8
23.Qg5+ Kf8 24.Qh6+ Ke8 25.Qf6 Rxd3 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.Qf6+ Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.d5 Nd7 12.Nd2 f5 13.f3 Nf6 14.h3 c5 15.Bf2 f4 16.a3 b6
17.b4 Nf7 18.Qb3 h5 19.Kd1 Bd7 20.Kc2 Qc7 21.Rhb1 Rfb8 22.a4 a5 23.bxa5 bxa5
24.Nb5 Qd8 25.Qc3 Bf8 26.Be1 Ra6 27.Nb3 Rba8 28.Qd2 h4 29.Nc1 Be7 30.Nc3 Bc8
31.Rb5 Qc7 32.Rab1 Bd8 33.Kd1 Nd7 34.Nb3 Qa7 35.Qa2 Qc7 36.Nc1 Nf6 37.Nd3 Kg7
38.Bf2 Nd7 39.Ke1 Kh7 40.Kf1 Be7 41.R1b2 Kg8 42.Nb1 R6a7 43.Nd2 Ba6 44.R5b3 Bd8
45.Ne1 Bc8 46.Qb1 Ra6 47.Nd3 R6a7 48.Nc1 Ra6 49.Be1 R6a7 50.Na2 Ra6 51.Nc3 Be7
52.Nb5 Qd8 53.Na3 Kg7 54.Rb5 Qf8 55.Nb3 Qd8 56.Bc3 Qc7 57.Na1 Qd8 58.Qe1 Qc7
59.R5b3 Qd8 60.Qd2 Kg8 61.N3c2 Qc7 62.Rb5 Bd8 63.Ne1 Qa7 64.Qd1 Qc7 65.Qb1 Be7
66.Nd3 Bd8 67.Nf2 Kf8 68.Nb3 Kg7 69.Nd3 Kg8 70.Kg1 Kg7 71.Kh2 Kg8 72.Be1 Kg7
73.Bf2 Be7 74.Qg1 Bf8 75.Nbxc5 dxc5 76.Nxc5 Nxc5 77.Bxc5 Bxc5 78.Rxc5 Qe7
79.Rcb5 g4 80.fxg4 Qa3 81.c5 Rf6 82.Qf2 Ba6 83.R5b3 Qxa4 84.Bxa6 Raxa6 85.c6 Ra8
86.Rb8 Rxb8 87.Rxb8 Qc4 88.Qxh4 f3 89.g5 Rf4 90.Qf2 fxg2 91.Qxg2 Rxe4 92.Rb2 Re3
93.Rf2 Qh4 94.Rf5 Rc3 95.g6 Nd6 96.Rf3 Rxf3 97.Qxf3 Qf4+  0-1

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.O-O Bf5
10.Bxf5 gxf5 11.Ne5 Nfd7 12.Nd3 e5 13.a4 exd4 14.exd4 Bxd4 15.axb5 Nxc5 16.Ne2 Ne6
17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Bh6 Re8 19.Nf4 Nxb5 20.Qh5 Qf6 21.Rac1 Kh8 22.Bg5 Qg7 23.Qh4 Nd7
24.Rxc6 Nd4 25.Nh5 Re4 26.f4 Nxc6 27.Nxg7 Kxg7 28.Qh6+  1-0

[Event "10th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Chernin,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8
9.Be2 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.a3 Nd7 13.Nb3 Bf6 14.Bg3 Re8 15.Re1 h6
16.Bf1 Bg6 17.Na4 e5 18.Nac5 Nxc5 19.Nxc5 Re7 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.b4 Nc4 22.Bxc4 dxc4
23.Bd6 Re8 24.Nxb7 Qb6 25.Na5 c3 26.Bg3 c2 27.Qe2 Bb2 28.Nc4 Rxc4 29.Qxc4 Bxc1
30.Rxc1 Rd8 31.Qe2 Qb5  0-1

[Event "10th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Chernin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 e6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Bd3 b6 8.cxb6 Qxb6
9.O-O c5 10.b3 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Re1 Qb8 14.Rc1 Bb7 15.Bh4 Rc8
16.Rc2 Bb4 17.Qc1 Qa7 18.a3 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Ne4 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Qf4 Qb6 22.b4 h6
23.Rc1 g5 24.Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.Qc1 Bb7 26.Bg3 Nxg3 27.hxg3 Bc6 28.g4 Kg7 29.Qc3 Qb7
30.Bc2 Bb5 31.Nd2 Nf6 32.f3 Qb8 33.a4 Be8 34.Nf1 h5 35.Qd2 Kh6 36.gxh5 Nxh5
37.Ne3 f5 38.Qe1 Bg6 39.g4 Ng7 40.gxf5 Nxf5 41.Bxf5 exf5 42.Nxd5 Qc8 43.Qd2 Qc4
44.Qh2+ Kg7 45.Qc7+ Qxc7 46.Nxc7 Bf7 47.Nxa6  1-0

[Event "10th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Nbd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.e4 e5 10.Bg5 Qe7 11.Re1 Rd8 12.d5 h6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Bd2 Nb6 15.Bb3 Bg4
16.h3 Bh5 17.g4 Nxg4 18.hxg4 Bxg4 19.Qe2 Bc5 20.Be3 Bd4 21.Kg2 Rd6 22.Nxd4 Rg6
23.f3 Qh4 24.fxg4 Rxg4+ 25.Qxg4 Qxg4+ 26.Kf2 exd4 27.Bxd4 Qh4+ 28.Ke2 Rd8
29.Rad1 Qg4+ 30.Kf2 Qf4+ 31.Ke2 Qg4+ 32.Kf2 Qh4+ 33.Ke2 Qg4+ 34.Kf2 Qf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bd2 Nhf6
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Be5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 g6 12.Qc2 Be6 13.e3 Bg7 14.f4 O-O 15.g4 Nf6
16.f5 Bc8 17.fxg6 fxg6 18.Nxg6 Re8 19.h3 e5 20.dxe5 Nd7 21.O-O-O Nxe5 22.Nf4 Qe7
23.Na4 Nf3 24.Nh5 Qxe3+ 25.Kb1 Nd4 26.Qg6 Qe4+ 27.Qxe4 Rxe4 28.Nc3 Bh8 29.Nxe4 dxe4
30.Bc4+ Kf8 31.Rhe1 Ne6 32.Rxe4 Nxc5 33.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "10th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 h6 11.h3 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Ne2 Qe7
16.Bc3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Rad8 18.c5 Bc8 19.b4 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Nf4 Kh7 22.a3 g5
23.Nh5 f5 24.Rd6 Rxd6 25.cxd6 Qf7 26.Ng3 Qd5 27.Qc5 Rd8 28.d7 Rxd7 29.Nxf5 Qxc5
30.bxc5 Rd3 31.Nd6 Be6 32.Rb1 Bd5 33.Rxb7+ Kg6 34.a4 Ra3 35.Rb4 a5 36.Rd4 Bb3
37.Rxe4 Bxa4 38.Re6+ Kh7 39.Nf5 Bc2 40.Rxh6+ Kg8 41.Nd4 Be4 42.Nxc6 a4 43.Nd4 Ra1+
44.Kh2 a3 45.Ra6 Bd5 46.Nc2 Ra2 47.Nb4  1-0

[Event "10th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bg3 c5 12.Qe2 a6 13.Rad1 b5 14.d5 exd5 15.Bxd5 Qb6
16.Nh4 Nxd5 17.Nf5 Nxc3 18.Nxe7+ Kh8 19.bxc3 Qe6 20.Qd3 Nf6 21.Qd6 Qxd6 22.Bxd6 Ne4
23.f3 Nxc3 24.Rd3 Na4 25.Rfd1 Nb2 26.Bxc5 Nxd3 27.Rxd3 Rfd8 28.Bd4 Rd7 29.Bxg7+ Kxg7
30.Rxd7 Rb8 31.Nf5+ Kg6 32.e4  1-0

[Event "10th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qe2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxh4 13.Nc3 Be7 14.Rad1 Nf6 15.Ne5 c5
16.f4 cxd4 17.exd4 Bb4 18.f5 Bxc3 19.bxc3 exf5 20.Rxf5 Bd5 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Rdf1 Qe6
23.Qd3 Rad8 24.Qh3 b5 25.Qh4 Rd6 26.Qg3 Ne4 27.Qf3 Nd2 28.Qg3 Nxf1 29.Rxf1 Ra6
30.h4 Rxa2 31.Kh2 Re2 32.Ra1 Rxe5 33.dxe5 Re8 34.Re1 a5 35.Qd3 b4 36.c4 a4
37.c5 b3 38.Re3 b2 39.Re1 Qb3 40.Qe4 a3 41.c6 a2 42.e6 Qxe6 43.Qxe6 fxe6  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2006.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.e4 dxc4 11.bxc4 e5 12.c5 Bc7 13.Na4 exd4 14.h3 Re8 15.Re1 h6
16.Rb1 Nf8 17.Rb4 N6d7 18.Qc2 Qf6 19.Nxd4 Ba5 20.Nf5 Bxb4 21.Bxb4 Ne5 22.Nd6 Rd8
23.Nb6 Rb8 24.Re3 Be6 25.Bc3 Nfg6 26.Bf1 Qg5 27.Rg3 Qh5 28.Be2 Qh4 29.Nf5 Qf6
30.Nc4 Bxc4 31.Bxc4 Re8 32.Qc1 b5 33.Bb3 b4 34.Bb2 Qd8 35.Bxe5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Koelln GER"]
[Date "2006.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Bg3 O-O 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 d6 12.O-O Nd7 13.e4 c6 14.Rac1 Nf6 15.d5 e5
16.dxc6 Rc8 17.Rc3 Rxc6 18.Ne1 Nd7 19.Nc2 Nc5 20.Qe2 Ne6 21.Rd1 Qb8 22.Nb4 Rcc8
23.Nd5 Bg5 24.Qd3 Nc5 25.Qc2 Ne6 26.f3 Nd4 27.Qd3 b5 28.cxb5 Qxb5 29.Qxb5 Nxb5
30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.h4 Bd8 32.Bf2 Rc2 33.a4 Nd4 34.b4 Rc4 35.Kf1 Nc6 36.Rb1 Kf8
37.Be3 Ke8 38.g3 Kd7 39.Rc1 Rxc1+ 40.Bxc1 h5 41.Be3 a6 42.Ke2 Ne7 43.Nxe7 Bxe7
44.b5 axb5 45.axb5 Ke6 46.f4 exf4 47.Bxf4 f6 48.Be3 Kd7 49.Kd3 g5 50.g4 gxh4
51.gxh5 h3 52.Bg1 Ke6 53.b6 Kd7 54.h6 Bf8 55.h7 Bg7 56.Ke3 f5 57.exf5 d5
58.Kf4 d4 59.b7 Kc7 60.Kg5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Bann GER"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargissian,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.Ne5 Rc8
9.f3 g6 10.g4 Be6 11.h4 h6 12.e3 Bg7 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Ne2 Qa5+
16.Kf2 O-O 17.Rxc6 bxc6 18.a3 c5 19.b4 cxb4 20.axb4 Qxb4 21.Qc2 Qa3 22.Rb1 Nf6
23.Rb6 Qa1 24.Kg2 Rc8 25.Qd2 Qa4 26.Rxa6 Qd7 27.Qa5 Bxg4 28.fxg4 Qxg4+ 29.Ng3 Nh5
30.Qxd5 Qxf4 31.Nxh5 Qxe3 32.Rxg6 Qd2+ 33.Kh3 Qxd3+ 34.Rg3 Qf1+ 35.Qg2 Qf5+
36.Rg4 Qxh5 37.Rxg7+ Kh8 38.Rg4 Qf5 39.Kh2 h5 40.Re4 Rg8 41.Qe2 Qg6 42.Qf3 Qg1+
43.Kh3 Rg3+ 44.Qxg3 Qh1+ 45.Qh2 Qxe4 46.Qf2 Qg4+ 47.Kh2 Kg7 48.Qe1 Kf8 49.Qf2 f6
50.Kh1 Ke8 51.Kh2 Kd7 52.Kh1 Kd6 53.Kh2 Kd5 54.Qa2+ Kxd4 55.Qa7+ Kd3 56.Qa3+ Kd2
57.Qb2+ Ke1 58.Qc3+ Ke2 59.Qc2+ Kf3 60.Qc3+ Ke4 61.Qb4+ Kd5 62.Qxe7 Qxh4+
63.Kg1 Qd4+ 64.Kf1 Qc4+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Bann GER"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rabiega,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Be2 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nb3 Qb6 12.Na4 Qc7 13.Nxd4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Ne5 15.Bxe6 Qxc2
16.Nxc2 Bxe6 17.Nxb4 Ne4 18.Bf4 Ng6 19.f3 Bd7 20.fxe4 Bxa4 21.b3 Bd7 22.Rfd1 Be6
23.Rac1 Rac8 24.Bd6 Rfd8 25.Bg3 h5 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rd2 h4 28.Bf4 h3 29.gxh3 Bxh3
30.Kf2 Be6 31.Nc2 a5 32.Nd4 Bd7 33.Bg3 Re8 34.Rc2 a4 35.Rc7 axb3 36.Rxd7 bxa2
37.Nb3 Rc8 38.Rc7  1-0

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Bg5 Nd7 14.Bd2 Nb6 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Qc7 17.c3 Nb8 18.b4 Nd7 19.c4 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Nb6 21.Rc1 Na4 22.bxc5 dxc5
23.d4 exd4 24.Nxd4 c4 25.e5 Bxa3 26.Rc2 Qd7 27.Qf3 c3 28.Bxc3 Nxc3 29.Qxc3 Qxd5
30.Nc6 Rfc8 31.e6 fxe6 32.Re5 Qd1+ 33.Re1 Qd5 34.Qxa3 Rxc6 35.Rce2 Rac8 36.Re5 Qd7
37.Qe3 b4 38.h4 Rb8 39.Qf4 Rf8 40.Qxb4 Qc7 41.Qe4 Rc1 42.Rxe6 Rxe1+ 43.Qxe1 a5
44.Re4 Qc5 45.g3 Qb5 46.Qa1 Qf5 47.Qa2+ Qf7 48.Qe2 Qf5 49.Ra4 Rc8 50.Qa2+ Qf7
51.Qd2 Qf5 52.Rxa5 Qf7 53.Ra1 Re8 54.Rd1 Qe6 55.Rf1 Qe4 56.Qa2+ Kh8 57.Qb2 Ra8
58.Rc1 Re8 59.Rc7 Qg6 60.Qd2 Qb1+ 61.Kh2 Qf5 62.Qd4 Qg6 63.Rd7 Rf8 64.Rd8 Qf7
65.Rxf8+ Qxf8 66.g4 h6 67.Kg3 Qf7 68.Qe4 Qc7+ 69.Qf4 Qc3+ 70.Kg2 Qc6+ 71.Qf3 Qd6
72.Qe4 Kg8 73.Kh3 Qa3+ 74.Qe3 Qd6 75.Qb3+ Kh8 76.Qf3 Qe5 77.Kg2 Qd6 78.Qe4 Qc5
79.Qf4 Qc6+ 80.Qf3 Qd6 81.g5 hxg5 82.hxg5 Kg8 83.Qe4 Kf7 84.Kf3 Qh2 85.Qf4+ Qxf4+
86.Kxf4 Ke6 87.Ke4 g6 88.f4 Kd6 89.f5 gxf5+ 90.Kxf5 Ke7 91.Kg6  1-0

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Re8
9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 Bf8 11.Ng5 Ng7 12.f4 exf4 13.gxf4 f6 14.Ne6 Nxe6 15.dxe6 Rxe6
16.Qd5 Nb6 17.Bxb6 axb6 18.Bg4 f5 19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.exf5 c6 21.Qg2+ Kh8 22.fxe6 Bxe6
23.Qe4 Qf6 24.Rae1 Bf5 25.Qe3 Bg7 26.Kh1 Qf7 27.b3 b5 28.cxb5 d5 29.bxc6 bxc6
30.Rg1 d4 31.Rxg7 Qxg7 32.Qe5  0-1

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bc4 Ke8 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Bd6
9.O-O-O a6 10.a4 h6 11.Bh4 b6 12.Nd5 g5 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Bg3 Nxe4 15.Bxe5 Bxe5
16.Nxe5 Nxf2 17.Nxf7 Nxd1 18.Nxh8 Bg4 19.h3 Bh5 20.g4 Nf2 21.Rf1 Nxg4 22.hxg4 Bxg4
23.Nf7 Ke7 24.Nxh6 Bd7 25.Rf7+ Kd6 26.Nf5+ Bxf5 27.Rxf5 g4 28.Rg5  1-0

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Bg5 Nd7 14.Bd2 Nb6 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Qc7 17.b4 Nd4 18.bxc5 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Bxd5 20.exd5 Qxc5 21.Bb4 Qc7
22.c4 Rfb8 23.cxb5 Rxb5 24.Rac1 Qd7 25.Rc6 a5 26.Bc3 Rb3 27.a4 h6 28.Qe4 Bg5
29.Qc4 Rb7 30.d4 exd4 31.Bxd4 Rab8 32.Bc3 Rb1 33.Bxa5 Qf5 34.Qc2 Qxc2 35.Rxc2 Bd8
36.Bc3 Rxe1+ 37.Bxe1 Rb1 38.Rc8 Rxe1+ 39.Kh2 Re8 40.a5 Kf8 41.a6 Bb6 42.Rc2 Bc5
43.Kg3 Ra8 44.Ra2 Ke7 45.Kf4 Kd7 46.Kf5 Bd4 47.h4 g6+ 48.Ke4 Bc5 49.h5 Kc7
50.f4 Re8+ 51.Kf3 gxh5 52.g3 Kb6 53.Kg2 h4 54.gxh4 Ra8 55.Re2 Rxa6 56.Re8 Bd4
57.Rc8 Kb5 58.Kf3 f5 59.Rf8 Ra3+ 60.Kg2 Kc5 61.Rxf5 Rd3 62.Rh5 Bg7 63.Rf5 Rxd5
64.Rf7 Bc3 65.Kf3 Kd4 66.Rh7 h5 67.Rh6 Bb4 68.Rh7 Bc5 69.Rh6 Rf5 70.Rg6 d5
71.Rg5 Rxg5 72.hxg5 Be7  0-1

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.a4 Ra8 13.Ra3 Nf6 14.a5 c5 15.Qa4 b6 16.Qc2 bxa5
17.Nb5 Ne8 18.Bd2 f5 19.Rea1 Nf6 20.Rxa5 Rxa5 21.Bxa5 Qd7 22.Ng5 Nxe4 23.Ne6 Rf6
24.Bc7 Rxe6 25.dxe6 Qxe6 26.Ra8 Bf8 27.f3 Nf6 28.Bxd6 Bd7 29.Qd2 Ne8 30.Ra6 Bxb5
31.cxb5 Nxd6 32.Rxd6 Qb3 33.Qd3 Qb2 34.Rd8 Kg7 35.Qd2 Qb1+ 36.Qd1 Qb2 37.Rd2 Qb4
38.Qc2 Qa5 39.Rd7 Kf6 40.Rd6+ Kg7 41.Rd7 Kf6 42.Qb3 Qa1+ 43.Bf1 e4 44.b6 e3
45.Qxe3 Nc6 46.b7 Nd4 47.Rd8 Be7  1-0

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Rad1 Qc8 14.Rc1 Rd8 15.Rfd1 Ndf6
16.Ne5 Qe6 17.Bh4 Rac8 18.f3 cxd4 19.exd4 Nxc3 20.Rxc3 Rxc3 21.bxc3 Nd7 22.Bxe7 Qxe7
23.Nxd7 Rxd7 24.Re1 Qxe2 25.Rxe2 Kf8 26.Re3 Re7 27.Kf2 Rxe3 28.Kxe3 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7
10.Re1 Re8 11.e4 b4 12.Na4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Nxe4 14.Rxe4 a5 15.Bf4 Nf6 16.Re1 Nd5
17.Be5 Ba6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.b3 Qc7 20.Qd2 Bb5 21.Nb2 a4 22.bxa4 Bxa4 23.Nd3 b3
24.Nde5 f6 25.Ng4 bxa2 26.Rxa2 Bb5 27.Ne3 Nxe3 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.Qxe3 Ra7 30.d5 Bc4
31.d6 exd6 32.cxd6 Qf7 33.Qc5 Rd7 34.Qxc6 Bd5 35.Qc5 Bxf3 36.gxf3 Qf8 37.Re6 Qf7
38.Qe3 Qf8 39.Re7+ Rxe7 40.dxe7 Qe8 41.Qe6 g5 42.Kg2 Kg6 43.f4 gxf4 44.Kf3 Kg7
45.Kxf4 Qb8+ 46.Kg4 Qe8 47.Kg3 Qg6+ 48.Kh2 Qe8 49.f4 Kg6 50.Kg3 Kg7 51.Kf2 Kg6
52.Ke3 Kg7 53.f5 h5 54.h4 Qb8 55.e8=N+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2007.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Khenkin,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D22"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 b5 5.a4 Bb7 6.b3 e6 7.bxc4 bxc4 8.Bxc4 Nf6
9.O-O c5 10.Ba3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nxd4 O-O 15.N4f3 Nc5
16.Rfc1 Rfd8 17.Nb3 Nxb3 18.Bxb3 Ne4 19.Bc4 Nc5 20.Nd4 Qg5 21.f4 Qg6 22.a5 Be4
23.Ra3 Rab8 24.Qf2 Rdc8 25.Bf1 e5 26.Rac3 exd4 27.exd4 Qf6 28.Rxc5 Rd8 29.Qe3 Qxd4
30.Qxd4 Rxd4 31.Rc8+ Rd8 32.Bxa6 Kf8 33.Rxb8 Rxb8 34.Rc8+ Rxc8 35.Bxc8 Ke7
36.Kf2 Kd6 37.Ba6 Kc5 38.Be2 h6 39.g4 f6 40.Ke3 Bc2 41.a6 Kb6 42.Kd4 Bb3
43.h4 Be6 44.h5 Bb3 45.f5 Bf7 46.a7 Kxa7 47.Kc5 Bb3 48.Kd6 Kb6 49.Ke7 Kc5
50.Kf8 Kd6 51.Kxg7 Ke7 52.Kxh6 Kf7 53.Kh7 Bd5 54.h6 Bb3 55.Bb5 Bd1 56.Bc4+ Kf8
57.Kg6 Bxg4 58.Kxf6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2007.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Acs,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O e6 9.h3 Bf5
10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Be7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.a4 b4 14.Ne2 O-O 15.Bd2 Qb6 16.Rfc1 Rac8
17.Rc2 Qb7 18.Rac1 Bd6 19.Be1 Nb6 20.Qd1 a5 21.Nf4 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Rc8 23.Nd3 Nfd7
24.Nfe5 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Rxc2 26.Qxc2 Qc7 27.Qxc7 Bxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne FRA"]
[Date "2007.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Legky,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Be2 Rd8 11.O-O a6 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Qxb4 Ng6 14.Qc5 c6 15.b4 Nh4
16.Kh1 Re8 17.a4 Bf5 18.Qb6 Re7 19.g3 Bd3 20.Bg4 Bxf1 21.Rxf1 Ng6 22.b5 axb5
23.axb5 Qd6 24.bxc6 bxc6 25.Bf3 Qf6 26.Kg2 Rea7 27.Ne2 Qg5 28.Kg1 Ra6 29.Qc5 Nh4
30.Bh1 Qg4 31.Nf4 Ra1 32.Bg2 Rxf1+ 33.Bxf1 Ra1 34.Qc3 Qd1 35.Qd3 Nf3+  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne FRA"]
[Date "2007.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.e4 b5
9.Bb3 b4 10.Ne2 Nxe4 11.Qc2 Ndf6 12.Ng5 Nxg5 13.Qxc6+ Bd7 14.Qxd6 Nge4 15.Qxb4 a5
16.Qa3 a4 17.Bc2 Qa5+ 18.Nc3 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Rc8 20.Bd2 Qa6 21.Rb1 Nd5 22.h4 f6
23.Rh3 Kf7 24.Bd3 Qc6 25.Rg3 e5 26.dxe5 Rhe8 27.Kf1 Rxe5 28.Bxh7 Bf5 29.Bxf5 Rxf5
30.Kg1 Re8 31.c4 Qxc4 32.Qd3 Re4 33.Rb7+ Ke6 34.Rbxg7 Qxd3 35.Rxd3 Rxh4 36.g4 Re5
37.Rd4 Rh3 38.Ra7 Ra3 39.Ra6+ Kf7 40.Raxa4 Rxa4 41.Rxa4 Ne7 42.Rd4 Nc6 43.Rc4 Re2
44.Bf4 Ne7 45.a4 Nd5 46.Kg2 Ra2 47.Kf3 Kg6 48.Bd6 f5 49.Bc5 Ra1 50.Rd4 fxg4+
51.Kxg4 Nc3 52.Rc4 Nxa4 53.Bd4 Ra2 54.f4 Rg2+ 55.Kf3 Ra2 56.Rc6+ Kf7 57.Ke4 Re2+
58.Kd3 Rh2 59.Rc2 Rh3+ 60.Ke4 Rb3 61.Rc7+ Ke8 62.f5 Nb6 63.f6 Nd7 64.f7+ Kxf7
65.Rxd7+ Ke6 66.Ra7 Rb5 67.Ra6+ Kd7 68.Be5 Rb4+ 69.Kf5 Rb7 70.Rd6+ Kc8 71.Ke6 Rh7
72.Rd2 Kb7 73.Kd5 Rh5 74.Rb2+ Ka6 75.Rb8 Ka7 76.Re8 Kb6 77.Rf8 Kb7 78.Kd6 Rh6+
79.Kc5 Rh5 80.Re8 Rg5 81.Kb5 Rh5 82.Re7+ Ka8 83.Kc6 Rh6+ 84.Bd6 Rg6 85.Re2  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne FRA"]
[Date "2007.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bc4 a6 10.O-O Be7 11.a4 O-O 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.Rad1 Qb6 14.Nxd4 Qxb2 15.Nf5 exf5
16.Qxe7 Nh7 17.Rd8 Be6 18.Rxa8 Bxc4 19.Rxf8+ Nxf8 20.Re1 Ng6 21.Qe8+ Kh7
22.Bg3 Qxc2 23.f3 Be6 24.Qb8 Qxa4 25.Qxb7 a5 26.Qa7 Qa3 27.h4 Qb4 28.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Muelheim Nord GER"]
[Date "2007.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Bg7
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Rb1 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Qc2 Nb6 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Rd1 Nfd7 15.a3 c4
16.Nf1 Nc5 17.Bf4 Bc8 18.Nd2 Bd7 19.Rdc1 Rfc8 20.Bg5 Kf8 21.e4 Nca4 22.Be3 Nxc3
23.bxc3 Na4 24.Rb4 Nxc3 25.Nxc4 Qa6 26.Bf1 Bb5 27.Bd2 Bxc4 28.Rxc4 Rxc4 29.Bxc4 Qxc4
30.Bxc3 Bxc3 31.Qxc3 Qxc3 32.Rxc3 Ra4 33.Re3 Rd4 34.Kg2 f5 35.exf5 gxf5 36.Rf3 Rxd5
37.g4 e6 38.gxf5 exf5 39.a4 Ra5 40.Ra3 Ke7 41.Kf3 Ke6 42.Kf4 Kf6 43.Ra2 h6
44.Ke3 Ke5 45.Kd3 Kd5 46.Ra1 Kc5 47.Rc1+ Kb6 48.Rc4 d5 49.Rb4+ Kc5 50.Kc3 Ra8
51.Rb5+ Kc6 52.Kb4 Re8 53.Rc5+ Kd6 54.Rc2 Rb8+ 55.Kc3 Rc8+ 56.Kd3 Rb8 57.Ra2 Rb3+
58.Kd4 Rb4+ 59.Ke3 Kc6 60.a5 Kb7 61.Rd2 Re4+ 62.Kf3 d4 63.h3 Ka6 64.Kg3 Kxa5
65.f3 Re1 66.Rxd4 Rg1+ 67.Kf4 Rh1 68.Rd5+ Kb4 69.Rxf5 Rxh3 70.Kg4 Rh1 71.Rh5 Rg1+
72.Kf5 Kc5 73.Rxh6 Kd5 74.f4 Rf1 75.Ra6 Rf2 76.Kg5 Rg2+ 77.Kf6 Rh2 78.Ra8 Rh6+
79.Kg5 Rh1 80.f5 Kd6 81.Kf6 Rh6+ 82.Kg7 Rh1 83.f6 Rg1+ 84.Kf7 Kd7 85.Ra2 Rg3
86.Rd2+ Kc6 87.Ke7 Re3+ 88.Kf8 Kc7 89.f7 Rg3 90.Rd4 Rg1 91.Ke7 Kc6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Muelheim Nord GER"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 c6 15.Nf5 Qc7
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Nh2 c5 18.Qf3 c4 19.Bg5 Qc6 20.Rad1 h6 21.Bc1 Nc5 22.Bxh6 Nfxe4
23.Ng4 Re6 24.Be3 Rae8 25.Bxc5 Nxc5 26.Qg3 a5 27.Rxe5 Nd3 28.Bxd3 cxd3 29.Nd4 Rxe5
30.Nxc6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Bindlach GER"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Nh2 Ne8 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Nc7
17.Ng4 Kh8 18.Ne3 Bf6 19.Qd2 Bd4 20.Kh1 Ne7 21.Rf1 f5 22.Rae1 fxe4 23.Nxe4 Ng6
24.Bh2 Bxe4 25.dxe4 Be5 26.Nf5 Rad8 27.Rd1 Qe8 28.Bxe5 Qxe5 29.Qa5 Rd7 30.Nh4 Rxf1+
31.Rxf1 Qxe4 32.Nxg6+ hxg6 33.Rf8+ Kh7 34.Bg8+ Kh6 35.Rc8 b4 36.Rxc7 Qe1+
37.Kh2 Qe5+ 38.Kh1 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Bindlach GER"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Berndt,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Qe7 11.Qa4 O-O 12.Bd3 e5 13.e4 Rfe8 14.O-O Nf8 15.Rfe1 Ng6
16.Bf2 Nh7 17.Rad1 Ng5 18.Bf1 Qf6 19.c5 dxc5 20.dxc5 Bc6 21.Qa6 h5 22.h3 h4
23.Kh1 Red8 24.Qe2 Nf4 25.Qe3 Nge6 26.Nb3 Qg5 27.Qc1 Bb5 28.c4 Ba4 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8
30.cxb6 axb6 31.Rd1 c5 32.Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.Qd2 Qe7 34.Nc1 g5 35.Ne2 Nxe2 36.Bxe2 Nf4
37.Bf1 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gallardo Garcia,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxh4
9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe2 d6 12.Rfd1 Nd7 13.Rac1 a5 14.Bb1 Nf6 15.Ng3 Re8
16.e4 Nd7 17.e5 Nf8 18.Be4 Qc8 19.h4 c5 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Ne4 dxe5 22.dxe5 Red8
23.g3 Qc6 24.Nh2 Rd4 25.Rxd4 cxd4 26.Nf3 Rd8 27.Ne1 d3 28.Nxd3 Rd4 29.Nd2 Qd7
30.Rc3 Bb4 31.Rb3 Bxd2 32.Qxd2 a4 33.Rc3 Ng6 34.Qe2 Ne7 35.c5 bxc5 36.Nxc5 Qd5
37.Qf3 Qxa2 38.Nd3 Nd5 39.Rc8+ Kh7 40.Qxf7 Qb1+ 41.Kh2 Qxd3 42.Qg8+ Kg6 43.Qxe6+ Kh7
44.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gritsak,O"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c3 Bf5 4.Qb3 b6 5.Bg5 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.c4 c5
9.Rc1 Nbd7 10.Be2 Rc8 11.O-O cxd4 12.exd4 h6 13.Bf4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Ne4 15.Qa4 Nxd2
16.Nxd2 a5 17.Ba6 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Qd1 Nf6 21.Bf1 Bg4 22.Qe1 Qd5
23.Rc4 Rd8 24.a4 Bf5 25.b3 Qd6 26.Nf3 Be4 27.Ne5 Bd5 28.Rc3 Qb4 29.Qe3 Be4
30.Rc4 Qd6 31.h3 Bf5 32.g3 Nd5 33.Qf3 f6 34.Ng4 Qa3 35.Bg2 h5 36.Nh2 Bg6
37.Nf1 Bf7 38.Kh2 Qb2 39.Rc6 Qxd4 40.h4 e5 41.Qe2 Ne7 42.Rc7 Rd7 43.Rc1 Bxb3
44.Ne3 Qxa4 45.Bh3 Rd8 46.Rc7 Qe8 47.Qa6 Bf7 48.Qxb6 a4 49.Qa7 Nd5 50.Nxd5 Rxd5
51.Bf5 Rd8 52.Bd7 Qe7 53.Bxa4 Qe6 54.Qb7 Qd5 55.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Del Rey,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qc8 6.g3 c6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Be6 10.Ng5 Bd7 11.e4 Na6 12.Nf3 Rb8 13.e5 dxe5 14.dxe5 Nh5 15.Be3 Ra8
16.Ne4 h6 17.Bd4 Be6 18.Qc2 Rd8 19.Qe2 c5 20.Bc3 b6 21.Rad1 Qc7 22.Nh4 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.f4 Qd7 26.Bf3 Bf8 27.Ng2 Ng7 28.g4 Nb4 29.b3 Nc6
30.Qd1 Qxd1+ 31.Bxd1 h5 32.h3 hxg4 33.hxg4 Bd7 34.Ng5 Ne6 35.Nxe6 Bxe6 36.Kf2 Bd7
37.Ke3 Bg7 38.g5 e6 39.Bf3 Ne7 40.Kd3 Bc6 41.Bxc6 Nxc6 42.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8
9.Ne5 e6 10.Qb3 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Qd7 12.Be2 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Na4 Rxc1 15.Rxc1 Rc8
16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.dxc5 Ne4 18.Bd4 f6 19.f3 Nd6 20.Qd1 Nb5 21.a4 Nxd4 22.exd4 e5
23.b4 Qe6 24.Bf1 Bg6 25.Qd2 h6 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Kh7 28.Re1 Qd7 29.f4 exd4
30.Qxd4 Qc7 31.Rc1 Be4 32.g3 Qa5 33.Ra1 Qc7 34.Rc1 Qa5 35.c6 bxc6 36.bxc6 Qa3
37.Qc3 Qxc3 38.Rxc3 d4 39.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2007.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Eingorn,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qb1 c4
9.h4 Nc6 10.h5 h6 11.g4 Bd7 12.Bh3 O-O-O 13.Ne2 Nge7 14.Be3 Rdf8 15.Kd2 f6
16.f4 f5 17.Qg1 fxg4 18.Bxg4 Rhg8 19.Ng3 g6 20.Qh2 gxh5 21.Bh3 h4 22.Nh5 Rg6
23.Nf6 Rgxf6 24.exf6 Rxf6 25.Rhg1 Be8 26.Rg7 Bg6 27.f5 Bxf5 28.Bxf5 exf5
29.Qxh4 Re6 30.Bxh6 Re4 31.Qf2 Qa5 32.Re1 Qxa3 33.Rxe4 dxe4 34.Qf4 Qa5 35.Bg5 Kd7
36.Bxe7 Nxe7 37.Qg5 e3+ 38.Ke2 Qa3 39.Qxf5+ Kd8 40.Qe6  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2007.04.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marcelin,C"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.Nge2 Ne8
9.O-O g6 10.Bh6 Ng7 11.f4 exf4 12.gxf4 f5 13.exf5 Rxf5 14.Ng3 Rf8 15.Qc2 Nf6
16.h3 Rf7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.f5 Nd7 19.fxg6 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 hxg6 21.Nh5+ gxh5
22.Rf7+ Kxf7 23.Qh7+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2007.04.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Riff,JN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "E02"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Be7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.Qxc4 a6
9.Qc2 Ra7 10.Rd1 b6 11.Ne5 Nb8 12.e4 Bb7 13.Be3 Nfd7 14.Nc4 Ba8 15.Nc3 Qe8
16.a3 Nc6 17.Rac1 Nd8 18.b4 Nb7 19.e5 Nd8 20.d5 exd5 21.Nxd5 Ne6 22.f4 f5
23.Qb3 Rf7 24.Na5 Bf8 25.Nc6 Bxc6 26.Rxc6 Kh8 27.Nf6 gxf6 28.Rxe6 Re7 29.Rxe7 Qxe7
30.Bc6 Qd8  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2007.05.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kallai,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Nf6 6.Nbd2 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.Nb3 Nbd7
9.Bd2 a5 10.e4 Be7 11.Be2 a4 12.Nc5 Nxc5 13.dxc5 Nd7 14.Bb4 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.b4 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 a5
10.bxa5 Bg7 11.f4 Qxa5 12.Bd2 b4 13.Ne2 Ne4 14.Bg2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Nd7 16.O-O O-O
17.Rab1 Qxa2 18.Rb2 Qa6 19.Rxb4 Rfb8 20.Bf3 Rxb4 21.Qxb4 h6 22.Rb1 Rb8 23.Qe1 Rxb1
24.Qxb1 e6 25.Nc1 g5 26.fxg5 hxg5 27.Nd3 Bf6 28.Be2 Qa7 29.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.b4 c6 6.c4 d5 7.Nbd2 Ne4 8.Bb2 a5 9.bxa5 Qxa5
10.O-O O-O 11.a4 Be6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nb3 Qa6 14.Ne5 b6 15.Qd3 Nd7 16.a5 Rfc8
17.Qe3 bxa5 18.f3 Nef6 19.Nxa5 Qb6 20.Nd3 Bf7 21.Qd2 e5 22.Qb4 e4 23.Qxb6 Nxb6
24.Nc5 Nfd7 25.Nab3 Nxc5 26.Nxc5 Nc4 27.Bc3 Rxa1 28.Bxa1 Bf8 29.fxe4 dxe4
30.Bc3 Ne3 31.Ra1 Nc2 32.Rc1 Bxc5 33.dxc5 Bb3 34.e3 Rxc5 35.Bb2 Kf7 36.Kf2 Ke6
37.Bf1 Bd5 38.Be2 Rc6 39.Bd1 Nb4  0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.c3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.d3 Qd6 12.Nbd2 Rad8 13.Ne4 Qd7 14.a4 Kh8 15.axb5 axb5
16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 f6 18.Nc3 Ncb4 19.Qe2 Bd6 20.Qxb5 Nxc3 21.Qxd7 Rxd7 22.bxc3 Nd3
23.Rd1 Nxc1 24.Raxc1 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Bf4 26.Ra1 Rd6 27.c4 Rb6 28.Rd3 g6 29.c5 Rb5
30.Bc4 Rb4 31.Be6 Rd8 32.d5 Kg7 33.d6 cxd6 34.c6 d5 35.Ra7+ Kh6 36.c7  1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Qc2 a5 10.Rd1 Ne4 11.Nc3 f5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Nd6 14.Bxd6 Bxd6 15.e3 Rb8
16.c5 Bc7 17.f4 Bd7 18.a3 Be8 19.b4 b5 20.cxb6 Bxb6 21.Na4 axb4 22.axb4 Rf7
23.Qc3 Rfb7 24.Bf1 g5 25.Ba6 Rg7 26.Rd2 h5 27.Rg2 Bc7 28.Nc5 Qf6 29.Bf1 Bd6
30.fxg5 Rxg5 31.Ra7 e5 32.dxe5 Bxe5 33.Qb3 h4 34.gxh4 Rxg2+ 35.Bxg2 Qxh4
36.Nd3 Bxh2+ 37.Kf1 Qc4 38.Qa3 Bg6 39.Bf3 f4  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16"]
[Site "Clichy FRA"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Eliet,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Qc2 Bb4+ 6.Nd2 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.O-O Ba6
9.b3 Nbd7 10.e4 Rc8 11.e5 Ne8 12.Rd1 Be7 13.Nf1 Nc7 14.Ne3 Bb7 15.h4 Re8
16.Bb2 c5 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Ne1 Nf8 19.Qd2 Qd7 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Bxd5
23.Qxd5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 c4 25.Bd4 a6 26.bxc4 Rxc4 27.Nd3 Ne6 28.Be3 Ra4 29.Nb2 Rb4
30.Rd2 h6 31.Rc1 Reb8 32.Rcc2 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Nc4 g4 35.Kg2 R8b5 36.Rd7 Rb7
37.Rxb7 Rxb7 38.Nd6 Rb4 39.Rc8+ Bf8 40.Bh6 Rd4 41.a3  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16"]
[Site "Clichy FRA"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fontaine,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nc3 Nc6 15.e5 Qxd1
16.Raxd1 Bxf3 17.exf6 Bxd1 18.fxe7 Bxc2 19.exf8=Q+ Rxf8 20.Bxc5 Rc8 21.Nd5 Bf5
22.Nc7 h6 23.Re8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Torrelavega ESP"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miton,K"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 g6
9.g3 e5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Na4 Ngxe5 12.Bc3 Bg7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.e4 Be6
16.Nb6 Rb8 17.f4 Nd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Qc3+ Qf6 21.Qxf6+ Nxf6
22.Bg2 Ne4 23.Rhe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Torrelavega ESP"]
[Date "2007.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Qe7 11.Bd3 e5 12.e4 Nf8 13.Nf1 Ng6 14.Bf2 Nf4 15.Ne3 Nxd3+
16.Qxd3 Nh5 17.g3 O-O 18.O-O Qe6 19.Rfd1 Qg6 20.dxe5 Nf4 21.Qf1 dxe5 22.Nf5 Kh7
23.Be3 Ne6 24.Rd2 Qf6 25.Rad1 Rad8 26.Kg2 Ba6 27.Rd5 Bb7 28.R5d3 Ba6 29.Rd5 Bb7
30.R5d2 h5 31.Bf2 g6 32.Ne3 Ng5 33.Qe2 Rxd2 34.Rxd2 Bc8 35.g4 hxg4 36.Nxg4 Bxg4
37.fxg4 Ne6 38.Bg3 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Torrelavega ESP"]
[Date "2007.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marin,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A23"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 d5 6.cxd5 Qb6 7.Nb3 a5 8.d3 a4 9.Be3 Qb4
10.Nd4 Nxd5 11.Qd2 Nxe3 12.fxe3 exd3 13.exd3 g6 14.Bg2 Bh6 15.Nc2 Qe7 16.O-O O-O
17.Rae1 Nd7 18.d4 Nb6 19.Na3 Be6 20.Qd3 Rad8 21.Rf2 Bg7 22.Rd2 Rfe8 23.Qe2 h5
24.Qf2 Qb4 25.Bf3 Bh3 26.Ne4 Bf5 27.Nc3 c5 28.dxc5 Qxc5 29.e4 Qxf2+ 30.Rxf2 Bd4  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Torrelavega ESP"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Bg2 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Nf3 Na6
9.O-O Nc7 10.e4 O-O 11.h3 Nd7 12.Bf4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Be3 b6 15.f4 Ne8
16.f5 Nd6 17.Qc2 Bd7 18.Rf2 Rc8 19.a4 a6 20.g4 f6 21.Bf1 c4 22.Bg2 Rf7 23.Rff1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Torrelavega ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bd2 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 dxc4
9.Qxc4 Qb6 10.O-O Bf5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Qd3 Rd8 13.e3 a5 14.Nf3 a4 15.Ng5 Qa6
16.Qxa6 Rxa6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Rfd1 Nbd7 19.e4 e5 20.d5 cxd5 21.exd5 Nb6 22.Be3 Nc4
23.Bc5 Nd6 24.Rac1 Kf7 25.Re1 Raa8 26.Bh3 e4 27.Be6+ Kf8 28.b3 axb3 29.axb3 Nf7
30.Bb6 Bh6 31.Ra1 Bd2 32.Bxd8 Rxd8 33.Nxe4 Bxe1 34.Rxe1 Nxe4 35.Rxe4 Nd6
36.Ra4 Kg7 37.Kf1 Ne8 38.h4 h6 39.Ke2 b5 40.Ra7 Kf6 41.Ke3 g5 42.hxg5+ hxg5
43.f4 gxf4+ 44.Kxf4 Ng7 45.Bd7 e6 46.g4 exd5 47.g5+ Kf7 48.Bxb5+ Kf8 49.Ke5 Rb8
50.Ba4 Rb6 51.Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tukmakov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Qe7 10.Qc2 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 Qxd5
16.Qc2 Qh5 17.Bc4 Bd7 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Rd4 Bg4 20.Qd2 Qg5 21.Bf1 Rxd4 22.Qxd4 Rd8
23.Qb4 Bc8 24.Rc1 h6 25.Be2 Qd5 26.Bf3 Qd2 27.Qa3 Qd6 28.Qa5 Qd2 29.Qa3 Qd6
30.Qa5 Be6 31.h3 Qe7 32.Rd1 Rxd1+ 33.Bxd1 Bd5 34.Qd2 Qg5 35.f4 Qf6 36.Bc2 Qa1+
37.Kh2 Qxa2 38.Bh7+  1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Drozdovskij,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 e6
9.e4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne5 Bh5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Nb3 a5 14.a4 Bg6 15.f3 Nd5
16.Qe2 Nb4 17.Rd1 b6 18.Be3 Kh8 19.Bf2 f5 20.exf5 exf5 21.d5 cxd5 22.Bb5 Qb7
23.Nd4 Bf6 24.Rac1 Be8 25.Ne6 Rf7 26.Bd4 Re7 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Re1 Bf7 29.Nd8 Rxe2
30.Nxb7 Rxb2 31.Nd6 Bg6 32.Rc7 d4 33.Nf7+ Kg8 34.Nh6+ Kf8 35.Ree7 Rb1+ 36.Kf2 Nd3+
37.Bxd3 Rb2+ 38.Kf1 Rc8 39.Rxc8+ Kxe7 40.Nxf5+ Kd7 41.Rc4 Ke6 42.g4 Ke5 43.Rc2 Rb4
44.Re2+ Kd5 45.Ne7+ Kc5 46.Nxg6 hxg6 47.Bxg6 Rxa4 48.h4 Ra1+ 49.Kg2 a4 50.h5 a3
51.Bf7 d3 52.Rd2 Kd4 53.h6 Ke3 54.h7 Kxd2 55.h8=Q a2 56.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Na6 9.e4 dxe4
10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Bxe4 Qb4+ 13.Qd2 Qxc4 14.Ne5 Qb4 15.Nxc6 Qxd2+
16.Kxd2 Nb8 17.Ne5 f6 18.Rhc1 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Kxd7 20.Ra3 f5 21.Bf3 g5 22.Rb3 Rb8
23.Rb6 Rd8 24.Rc5 g4 25.Be2 Ke7 26.Ke3 Bd7 27.Rc7 Rdc8 28.Rcxb7 Rxb7 29.Rxb7 Kd6
30.Bb5 Bxb5 31.Rxb5 Rc2 32.h3 g3 33.fxg3 Rxg2 34.g4 fxg4 35.hxg4 Rg3+ 36.Kf4 Rd3
37.Ke4 Rd2 38.b3 Rg2 39.Rxa5 Rxg4+ 40.Kd3 Rh4 41.Kc4 h5 42.Ra6+ Kd7 43.Kc5 Rh3
44.Ra7+ Kc8 45.Kc4 h4 46.Rh7 Rh1 47.b4 h3 48.a5 Kb8 49.Kc5 h2 50.Kb6 Kc8
51.b5  1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.e3 d5 6.cxd5 Nb4 7.d4 exd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.d6 Qxd6 10.Nge2 c6 11.Bf4 Qd8 12.O-O O-O 13.Be5 Nbd5 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Nf4 Ng4
16.Rad1 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qc7 18.e6 Bg5 19.Nce2 Bxf4 20.Nxf4 Bxe6 21.Nxe6 fxe6
22.Bh3 Kh8 23.Bxe6 Rad8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Qe7 27.Qg4 h6 28.Qf5 Qf6
29.Qxf6 gxf6 30.Kg2 Na4 31.b3 Nc3 32.b4 Nb5 33.Bc4 Nd4 34.Bd3 Kg7 35.g4 f5
36.Kg3 Kf6 37.h3 b6 38.f4 fxg4 39.hxg4 Ne6 40.Kf3 c5 41.bxc5 Nxc5 42.Bc4 a6
43.Ke3 b5 44.Bd5 b4 45.Kd4 Na4 46.Bc4 a5 47.Bb3 Nc3 48.Kd3 a4 49.g5+ hxg5
50.fxg5+ Kxg5 51.Bxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Nxe5 Nd4 14.Nd2 Bd6 15.c3 Nxb3
16.Nxb3 c5 17.d4 c4 18.Nc5 b4 19.Bd2 bxc3 20.bxc3 Bxc5 21.dxc5 Qc8 22.Qe2 Ne7
23.Be3 Nd5 24.Qxc4 Qf5 25.Bd4 Nf4 26.c6 Qg5 27.g3 Nh3+ 28.Kg2 Qf5 29.g4 Nf4+
30.Kg3 Qg5 31.h4 Nh5+ 32.Kg2 Nf4+ 33.Kf3 Qf6 34.Kg3 Ne6 35.Bb6 Rc8 36.f4 h5
37.f5 Nf8 38.Bd4 hxg4 39.Ng6 Qd6+ 40.Be5 Qd2 41.Ne7+ Kh7 42.Re2 Qd1 43.Qxf7 Qg1+
44.Kf4 Qf1+ 45.Kg5 Qc1+ 46.Bf4 Ne6+ 47.Rxe6  1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 dxc6 7.Bc4 Ne7 8.Qxf6 gxf6
9.Bf4 Bb6 10.Nd2 Ng6 11.Bg3 h5 12.h3 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Nc4 O-O-O 15.Ke2 Rd4
16.Nxb6+ axb6 17.f3 f5 18.Rhd1 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 f4 20.Be1 h4 21.a4 e5 22.b4 Rd8
23.Ra1 Kd7 24.a5 b5 25.Rc1 Ra8 26.Bf2 Kd6 27.Kd3 Kd7 28.c4 bxc4+ 29.Kxc4 Kd6
30.Rc2 Kd7 31.Rb2 Ra6 32.Be1 b5+ 33.Kb3 Ke6 34.Bf2 Ra8 35.Rd2 Ke7 36.Kb2 Ra6
37.Rd1 Ke8 38.Rc1 Ke7 39.Ra1 Ke8 40.Bc5 Kd7 41.Ra3 Ke8 42.Rc3 Kd7 43.Rc2 Ke8
44.Bf2 Ke7 45.Rc5 Kd6 46.Kc2 Ke6 47.Kd2 Kd6 48.Ke2 Ke6 49.Rc1 Kd7 50.Rd1+ Ke8
51.Be1 Ke7 52.Bc3 Ke8 53.Rb1 Kd7 54.Rb2 Ra7 55.Be1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.Bg2 Bc6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nc3 Rc8 10.Bg5 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qf4 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Rfd1 Qxf4 15.gxf4 Bb4
16.Rac1 Ke7 17.a3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Rxc3 20.bxc3 Rc8 21.Bxb7 Rxc3
22.Ra1 Nc5 23.Ba8 a5 24.e3 f5 25.Ra2 Nd3 26.Bb7 Kd6 27.Ba6 Nc5 28.Bf1 a4
29.Bb5 g5 30.fxg5 hxg5 31.Kg2 Kc7 32.h3 Kd6 33.Rd2+ Ke7 34.Ra2 e5 35.Rd2 f4
36.exf4 gxf4 37.Ra2 e4 38.h4 Kf6 39.h5 Kg5 40.Be8 Nd3 41.Bg6 Rc4 42.Rd2 f3+
43.Kg3 Nf4 44.Rb2 Nxh5+ 45.Bxh5 Kxh5 46.Rb5+ Kg6 47.Kf4 Rc3 48.Rb4 Rxa3 49.Rxe4 Kh5
50.Kg3 Kg5 51.Rf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.a4 Be6 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ne3 Qb6 15.Bb3 Na5
16.Nd5 Qb7 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Bc2 b4 19.cxb4 cxb4 20.d4 Rfc8 21.h3 Qc7 22.Re2 Bc4
23.Re1 Be6 24.Re2 Bc4 25.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Nc6 8.e4 e5
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qxe7+ Kxe7 12.Bb5 f6 13.O-O-O a6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Rhe1 Rad8
16.Rxd8 Rxd8 17.Nd2 Bb5 18.b3 Bd3 19.f3 c5 20.Nf1 Bxf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 g6
9.g3 e5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.e6 Nxc5 12.exf7+ Kxf7 13.e4 Bg7 14.h3 Nf6 15.Ng5+ Kg8
16.Be3 Ncxe4 17.Ncxe4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Bf5 19.Bd3 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Qe7 21.Bg2 Qb4+
22.Qd2  1-0

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nd4 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Be3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bd6 15.Bd2 Re8
16.d4 Qh4 17.Ne2 Qe4 18.Nf4 Qxc2 19.Bxb4 Qxd1 20.Rexd1 Bxb4 21.Nfd3 Bd6 22.Rac1 Bd5
23.Nc5 a5 24.Rd3 f6 25.Ng4 Re2 26.Ne3 Bf7 27.Nb7 Rxb2 28.Nxd6 cxd6 29.d5 a4
30.bxa4 bxa4 31.Ra1 Rb4 32.Nf5 Bg6 33.Ne7+ Kf7 34.Nxg6 hxg6 35.Kf1 g5 36.Ke2 Re8+
37.Kd1 Ree4 38.Rc1 Red4 39.Rc7+ Kg6 40.Kc2 Rb2+ 41.Kxb2 Rxd3 42.Ra7 Rd2+
43.Kc3 Rxf2 44.g4 a3 45.Kc4 a2 46.Kb5 Rc2 47.Kb4 Kh6 48.Kb3 Rc5 49.Rxa2 Rxd5
50.Kc4 Rd1 51.Ra3 Kg6 52.Rf3 Kf7 53.Ra3 g6 54.Ra7+ Ke6 55.Ra8 d5+ 56.Kc5 Rc1+
57.Kd4 Rc4+ 58.Kd3 Rb4 59.Rh8 Ke5 60.Re8+ Kf4 61.Re6 f5 62.Rxg6 fxg4 63.hxg4 Kxg4
64.Rd6 d4 65.Rg6 Kf4 66.Rf6+ Kg3 67.Ra6 g4 68.Ke4 Rb8 69.Kxd4 Re8 70.Ra3+ Kf2
71.Ra2+ Re2 72.Ra8 g3  0-1

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5
16.Qf1 Qxf1+ 17.Kxf1 Bf5 18.Nd2 h6 19.Re1 Rae8 20.Nf3 g4 21.Bxh6 gxf3 22.Bxf8 Rxf8
23.Bd1 Bg4 24.a4 Rd8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Kg1 Kg7 27.h3 Bxh3 28.Bxf3 Be6 29.Ra6 Rc8
30.Rea1 Be7 31.Ra8 Rxa8 32.Rxa8 Bg5 33.Ra1 Ne7 34.Kf1 b4 35.Ke1 bxc3 36.bxc3 Nd5
37.Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Ba7
9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Re1 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Rb8 12.Nf1 Qd7 13.Ng3 Rfe8 14.Bd2 h6 15.Rad1 Qe6
16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Qxb3 18.axb3 d5 19.Ree1 Rbd8 20.Kf1 a5 21.Nh2 h5 22.Nf3 g6
23.h4 Kg7 24.Ra1 dxe4 25.dxe4 Nd7 26.Rad1 Nc5 27.Rd5 b6 28.Red1 Rc8 29.b4 axb4
30.cxb4 Nxb4 31.Rxe5 Nbd3 32.Rg5 Kf8 33.Rb1 Nxe4 34.Nxe4 Rxe4 35.Rd5 Nf4
36.Rd2 Ne6 37.g3 Rd8 38.Rxd8+ Nxd8 39.Ng5 Rb4 40.Rd1 Ke7 41.Rd2 Ne6 42.Nf3 Kf6
43.Ke2 c5 44.Ke3 Rb3+ 45.Ke4  0-1

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Qc2 g6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.b4 O-O 12.O-O Qd6 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.a4 Be6 15.Nd2 Nd7
16.a5 Rfe8 17.Rfc1 a6 18.Na4 Rad8 19.Qc3 Nf8 20.Bc2 Re7 21.f4 Rde8 22.Re1 g5
23.f5 Bc8 24.Nf1 Nh7 25.Nc5 h5 26.Qd2 g4 27.Qf2 Qh6 28.Rad1 h4 29.e4 dxe4
30.Ne3 Nf6 31.d5 cxd5 32.Nxd5 Nxd5 33.Rxd5 g3 34.Qe2 Re5 35.Rxe5 Bxe5 36.Qg4+ Kf8
37.Rf1 e3 38.Kh1 gxh2 39.Bd3 Bg3 40.Bc4 Qg7 41.Qh5 Re5 42.Bxf7 e2  0-1

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Re1 Bf8
9.Bf1 Nbd7 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qd2 Ne5 12.f3 h6 13.Bh4 Ng6 14.Bf2 d5 15.exd5 Rxe1
16.Rxe1 Nxd5 17.Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nf8
9.h3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O-O b5 13.Kb1 Bb7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.h4 Rc8
16.h5 Qe7 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Rh3 Kg7 19.Rg3 Rh8 20.Bf5 Rh6 21.Ne2 Rch8 22.Bxe6 Qxe6
23.Nf4 Qd6 24.Rc1 Bc8 25.a3 Bd7 26.Ka2 a5 27.Nd3 Bf5 28.Qd2 Rh1 29.Nc5 a4
30.Ng5 R8h5 31.Nh3 Rxc1 32.Qxc1 Bh4 33.Rf3 Be4 34.Nxe4 dxe4 35.Rf4 g5 36.Qd1 Kh6
37.Rxf7 Qd5+ 38.Ka1 Qxf7 39.g4 Qf3 40.Qc2 Qxg4 41.Qxc6+ Kg7 42.Qc7+ Kg6 43.Qd6+ Kf7
44.Qc7+ Ke8 45.Qb8+ Kd7 46.Qxb5+ Kd8 47.Qb6+ Ke8 48.Qb8+ Ke7 49.Qb4+ Kd8
50.Qb6+ Kc8 51.Qc6+ Kd8 52.Qb6+ Ke8 53.Qb8+ Kf7 54.Qc7+ Kf6 55.Qd8+ Kf7 56.Qc7+ Ke8
57.Qb8+ Ke7 58.Qb4+ Kf7 59.Qb7+ Kf6 60.Qb6+ Qe6 61.Qd8+ Qe7 62.Qb6+  0-1

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Bd6
9.g4 Bb4 10.Bd3 O-O 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Nb6 13.b3 dxc4 14.bxc4 c5 15.g5 Nfd7
16.dxc5 Na4 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Qh5+ Kg8 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qh6+ Kg8 21.g6 Nf6
22.g7 Nh7 23.gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 24.Rg1+ Kh8 25.Qh4 Nxc5 26.Rd1 e5 27.Rd5 Re8 28.Kf1 b6
29.Qh5 f6 30.Rg4 Re7 31.Rd6 Rc7 32.Qg6 Rg7 33.Qxg7+ Qxg7 34.Rxg7 Kxg7 35.Rc6 Kg6
36.Rc7 Ng5 37.Kg2 Nge4 38.Rxa7 Nd6 39.Rc7 Nxc4 40.Rc6 Nxa3 41.Rxb6 Ne4 42.f3 Nc4
43.Rb3 Ned6 44.Kf2 Nf5 45.Rc3 Ncd6 46.Rc6 Nf7 47.Ra6 Ng5 48.f4 Nxh3+ 49.Kg2 Nxe3+
50.Kxh3 exf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nd4 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Bf4 c5 14.Rc1 Bd6 15.Ne4 Nxb3
16.axb3 Be7 17.Ng3 f6 18.Nf3 Rf7 19.Bd2 Qd7 20.Bxb4 cxb4 21.d4 Rd8 22.c3 Bf8
23.Qd3 bxc3 24.bxc3 b4 25.c4 Bxf3 26.Qxf3 Qxd4 27.Red1 Qb6 28.Rxd8 Qxd8 29.c5 Qd2
30.Rc4 Rd7 31.c6 Qd1+ 32.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 33.Nf1 Rd8 34.Ne3 Kf7 35.c7 Rc8 36.Rc6 a5
37.Nd5 a4 38.bxa4 b3 39.Rb6 b2 40.Rxb2 Bd6 41.Kf1 Ke6 42.Rb5 Re8 43.a5 Kd7
44.Rb6 Ke6 45.Nc3 Kd7 46.Nb5 Bb4 47.g3 Bxa5 48.Rd6+ Kc8 49.Ra6 Bxc7 50.Ra8+  1-0

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nfd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qe2 Na6 11.Bg2 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.a3 Nc7 14.b3 a6 15.e4 dxe4
16.Nxe4 Nf6 17.Nc5 Rb8 18.Be3 Bxc5 19.dxc5 e5 20.Rad1 Qe7 21.b4 Rfe8 22.Rd6 Ne6
23.Qd2 Red8 24.Rd1 Ne8 25.Rd7 Qh4 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Qe2 Nd4 28.Bxd4 exd4 29.Qe5 Qf6
30.Qxf6 gxf6 31.b5 axb5 32.cxb5 Nc7 33.bxc6 bxc6 34.Bxc6 Ne6 35.a4 Nxc5 36.Bb5 d3
37.Rd2 Rd4 38.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bosboom,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.h4 e6 4.h5 c5 5.h6 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.b3 gxh6
9.Bb2 Bg7 10.Nd2 Qe7 11.e3 O-O 12.c4 Bb7 13.Qc2 c5 14.f3 a5 15.a4 d5 16.Rh3 Rad8
17.O-O-O d4 18.exd4 cxd4 19.Re1 Nd7 20.Bd3 Nc5 21.Kb1 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 e5 23.Rg3 Kh8
24.Ka2 Qf7 25.c5 Rfe8 26.Nc4 Ba6 27.Rc1 e4 28.fxe4 fxe4 29.Qd2 Bxc4 30.Rxc4 e3
31.Qxa5 Qf2 32.Rxg7 Kxg7 33.c6 e2 34.c7 Ra8 35.Rxd4 Rxa5 36.Rd8+ Kf7 37.c8=Q Rxd8
38.Qc7+ Ke8 39.Qc6+ Kf7 40.Qc7+ Ke8 41.Qc6+ Ke7 42.Qc7+ Rd7 43.Ba3+ Kf6 44.Bb2+ Ke6
45.Qc4+ Rad5 46.Qe4+ Kd6  0-1

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kalod,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.g4 h6 11.h4 Nb6 12.Bd2 Qe7 13.g5 hxg5 14.hxg5 Rxh1+ 15.Qxh1 Nfd7
16.Nb5 Bb8 17.a3 Qxg5 18.Qh8+ Nf8 19.Bb4 Nd7 20.Rc1 Qg1+ 21.Bf1 Bh2 22.Nc7+ Bxc7
23.Rxc7 Kd8 24.Rc3 Ke8 25.e4 Qg6 26.Bb5 Qxe4+ 27.Kd1 Qxd4+ 28.Kc2 Qxf2+ 29.Kb3 Kd8
30.Bxf8  1-0

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Na6 6.e3 Be6 7.Ng5 Qc8 8.a5 Nb4
9.Nxe6 Qxe6 10.Ra4 Nd3+ 11.Bxd3 cxd3 12.Qxd3 Qd7 13.O-O e6 14.e4 Be7 15.h3 O-O
16.Be3 b5 17.axb6 axb6 18.Rxa8 Rxa8 19.Rd1 h6 20.Qc2 Qb7 21.Qb3 b5 22.Rc1 Ra6
23.Qc2 Ne8 24.Nb1 Ra1 25.Nd2 Rxc1+ 26.Qxc1 Nd6 27.Qa1 Bd8 28.Qa3 Be7 29.Qa2 Bd8
30.Qa3 Be7 31.Qa5 Kh7 32.f3 f5 33.Qc3 Qd7 34.g4 Bg5 35.Bxg5 hxg5 36.Qc5 Kg6
37.Kg2 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nd2 d5 11.Bh5 Qd6 12.f4 N5c6 13.e5 Qh6 14.N2b3 Bb6 15.Qe2 Nf5
16.Nxf5 Bxf5 17.Nd4 Bd3 18.Bxf7+ Rxf7 19.Qxd3 Re8 20.Rf3 Rff8 21.Raf1 Qg6
22.f5 Qf7 23.e6 Qf6 24.Nxc6 bxc6 25.Bd4 Rb8 26.R1f2 Qh6 27.Bxb6 axb6 28.Qd4 Rbe8
29.Qa4 c5 30.Qd7  1-0

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Guidarelli,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.a3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Ba2 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Bb7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.e4 Qb8 14.Bg5 Ne5 15.Rae1 Ng6
16.Bb1 Rc8 17.Kh1 h6 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 a5 20.Nd4 b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.Nce2 Ne5
23.b3 Neg4 24.Qh3 Ra5 25.Ng3 Ba6 26.Nde2 Qb6 27.Kg1 Rd8 28.e5 Rxe5 29.Ne4 Nxe4
30.Qxg4 Nxf2  0-1

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Avrukh,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.e4 b6
9.Be2 Ba6 10.Bf4 d6 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Bf1 Ne5 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.Rc1 Qc7
16.Bg3 Ned7 17.c5 Qb8 18.cxd6 Bxd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Nc4 Qb8 21.Qd6 Ba6 22.Qxb8 Rxb8
23.e5 Ng4 24.f4 Nc5 25.h3 Nh6 26.g4 f6 27.b4 Nb3 28.Rcd1 fxe5 29.Nxe5 Bxf1
30.Rxf1 Rbc8 31.Ne4 Rfd8 32.Rd6 Nf7 33.Nxf7 Kxf7 34.Ng5+ Kg8 35.Rfd1 Rxd6
36.Rxd6 h6 37.Nxe6 Kf7 38.f5 Rc3 39.Rd7+ Kf6 40.Nxg7 Rxh3 41.Kg2 Rc3 42.Nh5+ Kg5
43.f6 Kxg4 44.f7 Rf3 45.Ng7 Rg3+ 46.Kf2 Rf3+ 47.Ke2 Rf6 48.Kd3 Rf3+ 49.Ke4  1-0

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Nc3 e6 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Rc1 Bd6 12.f4 O-O 13.Bd3 Na5 14.Qc2 Nc4 15.Ne2 Bxe2
16.Bxe2 b5 17.b3 Nxd2 18.Qxc7 Bxc7 19.Rxc7 Nfe4 20.Rc2 Nb1 21.Bd3 Nbc3 22.Bxe4 Nxe4
23.Ke2 a5 24.Nd7 Rfd8 25.Nc5 Nd6 26.g4 Kf8 27.Kd3 Ke7 28.Rhc1 Rdc8 29.Nb7 Rxc2
30.Rxc2 Ne8 31.a4 Ra7 32.Nc5 b4 33.e4 dxe4+ 34.Nxe4 f5 35.gxf5 exf5 36.Nd2 Nc7
37.Rc5 Kf6 38.d5 g5 39.Rc6+ Kf7 40.Kd4 gxf4 41.Nf3 Ne8 42.Ne5+ Ke7 43.Re6+ Kf8
44.d6 Ra6 45.Kd5 f3 46.Nxf3 Ra7 47.Ne5 f4 48.Ke4  1-0

[Event "CECLUB Finals"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 Na5 5.Nge2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Ng3 d6 8.Qe2 c6
9.a4 Nxc4 10.dxc4 Re8 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.b3 Be6 13.Ba3 a6 14.h3 Rad8 15.Rd3 d5
16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.exd5 cxd5 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Rxd5 20.Rad1 Red7 21.c4 Rxd3
22.Rxd3 f5 23.Rxd7 Bxd7 24.Qd3 g6 25.Nf1 Bc6 26.Ne3 Qd7 27.Qc3 Qd4 28.Qa5 Qd6
29.b4 Kf7 30.b5 axb5 31.cxb5 Be4 32.Qc3 Bd3 33.a5 Kf6 34.Qb3 Kg7 35.Qb2 Qc5
36.a6 bxa6 37.b6 Bb5 38.Nc4 Qxc4 39.Qxe5+ Kh6 40.b7 Qf1+ 41.Kh2 Bc6 42.Qe3+ Kh5
43.f3  1-0

[Event "CECLUB Finals"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e5 9.dxe5 Bb4
10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Bb4 bxc4 13.Bxc4 Qb6 14.a3 a5 15.Bd6 Nxd6 16.exd6 O-O
17.Be2 Qc5 18.O-O Qxd6 19.e4 Nd7 20.exd5 cxd5 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Rxa1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Garro,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 Nf6 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 Ng4 6.Nc3 Bf6 7.O-O Nh6 8.Bxh6 Bg5
9.Bxf8 a5 10.Nxg5 f6 11.Bh6 e6 12.e4 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Qh5 Ra6 15.Qf7+ Kh8
16.Bg7+  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garro,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.b3 d5 6.h3 a5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Ne4
9.Ng5 Nxg5 10.Nxd5 Nxh3+ 11.Bxh3 Bxh3 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Nf4 Bxf1 14.Qxf1 Qxd2
15.Rd1 Qxc2 16.Rc1 Qe4 17.Nh3 Rfd8 18.Rd1 Ne5 19.Ng5 Qc6 20.Ne4 a4 21.Ng5 axb3  0-1

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Luciani,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Ne8 10.c5 f5 11.Ng5 h6 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.dxe6 dxc5 14.bxc5 c6 15.Qb3 Qc7
16.Rd1 Nf6 17.Rd6 Rfd8 18.Ba3 Kh8 19.Rad1 b5 20.Bb2 Bf8 21.f4 exf4 22.exf5 Nxf5
23.Nxb5 cxb5 24.Bxf6+ Ng7 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rxd8 Qxc5+ 27.Bd4 Qe7 28.Rd7 Qe8
29.Qc3  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Luciani,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 d6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O c6 10.h3 h6 11.Be3 b6 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Rfe1 Bf8 15.Qf1 d5
16.exd5 cxd5 17.d4 e4 18.Nd2 Qc6 19.Qb5 Qe6 20.Qe2 Qf5 21.Nf1 Qg6 22.Ng3 h5
23.Kh1 h4 24.Nf1 Bd6 25.Nh2 Bf5 26.Nb5 Bb8 27.Nc3 a6 28.Ra1 a5 29.Na4 Bc7
30.Nc3 Rac8 31.Nb5 Bb8 32.c3 Bd7 33.Na3 Nh5 34.Qd1  0-1

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Derieux,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O b6 10.Bf4 Ba6 11.a4 Qc7 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.h3 Ne8 14.Qc2 Qb7 15.e4 Ne5
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Be3 Nd6 18.b3 Qd7 19.g4 Bb7 20.a5 Kh8 21.Na4 Nb5 22.axb6 Nd4
23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.Qc7 Qxc7 25.bxc7 Rfc8 26.d6 Bf8 27.Nb6 Bxd6 28.Nxa8 Rxa8
29.Rec1 a6 30.Bf1 Bxe4  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Derieux,C"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.a3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bd6 11.Ne4 Qg6 12.Nxd6 cxd6 13.O-O e5 14.dxe5 Bh3  0-1

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fridman,D2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 c5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Nbd2 b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Bf1 Qc7 13.Rc1 Rad8 14.Qc2 Rfe8 15.a3 Qb8
16.c5 bxc5 17.dxc5 a5 18.Ne5 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Rxd7 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 d4 22.b5 d3
23.Bxd3 Red8 24.Bxh7+ Kf8 25.Nf3 Nb4 26.Qc3 Bxf3 27.Qxg7+ Ke8 28.gxf3 Qf4
29.Qg3 Qh6 30.Qg8+ Bf8 31.Be4 Nd3 32.Bxd3 Rd4 33.c6 R4d5 34.c7 Rg5+ 35.Kf1 Rxg8
36.cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 37.Red1 Ke7 38.Ba3+ Kf6 39.Rc7 Qxh2 40.Ke2 Rg1 41.Kd2 Qe5
42.Re1 Qxe1+ 43.Kc2 Qxf2+ 44.Kb3 Qb6 45.Rb7 Qa5 46.b6 e5 47.Bc5 Qxc5 48.Rb8 Qb5+  0-1

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fridman,D2"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.h3 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bh5
10.O-O Bd6 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 O-O 13.Rc1 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Ne4 15.cxd5 Qxd5 16.Bb4 Re8
17.Qxd5 exd5 18.Nd4 a5 19.Bd6 Nxd6 20.exd6 Ra6 21.d7 Rd8 22.Nxb5 Nxd7 23.Nd4 c5
24.Ne2 a4 25.Rfd1 axb3 26.axb3 Rd6 27.Nc3 Nb6 28.Nb5 Rc6 29.e4 Kf8 30.Rd2 Rcc8
31.exd5 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Nxd5 33.Nd6 Rc6 34.Ne4 Nb4 35.Rxc5 Rb6 36.Rc8+ Ke7 37.Rc7+ Ke8
38.Ra7 Nd5 39.Nc5 Rb5 40.Nd3 Rxb3 41.Ne5 f6 42.Nc6 Rb6 43.Nd4 Ne7 44.Kh2 Kf7
45.f4 h5 46.Nf5 Re6 47.Kg3 g6 48.Nxe7 Rxe7 49.Rxe7+ Kxe7 50.f5 g5 51.Kf3 Kd6
52.Ke4 Kc5 53.h4 gxh4 54.Ke3  0-1

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Drazic,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bf4 Ne7 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Nf6
9.Qc2 Ng6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bf4 Nxf4 12.exf4 c5 13.O-O cxd4 14.Nxd4 Be7 15.Rfe1 O-O
16.Rad1 Re8 17.Qb3 Bg4 18.Be2 Bxe2 19.Rxe2 Bc5 20.Qxb7 Rxe2 21.Ncxe2 Rb8
22.Qxa6 Rxb2 23.a4 Ne4 24.f3 Rxe2 25.Qxe2 Nc3 26.Qc2 Nxd1 27.Qxc5 Qe8 28.Nc2 Qxa4
29.Qc8+ Kh7 30.Qf5+ Kg8 31.h4 Qc4 32.Kh2 Nc3 33.Ne3 Qc5 34.Ng4 Qc7 35.Ne5 Nb5
36.Qd3 Qc5 37.Qf5 Qc7 38.h5 Nd6 39.Qd3 Qb7 40.Kh3 f6 41.Ng6 Kf7 42.Nh8+ Kg8
43.Ng6 Kf7 44.g4 Qc6 45.Qa3 d4 46.Qa2+ Nc4 47.Qa7+ Ke6 48.Kg3 Nd6 49.f5+ Kd5
50.Nf4+ Kc4 51.Qa2+ Kb5 52.Ne6 Nxf5+ 53.gxf5 Qd6+ 54.Kg4 d3 55.Qb3+ Kc6 56.Qa4+ Kb6
57.Qb3+ Kc6 58.Qc3+ Kb6 59.Nd4 Qh2 60.Qb3+ Kc5 61.Ne6+ Kc6 62.Qc3+ Kb6 63.Qd4+ Kb7
64.Qxd3 Qg2+ 65.Kf4 Qh2+ 66.Ke3 Qxh5 67.Qd7+ Ka6 68.Qc6+ Ka5 69.Qd5+ Kb4
70.Nd4 Qg5+ 71.Kd3 h5 72.Ke4  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Drazic,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bg6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.O-O Ngf6 7.c4 e6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.h3 O-O 10.Re1 a6 11.Rc1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.a3 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.Be2 Rc8
16.Qb3 b5 17.Red1 Qb6 18.a4 b4 19.Nb1 Bc5 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Nf3 Bd6 22.Nbd2 Nxf3+
23.Bxf3 Bb8 24.g3 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rd8 26.Ne4 Kg7 27.Rc4 a5 28.Kg2 Be5 29.h4 h5
30.Nc5 Rd2 31.Be4 Rxb2 32.Qd3 f5 33.Bf3 b3 34.Nd7 Qd6 35.Nxe5 Qxe5 36.Rc8 Qxg3+
37.Kxg3 f4+ 38.exf4 Bxd3 39.Rb8 Bc2 40.Bxh5 Ra2 41.Rb7 b2 42.Rxf7+ Kg8 43.Rb7 b1=Q
44.Rxb1 Bxb1 45.Kg4 Rxa4 46.Kg5 Kg7 47.Bf3 Rb4 48.h5 Rb5+ 49.Kh4 Kh6  0-1

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d3 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Rb1 a5
9.a3 Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Bg7 14.b5 Ne7 15.Qc2 Nf5
16.e3 h5 17.Ra1 Rb8 18.h4 Nh6 19.Ng5 Bf6 20.Nge4 Bg7 21.Ng5 Bf6 22.Nce4 Be7
23.Nf3 Ng4 24.Rfd1 Bf5 25.Qb3 c6 26.Neg5 Rf8 27.Rab1 Rc8 28.Ne4 d5 29.cxd5 cxd5
30.Neg5 d4 31.exd4 exd4 32.Re1 Rc3 33.Qa2 Ra3 34.Qe2 Bxd3 35.Qxe7 Qxe7 36.Rxe7 Bxb1
37.Nxd4 Ra1 38.Re1 Ra4 39.Rxb1 Rxd4 40.Bxb7 Rfd8 41.Bf3 Ne5 42.Be2 Rd2 43.Kf1 Rb8
44.Ne4 Rd4 45.Nc5 Nc4 46.Kg2 Na3 47.Rb3 Nxb5 48.Na6 Rb6 49.Rxb5 Rxb5 50.Bxb5 Kg7
51.Be2 Rd2 52.Kf3 Kf6 53.Nc5 Rb2 54.Nd3 Ra2 55.Ke3 Ra3 56.Bf3 Rb3 57.Bd5 Ra3
58.Kd4 Ra4+ 59.Bc4 Ra5 60.Nf4 Ra1 61.Nh3 Rd1+ 62.Ke3 Rc1 63.Kd3 Rd1+ 64.Ke2 Rc1
65.Bd5 Rc5 66.Be4 Ke5 67.Bd3 Kf6 68.Ng5 Ke7 69.Ke3 Ra5 70.Bc4 f6 71.Nf3 Kf8
72.Bd3 Kf7 73.Nd4 Re5+ 74.Kd2 Rc5 75.Ne2 g5 76.Ke3 Re5+ 77.Kf3 Re4 78.Kxe4 Kg6
79.Nd4 Kf7 80.Ke3 Ke7 81.Be2 Kf7 82.Bd3 Kg7 83.Bc4 Kg6 84.Bd3+ Kg7 85.Nf3 Kf7
86.Nd4 Kg7 87.Nf5+ Kf7 88.f3 gxh4 89.Ne7 Kxe7 90.gxh4 f5 91.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Qa4 O-O
9.Qxc4 Nd5 10.e4 Nb6 11.Qd3 Nb4 12.Qe2 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Rd1 Qe8 15.a3 Nc6
16.b4 Be7 17.Be3 Nd7 18.Rac1 Bf6 19.Na4 Qe7 20.e5 Ncxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Nc5 Rd8
23.Nxd7 Bxd7 24.Bb6 Bf6 25.Bxd8 Rxd8 26.Rc7 Qe8 27.Bxb7 Bb5 28.Qf3 h6 29.Rxd8 Bxd8
30.Bc6 Qf8 31.Rc8 Bc4 32.Qd1  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bauer,Ch"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nd5 8.Qc2 a5
9.d3 h6 10.Bd2 Nde7 11.Na4 g5 12.Rfd1 g4 13.Ne1 f5 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Nd5
16.b5 Nce7 17.Nc3 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Kh8 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Rc1 Rf7 21.e4 Nf4 22.Bf1 Qf6
23.Be3 Ne6 24.exf5 Qxf5 25.Qa2 Nd4 26.Nc2 Nxb5 27.cxb5 d5 28.Qxd5 c6 29.Qa2 Be6
30.Qb1 cxb5 31.Na3 Bd5 32.Rc5 Qf6 33.Bd4 Bf8 34.Be3 Bc6 35.Nc4 Bg7 36.Qxb5 Rf8
37.h4 Rb8 38.g3 Qf8 39.Kh2 Qc8 40.Bg2 Qe8 41.Be4 Qg8 42.Nd6  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.Bf4 Ng6 4.Bg3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.e4 Bb4 7.Bd3 d6 8.f3 Nh5
9.Bf2 c6 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.g3 Ba5 12.f4 Nf6 13.f5 Ne7 14.Ne2 Ng4 15.Bg1 Bb6
16.Qd2 Bxg1 17.Nxg1 Qb6 18.Nf3 g6 19.h3 Nf6 20.O-O-O Rb8 21.b3 Qa5 22.Kb1 Qb4
23.g4 h6 24.Bc4 Qxc4 25.Qxd6 Qxc3 26.Qd3  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Milov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 a6 5.Qc2 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nbd7
9.O-O c5 10.a4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Rc8 12.Qd1 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Qb6 14.axb5 axb5 15.Nc3 b4
16.Na4 Qb7+ 17.Nf3 Be7 18.Be3 O-O 19.Qb3 Nd5 20.Rfd1 N7f6 21.Bd4 h6 22.Nc3 Ra8
23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.Qd3 Rfc8 25.Rxa8 Qxa8 26.Kg1 Qc6 27.Qe4 Qc2 28.Qxc2 Rxc2
29.Rd2 Rc1+ 30.Kg2 f6 31.e4 Nc7 32.Be3 Nb5 33.Rd7 Rc7 34.Rxc7 Nxc7 35.Kf1 Na6
36.Nd4 Kf7 37.Nc6 Bd6 38.Ke2 Ke8 39.Nd4 Kd7 40.Nb3 Kc6 41.Kd3 Be5 42.Na5+ Kb5
43.Nc4 Bc7 44.Nd2 Nb8 45.Nf3 Nc6 46.Nd4+ Nxd4 47.Bxd4 Bd6 48.b3 Be7 49.f3 Bd6
50.Be3 Be5 51.Bf2 Bd6 52.h3 Be7 53.g4 Bd6 54.Be3 Be7 55.Bd4 Bd6 56.Bb2 Be7
57.Bd4 Bd6 58.Bb2 Be7 59.f4 Bc5 60.e5 f5 61.gxf5 exf5 62.e6 g5 63.Bf6 Kc6
64.fxg5 hxg5 65.Bxg5 Kd6 66.Be3 Kd5  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Milov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 f5 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.Rb1 O-O 8.b4 Kh8
9.d3 Ne7 10.O-O c6 11.e4 d5 12.exd5 cxd5 13.Bg5 d4 14.Nd5 Nfxd5 15.Bxd5 h6
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Bg2 Be6 18.a4 Rad8 19.b5 b6 20.a5 e4 21.axb6 axb6 22.Nf4 Bf7
23.Re1 g5 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.cxd5 e3 26.Rc1 f4 27.gxf4 Rxf4 28.fxe3 dxe3 29.Rc6 Qb4
30.Kh1 Qd4 31.Rc4 Qe5 32.Re4 Rxe4 33.Bxe4 Rf8 34.Rf1 Rf4 35.Qe2 Qb2 36.Qxb2 Rxf1+
37.Kg2 Bxb2 38.Kxf1 Be5 39.h3 Kg7 40.Ke2 Bf4 41.d6 Bxd6 42.Kxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bb4
9.a3 Ba5 10.g4 O-O 11.b4 Bc7 12.g5 Ne8 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.e4 Nd6 15.exd5 e5
16.Ne2 Re8 17.Qg4 exd4 18.Bf4 Ne5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.Qxd4 Qxg5 21.f4 Qh4+ 22.Kd2 Re7
23.Rag1 g6 24.Rg4 Qh6 25.h4 Rae8 26.h5 Nf5 27.Qf6 Rxe2+ 28.Bxe2 Bxf4+ 29.Kd3  0-1

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O dxc4 7.Bxc4 Bd6 8.Nc3 b5
9.Be2 O-O 10.e4 e5 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.a3 Qe7 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd4 Rad8 15.Nf5 Qe6
16.Nxd6 Rxd6 17.Qc2 Rfd8 18.Rad1 h6 19.Be3 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 a6
22.f3 Ned7 23.b4 Qe7 24.Qd4 Ne5 25.Qc5 Qe8 26.Bd4 Nfd7 27.Qd6 Ng6 28.f4 Kh7
29.Bg4 Ndf8 30.f5 Ne7 31.f6 Neg6 32.fxg7 Ne6 33.Bxe6 fxe6 34.Qc7 e5 35.Bc5 Bc8
36.Ne2 Be6 37.Ng3 Qd7 38.Qb8 Qxg7 39.Nh5 Qf7 40.Qd8 Nf4 41.Nxf4 exf4 42.Bd4 f3
43.g3 Kg6 44.Qd6 Kh7 45.Qe5 Bg4 46.Kf2 Qa2+ 47.Bb2 Qf7 48.Qh8+ Kg6 49.Qe5 Kh7
50.Qd4 h5 51.Qc3 h4 52.Qxc6 hxg3+ 53.hxg3 Be6 54.Qd6 Kg6 55.Qe5 Qd7 56.Qf6+ Kh7
57.Qf4 Qd3 58.Qxf3 Qc2+ 59.Qe2 Qxe2+ 60.Kxe2 Kg6 61.Kf3 Kg5 62.Bc1+ Kf6 63.Kf4 Bf7
64.Bb2+ Ke6 65.g4 Bg6 66.Kf3 Bh7 67.Ke3 Bg6 68.Kd4 Bh7 69.Bc1 Bg6 70.Bf4 Bh7
71.e5 Bg8 72.Kc5 Kd7 73.g5 Bh7 74.Kb6 Bf5 75.Kxa6 Kc6 76.Ka5 Bc2 77.e6 Bf5
78.e7 Bg6 79.Be5 Kd7 80.Bf6 Kc6 81.a4 bxa4 82.Kxa4 Kb6 83.Kb3 Kb5 84.Kc3 Bf7
85.Bd4 Be8 86.Bc5 Kc6 87.Kd4 Kd7 88.Ke5 Bh5 89.Ke4  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Philippe,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O c4 8.Be2 Be7
9.b3 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Nd2 cxb3 13.axb3 O-O 14.c4 Bd7 15.f3 exf3
16.Bxf3 Nb4 17.Qe2 Bc6 18.Bg4 e5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.e4 Be6 21.Bxe6+ Qxe6 22.dxe5 Nc2
23.Rac1 Nd4 24.Qc4 Qxc4 25.Rxc4 Ne2+ 26.Kh1 Rxf1+ 27.Nxf1 Rd8 28.e6 Re8 29.g3 Rxe6
30.Kg2 Rc6 31.Rxc6 bxc6 32.Nd2 Nd4 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.Ke3 Ne6 35.e5 Ke7 36.h4 Nc7
37.Kd4 Ke6 38.Nf3 Nb5+ 39.Kc5 Nc3 40.Kxc6 Ne2 41.g4 h6 42.b4 Nf4  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Philippe,C"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 d6 11.h3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 g5 13.Bg3 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Rxe4 15.Qf3 Qe7
16.Rab1 Ba6 17.Rfc1 Qe6 18.Rb4 Re8 19.Kh2 Bc4 20.Rcb1 a5 21.Rb8 Rxb8 22.Rxb8+ Kg7
23.Qd1 Qf6 24.Rc8 Bxa2 25.Rxc7 Bd5 26.f3 Re8 27.c4 Qd8 28.Ra7 Qb6 29.Qa1+ Kg6
30.Rxa5 Bxc4 31.Bxd6 Bd5 32.Bc5 Qc7+ 33.Kg1 Bxf3 34.Ra3 Qg3 35.Rxf3 Re1+
36.Qxe1 Qxe1+ 37.Rf1 Qc3 38.Be7 Qxc2 39.Bf6 Qd3 40.Ba1 Qd6 41.Bc3 Qc5+  0-1

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3 e6 8.Nf3 c5
9.O-O Bb7 10.e4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Bxc6 14.f3 Bc5+ 15.Kf1 Rc8
16.Bf4 Ke7 17.Rac1 Nd7 18.Ne2 Rhd8 19.Bg3 Bb6 20.Bh4+ f6 21.Bf2 Bxf2 22.Kxf2 Bb7
23.Nf4 Nf8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Nh5 g6 26.Nf4 a5 27.a4 bxa4 28.Bxa4 g5 29.Ne2 Bc6
30.Rc1 Bd7 31.Rxc8 Bxc8 32.Nd4 Bd7 33.Bxd7 Nxd7 34.Nc6+ Kd6 35.Nxa5 Kc5 36.Ke3 Ne5
37.Nb3+ Kb4 38.Nd2 Nd7 39.Kd4 Nb6 40.g3 e5+ 41.Ke3 Na4 42.b3 Nc5 43.Nc4 Kxb3
44.Nd6 Nd7 45.f4 exf4+ 46.gxf4 Kb4 47.Nf7 g4 48.e5 fxe5 49.fxe5 Kc5 50.e6 Nf6
51.Kf4 Kd5 52.e7 Ke6 53.Ng5+ Kxe7 54.Nxh7 Nxh7 55.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 f5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.d5 a5
10.Rb1 Qe7 11.Bf4 Na6 12.d6 Qd8 13.dxc7 Nxc7 14.Bd6 Re8 15.Ne5 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qc8
17.Qd3 a4 18.Rfd1 Ra7 19.Rbc1 Na6 20.Nb5 Ra8 21.f3 Qb7 22.Qe3 Rad8 23.Bb4 Nxb4
24.Nd6 Qc7 25.axb4 Rf8 26.Nb5 Qb8 27.Rd6 Qc8 28.Rxb6 f4 29.Qc5 fxg3 30.Qxc8 Rxc8
31.hxg3 Nd5 32.Nxd7 Nxb6 33.Nxb6 Bxb2 34.Rb1 a3 35.Nxa3 Bxa3 36.Nxc8 Rxc8
37.Rb3 Bc1 38.c5 Kf7 39.Rb1 Bd2 40.Rb2 Bc3 41.Rb3 Bd2 42.Rb2 Bc1 43.Rb1 Bg5
44.f4 Bf6 45.Rc1 Bd4 46.Rc4 e5 47.Kf3 Ke6 48.Ke4 Rb8 49.e3 Bb2 50.c6 Kd6
51.b5 Kc7 52.Rc5 exf4 53.exf4 Bf6 54.g4 Re8+ 55.Kf3 Bd4 56.Rd5 Re3+ 57.Kg2 Re4
58.Rd7+ Kc8 59.Kf3 Re3+ 60.Kg2 Re2+ 61.Kg3 Re3+ 62.Kh4 Re4 63.Rxh7 Rxf4 64.Kg5 Be3
65.Rd7 Rb4+ 66.Kxg6 Rxb5 67.Rd3 Bc1 68.Kf6 Rc5  0-1

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Jussupow,Ar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bf4 Bxf4 8.gxf4 O-O
9.Nbd2 Bd7 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Ne5 Qxb3 12.Nxb3 Rd8 13.Rfc1 Na6 14.Na5 Rab8 15.Rab1 Be8
16.b4 Rdc8 17.c5 Nc7 18.a4 Kf8 19.e3 Nd7 20.Nd3 Nf6 21.Bf1 a6 22.Ne5 h6 23.h4 Ng4
24.Nxg4 fxg4 25.Bd3 Ke7 26.Kg2 Kf6 27.Kg3 h5 28.f3 gxf3 29.Kxf3 Bg6 30.Bxg6 Kxg6
31.Rg1+ Kf6 32.Rg5 g6 33.Rg2 Rg8 34.Ke2 Kf7 35.Kd3 Kf6 36.Kc3 Kf7 37.Nb3 Ne8
38.Nd2 Nf6 39.Nf3 Ne4+ 40.Kd3 Kf6 41.Ne5 Rg7 42.b5 axb5 43.axb5 Ra8 44.bxc6 Ra3+
45.Ke2 Nc3+ 46.Kf3 Nxb1 47.cxb7 Rb3 48.c6 Nc3 49.Nd7+ Ke7 50.c7 Nd1 51.Ke2 Nc3+
52.Kf1 Rb1+ 53.Kf2 Nd1+ 54.Ke2 Nc3+ 55.Kd3  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Jussupow,Ar"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.d5 O-O 8.O-O b5 9.d6 bxc4
10.Nb5 cxd6 11.Nxd6 Bd5 12.Bxc4 Qc7 13.Bxd5 Nxd5 14.Nb5 Qb6 15.a4 a6 16.Na3 Qb4
17.Rb1 Nc6 18.Bd2 Qe4 19.Qc2 Qxc2 20.Nxc2 a5 21.e4 Nf6 22.Rfe1 Rfb8 23.b3 d5
24.exd5 Nxd5 25.Ne3 Nxe3 26.Bxe3 Nb4 27.Red1 Nd5 28.Bd2 Rb7 29.Rdc1 Bf8 30.Nd4 Bg7
31.Nb5 Bf8 32.Rc6 Nb4 33.Rc4 Rd7 34.Bc3 Rad8 35.g3 Rd3 36.Bf6 Ra8 37.Kg2 Nd5
38.Be5 Rd2 39.Kf1 Rd8 40.Nc7 f6 41.Nxd5 R8xd5 42.Bxf6 Bc5 43.Rf4 e5 44.Rf3 e4
45.Rf4 g5 46.Rxe4 Rxf2+ 47.Ke1 Rxf6  0-1

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 a6 7.Ba4 d6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Qf3 Re8 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.Qxf5 Qd7 14.Qf3 Qg4 15.Qd3 Bf8
16.h3 Qe6 17.Bf4 Nd7 18.b3 g6 19.Rad1 Bg7 20.Na4 Nf6 21.Nc3 Nd7 22.Na4 Nf6
23.Nc3 Nd7 24.Na4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Nf3 Bf5 8.Rc1 Rc8
9.Be2 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 O-O 13.Qb3 Nd7 14.Bg3 Qb6 15.h3 Qxb3
16.axb3 Rc6 17.Na4 Rfc8 18.Rxc6 Rxc6 19.Ra1 Bc2 20.Bd1 Bxd1 21.Rxd1 Rc2 22.Rb1 Bb4
23.Kf1 Kf8 24.f3 Ke8 25.e4 dxe4 26.fxe4 Nf6 27.Be1 Be7 28.Nc3 Bb4 29.Na4 a5
30.Bxb4 axb4 31.Re1 Nd7 32.Rd1 e5 33.dxe5 b5 34.Rd5  0-1

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 b5 15.Re1 bxc4
16.Bf1 Nb6 17.Rb1 Qd5 18.a4 Qf5 19.a5 Nd5 20.Ba1 Bb4 21.bxc4 Bxe1 22.Qxe1 Rb8
23.Rc1 Ne7 24.Nc5 Bc8 25.Bd3 Qg4 26.Qe5 Ra8 27.d5 cxd5 28.h3 f6 29.Qd6 Qg5
30.Re1 Nf5 31.Qc7 Rf7 32.Qd8+ Rf8 33.Qc7 Rf7 34.Qd8+ Rf8 35.Qc7 Nd4 36.Bxd4 e5
37.Be3 Qh5 38.cxd5 Bxh3 39.Ne6 Rf7 40.Qc6 Qf3 41.Qxa8+  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Bb2 O-O
10.Ne5 Bf5 11.Rc1 Nfd7 12.Nf3 Nf6 13.Nh4 Nbd7 14.Nxf5 exf5 15.Bd3 g6 16.cxd5 cxd5
17.Ne2 Rc8 18.Rxc8 Qxc8 19.Qd2 Qb7 20.Rc1 Bd6 21.f3 Re8 22.h3 Nb8 23.Kf2 Nc6
24.Bb1 Rc8 25.Rc2 Re8 26.Qc1 Nb8 27.Bc3 h5 28.Ba5 Qe7 29.Bc7 Ba3 30.Qd2 Bb4
31.Qd3 Qe6 32.Nf4 Qe7 33.Ne2 Nbd7 34.Bf4 Qd8 35.Rc6 Qa8 36.Qc2 Nh7 37.Rc7 Ndf8
38.Qc6 Ne6 39.Qxa8 Rxa8 40.Rc6 Nhf8 41.Bh2 Nd7 42.Nf4 Nxf4 43.Bxf4 Kf8 44.Bd3 Ke7
45.a4 bxa4 46.bxa4 a5 47.Bb5 Ra7 48.Bg5+ f6 49.Bf4 Nf8 50.Rc7+ Rxc7 51.Bxc7 Ne6
52.Bb6 f4 53.exf4 Nxf4 54.Bf1 Kd6 55.Ke3 Ne6 56.Bb5 h4 57.f4 Ba3 58.f5 gxf5
59.Bxa5 Bc1+ 60.Kd3 Nf4+ 61.Kc2 Be3 62.Bb4+ Kc7 63.Bc5 Nxg2 64.a5 Ne1+ 65.Kc3 Nf3
66.a6 Nxd4 67.Bxd4 f4 68.Bxe3 fxe3 69.Kd3 Kb6 70.Kxe3 f5 71.Bd3 Ka7 72.Kf4  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.d4 d5 6.Qb3 O-O 7.O-O Qb6 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.c5 Qxb3 10.axb3 Nbd7 11.b4 a6 12.Nh4 Be6 13.f4 Ne4 14.e3 f5 15.Nf3 h6 16.Nxe4 dxe4
17.Nd2 g5 18.b3 Nf6 19.Nc4 gxf4 20.gxf4 Kh7 21.Bd2 Rg8 22.h3 Nd5 23.Na5 Rab8
24.Kh2 Bf6 25.Rae1 Bh4 26.Ra1 Rg6 27.Ra2 Rbg8 28.Bc1 Nxb4 29.Re2 Bc8 30.Bd2 Nd3
31.Nc4 Be6 32.Na5 Bd5 33.b4 Bg3+ 34.Kh1 Bxf4 35.exf4 Rxg2 36.Rxg2 e3 37.Ra1 Rh8
38.Bc1  0-1

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Rac1 Bd6 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Rfd1 Nb4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.e4 b6 17.d5 exd5 18.exd5 Bd7 19.Nd4 Re8 20.Ne6 fxe6 21.dxe6 Bxe6 22.Rxd8 Bxc4
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Bxa8 Bd4 25.Be4 c5 26.Rd1 Kf7 27.Kg2 h6 28.f4 Ke6 29.Kf3 Bb3
30.Rd2 Na6 31.Nb5 Bf6 32.Rd6+ Ke7 33.Rxb6 Bd1+ 34.Ke3 Nb4 35.Rb7+ Kd8 36.Nc3 Bd4+
37.Kd2 Bg4 38.Ra7 h5 39.Rxa5 Bg1 40.Ra8+ Kc7 41.Ra7+ Kb6 42.Rb7+ Ka6 43.Rxg7 Bxh2
44.Ne2 c4 45.f5 Ka5 46.f6  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Blitz"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Guliyev,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.c3 Bb6 8.Nd2 O-O
9.Qe2 a6 10.Ba4 d6 11.Bc2 d5 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.Nc4 Re8 14.Nxb6 cxb6 15.Bg5 Qd6
16.h3 h6 17.Bd2 Bf5 18.Rad1 Bg6 19.Be3 Nd5 20.Bc1 Rad8 21.Rfe1 Qc6 22.Qf3 Qd7
23.Qg3 Qd6 24.Bb3 b5 25.d4 e4 26.Qxd6 Rxd6 27.f3 Rdd8 28.Rd2 e3 29.Rdd1 e2
30.Rd2 Nf4 31.Kf2 Nd3+ 32.Rxd3 Bxd3 33.Bf4 Rd7 34.h4 Kf8 35.h5 Bc4 36.Bc2 Bxa2
37.b3 b4 38.Bd2 bxc3 39.Bxc3 Rc7 40.Bb4+ Kg8 41.Be4 Bxb3 42.Rxe2 Rcc8 43.d5 f5
44.Bxf5 Rxe2+ 45.Kxe2 Rd8 46.d6 a5 47.Ba3 b5 48.Bc5 Kf7 49.Ke3 a4 50.Kd4 Kf6
51.Bd3 Ke6 52.Bxb5 Rxd6+ 53.Bxd6 Kxd6 54.Kc3 Ke5 55.g3 Kf5 56.Be8 Bd1 57.Kb4 Kg5
58.f4+ Kg4 59.Bg6 Kxg3 60.f5 Kf4 61.Ka3 Kg5 62.Kb4 Bxh5 63.Bh7 Bd1 64.Ka3  0-1

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.b4 exd4 15.cxd4 cxb4
16.axb4 Nc6 17.Rb1 Rc8 18.d5 Ne5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Nf1 Re7 21.Ne3 Ne8 22.Bd3 Nd6
23.Bb2 f6 24.Qd2 Rec7 25.Rf1 Qe7 26.Ba1 Ra8 27.f4 exf4 28.Rxf4 Re8 29.Rbf1 Nf7
30.Ng4 Bc8 31.Rxf6 Qxb4 32.Qd1 h5 33.Rxf7 Rxf7 34.Rxf7 hxg4 35.Rc7 Qd6 36.Qc2 Qg3
37.hxg4 Bxg4 38.Bd4 Qe1+ 39.Bf1 Qxe4 40.Qc3 Qe1 41.Bxg7 Qxc3 42.Bxc3 Rc8
43.Rxc8 Bxc8 44.Bd3 b4 45.Be5 Bg7 46.Bc7 b3 47.Ba5 Kf7 48.Kf2 Bd4+ 49.Ke2 Kf6
50.Kd2 Ke5 51.Bc3 Kxd5 52.Bc2 b2 53.Bxd4 Kxd4 54.Bh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sulskis,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4
16.cxb6 Nxb6 17.Re1 cxb3 18.Qxb3 Rxc3 19.Qxc3 Bf6 20.Qa5 Bxa1 21.Rxa1 Nc8
22.Qxa6 Qxd2 23.Rb1 h5 24.h4 g6 25.Bh3 Nd6 26.Qxa7 Ne4 27.a4 Kg7 28.Bg2 Nc3
29.Rf1 Re8 30.a5 g5 31.Qc5 gxh4 32.gxh4 f6 33.Qxh5 Ne2+ 34.Kh1 Qf4 35.Rb1 Re7
36.Bf3  1-0

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.c3 Rb8 13.Nf1 bxc3 14.bxc3 Na5 15.Ra2 c5
16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 Nb3 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Ng3 Rb1 20.Qc2 Qb8 21.Rb2 Rxb2 22.Bxb2 Qb4
23.Bd4 Nfd7 24.Ra1 Rxf3 25.Bxc5 Rc3 26.Bxb4 Rxc2 27.Kf1 Kf7 28.f3 Ne5 29.Ne2 Nc4
30.Rc1 Rxc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 g6
9.g3 e5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.e6 Nxc5 12.exf7+ Kxf7 13.e4 Bg7 14.Bg2 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 dxe4
16.Bxh8 Nd3+ 17.Kf1 exf3 18.Bxf3 Ngxf2 19.Qb3+ Ke7 20.Bg7 Bh3+ 21.Bg2 Qd7
22.Bxh3 Qxh3+ 23.Kg1 Qf5 24.Qxb7+ Kd6 25.Qb6 Qf3 26.Qd4+ Kc7 27.Be5+ Kc8  0-1

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Cheparinov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 c6 6.d4 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.e3 Nb6 12.b3 Bd7 13.Ba3 Ne7 14.Rc1 Re8 15.Qd2 Bc6
16.Rc2 Nbc8 17.Nxc6 Nxc6 18.Na4 Nd6 19.Rfc1 Rc8 20.Nc5 Ne7 21.Nd3 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Nef5
23.Bxd6 Nxd6 24.Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.O-O e6 8.b3 Bf5
9.Qc2 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Bd6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 O-O 14.Rd1 Re8 15.Bb2 Qe7
16.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Nh2 Qd7 14.Nf1 Rae8 15.f4 Nd4 16.fxe5 dxe5
17.Bg5 Kh8 18.Ne3 Ng4 19.Bxe7 Nxe3 20.Rxe3 Qxe7 21.Bd5 f5 22.exf5 b4 23.Bxb7 bxc3
24.Be4 cxb2 25.Rb1 Qg5 26.Re1 Rb8 27.c3 Nxf5 28.Qg4 Qxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 b6 10.O-O Qc7 11.Be2 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.b3 c5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.bxc4 Be7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Qb3 Rd8 13.Rfd1 Qb4 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.a3 Qb6
16.Rab1 Rac8 17.d5 Na5 18.Ne5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Be6 21.Bc3 Qa7 22.Rxa5 b6
23.Ra4 Bc5 24.Bf3 Rd6 25.h3 a5 26.Be4 h6 27.Nd3 Qc7 28.Rb5 Bd7 29.Rxc5 bxc5
30.Rxa5 Qb6 31.Qb2 Qxb2 32.Nxb2 Be6 33.Rb5 Re8 34.Bf3 Bd7 35.Rxc5 Ra6 36.a4 Bxa4
37.Nxa4 Rxa4 38.Bc6 Rc8 39.Bxa4 Rxc5 40.Bb5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 Nd7 4.Nf3 Ngf6 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Re1 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Bf1 Re8 11.f3 a5 12.Be3 a4 13.b4 axb3 14.axb3 Bf8 15.b4 Ncd7
16.b5 Rxa1 17.Qxa1 Qc7 18.Qa7 Qd8 19.Rd1 Re6 20.Nf5 Re8 21.Bb6 Ne5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.Bg2 c5 6.bxc5 dxc5 7.c4 O-O 8.O-O Nc6
9.d3 Bg4 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 b6 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.Bxa8 Rxa8 14.d4 Rd8 15.dxc5 Qc8
16.Qa4 Qxc5 17.Bxf6 exf6 18.Rfd1 Rc8 19.Qxa7 f5 20.Rac1 Bd4 21.Rf1 Qxc4 22.Nb5 Bxf2+
23.Kxf2 Qxe2+ 24.Kg1 Qe3+ 25.Kg2 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Qd2+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 d6 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.e4 Be7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O exd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.h3 Re8 11.Bf4 Bf8 12.Qc2 a5 13.Rad1 Nfd7 14.Be3 a4 15.Nf5 Qc7
16.b4 axb3 17.axb3 Ne5 18.Nd4 Qb6 19.f4 Ned7 20.Bf2 Qb4 21.Ra1 Ra3 22.Na2 Qb6
23.Nc3 Qa5 24.Qb2 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Qb4 26.Qc2 Nf6 27.Ra8 g6 28.Na2 Qb6 29.e5 dxe5
30.fxe5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Korotylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Na3 Nf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Qd8 8.Nfxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.cxd4 Nd5 11.Bc4 a6 12.Nd6+ exd6 13.Bxd5 Be7 14.Be3 Rb8 15.Ke2 Be6
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.d5 exd5 18.Rhd1 Rc8 19.Rxd5 Rc2+ 20.Rd2 Rxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Bf6
22.Rc1 Kd7 23.b3 g6 24.Kd3 Re8 25.f4 d5 26.Bb6 Rc8 27.Rxc8 Kxc8 28.Bd4 Be7
29.g4 Kd7 30.f5 gxf5 31.gxf5 Bd6 32.h3 Bf8 33.a4 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Be5 Bc5
36.Ke2 Ke7 37.Kf3 Kf7 38.Ke2 Ke7 39.Kd3 Kd7 40.Bd4 Bd6 41.Bg7 Bc5 42.Ke2 Ke7
43.Kf3 Kf7 44.Be5 Be7 45.Kf4 Bc5 46.Bc7 Bd4 47.Bd8 Ke8 48.Bg5 Kf7 49.Kf3 Bc5
50.Kg4 Bd4 51.Kf4 Bc3 52.Bd8 Bd4 53.Bc7 Bc3 54.Be5 Bd2+ 55.Kf3 Bb4 56.Ke3 Bc5+
57.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 O-O 6.c3 Nc6 7.h3 Nxe4 8.Rxe4 d5
9.Re1 dxc4 10.b3 cxb3 11.axb3 Bf6 12.Qc2 g6 13.d3 Bf5 14.Re3 Bg7 15.Nbd2 Bh6
16.Ne4 Bxe3 17.Bxe3 Bxe4 18.dxe4 a5 19.Nh2 Qd6 20.Qe2 Qe6 21.Rb1 f5 22.exf5 gxf5
23.Nf3 f4 24.Bd2 Qf5 25.Re1 Rae8 26.Qc4+ Kh8 27.Re4 Rg8 28.Kh2 Qg6 29.Nh4 Qg5
30.Rxf4 exf4 31.Bxf4 Qf6 32.Nf3 Ref8 33.Bg3 Rxg3 34.fxg3 Ne5 35.Nxe5 Qxe5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Bg2 d5 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nc3 Ba6 10.a3 Bd6 11.b4 O-O 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Na4 a5 14.Nc5 Bc6 15.Rb1 axb4
16.axb4 Bb5 17.Bf4 Bxf4 18.gxf4 Ra2 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Nd7 21.Nb3 Qh4 22.Nc1 Ra3
23.Qd2 g5 24.fxg5 Nxe5 25.Rb3 Rfa8 26.Qe3 Rxb3 27.Nxb3 Qxb4 28.Rc1 Nc4 29.Qg3 Ra3
30.Rc3 Ba4 31.Qxc7 Rxb3 32.Qd8+ Qf8  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Ne5 Nd7 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.e3 Bd6 10.Qe2 f5 11.Nd2 Ngf6 12.e4 Qe7 13.Nb3 O-O-O 14.Bd2 fxg4 15.hxg4 Rxh1+
16.Bxh1 Rh8 17.O-O-O Rh2 18.d4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Qxe4 Rxf2 21.Qxg6 Nf6
22.Re1 Kd7 23.c4 b6 24.g5 Ne8 25.d5 cxd5 26.cxd5 Nc7 27.dxe6+ Nxe6 28.Qe4 Qf7
29.g6 Qf5 30.Qa4+ Kd8 31.Qxa7 Bc7 32.Qa8+ Kd7 33.Qa4+ Kd8 34.Qc4 Kd7 35.a4 Qxg6
36.Qd5+ Ke7 37.Nd4 Rxd2 38.Rxe6+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 c5
9.Be3 f5 10.Bd3 f4 11.Bd2 cxd4 12.Bc4+ Kh8 13.h4 Bg4 14.Qe2 Nc6 15.h5 gxh5
16.Be6 d3 17.Qe4 Bxe6 18.Rxh5 Bg8 19.O-O-O e6 20.Rdh1 Rf5 21.c4 Nd4 22.Ng5 Qxg5
23.Rxg5 Rxg5 24.Qxd3 Rxg2 25.Bxf4 Rf8 26.Bg3 Rf3 27.Qe4 Rfxg3 28.fxg3 Rxg3
29.Qxb7 e5 30.c5 Rg6 31.b4 a6 32.a4 h6 33.Kd2 Rg3 34.Qxa6 Nb3+ 35.Ke2 Nd4+
36.Kd2 e4 37.Rxh6+ Bxh6+ 38.Qxh6+ Bh7 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Qd8+ Kf7 41.Qc7+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 Ne7 11.a3 h6 12.Re1 Ng6 13.Be3 c5 14.Rad1 Bd7 15.h4 b6 16.Nd5 Rc8
17.h5 Ne7 18.Nf6+ gxf6 19.exf6 Nc6 20.Bxc5+ Be6 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Rd3 Rd8 23.Rc3 Rd6
24.b4 a6 25.a4 Kd7 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Nd4 28.Ne5+ Kc8 29.Re4 Nxb5 30.Rg3 Kb7
31.Rg7 Nc3 32.Re1 Nd5 33.Rh7 Nxf6 34.Rxh6 Ng4 35.Rh7 Nxe5 36.Rxe5 Rd5 37.Rxd5 Bxd5
38.Rg7 Rh8 39.g4 Kc6 40.Rg5 Kd6 41.Kh2 c5 42.Kg3 b5 43.Rf5 b4 44.Kf4 Be6
45.Rg5 c4 46.Rb5 b3 47.cxb3 c3 48.Ke3 Rc8 49.Rb6+ Kd7 50.Rb7+ Kc6 51.Rb4 Kd6
52.Rd4+ Ke7 53.Rd1 Bxg4 54.Rc1 Bxh5 55.Kd4 c2 56.b4 Bg6 57.b5 Kd7 58.f4 Kc7
59.Ke5 Re8+ 60.Kf6 Re6+ 61.Kg5 Re2 62.f5 Rg2+ 63.Kf6 Rf2  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Be2 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nb3 Qb6 12.Nxd4 dxc4 13.Bh4 Ne5 14.Bg3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qa5
16.Rab1 a6 17.Rfd1 h6 18.h3 Qc5 19.a4 Re8 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Qa2 Nd5 22.Qxc4 Bd7
23.Rxb7 Rec8 24.Nf3 Qf6 25.Qd4 Bc6 26.Rb2 Nxc3 27.Qxf6 gxf6 28.Ra1 Bxa4 29.Bf1 a5
30.Nd2 Be8 31.Nc4 Rc5 32.Rb3 Nd5 33.Rba3 a4 34.e4 Nb4 35.Nb6 Ra7 36.Nc4 Nc2
37.Rg3+ Rg5 38.Rxg5+ hxg5 39.Ra2 a3 40.Nd6 Nb4 41.Rxa3 Rxa3 42.Nxe8 f5 43.Nd6 f4
44.Bc4 Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.Nbd2 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nc4 Rb8 12.c3 bxc3 13.bxc3 Bg4 14.Ba4 Na7 15.Ne3 Be6
16.Ng5 Bd7 17.Bxd7 Nxd7 18.Nf3 Nc6 19.Nd5 Nc5 20.Be3 Nb3 21.Ra3 Nbxa5 22.Qa1 Rb5
23.c4 Rb3 24.Rxb3 Nxb3 25.Qxa6 Ncd4 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.Qa3 Nc5 28.Nxd4 Bg5 29.f4 Bh6
30.Nf5 c6 31.Nde3 Qf6 32.Ng4 Qe6 33.Ngxh6+ gxh6 34.Qa1 f6 35.Qa7 Rf7 36.Nxh6+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.b3 Rb8
9.Nd5 e6 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.Bh6 Re8 12.d5 Ne7 13.Rc1 e5 14.e4 c5 15.Ng5 Bg7
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.f4 Ng8 18.Nxf7 Kxf7 19.fxe5+ Kg7 20.e6 Bxe6 21.dxe6 Rxe6
22.Qd2 Qe7 23.Rcd1 Nf6 24.Bh3 Nxe4 25.Qd3 Re5 26.Bg2 Rd8 27.Rfe1 Nf6 28.Rxe5 Qxe5
29.Bxb7 a5 30.Qd2 Qe7 31.Bf3 Qc7 32.Re1 Re8 33.Qe3 Qd7 34.Qe6 Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Rc1 c5 10.Bd3 b6 11.O-O cxd4 12.exd4 h6 13.Bh4 Bb7 14.a3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 O-O
16.Bb1 Qxa3 17.Qd3 N5f6 18.Ne5 Be4 19.Qg3 Bxb1 20.Rxb1 Rac8 21.Rbc1 a5 22.h3 a4
23.Rfe1 Qb3 24.Re3 a3 25.Rf3 a2 26.Bxf6 Nxf6 27.Kh2 Qb2 28.Re1 Nh7 29.h4 a1=Q
30.Rxa1 Qxa1 31.Qf4 Rxc3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Savchenko,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7
9.Nc2 O-O 10.b3 Qa5 11.Bb2 a6 12.a4 Rac8 13.Rb1 Be6 14.Ne3 Nd7 15.Ncd5 Bxb2
16.Rxb2 Bxd5 17.Nxd5 e6 18.b4 Qd8 19.Ne3 Qc7 20.Rd2 Nxb4 21.Rxd6 Ne5 22.Qd4 Rfd8
23.c5 Nbc6 24.Qd2 Nd7 25.Bxc6 Nxc5 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Qc3 Ne4 28.Qb2 Qxc6 29.Ng4 Nc3
30.Ne5 Qc5 31.Ng4 Qd4 32.Nh6+ Kg7 33.Qxb7 Nxe2+ 34.Kg2 Kxh6 35.Qxf7 Qe4+
36.f3 Qf5 37.Qe7 Rd2 38.Rf2 e5 39.g4 Nf4+ 40.Kg3 Rxf2 41.Qh4+ Qh5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bf4 Bg4 4.Nbd2 Nd7 5.h3 Bh5 6.e3 Ngf6 7.c4 e6 8.Qb3 b5
9.cxb5 c5 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Nd7 12.Be2 Bxe2 13.Kxe2 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qa5 15.a4 Be7
16.Qc3 Qb6 17.Rhc1 O-O 18.Nb3 c4 19.Nd4 a6 20.a5 Qc7 21.b6 Qxe5 22.b3 Rac8
23.bxc4 Rxc4 24.Qd3 Rfc8 25.Rxc4 dxc4 26.Qc3 Qd5 27.g4 Bf6 28.Rb1 h5 29.Rb4 hxg4
30.hxg4 Qxa5 31.b7 Rb8 32.Qxc4 Qd8 33.Nc6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 c4 7.Qc2 Bf5 8.Qc1 e6
9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nbd2 Rfc8 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Qd8 14.a4 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6
16.Re1 Rab8 17.Bf3 Qc6 18.g3 Rc7 19.Bg2 Bd3 20.Nf3 Nd7 21.Nd2 f5 22.Bf1 Bxf1
23.Rxf1 b5 24.axb5 Qxb5 25.Ra2 a5 26.Qc2 Ra7 27.Rfa1 Nf6 28.Nf3 h6 29.Ne5 a4
30.f3 Ra6 31.g4 fxg4 32.fxg4 Ne4 33.h4 Qb3 34.Qxb3 Rxb3 35.Rxa4 Rxa4 36.Rxa4 Rxb2
37.Ra8+ Kh7 38.h5 Rb1+ 39.Kg2 Rb2+ 40.Kg1 Rb1+ 41.Kg2 Rb2+ 42.Kf1 Rb1+ 43.Kg2 Rb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bxc3
9.Rb1 Nc6 10.Bg5 Ne7 11.Be2 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nf5 14.Qd3 Ba5 15.Nd2 h5
16.f3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Bxd2 18.Qxd2 Qe7 19.a4 h4 20.g4 f6 21.exf6 Qxf6 22.Rb5 Ba6
23.Re5 Bxe2 24.Qxe2 Qf4 25.d5 O-O-O 26.dxe6 dxe6 27.Re4 Qg3 28.Qe1 Qxe1 29.Rfxe1 Rd2
30.R1e2 Rxe2 31.Rxe2 Kd7 32.Kf2 Kd6 33.Rd2+ Ke7 34.Rd4 Rd8 35.Rc4 c5 36.Ke3 Rd1
37.a5 Rg1 38.axb6 axb6 39.Kf2 Rc1 40.Rc3 Kd6 41.Ke3 b5 42.Rd3+ Ke5 43.Rd2 c4
44.Re2 Ra1 45.f4+ gxf4+ 46.Kf3+ Kd4 47.Kxf4 Rf1+ 48.Kg5 e5 49.Kxh4 b4 50.g5 e4
51.g6 Rf8 52.Kg5 e3 53.g7 Rb8 54.Kh6 b3 55.cxb3 cxb3 56.Kh7 Kd3 57.Rb2 e2
58.Rxb3+ Rxb3 59.g8=Q Rb7+ 60.Kh8 e1=Q 61.Qd5+ Ke2 62.Qf3+ Kd2 63.Qxb7 Qh4+
64.Kg7 Qg3+ 65.Kf6 Ke2 66.Qb2+ Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Bc4 Nh6 7.O-O O-O 8.fxe5 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Nc3 c6 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Ne4 b5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.Qe1 a5 15.Nc5 Bc8
16.Bb2 f5 17.a3 Ng4 18.h3 Nf6 19.b4 Nd5 20.c4 bxc4 21.Bxc4 Kh8 22.e4 Nf4
23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Qe3 Qg5 25.g4 h5 26.Ne4 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 hxg4 28.h4 Qxh4 29.Rxf4 Qg3+
30.Kh1 Qxf4 31.Qxg6 Qh6+ 32.Qxh6+ Bxh6 33.bxa5 Rxa5 34.Bc3 Ra4 35.Bb3 Raa8
36.Kg2 Kg7 37.Re1 Bf4 38.a4 Kf6 39.a5 Red8 40.Re2 Rh8 41.Re4 Kf5 42.Bc2 Ke6
43.Bb3+ Kd6 44.d4 Kc7 45.dxe5 Rh2+ 46.Kg1 Rh3 47.Rxf4 Rxc3 48.Rf7+ Kb8 49.Rf8+ Ka7
50.Rxa8+ Kxa8 51.Bf7 Re3 52.e6 g3 53.Kg2 Ka7 54.Bh5 Ka6 55.Bf3 c5 56.Kxg3 Rxe6
57.Kf4 Re7 58.Be4 Kxa5 59.Ke3 Kb4 60.Kd3 c4+ 61.Kd4 Rd7+ 62.Ke3 Kc3 63.Bg6 Kb2
64.Bf5 Rd8  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Ne5 Bh5
9.e4 dxc4 10.Nexc4 b5 11.Ne3 c5 12.dxc5 Nbd7 13.Qc2 Nxc5 14.Be2 Bxe2 15.Kxe2 Rc8
16.f3 Bd6 17.Nb3 Nxb3 18.Qxb3 Bxh2 19.Bd2 O-O 20.a4 Nh5 21.Rhc1 Qd7 22.axb5 axb5
23.Bb4 Rfd8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rd1 Qc6 26.g4 Nf4+ 27.Kf2 Ng6 28.Qd3 h6 29.Qd7 Qxd7
30.Rxd7 Ne5 31.Rd1 Bf4 32.Ng2 Rc2+ 33.Kf1 Bg3 34.Ne1 Rxb2 35.Bc3 Rf2+ 36.Kg1 Nxf3+
37.Nxf3 Rxf3 38.Bb2 Re3 39.Kg2 Bh4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Bb7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 d6
9.Nd2 g5 10.Bg3 Qe7 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Qa4+ Qd7 14.Qc2 Nc6 15.f3 O-O-O
16.Rh6 Qe7 17.Bd3 Rh8 18.Rxh8 Rxh8 19.O-O-O Nh5 20.Bf2 f5 21.Nb3 Kb8 22.Rh1 Qf8
23.d5 Ne5 24.Bf1 exd5 25.Nd4 Ng7 26.Rxh8 Qxh8 27.cxd5 Qh1 28.Qd1 Bxd5 29.Ne2 Nd3+
30.Qxd3 Qxf1+ 31.Kd2 Bxa2 32.Be1 Qxg2 33.Qd4 Ne6 34.Qa4 Bd5 35.e4 fxe4 36.fxe4 Qxe4
37.Qe8+ Kb7 38.Qh8 Nc5 39.Nd4 g4 40.Qh4 a6 41.Bg3 Qd3+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.f4 Nf6 7.Nf3 a5 8.a4 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.d3 O-O 11.Qe1 c4 12.Ne5 cxb3 13.cxb3 Qb6 14.Nd2 Ng4 15.d4 c5
16.Rc1 c4 17.Ba3 cxb3 18.Rb1 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Qe6 20.Nxb3 f6 21.Nc5 Qc6 22.Qh4 Ra7
23.exf6 Bxf6 24.Qg3 Ba6 25.Rf4 Bc4 26.h4 Raa8 27.h5 g5 28.h6 Qd6 29.Qg4 Be2
30.Qxe2 gxf4 31.Rf1 Kh8 32.Rxf4 Bg5 33.Ne4 Qxh6 34.Nxg5 Qxg5 35.Rg4 Qf6 36.Rf4 Qg7
37.Rg4 Qf6 38.Rf4 Qe6 39.Rh4 Rg8 40.Rh5 Rg6 41.Re5 Qc6 42.Rf5 Rag8 43.Rf2 Qe6
44.Qf3 Rf6 45.Qe2 Qe4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bb4
9.a3 Ba5 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 Bc7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bb2 Re8 14.Qd1 Rc8 15.Rc1 Nb6
16.Nb1 Nc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Qf3 Qd6 19.g3 Qd5 20.Qe2 b5 21.Nc3 Qb7 22.e4 a6
23.Rcd1 Red8 24.e5 Nd5 25.Ne4 Bb8 26.h4 Qe7 27.Nc5 Rc6 28.f4 f5 29.exf6 Qxf6
30.Qe4 Qf5 31.Rde1 Qxe4 32.Rxe4 Kf7 33.Rfe1 Re8 34.f5 Bxg3 35.fxe6+ Ke7 36.Rf1 Rf8
37.Bc1 Rxf1+ 38.Kxf1 Bd6 39.Bg5+ Ke8 40.h5 Nc7 41.e7 c3 42.Ke2 Bxc5 43.bxc5 h6
44.Bh4 Re6 45.Rxe6 Nxe6 46.Kd3 Nxd4 47.Kxc3 Nf5 48.Bf2 Nxe7 49.Kd4 Kd7 50.Ke5 g6
51.hxg6 Nxg6+ 52.Kd5 Ne7+ 53.Ke5 Kc6 54.Kd4 h5 55.Ke4 Nd5 56.Kd4 Nf4 57.Ke4 Ne6
58.Kf5 Nxc5 59.Be1 Nd3 60.Bd2 Nc5 61.Kg5 Ne4+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Korotylev,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Nc3 a6 8.e4 g5 9.cxb5 Bg7
10.Bc4 axb5 11.Bxb5 g4 12.Nd2 Qg5 13.O-O O-O 14.Nc4 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Nxa6 16.e5 Nb4
17.Re1 h5 18.a3 exd5 19.Nxd5 Nc6 20.Qc1 Qxc1 21.Raxc1 Rab8 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.exf6 Rfe8
24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Ne3 Re5 26.Rd1 Nd4 27.b4 d6 28.a4 Kh7 29.b5 Re8 30.b6 Ra8
31.Rb1 Rxa4 32.b7 Nc6 33.b8=Q Nxb8 34.Rxb8 Ra1+ 35.Nf1 Kg6 36.Rd8 Rd1 37.f3 Kxf6
38.fxg4 hxg4 39.Kf2 Ke7 40.Rg8 f5 41.Ne3 Rd2+ 42.Ke1 Ra2 43.Nxf5+ Kf7 44.Nh6+ Ke6
45.Rxg4 d5 46.h4 c4 47.Rg6+ Ke5 48.Nf7+ Kd4 49.h5 c3 50.Rc6 Ra1+ 51.Kf2 Kd3
52.h6 Ra7 53.Ng5 Ra2+ 54.Kf3 Ra1 55.h7 Rh1 56.Nh3 Rf1+ 57.Nf2+ Kd2 58.h8=Q  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ exf6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bc4 cxd4 10.O-O Bc5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bg2 c6
9.f4 Nh6 10.O-O Qc7 11.f5 Qxe5 12.Bxh6 O-O 13.Bf4 Qf6 14.g4 Bc5 15.Ne2 Nd7
16.Kh1 h6 17.c3 Ne5 18.Ng3 Nc4 19.b3 Nb6 20.Nh5 Qh4 21.Bg3 Qg5 22.h4 Qd8
23.Qd2 Bd6 24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.f6 Bxg4 26.fxg7 Bxh5 27.Nf5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rd1 O-O 12.e4 Re8 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Ng3 Bg6
16.a5 b5 17.axb6 axb6 18.Rxa8 Qxa8 19.h4 h6 20.h5 Bh7 21.Nh2 c5 22.Bb5 Rd8
23.Ng4 Bf8 24.Ne4 Nc7 25.Bd3 Kh8 26.Nd6 Bxd6 27.exd6 Nd5 28.Bxh7 Kxh7 29.Nxh6 gxh6
30.Qd2 Rh8 31.Qxh6+ Kg8 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.dxc5 Rg8 34.Qh4 f6 35.h6 Ne3 36.f3 Qxf3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nbd2 f6 12.Ne4 Kh8 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Re8
16.Bd2 Nb6 17.Qxd8 Raxd8 18.Ba5 Bf8 19.Nc3 Bd6 20.a4 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Nc4 22.Bxc4 bxc4
23.Ne4 Be5 24.Nd2 c3 25.Bxc3 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Bc6 27.Nb3 Bxa4 28.Nc5 Bb5 29.Re4 a5
30.c4 Be8 31.Re7 Rc8 32.Kf1 a4 33.Ke1 a3 34.Kd2 a2 35.Re1 Bc6 36.g3 Ra8 37.Ra1 g5
38.Kc3 Ra3+ 39.Nb3 Ra4 40.Nd4 Bd7 41.h4 gxh4 42.gxh4 c5 43.Nb3 Be6 44.Nd2 Kg7
45.Kb3 Rb4+ 46.Kc3 Ra4 47.Kb3 Rb4+ 48.Kc3 Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "A02"]

1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.f4 d5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.e3 a6 6.d3 e6 7.Nbd2 Nf6 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Nxf3 d4 10.e4 Nh5 11.Qd2 Qf6 12.g4 Qxf4 13.gxh5 Qxf3 14.Bg2 Qxh5 15.O-O Bd6
16.Rf3 O-O 17.Raf1 Ne5 18.R3f2 Ng6 19.Bc1 h6 20.e5 Nxe5 21.Bxb7 Ra7 22.Bg2 Ng6
23.Qe1 Bg3 24.Qe4 Bxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Qe5 26.Qg4 Qe1+ 27.Rf1 Qh4 28.Qf3 Qe7 29.Qh5 Kh7
30.Rf3 f5 31.Rg3 Qf6 32.a4 Rc7 33.Kh1 e5 34.Bd5 Nf4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.O-O dxc4 8.Nxc4 e6
9.h3 Bh5 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Qe2 c5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.Rfd1 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Rc8 17.Qf3 b5 18.Nc6 Rxc6 19.Qxc6 bxc4 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Rxd7 Qb8 22.Rc1 cxb3
23.axb3 Qxb3 24.Qxa6 Bh4 25.Rdc7 Qb2 26.R1c2 Qf6 27.Kg2 Kh7 28.Rc8 Rxc8 29.Qxc8 Qe5
30.Qa8 Qf6 31.Qf3 Qe7 32.Rb2 f5 33.Rb7 Qf6 34.Rb8 g5 35.Qa8 Kg6 36.Rh8 Qb2
37.Qe8+ Kf6 38.Rf8+ Ke5 39.Rxf5+ Kd6 40.Qd8+ Kc6 41.Qc8+ Kb6 42.Qxe6+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 b6 6.c3 Bb7 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.f4 f6 14.exf6 Rxf6 15.e4 c4
16.Bc2 Raf8 17.g3 e5 18.exd5 Qc5+ 19.Qf2 exf4 20.Ne4 Qxd5 21.Rad1 fxg3 22.Qxg3 Rxf1+
23.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Qf5+ 25.Qf2 Qh3+ 26.Ke1 Qe6 27.Qd4 h6 28.Kd2 Bd5 29.Ng3 Ne5
30.Qf4 Nf3+ 31.Kc1 Qe1+ 32.Bd1 Ne5 33.Qf5 Bf7 34.Qc8+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Ne4
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc2 Ndf6 11.O-O O-O 12.Ne5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 g6 14.Rab1 c5 15.Qb2 b6
16.a4 Nd7 17.Nf3 Bb7 18.Qa3 Qf6 19.Bb5 Bc6 20.Rfe1 a6 21.Bxc6 Qxc6 22.Rb2 Rfe8
23.Reb1 Rac8 24.h3 Kg7 25.Ne1 Qf6 26.Nd3 Qf5 27.Nf4 Rc6 28.dxc5 Rxc5 29.Rd1 Rec8
30.Rbd2 Nf6 31.Qb2 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Rd4 Kg8 34.Nd3 Rxc3 35.Qxb5 Rc2 36.Rf4 Qe6
37.Rf3 Ne4 38.Nf4 Nc3 39.Qb3 Qe4 40.Nxd5 Nxd5 41.Rxd5 Qe6 42.Rf4 R2c3 43.Qb5 Qc6
44.Qxc6 R3xc6 45.Rd7 Rf8 46.g4 Rcc8 47.Kg2 Rcd8 48.Rfxf7 Rc8  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Bb2 Nbd7
9.Nc3 c5 10.Qe2 dxc4 11.bxc4 Re8 12.Rad1 cxd4 13.exd4 Bf8 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Ne5 g6
16.f4 Bg7 17.Kh1 a6 18.a4 Nb8 19.Bb1 Nc6 20.d5 exd5 21.cxd5 Na5 22.d6 Nd7
23.Ne4 Bxe5 24.fxe5 Nc4 25.Qf2 Nxb2 26.Qxb2 Rxe5 27.Ng3 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Qf6
29.Qd2 Rd8 30.Be4 Nc5 31.Bxb7 Nxb7 32.d7 Nc5 33.Re8+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Savchenko,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 f5 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 fxe4
9.Ng5 Nc6 10.Ncxe4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 d5 12.Nc3 dxc4 13.dxc4 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Rad8
15.Bf4 e5 16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxb7 c6 18.b3 Bc5 19.Ne4 Bd4 20.Rac1 Rf7 21.Ba6 c5
22.h3 Re7 23.Kg2 Nc6 24.Nc3 Nb4 25.Bb5 Rf8 26.Rd2 a6 27.Ba4 Rxf2+ 28.Rxf2 Bxf2
29.a3 Nd3 30.Rd1 Re3 31.Ne4 Rxe4 32.Rxd3 Bd4 33.Kf3 Re1 34.Bc6 Kf8 35.b4 Ke7
36.Bb7 Rf1+ 37.Ke4 Kd6 38.Bxa6 Re1+ 39.Kf3 Rf1+ 40.Kg4 g6 41.Bb7 Ke5 42.Bf3 Kf6
43.Kf4 Re1 44.h4 h5 45.Bd5 Rf1+ 46.Ke4 Re1+ 47.Kf3 Rc1 48.a4 Rc3 49.Rxc3 Bxc3
50.bxc5 bxc5 51.Bc6 Be1 52.Be8 g5 53.Bxh5 gxh4 54.gxh4 Bxh4 55.a5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd3 e6 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 h6 9.h3 Ne7
10.g4 a6 11.h4 Nf6 12.Rg1 h5 13.gxh5 Nxh5 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.a4 Nc6 16.O-O-O Nxd4
17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Bc2 Bg7 19.f4 b5 20.e5 bxc4 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 d5 23.Qb4 c6
24.f5 Bf8 25.Qc3 gxf5 26.Bf3 Qb7 27.Bxh5 Rxh5 28.Bf6 Qb4 29.Qxb4 Bxb4 30.Rg8+ Bf8
31.Kc2 Rc8 32.Rdg1 Kd7 33.Kc3 Rh7 34.R1g2 a5 35.Kc2 Re8 36.R2g3 d4 37.b3 Be7
38.Rxe8 Kxe8 39.Rg8+ Kd7 40.bxc4 Bxf6 41.exf6 e5 42.Ra8 Rxh4 43.Rxa5 Rh2+
44.Kd3 Rh3+ 45.Ke2 Ke6 46.Rc5 Kd6 47.Ra5 f4 48.Ra7 Ke6 49.a5 e4 50.Re7+ Kf5
51.Rxf7 d3+ 52.Kd2 Rh2+ 53.Kc3 Rc2+ 54.Kb3 f3 55.Re7 Kxf6 56.Rxe4 Rc1 57.Re3 d2
58.Rxf3+ Ke5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qe3+ Be7 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nh3 Re8
9.O-O Bf8 10.Qd2 Ne5 11.b3 d6 12.Nf4 c6 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Ba3 Nf7 15.Rac1 Bd7
16.e3 Rad8 17.b4 Ne5 18.Qe2 g5 19.Nh5 Nxh5 20.Qxh5 Be6 21.Qxg5+ Qg7 22.Qxg7+ Bxg7
23.b5 Nxc4 24.bxc6 Nxa3 25.cxb7 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Nc4 27.Bd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Nb6
29.Ra5 Rb8 30.Rc7 Rf8 31.Rxa7 Rf7 32.Rxf7 Kxf7 33.a4 Ke6 34.a5 Nd7 35.Kg2 Kd5
36.Kf3 Kc6 37.a6 Nc5 38.Ra8 Kc7 39.a7 Rxb7 40.Rc8+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.d3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 e5
9.O-O b5 10.a3 a5 11.c3 Qb6 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 exd4 14.Re1 Rb8 15.Nf1 Bg4
16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Nd7 18.Bg2 Bf6 19.Nh2 g6 20.Rc1 Bg7 21.e5 Ndxe5 22.f4 Nc4
23.bxc4 d3+ 24.Kh1 Bxb2 25.Qxd3 Bxc1 26.Rxc1 bxc4 27.Qxc4 Ne7 28.Re1 Nf5
29.Ng4 h5 30.Nf6+ Kg7 31.Nd7 Qf2 32.Qc3+ Kh6 33.g4 Rb2 34.g5+ Kh7 35.Nxf8+ Kg8
36.Rg1 Ng3+ 37.Kh2 Qxg1+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Bxe4 8.Bxe4 c6
9.c3 Ngf6 10.Bc2 Be7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Qd3 Re8 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Ng5 Nf8
16.Qf3 Bd6 17.g3 h6 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 c5 20.d5 exd5 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Qxd5 Re5
23.Qf3 Re6 24.Be3 b6 25.Rd5 Qe7 26.Bb3 Rf6 27.Qg4 Nd7 28.Kg2 Qe8 29.Rd1 Ne5
30.Qe4 Qe7 31.h3 g5 32.Bc2 Ng6 33.Qxe7 Nxe7 34.a4 Kg7 35.a5 Nc6 36.axb6 axb6
37.Be4 Ne5 38.Bd5 Kf8 39.b3 Kg7 40.Ra1 Ng6 41.Ra7 Ne7 42.Be4 Nf5 43.Bc1 Be5
44.Bd2 Nd6 45.Bd5 Nb5 46.Rb7 Bxc3 47.Be3 Bd4 48.Bc4 Bxe3 49.fxe3 Nd6 50.Rd7 Ne4
51.g4 Rf2+ 52.Kg1 Rf6 53.Kg2 Nc3 54.Rd3 Na2 55.Rd7 Nb4 56.e4 Nc6 57.Rb7 Ne5
58.Re7 Nxc4 59.bxc4 Rf4 60.Kg3 Kf8 61.Rb7 Rxe4 62.Rxb6 Kg7 63.Rc6 Rxc4 64.Kg2 Rc1
65.Kg3 c4 66.Kg2 c3 67.Kg3 f6 68.Kg2 Kf7 69.Kg3 Ke7 70.Kg2 Rc2+ 71.Kg3 Kf7
72.Kf3 Rc1 73.Kg2 Ke7 74.Kf3 Kd7 75.Rc4 Kd6 76.Ke2 Kd5 77.Rc8 Kd4 78.Rd8+ Kc4
79.Rc8+ Kb3 80.Rb8+ Kc2 81.Rh8 Rh1 82.Rxh6 Kb2 83.Rxf6 Rxh3 84.Rb6+ Kc1 85.Rb5 c2
86.Rxg5 Kb2 87.Rb5+ Rb3  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Laylo,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Na6 9.e4 dxe4
10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe7 Nxf2 12.Bxd8 Nxd1 13.Bg5 Nxb2 14.Be2 e5 15.Ra2 e4 16.Rxb2 exf3
17.Bxf3 h6 18.Bd2 O-O 19.O-O Nc7 20.Rd1 Ne6 21.Be3 Ng5 22.d5 Nxf3+ 23.gxf3 cxd5
24.cxd5 f6 25.Bc5 Rf7 26.Re1 Bd7 27.Rxb7 Bxa4 28.Be7 Be8 29.d6 a4 30.d7 Bxd7
31.Rxd7 a3 32.Rdd1 a2 33.Ra1 Re8 34.Bb4 Rxe1+ 35.Bxe1 Ra7 36.Kf2 Kf7 37.Ke2 Ke6
38.Bc3 Kf5 39.Kf2 Rc7 40.Bd2 Ra7 41.Be3 Ra4 42.Bc1 g5 43.Bb2 Kg6 44.Ke3 Rh4
45.Bc3 Rxh2 46.Bd2 f5 47.Rxa2 f4+ 48.Kd3 Rf2 49.Ke4 Re2+ 50.Kd3 Rf2 51.Ke4 Kh5
52.Rb2 Re2+ 53.Kd3 Re6 54.Rb1 Kh4 55.Rg1 Kh3 56.Rg4 Re5 57.Kd4 Re2 58.Bxf4 gxf4
59.Rxf4 h5 60.Rf8 h4 61.Kd3 Ra2 62.Ke3 Kg2 63.Rg8+ Kf1 64.Rh8 Ra4 65.f4 h3
66.Kf3 Ra3+ 67.Kg4 Kg2 68.f5 h2 69.Rxh2+ Kxh2 70.f6 Ra8 71.Kg5 Rf8 72.Kg6 Rxf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Laylo,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg2 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+
9.Nxd1 Nc6 10.Ne3 Na5 11.Nd2 Bxc5 12.Nexc4 Nxc4 13.Nxc4 Nd5 14.O-O Bd7 15.Rd1 Rc8
16.Ne5 Bc6 17.Bd2 O-O 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Rac1 Be7 20.Be1 Rfe8 21.Ba5 h6 22.e3 Bd8
23.Be1 Bf6 24.b3 Ne7 25.b4 Nd5 26.e4 Nb6 27.a5 Na8 28.Rd6 c5 29.bxc5 Nc7
30.Bf1 Be7 31.Rb6 Na8 32.Rxa6 Rxc5 33.Rxc5 Bxc5 34.Rc6 Bd4 35.Bb4 Be5 36.Bc5 Rb8
37.a6 Bc7 38.a7 Rb7 39.Ba6 Rb1+ 40.Kg2 Kh7 41.e5 Rb2 42.Bd4 Rb4 43.Bd3+ g6
44.Rc4  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.Bd2 d5 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Ne4
9.g3 c6 10.Bg2 b6 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Ba6 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Rfc1 Rc8 15.e3 Nf6
16.c5 Nd7 17.b4 Re8 18.e4 bxc5 19.dxc5 Qc7 20.Re1 Bb7 21.Nb3 e5 22.Na5 d4
23.Qc4 Nb8 24.Bf1 Rcd8 25.Qc2 Bc8 26.Nc4 Be6 27.Nd6 Re7 28.f4 f6 29.f5 Bf7
30.Red1 Kf8 31.Nxf7 Rxf7 32.Bc4 Rfd7 33.Qe2 g6 34.fxg6 hxg6 35.Qg4 Kg7 36.Be6 Rh8
37.Bf5 Rh6 38.Bxd7 Qxd7 39.Qxd7+ Nxd7 40.Rdc1 f5 41.b5 cxb5 42.Rab1 Rh8 43.Rxb5 Kf6
44.c6 Nb6 45.c7  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Roiz,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.b3 Ngf6 8.Bb2 Bd6
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nh4 Be5 11.c3 Qe7 12.Qc2 Bd6 13.a3 O-O 14.e3 Ne5 15.Nxg6 Nxg6
16.Nf3 e5 17.c4 e4 18.dxe4 dxe4 19.Nd2 Be5 20.g5 Nd7 21.Bxe4 Bxb2 22.Qxb2 Nc5
23.Bc2 Ne5 24.Ke2 Rad8 25.Rag1 f5 26.Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nd4 12.Nd2 c5 13.a4 Nf4 14.Nef3 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Nxb3
16.cxb3 Ne6 17.Be3 Bf6 18.Qc2 Qd5 19.Rec1 h6 20.Nd2 Be7 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rxa8 Rxa8
23.Nf3 Ra2 24.b4 cxb4 25.d4 Bf6 26.Rd1 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Bb4
9.Bd3 O-O 10.a3 Ba5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.O-O Re8 13.Rac1 e5 14.Bc2 exd4 15.exd4 Bxc3
16.Qxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Nb3 d6 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Be2 Qc7 11.Bf4 Ne5 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Rfd1 Ne8 14.Rac1 f5 15.exf5 gxf5
16.c5 dxc5 17.Qe3 c4 18.Na4 b5 19.Nb6 Bb7 20.Nxa8 Bxa8 21.Qg3 Kh8 22.Nd4 Bd5
23.Re1 Qd6 24.Bh5  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Ng4 10.f4 Bxc5 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.Nd1 Nh6 13.f5 Qc7 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Rc1 Bb6
16.f6 Re8 17.Qg3 Ng4 18.Nf2 Qxe5 19.Nxg4 Bxg4 20.Rxc6 Bxe3 21.Qxg4 g6 22.Kd1 Bxd2
23.Kxd2 Qxb2+ 24.Bc2 h5 25.Qf4 Rac8 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rc1 Rc4 28.Qg5 Rd4+ 29.Ke2 Rg4
30.Qe3 Re4  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Werder Bremen GER"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Bd2 O-O 10.axb5 axb5 11.Nc3 Rxa1 12.Qxa1 Qb8 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Nd8 15.Be3 c6
16.Bb3 Ne6 17.c3 Qb7 18.d4 Ra8 19.Qd1 exd4 20.cxd4 Nf8 21.h3 c5 22.dxc5 dxc5
23.Bd5 Bc6 24.Ne5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Bd6 26.Nc6 Ng6 27.Qf3 Qd7 28.b3 Ne7 29.Rc1 Rc8
30.Bxc5 Nxd5 31.Bxd6 Qxd6 32.Rd1 Qxc6 33.Qxd5 Qe8 34.Qd7 f6 35.Qb7 Rb8 36.Qd5+ Kh8
37.Kf1 h6 38.Re1 Qd8 39.Qxd8+ Rxd8 40.Ke2 Kg8 41.Rc1 Rd5 42.Rc8+ Kf7 43.Rc7+ Kg6
44.Ke3 h5 45.h4 Re5+ 46.Kd3 Rd5+ 47.Ke3 Re5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Werder Bremen GER"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gustafsson,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5
9.Nc3 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.Ra5 Ra8
16.Qa1 Qc8 17.Qa2 Qb7 18.Ra1 Rxa5 19.Qxa5 Rc8 20.Qa7 Qxa7 21.Rxa7 Kf8 22.Ba5 Bd8
23.Kf1 f5 24.Ke2 Ke8 25.f4 h6 26.Kd2 g5 27.g3 Ke7 28.c4 dxc3+ 29.bxc3 Ke8
30.d4 Kf7 31.Bc2 Kg6 32.Bd1 Be8 33.Bf3 g4 34.Bg2 h5 35.h4 gxh3 36.Bxh3 Bf7
37.Bg2 Kf6 38.Bf3 Ke7 39.Rb7 Kd7 40.Rxb5 Ra8 41.c4 Bf6 42.c5 Kc8 43.Bc3 Ra2+
44.Ke3 Ra3 45.Kd3 dxc5 46.Rxc5 Be7 47.Rb5 Bd6 48.Rb1 Kd7 49.Rb8 Ke7 50.Kc2 Ra2+
51.Bb2 Ba3 52.Kb1 Rxb2+ 53.Rxb2 Bxb2 54.Kxb2 Kd6 55.Kc3 Bxd5 56.Bxh5 c5 57.Be2 cxd4+
58.Kxd4 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2007.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Flumbort,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.Bf4 d6 11.O-O Ba6 12.Re1 Ne5 13.Nd2 Qd7 14.Bf1 Rfc8 15.b3 Rd8
16.Bg3 Rac8 17.Kh1 Ng6 18.a4 d5 19.exd5 exd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.cxd5 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Qxd5
23.Nc4 Qf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2007.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.Bg2 O-O 7.e4 d6 8.Ne2 e5
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 a5 11.Qc2 b6 12.Rfd1 Ba6 13.Nf1 Qc7 14.Ne3 Nbd7 15.Rac1 Nf8
16.b3 g6 17.Qb2 Qe7 18.f3 Rad8 19.Rd2 Rc8 20.Rcd1 Rc6 21.Kh1 h5 22.a3 bxa3
23.Qxa3 Qb7 24.Nd5 N6h7 25.f4 Rcc8 26.Qxd6 a4 27.bxa4 exf4 28.Nexf4 Rc6 29.Qa3 Rxc4
30.Rb2 Qc6 31.Rxb6 Qxa4 32.Qxa4 Rxa4 33.Nc7  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2007.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lutz,Ch"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nd4 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Bd2 Bd6 14.Ng4 Nxb3 15.axb3 f5
16.Nh2 Qf6 17.Rc1 Qg6 18.Nf3 Rae8 19.Nh4 Qf6 20.Nf3 Rxe1+ 21.Bxe1 Qh6 22.Nd2 Qg5
23.f3 Re8 24.d4 c5 25.d5 Bxd5 26.Ra1 Bb7 27.Nf1 Rd8 28.Qe2 Qe7 29.Rc1 Qxe2
30.Nxe2 Re8 31.Kf2 Bc7 32.Bxb4 cxb4 33.Rd1 Kf7 34.c3 bxc3 35.bxc3 Bb6+ 36.Ke1 a5
37.Ra1 g5 38.Kd2 Kf6 39.c4 b4 40.Nfg3 f4 41.Nf1 Bc8 42.Kd1 Bf5 43.Nd2 Re5
44.h4 h6 45.hxg5+ hxg5 46.g3 Bd3 47.Nc1 Bg6 48.Ne2 Bf2 49.gxf4 gxf4 50.Ra2 Bd3
51.Ne4+ Bxe4 52.fxe4 Rxe4 53.Rxa5 f3 54.Nc1 Bb6 55.Rh5 Rd4+ 56.Kc2 f2 57.Rh1 Rg4
58.Ne2 Rg1 59.Rh6+ Ke5  0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.c3 bxc3 13.bxc3 Rb8 14.Qe2 Qe8 15.d4 exd4
16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Rb4 18.Nf3 Rxa4 19.Rxa4 Qxa4 20.e5 dxe5 21.Qxe5 Qc4
22.Qxe6+ Qxe6 23.Rxe6 Bd6 24.Bd2 Ra8 25.Ba5 Rb8 26.Re1 Rb3 27.Ra1 Kf7 28.Kf1 Ke6
29.Be1 Ra3 30.Rxa3 Bxa3 31.Ke2 Kd5 32.Kd3 Ne4 33.Ng1 c5 34.dxc5 Nxc5+ 35.Kc2 Kc4
36.Bc3 Ne6 37.Nf3 Bc5 38.Nd2+ Kd5 39.f3 Bd4 40.g3 Bg1 41.h4 Bd4 42.Kd3 Bxc3
43.Kxc3 Nd4 44.Kd3 a5 45.Nc4 Nc6 46.Kc3 Kc5 47.h5 a4 48.Nb2 a3 49.Nd3+ Kd5
50.Nf4+ Ke5 51.Kb3 Nd4+ 52.Kxa3 Nxf3 53.Kb4 Ng5 54.Kc4 Ke4 55.Ne2 Kf3 56.Nd4+ Kg4
57.Kd5 h6 58.Kc4 Kxh5 59.Nf5 Kg6 60.Nh4+ Kh5 61.Nf5 Kg6 62.Nh4+ Kf6 63.Kd5 Nh3
64.Ke4 Kg5 65.Ng2 Nf2+ 66.Kf3 Ng4 67.Nf4 Kf5 68.Nd5 Ne5+ 69.Kf2 Ke4 70.Nc3+ Kd3
71.Nd5 Kd4 72.Nf4 Nd3+ 73.Kf3 Nxf4 74.Kxf4 g6 75.Kf3 g5 76.Kg4 Ke5  0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Stellwagen,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Rae1 Rad8 15.Kh1 g6
16.f5 e5 17.Be3 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Bd3 Qc6 21.Bh6 Rfe8 22.Rxe5 Bd6
23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Qg4 Be5 25.b4 Kh8 26.fxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spoelman,W"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Nce2 Nd7 8.h4 Ngf6
9.Ng3 c5 10.c3 h6 11.Be3 bxc3 12.bxc3 Ng4 13.Nf3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 h5 15.Bc4 e6
16.O-O O-O 17.Qf2 Bh6 18.Rab1 Qa5 19.Ne2 Nf6 20.Nf4 Nxe4 21.Qc2 d5 22.Bd3 Qxc3
23.Qxc3 Nxc3 24.Rbc1 cxd4 25.exd4 Nxa4 26.Ng5 Nb2 27.Rc7 Bg7 28.Kh1 Nxd3
29.Nxd3 f6 30.Nf3 e5  0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Nbd7
9.Rc1 Nxc5 10.Qd4 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Nce4 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Be2 Bg4 14.O-O Qb6 15.h3 Rfc8
16.Qd4 Bxf3 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Bxf3 Kf8 19.Rxc8+ Rxc8 20.Rd1 Rc2 21.Bxd5 Nxd5
22.Rxd5 Rxb2 23.Rd8+ Ke7 24.Rb8 Rxa2 25.Rxb7+ Kf8 26.Rxb6 h5 27.Rb8+ Ke7
28.g3 g6 29.Kg2 Rc2 30.Rg8 Ra2 31.Kf3 Rb2 32.h4 Ra2 33.e4 Rb2 34.Ke3 Rb3+
35.Kf4 Rb2 36.f3 Rb3 37.Ra8 Rc3 38.Ra5 Rb3 39.g4 hxg4 40.Kxg4 Rb1 41.h5 f5+
42.exf5 Rg1+ 43.Kf4 gxh5 44.Ra6 Kf7 45.Rh6 Rh1 46.Rg6 h4 47.Kg4 h3 48.Kg3 h2
49.Rh6 Rg1+ 50.Kxh2 Rg5 51.Kh3 Rxf5 52.Kg4 Ra5 53.f4 Rb5 54.Rc6 Ra5 55.Rd6 Rb5
56.Rd7+ Kf6 57.Rd8 Kf7 58.Rc8 Ra5 59.Rc4 Kf6 60.f5 Ra1 61.Rc6+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3
16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Qxd5 Rad8 18.Qg2 Qh5 19.Be3 Bh3 20.Qh1 f5 21.Bb6 Rd7 22.Qd5+ Kh8
23.Nd2 Bxg3 24.Qxd7 Bf4 25.Qb7 Bxd2 26.Bd4 Rg8 27.Re7 Bc1 28.Re1 Bf4 29.Re3 Bxe3
30.Bxe3 Re8 31.Bd4 Qg4+ 32.Kh1 h6 33.f4 Re7 34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.Be5 Qe2 36.Rg1 Bg4
37.Rxg4 fxg4 38.d4 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be2 Nc6
9.Nd5 O-O 10.Bb6 Qd7 11.Qd3 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nb8 13.Na5 Qe8 14.Nc4 Bd7 15.Na5 Bc8
16.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "L'Ami,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 e6 6.Bd2 Nbd7 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qh4 b5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.a4 O-O 15.Bc3 Nd5
16.Qxd8 Rfxd8 17.Ba5 Bb4+ 18.Bxb4 Nxb4 19.O-O bxa4 20.Rxa4 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Rab8
22.Rd1 Rxd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Koneru,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Nbd7
9.Rc1 Nxc5 10.Qd4 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Nce4 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Be2 Bg4 14.O-O Qb6 15.h3 Rfc8
16.Qd2 Be6 17.Qd4 Nd7 18.Rfd1 h6 19.Qxb6 Nxb6 20.Nd4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rb1 Nc4
23.g4 Ne5 24.Bb5 a6 25.Ba4 b5 26.Bb3 Nc6 27.Ne2 a5 28.Nf4 g5 29.Nxd5 Bxd5
30.Bxd5 Nb4 31.Bb7 Rc7 32.a3 Rxb7 33.axb4 a4 34.Rc1 Rd7 35.Rc5 Rd2 36.Rxb5 Rxb2
37.Kg2 Kg7 38.Kg3 a3 39.Ra5 a2 40.b5 Rxb5 41.Rxa2 Rb1 42.Ra6 Rg1+ 43.Kh2 Rb1
44.Kg2 Rb4 45.Rd6 Ra4 46.Rd3 Rb4 47.Kg3 Rb1 48.Rd5 Rg1+ 49.Kh2 Ra1 50.Kg2 Rb1
51.h4 gxh4 52.e4 Re1 53.f3 Kg6 54.Rh5 Ra1 55.Rxh4 Ra5 56.Kg3 f6 57.Rh1 Rb5
58.Rd1 Rb3 59.Rd5 Ra3 60.Kf4 Rb3 61.Rc5 Ra3 62.Rc6 Ra5 63.Rd6 Kg7 64.Rd3 Kg6
65.Kg3 Ra4 66.Rd6 Kg7 67.Rd7+ Kg6 68.Kh4 Ra1 69.f4 Rh1+ 70.Kg3 Rg1+ 71.Kf2 Rxg4
72.Kf3 h5 73.f5+ Kg5 74.Rg7+ Kh6 75.Rxg4 hxg4+ 76.Kxg4 Kg7 77.Kg3 Kg8 78.Kg2 Kg7
79.Kf1 Kf7 80.Ke2 Ke7 81.Ke3 Kd7 82.Kd3 Kc7 83.Kc3 Kd7 84.Kb3 Kd6 85.Kc2 Kc7
86.Kd2 Kd8 87.Ke2 Ke8 88.Kf3 Ke7 89.Ke3 Kd7 90.Kd4 Kd6 91.Kc4 Kc6 92.Kb4 Kd6
93.Kc3 Kc7 94.Kc2 Kc8 95.Kb2 Kd7 96.Kb1 Kd6 97.Kc2 Kc7 98.Kd1 Kd8 99.Ke1 Ke8
100.Kf1 Kf8 101.Kg1 Kf7 102.Kg2 Kf8 103.Kg3 Kf7 104.Kf2 Kf8 105.Ke1 Ke8 106.Kd2 Kd8
107.Kc3 Kc7 108.Kb4 Kd6 109.Kc4 Kc6 110.Kd4 Kd6 111.e5+ fxe5+ 112.Ke4 Ke7
113.Kxe5 Kf7 114.Kf4 Kf6 115.Kg4 Kf7 116.Kg5 Kg7 117.f6+ Kf7 118.Kf5 Kf8
119.Kf4 Kf7 120.Ke5 Kf8 121.Ke6 Ke8 122.f7+ Kf8 123.Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sargissian,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Bg4
10.a4 b4 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Be4 O-O 13.Be3 Ra7 14.Qd2 a5 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Qxd2+
17.Bxd2 Rd7 18.Be3 Be6 19.O-O Bd5 20.Bc2 Na6 21.b3 Be6 22.Rad1 Rfd8 23.Rxd7 Rxd7
24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Nc7 26.Kf1 Bd5 27.g4 f6 28.exf6 exf6 29.h4 Kf7 30.Ke2 Ne6
31.f4 Ng7 32.Kd2 f5 33.g5 Ne6 34.Kc2 Ke7 35.h5 Be4+ 36.Kd2 Bd5 37.h6 Ke8
38.Kc2 Ke7 39.Be2 Ke8 40.Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Cheparinov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 h5
9.g5 Nxe4 10.Nxg7+ Bxg7 11.Nxe4 d5 12.Ng3 d4 13.Bd2 Nc6 14.h4 Qd5 15.f3 Be6
16.Bd3 O-O-O 17.Qe2 Kb8 18.Ne4 Rdf8 19.b3 Ne7 20.Bb4 Nf5 21.Bc4 Qd8 22.Bxe6 fxe6
23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.O-O-O Qa5 25.Kb1 Ne3 26.Rd3 Nd5 27.Kb2 Rc8 28.Kb1 Bf8 29.Nf6 Qc7
30.Qxe5 Bd6 31.Qe2 Nf4 32.Qd1 e5 33.Rg1 Bb4 34.Ne4 Qc6 35.Rd2 Bxd2 36.Qxd2 Qb6
37.Re1 Nd5 38.c4 Rxc4 39.g6 Rc8 40.g7 Nc3+ 41.Nxc3 dxc3 42.Qg2 Qd4 43.g8=Q c2+
44.Qxc2 Rxg8 45.Qe4 Qf2 46.Qxe5+ Ka8 47.Qe4 Rf8 48.Rc1 Rxf3 49.Qe8+ Ka7 50.Qxh5 Rh3
51.Qc5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Nc4 Qa6 12.Bf4 Nb6 13.Bd6 Bxd6 14.Nxd6 Bg4 15.e4 Rad8
16.e5 Ne8 17.Ne4 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Rxd4 19.Nc5 Qa5 20.Nxb7 Qxe5 21.Bxc6 Rd2 22.Qa3 Nf6
23.Rad1 Qxb2 24.Qxb2 Rxb2 25.a4 Nxa4 26.Ra1 Nc3 27.Rxa7 Ne2+ 28.Kh1 Nd4 29.Bg2 Ng4
30.Kg1 Ne2+ 31.Kh1 Rb1 32.h3 Nxf2+ 33.Kh2 Rxf1 34.Bxf1 Nc3  0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.Rd1 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qc7 13.Nc3 Bg4 14.a3 exd4 15.Rxd4 Nc6
16.Rd1 Ne5 17.Bf4 Nh5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Nd5 Nf4 20.Nxf4 exf4 21.e5 g6 22.Bb3 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Rad8 24.Qe4 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.Qxf4 Qe7 28.Qd4 Qg5+
29.Kf1 Qc1+ 30.Ke2 Bb6 31.Bxf7+ Kxf7 32.e6+ Ke7 33.Qd7+ Kf6 34.Qf7+ Kg5 35.Qe7+ Kf5
36.Qf7+ Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Bb4
9.Bd3 O-O 10.a3 Ba5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.O-O e5 13.Qf5 Re8 14.Bb5 g6 15.Qg5 Re6
16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.dxe5 Bxc3 18.Bxc3 Ne4 19.Qf4 Nxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2008.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Appel,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Be3 Ne8
9.Nf3 Rb8 10.a3 g6 11.g4 Ng7 12.Qc2 Nf6 13.b4 b6 14.Rb1 Bd7 15.Rb3 h5 16.g5 Nfe8
17.Qb2 Nc7 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Rxb8 Qxb8 20.Qxb8 Rxb8 21.Bc2 Na8 22.Kd2 Ne8 23.h4 Bd8
24.Ba4 Bxa4 25.Nxa4 Nb6 26.Nxb6 axb6 27.Kc2 Ra8 28.Kb3 Ra7 29.Nd2 f6 30.Rg1 fxg5
31.hxg5 Rf7 32.Rh1 Kf8 33.Rh3 Ke7 34.Nf3 Kf8 35.Nh4 Kg7 36.Ng2 Kh7 37.Rg3 Re7
38.Bc1 Rb7 39.Kc2 Re7 40.Kd3 Nc7 41.Bd2 Ne8 42.Kc2 Ng7 43.Nh4 Ne8 44.Kb3 Ra7
45.Be3 Be7 46.Nf3 Nc7 47.a4 Ne8 48.Ng1 Bf8 49.Ne2 Re7 50.Rf3 Kg7 51.Nc3 Kg8
52.Rh3 Rf7 53.Kc2 Be7 54.Rh1 Bd8 55.Nb5 Kh7 56.Kd3 Kg8 57.Ke2 Kf8 58.Rb1 Rh7
59.Kf3 Re7 60.Kg3 Kg7 61.Re1 Kh7 62.Bd2 Rd7 63.Ra1 Kg8 64.f4 exf4+ 65.Bxf4 Kh7
66.Kg2 Kg8 67.Re1 Be7 68.Kf3 Kf8 69.e5 dxe5 70.Rxe5 Ng7 71.d6 Bd8 72.a5 bxa5
73.Rxc5 Rf7 74.Nd4 a4 75.Rc8 Ke8 76.c5 a3 77.c6 a2 78.c7 Rd7 79.Ra8  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2008.03.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Berkes,F"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Rc1 g6
9.h3 Qc7 10.g3 Bg7 11.Bf4 Qd8 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O Nh5 14.Bd2 f5 15.Qb3 e5 16.Ng5 exd4
17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Ne6 Qe7 19.Nxf8 Nxf8 20.Bxd5+ Kh8 21.Bb4 Qe5 22.c6 bxc6 23.Rxc6 Bd7
24.Bd6 Qe8 25.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2007-8"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2008.03.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Khenkin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.c4 Bxf3 6.gxf3 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e6 8.e4 Bb4
9.Qb3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 dxe4 11.Qxb7 O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Marseille FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nge4 b4
10.Nb1 c3 11.bxc3 bxc3 12.Ba3 c2 13.Qxc2 Nb4 14.Qc3 Qxd4 15.Qxd4 Nc2+ 16.Kd2 Nxd4
17.Kc3 Nf5 18.Nbd2 Bxa3 19.Rxa3 Nd7 20.Nc4 O-O 21.f4 Nb6 22.Nxb6 axb6 23.Bd3 Ba6
24.Bc2 Rfd8 25.g3 Be2 26.Rb1 b5 27.Rba1 Ne3 28.axb5 Rxa3+ 29.Rxa3 cxb5 30.Bb1 Rc8+
31.Kb3 Bd1+ 32.Ka2 Nc4 33.Ra7 Rd8 34.Nc3 g5 35.Nxb5 gxf4 36.gxf4 Rd2+ 37.Ka1 Rxh2
38.Bd3 Bb3 39.Bxc4 Bxc4 40.Nd6 Bd5 41.Rxf7 h5 42.Ra7 Kf8 43.Rf7+ Kg8 44.Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Marseille FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,And1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 Nc6 12.Qc2 h6 13.Rhd1 Be6 14.Kf1 Rc8 15.Qe2 Bd6
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Kg1 Ne5 18.Nd4 Ng4 19.Nf3 Ne5 20.Nd4 Ng4 21.g3 Ne5 22.Rac1 Bg4
23.f3 Bh5 24.Kg2 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Nc6 26.Nxc6 bxc6 27.Qc2 Qf6 28.Be2 Bg6 29.Qc3 Qxc3
30.Rxc3 Rb8 31.b3 Bb1 32.a3 a5 33.Bd1 Rb6 34.Kf2 Kf8 35.Rc1 Bf5 36.Rc5 Ra6
37.Be2 Rb6 38.Bd1 Ra6 39.g4 Bd7 40.Ke2 Ke7 41.Kd3 Kd6 42.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Marseille FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Baklan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 d6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rfe1 c5 12.e4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bc5 14.Ncb5 Ng4 15.h3 e5
16.hxg4 exd4 17.a3 Qf6 18.g5 Qxf2+ 19.Kxf2 d3+ 20.Kf1 dxc2 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Ne5
23.bxc5 Nxc4 24.Bf4 dxc5 25.Nc7 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 f6 27.g6 hxg6 28.Ra2 g5 29.Bc1 Nd6
30.Nd5 Re8 31.Rxc2 Nxe4 32.Bxe4 Rxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Noyon FRA"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qe2 Bd7
16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Nd2 Rae8 18.f3 Nf4 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Ne4 Nh3+ 21.Kg2 Nf4+ 22.Kg1 Nh3+
23.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Noyon FRA"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Re1 b5
9.a4 bxa4 10.e4 cxd4 11.e5 Nd5 12.Rxa4 Bc5 13.Nbd2 N5b6 14.Ra1 Bb7 15.Ne4 Be7
16.Bg5 O-O 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Bb1 Rfd8 19.Qxd4 Rab8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Noyon FRA"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 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 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 13.d5 Rc8 14.b3 Qc7 15.Bd3 Nd7
16.Bd2 f5 17.Bb4 Nc5 18.Nc3 f4 19.Rb1 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Ba8 21.a4 Nb7 22.Qd2 Rfe8
23.Rec1 Qb6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Qe2 Nc5 26.Bxc5 Rxc5 27.b4 Rc4 28.Nd2 Rd4 29.Rd1 Rb8
30.Qf3 Bb7 31.Ne2 Rxd2 32.Rxd2 Rf8 33.Rc2 Bh4 34.Rbc1 Rf7 35.Nc3 g6 36.Qg4 Bf6
37.Qe6 Kf8 38.Nb1 Kg7 39.Na3 Re7 40.Qg4 h5 41.Qe2 f3 42.Qe3 Qd8 43.Nxb5 fxg2
44.Rc7 Ba6 45.Rxe7+ Bxe7 46.Nc7 Bc8 47.Rc2 Bg5 48.Qb3 Kh6 49.b5 Bf4 50.Qf3 Qh4
51.Ne6 Bxe6 52.dxe6 Qg5 53.Qxg2 Qf6 54.b6 Qxe6 55.Rb2  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Noyon FRA"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kozakov,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bd2 Bg7 17.a4 exd4 18.cxd4 c5 19.Bf4 Nf8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.d5 Qb6
23.Qd2 h5 24.Bh6 Bh8 25.b3 Bb7 26.Kh1 Qa6 27.Nh4 Qa2 28.Re2 Qa1+ 29.Kh2 N8d7
30.f4 Qd4 31.Qe1 Qb4 32.Qc1 Nh7 33.f5 Ne5 34.Bd2 Qd4 35.fxg6 fxg6 36.Nxh5 gxh5
37.Nf5 Qa1 38.Nh6+ Kf8 39.Rf2+ Ke7 40.Qxa1  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Ne3 Bg5 17.Nd5 Bh6 18.b4 Rc8 19.bxc5 dxc5 20.a4 Qd6 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nc3 b4
23.Nd5 Ne7 24.Bc4 Nxd5 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Nxe5 Bxc4 27.Nxc4 Qc6 28.Qh5 Bf4 29.Ra7 Bb8
30.Rae7 Bd6 31.R7e4 Rfd8 32.Qf3 Bf8 33.h4 Rb8 34.h5 Qc7 35.Nd2 h6 36.g3 Qd7
37.Kg2 Re8 38.Rxe8 Rxe8 39.Rxe8 Qxe8 40.Qd5 Kh8 41.Nc4 Kg8 42.Ne5 Qe6 43.Qxe6 fxe6
44.Kf3 Bd6 45.Ke4 Kf8 46.f4 Ke7 47.g4 Kf8 48.g5 Ke8 49.gxh6 gxh6 50.Ng4 Bf8
51.f5 Ke7 52.f6+ Ke8 53.Ke5 Kd7 54.Kf4 Kd8 55.Kf3 Kd7 56.Ke3 Kd8 57.Kf4 Kc7
58.Ke4 Kd8 59.Ne5 Ke8 60.Nc4 Kd8 61.Ke5 Kd7 62.Nb6+ Kc7 63.Nc4 Kd7 64.Nb6+ Kc7
65.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.a4 bxa4 14.Ncb4 Nxb4 15.cxb4 O-O
16.Rxa4 a5 17.b5 Bd7 18.Nc3 Qb6 19.Be2 Rbc8 20.O-O Be6 21.Qd3 Bd8 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.Qxd5 Rc2 24.Bc4 Rxb2 25.Ra2 Rb4 26.Rd1 Qb8 27.Bf1 Bb6 28.Qxd6 Rxe4 29.Qxb8 Rxb8
30.g3 Kf8 31.Rd6 Rd4 32.Rc6 Ke7 33.Kg2 Rd6 34.Rac2 Rbd8 35.Bc4 f5 36.Kf1 Rxc6
37.bxc6 Kd6 38.Ke2 g6 39.h3 Kc7 40.g4 e4 41.f3 Rd4 42.gxf5 gxf5 43.Bg8 Rd3
44.fxe4 Rg3 45.Bd5 f4 46.e5 Re3+ 47.Kf1 f3 48.Rd2 Rc3 49.Rd1 Rc2 50.e6 Rg2
51.Ke1 Rg1+ 52.Kd2 f2 53.Bc4 Kxc6 54.Ke2 Bc5 55.Bb3 Rg5 56.Kf1 Re5 57.Ba4+ Kb6
58.Bb3 h6 59.Kg2 Re1 60.Ba4 f1=Q+  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Qa5 8.Nb3 Nxc3
9.Bd2 Ne4 10.Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 O-O 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.Qe3 d5 14.O-O d4 15.Qd3 Rd8
16.a3 Ne5 17.b4 Nxd3 18.bxa5 Nc5 19.Rab1 Rb8 20.Ne4 Na4 21.Rb4 Bd7 22.Rfb1 Bc6
23.Nc5 Nxc5 24.Bxc6 Rdc8 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.Rxb7 Nxb7 27.Rxb7 g5 28.Rb4 a6 29.Kf1 Rc5
30.Ke1 Rxa5 31.a4 Kg7 32.Kd2 Kf6 33.Kd3 Ke5 34.f4+ gxf4 35.gxf4+ Kxf4 36.Kxd4 e5+
37.Kd3 Kf5 38.Kc3 Ke4 39.Kb3 Ke3 40.Rb7 e4 41.Rxf7 Re5 42.Rxh7 Kxe2 43.Kc3 e3
44.Rf7 Ke1 45.Rf4 e2 46.Kc2 Ra5 47.h4 Rxa4 48.h5 Ra2+ 49.Kc1 Ra3 50.h6 Rc3+
51.Kb2 Rh3 52.Rf6 Kd2 53.Rd6+ Ke3 54.Re6+ Kd3 55.Rd6+ Kxc4 56.Re6 Kd3 57.Rd6+ Ke3
58.Re6+ Kd3 59.Rd6+ Kc4 60.Re6 Rh2 61.Kc1 Kd3 62.Rd6+ Ke3 63.Re6+ Kf2 64.Rf6+ Ke1
65.Kc2 a5 66.Kb3 Rh4 67.Ka3 Rh1  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Ng4 10.f4 Bxc5 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.Ke2 Nh6 13.h3 Nf5 14.Re1 h5 15.Kf1 Be6
16.a3 a5 17.Bxf5 Bxf5 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 O-O-O 20.Be3 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Bxe3 22.Rxe3 Kb7
23.Rae1 Qd4 24.R1e2 Qxe4 25.Rxe4 Rd5 26.Kf2 Kc7 27.Kg3 Kd7 28.e6+ fxe6 29.Rxe6 g5
30.Re7+ Kd6 31.R7e6+ Kd7 32.Re7+ Kd6 33.R7e6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bd2 Nhf6
9.Qc2 Qc7 10.e4 e5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.b4 Be7 13.g3 O-O 14.Bg2 a5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Bf4 axb4 17.Bxe5 Qc6 18.Ne2 Be6 19.O-O Nd7 20.Bf4 b6 21.Bd2 bxc5 22.Bxb4 Qa4
23.Qxa4 Rxa4 24.Bxc5 Nxc5 25.dxc5 Bxc5 26.Nf4 Rfa8 27.Nxd5 R8a5 28.Rab1 Rxa2
29.Rb8+ Kh7 30.Be4+ f5 31.Nf4 Ba7 32.Rf8 fxe4 33.Nxe6 e3 34.fxe3 Bxe3+ 35.Kh1 Ra1
36.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 37.Kg2 Ra2+ 38.Kf3 Bg1 39.h4 Rf2+ 40.Kg4 Rxf8 41.Nxf8+ Kg8
42.Ne6 g6 43.h5 Kf7 44.Nf4 gxh5+ 45.Kxh5 Bh2 46.Ne6 Kxe6 47.Kxh6 Bxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 Bh6+ 14.Be3 Bxe3+
15.Qxe3 Qb6 16.Qxb6 axb6 17.a3 Be6 18.Bd3 Kg7 19.Rhe1 Rfd8 20.Be4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rc8
22.a4 f5 23.Bd3 Ra8 24.b3 Kf6 25.Kd2 Bd5 26.c4 Bf7 27.Kc3 c5 28.Bc2 Be8 29.Ra1 Ke5
30.Re1+ Kd6 31.Rd1+ Kc7 32.Re1 Kd6 33.Rd1+ Kc7 34.Re1 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nbd2 f6 12.c4 bxc4 13.Nxc4 Bc5 14.Ne3 Na5 15.d4 exd4
16.Nxd4 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 Bxd4 18.Qxb7 Bxe3 19.Bxe3 Qd7 20.Rad1 Rfd8 21.Qb3 Rab8
22.Qa3 Qb5 23.Ba7 Ra8 24.Bc5 c6 25.Rd4 Re8 26.Rde4 Kf7 27.f3 f5 28.Rxe8 Rxe8
29.Rxe8 Kxe8 30.Bf2 Qb7 31.Qd6 Kf7 32.Qe5 Qd7 33.Qd4 h6 34.b3 Qb7 35.Qd3 Qc8
36.Bg3 g5 37.Kh2 Kg6 38.Qe2 h5 39.h4 g4 40.fxg4 hxg4 41.Qe5 Qd7 42.Qb8 Qf7
43.Qc8 Kh5 44.Qh8+ Kg6 45.Qc8 Kh5 46.Qh8+ Kg6 47.Qc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Na6 9.O-O Nb4
10.Re1 O-O 11.e4 dxe4 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 f6 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.Bc3 Be8 16.Qe2 Bf7
17.Rad1 b6 18.Ng3 Re8 19.Qe4 Bf8 20.Qg4 Ra7 21.Nh5 Bg6 22.Ng3 Bf7 23.h4 Rd7
24.h5 h6 25.Rd2 Na2 26.Rde2 Nxc3 27.bxc3 Bd6 28.Nf1 c5 29.Ne3 f5 30.Qh3 cxd4
31.cxd4 Qf6 32.Rb1 Bc7 33.Ree1 Red8 34.Nc2 Rd6 35.Ne3 Kh7 36.d5 exd5 37.cxd5 Bxd5
38.Qxf5+ Kh8 39.Ne5 Qxf5 40.Nxf5 Rf6 41.Ne7 Bxe5 42.Rxe5 Bf7 43.f3 Kh7 44.Rb2 Rd4
45.Nc8 Rxa4 46.Nxb6 Rb4 47.Rxb4 axb4 48.Rb5 b3 49.Nd7 Rd6 50.Nf8+ Kg8 51.Rb8 Bxh5
52.Ne6+ Kh7 53.Nf8+ Kg8 54.Ne6+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc6 6.O-O Bg4 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bc5
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rb1 b6 12.Bf5 Kh8 13.g4 Bg6 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.Be3 Be7
16.Rb5 Rxf3 17.Qxf3 Nxe5 18.Qg3 Nc4 19.Bf4 c6 20.Rbb1 Bh4 21.Qd3 Qf6 22.Qd4 Kg8
23.Rbd1 Qf7 24.Bg3 Bf6 25.Qf4 Bxc3 26.Re2 Qxf4 27.Bxf4 Rf8 28.Bg3 Kf7 29.h4 Re8
30.Kf1 Nb2 31.Rc1 Re6 32.Rxe6 Kxe6 33.Ke2 a5 34.f4 Na4 35.Rh1 h5 36.f5+ gxf5
37.gxh5 Bf6 38.Be1 Nc5 39.Rg1 a4 40.Bf2 Nd7 41.Be3 b5 42.h6 gxh6 43.h5 Ne5
44.Bxh6 Ng4 45.Bf8 Bd4 46.Rf1 Kf6 47.h6 Kg6 48.Rh1 Kh7 49.Rh5 Kg6 50.Rh1 Kf7
51.Bb4 Nf2 52.Rh2 Ne4 53.h7 Bh8 54.Rg2 c5 55.Bxc5 Nxc5 56.Rg8 Be5 57.h8=Q Bxh8
58.Rxh8 Ke6 59.Rb8 Ne4 60.Kd3 Nd6 61.Kd4 f4 62.Rb6 f3 63.Ke3 d4+ 64.Kxf3 Kd5
65.Ke2 Kc5 66.Rb8 Kc4 67.Rd8 Ne4 68.Rc8+ Kb4 69.Kd3 Nc3 70.Kxd4 Nxa2 71.c4 Nc3
72.cxb5 Nxb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3 Bd6 8.Be3 Ne7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Qb3+ Kh8 11.h3 Bh5 12.Rfe1 Qd7 13.Qd1 exd4 14.Bxd4 Ng6 15.Be3 Rad8
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Qxh5 Nd3 18.Reb1 Bf4 19.Qf3 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Rfe8 21.Nb3 f5 22.f3 Qe7
23.Rd1 fxe4 24.fxe4 Nxb2 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Na5 Nd1 27.Qf3 Qc5+ 28.Kh2 Nxc3
29.Nxb7 Qe5+ 30.Qg3 Qxg3+ 31.Kxg3 Nxe4+ 32.Kf3 Ng5+ 33.Kg4 Rd5 34.Rc1 Nf7
35.Kf4 g5+ 36.Ke3 Re5+ 37.Kd4 Rd5+ 38.Ke3 Re5+ 39.Kd4 Rb5 40.Nc5 a5 41.g4 Rb2
42.a4 Ra2 43.Re1 Rd2+ 44.Kc3 Rf2 45.Re7 Kg7 46.Rxc7 Rf3+ 47.Kd4 Rxh3 48.Rxc6 Rh4
49.Ne6+ Kf6 50.Nc5+ Kg7 51.Ne6+ Kf6 52.Nc5+ Kg7 53.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nxe5 Qd4 7.Nf3 Qxe4 8.d3 Qg4
9.Nc3 Be6 10.Re1 h6 11.h3 Qh5 12.Re5 g5 13.Ne2 Qg6 14.Ned4 Bd7 15.Qe2 f6
16.Ne6 Kf7 17.d4 Bd6 18.Nc5 fxe5 19.Nxd7 Qf5 20.Ndxe5+ Kg7 21.Nc4 Rf8 22.Nxd6 cxd6
23.Qe7+  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Qd2 b6 8.e4 bxc5
9.exd5 cxd4 10.Qxd4 c5 11.Qd2 Nxf4 12.Qxf4 g6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Qxe5 Rg8 15.Bc4 Bg7
16.Qe2 Bd4 17.O-O Kf8 18.Rfe1 Rb8 19.Rad1 Rb6 20.Rd3 Bf5 21.Rd2 Qd6 22.Qf3 Kg7
23.Rde2 Qf6 24.Nd1 Re8 25.b3 Bd7 26.Qg3 Rd6 27.Re4 h6 28.h4 Kf8 29.Rf4 Qg7
30.Rfe4 Qf6 31.Ne3 h5 32.Nc2 Bf5 33.Rf4 Bc3 34.Re2 Qg7 35.Ne3 Bd7 36.Re4 f5
37.Rxe7 Qxe7 38.Ng4 f4 39.Qxc3 Qg7 40.Ne5 Bg4 41.Re1 Kg8 42.a4 Qf6 43.a5 Kg7
44.g3 fxg3 45.Qxg3 Bc8 46.Kh2 Rf8 47.Nd3 Bg4 48.Kg1 Rc8 49.Re5 Bf3 50.Kh2 Rcd8
51.Rg5 Rf8 52.Nxc5 Qa1 53.Qe5+ Qxe5+ 54.Rxe5 Rf5 55.Rxf5 gxf5 56.b4 Rg6 57.Ne6+ Kf6
58.Ng5 Bd1 59.Bxa6 Ke5 60.Bb7 Be2 61.Nf7+ Kf6 62.Ng5 Ke5 63.Bc6 Bc4 64.f4+ Kxf4
65.b5 Ke5 66.b6 Bxd5 67.Bxd5 Kxd5 68.b7 Rg8 69.a6 Kc6 70.Ne6 Kb6 71.Nc5 Rd8
72.Nd7+ Kc7 73.b8=Q+  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.05.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Qe7 10.e3 g5 11.Bg3 d6 12.h4 O-O-O 13.Be2 Nd7 14.Nb3 f5 15.Qc2 Rhf8
16.f3 e5 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.O-O-O Rde8 19.Bd3 Qf7 20.Rh6 Ba6 21.Nd2 exd4 22.exd4 Na5
23.Rdh1 Re7 24.Qa4 Re3 25.Rh7 Qe8 26.Qc2 Nf6 27.R7h6 Kb7 28.Bf2 Rxd3 29.Qxd3 Nd5
30.Re1 Qa4 31.Qc2 Qxa3+ 32.Qb2 Qxb2+ 33.Kxb2 Nxc4+ 34.Nxc4 Bxc4 35.Be3 g4
36.fxg4 fxg4 37.Rg6 a5 38.Rxg4 a4 39.Rg3 a3+ 40.Kxa3 Ra8+ 41.Kb2 Ra2+ 42.Kc1 Nxc3
43.Bd2 Ne2+ 44.Rxe2 Bxe2 45.Rg7 Ra4 46.Bc3 b5 47.g4 Bf3 48.g5 b4 49.Bb2 Ra5
50.Kc2 Bd5 51.Re7 Bc4 52.Bc1 Rf5 53.Bd2 Rf2 54.g6 Rg2 55.g7 Kc6 56.Re8 Bf7
57.Rb8 b3+ 58.Kc3 Rxg7 59.Kb2 Bc4 60.Kc3 Kd5 61.Rb7 Rg3+ 62.Kb2 Kxd4  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Poule Basse"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2008.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3
16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Qxd5 Rad8 18.Qg2 Qxg2+ 19.Kxg2 Bxd3 20.Be3 Be4+ 21.f3 Bc6
22.Nd2 Rfe8 23.Bd4 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 f6 25.Nf1 h5 26.Bb6 Re8 27.Ne3 Kf7 28.Kf2 h4
29.Rd1 Bb8 30.Nc2 g5 31.gxh4 gxh4 32.Rd4 Rh8 33.Nb4 Ba8 34.f4 a5 35.Na6 Ke6
36.Nxb8 Rxb8 37.Bxa5 Rg8 38.Ke3 Rg2 39.Rd2 h3 40.Rxg2 hxg2 41.Kf2 Kf5 42.Bd8 Kxf4
43.Bxf6 Kg4 44.h4 Bc6 45.b3 Bd5 46.Be7 Kh3 47.Kg1 Kg4 48.Bd8 Kh5 49.Kf2 Kg4
50.a4 Bxb3 51.axb5 Bd5 52.Bc7 Kxh4 53.Bh2 Kg4 54.Ke3 Kf5 55.Kd4 Ke6 56.c4 Bf3
57.Kc5 Be2 58.Kb4 Bd3 59.c5 Kd5 60.Bg1 Bg6 61.Ka5 Be8 62.Ka6 Bd7 63.b6  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Poule Basse"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ninov,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6
9.Nf3 e4 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.d4 exd3 12.Nxd3 O-O 13.Nc3 Qc7 14.h3 Ba6 15.Bf4 Bxf4
16.Nxf4 Qxf4 17.Bxa6 Rfe8+ 18.Ne2 Qb4+ 19.Qd2 Qb6 20.Bd3 c5 21.b4 cxb4 22.O-O Rad8
23.Rab1 Nc6 24.a3 a5 25.axb4 Nxb4 26.Ng3 Qc5 27.Ra1 h5 28.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 g6
30.Ne4 Nxe4 31.Qxe4 Kg7 32.Qc4 Qe5 33.Rb1 Rd5 34.Qe4 Qd6 35.Bf1 Qc5 36.c3 Rf5
37.cxb4 Qxf2+ 38.Kh1 axb4 39.Bd3 Qf4 40.Qxb4 Qxb4 41.Rxb4 Rd5 42.Bc2 Rd7
43.Bb3 Kf6 44.Rf4+ Kg7 45.Kg1 Rb7 46.Bc4 Rc7 47.Kf2 Re7 48.Kf3 Kf8 49.Bd5 Kg7
50.Rb4 Rd7 51.Ke4 Re7+ 52.Kf4 Re1 53.Rb7 Rf1+ 54.Ke5 Kf8 55.Rc7 Rf5+ 56.Kd6 Rf6+
57.Kc5 Rf1 58.g4 hxg4 59.hxg4 Kg7 60.Rb7 Rf4 61.g5 Rg4 62.Rxf7+ Kh8 63.Kd6 Rxg5
64.Be6 Rh5 65.Rf6 Kg7 66.Ke7 Rb5 67.Rf7+ Kh6 68.Rf1 Kg7 69.Rf7+ Kh6 70.Rf8 Rb2
71.Rg8 Kg5 72.Bf7 Rb6 73.Kf8 Kf5 74.Kg7 g5 75.Bh5 g4 76.Kh7 Rb7+ 77.Kh8 Rb4
78.Rg7 g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Poule Basse"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vaisser,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Nd5
9.Bd2 c5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.c4 Nb6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.dxc5 Rxc5 15.Qe2 Be7
16.O-O O-O 17.b3 Rfc8 18.Rcd1 Qe8 19.Be3 Ra5 20.Rd3 Rd8 21.Rfd1 Rxd3 22.Rxd3 Qc6
23.h3 Qe4 24.a4 Kh7 25.Rd4 Qg6 26.Rd1 Ra6 27.Ne5 Qf5 28.Qd3 Qxd3 29.Rxd3 f6
30.Nf7 Nc8 31.c5 Rc6 32.Rd7 Bxc5 33.Bxc5 Rxc5 34.Rxb7 Rc6 35.b4 a6 36.b5 axb5
37.axb5 Rb6 38.Rc7 Nd6 39.Nxd6 Rxd6 40.Rc1 Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Poule Basse"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Magem Badals,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.g3 O-O 11.Rc1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Bd3 a6 15.g4 c5
16.dxc5 Nbd7 17.Ne4 Nxc5 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Qc2 Qd6 20.g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Greek Cup S/F PO Rapid"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolaidis,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nc3 c6 7.a3 dxc4 8.Ne5 b5
9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 a6 11.O-O Qd8 12.e3 Be7 13.b3 cxb3 14.Qxb3 O-O 15.Rfc1 Ra7
16.Ne4 Ba8 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Rxc5 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Rac1 Rc7 21.Qc3 Qd6 22.f4 Rb8
23.Bf3 Rcc8 24.Qa5 Bb7 25.Kf2 Qc7 26.Qd2 Qd8 27.h4 a5 28.h5 Ba6 29.Bxc6 b4
30.axb4 axb4 31.Be4 Rxc5 32.Rxc5 b3 33.Qb2 Qb6 34.Rc3 Qb5 35.Bd3 Qxh5 36.Rxb3 Qh2+
37.Kf3 Qxb2 38.Rxb2 Rxb2 39.Bxa6 Kf8 40.Bd3 Ke7 41.Be4 f5 42.Bd3 g5  0-1

[Event "Greek Cup S/F PO Rapid"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nikolaidis,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 Qc7 7.Bf4 Qc8 8.e4 Bxe4
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.Nc4 Nbd7 12.Be2 Nd5 13.Nd6+ Bxd6 14.Bxd6 f5 15.g4 N7f6
16.Rg1 Kf7 17.O-O-O b5 18.h4 Qd7 19.h5 f4 20.g5 f3 21.Bxf3 exf3 22.Qxf3 Rag8
23.h6 gxh6 24.gxf6 Rg6 25.Rxg6 hxg6 26.Rg1 e5 27.Bxe5 Rg8 28.Rh1 Rh8 29.Rg1 Rg8
30.Qd3 a5 31.Qd2 g5 32.Qxa5 Nxf6 33.Qa3 Qf5 34.Qe3 Nd5 35.Qe2 Kg6 36.Rh1 Nf4
37.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 38.Qe3 Qxe3+ 39.fxe3 h5 40.Kd2 g4 41.Ke2 Kg5 42.e4 h4 43.d5 g3
44.Kf3 Rf8+ 45.Kg2 Kg4 46.Rd1 Rf2+ 47.Kg1 Kf3 48.dxc6 Rg2+ 49.Kh1 Rh2+ 50.Kg1 Rg2+
51.Kf1 Rf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Greek Cup S/F"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nikolaidis,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 b6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bb7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.f3 d6 7.e4 e6 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Nxc6 Rxc6 13.Rfd1 Qb8 14.Nb5 Rd8 15.Kh1 h6
16.Bf1 a6 17.Nd4 Rcc8 18.Qf2 Nd7 19.Rd2 Ba8 20.Rad1 Ne5 21.b3 Kf8 22.Nc2 Nd7
23.e5 Nxe5 24.Bxb6 Re8 25.Ba5 Nd7 26.Ne3 Nf6 27.b4 Bb7 28.a3 Kg8 29.Qg3 Nh5
30.Qg4 Nf6 31.Qd4 Qa8 32.Qf4 Qa7 33.Qd4 Qa8 34.Qf4 Qa7 35.Nc2 Qa8 36.Qg3 Nh5
37.Qf2 Nf4 38.Bb6 d5 39.Ne3 Bg5 40.g3 Ng6 41.cxd5 Bxe3 42.Qxe3 Bxd5 43.Kg2 Ne7
44.Bc5 Nf5 45.Qf2 a5 46.Bd3 axb4 47.axb4 Bb7 48.Bb1 Bc6 49.Ra2 Qb8 50.Be4 Qe5
51.Re2 Qf6 52.Bxc6 Rxc6 53.b5 Rc7 54.b6 Rb7 55.Red2 e5 56.Bd6 Re6 57.Bc7 Rexb6
58.Bxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Greek Cup 3rd Pl"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Siempos,K"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.h3 Ng6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Nbd2 h5
10.Bb5+ Kf8 11.Bd3 h4 12.Qc2 Nh5 13.O-O-O Bd7 14.c4 a6 15.Qc3 b5 16.b3 Ngf4
17.Bxf4 Nxf4 18.Bf1 Kg8 19.Ne1 Bf6 20.Nd3 b4 21.Qc2 a5 22.Nxf4 exf4 23.Nf3 a4
24.Bd3 axb3 25.axb3 Bc3 26.Nd2 f3  0-1

[Event "41st Festival GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2008.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 Qc7
9.e4 e5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.b4 Be7 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O e4 14.Ne1 Nb8 15.Qc1 Be6
16.Nc2 Nc6 17.Rb1 Bd8 18.a4 Ne7 19.Bf4 Qd7 20.b5 Ba5 21.Rb3 Bg4 22.Bxg4 Nxg4
23.Ne3 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Nf5 25.Ne2 axb5 26.axb5 g6 27.Qb2 Bd8 28.Rc1 Be7 29.c6 bxc6
30.bxc6 Qe6 31.c7 Rac8 32.Rb6 Qd7 33.Qb5 Qxb5 34.Rxb5 g5 35.Rxd5 gxf4 36.Rxf5 fxe3
37.Rc6 Ra8 38.Rf1 Rfc8 39.d5 Ra2 40.d6 Bxd6 41.Rxd6 Rxc7 42.Rd8+ Kg7 43.Ng3  1-0

[Event "41st Festival GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Na3 Nb6 13.d5 Na5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Be3 Qd7
16.Bxb6 cxb6 17.Ba2 Rfc8 18.Qd3 Ba6 19.Qe3 Qc7 20.Nc2 Nc4 21.Qc1 Bb7 22.Nb4 g6
23.Bb3 Rxa1 24.Qxa1 Bg7 25.Qc1 Rf8 26.Bc2 Bc8 27.Bd3 Bd7 28.Qc2 Bh6 29.Ra1 Na5
30.Re1 Nc4 31.Qe2 Ra8 32.Rd1 Qc8 33.Ne1 Bg5 34.Rb1 Nd2 35.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Festival GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.h3 Be6 12.Bd3 O-O-O 13.Kb1 Kb8 14.Nd2 g6 15.Nb3 Ng7
16.f3 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Nxf5 18.Rhe1 Nc4 19.Qc1 Qg5 20.g4 Ng7 21.f4 Qh4 22.e4 Qxh3
23.exd5 cxd5 24.Nc5 Ne6 25.b3 Nxc5 26.dxc5 Na5 27.b4 Nc4 28.Nxd5 Na3+ 29.Ka1 Rhe8
30.c6 bxc6 31.Qxc6  1-0

[Event "41st Festival GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.c3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.b4 Qd7 17.Ng3 a5 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.Qb3 Rfb8 20.a4 b4 21.Be3 c4 22.Qxc4 bxc3
23.Red1 Bb4 24.Rac1 Rc8 25.Qa2 Qd6 26.Ne2 Nd8 27.d4 Nxe4 28.dxe5 Qa6 29.Nf4 Rc4
30.Nd4 Rac8 31.Nb5 Nf7 32.Qc2 Bc5 33.Nd4 Bxd4 34.Rxd4 Qc6 35.Nxe6 Nxe5 36.Rcd1 Nd2
37.Ng5 Qg6 38.Rxc4 Ndxc4 39.Qxc3 h6 40.Bf4 Qf5 41.Bxe5 Nxe5 42.Qb3+ Kh8 43.Ne6 Qe4
44.Qd5 Qxa4 45.Rd4 Qa1+ 46.Kh2 Ng6 47.Qf5 Kh7 48.h4 Qe1 49.Re4  1-0

[Event "41st Festival GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O c6 7.a4 O-O 8.Re1 a5
9.h3 Nb6 10.Ba2 Nfd7 11.Be3 exd4 12.Bxd4 Nc5 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.Qe2 Qd6 15.Rad1 Qh6
16.Nd2 Be6 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.f4 f5 19.exf5 Qxe2 20.Rxe2 Bf6 21.Nde4 Bd4+ 22.Kh2 Rxf5
23.g3 Rff8 24.b3 Bxc3 25.Nxc3 c4 26.Re7 Rab8 27.bxc4 Rfd8 28.Rxb7 Nxc4 29.Ne4 h6
30.f5 Ne3 31.Rxd8+ Rxd8 32.g4 Nxc2 33.Ra7 Re8 34.Ng3  1-0

[Event "41st Festival GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Nf3 d5 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.b3 Ba6 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Nc3 Nh5 13.Bc1 Nhf6 14.Bb2 Qc7 15.Rac1 dxc4
16.bxc4 Bxc4 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nd5 19.Ne4 b5 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.exd6 Qd7 22.a4 f6
23.Ba3 Nb6 24.a5 Na4 25.Rd4 Bd5 26.Bc5 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 e5 28.Rd2 Rfd8 29.Qb3+ Qf7
30.Qe3 Rd7 31.a6 h6 32.f3 Qe6 33.Bxa7 Ra8 34.Rxc6 Raxa7 35.Qd3 b4 36.Rc8+ Kf7
37.Qh7 f5 38.Qg8+ Kf6 39.Rf8+ Rf7 40.Rxf7+ Rxf7 41.Qd8+ Kg6 42.d7 Nc5 43.Qe8  1-0

[Event "41st Festival GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2008.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bd3 a6 8.h3 b5 9.Nf3 Nf6
10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.a3 Ra7 13.Bf4 Rae7 14.Rc1 Qb6 15.b4 Nbd7 16.Qd2 Bb7
17.Be3 Qd8 18.Bf4 Qb6 19.Bg5 Rc8 20.Be3 Qd8 21.Bf4 Nb6 22.bxc5 Rxc5 23.Bxd6 Qxd6
24.e5 Qd8 25.exf6 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Bxf6 27.Ne4 Rc8 28.Nxf6+ Qxf6 29.Be4 Re8
30.Qd3 Nc4 31.Nd2 Bxd5 32.Qxd5 Rd8 33.Nxc4 Rxd5 34.Bxd5 bxc4 35.Bxc4 Qc3
36.Re4 Qxa3 37.g3 Kf8 38.Rf4 f5 39.Kg2 Qd6 40.h4 Ke7 41.Bb3 a5 42.Kg1 Qd3
43.Ba4 h6 44.Bc6 Kd6 45.Be8 g5 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.Ra4 Qd1+ 48.Kg2 Qd5+ 49.Kh2 Ke7
50.Bh5 Qb5 51.Ra2 g4 52.Bg6 a4 53.Bh7 Kf8 54.Rc2 Qd7 55.Bg6 Kg7  0-1

[Event "41st Festival GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2008.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Bc4
16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5 18.Bf4 c5 19.Qb2 Rad8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.f3 f5 22.exf5 Qxf5
23.Re1 Qd5 24.Qa3 Qc6 25.Qxa7 Ra8 26.Qe7 Nd5 27.Qd6 Qxd6 28.Bxd6 Nxc3 29.Bxc5 Rxa2
30.Bf1 Bxf1 31.Kxf1 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Festival GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2008.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 e6 6.Qc2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O Be6 10.Rd1 Nb4 11.Qd2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.a3 exf3 14.Bxf3 Nc6 15.d5 Ne5
16.dxe6 Nxf3+ 17.gxf3 fxe6 18.Qc2 Qg5+ 19.Kf1 Rd8 20.Qa4+ Kf7 21.Rxd8 Qxd8
22.Qf4+ Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Festival GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd2 Na5 12.Bc2 b5 13.Rad1 b4 14.Qd3 g6 15.d5 exd5
16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.Qxd5 Nxd5 18.Rxd5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Nb7 20.Rd4 h6 21.Nf3 a5 22.Be4 Rb8
23.Rc1 Be6 24.h4 Bxa2 25.Ne5 Be6 26.Rc7 Nd8 27.Ra7 Rb5 28.Nd7 Bxd7 29.Rdxd7 Kg7
30.Ra6 Kg8 31.Bd5 Kg7 32.g4 Re8 33.Kf1 Rc5 34.Ra8 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Rc2 36.Bxf7  1-0

[Event "83rd ch-FRA"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nataf,IA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Kh8 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.Bf1 f5 13.a4 fxe4 14.Ndxe4 Nf5 15.Kh1 Nh6
16.f3 Ng8 17.c5 Nf6 18.Nxf6 Bxf6 19.Ne4 g5 20.b5 b6 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.g3 Ng6
23.Ba3 Be7 24.Rc1 Bb7 25.Bh3 a6 26.Bb4 axb5 27.axb5 Ra2 28.Qb3 Qa8 29.Be6 Ra4
30.Red1 Rxb4 31.Qxb4 Rxf3 32.Rc7 Nf8 33.Rxe7 Nxe6 34.Rxe6 Qf8 35.Kg1 Bxd5
36.Qxd6  1-0

[Event "83rd ch-FRA"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Degraeve,JM"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 h6 7.a3 Re8 8.Ne2 Ne7
9.Ng3 Ng6 10.Re1 c6 11.Ba4 Bc7 12.c3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.d4 Bg4 15.Bc2 exd4
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.cxd4 Nh4 18.Qd3 Bxf3 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Bxh6 gxh6 21.Qxh6+ Ke7
22.Qxh4+ Kd6 23.gxf3 Bd8 24.Ne4+ Kc7 25.Qg3+ Kb6 26.Qe5 Qg8+ 27.Ng3 Bf6 28.Qe4 Re8
29.Qg4 Qxg4 30.fxg4 Bxd4 31.Nf5 Bf6 32.Kf1 Rh8 33.Kg1 Re8 34.Kf1 Rh8 35.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "83rd ch-FRA"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,And1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Be3 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bf3 Na5 10.O-O Nc4 11.Bc1 Bc5 12.Kh1 Ne7 13.Qd3 O-O 14.a4 Qb6 15.Nb3 Bb4
16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Rxa8 18.Qxd7 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Ng6 20.Qd4 Nh4 21.Qxb6 Nxb6
22.Rd1 Nxf3 23.gxf3 Nc4 24.Kg1 Bc6 25.Kf2 f6 26.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "83rd ch-FRA"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Feller,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Re8
9.Qc2 exd4 10.Nxd4 c6 11.Rad1 a6 12.f3 Qc7 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.Rfd1 Rad8
16.a4 a5 17.Bf1 Bc8 18.Qf2 Qe7 19.Nb3 Be6 20.Nxa5 Ra8 21.b4 c5 22.Nb5 cxb4
23.Bb6 Bh6 24.Rc2 Ra6 25.c5 Rxb6 26.cxb6 Ra8 27.Rc7 Qf8 28.Nc4 Rxa4 29.Nxe5 dxe5
30.Bc4 Bxc4 31.Rxc4 Ra5 32.Nd6 Qxd6  0-1

[Event "83rd ch-FRA"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vaisser,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.Nexd4 Nc5
9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Be2 Bd7 12.O-O Ne4 13.Kh1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 f5 15.exf6 Bxf6
16.Ne5 Nd6 17.Qb3 Bc6 18.Rae1 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Nc4 20.Bxc4 dxc4 21.Qxc4 Qd5 22.Qxd5 Bxd5
23.b3 b5 24.Rd1 Rad8 25.Rd4 Bc6 26.Rfd1 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 Bd5 28.Kg1 Rc8 29.Rb4 a6
30.g4 Kf7 31.Kf2 g6 32.h3 h6 33.a4 Bc6 34.axb5 axb5 35.Ke3 Ke7 36.Kd4 Rd8+
37.Kc5 Be8 38.c4 Rc8+ 39.Kb6 bxc4 40.bxc4 Bc6 41.c5 h5 42.Rb3 Bd5 43.Ra3 Rc6+
44.Kb5 hxg4 45.hxg4 Rc8 46.Ra7+ Ke8 47.Rg7 Be4 48.Bd6 Kd8 49.Kc4 Ra8 50.Kd4 Bd5
51.Rxg6 Kd7 52.Rg7+ Kc6 53.Ke5 Ra1 54.Rc7+ Kb5 55.Kd4  1-0

[Event "83rd ch-FRA"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bauer,Ch"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 Qd6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.d3 Nf6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qb3 Qxb3 10.axb3 Nb8 11.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Re1 Bd6 14.b4 Rfe8 15.Nc4 a6
16.Bd2 h6 17.h3 Rad8 18.Kf1 Re6 19.Na5 Rb8 20.d4 e4 21.Nh4 c6 22.Nf5 Bc7
23.Nb3 Rd8 24.Rad1 Kh7 25.Bc1 Nd5 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.dxc5 Rf6 28.Ne3 Nxe3+ 29.Bxe3 Re6
30.Rxd8 Bxd8 31.Rd1 Bf6 32.g4 Re7 33.Bf4 Bg5 34.Bd6 Re8 35.Ke2 Kg6 36.Bc7 f5
37.Rd6+ Bf6 38.f4 exf3+ 39.Kxf3 h5 40.Rd2 hxg4+ 41.hxg4 fxg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "83rd ch-FRA"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nd7
9.Nd2 Qf6 10.Qxf6 Nxf6 11.Nc4 Nd7 12.Bd2 f6 13.a4 Nf8 14.b4 Bd6 15.Rfb1 Kd7
16.Be3 Ne6 17.c3 Rhb8 18.Kf1 b6 19.b5 Bc5 20.d4 exd4 21.Rd1 cxb5 22.axb5 d3
23.Rxd3+ Ke8 24.e5 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.exf6 gxf6 27.Ke2 Ke7 28.Kf3 Bxe3
29.Nxe3 c6 30.Nf5+ Kd7 31.Rd1+ Kc7 32.Rd6 Nd8 33.c4 cxb5 34.cxb5 a6 35.bxa6 Rxa6
36.Rxf6 Ra5 37.Nd4 Rd5 38.Ke4 Rd7 39.g4 Re7+ 40.Kd3 Rf7 41.Rh6 Rxf2 42.Rxh7+ Kd6
43.Rh6+ Kc5 44.Rh5+ Kd6 45.Rb5 Kc7 46.Ke3 Rh2 47.Rh5 Kd6 48.h4 Nf7 49.Nf3 Rg2
50.Kf4 Ke7 51.Rb5 Nh6 52.Ne5  1-0

[Event "83rd ch-FRA"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Abergel,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.exd4 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Qg4 f5 12.Qe2 Nc7 13.f4 Nc6 14.Rd1 Nxd4 15.Qf2 Qe8
16.Be3 Nc6 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.a4 Qg6 19.a5 Rfd8 20.axb6 axb6 21.Bf1 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 b5
23.Bc5 Bf6 24.Rd6 Qe8 25.Bb6 Nd5 26.Nxd5 Bxd5 27.Bd4 Qe7 28.Bc5 Qc7 29.Rxd5 exd5
30.b4 Qd7 31.g3 Be7 32.Bd4 Bxb4 33.Qb2 Qe7 34.Qb3 Rd8 35.Be5 Bc5+ 36.Kg2 Bd4
37.Bxd4 Qe4+ 38.Kh3 Qxd4 39.Qxb5 Qf6  0-1

[Event "83rd ch-FRA"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Apicella,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 Re8
9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 Bf8 11.Ne1 Ng7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3 Be7 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.c5 fxe4 16.fxe4 Ng4
17.Bxg4 Bxg4 18.Nf2 Bd7 19.c6 bxc6 20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.Ng4 Qd7 22.Nh6+ Kh8 23.Rf7 Rf8
24.Raf1 Qe6 25.Bg5 Rxf7 26.Nxf7+ Kg8 27.Nh6+ Kh8 28.Bxe7 Qxe7 29.Rf7 Qd8
30.Ng4 Qe8 31.Rxc7 Qe6 32.Qh6 Bd7 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.Nf6 Nf5 35.exf5 Qg7 36.Qg5 gxf5
37.Qxf5 Rf8 38.Ncd5 Qg6 39.Qxg6 hxg6 40.b4 Rc8 41.a4 Rc2 42.a5 Ra2 43.Ne4 Kg8
44.Nxd6 Rd2 45.Ne4  1-0

[Event "83rd ch-FRA"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Be3 Bd6 7.Nbd2 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Be6 10.Qe2 c5 11.Nc4 Qd7 12.Nfd2 b5 13.Nxd6+ cxd6 14.f3 Nh6 15.Bf2 O-O
16.Be3 Nf7 17.O-O Rac8  1/2-1/2

[Event "83rd ch-FRA P/O g15+5"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Kh1 d5 12.Nxe5 Ncxe4 13.Be3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Ne4 15.c4 Nf6
16.Qf3 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Bf5 18.Qxb7 Be4 19.Qb3 Rb8 20.Nxf7 Rxf7 21.Bxf7+ Kf8
22.Qa2 Qc8 23.Be6 Qc6 24.Rf2 Qc3 25.Bd2 Qd4 26.Raf1 Bc5 27.Re2 Bc6 28.Be3 Bxg2+
29.Kxg2 Qe4+ 30.Rf3 Qg6+ 31.Kf1  1-0

[Event "83rd ch-FRA P/O g15+5"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.a3 h6 14.Bc1 Rd8 15.Rfe1 Bc8
16.Nd4 Bc5 17.Nb3 Rxd1 18.Nxd1 Bb6 19.Be3 Ke7 20.Kh2 Rd8 21.Kg3 Be6 22.Nc5 Bxc5
23.Bxc5+ Ke8 24.f4 b6 25.Bf2 Rd2 26.Bg1 Ne7 27.Ne3 Nf5+ 28.Nxf5 Bxf5 29.Kf3 Bxc2
30.Be3 Rd1 31.Rxd1 Bxd1+ 32.Kf2 h5 33.Ke1 Bc2 34.g4 hxg4 35.hxg4 Ke7 36.f5 g6
37.Bg5+ Ke8 38.Kd2 Bb1 39.fxg6 Bxg6 40.e6 fxe6 41.Bf4 Kd7 42.Be5 c5 43.Ke3 b5
44.Kf4 b4 45.a4 Bc2 46.a5 Kc6 47.Kg5 Bd1 48.Kh4 c4 49.g5 Bc2 50.Kh5 Kb5 51.g6 Bxg6+
52.Kxg6 Kxa5 53.Kf6 Ka4 54.Kxe6 Kb3 55.Kd5 a5 56.Bxc7 a4 57.Kd4 a3 58.bxa3 bxa3
59.Ba5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cruz Alvarez de Ron,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.O-O Bg4 7.c3 e5 8.d5 Ne7
9.Bb5+ c6 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Ba4 O-O 12.h3 Bc8 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Bg5 Rb8 15.Bb3 Rd8
16.Nbd2 h6 17.Be3 g5 18.Qc4 Ng6 19.Qa4 Bb7 20.Qxa7 c5 21.Nc4 Nxe4 22.Na5 Ne7
23.Nxb7 Ra8 24.Nxd8 Rxa7 25.Bxf7+ Kh7 26.Ne6 Qb8 27.Nxg7 Kxg7 28.Bb3 Nf5
29.Bc1 Nf6 30.Bc2 Ne7 31.b3 Ned5 32.Bb2 Nf4 33.c4 Ra6 34.Bf5 Qa8 35.a3 h5
36.b4 cxb4 37.axb4 Rxa1 38.Rxa1 Qb7 39.b5 Nxg2 40.Kxg2 g4 41.hxg4 hxg4 42.Bxg4 Nxg4
43.Kg3 Nf6 44.Nh4 Qe4 45.f3 Nh5+ 46.Kh3 Nf4+ 47.Kg4 Qxc4 48.Ra7+ Kf6 49.Kg3 Nh5+
50.Kh3 Qf4  0-1

[Event "4th ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shaw,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bb4
9.Bd2 O-O 10.a3 Ba5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.O-O Re8 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.b4 Bb6 15.a4 e5
16.Bb1 exd4 17.exd4 Nf8 18.Ba2 Bxd4 19.Nxd5 Ne6 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Bxe6 fxe6
22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Be3 a6 24.Rd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Qxb7 Qd1+ 27.Kh2 Qxa4
28.Bc5 h6 29.g3 Qb5 30.Qa8+ Kf7 31.h4 h5 32.Qc8 Qa4 33.Qb7+ Kg6 34.Qe4+ Kf7
35.Qe2 g6 36.Qf3 Qb5 37.Qa8 Bg7 38.Qc8 Qc4 39.Qd7+ Kg8 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Qf7 Qc3
42.Qa7 Qc4 43.Kg1 Kg8 44.Qa8+ Kh7 45.Qb7 Kg8 46.Qc8+ Kh7 47.Qd7 Kg8 48.Qe8+ Kh7
49.Qf7 Qc3 50.Qa7 Qc1+ 51.Kg2 Qc4 52.Qf7 Qe4+ 53.Kh2 Kh8 54.Qd7 Qc4 55.Qf7 Qe4
56.Qe8+ Kh7 57.Qd7 Qc4 58.Kg1 Qc1+ 59.Kg2 Qc4 60.Qa7 Kg8 61.Qc7 Qe4+ 62.Kg1 Qc4
63.Qb7 Kh8 64.Qf7 Qe4 65.Qe8+ Kh7 66.Qd7 Qe1+ 67.Kh2 Qe4 68.Qf7 Kh8 69.Qa7 Qc4
70.Kg1 Kg8 71.Qd7 Kh8 72.Qe8+ Kh7 73.Qf7 Qc3 74.Qa7 Qc1+ 75.Kg2 Qc4 76.Bf8 Qd5+
77.Kg1 Qd1+ 78.Kh2 Qd4 79.Bc5 Qd3 80.Qb7 Kg8 81.Qc6 Kf7 82.Bd6 Qb5 83.Qc8 Qa4
84.Bc5 Qb5 85.Bd6 Qa4 86.Qb7+ Kg8 87.Qe7 Qa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gordon,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Nh5
9.Rd1 Nf4 10.Bf1 c5 11.d5 Nf6 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.e5 Ne8 14.Re1 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nd6
16.Nd3 Bf5 17.Qb3 Qh4 18.Ne5 Qf6 19.Qa3 Rfc8 20.Rad1 g5 21.Na4 Re8 22.Nf3 g4
23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Ne1 Ne4 25.Nd3 g3 26.Naxc5 gxf2+ 27.Nxf2 Nxf2 28.Kxf2 Bg4  0-1

[Event "4th ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gormally,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Rg1 Nd7 11.Bg2 Qa5+ 12.c3 Be7 13.Qe2 O-O 14.h4 Bf6 15.Nb3 Qc7
16.Be4 Be5 17.g5 f5 18.gxf6 Nxf6 19.Bc2 a5 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.O-O-O Rae8 22.Nf3 Bf4
23.Kb1 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 e5 25.Ng5 h6 26.Nf3 Bg4 27.Rde1 Bxf3 28.Qxf3 e4 29.Qe3 Kh8
30.Rg6 Qe5 31.Reg1 Rf7 32.Qh3 Nd5 33.R6g4 e3 34.fxe3 Qxe3 35.Qxe3 Nxe3 36.Bg6 Nxg4
37.Bxf7 Re7 38.Bh5 Ne5 39.Kc2 Kh7 40.Kb3 g6 41.Bd1 Rc7 42.Bc2 Kg7 43.Bxg6 Nxg6
44.h5 Rc6 45.Ka4 Kf7 46.Rf1+ Ke7 47.hxg6 Rxg6 48.Kxa5 Ra6+ 49.Kb5 Rxa2 50.b4 Ra6
51.Rh1 Kd7 52.c4 Kc7 53.c5 Rf6 54.Rg1 Kc8 55.Rg8+ Kc7 56.Rg7+ Kc8 57.Rh7 Kb8
58.Kc4 b6 59.Kb5 bxc5 60.bxc5 Kc8 61.Rg7 Kb8 62.Kc4 Rf4+ 63.Kd5 Rf6 64.Ke5 Rc6
65.Kd5 Rf6 66.Re7 Kc8 67.Kc4 Rg6 68.Rf7 Rg4+ 69.Kb5 Rg6 70.c6 Rg1 71.Rf8+ Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Haslinger,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.O-O e6 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Nb5 Qb6
9.c3 a6 10.Nxd4 Ne7 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Be3 Qc7 13.f4 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Qh5 Kh8
16.Nf3 Ng8 17.Ne5 Nf6 18.Ng6+ Kg8 19.Ne7+ Kh8 20.Ng6+ Kg8 21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.Ng6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rausis,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.d4 a6 5.Nc3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.O-O Bb4
9.Bd2 O-O 10.Rfd1 a5 11.a3 Be7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nbd7 14.Nc3 Qb6 15.Bf4 a4
16.h3 Qa6 17.Rac1 Rad8 18.Qf1 h6 19.d5 Bc5 20.dxe6 fxe6 21.Rc2 Rde8 22.Ne5 Nxe5
23.Bxe5 Qa7 24.Rcd2 Re7 25.Kh1 Ref7 26.Qe2 Qa5 27.Bg3 e5 28.Bxe5 Bxf2 29.Bd6 Nh5
30.Qe6 Kh8 31.Bxf8 Ng3+ 32.Kh2 Rxf8 33.Qd6 Rf6 34.Qb8+ Kh7 35.Rxf2  1-0

[Event "4th ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abergel,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.h3 e5
9.Ne2 Ne7 10.c3 O-O 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 cxd4 13.Nexd4 c5 14.Ne2 d5 15.Ng3 dxe4
16.Nxe4 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 c4 18.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Jones,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nf1 cxd4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Re8
16.Ng3 d5 17.exd5 Bc5 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Ndf5 Qe5 20.Be3 g6 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.Qd4 Qxd4
23.Nxd4 Bxd5 24.a3 Rc8 25.Rd1 Ne6 26.Nge2 Nxd4 27.Nxd4 h5 28.f3 Nd7 29.Bf5 gxf5
30.Nxf5 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Rc7 32.Kf2 Ne5 33.Rd8+ Kh7 34.Rd6 Rc2+ 35.Kg3 Rxb2 36.Rh6+ Kg8
37.Rxa6 Ng6 38.Nh6+ Kg7 39.Nf5+ Kg8 40.Ra8+ Kh7 41.Ra7 h4+ 42.Nxh4 Nxh4 43.Kxh4 Kg6
44.Ra5 b4 45.Rg5+ Kh6 46.axb4 Rxb4+ 47.Rg4 Rb5 48.Kg3 Ra5 49.Kf4 Rh5 50.Rg8 Kh7
51.Rg3 Kh6 52.Ke4 Ra5 53.Ke3 Rb5 54.Rg8 Kh7 55.Rg4 Kh6 56.Kf4 Rh5 57.h4 f5
58.Rg8 Rxh4+ 59.Kxf5 Ra4 60.Rg6+ Kh7 61.Rd6 Kg7 62.f4 Ra1 63.Rd7+ Kf8 64.Ke6 Ra6+
65.Ke5 Rb6 66.Kf5 Ra6 67.Kg5 Rb6 68.Rd8+ Kf7 69.f5 Ra6 70.Rb8 Rc6 71.Rb5 Kg7
72.Rb1 Ra6 73.Rb7+ Kf8 74.Rh7 Rb6 75.Rh6 Rxh6 76.Kxh6 Kf7 77.Kg5 Kg7 78.f6+ Kf7
79.Kf5 Kf8 80.f7 Kxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Godena,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Nd2 g6 7.Ndf3 Bg7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Nd7 10.Nd3 b5 11.Bb3 a5 12.a3 N7b6 13.Nfe5 Qc7 14.Re1 Bf5 15.c3 Rad8
16.Qe2 a4 17.Ba2 f6 18.Nf3 Kh8 19.Nc5 e5 20.dxe5 fxe5 21.Bg5 Rde8 22.Nh4 e4
23.Rad1 Re5 24.Nxf5 Rfxf5 25.h4 e3 26.f4 Re8 27.h5 h6 28.hxg6 hxg5 29.Qh5+ Kg8
30.fxg5 Qg3 31.Bxd5+ cxd5 32.Kh1 Rf2 33.Rg1 Rf4 34.Qh7+ Kf8 35.Rdf1 e2 36.Rxf4+ Qxf4  0-1

[Event "4th ch-EU"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "David,Alb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.Bd3 h6 10.a3 Bd6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.O-O Bd7 13.Bc2 Nce7 14.Qd3 Ng6 15.Nxd5 exd5
16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Rc8 18.Be3 a6 19.Rfd1 Bb5 20.Qf5 Bd7 21.Qd3 Bb5 22.Qf5 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bator,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bf4 Qe7 11.Re1 a6 12.a4 Rb8 13.e4 Ng4 14.Qe2 Nge5 15.Nd2 Re8
16.h3 Qd8 17.Be3 f5 18.f4 Nf7 19.Kh2 Nf6 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Qf3 h5 22.Bf2 Qb6
23.Nde4 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Qxb2 25.Ng5 Nxg5 26.fxg5 Rf8 27.Ra3 Bd7  0-1

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Zagorskis,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 Bd7 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Nd5 e6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bb6 Qd7 14.Nc3 Ne8 15.Bd4 b5
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd2 Qb7 18.a3 Rd8 19.Rad1 f5 20.f3 fxe4 21.fxe4 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 e5
23.Qf2 Qe7 24.Kh2 Rb8 25.Na2 a5 26.Qd2 Nf6 27.Qxa5 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 Nxe4 29.Nc3 Nd2
30.Rf2 Nc4 31.Qa6 Qb7 32.Qxb7+ Rxb7 33.Ne4 d5 34.Nc5 Re7 35.c3 e4 36.Kg2 Rf7
37.Ne6+ Kg8 38.Nd4 Rxf2+ 39.Kxf2 Kf7 40.Nxb5 Nxb2 41.Ke3 Nc4+ 42.Kd4 e3 43.Kd3 Kf6
44.Ke2 Ke5 45.Kf3 Ke6 46.a4 Kd7 47.Nd4 Kd6 48.Ke2 Kc5 49.Ne6+ Kb6 50.Nf8 Ka5
51.Nxh7 Kxa4 52.Nf6 Nb6 53.Kxe3 Kb5 54.Kd4 Kc6 55.Ng4 Kd6 56.Ne5 Na8 57.Nxg6 Nc7
58.Nf4 Nb5+ 59.Kd3 Ke5 60.Nxd5 Kxd5  1-0

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Stocek,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O g6 5.d3 d5 6.c4 c6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.e4 dxe4
9.dxe4 Nfd7 10.Qe2 Nc5 11.e5 Nba6 12.Nb3 Qd3 13.Re1 O-O-O 14.Be3 Qxe2 15.Rxe2 Ne6
16.Bh3 Kb8 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Ng5 Rd3 19.c5 bxc5 20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.Bxc5 Rhd8 22.Nxe6 Rd1+
23.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24.Kg2 Bh6 25.Bxe7 c5+ 26.f3 Ba6 27.Bd6+ Kc8 28.Rc2 Be3 29.f4 Bd3
30.Rxc5+ Bxc5 31.Nxc5 Bc4 32.b3 Bd5+ 33.Kh3 Rd2 34.g4 Rxa2 35.Kh4 Rxh2+ 36.Kg5 h5
37.f5 gxf5 38.gxf5 h4 39.e6 Rf2 40.f6 h3 41.Bf4 Rxf4 42.Kxf4 h2 43.f7 h1=Q
44.f8=Q+ Kc7 45.e7 Qh2+ 46.Ke3 Qg1+ 47.Kd2 Qd4+ 48.Nd3 Be4 49.Qf4+ Kb6 50.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Ne4 h6 12.b3 c5 13.Bb2 Kd7 14.e6+ Kxe6 15.Rfe1 Kd5
16.Rad1+ Kc6 17.Rd8 b5 18.h4 Bd6 19.Rxh8 Nxh8 20.Bxg7 Bg4 21.Ne5+ Bxe5 22.Bxe5 Ng6
23.Bg3 Re8 24.f3 Bf5 25.h5 Nf8 26.Bf4 Nd7 27.g4 Bh7 28.Bxh6 Nf6 29.Nxf6 Rxe1+
30.Kf2 Re6 31.Nxh7 Rxh6 32.Ng5 f6 33.Ne4 f5 34.Ng3 fxg4 35.fxg4 Kd5 36.g5 Rd6
37.h6 Ke6 38.Ne4 Rd8 39.Ng3 Kf7 40.Nh5 Kg6 41.Nf4+ Kh7 42.Ke3 c4 43.bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3
16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Qxd5 Rad8 18.Qg2 Qxg2+ 19.Kxg2 Bxd3 20.Be3 Be4+ 21.f3 Bc6
22.Nd2 Rfe8 23.Nb3 f6 24.Bb6 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Rd7 26.Rd1 Kf7 27.Bc5 Bc7 28.Rxd7+ Bxd7
29.Nd2 h5 30.Bd4 Bc6 31.b3 f5 32.Kf2 g5 33.Be3 g4 34.f4 Ke6 35.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.f3 Bf5 20.Ne4 Bxe4 21.fxe4 Rxe4 22.Bd1 Qg6
23.Bc2 f5 24.Bd2 Rg4 25.Re2 Rf6 26.Rae1 Qf7 27.Re8+ Bf8 28.Rd8 Re4 29.Bxe4 fxe4
30.Qg2 e3 31.Bxe3 Qe7 32.Rxd5 cxd5 33.Qxd5+ Rf7 34.Bd2 Qf6 35.Bf4 Qg6 36.Re8 Kh8
37.Qe4 Qg4 38.Kg2 Rf6 39.d5 h5 40.Qe2 Qg6 41.Re6 Rxe6 42.dxe6 Be7 43.h4 Bxh4
44.e7 Bxe7 45.Qxe7 Qc2+ 46.Kf3  1-0

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Predojevic,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.a4 Bg4 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Kh8
9.a5 b6 10.axb6 axb6 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.b4 Nd8 13.h3 Be6 14.Bb2 Qb7 15.Re1 b5
16.Bb3 Bxb3 17.Qxb3 Ne6 18.g3 Kg8 19.Ra1 Ra8 20.Rxa8+ Qxa8 21.c4 Qb7 22.Bc3 bxc4
23.Nxc4 Bf8 24.Na5 Qb5 25.Qc4 Qxc4 26.Nxc4 d5 27.Ncxe5 dxe4 28.dxe4 Nxe4
29.Be1 f6 30.Nc6 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Meissner,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "B37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nc2 Nd7 10.Bd2 a5 11.Kh1 Nc5 12.f3 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Be3 Bxc2 15.Qxc2 Bd4
16.Bh6 Bg7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rad1 Rf6 19.f4 Qf8 20.g3 Kh8 21.Bf3 e5 22.Qg2 Rc8
23.b3 Rf7 24.Nb5 Rf6 25.Qb2 Kg8 26.Bd5+ Kg7 27.Bg2 Rd8 28.Rfe1 exf4 29.gxf4 h5
30.Nc7 Kh7 31.Nd5 Rf7 32.a3 Qg7 33.Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.b4 axb4 35.axb4 Nd7 36.Nc7 Nf8
37.Ne8+ Kh7 38.b5 Na5 39.Nxd6 Rxf4 40.c5 Rd7 41.Nxb7 Nxb7 42.c6 Rxd1 43.Rxd1 Na5
44.c7 Rc4 45.Bc6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kindermann,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Na5 8.Ba2 c5
9.c3 Nc6 10.Na3 h6 11.Nc2 Re8 12.b4 cxb4 13.cxb4 Bf8 14.b5 Ne7 15.d4 Ng6
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Qxd8 Rxd8 18.Bb2 Re8 19.h3 b6 20.Ne3 Bb4 21.Red1 Bb7 22.Nc4 Bxe4
23.Ncxe5 Kf8 24.Nxg6+ Bxg6 25.Ne5 Bc5 26.Nxg6+ fxg6 27.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dimitrov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Ne5 O-O 9.O-O Nfd7
10.f4 f6 11.Nd3 e5 12.a4 e4 13.Nb4 a5 14.axb5 axb4 15.Rxa8 bxc3 16.bxc3 cxb5
17.Bxb5 Bb7 18.Ra7 Bc6 19.Qb3 Rf7 20.Bxc6 Nxc6 21.Ra6 Qc8 22.Ra2 Ne7 23.Bd2 Bf8
24.Rfa1 f5 25.Ra8 Qc6 26.R1a6 Qc7 27.R8a7 Qc8 28.c4 Nf6 29.cxd5 Nfxd5 30.Rd6 Nc7
31.Rf6 Ncd5 32.Rxf7 Kxf7 33.Qa3  1-0

[Event "12th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sanchez,Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.e4 Be7 10.e5 dxc4 11.Qxc4 Nd5 12.Ne4 O-O 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Qb3 Rab8
16.Rac1 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Rfe1 Kh8 19.Nc3 N7b6 20.Re4 Qf7 21.Rce1 Rbe8 22.Rh4 Qg7
23.Ne4 Rg8 24.g3 Qg6 25.Nc5 e5 26.dxe5 fxe5 27.Rxe5 Ref8 28.Reh5 Rf6 29.Ne4 Re6
30.Nfg5  1-0

[Event "12th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sanchez,Joseph"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Nf5 Bxe3 8.Nxe3 d6
9.c4 Nge7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be2 f5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Nxf5 Bxf5 14.O-O Kh8 15.Qd2 Qd7
16.f4 Rae8 17.Bh5 g6 18.Bd1 Qg7 19.Ba4 Re6 20.Rad1 Bg4 21.Rde1 Qd4+ 22.Qxd4+ Nxd4
23.Rxe6 Bxe6 24.b3 a6 25.g3 Rb8 26.Rd1 c5 27.Kf2 b5 28.Rxd4 cxd4  0-1

[Event "12th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.Be3 Nd7 10.Nbd2 Nc5 11.Bxc5 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 dxc5 13.Bd5 Qd6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Qc2 Rfd8
16.Rfd1 Bf6 17.Nd2 Qxd3 18.Qxd3 Rxd3 19.Nc4 Rad8 20.Rxd3 Rxd3 21.Kf1 Kf8
22.Ke2 Rd8 23.Rd1 Rb8 24.Rd7 Rc8 25.Na5 Ke8 26.Rd2 Bg5 27.Rd1 Rb8 28.b3 Bf6
29.Kd3 Rb6 30.Nc4 Rb8 31.Kc2 Ke7 32.Nb2 Ke6 33.Kd3 Be7 34.Kc4 g6 35.Nd3 Rb5
36.Rb1 f5 37.Re1 f4 38.f3 Bd6 39.Rb1 Kf6 40.a4 Rb8 41.Nxc5 Kg5 42.b4 Kh4
43.a5 Kg3 44.Rb2 g5 45.Nd3 h5 46.Rd2 g4 47.fxg4 hxg4 48.hxg4 Kxg4 49.Ne1 Kg3
50.Nf3 Rh8 51.Kd3 Rb8 52.Rb2 a6 53.Re2 Rb5 54.Nd2 c5 55.bxc5 Bxc5 56.Nc4 Bf2
57.Kc2 Kxg2 58.Rd2 Kf3 59.Rd7 Kxe4 60.Rxc7 Kf3 61.Rc6 e4 62.Nd2+ Ke3 63.Re6 Bg3
64.Nxe4 Kf3 65.Nd2+ Kg2 66.Rxa6 f3 67.Nxf3 Kxf3 68.Rf6+ Ke4 69.a6 Ra5 70.Kb3 Be5
71.Rb6 Ra1 72.Kc4 Bh2 73.Re6+ Kf5 74.Rc6 Bg1 75.Kb5 Rb1+ 76.Kc4 Ke5 77.Rg6 Ra1
78.Kb5 Rb1+ 79.Kc4 Ra1 80.Kb5 Rb1+ 81.Kc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.Bb3 Qd7
9.Be3 g5 10.Bxg5 Rg8 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Kh2 O-O-O 13.Nbd2 Bg5 14.Nc4 f5 15.Ne3 fxe4
16.dxe4 Rgf8 17.Nxg5 Bxd1 18.Be6 Be2 19.Rfe1 Bd3 20.Bxd7+ Kxd7 21.Rad1 Ba6
22.Nf5 Ne7 23.Nxh7 Rh8 24.Nf6+ Ke6 25.Nxe7 Kxe7 26.Nd5+ Kd7 27.b3 Rdf8 28.f3 b5
29.Ne3 Bb7 30.Nf5 Ke6 31.g4 a5 32.Kg3 Ra8 33.h4 a4 34.b4 a3 35.h5 Raf8 36.Rd2 Bc8
37.Nh4 Rh7 38.Rf2 Rg8 39.Kh2 Kf6 40.Nf5 Be6 41.Ne3 Kg5 42.Rg1 Rf8 43.Kg3 Rhf7
44.Rgf1 c6 45.Nf5 d5 46.Re2 Rd8 47.exd5 Rxd5 48.Nh4 Kf6 49.Rfe1 Rd3 50.Re3 Bc4
51.Rxd3 Bxd3 52.Ng2 Bc4 53.Ne3 Bxa2 54.Ra1 Be6 55.Rxa3 Rd7 56.Kf2 Rd2+ 57.Ke1 Rh2
58.Ra6 Bd7 59.Ra7 Be6 60.Rc7 Bd5 61.Nxd5+ cxd5 62.Rc6+ Kg5 63.Rg6+ Kf4 64.h6 Ke3
65.Kd1 Kd3 66.Ke1 Ke3 67.Kd1 Kd3 68.Kc1 Kxc3 69.Rc6+ Kd3 70.g5 e4 71.fxe4 dxe4
72.Rd6+ Kc3 73.Rd7 Rh1+ 74.Rd1 Rh5 75.Rg1 e3 76.g6 e2 77.g7 Rg5 78.Re1 Rxg7
79.h7 Rc7 80.Kb1 Kd2 81.h8=Q Rc4 82.Rxe2+ Kxe2  1-0

[Event "12th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.d3 d5 5.O-O c5 6.c4 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.h4 h6 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.a3 Bf6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.b4 cxb4
16.axb4 a6 17.Bh3 Rc7 18.Bf4 Re7 19.Qd2 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 d4 21.Bg2 Qd7 22.e4 dxe3
23.fxe3 Ne5 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.Bxb7 Qxb7 27.e4 a5 28.bxa5 bxa5
29.Qf2 a4 30.Rc4 Qd7 31.Rd4 Qb5 32.Ra1 Ra8 33.Kg2 Re7 34.Rd5 Qb3 35.Qc5 Rea7
36.Qa3 Qc2+ 37.Kh3 Rb7 38.Qc5 Qxc5 39.Rxc5 a3 40.Rc3 a2 41.Rc2 Rb3 42.Rd2 Raa3
43.d4 Rxg3+ 44.Kh2 Rh3+ 45.Kg2 Rhd3 46.Rxd3 Rxd3 47.d5 f5 48.Rxa2 fxe4 49.Ra5 Kf7
50.Kf2 Kf6 51.Ra6+ Kf5 52.Ra5 Kf4 53.Ke2 g5 54.h5 g4 55.Ra6 Kg5 56.Ra5 Kxh5
57.Kf2 Kh4 58.Kg2 h5 59.Kf2 g3+ 60.Kg2 Rd2+ 61.Kf1 e3 62.Ra4+ Kh3 63.Ra1 Kh2
64.Ra4 g2+  0-1

[Event "12th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 c5 8.Be2 Ne4
9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Bg3 O-O 11.O-O d6 12.d5 e5 13.Nd2 Bh7 14.e4 Nd7 15.Bd3 Bg5
16.Nb1 Bf4 17.Nc3 Qf6 18.Bc2 Qe7 19.a3 Bg6 20.Qf3 Bd2 21.Nb1 Bg5 22.Nc3 Bd2
23.Nb1 Bg5 24.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Djukic,Ni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 b6 11.bxa5 Nh5 12.Re1 f5 13.Bb4 bxa5 14.Ba3 Nf4 15.c5 fxe4
16.Nxe4 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 Nf5 18.Qc2 h6 19.Rac1 Rf7 20.Qa4 Bf8 21.Rc3 Bd7 22.Qd1 Rb8
23.h3 Rb5 24.Qd3 Qb8 25.Rcc1 Be8 26.g4 Ng7 27.Nh4 Rf4 28.Ng2 Rf7 29.Nc3 Rb7
30.c6 Rb6 31.Na4 Rb5 32.Ne3 Rf4 33.Nc3 Rb6 34.Nc4 Rd4 35.Qe2 Rb4 36.Bxb4 Qxb4
37.Ne4 Be7 38.Red1 Bf7 39.Rxd4 exd4 40.Qf3 Ne8 41.Qd3 Bxd5 42.Qxd4 Bxc6 43.a3 Qb5
44.Re1 Qd5 45.Qxd5+ Bxd5 46.Nxa5 Kf7 47.a4 c5 48.Nc3 Ba8 49.Nc4 Bc6 50.a5 Nc7
51.Ne4 Bxe4 52.Rxe4 d5 53.Ne5+ Kg7 54.Re1 Bd6 55.Kf1 Kf6 56.Nd7+ Kg5 57.a6 c4
58.a7 Kf4 59.Re6  1-0

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Papaioannou,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "A64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Re8 12.h3 Qc7 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Nc4 b6 15.Kh2 Ne5
16.Na3 Qe7 17.Nc4 Nxc4 18.Qxc4 Nd7 19.e4 Ne5 20.Qe2 c4 21.Be3 Nd3 22.Qc2 Bd7
23.Ne2 Nc5 24.Nd4 Nxe4 25.Rfe1 Rbc8 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.dxc6 d5 28.Rad1 Qe6 29.Bxb6 Qxc6
30.a5 h5 31.h4 Re6 32.Bxe4 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 dxe4 34.Re1 Re8 35.Rc1 Rc8 36.Rd1 Bf6
37.Rd2 Qe6 38.Re2 Re8 39.f3 Qc8 40.fxe4 Qg4 41.Bc7 c3 42.e5 cxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mateo,Ra"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 Qb6 5.Qc1 Bg7 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 f5 8.c3 Nd7
9.Nh3 Nf6 10.Nd2 e6 11.Nc4 Qa6 12.Qg5 Rg8 13.Ne3 Bd7 14.Qh4 O-O-O 15.a4 e5
16.Qc4 Bh6 17.Qxa6 bxa6 18.Nc4 Kc7 19.O-O f4 20.b4 cxb4 21.cxb4 f3 22.exf3 Nxd5
23.f4 Bxh3 24.Bxh3 Nxf4 25.Bf5 Ne2+ 26.Kg2 Rg5 27.Ne3 d5 28.h4 Rgg8 29.Ng4 Bg7
30.Bxh7 Rge8 31.b5 e4 32.Rae1 Nc3 33.f3 exf3+ 34.Kxf3 Rxe1 35.Rxe1 axb5 36.axb5 Nxb5
37.h5 Kd6 38.h6 Bh8 39.Kf4 a5 40.Rb1 Nd4 41.Rb6+ Kc7 42.Rb1 a4 43.Ne5 Ne2+
44.Kf3 Bxe5 45.Kxe2 a3  0-1

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Qe2 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bf4 Nf6 10.Bd3 c5 11.dxc5 Qa5+ 12.c3 Qxc5 13.O-O b6 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.Ne5 Rad8
16.Rfe1 Ba8 17.a3 Qc8 18.Qe3 Bc5 19.Qh3 Be4 20.b4 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Rxd3 22.Qxd3 Rd8
23.Qf3 Be7 24.c4 Kf8 25.Nc6 Rd7 26.c5 bxc5 27.bxc5 Bxc5 28.Rc1 Bd6 29.Nxa7 Qa6
30.Rc6 Qxa7 31.Bxd6+ Ke8 32.Rc8+ Rd8 33.Qc6+ Nd7 34.h3 Qa5 35.Rc7 Qd5 36.Qxd5 exd5
37.Kf1 Ra8 38.Bb4 Kd8 39.Rc6 Nf6 40.g4 Ne4 41.Ke2 Kd7 42.Rc2 Ra6 43.h4 h5
44.f3 Nf6 45.g5 Ng8 46.Rd2 Ne7 47.Bxe7 Kxe7 48.Rxd5 Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Socko,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbc6
9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Be3 c4 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qg4 Bd7 14.h4 Rf5 15.Ng1 Raf8
16.Ne2 Ne7 17.Ng3 Qa5 18.Kd2 h5 19.Qh3 R5f7 20.Ne2 Nf5 21.Bg5 Ne7 22.f4 Nf5
23.g4 hxg4 24.Qxg4 Be8 25.h5 gxh5 26.Qxh5 Rd7 27.Qh7+ Kf7 28.Rh6 Nxh6 29.Bxh6 Rg8
30.f5 Kf8 31.fxe6  1-0

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D22"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 b5 5.a4 Bb7 6.b3 e6 7.axb5 axb5 8.Rxa8 Bxa8
9.bxc4 bxc4 10.Bxc4 Nf6 11.Qa4+ Bc6 12.Qc2 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Bb4+ 14.Bd2 Bxd2+
15.Nxd2 O-O 16.O-O Nbd7 17.Nb3 Qa8 18.Be2 Qd5 19.Ra1 Rb8 20.Bd1 Qg5+ 21.Kh1 Qb5
22.Kg1 Qg5+ 23.Kh1 Qb5 24.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3
16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Qxd5 Rad8 18.Qg2 Qxg2+ 19.Kxg2 Bxd3 20.Be3 Be4+ 21.Kf1 Bc6
22.Nd2 f6 23.Bd4 Rfe8 24.Re2 Kf7 25.Rae1 Rxe2 26.Kxe2 Re8+ 27.Kd1 Rxe1+ 28.Kxe1 Ke6
29.Ke2 h5 30.Ke3 g5 31.Ne4 Be7 32.Nc5+ Bxc5 33.Bxc5 a5 34.a4 bxa4 35.Kd4 h4
36.gxh4 gxh4 37.Bb6 h3 38.Bxa5 f5 39.Bc7 Bf3 40.Kc5 Kd7 41.Bg3 Bc6 42.Kb4 Ke6
43.c4 Kd7 44.Ka5 Ke6 45.Kb6 Kd7 46.Bf4 Bf3 47.Bd2 Bc6 48.Kc5 Bg2 49.Kd4 Ke6
50.Ke3 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.f4 Qc7
10.O-O a5 11.Bd3 Bf5 12.Bxf5 gxf5 13.Bd2 Nbd7 14.Be1 e6 15.Rf3 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4
17.Rh3 Rfe8 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.Qh5 h6 20.Bh4 Ra7 21.Rg3 Kh7 22.Bg5 Rh8 23.Qh4 Qe8
24.Bf6 Bxf6 25.Qxf6 Rg8 26.Rxg8 Qxg8 27.Kf2 Rd7 28.Rg1 Qd8 29.Qxd8 Rxd8 30.g4 fxg4
31.Rxg4 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nde2 Nf6 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 d6
9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 b5 12.c3 Rb8 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.f4 Nc4 15.Kh2 Qc7
16.a4 b4 17.b3 Na5 18.c4 a6 19.Rb1 Nd7 20.Nc2 e6 21.Ne3 Nb7 22.g4 Nbc5 23.g5 f6
24.h4 fxg5 25.hxg5 h6 26.gxh6 Bxh6 27.Ng4 Bg7 28.Qe2 g5 29.Kh1 Nf6 30.Nf2 Qf7
31.Bf3 gxf4 32.Bxf4 Nfxe4 33.Nxe4 Qxf4 34.Nxc5 Qh6+ 35.Qh2 Qxh2+ 36.Kxh2 dxc5
37.Bg4 Rxf1 38.Rxf1 Re8 39.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.b5 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Ba3 dxe4 20.Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.Bxe7 Re8
22.Bc5 Rxe6 23.Rad1 a6 24.bxa6 Rexa6 25.a3 Bf8 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.Rxe4 Rxa3
28.Rxe5 Ra1 29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Ra1+ 31.Ke2 Ra2+ 32.Ke3 Ra3+ 33.Ke2 Ra2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gyimesi,Z"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D22"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 b5 5.a4 Bb7 6.b3 e6 7.axb5 axb5 8.Rxa8 Bxa8
9.bxc4 bxc4 10.Bxc4 Nf6 11.O-O Be7 12.Qa4+ Nbd7 13.Ne5 O-O 14.Nc6 Bxc6 15.Qxc6 Nb8
16.Qb5 c6 17.Qb3 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schneider,Il"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Bg5 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Nd5 a5 8.Bc4 h6 9.Bh4 Bb7
10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 g5 12.Bg3 e6 13.Nf6+ Nxf6 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.O-O-O+ Kc8
17.Be5 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Rf8 19.Nxf7 Rxf7 20.Bxe6+ Rd7 21.h4 Bxg2 22.Rh2 Bf3 23.hxg5 Bxd1
24.gxh6 Kb7 25.Bxd7 Nxd7 26.Kxd1 Rh8 27.h7 c5 28.Kd2 Nf8 29.Rh5 Kc6 30.Rh6+ Kd5
31.Rh5+ Kd6 32.Rh6+ Kc7 33.Rh5 Rxh7 34.Rxc5+ Kb6 35.Rb5+ Ka6 36.Rf5 Nd7 37.c3 b3
38.Rb5 Rh4 39.Rxb3 Rxa4 40.Ke3 Nb6 41.Kd3 Rf4 42.Ke2 Rf8 43.Ra3 Re8+ 44.Kd3 Rd8+
45.Kc2 Rf8 46.b4 Rxf2+ 47.Kc1 Nc4  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Adly,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Qa5 13.Qd5 Qb4 14.Qb3 Qxb3 15.axb3 Nbc6
16.Nd5 Rd8 17.O-O-O e6 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Nb6 Ke7 20.Be2 Nf7 21.Bh5 Be5 22.Bxe5 Nfxe5
23.f3 Rdf8 24.Nc4 Nxc4 25.bxc4 Ne5 26.b3 b5 27.cxb5 axb5 28.Kb2 Rc8 29.Rhe1 Rc7
30.Ra1 Rhc8 31.Re2 Nc6 32.Bg6 Kf6 33.Bd3 Nb4 34.Ra5 Rc5 35.Ra7 R8c7 36.Ra8 Rc8
37.Ra7 R8c7 38.Ra8 Nxd3+ 39.cxd3 Rd5 40.Rf8+ Kg7 41.Rd8 Kf6 42.Rf8+ Kg7 43.Rd8 e5
44.Rc2 Rf7 45.Rc6 Rf6 46.Rc7+ Kg6 47.g4 Rf7 48.Rxf7 Kxf7 49.Kc2 Rd4 50.Kd2 Ke6
51.Rh8 Rb4 52.Rxh6+ Kd5 53.Rg6 Rxb3 54.Ke3 Rb1 55.Rxg5 b4 56.Rg8 b3 57.Rb8 b2
58.Kd2 Rf1 59.Rb5+ Ke6 60.Rxb2 Rxf3 61.h4 Rf4 62.Kc3 Rxg4 63.Rh2 Kf6 64.h5 Kg7
65.h6+ Kh7 66.Rh5 Rg3 67.Kc4 Rg4+ 68.Kc3 Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Nde2 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Nd5 Ne5 11.Nd4 Nc6 12.Ne2 Ne5 13.Nd4 Nc6 14.Ne2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 d6 5.Rb1 e5 6.b4 a6 7.a4 Nf6 8.b5 axb5 9.axb5 Ne7
10.Nf3 O-O 11.O-O Be6 12.d3 h6 13.Qb3 c6 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Ra1 Rc8 16.bxc6 bxc6
17.Rfb1 g5 18.Nd2 d5 19.Bc5 Nf5 20.Bb6 Qd6 21.Qa3 dxc4 22.Nxc4 Bxc4 23.dxc4 Qe6
24.Rd1 e4 25.e3 Qxc4 26.Rac1 Qe6 27.Bc5 Ra8 28.Qb4 Reb8 29.Ra1 Nd5 30.Nxd5 Bxa1
31.Nb6 Bg7 32.Qxe4 Ra1 33.Rxa1 Bxa1 34.Qxe6 fxe6 35.Bxc6 Kf7 36.Bf3 Bf6 37.Kg2 Be7
38.Bxe7 Nxe7 39.Nc4 Kf6 40.Nd6 Rd8 41.Ne4+ Ke5 42.Nc5 Nf5 43.Kf1 Rd2 44.Bg4 Ng7
45.Nb3 Rb2 46.Nd4 Kf6 47.h3 e5 48.Ne2 Rc2 49.Bf3 h5 50.Ke1 Rc4 51.Bd5 Rc5
52.Bf3 Rc4 53.Bd5 Rc2 54.Kd1 Rc8 55.Kd2 Nf5 56.Nc3 Nd6 57.Bf3 Rh8 58.Kd3 h4
59.gxh4 gxh4 60.Nd5+ Kg6 61.Bg2 Re8 62.Be4+ Kg7 63.Nc3 Rf8 64.f3 Rd8 65.f4 Nb5+
66.Nd5 Nc7 67.Kc4 Nxd5 68.Bxd5 exf4 69.exf4 Kf6 70.Kc5 Kf5 71.Kc6 Kxf4 72.Be6 Rd2
73.Kc5 Ke5  0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qe5 Rab8 17.Be2 f6 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.Nd6 Nb4+ 20.Kc3 a5 21.Rhc1 Rfd8
22.Nb5 f5 23.Nd4 Kf7 24.Kd2 Kf6 25.Rc7 e5 26.Nb3 b6 27.Rac1 d4 28.Bc4 h5
29.Rf7+ Kg6 30.Re7 e4 31.Bf7+ Kg5 32.Re6 e3+ 33.Ke2 f4 34.Kf3 Kf5 35.Rc4 Rb7
36.Nxd4+ Rxd4 37.Rxd4 Rxf7 38.Rxb6 g5 39.Rb5+ Kf6 40.Rxa5 g4+ 41.Ke2 Kg7
42.Rxb4 f3+ 43.gxf3 gxf3+ 44.Kf1 Rc7 45.Ra7 Rxa7 46.Re4 Kf6 47.Rxe3 Rxa4
48.Rxf3+ Kg5 49.Ke2 Ra2 50.Rb3 Kg4 51.Kd2 Ra1 52.Rg3+ Kh4 53.Rg2 Kh3 54.Re2 Rb1
55.Kc2 Rh1 56.b4 Rxh2 57.Rxh2+ Kxh2 58.b5 h4 59.b6 h3 60.b7 Kg2 61.b8=Q h2
62.Qg8+ Kh1 63.Qg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.c3 Be7 14.c4 Qc7 15.O-O-O Ngf6
16.Ne4 O-O 17.g4 Nxg4 18.Qe2 f5 19.Rdg1 Rae8 20.Ne1 e5 21.Ng3 exd4 22.Nxf5 Rxf5
23.Qxg4 Rf7 24.Bxh6 Bf6 25.Bd2 Ne5 26.Qe2 d3 27.Qe4 Qb6 28.b3 Qc5 29.h6 Qa3+
30.Kd1 Qxa2 31.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.b3 h6 12.Bb2 Nf4 13.Rad1+ Ke8 14.Nd4 a5 15.Bc1 Ne6
16.Nde2 b6 17.f4 Bc5+ 18.Kh2 Ba6 19.Rf3 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Rxe3 c5
23.Nd5 Re8 24.c4 b5 25.cxb5 Bxb5 26.Nec3 c6 27.Nxb5 cxb5 28.Rd3 Kc8 29.Kg3 Nd4
30.Kf2 Kb7 31.Nc3 Kc6 32.Ne2 Nxe2 33.Rd6+ Kc7 34.Kxe2 f6 35.Rd5 Kc6 36.Rd6+ Kc7
37.Rd5 Kc6 38.Rd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.Qf1 Re7 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.f3 Bf5 21.b3 Rfe8 22.Bf2 Bc2
23.Rxe7 Rxe7 24.Re1 Re6 25.Rxe6 Qxe6 26.Qe1 Qxe1+ 27.Bxe1 f5 28.b4 Kf7 29.Kf2 g5
30.Nb3 Bb1 31.a3 Ba2 32.Nc5 Bxc5 33.dxc5 Kf6 34.Ke3 Bd5 35.f4 g4 36.Bd2 Bc4
37.Be1 Bd5 38.Bd2 Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nb3 Qc7 10.Bg5 a6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Qe5 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.c3 Ne5 15.Be2 g5
16.h4 h6 17.Qd2 Qf4 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.g3 Qxd2 20.Nxd2 g4 21.Nc4 d6 22.Nxe5 dxe5
23.Bc4 b5 24.Bb3 Bb7 25.Rfe1 Rad8 26.Rad1 Kg7 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rd1 Rh8 29.Bd5 Rd8
30.Bb3 Rh8 31.Bd5 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 Ne7 13.Ncb4 O-O 14.h4 Bh6 15.a4 bxa4
16.Qxa4 a5 17.Bb5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Be6 19.Bc6 Rb8 20.b4 axb4 21.cxb4 Kh8 22.b5 Bxd5
23.Bxd5 Qb6 24.O-O Qxb5 25.Qxb5 Rxb5 26.Bxf7 g5 27.hxg5 Bxg5 28.Be6 Rb4 29.Bf5 d5
30.Ra5 dxe4 31.Rxe5 Bf4 32.Rxe4 Rxe4 33.Bxe4 Rc8 34.Bf3 Rc1 35.Bd1 Kg7 36.g3 Bd2
37.Kg2 Ra1 38.Rh1 Bc3 39.f4 h6 40.Kf3 Bf6 41.Re1 Ra3+ 42.Kg2 Ra1 43.Kh3 Rc1
44.Kg4 Ra1 45.Rh1 Rc1 46.Kf5 Ra1 47.Ke4 Bd8 48.Ke3 Bb6+ 49.Ke4 Bd8 50.Kf3 Bf6
51.Kf2 Bd8 52.Ke1 Ra3 53.Kf2 Bb6+ 54.Kg2 Ra2+ 55.Kh3 Ra1 56.Bf3 Rxh1+ 57.Bxh1 Bd4
58.g4 Bc3 59.g5 hxg5 60.fxg5 Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.dxc5 Qxd1+
9.Kxd1 Bxc5 10.Ke2 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Bd2 Nb4 13.Bb1 Nbd5 14.Rc1 Bd6 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.a3 Ke7 17.Ba2 Bb7 18.h3 Rhc8 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Rc1 Rxc1 21.Bxc1 Nd7 22.Ne1 Nf6
23.Nf3 Nd7 24.Ne1 Nf6 25.Nf3 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.f4 a5 9.Bd3 Bf5
10.Bxf5 gxf5 11.Bd2 e6 12.Qe2 h5 13.O-O-O b4 14.Na4 Ne4 15.Nb6 Ra7 16.Nd3 Nd7
17.Nxd7 Kxd7 18.Rdg1 Qb8 19.Nf2 Nxf2 20.Qxf2 a4 21.Qe2 b3 22.a3 Bf6 23.g3 Qb7
24.h3 Raa8 25.Rg2 Qa7 26.Rhg1 Rag8 27.Bc3 Kc8 28.Be1 Kb7 29.Kd1 Qa6 30.Qxa6+ Kxa6
31.Ke2 Kb5 32.Kd3 Rg6 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 fxg4 35.Rxg4 Rhh6 36.Rxg6 Rxg6 37.Rh1 Bg7
38.Rh2 f6 39.Bc3 Rg4 40.Rf2 Rg3 41.Rh2 Rg1 42.Rf2 Rg4 43.Rh2 Rg3 44.Be1 Rg6
45.Bc3 Rg1 46.Rf2 Rd1+ 47.Ke2 Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 Qb6
9.h3 d6 10.Nbd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Ba6 12.Nb3 f6 13.Bd2 Nf7 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.Na5 c5
16.dxc5 dxc5 17.b3 Nd6 18.Nc4 Nxc4 19.bxc4 Rfd8 20.Qc2 Bb7 21.Rb1 Qc6 22.Bc3 e5
23.Nd2 Ba6 24.Ba5 Rd4 25.Bc3 Rd7 26.Red1 Bf8 27.Ba5 Qe6 28.Rb2 Bh6 29.Rdb1 Bxd2
30.Bxd2 Qxc4 31.Qxc4+ Bxc4 32.Rb8 Rxb8 33.Rxb8+ Kf7 34.Be3 Rc7 35.a3 Bd3
36.f3 f5 37.Rh8 Kg7 38.Re8 c4 39.Rxe5 c3 40.Rc5 Rxc5 41.Bxc5 c2 42.Be3 fxe4
43.fxe4 Kf6 44.Kf2 Ke5 45.Ke1 Kxe4 46.Bg5 Kd4 47.Kd2 Kc4 48.g3 Bf5 49.g4 Kb3
50.Kc1 Bd7 51.Be7 a6 52.Bb4 Be6 53.Be7 a5 54.Bd8 a4 55.Be7 Kc3 56.Bf6+ Kd3
57.Be7 Bd7 58.Bf6 Bc8 59.Be7 Kc3 60.Bf6+ Kb3 61.Be7 Be6 62.Bb4 Bd5 63.g5 Bg2
64.h4 Bf3 65.Be7 Kc3 66.Bb4+ Kd3 67.Ba5 Be4 68.Bb4 Ke2 69.Bc3 Kf2 70.Bb4 Kg3
71.Be1+ Kg4 72.Bf2 Kf4 73.Be1 Ke3 74.Bb4 Kf4 75.Bd2+ Kg4 76.Be1 Kf4 77.Bd2+ Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.e5 Nd5
9.a3 Be7 10.Qb3 Na5 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Qb3 Na5 13.Qa4+ Nc6 14.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Nh5
9.Be5 f6 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bg7 12.Qb3 b6 13.e4 Bxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qe6 exf3
16.Bc4 Qc8 17.Qf7+ Kd8 18.Qxg7 Kc7 19.gxf3 bxc5 20.O-O-O Qf8 21.Rxh7 Rxh7
22.Qxh7 cxd4 23.Rxd4 Rd8 24.Qxg6 Ne5 25.Qe4 Qh6+ 26.f4 Rxd4 27.Qxd4 Qh1+
28.Kc2 Nxc4 29.Qxc4 Qe1 30.Qd4 Qe2+ 31.Kc3 Qe1+ 32.Qd2 Qa1 33.a3 Qg1 34.Qe2 Kd7
35.Qd3+ Ke8 36.Qe3 Kf8 37.Kb4 Qd1 38.Kc3 a5 39.Qd3 Qc1+ 40.Qc2 Qf1 41.Kd4 a4
42.Qd2 Qb5 43.Ke3 Qf1 44.Qc2 Qe1+ 45.Kf3 Qh1+ 46.Kg4 Qg2 47.f5 Qf1 48.Qd2 Qb5
49.Qd4 Qe2+ 50.f3 Qg2 51.Qc3 c5 52.Kf4 Qh2 53.Kg4 Qg2 54.Qc1 Qh2 55.Qxc5 Qxb2
56.Qe3 Qb3 57.Qc1 Qg8+ 58.Kh3 Qh7+ 59.Kg4 Qg8+ 60.Kh3 Qh7+ 61.Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Potkin,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Be3 Be7 8.f4 d6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Be3 Bd7 13.g4 Nxg4 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Bxg4 Bxg4
16.Rdf1 exf4 17.Bd4 Bg5 18.Rhg1 f3 19.Ne3 h5 20.Kb1 f6 21.Rf2 Re8 22.h3 Bxh3
23.Qc3 Rxe4 24.Rxf3 Bg4 25.Qb3+ d5 26.Nxg4 hxg4 27.Rd3 Qd7 28.Rgd1 Qf7 29.a4 a6
30.Bc5 d4 31.Qb6 Rae8 32.Bxd4 Re1 33.Bc3 Rxd1+ 34.Rxd1 f5 35.Qc5 Be3 36.Qd6 Bh6
37.Rh1 Qe6 38.Qc7 Qc6 39.Qh2 g3 40.Qh3 f4 41.Rg1 Re2 42.Rd1 Qe6 43.Qh5 g2
44.a5 Kh7  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Glek,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.e5 Nd5 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d6 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.h3 Bf5 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.exd6 exd6
16.Re7 Qa5 17.Qd2 Rfe8 18.Rae1 Rxe7 19.Rxe7 Be6 20.Bh6 Qxa2 21.Qe3 Qb1+ 22.Kh2 Qf5
23.Bf4 Bf8 24.Rc7 a5 25.Nd2 a4 26.g4 Qa5 27.Rb7 d5 28.Be5 a3 29.Qf4  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhigalko,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.b3 h6 12.Bb2 Nf4 13.Rad1+ Ke8 14.Nd4 a5 15.a4 Bd7
16.Kh2 Rd8 17.Nce2 Nxe2 18.Nxe2 Bf5 19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.Nd4 Bh7 21.g4 h5 22.Kg3 Bc5
23.Nf5 hxg4 24.hxg4 Bxf5 25.gxf5 Rh5 26.Kg4 Rh2 27.Kg3 Rh5 28.Kg4 Rh2 29.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shomoev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.d5 Nd7 12.O-O f5 13.exf5 Nxf5 14.Nd2 h6 15.Nde4 Nd4
16.Bg4 b6 17.f3 Nc5 18.Bxc8 Qxc8 19.Bf2 Qd7 20.Ng3 a5 21.Nce2 Nf5 22.Nxf5 Qxf5
23.Ng3 Qg6 24.Qe2 Nd3 25.Rad1 e4 26.fxe4 Nxb2 27.Rde1 Na4 28.Nf5 Rae8 29.Qc2 Nc5
30.Bxc5 bxc5 31.e5 Kh7 32.e6 g4 33.Rb1 Rb8 34.Rb3 Be5 35.g3 Rb4 36.Rxb4 axb4
37.Kg2 Ra8 38.Rf2 h5 39.Qe2 Bf6 40.Rf1 Rb8 41.Nh4 Bxh4 42.Rf7+ Kg8 43.gxh4 Ra8
44.Rf1 Re8 45.e7 Ra8 46.Rf2 Re8 47.Qe3 Ra8 48.Qf4 Kh7 49.Qe3 Kg8 50.Kg3 Re8
51.Rf1 Kg7 52.Re1 Kh7 53.Qg5 Qf7 54.Kg2 Qg6 55.Re6 Qc2+ 56.Kg3 Qd3+ 57.Re3 Qg6
58.h3 gxh3 59.Re6 Qd3+ 60.Kh2 Qc2+ 61.Kxh3 Qd3+ 62.Kg2 Qc2+ 63.Kg3 Qd3+ 64.Re3 Qd1
65.Qf5+ Kg7 66.Qg5+ Kh7 67.Kh2 Qc2+ 68.Kh3 Qg6 69.Qf4 Ra8 70.Rg3 Ra3 71.Rxa3 bxa3
72.Qf3 Kg8 73.Qe2 Qf5+ 74.Kh2  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Potkin,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bd6
9.Bb2 O-O 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Be6 12.O-O Rc8 13.Rc1 Bb8 14.Na4 Qe7 15.Nc5 Ne4
16.Qd3 Nxc5 17.Rxc5 a5 18.Rb5 axb4 19.axb4 f6 20.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lysyj,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qd2 b6
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.h4 c5 12.Nfg5 Be7 13.dxc5 Qc7 14.Nd6 Nf6 15.Qe3 h6
16.Kb1 bxc5 17.Ndxf7 Rxf7 18.Qxe6 Bd5 19.Bh7+ Nxh7 20.Qxd5 Nxg5 21.Qxa8+ Rf8
22.Qd5+ Nf7 23.Qd7 Qxd7 24.Rxd7 Bf6 25.c3 Re8 26.Rxa7 Re2 27.Rc7 Ne5 28.Rxc5 Nd3
29.Rb5 Nxf2 30.Rc1 Bxh4 31.a4 Bg5 32.Rc2 Re1+ 33.Ka2 Nd3 34.a5  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kurnosov,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rfc8 12.Nf3 Be8 13.Bg5 Nd7 14.Nd5 e6 15.Ne7+ Nxe7
16.Bxe7 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Bg7 18.Bxd6 Ne5 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Bd5 Bc3 21.Bxb7 Bxe1
22.Qxe1 Qxa2 23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.Ra1 Qxc2 25.Rxa7 Qc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Zhigalko,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Na6 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bc5 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Nf3 Kh8 14.Ne5 Rb8 15.Rb1 f6
16.Nd3 Bd6 17.Be3 b6 18.Nb4 Nxb4 19.cxb4 e5 20.a3 Bg4 21.Rb2 Rbd8 22.Rbd2 f5
23.h3 Bh5 24.Qc4 f4 25.gxf4 exf4 26.Bxf4 Bxf4 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8
29.Qxf4 Bxe2 30.Qf7 a5 31.bxa5 bxa5 32.Bd5 Bd3 33.Qe6 h6 34.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc7
9.Nc3 Nxb5 10.Nxb5 O-O 11.Bf4 a6 12.Nc3 d6 13.exd6 exd6 14.h3 d5 15.Re1 Be6
16.Qd2 Re8 17.Re2 Qb6 18.Rae1 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Qxd4 Bxd4 21.Nxd5 Rac8
22.Bd6 Kh8 23.Nc7 Red8 24.Nxe6 Rxd6 25.Nxd4 Rxd4 26.Re7 Kg7 27.R1e2 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nd2 Qe7 7.Qc2 e5 8.d5 Bxc3
9.Qxc3 Na6 10.Qf3 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Qxf6 gxf6 13.O-O-O Ke7 14.g3 d6 15.e4 Bc8
16.Bd3 Nc5 17.Bc2 a5 18.Nf1 Bd7 19.Ne3 Rhb8 20.Bd3 Rg8 21.f3 h5 22.Rd2 Rab8
23.Rhd1 Rg7 24.Rf2 f5 25.exf5 Nxd3+ 26.Rxd3 Kf6 27.g4 hxg4 28.fxg4 Rh8 29.Rdd2 Rh3
30.Rde2 Kg5 31.Nd1 Kh4 32.Ne3 Kg5 33.Kd2 Rgh7 34.Rg2 Rf3 35.Nd1 Kh4 36.Nf2 Rg7
37.Re4 Rf4 38.Ke3  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pashikian,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Bb4 5.exd5 exd5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bd3 Ne7
9.Qf3 Qc8 10.Ne2 Bf5 11.O-O Bxd3 12.Qxd3 O-O 13.Qb5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Rd8 15.Ba3 Nbc6
16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.a4 a6 18.Qb4 Ng6 19.Rab1 Rb8 20.a5 h5 21.Qa4 h4 22.h3 Re8
23.Rb2 Re4 24.c4 dxc4 25.Rc1 Qf5 26.Qc2 Nf4 27.Nc3 Nd3 28.Nxe4 Nxc1 29.Qxc4 Qxe4
30.Qxc1 Rd8 31.Rb4 Rd6 32.Qe3 Qd5 33.Qf4 Re6 34.Kh2 Rg6 35.Qb8+ Kh7 36.Qxb7 Rxg2+
37.Kh1 Qxb7 38.Rxb7 Rxf2 39.Ra7 Rf6 40.Kg2 Kg6 41.Rb7 Rf4 42.d5 Rf5 43.Rb6+ f6
44.Rd6 Kh6 45.Rd8 Kh7 46.Rd7 Rg5+ 47.Kf2 Rg3 48.Rd6 Rd3 49.Ke2 Rxh3 50.Rxa6 Rg3
51.Rb6 h3 52.Kf2 h2 53.Rb1 Ra3 54.Rd1 Rxa5 55.Kg2 Ra2+ 56.Kh1 Kg6 57.d6 Ra8
58.Kxh2 Rd8 59.Kg3 Kf5 60.Kf3 Rd7 61.Rg1 Ke6 62.Ke4 g5  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2009.02.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 h5 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 Rf7 13.Qc2 g5 14.Bf2 f5 15.O-O-O fxe4
16.Ndxe4 Nf5 17.Bd3 b6 18.Ng3 Nd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Nce2 g4 21.Bg6 Rf8 22.Nxh5 d3
23.Rxd3 Ne5 24.Rd2 gxf3 25.gxf3 Nxf3 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.Bh5 Ne5 28.Rg1+ Kh8
29.Rd4 Bf5 30.Qd2 Bh7 31.Nf4 Qf6 32.Be2 Rg8 33.Rf1 Raf8 34.Qc3 Qh6 35.Qd2 Rf6
36.Nd3 Rxf1+ 37.Bxf1 Qxd2+ 38.Kxd2 Nf3+ 39.Kc3 Nxd4 40.Kxd4 Rg1 41.Be2 Bxd3
42.Bxd3 Rg2 43.Kc3 Rxh2 44.a4 Kg7 45.b4 Kf6 46.Kd4  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.a4 Bb4 14.axb5 Nxf3+ 15.Nxf3 axb5
16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Ng5 Be7 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Qg4 Kf7 20.Qf4+ Ke8 21.Be3 Rf8 22.Qg4 Kf7
23.h3 Qd5 24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Rd1 Qc6 26.Rc1 Qd7 27.Qg4 Rc8 28.Rd1 Qc6 29.h4 Kh8
30.h5 Bf8 31.Bg5 Qe8 32.h6 Qf7 33.Rd3 Re8 34.Rf3 Qg6 35.Qf4 Qf5 36.Qe3 Qb1+
37.Kh2 Qg6 38.Qf4 gxh6 39.Bf6+ Bg7 40.Rg3 Qh5+ 41.Rh3 Qf7 42.Bxg7+ Qxg7 43.Rxh6 Rf8
44.Rf6 Kg8 45.g4 Rxf6 46.exf6 Qd7 47.Qg5+ Kf8 48.b4 c6 49.Kh3 Qa7 50.Qe3 Qd7
51.Qh6+ Ke8 52.Qg5 Kf8 53.Kh4 Qf7 54.f4 Qa7 55.Kh5 Qb7 56.Kh6  1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Clichy FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Nc2 Rc8 10.b3 Nf6 11.Be2 O-O 12.Bd2 Nd4 13.O-O Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 b5 15.Ne3 Qd7
16.Rac1 Qb7 17.Ned5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Clichy FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nguyen Chi Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bh4 Bb4 7.Nd2 g5 8.Bg3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 d6 10.e3 Nc6 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Rh6 Qe7 14.Qf3 Nd7 15.c5 dxc5
16.Bxc7 cxd4 17.exd4 Nde5 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Bb5+ Kf8 20.Qh5 Ng6 21.g3 Rc8 22.Rh7 Qf6
23.Rc1 e5 24.Kf1 Rh8 25.Rxh8+ Qxh8 26.Qxh8+ Nxh8 27.dxe5 Rc5 28.a4 Rxe5 29.Nc4 Rc5
30.Rd1 Bc6 31.Bxc6 Rxc4 32.Rd8+ Kg7 33.Bb5 Rc7 34.Ke2 Ng6 35.Kd3 Ne5+ 36.Ke4 Ng4
37.f3 Nf6+ 38.Kd4 Nh5 39.Rd5 Kh6 40.g4 Nf4 41.Rd7 Ne2+ 42.Kd3 Nf4+ 43.Ke4 Rxd7
44.Bxd7 f6 45.Kd4 Kg7 46.c4 Kf7 47.c5 Ke7 48.Bf5 Kd8 49.Kc4 Kc7 50.Kb5 Nd5
51.Be6 Ne7 52.Bc4 Nc6 53.Bd5 a6+ 54.Kc4 Ne5+ 55.Kd4 Nd7 56.cxb6+ Nxb6 57.Bb3 Kd6
58.a5 Nd7 59.Bc4 Ne5 60.Bd5 Nc6+ 61.Bxc6 Kxc6 62.Ke4 Kd6 63.Kf5 Ke7 64.Kg6 Ke6
65.Kh7 Kd7 66.Kh6 Kd6 67.Kg7 Ke7 68.Kh8 Kd8 69.Kg8 Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Clichy FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "San Emeterio Cabanes,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.d4 Bf5 8.Be2 e4 9.Nd2 h5
10.b4 O-O 11.b5 Ne7 12.O-O Re8 13.a4 Kh7 14.a5 Neg8 15.a6 b6 16.Na2 Ng4 17.Nb4 Qg5
18.Nd5 Rac8 19.h3 N4f6 20.f4 Qh6 21.Nb4 g5 22.Qe1 Qg6 23.Qg3 Bh6 24.fxg5 Bxg5
25.h4 Bh6 26.Qxg6+ Kxg6 27.Ra3 Bg4 28.Bxg4 Nxg4 29.Nd5 Ne7 30.Nf4+ Bxf4 31.Rxf4 d5
32.cxd5 Nxd5 33.Rxe4 Ndxe3 34.Ra1 Rxe4 35.Nxe4 Nc4 36.Bc3 Re8 37.Nd2 Nd6
38.Rb1 Re3 39.Ba1 Nxb5 40.Nc4 Re4 41.Rd1 c5 42.Nd2 Re2 43.dxc5 Ne3 44.cxb6 axb6
45.Rb1 Rxg2+  0-1

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg5 d5 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.c3 Nd7 8.e3 b4
9.c4 dxc4 10.Nxc4 c5 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.O-O Rc8 13.dxc5 Rxc5 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Qb6
16.Qd2 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Ne5 18.Be2 O-O 19.Rfd1 Rfc8 20.Rac1 b3 21.axb3 Qxb3 22.Rxc5 Rxc5
23.Rc1 Rxc1+ 24.Qxc1 Kg7 25.Qd2 a5 26.Qxa5 Qxb2 27.Qe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qe2 Bd7
16.Qf1 Rae8 17.Rxe8 Qxf1+ 18.Kxf1 Rxe8 19.Bd2 Nb6 20.Be3 Nd5 21.Bxd5 cxd5
22.Nd2 a5 23.Nb3 a4 24.Nc5 Bh3+ 25.Ke2 Ra8 26.Bf4 Be7 27.Kd2 g5 28.Bc7 Rc8
29.Bb6 Rc6 30.Re1 Bf8 31.Bd8 Bxc5 32.dxc5 Rxc5 33.Be7 Rc4 34.Bxg5 d4 35.Bh6 f6
36.Re7 a3 37.Rg7+ Kh8 38.Rf7 Rc8 39.bxa3 dxc3+ 40.Kc1 Be6 41.Rxf6 Bxa2 42.Kc2 Kg8
43.Rf3 Bd5 44.Rxc3 Be4+ 45.Kd2 Rxc3 46.Kxc3 Kf7 47.Kd4 Bg2 48.Ke5 Kg6 49.Bd2 Bh3
50.Kf4 h5 51.f3 Be6 52.g4 hxg4 53.fxg4 Bb3 54.h3 Bd1 55.Ke4 Be2 56.Ke3 Bd1
57.Ba5 Kg5 58.Bd8+ Kg6 59.Be7 Kf7 60.Bg5 Kg6 61.Bf4 Kf7 62.Bc7 Kf6 63.Bf4 Kf7
64.Kd4 Be2 65.Kc5 Bf1 66.h4 Be2 67.Kc6 Ke6 68.h5 Kf7 69.g5 Bxh5 70.Kxb5 Ke6
71.Kc6 Be8+ 72.Kc5 Kd7 73.Bg3 Ke6 74.Bf4 Kd7 75.Bh2 Ke6 76.Bg3 Kf5 77.Bh4 Kg4
78.Kd6 Kxh4 79.Ke7 Bg6 80.Kf6 Kh5 81.a4 Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 Nc4 13.b3 Nb6 14.a4 Bd7 15.a5 Nc8 16.Nbd2 g6
17.Nf1 Nh5 18.Bh6 Re8 19.Qd2 Bf6 20.Ng3 Nxg3 21.fxg3 Bg7 22.Rf1 f6 23.Be3 Ne7
24.g4 Rf8 25.Kh2 Rae8 26.Nh4 Qc8 27.b4 c4 28.Rf3 Rf7 29.Raf1 Ref8 30.Bh6 g5
31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Nf5+ Nxf5 33.exf5 Rh8 34.Be4 h5 35.gxh5 Rxh5 36.g4 Rh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Rfd1 Rd8 12.Rd2 d6 13.Rad1 a6 14.g4 Nxg4 15.Bxd6 Rxd6
16.Qe8+ Bf8 17.Ng5 Ne5 18.Bxb7 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Qxb7 20.Rd8 Ng6 21.Na4 Qe7 22.Qxe7 Nxe7
23.Nxh7 Kxh7 24.Rxf8 Nec6 25.Rxf7 Kg8 26.Rc7 Ra7 27.Rxa7 Nxa7 28.Nxc5 Kf7
29.b4 Ke7 30.a4 Kd6 31.Kg2 Nac6 32.Nd3 Nd7 33.b5 axb5 34.cxb5 Na5 35.Kf3 Nb6
36.Nb2 Ke5 37.Ke3 Nb3 38.h4 Kf5 39.Kd3 Nc5+ 40.Kc3 Ncxa4+ 41.Nxa4 Nxa4+ 42.Kb4 Nb6
43.Kc5 Na4+ 44.Kb4 Nb6 45.Kc5 Na4+ 46.Kc6 Kg4 47.Kd6 Kxh4 48.Kxe6 Nc3 49.b6 Na4
50.b7 Nc5+ 51.Kf7 Nxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6
16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 Qc7 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 a5 22.bxa5 Qb7
23.Ne3 Rxa5 24.Bb3 Bxe4 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Qc7 27.Rb1 Be7 28.Qd3 Qc5 29.Re3 g6
30.Rh3 Bf8 31.Rb4 Bg7 32.g5 Re7 33.Rbh4 Ra4 34.Rxa4 bxa4 35.Rh4 Qa3 36.Qc2 Qc5
37.Qd3 Qa3 38.Qc2 Qc5 39.Qd3 Qa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nd7 10.Bf4 Qh4 11.g3 Qh3 12.O-O-O Nxc3 13.bxc3 Ba3+ 14.Kb1 Nb6 15.Bf1 Qh5
16.Be2 Qg6 17.Bd3 Qh5 18.Be2 Qg6 19.Bd3 Qh5 20.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.Qf1 Re7 19.a4 Rfe8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Qg2 Qxg2+
23.Kxg2 h5 24.Ra5 h4 25.Rea1 hxg3 26.hxg3 Be6 27.Ra8 Bd5+ 28.Kf1 Bxg3 29.Bg5 f6
30.Bxf6 Re1+ 31.Rxe1 Rxa8 32.fxg3 gxf6 33.Ne4 Kf7 34.Nd6+ Kg6 35.Re8 Ra1+
36.Re1 Ra8 37.Re8 Ra1+ 38.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Rd2 d6 13.Rad1 a6 14.Ng5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 e5
16.Be3 Qb7+ 17.Kg1 h6 18.Nf3 Nc6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Nb4 21.R5d2 Nc6 22.Rd5 Nb4
23.R5d2 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6
9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 g6 12.Na4 c5 13.c4 Qa5 14.Qd1 dxc4 15.Be4 Rb8
16.Bh6 Rb4 17.Nc3 Rxb2 18.Qc1 Rb8 19.Bc6 Bb7 20.Ba4 Kd8 21.Rd1 Bd5 22.Qc2 Rb4
23.Bd2 Ba8 24.Be1 Rxa4 25.Nxa4 Qb5 26.Rab1 Qc6 27.f3 Ke8 28.Rxd7 Kxd7 29.Qd1+ Kc8
30.Nb6+ Kb7 31.Nd5+  1-0

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rfc8 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Bh6 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Rxc4
16.Nb3 Qb6 17.Rad1 a5 18.e5 dxe5 19.Rxe5 a4 20.Nd2 Rd4 21.Qe3 Qd6 22.Ne2 Rd5
23.Rxd5 Qxd5 24.Nc3 Qe6 25.Qxe6 Bxe6 26.a3 Nd5 27.Nde4 Nb6 28.Nc5 Bf5 29.Rd4 Rc8
30.N5xa4 Nxa4 31.Rxa4 Bxc2 32.Rb4 Rc7 33.Kf1 Bd3+ 34.Ke1 e5 35.h4 Kg7 36.g3 h6
37.Rb6 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.f3 Rd7 40.a4 Rc7 41.g4 Rd7 42.a5 Bc2 43.Kf2 f5
44.gxf5 Bxf5 45.Kg3 g4 46.fxg4 Rd3+ 47.Kh4 Rd4 48.Rxb7+ Kf6 49.Rb4 Be6 50.Ne4+ Ke7
51.Rxd4 exd4 52.g5 Bd5 53.Nd2 Kd6 54.g6 Kc5 55.g7 d3 56.Kg3 Kb5 57.b4  1-0

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Nf6 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 O-O 15.h4 g4
16.g3 Bf5 17.Bg2 Qd7 18.O-O Rfd8 19.Rfe1 e6 20.Na4 Qb7 21.c4 Nd7 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Rad1 Rab8 24.Qe3 Qc7 25.b3 a5 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.Qxc5 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Qxd8
30.Bxc6 Qd2 31.Qe5+ Kg8 32.c5 Qxa2 33.Bg2 Qb1+ 34.Kh2 Qxb3 35.c6 a4 36.Qc5 a3
37.c7 e5 38.Bd5  1-0

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "A63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.h3 a6 11.a4 Rb8 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.Rc1 b6 14.e4 Ne5 15.Re1 Bd7 16.Bf1 Nxf3+
17.Qxf3 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.b4 g5 20.Bd2 c4 21.Qd1 f5 22.exf5 Bxf5 23.Be3 h6
24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Qf6 26.Qxf6 Nxf6 27.Ra1 Nd7 28.g4 Bd3 29.Re6 Ne5 30.Bg2 Nf3+
31.Bxf3 Rxf3 32.Re3 Rxe3 33.fxe3 Re8 34.Kf2 Rf8+ 35.Kg3 Re8 36.Kf3 Rf8+ 37.Kg2 Re8
38.Kf2 Rf8+ 39.Kg2 Re8 40.Kf3 Rf8+ 41.Kg3 Re8 42.Re1 Ra8 43.e4 Ra3 44.Nxb5 Rb3
45.Kf2 Rxb4 46.Nxd6 c3 47.Ke3 c2 48.Kxd3 Rb1 49.Kxc2 Rxe1 50.Kd3 h5 51.Kd4 Kf8
52.Nf5 Rh1 53.e5 Rxh3 54.e6 hxg4 55.d6 Rh1 56.d7 Rd1+  1-0

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Qxd2 c5 7.c4 Be6 8.Ng5 Nc6
9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Qxd5 exd5 12.Bb5 Kf7 13.f4 Nd4 14.Ba4 b5 15.Bd1 c4
16.Be3 Bc5 17.Bxd4 Bxd4 18.Bf3 Rad8 19.Rd1 Bxb2 20.Bxd5+ Ke7 21.Ke2 Rc8 22.Be4 c3
23.Bc2 Rc4 24.f5 Rb8 25.Rd5 a5 26.Rhd1 Rb7 27.Rd8 Ba3 28.Rh8 Rc5 29.f6+ Ke6
30.Re8+ Kf7 31.Rdd8 Rc4 32.Rh8 Rh4 33.fxg7 Kxg7 34.Rdg8+ Kh6 35.Rg6+ Kh5
36.Rg3 Kh6 37.Rg6+ Kh5 38.Rg3 Kh6 39.Rxc3 Bb4 40.Rc6+ Kg7 41.Rcc8 a4 42.Rcg8+ Kh6
43.Rg6+ Kh5 44.Rg3 Kh6 45.Rg6+ Kh5 46.Bf5 Rc4 47.Rg3 Kh6 48.Rg6+ Kh5 49.Rgg8 Rcc7
50.Bg6+ Kh6 51.Be4 Rb6 52.g4 Bc3 53.g5+ Kh5 54.g6 Bxe5 55.Rxh7+ Rxh7 56.gxh7 Rh6
57.Kf3 b4 58.Kg2 Kh4 59.Bf3 Bc3 60.Rg4+ Kh5 61.Kh3 Rxh7 62.Rh4+ Kg6 63.Be4+  1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kozakov,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Na4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.Bd4 c5 14.Be5 Rb6 15.Qd3 O-O
16.b3 d6 17.Bb2 Nd7 18.Rad1 Bf6 19.Ba3 Qc6 20.f4 e5 21.f5 Bg5 22.g3 Qa8 23.h4 Be7
24.Bc1 h6 25.Qf3 Nf6 26.Be3 a5 27.Rde1 a4 28.Bc4 axb3 29.axb3 Qd8 30.Re2 Rb7
31.g4 Nh7 32.g5 hxg5 33.Rg2 Rb4 34.Qg3 Rxc4 35.bxc4 f6 36.Rh2 g4 37.Qxg4 Qa5
38.Qd1 Rb8 39.Qd5+ Kh8 40.Rg2 Qc3 41.Qf7 Bf8 42.Bh6 Ng5 43.hxg5 Qe3+ 44.Kh2  1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Komarov,Di"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.g5 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd5 13.e4 Nf4 14.e5 Rh4 15.Bxf4 Rxf4
16.Ne2 Rh4 17.Qg3 Rh8 18.O-O Nb6 19.Bb3 Be7 20.Rad1 O-O-O 21.Nf4 Kb8 22.h4 Nd5
23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Ng2 Qc2 25.Qf4 Qf5 26.Qxf5 gxf5 27.Rc1 Rc8 28.f3 Bd8 29.Rxc8+ Kxc8
30.Kf2 Kd7 31.Ke2 Bb6 32.Kd3 Rc8 33.Ne3 f4 34.Ng2 Rc4 35.b3 Rxd4+ 36.Kc3 g6
37.Rb1 a5 38.a3 a4 39.bxa4 Rc4+ 40.Kd3 Bc7 41.Rxb7 Rxa4 42.Rb3 Bxe5 43.Ne1 Bd6
44.Rb7+ Ke8 45.Nc2 Bxa3 46.Rb8+ Ke7 47.Rb7+ Kf8 48.Nd4 e5 49.Nc6 e4+ 50.Ke2 Bc5
51.Ne5 Bd4 52.Rxf7+ Ke8 53.Rf6 Bxe5 54.Re6+ Kd7 55.Rxe5 Kd6 56.Re8 Ra2+ 57.Kf1 e3
58.Rg8 d4 59.h5 gxh5 60.g6 Ra1+ 61.Ke2 Ke7 62.g7 Rg1 63.Rf8 Rxg7 64.Rxf4 Rg2+
65.Ke1 Rd2 66.Rh4 Ke6 67.Rxh5 Rf2 68.f4 Rxf4 69.Rh8 Kd5  0-1

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 Nc6
9.Bg2 g6 10.g5 gxf5 11.exf5 Rg8 12.Bd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bg7 14.f6 Be6 15.Bb6 Bxd5
16.Bxd8 Bxh1 17.Bb6 Bxf6 18.Ke2 Bd8 19.Bxd8 Nd4+ 20.Ke3 Rxd8 21.Qxh1 Nxc2+
22.Kd2 Nxa1 23.h4 d5 24.Qxa1 Rg6 25.b3 Re6 26.f4 d4 27.fxe5 d3 28.Qf1 Rxe5
29.Qf6 Re2+ 30.Kd1 Re6 31.Qh8+ Ke7  0-1

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "A63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.g3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.h3 a6 11.Bf4 Ne8 12.a4 Rb8 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 Rxb6 15.Qc1 Qe7
16.e4 Rb4 17.Re1 Nc7 18.Bg5 f6 19.Bd2 Re8 20.Kh2 Nb6 21.Qc2 Qf8 22.Nb1 Rc4
23.Qb3 Nca8 24.Ba5 Bd7 25.Nc3 f5 26.exf5 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Qxf5 28.Nd2 Rd4 29.Nf3 Rc4
30.Re2 Qd3 31.Re3 Qf5 32.Nd2 Rd4 33.Nce4 Ba4 34.Qa2 Bd7 35.Bc3 Ra4 36.Qb3 Bb5
37.Bxg7 Kxg7 38.Nxd6 Qxf2 39.N2e4 Qf8 40.Qc3+ Kh6 41.Rf3 Qe7 42.Nf7+ Kh5
43.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Nbd2 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Be7 8.e3 a6
9.Bd3 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Rc1 O-O 12.h4 Be7 13.a3 Nc6 14.g4 Rc8 15.g5 f5 16.Rg1 hxg5
17.hxg5 g6 18.Nh4 Kg7 19.Ndf3 Rh8 20.d5 Ne5 21.Nxf5+ gxf5 22.Nxe5 Bxd5 23.Rxc8 Qxc8
24.Bxf5 Bxa3 25.bxa3 Qc3+ 26.Qd2 Qxe5 27.Bb1 Rc8 28.f4 Qc3 29.e4 Bb3 30.Qxc3+ Rxc3
31.Kd2 Rh3 32.f5 e5 33.Bd3 Bc4 34.Bxc4 bxc4 35.f6+ Kg6 36.Rf1 Rh8 37.Kc3 Kxg5
38.Kxc4 Rf8 39.f7 Kg6 40.Kd5 Rxf7 41.Rxf7 Kxf7 42.Kd6 Ke8 43.a4 Kd8 44.a5 Kc8
45.Kxe5 Kc7 46.Kf6 d5 47.e5 d4 48.e6 d3 49.e7 d2 50.e8=Q d1=Q 51.Qf7+ Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16 Poule Basse"]
[Site "Le Port Marly FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Damljanovic,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "A67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.Bd3 Qh4+ 10.Kf1 Qe7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Bd2 Na6 13.Be1 Rb8 14.Qd2 b5 15.Bh4 f6
16.Bxb5 g5 17.fxg5 Ne5 18.g6 Nxg6 19.Bg3 Nc7 20.Bc4 Rb4 21.b3 f5 22.e5 f4
23.exd6 Qxd6 24.Bf2 Ba6 25.Bxa6 Qxa6+ 26.Kg1 Rxb3 27.Rc1 Bxc3 28.Rxc3 Rb1+
29.Rc1 Rfb8 30.h4 Rxc1+ 31.Qxc1 Nxd5 32.h5 Nge7 33.Rh4 Qxa2 34.Rg4+ Kf8 35.Qxc5 Rb1+
36.Kh2 Qa1 37.Bg1 Ke8 38.Kh3 Qf6 39.Rg5 Rb3 40.Rg8+ Nxg8 41.Qxd5 Nh6 42.Kh2 Rxf3
43.gxf3 Qh4+ 44.Kg2 Qg3+ 45.Kf1 Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16 Poule Basse"]
[Site "Le Port Marly FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dobrev,Nan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Rb8 10.d3 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Ngf3 Re8 14.d4 Bf8 15.Ng5 Re7
16.d5 Na5 17.Bc2 c5 18.b3 Nh5 19.Nf1 Bg7 20.Nf3 Qe8 21.Bg5 Rc7 22.a4 f5 23.axb5 Qxb5
24.Bd8 Qd7 25.Bxc7 Qxc7 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Nxe5 Bxe5 28.Qxh5 Nxb3 29.Bxb3 Rxb3
30.f4 Bf6 31.Ng3 Bd7 32.Re8+ Kg7 33.Rae1  1-0

[Event "TOP 16 Poule Basse"]
[Site "Le Port Marly FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Doettling,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 c5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4 O-O 8.Re1 b5
9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf1 a5 11.h4 b4 12.h5 a4 13.N1h2 Ba6 14.Ng4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 cxd4
16.b3 Qc7 17.Bb2 Rfc8 18.Rc1 Qb6 19.Nh2 Bb5 20.Qg4 axb3 21.axb3 Ra2 22.Bxd4 Qc6
23.Nf1 Rxc2 24.Rcd1 Bc5 25.Ne3 Bxd4 26.Qxd4 Rc3 27.h6 Qc5 28.Qh4 Bxd3 29.hxg7 Bg6
30.Ng4 Kxg7 31.Bxd5 exd5 32.e6 fxe6 33.Rxe6 Re8 34.Qh6+ Kf7 35.Rxg6 hxg6
36.Qh7+ Kf8 37.Qh8+ Ke7 38.Re1+ Kd6 39.Qxe8 Rxg3+ 40.Kh1 Rxg4 41.Qe6+ Kc7
42.Qxg4 Qxf2 43.Qxb4 Qf3+ 44.Kh2 Qf2+ 45.Kh3 Qf3+ 46.Kh4 g5+ 47.Kxg5 Qf6+
48.Kh5 Qf5+ 49.Kh4 Qf2+ 50.Kh3 Qf3+ 51.Kh2 Qf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16 Poule Basse"]
[Site "Le Port Marly FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Postny,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.Bg5 c5
16.d5 c4 17.Qd2 Qc7 18.Nh2 Bg7 19.Rf1 Rf8 20.Kh1 Kh8 21.f4 exf4 22.Rxf4 Ng8
23.Rf2 Ne5 24.Nf3 Rae8 25.a4 b4 26.cxb4 Nxf3 27.Rxf3 Bxb2 28.Raf1 Be5 29.Ne2 c3
30.Qd3 Rc8 31.Bf4 Bg7 32.Be3 Nh6 33.Bd4 f5 34.Nf4 Rce8 35.Ne6 Rxe6 36.dxe6 Bxe4
37.Bxg7+ Qxg7 38.Qxa6 Ra8 39.Qe2 d5 40.Re1 Rc8 41.Qa6 Rc7 42.Bxe4 fxe4 43.Qa8+ Ng8
44.Rf8 d4 45.Qd8  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2009.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3
16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Qxd5 Rad8 18.Qg2 Qxg2+ 19.Kxg2 Bxd3 20.Be3 Be4+ 21.f3 Bc6
22.Nd2 Rfe8 23.Nb3 f6 24.Nd4 Bb7 25.g4 Bc5 26.b4 Bxd4 27.Bxd4 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Kf7
29.Bc5 Rd7 30.h4 Bd5 31.a3 Be6 32.Bd4 Bc4 33.Kg3 Re7 34.Rd1 Bb3 35.Rd2 Re1
36.h5 Rd1 37.Re2 Rd3 38.Kf4 Bd5 39.Re3 Rxe3 40.Kxe3 Bb3 41.Kf4 Bd1 42.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2009.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Rab1 h6 13.a3 a5 14.Qb5 Qxb5 15.cxb5 d5
16.Ne5 g5 17.Be3 Nbd7 18.Nc6 Bxc6 19.bxc6 Ne5 20.Na4 Nxc6 21.Bxc5 Bxc5 22.Nxc5 Rab8
23.e4 dxe4 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Nd4 27.Kg2 Nb3 28.Bc2 Rb8 29.Bxb3 Rxb3
30.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Ne4 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.Ng5 Bf5 15.c3 Bxg5
16.Bxg5 Kd7 17.Rad1+ Kc8 18.Rd2 b6 19.Rfd1 Kb7 20.Rd8 Raxd8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8
22.Bxd8 Bg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2009.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 b5 8.e5 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 c5 14.d5 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qb5
17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Qg4+ Rd7 21.Qg7 Bxg7 22.fxg7 Rg8 23.Nxc5 Rxg7
24.Bd4 Rc7 25.Nxb7 Rg6 26.Ra5 Qxb7 27.Bxd5 Qb8 28.Be5 Qb6 29.Bxc7 Qxc7 30.Rfa1 a6
31.Rxa6 Rxa6 32.Rxa6 c3 33.bxc3 bxc3 34.Be4 Qc4 35.Bf5+ Kd8 36.Ra1 Qe2 37.Kg2 Qe5
38.Rd1+ Ke7 39.Bb1 f5 40.h3 Kf6 41.Rd3 Qe4+ 42.Kh2 Qe1 43.Rf3 Qxb1 44.Rxc3 Qf1
45.Rf3 Ke5 46.Rf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2009.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qa4 Nf6 12.Nh4 Qc8 13.Nf5 Nd4 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Nxd4 cxd4
16.Rxd4 Bc5 17.Rd3 b5 18.Qf4 O-O 19.b4 Bb6 20.Bb2 Rfe8 21.e3 Rac8 22.Nd2 Bd8
23.Rd1 Rc2 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.a3 Ra2 26.Nf3 Qa6 27.g4 h6 28.h4 Rxa3 29.Rd6 Qa4
30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Ra1 32.Rxa1 Bxa1 33.Rxd7 Rf8 34.Qd6 g6 35.Nh2 Bc3 36.Ng4 Bg7
37.Nf6+ Bxf6 38.gxf6 Rc8 39.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2009.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Nh4 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.Qa4 dxc4 12.Qxc4 c5 13.Be3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Qc8 15.Rfc1 Qxc4
16.Rxc4 Na6 17.Rac1 Rfd8 18.a4 f6 19.Ne3 Kf7 20.Kg2 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Bxc5 22.b4 Bxe3
23.Rc7+ Ke8 24.fxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2009.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Nac5 13.f3 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Nc5 15.Qd4 Nb3
16.Qxg4 Nxa1 17.Bh6 g6 18.Nc3 Qb6+ 19.Rf2 Rfe8 20.Qf4 Qc7 21.Re2 Re6 22.b4 Rd8
23.Bg5 Nb3 24.Bxd8 Qxd8 25.cxd5 cxd5 26.Rb2 Qb6+ 27.Kf1 Qa6+ 28.Kf2 Qxa3
29.Ra2 Qc1 30.Nxd5 Qxf4 31.Nxf4 Rxe5 32.Rxa7 Rb5 33.Nd3 Nd4 34.Ra8+ Kg7 35.Re8 Rd5
36.Nf4 Rb5 37.Nd3 Rd5 38.Nf4 Rb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2009.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qe2 Bg4
16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Be3 Rae8 18.Nd2 Re6 19.f3 Nxe3 20.Qf2 Nd5 21.fxg4 Qxg4 22.Qf3 Qg5
23.Rxe6 fxe6 24.Ne4 Qg6 25.Qd3 h5 26.Bc2 Bf4 27.Re1 h4 28.Nf2 Qxd3 29.Nxd3 Be3+
30.Kg2 Bd2 31.Re2 Ne3+ 32.Kh3 hxg3 33.Kxg3 Nf1+ 34.Kh3 Rf6 35.Ne5 Bc1 36.Ng4 Rf3+
37.Kg2 Rf4 38.Bb3 Rxg4+ 39.Kxf1 Rg6 40.Bxe6+ Kf8 41.b4 Rf6+ 42.Kg2 Rg6+ 43.Kf3 Rf6+
44.Kg3 Bf4+ 45.Kg4 Bc7 46.Bd7 Rd6 47.Bf5 a5 48.a3 Rf6 49.h4 g6 50.Be4 axb4
51.axb4 Kg7 52.Bg2 Kh6 53.Re8 Bf4 54.Re2 Bc1 55.Bf3 Kg7 56.Kg3 Kf7 57.Kg2 Bf4
58.Kf2 Re6 59.Be4 Rf6 60.Kg2 Bh6 61.Ra2 Ke7 62.Bf3 Kd7 63.Ra6 Ke7 64.Ra7+ Kd8
65.Ra6 Ke7 66.Ra2 Kd7 67.Re2 Kd6 68.Bg4 Kd5 69.Re5+ Kc4 70.Rc5+ Kd3 71.d5 Bf8
72.Rxc6 Rxc6 73.dxc6 Bd6 74.Kf3 Kxc3 75.Ke4 Kxb4 76.Kd5 Bg3 77.Bf3 Ka5 78.Ke6 b4
79.Be4 Kb5 80.Kd7 Kc5 81.Bxg6  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2009.07.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 Qb6 6.Nc2 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 d6 10.e4 a6 11.Kh1 Rb8 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.g4 h6 14.f4 Nh7 15.Rc1 Rfc8 16.b3 Qd8
17.Ne2 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.e3 b6 8.Nf3 Bb7
9.b3 Nbd7 10.Be2 c5 11.O-O Rc8 12.a4 dxc4 13.bxc4 Qc7 14.Rd1 Rfd8 15.Bb2 cxd4
16.exd4 Qf4 17.Qe3 Qxe3 18.fxe3 a5 19.Nd2 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Rdc1 Nc5 22.Ra3 Bc6
23.Bc3 Nxa4 24.Be1 Be8 25.Rb1 e5 26.Bh4 f6 27.dxe5 b5 28.cxb5 Nc3 29.Rb2 Nxe2+
30.Rxe2 Rd1+ 31.Re1 Rcc1 32.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33.Kf2 g5 34.Bg3 Bxb5 35.e4 fxe5 36.Rxa5 Rb1
37.Bxe5 Bc6 38.Bc3 Rb5 39.Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mataix Arbona,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.a4 Ne8 9.Nge2 Bg5
10.f4 exf4 11.gxf4 Bf6 12.O-O Qe7 13.Qd3 Nd7 14.Kh1 g6 15.Bd2 Ng7 16.Rae1 Nh5
17.Bf3 Ng7 18.Ng3 Re8 19.b3 Nf8 20.Bg2 Bd7 21.e5 dxe5 22.Nce4 Bf5 23.Nxf5 gxf5
24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.fxe5 Rxe5 26.Bc3 Ng6 27.d6 Rd8 28.Rxe5 Nxe5 29.Qd5 Rxd6
30.Qxe5 Qxe5 31.Bxe5 Rb6 32.Rg1 Ne6 33.Bc6+  1-0

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Granero Roca,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2
9.Kxg2 Qc8 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Qb7+ 12.Kg1 d5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.e3 Rd8
16.Qe2 Bxd4 17.Bxd4 Nc6 18.Rad1 Qe4 19.Ba1 f6 20.f3 Qe6 21.e4 Rac8 22.Qb5 Kf7
23.Bb2 h5 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rc1 Nd4 26.Qd3 Nc6 27.Qc4 Qxc4 28.Rxc4 Rd1+ 29.Kf2 Rd2+
30.Ke3 Rxb2 31.Rxc6 Rxh2 32.a4 Rb2 33.Rc3 g5 34.f4 gxf4+ 35.gxf4 h4 36.Kd4 Rd2+
37.Ke3 Rg2 38.Rc7 Rb2 39.Rxa7 h3 40.Ra8 Kg7 41.Rc8 h2 42.Rc1 Rxb3+ 43.Kf2 Rb4
44.Kg2 Rxe4 45.Kxh2 Rxf4  0-1

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ibrahimov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "E20"]

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 a6 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rb1 d6 12.Nb3 Nd7 13.Bf4 O-O 14.c5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 Qxc5
16.Bxb7 Bxb7 17.Rxb7 d5 18.Rfb1 Bd6 19.Be3 Qc8 20.Bd4 Rd8 21.Qe3 e5 22.Bxe5 Re8
23.Bxd6  1-0

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 c5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Bg4 10.f3 Bh5 11.Nf4 Bg6 12.Be2 Nc6 13.g4 Rc8 14.O-O Re8 15.Ra2 cxd4
16.cxd4 Na5 17.h4 Qc7 18.Bb5 Red8 19.Rg2 Bc2 20.Qe1 a6 21.Be2 Nb3 22.g5 Nh5
23.Nxh5 Bg6 24.Nf6+ gxf6 25.Bb2 fxg5 26.e4 gxh4 27.Qxh4 Qb6 28.Bd3 dxe4 29.Bxe4 Rxd4
30.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 31.Qf2 Qxf2+ 32.Rfxf2 b5 33.f4 Kf8 34.f5 Bh5 35.Rh2 Bg4 36.Rxh7 Ke7
37.Bd5 Nd4 38.Rxf7+ Kd6 39.Bg2 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Bxf5 41.Ra7 Bc8 42.Rd2 Ke5 43.Re7+ Kf6
44.Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 c5 13.Rb1 a5 14.a3 b6 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 g5
17.Bf2 f5 18.O-O Ng6 19.g3 f4 20.g4 Nf7 21.Qb3 Bd7 22.Ra1 h5 23.h3 hxg4 24.hxg4 Bf6
25.Rxa8 Qxa8 26.Qb2 Qa7 27.Ra1 Qc7 28.Nb5 Bxb5 29.cxb5 Kg7 30.Qa2 Rh8 31.Qa7 Qd8
32.Nc4 Be7 33.bxc5 Qg8 34.Bd3 Rh3 35.cxd6 Qh8 36.Kf1 Rxf3 37.dxe7 Qh3+ 38.Ke1 Rxd3
39.e8=Q Qh1+ 40.Bg1 Qxe4+ 41.Kf1 Qf3+ 42.Bf2 Qh1+ 43.Ke2 Qf3+ 44.Kf1 Qh1+
45.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Qd2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Nxe4 13.Qe3 Bxd4 14.Qxe4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qg5
16.h4 Qf6 17.Qxb7 Bf5 18.Rfe1 e6 19.Qb4 a5 20.Qxd6 a4 21.Bc4 Qxh4 22.Bf1 Rfd8
23.Qe5 Rd2 24.Re2 Rd5 25.Qe3 Rc8 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Qxd2 Qf6 28.Bb5 a3 29.Rc1 Qxc3
30.Qxc3 Rxc3 31.Ba4 Be4 32.Bb3 Bd5 33.Bxd5 exd5 34.Kf1 Rc4 35.Ke2 Rb4 36.Kd3 Rb2
37.Kc3 Rxa2 38.Kb3 Rb2+ 39.Kxa3 Rb5 40.Rd1 Kf8 41.Ka4 Rb2 42.Rd2 Ke7 43.Ka3 Rb5
44.Ka4 Rc5 45.Kb3 h5 46.c3 Ke6 47.Kc2 Rc4 48.Kd3 h4 49.Re2+ Kd6 50.f3 Ra4
51.Rb2 Ke5 52.Ke3 Ra3 53.Kd3 f5 54.Re2+ Kf4 55.Kd4 g5 56.Rc2 Ra5 57.Rb2 Kg3
58.Ke5 g4 59.fxg4 fxg4 60.Kd4 Ra3 61.Re2 Rb3 62.Ra2 Rb5 63.Re2 Ra5 64.Rb2 Kh2
65.Re2 g3 66.Ke3 Ra3 67.Rc2 h3 68.gxh3+ Kxh3 69.Rc1 g2 70.Kf2 Kh2  0-1

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.f4 Nfd7
10.Nd3 a5 11.a3 f5 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.b4 a4 14.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nf4 a5
9.Bd3 c6 10.O-O Re8 11.f3 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nfxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Be6 15.Nf4 Qb6
16.Kh1 Nc6 17.Qc2 h6 18.Nxe6 Rxe6 19.Bc4 Rd6 20.e4 Rad8 21.Bf4 R6d7 22.e5 Nd4
23.Qe4 Qxb2 24.Rab1 Qxa3 25.Rxb7 Rxb7 26.Qxb7 Ne6 27.Bg3 Qa4 28.Qe4 Rd4 29.Qa8+ Rd8
30.Qe4 Rd4 31.Qa8+ Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th ORDIX Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kraft,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nd7 10.Ba3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.c5 fxe4 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Ncxe4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5
16.Ng5 Rc8 17.b5 e4 18.Rc1 Qb6 19.g4 Bh6 20.h4 Bd7 21.Rxc8 Nxc8 22.Nxe4 Rf4
23.Bc1 Rxe4 24.Bxh6 Rd4 25.Qa1 Bxg4 26.Rd1 Bxe2 27.Rxd4  1-0

[Event "16th ORDIX Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nagel,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.Qe2 a6 14.a4 Rb8 15.Rab1 Qe7
16.Nd1 Nc7 17.a5 Rfe8 18.Qc2 Nb5 19.Bxb5 axb5 20.b4 Rbc8 21.bxc5 Rxc5 22.Qb3 Qxe4
23.Bxd6 Rxd5 24.Bg3 Rc5 25.Ne3 Be5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Ng4 Qf4 28.Rbd1 Re7 29.Qg3 Qxg3
30.fxg3 Kg7 31.Rd6 h5 32.Nh2 b4 33.a6 bxa6 34.Rxa6 Rb5 35.Nf3 Nc5 36.Rc6 Ne6
37.Rb1 b3 38.Rb2 Rd7 39.Rc3 Nc5 40.Kh2 Rd3 41.Rc1 Na4 42.Rbb1 b2 43.Rc2 Rc3  0-1

[Event "16th ORDIX Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Breutigam,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.c4 Qxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Ne7 15.f3 Nf5
16.Bf2 Ba6 17.Bd3 Ke7 18.O-O Nd6 19.Rfe1 Rac8 20.g4 h5 21.h3 hxg4 22.hxg4 e5
23.Bg3 f6 24.a4 Nb7 25.Bf5 Rcd8 26.Rc2 Rhe8 27.Ne4 Nf8 28.dxe5 g6 29.Nxf6 gxf5
30.gxf5 Na5 31.Bh4 Kf7 32.e6+ Rxe6 33.fxe6+ Nxe6 34.Ng4 Rh8 35.Bg3 Nxc4 36.Rxc4  1-0

[Event "16th ORDIX Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fontaine,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.h3 e5 10.a3 a5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bd2 Nh5 13.Nh2 Nf4 14.Ne2 Ne6 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Rxa1
17.Qxa1 cxb4 18.Bxb4 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Qa5 Qxa5 21.Bxa5 Bd7 22.Rb1 Ra8 23.Bc3 d5
24.Rb7 Nc5 25.Rc7 Ra4 26.Ng3 d4 27.Bd2 Bf6 28.Nf3 Bd8 29.Rxd7 Nxd7 30.Nxf5 Ra1+
31.Kh2 h5 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Ra2 34.Ne1 Ba5 35.Bxa5 Rxa5 36.Kg2 Kf7 37.f4 c5
38.Nd6+ Ke7 39.Nc4 Ra1 40.Kf2 exf4 41.Ng2 Ra2 42.Nxf4 Rxc2+ 43.Kf3 Rc1 44.g5 Rg1
45.Nh3 Re1 46.Nf4 Kf7 47.Kf2 Ra1 48.Nd6+ Kg8 49.g6 Ne5 50.Ne4 Ra2+ 51.Kg3 Ra5
52.Kh4 Kg7 53.Kg5 Nxg6 54.Ne6+ Kf7 55.N6xc5 Nf8 56.Kg4 Ke7 57.Kf3 Ne6 58.Nb3 Rf5+
59.Ke2 Rb5 60.Ned2 Kd6 61.Nc4+ Kd5 62.Nc1 Rb8 63.Kd2 Nf4 64.Kc2 Rh8 65.Nb6+ Kc6
66.Nc4 Ne6 67.Nd2 Rh2 68.Kd1 Kd5 69.Ne2 Rf2 70.Ne4 Rf8 71.Nd2 Nf4 72.Nc1 Rh8
73.Kc2 Rc8+ 74.Kd1 Rc7 75.Nb1 Ng2 76.Nb3 Ne3+ 77.Ke2 Re7 78.N1d2 Nc4+ 79.Ne4 Nd6
80.Nd2 Nxe4 81.dxe4+ Kc5 82.Kd3 Rb7 83.Kc2 Rb8 84.Nb3+ Kc4 85.Nd2+ Kb4 86.Kd3 Kc5
87.Kc2 Rb6 88.Nb3+ Kc4 89.Nd2+ Kb4 90.Kd3 Rd6 91.e5 Rd8 92.Ne4 Kb5 93.Nd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th ORDIX Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 O-O
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 d6 11.exd6 exd6 12.a4 Na5 13.Re1 a6 14.Bf1 Be6 15.Ng5 Bd5
16.Ne4 Re8 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.Nf6+ Bxf6 19.Bxf6 Rxe1 20.Qxe1 Re8 21.Qd2 Qf5 22.Qg5 Qxg5
23.Bxg5 Bc4 24.Rb1 Ba2 25.Ra1 Bc4 26.Rb1 d5 27.f3 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 Kg7 29.Bf4 Re7
30.g4 f6 31.h4 Nc4 32.Kf2 h6 33.g5 fxg5 34.hxg5 h5 35.Be5+ Kf7 36.Bf6 Rd7
37.Kg3 Ne3 38.Kf4 Ng2+ 39.Kg3 Ne3 40.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th ORDIX Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Horvath,Ad1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.Nd2 g5 8.Bg3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 d6 10.e3 Nbd7 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Qa4 Qe7 14.c5 dxc5 15.Rc1 a6
16.Bxc7 b5 17.Qd1 Rc8 18.Bg3 cxd4 19.cxd4 Qb4 20.Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.Qc1 Bb7 22.a3 Qa5
23.Bc7 Qa4 24.Be2 b4 25.Bd6 bxa3 26.Bxa3 Qc6 27.Nc4 Qxg2 28.Nd6+ Kf8 29.Kd2 Kg7
30.Rg1 Ne4+ 31.Nxe4 Qxe4 32.Rxg5+ Kh8 33.Rh5+ Kg7 34.Qg1+  1-0

[Event "16th ORDIX Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lysyj,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bg5 a6
9.a4 O-O 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Be2 Rb8 12.O-O Qe8 13.Nd2 Qe5 14.Bf4 Qe7 15.Bh2 Ne8
16.Qc2 Nc7 17.Nc4 Ne5 18.Nb6 Nd7 19.Nc4 Ne5 20.Nb6 Nd7 21.Nc4 Ne5 22.Nb6 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th ORDIX Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Guliyev,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.Rac1 Ba7 13.Be1 Ke7 14.Na4 Rhd8 15.Nc5 Bxc5
16.Rxc5 Be8 17.Rcc1 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Bc3 Rxd1+ 20.Bxd1 g6 21.Kf1 Nd5 22.Bd2 e5
23.Bb3 Nc7 24.Ng5 f6 25.Ne4 b6 26.Ba4 Nd5 27.a3 Nb8 28.Bc2 Bc6 29.g4 Nd7
30.h4 Nc5 31.Nxc5 bxc5 32.f3 Nb6 33.Kf2 Nc4 34.Bc3 Nd6 35.g5 fxg5 36.hxg5 Nf7
37.e4 Kd6 38.Bd2 Nd8 39.Bb3 Ne6 40.Ba2 Bb5 41.Be3 Bd3 42.Bd5 Bb5 43.Kg3 Bc6
44.Ba2 Bb5 45.f4 Bc6 46.f5 Nd4 47.Bb1 gxf5 48.exf5 e4 49.Kf4 Ne2+ 50.Kg4 Ke5
51.f6 Bd5 52.Bxc5 Nd4 53.Bxd4+ Kxd4 54.Kf4 e3 55.Kg3 Bg8 56.Bxh7 Bd5 57.Bc2 Ke5
58.b4 Kd4 59.g6 Kc3 60.Bd1 Kd2 61.Bh5 Bc4 62.f7  1-0

[Event "16th ORDIX Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.a4 O-O 10.Nf3 Na6 11.O-O Nb4 12.h3 a6 13.Bc4 Re8 14.Re1 Rb8 15.Be3 b5 16.axb5 axb5
17.Bf1 Nf6 18.Bf2 c4 19.Qd2 Nd3 20.Bxd3 cxd3 21.Qxd3 b4 22.Nb5 Rxe4 23.Nbd4 Bf5
24.Nxf5 gxf5 25.Nd2 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Qa5 27.Qxf5 Qxd5 28.Qc2 Nh5 29.g3 b3 30.Qc7 Rf8
31.Nc4 Bd4 32.Ne3 Qf3 33.Qe7 Nxg3 34.Qg5+ Kh8 35.Qd5 Qxf4 36.Kg2 Rg8 37.Ng4 Bxf2
38.Re7 Bd4 39.Qxb3 Nf5  0-1

[Event "16th ORDIX Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Bxf6 gxf6 6.Qc1 Nc6 7.c3 d5 8.Nbd2 e5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Be2 Rg8 11.O-O Bg4 12.Re1 f5 13.Nb3 Be7 14.Nfd2 O-O-O 15.Bf1 e4
16.a4 Ne5 17.a5 Qh6 18.a6 Bf3 19.axb7+ Kb8 20.g3 Bh4 21.Bg2 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nd3
23.Qc2 Nxf2 24.Rf1 Ng4 25.Rae1 Bxg3  0-1

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Rb1 O-O 13.Qxd4 Bxd4 14.Bh6 Rd8 15.Bxb7 Rb8
16.Bxc8 Rdxc8 17.Rxb8 Rxb8 18.Rd1 Bc5 19.Rd7 Rc8 20.a4 a6 21.Kg2 f6 22.Kf3 Bb4
23.Be3 Rc3 24.Rd3 Rc2 25.a5 Kf7 26.Bb6 Rc3 27.Rxc3 Bxc3 28.Ke4 Ke6 29.Kd3 Be1
30.Kc4 h5 31.f3 Kd6 32.Bc5+ Ke6 33.Bb6 Kd6 34.Bc5+ Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Ng5 g6 14.Qh3 h5 15.Qg3 Bxf4
16.Qxf4 Qd7 17.Nf3 Kg7 18.Rab1 b6 19.Re3 Rae8 20.Rbe1 Rxe3 21.Qxe3 Qf5 22.Re2 Rd8
23.h4 Qf6 24.Qd3 Rd7 25.Re8 Re7 26.Ra8 Qf4 27.Qa6 Qc1+ 28.Kh2 Qf4+ 29.Kg1 Qc1+
30.Kh2 Qf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 c5 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 cxd4
9.Nxc4 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 Re8 12.b4 a6 13.Nfe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qd6 15.Nc4 Qd8
16.Ne5 Qd6 17.Nc4 Qd8 18.f4 Rb8 19.Qd2 d3 20.e3 e5 21.fxe5 Ng4 22.Nd6 Nxe5
23.Nxe8 Qxe8 24.Rc5 b6 25.Rxe5 Qxe5 26.Qxd3 Be6 27.Qd4 Qc7 28.Qf4 Qd8 29.Rc1 Rc8
30.Rxc8 Qxc8 31.h4 h6 32.Qd4 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Qxa3 34.Qxb6 g6 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qd4 h5
37.Bd5 Bxd5 38.Qxd5 Qb2+ 39.Kh3 Qf2 40.Qe4 Qf1+ 41.Kh2 Qf2+ 42.Kh3 Qg1 43.Qd5 Kg8
44.Qd8+ Kg7 45.Qd4+ Kh7 46.Qd5 Kg7 47.Qd4+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6
16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Ne3 g6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Nhg4 Nxg4 22.hxg4 Bg5
23.Qf3 Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Bd7 25.Bb3 Be6 26.Rd3 Rc8 27.Bxe6 Rxe6 28.a4 Qg5 29.Qd1 bxa4
30.Qxa4 Qxg4 31.Qxa6 Ree8 32.Qb7 Rc4 33.Re3 Qc8 34.Qxc8 Rexc8 35.Ra3 R8c7
36.Kf1 f5 37.f3 Kf7 38.Ke2 Ke6 39.Kd3 h5 40.Re1 h4 41.Rb1 fxe4+ 42.fxe4 d5
43.exd5+ Kxd5 44.Re1 e4+ 45.Rxe4 Rxc3+ 46.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 47.Kxc3 Kxe4 48.Kc4 Ke5
49.Kd3 g5 50.Ke3 g4 51.b5 Kd5 52.Kf4 h3 53.gxh3 gxh3 54.Kg3 Kc5 55.Kxh3 Kxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.c3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.b4 d5 17.Ng3 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Qd5 20.Qe2 Rad8 21.Ne1 Qb3 22.Qa2 Qxa2
23.Rxa2 Rd5 24.Kf1 Nb8 25.Ke2 Nd7 26.Nf3 Rd8 27.Bd2 Bf6 28.g4 g6 29.c4 Rd6
30.Be3 Rc6 31.cxb5 axb5 32.bxc5 Nxc5 33.Rc2 Nxe4 34.Rxc6 Nd6 35.Ng5 Bxg5
36.Bxg5 Rd7 37.f3 Kg7 38.Bd2 Kf6 39.Rb6 h5 40.Be1 hxg4 41.hxg4 Nc8 42.Rxb5 Ne7
43.a4 Nd5 44.Bd2 Rh7 45.a5 Rh2+ 46.Kd1 Rh1+ 47.Kc2 Ra1 48.Kb2 Ra4 49.Rb7 Nf4
50.Rb3  1-0

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qa4 Nf6 12.Nh4 Qc8 13.Nf5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Qxd4 O-O
16.Nc3 Re8 17.Qd3 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Bb4 19.Bd2 Qc6+ 20.f3 d5 21.Rac1 Qe6 22.Re1 Rac8
23.a3 Bc5 24.Nb5 a6 25.Nd4 Bxd4 26.Qxd4 Rxc1 27.Bxc1 Nd7 28.Bd2 Nc5 29.Bc3 f6
30.e3 Qc6 31.Rd1 Na4 32.Rd3 Qc4 33.g4 Nxc3 34.Qxc3 Qxc3 35.Rxc3 d4 36.exd4 Re2+
37.Kg3 Rxb2 38.Kf4 Rxh2 39.Rc6 Ra2 40.Rxb6 Rxa3 41.Rb7 Ra5 42.Ra7 g6 43.Ke4 h6
44.d5 Ra4+ 45.Ke3 Kf8 46.d6 Ke8 47.Re7+ Kd8 48.Rf7 f5 49.gxf5 gxf5 50.Rxf5 Kd7
51.Rh5 Kxd6 52.Rxh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Rd8 11.O-O Bf8 12.a3 Ne7 13.b4 a6 14.b5 Bg4 15.bxa6 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Rxa6 17.Qb3 Qd6 18.Rfc1 c6 19.Qxb7 Rxa3 20.Rxa3 Qxa3 21.Ne2 g6 22.g3 h5
23.h4 Qd6 24.Nf4 Bh6 25.Ne2 Bg7 26.Rb1 Bf6 27.Nf4 Kg7 28.Qa7 Rd7 29.Qa6 Rd8
30.Kg2 Rd7 31.Bd1 Rc7 32.Rb8 Kh7 33.Bc2 Kg7 34.Bd1 Kh7 35.Ra8 Qd7 36.Qd3 Kh6
37.Qa3 Rc8 38.Ra7 Rc7 39.Ra8 Rc8 40.Ra6 Rc7 41.Qc5 Qc8 42.Qd6 Kg7 43.Qa3 Qf5
44.Qd3 Qd7 45.Bxh5 Nf5 46.Bd1 Rb7 47.Qc2 Ne7 48.Nd3 Qc7 49.h5 Ra7 50.Rxa7 Qxa7
51.hxg6 fxg6 52.Nf4 Qd7 53.Be2 Qd6 54.Bg4 Kf7 55.Ne6 Ng8 56.Nc5 Ne7 57.Qb1 Qd8
58.Qb7  1-0

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rfc8 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Bh6 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Rxc4
16.Rad1 Qb6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Nf3 e4 19.Ne5 Rd4 20.Rxd4 Qxd4 21.Nxd7 Qxd7 22.Nxe4 Nxe4
23.Rxe4 Qd1+ 24.Kh2 Qd6+ 25.Kg1 Qd1+ 26.Kh2 Qd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.e4 e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Bb3 O-O 14.Rc1 Rd8 15.Qe2 Bg4
16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Nd1 a5 18.Ne3 h5 19.h3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Qxf3 21.gxf3 a4 22.Bd1 Rd2
23.Rxc6 Rxb2 24.Bc2 Nd7 25.Bd3 Rxa2 26.Bc4 Rb2 27.Rc7 Nf8 28.Rxf7 Kh8 29.Bd5 Ra6
30.Ra1 Nh7 31.Bc4 Ra8 32.Bd5 Ra6 33.Bc4 Ra8 34.Bd5 Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be2 e5
9.Nb3 Be7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.a4 h6 13.Bh4 b6 14.Bc4 Bb7 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.Qe2 Qc7 17.Rfd1 Rfc8 18.Nd2 Qb8 19.Nf1 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bxb5 Rxc3 22.bxc3 Nxe4
23.Qe1 Ng5 24.Be2 Qc8 25.Rxa8 Bxa8 26.Ne3 Bf8 27.c4 Be4 28.Rb1 g6 29.Qa5 h5
30.Bd3 Bxg2 31.Nxg2 Nf3+ 32.Kf1 Bh6 33.Ne3 Bxe3 34.fxe3 Qg4 35.Kf2 Ng5 36.Qa8+ Kg7
37.Qg2 Nh3+ 38.Kf1 Qh4 39.Qg3 Qf6+ 40.Kg2 e4  1-0

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O dxc4
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bxc4 Bd6 11.g3 Qe7 12.f4 c5 13.d5 Nb6 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.dxe6 Qxe6
16.Be2 c4 17.Bf3 Bc5 18.Qe2 Rd8 19.Rd1 Ke7 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Kh1 Qd7 22.b3 Bb4
23.Bb2 Qd3 24.Rc1 Rd7 25.bxc4 Nxc4 26.Nd5+ Rxd5 27.Rxc4 Qxe2 28.Bxe2 Rd2
29.Rxb4 Rxe2 30.Rxb7+ Ke6 31.Bxf6 gxf6 32.Rxa7 Rxe3 33.Ra6+ Ke7 34.a4 Ra3
35.a5 Ra2 36.Kg1 Kf8 37.Ra8+ Kg7 38.a6 f5 39.Ra7 Kh6 40.Kf1 f6 41.Ra8 Kg7
42.h4 Ra3 43.Kf2 Kh7 44.Kg2 Kh6 45.Kf1 Kh7 46.Ra7+ Kh6 47.Kf2 Kh5 48.Ke2 Kh6
49.Ra8 Kg7 50.Ra7+ Kh6 51.Ra8 Kg7 52.Kd2 Rxg3 53.Kc2 g5 54.hxg5 fxg5 55.fxg5 f4
56.Rb8 Ra3 57.Rb6 Ra5 58.g6 f3 59.Kd2 Ra2+ 60.Ke1 Re2+ 61.Kf1 Ra2 62.Rc6 Kh6
63.Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 Nc5 14.Ba2 Bf8 15.Be3 d5
16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Qxd5 18.d4 Ncd7 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Qxd5 Nxd5 21.Nxe5 Rxe5
22.Bd2 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Nb6 24.Nf5 f6 25.Kf1 Kf7 26.Bc1 Rd8 27.Ne3 Bc5 28.Ke2 Na4
29.Kf3 Re8 30.Rd1 Bxe3 31.fxe3 Nb6 32.b3 Re6 33.Bb2 Rc6 34.Rd2 Ke6 35.e4 Nd7
36.Ke3 a5 37.Kf4 a4 38.Ke3 h6 39.g4 Ne5 40.Kf4 Nf7 41.Ke3 Nd6 42.h4 Nf7 43.h5 Ne5
44.Kf4 Nd7 45.Ke3 Ra6 46.Kf4 axb3 47.cxb3 c6 48.Rc2 Ne5 49.Rd2 Ra8 50.Rd1 Rg8
51.Bxe5 fxe5+ 52.Ke3 Ra8 53.Ra1 c5 54.Kd3 Kf6 55.Rf1+ Ke6 56.Ra1 Kf6 57.Rf1+ Ke6
58.Ra1 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Cheparinov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.e4 O-O 12.e5 Qe7 13.Qe2 Rd8 14.Rac1 c5 15.d5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 exd5 17.Nf3 Qxe2 18.Bxe2 d4 19.Ne4 d3 20.Bd1 b6 21.b3 Be6 22.Nfd2 Rac8
23.Bf3 Bb2 24.Rb1 Bd4 25.Rfc1 b5 26.Nc3 a6 27.Bb7 Rb8 28.Bxa6 Bxc3 29.Rxc3 Rb6
30.Bxb5 Rxb5 31.Rd1 Ra5 32.a4 Rd4 33.f3 c4 34.Nxc4 Bxc4 35.Rxc4 Rxc4 36.bxc4 Rxa4
37.Rxd3 Rxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Maze,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.d4 Nc6 8.O-O Nb6
9.e3 Re8 10.b3 e5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Qxd1 13.Nxd1 Bxe5 14.Bb2 a5 15.Bxe5 Rxe5
16.Nb2 c6 17.Rfd1 Bf5 18.Nd3 Re7 19.Nc5 Rb8 20.Rd2 Nd7 21.Nxd7 Rxd7 22.Rxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Bg5 Bg7
9.Qd2 Be6 10.Rc1 Qa5 11.Bd3 h6 12.Nd5 Qxd2+ 13.Bxd2 Rc8 14.Ke2 Nd7 15.Be3 a5
16.b3 Bb2 17.Rb1 Ba3 18.Bd2 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Rc5 20.Be3 Rc7 21.Bb5 Kd8 22.Rbd1 h5
23.f4 Bc5 24.Rc1 Bxe3 25.Kxe3 Rc5 26.Rxc5 Nxc5 27.Rc1 Kc7 28.h4 Kb6 29.Be2 Re8
30.e5 e6 31.dxe6 Rxe6 32.Bc4 Re7 33.Kd4 dxe5+ 34.fxe5 Rd7+ 35.Ke3 Re7 36.Kf4 Nd7
37.e6 fxe6 38.Kg5 e5 39.Kxg6 e4 40.Rf1 e3 41.Kxh5 Rh7+ 42.Kg4 Ne5+ 43.Kh3 Nxc4
44.bxc4 Kc5 45.g4 Kd4 46.g5 e2 47.Re1 Ke3 48.Kg4 Rf7 49.g6 Rf1 50.Rxe2+ Kxe2
51.h5 Ke3 52.h6 Ke4 53.h7 Rg1+ 54.Kh3 Kf3 55.Kh2 Rxg6 56.h8=Q Rg2+ 57.Kh3 Rg3+
58.Kh4 Rg4+ 59.Kh5 Rxc4 60.Qe5 a4 61.Qd5+ Re4 62.Kg5 Ke3 63.Qxb7 Kd3 64.Qb1+ Ke3
65.Kf5 Rc4 66.Ke5 Rc5+ 67.Kd6 Rc3 68.Qb4 Rd3+ 69.Ke5  1-0

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bg5 Be6 7.O-O-O+ Kc8
8.Nf3 Bc5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.e3 Nd7 11.g3 a5 12.Nh4 Bb4 13.Kc2 Nc5 14.f3 c6 15.Be2 Kc7
16.Rhf1 Rhb8 17.Ne4 b5 18.a3 Nxe4 19.fxe4 Bc5 20.cxb5 cxb5 21.Rxf6 Bxe3 22.Bh5 Bg5
23.Rf3 Rd8 24.Rc3+ Kb6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Nf3 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.Nxg5 bxc3 29.bxc3 h6
30.Bxf7 Bg4 31.Nh7 Rd7 32.Bg8 Rd6 33.Bd5 Rxd5  0-1

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bhat,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.e3 h6 10.g4 Bh7 11.Bg2 e6 12.O-O Bb4 13.Qe2 O-O 14.f4 Nfd7 15.Nf3 c5 16.g5 cxd4
17.exd4 hxg5 18.fxg5 Nb8 19.Nb5 Nc6 20.Bf4 Nd5 21.Bg3 Bg6 22.h4 Bh5 23.Qd3 Nde7
24.Ne5 Rc8 25.Be4 Nf5 26.Bxf5 exf5 27.Nc4 Bg6 28.Bf4 Ne7 29.Ncd6 Rc6 30.Nc4 Rc8
31.b3 Nd5 32.Bd6 Re8 33.Qf3 Re4 34.Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.e4 d6 13.e5 Qd7 14.Qxd7+ Nxd7 15.exd6 Bf6
16.Nc3 O-O-O 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 f6 19.Be3 Nb4 20.Rac1 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Kb7 22.a3 Nc6
23.Nd5 Nde5 24.b4 cxb4 25.Nxb4 Rd7 26.Nxc6 Nxc6 27.h4 Ne5 28.Bf4 Ng6 29.Rc4 Rc8
30.Rcd4 Rc3 31.a4 Kc6 32.Bd2 Rc2 33.a5 b5 34.a6 Ne5 35.h5 Nc4 36.Bf4 g5 37.hxg6 hxg6
38.Kf3 g5 39.Be3 Rc3 40.Ke2 Ra3 41.Rd5 Nxe3 42.fxe3 Rxa6 43.Rf5 Ra2+ 44.Kf3 b4
45.Rxf6 b3 46.Rc1+ Rc2 47.Rb1 b2 48.e4 Rxd6 49.e5 Rxf6+ 50.exf6 Kd7 51.Kg4 Ke6
52.Kxg5 Kf7 53.g4 a5 54.Rd1 Rc5+ 55.Kh6 Rc1  0-1

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bluvshtein,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.O-O Bg7
9.Nb3 Qc8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qd2 Be6 13.Nd5 Bg7 14.Rac1 O-O 15.Rfd1 Qd7
16.Nf4 Rfd8 17.Qe3 Bf5 18.Nc5 Qc8 19.Na4 g5 20.Nd5 Qe6 21.Qb3 Nd4 22.Rxd4 Bxd4
23.e3 b5 24.Qxb5 Rab8 25.Nxe7+ Qxe7 26.Qxf5 Bxb2 27.Nxb2 Rxb2 28.Be4 Qe5
29.Qxe5 dxe5 30.c5 Rc8 31.c6 Rc7 32.Bd5 Kf8 33.g4 Rb4 34.e4 Rb2 35.Kg2 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e4 g5
9.Bg3 Bxe4 10.h4 Bg6 11.hxg5 hxg5 12.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.09.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Be2 Bb4+ 10.Nfd2 b6 11.a3 Be7 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Bb7 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bf3 Bxf3
16.Nxf3 Rc8 17.Bb4 Nc5 18.Bxc5 Rxc5 19.b4 Rc3 20.Qa4 Bf6 21.Rad1 Qc7 22.Qa6 g6
23.h3 Ra8 24.Nd4 Qc8 25.Qxc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qa4 Nf6 12.Nh4 g6 13.Bh6 Bf8 14.Bf4 Be7 15.Bh6 Bf8
16.Bf4 Be7 17.Nc3 O-O 18.Nb5 d5 19.Nc7 Nd4 20.Rxd4 cxd4 21.Nxa8 Qxa8 22.Qxd4 Nh5
23.Bh6 Bf6 24.Qd2 Re8 25.Rd1 Ng7 26.e3 d4 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Bxb7 Qxb7 29.Ng2 Rd8
30.Qe2 dxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Nd5
9.Bd3 Nxe3 10.fxe3 Bd6 11.e4 c5 12.e5 Be7 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.O-O-O Qc7 15.Rhf1 O-O-O
16.Kb1 Bc6 17.Be4 Rd7 18.dxc5 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Bxc5 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Ne1 Rd8
22.Nd3 Bd4 23.Rf1 f6 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Re1 Rd6 26.Qg4 Qb6 27.Qc4+ Kb8 28.c3 Rc6
29.Qf4+ Kc8 30.Kc2 Qa5 31.Nb4 Qa4+ 32.Kb1 Rb6 33.Qc4+ Kb8 34.Qf4+ Kc8 35.Qc4+ Kb8
36.a3 Qd7 37.Nd3 Qd6 38.g3 Rc6 39.Qf4 Kc7 40.Kc2 Qxf4 41.Nxf4 Kd7 42.Re4 Rd6
43.Ra4 a6 44.Nd3 Rd5 45.Rb4 Kc7 46.Re4 Kd6 47.b4 b6 48.g4 Kd7 49.h3 Rd6 50.Re3 Rd5
51.Re2 Ke7 52.a4 Kd7 53.Re4 Rd6 54.Re3 Rc6 55.Nf2 a5 56.bxa5 bxa5 57.Ne4 Be7
58.Nd2 Rc5 59.Rf3 h5 60.Rf7 hxg4 61.hxg4 Ke8 62.Rxg7 Bf6 63.Rg6 Rxc3+ 64.Kd1 Be7
65.Rxe6 Ra3 66.Re4 Kf8 67.Nb1 Rg3 68.Nd2 Ra3 69.Kc1 Bb4 70.Nc4 Rxa4 71.Kb2 Be7
72.Nd2 Rxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kovalyov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.a3 e5 8.b4 f6
9.Rb1 cxb4 10.axb4 a6 11.O-O Be7 12.b5 axb5 13.Nxb5 Nxb5 14.Rxb5 O-O 15.d3 Ra5
16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.Be3 f5 18.Rb1 f4 19.Bb6 Rxb5 20.Qxb5 Qd6 21.Nd2 Bg4 22.Bf3 Bxf3
23.Nxf3 Ra8 24.Qc4 h6 25.Kg2 Qd7 26.Rb5 Bf6 27.Rb1 Ne7 28.Qb5 Nc6 29.Qb3 Be7
30.Qf7 Rf8 31.Qc4 Ra8 32.h3 fxg3 33.fxg3 Rc8 34.Qe4 Bf6 35.Bf2 Re8 36.g4 Nd8
37.Bg3 Qe6 38.Rb4 Qc6 39.Qxc6 Nxc6 40.Rxb7 e4 41.dxe4 Rxe4 42.Kf1 Nd4 43.Nxd4 Rxd4
44.Kf2 Kh7 45.Rb5 Kg6 46.Kf3 Ra4 47.h4 Kf7 48.e3 g6 49.Rb7+ Kg8 50.Bf4 Bxh4
51.Bxh6 Bf6 52.Bf4 Rc4 53.g5 Ba1 54.Ke2 Rc5 55.Re7 Kf8 56.Re4 Kf7 57.Kf3 Bg7
58.Kg4 Bf8 59.Be5 Rb5 60.Rf4+ Ke8 61.Bd4 Be7 62.Bf6 Bd6 63.Rf1 Rb3 64.Bd4 Be7
65.e4 Rb4 66.Rd1 Kf7 67.Kf4 Ke6 68.Be3 Rb5 69.Rg1 Bxg5+ 70.Rxg5 Rxg5 71.Kxg5 Ke5
72.Kxg6 Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Inventi GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Nxf3+ 6.gxf3 Bc5 7.Rg1 Nh5 8.d4 Bxd4
9.Ne2 d5 10.Bxd5 c6 11.Nxd4 cxd5 12.Rg5 exd4 13.Rxd5 Qb6 14.Rxh5 Be6 15.b3 O-O
16.Bb2 g6 17.Bxd4 Qc7 18.Bf6  1-0

[Event "Inventi GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Howell,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 cxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Re1 Be6
9.Bg5 a6 10.Nc3 Bc7 11.Bh4 O-O 12.Bg3 d4 13.Bxe6 dxc3 14.Bb3 cxb2 15.Rb1 e4
16.Bxc7 Qxc7 17.dxe4 Rad8 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.Ng5 Rd7 20.f3 Ne5 21.Rxb2 h6 22.Nh3 Neg4
23.fxg4 Rxe4 24.Qf2 Nxg4 25.Rxe4 Rd1+ 26.Qe1 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Qb6+ 28.Kh1 Qd6
29.Bxf7+ Kf8 30.Kg1 Qd4+ 31.Kh1 Qxb2 32.Be6 Qb4 33.Rf1+ Ke7 34.Nf4 Nf2+ 35.Kg1 Qxf4
36.Bb3 Nh3+ 37.gxh3 Qg5+ 38.Kh1 b5 39.Re1+ Kd7 40.a4 bxa4 41.Bxa4+ Kc7 42.Bb3 a5
43.Re4 Qc1+ 44.Kg2 Qd2+ 45.Kg1 g5 46.Re7+ Kd8 47.Re4 h5 48.Rc4 g4 49.hxg4 h4  0-1

[Event "Inventi GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2009.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 b4
9.Na4 Nbd7 10.f4 Qa5 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Bh4 Ndf6 13.f5 e5 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Qf3 e4
16.Qg3 Bd7 17.a3 bxa3 18.Rfd1 axb2 19.Nxb2 Qe5 20.Nc4 Qxg3 21.hxg3 d5 22.Nb6 Ra7
23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 Bc5 25.Bxe4 Ke7 26.Kh2 Rc8 27.Ra5 Bb4 28.Re5+ Kf6 29.Rd5 Be8
30.Ne2 Bc6 31.R5d4 Bc5 32.Bxc6 Rxc6 33.Rd5 Be3 34.R1d3 Re7 35.Nc3 Ba7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Inventi GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2009.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Ne8 11.Nc4 f5 12.Re1 Rb8 13.a4 Nb4 14.Bf1 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5
16.Bd2 Bd4 17.Bc3 Bxe4 18.Rxe4 Bxf2+ 19.Kh1 Qg5 20.Nd2 Nf6 21.Nf3 Qh6 22.Re7 Ng4
23.Rg7+ Qxg7 24.Bxg7 Be3 25.Qb3 Nf2+ 26.Kg1 Nfd3+ 27.Kh1 c4 28.Qxc4 Nf2+
29.Kg1 Ng4+ 30.Kh1 Nf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Inventi GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2009.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Michiels,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.a3 Qd7 8.Bxf6 exf6
9.c5 g5 10.Bb5 Bg7 11.Nge2 O-O 12.h4 Rae8 13.Qd2 h6 14.O-O-O Bf5 15.Bd3 b6
16.cxb6 axb6 17.Qc2 Ne7 18.Kb1 Bg6 19.Nc1 Nf5 20.h5 Nxd4 21.Qa4 Bxd3+ 22.Rxd3 Qxa4
23.Nxa4 Ne2 24.Nxb6 Nf4 25.Rd2 Re6 26.g3 Rxb6 27.gxf4 f5 28.Nd3 Rb3 29.fxg5 hxg5
30.h6 Bc3 31.Kc2 Bxd2 32.Kxb3 Re8 33.h7+ Kh8 34.Kc2 Ba5 35.b4 Bb6 36.Kd2 Ra8
37.Ne5 Ra7 38.Rh2 Re7 39.Nd3 Ra7 40.Ne5 Re7 41.Nd3 Ra7 42.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Inventi GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2009.09.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.Ne4 b6 10.Nf6+ Kf8 11.Ne4 Bg4 12.d3 Ne6 13.Ned2 g5 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6
16.Ne4 h6 17.Qe2 Qd7 18.Ng3 Re8 19.b3 Qc8 20.Bd2 Kg8 21.Kg2 f6 22.Nf5 Qd7
23.Rad1 h5 24.Bc1 hxg4 25.hxg4 Bxf5 26.gxf5 Nf4+ 27.Bxf4 Qxf5 28.Bh2 Qh3+
29.Kg1 f5 30.d4 g4 31.Qf1 gxf3 32.Qxh3 Rxh3 33.Rd3 Kf7  0-1

[Event "Inventi GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2009.09.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d3 O-O 6.a3 a6 7.Ba4 b5 8.Bb3 Bc5
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.g4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Ne2 c5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Bd5 Rb8
16.O-O d6 17.Ng3 Be6 18.f4 Qd7 19.Nf5 c4 20.Qf3 Rbc8 21.Rf2 Rc5 22.Raf1 cxd3
23.cxd3 Rfc8 24.Rg2 Rc1 25.h3 Rxf1+ 26.Qxf1 Rc5 27.Qd1 Qc7 28.Kh2 Bxd5 29.exd5 Rc1
30.Qd2 Rf1 31.Rf2 Rxf2+ 32.Qxf2 Qc5 33.Qg2 Qc1 34.Qf2 Qc5 35.Qf3 Qc2+ 36.Kg3 Qxb2
37.h4 Qxa3 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 Bd8 40.Qe4 Kf8 41.Qxd4 f6 42.Qe3 fxg5 43.fxg5 Qc5
44.Qe6 Qg1+ 45.Kh3 Qxg5 46.Qxd6+ Kg8 47.Qd7 Bf6 48.Qe6+ Kh7 49.d6 Qf4 50.Ne7 Qf3+
51.Kh2 Qf2+ 52.Kh3 Qf3+ 53.Kh2 Qf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Inventi GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2009.09.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O h5 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Qb4 Be7
16.a4 Qf2 17.Qd2 Qxd2 18.Rxd2 bxa4 19.Bxa6 Rb8 20.Na5 Rb6 21.Bb7 Kd7 22.Bc6+ Kc7
23.c3 Ra6 24.Nc4 Nd7 25.Re2 Nc5 26.f4 e4 27.f5 Rb8 28.Kc2 Bf6 29.Ra1 Rxc6
30.dxc6 d5 31.Nd2 Kxc6 32.Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Inventi GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2009.09.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Socko,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6
9.Nh3 g5 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.d3 Qb6 12.Ng1 g4 13.h3 h5 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.dxe4 Be6
16.hxg4 Rd8 17.Bd3 Bxg4 18.f3 Be6 19.b3 Nb7 20.Qe2 Qd4 21.Rb1 Qb4+ 22.Kf2 Nc5
23.Be3 f5 24.exf5 Nxd3+ 25.cxd3 Bxf5 26.Rd1 Qc3 27.Rc1 Qb4 28.d4 e4 29.fxe4 Bxe4
30.Rxh5 Qf8+ 31.Ke1 Qb4+ 32.Kf1 O-O+ 33.Nf3 Rde8 34.Rcc5 Rf7 35.Rhg5 Ref8
36.Kg1 Bd5 37.Ne5 Rf6 38.Nd7 Rf1+ 39.Kh2 R8f5 40.Rxf5 Rxf5 41.Qg4 Rf1 42.Qg3 Kf7
43.Rc2 Bxd4 44.Rf2+ Rxf2 45.Qxf2+ Ke8 46.Bxd4 Kxd7 47.Qf5+ Ke8 48.Qe5+ Kd7
49.Qg7+ Ke8 50.Qxa7 Qd6+ 51.Kg1 Qg6 52.Qb8+ Kd7 53.Qb7+ Kd6 54.Qg7 Qb1+ 55.Kh2 Qxa2
56.b4 Ke6 57.Bc5 Kf5 58.Kh3 Qb3+ 59.Kh4  1-0

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Wegerle,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Be7 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.Kg2 h5 14.f3 Be7 15.Rd1 Be6
16.Ne2 Rd8 17.Be3 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 b6 19.Nf4 hxg4 20.hxg4 Bd7 21.Re1 Rh7 22.Bf2 Bg5
23.Nh3 Be7 24.Bg3 Kd8 25.Nf4 Rh6 26.Nh5 Rh7 27.Bf2 a5 28.Nf4 Bg5 29.Nh3 Be7
30.Be3 Be6 31.b3 Kc8 32.Bc1 c5 33.Nf4 c4 34.Nxe6 fxe6 35.bxc4 Kd7 36.f4 g6
37.Rh1 Rxh1 38.Kxh1 a4 39.Kg2 Kc6 40.Kf3 b5 41.cxb5+ Kxb5 42.Ke4 Kc6 43.Bb2 Kd7
44.f5 gxf5+ 45.gxf5 exf5+ 46.Kxf5 c6 47.e6+ Ke8 48.Bf6 Bb4 49.Ke4 Bc5 50.Kd3 Bd6
51.Kc4 Kf8 52.Bd4 Ke7 53.Bc5 Kxe6 54.Bxd6 Kxd6 55.Kb4  1-0

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rapport,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bd2 a5 11.O-O Nh6 12.a3 Nc5 13.Be3 Ng4 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Na4 f5
16.Nxc5 Qe7 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 fxe4 19.Ne1 Nxf2 20.Rxf2 Qc5 21.Nf3 Rfe8
22.e7 exf3 23.Bxf3 e4 24.Bxe4 Bd4 25.Qf3 Bxf2+ 26.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 27.Kxf2 c6 28.Re1 Kf7
29.b4 Rxe7 30.b5 Rae8 31.Kf3 Kf6  0-1

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vavrak,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Nd7 10.Be3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rb8 12.b3 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qb5 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Bg5 f6
16.Be3 Rbe8 17.Ne2 Qa5 18.b4 Qa3 19.Qc2 Ba6 20.Qb3+ Qxb3 21.axb3 Bd3 22.Rxa7 Nb8
23.Nc3 Bc2 24.Ra3 f5 25.e5 Nd7 26.Rc1 Bd3 27.Ra7 Nb6 28.Bf4 Be4 29.exd6 Nc8
30.dxe7 Nxa7 31.exf8=Q+ Rxf8 32.Ng5 Rd8 33.Ne6 Rd7 34.Be5 Bxe5 35.dxe5 Re7
36.Nc5 Rxe5 37.Re1  1-0

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.Nd2 O-O
9.Nc4 Ne8 10.Qd2 b6 11.e3 Ba6 12.a4 Bxc4 13.Bxc4 Nd7 14.O-O Be5 15.Bxe5 Nxe5
16.Ba6 Nc7 17.Be2 a6 18.f4 Nd7 19.e4 Rb8 20.Bg4 Nf6 21.Bf3 b5 22.axb5 axb5
23.b4 cxb4 24.Ne2 Ra8 25.Qxb4 Re8 26.Nc3 Na6 27.Qxb5 Nc5 28.Rxa8 Qxa8 29.Qb4 Nfd7
30.Qd4 Nb3 31.Qe3 Qa5 32.Rb1 Nbc5 33.Qd4 Rb8 34.Rxb8+ Nxb8 35.h3 Nbd7 36.Kh2 Qa1
37.e5 dxe5 38.fxe5 Qe1 39.Be2 Nb3 40.Qc4 Nd2 41.Qc7 Nf8 42.e6 fxe6 43.dxe6 Nxe6
44.Qe7 Nf3+ 45.Bxf3  1-0

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Zagorskis,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Qe2 d6 8.c4 g6
9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.h3 Nd7 13.Bd2 b6 14.Rac1 Bb7 15.b3 Rae8
16.Bb1 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Be3 Nce5 19.Nh2 f4 20.Bd4 f3 21.Qc2 Nf6 22.g3 Bh6
23.Re1 Bxc1 24.Qxc1 Ng6 25.Bxf6 Rxf6 26.Ng4 Rff8 27.Bxg6 hxg6 28.Qg5 Qg7
29.Ne4 Bxe4 30.Rxe4 Rf7 31.Kh2 Kf8 32.Qd2 Ke7 33.Qe3 Rh8 34.Qxb6 Qa1 35.Qc7+ Kf8
36.Qxd6+ Kg8 37.Qd8+ Kh7 38.Qd2 Qf1 39.Ne3 Qe2 40.Qxe2 fxe2 41.Ng4  1-0

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Nc2 d6 10.h3 Be6 11.Ne3 Rb8 12.Rb1 a6 13.Kh2 Ne5 14.b3 b5 15.cxb5 axb5
16.f4 Ned7 17.f5 gxf5 18.Nxf5 Bxf5 19.Rxf5 Re5 20.Qc2 Qe8 21.Bf4 Rxf5 22.Qxf5 Qe6
23.Qxe6 fxe6 24.b4 Nh5 25.Nxb5 Nxf4 26.gxf4 Rxb5 27.Bc6 Rf5 28.Bxd7 Kf7 29.e3 Rd5
30.Rc1 c5 31.bxc5 dxc5 32.Bb5 Rd2+ 33.Kg3 Rxa2 34.Rxc5 Ra3 35.Rc7+ Kf6 36.Kf3 Bf8
37.Rc6 Ra7 38.Bc4 Re7 39.e4 Bh6 40.e5+  1-0

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nyback,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qa4 Nf6 12.Nh4 Qc8 13.Nf5 Nd4 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Nxd4 cxd4
16.Rxd4 Bc5 17.Rd3 b5 18.Qf4 O-O 19.b4 Be7 20.Bb2 a5 21.bxa5 Rxa5 22.Nd2 Qa6
23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 Bf6 25.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Jobava,Ba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Kb1 Be7 14.Ne5 O-O 15.Qb3 Rfe8
16.Nc4 Qd5 17.f3 Nb6 18.Ne5 Qxb3 19.axb3 a5 20.Ne4 Nbd5 21.Bc1 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Nf6
23.Rde1 a4 24.bxa4 Rxa4 25.Nf3 c5 26.b3 Ra5 27.e5 Nd5 28.Bd2 Ra3 29.Kb2 Rea8
30.Ra1 cxd4 31.Nxd4 Rxa1 32.Rxa1 Rxa1 33.Kxa1 Bg5 34.Bxg5 hxg5 35.Kb2 Kf8
36.g3 Ke7 37.c4 Ne3 38.Kc3 Nf1 39.Ne2 Nh2 40.Nd4 Nf1 41.Ne2 Nh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Rc1 c5
9.dxc5 Qa5 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Rxc3 Ne4 12.b4 Nxc3 13.Qa1 Qa4 14.Qxc3 a5 15.b5 b6
16.c6 Nc5 17.Be2 Re8 18.O-O Bg4 19.Bd1 Ne4 20.Qb2 Qc4 21.Be2 Qc5 22.Rc1 Qd6
23.Bf4 Qe7 24.h3 Bh5 25.Rd1 Qf6 26.Qxf6 Nxf6 27.Nd4 Bxe2 28.Nxe2 Rad8 29.Bc7 Rc8
30.Bxb6 Rb8 31.Bxa5 Rxb5 32.Bb4 Rb6 33.Nd4 Kh8 34.h4 Ra6 35.Rc1 Rc8  1-0

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.b3 Kc8 12.Bb2 b6 13.Rad1 c5 14.Nd5 a5 15.a4 c4 16.g4 Ne7
17.Nf4 cxb3 18.cxb3 Nc6 19.e6 fxe6 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Rh7 22.Ng6 Bc5 23.Kg2 Be8
24.Nf4 Bd7 25.Ng6 Be8  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 e5 15.Bg4 exd4 16.e5 c5
17.f4 dxc3 18.bxc3 Bf8 19.Qe2 Bxd6 20.exd6+ Kf8 21.fxg5 hxg5 22.Be6 Rh7 23.Qc2 Kg8
24.Rxf7 Rxf7 25.Rf1 Nf8 26.Qf5 Nxe6 27.Qxf7+ Kh8 28.Rf6 Qxf6 29.Qxf6+ Ng7
30.d7 b4 31.cxb4 cxb4 32.d8=Q+ Rxd8 33.Qxd8+ Kh7 34.Qb6 Be4 35.Qxb4 Bd3 36.Qa5  1-0

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Socko,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Ne2 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bd7 10.Nbc3 O-O-O 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rd2 Bc6 13.Rad1 b6 14.a4 Kb7 15.Rd8 Bd6
16.Rxe8 Bxe8 17.Bf4 Kc6 18.Nd5 Bf7 19.c4 Bxd5 20.exd5+ Kd7 21.Bxd6 cxd6 22.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.f4 b5
9.Qd2 Bb7 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Nc6 12.Be3 Be7 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.g5 Na5 15.a3 Nc4
16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Rhg1 Bxe4 18.b3 Rxc3 19.Qxc3 O-O 20.Bc1 Re8 21.Bb2 Bf8 22.Rd2 Qa8
23.h4 Rc8 24.Qh3 Bf5 25.Qg3 a5 26.h5 a4 27.h6 axb3 28.Qxb3 d5 29.hxg7 Bxg7
30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.Qb2+ Kg8 32.Rc1 Rc4 33.Rd4 Rxd4 34.Qxd4 Qxa3 35.Qf6 Qd6 36.Qd4 Be4
37.Kb2 Qxf4 38.Ra1 Qb8 39.Qf6 b4 40.Ra7 Qxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nh3 Bf5
9.O-O Re8 10.Nf4 c6 11.h3 h5 12.e3 Qc8 13.Kh2 g6 14.Bd2 Nbd7 15.Rc1 Qb8 16.f3 Bd6
17.Kh1 Nb6 18.e4 dxe4 19.fxe4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.Nxh5 gxh5
23.Qxh5 Qe8 24.Qg5+ Kf8 25.Rf6 Re2 26.Qh6+ Kg8 27.Qg5+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor CECLUB"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Qc8 12.Qe2 h6 13.h3 Bxb3 14.Nxb3 Re8 15.Nh2 Nh7
16.Ng4 Bg5 17.Ne3 Rb8 18.Kh2 Nf8 19.Nf5 Bxc1 20.Raxc1 Ne7 21.Nxe7+ Rxe7 22.d4 Rb5
23.Rcd1 Ne6 24.Qg4 Qf8 25.d5 Nc5 26.Re3 g6 27.Qe2 Re8 28.Rf3 Nxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bromberger,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.c5 Nc6 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.d5 Ne7 14.O-O Ng6 15.Rc1 f5
16.exf5 Nxf5 17.Nd2 Nf4 18.Re1 Nd4 19.Bf1 g4 20.Nb3 Nf5 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.Qxg4 Ne3
23.Qe2 Nxf1 24.Qxf1 f3 25.g3 Bf5 26.Rcd1 Qb6 27.Qb5 Qxb5 28.Nxb5 Bxb2 29.Nxd6 Bc2
30.Nxb7 Bxd1 31.Rxd1 Rab8 32.N3c5 Ba3 33.d6 Bxc5 34.Nxc5 Rfd8 35.d7 Rb5 36.Rc1 Rb6
37.h4 Rc6 38.Re1 Kf7 39.Re5 Rb8 40.Nb7 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 Rd1 42.d8=Q Rbxd8 43.Nxd8+ Rxd8
44.Re3  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2009.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Haba,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 Na6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nd2 Nc7 11.Nc4 Nfe8 12.a4 b6 13.Bd2 Ba6 14.b3 f5 15.Qc1 Qd7
16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Nf6 18.Qd2 Rae8 19.f4 Re7 20.Bf3 Nce8 21.Rf2 Ng7 22.Rg2 Rfe8
23.h3 h5 24.Re1 Kf7 25.e3 Rh8 26.Kf2 Ke8 27.Nb5 Bxb5 28.axb5 Kf7 29.b4 Rc8
30.Rb1 Nge8 31.Qe2 cxb4 32.Rxb4 Ne4+ 33.Bxe4 Rxe4 34.g4 Qc7 35.Ne5+ dxe5
36.Rxe4 fxe4 37.gxh5 Nf6 38.d6 Qxd6 39.Qa2+ Qd5 40.Qxa7+ Nd7 41.hxg6+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nijboer,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Be7 6.c3 O-O 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bc2 Re8 10.h3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Re1 Nf4 13.Ne4 Ne6 14.Bb3 h6 15.a4 Rb8
16.axb5 axb5 17.Be3 Nf8 18.d4 exd4 19.cxd4 Bf5 20.Ng3 Bg6 21.Rc1 Na5 22.Ne5 Nxb3
23.Qxb3 Rb6 24.f4 Bh4 25.f5 Bxg3 26.fxg6 Nxg6 27.Qxf7+ Kh7 28.Rxc7 Re7 29.Rxe7 Qxe7
30.Qxe7 Nxe7 31.Bf2 Bxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Rd6 33.Nf3 Nf5 34.Re4 Rc6 35.g4 Nd6 36.Re6 Rc2+
37.Re2 Rc1 38.Kg3 Nc4 39.Nh4 Rg1+ 40.Kf3 Rh1 41.Kg3 Rg1+ 42.Kh2 Rb1 43.d5 Rd1
44.Nf5 Rxd5 45.Re7 Kg6 46.b3 Nd2 47.Rxg7+ Kf6 48.Rh7 Ke5 49.h4 Kf4 50.Rf7 Rd3
51.Nxh6+ Ke4 52.Kg2 Nf3 53.Re7+ Kf4 54.Rf7+ Ke4 55.h5 Rxb3 56.Rf5 Nh4+ 57.Kf2 Rf3+
58.Rxf3 Nxf3 59.Nf7 b4 60.h6 Nh4 61.Ke2 Ng6 62.Kd2 Nf8 63.Ng5+ Ke5 64.Kd3 Kf6
65.Nf3 Kg6 66.g5 Nh7 67.Kc4 Nxg5 68.Nxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nijboer,F"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nb3 Qd8 10.Be2 b6 11.f4 d6 12.Bf3 Bb7 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.a4 Nb4
16.Nd4 a6 17.e5 Qc7 18.e6 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Nc5 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Qb7 22.Qxb7 Nxb7
23.c3 f5 24.Nc2 Nc5 25.Nb4 Rf6 26.Nd5 Rxe6 27.Nxb6 Rc6 28.Nd5 Kf7 29.a5 Re4
30.Bf2 Rc8 31.g3 Rb8 32.Nb6 Re2 33.Bxc5 dxc5 34.Rab1 e5 35.fxe5 Bxe5 36.Re1 Rxe1+
37.Rxe1 Bc7 38.Nc4 h5 39.Ne5+ Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nijboer,F"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.b3 Ne7 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.Rad1+ Ke8 13.Rd3 Rd8 14.Rfd1 Rxd3 15.Rxd3 Ng6
16.Ne2 Bc5 17.Bd4 Bxd4 18.Nexd4 Ke7 19.h3 Bd7 20.b4 a5 21.a3 axb4 22.axb4 Ra8
23.h4 Ra4 24.Rb3 Bg4 25.g3 Ra2 26.Rc3 Rb2 27.b5 Bxf3 28.Rxf3 Nxe5 29.Re3 Kd6
30.Nf5+ Kd5 31.bxc6 Nxc6 32.c3 g6 33.Nxh6 f5 34.h5 f4 35.gxf4 gxh5 36.f5 Ne5
37.f6 Rb6 38.Ng8 Ra6 39.f4 Ng4 40.f7 Ra1+ 41.Kg2 Nxe3+ 42.Kf3 Ra8 43.Kxe3 Ke6
44.Nh6 Rf8 45.f5+ Kf6  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nijboer,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Nf5 11.d5 d6 12.c3 Bd7 13.Nd2 g6 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Bf4 Ng7 16.Qd2 f5
17.Ng5 h6 18.Ne6 Bxe6 19.dxe6 g5 20.Be3 Bf6 21.e7 Qxe7 22.Qd5+ Qf7 23.Qxb7 Rab8
24.Qc6 Kh8 25.b4 Ne6 26.Bxa7 Ra8 27.Bc4 Rxa7 28.Bxe6 Qg7 29.Rac1 Ra3 30.Bb3 Be5
31.c4 g4 32.c5 Ra7 33.b5 dxc5 34.Rxe5  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nijboer,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Be3 Nh5 14.c5 Nf4 15.Bxa6 bxa6
16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Nd5 Rb8 18.e5 Bb7 19.Nf6+ Bxf6 20.exf6 Qe6 21.Qd4 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rbd8
23.Qxf4 Rd5 24.Rad1 Rf5 25.Qxc7 Qxf6 26.Rd3 Qxb2 27.f4 Qc2 28.Rfd1 Qxc5 29.Qxc5 Rxc5
30.Ra3 Re8 31.Rxa6 Re4 32.Rxa7 Rxf4 33.Rad7 Rg5+ 34.Kf1 Ra5 35.R1d2 Rf3 36.R7d3 Rxd3
37.Rxd3 Rxa2 38.Kg2 Ra4 39.Kg3 g5 40.Rd6 Kg7 41.Rc6 f6 42.Rb6 Kg6 43.Rc6 Ra3+
44.Kg2 Rd3 45.Rb6 h5 46.Ra6 Rd5 47.Kg3 Kf5 48.Rb6 Ke5 49.Kg2 f5 50.h4 gxh4
51.Rh6 h3+ 52.Kxh3 Kf4 53.Kg2 Kg5 54.Rh8 Rd6 55.Ra8 h4 56.Rh8 Rg6 57.Kf3 Rh6
58.Rg8+ Kf6 59.Kg2 Ke5 60.Ra8 Rg6+ 61.Kf3 Rd6 62.Re8+ Kf6 63.Kg2 Rd3 64.Rg8 h3+
65.Kh2 Rf3 66.Kg1 Ke5 67.Re8+ Kf4 68.Rh8 Ra3 69.Kh2 Ra2 70.Rxh3 Rxf2+ 71.Kg1 Ra2
72.Rb3 Kg4 73.Kf1 f4 74.Rc3 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Bf4 d6 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Ba6 12.Re1 Ne5 13.Nd2 Qd7 14.b3 Rad8 15.Bg3 Ng6
16.h3 Rc8 17.Ra2 Bb7 18.Qa1 Rfd8 19.Bd1 a6 20.a4 a5 21.Nb5 Rc5 22.Qb1 Qc8
23.Rc2 Bf8 24.Rc3 d5 25.exd5 Nxd5 26.Rd3 Ndf4 27.Rxd8 Qxd8 28.Ne4 Bxe4 29.Rxe4 Qf6
30.Bc2 h5 31.Qc1 e5 32.Re3 h4 33.Bh2 Qg5 34.Qf1 f5 35.Kh1 e4 36.Nd4 Re5 37.Re1 Bc5
38.Rd1 Re8 39.Ne2 Nxe2 40.Qxe2 Nf4 41.Qf1 Rf8 42.Rd7 Rf7 43.Rd1 Rf6 44.Rd8+ Kh7
45.Rd7 Rd6 46.Rxd6 Bxd6 47.Bg1 Bc5 48.Bh2 Kg8 49.Bb1 Nh5 50.Qe1 Nf4 51.Bxf4 Qxf4
52.Kg1 Kf8 53.Bc2 Ke7 54.Kf1 Kf7 55.Ke2 g5 56.Kf1 Bxf2 57.Qxf2 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Rg8 12.h4 Rxg5 13.hxg5 Nd5 14.g6 fxg6 15.Qg4 Qe7 16.Bg2 N7b6
17.Be4 Kd8 18.Qxg6 Bd7 19.Rh7 Qb4 20.Rb1 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc3+ 22.Ke2 Qa3 23.Rbh1 Qb2+
24.Kf3 Qc3+ 25.Ke2 Qb2+ 26.Kf3 Qxd4 27.Qf6+ Kc7 28.Qxe6 Kb8 29.Qf6 Bc5 30.R1h2 c3
31.Rxd7 Nxd7 32.Rh8+ Bf8 33.Rxf8+ Nxf8 34.Qxc6 Nd7 35.Qb7+  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Rb1 Na5 13.h4 Re8 14.Bf4 c6 15.h5 h6
16.Re2 Bf6 17.Be5 Bg5 18.Nh2 Qd7 19.f4 Bh4 20.Nf3 Bd8 21.Rbe1 Nc4 22.f5 Nb2
23.Qe3 Qxf5 24.g4 Qd7 25.Qf4 Nc4 26.Bxg7 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Kxg7 28.g5 hxg5 29.Nxg5 Bc7
30.Ne6+ fxe6 31.Qg5+ Kh7 32.Qg6+ Kh8 33.Rg2 Bf4 34.Qf6+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Be7 12.c4 Bd7 13.Bb2 Rac8 14.Rac1 Rfd8 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Bc6 17.Bxc6 Rxc6 18.Rxd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Rb1 Na5 13.Bf4 c6 14.c4 dxc4 15.Qe4 Bf6
16.Bd2 c3 17.Bxc3 Nc4 18.a4 Rb8 19.Bb4 Re8 20.Qf4 Qd7 21.a5 h6 22.h3 Rbd8
23.Bc5 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 b6 25.axb6 axb6 26.Bb4 Re8 27.Rxe8+ Qxe8 28.Qf5 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7
9.Nc3 h6 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.O-O-O Be6 12.d4 Nb4 13.a3 Nbd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bd2 Bf6
16.Rhe1 O-O-O 17.h3 Rde8 18.Bd3 Ne7 19.c3 Bd5 20.Be4 b5 21.Bxd5 Nxd5 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Re1 Rh8 24.Kc2 Kd7 25.b3 Rb8 26.Ra1 c5 27.dxc5 dxc5 28.a4 c4 29.axb5 cxb3+
30.Kxb3 Rxb5+ 31.Kc4 Kc6 32.Rxa7 Rc5+ 33.Kd3 Nxc3 34.Ra6+ Kd7 35.Rxf6 gxf6
36.Bxc3 Ke6 37.Nd4+ Kd7 38.Ne2 f5 39.Nf4 Rc6 40.Bg7 Ke8 41.Kd4 Ra6 42.Ke5 Ra5+
43.Kf6 Ra2 44.f3 h5 45.Kg5 Ke7 46.Bf6+ Kf8 47.Kxh5 Kg8 48.Kg5 Ra5 49.h4 Kh7
50.h5 Rb5 51.h6 Ra5 52.Bg7 Rb5 53.Kf6 Kg8 54.Nh3 f4 55.Nxf4 Kh7 56.Nh3 Rb6+
57.Kf5 Rb5+ 58.Kf4 Kg6 59.Kg3 f6 60.Nf4+ Kf7 61.Kh4 Rb4 62.g3 Ra4 63.Kh3 Ra1
64.Nd5 Ra3 65.f4 f5 66.Ne7 Ra5 67.Be5 Ra6 68.Nxf5  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Be6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Nb5 Bg4 13.Rc1 Ne7 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Qb4 Qxb4+
16.axb4 c6 17.b5 Rfc8 18.Kd2 cxb5 19.Bxb5 f6 20.Rxc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bd2 e6 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.O-O Bd6 10.Bb4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.Rfc1 Rfc8 14.Qa3 Bxb4 15.Qxb4 Bg4
16.Rc2 Rab8 17.Qa3 Qb6 18.b3 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Qb4 20.Qxa7 Rb7 21.Qa6 c5 22.dxc5 Rxc5
23.Rac1 h6 24.h3 Rbc7 25.a3 Qxb3 26.Rxc5 Rxc5 27.Rxc5 Qb1+ 28.Qf1 Qxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Nxc5
30.Ke2 Kf8 31.Ne5 Ke7 32.Nd3 Ne4 33.Kd1 Kd6 34.f3 Nc3+ 35.Kc2 Na4 36.Kb3 Nb6
37.a4 f5 38.Kb4 Nc4 39.e4 fxe4 40.fxe4 g5 41.exd5 Kxd5 42.Kc3 e5 43.Nb4+ Kc5
44.Na6+ Kd5 45.Nc7+ Kc5 46.Kd3 Nb2+ 47.Ke4 Nxa4 48.Kxe5 Nb2 49.Ne6+ Kc4 50.Kf5 Kd5
51.Ng7 Nd3 52.Nh5 Ne1 53.g3 Kd4 54.Kg6 Nd3 55.Kxh6 Nf2 56.h4 gxh4 57.gxh4 Ng4+
58.Kg7 Ke5 59.Ng3 Nf6 60.Kg6 Nd5 61.Kg7 Nf6 62.Kf7 Ng4 63.Ne2 Nf6 64.Kg6 Nd5
65.h5 Ne7+ 66.Kg7 Nf5+ 67.Kf7 Nh6+ 68.Kg6 Nf5 69.Ng3 Nh4+ 70.Kg7 Nf3 71.h6 Ng5
72.Ne2 Ne6+ 73.Kf7 Ng5+ 74.Kg6 Ne6 75.Nc3 Nf8+ 76.Kf7 Nh7 77.Kg7 Ng5 78.Ne2 Ne6+
79.Kf7 Ng5+ 80.Kg6 Ne6 81.Ng1 Nf8+ 82.Kf7 Kf5 83.Nf3 Nh7 84.Kg7 Nf6 85.Nd4+ Kg5
86.Ne6+ Kh5 87.Nc7 Kg5 88.Nd5 Ne8+ 89.Kh7 Nd6 90.Nc3 Nf7 91.Ne4+ Kf4 92.Kg7 Nxh6
93.Kxh6 Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 Bg4 10.Qb3 a5 11.f3 Bh5 12.g4 Nd5 13.Ng2 Bg6 14.e4 N5b6 15.Be2 Qe7
16.Be3 f6 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.Nd3 e5 19.d5 Bxc3 20.Bxb6 cxd5 21.Bf2 Bd4 22.Qxb7 O-O
23.Rac1 Rab8 24.Qc7 dxe4 25.fxe4 Bxf2+ 26.Rxf2 Qd8 27.Bf1 Rc8 28.Qxd8 Rfxd8
29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.b4 Be6 31.bxa5 Ra8 32.a6 Bc4 33.Nb4 Bxf1 34.Kxf1 Nc5 35.Rc2 Nxa6
36.Nd5 Kf7 37.Ke2 Ra7 38.Kd3 Ke6 39.Rc8 h5 40.gxh5 f5 41.Rc6+ Kd7 42.Rg6 fxe4+
43.Kxe4 Nc5+ 44.Kxe5 Ke8 45.Rc6 Nd7+ 46.Kd6 Rxa4 47.Rc8+ Kf7 48.Kxd7 Rh4
49.Rc2 Rxh5 50.Kd6 Kg8 51.Ke6 Kh7 52.Rg2 Kh6 53.Ne7 Ra5 54.Nf5+ Kh5 55.h4 Ra6+
56.Ke7 Ra7+ 57.Kf8 Ra8+ 58.Kf7 Ra7+ 59.Kg8 Ra8+ 60.Kh7  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.e3 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4
9.exd4 Qe7+ 10.Be2 Qc7 11.O-O Be7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Re1 Na6 14.g3 Nb4 15.Bf4 Bd6
16.Bg5 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Nf5 Bb4 20.Ne7+ Bxe7 21.Bxe7 Re8
22.Rac1 Qd7 23.Ba3 Qxa4 24.Qb3 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Qc6 26.Qxd5 Be6 27.Qxc6 bxc6
28.f3 a5 29.Kf2 Rb8 30.g4 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qe3+ Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Rc1 Ne6
15.e3 Rd8 16.Kd2 Bd7 17.Bd3 Rac8 18.b4 Kd6 19.h4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Ra8 21.e4 f6
22.exd5 Nf4 23.g3 Nxd3 24.Kxd3 Kxd5 25.Rc5+ Kd6 26.Nd2 Be6 27.Nc4+ Kd7 28.Ne3 b6
29.Rc3 Kd6 30.Ke4 g6 31.Rd3+ Kc6 32.Rc3+ Kd6 33.Rd3+ Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.b3 Be6 11.Bb2 Kc8 12.h3 c5 13.Rad1 b6 14.Kh2 Ne7 15.Ne2 g5 16.c4 Ng6
17.Ne1 Bg7 18.f4 gxf4 19.Nd3 f3 20.Rxf3 Rd8 21.Rdf1 Nh4 22.Rg3 Nf5 23.Rgf3 Nh4
24.Rg3 Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Heidelberg GER"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ikonnikov,Vy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be7 8.Nc4 b5
9.Ne3 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Nb4 12.a3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Be6 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.Rfd1 Qc7
16.Be1 Qb7 17.f3 Rfd8 18.Bf2 Rd7 19.Qe2 Bc4 20.Qe1 Be6 21.Bh4 a5 22.Ncd5 Bxd5
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Nxd5 Rxc2 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Bd8 27.Rc2 g6 28.Qc3 Bb6+
29.Kf1 Kg7 30.g4 b4 31.axb4 axb4 32.Qc6 Bc5 33.Rxc5 dxc5 34.Qf6+ Kg8 35.Qxe5 Rxd5
36.exd5 c4 37.Qe8+ Kg7 38.Qc6 Qa7 39.Qxc4 Qa1+ 40.Ke2 Qxb2+ 41.Kd3 Qb1+ 42.Kd2 Qb2+
43.Kd3 Qb1+ 44.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Heidelberg GER"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bobras,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Rd1 Kc8 11.Ng5 Be8 12.b3 b6 13.Bb2 h5 14.Rd3 Be7 15.Nge4 Bd7
16.Rad1 Be6 17.Bc1 a5 18.Bg5 Bb4 19.Na4 Kb7 20.f3 Rae8 21.g3 Ne7 22.c3 Ba3
23.Bc1 Bxc1 24.Rxc1 Bf5 25.Re3 Ng6 26.f4 Re7 27.Rce1 Rd8 28.Kf2 Nf8 29.Ng5 Bg4
30.Nf3 Red7 31.Nb2 Ng6 32.R1e2 Ne7 33.Ke1 Nf5  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Heidelberg GER"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berkes,F"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Bg4 8.Be2 e6
9.O-O Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Nd2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 O-O 13.Nb3 Rfe8 14.Rfd1 b6 15.Rac1 Ne7
16.Nd2 Rec8 17.Rc2 Qc6 18.Rdc1 Qb7 19.h3 h6 20.Nf3 Nd7 21.Ne1 Rc7 22.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2009-10"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Adams,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bf4 Bxf4 10.gxf4 b6 11.Ne5 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.Rd4 Qe7
16.Rad1 dxc4 17.Bxb7 Nxb7 18.Rd7 Nxd7 19.Rxd7 Qh4 20.Rxb7 Qxf4 21.Nf3 Rc7
22.Rxc7 Qxc7 23.Ng5 g6 24.Qe4 h6 25.Nf3 a6 26.Qe3 Kg7 27.Ne5 b5 28.Ng4 g5
29.Ne4 Qf4 30.Qh3 h5 31.Ngf6 Rh8 32.Qc3 e5 33.Qb4 Rh6 34.Ne8+ Kg8 35.N8d6 h4
36.h3 g4 37.e3 Qf3 38.Qc5 Rg6 39.Qc8+ Kh7 40.Kh2 g3+  0-1

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Camus de Solliers,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Qd3 Bf5
9.e4 Bg4 10.Ne1 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.h3 Bd7 13.Qe2 Nh5 14.Nd3 f5 15.exf5 Nxf5
16.Ne4 Nf6 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qd2 g5 20.c5 Nd4 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.h4 gxh4
23.Qxh6 Bf5 24.g4 Bg7 25.Qh5 Bh7 26.g5 Qe8 27.Qg4 Qc8 28.Qh5 Qe8 29.Qg4 Qg6
30.f4 Nc2 31.f5 Rxf5 32.Rxf5 Qxf5 33.Qxf5 Bxf5 34.Rf1 Bg6 35.Rc1 Ne3 36.Ndf2 Nxd5
37.Nxd6 Nf4 38.Bxb7 Ra7 39.Rc8+ Kh7 40.Ng4 Nh3+ 41.Kh2 Nxg5 42.Rc7 Ne6 43.Re7 Nc5
44.Nxe5 Nxb7 45.Nxg6 Kxg6 46.Rxb7 Rxb7 47.Nxb7 Bxb2 48.Nc5 a5 49.Nb3 a4 50.Nc5 a3
51.Ne4 Kf5 52.Nd2 Kg4 53.Nc4 h3 54.Nxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Molina,Ant1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nbc3 c5 8.h3 Rb8
9.Be3 b6 10.g4 h6 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.f4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bb7 14.Rae1 Rc8 15.Nde2 Ne8
16.h4 e5 17.g5 exf4 18.Bxf4 hxg5 19.Bxg5 f6 20.Bf4 Ne5 21.Nd4 Nc7 22.h5 g5
23.Bg3 Qe8 24.Qd1 Rd8 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.exd5 Bc8 27.Be4+ Kh6 28.Bg6 Qa4 29.Bf5 Bxf5
30.Nxf5+ Kh7 31.b3 Qd7 32.c4 Qf7 33.Re2 Qc7 34.Ref2 Kg8 35.h6 Bh8 36.h7+ Kf7
37.Bxe5  1-0

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vernay,C"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Re8
9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 Bf8 11.a4 Ng7 12.a5 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Nh4 f4 17.Bg4 Nf6 18.Bxc8 Rexc8 19.a6 bxa6 20.Rxa6 Kh8 21.Nb5 Rg8 22.Rc6 Nge8
23.c5 Qd7 24.cxd6 cxd6 25.Qe2 Nxd5 26.Rfc1 fxg3 27.Nxd6 gxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Rf8+
29.Nf3 Nxd6 30.Qxe5+ Nf6  0-1

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C93"]

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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Bc2 Nb8 14.b4 Nbd7 15.Bb2 g6 16.Qb1 Nb6
17.Bb3 Nh5 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.c4 bxc4 20.Nxc4 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 Qf6 22.Qc1 Nf4 23.Qe3 Bd6
24.Bf1 Bc8 25.Nd2 h5 26.Nc4 Bf8 27.Kh2 h4 28.Rad1 Rb8 29.Qf3 Bg7 30.Bc1 Ne6
31.Qxf6 Bxf6 32.Bb2 Nf8 33.f4 Nd7 34.fxe5 Bg7 35.Rd5 Nb6 36.Ra5 Bb7 37.Nd2 Bh6
38.Nf3 Bf4+ 39.Kh1 Bg3 40.Rc1 Rbd8 41.Bxa6 Bxe4 42.Be2 Bd3 43.Bxd3 Rxd3 44.Bd4 Rd8
45.Bg1 Nd5 46.Rac5 Nf4 47.Rxc7 Ne2 48.Rb1 Rd1 49.Rxd1 Rxd1 50.Rc2 Nxg1 51.Nxg1 Ra1
52.Rd2 Kg7 53.b5 Bxe5 54.b6 Rxa3 55.Re2 Kf6 56.Nf3 Bg3 57.Rb2 Ra1+ 58.Ng1 Ke7
59.b7 Bb8 60.g4 Ra3 61.Kg2 Rg3+ 62.Kf1 f5 63.gxf5 gxf5 64.Rf2 f4 65.Rf3 Rg7
66.Rb3 Kd6 67.Nf3 Kd5 68.Nxh4 Kc6 69.Nf3 Kd5 70.h4 Kc4 71.Nd2+ Kd5 72.Kf2 Kc6
73.Nc4 Rh7 74.Na5+ Kd7 75.Rc3 Bc7 76.Rd3+ Ke6 77.Rc3 Kd7 78.Rd3+ Ke6 79.Rh3 Rh8
80.Rc3 Kd7 81.Rd3+ Ke6 82.Nc6 Rxh4 83.Nd4+ Kf6 84.Rc3 Bb8 85.Rc6+ Ke5 86.Rc8 Rh2+
87.Kg1 Rb2 88.Rxb8 Kd6 89.Ne6 Kc6 90.Nd8+ Kd7 91.Ra8  1-0

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sandipan,C"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Be7
9.e4 Na5 10.Qe2 Nb3 11.e5 Nd5 12.Rb1 b5 13.Nxb5 Rb8 14.Qxc4 Nxc1 15.Rfxc1 Ba6
16.a4 Rb6 17.Qc2 Bxb5 18.axb5 Rxb5 19.Nd2 Qd7 20.Ne4 Rfb8 21.Nc3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Rxb1
23.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 24.Qxb1 c5 25.Qb8+ Bf8 26.dxc5 Qd1+ 27.Bf1 Qd5 28.Qxa7 Bxc5
29.Qb8+ Bf8 30.Qb5 Bc5 31.Qb8+ Bf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Felgaer,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "B37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nc2 Nd7 10.Bd2 a5 11.Kh1 Nc5 12.f3 a4 13.Rc1 Be6 14.Na3 Qb6 15.Rb1 f5 16.Be3 Qa5
17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Rc1 Nb4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Bxb2 21.Nc4 Bxc1 22.Nxa5 Bxe3
23.Nc4 Bg5 24.Nb6 Ra5 25.g4 Bd7 26.Qe1 Bb5 27.Qxa5 Bxe2 28.Qe1 Bxf3+ 29.Kg1 Nd3
30.Qe6+ Kg7 31.h4 Nf4 32.Qd7 Ne2+ 33.Kh2 Bxh4 34.Nc8 Rf7 35.Qe8 Bg3+ 36.Kh3 Be5
37.Rxf3 Rxf3+ 38.Kg2 Rf8 39.Qxe7+ Rf7 40.Qe8 Nf4+ 41.Kf1 Nxd5+ 42.Ke1 a3
43.Qe6 Bg3+ 44.Kd1 Rf1+ 45.Kc2 Rf2+ 46.Kb3 Rf3+ 47.Ka4 Rf4+ 48.Kb3 Rf3+ 49.Ka4 Nc7
50.Qe7+ Rf7 51.Qd8 Ne6 52.Qe8 Nc7 53.Qd8 Ne6 54.Qe8 Nc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maze,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Ne7 6.Nxe5 Qd4 7.Nf3 Qxe4 8.Re1 Qg6
9.Ne5 Qf6 10.d4 Bf5 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.Qh5 Bg6 13.Qh3+ Bf5 14.Qh5 Bg6 15.Qh3+ Bf5
16.Qh5 Bg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lenderman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.e3 c5 8.Bxc4 e6
9.O-O Nc6 10.Nf3 cxd4 11.exd4 Be7 12.Re1 O-O 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Nh5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7
16.d5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 Qxd5 19.Bxd5 Nf4 20.Be4 a5 21.g3 Ne6 22.Rac1 Re8
23.b3 Rb8 24.Bd5 b6 25.Ne5 Bb7 26.Bc4 Rbd8 27.Kf1 Bd5 28.Bb5 Rf8 29.Nd7 Rxd7
30.Bxd7 Nc5 31.Bb5 Bxb3 32.Re3 Be6 33.Rd1 Rb8 34.Ke1 g6 35.Rd4 Nb3 36.Rd6 Nc5
37.Kd2 Kg7 38.Kc1 h5 39.h4 Kf8 40.Kb2 Kg7 41.Ka3 Kf8 42.Re1 Kg7 43.Bc6 Kf8
44.Rb1 Ke7 45.Rd4 Na6 46.Bb5 Nc5 47.Bc6 Na6 48.Rd2 Nb4 49.Bb5 Rc8 50.Kb2 Na2
51.Re1 Nb4 52.Re3 Rc5 53.Rc3 Bd5 54.Rxc5 bxc5 55.Re2+ Kd6 56.Re8 Bf3 57.Rd8+ Ke5
58.Kc3 Nd5+ 59.Kc4 Nf6 60.Kxc5 Ne4+ 61.Kb6 Nxf2 62.Kxa5 Nh1 63.Rd3 Be4  1-0

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gustafsson,J"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8
9.Be2 e6 10.O-O Nd7 11.Qb3 Na5 12.Qa4 Nc6 13.Qb3 Na5 14.Qa4 Nc6 15.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Cramling,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 d6
9.f4 Be7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Rae1 Rad8 15.Kh1 Rd7
16.Bd3 Re8 17.Nd1 Qd8 18.Qh3 h6 19.Rf3 e5 20.Bc3 Bc8 21.Ne3 Rc7 22.Nf5 Bxf5
23.Qxf5 Rxc3 24.bxc3 Qc7 25.Ref1 Bf8 26.Rg3 Kh8 27.fxe5 Rxe5 28.Qf2 Be7 29.Qd4 Rc5
30.a4 bxa4 31.Qxa4 Ra5 32.Qb3 Kg8 33.Rgf3 Bd8 34.Rf5 d5 35.e5 Nd7  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2010.02.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Markos,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c5 8.d5 exd5
9.Nh4 Ne4 10.cxd5 Bxh4 11.Bxe4 Bf6 12.Qc2 g6 13.Bf4 d6 14.Nd2 Bg5 15.Bxg5 Qxg5
16.Bg2 Nd7 17.e4 b5 18.f4 Qf6 19.Qc3 Qxc3 20.bxc3 Nb6 21.Rab1 a6 22.c4 b4
23.e5 Bc8 24.exd6 Bf5 25.Be4 Rfd8 26.Bxf5 gxf5 27.Re5 Nc8 28.Rxf5 Nxd6 29.Re5 a5
30.Kf2 a4 31.Ke3 Rdc8 32.g4 f6 33.Re6 f5 34.gxf5 Nxf5+ 35.Ke4 Nd4 36.f5 Rf8
37.Rf1 b3 38.a3 Nxe6 39.dxe6 Rfd8 40.Nf3 b2 41.Rg1+ Kf8 42.f6 Rdb8 43.Nd2 Re8
44.Ke5 Ra7 45.Ne4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2010.02.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rabiega,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 d5 5.dxe5 Nxe4 6.Bxe4 dxe4 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Bg5+ Be7
9.Bxe7+ Kxe7 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.Nxe4 Nxe5 12.Rd1 Be6 13.f4 Ng6 14.Ne2 Rhd8 15.Rd4 Bxa2
16.O-O Rxd4 17.Nxd4 Bc4 18.Rf2 Kf8 19.f5 Re8 20.fxg6 Rxe4 21.Rd2 hxg6 22.Kf2 a6  0-1

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Potkin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Qe2 Bb4 11.Bd2 Qe7 12.f4 Ng6 13.f5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Ne5 15.Bg2 O-O-O
16.O-O g6 17.Rad1 gxf5 18.exf5 Rhg8 19.Bf4 Ng6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Qxe7 Nxe7
22.Bg5 Rd6 23.Re1 Kd7 24.Bf1 b5 25.a4 bxa4 26.Ra1 Nc8 27.Rxa4 Nd5 28.Rh4 h6
29.Bxh6 Nxc3 30.Bg7 Nb5 31.Rf4 f6 32.h4 Ke7 33.h5 Kf7 34.h6 Ne7 35.Bc4+ Nd5
36.Rg4 Rd8 37.h7 Nd6 38.Bxd5+ cxd5 39.h8=Q Rxh8 40.Bxh8 Nxf5 41.Ra4  1-0

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e5 9.dxe5 Bb4
10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Bb4 bxc4 13.Qg4 c5 14.f3 cxb4 15.fxe4 O-O 16.exd5 Nd7
17.Qd4 cxb3 18.axb3 Qg5 19.Qf4 Qg6 20.Rd1 Qc2 21.Bc4 Qc3+ 22.Ke2 Nxe5 23.d6 Rad8
24.Rd5 Rfe8 25.Rhd1 h6 26.Qd4 Qc2+ 27.Rd2 Qf5 28.Rc5 Qg5 29.Kd1 Qf6 30.Bxa6 Re6
31.Rc8 Rxc8 32.Bxc8 Qf1+ 33.Kc2 Re8 34.d7 Nxd7 35.Bxd7 Ra8 36.Qxb4 Ra2+ 37.Kc3 Qe1
38.Kd3 Ra1 39.Qb8+ Kh7 40.Qf4 Qb1+ 41.Kc3 Qc1+ 42.Rc2 Qe1+ 43.Kc4 Kg8 44.Qe4 Qa5
45.b4 Qa6+ 46.Bb5 Qf6 47.Qd4 Qe6+ 48.Kc3 Re1 49.Be2 Qc6+ 50.Bc4 Qa4 51.Qd8+ Kh7
52.Qd3+ Kg8 53.Ra2 Qc6 54.b5 Qf6+ 55.Kb3  1-0

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lenic,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.d5 Ne5 7.Qb3 Bxd2+ 8.Nxd2 d6
9.dxe6 fxe6 10.e3 Ned7 11.Ne2 a5 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Nc3 Nc5 14.Nb3 Nfd7 15.Nxc5 Nxc5
16.Ne4 Na6 17.O-O e5 18.Qc3 Nc5 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.Qc2 c6 21.Rad1 Bg4 22.Rd2 Rf6
23.Be4 g6 24.Rc1 Raf8 25.Qc3 Qf7 26.Rcc2 Qc7 27.Rd3 Qf7 28.Qd2 Qc7 29.Qe1 Be6
30.a4 Qb6 31.b3 Qb4 32.Qa1 Bc8 33.Rcd2 Re6 34.Qd1 Qb6 35.Rd8 Qc7 36.h4 Kg7
37.R8d7+  1-0

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d3 Nb6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Re8 10.Rc1 Bf8 11.a4 a5 12.Nb5 Nd5 13.Bc5 Bxc5 14.Rxc5 Ndb4 15.Qc1 Bg4
16.h3 Bh5 17.Rd1 Qe7 18.d4 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 exd4 20.Nxd4 Rad8 21.Nb3 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Rd8
23.Qc1 Rd7 24.Kg2 g6 25.Qf4 Rd1 26.Qc4 Ne5 27.Qc3 Nbc6 28.Rd5 Rxd5 29.Bxd5 Qd6
30.e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 e5 4.e4 Be7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.h3 Bd7
9.Nf1 Na6 10.Ng3 Ne8 11.O-O g6 12.Bh6 Ng7 13.Qd2 Kh8 14.a3 Nc7 15.b4 b6 16.Rab1 Nce8
17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Bc2 Qc8 19.Nh2 Nf6 20.Be3 Nfh5 21.Nxh5 Nxh5 22.Bh6 Rg8 23.g4 Nf4
24.Bxf4 exf4 25.Qxf4 Kg7 26.Qg3 Qa6 27.Qd3 h5 28.f4 hxg4 29.Nxg4 Bxg4 30.hxg4 Bf6
31.e5 dxe5 32.g5 e4 33.gxf6+ Qxf6 34.Qxe4 Rae8 35.Qg2 Rh8 36.Rbd1 Re3 37.Rf3 Qc3
38.Rdf1 Rxf3 39.Rxf3 Qe1+ 40.Rf1 Qc3 41.Bd1 Rh3 42.Bf3 Qe3+ 43.Rf2 Rh4 44.Qf1 Qxf4
45.Qe2 Qc1+ 46.Rf1 Qf4 47.Qf2 f5 48.d6 Qg5+ 49.Bg2 Rd4 50.Re1 Rd2 51.Re7+ Kf6
52.Re2 Rxd6 53.Qe3 Rd1+ 54.Kh2 Qxe3 55.Rxe3 g5 56.Re8 g4 57.Kg3 Rg1 58.Ra8 f4+
59.Kxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.e3 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Na6 12.Bg5 Nc7 13.Qb3 a6 14.a5 Rb8 15.Rad1 Ncd5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Rxe7 Nxe7 18.Qa3 Re8 19.Re1 Qxd4 20.Bxf7+  1-0

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Na3 cxd4
9.Naxc4 Bc5 10.Qb3 O-O 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Qxb7 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Rb8 14.Qf3 Rxb2 15.Rfc1 Bd6
16.Nc4 Bxf4 17.Qxf4 Rb4 18.Qxd4 Bb5 19.Qc5 Rxc4 20.Rxc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 Qa5
22.Rb1 h6 23.Bf3 Nd7 24.Rb5 Qa6 25.Bb7 Qd6 26.Ra5 Qb6 27.Rb5 Qd6 28.Be4 Qd1+
29.Kg2 Nb6 30.Qc2 Qxc2 31.Bxc2 Rc8 32.Bb3 Kf8 33.Kf3 Ke7 34.Ra5 Rc7 35.Ke4 Nc4
36.Bxc4 Rxc4+ 37.Kd3 Rc7 38.h4 Kf6 39.f4 Rc1 40.Ke4 Rc4+ 41.Kf3 Rc7 42.g4 Ke7
43.Ra6 Kd7 44.g5 hxg5 45.hxg5 Ke7 46.Ke4 f6 47.Kf3 Kf7 48.e4 Rc3+ 49.Kg4 Rc4
50.Kf3 Rc3+ 51.Kg4 Rc4 52.Rxa7+ Kg6 53.gxf6 gxf6 54.Kf3 Rc3+ 55.Ke2 f5 56.exf5+ Kxf5
57.Kd2 Rh3 58.Rf7+ Kg6 59.Re7 Ra3 60.Rxe6+ Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.d5 Nc6 12.Be2 e6 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 exd5 15.exd5 Ne7
16.c4 Qxd2+ 17.Nxd2 b6 18.g4 f5 19.g5 Re8 20.Kd1 Bd7 21.Re1 Ba4+ 22.Nb3 Rad8
23.Kc2 Nc8 24.Bd3 Re7 25.Bf4 Rde8 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Kd2 Kf7 28.h4 Be5 29.Bxe5 Rxe5
30.f4 Re7 31.Re1 Rxe1 32.Kxe1 Bxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E32"]

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.Qa4 c5 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Heidelberg GER"]
[Date "2010.02.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Efimenko,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nc3 dxc4
9.a4 O-O 10.a5 c5 11.e3 cxd4 12.exd4 Nd5 13.Qa4 b5 14.Qxb5 Rb8 15.Qxc4 Nb4
16.a6 Nc2 17.Ra2 Nb4 18.Raa1 Nc2 19.Ra2 Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Heidelberg GER"]
[Date "2010.02.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rogozenco,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bd3 a6 9.a4 Nbd7
10.Nf3 Nh5 11.Bg5 Bf6 12.Be3 O-O 13.O-O Re8 14.Re1 Ne5 15.Be2 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Ng7
17.Qd2 Bd7 18.Bf4 Be5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.Be2 g5 21.f4 gxf4 22.Qxf4 Qe7 23.Rf1 f5
24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Bg4 Bd3 26.Rf3 Rf8 27.Qxf8+ Qxf8 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.a5 Bf5
30.Bf3 Ke7 31.Kf2 Ne8 32.g4 Bc2 33.Ra2 Bd3 34.Ra3 Bc2 35.Ra2 Bd3 36.Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Carlsson,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.Be3 Nd5 8.dxc5 Nd7
9.Bd4 Nxc5 10.O-O b5 11.Bxc5 Bxc5 12.e4 Nb4 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Nxf7+ Ke7 15.Nxh8 Bb7
16.a4 Nc2 17.Ra2 b4 18.b3 cxb3 19.Rb2 Rxh8 20.Nd2 Bd4 21.Rxb3 Rf8 22.e5 Bd5
23.Be4 Bxe4 24.Nxe4 Bxe5 25.a5 Rb8 26.Kg2 Nd4 27.Rbb1 Bc7 28.Nc5 Bxa5 29.Nxa6 Rb6
30.Nc5 Rb5 31.Rfd1 e5 32.Nd3 Ne2 33.Re1 Nc3 34.Rb2 Kf6 35.Rb3 e4 36.Nb2 Rc5
37.Nd1 Kf5 38.Ne3+ Ke5 39.Rb2 Na4 40.Rb3 Nc3 41.Ra1 Kd4 42.Rb2 Rb5 43.Rd2+ Kc5
44.Rc1 Kc6 45.Rd4 Bb6 46.Rxe4 Bc5 47.Rc4 Kd6 48.Nd1 Ne2 49.R1c2 Nd4 50.Rd2 Ke5
51.h4 h5 52.Ne3 g6 53.f4+ Ke6 54.Rxc5 Rxc5 55.Rxd4 Rb5 56.Rd2 b3 57.Rb2  1-0

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 h6 11.Be3 Ke8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Rfe1 Rd8 14.Kh2 Nf5 15.Bf4 Bb4
16.Bd2 h5 17.Ne4 Bxd2 18.Rxd2 Bc8 19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.Rd1+ Ke7 21.Nfg5 h4 22.Rd3 a5
23.c4 b6 24.c5 b5 25.a3 a4 26.g4 hxg3+ 27.fxg3 f6 28.exf6+ gxf6 29.Nf3 Be6
30.g4 Bc4 31.Rc3 Nh6 32.Kg3 f5 33.Ned2 fxg4 34.Ne5 Rg8 35.Ndxc4 gxh3+ 36.Kxh3 bxc4
37.Rxc4 Ke6 38.Nd3 Nf5 39.Nf4+ Ke5 40.Rxa4 Rg3+ 41.Kh2 Rb3 42.Rb4 Rxb4 43.Nd3+ Kd4
44.Nxb4 Kxc5 45.Kg1 Kc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 Bg6 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.e4 Qxb3 13.axb3 Bb4 14.Nh4 e5 15.Nxg6 fxg6
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.h3 Nd3 18.Re3 Nxc1 19.Rxc1 Nd7 20.e5 Rfe8 21.Rd1 Nxe5 22.Rde1 Bd6
23.Ne4 Bb4 24.Nc3 Bd6 25.b4 Kf8 26.b5 Nc4 27.Rxe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nevednichy,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 Nh6 7.d4 Qb6 8.h3 O-O
9.b3 cxd4 10.cxd4 f6 11.Nc3 d6 12.Re1 g5 13.Na4 Qb5 14.Nh2 Nf7 15.Ng4 f5
16.exf5 Qxf5 17.Rxe7 h5 18.Nh2 g4 19.hxg4 hxg4 20.Nc3 Be6 21.Be3 Qf6 22.Rxe6 Qxe6
23.Qxg4 Qxg4 24.Nxg4 Nd8 25.Rc1 a5 26.Ne4 a4 27.Nxd6 axb3 28.axb3 Ne6 29.Rxc6 Nxd4
30.Rc4 Nxb3 31.g3 Rad8 32.Ne4 Rc8 33.Rb4 Rb8 34.Ra4 Ra8 35.Rb4 Rab8 36.Ra4 Ra8
37.Rb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Iotov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Qd3 c6 8.Nf3 b6 9.O-O Bb7
10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Bf4 a5 12.cxd5 Ba6 13.Qd2 cxd5 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Rac1 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nd7
17.e4 Nc5 18.exd5 Nb3 19.Qe1 Nxc1 20.Bxc1 Qd7 21.d6 Bd8 22.Be3 Bb7 23.Bxb7 Qxb7
24.Qe2 Qd7 25.Qg4 f5 26.exf6 Rxf6 27.h4 Rc6 28.Ne4 Rf7 29.Bd4 Rf5 30.Bc3 h5
31.Qe2 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Parligras,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bd6 11.Nc3 Qh5 12.Ne5 c5 13.Qxh5 Nxh5 14.Ne4 cxd4 15.Nxd6 cxd6
16.Nc6 d3  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Morchiashvili,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nc3 Ne4
9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Rad1 Qe7 13.Ne1 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Rfd8 15.e4 Rac8
16.Nf3 h6 17.h4 d6 18.a3 a5 19.Rd3 Qf6 20.Rb1 e5 21.Be3 Qg6 22.Nd2 Bxe3 23.Rxe3 Nd4
24.Rbe1 Rf8 25.Nf3 f5 26.Nxd4 exd4 27.exf5 Qxf5 28.R3e2 d3 29.Rd2 d5 30.cxd5 Qf3+
31.Kg1 Qxd5 32.Qe4 Rfd8 33.Kg2 a4 34.Qf3 Qxf3+ 35.Kxf3 Rc5 36.Re7 Kf8 37.Ra7 b5
38.Ke4 Rc6 39.f4 Re6+ 40.Kf3 h5 41.Rc7 g6 42.Rc5 Rb6 43.Ke3 b4 44.Rxd3 Rxd3+
45.Kxd3 bxa3 46.bxa3 Kf7 47.Rc4 Rb3+ 48.Rc3 Rb6 49.Ke4 Kf6 50.Rc4 Rb3 51.Rxa4 Rxg3
52.Ra6+ Kg7 53.a4 Rh3 54.Ra7+ Kf6 55.Ra6+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Narciso Dublan,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qe3+ Be7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nh3 d6
9.O-O Ne5 10.b3 c6 11.Bb2 Qe8 12.Rad1 Qh5 13.Qg5 Qe8 14.Qc1 Be6 15.Ng5 Bd7
16.Ba3 h6 17.Nf3 Nf7 18.Nh4 Qb8 19.Qc2 Qc8 20.Ng6 Re8 21.Nxe7+ Rxe7 22.Bxd6 Nxd6
23.Rxd6 Qc7 24.c5 Rf8 25.b4 Be8 26.Rfd1 Re5 27.e3 Bh5 28.R1d4 Qe7 29.Qd2 Kh7
30.a3 a5 31.h3 axb4 32.axb4 Ra8 33.Kh2 Bf7 34.Qc2 Bg6 35.Qb2 Bf7 36.Rd1 Bc4
37.Qd2 Qf7 38.Qd4 Ree8 39.e4 Bb3 40.e5 Ne4 41.Rd7 Re7 42.Rxe7 Qxe7 43.Bxe4 Bxd1
44.Bxf5+ g6 45.Bxg6+ Kxg6 46.Nxd1 Re8 47.Qd3+ Kg7 48.Ne3 Qxe5 49.Qd7+ Kg6
50.Qxb7 Qf6 51.Ng2 Qxf2 52.Qxc6+ Kf7 53.Qd5+ Kf8 54.h4 Re1 55.h5 Rc1 56.c6 Qf1
57.Kh3 Rc4 58.Kh2 Rc1 59.Qd6+ Kf7 60.Qd7+ Kf8 61.Qd6+ Kf7 62.Qd5+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th EICC Men"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Jovanic,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.e3 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4
9.exd4 Qe7+ 10.Be2 Qc7 11.O-O Be7 12.Bc4 O-O 13.Re1 Na6 14.Bg5 Nb4 15.Re5 Bd8
16.Rc1 Ng4 17.Bxd8 Qxd8 18.Nf3 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Be6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Qb3 Qe7 22.Ne4 Nd5
23.g3 Rac8 24.h4 Rfd8 25.Ng5 h6 26.Ne4 Nf6 27.Ng6 Qf7 28.Ne5 Qe7 29.Ng6 Qe8
30.Nxf6+ gxf6 31.h5 Qf7 32.Re1 Rd5 33.Re4 Rcd8 34.Qe3 Rxh5 35.Nf4 Rf5 36.Rxe6 Rxf4
37.gxf4 Kh8 38.Kf1 Qh5 39.Rxf6 Qd1+ 40.Qe1 Qxe1+ 41.Kxe1 Rxd4 42.a5 a6 43.Rxh6+ Kg7
44.Re6 Kf7 45.Rh6 Rb4 46.Ke2 Rb3 47.f5 Rxb2+ 48.Ke3 Rb4 49.f4 Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Rc8 10.Nc3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qh4 O-O 13.Bxb7 Rb8 14.Bf3 Rb4 15.Qg5 Bd4
16.Rd1 h6 17.Qd2 Qc7 18.Ne4 Rc4 19.b3 Bxa1 20.bxc4 Ba4 21.Qd6 Qc8 22.Rf1 Qxc4
23.Ba3 Rc8 24.Rc1 Bc2 25.Nd2 Qxa2 26.Nf1 Be5 27.Qa6 Rc3 28.Qxa7 Qxa3 29.Qxa3 Rxa3
30.Rxc2 Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bartel,Mat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qd3 O-O 10.b3 d5 11.cxd5 Ne7 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qxd5 14.Qc2 Qf5 15.Qb2 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Rac8 17.Rac1 Ng6 18.Qa3 a5 19.Bg2 Rfd8 20.Qb2 e5 21.b4 axb4 22.Bxb4 Qe6
23.Bd2 e4 24.Be3 Ne5 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Bd4 Nc4 27.Qb5 Ne8 28.Qh5 Ned6 29.Rd1 Ra8
30.Bh3 Qg6 31.Qd5 Ra5 32.Qc6 h5 33.Bc3 e3 34.Bxa5 exf2+ 35.Kh1 bxa5 36.Qa8+ Kh7
37.Qf3 Qc2 38.Qd3+ Qxd3 39.exd3 Ne3 40.Rd2 f1=Q+ 41.Bxf1 Nxf1 42.Re2 Nf5
43.Re5 Kg6 44.Rxa5 N1e3 45.a4 Nd1 46.Rb5 Nfe3 47.Kg1 Nc3 48.Rb6+ f6 49.a5 Ned5
50.Rb7 Ne2+ 51.Kh1  1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cornette,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Nbd2 Re8 8.Re1 a6
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.h3 Bd6 11.Nf1 h6 12.Ng3 a5 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Be3 c5 15.Rad1 d4
16.Bc1 Qc8 17.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Nbd7 6.Nge2 h5 7.h4 g6 8.a3 Bg7 9.Bg5 a6
10.Nc1 Qc7 11.Qc2 Nf8 12.b4 b6 13.bxc5 bxc5 14.Rb1 N8h7 15.Bd2 O-O 16.Bd3 Bd7
17.N1e2 Rfb8 18.O-O Ne8 19.Rxb8 Rxb8 20.Rb1 Bf6 21.g3 Rxb1+ 22.Qxb1 Ng7 23.Kg2 Bd8
24.Ng1 f5 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Bh6 Qc8 27.Nd1 Nf6 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Ne3 e4 30.Be2 f4
31.gxf4 Kh6  1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Evry FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Na3 cxd4
9.Naxc4 Be7 10.Bf4 Rc8 11.Qb3 Nd5 12.Qxb7 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Rc7 14.Qa6 Nxf4 15.gxf4 O-O
16.Rfc1 Qc8 17.Qxc8 Rfxc8 18.Rxc7 Rxc7 19.Nxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.a3 d4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.b4 Bb6 12.c5 e5 13.Bxe5 Nc6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.cxb6 axb6
16.Nd5 Qb2 17.b5 Ne5 18.Be2 Be6 19.Nxb6 Rfd8 20.Qc2 Qxc2 21.Rxc2 Rxa3 22.O-O g6
23.Rfc1 Kg7 24.h3 Rd6 25.Rc5 Ra2 26.Nc4 Nxc4 27.Bxc4 Bxc4 28.R5xc4 Rb2 29.R4c2 Rxb5
30.Kf1 Rdb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009-10"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2010.04.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Seel,C"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Nd7 7.Qxc4 Nb6 8.Qd3 e5
9.Nxe5 Nb4 10.Qd1 Qxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc2+ 12.Kf1 Nxd4 13.Nc3 g6 14.Nf3 Ne6 15.Ng5 c6
16.Nce4 Be7 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Rd8 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.b3 Rd2 22.Bf3 Ke7
23.Kg2 Rhd8 24.a4 R8d4 25.a5 Nd5 26.Rhc1 Kd6 27.Kf1 Rb2 28.Rc4 e5 29.Rac1 Rxb3
30.Bxd5 Kxd5 31.Rc5+ Kd6 32.a6 Rd1+ 33.Rxd1+ Kxc5 34.axb7 Rxb7 35.Ra1 Rd7
36.Ke1 e4 37.h4 Kb4 38.Rb1+ Kc4 39.Rc1+ Kb5 40.Rb1+ Kc5 41.Rc1+ Kd5 42.Rd1+ Ke6
43.Rc1 Rc7 44.Ra1 c5 45.Kd2 Kd5 46.Kc3 Rf7 47.Rf1 a5 48.f3 exf3 49.exf3 a4
50.Rd1+ Kc6 51.Rd3 Ra7 52.Kb2 c4 53.Rd8 a3+ 54.Ka2 Kc5 55.g4 c3 56.f4 Kc4
57.f5 gxf5 58.Rc8+ Kd3 59.gxf5 Rd7 60.Kxa3 c2 61.f6 Kd2 62.f7 Rxf7 63.Rd8+ Kc1  0-1

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Marseille FRA"]
[Date "2010.04.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vojinovic,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.e3 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Ne8 12.Nf3 Nd6 13.Bb3 Na6 14.Bf4 Nc7 15.h3 Bf6
16.d5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 cxd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 Nf5 20.Qxd8 Rxd8 21.g4 Nh6 22.Re7 Be6
23.Nd4 Bd5 24.Bc7  1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Marseille FRA"]
[Date "2010.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Meier,Geo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Be3 Nd5 8.Bd2 c5
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.c4 Nb6 12.Rc1 f6 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.b4 Be7 15.Qb3 O-O
16.O-O Rac8 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Be1 Qa4 19.Nd4 e5 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Ne3 a6 22.c5+ Qxb3
23.axb3 Na8 24.Nc4 Kf7 25.Kf1 Ke6 26.Bd2 g5 27.Be3 Be7 28.Re1 Rb8 29.f4 gxf4
30.Bxf4 Rd5 31.Be3 Rdd8 32.g4 Nc7 33.g5 fxg5 34.Nxe5 Kf5 35.Bf2 Ne6 36.Bg3 Nf4
37.c6 Bxb4 38.c7 Bxe1 39.Rxe1 Rbc8 40.cxd8=Q Rxd8 41.Nc4 Rd3 42.Re5+ Kf6
43.Re3 Rd1+ 44.Re1 Rd3 45.Re3 Rd1+ 46.Kf2 b5 47.Na5 Kf5 48.Nc6 h5 49.Rc3 Ke4
50.Re3+ Kf5 51.Re8 h4 52.Rf8+ Ke4 53.Bxf4 gxf4 54.Re8+ Kf5 55.Ke2 Rb1 56.Nd4+ Kg4
57.Rg8+ Kh3 58.Kf3 a5 59.Kxf4 a4 60.bxa4 bxa4 61.Nf3 a3 62.Ra8 Rb3 63.Ra4 Rc3
64.Ke4 Kg2 65.Nxh4+ Kxh2 66.Nf5 Rb3 67.Nd4 Rc3 68.Ra7 Kg2 69.Nb5 Rb3 70.Nxa3 Rb4+
71.Ke3 Rb3+ 72.Kd4 Rb4+ 73.Nc4 Kf3 74.Rf7+ Ke2 75.Kc3 Ra4 76.Re7+ Kf3 77.Kd3 Kg4
78.Rc7 Kf5 79.Kd4 Ra1 80.Ne3+ Ke6 81.Rc6+ Kd7 82.Rh6 Re1 83.Nf5 Ra1 84.Ne3 Re1
85.Nc2 Rc1 86.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Marseille FRA"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Komarov,Di"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.e4 e5 11.Bxc4 exd4 12.e5 Nfd7 13.Qxd4 Bc5 14.Qe4 Nb6 15.Ba2 Qd4
16.Qe2 O-O 17.e6 fxe6 18.Qxe6+ Kh8 19.Be3 Qb4 20.Qxg6 Bxe3 21.fxe3 Qc5 22.O-O-O Na6
23.g5 Qxe3+ 24.Kb1 Qe8 25.Qxe8 Raxe8 26.g6 Rd8 27.a5 Nc8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Re1 Nb4
30.Bb3 Nd5 31.Nxd5 cxd5 32.Bxd5 Nd6 33.Re5  1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "France FRA"]
[Date "2010.05.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Prie,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 h6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e4 Bxc3 6.bxc3 O-O 7.Ne2 d6 8.d3 Bd7
9.O-O Na6 10.f4 Re8 11.h3 Nc5 12.Be3 Ba4 13.Qd2 Nfd7 14.f5 Bc6 15.g4 a6 16.Ng3 b5
17.cxb5 axb5 18.Nh5 f6 19.h4 Ra4 20.g5 hxg5 21.hxg5 Kf7 22.g6+ Ke7 23.Nxg7 Rh8
24.Ne6 Nxe6 25.fxe6 Kxe6 26.d4 Ke7 27.d5 Bb7 28.Qe2 Ra8 29.Rf3 c6 30.Rg3 cxd5
31.exd5 Qg8 32.Qxb5 Ba6 33.Qb1 Qg7 34.Qf5 Nf8 35.Qc2 Rh4 36.Rb1 Nd7 37.Qf5 Nf8
38.Qc2 Nd7 39.Rb4 Rah8 40.Qf5 Kd8 41.Qe6 Kc7 42.Rxh4 Rxh4 43.Bh3 Nf8 44.Qf7+ Qxf7
45.gxf7 Kd8 46.Be6 Ke7 47.Bb6 Rh7 48.Bc7 Bc4 49.Rg8 Rxf7 50.Bxd6+ Kxd6 51.Bxf7 Ke7
52.Rg7 f5 53.d6+ Kf6 54.Bxc4 Kxg7 55.a4 Kf6 56.a5 Nd7 57.a6 e4 58.a7 Nb6
59.Bd5  1-0

[Event "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Be3 Bd6 7.Nbd2 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Be6 10.h3 Nh6 11.d4 exd4 12.e5 Be7 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Qe2 Qd5 15.O-O-O Nf5
16.Rhe1 Kf7 17.Ne4 Qxa2 18.Nxd4 Qa1+ 19.Kd2 Qa5+ 20.Kc1 Qa1+ 21.Kd2 Qa5+
22.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.d3 c6 6.Ba4 Bc5 7.Bg5 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.Ne2 Bb6 11.Kh1 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.d4 Nf4 15.c3 Qf6
16.f3 Be6 17.Bb3 Rad8 18.Bxf4 gxf4 19.g3 fxg3 20.Nxg3 exd4 21.f4 dxc3 22.bxc3 Kh8
23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.f5 Rg8 25.Qh5 e5 26.Qh3 Rg5 27.Nh5 Qf7 28.Nf4 Qf6 29.Ne6 Rdg8
30.Nxg5 Rxg5 31.Rf3 d5 32.Rg3 dxe4 33.Rf1 e3 34.Rxg5 Qxg5 35.Qf3 Kg7 36.f6+ Kf7
37.Qd1 e2 38.Qxe2 Qh4 39.Qg2 Qg5 40.Qe4 Be3 41.Qh7+ Ke6 42.Qe7+ Kd5 43.Qd7+ Kc4
44.f7 Bc5 45.Qe6+ Kxc3 46.Qb3+ Kd2 47.Rd1+ Ke2 48.Qd3+  1-0

[Event "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bg5 Nc6 10.Qa4 h6 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxc4 Bb4 14.Nd4 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Bd7
16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Rd6 Rfb8 20.Rb1 Rb6 21.b3 c5 22.Rbd1 Rc8
23.Rd8+ Rxd8 24.Rxd8+ Kg7 25.Rd2 a5 26.Rc2 a4 27.bxa4 Rb4 28.Rxc5 Rxa4 29.Rc2 f5
30.Kf1 f4 31.Ke1 fxg3 32.hxg3 Kf6 33.Kd2 h5 34.Kc3 h4 35.gxh4 Rxh4 36.a3 Ke5
37.Ra2 Rf4 38.e3 Ra4 39.Kb3 Ra8 40.a4 Kd5 41.a5 Kc5 42.Kc3 Kb5 43.Kd4 Rd8+
44.Ke5 Rd5+ 45.Kf6 Rf5+ 46.Ke7 Ka6 47.Kd6 Rd5+ 48.Ke7 Rf5 49.Ke8 Rf3 50.Kf8 Rf5
51.Kg7 Rf3 52.Kg8 Rf5 53.Kf8 Rf3 54.Ke8 Rf5 55.Ke7 Rf3 56.e4 Rf4 57.e5 Rf5
58.Kd6 Rf3 59.Kc5 Rd3 60.Kc4 Rd5 61.f4 Rd1 62.Kc5 Rd5+ 63.Kc6 Rd4 64.Rf2 Kxa5
65.f5 Ra4  1-0

[Event "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 Bg4 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.Ne5 h6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.O-O Bd6 13.f4 c5 14.h3 Be6 15.Qf2 Rc8
16.a3 a6 17.Kh1 b5 18.Qf3 Qb6 19.Rad1 cxd4 20.exd4 Bxa3 21.f5 Qxd4 22.fxe6 Qxe5
23.Rfe1 Qg5 24.Bf5 Rxc3 25.bxc3 fxe6 26.Bxe6+ Kh8 27.Bxd5 Nh5 28.Qg4 Ng3+
29.Kh2 Qf6 30.Be6 Nf5 31.Bxf5 Qxf5 32.Re8 Qf6 33.Rxf8+ Bxf8 34.Qc8 Kh7 35.Qc7 a5
36.Qb8 b4 37.cxb4 axb4 38.Rd8 Bc5 39.Rh8+ Kg6 40.Qg3+ Kf7 41.Qb3+ Ke7 42.Qd1 Qe5+
43.Kh1 b3 44.Qd8+ Kf7 45.Qd7+ Kf6 46.Qd8+ Be7 47.Rf8+ Kg6 48.Qd3+ Kg5 49.Rf3 Bd6
50.g3 b2 51.Kg2 h5 52.Re3 Qf6 53.Rf3 Qe5 54.Re3 Qf6 55.Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Bc4 d6 6.d3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 g6
9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Bg7 11.Be3 Nh5 12.Nb5 Nxb5 13.Bxb5+ c6 14.Bc4 b5 15.Bb3 Bxb2
16.Rb1 Bc3+ 17.Ke2 Qf6 18.Qg1 Nf4+ 19.Kf1 Bd4 20.Bxd4 Qxd4 21.Qg3 Qf6 22.h4 Nh5
23.Qg4 Qf4 24.Qxf4 Nxf4 25.Ke1 Ke7 26.Kd2 f6 27.Ke3 Nh5 28.a4 a6 29.f4 f5
30.e5 d5 31.c4 dxc4 32.dxc4 Rhd8 33.Rhd1 Ng7 34.c5 Ne8 35.h5 Rxd1 36.Rxd1 Rd8
37.Rh1 Ng7 38.hxg6 hxg6 39.Rh7 Kf8 40.axb5 axb5 41.e6 Re8 42.Kf3 Rd8 43.e7+ Kxe7
44.Rxg7+ Kf6 45.Rf7+  1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Guingamp FRA"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bf4 Ne5
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 Nc6 11.g4 h6 12.Bg2 a6 13.Qe2 b5 14.O-O-O Bb7 15.h4 h5 16.gxh5 O-O-O
17.Bf3 Kb8 18.Kb1 Rc8 19.e5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Nd7 21.Bf4 Nb6 22.Rd6 Nb4 23.h6 Rxh6
24.a3 Na4 25.axb4 Qxc3 26.bxc3 Nxc3+ 27.Kb2 Nxe2 28.Rb6 Nxf4 29.Rxb7+ Ka8
30.Rc7+ Kb8 31.Rb7+ Ka8 32.Rxf7+ Nd5 33.Nd4 Kb8 34.c3 Re8 35.Bxd5 exd5 36.Rhf1 Be7
37.Nf5 Bxh4 38.Nxh6 gxh6 39.Rf8 Rxf8 40.Rxf8+ Kc7 41.Rf7+ Kc6 42.Ra7 Bg5
43.Rxa6+ Kd7 44.Kc2 h5 45.Kd3 h4 46.Kd4 h3 47.Ra7+ Ke6 48.Rh7  1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Guingamp FRA"]
[Date "2010.06.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Bb3 d5 7.Qe2 h6 8.Nbd2 dxe4
9.dxe4 Nh5 10.g3 Bh3 11.Nh4 Nf6 12.f3 Na5 13.Bc2 Nc6 14.Nf5 a6 15.Nc4 Bxf5
16.exf5 Qd7 17.Nd2 Ba7 18.Qd3 Nd5 19.Ne4 Rfd8 20.Bb3 Nce7 21.g4 Nf4 22.Qxd7 Rxd7
23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Rd1 Rad8 25.Ke2 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rxd1 27.Kxd1 Kf8 28.f6 Ng6 29.Ke2 Be3
30.Bd5 b6 31.g5 hxg5 32.fxg7+ Kxg7 33.Nxg5 Ne5 34.b4 Kg6 35.h4 a5 36.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Guingamp FRA"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Iordachescu,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5 O-O 8.Nge2 Na6
9.g3 b5 10.Bg2 b4 11.Nd1 Rb8 12.Bf4 Rb5 13.Ne3 Bb7 14.a4 Ra5 15.Be5 Nd7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7
17.Nf4 Nb6 18.O-O Qd7 19.Nd3 Rd8 20.Nxb4 Nxb4 21.Qxb4 Ra6 22.d6 Bxg2 23.dxe7 Re8
24.Kxg2 Rxe7 25.Rfe1 Re4 26.Qb5 Qxb5 27.axb5 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Rxd4 29.Rxa7 Rb4
30.Rb7 Nc8 31.b3 Nd6 32.Rd7 Ne4 33.Nc4 Rxb5 34.Re7 Nc3 35.Nd6 Rxb3 36.Rxf7+ Kh6
37.Rf3 Ra3 38.Nc4 Rb3 39.Rd3 Kg7 40.h4 Kg8 41.Nd6 Ra3 42.Ne4  1-0

[Event "Coupe de France S/F"]
[Site "Marseilles FRA"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d5 Na5 15.Bg5 b6
16.Bxe7 Rfe8 17.d6 Nc6 18.Qc1 Qxe2 19.Qxc6 Rec8 20.Qd5 Be6 21.Qb7 Rcb8 22.Qc6 Rc8
23.Qa4 Qc2 24.Qxc2 Rxc2 25.e5 Bd7 26.Ne1 Rc4 27.f4 b5 28.Rb2 a5 29.Nc2 b4
30.Ne3 Rd4 31.Rc2 b3 32.Rc7 Be6 33.Rd1 b2 34.Rb1 Rxf4 35.Nd5 Ra4 36.Rxb2 Bxe5
37.Rd2 Bd4+ 38.Rxd4 Rxd4 39.Nf6+ Kg7 40.d7 a4 41.Ne8+ Kg8 42.Nf6+ Kh8 43.Kf2 a3
44.Bxa3 Rxa3 45.Rc8+ Kg7 46.Ne8+ Kh6 47.d8=Q Rxd8 48.Rxd8 Ra2+ 49.Kf3 Kg5
50.Rd4 Ra3+ 51.Kf2 h5 52.Rd2 h4 53.Nc7 Bc4 54.h3 Ra5 55.Rd4 Rc5 56.Ne8 f5
57.g3 hxg3+ 58.Kxg3 Bf7 59.h4+ Kh6 60.Nd6 Bd5 61.Kf4 Bh1 62.Rd1 Bc6 63.Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "85th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2010.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dorfman,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 Rb8 7.Qc2 a6 8.O-O b5
9.Nd4 Ne5 10.Nb3 Bb7 11.Bxb7 Rxb7 12.d4 Ned7 13.Bg5 Bd6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.N1d2 O-O
16.Ne4 f5 17.Nbc5 Bxc5 18.Nxc5 Rb6 19.Nd3 Nf6 20.Rac1 Qxd4 21.Qxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "85th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2010.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bricard,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d6 3.c4 e5 4.d3 Nc6 5.Bb2 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 f5 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O
10.a3 a5 11.e3 Kh8 12.Nd2 g5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Ne7 15.b4 b6 16.bxc5 bxc5
17.Nc4 Ba6 18.e4 fxe4 19.Bxe4 Ng8 20.Bc1 h6 21.Rb1 Nf6 22.Bg2 e4 23.Bb2 exd3
24.Qxd3 Ra7 25.Bh3 Rb7 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Rxb7 Bxb7 28.Ne3 Bc8 29.Bxc8 Qxc8
30.Rb1 Rf8 31.Rb6 Qc7 32.Rc6 Qf7 33.Qe2 Qe7 34.Qg4 Qf7 35.Qe2 Qe7 36.Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "85th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2010.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Charnushevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.f3 Ne5 13.Rac1 Bd7 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Qe1 h6
16.Qf2 b6 17.b4 Be8 18.Nb3 Rab8 19.b5 a5 20.Nd4 Rb7 21.Na4 Rdb8 22.Qe1 g5
23.h4 Nh7 24.g3 gxh4 25.gxh4 h5 26.Qg3 Kh8 27.f4 Ng4 28.Bxg4 hxg4 29.Qxg4 Bd7
30.Qh5 Rg8 31.Kh1 Be8 32.Rg1 f5 33.Qf3 Qe7 34.Bf2 fxe4 35.Qxe4 Bf7 36.Nc6 Qf6
37.Rg2 Qh6 38.Rcg1 Nf6 39.Qe3 Nh5 40.Rg4 Qh7 41.Nc3 Nf6 42.Rg5 Qh6 43.f5 Bf8
44.Rxg8+ Nxg8 45.Qxh6+ Nxh6 46.fxe6 Bxe6 47.Nd8  1-0

[Event "85th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nfe4
9.Bd2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 d6 11.O-O Bd7 12.Nde4 Bxc3 13.Nxc3 Qb6 14.Rad1 h6 15.Rd2 Rfd8
16.Rfd1 Be8 17.Rd4 Rac8 18.Qd2 a5 19.b3 a4 20.bxa4 Bxa4 21.Rb1 Qa6 22.Nxa4 Qxa4
23.Bxb7 Nxb7 24.Rxb7 Rxc4 25.Qf4 Rc1+ 26.Qxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "85th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sokolov,And1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 Nc6 7.e3 Ne7 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Qb3 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 Ng6 11.e4 Qe7 12.O-O-O e5 13.d5 c6 14.Kb1 O-O-O 15.g3 Kb8
16.h4 Rc8 17.Qf3 Rhd8 18.Bh3 Nf8 19.Rc1 cxd5 20.cxd5 Qb4 21.Qe3 Ba6 22.a3 Qb5
23.Ka2 Qa4 24.b3 Qa5 25.Kb2 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Kxc8 28.b4 Qa4 29.Qf3 Ng6
30.Qxf6 Bd3 31.Qc6+ Qxc6 32.dxc6 Kc7 33.Bxd7 Ne7 34.Kc3 Bb5 35.Nf3 f6 36.Nh2 Bxc6
37.Bxc6 Kxc6 38.Ng4 Ng8 39.a4 a6 40.Ne3 Ne7 41.Kd3 b5 42.axb5+ axb5 43.f3 Kd6
44.Nf5+ Ke6 45.Nxe7 Kxe7 46.Ke3 Kf7 47.Kf2 Kg6 48.Kg2 f5 49.exf5+ Kxf5 50.Kf2  1-0

[Event "85th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bauer,Ch"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.O-O Nb6
9.b4 Be7 10.b5 Na5 11.Nxe5 Naxc4 12.Ndxc4 Nxc4 13.Nxc4 Bf5 14.d4 Qd5 15.Ne3 Qxb5
16.c4 Qd7 17.Qf3 Bg6 18.Nd5 Rfe8 19.Nxe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "85th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Degraeve,JM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Be2 Bf5 7.O-O Nd7 8.Nf3 e6
9.c4 N5f6 10.Bf4 Ne4 11.Bd3 Qf6 12.Qe2 Nd6 13.Bg3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nf5 15.Qb3 O-O-O
16.Rd1 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Qf5 18.Qe3 e5 19.Nc3 exd4 20.Nxd4 Qe5 21.Qf3 Qf6 22.Qg4 h5
23.Qh3 Bb4 24.Ne4 Qe5 25.a3 Be7 26.Nf5 Kc7 27.Re1 Bf8 28.Ned6 Bxd6 29.Rxe5 Bxe5
30.Qh4 g6 31.Ne3 Bxb2 32.Rb1 Be5 33.Qe7 f6 34.Rd1 Kc8 35.Qg7 f5 36.Qxg6 f4
37.gxf4 Bxf4 38.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "85th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2010.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Edouard,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E36"]

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.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "85th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Cornette,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C04"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.b3 f6 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Bb2 Bd6
9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O e5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Qxe5 15.c4 Qd4
16.Qe2 Bf5 17.Qe3 Qxe3 18.fxe3 Rae8 19.Rf3 Bd3 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Rc1 Re7 22.Rc3 Ba6
23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Nf3 Ke8 25.Kf2 Kd7 26.Rc5 Bb7 27.Rb5 Kc8 28.Ra5 a6 29.b4 Re6
30.Nd4 Rf6+ 31.Kg1 c6 32.Rc5 Kc7 33.Rc2 Kb6 34.g4 h6 35.h3 Bc8 36.a4 Bd7
37.a5+ Kc7 38.Kg2 Kd6 39.Nb3 Bc8 40.Nc5 Rf7 41.Rd2 Ke5 42.Rd1 Rf8 43.Kg3 Rf7
44.Re1 Kd6 45.e4 Re7 46.Kf4 g5+ 47.Ke3 Rf7 48.Kd4 Rf3 49.Re3 Rf1 50.e5+ Ke7
51.Nd3 Bd7 52.Kc5 Rb1 53.Rf3 Rb3 54.Kd4 c5+ 55.bxc5 Bb5 56.Re3 Ra3 57.c6 Bxc6
58.Nb4 Ra4 59.Kc5 Bb7 60.Nxd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "85th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Be3 Bd6 7.h3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 c5
9.Nc4 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Nfd2 Nf8 12.Nxd6 cxd6 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Ng6 15.Bg3 Be6
16.Kh2 d5 17.Qh5 f6 18.Rae1 Bf7 19.Qf5 Be6 20.Qh5 Bf7 21.Qf5 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "85th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2010.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7
9.Re1 O-O 10.Nc3 Nc5 11.Be3 Ne6 12.Rad1 d5 13.exd6 cxd6 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Re8
16.Qf3 Bd7 17.Ne4 d5 18.Qg3 f6 19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.Qxd6 Bg4 21.Qxd8 Raxd8 22.f3 Bf5
23.Bxa7 Bxc2 24.Rxe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.b3 Be6 11.Bb2 c5 12.Rad1+ Kc8 13.Nd5 g5 14.c4 b6 15.h3 Kb7 16.Rd2 Ne7
17.Rfd1 Ng6 18.Nf6 Bg7 19.Nh5 Rhg8 20.g4 Bh8 21.Kh2 a5 22.a4 b5 23.cxb5 Bxb3
24.Rc1 Rgd8 25.Rxc5 Bxa4 26.Bc3 Bd1 27.Nd4 Bxe5+ 28.f4 Bxd4 29.Bxd4 Bb3 30.fxg5 hxg5
31.b6 c6 32.Rxg5 Rd6 33.Bc3 Rxd2+ 34.Bxd2 Kxb6 35.Be3+ Kb7 36.Rc5 a4 37.Rc3 Bd5
38.Bc1 Ne5 39.Nf6 Nc4 40.h4 a3 41.Rb3+ Kc8 42.Rb1 a2 43.Ra1 Be6 44.h5 Ne5
45.Bb2 Nxg4+ 46.Nxg4 Bxg4 47.h6 Bf5 48.Rf1 Ra5 49.Kg3 Rb5 50.Rxf5 Rb3+ 51.Rf3 Rxb2
52.h7 Rh2 53.Kxh2 a1=Q 54.Rxf7 Qh8 55.Kg3 c5 56.Kf4 c4 57.Ke4 Kb8 58.Ke3 Qd8
59.Ke4 c3 60.Rg7 Qh4+ 61.Kd3 c2 62.Rg8+ Kc7 63.h8=Q Qxh8 64.Rxh8 c1=Q 65.Rh2 Kd6
66.Rc2 Qb1 67.Kc3 Kd5 68.Rd2+ Kc5 69.Rb2 Qe1+ 70.Kb3 Kd4 71.Ka2 Kc3 72.Rb3+ Kc4
73.Rb2 Qd1 74.Rb8 Qc2+ 75.Rb2 Qa4+ 76.Kb1 Kc3 77.Rb6 Qd1+ 78.Ka2 Qd5+ 79.Kb1 Qf5+  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 h5 12.h3 Nh6 13.f3 c5 14.g4 hxg4 15.hxg4 Nf7 16.Bd3 Bd7
17.Qe2 Nc8 18.Bf2 Bh6 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Kg7 21.O-O-O Rh8 22.Rdg1 Ne7 23.Qe1 Qa5
24.Rxh8 Rxh8 25.Rh1 Qd8 26.Qg1 a6 27.Rh2 Ng5 28.Qh1 Rxh2 29.Qxh2 Qb8 30.b3 b5
31.Qh1 b4 32.Nd1 Qh8 33.Qxh8+ Kxh8 34.Nf2 Kg7 35.Kd1 a5 36.Ke1 a4 37.Kf1 a3
38.Kg2 f5 39.Kg3 Nf7 40.Be2 Ng8 41.Bd3 Nf6 42.Be2 Ng8 43.Bd3 Ne7 44.Be2 Kf6
45.Bd3 Nd8 46.Bc2 Nb7 47.Bd3 Na5 48.Bc2 Nc8 49.exf5 gxf5 50.gxf5 Bxf5 51.Bxf5 Kxf5
52.Nfe4 Kg6 53.Kg4 Nb7 54.Nf1 Ne7 55.Ne3 Ng8 56.f4 Nh6+ 57.Kf3 exf4 58.Kxf4 Nf7
59.Kf3 Ng5+ 60.Nxg5 Kxg5 61.Nf1 Kf5 62.Ke3 Nd8 63.Nd2 Nf7 64.Ne4 Ke5 65.Kd3 Nh6
66.Ng5 Nf5 67.Ne6 Ng3 68.Ng5 Kf4 69.Nf7 Ne4 70.Kc2 Ke3 71.Nh6 Ng3 72.Nf7 Nf5
73.Kc1 Kf4 74.Kc2 Kg4 75.Kd2 Kg3 76.Kc2 Kf4 77.Kd2 Nd4 78.Kc1 Nf5 79.Kd2 Kg4
80.Kc2 Kh5 81.Nd8 Kg5 82.Kd2 Kf6 83.Nb7 Ke7 84.Na5 Nd4 85.Nc6+ Nxc6 86.dxc6 Kd8
87.c7+ Kc8 88.Kc2 d5 89.cxd5 Kxc7 90.Kd3 Kd7 91.Kc2 Kd6 92.Kb1 Kxd5 93.Kc2 c4
94.bxc4+ Kxc4 95.Kb1 b3 96.axb3+ Kxb3 97.Ka1 a2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.e5 dxe5
16.dxe5 a4 17.Nbd2 c4 18.Qe2 Nc5 19.Rd1 Nd3 20.Ne4 Ncb4 21.Bb1 a3 22.bxa3 Nxc1
23.Rxc1 Rxa3 24.Rd1 Nd3 25.Bxd3 cxd3 26.Qb2 Bb7 27.Nd6 Bxd6 28.exd6 Qxd6
29.Nd4 Qd5 30.f3 Rfa8 31.Rd2 b4 32.Kh1 h6 33.Nb3 Bc6 34.Nd4 Bd7 35.Kg1 Rc3
36.Nb3 Ba4 37.Rb1 Bxb3 38.axb3 Qc5+ 39.Kh1 Rc2 40.Rxc2 dxc2 41.Rc1  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Ne7 11.Be3 Ke8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Rfe1 Rd8 14.a3 a6 15.Bf4 Ng6
16.e6 Bxe6 17.Bxc7 Rd7 18.Bg3 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 f6 20.Nd4 Kf7 21.Nxe6 Kxe6 22.Ne2 Bc5
23.b4 Bb6 24.c4 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Bxd8 26.Nd4+ Kf7 27.Nf5 Be7 28.c5 a5 29.Bd6 axb4
30.axb4 Bxd6 31.Nxd6+ Ke6 32.Nxb7 Nf4 33.Nd6 Nd3 34.Ne8 Kf7 35.Nd6+ Ke6 36.Ne8 Kf7
37.Nd6+ Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2010.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2
9.Kxg2 Qc8 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bg5 a6 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe7 Re8 15.Ba3 Nc5
16.Qb4 Qb7+ 17.Kg1 Nc6 18.Nxc6 Qxc6 19.Rd4 d5 20.Rad1 a5 21.Qd2 Ne4 22.Qd3 b5
23.b3 Qb6 24.Qe3 Qc6 25.Rc1 bxc4 26.bxc4 Qb7 27.cxd5 exd5 28.Qb3 Qxb3 29.axb3 Nf6
30.Kf1 Reb8 31.Rd3 Rb5 32.Be7 Ne8 33.Rcd1 f6 34.Ba3 Nc7 35.Rc1 Ne6 36.Rc6 Kf7
37.Rd6 Rd8 38.Rxd8 Nxd8 39.e4 Ke6 40.Bf8 Kf7 41.Ba3 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2010.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Degraeve,JM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rb8 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Bh6 b5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.g4 b4 15.Nd5 Nxb3+
16.Nxb3 Nxd5 17.exd5 Rb6 18.h4 h6 19.Qd4+ Kh7 20.Qd3 Kg7 21.h5 g5 22.Rhe1 Re8
23.Re4 e5 24.dxe6 Rxe6 25.Nd4 Rxe4 26.Qxe4 Qf6 27.Qa8 Ra6 28.Qb7 Rxa2 29.Kb1 Be6
30.Nxe6+ Qxe6 31.Qb5  1-0

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 O-O 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 a5 10.a4 Nd4 11.Qd3 Nxb3 12.cxb3 Re8 13.O-O-O d6 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Bc4 Be6
16.Rhe1 Qe7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Rxe5 Qf8 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Re2 Qg7 21.Bxe6 Rxe6 22.Rxe6 fxe6
23.Rd3 Kh8 24.Rg3 Qh7 25.Qd2 Bc5 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Rh3 Kg7 28.Qd7 Kf7 29.Ng5+ fxg5
30.Rf3+ Kg8 31.Qxe6+ Kh8 32.Rf7 Bd6 33.Rxh7+ Kxh7 34.Qf7+ Kh8 35.g3 Ra6 36.Kb1 Bb4
37.f4 gxf4 38.gxf4  1-0

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Bb7
9.e3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 Na6 13.Nd4 Nac5 14.O-O Qe7 15.f3 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 Nc5 17.Qc2 O-O 18.dxe6 Qh7 19.e4 f4 20.Bf2 Rae8 21.a4 g4 22.fxg4 Bxe4
23.Qd2 Qg6 24.h3 h5 25.Bh4 Nxe6 26.Nxe6 Qxe6 27.Rxf4 Rxf4 28.Qxf4 hxg4 29.Re1 Qg6
30.hxg4 Bc6 31.Rxe8+ Bxe8 32.Bd8 Qb1+ 33.Qf1 Qxf1+ 34.Kxf1 Bxa4 35.Bxc7 Bb3
36.Bxd6 Bxc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Bd2 Be6 10.Rd1 Kc8 11.b3 a5 12.Bg2 a4 13.Nxa4 Bxc4 14.Nb6+ cxb6 15.bxc4 Rxa2
16.O-O Ng4 17.Bh3 f5 18.e4 Bd4 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Bxg4 fxg4 21.Bf4 Bc5 22.Ra1 Bxf2+
23.Kg2 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Bd4 25.Ra8+ Kd7 26.Ra7 Ke6 27.Rxb7 Kf5 28.h3 h5 29.hxg4+ hxg4
30.Rc7 c5 31.Rb7 Ra8 32.Rxb6 Ra4 33.Rb8 Ra2+ 34.Kf1 Ke4 35.Bd6 Kd3 36.Rf8 Ra6
37.Be7 Re6 38.Bh4 Kxc4 39.Rf4 Kd3 40.Rxg4 c4 41.Rg8 c3 42.Bg5 c2 43.Rc8 Be3
44.Bxe3 Rxe3 45.Kf2 Re4  0-1

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc3 O-O
15.Qe3 b5 16.Be2 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Rhd1 Qe7 19.Kc2 a5 20.Bf3 Rac8 21.Qe5 g6
22.axb5 cxb5 23.Qxb5 Rc5 24.Qd7 Qg5 25.Qd4 Rfc8 26.Ra3 Rb5 27.Rd2 Rb4 28.Kd1 Rcb8
29.Ke2 Qb5 30.Ke1 Rxb2 31.Rxb2 Qxb2 32.Qxb2 Rxb2 33.Rxa5 c3 34.Rc5 Rb1+ 35.Ke2 Rc1
36.Kd3 Kg7 37.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 38.Kxc3 f5 39.Kd4 Kf6 40.Bd1 h5 41.Bf3 h4 42.Be2 g5
43.Ba6 g4 44.Bb7 e5+ 45.Kd5 f4 46.Ke4  1-0

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Rd2 d6 13.Rad1 h6 14.Qb5 Ne8 15.e4 g5
16.Be3 Nd7 17.h4 g4 18.Ne1 Kg7 19.Bf4 Bc6 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Nc2 Ne5 22.Ne3 Nf3+
23.Bxf3 gxf3 24.h5 Bf6 25.Ng4 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Bxe4 27.Bxh6+ Kh7 28.Bg5 Rd7 29.Bf4 f6
30.Kh2 e5 31.Nxe5 fxe5 32.Bxe5 Bf5 33.Bxd6 Rad8 34.Bf4 Rxd2 35.Rxd2 Rxd2
36.Bxd2 Nd6 37.Bf4 Nxc4 38.g4 Bxg4 39.h6 Be6 40.Kg3 Bd5 41.Kg4 Nb2 42.a3 Nd1
43.c4 Nxf2+  0-1

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.O-O c5
9.e4 dxe4 10.Ng5 Nc6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Ndxe4 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Rad8 14.Rxd8 Rxd8
15.Nxc5 Rd1+ 16.Bf1 bxc5 17.Bb2 Rxa1 18.Bxa1 Nd7 19.f4 Bb7 20.Kf2 Nd8 21.Bd3 f5
22.Nf3 Nf7 23.a3 g6 24.Be2 Kf8 25.b4 Ke7 26.Ke3 Bxf3 27.Bxf3 Kd6 28.Bg7 Kc7
29.Kd2 Nd6 30.Kd3 Nc8 31.Kc3 Ncb6 32.Bd1 Nc8 33.Bf3 Nd6 34.Kd3 Nc8 35.h4 Nd6
36.Bc3 Nf7 37.h5 Kd6 38.Ke3 Kc7 39.Bg7 Nd6 40.hxg6 hxg6 41.Kd3 Nf7 42.Bc3 Kd6
43.Ke3 g5 44.Bh5 gxf4+ 45.gxf4 Nd8 46.Be2 Kc7 47.Kd3 Kd6 48.Ke3 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.e4 d6 13.e5 Qd7 14.Qf4 Nh5 15.Qc4 O-O
16.Nc3 Rae8 17.Be3 Nb4 18.Rd2 Ba6 19.Qb3 Nd3 20.Qa3 Qc8 21.exd6 Bxd6 22.Rad1 Be7
23.Nd5 Nb4 24.Ne5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 Nf6 26.Bg2 c4 27.Qc3 Bb5 28.h3 Bc5 29.Bxc5 Qxc5
30.Rd5 Nxd5 31.Rxd5 Qc7 32.Rxb5 Rc8 33.Nc6 Rfe8 34.Rb4 Re2 35.Bf3 Re6 36.Rxc4 Rce8
37.Kg2  1-0

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8
9.Be2 e6 10.O-O Nd7 11.Qb3 Na5 12.Qa4 Nc6 13.Qb3 Na5 14.Qa4 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf4 Bh5 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Qe3 Qd7 15.Ng5 h6
16.Nh3 Bg4 17.Qg3 Bxh3 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.Qxh3 Qxh3 20.gxh3 Rfd8 21.Rb5 Kf8
22.Reb1 b6 23.Rxd5 Rbc8 24.c4 Ke7 25.Re1+ Kf8 26.Rb1 Ke7 27.Re1+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.h3 e5 12.Ba2 e4 13.Nd2 b6 14.Bb2 Bf5 15.Qe2 Bg6
16.Rfc1 Rad8 17.a4 Bh5 18.Qb5 Rfe8 19.Ba3 g5 20.Nf1 Nd7 21.Ng3 Bg6 22.Rd1 Na5
23.Rd2 h5 24.Rad1 h4 25.dxc5 Nxc5 26.Bxc5 bxc5 27.Nf1 Rb8 28.Rd7 Rxb5 29.Rxc7 Rb2
30.Bd5 Reb8 31.Rxa7 Nb3 32.a5 Bh5 33.Re1 Be2  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ftacnik,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Na5 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Qb4 Rc8 14.Rad1 Rc4 15.Qb1 Qe8
16.Bxb7 e5 17.Nf3 Bf5 18.Qb2 Nxb7 19.Qxb7 a5 20.Qa6 Qa4 21.Rd5 Qxa2 22.Nxe5 Ra4
23.Nc6 Be6 24.Rd2 Qc4 25.Qb6 Qxc3 26.Rd8 h5 27.Ne7+ Kh7 28.Qb8 Rb4 29.Qa8 Rxd8
30.Qxd8 f5 31.Qxa5 Rb7 32.Qxc3 Bxc3 33.Nc6 Bd5 34.Bd4 Rb2 35.Rc1 Bxd4 36.Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lauber,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O g6 11.a3 a5 12.Rb1 O-O 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Nb6 15.b5 c5
16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Ne2 Bg4 18.Ne1 Rfc8 19.h3 Bd7 20.Nf3 d4 21.Nexd4 Nd5 22.Rc1 Qxc1
23.Qxc1 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Nb6  1-0

[Event "27th Christmas Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2010.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Daverio,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8
9.h4 h5 10.g4 hxg4 11.Ng3 e5 12.h5 exd4 13.h6 dxe3 14.Qxe3 Bh8 15.h7+ Nxh7
16.Qh6 Bxc3+ 17.bxc3 Re8 18.Qxh7+ Kf8 19.Qh6+ Ke7 20.Qg5+ Kd7 21.Qxg4+ Re6
22.O-O-O Ne5 23.Qf4 Qf6 24.Qe3 Qxf3 25.Qxf3 Nxf3 26.Bh3 Ke7 27.Bxe6 Bxe6
28.Rh7 Bxc4 29.Kb2 b5 30.Rdh1 Rb6 31.Rh8 Ne5 32.Rc8 Rc6 33.Rhh8 a5 34.Rb8 b4
35.cxb4 axb4 36.Rhe8+ Kf6 37.Rec8 Ba6  0-1

[Event "27th Christmas Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Burnier,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Bg5 Qe7 13.Nbd2 Bd7 14.Rfe1 Ra8 15.Rad1 Rad8
16.Nf1 h6 17.Bh4 g5 18.Nxg5 hxg5 19.Bxg5 Kg7 20.Qg3 Rg8 21.Ne3 Kf8 22.Nd5 Rxg5
23.Qxg5 Nxd5 24.Qh6+  1-0

[Event "27th Christmas Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Foisor,C"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d4 b5 6.a4 b4 7.c4 bxc3 8.bxc3 Ba6
9.Ba3 O-O 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Nd3 Nc6 12.Nb4 Nxb4 13.cxb4 c6 14.Re1 Nb6 15.e4 Re8
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Qd2 Rb8 18.b5 cxb5 19.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.axb5 Bxb5 21.Bxd5 exd5
22.Nc3 Bc4 23.h4 h6 24.Rxe7 Qxe7 25.Nd1 Qe4 26.Nb2 Rb3 27.Kh2 Bb5 28.Rxa7 Bf1
29.f4 Re3  0-1

[Event "27th Christmas Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fargere,Fr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Ba5 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O O-O 12.Bh7+ Kh8 13.Be4 Nce7 14.Rd1 Bd7 15.Ne5 Rc8
16.Bd2 Bc6 17.Nxc6 Nxc6 18.Qd3 Nf6 19.b4 Bb6 20.Be3 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Qd5 22.Nc3 Qh5
23.Ne2 Ne7 24.Nf4 Qf5 25.d5 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "27th Christmas Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khenkin,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E32"]

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.Qa4 c5 11.Rd1 Qd7 12.Qc2 cxd4 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Rxd4 Qc6 15.Rg4+ Kh8
16.Qxc6 Nxc6 17.e3 Bb7 18.Bd3 f5 19.Rg3 Ne7 20.Ke2 Ng6 21.Rc1 Rac8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Kd2 Rd8 24.Kc3 Kg7 25.Nd4 Kf6 26.f4 Rc8+ 27.Kd2 Rd8 28.Kc3 Rc8+ 29.Kd2 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "27th Christmas Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gerbery,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[ECO "A92"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Ne4 7.b3 Bf6 8.Bb2 a5
9.Qc2 Nc6 10.Nbd2 d5 11.Rac1 Nb4 12.Qb1 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Be8 14.Ne5 Qe7 15.a3 Na6
16.Nd3 c6 17.Qc2 Bg5 18.e3 Bh5 19.Re1 Nc7 20.Nb1 Bf6 21.a4 Na6 22.Ba3 Nb4
23.Bxb4 axb4 24.c5 e5 25.dxe5 Bxe5 26.Nxb4 g5 27.Nd3 Bg7 28.b4 Bg6 29.a5 h5
30.f3 Nf6 31.Nd2 Rfe8 32.f4 Ng4 33.Nf3 Nxe3 34.Qd2 gxf4 35.gxf4 d4 36.Nde5 Bf7
37.Nxd4 Bxe5 38.Nxc6 bxc6 39.Qxe3 Bf6 40.Qg3+  1-0

[Event "Hilton Open"]
[Site "Basel SUI"]
[Date "2011.01.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Grandadam,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 a6 11.O-O Be6 12.Rfc1 Bd6 13.a3 Ne7 14.b4 c6 15.Qb3 h5 16.Na4 h4
17.Nc5 Rab8 18.Qd1 Bc7 19.a4 Bg4 20.Nd2 Bf5 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5 Qd6 23.Nf1 cxb5
24.Bxb5 Rfc8 25.Bd3 Bxd3 26.Qxd3 Bb6 27.Na4 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Qb4 29.Qd1 Ra8 30.Nxb6 Qxb6
31.Rb1 Qc6 32.h3 Ra2 33.Nh2 Nf5 34.Rc1 Qg6 35.Qb3 Ra5 36.Qxb7 Kh7 37.Ng4 f6
38.Qd7 Nh6 39.Nxh6 Kxh6 40.Kh2 Ra2 41.Rc8 Qe4 42.Rh8+ Kg6 43.Rg8 Rxf2 44.Qxg7+  1-0

[Event "Hilton Open"]
[Site "Basel SUI"]
[Date "2011.01.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Filipovic,Br"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e4 d6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.d4 c5 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg4
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.c4 a5 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.h3 Be6 14.Na4 Bxb2 15.Qxb2 Nb6
16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.Rc1 a4 18.O-O axb3 19.axb3 Ra6 20.e5 dxe5 21.Qxe5 Qxb3 22.Rb1 Qxc4
23.Rfc1 Rb6 24.Ra1 Qb4 25.h4 Rc8 26.Rc5 Qd2 27.h5 Qd6 28.Qc3 Rb3 29.Qc2 Rxg3
30.Rd1 Rxg2+ 31.Kxg2 Qf4 32.f3 Ra8 33.Qf2 Ra2 34.Rc2 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "Hilton Open"]
[Site "Basel SUI"]
[Date "2011.01.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Stojanovic,Mih"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 c6
9.O-O Re8 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.h3 Be6 12.Rab1 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Rxe7 14.b4 Bf5 15.Nd2 Nxc3
16.Qxc3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Ne6 18.b5 c5 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Qa3 Ne6 21.Nf3 Rd7 22.Rfd1 d4
23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.exd4 Rxd4 25.Qf3 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Qe7 27.Qe3 Kf8 28.Qd3 g6 29.a4 Qh4
30.Qf3 Qxa4 31.Rd7 Qa1+ 32.Kh2 Qe5+ 33.g3 Qf5 34.Qxf5 gxf5 35.Rxb7 a5 36.b6 Ra6
37.Ra7 Rxb6 38.Rxa5 Rf6 39.h4 Kg7 40.Kg2 Kg6 41.Kf3 Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hilton Open"]
[Site "Basel SUI"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 O-O 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bf4 Ba6 10.Qxc7 Qd5 11.Qd6 Qb5 12.Qb4 Qd5 13.Qd6 Qb5 14.Qb4 Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hilton Open"]
[Site "Basel SUI"]
[Date "2011.01.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ibrahimov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Ba6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.Nc6 Qe8 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Nc3 Nh5
16.Be3 Bc4 17.b3 Ba6 18.a4 f5 19.Bc1 Qb4 20.Na2 Qd6 21.Qd2 Bb7 22.Nc3 Qb8
23.Ba3 Rfd8 24.Qe3 Nf8 25.a5 bxa5 26.Na4 Re8 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Nc5 Kf7 29.Rxa5 Rc7
30.Rb5 Nf6 31.Qe5  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2011.02.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Melamed,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 O-O 12.Qg3 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Rae1 Bc6 15.Bd3 Qb7
16.e5 Nh5 17.Qh3 g6 18.exd6 Bxd6 19.Ne4 Be7 20.g4 Rad8 21.c3 Rxd4 22.cxd4 Nf6
23.Nf2 Rd8 24.g5 Nh5 25.Qe3 Qd7 26.Be4 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Bf8 28.Rd1 Bg7 29.Ng4 Qd5
30.Qxd5 Rxd5 31.Kg2 Bxd4 32.b3 Kf8 33.Kf3 Ng7 34.Rd3 Nf5 35.Rfd1 Ke7 36.a4 bxa4
37.bxa4 Kd6 38.Nh6 Nxh6 39.gxh6 Bc5 40.Rxd5+ exd5 41.Re1 Kd7 42.Re5 Bd6 43.Rxd5 Kc6
44.Rd1 Kc7 45.Rc1+ Kd7 46.Rb1 Kc6 47.h4 Bc7 48.h5 Bd6 49.hxg6 fxg6 50.Ke4 Bf8
51.Rb8 Bxh6 52.Rh8 Kc5 53.Rxh7 Bf8 54.Rf7  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2011.02.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reiss,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 f5 6.e4 Nf6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.exf5 Bxf5 10.h3 Qd7 11.g4 Be6 12.b3 h5 13.g5 Nh7 14.Kh2 Ne7 15.d4 exd4
16.Nxd4 Rae8 17.Qd3 Bf5 18.Nxf5 Qxf5 19.Qxf5 Nxf5 20.Bd2 Nxg5 21.Bxb7 Be5+
22.Kh1 Nxh3 23.Rac1 Bd4 24.Ne4 Rxe4  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Attal,Maxence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 g6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Bg4
9.Be3 Nc6 10.e5 Nb4 11.h3 c6  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tournier,Math"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d5 7.Bb3 dxe4 8.dxe4 Nh5
9.O-O Nf4 10.Nc4 Qe7 11.Ne3 Bxe3 12.Bxe3 Bg4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qe2 Ne5
16.Kh2 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Rad8 18.Rad1 c6 19.Rg1 g6 20.Rd4 Qh4 21.Rgd1 Rde8 22.R1d2 Kg7
23.Rd6 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Bc2 a5 27.a3 b5 28.a4 Qb6 29.axb5 cxb5
30.Bb3 b4 31.Bd5 Qc5 32.cxb4 Qxb4 33.Kg2 Qe7 34.Kh2 h5 35.b3 g5 36.Qb2 Kg6
37.Kg2 Qc7 38.Qd4 Kh7 39.Bc4 Qe7 40.Bd5 Ng6 41.Qc3 Qe5 42.Qxe5 Nxe5 43.Bb7 Kg7
44.Bd5 Ng6 45.Bb7 Nh4+ 46.Kf1 Nxf3 47.Bd5 Ne5 48.Ke2 g4 49.hxg4 hxg4 50.Kf1 Kf6
51.Kg2 Ke7 52.Kh2 Kd6 53.Kg2 Kc5  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Libiszewski,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.a3 Nb8 13.Nc3 Nbd7 14.b4 Nb6 15.e4 Nfd7
16.Ne1 Nc4 17.Nd3 Qe8 18.h4 Ba8 19.a4 Ndb6 20.Nc5 bxa4 21.N3xa4 e5 22.dxe5 Nxa4
23.Nxa4 Nb6 24.Nc5 Qb5 25.e6 Qxb4 26.Nxa6 Qc4 27.Qxc4 Nxc4 28.exf7+ Rxf7
29.Bh3  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vaisser,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Nc3 b4 12.Na4 Qa5 13.Bg5 c5 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nxc5 Bxf3
16.Nb3 Qb5 17.Bxf3 Rac8 18.Qd2 a5 19.Rac1 a4 20.Na1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rd8 22.Bc6 Qb6
23.Bxa4 Rxd4 24.Rc8+ Bd8 25.Qc1 g6 26.Bc6 Kg7 27.Bf3 Qd6 28.Kg2 Rd1 29.Qf4 Qxf4
30.gxf4 Rxa1 31.Rxd8 Rxa2 32.Rd2 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Qb6 13.h3 h6 14.Be3 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 c4 18.Ne5 Be6 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.a3 Rad8 21.Qf3 Qc7 22.Ng3 Nxe3
23.Rxe3 Bf6 24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Qe4 g5 26.Qxe6+ Qf7 27.Qxa6 Bxd4 28.Nf5 Bg7 29.Qxb5 Qe6
30.Qa4 Rxf5 31.Bxf5 Qxf5 32.Qxc4+ Kh8 33.Qa2 Rd2 34.Rf1 Rxb2 35.Qc4 Rb8 36.a4 Qf4
37.Qc6 Qf5 38.Re1 Rb1 39.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 40.Kh2 Qf5 41.Qb6 Qf4+ 42.g3 Qxa4 43.Qd8+ Kh7
44.Qd3+ Kg8 45.Qd5+ Kf8 46.Qc5+ Kf7 47.Qc7+ Kg6 48.Qd6+ Bf6 49.Qd3+ Kg7 50.Qf5 Qd4
51.Qf3 Be5 52.Kg2 Bd6 53.Qb7+ Kg6 54.Qb1+ Kf6 55.Qb7 Bc5 56.Qc6+ Qd6 57.Qf3+ Kg7
58.Qe4 Qf6 59.Qc2 Bb6 60.Qe2 h5 61.Qc2 Qd4 62.Qe2 Qf6 63.Qc2 Kh6 64.Qe2 Bd4
65.Qd2 Kg7 66.Qe2 Qc6+ 67.Kg1 Qf6 68.Kg2 Kh6 69.Qd2 Qe5 70.Qc2 Qd5+ 71.Kg1 Qf3
72.Kf1 h4 73.gxh4 Qxh3+ 74.Ke2 Qe6+ 75.Kf1 Qh3+ 76.Ke2 Qg4+ 77.Kf1 gxh4 78.Qc4 Kg5
79.Qd5+ Kh6 80.Qb3 Bg7 81.Qb8 Kh7 82.Qb1+ Kh6 83.Qb6+ Kg5 84.Qc5+ Kg6 85.Qc6+ Kf7
86.Qc7+ Kg8 87.Qd8+ Bf8 88.Qd5+ Kh8 89.Qe5+ Kh7 90.Qc7+ Kg8 91.Qb7 h3 92.Qd5+ Kh8
93.Qe5+ Bg7 94.Qb8+ Kh7 95.Qb1+ Kh6 96.Qb6+ Kh5 97.Qc5+ Kg6 98.Qb6+ Bf6 99.Qb1+ Kg7
100.Qb7+ Kh6 101.Qc6 Qf5 102.Kg1 Qg6+ 103.Kh1 Qf5 104.Kh2  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Bg5 Bb6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nh4 f5 11.Qh5 f4 12.Ndf3 f6 13.d4 Be6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Rad1 Qc8
16.Nxe5 fxe5 17.Qg5+ Kf7 18.Qh5+ Kg7 19.Qxe5+ Rf6 20.Bd7 Qg8 21.Qg5+ Ng6
22.Nf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 a6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.e4 d6 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rfd1 Nbd7 13.h3 O-O 14.b4 Rac8 15.Rac1 Qb8
16.Qb1 Rfe8 17.Bf4 Bf8 18.Bh2 Red8 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Nb3 Qa8 22.f3 a5
23.bxa5 bxa5 24.a4 Qa7+ 25.Kh2 Bb4 26.Nb5 Qe3 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rd1 Rf8 29.Qd3 Qg5
30.g3 Nh5 31.Rg1 Rd8 32.Qc2 Be1  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Maze,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7
9.Nc3 d6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qg4 e5 12.Qg3 h5 13.h4 Be6 14.b3 Be7 15.Be3 O-O
16.Bh6 Bf6 17.Bg5 Qe7 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Rd3 Qe7 21.Red1 f6 22.Qg6 Bf7
23.Qf5 g6 24.Qf3 Kg7 25.Qe3 Qc7 26.Qe2 Qa5 27.Qe1 d5 28.Na4 Qxe1+ 29.Rxe1 d4
30.Nc5 a5 31.Red1 Ra8 32.f3 Rfb8 33.a4 Rb4 34.Kf2 Ra7 35.c3 dxc3 36.Rxc3 Kf8
37.Rd6 Kg7 38.Rxc6 Ra8 39.Rc7 Kg8 40.Rd3 Rf8 41.Rdd7 Rb6 42.Ke2 g5 43.g3 Kg7
44.Kd2 Kg6 45.Kc3 Bg8 46.Rg7+ Kh6 47.Rge7 f5 48.Nd7 Rxb3+ 49.Kc2 Rd8 50.Rc6+  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lamard,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 e5 6.d5 c6 7.Nge2 a6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Nbd7
10.Be3 cxd5 11.cxd5 b5 12.Rc1 Nc5 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.a4 c4 15.Bb1 Bd7 16.b3 b4
17.Na2 cxb3 18.Qxb3 a5 19.Rc5 Qb6 20.Rfc1 Bh6 21.R1c4 Rfc8 22.Rxc8+ Rxc8
23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Nac1 Bd7 25.Bc2 Qc7 26.g3 Bxh3 27.Nd3 Bg4 28.Nec1 Nxe4 29.Kg2 Bf3+
30.Kg1 Nc3 31.Kf1 Bxd5 32.Qb2 Qd7 33.Bb3 Qh3+ 34.Ke1 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Podvin,F"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C34"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.Bc4 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qf5 8.Qe2+ Be7
9.d4 Qe6 10.Qxe6 Bxe6 11.Bxf4 c6 12.O-O-O Na6 13.d5 cxd5 14.Nxd5 Bc5 15.a3 O-O-O
16.Nc3 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Rd8 18.Ne4 Rxd1+ 19.Kxd1 b6 20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.Be3 Nd7
22.Nd4 Bd5 23.g3 Ne5 24.Bf4 Ng4 25.h4 Kd7 26.Nf5 g6 27.Ne3 Bf3+ 28.Kd2 Nf6
29.Nc4 Bd5 30.Ne5+ Ke6 31.c4 Bh1 32.Nd3 Nd7 33.Kc3 Bf3 34.b4 f6 35.Kd4 Be2
36.Nc1 Bf1 37.Nb3 Nf8 38.c5 Kd7 39.cxb6 axb6 40.a4 Ne6+ 41.Ke3 g5 42.hxg5 fxg5
43.Be5 h5 44.Nd4 Nxd4 45.Kxd4 Kc6 46.a5 bxa5 47.bxa5 Kb5 48.Bf6 g4 49.Bd8 Ka6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bressac,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4
9.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg4 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.Na2 Be7 13.Bd2 Qh5 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qxf3
16.gxf3 e5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Be2 Rfd8 19.Be3 Ng6 20.a5 a6 21.Bb6 Re8 22.Nc1 Nf4
23.Bf1 Bd8 24.Be3 Ne6 25.Rd3 Nc7 26.Nb3 Nb5 27.Rd2 Be7 28.Rad1 Bb4 29.Rd3 Rac8
30.Bb6 g5 31.Re3 Kg7 32.Bc4 Nh5 33.Rd7 Re7 34.Red3 Rce8 35.Bd8 Nf4 36.Bxe7 Nxd3  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Garbarino,X"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Be7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c3 d5 8.Qa4+ Bc6
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 Qc7 12.Bg3 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4
16.Bxe4 Rd8 17.Rad1 O-O 18.Qe2 Qc7 19.Bc2 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Nc5 21.b4 Nb7 22.Rd3 Rd5
23.Rf3 Rfd8 24.Qa6 Nd6 25.Bb3 Rg5 26.Rd1  0-1

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Griesheim GER"]
[Date "2011.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mista,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d5 Ne5 6.Bf4 Ng6 7.Be3 e5 8.Bxc4 a6
9.Be2 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Nd2 Bd7 13.g3 b5 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5
16.Qc2 c6 17.Ra6 b4 18.Nb5 cxb5 19.Rxd6 Ne8 20.Ra6 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Qc5 Rc8
23.Rc6 Nf6 24.Bxb5 Rb8 25.Bc4 Ne4 26.Nxe4 Bxe4 27.Qd6 Qe8 28.Qe6+ Qxe6 29.Rxe6 Rfd8
30.Rb6 Bf3 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.b3 Kf8 33.Bc5+ Ke8 34.Ra1 Ne7 35.Ra7  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Griesheim GER"]
[Date "2011.02.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lupulescu,C"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.a3 g6 8.b4 a5 9.Bb2 Bg7
10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O e5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.Ne2 Ndxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.Be2 Qe7
17.Bc3 a4 18.Qc2 f5 19.Rae1 Rae8 20.g3 Ng4 21.Qb2 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aguettaz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.c4 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.b3 Rb8
9.Bb2 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.d5 Na7 12.Nd4 b4 13.Na4 Bd7 14.Rc1 e5 15.dxe6 fxe6
16.e4 e5 17.Nc2 Bxa4 18.bxa4 c5 19.Ne3 Nc6 20.f4 Nd4 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Qb3+ Kh8
23.Nc4 Ng4 24.Kh1 Re8 25.h3 Nf6 26.e5 Nh5 27.Nxd6 Rf8 28.Kh2 Qc7 29.Qd5  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 h6
9.Ne4 Nd5 10.O-O Be7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Ng3 Bd6 13.Bf5 Bb7 14.d3 Nf4 15.Nc3 c5
16.Be4 Nc6 17.Nf5 Bc7 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Qg4 Qf6 20.Nd5  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Ng3 h5 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.f4 c4 15.Bb1 Nc5 16.Ra3 Bd7
17.h3 Nb3 18.Qd1 Nh7 19.Kh1 Nxg5 20.fxg5 Re5 21.Qf3 Rf8 22.Qf4 f6 23.gxf6 Rxf6
24.Qe3 Qd8 25.Bc2 Nc5  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Szakolczai,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.O-O e6 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nbd2 Re8
9.a3  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Djuric,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.d4 Bb4 5.dxe5 Nxe4 6.Qd4 Qa5 7.Ne2 Nxc3 8.Nxc3 O-O
9.Bd3 d6 10.exd6 Re8+ 11.Be3 c5 12.Qh4 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qxc3+ 14.Ke2 h6 15.Rhe1 Nc6
16.Kf1 Be6 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Bd2 Qb2 19.Rb1 Qxa2 20.Bxh6 Qd5 21.Be4 Bh3+ 22.Qxh3 Rxe4
23.c4 Qxc4+ 24.Kg1 Nd4 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Rec1 Qd5 27.Qg2 Ne2+ 28.Kh1 Nxc1 29.Rxc1 Rxd6
30.f3 Qd1+  0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.a3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 Nd7 11.b4 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.bxc5 Nxc5 14.O-O Bf6 15.Rc1 Ne6
16.Be5 Bxe5 17.Nxe5 Qd6 18.Rb1 Rab8 19.Nd3 Ba6 20.Nb4 d4 21.Nxa6 Rxb1 22.Qxb1 Qxa6
23.Qb2 h6 24.Rd1 Rd8 25.Rd2 Qc4 26.Rc2 Qa4 27.Be4 Qa5 28.Qb4 Qe5 29.Bd3 Rb8
30.Qc4 g6 31.h4 h5 32.Rc1 Kg7 33.Qc6 g5 34.hxg5 Qxg5 35.Rc4 h4 36.Qf3 hxg3
37.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 38.fxg3 Rb3 39.a4 Kf6 40.Rc6 Rb6 41.Rc4 Rb2 42.Rc6 Rb6 43.Rc1 Rb4
44.a5 Ke5 45.Bc4 Ra4 46.a6 f6 47.Bd3 Kd6 48.Rf1 Ke7 49.Rf5 Nc7 50.Rh5 Nxa6
51.Rh7+ Ke6 52.Rxa7 Nc5 53.Rxa4 Nxa4 54.Kf2 Nc5 55.Bc4+ Ke5 56.Kf3 Ne4 57.Bd3 Nc5
58.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg2 Bf5 8.Nf3 e6
9.O-O Bd6 10.c4 O-O 11.Be3 h6 12.Qe2 Re8 13.h3 Be4 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.Rac1 Rad8
16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Nd7 18.Nf3 Nf6 19.Rd3 Bc7 20.Rb3 Bb8 21.Rd1 b6 22.Rbd3 Nd7
23.Qd2 Nf8 24.Qc2 Ng6 25.R3d2 Qb7 26.Qe4 f5 27.Qc2 Qf7 28.Re2 e5 29.dxe5 Rxd1
30.Qxd1 Nxe5 31.Nxe5 Bxe5 32.b3 Bc7 33.Bc1 Rxe2 34.Qxe2 b5 35.cxb5 Qd5+ 36.Qf3 Qxb5
37.Bb2 Qc5 38.h4 Bb6 39.Bc3 h5 40.Kf1 g6 41.Bd2 Kf7 42.Be3 Qc2 43.Bxb6 axb6
44.a4 Qc5 45.Qd3 Ke6 46.Qd2 Qd5 47.Qe3+ Kd7 48.Qxb6 Qh1+ 49.Ke2 Qe4+ 50.Qe3 Qc2+
51.Qd2+  1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.h3 Bf5 9.g4 Bg6
10.Ne5 bxc4 11.bxc4 Nbd7 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.c5 g5 14.f4 gxf4 15.exf4 g6 16.Be3 Bg7
17.Rb1 Rb8 18.Rxb8 Qxb8 19.Qb3 Qc7 20.Bf3 O-O 21.Qa3 Rb8 22.Ke2 g5 23.fxg5 Nh7
24.Rf1 e5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Nxd5 Qb7 27.Ne7+ Kf8 28.Nf5 Qb5+ 29.Ke1 exd4 30.c6+ Kg8
31.c7 Re8 32.g6 Ng5 33.c8=Q Rxc8 34.Bxg5 Re8+ 35.Ne7+ Kh8 36.gxf7 Qe5+ 37.Kd1 Rxe7
38.Qxe7 Qb5 39.f8=Q+  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Mulheim GER"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 e6
9.Rc1 Be7 10.f3 Bh5 11.Na4 Nd7 12.Qb3 Na5 13.Qc3 Nc6 14.Qb3 Na5 15.Qc3 Nc6
16.O-O Rc8 17.Rc2 O-O 18.Rfc1 Ra8 19.a3 Bg6 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Bg3 g5 22.h3 Re8
23.b4 Nb6 24.Nxb6 Qxb6 25.Qd3 Rec8 26.Nc3 Na7 27.Na4 Rxc2 28.Rxc2 Qb5 29.Qxb5 Nxb5
30.Nb6 Re8 31.a4 Na3 32.Rc7 Bxb4 33.Rxb7 a5 34.Rc7 Rb8 35.Rc6 Rb7 36.Kf2 Kf8
37.Ke2 Ke8 38.Kd3 Be7 39.Bc7 Nc4 40.Nxc4 Rb3+ 41.Kc2 dxc4 42.Bxa5 Rxe3 43.Rxc4 Re2+
44.Kb3 Rxg2 45.Bb6 Rg3 46.a5 Rxf3+ 47.Ka4 Rxh3 48.a6 Ra3+ 49.Kb5 Bd8 50.Rc8 Rb3+
51.Ka5 Ra3+ 52.Kb5 Rb3+ 53.Ka5 Ra3+ 54.Kb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Mulheim GER"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Zaragatski,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.a3 Be7 8.b4 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.d3 Bf8 11.Bb2 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.e3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Rb8 15.Qc2 Be6
16.Rfd1 Qf6 17.Bg2 Qg6 18.Na4 Nd7 19.Bc3 b6 20.Qb2 h5 21.e4 h4 22.d4 hxg3
23.hxg3 exd4 24.Bxd4 f6 25.Rac1 Bd6 26.Be3 Bg4 27.Qb3+ Qf7 28.Qxf7+ Kxf7
29.f3 Be6 30.Rc3 g5 31.f4 gxf4 32.gxf4 Bg4 33.Rd2 Rbd8 34.Kf2 Nf8 35.Rcd3 Bd7
36.Nxb6 Bxb5 37.Rb3 Bc6 38.Nd5 Ng6 39.Nxf6 Kxf6 40.e5+ Bxe5 41.Bxc6 Rxd2+
42.Bxd2 Bd4+ 43.Kf3 Re6 44.Bd5 Rd6 45.Be4 Bb6 46.Bc3+ Kf7 47.Rb5 Nf8 48.Bxa5 Ne6
49.Bd5 Kf6 50.Bc3+ Bd4 51.Be1 Bb6 52.Bxe6 Kxe6 53.Kg4 Rd1 54.Re5+ Kf7 55.Bb4 Rc1
56.Rb5 Be3 57.Kf3 Bd4 58.a4 c5 59.Ke4 Ra1 60.a5 Ra4 61.Kd5 cxb4 62.Kxd4 b3+
63.Kc5 Rxf4 64.Rxb3 Ke6 65.a6 Kd7 66.a7 Ra4 67.Kb6 Kc8 68.Rb5 Ra1 69.Rc5+  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2011.04.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Bd3 Ne7
9.Qb1 g6 10.b4 Bf5 11.b5 O-O 12.Bxf5 Nxf5 13.Nge2 Nd7 14.O-O Nf6 15.h3 c5
16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Rd1 Rfd8 18.Rd3 Ne4 19.Qb2 Rd6 20.Rc1 Qc4 21.Qb1 Nc5 22.Rdd1 d4
23.exd4 Nxd4 24.Ng3 Rad8 25.Kh1 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2010-11"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2011.04.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Luch,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nf3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d6 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Nc3 Nce7 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Qb3 O-O 14.Re1 Bd7 15.Ne5 Bc6
16.Bd2 a5 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Qa4 Rfb8 19.b3 Rc8 20.Rac1 Nb4 21.Be3 Ra6 22.Rc4 Bf8
23.Rec1 Nd5 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.R4c2 Bb4 26.a3 Bf8 27.b4 Raa8 28.Rxc6 axb4 29.Rxc8 Rxa4
30.Bh6 Ra8 31.Bxf8 Rxc8 32.Rxc8 Qb7 33.Re8 Qc6 34.Rb8 Qc7  0-1

[Event "15th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Winterberg,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.c5 Nc6 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.h4 Qxd1+ 15.Rxd1 g4
16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.Nd2 Nd4 18.Nb3 f5 19.h5 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Bf5 21.Nd6 Bc2 22.Rd2 Bxb3
23.axb3 b6 24.Nb5 Nhf5 25.h6 Bf6 26.Nxd4 Nxg3 27.fxg3 exd4 28.Re2 Rae8 29.Rh5 Rxe2+
30.Kxe2 Re8+ 31.Kd1 Re5 32.Rh1 Bg5 33.b4 b5 34.Be2 Re6 35.Rh5 Bxh6 36.Bxg4 Rc6
37.Bf5 Kg8 38.Be4 Rb6 39.g4 Bf8 40.Bxh7+ Kg7 41.g5 Bxb4 42.Bf5 Kg8 43.Rh7 a5
44.Ra7 Bd6 45.Rxa5 Rb7 46.Kc2 b4 47.Kd3 Kg7 48.Ra6 Be7 49.Rg6+ Kf7 50.Rh6 Rb5
51.g6+ Kg8 52.Be6+ Kg7 53.Rh7+ Kxg6 54.Rxe7 Kf6 55.Bc4  1-0

[Event "15th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schleich,Mar"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.O-O-O Bb7 7.f3 Nd7 8.h4 h5
9.Nh3 e6 10.Ng5 Ngf6 11.Bd3 Qe7 12.Kb1 c5 13.e5 dxe5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5
16.Nce4 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Qc7 18.Nd6+ Ke7 19.Ne4 Nd5 20.Qg5+ Kf8 21.Qd2 Bh6 22.Ng5 Kg7
23.Be4 Rad8 24.g3 Qe7 25.Bxd5 Rxd5 26.Qc3 Bxg5 27.Rxd5 b4 28.Qe1 exd5 29.hxg5 Qxg5
30.f4 exf4 31.gxf4 Qxf4 32.Rf1 Re8 33.Qd1 Qe4  0-1

[Event "15th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Hirneise,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 c5 7.O-O a6 8.d4 cxd4
9.exd4 Qc7 10.b3 Nc6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 exf6 13.Qd2 f5 14.Rac1 Qa5 15.Rfd1 Rb8
16.Nd5 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 Rd8 18.Nb6 h5 19.f4 Re8 20.Rcd1 Bf6 21.Nc3 Bd8 22.Nca4 g5
23.d5 Na7 24.Bf3 h4 25.Re2 Kf8 26.Rxe8+ Kxe8 27.Re1+ Be7 28.fxg5 hxg3 29.h4 Kd8
30.Kg2  1-0

[Event "15th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burg,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rfc8 12.f4 Be8 13.Qf3 Nd7 14.Rad1 Nc5 15.Qf2 Nxb3
16.axb3 Nb4 17.Rd2 Qc7 18.Nde2 b5 19.Bd4 e5 20.Be3 a5 21.f5 f6 22.g4 a4 23.Ng3 a3
24.bxa3 Qxc3 25.axb4 Ra2 26.Ree2 Qxb4 27.Kh2 Ra1 28.g5 fxg5 29.Bxg5 Bf8 30.fxg6 hxg6
31.Qf6 Qc5 32.Rf2 Bg7 33.Qe6+ Kh7 34.Bf6 Ra7 35.Bxg7 Rxg7 36.Qf6 Rf7 37.Qh4+ Kg8
38.Rg2 Rh7 39.Qg5 Qb4 40.Rdf2 Rcc7 41.Qd8  1-0

[Event "15th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2011.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ortmann,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.cxd5 Bxf3 5.gxf3 Qxd5 6.e3 e5 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Nf6 10.c4 Qd6 11.d5 Ne7 12.Rb1 b6 13.Bb4 c5 14.dxc6 Qxd1+ 15.Rxd1 Nxc6
16.Bd6 O-O-O 17.c5 Kb7 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Bc4 Rd7 20.Ba3 Rhd8 21.Ke2 Nd5 22.Bb2 f6
23.Rhg1 g6 24.Rb1 Nc7 25.Rgd1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rxd1 27.Kxd1 Na6 28.f4 Nc5 29.Ke2 Kc7
30.Bg8 h6 31.fxe5 fxe5 32.Bh7 g5 33.Kf3 Kd6 34.Kg4 Nb4 35.Kf5 Nbd3 36.Ba1 e4
37.Bg7 Nxf2 38.Bxh6 Ne6 39.Bg8 Nc7 40.Bxg5 Nd5 41.Bxd5 Kxd5 42.h4 Kd6  1-0

[Event "15th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2011.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spirin,O"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nb3 d4 8.O-O Nc6
9.Bg5 Be7 10.N1d2 O-O 11.Re1 Qc7 12.e3 dxe3 13.Bxe3 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.a3 Rfd8
16.Qe2 Rd7 17.Rac1 Rad8 18.Bf1 a5 19.Qf2 a4 20.Na1 Qc8 21.Nc2 Bf5 22.b4 axb3
23.Nxb3 e4 24.g4 Be6 25.g5 Nh5 26.f4 Bg4 27.Bg2 Rd3 28.Nd2 Bxa3 29.Nxa3 Rxa3
30.Nxe4 Nb4 31.Qb2 Rxe3 32.Rxe3 Nd3 33.Rxd3 Rxd3 34.Qe5 Re3 35.Nf6+ gxf6
36.Qxe3 Qc7 37.gxf6 Nxf6 38.Qe5 Qd8 39.Qg5+ Kh8 40.Qe5 Kg7 41.Kh1 h6 42.Rg1 Qd3
43.Bxb7 Kh7 44.Bg2 Bf3 45.Qxf6 Bxg2+ 46.Kxg2 Qe2+ 47.Kh3 Qh5+ 48.Qh4 Qf3+
49.Rg3 Qf1+ 50.Kg4 Qe2+ 51.Rf3 f5+ 52.Kg3 Kg6 53.Qh3 Qxc4 54.Qf1 Qd4 55.Qf2 Qd5
56.h3 Kh5 57.Kh2 Qd6 58.Qe2 Kh4 59.Qe1+ Kh5 60.Rg3 Qxf4 61.Kg2 Qc4 62.Rf3 Qg8+
63.Qg3 Qd5 64.Kh2 Qd2+ 65.Rf2 Qf4 66.Kg2  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Housieaux,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 Na6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nd2 Nc7 11.Nc4 Nfe8 12.a4 b6 13.Bd2 Ba6 14.b3 f5 15.Qc1 Nf6
16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Nce8 18.Qd2 Rb8 19.Rfe1 Ng7 20.Qf4 Nfe8 21.Qd2 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Meier,Geo"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 c5 9.h3 Bh5
10.dxc5 Nbd7 11.c6 bxc6 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Qc2 Qb8 14.Rac1 a5 15.Nd4 Qb6 16.cxd5 cxd5
17.Nc6 Bc5 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Ba3 20.Bb2 Bxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "David,Alb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Na4 cxd4
9.exd4 Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Be7 12.Re1 d6 13.Rc1 Nbd7 14.Nd2 e5 15.Nc3 exd4
16.Nb5 Ne5 17.Nb3 Nfg4 18.Bg3 Bg5 19.f4 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Bf6 21.N5xd4 Rc8 22.h3 Ne5
23.Qf1 Ng6 24.Nb5 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Bh4 26.Bxh4 Nxh4 27.Re2 Rxc4 28.Nxd6 Qxd6
29.Re8+ Kh7 30.Qxc4 Bxg2 31.Kf2 Bc6 32.Re3 Nf5 33.Re5 b5 34.Qxf7 Bd7 35.Rxf5 Be6
36.Qf8 Qd3 37.Re5  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Renet,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Bb7
9.Nd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qe7 12.c5 Nc6 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.cxb6 axb6 15.e4 Ra8
16.a4 Kf8 17.Bb5 Kg7 18.g4 f5 19.e5 fxg4 20.Ne4 Raf8 21.Ng3 Kf7 22.Be2 Ke8
23.Bxg4 Kd8 24.Nh5 Ba6 25.Be2 Bxe2 26.Qxe2 Qa3 27.Qc2 Ne7 28.Rh3 g4 29.Rg3 Nf5
30.Rxg4 Rhg8 31.Rxg8 Rxg8 32.g3 Rg5 33.Nf6 Nxg3 34.fxg3 Rxg3 35.Kf2 Rxc3
36.Qg6 Qa2+ 37.Kg1 Kc8 38.Qg8+ Kb7 39.Qg2+ Qxg2+ 40.Kxg2 Rc4 41.d5 exd5 42.Nxd7 Kc8
43.Nf6 Kd8 44.Re1 Ke7 45.e6 c6 46.Ng8+ Ke8 47.Kf3 Rc3+ 48.Kf4 d4 49.e7 Re3
50.Rxe3 dxe3 51.Kxe3  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Le Roux,JP"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bb5 Be6
9.Nf3 N8d7 10.Be2 Bg4 11.e5 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 c5 13.e6 fxe6 14.Bxb7 Rb8 15.dxc5 Nc4
16.c6 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Qb6 18.Qe2 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rozentalis,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qd3 O-O 10.b3 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 exd5 14.Bb2 Ba6 15.Rfc1 Rac8
16.Bh3 f5 17.e3 g6 18.Bg2 Ne7 19.Nd4 Rfd8 20.Ne6 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rc7 Rxc7
23.Nxc7 Bb7 24.a3 Bd6 25.Ne8 Nc8 26.Nf6+ Kf7 27.Nxd5 Ba6 28.Nb4 Bxb4 29.Bd5+ Kf8
30.axb4 Ne7 31.Be6 Bb7 32.Bc4 Be4 33.h4 h6 34.b5 Nd5 35.Be5 Ke7 36.Kf1 g5
37.Bg7 gxh4 38.gxh4 h5 39.Ke2 Nf6 40.Bh6 Nd7 41.Bg5+ Ke8 42.Bf4 Ke7 43.Kd2 Bf3
44.Kc3 Nc5 45.Kd4 Kf6 46.Bb8  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Nh5 8.Bd3 Nxf4
9.exf4 b6 10.b4 a5 11.a3 c6 12.O-O Qc7 13.g3 Ba6 14.Rb1 axb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E32"]

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.Qa4 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Rc1 Qb6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Rc2 Rd8 15.e3 Bxf1
16.Rxf1 Nc6 17.Ke2 Na5 18.b4 cxb4 19.axb4 Qd6 20.Rd2 Qc6 21.Qxc6 Nxc6 22.b5 Ne7
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Ra1 Rd7 25.Nd4 Kf8 26.g4 e5 27.Nb3 Rd5 28.Ra5 f5 29.h3 Nc8
30.gxf5 Nd6 31.Rxa7 Rxb5 32.Nd2 Nxf5 33.Ne4 h6 34.Kf3 Rb6 35.Nc5 Rb5 36.Ne4 Rb4
37.Nf6 Nh4+ 38.Kg3 Nf5+ 39.Kg2 Kg7 40.Ra6 Nh4+ 41.Kh2 Nf3+ 42.Kg3 Ng5 43.Ne8+ Kh7
44.Nf6+ Kg7 45.Kg2 Ne4 46.Nh5+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Be7 15.Ng5 Bg6
16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Qg3 Rc8 18.Qh4 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 f6 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Ra3 Rc2 22.Rh3 Qc8
23.b3 Rc3 24.Bf4 Qc6 25.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Peralta,Fe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.g3 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Bg2 Nb6 12.dxc5 Bf5 13.Qc1 Na4 14.Nd4 Rac8 15.Nxf5 Qxf5
16.Rxd5 Qf6 17.O-O Bxc3 18.bxc3 Nxc3 19.Rd2 Rxc5 20.Qa3 b6 21.Qxa7 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8
23.Bf3 Ra5 24.Qb7 Rxa2 25.Rc1 Ra3 26.Qc6 Qf6 27.Qc8+ Kh7 28.Qc4 Na4 29.Qe4+ Qg6
30.Qb4 Ra2 31.Qb3  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2011"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "86th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Istratescu,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b6 12.d5 c6 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.O-O c5 15.Bxe6 Qxe6
16.Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "86th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shchekachev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.h3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Qd2 Re8 10.Bh6 e5 11.a3 Qc7 12.Rad1 b5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Ne2 Nc5 15.Ng3 Be6
16.Be3 Bf8 17.Ng5 Rad8 18.f4 Bc4 19.Qe2 Bxd3 20.cxd3 h6 21.f5 hxg5 22.fxg6 Re6
23.Bxg5 Bg7 24.Bxf6 Rxf6 25.Rxf6 Bxf6 26.Rf1 Rd6 27.gxf7+ Kf8 28.d4 Nd7 29.Qg4 Kxf7
30.Nh5 Qd8 31.dxe5 Ke8  1-0

[Event "86th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Qc2 c5 8.d4 b6
9.Ne5 Nd5 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Qd1 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Ra7 14.a3 Rd7+ 15.Bd2 Nd5
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.b4 Rd8 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.bxc5 bxc5 21.Rb1 Bf5 22.Rb7+ Ke6
23.f4 Rb8 24.Ra7 Ra8 25.Rb7 Rhb8 26.Rc7 Rc8 27.Rb7 Rab8 28.Ra7 Ra8 29.Rb7 Rab8
30.Ra7 c4 31.Kd2 c3+ 32.Ke3 c2 33.Rc1 Rb3+ 34.Kd2 Rxa3 35.Bf3 g6 36.Rb7 Rc5
37.Rb6+ Ke7 38.Rd6 Ra4 39.Ke3 Be6 40.g4 a5 41.Ra6 Rc7 42.h3 h5 43.gxh5 gxh5
44.Bxh5 Re4+ 45.Kd3 Rxf4 46.Bg4 Bxg4 47.hxg4 Rxg4 48.Rxa5 Ke6 49.Rxc2 Rg3+
50.Kd2 Rxc2+ 51.Kxc2 Kxe5 52.Kd2 f5 53.Ra8 Rg6 54.Kd3 f4 55.Re8+ Kf5 56.Rd8 Rg3+
57.Kd2 Ke4 58.Re8+ Kd4 59.Rf8 Rg4 60.Rxf4+ Rxf4 61.e3+ Ke4 62.exf4 d4 63.f5 Kxf5
64.Kd3 Ke5 65.Kd2 Ke4 66.Ke2 d3+ 67.Kd2 Kd4 68.Kd1 Ke3 69.Ke1 d2+ 70.Kd1 Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "86th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dorfman,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Rb8
9.a4 b6 10.Re1 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nc4 Ne8 13.b4 cxb4 14.cxb4 Nd6 15.Be3 Be6
16.Qe2 Qd7 17.b5 Rfc8 18.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "86th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bauer,Ch"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Na3 cxd4
9.Naxc4 Bc5 10.Qb3 O-O 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Nd3 b6 13.Rfd1 e5 14.Ncxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Qe7
16.Re1 Rfe8 17.a3 Ng4 18.Bf4 Bf5 19.h3 Nf6 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Qd5 Bf8
23.Qf3 Qe6 24.Rac1 Qf6 25.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "86th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Feller,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Ne5 Bd5 13.Qb5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qxd4 15.Qxb7 Nd5
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "86th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bricard,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nbd7 8.Bg2 Bd6
9.e4 Qc7 10.Qe2 dxe4 11.dxe4 h5 12.f4 e5 13.f5 Bc5+ 14.Kh1 O-O-O 15.Nd2 Rdg8
16.Nf3 h4 17.g4 Nxg4 18.hxg4 h3 19.Bxh3 Rxh3+ 20.Kg2 Rgh8 21.Bg5 Qb6 22.b3 Qa5
23.a4 Qc3 24.Rh1 Rxh1 25.Rxh1 Rxh1 26.Kxh1 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "86th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na4 Bb6 6.Nxb6 axb6 7.Ne2 Be6 8.Ng3 d5
9.Bb3 dxe4 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.dxe4 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Nc6 14.c3 b5 15.Be3 Na5
16.Kc2 Nc4 17.Bc1 Kf7 18.Rd1 Rhd8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.f3 Ra8 21.b3 Na5 22.Bb2 Nc6
23.Rd1 Ke8 24.a3 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.b4 g6 27.Kd3 Nb8 28.c4 bxc4+ 29.Kxc4 Nd7
30.a4 c6 31.Bc1 Kc7 32.Be3 Kd6 33.Bf2 Kc7 34.Bc5 Nf6 35.Be3 Nd7 36.Bg1 Nf6
37.Bf2 Nd7 38.Bg3 Kd6 39.Bf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "86th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Edouard,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd2 Bd7 12.Rad1 Na5 13.Bc2 Nc4 14.Qe2 Rc8 15.Bb3 b5
16.Ne5 Nb6 17.Rfe1 h6 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Rd3 Kh8 20.Qd2 Ng8 21.d5 Nc4 22.Bxc4 bxc4
23.Rd4 Bc5 24.dxe6 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Qf6 26.exd7 Rcd8 27.Re3 Ne7 28.Rf3 Nc6 29.Nxf7+  1-0

[Event "86th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Le Roux,JP"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 Be7 12.h3 h6 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Rfe1 Rb8 15.Na4 Be6
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Qe3 Nd7 18.b3 c5 19.Rad1 Rfe8 20.Qd2 Qc7 21.Be2 Nf6 22.Bf3 Red8
23.Qc1 Rbc8 24.Re2 d4 25.c4 Nh7 26.Nb2 Ng5 27.Bg4 Bxg4 28.hxg4 Re8 29.Rde1 Qd7
30.Qf4 Rxe2 31.Rxe2 Re8 32.Rxe8+ Qxe8 33.Kf1 Qd8 34.Qf5 Qd7 35.Kg1 Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "86th ch-FRA"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bb5 Be6
9.Nf3 N8d7 10.Be2 c5 11.dxc5 Nc4 12.Bxc4 Bxc4 13.Bd4 e5 14.Be3 Rc8 15.b3 Be6
16.b4 f5 17.Bg5 Qe8 18.Nb5 fxe4 19.Nd6 exf3 20.g3 e4 21.Nxe8 Rcxe8 22.O-O Bxa1
23.Qxa1 Bc4 24.Rc1 Bd3 25.Qd4 Ne5 26.b5 Bxb5 27.Qxe4 Nd3 28.Qd5+ Rf7 29.Rb1 Nxf2
30.Rxb5 Ng4 31.Rb1 Re2 32.Qd8+ Rf8 33.Qd5+ Rf7 34.Qd8+ Rf8 35.Qd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Nf3 c5
9.dxc5 N6d7 10.Nd5 Nxc5 11.Rc1 Nba6 12.b4 Ne4 13.Bxa6 bxa6 14.Rc7 Bd7 15.Ng5 e6
16.Nxe4 exd5 17.Qxd5 Bb5 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Nd6 Bf8 20.Nxb5 axb5 21.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Rd1 Be7 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Rd2 h4 14.Rad1 Rh5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7
16.Nd4 Bd5 17.f4 a6 18.b3 b6 19.Kf2 Rc8 20.Rd3 Kf8 21.Nf3 Re8 22.Rd4 Be6
23.Rd8 Ng6 24.Ke3 Ne7 25.Kf2 Ng6 26.Ke3 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C34"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.Bc4 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 Be6 8.Bb3 O-O
9.c4 Nb6 10.Qd3 N8d7 11.Bxf4 Nc5 12.Qe3 Ncd7 13.Nbd2 Re8 14.Rae1 Bb4 15.a3 Bf8
16.Ng5 Nf6 17.Qd3 Nbd7 18.Bc2 g6 19.Qf3 Bg4 20.Qg3 Be2 21.Rf2 Nh5 22.Qh3 Ndf6
23.Be5 Rxe5 24.Nxf7 Qxd4 25.Nxe5 Bg4 26.Qb3 Bc5 27.Nd3 Bf5 28.Nf3 Qxd3 29.Bxd3 Ng4
30.Bxf5 gxf5 31.Qxb7 Rd8 32.Re8+ Rxe8 33.Qd5+ Kg7 34.Qxc5 Nxf2 35.Kxf2 Nf6
36.Qxf5 c5 37.b4  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 a5 11.Qe2 Be6 12.Nd2 Nb4 13.Rd1 c6 14.a3 N4d5 15.Nce4 Qc8
16.Nc5 Bg4 17.Bf3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.e4 Nb6 21.Bf4 a4 22.Rac1 Ra5
23.Rc5 Rea8 24.Bd2 Rb5 25.Bb4 e6 26.h4 h5 27.Kg2 Bf8 28.Rxb5 cxb5 29.Bxf8 Kxf8
30.Ne5 Qe8 31.Qe3 Nc4 32.Nxc4 bxc4 33.Qc3 b5 34.d5 exd5 35.exd5 Kg8 36.d6 Rd8
37.Qf3 Qe5 38.Qc3 Qxc3 39.bxc3 Kg7 40.Rd5 Kf6 41.Rxb5 Rxd6 42.Rb4 Rd3 43.Rxc4 Ke5
44.Rc7 Ke6 45.Rc8 Ke5 46.Re8+ Kd5 47.Ra8 Rxc3 48.Rxa4 Ke6 49.Re4+ Kf6 50.Re3 Rc2
51.Kf3 Ra2 52.Rc3 Kf5 53.Rc5+ Ke6 54.Ra5 Kf6 55.Ke3 Ke6 56.Ra7 Kf6 57.a4 Ke6
58.a5 Kf6 59.a6 Ke6 60.Ra8 Kf6 61.Kf3 Ra4 62.Ke2 Ra3 63.Ra7 Ke6 64.Kd2 Ra2+
65.Ke3 Kf6 66.Ra8 Ra3+ 67.Kd4 Ra2 68.Kc5 Rxf2 69.Rd8 Ra2 70.Kb6 Rb2+ 71.Kc6 Rc2+
72.Kb7 Rb2+ 73.Ka8 Kf5 74.a7 Kg4 75.Rb8 Ra2 76.Rb3 f6 77.Rb6 g5 78.Rxf6 gxh4
79.gxh4 Kxh4 80.Kb7 Rxa7+ 81.Kxa7 Kg3 82.Rg6+ Kf3 83.Rh6 Kg4 84.Kb6 h4 85.Kc5 h3
86.Kd4 Kg3 87.Ke3 h2 88.Rg6+ Kh3 89.Kf2 h1=N+ 90.Kf3 Kh2 91.Rg7  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C34"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.Bc4 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 Be6 8.Bb3 O-O
9.c4 Ne3 10.Bxe3 fxe3 11.Qd3 Bf6 12.Nc3 c5 13.d5 Bg4 14.Qxe3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nd7
16.Rae1 Qc7 17.Bc2 Rae8 18.Qh3 g6 19.Nb5 Qd8 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Nd6 Re3 22.Nxf7 Qe7
23.d6 Bd4 24.Nh6+ Kh8 25.Qg4 Qf6 26.g3 Rxg3+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 a5 11.Qe2 Be6 12.Nd2 f5 13.Rd1 a4 14.Rb1 Kh8 15.b3 axb3
16.Nxb3 Nd5 17.Bd2 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Bd5 19.Qb5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rxa2 21.d5 Ne5 22.Nc5 Rxf2+
23.Kxf2 Ng4+ 24.Ke2 Bxc3 25.Ne6 Qa8 26.Ra1 Bxa1 27.Nxc7 Qa2+ 28.Rd2 Ra8 29.Rxa2 Rxa2+
30.Kf1 Nxh2+ 31.Ke1 Kg7 32.Ne6+ Kf6 33.Qe8 Nf3+ 34.Kd1 Rd2+ 35.Kc1 Rxd5 36.Nf4 Rc5+
37.Kd1 Bc3 38.Qf8+ Kg5 39.Qxe7+ Kg4 40.Qxc5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Filippov,An UZB"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 dxc6 7.Nc3 Qxf3 8.gxf3 Ne7
9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Be6 11.Rg1 Rd8 12.Rd1 Rxd1+ 13.Kxd1 O-O 14.a3 Rd8+ 15.Ke1 Kf8
16.Rg2 f6 17.Rd2 Rxd2 18.Kxd2 Nc8 19.Ne2 Bc4 20.Bh3 Bxe2 21.Kxe2 Nd6 22.Be6 c5
23.Kd3 Ke7 24.Bg8 h6 25.f4 c6 26.Bh7 Kf7 27.e5 fxe5 28.fxe5 Nc8 29.Bf5 Ne7
30.Bd7 Ng6 31.Ke4 Ne7 32.Bh3 Ke8 33.Be6 Kd8 34.Bg4 Kc7 35.Be6 Kd8 36.h3 Kc7
37.Bg4 b5 38.b3 Kd8 39.Be6 Kc7 40.c4 Kd8 41.Bf7 Kd7 42.Kf4 b4 43.a4 a5 44.Bh5 Kc7
45.h4 g6 46.Bg4 Kd8 47.h5 g5+ 48.Ke4 Ke8 49.e6 Ng8 50.Kf5 Ke7 51.Kg6 Nf6
52.Bf5 g4 53.Kxh6 g3 54.Bh3 Ng4+ 55.Kg6 Nxe3 56.h6 g2 57.Bxg2  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Filippov,An UZB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Nc3 dxc4 10.e4 Re8 11.a4 a5 12.Qc2 b6 13.Rfd1 Bf8 14.d5 cxd5 15.e5 Ne4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Ng5 Ra7 18.Qxe4 g6 19.Qxc4 Qc7 20.Qc6 Bg7 21.Rac1 Qxc6 22.Bxc6 Rf8
23.Nf3 Rc7 24.Rd6 Nc5 25.Bb5 Bb7 26.Ne1 Rcc8 27.Rxb6 Bd5 28.Be3 Nb3 29.Rxc8 Rxc8
30.Ba6 Rd8 31.Bb7 Bc4 32.Rd6 Rb8 33.Nf3 Bf8 34.Rd7 h6 35.Nd2 Nxd2 36.Bxd2 Bb3
37.Bc6 Rc8 38.Bb5 Rc2 39.Rd8 Kg7 40.Kf1 Be7 41.Rd3 Bc5 42.Rc3 Rxd2 43.Rxc5 Rd4
44.Ke2 Rb4 45.Kd3 Bxa4 46.Bxa4 Rxa4 47.h4 Ra1 48.Kc4 a4 49.Ra5 h5 50.b4 g5
51.hxg5 Kg6 52.Kb5 a3 53.Ka6 Rb1 54.b5 Rb2 55.b6 Rxf2 56.b7 Rb2 57.Rxa3 Kxg5
58.Ra5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Filippov,An UZB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bf4 dxc4 10.e4 Re8 11.a4 a5 12.Qe2 b6 13.Rfd1 Ba6 14.Nd2 Bf8 15.Nxc4 Nd5
16.Bd2 Nb4 17.Be3 Qc8 18.Rac1 Qb7 19.e5 f5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Bg5 Nfd5 22.b3 h6
23.Bd2 Rad8 24.Ne4 Qf7 25.h4 g6 26.Qg4 Qf5 27.Qe2 Bg7 28.Be1 e5 29.dxe5 Bxe5
30.Bxb4 axb4 31.Qd2 Bc7 32.Re1 Kh7 33.Qb2 Rf8 34.Ne3 Nxe3 35.Rxe3 Be5 36.Ng5+ hxg5
37.Rxe5 Qf7 38.hxg5 c5 39.Rce1 Rde8 40.R1e4 Rxe5 41.Rh4+ Kg8 42.Qxe5 Qxf2+
43.Kh1  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Filippov,An UZB"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Na3 a6 6.Be2 e4 7.d4 exd3 8.cxd3 Bb4+
9.Kf1 d5 10.Rc1 O-O 11.Nf3 Bd6 12.h3 Nb4 13.Qd2 c5 14.Bc3 Nc6 15.Qb2 d4 16.exd4 cxd4
17.Bd2 Re8 18.Nc2 Bc5 19.b4 Bb6 20.a4 Bf5 21.Na3 Qd5 22.Bf4 Rxe2 23.Kxe2 Bxd3+
24.Kxd3 Qe4+ 25.Kd2 Qxf4+ 26.Kd1 Ne4 27.Nc4 Nc3+ 28.Kc2 Qf5+ 29.Kb3 Qd5 30.Qd2 Nxb4
31.Kxb4 Bc5+ 32.Kb3 Ne4 33.Qf4 b5 34.Qe5 bxc4+ 35.Ka2 Nc3+ 36.Ka1 Qc6  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.b5 cxd5 14.cxd5 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6
16.dxe6 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 d5 19.Ba3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Nf6
9.h3 Bd6 10.a3 a6 11.Ba2 Bf5 12.b4 Re8 13.Bb2 h6 14.Ne4 Be6 15.Bxe6 Rxe6
16.c4 Nxe4 17.dxe4 a5 18.c5 Bf8 19.Qb3 axb4 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 b6 22.b5 Nd4
23.Nxd4 exd4 24.Qd5 Qxd5 25.exd5 Re5 26.d6 Rxc5 27.Bxd4 Bxd6 28.Bxc5 Bxc5
29.Ra8+ Kh7 30.Kf1 Kg6 31.Re8 h5 32.Ke2 Kf5 33.g3 g6 34.Kf3 g5 35.g4+ hxg4+
36.hxg4+ Kf6 37.Rg8 Be7 38.Ke4 Ke6 39.Rh8 Bc5 40.Rh6+ f6 41.f4 gxf4 42.g5 Be7
43.Kxf4 Bd6+ 44.Kg4 Be5 45.Kh5 Bd4 46.g6 f5 47.Rh7 f4 48.Rf7  1-0

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Wiersma,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 Bc5 7.Nd6+ Ke7 8.Nxc8+ Rxc8
9.Bd3 Qc7 10.O-O Ne5 11.h3 Rhg8 12.Na4 g5 13.Nxc5 Qxc5 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Kh1 g4
16.h4 Rg6 17.Qd2 d6 18.Bf4 Nfd7 19.Rfd1 a6 20.Be2 Nc5 21.Qe3 f6 22.Bg3 Qc6
23.Rd4 a5 24.a4 b6 25.Bb5 Qb7 26.Rad1 Rd8 27.Kg1 h5 28.Re1 Qa8 29.c3 Nc6
30.Rdd1 Qb7 31.b4 axb4 32.cxb4 Nxb4 33.Qd2 Nc6 34.Bxd6+ Kf7 35.Qc3 Ne7 36.Bxc5 Rxd1
37.Rxd1 bxc5 38.Qxc5 Qxe4 39.Rd7 Qe1+ 40.Bf1  1-0

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Postny,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E98"]

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.Nb5 Bf8 21.Rc4 h5 22.Qc2 Ba6 23.a4 g4
24.Bf2 Rb8 25.Rc7 Bxb5 26.Rxf7 Bxd3 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Qxd3 g3 29.hxg3 fxg3
30.Bxg3 h4 31.Bh2 Nh5 32.f4 Nhxf4 33.Bg4 Qg5 34.Qf3 Kg7 35.Bf5 Rf8 36.Rf2 Nxd5
37.exd5 Ne7 38.Qg4 Rxf5 39.Qxg5+ Rxg5 40.Rf3 Rg4 41.Rc3 Rxa4 42.Rc7 Kf6  0-1

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Melkumyan,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ne3 Nc5 14.Ba2 Bf8 15.Ng5 Ne6
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Ng4 Nxg4 18.hxg4 Qf6 19.Bd2 Qg6 20.Qf3 Rad8 21.c4 Rd7 22.Rac1 Be7
23.Qe2 bxc4 24.dxc4 c5 25.Rc3 Rf8 26.Rf3 Rdd8 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.b4 Bg5 29.Bxg5 Qxg5
30.Rd1 Rf4 31.f3 h5 32.gxh5 Qxh5 33.Qd3 Kh7 34.Qxd6 Rh4 35.Bb1 Rh1+ 36.Kf2 Qh4+
37.Ke2 Rh2 38.Rg1 cxb4 39.axb4 Qg3 40.Kf1 Qg5 41.Kf2 Qh4+ 42.Ke3 Qf4+ 43.Ke2 Qg3
44.Qb6 Rxg2+ 45.Rxg2 Qxg2+ 46.Qf2 Qh1 47.Bd3 Bc6 48.b5 axb5 49.cxb5 Bb7 50.Qg3 Qh5
51.Kd1 Kg8 52.Kc2 Kf7 53.Qf2 Kf6 54.Qb6 Qf7 55.Qd6 Qe8 56.Qc7 Ba8 57.Kb3 Qf8
58.Be2 g5 59.b6 g4 60.fxg4 Bxe4 61.b7 Bd5+ 62.Bc4 Bxb7 63.Qxb7 Kg5 64.Bxe6 Kf4
65.Qb6 Qe8 66.Qf2+ Kg5 67.Qf5+ Kh4 68.Qf6+ Kg3 69.Qxe5+ Kh4 70.Qh2+ Kg5 71.Qd2+ Kh4
72.Bf5 Qe3+ 73.Qc3 Qb6+ 74.Kc2 Qe3 75.Qf6+ Kg3 76.Qd6+ Kh4 77.Qh2+ Kg5 78.Qh5+ Kf6
79.Qg6+ Ke7 80.Qg7+ Kd6 81.Qf6+ Kd5 82.Qf7+ Kd6 83.Qd7+  1-0

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Be7 12.c4 Bd7 13.Bb2 Rac8 14.c5 Nb8 15.Ne5 Bc6
16.Nxc6 Nxc6 17.Rac1 Rfd8 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Rc4 Nd7 21.e4 Rb8
22.Bd4 Rb5 23.Kf1 f5 24.e5 g5 25.f4 gxf4 26.gxf4 Kf7 27.Ke2 h6 28.h3 a6 29.Be3 Bf8
30.Kd3 Be7 31.Bf2 Bf8 32.Kc3 Be7 33.a4 Rb7 34.Na5 Rc7 35.Kd3 Kg6 36.Rc1 Kh5
37.Kc4 Bh4 38.Be3 Bg5 39.fxg5 Nxe5+ 40.Kd4 Nf3+ 41.Kd3 hxg5 42.Ke2 Nh4 43.Rd1 e5
44.Rd6 f4 45.Bf2 e4 46.Re6 e3 47.Bxh4 Kxh4 48.Kf3 Rh7 49.Nxc6 Kxh3 50.Nd4 Kh2
51.Rg6  1-0

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Nf6
9.h3 a6 10.a3 b5 11.Ba2 Bb7 12.Nf1 e4 13.dxe4 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Nxe4 15.Be3 Bd6
16.N1d2 Ne5 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.c3 Rfd8 20.Bg5 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Bc6
22.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rc1 b6 12.Qd2 Rd8 13.Bh6 Qd6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qe3 Na5
16.Bd3 cxd4 17.cxd4 e5 18.f4 exd4 19.Qg3 Kh8 20.Qh4 Rg8 21.e5 Qd8 22.Qf2 Qe7
23.Nxd4 Rd8 24.Be4 Rb8 25.Rfe1 Bb7 26.Bxb7 Rxb7 27.f5 gxf5 28.Nxf5 Qe6 29.Nd6 Rbd7
30.Rf1 Rf8 31.Qb2 Re7  1-0

[Event "12th Karpov Int"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.exd4 O-O 12.Rd1 Nd5 13.Qe4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.Bd3 f5
16.Qe1 Bd7 17.c4 Bf6 18.Bf1 Rfe8 19.Bb2 Bc6 20.a5 Rad8 21.Qb4 Qf4 22.Qc3 Re7
23.Qe3 Qxe3 24.fxe3 f4 25.exf4 Red7 26.c5 a6 27.Bc4 Bxd4+ 28.Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Karpov Int"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Nc6 13.c5 Re5 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Qa4 Rc8
16.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17.Rxe1 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bc6 19.Qd1 Qa5 20.Bf1 Re8 21.Rxe8+ Nxe8
22.Qd2 Bxd4+ 23.Qxd4 Nc7 24.b4 Ne6 25.bxa5 Nxd4 26.a6 bxa6 27.Bxa6 Ne6 28.Kf2 Nxc5
29.Bc8 d4 30.Ne2 Bd5 31.Nxd4 Bxa2 32.Nc6 a6 33.Ke3 Be6 34.Bxe6 Nxe6 35.Ke4 Kg7
36.Ke5 Nc5 37.Kd4 Nd7 38.Nb4 a5 39.Nd5 g5 40.Kc4 g4 41.fxg4 Ne5+ 42.Kb5 Nxg4
43.Kxa5 Nxh2 44.Kb4 Kg6 45.Kc3 Kf5 46.Kd3 Ng4 47.g3 Ke5 48.Nf4 Kf5 49.Nd5 Ne5+
50.Ke3 Kg4 51.Nf6+ Kf5 52.Nd5 Kg4 53.Nf6+ Kxg3 54.Ke4 Nd7 55.Nxd7 h5 56.Nf6 h4
57.Kf5 h3 58.Ng4 f6 59.Ne3 Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Karpov Int"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be2 Bf6 12.Be5 Bxe5 13.Nxe5 Be6 14.Nf3 Qb6 15.Qd4 Rac8
16.O-O Nb3 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Rab1 Bf5 19.Rbd1 Rfd8 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Rc2
22.Bf3 Rxb2 23.Bxd5 Kf8 24.Rc1 Rb5 25.Bxb7 Rxd4 26.exd4 Rb3 27.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Karpov Int"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E60"]

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 Be6 12.Nd2 Nb4 13.Rd1 c6 14.a3 N4d5 15.Nce4 Bf5
16.Nc5 e5 17.dxe5 Qe7 18.Nd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Qxe5 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Qxc4 Rad8 22.Qc2 Nc7
23.Rb1 Rxd1+ 24.Qxd1 Ne6 25.Bd2 Qf5 26.g4 Qb5 27.a4 Qg5 28.h3 Rd8 29.Qc2 Rd7
30.Be1 h5 31.Rd1 Rxd1 32.Qxd1 hxg4 33.hxg4 Bxb2 34.Qb3 Bf6 35.Qxb7 Qxg4 36.Qxc6 Qd1
37.Kf1 Qd3+ 38.Kg1 Qd1 39.Kf1 Qd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Karpov Int"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5 13.Bh6 exd4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.cxd4 cxd4
16.Rac1 Nb7 17.Bc4 Nc5 18.Bd5 Rb8 19.Qxd4+ Qf6 20.Qe3 Be6 21.Nc3 Rbd8 22.Rfd1 Rfe8
23.Rd4 Qe5 24.f4 Qf6 25.Rcd1 Bxd5 26.e5 Qf5 27.Nxd5 Ne6 28.R4d2 h5 29.Nc7 Nxc7
30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Rxd8 Qb1+ 32.Kf2 Ne6 33.Rd2 h4 34.h3 Qf5 35.g4 hxg3+ 36.Kxg3 b5
37.Re2 a5 38.Qe4 Qh5 39.Rf2 Nc5 40.Qd5 Ne6 41.Qe4 Nc5 42.Qc2 Ne6 43.f5 Nd4
44.f6+ Kg8 45.Qe4 Ne6 46.Rc2 Qg5+ 47.Kh2 b4 48.Rc8+ Kh7 49.Rc4 Kg8 50.Qa8+ Kh7
51.Qd5 Kg8 52.Rg4 Qh6 53.Qa8+ Kh7 54.Qe4 Qd2+ 55.Qg2 Qh6 56.Qc2 Qh5 57.Qe4 Ng5
58.Qe3 Ne6 59.Kg3 Kg8 60.Kg2 Kh7 61.Qe4 Kg8 62.Qe3 Qf5 63.Qe4 Qh5 64.Qa8+ Kh7
65.Qa7 Kg8 66.Qxa5 Ng5 67.Qd8+ Kh7 68.Qd3 Ne6 69.Qe3 Kg8 70.Rxb4 Qd1 71.Rb2 Qd5+
72.Kh2 g5 73.Rg2 Kh7 74.Rd2 Qa5 75.Qe4+ Kh6 76.Rc2 Qa3 77.h4 Kh5 78.Rg2  1-0

[Event "12th Karpov Int"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Bg5 Be6 12.Rad1 Bb4 13.a3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Bd5 15.Nd4 Nxd4
16.Rxd4 b5 17.Rfd1 Kf8 18.a4 a6 19.Ra1 Re8 20.axb5 axb5 21.f4 Kg8 22.Ra7 Kh7
23.Rxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Karpov Int"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Nfxd2 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Nf6 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.Bf3 c5 15.Bxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Karpov Int"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Bd6 10.Re1 h6 11.e4 dxc4 12.bxc4 e5 13.c5 Bc7 14.Qc2 exd4 15.Ne2 Ng4
16.Nexd4 Nde5 17.h3 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Be3 Qf6 21.Rad1 Rd8
22.Qc4 Bc7 23.Qc2 Qg6 24.Kf1 Bd7 25.f4 Qf6 26.f5 b6 27.Nf3 bxc5 28.Bxc5 Bg3
29.Bd4 Qe7 30.Bc5 Qf6 31.Bf2 Bxf2 32.Kxf2 Qe7 33.e5 Be8 34.Qc3 c5 35.f6 Qe6
36.Qxc5 gxf6 37.Rd6 Rxd6 38.exd6 Qxa2+ 39.Re2 Qa4 40.Qf5 Kg7 41.Re7 Rd8 42.d7 Bxd7
43.Qd5 Qc2+ 44.Kg1 Qxg2+ 45.Kxg2 Bxh3+ 46.Kxh3 Rxd5 47.Ra7 Ra5 48.Nd4 Kg6
49.Nc6 Ra3+ 50.Kh4 Ra4+ 51.Kh3 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Karpov Int"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.h4 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Bf4 Nxh4 19.f3 Rg7 20.Ne4 Kf7 21.Kf2 Nxf3 22.Kxf3 Bg4+
23.Kf2 Bxd1 24.Rxd1 Kg6 25.Nc5 Re7 26.Kf3 Rae8 27.Bd2 Kf7 28.Nd3 b6 29.Re1 Rxe1
30.Bxe1 c5 31.Bc3 Rh8 32.Be1 Re8 33.b3 c6 34.Bf2 Rd8 35.Be3 Rh8 36.Bf2 Rd8
37.a4 Rd7 38.Be3 Rd8 39.Nf4 Rd1 40.Nxh5 c4 41.bxc4 Ra1 42.Ke4 Rxa4 43.Kd3 Ra3+
44.c3 Ra2 45.Nf4 a5 46.Bxb6 a4 47.Bc5 a3 48.Bb4 Rd2+ 49.Kxd2 a2 50.Bd6 a1=Q
51.c5 Qf1 52.Ne2 Ke6 53.c4 Kf5 54.Ke3 Kg4 55.Bf4 Qf3+ 56.Kd2 Qf2 57.Be3 Qg2  0-1

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Cyborowski,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "A73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.cxd5 Bg4 10.Bf4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne8 12.Qb3 Qc7 13.Be2 a6 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Be3 Nd7
16.f4 Bd4 17.Nd1 Bxe3+ 18.Qxe3 Nef6 19.Nf2 Rfe8 20.Qf3 c4 21.Rac1 Qb6 22.Rxc4 Qxb2
23.Bd3 Rac8 24.Kh1 Rxc4 25.Bxc4 Qd4 26.Bd3 Nc5 27.f5 g5 28.Rd1 Qe5 29.h3 Ncxe4
30.Bxe4 Nxe4 31.Nxe4 Qxe4 32.Qb3 b5 33.Qa3 Qa4 34.Qxa4 bxa4 35.Rd4 Re5 36.Rxa4 Rxf5
37.Rxa6 Rxd5 38.a4 Kg7 39.Ra8 Kf6 40.a5 h5 41.a6 Ra5 42.a7 g4 43.hxg4 hxg4
44.g3 Kf5 45.Kg1 Ra2 46.Kf1 d5 47.Ke1 d4 48.Kd1 d3 49.Ke1 Re2+ 50.Kf1 Re7
51.Rd8 Rxa7 52.Rxd3 Ke4 53.Rd2 Ra3 54.Kg2 f6 55.Rf2 Rf3 56.Ra2 Rd3 57.Re2+ Re3
58.Rf2 f5 59.Rf4+ Ke5 60.Rf2 Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fridman,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Na3 c3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.O-O c5
9.Ne5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bxc6 Bh3 12.Bg2 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Ne4 14.Bb2 cxd4 15.cxd4 Rb8
16.Qc2 Qd5 17.f3 Rfc8 18.Qxe4 Qxe4 19.fxe4 Rxb2 20.Rfc1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Siebrecht,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 Nge7 6.Nge2 Ba7 7.a3 d6 8.b4 O-O
9.Bb2 Be6 10.Nd5 Qd7 11.O-O Rac8 12.Rc1 Bg4 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.h3 Bh5 15.b5 axb5
16.cxb5 Nd8 17.g4 Bg6 18.d4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Bxd4 20.Nxd4 f5 21.gxf5 Bxf5 22.Nxf5 Rxf5
23.Qg4 Qe6 24.Rfd1 h5 25.Qg3 Rxb5 26.h4 Qe5 27.Qxe5 Rxe5 28.Rxd6 Re7 29.Rd5 g6
30.Rcd1 Ne6 31.Rd7 Rxd7 32.Rxd7 Nc5 33.Bd5+ Kh8 34.Re7 c6 35.Bf7 Kg7 36.Ba2+ Kf6
37.Rf7+ Ke5 38.Bb1 Ra8 39.Bxg6 Rxa3 40.Bxh5 b5 41.Bg6 b4 42.h5 Ra8 43.h6 Ne6
44.h7 c5 45.f4+ Kd6 46.Bf5  1-0

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.9.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sulskis,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 Bd6
9.Rd1 O-O 10.Qxc4 Qe7 11.Qe2 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bxb7 Rad8 15.Na3 c6
16.Nc4 Bg4 17.f3 Rxd1+ 18.Qxd1 Rd8 19.Qe2 Bh3 20.Bxa6 Nh5 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.Kf2 Nf6
23.Bd2 Qxb2 24.Rd1 Qc2 25.Bc4 Be6 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.a3 Rd3 28.Ke1 Rxa3 29.Rc1 Qf5
30.Rxc6 h5 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Bc1 Rd3 33.Bb2 Qa5+ 34.Kf1 Rd2 35.Bc3 Rxe2 36.Bxa5 Rxe3
37.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.6.1"]
[White "Rodshtein,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qc2 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nc3 d6 12.Ng5 hxg5 13.Bxb7 Ra7 14.Bg2 c6 15.Rad1 Rc7
16.e3 Nd7 17.Qa4 Qc8 18.a3 Be7 19.Rc1 Nf6 20.Rc2 Qd7 21.Rfc1 Rb8 22.Bf1 d5
23.cxd5 exd5 24.Nb1 c5 25.Qxd7 Rxd7 26.Nc3 cxd4 27.exd4 Ne4 28.Bh3 Rdd8 29.Nb5 Bf8
30.Rc7 g6 31.Bg2 Bg7 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.R1c4 Rd5 34.a4 Rbd8 35.Rc8 g4 36.Rxd8+ Rxd8
37.Kf1 f5 38.Ke2 Kf7 39.b3 Rd7 40.Kd2 Bh6+ 41.Ke2 Bg7 42.Kf1 Bf6 43.Kg2 Kg7
44.Rc1 Kf7 45.h3 gxh3+ 46.Kxh3 Bg5 47.Rc4 e3 48.fxe3 Bxe3 49.Kg2 Bg5 50.Kf3 Re7
51.Rc3 Bf6 52.Rc6 Rd7 53.Ke3 Bd8 54.Nd6+ Kg7 55.Nc4 Bf6 56.Nd6 Be7 57.Nb5 Bd8
58.Kd3 Kh6 59.Kc4 Kh5 60.d5 g5 61.d6 f4 62.gxf4 gxf4 63.Nd4 Kg4 64.Kd5 f3
65.Ke6 f2 66.Kxd7 Bg5 67.Rc4 f1=Q 68.Ne6+ Kh5 69.Nxg5 Kxg5 70.Kc7 Qf7+ 71.d7 Kh5
72.Rd4 Qe7 73.Rd6 Kg4 74.Rc6 Qf7 75.Kc8 Qf5 76.Kc7 Qf7 77.Rxb6 Kf3 78.Rb5 Qf4+
79.Kc8 Qc1+ 80.Kb7 Qd2 81.Kc6 Qh6+ 82.Kc7 Qf4+ 83.Kc8 Qc1+ 84.Kb8 Qf4+ 85.Kc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.4.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Qb3 b5 7.c5 Nbd7 8.a4 e5 9.Na2 Be7
10.Nb4 Qc8 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8 13.Qa3 Qxa3 14.bxa3 e4 15.Nxc6 exf3
16.gxf3 Nf8 17.Bxb5 Bd7 18.a4 Ne6 19.Ne5 Nc7 20.Nxd7 Nxd7 21.e4 Nxb5 22.axb5 Nf6
23.Bf4 Kd7 24.c6+ Ke6 25.b6 Bd6 26.e5 Nh5 27.Bg3 Bc7 28.bxc7 Rc8 29.Kd2 Rxc7
30.Rc1 h6 31.Kd3 g6 32.Bh4 Nf4+ 33.Kd2 g5 34.Bg3 Ng6  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.1.1"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Nf6
9.c3 a6 10.a4 h6 11.b4 Bd6 12.Qb3 b6 13.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Rc1 Nc6
9.Be2 dxc4 10.O-O Nd5 11.Bxc4 Nxf4 12.exf4 Be7 13.Qe2 g6 14.Rfd1 Qa5 15.Bb5 Rd8
16.Rxd8+ Qxd8 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Ne5 Bb7 19.Rd1 Qe8 20.Rd7 Bc8 21.Rd2 Bb7 22.Ne4 Rd8
23.Ng4 Rxd2 24.Ngf6+ Kh8 25.Qxd2 Qd8 26.Qxd8+ Bxd8 27.Nd7 Be7 28.Ndc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.Rd1 cxd4
9.Rxd4 Qa5 10.Bg3 b5 11.cxb5 Bb7 12.Bd3 Nc5 13.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[Round "8.5.1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 e6 8.Bg5 c5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.d5 Bb7 11.O-O-O b4 12.Na4 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Bxd5 14.Nb6 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Ra7
16.e3 Rb7 17.Nc4 Rg8 18.f4 f5 19.Be2 Be7 20.Bf3 Rd7 21.Rxd7 Kxd7 22.Bh5 Bf6
23.Rd1+ Ke7 24.Rd6 Rg1+ 25.Bd1 e5 26.fxe5 Bxe5 27.Rh6 Bf6 28.Rxh7 f4 29.exf4 Nd7
30.Ne3 Kf8 31.Kc2 Bg7 32.Nf5 Bxb2 33.Be2 Kg8 34.Rh3 Bc3 35.Bxa6 Ra1 36.Bc4 Nb6
37.Rg3+ Kf8 38.Rd3 Kg8 39.Rd8+ Kh7 40.Bxf7 c4 41.Rd6 Rxa2+ 42.Kd1  1-0

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.6.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Qb3 Ra7 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.g4 Bg6 10.g5 Ng8 11.Bg2 e6 12.e4 Ne7 13.Be3 Nbc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 e6 11.dxc5 Qa5 12.f4 Rd8 13.Qc2 Bf8 14.f5 Bxc5 15.Nd4 exf5
16.exf5 Bxd4 17.Bxf7+ Kg7 18.cxd4 Bxf5 19.Qb2 Kxf7 20.Qxb7+ Kg8 21.Bh6 Ne7
22.Qxe7 Rd7 23.Qe3 Qd5 24.Rf4 Rf7 25.Re1 Rc8 26.h3 Rb7 27.Rf2 Rbc7 28.g4 Rc3
29.Qe5 Qxe5 30.dxe5 Rxh3 31.gxf5 Rxh6 32.f6 Rh5 33.e6 Rg5+ 34.Kf1 Kf8 35.Rd1 Re5
36.e7+ Kf7 37.Rd8 Rc1+ 38.Kg2 Rg5+ 39.Kh2 Rh5+ 40.Kg2 Rg5+ 41.Kf3 Rf5+ 42.Ke3 Re1+
43.Kd2 Rxe7 44.Rxf5  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jobava,Ba"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 c5 8.d5 e6
9.O-O exd5 10.exd5 O-O 11.Nec3 Na6 12.Na3 Bf5 13.g4 Bd7 14.h3 f5 15.d6 fxg4
16.Bxb7 Qh4 17.Ne4 Rae8 18.Bg5 Qxh3 19.Be7 Rf3 20.Bd5+ Nxd5 21.Qxd5+ Kh8
22.Ng5 Qh5 23.Rfe1 h6 24.Bf6 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rxf6 26.Re7 Qxg5 27.Qxg5 hxg5
28.Rxd7 Nb8 29.Rc7 Rf8 30.Rxa7 Bd4 31.Nc2 g3 32.Nxd4 gxf2+ 33.Kf1 cxd4 34.Ra5 g4
35.Rg5 Rf4  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Bg5 Be6 12.a3 Be7 13.Rad1 f6 14.Bf4 Rc8 15.Rfe1 Kf7
16.Rd2 h4 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Rde2 Bd7 19.Nd1 c5 20.Ne3 Nxe3 21.Rxe3 Bf8 22.c3 a5
23.Nd2 a4 24.Ne4 Rh5 25.c4 Bc6 26.Rd1 Kg6 27.Nc3 Rh7 28.Kf1 Re7 29.Rxe7 Bxe7
30.Nd5 Bd8 31.f3 Kf7 32.Be3 b6 33.Bf2 f5 34.Be1 Bxd5 35.Rxd5 Bf6 36.Rxf5 Kg6
37.Rxf6+ Kxf6 38.Bxh4+ Ke5 39.Kf2 Kd4 40.Bf6+ Kxc4 41.h4 b5 42.h5 Kd5 43.f4 Rf8
44.Be5 Rf5 45.h6 Rh5 46.Bg7 Ke6 47.g4 Rh4 48.Kg3 Rh1 49.f5+ Kf7 50.g5 Kg8
51.g6 b4 52.Kf4  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E70"]

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.Bd2 Bf3 18.a4 Re5 19.g4 Bxg4 20.Kg2 f5 21.f4 Ree8 22.a5 fxe4
23.Bxe4 d3 24.Bxd3 Bxb2 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Re1 Rc8 27.Kg3 Bd7 28.Re7 Rd8 29.a6 Bf6
30.Re1 bxa6 31.bxa6 Bd4 32.Re7 Rb8 33.Bc4 Bb5 34.Rxc7 Bxc4 35.Rxc4 Rb3+ 36.Kg2 Bc5
37.Bc1 Rb1 38.Ba3 Ra1 39.Ra4 Ba7 40.Ra5 Kf7 41.Bb4 Rxa5 42.Bxa5 Ke7 43.Kg3 Kd7
44.Kg4 Kc8 45.Bd2 h6 46.Bc3 Be3 47.Bf6 Kc7 48.Be7 Kb6 49.Bxd6 Kxa6 50.Kf3 Bd2
51.Ke4 h5 52.Ke5 h4 53.Bc5 h3 54.Bg1 g5 55.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Negi,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.a3 a5 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nge4 Be7 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6
16.Qe2 Nd7 17.b3 b4 18.axb4 Bxb4 19.Na4 Qe7 20.Be4 f5 21.Bf3 e5 22.dxe5 Nxe5
23.Bb2 Nxf3+ 24.Qxf3 c5 25.Qg3 c4 26.bxc4 Rxc4 27.h3 Rc6 28.Rac1 Kh7 29.Rxc6 Bxc6
30.Nb6 Rf7 31.Nc4 Ba4 32.Rc1 Qe6 33.Qf4 Bb5 34.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Div Honor 2011"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Ne4 Be7
9.Re1 Bg4 10.c3 Nb6 11.Bb3 Qd7 12.a4 a5 13.h3 Be6 14.Be3 Nd5 15.Nc5 Bxc5
16.Bxc5 Rfd8 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 Nf4 19.Re4 Bxb3 20.Qxb3 Ne6 21.Ba3 c5 22.Rd1 Qc6
23.Qc4 Rd5 24.Rde1 Rad8 25.R1e3 h6 26.Re5 Rxe5 27.Rxe5 b6 28.b3 Qd7 29.Re3 Rb8
30.Qb5 Qc7 31.Bc1 Rd8 32.Qc4 Qf4 33.g3 Qf5 34.Kg2 Ng5 35.h4 Ne6 36.Bd2 Qg6
37.Re4 Nc7 38.b4 Qc6 39.bxa5 bxa5 40.Kh2 Ne6 41.Re3 Qb7 42.Qb5 Qa8 43.Qc4 Qb7
44.Qb5 Qa8 45.Qb1 Rb8 46.Qa2 Rb6 47.Bc1 Qb7 48.Re2 Qf3 49.Be3 Qb7 50.d4 cxd4
51.cxd4 Rb3 52.Rc2 Nf8 53.d5 Ng6 54.Rc8+ Kh7 55.Qc2 Qxd5 56.Rc5 Qd3 57.Qxd3 Rxd3
58.Rxa5 Ne7 59.Ra7 Nf5 60.Bb6 Kg6 61.a5 Ra3 62.a6 Ra4 63.Ra8 Nd6 64.a7 Nb5
65.Be3 Ra3 66.Kg2 h5 67.Kf1 f6 68.Ke2 Kf5 69.Kd2 g6 70.Kc2 Kg4 71.Rf8 Nxa7
72.Rxf6 Nb5 73.Rxg6+ Kf3 74.Rg5 Nd6 75.Bc5 Ra2+ 76.Kb3 Rd2 77.Bxd6 Rxd6 78.Rxh5 Kxf2
79.Rg5 Ke3 80.Kc4 Ke4 81.h5 Rc6+ 82.Kb5 Rc1 83.Kb6 Kd4 84.Kb7 Ke4 85.g4  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bartel,Mat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bd6 8.Bd3 c5 9.cxd5 exd5
10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O O-O 12.Ne2 Nc6 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.Ned4 Nb4 15.Bxb4 Bxb4 16.Nf5 Bxf5
17.Bxf5 g6 18.Bh3 Ne4 19.Qd3 Rad8 20.Rac1 Nc5 21.Qd4 Ne6 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Qg4 Bd6
24.Rc2 Qf6 25.Re2 Bb8 26.Rd1 Qf5 27.Qh4 Bc7 28.Rc1 Rd7 29.Nd4 Qf7 30.Qg4 Re8
31.Rec2 Kg7 32.h4 h5 33.Qh3 Be5 34.Rc8 Rxc8 35.Rxc8 Bxd4 36.exd4 Rc7 37.Rxc7 Qxc7
38.Qe3 Qc2 39.a4 Kf7 40.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Henrichs,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6
10.Nd2 c6 11.O-O Bd7 12.a3 h5 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Kh1 Nh7 15.Be3 h4 16.Rc1 c5 17.Qe1 Qd8
18.Nb5 Qe7 19.Nb1 f5 20.f3 b6 21.N1c3 Kh8 22.exf5 gxf5 23.f4 Rg8 24.Bh5 Bf6
25.Rc2 e4 26.Rg1 Be8 27.Bxe8 Raxe8 28.Nd1 Nc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Audin,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Bg4 4.Bg2 f6 5.h3 Bh5 6.g4 Bf7 7.Bf4 e6 8.O-O Bd6
9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.Nbd2 h5 11.g5 Nge7 12.c4 e5 13.dxe5 fxe5 14.cxd5 Bxd5  1-0

[Event "European Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Audin,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e3 Be6 7.Bd3 f5 8.Nd2 Bd6
9.Qf3 g6 10.h4 Nd7 11.Ne2 Qb6 12.O-O Nf6 13.c4 Qxb2 14.Rfd1 Qa3 15.Nc1 Qa5
16.Ncb3 Qc7 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Qe2 O-O 19.Nc4 Rae8 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.Nd2 Ng4 22.g3 Rxe3
23.fxe3 Qxg3+  0-1

[Event "European Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Briestensky,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.c3 Bb6 8.Be3 O-O
9.c4 d6 10.h3 c6 11.Ba4 Bxe3 12.fxe3 d5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Bb3 Qb6 15.Qc1 d4
16.c5 Qd8 17.e4 Nh5 18.Na3 Nf4 19.Rxf4 exf4 20.Qxf4 Qe7 21.Rc1 Be6 22.Bd5 Rac8
23.b4 a5 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Qe5 axb4 26.Nc4 Rxc5 27.Qxd4 b5  0-1

[Event "European Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Briestensky,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 Qe7 5.Qc2 d6 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e3 e5 8.Be2 Re8
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.Nd2 exd4 12.cxd4 cxd4 13.Bd3 dxe3 14.Bxh7+ Kh8 15.fxe3 Nbd7
16.Bf5 Qe5 17.Nf3 Qc5 18.Kh1 Ng8 19.Bf4 Nf8 20.Bd3 f6 21.Nd4 g5 22.Bg3 Bd7
23.Rae1 Rac8 24.Qd1 g4 25.Bf5 Nh6 26.Bxd7 Nxd7 27.Bf4 Qh5 28.Bxh6 Qxh6 29.Nf5 Qg5
30.Nxd6 Ne5 31.Rf5 Qg7 32.Nxc8 Rxc8 33.Ref1 Rc6 34.Rh5+ Kg8 35.Qd8+ Kf7 36.Rxe5 Kg6
37.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "European Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jaracz,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C23"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 c6 3.Nf3 d6 4.O-O Be7 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bb3 b5
9.a3 a6 10.Qf3 Re8 11.Nf5 Bf8 12.Bg5 Bxf5 13.Qxf5 Nbd7 14.Rad1 Re5 15.Qf4 Qb6
16.Qh4 h6 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Bd4 Re7 19.f3 Rae8 20.Qf2 Ne5 21.h3 Nfd7 22.Ne2 Ng6
23.Ng3 c5 24.Be3 c4 25.Ba2 Re5 26.c3 d5 27.f4 Rxe4 28.Nxe4 dxe4 29.f5 Nge5
30.Qg3 Nf6 31.Qh4 Bc5 32.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 33.Kh1 Nd3 34.Bb1 Nd5 35.Qg3 Qe3 36.Qd6 N5f4
37.Bxd3 Nxd3 38.f6 Nf2+ 39.Rxf2 Qxf2 40.Qe7 Ra8 41.Rd7 Qxf6 42.Qxe4 Rd8 43.Rxd8+ Qxd8
44.Qc6 Qf6 45.Qb7 Kh7 46.Qe4+ g6 47.Qb7 Kg7 48.Qa7 Qf1+ 49.Kh2 Qf4+ 50.Kh1 Qc1+
51.Kh2 Qf4+ 52.Kh1 Qd6 53.Qe3 h5 54.Qe4 Qf6 55.Qb7 Qe6 56.Qa7 h4 57.Qd4+ Qf6
58.Qe4 g5 59.Qd5 Qf1+ 60.Kh2 Qf4+ 61.Kh1 Kg6 62.Qc6+ Qf6 63.Qe4+ Kh6 64.Qa8 Qe6
65.Qh8+ Kg6 66.Qg8+ Kf6 67.Qd8+ Kf5 68.Qd1 Kg6 69.Qd4 Qf6 70.Qe4+ Kg7 71.Qb7 Qd6
72.Qe4 Qd1+ 73.Kh2 Qf1 74.Qc6 Qf6 75.Qd5 Kh6 76.Qa8 Qd6+ 77.Kh1 Kg7 78.Qe4 Kf6
79.Qf3+ Ke7 80.Qb7+ Ke6 81.Qe4+ Kf6 82.Qf3+ Kg6 83.Qe4+ Kg7 84.Qf5 Qf4 85.Qd5 Kh7
86.Qb7 Kg6 87.Qxa6+ Kh5 88.Qxb5 Qf1+ 89.Kh2 Qf4+ 90.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Jaracz,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Bb3 b5 8.a4 Bb7
9.Qe2 c5 10.Rd1 Qb8 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Nc3 b4 14.Na4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Be7
16.h3 O-O 17.e4 Rd8 18.Bc2 Bd6 19.Nb5 Bh2+ 20.Kh1 Be5 21.Be3 Bc6 22.Na7 Ba8
23.Qc4 Rc8 24.Qxc8+  1-0

[Event "European Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Andriasian,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Bf4 Qa5 13.h3 Bh5 14.e5 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nd5
16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Bb5 Qd8 18.Qb3 Be7 19.Rfc1 a6 20.Bd3 Rb8 21.Rc3 Bg5 22.Bxg5 Qxg5
23.Rc7 Nf8 24.Rxb7 Rbc8 25.Bxa6 Ng6 26.Qe3 Nf4 27.Bf1 Qf5 28.a5 h5 29.a6 h4
30.a7 Ra8 31.Rc7 g5 32.Qf3 Kg7 33.b4 Kh6 34.b5 Rg8 35.b6 g4 36.hxg4 Rxg4
37.b7 Rag8 38.b8=Q Nxg2 39.Qxg8 Rxg8 40.Qxf5 Ne1+ 41.Kh1 exf5 42.Rxe1  1-0

[Event "European Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Swiercz,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 b6
9.Nc3 Ba6 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.cxd5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 cxd5 13.Qa4 Qd7 14.Qxd7 Nxd7 15.Bf4 Rac8
16.Rfc1 Bf6 17.e3 Nb8 18.a4 Nc6 19.Nb5 Be7 20.Bf1 Bb7 21.Bd6 Rce8 22.Rc3 a6
23.Bxe7 Rxe7 24.Nd6 Ba8 25.Bxa6 Rd8 26.Bb7 Rxb7 27.Rxc6 Rbd7 28.Rxb6 Rxd6
29.Rb3 Ra6 30.Kf1 Bc6 31.Rb4 Rda8 32.b3 g5 33.Ke2 Kf8 34.Kd3 Ke7 35.Rc1 Kd6
36.Rc5 g4 37.Kd2 h5 38.Rc1 R8a7 39.Rc5 Ra8 40.Rc1 f6 41.h3 e5 42.hxg4 hxg4
43.dxe5+ fxe5 44.Rxg4 Bd7 45.Rg6+ Be6 46.Rg7 Rb8 47.Rc3 Rab6 48.Kc2 d4 49.exd4 exd4
50.Rf3 Rxb3 51.Rxb3 Rxb3 52.Rg6 Rf3 53.a5 Ke5 54.Rg5+ Bf5+ 55.Kd2 Kf6 56.Rh5 Rxf2+
57.Ke1 Ra2 58.a6 d3 59.Rh4 Ke5 60.g4 Be4 61.Rh3  0-1

[Event "European Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ruck,R1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.h4 Bg4 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Ne5 cxd4 10.exd4 Nb4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Be2 Nf6 13.h5 Rc8 14.Bf3 Ne4 15.Bxe4 dxe4
16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Be3 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 Qxd4 19.Rd1  1-0

[Event "European Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruck,R1"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Bc4 c6 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O b5 8.c3 Qc7
9.Re1 e5 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nf1 a5 12.h3 Rb8 13.axb5 cxb5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bd2 Bb7
16.Ng3 a4 17.Ba2 Nb6 18.Qc1 Kh7 19.Nh2 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Ng4 Ng8
23.Ne3 Qe6 24.c4 Rfc8 25.Qd1 bxc4 26.Rxa4 Nf6 27.Qc2 Ba6 28.Bc3 Bb5 29.Ra5 Nd7
30.Nd5 Nc5 31.Ra7 Rb7 32.Raa1 Bc6 33.Ne3 Nd3 34.Ra7 Ra8 35.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korobov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 Nh5 11.bxa5 b6 12.Bb4 bxa5 13.Ba3 Nf4 14.c5 f5 15.Nd2 Nxe2+
16.Nxe2 Ba6 17.Re1 Bh6 18.Nc3 Kh8 19.Rb1 Ng8 20.Nb5 Bxb5 21.Rxb5 Nf6 22.cxd6 cxd6
23.exf5 gxf5 24.Nc4 Ne4 25.Qh5 Rf6 26.Rb6 Rc8 27.Rc6 Rb8 28.f3 Nd2 29.Nxd6 Qg8
30.Nxf5 Rxc6 31.dxc6 Bf4 32.Be7 Qe6 33.c7 Rc8 34.Nd6 Rxc7 35.Qe8+ Kg7 36.Bf8+  1-0

[Event "European Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Korobov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 dxc4 8.Bxf6 Nxf6
9.Nxc4 Qc7 10.g3 Be7 11.Bg2 O-O 12.Rc1 Rd8 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.O-O Rac8 15.Rfd1 Be8
16.a3 c5 17.d5 exd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 b5 20.e4 bxc4 21.Qxc4 Qb6 22.b3 a5
23.Rd3 Bb5 24.Bxf7+ Kf8 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Qe6 Rd6 27.Qf5 Rf6 28.Qxh7 Kxf7
29.e5 Rg6 30.Rd1 Qe6 31.f4 Qxb3 32.e6+ Qxe6  0-1

[Event "European Blitz 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.e4 O-O 8.Nge2 d6
9.O-O Nc6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Be3 Qa5 12.g4 b5 13.Ng3 b4 14.Nce2 h5 15.g5 Nh7 16.Qc1 Rfc8
17.f4 Nf8 18.f5 h4 19.f6 hxg3 20.fxg7 Ne6 21.Nxg3 Rc7 22.Rf2 Rac8 23.a3 b3
24.c3 Ne5 25.Qd1 Nc4 26.Bd4 Qxg5 27.Qf3 f6 28.Bf1 Nxd4 29.cxd4 Nd2 30.Qd3 Rc2
31.Rg2 Qf4 32.Rd1 Nf3+ 33.Kh1 Bxh3 34.Re2 Qxg3 35.Qxb3+ Kxg7  0-1

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harazinska,Ewa"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Re8
9.Qc2 exd4 10.Nxd4 c6 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.b4 a5 13.a3 Ne5 14.h3 Qe7 15.f4 Ned7
16.Bf3 axb4 17.axb4 h5 18.Rfe1 Nf8 19.Qd3 N6d7 20.Nde2 Ra3 21.Ra1 Rb3 22.Reb1 Rxb1+
23.Rxb1 f5 24.Rd1 Nf6 25.e5 dxe5 26.fxe5 N6d7 27.Bf4 Ne6 28.Bg3 h4 29.Bh2 Nxe5
30.Bxe5 Bxe5 31.c5 Kg7 32.Na4 Rd8 33.Qc2 Rxd1+ 34.Qxd1 Ng5 35.Qd3 Be6 36.Nb6 Nxf3+
37.Qxf3 Qg5 38.Qd3 f4 39.Kf2 Bf5 40.Qf3 Be6 41.Qd3 Qe7 42.Nc4 Bd5 43.Nb6 Bf7
44.Nc4 Bxc4 45.Qxc4 Qf6 46.Qd3 g5 47.Qd7+ Qf7 48.Qd3 Bf6 49.Qf5 Qe7 50.Qd3 Qe6
51.Qf3 Qc4 52.Qg4 Qxb4 53.Qd7+ Kh6 54.Qd6 Qb2 55.Qf8+ Bg7 56.Qd6+ Qf6 57.Qd7 Qe5
58.Qd6+ Qxd6 59.cxd6 Kg6 60.Kf3 Kf7 61.Ke4 Ke6 62.d7 Bf6 63.Nc1 Kxd7 64.Kf5 Bd8
65.Ke5 b5 66.Nd3 Be7 67.Kd4 c5+ 68.Ke5 c4 69.Ne1 Kc6 70.Nc2 Kc5 71.Ke6 Bd8  0-1

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Iwanow,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bd3 d6 6.Nge2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.h3 Nc5
9.Bc2 a5 10.Be3 Qe7 11.g4 Bd7 12.Ng3 c6 13.a4 Na6 14.Rc1 Nb4 15.Bb1 Rfc8
16.g5 Ne8 17.h4 Nc7 18.h5 Rf8 19.Nf5 gxf5 20.exf5 f6 21.h6 fxg5 22.hxg7 Rxf5
23.dxc6 bxc6 24.Ne4 d5 25.Ng3 e4 26.Qh5 Qxg7 27.Bd4 Qf7 28.Nxf5 Bxf5 29.Qxg5+ Bg6
30.Qe5 Qd7 31.cxd5 Nbxd5 32.Rxc6  1-0

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kula,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 c6 8.h4 h5 9.f3 Nc7
10.Nh3 Nh7 11.Be3 e5 12.d5 cxd5 13.cxd5 Qxh4+ 14.Nf2 Qe7 15.g4 h4 16.g5 f5
17.gxf6 Bxf6 18.O-O-O Kh8 19.Rdg1 g5 20.Bf1 a6 21.Bh3 Nb5 22.Ne2 Bg7 23.Bf5 Bxf5
24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Ne4 Bh6 26.Kb1 Rg8 27.Rh3 Nc7 28.N2c3 Ne8 29.Qg2 Rff8 30.Qd2 Qd7
31.Rh2 Rxf3 32.Bxg5 Bxg5 33.Nxg5 Qf5+ 34.Nce4 Rxg5  0-1

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Antoniewski,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd2 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Qe2 Nb6 14.Qd3 g6 15.Bb3 Bd7
16.Ne5 Bc6 17.Rfe1 Nbd5 18.Qh3 Nh5 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Nxf7 Kxf7 21.Qxe6+ Ke8
22.d5 Bd7 23.Qe5 Rf5 24.Qh8+ Rf8 25.Qxh7 Bf5 26.d6 Qxd6 27.Rad1 Nf6 28.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andriasian,Z"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.Nd2 c6 8.Ba4 d6
9.c3 Bb6 10.Nc4 Bc7 11.Ne3 O-O 12.Qf3 g6 13.Bb3 Qe7 14.h3 Kg7 15.g4 h5 16.Qg3 hxg4
17.hxg4 Rh8 18.Bd2 Bb6 19.f3 d5 20.Kg2 Be6 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Bc1 d4 23.Nc4 Bxc4
24.Bxc4 dxc3 25.bxc3 Ba5 26.Bb2 Nh7 27.d4 Bc7 28.Qf2 Ng5 29.Rh1 Qf6 30.d5 Bb6
31.Qe2 Nh3 32.Bc1 Nf2 33.g5 Qe7 34.Rxh8 Rxh8 35.Rg1 Qd7 36.Kf1 Rh2 37.Be3 Qh3+
38.Ke1 Bxe3 39.Qxe3 Qh4 40.Kf1 Nh3 41.Rg4 Rh1+ 42.Kg2 Nf4+ 43.Qxf4 Qh3+  0-1

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Korobov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 a5 12.e4 e5 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.h3 Rfe8 15.Be3 Rac8
16.Rac1 Qb8 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Nxe4
22.Qc2 Nf6 23.Bd4 Qf4 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.Bxh7+ Kh8 26.Be4 Qe7 27.Rd4 Rcd8 28.Qe2 g6
29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Qf3 Kg8 31.Rb1 Rd6 32.Qf4 Kg7 33.Bf3 Qf6 34.Qc1 Bc8 35.Qc5 Bd7
36.Rc1 Rd4 37.Re1 Rc4 38.Qa7 Bxh3 39.Be2 Qg5 40.Bf1 Rg4 41.Qa1+ Kh7 42.g3 Bxf1
43.Kxf1 Qd5 44.Kg1 Qd4 45.Qc1 Rxg3+ 46.Kf1 Qd3+ 47.Re2 Qd5 48.Qf4 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kempinski,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Ne2 c5 8.d5 e6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nec3 Na6 11.a4 exd5 12.exd5 Nc4 13.Nd2 Ne5 14.Nde4 c4 15.Bg5 f6
16.Bf4 Nd3 17.Bd6 f5 18.Bxf8 Qxf8 19.Nd2 Nxb2 20.Qc2 Qb4 21.Rac1 Bd7 22.d6 Kh8
23.Na2 Qa3 24.Bxb7 Qxa2 25.Bxa6 c3 26.Nb1 Qxa4 27.Nxc3 Qxa6 28.Qxb2 Qxd6
29.Rfd1 Qc6 30.Qa3 Re8 31.Nd5 Qa4 32.Qc5 f4 33.Nxf4 Bg4 34.Re1 Rg8 35.Qd5 Qa3
36.h3 Bf3 37.Qd3 Qxd3 38.Nxd3 Ra8 39.Ne5 Bd5 40.Rc5 Bg8 41.Ra1 Re8 42.f4 g5
43.Rxa7 gxf4 44.gxf4 Rf8 45.Rcc7 Bh6 46.Nf7+ Kg7 47.Nxh6+ Kxh6 48.Ra6+ Kh5
49.Rc5+ Kh4 50.Kh2 h5 51.Raa5 Bf7 52.Rf5 Rg8 53.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Stoma,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.O-O Bb4
9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Nd2 b5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Qb6 15.Bb4 Rc8
16.Bc5 Qb7 17.Rfa1 Ne8 18.Rb4 Qc7 19.h3 Nd7 20.Nb3 a5 21.Rba4 Rcb8 22.Qc3 Rb5
23.R4a3 Rab8 24.Rc1 a4 25.Nd2 Rxb2 26.Rxa4 f6 27.Ra6 Kf7 28.Qd3 g6 29.Raa1 Nxc5
30.dxc5 Qc6 31.e4 Nc7 32.e5 Qb5 33.Qe3 f5 34.Nf3 Kg7 35.Qg5 Rf8 36.Ra7 Rf7
37.Rxc7 Rxc7 38.Qf6+ Kh6 39.Nd4 Qe8 40.Nxe6 Qe7 41.Nxc7 Qxc7 42.c6 Re2 43.Qh4+ Kg7
44.Qd4  1-0

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovalev,Vl"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nd4 Bb4 4.c3 Bc5 5.Nf5  0-1

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Banusz,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 a5 9.cxd5 cxd5
10.Qb3 Nc6 11.Bd2 b6 12.Rfc1 Bb7 13.Nb5 Rc8 14.Rc2 Ne4 15.Be1 e6 16.Rac1 Re8
17.Na3 Re7 18.Bb5 Na7 19.Bd3 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Nd6 21.Ne5 f6 22.Nf3 Bc6 23.Nb1 Rb7
24.Nc3 Qd7 25.h3 Bf8 26.Nd2 b5 27.axb5 Naxb5 28.Qa2 Nxc3 29.bxc3 a4 30.c4 dxc4
31.Nxc4 Nxc4 32.Bxc4 Bd5 33.Bxd5 exd5 34.Bd2 Rb3 35.Bc1 Bd6 36.g3 Kf7 37.Kg2 h5
38.Qa1 g5 39.Ra2 g4 40.hxg4 hxg4 41.Rxa4 Qf5 42.Ra7+ Kg6 43.Qa4 Qf3+ 44.Kg1 Qd1+
45.Kg2 Qf3+ 46.Kg1 Qd1+ 47.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.Bf4 Re8 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Rfc1 a6
16.Rc2 Nb8 17.Qe3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Nc6 19.Be3 Be7 20.Rc3 g6 21.Qd1 Nxe5 22.dxe5 d4
23.Bxg6 dxc3 24.Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2011"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2011.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Melkumyan,H"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 f5 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.Nd5 Qf7 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Nh4 Nf6 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Be3 Be6 17.Nf3 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.Ng5 Qd7 20.Bg4 Qd6 21.Ne6 Bxe6 22.Qxd6 cxd6
23.Bxe6+ Kh8 24.Bd5 Nd4 25.Rad1 Rac8 26.Rd2 b6 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Be4 Be5 29.g3 g5
30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Bd3 Rc7 32.Re2 h5 33.Re4 Rcf7 34.f3 Re7 35.h4 d5 36.Re2 gxh4
37.Rh1 Bf6 38.Rxe7+ Bxe7 39.gxh4 Rf4 40.Rc1 Bxh4 41.Rc8 Rf7 42.Rc6 Re7 43.Rg6+ Kf8
44.Rd6 Re5 45.Rd7 Rg5+ 46.Kf1 Rg3 47.Be2 d3 48.Bd1 Rg5 49.Bb3 d2 50.Ke2 Rg2+
51.Kd1 Bg5 52.Rxd5 Ke7 53.f4 Bxf4 54.Rxh5 Rg1+ 55.Ke2 Re1+ 56.Kf3 Re3+ 57.Kxf4 Rxb3
58.Rd5 Rxb2 59.a3 Ke6 60.Ke4 b5 61.Rd8 Rb3 62.a4 Rb4+ 63.Ke3 Rxa4 64.Kxd2 a5
65.Kc3 Rc4+ 66.Kb3 a4+ 67.Ka3 Rc3+ 68.Ka2 Ke5 69.Rb8 Rb3 70.Rd8 Ke4 71.Rd7 Ke3
72.Rd5 b4 73.Rb5 Kd2 74.Ra5 Kc2 75.Rxa4 Rb2+ 76.Ka1 Rb1+  0-1

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aizpurua Zufiria,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.a3 Ne4 10.Qe1 Bf5 11.Rd1 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Qb6 13.b4 Be4 14.Be3 Rfc8 15.Qd2 a5
16.b5 Nb8 17.c4 dxc4 18.a4 c3 19.Qc1 Nd7 20.d5 Qd6 21.Bf4 Qb4 22.Ng5 c2 23.Rd2 Bb2  0-1

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aizpurua Zufiria,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd2 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Nd5 Qd8 8.Nxf6+ exf6
9.Ne2 Bd6 10.O-O Qc7 11.Ng3 Be6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Rxe6 Nd7 15.Qh5 Bxg3
16.hxg3 Rf7 17.Rae1 Nf8 18.R6e4 Qd7 19.Bb4 Ng6 20.Qe2  1-0

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nd7 5.Qxc4 a6 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O Ngf6
9.d3 Be7 10.e4 O-O 11.Bf4 c5 12.Nc3 b5 13.Rfd1 Qb6 14.a4 Rfc8 15.Qe2 b4 16.Nb1 c4
17.dxc4 Bxe4 18.Nbd2 Bc6 19.Nb3 Nc5 20.Be3 Bb7 21.a5 Qc7 22.Bf4 Qc6 23.Nxc5 Qxc5
24.b3  1-0

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 c5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd5
9.Bd2 Nb4 10.Nc2 Bd7 11.Nxb4 Bxb4 12.Bg2 Bc6 13.O-O Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nc6 15.Be3 Qxd1
16.Rfxd1 Ke7 17.Na2 Rhc8 18.Nxb4 Nxb4 19.Rac1 Ke8 20.Bd4 f6 21.Rc3 Rd8 22.Rc4 Nc6
23.Rd2 Rd5 24.Bc3 Rxd2 25.Bxd2 Rd8 26.Bc3 Rd1 27.g4 e5 28.g5 fxg5 29.Rg4 h6
30.h4 Kf7  0-1

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2011.19.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stellwagen,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 e6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.e4 b4 11.exd5 cxd5 12.cxd5 bxc3 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Be7 15.Nxe6 Nc5
16.Nxg7+ Kf7 17.Qe3 Qd5 18.dxc5 Rhg8 19.Qxc3 Rxg7 20.g3 Qxc5 21.Qxc5 Bxc5
22.Bb2 Rg5 23.Kg2 Rd8 24.Rad1 Rgd5 25.Rxd5 Rxd5 26.Bxf6 Kxf6 27.Rc1 a5 28.Rc2 Bb4
29.h3 Kf5 30.Rc7 h6 31.Rh7 Kg6 32.Ra7 Rd2 33.Ra6+ Kg7 34.a3 Bc5 35.Rxa5 Rxf2+
36.Kh1 Rf1+ 37.Kg2 Rf2+ 38.Kh1 Bd6 39.Ra7+ Kf6 40.Ra6 Ke7 41.Ra7+ Kf6 42.Ra6 Rd2
43.b4 Ke5 44.Rc6 Rd3 45.Rc4 Kf5 46.Rh4 Bxg3 47.Rxh6 Bf4 48.Rc6 Ke4 49.Kg2 Rxa3
50.Rc4+ Ke3 51.Rc2 Be5 52.Rf2 Ra8 53.Rf3+ Ke4 54.Rb3 Rg8+ 55.Kf1 Kd4 56.h4 Kc4
57.Rh3 Kxb4 58.h5 Kc5 59.h6 Kd6 60.Ke2 Ke6 61.Kf3 Kf7 62.Ke4 Ke6 63.h7 Rh8
64.Rh6+ Bf6 65.Kf4 Kf7 66.Kf5 Bg7 67.Rh1 Rb8 68.Rh5 Bh8 69.Kg5 Rb5+ 70.Kg4 Rb1
71.Kf5 Rf1+ 72.Kg5 Kg7 73.Rh3 Rb1 74.Rh5 Kf7 75.Kf5 Rb4 76.Kg5 Bf6+ 77.Kf5 Rb8
78.Rh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2011.20.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dgebuadze,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Nc6 8.e3 Ne7
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Qb3 Ba5 11.O-O-O Nf5 12.d5 Qe7 13.Nb5 Kf8 14.Bd3 a6 15.Nc3 Nd6
16.Nde4 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 d6 19.Bf3 e5 20.Qc2 Bc8 21.Be4 Bd7 22.Kb1 Rg8
23.g3 Re8 24.h3 Rg5 25.Rdg1 Qd8 26.h4 Rg7 27.Bf5 Ke7 28.Bxd7 Qxd7 29.e4 Reg8
30.Re1 f5 31.exf5 Kf6 32.f4 Rxg3 33.fxe5+ dxe5 34.Rhf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maze,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Bf5 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd4 Bd7 10.b3 c5 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Bb2 Rb8 13.Rb1 Qc8 14.Qd2 Bh3 15.Nc2 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Rd8 17.e4 Nb7 18.Rfe1 h5 19.Rbd1 Nc5 20.Ba1 h4 21.Qe2 e5 22.Bb2 Bh6
23.Ba3 Nb7 24.Rd3 Qe6 25.h3 Kg7 26.g4 Nd7 27.Na4 Qe7 28.c5 dxc5 29.Red1 Nf8
30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Rxd8 Qxd8 32.Nxc5 Nxc5 33.Bxc5 Ne6 34.Be3 Bxe3 35.fxe3 Ng5
36.Ne1 Nxe4 37.Qd3 Qd5 38.Qxd5 cxd5 39.Nf3 Kf6 40.Nxh4 a5 41.Kf1 Nc3 42.a4 Na2
43.Nf3 g5 44.e4 d4 45.Nd2 Ke6 46.Nc4 Nc3 47.Nxa5 Nxe4 48.Nc4 Nc5 49.a5 Na6
50.Nd2 Kd5 51.Nf3 f6 52.h4 e4 53.Ke2 Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Maze,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Qe2 d6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Nbd2 g4 11.Nh4 Qg5 12.O-O-O Ne7 13.Kb1 Ng6 14.d4 exd4 15.Nxg6 Qxg6
16.cxd4 Bxd4 17.f4 Bg7 18.f5 Qg5 19.Nf1 d5 20.Ne3 c6 21.Ba4 Re8 22.Bc2 Nxg3
23.hxg3 Bxf5 24.Nxf5 Qxf5 25.Rd2 Qe5 26.Bd3 Qxg3 27.Qf1 dxe4 28.Bc4 Re7 29.Rf2 Qe5
30.Rh4 h5 31.Qh1 b5 32.Bb3 Qd4 33.Re2 Qd3+  0-1

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Bc4
16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5 18.Bf4 c5 19.Qa5 Be2 20.Re1 e5 21.Bxe5 Nc4 22.Qa6 Qxe5
23.Rxe2 Qxc3 24.Ree1 Ne5 25.Rec1 Qd2 26.Rd1 Qb4 27.Rdb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 O-O 7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.Ne2 h6 10.Bh4 Ne5 11.O-O Ng6 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.f4 f5 14.Bf2 Nf6 15.Kh1 Bd7
16.h3 Kh8 17.Qc2 Ne7 18.Bh4 Ng6 19.Bf2 Ne7 20.Bh4 Ng6 21.Bf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Pyramides FFE Open"]
[Site "Le Port-Marly FRA"]
[Date "2012.01.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Capone,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Rc1 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Bf6 14.Be5 Bxe5 15.Qxe5 Re8
16.Qd4 Be6 17.Rc3 Rc8 18.Rfc1 Rxc3 19.Rxc3 Qa5 20.a3 h6 21.h3 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8
23.Qd1 Be6 24.Bf3 Qb5 25.Qd2 Qc4 26.Be2 Qb3 27.g4 h5 28.Qd4 hxg4 29.hxg4 Qc2
30.Bf3 Qb3 31.Kg2 b6 32.Qe5 g6 33.Qd4 a5 34.Kg3 b5 35.Be2 b4 36.axb4 axb4
37.Bf1 Kh7 38.Bb5 Kg8 39.Bf1 Kh7 40.f4 Qa4 41.Bd3 Qd1 42.Bxg6+  1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Pyramides FFE Open"]
[Site "Le Port-Marly FRA"]
[Date "2012.01.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fontaine,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Ne8 10.c5 f5 11.Ba3 Nf6 12.Ng5 h6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 fxe4 15.cxd6 cxd6
16.b5 Nf5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 Kh7 19.Bg4 Qa5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Bxd6 Re8 22.Rac1 Qb6
23.e7 e3 24.fxe3 Qxe3+ 25.Kh1 Rc8 26.Rcd1 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Rc1 28.Qf7 Qe1 29.h3 Qxf1+
30.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kh2 Rd1 32.Bb8  1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Pyramides FFE Open"]
[Site "Le Port-Marly FRA"]
[Date "2012.01.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Bg7 6.Qe3+ Qe7 7.Qxe7+ Kxe7 8.Nc3 d6
9.Bg5 c6 10.Ne4 Nd7 11.O-O-O h6 12.Bxf6+ Nxf6 13.Nxd6 Be6 14.Nxb7 Ng4 15.Nh3 Rhb8
16.Bxc6 Ne5 17.Na5 Bxh3 18.Bxa8 Rxa8 19.f4 Ng4 20.Nc6+ Ke8 21.Rd5 Rc8 22.Na5 Bg2
23.Rhd1 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Ne3 25.Rd2 Nxc4 26.Rc2 Bxb2+ 27.Rxb2 Nxa5+  0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Pyramides FFE Open"]
[Site "Le Port-Marly FRA"]
[Date "2012.01.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Edouard,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd2 Na5 12.Bc2 b5 13.Qf4 Bb7 14.Qh4 g6 15.d5 b4
16.d6 Qxd6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe7 Qc6 19.Bxe4 Qxe4 20.Qxe4 Bxe4 21.Bxb4 Nc6
22.Bxf8 Kxf8 23.Ng5 Bd5 24.Nxh7+ Ke7 25.Ng5 Nb4 26.a3 Nd3 27.b4 Rc8 28.Rfd1 Nf4
29.g3 Ne2+ 30.Kf1 Rc2 31.Rxd5 exd5 32.Re1 Kf6 33.Rxe2  1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Pyramides FFE Open"]
[Site "Le Port-Marly FRA"]
[Date "2012.01.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bb5 Be6
9.Nf3 c6 10.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Pyramides FFE KO"]
[Site "Le Port-Marly FRA"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "David,Alb"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.a3 g6 8.b4 a5 9.Bb2 Bg7
10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Qb3 a4 13.Qa2 Qc7 14.Rac1 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Rxe5
17.Qa1 Re6 18.h3 g5 19.Bd3 g4 20.Bf5 gxh3 21.Bxh3 Ng4 22.Bxg4 Rh6 23.f4 Bxc3
24.Bxc3 Bxg4 25.Bg7 Rg6 26.Be5 Qd7 27.e4 dxe4 28.f5 Bxf5 29.Rcd1 Qc8 30.Bf6 e3
31.Rd8+ Qxd8 32.Bxd8 Be4 33.Qd4 Bd5 34.g4 Rxd8 35.Re1 h5 36.Qxe3 Rxg4+ 37.Kh2 Rg2+
38.Kh3 Rg6 39.Qe7 Rf8 40.Re5 Be6+ 41.Kh2 h4 42.Rh5 h3 43.Qh4 Rg2+ 44.Kh1 Rg6
45.Rh8+ Kg7 46.Rh7+ Kg8 47.Rh8+ Kg7 48.Qh7+ Kf6 49.Rxf8 Rg2 50.Qh4+ Ke5 51.Rd8 Ra2
52.Qg3+ Kf6 53.Qh4+ Ke5 54.Qg5+ Ke4 55.Qh4+ Ke5 56.Qh5+ Ke4 57.Qh7+ Ke5 58.Qg7+ Kf5
59.Rd3 Rf2 60.Rxh3 Bd5+ 61.Kg1  1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Pyramides FFE KO"]
[Site "Le Port-Marly FRA"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "David,Alb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 c5 8.g3 Qa5
9.Bg2 Ne4 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 cxd4 12.Nxd5 O-O 13.a3 Bxd2+ 14.Qxd2 Qxd2+
15.Kxd2 Nc5 16.Rad1 Be6 17.b4 Na4 18.Ne7+ Kh8 19.Bxb7 Rae8 20.Bc6 Rxe7 21.Bxa4 Bc4
22.Rhe1 Rd8 23.Rc1 Bd5 24.Rc5 g6 25.Rec1 Kg7 26.Rc7 Rxc7 27.Rxc7 a6 28.Bc2 Rd6
29.h4 h6 30.Bd3 g5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Ra7 Rf6 33.Ke1 Rh6 34.Rxa6  1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Pyramides FFE KO"]
[Site "Le Port-Marly FRA"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "David,Alb"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.a3 a5 8.Be2 g6 9.b3 Bg7
10.Bb2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Rc1 Qc7 13.b4 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Rxe5 16.h3 Re8
17.Bf3 Nd7 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Nxb5 Qb8 20.Bxg7 Qxb5 21.Qd4 Bb7 22.Bh8 f6 23.Bxf6 Nxf6
24.Qxf6 axb4 25.axb4 Qc6 26.Qd4 Re4 27.Qd2 d4 28.b5 Qxb5 29.exd4 Qc6 30.f3 Re7
31.Rb1 Rae8 32.Qa2+ Qd5 33.Qxd5+ Bxd5 34.Rb6 Rd7 35.Rc1 Bf7 36.Rb4 Rc8 37.c6 Rdc7
38.Rb6 Bd5 39.Kf2 Rxc6 40.Rcxc6 Rxc6 41.Rb5 Bf7 42.h4 Kf8 43.Ke3 Ke7 44.g4 Re6+
45.Kf4 Rf6+ 46.Ke3 Re6+ 47.Kd3 Rf6 48.Rb7+ Ke8 49.Rb8+ Ke7 50.Ke4 Re6+ 51.Kf4 Rf6+
52.Kg3 Rd6 53.Rb4 Ke6 54.Kf4 h6 55.Ke4 Ke7 56.Rb7+ Kf6 57.g5+ hxg5 58.hxg5+ Ke6
59.d5+ Rxd5 60.Rxf7 Rxg5 61.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Pyramides FFE KO"]
[Site "Le Port-Marly FRA"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "David,Alb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 c5 7.Bxb4 cxb4 8.Qd3 O-O
9.Nbd2 d6 10.O-O a5 11.e4 e5 12.Nh4 Nc6 13.d5 Nd4 14.f4 Nd7 15.Ndf3 Nc5 16.Qd1 Nxf3+
17.Qxf3 exf4 18.Nf5 Bc8 19.Nd4 Qf6 20.Rad1 Ba6 21.Qe2 Rae8 22.gxf4 Bc8 23.Qe3 Qh6
24.Rde1 f6 25.Kh1 Bd7 26.Qg3 Re7 27.Re3 Rfe8 28.Rfe1 Qg6 29.Qf3 Bg4 30.Qf1 Bd7
31.f5 Qf7 32.Ne6 Rc8 33.Rg3 Bxe6 34.fxe6 Qf8 35.Qf4 Rd8 36.Rf1 Kh8 37.Bh3 g6
38.Rgf3 Kg8  1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Pyramides FFE KO"]
[Site "Le Port-Marly FRA"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Fier,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "A69"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8
10.e5 Nfd7 11.O-O dxe5 12.d6 Nc6 13.Ng5 exf4 14.Nxf7 Bd4+ 15.Qxd4 cxd4 16.Nxd8 Rxd8
17.Nb5 g5 18.h4 h6 19.Nc7 Rb8 20.Bc4+ Kh7 21.Ne6 Nde5 22.Nxd8 Nxc4 23.Nxc6 bxc6
24.b3 Nxd6 25.g3 Ba6 26.Re1 Nf5 27.gxf4 g4 28.Re5 Kg6 29.Re6+ Kh5 30.Re5 Kg6
31.Bd2 Rh8 32.Rc1 Bb7 33.Rcc5 Nxh4 34.Rg5+ Kf6 35.Kf2 Nf3 36.Rgf5+ Kg6 37.Bb4 Bc8
38.Rf8 Rxf8 39.Rxc6+ Rf6 40.Rxc8 Kf5 41.Kg3 d3 42.Rd8 Ke4 43.Re8+ Kd4 44.Rd8+ Ke4
45.Re8+ Kf5 46.Rd8 Rb6 47.Bc5 Rc6 48.Bxa7 d2 49.Be3 Rc8 50.Rd7 Rc3 51.Kf2 Rc1
52.Bxd2 Rc2 53.Ke3 Nxd2 54.Rxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Pyramides FFE KO"]
[Site "Le Port-Marly FRA"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fier,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 c5 14.d5 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qb5
17.a3 Nb8 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Qg4 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Bf4 Nc6 22.Rfc1 Rd4 23.Qe2 Qd5
24.Be3 Kb7 25.Rd1 Rd3 26.f4 Nd4 27.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 28.Kg2 Qd5+ 29.Kg1 Rxg3+ 30.hxg3 Rh1+
31.Kf2 Rh2+ 32.Ke3 Bc5+ 33.Nxc5+ Qxc5+ 34.Kf3 Qh5+  0-1

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Trier GER"]
[Date "2012.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Stern,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qa4 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Nb3 Be4 14.Qc3 Nd5 15.Qa5 Bb4
16.Qxa6 c6 17.Ne5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Ne7 19.e4 f6 20.Nd3 Ra8 21.Nxb4 Rxa6 22.Nxa6 Qd6
23.Nac5 Ng6 24.a4 bxa4 25.Rxa4 f5 26.Ra7 fxe4 27.Rd7 Qb8 28.Rb7 Qc8 29.Ra1 e3
30.fxe3 e5 31.Rd7 Qe8 32.d5 cxd5 33.Kg1 Ne7 34.Nd2 Nf5 35.e4 dxe4 36.Ndxe4 Qg6
37.Raa7 Nd4 38.b4 Qh6 39.Rxg7+ Qxg7 40.Rxg7+ Kxg7 41.Kg2 Ra8 42.Nd3 Ra3 43.Nec5 e4
44.Nf4 Ra2+ 45.Kh3 e3 46.Ncd3 e2 47.b5 Nf3 48.Ng2 Rd2 49.Nc5 h5 50.g4 h4
51.g5 e1=Q 52.Nxe1 Rxh2+ 53.Kg4 Nxe1  0-1

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Trier GER"]
[Date "2012.02.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gauglitz,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 Na6
9.Nd4 Bd7 10.Rb1 c6 11.Nb3 Rb8 12.Be3 c5 13.Bd2 b6 14.a3 Nc7 15.Nc1 b5 16.cxb5 Bxb5
17.Nxb5 Qxb5 18.Bc3 Qc4 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.b3 Qd4 21.Qxd4 Bxd4 22.e3 Bf6 23.a4 a5
24.e4 c4 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Re1 Rb4 27.Bh3 Nxd5 28.Bxf5 Nc3 29.Rb2 Kg7 30.Be6 d5
31.Na2 Nxa2 32.Rxa2 cxb3 33.Rae2 b2 34.Rb1 Rxa4  0-1

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.03.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Areshchenko,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.Rc1 Qd8 15.Qd2 cxd4
16.cxd4 Qa5 17.Qxa5 Nxa5 18.Bd3 Rfc8 19.Rb1 a6 20.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Rc8
22.Bc7 Nc6 23.Bb6 e6 24.Kf2 Bf8 25.g4 Be7 26.Ke3 e5 27.dxe5 Nxe5 28.Rxc8+ Bxc8
29.Nc3 Be6 30.Be2 g5 31.Nd5 Kf8 32.Nxe7 Kxe7 33.a3 Nc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.03.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Swiercz,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 a6 5.f4 b5 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.e5 c5 9.Be4 Bxe4
10.Nxe4 Qa5+ 11.c3 cxd4 12.Qxd4 dxe5 13.Qd5 Rd8 14.O-O-O Ngf6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Qc6 b4 17.fxe5 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Nd6+ exd6 20.Rhe1 O-O 21.Rxe5 Nxe5
22.Qxa6 bxc3 23.bxc3 Rc8 24.Qxd6 Rxc3+ 25.Kb1 Re3 26.Qc7 Kg7 27.a4 Ra8 28.a5 Rb3+
29.Kc2 Rb5 30.Ra1 Ra6 31.Kd1 Rd5+ 32.Ke1 Nc6 33.Qb7 Re5+ 34.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.20"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Soffer,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "E97"]

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.Nd2 Nd7 10.b4 f5 11.c5 dxc5 12.bxc5 Nxc5 13.Ba3 b6 14.Bc4 Kh8 15.Bxc5 bxc5
16.Nb3 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Bb7 18.Nbxc5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.Qxd5 Nxd5 21.Rfd1 c6
22.Rac1 Rfb8 23.Ne6 Rb6 24.Nd6 Nf4 25.Nxf4 exf4 26.Nf7+ Kg8 27.Nd8 Rc8 28.Ne6 Bh6
29.Rc4 Rb2 30.a4 a5 31.h4 Rb4 32.Rdd4 Re8 33.Ng5 Bf8 34.Ne4 c5 35.Rxb4 axb4
36.Rc4 b3 37.Kf1 b2 38.Nc3 Bg7 39.Nb1 Bd4 40.a5 Kf7 41.a6 Ke6 42.Ke2 Kd5+
43.Kd3 Kc6 44.Ra4 Kb6 45.Ra3 Ka7 46.Rb3 Re1 47.Nd2 Kxa6  0-1

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ruck,R1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nc7 7.O-O e5 8.a3 Rb8
9.Rb1 f6 10.d3 Be7 11.Be3 Be6 12.Nd2 Qd7 13.b4 cxb4 14.axb4 Bxb4 15.Bxc6 Qxc6
16.Rxb4 Qxc3 17.Rb1 Qc6 18.Qc1 O-O 19.Bxa7 Ra8 20.Qxc6 bxc6 21.Bc5 Rfc8 22.Rb2 Nb5
23.Rc1 Ra2 24.Rxa2 Bxa2 25.f4 exf4 26.gxf4 Kf7 27.Kf2 Be6 28.Ra1 g5 29.fxg5 fxg5
30.e4 Kg6 31.Nf3 h6 32.Ne5+ Kf6 33.d4 Bf7 34.Ke3 Be8 35.Rf1+ Kg7 36.Bf8+ Kh7
37.Rf6 h5 38.Nf3 h4 39.Nxg5+ Kg8 40.Be7 Kg7 41.Ne6+ Kh7 42.Rf4 h3 43.Rf3 Kg8
44.Rf8+ Kh7 45.Bc5 Kg6 46.Nf4+ Kg7 47.Nh5+ Kg6 48.Nf6 Nc7 49.Bd6 Kg7 50.e5 Nd5+
51.Kf2 Nxf6 52.exf6+ Kg6 53.f7  1-0

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Hovhannisyan,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Nxe6 Rxe6 15.g4 hxg4
16.hxg4 Nh4 17.Ne2 f5 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Ng3 Bxb2 20.Rb1 Bd4 21.Rxb7 Bb6 22.Bxc7 Re7
23.Rb8+ Rxb8 24.Bxb8 Nf3+ 25.Kg2 Ne1+ 26.Kh3 g6 27.g5 Nf3 28.Bf4 Rh7+ 29.Kg2 Nh4+
30.Kg1 Nf3+ 31.Kg2 Nh4+ 32.Kg1 Nf3+ 33.Kg2 Nh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.23"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Delchev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.a3 Ne4 11.Nxd5 Be6 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Rad8 15.Bb2 Na5
16.Nd4 Bb3 17.Re1 Ba4 18.e3 Nc4 19.Bc1 b5 20.f4 Bb6 21.Rb1 Ba5 22.Rb4 Bxb4
23.axb4 f5 24.e4 fxe4 25.Ne6 Bc2 26.Nxd8 Rxd8 27.Kf2 a6 28.Re2 Bb1 29.Re1 Bc2
30.Re2 Bb1 31.Re1 Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bf4 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 13.Nc3 Bxd4 14.Nd5 d6 15.Bg5 Bf6
16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Bd3 f5 19.Qe3 Be6 20.Qf3 c6 21.Bxf5 Bxf5 22.Qxf5 Qe7
23.Qg4+ Kf8 24.Qd4 f6 25.g3 d5 26.Rd1 Re8 27.Qxa7 Qb4 28.Qd4 Qxd4 29.Rxd4 Re2
30.Rb4 b5 31.c3 h5 32.Kg2 Kf7 33.Kf3 Re1 34.a4 bxa4 35.Rxa4 Ke6 36.h4 Rb1
37.Rb4 c5 38.Rb8 c4 39.Rb4 Ke5 40.Rb8 Kf5 41.Ke3 Ke5 42.Rb7 Re1+ 43.Kf3 Rb1
44.g4 hxg4+ 45.Kxg4 Rg1+ 46.Kf3 Rh1 47.Rh7 Rb1 48.h5 Rxb2 49.h6 Rb1 50.Re7+ Kd6
51.Re8 Rh1 52.Rh8 Ke5 53.h7 Kf5 54.Rd8 Rxh7 55.Rxd5+ Ke6 56.Rc5 Rh3+ 57.Ke4 Rxc3
58.Rc6+ Kf7 59.Kd4 Rf3 60.Rxc4 Rxf2 61.Ke3 Ra2 62.Kf4 Kg6 63.Rb4 Ra1 64.Rb5 Rh1
65.Kg4 f5+ 66.Kf4 Rf1+ 67.Kg3 Kg5 68.Rb8 Rg1+ 69.Kf3 Rf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Popov,Iv RUS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 h6 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.Qe2 Bb4 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Ne4 15.Ba1 Rad8
16.Rc1 Qb8 17.Rfd1 c5 18.Bb1 f5 19.Ne1 cxd4 20.exd4 Rfe8 21.f3 Nef6 22.Nd3 Rc8
23.Qe3 a5 24.c5 bxc5 25.Nxc5 Nxc5 26.dxc5 Nd7 27.Qc3 e5 28.Qxa5 Bc6 29.Qb4 f4
30.Qxb8 Rxb8 31.b4 d4 32.Bg6 Re6 33.Bd3 Kf8 34.Rd2 Ba4 35.Re2 Ke7 36.Bf5 Bb5
37.Bxe6 Kxe6 38.Rd2 Kd5 39.Rcd1 Ra8 40.Bxd4 exd4 41.Rxd4+ Ke6 42.c6 Nf6 43.Re1+ Kf7
44.Rc1  1-0

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.27"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Fridman,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O O-O 6.Ne5 Ng4 7.Nxg4 Bxg4 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.h3 Be6 12.e4 Nxd4 13.exd5 Bd7 14.Re1 e5 15.dxe6 Bxe6
16.Be3 Qd7 17.Ne2 Rad8 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Qxd4 20.Bxd4 Rxd4 21.Rad1 Rfd8
22.Rxd4 Rxd4 23.Re2 b6 24.a3 Kf8 25.h4 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Bg4 27.Rc2 Bf5 28.Rc7 Rd7
29.Rxd7 Bxd7 30.Kg1 Ke7 31.Kf1 Kd6 32.Ke1 Ke5 33.Kd2 Kd4 34.Bf1 h6 35.Bd3 g5
36.hxg5 hxg5 37.Bb1 f6 38.Bd3 Bg4 39.Bb1 Bf3 40.Bd3 Bg4 41.Bb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Re8 8.h3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Nc2 a6 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Qd2 b6 14.Rfd1 Bc8 15.b4 Bb7
16.f3 Ne5 17.Nd5 Ba8 18.Nd4 e6 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Nb3 Be7 21.Rbc1 Bf8 22.c5 dxc5
23.Qe1 Qf6 24.bxc5 b5 25.f4 Nc4 26.Bxc4 bxc4 27.Rxc4 e5 28.f5 Kh8 29.Qf2 Be7
30.fxg6 Qxg6 31.Qf5 Rg8 32.Qxg6 Rxg6 33.Rd7 Re8 34.Na5 Rg3 35.c6 Rxe3 36.c7 Rc8
37.Rxe7 Kg7 38.Rxe5 Rd3 39.Rec5 Rd7 40.Nb3 Kf8 41.Rb4 Re7 42.Rb8 Ree8 43.Rxc8 Rxc8
44.Nd2  1-0

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Azarov,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Rd1 Be7 12.Ne4 Be6 13.Nfg5 Bd5 14.b3 b5 15.Nc3 Rd8
16.Bf4 Rh6 17.Nxd5 Rxd5 18.Nf3 Rg6 19.c3 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 c5 21.Kf1 Ra6 22.Rd2 h4
23.g4 hxg3 24.fxg3 g6 25.g4 Ng7 26.Be3 Ra3 27.Rc2 Ra6 28.h4 Ne6 29.Kg2 c4
30.bxc4 Ra4 31.cxb5 Rxg4+ 32.Kh3 Ra4 33.Nd4 Nxd4 34.cxd4 Ra3 35.Re2 Ra5 36.Rb2 Ra3
37.Re2 Ra5 38.Rb2 Ra3 39.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Khismatullin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Re1 Re8 11.Qc2 g6 12.Ng5 Bf8 13.Ndf3 Nc6 14.b4 Bg7 15.Bb2 Ne7
16.Nd2 Qc7 17.Ngf3 Qf4 18.h3 Qc7 19.Rac1 d6 20.Bc3 a5 21.bxa5 bxa5 22.d5 e5
23.Nxe5 Nexd5 24.cxd5 dxe5 25.Bxe5 Qxc2 26.Bxc2 Bxd5 27.Ba4 Rec8 28.Nb3 Ne4
29.Rxc8+ Rxc8 30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.Nxa5 Ra8 32.Bc6 Rxa5 33.Bxd5 Nf6 34.Bc4 Ra4
35.Bb3 Rxa3 36.Bc4 Ra4 37.Bb3 Ra3 38.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Sjugirov,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Bc4 Qd8
9.b4 Bd6 10.Re1 h6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.a4 Bf5 13.Ne4 Be6 14.Bxe6 Rxe6 15.b5 Nb8
16.Nxd6 cxd6 17.c4 Nbd7 18.Ba3 Qc7 19.Rc1 Nc5 20.d4 exd4 21.Rxe6 fxe6 22.Nxd4 Re8
23.Qc2 Qf7 24.Rd1 Rc8 25.f3 Nfd7 26.Ne2 Qe7 27.Bb2 Ne5 28.Bxe5 dxe5 29.a5 Rd8
30.g3 Qc7 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.Qc3 e4 33.Kf2 exf3 34.Kxf3 b6 35.a6 Qa8+ 36.Ke3 Qe4+
37.Kd2 e5 38.h4 Kf7 39.Qe3 Qxc4 40.Qxe5 Qd3+ 41.Ke1 Qb1+ 42.Kd2 Qd3+ 43.Ke1 Qb1+
44.Kd2 Qd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2012.04.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Demel,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.g3 b6
9.Bg2 Ba6 10.Nd2 O-O 11.b4 Bb7 12.O-O Qc8 13.Bb2 a5 14.Na4 Qc7 15.b5 Na7
16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Bd4 Nc8 18.Qb3 d6 19.Qe3 Nd7 20.Rfd1 Re8 21.Nb3 Bf8 22.Bb2 Ne7
23.Qd3 Rac8 24.Rac1 Rc7 25.e4 Nc8 26.Qe2 Be7 27.Nd4 Bf6 28.Nc6 Bxb2 29.Qxb2 f6
30.Qe2 Ne5 31.Nd4 Nf7 32.Nc3 Rc5 33.Nc6 g6 34.e5 f5 35.Na4 Rxc6 36.bxc6 Qxc6
37.Nb2 Ng5 38.f3 Nxf3+ 39.Kf2 Nxh2 40.Nd3 Ng4+ 41.Kg1 dxe5 42.c5 e4 43.cxb6 Qxb6+
44.Nc5 Ne7  0-1

[Event "16th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2012.04.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Burschowsky,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.b4 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.d5 e5 14.O-O a5 15.Ne1 Qh4 16.Bd3 Bc8
17.f3 Ng5 18.Bxf5 g6 19.Bd3 Nf6 20.e4 Bd7 21.b5 Rf7 22.Be2 Raf8 23.Nd3 Nfxe4
24.fxe4 Qxe4 25.Rxf7 Rxf7 26.Rf1 Bh3 27.Bd1 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Bf5 29.Be2 Bh3
30.Bd1 Bf5 31.Ne1 Qf4+ 32.Qf2 Qxc4+ 33.Be2 Qxd5 34.Qh4 Ne4 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qxc7+ Kh6
37.Bc1+ Nd2+ 38.Bxd2+ Qxd2 39.Nf3 Qd5 40.Qxb6 e4 41.Qe3+  1-0

[Event "16th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2012.04.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Wagner,De"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "E98"]

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.Bf2 Bf8 21.Nb5 g4 22.Rc6 Bb7 23.Bxb6 Qb8
24.Bc7 Rxc7 25.Nxc7 Bxc6 26.Nxa8 Bd7 27.b4 Qxa8 28.Qb3 Qa7+ 29.Kh1 Qe3 30.Nc1 Qb6
31.a4 axb4 32.Na2 gxf3 33.gxf3 Bh3 34.Rg1 Qf2 35.Bd1 Nh5 36.Qc2 Qh4 37.a5 b3
38.Qxb3 Ng3+  0-1

[Event "16th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2012.04.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Heimann,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Ng5 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.cxd5 d6 11.e4 Nd7 12.Nf3 Bf6 13.Bf4 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Be3 Re8
16.Qd2 Nc7 17.f4 Bf6 18.Rad1 Ba6 19.Rfe1 Nb5 20.Ne2 Rc8 21.a4 Nd4 22.Nxd4 cxd4
23.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 24.Qxd4 Rc4 25.Qf2 Rxa4 26.e5 dxe5 27.fxe5 Bb7 28.e6  1-0

[Event "16th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2012.04.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Petr,Ma"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Bf4 g6 11.Qe3 Bg7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.O-O Ba6 14.b3 d6 15.Rae1 Nd7
16.Qf3 dxe5 17.Qxc6 Qc5 18.Qxd7 exf4 19.Nd5 Rad8 20.Qh3 Bb7 21.Bxg6 fxg6
22.Ne7+ Kh8 23.Nxg6+ Kg8 24.Ne7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2012.04.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bischoff,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.O-O d5 10.Nd2 Na6 11.e4 dxc4 12.Nxc4 b5 13.Ne3 Qb6 14.a4 Rfd8 15.e5 Nd5
16.Nexd5 cxd5 17.Nxb5 Bc6 18.Nd6 Nc7 19.a5 Qa6 20.Qh5 Bxd6 21.exd6 Ne8 22.Rfc1 Nxd6
23.Bf1 Bb5 24.Rc7 Rf8 25.Bh3 Ne8 26.Re7 Nf6 27.Qe5 Rfe8 28.Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2012.04.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rapport,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 a5 12.e4 e5 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Ne2 Rfe8 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 Bb8
17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.f4 Ba7+ 20.Kh1 Qc5 21.Bxf6 Qxc2 22.Bxc2 gxf6
23.Ng3 Bc5 24.Nh5 Be7 25.Rd7 Bc8 26.Rc7 Be6 27.f5 Bc4 28.Rxc6 Rac8 29.Nxf6+ Bxf6
30.Rxf6 Red8 31.Bd1 Rd2 32.b4 Ra8 33.bxa5 Rxa5 34.h3 b4 35.a4 Ra6 36.Rxa6 Bxa6
37.Bb3 Bb7 38.Rd1 Rxd1+ 39.Bxd1 Bxe4 40.a5 Bd5 41.a6 b3 42.f6 Kf8 43.Kh2 b2
44.Bc2 Ke8 45.g4 Kd7 46.h4 Kd6 47.a7 Ke5 48.g5 hxg5 49.hxg5 Bb7 50.Bb1 Kd5  1-0

[Event "16th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shanava,K"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Nf6
9.h3 a6 10.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 11.Kxf2 Qd4+ 12.Kg3 Nxe5 13.Nb3 Qd6 14.Bf4 Nfd7 15.Qh5 b5
16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.Qxe5 Qg6+ 18.Kh2 bxc4 19.dxc4 Qxc2 20.Rac1 Qf2 21.Nc5 Qd2
22.Rcd1 Qb4 23.Rd8 Bb7 24.Rd7 Qxc4 25.Nxb7 Qxa2 26.Rxc7 h6 27.Nd6 Rab8 28.Nf5 Qxb2
29.Rc3 f6 30.Qg3  1-0

[Event "16th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rau,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bh4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.e3 b6 10.Nb5 Be7 11.Be2 Ne8 12.Bg3 d6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Bf3 a6 15.Nd4 Qc8 16.Nxc6 Bxc6
17.Nd5 Bd8 18.Nb4 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Ra7 20.Qc6 Qxc6 21.Nxc6 Ra8 22.Rfd1 Bc7 23.e4 f6
24.f3 Kf7 25.Bf2 a5 26.Nd4 Ke7 27.Nb5 Rb8 28.Rc3 Rb7 29.Rb3 Kd7 30.f4 g6
31.Rh3 Rh8 32.Rg3 g5 33.f5 e5 34.Rb3 h5 35.Nc3 Kc6 36.Nd5 Bd8 37.Rdd3 Rhh7
38.Kf1 Rb8 39.Rh3 Rbb7 40.Rb5 Rb8 41.Rhb3 Rhb7 42.Ke2 Ng7 43.Kd2 Ne8 44.Kc2 Ng7
45.a4 Ne8 46.Rh3 Ng7 47.b4 axb4 48.Nxb4+ Kd7 49.Nd5 Kc6 50.Rhb3 Ne8 51.Kb2 Ng7
52.Nb4+ Kd7 53.a5  1-0

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Braun,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c5 8.d5 exd5
9.Nh4 Ne4 10.cxd5 Bxh4 11.Bxe4 Bf6 12.Qc2 g6 13.Bg2 d6 14.Nc3 Nd7 15.Ne4 Be7
16.Bh6 Re8 17.Qc3 Bf6 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Qd2 Ne5 20.Bg5 Qf5 21.e4 Nf3+ 22.Bxf3 Qxf3
23.Re3 Qh5 24.Bf6 g5 25.h4 Qg6 26.hxg5 Rxe4 27.Rae1 Rxe3 28.Rxe3 Qb1+ 29.Kh2 Qf5
30.Qe2 Kf8 31.Be7+ Kg7 32.Bxd6 Qxd5 33.Be5+ Kg8 34.f3 Re8 35.Bc3 Re6 36.Kg2 Bc8
37.Rxe6 Bxe6 38.Qe3 Qf5 39.g4 Qc2+ 40.Kg3 Qd1 41.a4 a5 42.g6 hxg6 43.Qe5 Kf8
44.Qh8+ Ke7 45.Bf6+ Kd6 46.Qd8+ Bd7 47.Qxb6+ Kd5 48.Qxa5 Qg1+ 49.Kh3 Qh1+
50.Kg3 Qg1+ 51.Kh3 Qh1+ 52.Kg3 Qg1+ 53.Kh4 Qf2+ 54.Kg5 Qxf3 55.Qa8+ Bc6 56.Qd8+ Kc4
57.Qe7 Qd5+ 58.Kh6 Bxa4 59.g5 Bc2 60.Qa7 Kd3 61.Qa6+ c4 62.Kg7 Ke4 63.Qa1 Kf5
64.Qf1+ Ke6 65.Qh3+ Bf5 66.Qh8 Qd7 67.Qa8 Kd6 68.Qa5 Kc6 69.Qa4+ Kd5 70.Qb4 Be6
71.Qe1 Kc6 72.Qe3 Qd5 73.Qa7 Qd7 74.Qa8+ Qb7 75.Qa4+ Qb5 76.Qa3 Kb7 77.Qe7+ Qd7
78.Qb4+ Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Boguslavskyy,O"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Bb7 8.Qd2 Ngf6
9.e5 Ng4 10.e6 fxe6 11.Ng5 Nf8 12.a4 b4 13.Nce4 h6 14.Nf3 Nf6 15.Nxf6+ exf6
16.Qxb4 Qc8 17.Nd2 Rb8 18.Qc4 f5 19.Nb3 Kf7 20.Rfd1 Nh7 21.Bf1 Nf6 22.Qe2 g5
23.f4 g4 24.Na5 Be4 25.c4 c5 26.Ra3 cxd4 27.Rxd4 e5 28.Rxd6 exf4 29.Bf2 Bf8
30.c5 Bxd6 31.cxd6 f3 32.Qd2 fxg2 33.Bc4+ Kg6 34.Bd4 Rd8 35.Qf4 Nh5  0-1

[Event "GP FFE 2nd stage"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2012.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.g3 Qc8 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.h3 Bd7 8.e4 O-O
9.e5 Ne8 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bf4 fxe5 12.dxe5 Nc6 13.Qe2 a5 14.O-O-O a4 15.Rhe1 a3
16.b3 Ra5 17.Rd5 Qa8 18.Qd2 Bf5 19.Rxa5 Qxa5 20.Nd5 Qxd2+ 21.Kxd2 e6 22.Nc3 h6
23.exd6 cxd6 24.Nb5 g5 25.Be3 Bb2 26.Nfd4 Nb4 27.g4 Bg6 28.Nxe6 Rf6 29.Bd5 Nxd5
30.cxd5 Bf7 31.Nbd4 Ng7 32.Nxg7 Kxg7 33.Nf5+ Kf8 34.h4 Bxd5 35.hxg5 hxg5
36.Bxg5 Re6 37.Bh6+ Kf7 38.Rxe6 Kxe6 39.Bg7 Bxg7 40.Nxg7+ Kf7 41.Nf5 Bxb3
42.Nxd6+ Kg6 43.Nb5 Bxa2 44.Ke3 Be6 45.Nxa3 Bxg4 46.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GP FFE 2nd stage"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2012.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Feller,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8
9.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GP FFE 2nd stage"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2012.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.Ng5 c5 11.Nce4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Qc7 13.Nxd6 Qxd6 14.Rd1 b5 15.Bd3 h6
16.b3 Bb7 17.dxc5 Qc6 18.Bh7+ Kh8 19.Be4 Qxe4 20.Qxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxd7 Rfd8 22.Rd6 Rdc8
23.f3 Bc6 24.e4 a5 25.a3 Kg8 26.Bb2 Kf8 27.Kf2 a4 28.b4 Be8 29.Rad1 Rc6 30.e5 Rac8
31.g4 Ke7 32.Bc1 Rxd6 33.exd6+ Kd7 34.h4 f6 35.g5 hxg5 36.hxg5 Bg6 37.Rg1 Rg8
38.Bb2 e5 39.Ke3 Kc6 40.Rd1 Kd7 41.Rh1 Kc6 42.Rh2 Kd7 43.Bc3 Kc6 44.Be1 Re8
45.gxf6 gxf6 46.Rh6 Rg8 47.Bh4 f5 48.f4 exf4+ 49.Kxf4 Be8 50.Bg5 Bd7 51.Rh7 Re8
52.Be7 Rg8 53.Bg5 Re8 54.Kf3 Rg8 55.Be3 Re8 56.Bf4 Rg8 57.Rf7 Re8 58.Bg5 Rg8
59.Be3 Re8 60.Bh6 Rh8 61.Bf4 Re8 62.Kg3 Rg8+ 63.Kf3 Re8 64.Bg5 Rg8 65.Kf4 Re8
66.Be7 Rg8 67.Rh7 Rg4+ 68.Kf3 Rg8 69.Rh3 Kd5 70.Bf6 Kc6 71.Bc3 Re8 72.Kf4 Rg8
73.Ke5 Re8+ 74.Kf6 f4 75.Rf3 Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GP FFE 2nd stage"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2012.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GP FFE 2nd stage KO"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2012.04.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Feller,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Nc2 Rc8 10.Be2 Nf6 11.O-O Na5 12.b3 b5 13.Be3 bxc4 14.b4 Nb7 15.a4 O-O
16.a5 d5 17.Bb6 Qd6 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Ne3 Be6 21.Bf3 Qb8 22.Nd5 Bg5
23.b5 e4 24.Bxe4 Nd6 25.Bxh7+ Kxh7 26.bxa6 c3 27.Qd3+ Bf5 28.Qg3 Ne4 29.Qxb8 Rxb8
30.a7 Rbc8 31.f4 Bf6 32.Rac1 Nd2 33.Rfe1 Nb3 34.Nxf6+ gxf6 35.a8=Q Rxa8 36.Rxc3 Nd2
37.Rc5 Kg6 38.Re3 Ne4 39.Rd5 Rfe8 40.h4 Bg4 41.Kh2 f5 42.Ra3 Nf6 43.Rd6 Re6
44.Rxe6 fxe6 45.a6 Be2 46.a7 Bc4 47.Bd4 Bd5 48.Ra6 Rh8 49.Kg3 Rc8 50.Be5 Nh5+
51.Kf2 Nf6 52.Bb8 Rc2+ 53.Ke3 Rxg2 54.Rxe6 Kf7 55.Rd6 Ra2 56.Kd4 Be4 57.Kc5 Ng4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GP FFE 2nd stage KO"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2012.04.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Feller,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.Ne1 Nge7 8.Nc2 O-O
9.Ne3 Be6 10.a3 Rb8 11.Rb1 a6 12.d3 b5 13.Ned5 bxc4 14.dxc4 Bf5 15.Nxe7+ Nxe7
16.Be4 Be6 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bf5 19.e4 Bh3 20.Re1 a5 21.Bd2 Bd7 22.b4 axb4
23.axb4 cxb4 24.Bxb4 Qf6 25.Qd3 Rb6 26.Ba5 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 Rc8 28.Bb7 Re8 29.c5 Bf8
30.c6 Bh3 31.c7 d5 32.Rc1 dxe4 33.Qxe4 Bc8 34.Rd1 Bc5 35.Rd8 Kg7 36.Qc2  1-0

[Event "GP FFE 2nd stage KO"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2012.04.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rc1 b6 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.Bh6 e6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qe3 Rfd8
16.f4 Qe7 17.Qf2 f5 18.Bd3 fxe4 19.Bxe4 Nxd4 20.cxd4 Bxe4 21.dxc5 bxc5 22.Rxc5 Rab8
23.Qe3 Rd3 24.Qc1 Rbd8 25.Ng3 Bb7 26.Re1 Rd1 27.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Qxc5+
29.Kh1 Qf2 30.Qg1 Qxa2 31.f5 gxf5 32.Nh5+ Kf7 33.Nf4 Qd2 34.Qf1 Ba6  0-1

[Event "GP FFE 2nd stage KO"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2012.04.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 c6 5.O-O Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Re1 O-O 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.Nbd2 Bf5 10.Ne4 Qb4 11.Bxd5 cxd5 12.c3 Qb6 13.Ng3 e6 14.Nxf5 gxf5 15.Ne5 Qd8
16.Qh5 Nc6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Re3 Qf6 19.Rg3 Kh8 20.Bf4  1-0

[Event "Coupe de France 2012"]
[Site "Bois-Colombes FRA"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ludwig,Re"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.e4 Bg7
9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qb3 Bc8 11.a4 O-O 12.Be2 Nh5 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Bh6 Bg7 15.Be3 Nd7
16.O-O Qe7 17.Rfe1 Rb8 18.h3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Bxh5 gxh5 21.f4 Qe7 22.e5 Bf5
23.Rad1 Qh4 24.Ne2 dxe5 25.Bf2 Qf6 26.fxe5 Qxe5 27.Ng3 Qf6 28.Bxc5 Rfe8 29.Nxf5 Qxf5
30.Ba7 Ra8 31.Qxb7 Bf8 32.d6  1-0

[Event "Coupe de France 2012"]
[Site "Bois-Colombes FRA"]
[Date "2012.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tournier,Math"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.Bb3 Qc7 11.h3 a6 12.Rd1 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Qe7
16.e4 Ne6 17.Be3 Nf4 18.Qb3 a5 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.e5 Bc5 21.Rac1 a4 22.Qc4 Bb6
23.Qxf4 a3 24.bxa3 Rxa3 25.Rc2 Bd7 26.Rb2 Ra4 27.Qg5 Qc5 28.Bb3 h6 29.Qd2  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2012"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.05.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ragger,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Be2 Re8 8.d4 Nbd7
9.O-O b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Rfe1 Rc8 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.Qb1 a6 15.Bf1 Ne4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Nd2 b5 18.g3 c5 19.a4 cxd4 20.Bxd4 Bc6 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rc1 Bb4
23.Rc2 Ne5 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Bh3 Rcd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2012"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.b5 fxg3 14.hxg3 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Qc8
17.Nd5 Qxe6 18.Nxc7 Qh3 19.Rf2 Rac8 20.Rh2 Qxg3+ 21.Rg2 Qh3 22.Qxd6 Rf7 23.c5 Nf5
24.exf5 Rfxc7 25.c6 Qxf5 26.Bc4+ Kh7 27.Be6 Qxf3 28.Bxc8 Rxc8 29.cxb7 Qxb7
30.Be3 Qxb5 31.Bxa7 Rc4 32.Qd1 Nd5 33.a4 Qb7 34.Bf2 Nf4 35.Rg3 Qe4 36.Ra2 Nh5
37.Re3 Qf5 38.a5 Rg4+ 39.Kf1 Rd4 40.Qb3 Nf4 41.Rg3 Rd3 42.Rxd3 Nxd3 43.a6 Qh3+
44.Kg1 Qg4+ 45.Kf1 Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2012"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.03"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Migot,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 e4 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Qb3 h6
9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Nh3 g5 11.f3 exf3 12.exf3 Bg7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rad1 a5 15.f4 a4
16.Nxa4 Bg4 17.fxg5 Bxd1 18.Rxd1 hxg5 19.Nc3 Qe7 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Rad8
22.a4 Rd7 23.Rf1 Bxd4+ 24.Kh1 Qe5 25.Bg2 Rfd8 26.Qc2 Be3 27.Ng1 Bxg1 28.Kxg1 Rd2
29.Qc4 Qe3+ 30.Kh1 Rf2 31.Qg4 Rxf1+ 32.Bxf1 Rd2 33.Qc8+ Kg7 34.Qxb7 Qf2 35.Qg2 Qxg2+  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2012"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nanu,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qb3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bf5 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.Bxg4 Nxg4 13.Nce4 Nf6 14.Nxf6+ exf6 15.Nf3 Nd7
16.Bd2 c5 17.a4 bxa4 18.Rxa4 Qb8 19.Qa2 cxd4 20.exd4 Qb5 21.Ra5 Qd3 22.Ra1 Rfb8
23.Bc3 Rb6 24.Nd2 Bh6 25.Qd5 Rd8 26.Ne4 Bf8 27.Nc5 Bxc5 28.Rxc5 Rb5 29.Rxb5 Qxb5
30.Qd6 Ra8 31.d5 Kg7 32.h3 Ra7 33.Bd4 Ra8 34.Re1 Qa4 35.Bc3 Rc8 36.Re7 Rxc3
37.bxc3 Ne5 38.Qc5 Qd1+ 39.Kh2 Qe1  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2012"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.05"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Svetushkin,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "D56"]

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.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 Nd7 12.Qc2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b6 14.Bd3 c5 15.Bh7+ Kh8
16.Be4 Rb8 17.O-O Ba6 18.Rc1 Rfc8 19.Qa4 Bb7 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.Qa6 Rbc7 22.b4 Nb8
23.Qc4 Nd7 24.h3 Qd6 25.Qa6 Qf8 26.Nd2 Qd8 27.R3c2 Nb8 28.Qc4 Rc6 29.dxc5 bxc5
30.b5 Rd6 31.Ne4 Rd5 32.Nc3 Rd6 33.Ne4 Rd5 34.Nc3 Rd6 35.Qf4 Kg8 36.Ne4 Rd1+
37.Kh2 c4 38.Nf6+ Kf8 39.Ne4 Kg8 40.Rxd1 Qxd1 41.Rd2 Qh5 42.Nd6 c3 43.Nxc8 cxd2
44.Ne7+ Kf8 45.Qd6 d1=Q 46.Ng6+ Kg8 47.Qxb8+ Kh7 48.Ne7  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2012"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.06"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 h6 12.Rd1 a6 13.e4 e5 14.h3 Qc7 15.Be3 Rfe8 16.b4 Rac8
17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Rac1 c5 20.bxc5 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Rxe4
23.Rd6 Rc4 24.Qd2 Rxc1+ 25.Qxc1 Qxd6 26.cxd6 Rxc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2012"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 c5 8.d5 e6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nec3 Na6 11.a4 exd5 12.exd5 Nc4 13.Nd2 Ne5 14.Nde4 Bg4 15.f3 Bd7
16.Bg5 f6 17.Bf4 f5 18.Nd6 Nb4 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Nc4 Bd4+ 21.Kh1 f4 22.Ne2 fxg3
23.hxg3 Qg5 24.Nxd4 Qxg3 25.Qe1 Qxe1 26.Rfxe1 cxd4 27.Re7 Rad8 28.Ne5 Bc8
29.Bf1 Rfe8 30.d6 Rxe7 31.dxe7 Re8 32.Rc1 Kg7 33.Bb5 Rxe7 34.Rxc8 Rxe5 35.Rc7+ Kf6
36.Rxb7 Re7 37.Rb8 d3 38.Rd8 Re1+ 39.Kg2 Re2+ 40.Kg3 Rxb2 41.Kf4 a6 42.Bc4 Ke7
43.Rh8 d2 44.Rxh7+ Kd6 45.Rh1 Kc5 46.Be2 Nd5+ 47.Ke4 Nc3+ 48.Kd3 Nxe2 49.Kxe2 d1=Q+  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2012"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Brunner,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.Re1 h6 11.e4 dxc4 12.bxc4 e5 13.c5 Bc7 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Ne2 exd4
16.Rac1 Rd8 17.Nexd4 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Nf3 Qe7 20.e5 Nd5 21.Qc4 Rb8 22.Bb1 Qf8
23.Qc2 g6 24.e6 f5 25.e7 Nxe7 26.Bxh6 Qf7 27.Qb2 Nd5 28.Ng5 Qf6 29.Qxf6 Nxf6
30.Re7 Rd7 31.Rce1 Bxh2+ 32.Kh1  1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2012"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 e5
9.Ne2 exd4 10.cxd4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc6 12.O-O Nxd4 13.exd4 O-O 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Qb3 Rd8
16.Rad1 Bd7 17.Qxb7 Rab8 18.Qe4 Bb5 19.Rfe1 Re8 20.Qf4 Rbd8 21.Bf1 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Qxa2
23.Ra1 Qd5 24.Rxa7 Bxd4 25.Bxd4 Re4 26.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2012"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gharamian,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Nc2 Rc8 11.f3 a6 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Na3 Re8 14.Rab1 Qc7 15.Rfc1 Qa5
16.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Coupe de France 2012"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sochacki,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e3 Re8 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O Bf8 8.a3 d6
9.d3 Bf5 10.e4 Bd7 11.h3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Ne2 c5 14.a4 a6 15.a5 Rb8 16.g4 Bc6
17.f4 b5 18.axb6 Qxb6 19.Ra3 a5 20.Ng3 Nd7 21.g5 Qb4 22.h4 Nb6 23.h5 Na4
24.Rf2 Bd7 25.h6 g6 26.f5 d5 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.Qf3 Re7 29.cxd5 Be8 30.Qxf8+  1-0

[Event "Biel Exhibition Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 e4 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Qb3 h6
9.Bf4 Qa5 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Nf6 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.a3 b5
16.Rc1 Bd6 17.e3 b4 18.Bxb4 Bxb4+ 19.axb4 Ra2 20.Ne2 Rxb2 21.Nc3 Bf5 22.O-O Ke7
23.Rb1 Rc2 24.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Kf1 Be6 27.Ke1 Rc4 28.b5 b6 29.Kd2 Rb4
30.Nxe4 Rxb5 31.Nxf6 gxf6 32.Be4 Rb2+ 33.Bc2 Kd6 34.Rb1 Rxb1 35.Bxb1 Ke7
36.Kc3 Kd6 37.Kb4 Bd7 38.Ba2 Ke7 39.Bc4 Bc6 40.Bd3 Bd7 41.Be4 Be8 42.Bd3 Bc6
43.e4 Bd7 44.f4 Kd6 45.Bb5 Bg4 46.Bc4 Bf3 47.e5+ fxe5 48.fxe5+ Ke7 49.Kb5 f6
50.exf6+ Kxf6 51.Kxb6 Ke7 52.Kc5  1-0

[Event "Biel Exhibition Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Nc3 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Bc4 d6
9.d3 Nf6 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Kh1 Nd7 12.f4 Nc5 13.f5 Nxb3 14.axb3 d5 15.Bg5 dxe4
16.dxe4 Qd6 17.Qd3 b6 18.Bf4 Qc5 19.Ng3 a5 20.Rf2 Ba6 21.Qd2 Rac8 22.Re1 Rc6
23.e5 Rfc8 24.Rd1 Qxc2 25.Qxd4 Qxb3 26.Re1 Qb4 27.Qd1 Bc4 28.e6 fxe6 29.fxg6 hxg6
30.h3 Bb3 31.Qe2 Rc2 32.Qe3 Bd4 33.Qe4 Rxf2 34.Qxg6+ Bg7 35.Re4 Rxf4 36.Rxb4 axb4
37.Nh5 Rf7 38.Qg4 Bd5 39.Nf4 Rc4  0-1

[Event "Biel Exhibition Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Bb3 d5 7.Qe2 Re8 8.Bg5 dxe4
9.dxe4 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Nbd2 Nh5 12.Bg3 Bf8 13.O-O-O Qf6 14.Nc4 Nf4 15.Bxf4 Qxf4+
16.Kb1 Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Bc5 19.Rd5 Bb6 20.a4 Rad8 21.Rhd1 Rxd5 22.exd5 Ne7
23.d6 cxd6 24.Nxd6 Rf8 25.Nxb7 Qf5+ 26.Ka2 Qxh3 27.Qxe5 Ng6 28.Qe4 Nh4 29.Nd6 Bxf2
30.Nxf7 Rxf7 31.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "Biel Exhibition Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.Qc2 d5 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Bg2 c6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Qa4 Qc8 14.cxd5 Nb6 15.Qa5 Nbxd5
16.dxc5 Bxe2 17.Rfe1 Qa6 18.Qxa6 Bxa6 19.Ne5 Rfc8 20.Nb3 Kf8 21.Rac1 Ke7
22.Nd4 Rc7 23.f4 Rac8 24.c6 g6 25.Rc5 Nb6 26.Ra5 Bc4 27.Rc1 Rd8 28.Nc2 Bd5
29.Nb4 Bxg2 30.Kxg2 Rd2+ 31.Kf3 Nfd5 32.Na6 Rc8 33.c7 f6 34.Nc6+ Kd7 35.Nxa7 Rxc7
36.Nxc7 Nxc7 37.Nb5 Nxb5 38.Rxb5 Nd5 39.Rb7+ Kd6 40.Rxh7 Rxa2 41.Rh6 Ne7
42.Rd1+ Kc6 43.Rd3 Kc5 44.h4 Kc4 45.Rd7 Ra3+ 46.Kf2 Ra2+ 47.Kf1 Nd5 48.Rxg6 Kd4
49.Rxf6 Ra6 50.f5 Ra1+ 51.Kg2 Ke5 52.Rxe6+ Kxf5 53.Re2 Nf6 54.Rb7 Ra3 55.Rf2+ Ke5
56.Rb5+  1-0

[Event "Biel Exhibition Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.Nd2 c6 8.Ba4 d6
9.c3 Bb6 10.Nc4 Bc7 11.Bc2 O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 d5 14.Nd2 g5 15.Bg3 Bg4 16.f3 Be6
17.Re1 dxe4 18.fxe4 Bg4 19.Nf3 Nh5 20.Bf2 Qf6 21.Rf1 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Qxf3 23.gxf3 Bb6
24.d4 Nf4 25.Rfd1 Nh3+ 26.Kg2 Nxf2 27.Kxf2 Rad8 28.Ke3 Rd7 29.Rd3 Rfd8 30.Rad1 exd4+
31.cxd4 c5 32.dxc5 Rxd3+ 33.Bxd3 Bxc5+ 34.Ke2 Kg7 35.Rc1 b6 36.Bc4 Rd4 37.Bd5 f5
38.Bc6 Kf6 39.exf5 Kxf5 40.a3 a5 41.Rd1 Rxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Exhibition Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A23"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 d5 6.cxd5 Qb6 7.Nb3 a5 8.d3 a4 9.Nd2 exd3
10.Bg2 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.Nc4 Qd8 13.dxc6 dxe2 14.Qxe2 Nxc6 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Qxe7 Bxe7
17.Nb6 Ra6 18.Nxc8 Rxc8 19.a3 Kf8 20.Be3 Rb8 21.Bf1 Raa8 22.Bb5 Na5 23.Bxa4 Nc4
24.Bc1 Rc8 25.Bb3 Nxa3 26.Bd2 Rd8 27.bxa3  1-0

[Event "Biel Exhibition Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e4 Bb4 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O Ng6 7.Bc2 O-O 8.d4 Bxc3
9.bxc3 d6 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nh3 Nc6 12.f4 f5 13.d5 Nce7 14.dxe6 fxe4 15.Qg4 Rf5
16.Nf2 d5 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Nxe4 Bxe6 19.Ng3 Qf8 20.Nxf5 Bxf5 21.Bxf5 Qxf5
22.Qxf5 Nxf5 23.g4 Nd6 24.f5 Ne5 25.h3 Nec4 26.f6 g5 27.h4 Kf7 28.hxg5 hxg5
29.a4 Rh8 30.Ra2 Rh4 31.Bxg5 Rxg4+ 32.Rg2 Rxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Ne4 34.Bh6 c5 35.Rf3 a6
36.Kh3 b5 37.axb5 axb5 38.Kg4 Ne5+ 39.Kf5 Nxf3 40.Kxe4 b4 41.Kxf3 bxc3 42.Bg5 c2  1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Ba3 cxd5 14.exd5 e4 15.Be2 h6 16.Ne6 Bxe6
17.dxe6 f4 18.Qd2 f3 19.Bd1 Qc8 20.Re1 Qxc4 21.Bb3 Qa6 22.Bb2 Rad8 23.Nxe4 Nxe4
24.Rxe4 Bxb2 25.Qxb2 d5 26.Re3 Rd6 27.Rae1 Qb6 28.Bd1 a5 29.b5 Nf5 30.e7 Re8
31.Re5 Qc7 32.Bxf3 Rxe7 33.Rxe7 Nxe7 34.Qe5 Kf8 35.Qh8+ Ng8 36.Re8+  1-0

[Event "45th Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6
9.Bd6 Qxg2 10.Qd2 e5 11.Bxe5 Bf5 12.Bf3 Qg6 13.O-O-O Nc5 14.Qe3 Bb1 15.Rd2 Bxa2
16.Bd6+ Ne6 17.Be4 Qh6 18.f4 Nf6 19.Nf3 Bxc4 20.Re1 O-O-O 21.Bxc6 Ba6 22.Ng5 Nxg5
23.Bd7+ Kxd7 24.Qe7+ Kc6 25.Qc7+  1-0

[Event "45th Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.b5 fxg3 14.hxg3 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Qc8
17.Nd5 Qxe6 18.Nxc7 Qh3 19.Rf2 Rac8 20.Rh2 Qxg3+ 21.Rg2 Qh3 22.Qxd6 Rf7 23.c5 Nf5
24.exf5 Rfxc7 25.Be3 Qxf5 26.Rf1 Bf8 27.Bd3 e4 28.fxe4 Qxf1+ 29.Bxf1 Bxd6
30.cxd6 Rc3 31.Bd4 Rf3 32.e5 Rf4 33.Bb2 Nh7 34.e6 Ng5 35.Rxg5 hxg5 36.d7 Rg4+
37.Bg2  1-0

[Event "45th Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Qxd2 d5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.e3 Qe7 8.Rc1 Rd8
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Bb5 Rd6 12.Bxc6 Rxc6 13.Ne5 Re6 14.f3 b6 15.O-O Bb7
16.Rfe1 h6 17.Ne2 c5 18.Nf4 Rd6 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Ned3 c4 21.Nb4 Rad8 22.Nc2 Nd7
23.Nd4 Ne5 24.Rc3 Ra6 25.b3 Rb6 26.Rd1 Re8 27.Nc2 Qf6 28.Ne1 a5 29.Qd4 Rb5
30.Nh5 Qg5 31.Ng3 Nc6 32.Qf4 Qxf4 33.exf4 Nb4 34.bxc4 dxc4 35.Rxc4 Nxa2 36.Ne4 Bd5
37.Rc5 Rxc5 38.Nxc5 Nc3 39.Ra1 a4 40.Ned3 Bb3 41.Ra3 Nb5 42.Ra1 Nd4 43.Nb2 a3
44.Nbd3 Ra8 45.Nxb3 Nxb3 46.Ra2 Rd8 47.Ne1 Rd1 48.Kf2 Ra1 49.Rxa1 Nxa1 50.Ke2 a2
51.Kd3 Nb3 52.Nc2 f5 53.Kc3 Nc1 54.Kd2 Nb3+ 55.Kc3 Nc1 56.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6
10.Nd2 Qe8 11.O-O h5 12.a3 Bd7 13.b3 Nh7 14.f3 f5 15.Rb1 g5 16.Bf2 f4 17.b4 axb4
18.axb4 Qg6 19.c5 g4 20.c6 bxc6 21.dxc6 Be6 22.b5 Nb8 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 g3
25.Be1 Ng5 26.Rb4 h4 27.Ne4 h3 28.hxg3 fxg3 29.Qd2 Rf4 30.Nxg5 Qxg5 31.gxh3 Qf5
32.Bxg3 Qxh3 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.Qxf4  1-0

[Event "45th Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 Bc6
9.e3 Nd5 10.Bg3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nd7 12.Be2 e6 13.O-O Bd5 14.Qd3 c5 15.e4 Bc6
16.d5 exd5 17.exd5 Ba4 18.Rab1 b5 19.Bd1 c4 20.Qd2 Bxd1 21.Rfxd1 Nc5 22.Be5 Nd3
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Ne1 Qxd5 25.Nxd3 cxd3 26.Qxd3 Qxd3 27.Rxd3 Rfd8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8
29.Kf1 Rd2 30.a4 bxa4 31.Ra1 Rc2 32.Rxa4 Rxc3 33.Rxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 Nbd7 7.Be2 h5 8.O-O e5
9.d5 h4 10.Nh1 Nh7 11.f3 Ndf6 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nd7 14.Nf2 Ne5 15.Qd2 Qe7
16.Nb5 a6 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Rac1 c5 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.Nb3 Be8 22.Na5 c5
23.a3 Rab8 24.b4 Bf6 25.Rb1 Ng5 26.b5 h3 27.Nxh3 Nxh3+ 28.gxh3 axb5 29.cxb5 Rxb5
30.Rxb5 Bxb5 31.Bxe5 dxe5 32.Qxd8+ Qxd8 33.Rxd8+ Bxd8 34.Bxb5 Bxa5 35.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Be7 8.g5 Nfd7
9.h4 b5 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.O-O Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Be3 h6 14.f4 hxg5 15.hxg5 b4
16.Ne2 e5 17.a3 a5 18.Qd2 Nc5 19.fxe5 bxa3 20.Rxa3 Nxe4 21.Nd4 dxe5 22.Nxc6 Nxd2
23.Nxd8 Nxf1 24.Kxf1 Rxd8 25.Rxa5 f6 26.gxf6 gxf6 27.c4 Rh2 28.Kg1 Rh4 29.Bd5 Rb8
30.c5 Rh3 31.Bf2 Rd3 32.c6 Bd8 33.Rc5 Rxb2 34.Be4 Rd1+ 35.Kg2 Rdd2  0-1

[Event "45th Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.e4 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.f4 Bd4 14.e5 Nd5 15.Ne4 Nb4
16.Qb3 Nxd3+ 17.Qxd3 O-O 18.Nd6 Bc5 19.Be3 Bxd6 20.exd6 Qh4+ 21.g3 Qh5 22.Rc1 c5
23.Rxc5 Qh3 24.Rg1 Qxh2 25.Rc2 Qh3 26.Rc7 Bf3 27.Kd2 Qe6 28.Bc5 Bg4 29.b3 Bf5
30.Re1 Qxe1+  0-1

[Event "45th Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.b3 Ng4 8.O-O f6
9.Qe2 Qd7 10.Nc4 g5 11.Rb1 b5 12.Ne3 h5 13.c3 Qh7 14.d4 Bb6 15.Nc2 O-O-O
16.a4 exd4 17.Nfxd4 Bd7 18.b4 Rhe8 19.Re1 a6 20.Ra1 Kb7 21.axb5 axb5 22.c4 bxc4
23.Qxc4 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Bd2 h4 26.Qc3 h3 27.Qxh3 Qxh3 28.gxh3 Ne5 29.Kg2 Rh8
30.Nf5 Ng6 31.Ncd4 Bxd4 32.Nxd4 Rxh3 33.Re3 Nf4+ 34.Kg1 Rh8 35.Nb3 Kb6 36.Nc5 Bc8
37.Ra3 Bh3 38.f3 Rd8 39.Bxf4 gxf4 40.Nd3 Rg8+ 41.Kf2 Rg2+ 42.Ke1 Rxh2 43.Nxf4 Bc8
44.Ra8 Kb7 45.Ra5 Kb6 46.Nd3 Rc2 47.Rh5 Ra2 48.Rh8 Ba6 49.Nc5 Re2+ 50.Kd1 Rf2
51.Ra8 Bb5 52.Rb8+ Ka7 53.Rb7+ Ka8 54.Rxc7 Rxf3 55.Kd2 Kb8 56.Rf7 Kc8 57.Kc2 Rf1
58.Nb7 Rf3 59.Nd6+ Kd8 60.Kb2 Ba4 61.Nb7+ Ke8 62.Nd6+ Kd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "87th ch-FRA 2012"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d6 8.Rb1 a5
9.a3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Nb5 Ne8 12.e3 dxe3 13.Bxe3 c6 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.Qd2 Nf6
16.Rbe1 d5 17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Rc1 Be6 20.Rc5 Qd7 21.Rxa5 Rxa5 22.Qxa5 Bxb2
23.d4 Qd6 24.Rb1 Qxa3 25.Qb5 Bc3 26.Bxd5 Bf5 27.Qb3 Qxb3 28.Rxb3 Rd8 29.Bxf7+ Kxf7
30.Rxc3 b5 31.Kf1 b4 32.Rb3 Rb8 33.Bd2 Ke6 34.Rxb4 Rxb4 35.Bxb4 Kd5 36.Bc5 Bg4
37.Ke1 Ke4 38.Kd2 Be6 39.f4 Kf3 40.Bd6 h5 41.Be7 Ke4 42.Kc3 Kd5 43.Bf6 Bf5
44.Kb4 Kc6 45.Ka5 Be6 46.Kb4 Bf5 47.Ka5 Be6 48.Kb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "87th ch-FRA 2012"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mullon,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.g4 Nc5 9.Qc2 a5
10.Be3 c6 11.Be2 cxd5 12.cxd5 Nfd7 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Nd2 Bf6 15.Nc4 Bg5 16.Bxg5 Qxg5
17.Nbxd6 Qf6 18.h4 b5 19.g5 Qf4 20.Ne3 Ra6 21.Ng2 Rxd6 22.Nxf4 exf4 23.Bxb5  1-0

[Event "87th ch-FRA 2012"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Edouard,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A29"]

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 Re8 10.d3 a5 11.b5 Nd4 12.Nd2 a4 13.Rb1 Bf8 14.Bb2 c6 15.bxc6 Nxc6 16.Nc4 Nxc4
17.dxc4 Bf5 18.Be4 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 Nd4 20.Nc3 Qc8 21.e3 Ne6 22.Nxa4 Rd8 23.Qc2 Ng5
24.Nb6 Qg4 25.Rfd1 Nf3+ 26.Kg2 Nh4+ 27.Kg1 Nf3+ 28.Kg2 Nh4+ 29.Kg1 Nf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "87th ch-FRA 2012"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vaisser,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.Qc2 c6 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.f3 Nc5 13.Rfe1 Nh5 14.Bf1 Ne6 15.Nde2 Be5
16.g3 g5 17.Bg2 Kh8 18.Rf1 Rg8 19.f4 gxf4 20.gxf4 Bg7 21.Ng3 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Nc5
23.Qd2 f5 24.Qxd6 Qxd6 25.Rxd6 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 fxe4 27.b3 Bf5 28.Kf2 Rge8 29.Rh1 Rad8
30.Rhd1 Ra8 31.Bf1 a5 32.Be2 Bf8 33.Rf6 Bg6 34.Rd7 Bg7 35.Rfd6 Bf8 36.c5 Re7
37.Rxe7 Bxe7 38.Rd7 Bf6 39.Rxb7 h5 40.Rd7 a4 41.Rd6 axb3 42.axb3 Kg7 43.Rxc6 Ra2
44.Ra6 Rc2 45.Ke1 Rc3 46.Ra7+ Kf8 47.f5 Bf7 48.Bf4 Bxb3 49.Bxh5 Rc2 50.Bd6+ Kg8
51.Ra8+ Kh7 52.Ra7+ Kh6 53.Bd1 Bc3+ 54.Kf1 Bc4+ 55.Kg1 Bd4+ 56.Kh1 Rf2 57.Bf4+ Rxf4
58.gxf4 e3 59.Ra4 Bd5+ 60.Kh2 Bxc5 61.Ra5 Bc4 62.Rxc5 e2 63.Bxe2 Bxe2 64.Rc6+ Kg7
65.Kg3 Bb5 66.Rb6  1-0

[Event "87th ch-FRA 2012"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bauer,Ch"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.c3 Ne7 8.Re1 Ng6
9.Nf1 c6 10.Bb3 Bb6 11.Ng3 h6 12.h3 Re8 13.d4 Be6 14.Bc2 Qc7 15.Be3 Rad8
16.Qc1 Bc8 17.a4 a5 18.Ra3 c5 19.Rb3 Ba7 20.d5 c4 21.Rb5 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 Bd7
23.Qb6 Qc8 24.Nf5 Bxb5 25.axb5 Qd7 26.Nd2 Ne7 27.Nxe7+ Rxe7 28.Nxc4 Qc7 29.Qxa5 Qxa5
30.Nxa5 Kf8 31.b6 Ra8 32.b4 Ra6 33.Bd3 Rxb6 34.Ra1 Re8 35.Kf1 Rc8 36.Ra3 Nh5
37.Ke1 Nf4 38.Bf1 Rxb4 39.cxb4 Rc1+ 40.Kd2 Rxf1 41.g3 Rxf2+ 42.Ke3 Nxh3 43.Nxb7 Rg2
44.Kf3 Rf2+ 45.Ke3 Rg2 46.Kf3 Rf2+ 47.Ke3 Rg2 48.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "87th ch-FRA 2012"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Istratescu,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 Bg4 7.Qb3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e5
9.a4 Nbd7 10.Na2 Qc8 11.Qa3 Be7 12.Nb4 O-O 13.axb5 cxb5 14.Bh3 a5 15.Nd3 exd4
16.exd4 Qb7 17.O-O Nb8 18.Ne5 Bd8 19.Qd3 Nc6 20.Re1 a4 21.Kh1 Re8 22.Bf4 Ba5
23.Re3 Nh5 24.Bg3 Nxg3+ 25.hxg3 Nxe5 26.dxe5 d4 27.Qxd4 Rad8 28.Qe4 Qxe4
29.Rxe4 Rd2 30.b4 axb3 31.Rxa5 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 b2 33.Rxb5 b1=Q 34.Rxb1 Rxb1 35.Rc4 Rb7
36.c6 Rc7 37.Bd7 Rb8 38.f4 f6 39.e6 Kf8 40.f5 Rb5 41.Ra4 Rb8 42.Rh4 h6 43.Ra4 Ke7
44.Kh3 Rb2 45.Rg4 Kf8 46.Rf4 Re2 47.Kh4  1-0

[Event "87th ch-FRA 2012"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maze,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Ne8 10.c5 f5 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.Nc4 g5 14.g4 h5 15.h3 Ng6 16.Kf2 Rf7
17.a4 Bf8 18.Ba3 Rh7 19.Rh1 Be7 20.Qb3 Kg7 21.Raf1 Qh8 22.Rhg1 hxg4 23.hxg4 Rh2+
24.Ke1 Qh3 25.cxd6 Bxd6 26.b5 Bxa3 27.Qxa3 b6 28.Nxe5 Nxe5 29.Qe7+ Nf7 30.e5 Nxg4
31.e6 Qh4+ 32.Kd2 Ne5 33.exf7 Nxf7 34.Ne4 g4 35.Qxh4 Rxh4 36.fxg4 Bb7 37.Nc3 Ng5
38.Rg2 Rf8 39.Rgf2 f3 40.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 41.Rxf3 Rxf3 42.Rxf3 Rxg4 43.Ke3 a6 44.Rf4 Rxf4
45.Kxf4 axb5 46.Nxb5 Bxd5 47.Nxc7 Bb3 48.Na8 Bxa4 49.Nxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "87th ch-FRA 2012"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nge2 d6 6.d3 a6 7.O-O Be6 8.Nd5 Nd4
9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.c3 Ba7 11.Kh1 Bxd5 12.exd5 Qd7 13.f4 h5 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Qe2 Ng4
16.Be4 h4 17.Bf5 Qxd5+ 18.Be4 Qe6 19.Bf5 Qd5+ 20.Be4 Qe6 21.Bf5 Qd5+ 22.Be4 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "87th ch-FRA 2012"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 h6
9.d5 Ng4 10.Bd2 f5 11.g3 Nf6 12.Nh4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Nxg6 Rf6 15.Nh4 Bh3
16.Bg4 Bxf1 17.Qxf1 c6 18.Be3 Nc7 19.Rd1 b5 20.b3 bxc4 21.bxc4 Qe8 22.Qh3 cxd5
23.cxd5 Qf7 24.Nf5 Kh7 25.Nxg7 Qxg7 26.Bf5+ Kh8 27.Bxe4 Nb5 28.Rc1 Raf8 29.Rc4 Kg8
30.Rc8 Nd4 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.Qd7 Qf7 33.Qc8+ Qf8 34.Qc4 Qe7 35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Qc8 Qf8
37.Qg4+ Kh8 38.Qd1 Qe7 39.h4 Qg7 40.Qh5 Kg8 41.Qd1 Rf7 42.h5 Nf5 43.Bd2 Kh8
44.Kh3 Ne7 45.Be3 Nf5 46.Bc1 Rf6 47.Kg2 Nh4+ 48.Kg1 Nf5 49.Kg2 Nh4+ 50.Kg1 Nf5
51.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "87th ch-FRA 2012"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lagarde,Max"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Bd6 6.dxe5 Bxe5 7.f4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Bc4 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qf6 11.Qd4 Ne7 12.Qxf6 gxf6 13.e5 fxe5 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.O-O Be6
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Bg5 Rg8 18.Bf6 e4 19.Rae1 Rg4 20.h3 Rxg3+ 21.Kh2 Rg6 22.Rxe4 Nd5
23.Bh4 b5 24.Rf5 Nxc3 25.Re3 b4 26.Rh5 h6 27.Rg3 Kf7 28.Rxg6 Kxg6 29.Re5 Kf7
30.Rh5 a5 31.Rxh6 Nxa2 32.Rf6+ Ke7 33.Rf1+ Kd6 34.Bf6 a4 35.h4 Nc3 36.Bg7 a3
37.h5 a2 38.h6 Ra5 39.Bf8+ Kc6 40.Ra1 Rh5+ 41.Kg3 Kb5 42.Kg4 Rh2 43.Kg3 Rxc2
44.h7 Ne4+ 45.Kf4 Rh2 46.Rxa2 Rh4+ 47.Ke5 Nd6  0-1

[Event "4th Grand Prix FFE 2012"]
[Site "Villandry FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Edouard,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 f5 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 d6
9.Rb1 g5 10.f4 gxf4 11.exf4 Nd4 12.h3 Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2 Re8 14.Qf2 c6 15.b4 exf4
16.Bxf4 Nh5 17.Bd2 Qf6 18.Ne2 Bd7 19.Nf4 Nxf4 20.Bxf4 Qd4 21.Kh2 Qxf2 22.Rxf2 Bd4
23.Rd2 Be3 24.Bxe3 Rxe3 25.b5 Rae8 26.Rbb2 cxb5 27.Bxb7 bxc4 28.dxc4 Be6
29.Ba6 f4 30.gxf4 Rxh3+ 31.Kg1 Kf7 32.Rg2 Kf6 33.Rb7 Bf5 34.Rxa7 Re1+ 35.Kf2 Ra1
36.Bb5 Rb1 37.Rg3 Rh2+ 38.Ke3 Rd1 39.Ra3 h5 40.Rg8 Rh3+ 41.Ke2 Bg4+ 42.Rxg4 Rxa3
43.Rg5 Ra1 44.Rxh5 R1xa2+ 45.Kd1 Rg2  0-1

[Event "4th Grand Prix FFE 2012"]
[Site "Villandry FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Edouard,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 e5 8.dxe5 Nd7
9.Nf3 Qe7 10.Bb5 O-O-O 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.O-O Qd3 13.Qxd3 Rxd3 14.Re1 Rxc3
15.Ng5 f6 16.Ne6 fxe5 17.Bb2 Bb4 18.a3 Ba5 19.Rec1 Rc6 20.Nxg7 Rg8 21.Bxe5 Rxc1+
22.Rxc1 c5 23.Nf5 Kd7 24.f3 Ke6 25.Bb2 Rd8 26.Bc3 Bxc3 27.Rxc3 Rd2 28.h4 Ke5
29.h5 Bc8 30.Ne3 Kd4 31.Rb3 c4 32.Rb4 Kxe3 33.Rxc4 Bd7 34.Rc7 a5 35.Rb7 b5
36.Ra7 a4 37.h6 Kf4 38.Kh2 Rd6 39.g4 Kxf3 40.g5 Rd2+ 41.Kg1 Kg3 42.Kf1 Bg4  0-1

[Event "4th Grand Prix FFE 2012"]
[Site "Villandry FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Edouard,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.Bg5 Be6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Be2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bxa2 13.c4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Qc2 Qc5
16.Be3 Qa3 17.Ra1 Bb2 18.Bc1 Bxc1 19.Rfxc1 Rfd8 20.Qxa2 Qc5 21.Qa3 Qe5 22.Qe3 Qxe3
23.fxe3 Kg7 24.Bf3 Rd7 25.c5 Rc8 26.Rxa7 Rdc7 27.Rxb7 Rxc5 28.Rxc5 Rxc5 29.Rxe7  1-0

[Event "4th Grand Prix FFE 2012"]
[Site "Villandry FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Edouard,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.e3 Nc6 7.Nge2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 f6 10.d4 exd4 11.exd4 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.d5 Bc5+ 14.Kh2 Nd4 15.Qd3 Nxe2
16.Nxe2 Re8 17.Nc3 Bg6 18.f5 Bf7 19.Bf4 Bd6 20.Ne2 Be5 21.Rad1 Bxb2 22.Qc2 Be5
23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.Nf4 Qd6 25.Ne6 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Qxd5 28.Rd1 Qe5
29.Rd7 Bxe6 30.fxe6 Qxe6 31.Qxc7 Re8 32.h4 Qxa2+ 33.Kh3 Qe6+ 34.Kh2 Qg4 35.Re7 Rxe7
36.Qxe7 Qc8  0-1

[Event "4th Grand Prix FFE 2012"]
[Site "Villandry FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A29"]

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 Re8 10.d3 Bf8 11.Nd2 Nd4 12.e3 Nf5 13.Nde4 c6 14.Bb2 Nd6 15.Nc5 a5 16.Qc2 Qc7
17.Rfc1 Bf5 18.h3 Bg6 19.e4 f6 20.h4 Bf7 21.Bh3 Nb5 22.Nxb5 cxb5 23.Qd2 axb4
24.axb4 Qe7 25.Rab1 Na4 26.Bd7 Nxc5 27.Bxe8 Nb3 28.Bxf7+ Qxf7 29.Qe1 Nxc1
30.Bxc1 Rd8 31.Qd1 Qc4 32.Rb3 Qxe4 33.Be3 Qd5 34.Qb1 Rc8 35.Ra3 Qd6 36.Bc5 Qe6
37.Be3 Qd6 38.Rb3 Qd5 39.Ra3 Qd6 40.Ra5 Qxb4 41.Qxb4 Bxb4 42.Rxb5 Bf8 43.Rxb7 Rd8
44.Rb3 Kf7 45.Kg2 Ke6 46.g4 Be7 47.Kf3 g6 48.Rb6+ Rd6 49.Rb3 f5 50.h5 Rxd3
51.gxf5+ gxf5 52.Rxd3 e4+ 53.Ke2 exd3+ 54.Kxd3 Kd5 55.f3 Bd6 56.Bg5 Bc7 57.Ke2 Bd6
58.Kd3 Bc7 59.Kc3 Bd6 60.Kd3 Bc7 61.Ke3 Bd6 62.Bf4 Bc5+ 63.Ke2 Be7 64.Kf2 Bf6
65.Kg3 Kd4 66.Bc1 Be5+ 67.Kh4 Bf6+ 68.Bg5 Be5 69.Bd8 Ke3 70.Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Grand Prix FFE 2012"]
[Site "Villandry FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Bd6 6.dxe5 Bxe5 7.Bd3 d6 8.Bd2 Ne7
9.f4 Bd4 10.Qf3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Nb4 12.Bc4 O-O 13.Kb1 a5 14.Bc1 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Be6
16.a3 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 Nc6 18.e5 Qd7 19.exd6 cxd6 20.Qd5 Rfd8 21.Rhe1 Ne7 22.Qe4 Nc6
23.Qd5 Ne7 24.Qe4 Re8 25.h3 d5 26.Qd4 Red8 27.g4 Nc6 28.Qd3 d4 29.Qb5 a4
30.Bd2 Qd5 31.Qxd5 Rxd5 32.Re4 f5 33.Re6 Kf7 34.Rde1 d3 35.cxd3 Rxd3 36.Bc3 Rf3
37.Rd6 Rd8 38.Rxd8 Nxd8 39.Rd1 Ke8 40.Re1+ Kf7 41.Rd1 Ke8 42.Re1+ Kf7 43.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Grand Prix FFE 2012"]
[Site "Villandry FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d6 8.a3 a5 9.Bg5 Ne8
10.Bd2 Nc7 11.Ne1 Be6 12.Nd5 Rb8 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.Nb6 Bg4 15.Nc2 Ne6 16.Nd5 Ned4
17.Nxd4 exd4 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 Re8 20.h3 Be6 21.b5 Ne5 22.Ra1 Qd7 23.f4 Bxd5
24.Bxd5 Ng6 25.Kg2 Bf6 26.Ra7 Ne7 27.Bf3 d5 28.cxd5 Nxd5 29.Qc2 Nc3 30.Bxc3 dxc3
31.Bc6 Qd4 32.Bxe8 Rxe8 33.Rfa1 g6 34.Ra8 Rxa8 35.Rxa8+ Kg7 36.Ra2 Qe3 37.Qd1 Bd4
38.Qf1 Qe6 39.Qb1 Qe3 40.Qf1 Qe6 41.Qb1 Qe3 42.Qf1 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Brkic,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.e3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.f4 exf4 10.Nxf4 O-O 11.b3 Bf5 12.Ba3 Qd7 13.Ncd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bd3 15.Rf2 Bd6
16.Rc1 b6 17.Rc3 Bg6 18.Nf4 Bxf4 19.gxf4 Ne7 20.Bxa8 Rxa8 21.Qf3 Rc8 22.e4 f5
23.Rd3 Qb5 24.exf5 Nxf5 25.Qd5+ Kf8 26.Qd7 Qxd7 27.Rxd7 a5 28.Re2 Be8 29.Rb7 Nd4
30.Ree7 Rd8 31.Rxg7 Ne2+ 32.Kf2 Rxd2 33.Ke1 Rxa2 34.Rxh7  1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.O-O e5 7.Nc3 Be6 8.d3 Be7
9.Bd2 O-O 10.a3 Qd7 11.Rb1 f6 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Qa4 Rfd8 14.Rfc1 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nd4
16.Qxd7 Nxf3+ 17.Kg2 Nh4+ 18.gxh4 Rxd7 19.b4 b6 20.bxc5 Bxc5 21.Bb4 Bxb4
22.Rxb4 h5 23.f4 exf4 24.Rxf4 Re8 25.Kf3 Re5 26.Rc3 Kf7 27.a4 Rde7 28.Rc2 Re3+
29.Kf2 Rh3 30.Kg2 Rhe3 31.Kf2 Rh3 32.Kg2 Rhe3 33.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Bd2 g6 11.Ne4 O-O-O 12.a4 Ba6 13.Qf3 Re8 14.Bc3 f5 15.Nd2 Bg7
16.c5 Bxf1 17.cxb6 Ba6 18.bxa7 Kb7 19.O-O-O Bxe5 20.Rhe1 Qf6 21.Rxe5 Rxe5
22.Qf4 Rhe8 23.Qb4+ Kxa7 24.f4 Qd6  1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Meribanov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 c5 11.Rd1 Ke8 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.g4 Ne7 14.Ng5 Ng6 15.Bg3 Be7
16.Nxf7 Rf8 17.e6 Bxe6 18.Ne5 Nf4 19.Bxf4 Rxf4 20.Re1 Bg8 21.Re2 Rf6 22.f4 Rxf4
23.Rae1 c4 24.Kg2 Rd4 25.Nf3 Rd7 26.Ne5 Rd6 27.Nf3 Rd7 28.Ne5 Rd6 29.Nf3 Rd7
30.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mitkov,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Qc7 12.g3 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bb7 14.Bf4 c5 15.Qe3 Qc8
16.Bh6 Rd8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rd2 Qc7 19.Rad1 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Rab8 21.dxc5 Nxc5
22.b4 Rxd2 23.Rxd2 Na6 24.Qc3+ Kg8 25.Kg2 Qe7 26.a3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.c5 bxc5
29.bxc5 Nc7 30.Qb2 h5 31.Qb7 a6 32.Qb6 Kf8 33.Kg1 e5 34.Be2 Qe7 35.c6 e4
36.Bxa6 e3 37.Be2 exf2+ 38.Kxf2 Qe5 39.a4 h4 40.a5 hxg3+ 41.hxg3 Ke7 42.Qb4+ Qd6
43.Qe4+ Qe6 44.Qb4+ Qd6 45.Qe4+ Qe6 46.Qc2 Kd6 47.Bf3 Qe5 48.Qd2+ Kc5 49.Qa2 f5
50.a6 Kb6 51.a7 Qc5+ 52.Kg2 Qa5 53.Qb2+ Qb5 54.Qd4+ Ka6 55.Qd8  1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Maki,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.Be3 f5 10.Na4 Kh8 11.Rc1 Bd6 12.a3 Qe8 13.Nc5 Nd5 14.Bd2 Nf6 15.b4 h6 16.b5 Nd8
17.a4 Qh5 18.e3 f4 19.Nh4 Bg4 20.f3 Bc8 21.e4 b6 22.Nb3 Nb7 23.Be1 Nc5 24.Nxc5 Bxc5+
25.Rxc5 bxc5 26.Qc2 Nd7 27.Bf2 Re8 28.Rc1 a6 29.Qb3 axb5 30.axb5 Nf8 31.Qd5 Be6
32.Qxc5 Qg5 33.d4 exd4 34.Bxd4 Red8 35.Qe5 Rxd4 36.Qxd4 fxg3 37.Rxc7 gxh2+
38.Kh1 Qg3 39.Qc3 Rd8  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2012.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kempinski,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.c5 Ne4
9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nc6 11.h4 g6 12.Qc2 f5 13.Qd2 b6 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.h5 gxh5
16.Rxh5 bxc5 17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.Be5 Bf6 19.Ng5 cxd4 20.cxd4 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Qc7
22.Qc3 d4 23.Qc5 d3 24.Nxh7 Qb7 25.Qd4 Rad8 26.Nf6+ Kf7 27.Rh7+ Kg6 28.Rh6+ Kf7
29.Rh7+ Kg6 30.Qf4 d2+ 31.Kd1 Qxh7 32.Nxh7 Kxh7 33.Rb1 Rd3 34.Qc4 Be4 35.f3 Rxf3
36.gxf3 Bxb1 37.Qxe6 Kg7 38.Kxd2 f4 39.Qe7+ Rf7 40.Qg5+ Bg6 41.e6 Rf5 42.Qe7+ Kh6
43.Qxa7 Rd5+ 44.Kc1 Rd3 45.e7 Rxf3 46.Qd4 Rf1+ 47.Kd2 Kh7 48.e8=Q  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salgado Lopez,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 c5
9.Bb2 Nc6 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Rc8 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Rc1 Nd7 15.Bb2 Bg5
16.Rc2 d4 17.Re1 Re8 18.Nf3 Bf6 19.Qc1 Bb7 20.Qd2 Be4 21.Rcc1 Qb6 22.Red1 Qb7
23.Ne1 h6 24.Rc2 Bxg2 25.Nxg2 Re4 26.Ne1 Bg5 27.e3 Rxe3 28.f4 Bf6 29.Qg2 Qxg2+
30.Nxg2 Re4 31.Ne1 Rce8 32.Nd3 Bd8 33.Nxc5 Nxc5 34.Rxc5 Bb6 35.Re5 R8xe5
36.fxe5 d3+ 37.Kf1 Re2 38.Bc3 Rf2+ 39.Ke1 Re2+ 40.Kf1 Rxh2 41.Rxd3 Rxa2 42.Rf3 Rc2
43.Bb4 Bc5 44.Bc3 Kf8 45.b4 Bb6 46.b5 Ke7 47.Bb4+ Bc5 48.Bxc5+ Rxc5 49.Ra3 Rxb5
50.Rxa7+ Ke6 51.Kf2 Rxe5 52.Ra6+ Kf5 53.Ra7 Kg6 54.Ra6+ f6 55.Ra7 h5 56.Kf3 Rf5+
57.Kg2 Rc5 58.Kf3 Rc4 59.Ra5 f5 60.Ra7 Kf6 61.Rb7 g6 62.Rb6+ Kg5 63.Ra6 h4
64.gxh4+ Rxh4 65.Kg3 f4+ 66.Kf2 Rh2+ 67.Kf3 Rh3+ 68.Kf2 Rb3  0-1

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Philippe,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bf4 Qe7 11.Nc3 a6 12.a4 Nh5 13.Bh2 Ne5 14.Be2 Bd7 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.Bxh5 Bxh2+ 17.Kxh2 Qe5+ 18.f4 Qxh5 19.Qxh5 gxh5 20.e5 Bf5 21.g4 hxg4 22.hxg4 Bd3
23.Rf3 c4 24.e6 Rae8 25.f5 f6 26.Rh3 Re7 27.Kg3 Rg7 28.Kf4 Rb8 29.Rh6 Rf8
30.Rg1 Kh8 31.a5 Rc7 32.Rgh1 Rg7 33.Rg1 Rc7 34.g5 fxg5+ 35.Rxg5 Rg7 36.f6 Rxg5
37.Kxg5 Rg8+ 38.Kf4 Bg6 39.Rxg6 Rxg6 40.e7 Rxf6+ 41.Ke4  1-0

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Philippe,C"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C29"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qe2 Bf5 7.d3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 d4
9.Bb2 dxc3 10.Bxc3 Qd5 11.g3 Qc5 12.Qd2 Qxc3 13.Qxc3 Bb4 14.Kd2 O-O-O 15.Bg2 Bxc3+
16.Kxc3 Rhe8 17.Rhe1 Bg4 18.Rab1 b6 19.Ng5 Nxe5 20.d4 h6 21.Rxe5 Rxe5 22.dxe5 hxg5
23.Rf1 Be6 24.a3 c5 25.Be4 Rd4 26.Bd3 Kc7 27.Bf5 Kd7 28.Bd3 Ke7 29.Ra1 Rd5
30.a4 Rxe5 31.a5 c4 32.axb6 axb6 33.Bf1 g4 34.Ra7+ Kf6 35.Rb7 b5 36.Bg2 Re2
37.Bc6 Rxh2 38.Bxb5 Rg2 39.Bxc4 Bxc4 40.Kxc4 Rxc2+ 41.Kd4 Rf2 42.Rb6+ Kg5
43.Rb1 Rf3 44.Rg1 g6 45.Rg2 f5 46.Ke5 Rd3 47.Rg1 Rd2 48.Ra1 Rg2 49.Ra3 Rf2
50.Ke6 Rf3 51.Ra6 Rxg3 52.Kf7 Rb3 53.Rxg6+ Kf4 54.Rf6 g3 55.Kg6 g2 56.Rxf5+ Kg3  0-1

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gharamian,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C34"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.d4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O Bg4
9.Re1 O-O 10.Nf2 Bh5 11.c3 Nd7 12.Qb3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 N7b6 14.a4 Bh4 15.Re5 Re8
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Bd2 Qd8 18.Ne4 a5 19.Kh1 Qd7 20.Rf1 Qh3 21.Qd1 Re8 22.Nf2 Qd7
23.Ng4 Qxa4 24.Bc2 Qd7 25.Ne5 Qh3 26.Rg1 g6 27.Bd3 Ne3 28.Qe2 Nbd5 29.c4 Nf6
30.Bxe3 fxe3 31.Qxe3 Nh5 32.Bf1 Qf5 33.Bd3 Qf4 34.Qxf4 Nxf4 35.Be4 Bf2 36.Rd1 Bxd4
37.Rxd4 Rxe5 38.Rd8+ Kg7 39.Kg1 b5 40.Rd7 bxc4 41.Rxc7 Rb5 42.Bc6 Rc5 43.Rc8 c3
44.bxc3 Rxc3 45.Kf2 a4  0-1

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gharamian,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C34"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.d4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Ng6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O Bg4
9.c3 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qb3 Qc8 12.Qd5 Bxf3 13.Rxf3 c6 14.Qh5 Nd7 15.Bxf4 f5
16.Nd6 Nxf4 17.Nxc8 Nxh5 18.Nxe7+ Kh8 19.Bxf5 Nb6 20.g4 Nf6 21.g5 Ne8 22.Raf1 g6
23.Bd3 Rxf3 24.Rxf3 Kg7 25.h4 Nd6 26.Rf6 Ne8 27.Rf2 Nd6 28.h5 gxh5 29.Rf6 Re8
30.Rxd6 Rxe7 31.Rh6 Kg8 32.Rxh5 Na4 33.Rh2 Rg7 34.Rg2 Nb6 35.c4 Kf8 36.Kf2 Rf7+
37.Ke3 Re7+ 38.Kd2 Rd7 39.Rg4 Rg7 40.b3 Nd7 41.Kc3 Ke7 42.a4 Nf8 43.Bf5 Rf7
44.Re4+ Kd8 45.Re5 Rg7 46.Be4 Ng6 47.Bxg6 Rxg6 48.Rf5 Ke7 49.d5 cxd5 50.Rxd5 h6
51.gxh6 Rxh6 52.a5 Ke8 53.Kb4 Rh3 54.Ka4 Rg3 55.Rd4 Ke7 56.Kb4 Ke8 57.Rd5 Ke7
58.Rb5 b6 59.axb6 axb6 60.Rxb6 Kd7 61.Rh6 Kc7 62.c5 Kb7 63.Kc4 Kc7 64.b4 Kb7
65.Kb5 Kc7 66.Rh7+ Kc8 67.Kb6 Rg8 68.c6 Kb8 69.Rb7+ Kc8 70.Ra7  1-0

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gharamian,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 b5
9.a4 c6 10.axb5 Bxd2 11.Nfxd2 Nd5 12.Qxc4 cxb5 13.Qxb5 Ba6 14.Qxa5 Qxa5 15.Rxa5 Nc6
16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Rxd5 Bxe2 18.Re1 Nb4 19.Rd6 Bg4 20.Nc3 Rab8 21.b3 Rfc8 22.Nd5 Nxd5
23.Rxd5 Be6 24.Rde5 Rd8 25.R5e4 Bd5 26.R4e3 Be6 27.Rd3 Bf5 28.Ne4 Rb4 29.f3 Rbxd4
30.Rxd4 Rxd4 31.Kf2 Rb4 32.Nc5 h5 33.Rc1 Rb8 34.Rc4 Rd8 35.Ke3 Rd1 36.g4 Bg6
37.h4 Rh1 38.gxh5 Bxh5 39.Nd3 f6 40.b4 Rb1 41.Rf4 Rb3 42.Kd2 Bg6 43.Nc5 Rb1
44.Kc3 Kh7 45.Nb3 Bf7 46.Nd2 Rc1+ 47.Kb2 Rd1 48.Kc2 Ra1 49.b5 Bd5 50.Rb4 g5
51.hxg5 fxg5 52.b6 Bb7 53.Rd4 Kg6 54.Rd7 Ba6 55.Ra7 Ra2+ 56.Kc3 Ra3+ 57.Nb3 Ra4
58.Nd2 Ra3+ 59.Kb4 Ra2 60.b7 Rxd2 61.Rxa6+ Kf5 62.Kc3 Rd8 63.Ra8  1-0

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gharamian,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 a6 6.e4 g6 7.dxe6 Bxe6 8.Bf4 Nc6
9.Be2 Nh5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bh6 Qb6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.cxd5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Bxh5 gxh5
16.O-O O-O-O 17.Bg7 Rhg8 18.Qxd4 Qa5 19.Bh6 Rg6 20.Rfc1+ Kd7 21.Qe3 Rdg8
22.g3 h4 23.Bf4 hxg3 24.hxg3 h5 25.Qb3 b5 26.Qc3 Qxc3 27.Rxc3 h4 28.Kg2 hxg3
29.fxg3 Bf6 30.Rb3 Be5 31.Bxe5 dxe5 32.a4 b4 33.Rc1 Rg4 34.Rc4 a5 35.Rf3 f5
36.Rxf5 Rxg3+ 37.Kf1 Rb3 38.Rf7+ Kd8 39.Rcc7 Rxb2 40.Rcd7+ Kc8 41.Rc7+ Kd8
42.Rcd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1 b6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Be6 11.Nge2 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Nf4 Bxc3+ 14.Rxc3 Nd7 15.O-O c4
16.Bb1 Nf6 17.b3 Qa5 18.Qd4 cxb3 19.Rxb3 Rfc8 20.h3 Rc4 21.Qe5 Qc7 22.Qxc7 Rxc7
23.Bd3 g5 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Rfb1 Nd7 26.Kf1 Rac8 27.Ke2 Nc5 28.Rb8 Kf7 29.Rxc8 Rxc8
30.f4 Ke7 31.Bc2 Nd7 32.Kd2 Nb6 33.Bd3 Rc5 34.Rb5 Rc7 35.g3 Kf6 36.Rb4 Rc5
37.Rb5 Rc7 38.Rb4 Rc5 39.Rb5 Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 e5 6.Nb5 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a6 8.Bxb4 axb5
9.Bd6 Ne4 10.Bg2 Qa5+ 11.b4 Nxb4 12.Bxe4 Nc2+ 13.Kf1 Nxa1 14.Bxe5 Qxa2 15.Bxg7 Rg8
16.Bf6 Ra6 17.Bxa1 Qxa1 18.cxb5 Rh6 19.Qc1  1-0

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.e4 O-O 10.O-O Qd8 11.e5 c5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.dxc5 Nc6 14.Qxd5 Qa5 15.Bb5 Nb4
16.Qb3 Bg4 17.a3 Nc6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Qb4 Qxb4 20.axb4 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Bxe5 22.Rfe1 f6
23.Ra6 Rfc8 24.f4 Bxf4 25.Re6 Kf7 26.Rexc6 Rxc6 27.Rxc6 Rb8 28.Ra6 Be5 29.Rxa7+ Ke6
30.Ra6+ Kf5 31.Ra4 Rd8 32.b5 Rd2 33.Rb4 Ke6 34.b6 Kd7 35.b7 Bb8 36.Rb6  1-0

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d6 7.c3 Ne7 8.Bb3 Ng6
9.Re1 c6 10.h3 Bb6 11.Nf1 h6 12.Ng3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.d4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Kh8
16.Qf3 Bxd4 17.cxd4 f5 18.Nh5 f4 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.Qxd5 cxd5 21.Bd2 Bd7 22.Rac1 Bc6
23.Re6 Kh7 24.g3 fxg3 25.fxg3 Rae8 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Kf2 Rf8+ 28.Kg2 Re8 29.Bc3 Kg8
30.Rf1 Bb5 31.Rf2 Re2 32.g4 Rxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Bc4 34.b3 Bd3 35.Bd2 Kf7 36.Kg3 Bb1
37.a3 Nf8 38.Bf4 g6  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Rd1 Be7 12.g3 b6 13.a4 a5 14.Bf4 Rg8 15.Ng5 Bb7 16.Rd3 Ba6
17.Rd2 Rd8 18.Rad1 Bc8 19.Kh2 Rxd2 20.Rxd2 Bd8 21.h4 Ne7 22.Be3 Ng6 23.f4 Bxg5
24.hxg5 h4 25.Bf2 hxg3+ 26.Bxg3 Ne7 27.Kg2 Rh8 28.e6 Nf5 29.exf7+ Kxf7 30.Bf2 c5
31.Nb5 Bb7+ 32.Kf1 Bf3 33.Rd7+ Kg6 34.Bg1 Kh5 35.Nxc7 Kg4 36.Kf2 Bc6 37.Rd3 Be4
38.Rb3 Rd8 39.Rxb6 Bf3 40.Re6 Rd2+ 41.Ke1 Rd1+ 42.Kf2 Ng3 43.g6 Kxf4  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Pruijssers,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.c4 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Re1 Qf7
9.e4 fxe4 10.Ng5 Qxc4 11.Ngxe4 Nxe4 12.Rxe4 Qf7 13.Rf4 Bf6 14.Nd5 Na6 15.Qb3 Kg7
16.Nxf6 exf6 17.Bd5 Qd7 18.Re4 Qd8 19.Qe3 Kh8 20.Re7 g5 21.Bd2 c6 22.Bf7 Nc7
23.Re1 Be6 24.Rxc7 Rxf7 25.Rxf7 Bxf7 26.d5 Bxd5 27.Bc3 Kg8 28.h4 h6 29.Qd3 Qf8
30.Qf5 Qf7 31.Bxf6 Re8 32.Rxe8+ Qxe8 33.Kh2 Be6 34.Qa5 gxh4 35.Bxh4 Qf8 36.Qxa7 c5
37.f4 Bd5 38.Qa5 Qe8 39.Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Satyapragyan,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.d5 Bg4 8.Be3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Nbd7 10.Be2 Ne8 11.a4 Nc7 12.Bc4 Ne5 13.Ba2 a6 14.f4 Nd7 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.a5 b5 17.axb6 Rxb6 18.Na4 Rb4 19.Qd3 Nb6 20.Nxb6 Rxb6 21.Bxa6 Bxb2 22.Ra2 Nxa6
23.Rxa6 Rxa6 24.Qxa6 Qa8 25.Qxa8 Rxa8 26.Kf2 Ra4 27.Kf3 Rc4 28.Rf2 Rc3 29.Re2 Bc1
30.e5 Kf8 31.Re1 Bxe3 32.Rxe3 Rxc2 33.Rd3 h5 34.h3 h4 35.Rd1 Rb2 36.Rd3 Kg7
37.Rd1 f6 38.exd6 exd6 39.Rd3 f5 40.Rd1 Rb3+ 41.Kf2 Rb4 42.Kf3 Kh6 43.Rd3 Ra4
44.Rd1 g5  0-1

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Andriasian,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Re8 15.Ng5 Bg6
16.Bxg6 fxg6 17.a5 Rc8 18.Ra4 Bxa5 19.Qf3 Re7 20.Nxe6 Rxe6 21.Qxd5 Nc5 22.Qxd8+ Bxd8
23.dxc5 Rxe5 24.Be3 a6 25.Rb4 Be7 26.Bd4 Bxc5 27.Bxc5 Rexc5 28.Rxb7 Rb5 29.Ra7 Rxb2
30.Rxa6 Rbc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Guseinov,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Ne8 10.Nd5 Bd6 11.Re1 c6 12.Ne3 Bc7 13.Nf5 d5 14.Ne7+ Kh8 15.Nxc8 Rxc8
16.d3 Qf6 17.Qg4 Bb6 18.Re2 Nc7 19.c3 Rce8 20.Qg5 Qxg5 21.Bxg5 Rxe2 22.Bxe2 Re8
23.Kf1 Ne6 24.Bd2 Bc7 25.g3 g6 26.b4 a6 27.d4 Kg7 28.Rb1 f5 29.a4 Kf7 30.Bd3 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.16"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sumets,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 exd4 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 h6 13.b3 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.f4 Bf6
16.Ba3 Re8 17.d6 Bd7 18.Qd2 Bc6 19.Rac1 Qd7 20.Rfe1 Qg4 21.Bf1 g5 22.Bc5 Qxf4
23.Qxf4 gxf4 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Bxa7 f3 27.gxf3 Bxf3 28.Rd3 Be4
29.Rg3+ Bg6 30.Bc5 Be5 31.Rg4 h5 32.Rg2 Bxd6 33.Bb6 Rc8 34.Bc4 Kh7 35.Bxd4 Bc5
36.Bxc5 Rxc5 37.a4 Kg7 38.Rd2 Be4 39.Kf2 Bc6 40.Ke3 Rg5 41.Kf4 Rg1 42.Ke5 Re1+
43.Kf5 f6 44.Be2 Rb1 45.Rd3 h4 46.Re3 Bd5 47.Re7+ Kf8 48.Rd7 Bc6 49.Rh7 Rb2
50.Kxf6 Kg8 51.Re7 Bd5 52.Re8+  1-0

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nf3 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Qc2 Qc8 13.Rb1 c5 14.Nde2 e6 15.Nf4 exd5
16.Ncxd5 Nac4 17.Nxb6 Nxb6 18.b3 Bc6 19.e4 Bb5 20.Re1 c4 21.Bb2 c3 22.Ba1 Rd8
23.e5 g5 24.a4 Ba6 25.Nh5 Bd3 26.Qxc3 Qxc3 27.Bxc3 Bxb1 28.Nxg7 Kxg7 29.e6+ f6
30.Rxb1 Rd3 31.Ba5 Re8 32.Bxb6 axb6 33.Bf1 Rd6 34.Bc4 Kf8 35.Re1 Ke7 36.h3 Rd4
37.Re3 Rc8 38.Kg2 h5 39.Rf3 h4 40.gxh4 Rxh4 41.Rf5 Rc5 42.Rf3 Rd4 43.Kg3 Re5
44.Kg2 Rd1 45.Kh2 f5 46.Kg2 Kf6 47.Rc3 Ree1 48.Kf3 Rh1 49.Ke2 Rc1 50.Rxc1 Rxc1
51.Kf3 Re1 52.Kg2 Ke7 53.Kg3 Rg1+ 54.Kh2 Rc1 55.Kg3 Rc3+ 56.Kg2 Kf6 57.Bd5 Rc5
58.Bc4 Re5 59.Kf3 Kg6 60.Kg2 Kh5 61.Kg3 f4+ 62.Kh2 Kg6 63.Kg2 Kf6 64.Kf3 Kf5
65.Kg2 Ke4 66.Kg1 f3 67.Kh2 Kf4 68.Kg1 Re1+ 69.Kh2 b5 70.axb5 b6 71.Bd5 Rf1
72.Bc4 Rxf2+ 73.Kg1 Kg3 74.e7 Rd2  0-1

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O b6
9.Rc1 O-O 10.b4 Bb7 11.Qb2 Qb8 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.f4 a5
16.b5 cxb5 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Qxb5 Qb7 20.Nb3 Rc4 21.Rxc4 dxc4
22.Qxc4 b5 23.Qd4 a4 24.Nd2 b4 25.Nc4 h6 26.Nd6 Qb6 27.Qxb6 Nxb6 28.Rb1 Nd5
29.e4 Nc3 30.Rxb4 Nxa2 31.Rc4 a3 32.Nb5 g5 33.f5 Nb4 34.Nxa3 Nd3 35.e6 fxe6
36.fxe6 Ne5 37.Rc5 Nf3+ 38.Kg2 Nd4 39.e7 Kf7 40.Nb5 Ra2+ 41.Kh3 Nxb5 42.Rxb5 Kxe7
43.Rb7+ Kf6 44.Rb6+ Kg7 45.Kg4 Rxh2 46.e5 Rf2 47.Rd6 Rf1 48.e6 Kf6 49.e7+ Kxe7
50.Rxh6 Kf7 51.Kxg5 Kg7 52.Rg6+ Kh7 53.g4 Ra1 54.Rd6 Kg7 55.Rd7+ Kg8 56.Kh5 Ra6
57.g5 Rb6 58.Rd5 Kg7 59.Rd7+ Kg8 60.Kg4 Ra6 61.Kf5 Rb6 62.Re7 Ra6 63.g6 Ra1
64.Re4 Rf1+ 65.Rf4 Rxf4+ 66.Kxf4 Kg7 67.Kg5 Kg8 68.g7 Kxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.19"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ganguly,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 Bd6
9.Qxc4 O-O 10.Rd1 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Qc2 e5 13.Bb2 Qe7 14.Nbd2 Rfc8 15.a3 h6
16.Nh4 Nd8 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 exd4 19.Bxd4 c5 20.Rac1 Qe6 21.Qxe6 Nxe6 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.Ne4 Be7 24.Nd6 Rd8 25.Nf5 Bf8 26.Bd5 Nc7 27.e4 c4 28.bxc4 Bxa3 29.Ra1 Bf8
30.cxb5 Nxd5 31.exd5 axb5 32.d6 b4 33.Rd5 Rb6 34.Rb1 Kh7 35.Rd4 Bxd6 36.Nxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.20"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rfd1 cxd4 12.exd4 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxh4 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Nc3 Bb7
16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Be7 18.d5 exd5 19.Rxd5 Qc7 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.Nd4 Nf6 22.Nb5 Qb8
23.Nxf6+ Bxf6 24.Nd6 Qc7 25.h3 a5 26.b3 Be7 27.Qd3 Bxd6 28.Rxd6 Rxd6 29.Qxd6 Qc2
30.Qd2 Rc8 31.Qxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujairah Masters 2012"]
[Site "Fujairah City UAE"]
[Date "2012.11.21"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Jobava,Ba"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Na3 Be7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.Nc4 e4 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.O-O a5 10.Ng3 d5 11.Ne5 Qe8 12.c4 Bd6 13.d4 exd3 14.Nxd3 Ne4 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Nf4 Bxf4 17.exf4 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Qd7 19.Re1 Bb7 20.Qd4 f6 21.a4 Rfe8 22.Qc5 Qc6
23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Qxc6 Bxc6 25.Rc1 Re2 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Rxc6 d4 28.Rxc7 d3
29.Rd7 d2 30.Kh2 h5 31.g4 h4 32.f3 Kf8 33.f5 Ke8 34.Rd5 Rf2 35.b4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2012.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.c4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.Nf3 Nb6
9.h3 Bf5 10.O-O a6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nfxd5 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bd2 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Bf6
16.c4 Qd7 17.Bg5 Qc6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Qb3 Qc6 20.Ne5 Qe6 21.Rac1 Rad8 22.a4 a5
23.Re3 f6 24.d5 Qc8 25.Ng4 Qd7 26.d6 Rxe3 27.Nxe3 Kf8 28.c5 Nc8 29.Qxb7 cxd6
30.c6 Qxb7 31.cxb7 Nb6 32.Nd5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bf4 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Rc1 Nfe4 13.Be5 a5 14.Bh3 Bc8 15.Bxc8 Nxc3
16.Rxc3 Rxc8 17.Qd4 f6 18.Bf4 Qd7 19.Rec1 Rfd8 20.Be3 Bf8 21.Qd1 Re8 22.Bd4 Rb8
23.Kg2 Red8 24.Qc2 Ne6 25.Rd1 Nc5 26.Be3 Rbc8 27.Rc1 Rb8 28.Bf4 Rb7 29.Nd4 Re8
30.Be3 Rbb8 31.Qf5 Qf7 32.R3c2 Rbd8 33.Qf3 Rd7 34.Nf5 Re4 35.Rd2 g6 36.Nd4 f5
37.Nb5 Rb4 38.Nd4 Rc4 39.Rdc2 Ne4 40.b3 Rxc2 41.Rxc2 Bc5 42.Qf4 Qe8 43.f3 Bd6
44.Qh6 Bf8 45.Qf4 Bd6 46.Qh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Geneva Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Berset,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.h3 e5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Bg2 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.O-O Bd7 11.Nde2 b5 12.Nxb5 Nxe4 13.Nbc3 Nxc3 14.Nxc3 Rb8 15.Rb1 a5
16.Nd5 Ne5 17.Bd4 Be6 18.f4 c6 19.fxe5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.exd6 Qxd6 22.Rf3 Re4
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qd3 Qe5 25.c3 Re2 26.Rf2 Re3 27.Qd4 Qxd4 28.cxd4 Rxg3+ 29.Kh2 Rd3
30.Rc1 Rxd4 31.Rc7 Rf8 32.Rd7 a4 33.b3 axb3 34.axb3 Rd3 35.Rb2 Rf3 36.b4 Re8
37.b5 Ree3 38.h4 Rd3 39.Kg2 Rg3+ 40.Kh2 Rh3+ 41.Kg2 Rdg3+ 42.Kf2 Rg4 43.Rxd5 Rhxh4
44.Rdd2 Rb4 45.Kg3 Rhd4 46.Rdc2 Rd3+ 47.Kf2 Rdb3  0-1

[Event "29th Geneva Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Berset,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.h3 e5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Bg2 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.O-O Bd7 11.Nde2 b5 12.Nxb5 Nxe4 13.Nbc3 Nxc3 14.Nxc3 Rb8 15.Rb1 a5
16.Nd5 Ne5 17.Bd4 Be6 18.f4 c6 19.fxe5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.exd6 Qxd6 22.Rf3 Re4
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qd3 Qe5 25.c3 Re2 26.Rf2 Re3 27.Qd4 Qxd4 28.cxd4 Rxg3+ 29.Kh2 Rd3
30.Rc1 Rxd4 31.Rc7 Rf8 32.Rd7 a4 33.b3 axb3 34.axb3 Rd3 35.Rb2 Rf3 36.b4 Re8
37.b5 Ree3 38.h4  0-1

[Event "29th Geneva Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vuilleumier,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "B37"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nc2 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Nd7 10.Bd2 Nc5 11.b4 Ne6 12.Rc1 Ned4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Be3 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 Be6
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 a5 18.b5 a4 19.a3 Re8 20.Rfd1 Qd7 21.h3 Qf5 22.Qc2 Qxc2
23.Rxc2 h5 24.Kf1 Bf6 25.Ke2 Kg7 26.Kd3 Rec8 27.Re1 Re8 28.Bb6 Rac8 29.Rce2 Kf8
30.g3 Bg7 31.f4 Bf6 32.g4 Bh4 33.Rg1 e6 34.dxe6 Rxe6 35.Rxe6 fxe6 36.gxh5 gxh5
37.Rg6 Kf7 38.Rh6 Rg8 39.Rxh5 Rg3+ 40.Ke4 Bf6 41.Rh7+ Kg6 42.Rxb7 Rxa3 43.Ra7 Rb3
44.Bc7 Rb4 45.Kd3 Rb3+ 46.Ke2 a3 47.Bxd6 Rb2+ 48.Kd3 a2 49.Be5 Bxe5 50.fxe5 Kf5
51.Kc3 Rh2 52.b6 Rxh3+ 53.Kd4 Rb3 54.Kc5 Rb2 55.Kc6 Kxe5 56.b7 Kd4 57.c5 Rxb7  1-0

[Event "29th Geneva Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Libiszewski,F"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Qe2 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qxe5+ Qe7
8.Qa5 Qd7 9.Qe5+ Qe6 10.Qa5 Qd7 11.Qe5+ Qe7 12.Qa5 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Geneva Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Murariu,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 a5 12.e4 e5 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.h3 Rfd8 15.Be3 exd4
16.Nxd4 Ne5 17.Bf1 Ng6 18.Nf5 Bh2+ 19.Kh1 Be5 20.Bc5 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.g3 h5
23.h4 Rxd1 24.Nxd1 Qd8 25.Be2 Bc7 26.Nde3 Qd7 27.f4 Nf8 28.Be7 N8h7 29.Bc5 g6
30.Ne7+ Kg7 31.Kh2 Bd8 32.Qd3 Qe8 33.N7f5+ gxf5 34.Nxf5+ Kg8 35.Nd6 Qe6 36.Nxb7 Bc7
37.e5 Ng4+ 38.Bxg4 hxg4 39.Bd6 Bb6 40.Bc5  1-0

[Event "29th Geneva Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Murariu,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 a5 12.e4 e5 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.h3 Rfd8 15.Be3 exd4
16.Nxd4 Ne5 17.Bf1 Ng6 18.Nf5 Bh2+ 19.Kh1 Be5 20.Bc5 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.g3 h5
23.h4 Rxd1 24.Nxd1 Qd8 25.Be2 Bc7 26.Nde3 Qd7 27.f4 Nf8 28.Be7 N8h7 29.Bc5 g6
30.Ne7+ Kg7 31.Kh2 Bd8 32.Qd3 Qe8 33.N7f5+ gxf5 34.Nxf5+ Kg8 35.Nd6 Qe6 36.Nxb7 Bc7
37.e5 Ng4+ 38.Bxg4 hxg4 39.Bd6 Bb6 40.Bc5 Bc7 41.Bf2 Nf8 42.Nc5 Qd5 43.Qxd5 cxd5
44.Na6  1-0

[Event "29th Geneva Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Maze,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.c3 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Qe8 13.Qxe8+ Nxe8 14.Bf4 d5 15.Nd2 Be7
16.Re1 Kf8 17.Bd3 Bd6 18.Bxd6+ Nxd6 19.f3 h6 20.Kf2 a5 21.h4 Bf5 22.Bxf5 Nxf5
23.g3 c6 24.Nf1 a4 25.Ne3 Nd6 26.Ke2 h5 27.Kd3 g6 28.Re2 Kg7 29.Rf2 Re8 30.Re2 f6
31.Kd2 Kf7 32.Ke1 Ra8 33.Kf2 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Geneva Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kovacevic,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c5 8.d5 exd5
9.Nh4 Ne4 10.cxd5 Bxh4 11.Bxe4 Bf6 12.Qc2 h6 13.Bf4 d6 14.Nd2 Na6 15.Nc4 Be7
16.Qd2 Re8 17.Bg2 Nc7 18.e4 Ba6 19.b3 Bxc4 20.bxc4 b5 21.Rab1 a6 22.e5 bxc4
23.a4 dxe5 24.Bxe5 Bd6 25.Ba1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Qg5 27.Qc3 Re8 28.Rxe8+ Nxe8
29.Qxc4 Qd2 30.Bf1 Qd1 31.Bb2 Nc7 32.Kg2 Nxd5 33.Qxa6 Qd2 34.Qe2 Qb4 35.Qe8+ Bf8
36.Qb5 Qd2 37.Kg1 Nc3 38.Bxc3 Qxc3 39.a5 c4 40.a6 Qa1 41.Qxc4 Qa5 42.Qc8 g6
43.Qb8  1-0

[Event "29th Geneva Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2012.12.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Malakhatko,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.g3 cxd4 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.Qxd4 Qb5
9.e4 Qb4+ 10.Qxb4 Bxb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Bd7 13.Ke3 Ke7 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Bb5 Rac8
16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Nb3 e5 19.Nc5 b6 20.Nxd7 Kxd7 21.h4 Ke6 22.Rhd1 h5
23.Kf3 g6 24.Ke3 Rhg8 25.Kf3 Rh8 26.Ke3 Rhg8 27.Kf3 Rge8 28.Ke3 Rh8 29.Kf3 Rhe8
30.Ke3 Rg8 31.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2013.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kraemer,Mart"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4
16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Rfc8 18.Bb1 Qb7 19.Nf1 Bd8 20.Qe2 Bb6 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Rxc8+ Rxc8
23.Rd1 Bxe3 24.Nxe3 Qb6 25.Nd4 g6 26.Kh2 Nc4 27.a3 d5 28.Nxd5 Nxd5 29.exd5 Re8
30.Qc2 Qd6+ 31.Kg1 Re5 32.Ba2 Rxd5 33.Bxc4 Rxd4 34.Rxd4 Qxd4 35.Bf1 b4 36.axb4 Qxb4
37.Bc4 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 Kg7 39.Qe2 Qxe2 40.Bxe2 Kf6 41.Kg1 Ke5 42.Kf1 g5 43.Ke1 f5
44.Bf3 f4 45.Kd2 Kd4 46.Bh5 Bc6 47.g3 fxg3 48.fxg3 Bd7 49.h4 g4 50.Bf7 Ke4
51.Ke2 Bb5+ 52.Kf2 Kd3 53.h5 h6 54.Be6 Kc2 55.Bxg4 Kxb2  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2013.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Jansa,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e5 6.a3 a5 7.O-O d6 8.Ne1 Be6 9.d3 Nge7
10.Nc2 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Ne3 Nde7 13.Nc4 O-O 14.Bg5 f6 15.Be3 b6 16.Qa4 Rc8
17.Qb5 Bxc4 18.dxc4 Nd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Na4 Rb8 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 cxb4 23.Rab1 Re8
24.Rxb4 Nf5 25.Rb2 d3 26.Qd5+ Kh8 27.exd3 Qc7 28.Qc6 Qxc6 29.Bxc6 Red8 30.Be4 Nd4
31.Rxb6 f5 32.Bd5 Rxb6 33.Nxb6 Nb3 34.Rd1 Bd4 35.Na8 Re8 36.Bf3 Re7 37.Kg2 Ra7
38.Rb1 Ra2 39.Rxb3 Rxf2+ 40.Kh3 Rxf3 41.Nc7 Re3 42.Rb8+ Kg7 43.Rd8 Bb2 44.Kg2 Re2+
45.Kg1 g5 46.c5 Rc2 47.d4 Kg6 48.Ne6 Kh5 49.h3 f4 50.Rd6 Kg6 51.Nxf4+ Kf5
52.Nd3 Ba3 53.Nf2 Bc1 54.Kg2 h5 55.g4+ hxg4 56.hxg4+ Kf4 57.Re6  1-0

[Event "Chess Classic ELO Open 2013"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.02.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vogel,Ja"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 Ba6 7.Ne5 Nfd7 8.Nd3 c6
9.Bf4 O-O 10.Nd2 b4 11.e4 Qb6 12.Be3 Bxd3 13.cxd3 a5 14.Nf3 Na6 15.Bf4 Nc7
16.Bxc7 Qxc7 17.Qc2 Bf6 18.exd5 exd5 19.Rac1 Ra6 20.Rfe1 Rfa8 21.Ne5 Bxe5
22.dxe5 Nxe5 23.d4 Ng6 24.Bxd5 Rc8 25.Qe2 Rb6 26.Qf3 Qd7 27.Bc4 Rf8 28.Rcd1 Qh3
29.Re3 c5 30.dxc5 Rf6 31.Qe2 Qf5 32.Bd5 Qg5 33.Kh1 Rf5 34.f4 Qf6 35.Re8 Rxe8
36.Qxe8+ Nf8 37.Qe4 g5 38.c6 gxf4 39.g4 Re5 40.Qg2 Qe7 41.Bf3 Ne6 42.Qf2 Re3
43.g5 Qc5 44.h4 Qf5 45.Kg2 Rc3 46.Rd5 Qb1 47.Rd1 Qg6 48.Re1 Qd3 49.Rd1 Qg6
50.Re1 h6 51.Be4 Qh5 52.Bf3 Qg6 53.Be4 Qg7 54.Bd5 hxg5 55.Bxe6 gxh4+ 56.Kf1 fxe6
57.Rxe6 Qg4  0-1

[Event "Chess Classic ELO Open 2013"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.02.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Weber,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.e4 Bg4 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Ng5 O-O 10.Be2 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Qd7 12.Be3 Na6 13.O-O e5 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.f4 Bf6
16.Nf3 Qe6 17.e5 Qxb3 18.axb3 Be7 19.f5 Nd5 20.Bh6 Rfe8 21.Nc3 Rad8 22.f6 Bc5+
23.Kh1 Nxc3 24.bxc3 Nc7 25.Rfd1 Ne6 26.b4 Bb6 27.g3 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Bxd8
30.Kg2 a5 31.bxa5 Bxa5 32.Bd2 Kf8 33.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic ELO Open 2013"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.02.09"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Schmid,W"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Nc6 10.Be3 Re8 11.Qd2 e5 12.d5 Nd4 13.Qd1 c6 14.g3 Rc8 15.Bg2 cxd5
16.exd5 Qb6 17.Rb1 Qb4 18.Re1 h6 19.Qd2 Nf5 20.g4 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Rc4 22.Qd2 Rec8
23.Rec1 Qb6 24.Nd1 Rxa4 25.b3 Rf4 26.c4 h5 27.Qe3 Qd4 28.f3 Bh6 29.Qf2 Bg5
30.Nc3 Rxg4 31.Ne2 Be3 32.Nxd4 Bxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Rxd4  0-1

[Event "Chess Classic ELO Open 2013"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.02.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Negi,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 Na6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 Nh5 11.Be3 Nb4 12.O-O-O b5 13.Qb3 Be6 14.d5 Bf5 15.Bxb5 Rb8
16.Qc4 Qa5 17.a3 Nc2 18.Qa4 Qxa4 19.Bxa4 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Bg4 21.d6 exd6 22.Rxd6 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Bxe5 24.Rd5 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Rfc8 26.Kc2 Nf6 27.Rd6 Ne8 28.Rd7 Nf6 29.Rxa7 Ra8
30.Rxa8 Rxa8 31.Bb3 Rxa3 32.Rb1 Ra7 33.e4 Re7 34.Ra1 g5 35.Rg1 g4 36.h3 h5
37.hxg4 hxg4 38.Bd5 Kf8 39.fxg4 Nxe4 40.Rf1 Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic ELO Open 2013"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.02.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Tereick,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Re1 e5 8.Nbd2 Re8
9.a4 a5 10.Nc4 b6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.b4 Bb7 13.Qb3 Nh5 14.Ba3 Bc6 15.b5 Bb7
16.Ne3 Nf4 17.Bc4 Ne6 18.Bd5 Ndc5 19.Qc4 Bxd5 20.exd5 Nf4 21.Bxc5 bxc5 22.Nd2 f5
23.Nb3 Bf8 24.Nxc5 Bxc5 25.Qxc5 e4 26.Qd4 Qg5 27.Rad1 Nd3 28.Re2 f4 29.d6 fxe3
30.Rxe3 Nf4 31.Qc4+ Kf8 32.Rg3 Qh5 33.Re1 cxd6 34.f3 Rac8 35.Qd4 Qc5 36.fxe4 Ne6
37.Rf3+ Kg8  0-1

[Event "Chess Classic ELO Open 2013"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.02.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Chatalbashev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nh4 Be4 6.f3 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.e4 dxe4 10.fxe4 Bb4 11.Bb5+ c6 12.Bc4 O-O 13.O-O c5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Nd7
16.a3 Ba5 17.dxc5 Bc7 18.b4 Be5 19.Ra2 Qc7 20.g3 a5 21.Qb3 Nf6 22.Kg2 axb4
23.axb4 Rxa2+ 24.Qxa2 Qd7 25.Be3 Re8 26.Qc4 Nxd5 27.exd5 Bxg3 28.c6 Qc7 29.hxg3 Rxe3
30.Qf4  1-0

[Event "Chess Classic ELO Open 2013"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.02.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Iordachescu,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Be6 10.Nc3 Nd7 11.Nd5 Bd6 12.Nf4 Bxf4 13.Bxf4 O-O-O 14.Rd2 b6 15.Rad1 Nb8
16.Rxd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic ELO Open 2013"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.02.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Felgaer,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 8.g3 Qe7
9.d3 b6 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.O-O O-O 12.e4 Rad8 13.d4 Rfe8 14.Re1 Na5 15.Nh4 Qf6
16.Bb2 Qe6 17.d5 Qd7 18.c4 Ba6 19.Bf1 Nb7 20.f4 f6 21.fxe5 fxe5 22.Be2 Nc5
23.a4 Bc8 24.Nf5 Qf7 25.Rf1 Bxf5 26.Rxf5 Qe7 27.Bc1 g6 28.Rf1 Qg7 29.a5 Rf8
30.axb6 Rxf1+ 31.Bxf1 axb6 32.Bh3 Rf8 33.Be3 h6 34.Rf1 Rxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Kh7
36.Kg2 Qf8 37.Bg4 Qe8 38.h4 h5 39.Bd1 Qd7 40.Qb1 Bf8 41.Qa1 Bd6 42.Bf3 Qa4
43.Qxa4 Nxa4 44.Kh3 Kg7 45.g4 hxg4+ 46.Kxg4 Nc5 47.h5 Nd7 48.hxg6 Kxg6 49.Bd1 Nf6+
50.Kf3 Bc5 51.Bc1 Ne8 52.Be2 Bd4 53.Bd2 Nd6 54.Kg4 Ne8 55.Be1 Nf6+ 56.Kf3 Bc5
57.Bf1 Nh7 58.Bh4 Ng5+ 59.Kg4 Be7 60.Bd3 Bf6 61.Be1 Be7 62.Bc3 Bd6 63.Bd2 Nh7
64.Bf1 Nf6+ 65.Kf3 Nh7 66.Be2 Nf6 67.Bd1 Bf8 68.Be1 Bd6 69.Ba4 Be7 70.Bc6 Bd6
71.Bb7 Bc5 72.Bg3 Bd6 73.Bc8 Nh5 74.Bh4 Nf6 75.Bf5+ Kg7 76.Be1 Ng8 77.Ke3 Ne7
78.Bh4 Bc5+ 79.Kf3 Ng8 80.Bg3 Bd6 81.Kg4 Nh6+ 82.Kg5 Be7+ 83.Kh5 Bd6 84.Be6 Nf7
85.Bxf7 Kxf7 86.Kg5 c6 87.Kf5 b5 88.cxb5 cxb5 89.Bxe5 Bc5 90.Bb2 b4 91.e5 b3
92.d6 Ke8 93.Ke6 Bb4 94.Bc1 Ba5 95.Ba3 Kf8 96.Kd7 Bb4 97.Bb2  1-0

[Event "Chess Classic ELO Open 2013"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Sanikidze,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Ba7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Qc2 d4 11.exd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Be2 e5 14.O-O Be6 15.Rad1 Qc7
16.c5 Rad8 17.Bf3 h6 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 f5 22.Bc2 e4
23.Qc3 Bf7 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.f3 exf3 26.Qxf3 g6 27.Bb3 Bxb3 28.Qxb3+ Qf7 29.Re6 Kh7
30.Qe3 Rd7 31.Qe5 f4 32.Kf2 g5 33.Qe2 Kg7 34.Qe5+ Kh7 35.Ke1 g4 36.Qe4+ Kg7
37.Qe5+ Kh7 38.Qf6 Qxf6 39.Rxf6 g3 40.hxg3 fxg3 41.Ke2 h5 42.Ke3 a5 43.b5 Rd5
44.Rf7+ Kg6 45.Rc7 Rf5 46.b6 h4 47.Rc8 h3 48.Rg8+ Kf6 49.gxh3 Rxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Trier GER"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rustemov,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Qa4+ Qd7 10.e3 O-O 11.Bb5 c6 12.Bd3 c5 13.Qxd7 Nxd7 14.Bf5 Rfd8 15.O-O g6
16.Bh3 c4 17.g3 a6 18.Na4 Rab8 19.Bxd7 Rxd7 20.Nxb6 Rdd8 21.Na4 Bc6 22.Nc5 Rxb2
23.Nxa6 Be7 24.Nc5 Bxc5 25.dxc5 Rb5 26.Nd4 Rxc5 27.a4 Ra8 28.a5 Ra6 29.Rfb1 Be8
30.Kf1 Rcxa5 31.Rxa5 Rxa5 32.Ke1 Kf8 33.Ne2 Ke7 34.Nc3 Kd6 35.Kd2 Bc6 36.Rb8 Ra7
37.h4 h5 38.Rd8+ Kc5 39.Rc8 Rb7 40.Kc2 Kd6 41.Rd8+ Bd7 42.Kc1 Ke5 43.Kd2 Be6
44.Kc2 Bf5+ 45.Kd2 Rb2+ 46.Ke1 Be6 47.Ra8 Bg4 48.f4+ Kf5 49.e4+ dxe4 50.Ra5+ Kf6
51.Re5 Bf3 52.Kf1 Rb3 53.Nd5+ Kg7 54.Re7 Rd3 55.Nb4 e3 56.Nc2 Rd1+ 57.Ne1 c3
58.Rc7 Rc1 59.Re7 c2 60.Rc7 Bd1 61.Kg2 Ra1  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Trier GER"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sandipan,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.e4 O-O 12.e5 Qe7 13.Re1 Rd8 14.Bd3 b5 15.Qc2 Bb7
16.Be4 Rab8 17.Rac1 Qf8 18.Nb1 Rdc8 19.Nbd2 c5 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.Ne4 Rbc7 22.Nd6 Rb8
23.Nd2 c4 24.a4 bxa4 25.Qxa4 f6 26.Qa5 Nb6 27.N2xc4 fxe5 28.dxe5 Nd5 29.Rcd1 Qe7
30.Rd4 Nb4 31.Qa4 Nc6 32.Rdd1 Rd8 33.f4 g5 34.f5 exf5 35.Nxf5 Qc5+ 36.Kh1 Rxd1
37.Rxd1 Nxe5 38.Qe8+ Kh7 39.Nxg7 Ng4 40.Qe4+ Kxg7 41.Qxg4 Qxc4 42.Qxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Meurthe Festival"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2013.03.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Malglaive,Jean-Louis"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C34"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.Bc4 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qf5 8.d4 Bd6
9.Qe2+ Qe6 10.Nb5 O-O 11.Qxe6 fxe6 12.O-O Nc6 13.c3 Ne7 14.Ng5 Ng6 15.Ne4 Bd7
16.Nbxd6 cxd6 17.Nxd6 Bc6 18.Bd2 f3 19.g3 Rad8 20.Nc4 e5 21.Bg5 Rde8 22.dxe5 Nxe5
23.Nd2 Nd3  0-1

[Event "11th Meurthe Festival"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2013.03.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Calvi,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "1703"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Qc2 f5 5.Bf4 Bd6 6.Bxd6 Qxd6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 Ne4 10.O-O Nd7 11.Rac1 Ndf6 12.Ne5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Ne4 14.f3 Ng5 15.c5 Qe7
16.f4 Ne4 17.Rb1 Rf6 18.Bd3 Rh6 19.g3 Nf6 20.Rb2 Qe8 21.Qg2 Qh5 22.Rfb1 Ng4
23.Be2 Nxe3 24.Bxh5 Nxg2 25.Bf7+ Kf8 26.Kxg2 Rf6 27.Bh5 g6 28.Be2 Kg7 29.a4 a6
30.Rb6 Ra7 31.h3 h6 32.Rf1 Rf8 33.g4 Re8 34.h4 Re7 35.Kg3 Rc7 36.Bd3 Re7
37.Re1 Rc7 38.Kf2 Re7 39.gxf5 exf5 40.Rg1 Kh7 41.Nxg6 Re8 42.h5 Be6 43.Rgb1 Bc8
44.Nh4 Rf8 45.Re1 Rf7 46.Re5 Ra8 47.Re8  1-0

[Event "11th Meurthe Festival"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2013.03.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sharif,Me"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nb3 d4 8.O-O Nc6
9.Bg5 Be7 10.N1d2 O-O 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc5 Be7 13.Nd3 Qc7 14.f4 exf4 15.Nxf4 Bg5
16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Ne4 Be6 18.Qd3 Rc8 19.Nxg5 Qxg5 20.Rad1 Rfe8 21.Nf4 Bf5 22.Qb3 Na5
23.Qb5 Nxc4 24.Rxd4 Ne3 25.Rf2 Qf6 26.Rd2 a6 27.Qxa6 bxa6 28.Nd3 Be4 29.Rxf6 Bxg2
30.Rxa6 Be4  0-1

[Event "11th Meurthe Festival"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2013.03.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Postny,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.a4 b4
9.Qe2 c5 10.dxc5 Nbd7 11.c6 Bxc6 12.Bxa6 Qb6 13.Bc4 Rxa4 14.Rxa4 Bxa4 15.Nd4 Ne5
16.b3 Bd7 17.Nd2 Bc5 18.Bb2 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 Qb7 20.Rc1 O-O 21.Ne5 Bxd4 22.Bxd4 Rc8
23.Rd1 Bb5 24.Qd2 Ba6 25.f3 h6 26.e4 Nd7 27.Ng4 f6 28.Be3 h5 29.Nh6+ gxh6
30.Qxd7 Qxd7 31.Rxd7 Rc3 32.Bxh6 Rxb3 33.Rg7+ Kh8 34.Ra7 Rb1+ 35.Kf2 Rb2+
36.Ke3 Bc4 37.Kd4 Bf1 38.g3 Rxh2 39.Bg7+ Kg8 40.Bxf6 b3 41.Rg7+ Kf8 42.Rb7 b2
43.Ke3 Ba6 44.Rb8+ Kf7 45.Bxb2 Re2+ 46.Kf4 Rf2 47.Bd4 Rf1 48.Rb2 Bd3 49.Rb7+ Ke8
50.Ke3 Bc4 51.Rc7 Bb3 52.Ke2 Rh1 53.Bf2 Rb1 54.Rc3 Bd1+ 55.Kd2 Rb3 56.Rc8+ Kd7
57.Rh8 Bxf3 58.Bd4 Bxe4 59.Bc3 Bf3 60.Be5 Bg4 61.Bf4 Kc6 62.Rd8 Ra3 63.Rd6+ Kc5
64.Rd8 Rf3 65.Ke1 e5 66.Bh6 Rxg3 67.Kf2 Rf3+ 68.Kg2 Rf5 69.Rd2 Bf3+ 70.Kg3 Be4
71.Be3+ Kc4 72.Kh4 Bf3 73.Rd8 Bg4 74.Ba7 Rf7 75.Bb6 Rf3 76.Ba7 e4 77.Rd4+ Kb5
78.Rxe4 Rf7 79.Be3 Rf5 80.Bf4 Kc6 81.Ra4 Kd5 82.Ra5+ Ke4 83.Rxf5 Kxf5 84.Bd2 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Meurthe Festival"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2013.03.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Svetushkin,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.a4 e5 8.Re1 c6
9.a5 Re8 10.Nbd2 Nf8 11.h3 Ne6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qc2 Nh5 14.Bf1 Qf6 15.Nh2 Qe7
16.Ndf3 Qc7 17.Ng4 Kh8 18.b4 Nf8 19.Ne3 Nf4 20.Kh2 f5 21.g3 fxe4 22.Qxe4 Nh5
23.Bb2 Nd7 24.Ng4 Ndf6 25.Nxf6 Nxf6 26.Qh4 e4 27.Ng5 h6 28.Nxe4 Rxe4  0-1

[Event "11th Meurthe Festival"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2013.03.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Bxc4 c5
9.e5 Qd8 10.O-O cxd4 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Rad1 Qb6 14.g4 f6 15.exf6 Nxf6
16.Nxd4 Nd5 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Bxd5 Rae8 19.Qc4 Kh8 20.Bxe6 Rxe6 21.Qd4 Qb5
22.f3 Ba5 23.Kg2 Bb6 24.Qd2 Ba5 25.Qd7 Qxb2+ 26.Rf2  1-0

[Event "11th Meurthe Festival"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2013.03.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Istratescu,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Bc5
9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Bf4 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 d6 12.O-O Bf5 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.cxd3 Kd7 15.Rfe1 Rhe8
16.Kf1 Rxe1+ 17.Rxe1 Re8 18.Rxe8 Kxe8 19.d4 Bb6 20.d5 Kd7 21.Ke2 c6 22.Be3 c5
23.b4 cxb4 24.Bxb6 axb6 25.cxb4 b5 26.Ke3 Ke7 27.f4 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Meurthe Festival"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2013.03.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.c4 c6 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Bd7
9.Ne5 Be8 10.Bf4 Na6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Rac1 h6 13.Qb3 g5 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Qxb6 axb6
16.h4 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Ng4 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Bxg5 Nxe5 20.Be7 Rf7 21.Nxd5 exd5
22.Bxd5 Bc6 23.Bxf7+ Kxf7 24.Bd6 Ke6 25.Bxe5 Kxe5 26.f3 Rh8 27.Kg2 Nb4 28.a3 Nd5
29.Rh1 Ne3+ 30.Kf2 Ng4+ 31.Kg1 Rxh1+ 32.Kxh1 Ne3 33.Kg1 b5 34.Kf2 Kd4 35.Rh1 Bd5
36.Rh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Meurthe Festival"]
[Site "Nancy FRA"]
[Date "2013.03.09"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gharamian,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Qe2 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qxe5+ Qe7
8.Qa5 Qd8 9.Qe5+ Qe7 10.Qa5 Qd8 11.Qe5+ Qe7 12.Qa5 Qd8 13.Qe5+ Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kurnosov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Qc7 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.Be3 Bg4 13.Rfd1 Rad8 14.Qa4 Na5 15.h3 Bd7
16.Qa3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Qd6 18.Qb2 Bc6 19.e5 Qd7 20.Rbc1 Rc8 21.Ba6 Bb7 22.Bxb7 Qxb7
23.d5 Nc4 24.Qd4 Nxe3 25.Qxe3 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 Rd8 27.d6 exd6 28.exd6 Qd7 29.Qf4 Qe6
30.Ng5 Qxa2 31.d7 h6 32.Qc7 Bf6 33.Ne4 Be7 34.Nc3 Qe6 35.Nd5 Rxd7 36.Qxd7 Qxd7
37.Nf6+ Bxf6 38.Rxd7 a5 39.Rd6 Be7 40.Rxb6 a4 41.Ra6 a3 42.Kf1 Kg7 43.Ke2 Bc5
44.f3 Be7 45.g4 Kf8 46.Kd3 Kg7 47.Ke4 Bb4 48.Kd5 Kf8 49.Kc6 Kg7 50.Ra4 Bf8
51.Kd7 Bc5 52.Rc4 Bf8 53.Rc7 Kg8 54.Ra7 Bc5 55.Ra5 Bb4 56.Ra4 Bc5 57.Ke8 Bd6
58.Ra6 Bc5 59.h4 Bb4 60.h5 gxh5 61.gxh5 Kg7 62.f4 f5 63.Rg6+ Kh7 64.Kf7 a2
65.Ra6 Bd6 66.Rxa2 Bxf4 67.Ke6 Kg7 68.Kxf5 Bg5 69.Ra7+ Kf8 70.Kg6 Bc1 71.Rf7+ Ke8
72.Rf1 Bd2 73.Kg7 Ke7 74.Rf2 Bc1 75.Re2+ Kd7 76.Kf7 Kd6 77.Ra2 Bf4 78.Ra6+ Ke5
79.Ra5+ Kd6 80.Kf6 Bd2 81.Ra6+ Kd7 82.Kf7 Bf4 83.Ra4 Be3 84.Ra3 Bg5 85.Rd3+ Kc6
86.Kg7 Bf4 87.Rf3 Bg5 88.Rf5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.03.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Farago,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Nf3 e6 7.Be2 d6 8.dxe6 Bxe6
9.h3 Nc6 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Rb1 Nd4 12.Bd3 Nh5 13.Bd2 f5 14.Ng5 fxe4 15.Ncxe4 d5
16.Nxe6 dxe4 17.Nxg7 exd3 18.Nxh5 Rae8+ 19.Kf1 gxh5 20.Qxh5 Rxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Qf6+
22.Kg3 Ne2+  0-1

[Event "17th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2013.03.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gibicar,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.f4 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.e5 Nh6 9.Qe2 Nb6
10.Be4 Qc8 11.Ng5 b4 12.Bxb7 Qxb7 13.Nce4 f6 14.Ne6 Qxe4 15.Nxg7+ Kf7 16.f5 Ng4
17.e6+ Kg8  0-1

[Event "17th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sieglen,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Nd2 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nb3 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.Bf4 Nc4 15.b3 Nd6
16.Qd3 Rc8 17.Rac1 Nde4 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxe4 Nb4 20.Qb1 Bxh3 21.Rxc8 Bxc8
22.Rd1 Qa5 23.Bxh7+ Kh8 24.Qe4 Nd5 25.Bd2 Qd8 26.Qh1 Nf6 27.Bc2+ Kg8 28.Bg5  1-0

[Event "17th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lindberg,Be"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.O-O O-O 6.a3 Re8 7.Bc4 h6 8.d3 Bf8
9.h3 d6 10.Nh2 Be6 11.Ng4 Nxg4 12.hxg4 Nd4 13.g3 c6 14.Bxe6 Nxe6 15.Kg2 d5
16.f3 Qd7 17.Re1 f6 18.Bd2 b5 19.Qc1 d4 20.Nd1 c5 21.Nf2 c4 22.f4 a5 23.fxe5 fxe5
24.g5 hxg5 25.Qd1 Bc5 26.Qh5 Qf7 27.Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.Ng4 Bd6 29.Rf1+ Kg8 30.Rf5 cxd3
31.cxd3 Nc5 32.Rxg5 Re6 33.Rh1 Nxd3 34.Rgh5 Kf7 35.Rf1+ Ke7 36.Rh7 Rg6 37.Nh6 Nxb2
38.Nf5+ Kd7 39.Nxg7 Kc6 40.Rc1+ Nc4 41.a4 Ra7  0-1

[Event "17th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2013.03.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Farago,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 c5 4.Bxb4 cxb4 5.Nd2 Nf6 6.Ngf3 O-O 7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 b6
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.g4 Nxg4 11.Bxh7+ Kh8 12.Rg1 f5 13.d5 exd5 14.Bxf5 Nh6 15.Be6 Qf6
16.cxd5 Na6 17.Rg6 Qe7 18.Rg3 b3 19.axb3 Nb4 20.Qe4 a5 21.Ng5 g6 22.Qxg6 Rf6
23.Nf7+  1-0

[Event "17th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2013.03.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Burg,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 d5
9.exd6 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd6 11.Qe4+ Qe6 12.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kotainy,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.g3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Bg2 a6 10.O-O Rb8 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.b3 b5 13.Nd4 bxc4 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.bxc4 Rb4
16.Bh3 Qd7 17.Qd3 Nc6 18.c5 a5 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Rac1 d5 21.Qa6 Nd4 22.Rfd1 Kh8
23.Qxa5 Qb7 24.Bf1 Ra8 25.Qc5 Rc8 26.Qd6 Rbc4 27.Rb1 Qa8 28.Rd3 Rd8 29.Qe5 Ng4
30.Qg5 Nc6 31.Nd1 h6 32.Qd2 Ra4 33.Rdb3 Rxa2 34.Qf4 Nf6 35.Rb7 Ra7 36.R7b6 e5
37.Qf5 Rc7 38.e3 Qc8 39.Qxc8 Rcxc8 40.Bh3 Rb8 41.Nc3 Rxb6 42.Rxb6 Na5 43.Rb5 Nc6
44.Rb6 Na5 45.Rb5 Nc6 46.Bg2 Ne7 47.Kf1 d4 48.Nd1 Ng6 49.Bh3 dxe3 50.Nxe3 Rf8
51.Bf5 Ne7 52.Rxe5 Nxf5 53.Rxf5 Rd8 54.Ke2 Kh7 55.Ra5 Rd7 56.Re5 Kg6 57.Kf3 Ra7
58.Rb5 Rc7 59.h4 Rf7 60.Nc4 Rc7 61.Ne5+ Kh7 62.Kg2 Re7 63.Nd3 Rd7 64.Nf4 Rd2
65.Kf3 Rd7 66.g4 Rc7 67.Rb3 Rc5 68.Rd3 Rb5 69.Ne6 Re5 70.Nf8+ Kg8 71.Ng6 Rb5
72.h5 Rb8 73.Kg3 Ne4+ 74.Kg2 Nf6 75.f3 Re8 76.Kg3 Rc8 77.Ne7+  1-0

[Event "17th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rapport,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.Ng3  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2013.04.01"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Saric,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 Nc6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.Nxc6 Nxe2+ 13.Nxe2 bxc6 14.Bd4 Bxd4+ 15.Qxd4 c5
16.Qc3 Bb7 17.Rae1 Qe7 18.Nc1 Qe5 19.Qxe5 Rxe5 20.Nd3 Re7 21.g4 f6 22.Kf2 Bc8
23.h4 Be6 24.Rc1 h6 25.Rg1 g5 26.Ke3 Rh7 27.Rh1 Kg7 28.b3 Rah8 29.Rc2 h5
30.hxg5 fxg5 31.gxh5 Rxh5 32.Rg1 Kf6 33.Rcg2 a5 34.Rg3 Rg8 35.R1g2 Rh3 36.e5+ dxe5
37.Nxc5 Rxg3 38.Ne4+ Ke7 39.Rxg3 g4 40.Nc5 gxf3 41.Rxg8 Bxg8 42.Kxf3 Kd6
43.Ne4+ Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Neckar Open"]
[Site "Deizisau GER"]
[Date "2013.04.01"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Zaragatski,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 d4 4.b4 Bg7 5.d3 e5 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.Bg2 Ngf6 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 a5 10.bxa5 Rxa5 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Qc2 b6 13.Nb3 Ra6 14.Nfd2 h5 15.c5 bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Schwetzingen GER"]
[Date "2013.04.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gordon,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.b5 cxd5 14.cxd5 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6
16.dxe6 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 d5 19.Ba3 dxe4 20.Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.Bxe7 Re8
22.Bc5 Rxe6 23.Be3 a6 24.Reb1 axb5 25.Rxb5 Rea6 26.Rxb7 Rxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Schwetzingen GER"]
[Date "2013.04.06"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Nb5 Qd8 7.Bf4 Na6 8.c4 Bg7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bf5 11.Re1 Re8 12.h3 c6 13.Nc3 Ne4 14.Qb3 Bxd4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4
16.Be3 Qd7 17.g4 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Be6 19.Rad1 Qc7 20.Bh6 f6 21.Bf1 Bf7 22.g5 Nc5
23.gxf6 e5 24.Qe3 Ne6 25.Qxe5 Qxe5 26.Rxe5 Rad8 27.Rxd8 Nxd8 28.Re7 Rxe7
29.fxe7 Ne6 30.Be3 a6 31.Bb6 Be8 32.Bd8 Kf7 33.Kg2 Bd7 34.Kg3 Ke8 35.h4 Nxd8
36.exd8=Q+ Kxd8 37.Kf4 Ke7 38.Kg5 Bf5 39.c5 h5 40.b4 Kf7 41.Bc4+ Ke7 42.a3 Bb1
43.Be2 Ke6 44.Bd1 Bd3 45.Bb3+ Ke7 46.a4 Bb1 47.Bc4 Bc2 48.Be2 Ke6 49.Bc4+ Ke7
50.Bf1 Bf5 51.Be2 Ke6 52.Bc4+ Ke7 53.a5 Bc2 54.Kf4 Kf6 55.b5 axb5 56.Bxb5 Bf5
57.Bf1 Bd7 58.a6 bxa6 59.Bxa6 Be6 60.Bf1 Bc8 61.Bg2 Bd7 62.Bf3 Be8 63.Be4 Bd7
64.Bg2 Be8 65.Bh3 Bf7 66.Bd7 Bd5 67.Be8 Kg7 68.Kg5 Be4 69.f4 Kh7 70.Kf6 Kh6
71.Ke5 Bg2 72.Kd6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"]
[Site "Schwetzingen GER"]
[Date "2013.04.07"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Baramidze,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.Rfe1 Bb7 14.a4 Rc8 15.Bd3 a5
16.h3 h6 17.Rab1 Qe7 18.Bb5 Nf6 19.Bd3 Nd7 20.Bb5 Nf6 21.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid Open"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cardi,Nathalie"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 e6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a3 b5 6.Ba2 Bb7 7.d3 Nge7 8.Be3 Ng6
9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.g3 Rc8 12.Qd2 f5 13.Qc1 fxe4 14.Nd2 d5  0-1

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid Open"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Battesti,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Be2 O-O 8.a4 Na6
9.O-O Nc7 10.h3 b5 11.axb5 Qb8 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxb5 14.Nxb5 Nxb5 15.Nc6 Qc7
16.Bxb5  1-0

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid Open"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Utrera,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6 4.Be3 b5 5.f3 d6 6.Qd2 Nd7 7.h4 Ngf6 8.Bh6 Bxh6
9.Qxh6 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Kb1 Be6 13.Nh3 Rc8 14.Nf4 Na4 15.Nxa4 Bxa2+
16.Kc1 Qxa4 17.Bd3 Bb3 18.Kd2 Bxc2 19.Rc1 Qb4+ 20.Ke3 Qb3 21.Rhd1 Kd7 22.Rd2 Bxd3
23.Rxd3 Qxb2 24.Rcd1 Rc1 25.R1d2 Qe5 26.Kf2 Rhc8 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.Rxd5 Qe6
29.Qxh7 R1c2 30.g4 Rxd2+ 31.Rxd2 Qf6 32.Qh6 Rc3 33.f4 Qe6  0-1

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid Open"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Massoni,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.d4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 b6 8.Ne5 Bb7
9.Bf4 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Rc1 a6 13.Bc7 Qe8 14.Qb3 b5 15.e4 Rc8
16.Ba5 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Bd5 18.Qe3 Nb8 19.Bb6 Nd7 20.Ba5 Nb8 21.Bc7 Nc6 22.Nd6 Qd7
23.Nxc8 Rxc8 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.Bb6 Bg5 26.f4 Bf6 27.Qf3 Qd7 28.Rfd1 Ne7 29.Rxc8+ Qxc8
30.Bc5 Nd5 31.f5 h6 32.Re1 Nc7 33.Qc6 Qd8 34.Qd6 Qxd6 35.Bxd6 Bxd4+ 36.Kg2 Nd5
37.fxe6 fxe6 38.Rxe6 Bxb2 39.Re8+ Kf7 40.Ra8 Ke6 41.Rxa6 Kf5 42.Kf3 Bf6 43.g4+ Kg6
44.Ra5 Nc3 45.Bb4  1-0

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid Open"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rapport,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.O-O e5 7.Nxe5 Bxe5 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.Qxc6+ Bd7 10.Qe4 f6 11.f4 Bf5 12.Qc6+ Bd7 13.Qe4 Bf5 14.Qe3 Bh3 15.Rf3 Bg4
16.Rf2 Qd4 17.fxe5 Qxe3 18.dxe3 fxe5 19.Na3 O-O-O 20.Nxc4 Bh3 21.Bd2 Be6
22.Bc3 Bxc4 23.Bxe5 Nh6 24.Rc1 Rhe8 25.Bf4 Ng4 26.Rxc4 Nxf2 27.Rxc7+ Kb8
28.Rxh7+ Ka8 29.Kxf2 Rd2 30.Rg7 Rxb2 31.Rxg6 Rxa2 32.h4 Rb2 33.h5 Rb6 34.Rg5 Rbe6
35.g4 Kb7 36.h6 Kb6 37.h7 Rh8 38.Rg7 a5 39.g5 a4 40.g6 Ree8 41.Rf7  1-0

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid Open"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bigonnet,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Qb6 5.a4 Bb7 6.axb5 Nxd5 7.e4 Nc7 8.Nc3 Ne6
9.Be3 d6 10.Bc4 Nc7 11.Na4  1-0

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid Open"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brethes,F"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 a6 11.a4 Rb8 12.Bf4 Qe7 13.e4 Ng4 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Rxb6
16.Ra2 Nge5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.h3 Bd7 19.Bf1 f5 20.Bg2 g5 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.exf5 Qxf5
23.Ne4 Rxb2 24.Rxb2 Bxb2 25.Nxd6 Qxf2+ 26.Kh2 Bd4 27.Ne4 Qf5 28.Rf1 Qg6 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8
30.Qb3 Bb5 31.d6 Qf5 32.d7 Bxd7 33.Qb8+ Kg7 34.Qd6 Qe6 35.Qc7 Qe7 36.Nxg5 Be5
37.Qb7 Bxg3+ 38.Kxg3 Qxg5+ 39.Kh2 Qe5+ 40.Kh1 Qd6 41.Qb2+ Qd4 42.Qe2 Qd6
43.Qb2+ Kg8 44.Qb7 Qd1+ 45.Kh2 Qd6+ 46.Kh1 Kf7 47.Qe4 Qd1+ 48.Kh2 Qd6+ 49.Kh1 Kg8
50.Qc4+ Be6 51.Qh4 Qd1+ 52.Kh2 Qd6+ 53.Kh1 Bf7 54.Qg4+ Bg6 55.Qc8+ Kg7 56.Qb7+ Kh6
57.Qc8 a5 58.Qg4 Kg7 59.Qh4 Qf6 60.Qa4 Qd8 61.Qa1+ Kh6 62.Qc1+ Qg5 63.Qc3 a4
64.Qa3 Be8 65.Qf3 Qe7 66.Qf4+ Kg7 67.Be4 Bg6 68.Bg2 a3 69.Qc4 Qe1+ 70.Kh2 Qe5+
71.Kh1 Qd4 72.Qe2 Bf7 73.Be4 Qa1+ 74.Kh2 Qe5+ 75.Kh1 Bg6  0-1

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid Open"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e3 c6
9.Bc3 e4 10.Ne1 O-O 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Nxc3 Re8 13.f3 exf3 14.Qxf3 Nb6 15.b3 a4
16.c5 dxc5 17.dxc5 Qd2 18.Nxa4 Nxa4 19.bxa4 Qxe3+ 20.Qxe3 Rxe3 21.Rf4 Rc3
22.Rd4 Be6 23.Rb4 Rxc5 24.Rxb7 h6 25.Nd3 Rc3 26.Ne5 Rxa4 27.Nxc6 Rcxa3 28.Rxa3 Rxa3
29.Rb1 Ra2 30.Nd4 Bd7 31.Rf1 Rd2 32.Nf3 Rd6 33.Ne5 Be6 34.Nc6 Ng4 35.Re1 Rd2
36.Ne7+ Kh8 37.Ng6+ fxg6 38.Rxe6 Rd1+ 39.Bf1 Nf6 40.Kg2 Rd2+ 41.Re2 Rxe2+
42.Bxe2 Kg8 43.Bc4+ Kf8 44.h4 Nd7 45.Be2 Ke7 46.Kf3 Kf6 47.Kf4 Nc5 48.g4 Ne6+
49.Ke4 g5 50.h5 Nf4 51.Bc4 g6 52.hxg6 Nxg6 53.Kd5 Nf4+ 54.Ke4 Ng6 55.Kd5 Ne7+
56.Kd6 h5 57.gxh5 Nf5+ 58.Kc5 g4 59.h6 g3 60.h7 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid Open"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svetushkin,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Be2 Bg5 10.O-O Bxc1 11.Rxc1 Nf6 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Rfd1 Qb6 14.Nc2 Rfd8 15.b3 Rac8
16.Qe3 Qxe3 17.Nxe3 Nd4 18.Kf1 Kf8 19.Nc2 Nxc2 20.Rxc2 Ke7 21.Rcc1 Rc6 22.f3 Rdc8
23.a4 Nd7 24.Kf2 a5 25.Rd2 Nc5 26.Bd1 Rb6 27.Nb5 f5 28.exf5 Bxf5 29.Rc3 Rf8
30.Bc2 Bxc2 31.Rdxc2 Ne4+ 32.Ke3 Nxc3 33.Rxc3 Rc6 34.Rd3 Ke6 35.Nc3 Rd8 36.Nd5 Rd7
37.Ke4 Rf7 38.h4 Rc8 39.g4 Rcf8 40.Rc3 g6 41.Rd3 Kd7 42.Rc3 Kc6 43.Re3 b6
44.Rc3 h5 45.g5 Rf4+ 46.Nxf4 Rxf4+ 47.Ke3 Rxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid KO"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bedini,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Nd5 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Rc8 12.Be3 Nd7 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Nce5 15.Bc2 Bg5
16.Bb3 Bxf4 17.Nxf4 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Nc5 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Ne4 21.Qe2 f5 22.Rad1 Rf6
23.g3 Ng4 24.Nc2 Rh6 25.Rf3 Re8 26.Qg2 Nef2+ 27.Kg1 Nxd1+ 28.Kf1  0-1

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid KO"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bedini,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 g6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 d5
9.exf6 dxc4 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Bg5 h6 12.O-O-O+ Ke8 13.fxe7 Bxe7 14.Bxe7 Kxe7
15.Rhe1+ Kf6 16.Rd6+ Be6 17.Rxc6 Kg7 18.Rc7 Rhe8 19.Re3 a5 20.g3 Kg8 21.Rc5 a4
22.a3 Red8 23.Re1 h5 24.h4 Ra7 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Nxd1 Kf8 27.Ne3 Ke7 28.Nxc4 Bg4
29.Ne3 Kd6 30.Rd5+ Ke6 31.Rd4 Bf3 32.Kd2 Bc6 33.Kc3 Re7 34.b3 axb3 35.cxb3 Kf6
36.Rd6+ Re6 37.Rxe6+ Kxe6 38.Kd4  1-0

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid KO"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Massoni,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.c3 Bb6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 c6 10.Ba4 d6 11.Nd2 g5 12.Bg3 h5 13.h4 Bg4 14.Qe1 Nd7 15.Nc4 gxh4 16.Nxd6+ Kf8
17.Bh2 h3 18.Bb3 Qf6 19.Nf5 hxg2 20.Kxg2 Rg8 21.Bg3 Bxf5  0-1

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid KO"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Massoni,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.e3 Nc6
9.Rd1 Bg4 10.Be2 Qc8 11.O-O a5 12.h3 a4 13.Qc2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 e5 15.Bxc6 exf4
16.Bxa4 fxe3 17.Bb3 exf2+ 18.Rxf2 c5 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.Ne4 Qxc2 21.Rxc2 Rfc8
22.Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.Nd6 Rc7 24.Nxf7 Bxb2 25.Ng5+ Nc4 26.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid KO"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rapport,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Na3 Be7 6.Nc4 e4 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O a5 10.f3 d5 11.Ne5 Qe8 12.fxe4 Nxe4 13.Nd3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 f5
16.Rf3 Bd6 17.Nf4 g5 18.Nd3 Qh5 19.Re1 Qh6 20.Be5 Rae8 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Nf2 f4
23.exf4 gxf4 24.Nxe4 dxe4 25.Qc4+ Qd5 26.Rc3 Re6 27.d3 e3 28.Qxd5 cxd5 29.d4 Re4
30.Rd3 Rf6 31.Kf1 Rc6 32.c3 Rg6 33.c4 dxc4 34.bxc4 Rb6 35.Ke2 Re7 36.Kf3 Rb2
37.Re2 Rb4 38.Kxf4 Rxc4 39.Rexe3 Rf7+ 40.Kg3 Ra4 41.a3 Rd7 42.Re5 Raxd4 43.Rxd4 Rxd4
44.Rxa5 c5 45.Kf3 c4 46.Ke2 Rd3 47.a4 Rg3 48.Kf2 Ra3 49.Ke2 Rg3 50.Kf2 Ra3
51.Ke2 Rg3 52.Rc5 Rxg2+ 53.Kd1 Rh2 54.Rh5 Ra2 55.a5 c3 56.Kc1 c2 57.h4 Kg7
58.Rc5 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid KO"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rapport,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be2 Nc6 6.exd6 exd6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Bg5 Bf6
9.Bh6 Ng7 10.d5 Nf5 11.Bc1 Ne5 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.Ne4 Bg7 14.Bg5 Ne7 15.Bb5 O-O
16.Bxd7 Bxd7 17.Nf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxf6 Bg4 19.Re1 Re8 20.Qd2 Bxf3 21.gxf3 c6 22.Qh6 Nf5
23.Bxd8 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Nxh6 25.Re8+ Kg7 26.Bf6+ Kxf6 27.Rxa8  1-0

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid KO"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.a4 b4 7.c4 bxc3 8.bxc3 O-O
9.c4 d5 10.Qb3 Ba6 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Re1 Nc6 13.Ba3 Rb8 14.Qc2 Ndb4 15.Qd2 Bf6
16.Rd1 e5 17.Nxe5 Nxd4 18.Bxb4 Rxb4 19.Nd3 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Bxa1 21.Na3 Rd4
22.Nb5 Bxb5 23.axb5 Re8 24.Qc2 Rd6 25.Bf1 Bd4 26.Rc1 Bb6 27.Qc4 Qf6 28.Rc2 g6
29.Nf4 Rd4 30.Qb3 Rxf4 31.gxf4 Qxf4 32.Qg3 Qf6 33.Kg2 Re5 34.h4 Re4 35.Kh3 Qf5+
36.Kh2 Rg4 37.Bh3 Qxc2 38.Qxg4 Qxf2+ 39.Bg2 h5 40.Qe4 Qd4 41.Qe8+ Kg7 42.Bf3 Qxh4+
43.Kg2 Qf2+  0-1

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid KO"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nf3 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Qc2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Nf6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.a3 Bd6 15.Bc3 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 f6 17.Nd2 f5 18.Qc2 b6 19.f4 exf4 20.exf4 Qf7 21.Kh1 Bb7 22.Nf3 Be4
23.Qf2 Bxf4 24.Qh4 Bd6 25.Ng5 Qg6 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.Qf2 Rf8 28.Qf3 Qe6 29.h3 Qxc4
30.Rfe1 Qe6 31.Rf1 h6 32.Qh5 Kh7 33.Rd3 Qg6 34.Qf3 Rf4 35.Qd1 Rxf1+ 36.Qxf1 Re8
37.Qf3 Qg5 38.Rd1 Re3 39.Qf2 Re4 40.Qf3 Qf4 41.Qxf4 Rxf4 42.Kg1 g5 43.Rd3 Kg6
44.Rd1 Kf7 45.Rd3 Re4 46.Kf2 h5 47.Rd1 g4 48.hxg4 fxg4 49.Rd5 Kg6 50.Bd2 Re5
51.Rd3 Rf5+ 52.Ke2 Re5+ 53.Kf2 Rf5+ 54.Ke2 h4 55.Bc3 Rh5 56.Kf1 h3 57.gxh3 gxh3
58.Kg1 h2+ 59.Kh1 Rg5 60.Rd1 Kf7 61.Bd4 Ke6 62.Re1+ Kd5 63.Rd1 Kc6 64.a4 Rd5
65.Rc1+ Kd7 66.Be3 Rd3 67.Re1 Rb3 68.Bd4 Rb4 69.Be5 Rxa4 70.Kxh2 Rg4 71.Kh3  0-1

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid KO"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O Bg4 7.b4 Nxb4 8.Rb1 O-O-O
9.d3 e6 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.Ng5 Qe5 12.g3 Rhf8 13.Nxf7 Rxf7  0-1

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid KO"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 O-O-O 14.Qc2 Nc5 15.O-O fxg3
16.hxg3 a5 17.Rad1 Kb8 18.e3 h5 19.Ne2 Ne6 20.Nf4 Bb4 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Nh4  1-0

[Event "10th Balagne Rapid KO"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Be5 14.f4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Nb6
16.Nd6 Nxc4 17.Rxc4 Be6 18.Rc3 Qb6 19.f5 Qxd4 20.exd4 Bd5 21.b3 b6 22.Nc4 Rfe8
23.Ne3 Be4 24.Rd1 Rad8 25.Kf2 Rd6 26.g4 Red8 27.d5 cxd5 28.Rd4 g6 29.Rc7 a5
30.a3 Kg7 31.Kg3 R8d7 32.Rxd7 Rxd7 33.fxg6 fxg6 34.Nc4 Kf6 35.Nxb6 Rb7 36.Na4 Rxb3+
37.Kf2 Ke5 38.Rd2 Rf3+ 39.Ke2 Rxa3 40.Nb6 a4  0-1

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Nf3 c5 12.O-O Be7 13.Be3 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bd7 15.Qg4 O-O
16.Rfd1 Qe8 17.e5 Kh8 18.h3 Rb8 19.Qe4 h6 20.Rdc1 Qd8 21.Rb7 Ba3 22.Rc3 Be7
23.Rcc7 Bc8 24.Ra7 Ba3 25.Rxf7 Rxf7 26.Rxf7 Qg8 27.Qf3 Bb2  1-0

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Rxb7 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Bxd4
15.Bb4 Rd8 16.Qc1 Na6 17.Bxe7 Rac8 18.Qf4 Nc5 19.Bxc5 Rxc5 20.Bd1 Be5 21.Qe3 Qa5
22.Bb3 Rc7 23.Rxc7 Qxc7 24.g3 Bd4 25.Qf3 Kg7 26.Kg2 Be5 27.Rd1 Rxd1 28.Qxd1 Qd6
29.Qxd6 Bxd6 30.f4 f6 31.Kf3 a5 32.Ba4 Bc7 33.Bb3 Bd6 34.Ba4 Bc7 35.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Na4 Bb6 6.Nxb6 axb6 7.Ne2 Be6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Nd4 11.O-O g5 12.Bg3 Bxc4 13.dxc4 Ne6 14.f3 h5 15.Bf2 h4
16.Be3 Nh5 17.a4 Nhf4 18.b3 f6 19.Qd2 Qd7 20.Nd1 O-O 21.Nf2 f5 22.Bxf4 Nxf4
23.exf5 Qxf5 24.h3 Kg7 25.Ne4 Kg6 26.Nc3 Qe6 27.Rfe1 Kh6 28.Re4 Rf7 29.Nd5 Kh7
30.Qe3 Qg6 31.Qd2 Raf8 32.Re3 Ra8 33.Ree1 Ne6 34.Re2 Nf4 35.Nxf4 Rxf4 36.Qd5 Ra7
37.Re4 Kg7 38.Rae1 Qf7 39.Qd2 Ra8 40.Qb4 Ra5 41.Qd2 Ra8 42.Rxf4 gxf4 43.Ra1 Kf6
44.Qe1 Qh7 45.a5 Rxa5 46.Rxa5 bxa5 47.Qxa5 Ke6 48.Qd2 b6 49.b4 Kd7 50.c5 bxc5
51.bxc5 Kc6 52.cxd6 cxd6 53.Qc3+ Kb5 54.Qc8 Qa7+ 55.Kh2 Qe7 56.Qb8+ Kc6 57.Kg1 Qc7
58.Qe8+ Kd5 59.Qg8+ Kd4 60.Qg5 Qxc2 61.Qxh4 Qd1+ 62.Kh2 Ke3 63.Qe7 Qe1 64.Qa7+ Ke2
65.Qa6+ Kf2 66.Qa7+ Ke2 67.Qa2+ Kf1 68.Qa6+ Kf2 69.Qb6+ Ke2 70.Qxd6 Qg3+
71.Kg1 Qe1+ 72.Kh2 Qg3+ 73.Kg1 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.b3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qb6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.c4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Qc2 Ba6 12.Na4 Qb7 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Rab1 h6
16.Bd2 Nf6 17.Ba5 Re8 18.Nc3 Bd8 19.Bxd8 Raxd8 20.Na4 e5 21.Qc3 Qb8 22.Qa5 Bb7
23.Nc3 e4 24.e3 dxc4 25.bxc4 Rxd1+ 26.Nxd1 Qd8 27.Qxa7 Bc8 28.Nc3 Qd3 29.Qa3 Qxc4
30.Qb4 Ba6 31.Bf1 Qxb4 32.Rxb4 c5 33.Rb6 Bd3 34.a4 Nd7 35.Rd6 Ne5 36.Bxd3 exd3
37.f4 Nc4 38.Rxd3 Nxe3 39.a5 Nc4 40.Rd5 Nxa5 41.Rxc5 Nb7 42.Rd5 Rc8 43.Ne4 Re8
44.Nd6 Nxd6 45.Rxd6 Re2 46.Rd7 g6 47.h4 Kg7 48.Kf1 Rb2 49.Rd6 h5 50.Rc6 Ra2
51.Rd6 Rb2 52.Rc6 Ra2 53.Rd6 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 c6
9.e4 Qa5 10.b4 Qd8 11.a4 a5 12.b5 Be6 13.Qd3 Nbd7 14.Be2 Nh5 15.Be3 c5 16.d5 Bg4
17.Rc1 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Ne5 19.Qd1 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 b6 21.g4 Nf6 22.O-O Qd7 23.h3 h5
24.gxh5 Nxh5 25.Qg2 Bd4 26.Ne2 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Rad8 28.Rcd1 Qc7 29.Rf5 Nf6 30.Rdf1 Kh8
31.R5f4 Qe5 32.Rh4+ Kg7 33.Ng3 Rg8 34.d6 Rxd6 35.Nf5+ Kf8 36.Nxd6 Qxd6 37.Qg5 Nd7
38.Rh7 Ne5 39.Qf4 f6 40.Qf2 Ke8 41.Qe2 Qd3 42.Qxd3 Nxd3 43.Kg2 c4 44.Kf3 Kd7
45.Ke2 Ke6 46.Kd2 Rd8 47.Kc2 Nb4+ 48.Kc3 Rd3+ 49.Kxc4 Rxe3 50.Kd4 Nc2+ 51.Kc4 Na3+
52.Kd4 Nc2+ 53.Kc4 Nb4 54.Kd4 Ra3 55.Rc1 Rxa4 56.Ke3 Ra3+ 57.Ke2 Ra2+ 58.Ke3 Rc2
59.Rxc2 Nxc2+ 60.Kd3 Na3 61.h4 f5 62.Rh6 fxe4+ 63.Kxe4 Kf7 64.h5 gxh5 65.Rxb6 h4
66.Rb8 h3 67.Kf3 Ke6 68.b6 Kd7 69.Ra8 Kc6 70.Rxa5 Nc4 71.Ra7 Kxb6 72.Rxe7 Kc5
73.Kg3 Kd4 74.Kxh3 Ne3 75.Re8 Kd3 76.Kg3 Kd4 77.Kf3 Nc4 78.Rd8+ Ke5 79.Re8+ Kd4
80.Kf4 Kd5 81.Re5+ Nxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 Bb4 11.Bd2 Ba6 12.b3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 d5 14.Qh4 dxc4 15.Rc1 Qg6
16.g3 O-O 17.Be2 Rad8 18.O-O c5 19.Rfe1 Bb7 20.Bg4 Qc6 21.f3 Bc8 22.e6 fxe6
23.Qe7 e5 24.Bxe5 Qh6 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.f4 cxb3 27.axb3 Nd5 28.Qxc5 Qb6 29.Bd4 Qxc5
30.Bxc5 Rfe8 31.Bxa7 Rxe1+ 32.Rxe1 Ra8 33.Ra1 c5 34.Ra5 Nf6 35.Kf1 c4 36.b4 Nd5
37.Rxd5 Rxa7 38.Ke2 Ra2+ 39.Rd2 Ra1 40.Rc2 Rh1 41.Ke3  1-0

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.29"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Nc3 O-O 7.e3 Qe7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Qc2 c6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O Re8 12.Rab1 g6 13.b4 b6 14.a4 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5
16.Rfd1 Bb7 17.h3 Rea8 18.Nd2 Ba6 19.Nb3 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 R5a6 21.Rdd1 Qe6 22.Nc1 Ne4
23.N1a2 Nxc3 24.Nxc3 Nf6 25.Ne2 Nd7 26.Rbc1 Rc8 27.Qb3 Rca8 28.Qc2 Rc8 29.Qb3 Rca8
30.Qc3 Nb8 31.Qb4 Nd7 32.Nf4 Qf6 33.Qc3 Nb8 34.Qb4 Nd7 35.Qc3 Nb8 36.Rb1 Qd6
37.Rdc1 Rxa4 38.Rxb6 Rc4 39.Qe1 Nd7 40.Rbb1 Rxc1 41.Qxc1 Rb8 42.Rxb8+ Nxb8
43.Qb2 Nd7 44.Qb7 Kg7 45.Nd3 h5 46.Nb4 Qb8 47.Qxb8 Nxb8 48.h4 f6 49.f3 g5
50.Kh2 Kg6 51.Kg3 Kf5 52.Kh3 Kg6 53.hxg5 fxg5 54.g4 Kh6 55.f4 Kg6 56.Kg3 Kh6
57.Kf3 Kg6 58.Kg3 Kh6 59.gxh5 Kxh5 60.Kh3 Nd7 61.Nxc6 g4+ 62.Kg2 Nb6 63.Ne7 Kh4
64.Nf5+ Kh5 65.Kg3 Nc4 66.Kf2 Nd2 67.Kg2 Nc4 68.Kg1 Nb6 69.Ne7 g3 70.Kg2 Kg4
71.Ng8 Nc4 72.Nf6+ Kf5 73.Nxd5 Ke4 74.Nc7 Nxe3+ 75.Kxg3 Nf5+ 76.Kg4 Nxd4
77.Ne8 Kd5 78.Ng7 Ke4 79.Nh5 Kd5 80.f5 Nxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Qe2 Bd6 7.Nc3 c5 8.g3 Nd7
9.Nd5 Nb8 10.c3 Nc6 11.Bd2 Be7 12.b4 cxb4 13.cxb4 Bg4 14.Bc3 Bxb4 15.Bxb4 Nxb4
16.Nxb4 Qf6 17.Qb2 Qxf3 18.Qxe5+ Be6 19.O-O O-O 20.Nd5 Bh3 21.Nf4 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 c6
23.h3 Rfe8 24.Qc5 h6 25.Qc2 g5 26.Ng2 Rad8 27.Ne3 Qf6 28.Kg2 Qd4 29.Rd1 Re5
30.Qe2 Ra5 31.h4 gxh4 32.Qg4+ Qg7 33.Qxh4 Qg5 34.Qh3 Rxa2 35.Nf5 h5 36.d4 Kf8
37.Rh1 Qd2 38.Rf1 Qg5 39.Rh1 Ke8 40.Qxh5 Qxh5 41.Rxh5 a5 42.Rh8+ Kd7 43.Rh7 Rf8
44.g4 Re2 45.Kf3 Re1 46.g5 Rg1  0-1

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.06.01"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qb3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 a5 11.Qc2 b4 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Bd2 c5
16.Rac1 Re6 17.Qh4 Bf6 18.Qh6 cxd4 19.exd4 Nc6 20.Be3 Rd6 21.Rc4 Bg7 22.Qh4 Qd7
23.h3 Rd8 24.Rfc1 Nxd4 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.Nxd4 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 Qxd4 28.Qxe7 Kg7
29.Qe2 Rd5 30.Qc2 h5 31.a3 h4 32.axb4 axb4 33.b3 Qe5 34.Rd1 Rc5 35.Qd2 Rc3
36.Qd4 Qxd4 37.Rxd4 Rxb3 38.Rxh4 Rb1+ 39.Kh2 Kf6 40.Re4 b3 41.Re3 b2 42.Rb3 Ke5
43.g3 Kd4 44.Kg2 Kc4 45.Rb8 Kc3 46.Rc8+ Kb3 47.Rb8+ Kc3 48.Rc8+ Kb3 49.Rb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.h3 d6 7.c3 Bb6 8.Bb3 Ne7
9.Nbd2 c6 10.Re1 Ng6 11.d4 h6 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a3 a5 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.Be3 exd4
16.Bxd4 Nh5 17.e5 d5 18.Ne3 Nhf4 19.Nf5 Be6 20.Qd2 Bxf5 21.Bxf5 Ne6 22.Rad1 Nh4
23.Nxh4 Qxh4 24.g3 Qg5 25.Qc2 g6 26.Bd3 h5 27.h4 Qg4 28.Be2 Qe4 29.Qc1 Qf5
30.Bd3 Qg4 31.Be2 Qf5 32.Kg2 Ng7 33.Bd3 Qd7 34.f4 b5 35.Qc2 Rab8 36.Kh2 Bb6
37.Bf1 Qa7 38.Bh3 b4 39.f5 bxa3 40.bxa3 gxf5 41.Bxf5 Bxd4 42.cxd4 Nxf5 43.Qxf5 Rb2+
44.Kh3 Re6 45.Qxh5 c5 46.dxc5 Qxc5 47.Rf1 Qe7 48.Rxd5 Rg6 49.Rf6 Rxf6 50.exf6 Qxf6
51.Qg4+  1-0

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O b6 13.Qc1 Qe6 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Bb5 Na6
16.Bf4 Qc8 17.Qe3 Qd8 18.d5 Nc5 19.Ne5 e6 20.Nc6 Bxc6 21.Bxc6 Rc8 22.Bg5 f6
23.Bh4 g5 24.Bg3 f5 25.exf5 exd5 26.Bb5 Qf6 27.Qa3 Qxf5 28.Qxa7 Bd4 29.Rbd1 Bxf2+
30.Bxf2 Qxf2+ 31.Kh1 Ne4 32.Qb7 Nc3 33.Bd3 Qf7 34.Re7 Nxd1 35.Rxf7 Nf2+ 36.Kg1 Rc1+
37.Bf1 Rxf7 38.Qxd5 Ne4 39.Qd8+ Kg7 40.Qd4+ Kh6  0-1

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Wirig,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bb2 Qe7 8.Be2 a6
9.d4 dxc4 10.bxc4 c5 11.O-O cxd4 12.exd4 b6 13.a4 O-O 14.a5 b5 15.c5 Bc7
16.c6 Nb8 17.Ne5 b4 18.Ne4 Nd5 19.Rfc1 Ra7 20.Qa4 f6 21.Nd3 Nf4 22.Nxf4 Bxf4
23.Rc4 Rc7 24.Bc1 Bxc1 25.Raxc1 Rd8 26.Bf3 Kf8 27.h3 h6 28.Nd2 Qd6 29.R1c2 e5
30.d5 Bf5 31.Ne4 Bxe4 32.Bxe4 f5 33.Bxf5 Qxc6 34.dxc6  1-0

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ragger,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.Nf3 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qh5 10.Be2 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nd4 Nxc3 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bxc3 Qh4
16.Qd4 Qxd4 17.Bxd4 Re8 18.O-O Bf6 19.Bxf6 Rxe2 20.Bc3 Be6 21.Rfe1 Rxe1+
22.Rxe1 a5 23.Re5 a4 24.Rg5 g6 25.Re5 Kf8 26.f3 Ke7 27.Kf2 Kd6 28.g4 f5 29.h3 c5
30.Re2 fxg4 31.hxg4 h5 32.gxh5 gxh5 33.Re4 Bb3 34.Rf4 Be6 35.Kg3 Ke7 36.Bf6+ Kd7
37.Kh4 Rf8 38.Kg5 Bd5 39.Rf5 Rg8+ 40.Kf4 Ke6 41.Re5+ Kxf6 42.Rxd5 Rg2 43.Rxh5 Rxb2
44.Rh6+ Ke7 45.Ra6 c4 46.Rxa4 Rb3 47.Ra7+ Kd6 48.Ke4 c3 49.Kd3 c2+ 50.Kxc2 Rxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gajewski,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Na6 8.Ne5 Bxg2
9.Kxg2 c5 10.d5 Qc7 11.Nf3 Ne4 12.Nc3 f5 13.dxe6 dxe6 14.Qa4 Qb7 15.Rd1 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Rad8 17.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Nyzhnyk,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.Rc1 b6 13.e5 Bb7 14.Be2 Rc8 15.Rxc8 Qxc8
16.O-O Qa8 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.Ne1 Nf8 19.h4 Rxc1 20.Qxc1 Qd8 21.Bf3 Ba6 22.Qa3 Bc4
23.Nc2 Qxh4 24.g3 Qd8 25.Qxa7 Bd3 26.Nb4 Qxd4 27.Nc6 Qc5 28.Bh5 g6 29.Nd8 gxh5
30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Qf6+ Kg8 32.Qf7+ Kh8 33.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "French Top 12 2013"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Inkiov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.e3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Kg7 14.Qh5 Rh8 15.f4 d5
16.O-O dxc4 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.fxg5 Qe7 19.Rf6 Bd7 20.Rcf1  1-0

[Event "Geneva Masters GpB 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.a4 Be7 12.Ne4 Be6 13.a5 Rd8 14.c3 Bd5 15.Re1 Bxe4 16.Rxe4 Rd1+
17.Re1 Rxe1+ 18.Nxe1 h4 19.Ra4 Kd7 20.Nd3 c5 21.Re4 Kc6 22.Kf1 Kb5 23.e6 fxe6
24.Rxe6 Bd6 25.Re4 Rf8 26.Ke2 Kxa5 27.Bg5 b5 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.Rxe5 Kb6 30.Re4 Rh8
31.Re5 Rf8 32.Re4 Rh8 33.Re5 Rf8 34.Re4 Rh8 35.Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Masters GpB 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.c4 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 Nb6
9.h3 Na6 10.Nc3 Nc7 11.a4 a5 12.Qb3 Na6 13.Be3 Nb4 14.Rad1 Be6 15.d5 cxd5
16.Ng5 Bd7 17.exd5 Bf5 18.Nge4 Rc8 19.g4 Bxe4 20.Nxe4 Nc4 21.Bc5 Nxb2 22.Rd2 N2d3
23.Rxd3 Nxd3 24.Qxd3 f5 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.Ng5 Rxc5 27.Ne6 Qd6 28.Nxf8 Bxf8
29.Qxf5 Rc4 30.Kh1 Qf6 31.Qd7 Rf4 32.Rg1 Kh8 33.d6 Qxd6 34.Bd5 h6 35.Qxb7 e6
36.Qb2+ Kh7 37.Be4+ Rf5 38.Bxf5+ exf5 39.Qb7+ Kh8 40.Qb2+ Kh7 41.Qb7+ Kh8
42.Qf3 Qe5 43.Qg3 Qd5+ 44.Qg2 Qc4 45.f3 Qd5 46.Qg3 Kh7 47.Rg2 Qd1+ 48.Kh2 Qd5
49.Qg6+ Kh8 50.Qf6+ Kh7 51.Qg6+ Kh8 52.Qg3 Bd6 53.f4 Qf7 54.Kh1 Kh7 55.h4 Bf8
56.Kh2 Bd6 57.Kh3 Bf8 58.Qd3 Qe6 59.h5 Be7 60.Qg3 Bf8 61.Qg6+ Qxg6 62.Rxg6 Bb4
63.Kg3 Bc3 64.Kf3 Bg7 65.Rd6 Kg8 66.Rd5 Bc3 67.Rxf5 Kg7 68.Ke4 Bd2 69.Kd5  1-0

[Event "Geneva Masters GpB 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Edouard,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6 4.c4 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Nb6 7.a4 a5 8.Na3 g6
9.e4 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rd1 Nfd7 12.Bf4 Qe8 13.Be3 Ra6 14.h3 e5 15.d5 cxd5
16.exd5 e4 17.Ng5 Qe5 18.Nxc4 Nxc4 19.Qxc4 Qxb2 20.Rab1 Qc3 21.Qxc3 Bxc3
22.Nxe4 Bb4 23.Bf1 Ra8 24.Bb5 f5 25.Ng5 Bd6 26.Ne6 Rf7 27.Nd8 Re7 28.Bg5 Re4
29.Nxb7 Bxb7 30.Bxd7 Rb4 31.Be6+ Kf8 32.Bd2 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 Bc8 34.Bxc8 Rxc8
35.Bxa5 Rc4 36.Ra1 Bc5 37.Bd2 Ke7 38.a5 Rd4 39.Bg5+ Kd6 40.a6 Kxd5  1-0

[Event "Geneva Masters GpB 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Edouard,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.O-O Nd7 8.Nb3 Be7
9.d4 f6 10.c3 O-O 11.Be3 a5 12.h3 Bd6 13.Nbd2 Qe8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nd4 Nc4
16.Nxe6 Qxe6 17.Nxc4 Qxc4 18.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Masters GpB 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Nb3 Qb6 12.Bd3 Bc6 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Nb5 Qb8
16.N5d4 Ba4 17.Qe2 O-O 18.f4 e5 19.Nf5 Bxb3 20.axb3 Bc5 21.Rac1 Bxe3+ 22.Qxe3 exf4
23.Rxf4 Qe5 24.Rcf1 b5 25.Rh4 g6 26.Qh6 gxf5 27.Rxf5 Qd4+ 28.Kh1 Kh8 29.h3 Rg8
30.Rxf6 Nxf6 31.e5 Qxd3 32.Qxf6+ Rg7 33.Rg4 Rg8 34.e6 Qd1+  0-1

[Event "Geneva Masters GpB 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Na3 Be7 7.Nb5 Na6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nfxd4 e5 12.Nc2 Be6 13.b3 Rfc8 14.c4 Nc5 15.Bb2 a6
16.Nc3 a5 17.Ba3 Kf8 18.Bf3 Rab8 19.Rfe1 Nd3 20.Bxe7+ Kxe7 21.Re3 Nb4 22.Na3 Nd7
23.Rae1 f6 24.Be4 f5 25.Bb1 Nc6 26.Nab5 Nf6 27.f3 g6 28.Na4 Rd8 29.Nc5 Rd2
30.Rxe5 Nxe5 31.Rxe5 Rd1+ 32.Kf2 Rxb1 33.Rxe6+ Kf7 34.Nd6+ Kg7 35.Re7+ Kh8
36.Ne6 Rb2+ 37.Ke3 Rxg2 38.h4 Nh5 39.Nf7+ Kg8 40.Nh6+ Kh8 41.a4 f4+ 42.Kd3 Nf6
43.Nf7+ Kg8 44.Nh6+ Kh8 45.Nf7+ Kg8 46.Ne5 Nh5 47.Ng4 Kh8 48.Ng5 Rd8+ 49.Kc3 Rd1
50.Rxh7+ Kg8 51.Rf7 Rxg4 52.fxg4 Ng3 53.Rxf4 Ne2+ 54.Kc2 Nxf4 55.Kxd1 Ng2
56.Ke2 Nxh4 57.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Geneva Masters KO 2013"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O-O dxc4
9.e4 Nc6 10.e5 Bg5+ 11.Kb1 Nb4 12.Qe4 Bd7 13.Bxc4 Bc6 14.d5 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Qc8 18.h4 c6 19.Nxg5 hxg5 20.hxg5 f5 21.Qh4 Qe6 22.Rd7  1-0

[Event "Geneva Masters KO 2013"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Rc1 b6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.O-O O-O 12.e4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Ba3 14.Rce1 c5 15.Bxa6 Qxa6
16.e5 cxd4 17.Qxd4 Qb7 18.Qa4 Bc5 19.Rd1 b5 20.Qg4 Rfc8 21.Bf6 Bf8 22.Ng5 Rc4
23.Rd4 Rxd4 24.cxd4 gxf6 25.Ne4+ Kh8 26.exf6 h6 27.h3 Qd5 28.Rc1 b4 29.Rc7 Qxd4
30.g3 Nxf6 31.Qf3 Nxe4  0-1

[Event "Geneva Masters KO 2013"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Ne4
9.Bf4 Ndf6 10.Qc2 O-O 11.Ne5 Re8 12.O-O Bd6 13.f3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 h6 15.Rae1 c5
16.Bg3 Qc7 17.e4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qxc2 19.Bxc2 Be6 20.Ba4 Rec8 21.Bb3 a5 22.Ng4 Bxg3
23.Nxf6+ gxf6 24.hxg3 dxe4 25.d5 a4 26.dxe6 axb3 27.axb3 fxe6 28.Rxe4 Kf7
29.Rfe1 Rc6 30.Rh4 Ra2 31.Rxh6 Rcc2 32.Rh7+ Kg6 33.Rh2 Rab2 34.g4 Rxb3 35.Rh3 Rbb2
36.Rg3 Re2 37.Rf1 e5 38.f4 exf4 39.Rxf4 b5 40.Kh2 b4 41.Kh3 b3 42.Rb4 Rb1
43.Rgxb3 Re3+ 44.Rxe3 Rxb4 45.Re6 Kg5 46.Rd6 Rxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Masters KO 2013"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Qc2 g6 6.e4 fxe4 7.Nxe4 Bg7 8.Nxf6+ exf6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Bd3 f5 11.Ne2 Nf6 12.h3 Bd7 13.d5 Nh5 14.O-O-O f4 15.Bd4 f3
16.gxf3 Rxf3 17.h4 Qf8 18.Be4 Bh6+ 19.Kb1 Re8 20.Ka1 Bf5 21.Bxf5 Qxf5 22.Qxf5 gxf5
23.Nc3 a6 24.c5 Kf7 25.a3 dxc5 26.Bxc5 b6 27.Bd4 Bf4 28.Rhg1 Nf6 29.Kb1 Ng4
30.Kc2 Bh2 31.Rh1 Be5 32.Rd3 Rxd3 33.Kxd3 c5  0-1

[Event "Breisacher Memorial"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Nf3 c5 12.O-O Be7 13.Qc2 cxd4 14.Rd1 O-O 15.Rxd4 Qe8
16.e5 f6 17.Bf4 Qg6 18.Qd1 Ra7 19.Rc1 f5 20.Be3 Bb7 21.Rd2 Raa8 22.Rc7 f4
23.Bd4 Rab8 24.h3 Bd8 25.Rc1 Ba5 26.Rb2 Bd5 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.Kh2 Qe8 29.Bc5 Rc8
30.Bd4 Bb4 31.a3 Be7 32.Ne1 Rxc1 33.Qxc1 Qc6 34.Qb2 Be4 35.f3 Bf5 36.Qb8+ Kf7
37.Qa7 Qc1 38.Bf2 Qxa3 39.Bh4 Qc5 40.Qd7 a5 41.Nd3 Bxd3 42.Bxe7 Qxe7 43.Qxd3 a4
44.Qd4 a3 45.Qxf4+ Kg8 46.Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Breisacher Memorial"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Nf3 Na6 9.g4 Nc5
10.Nd2 c6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.g5 Ne8 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 a4 15.Qc2 f5 16.h4 f4
17.Bd2 Nc7 18.f3 cxd5 19.cxd5 Qb8 20.b4 Rc8 21.Qd3 Bf8 22.Rb1 Be7 23.b5 Bd8
24.Rb4 Ne8 25.b6 Rc5 26.Qb1 h6 27.gxh6 Kh7 28.Nb5 Kxh6 29.a3 Kh5 30.Kd1 Bxh4
31.Be1 g5 32.Bf2 Kg6 33.Bxc5 dxc5 34.Rb2 Qd8 35.Nc7 Rc8 36.Bb5 Nd6 37.Bxd7 Qxd7
38.Qc2 c4 39.Rb4 Rh8 40.Ne6 Kf6 41.Qg2 Nf7 42.Qh3 Ke7 43.Qf5 Rc8 44.Ng7 c3
45.Kc2 Rc5 46.Qxd7+ Kxd7 47.Nf5 Nd6 48.Nxd6 Kxd6 49.Rxa4 Rb5 50.Rb4  1-0

[Event "Breisacher Memorial"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d6 8.b3 Nh5
9.Ba3 f5 10.Rc1 f4 11.b4 Bh6 12.b5 Ne7 13.d4 fxg3 14.hxg3 Bxc1 15.Qxc1 exd4
16.Nxd4 Ng7 17.c5 Rf7 18.Rd1 dxc5 19.Bxc5 Qe8 20.Ne4 Kh8 21.Ng5 Rf6 22.Qe3 Ng8
23.Qxe8 Nxe8 24.Bd5 Nd6 25.e4 h6 26.e5 hxg5 27.exf6 Nxf6 28.Bg2 Nfe4 29.Bxd6 Nxd6
30.Rc1 a6 31.Rxc7 Nxb5 32.Nxb5 axb5 33.Bd5 Bf5 34.Rxb7 Ra5 35.f3 Bb1 36.g4 Bxa2
37.Bxa2 Rxa2 38.Rxb5 Kg7 39.Rxg5 Kf6 40.Rd5 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Breisacher Memorial"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.Rc1 h5
9.Ng3 Bg6 10.h4 Bxh4 11.Qb3 Bxg3 12.Bxg3 Qb6 13.Qa3 Ne7 14.Be2 a5 15.Bd6 Nc8
16.Na4 Qd8 17.Bf4 Qe7 18.Nc5 Nxc5 19.Rxc5 a4 20.Qc3 Qe4 21.Rxc6 O-O 22.Rc7 Qxg2
23.Rh2 Qg1+ 24.Bf1 Qg4 25.Bh3 Qg1+ 26.Bf1 Qg4 27.Bh3 Qg1+ 28.Ke2 Nb6 29.Qc5 Bd3+
30.Kxd3 Qd1+ 31.Kc3 Qc1+ 32.Kd3 Qd1+ 33.Kc3 Qc1+ 34.Kd3 Qd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Breisacher Memorial"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rapport,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Rg8 12.h4 Rxg5 13.hxg5 Nd5 14.g6 fxg6 15.Qg4 Qe7 16.Bg2 Kd8
17.Qxg6 Rb8 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.f4 Bg7 20.Qxc6 Rb6 21.Qxd5 Bb7 22.Qg8+ Nf8 23.Nd5 Qd7
24.Nxb6 axb6 25.d5 Qg4 26.Kf2 Qg6 27.Rae1 Bc8 28.Rh4 Bf5 29.Re3 Kc7 30.e6 Bb1
31.f5 Qf6 32.e7 Qxb2+ 33.Kf3 Qc1 34.d6+ Kb7 35.Qd5+  1-0

[Event "Breisacher Memorial"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Rxb7 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Bxd4
15.Bb4 Rd8 16.Qc1 Na6 17.Bxe7 Rac8 18.Qf4 Nc5 19.Bxc5 Rxc5 20.Bd1 Be5 21.Qh4 Rf8
22.Bb3 Qa5 23.Qe7 Rc7 24.Rxc7 Qxc7 25.Qxc7 Bxc7 26.Rc1 Bb6 27.Kf1 Rd8 28.Rd1 Rxd1+
29.Bxd1 Kf8 30.Ke2 Kg8 31.f4 f6 32.Bb3+ Kf8 33.h3 Ke7 34.Kd3 Bc7 35.Ke3 Bb6+
36.Kd3 Bc7 37.Ke3 Bb6+ 38.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Breisacher Memorial"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.e4 O-O 7.e5 Ne8 8.f4 exd5 9.cxd5 d6
10.Nf3 c4 11.a4 Nd7 12.Be2 Qb6 13.axb5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Bb7 15.Qd4 Nc7 16.Qxb6 Nxb6
17.d6 Nxb5 18.Bd2 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Rae8 20.Nxb5 Rxe5+ 21.Kd1 Bxd2 22.Nxa7 Bf4
23.Ra6 Nd5 24.Nc6 Ne3+ 25.Ke2 Re6 26.Nd4 Re5 27.Kf2 Ng4+ 28.Bxg4 Be3+ 29.Kf3 Bxd4
30.Rd1 f5 31.Rxd4 fxg4+ 32.Kxg4 Re2 33.Kh3 Rxb2 34.Rxc4 Rb3+ 35.g3 Rb7 36.Rc7 Rxc7
37.dxc7 Rc8 38.Rc6 Kf7 39.Kg4 Ke7 40.Kf5 Kd7 41.Rc4 Kd6 42.Rd4+ Ke7 43.Rc4 Kd6
44.Rh4 Ke7 45.Rg4 g6+ 46.Kg5 Rxc7 47.Kh6 Kf8 48.h4 Kg8 49.Ra4 Rc8 50.Ra7 Rc3
51.Rg7+ Kf8 52.Kxh7 Rxg3 53.h5 Rh3 54.h6 Rf3 55.Rg8+ Kf7 56.Ra8 Rf1 57.Ra7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Breisacher Memorial"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.Be2 a6 15.Na3 bxc5
16.Bxc5 Qc7 17.Bd4 Rd8 18.Qc1 Ng4 19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Qe3 Rab8 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Nc2 Rbc8
23.Qg5 Be2 24.Rfe1 h6 25.Qc1 Bd3 26.Nb4 Qxc3 27.Qxc3+ Rxc3 28.Nxd3 Rcxd3
29.Kf1 R8d4 30.f3 Ra3 31.Re2 Rda4 32.Kf2 g5 33.Kg3 h5 34.h4 g4 35.Kf4 Kf6
36.Rc1 e5+ 37.Kg3 Rxa2 38.Rc6+ Kg7 39.Rxa2 Rxa2 40.Rc5 f6 41.Rc7+ Kg6 42.Rc8 a5
43.fxg4 Ra3+ 44.Kf2 hxg4 45.Rg8+ Kh7 46.Rxg4 a4 47.h5 Rb3 48.Rh4 a3 49.Rh1 Kh6
50.g4 a2 51.Ra1 Rh3 52.Kg1 Ra3 53.Kf2 Kg5 54.Kg2 Kxg4 55.h6 Rg3+ 56.Kf1 Kf3
57.Rxa2 Kxe4 58.Rf2 f5 59.Re2+ Kd5 60.Rh2 Rg8 61.h7 Rh8 62.Kf2 Ke6 63.Rh6+ Kf7
64.Kg3 Kg7 65.Re6 Rxh7 66.Rxe5 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Breisacher Memorial"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.31"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Rapport,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 c6
9.O-O Ne8 10.Ne2 Nxe2+ 11.Qxe2 Qh4 12.Bb3 d5 13.exd6 Nxd6 14.Ne5 Re8 15.c3 c5
16.Qd3 Qf6 17.Nc4 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Bc7 19.Qf3 Bxh2+ 20.Kxh2 Qh4+ 21.Kg1 Qxc4
22.d3 Qg4 23.Qxg4 Bxg4 24.Be3 Be2 25.Rfe1 Bxd3 26.Bxc5 a6 27.Be7 f6 28.Re3 Bb5
29.b3 Kf7 30.Rae1 Bd7 31.c4 Rac8 32.c5 a5 33.f4 Bf5 34.a3 h5 35.Kf2 Bd7 36.Kg3 Ra8
37.Kh4 Bf5 38.Bd6 Rxe3 39.Rxe3 Re8 40.Rxe8 Kxe8 41.Kxh5 Kf7 42.Bc7 Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Breisacher Memorial"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.a3 cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3 11.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12.bxc3 Be6 13.e3 Ke7 14.Nd4 Nd7 15.Kd2 a6
16.Bd3 Rac8 17.Ra5 Rc7 18.Rb1 Rhc8 19.Ra3 Nf6 20.b5 axb5 21.Rxb5 Ne8 22.Rb6 Nd6
23.Nb5 Rc6 24.Rxc6 Rxc6 25.Nxd6 Kxd6 26.Ra4 Rc8 27.h4 Rc6 28.Rb4 Rc7 29.Rb6+ Kc5
30.Rb4 Kd6 31.Rb6+ Kc5 32.Rb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Breisacher Memorial Playoff"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.a3 b6 7.e3 Bb7 8.Be2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.O-O c5 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Nb5 Bxf3 13.gxf3 cxd4 14.Nxa7 Rc5 15.b4 Rf5
16.Nc6 Qe8 17.Nxd4 Rxf4 18.exf4 Nh5 19.Qe3 Bd6 20.Ne2 Qb8 21.Rfd1 Ndf6 22.Rd4 b5
23.Bb3 Bc7 24.Qd2 e5 25.Rd3 e4 26.fxe4 Nxf4 27.Nxf4 Bxf4 28.Qe2 Bxh2+ 29.Kf1 Qe5
30.Rad1 Qg5 31.Qf3 h5 32.Rd8 Bc7 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.Qf5 Qg4 35.Qxg4 hxg4 36.Bd5 Ke7
37.Rc1 Be5 38.Rc5 Bb2 39.Rxb5 Bxa3 40.Rb7+ Kd6 41.b5 Nd7 42.Bxf7 Bc5 43.Bd5 Bd4
44.Bc6 Nc5 45.Rf7 Nd3 46.Bd5 Kc5 47.Rc7+ Kb6 48.Rc6+ Kxb5 49.Rg6 Kc5 50.Rxg4 Kd6
51.f4 Ke7 52.e5 Kf8 53.Be4 Nc5 54.Bf3 Nd3 55.Ke2 Nc5 56.Rh4 Ne6 57.Bd5 Nc5
58.Kf3 g5 59.Rh8+ Ke7 60.Rh7+ Kf8 61.e6 Bf6 62.Rf7+ Ke8 63.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Agdestein,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 c6 8.Nf3 e5
9.O-O exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.f3 Nfxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.fxe4 Bxd4+ 14.Qxd4 Qxg5
15.Qxd6 Rd8 16.Qa3 Rd2 17.Rfe1 Be6 18.Qc3 Rad8 19.c5 R8d4 20.b3 Rxe4 21.Bf3 Red4
22.Re3 Bd5 23.Re8+ Kg7 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.Qg3 Rd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.Re1 Qxc5+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Agdestein,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.b3 Nd7 6.Be2 dxc4 7.bxc4 Ngf6 8.Bb2 Qe7
9.Nbd2 e5 10.c5 Bc7 11.Nc4 e4 12.Nfe5 O-O 13.Qc2 Nd5 14.Qxe4 f6 15.Bd3 f5
16.Qf3 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Qxc5 19.O-O Be6 20.Rfc1 Qa5 21.Bd4 Rf7 22.Qe2 Qc7
23.f4 b6 24.Bb2 Rd8 25.Rf1 Nb4 26.Bc4 Bxc4 27.Qxc4 Nd5 28.Qe2 Qe7 29.Rad1 Qe6
30.e4 fxe4 31.Qxe4 g6 32.Rd2 Rdd7 33.g3 Nc7 34.Rg2 Qxa2 35.Qxc6 Ne6 36.Rgf2 Rc7
37.Qa8+ Rf8 38.Qf3 Nc5 39.e6 Nxe6 40.Ba3 Qc4 41.Bxf8 Nxf8 42.f5 Rf7 43.Qa8 Qc5
44.fxg6 hxg6 45.Kg2 Rxf2+ 46.Rxf2 Qe7 47.h3 Kg7 48.Ra2 a5 49.Qc6 Qe3 50.Rb2 Ne6
51.Qxb6 Nc5 52.Qa7+ Kh6 53.Qa8 Qe5 54.Qf8+ Kh5 55.Qf3+ Kh6 56.Re2  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.Ne4 Ne6 10.d3 O-O 11.Be3 b6 12.Qd2 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Bh6 c5 15.h4 Qd5
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Ng3 Bb7 18.f3 Qe6 19.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 exd5
10.Nxd5 Nc6 11.Nec3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.Nxd5 g5 14.Bg3 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Ne5 16.Be2 Ng6
17.Bg4 Re8 18.Qc2 Bd4 19.Rab1 b5 20.Kh1 a6 21.Bf5 Ne7 22.Bg4 Ng6 23.Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 exd5
10.exd5 Nbd7 11.f4 g5 12.Bg3 Ng4 13.O-O Ne3 14.Qd2 Nxf1 15.Rxf1 gxf4 16.Bxf4 Ne5
17.Bxh6 f5 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nf4 Rh8 20.h3 Qe7 21.Nce2 Bd7 22.Ng3 Raf8 23.Ne6+ Bxe6
24.dxe6 f4 25.Nf5+ Rxf5 26.Bxf5 Rh4 27.b3 f3 28.gxf3 Rd4 29.Qg2+ Kf8 30.f4 Nc6
31.Kh1 Qf6 32.Qg5 Ke7 33.Rg1 Qxg5 34.fxg5 Ne5 35.g6 Nf3 36.Rf1  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f6
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nf7 11.Nc3 d6 12.b3 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Rc1 Rb8 15.Qc2 Bd7
16.Bf4 Ng5 17.Nxg5 fxg5 18.Be3 Qa5 19.Qe2 h6 20.Red1 Kh7 21.Na4 Qb5 22.Qxb5 Rxb5
23.f3 Rc8 24.Kf2 Kg8 25.Rc4 Kf7 26.Rdc1 Ke8 27.Nb2 Kd8 28.Ra4 Rb7 29.Rac4 c5
30.e5 Be6 31.R4c2 cxd4 32.Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.Bxd4 dxe5 34.Bc3 Rb5 35.Nc4 Be6 36.Nd2 Bf6
37.Re1 Kd7 38.Re4 Rc5 39.Re3 Bd5 40.Ke2 e4 41.fxe4 Bxc3 42.exd5 Bxd2 43.Kxd2 Kd6
44.Re6+ Kxd5 45.Rxg6 e5 46.Rxh6 Ke4 47.Ra6 Rd5+ 48.Ke2 Rd7 49.Ra4+ Kd5 50.Ke3 Rc7
51.Ra5+ Kd6 52.Ke4 Rc2 53.g4 Re2+ 54.Kf3 Rh2 55.Rxa7 Kd5 56.Rd7+ Ke6 57.Ra7 Kd5
58.Kg3 Rc2 59.Ra4 Rc3+ 60.Kg2 Rc2+ 61.Kf1 e4 62.b4 Rb2 63.Ke1 Kd4 64.b5+ Ke5
65.Ra3 Rxb5 66.Rb3 Ra5 67.a3 Kf4 68.Ke2 Ra8 69.Kf2 Rd8 70.Ke2 Rc8 71.Rb2 Rc3
72.Ra2 Rxh3 73.Kf1 Kxg4 74.a4 Rh1+ 75.Kg2 Rh6 76.a5 Ra6 77.Kf2 Kf4 78.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor 2013"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2013.09.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.d4 Bb6
9.Re1 d5 10.Nxe5 Nxe4 11.Nd2 Nd6 12.Bf1 c6 13.Nb3 Ng6 14.Bd3 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Nxf5
16.Qg4 Qc8 17.Bg5 f6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Bf4 Kf7 20.Nc1 Re8 21.Nd3 Re4 22.f3 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Qh8 24.Bd2 Bc7 25.Bf4 Bb6 26.Bd2 Bc7 27.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor 2013"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2013.09.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Spraggett,K"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Ne7 8.Re1 Ng6
9.h3 Bb6 10.Nbd2 c6 11.Nf1 h6 12.Ng3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.d4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Kh8
16.Bc2 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Bd2 Bxd4 19.cxd4 Qe7 20.Qf3 Bd7 21.Re1 Qf6 22.Qxf6 Nxf6
23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.Bxf5 Rd8 25.Bc3 Kg8 26.g3 Nd5 27.h4 Kf8 28.Kf1 Nge7 29.Bh3 Nxc3
30.bxc3 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor 2013"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2013.09.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Nc4 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qxf3 11.gxf3 Ng6 12.Rd1 Be7 13.Kf1 f6 14.a4 b6 15.c3 c5
16.Ke2 Kf7 17.Be3 Rhd8 18.Rg1 Rd7 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Rd2 Bf8 21.Rdd1 Be7 22.Rd2 Bf8
23.Rdd1 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor 2013"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2013.09.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Rfd1 Nc6 11.Qf4 Qb8 12.Nb5 Ne5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nxd6 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Bxb2 17.Rab1 Be5 18.c5 Qc7 19.Qe4 Qxc5 20.Rbc1 Bxd6 21.Rxc5 Bxc5
22.Rd7 Rfd8 23.Qb7 Rxd7 24.Qxd7 a5 25.a4 g6 26.Kg2 e5 27.h4 h5 28.f3 Kf8
29.g4 hxg4 30.fxg4 Re8 31.h5 gxh5 32.gxh5 Re6 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.Qg5+ Kh7 35.Qf5+ Kg7
36.Qg5+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor 2013"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Rd1 Be7 12.Ne2 b6 13.Bg5 Bb7 14.Nf4 f6 15.Ng6 Rg8 16.Nfh4 Bc8
17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Re1+ Kf7 19.Ne5+ Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Re8 21.Rae1 Rxe5 22.Rxe5 Nxh4
23.Re7+ Kg8 24.Bxh4 Bf5 25.Bg3 Bxc2 26.Be5 g6 27.Rxc7 c5 28.Kh2 Re8 29.f4 Rd8
30.Bc3 Re8 31.g4 h4 32.Be5 Rd8 33.Rxa7 Rd2+ 34.Kg1 Rd3 35.Kf2 Rxh3 36.f5 gxf5
37.g5 Be4 38.g6 f4 39.Rg7+ Kf8 40.Rf7+ Kg8 41.Rg7+ Kf8 42.Rf7+ Ke8 43.Rxf4 Bxg6
44.Rf6 Bf7 45.Rxb6 Bxa2 46.Rc6 c4 47.Re6+ Kd7 48.Rd6+ Kc8 49.Rh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor 2013"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2013.09.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O Re8 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Qb3 b5 15.a4 a6
16.a5 Nf8 17.Nd1 Rc8 18.Nb2 Be7 19.Nd3 Rc7 20.Rc3 Bd6 21.Rfc1 Nd7 22.g3 Qf6
23.Nd2 Qe7 24.Bg4 Nf6 25.Bh3 Bc8 26.Bg2 Bd7 27.Nc5 Bc8 28.Re1 Qd8 29.Qb2 h5
30.h4 Ng4 31.Nf3 g6 32.Rcc1 Rce7 33.Nd3 Bd7 34.Nc5 Bc8 35.Nd3 Bd7 36.Rc3 Qb8
37.Rec1 Bf5 38.Nf4 Bd7 39.Nd3 Bf5 40.Nf4 Bd7 41.Qb3 Qa8 42.Nd3 Qb8 43.Nf4 Qa8
44.Bh3 Bxf4 45.gxf4 f6 46.Bf1 Kg7 47.Bd3 Qb8 48.Bb1 Kh6 49.Rxc6 Bxc6 50.Qc2 Rg8
51.Qxc6 Rgg7 52.Qxd5 Qe8 53.e4 Rc7 54.Rc5 Rcd7 55.Qb3 Rgf7 56.Qd3 Rf8 57.d5 Rd6
58.Kg2 Rf7 59.Qc2 Qd7 60.Nd4 f5 61.e5 Rxd5 62.e6 Qb7 63.exf7 Rxd4+ 64.Rc6 Kg7
65.Qc5 Kxf7 66.Ba2+ Ke8 67.Bd5  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 Bb4 11.Bd2 Ba6 12.b3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 d5 14.Qf3 dxc4 15.Be2 O-O
16.O-O Rad8 17.Rac1 c5 18.Rfd1 h6 19.Ba1 Rfe8 20.Qg3 Qg6 21.Qxg6 fxg6 22.h4 Bc8
23.bxc4 Be6 24.Kf1 Kf7 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Ke1 g5 27.h5 c6 28.Rc3 Rd7 29.Bd3 Ke7
30.f3 Na4 31.Ra3 Nb6 32.Rc3 Na4 33.Rb3 Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 b6 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.O-O Qe7 11.e4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qh4 Ba3 15.Bc3 Bb4
16.Bb2 Ba3 17.Bc3 Bb4 18.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.h4 Nd7
9.Bg3 Ngf6 10.f3 Nb6 11.Bd3 Nc4 12.Qe2 c5 13.Bxc4 dxc4 14.d5 Nxd5 15.O-O-O Qa5
16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Qxa2 18.Qc2 c3 19.b3 Qa1+ 20.Qb1 Qa6 21.Rh2 O-O 22.Ra2 Qb5
23.Ne2 Rfd8 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Be1 c4 26.Nxc3 Qb6 27.Qe4 cxb3 28.Rd2 Rxd2 29.Bxd2 Bf8
30.Qd5 Qb4 31.Qb5 Qa3+ 32.Kb1 a6 33.Qxb7 Qd6 34.Qd5 Qh2 35.h5  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4 Nf6
9.Be3 Be7 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.h3 Bd7 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Rad1 Rfd8
16.Nc2 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Qb4 Qxb4 19.Nxb4 Nc6 20.Nd3 Be8 21.Nc5 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 b6
23.N5e4 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Kf8 25.f4 Ke7 26.Kf2 a5 27.Ke3 Nb4 28.Nc3 a4 29.Be2 Rc8
30.Rd2 Rc5 31.Ne4 Rc7 32.Nc3 Rc5 33.Ne4 Rc7 34.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nc3 O-O 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qh4 Qa5
9.O-O Qh5 10.Qxh5 Nxh5 11.Bd2 d6 12.Rac1 Be6 13.b3 Nf6 14.Rfd1 Rfc8 15.Ne1 Bd7
16.Nd3 b6 17.h3 Rab8 18.f4 Be8 19.e3 a6 20.g4 h6 21.Rc2 g5 22.Ne2 e6 23.Bc3 b5
24.Nb2 d5 25.fxg5 hxg5 26.Rf1 bxc4 27.Bxf6 Bxf6 28.Rxf6 Nb4 29.Rd2 c3 30.Nxc3 Rxc3
31.Nd1 Rc1 32.Kh2 Nxa2 33.Nf2 Nc3 34.h4 gxh4 35.g5 Rxb3 36.g6 Kg7 37.gxf7 Bxf7
38.Rf4 Bg6 39.e4 h3 40.Nxh3 Nxe4 41.Ra2 Bf5 42.Ng1 Rb8 43.Rh4 Ng5 44.Ra3 Rc4  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.c3 d5 13.Qe2 Bc5 14.Nb3 Ba7 15.Be3 Bxe3
16.Qxe3 bxc3 17.bxc3 Qd6 18.Nbd2 h6 19.d4 exd4 20.cxd4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 dxe4
22.Qxe4 Rf4 23.Qxe6+ Qxe6 24.Rxe6 Nxd4 25.Nxd4 Rxd4 26.Rc6 Rad8 27.g3 R8d6
28.Rxc7 Rd1+ 29.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30.Kg2 Rd4 31.Rc8+ Kf7 32.Rc7+ Kg8 33.Rc8+ Kf7
34.Rc7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.Rfe1 Bb4 15.g4 hxg4
16.hxg4 Ne7 17.Nxe6 Rxe6 18.Re3 Rg6 19.Rg3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8
22.Kg2 c5 23.Bc1 Ra6 24.a3 Ra4 25.f4 g6 26.Rd3+ Ke8 27.Kf3 b6 28.Rd1 Rc4
29.Bd2 Ra4 30.Bc1 Rc4 31.Bd2 Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nf3 exd5 8.cxd5 d6
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.h3 Rb8 13.Nc4 Ne5 14.Na3 Nh5 15.e4 Bd7
16.a5 b5 17.axb6 Bb5 18.Naxb5 axb5 19.Nxb5 Qxb6 20.Na3 Qb3 21.g4 Nf6 22.Qxb3 Rxb3
23.Rd1 h6 24.Nc2 Nd3 25.Ra4 Nd7 26.Ra6 Nxc1 27.Rxc1 Bxb2 28.Rd1 Be5 29.Na3 Nb6
30.Bf1 Rb8 31.Kg2 Rb4 32.Bd3 c4 33.Be2 c3 34.Kf3 Rb3 35.Bd3 Nd7 36.Nc2 Nc5
37.Raa1 Rb2 38.Ke3 g5 39.Ra3 Rxc2 40.Bxc2 Rb2 41.Bb1 c2 42.Bxc2 Rxc2 43.Kf3 Rb2
44.Re3 Bf4 45.Ra3 Kg7 46.h4 Nd7 47.hxg5 hxg5 48.Rda1 Ne5+ 49.Kg2 Nxg4 50.R1a2 Rxa2
51.Rxa2 f5 52.f3 Nf6 53.Ra4 Kg6 54.Kf2 fxe4 55.fxe4 g4 56.Rc4 Kg5 57.Ra4 Kh4
58.Kg2 Be5  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O c6
9.Rc1 b6 10.b4 a5 11.b5 cxb5 12.cxb5 Bb7 13.Qb2 Qe7 14.Nbd2 Rfc8 15.e3 h6
16.Rxc8+ Rxc8 17.Rc1 Qf8 18.Rc3 Ne4 19.Rxc8 Qxc8 20.Nb1 Ndf6 21.Nfd2 Nxd2
22.Nxd2 Ne4 23.Nb1 h5 24.Bf1 h4 25.Bd3 hxg3 26.hxg3 Qc7 27.Kg2 Nd6 28.Qc3 Qd7
29.a4 e5 30.Kg1 e4 31.Be2 g6 32.Nd2 Kg7 33.Bd1 f6 34.f4 exf3 35.Bxf3 Nf7
36.Bg2 Ng5 37.Qc2 Qe7 38.Kf2 Qd7 39.Kg1 Qe7 40.Kf2 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 h6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 c6 15.exf5 gxf5
16.Bb2 e4 17.Be2 Ng6 18.b5 Qe7 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Rb1 Qxe6 21.Bf1 Rab8 22.c5 Ng4
23.Qc2 Qe5 24.g3 Qxc5  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.04"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Bf4 Qc8
16.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 O-O
9.Bxd7 Qxd7 10.b3 Nc6 11.Bb2 a6 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Qc5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Re1 Rfe8 17.Qd2 b5 18.Rac1 Qa7 19.b4 bxc4 20.Rxc4 h5 21.Qc3+ Kg8 22.Rc7 Qb6
23.a4 Rab8 24.Re4 f6 25.g4 Rb7 26.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.Rfe1 Bb4 15.g4 hxg4
16.hxg4 Ne7 17.f3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Bxa2 19.Ne4 Rh7 20.e6 fxe6 21.Ng5 Rh6 22.Ne4 Rh7
23.Bxc7 b5 24.Ra1 Bd5 25.Ra6 Rh6 26.Kf2 Ng6 27.Bg3 Ke7 28.Nc5 Rhh8 29.Rea1 Rhf8
30.Rxa7+ Rxa7 31.Rxa7+ Ke8 32.Ra8+ Ke7 33.Ra7+ Ke8 34.Ra8+ Ke7 35.Rxf8 Nxf8
36.Be5 Nd7 37.Nxd7 Kxd7 38.Bxg7 Ke7 39.Ke3 Kf7 40.Bd4 Bc4 41.Be5 Bd5 42.f4 Kg6
43.Kd4 Bf3 44.g5 Bd5 45.Kc5 Be4 46.Kd6 Kf7 47.Bd4 Bd5 48.c4 bxc4 49.c3 Bf3
50.Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Corsican Circuit Final"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dimitrov,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d3 c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Nge2 e6 8.O-O d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.d4 cxd4 11.exd4 Re8 12.Nf4 Bg4 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.Qd1 Bg4 15.Qa4 Bd7
16.Qb3 Nxd4 17.Qxb7 Bc6 18.Qa6 Ne4 19.Rd1 Qc8 20.Qxc8 Raxc8 21.Nfxd5 Nxc3
22.Nxc3 Nf3+ 23.Kh1 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Ba4 25.Rf1 Bb5 26.Rd1 Ba4 27.Be3 Bxd1 28.Rxd1 Ne5
29.Bxa7 Rxc3 30.Bd4 Rd3 31.Rxd3 Nxd3 32.Be3 Nb4 33.h4 Nxa2 34.Kh2 Nc3 35.h5 gxh5
36.Bf3 Re5 37.Kh3 Rf5 38.Kg2 Nd5 39.Bd2 Nf6 40.Be2 Ng4 41.f3 Nf6 42.Bc3 Nd7
43.Kh3 Rc5 44.Bd4 Rd5 45.Bc3 Nf8 46.f4 Ng6 47.Bf6 Rf5 48.Bh4 Rxf4 49.gxf4 Nxf4+
50.Kg3 Nxe2+ 51.Kf3 Nd4+ 52.Ke4 Ne6 53.Kf5 h6 54.Be7 Nf8 55.Bf6 Ng6 56.Bd8 Kf8
57.Bf6 Ne7+ 58.Ke4 Ng8 59.Bh4 f6 60.Bg3 Kf7 61.Kf3 Ne7 62.Bf4 Kg6 63.Kg3 Nf5+
64.Kh3 Kf7 65.Bd2 Kg6 66.Bf4 Ng7 67.Kh4 Ne6 68.Be3 f5 69.Kg3 Nc7 70.Bf4 Nd5
71.Bd2 Nf6 72.Bf4 Ne4+ 73.Kh4 Nc3 74.Bd2 Ne2 75.Kh3 f4 76.Kh4 f3 77.Be3 Kf5
78.Kxh5 Ng3+ 79.Kxh6 Ke4 80.Bf2 Nh1 81.Bg1 Kf4 82.Kg6 Kg3 83.Kf5 Nf2 84.Ke5 Kg2
85.Kf4 Nh3+  0-1

[Event "17th Corsican Circuit Final"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dimitrov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A44"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.e4 Ne8 8.Nf3 g6 9.Bh6 Ng7
10.h4 Nd7 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 Nfe8 13.Qd2 f6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Nc7 16.h5 Ncxe6
17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Bg4 f5 19.Bxg7 Nxg7 20.Qd5+ Rf7 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Bh5 Nxh5
23.Rxh5 Qd7 24.Ke2 Bf6 25.Rah1 Re8 26.Nb5 Qc6 27.Nxd6 Qxd5 28.cxd5 Rd8 29.Nxf7 Kxf7
30.Rxf5 Rxd5 31.g4 Kg6 32.Rd1 Rd4 33.Rxd4 cxd4 34.Kd3  1-0

[Event "17th Corsican Circuit Final"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Saric,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Qa4 O-O 6.Bg2 d5 7.O-O Nfd7 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.Qxc4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Qc2 Bg7 14.Rd1 Nd7 15.Nc4 Qe7
16.Be3 Rfd8 17.Nd6 Nb6 18.Bc5 Nc4 19.Ne4 Qc7 20.b3 b6 21.Bb4 Ne5 22.Bd6 Qb7
23.Rac1 Bd5 24.Ba3 Rd7 25.Bh3 f5 26.Nc3 Be6 27.Rxd7 Qxd7 28.Rd1 Qe8 29.Bg2 Rd8
30.Bb2 Rxd1+ 31.Nxd1 c5 32.e4 Qd7 33.Ne3 Qd3 34.Qxd3 Nxd3 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.exf5 gxf5
37.Bd5 Kf6 38.Bxe6 Kxe6 39.Nd1 b5 40.Kf1 Nc1 41.a4 b4 42.Ne3 Nxb3 43.Ke2 Na5
44.Kd3 c4+ 45.Nxc4 Nxc4 46.Kxc4 a5 47.f3 Ke5 48.h3 h6 49.Kd3 Kd5 50.g4 Ke5
51.Ke3 fxg4 52.hxg4 Kf6 53.f4 Kg6 54.Ke4 h5 55.f5+ Kg5 56.gxh5 Kxh5 57.Ke5 b3
58.f6 Kg6 59.Ke6 b2 60.f7 b1=Q 61.f8=Q Qe4+ 62.Kd7 Qxa4+ 63.Kc7 Qc4+ 64.Kb6 Qb4+  0-1

[Event "17th Corsican Circuit Final"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Saric,Iv"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Qe2 e6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.O-O c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.a3 d5 9.e5 Nd7
10.b4 g5 11.Be3 h6 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.bxc5 bxc5 14.a4 c4 15.Bc2 Qa5 16.Nb1 Rb8
17.Bc1 Ba6 18.Qe3 Qd8 19.Ba3 Na5 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Na3 Nb3 22.Ra2 Nb6 23.Rb1 Nxa4
24.Nxc4 Bxc4 25.Rxa4 Rb5 26.Rb4 Rxb4 27.cxb4 g4 28.Ne1 a5 29.bxa5  1-0

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Muzychuk,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O Qa5
9.Nb3 Qh5 10.c5 b6 11.cxb6 axb6 12.e4 Ba6 13.Qxh5 Nxh5 14.Rd1 Bc4 15.Nd2 Be6
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nd4 18.d6 Rae8 19.Kf1 exd6 20.Nc4 b5 21.Nb6 Re6 22.Rb1 Rfe8
23.Nd5 Nf6 24.Nc7 Ng4 25.Nxe8 Rxe8 26.h3 Nh2+ 27.Kg1 Nhf3+ 28.Bxf3 Nxf3+
29.Kg2 Nd4 30.Be3 Nf5 31.Bf4 Re2 32.Re1 Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Bf6 34.Re8+ Kg7 35.Rb8 Bxb2
36.Rxb5 Bc3 37.a4 Nd4 38.Rd5  1-0

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sebag,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 d5
9.exd6 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd6 11.Qe4+ Qe6 12.Qd4 Qd6 13.Qe4+ Qe6 14.Qd4 Qd6 15.Qe4+ Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Maisuradze,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 h5 6.Nf3 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Ne5
9.f4 Ng4 10.e4 N4f6 11.h3 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.Be3 c6 14.Qf3 Qc7 15.Rad1 a6
16.a4 Rb8 17.Qf2 Bd7 18.Nf3 b5 19.e5 Ne8 20.axb5 cxb5 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.cxd5 Rc8
23.Rfe1 Qc2 24.Rd2 Qc4 25.Rdd1 a5 26.Bb6 a4 27.e6 fxe6 28.dxe6 Bc6 29.Rc1 Qa2
30.e7 Rf5 31.Nh4 Bd7 32.Rxc8 Bxc8 33.Nxf5 Bxf5 34.Bc6 Kf7 35.Qf3  1-0

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.b5 cxd5 14.cxd5 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6
16.dxe6 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 d5 19.Ba3 dxe4 20.Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.Bxe7 Re8
22.Bc5 Rxe6 23.Rxe4 a6 24.bxa6 Rexa6 25.a3 Bf8 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.Rxe5 Rxa3
28.Rxa3 Rxa3 29.h4 Rb3 30.Re6 Kf7 31.Rd6 h5 32.Kh2 Rb4 33.Kh3 Rb3+ 34.f3 Rb4
35.g4 hxg4+ 36.fxg4 Rb3+ 37.Kg2 b5 38.Rb6 b4 39.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d3 Nc6 8.e4 O-O
9.h3 d6 10.Be3 Rc8 11.b3 e5 12.Qd2 Nh5 13.Rab1 Kh8 14.Bh6 f5 15.Bxg7+ Nxg7
16.Qh6 Qd7 17.Nh4 Ne7 18.f4 fxe4 19.dxe4 Qe6 20.f5 gxf5 21.Qxe6 Nxe6 22.exf5 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 Nd4 24.g4 Rf7 25.Rf2 Rg8 26.Rbf1 Nec6 27.Ne4 d5 28.cxd5 Nb4 29.d6 Nd5
30.Kh2 Nf6 31.Re1 Nc6 32.Nf3 h6 33.Rd2 Rd8 34.Kg3 Nd7 35.Nh4 Nf8 36.Rd5 Kg7
37.f6+ Kh7 38.g5 Rfd7 39.Nf5 hxg5 40.Ne7 Nb4 41.Nxg5+  1-0

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 Bg4 6.d5 Nd4 7.Be3 c5 8.dxc6 Bxf3
9.gxf3 bxc6 10.Bxd4 exd4 11.Qxd4 Be7 12.f4 O-O 13.Be2 Qc7 14.Rg1 Rfd8 15.Rd1 Ne8
16.Qe3 Rab8 17.b3 Qa5 18.Kf1 Bf6 19.Na4 g6 20.f5 Qe5 21.f4 Qe7 22.h4 Ng7
23.fxg6 fxg6 24.h5 Rf8 25.Ke1 Rbe8 26.hxg6 Nf5 27.Qh3 Bh4+ 28.Kd2 Qxe4 29.gxh7+ Kh8
30.Rg8+ Kxh7 31.Rg2 Qxf4+ 32.Kc2 Ne3+ 33.Kb1 Nxg2 34.Bd3+ Kh6 35.Qxg2 Qg3
36.Qd2+ Kg7 37.Nc3 Rf2 38.Qc1 Bg5 39.Qa3 Re1 40.Qxa7+ Rf7 41.Qd4+ Bf6 42.Qe4 Rxe4
43.Nxe4 Qe5  0-1

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.28"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.Rfe1 Bb7 14.a4 Rc8 15.Bd3 a5
16.Qb2 Qe7 17.Nd2 h6 18.h3 Rc7 19.Rac1 Rfc8 20.Rxc7 Rxc7 21.e5 Qd8 22.Be4 Qc8
23.Qa3 Nf8 24.Rb1 Bxe4 25.Nxe4 Qa6 26.Rb5 Qb7 27.Qd3 Rc1+ 28.Kh2 Ng6 29.d5 Re1
30.Nd6 Qe7 31.Rxb6 Rxe5 32.dxe6 Rxe6 33.Rb8+ Kh7 34.Nb5 Re2 35.Rb7 Qe5+ 36.Qg3 Rxf2
37.Nd6 Rd2 38.Nxf7 Qxg3+ 39.Kxg3 Kg8 40.Ra7 Rd5 41.Kg4 Kf8 42.h4 Rd4+ 43.Kg3 Nxh4
44.Ne5 Nf5+ 45.Kh2 Rh4+ 46.Kg1 Kg8 47.Rxa5 Nd4 48.Rd5 Ne2+ 49.Kf2 Nc3 50.Rd8+ Kh7
51.a5 Rf4+ 52.Kg3 g5 53.Rd3 Ne2+ 54.Kh2 Rh4+ 55.Rh3 Ra4 56.Nc6 Kg7 57.Re3 Rh4+
58.Rh3 Ra4 59.Re3 Rh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Muzychuk,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 Bb4 11.Bd2 Ba6 12.b3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 d5 14.Qh4 dxc4 15.Be2 Nd5
16.Bxc4 g5 17.Qd4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 O-O-O 19.g3 Kb7 20.O-O Nf4 21.Qxe6 Nxe6 22.Rad1 Rd5
23.Kg2 Rhd8 24.Rxd5 cxd5 25.f4 gxf4 26.gxf4 Rg8+ 27.Kf3 c5 28.h4 Kc6 29.f5 Nf8
30.Rc1 Nd7 31.e6 fxe6 32.fxe6 Nf8 33.e7 Ng6 34.Bd4 Nxh4+ 35.Kf2 Kd7 36.Bxc5 Ng6
37.Rd1 Nxe7 38.Bxe7 Kxe7 39.Rxd5 Ke6 40.Ra5 Rg7 41.Kf3 Kd6 42.Ke4 Kc6 43.Kd4 Rg4+
44.Kc3 Rg3+ 45.Kc4 Rg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sebag,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.c4 Rc8 8.Nc3 Bg4
9.Be3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Nf6 11.f4 e6 12.Rc1 Ng4 13.Bd2 e5 14.Qd3 Qh4 15.Qe2 Nf6
16.f5 g6 17.fxg6 hxg6 18.Kd1 Bh6 19.Bxh6 Rxh6 20.Kc2 Qf4 21.h3 Kf8 22.Kb1 Kg7
23.Rcd1 b5 24.cxb5 axb5 25.f3 b4 26.Nb5 Ne8 27.Qd3 Rc6 28.Qb3 Qg3 29.h4 Qf2
30.Rhf1 Qe2 31.Qxb4 Qc2+ 32.Ka1 Rxh4 33.Qd2 Rh2 34.Qxc2 Rcxc2 35.Rb1 f5 36.a4 fxe4
37.fxe4 Rc4 38.Nc3 Nf6 39.Rbe1 Nd7 40.Rd1 Nc5 41.Rxd6 Nxe4 42.Nxe4 Rxa4+
43.Kb1 Rxe4 44.Rg1 Rb4 45.Rdxg6+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.29"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Maisuradze,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nf3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.e3 Qb6 6.Qc1 Ne4 7.Bf4 Bf5 8.Nbd2 Rc8
9.Nb3 e6 10.Be2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.h3 h6 13.Ne5 Rfd8 14.g4 Bh7 15.f3 Nf6 16.Kh1 Nd7
17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Rg1 a5 19.Rg2 cxd4 20.exd4 a4 21.Nd2 c5 22.Be3 cxd4 23.Bxd4 Qb8
24.b3 e5 25.Bf2 Bg5 26.c4 Qb4 27.Be1 Qe7 28.bxa4 e4 29.Qd1 e3 30.Nf1 d4 31.Qxd4 Bf6
32.Qd1 Nc5 33.Qc1 Bxa1 34.Qxa1 Nd3 35.Bc3 f6 36.Ba5 Re8 37.Qd4 Qc5 38.Bb6 Qxd4
39.Bxd4 Nf4 40.Rh2 Nxe2 41.Rxe2 Bd3 42.Re1 Bxf1 43.Rxf1 Rxc4 44.Bb6 Rxa4
45.Re1 Rxa2  0-1

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.30"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.e4 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Bxc4 c5
9.e5 Qd8 10.O-O cxd4 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Qe2 Be7 13.Rfd1 Qb6 14.Rxd4 Nc6 15.Rdd1 Rd8
16.Rxd8+ Qxd8 17.Rd1 Qc7 18.Nd6 Bd7 19.Nb5 Qc8 20.Nd6 Qc7 21.Nb5 Qc8 22.Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.30"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Qe3 Rc8 15.Bb3 Qe7
16.Rfe1 Rfd8 17.e5 h6 18.h3 Nf8 19.Nd2 Qg5 20.Qxg5 hxg5 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 b5
23.d5 a5 24.a4 exd5 25.Rg4 Rc3 26.Bxd5 Ne6 27.Kh2 b4 28.Rg3 Kf8 29.Bb3 Rxd1
30.Bxd1 Rxg3 31.Kxg3 Nd4  0-1

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.31"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Na3 c3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.O-O c5
9.Qb3 Be6 10.Qxb7 Bd5 11.Qb2 Nc6 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Nc2 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Rb8 15.Qa3 cxd4
16.Ncxd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Qxd4 19.e3 Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy Prelim"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.31"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.Nf3 Bf5 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.e3 e6 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.O-O Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Be7 14.h3 O-O 15.b4 Qc8
16.a4 Bd8 17.b5 axb5 18.axb5 Rxa1 19.Qxa1 Bc7 20.b6 Bb8 21.Bxb8 Qxb8 22.Qc3 e5
23.Ra1 f5 24.g3 e4 25.Be2 g5 26.Ra7 Nf6 27.Kf1 Kh8 28.Ke1 Rg8 29.Kd2 f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nbd7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Rfd1 Qa5 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bd6 Rfd8
16.c5 Nf8 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Ng6 19.Qe4 Rac8 20.h4 Rd7 21.h5 Ne7 22.h6 gxh6
23.Bxe7 Rxe7 24.Rd3 Qc7 25.Rad1 Rf8 26.Rg3+ Kh8 27.Rd6 f6 28.exf6 Rxf6 29.Qd4  1-0

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5
9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 h5 11.Be2 h4 12.Nf1 Nbd7 13.Bg5 h3 14.gxh3 Rb8 15.Ng3 Qb6
16.Qd2 Nh7 17.Be3 Qd8 18.Rg1 Qh4 19.O-O-O Kh8 20.f4 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bxb5 Qxh3
23.e5 dxe5 24.f5 Ndf6 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Bxc5 Rd8 27.d6 Bg4 28.Rdf1 Rdc8 29.Qf2 Bd7
30.Be2 Qe6 31.Bd1 Qc4 32.Ba3 Bh6+  0-1

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 c6 5.h3 Bf5 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.Ne4 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qd6 11.Ne4 Qd5 12.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 b6
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.b3 Nc5 13.f3 e6 14.Bb1 a6 15.Qd2 Qe7
16.Rfe1 Nh5 17.Rcd1 Rfd8 18.Nde2 Qe8 19.Nd4 Qe7 20.Bc2 Qc7 21.Rc1 d5 22.exd5 exd5
23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.cxd5 Rxd5 25.Qf2 Be5 26.Ne2 Bh2+ 27.Kh1 Ng3+ 28.Kxh2 Nxe2+
29.Kh1 Nxc1 30.Rxc1 Qd7 31.Re1 Re8 32.Bh6 Rxe1+ 33.Qxe1 Qe6 34.Qc1 Qf6 35.b4 g5
36.bxc5 Rxc5 37.Bxg5 Qxg5 38.Qd1 Qd5 39.Qe2 Qc6 40.Bb3 Qc7 41.Kg1 Qe5 42.Qd2 Kg7
43.Kf2 h6 44.Qd7 Qb2+ 45.Ke3 Qf6 46.Kf2 Qb2+ 47.Ke3 Qc1+ 48.Kf2 Qf4 49.g3 Qf6
50.h4 h5 51.Qd2 Rc8 52.Kg2 Rd8 53.Qe3 Rd4 54.Bc2 Rd6 55.Bb3 b5 56.Qc5 Qg6
57.Qe5+ Rf6 58.Qd4 Qf5 59.Bd5 Qc2+ 60.Kh3 Qf5+ 61.Kg2 Qc2+ 62.Kh3 Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.11.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Bg2 d5 8.O-O Bd6
9.Nc3 Ba6 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.a3 O-O 12.b4 Bb7 13.Nb5 Ne4 14.Nd2 Nb6 15.Nb3 Ba6
16.Nxd6 cxd6 17.a4 Nc3 18.Qd2 Ncxa4 19.Na5 Rc8 20.e4 Nc3 21.e5 dxe5 22.Rxe5 Qe7
23.b5 Nxb5 24.Bf1 Qd7 25.Re1 Nc7 26.Ba3 Rfe8 27.Bxa6 Nxa6 28.Qd3 Nc4 29.Nb3 Qc6
30.Bc5 Nxc5 31.Nxc5 a5 32.Nb3 a4 33.Nc5 a3 34.h4 Rb8 35.h5 h6 36.Rec1 Qd6
37.Qc3 Qe7 38.Nd3 Qg5 39.Ne5 Nxe5 40.dxe5 Ra8 41.Re1 Qxh5 42.Rxa3 Rxa3 43.Qxa3 Qf5
44.Qa4 Rc8 45.Re2 Qf3 46.Re1 Rc4 47.Qa8+ Kh7 48.Qa2 h5 49.Qb2 h4 50.Re3 Qd1+
51.Kg2 Rc1 52.Kh3 Qh1+ 53.Kg4 Rc4+ 54.f4 Qd1+ 55.Rf3 Rc2  1-0

[Event "2nd Karpov Trophy KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2013.11.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 b6
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.b3 a6 13.Re1 Nc5 14.f3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 e6
16.Red1 Qe7 17.Nde2 d5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Bxb6 Bb7 21.Qd6 Qe8 22.Bf2 Rc6
23.Qb4 Ba8 24.Nd4 Rc8 25.Nce2 Nd5 26.Qa5 Bb7 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Rc1 Qb8 29.Qd2 Re8
30.b4 Qd8 31.a3 h5 32.Rc5 Kh7 33.Nc2 Nc3 34.Ned4 Ne2+ 35.Kf1 Bh6 36.Qd3 Nf4
37.Qc4 Bd5 38.Qxa6 Qg5 39.g3 Nxh3 40.Qd3 Rd8 41.f4 Qg4 42.Qe2 Qd7 43.Ne3 Bb7
44.Nec2 Bg7 45.Nf3 Re8 46.Be3 Be4 47.Nce1 Kg8 48.Ne5 Qd8 49.Qc4 Bxe5 50.Rxe5 Rxe5
51.fxe5 Bf5 52.a4 h4 53.Qxh4 Qd5 54.Qd4 Qh1+ 55.Ke2 Qh2+ 56.Kd1 Qxg3 57.b5 Be6
58.a5 Ng5 59.a6 Bg4+ 60.Kc1 Qxe1+ 61.Kb2 Qe2+ 62.Qd2 Qxb5+ 63.Kc3 Qa5+ 64.Kd4 Nf3+  0-1

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Zhigalko,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.g3 a5 9.Be2 Na6
10.Nh2 Nf6 11.Ng4 Nc5 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.h4 Qe7 14.Be3 h5 15.g4 hxg4 16.Bxc5 dxc5
17.Bxg4 f5 18.Bf3 fxe4 19.Bxe4 Rf4 20.Qd3 Rxh4 21.Rxh4 Qxh4 22.d6 cxd6 23.Qxd6 Qg5
24.Ke2 Bg4+ 25.Kd3 Rf8 26.Qxc5 Bh6 27.Kc2 Qd2+ 28.Kb3 Rxf2 29.Rb1 Bf8 30.Qd5+ Qxd5
31.Bxd5+ Kg7 32.Bxb7 Bf5 33.Be4 Bc5 34.Re1 Bd4 35.Bxf5 gxf5 36.c5 Kf6 37.c6 Ke7
38.Rh1 Bxc3 39.Rh7+ Kd8 40.Kxc3 e4 41.Rd7+ Kc8 42.Re7 Kd8 43.Rd7+ Kc8 44.Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qa4 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Nb3 c5 15.dxc5 Ne4
16.Rad1 Nxc5 17.Nxc5 Rxc5 18.Qxc5 Bxc5 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Ne5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Kf8
22.Rc1 Bd6 23.Nd3 Ke7 24.f4 Kd7 25.Kf3 Rc8 26.Rxc8 Kxc8 27.e4 h5 28.e5 Be7
29.Ke4 g6 30.h3 Kc7 31.Kd4 Kc6 32.Ke4 a5 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 a4 35.g5 Bc5
36.b3 axb3 37.axb3 Kb6 38.Kf3 Kc6 39.Ke4 Kb6 40.Kf3 Kc6 41.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Erdos,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Qa5
9.Nb3 Qh5 10.e4 d6 11.Qxh5 Nxh5 12.c5 dxc5 13.Nxc5 Nf6 14.h3 Nd7 15.Be3 Nxc5
16.Bxc5 Rd8 17.Rfd1 Be6 18.Nd5 Bxb2 19.Rab1 b6 20.Bxb6 axb6 21.Rxb2 Bxd5
22.Rxd5 Nd4 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rxb6 Ne2+ 25.Kh2 Ra8 26.Rb2 Nc3 27.e5 Rxa2 28.Rxa2 Nxa2
29.f4 Kg7 30.h4 f6 31.exf6+ exf6 32.Kg1 Nc3 33.Kf2 Nb5 34.Ke3 Nd6 35.Bd5 Nf5+
36.Kf2 Nd6 37.Ke3 Nf5+ 38.Kf2 Nd6 39.Ke3 Nf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Banikas,H"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.O-O Ne5 14.Be2 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Rc8
16.d5 Qf6 17.Qa5 exd5 18.exd5 a6 19.Qb4 b5 20.d6 a5 21.Qxa5 Qxd6 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Rd1 Qc7 24.Qxc7 Rxc7 25.h4 Kf8 26.Bd5 Ke7 27.Bb3 h6 28.Re1+ Kf6 29.Re4 g5
30.hxg5+ hxg5 31.Rb4 Rc5 32.a4 bxa4 33.Bxa4 Bxa4 34.Rxa4 Kg6 35.g4 Rc6 36.Kg2 f5
37.gxf5+ Kxf5 38.Kg3 Rc3+ 39.f3 Rc5 40.Ra8 Rc4 41.Ra5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.Qd2 Bf5 7.Bh6 c5 8.d5 e5
9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.Nh4 Bd7 11.g3 Na6 12.e4 Nc7 13.Bd3 a6 14.b3 b5 15.O-O Qe7
16.Nd1 a5 17.Ne3 Rfb8 18.f4 a4 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.cxb5 Nxb5 21.Bxb5 Rxb5 22.d6 Qd8
23.Nc4 axb3 24.Nxe5 Rxa2 25.Rxa2 bxa2 26.Nxd7 Rb1 27.Qxa2 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Nxd7
29.Ke2 Qf6 30.Qd2 Qe6 31.Qd5 Qxd5 32.exd5 Kf8 33.Nf3 Ke8 34.Kd3 Nb6 35.Ng5 h6
36.Ne4 Kd7 37.Nxc5+ Kxd6 38.Kd4 Nxd5 39.Nb7+ Ke6 40.Nc5+ Kd6 41.Nb7+ Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5
10.a3 h6 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Bd3 Qc8 13.O-O Ba6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Qc2 Qb7 16.Rab1 axb4
17.axb4 Ra3 18.Rfc1 bxc5 19.bxc5 Qa6 20.Ne1 Ra8 21.Qb2 Qc8 22.Qb7 Qxb7 23.Rxb7 Bd8
24.Bc7 Bxc7 25.Rxc7 R8a6 26.Nd3 Rb3 27.Ne5 Nxe5 28.dxe5 Raa3 29.Ne2 Ne4 30.Rxc6 Rb2
31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Re1 Raa2 33.Kf1 Rc2 34.c6 Nc5 35.c7 Nd3 36.Rd1 Rxe2 37.Rh8+ Kxh8
38.c8=Q+ Kh7 39.Rxd3 Rxf2+ 40.Ke1 Rxg2 41.Kf1 Rgc2  0-1

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O e6 8.b3 d5
9.Ba3 Qa5 10.Na4 Rd8 11.Bxc5 dxc4 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.Rxc4 Nxd4 15.exd4 b6
16.Bb4 Qa6 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Re1 Nd5 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Nc3 Be6 21.Qf3 Qb7 22.Qf4 Qd7
23.h4 h6 24.a4 a6 25.Kg2 Qd8 26.Ne2 Qd7 27.Nc3 Qd8 28.Ne2 Qd7 29.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tazbir,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.a3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Rb8
9.Rb1 d6 10.b4 b6 11.Nd5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bd2 Nxd5 15.cxd5 b5
16.Rc1 Bd7 17.e3 dxe3 18.Bxe3 a6 19.d4 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.dxe5 fxe5 22.Qb3 Qc4
23.Qxc4 bxc4 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Bf1 Bb5 26.Bh3 Rc7 27.Bb6 Rb7 28.Ba5 Bf8 29.a4 Bxa4
30.Bc8 Ra7 31.Rxc4 Bb5 32.Be6+ Kg7 33.Rc8 Re7 34.Rb8 Re8 35.Rb6 e4 36.Rb7+ Re7
37.Rb8 Re8 38.Rxe8 Bxe8 39.Bd8 Bb5 40.g4 h6 41.h4 Kh8 42.Bf6+ Bg7 43.Bxg7+ Kxg7
44.g5 hxg5 45.hxg5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2013.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Libiszewski,F"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Rxe8+ Nxe8 12.c3 d5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.Bf4 Bg5 15.Qc1 Bxf4
16.Qxf4 Qf6 17.Qxf6 Nxf6 18.Nd2 Re8 19.Re1 Bg4 20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Nf1 Nd6 22.Ne3 Be6
23.Kf1 c6 24.Ke2 g5 25.f3 h6 26.g4 Kf8 27.Kf2 f6 28.Kg3 Kg7 29.h3 Bf7 30.Nf5+ Nxf5+
31.Bxf5 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qd3 c6 14.b5 cxd5 15.cxd5 h6 16.Ne6 Bxe6
17.dxe6 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 d5 20.Ba3 dxe4 21.Qxd8 Rfxd8 22.Bxe7 Re8
23.Bd6 Rbd8 24.Rfd1 Rxe6 25.Bc5 Ra8 26.Rd7 b6 27.Be3 a6 28.bxa6 Rxa6 29.Rc1 Ra8
30.a4 Bf8 31.Rc4 h5 32.Kg2 Rf6 33.Rd5 Ra5 34.Rb5 Rxb5 35.axb5 Bc5 36.Bxc5 bxc5
37.Rxc5 Rf3 38.Rxe5 Rb3 39.Kf1 Rb2 40.Ke1 Kf7 41.Kd1 Rxf2 42.Kc1 Rxh2 43.b6 Rh1+
44.Kc2 Rh2+ 45.Kc3 Rh1 46.Rb5 Rc1+ 47.Kd4 Rc8 48.Kxe4 Kf6 49.b7 Rb8 50.Rb4 g5
51.Rb6+ Ke7 52.Rh6 Kf7 53.Kd5 Kg7 54.Rb6 h4 55.gxh4 gxh4 56.Kc6 h3 57.Rb3 Rh8
58.b8=Q  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 d5 8.cxd5 Ne4
9.Qe3 exd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Bg2 O-O 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Bxe4 Nxd4 15.O-O-O Bxe4
16.Qxe4 c5 17.e3 Ne2+ 18.Kb2 Qe7 19.f4 Qe6 20.Qd3 f6 21.Nf3  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2014.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kraemer,Mart"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Be3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.f3 Qd7 15.Rfd1 Rfd8
16.a4 Na5 17.Bb5 Qc7 18.Rdc1 Qb8 19.Qb2 Qd6 20.Bd2 Qa3 21.Rc3 Qxb2 22.Rxb2 Nc6
23.Rbc2 Nb4 24.Rc1 Rxc3 25.Rxc3 Rc8 26.Kf2 Rxc3 27.Bxc3 a6 28.Bc4 Bc6 29.Bxb4 Bxb4
30.Bxa6 Bxa4 31.Ke3 Bc2 32.Bd3 Ba4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2014.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Rabiega,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.f3 Bh5
9.Nbc3 e6 10.Be4 Bg6 11.O-O Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Bf2 Bxe4 14.fxe4 Bg5 15.Kh1 Qe7
16.Qd3 Rad8 17.Qg3 Bh6 18.Bg1 Kh8 19.b3 Nd7 20.Qh3 a6 21.Rad1 Nb4 22.Qg3 Qg5
23.Qh3 Qe7 24.Qg3 Qg5 25.Qxg5 Bxg5 26.d5 Kg8 27.Nd4 exd5 28.e6 c5 29.Nf3 fxe6
30.Nxg5 Rxf1 31.Rxf1 d4 32.Nxe6 Re8 33.Nc7 Re5 34.N3d5 Nc2 35.Rc1 d3 36.Rd1 Rxe4
37.Rxd3  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2014.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Bb3 Qe7
16.Qf4 Qf6 17.Qg4 Rfd8 18.h4 Qg6 19.Qxg6 hxg6 20.Ng5 Ba6 21.e5 Bb7 22.f4 Nf8
23.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2014.02.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Gonda, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Ba3 12.Rb1 O-O 13.Bd3 b6 14.O-O Ba6 15.Rfd1 Rfe8
16.Bxa6 Qxa6 17.Qc2 Be7 18.Bg3 c5 19.d5 exd5 20.c4 d4 21.exd4 Bf6 22.d5 Re7
23.Bd6 Ree8 24.Bc7 Qb7 25.Bg3 Ne5 26.Nd2 Qd7 27.Ne4 Ng6 28.Nxf6+ gxf6 29.h4 f5
30.h5 f4 31.Rb3  1-0

[Event "15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2014.03.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Petenyi,T"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.Nb3 Nc8
9.Be3 Ncb6 10.Na5 Qc7 11.c3 c5 12.Nb3 a6 13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5
16.Nd4 Bh7 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Nc4 19.Qe2 Qb6 20.Rab1 Na5 21.f4 g6 22.Kh1 Nc6
23.Rbd1 h5 24.Qf2 Nxd4 25.Rxd4 Rc8 26.h3 Rc6 27.Rfd1 Qc7 28.R1d2 Rc4 29.Rxc4 Qxc4
30.a3 Qe4 31.Re2 Qc4 32.Rd2 Qe4 33.Re2 Qd3 34.Rd2 Qb1+ 35.Qg1 Qe4 36.Qf2 O-O
37.Rd4 Qb1+ 38.Kh2 Rc8 39.Qd2 b5 40.Qf2 Qc1 41.Qd2 Qb1 42.Qf2 a5 43.Qd2 Kg7
44.Qf2 Qf5 45.Qe3 Qc2 46.Rd2 Qb1 47.Qf2 b4 48.axb4 axb4 49.cxb4 Rc1 50.b5 Rf1
51.Qe3 h4 52.g4 Rh1+  0-1

[Event "15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2014.03.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Onischuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.b5 Ne8 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 c5 16.Nd5 Nc7
17.Nxc7 Qxc7 18.Rf2 Rf6 19.Bf1 Rxe6 20.Bh3 Rf6 21.gxf4 exf4 22.Bb2 g5 23.Bxf6 Bxf6
24.Kh1 Kg7 25.Rd2 Rd8 26.Qg1 Ng6 27.Rad1 Ne5 28.Qf1 h5 29.Bf5 Kh6 30.h4 gxh4
31.Rg2 Qe7 32.Rd5 h3 33.Rg1 Bg5 34.Qxh3 Rg8 35.Bg4 Bh4 36.Bc8 Rxg1+ 37.Kxg1 Nxc4
38.Qe6+ Qxe6 39.Bxe6 Ne5 40.Rxd6 Be7 41.Rd5 Nxf3+ 42.Kf1 c4 43.Rd7 Bb4 44.Ke2 Ne5
45.Rxb7 f3+ 46.Kd1 Bc5 47.Rc7 Bb6 48.Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2014.03.05"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Solak,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.g3 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Rg6
16.h4 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Bf4 Nxh4 19.f3 Rd8 20.Kf2 Rxd1 21.Nxd1 Nf5 22.Rh1 Bxa2
23.Rxh5 Be6 24.Bxc7 Rh6 25.Rxh6 Nxh6 26.g4 Nf7 27.Ke3 Kd7 28.Bb8 a5 29.Nc3 b5
30.Ne4 Ke7 31.Bc7 a4 32.Ba5 Ne5 33.Bc3 Nd7 34.Kd4 c5+ 35.Nxc5 Nxc5 36.Kxc5 Bc4
37.b3 axb3 38.cxb3 Bxb3 39.Bxf6+ Kxf6 40.g5+ Kxg5 41.f4+ Kxf4 42.Kxb5 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2014.03.06"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Popilski,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qb3 O-O 7.Bg2 Qb6 8.O-O Rd8
9.c5 Qxb3 10.axb3 Na6 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.Rfd1 b6 13.b4 Bb7 14.Na2 Re8 15.Rac1 b5
16.Rc3 f6 17.Bh3 Nf8 18.Ra3 e5 19.dxe5 fxe5 20.Bc1 Nc7 21.e4 a6 22.Re1 Bc8
23.Bxc8 Raxc8 24.Kg2 Nd7 25.Nc3 Re6 26.Ra1 h6 27.Nd2 Rf8 28.Nb3 Ref6 29.Rf1 Kf7
30.Na5 d4 31.Ne2 Ke7 32.Bd2 R8f7 33.g4 Bf8 34.g5 Re6 35.gxh6 Nf6 36.Ng3 Rh7
37.f4 Bxh6 38.f5 Bxd2 39.fxe6 Kxe6 40.h3 Bxb4 41.Nxc6 Bxc5 42.Nd8+ Ke7 43.Nc6+ Ke6
44.Nb8 Bd6 45.Nxa6 Nce8 46.b4 Ra7 47.Nc5+ Bxc5 48.bxc5 Rc7 49.Rfc1 Ng7 50.Ra5 Ke7
51.Rxb5 Ne6 52.c6 Kd6 53.h4 d3 54.Rb3 Nc5 55.Rbc3 Rxc6 56.Kf3 Ra6 57.h5 Ne6
58.hxg6 Nd4+ 59.Ke3 Ke6 60.Kxd3 Rd6 61.Kc4 Nd7 62.Rf1 Ke7 63.Nf5+ Nxf5 64.exf5 Kf6
65.Rh3 e4 66.Rh8 e3 67.Re8 Ne5+ 68.Kc5 e2 69.Re1 Rd2 70.Kb5 Rd5+ 71.Ka4 Rd4+
72.Ka3 Rd3+ 73.Ka4 Rd4+ 74.Kb3 Nd3 75.Rf8+ Kg7 76.Rf7+ Kg8 77.Ra1 Rd8 78.f6 Rb8+
79.Kc3 Nc1 80.Rxc1 Rc8+ 81.Kd2 Rxc1 82.Re7 e1=Q+ 83.Rxe1 Rc8 84.Re7 Rf8 85.Rg7+ Kh8
86.Rh7+  1-0

[Event "15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2014.03.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O c5 9.Qe2 cxd4
10.exd4 Nc6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Rfd1 Bf8 14.g3 g6 15.Ne5 dxc4 16.bxc4 Bg7
17.Bc2 Nd7 18.Ba4 Qc7 19.f4 Ba8 20.Ne4 f5 21.Ng5 Ncxe5 22.fxe5 Qb7 23.d5 exd5
24.cxd5 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Bxe5 26.Bc6 Qb8 27.Ne6 Bxc6 28.dxc6 Nc5 29.Bxe5 Rxe6
30.Bxb8 Rxe2 31.Bxa7 Ne6 32.Bxb6 Rxa2 33.c7 Nxc7 34.Rxc7 Ra4 35.Be3 h5 36.h4  1-0

[Event "15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2014.03.08"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Palac,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Nc6 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Rd8 11.e3 Bg4 12.Rac1 Ne4 13.Qc2 Nb4 14.Qd1 Ng5 15.h4 Nxf3+
16.Bxf3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 c6 18.a3 Na6 19.b4 Nc7 20.Rc2 Ne8 21.Rfc1 a6 22.Na4 Nd6
23.Nb6 Rab8 24.Qf4 Re8 25.a4 Qd8 26.a5 Nb5 27.Na4 Qd6 28.Qxd6 Nxd6 29.Nc5 h5
30.Kf1 Re7 31.Ke2 g6 32.Kd3 Kg7 33.Re2 Rbe8 34.Rg1 Ne4 35.f3 Nxc5+ 36.bxc5 f5
37.Rge1 Rf8 38.Kd2 Rd8 39.Rb1 Rf8 40.Ke1 Rf6 41.Kf2 Kf8 42.Rb3 Ke8 43.Reb2 Rff7
44.Ke2 Kd8 45.Kd3 Kc8 46.Rg2 Kc7 47.Rb1 Rf6 48.Re1 Rff7 49.Rge2  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2014.03.10"]
[Round "7.35"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Antipov,M2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.e4 Bb7 8.Nc3 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Bg2 O-O 12.O-O Nxd2 13.Qxd2 c6 14.h4 Na6 15.Ne1 Nc7
16.f4 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Nf3 Qd6 19.Kh2 Rad8 20.Rfe1 Rfe8 21.Rad1 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 c5
23.Ne5 Ba8 24.Bh3 a6 25.a3 cxd4 26.Ne2 Bb7 27.Nxd4 Re8 28.b4 Bxe5 29.fxe5 Qd8
30.a4 Rf8 31.e6 Qe7 32.Nf5 Qf6 33.Nd6 Bc6 34.e7 Rb8 35.Nc8 Bxa4 36.Rf1 Qxf1
37.Bxf1 Rxc8 38.Qc3 Bd7 39.Bxa6  1-0

[Event "15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2014.03.11"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Hovhannisyan,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.h3 Ke8 10.Bf4 Ne7 11.Nbd2 Ng6 12.Bh2 Be7 13.Ne4 c5 14.Rfe1 Be6 15.Nfg5 Bxg5
16.Nxg5 Rd8 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Rad1 Rd4 19.c3 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rf8 21.f3 h5 22.Kf2 h4
23.Re1 Ne7 24.Re4 Nf5 25.Bf4 Kd7 26.Bg5 Rh8 27.Re1 b6 28.Rd1+ Kc8 29.b3 c6
30.Be3 Kc7 31.Rd3 a5 32.a4 Rh5 33.Bf4 Kc8 34.Rd1 Kc7 35.Rd2 Rh8 36.Bg5 Rb8
37.Be3 Rh8 38.Ke2 Rh5 39.Bf2 Rh8 40.Rd1 Rh6 41.Kf1 Rh5 42.Re1 c4 43.bxc4 c5
44.Re4 Kd7 45.Ke2 Rg5 46.Rg4 Rh5 47.Kd3 Rh8 48.Ke4 Ke7 49.Kd3 Kd7 50.Be1 Rh5
51.Re4 Rg5 52.Re2 Kc7 53.Ke4 Rg6 54.Kf4 Kc6 55.Rb2 Kc7 56.Rd2 Kc8 57.Bxh4 Nxh4
58.g3 Nf5 59.g4 Nh4 60.Rd6 Rh6 61.Kg3 Kc7 62.f4 Ng6 63.g5 Rh8 64.Rxe6 Rxh3+
65.Kg4 Rh4+ 66.Kg3 Rh3+ 67.Kg4 Rh4+ 68.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2014.03.12"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Salgado Lopez,I"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Ne8 10.Nd5 Bd6 11.Re1 c6 12.Ne3 Bc7 13.Nf5 d5 14.Ne7+ Kh8 15.Nxc8 Rxc8
16.d3 Nf6 17.Qf3 Qd7 18.g3 Ng4 19.Bd2 Rce8 20.d4 f5 21.Bd3 g6 22.Rxe8 Rxe8
23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Bxe1 Qe6 25.Qe2 Qxe2 26.Bxe2 Nf6 27.f3 h5 28.h3 Kg7 29.Kg2 Kf7
30.c3 Ne8 31.Bd2 Ng7 32.f4 Ne8 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 Nf6 35.gxf5 gxf5 36.Kf3 b5
37.Be1 Ne4 38.Ke3 Nf6 39.Bh4 Ke6 40.Bxf6 Kxf6 41.Bh5 Ke6 42.Be8 Kd6 43.Bg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "10.20"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5
9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Ne8 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.O-O Ne5 13.Be2 h5 14.Be3 h4 15.Nh1 f5 16.Qd2 Nf6
17.Nf2 h3 18.Nxh3 fxe4 19.f4 Nf3+ 20.Bxf3 exf3 21.Rxf3 Bg4 22.Rg3 Qd7 23.Ng5 b5
24.h3 Bf5 25.Kh2 b4 26.Nd1 Qb7 27.Nf2 Qxd5 28.Qe2 Qc6 29.Qc4+ Qd5 30.Qe2 Rac8
31.Rd1 Qc6 32.Ng4 Bxg4 33.hxg4 Rfe8 34.Qd3 d5 35.Bxc5 Qxc5 36.Qxg6 Re7 37.Nf3 Qd6
38.Nh4 Qxf4 39.Nf5 Rce8 40.Rd3 Qc7 41.Rf3 Rf8 42.g5 Ng4+ 43.Kh3 Rxf5 44.Rxf5 Ne3
45.Rf2 Qd7+ 46.Kh4 Re6 47.Rf6 Re4+ 48.Kh5 Nxg2  0-1

[Event "15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2014.03.14"]
[Round "11.39"]
[White "Huzman,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E60"]

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.h3 e5 11.d5 Na5 12.Qc2 c6 13.b4 Nac4 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Nd2 e4
16.Nxc4 Nxc4 17.Nxe4 Bxa1 18.Qxc4 Rb8 19.Nc5 Qf6 20.a3 h5 21.Qc2 Rd8 22.f4 Qe7
23.Kh2 Bg7 24.Nb3 Ba6 25.Rf2 Bd3 26.Qc5 Qe6 27.Na5 Be4 28.Nxc6 Bxc6 29.Bxc6 a6
30.Rc2 Rbc8 31.a4 Bf8  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2014.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Van Kampen,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D25"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Bxc4 e6 7.Nbd2 Bb7 8.O-O Be7
9.a5 a6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.e4 c5 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Qc7 15.Ng3 Rfc8
16.h4 h6 17.h5 Kh8 18.Nf1 cxd4 19.Rxd4 Bc5 20.Rg4 f5 21.Rh4 Be7 22.Rd4 Bc5
23.Rh4 Be7 24.Rd4 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2014.03.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be2 Bf6 12.Be5 Bxe5 13.Nxe5 Re8 14.Nf3 Qb6 15.Rc1 Ne6
16.Qd2 Rd8 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.exd4 Be6 20.Bd3 Rac8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8
22.Kd2 Kf8 23.Rc1 Rxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Baramidze,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Rb1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd4 13.Qxd4 Bxd4 14.Bh6 Rd8 15.Bxb7 Rb8
16.Bxc8 Rdxc8 17.Rxb8 Rxb8 18.Rd1 Bc5 19.Rd7 Rc8 20.a4 f6 21.Be3 a5 22.Bd2 Kf7
23.Rb7 Bd6 24.Rb5 Rc2 25.Bxa5 Rc4 26.Bb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Balogh,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.cxd5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Bd2 e6 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Be2 Be7 14.Ba5 Rc8 15.Rxc8+ Qxc8
16.Kd2 O-O 17.Rc1 Qa8 18.Qc3 h6 19.a3 Re8 20.g3 Bg6 21.h4 Kh8 22.h5 Be4 23.Bb6 Bd8
24.Bd4 Kg8 25.Qc5 Be7 26.Qc7 Bf8 27.f3 Bh7 28.Bb6 f6 29.exf6 gxf6 30.Qf4 Kg7
31.Rc7+ Re7 32.Bc5 Rxc7 33.Qxc7+ Kh8 34.Bxf8 Qxf8 35.Qxb7 Qc5 36.Qf7 Qc2+
37.Ke1 Qc1+ 38.Kf2 Qxb2 39.Qf8+ Bg8 40.Qxh6+ Bh7 41.Qf8+ Bg8 42.h6 f5 43.Qg7+ Qxg7
44.hxg7+ Kxg7 45.Bxa6 Kf6 46.a4 Ke7 47.a5 Kd6 48.Bb5 Bf7 49.f4 Bh5 50.a6 Kc7
51.Bd7 Bf7 52.Ke1  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2013-14"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.06"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Belezky,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nbd2 e6 8.c3 Be7
9.a3 O-O 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 d4 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.cxd4 cxd4 14.Qa4 Nd5 15.Nf3 Qb6
16.Bd2 Bd6 17.Rfc1 Rfd8 18.Rc2 Nf4 19.Kf1 Nxg2 20.Kxg2 Be7 21.e4 dxe3 22.Bxe3 Qc7
23.Nd4 Qa5 24.Qxa5 Nxa5 25.b4 Bf6 26.bxa5 Bxd4 27.Bxd4 Rxd4 28.Rc7 Rxd3 29.Rxb7 a6
30.Rc1 Rd5 31.Rcc7 Rf8 32.Ra7 Rxa5 33.Rc6 Rxa3 34.Rcxa6 Rxa6 35.Rxa6 g5 36.Ra5 f6
37.Ra7 Re8 38.Kg3 Kf8 39.h4 gxh4+ 40.Kxh4 Re7 41.Ra8+ Kf7 42.g5 Kg6 43.gxf6 gxf6
44.Kg3 Rd7 45.Ra3 Kf5 46.Rf3+ Kg5 47.Ra3 e5 48.f4+ exf4+ 49.Kf3 Re7 50.Ra5+ Re5
51.Ra8 Re3+ 52.Kf2 Rb3 53.Rg8+ Kf5 54.Ra8 Re3 55.Rc8 Rd3 56.Ra8 f3 57.Ra5+ Kg4
58.Ra4+ Kg5 59.Ra5+ f5 60.Ra4 Rb3 61.Rc4 Kf6 62.Ra4 Rd3 63.Ra6+ Ke5 64.Ra5+ Ke4
65.Ra4+ Rd4 66.Rxd4+ Kxd4 67.Kxf3 f4 68.Kxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem B 2014"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.g3 a5 9.Bg2 Na6
10.O-O Bd7 11.Ne1 Qe8 12.Nd3 f5 13.Re1 Nf6 14.a3 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Rxe4 Bf5
17.Re1 b5 18.Nf4 Nc5 19.Ne6 Nxe6 20.dxe6 Bxe6 21.cxb5 Qxb5 22.Bxa8 Rxa8 23.a4 Qb7
24.g4 Bb3 25.Qd3 d5 26.Qg3 e4 27.Bf4 c5 28.Be5 Bxe5 29.Qxe5 Rf8 30.Re3 Bc4
31.Qe6+ Rf7 32.Qe8+ Rf8 33.Qe6+ Rf7 34.Qe8+ Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem B 2014"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Durarbayli,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.d4 exd4
9.cxd4 Bb6 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qb3 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.Qc2 h6 15.b4 a5 16.bxa5 Rxa5
17.Bb2 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 c5 19.Bc3 Ra8 20.e6 fxe6 21.Qe2 Rf7 22.Qxe6 Nf8 23.Qe2 c4
24.Bc2 Nc6 25.a4 Qe7 26.Qd1 Ne6 27.Rb1 Ba7 28.Bg6 Rf6 29.Bh5 Nf4 30.Ne5 Nxh5
31.Qxh5 Nxe5 32.dxe5 Rf4 33.e6 d4 34.Qd5 dxc3 35.Rxb7 Qc5 36.Qd7 Qd4 37.Rd1 Qxd7
38.exd7 Bxf2+ 39.Kh2 Rd4  0-1

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem B 2014"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Guseinov,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 Nc6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Nc2 Be5 12.Nd5 Ne7 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 Nxd5 15.Qxd5+ Be6
16.Qd2 f5 17.f4 Bg7 18.Bxh5 gxh5 19.Bd4 Qd7 20.Rf3 fxe4 21.Rg3 Re7 22.Ne3 Rf8
23.Rf1 h6 24.f5 Bxf5 25.Bxg7 Rxg7 26.Qf2 Rg5 27.Nxf5 Kh7 28.Rxg5 hxg5 29.h4 gxh4
30.Qf4 Qe6 31.Qg5  1-0

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem B 2014"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Abasov,N"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bf4 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 13.Nc3 Bxd4 14.Nd5 d6 15.Bg5 f6
16.Qe4 fxg5 17.Bd3 Kf8 18.Qxd4 c6 19.Nc3 Qf6 20.Qe4 d5 21.Qxh7 Qh6 22.Re1 Bd7
23.f3 Nf6 24.Qxh6 gxh6 25.Kf2 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Kxe8 27.g4 Ke7 28.Ne2 c5 29.Ng3 Kd6
30.Bf5 Be8 31.Bc8 Kc7 32.Bf5 Kd6 33.Bc8 Kc7 34.Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem B 2014"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A89"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.c4 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Na5
9.Qa4 c5 10.dxc6 Nxc6 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.Qc2 Ng4 13.e3 Nf6 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.b3 Kh8
16.Bb2 Rac8 17.Qe2 Rce8 18.Rac1 Ne5 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 e6 21.Bg2 Nf7 22.c5 Qa5
23.Bxb7 e5 24.c6 exd4 25.cxd7 Rb8 26.Bc6  1-0

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem B 2014"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 h6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 c6 15.Bb2 fxe4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Rxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Rxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Qb6 21.Bb2 Rad8
22.Qd2 Qxe6 23.Qd4 Nf5 24.Qh8+ Kf7 25.Qh7+ Ke8 26.Qxb7 Rf7 27.Qb5+ Kf8 28.Qd3 d4
29.b5 Kg7 30.a4 Rc7 31.h3 Qc4 32.Be4 Qxd3 33.Bxd3 Kf7 34.a5 Ng7 35.b6 axb6
36.axb6 Re7 37.Ra7 Rdd7 38.Ra4 Rd6 39.Rb4 Rb7 40.Bxd4 Ne6 41.Be4 Rxd4 42.Rxd4 Rxb6
43.Rd7+ Kf6 44.Bd5 Nf4 45.Rf7+ Ke5 46.Bf3 Nd3 47.Be2 Nf4 48.Bf1 g5 49.g3 Ne6
50.Kg2 Nd4 51.Bd3 Rf6 52.Rd7 Rd6 53.Rh7 Rb6 54.Rf7 Rf6 55.Ra7 Rd6 56.Bc4 Rc6
57.Bf7 Rd6 58.Bh5 Kf6 59.Rh7 Kf5 60.Rf7+ Ke6 61.Rf8 Ke7 62.Rh8 Rf6 63.Re8+ Kd6
64.Rd8+ Ke5 65.Bg4 Nc6 66.Re8+ Kd6 67.Bf3 Ne5 68.Be4 Nd7 69.Bd3 Ne5 70.Bb5 Kd5
71.Ba4 Kd6 72.Bb3 Nc6 73.Re4 Ne5 74.h4 Rf8 75.Ra4 Ke7 76.Ra6 Nd3 77.Re6+ Kd7
78.Rxh6 Rxf2+ 79.Kh3 gxh4 80.Rxh4 Ke7 81.Rh7+ Kf6 82.Rf7+ Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem B 2014"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.e4 Nd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.exd5 c5 13.Ne4 Qb6 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 Qxc5
16.Rc1 Qb4 17.b3 Bf5 18.Bd3 Bd7 19.h3 Rac8 20.Qd2 Qd6 21.Be2 a6 22.Rfd1 Rfe8
23.Bf1 Bf5 24.g3 Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Rc8 26.Qf4 Qxf4 27.gxf4 Bf8 28.d6 Rd8 29.d7 Rxd7
30.Rxd7 Bxd7 31.Ne5 Be8 32.Bg2 b6 33.Bc6 Bxc6 34.Nxc6 Bd6 35.f5 Kg7 36.fxg6 fxg6
37.Kg2 Kf6 38.Kf3 Kf5 39.a4 h5 40.b4 g5 41.Nd4+ Ke5 42.Nc2 Bc7 43.Ke3 Kd5
44.Kd3 Bd8 45.f3 Be7 46.Ne3+ Ke5 47.Nc4+ Kf4 48.Nxb6 Kxf3 49.Nd5 Bd6 50.Nf6 Bxb4
51.Nxh5 Kg2 52.Ke4 Kxh3 53.Kf5 Be7 54.Ke6 Bd8 55.Kd7 Ba5 56.Nf6 Be1 57.Kc8 a5  0-1

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem B 2014"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.Rfe1 h4 15.Re4 Rd8
16.Rxd8+ Bxd8 17.Ra4 a6 18.Nce4 Bc8 19.Nf3 Rh8 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Nexg5 Ke7 22.Rf4 c5
23.Kh2 b6 24.g4 hxg3+ 25.fxg3 Nh6 26.Re4 Bb7 27.Re2 a5 28.Nh4 Rd8 29.g4 Ba6
30.Rf2 Bc8 31.Kg3 Rd5 32.Ngf3 Rd1 33.a3 Ke8 34.Ng2 Rb1 35.c3 Ng8 36.Nf4 Bb7
37.Nh5 g6 38.Nf6+ Nxf6 39.exf6 Bxf3 40.Kxf3 Kd7 41.Kf4 Ke6 42.Kg5 Re1 43.Kh6 Re3
44.Kg7 g5 45.c4 a4 46.Rd2  1-0

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem B 2014"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Safarli,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.e3 Qd3 7.Qe2 Qxe2+ 8.Ngxe2 c6
9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.b3 O-O 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Bd2 a5 14.Ke2 f5 15.Nc3 a4
16.Rhd1 Rd8 17.Be1 axb3 18.axb3 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Bc5 20.Na4 Nxa4 21.Rxa4 Bxd4
22.Rxd4 Rxd4 23.exd4 Be6 24.b4 Kf7 25.Ke3 Bd5 26.Bf1 b5 27.Bd3 Kf6 28.h4 h5
29.Be2 g6 30.Bd1 Na6 31.Bc3 Nc7 32.Bd2 Ne6 33.Kd3 Bc4+ 34.Ke3 Bd5 35.Kd3 Bc4+
36.Ke3 Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Balagna Rapid Open 2014"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lhostis,Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Ne4
9.Nbd2 f5 10.Qe2 Kh8 11.Rfd1 Qb6 12.c4 Nxd2 13.Nxd2 dxc4 14.Nxc4 Qc7 15.dxc5 Be6
16.Bxg7+ Kxg7 17.Qb2+ Kg8 18.Rd2 Rad8 19.Rad1 Rxd2 20.Rxd2 Rd8 21.Bxc6 Rxd2
22.Qxd2 bxc6 23.Qd4 Bxc4 24.Qxc4+ Kg7 25.Qd4+ e5 26.Qd2 Kf6 27.h4 e4 28.b4 Qe5
29.Kg2 h6 30.Qd8+ Qe7 31.Qh8+ Qg7 32.Qc8 Qg8 33.Qxg8  1-0

[Event "11th Balagna Rapid Open 2014"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Humeau,C"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.d3 Be7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 f6 10.Nbd2 Bg4 11.Rc1 Qd7 12.Ne4 Rad8 13.Qc2 Bh3 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.Qxc5 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Qe6 17.e4 Rxd3 18.Qc2 Rfd8 19.h3 Qd7 20.a3 a5 21.Bc3 Kh8 22.Rfe1 h6
23.Nh4 Kh7 24.Nf5 Nc8 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 N8e7 27.Ne3 b5 28.Kh2 Nd4 29.Bxd4 Rxd4
30.Qxc7 Rxb4 31.Qc5 Rxe4 32.Red1 Rd4 33.Rxd4 exd4 34.Rd1 Ng6 35.Ng4 d3 36.Rd2 Qd5
37.Qc7 Rd7 38.Qc8 Ne5 39.Nxe5 fxe5 40.Qf8 e4 41.Qb4 Rf7 42.Qb2 Qc4 43.Qb1 b4
44.Kg2 b3 45.Rb2 Rb7 46.Qe1 Qd4 47.Qd2 Rb6 48.h4 Rf6 49.Rxb3 Qd5 50.Qd1 e3+
51.f3 e2 52.Qb1 Qxf3+ 53.Kh3 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "11th Balagna Rapid Open 2014"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Skripchenko,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 c6 7.h3 e5 8.a4 Na6 9.O-O Nb4
10.a5 Re8 11.Be3 exd4 12.Bxd4 d5 13.Ra4 Qe7 14.exd5 Nbxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7
17.Re4 Be6 18.Nd4 Qf6 19.Rfe1 Bd7 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Rxe8 Bxe8 22.c3 Nc7 23.Qb3 c5
24.Qxb7 Qd6 25.Nf3 Bc6 26.Qc8 Ne6 27.Ng5 Nxg5 28.Qxc6 Qd1+ 29.Kh2 Qd2 30.Qxc5 a6
31.Qe5+ Kh6 32.Qe3  1-0

[Event "11th Balagna Rapid Open 2014"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Massoni,M"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bf4 d6 6.e3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.h3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 e5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 f5 15.Qd2 f4 16.exf4 gxf4
17.Bh4 Qe8 18.d5 Qg6 19.Rfe1 e4 20.Ng5 Ne5 21.Kh1 Bh6  0-1

[Event "11th Balagna Rapid Open 2014"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nc3 e6 6.e3 Nge7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.exd4 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.O-O O-O 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.Rfc1 Rfc8
16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Rd8 18.Qb3 Qxb3 19.axb3 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Rxd4 21.Ra4 Rd7
22.Rac4 Rad8 23.Rc7 b6 24.Kf1 Rxc7 25.Rxc7 Rd2 26.Rxa7 Rxb2 27.Ra3 Kg7 28.h4 h5
29.Kg2 b5 30.Ra6 Rxb3 31.Rb6 b4 32.Kf1 Rb2 33.Kg2 b3 34.Kf3 Kf8 35.Rb7 Ke8
36.Ke3 f6 37.Kf3 Kd8 38.Ke3 Kc8 39.Rb6 Kc7 40.Rxf6 Rc2 41.Rf7+ Kc6 42.Rf8 Kb5
43.Rb8+ Ka4 44.f3 Ka3 45.Ra8+ Kb2 46.g4 Rc4 47.Ra6 hxg4 48.Rxg6 gxf3 49.h5 Rh4
50.h6 Rh3 51.Kf2 Kc2 52.Rc6+ Kb1 53.Rb6 b2 54.Rc6 Ka2 55.Ra6+ Kb3 56.Rb6+ Kc3
57.Rc6+ Kd4 58.Rb6 Rxh6 59.Rxh6 b1=Q 60.Rh4+ Kd3 61.Kxf3 Qf1+ 62.Kg4 Ke4
63.Kg5+ Ke5 64.Rg4 Qf6+ 65.Kh5 Qh8+ 66.Kg5 Qd8+ 67.Kg6 Qe8+ 68.Kg5 Qe7+ 69.Kg6 Qd8
70.Rg5+ Kf4 71.Rf5+ Kg4 72.Re5 Qd6+  0-1

[Event "11th Balagna Rapid Open 2014"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.03"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Burmakin,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O b6 8.a4 Bb7
9.c4 Ne4 10.a5 bxa5 11.Qa4 e5 12.Bh2 exd4 13.exd4 c5 14.Qxa5 cxd4 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8
16.Rd1 Ndc5 17.Ra3 Ne6 18.Nbd2 N4c5 19.b4 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bd3 Bxd3 22.Rdxd3 Rdc8
23.Nd2 Bh6 24.Bxd6 Bxd2 25.Rxd2 Rxc4 26.b5 Rc1+ 27.Kh2 Rb1 28.Ra5 Rd8 29.Be5 Rd5
30.Bf6 Rbxb5 31.Rxa7 Rb8 32.g4 d3 33.Ra3 Nc5 34.Ra5 Re8 35.Kg2 h5 36.Bc3 Red8
37.Bf6 Re8 38.Bc3 Rb8 39.Bf6 Kf8 40.Bb2 hxg4 41.hxg4 Rb4 42.f3 Ra4 43.Rb5 Ke8
44.Bc3 Rc4 45.Ba5 Kd7 46.Rb1 Rc2 47.Bb4 Na6 48.Rf2 Rxf2+ 49.Kxf2 Nxb4 50.Ke3 d2  0-1

[Event "11th Balagna Rapid KO 2014"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Sorm,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 d6 8.Qd3 h6
9.Bh4 Bd7 10.Nbd2 a6 11.Bc4 Qe7 12.a3 Bg4 13.Rfe1 Rad8 14.h3 Bc8 15.Ba2 Ba7
16.Nf1 Kh7 17.Ne3 g5 18.Bg3 Nh5 19.Nd5 Qd7 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Bxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Qd6
23.Ng4 f5 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Qe2 Rde8 26.Qxe8 Rxe8 27.Rxe8 Ng7 28.Re7 c6 29.Ndf6+  1-0

[Event "11th Balagna Rapid KO 2014"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sorm,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.a3 cxd4 8.cxd4 e5
9.d5 Nd7 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.Bd3 Nc5 12.O-O O-O 13.h3 f5 14.Ng5 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 h6
16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 fxe4 18.Qxe4 Qe7 19.Rd1 Qxe6 20.Qxb7 Bc5 21.Be3 Bxe3
22.fxe3 Rab8 23.Qd5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 Rb2 25.Rf1 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Rb3 27.Ra5 Rxe3
28.Rxa7 Kh7 29.a4 Ra3 30.a5 e4 31.a6 Ra2 32.Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Balagna Rapid KO 2014"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Burmakin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bf5 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.a4 Bxd3
10.Qxd3 dxc4 11.bxc4 b4 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 a5 14.Ne5 Qc7 15.c5 O-O 16.Bb2 Ra6
17.Qd3 Ra7 18.f4 Nd7 19.Nc4 Raa8 20.e4 Rad8 21.Qe2 f6 22.e5 fxe5 23.fxe5 Rxf1+
24.Rxf1 Rf8 25.Qg4 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Nf8 27.Ke2 Bd8 28.Nd6 Qd7 29.h4 Bc7 30.h5 h6
31.Bc1 Bxd6 32.exd6 Kh8 33.Qh4 Nh7 34.Qe7 Qxe7 35.dxe7 Nf6 36.Bf4 Kg8 37.Bc7 Kf7
38.Bxa5 b3 39.Kd3 Kxe7 40.Bc7 Kd7 41.Bd6 Kc8 42.Kc3 Nxh5 43.Kxb3 Kb7 44.Kc4 Ka6
45.Bc7 Nf6 46.g3 Nd7 47.Kd3 Kb7 48.Bd6 Ka6 49.Bc7 Kb7 50.Bd8 e5 51.Ke4 exd4
52.Kxd4 h5 53.Be7 Ka6 54.Bd8 g6 55.Bc7 Kb7 56.Bd8 Ka6 57.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Balagna Rapid KO 2014"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Burmakin,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a4 Nbd7
9.Bh2 c5 10.c3 a6 11.Na3 d5 12.b4 Ne4 13.Qb3 c4 14.Qb2 Rc8 15.Nb1 f6 16.Nbd2 Nd6
17.b5 a5 18.Qa3 Qc7 19.Ne1 e5 20.Nc2 Rfe8 21.Rae1 Bf8 22.Qc1 Qd8 23.Bg4 f5
24.Bd1 Nf7 25.f4 exd4 26.exd4 Nf6 27.Rxe8 Qxe8 28.Nf3 Ne4 29.Re1 Qd7 30.Re3 Re8
31.Nce1 h5 32.Qb2 Bh6 33.Re2 Qe7 34.Ne5 Nxe5 35.fxe5 Bc8 36.Bc2 Rf8 37.Bb1 g5
38.Bxe4 dxe4 39.Qd2 Bb7 40.h4 f4 41.hxg5 Bxg5 42.Qa2 Bd5 43.Qc2 Qh7 44.Rf2 Bh4
45.Rf1 f3 46.gxf3 exf3 47.Qxh7+ Kxh7  0-1

[Event "11th Balagna Rapid KO 2014"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Bb3 h6 8.h3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Ne4 Bb6 11.Bxh6 Be6 12.Bd2 Na5 13.Bc2 f6 14.c4 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4
16.c5 Ba7 17.b4 Nc6 18.Bb3 Qd7 19.a3 Rad8 20.O-O Bf7 21.Bxf7+ Rxf7 22.Qd2 Qf5
23.Rad1 Rfd7 24.Qe2 b6 25.Rfe1 bxc5 26.bxc5 Nd4 27.Nxd4 Rxd4 28.Qc2 f3 29.Re3 fxg2
30.Rg3 c6 31.Qb3+ Kh8 32.Rg4 Qd5 33.Qb7 Qd7 34.Qxa6 Rxe4 35.dxe4 Qxd1+ 36.Kxg2 Qd7
37.Rh4+ Kg8 38.Qc4+ Kf8 39.Rh8+ Ke7 40.Rh7 Kf8 41.a4 Re8 42.a5 Qe6 43.Rh8+ Kf7
44.Qxe6+ Rxe6 45.a6 Bxc5 46.Rc8 Rxe4 47.Rxc6 Ba7 48.Rc7+ Re7 49.Rc6 Re2 50.Rc7+ Re7
51.Rc6 Re6 52.Rc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Balagna Rapid KO 2014"]
[Site "Calvi FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 d5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Ne4 14.Be1 Nd6 15.Bd3 c5
16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.Bb1 Rac8 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.b4 axb4 20.Bxb4 h6 21.e4 Ba6 22.Qe1 Nc4
23.h3 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Bc2 Qc7 26.e5 Bb7 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Bxc5 bxc5 29.Qc3 Bxf3
30.Qxf3 Nxe5 31.Qe4 Ng6 32.Qc4 Qa5 33.Bxg6 fxg6 34.Qxe6+ Kh7 35.Qb3 Qe1+
36.Kh2 Qxf2 37.Qc4 Qe3 38.a4 Qe5+ 39.Kg1 Qe1+ 40.Kh2 h5 41.Qxc5 Qe4 42.a5 Qf4+
43.Kg1 Qc1+ 44.Qxc1  1-0

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d6 4.e4 e5 5.Be3 exd4 6.Qxd4 Bg7 7.Qd2 Be6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.b3 a5 10.Nge2 a4 11.Rb1 axb3 12.axb3 O-O 13.Nf4 Nd7 14.Be2 Nc5 15.b4 Na4
16.Nb5 Na7 17.Bxa7 Rxa7 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.O-O Ra8 20.Rbc1 Qe7 21.f4 Rfd8 22.Bg4 c6
23.Nd4 Bxd4+ 24.Qxd4 e5 25.Qe3 exf4 26.Rxf4 Qe5 27.h3 c5 28.bxc5 Nxc5 29.Rd1 Rf8
30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.Rd5 Qa1+ 32.Rd1 Qf6 33.e5 Qxe5 34.Qxe5 dxe5 35.Rd5 b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 h6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 c6 15.Ba3 fxe4
16.Bxe4 d5 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.b5 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.Bxe7 Re8
22.Bc5 Rxe6 23.Be3 a6 24.b6 Rd8 25.Rac1 Kf7 26.Rc4 Red6 27.g4 Rd1 28.Rxd1 Rxd1+
29.Kg2 Ke6 30.Kg3 Rg1+ 31.Kh3 Rd1 32.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.O-O Re8
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.e4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Qxe4 e5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 exd4 15.Qxe7 Bxe7
16.Bxd4 a5 17.Re1 Kf7 18.Bh3 Nf8 19.Bxc8 Raxc8 20.Bb6 a4 21.Rad1 Ra8 22.Kf1 c5
23.Bc7 g5 24.h4 h6 25.Nh2 gxh4 26.gxh4 h5 27.Rd5 Ne6 28.Bg3 Rad8 29.Rxh5 Ng7
30.Rd5 Rxd5 31.cxd5 Rd8 32.Rd1 Nf5 33.Nf3 b5 34.Bc7 Rd7 35.Bf4 Bd6 36.Bxd6 Rxd6
37.h5 Kg7 38.b3 axb3 39.axb3 Kh6 40.Rd3 Ne7 41.Nd2 f5 42.Re3 Nxd5 43.Re5 Nb4
44.Nf3 Rd5 45.Re6+ Kxh5 46.Rb6 Rd3 47.Ne5 Rxb3 48.Rxb5 Rc3 49.Ke2 Kg5 50.Kd2 Rc2+
51.Kd1 Rxf2 52.Rxc5 Kf6 53.Nc4 Nd3 54.Rd5 Nf4 55.Ra5 Ng2 56.Nd6 Ne3+ 57.Ke1 Rb2
58.Nxf5 Nxf5 59.Kd1 Ne3+ 60.Ke1 Nc4 61.Ra4 Ne5 62.Rf4+ Ke6 63.Rf8 Kd5 64.Rd8+ Ke4
65.Re8 Ra2 66.Kd1 Kd3 67.Rd8+ Kc3 68.Rc8+ Nc4 69.Ke1 Rh2 70.Kf1 Kd3 71.Rd8+ Ke4
72.Re8+ Ne5 73.Ke1 Kd4 74.Kf1 Ra2 75.Rd8+ Ke4 76.Re8 Rb2 77.Ke1 Kd4 78.Rd8+ Ke3
79.Kd1 Nc6 80.Re8+ Kd3 81.Ke1 Nd4 82.Kf1 Nf5 83.Rd8+ Ke3 84.Re8+ Kf3 85.Ke1 Nd6
86.Rf8+ Ke3 87.Kd1 Rh2 88.Kc1 Nb5 89.Re8+ Kd3 90.Rg8 Rc2+ 91.Kd1 Nc3+ 92.Ke1 Ne4
93.Kf1 Ke3 94.Kg1 Ra2 95.Re8 Ra6 96.Kg2 Rg6+ 97.Kf1 Rg7 98.Re6 Rf7+ 99.Kg2 Rf2+
100.Kg1 Rf5 101.Re8 Kf3 102.Ra8 Ke2 103.Ra2+ Kf3 104.Ra3+ Kg4 105.Ra8 Nd2
106.Kg2 Nc4 107.Rg8+ Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.g3 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Rg6
16.h4 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Bf4 Nxh4 19.f3 Rd8 20.Rde1 Kf7 21.Kf2 Nf5 22.Rh1 Ng7
23.Rd1 Rd7 24.Rxd7+ Bxd7 25.Bxc7 Bf5 26.Bb8 Bxc2 27.Rc1 Bf5 28.Bxa7 Rh6 29.Bb6 Rh8
30.Rh1 Re8 31.a4 Re7 32.Rd1 Ne6 33.a5 Ng5 34.b4 Nh3+ 35.Kg2 Ng5 36.Kf2 Nh3+
37.Kg2 Ng5 38.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Qxd4 8.Qxd4 Nxd4
9.O-O-O e5 10.f4 Bg4 11.Nf3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Rc8 13.fxe5 Rxc4 14.exf6 Ne6 15.Rhe1 g6
16.Re4 Rxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxg5 18.Nxg5 Bh6 19.f4 Bxg5 20.fxg5 h6 21.h4 hxg5 22.hxg5 Rh5
23.Rd5 Rh1+ 24.Kd2 Rh2+ 25.Kc3 Rh3+ 26.Kc4 Rh4+ 27.Kc3 Rh3+ 28.Kb4 Rh2 29.Kb3 Rh3+
30.Ka4 Rh2 31.Rb5 b6 32.Re5+ Kd8 33.Re7 Rxb2 34.Rxf7 Ke8 35.Rg7 Rxa2+ 36.Kb3 Ra5
37.Rxg6 Rc5 38.Rg8+ Kf7 39.Rg7+ Kf8 40.g6 Rc6 41.Rf7+ Kg8 42.Kb4 a6 43.Ka4 Rc4+
44.Ka3 Rg4 45.Rg7+ Kf8 46.Kb3 a5 47.Rf7+ Kg8 48.Rg7+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.17"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Ne2 Be7 12.Re1 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.Nd4 Be7 15.Bf4 g5
16.Bh2 Rh6 17.Rad1 a6 18.e6 Bxe6 19.Bxc7 c5 20.Nxe6 Rxe6 21.Rxe6 fxe6 22.Be5 b5
23.g4 hxg4 24.hxg4 c4 25.Kg2 Rc8 26.Kf3 b4 27.Ke4 Rc5 28.Rh1 Ra5 29.Rh8+ Kd7
30.Rh7 Ke8 31.Rh8+ Kd7 32.Rh7 Ke8 33.Rh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.b3 a5 7.O-O O-O 8.Bb2 a4 9.Nbd2 Bf5
10.Nh4 Bg4 11.h3 Be6 12.Nhf3 Bh6 13.e3 Qa5 14.Rc1 Nbd7 15.Ne5 axb3 16.axb3 Qb6
17.g4 Ra2 18.Nd3 dxc4 19.Nxc4 Qb5 20.f4 Nd5 21.Rf2 N5b6 22.Qc2 f5 23.Bf1 Nd5
24.Qd1 Bg7 25.gxf5 Bxf5 26.Ba3 Rxf2 27.Nxf2 Be6 28.Ne4 N7f6 29.Nc5 Bf7 30.Qe1 Ra8
31.Ra1 b6 32.Nd2 Qa5 33.Bb2 Qxa1 34.Bxa1 bxc5 35.dxc5 Nxe3 36.Qxe3 Nd5 37.Qe4 Rxa1
38.Nf3 Bc3 39.Kg2 Bb4 40.Bc4 Bxc5 41.Ng5 Ra2+ 42.Kh1 Ra1+ 43.Kg2 Ra2+ 44.Kh1 Ra1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Bg5 Be6 12.Ne2 Bd5 13.Ned4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bc5 15.Rad1 Kf8
16.b3 Re8 17.c4 Be4 18.Rfe1 Bg6 19.Nf3 Bf5 20.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Karpov GM 2014"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2014.05.20"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Saric,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e3 Be6
9.b3 exd4 10.Qxd4 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nge2 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 Nd7 14.O-O Qe7 15.Nd4 Rfd8
16.Rad1 Qc5 17.Qb2 Nf8 18.Rd2 Qh5 19.Rfd1 c5 20.Nf3 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Rc8 22.Ne5 f6
23.Nd3 b6 24.Nf4 Qe8 25.Nxe6 Nxe6 26.Qc2 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Qxd8 28.Qc4 Qd1+ 29.Bf1 Kf7
30.h4 Ke7 31.Qe4 g6 32.Qa8 Qd8 33.Qxa7+ Qc7 34.Qa8 Qd8 35.Qb7+ Qc7 36.Qa8 Nd8
37.Qd5 Qd7 38.Qe4+ Kf8 39.Qf4 Kg7 40.Qb8 Nc6 41.Qxb6 Ne5 42.Qxc5 Nf3+ 43.Kh1 Qd2
44.Qc7+ Kg8 45.Qc8+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.Be2 bxc5 15.f4 Ng4
16.Bxc5 a6 17.Na3 Qc7 18.Bd4 e5 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Qd2 Rb8 21.Nc2 Rb2 22.Kh1 Rd8
23.Bd1 Be6 24.Qc1 Qb8 25.Be2 Bxa2 26.c4 Nf3 27.Rxf3 Bxd4 28.Ra3 Rxc2 29.Qxc2 Bxa1
30.Qxa2 Be5 31.Rxa6 Qb4 32.Bf1  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Nd2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 c6 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qe7 14.e3 Nf6 15.c4 Be6
16.Bd3 h5 17.Nb3 Kf8 18.Nc5 Kg7 19.Nxe6+ Qxe6 20.Bf5 Qe7 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Qb3 Qc7
23.Ke2 Rae8 24.Rac1 Qb8 25.Rc2 h4 26.g4 Re7 27.Qb4 Rhe8 28.a4 Ne4 29.Rh3 Rc7
30.Qb3 Rxc2+ 31.Qxc2 Qd6 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Qb3 Qd7 34.f3 a6 35.Rh1 exf3+ 36.gxf3 Qxd4
37.Rd1 Qe5 38.Rd5 Qe7 39.Qc3+ Kh6 40.Qd4 h3 41.f4 h2 42.fxg5+ Kh7 43.Rd6 h1=Q  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qd2 Qxc5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.Bxf6 exf6 10.Nd5 Nd8 11.b4 Qc6 12.c5 Qd7 13.Bb5 Nc6 14.Rc1 O-O 15.Nd4 Re8
16.O-O Rxe4 17.Rfd1 f5 18.Nf3 dxc5 19.Rxc5 Qd6 20.Qc1 Qf8 21.Bd3 Nd4 22.Nxd4 Rxd4
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Qxc8 Rxd5 25.Qxb7 Qd8 26.Qa6 Rd4 27.a3 Bf6 28.h3 Kg7 29.Kf1 Qd5
30.Ke2 Qxg2 31.Qxa7 Qxh3 32.Qb7 Rd6 33.Qb5 Bc3 34.Rc1 Qh5+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.h3 h6 8.Re1 Re8
9.Nbd2 a6 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Nf1 Bxb3 12.Qxb3 Qd7 13.Ng3 d5 14.Bd2 b5 15.a4 Rab8
16.axb5 axb5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.d4 exd4 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Qxb5 dxc3 21.bxc3 Bf8
22.c4 Nb6 23.Be3 Ne5 24.Nxe5 Qxb5 25.cxb5 Rxe5 26.Rb1 Na4 27.Ra1 Nb6 28.Rb1 Na4
29.Ra1 Nb6 30.Rb1 Na4 31.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.b3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Bb2 cxd4 8.exd4 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.c5 O-O 11.a3 Nd7 12.b4 e5 13.dxe5 Ndxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Be2 Bf5
16.Nd2 d4 17.Nf3 d3 18.Nxe5 dxe2 19.Qxe2 Re8 20.Rad1 Qe7 21.g4 Bc8 22.Qd2 Bxe5
23.Bxe5 Bxg4 24.Rde1 Rad8 25.Qc3 Qf8 26.Re3 Re6 27.Rfe1 Qh6 28.a4 Qg5 29.f4 Qh4
30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 f6 32.Bd6 Rde8 33.c6 Bf3 34.f5 Rxe3 35.Rxe3 Qg5+ 36.Kf2 Qg2+
37.Ke1 Qg1+ 38.Kd2 Qd1+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "10.21"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Ne8 10.d4 Bf6 11.Re1 d5 12.Bf4 c6 13.Be5 Bf5 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nd6
16.b3 Re8 17.Re2 g6 18.Rae1 Nf5 19.h3 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Qg5 21.Nb1 Ng7 22.Nd2 Ne6
23.Nf3 Qh6 24.Qe3 Qxe3 25.Rxe3 a5 26.a4 b5 27.Ra1 d4 28.Ree1 Red8 29.Red1 Rd5
30.g3 Rc8 31.axb5 cxb5 32.Rxa5 Rxc2 33.Ra6 Rc3 34.Kg2 Rxb3 35.Rd6 Rc5 36.Nxd4 Nxd4
37.R1xd4 Rxe5 38.Rf4 Re7 39.Rb6 Rb2 40.g4 Kg7 41.Rf3 h6 42.Rf4 Re6 43.Rb7 Rf6
44.Rxf6 Kxf6 45.h4 b4 46.Rb6+ Ke5 47.h5 gxh5 48.gxh5 f6 49.Kg3 b3 50.Rb5+ Kd4
51.Rb6 Rb1 52.Kf3 Kc4 53.Rc6+ Kb5 54.Rxf6 Rh1 55.Rf8 Rxh5 56.Re8 Kc4 57.Kg4  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "11.18"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 d4 5.Nf3 g6 6.e3 dxe3 7.fxe3 Bg7 8.d4 O-O
9.Nc3 c5 10.d5 Nbd7 11.O-O Ng4 12.Ne4 Qb6 13.Qc2 Nde5 14.Nh4 Qb4 15.h3 Nf6
16.Nd2 b5 17.b3 Nh5 18.Ne4 bxc4 19.Bd2 cxb3 20.axb3 Qb6 21.d6 exd6 22.g4 d5
23.Nc3 Qd8 24.Nxg6 hxg6 25.gxh5 Qg5 26.Kh2 Qxh5 27.Nxd5 Qh4 28.Ra4 c4 29.bxc4 Bd7
30.Ra6 Qxc4 31.Qxc4 Nxc4 32.Bb4 Bb5 33.Ra2 Ne5 34.Rf4 Rae8 35.Bxf8 Rxf8 36.Rxa7 Bh6
37.Ra5 Rb8 38.Rb4  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "12.9"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 Kh8 13.Bg2 Rb8 14.b5 Ne8 15.exf5 gxf5
16.Qh5 Nf6 17.Nf7+ Kg8 18.Nxd8 Nxh5 19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.dxe6 e4 21.Bd2 Be5 22.Rae1 c6
23.g4 fxg4 24.Nxe4 Nf4 25.Nc5 cxb5 26.cxb5 Nxg2 27.Kxg2 Rf5 28.Nd7 Re8 29.Re4 Ng6
30.Rxg4 Rxe6 31.Rc1 Bxh2 32.Rc8+ Kf7 33.Rc7 Ke8 34.Ra4 Re7 35.Rxb7 Rxd7 36.Rxd7 Kxd7
37.Rxa7+ Kc8 38.a4 Bf4 39.Ba5 h5 40.Rc7+ Kb8 41.Rg7 Nf8 42.Re7 Bg5 43.Re8+ Kb7
44.Bb4 Bf4 45.Re7+ Kb6 46.Bc3 Be5 47.Bd2 Bd4 48.f4 Ng6 49.Re6 Rf6 50.Re4 Bc5
51.Kg3 d5 52.Re8 Nf8 53.Re5 Rg6+ 54.Kh3 d4 55.Rxh5 d3 56.Rd5 Rd6 57.Rxd6+ Bxd6
58.Kg4 Kc5 59.Kf5 Kc4 60.Ke4 Nd7 61.f5 Nc5+ 62.Ke3 Nxa4 63.f6 Nc5 64.b6 Nd7
65.f7 Nxb6 66.Ke4 Bf8 67.Kf5 Nd7 68.Ke6 Nc5+ 69.Ke5 Kb3 70.Be3 Kc2 71.Kd5 Nb7
72.Ke6 Nd8+ 73.Kd7 Nxf7 74.Ke8 Bc5  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Bb3 h6 8.Re1 Re8
9.Nbd2 a6 10.Nf1 Ba7 11.Ng3 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.d4 d5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bf4 Qd3 18.Qh5 Rae8 19.Rad1 Qb5 20.Qe2 e3 21.fxe3 Qa4 22.Qf3 Rb6
23.b4 Qxa2 24.Rd7 Rc6 25.h4 Rxc3 26.Qxb7 Bb6 27.Qf3 Qb3 28.Kh2 Qxb4 29.Rf1 Qc4
30.Rd5 Rf8 31.Rfd1 Rc1 32.R1d3 Qc6 33.h5 Rc5 34.e4 Rc4 35.Bg3 Qe6 36.Rd8 Rc1
37.Qf5 Qxf5 38.exf5 Rf1 39.e6 fxe6 40.fxe6 Rf5 41.e7 Rxh5+ 42.Bh4 Rxh4+ 43.Kg3 Bf2+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.e4 g6 13.Qf4 O-O 14.e5 Nh5 15.Qh6 Nd4
16.Nxd4 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 cxd4 18.Rxd4 Qc7 19.Nc3 Qxe5 20.Rxd7 Qe6 21.Rd1 Rad8
22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Qe3 Ng7 24.Qxe6 Nxe6 25.Be3 f5 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Nxd1 Kf7 28.Kf3 Nc5
29.Nc3 Ke6 30.Ke2 a6 31.f3 b5 32.b3 Nd7 33.Nd1 Nf6 34.Nf2 Nd5 35.Bd2 Nb4
36.Bxb4 Bxb4 37.Nd3 Bf8 38.Nf4+ Ke5 39.Kd3 Bc5 40.Ne2 Bf2 41.h3 Kd6 42.g4 Ke5
43.f4+ Ke6 44.g5 Bc5 45.Nd4+ Kd5 46.Ne2 Bd6 47.Nc3+ Kc5 48.Ne2 a5 49.Kc3 Bb8
50.Kd3 Kb4 51.Kc2 Ka3 52.Kb1 a4 53.bxa4 Kxa4 54.Nc3+ Kb4 55.Nd5+ Kc5 56.Nf6 Bxf4
57.Nxh7 Bd6 58.Kc2 Be7 59.h4 Kd5 60.Kd3 Ke6 61.Kd4 b4 62.Kc4 Kf7 63.Nf6 Bxf6
64.gxf6 f4 65.Kd4 Kxf6 66.Ke4 g5  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Be3 Bd6 7.Nbd2 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 c5 10.Nc4 Be6 11.h3 Nh6 12.Nfd2 Nf7 13.f3 Qd7 14.a4 Nd8 15.Nxd6+ cxd6
16.Bf2 Nc6 17.O-O O-O 18.Be3 b6 19.b3 d5 20.Bf2 Rac8 21.Rc1 f5 22.exf5 Bxf5
23.Bg3 Rf6 24.Bh2 Re8 25.Qe1 Qf7 26.Qe3 Rfe6 27.Rf2 Nb4 28.Nf1 Qg6 29.g4 Bxd3
30.cxd3 Nxd3 31.Rd1 Nxf2 32.Qxf2 e4 33.Rxd5 exf3 34.Rf5 Rf6 35.Rxf3 Rxf3
36.Qxf3 Qe4 37.Qc3 Rd8 38.Qg3 Qd3 39.Qc7 Rf8 40.Ng3 Qe3+ 41.Kg2 Rf2+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Moradiabadi,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.e3 c5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ne2 e5 7.Nbc3 Be6 8.O-O a6
9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.f4 Bd6 11.dxe5 fxe5 12.f5 Bd7 13.Ne4 Bf8 14.Nf2 Bxf5 15.Ng3 Bg6
16.Ng4 Qd6 17.Rf6 Qc7 18.Rf2 O-O-O 19.Qe2 Qb6 20.c3 Bd6 21.Nf5 Rhe8 22.Raf1 c4
23.Kh1 Bc5 24.b4 Bf8 25.a4 Re6 26.a5 Qb5 27.Nh4 Bd3 28.Qf3 Bxf1 29.Qxf7 Re7
30.Qf5+ Kb8 31.Rxf1 Bg7 32.Qg5 Qb7 33.Kg1 Rde8 34.Nf5 Rd7 35.Qh5 Rdd8 36.Qxh7 Bf8
37.Qg6 d4 38.exd4 exd4 39.Nxd4 Rc8 40.Rf7 Re7 41.Rf6 Re1+ 42.Kf2 Qe7 43.Re6 Rxe6
44.Qxe6 Qxe6 45.Nxe6 Bd6 46.h4 Re8 47.Nd4 c5 48.Nc2 cxb4 49.cxb4 Bf4 50.Kf3 Bd2
51.h5 c3 52.Nf2  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Cheparinov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.d4 Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Re8 10.h3 a5 11.d5 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.e4 e6 14.Bh6 exd5 15.exd5 Bd7
16.Re1 a4 17.Rc1 Ra5 18.Qd3 Bf5 19.Qd2 Nc4 20.Qe2 Nd6 21.Qd2 Ra8 22.Bg5 Qd7
23.Rxe5 Rxe5 24.Bf6 Re7 25.Qg5 Re4 26.g4 Rc4 27.gxf5 Qxf5 28.Qxf5 Nxf5 29.Re1 h6
30.Ne4 Re8 31.b3 axb3 32.axb3 Rc2 33.Ba1 Kf8 34.Rd1 Nd6 35.Nxd6 cxd6 36.Bf1 Ra8
37.Bd4 Ra3 38.Bc4 b5 39.Bxb5 Ra5 40.Bc6 Raa2 41.b4 Rd2 42.Rxd2 Rxd2 43.Be3 Rb2
44.Bxh6+ Ke7 45.b5 f5 46.Be3 Kf6 47.b6 Rb1+ 48.Kg2 f4 49.Bd4+ Kf5 50.b7 Ke4
51.Ba7 f3+ 52.Kh2  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d5 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Bf5 10.Re1 a6 11.h3 b5 12.Nb3 b4 13.c4 a5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Rc1 Qd6
16.Bb5 Rfc8 17.Bh4 Na7 18.Bc4 Bh6 19.Bg5 Bxg5 20.Nxg5 Nc6 21.Qf3 e6 22.g4 h6
23.gxf5 hxg5 24.fxe6 Nf4 25.exf7+ Kg7 26.Bb5 Nxd4 27.Nxd4 Qxd4 28.Rxc8 Rxc8
29.Re8 Rc1+ 30.Kh2 Kxf7 31.Qb7+ Kf6 32.Qe7+ Kf5 33.Rf8+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.a4 a5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Qc2 g6
9.Nbd2 Bg7 10.Nxc4 Bf5 11.Qb3 Nxc4 12.Qxc4 Be4 13.Qb3 O-O 14.Bf4 Nd5 15.Bd2 Qb6
16.Qxb6 Nxb6 17.e3 Bc2 18.Rfc1 Bxa4 19.Bf1 Bb3 20.Bxa5 Bd5 21.Bxb6 Bxf3 22.Bc5 Bf6
23.Bg2 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Rfc8 25.f4 e6 26.Kf3 Bd8 27.g4 f5 28.e4 Kf7 29.gxf5 exf5
30.exf5 gxf5 31.Bd6 Bb6 32.Be5 Rxa1 33.Rxa1 Rd8 34.Ra4 Rd7 35.Ke3 Ke6 36.Ra8 Kd5
37.Rf8 Kc4 38.Rxf5 Bxd4+ 39.Bxd4 Rxd4 40.b3+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Meier,Geo"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 c5 6.c4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Qa5
9.e3 d6 10.Bd2 Qa6 11.b3 Bg4 12.Qc1 Rac8 13.h3 Bd7 14.Re1 Rfd8 15.Qd1 Nb4
16.Qe2 e5 17.Ncb5 exd4 18.Bxb4 dxe3 19.Nxd6 Qb6 20.Nxc8 Qxb4 21.Nxa7 Qb6
22.Qxe3 Qa5 23.Nb5 h5 24.a4 h4 25.g4 Qb4 26.Rad1 Rb8 27.g5 Re8 28.Qc3 Rxe1+
29.Rxe1 Qxc3 30.Nxc3 Nh7 31.Re7 Bf5 32.Ne4 Bxe4 33.Bxe4 Nxg5 34.Bg2 b6 35.Rb7 Bd4
36.b4 Kg7 37.a5 bxa5 38.bxa5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 f6 6.c4 d4 7.e3 dxe3 8.Bxe3 Bd6
9.Nc3 Nge7 10.Ne4 b6 11.b4 cxb4 12.d4 Bf5 13.dxe5 Bxe4 14.exd6 Nf5 15.Bf4 O-O
16.Re1 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nfd4 18.Qd5+ Kh8 19.Be3 Nc2 20.Qxc6 Rc8 21.Qd5 Qd7 22.Be4 Nxa1
23.Bf5 Qa4 24.Bxc8 Nc2 25.d7 Rd8 26.Re2 Qxa2 27.Bc1 Qa4 28.Qf7  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Guseinov,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.d4 Bg4 6.Bb5 O-O-O 7.Bxc6 bxc6
8.h3 Qh5 9.Qe2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Kb7 11.Be3 e6 12.O-O-O Nf6 13.Rd3 Rb8 14.Rg1 h6
15.Bf4 Qf5 16.Be5 Bd6 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Rxg7 Nh5 19.Rg4 Nf4 20.Rxf4 Qxf4+ 21.Kb1 Rhg8
22.Rd1 Ka8 23.a3 Rg2 24.Ne4 Rgg8 25.Rd3 Rb6 26.Rd1 Rgb8 27.b3 Rg8 28.Ka2 Kb8
29.a4 Kc7 30.Nc3 Rg2 31.Rd2 Rg1 32.Qd3 Rg6 33.Rd1 Kd7 34.Ne4 Ke7 35.Qc3 Rg8
36.Qd3 Qf5 37.Qe3 Qxh3 38.Qc3 Qf5 39.Re1 a5 40.Qe3 h5 41.Kb2 Rbb8 42.Qc3 h4
43.Qxc6 Rbd8 44.Qc7+ Rd7 45.Qc6 h3 46.Rh1 Qxf3 47.Re1 h2 48.d5 h1=Q 49.dxe6 fxe6
50.Rxh1 Qxh1 51.Qc4 Qh8+ 52.Ka2 Rc8 53.Qd3 Qe5 54.f4 Qxf4 55.Nc3 Qf5 56.Qd2 Rdc7  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.d3 e6 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.b3 a5 7.Bb2 Be7 8.Nh4 Bg6
9.O-O Bh5 10.a3 O-O 11.Qe1 c5 12.e4 Nc6 13.h3 dxe4 14.dxe4 Nd4 15.g4 Nxc2
16.Qc1 Nxa1 17.gxh5 Nxh5 18.Nhf3 Nxb3 19.Nxb3 b5 20.Rd1 Qc7 21.Be5 Qa7 22.a4 bxa4
23.Nbd2 Rfd8 24.Nc4 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Qb7 26.Qxa4 Qb4 27.Qc6 Rf8 28.Nb6 c4 29.Kh2 Qc5
30.Qb7 Bd6 31.Nd7 Bxe5+ 32.Nfxe5 Qe7 33.Nc6 Qd6+ 34.e5 Qa3 35.Ne7+ Kh8 36.Nxf8 g6
37.Nxe6 fxe6 38.Qc8+ Kg7 39.Qxe6 Qc1 40.Nd5 c3 41.Qe7+ Kh6 42.Qf8+ Ng7 43.Qf4+ Qxf4+
44.Nxf4 c2 45.Ne2 a4 46.Be4 a3 47.Nc1 Kg5 48.Bxc2 Kf4 49.Nd3+ Ke4 50.e6 Kd4
51.Nc1 Nxe6 52.Bb3 Nc5 53.Bg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.exf5 gxf5 15.b5 e4
16.Be2 c5 17.a4 Ne8 18.Ra3 Nc7 19.Bf1 h6 20.Nh3 Ne6 21.Nd5 Nd4 22.Nxe7+ Qxe7
23.Rg3 Kh7 24.Nf4 Bd7 25.Ng6 Qf6 26.Nxf8+ Rxf8 27.Bf4 Be8 28.a5 Bf7 29.Rh3 Rg8
30.Kh1 Rd8 31.Qc1 Ne6 32.Bd2 Rb8 33.f3 exf3 34.Rxf3 Nd4 35.Rh3 Rc8 36.a6 d5
37.cxd5 Bxd5 38.Bc3 f4 39.Bxd4 Qxd4 40.Rd3 Qc4 41.Qxc4 Bxc4 42.Rd7 Bxf1 43.Rxf1 c4
44.Rxf4 c3 45.Rff7 c2 46.Rxg7+ Kh8 47.Rh7+ Kg8 48.Rdg7+ Kf8 49.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "10.18"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gundavaa,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O d4 9.exd4 Nd5
10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Ne5 Qxg2+ 13.Kxg2 Bxd1 14.Raxd1 Nxd4 15.c3 Nf5
16.g4 Nd6 17.Rfe1 O-O-O 18.Ba3 f6 19.Nf3 f5 20.gxf5 Nxf5 21.Bxc5 Rd3 22.Bxe7 Re8
23.Bc5 Red8 24.Bf2 b5 25.Re6 Rxc3 26.dxc3 Rxd1 27.Rxa6 Rc1 28.Rb6 Rxc3 29.Rxb5 Rc2
30.Rc5+ Rxc5 31.Bxc5 Kb7 32.a4 Kc6 33.b4 Bh6 34.Ng5 Kd5 35.a5 Kc6 36.a6 Nh4+
37.Kf2 Nf5 38.b5+ Kc7 39.b6+ Kc6 40.b7 Kc7 41.Ba7  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "11.9"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Ne7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ne4 f5 9.Nc5 b6
10.Nb3 Nbc6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Rc1 h6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.c5 b5 15.Nbd2 Qf7 16.a4 a6
17.Ra1 Kh7 18.Ne1 h5 19.Nc2 Rab8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nf3 Qe7 22.Qd2 Bh6 23.Qd1 Qxc5
24.h4 Rfe8 25.Ng5+ Bxg5 26.hxg5 e4 27.dxe4 fxe4 28.Qd2 Qe5 29.e3 d3 30.Nb4 Nd8
31.Rfc1 Ne6 32.Ra7 Qd6 33.Rxb7 Rxb7 34.Bxe4 Rbb8 35.Rc6 Qd7 36.Nd5 Rf8 37.Qxd3 Nxg5
38.Nf6+ Rxf6 39.Qxd7+ Rf7 40.Bxg6+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "12.17"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Nd5
9.h3 b5 10.Bb3 a5 11.Rd1 e6 12.a3 a4 13.Ba2 Nd7 14.Nc3 Qc7 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Nxb5 Ba6
17.Nxc7 Bxe2 18.Re1 Bxf3 19.Nxa8 Be4 20.Nc7 Nxe5 21.Nb5 Bxc2 22.Be3 Rb8 23.Nd4 Bd3
24.Bf4 Nc4 25.Bxb8 Bxd4 26.Rad1 Nxb2 27.Rxd3 Nxd3 28.Rd1 Be5 29.Rxd3 Bxb8
30.Rd4 Kg7 31.Rxa4 Kf6 32.Kf1 Ke5 33.Ra8 Bd6 34.a4 Kd4 35.Ra7 f5 36.Rxh7 Bb4
37.Rh6 e5 38.Rxg6 e4 39.Ke2 Kc3 40.Rc6+ Kb3 41.Kd1 d4 42.Rf6  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "13.10"]
[White "Amin,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 c5 6.e4 d6 7.c3 Nc6 8.Re1 Rb8
9.h3 b5 10.a3 a5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nbd2 Bf5 15.Nf1 b4 16.Nh4 bxa3
17.Rxa3 Qb6 18.f3 Nxd4 19.Be3 Qxb2 20.Rxa5 Nc2 21.fxe4 Nxe1 22.exf5 Nxg2
23.Nxg2 gxf5 24.Qxd5 e6 25.Qd4 Qxd4 26.Bxd4 Rfd8 27.Be3 Ra8 28.Rb5 Rdb8 29.Rxb8+ Rxb8
30.Bf4 Rb5 31.Kf2 Bxe5 32.Bxe5 Rxe5 33.Nfe3 Ra5 34.Kf3 Kg7 35.g4 fxg4+ 36.hxg4 h6
37.Nf4 Ra3 38.Ke4 Kf6 39.Nd3 Kg5 40.Ne5 Kf6 41.Nd7+ Kg5 42.Ne5 Ra4+ 43.Kf3 f5
44.gxf5 exf5 45.Nf7+ Kg6 46.Ne5+ Kf6 47.Nd3 h5 48.Nf4 h4 49.Nh3 Ra3 50.Kf4 Ra4+
51.Kf3 Ke5 52.Ng5 Ra3 53.Kf2 Kf4 54.Nh3+ Ke5 55.Nc4+ Kf6 56.Nxa3 Ke5 57.Kf3 Kf6
58.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "14.9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Lu Shanglei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Na3 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nc4 Qe7 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Bg4 10.f3 Bh5 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.f4 exf4 13.exf4 h6 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.f5 Bh7
16.d3 Rfe8 17.Qd2 Ng4 18.Rae1 Qc5+ 19.d4 Qd6 20.Qd3 Re7 21.Qf3 Nf6 22.Re5 Nd7
23.Nh5 f6 24.Ree1 Rae8 25.Qg4 Kh8 26.Bc3 Rg8 27.h3 Nb6 28.Kh1 Nd5 29.Bd2 Qd7
30.c4 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Bxf5 32.Qh4 Nb6 33.Bxh6 Bh7 34.Nxf6 Qd6 35.Bg5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be3 e6 6.Be2 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Nd2 Bf5
9.g4 Bg6 10.h4 h6 11.f4 c5 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.cxd3 Nc6 14.Ne2 Qb6 15.Nb3 c4 16.dxc4 dxc4
17.Nd2 Qa6 18.f5 Nb4 19.Nf4 Nb6 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.a3 N4d5 22.Qf3 Nxf4 23.Bxf4 Be7
24.O-O O-O-O 25.Be3 Kb8 26.h5 Nd5 27.Rac1 Nxe3 28.Qxe3 Bg5 29.Qf2 Qb5 30.Rc2 Bxd2
31.Rxd2 Rd7 32.Qe3 Rhd8 33.Rf4 Qc6 34.Kh2 Rd5 35.Rdf2 a6 36.Rd2 Qb6 37.Kh3 a5
38.Qf2 a4 39.Qe3 Qb3 40.Qxb3 axb3 41.Kg3 Rxe5 42.Rf7 Rb5 43.Rd1 Rc8 44.Rc1 c3
45.Rf2 cxb2 46.Rb1 Rc3+ 47.Kf4 Rc2 48.Rf3 Kc7 49.Ke4 Kd6 50.Kd3 Rg5 51.Rf4 Rg2
52.Kc4 R5xg4 53.Rf8 e5 54.Kxb3 Rxd4 55.Rb8 Kc7 56.Re8 e4 57.Ka2 Rc4 58.Re5 Kd6
59.Re8 Rh2 60.Rd1+ Kc7 61.Re7+ Kb6 62.Rdd7 Rc1 63.Rxb7+ Kc5 64.Rxb2 Rxb2+
65.Kxb2 Rh1 66.Rxg7 Rxh5 67.Rd7 Rd5 68.Re7 Kd4 69.a4 h5 70.Kc2 Ra5 71.Kb3 e3
72.Kb4 Ra8 73.a5 Rb8+ 74.Ka4 h4 75.Rh7 e2 76.Rxh4+ Kc3 77.Rh1 Rb4+ 78.Ka3 Rd4
79.a6 Rd6 80.Rh3+ Kd2  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "16.11"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.c3 O-O 5.Nbd2 c5 6.e3 d6 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.h3 h6 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Bh2 cxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.e4 Nh5
16.Ba6 Bxa6 17.Qxa6 Nc5 18.Qa3 Nf4 19.Rad1 Ne2+ 20.Kh1 Qe7 21.Rfe1 Nf4 22.Nc4 Rad8
23.Bxf4 exf4 24.e5 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Qe6 26.b3 a5 27.Kg1 Qf5 28.Qb2 Rf8 29.Qd4 Qc2
30.Qd2 Qe4 31.Nxb6 Ne6 32.Qd5 Qc2 33.Qd2 Qc5 34.Nc4 a4 35.Nd6 axb3 36.axb3 Qb6
37.Qd5 Rb8 38.Rd3 Qb4 39.Kh2 Qa3 40.Nd4 Qc5 41.Nxe6 Qxd5 42.Rxd5 fxe6 43.Rb5 Rxb5
44.Nxb5 Bxe5 45.f3 Kf7 46.Na3 Bd4 47.Nc4 Bf2 48.b4 Ke7 49.b5 Kd8 50.Ne5 g5
51.Nf7+ Kc7 52.Nxh6 Kb6 53.Nf7 Bh4 54.Nd8 Kxb5 55.Nxe6 Kc4 56.Kg1 Kd3 57.Kf1 Kd2
58.Ng7 Ke3 59.Nf5+ Kd3 60.g3 fxg3 61.Kg2 Kc4 62.Nxg3 Kd3 63.Nf5 Be1 64.Nd6 Bh4
65.Nf5 Be1 66.Kf1 Ba5 67.Kf2 Bc7 68.Ng3 Bb6+ 69.Kg2 Bc7 70.Nf5 Bb8 71.Kf2 Bc7
72.Ng7  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "17.16"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Al Modiahki,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Bg2 h6 9.O-O Be6
10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Re8 15.e3 a5 16.Rc1 Be5
17.Qd2 b6 18.Bxe5 Rxe5 19.Rc3 Rc8 20.Rfc1 Bf5 21.Qd4 h5 22.h4 Re7 23.Qf6 Qf8
24.Bf3 Bg4 25.Bxg4 hxg4 26.Qg5 Re5 27.Qxg4 Qd8 28.Qd4 Qe7 29.Rc4 Qd7 30.e4 Qg4
31.Kg2 Re7 32.Qd3 Rce8 33.Qf3 Qxf3+ 34.Kxf3 Rc8 35.g4 Kf8 36.g5 Ke8 37.Kg4 Kd7
38.f3 Ree8 39.Rh1 Rh8 40.h5 gxh5+ 41.Rxh5 Rxh5 42.Kxh5 Rh8+ 43.Kg4 Rh2 44.a4 Rg2+
45.Kf5 Rg1 46.Kf6 Rg3 47.f4 Rxb3 48.Kxf7  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "18.13"]
[White "Andriasian,Z"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Nbd2 Nf6
9.Re1 Re8 10.Qe2 h6 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.dxe4 Be6 13.b4 Bd6 14.Be3 Qf6 15.a4 Ne7
16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.a5 a6 18.Rad1 Ng6 19.Nd2 Red8 20.g3 Be7 21.h4 Rd7 22.h5 Nf8
23.Nf3 Rad8 24.Kg2 Nh7 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Qxd1 Nf6 28.Nd2 Qc6 29.Qf3 Qxc3
30.Qf5 Qxb4 31.Qc8+ Bf8 32.Qxc7 Nxe4 33.Nf3 Qe7 34.Qb8 Nf6 35.Nh4 Qd7 36.Qxe5 Qd5+
37.Qxd5 Nxd5 38.Bd2 Bb4 39.Bxb4 Nxb4 40.Nf5 Nc6 41.g4 Nxa5 42.f4 b5 43.Kf3 Nc4
44.Ke4 a5 45.Kd4 Nd2 46.Ke3 Nb3 47.g5 hxg5 48.fxg5 a4 49.Ne7+ Kh8 50.Nd5 a3
51.Nb4 Na5 52.Kd3 Nc6 53.Na2 b4 54.Kc4 Kh7 55.Nc1 f6 56.gxf6 gxf6 57.Kc5 Ne5
58.Nb3 f5 59.Kxb4 f4 60.Kxa3 f3 61.Nd2 f2 62.Kb3 Kh6 63.Kc2 Nf3 64.Nf1 Kxh5
65.Kd3 Ng1 66.Ke3 Nh3 67.Kf3 Kh4 68.Ne3 Kg5 69.Kg2 Kf4 70.Nd1 Kg4 71.Nxf2+ Nxf2
72.Kxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "19.13"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Safarli,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O c6 7.d3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Re8 11.c4 e5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nd2 Rc8 14.Rc1 Qa5 15.a3 Qb6
16.b4 a5 17.Qa4 axb4 18.axb4 Bf8 19.b5 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Bc5 21.Rf1 Nh5 22.d4 Bxd4
23.Bxd4 exd4 24.Bxd5 Rxe2 25.Nc4 Qf6 26.Qa8+ Kg7 27.Qxb7 Nc5 28.Qc6 Qg5 29.Qxc5 Nxg3
30.Qxd4+ Kg8 31.Bxf7+ Kf8 32.Qd6+ Kg7 33.Qxg3  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "20.9"]
[White "Iturrizaga,E"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nc2 d6
9.O-O Be6 10.Ne3 Qd7 11.Qd2 Bh3 12.Rb1 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 a6 14.b3 b5 15.Bb2 Rab8
16.Rfd1 Rfc8 17.Ncd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Bxb2 19.Rxb2 Ne5 20.Rc1 Ng4 21.Nxg4 Qxg4
22.f3 Qf5 23.e4 Qe5 24.Rc6 f5 25.exf5 Qxf5 26.Rbc2 Rf8 27.R2c3 a5 28.Re3 Rb7
29.g4 Qg5 30.Qd4 b4 31.Kg3 Rb5 32.Rd3 Rb7 33.h4 Qh6 34.Qe4 Qg7 35.Rd1 Qf7
36.Ra6 Rc7 37.Rc6 Rb7 38.Rd3 Qf6 39.Qd4 Qxd4 40.Rxd4 Rb5 41.Rc7 Kf7 42.Rf4+ Kg8
43.Re4 Re8 44.Rexe7 Rxe7 45.Rxe7 Rxd5 46.Kf4 h6 47.Ra7 g5+ 48.hxg5 hxg5+
49.Ke4 Re5+ 50.Kd4 Kf8 51.Rd7 Re2 52.Rxd6 Rxa2 53.Ra6 Ra3 54.Ke4 Kf7 55.Kf5 Rxb3
56.Ra7+ Ke8 57.Rxa5 Rxf3+ 58.Kxg5 b3 59.Rb5 Kf7 60.Rb7+ Ke6 61.Kg6 Kd5 62.g5 Kc4
63.Kh7 Rh3+ 64.Kg7 Kc3 65.g6 b2 66.Kg8 Kc2 67.Rxb2+ Kxb2 68.g7 Rg3 69.Kf8 Rxg7
70.Kxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "21.12"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 d5 7.O-O a5 8.d4 Bf5 9.Nbd2 Ne4
10.Nh4 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Be6 12.Rac1 a4 13.e4 dxe4 14.Bxe4 axb3 15.axb3 Bh3 16.Bg2 Bxg2
17.Nxg2 Nd7 18.Rfe1 e6 19.Nf4 Nf6 20.Nd3 Nd7 21.Nf4 Nf6 22.Nd3  1/2-1/2
