[Event "BLR-ch"]
[Site "Belarus"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Litvinov"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6
7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe1 Bd7 11. Qg3 O-O
12. Rae1 b5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. Ne4 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Bc6 18. c3 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 g6 20. Ref4 Ng7 21. Qf2 Nf5
22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Rxf5 Qc4 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rxf7
Rg8 27. Qf3 Bg5 28. b3 Qc8 29. Qb7 Qxb7 30. Rxb7 Rc8 31. Rb6
Bd2 32. Rxe6 a5 33. Ra6 a4 34. bxa4 bxa4 35. Rxa4 Bxc3
36. Bxc3 Rxc3 37. Re4 1-0

[Event "BLR-ch"]
[Site "Belarus"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Veremeichik"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Bc4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bg5 14. Qe2 a6 15. a4 Bh6 16. Rad1 cxd4
17. exd4 Qe7 18. Bc1 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Kh8 20. Qh5 Qd7 21. c3 b5
22. Be2 b4 23. Rfd1 bxc3 24. Rxc3 f5 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Qa5 Rf7
27. Qb6 Rg7 28. g3 f5 29. Rdc1 e3 30. Rc7 Qd5 31. Qxb7 Qxb7
32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Bf3 Rab8 34. Bxb7 Rxb7 35. Rc3 Kg7 36. Rxe3
Kf6 37. Kf2 Rb4 38. Rd3 h5 39. Ke2 Kg5 40. Kd2 h4 41. Kc3 Rb8
42. d5 hxg3 43. Rxg3+ Kf6 44. dxe6 Rh8 45. Re3 f4 46. Re4 Kf5
47. Re1 f3 48. e7 Re8 49. Kd3 Kg4 50. Re4+ Kf5 51. Ke3 f2
52. Rf4+ Ke5 53. Rxf2 Rxe7 54. Kd3 Rb7 55. Kc3 Rc7+ 56. Kb4
Rb7+ 57. Ka3 a5 58. Rf8 Kd4 59. Rf5 1-0

[Event "BLR-ch"]
[Site "Belarus"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Boris Malisov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Qe2 c6 6. e5 dxe5
7. dxe5 Nd5 8. Bd2 Na6 9. Nf3 Nac7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Bf5
12. Ne4 b5 13. Bb3 Ne6 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Rad1 Nc5
17. Be3 Ne4 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 e6 20. Bc1 Qc7 21. Bd3 Nc5
22. Bc2 Nd7 23. Rfe1 Rae8 24. g4 fxg4 25. hxg4 f5 26. exf6
Bxf6 27. g5 Bh8 28. Qe4 Re7 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Nf4 31. Bxf4
Rxf4 32. Qd6 Nf8 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. Re4 Rf5 35. Rg4 Rd5 36. Bb3
Rxd1+ 37. Bxd1 Rd7 38. Bf3 Ng6 39. Ra4 Rc7 40. Be4 Ne7 41. Rc4
Kg7 42. Bc2 Rd7 43. Re4 Rd6 44. Ra4 Rd7 45. Re4 Rd6 46. Bb3
Nd5 47. Rh4 Ne7 48. Ra4 Nc8 49. Re4 Kf7 50. Rh4 Kg6 51. f4 Ne7
52. Rh6+ Kf5 53. Rxh7 Nd5 54. Bc2+ Kxf4 55. g6 Ke3 56. Rf7 1-0

[Event "BLR-ch"]
[Site "Belarus"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Korzubov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7
7. Bd3 g6 8. a4 Bg7 9. Nb3 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. f5
Ne5 13. Bg5 d5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxd3
17. Qxd3 Bxb2 18. Rae1 Rc8 19. c4 Qc7 20. Re4 Bf6 21. Kh1 g5
22. Qf3 Qd7 23. Nd2 Qxa4 24. Qh5 Qc2 25. Re2 Qd3 26. d6 exd6
27. Ne4 Qd4 28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Qxg5+ Kh8 30. Rd2 Qe5 31. Rd5 f6
32. Qh6 Qe7 33. Qd2 Rxc4 34. Rxd6 Rc2 35. Qd3 Rg8 36. Qxc2
Qxd6 37. Rd1 Qe5 38. h3 b5 39. Qc6 a5 40. Qf3 b4 41. Rd5 Qe1+
42. Kh2 a4 43. Ra5 Qe8 44. g4 Qb8+ 45. Kg2 a3 46. Qc6 Qd8
47. Kg3 Qe7 48. Qc1 Qd6+ 49. Kh4 Qb6 50. Rc5 b3 51. Rc8 b2
52. Qc4 Rxc8 53. Qxc8+ Kg7 54. Qe8 Qb7 55. g5 b1=Q 56. gxf6+
Kxf6 57. Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "Yurmala"]
[Site "Yurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Mikhail Ulibin"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.O-O
Nge7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.Nb3 Ba7 10.exd5 exd5 11.Be3 Bb8 12.Rfe1 Qc7
13.h3 b6 14.g3 Ng6 15.Nbd4 Re8 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Nd4 Qb7 18.h4
Bd7 19.Qh5 Re5 20.Qf3 Qc7 21.Qh1 Rh5 22.Bg5 Qc5 23.c3 Ne5
24.Be2 Rxg5 25.hxg5 Bd6 26.Rad1 Ng4 27.Bxg4 Bxg4 28.Nb3 Qc7
29.Qxd5 Rd8 30.Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Ryskin"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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.Nb3 a5 10.a4 d5 11.Bb5 Na7 12.Be2 Bd7
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.exd5 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Bxa4 16.dxe6 Qe7 17.exf7 Kh8
18.Bc4 Rac8 19.Rhe1 Qg5+ 20.Qd2 Qg6 21.Be6 Rc7 22.Qd3 Qxg2
23.Qd6 Qg5+ 24.f4 Qe7 25.Qxe7 Rxe7 26.Nxa5 g6 27.Bd5 Rc7 28.b3
Bd7 29.Nxb7 Nb5 30.Re7 Nc3 31.Rd3 Nxd5 32.Rxd5 Rxb7 33.Rexd7
Rb4 1-0

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxim Sorokin"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Nbd7 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O Be7 7.Qc2
O-O 8.Nbd2 b6 9.e4 Ba6 10.b3 Rc8 11.Bb2 c5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Qf5
g6 14.Qh3 Rc7 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Qh6 Re8 17.Be5 Rd7 18.Bh3 Ne6
19.Rfe1 dxc4 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Ne4 Bb7 22.Nfg5 Bxe4 23.Nxe4 cxb3
24.axb3 Nh5 25.g4 Bf6 26.f4 Bg7 27.Bxg7 Rxg7 28.gxh5 Rf8
29.Kh1 Rf5 30.hxg6 Rxg6 31.Rg1 Qd5 32.Rxg6+ hxg6 33.Qxg6+ Kf8
34.Qh6+ Ke7 35.Rxa7+ Ke8 36.Qh8+ Rf8 37.Qh7 Qd1+ 38.Kg2 Qc2+
39.Kg3 Qd3+ 40.Kh4 Rxf4+ 41.Kg5 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Georgy Orlov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "169"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6
7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 a6
12.Bf4 Bc5 13.Nb3 Be7 14.Be2 Nd5 15.Bg3 Bd7 16.Rfd1 Nb4 17.c3
Nc6 18.Bf3 f6 19.Bc7 Rc8 20.Bb6 Rb8 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.Bxc5 Ne5
23.Bh5+ g6 24.Bd6 Rc8 25.Bxe5 gxh5 26.Bxf6 Rg8 27.f3 Rg6
28.Bh4 Rc4 29.Bf2 Rf4 30.Bg3 Rf5 31.Kf2 Bc6 32.Rd2 Rg7 33.Re1
Kf7 34.c4 h4 35.Bxh4 Rf4 36.Bg3 Rxc4 37.Be5 Rg8 38.Bc3 Rc5
39.g4 Rd5 40.Rxd5 Bxd5 41.a3 Rd8 42.Re5 Bc6 43.Rg5 Kf8 44.Ke3
Rd1 45.Rh5 Rd7 46.Rh6 Bd5 47.f4 Kg8 48.Rh5 Bc6 49.Bd4 Bd5
50.Rg5+ Kf8 51.Bc3 Bc6 52.Rh5 Kg8 53.Ke2 Bb5+ 54.Kf2 Bc6
55.Ke3 Bd5 56.Rg5+ Kf8 57.h4 Bc6 58.Bb4+ Kf7 59.Bc3 Kf8 60.Rh5
Bd5 61.Re5 Kf7 62.Rg5 Kf8 63.h5 Bb3 64.Bb4+ Kf7 65.h6 Kf6
66.Bc3+ Kf7 67.Kf2 Bc2 68.Kg3 Ke8 69.Rg8+ Kf7 70.Rc8 Be4
71.Kh4 Rd1 72.Bb4 Bc6 73.Rf8+ Kg6 74.Rg8+ Kf6 75.Rf8+ Kg6
76.Rg8+ Kf6 77.Bc3+ e5 78.Bxe5+ Ke6 79.Bc3 Bf3 80.f5+ Kd5
81.f6 Ke6 82.Re8+ Kf7 83.Re7+ Kf8 84.Rxh7 Bd5 85.Bb4+ 1-0

[Event "It ( cat. 12 )"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Darius Ruzele"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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.Bh6 b5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.O-O-O bxc4
13.d5 Ne5 14.Nd4 c5 15.dxc6 Qa5 16.f4 Neg4 17.Bxc4 Qc5 18.Bd5
e6 19.Nb3 Qb6 20.Bc4 Ne3 21.Be2 Nxd1 22.Rxd1 Qxc6 23.Qxd6 Bb7
24.Qe5 Rbc8 25.Na5 Qb6 26.Nxb7 Qxb7 27.Kb1 Rb8 28.b3 Rfc8
29.Kb2 Qb4 30.Bxa6 Rc6 31.Be2 Ra8 32.a4 Rac8 33.Rc1 Rc5 34.Qd6
R8c6 35.Qe7 Nxe4 36.Nxe4 Qd4+ 37.Ka3 Rxc1+ 0-1

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Eduard Rajskij"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 h6 11.Bc2 e5 12.b3 Re8
13.Re1 exd4 14.Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.Qxd4 Bc5 16.Qc3 Qe7 17.Bb2 Qf6
18.Re1 Qxc3 19.Re8+ Bf8 20.Bxc3 Nb6 21.Bd4 Bd7 22.Rxa8 Nxa8
23.Bxa7 Bd6 24.Bd4 Nc7 25.Be5 Ne8 26.Bxd6 Nxd6 27.c5 Nb5
28.Bd3 Nc3 29.a3 Kf8 30.Kf1 Ke7 31.Ke1 Nd5 32.Kd2 Nf4 33.Bf1
Ne6 34.b4 Nd8 35.Bc4 Bf5 36.Nd4 Bc8 37.a4 Bd7 38.b5 cxb5
39.axb5 Kf6 40.f4 g5 41.Ke3 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Ryskin"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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.Nb3 a5 10.a4 d5 11.Bb5 Na7 12.Be2 Bd7
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.exd5 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Bxa4 16.dxe6 Qe7 17.exf7 Kh8
18.Bc4 Rac8 19.Rhe1 Qg5+ 20.Qd2 Qg6 21.Be6 Rc7 22.Qd3 Qxg2
23.Qd6 Qg5+ 24.f4 Qe7 25.Qxe7 Rxe7 26.Nxa5 g6 27.Bd5 Rc7 28.b3
Bd7 29.Nxb7 Nb5 30.Re7 Nc3 31.Rd3 Nxd5 32.Rxd5 Rxb7 33.Rexd7
Rb4 34.Rd4 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viacheslav Dydyshko"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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.O-O-O b5 11.Nf4 bxc4 12.Bxc4 e5
13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bb3 Qe8 15.Kb1 a5 16.Bd4 Nfd7 17.Nfd5 c6
18.Ne3 Ba6 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.g4 d5 21.gxh5 Nc5 22.Ng4 Bd3+
23.Bc2 d4 24.Nd5 Bxc2+ 25.Qxc2 cxd5 26.Qxc5 Rxb2+ 27.Kxb2 Qb8+
28.Kc2 Rc8 29.Qxc8+ Qxc8+ 30.Kb1 Qb8+ 31.Kc2 dxe4 32.Nxe5 Qc7+
33.Kb1 Qxe5 34.fxe4 Qxe4+ 35.Ka1 gxh5 36.Rh3 Kf8 37.Rhd3 Qxh4
38.Rxd4 Qf6 39.Kb1 h4 40.Rd8+ Kg7 41.R8d3 Qf5 42.Kc2 Qe4
43.Rg1+ Kf8 44.Kd2 h3 0-1

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Adrian Mikhalchishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2
Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.e4 Nd7 10.Bf4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.Qb3 Qf6
13.Qe3 Qg6 14.Bd3 Be7 15.O-O O-O 16.e5 Qh5 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4
Rc7 19.Rfc1 Rfc8 20.Rxc7 Rxc7 21.Qa8+ Nf8 22.d5 exd5 23.e6 Rc3
24.Qxa7 Rxf3 25.exf7 Kxf7 26.gxf3 Qxf3 27.Bg3+ h5 28.h4 Qe4
29.Qxb6 Bxh4 30.Qb4 Qxb4 31.axb4 Bf6 32.Ra7+ Ke6 33.b5 Nd7
34.Ra6+ Ke7 35.b6 h4 36.Bh2 d4 37.b7 d3 38.Kf1 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ronny Gunawan"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5
dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Nge2 Nd7 11.Be3 Nde5 12.Nf4 Nb4
13.Kf2 Be6 14.Ncd5 Bxd5 15.Nxd5 Nc2 16.Rc1 Nxe3 17.Kxe3 e6
18.Nc3 Bh6+ 19.f4 g5 20.g3 Ng6 21.Rc2 gxf4 22.gxf4 Bxf4+
23.Kf3 Rd2 24.Rxd2 Bxd2 25.Nb1 Ne5+ 26.Kf2 Bf4 27.Be2 Rd8
28.b3 Rd4 29.h4 Rxe4 30.h5 Be3+ 31.Kg2 Bd4 32.Bf3 Nxf3 33.Kxf3
Re3+ 34.Kf4 Re2 35.Rd1 e5 36.Kf5 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Site "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lembit Oll"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

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 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4
13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bf5 15.Re1 Qd7 16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Qxd1
18.Rcxd1 Rfd8 19.f4 h5 20.Ne4 Rxd1 21.Bxd1 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 g6
23.Rd4 Kf8 24.Kf2 Ke7 25.Bb3 Rc8 26.Ke3 c5 27.Rd6 c4 28.Bc2
Rc5 29.Kd4 Ra5 30.a4 Nxa4 31.Kxc4 Nb6+ 32.Kd4 Ra2 33.Bb3 Rxb2
34.Kc3 Rxg2 35.f5 Rg3+ 36.Kc2 gxf5 37.Rf6 Rg7 38.Rxf5 h4
39.Rh5 Nd7 40.Bd5 b6 41.Kc3 f6 42.e6 Nc5 43.Rxh4 Kd6 44.Bc4
Nxe6 45.Rh8 Rg3+ 46.Kb4 Nc7 47.h4 a5 48.Ka4 Rg4 49.Kb3 a4
50.Kc3 b5 51.Be2 Nd5+ 52.Kd2 Rd4+ 53.Kc1 Nc3 54.Bf3 Rf4 0-1

[Event "It (cat.9)"]
[Site "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stefan Gross"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.d4
exd4 8.Nxd4 Nge7 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.h4 Qd7 11.Bd2 O-O-O 12.Qe2 h5
13.O-O-O Nf5 14.Kb1 Bf6 15.Ne4 Be5 16.Bc3 Bxc3 17.Nxc3 Qg7
18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.c5 Kb7 20.Qc4 d5 21.Qa4 Ne7 22.Rd4 Rb8 23.e4
Ka8 24.exd5 exd5 25.Re1 Rb7 26.Re2 Rhb8 27.a3 Rb3 28.Ka2 Qf6
29.Rb4 R3xb4 30.axb4 d4 31.Rxe7 Qxe7 32.Qxc6+ Rb7 33.Nd5 Qf7
34.Kb1 d3 35.f4 Kb8 36.Kc1 a5 37.b5 Qf5 38.Qe8+ Qc8 39.Qc6 Qh3
40.Kd2 Qg2+ 41.Kxd3 Qf1+ 42.Ke4 Qe2+ 43.Ne3 Rxb5 44.Qe8+ 0-1

[Event "It (cat.9)"]
[Site "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dragan Paunovic"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 c6 9.d5 c5 10.Nd2 Ne8 11.a3 f5 12.f3 f4 13.Bf2 g5
14.b4 b6 15.bxc5 Nxc5 16.Rb1 Rf6 17.Nb3 Rg6 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.g4
fxg3 20.Bxg3 Bh3 21.Re1 h5 22.Kh1 Nd6 23.Rg1 Qd7 24.Nb5 Nf7
25.a4 g4 26.fxg4 hxg4 27.a5 Rf8 28.axb6 axb6 29.Ra1 Bh6 30.Ra7
Qd8 31.Qd3 Qf6 32.Rga1 Bf4 33.Ra8 Bxg3 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.Qxg3
Qf4 36.Qxf4 exf4 37.Bf1 Ne5 38.Nc7 Bxf1 39.Rxf1 f3 40.Kg1 Nxc4
41.Ne6+ Ke7 42.Rc1 Nd2 43.e5 Rxe6 44.dxe6 Ne4 45.Ra1 Kxe6
46.Ra6 Kxe5 47.Rxb6 c4 48.Rb1 Kf4 49.Ra1 c3 50.Kf1 Ke3 51.Re1+
Kd3 52.Rd1+ Nd2+ 53.Kf2 c2 0-1

[Event "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Site "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Martynov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.f3
e6 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Kb1 Ne5 13.Rhe1
g5 14.Qf2 Be7 15.h3 Ng6 16.Nb3 Nd7 17.Ne2 Nde5 18.Rf1 Nc4
19.Bd4 O-O 20.Bc3 Qb6 21.Na5 Qxf2 22.Rxf2 Nxa5 23.Bxa5 d5
24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Be4 Bc5 26.Rh2 Bxe4 27.fxe4 Ne5 28.Bc3 Nf3
29.Rhh1 Rfd8 30.Ba5 Rd6 31.Rhf1 Ne5 32.Rxd6 Bxd6 33.Rd1 Nc4
34.b3 Na3+ 35.Ka1 Nxc2+ 36.Kb2 Be5+ 37.Bc3 Ne3 38.Rd3 Bxc3+
39.Nxc3 Ng2 40.a4 Nf4 41.Rd6 b4 42.Nd1 a5 43.Rd2 Kg7 44.Rc2
Rxc2+ 45.Kxc2 Nxh3 46.Ne3 Nf2 47.e5 h5 48.gxh5 g4 49.Kd2 g3
50.Ke2 Ne4 51.Kf3 Nd2+ 52.Kxg3 Nxb3 53.Nc4 Nc5 54.Nxa5 b3 0-1

[Event "Sverdlovsk URS sf"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Yuri Balashov"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 g6 5.Bxc4 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qe2
c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Qxc5 11.h3 Ne5 12.Bb3 Rd8
13.Nd4 Bd7 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.Na4 Bxa4 16.Bxa4 Ne4 17.Be1 a6
18.Bc2 Nd6 19.Rac1 Qb6 20.Bb3 Ne4 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Bc2 Nd6
23.Bb1 Nec4 24.Bc3 Nb5 25.Nxb5 Qxb5 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Bd3 Qb4
28.Qg4 Qc5 29.Rc1 b5 30.b3 Rd8 31.Bxc4 Rd2 32.Qf4 e6 33.e4 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.Rd1 Qa5 10.a3 Be7 11.Nd2 e5 12.Bg5 d4 13.Nb3
Qd8 14.exd4 exd4 15.Be2 Ng4 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nd5 Qe5 18.f4 Bf5
19.Qd2 Qe4 20.O-O Ne3 21.Nxe3 dxe3 22.Qc3 Qc2 23.Rde1 Qxc3
24.bxc3 Rfe8 25.Rf3 Rad8 26.Bf1 Bc2 27.Nd4 Nxd4 28.cxd4 Rxd4
29.Rfxe3 Rxe3 30.Rxe3 Kf8 31.g3 Be4 32.Kf2 f5 33.Rb3 Ke7
34.Ke3 Rd1 35.Be2 Re1 36.c5 Kd7 37.Rb2 Ra1 38.Rb3 Kc6 39.Kd4
Ra2 40.Bb5+ Kc7 41.h4 Rd2+ 42.Kc3 Rd1 43.Ba4 Rg1 44.Kb4 Bc2
45.Re3 Rb1+ 46.Bb3 Bxb3 47.Rxb3 Re1 48.Kb5 Re4 49.a4 g6 50.Rc3
a6 51.Ka5 Kc6 52.Rb3 Re7 53.Rc3 Rd7 54.Kb4 Rd4+ 55.Ka5 Rd5
56.Kb4 h5 57.Re3 Rd4+ 58.Ka5 Kxc5 59.Re5+ Kc6+ 60.Re6+ Rd6
61.Re7 Rd7 62.Re5 Rd6 63.Re3 Rd5+ 64.Kb4 Rd4+ 65.Kb3 Re4
66.Rc3+ Kb6 67.Ka3 Ka5 68.Rc5+ b5 69.axb5 axb5 70.Re5 Rxe5
71.fxe5 Kb6 72.Kb4 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1
Bc5 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 h6 12.h3 exd4 13.cxd4
Nb4 14.Qb1 c5 15.a3 Nc6 16.d5 Ne7 17.Bc2 Ng6 18.b4 c4 19.Qb2
Re8 20.Nb1 Bxe3 21.Rxe3 Nh5 22.a4 Qd7 23.Nd4 Nhf4 24.Nc3 Re5
25.axb5 axb5 26.Rxa8+ Bxa8 27.Bd1 f5 28.Nxf5 Bxd5 29.Nxd5 Nxd5
30.Bg4 Qf7 31.exd5 Rxf5 32.Qb1 Nh4 33.Bxf5 Qxf5 34.Qe4 Qf6
35.Qe6+ Qxe6 36.dxe6 Kf8 37.e7 Ke8 38.Re6 Nf5 39.g4 1-0

[Event "Arnhem"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Andrzej Pieniazek"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2
Be7 8.Bd2 O-O 9.e4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bd3 Nd7
13.Rd1 Qc7 14.b4 Bd6 15.Qb2 e5 16.O-O Rac8 17.Rc1 Qb8 18.Nd2
Nf6 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Nc4 Bc7 21.b5 Bd6 22.Rcd1 Rcd8 23.Bb1 Qc7
24.Nxd6 Rxd6 25.Rc1 Rdd8 26.f3 h6 27.Ba2 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Rd3
29.Bb4 Qd4 30.Qxd4 Rxd4 31.Rc7 Rd7 32.Rxd7 Nxd7 33.Rd1 Nf6
34.Rd6 Rc8 35.h4 Rc7 36.Rd8+ Kh7 37.Bd6 Rc2 38.Bxf7 Nxe4
39.fxe4 Bxe4 40.h5 1-0

[Event "Arnhem"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Enrique Fernandez Aguado"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.c4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3
O-O 8.O-O d6 9.d5 exd5 10.Nd4 c5 11.Nf5 Ne4 12.Bf4 Nxc3
13.bxc3 Qd7 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Nc6 16.e4 Rfe8 17.Rad1 Bf8
18.Bxd6 Bxd6 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Nxd6 Re7 21.Rd5 g6 22.Rfd1 Re6
23.f3 Rf8 24.Kf2 Ne7 25.R5d2 Nc6 26.f4 f6 27.Kf3 Na5 28.Rd5
Kg7 29.g4 Re7 30.h4 Kg8 31.Ke3 Re6 32.Kd3 Nc6 33.Nb5 a6 34.Na3
Rfe8 35.Re1 Ne7 36.Rd7 Nc6 37.g5 Nb8 38.Rd5 Nc6 39.Nb1 fxg5
40.hxg5 Rf8 41.Ke3 Ne7 42.Rdd1 Nf5+ 43.Kf3 Nd6 44.Nd2 b5 45.e5
Nf7 46.Kg2 h6 47.Ne4 hxg5 48.Nxc5 Re7 49.e6 Nh6 50.fxg5 Nf5
51.cxb5 Nh4+ 52.Kg3 Nf5+ 53.Kg2 Nh4+ 54.Kg3 Nf5+ 55.Kg4 Rh7
56.Nd7 Rh4+ 57.Kf3 Rc8 58.Nf6+ Kf8 59.Rd7 Rxc3+ 60.Ke2 Rh2+
61.Kd1 1-0

[Event "Arnhem"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joris Brenninkmeijer"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5
dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Ba3 b6 11.Nge2 e6 12.Rd1 Nd7
13.b3 Bb7 14.g3 Nde5 15.Bg2 Nd3+ 16.Kf1 a6 17.f4 b5 18.Bc1
bxc4 19.bxc4 f6 20.Be3 Na5 21.Bd4 Nb2 22.Rb1 Nbxc4 23.Kf2 e5
24.Be3 Bc6 25.Nc1 Nxe3 26.Kxe3 Nc4+ 27.Kf2 Bf8 28.Rd1 Rxd1
29.Nxd1 exf4 30.gxf4 Nd2 31.Rb2 Nxe4+ 32.Bxe4 Bxe4 33.Nc3 Re8
34.Nxe4 Rxe4 35.Nd3 a5 36.Kf3 Ra4 37.Ke3 Kf7 38.Rc2 Bd6 39.Rc6
Ke7 40.Rc2 Ra3 41.Ke4 Ke6 42.Rb2 Ra4+ 43.Kf3 Kd5 44.Ke3 Re4+
45.Kf3 Ra4 46.Ke3 Ra3 47.Rd2 Ke6 48.Ke4 Ra4+ 49.Ke3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Arnhem"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lars Bo Hansen"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.b3 e5
8.Bb2 e4 9.Ne1 Re8 10.Nc3 h5 11.d5 c5 12.Qd2 h4 13.Nc2 Ng4
14.Ne3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 hxg3 16.hxg3 Nd7 17.Nd1 Bxb2 18.Nxb2 Qf6
19.Qc1 Ne5 20.Nd1 Bg4 21.Nc3 Qh8 22.Qf4 Bf5 23.Qh4 Qxh4
24.gxh4 Ng4 25.e3 Kg7 26.Nb5 Rad8 27.Nc3 Re7 28.Rfb1 Rh8
29.Ne2 Rxh4 30.Ng3 Nh2 31.Rb2 Bg4 32.Bxe4 Nf3+ 33.Bxf3 Bxf3
34.Kf1 f5 35.Rc1 Kf6 36.Ke1 f4 37.Nf1 Rh1 38.Kd2 g5 39.Kc3
fxe3 40.fxe3 Rxe3+ 41.Nxe3 Rxc1+ 42.Kd3 Ke5 43.Rh2 Rh1 44.Rf2
g4 45.a3 Rb1 46.Kc2 Ra1 47.Kb2 Re1 48.Nxg4+ Bxg4 49.Rf7 Kd4
50.Rxb7 Re2+ 51.Ka1 Kc3 52.a4 Bf5 53.a5 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Norilsk"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2
Be7 8.e4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O cxd4 12.cxd4 Qc8
13.Qe2 Ba6 14.Bb2 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Qa6 16.Qd2 Nd7 17.d5 exd5
18.exd5 Bf6 19.d6 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 b5 21.Rad1 Rfe8 22.Rd5 Rab8
23.Rfd1 Qc6 24.h4 a6 25.h5 h6 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.Rxe5 Qd7 28.Rde1
Re6 29.Rxe6 fxe6 30.Qe5 Rd8 31.Rd1 a5 32.Rd3 Rc8 33.Kh2 Rf8
34.Qc3 Rxf2 35.Qc7 Rf7 36.Qxd7 Rxd7 37.Kg3 Kf7 38.Kf4 Ke8
39.Ke5 Rf7 40.Rc3 Kd8 41.Kxe6 b4 42.axb4 axb4 43.Rg3 Rb7
44.Rg4 Ke8 45.Rc4 Rb8 46.Rc7 b3 47.Rxg7 Kf8 48.Rf7+ Kg8 49.d7
b2 50.Rf1 Kg7 51.Rb1 Rb6+ 52.Ke7 Rb7 53.Ke8 1-0

[Event "Norilsk"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Smagin"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3
Bb4 8.h4 h6 9.e4 Bh7 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Nd3 Ba5 12.Be3 Qe7 13.Qd2
O-O 14.g4 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Bd4 Qg3+ 18.Qf2 Qf4
19.Qe3 Qg3+ 20.Kf1 Bb6 21.Qf2 Qxf2+ 22.Bxf2 Rfd8 23.Bxb6 axb6
24.Ke2 Nd7 25.g5 Ne5 26.Bb3 Rd4 27.Rhd1 Rad8 28.f4 Rxd1
29.Rxd1 Rxd1 30.Nxd1 Ng6 31.f5 Nxh4 32.g6 Nxg6 33.fxg6 Bxg6
34.Kf3 Bh5+ 35.Kg3 Kf8 36.Ne3 Be2 37.Nf5 Bd3 38.Kf3 c5 39.Bd5
Ba6 40.Nd6 f6 41.Bxb7 Bxb7 42.Nxb7 Ke7 43.a5 bxa5 44.Nxc5 Kd6
45.Nb7+ Ke5 46.Nxa5 g5 47.Nc6+ Kd6 48.Nd4 Kc5 49.Nf5 h5 50.Ng7
1-0

[Event "Norilsk"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Moskalenko"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3
Nbd7 8.Nge2 Re8 9.Qc2 Nf8 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Be6 12.Rad1 Ng6
13.Kh1 Rc8 14.a3 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.e4 g5 18.Ng3
Qf6 19.Qd2 Qf4 20.Qd3 Qh4 21.e5 g6 22.Kg1 Kg7 23.Rf2 f6
24.exf6 Nxf6 25.Re2 Bf7 26.Rde1 Qf4 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Rxe8 Nxe8
29.Nge2 Qf6 30.g4 Nd6 31.b3 Be6 32.Qe3 b6 33.Kg2 Nb7 34.Nd1
Bf7 35.Nf2 Qe6 36.Qd2 Qe7 37.Nh3 Qxa3 38.Nxg5 Qe7 39.h4 Nd6
40.Nf4 Qf6 41.Qe3 Nb5 42.Nd3 Qxd4 43.Qe7 Qf6 44.Qd7 Nd6
45.Qxc6 Ne4 46.Qxf6+ Nxf6 47.Ne5 Bg8 48.Nc6 a5 49.Nd4 Nd7
50.f4 Nc5 51.Ngf3 b5 52.f5 a4 53.b4 Nd3 54.Nxb5 gxf5 55.gxf5
Nxb4 56.Nfd4 Bf7 57.Kf3 Be8 58.Na3 Nc6 59.Ke3 Kf6 60.Nac2 Ke5
61.Nxc6+ Bxc6 62.Kd3 Bd7 63.Kc3 Bxf5 64.Nd4 0-1

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valery A Loginov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.h3 Bh5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.d5 e5 7.Be3 Be7
8.Be2 Bg6 9.Nd2 c6 10.O-O O-O 11.a4 a5 12.Bf3 cxd5 13.exd5 Ne8
14.Ra3 f5 15.Nc4 Nd7 16.Rb3 Nef6 17.g3 Qc8 18.Be2 f4 19.gxf4
exf4 20.Bxf4 Nc5 21.Ra3 Qxh3 22.Nxd6 Nh5 23.Ncb5 Nd3 24.Bg4
Qh4 25.Be3 Ng3 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.fxg3 Qxg3+ 28.Kh1 Bh5 29.Rxd3
Bxd1 30.Bg1 Qh4+ 31.Rh3 Rxf1 32.Rxh4 Bxh4 33.Nf7+ Kg8 34.Ne5
Kh8 35.Nf7+ Rxf7 36.Bxf7 Bxc2 37.Be6 Rd8 38.Bb6 Be4+ 39.Kh2
Rxd5 40.Bxd5 Bxd5 41.Bxa5 Bc6 42.Nc3 Be1 43.Bc7 g5 44.Be5+ Kg8
45.b4 Kf7 46.b5 Bf3 47.a5 Ke6 48.Bd4 h5 49.a6 bxa6 50.bxa6 h4
51.Kg1 g4 52.a7 Bxc3 53.Bxc3 g3 0-1

[Event "Ch URS ( 1/2 )"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Gennadi Timoshchenko"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Ne5
Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qa4 c5 12.Qxc4
cxd4 13.Qxd4 e5 14.Qh4 Rb8 15.b3 Rd8 16.Bg5 Rd4 17.Bxf6 Qxf6
18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Rc1 Ba6 20.Kf1 h5 21.Ke1 h4 22.Rd1 hxg3
23.hxg3 Kg7 24.Rxd4 exd4 25.Na3 Re8 26.Nc4 Bxc4 27.bxc4 d3
28.e3 Rb8 29.Rd1 Rb2 30.Rxd3 Rxa2 31.Rc3 Kf8 32.c5 Ke7 33.c6
Kd8 34.Rd3+ Kc7 35.Rd7+ Kxc6 36.Rxf7 Kd5 37.Rxf6 a5 38.g4 a4
39.Rf4 a3 40.Ra4 Kc5 41.Kf1 Kb5 42.Ra7 Kb4 43.g5 Ra1+ 44.Kg2
Rd1 45.f4 Rd6 46.Kf3 1-0

[Event "Arnhem"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Liafbern Riemersma"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Ne5
Nd5 8.a4 Bb7 9.b3 cxb3 10.Qxb3 Nc6 11.Rd1 Bd6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6
13.e4 bxa4 14.Qf3 Ne7 15.Qg4 O-O 16.e5 f5 17.exd6 fxg4 18.dxe7
Qxe7 19.Bxc6 Qf6 20.Be3 Rad8 21.Nc3 Rb8 22.Ne4 Rb3 23.Rd2 Qf5
24.Nc5 Rb1+ 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Qc2 27.Rc1 Qa2 28.Bd7 Rf6
29.Bxa4 Kf7 30.Bd1 h5 31.Ne4 Rf5 32.Rxc7+ Kf8 33.Nc5 Rxc5
34.dxc5 Qa5 35.Rd7 1-0

[Event "Arnhem"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ronen Lev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2 a6
8.Nge2 Rb8 9.a3 Bd7 10.b4 b5 11.c5 e6 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.Nc1 e5
14.Nb3 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Be6 17.dxe5 Bxd5 18.Bg5 Bxb3
19.Bxd8 Rbxd8 20.Qc3 Bxe5 21.Qxb3 Rfe8 22.Bd3 Bxa1 23.Be4 Bd4
24.Kf1 Ne5 25.g3 Nc4 26.Kg2 Ne3+ 27.Kh3 Re5 28.g4 h5 29.Bxg6
hxg4 30.Kg3 Nc4 31.Be4 gxf3 32.Qxf3 f5 33.Qh5 f4 0-1

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Grigory Serper"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2
Nbd7 8.Rd1 Re8 9.a3 Nf8 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nd5 12.Bf4 Nxf4
13.exf4 Qc7 14.g3 c5 15.O-O a6 16.Ba2 b5 17.d5 c4 18.b3 Bb7
19.bxc4 bxc4 20.Ne5 Bxa3 21.dxe6 Rxe6 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.Rxd5 Rc8
24.Qa4 Bd6 25.Nxc4 Bxf4 26.Rf5 Bh6 27.Ne3 Qc6 28.Qxc6 Rexc6
29.Rxf7 Kh8 30.Nf5 Ng6 31.f4 Rc1 32.Rd7 Bxf4 33.gxf4 Nxf4
34.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 35.Kf2 h5 36.Kf3 g5 37.Nh6 Rf1+ 38.Ke4 g4
39.Nf7+ Kg7 40.Bc4 Rf2 41.Ne5 Kh6 42.Nf7+ Kg7 43.Nd6 Kg6
44.Rf7 Nh3 45.Rxf2 Nxf2+ 46.Ke3 Nd1+ 47.Kf4 a5 48.Bf7+ Kh6
49.Nf5+ Kh7 50.Bxh5 a4 51.Nd4 a3 52.Nc2 a2 53.Bf7 Nc3 54.Kxg4
Kg7 55.Bc4 Kh7 56.Be6 Kg7 57.Bc4 Kh7 58.Be6 Kg7 59.Bc4 Kh7
60.Kf4 Kg6 61.Ke3 Kg5 62.Kd3 Nd1 63.Bxa2 Nf2+ 64.Ke2 Ng4 65.h3
Ne5 66.Kf2 Kh4 67.Be6 Ng6 68.Kf3 Ne5+ 69.Kg2 Nd3 70.Nd4 Ne5
71.Kh2 Kg5 72.Kg3 1-0

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Huzman"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Qb3 Qc8 5.h3 Bh5 6.g3 c6 7.Bg2 e5
8.O-O Be7 9.Qe3 Qc7 10.b3 Bg6 11.Nc3 Nh6 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Qd1 f5
14.Ng5 Qa5 15.Na4 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 Nf7 17.Bc1 Rad8 18.a3 Nf6
19.Bb2 f4 20.b4 Qc7 21.Qb3 Ng5 22.c5 d5 23.dxe5 Nfe4 24.gxf4
Ne6 25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.f3 Bf5 27.e3 Bxh3 28.Rf2 Qf7 29.Rh2 Qh5
30.Kf2 Qh4+ 31.Ke2 Bf1+ 32.Rxf1 Qxh2+ 33.Rf2 Qh3 34.Kd3 Qg3
35.Ke2 Qh3 36.Kd3 g5 0-1

[Event "Halle"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Valery A Chekhov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.g3
Bb4 8.Bg2 Ne4 9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxc3 11.Ba3 a5 12.Nxc4 Bb4
13.Bb2 O-O 14.e4 Bg6 15.h4 f6 16.h5 Bf7 17.h6 g6 18.e5 Nd7
19.Qe2 f5 20.Nd6 Rb8 21.Ba3 Bxa3 22.Rxa3 Nb6 23.Qb2 Be8 24.Rb1
Nd5 25.Nxb7 Qg5 26.f4 Qxh6 27.Qc1 g5 28.fxg5 Qg7 29.Rab3 f4
30.Nc5 Rxb3 31.Rxb3 fxg3 32.Nxe6 Qf7 33.Nxf8 Nf4 34.Qf1 Ne2+
35.Qxe2 Qxb3 36.Qf3 Qc4 37.Qf4 Bf7 38.Nd7 Qd3 39.e6 1-0

[Event "Halle"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roman Tomaszewski"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Bf5
8.Bf4 Qc8 9.Kh2 Re8 10.Qc1 Nbd7 11.Bh6 Bh8 12.Nbd2 e5 13.Re1
e4 14.Nh4 Be6 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Bxd4 17.Qd2 Bf6 18.Rac1 Ne5
19.Qf4 Qd8 20.Nf3 Nxc4 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.Nxg5 d5 23.Bc2 f5 24.b3
Nd6 25.Nf3 Nf7 26.h4 Bd7 27.b4 Qf6 28.Qc7 Qd6 29.Qxb7 Reb8
30.Qa6 Qxb4 31.Bb3 Qb6 32.Qxb6 axb6 33.Red1 Kf8 34.e3 Ke7
35.Nd4 c5 36.Bxd5 cxd4 37.Bxa8 Rxa8 38.Rxd4 Rxa2 39.Rc7 Ne5
40.Rd5 Ng4+ 41.Kg1 Nf6 42.Rd1 b5 43.Rb7 Rc2 44.e4 fxe4 45.g4
Rc5 46.g5 Nd5 47.Rd4 b4 48.Rxe4+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Yuri Dokhoian"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3
Bb4 8.Nxc4 O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.dxc5 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Bc2
13.Rd2 Bb3 14.e4 Na6 15.Bf2 Bxc4 16.Bxc4 Nxc5 17.Bxc5 Bxc5
18.e5 Nh7 19.Ke2 Rfd8 20.Rhd1 Rxd2+ 21.Rxd2 Nf8 22.f4 Rc8
23.Ne4 Be7 24.b3 Rc7 25.Nd6 a6 26.Kf3 Rd7 27.Ke4 Rc7 28.Ke3
Rd7 29.a5 g6 30.Be2 f6 31.Rd4 fxe5 32.fxe5 Bd8 33.Nc4 Be7
34.Nd6 Bd8 35.b4 b6 36.Nc4 bxa5 37.bxa5 Be7 38.Nd6 Bd8 39.Ra4
Rc7 40.Kd4 Rc2 41.Bxa6 Rxg2 42.Bc4 Rxh2 43.a6 Bb6+ 44.Kd3 Rh3+
45.Kc2 Rh2+ 46.Kc3 Rh3+ 47.Kb4 Re3 48.Nc8 Bd4 49.Ne7+ Kf7
50.Nc6 Bc3+ 51.Kb5 Re1 52.a7 Rb1+ 53.Nb4 Bxb4 54.Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Gennadi Timoshchenko"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Ne5
Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qa4 e5 12.dxe5
Qxe5 13.Qxc4 Be6 14.Qd3 Rad8 15.Qe3 Qh5 16.f3 Rfe8 17.Qg5 Qh3
18.Qc5 Bd5 19.e4 Rxe4 20.fxe4 Ng4 21.Rf2 Nxh2 22.Qxc7 Rc8
23.Rxh2 Rxc7 24.Rxh3 Rxc1+ 25.Kf2 Bxe4 26.g4 g5 27.Re3 Bxb1
28.b4 Kg7 29.b5 h5 30.gxh5 f5 31.a4 f4 32.Re1 Rxe1 33.Kxe1 Be4
34.a5 Kh6 35.Ra4 Bh1 36.Rd4 Kxh5 37.Rd7 Be4 38.Rxa7 g4 39.Re7
Bg2+ 40.b6 g3 41.b7 1-0

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Giorgi Giorgadze"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bg2 b6 7.O-O
Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne5 Bd6 10.Ndc4 Re8 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Ne3 h6
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.f4 Na6 15.Nf5 c5 16.e3 Nc7 17.Qg4 Bc8 18.Nxh6+
Kh7 19.Nf5 g6 20.Qh3+ Kg8 21.Nh6+ Kg7 22.f5 Bxe5 23.Nxf7 Kxf7
24.Qh7+ Bg7 25.Qxg6+ Ke7 26.Qxg7+ Kd6 27.dxc5 bxc5 28.e4 Ba6
29.Rfd1 d4 30.Rac1 Rb8 31.Qh6+ Ke7 32.Qg7+ Kd6 33.Qh6+ Ke7
34.Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Halle"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Csaba Horvath"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 Ng4 12.Qa4 Rb8 13.Nd6+
Bxd6 14.exd6 Qb6 15.h3 Ngf6 16.Qxd4 Qxd4 17.Nxd4 Rb6 18.Be2
O-O 19.b3 Rxd6 20.Nf3 Rb6 21.O-O Bb7 22.Nd2 Nd5 23.Nc4 Nc3
24.Bd3 Rb5 25.Ba3 Rg5 26.f3 Rb8 27.Bd6 Ra8 28.Rfc1 Nb5 29.Bf4
Rh5 30.Be3 Ne5 31.Be2 Nc6 32.f4 Rh6 33.Bf3 Rd8 34.Rd1 Nc3
35.Bxc6 Nxd1 36.Bxb7 Nxe3 37.Nxe3 a5 38.Bf3 Rf6 39.Nc4 1-0

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.Bc4 d6
7.d3 Nf6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Ng4 11.h3 Ne5 12.Bb3 Be6
13.Qh5 Bxb3 14.axb3 Qf6 15.f4 Ng6 16.fxg5 Qxg5 17.Qxg5 hxg5
18.Rf5 g4 19.hxg4 Ne7 20.Rh5 Kd7 21.Bf4 Ng6 22.Bd2 Ne5 23.Rxh8
Rxh8 24.g5 d5 25.exd5 Ng4 26.Bf4 Re8 27.Kf1 Rh8 28.Kg1 Re8
29.Nd2 Re2 30.Ne4 Rxc2 31.Rc1 Rxc1+ 32.Bxc1 Bd6 33.Kf1 Ne5
34.Ke2 Ng6 35.g3 Be5 36.Kf3 Ne7 37.Bf4 Bxf4 38.Nf6+ Kd6
39.gxf4 a5 40.Ke4 Kc5 1-0

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valery Neverov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3
c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.f3 Ng6 12.e4 dxe4
13.fxe4 Be6 14.Rad1 Ng4 15.Bc1 c5 16.Bb5 Qc7 17.g3 Red8 18.d5
Bc8 19.Nf4 c4 20.Kg2 N4e5 21.d6 Bxd6 22.Ncd5 Qc5 23.a4 Bg4
24.Rde1 Qc8 25.b3 Nxf4+ 26.gxf4 Bh3+ 27.Kh1 Nd3 28.Bxc4 Nxe1
29.Rxe1 Qg4 30.Qf2 Bc5 31.Be3 Bxe3 32.Nxe3 Qh5 33.f5 Rd4
34.Qf4 Re8 35.Bd5 Kh8 36.Rg1 f6 37.Qg3 Qh6 38.Nc4 Rxd5 39.exd5
Bxf5 40.Nd6 Bg6 41.Qxg6 hxg6 42.Nf7+ Kh7 43.Nxh6 Kxh6 44.Rc1
Rd8 45.Rc7 Rxd5 46.Rxb7 a5 47.Rb5 Rd3 48.Kg2 g5 49.Rxa5 Rxb3
50.h3 Ra3 51.Ra8 Ra2+ 52.Kf3 Kg6 53.Ra6 Ra3+ 54.Kg2 Kf5 55.Ra7
Kf4 56.Rxg7 Ra2+ 57.Kf1 Kf3 58.Re7 Rxa4 59.Kg1 f5 60.Re5 Kg3
61.Re3+ Kh4 0-1

[Event "Halle"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Rainer F A Knaak"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 a5 7.O-O
b6 8.Ne5 Ra7 9.Nb1 Be7 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.d5 Qc8 12.e4 fxe4 13.Nxe4
Na6 14.Be3 Qe8 15.d6 Nxe4 16.dxe7 Qxe7 17.Qxd7 Qf6 18.Nc6 Nec5
19.Qd2 Bxc6 20.Bxc6 e5 21.Bg2 c6 22.Rad1 Rd7 23.Qe2 Re7 24.Rd2
e4 25.Rfd1 Qf5 26.a3 a4 27.Rd8 h6 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 29.Qg4 Qf6
30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.Qc8 Qe6 32.Qxe6 Rxe6 33.Bh3 Rf6 34.Bd4 Rf7
35.Rd6 Nd3 36.Be6 Re7 37.Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Huzman"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.h3
Na6 8.g4 Bg6 9.Bg2 Nb4 10.O-O Nd7 11.Nxc4 f6 12.d5 Bf7 13.Bf4
Rc8 14.Rc1 Nc5 15.dxc6 Qxd1 16.Rfxd1 bxc6 17.Na5 Nb3 18.Nxb3
Bxb3 19.Rd2 e5 20.Be3 a6 21.Bb6 Be7 22.a5 O-O 23.Ne4 Na2
24.Ra1 Bb4 25.Rd3 Bc4 26.Re3 Bd5 27.Nc5 Bxc5 28.Bxc5 Rfd8
29.Bb6 Nb4 30.Bxd8 Rxd8 31.Rc1 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 Nd5 33.Re4 Nf4+
34.Kh2 Rd2 35.Rxc6 Rxb2 36.Rxa6 Nxe2 37.Rb6 Ra2 38.a6 Nf4
39.Kg3 Ra3+ 40.Re3 Ra1 41.Rb8+ Kf7 42.Rb7+ Kg6 43.a7 h5 44.Kf3
h4 45.Rc3 Nxh3 46.Rc8 Ra3+ 47.Kg2 Nf4+ 48.Kh2 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Alterman"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.d5 e6
8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 h5 10.Nge2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Nc1 Ne5 13.Be2
Nh7 14.O-O Re8 15.Ra3 f5 16.N1a2 Nf6 17.a5 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4
19.fxe4 Bg4 20.h3 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 b5 22.axb6 Qxb6 23.Nc3 Reb8
24.Rf2 a5 25.Bf4 Qa6 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Qxa6 Rxa6 28.Re2 Rab6
29.Nd1 Rb5 30.Kf1 Kg7 31.Ra2 Kh6 32.Ra3 Kg5 33.g3 Rb3 34.Kg2
Rxa3 35.bxa3 Rb3 36.Re3 c4 37.Kf2 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Igor Khenkin"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Be2
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 a6 12.Rc1 Bc7
13.Re1 Qd6 14.g3 Bh3 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Qd4 c5 17.Qh4 Bf5 18.Red1
Rad8 19.Qg5 Bg6 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bf3 Qe7 22.Rxd5 Qxg5 23.Rxg5
Rd2 24.Bc3 Rxa2 25.Rxc5 Bb6 26.Re5 Rc8 27.Bb7 Rb8 28.Bd5 h6
29.h4 Rc8 30.h5 Bxh5 31.Rxh5 Ba5 32.b4 1-0

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Boris Kantsler"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Bg5 Nf6 5.Nd2 c5 6.dxc5 dxc5 7.Ngf3
O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 h6 11.Bh4 Nh5 12.Qc2 b6 13.Nf1
Bb7 14.Ne3 e6 15.Rad1 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Nd5 exd5 18.exd5 Nd4
19.cxd4 Nxd5 20.Ne5 Rad8 21.dxc5 bxc5 22.Qb3 Qb6 23.Qh3 Rfe8
24.Qxh6 Qxb2 25.f4 Rd6 26.Rd3 Rxe5 27.fxe5 Ne3 28.Bxf7+ Kxf7
29.Qh7+ Ke8 30.Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chJ U20 Arnhem"]
[Site "EU-chJ U20 Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.f3 Be7 10.g4 h6 11.h4 b5 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Qf2
Nfd7 14.Kb1 Qc7 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nc4 17.f4 a5 18.fxe5 dxe5
19.Nd2 Nxb2 20.Bd3 Nxd3 21.cxd3 Nf6 22.Ne4 Nxd5 23.Rhg1 b4
24.Rdf1 Bxh4 25.Qf3 Nxe3 26.Qxe3 b3 27.axb3 Rb8 28.d4 O-O
29.g5 hxg5 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Optiebeurs"]
[Site "Amsterdam Optiebeurs"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4
g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Be5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 f6 11.Nd2 fxe5 12.Nxe4 exd4
13.cxd4 Qe7 14.e3 Nc6 15.Be2 O-O-O 16.a3 e5 17.d5 Na5 18.O-O
Kb8 19.Rfb1 d6 20.Qc3 Ka8 21.Rb2 Bc8 22.a4 Rhf8 23.Rb5 Bf5
24.Nd2 Bd7 25.Rxa5 bxa5 26.c5 Qf7 27.c6 Qxf2+ 28.Kh1 Bh3
29.Bf1 Bg4 30.Ba6 Bc8 31.Bc4 Bf5 32.Rf1 Qh4 33.Qxa5 Be4
34.Qxc7 Rxf1+ 35.Nxf1 Bxg2+ 36.Kg1 Rb8 37.Ba6 1-0

[Event "Oakham"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Jacek Gdanski"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qe2 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.O-O b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Bxb5+ Nbd7 11.Ba4 O-O 12.Nc3 Qc7
13.a3 Ba7 14.Bc2 Rac8 15.e4 Ng4 16.h3 Nge5 17.Bf4 Qc4 18.Nxe5
Qxe2 19.Nxe2 Nxe5 20.Rfc1 Nc4 21.b3 e5 22.Bg3 Nd2 23.Bxe5 Nxe4
24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Nxd4 Rfd8 26.Nf5 Kf8 27.Bxe4 Rxc1+ 28.Rxc1 Bxe4
29.Ng3 Bg6 30.Ne2 Rd2 31.Nf4 Bc2 32.b4 g6 33.Kf1 Ba4 34.Rc3
Ra2 35.Nd5 Bb5+ 36.Kg1 Kg7 37.Nc7 Be2 38.Re3 Bc4 39.Ne8+ Kf8
40.Nd6 Be6 41.Ne4 Kg7 42.Rc3 Bd7 43.Rc7 Be6 44.Nc5 Bc4 45.a4
Rb2 46.Rb7 h5 47.h4 Bd5 48.Rb6 Bc4 49.Ne4 Bd5 50.Nd6 Kf8 51.b5
axb5 52.Rxb5 Rd2 53.a5 Bc6 54.Rb8+ Ke7 55.Nc8+ Kd7 56.Nb6+ Ke7
57.a6 Rd1+ 58.Kh2 Rd4 59.Kh3 Rd3+ 60.f3 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Oakham"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Ba6 12.Qe3 Qd7
13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Rxb8 Raxb8 15.Bxa6 Qa4 16.Qe2 Bxc3 17.Bc4 e6
18.e5 Rb4 19.Bb3 Qb5 20.Qe3 c4 21.Qxc3 cxb3 22.Ba3 Rc4 23.Qxb3
Rb8 24.Qe3 Kg7 25.Be7 h6 26.Bf6+ Kh7 27.Qxa7 Rb7 28.Qe3 Qc5
29.Qd3 Rb2 30.h4 Rc1 31.Kh2 Rc3 32.Qd8 Qc8 33.Rd1 Rb8 34.Qd4
Rc4 35.Qe3 Rc3 36.Rd3 1-0

[Event "Sydney"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Daniel John King"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Bg5 b6 7.Bxf6
Bxf6 8.e4 Nc6 9.O-O-O dxc4 10.e5 Bg5+ 11.Kb1 Nb4 12.Qe4 Ba6
13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Rxd5 Bb7 16.Bxc4 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 c6
18.Bb3 Kh8 19.h4 f5 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Bc2 g6 22.h5 Kg7 23.hxg6
h6 24.Qf4 Bg5 25.Qh2 Qb8 26.Qh3 1-0

[Event "Oakham"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Angus Dunnington"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 c6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Qc2 Qe8 9.b3 Bd8 10.Ba3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Rfe1 Bb6
13.Rad1 Ng4 14.Qd2 Qe5 15.Bxg4 Bxg4 16.f3 Bd7 17.Kh1 Rad8
18.Nce2 Bc8 19.b4 Na6 20.Bb2 Qe7 21.Ng3 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 f6 23.a3
c5 24.Qc3 Qf7 25.Nf1 cxb4 26.axb4 Be6 27.Ne3 Rc8 28.Rd4 Nc7
29.Qd3 Na6 30.Ba3 Rc7 31.Rc1 Rfc8 32.Rxd6 h6 33.c5 Nb8 34.f4
Re8 35.f5 Bc8 36.Nd5 Rd7 37.b5 a6 38.Bb2 axb5 39.Qg3 Rxd6
40.cxd6 Kh8 41.Rc7 Bd7 42.Qh4 Na6 43.Rxd7 Qxd7 44.Nxf6 Qd8
45.Qh5 Rf8 46.Ne8 Kg8 47.Qg6 1-0

[Event "Oakham"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Catalin Navrotescu"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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 Nh5 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Qd2
Ne5 14.h4 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Bxg5 16.Qxg5 f6 17.Qe3 f5 18.Qg5 Qxg5+
19.hxg5 Nf4 20.Bc4 Nh3+ 21.Kg2 Nxg5 22.e5 dxe5 23.Rfe1 Rd8
24.Rxe5 Kf8 25.Rae1 Nf7 26.Re7 Bd7 27.d6 Nxd6 28.Bd5 Be8
29.Rxh7 Bf7 30.a5 Rac8 31.Kg3 Re8 32.Rd1 Re7 33.Kf4 Bxd5
34.Rxe7 Kxe7 35.Nxd5+ Ke6 36.Nb6 Rc6 37.Re1+ Kf7 38.Kg5 Nc8
39.Nc4 Kg7 40.Rd1 b5 41.Rd7+ Kf8 42.Ne5 Rd6 43.Rxd6 Nxd6
44.Nd7+ Kg7 45.Nxc5 b4 46.Nxa6 Nc4 47.Nxb4 Nxa5 48.Nd3 Nb3
49.Ne5 Nd4 50.Nxg6 Nxf3+ 51.Kxf5 Nd4+ 52.Ke4 Nb3 53.Ne5 Kf6
54.Nc6 Nc5+ 55.Kd5 Nd3 56.b4 Nxf2 57.b5 Nd1 58.b6 Nc3+ 59.Kd4
Nb5+ 60.Kc5 1-0

[Event "Oakham"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Harold James Plaskett"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.a4
g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Kh1 Nc5 11.Nf3 b6 12.Qe1 Bb7 13.f5
b5 14.Qh4 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Bh6 Bf6
19.Ng5 Re8 20.Rf2 Qd7 21.Raf1 Qb7 22.Qh3 Rac8 23.fxg6 fxg6
24.Ne4 Bd4 25.Rf4 Bxb2 26.Qf3 Qa8 27.Rf7 Be5 28.Qf2 b3 29.d4
Bh8 30.Ng5 b2 31.Rxh7+ Rc1 32.Rxh8+ Kxh8 33.Nf7+ Bxf7 34.Bg7+
0-1

[Event "Oakham"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Matthew Sadler"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6
8.Be3 e6 9.Qd2 exd5 10.cxd5 Re8 11.Nge2 Nbd7 12.Ng3 h5 13.Be2
h4 14.Nf1 a6 15.Qc2 b5 16.a4 b4 17.Nd1 Nh5 18.Nd2 f5 19.Nc4 b3
20.Qxb3 Rb8 21.Qc2 Ne5 22.Nd2 f4 23.Bf2 Qg5 24.Rg1 Ng3 25.hxg3
hxg3 26.Bxc5 dxc5 27.Nc3 Qd8 28.Nc4 Qf6 29.O-O-O Rb4 30.Nxe5
Qxe5 31.d6 Be6 32.d7 Rd8 33.Bxa6 Rxd7 34.Rxd7 Bxd7 35.Rd1 Be6
36.Bb5 Qb8 37.Bc6 Bd4 38.Bd5 Qe5 39.Bxe6+ Qxe6 40.Rd3 Qc4
41.Kb1 Kg7 42.Nd1 Rxa4 43.Qxc4 Rxc4 44.b3 Rb4 45.Kc2 Rb8
46.Nc3 Ra8 47.Rd2 g5 48.Kd3 Ra1 49.Nd1 Kf6 50.b4 Ra3+ 51.Ke2
g4 52.fxg4 f3 53.Kf1 f2 54.bxc5 Bxc5 55.Rd5 Ba7 56.Rf5+ Ke6
57.Rf3 Ra1 58.Ke2 Ra2+ 59.Kf1 Rd2 60.Nc3 Bb8 61.e5 Bxe5 62.Re3
Rd8 63.Ke2 Rf8 64.Kf1 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Ch URS ( 1 liga )"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Ionov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7
7.e3 d6 8.b4 Nbd7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Qd3 f5 12.O-O Qf6
13.Nd2 Rae8 14.f3 Ng5 15.a4 Qg6 16.Qc2 c5 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Kh1
Qh6 19.a5 Nf6 20.dxc5 Nh5 21.Kg1 dxc5 22.f4 Ne4 23.Bf3 Qg6
24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Ba3 Qf5 27.Rab1 Nf6 28.h3 h5
29.Rb7 Rf7 30.Qb2 Rd8 31.Rxf7 Kxf7 32.Qe5 a6 33.Bxc5 Rc8
34.Bd4 Rxc4 35.Qd6 Qb5 36.Qb6 Qc6 37.Qa7+ Kg6 38.Kh2 Rc2
39.Qb8 Qc4 40.f5 1-0

[Event "Ch URS ( 1 liga )"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Goldin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 a6
7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.O-O-O Rb8 9.Qxc4 b5 10.Qd3 Bh6+ 11.e3 Bb7 12.d5
Qe7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Qd4 Bg7 15.Qh4 f5 16.Qxe7+ Kxe7 17.Be2 Nb6
18.Rhg1 Rhg8 19.Ne1 b4 20.Nb1 c5 21.g4 Bd5 22.Nd3 Bxa2 23.gxf5
exf5 24.Rg3 a5 25.Rdg1 Bf6 26.Nd2 Rxg3 27.Rxg3 c4 28.Nf4 c3
29.bxc3 Bxc3 30.Rh3 Bg8 31.Bd3 a4 32.Nb1 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Ch URS ( 1 liga )"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrey Lukin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Nd5 Nbd7 9.f3 Nxd5 10.exd5 Bf5 11.Be2 Be7 12.Qd2 a5
13.O-O a4 14.Nc1 O-O 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.Nxd3 Nb6 17.Bxb6 Qxb6+
18.Kh1 Qd4 19.Rad1 Rfc8 20.Rfe1 f5 21.Qb4 Qxb4 22.Nxb4 a3
23.Rb1 Rc4 24.bxa3 Rxa3 25.Re2 Bf6 26.Nd3 Rxa2 27.Rxb7 Rcxc2
28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.g3 h5 30.Rb2 Rc4 31.Rb6 Rc3 32.Nb4 Rb3 33.Kg2
Rb2+ 34.Kh3 Kh7 35.Rb8 g5 0-1

[Event "Adelaide"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shane Malcolm Hill"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c3
e5 8.b3 Re8 9.Bb2 e4 10.Ng5 e3 11.fxe3 h6 12.Nge4 Ng4 13.Nc4
d5 14.h3 Nf6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Nd2 Rxe3 17.Nf3 Qe7 18.Rf2 Bd7
19.Qd2 Re8 20.Re1 h5 21.Bc1 Qd6 22.Nh2 Rxg3 23.Nf1 Rg5 24.Qf4
Rf5 25.Qxd6 cxd6 26.Rxf5 Bxf5 27.Ne3 Be4 28.Nxd5 Bh4 29.Bxe4
Rxe4 30.e3 Kg7 31.Rf1 Bg5 32.Rf3 f5 33.Ba3 Ne7 34.Nf4 Nc8
35.Kf2 Kf7 36.Ke2 Re8 37.Kd3 h4 38.Rf2 Bd8 39.Ne2 Bg5 40.Nf4
Bh6 41.d5 Re4 42.c4 g5 43.Ne6 Kg6 44.Nd4 g4 45.Nxf5 g3 46.Rf3
g2 47.Nxh4+ Rxh4 48.Rg3+ Kf7 49.Rxg2 Rxh3 50.Re2 b6 51.Bb2 Ne7
52.Rf2+ Ke8 53.Bd4 Rh5 54.Ke4 Rh4+ 55.Kd3 Bg5 56.Rg2 Rh5
57.Ke4 Kd7 58.a4 Kc7 59.a5 bxa5 60.Bxa7 Bf6 61.Rf2 Bc3 62.Rf7
Kd7 63.Bd4 Bxd4 64.exd4 Rh3 65.Rf3 Rxf3 66.Kxf3 Nc8 67.Ke4 Nb6
68.c5 Na8 69.Kd3 Nc7 70.Kc4 Ke7 71.b4 a4 72.Kc3 Nxd5+ 73.Kb2
Kd7 74.b5 Ne3 75.Ka3 Nc2+ 76.Kxa4 d5 77.Ka5 Nxd4 78.Kb6 Ne6
79.c6 Kc8 80.Ka5 Kc7 81.Ka6 d4 0-1

[Event "M.Euwe memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Gert Pieterse"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5
7.Nf3 e6 8.g3 h5 9.Bg2 Be4 10.O-O f5 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Ne5 Bxg2
13.Kxg2 Nd7 14.Nc4 Qa6 15.Bf4 Nb6 16.Ne3 Bh6 17.Bxh6 Rxh6
18.c4 f4 19.gxf4 O-O-O 20.Rad1 Rf6 21.Rd2 Rxf4 22.Rfd1 Qa5
23.d5 Qc5 24.dxe6 Rg8+ 25.Kh1 fxe6 26.Qc2 Qf8 27.Qh7 Qf7
28.Qxf7 Rxf7 29.Re2 Nd7 30.Nf1 Nf6 31.h3 Nh7 32.Rd3 h4 33.Nh2
Ng5 34.b3 e5 35.Rde3 e4 36.Ng4 Nxh3 37.Nh6 Rg1+ 38.Kh2 Rf6
39.Rxh3 Rgg6 40.Rxh4 Rxh6 41.Rxh6 Rxh6+ 42.Kg3 Rd6 43.Rxe4 Rd2
44.a4 Kd7 45.Re3 b5 46.cxb5 cxb5 47.axb5 Rd5 48.f4 Rxb5 49.Kg4
a5 50.f5 a4 51.bxa4 Rb4+ 52.Kg5 Rxa4 53.f6 Ra1 54.f7 Rg1+
55.Kf6 Rf1+ 56.Kg7 Rg1+ 57.Kf8 Rf1 58.Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "Adelaide"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ilan Manor"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 g6 5.Bxc4 Bg7 6.b4 O-O 7.Nbd2
Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Nxf3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 c6 11.O-O Ne4 12.Qc2 Nd6
13.Bb3 a5 14.bxa5 Qxa5 15.e4 e6 16.Rad1 Rfe8 17.Bc1 Rac8
18.Bf4 Bf8 19.Rfe1 b5 20.Qc1 b4 21.Bxd6 Bxd6 22.e5 Be7 23.Ng5
Bxg5 24.Qxg5 Nf8 25.h4 Qd8 26.Qh6 Qe7 27.h5 Red8 28.hxg6 fxg6
29.Re4 Rd7 30.Rc1 c5 31.Rf4 Rdd8 32.dxc5 Rxc5 33.Re1 Nd7
34.Rxb4 Rxe5 35.Rxe5 Nxe5 36.Re4 Qf6 37.Qe3 Nf7 38.Rxe6 Qa1+
39.Kh2 Rf8 40.Re7 Qf6 41.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Ch young masters URS"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 d6 7.e4
Nbd7 8.Be2 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.a4 a6 12.a5 bxa5 13.Nb3
Rb8 14.Nxa5 Ba8 15.Qd2 Qc7 16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Na4 Nc5 18.b4 Nxa4
19.Rxa4 Qd7 20.Rca1 Rd8 21.Bf1 Qc7 22.Nb3 Bb7 23.Qf2 Nd7
24.Na5 Ba8 25.Ba7 Rbc8 26.Bd4 Rb8 27.Ba7 Rbc8 28.Nb3 Bb7
29.Bd4 Rb8 30.Qg3 g6 31.b5 e5 32.Ba7 Ra8 33.Qf2 axb5 34.cxb5
d5 35.Rc1 Qd6 36.Na5 Rxa7 37.Qxa7 Ba8 38.Nc6 Bxc6 39.Rxc6 Qc5+
40.Kh1 1-0

[Event "It ( shv. )"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Qc2
O-O 8.Rd1 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.d5 d6 12.Nd4 Qe7 13.e3
Nxg3 14.hxg3 c5 15.Nf3 Nd7 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Ne4 Rfd8 18.Nxd6
Bxf3 19.gxf3 Ne5 20.Qe4 Rab8 21.f4 Rxd6 22.Rxd6 Qxd6 23.fxe5
Qxe5 24.Qxe5 Bxe5 25.Rxh6 Bxb2 26.Rxe6 Bxa3 27.Re7 a5 28.Bg2
a4 29.Bd5+ Kh8 30.Ra7 Bb4+ 31.Ke2 a3 32.Kf3 Ba5 33.Kg4 a2
34.Kh5 a1=Q 35.Kg6 Qb1+ 36.e4 Rg8+ 0-1

[Event "Arnhem"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Federico Manca"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.f3 d5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Qxd5
Nxd5 8.Bc4 e6 9.Bxd5 exd5 10.Be3 Ne5 11.b3 Nd3+ 12.Kd2 Nxc5
13.Na3 Bd7 14.Ne2 Bd6 15.Nc2 Ne6 16.Ncd4 g6 17.Rad1 O-O
18.Rhe1 Rfe8 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.f4 e5 21.fxe5 Rxe5 22.Nd4 Re4
23.h3 Rae8 24.Bf2 Bf4+ 25.Kd3 b6 26.c4 dxc4 27.bxc4 R4e7
28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Re1 Rf7 30.Be3 Bd6 31.Re2 Kg7 32.Rf2 Re7
33.Bg5 Re1 34.Re2 Rd1+ 35.Rd2 Rxd2+ 36.Bxd2 Bc8 37.Nb5 Bb8
38.Ke3 Bb7 39.g4 Kf6 40.Nd4 g5 41.Kf2 Be4 42.Nf3 h6 43.Bc3+
Kf7 44.Ke3 Bb1 45.a4 Bc7 46.Ne5+ Ke6 47.Nc6 a6 48.Nd4+ Kf7
49.Nc6 Bf4+ 50.Kd4 Ke6 51.Bb4 Bg6 52.Bf8 a5 53.Bxh6 Be8 54.Na7
Bxa4 55.Nc8 Bd1 56.Nxb6 a4 57.Nd5 Be5+ 58.Kd3 a3 59.Nb4 Bd6
60.Kc3 Kf6 61.Nd3 Kg6 62.c5 Bc7 63.Nc1 Ba5+ 64.Kd4 Kxh6 65.c6
Bc7 0-1

[Event "Ch young masters URS"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Naumkin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 Nd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.O-O
O-O 8.Be3 c6 9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.a3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.f4
exf4 14.Bxf4 Ne5 15.Qd2 Nf6 16.Nf3 Ng6 17.Bg5 Qb6 18.Bd3 Ng4
19.Rae1 Bd7 20.h3 N4e5 21.Nxe5 dxe5 22.Be3 e4 23.Bb1 Ne5
24.Qe2 Qa6 25.Bxc5 Rfc8 26.Be7 Nxc4 27.Nxe4 fxe4 28.Qxe4 Qg6
29.Qf4 Qh5 30.d6 b5 31.Rf3 Rf8 32.Qe4 Nd2 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.Qd3
Nf3+ 35.gxf3 Rxf3 36.Ba2+ Kh8 37.Qd5 Qg6+ 38.Bg5 Rf8 39.Re7
Bc6 40.Qxc6 Qxg5+ 41.Qg2 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 Qf4+ 43.Kh1 Qc1+ 44.Kh2
Bf6 45.Re2 Bg5 46.Qe4 Qf1 47.Qd4+ Rf6 48.Re8+ Kg7 49.Rg8+ Kh6
50.Rxg5 Rf2+ 51.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 52.Rg2 Qf4+ 53.Kg1 Qxd6 54.Re2 Qd3
55.Rg2 Kh5 56.Kh2 Qd6+ 57.Kh1 Kh4 58.Bf7 Kxh3 59.Bh5 Qf4
60.Be2 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "M.Euwe memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Eric Lobron"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 a6
8.Bf4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd7 11.Bxd6 Qb6 12.e5 Nxe5
13.Qa4+ Nd7 14.Ne4 f5 15.Bxc5 Qxb2 16.O-O fxe4 17.Rab1 b5
18.Qxe4+ Qe5 19.Qb4 Rc8 20.Rfe1 Rxc5 21.Rxe5+ Bxe5 22.Re1 Rc4
23.Qd6 Ne7 24.Qxa6 Rf8 25.d6 Nc8 26.Bc6 Kd8 27.Bxd7 Bc3 28.Rc1
Bd4 29.Rxc4 Bxf2+ 1-0

[Event "Arnhem"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Kontic"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.h4 Bg7 5.e3 c6 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.h5 Nxh5
8.Rxh5 gxh5 9.Qxh5+ Kf8 10.Bd3 Qe8 11.Qh2 Nd7 12.Bxf5 Nf6
13.Bxc8 Rxc8 14.O-O-O Qh5 15.Nh3 Bh6 16.f3 Rg8 17.g4 Bxf4
18.exf4 Nxg4 19.fxg4 Rxg4 20.Rd3 Rd8 21.Qe2 Rd6 22.b3 Rh4
23.Qe3 Qf5 24.Kb2 h6 25.Qf3 Qg4 26.Qf1 Rg6 27.Rf3 Qf5 28.Ne2
Rhg4 29.Nf2 Rg2 30.Nd1 Rh2 31.Ne3 Qe4 32.f5 Rg5 33.Ka3 e5 1-0

[Event "Arnhem"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rune Djurhuus"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O e6 6.c3 Nf6
7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Qc7 9.d4 Bd6 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.c4
Ng4 13.g3 Rd8 14.Qe2 Nge5 15.Nbd2 O-O 16.b3 Nxf3+ 17.Nxf3 e5
18.Bb2 f6 19.Rad1 a5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Kf7 22.Rxd8 Qxd8
23.Qd2 Qxd2 24.Nxd2 Ke6 25.Kf1 Nb4 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Bc3 f5 28.Nd2
b6 29.a3 Nc6 30.Bb2 g6 31.Ke2 Bc5 32.h3 Nd4+ 33.Bxd4 Bxd4
34.b4 a4 35.f3 Bb2 36.Nb1 e4 37.fxe4 fxe4 38.Kd2 Kf5 39.c5
bxc5 40.bxc5 Ke6 41.c6 Kd6 42.Ke3 Kxc6 43.Kxe4 h5 44.g4 h4
45.Kd3 Kd5 46.Kc2 Bg7 47.Kd3 Bf6 48.Nd2 Ke5 49.Ne4 Be7 50.Nc3
Bxa3 51.Nxa4 Kf4 52.Nc3 Kg3 53.Ke2 Kxh3 54.Kf3 Kh2 55.Ne2 Bb4
56.Nf4 g5 57.Ne2 Be1 58.Nd4 h3 59.Ne2 Bh4 60.Nd4 Kh1 0-1

[Event "M.Euwe memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 e6 7.e4
Nc6 8.Be3 Rc8 9.Ndb5 d6 10.Bf4 e5 11.Be3 a6 12.Na3 Be7 13.Be2
O-O 14.O-O Nd4 15.Kh1 Ne6 16.Nc2 Nf4 17.Nb4 N6h5 18.g3 Nxe2
19.Qxe2 Nf6 20.Rac1 Nd7 21.Nbd5 f5 22.Rcd1 Kh8 23.b3 Nc5
24.Kg1 h6 25.Bxc5 bxc5 26.Qd3 Bxd5 27.Nxd5 f4 28.gxf4 exf4
29.Nxe7 Qxe7 30.Qxd6 Qg5+ 31.Kh1 Rcd8 32.Qe6 Kh7 33.Rd5 Rxd5
34.exd5 Rf5 35.Rg1 Qh5 36.Qe4 Kh8 37.Rg4 Qh3 38.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Adelaide"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Martin Ballmann"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2
Be7 8.Bd2 O-O 9.e4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bd3 a5
13.O-O Ba6 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Bxa6 Rxa6 16.Rd3 b5 17.Rfd1 f6 18.h3
a4 19.e5 f5 20.Bd4 Rc6 21.Bxc5 Rxc5 22.Qd2 h6 23.Rd6 Rfc8
24.Qe3 R5c6 25.Qd3 Rc5 26.b4 axb3 27.Qxb3 Kf7 28.Qe3 R8c6
29.Qe2 Ra6 30.Rd8 Qc7 31.Nh4 g6 32.Qe3 Kg7 33.Rxb8 Rxe5
34.Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Adelaide"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacek Gdanski"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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 Be7 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Na5 Qc7
13.c4 e4 14.f4 Nc5 15.b4 Bh4+ 16.g3 Bf6 17.Rc1 Nd3+ 18.Bxd3
exd3 19.O-O O-O 20.Rfe1 Rfe8 21.c5 dxc5 22.Rxc5 Qd7 23.Nc4
Rad8 24.d6 Be4 25.Bf2 Qh3 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Qxd3 Rxf4 28.d7 Rh4
29.Rc8 Qxh2+ 30.Kf1 Qh3+ 31.Ke2 Qe6+ 32.Kf3 Rh5 33.Nb6 Rf5+
0-1

[Event "Ch URS ( 1 liga )"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elmar Magerramov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 h6
8.O-O Ng4 9.Bc1 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 h5 12.b4 f5 13.exf5 gxf5
14.h3 e4 15.Bb2 Ne5 16.f4 exf3 17.Nxf3 N7g6 18.Qd2 Nxf3+
19.Rxf3 Ne5 20.Rf2 Rf6 21.Qg5 Nf7 22.Qh4 Rh6 23.Qxd8+ Nxd8
24.Rd1 Nf7 25.Bf1 a6 26.c5 Bd7 27.c6 bxc6 28.dxc6 Bxc6 29.Bc4
Bd7 30.Nd5 Bxb2 31.Rxb2 Ra7 32.Bb3 c6 33.Nf4 d5 34.Re2 Nd6
35.Rd4 Kf8 36.h4 Ne4 37.Re3 Ke7 38.Bd1 Kd6 39.Red3 Be8 40.Ba4
Bf7 41.g3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Adelaide"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Stuart Rachels"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7
7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Nb3 O-O 9.Nc3 Ne5 10.c5 Nc4 11.Nb5 a6 12.Nd6 Bxd6
13.cxd6 Rb8 14.Bc3 b5 15.Nc5 Qb6 16.b4 Qxd6 17.Qxd6 Nxd6
18.Be5 Rb6 19.Rd1 Nde8 20.Bd4 Rb8 21.Be5 Rb6 22.Nb3 Bb7
23.Bxb7 Rxb7 24.O-O d5 25.Nc5 Ra7 26.Rc1 Nc7 27.Bd4 e5 28.Bxe5
Na8 29.Nb3 Nd7 30.Bd4 Rc7 31.Nc5 Nxc5 32.Bxc5 Rd8 33.Rfd1 Rcd7
34.Bd4 f6 35.Rc6 Rd6 36.Rdc1 Kf7 37.h4 Ke7 38.Be3 Kd7 39.Rxd6+
Kxd6 40.Bf4+ Kd7 41.Rc5 d4 42.Kg2 Rc8 43.Rd5+ Ke7 44.Rxd4 Rc6
45.Be3 Nc7 46.Rd3 Ne6 47.Kf1 h5 48.Bd2 Rd6 49.Rxd6 Kxd6 50.e4
Ke5 51.f3 Kd4 52.Ke2 Kc4 53.Ke3 Nd4 54.g4 hxg4 55.fxg4 Nc2+
56.Kf4 Kd3 57.Bc1 Nxb4 58.a3 Nc6 59.h5 Nd4 60.Bb2 Ne2+ 61.Kf5
1-0

[Event "Ch young masters URS"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduardas Rozentalis"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.c4
Bxe5 8.dxe5 Nc6 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Qc2 Nb4 11.Bxe4 Nxc2 12.Bxd5
Bf5 13.g4 Bxg4 14.Be4 Nxa1 15.Bf4 f5 16.Bd5+ Kh8 17.Rc1 c6
18.Bg2 Rfd8 19.Nd2 h6 20.h4 Rd3 21.Rxa1 g5 22.hxg5 hxg5
23.Bxg5 Rg8 24.Nf1 Rxg5 25.f4 Rg7 26.Kf2 Rd4 27.Ke3 Rgd7
28.Re1 Rd3+ 29.Kf2 R7d4 0-1

[Event "Arnhem"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Martin Mrva"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 d6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nd5 Bg7 6.Nxf6+ exf6
7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Ng3 h5 11.Re1 h4 12.Nf1 h3
13.Qf3 hxg2 14.Ne3 Bd7 15.Qxg2 a6 16.Bc4 Ne7 17.Nd5 Nxd5
18.Bxd5 Bc6 19.c4 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Qd7 21.Qf3 f5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.exf5 Qxf5 24.Qxf5 gxf5 25.f4 Rg8 26.h3 Kf6 27.Kf2 Rh8
28.Re3 b5 29.Rc1 a5 30.Rb1 Rh4 31.Rf3 Rah8 32.Rh1 b4 33.d3 a4
34.bxa4 Ra8 35.Kg3 Rhh8 36.Rh2 Rhg8+ 37.Kf2 Rxa4 38.Kf1 b3
39.Rff2 bxa2 40.Rxa2 Rxf4+ 41.Ke2 Rd4 42.Ra7 Rxd5 43.h4 c4
44.Ra3 Rg3 45.h5 Rb5 46.Ra2 Re5+ 47.Kf1 Rxd3 48.h6 Re8 49.h7
Rh8 50.Rag2 c3 51.Ke1 Re8+ 52.Kf2 Rd2+ 53.Kf3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Ch young masters URS"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Lasha Janjghava"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Qd7 6.Qxc4 Qc6
7.b3 Qxc4 8.bxc4 Nc6 9.Nc3 a6 10.O-O Na5 11.d3 Rb8 12.Rb1 Bd6
13.Bd2 Bd7 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxa5 Nf6 16.d4 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5
18.Ne5 b6 19.Nd3 Ke7 20.Bd2 Bd6 21.Be3 Rhc8 22.Rfc1 Bc6
23.Bxb6 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Nd7 25.c5 Bc7 26.Ba7 Rb5 27.a4 Rxb1
28.Rxb1 Ba5 29.Rb7 f6 30.Bb6 Bxb6 31.cxb6 a5 32.Ra7 Kd6
33.Rxa5 Rb8 34.Rh5 Rxb6 35.Rxh7 g5 36.h4 gxh4 37.Rxh4 e5 38.a5
Ra6 39.Ra4 Nb6 40.Nb4 Ra8 41.Ra2 Nc4 42.a6 Kc5 43.Nd3+ Kb6
44.g4 Ka7 45.Rc2 1-0

[Event "Ch URS ( 1 liga )"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adrian Mikhalchishin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.d5
Ng4 8.Nd4 Nb6 9.h3 Ne5 10.b3 c5 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Bb2 c5 13.Nc2
Nf3+ 14.Bxf3 Bxb2 15.Bxa8 Nxa8 16.Kg2 Qd7 17.Rh1 Nb6 18.Nd2
Bxa1 19.Qxa1 Bb7+ 20.f3 Qe6 21.Kf2 Nd7 22.Qc3 f5 23.Ke1 Nf6
24.Kd1 d5 25.Qa5 Qd6 26.cxd5 Bxd5 27.Kc1 Rc8 28.Ne3 Qe5 29.Qa6
Rc6 30.Qd3 Qa1+ 31.Nb1 Be6 32.Qc2 Qe5 33.Qc3 Qxg3 34.Rd1 Qc7
35.Na3 Rd6 36.Rxd6 Qxd6 37.Nac4 Qd4 38.Qa5 Qa1+ 39.Kc2 f4
40.Ng4 Bf5+ 41.Kd2 Qd4+ 42.Ke1 Bxg4 43.hxg4 Nd5 44.Qxa7 Ne3
45.Nd2 Kf7 46.Qa4 Qa1+ 47.Kf2 g5 48.Qe4 Qh1 0-1

[Event "Adelaide"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Lars Bo Hansen"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7
7.e3 d6 8.b4 a5 9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Ne4 12.Qd3 f5
13.Nd2 Qh4 14.f3 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Rf6 16.Rf2 Rh6 17.g3 Rg6 18.Bc3
axb4 19.axb4 Qd8 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Qc2 b5 22.cxb5 Bd5 23.Bd2 Qb7
24.Bc4 Bxf3 25.Qxf5 Rf6 26.Bxe6+ Kh8 27.Qh3 Nf8 28.Bc4 Qe4
29.Qf1 d5 30.Bd3 Qg4 31.Be2 Bxe2 32.Qxe2 Qe4 33.Rxf6 gxf6
34.Kf2 Ne6 35.Qf3 Qxf3+ 36.Kxf3 Ng5+ 37.Kf4 Kg7 38.g4 Ne4
39.Be1 Nd6 40.Bh4 Kf7 41.g5 fxg5 42.Kxg5 Ke6 43.Bg3 Nxb5
44.Kh6 c6 45.Kxh7 Kf7 46.Kh6 Na3 47.Kg5 Nc2 48.Bd6 Nxe3 49.h4
Nc4 50.Bf4 Na3 51.h5 Kg7 52.Be5+ Kh7 53.Bd6 Nc2 54.Bc5 Kg7
55.Kf5 Kf7 56.Ke5 1-0

[Event "Adelaide"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ferdinand Hellers"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2
c6 8.Nf3 d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.O-O Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Ne1 f6
13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 e5 15.Qd2 f5 16.d5 Nf6 17.d6 f4 18.c5 f3
19.gxf3 Bh3 20.Ng2 Nh5 21.Qe3 Nf4 22.Nxf4 exf4 23.Qb3+ Kg7
24.Kh1 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 e3 26.fxe3 Rf5 27.Qxb7+ Kh6 28.c6 Rh5
29.Rf2 Rc8 30.c7 Qd7 31.Ba6 Qxd6 32.Qxc8 Rc5 33.Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Ch young masters URS"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Grigory Serper"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Qe2 b6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bg5 Rfe8
13.c5 bxc5 14.dxc5 h6 15.Bh4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Nf6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6
18.Qh7+ Kf8 19.Nd2 Red8 20.Nc4 Rd5 21.Nd6 Rxc5 22.Nxb7 Qxb7
23.Ba6 Qxa6 24.Qh8+ Ke7 25.Qxa8 Qb6 26.Rac1 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 c5
28.b3 Bd4 29.Qf3 f5 30.Rc4 Kf6 31.Ra4 e5 32.Qe2 a5 33.Qd2 Qd8
34.Qxa5 Qd5 35.Qa6+ Kg5 36.Qe2 e4 37.g3 h5 38.Qd2+ Kg6 39.Ra6+
Kh7 40.Qg5 Qf7 41.Rc6 1-0

[Event "Ch Europe (juniors)"]
[Site "Arnhem (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Norwood"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e3 Nh6 6.Nge2 Nf5 7.b3
a6 8.Bb2 O-O 9.O-O b5 10.d3 Rb8 11.Qd2 bxc4 12.dxc4 Bb7
13.Rfd1 d6 14.h3 Qd7 15.Rab1 Ne5 16.Ne4 Qc7 17.Nf4 a5 18.a4
Bc6 19.Bc3 Qa7 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Rbc8 22.Be1 Nc6 23.Qd2 Nb4
24.g4 Nh4 25.Bh1 d5 26.cxd5 c4 27.bxc4 Rxc4 28.Rbc1 Rfc8
29.Rxc4 Rxc4 30.d6 exd6 31.Qxd6 Rc8 32.Nf6+ Kh8 33.f4 Qxe3+
34.Bf2 Qxh3 35.Qe7 Nd3 36.Qd7 Bxf6 37.Qxc8+ Kg7 38.g5 Qxc8
39.gxf6 Kxf6 40.Bxh4+ Kg7 41.Rxd3 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "jr-EM/SW,1,8"]
[Site "jr-EM/SW,1,8"]
[Date "1988.12.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Mads Smith Hansen"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6
7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8+ 9.Ne2 Kh8 10.Be3 Nd7 11.O-O-O Nf8 12.Kb1
Qc7 13.Ng3 Bg4 14.Rde1 c5 15.Nf5 c4 16.Be4 Bxf5 17.Bxf5 b5
18.Bd2 g6 19.Bg4 Ne6 20.h4 Nf4 21.h5 Nd3 22.Ref1 Rab8 23.Rh3
Re7 24.Rxd3 cxd3 25.Qxd3 Bf4 26.g3 Bxd2 27.Qxd2 Rbe8 28.Bf3
Qd6 29.Rh1 f5 30.Kc2 Qf6 31.Qd3 a6 32.a4 bxa4 33.Ra1 Qb6
34.Rxa4 a5 35.c4 Ra7 36.c5 Qf6 37.d5 Rc8 38.c6 Qd6 39.Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "jr-EM/SW,1,9"]
[Site "jr-EM/SW,1,9"]
[Date "1988.12.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Be3 Qe8 9.Re1 Ng4 10.Bc1 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.dxe5 dxe5
13.h3 Nf6 14.c5 e4 15.Bxa6 bxa6 16.Nd4 Qe5 17.Nb3 Kh8 18.Be3
f4 19.Bd4 Qg5 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 Bb7 22.Qf3 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 f3
24.g3 Rad8 25.Re1 Bxd4 26.Nxd4 Qd5 27.Qxd5 Rxd5 28.Re4 Rxc5
29.Re3 Rc1+ 30.Kh2 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Palma de Mallorca GMA op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca GMA op"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b5
7.cxb5 Nd5 8.Qc2 f5 9.Nf3 c6 10.a4 Bb7 11.e3 cxb5 12.Bxb5 Rf6
13.O-O Rg6 14.Be2 Nc6 15.Bd2 Qf6 16.Rfc1 Rf8 17.Qb3 Ba8 18.Qa3
Qf7 19.b4 Qe8 20.b5 Nce7 21.Ne5 Nc3 22.Bf1 Ne2+ 23.Bxe2 Rxg2+
24.Kf1 Rxh2 25.Bf3 Ng6 26.Qd6 f4 27.e4 Nxe5 28.Qxe5 Rh3 29.Bb4
Rf6 30.Qc7 Kf7 31.Qc8 Qxc8 32.Rxc8 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Alburt"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nd2 c6
7.Qxc4 e5 8.Ngf3 Bd6 9.Qc2 O-O 10.O-O Bc7 11.b3 h6 12.Bb2 Qe7
13.Nc4 e4 14.Nfe5 Re8 15.Rad1 Nb6 16.a4 a5 17.f3 exf3 18.exf3
Be6 19.Rfe1 Qd8 20.Nd3 Bf5 21.Qd2 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Nbd5 23.Ne5 Nb4
24.Qc4 Nfd5 25.Re4 Bb6 26.Rde1 Re7 27.Ba3 Qd6 28.Kh1 Nf6
29.Rf4 Rd8 30.Bb2 Nbd5 31.Rh4 Qb4 32.Re2 Ba7 33.Bf1 Qd6 34.Qc1
Nb4 35.Rg2 Nfd5 36.Bc4 f6 37.Ng6 Ree8 38.Re4 Kf7 39.Nf4 g5
40.Nh5 f5 41.Re5 Qg6 42.g4 Rxe5 43.dxe5 fxg4 44.fxg4 Ke7
45.Re2 Ne3 46.Ng3 Rd1+ 47.Qxd1 Nxd1 48.Nf5+ Ke8 49.e6 Ne3
50.Rd2 Nxf5 0-1

[Event "7, Amsterdam OHRA II"]
[Site "7, Amsterdam OHRA II"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nc6 4.c4 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 h5 7.h3 h4
8.g4 f5 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.gxf5 Bxf5 11.d3 g5 12.Ne4 Qd7 13.Nxf6+
Bxf6 14.Be4 Be6 15.Qf3 Ke7 16.Qe2 g4 17.hxg4 Bxg4 18.f3 Bf5
19.O-O-O Rag8 20.Rf1 Rg3 21.Rf2 Nb4 22.Qd2 Rhg8 23.Ne2 Bxe4
24.dxe4 Rg2 25.Rxg2 Rxg2 26.Bc3 a5 27.Bxb4 axb4 28.Qe1 Kd8
29.Kd2 h3 30.Rg1 Qg7 31.Rxg2 Qxg2 32.Qg3 Qxg3 33.Nxg3 h2
34.Ke2 Bg5 35.Nh1 Kd7 36.Kf2 Kc6 37.Kg2 Bxe3 38.Ng3 Kc5 39.Ne2
Bg1 40.Kh1 b5 41.cxb5 Kxb5 42.f4 exf4 43.Nxf4 c5 44.Nd3 Kc6
45.Kg2 Kd7 46.Nb2 Bd4 47.Nc4 Be5 48.a4 bxa3 49.Nxa3 Ke6 50.Nc4
Bg3 51.Kh1 Kf6 52.Kg2 Kf7 53.Ne3 Ke6 54.Nc4 Kf6 55.Kh1 Kg5
56.Kg2 Be5 57.Nb6 Kf4 58.b4 Kxe4 59.bxc5 dxc5 60.Nc4 Bc7
61.Na3 0-1

[Event "Barcza-Memorial/SW,30,21"]
[Site "Barcza-Memorial/SW,30,21"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Gerardo F Barbero"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 g6 7.b3 b6
8.O-O Bb7 9.Qe2 Bb4 10.Bb2 O-O 11.e4 Re8 12.Rad1 Bf8 13.e5 Nh5
14.Bc1 f6 15.Qc2 c5 16.exf6 Qxf6 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Bb5 cxd4
19.Bxd7 dxc3 20.Bg5 Qg7 21.Bxe8 Rxe8 22.Be3 Re4 23.Bd4 Qd7
24.Bxc3 Nf4 25.Qxe4 Qg4 26.Qxf4 Qxf4 27.Rfe1 Qb8 28.Be5 Qd8
29.Nd4 Qd7 30.Re3 Bc5 31.h3 a5 32.Bf6 Kf7 33.Rf3 Kg8 34.Re1
Bc8 35.Ree3 h6 36.Be5 Kh7 37.Rf6 Qe8 38.Bd6 1-0

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. Qd2 b6 13. f4 Bg7 14. c4 e5 15. O-O f5 16. Bb2 Qd6 17. Qc3
Re8 18. Bd3 Re7 19. exf5 gxf5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Qd2 Bxh2+
22. Kh1 Be5 23. Qg5+ Qg6 24. Qxe7 Qh6+ 25. Kg1 Qe3+ 26. Kh1
Qh6+ 27. Kg1 Qe3+ 28. Rf2 Bh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qxe7 30. Rf3 Qd6+
31. Rg3+ Kf7 32. Rbf1 h5 33. Bxf5 h4 34. Bg6+ Kg8 35. Bh7+
Kxh7 36. Rf7+ Kh6 37. Bc1+ 1-0

[Event "Ch New York ( open )"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Patrick Wolff"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bd7 6.e4 e5 7.Nf3
Bg7 8.Be2 Nc6 9.d5 Ne7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne1 c6 12.Nd3 h5 13.Kh1
Re8 14.f3 Qb6 15.Bd2 Rac8 16.c5 Qc7 17.f4 Ng4 18.h3 cxd5
19.hxg4 hxg4 20.fxe5 dxc5 21.Bxg4 d4 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 c4
24.e6 fxe6 25.Nf4 exd5 26.Nxd5 Qd8 27.Bxd7 Qxd7 28.Nf6+ Bxf6
29.Rxf6 Kg7 30.Qf3 Qc7 31.Bf4 Rh8+ 32.Kg1 Qc5 33.Re6 Rhf8
34.Be5+ Kg8 35.Rxg6+ Kh7 36.Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Ch New York ( open )"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Helgi Olafsson"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6
8.O-O exd5 9.cxd5 Na6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bf4 Ng4 12.Rc1 Nc7 13.Ng3
Nxh2 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Kxh2 b5 16.b3 h5 17.Kg1 Rb8 18.Nge2 f5
19.f4 c4 20.bxc4 bxc4 21.Bc2 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Bf5 23.Qa4 Bxe4
24.Nxe4 Qb6+ 25.Kh2 Nxd5 26.Qxc4 Qb5 27.Nd6 Qxc4 28.Nxc4 Rbe8
29.Rc2 Re4 30.Nd6 Re6 31.Nc4 Rc8 32.Rb1 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Ch New York ( open )"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vitaly F Zaltsman"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.Nd5 Qxd2+
13.Kxd2 Nxe4+ 14.fxe4 Bxd4 15.Nxe7+ Kg7 16.Nd5 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Be5
18.Rxb7 Rab8 19.Rb3 a5 20.Bd3 a4 21.Rb5 Bd7 22.Rb6 Rxb6
23.Nxb6 Bc6 24.h3 f5 25.exf5 Bxg2 26.Rg1 Bxh3 27.fxg6 h5
28.Nxa4 Rf2+ 29.Ke3 Rxa2 30.Nb6 Ra3 31.Ke4 h4 32.c5 dxc5
33.Nc4 Bd4 34.Rd1 Ra2 35.Kf4 Rf2+ 36.Kg5 Bf6+ 37.Kh5 Rf4
38.Ne3 Be6 39.Rb1 h3 40.Rb7+ Kf8 41.g7+ Bxg7 42.Rb8+ Ke7
43.Rb7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Team ch Europe"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Felix Izeta Txabarri"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.d3 h6 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Nf1 Ne7 12.Nh4 Qd7 13.Ne3
d5 14.d4 Bb6 15.dxe5 Nxe4 16.Qh5 f5 17.Nf3 Nxf2 18.Kxf2 f4
19.Kf1 fxe3 20.Bxe3 Rf5 21.Qg4 h5 22.Qh4 Rxf3+ 23.gxf3 Nf5
24.e6 Qd6 25.Qg5 Nxe3+ 26.Rxe3 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 Re8 28.Re1 Qxh2
29.e7 Qd6 30.Qg5 c6 31.Bc2 Bc8 32.Bg6 Qh2 33.Re2 Qh1+ 34.Kf2
Bd7 35.Qxh5 Qxh5 36.Bxh5 Kh7 37.Bxe8 Bxe8 38.Ke3 1-0

[Event "Team ch Europe"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Daniel John King"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 a6 7.Qc2
Nbd7 8.Rd1 c6 9.Be2 b5 10.c5 b4 11.Na4 a5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Nb6
Ra7 14.Nxc8 Qxc8 15.Bxe5 Nd7 16.Bf4 f5 17.h4 Bd8 18.Bd6 Rf7
19.Qa4 Be7 20.Bf4 Bf6 21.Bd6 Be7 22.Rc1 Bxd6 23.cxd6 Nb8 24.a3
bxa3 25.Qxa3 Qd8 26.g3 Rfd7 27.Ra1 Qb6 28.Ra2 Qb4+ 29.Qxb4
axb4 30.Rxa7 Rxa7 31.Kd2 Kf7 32.g4 Rd7 33.Ra1 Rxd6 34.Ra4 Nd7
35.Rxb4 c5 36.dxc5 Nxc5 37.f3 fxg4 38.Rxg4 e5 39.b4 Ne6 40.b5
d4 41.Bc4 Kf6 42.Bxe6 dxe3 43.Kxe3 Kxe6 44.Rb4 Kd7 45.b6 Kc8
46.Ke4 Rf6 47.Rc4+ Kb7 48.Rc7+ Kxb6 49.Rxg7 Rf4+ 50.Kxe5 Rxf3
51.Rxh7 Kc6 52.h5 Rf1 53.Rg7 Re1+ 54.Kf6 Rf1+ 55.Ke6 Re1+
56.Kf7 Rf1+ 57.Kg8 Rh1 58.Rg6+ Kd7 59.h6 1-0

[Event "Team ch Europe ( 1/2 )"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ventzislav V Inkiov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Bd2
Nb6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Be2 Bd7 11.O-O Bc6 12.Nd2 Bd5
13.Bf3 Nc6 14.Bxd5 exd5 15.Qg4 O-O 16.Nf3 Nd8 17.Nh4 Qe6
18.Nf5 g6 19.Nh6+ Kg7 20.Qh4 f5 21.g4 f4 22.Ne2 f3 23.Ng3 Nf7
24.Nhf5+ gxf5 25.gxf5 Qh6 26.Qg4+ Kh8 27.Qxf3 Qh4 28.Rad1 Rae8
29.Rfe1 Ng5 30.Qe3 Qg4 31.Kh1 Nf3 32.Re2 Rxf5 33.Nxf5 Qxf5
34.Qh6 Re6 35.Qe3 Qg4 1-0

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "38"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Darius Ruzele"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4
Bg7 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qb3 b5 10.Nxb5 O-O 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Bxd6 Re8
13.e3 Ne4 14.Bxa6 Nxd6 15.Qa3 Rb8 16.O-O Qb6 17.Nd1 Re4 18.Be2
Rb4 19.Qa6 Qxa6 20.Bxa6 c4 21.a4 Bxa4 22.Nc3 Bc2 23.Rfc1 Rxb2
24.Nd4 Bd3 25.Na4 Rd2 26.h3 Bxd4 27.exd4 Rb4 28.Nc5 Bc2 29.Ra2
Rd1+ 30.Rxd1 Bxd1 31.Ra1 Bc2 32.Rc1 Rb2 33.f3 Kf8 34.Nd7+ Ke8
35.Ne5 c3 36.Bd3 Bxd3 37.Nxd3 Rb3 38.Nc5 Ra3 39.Ne4 Nb5 40.Kf2
f5 41.Nf6+ Ke7 42.Nxh7 Ra2+ 43.Ke3 Rxg2 44.Kd3 Kd6 45.Kc4 a6
46.Nf8 c2 47.Ne6 Rf2 48.Nc5 Rxf3 49.Nxa6 Na3+ 50.Kb4 Rd3
51.Nc5 Rxd4+ 52.Kxa3 Kxc5 53.Rxc2+ Kxd5 54.Rg2 f4 55.Rxg6 f3
56.Rf6 Ke4 57.Kb3 Ke3 58.Kc3 Re4 0-1

[Event "World Cup op"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Goldin"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bg2 b6 7.O-O
Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne5 Re8 10.a3 Bf8 11.b4 Nbd7 12.Bb2 c5
13.bxc5 bxc5 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.e3 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nd7 17.f4 Rad8
18.Qc2 Nb6 19.a4 Bc6 20.a5 Na4 21.Ba1 Qxa5 22.Nf3 h6 23.g4 Nb6
24.g5 Qa4 25.Qf2 hxg5 26.Nxg5 Be7 27.e6 f6 28.Nf7 Rb8 29.Qh4
1-0

[Event "World Cup op"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vidmantas Malisauskas"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2
Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe3 Be6 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.Rac1 Qb6
13.b3 Qxe3 14.Bxe3 Nc5 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 a5 17.Rc2 f5 18.g3
Be5 19.f4 Bf6 20.Rb1 Rfc8 21.g4 fxg4 22.Bxg4 Rcb8 23.Be2 Ne4
24.Rbc1 Bg7 25.Rf1 Rf8 26.Bg4 Kh8 27.f5 gxf5 28.Bxf5 Nc5
29.Rcf2 Rf7 30.Bc2 Rxf2 31.Rxf2 Bf6 32.Kf1 Rg8 33.Rg2 Rxg2
34.Kxg2 Kg7 35.Kf3 Be5 36.h3 e6 37.dxe6 Nxe6 38.Bf5 Nd4+
39.Ke4 Ne2 40.Bc8 Nc3+ 41.Kd3 Nxa2 42.Bxb7 Nb4+ 43.Ke4 Bc3
44.Bf4 Be5 45.Bxe5+ dxe5 46.c5 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anthony Miles"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "210"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4
7.Qb3 Bc5 8.O-O O-O 9.Na4 Be7 10.Rd1 c6 11.Nc3 d6 12.d4 Qc7
13.Qc2 a5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Na4 Be6 16.e4 b6 17.c5 b5 18.Nb6
Rad8 19.Bd2 a4 20.Be3 Ng4 21.Rxd8 Qxd8 22.Bxg4 Bxg4 23.Kg2 Bg5
24.Qc3 Qf6 25.Bxg5 Qxg5 26.b3 axb3 27.axb3 Rd8 28.h3 Be6 29.b4
h5 30.Ra8 Rxa8 31.Nxa8 Qd8 32.Nb6 Qd1 33.h4 Bh3+ 34.Kh2 Bg4
35.Kg2 Qe2 36.Qe3 Qxe3 37.fxe3 Kf8 38.Kf2 f6 39.Na8 Ke7 40.Nc7
Kd8 41.Na8 Bd1 42.Nb6 Bc2 43.Kf3 Bd1+ 44.Kf2 Bc2 45.Kf3 g5
46.Na8 Bb1 47.Nb6 Bd3 48.Na8 Bc2 49.Nb6 Bb1 50.Na8 g4 51.Kf2
Bd3 52.Nb6 Bc2 53.Ke2 Kc7 54.Na8+ Kd7 55.Nb6+ Kd8 56.Kf2 Bxe4
57.Ke2 Bb1 58.Kf2 Bc2 59.Ke2 Bb1 60.Kf2 f5 61.Na8 Bc2 62.Nb6
Bd3 63.Na8 Bc4 64.Nb6 Be6 65.Na8 Ke7 66.Nc7 Bc8 67.Na8 Kf6
68.Nc7 Bd7 69.Kg2 f4 70.gxf4 exf4 71.exf4 Kf5 72.Kg3 Ke4
73.Na6 Kd4 74.Nb8 Be8 75.Na6 Bg6 76.Nb8 Be4 77.f5 Ke5 78.f6+
Kxf6 79.Kf4 Bd5 80.Nd7+ Ke7 81.Nb6 Ke6 82.Na8 Bh1 83.Nc7+ Kd7
84.Na8 Bf3 85.Nb6+ Ke6 86.Nc8 Kd5 87.Nd6 Be2 88.Nf5 Kc4 89.Ng3
Bd3 90.Nxh5 Kxb4 91.Ke3 Kc3 92.Nf4 Bh7 93.Nd5+ Kc4 94.Nf6 Bf5
95.Kf4 g3 96.Kxg3 b4 97.Kf4 b3 98.Kxf5 b2 99.h5 b1=Q+ 100.Kg5
Qc1+ 101.Kg6 Qg1+ 102.Kh6 Kxc5 103.Ne4+ Kd5 104.Ng5 Qe3
105.Kg6 Qe8+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup ( open )"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Rogers"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O Ne7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d3
Nbc6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bf4 d4 10.Nb5 Nd5 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Qd2 a6 13.Na3
Re8 14.Bh6 Bh8 15.Rfc1 b6 16.Rc4 Bb7 17.Rac1 Rab8 18.Nc2 Na5
19.Rxd4 Bxd4 20.Ncxd4 c5 21.Nc2 f6 22.e4 Nc7 23.b4 Nc6 24.bxc5
bxc5 25.Ne3 Ne6 26.Ng4 Qe7 27.Re1 Kh8 28.h4 Ncd4 29.Nxd4 cxd4
30.Qa5 Rbc8 31.Rb1 Ba8 32.Qxa6 f5 33.exf5 gxf5 34.Nh2 Bxg2
35.Kxg2 Qf6 36.Rb6 Qxh6 37.Nf3 Ra8 38.Qb5 Qh5 39.Rb7 Nf4+
40.gxf4 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup ( open )"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxim Dlugy"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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.Be3 Nd7 10.Rc1 Qa5 11.Nh3 Rd8 12.Nf2 Nc5
13.Bd2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Be6 15.Qc2 Ne5 16.Bf4 Nxc4 17.Be2 g5
18.Bxg5 Nd3+ 19.Bxd3 Qxg5 20.f4 Qxf4 21.O-O Ne3 22.Qe2 Nxf1
23.Rxf1 Qe5 24.Bc4 Bxc4 25.Qxc4 Rac8 26.Qb3 Rxc3 27.Qxb7 Qc5
28.e5 Rc1 29.g3 Rd2 30.Qa8+ Kg7 31.Qf3 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Rxa2
33.Nd3 Ra1+ 34.Kg2 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup ( open )"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Attila Groszpeter"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 cxd4 12.cxd4 Ba6
13.Qe3 Qd7 14.Ba3 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Nc6 16.d5 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5
18.f4 Bd6 19.Bb2 e6 20.Rbd1 Rae8 21.Qg4 f5 22.Qg3 Qb5 23.Be5
Bxe5 24.fxe5 fxe4 25.d6 Qc5+ 26.Kh1 e3 27.Rfe1 Rf5 28.Rxe3
Ref8 29.h3 Rf1+ 30.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kh2 Qc1 32.Qg5 Rh1+ 33.Kg3
Qg1 34.d7 1-0

[Event "World Cup ( open )"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Daniel John King"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6 9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Nh3 c5 12.cxd5 exd5
13.Bd3 g5 14.Bg3 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Nc5 16.Bc2 Rc8 17.O-O Ne6 18.Qd2
d4 19.e4 Nh5 20.Bf2 Qf6 21.Rfe1 Rfd8 22.Bd3 Qe5 23.Rad1 Bc6
24.Bc4 Ba4 25.Bxe6 Qxe6 26.Rc1 d3 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Be3 Qd7
29.Rc1 Bc2 30.Nf2 Qd6 31.Ng4 Kh7 32.e5 Qd5 33.h4 Qa5 34.b4
Qxa3 35.Bxg5 Ng3 36.Kf2 Ne2 37.Rxc2 dxc2 38.Qxd8 Qxb4 39.Nf6+
Kg6 40.Qd3+ Kg7 41.Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup ( open )"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Florin Gheorghiu"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5
dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Nxe7+
Kf8 13.Nd5 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.Ne2 Nc5 16.Nc1 Be6 17.Nd3 Rac8
18.Be2 Na4 19.N3f4 g5 20.Nh5 Bc3+ 21.Kf1 Bd4 22.h4 Bxd5
23.exd5 Nc3 24.Rxb7 Rb8 25.Rb3 Nxa2 26.Rd3 Rb1+ 27.Bd1 Bb6
28.Nf6 Nb4 29.Ke2 Nxd3 30.Kxd3 a5 31.hxg5 a4 32.Ne4 a3 33.Nc3
Ra1 34.Kc2 Bd4 35.Nb5 a2 36.Kb3 Ra8 0-1

[Event "P.Keres memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Juan Borges Mateos"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.h3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e4
Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.Bc4 Qc7 10.Bb3 b6 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bg5 Bb7
13.Rc1 Na5 14.Bc2 e6 15.Bd3 f6 16.Bd2 Rad8 17.Re1 Qc8 18.Qe2
e5 19.Be3 c4 20.Bc2 Qc7 21.Rb1 Rfe8 22.d5 Bc8 23.Nd2 Bd7 24.g4
Bf8 25.Kg2 b5 26.Rf1 Bd6 27.Qf3 Rf8 28.Qg3 Nb7 29.f4 exf4
30.Bxf4 Bxf4 31.Rxf4 g5 32.Rf2 Qxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Nc5 34.Nf3 Kg7
35.Re2 h6 36.Rbe1 Rde8 37.e5 fxe5 38.Nxe5 Bc8 39.Nc6 Rxe2
40.Rxe2 a6 41.Ne7 Bd7 42.Bf5 Rd8 43.h4 Bxf5 44.Nxf5+ Kf6 45.d6
h5 46.hxg5+ Kxg5 47.Nd4 h4 48.Kh3 Kf4 49.Rf2+ Ke3 50.Rf6 Ke4
51.Rh6 Kd3 52.Nf5 Kxc3 53.Kxh4 Kd3 0-1

[Event "P.Keres memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Thomas Ernst"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4
O-O 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Qb3 Qb6 10.O-O Rd8 11.Rfc1 Bf5 12.Bxf5 gxf5
13.Qa3 Rdc8 14.Nb3 e6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nc5 Qc7 17.Qa4 Qe7
18.Rc2 b6 19.Nd3 Na5 20.Rac1 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Qb7 22.Nfe5 Rc8
23.g3 Rxc2 24.Qxc2 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 f6 26.Nd3 Nc4 27.Nf4 Qd7
28.Qe2 Nd6 29.Qh5 Qf7 30.Qh4 Ne4 31.g4 Nd6 32.g5 Ne4 33.gxf6
Nxf6 34.Qh6 Qe7 35.Kf1 Kf7 36.Nd3 Kg8 37.Ne5 Ne8 38.h4 a6
39.Nc6 Qd7 40.Ne5 Qe7 41.b4 Ng7 42.a3 Ne8 43.a4 Ng7 44.Nc6 Qd6
45.b5 axb5 46.axb5 Ne8 47.Qg5+ Kf8 48.Nd8 Qe7 49.Qh6+ Ng7
50.Qxh7 Qxd8 51.Qh8+ Ke7 52.Qxg7+ Kd6 53.h5 Qh4 54.Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "P.Keres memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Mihail Marin"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bd2 c6 11.d5 f5 12.Ng5 Ndf6 13.b4
a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Qb3 c5 16.f3 Nh6 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 Ra7
19.Nd5 Qb8 20.Qb5 Ne8 21.e7 Rf7 22.Ba5 Rf6 23.Bb6 Ra8 24.Bd8
Kf7 25.Qd7 Qc8 26.Qxc8 Rxc8 27.Rfb1 fxe4 28.Nxf6 Nxf6 29.fxe4
Nxe4 30.Bf3 d5 31.Rxb7 Nf5 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.g4 Nd4 34.e8=R Kxe8
35.Rxg7 Rxd8 36.Rg8+ Ke7 37.Rxd8 Kxd8 38.Rd1 e3 39.Rd3 e2
40.Kf2 h5 41.gxh5 gxh5 42.Re3 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O
Na6 8.Re1 Nc7 9.Bf4 a6 10.a4 Bd7 11.e5 Nh5 12.Be3 dxe5 13.Bxc5
Nf4 14.Bf1 Bf5 15.Nxe5 Ncxd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Ba3 Bf6 18.c3 Nb6
19.a5 Nd7 20.Nf3 Re8 21.Nd4 Ne5 22.Nxf5 gxf5 23.Qh5 e6 24.Re3
Bg7 25.Rh3 h6 26.Rg3 Qf6 27.Bc5 Ng6 28.Bb6 e5 29.Bc4 Kh7
30.Rd1 Rac8 31.Bb3 Re7 32.Bd8 Rxd8 33.Rxd8 e4 34.Qd1 f4 35.Rd6
Qe5 36.Bxf7 Nf8 37.Rxg7+ Qxg7 38.Bc4 e3 39.fxe3 fxe3 40.Qf3
Nd7 41.Qf5+ Kh8 42.Qh5 Nf6 1-0

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6
8.Bf4 e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.Bxd6 Re8 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.O-O
Bg4 14.Rad1 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Rxe4 16.Bxc5 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Qxd2
18.Rxd2 Rxc4 19.Be3 Rb4 20.b3 a5 21.Rc1 a4 22.Bd5 axb3 23.Bxb3
Ne5 24.h3 b5 25.Rd5 Re8 26.Bd2 Re4 27.Rxb5 Nd3 28.Rc7 Re2
29.Rxf7 Ne5 30.Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.Rb7+ Kf6 32.Bxh6 Nd3 33.Rb6+ Kf5
34.Bf7 Rd8 35.Bxg6+ Ke5 36.Bg7+ Kf4 37.g3+ Kg5 38.Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Krunoslav Hulak"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3
e5 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.h3 Re8 11.Re1 Bd7 12.Rb1 Qc8 13.g4
h5 14.f3 a6 15.Be3 Rb8 16.b4 Ne6 17.Nde2 hxg4 18.hxg4 b5
19.cxb5 axb5 20.Qd2 Ra8 21.Rbc1 Ra3 22.Rc2 Qa6 23.Nb1 Ra4
24.Ng3 Bc8 25.g5 Nd7 26.f4 c5 27.bxc5 Nd4 28.c6 Nb6 29.Bxd4
Bxd4+ 30.Kh2 Bc5 31.Bh3 Nc4 32.Qd3 Qxc6 33.Bxc8 Qxc8 34.Qf3
Kg7 35.Kg2 Rh8 36.f5 Ne5 37.Qb3 Rc4 38.Rxc4 bxc4 39.Qc3 Qd8
40.Nd2 Qxg5 41.Nxc4 f6 42.Nxe5 fxe5 43.Rf1 Qg4 44.f6 Kf8
45.Qa5 Qh3+ 46.Kf3 Qc8 47.Qd2 Qe6 48.Qg5 Kf7 49.a4 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Qc7 8.a4 Be7 9.a5 O-O 10.Be2 Qc6 11.Qd3 h6 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Nc4
Nbd7 14.O-O Rac8 15.Ra4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qxe4 17.Nxe4 d5 18.Ned2
d4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Bf3 Rc7 21.Re1 Rd8 22.g3 Nc5 23.Ra3 Bf5
24.Bd1 Kf8 25.Rf3 g6 26.h4 h5 27.Kg2 Na4 28.Rb3 Be6 29.Rxe6
fxe6 30.Bf3 Nc5 31.Rb6 Kf7 32.Kf1 Rb8 33.Ne5+ Kf6 34.Nec4 Nd7
35.Rb3 Bc5 36.Ne4+ Ke7 37.Ke2 Ba7 38.Rb4 b5 39.axb6 Bxb6 40.b3
Ba7 41.Ra4 Nb6 42.Nxb6 Bxb6 43.Kd3 a5 44.Bd1 e5 45.f3 Ra8
46.Be2 Bc5 47.Bd1 Bb4 48.Be2 Rf8 49.Bd1 Rc6 50.Ra2 Rfc8 51.Ke2
Rh8 52.Kf2 d3 53.cxd3 Rc1 54.Ke2 Rhc8 55.Nd2 Bxd2 56.Kxd2 R1c5
57.Ke3 Rb8 58.f4 Rb4 59.Rc2 Rxc2 60.Bxc2 exf4 61.gxf4 Kf6
62.d4 Rb8 63.Kd2 Rb6 64.Kc3 Ke7 65.Kd2 Re6 66.Bb1 Kd6 67.Bd3
Kc7 68.Bc2 Rf6 69.Ke3 Kc6 70.Be4+ Kb5 71.Bd5 Rf8 72.Be6 Re8
73.d5 Kc5 74.f5 gxf5 75.Kf4 Rb8 76.Bxf5 Rxb3 77.Kg5 a4 78.Bc2
Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Odessa"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.b3 c5 12.Rb1 Ne8 13.b4 axb4
14.axb4 b6 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.Nb3 f5 17.f3 Nf6 18.Bd2 f4 19.Nb5
Nc8 20.Ra1 Rxa1 21.Qxa1 g5 22.Qa6 Qe7 23.Na5 g4 24.Nc6 Qf7
25.Nb8 g3 26.Nxd7 gxh2 27.Kh1 Qxd7 28.Qc6 Qd8 29.Ra1 Nh5
30.Be1 Ng3+ 31.Bxg3 fxg3 32.Nc7 Ne7 33.Qb7 Qb8 34.Rb1 Qxb7
35.Rxb7 Ng6 36.Bd1 Bf6 37.Bc2 Nf4 38.Ra7 Rb8 39.Nb5 h5 40.Nxd6
Rb2 41.Nf5 Rxc2 42.Nxg3 h4 43.Nf5 h3 44.gxh3 Nxh3 45.d6 Rd2
46.Nh6+ Kf8 47.Rf7+ Ke8 48.d7 Kd8 49.Ng4 Be7 50.Nxh2 Rd1+
51.Kg2 Nf4+ 52.Kf2 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "Odessa"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2
e5 8.Nf3 Qe8 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.O-O Nc5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.b4 Ne6
13.c5 c6 14.Rfe1 Nd4 15.Qd3 Qe7 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Na4 b5 18.cxb6
axb6 19.Nxb6 Ba6 20.Nc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 d3 22.Bxd3 Bxa1 23.Rxa1
Rfd8 24.Bc2 Qe5 25.Rf1 Qd4 26.Bb3 Qxc4 27.Bxc4 Ra4 28.Rc1 Rxb4
29.g3 Rb2 30.Rc3 Kg7 31.e5 Re8 32.Re3 Rc2 33.Re4 Re7 34.a4 Ra7
35.Bf1 Ra5 36.h4 Kf8 37.Kg2 Ke7 38.Kf3 Ra2 39.Rc4 Rxe5 40.Rxc6
Rf5+ 41.Ke3 Ra3+ 42.Ke2 Ra2+ 43.Ke3 Raxf2 44.Be2 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Jonny Hector"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 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
Qf5+ 18.Kb3 Nc5+ 19.Kb4 Rd5 20.Qxc5 Rxc5 21.Nd6+ Kc7 22.Nxf5
Rxf5 23.Rd1 Rf2 24.b3 e5 25.g3 Re8 26.Bc4 e4 27.Kc3 Re5 28.Rd2
Rf3+ 29.Kb2 a6 30.Re1 e3 31.Rc2 g5 32.Bf1 h5 33.Bg2 g4 34.Rce2
Rff5 35.Kc3 b5 36.axb5 axb5 37.Kd3 c5 38.Ra2 c4 39.bxc4 bxc4
40.Kxc4 Ra5 41.Ree2 h4 42.Kd4 h3 43.Be4 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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.Bf4 Qe7 12.O-O Rb8 13.Re1
Ne8 14.Bf1 b6 15.Qd2 Ne5 16.Nh2 Nc7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh4 Qf7 19.f4
Nd7 20.Nf3 Rb7 21.Bg3 Re8 22.e5 fxe5 23.fxe5 Nxe5 24.Bxe5 Bxe5
25.Nxe5 dxe5 26.Ne4 Rd8 27.Qg5 Rf8 28.Qxe5 Ne8 29.d6 Rd7 30.a5
b5 31.Rad1 c4 32.Be2 Qf5 33.Qd4 Nf6 34.Bg4 Nxg4 35.hxg4 Qf7
36.g5 Rdd8 37.Nf6+ Kh8 38.Re7 1-0

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4
7.Qb3 a5 8.O-O O-O 9.Rd1 d6 10.d4 exd4 11.Rxd4 Nd7 12.Qc2 Ne5
13.Be4 h6 14.Na4 Qf6 15.a3 Bc5 16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Rf4 Qe7 18.Nxc5
dxc5 19.Bf5 Ra6 20.Bd2 Bxf5 21.Qxf5 Rf6 22.Qe4 Re6 23.Qf5 Ng6
24.Rf3 Re5 25.Qh3 Rxe2 26.Bxa5 Ne5 27.Rf4 Nd3 28.Bc3 f6 29.Rf3
Nxb2 30.Bxb2 Rxb2 31.Re3 Qf7 32.Rae1 Rd2 33.Qg4 Rd7 34.h4 b6
35.h5 f5 36.Qg6 Rd6 37.Qxf7 Rxf7 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.Rc8 g6 40.hxg6
Kxg6 41.a4 f4 42.g4 Rd4 43.Re6+ Kg7 44.Rc6 Rxc4 45.R8xc7 Rxc7
46.Rxc7+ Kf6 47.Rc6+ Kg5 48.Rxb6 Rxa4 49.Rc6 Rc4 50.Kg2 Kxg4
51.Rxh6 f3 52.Kh2 Rd4 53.Rg6+ Kf5 54.Rc6 c4 55.Kg3 Ke4 56.Re6+
Kd3 57.Kxf3 c3 58.Re3+ Kd2 59.Re2+ Kd1 60.Ra2 c2 61.Ra1+ c1=Q
62.Rxc1+ Kxc1 63.Ke3 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.Be3 c6 9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.g4 Qh4 12.Kh1 Kh8 13.Rg1 Qe7
14.a3 Ndf6 15.b4 b6 16.Nd3 Ng8 17.a4 f5 18.g5 Qf7 19.a5 Rb8
20.f3 h6 21.axb6 axb6 22.h4 f4 23.Bf2 hxg5 24.hxg5 Bf6 25.Rg2
Bd8 26.Nb5 Ne7 27.Rh2+ Kg8 28.Bf1 Qg7 29.Na7 Bd7 30.bxc5 bxc5
31.Bxc5 dxc5 32.Nxc5 Nc8 33.Nxd7 Qxd7 34.Bh3 Qc7 35.Be6+ Kg7
36.Nxc8 Rxc8 37.Qg1 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe-mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam Euwe-mem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rudy C Douven"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 e5 7.d5
Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Nb8 9.c5 Nf6 10.cxd6 cxd6 11.O-O Na6 12.Na3 Nc5
13.Rfc1 b6 14.Nc4 O-O 15.Nh4 Nfe4 16.Qc2 f5 17.Ne3 Nxf2
18.Nhxf5 Ng4 19.Rf1 Bxf5 20.Nxf5 g6 21.h3 Rxf5 22.hxg4 Rxf1+
23.Rxf1 Qd7 24.e4 Qxg4 25.Qf2 Qd7 26.Qf6 Re8 27.Bh3 Qe7
28.Be6+ Nxe6 29.dxe6 Qxe6 30.Qxe6+ Rxe6 31.Rc1 Kf7 32.Rc7+ Re7
33.Rc6 Ke6 34.Rxb6 Rc7 35.Kf2 g5 36.g4 Rf7+ 37.Ke3 Rf4 38.Rb7
Rxg4 39.Rxh7 Rg2 40.Ra7 Rxb2 41.Rxa5 g4 42.Ra7 Kf6 43.Ra6 Kg5
44.a4 g3 45.Kf3 g2 46.Ra8 g1=N+ 47.Ke3 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "URS-chTJ"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shukhrat Safin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4
a6 8.e4 b5 9.Nd2 Bg7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Ne8 12.Bg3 f5 13.exf5
Bxf5 14.Bg4 Nd7 15.Bxf5 gxf5 16.Qe2 Nb6 17.Nf3 b4 18.Qe6+ Kh8
19.Ne2 Bxb2 20.Rad1 Bg7 21.Bh4 Qd7 22.Be7 Nc7 23.Qxd7 Nxd7
24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Nf4 Rc8 26.Ne6 Bf6 27.Nxc7 Rxc7 28.Rfe1 Ne5
29.Nxe5 Bxe5 30.g3 c4 31.f4 Bb2 32.Re2 c3 33.Rc2 a5 34.Rb1 Rc5
35.Kf2 Rxd5 36.Ke3 Kg7 37.h3 h5 38.Rg2 Kf6 39.Rc2 Ke6 40.Re2
Ba3 41.Kf3 Kd7 42.Ke3 a4 43.Rc2 Kc6 44.g4 fxg4 45.hxg4 hxg4
46.Ke4 Rc5 47.f5 Rc4+ 48.Ke3 Kd5 49.f6 0-1

[Event "Palma"]
[Site "Palma"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anatoly Lein"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.e5
Nfd7 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 Qd8 11.Qc2 Nc6 12.O-O-O O-O
13.Bxc4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Qe4 Re8 16.f4 Nf8 17.Rxd4 Bd7
18.Kb1 Rc8 19.f5 b5 20.Bb3 Qg5 21.g4 h5 22.h3 Bc6 23.Qe2 Nd7
24.h4 Qd8 25.e6 fxe6 26.fxe6 Kh8 27.g5 g6 28.e7 Qa5 29.Qe6 1-0

[Event "Odessa"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Konstantin Aseev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O Be6 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.f4 Qc7 11.f5 Bc4 12.a4 O-O 13.a5
b5 14.axb6 Nxb6 15.Kh1 Rfc8 16.Ra2 d5 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.exd5 Bb4
19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.Qe2 Rf4 21.Raa1 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Nxd5 23.Qxe5
Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Nf6 25.c4 a5 26.c5 Qb5 27.Kg1 a4 28.Nd4 Qb2
29.c6 a3 30.Qc5 Ne4 31.Qd5 Nf6 32.Qc5 h5 33.c7 Rc8 34.Nb3 Kh7
35.Re1 a2 36.h3 Qb1 37.Kf2 Ne8 38.Rxe8 Rxe8 39.c8=Q Qe1+
40.Kf3 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "URS-56ch"]
[Site "URS-56ch"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Semen I Dvoirys"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 Bg4 11.O-O Bxf3 12.Bxf3
Bxd4 13.Rxb7 Nc6 14.Qa4 Qd6 15.Rb5 Be5 16.Rd5 Qf6 17.Be3 Rac8
18.Bg4 Rcd8 19.Rfd1 Rb8 20.Rc5 Nd8 21.g3 h5 22.Bh3 Ne6 23.Rcd5
Bd6 24.Bg2 Qc3 25.R5d3 Nc5 26.Qd4 Qa5 27.R3d2 Rb5 28.Rc2 a6
29.Bf1 Ne6 30.Qa1 Re5 31.Rc6 Rxe4 32.Rxa6 Qc7 33.Bg2 Rxe3
34.fxe3 h4 35.Rc1 Bc5 36.Qc3 Rd8 37.Rc6 Qd7 38.Rxc5 Nxc5
39.Qxc5 hxg3 40.hxg3 Qd2 1-0

[Event "Arnhem"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Matthias Wahls"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

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 Re8 11.O-O c4 12.Bc2 Nbd7 13.Bf4
Qc7 14.Re1 Nh5 15.Be3 Rb8 16.Qd2 b6 17.Nd4 Rb7 18.Red1 Nhf6
19.Qe2 Nb8 20.Rac1 Bd7 21.b3 Rc8 22.b4 b5 23.axb5 Bxb5 24.Ra1
Bd7 25.Rdb1 Ne8 26.Qd2 Qd8 27.Bg5 Qb6 28.Be3 Qd8 29.Bg5 Qb6
30.Nde2 Qc7 31.Be3 Qd8 32.Bg5 Qc7 33.Be3 Qd8 34.Bd4 Bxd4
35.Nxd4 Nc7 36.f4 Nb5 37.Nf3 Nxc3 38.Qxc3 Bb5 39.Re1 Be8
40.Kh1 Qb6 41.Rab1 Qd8 42.e5 Rb5 43.Rbd1 a5 44.bxa5 Qxa5
45.Qd4 Na6 46.f5 Nb4 47.fxg6 fxg6 48.Qg4 Rd8 49.exd6 Nxc2
50.Re7 Bf7 51.Ne5 Rxd5 52.Nxf7 Rxd1+ 53.Qxd1 Rf8 54.d7 Ne3 1-0

[Event "sf"]
[Site "sf"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4
cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qf4 O-O 10.b3 Qb8 11.Rd1 Rd8 12.Qxb8 Raxb8
13.Bf4 Rbc8 14.Ne5 Ba8 15.Nb5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 a6
18.Nd6 Rc6 19.h3 Bxd6 20.Bxd6 b5 21.c5 Ne4 22.Be7 Re8 23.Rxd7
Nxc5 24.Ra7 Ne4 25.Rd1 h6 26.Rdd7 Nc3 27.Ba3 e5 28.Rxf7 Rg6
29.h4 h5 30.e3 Nxa2 31.Rf5 b4 32.Bb2 Nc3 33.Rxh5 Nb5 34.Rb7
Nd6 35.Rxb4 Nf7 36.Rf5 Rc6 37.h5 Rc2 38.Ba1 Rd8 39.Bxe5 Rc5
40.f4 1-0

[Event "jr-EM/SW,2,24"]
[Site "jr-EM/SW,2,24"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Aleksander Delchev"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.Qc2
dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf6 11.Bd3 b6 12.Be3 Bb7
13.O-O-O Qc8 14.Rhe1 c5 15.Ne5 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Rd8 17.Bc3 Bxg2
18.Re3 Qb7 19.Rg1 Bf8 20.Rg3 Be4 21.Ng4 Bg6 22.Bxg6 hxg6
23.Bxf6 Rdc8 24.Kb1 b5 25.Nh6+ gxh6 26.Rxg6+ fxg6 27.Qxg6+ Bg7
28.Bxg7 Qf7 29.Qxh6 Qf5+ 30.Ka1 Kf7 31.Bc3 Rf8 32.Rg5 Qe4
33.Rg7+ Ke8 34.Qh5+ Kd8 35.Ba5+ 1-0

[Event "jr-EM/SW,2,26"]
[Site "jr-EM/SW,2,26"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "F Comas"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2
e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.f3 h6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Bd1 a5 12.Nge2 Ra6 13.Bc2
Kh7 14.O-O Qe8 15.b3 h5 16.a3 Ra8 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1
19.Rxa1 Na6 20.Rb1 Qe7 21.Nc1 Ng8 22.Nd3 Bh6 23.c5 c6 24.Bb3
Kg7 25.Ra1 Bc8 26.Bc4 Nc7 27.Ra7 Qd8 28.Bxh6+ Nxh6 29.dxc6
bxc6 30.Nxe5 dxe5 31.Qxd8 Rxd8 32.Rxc7 Bd7 33.b5 cxb5 34.Nxb5
Bxb5 35.Bxb5 Rd1+ 36.Kf2 Rd2+ 37.Kf1 Rc2 38.Bd3 Rc1+ 39.Ke2
Ng8 40.Kd2 Rg1 41.g3 Rg2+ 42.Be2 Kf6 43.Rd7 Ke6 44.Rd8 1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.07.01"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Be2 d6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3
Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Rab1 Qb6 16.Rfc1 Qb4 17.Rc2 Rfc8 18.Qc1 Qb6
19.a3 Qd8 20.Qd2 e6 21.Bf1 Be5 22.b4 axb4 23.axb4 Na4 24.Ne2
Qh4 25.g3 Qe7 26.Nd4 Be8 27.Rbc1 Nb6 28.Nxe6 Qxe6 29.Bxb6 Ra3
30.f4 Bg7 31.Qd5 Bc6 32.Qxe6 fxe6 33.Bg2 e5 34.Rd2 exf4
35.gxf4 Bc3 36.Rxd6 Bxb4 37.c5 Rf8 38.e5 Bxg2 39.Kxg2 Rxf4
40.e6 Re4 41.Rd8+ Kg7 42.Rd7+ Kh6 43.e7 Re2+ 44.Kf1 Raa2
45.Bc7 Ba3 46.Re1 Rf2+ 47.Kg1 Bxc5 48.Kh1 Bxe7 49.Rdxe7 Rf5
50.Bb6 Rf6 51.Be3+ g5 52.Rg1 1-0

[Event "It, Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It, Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "53"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ulf Andersson"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nc2 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5
7.Qxd5 Nxd5 8.g3 Nc6 9.Bg2 Be6 10.O-O O-O-O 11.Bd2 Kb8 12.Nc3
Ndb4 13.Nxb4 Bxb4 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bxc6 fxg5 16.Bg2 Rd2 17.a3 Bxc3
18.bxc3 Bf5 19.e4 Be6 20.f4 gxf4 21.gxf4 exf4 22.Rxf4 Rc8
23.Rf3 Rc2 24.Rg3 g6 25.Rd1 R2xc3 26.Rxc3 Rxc3 27.Rd6 Bc8
28.e5 Re3 29.Rd5 Rxa3 30.Kf2 a5 31.Bf3 a4 32.Rd8 Kc7 33.Rh8 h5
34.Bd5 Rd3 35.Rh7+ Kb6 36.Bf7 a3 0-1

[Event "It, Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It, Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ulf Andersson"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.Bf4 Bxc5
7.Nf3 Nc6 8.a3 Nh5 9.Bg3 f5 10.e4 g6 11.O-O-O b6 12.Qd2 a5
13.Bh4 Be7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.e5 g5 16.Qe3 Rb8 17.Nd4 Bb7 18.Ndb5
Nf4 19.h4 Ng6 20.hxg5 Ncxe5 21.Qd2 Bc6 22.Nd6 Nf7 23.Nxf7 Rxf7
24.f4 Qc5 25.Kb1 Re8 26.Rh6 e5 27.fxe5 Rxe5 28.Bd3 Qe3 29.Qxe3
Rxe3 30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.cxd5 Rg3 32.d6 Ne5 33.Bc2 f4 34.Be4 Kf8
35.Bd5 Rg7 36.Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund-A"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d5 Nd4 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2
Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qd8 10.Bc3 e5 11.dxe6 Nxe6 12.Bxg7 Nxg7
13.Qd2 Nf6 14.f3 Be6 15.Nf4 Qe7 16.O-O-O Rd8 17.Nc3 O-O 18.g4
Nd7 19.h4 Nb6 20.b3 f6 21.Nfd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Bc8 23.h5 gxh5
24.Re1 Qf7 25.Bd3 Kh8 26.Qh6 f5 27.gxh5 Qf6 28.Qxf6 Rxf6 29.h6
Ne8 30.Re7 Rg6 31.Ne2 Nf6 32.Nf4 Rg3 33.Rh3 Rgg8 34.Ne6 Rd7
35.Rg7 Rgxg7 36.hxg7+ Rxg7 37.Nxg7 Kxg7 38.Rg3+ Kf7 39.Kd2 Bd7
40.Rg1 Ng8 41.Rh1 Kg7 42.Rb1 Ne7 43.b4 cxb4 44.Rxb4 b6 45.a4
Nc8 46.a5 Kf6 47.f4 Ke7 48.Rb1 bxa5 49.Rh1 Kf6 50.Rxh7 Ne7
51.Ke3 Be8 52.Rh8 Bd7 53.Rd8 Bc8 54.Rxd6+ Kf7 55.Bc2 Ng6
56.Rc6 Bd7 57.Rc7 Ke8 58.Rxd7 1-0

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "Dortmund FRG"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nh3 h6 9.Bh4 d6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.e4 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5
13.Bd3 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.O-O-O d4 16.Qc2 Qb6 17.Rhe1 Rfe8
18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Re1 Rxe1+ 20.Bxe1 Ne5 21.Bf1 Qd6 22.Nf2 g6
23.b4 Kg7 24.Bd2 Ned7 25.Nd3 Qxh2 26.Bf4 Qg1 27.Qf2 Qxf2
28.Nxf2 Nh5 29.Bd6 cxb4 30.axb4 Kf6 31.c5 Ng7 32.Ne4+ Ke6
33.Bh2 Bd5 34.Ba6 Nf5 35.b5 Ne7 36.c6 Nxc6 37.bxc6 Bxc6 38.Bc8
Ke7 39.Bd6+ Kd8 40.Ba6 f5 41.Nd2 Ke8 42.Nb3 Bd5 43.Nxd4 Kf7
44.Kd2 Kf6 45.Ke3 g5 46.Bb4 f4 47.Kf2 Nb6 48.Bd3 Bc4 49.Bc2
Nd5 50.Bc5 a6 51.Nf5 h5 52.Nd6 Ba2 53.Ne4+ Ke5 54.Nxg5 a5
55.Nf7+ Ke6 56.Nd6 Nb4 57.Be4 Na6 58.Ba3 Bb3 59.Nb7 Bd5
60.Nxa5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.g4 Rfc8 12.Kb1 Bf8
13.g5 Nh5 14.Bg3 Ne7 15.Ne5 Be8 16.Be2 f6 17.gxf6 gxf6 18.Nf3
Bg6 19.e4 dxe4 20.Nh4 Nxg3 21.hxg3 f5 22.g4 Bg7 23.gxf5 exf5
24.Nxg6 hxg6 25.Nb5 Qb6 26.Qb3 Kf8 27.Rh7 Rd8 28.Rdh1 Qf6
29.c5 Rd2 30.Rxg7 Kxg7 31.Nc7 Qe5 32.Nxa8 Rxe2 33.Nc7 Qxc7
34.Qc3+ Kf7 35.Qc4+ Kf6 36.Qxe2 Qxc5 37.Rc1 Qd5 38.Rd1 Qc5
39.Rd7 Qc6 40.Qd1 Ke6 41.Rd8 Nd5 42.Qb3 a5 43.Qg3 Ne7 44.Qb8
Qb6 45.Rd2 Qc6 46.Qd8 b6 47.a4 g5 48.Qd4 g4 49.Rd1 Qc5 50.Qd7+
Ke5 51.Qe8 Kf4 52.Qb8+ Kg5 53.Qd8 Kf4 54.Rc1 Qb4 55.Rc3 Ng6
56.Qf6 Ne7 57.Qe6 Kg5 58.Rc7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bd3
c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.a3 Nbd7 10.b4 Be7 11.e4 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Qc7
13.Bb2 Rc8 14.O-O O-O 15.Nb3 e5 16.Rad1 Rfe8 17.Na5 Ba8 18.Bb1
Bf8 19.Rfe1 h6 20.Nh4 g6 21.Ba2 Bxe4 22.f3 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Bf5
24.Nxf5 gxf5 25.Qd3 e4 26.fxe4 Rxe4 27.Qb3 Rcc4 28.Nxc4 bxc4
29.Qg3+ Rg4 30.Qe3 Bc5 31.Qxh6 Rg6 32.Qh3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 Nc6 9.e3 h6 10.Bh4 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd8 Nxc3
13.Bh4 Nd5 14.Bf2 f5 15.Rc1 f4 16.e4 Ne3 17.Ne2 Nxf1 18.Rxf1
Rad8 19.h4 Rd7 20.h5 e5 21.d5 Ne7 22.Bh4 g5 23.hxg6 Nxg6
24.Rh1 Kg7 25.Bf2 Rf6 26.Bh4 Rfd6 27.g3 c6 28.gxf4 cxd5 29.f5
dxe4 30.Rg1 exf3 31.Nc3 Kf7 32.Rxg6 Rxg6 33.fxg6+ Kxg6 34.Nd1
Kf5 35.Bg3 h5 36.Rc4 e4 37.Ne3+ Kg5 38.Rc7 Rxc7 39.Bxc7 b5
40.Kf2 a6 41.Kg3 h4 42.Kf2 Bc6 43.Kf1 Kg6 44.Ke1 Kg5 45.Kf2
Kh5 46.Bd8 Bb7 47.Bb6 Bc6 48.Bc7 Kg5 49.b3 Kh5 50.Ba5 Kg5
51.Bd8+ Kh5 52.Bc7 Kg5 53.b4 Bb7 54.Nd1 Bc6 55.Ke3 Bb7 56.Nf2
Bc6 57.Ba5 Bb7 58.Bb6 Bc6 59.Ba5 Bb7 60.Bc7 Bc6 61.Bd8+ Kh5
62.Kf4 Bb7 63.Bb6 Bc6 64.Nh3 Bd7 65.Ng5 f2 66.Bxf2 h3 67.Bg1
e3 68.Ne4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 c5 7.cxd5
exd5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.e5 Nfd7 10.Qxd5 O-O 11.f4 Bxg1 12.Rxg1 Qb6
13.Rh1 Nc5 14.b4 Ne6 15.Na4 Qc7 16.Be3 Nc6 17.Qd6 Qxd6 18.exd6
Re8 19.Kf2 Bd7 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.bxc5 Nb8 22.Rb1 b6 23.Bb5 bxc5
24.Bxc5 Bxb5 25.Rxb5 Nd7 26.Bb4 g6 27.Rc1 Re6 28.Rc7 a5
29.Rxa5 Rxa5 30.Bxa5 Rxd6 31.Bb4 Rd5 32.a4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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.Qf3 Qc7 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Qg3 Nc5 12.Bd5 Rb8
13.Bc6+ Kf8 14.f4 h6 15.Bh4 b4 16.Na4 Ncxe4 17.Bxe4 Nxe4
18.Bxe7+ Qxe7 19.Qe1 Qb7 20.Nb6 Nc3 21.Nxc8 Nxd1 22.Nxd6+ Qd5
23.Qe5 Qxe5 24.fxe5 Ne3+ 25.Re1 Nf5 26.N4xf5 exf5 27.Nxf5 g6
28.Nd6 Ke7 29.Nc4 Rhc8 30.b3 Rc6 31.Kb2 f5 32.exf6+ Kxf6 33.a3
bxa3 34.Kxa3 Re6 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valery Salov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2
Re8 8.O-O e5 9.b4 c6 10.a4 a5 11.Qb3 h6 12.Bh4 e4 13.Ne1 g5
14.Bg3 h5 15.h4 Ng4 16.hxg5 Qxg5 17.Bf4 Qg6 18.f3 exf3 19.Rxf3
Ndf6 20.Nf1 axb4 21.Qxb4 Ne4 22.Bd3 h4 23.a5 Qh5 24.Qb2 Ng5
25.Bxg5 Qxg5 26.Qd2 Bh6 27.Nc2 Kg7 28.c4 Be6 29.c5 Re7 30.a6
bxa6 31.Rxa6 Rxa6 32.Bxa6 Nf6 33.Bd3 Bg4 34.Rf2 Ne4 35.Bxe4
Rxe4 36.Nh2 Be6 37.Nf3 Qg3 38.Re2 Bg4 39.Qe1 Bh5 40.Qf2 f5
41.Re1 f4 42.exf4 Bxf4 43.Qxg3+ hxg3 44.Kf1 Kf6 45.Ra1 Re8
46.Nb4 Bxf3 47.gxf3 Rh8 48.Ra2 Kg5 49.Rg2 Rb8 50.Rb2 Bc1
51.Rc2 Rxb4 52.Rxc1 Kf4 53.Ra1 Rxd4 54.Ra8 Kxf3 55.Rf8+ Rf4
56.Rb8 Re4 57.Rf8+ Ke3+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund-A"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Uwe Boensch"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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.h3 Nc6 12.d5 Ne7 13.Qd2
Nf7 14.Nh2 f5 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.O-O Nh8 17.Bh5 Nd4 18.Ne4 h6
19.Rfe1 Bf5 20.Rac1 Ng6 21.c5 dxc5 22.Rxc5 b6 23.Rc3 Qxd5
24.Nxg5 hxg5 25.Bxg6 Bxg6 26.Qxg5 Qf7 27.Ng4 Ne6 28.Qh4 Bf5
29.Bxe5 Bxg4 30.hxg4 Rae8 31.Rh3 Qg6 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Re5 Rh8
34.Qg3 Ng5 35.Rh5 Rxh5 36.gxh5 Nh3+ 37.Qxh3 Qb1+ 38.Kh2 Rxe5
39.Qg3+ Kf6 40.Qh4+ Ke6 41.h6 Qh7 42.f4 Rd5 43.Qh3+ Ke7
44.Qh4+ Ke8 45.Qh3 Kd8 46.Qh4+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund-A"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Stefan E S Kindermann"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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
Qe6 13.Qc2 Qd6 14.Bb4 Qd8 15.d5 Bg4 16.Rfc1 Na6 17.Ba3 Bxf3
18.gxf3 Qd7 19.Bxa6 bxa6 20.Qc7 Qh3 21.Qg3 Qxg3+ 22.hxg3 Rfe8
23.Rb7 Bf8 24.Rcc7 Rab8 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.Bxe7 Bxe7 27.Rxe7 Ra8
28.Rc7 a5 29.Rc5 a4 30.Ra5 Kf8 31.e5 Ke7 32.f4 h5 33.Kg2 a3
34.Kf3 a2 35.Ke4 a1=Q 36.Rxa1 a5 37.Ra4 Ra7 38.f5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund-A"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Lobron"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8
14.Qc2 Ngf6 15.Nb5 axb4 16.axb4 Nh5 17.g3 Ndf6 18.Rb3 fxe4
19.Nxe4 Bh3 20.Rd1 Nxe4 21.fxe4 Qd7 22.Rf3 Nf6 23.Nc3 Rf7
24.Re1 h5 25.Nd1 Bg4 26.Rff1 Raf8 27.Nf2 Bxe2 28.Qxe2 h4
29.Kg2 Nh5 30.Nh3 Rxf1 31.Rxf1 Rxf1 32.Qxf1 hxg3 33.hxg3 Qa4
34.Ng5 Qc2+ 35.Kh3 Nf6 36.Nf7+ Kg8 37.Ng5 Bh8 38.Be3 Qc3
39.Bc1 Qxb4 40.Qd3 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund-A"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Matthias Wahls"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6
7.Qe2 e6 8.d3 Be7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 O-O 11.Nbd2 d5 12.e5 Nh7
13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Rfc8 16.a3 Ng5 17.Rfc1 Nxf3+
18.Nxf3 Rc7 19.b3 Rac8 20.Qb2 Na5 21.Nd2 Qh4 22.Rxc7 Rxc7
23.h3 Qf4 24.Re1 Qf5 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Qxc1 Qd3 27.Qc8+ Kh7
28.Nf3 Nxb3 29.Qxb7 Nxd4 30.Qxf7 Nxf3+ 31.gxf3 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Evgeny Vladimirov"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Rb1 Be6 6.b4 Qd7 7.d3 Bg7
8.b5 Nd8 9.a4 Ne7 10.Nd5 O-O 11.e3 Nc8 12.Ba3 f5 13.a5 c6
14.Nc3 f4 15.Nf3 fxe3 16.fxe3 Bh6 17.Qe2 a6 18.bxc6 Nxc6
19.O-O Nxa5 20.Ne4 Bf5 21.Nxe5 Qe8 22.Nxd6 Qxe5 23.Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Murray Chandler"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Qc2 h6
8.Bh4 d6 9.Rd1 O-O 10.d5 Qe7 11.e3 c6 12.dxe6 Qxe6 13.Be2 Nbd7
14.O-O Ne5 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.c5 Nd5 17.Ne4 g5 18.Bg3 Rab8 19.Nd6
bxc5 20.Nf5 Bc8 21.Nxg7 Kxg7 22.Qxc5 Rxb2 23.Bc4 Rc2 24.Rc1
Rxc1 25.Rxc1 e4 26.Qxa7 Kg8 27.Qc5 Bd7 28.a4 Ra8 29.a5 Bc8
30.Bb3 Ba6 31.Ba4 Bb7 32.h3 Qf6 33.Kh2 h5 34.Rb1 h4 35.Rxb7
hxg3 36.fxg3 Qf2 37.Rb3 Re8 38.Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.06.30"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kevin Spraggett"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Qc7 8.Bd3 b5 9.Qe2 b4 10.Nd1 Nbd7 11.Nf2 Bb7 12.O-O Be7 13.Nf3
h6 14.Bh4 Nh5 15.Bxe7 Nxf4 16.Qd2 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Kxe7 18.Qxb4
Qb6 19.Qa3 Rhc8 20.Rac1 a5 21.b3 Nc5 22.Rcd1 Kf8 23.Qb2 a4
24.b4 a3 25.Qd2 Na4 26.d4 Ba6 27.Rfe1 Nc3 28.Ra1 Qxb4 29.Nd1
Rab8 0-1

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.07.04"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2
c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.e3 a5 12.Bd3 Kh8 13.Rd1
Nd7 14.O-O Qe7 15.Be4 Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Ra7 17.Nd4 Bxd4 18.exd4 Rd8
19.Rfe1 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Nf8 21.d5 Qd6 22.dxe6 Qxd1 23.e7 Rxe7
24.Qxe7 Qd6 25.Qe4 Kg8 26.h4 Qd5 27.Qg4 Qd7 28.Qc4+ Qd5 29.Qc7
Qd6 30.Re7 Qxc7 31.Rxc7 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 h5 33.Rc6 Nd7 34.Kg3 Kf7
35.Kf4 Rd5 36.Ke4 Rb5 37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 Ke7 39.Rc7 Ke6
40.Rc6+ Ke7 41.f4 g6 42.g3 Rf5 43.Bd2 Rb5 44.Kd4 Rf5 45.Be3
Kf7 46.Kc3 Ke7 47.Kd4 Kf7 48.Kc4 g5 49.Rd6 gxf4 50.gxf4 Ke7
51.Rd5 Ke6 52.Rxf5 Kxf5 53.Kd5 b5 54.Kc6 Ke4 55.Kxd7 1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.07.09"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.h3
Na6 8.g4 Bg6 9.Bg2 Nb4 10.O-O Bc2 11.Qd2 Bb3 12.a5 a6 13.Na4
e6 14.g5 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Nb6 Qd8 17.Nxa8 Qxa8 18.Be4 Qd8
19.f4 Be7 20.e3 O-O 21.Qe2 c5 22.dxc5 Bxc5 23.Bd2 Nd5 24.Kh1
Qd7 25.Rac1 Qa4 26.Qf3 c3 27.bxc3 Qxa5 28.f5 Bc4 29.fxe6 Ne7
30.Bxh7+ Kxh7 31.Qe4+ Ng6 32.Qxc4 fxe6 33.Qg4 Rxf1+ 34.Rxf1
Qb5 35.c4 Qc6+ 36.Kg1 Kg8 37.Qf3 Qd7 38.Rf2 a5 39.Qe4 Ne7
40.Bxa5 Nf5 41.Bd2 1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.07.14"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2
Nxc3 8.Qxc3 a5 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bg3 O-O 11.e3 Na6 12.Rd1 Qe7
13.Bc4 c5 14.d5 exd5 15.Bxd5 Bxg3 16.hxg3 Rad8 17.Rh5 Bxd5
18.Rhxd5 Nc7 19.R5d3 Ne6 20.Qb3 Rc8 21.Qxb6 Rb8 22.Qxa5 Rxb2
23.Qc3 Qb7 24.Nd2 h6 25.Nc4 Ra2 26.Kf1 Ng5 27.Nd6 Qb2 28.Qxb2
Rxb2 29.R1d2 Rb1+ 30.Ke2 Rg1 31.Ra2 Rxg2 32.a4 Nh3 33.Kf3 Rh2
34.e4 Ng5+ 35.Ke3 Rh1 36.a5 Rb1 37.a6 Ra8 38.Rda3 Ne6 39.a7
Nd4 40.Ra6 Rb3+ 41.Kf4 f6 42.e5 Nb5 43.Nxb5 Rxb5 44.Ke4 c4
45.Kd4 Rxe5 46.Rb6 Ree8 47.Kxc4 Kh7 48.Kb5 Re7 49.Rba6 h5
50.Kb6 Kh6 51.Rc2 Ree8 52.Kb7 Kg5 53.Rc4 Rg8 54.Rac6 f5 55.Rc8
Rgxc8 56.Rxc8 Rxa7+ 57.Kxa7 Kg4 58.Rc4+ Kh3 59.Rh4+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Be2
e5 8.Nf5 Nc5 9.Ng3 Qb6 10.Rb1 Bd7 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Be3 Qc6
13.O-O Ncxe4 14.Ncxe4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Qxe4 16.Qd2 Bc6 17.Bh5 g6
18.Bf3 Qc4 19.Rbd1 Be7 20.Be2 Qe6 21.Qc3 Bb5 22.Bxb5+ axb5
23.Bh6 f6 24.Qc7 Rc8 25.Qxb7 Qc6 26.Qxc6+ Rxc6 27.h4 Kf7
28.Rd5 Bc5+ 29.Kh2 Ke6 30.Rd3 f5 31.Rb3 Rb6 32.Rd1 Ra8 33.a3
Ra4 34.g3 Rc4 35.Rd2 Rd6 36.c3 Rxd2+ 37.Bxd2 Re4 38.Bg5 Re2+
39.Kh1 Bf2 40.Kg2 Rc2 41.Rxb5 h6 42.Bxh6 Be3 43.Kf1 Bxh6 44.h5
Be3 45.hxg6 Rf2+ 46.Ke1 Rg2 47.g7 Rxg3 48.Ke2 f4 49.Rb8 Rxg7
50.Kd3 Rf7 51.Ke4 f3 52.Kxe3 f2 53.Rb6+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.f4 c6
8.Nf3 Nc7 9.d5 Nh5 10.f5 gxf5 11.exf5 Nf6 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.g4
Rb8 14.Qd2 Na6 15.Nd4 Qb6 16.Nb3 Nb4 17.Bh4 Nxa2 18.Rxa2 Qxb3
19.O-O Re8 20.Bd1 Ne4 21.Qe3 Nxc3 22.Bxb3 Bd4 23.Qxd4 Ne2+
24.Kf2 Nxd4 25.Ba4 Rb6 26.Re1 Kf8 27.Re4 Nb3 28.Bxb3 Rxb3
29.Re3 Rxe3 30.Kxe3 a6 31.c5 d5 32.Ra4 e6 33.f6 e5 34.h3 d4
35.Ke4 Be6 36.Rxa6 Bd5+ 37.Kd3 Bg2 38.Bg3 Bf1+ 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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 Na5 16.Bc5 Bf6 17.e5 Bxe5 18.h3
Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Rfe8 20.d6 Qc4 21.d7 Qxc5 22.dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 23.Qa4
Nc6 24.Rxb7 Rc8 25.Bxc6 Rxc6 26.Rxe7 Qxe7 27.Qxc6 Bd4 28.Qd5
Bb6 29.g3 h5 30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Rb1 Qe2 32.Qf3 Qe6 33.Qc3+ Kh7
34.Re1 Qd5+ 35.Qf3 Qd7 36.Rd1 Qe7 37.Rd3 Kg7 38.Qc6 Qe2 39.Rf3
Qa2 40.Qc3+ Kg8 41.Qb3 Qxb3 42.Rxb3 Kf8 43.Kf3 Ke7 44.Rb2 Ke6
45.Ke4 Kd6 46.Rd2+ Ke6 47.Kf4 Kf6 48.Rc2 Bd4 49.Ke4 Bb6
50.Rc6+ Ke7 51.f4 Kd7 52.Rf6 Ke7 53.Rc6 Kd7 54.Kd5 Bc7 55.Rc4
a5 56.Rc6 Bd8 57.Ra6 Ke7 58.Ke4 Bc7 59.Kd5 Bd8 60.Ra7+ Kf6
61.Ra8 Be7 62.Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Novi"]
[Site "Novi"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ferdinand Hellers"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O e6 7.f5
exf5 8.d3 Nge7 9.Qe1 h6 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.g4 Bxg4 12.Bxf7+ Kxf7
13.Ne5+ Kg8 14.Nxg4 Nd4 15.Qf2 Ndf5 16.Qg2 Qd7 17.Ne4 Rf8
18.c3 b6 19.Bf4 d5 20.Nd2 d4 21.Ne4 g5 22.Be5 Bxe5 23.Nxe5 Qe6
24.Ng4 dxc3 25.Rae1 Qc6 26.bxc3 Kg7 27.d4 Ng6 28.dxc5 bxc5
29.Qf2 Nd4 30.Nef6 h5 31.cxd4 hxg4 32.Ne8+ Qxe8 0-1

[Event "Novi"]
[Site "Novi"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vlastimil Hort"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7
8.O-O O-O 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.f4 Qd6 11.Bf3 Nbd7 12.Qe2 Rab8 13.g4
Rfd8 14.g5 Ne8 15.Qg2 bxc4 16.bxc4 e6 17.Rb1 Ba8 18.c5 Qe7
19.Bd2 Rxb1 20.Rxb1 Rb8 21.Rxb8 Nxb8 22.Na4 Bb7 23.Ba5 Bxe5
24.dxe5 Nc7 25.Nb2 Nb5 26.a4 Qxc5 27.axb5 Qxe3+ 28.Qf2 Qxf4
29.Bd2 Qxe5 30.Nd3 Qf5 31.Qa7 Nd7 32.Ne1 Bc8 33.Qc7 1-0

[Event "Novi"]
[Site "Novi"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Rd8 11.Nd2 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Rxd1+
13.Qxd1 Qd8 14.Qxd8+ Nxd8 15.Be2 Bd7 16.Rd1 Bc6 17.f3 Nd5
18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Bd6 b5 20.Bxc5 bxc4 21.e4 dxe4 22.f4 Nb7
23.Be3 Na5 24.Bxa7 g5 25.Be3 gxf4 26.Bxf4 f5 27.Rd6 Ba4 28.Rd5
Nb3+ 29.Kb1 Rc8 30.Rxf5 Nd4 31.Rg5+ Kf7 32.Bh5+ Kf6 33.Rd5 Nb3
34.Bg4 Rc5 35.Rd6+ Kf7 36.Be3 Re5 37.Ra6 Bb5 38.Ra7+ Kg6
39.Rb7 c3 40.Rb6+ Kf7 41.bxc3 Bd3+ 42.Ka2 Na5 43.Bf4 Bc4+
44.Ka1 Rc5 45.Be3 Re5 46.Rh6 Rb5 47.Rxh7+ Kg8 48.Rh5 Nb3+
49.Kb2 Rb7 50.Kc2 Na1+ 51.Kc1 Bd3 52.Be6+ Kg7 53.Ba2 Nc2
54.Bf4 Nxa3 55.Rg5+ Kf6 56.h4 Bc4 57.Bxc4 Rb1+ 58.Kd2 Nxc4+
59.Ke2 Rb2+ 60.Ke1 Rb1+ 61.Kf2 Rb2+ 62.Kg3 e3 63.Rc5 Nd2
64.Re5 Rc2 65.Kh3 Nc4 66.Re4 e2 67.Kg4 e1=R 68.Rxe1 Rxg2+
69.Bg3 Rc2 70.Rf1+ Kg7 71.Rf3 Re2 72.Bf4 Re8 73.Rd3 Kf6 74.Rd4
Rc8 75.Re4 Kf7 76.h5 Nb6 77.Be5 Nd5 78.Rd4 Nxc3 79.Kf5 Rc6
80.Rd7+ Ke8 81.Rd3 Nb5 82.Rh3 Rh6 83.Kg5 Re6 84.Bf4 Kf7 85.h6
Kg8 86.Rd3 Re7 87.Kg6 Re6+ 88.Kf5 Re7 89.Bg5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.03.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d3
O-O 8.Rb1 a5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.a3 Re8 12.b4 axb4
13.axb4 Nd4 14.Nd2 Bg7 15.e3 Ne6 16.Qc2 c6 17.Ra1 Bd7 18.Nb3
Qc7 19.c5 d5 20.b5 Reb8 21.Na4 e4 22.d4 cxb5 23.Nb6 Rxa1
24.Nxa1 Bc6 25.Qa2 Rd8 26.Nc2 f5 27.f4 Qf7 28.Kh1 Bf8 29.Qa5
Qc7 30.Qc3 Qf7 31.Na3 g5 32.Rb1 Qe8 33.Qa5 Nc7 34.Bf1 gxf4
35.gxf4 Kh8 36.Be2 Be7 37.Qe1 Qg6 38.Qg3 Qe6 39.Nxb5 Nxb5
40.Bxb5 Rg8 41.Qh3 Kh7 42.Bxc6 bxc6 43.Rg1 Rxg1+ 44.Kxg1 Kg6
45.Kf1 h5 46.Qg2+ Kf7 47.Qa2 Qg6 48.Nd7 Bf6 49.Nb8 Be7 50.Qg2
Qe6 51.Qb2 Qc8 52.Qb6 Bd8 53.Qa7+ Ke8 54.Ke2 h4 55.h3 Ba5
56.Kd1 Bc3 57.Qg7 Qe6 58.Qb7 Qg6 59.Nxc6 Qg1+ 60.Kc2 Qf2+
61.Kxc3 Qe1+ 62.Kb2 1-0

[Event "Muenchen (10)"]
[Site "Muenchen (10)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 h6 9.Bh4 d6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.O-O-O d5 12.c5 Bc6
13.cxb6 cxb6 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.Rc1 Bb7 16.Qe1 Rxc1+ 17.Qxc1 Qa8
18.Bd3 a5 19.Qf1 e5 20.Ne2 e4 21.Bb5 Bc6 22.Nc3 exf3 23.gxf3
Re8 24.Qd3 Bxb5 25.Nxb5 Qc6 26.Re1 Nf8 27.Bg3 Ng6 28.Nd6 Re6
29.Rc1 Qd7 30.Nf5 Rc6 31.Rg1 Re6 32.Rc1 Rc6 33.Rg1 Re6 34.Be5
Nxe5 35.dxe5 Rxe5 36.Nxg7 Rg5 37.Rxg5 hxg5 38.Nf5 Qe6 39.Nd4
Qe5 40.Qf5 Qxf5+ 41.Nxf5 Kf8 42.Kc2 Nd7 43.Kc3 Ne5 44.f4 gxf4
45.exf4 Ng6 46.Kd4 Nxf4 47.h4 f6 48.Ne3 b5 49.Nxd5 Ne6+ 50.Ke4
Nc5+ 51.Kd4 Ne6+ 52.Ke3 Nc5 53.Nxf6 Na4 54.Nd7+ Kg7 55.b3 Nc3
56.Kd3 Nd1 57.Kd4 Kg6 58.Ne5+ Kh5 59.Nc6 1-0

[Event "Beograd"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Branko Damljanovic"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c4
e5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.a3 h6 10.Qc2 a5 11.e3 Qe7 12.Ne4 Rd8 13.Bd2
f5 14.Nc5 Qf7 15.Rab1 b6 16.Na4 Nde7 17.Ne1 Bb7 18.Nc3 Rd7
19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Nd8 21.Nf3 g5 22.Ra1 Rb8 23.Rfd1 g4 24.Ne1
Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Ne6 26.Kg1 Ng5 27.Qa2 Nf3+ 28.Kg2 e4 29.Qxf7+
Kxf7 30.d4 c5 31.Nxf3 exf3 32.Kf1 cxd4 33.exd4 Rxd4 34.Be1
Rbd8 35.Rxd4 Rxd4 36.Ra7 Rd3 37.Nb5 Rd5 38.Nc7 Rd7 39.Nb5 Rxa7
40.Nxa7 Ke6 41.Bd2 h5 42.Be3 Nd5 43.Nc8 Nxe3+ 44.fxe3 Bf8
45.Nxb6 Bxb4 46.Kf2 Kd6 47.Nc4+ Kd5 48.Nb6+ Ke4 49.Na4 h4
50.gxh4 Be7 51.h5 Bh4+ 52.Kf1 Bg5 53.Nc5+ Kxe3 54.Ne6 Bh6
55.Nd8 f4 56.Nf7 g3 57.hxg3 fxg3 58.Nxh6 g2 59.Kg1 f2 0-1

[Event "Beograd"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3
Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.f3 b5 12.Bh4 a6 13.Bf2
Bb7 14.Kh1 Rc8 15.Bf5 Rc7 16.e4 dxe4 17.fxe4 c5 18.Bg3 Rc6
19.Rad1 Nh5 20.dxc5 Nxg3+ 21.Nxg3 Qb8 22.b4 Rh6 23.Bh3 Bf6
24.Nd5 Be5 25.Qf2 Bxg3 26.Qxf7+ Kh8 27.hxg3 Ne6 28.Rf5 Rg8
29.Kh2 Rf8 30.Qe7 Rg8 31.Qd6 Qxd6 32.cxd6 Bxd5 33.Rdxd5 g5
34.g4 Rc8 35.Rf7 Rg6 36.Ra7 Nf4 37.Rd2 Re6 38.Rxa6 Rxe4 39.g3
Nxh3 40.Kxh3 Kg7 41.a3 Re5 42.Rc6 1-0

[Event "Beograd"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5
7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 c4 9.Bc2 Qa5 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Ne4 12.Bh4 Qxc3
13.Rc1 Qa3 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 O-O 16.Nxe4 b5 17.Bg3 Qe7
18.Nd6 Ba6 19.Re1 f5 20.Qf3 Qe6 21.Qc6 Nb6 22.Be5 Rad8 23.e4
f4 24.Nf5 Qxc6 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Nxc6 Rd7 27.Nb8 1-0

[Event "Beograd"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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.c5 h6 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.Nc4 Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2
f5 14.f3 f4 15.a4 g5 16.Ba3 Rf6 17.b5 Ng6 18.b6 axb6 19.cxd6
cxd6 20.Qb2 Ra6 21.Nb5 g4 22.Ncxd6 gxf3 23.Nxc8 Qxc8 24.Qc3
Qxc3 25.Nxc3 fxg2 26.Kxg2 Bf8 27.Bxf8 Nxf8 28.Kf3 Ra8 29.Rfc1
Rg6 30.Nd1 Nh7 31.Nf2 Ng5+ 32.Kg4 Rg7 33.Kh5 Nf3 34.h4 Nd4
35.Rg1 Ne2 36.Rxg7+ Kxg7 37.Rb1 Ng3+ 38.Kg4 h5 39.Kg5 Rg8
40.Rxb6 Kh7 41.Kf6 Rg6+ 42.Kxe5 Rxb6 43.d6 Rb2 44.Nd3 Rd2
45.Nxf4 Nxe4 46.Kxe4 Rxd6 47.Nxh5 Ra6 48.a5 Kh6 49.Nf4 Rxa5
50.Ne6 Kh5 51.Kd4 Kxh4 52.Kc4 Ra1 53.Nc5 Rb1 54.Ne4 Kg4 55.Nd2
Rd1 56.Ne4 Kf4 57.Nc5 Rb1 58.Kd4 Kf5 59.Kd5 Kf6 60.Kd6 Rb6+
0-1

[Event "Beograd"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Qc2 c6 6.e4 Bc5 7.Nge2
Ng4 8.f3 Nf6 9.Na4 Be7 10.d4 b5 11.dxe5 bxa4 12.exf6 Bxf6
13.Qxa4 d5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.f4 Bd7 16.Qc2 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Nc6
18.Kf2 Rc8 19.Nc3 Nb4 20.Qb1 Qb6+ 21.Kg2 Rfe8 22.Re1 Bc6
23.Kh3 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Qh6+ 26.Kg2 Qc6 27.Kf3 f5
28.Qb3+ Kh8 29.cxb4 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Beograd"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3
e5 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 a6 11.Nb3 Rb8 12.Qc2 Ne5 13.c5
dxc5 14.Nxc5 Qe7 15.Be3 b6 16.Nb3 c5 17.f4 Nc4 18.Bf2 Bb7
19.Rfe1 Qd7 20.a4 Nxb2 21.Qxb2 Nxe4 22.Rad1 Bxc3 23.Rxd7 Bxb2
24.Rxb7 Rxb7 25.Rxe4 Rxe4 26.Bxe4 Rd7 27.a5 bxa5 28.Nxc5 Rd1+
29.Kg2 Bd4 30.Bb7 Rd2 31.Ne4 Rc2 32.Bxa6 Bxf2 33.Bd3 Rb2
34.Nxf2 a4 35.Bc4 a3 36.Kf3 Rc2 37.Bd5 Rd2 38.Bc4 Rc2 39.Bd5
a2 40.Bxa2 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Cm (1/4)"]
[Site "Bruxelles"]
[Date "1991.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Be2
e5 8.Nb3 b5 9.O-O Bb7 10.Qd3 Nbd7 11.a3 Be7 12.g4 exf4 13.Bxf4
Ne5 14.Bxe5 dxe5 15.g5 Nd7 16.h4 O-O 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 e4
19.Qxe4 Qg3+ 20.Qg2 Qxh4 21.Rad1 Bxg5 22.Rd3 Rae8 23.Rf5 h6
24.Nd2 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Cm (1/4)"]
[Site "Bruxelles"]
[Date "1991.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bd3
b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Bb2 a6 10.Rc1 Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.Ne5
Bxe5 14.dxe5 Ndc5 15.cxd5 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 Bxd5 17.Nf4 Nc5 18.Qc3
Rf7 19.Ba3 Ne4 20.Qc2 Rd7 21.f3 Ng5 22.Nxd5 Rxd5 23.Qxc7 Nf7
24.f4 g5 25.Be7 Qe8 26.Bf6 Rd2 27.fxg5 Qb5 28.Qc6 Rf8 29.Qxb5
axb5 30.Rc6 Rxa2 31.Rfc1 Re2 32.Rxe6 Ra8 33.Re7 Kf8 34.e6 Nd8
35.Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1991.02.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valery Salov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.cxd5
cxd5 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Ne5 Qd5 11.b3 Nc6 12.Bb2 Be6
13.e3 Rfd8 14.Nd3 f5 15.Nf4 Qd7 16.g4 Bf7 17.gxf5 Qxf5 18.Ne2
e5 19.Ng3 Qc8 20.d5 Bxd5 21.Qe2 Be6 22.Nxe4 Bg4 23.Qc4+ Be6
24.Qc5 Bf8 25.Qc3 Bb4 26.Qc2 Be7 27.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Bh3
29.Qc4+ Kg7 30.Ng3 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 h5 32.h3 h4 33.Ne4 Qf5 34.Nd6
Qg5+ 35.Kh2 Rf8 36.Ne4 Rxf2+ 37.Nxf2 Qg3+ 38.Kh1 Qxf2 39.Rf1
Qxb2 40.Qf7+ Kh6 41.Rg1 Qc2 42.Qg8 Bf6 43.Qf7 Qf5 44.Kg2 Bg7
45.Qxf5 gxf5 46.Rd1 Bf8 47.Rd7 Bc5 48.Kf3 b6 49.Rc7 e4 50.Ke2
Ne7 51.Rxa7 Nd5 52.a4 f4 53.a5 f3 54.Ke1 bxa5 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1991.03.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 e5 13.Qe2 Bd6
14.Bg5 O-O 15.Nh4 Be7 16.Nf5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bxg5 18.Nd6 Rb8
19.Nxb7 Rxb7 20.d6 Rb6 21.Rfd1 g6 22.a4 b4 23.a5 Rb8 24.Nd5 c3
25.bxc3 b3 26.Bb1 Nc5 27.Nc7 e4 28.Bxe4 Bf6 29.Bc6 Bxc3
30.Rab1 Bxa5 31.Qe5 Bb6 32.Nd5 f6 33.Qf4 Kh8 34.Ne7 Kg7 35.h4
Nd7 36.Kh1 Ne5 37.Rxb3 Bc5 38.Rg3 Rb4 39.Nf5+ Kh8 40.Qh6 Rf7
41.Bd5 gxf5 42.Bxf7 Rg4 43.Qh5 Rxg3 44.fxg3 Ng4 45.Qxf5 Nf2+
46.Kh2 Ba7 47.Re1 Kg7 48.Re7 Qxd6 49.Rxa7 Qd4 50.Bg8 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1991.03.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Nbd7 8.Be2 Be7 9.Qd2 Qc7 10.Bf3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.h4 Nb6
13.O-O-O Bd7 14.g4 Nc4 15.Qd3 Rc8 16.b3 Ne3 17.Qxe3 Qxc3
18.Qxc3 Rxc3 19.Rh3 h5 20.f5 hxg4 21.Bxg4 Rxh3 22.Bxh3 Rxh4
23.fxe6 Rxh3 24.exd7 Kxd7 25.Nf5 Be5 26.Rd3 Rxd3 27.cxd3 g6
28.Nh4 d5 29.Kd2 dxe4 30.dxe4 b5 31.Ke3 Kd6 32.Nf3 f6 33.Ne1
Ke6 34.Nc2 Bc3 35.Kd3 Ba5 36.Ne3 Bd8 37.Nd5 g5 38.Nb4 a5
39.Nd5 Ke5 40.Nc3 g4 41.Nxb5 Bb6 42.Ke2 Kxe4 43.Nd6+ Kf4
44.Nc4 Ba7 45.a3 Kg3 46.Nxa5 Kh2 47.Nc4 g3 48.Nd2 g2 49.Nf3+
Kg3 50.b4 f5 51.a4 f4 52.a5 g1=Q 53.Nxg1 Bxg1 54.b5 Kg2 55.b6
f3 56.Kd2 f2 57.a6 f1=Q 58.a7 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Cm (1/8)"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.f3 Qa5 7.g4 h5
8.g5 Nh7 9.f4 O-O 10.Nf3 e5 11.O-O-O exf4 12.Bxf4 d5 13.Kb1
Be6 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Nb5 Qxd2 16.Rxd2 Nc6 17.Nc7 Rad8 18.Bg2
Bf5 19.Nh4 Be4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.c3 Rd7 22.Re1 Nxg5 23.Bxg5 Rxc7
24.Rxe4 Na5 25.Rde2 Rd7 26.Bf4 Nc6 27.Kc2 Rfd8 28.Re8+ Bf8
29.Bg5 Rxe8 30.Rxe8 Kg7 31.Nf3 Bd6 32.d5 Ne7 33.c4 Nf5 34.Bd2
f6 35.Bc3 Kf7 36.Re6 Be7 37.Nd2 g5 38.Kd3 Nh4 39.Ne4 Ng6
40.Nxf6 Nf4+ 41.Ke3 Rd8 42.Rxe7+ Kxe7 43.Ne4 Nxd5+ 44.cxd5
Rxd5 45.Bf6+ Ke6 46.Bxg5 Rd1 47.Nc5+ Kf5 48.h4 b6 49.Nd3 Rg1
50.Kd4 Rg4+ 51.Kd5 Rxg5 52.hxg5 Kxg5 53.Ke4 Kg4 54.Ne5+ Kg3
55.Nf3 Kf2 56.b4 Ke2 57.b5 Kd1 58.Nd4 Kc1 59.Nc6 Kb2 60.Kf5
Kxa2 61.Nxa7 Kb3 62.Kg5 Kc4 63.Kxh5 Kd5 64.Kg6 Ke6 65.Kg7 1-0

[Event "Cm (1/8)"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.e3 Nxc5 7.Bd2
O-O 8.Nf3 b6 9.Be2 Ba6 10.O-O d5 11.cxd5 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Nxd5
13.Bxa6 Nxa6 14.Bd4 Qd7 15.Ng5 f5 16.Nf3 Nab4 17.Qe2 Nc6
18.Rad1 Rac8 19.Rfe1 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 Qc6 21.h3 Nf6 22.Red1 Qc7
23.R4d2 Qc4 24.Qxc4 Rxc4 25.Ne5 Rc7 26.Rd6 Re8 27.Rc6 Rxc6
28.Nxc6 Kf7 29.Rd6 Rc8 30.Nxa7 Rc1+ 31.Kh2 Ne4 32.Rd7+ Kf6
33.f3 Nc5 34.Rd2 Re1 35.Nc8 b5 36.Nd6 b4 37.Rd4 Rxe3 38.Rxb4
Re2 39.a4 Nd3 40.Rb7 Nf4 41.a5 Rxg2+ 42.Kh1 Rd2 43.Ne8+ Kg5
44.Kg1 Kh4 45.Kf1 Kg3 46.Ke1 Rd8 47.Nc7 Ng2+ 48.Ke2 Nf4+
49.Ke1 Rd3 50.a6 Ng2+ 51.Ke2 Nf4+ 52.Ke1 Kxf3 53.Rb3 Ng2+
54.Kf1 Ne3+ 55.Kg1 Rxb3 56.a7 Rd3 57.a8=Q+ Kg3 58.Qa1 Rd1+
59.Qxd1 Nxd1 60.Nxe6 g6 61.b4 f4 62.Nc5 Nc3 63.Nd3 g5 64.Nf2
h5 65.Kf1 Kh2 0-1

[Event "Cm (1/8)"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Nf3 Bf5
7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.c4 Nd7 12.Be3 a5
13.d5 Ne5 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Qe2 cxd5 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Rfd1 Qe7
18.Rxd5 Nc6 19.Qb5 Rfd8 20.Rxd8+ Nxd8 21.Rd1 f5 22.b3 Bf8
23.a4 Nc6 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Qxc6 Rb8 26.Rd7 Qe5 27.Qc4 Qe6
28.Qxe6 fxe6 29.Ra7 Bb4 30.Ra6 Kf7 31.Bb6 g5 32.Ra7+ Ke8
33.Bc7 Rc8 34.Bxa5 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Bc5 36.Ra8+ Ke7 37.Rc8 Be3
38.Rxc1 Bxc1 39.Bb6 g4 40.b4 Kd7 41.b5 1-0

[Event "Munchen"]
[Site "Munchen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Matthias Wahls"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Be2
e5 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Nf5 Qc7 10.O-O Nc5 11.Ng3 Be6 12.Bg5 Ncd7
13.Nh5 Nxh5 14.Bxh5 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Nb6 16.Bg4 O-O 17.Bxe6 fxe6
18.Qg4 Qd7 19.Ne2 Nc4 20.b3 Ne3 21.Bxe3 Bxe3 22.Ng1 Rf4
23.Rad1 Qc6 24.Qe2 Bb6 25.Rxf4 exf4 26.Nf3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8
28.Qd3 Bf6 29.a4 Qc3 30.Qxc3 Bxc3 31.Ng5 e5 32.Kg1 h6 33.Ne6
Ba5 34.Kf1 Bb6 35.a5 Bxa5 36.Nc5 Kf7 37.Nxb7 Bb6 38.Nd6+ Ke6
39.Nf5 Kf6 40.Nd6 g5 41.h3 h5 42.Ke2 g4 43.hxg4 hxg4 44.Nf5
Bd4 45.Nh6 Kg5 46.Nf5 Bc5 47.Ng7 Kf6 48.Nf5 Bf8 49.Kd3 Ke6
50.c3 a5 51.Kc4 Be7 52.Kb5 Bd8 53.Kc6 g3 54.c4 f3 55.Nxg3 fxg2
56.Ne2 Bh4 57.Kb5 Be1 58.c5 Bf2 59.Kxa5 Bxc5 60.Kb5 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Munchen"]
[Site "Munchen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vlastimil Hort"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 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
Nc5 18.Be2 h5 19.b4 Qe4+ 20.Qxe4 Nxe4 21.Rhd1 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Kc7
23.Nd2 Nxd2 24.Rxd2 h4 25.Bc4 Re8 26.Re2 Kd6 27.Kd3 g5 28.Rd2
f5 29.Ke3 Kc7 30.b5 Re7 31.bxc6 Kxc6 32.Bb5+ Kc7 33.a5 Rf7
34.Kd4 Kd6 35.Kc4 Kc7 36.Ba4 Re7 37.Rd1 g4 38.Kc5 b6 39.axb6
axb6 40.Kb4 f4 41.Bc2 Rf7 42.Be4 f3 43.gxf3 gxf3 44.Kc3 b5
45.Bd3 Rg7 46.h3 e5 47.Bxb5 e4 48.Kd4 Kb6 49.Rb1 f2 50.Be2 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Eric Lobron"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.a4
Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Bf4 a5 11.Rad1 Nd5 12.Bc1 Bd6
13.Ne4 b5 14.Nfg5 f5 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.e4 Nb4 17.Qe2 h6 18.Nh3
fxe4 19.Qxe4 Ra7 20.Nf4 Nf6 21.Qe2 Re8 22.Nh5 Qf8 23.Nxf6+
Qxf6 24.Bf4 Nd5 25.Be5 Qf8 26.Be4 Rd8 27.h4 Bd7 28.g4 Be8
29.f4 Rf7 30.g5 Nxf4 31.Qh2 Nd3 32.gxh6 Nxe5 33.Qxe5 gxh6
34.Rxf7 Bxf7 35.Kh1 Qd6 36.Qf6 Kf8 37.Rf1 Rd7 38.Qh8+ Ke7
39.Bg6 Qd5+ 40.Kh2 Kd6 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Yudasin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5
8.Nge2 Nd4 9.O-O b4 10.Nd1 a5 11.c3 Nxe2+ 12.Qxe2 Ba6 13.Re1
Nf6 14.f4 O-O 15.Nf2 a4 16.c4 Nd7 17.Rab1 b3 18.a3 Rc8 19.h4
Nb8 20.f5 Nc6 21.Rf1 Nd4 22.Qg4 Rb8 23.Nh3 Bc8 24.Kh2 Qd7
25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.h5 Qe8 27.hxg6 fxg6 28.Ng5 h6 29.Nf3 Bf6
30.Rh1 Kg7 31.Kg1 g5 32.Kf2 e6 33.e5 dxe5 34.Rxh6 Kxh6 35.Rh1+
Kg7 36.Nxg5 exf5 37.Rh7+ Kg8 38.Bd5+ Be6 39.Rg7+ Bxg7 40.Qh3
Rf6 0-1

[Event "Reggio"]
[Site "Reggio"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.Nbd2 a5 7.c4
c6 8.Ne5 Ng4 9.Nef3 Bf5 10.b3 Nf6 11.Bb2 a4 12.Nh4 Be6 13.Qc2
a3 14.Bc3 c5 15.Rad1 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Nc6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Ne4 dxe4
19.Rxd8 Rfxd8 20.Qxe4 Rd2 21.f4 Rxa2 22.f5 gxf5 23.Nxf5 Ra1
24.Nxe7+ Nxe7 25.Rxa1 Bxa1 26.Qxb7 Bd4+ 27.e3 Bxe3+ 28.Kf1 Ra7
29.Qb8+ Nc8 0-1

[Event "Reggio"]
[Site "Reggio"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nxc3
7.Qxc3 Nc6 8.e4 Bg4 9.Bb5 Rc8 10.Bf4 a6 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.Ba4 f6
13.O-O e6 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Bc5 16.Qg4 O-O 17.Bb3 Rcd8
18.Bxe6+ Kh8 19.Bd5 Nd4 20.Rd2 f5 21.Qh5 Rde8 22.exf5 Bb4
23.Bf7 Bxd2 24.Bg6 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 h6 26.Bxd2 Re7 27.Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2
O-O 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Bf4 Nd5 11.Bd2 a5 12.e4 N5b6
13.Be3 h6 14.Rad1 e5 15.dxe5 Bc5 16.Bf4 Re8 17.Kh1 Nf8 18.Nd4
Ng6 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.f4 Qe7 23.Ne4 f6
24.b3 Rad8 25.bxc4 Kh8 26.g4 Bb4 27.g5 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rg1
Bc5 30.Rb1 Rd4 31.gxf6 gxf6 32.Nxc5 Qxc5 33.Qe2 Qxc4 34.Qh5
Nd7 35.Qxh6+ Kg8 36.Bf3 Kf7 37.Re1 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Bxd5 9.e4 Bb7 10.Bb5 c6 11.Bxc6 Rc8 12.d5 Qc7
13.Nd4 Bxc6 14.Nxc6 Nb8 15.Be3 Nxc6 16.Rc1 Bc5 17.dxc6 Qxc6
18.O-O O-O 19.b4 Bxe3 20.Qxc6 Bxc1 21.Qa4 Rc7 22.Rd1 g6 23.g3
Rfc8 24.Rd7 Bb2 25.Kg2 Kg7 26.f4 Bc3 27.Qd1 a5 28.Rxc7 Rxc7
29.Qd6 Rc4 30.Qd3 b5 31.a4 axb4 32.axb5 Rd4 33.Qe3 e5 34.b6
Rd7 35.Qc5 Rd2+ 36.Kh3 Bd4 37.Qc1 Bc3 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Valery Salov"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nc3 d5 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Bg5
O-O 8.e3 Bd7 9.Ne2 Bb5 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nbd7 12.Nd3 h6
13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.c4 c6 15.Rfc1 Bd6 16.b4 a6 17.a4 Qe7 18.Qb2 h5
19.c5 Bc7 20.b5 h4 21.Rab1 axb5 22.axb5 hxg3 23.hxg3 Ng4
24.Ra1 Qg5 25.Nf4 Qh6 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Ra1 Rxa1+ 28.Qxa1 e5
29.b6 Bxb6 30.Nxd5 cxd5 31.cxb6 Qxb6 32.dxe5 Qe6 33.Qd4 Qxe5
34.Bxd5+ Kh7 35.Bxb7 Qa5 36.e4 Nf6 37.exf5 Qxf5 38.Ba6 Qf3
39.Bd3+ g6 40.Qd6 Kg7 41.Qe7+ Kh6 42.Be2 Qe4 43.Qxf6 Qxe2
44.Qh8+ Kg5 45.Qh4+ Kf5 46.Qf4+ Ke6 47.Qe3+ Qxe3 48.fxe3 Kf5
49.Kf2 Ke4 50.Ke2 g5 51.Kf2 Kf5 52.Kf3 g4 53.Kf2 Ke5 54.Ke1
1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Eduardas Rozentalis"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3
d5 8.cxd5 Qxd5 9.Nf3 b6 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb7 12.O-O Nbd7
13.Bb2 Rac8 14.Rfc1 h6 15.Bc4 Qf5 16.a4 Rfd8 17.Bb5 Qd5 18.Ba3
Ne4 19.Be7 Re8 20.Bb4 a5 21.Be1 Red8 22.Bc4 Qc6 23.Qb2 Ng5
24.Be2 Qe4 25.h4 Nh7 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rc1 Rxc1 28.Qxc1 Bc6
29.Qd1 Nhf6 30.Bf1 Qg4 31.Be2 Qe4 32.Bf1 g6 33.Nd2 Qxh4 34.f3
Qg5 35.Bf2 Qd5 36.Qc2 Bb7 37.Bb5 Qd6 38.e4 Qf4 39.e5 Nh5
40.Bxd7 Ng3 41.Bb5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Eduardas Rozentalis"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qd2 d6 7.a3
Bxc3 8.Qxc3 Nc6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.e5 f6 12.exd6 cxd6
13.O-O f5 14.Rae1 Qf6 15.b4 a6 16.a4 Rd8 17.b5 axb5 18.axb5
Ne7 19.Ra1 Nd5 20.Qb3 Bd7 21.Rfe1 Kh8 22.Rxa8 Rxa8 23.c4 Nf4
24.c5 dxc5 25.Ne5 Be8 26.dxc5 Qd8 27.Bc4 Qd4 28.Qe3 Ra1 29.Rf1
Rxf1+ 30.Bxf1 Qb4 31.c6 bxc6 32.bxc6 Nd5 33.Qc1 Qd6 34.f4 Qb4
35.g3 Qd4+ 36.Kh1 Nc7 37.Bg2 Kg8 38.h4 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Nf3
Qf2 41.Nxg5 Qxg3 42.Qd2 e5 43.Qd6 exf4 44.Nf3+ Qg7 45.Nh4 Qg4
46.Qf6 Bxc6 47.Bxc6 Qh3+ 48.Kg1 Qe3+ 49.Kf1 Qd3+ 50.Ke1 Qe3+
51.Kd1 Qb3+ 52.Kc1 Qe3+ 53.Kb2 Qb6+ 54.Kc3 Nb5+ 55.Kc4 Na3+
56.Kd5 Qb3+ 57.Kc5+ Qc4+ 58.Kb6 Qb4+ 59.Ka6 Qc4+ 60.Ka5 Qf7
61.Qg5+ Kf8 62.Qd8+ Kg7 63.Bd5 Qa7+ 64.Kb4 Nc2+ 65.Kc3 Ne3
66.Qg5+ Kh7 67.Qg6+ Kh8 68.Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Eduardas Rozentalis"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qd2 Bg7
7.O-O-O O-O 8.f4 d6 9.Nf3 b6 10.h4 h5 11.e5 Qe7 12.Bd3 Bb7
13.Ne4 Nd7 14.Nfg5 dxe5 15.fxe5 c5 16.c3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Rad8
18.Kb1 Nb8 19.Nd6 Rxd6 20.exd6 Qxd6 21.Be4 Bxe4+ 22.Nxe4 Qd5
23.Nc3 Qf5+ 24.Qc2 Qg4 25.d5 e5 26.d6 Nc6 27.Qe4 Qxe4+ 28.Nxe4
Nd4 29.Rc1 Rd8 30.Rc7 f5 31.Ng5 Rxd6 32.Rxa7 e4 33.Rc1 Rd8
34.Rac7 Bf6 35.Nf7 Re8 36.Rd7 Ne6 37.Nd6 Rd8 38.Rxd8+ Bxd8
39.Rc6 Nf8 40.g3 e3 41.Kc2 f4 42.gxf4 Ne6 43.Rc8 Kg7 44.Kd3
Be7 45.Ne4 Nxf4+ 46.Kxe3 Ng2+ 47.Kf2 Nxh4 48.Rb8 Nf5 49.Rxb6
g5 50.a4 g4 51.a5 h4 52.a6 h3 53.a7 g3 54.Nxg3 Bc5+ 55.Kf3
Nd4+ 56.Kg4 Bxb6 57.a8=Q h2 58.Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Igor Stohl"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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.h5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 e5 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.d6 b6
18.Qd5+ Kg7 19.Qxe5+ Qf6 20.Qh2 h5 21.Qg3 Nc6 22.Rd1 Kh6
23.Rd5 Rae8 24.f4 Qa1+ 25.Rd1 Qf6 26.Rd5 Qa1+ 27.Rd1 Qf6 28.f3
Nd4 29.f5 g5 30.Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Edvins Kengis"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.Ne2 h5 7.c3 h4
8.Nd2 Nxd2 9.Bxd2 Ne7 10.Nf4 Nf5 11.Bd3 g6 12.Qe2 c6 13.O-O-O
Qa5 14.Kb1 Bd7 15.g4 Ng7 16.Nh3 Be7 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Qd8
19.Qe3 Qe7 20.Qf4 O-O 21.Nf3 f5 22.Qh6 fxg4 23.Nxh4 Nf5
24.Bxf5 gxf5 25.Ng6 Qg7 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.Nxf8 Rxf8 28.h3 Be8
29.Rdg1 Bg6 30.Kc1 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.e4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 c5 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Bd3 Qc8 12.Qa4 O-O
13.O-O Rd8 14.Qb5 Nb8 15.Qb1 Ba6 16.Rd1 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Nd7 18.d5
exd5 19.exd5 c4 20.Qe2 Re8 21.Nd4 Bf6 22.Qf3 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Qc5
24.h4 Rad8 25.Rad1 Qxa3 26.Rxc4 Qe7 27.Rc7 a5 28.g3 h6 29.Qg4
Qe2 30.Qxe2 Rxe2 31.Kf1 Rc2 32.Re1 Nf6 33.c4 a4 34.Ree7 a3
35.Rxf7 Nh5 36.Be5 Rxc4 37.Ra7 Rxd5 38.Bxg7 Ra5 39.Rf8+ Kh7
40.Rh8+ Kg6 41.Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3
Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nce4 9.Bd2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 Rb8 11.O-O b6 12.Nde4 Nxe4
13.Bxe4 f5 14.Bg2 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Rxb7 16.a3 Be7 17.Rad1 Qc8
18.Qd3 a6 19.Rd2 Rc7 20.Na4 Qb7 21.b4 b5 22.Nb2 bxc4 23.Nxc4
Qb5 24.Nd6 Qxd3 25.Rxd3 Rb8 26.e4 fxe4 27.Nxe4 d5 28.Nd2 Rbc8
29.Re3 Kf7 30.Rfe1 Rc6 31.Nb3 Bf6 32.Kg2 Rc3 33.Nc5 Rxe3
34.Rxe3 Rc6 35.h4 Bd4 36.Rf3+ Ke7 37.Nb3 Bb6 38.Rd3 Rc2 39.Nd2
Kd6 40.f4 d4 41.Kf3 Kd5 42.h5 Bc7 43.Ne4 Kc4 44.Rd1 Bb6 45.Ng5
Rc3+ 46.Kg4 d3 47.Nxe6 Kb3 48.Ng5 Kc2 49.Rh1 d2 50.Ne4 Rxa3
51.h6 gxh6 52.Nxd2 Kxd2 53.Rxh6 Bf2 54.Rxh7 Rxg3+ 55.Kf5 Ra3
56.Rh2 Ke2 57.Ke6 Ra4 58.f5 Rxb4 59.f6 Rb6+ 60.Ke7 Kf3 61.Rh5
Be1 62.f7 Bb4+ 63.Kd7 Rb7+ 64.Ke6 Rb8 65.Rh3+ Ke2 66.Kd5 Rf8
67.Kc4 a5 68.Rh7 Ke3 69.Kd5 Kf4 70.Ke6 Ke4 71.Rg7 Kd4 72.Rg4+
Kc5 73.Rg5+ Kc4 74.Rg4+ Kb5 75.Rg5+ Bc5 76.Rg8 a4 77.Kf6 a3
78.Kg7 a2 79.Rxf8 a1=Q+ 80.Kg6 Bxf8 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 b4 9.Ne4 Be7 10.O-O c5 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.e4 cxd4 13.e5
Nd5 14.Nxd4 O-O 15.Nc6 Qc7 16.Qh5 g6 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Qg4 Qc7
19.Re1 Bb7 20.Bh6 Rfd8 21.Rac1 Qd7 22.h4 Nf6 23.Qg5 Ne8 24.Bb1
Rac8 25.h5 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Ng7 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Qf6+ Kf8 29.hxg6
hxg6 30.Bxg6 Rc8 31.Rxc8+ Bxc8 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Qg7 Qe8 34.Qf6+
Kf8 35.Qh8+ Ke7 36.Qxe8+ Kxe8 37.Be4 Kd7 38.f4 Kc7 39.Kf2 Kb6
40.Ke3 Kc5 41.g4 Bd7 42.f5 exf5 43.gxf5 a5 44.Kf4 Kd4 45.Bc2
a4 46.Bd1 Bc6 47.f6 Bd7 48.a3 bxa3 49.bxa3 Kc3 50.Bg4 Bb5
51.e6 Bc4 52.Ke5 Kb2 53.e7 Bb5 54.Kd6 Kxa3 55.Bd7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 a5 7.Nc3 d4
8.Nb5 Nc6 9.d3 e5 10.e3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.exd4 exd4
14.Bf4 Ne8 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 f6 17.Nxd4 fxe5 18.Ne6 Qxd3
19.Nxf8 Kxf8 20.Bxb7 Rb8 21.Bg2 Bc5 22.Qe1 Qd6 23.Rd1 Bd4
24.Qxa5 Nf6 25.Kh1 Kg8 26.f4 c5 27.b4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3
Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4 9.Bd2 a5 10.b3 O-O 11.a3 Be7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4
Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qc2 Qc7 16.a4 Rad8 17.Rad1 c5 18.Bc3 cxd4
19.Nxd4 Ng4 20.g3 Bc5 21.Qe2 Nf6 22.Nb5 Qb6 23.Kg2 Qc6+ 24.Qf3
Qxf3+ 25.Kxf3 b6 26.Be5 h5 27.h3 Kh7 28.Bc7 Rc8 29.Rd3 g5
30.g4 Kg6 31.Rfd1 hxg4 32.hxg4 Rh8 33.Be5 Rh4 34.Nd6 Rch8
35.Ne4 Nxe4 36.Bxh8 Nxf2 37.Be5 Nxd1 38.Rxd1 f5 39.gxf5 exf5
40.Bg3 Re4 41.Rd3 g4 42.Kg2 f4 43.Bh4 Kh5 44.Bd8 Re2+ 45.Kf1
Rf2+ 46.Ke1 g3 47.Rd5+ Kg4 48.Rg5+ Kf3 49.Bxb6 Bxb6 50.c5 Bd8
51.Rd5 Re2+ 52.Kd1 g2 53.Rd3+ Kf2 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1992.02.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.Qe2 Bd6
14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.a4 b4 17.Nd1 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Ne3
Rc8 20.Rad1 h5 21.Kh1 b3 22.Bb1 a5 23.Qd2 c3 24.bxc3 Qxc3
25.Qe2 Qb4 26.Bd3 Ke7 27.Bb5 Rcd8 28.Nc4 Bb8 29.Qe3 Ba8 30.Rd3
Rc8 31.d6 Bxd6 32.Nxd6 Rcd8 33.Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1992.02.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valery Salov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Nd5 e4 6.Ng1 O-O 7.Qc2
Re8 8.Ne2 Bd6 9.a3 b5 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.c5 Be5 12.Ng3 Bb7
13.Be2 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Ne5 15.Rh4 Qg6 16.Qc3 d5 17.b4 Rad8 18.Kf1
d4 19.exd4 Nd3 20.Bb2 Bd5 21.Kg1 Re6 22.Rf1 f5 23.Ba1 c6
24.Bh5 Qg5 25.Be2 Rde8 26.Qc2 Rh6 27.Rxh6 Qxh6 28.Bc3 f4
29.Qd1 f3 30.gxf3 Rf8 31.fxe4 Bxe4 32.f3 Qh3 33.Rf2 Nxf2
34.Kxf2 Qh2+ 35.Ke3 Bd5 36.Kd3 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1992.03.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qd2 Be7 9.Bd3 b6 10.Neg5 h6 11.Bh7+ Kh8 12.Be4
Bxg5 13.Nxg5 c6 14.Nf3 Bb7 15.Ne5 Qc7 16.Qf4 Kg8 17.Qg3 Nd7
18.Nxc6 Qxg3 19.hxg3 Kh8 20.O-O-O Rfc8 21.d5 Nf6 22.Bf3 exd5
23.Ne7 Rc5 24.Nf5 Ne4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Nd6 Bc6 27.b4 Rd5 28.b5
Rxb5 29.Nxb5 Bxb5 30.Rhe1 Re8 31.Rd4 Bc6 32.Rd6 Bb5 33.Rd4 Bc6
34.Re3 Re5 35.Rc3 Bd5 36.Ra3 a5 37.c4 Be6 38.Kd2 Rf5 39.f3
exf3 40.gxf3 Rh5 41.Rb3 Rh2+ 42.Kc3 Rxa2 43.Rxb6 Ra3+ 44.Rb3
Ra1 45.Kb2 Ra4 46.Rc3 Kh7 47.Re4 Rb4+ 48.Ka3 Kg6 49.Rxe6+ fxe6
50.c5 Kf6 51.c6 Rb8 52.c7 Rc8 53.Ka4 Ke5 54.Kxa5 Kd4 55.Rc6
Ke3 56.f4+ Kf2 57.Rc3 g5 58.Kb6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1992.03.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O e6 7.d3
Nge7 8.Qe1 h6 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Bb3 d5 11.Rd1 f5 12.exd5 exd5
13.Kh1 a6 14.Ne2 Kh8 15.Qg3 Qd6 16.Ne5 Kh7 17.Rde1 Be6 18.c3
Bg8 19.d4 cxd4 20.cxd4 Nc8 21.Bc3 N8a7 22.h4 h5 23.Ng1 Nb5
24.Ngf3 Bh6 25.Ng5+ Bxg5 26.Qxg5 Rae8 27.Ba4 Nxc3 28.Bxc6 Ne4
29.Rxe4 dxe4 30.Bxe8 Rxe8 31.Rc1 Ra8 32.g4 hxg4 33.h5 e3
34.Kg1 e2 35.Qxg6+ Qxg6 36.hxg6 Kh6 37.Kf2 Rd8 38.Ke3 Bxa2
39.Re1 Kg7 40.Rxe2 Rh8 41.d5 Bxd5 42.Rd2 Be6 43.Rd6 Bc8 44.b4
Rh3+ 45.Kf2 Rb3 46.Rd8 Be6 47.Rd6 Bc8 48.Rd8 Rc3 49.Re8 Rc7
50.Kg3 b6 51.Kh4 a5 52.bxa5 bxa5 53.Rd8 a4 54.Rd3 Ra7 55.Ra3
Kh6 56.Nc6 Ra8 57.Ne7 Be6 58.Rd3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Munchen"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.e3
O-O 8.Qc2 a5 9.b3 Bd7 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.Bd3 Na7 12.Ne5 h6 13.g4 c5
14.h4 a4 15.g5 axb3 16.Qxb3 dxc4 17.Bxc4 b5 18.gxf6 Bxf6
19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Be2 c4 21.Qc2 c3 22.Bxc3 Be7 23.Rg1 Qc7 24.Ne4
f5 25.d5 e5 26.d6 Bxd6 27.Nxd6 Qxc3+ 28.Qxc3 Rxc3 29.Nxb5 Nxb5
30.Bxb5 f4 31.exf4 exf4 32.a4 Rfc8 33.Rg4 f3 34.a5 R3c5 35.Rb4
Rd8 36.a6 Rc7 37.Rb3 1-0

[Event "Munchen"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Lobron"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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.Kg2 a5
14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Qb3 Ne8 16.Bd2 Ra8 17.c5 Kh8 18.cxd6 Nxd6
19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.dxe6 Nc6 21.Nd5 Re8 22.Bc3 Nd4 23.Bxd4 exd4
24.Nxf4 c6 25.Bd3 Qe7 26.h4 Ra5 27.a4 Rea8 28.Rae1 Rxa4 29.e5
Nf5 30.Bxf5 gxf5 31.Qb1 Rf8 32.Re2 Bh6 33.Nd3 Rg8 34.Kh3 Qxe6
35.Qxb7 Ra3 36.Qb1 Be3 37.Rg2 f4 38.g4 h5 39.Qc2 Rc3 40.Qb1
hxg4 41.Rxg4 c5 42.Qb5 c4 43.Ra1 Rxd3 44.Ra6 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Munchen"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christopher Lutz"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

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.Bd2 f5 11.Rc1 Kh8 12.Nd3 Nf6 13.f3
c6 14.Nf2 f4 15.dxc6 Nxc6 16.Nd5 Nd4 17.Bc3 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Nxe2+
19.Qxe2 Bd7 20.Rc2 Qb6 21.Rfc1 Bf6 22.Kh1 Rfc8 23.Nd3 g5 24.b3
Rg8 25.Qf2 Qa6 26.Nb4 Qa3 27.Nd3 Raf8 28.Bb2 Qa6 29.Rc7 Bc8
30.Qc2 g4 31.fxg4 Bxg4 32.Nf2 Be2 33.Qc3 f3 34.g3 Qb6 35.Qe1
Bg5 36.R1c2 Be3 37.Nh3 Bd3 38.Qa1 Bxc2 39.Rxc2 f2 40.Qf1 Qa6
41.Kg2 Rc8 42.Re2 Qd3 43.Nxf2 Bxf2 44.Rxf2 Qxe4+ 45.Kg1 Qxd5
46.Rf7 Qc5+ 47.Kh1 Qc6+ 48.Kg1 Qc5+ 49.Kh1 Qd5+ 50.Kg1 Rg6
51.Rf8+ Rxf8 52.Qxf8+ Qg8 53.Qe7 Qc8 54.Ba3 a5 55.b4 axb4
56.Bxb4 Kg8 57.a3 b5 0-1

[Event "Munchen"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Matthias Wahls"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Rc1
c6 14.Be3 c5 15.g4 Neg8 16.Kg2 Ne8 17.Rh1 f4 18.Bf2 h5 19.h4
Nh6 20.g5 Nf7 21.b4 b6 22.Qa4 Nc7 23.Rb1 Re8 24.Qa3 Bf8 25.Bd1
Ba6 26.Nb2 Be7 27.Ba4 Rg8 28.Bc6 cxb4 29.Qxb4 Rb8 30.Nb5 Nxb5
31.cxb5 Bc8 32.Qa4 Bxg5 33.hxg5 Qxg5+ 34.Kf1 Qe7 35.Nc4 Rg7
36.Qb4 Rh7 37.a4 g5 38.a5 Qc7 39.axb6 axb6 40.Ra1 h4 41.Bxb6
Rxb6 42.Qa5 Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Joris Brenninkmeijer"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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.a3 b4 10.Ne4 bxa3 11.bxa3 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6
13.O-O O-O 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.e4 c5 16.Bf4 Qc8 17.Qe2 c4 18.Bc2 g6
19.Ne5 Bxa3 20.Bg5 Nd7 21.Nxc4 Ba6 22.Bd3 Bxc4 23.Bxc4 Nb6
24.Ba6 Qd7 25.Rfd1 f6 26.Bh6 Rf7 27.d5 exd5 28.exd5 Bd6 29.Bb5
Qe7 30.Qf3 f5 31.Bf4 Rd8 32.Re1 Qf8 33.Be3 Bc5 34.Bg5 Be7
35.Bf4 Bd6 36.Bc1 Nd7 37.Bb2 Qh6 38.g3 Qd2 39.Bc3 Qg5 40.Re6
Nc5 41.Ba1 Ne4 42.Rd1 Qh5 43.Qxh5 gxh5 44.Kg2 Bf8 45.Bc4 Nd6
46.Be2 h4 47.Bf6 Rc8 48.Bxh4 Rc2 49.Bd3 Rc5 50.Bb1 Rd7 51.Bg5
Nf7 52.Be3 Rcxd5 53.Rxd5 Rxd5 54.Ra6 Rb5 55.Ba2 Rb7 56.Bxa7
Bg7 57.Be3 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alfonso Romero Holmes"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 c6 9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.g4 f5 12.gxf5 gxf5 13.exf5
Nb6 14.Kh1 Bxf5 15.Rg1 Nf6 16.Nf3 Ng4 17.Ng5 Nxe3 18.fxe3 e4
19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.dxe6 Qe7 21.Nxe4 Qxe6 22.Bd3 Kh8 23.Rg3 Nd7
24.Ng5 Qh6 25.Nxh7 Rf2 26.Qg1 Ne5 27.Be4 Raf8 28.Nxf8+ Rxf8
29.Qg2 Bf6 30.Rg1 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.Ne5
Ne4 8.O-O Bxd2 9.Bxd2 Bb7 10.Bc1 Qe7 11.b3 d6 12.Nd3 c5 13.Bb2
cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nd7 15.Bb2 a5 16.Nf4 a4 17.f3 Nef6 18.Ba3 Nc5
19.b4 Ncd7 20.Rc1 Rfd8 21.Rc3 b5 22.cxb5 e5 23.Nh3 Nb6 24.Qd3
Nfd5 25.Rc6 f4 26.Rfc1 Rac8 27.Nf2 Qe8 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Bh3
Rxc1+ 30.Bxc1 Bc8 31.Bd2 h6 32.gxf4 Bxh3 33.Nxh3 Qh5 34.e4
Qxh3 35.exd5 Nd7 36.Qe2 Qh5 37.Kh1 Kh8 38.Qd3 Qh4 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gyula Sax"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O e6 7.d3
Nge7 8.Qe1 h6 9.Qg3 d5 10.Bb3 O-O 11.f5 dxe4 12.dxe4 exf5
13.Qh4 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Nf5 15.Qxd8 Rxd8 16.Nxc5 b6 17.Ne4 Ncd4
18.c3 Nxf3+ 19.gxf3 g5 20.Kf2 Bb7 21.Be3 Nxe3 22.Kxe3 Be5
23.h4 Bf4+ 24.Kf2 Bxe4 25.fxe4 Rd2+ 26.Kf3 Rxb2 27.hxg5 hxg5
28.Rad1 Kg7 29.Rh1 Rc8 30.Rd7 Rxc3+ 31.Kg4 Rg2+ 32.Kf5 Rc5+
33.Bd5 Rc7 34.Rxc7 Bxc7 35.Rc1 Rf2+ 36.Kg4 Be5 37.Rc8 Kg6
38.Rg8+ Kf6 39.Ra8 a5 40.Rc8 Rf4+ 41.Kh3 Rh4+ 42.Kg2 g4 43.Rf8
Rh2+ 44.Kf1 Rh7 45.Rg8 Rh1+ 46.Ke2 g3 47.Rg4 b5 48.Rg8 0-1

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Qc7 12.axb4 Bxb4+
13.Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.Nxd2 c5 15.Qc2 Qb6 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Qa4 Rb8
18.O-O O-O 19.Qxd7 Rfd8 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Qxf7 Rxd2 22.Ra4 Qg5
23.g3 e5 24.Rh4+ Qxh4 25.gxh4 Rd6 26.h5 Be4 27.Qe7 Rbb6
28.Qxe5 Re6 29.Qf4 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Patrick Wolff"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qa5
7.b4 Qh5 8.Ne5 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e4 e5 11.Qc4 Bd7 12.Be3 Qg4
13.a3 Be7 14.f3 Qh4+ 15.g3 Qh5 16.Be2 Qh3 17.Bc5 Qe6 18.Na4
Qxc4 19.Bxc4 Bxc5 20.Nxc5 a5 21.Kf2 Ke7 22.Nd3 Rhb8 23.Nxe5
axb4 24.axb4 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Rxb4 26.Bxf7 Rb2+ 27.Kg1 Bh3 28.Ra2
Rb1+ 29.Kf2 g5 30.Bc4 c5 31.Ra7+ Bd7 32.Nd3 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Lars Bo Hansen"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 b4 9.Ne4 Be7 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.e4 O-O 13.e5
Nd7 14.Be4 Rb8 15.Qc2 h6 16.Be3 c5 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Rfd1 Qc8
19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Rac1 Rc7 21.Rd4 Rd8 22.Rc4 Rdd7 23.Nd4 Na6
24.Nc6 Bf8 25.h4 Qb7 26.h5 Rd5 27.Qa4 Nc5 28.Bxc5 Qxc6 29.Qxc6
Rxc6 30.Bxf8 Rxc4 31.Rxc4 Kxf8 32.Rxb4 a5 33.Rb8+ Ke7 34.Rb7+
Kf8 35.f4 f6 36.Kf2 fxe5 37.fxe5 Rxe5 38.g4 Re4 39.Kf3 Rc4
40.a3 Rd4 41.b4 Rd3+ 42.Ke4 Rxa3 43.b5 a4 44.Ke5 Ra1 45.Kxe6
Kg8 46.Kd5 a3 47.Kc4 Kf8 48.Kb3 Kg8 49.Ra7 Rb1+ 50.Kc4 Ra1
51.Ra5 Kf7 52.Kb3 Kf6 53.Rxa3 Rb1+ 54.Kc4 Kg5 55.Rb3 Rc1+
56.Kd4 Kxg4 57.b6 Rd1+ 58.Ke3 Rd8 59.Rb5 Re8+ 60.Kd4 Rd8+
61.Rd5 Rc8 62.b7 Rb8 63.Rb5 Kh4 64.Kc4 Kg4 65.Kb4 Rf8 66.Ka5
Rg8 67.Rc5 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Curt Hansen"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Bb7
7.Bg5 d6 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 h5 12.h4 g4
13.Ng5 Bxg2 14.Rg1 Bb7 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.b4 Kb8
18.Kb2 e5 19.Bf5 Rhe8 20.d5 e4 21.Qc3 b5 22.c5 Nxd5 23.Rxd5
Bxd5 24.Rd1 dxc5 25.Rxd5 Nb6 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Kc2 Na4 28.Qe5
Qxe5 29.Bxe5 Rd3 30.Nxe4 Rxa3 31.bxc5 Ra2+ 32.Kb3 Re2 33.Bd7
a6 34.Bd4 Re1 35.Ng3 Rc1 36.Nxh5 Rxc5 37.Nf6 Rc1 38.h5 c5
39.Be5+ Kb7 40.h6 c4 41.Kb4 Rb1+ 42.Ka5 Nc5 43.h7 Nxd7 44.Nxd7
Rh1 45.h8=Q Rxh8 46.Bxh8 Kc6 47.Nb8+ Kd5 48.Nxa6 Ke4 49.Kxb5
Kf3 50.Kxc4 Kxf2 51.e4 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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.Bf4 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5
13.Nf5 Bg6 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Qxd5 Rad8 17.Qc4 Nd4
18.e4 b5 19.Qd3 f5 20.Rae1 Qf7 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Qc3 b4 23.Qc5
Ne6 24.Qxb4 Nxf4 25.gxf4 Qxa2 26.Re7 Rf7 27.Rfe1 Rxe7 28.Rxe7
Qa6 29.Rxg7+ Kxg7 30.Qe7+ Kg6 31.Qxd8 Qa1+ 32.Kh2 Qxb2 33.Qe8+
Kg7 34.Qe7+ Kg6 35.Qxa7 Qg7 36.Qc5 Qf6 37.Qd5 h5 38.Be4 h4
39.Bxf5+ Qxf5 40.Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O b5 10.e5 Bb7 11.Qh3 dxe5 12.Nxe6 fxe6
13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Nxb5 axb5 15.Bxb5 Be4 16.Rd2 Kf8 17.Bc4 Bg6
18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.fxe5 Bb4 20.Rf2 Bf7 21.Qxf7+ Qxf7 22.Bxf7 Kxf7
23.a3 Be7 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.c3 h5 26.Rd1 h4 27.h3 Rhe8 28.Rd7+
Kg6 29.Kd1 Rab8 30.Rdd2 Rb6 31.Rfe2 Reb8 32.Rf2 Bg5 33.Rde2
R8b7 34.a4 Bf6 35.Kc1 Ra6 36.Re4 Rba7 37.b3 Bxc3 38.Rg4+ Kh5
39.Rf5+ Kh6 40.Rxh4+ Kg6 41.Rc5 Bf6+ 42.Rg4+ Kh6 43.Kc2 Re6
44.a5 Re3 45.b4 Ra3 46.Re4 Rd7 47.g4 Bg5 48.Re6+ g6 49.Kb2
Rxh3 50.Rc3 Rh4 51.a6 Rxg4 52.Kb3 Rdd4 53.Rh3+ Kg7 54.Rb6 Be7
55.a7 Rxb4+ 56.Kc2 Ra4 57.Rb7 Rge4 58.Rc3 Kf6 59.Rc8 Re2+
60.Kd3 Rea2 61.Rc6+ Kf7 62.Rcc7 R4a3+ 63.Kc4 Rc2+ 64.Kb5 Rb3+
65.Ka4 Ra3+ 66.Kb5 Rb2+ 67.Kc6 Ra6+ 68.Kd5 Rxb7 69.Rxb7 Ra5+
70.Kc6 Ke6 71.Rc7 Bc5 72.a8=Q Rxa8 73.Kxc5 Rd8 74.Rh7 g5
75.Kc4 Kf5 76.Rf7+ Ke4 77.Re7+ Kf4 78.Rf7+ Kg3 79.Kc3 g4
80.Rg7 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Qe2 b6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 c5 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Rd1 cxd4
13.Bf4 Bc5 14.Be5 Bb7 15.Nxd4 Nd7 16.Nb3 Qg5 17.Bg3 Rad8
18.Nxc5 Nxc5 19.Bc2 f5 20.f3 f4 21.Bf2 e5 22.b4 Nd7 23.c5 bxc5
24.bxc5 Kh8 25.h4 Qh5 26.Qb5 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Qxf3 28.Qd3 Qg4+
29.Kh2 e4 30.Qxe4 Nf6 31.Qg2 Qe2 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Rg1 g6 34.Be1
Qc4 35.Rf1 Re8 36.Bb3 Qxc5 37.Qb2 Kg7 38.Bc3 f3 39.Bxf6+ Kh6
40.Qd2+ Kh5 41.Qd5+ Qxd5 42.Bxd5 Re2+ 43.Kg3 1-0

[Event "Munich (Germany)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Gerald Hertneck"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 Na6
8.O-O Bf5 9.Bxf5 gxf5 10.b3 Ne4 11.Bb2 e6 12.Ne2 Kh8 13.Nf4
Nc7 14.Qe2 Rg8 15.Nh5 f6 16.Nd2 Qe7 17.f4 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 Bh6
19.Kh2 Rg6 20.a4 Rag8 21.Rf2 Bf8 22.c5 Qe8 23.Qe2 Be7 24.Rg1
Qb8 25.Qc2 Na6 26.Bc3 b6 27.b4 Nc7 28.Qd3 b5 29.Ra2 bxa4
30.Rxa4 a6 31.Be1 Qf8 32.Ra2 Bd8 33.Qf1 Qf7 34.Ng3 Qg7 35.Ne2
Rf8 36.Qf3 Kg8 37.Nc1 e5 38.Qh5 exf4 39.exf4 Qd7 40.Ne2 Re8
41.Ng3 Ne6 42.Qxf5 Bc7 43.Rf1 Qc8 44.Nh5 Kf7 45.Bc3 Qb7 46.Re2
Qc8 47.Rfe1 Rh6 48.Kh1 Bd8 49.Bd2 Re7 50.g4 Qd7 51.Rxe6 Rxe6
52.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Munich (Germany)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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.Rb1 Bf8 11.d3 Nd4 12.Ne1 c6
13.e3 Ne6 14.Nf3 Nc7 15.Qc2 Nbd5 16.Ne2 Bg4 17.Bb2 Qf6 18.d4
exd4 19.Nfxd4 Qg6 20.e4 Rad8 21.Rbe1 Nb6 22.f4 Bxe2 23.Rxe2
Nb5 24.Nf3 c5 25.bxc5 Rc8 26.Qb3 Bxc5+ 27.Kh1 Nd6 28.e5 Nf5
29.Ng5 h6 30.g4 hxg5 31.gxf5 Qxf5 32.fxg5 Qe6 33.Qf3 Rc7
34.Re4 Nc4 35.Bc3 b5 36.Rh4 Ne3 37.Qh5 Kf8 38.Rf3 Rd8 39.Rxe3
Bxe3 40.Bb4+ Bc5 0-1

[Event "Munich (Germany)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g5 7.Nbd2
Bg7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Nc4 Be6 10.Re1 Re8 11.h4 g4 12.Nh2 h5 13.Bg5
Qd7 14.Nf1 d5 15.Ncd2 d4 16.Ng3 dxc3 17.bxc3 Qxd3 18.Bxf6 Bxf6
19.Nxh5 Bh8 20.Re3 Qd7 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Rg3 Rad8 23.Qe2 Kf8
24.Nf1 Ke7 25.Rxg4 Rg8 26.Rxg8 Rxg8 27.Rb1 Nd8 28.Nhg3 Kd7
29.Ne3 Bg7 30.Rd1+ Kc8 31.Qg4 1-0

[Event "Munich (Germany)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "63"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6
8.Qd2 h6 9.Be3 exd5 10.cxd5 a6 11.Rc1 Re8 12.b3 b5 13.Bd3 b4
14.Nd1 a5 15.Ne2 a4 16.O-O axb3 17.axb3 Kh7 18.Bf2 Nbd7 19.Ne3
Nb6 20.Rfe1 Ra3 21.Bb5 Re7 22.Qd3 Rea7 23.h3 Ba6 24.Bxa6 R7xa6
25.Bh4 Qe8 26.Bg3 Qe7 27.Bh4 Qa7 28.Kh1 Nfd7 29.f4 R6a5 30.e5
dxe5 31.f5 c4 32.fxg6 fxg6 33.Nxc4 Rxd5 34.Qf3 e4 35.Qxe4 Nc5
36.Qe8 Rf5 37.Nd6 Rf8 38.Qb5 Nxb3 39.Rcd1 Qa5 40.Qc6 Qc5
41.Qb7 Na5 42.Qe4 Re3 43.Qb1 b3 44.Rd3 Rxd3 45.Qxd3 Qd5 46.Qg3
g5 47.Bxg5 Qxg5 48.Qd3+ Qg6 49.Ne4 b2 50.g3 Rd8 51.Qf3 Nd5
52.Nf4 Nxf4 53.gxf4 Rf8 54.Nd2 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Jesus Nogueiras"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 Be7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3
a6 8.a3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Ba2 c5 11.Rd1 c4 12.e4 Bb7 13.Bb1 g6
14.O-O Qb6 15.d5 exd5 16.e5 Nh5 17.Bh6 d4 18.Nxd4 Nxe5 19.Bxf8
Bxf8 20.Nce2 Rd8 21.Qc3 Bc5 22.Kh1 Qf6 23.f3 Bd6 24.Be4 Bxe4
25.fxe4 Qh4 26.Nf5 gxf5 27.Rxd6 Rxd6 28.Qxe5 Re6 29.Qb8+ Kg7
30.Nd4 Ng3+ 31.Qxg3+ Qxg3 32.Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Zdenko Kozul"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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
Nd7 13.Bb4 Nb6 14.Ra1 Qe6 15.Qb1 Bd7 16.Ra5 Nc8 17.d5 Qb6
18.e5 Bf5 19.Qb3 a6 20.Qa3 Bg4 21.Re1 Re8 22.Rc5 Qd8 23.h3 b6
24.Rcc1 Bxf3 25.Bxf3 a5 26.Bd2 Ra7 27.Qa4 Rf8 28.Bf4 b5
29.Qxb5 a4 30.Bg4 Ra5 31.Qb4 Qb6 32.Qc4 Na7 33.Bd2 a3 34.Bxa5
Qxa5 35.Qc5 Qa4 36.Qxe7 a2 37.Bd7 Qa5 38.d6 Rb8 39.Be8 Kh8
40.Bxf7+ Nc6 41.Qc7 1-0

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ian Rogers"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Be3
Nge7 8.Be2 O-O 9.Qd2 f5 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.O-O Qf6 12.exf5 Bxf5
13.Rad1 Kh8 14.Nd5 Qf7 15.f4 Rae8 16.b4 b6 17.a3 Nd8 18.Nc3 c5
19.Bf2 Bd7 20.bxc5 bxc5 21.Bf3 Qxf4 22.Qxf4 Rxf4 23.Rxd6 Bf5
24.Nd5 Rxc4 25.Ne3 Ra4 26.Nxf5 gxf5 27.Bh5 Rf8 28.Rfd1 Bd4
29.Bxd4+ cxd4 30.R6xd4 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 Nc6 32.Rd6 Rc8 33.Be2 Ne5
34.Rd5 Re8 35.h3 Re7 36.Kf2 Kg7 37.Rd6 f4 38.Rd4 Rf7 39.Re4
Ng6 40.Ra4 Ne5 41.Ra6 Rc7 42.Re6 Ng6 43.a4 a5 44.Ra6 Rc5
45.Ra7+ Kh6 46.Bb5 Ne5 47.Rxa5 Rc2+ 48.Kg1 f3 49.gxf3 Nxf3+
50.Kf1 Nh2+ 51.Ke1 Nf3+ 52.Kd1 Rh2 53.Ra6+ Kg5 54.Rd6 Rxh3
55.a5 Rh1+ 56.Ke2 Ra1 57.a6 Ra5 58.Rd5+ Kf4 59.Kd3 h5 60.Kc3
h4 61.Kb4 Ra1 62.Ba4 1-0

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.h4 e5
8.d5 h6 9.Be3 Nc5 10.Qc2 c6 11.h5 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7 13.hxg6
fxg6 14.b4 Na6 15.a3 h5 16.f3 Nh7 17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.Bxb5 Bf6
19.Nh3 Bh4+ 20.Ke2 Nc7 21.Bd3 Ne8 22.Rac1 Rf7 23.Qd2 Nef6
24.Rc3 g5 25.Rg1 g4 26.g3 gxf3 27.Kd1 Ng4 28.gxh4 Qxh4 29.Bf1
Rg7 30.Bf2 Qf6 31.Rg3 Rf8 32.Ke1 Nh2 33.Bb5 Kh8 34.Qc2 Rg4
35.Rxg4 hxg4 36.Bg3 gxh3 37.Qxh2 Qg6 38.Re3 Qg4 39.Bf2 Ng5
40.Qg3 Qh5 41.Qh2 Qg4 42.Bf1 Rf7 43.Kd1 Rh7 44.Bd3 Qg2 45.Bg3
Rf7 46.Re1 f2 47.Bxe5+ dxe5 48.Qxe5+ Kh7 49.Rf1 h2 50.Kc2 h1=Q
51.Rxh1+ Qxh1 52.Qxg5 f1=Q 53.Bxf1 Rxf1 54.Qe7+ Kh6 55.Qe6+
0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki (Greece)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 cxd5
7.Bf4 e6 8.e3 b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Be7 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 O-O
13.Nc1 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Nb3 Rc8 16.Qe2 Qb6 17.a5 Qa7
18.Rfc1 Qa8 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qg4 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Ra1 Qb8
23.Qg3 Bd8 24.Nd4 Nc5 25.Bb1 Bxa5 26.h4 Bd8 27.h5 Qc7 28.Bh6
Qe7 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Bxg6 fxg6 31.Qxg6+ Kh8 32.Rc1 Rc7 33.f4
Qh7 34.Qe8+ Qg8 35.Bf8 Rf7 36.Qxd8 Nd3 37.Rc7 Rxc7 38.Qf6+ Rg7
39.Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Chalkidiki (Greece)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f4 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qe2 Be7 11.h3 Nd7 12.O-O-O Nce5
13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.Rxd5 O-O 15.h4 Rc8 16.g4 Qc7 17.g5 Nb6 18.Rd4
a5 19.Rh3 a4 20.Na1 f6 21.Rc3 Nc6 22.Rd1 fxg5 23.Bxg5 Rce8
24.Be3 Bf6 25.Qb5 Nd7 26.Rcd3 Nc5 27.Rxd6 Nxe4 28.R6d3 Qe5
29.Ra3 Qxb5 30.Bxb5 Nc3 31.bxc3 Rxe3 32.Rxa4 Rxc3 33.Nb3 Ne5
34.Re4 Rfc8 35.Re2 Nc4 36.Bxc4+ R3xc4 37.h5 Rh4 38.Rd5 Bc3
39.Kb1 Rh1+ 40.Nc1 h6 41.a4 Bf6 42.Red2 Bg5 43.Rd1 Rh2 44.Rb5
Rcxc2 45.Nd3 Bf6 46.Rf1 Ra2 47.Rxf6 gxf6 48.Rxb7 Rxa4 49.Rb8+
Kf7 50.Rb7+ Ke8 51.Rb8+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 d5 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 Nb8 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Bb5 e6 12.a3 Bd7
13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.O-O g6 15.Qd2 Qc7 16.Rf3 b6 17.Nd1 h5 18.a4
Bc5 19.Rc3 Be7 20.b4 Qb7 21.Rb3 Bd7 22.Ne3 Rc8 23.a5 Bb5
24.axb6 a6 25.Rc3 Kd7 26.Rc5 Rxc5 27.bxc5 Rc8 28.c4 dxc4
29.Rc1 Ke8 30.Nxc4 Qd5 31.Na5 Bc6 32.Be3 Qe4 33.Nxc6 Qxc6
34.h3 Qb5 35.Qc2 Qc6 36.Kh2 a5 37.Ra1 Ra8 38.Ra4 h4 39.Qa2 Qb5
40.c6 Qxc6 41.Rxa5 Rb8 42.Ra7 Qe4 43.Qb3 Kf8 44.Rd7 g5 45.Rd4
Qf5 46.Rc4 Rb7 47.Rc8+ Kg7 48.Rc7 gxf4 49.Bd4 Qe4 50.Qf3 1-0

[Event "Wijk cm1"]
[Site "Wijk cm1"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.Nxd5 Nxd5 6.Qxd5 d6
7.e4 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.Qh5 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Ng5 Bxg5 12.Bxg5
Qa5+ 13.c3 Nc6 14.O-O Rae8 15.Bh4 Qb5 16.Bg3 e5 17.Rfb1 Qc4
18.Re1 b5 19.Qg4 Qe6 20.Qe2 Rb8 21.a4 bxa4 22.Qa6 Rb6 23.Qxa4
Qb3 24.Qxb3+ Rxb3 25.Red1 Rxb2 26.Rxd6 Rfb8 27.h3 R8b6 28.Rd5
a5 29.Bxe5 Rb1+ 30.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 31.Kh2 c4 32.Bd6 a4 33.Rf5 h6
34.Rf8+ Kh7 35.Ra8 Rb3 36.e5 Rxc3 37.e6 1-0

[Event "Wijk cm1"]
[Site "Wijk cm1"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7
7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bd3 Be6 11.Re1 Nc6 12.a3 Qd6
13.Be3 Nd5 14.Qc2 Kh8 15.Rad1 f5 16.Bc1 Rad8 17.Re2 Bf6
18.Rde1 Bc8 19.Bc4 Nxc3 20.bxc3 h6 21.a4 b6 22.h4 Na5 23.Ba2
c5 24.Ng5 Ba6 25.Re6 Qd7 26.Qxf5 Bxg5 27.Qg6 Qf7 28.Qxf7 Rxf7
29.hxg5 cxd4 30.cxd4 Bc4 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.Rxe8+ Kh7 33.Bb1+ g6
34.gxh6 Nc6 35.Be3 Re7 36.Rc8 Bd5 37.Bd3 Nb4 38.Be2 Be6 39.Rd8
Nd5 40.Bg5 Rd7 41.Re8 Bf7 42.Rb8 Be6 43.Bf3 Rf7 44.Rd8 Rf5
45.Bd2 Nf6 46.Ra8 g5 47.Rxa7+ Kxh6 48.Ra6 Nd7 49.a5 Rb5
50.axb6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad 1994"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Utut Adianto"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 a5 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Qb6 13.Nd2
Ba6 14.Re1 Rc8 15.Qc2 Be7 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 O-O 18.Bd2 Nf6
19.Bf3 c5 20.Rec1 Qb8 21.Qa6 cxd4 22.Qxa5 bxa3 23.bxa3 Rxc1+
24.Rxc1 Qb3 25.a4 Ba3 26.Rf1 Bb2 27.Qb5 Qc2 28.Bb4 Rc8 29.Bb7
Re8 30.a5 dxe3 31.fxe3 Rd8 32.a6 Qb3 33.Qc5 Nd7 34.Qa5 Qxe3+
35.Kh1 Nb6 36.Bc5 Qe2 37.Rg1 Be5 38.Bxb6 Qh5 39.h3 Rd3 40.Be3
g6 41.Bf3 Qf5 42.a7 Rxe3 43.a8=Q+ Kg7 44.Qc5 1-0

[Event "10, Horgen CZE"]
[Site "10, Horgen CZE"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3
O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.exd4 Nc6 12.Ne4 Qf4
13.Qe2 Rd8 14.g3 Qg4 15.Qe3 Ba5 16.Be2 Bb6 17.Rfd1 Qf5 18.Nc5
Qf6 19.Ne5 Nb4 20.a3 Nd5 21.Qe4 Bc7 22.Bd3 g6 23.Qe2 b6 24.Ne4
Qg7 25.Nc6 Rd7 26.Bb5 a6 27.Ba4 b5 28.Bb3 Bb6 29.Qf3 f5 30.Nc5
Rd6 31.Bxd5 exd5 32.Re1 Qf8 33.Ne7+ Kh7 34.Qf4 Qf6 35.Nxc8
Rxc8 36.Nd7 Rxd7 37.Rxc8 Bxd4 38.Rc7 Rg7 39.Rxg7+ Qxg7 40.Qd6
Bf6 41.Re6 1-0

[Event "Munich (Germany)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.e5
dxe5 8.Nxe5 O-O 9.Re1 a6 10.Bxd7 Nbxd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.a5 Nd5
13.Nd2 e5 14.Nc4 Rfe8 15.c3 Rad8 16.Qf3 Re6 17.Bd2 f5 18.Rad1
Rde8 19.Bc1 Rc8 20.Re2 b5 21.axb6 Nxb6 22.Ree1 Qf7 23.Qh3 Qd7
24.Qf3 Qf7 25.Qg3 Qe8 26.Qh4 Nd5 27.Re2 Qf7 28.Rde1 Rce8
29.Qg3 Qc7 30.h3 Nb6 31.Nxb6 Qxb6 32.Qf3 Qb3 33.Kf1 a5 34.Qe3
Qb5 35.c4 Qb6 36.Bd2 e4 37.Bc3 Bxc3 38.bxc3 Qd6 39.dxe4 Rxe4
40.Qf3 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.e4 c5
8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bxc4 Qc7 10.Nb5 Qd7 11.Bf4 $5 Bxe4 12.Qe2 O-O
13.Rd1 Qb7 14.Nc7 e5 15.Bxe5 Nbd7 16.Ba6 $1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qb8
18.Bg3 Qxc7 19.Bxc7 Rfe8 20.b4 Rxe2+ 21.Kxe2 Be7 22.Rhe1 Nf8
23.Kf1 Ng6 24.f4 Bf8 25.Bb7 Re8 26.Rxe8 Nxe8 27.Bb8 a5 28.Rd8
1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O
b5 8.Bb3 Be7 9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7 11.Qg3 b4 12.Na4 Nbd7 13.f3
O-O 14.Bh6 Nh5 15.Qh3 gxh6 16.Qxh5 Qa7 17.Rad1 e5 18.c3 exd4
19.cxd4 Kg7 20.Qg4+ Kh8 21.Qf4 Kg7 22.Kh1 Nf6 23.Qg3+ Kh8
24.Qf4 Ng8 25.e5 dxe5 26.Qxe5+ Bf6 27.Qf4 Qb8 28.Qe4 Bg7
29.Nc5 Ra7 30.d5 Qb6 31.Rc1 Re7 32.Qd3 Rd8 33.Qd2 Nf6 34.Rfd1
Ne8 35.Na4 Qb8 36.Rc6 a5 37.Qf2 Qe5 38.Rc5 Nd6 39.Rxa5 Rde8
40.h3 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Na5 9.Qa4 c5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.c5 dxc5 12.Ne5 Qb6
13.Qc2 Qc7 14.Nd3 c4 15.Nc5 Rb8 16.Bd2 Rd8 17.N3a4 Nd5 18.Rad1
e5 19.e4 Nb4 20.Bxb4 Rxb4 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Rd1 Qf8 23.Qd2 Rb5
24.Qd8 Bf6 25.Qc7 Be7 26.Bh3 Kg7 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Qxe5+ Kg6
29.Qc7 a6 30.Nd7 Bxd7 31.Qxd7 Qf6 32.Re1 Rb7 33.Qc8 Kg7
34.Bxf5 Qd4 35.Bb1 Bb4 36.Rf1 Rf7 37.Qh3 h6 38.Qh5 Rf6 39.Nc3
Bxc3 40.bxc3 Qxc3 41.Rd1 Qf3 42.Rd7+ Kf8 43.Rd8+ Kg7 44.Rd7+
Kf8 45.Qc5+ Kg8 46.Bh7+ Kh8 47.Qa7 Rf8 48.Bc2 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qe2 a6 10.Bd3 b5 11.a3 Ba5 12.b4 cxb4
13.Nxb5 Bb7 14.Nd6 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Bc7 16.Nb7 Qe7 17.axb4 e5
18.Bxa6 exd4 19.exd4 Qxb4 20.Be3 Rfb8 21.Rab1 Qe7 22.Bb5 Ra3
23.Bc6 Nb6 24.Rfc1 h5 25.h3 Qe6 26.Rb5 Qa2 27.Qd1 Nbd5 28.Rc2
Nc3 29.Rxa2 Rxa2 30.Qf1 Nxb5 31.g4 Nd6 32.Nxd6 Bxd6 33.g5 Ne8
34.g6 Nf6 35.gxf7+ Kf8 36.Qc4 Ra7 37.Qe6 Rd8 38.Bb5 Re7 39.Qf5
1-0

[Event "Gelfand-Kramnik Candidates Semi-Final"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar IND"]
[Date "1994.07.29"]
[EventDate "1994.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 a6 7.b3 cxd4
8.exd4 Be7 9.c5 b6 10.cxb6 Nd7 11.Bd3 a5 12.Nb5 Qxb6 13.Bf4
O-O 14.O-O Na7 15.Nc7 Rb8 16.b4 Bb7 17.bxa5 Qxa5 18.Qe2 e5
19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qxe5 Nc6 21.Qf4 Rbc8 22.Nb5 Ba6 23.a4 Nb4
24.Bf5 Rcd8 25.Rfe1 Bf6 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Bxb5 28.axb5 Qxb5
29.Ra3 Qc4 30.Bxh7+ Kxh7 31.Qf5+ Kg8 32.Rh3 Rfe8 33.Qh7+ Kf8
34.Qh8+ Ke7 35.Qxg7 d4 36.e6 Kd6 37.e7 Rd7 38.Qe5+ Kc6 39.Rh6+
Kb7 40.Qa5 Rdxe7 41.Rxe7+ Rxe7 42.Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "Gelfand-Kramnik Candidates Semi-Final"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar IND"]
[Date "1994.08.05"]
[EventDate "1994.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nxd5 exd5
7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Qxd5 Qxd5 9.Bxd5 Nb4 10.Be4 f5 11.Bb1 g6 12.Nf3
Nc6 13.d3 Bg7 14.a3 b6 15.Ba2 Bb7 16.O-O Kd7 17.Rb1 Rhe8
18.Re1 Rac8 19.Bd2 Nd4 20.Nxd4 cxd4 21.Bb3 a5 22.Kf1 Bc6 23.a4
Bf8 24.Rbc1 Re5 25.Rc2 Rc5 26.Rxc5 Bxc5 27.Ra1 Re8 28.Bc4 Kd6
29.b3 Re7 30.h4 Kd7 31.Bf4 Bb4 32.Rc1 Bc5 33.Bg8 Rg7 34.Bc4
Re7 35.Bh6 Re5 36.f3 Re8 37.Kf2 Ke7 38.Rg1 Bd7 39.Bg5+ Kf8
40.Bh6+ Ke7 41.Bg5+ Kf8 42.h5 Kg7 43.h6+ Kf8 44.Bf6 Be6
45.Bxe6 Rxe6 46.Bg7+ Kf7 47.g4 Rc6 48.f4 Ke6 49.Kf3 Rc7
50.gxf5+ gxf5 51.Be5 Rd7 52.Rg7 Re7 53.Kg3 Rd7 54.Kh4 Be7+
55.Kh5 Bd8 56.Rxd7 Kxd7 57.Bxd4 Kd6 58.e4 Bc7 59.Kg5 Bd8+
60.Kh5 Bc7 61.Be3 Bd8 62.Bf2 Bc7 63.e5+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.16)"]
[Site "Horgen (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anthony Miles"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Rb1 c6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.b4 Nc7 12.Bb2 Bg4
13.Rfd1 Ne6 14.Nd2 Nf4 15.Bxg4 Nxg4 16.h3 Nf6 17.Nb3 Nd3
18.Ba3 b6 19.Na1 Bf8 20.Nc2 b5 21.cxb5 cxb5 22.Rb3 Nf4 23.Rxd8
Rxd8 24.Bc1 Nxe4 25.Bxf4 Nxc3 26.Bxe5 Nxa2 27.Ra3 Nxb4 28.Nxb4
Bxb4 29.Rxa7 Bd6 30.Bf6 Re8 31.g4 Be5 32.Be7 Rb8 33.Bb4 h6
34.Kg2 Bg7 35.Bd6 Rb6 36.Bb4 Be5 37.Re7 Bd6 38.Re8+ Kh7
39.Bxd6 Rxd6 40.Rb8 Rd5 41.Kf3 Kg7 42.Ke4 Rc5 43.Rb6 Rc4+
44.Kd3 Rb4 45.f3 g5 46.Ke3 Rb2 47.Ke4 Rb3 48.Rb8 Rb1 49.Rb6 b4
50.Ke3 Rb3+ 51.Kf2 Rb1 52.Kg3 b3 53.Kg2 Rb2+ 54.Kg3 Rb1 55.Kg2
f6 56.Kg3 Kf7 57.Kh2 Rb2+ 58.Kg3 Rb1 59.Kh2 Ke7 60.Kg2 Kd7
61.Rxf6 Kc7 62.Rf7+ Kc6 63.Rf8 Rd1 64.Rb8 Rd2+ 65.Kg3 Rd3
66.Kf2 Kc5 67.Ke2 Rc3 68.Rb7 Kc4 69.Rb6 Rc2+ 70.Kd1 Rh2 71.Kc1
Rxh3 72.Rf6 Kc3 73.Rc6+ Kd4+ 74.Kb2 Ke3 75.Rc3+ Kf4 76.Rxb3
Rxf3 77.Rb4+ Kg3 78.Kc2 Rf4 79.Rb6 Kxg4 80.Rxh6 Rd4 81.Rh1 Kf3
82.Kc3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Munich (Germany)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 e6 7.Bc4
Bd6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O c6 10.Bg5 Na6 11.Qe1 Nc7 12.g4 b5 13.Bb3
b4 14.Ne2 Ncd5 15.gxf5 exf5 16.Ne5 Be6 17.Rg1 Qe8 18.Bh6 Ng4
19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.h3 Kh8 21.hxg4 fxg4 22.Rh1 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Qg6
24.Nd4 a5 25.Qd2 Bg8 26.Rh6 Qg7 27.Nxc6 g3 28.Rhh1 Rf2 29.Qd4
Nf4 30.Kb1 Rf8 31.Bxg8 Rxg8 32.Nd8 Rf8 33.Qc5 Re2 34.Rd7 g2
35.Rc1 Rxe5 36.Nf7+ Kg8 37.Nxe5 Qf6 38.Ng4 Qe6 39.Qg5+ Ng6
40.Rdd1 Kg7 41.Qh6+ Kg8 42.Ne3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Bd3 e5
8.d5 c6 9.Nge2 Nc5 10.Bc2 a5 11.Qd2 cxd5 12.exd5 Bd7 13.O-O
Qb6 14.Ng3 Rfc8 15.Be3 Qa6 16.Qe2 Ne8 17.f4 f5 18.Nb5 Nc7
19.a4 Nxb5 20.axb5 Qb6 21.fxe5 Bxe5 22.Bxf5 gxf5 23.Nxf5 Bxf5
24.Rxf5 Rf8 25.Raf1 Bg7 26.Rg5 Rxf1+ 27.Qxf1 Rf8 28.Rxg7+ Kxg7
29.Bh6+ Kxh6 30.Qxf8+ Kg6 31.Qg8+ Kf6 32.Qxh7 Ke5 33.Kh2 Qd8
34.Qh5+ Kd4 35.Qg4+ Ne4 36.b3 Qf6 37.Qd1+ Kc5 38.Qe1 Qf4+
39.g3 Qf3 40.Qg1+ Nf2 41.Qc1 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad 1994"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Robert Kuczynski"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Nf3
Be7 8.c5 Ne4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qd3 Nb4 11.Qb5+ Nc6 12.Nxe4 dxe4
13.Ne5 Qc7 14.O-O-O O-O 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Qe2 Qa5 17.a3 f5 18.f3
Rb8 19.fxe4 fxe4 20.Qxe4 Rf2 21.Be2 Rxb2 22.Kxb2 Qb5+ 23.Ka1
Rxe2 24.Qb1 Qc4 25.Rd3 h6 26.Rc1 Qd5 27.Rc2 Qxg2 28.Rxe2 Qxe2
29.Rg3 Ba6 30.Qb8+ Kh7 31.Qb2 Qd1+ 32.Qb1+ Qxb1+ 33.Kxb1 g5
34.Kc2 Kg6 35.Kd2 Bc4 36.Rf3 g4 37.Rf8 Kg5 38.Ke3 h5 39.a4 Bb3
40.a5 a6 41.Rb8 Bd5 42.Rb6 h4 43.Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad 1994"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Michele Godena"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7
7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ned2 Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nc4 Bb5 11.c3 c5 12.Bf4
cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxc4 14.Bxc4 e5 15.Nf5 Bc5 16.Bg5 e4 17.Bf4 Nb6
18.Bb3 Nbd5 19.Bg5 Qd7 20.Ng3 e3 21.fxe3 h6 22.Bxf6 Nxf6
23.Qf3 Qe7 24.Nf5 Qe5 25.Re2 Rad8 26.Rf1 Kh7 27.Qxb7 Ng4 28.g3
Nxe3 29.Nxe3 Bxe3+ 30.Kh1 Qc5 31.Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Horgen SWZ"]
[Site "Horgen SWZ"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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.e5 Nd5
13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 h6 15.Ne1 f5 16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Bb5 Nb8
18.Nd3 a6 19.Nxb4 axb5 20.a5 Na6 21.Nd3 Rfc8 22.Bd2 Rc2
23.Rac1 Rac8 24.Rxc2 Rxc2 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 Bg6 27.Ne5 Qf5
28.h3 Qc2 29.Nxg6 Qxg6 30.Qc3 Kh7 31.Bf4 Qf7 32.Be5 Qd7 33.h4
Kg8 34.h5 Qd8 35.Qg3 Qd7 36.Bd6 Qf7 37.Qe5 Qf5 38.Qe2 b4 39.g4
Qf6 40.Be5 Qg5 41.Kg2 b3 42.Bd6 Kf7 43.Qd1 Kg8 44.Bg3 Qf6
45.Be5 Qh4 46.Bg3 Qf6 47.Qd2 Qe7 48.Qe3 Qf6 49.Bd6 Kh7 50.Qxb3
Qxd4 51.Qc2+ Kh8 52.Qc8+ Kh7 53.Qc2+ Kh8 54.Qc8+ Kh7 55.Qxe6
Qxb2 56.Be5 Qc2 57.Qe7 Qe4+ 58.Kg3 1-0

[Event "Horgen SWZ"]
[Site "Horgen SWZ"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christopher Lutz"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 e5 7.d5 a5
8.Be2 Na6 9.h4 c6 10.h5 cxd5 11.cxd5 Nc5 12.Be3 Qb6 13.Rb1 Bd7
14.Nf1 a4 15.Nd2 Qa5 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.f3 b5 18.a3 Nh5 19.g4 Nf4
20.Kf2 Bf6 21.Qg1 Bg5 22.Qh2 Kg7 23.Qh7+ Kf6 24.Na2 Nfd3+
25.Bxd3 Nxd3+ 26.Ke2 Bxe3 27.Kxe3 Nf4 28.Qh4+ g5 29.Qh6+ Ke7
30.Qxg5+ f6 31.Rh7+ Rf7 32.Rxf7+ Kxf7 0-1

[Event "FRA"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christopher Lutz"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2
Be7 8.f4 Qc7 9.O-O O-O 10.a4 b6 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.f5 e5 13.Nde2
Nbd7 14.Ng3 Rac8 15.Rf2 Qc4 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 b5 18.Rd2 Bd8
19.axb5 axb5 20.Ra6 Qh4 21.Nf1 Be7 22.Qa1 Nc5 23.Ra5 Ng4
24.Bxg4 Qxg4 25.Rxb5 Ne4 26.Qd1 Qxf5 27.Re2 Qd7 28.Ra5 Bd8
29.Ra3 f5 30.Qd3 Nf6 31.Ra7 Rc7 32.Rxc7 Bxc7 33.Bf2 Ng4 34.Be1
e4 35.Qa6 Nf6 36.Qc6 Qf7 37.Ne3 f4 38.Nf5 Qh5 39.Qxc7 Qxf5
40.Qxd6 Nxd5 41.Rd2 Ne3 42.Qd7 Qg6 43.Qa7 h6 44.b4 Kh7 45.Qd4
Rc8 46.c3 Ra8 47.c4 Ra3 48.Qd6 Qxd6 49.Rxd6 Ra1 50.Kf2 Nxc4
51.Rd4 Ra2+ 52.Kg1 Ne3 53.Rxe4 Rxg2+ 54.Kh1 Re2 55.Bh4 g5
56.h3 Kg6 57.b5 Kh5 58.b6 Kxh4 59.Rb4 Kg3 60.Rb1 f3 61.Rg1+
Kxh3 0-1

[Event "FRA"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O c5 7.Bd3
cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Ne5 b5 11.Qf3 Ra7 12.Bg5 Rc7
13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Qh3 g6 15.Rfe1 b4 16.Na4 Bd5 17.Nc5 Nbd7
18.Nxa6 Ra7 19.Qh4 b3 20.axb3 Nb6 21.b4 Nh5 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.b5
Qd6 24.Nc5 f6 25.Ng4 Qf4 26.Be4 Qd6 27.Ne3 Rfe8 28.g3 Qb8
29.Qh3 Qd6 30.Bg2 f5 31.Nxd5 exd5 32.Rxe7 Rxe7 33.Qh4 Re2
34.Bf3 Rxb2 35.Bxh5 gxh5 36.Qg5+ Qg6 37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Re1 1-0

[Event "FRA"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Hichem Hamdouchi"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Bb7 4.Nc3 f5 5.d5 Nf6 6.g3 Na6 7.Bg2 Nc5
8.Nh3 Bd6 9.O-O Be5 10.Qc2 O-O 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Be3 Nce4 13.Nxe4
Nxe4 14.Rac1 exd5 15.cxd5 Bd6 16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.Ng5 Rf5 18.Qxe4
Qf6 19.h4 g6 20.Bd4 Qf8 21.Qc2 Bxd5 22.e4 Rxg5 23.hxg5 Be6
24.Bf6 a5 25.Kg2 Qf7 26.Qc3 Rf8 27.e5 Bc5 28.b4 axb4 29.axb4
Be7 30.Qxc7 Bd5+ 31.Kg1 Bxf6 32.gxf6 Qe6 33.Rd3 Ra8 34.Rcd1
Bc6 35.Rxd7 Qxd7 36.Qxd7 1-0

[Event "FRA"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.O-O c5 7.c3
Qb6 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.Ng5 Bd7 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.a4 h6 12.Nf3 Nh5 13.Bg3
Nxg3 14.hxg3 Bg4 15.d5 Bc8 16.a5 Nd7 17.e4 Nf6 18.Qd3 Bd7
19.Rfd1 b5 20.axb6 axb6 21.Ne3 b5 22.Qc2 h5 23.Nh2 Bh6 24.Nhf1
Rfc8 25.Bf3 Ra7 26.Qe2 Rb8 27.Nc2 Ng4 28.Rxa7 Qxa7 29.Ra1 Qb7
30.Qd1 Ra8 31.Nh2 Nf6 32.Nf1 Ra6 33.Nfe3 Qa7 34.Rxa6 Qxa6
35.b4 Bg7 36.e5 Nh7 37.e6 fxe6 38.dxe6 Bxe6 39.Bd5 Qc8 40.Qd3
Nf6 41.Bxe6+ Qxe6 42.Qxg6 Qf7 43.Qf5 e6 44.Qf3 Nd5 45.Qe4 Nxc3
46.Qc6 Bf8 47.g4 hxg4 48.Nxg4 Qf5 49.Nce3 Qg6 50.Qf3 Bg7
51.bxc5 dxc5 52.Qa8+ Kh7 53.Qb7 Ne2+ 54.Kf1 Nd4 55.g3 b4
56.Qh1+ Kg8 57.Qa8+ Bf8 58.Ne5 Qg7 59.N3g4 b3 60.Kg2 Kh7
61.Qe8 b2 62.Qh5+ Kg8 63.Nh6+ Qxh6 64.Qf7+ Kh8 65.Ng6+ Qxg6
66.Qxg6 c4 67.g4 c3 68.g5 Nf5 69.Qf6+ Bg7 70.Qd8+ Kh7 71.Qd3
Kg6 72.f4 Kf7 73.Kh3 Bd4 74.Qe4 Ke7 75.Qd3 Ne3 76.Qxd4 b1=Q
77.Qxe3 Qf5+ 78.Kg3 c2 79.Qa7+ Kd6 80.Qa3+ Qc5 81.Qc1 Qc3+
82.Kh4 Ke7 83.g6 0-1

[Event "FRA"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O b6
8.a4 a6 9.h3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Bh2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Qb3
Qc7 14.Rfd1 Nf6 15.Nd2 Bb7 16.Nc4 Nd7 17.Bg4 Bd5 18.e4 Bxe4
19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Nxb6 Qb7 21.d5 Bc2 22.Qxc2 Qxb6 23.Re1 Ra7
24.Re2 Rb8 25.Rae1 Bf6 26.Bf4 Qb3 27.Qe4 Rab7 28.Ra1 a5 29.g4
Qb6 30.g5 Bg7 31.Rae1 Qd8 32.Bc1 Qc8 33.Kg2 Ra7 34.h4 Rbb7
35.h5 Rc7 36.hxg6 hxg6 37.Rh1 Rab7 38.Rh4 Qd7 39.Re3 c4 40.Rf3
Rb8 41.Be3 Rxb2 42.Bd4 e5 43.dxe6 Qxe6 44.Qf4 Be5 45.Rfh3 Qd5+
46.Kf1 Rb1+ 47.Ke2 Rb2+ 48.Kd1 Kf8 49.Qe3 Rcb7 50.Qe4 Qxe4
51.Rxe4 Bxd4 52.Rxd4 Rxf2 53.Kc1 Rg2 54.Rd5 Re7 55.Kd1 Re5
56.Rxd6 Rexg5 57.Rd2 Rxd2+ 58.Kxd2 Rd5+ 59.Ke2 Rd3 60.Rh8+ Kg7
61.Ra8 Rxc3 62.Rxa5 Ra3 63.Ra8 g5 64.a5 Kg6 65.a6 Kf5 66.a7 g4
67.Kd2 Kf4 68.Kc2 c3 69.Kd3 g3 0-1

[Event "FRA"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 g6 7.c3
Bg4 8.d3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Bg7 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Qd1 Nf6 12.Nd2 O-O
13.a3 e5 14.b4 cxb4 15.axb4 d5 16.Nb3 Re8 17.Bd2 Bf8 18.Na5
Rc7 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Ra2 b5 21.Qa1 Qc8 22.g3 dxe4 23.dxe4 Rd8
24.Bg5 Be7 25.Ra3 Kg7 26.Re2 h6 27.Bxf6+ Bxf6 28.Rea2 Rdd6
29.Be2 h5 30.h4 Kh7 31.Kg2 Bg7 32.Qb2 Bh6 33.Qb3 Rc7 34.Rc2
Rdc6 35.Qd5 Bf8 36.Rca2 Bg7 37.Rd2 Bf6 38.Rd3 Kg7 39.Bd1 Qe8
40.Rf3 Qe7 41.Qa2 Qd6 42.Bb3 Rb6 43.Bd5 Re7 44.Qb3 Qc7 45.Ra1
g5 46.hxg5 Bxg5 47.Rf5 Rg6 48.c4 h4 49.c5 hxg3 50.fxg3 Bf4
51.Rf1 f6 52.Rf3 a5 53.Kf2 Bd2 54.c6 Bxb4 55.Qd3 Qb6+ 56.Kg2
a4 57.Rf1 Qd4 58.Qf3 Bc5 59.Rh5 Qd2+ 60.Kh3 b4 61.Qf5 Qe2
62.Rf3 Qe1 63.g4 Be3 64.Rf1 Qe2 65.Bg8 Bh6 66.Bd5 Bf4 67.Rxf4
exf4 68.Qxf4 Qd3+ 69.Kh2 Qc2+ 70.Kh3 Qc3+ 71.Kh4 Re5 72.Rxe5
1-0

[Event "Sevilla"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.e4 c5
8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bxc4 Qc7 10.Nb5 Qd7 11.Bf4 Bxe4 12.Qe2 O-O
13.Rd1 Qb7 14.Nc7 e5 15.Bxe5 Nbd7 16.Ba6 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qb8
18.Bg3 Qxc7 19.Bxc7 Rfe8 20.b4 Rxe2+ 21.Kxe2 Be7 22.Rhe1 Nf8
23.Kf1 Ng6 24.f4 Bf8 25.Bb7 Re8 26.Bb8 a5 27.Rd8 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3
7.Qxf3 e6 8.c3 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nf6 11.Nc3 d5 12.Be3 O-O
13.b3 Bb4 14.Bg5 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Nxe4 16.Bxd8 Nxc3 17.Be7 Rfe8
18.Bc5 a5 19.f3 a4 20.Kf2 Ra6 21.Rfc1 Nb5 22.b4 Raa8 23.Re1 f6
24.Rac1 e5 25.Red1 Re6 26.Rc2 Rae8 27.Rd3 e4 28.Re3 exf3
29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.gxf3 Kf7 31.Rc1 g5 32.Bb6 Kg6 33.Bc5 Kf5
34.Rc2 h5 35.Kg3 Re3 36.Kg2 Kf4 37.Rf2 Rd3 38.Be7 Kf5 39.Bc5
Nxd4 40.Rf1 Rd2+ 41.Rf2 Rxf2+ 42.Kxf2 0-1

[Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Be7
12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. c4 Bc6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. c5 Bxc5
17. Ng6 Qb6 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Be5 Nd5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+
Kg8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Rd3 Ne3 25. fxe3 Be4
26. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade Invest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 h6 4.Bh4 Qb6 5.b3 e5 6.Nf3 e4 7.Nfd2 Ne7
8.c4 Nf5 9.Bg3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Be6 11.Be2 Nd7 12.a3 Be7 13.Nc3
Nf6 14.b4 O-O 15.Rc1 Qd8 16.Nb3 b6 17.c5 a5 18.bxa5 bxc5
19.dxc5 Nd7 20.Nd4 Qc7 21.a6 Nxc5 22.O-O Rfc8 23.Na2 Bd7
24.Nb4 Qd6 25.Qc2 Bf8 26.Rfd1 g6 27.Rd2 h5 28.Nb3 Nxb3 29.Qxb3
Qe6 30.Qd1 Be7 31.Nc2 Qf6 32.Rb1 Ra7 33.Nb4 Rca8 34.Qc1 Qd6
35.Rb3 Rc8 36.Rc3 Rcc7 37.Bd1 Bf6 38.Rc4 Be6 39.Be2 c5 40.Nxd5
Bxd5 41.Qd1 Rd7 42.Rxe4 Qc6 43.Re8+ Kg7 44.Rb8 c4 45.Rb7 c3
46.Bb5 Qxb5 47.Rxb5 cxd2 48.Qxd2 Bc4 49.Qb4 Bxb5 50.Qxb5 Rd6
51.e4 Re6 52.Qd3 Rexa6 53.Kh2 Rxa3 54.Qd6 R3a6 55.Qd3 Ra1
56.f4 Rc1 57.g4 hxg4 58.Qe2 Raa1 59.Kg3 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Sanghi Nagar IND"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar IND"]
[Date "1995.02.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6 9.Qa4 dxc4 10.Na3 Qa5+ 11.Qxa5 Nxa5 12.Nab5 Nd5
13.Nxf5 exf5 14.Bd2 a6 15.Nd4 Bb4 16.Nxf5 O-O 17.Bxb4 Nxb4
18.O-O b5 19.f4 Rfd8 20.Rad1 Kf8 21.Nd6 Rab8 22.a3 Nbc6 23.Bf3
Rd7 24.Rfe1 Rc7 25.f5 Rd8 26.Bg4 h5 27.Bxh5 Rcd7 28.Bxf7 Rxd6
29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.exd6 Kxf7 31.d7 Nb7 32.Re8 Nbd8 33.Kf2 a5
34.Ke3 Kf6 35.g4 Kg5 36.h3 b4 37.axb4 axb4 38.Kd2 Kf6 39.h4 g6
40.fxg6 Kxg6 41.h5+ Kh6 42.Kc1 Kg5 43.Rh8 Kf6 44.Rg8 Kf7
45.Re8 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6 9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Bxf6 Qxf6
13.Qxf6 gxf6 14.Rc1 Nd7 15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.Ne2 Rab8 17.Rc2 Rb6
18.Nc3 Rfb8 19.Nd1 Bb3 20.Rd2 Bxd1 21.Kxd1 Ne5 22.Kc1 c4
23.Rc2 a5 24.a4 Rb4 25.Be2 Rxa4 26.Kb1 Rab4 27.Ka1 Ra4+ 28.Kb1
Rab4 29.Ka1 Rb3 30.f4 Nd3 31.Bxd3 cxd3 32.Rd2 e5 33.e4 R8b4
34.Re1 Rd4 35.f5 h5 36.Re3 Kg7 37.g3 Kh6 38.h4 Kg7 39.Ka2 Rbb4
40.Rdxd3 Rxd3 41.Rxd3 Rxe4 42.Ka3 Re2 43.b3 Rf2 44.Ka4 Rxf5
45.Re3 Kg6 46.Kxa5 e4 47.Kb4 Re5 48.Kc4 Re8 49.b4 f5 50.Kd4
Rd8+ 51.Kc4 Kf6 52.b5 Ke5 53.b6 f4 54.gxf4+ Kxf4 55.Re1 f5
56.b7 e3 57.Rd1 Rb8 58.Kd3 Rxb7 59.Rf1+ Kg3 60.Rxf5 Re7 61.Ke2
Kxh4 62.Rf1 Kg3 63.Rf3+ Kg4 64.Rf8 h4 65.Rg8+ Kh3 66.Rg1 Re4
67.Kf3 Kh2 68.Rg2+ Kh1 69.Re2 Re8 70.Kg4 Kg1 71.Kf3 Rg8
72.Re1+ Kh2 73.Re2+ Kh1 74.Kf4 Rg3 75.Rb2 Kg1 76.Ra2 Kf1 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Nbd7 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.O-O-O b5 10.g3 b4 11.Nd5 exd5 12.Bg2 Be7
13.Nf5 Nb6 14.Nxg7+ Kf8 15.Bh6 Kg8 16.Nh5 Ng4 17.Bg7 Qc4
18.Qxc4 Nxc4 19.e5 Nge3 20.exd6 Nxd6 21.Rhe1 Ndf5 22.Bxd5 Nxd5
23.Bxh8 Nfe3 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.Rxd5 Kxh8 26.Rxe3 Be6 27.Rd6 Kg7
28.a4 h5 29.a5 Bf5 30.c3 bxc3 31.bxc3 Rc8 32.Kd2 Rc5 33.Rxa6
Rb5 34.Ra8 Rb2+ 35.Ke1 Rxh2 36.a6 Ra2 37.a7 Ra1+ 38.Kd2 Ra2+
39.Kc1 Kh7 40.c4 Ra1+ 41.Kd2 Ra2+ 42.Kd1 Kg7 43.Rg8+ Kxg8
44.Re8+ Kg7 45.a8=Q Bg4+ 46.Kc1 Rxa8 47.Rxa8 Bd4 48.Kd2 Bf2
49.Ra3 Kf6 50.Rd3 Ke6 51.Kc3 Be2 52.Rd8 Ke7 53.Rd5 f6 54.Kd2
Bg4 55.Rd3 Ke6 56.Ra3 Kd7 57.Ra6 Bxg3 58.Rxf6 Ke7 59.Ra6 h4
60.Ke3 h3 61.c5 h2 62.Ra1 Kf6 63.Rb1 Kf5 64.c6 Bxf4+ 65.Kf2
Bh3 66.Kf3 Bc7 67.Rb5+ Kf6 68.Rb1 Bb6 69.Rd1 0-1

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Gavrikov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3
a6 8.Bf4 Bd7 9.Qd3 Nh5 10.Be3 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.d5 Na5 13.Bd4
b4 14.Bxg7 Nxg7 15.Ne4 c6 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.Nd4 Ne5 18.Qd2 Qb6
19.Rfc1 Rfc8 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Nc2 Rb8 22.Ne3 Bc6 23.Nd5 Bxd5
24.Qxd5 Nf5 25.a4 bxa3 26.bxa3 Nd4 27.Bf1 Nc2 28.Ra2 Rc8
29.Nd2 Ng4 30.Qf3 h5 31.h3 Ne1 32.Qf4 e5 0-1

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5
7.Qd1 c5 8.e3 cxd4 9.exd4 O-O 10.Bd3 Qh5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Ne2
Bd6 13.Bf4 Bxf4 14.Nxf4 Qh6 15.g3 b6 16.Rc1 Bb7 17.Rc7 Bxf3
18.Qxf3 e5 19.Nd5 exd4 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Re1 Rae8 22.Rxe8 Rxe8
23.Rxa7 Qc1+ 24.Kg2 Qxb2 25.Bc4 Kh8 26.Ra8 Qb4 27.Rxe8+ Nxe8
28.Qa8 1-0

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Lucas Brunner"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nbd2
h6 8.Re1 Bh7 9.Nf1 Qb6 10.a4 Qc7 11.a5 c5 12.a6 c4 13.axb7
Qxb7 14.Ng3 Nc6 15.Bf1 a5 16.c3 Nb6 17.Be3 a4 18.Nd2 Na5 19.f4
Nb3 20.Nxb3 axb3 21.Qf3 Bc2 22.Rxa8+ Qxa8 23.f5 Qc8 24.fxe6
Qxe6 25.Ra1 Be7 26.Ra6 O-O 27.Nh5 Bd8 28.Nf4 Qc8 29.Ra7 Be4
30.Qg3 Bg5 31.Nh5 Qf5 32.Bxg5 Qxg5 33.Qxg5 hxg5 34.Ra6 Rb8
35.Ng3 Bc2 36.Be2 f5 37.exf6 gxf6 38.Bg4 Kf7 39.Nf5 Nc8
40.Bh5+ Kg8 41.Rxf6 Rb7 42.g4 Nb6 43.Bf7+ Rxf7 44.Nh6+ Kg7
45.Rxf7+ Kg6 46.Ra7 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.11.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3
Nbd7 8.Re1 Be7 9.e4 cxd4 10.e5 Nd5 11.Bc4 Nc5 12.Nxd4 O-O
13.b3 Qd7 14.Bxd5 Qxd5 15.Nc3 Qd8 16.Be3 Qa5 17.Qc2 Nd7 18.Bf4
Rd8 19.a3 Qc5 20.Red1 Nf8 21.Qd2 b5 22.Ne4 Qd5 23.Bg5 Ng6
24.Bxe7 Nxe7 25.Qg5 Ng6 26.Nc3 h6 27.Qxg6 fxg6 28.Nxd5 Rxd5
29.Nc6 Rc5 30.Rac1 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Bb7 32.Ne7+ Kh7 33.Rc7 Rd8
34.f3 Rd1+ 35.Kf2 Bd5 36.Nxd5 Rxd5 37.Rc6 Rxe5 38.Rxa6 g5
39.Ra5 Rc5 40.Kg3 g4 41.Kxg4 Rg5+ 42.Kh3 Rh5+ 43.Kg3 Rg5+
44.Kf2 Rh5 45.Kg3 Rg5+ 46.Kf2 Rc5 47.h4 Rc2+ 48.Kg3 Ra2 49.h5
Kg8 50.Kf4 Kf7 51.g4 Kf6 52.Ke4 Ra1 53.f4 Re1+ 54.Kf3 Rf1+
55.Ke3 Re1+ 56.Kf2 Ra1 57.Rxb5 Rxa3 58.g5+ Ke7 59.Rb7+ Kf8
60.b4 hxg5 61.fxg5 Rh3 62.b5 Rxh5 63.b6 Rh2+ 64.Ke3 Rb2 65.g6
Ke8 66.Kd4 Rb1 67.Kc5 Rc1+ 68.Kd6 Rd1+ 69.Kxe6 Re1+ 70.Kd6
Rd1+ 71.Kc7 Rc1+ 72.Kb8 Rb1 73.Kc8 Rb2 74.Rb8 Ke7 75.Kb7 Kf6
76.Rc8 Kxg6 77.Rc5 Kh6 78.Kc6 g5 79.b7 Rxb7 80.Kxb7 Kh5 81.Kc6
Kg4 82.Kb5 1-0

[Event "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Rb1 Nd7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Rb8 10.d4 b6 11.d5 Bb7 12.Nd4 Nc5
13.c4 e6 14.e4 c6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.dxc6 Qc7 17.e5 Rbd8 18.Qc2
Bxe5 19.Bg5 f6 20.Bh6 Rfe8 21.Rbd1 Bd4 22.Bf4 e5 23.Bd5+ Kg7
24.Rxd4 exf4 25.Rxf4 Re5 26.Rd4 Rde8 27.Bf3 Rf5 28.Qc3 Re7
29.Rfd1 h5 30.h4 Qe5 31.Qa3 Qe6 32.Rd6 Qxc4 33.Rd7 Re5 34.Rxa7
Kh6 35.Rxe7 Rxe7 36.Qb2 Ne4 37.Bxe4 Qxe4 38.Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "185"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 Qxb6 7.Nc3
Bg7 8.e4 d6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.Be2 O-O 11.Nc4 Qd8 12.Bf4 Nb6 13.Ne3
Ne8 14.O-O Nc7 15.a4 a5 16.Qd2 Ba6 17.Rfd1 Rb8 18.h4 Bxe2
19.Qxe2 e5 20.dxe6 Nxe6 21.Bg5 Qd7 22.Qg4 f5 23.exf5 gxf5
24.Qh5 f4 25.Ng4 Rbe8 26.Ne4 Nxg5 27.Rxd6 Nxe4 28.Rxd7 Nxd7
29.Qd5+ Rf7 30.Re1 Nd6 31.Rxe8+ Nxe8 32.Qa8 Re7 33.Qxa5 Bxb2
34.Qd2 Bd4 35.Qxf4 Nef6 36.a5 Nxg4 37.Qxg4+ Kf7 38.a6 Nf6
39.Qc8 Ne4 40.Qf5+ Kg7 41.a7 Bxf2+ 42.Kh2 Rxa7 43.Qxe4 Bd4
44.Kh3 Kf6 45.g4 Ra3+ 46.Kg2 Ra2+ 47.Kf3 Ra3+ 48.Kg2 Ra2+
49.Kf1 Rf2+ 50.Ke1 Kg7 51.g5 Rf7 52.h5 Kf8 53.Qa8+ Ke7 54.Qb7+
Ke6 55.Qc6+ Ke7 56.h6 Rf5 57.Qc7+ Ke6 58.Qc8+ Ke5 59.g6 hxg6
60.h7 Kf4 61.h8=Q Bxh8 62.Qxh8 Kg5 63.Ke2 Rf7 64.Kd3 Rf3+
65.Kc4 Rf5 66.Qg7 Kh5 67.Qh7+ Kg5 68.Qh8 Kg4 69.Qh6 g5 70.Qe6
Kf4 71.Kd3 Re5 72.Qf6+ Rf5 73.Qd6+ Re5 74.Qf6+ Rf5 75.Qh6 Re5
76.Qh2+ Kf5 77.Qf2+ Ke6 78.Qf3 Kd6 79.Kc4 Ke6 80.Kb5 Rf5
81.Qh3 Kf6 82.Qh6+ Kf7 83.Kc4 Re5 84.Kd3 Ke7 85.Qg6 Rd5+
86.Ke4 Rd4+ 87.Ke5 Kd7 88.Qb6 Rf4 89.Qe6+ Kc7 90.Qd6+ Kc8
91.Qxc5+ Kd7 92.Qd6+ Kc8 93.Qg6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 exf4 11.Bxf4 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Qxb2
13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nc5 15.Qe2 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 Qb4 17.Bg5 Bxg5
18.Nxg5 Qh4 19.Ne4 Rd8 20.Qe3 f5 21.Nxd6 Qf6 22.Nc4 Bd7 23.Nb6
f4 24.Qb3 Rab8 25.Rae1 Bg4 26.h3 Bh5 27.c4 f3 28.c5 Re8 29.d6
Kh8 30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.gxf3 Qh4 32.f4 Re1 33.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34.Kg2
Bg6 35.f5 Bxf5 36.Qb2 Be4+ 37.Kh2 Qh1+ 38.Kg3 Qf3+ 39.Kh2 Qf4+
40.Kg1 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 95/96"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Tibor Tolnai"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Bg5
Bb4 8.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 gxf6 10.Bg2 d6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Qd2 O-O
13.Qh6 Qd8 14.g4 Nc5 15.Nb3 Kh8 16.Rad1 Qe7 17.Rd2 Rg8 18.Rfd1
e5 19.Rxd6 Nxb3 20.axb3 Bxg4 21.Kh1 Be6 22.Qe3 a5 23.Rb6 Rgd8
24.Rg1 Rd7 25.Bd5 Rg8 26.Rxg8+ Kxg8 27.Qg3+ Kh8 28.e4 a4
29.bxa4 Qc5 30.Qe3 Qe7 31.Rb1 f5 32.Qh6 f4 33.Rg1 f6 34.Bxe6
1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.d5 Be7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Bd3 c6 7.c4 b5
8.Nc3 bxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.Nge2 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Rfb8
13.dxc6 Bxc6 14.Bxf7+ Kf8 15.Qc4 Rxb2 16.Bd5 Nc5 17.O-O Rab8
18.a3 Bxd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Qa5 21.f4 e4 22.Bd4 R2b3
23.Ng3 Rxa3 24.Nf5 g6 25.Nxe7 Kxe7 26.Qe2 Qa4 27.Bxc5 dxc5
28.Rcd1 Kd8 29.d6 Rb7 30.f5 Rd3 31.Rxd3 exd3 32.Qf3 Qd4+
33.Kh1 Rb8 34.fxg6 Qxd6 35.g7 Qg6 36.Qf8+ Kc7 37.Qxc5+ Kd7
38.Qxa7+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.27"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2
Qc7 8.b3 d5 9.Ndb5 Qa5 10.Bd2 dxc4 11.bxc4 Qd8 12.O-O a6
13.Na3 Bf5 14.Nc2 Nc6 15.Ne3 Qd4 16.Rc1 Rad8 17.Nxf5 gxf5
18.Nd5 Ne4 19.Be3 Qxd1 20.Rfxd1 e6 21.Bxe4 fxe4 22.Nb6 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rb1 Bd4 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Rb2 Kg7 27.c5 Rb4
28.Rd2 Rb1+ 29.Kg2 Rc1 30.Nd7 f5 31.Rb2 Na5 32.Rb6 Rc2 33.Kf1
Kf7 34.c6 Nxc6 35.Rxb7 Nd4 36.f4 Nxe2 37.Ne5+ Ke8 38.Rxh7 Rxa2
39.Nc6 Kf8 40.Ra7 Nc3 41.Ra8+ Kg7 42.Ra7+ Kh6 43.Ne5 e3
44.Nf7+ Kg7 45.Ne5 Kf8 46.Ra8+ Ke7 47.Ra7+ Kd6 48.Rd7+ Kc5
49.Rc7+ Kb4 50.Nd3+ Kb5 51.Rxc3 Rd2 52.h4 a5 53.Nc1 Rd1+
54.Ke2 Rg1 55.Kxe3 Rxg3+ 56.Kd4 Rg4 57.Nd3 Rxh4 58.Rc5+ Kb6
59.Re5 a4 60.Rxe6+ Kb5 61.Re5+ Kb6 62.Kc4 Rh3 63.Rb5+ Kc6
64.Ra5 Re3 65.Ra6+ Kc7 66.Rxa4 Re4+ 67.Kb3 Rxa4 68.Kxa4 Kd6
69.Kb4 Kd5 70.Kc3 Ke4 71.Kc4 Ke3 72.Kd5 1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.03.24"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "217"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4
7.Qc2 b6 8.e3 Bb7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Bd3 c5 12.Ne2 Nd7
13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 c4 15.Be2 O-O 16.O-O f5 17.a4 Rf7 18.Bd2
Nf6 19.f3 Qd7 20.Qb1 Re8 21.Bd1 Bc6 22.Bc2 g6 23.Qe1 Nh5
24.Qh4 Qe7 25.Qf2 Qd6 26.Kh1 Rfe7 27.g4 f4 28.gxh5 fxe3
29.Bxe3 Rxe3 30.hxg6 h6 31.Rae1 Qf4 32.Rxe3 Rxe3 33.Qd2 Bd7
34.Bd1 Bf5 35.Re1 Rxf3 36.Qxf4 Rxf4 37.Kg2 Be4+ 38.Kg3 Rf6
39.Bg4 Kg7 40.h4 Kxg6 41.Be2 Kg7 42.Bg4 Kf7 43.Be2 Re6 44.Kf4
Bg6 45.Kg3 Ke7 46.Kf2 Bc2 47.Ra1 Kd6 48.Bf3 a5 49.Bg4 Re4
50.Bf3 Rf4 51.Kg3 Rf6 52.Bg4 Be4 53.Re1 Kc6 54.Bh5 Rf8 55.Re2
Rf1 56.Be8+ Kd6 57.Re3 Ke6 58.Bb5 Kf5 59.Bd7+ Kf6 60.Bb5 Rg1+
61.Kf4 h5 62.Bd7 Ke7 63.Bb5 Kd6 64.Rh3 Rg4+ 65.Ke3 Bd3 66.Rf3
Re4+ 67.Kf2 Re2+ 68.Kg3 Ke7 69.Rf2 Rxf2 70.Kxf2 Bg6 71.Ke3 Be8
72.Bxe8 Kxe8 73.Kd2 Kd7 74.Kd1 Ke6 75.Ke2 Ke7 76.Ke3 Ke6
77.Ke2 Kd7 78.Kd1 Kc6 79.Kc2 b5 80.axb5 Kxb5 81.Kb2 Kc6 82.Ka3
Kd6 83.Ka4 Ke6 84.Kxa5 Kf5 85.Kb5 Kg4 86.Kc5 Kxh4 87.Kxd5 Kg4
88.Kc5 h4 89.d5 Kf5 90.d6 Ke6 91.Kc6 h3 92.d7 h2 93.d8=Q h1=Q+
94.Kc5 Qg1+ 95.Kxc4 Qf1+ 96.Kc5 Qf5+ 97.Kb6 Qf2+ 98.Kb5 Qb2+
99.Kc4 Qa2+ 100.Kc5 Qa3+ 101.Kd4 Qa4+ 102.Ke3 Qc2 103.Qd4 Qc1+
104.Ke2 Qc2+ 105.Kf3 Qc1 106.Qd3 Ke5 107.Ke2 Qf4 108.Qb5+ Ke6
109.Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.03.30"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 a5
8.axb5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 11.d5 Nf6 12.bxc4 b4 13.Bxf6
Qxf6 14.Qa4+ Nd7 15.Nd4 e5 16.Nb3 Ke7 17.Be2 Rhc8 18.Rd1 Nc5
19.Nxc5 Rxc5 20.O-O Ra6 21.Qc2 a4 22.f4 b3 23.Qe4 Kd6 24.Qxh7
e4 25.Qxe4 a3 26.Qd3 b2 27.Qb3 Bc8 28.Qb8+ Kd7 29.Bg4+ Kd8
30.d6 a2 31.d7 1-0

[Event "Madrid ESP"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Valery Salov"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qe2 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6 9.e4 Ng4 10.e5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Nd2 Nxe5
13.Nb3 Qxc4 14.Qxe5 Bf8 15.Be3 Qd5 16.Qg3 Bd6 17.f4 Qe4
18.Rad1 Be7 19.f5 exf5 20.Rfe1 Qg4 21.Qc7 Be6 22.Rd4 Qg6
23.Qxb7 Rc8 24.Bf4 Kf8 25.Rd7 Bxd7 26.Qxd7 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 Re8
28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Bd6 Qxd6 30.Qxd6 h5 31.Nd4 Rh6 32.Qc5 Rf6
33.Kg1 1-0

[Event "Madrid ESP"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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.g4 Nb6 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Nd5 Bxd5
13.exd5 Rc8 14.Na5 Qc7 15.Bxb6 Nxb6 16.Bh3 Ra8 17.Nc6 g6 18.f4
h6 19.f5 hxg5 20.Qd3 Rxh3 21.Qxh3 Nxd5 22.fxg6 Qxc6 23.gxf7+
Ke7 24.O-O-O Rc8 25.Qf5 Ne3 26.Qxg5+ Kd7 27.c3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Madrid ESP"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Pablo San Segundo Carrillo"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4
dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.g5 Nd5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bd2 b4 13.Nc5
Nxc5 14.dxc5 Qc7 15.Rg1 Qa5 16.Rc1 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Qxa6 18.Qc4
Qxc4 19.Rxc4 a5 20.e4 Nc7 21.Ne5 Ra6 22.Bf4 Nb5 23.Ng4 f6
24.gxf6 gxf6 25.e5 f5 26.Nf6+ Kf7 27.Bh6 Bxf6 28.exf6 Rd8
29.Rh4 Nd4 30.Rg3 e5 31.Bg5 Rh8 32.Rgh3 h5 33.f4 Ne6 34.Rxh5
Rxh5 35.Rxh5 exf4 36.Bh4 Nf8 37.Kf2 Ra8 38.Kf3 Ng6 39.Rh7+ Ke6
40.Bg5 Rd8 41.Rc7 Rd3+ 42.Ke2 Rh3 43.Rxc6+ Kd5 44.Ra6 Rxh2+
45.Kf1 Rh1+ 46.Kf2 Rh2+ 47.Kf1 Rh1+ 48.Kg2 Rh5 49.f7 Rxg5+
50.Kf2 Nf8 51.c6 f3 52.Ra8 Ng6 53.c7 Rg2+ 54.Kf1 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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
b6 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Qd3 Qa5 16.Bc4 Nc6 17.Bd2 Qh5
18.Rb5 e5 19.Ng5 Nxd4 20.Bxf7+ Kh8 21.Bxe8 Bxe8 22.Rb2 h6
23.Ne6 Nxe6 24.Qd5 Nc7 25.Qb7 Qe2 26.Re1 Qc4 27.Rc1 Qd4
28.Rbc2 Rd8 29.Qxc7 Kh7 30.Bc3 Qd7 31.Be1 g5 32.Qxd7 Rxd7
33.Rc7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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.Ne1 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 Kh8 12.a4 Ng8 13.a5 Bh6
14.Bf2 Ngf6 15.Nd3 Nh5 16.c5 Nef6 17.b4 a6 18.Nb2 Nf4 19.Nc4
Qe7 20.Kh1 Bd7 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Nb6 Rad8 23.exf5 gxf5 24.b5
Bxb5 25.Nxb5 axb5 26.Bxb5 Rg8 27.Rg1 Rg5 28.Bf1 Rdg8 29.g3
N4h5 30.Nc4 Bf8 31.a6 bxa6 32.Rxa6 Qd7 33.Be2 R5g6 34.Ra7 Qc8
35.Nb6 Qd8 36.Qc2 Ng7 37.Ra8 Qe7 38.Rga1 Nfh5 39.R8a7 Qg5
40.Rg1 Ne8 41.Bd3 Nhg7 42.g4 Qf4 43.Qe2 Rh6 44.Bg3 Qg5 45.Nd7
Nf6 46.Nxf8 Rxf8 47.gxf5 Qh5 48.Bxe5 dxe5 49.Raxg7 Nxd5 50.Bc4
Nf6 51.Qg2 Qe8 52.Qg5 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1996.12.29"]
[EventDate "1996.12.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Julian Michael Hodgson"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "178"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 cxd4
7.Nb3 Qb6 8.cxd4 Nc6 9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 Nxe5 12.Qd4
Ng6 13.Be3 d5 14.exd5 O-O 15.a3 Qxd4 16.Bxd4 Be7 17.Kf2 Nxd5
18.Ne2 Be6 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.Bxc5 Rfc8 21.Rc1 Ne5 22.Nd4 b6
23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Re1 Nxf3 25.gxf3 Rxc5 26.Rxe6 Rf8 27.Re4 Rc2+
28.Kg3 Nf6 29.Re2 Nh5+ 30.Kf2 Rfc8 31.b3 Kf8 32.Rg1 R8c3
33.Rg5 g6 34.Rb5 Nf4 35.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 36.Ke3 Ne6 37.Bc4 Nc7
38.Re5 Rxh2 39.a4 Rh1 40.Kf4 Rh4+ 41.Ke3 Rh1 42.Kf4 a5 43.Kg4
Rg1+ 44.Kh3 Rd1 45.f4 Rd7 46.Re4 Kg7 47.Kg4 Kf6 48.Kf3 Rd6
49.Bg8 h5 50.b4 Rd3+ 51.Kf2 Rd8 52.Rc4 Na6 53.Rc6+ Kg7 54.Rxb6
Nxb4 55.Be6 Nd5 56.Bxd5 Rxd5 57.Ke3 h4 58.Rb5 Rxb5 59.axb5 a4
60.b6 a3 61.b7 a2 62.b8=Q a1=Q 63.Kf3 Qc3+ 64.Kg2 Kh6 65.Qd6
Qg3+ 66.Kh1 Qh3+ 67.Kg1 Kh5 68.Qd4 Qf5 69.Kg2 Kg4 70.Qd1+ Kxf4
71.Qd2+ Kg4 72.Qd1+ Kg5 73.Qd8+ Kh5 74.Qh8+ Kg5 75.Qd8+ Qf6
76.Qd2+ Kh5 77.Qe2+ Kh6 78.Kh3 Qf4 79.Kg2 Qg3+ 80.Kh1 Qh3+
81.Kg1 Qf5 82.Kh2 g5 83.Qe8 Qf6 84.Qc8 Qf4+ 85.Kh1 Kh5 86.Qe8+
Kg4 87.Qe6+ Qf5 88.Qc4+ Kg3 89.Qc7+ Qf4 0-1

[Event "It (cat.18), Vienna (Austria)"]
[Site "It (cat.18), Vienna (Austria)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. Rc1 a6 13. a3 Re8 14. Nd4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd2 Rad8
17. Red1 g6 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. gxf4 Kf8 20. e3 Rd6 21. b4 Ne6
22. Nce2 Re7 23. a4 Nd8 24. a5 Bc6 25. Nc3 Be8 26. Bf1 bxa5
27. bxa5 Rb7 28. Ra1 Rc7 29. Na2 Rb7 30. f3 Ne6 31. Rdb1 Re7
32. Nb4 Nc5 33. Rc1 Rb7 34. Rab1 Nfd7 35. Nbc6 Rc7 36. Ne5 Ke7
37. Rc3 f6 38. Nxd7 Kxd7 39. Rb8 Ne6 40. Rxc7+ Nxc7 41. Kf2
Ke7 42. f5 g5 43. Ke1 Bb5 44. Bxb5 Nxb5 45. Nxb5 axb5 46. Rxb5
Rc6 47. Rxd5 Rc3 48. Kd2 Ra3 49. Kc2 Rxe3 50. Kb2 Re2+ 51. Kb3
Rxh2 52. a6 Rh1 53. Kb4 Ra1 54. Ra5 Rb1+ 55. Kc5 Rb8 56. a7
Ra8 57. Kc6 h5 58. Kb7 Rxa7+ 59. Kxa7 Kd6 60. Kb6 h4 61. Rc5
h3 62. Rc2 Ke5 63. Rh2 Kxf5 64. Rxh3 Kf4 65. Kc5 f5 66. Kd4 g4
67. fxg4 fxg4 68. Rh8 Kf3 69. Kd3 1-0

[Event "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5
8.e4 cxd4 9.exf5 Bb4 10.Bxc4 Qd6 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.Bf4 O-O
13.Nxc6 Qxf4 14.Qxd4 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 Qg5 16.f4 Qxg2 17.O-O-O
bxc6 18.Rhg1 Qxh2 19.Bxc6 Rac8 20.Qxf6 Qxf4+ 21.Kc2 g6 22.Rdf1
Qh2+ 23.Rg2 Qh3 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Rxg6+ hxg6 26.Qxg6+ Kh8 27.Rh1
Rf2+ 28.Kb3 Rb8+ 29.Ka3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1996.10.19"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qe3+ Be7
7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nh3 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.b3 Bc5 11.Qd2 Qe7 12.Nd5 Nxd5
13.cxd5 Nd8 14.Bb2 Re8 15.Nf4 Bd6 16.Rac1 Nf7 17.Rfe1 Rac8
18.e4 fxe4 19.Rxe4 Qg5 20.h4 Qh6 21.Rce1 Rf8 22.Qd1 g6 23.Qg4
Rcd8 24.Bf6 Rb8 25.Bb2 Rfd8 26.R4e3 Bxf4 27.gxf4 Nd6 28.Bf6
Rf8 29.Bg5 Qg7 30.Re7 Nf7 31.h5 gxh5 32.Qxh5 Qg6 33.Qxg6+ hxg6
34.Bf6 Rfd8 35.Be4 Kf8 36.Bxg6 Bxd5 37.f5 b5 38.Rd1 Rb6
39.Rxf7+ Bxf7 40.Bxd8 Bxg6 41.fxg6 Rxg6+ 42.Kf1 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1996.10.17"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Emil Sutovsky"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.O-O
e5 8.Be3 c6 9.d5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne1 Nh6 13.Nd3 Qe8
14.f3 Nf7 15.Rb1 f5 16.b4 b6 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Qa4 Qxa4 19.Nxa4
Bd7 20.Nc3 Rfb8 21.Nb5 Bh6 22.Bf2 Kf8 23.Rb3 Bxb5 24.Rxb5 Nc7
25.Rb3 Rxb3 26.axb3 a5 27.Ra1 Bd2 28.Ra2 Bc3 29.exf5 gxf5
30.Kf1 Na6 31.Bd1 Nb4 32.Nxb4 Bxb4 33.Bc2 Nh6 34.Be3 f4 35.Bc1
Kg7 36.g3 fxg3 37.hxg3 Rf8 38.Kg2 Nf5 39.f4 Nd4 40.fxe5 dxe5
41.Bg5 h6 42.Bh4 Rf7 43.d6 Rd7 44.Be7 Kf7 45.Bd1 Rxe7 46.Rf2+
Ke6 47.dxe7 Kxe7 48.Kf1 Ke6 49.Rh2 Kf5 50.Rxh6 Ke4 51.g4 Bd2
52.Rh2 Bf4 53.Rh3 Bd2 54.Kf2 Kf4 55.Rh5 Be3+ 56.Kf1 Bc1 57.g5+
Nf5 58.g6 Ne7 59.g7 e4 60.Rxc5 Bb2 61.Rc7 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[EventDate "1996.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2
c6 8.Nf3 d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.O-O a6 11.Ne5 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qc7
13.Bb3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Rfe1 Qd6 16.Qe2 Qc5 17.Bxf6 exf6
18.Nd5 Bd7 19.Rac1 Qa5 20.Red1 Kh8 21.Nc7 Bb5 22.Qe7 Rac8
23.Be6 Rb8 24.Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.07.29"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3
Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. Rb1 Nb6 16. Qd2 Nxa4
17. Nxb4 Nxb4 18. Qxb4 Bc6 19. e5 Qb8 20. Qa3 g5 21. Bg3 dxe5
22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Qxe7 Qe8 24. Qd6 e4 25. Qb4 a5 26. Qd2 f5
27. Bd6 Rf6 28. Ba3 Kh8 29. b3 Nb6 30. c4 Qe5 31. Rbd1 Rc8
32. Nb5 Bxb5 33. Bb2 Qc7 34. cxb5 Rff8 35. Rc1 Qe7 36. Rc6
Rxc6 37. bxc6 Bxb2 38. Qxb2+ Kh7 39. Qd4 Qb4 40. Qxb4 axb4
41. Rd1 Rc8 42. Rd6 Kg7 43. g4 fxg4 44. c7 Na8 45. Rd8 Rxc7
46. Rxa8 Rc3 47. Bc4 e3 48. Ra7+ Kf6 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kf6
51. Ra6+ Kg7 52. fxe3 Rxe3 53. Ra7+ Kf6 54. Ra6+ Kg7 55. Rb6
g3 56. Rxb4 h5 57. Rb7+ Kf6 58. Rf7+ Kg6 59. Rf1 g4 60. Rb1
gxh2+ 61. Kxh2 h4 62. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Arsen Yegiazarian"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6
7.Nf3 e5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Rb1 O-O 11.Qc2 h6 12.Be4 Qe6
13.d3 Nd8 14.d4 Qxc4 15.Bd3 Qe6 16.Re1 Nc6 17.dxe5 Bc5 18.Qe2
Ne7 19.Qe4 Qf5 20.Qc4 Be6 21.Qb5 a6 22.Qxc5 Qxd3 23.Bxh6 Nd5
24.Bd2 b6 25.Qd4 Qc2 26.Qh4 Rfe8 27.Rec1 Qxa2 28.Ra1 Qb2
29.Qe4 Ne7 30.c4 Bf5 31.Qe3 Rad8 32.Bc3 Qb3 33.Nd2 Rxd2
34.Qxd2 Qxc4 35.e6 Qxe6 36.Re1 Qd7 37.Qg5 Bg6 38.Rad1 Qf5
39.Qg3 f6 40.Qxc7 Nd5 41.Qc4 Rxe1+ 42.Bxe1 Bf7 43.Qxa6 Nf4
44.f3 Bd5 45.Qxb6 Qg5 46.Bg3 Ne2+ 47.Kf2 Nc3 48.Rd3 f5 49.Qe3
1-0

[Event "European Championship (rapid)"]
[Site "Cap d'Adge FRA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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
a5 13.Bg5 a4 14.Re1 Qe6 15.d5 Qd6 16.e5 Bxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5
18.Qd2 Qd6 19.Bc4 Re8 20.Bf4 Qd8 21.Qc3 Nd7 22.Bb5 e5 23.dxe6
Rxe6 24.Bc4 Qf6 25.Qd2 Nf8 26.Bxe6 Nxe6 27.Be5 Qd8 28.Qc3 h6
29.Rbd1 Qf8 30.Bd6 Qg7 31.Be5 Qf8 32.Qf3 Ra6 33.Rc1 Ng5 34.Qf4
Bf5 35.h4 Ne6 36.Qf3 Nc5 37.g4 Bd7 38.Qd5 b6 39.Rxc5 bxc5
40.Qxd7 Re6 41.Qxa4 Kh7 42.Qd7 Re7 43.Qd2 Qc8 44.Qf4 Qe6
45.Bc3 Qxe1+ 46.Bxe1 Rxe1+ 47.Kg2 Re7 48.Qd6 Re6 49.Qxc5 Kg8
50.f4 Kg7 51.Kf3 Kg8 52.Qc8+ Kg7 53.Qc3+ Kg8 54.f5 gxf5
55.gxf5 Rb6 56.Kg4 Rd6 57.Kh5 Kh7 58.Qc7 Rf6 59.Qe5 Rc6 60.f6
Rc4 61.Qe3 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Spain"]
[Date "1996.05.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 Ne5 16.Rxb7 e6 17.d6 Rfd8
18.Re1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qa3 20.f4 Rxd6 21.Qc1 Qxc1 22.Rxc1 Nc6
23.e5 Nd4 24.Rcc7 Nxe2+ 25.Kf1 Rdd8 26.Rxf7 Bf8 27.Kxe2 Rdb8
28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Rf6 Re8 30.Rxg6+ Kh7 31.Rf6 a5 32.f5 exf5
33.f4 Ra8 34.Rxf5 a4 35.Rf7+ Kg8 36.Ra7 Rxa7 37.Bxa7 Ba3
38.Bd4 Bc1 39.f5 Kf7 40.Kd3 a3 41.Kc2 Bf4 42.h3 h5 43.Kb3 Bc1
44.Bc5 Bb2 45.e6+ Kf6 46.Bxa3 Be5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund, Germany"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Lobron"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.Re2 Qb6 12.Nf3 Be6
13.h3 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Rc2 f5 16.Be3 Qc7 17.exf5 Bxf5
18.Rd2 Nc5 19.Bh6 Rf7 20.Rc1 Qe7 21.g3 g5 22.Qh5 Ne6 23.Bd3
Kh8 24.Re1 Rg8 25.Kh1 Bg6 26.Qg4 Bxd3 27.Rxd3 Rf6 28.Bxg5 Rxg5
29.Qh4 Qf8 30.Ne4 Rh6 31.Nxg5 Rxh4 32.Nxe6 Qxf2 33.Rxe5 Rxh3#
0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund, Germany"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4
h6 8.f4 Nc6 9.h3 Qc7 10.Qe2 b5 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Bg2 Bb7 13.Bd4
Be7 14.a3 Rc8 15.O-O-O Qc4 16.Qd2 b4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Kb1 a5
19.Rhe1 O-O 20.Na2 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 Nd7 22.Nc3 Bc6 23.Bf1 Rb8
24.Bc4 Rb4 25.b3 Rfb8 26.Ka2 Rxc4 27.bxc4 Rb4 28.e5 dxe5
29.fxe5 Rxc4 30.Nd1 Bd5 31.Kb1 Rb4+ 32.Nb2 Nc5 33.Ka1 Ne4
34.Rd3 Ng5 35.Bc3 Rb8 36.Ree3 a4 37.Bd4 a3 38.Na4 Ne4 39.Nb6
Bc6 40.Ka2 Bg5 41.Rxa3 Bxe3 42.Rxe3 Rd8 43.c3 Kh7 44.Kb3 f5
45.exf6 gxf6 46.Nc4 Bd5 47.Kb4 e5 48.Ba7 Rd7 49.Bb6 Rb7 50.Ka5
Rb8 51.Nb2 Ra8+ 52.Kb4 Ra2 53.Re2 Ra6 54.Be3 Ra8 55.c4 Bc6
56.Bb6 Ra1 57.Be3 Kg6 58.Nd3 h5 59.Re1 Rxe1 60.Nxe1 hxg4
61.hxg4 Bd7 62.Nd3 Bxg4 63.c5 Bd7 64.Kc4 Be6+ 65.Kb5 Nc3+
66.Kc6 Nd5 67.Kd6 Kf5 68.Bd2 e4 69.Nb4 e3 70.Be1 Nxb4 71.Bxb4
Bc4 72.Bc3 Kg5 73.c6 f5 74.Ke5 Ba6 75.Bd4 e2 76.Bc3 Kg4 77.Be1
Bc8 78.Kd4 Kf3 79.c7 Kg2 80.Ke3 Kf1 81.Bh4 e1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna, Austria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7
7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 a5 9.b3 d5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bb2 c5 12.Rfd1 Qe7
13.Ne5 Rfd8 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Rac1 a4 16.bxa4 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Ne5
18.Be2 Qg5 19.e4 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Bxe4 21.Rcd1 Nc6 22.dxc5 Rxd2
23.Rxd2 bxc5 24.Bb5 Na5 25.Rd7 h5 26.h4 Bd5 27.Rc7 Nc4 28.Bc1
Nd6 29.Rxc5 Nf5 30.Bd2 Nxh4 31.a5 f6 32.Bf1 Nf5 33.a6 Ra7
34.Ba5 Nd6 35.Bb6 Ra8 36.Rc7 Rc8 37.Rxc8+ Nxc8 38.Bc5 Kf7
39.a7 Ne7 40.Be2 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.13"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 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.Rd2 Nc7 16.Rfd1 Ne6 17.h4 g6 18.Qb3 h5
19.Qa2 a6 20.dxc5 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc5 22.Nd4 Nxd4 23.cxd4 Qd6
24.Rc1 Rac8 25.Rdc2 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Bc6 27.Rc3 Bb5 28.Qb2 Qe6
29.Qc1 Bc4 30.e4 b5 31.e5 Re8 32.Kh2 Qb6 33.Qf4 Rf8 34.Rf3 a5
35.Bh3 Be2 36.Re3 Bc4 37.Rf3 Be2 38.Re3 Bc4 39.Qg5 Qxd4 40.e6
Qb2 41.Rf3 d4 42.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.20"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8 9.f3 e3 10.dxe3 b6 11.e4 h6 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.f4
Kg8 14.e5 Nh7 15.Ba3 Bb7 16.Be4 Kh8 17.Bc2 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Rxe5
19.Bxh7 Kxh7 20.c5 Qe8 21.Qd3+ Be4 22.Qd2 Qe6 23.Rf2 bxc5
24.Raf1 Re8 25.c4 Qh3 26.Bb2 Rg5 27.Qc3 Re6 28.Qe3 Rg4 29.Rc1
h5 0-1

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

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.h3 Rc8 12.Qxb6 axb6
13.Ke2 O-O 14.Rac1 Rfd8 15.Rhd1 dxc4 16.Bxc4 b5 17.Bb3 e5
18.Be1 exd4 19.Rxd4 Nc5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Bc2 Ra8 22.a3 Nfd7
23.Na2 Nb6 24.Bb4 Kf8 25.Nc3 Ne6 26.Bxe7+ Kxe7 27.Bb3 Nc4
28.Nd1 Nb6 29.Rc2 Na4 30.f3 Nac5 31.Ba2 g5 32.Nc3 f6 33.Rc1
Na4 34.Nd1 Nb6 35.Bb3 Na4 36.Rc2 Nac5 37.Ba2 Ra4 38.Nc3 Ra8
39.Rd2 Ra6 40.g3 Ra8 41.Kf2 Na4 42.Nd1 Nb6 43.Rc2 Rd8 44.Ke2
Na4 45.Nf2 Nac5 46.Rd2 Ra8 47.Bb1 Nb3 48.Rd1 Na5 49.Bf5 Nc4
50.Nd3 Nd6 51.Bxe6 Kxe6 52.f4 Rh8 53.Rh1 g4 54.h4 Ne4 55.Rg1
Rd8 56.Rg2 c5 57.Rg1 c4 58.f5+ Kxf5 59.Rf1+ Ke6 60.Nf4+ Kf7
61.Ke1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 Nf6 6.O-O a6 7.e4 b5
8.Bd3 cxd4 9.a4 bxa4 10.e5 Nd5 11.Qxa4+ Bd7 12.Qxd4 Nb4 13.Be4
Bc6 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.Nc3 Be7 16.Be3 Ke8 17.Rfc1 Bxe4 18.Nxe4
N8c6 19.Rc4 Rd8 20.Nd6+ Kf8 21.Bd2 Rb8 22.Rac1 g5 23.Rxc6 Nxc6
24.Rxc6 Rxb2 25.h3 h6 26.Rxa6 Kg7 27.Ra7 Rb1+ 28.Kh2 Bxd6
29.exd6 Rd8 30.Bc3+ Kg8 31.Bf6 Rxd6 32.Ra8+ Kh7 33.Ne5 1-0

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 Qb6 5.b3 Nd7 6.e3 e5 7.Be2 e4
8.Nfd2 c5 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nc3 g5 11.Nxd5 Qd8 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Bg3
Rc8 14.Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.Be5 Rh7 16.Nf6+ Nxf6 17.Bxf6 Rc6 18.Bb2
Rd6 19.Bd4 Qf5 20.Qe2 Ne6 21.c3 Rd7 22.f3 exf3 23.Qxf3 Qb5
24.Qe2 Qc6 25.O-O Bd6 26.Nc4 Bb8 27.Qc2 Nf8 28.Rf6 Qc8 29.Raf1
b5 30.Nd2 Qc7 31.Qe4+ Re7 32.Qc6+ Qxc6 33.Rxc6 Kd7 34.Ra6 Kc8
35.Rf5 Kb7 36.Raf6 Ne6 37.Rxb5+ Kc8 38.Nc4 h5 39.Be5 Bxe5
40.Nxe5 a6 41.Rd5 h4 42.h3 Nc7 43.Rc5 Kb7 44.Nc4 Ne6 45.Rcf5
Rd7 46.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Bc2 O-O-O 13.dxe6
Ne5 14.Qe2 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 fxe6 16.Qh3 Kb8 17.Bg5 Bd6 18.Rad1
Be5 19.Rde1 h6 20.Bc1 g5 21.Kh1 c4 22.f3 Rhg8 23.Rd1 Rxd1
24.Rxd1 h5 25.Ne2 Bc8 26.Rf1 Qg7 27.f4 gxf4 28.Nxf4 Qg4 29.Qe3
Ka8 30.Qf2 Bb7 31.h3 Qg3 32.Qxg3 Rxg3 33.Re1 Bc8 34.Rd1 Rg8
35.Kg1 Bb7 36.Re1 Bd4+ 37.Kh1 e5 38.Ne6 Bb6 39.Bg5 Rg6 40.Bh4
Nxe4 41.Ng5 Rxg5 42.Bxe4 Rg8 43.Bxb7+ Kxb7 44.Rxe5 Bd4 45.Re2
Rf8 46.Kh2 Rf1 47.Rd2 Be5+ 48.Bg3 Bf6 49.Rd7+ Kc6 50.Rf7 h4
51.Rc7+ Kd5 52.Rd7+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2
Nbd7 8.O-O Be7 9.e3 O-O 10.Qe2 c5 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Nd2 Nxd2
13.Bxd2 Nf6 14.Bxb7 Rb8 15.Qa6 Qc7 16.Bg2 Rxb2 17.Rfd1 cxd4
18.Na4 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 dxe3 20.fxe3 Qe5 21.Qf1 Qxe3+ 22.Qf2 Qa3
23.Qxa7 Ne4 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25.Re2 Ra8 26.Qe3 Qxe3+ 27.Rxe3 Rxa4
28.Rc1 f5 29.Re2 h5 30.Kf2 Bd5 31.Rcc2 Ra3 32.Red2 Bg5 33.Re2
h4 34.gxh4 Bxh4+ 35.Kg1 Bf6 36.Kf2 f4 37.Red2 f3 38.Kg3 Be5+
39.Kg4 Ra4+ 40.Kh3 g5 41.Rc8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Nc6 6.Nh3 e6 7.O-O
Nge7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 e5 10.f4 f5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Bh6 Be6
13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nf4 Qd7 15.Nxe6+ Qxe6 16.Rae1 Rae8 17.b3 fxe4
18.Nxe4 Nf5 19.c3 Qd7 20.d4 cxd4 21.cxd4 Ng4 22.d5 Qd8 23.Kh1
Qb6 24.Ng5 Rxe1 25.Qxe1 Rc8 26.Ne6+ Kg8 27.Be4 Qe3 28.Bxf5
gxf5 29.Nf4 Rc2 30.Qxe3 Nxe3 31.Re1 Ng4 32.Re2 Rxe2 33.Nxe2
Ne3 34.Nc3 a6 35.Kg1 Kf7 36.h3 Kf6 37.Kf2 Nc2 38.Ke2 Ke5
39.Kd3 Na3 40.g4 Nb5 41.Nd1 fxg4 42.hxg4 Nc7 43.Ne3 Nxd5
44.Nc4+ Kf4 45.Kd4 Nf6 46.Nxd6 Nxg4 47.Nxb7 h5 48.Kd3 h4
49.Ke2 h3 50.Kf1 Kg3 51.Nd6 h2 52.Ne4+ Kf4 53.Kg2 Kxe4 54.b4
Ne3+ 55.Kxh2 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandar Kovacevic"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Kb1 Be7 12.Nd5 Nxd5
13.exd5 Bf5 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Bg5 16.Rhe1 O-O 17.g3 Bxe3
18.Qxe3 Qc7 19.c3 Nb6 20.Qg5 Nc4 21.Nd2 Qb6 22.Nxc4 Rxc4
23.Qxh5 Rfc8 24.Ka1 Ra4 25.Qf5 Rc5 26.Rd4 g6 27.Qf6 Rxd4
28.cxd4 Rc2 29.Rb1 exd4 30.h4 d3 31.h5 gxh5 32.Qg5+ Kf8
33.Qh6+ Ke8 34.Qh8+ Ke7 35.Qxh5 Qd4 36.Qg5+ Kd7 37.Qh5 Kc7
38.Qxf7+ Kb6 39.Qf5 Ka7 40.a3 Rxb2 41.Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.01"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O
Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nh4 h6 12.f3 g5 13.Nf5
Nxf5 14.exf5 Bd7 15.Bd2 Kg7 16.g4 Rh8 17.Rb1 Rb8 18.Kg2 a6
19.a4 b6 20.Rh1 Nh7 21.Qc2 Rb7 22.Be3 Qf6 23.h4 gxh4 24.Bf2
Ng5 25.Rxh4 Qd8 26.Rbh1 f6 27.Be3 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Kg3 bxc4
30.Qh2 Nf7 31.Bxh6+ Kg8 32.Be4 Be8 33.Be3 Rxh4 34.Qxh4 Kf8
35.Bh6+ Ke7 36.Bg7 Kd7 37.Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3 e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nfd7 11. Be3 Nc6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. f3 Qb4
17. Bf2 a4 18. e4 Nb6 19. Qc2 Rd8 20. f4 Nc4 21. Nxa4 Bb5
22. Nc3 Qxb2 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. Bf1 Ra4 25. Rd3 Qa5 26. a3 dxe4
27. Rb3 Nd2 28. Rc3 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Raxd4 31. Rxc6
Qxa3 32. Rc8 Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kg7 34. Qc7 Rd5 35. Qb6 Qc5+
36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Re1 f5 0-1

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vadim Milov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 cxd4
7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.a3 Bd6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Bc2 O-O 12.Qd3
Qc7 13.O-O Rd8 14.Ng5 g6 15.Bb3 Bf8 16.Rd1 Bg7 17.Nf3 b6
18.Bg5 f6 19.Bh4 Nce7 20.Bg3 Qd7 21.Re1 Bb7 22.Nc3 Nf5 23.Re2
Re8 24.Ne4 Bc6 25.Bc4 a6 26.Rc1 Bb5 27.Rec2 Bxc4 28.Rxc4 Rec8
29.h3 Rxc4 30.Qxc4 Qb5 31.Qc6 Qxc6 32.Rxc6 Kf7 33.Bh2 Ke7
34.g4 Kd7 35.Rc2 Nfe7 36.Nd6 g5 37.h4 gxh4 38.Nxh4 Nc6 39.Nf3
Rg8 40.Kf1 Bf8 41.Nc4 Rxg4 42.Ne3 Re4 43.Nxd5 exd5 44.Rc3 Be7
45.Rd3 h5 46.Bg3 Bd8 47.a4 b5 48.axb5 axb5 49.Rd1 Bb6 50.Kg2
Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yannick Pelletier"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Nf3 Bb7 8.g3 c5 9.Bg2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qh4 Na5 12.Bd2 Rc8
13.Bxa5 bxa5 14.O-O Qb6 15.b4 d6 16.bxa5 Qxa5 17.Qd4 Rfd8
18.Rfb1 Be4 19.Rb4 h6 20.Nd2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 d5 22.cxd5 Nxd5
23.Rb7 Nf6 24.Nb3 Qh5 25.Qf4 Qxe2 26.Rxa7 Qb2 27.Qf3 Rb8
28.Rb7 Rxb7 29.Qxb7 Ng4 30.Qf3 Nxf2 31.Qxf2 Qxb3 32.Rf1 Rd7
33.Qc5 Qb7+ 34.Kg1 Rd2 35.Rf2 Qb1+ 36.Kg2 Qe4+ 37.Kg1 Qe1+
38.Rf1 Qe2 39.Rf2 Qxf2+ 40.Qxf2 Rxf2 41.Kxf2 Kf8 42.Ke3 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade, ?"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.e4
Nxe4 8.d5 Be7 9.Re1 exd5 10.Qxd5 Nd6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bf4 Nf5
13.Nc3 Bf6 14.Bxf5 Qxd5 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Nxd5 Nd7 17.Bd6 Rd8
18.Nxf6+ Nxf6 19.Bxc5 Bg4 20.Be7 Rd7 21.Ng5+ Kg6 22.Bxf6 Kxf6
23.Ne4+ Kg6 24.f3 Bf5 25.Rad1 Rad8 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.Kf2 b6
28.Re2 Rd3 29.Re3 Rd4 30.Rb3 b5 31.Ke3 Rc4 32.Rc3 Rb4 33.b3
Be6 34.g4 a5 35.f4 Bd5 36.Nd2 a4 37.a3 Rxb3 38.Nxb3 axb3
39.Rc5 Bc4 40.Kd2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O
cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Ne5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7
13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Rac1 Qc6 16.f3 Qd6 17.Rfd1 Rfe8
18.Bb3 Rac8 19.Bh4 Qa3 20.c4 a5 21.Qd2 e5 22.d5 e4 23.Rc3 Qb4
24.Re3 Qxd2 25.Rxd2 Nc5 26.fxe4 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Nxe4 28.Re2 Nc5
29.Bc2 Ba6 30.Bf5 Rf8 31.d6 Bxc4 32.Rd2 f6 33.d7 Rd8 34.Bg3
Be6 35.Bc7 Bxf5 36.Bxd8 Nxd7 37.Rd6 Kf7 38.Bxb6 Ke7 39.Bc7 Be6
40.a3 a4 41.Rd2 h5 42.Kf2 Bb3 43.Rd4 Ke8 44.Rh4 g6 45.Re4+ Kf7
46.Bd6 Nb6 47.Re7+ Kg8 48.Bc5 Nd5 49.Ra7 Nf4 50.Bd4 Nd5 51.Kf3
Kf8 52.Ke4 Ke8 53.Ra5 Ne7 54.Bxf6 Nc6 55.Rc5 Kd7 56.Be5 Ne7
57.Bf6 Nf5 58.Kf4 Nd6 59.Bc3 Nf7 60.Ra5 g5 61.Kf5 Nd6+ 62.Kg6
h4 63.Bb4 Ne4 64.Kf5 Bc2 65.Rd5+ Kc6 66.Ke5 Bb3 67.Rd4 Nf2
68.Rd2 Nd1 69.Kf5 Ne3+ 70.Kxg5 1-0

[Event "It (blitz)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4
7.Qb3 Bc5 8.O-O O-O 9.Na4 Be7 10.Rd1 d6 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.d4 Bf6
13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Be3 Nf6 15.c5 Be6 16.Qxb7 Rb8 17.Qxa7 Rxb2
18.Bd4 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 Rc2 20.Nb5 Qb8 21.Qxb8 Rxb8 22.Nxc7 dxc5
23.Ra4 Bc4 24.Na6 Re8 25.Nxc5 Bb5 26.Ra5 Rxc5 27.a4 Bxe2
28.Rxc5 Bxf3 29.a5 Ne4 30.Rc2 Ng5 31.h4 Be4 32.Rc3 Nf3+ 33.Kf1
Nd2+ 34.Ke2 Nb1 35.Re3 f5 36.Rxb1 Ra8 37.Ra1 Ra6 38.Rb3 Kf7
39.Rb6 Ra7 40.a6 Ke7 41.Ke3 Bd5 42.Kd4 Bf3 43.Ke5 g6 44.Rab1
Kd8 45.Rd6+ Kc7 46.Rc1+ Kb8 47.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "It (blitz)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.c3
Nge7 8.h4 h6 9.O-O b6 10.Re1 Ba6 11.exd5 exd5 12.Qa4 Bb7 13.d4
O-O 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Nb3 Qb6 16.Be3 d4 17.cxd4 Qb4 18.Nxc5 Qxa4
19.Nxa4 Rab8 20.Nc5 Ba8 21.Nd7 Nf5 22.Nfe5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Bxg2
24.Kxg2 Rxb2 25.Nxf8 Bxf8 26.Bxa7 Rb7 27.Be3 Bb4 28.Rab1 1-0

[Event "Memorial, Rubinstein"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 a5 15.Rxb7 g5 16.Bg3 a4 17.h4 a3 18.hxg5
hxg5 19.Rc7 Na6 20.Rxe7 Qb2 21.Bc4 Qb4 22.Bxf7+ Kh8 23.Rd7
Bxd7 24.Nxg5 Qb6 25.Be6 Qxe6 26.Nxe6 Bxe6 27.Be5 Rf7 28.Qh5+
Kg8 29.Qg6 Bd7 30.Bxg7 Rxg7 31.Qd6 Kh7 32.Qxa3 Nc7 33.Qe3 Ne6
34.d5 Ng5 35.f4 Nh3+ 36.Kh1 Ra2 37.f5 Ng5 38.f6 Rg6 39.f7 1-0

[Event "Haifa act"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 c5 13.Rb1 g5
14.Bf2 f5 15.h3 Kh8 16.g4 fxg4 17.hxg4 Ng6 18.Be3 Nf4 19.Rh2
Ng8 20.Nf1 Qf6 21.Ng3 Nxe2 22.Qxe2 Qxf3 23.Nf5 Qxe2+ 24.Kxe2
Bf6 25.Rbh1 Rf7 26.Kd3 Bxf5 27.exf5 Be7 28.Ne4 Rg7 29.Bxg5
Bxg5 30.Nxg5 Nf6 31.Rh6 Rxg5 32.Rxf6 Rxg4 33.Rxd6 Rag8 34.f6
Rf4 35.Rd7 Rg3+ 36.Ke2 Rg2+ 37.Ke1 Rxf6 38.Rdxh7+ Kg8 39.Rh8+
Kf7 40.R1h7+ Rg7 41.Rxg7+ Kxg7 42.Re8 Ra6 43.Rxe5 Kf6 44.Re3
Ra4 45.b3 Ra6 46.a4 Kf5 47.Kd2 Rh6 48.Re7 b6 49.Rxa7 Ke4
50.Re7+ Kd4 51.Re2 Rh3 52.Kc2 Rc3+ 53.Kb2 Rd3 54.d6 1-0

[Event "35th Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6
7.O-O g6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nde2 O-O 11.f3 a6 12.a4 Qd8
13.Be3 Qa5 14.Kh1 Rfd8 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Ne5 17.b3 Nd7
18.Bd4 Nf6 19.Qd3 Re8 20.Nc3 e6 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.Rad1 Rad8
23.Qe3 Qb4 24.Na2 Qa3 25.Qc3 Qxa2 26.Rd2 Qa3 27.Ra1 Nd5 28.Qd3
Nf4 29.Rxa3 Nxd3 30.Rxd3 d5 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.g3 a5 33.Kg2 Kf6
34.cxd5 Rxd5 35.Rc3 Rd2+ 36.Kh3 Red8 37.Ra1 R8d5 38.g4 Rb2
39.Re3 Rdd2 40.Rae1 Rxh2+ 41.Kg3 Rbg2+ 42.Kf4 g5+ 43.Ke4 Rd2
44.Rd3 Rxd3 45.Kxd3 h5 46.gxh5 Rxh5 47.Kc4 Rh4+ 48.Kc5 Rb4
49.Re3 Kf5 50.Kd6 Kf4 51.Rc3 e5 52.Kd5 e4 53.fxe4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "35th Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1998.08.25"]
[EventDate "1998.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Tomasz Markowski"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O
e5 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.h3 Qb6 12.hxg4 Qxd4
13.Qf3 Qe5 14.g5 Qe7 15.Qg3 Nc5 16.Bf4 Be5 17.Rad1 f6 18.gxf6
Rxf6 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.b4 Qxg3 21.fxg3 Nd7 22.e5 dxe5 23.Ne4 Rf7
24.c5 Kg7 25.Bc4 Re7 26.a4 Re8 27.Rf1 Re7 28.Rd2 b5 29.axb5
cxb5 30.Bd5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Friso Nijboer"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Rc1
c6 14.Be3 a6 15.c5 cxd5 16.cxd6 Qxd6 17.Bc5 Qd8 18.Nxe5 Nh5
19.f4 Nxf4 20.Rxf4 Bxe5 21.Bd4 Nc6 22.Bxe5 Nxe5 23.Nxd5 Be6
24.Nc7 Rc8 25.Nxe6 Qb6 26.Rf2 Rxc1 27.Qxc1 Qxe6 28.Qg5 Nd7
29.exf5 Rxf5 30.Rxf5 gxf5 31.Qd8 Kg7 32.Kf1 Nf6 33.Qc7 Kg6
34.Qg3 Kf7 35.Qf4 Nd5 36.Qd4 Ke7 37.Qg7 Kd6 38.Qxb7 Qe3
39.Qxa6 Ke5 40.Qa3 Qc1 41.Kf2 Qf4 42.Qf3 Qd4 43.Kg3 Qxb2
44.Bc4 f4 45.Kh3 Ne3 46.Bd3 Qb8 47.Qe4 Kf6 48.Qc6 Ke5 49.Qc5
Ke6 50.Qc6 Ke5 51.Qb5 Qxb5 52.Bxb5 Kf5 53.Be2 Kg5 54.a4 h5
55.g3 fxg3 56.hxg3 h4 57.gxh4 1-0

[Event "President's Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir P Malaniuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 d4 6. Ne4 Nf6
7. Nf2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. e4 dxe3 10. dxe3 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 O-O
12. c3 e5 13. Ng5 c4 14. h3 Re8 15. Bd2 h6 16. Nf3 Be6 17. e4
Nd7 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Nh4 exf4 20. gxf4 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. f5
g5 23. fxe6 gxh4 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Rd5 b6 26. Ng4 Re6
27. Rf1+ Kg6 28. e5 h5 29. Rf6+ Rxf6 30. Nxf6 Rd8 31. Rxc5
Rd1+ 32. Kf2 bxc5 33. Be4+ Kf7 34. Bxc6 Ke6 35. Ne4 Kxe5
36. a4 Kf4 37. Nxc5 Rd2+ 38. Ke1 Rxb2 39. Kd1 Rb6 40. Bg2 Rb1+
41. Kc2 Ra1 42. Bc6 Kg3 43. Bd7 Re1 44. Ne6 Kxh3 45. Nf4+ Kh2
46. Nxh5 Re2+ 47. Kc1 Rf2 48. Kd1 Rf3 49. Ke2 Rxc3 50. Nf4 Kg3
51. Nh5+ Kh2 52. Nf4 Ra3 53. Kf2 c3 54. Ke3 Ra1 55. Bf5 Rxa4
56. Ne2 Rc4 57. Bc2 Kg2 0-1

[Event "President's Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir P Malaniuk"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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 Qb5 10. Ng5 Qb6 11. Be3 a5
12. h4 Na6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Qd3 Rfc8 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 c6
17. h5 Nc7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. d5 Qa6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Rac1
Nxe6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qxd3 24. exd3 Nd4 25. Rc4 Ne2+
26. Kh2 e6 27. Bxc6 d5 28. Rc5 Bf8 29. Bxa8 Bxc5 30. Bxd5 exd5
31. Bxc5 f4 32. Kg2 g5 33. Kf3 Re8 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Qe2 cxd4 8. Rd1 Be7 9. exd4 O-O 10. a3 Nd5 11. Nc3 Re8
12. Ba2 Bxa3 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qb5 Bd6 15. Bxd5 h6 16. Ne5
Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Bf4 Be6 19. Bf3 a6 20. Qc5 Rac8 21. Rac1
Qe7 22. Be3 Bb3 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Rd3 Ba4 25. Bg4 Rd8 26. Rd6
Ra8 27. f4 Nd8 28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Bxc8 Ne6 30. f5 Nf8 31. Bd4
Rc7 32. Rd8 Bd7 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Kf2 g6 36. g4
h5 37. e6 fxe6 38. fxe6 Nb8 39. Kf3 Nc6 40. Bf6 Kf8 41. gxh5
gxh5 42. Ke4 Na7 43. Kd5 Ke8 44. Bd4 Nb5 45. Bb6 Ke7 46. Ke5
Ke8 47. h3 Ke7 48. h4 Ke8 49. Kf6 Nd6 50. Kg6 Nc4 51. Bc5 b6
52. Bd4 Ke7 53. Kxh5 Kxe6 54. Kg6 Nd6 55. Bxb6 Nf5 56. h5 Ne7+
57. Kg7 Nf5+ 58. Kg6 Nh4+ 59. Kg7 Nf5+ 60. Kf8 Kf6 61. Bd8+
Ke6 62. Kg8 Nh6+ 63. Kg7 Nf7 64. Bc7 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Jonathan Speelman"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5
7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 e5 11. Nf3 Bg4
12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O e4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rfc8 16. Bc3 Qe6
17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Rfd1 Qe5 19. Rd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxe5 Nxe5
21. Qxe4 Nc6 22. Qc2 Rac8 23. Rd1 Nb4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qe2
h6 26. h4 Nc6 27. Qb5 Rd7 28. h5 a6 29. Qf5 Rd8 30. a3 Kf8
31. Kf1 f6 32. Qc5+ Ke8 33. b4 Rd7 34. Qc4 Kd8 35. a4 Ne7
36. Qc5 Rc7 37. Qd6+ Rd7 38. Qb8+ Nc8 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 b6
41. e4 Re7 42. Qg3 Kd7 43. Qb8 Kd8 44. Qa8 Re5 45. Qb7 Re7
46. Qd5+ Rd7 47. Qg8+ Kc7 48. f4 Nd6 49. Qe6 Nc8 50. e5 fxe5
51. Qxe5+ Nd6 52. g4 Kd8 53. g5 hxg5 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

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 h6 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. e4
dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Be7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Qc3 Rad8
17. Bb1 Bf6 18. Ne5 c5 19. Qc2 Nf8 20. f4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Rd6
22. c5 bxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Bxc5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 a6 26. b4 Bd5
27. a4 Bb3 28. Rd6 Bxa4 29. Rxa6 Bb5 30. Ra5 Rb8 31. Ba7 Rc8
32. Rxb5 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Rxb1 34. Rb8 Be7 35. Nc6 Bd6 36. Rd8 Rd1
37. Bb8 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 Bxb4 39. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 40. Kxd2 g5 41. Bd6
Nd7 42. Ke3 Kg7 43. Be7 f6 44. Bd6 Kg6 45. Kf3 Nb6 46. Nd8 Nc4
47. Bc7 Nd2+ 48. Ke2 Ne4 49. Nxe6 Kf5 50. Nd4+ Kg4 51. h3+ Kh5
52. Nf5 Kg6 53. Ne3 gxf4 54. Bxf4 h5 55. Nc4 Kf5 56. Kf3 Nc5
57. Ne3+ Kg6 58. Nd5 Kf5 59. Bd2 Nd3 60. Nf4 Ne5+ 61. Kg3 Nc4
62. Bc1 Kg5 63. Nd5+ Kg6 64. Kh4 Nd6 65. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7
Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6
12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5 14. Qg4 Ne6 15. Be3 h5 16. Qh3 Bd7
17. Qf3 Bc6 18. Qd1 Qh4 19. h3 Ng5 20. d5 Nxh3+ 21. gxh3 Qxh3
22. Re1 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Bxd5+ 24. f3 Bf4+ 25. Kg1 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "ECC14 Final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 Nc6 11. O-O-O Rb8
12. Nh3 Na5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nf4 e5 15. Nh5 Qb6 16. Nxf6+
Qxf6 17. Qxa5 d6 18. Qc3 Qh6 19. Rd2 Bc8 20. Bd3 f5 21. Bc2
Rb6 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 Be6 24. Rhd1 Qxh2 25. Rxd6 Qxg2
26. c5 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Bf7 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Bxf5 Qxf3 30. Bd7 Re7
31. c6 Be8 32. c7 Bxd7 33. Rxd7 Qf1+ 34. Rd1 1-0

[Event "ECC14 Final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Oratovsky"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4
cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg4 8. Qd3 Nf6 9. c4 Rc8 10. b3 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7
12. Nd4 O-O 13. f3 Bd7 14. Be3 Qa5 15. a4 e6 16. Nde2 d5
17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bd4 Be6 19. e5 Nd7 20. Qe3 Rfe8 21. f4 f6
22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Qg3 Bf5 24. Rac1 Ng4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. h3
Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Ne3 28. Rfe1 d4 29. a5 Qd8 30. Na4 Nc2 31. Nb6
Nxe1 32. Nxc8 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.a4 Nb6 11.Qf2 Nc4 12.Bxc4 Bxc4
13.Nd2 Be6 14.O-O Be7 15.Rfd1 Qc7 16.Nf1 h4 17.h3 Qc6 18.Bg5
Ng4 19.fxg4 Bxg5 20.Nd5 Rc8 21.c3 Qc5 22.Nfe3 g6 23.Rd3 Bxd5
24.Nxd5 O-O 25.Ne3 b5 26.Kh1 bxa4 27.Qf3 Rb8 28.Nd1 Qc6 29.Rd5
Rb5 30.Qd3 Rd8 31.c4 Rc5 32.Ne3 Qb6 33.Rxa4 Qxb2 34.Rxa6 Qc1+
35.Nd1 Qxc4 36.Raxd6 Rxd5 37.Rxd8+ Rxd8 38.Qxc4 Rxd1+ 39.Kh2
Bf4+ 40.g3 hxg3+ 41.Kg2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Orange FRA"]
[Date "1999.02.04"]
[EventDate "1999.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 e6
8.Nd2 Be7 9.Be2 Qc8 10.g4 Bg6 11.g5 Ng8 12.h4 h6 13.gxh6 Nxh6
14.h5 Nf5 15.Rg1 Bh7 16.Nf3 Qd8 17.Qb3 b6 18.cxb6 Qxb6 19.Qxb6
Nxb6 20.Rc1 O-O 21.h6 Rfc8 22.Bd3 g6 23.Ne5 c5 24.dxc5 Rxc5
25.Ke2 a5 26.Bxf5 exf5 27.Nd3 Rcc8 28.Be5 Bf8 29.Bd4 Rcb8
30.Nf4 Bxh6 31.Nh5 Nd7 32.Nxd5 Kf8 33.Nhf6 Nxf6 34.Nxf6 Bg8
35.Rh1 Bg5 36.Nxg8 Rd8 37.Nf6 Ke7 38.Rc7+ Ke6 39.Rc6+ Rd6
40.Rxd6+ Kxd6 41.f4 1-0

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Rc1 a6 10. b4 Ba7 11. c5 h6 12. Be2
Bb8 13. O-O e5 14. Bg3 Be6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5
Kg7 18. f4 exf4 19. exf4 d4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Bd3
Nf6 23. Qe1 Rh8 24. Qg3+ Kf8 25. Rce1 Ne7 26. Qf2 Bc7 27. Qxd4
Rh6 28. Bc4 Rd8 29. Qc3 Ned5 30. Qc1 b5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Rd1
Re8 33. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Bc6 35. g3 Ne4 36. Qd1 Re6 37. Qh5
Ke7 38. Qh8 Nxc5 39. Qh4+ Ke8 40. Rxe6+ Nxe6 41. f5 Nf8
42. Qf6 Bb7 43. Qh8 Ke7 44. f6+ Ke8 45. g4 Bf4 46. h4 Bc1
47. Qh5 Ne6 48. Qh8+ Nf8 49. g5 Bxa3 50. g6 fxg6 51. Qg7 1-0

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "159"]

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 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. O-O e5
12. a4 exd4 13. cxd4 b4 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. e5 Rc8
17. f4 c5 18. f5 c4 19. Bc2 gxf5 20. Rxf5 Nd7 21. Nf4 Bb7
22. Qg4 Ra6 23. Rg5 Rg6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Rxg6
Nf8 27. Rd6 b3 28. Bg5 Qc7 29. Bh6 b2 30. Rf1 c3 31. e6 Qe7
32. Rb6 Rc7 33. Rf7 Qxf7 34. exf7+ Rxf7 35. d5 Bxd5 36. Rb8
Ba2 37. Bxg7 Rxg7 38. Qf5 Rf7 39. Qg5+ Rg7 40. Qf5 Rf7 41. Qc2
Rc7 42. Qg6+ Rg7 43. Qf6 b1=Q+ 44. Rxb1 Bxb1 45. Qxc3 Ba2
46. Qxa5 Ne6 47. Qd2 Bc4 48. a5 Rg5 49. h4 Rc5 50. Qd7 Rc7
51. Qd6 Kf7 52. g4 Ra7 53. Qe5 Rd7 54. h5 Rd5 55. Qe4 Rd1+
56. Kh2 Bd5 57. Qe3 Ra1 58. g5 Rxa5 59. g6+ Ke7 60. Qc3 Ra2+
61. Kg1 Rg2+ 62. Kf1 Rg5 63. h6 Rxg6 64. h7 Rh6 65. h8=Q Rxh8
66. Qxh8 Kd7 67. Qe5 Bc6 68. Kf2 Nc7 69. Kg3 Kc8 70. Kf4 Kb7
71. Qb2+ Ka8 72. Qa3+ Kb7 73. Ke5 Nb5 74. Qa5 Na7 75. Kd6 Nc8+
76. Kc5 Bd7 77. Qd8 Ba4 78. Qd5+ Ka7 79. Qd4 Be8 80. Qd8 1-0

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. a3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Bb4 Re8 14. Rd1 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg1
Nxe3 17. Qd2 Bf4 18. Bd3 Bg4 19. Nbd4 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qb6
21. Ba5 Nxd1+ 22. Bxb6 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "8th Amber Tournament"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 d6
12. Rab1 Na6 13. a3 Rac8 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. e4 h6 16. Qe2 Bc6
17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nb8 20. h4 Nc6 21. Nxc6
Qxc6+ 22. Qf3 a6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Rd1 Be7
26. Na4 Kf8 27. Rd3 Ke8 28. Rb3 Nd7 29. Rb7 Bf6 30. b4 cxb4
31. axb4 Rxc4 32. Rxd7 Rxf4 33. Rb7 Rc4 34. Nc5 Bd4 35. Rb8+
Ke7 36. Rb7+ Kf6 37. Nd7+ Kf5 38. f3 Rc2+ 39. Kh3 Bg1 0-1

[Event "8th Amber Tournament"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7
12. Bd2 a6 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Nd5 16. Rac1 Qd8
17. Ne4 Bxb4 18. Neg5 g6 19. e4 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Nc7 21. e5 Nd5
22. Ne4 Ra3 23. h4 Qe7 24. h5 Kg7 25. Nd6 Ba8 26. Ra1 b4
27. Rxa3 bxa3 28. Ra1 c5 29. Rxa3 cxd4 30. Ra7 Qd8 31. Nxd4
Ne7 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Nf5+ Nxf5 35. Qxd7+ Kh6
36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Qxe6 Kh7 38. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Israeli League"]
[Site "Tel Aviv ISR"]
[Date "1999.01.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Sutovsky"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. Qxd5 Rb8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6
Nxe4 17. Rd5 f6 18. f3 Ng5 19. Rfd1 Nf7 20. R5d2 Be6 21. a3 a5
22. Bb5 Rfc8 23. Kg1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Bxb3 25. Rdc1 Bxc2 26. Rxc2
Nd6 27. Ba4 Rc8 28. Rd2 Nf5 29. Rd7 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rb1 31. Rd2
Kf8 32. Bc6 Nd4 33. Be4 Rh1 34. Bxh7 Rxh2 35. Bd3 Ke7 36. b4
a4 37. Rd1 Rh8 38. Rc1 Kd6 39. Rc4 g5 40. b5 Ra8 41. g4 Nxb5
42. Be4 Ra5 43. Rc6+ Kd7 44. Rxb6 Nxa3 45. Bd3 Kc7 46. Rxf6
Nb5 47. Bc4 a3 48. Kg3 a2 49. Bxa2 Rxa2 50. Rf5 Kd6 51. Rxg5
Nd4 52. Rg6+ Ke7 53. g5 Ra3 54. Rf6 e4 55. Rf4 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Israeli League"]
[Site "Tel Aviv ISR"]
[Date "1999.01.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ilan Manor"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e6
7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. g4 f5 10. gxf5 exf5 11. Be3 Kh8
12. Kh1 Be6 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Rae1 b6 15. Ng5 Bg8 16. Nd5 h6
17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Bf2 fxe4 20. dxe4 d5 21. e5 Qg4
22. Bg3 Nf5 23. Qf2 d4 24. Nh4 Nxh4 25. Bxh4 g5 26. Bg3 gxf4
27. Bxf4 Bc4 28. Qf3 Qg6 29. Rf2 d3 30. Qg3 Qh5 31. Bf3 Qf7
32. e6 Bxe6 33. Rg1 0-1

[Event "Israeli League"]
[Site "Tel Aviv ISR"]
[Date "1999.05.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ronen Har-Zvi"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 g6 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 O-O 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Kh1 Qc5 16. b3 Bd7
17. f4 b5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng4 20. Nd5 Nxe5 21. b4 Qd6
22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Nf5 Qxd2 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. Rxd2 bxc4
26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxd7 c3 28. Rd5 g5 29. Nc6 Bf4 30. Rc5 gxh4
31. Rxc3 Re8 32. g3 h3 33. Kg1 Bd2 34. Rd3 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Rh1
36. g4 Rxh2+ 37. Kg3 Re2 38. Nd4 h2 0-1

[Event "Israeli League"]
[Site "Tel Aviv ISR"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vadim Milov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6
7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. d5 exd5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 O-O 14. b3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Bb2
Rad8 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Bc3 Rd5 19. a4 b4 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rab1
Rfd8 22. Nc4 Qc3 23. Rdc1 Qf6 24. g3 Qg6 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. Rbc1
h5 27. Na5 Bc3 28. Nb7 Rd2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Qxa6 c4 31. Qxc4
Qf7 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Rf1 h4 34. Nc5 Rd6 35. Ne4 Rd5 36. gxh4
Bf6 37. Qc4 Bxh4 38. Ng3 Bxg3 39. Qe4+ Kg8 40. hxg3 Qd7
41. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Sigeman Wernbro & Co."]
[Site "Malmoe, Sweden"]
[Date "1999.06.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Rac1 dxc4 12.bxc4 c5 13.d5
exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.Rfd1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qc7 18.Bc4
Rad8 19.f4 Kh8 20.Qf5 f6 21.Kh1 Rfe8 22.Rg1 Re7 23.Rg6 Nf8
24.Rxh6+ gxh6 25.Bxf6+ Rg7 26.Bxg7+ Qxg7 27.Rg1 1-0

[Event "Pamplona ESP"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. d3 c6 9. g4 d6 10. g5 Ng8 11. Na4 Ne7
12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Be4 O-O 14. Qc3 Nf5 15. h4 Nd4 16. e3 f5
17. Bg2 Qe8 18. Qd2 f4 19. exd4 f3 20. Bf1 exd4+ 21. Kd1 Bg4
22. b3 Qg6 23. Ba3 b6 24. Kc2 a5 25. Rg1 Qh5 26. Re1 a4 27. b4
cxb4 28. Qxb4 Qxh4 29. Rg3 c5 30. Qd2 Rae8 31. Bc1 Bh5
32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Qf4 Qh1 34. Bh3 Re2+ 35. Bd2 Qa1 36. Qb8+
Be8 37. Be6+ Rxe6 38. Rxf3 Qxa2+ 39. Kd1 Qb1+ 40. Bc1 Qb3+
41. Kd2 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "Haifa Wydra"]
[Site "ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Boris Avrukh"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb3
Ne5 7. c5 Qc6 8. Rg1 e6 9. Qd4 Qe4 10. Be3 d5 11. cxd6 Qxd4
12. Bxd4 Bxd6 13. Bg2 Ke7 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O-O
e5 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Rb8 19. f3 h5 20. h4 Be6 21. Rd2 Rhd8
22. Rgd1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Nd5 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25. Ne4 Ke7 26. a3 f5
27. Ng5 Ne3 28. Rd3 f4 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Rd4 Ng2 31. Nh3 Rf8
32. Ra4 Rf5 33. Rxa7+ Kf6 34. Rc7 Rc5+ 35. Kb1 Nxh4 36. Nxf4
Ng6 37. Nd3 Ra5 38. Rxc6+ Kg5 39. Nf2 Ne5 40. Rc7 g6 41. Ka2
Kf4 42. b4 Rd5 43. Kb3 Ke3 44. Nh3 g5 45. Nxg5 Kxe2 46. Rh7
Nd3 47. Rxh5 Ke3 48. Kc4 Rf5 49. Rh4 Nb2+ 50. Kb3 Nd3 51. Ne6
1-0

[Event "Haifa Wydra"]
[Site "ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 Nde7 10. d3 Rb8 11. b4 b6
12. Bb2 Bb7 13. e3 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Nf5 15. Rac1 Ncd4 16. Nxd4
exd4 17. Ne4 dxe3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. fxe3 Nxe3 20. Qc3+ f6
21. Qxc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7+ Kg8 23. Rdc1 Nxg2 24. Re7 Bxe4
25. Rcc7 Rfc8 26. Rg7+ Kf8 27. Rcf7+ Ke8 28. Re7+ Kf8
29. Ref7+ Ke8 30. dxe4 Ne3 31. Rxa7 Kf8 32. Rxh7 Kg8 33. Rag7+
Kf8 34. Rxg6 Rc2 35. Rxf6+ Kg8 36. Rff7 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rf1+
38. Kxe3 Rxf7 39. Rh5 Ra8 40. Rb5 Rxa3+ 41. Kd4 Rf6 42. e5 Rh6
43. Rd5 Rxh2 44. Kc4 Rxg3 45. Rd6 Rh4+ 46. Kb5 Rgg4 47. Kxb6
Rxb4+ 48. Kc7 Rhe4 0-1

[Event "Haifa Wydra"]
[Site "ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Lev Psakhis"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+
7. Qxd2 c6 8. Qc2 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bg2 c5 11. O-O O-O
12. e4 cxd4 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nxd4 Rc8 15. Rfe1 g6 16. Rac1 b5
17. Qb2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 dxc4 21. Nc6
Qb6 22. Qc3 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qxc4 Nef6 25. Bf3 Qb2
26. Kg2 Qb6 27. a4 Kg7 28. a5 Qc7 29. Qa6 g5 30. Qxa7 Qd6
31. Qd4 Qa3 32. Ne5 Qc5 33. Qxc5 Nxc5 34. Be2 Nd5 35. a6 Kf6
36. a7 Nc7 37. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Haifa Wydra"]
[Site "ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alon Greenfeld"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. O-O Bxc3
12. bxc3 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rb1 Rab8 16. Rb5
exd4 17. cxd4 a6 18. Rc5 Kh8 19. Qc2 Nb4 20. Qe4 c6 21. Ne5
Rfd8 22. Ng6+ Kg8 23. Re5 Rd6 24. Nf4 Re8 25. Qb1 Nd5 26. Nxd5
cxd5 27. Qxb7 Qd8 28. Rb1 Rf8 29. Qa7 Qf6 30. f4 Rc6 31. Qd7
Rfc8 32. Kh2 Qg6 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Qxc6 Rb2 35. Qxe6+ Qxe6
36. Rxe6 Rxa2 37. Kg3 a5 38. Re5 a4 39. Rxd5 a3 40. Ra5 Kf7
41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Ke4 Ra1 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Ra6+ Ke7 45. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Haifa Wydra"]
[Site "ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
a6 7. e4 b5 8. Qe2 c5 9. e5 Nh5 10. Ne4 Nc6 11. Nxc5 Bf5
12. d3 e6 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Nf4 15. Qe3 Nd5 16. Qh6 Bf8
17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. exd6 Bxh6 19. Bxh6 f6 20. h3 g5 21. g4 Bg6
22. h4 gxh4 23. Rxh4 Kd7 24. g5 Ncb4 25. Kd2 Rhc8 26. Ne1 fxg5
27. Bxg5 Rf8 28. Rh2 Kxd6 29. Bh4 Nc6 30. Bg3+ e5 31. Nc2 Rad8
32. Re1 Nf4 33. Rh4 Kc7 34. Rxe5 Nxe5 35. Rxf4 Rfe8 36. Rf6
Kb7 37. Bg2+ Ka7 38. Nb4 Rxd3+ 39. Nxd3 Nxd3 40. Rxg6 hxg6
41. Kxd3 Kb6 42. Be4 g5 43. f3 Rd8+ 44. Ke3 Rd1 45. a3 Kc5
46. Be5 Kc4 47. Bf6 Kb3 48. Ke2 Rd6 49. Bc3 Rh6 50. Kf2 Rh1
51. Bb7 a5 52. Bxa5 Kxb2 53. Bb4 Rh4 54. Kg3 Rd4 55. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Haifa Wydra"]
[Site "ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Psakhis"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5
7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Nf3 e6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 c5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nf4
Bd6 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Qd3 Rac8 16. Bd2 e5 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. Bxd5 h6 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. e4 Nh7 21. Nxh7 Rxf7
22. Qxa6 Rb8 23. d5 Kxh7 24. a5 Rff8 25. Be3 Ra8 26. Qd3 Ra7
27. a6 Rb8 28. Ra5 Rb6 29. Rea1 Qd8 30. h3 Qc8 31. Qe2 Nb8
32. Rc1 Raxa6 33. Raxc5 Bxc5 34. Rxc5 Qd8 35. Rc1 Rg6 36. Qb5
Nd7 37. Qb7 Rad6 38. Rc8 Qe7 39. Qa8 Rgf6 40. Qb7 Qf7 41. Qa8
Ra6 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Qc8 Ra1+ 44. Kh2 Rxf2 45. Bxf2 Qxf2
46. Qe8+ Qf7 0-1

[Event "Biel SUI"]
[Site "GM"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Joseph G Gallagher"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Ne8 11. h3 Bd7 12. dxc6
bxc6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 c5 15. Nd5 Nac7 16. b4 Ne6 17. Rb1 Kh8
18. Nd2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 cxb4 21. Rxb4 Bc6 22. Nf3 Qa5
23. Rb1 N8c7 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Ne7 Be4 26. Nh4 Nf4 27. Bxf4
Qc5+ 28. Be3 Qxe7 29. Qh5 Qf7 30. Qxf7 Rxf7 31. Rbd1 Bf6
32. Nf3 Rg8 33. Kh2 Ne6 34. Rd6 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Bh4 36. Re2 f4
37. Bf2 Bxf2 38. Rxf2 Nd4 39. Rd5 Rg5 40. Bd3 h5 41. h4 Rg3
42. Be4 Re7 43. c5 Kg7 44. Rg2 Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Kf6 46. Rd6+ Re6
47. c6 Nb5 48. Rd8 Re7 49. Rh8 Rg7+ 50. Kf1 Nd6 51. Rh6+ Ke7
52. Rxh5 Nxe4 53. Rxe5+ Kd6 54. Rxe4 Kxc6 55. Rxf4 Kd5 56. Re4
Rb7 57. Kf2 Rb2+ 58. Re2 Rb8 59. f4 Rh8 60. Kg3 Rg8+ 61. Kf3
Rh8 62. Re5+ Kd6 63. h5 Rg8 64. Ra5 1-0

[Event "WCC2000"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O
Nbd7 13. gxf6 dxc3 14. Bc4 Qxf6 15. Rhg1 h6 16. Kb1 Nc5
17. Qe2 Bxf5 18. f4 Be6 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Qf3
Qb5 22. b3 Qc6 23. Qf6 Rh7 24. Rgf1 Rd8 25. Rde1 Rd5 26. Bc1
Be7 27. Qf3 Bg5 28. Qg3 Kd7 29. h4 Bxc1 30. Qg8 Bd2 31. Rxf7+
Rxf7 32. Qxf7+ Kd8 33. Rxe6 Rd6 34. Qg8+ Kc7 35. Qg7+ Kb8 0-1

[Event "WCC2000"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 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 Qe8 13. e4 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxc4 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bd3
17. Ndb1 Bxb1 18. Raxb1 a5 19. Qb3 b5 20. e5 a4 21. Qb2 Nd5
22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bh3 Ra8 24. Qc2 Nb6 25. Bf5 g6 26. Bd3 Kh8
27. Re1 Nc4 28. Rbc1 Qd7 29. h4 Qg4 30. Be2 Qe6 31. Kg2 Kg8
32. Bd3 f5 33. exf6 Qxf6 34. h5 Bd6 35. Bxd6 Nxd6 36. hxg6
hxg6 37. Bxg6 Ra7 38. Rcd1 Rg7 39. Bh5 Nf5 40. Qd2 Qh4 41. Rh1
Rxg3+ 42. fxg3 Qxg3+ 43. Kf1 Nxd4+ 0-1

[Event "WCC2000"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4
Kh8 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Bb2 axb4 15. axb4 fxe4 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 Nf5 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Ra8
Qe7 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. g3 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 b6 26. h4
Bg7 27. Kg2 Bf6 28. Qd3 Qe8 29. Qf3 Kg7 30. Bd3 Qd7 31. h5 Qf7
32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Qe4 Kh6 34. Qg4 Qe8 35. c5 bxc5 36. bxc5 Kg7
37. c6 Qf7 38. Kf1 Qe8 39. Be4 d3 40. Bxd3 Bc3 41. Kg2 Qf7
42. Be4 Bf6 43. Qc8 Bd4 44. f3 Bb6 45. f4 Bd4 46. Qg4 Bf6
47. Kf3 Bd4 48. Ke2 Bb6 49. Qd7 Kf8 50. Kf3 Kg7 51. g4 g5
52. Bf5 Bd4 53. fxg5 Kf8 54. Ke4 Bb2 55. g6 Qxd7 56. cxd7 Ke7
57. g5 Bg7 58. Kd3 Kd8 59. Kc4 Ke7 60. Kb5 Kd8 61. Kc6 1-0

[Event "WCC2000"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 Nc6
7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Rc8 11. Be3 Nd7
12. g4 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Qf2 b4 16. axb4 axb4
17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. Nf3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. f5 Ra2 21. Qh4 Ne5
22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. cxb4 Rxb2 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Bf1 Qd6 26. fxg6
hxg6 27. Bg2 Qxd3 28. Qe1 Re2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Emir Dizdarevic"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 c5 6. Nd2 Bg7
7. e4 Bd7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. f4 Ne8 11. Nf3 Nac7 12. e5
Rb8 13. a4 b6 14. Qe1 e6 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Bf2 f6 17. Bh4 Rd8
18. Rd1 Bc8 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Nd5 Rd7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxf6+
Nxf6 23. Ng5 Qe8 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Qc3 Qf8 26. Bg4 d5 27. Bxd7
Bxd7 28. Qe5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emir Dizdarevic"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. Qc2 d5
7. b3 d4 8. d3 c5 9. b4 cxb4 10. a3 Nc6 11. Nbd2 bxa3 12. Bxa3
Qc7 13. Rfb1 Rd8 14. Nb3 e5 15. Nfd2 Rb8 16. Nc5 b6 17. Qa4
bxc5 18. Qxc6 Rxb1+ 19. Rxb1 Qa5 20. Rb8 Qxa3 21. Rxc8 Rxc8
22. Qxc8+ Bf8 23. Nf3 Qa1+ 24. Bf1 Qa4 25. Nxe5 Qe8 26. Qc7 a5
27. Bg2 Kg7 28. f4 Qe6 29. Bh3 Bd6 30. Qd8 Qe7 31. Qxe7 Bxe7
32. Nf3 a4 33. Ne1 a3 34. Nc2 a2 35. g4 Bd8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6
12. Ne4 Qf4 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. g3 Qg4 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. a3 Be7
17. Qe3 Be8 18. b4 a6 19. Be2 Qh3 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qf5
22. Bd3 Qf6 23. Be4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. h4 Kf8 26. g4 Qe7
27. g5 hxg5 28. hxg5 Rd8 29. Re1 Qc7 30. g6 fxg6 31. Ng5 Nd4
32. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.21"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 g6
8.Bd3 Bg7 9.O-O f6 10.h3 Nxf4 11.exf4 e5 12.f5 e4 13.Bxe4 dxe4
14.Nxe4 O-O 15.Qb3+ Kh8 16.Nd6 Bh6 17.Rfe1 Kg7 18.Re4 Nxc5
19.dxc5 gxf5 20.Re8 Qxe8 21.Nxe8+ Rxe8 22.g3 a5 23.Re1 Rxe1+
24.Nxe1 a4 25.Qb6 Bd2 26.Qc7+ Kg6 27.Nf3 Bc1 28.Nh4+ Kh6
29.Qf7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 d6 7.Bg2
Bd7 8.O-O Bg7 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e4 Qa5 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Nd5 Qd8
13.Ne3 h5 14.Bc3 Qc8 15.Re1 Rb8 16.e5 dxe5 17.Bxe5 Rb7 18.Qd4
Bh3 19.Bh1 Rd8 20.Qc5 Rb6 21.Qxe7 Re8 22.Qxa7 Rb7 23.Qd4 Qe6
24.Nc2 Rbe7 25.Qc3 Qf5 26.Nd4 Qxe5 27.Rxe5 Rxe5 28.Bxc6 Rd8
29.Nf3 Rc5 30.Bb7 Rb8 31.Qa3 Nd7 32.Qa6 Rf5 33.Be4 Rf6 34.Qa7
Bf8 35.Qd4 Bc5 36.Qd2 Bg4 37.Rf1 Rd6 38.Qc3 Nf6 39.Ng5 Bd4
40.Qa3 Nxe4 41.Nxe4 Re6 42.Ng5 Rf6 43.Qd3 Bxb2 44.Rb1 Bf5
45.Ne4 Rfb6 46.a4 Rb4 47.a5 Ra4 48.Rxb2 Ra1+ 49.Kg2 Bxe4+
50.Qxe4 Rxb2 51.Qe8+ Kh7 52.Qxf7+ Kh6 53.Qf8+ Kh7 54.Qf7+ Kh6
55.c5 Rb5 56.Qf8+ Kh7 57.Qf7+ Kh6 58.Qf6 Raxa5 59.Qh8+ Kg5
60.f4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg3 a6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne5 Ne4 13.Bxe4
dxe4 14.Qc2 Nf6 15.Rad1 Bd6 16.Bh4 Re8 17.Qb3 Qe7 18.Ng4 Qd7
19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Bxf6 Qg4 21.Rd2 Re6 22.Be5 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Rxe5
24.Rfd1 Rae8 25.h3 Qe6 26.Qxe6 R8xe6 27.Ne2 Kg7 28.Nf4 Re7
29.Rc1 Rc5 30.Rxc5 bxc5 31.Kf1 Kf6 32.Ke1 Ke5 33.Rd8 Kf6
34.Kd2 Bc6 35.Kc3 Kg7 36.g4 Kf6 37.b3 Kg5 38.Rg8+ Kf6 39.h4
Rd7 40.g5+ hxg5 41.Rxg5 Rd1 42.Rxc5 Be8 43.Rxc7 Rf1 44.Ra7
Rxf2 45.Rxa6+ Kf5 46.h5 Kg4 47.h6 Rh2 48.Nd5 Kg5 49.Nf6 Bb5
50.Nxe4+ Kg4 51.Rb6 Be2 52.h7 f5 53.Nf6+ Kg5 54.Rb8 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3
b6 8.Bf4 Nh5 9.Bg3 f5 10.e3 Bb7 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Rd1 Nxg3 13.hxg3
Rf7 14.Nb5 Qf6 15.Qc3 Qxc3+ 16.Nxc3 h6 17.Nb5 Rc8 18.b4 Bf8
19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.Rxd6 Rc7 21.O-O Re7 22.Rfd1 Nd8 23.Ne5 Nf7
24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.f4 g5 26.Kf2 Kf6 27.R1d4 Rg7 28.fxg5+ hxg5
29.g4 fxg4 30.Bxg4 Ke5 31.Bf3 Bd5 32.c5 bxc5 33.bxc5 Rxc5
34.Ra6 Rc2+ 35.Kg3 Rc3 36.Kf2 Bxf3 37.gxf3 d5 38.Rg4 Rc2+
39.Kg3 Re2 40.f4+ Kf5 41.Rxg5+ Rxg5+ 42.fxg5 Rxe3+ 43.Kf2 d4
44.Rxa7 Kxg5 45.a4 Kf4 46.a5 Ra3 47.Ke2 Ke4 48.Kd2 e5 49.a6
Ra2+ 50.Kc1 Kd3 51.Re7 e4 52.a7 e3 53.Kb1 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7
7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 Ne4 9.Qc2 d6 10.O-O Nd7 11.Nd2 f5 12.f3 Ng5
13.b4 Qf6 14.Bb2 Qh6 15.Rae1 c5 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.f4 Nf7 18.e4
fxe4 19.Nxe4 cxb4 20.axb4 e5 21.Bc1 Qh4 22.c5 Rac8 23.Bc4 d5
24.Bb5 Bc6 25.Bxc6 Rxc6 26.Qd3 dxe4 27.Qxd7 Rh6 28.h3 exf4
29.Rxe4 g5 30.Re8 Rf6 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Bb2 Qh6 33.Qc8+ Ke7
34.Rd1 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 h6 7.g3 Be7
8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Bh7 11.Qc2 Qb6 12.a3 Ng4 13.Bd4
Bc5 14.Qc3 Rfe8 15.b4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Ngf6 17.cxd5 exd5 18.a4 a5
19.Qxb6 Nxb6 20.b5 c5 21.Nb3 c4 22.Nc5 Re7 23.dxc4 Rc7 24.Nb3
dxc4 25.Nbd4 c3 26.Rec1 Be4 27.Ra3 Nfd5 28.Ne5 Bxg2 29.Kxg2
Re8 30.Nd3 Rc4 31.e3 Nxe3+ 32.fxe3 Rxe3 33.Nb3 Rxd3 34.Nxa5
Rc7 35.Ra2 Nd5 36.Kh3 Ne3 37.Nb3 c2 38.Rb2 Rcc3 39.Na1 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be3 Qb6 6.Qb3 Nd7 7.Nd2 a5
8.Qxb6 Nxb6 9.a4 Ne7 10.f4 Bg6 11.Ngf3 Nf5 12.Bf2 h5 13.g3 Be7
14.Be2 Kd7 15.O-O Kc7 16.h3 Nd7 17.Kg2 Nh6 18.Ne1 c5 19.c4
dxc4 20.Nxc4 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Be4+ 22.Bf3 Nf5 23.Bf2 Bxf3+ 24.Nxf3
Nc5 25.Rfc1 b6 26.Nxa5 Rxa5 27.b4 Ra6 28.bxc5 bxc5 29.g4 hxg4
30.hxg4 Nh6 31.Bxc5 Bxc5 32.Rxc5+ Rc6 33.Rxc6+ Kxc6 34.Kg3 Kb6
35.Rb1+ Ka6 36.Nd4 Rd8 37.Rb4 Ng8 38.Rc4 Rd7 39.Kf3 Ne7 40.Nc6
Nxc6 41.Rxc6+ Ka5 42.f5 exf5 43.gxf5 Kxa4 44.e6 Re7 45.Ke4 Kb5
46.Kd5 fxe6+ 47.fxe6 Re8 48.Rc7 Kb6 49.Rd7 g5 50.e7 g4 51.Ke6
1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.17"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexei Fedorov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3
b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.Bd3 Ne5 12.Rhe1 Qa5
13.Nb3 Qc7 14.Qf2 Nxd3+ 15.Rxd3 Nd7 16.Rd2 Be7 17.a3 Rc8 18.f4
Nc5 19.Bxc5 dxc5 20.Red1 b4 21.Rd7 Qb8 22.axb4 cxb4 23.Qb6
Qxf4+ 24.Kb1 Bc6 25.Rxe7+ Kxe7 26.Qxb4+ Kf6 27.Rd6 Kg6 28.Nd4
Bxe4 29.Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.18"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "180"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Be6 11.Qb4 Qc8 12.Kh2 a5
13.Qa3 b5 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qxc2 16.Qe3 Rfe8 17.Re1 Nd7
18.Re2 Qc4 19.b3 Qc3 20.Rb1 Rac8 21.Be4 Nf6 22.Bg2 b4 23.a3
bxa3 24.Ra2 Qc5 25.Qd2 Qb5 26.Rxa3 Rc5 27.Rba1 Qb6 28.Qd1 Rb5
29.Be3 Qc7 30.Qd3 Reb8 31.Qc4 Qd8 32.Bd2 Qb6 33.Be3 Qd8 34.Bd2
Nd7 35.R1a2 Ne5 36.Qa4 Rb4 37.Qxa5 Qxa5 38.Rxa5 Rxb3 39.Ra7
Kf8 40.Bg5 f6 41.Bf4 Nd3 42.Be3 f5 43.Bf1 Bf6 44.R2a3 Ne1
45.Rxb3 Rxb3 46.Ba6 Ra3 47.Be2 Rb3 48.Ba6 Bg5 49.Ra8+ Kg7
50.Ba7 Bf6 51.Bc8 Ra3 52.Be6 Nf3+ 53.Kg2 Nd4 54.Rg8+ Kh6
55.Bb6 Ra6 56.Bxd4 Bxd4 57.f4 Ra2+ 58.Kh1 Ra3 59.Kg2 Ra2+
60.Kh1 Bf2 61.g4 fxg4 62.hxg4 Be3 63.Rf8 Ra4 64.g5+ Kh5 65.Rh8
Bxf4 66.Rxh7+ Kxg5 67.Rxe7 Kf6 68.Rf7+ Ke5 69.Rh7 Ra2 70.Rh3
Ke4 71.Kg1 Be3+ 72.Kf1 g5 73.Rg3 Rf2+ 74.Kg1 Rb2+ 75.Kf1 Kf4
76.Rg2 Rb1+ 77.Ke2 Rb2+ 78.Kf1 Rb1+ 79.Ke2 Ke4 80.Bg8 Rb2+
81.Kf1 Rb1+ 82.Ke2 Rb2+ 83.Kf1 Rb3 84.Ke2 Ra3 85.Bf7 Bf4
86.Be6 Bg3 87.Bf7 g4 88.Bh5 Re3+ 89.Kd2 Be1+ 90.Kd1 g3 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.23"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 g6 9.f3 Bg7 10.Be3 O-O 11.O-O Qd8 12.Nde2 Qa5
13.Rc1 a6 14.Nf4 Nd7 15.a3 e6 16.Qxd6 Nde5 17.Qc5 Rfc8 18.Nce2
Qa4 19.Bf2 Bf8 20.Qe3 Nxc4 21.Qc3 N6a5 22.Nd4 e5 23.Nd5 exd4
24.Bxd4 Ne5 25.Qe3 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Bg7 27.b4 Nac6 28.Bxe5 Bxe5
0-1

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Adrian Mikhalchishin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "133"]

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 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4
12. cxd4 Nb4 13. d5 c5 14. dxc6 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nc3 Nxc3
17. bxc3 Nxc6 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Ra2 Qe6 20. Bg5 Rfd8 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. Rae2 h6 23. e6 Rd6 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Ne5 Nxe5
26. Rxe5 Rd7 27. R1e3 Rd6 28. Re7 Qf6 29. Rb7 Rf8 30. Rf3 Qd8
31. Qd4 Rg6 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qxd5+ Kh7 34. Qe4 Qc5 35. Rd7
a5 36. Rd5 Qc6 37. h4 Kg8 38. Qd3 a4 39. Qxb5 Qxc3 40. bxa4
Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxf2 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4 Qg3+ 44. Kg1 Qg4
45. Rd4 Qxe4 46. Rxe4 Rg3 47. Kf2 Ra3 48. g4 Kg6 49. Rf4 Rh3
50. a5 Ra3 51. Rf5 Kh7 52. Rb5 Ra4 53. Kf3 Kg8 54. h5 Kf7
55. Rb7+ Kf6 56. Rb6+ Ke5 57. a6 Ra3+ 58. Ke2 Kd4 59. Rd6+ Ke4
60. Kd2 Ke5 61. Rg6 Kd5 62. Kc2 Kc4 63. Kb2 Ra5 64. Rxg7 Rxa6
65. Rg6 Ra4 66. Rxh6 Kd5 67. Rg6 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 c6 8. d5 cxd5 9. cxd5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 h5 12. Nd2
Na6 13. Nc4 Nh6 14. f3 Nf7 15. O-O Bd7 16. a4 Qb8 17. Nb5 Rc8
18. Bf2 Bh6 19. Qb3 Nc5 20. Qa3 a6 21. Nbxd6 Nxd6 22. Nb6 Bf8
23. b4 Ncxe4 24. fxe4 Be8 25. Qf3 Be7 26. Nxa8 Qxa8 27. Bc5
Qb8 28. a5 Qc7 29. Rac1 Qd7 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Qe3 Bf7 32. Bb6
Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Qa4 34. Bc5 g5 35. Qf2 Qd7 36. Qc2 h4 37. h3 Bg6
38. Bb6 Kh6 39. Qc7 Qe8 40. Bc5 Qf8 41. Rf1 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Branko Damljanovic"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O Qe7 9. Bg5 exd4 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nxd4 c6
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. f3 a5 16. Rad1
Rd8 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Bf1 Qe7 19. Ne2 Be8 20. Nc3 f6 21. Qf2
Bf7 22. Rd2 Rd7 23. Red1 Rad8 24. g3 Be6 25. b3 Qf8 26. Ne2 f5
27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Nd4 Qf6 29. Qe3 Rf7 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Rd4
Rfd7 32. Re1 Rf7 33. Rh4 Qg7 34. Rd1 Rf6 35. Qd2 b6 36. Rd4
Kh8 37. Bg2 Re6 38. f4 Ne4 39. Bxe4 fxe4 40. Qe3 Qe7 41. R4d2
Kg8 42. g4 Qh4 43. h3 Qe7 44. Kg2 Rd7 45. Rd4 Rd8 46. a3 b5
47. cxb5 d5 48. bxc6 Red6 49. f5 Qe5 50. c7 Rc8 51. Qg3 Qe7
52. Rxd5 Rxd5 53. Rxd5 Rxc7 54. Qe5 Rc2+ 55. Kg3 Qxe5+
56. Rxe5 Rc3+ 57. Kf4 Rxb3 58. Rxa5 Rxh3 59. Kxe4 Rh4 60. Kf4
h5 61. Kg5 Rxg4+ 62. Kxh5 Rg7 63. Ra8+ Kh7 64. a4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona ESP"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. d4 d5 12. exd5
exd5 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Na6 15. Qg4 Nb4 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Bd2
Bd6 18. Bxb4 Bxe5 19. Qxc8 Rfxc8 20. cxd5 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Bf6
22. Bh3 Rc4 23. d6 Bf3 24. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rd8 26. d7 h5
27. Rc7 a6 28. Bc3 Kf8 29. Rc8 Bg5 30. Bd4 Ke7 31. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Israeli League"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv ISR"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Huzman"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nce2 e6
7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ng3 Ba6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O h6
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qc1 Nb6 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Nxc4
Qc7 17. Rd1 Bc5 18. dxc5 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Bxc4 20. Qd4 Ba6
21. Qxf6 Rd8 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Qxh6 Qd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. h4 Kd7
26. h5 Ke7 27. h6 Kf6 28. e5+ Kg6 29. Re4 Kxh6 30. Rxb4 Rd5
31. Rf4 Kg7 32. b4 Rxe5 33. Ne4 Bd3 34. Nd6 Bg6 35. Rc4 Re1+
36. Kh2 a6 37. Rc3 Kf6 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 cxb5 40. c6 b4
41. c7 bxc3 42. c8=Q Rc1 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Ne8+ Kf8 45. Nf6+
Kg7 46. Nd7 Kh6 47. Qh8+ Kg5 48. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov UKR"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Oleg Romanishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Nd2
Bb7 8.e4 d6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O g6 11.Nf3 Bg7 12.Bg5 Qc8 13.Qd2
h6 14.Be3 Nf6 15.d5 Ng4 16.Bd4 e5 17.Bc3 O-O 18.b4 Qd8 19.g3
Bc8 20.a4 Nf6 21.a5 Bh3 22.Rfe1 Qd7 23.c5 bxc5 24.bxc5 Rab8
25.c6 Qg4 26.Qd1 Nh7 27.Nd2 Qc8 28.Rb1 f5 29.Rxb8 Qxb8 30.Qb1
Ng5 31.Qxb8 Rxb8 32.f3 fxe4 33.fxe4 h5 34.Rb1 Rf8 35.Be2 Bh6
36.a6 Bg4 37.Bxg4 hxg4 38.Rf1 Rb8 39.Kf2 Rb6 40.Ra1 Nh7 41.Ke2
Nf6 42.Kd3 Bxd2 43.Bxd2 Kf7 44.Ra3 Rb1 45.Be3 Rd1+ 46.Ke2 Rb1
47.Bxa7 1-0

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Darmen Sadvakasov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. Bb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 b5
12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bb7 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Re2 Na5
17. Rd2 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc8 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Qe6 21. Rc1 h6
22. f4 Nc4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rab8 25. Rc2 Qe3+ 26. Kh1
Rfe8 27. g3 Qe4+ 28. Kg1 Rb3 29. Rd4 Qe6 30. Rf2 Re3 31. Kg2
f5 32. Rd6 Qe4+ 33. Kh3 Re6 34. Qd5 Kh7 35. Qxe4 R3xe4
36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Rc2 g5 38. Kg2 Re3 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.24"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7
7. a5 e6 8. Qb6 Qxb6 9. axb6 Ra8 10. c5 Nbd7 11. e3 Be7
12. Be2 O-O 13. Nd2 e5 14. Nb3 Rfe8 15. O-O Bf8 16. Bd2 Bc2
17. Na5 exd4 18. exd4 Nxc5 19. dxc5 d4 20. Bf3 dxc3 21. Bxc3
Ne4 22. Rfc1 Bd3 23. Nxb7 Rab8 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rd1 Be2
26. Rd7 Bg4 27. Rc7 Rc4 28. Rxa6 h5 29. Ra7 Be6 30. Rxc6 Bd5
31. Rc7 Re8 32. h3 Rf4 33. Nd6 Re2 34. f3 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rxf3
36. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Milan Vidmar Mem"]
[Site "Portoroz SLO"]
[Date "2001.07.03"]
[EventDate "2001.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Drazen Sermek"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. Na3 Bxb3 10. Qxb3 Qd3 11. Qb5 O-O-O
12. Ng5 c4 13. Nxf7 Rd5 14. Nxh8 e5 15. b3 Rxb5 16. Nxb5 cxb3
17. Na3 bxa2 18. Rxa2 Qd5 19. Ra1 Qg8 20. f4 e4 21. Re1 Bc5+
22. Kh1 Qxh8 23. Rxe4 Qd8 24. d4 Qd5 25. Re2 Bd6 26. Rb1 Qf5
27. Re1 Qd3 28. Bb2 Na4 29. Red1 Qa6 0-1

[Event "Milan Vidmar Mem"]
[Site "Portoroz SLO"]
[Date "2001.07.05"]
[EventDate "2001.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georg Mohr"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4
e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O a6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 O-O 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Nd2
Rac8 17. Rfc1 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. c4 Bg5 20. b3 d5 21. exd5
f5 22. Rd1 e4 23. Qe2 Rce8 24. a3 e3 25. Nf1 bxc4 26. bxc4
exf2+ 27. Qxf2 Qxc4 28. Ra2 Bd8 29. d6 Bb6 30. Qxb6 Qxa2
31. Qxa6 f4 32. Nd2 Qd5 33. Qc4 Rf5 34. Qc2 Re2 0-1

[Event "Milan Vidmar Mem"]
[Site "Portoroz SLO"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[EventDate "2001.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandru Crisan"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6
7. Be3 e5 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. h3 h6 11. Bh4 Nf6 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. a3 Nc5 14. Qc2 Ne6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rfe1 c6 17. Bf1
Qe7 18. Ne2 h5 19. b4 Bg7 20. c5 f5 21. Rad1 f4 22. Rd6 g5
23. Nh2 g4 24. Qb3 Kh8 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Nxg4 Ng5 27. Nh2 Nxe4
28. Rdd1 Qh4 29. Qf3 Ng5 30. Qb3 Be6 31. Qc2 Rf6 32. g3 Qh5
33. Nc3 Rh6 34. f3 fxg3 35. Rxe5 Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2001.07.24"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Yannick Pelletier"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "110"]

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. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. a3 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 bxa3 14. b3 Qb6 15. Qc2 c5 16. Bxa3 cxd4
17. Nxd4 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 O-O 19. Rfa1 Rfc8 20. Qd2 e5 21. Nf5
Rd8 22. Qc3 g6 23. Ng3 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Bf1 Rdb8 26. Bc4
Bd5 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Ne4 Rb4 29. Nd2 Rb7 30. Ra5 Rd8 31. Ne4
Nc7 32. Rxe5 Rxb3 33. g4 a6 34. Rc5 Rb7 35. Kg2 Ra7 36. f4 Kg7
37. Kf3 Rd5 38. Rc6 a5 39. Nf6 Rd8 40. Ra4 Ne8 41. g5 h6
42. h4 Nxf6 43. gxf6+ Kh7 44. Ke2 Rd5 45. e4 Rh5 46. Rac4 Rxh4
47. e5 g5 48. f5 Rxc4 49. Rxc4 a4 50. e6 fxe6 51. fxe6 Kg6
52. e7 Ra8 53. Rxa4 Rb8 54. Ra6 h5 55. Rd6 Rb2+ 1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.09"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Michal Krasenkow"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Ng4 9. e3 d6 10. b3 Nh6 11. Nde2 Bg4 12. Bb2
Qd7 13. Qd2 Bh3 14. Nd5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 f5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Rad1 e6 18. Qb2+ Kf7 19. Ndc3 Rad8 20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Qa3 d5
22. cxd5 exd5 23. Qxe7+ Nxe7 24. Nf4 g5 25. Nd3 Nc6 26. h4
gxh4 27. Rh1 Ng4 28. Rxh4 Nf6 29. Nb4 d4 30. Nxc6 bxc6
31. Rhxd4 1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ne5 e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nb6 11. b3 f6 12. Nd3
Rf7 13. a4 Nc6 14. e3 Rb8 15. g4 a5 16. Ba3 Bf8 17. Bc5 Kg7
18. Rc1 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Na8 20. Nb5 Nc7 21. Qe1 Na6 22. e4 dxe4
23. Bxe4 Rd7 24. Qc3 b6 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Nxc5 27. exf6+
Kf7 28. Qh3 Qg8 29. Bc6 Rd3 30. Be8+ Kxe8 31. f7+ Qxf7
32. Nd6+ Rxd6 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Qxh7+ Ke8 35. Qc7 Rd4 36. Qxb8
Kd7 37. h3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[EventDate "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexis Cabrera"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6
7. d3 Be7 8. h3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 h6
12. Be3 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Rb8 15. b3 Bf5 16. Qe2 a5
17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Kh2 Bd6 20. c4 Bb4 21. Rg1 Qe6
22. c5 Ba3 23. Qd2 Be4 24. Qxa5 Bxg2 25. Rxg2 Ne4 26. Rgg1 Bb4
27. Qa6 Bc3 28. Qd3 Be5 29. f4 Bf6 30. Rg2 h5 31. Bc1 h4
32. gxh4 Bxh4 33. Qf3 Bf6 34. Qg4 Qxg4 35. hxg4 g5 36. Rd3 Kg7
37. Rc2 Rh8+ 38. Rh3 Rxh3+ 39. Kxh3 Rh8+ 40. Kg2 Rh4 41. fxg5
Be5 42. Kg1 Bd4+ 43. Kf1 Rxg4 44. Rg2 Rh4 45. Ke2 Kg6 46. Kd3
Be5 47. b4 Rh3+ 48. Kc2 d4 49. Bd2 d3+ 50. Kb3 Nxd2+ 51. Rxd2
Bf4 52. Rd1 Bxg5 53. Nb2 d2+ 54. Kc2 Ra3 55. Nc4 Rxa2+ 56. Kb3
Ra8 57. Ne5+ Kf5 58. Nxc6 Ke4 59. Kc4 Ra2 60. Kb3 Ra8 61. Kc4
Be3 62. Na5 Kf3 63. Kd3 Rd8+ 64. Kc2 Ke2 65. Nc4 Bf4 66. c6
Rd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3
c5 13. Rb1 g5 14. Bf2 f5 15. b4 b6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. h3 Ng6
18. g4 fxg4 19. hxg4 Nh4 20. Rh2 Qf6 21. Be3 Nf7 22. Qa4 Nd8
23. Rf2 h5 24. Nf1 Ng6 25. Ng3 h4 26. Nf5 Nf4 27. Bf1 Nf7
28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Qc6 Bxg4 30. fxg4 Nh6 31. Kd2 Rac8 32. Qd7+
Kg8 33. Rb7 Qg6 34. Bxf4 gxf4 35. g5 Nf7 36. Qe6 Kg7 37. Rxf7+
Qxf7 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Bh3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Aleksander Delchev"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6
7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ndb4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nxc6 11. Be3
Bd7 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Kc2 O-O 14. Rhd1 Rfd8 15. Kb1 Na5 16. Bf3
Bc6 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 f5
21. Nd6 Bxf3 22. exf3 Rd8 23. Rxa5 Rxd6 24. Rxa7 Rd1+ 25. Kc2
Rf1 26. Rxb7 Rxf2+ 27. Kd3 Rxh2 28. a4 Rh1 29. Rb3 Kf7 30. a5
Ra1 31. Ra3 Rd1+ 32. Kc4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander Delchev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 g6
7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d6 10. Bc2 a6 11. Nf3 O-O
12. Bf4 Ne8 13. e5 Qc7 14. exd6 Qxc4 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Ne5 Qc5
17. Re1 Nfd7 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nc6 20. Ne4 Qxc2 21. Rac1
Qa4 22. Rxc6 Ne5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxf6 Nxc6 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. g3 Be7 11. Rc1 Nb6
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bg2 Nc4 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Na4 O-O 16. O-O Rfe8
17. Bc3 Qf5 18. b3 Nd6 19. Nc5 Nfe4 20. Bb4 a5 21. Ba3 Nxc5
22. Bxc5 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Nb5 24. a4 Nc7 25. Bh3 f5 26. Rd1 Na6
27. Bxe7 Rxe7 28. Bf1 Nb4 29. Rc5 g5 30. Rc3 f4 31. exf4 gxf4
32. Bh3 Rf8 33. Bg4 Rf6 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Bf3 fxg3 36. hxg3 Ke6
37. Re3+ Kd6 38. Rde1 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Re6 40. Re2 c5 41. dxc5+
Kxc5 42. Bg4 Re4 43. Bf5 Re5 44. g4 Nc6 45. Bc8 Re7 46. Rc2+
Kb4 47. Rc1 Kxb3 48. Bxb7 Nb4 49. Bc8 Kxa4 50. Rc5 Ra7 51. Be6
Ka3 52. Kf3 a4 53. e4 dxe4+ 54. Kxe4 Ra6 55. Kf5 g6+ 56. Kf6
Kb2 57. Rb5 Kc3 58. Rc5+ Kd2 59. Kf7 a3 60. Bc4 Rc6 61. Rxc6
Nxc6 62. Ba2 Ne5+ 63. Kf6 Nxg4+ 64. Kxg6 Kc3 65. Kf5 Kb2
66. Be6 Nf2 67. Ke5 Nd3+ 68. Kd4 Nc1 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4
12. Bxc4 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Be4 Na6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Nb4
17. Rc4 b5 18. Rc5 Rac8 19. Rxb5 Rc1 20. Qxc1 Nd3+ 21. Ke2
Nxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Qd6 23. a4 Rb8 24. Rc4 Rxb5 25. axb5 Qb8
26. Rc5 a6 27. Kd3 axb5 28. Kc3 Qb6 29. Kb4 Qa6 30. Rxb5 Qa1
31. Kc5 Qf1 32. b4 Qxg2 33. Ne5 f6 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Nc6 Qxh2
36. b5 Qh5+ 37. Kd6 Qd5+ 38. Kc7 e5 39. b6 Qf7+ 40. Kd6 exd4
41. exd4 h5 42. b7 h4 43. Rh8+ Kxh8 44. b8=Q+ Kh7 45. Qb1+ f5
46. Qh1 g5 47. d5 Qf6+ 48. Kc7 Qg7+ 49. Kd6 Qf6+ 50. Kd7 g4
51. d6 f4 52. Qe4+ Kh6 53. Qe6 Qxe6+ 54. Kxe6 g3 55. fxg3 f3
56. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc3 b6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Bb7 11. b4 Be7
12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1 h6 14. Qe2 b5 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Ne4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qg4 e5 21. Qe6+
Kh8 22. Qg6 Kg8 23. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 Be7
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g5 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 O-O 15. Be2 e5 16. Rd2 f5
17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. f5 Rac8 19. Rhd1 Qa5 20. Rxd6 b4 21. axb4
Qa1+ 22. Nb1 Qa4 23. Nc3 Qxb4 24. Bxa6 Rb8 25. Rxf6 gxf6
26. Rd7 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Bd3 Qxb2+ 29. Kd2 Qb4 30. Qh5+
Kg7 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Qh4 Rf8 33. Qh6 Rf7 34. Qh4 Kg8 35. Be2
Rd7+ 36. Bd3 Rc7 37. Qg3+ Kf8 38. Be2 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6
7. Be3 Nge7 8. h4 f5 9. h5 fxe4 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Rxh8+ Bxh8
12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Qd2 Nce7 16. O-O-O
O-O-O 17. g4 Nd4 18. Nf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Ndc6 20. Qd3 Re8 21. f4
Kb8 22. Qf3 Qe6 23. Bc3 Qf7 24. Re1 Rf8 25. Bd2 a5 26. Qe4 a4
27. Bd3 Qg7 28. a3 Qf6 29. Bc2 Qh4 30. Qe2 d5 31. Bxa4 dxc4
32. Bd1 c3 33. bxc3 Nd5 34. Rf1 Rd8 35. f5 gxf5 36. Rxf5 Qh8
37. Qf3 Nb6 38. Bf4 Nc4 39. Qg3 Rxd1+ 40. Kxd1 Qh1+ 41. Kc2
Qe4+ 42. Kd1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Qe4+ 44. Kf2 Ka7 45. Qf3 Qc2+
46. Kg3 Qb3 47. Bxc7 Qxa3 48. g5 Nd6 49. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6
7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3 b5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Qxd5 c6 13. Qd4 c5 14. Qd5 Rb8 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rd1 Bb5
17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Bc3 Be7 19. e6 Qxe6 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Bc3 Qxd5
22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. e4 Rg6 24. e5 h5 25. Be4 Rd3 26. Bxg6 fxg6
27. Re1 Kd7 28. e6+ Kd6 29. Re4 Bc6 30. Re3 Bg5 31. Ree1 Be7
32. Re2 h4 33. gxh4 Bxh4 34. Rae1 Be7 35. Re3 Bd5 36. Kf1 Rxe3
37. Rxe3 Bxe6 38. Kg2 Bf5 39. Kg3 Bg5 40. Re8 Bc1 41. Ra8 Kd5
42. Rxa6 Ke4 43. Rxa4 Kd3 44. Ra5 Kc2 45. Rxc5 Bd3 46. Kf3
Bxb2 47. Bxb2 Kxb2 48. Ke3 Kc2 49. h4 Kc3 50. h5 gxh5 51. Rxh5
Bb1 52. Rc5 Kb4 53. Kd4 Bd3 54. f4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nb5 Bd8 10. Bf4 dxc4 11. Nxc7+
Bxc7 12. Bxc7 O-O 13. Rc1 Rfc8 14. Bf4 b5 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. f3
Na4 17. Rc2 Rd8 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Bd2 a5 20. e3 Rdc8 21. Be2 f6
22. Ng4 c3 23. bxc3 Ndxc3 24. Bxc3 Nxc3 25. Bd3 Nb1 26. Rxc8+
Rxc8 27. Ke2 Nxa3 28. Ra1 b4 29. Nf2 Bd5 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Bxe4
Kf7 32. Bd3 Ke7 33. Kd2 h6 34. h4 Kd6 35. g4 e5 36. dxe5+ fxe5
37. f4 Re8 38. Bg6 Rd8 39. Bd3 Kd5 40. Rc1 e4 41. Be2 b3
42. Kc3 Rc8+ 43. Kb2 Rxc1 44. Kxc1 Nc4 45. Bxc4+ Kxc4 46. g5
hxg5 47. hxg5 a4 48. Kb2 Kb4 49. f5 a3+ 50. Kb1 Kc3 51. f6 a2+
52. Ka1 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Christopher Lutz"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nbd7
12. Ba5 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Ba8 14. Qc2 Qe8 15. b4 Nd5 16. a3 f5
17. Rae1 Qg6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Rf6 20. Qxg6 Rxg6 21. Ne4
Rf8 22. h4 Bd6 23. h5 Rh6 24. Nc5 N5b6 25. Ng5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2
Rxh5 27. Ngxe6 Rc8 28. Nxd7 Nxd7 29. Rc1 c6 30. Rfe1 Rd5
31. Nd8 Rxd4 32. Red1 Be5 33. Rxd4 Bxd4 34. Rd1 c5 35. bxc5
Nxc5 36. Rxd4 Nb3 37. Re4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. Rg1 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. g5 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Qe7
12. Nb5 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bd2 Nfg4 15. h3 Qxg5 16. hxg4
Bxg4 17. Be2 Qf6 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. O-O-O Ne5 20. Bc3 Rc8
21. f4 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Nc4 23. Nb5 Qxc3+ 24. Nxc3 Rh2 25. Rxd5
Be7 26. Rd4 Nxe3 27. Re4 Nf5 28. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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 h6 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Rad1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bc7 15. Kh1 Bg4 16. Rde1 b5
17. Bb3 Qd7 18. e4 b4 19. Na4 Rxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxd2
22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Qg6 Be2 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qf5 Bxf1 26. Qxc8+
Bd8 27. Qa8 Bb5 28. h3 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qxf4+ 30. Kh1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.22"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Igor Alexandre Nataf"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "131"]

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 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3
c5 13. Rb1 Nf7 14. O-O f5 15. b4 b6 16. a4 Bh6 17. Bf2 Kh8
18. a5 Ng8 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Rb2 Nh5 21. Ra1 Bd7 22. axb6 axb6
23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Ra2 Qd8 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Ra7 Nf4 27. Bf1
Qg5 28. g3 Rd8 29. h4 Ne2+ 30. Bxe2 Qxd2 31. Qxd2 Bxd2 32. Nb5
Kg8 33. Kg2 fxe4 34. fxe4 h5 35. Bd1 Bc8 36. Ra2 Bb4 37. Be3
Kf8 38. Ra7 Rd7 39. Ra8 Rd8 40. Ra7 Rd7 41. Ra8 Rd8 42. Nc7
Bg4 43. Ra1 Rb8 44. Bxg4 hxg4 45. Nb5 Rb7 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Kf1
Rd7 48. Ke2 Rb7 49. Ra6 Rd7 50. Bg5 Kf8 51. Bf6 Kg8 52. Ra8+
Kh7 53. Re8 Ba5 54. Re7 Rxe7 55. Bxe7 Bd8 56. Bxd6 Nxd6
57. Nxd6 Kg7 58. Nb5 Ba5 59. Na3 g5 60. hxg5 Kg6 61. Nc2 Kxg5
62. Ne3 Bd8 63. Kd3 Kh5 64. Kc2 Bg5 65. Nf5 Kg6 66. Kb3 1-0

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Bxe4 dxe4
12. Ng5 Bf5 13. f3 e3 14. Nge4 Bf4 15. Ne2 Bh6 16. Qb3 Bg6
17. Qxb7 Nd7 18. b3 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bb2 Bd3 21. Rfe1
Rac8 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 Ba6 24. Qd7 Rd8 25. Qg4 e2 26. Qe4
Bd2 27. Rxe2 Bxe2 28. Nxe2 Qa6 29. Qe7 Qc8 30. Qe4 Qe6 31. Kf2
Re8 32. Ba3 Qxe4 33. fxe4 Rxe4 34. Bc5 a5 35. Ng3 Re1 36. Nf5
f6 37. Nd6 Rb1 38. Nc4 Bb4 39. Ke2 Kf7 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. Bb6
Rd1+ 42. Kc2 Rh1 43. Bc7 f5 44. a3 Be7 45. a4 Bb4 46. Kd3 Rc1
0-1

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Nc3 Be6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Qc2 f5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bf4 g5
17. Bd2 Na6 18. Qd1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nac5 20. Bc2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2
d4 22. Na4 Nb3 23. Bxb3 Bxb3 24. e6 Re8 25. e7 Rxe7 26. Qxg5+
Rg7 27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. Nc5 Bd5 29. g3 Rc7 30. Nd3 Be4 31. Rad1
Rc2 32. b4 Bf3 33. Rc1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Be2 35. Nb2 d3 36. Re1
Rc8 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Bd2 Qb6
12. b3 Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Rfc8 14. Rac1 Kf8 15. f4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Bc6
17. e5 Ne8 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Rfd1 a6 21. Nd5 Rd8
22. Nb4 Rcc8 23. Bb6 Re8 24. Nd5 Rc6 25. Be3 h5 26. c5 Nf5
27. Bf2 Bh6 28. g3 e5 29. b4 exf4 30. gxf4 g5 31. fxg5 Bxg5
32. Rc3 Re2 33. a4 Rb2 34. Rf3 Nh4 35. Rh3 Nf5 36. Rxh5 Rg6
37. Kf1 Ne7 38. Rh8+ Ng8 39. c6 Rxc6 40. Bc5+ Rxc5 41. bxc5
Rb3 42. Kg2 Rb2+ 43. Kh1 Kg7 44. Rxg8+ Kxg8 45. Rg1 f6 46. h4
Kf7 47. hxg5 fxg5 48. Rxg5 Rc2 49. Nb6 Ke6 50. Kg1 Re2 51. Rg7
Rc2 52. Rc7 Kf5 53. Nc8 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoltan Almasi"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7
12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. Qf2 b5 14. g5 Nh5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Rcb8
17. Nc1 Nb6 18. Rd1 Nc4 19. h4 a5 20. Rh2 a4 21. Nd3 b4
22. Bc1 b3 23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 d5 25. exd5 Bxa3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. b5
axb5 13. Nxb5 Nc6 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bb4 Nxb4
17. axb4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 h6 19. h3 g5 20. b5 Kg7 21. Rxa8 Rxa8
22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Ne5 f6 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Nd6
27. g4 Ne8 28. Bf5 Rd8 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Kg3 Ke7 31. Bg6 Nd6
32. Rxc7+ Rd7 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Bd3 Ne8 35. f3 Kd6 36. Kf2
Nc7 37. Ke2 Ne6 38. Kf1 Nc7 39. Kg2 Ne6 40. h4 Nc7 41. Kg3 Ne6
42. h5 Nc7 43. Kf2 Ne6 44. Ke2 Nc7 45. e4 Ne6 46. Ke3 Nf4
47. exd5 Nxd5+ 48. Ke4 Ne7 49. Bc4 Kc7 50. f4 gxf4 51. Kxf4
Kd6 52. Ke4 Kd7 53. Bf7 Kd6 54. d5 Kc5 55. Be6 Kd6 56. Kd4 Kc7
57. g5 fxg5 58. Ke5 Nc8 59. Kf6 Nd6 60. Kg6 g4 61. Bxg4 Nxb5
62. Kxh6 Kd6 63. Kg7 Ke7 64. h6 Nd6 65. h7 Nf7 66. d6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4
12. O-O Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Rb1 b5
17. Nd5 Rc8 18. c4 Ne5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qd3 b4
22. Rfd1 f6 23. Rxb4 Bxd5 24. Rb5 Qxa2 25. exd5 Kf7 26. d6
Qxc2 27. Qd5+ e6 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. Rxb3 Rhd8 30. h3 gxh3
31. Rxh3 Rc6 32. Rhd3 e4 33. Rd4 f5 34. g4 Rd7 35. Kg2 Kf6
36. f3 Rc2+ 37. R1d2 Rxd2+ 38. Rxd2 e3 39. Rd3 f4 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2
12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nde4 Be5 14. f4 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Ba6 16. Qd2 Qe7
17. g4 Nd7 18. Rfe1 g6 19. g5 Bg7 20. a4 h6 21. Bf3 hxg5
22. Nxg5 Rfe8 23. e4 Qf6 24. Bg4 Nf8 25. h4 Re7 26. e5 dxe5
27. d6 Ree8 28. d7 Bb7+ 29. Kh2 Rad8 30. Nd5 Qd6 31. dxe8=Q
Rxe8 32. Rcd1 f5 33. Be2 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. e3 e6 6. Be2 Bd6
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 Rac8
12. d3 Rfd8 13. g3 Bb8 14. d4 a6 15. Bg2 b5 16. Qe2 dxc4
17. bxc4 Nb6 18. c5 Nc4 19. f4 Nd5 20. Nd1 f5 21. Bc1 Kh8
22. Ra2 g5 23. Kh1 Rg8 24. Bf3 gxf4 25. gxf4 Qh4 26. Bg2 Rxg2
27. Qxg2 Rg8 28. Qh2 Rg3 29. Nf2 Ncxe3 30. Bxe3 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15. Bc4 g6 16. Nc1 h5
17. Nd3 Rb8 18. Ra4 Bh6 19. Qxb4 Qc7 20. Qc3 Nxd5 21. Bxd5
Qxc3+ 22. bxc3 Rb1+ 23. Ke2 Rxh1 24. Rb4 O-O 25. Rb6 Rc8
26. c4 Rxh2 27. Kf2 Rh4 28. c5 Rd4 29. Rxd6 Bf8 30. Rd7 Bxc5
31. Kg3 Be7 32. Nxe5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxc2 34. Rd7 Kf8 35. Ra7
Bd6 36. f4 Rc3+ 37. Kh2 Bxe5 38. fxe5 Re3 39. Rxa6 Rxe5
40. Ra7 Kg7 41. Kg3 Rf5 42. a6 Ra5 43. Kf3 Ra2 44. g3 Ra3+
45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Kf2 g5 47. Kg2 Kg6 48. Ra8 Kf5 49. Kh3 h4
50. Rf8 Rxg3+ 51. Kh2 Ra3 52. Rxf7+ Kg4 53. a7 Ra2+ 54. Kg1
Kg3 55. Kf1 h3 56. Rb7 Ra1+ 57. Ke2 h2 58. Rh7 Rxa7 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay 2002"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 h6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rg1 Bxc3
12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. O-O-O O-O 14. h4 Re8 15. g5 h5 16. Kb1 a5
17. Be1 Qe6 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. f3 b5 20. e4 Nc4 21. Bf2 Ndb6
22. Nb3 Na4 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Bd7 25. Bd4 Qh3 26. Qg2 Qxg2
27. Rxg2 Rad8 28. b3 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rgd2 Rde8 31. Bc2
g6 32. exd5 cxd5 33. f4 Re3 34. Rxd5 Bg4 35. R1d2 Kg7 36. Bd3
Rh3 37. Bxb5 Re1+ 38. Kb2 Rxh4 39. c6 Rhh1 40. c7 Rb1+ 41. Ka3
Rbc1 42. Bc4 h4 43. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. Nf3 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 c5 11. b4 h6
12. Bh4 d5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. f3 Rc8 15. b5 Qb6 16. Bf2 e5
17. Be2 d4 18. Qb2 Nh5 19. O-O Qg6 20. Rfe1 f5 21. Bf1 Rce8
22. Kh1 f4 23. exd4 exd4 24. Qb1 Qg5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4
Ndf6 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Kg1 Ng3 29. Bd3 Nd7 30. Bh7+ Kh8
31. Qg6 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Qe7 33. Qe4 Qd8 34. Qc2 Nc3 35. Bg6 Re2
36. Qf5 Ne5 37. Re1 d3 38. Ra1 d2 39. Qc2 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Qd4+
41. Kf1 d1=Q+ 42. Rxd1 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "Russia vs The Rest of the World"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7
12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. h4 a5 14. a4 Nb6 15. Qf2 Nc4 16. Bc1 Na3+
17. Ka2 b5 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 bxa4 21. Kxa3 axb3
22. Kxb3 a4+ 23. Ka2 a3 24. bxa3 Nb6 25. Rb5 Na4 26. Rb3 d5
27. exd5 Nc3+ 28. Ka1 Rcb8 29. d6 Bxd6 0-1

[Event "Russia vs The Rest of the World"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 Qb6 5. Qc1 e6 6. c4 Bxb1
7. Rxb1 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. d5 exd5
12. Qxd5 Qb4+ 13. Ke2 Nh6 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. a3 Qb6 16. Rhc1 O-O
17. Kf1 Rfe8 18. Qe4 Nd8 19. Bd5 Rc8 20. b4 Qa6+ 21. b5 Qg6
22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. b6 axb6 24. Rxb6 Nf5 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Rcb1
Nxb7 27. Rxb7 Ra8 28. R1b3 Nd4 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Rf3 Rf8
31. Rd7 Ra5 32. Rxd4 Rxe5 33. Rfd3 Rfe8 34. g3 Re1+ 35. Kg2
Ra1 36. Rd8 Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Kh7 38. Ra8 g5 39. g4 Rc1 40. Kf3
Rc4 41. h3 Kg6 42. Re8 Rc3+ 43. Re3 Rc2 44. Rb3 Ra2 45. Ke3 f5
46. f3 Kf6 47. Kd4 Rh2 48. Kc4 Rxh3 49. a4 fxg4 50. fxg4 Rh4
51. Rg3 Ke5 52. a5 Kf4 53. Rg1 Kf3 54. a6 Kf2 55. Ra1 Rxg4+
56. Kd3 Rg3+ 57. Kd2 Rf3 58. a7 Rf8 59. a8=Q Rxa8 60. Rxa8 g4
61. Rf8+ Kg2 62. Ke3 g3 63. Kf4 g5+ 64. Kg4 Kh2 65. Rh8+ Kg2
66. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Russia vs The Rest of the World"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Nb3 Qb6
12. Qe2 a6 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. O-O Bd7 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Be3 Qd6
17. Rfd1 Neg4 18. g3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Ng4 20. Qg5 e5 21. Nd5 h6
22. Qh4 Rac8 23. Be2 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 f5 25. exf5 Nxf2 26. Kxf2
Rxf5+ 27. Kg2 Bc6 28. Kh3 Qe6 29. g4 1-0

[Event "Bled Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6
7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Qe2 b5 10. e4 Be7 11. d5 Nb4 12. Ne5
exd5 13. a3 Nd3 14. Nxd3 cxd3 15. Qxd3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Rb8 18. Bf4 O-O 19. Rfd1 Bd6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rxd6
Rb6 22. Rd2 Re8 23. Qd5 Re7 24. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Bled Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Qb6
7. Nb5 Ne5 8. N1c3 a6 9. Na3 Be7 10. O-O d6 11. Qb3 Qc7
12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rfd1 Ng6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Ba7 Ra8
17. Qe3 Bd8 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. b3 Ne7 20. g4 Nc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6
22. Rxd6 Qc7 23. Bc5 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 Be7 25. Rcd1 Bxd6 26. Qxd6
Ra7 27. c5 e5 28. Nc4 f6 29. f3 Qf7 30. Nab6 Rc7 31. Na5 h5
32. gxh5 Bh3 33. Nxc6 Kh7 34. Kh1 Rfc8 35. Qd3+ e4 36. Qxe4+
f5 37. Qh4 Re8 38. Nd4 Qe7 39. Qxh3 Qxc5 40. Nc4 Rd8 41. e3 f4
42. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Cap dAgde Chess Festival"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.25"]
[EventDate "2002.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. a3 O-O
7. Nbd2 a5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Qe7 10. b3 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4
12. Bb2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 b6 14. Ng5 Bb7 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4
Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rad8 18. a4 Rd7 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Qg4 Bxf2+
21. Kh1 f5 22. Qe2 Bc5 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. h3 h6 25. Re1 Kh7
26. Qe5 Qf7 27. Qe2 f4 28. Qg4 g5 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Qxe6 Rd1+
31. Kh2 Bg1+ 0-1

[Event "Cap dAgde Chess Festival"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[EventDate "2002.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bg3 Nxg3
12. hxg3 Nd7 13. Qc2 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nf6 16. Nc3 Qc8
17. Rad1 Qg4 18. e4 Qh5 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. e5 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Rd8
22. Qb3 Ng4 23. Bd5 Ba6 24. Qa4 Bd3 25. Qxa7 Bg5 26. e6 fxe6
27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Bxg4 Qxg4 29. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Cap dAgde Chess Festival"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[EventDate "2002.10.24"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "110"]

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. Nh4 Nbd7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Qc2 g6
12. f3 Rc8 13. Rd1 c5 14. Na2 Ba5 15. dxc5 Qe7 16. b4 Bxb4
17. Nxb4 Qxc5 18. Rd4 Qxb4 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Qb3
Rc7 22. Rad1 Qe5 23. Bb5 Nc5 24. Qa3 Re7 25. Kf2 b6 26. g3 Kg7
27. Bf1 h5 28. h4 Re8 29. Bb5 Re7 30. Bf1 Re8 31. Bc4 Re7
32. Re1 Rc7 33. Qa1 Kh7 34. Qd1 Re7 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Qa1 Ncd7
37. Bb5 Nc5 38. Bc4 Ncd7 39. Rdd1 Qa5 40. Bb5 Ne5 41. Qd4 a6
42. Qd6 Re6 43. Qd2 Qxd2+ 44. Rxd2 axb5 45. axb5 Nc4 46. Rd3
Re5 47. Rc3 Rc5 48. Kf2 Nd5 49. Rb3 Nd6 50. e4 fxe4 51. fxe4
Nf6 52. Kf3 Nxb5 53. Rb4 Ng4 54. Reb1 Rc2 55. R1b2 Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "Cap dAgde Chess Festival"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[EventDate "2002.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Morovic-Fernandez"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+
Qxe8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ng5 Bg6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21. h5
Bxh5 22. Qxh5 hxg5 23. Rd1 Rf8 24. Rd3 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Qxf2
26. Rh3 Qf4+ 27. Kh1 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Qc1+ 30. Bf1 f6
31. Qe2 Kf7 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qe2 Nd8 34. Qe4 f5 35. Qd5+ Nf7
36. Qxf5 Nh6 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ Kh8 39. Rf3 Rxf3 40. gxf3
d5 41. Qxd5 Qxc3 42. Qe4 Ng8 43. Qe5 Nf6 44. Qh2+ Kg8 45. Qb8+
Kh7 46. Qe5 Qxf3 47. Qxg5 Qxa3 48. Qf5+ Kh6 49. Bd3 Qc1+
50. Kf2 Qd2+ 51. Kf3 Qg5 52. Qc8 Qd5+ 53. Ke3 Kg5 54. Qc1 Qg2
55. Bc4 Qe4+ 56. Kf2+ Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Cap dAgde Chess Festival"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[EventDate "2002.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3 c6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Nhf6 11. Nc3 Nb6
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. Ne5 Re8 15. a4 a5 16. h3 Bb4
17. g4 Bc8 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. f4 Nfd7 20. e4 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qg6
22. Bc1 Be6 23. Ne2 dxe4 24. Qc2 Bc4 25. Bxe4 Qe6 26. Nf4 Qe7
27. Bxh7+ Kh8 28. Rf3 Qh4 29. Be4 Rad8 30. b3 Bd5 31. Nxd5
Nxd5 32. Kg2 Nc3 33. Rxc3 Bxc3 34. Qxc3 Rxe5 35. dxe5 Rxd1
36. Bf3 Qe1 37. Qxe1 Rxe1 38. Bd2 Rxe5 39. Kf2 Kg8 40. h4 f6
41. Be3 Kf7 42. Bd4 Re8 43. Bc3 Ra8 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Kf4 Ke6
46. h5 Ra6 47. Be2 Ra8 48. g5 b5 49. axb5 cxb5 50. Bxb5 fxg5+
51. Kxg5 Rc8 52. Bc4+ Ke7 53. Kg6 a4 54. Bb4+ Kd8 55. Kxg7
Rc7+ 56. Bf7 Kc8 1-0

[Event "Final"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[EventDate "2002.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 a6 11. Rac1 Rc8
12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh6 Qa8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne1 b5
17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nf6 20. e4 Rc8 21. Qf4 a5
22. Qd2 b4 23. a3 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 a4 25. Nc2 Qc8 26. Qb2 bxa3
27. Nxa3 axb3 28. h3 Ba6 29. Qxb3 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qd2 31. f3 Nh5
32. f4 Bd3 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 Qe3 35. f5 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Nf4
37. Qd4+ Kg8 38. Bf1 Nxh3 39. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 40. Kg1 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Final"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[EventDate "2002.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4 b4 9. Re1 e6 10. e4 Be7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. e5
Nd5 13. Ne4 h6 14. Nfd2 cxd4 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Ned6+ Kf8
17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Be4 Nc5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. exd6
Ne6 22. Qf3 Kg8 23. Bf4 Rc8 24. Be5 Rd8 25. Rac1 h5 26. h3 Rh6
27. Qf5 Qd7 28. Rc7 Qe8 29. Re7 Qf8 30. Bh2 Re8 31. Rxe8 Qxe8
32. Qxd5 Qd7 33. Rc1 Rg6 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qxa6 Ng5 36. Qd3
Nxh3+ 37. Kf1 Ng5 38. Qxd4 Nf3 39. gxf3 Qh3+ 40. Ke2 Qxh2
41. d7 Re6+ 42. Kd3 Rd6 43. d8=Q Rxd8 44. Qxd8 Qf4 45. Rd1
Qxf3+ 46. Kc4 Qxf2 47. Qd2 Qf6 48. Qd3+ g6 49. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Arthur Andersen Trophy sim 12th"]
[Site "Neuilly"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Rfc8 14. Rc1 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. c4 d5
17. Qe3 Qd7 18. Bd3 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd5 20. Qe4 Qf7 21. Rhd1 Rd8
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd4 Rac8 24. Re1 b5 25. Bb3 Nf6 26. Qe5 Rxd4
27. Qxd4 Qc7 28. a3 Rd8 29. Qe3 Qxh2 30. Qxa7+ Rd7 31. Qf2 e5
32. Qe2 Re7 33. Qxb5 Qxg2 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Qxe5 Qxf3 36. Qe7+
Kh6 37. Ka2 Ne4 38. a4 Qe2 39. Qe5 Qd3 40. a5 Nd2 41. Qd5 Qb1+
42. Ka3 Qe1 43. Ba2 Qe3+ 44. Ka4 Qe8+ 45. Kb4 Qe7+ 46. Ka4
Qe8+ 47. Qb5 Qe4+ 48. Qb4 Qe8+ 49. Ka3 Qe3+ 50. Qc3 Qe7+
51. b4 Ne4 52. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "George Marx Rapid Match"]
[Site "Pacs HUN"]
[Date "2003.07.12"]
[EventDate "2003.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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 Nh6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. Nd5 g5 13. Nxc7 gxh4 14. Nxa8 Na6 15. c5 Nxc5 16. Nc7 Nxe4
17. O-O Nf5 18. Rfd1 Rf8 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Ne6 Re8 21. Bb5 Rg8
22. Bd7 Bh6 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Nxd8 Ned6 26. Rd1
Bf8 27. Ne6 Be7 28. Rc1 e4 29. Nfd4 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Kg8 31. Rc5
Kf7 32. Nf5 b6 33. Nxd6+ Bxd6 34. Rh5 Kg6 35. Rxh4 f5 36. g4
Kg5 37. Rxh7 Kxg4 38. Rxa7 Kf3 39. Rf7 f4 40. Kf1 b5 41. a3
Bc5 42. Rf5 Bd4 43. b3 Bb2 44. a4 bxa4 45. bxa4 Kg4 46. Rb5
1-0

[Event "George Marx Rapid Match"]
[Site "Pacs HUN"]
[Date "2003.07.13"]
[EventDate "2003.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. h4 b5 14. a3 a5 15. h5 b4 16. Rac1 bxc3
17. bxc3 a4 18. Qh3 Na5 19. Nf3 Nb3 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rc2 Nf6
22. Ng5 Qd7 23. Qh1 e5 24. g3 Rfe8 25. f4 d5 26. Rh2 d4
27. cxd4 Nxd4 28. Bh3 Qb5 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Qf3 Qb3 31. Rf1
Qxa3 32. f5 Qb3 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. Rhf2 a3 35. Bd7 a2 36. Bxe8
Rxe8 37. Qd1 Qa3 38. Qa1 Ra8 39. Rxf6 Bxf6 40. Rxf6 Qxd3
41. Rxg6+ Kh8 42. Nf7+ Kh7 43. Rf6 Qxg3+ 44. Kf1 Qc3 0-1

[Event "George Marx Rapid Match"]
[Site "Pacs HUN"]
[Date "2003.07.11"]
[EventDate "2003.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6
7. f3 b5 8. g4 b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nb3 Be6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Qd2
a5 13. f4 a4 14. f5 Bc4 15. Nbc1 Qa5 16. Ng3 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5
18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 a3 20. Nb3 axb2 21. Rb1 Qa6 22. Rxb2 Be7
23. Ne4 O-O 24. f6 Bd8 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. Nbc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5
Rg8 28. Rb3 Nd7 29. Bxb4 Ba5 30. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 31. Qd2 Qxd2+
32. Kxd2 Rxa2 33. Rd3 Ra4 34. Re1 Rd4 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Nd6
Kg6 37. Kd3 f6 38. Kxd4 fxg5 39. Re6+ Kh5 40. Re7 Nf6 41. c4
Ra8 42. c5 Ra4+ 43. Ke5 Ng4+ 44. Ke6 Ra2 45. c6 Re2+ 46. Kf7
Ne5+ 47. Kg8 Rc2 48. c7 Ng4 49. c8=Q Rxc8+ 50. Nxc8 h6 51. Re2
Kh4 52. Kh7 Kh3 53. Nd6 Nxh2 54. Ne4 g4 55. Re3+ Kh4 56. Kxh6
Nf1 57. Re1 Nh2 58. Rg1 Kh3 59. Kh5 1-0

[Event "George Marx Rapid Match"]
[Site "Pacs HUN"]
[Date "2003.07.10"]
[EventDate "2003.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nge7
7. e5 d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Ne4 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nf5
12. Qf2 b6 13. g4 Nfd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Be3 Bg7 16. Qh4 Qd8
17. Qh3 Na5 18. Bb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 f5 20. gxf5 Rxf5 21. Ng5 h6
22. Ne4 Bb7 23. Ng3 Rf7 24. Qxe6 Qe8 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rfe1
Bxb2 27. Bd2 Bd4+ 28. Kf1 Ref8 29. Ra4 Bc6 30. Ra6 g5 31. Re6
gxf4 32. Ne2 Bb5 33. Ra2 Bg7 34. Re4 Bc6 35. Re6 Bd7 36. Rd6
f3 37. Nf4 Be5 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Ng6 Rf5 40. Ra4 Bd4 41. c3
Bg7 42. Re4 Kh7 43. Nh4 Rfd5 44. d4 cxd4 45. c4 Re5 46. Rf4
Re2 47. Nxf3 d3 48. h4 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6
7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. Nf1 Ng4 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Qe7 11. Ng3 d5
12. O-O dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be6 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. d5 O-O-O 16. Re1 Na5
17. Nxf6 gxf6 18. Bd2 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Qc5 20. dxe6 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1
Rhg8 22. g3 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kb8 24. Qe2 Qc5 25. Be3 Qd5
26. Red1 Qh5 27. Bxa7+ Kxa7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Re8 30. Qd3
Kb8 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Qa5 33. Nf3 Qxa2 34. Qd8+ Ka7
35. Qxf6 c5 36. Qc3 Qd5 37. Kg2 Kb6 38. g4 a5 39. Kg3 a4
40. g5 Ka6 41. Qf6+ Ka5 42. Qe7 c4 43. Qxh7 Qd6+ 44. Kg4 c3
45. bxc3 a3 46. Qf7 Qc6 47. g6 Qa4+ 48. Kg3 a2 49. g7 a1=Q
50. g8=Q Kb6 51. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "150"]

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. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15. Bc4 g6 16. Ra4 Rb8
17. Nc1 h5 18. Na2 Bh6 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Nxb4 e4 21. O-O Qd7
22. Nc6 Rxb2 23. fxe4 Ng4 24. Ra3 Re8 25. Bxa6 f5 26. e5 Nxe5
27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Qc4 Qa7+ 29. Kh1 Kh7 30. Qc6 Re7 31. Rb3 Rc7
32. Qxd6 Rbxc2 33. Qb6 Qa8 34. Bb7 Qe8 35. d6 Rd7 36. a6 Qe2
37. Qb5 Qxb5 38. Rxb5 Be3 39. Rd5 Kg7 40. g3 Kf6 41. Re1 Ba7
42. Re8 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 g5 44. Rf8+ Ke6 45. Rdxf5 Rc2+ 46. Kf1
Kxd6 47. Rd5+ Ke6 48. Rxd7 Kxd7 49. Rf5 Rxh2 50. Bg2 Ke6
51. Rf2 Ke5 52. Rf7 Bd4 53. a7 Bxa7 54. Rxa7 h4 55. Ra5+ Kd4
56. Ra4+ Ke5 57. g4 h3 58. Ba8 Rb2 59. Kg1 Re2 60. Bb7 Rb2
61. Re4+ Kd6 62. Bc8 Kd5 63. Re3 h2+ 64. Kh1 Kd4 65. Re7 Rc2
66. Bf5 Rb2 67. Re4+ Kd5 68. Re3 Kd4 69. Re7 Ra2 70. Bc8 Rb2
71. Bb7 Rf2 72. Bg2 Rf4 73. Bh3 Rf2 74. Rg7 Ke3 75. Rxg5 Ra2
1-0

[Event "Enghien-les-Bains"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Nbd2 f5
12. Ne5 f4 13. Bxf4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Rxf4 15. e3 Rf8 16. Rad1 Bf6
17. f4 Qe7 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. c5 Nd7 20. Qa4 Ra8 21. b4 Qe8
22. Rf3 Bd8 23. Rg1 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bd7 25. Bf1 Qh5 26. Rfg3 g6
27. Nf3 Be7 28. Nd4 Qh6 29. Qc2 Kf7 30. Rh3 Qg7 31. Bd3 Rg8
32. f5 exf5 33. Bxf5 Ke8 34. e6 Bc8 35. b5 Bf6 36. bxc6 Bxd4
37. cxb7 Bxb7 38. Qa4+ Kd8 39. exd4 Rc8 40. Qd7+ Qxd7 41. exd7
Rb8 42. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Enghien-les-Bains"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.06.16"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 e4
17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Rd1 b4 19. Nxb4 a5 20. Nbd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rb8
22. Bb3 a4 23. Bxa4 Rxb2 24. Bb3 Kh8 25. O-O f4 26. Rfe1 Rf5
27. Qg4 e3 28. Rxe3 fxe3 29. Nxe3 h5 30. Qg6 Rf6 31. Qxh5+ Rh6
32. Qf3 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Enghien-les-Bains"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bd2 c5
7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nb5 Be7 9. Nbxd4 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. Rc1 Nc5
12. Bf4 a6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Rc8 15. b4 Nb7 16. Qa4 Nd6
17. Qb3 Nh5 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Qa4 Nf6 21. a3 Be7
22. Qxa6 Ra8 23. Qb5 Rxa3 24. f3 Rc8 25. Kf2 Bf8 26. Ne3 g6
27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bh6 29. Ndc2 Ne8 30. Ra6 Nd6 31. Qxb6
Nxc4 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. b5 Nxe3 34. Nxe3 Rb7 35. Ra5 Bf8
36. Nc2 Bd6 37. Ke3 Bc7 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. Na3 Bd6 40. Kd3 0-1

[Event "Enghien-les-Bains"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.06.20"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2
Nf6 7. O-O a6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8
12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 O-O 14. e5 Nd5 15. c4 Nf4 16. g3 c5
17. Bc3 Ng6 18. h4 f6 19. f4 fxe5 20. h5 Nh8 21. Bxe5 Rb6
22. Bd3 Nf7 23. Qg4 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Qe8 25. b3 Rb8 26. Rxf8+
Bxf8 27. Rf1 Kh8 28. Kg2 d6 29. Qe4 Qxh5 30. exd6 Bxd6 31. Rh1
Qf5 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. Qe2 Qe5 34. Qg4 Rf8 35. Qg6 Rf5 36. Rh2
Kf8 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Bxf5 Qe2+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+ 40. Kh4 1-0

[Event "George Marx Rapid Match"]
[Site "Pacs HUN"]
[Date "2003.07.11"]
[EventDate "2003.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "122"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. g4 b4 16. Bg2 bxc3
17. bxc3 Rc8 18. Qd3 e4 19. Bxe4 Ne5 20. Qe2 Nxg4 21. Rg1 Nxe3
22. Qxe3 Kh8 23. Kf1 Qh4 24. Rd1 Rfe8 25. Qg3 Bh3+ 26. Bg2
Qc4+ 27. Qd3 Qxd3+ 28. Rxd3 Bf5 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Rb8
31. e4 Be6 32. Bf3 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Rb2+ 34. Be2 Rxa2 35. h4 a5
36. h5 h6 37. Ke3 Bxd5 38. exd5 Bxc3 39. Bb5 Rb2 40. Be8 Rb7
41. Bc6 Re7+ 42. Kf4 Re5 43. Rh1 Kg7 44. Rg1+ Kf8 45. Rh1 Ke7
46. Kf3 Bb4 47. Rh2 Kf6 48. Kf4 Rf5+ 49. Kg4 Rg5+ 50. Kf4 Bc3
51. Ke4 Rg4+ 52. Kf3 Rb4 53. Rc2 Bd4 54. Be8 Rb8 55. Bc6 Kg5
56. Rg2+ Kxh5 57. Kf4 Be5+ 58. Kf5 Kh4 59. Ra2 Rb4 60. Rf2 Kg3
61. Rf1 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. c3 d6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 12. f3
Nbd7 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Bf1 Rac8 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. Bg1
Ba8 18. a3 Kh8 19. b4 g5 20. Qxg5 Nxe4 21. Qh5 Nef6 22. Qh6
Rg8 23. Qe3 Ne5 24. Na4 Rg6 25. Nb3 Rcg8 26. Nd2 Nh5 27. Nxb6
Bg5 28. Qc3 Bc6 29. c5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. O-O-O a5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 a4 15. Bd5 Rc8 16. a3 Qb6
17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Rc5 19. f4 Rfc8 20. Bb7 R8c7 21. Bxc7
Rxc7 22. Bf3 Ne8 23. Rd3 Kf8 24. Nd5 Ra7 25. Nb6 Nd6 26. Nxd7+
Rxd7 27. Bc6 Ra7 28. Bxb5 Bh6 29. Bc6 Bxf4+ 30. Kb1 Be5
31. Re1 f6 32. Bd5 Rc7 33. b4 Bc3 34. Re6 h5 35. Ka2 Be5
36. c4 Nxc4 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Bxc6 Bxh2 39. Bxa4 e5 40. Bb3 e4
41. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoltan Almasi"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 Nc5 14. Kb1 Nba4 15. Bc1 Qc7 16. Ng3 d5
17. Rhe1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Bb4 20. Red1 O-O 21. a3
Bc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Bc1 Rfd8 25. g5 Qc4 26. Qd2
Bd5 27. Nb3 Nc5 28. Rc3 Nxb3 29. cxb3 Qh4 30. Ka1 Rxc3
31. Qxc3 Qxh2 32. f4 Ra8 33. f5 a5 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Rd2 Qh1
36. Qc7 Rf8 37. Rc2 Bxb3 38. Rc3 a4 39. Qe5 Bc4 40. g6 hxg6
41. Qg5 Rf1 42. Rc2 Qh6 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Kb1 e5 45. Rc3 e4
46. Qc8 e3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Ne5 Bxe2
12. Nxe2 Qb6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb7 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Qc7
Rfb8 17. Qxb7 Rxb7 18. Rc6 Kf8 19. Rfc1 Rbb8 20. Nf4 Ke8
21. Nfd3 a5 22. Bc3 b4 23. Be1 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Nd7 25. Nd3 Rb6
26. f3 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 Bg5 28. Kf2 Kd8 29. Ke2 Rc8 30. Rxc8+
Kxc8 31. a3 bxa3 32. Bxa5 Kb7 33. Bb4 Be7 34. Kd2 e5 35. Kc3
e4 36. Bxe7 a2 37. Kb2 exd3 38. Bb4 Nf8 39. Kxa2 Ng6 40. Kb2
Nh4 41. Kc3 Nxg2 42. Kxd3 Nh4 43. Ke2 Kc6 44. Bf8 Nf5 45. Kd3
g6 46. e4 Nh4 47. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O c5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Qf3 cxd4
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. exd4 Qd7 14. Be5 b5 15. Bf5 Qb7 16. Qh3 g6
17. Qh6 Rfe8 18. Nd1 Bd7 19. Ne3 Nh5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Nc2 Qf5
22. Qd2 Bg5 23. f4 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Bxf4 25. Qe2 Qxe5 26. Qxe5
Bxe5 27. Rad1 Bxb2 28. Rxd5 a6 29. Nd4 Rc8 30. g4 Rc4 31. gxh5
Bxd4+ 32. Kh1 Kg7 33. Rd7 gxh5 34. Rdxf7+ Kg6 35. R7f4 Be5
36. Rg1+ Kh6 37. Rxc4 bxc4 38. Re1 Bb2 39. Re6+ Kg5 40. Rxa6
c3 41. Rc6 Kf4 42. a4 Ke3 43. a5 Kd3 44. a6 c2 45. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3
dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 bxa4 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. Rxa4 a5
12. Bd2 Be4 13. Qd1 c5 14. dxc5 Bc6 15. Rxb4 axb4 16. Bxb4 Ra4
17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Qxa4 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Ne5 20. Nd6 Nd5 21. Ba3
Qc7 22. N6b5 Qb8 23. c6 Qa8 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. e4 Nb6 26. Bd6
Nec4 27. c7 Nd2+ 28. Ke2 Nxe4 29. Nc6 Nc8 30. Ne7+ Kh8
31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Be7 Nf6 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Kd3 Kg8 35. Kd4
Kf8 36. Kc5 Ke7 37. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Hunguest Hotels Super Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Peter Acs"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Rfc1 Bd6 14. Rc2 Rc8 15. Rac1 dxc4 16. bxc4
b4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qa5 19. Nd2 Qh5 20. c5 Bc7 21. Qd3 a5
22. Qa6 f5 23. Nc4 Nb8 24. Qb7 f4 25. exf4 Bxf4 26. Re1 Bc7
27. d5 exd5 28. Nd6 Qg6 29. Re7 1-0

[Event "19th ECC 2003"]
[Site "Rethymnon, Crete"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.09.??"]
[Round "2.72"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Lukasz Cyborowski"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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. Qe3 Qc8 13. d5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 e5 15. a4 Nd7 16. Nd2 Re8
17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Qa2 Rab8 19. Qb3 Bf8 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Rxe4
22. Bxb8 Nxb8 23. Nd2 c4 24. Qd1 Re5 25. Qg4 Qxa4 26. Nxc4 f5
27. Rxf5 Nd7 28. Rff1 1-0

[Event "European Clubs Cup (Men)"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Qc7 8. a3 b5 9. g4 Bb7 10. f3 h6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O
d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. a4 N7b6 17. a5
Na4 18. Nb3 Nxb2 19. Kxb2 Qc3+ 20. Qxc3 bxc3+ 21. Kb1 Nxe3
22. Rd4 Ba3 23. f4 O-O 24. Bf3 Rad8 25. Ra4 Be7 26. Re1 Nd5
27. Rc4 Rd6 28. f5 Bh4 29. Re2 exf5 30. gxf5 Bf6 31. Ka2 Rb8
32. Ka3 Be7 33. Ka4 Bf8 34. Ree4 Ne7 35. Rf4 g6 36. fxg6 Nxg6
37. Rf5 Bg7 38. Rfc5 Ne5 39. Rxc3 Rdd8 40. Re3 Nxf3 41. Rxf3
Bf8 42. Rc4 Rd5 43. Rg4+ Rg5 44. Rxg5+ hxg5 45. c3 Kg7 46. h3
Kg6 47. Nd4 Rc8 48. Nc2 f5 49. Nb4 Ra8 50. Nxa6 Rxa6 51. Kb5
Re6 52. a6 Re5+ 53. Kc6 Bc5 0-1

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 c5
7. Na3 cxd4 8. Naxc4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Nd5 11. Rc1 Qf6
12. Nd3 Be7 13. e4 Nc7 14. Bf4 Nb5 15. e5 Qf5 16. Nb6 Nc6
17. Nxa8 Bd8 18. g4 Qg6 19. Bg3 Kh8 20. a4 Nba7 21. b4 f5
22. Qb3 Qxg4 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Ne7 25. Qa4 Bd7 26. Qxa7
Bxb5 27. Nf4 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Nc6 29. Qxb7 Nxe5 30. h3 1-0

[Event "XVI Carlos Torre Memorial KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[EventDate "2003.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "154"]

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. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Rhe1 O-O
12. Qg3 Nc5 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. h4 Kh8 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. e5 dxe5
17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Bd6 19. Re2 Bc7 20. a3 Bb7 21. Ba2 Nfe4
22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Be3 Nf6 24. Bd2 Bxg2 25. f3 Bb6 26. Rxg2
Bxd4 27. c3 Bb6 28. Bg5 Nh5 29. Rd7 h6 30. Bd2 Ra7 31. Rxa7
Bxa7 32. a4 Bc5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Bb1 Be7 35. Bd3 Rb8 36. Rg4
Nf6 37. Rg1 b4 38. Rh1 bxc3 39. bxc3 Nd5 40. Be4 Rc8 41. Bxd5
exd5 42. Kc2 Bf6 43. Kd3 h5 44. Ra1 Kh7 45. Ra5 Rd8 46. Ra4
Kg6 47. Be1 Rb8 48. Ra5 Rb1 49. Bf2 Rf1 50. Ke2 Rh1 51. Rxd5
Bxh4 52. Rd6+ f6 53. Bxh4 Rxh4 54. Rc6 Rh2+ 55. Ke3 h4 56. Rc8
Kg5 57. c4 Rc2 58. Kd3 Rc1 59. Rh8 Kf4 60. Rxh4+ Kxf3 61. Rh7
Rd1+ 62. Kc3 Rd7 63. c5 f5 64. Kc4 f4 65. c6 Rf7 66. Kd5 Ke3
67. Ke6 Ra7 68. Rh5 f3 69. Re5+ Kf4 70. Rf5+ Kg4 71. Rf8 Kg3
72. Kd6 g5 73. c7 Rxc7 74. Kxc7 g4 75. Kc6 Kg2 76. Kd5 f2
77. Ke4 g3 0-1

[Event "XVI Carlos Torre Memorial KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2003.12.18"]
[EventDate "2003.12.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dionisio Aldama Degurnay"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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. cxd5 Qxd5 14. c4 Qd6 15. a4 Qg6 16. Ba3 Be4
17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ra3 Nf5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Rfe8 21. Qb3
Rad8 22. Rdd1 b6 23. Rfe1 h6 24. d5 Qf6 25. h3 Nd6 26. Qc2 Qf4
27. c5 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qc4 29. Rc1 Qxc2 30. Rxc2 Ne4 31. cxb6
cxb6 32. Rc4 Nf6 33. Rc7 a5 34. Ne5 Nxd5 35. Rxf7 Re8 36. Rf5
Nc3 37. g4 Nxa4 38. Nc4 Rc8 39. Rf4 Nc3 40. Kh2 a4 41. Nxb6 a3
42. Rf5 Rd8 43. Ra5 a2 44. h4 Rd1 45. Ra8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "XVI Carlos Torre Memorial KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2003.12.18"]
[EventDate "2003.12.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Dionisio Aldama Degurnay"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. bxc5
bxc5 13. Qa4 f5 14. Nb3 Nf6 15. f3 Nh5 16. Qa5 Nf4 17. Qxd8
Nxe2+ 18. Kf2 Rxd8 19. Kxe2 Ba6 20. Na5 Nc8 21. Nb5 Rd7
22. Nc6 Bf8 23. Bd2 Nb6 24. Rfc1 Rb7 25. Kd3 Rf7 26. Be3 h5
27. Rc3 Nc8 28. Ra3 Bb7 29. Nd8 Rd7 30. Ne6 Nb6 31. Nbc7 Rb8
32. Rxa7 Bc8 33. a4 Rh7 34. a5 Bxe6 35. Rxb6 Rc8 36. Rbb7
fxe4+ 37. fxe4 Bg4 38. h3 Bd1 39. a6 Rf7 40. Ne6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander (Nenashev) Graf"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 a6 7.a4
Nb6 8.a5 Nbd5 9.Bxc4 Nxf4 10.exf4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Ne5 Qd6
13.Re1 c6 14.f5 exf5 15.Nxf7 Rxf7 16.Qb3 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5
18.Bxd5 Qf6 19.Rac1 Bd7 20.Rc7 Rd8 21.Rxb7 Kf8 22.Rb6 Qxd4
23.Bxf7 Bc5 24.Rd1 Qxf2+ 25.Kh1 Be8 26.Bd5 Bh5 27.Ra1 Qf4
28.Rxa6 Bd6 29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.Qa3 Qe5 31.a6 Qxd5 32.a7 Kf7
33.Qxd6 Qxd6 34.a8=Q Be2 35.Qa7+ Kf6 36.Qa3 Qd5 37.Qe3 Bb5
38.Re1 Bc6 39.Qe7+ Kg6 40.Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Poland Supercup"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Peter Acs"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Bd7 9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Qe1 Qa5 11.f4 Be7 12.Bh4 Rc8
13.Bd3 Qc7 14.Kb1 Nh5 15.Rf1 Nxf4 16.Rxf4 g5 17.Bxg5 Bxg5
18.Rf3 Qe7 19.Qf2 Kf8 20.Rf1 Be8 21.e5 dxe5 22.Ne4 Bf4 23.g3
Bh6 24.Nf6 Rc7 25.Qb6 Kg7 26.Nxe8+ Rxe8 27.Rxf7+ Qxf7 28.Rxf7+
Rxf7 29.a4 Ree7 30.Be4 Bg5 31.h4 Rf1+ 32.Ka2 Bf6 33.Bxb7 a5
34.Qxa5 Rxb7 35.Qa6 Rxb2+ 36.Kxb2 e4+ 37.c3 Rf3 38.Qxe6 Rxg3
39.Qc6 Rg2+ 40.Kb3 h5 41.a5 Rg1 42.Qxe4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[EventDate "2003.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3
Qe7 8.Nbd2 Nf6 9.Nc4 Nd7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.a3 b6 12.Bc3 a5 13.a4
Ba6 14.b3 Rfb8 15.g3 Bxc4 16.bxc4 Nf8 17.Qc1 Qc7 18.Qb2 f6
19.Ra3 Ne6 20.Rb3 Bf8 21.Rb1 Ra6 22.Qc1 Bd6 23.Qf1 Qd7 24.h4
h5 25.Qh3 Bc7 26.Bd2 Rd8 27.Kh1 Kh7 28.Rg1 Raa8 29.g4 Ng7
30.Kh2 hxg4 31.Rxg4 Nh5 32.Rb1 Rg8 33.Rbg1 Bd6 34.Qg2 Qf7
35.Rg5 Be7 36.Rg4 Bf8 37.Rb1 Ra6 38.Ng1 Bh6 39.Bxh6 Kxh6
40.Nh3 Kh7 41.Kh1 Rg7 42.f4 exf4 43.Nxf4 Nxf4 44.Rxf4 Ra8
45.Qf2 Rf8 46.Rxb6 Qc7 47.Rb1 Qe5 48.h5 gxh5 49.Rf5 Qe8
50.Qxc5 Kh6 51.Rbf1 Qg6 52.Qe3+ Kh7 53.Qh3 Kh6 54.e5 Rgf7
55.Qe3+ Kh7 56.Qf3 1-0

[Event "Bermuda BER"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2004.01.16"]
[EventDate "2004.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 c5 11. exf6 Bxf3
12. fxg7 Rg8 13. Qxh7 Nf6 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Bg5 Bf4 16. Qh3
Bxh1 17. Bxf4 Qxd4 18. Qg3 Ne4 19. Qh4+ Qf6 20. g5 Qf5
21. O-O-O Rad8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Bd3 Rxg7 24. Nxe4 Rh7
25. Bc7+ 1-0

[Event "Bermuda BER"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[EventDate "2004.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viorel Iordachescu"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. Kb1 b4 15. Na4 Bb7 16. Qxb4 Bc6
17. Nc3 Rfb8 18. Qc4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Bb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. c3 Nc4
22. b3 Qa5 23. Rh2 e5 24. Be3 Na3+ 25. Kb2 Nc4+ 26. Kb1 Na3+
27. Kb2 b4 28. Rd5 bxc3+ 29. Kc1 Qb4 30. Qd3 Ra5 31. Rxa5 Qxa5
32. Qa6 Qb4 33. Qa7 d5 34. exd5 Bd6 35. h5 Nb5 36. Qd7 Bc5
37. Bxc5 Qf4+ 38. Kd1 Qxh2 39. Be3 Nd4 40. Qc7 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Bermuda BER"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[EventDate "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartlomiej Macieja"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6
7. a3 Nge7 8. Ba2 d5 9. Bd2 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 Nd4
12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nd1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ba6 15. Rf3 Rc8 16. Rc1
Bc4 17. Bb1 Qd7 18. e5 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Nf2 e5 21. Ne4
Rff8 22. c3 exf4 23. Rxf4 Nd5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qh4 Qf7
26. h3 Be5 27. Qe1 Nf4 28. Ng3 Nxg2 29. Qxe5 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Nh4
31. Be4 Nf3 32. Bd5+ Bxd5 33. Qxd5+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Bermuda BER"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[EventDate "2004.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6
12. Nd5 Qxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxb5 Qc5 15. b4 Qxb5 16. Nc7+
Ke7 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Qh5 Rxa2 19. Qxb5 Bh6 20. e5 fxe5
21. Qxb7 Bxf4+ 22. Kb1 Rha8 23. g3 R2a7 24. Qc6 Ra6 25. Qc3
Bh6 26. Re4 d5 27. Rh4 d4 28. Qb2 Bg5 29. Rxh7 Nf6 30. h4 Nd5
31. Rd3 Bd2 32. Rxd2 Nc3+ 33. Kc1 Ra1+ 34. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 35. Kb2
Rb1+ 36. Ka3 e4 37. Rf2 e3 38. Rfxf7+ Kd6 39. Rd7+ Kc6
40. Rc7+ Kd5 41. Rcd7+ Ke4 42. Rde7 Kf3 43. Rxe6 Ke2 44. Rd7
Kd2 45. Rxe3 Kxe3 46. Rf7 Nd5 47. b5 Kd2 0-1

[Event "13th Melody Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3
Bb4 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nxe4 10. Ba3 d6 11. Qe1 Nc5
12. Rd1 Qe7 13. f4 Be6 14. Bb5 exf4 15. Rxf4 Rad8 16. Qf2 Ne5
17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Re1 Ng6 19. Bxc5 Qg5 20. Rfe4 Rd2 21. Be2
Rfd8 22. Be3 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 24. Rb4 Rxc2 25. Rxb7 Be6
26. Rxa7 Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Bxa2 28. c4 Ne5 29. Rc1 Bb3 30. c5 Ba4
31. Ra1 Bc6 32. Bf4 Re8 33. Ra6 h6 34. Bf1 Be4 35. Bb5 Re7
36. c6 Bd3 37. c7 Rxc7 38. Bxd3 1-0

[Event "13th Melody Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. b4 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O
7. Nge2 d6 8. Nd5 Ne7 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Be2 c6
12. e4 d5 13. d3 d4 14. Nb1 a5 15. Nd2 b6 16. c5 bxc5 17. bxc5
a4 18. O-O Qa5 19. Rc1 Be6 20. f4 Rab8 21. Ba1 exf4 22. Nc4
Qxc5 23. Qxa4 g5 24. Qd1 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Qxa3 26. h4 h6 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Bh5 Rb3 29. Qg4 Rxd3 30. Qxg5 Qa2 31. Qc5 Rd2 32. Bf3
Ng6 33. Bxd4 Nh4 34. Bf2 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Re8 36. Rfc1 Re6
37. R4c2 Rg6+ 38. Kf1 Rxc2 39. Qxc2 Qa3 40. Ke2 Rg2 41. Rg1
Qa6+ 42. Ke1 Qa1+ 43. Ke2 Qxg1 0-1

[Event "13th Melody Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d5 e6 6. h3 Ne7
7. Nc3 h6 8. Bd3 g5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2
Nd7 13. hxg5 Ng6 14. g3 Qe7 15. gxh6 O-O-O 16. Nh4 Bxe2
17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Qxe2 g5 19. Qg4 Rdg8 20. Kg2 Rxh6 21. Be3
Kc7 22. Rh1 Rhg6 23. Rh2 Nb6 24. Rah1 Nxc4 25. Bc1 R6g7
26. Rh8 Qd7 27. Qxd7+ Kxd7 28. R1h7 Rxh7 29. Rxg8 g4 30. Rxg4
b5 31. Rg8 Kc7 32. g4 Rd7 33. g5 Rd8 34. Rg6 a5 35. Rf6 b4
36. cxb4 cxb4 37. g6 Rg8 38. Bh6 Nb6 39. g7 Nd7 40. Rf3 a4
41. Kf1 Kb6 42. Ke2 a3 43. Kd1 Kb5 44. Kc2 Rc8+ 45. Kb1 Ka4
46. Rf8 1-0

[Event "13th Melody Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3
12. O-O Be7 13. b3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. b4 Bxb4 16. Bxa3 Bxa3
17. Qb3 O-O 18. Rxa3 Qc7 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. Rfa1 a5 21. Rc3 g6
22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Rc5 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Raxa5
Rb6 27. g3 Rcb8 28. Ra1 Rb2 29. Qe4 R8b5 30. Rxc6 Rf5 31. Rc2
Rxc2 32. Qxc2 h5 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. e4 Rb5 35. Qc3 Rb1+ 36. Kg2
e5 37. dxe5 Qe6 38. Qc5 Kh7 39. Qf8 Qxe5 40. Qxf7+ Kh6
41. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "13th Melody Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3
Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8. a3 Be7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. Bd2 h6
12. Ke2 Be6 13. Rhc1 c6 14. b4 O-O 15. Rab1 Nc4 16. a4 Na3
17. Ra1 Nc4 18. Rcb1 Rad8 19. Be1 Rfe8 20. g3 g6 21. Nd2 Nxd2
22. Bxd2 Bd6 23. f3 Kg7 24. Kf2 Bb8 25. Rc1 g5 26. f4 Ng4+
27. Ke2 Nxh2 28. Rh1 Ng4 29. Raf1 gxf4 30. gxf4 Rxd4 31. exd4
Bc4+ 32. Kf3 Bxd3 33. Re1 Rd8 34. Be3 Bd6 35. Rd1 Bc4 36. d5
Bxb4 37. dxc6 Rxd1 38. Rxd1 bxc6 39. Rc1 a5 40. Bb6 Kg6
41. Ne2 Bd5+ 42. Kg3 Nf6 43. Nd4 c5 44. Nf3 Nh5+ 45. Kf2 Nxf4
46. Ke3 Ne6 47. Ne5+ Kg7 48. Nd3 f4+ 49. Ke2 c4 50. Nxb4 axb4
51. a5 f3+ 52. Ke3 b3 53. Bd4+ Nxd4 54. Kxd4 b2 55. Rg1+ Kf6
56. Kc3 Bb7 57. Kxb2 Ke5 58. Kc3 Kf4 59. Rb1 Be4 60. Ra1 f2
61. a6 Ke3 62. a7 Ba8 63. Kxc4 Ke2 64. Ra2+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Russia Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.26"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Qd2
Rad8 13. bxc4 Bb4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rfc1 dxc4 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. e3 c5 18. d5 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qc2 Rc8
22. Rxc4 Qd2 23. Rc1 Qxc2 24. R1xc2 Rc6 25. Kg2 Ra6 26. a4 h6
27. Kf3 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ra5 29. Rb2 Rd6 30. Rb8+ Ke7 31. Rh4 Rb6
32. Rc8 Kd7 33. Rh8 Rb4 34. R4xh6 Rb6 35. R6h7 Rxa4 36. Rxf7+
Kc6 37. Rxf6+ Kb5 38. Rxb6+ axb6 39. h4 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 c4 41. h5
Ra7 42. Rc8 Rf7+ 43. Ke2 Kb4 44. g4 Rh7 45. f4 Kb5 1-0

[Event "Russia Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.27"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Lastin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg2 d6
7. e4 Nbd7 8. f4 g6 9. Nh3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf2 Nb6 12. Re1
Re8 13. Na3 Ba6 14. Nc2 Nfd7 15. Rb1 Na4 16. Ne3 Rc8 17. Qc2
c4 18. Nf1 Ndc5 19. a3 Nb3 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Bh3 Bxb2 22. Bxc8
Bxc8 23. f5 Bg7 24. Nd2 Nac5 25. Nf3 Qc3 26. Qd1 gxf5 27. Bxc5
Nxc5 28. exf5 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Bxf5 30. Rxb5 Bd4 31. Nf3 Bxf2+
32. Kxf2 Nd3+ 33. Kg1 Be4 34. Rb1 Qf6 35. Qd2 Bxf3 36. Qe3
Bxd5 0-1

[Event "20th European Club Clup"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.04"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Daniel Hugo Campora"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qb8
12. a4 Rc8 13. a5 Bd8 14. Be2 b5 15. f3 a6 16. Rf2 Qb7 17. Bf1
h6 18. g3 Bc7 19. Kg2 Bb8 20. Na2 Ba7 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. Nb4
Nb8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Rfc2 Rac7 25. Nd3 Kf8 26. Rxc7 Rxc7
27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qc1 Qxc1 29. Nxc1 Nfd7 30. Kf2 Nc5 31. Ke3
Ke7 32. b4 Ncd7 33. Bh3 Nf6 34. Nd3 Ne8 35. f4 f6 36. Bc8 Nc7
37. Kf3 Kd8 38. Bf5 Nd7 39. h4 Nf8 40. h5 Ne8 41. Nf2 Nc7
42. Nd1 Ne8 43. Ne3 Nc7 44. Bh3 Ne8 45. Bf5 Nc7 46. Bg6 Nxg6
47. hxg6 Ne8 48. Nf5 Kd7 49. Kg4 Kd8 50. Kh5 Kd7 51. Nxg7
Nxg7+ 52. Kxh6 f5 53. Kxg7 fxe4 54. Kf7 e3 55. g7 e2 56. g8=Q
e1=Q 57. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "20th European Club Clup"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.05"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Trajce Nedev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nc6 8. f3 Qb6 9. fxg4 Qxd4 10. Bd3 e6 11. Qe2 Qb6
12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O-O Bf6 14. Rdf1 Be5 15. g5 Bd7 16. h4 Nb4
17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Qf2 Qxf2 19. Rxf2 Nc6 20. Nd1 Bd4 21. Be3 Bxe3
22. Nxe3 Ne5 23. Nf1 h6 24. gxh6 gxh6 25. Nh2 Ke7 26. Nf3 Ng4
27. Re2 Rhg8 28. c4 a5 29. Rc1 Rc5 30. Rc3 Bc6 31. Kc2 Ne5
32. Nh2 Rg3 33. Nf1 Rg4 34. g3 Nxd3 35. Kxd3 Re5 36. b3 Rgxe4
37. Rxe4 Rxe4 38. Ne3 f5 39. Rc2 f4 40. gxf4 Rxf4 41. Rh2 h5
42. a3 Kf6 43. Rh3 Ke5 44. b4 Be4+ 45. Kc3 d5 46. cxd5 exd5
47. Kb3 axb4 48. axb4 Rf2 49. Ka4 Kf4 50. Kb5 d4 51. Nc4 d3
0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Branko Damljanovic"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bg5 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Bxe4 13. Ne5 Qa5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Be7 Rfe8 16. Bb4
Qf5 17. f3 Bd5 18. Bd3 Qf6 19. Qc2 h6 20. c4 c5 21. dxc5 Bc6
22. Rad1 Qe7 {#} 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Rd6 g6 25. Bxg6 fxg6
26. Qxg6 Qg5 27. Bc3+ e5 28. Qc2 Rg8 29. Rf2 Raf8 30. Bd2 Qf5
31. Rxh6+ Kg7 32. Qc1 Nf6 33. Rh4 Kf7 34. a5 Rd8 35. h3 Bxf3
36. Rg4 Bxg4 37. Rxf5 Bxf5 38. Bg5 Bxh3 39. Bxf6 Rxg2+ 40. Kh1
Rdd2 41. Bxe5 Rgf2 42. a6 Rf1+ 43. Qxf1+ Bxf1 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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. Nc3 dxc4 10. e4 a5 11. Re1 Re8 12. d5
cxd5 13. exd5 Nc5 14. Ne5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 {#} 16. Nxf7 Kxf7
17. Bxd5+ Kg6 18. Re5 Bf5 19. Rxf5 Kxf5 20. Qh5+ Bg5 21. Qxh7+
Kf6 22. Bxg5+ Kxg5 23. Bf7 Qd6 24. Qxg7+ Kf5 25. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.d3 Bb7 4.e4 c5 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O
8.Nc3 Nc6 9.h3 d6 10.Be3 a6 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.b3 Rb8
14.Rc1 Ned7 15.Qc2 Rc8 16.Qb1 e6 17.Rfd1 Qc7 18.Nde2 Qb8
19.Qd3 Rc6 20.Qd2 Rd8 21.Bg5 Qa8 22.Qf4 Nh5 23.Qh4 Rdc8 24.g4
Nhf6 25.a4 R6c7 26.f3 d5 27.exd5 exd5 28.Bf4 Rc5 29.g5 Nh5
30.Be3 R5c7 31.Nxd5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 Nc5 33.f4 Qb8 34.Qf2 Re7
35.b4 Rce8 36.bxc5 Rxe3 37.Bf1 bxc5 38.Rcd1 Rxe2 39.Qxe2 Rxe2
0-1

[Event "Pamplona Tournament"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Emil Sutovsky"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. Be3 h6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bc1 Nd7 10. d5 Ngf6 11. Be3 Ng4
12. Bd2 f5 13. g3 fxe4 14. Nh4 g5 15. Ng6 Nxf2 16. Rxf2 Rxf2
17. Kxf2 Qf6+ 18. Kg1 Qxg6 19. Nb5 Nc5 20. Nxc7 Rb8 21. Be3 b6
22. Nb5 Nd3 23. Nxa7 Nxb2 24. Qd2 Nd3 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxb6
Rxc4 27. a4 Qe8 28. a5 Ra4 29. Qd1 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 Qb5 31. Be3
Qb3 32. Bd1 Qb4 33. Bg4 Nc5 34. a6 Nxa6 35. Qxa6 Qe1+ 36. Kg2
Qxe3 37. Be6+ Kh7 38. Bf5+ Kg8 39. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Pamplona Tournament"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.24"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Qc2 Be7 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O cxd4
12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Qe2 Na5 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Ne5 Bf8
17. f4 f6 18. Ng4 Re7 19. f5 Qe8 20. e5 exf5 21. Bxf5 fxe5
22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1 Qe8 24. Bc3 Re6 25. Nxe5 Bxa3 26. Ra1
Bd6 27. Qa2 Bxe5 28. dxe5 h6 29. Bxa5 bxa5 30. Rab1 Bc8
31. Rb8 Qc6 32. Qa3 Re8 33. Rc1 Qd7 34. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Pamplona Tournament"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.26"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Na3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nc4 Qc7
12. Nce5 f6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. O-O Bc5 15. Qe4 O-O 16. Bd2 Rad8
17. Rfe1 e5 18. Rad1 Ne7 19. Qe2 Rd7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 b6
22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. h3 Rd8 24. Qe4 Ng6 25. Re2 Qd1+ 26. Re1 Qd5
27. Qxd5+ Rxd5 28. g3 Nf8 29. Kf1 Ne6 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. b4 e4
32. Nd2 f5 33. f3 Rd3 34. Rc1 Kf6 35. h4 g6 36. a4 h6 37. Rc2
g5 38. hxg5+ hxg5 39. Rc1 g4 40. fxg4 Rxg3 41. gxf5 Kxf5
42. Kf2 Rd3 43. Nc4 Rf3+ 44. Kg1 Nf4 45. Re1 Rg3+ 46. Kf2 Rf3+
47. Kg1 Rxc3 48. Nd6+ Kg4 49. Rxe4 Kf3 50. Rc4 Ra3 51. a5 Ra1+
52. Kh2 Ra2+ 53. Kh1 bxa5 54. bxa5 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Ra2+ 56. Kh1
Ne2 57. Ne4 Rxa5 58. Nd2+ Ke3 59. Nb3 Rg5 60. Rc7 Kf2 61. Rf7+
Kg3 62. Rh7 Rd5 63. Rg7+ Kf3 64. Rf7+ Nf4 65. Nd4+ Rxd4
66. Rxa7 Rd6 67. Ra2 Rh6+ 68. Rh2 Nh3 0-1

[Event "Pamplona Tournament"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Oscar de la Riva Aguado"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. Bd2 g6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ndf6 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bc4 Bg7
12. Qb3 O-O 13. O-O Nd5 14. h3 Rb8 15. Rae1 Be6 16. Ng5 Bf5
17. g4 Bd7 18. Qg3 h6 19. Nf3 e6 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Bd3 b6
22. Nc4 bxc5 23. Ba5 Qc8 24. dxc5 e5 25. b3 f6 26. Nd6 Qd7
27. Bd2 Bf7 28. f4 exf4 29. Bxf4 Rb4 30. Bd2 Rd4 31. Re4 Rxe4
32. Bxe4 Qa7 33. b4 Rd8 34. Kh2 a5 35. bxa5 Qxc5 36. Nxf7 Kxf7
37. Qd3 f5 38. gxf5 Be5+ 39. Kh1 g5 40. f6 Rd6 41. a6 Nxf6
42. Be3 Bd4 43. Bxd4 Rxd4 44. Qb3+ Kg7 45. Qe6 Qf8 46. a7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Internet final"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxim Turov"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Nb4 11.e4 c6 12.a3 Na6 13.Bf4
cxd5 14.exd5 e5 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.Ng5 Bc4 17.Bxb7 Qxd1 18.Rfxd1
Rad8 19.Nge4 Nb8 20.Nd6 Rf8 21.Nxc4 Nxc4 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Rd1
Rxd1+ 24.Nxd1 Nd7 25.Bc1 Kf8 26.Bd5 Ndb6 27.Bxc4 Nxc4 28.Kf1
Ke7 29.Ke2 Kd6 30.b3 Na5 31.b4 Nc4 32.Ne3 Nb6 33.Kd3 f5
34.Nc4+ Kd5 35.Nxb6+ axb6 36.a4 Bf8 37.b5 Bb4 38.Be3 Ba5
39.Bd4 h6 40.Bc3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Internet final"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxim Turov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.e5 Nc6 7.Bb5
Nh5 8.Qd1 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.fxe5 Bg7 12.Nf3
Bg4 13.O-O Bxf3 14.Rxf3 Bxe5 15.g4 Nf6 16.g5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5
18.Rxf7 Kd7 19.Bf4 Bd4+ 20.Kg2 Raf8 21.Rxf8 Rxf8 22.Bg3 Bxb2
23.Rb1 Bd4 24.Rb7+ Ke6 25.Be1 Rc8 26.Bb4 Rxc2+ 27.Kf3 Bc5
28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.Rxa7 Rc3+ 30.Kf4 Rc4+ 31.Ke3 Rh4 32.a4 Rxh2
33.a5 Ra2 34.Kd4 Kf5 35.Kxd5 Kxg5 36.a6 h5 37.Ke4 Kg4 38.Ra8
h4 39.a7 g5 40.Ke3 h3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Internet final"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxim Turov"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.e4 c6 13.Re1
Rc8 14.Bf4 Nac4 15.b3 e5 16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Nxe6 Qxd1 18.Rexd1
fxe6 19.Rac1 Ne5 20.Kf1 Rcd8 21.Ke2 Kf7 22.Bg5 Bf6 23.Bxf6
Kxf6 24.f4 Nf7 25.e5+ Ke7 26.Ne4 Nd5 27.Nc5 b6 28.Nxe6 Kxe6
29.Rxc6+ Kf5 30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.Rf6+ Kg4 32.Bxd5 Nxe5 33.Be6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Internet final"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxim Turov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5 4.Nf3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.b3 Nf6 7.Nf2
Nc6 8.Bb2 b6 9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 Nd4 11.O-O Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bxf3
13.Qxf3 O-O 14.Rad1 Qd5 15.Qxd5 Nxd5 16.c4 Nb4 17.a3 Nc6
18.Ne4 f5 19.Nf2 Bf6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Rfe1 Kf7 22.Kg2 Rad8
23.d3 Rd6 24.Rb1 a5 25.Re3 Rfd8 26.Rb2 h5 27.Kf1 Rh8 28.Ke2 e5
29.Kd2 h4 30.Kc3 hxg3 31.hxg3 Rdd8 32.Rbe2 Rh2 33.fxe5 fxe5
34.g4 f4 35.Rh3 Rh8 36.Rxh8 Rxh8 37.Ne4 Nd4 38.Rf2 Rh1 39.b4
axb4+ 40.axb4 cxb4+ 41.Kxb4 Rb1+ 42.Ka4 Ra1+ 43.Kb4 Rb1+
44.Kc3 Rb3+ 45.Kd2 Kg6 46.Rf1 Rb2+ 47.Kc3 Rb3+ 48.Kd2 Rb2+
49.Kc1 Rg2 50.g5 Ne2+ 51.Kd1 Ng3 52.Nxg3 Rxg3 53.Ke2 Kxg5
54.Rb1 Rg2+ 55.Kf3 Rg3+ 56.Ke4 Re3+ 57.Kd5 Rxd3+ 58.Kxe5 Re3+
59.Kd4 Re6 60.Kd5 Kf5 61.Rh1 f3 62.Rh5+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Bermuda International"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartlomiej Macieja"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6
7. O-O Na5 8. Be2 Nf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Kh1 Rc8
12. Bf3 Nc4 13. b3 Qa5 14. Nb1 e5 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. c3 d5
17. fxe5 Nxe4 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. Qd4 g5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Bxg5
Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Bxe5 23. Bf6 Bxf6 24. Rxf6 Bg4 25. Nd4 Nd5
26. Rf1 Nxc3 27. Nxc3 Rxc3 28. Rae1 Rd3 29. Nc2 e3 30. Kg1 Rc3
31. Nd4 Re4 32. Nf5 e2 33. Rf2 Rc1 34. Nh6+ Kg7 35. Rxf7+ Kxh6
36. Rxc1 e1=R+ 37. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kf2 Re2+ 39. Kg3 Be6 40. Re7
Bc4 41. Rxb7 Rxg2+ 42. Kf4 Rf2+ 43. Ke3 Rf7 44. Rb8 Bd5
45. Rd8 Bb7 46. Rd4 Kg5 47. Ra4 Bc8 48. b4 Bg4 49. b5 h5
50. Ra6 Kh4 51. a4 Kh3 52. a5 Kxh2 53. b6 axb6 54. Rxb6 Kg3
55. a6 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "Bermuda International"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Ba5 Ra7
12. Rc1 Be4 13. Qb3 Qb8 14. Qe3 b4 15. Nbd2 Ba8 16. Nb3 Rc8
17. Rc2 Be4 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Kxg2 Qb5 21. Rac1
c6 22. Qf3 Nb8 23. Rc4 Rd7 24. e3 h6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Qe1 Qa4
27. Bxb4 Qxa2 28. Qc3 Bxb4 29. Rxb4 c5 30. dxc5 a5 31. Nxa5
Qd5+ 32. e4 Qa8 33. c6 Rc7 34. Rc4 Na6 35. b4 Qb8 36. Nb7 Rxc6
37. Rxc6 Qxb7 38. Rc8 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament:  Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Rc8
12. Rac1 a6 13. Qd2 Rc5 14. Ba3 Rc7 15. Ne1 Qa8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7
17. Nd3 Rfc8 18. Nb4 e6 19. Qxd6 Bf8 20. Qd2 b5 21. Nxa6 Bxa3
22. Nxc7 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxc7 24. Nxb5 Qe5 25. b4 Nb6 26. c5
Nbd5 27. Nd6 Ne4 28. f4 Nxd2 29. fxe5 Ra8 30. c6 Rxa2 31. c7
Nxc7 32. Rxc7 Rb2 33. b5 Rb4 34. Rc6 Ne4 35. b6 Kg7 36. Kg2
Nxd6 37. exd6 Kf6 38. Rc8 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament:  Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nd2 Qd5 10. Ndxc4 c5 11. Be3 Bb7
12. f3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb5 14. Bf2 Nd5 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. Qxa7
Ra8 17. a4 Qb4 18. Qd4 Rxa4 19. e4 Nf6 20. Nd3 Qb5 21. Qc3
Rfa8 22. Nce5 Ne8 23. Nc5 Ra2 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Nc6 Bf8
26. Rc2 Nd6 27. Rfc1 Ra1 28. Be3 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Nb5 30. Qd3
Na7 31. Ne5 Bd6 32. Nc4 Bc5+ 33. Kg2 Nc6 34. Qd7 h6 35. Bf4
Nd4 36. Rd2 Qb4 37. Ne5 f6 38. Nc6 Nxc6 39. Qxc6 Rf8 40. Qxe6+
Kh8 41. h4 Bd4 42. Rc2 c5 43. b3 Qe1 44. h5 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Qd1
46. Rc1 Qxf3 47. Qf5 Qxb3 48. e5 Qd5 49. Re1 Rg8 50. Kg4 fxe5
51. Bxe5 Bxe5 52. Rxe5 Qd1+ 53. Qf3 Qxf3+ 54. Kxf3 Rc8 55. Ke3
c4 56. Kd2 c3+ 57. Kc2 Kg8 58. g4 Kf7 59. g5 hxg5 60. Rxg5 Rc6
61. Rg3 Kg8 62. Rg5 Kh7 63. Rd5 Kh6 64. Re5 Rc4 65. Rd5 Rh4
66. Kxc3 Rxh5 67. Rd6+ Kg5 68. Kd2 Kh4 69. Ke2 Rf5 70. Rg6 Rg5
71. Re6 Kg3 72. Kf1 Kh2 73. Re2+ Kh1 74. Re7 Rf5+ 75. Ke2 g5
76. Ke3 Kg2 77. Ke4 Rf4+ 78. Ke3 Rf3+ 79. Ke2 g4 80. Re4 g3
81. Rb4 Rf8 82. Rh4 Re8+ 83. Kd3 Kf2 84. Rf4+ Kg1 85. Kd2 g2
86. Rf7 Rh8 87. Ke2 Kh1 0-1

[Event "38th Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christian Bauer"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. a3 Bd6
7. b4 O-O 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. Qc2 a6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5
12. Ba2 Bc7 13. O-O exd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Rae1 Qd6 16. Re5 Qd8
17. Ree1 Nbd5 18. Ne5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Qd6 21. Bb1 g6
22. Qc5 Be6 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Rc1 Rad8 25. Rfe1 Rfe8 26. g3
Nc7 27. Nc4 Nb5 28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Bf4 Rd7 30. Re3 Nxd4 31. h4
f6 32. Rce1 Kf7 33. g4 Ree7 34. g5 Bd5 35. Rxe7+ Rxe7
36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. gxf6+ Kxf6 38. Kf1 Nf3 39. h5 gxh5 40. Bxh7
h4 41. Bd3 h3 42. Be2 Kf5 43. Bg3 Bc4 0-1

[Event "38th Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2005.07.27"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6
12. Nd5 Qxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxb5 Qc5 15. Nxf6+ Kd8 16. Nxd7
Qxb5 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Qa3 Rc8 19. Qxd6+ Ke8 20. c3 Qc6
21. Qb4 a5 22. Qxa5 Ra8 23. Qg5 f6 24. Qd5 Qxc3+ 25. bxc3 exd5
26. exd5+ Kd7 27. Kb1 Ra4 28. g3 Rfa8 29. Rd2 R8a5 30. d6 Be4+
31. Ka1 h5 32. h3 Bd5 33. g4 Rxa2+ 34. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 35. Kb1 Rh2
36. Re3 h4 37. Kc1 Kxd6 38. f5 Rf2 39. Kd1 Rf3 0-1

[Event "15th European Team Championshi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Bc4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bxe6 fxe6
12. Nxe6 Kf7 13. f5 Qa5 14. O-O b5 15. a4 Bb7 16. axb5 Rc8
17. bxa6 Bxa6 18. Rf3 Be7 19. Rg3 Rhg8 20. Qe1 Bc4 21. Ra1
Qb6+ 22. Be3 Qc6 23. Nd4 Qc7 24. Nf3 Rge8 25. Ra7 Qb8 26. Bd4
Bf8 27. Qc1 Rc7 28. Ra5 Kg8 29. Qg5 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Qb1+ 31. Kf2
Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "21st European Club Cup"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ognjen Cvitan"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7 9. Nc4 Nb6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nh5
12. O-O Nf4 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. a4 Bd7 16. a5 Nc8
17. Qf3 Ng6 18. Nxf5 Nh4 19. Nh6+ Bxh6 20. Qh5 Bf5 21. Bxf5
Nxf5 22. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship 2005"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd5 11. Qb3 Qb6
12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. f3 Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. e4 Bg6 16. d5 e5
17. O-O-O Bc5 18. Bc4 f6 19. Kb1 Nb6 20. Bb3 Bf7 21. Rd3 O-O
22. Rhd1 Rab8 23. Be1 Rfc8 24. Ka2 Bb4 25. Bf2 Nd7 26. dxc6
Bxb3+ 27. Kxb3 bxc6 28. Rxd7 Bc5+ 29. Kc2 Bxf2 30. Ne2 h5
31. R1d3 h4 32. Rb3 Rxb3 33. Kxb3 h3 34. gxh3 f5 35. exf5 Rb8+
36. Kc2 Rb4 37. Ng3 Rc4+ 38. Kd3 Rf4 39. Ke2 Bxg3 40. hxg3
Rxa4 41. Rb7 Ra1 42. h4 Rh1 43. Ra7 Rh3 44. Kf2 Rh2+ 45. Ke3
Rh3 46. g4 Rxh4 47. Rxa5 Rh2 48. Rxe5 Rxb2 49. Re8+ Kf7
50. Rc8 Rc2 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. g5+ Ke7 53. g6 Rc4+ 54. Kg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Watu Kobese"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. Rd1 exd4
12. exd4 Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. Rb1 Nf4 15. Bf1 g6 16. Rb3 a6
17. Ne5 Ne6 18. c5 Bc7 19. Be3 Qe7 20. Nc4 Qf8 21. d5 cxd5
22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Nf4 24. Rd1 Bf5 25. Qc1 Ne6 26. Nd6
Bxd6 27. cxd6 Rec8 28. Rc3 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Rc8 30. Qe5 Qg7
31. d7 Rd8 32. Qa5 Qf6 33. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5
7. e3 Be7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Bb1 b6 12. Qe2
Ba6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bf4 f5 15. Rfd1 Bf6 16. Na2 Qe7 17. Nxb4
Qxb4 18. Bd3 Rfc8 19. cxd5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 cxd5 21. Rc2 Qa3
22. h3 Kf7 23. g4 g6 24. Kg2 Ke8 25. Rdd2 Qe7 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8
27. Rc2 Qd8 28. Qd2 Nb8 29. Qc1 Kd7 30. g5 Bh8 31. Rxc8 Qxc8
32. Qxc8+ Kxc8 33. Bxb8 Kxb8 34. h4 Kc7 35. h5 gxh5 36. Kg3
Bg7 37. Kh4 Kd6 38. Kxh5 Bf8 39. Ne5 Bg7 40. Nd3 Ke7 41. Ne5
Kd6 42. f4 Ke7 43. g6 hxg6+ 44. Kxg6 Bh8 45. Nf7 Bf6 46. Ng5
Bh8 47. Nh7 Ke8 48. Nf6+ Kf8 49. Nh5 Kg8 50. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 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. Rfd1 h5 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qf6 20. e4 h4 21. f4 Ng6
22. e5 Qe6 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Qc4 25. Bf1 Qb4 26. Na2 Qb6
27. Kh2 hxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Ne6 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Ngxf4
31. Rd2 Rh5 32. b4 Rxe5 33. Bc4 Kc7 34. Kf3 axb4 35. Nxb4 Rc5
36. Bf1 Rc1 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Ra2 Rxa2+ 39. Nxa2 Kb6 40. Bc4 Ka5
41. Bb3 Nd5 42. Bxd5 cxd5 43. Nc3 d4 44. Ne4 Kxa4 45. Nd6 Kb3
46. Nxb7 d3 47. Na5+ Kc2 48. Nc4 d2 49. Ne3+ Kc1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Watu Kobese"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 b5 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f4 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bxe6 fxe6
12. Nxe6 Qc8 13. Nxg7+ Kf7 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. e5 Rg8 16. Ng3 Qc6
17. Qe2 Re8 18. Rad1 dxe5 19. fxe5 Rxe5 20. Qf2 Rxe3 21. Rxd7+
Qxd7 22. Qxe3 Qc6 23. Nge4 Rg6 24. Qh3 Kg8 25. Qf5 Be7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ruben Felgaer"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bh7 11. f3 e6 12. e4
Be7 13. Bf2 Nfd7 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Be2 Rc8 16. O-O c5 17. dxc5
Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rfd1 Rcc8
22. Rab1 Kf8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. b4 Rd4 25. bxa5 Nxa4 26. Nd1
Rd2 27. Kf1 Rd7 28. Rc1 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Ne3 Bd3 31. Kf2
Nb2 32. Rc3 Bg6 33. Bb5 Nd3+ 34. Kg3 Rd8 35. Rc7 Ra8 36. Nc4
Nb4 37. Rxb7 Bd3 38. Ne5 Bf5 39. Nd7+ Kg8 40. Bf1 Nd3 41. Rb8+
Rxb8 42. Nxb8 Nc5 43. a6 Na4 44. Nd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.05"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6
7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O d6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O
12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Na4 Rb8 14. Qb6 Qxb6 15. Nxb6 Bd7 16. c5 Bb5
17. Bf4 e5 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 exf4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. gxf4
Bxe2 22. Bxb7 Kf8 23. Rc8 Ke7 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Nd5 Bf3
26. Nxf6 Bxb7 27. Nxh7 Ke7 28. Ng5 f6 29. Nh3 Bd5 30. a3 Ke6
31. Kf1 Kf5 32. Ke2 Kg4 33. Ng1 Kxf4 34. Kd3 Ke5 35. b4 g5
36. Ke3 Be4 37. Ne2 f5 38. f4+ Kf6 39. Nc1 Kg6 40. Nb3 Bc6
41. Nc5 Bb5 42. Ne6 g4 43. Nc7 Bf1 44. a4 Kh5 45. Kf2 Bd3
46. Kg3 Kg6 47. b5 axb5 48. axb5 Be4 49. b6 Kf6 50. Na6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.05"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Be6 5. Bg2 Nd7 6. cxd5
Bxd5 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8. O-O e5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3
exd4 12. Qxd4 Nc5 13. Qc4 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. b4 Ne6 16. Be3
Nd7 17. a4 Ne5 18. Qe4 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Re8 20. Rac1 Ng5 21. Qg4
Qxg4 22. fxg4 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Ne5 24. b5 Nxg4 25. Rd7 Nxe3+
26. fxe3 Rac8 27. Ne4 f5 28. Nf2 Bg5 29. Rxb7 cxb5 30. Rxc8
Rxc8 31. Rxb5 Bxe3 32. Nd1 Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Bc5 34. Kf4 g6 35. Rb7
Rc4+ 36. Kg5 Rxa4 37. Nb2 Rb4 38. Rxb4 Bxb4 39. Kf6 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.05"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 e6
7. e4 d6 8. Be3 a6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Nbd7
12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Bf1 Qb8 15. a3 Rfe8 16. b4 Bd8
17. Nb3 Ne5 18. Qxd6 Bc7 19. Qd2 h5 20. c5 b5 21. Na5 Ba8
22. a4 Ng6 23. h3 Rcd8 24. Qe1 bxa4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nxa4 h4
27. Nb6 Nh5 28. Bf2 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 Ng3+ 30. Bxg3 Bxg3 31. Qc3
Be5 32. Qc2 Nf4 33. Nxa8 Qxa8 34. Nc4 Bd4 35. e5 Nh5 36. Kh2
Ng3 37. Bd3 Qb8 38. f4 Qxb4 39. c6 Rc8 40. Rb1 Qe7 41. Nd6 Rf8
42. c7 g5 43. Rb8 gxf4 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45. c8=Q+ Kg7 46. Ne8+
Kh6 47. Nf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.08"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Rc1 a6 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5
12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Ba2 cxd4 14. exd4 Bd6 15. h4 Qb6 16. Qd3 Qxb2
17. Rb1 Qxa3 18. Rh3 Qa5 19. Ne4 Qxa2 20. Nxd6+ Kf8 21. Nc4 b5
22. Ne3 Nd5 23. Ng4 Rc8 24. Rd1 Kg8 25. Qg3 N7f6 26. Ne5 b4
27. Qf3 Qc2 28. Rc1 Qe4+ 29. Qxe4 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Nxe4 31. Nc6
f6 32. f3 Nd6 33. Bd2 b3 34. Ke2 b2 35. Rh1 Rxh4 36. Rb1 Nc4
37. Be1 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.08"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rfe1 h6
12. h3 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
exd4 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bf5 d3
21. Qxd3 Nf6 22. Bc3 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Bf8 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6
gxf6 26. Rd1 b5 27. Nh4 Kg7 28. g4 Rc8 29. Rd2 h5 30. Kg2 hxg4
31. hxg4 Bb4 32. Re2 Kf8 33. Nf5 Rc1 34. Kf3 Rc3+ 35. Ke4 Rc8
36. Kd5 Rc5+ 37. Kd4 Rc8 38. Kd5 Rc5+ 39. Ke4 Re5+ 40. Kf3 Rc5
41. Kf4 Rc8 42. Ne3 Bc5 43. Nd5 Kg7 44. Kf5 Bd4 45. Rd2 Ba1
46. Ne3 Rc5+ 47. Rd5 Rc7 48. Rd6 a5 49. Rd5 Rb7 50. Ke4 Re7+
51. Kf3 Rb7 52. Nf5+ Kh7 53. Ke4 a4 54. Kd3 axb3 55. axb3 Be5
56. Nd4 Bxd4 57. Kxd4 b4 58. Kc4 Kg6 59. Rb5 Re7 60. f3 Re3
61. Rf5 Re8 62. Kxb4 Re1 63. Kc4 Rc1+ 64. Kb5 Kg7 65. b4 Rc3
66. Kb6 Kf8 67. Rxf6 Ke7 68. Rf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.09"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 c5 11. dxc5 Bb7
12. Bd3 bxc5 13. Bc3 Qb6 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Rhe1 Rd8 16. Ne5
Nb4 17. Bxb4 Nxe4 18. Ba3 Ng5 19. Bb2 Bf6 20. Re3 Bxe5
21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bc3 Nf3 23. Qe2 Ne5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Qh5+ Kf8
26. Qxe5 Kf7 27. Rde1 Rd6 28. Qh5+ Kf6 29. Bxh7 Rf8 30. f4 Ke7
31. Qg5+ Rf6 32. Qxg7+ Rf7 33. Qg5+ Kd7 34. Bc2 Kc7 35. Qe5
Kd8 36. f5 Bc8 37. Rd3 1-0

[Event "WCC Places 5-8"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.12"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. exd5
cxd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2 Nge7 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. a3 h6 11. Be3 O-O
12. O-O Be6 13. f4 f5 14. Kh1 Nc8 15. g4 fxg4 16. f5 Qh4
17. Nf4 Bf7 18. f6 gxf6 19. Bf5 N8e7 20. Bxg4 Kh8 21. Nb5 Bb8
22. Be6 a6 23. Rf3 Bxe6 24. Nxe6 Qg4 25. Qf2 Qxe6 26. Bxh6 Rg8
27. Qh4 Rg6 28. Bf8+ Kg8 29. Re1 Qg4 30. Qxg4 Rxg4 31. Bxe7
axb5 32. Bxf6 Bd6 33. Rh3 Kf7 34. Be5 Bxe5 35. dxe5 Rag8
36. e6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "WCC Places 5-8"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.13"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 c6
7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bd2 a6 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 b5
12. Ne1 Ngf6 13. Nc2 Nc5 14. f3 Nh5 15. Nb4 Bg5 16. Nc6 Qb6
17. Kh1 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 b4 19. Nd1 Nf4 20. Ne3 Bd7 21. Bc4 a5
22. Rac1 Kh8 23. g3 Nh5 24. Rfd1 g6 25. Be2 Qc7 26. Nc4 f5
27. exf5 gxf5 28. Qh6 Nf6 29. N4xe5 dxe5 30. Rxc5 Qd6 31. Rxa5
Rae8 32. Ra6 Bc8 33. Ra7 Bd7 34. Qd2 f4 35. Qxb4 Qxb4 36. Nxb4
Bh3 37. Nc6 e4 38. Re7 Rc8 39. fxe4 f3 40. Bf1 Ng4 41. Bxh3
Nf2+ 42. Kg1 Nxd1 43. Kf1 Ra8 44. Bf5 Ne3+ 45. Kf2 Nxf5
46. exf5 Rxf5 47. d6 Rxa2 48. d7 Rxb2+ 49. Kf1 Rd5 50. d8=Q+
Rxd8 51. Nxd8 Rxh2 52. Ne6 h6 53. Rf7 Re2 54. Nd4 Kg8 55. Rxf3
Rd2 56. Nf5 Kh7 57. Rf2 Rd3 58. Kg2 Ra3 59. Rb2 Ra6 60. Kh3
Kg6 61. Nh4+ Kf6 62. Rf2+ Kg7 63. Kg4 Ra5 64. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Spain Team Ch"]
[Site "Merida ESP"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Bartlomiej Macieja"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7
12. Qc2 c5 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. e4 Bb7 16. d5 exd5
17. exd5 Qc7 18. Nd4 Bd6 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Qf5 Ne5 21. Bf4 Rce8
22. Be4 g6 23. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. Nbd2 b6
12. e4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bb7 14. Bf4 c5 15. Rfe1 cxd4 16. Nd6 d3
17. Qxd3 Nc5 18. Qd4 Nh5 19. Nxb7 Nxb7 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Rad1
Qe8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qxd5 Bxg5 26. Bxg5
Nc5 27. Be3 Ne6 28. Qe4 Qb5 29. b3 Rad8 30. Rd6 Rfe8 31. Red1
Qe2 32. R1d2 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Rc8 34. Qg4 Rc1 35. Rd1 Rxd1
36. Rxd1 Qa5 37. Bxh6 Qxa2 38. Rd6 Re7 39. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Bxd5 9. Nc3 Bc6 10. e4 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O
12. O-O-O Na6 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. a3 Qc8 15. Kb1 a5 16. Ne5 Re8
17. Rhe1 Bf8 18. g4 g6 19. Bg3 Re6 20. f4 d6 21. Nxc6 Nxc6
22. Nb5 Ne8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Bd5 a4 25. fxe5 Ng7 26. Qf3 Rb8
27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. exd6 Nd4 29. Rxd4 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 cxd4
31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. d7 Qc5 33. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2006.08.04"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "225"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Be2 b6
12. Qd5 Rb8 13. Qxa5 bxa5 14. b3 Bd4 15. Bd2 d6 16. O-O Bc5
17. Na4 Ba3 18. Rb1 Bb7 19. f3 Bc6 20. Bxa5 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Kd7
22. Rfd1 Nc5 23. Bc3 Rhc8 24. a5 Na4 25. Be1 Nb2 26. Rdc1 Bb4
27. Bf2 Bxa5 28. c5 dxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Bxc5 Bc3 31. a4 Ke6
32. Bb5 Kf6 33. Rc1 a6 34. Rxc3 axb5 35. a5 Ke6 36. Rb3 Na4
37. Be3 Kd7 38. a6 Ra8 39. Rxb5 Rxa6 40. Bd4 Rd6 41. Rb7+ Kd8
42. Rb4 Ra6 43. Kf2 Kc7 44. Ke3 Nb6 45. Bxb6+ Rxb6 46. Rxb6
Kxb6 47. Kd4 Kc6 48. Ke5 Kd7 49. f4 Ke8 50. h4 h5 51. f5 f6+
52. Ke6 gxf5 53. e5 fxe5 54. Kxe5 Kd7 55. Kxf5 Kd6 56. Kg5 Ke5
57. Kxh5 Kf4 58. Kg6 e5 59. h5 e4 60. h6 e3 61. h7 e2 62. h8=Q
e1=Q 63. Qb8+ Kg4 64. Qc8+ Kg3 65. Qh3+ Kf4 66. Qf5+ Kg3
67. Qh3+ Kf4 68. Qf3+ Ke5 69. g4 Kd4 70. g5 Qe8+ 71. Kg7 Qe7+
72. Kh6 Kc4 73. Qf4+ Kb5 74. g6 Qe6 75. Kg5 Qe7+ 76. Kg4 Qg7
77. Qd6 Ka4 78. Kf5 Qc3 79. Qe5 Qh3+ 80. Kg5 Qg2+ 81. Kf5 Qh3+
82. Kf6 Qf3+ 83. Qf5 Qc3+ 84. Kg5 Ka3 85. Qf8+ Ka4 86. Qa8+
Kb4 87. Qb7+ Ka5 88. g7 Qe5+ 89. Kg6 Qe6+ 90. Kh7 Qf5+ 91. Kg8
Ka4 92. Qh1 Qc8+ 93. Kh7 Qf5+ 94. Kh8 Qe5 95. Qh3 Qd4 96. Qe6
Qh4+ 97. Kg8 Qf4 98. Qd5 Ka3 99. Kh7 Qh4+ 100. Kg6 Qg3+
101. Kf7 Qf4+ 102. Ke8 Qb8+ 103. Qd8 Qb5+ 104. Qd7 Qh5+
105. Kf8 Qf3+ 106. Ke7 Qe4+ 107. Qe6 Qb7+ 108. Kf6 Qf3+
109. Kg5 Qg3+ 110. Qg4 Qe5+ 111. Kh4 Qf6+ 112. Qg5 Qd4+
113. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "122"]

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"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Ne2 Re8
12. Ng3 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nb4 16. Bh7+
Kh8 17. Qb1 Nd5 18. Bf5 Qc7 19. Rfe1 N7f6 20. e4 Ne7 21. Bxc8
Raxc8 22. Qc1 c5 23. Nf3 Ng4 24. Ba5 Qxa5 25. Rxd6 Qxa2
26. Re2 Qxb3 27. h3 Nxf2 28. Rxf2 Kg8 29. Nh5 Rc6 30. Rd7 Ng6
31. Qa1 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6
7. O-O O-O 8. e3 a6 9. d4 Ba7 10. Nc3 h6 11. h3 Bf5 12. a3 Ne4
13. Ne2 Bh7 14. b4 exd4 15. exd4 Ne7 16. Nf4 Nf5 17. Bb2 c6
18. Re1 Re8 19. Re2 Ng5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. Re1 Re8
23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Ne2 f6 26. Bf3 Ne7 27. d5
cxd5 28. cxd5 Ng6 29. Bd4 Ne5 30. Bg2 Nc4 31. Qc3 Qxe2
32. Bxa7 Be4 33. Qd4 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Nxa3 35. Qb6 Qe7 36. Qe3
Qxe3 37. Bxe3 Nc2 38. Bd2 Nd4 39. f4 gxf4 40. Bxf4 Nb5 41. Kf3
Kf7 42. Bd2 f5 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. g4 g5+ 45. Kf3 Nc7 46. Ke3
Nxd5+ 47. Kd4 Nf4 48. h4 Ne6+ 49. Kd5 gxh4 50. Bc3+ Kf7
51. gxf5 Nf4+ 52. Ke4 h3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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 e6
12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. e5 Bd5 15. Be7 Rfc8 16. Bd6 Qb7
17. a4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb8 19. a5 Nc6 20. axb6 axb6 21. Bc5 Rcb8
22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Nd2 Rb4 25. Ne4 Bxe5 26. dxe5
Rxe4 27. Qd3 Nxe5 28. Qb5 h5 29. Rc1 Nc6 30. Bf1 Nd4 31. Qd7
Kg7 32. f3 Re3 33. Rc7 Rf8 34. Bc4 Nf5 35. g4 Nd4 36. Bxd5
exd5 37. Qxd5 Ne6 38. gxh5 Re1+ 39. Kf2 Re2+ 40. Kf1 Nxc7
41. Qd4+ Kh6 42. Kxe2 Ne6 43. Qe5 g5 44. Qf6+ Kxh5 45. Kf2 Nf4
46. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 d5 12. Bf4
Qa5 13. b3 dxe4 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6 Nc5 17. Bc4
Nxa4 18. bxa4 Qc5 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Bb3 Qc3 21. Kb1 Qxf3 22. Qd2
Be7 23. Bd6 e3 24. Qxb4 Qe4 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Rd6 Bd5 27. Re1
O-O 28. Qb6 Bxb3 29. axb3 Qe4 30. Rd3 Nxg4 31. h3 Ne5 32. Qxe3
Qc6 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Bc4 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Bb3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 b4 14. Ne4 Bc6 15. Nc5 Qb8 16. Qe3 Bd6
17. Na6 Bf4 18. Nxb8 Bxe3+ 19. Bxe3 Rfxb8 20. f3 Nd5 21. Bf2
a5 22. Bc4 Rc8 23. Rd2 Bb7 24. Bd3 a4 25. Rhd1 a3 26. b3 Nc3
27. Bd4 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 f6 29. Bc4 Bd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Bf2 Ra5
32. Rd3 Kf7 33. Kd2 Ra6 34. Kd1 Rac6 35. Rd2 h5 36. Bd4 g5
37. h3 g4 38. fxg4 hxg4 39. h4 g3 40. Be3 Rh8 41. Rd4 Re6
42. Ke2 Rhe8 43. Re4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rfd8
12. Rfe1 Bb4 13. Qc1 Rac8 14. a3 Bd6 15. Qa1 c5 16. cxd5 exd5
17. a4 a6 18. Bf1 Re8 19. g3 Rcd8 20. Bg2 Bc7 21. Nh4 Qe6
22. Ne2 g5 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. a5 c4 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Nxg5 Nxg5
27. Bxb7 b5 28. Nf4 Qg4 29. Kg2 b4 30. Qa4 Bxf4 31. exf4 Nh3
32. Bc1 Re2 33. Rf1 Nc5 34. dxc5 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Rxf2+ 36. Kh1
Qe6 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ Qf6 1-0

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.22"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Emil Sutovsky"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. a4 Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. c3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Be6 11. Qb3 Qc8
12. d4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 c6 14. Qd3 Qe6 15. f4 d5 16. e5 Ne4
17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Rad8 19. Qf3 g6 20. Be3 h5 21. h3 h4
22. Bf2 Qf5 23. Rae1 Rd5 24. Qb3 b6 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxf4
27. Qc2 Bf6 28. Qxg6+ Bg7 29. Be3 Qg3 30. Bh6 Qxg6 31. Rxg6
Rf7 32. Re4 Kh7 33. Rxg7+ Rxg7 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Rg4+ Kf6
36. Rxh4 c5 37. dxc5 Rxc5 38. b4 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Ra1 40. b5 Ra3
41. Rc4 Kg5 42. h4+ Kf5 43. g3 1-0

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.24"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 O-O
12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 h6 14. Bc2 Nde7 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Ne2 Re8
17. Qd3 g6 18. Qd2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bg4 20. Nc3 Na5 21. Qf2 Nc4
22. Bb3 Nd6 23. Rad1 Bf5 24. h3 Kg7 25. Rf1 c6 26. Ne5 Be6
27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. e4 Rxe5 29. dxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxd6 Qxd6
31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Rd1 Rf8 33. Rxd6 Rxf7 34. Rd3 Kg7 35. b4 Kf8
36. Nd1 Ke7 37. Nf2 Ke6 38. g3 b6 39. Kg2 c5 40. bxc5 bxc5
41. Rd5 c4 42. Ng4 Bg7 43. Ra5 Bd4 44. Ra6+ Bb6 45. a4 c3
46. a5 c2 47. axb6 c1=Q 48. bxa7+ Ke7 49. Ra2 Qf1+ 50. Kh2 Rf8
51. a8=R Rxa8 52. Rxa8 Qe2+ 53. Kg1 Qe1+ 54. Kh2 h5 55. Ra7+
Kd8 56. Ra8+ Kc7 57. Ra7+ Kb8 58. Rf7 hxg4 59. hxg4 Qxe4
60. Rf4 Qd5 61. Rb4+ Kc7 62. Rf4 Qd1 63. Kg2 Kd6 64. Rf6+ Ke5
65. Rf4 g5 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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 Bb7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O Na6 12. e4
c5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 f5 17. Qe2
Bf6 18. cxd5 Qf7 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. Ne5 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe8
12. Nd2 a5 13. Rc1 Nh7 14. f4 f5 15. e4 Nhf6 16. exf5 exf5
17. Bxf5 Qe3+ 18. Bf2 Qxf4 19. Be6+ Kh8 20. d5 Ne5 21. Bxb6
Qg5 22. Bd4 Rae8 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Ne4 25. Be3 Qg6
26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Qg4 Qh7 28. Qh4 Qg6 29. Qe7 Re8 30. Qxc7
Rxe6 31. Qxb7 Re8 32. Rf1 Nf6 33. Qb3 Qe4 34. Bf2 Rc8 35. c5
dxc5 36. d6 c4 37. Qe3 c3 38. bxc3 Qxe3 39. Bxe3 Rxc3 40. Bd4
Rd3 41. Bxf6 gxf6 42. Rxf6 Kg7 43. Rf5 Rxd6 44. Rxa5 Rd3
45. Kf2 Rb3 46. g4 Rh3 47. Kg2 Rc3 48. h4 Rd3 49. a4 Ra3
50. h5 Kf6 51. Rf5+ Ke6 52. a5 Ra1 53. Rb5 Kf6 54. Kf3 Ra3+
55. Ke4 Ra4+ 56. Kd5 Rxg4 57. Kc6 Ke6 58. a6 Rc4+ 59. Kb7 Kd7
60. a7 Rc7+ 61. Ka6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bg5 Rb8
12. Rac1 Bf5 13. e4 Be6 14. b3 h6 15. Bd2 Kh7 16. Rfd1 Ng4
17. h3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Kh2 Rfc8 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Nd8 23. Bb6 f5 24. c5 dxc5 25. Bxc5 Bf6 26. d6 e6
27. Bb6 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nc6 29. Bc7 Ra8 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Qc4
Kg7 32. Qxc6 Qxc6 33. Rxc6 Kf7 34. d7 Bd8 35. b4 Ke7 36. Bxd8+
Rxd8 37. Rxa6 Rxd7 38. b5 Rd2 39. Kg2 g5 40. a4 Rb2 41. b6 e5
42. a5 e4 43. Kf1 f4 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. Ra7+ Kd6 46. b7 f3
47. Kg1 Kc7 48. Ra8 Kxb7 49. Re8 Re2 50. Re6 h5 51. a6+ Ka7
52. h4 Kb8 53. Re7 Ka8 54. a7 Re1+ 55. Kh2 e3 56. Rxe3 Ra1
57. Rxf3 Kxa7 58. Rb3 Ra4 59. Kg3 Rg4+ 60. Kh3 Ka6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. a4 a5
12. h4 O-O 13. h5 c5 14. h6 g6 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Ne4 Nxe3
17. Qxe3 Qb6 18. Bb5 cxd4 19. Qf4 Nc5 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Qxd4
Nd7 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Ng4 Nd5 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Ne5 Kg8
26. Nc4 Ra8 27. Ne5 Bg5 28. c4 Nf6 29. Nd7 Rfd8 30. Nb6 Rab8
31. c5 Bd2 32. Rf1 Bb4 33. Rc1 Ne4 34. Nd7 Rbc8 35. Rfd1 Nxc5
36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. Be8 b6 39. g4 Rd4 40. g5 Bd2
41. Rd1 Be3 42. Rxd4 Bxd4 43. Bxf7 Bxb2 44. Ne8 Nxa4 45. Bxe6
Nc5 46. Bd5 Be5 47. Kg2 a4 48. Kf3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bg2 e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nxe5 Ng4 10. Nd3 Bxb2 11. Nxb2
Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 c5 14. Nd3 c4 15. bxc4 Be6 16. c5
Rab8 17. O-O Nf6 18. Rab1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. a3 a5 21. f3
Kf8 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. Ke3 Ba2 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Kd4 Be6 26. Nf4
Rb2 27. Kc3 Rb5 28. Nd3 Rb8 29. e4 f6 30. Rd1 g5 31. f4 h6
32. f5 Bf7 33. e5 fxe5 34. Nxe5 Be8 35. Re1 Kf6 36. Ng4+ Kxf5
37. Nxh6+ Kg6 38. Re6+ Kg7 39. Nf5+ Kf7 40. Ra6 Bd7 41. Nd4
Rh8 42. Ra7 Rxh2 43. Rxc7 Ke8 44. c6 Bg4 45. Rg7 Rg2 46. Rxg5
Rxg3+ 47. Kb2 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Erenburg"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 Nb6
7. Bb3 dxe5 8. Nxe5 e6 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Be7
12. Nc3 Ba6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Be5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bf6
17. Qf3 Rc8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Bc2 Rfd8 20. Qe4 g6 21. Qf3 Bg7
22. Bb3 c5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. d5 c4 25. Bc2 Bb7 26. d6 Rxd6
27. Qe3 Rb6 28. a4 Qc5 29. Qd4+ Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Bd5 31. h4 f5
32. g4 Rb2 33. Bd1 Rb1 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Kh2 Kf6 36. Re3 Rg8
37. Bf3 Bxf3 38. Rxf3 Rgg1 39. Rg3 Rh1+ 40. Kg2 e5 41. Rxc4 e4
42. Rc6+ Ke5 43. f4+ Kxf4 44. Rg5 Rbg1+ 45. Kf2 e3+ 46. Ke2
Rh2+ 47. Kd3 Rd2+ 48. Kc4 Rxg5 49. hxg5 Kxg5 50. Re6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 a6 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. Be3 Ne4 6. Qa4
Qxa4 7. Nxa4 Nc6 8. f3 Nf6 9. Bf2 e6 10. e4 d6 11. cxd6 Bxd6
12. c5 Be5 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. Ne2 Na7 16. Nc4 Bc7
17. Nc3 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Be2 Nd7 21. b4
Ke7 22. Rd1 h5 23. h4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Kc2
g6 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 b6 29. cxb6 Rb8 30. Kb3 Rxb6 31. a4
bxa4+ 32. Kxa4 Ra6+ 33. Kb3 Rb6 34. Rd2 f5 35. Kc4 fxe4
36. fxe4 Rc6+ 37. Kb5 Rc3 38. Kb6 Rc4 39. b5 Rxe4 40. Ra2 Rxh4
41. Ka7 Kd6 42. b6 Rb4 43. b7 h4 44. b8=Q+ Rxb8 45. Kxb8 g5
46. Ra4 Ke5 47. Kc7 Kf5 48. Kd6 g4 49. Rb4 Kg5 50. Ke5 h3
51. g3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Michael Roiz"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Ne4
7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 f5 9. Ne1 O-O 10. f3 Nf6 11. Qe2 d6 12. e4
fxe4 13. fxe4 e5 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Nc2 Qe8 16. Rae1 Qh5
17. Qxh5 Nxh5 18. Ne3 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Nd5
c5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nf5 Nf6 24. Nxd6 Ba6 25. e5 Ng4 26. e6
Ne3+ 27. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dan Zoler"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 Nh5 12. Nc4
Ne5 13. Na3 Re8 14. h3 f5 15. Kh2 Rb8 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 b5
18. axb5 axb5 19. Ng5 Nf6 20. f4 Nf7 21. Re1 Nxg5 22. fxg5 Nd7
23. Bf4 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Ne5 25. Qe2 c4 26. Nc2 Nd3 27. Ra7 Bf5
28. Ne3 Nxf4 29. gxf4 Qe8 30. Qd2 Bd7 31. Ng4 Ra8 32. Rxa8
Qxa8 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34. gxf6 Qd8 35. Qd4 Kf7 36. Qa7 Kxf6
37. h4 Qe7 38. Qb8 Kf7 39. Kg3 Qe1+ 40. Kf3 h5 41. f5 Bxf5
42. Qxd6 Be4+ 43. Kf4 Bxg2 44. Qc7+ Qe7 45. d6 Qxc7 46. dxc7
Bb7 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gaby Livshits"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6
7. d3 O-O 8. Qe1 e6 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Kh1 b6 11. Qh4 Nxb3
12. axb3 Nh5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nb5 a6 15. e5 Bf8 16. Nxd6 Bxd6
17. exd6 Rxd6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Bd2 Ng7 20. b4 Nf5 21. bxc5 bxc5
22. Ra5 Rc8 23. Nc4 Rdd8 24. Bc3 Nd4 25. Rf2 Bd5 26. Nb6 Rc6
27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Kg1 f5 29. g3 Kf7 30. Kg2 Rb6 31. b4 Rb5
32. bxc5 Rxa5 33. Bxa5 Rxc5 34. Bb6 Rd5 35. c4 Rd6 36. Bc5 Rd7
37. Ra2 Nb3 38. Bb6 Rxd3 39. Rxa6 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Rxh2 41. Ra7+
Ke8 42. Ke3 Rg2 43. Kf3 Rc2 44. Rc7 Rxc4 45. Rxh7 Rc3+ 46. Kf2
Nd2 47. Bd4 Ne4+ 48. Ke2 Rxg3 49. Be5 Rb3 50. Rg7 Rg3 51. Rh7
Nc5 52. Kf2 Rg4 53. Kf3 Nd3 54. Bf6 Nxf4 55. Re7+ Kf8 56. Ra7
Nd5 57. Be5 Re4 58. Bd6+ Ke8 59. Rg7 Rg4 60. Be5 Nb4 61. Bd6
Nc6 62. Rc7 Nd4+ 63. Kf2 Kd8 64. Be5 Re4 65. Rc5 g5 66. Bf6+
Kd7 67. Bxg5 e5 68. Ra5 Nc6 69. Rd5+ Ke6 70. Rc5 Nd4 71. Be3
f4 72. Bc1 Nb3 73. Rc6+ Kd5 74. Rc2 Nxc1 75. Rxc1 Re3 76. Ra1
Ke4 77. Ra4+ Kf5 78. Ra8 Rb3 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 c6 11. h3 f6 12. Bc1
Nh6 13. Bf1 Nf7 14. Rb1 Qe7 15. b4 Nc7 16. b5 Ng5 17. Nxg5
fxg5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. d5 c5 20. Be3 h5 21. Be2 Rf4 22. Bxc5
Bxh3 23. Be3 Bd7 24. c5 Raf8 25. Rb7 Bc8 26. Rxa7 g4 27. Nb5
Rxf2 28. Bxf2 Rxf2 29. g3 Qf6 30. Rxc7 h4 31. Rxc8+ Kh7
32. Rf1 hxg3 33. Qe1 Qh4 34. Rxf2 g2 35. Kxg2 Qh3+ 36. Kg1
Qg3+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Rg2 Qh1+ 39. Kf2 Qh4+ 40. Rg3 Qh2+
41. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg4
7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e3 e6 11. Bxc4 Bb4
12. Bf1 Qd5 13. f3 Qa5 14. Bg2 c5 15. dxc5 Nc6 16. O-O O-O
17. f4 Qxc5 18. g5 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nd5 21. Qb5 Qxc3
22. Rb1 Ndb4 23. Qe2 Rac8 24. Be4 Na5 25. Bb2 Qc4 26. Qg2 Nb3
27. Bxb7 Rd2 28. Qf3 Rcd8 29. Be5 Nc5 30. Rbc1 Nc2 31. Bc6 a6
32. Rf2 Nb3 33. Rcf1 Nb4 34. Qe4 Qxc6 35. Qxb4 Rxf2 36. Rxf2
Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qxe3 38. Qb7 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.15"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4
O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. d6 Bf8 11. g3 Re6
12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 Rxd6 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Bg2 Nf6 16. O-O Re6
17. Rad1 d6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Ne8 20. Nd5 Nc7 21. Rc1 Nxd5
22. Bxd5 Re7 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qc7 25. Re8 Bh3 26. Bxf7+
Kh8 27. Re1 b6 28. Qf3 Rc8 29. g4 Qd7 30. Bh5 Qe7 31. Bc3 Qh4
32. Re3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
a6 7. d4 b5 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Bc6
12. e5 Nfd7 13. Be3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. O-O e6 16. a4 bxa4
17. Nxa4 Qc7 18. f4 Bg7 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. Bc4 Bh6
22. Rf1 Qb7 23. Rf2 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Bxa6
Bg7 27. Rd2 Qa7 28. Qb6 Qa8 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. Qxb5 Rb8 31. Qc4
Qa1+ 32. Kf2 Rxb2 33. c6 Rxd2+ 34. Bxd2 Qa7+ 35. Ke2 Qc7
36. Ba5 Qc8 37. c7 Bf8 38. Qc6 f5 39. Bc3 Kf7 40. Be5 Be7
41. Kd3 g5 42. g3 gxf4 43. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Prague m1"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2006.08.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Qc2
c5 8.d5 exd5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Bxd5 Nc6 12.Bxc6 dxc6
13.Nf3 Qc8 14.O-O Qe6 15.b3 Ne4 16.Bb2 Bf6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6
18.Rad1 Rfe8 19.Rfe1 Ne4 20.Rd3 Qf6 21.Kg2 g5 22.Rf1 Rad8
23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.Rd1 Qf6 25.h3 h5 26.Qd3 Kg7 27.Qd7 Re6 28.Rf1
Nc3 29.e3 Rd6 30.Qxa7 Ne4 31.Qc7 g4 32.hxg4 hxg4 33.Nh4 Rd2
34.Qf4 Qxf4 35.exf4 Kf6 36.Kg1 Rxa2 37.Ng2 Nd2 38.Rd1 Ke6
39.Re1+ Kd7 40.Rd1 Kc7 41.Ne3 Nxb3 42.Nxg4 Nd4 43.Nh6 f5
44.Kg2 Ra8 45.Rc1 Rf8 46.Ra1 b5 47.cxb5 cxb5 48.Nf7 b4 49.Ne5
b3 50.f3 Kd6 51.Ra6+ Kd5 52.g4 Rb8 53.Nd7 b2 54.Nb6+ Kc6
55.Na4+ Kb5 56.Ra7 b1=Q 57.Nc3+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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. Rc1 Rc8
12. e3 Qe7 13. a3 dxc4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. b4 c3 16. Rxc3 Bxf1
17. Bxf1 Bd6 18. Qc2 Qb7 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qh4 f6 21. Bc4 Qe7
22. e4 Ne5 23. exf5 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 exf5 25. Rd3 Qe4 26. Rxd6
Rxc4 27. Qxe4 fxe4 28. Nh4 f5 29. Kf1 f4 30. Re6 f3 0-1

[Event "ACP Rapid"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 dxc4 8. e3 Be6 9. Qb1 Qc8 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. Bxc4 e6
12. h4 h6 13. Ne4 Bc6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bb5 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 c6
17. Be2 O-O 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Qf3 Qd8 20. Rab1 Nb6 21. Bg3 e5
22. h5 g5 23. Bd3 Qd5 24. Be4 Qe6 25. Qf5 Qxf5 26. Bxf5 Re7
27. Rb4 Rd8 28. Rfb1 Rd5 29. c4 Rd8 30. c5 Nd5 31. Rxb7 Rxb7
32. Rxb7 exd4 33. exd4 Bxd4 34. Bd6 Re8 35. Kf1 Bc3 36. Rb8
Rxb8 37. Bxb8 a5 38. Bd7 Nb4 39. a3 Nd3 40. Bxc6 Bd4 41. Bb5
Nxc5 42. Bc7 Bc3 43. Bb6 Ne6 44. g3 Kg7 45. Bd7 Nd4 46. Bd8
Bb2 47. a4 Bc3 48. Kg2 Bb4 49. Bb6 Bc3 50. f4 gxf4 51. gxf4
Nb3 52. Kf3 Bb4 53. Bb5 Nc5 54. Ke3 Kf6 55. Kd4 Ne6+ 56. Ke4
Nc5+ 57. Kd5 Ne6 58. Be3 Be1 59. Bd3 Bg3 60. Ke4 Be1 61. f5
Nf8 62. Bxh6 Nd7 63. Be3 Bc3 64. h6 Ne5 65. Be2 Nd7 66. Bd4+
Bxd4 67. Kxd4 Nf8 68. Kc5 Kg5 69. Kb5 Kxh6 70. Kxa5 Kg5
71. Bd3 Kf6 72. Kb5 Ke5 73. Kc6 1-0

[Event "ACP Rapid"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6
12. Bh4 Bd6 13. c3 Bf4 14. Bc2 Qd6 15. g3 Bg5 16. Bxg5 hxg5
17. f4 g4 18. Qd4 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Nc5 Be2 21. Kf2 Bf3
22. Re5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Rae1 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Qd8 26. Kf1
Qb8 27. Qe3 Be4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Re2 f5 30. Qc5 Qb5 31. Qxb5
cxb5 32. Rd2 g6 33. Rd6 Kg7 34. Ra6 Rh8 35. Rxa7+ Kf6 36. Rb7
Rxh2 37. Rxb5 e3 38. a4 Rf2+ 39. Ke1 Rg2 40. a5 Rxg3 41. a6
Rg1+ 42. Ke2 Ra1 43. Rb6+ Kg7 44. Kxe3 g5 45. fxg5 g3 46. Kf3
f4 47. a7 Rxa7 48. Rb4 Rf7 49. Rd4 Rf5 50. b4 Rxg5 51. Rd2 Kf6
52. c4 Ke7 53. c5 Rg6 54. Rg2 Rf6 55. Rd2 Rg6 56. Re2+ Kd8
57. Rg2 Rf6 58. Rd2+ Kc8 59. Ra2 Rg6 60. Rd2 Rg5 61. Rg2 Rd5
62. Ke4 Rd1 63. b5 Re1+ 64. Kd5 f3 65. Rxg3 f2 66. Rg8+ Kb7
67. Rg7+ Kc8 68. Rg8+ Kb7 69. c6+ Kb6 70. Rb8+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "ACP Rapid"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.07"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 h6 11. e4 dxc4
12. bxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rad1 Ng4 16. g3
Bd4 17. Kg2 Ne5 18. Be2 Qd7 19. Kh1 Qh3 20. Bf4 Ng4 21. Bxg4
Bxg4 22. f3 Bxc3 23. fxg4 Bd4 24. c5 Rfe8 25. Bd6 Bf6 26. Qe2
Re6 27. e5 Rae8 28. Rf5 g6 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Rb1 h5 31. gxh5
gxh5 32. Kg1 h4 33. Qg2 Qf5 34. Rb4 Rxe5 35. Bxe5 Qxe5 36. Rb1
h3 37. Qd2 Qxc5+ 38. Kh1 Qf2 0-1

[Event "ACP Rapid"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.08"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "131"]

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 Qc8 11. Qf5 Nf6
12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Bg5 d5 14. Nh4 Nd4 15. Qxc8+ Rxc8 16. e3 Ne6
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nf5 Rd8 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 O-O 21. Rab1
g6 22. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 fxe6 24. Nd6 Rd8 25. Rd2 Bxb2
26. Nc4 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 b5 28. Kf1 c4 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Ne4 Ke7
31. g4 a5 32. Kd2 b4 33. Kc2 Bg7 34. Nd2 c3 35. Nb3 Be5
36. Nxa5 Bxh2 37. Nc6+ Kd6 38. Nxb4 Bg1 39. Nd3 h5 40. Kxc3 h4
41. Nf4 Bxf2 42. Kd3 Bg3 43. Ke4 Be1 44. Nxg6 h3 45. Kf3 h2
46. Kg2 Bg3 47. Nf4 Ke7 48. a4 e5 49. Ne2 Bf2 50. e4 Kf6
51. Kxh2 Kg5 52. Kh3 Bb6 53. Nc3 Ba5 54. Nd5 Be1 55. Nb6 Kf4
56. Nc4 Kxe4 57. a5 Kd5 58. a6 Bf2 59. g5 Ke6 60. Kg4 Bc5
61. Nd2 Be3 62. Ne4 Bd4 63. g6 Be3 64. Kh5 Ke7 65. Nd6 Kf6
66. g7 1-0

[Event "16th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Be5 Nd7
12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 f6 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bc7 Qxc7 16. Nh4 Nf4
17. gxf4 Rf7 18. Nxd5 Qb8 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Nf5 Re8 21. Qb3+
Kh8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Nd6 1-0

[Event "16th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3
Nf4 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Nh5 Qe7 16. Nxf4 Qf6 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne7 19. Bb3 Ng6 20. d4 c5 21. e5 dxe5 22. dxe5
Qb6 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. exd6 b5 25. Rad1 Rfd8 26. Bc2 Nf4 27. Ne5
g6 28. Nc6 Rd7 29. Re7 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "16th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7
7. e3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Bb7
12. Rfc1 a6 13. Na4 b5 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. c6 Bc8 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nd6 20. Qa3 Qc7 21. b4 Qb6
22. b5 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Rb4 Qe2 25. Rb2 1-0

[Event "16th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2007.03.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 h6 6. Bh4 g5
7. Bg3 Nh5 8. c3 e6 9. Ng1 Nxg3 10. hxg3 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5
12. Ngf3 Bg7 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Be2 O-O 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. Qxd6 Qxe4
17. Ne3 Qe6 18. O-O-O Qxa2 19. Bc4 Qa1+ 20. Kc2 Qa4+ 21. Kb1
b5 22. Rxh6 bxc4 23. Rdh1 Re8 24. Nxg5 Be6 25. Rxe6 fxe6
26. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Villa de Canada de Calatrava"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasil Spasov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Nc6
12. Qe2 Na5 13. Bd5 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. h3 b5 16. a3 h6
17. Rac1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd2 Rc8 20. Nf1 Rxc3 21. bxc3
Nxe4 22. Qe1 Qa8 23. f3 Nf6 24. Bf2 Be6 25. Ra1 Qc6 26. Ne3
Rc8 27. c4 bxc4 28. Rab1 Nh5 29. Qa5 Nf4 30. Rb6 Qd7 31. Qxa6
d5 32. Rb7 Qd8 33. Ng4 Ra8 34. Qb5 Ne2+ 35. Kh1 Nc3 36. Qc6
Nxd1 37. Bb6 Qe8 38. Qxe8+ Rxe8 39. a4 Bb4 40. Nxe5 Ra8
41. Ba7 Bc3 42. Nc6 d4 43. Nxd4 Rxa7 44. Rxa7 Bxd4 45. Ra8+
Kh7 46. a5 Ne3 47. a6 Nxc2 48. Rd8 Be3 49. Rb8 c3 50. Rb7 Ne1
51. a7 Bxa7 52. Rxa7 c2 53. Rc7 Bb3 54. Rc3 Nd3 55. Rxd3 c1=Q+
56. Kh2 Qc7+ 57. Kh1 Bc4 58. Rc3 Qc5 59. Rc1 Qd4 60. Rg1 Bd5
61. Rf1 Qe3 62. Kh2 Bc4 63. Rg1 Qf2 64. Rc1 Bf1 0-1

[Event "Villa de Canada de Calatrava"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3
Nbd7 7. e4 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qb3 Qb6
12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 Ng6 19. g3 Qe5 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bxc5
Qxc5 22. Nd5 Qxc2 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxc2 Nf8
26. f3 Ne6 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Ke3 Ke7 29. Rc4 Rd7 30. f4 h6
31. b3 a6 32. Bg4 Rd8 33. b4 Ra8 34. Rc3 Rg8 35. Bd1 Rd8
36. Bb3 Nd4 37. Rd3 Ne6 38. Bxe6 Rxd3+ 39. Kxd3 fxe6 40. Kd4
b6 41. g4 Kd6 42. e5+ fxe5+ 43. fxe5+ Ke7 44. h4 Kd7 45. a4
1-0

[Event "Villa de Canada de Calatrava"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Darmen Sadvakasov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 d5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. a3
Be7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nd7 16. Ndf3 Bd6 17. Bg2
O-O-O 18. b4 Nde5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bd2 Rd7 21. Rac1 Rhd8
22. Be3 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. a4 Rd3 25. Qf3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Ne5
27. Qg3 cxb4 28. f4 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Nd3 30. Rf1 bxc3 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.03"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Dmitry Bocharov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5
7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nc6 11. Bf4 Bxc5
12. Rd1 Qb6 13. b4 Bxf2+ 14. Ke2 f5 15. Qc2 e5 16. c5 Qc7
17. Kxf2 exf4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Qc3 Bd7 20. Rhe1 Rae8 21. Rd6
Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Rf6 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf7+ Kh7 25. Rxf6 gxf6
26. Qd1 Qc8 27. Qd6 Kg6 28. b5 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 f5 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Qd2 Nf6
17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Qe3 c5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Kh1 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxe5
22. Bxe5 dxc4 23. Qd2 Rfd8 24. Qb2 Nd5 25. Bd4 e5 26. Bxe5 c3
27. Bxc3 Nxc3 28. Rxc3 Qxe2 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qd4 Qxa2
31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Rd1 h6 33. f4 Qc2 34. Re1 Qf2 35. Rg1 Rc2
36. Qf7 Bd3 37. h4 Be4 38. Kh2 Rc1 39. Qe8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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. Ra2 Na5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Rb2 c6
17. Qa4 Qd8 18. c4 Bf6 19. Be3 Be4 20. Rd2 b6 21. Ne5 Qe7
22. Ng4 Bg5 23. Bf1 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Qg5 25. Qd1 Bf5 26. Ne5 f6
27. Nf3 Qf4 28. Rde2 Bd7 29. Qe1 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Qd6 31. h3 c5
32. d5 Kf8 33. Nd2 Bf5 34. Be2 Qd7 35. Bh5 Nb7 36. g4 Bg6
37. Bxg6 hxg6 38. g5 Nd6 39. gxf6 gxf6 40. Qa1 Kg7 41. Re6 Rf8
42. a4 Rf7 43. Qc3 Nf5 44. Nf3 Qxa4 45. Ng5 Rf8 46. Re1 Nd4
47. Re7+ Kg8 48. Qd3 Nf5 49. Qe2 Qa1+ 50. Kh2 fxg5 51. Qe6+
Kh8 52. Rb7 Qd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE candidates Matches"]
[Site "Elista, Kalmykia Russia"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. exd4
Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. O-O e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Be7
12. Bf1 O-O 13. Ne2 b5 14. c3 b4 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. cxb4 Nxb4
17. Qb3 Ne4 18. a3 Nc6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. b4 g5 21. Be3 Nd6
22. Nc1 f5 23. Nb3 Nc4 24. b5 Nd8 25. a4 Nb7 26. Bc1 f4
27. Be2 Bb4 28. Ra2 Nbd6 29. Bd3 Ra8 30. Kf1 Nxb5 31. Rc2 Nbd6
32. Bd2 Rxa4 33. Bxb4 Rxb4 34. Nc1 Nf5 35. Bxf5 Rxf5 36. Nd3
Rb3 37. Ra2 Rf7 38. Ke2 Nd6 39. Rda1 Nb5 40. Kd2 Nxd4 41. Rc1
Rb5 42. Rc8+ Rf8 43. Rc7 Ra5 44. Rb2 Rf7 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Ne5
Rb7 47. h4 gxh4 48. Rb4 Ra2+ 49. Kd3 Nf5 50. Rxf4 Rba7 51. Rc3
R7a3 52. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 53. Ke2 b5 54. Rg4+ Kf6 55. Nd3 Ra8
56. Kd2 e5 57. Rb4 e4 58. Nc5 Rg8 0-1

[Event "FIDE candidates Matches"]
[Site "Elista, Kalmykia Russia"]
[Date "2007.06.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Bh6 exd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. c5
Na6 17. Nc2 Nxc5 18. Qd4+ f6 19. Ne3 Ne6 20. Qh4 Rc5 21. Rad1
d4 22. Ng4 Rf8 23. Rfe1 Rh5 24. Qg3 Rd5 25. Rd2 Qd6 26. Qh4 h5
27. Nf2 g5 28. Qe4 Re5 29. Qb1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Rd8 31. g3 Nc5
32. Qe2 a5 33. Qb5 b6 34. a3 Qe6 35. Rb2 d3 36. b4 axb4
37. axb4 Nb3 38. Qa4 Nd4 39. Kg2 Nc2 40. Rxc2 dxc2 41. Qxc2 g4
42. fxg4 hxg4 43. Kg1 Rd4 44. Qc7+ Kg6 45. Qc2+ f5 46. Qc3 Rc4
47. Qd2 Kh7 48. h3 gxh3 49. Nxh3 Qc6 50. Qe3 Rc1+ 51. Kf2 Qc2+
52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Nf2 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 a4 9. Bd3 Ra5 10. e4 d6 11. O-O Nbd7
12. Re1 e5 13. Bd2 Ra8 14. Bc3 Qe7 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Nf1 exd4
17. Bxd4 Ne5 18. Bc2 c5 19. Bc3 Nxc4 20. Ng3 Rfd8 21. Bxa4 Qe6
22. Bb3 b5 23. a4 d5 24. axb5 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 dxe4 26. Qc1 Ne8
27. Ba5 Rd4 28. Ne2 Bd5 29. Bc3 Rd3 30. Nf4 Qd7 31. Nxd3 exd3
32. Qg5 f6 33. Rxe8+ Kf7 34. Qh5+ g6 35. Qxh7+ Kxe8 36. Qh8+
Ke7 37. Qxf6+ Ke8 38. Qxg6+ Bf7 39. Qe4+ Kf8 40. Bxc4 d2
41. Be2 d1=R+ 42. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 43. Qe1 Qb3 44. h4 Qxb5 45. Qe5
Qc6 46. f3 c4 47. Bb4+ Kg8 48. Qg5+ Kh7 49. Bc3 Qb6+ 50. Kh1
Qh6 51. Qxh6+ Kxh6 52. g4 Bd5 53. Kg2 Kg6 54. Kg3 Bc6 55. h5+
1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nd2 a6
7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. O-O e5 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 Bf5
12. e4 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Ng4 16. Qe2 O-O-O
17. Kh1 Qd6 18. Nb1 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. f5 Bd7 21. e5 Bc5
22. e6 fxe6 23. Bxg7 Rd8 24. Nc3 exf5 25. Na4 Be3 26. h3 Rg8
27. Nb2 Rd2 28. Bc3 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Yuri Drozdovskij"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4
e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. a3 a6 11. Ba2 Qd6
12. g3 Rd8 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Na4 b5 15. Nb6 Qb7 16. Nxa8 Qxa8
17. Re3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Rec3 Bf6 21. Be3 h6
22. Qe2 Rd8 23. h4 Nb4 24. axb4 Bxf3 25. Qd2 e5 26. d5 Bxd5
27. Qe1 Bf3 28. Kh2 e4 29. Rc5 Bxb2 30. R1c2 Bf6 31. Rd2 Be7
32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Rd7 Rxc1 34. Qxc1 Qe8 35. Qc7 Bf6 36. Bd4 Bg4
37. Rd6 Be7 38. Rb6 Bd8 39. Rb8 Bxc7 40. Rxe8+ Kh7 41. Re7 Bd6
42. Rxf7 h5 43. Rxg7+ Kh6 44. Ra7 Bxb4 45. Rxa6+ Kh7 46. Rb6
Be2 47. Re6 Bd3 48. Re5 Bd2 49. Rxh5+ Kg6 50. Rh8 b4 51. h5+
Kf5 52. h6 Kg6 53. h7 b3 54. Rb8 Kxh7 55. Rxb3 Kg6 56. Be3 Ba5
57. g4 Bc7+ 58. Kh3 Bf1+ 59. Kh4 Bd8+ 60. Kg3 Bc7+ 61. Bf4 Ba5
62. Rb8 Be2 63. Rg8+ Kf7 64. Rg5 Bc3 65. Rf5+ Kg6 66. Be5 Bd2
67. Rf6+ Kh7 68. Bd4 Bf3 69. Rf7+ Kh6 70. Be3+ Kg6 71. Rxf3
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Nf3 d6 7.e4 a6
8.a4 b4 9.Bd3 g6 10.Nbd2 Bg7 11.Nc4 O-O 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.a5 Bh3
14.Ng5 Bd7 15.O-O Bb5 16.Qd2 h6 17.Nf3 g5 18.Be3 Bxc4 19.Bxc4
Qf6 20.Qd1 Nd7 21.Rb1 Qe7 22.Nd2 Nef6 23.Re1 Rfe8 24.f3 Qd8
25.Ra1 g4 26.fxg4 Ne5 27.Be2 Qd7 28.g5 Nfg4 29.Bf4 hxg5
30.Bxg5 f5 31.Rf1 Rf8 32.exf5 Rxf5 33.Bf4 Nf6 34.g4 Rxf4
35.Rxf4 Nf7 36.Nc4 Re8 37.Qd3 Qe7 38.Bf3 Ne5 39.Nxe5 Qxe5
40.Rf5 Qxb2 41.Rf1 b3 42.Kh1 Nd7 43.Bd1 c4 44.Qxc4 Nc5 45.Qf4
Ne4 46.Rf7 Bf6 47.Rb7 Qd2 48.Qxd2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2
f5 8.d5 Bf6 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Qxe4 Bxb2 12.Rd1 Bf6
13.O-O Na6 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Qe3 exd5 16.cxd5 Qxe3 17.Bxe3 O-O-O
18.Rb1 Rhe8 19.Nb5 Rxe3 20.fxe3 a6 21.Nd4 Re8 22.Nf5 d6 23.Rb4
h5 24.g4 a5 25.Rbf4 Rh8 26.gxh5 Rxh5 27.Rg4 Rh7 28.Nxg7 Rxg7
29.Bh3 Rxg4+ 30.Bxg4+ Kd8 31.Rxf6 Bxd5 32.a3 b5 33.h4 b4
34.axb4 axb4 35.Rf4 b3 36.Bf5 Bf7 37.Kf2 Ke7 38.Ke1 Kf6
39.Bd3+ Kg7 40.Kd2 Be6 41.Kc3 Bf7 42.Bc4 Bxc4 43.Rxc4 Kg6
44.e4 Ne6 45.Kxb3 Kh5 46.e5 d5 47.Rb4 Kg6 48.Rb8 Nd4+ 49.Kb2
Nf5 50.Rf8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3
Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Ne4 Qe7
13.Bb3 Rd8 14.Qc2 e5 15.Rfe1 Kh8 16.g4 Rf8 17.g5 f5 18.gxf6
Bxf6 19.Kg2 Bg7 20.h4 Nb6 21.dxe5 Bg4 22.Ned2 Nd7 23.e6 Ne5
24.Nh2 Qxh4 25.f4 Bf5 26.Ne4 Qh3+ 27.Kg1 Nf3+ 28.Nxf3 Qxf3
29.Ng5 hxg5 30.Qh2+ Qh5 31.Qxh5+ gxh5 32.e7 Rfe8 33.Rc5 Bg4
34.Rxg5 Rxe7 35.Kg2 Bf6 36.Rg6 Rf8 37.e4 Bf5 38.Rh6+ Kg7
39.Rxh5 Bxe4+ 40.Kh2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. c4 a5 8. Be3 a4 9. N3d2 Qa5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Qc3 Bd8 12. Be2
O-O 13. Kf2 Nd4 14. Rc1 Qa7 15. Na3 Bb6 16. Nb5 Nxb5 17. cxb5
d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 19. Qc5 Qa5 20. b4 Qd8 21. Qc7 dxe4 22. Qxd8
e3+ 23. Kxe3 Rxd8 24. a3 Be6 25. Nc4 Nd5+ 26. Kf2 Nf4 27. Bf1
f6 28. Nb6 Rd2+ 29. Kg1 Rad8 30. Nxa4 Bf5 31. Nc5 b6 32. Ne4
Bxe4 33. fxe4 Ne2+ 34. Bxe2 Rxe2 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Ra2
37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Ra8 Kg6 39. Ra7 h5 40. h4 f5 41. exf5+ Kxf5
42. Rxg7 Rxa3 43. Rg5+ Kf4 44. Rxh5 e4 45. Rh8 Ra1+ 46. Kh2 e3
47. Re8 Rb1 48. Kh3 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Bb2 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Nxf3 14. Bxf3 Be6 15. h4 Be7 16. g3 Bf6
17. Kg2 Rc8 18. Qd2 d4 19. Bxd4 Bd5 20. Rad1 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3
Qd5+ 22. e4 Qe6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qf4 Rfe8 25. Rhe1 Qh3
26. Qxf6 Re6 27. Qf5 Rc3+ 28. Re3 Rxe3+ 29. fxe3 Qh2 30. h5 h6
31. Rd7 Kh8 32. Rxf7 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qh2+ 34. Qf2 Qxh5+ 35. Ke1
Qh1+ 36. Qf1 Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Ra6 38. Rxb7 Rxa2 39. e5 Kg8
40. e6 Kf8 41. Rh7 Rb2 42. Rxa7 Rxb3 43. Kf2 Rb5 44. Rf7+ Ke8
45. Kf3 Rg5 46. Rf6 h5 47. e4 Ke7 48. Rf5 Rg8 49. Rxh5 Kxe6
50. Rf5 Ra8 51. g4 Ra1 52. g5 Rg1 53. Kf4 Rf1+ 54. Kg4 Re1
55. Rf6+ Ke5 56. Ra6 Rg1+ 57. Kh5 Kxe4 58. Rf6 Ke5 59. Rf2 Ke6
60. Kg6 Ke7 61. Kh6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. Be2 Bxf3
12. gxf3 dxc4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Re8 15. bxc4 Qc7 16. f4
Ng6 17. Qd4 Bf8 18. h4 Qb6 19. h5 Ne7 20. Rhg1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4
Rad8 22. Rgd1 Nf5 23. Rd7 Rb8 24. Be5 Bc5 25. Rxb7 Ne7 26. Bf3
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. e3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3
7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bb4 10. Qd1 O-O 11. a3 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Qc7 13. a4 Nb6 14. c5 Nbd7 15. c4 b6 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Ba3 Rfb8 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Qe2 Ne4 21. a5 Nd7
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qa6 Nf6 24. Bd6 Rb2 25. Rc6 h6 26. Rfc1 Kh7
27. Rc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Qd7 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Nd5 31. Bc5
Ra2 32. Ra6 f5 33. Rxa7 f4 34. exf4 Nxf4 35. Bf8 Ne2+ 36. Kh2
Nxd4 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Rd7 Nf5 39. Bb4 e3 40. fxe3 Nxe3
41. Rd2 Ra4 42. Bc3+ Kg8 43. Re2 Nd5 44. Be1 Kf7 45. Kg3 h5
46. Kf3 Ra3+ 47. Ke4 Nf6+ 48. Kd4 Nd5 49. Kc5 Nf4 50. Rf2 Kg6
51. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "122"]

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 Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
b6 7. e3 a5 8. b3 d6 9. Bb2 e5 10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 Re8 12. d5
Bf5 13. Be2 Re5 14. f4 exf3 15. gxf3 Nbd7 16. e4 Bg6 17. O-O-O
Nc5 18. Qe3 Re8 19. Rdg1 c6 20. dxc6 Rc8 21. h4 Rxc6 22. h5 d5
23. hxg6 fxg6 24. e5 b5 25. cxb5 d4 26. Bc4+ Kh8 27. Qxd4
Nxb3+ 28. Nxb3 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxc4+ 30. Kb1 Rxe5 31. Rc1 Rxc1+
32. Rxc1 h5 33. b6 Re7 34. Rc7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Korotylev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. Qe2 cxd4
12. exd4 b6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. Ne5 Be7 16. Rad1 Nxe5
17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rd6 Rfc8 20. Ba2 Rc6 21. Rfd1
Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Rc8 23. f4 Nc5 24. Bb1 a5 25. Qe3 Rd8 26. Qd4
Rxd6 27. exd6 Qh4 28. g3 Qd8 29. f5 Qg5 30. Kf2 exf5 31. d7
Ne6 32. Qd6 f4 33. Qb8+ Nd8 34. Be4 fxg3+ 35. hxg3 Bxe4
36. Nxe4 Qf5+ 37. Ke3 Qxd7 38. Qxb6 Nc6 39. Qc5 Qe6 40. Kf3
Ne5+ 41. Ke3 Nc4+ 42. Kd4 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5
7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Na4 e5 10. Bb5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4+ Kh7 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Nc3
e4 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Ne6 Ne5 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 20. Be2 Rc8 21. Nd5
Rxc5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rc1 Ra5 24. Rc7 Kg6 25. Rxb7 Rxa2
26. h3 Bc6 27. Rb8 a5 28. Rc1 Bd5 29. Rb5 Bf7 30. f4 Nd3
31. Rc7 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Re1 33. Rbb7 Rxe2 34. Rxf7 Rxe3 35. Rg7+
Kh5 36. Rb5 Kh4 37. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[Round "38"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Savchenko"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Nd2 Bg4
12. f3 Be6 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bf2 Qc7
17. c3 f5 18. Qe2 f4 19. Rfe1 Bc5 20. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qb6+
22. Qd4 fxg3+ 23. Kxg3 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Rf6 25. Re4 Raf8 26. h4
Nf4 27. Bf1 Nh5+ 28. Kf2 Bd5 29. Re5 Bxf3 30. Ke3 Bg4 31. Bc4+
Kh8 32. Rg1 Bf3 33. Rf1 Bg4 34. Re7 Nf4 35. Rxb7 h5 36. Kf2
Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Rxf1 38. Nxf1 Bf3+ 39. Kf2 Bxb7+ 40. Kxe2 Rf4
41. Ke3 Rxh4 42. b4 Re4+ 43. Kd3 Re1 44. Kd2 Re8 45. b5 axb5
46. Bxb5 Rf8 47. a4 h4 48. a5 h3 49. a6 Ba8 50. Ng3 h2 51. Bc4
Rf3 52. Nh1 Rf4 53. Ke3 Bxh1 54. Kxf4 Ba8 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. b4 d6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8
12. d4 Ne4 13. Qb3 Rc7 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. a4 d5 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. b5 Nd6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rac1 Rb8 20. Qc2 Rcc8 21. Ba3 h6
22. Bb2 Qe6 23. Qc3 f6 24. h3 Nb6 25. Qc2 Nbc4 26. Ba1 Re8
27. Qg6 Rbd8 28. Bd3 Ne4 29. Nh4 Ncd6 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 31. Nf5
Rd7 32. Nxh6+ Kf8 33. Nf5 d4 34. exd4 Qa2 35. Rf1 cxd4
36. Bxd4 Qd5 37. f3 Nd6 38. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 a5
7. Ngf3 Na6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Ne5 Nxc5 10. Nxd7 Nfxd7 11. exd5
exd5 12. Qe5 O-O 13. Qxd5 Qb6 14. a4 Rad8 15. O-O Qg6 16. Nb3
Qxc2 17. Nxa5 Nb6 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. b4 Nxb4 20. Ba3 Ne6 21. Qxb7
Bd6 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. Nc6 Qd2 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Bc4 Nf4 26. g3
Ne6 27. Rad1 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kg2 Bf8 30. Bxe6 fxe6
31. a5 Rd5 32. a6 Bc5 33. a7 Bxa7 34. Qxa7 Kf8 35. h4 h5
36. Kf3 Rf5+ 37. Ke3 Re5+ 38. Kf4 Rf5+ 39. Ke4 Rd5 40. f3 Rf5
41. Qd7 Rf6 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Rf1 44. h5 Kg8 45. Qxe6+ Kh8
46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qg6+ Kh8 48. g5 Rf8 49. Ke5 Ra8 50. h6 gxh6
51. Qxh6+ Kg8 52. Qe6+ Kh8 53. Kf5 Ra7 54. Qe5+ Rg7 55. g6 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6
7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. c5 Nbd7
12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bc7 14. Bf1 e5 15. b5 Re8 16. Na2 Ne4
17. Bd3 Nexc5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. dxc5 Kg8 20. e4 Nxc5 21. exd5
e4 22. Qg4 cxd5 23. Be3 Nd3 24. Nb4 Qd6 25. Qg3 Qd7 26. f4 d4
27. Nxd3 dxe3 28. Ne5 Qxb5 29. Ng4 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. e4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 Bxf3
7. Bxf3 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. O-O Ne7 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nd2 O-O
12. Be2 c5 13. Bd3 g5 14. g3 Ng6 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. Qe2 Qf6
17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Bb1 Bh6 19. Qh5 Ne5 20. f3 a6 21. b3 b5
22. Rf2 Qg6 23. Qxg6 fxg6 24. Rdf1 Rb8 25. Kg2 Rf7 26. h3 Rbf8
27. Bc2 Rf6 28. Bb1 g4 29. f4 gxh3+ 30. Kxh3 g5 31. fxe5 Rxf2
32. Rxf2 Rxf2 33. exd6 g4+ 34. Kxg4 Bxd2 35. e5 Kg7 36. d7 Ba5
37. b4 Kf7 38. bxa5 Ke7 39. cxb5 axb5 40. a6 Rf8 41. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Nxg4 Nbd7
12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qf3 Rg8 14. Be2 a6 15. Rd1 Nd7 16. O-O Qf6
17. Qe3 O-O-O 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb3 Be7 20. Rc1 Qh8 21. Bh2 Qg7
22. Bf3 e5 23. Nd5 Bd6 24. Qc3 Rde8 25. Qa5 Re6 26. Rxc6+ Bxc6
27. Rc1 Nb8 28. Rxc6+ Nxc6 29. Qxa6+ Kd8 30. Qb6+ Kd7 31. Qb7+
Kd8 32. Nb6 f5 33. Qc8+ Ke7 34. Qd7+ Kf8 35. Qxe6 Qe7
36. Qxh6+ Rg7 37. Nc8 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3
Nb6 7. d4 Be6 8. Qc2 Bg7 9. e4 Bg4 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nc6
12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. O-O O-O
17. f4 Rad8 18. Bd4 f5 19. exf6 exf6 20. f5 gxf5 21. Rxf5 Be8
22. Qf2 Bg6 23. Rf4 Nd7 24. Rf1 Ne5 25. Nd5 Nd3 26. Rxf6 Rxf6
27. Nxf6+ Kf7 28. Qe3 c5 29. Nxh7+ Ke8 30. Nf6+ Ke7 31. Bxc5+
Nxc5 32. Qxc5+ Qd6 33. Qg5 Qd4+ 34. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Tregubov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4
7. O-O Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bf4 Re8 10. a4 a5 11. Qe2 b6 12. Rfd1
Ba6 13. Qc2 Bb4 14. Bf1 Rc8 15. Nd2 b5 16. Bg2 Nb6 17. axb5
cxb5 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. Ne5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 b4 21. Rxa5 b3 22. Qe2
Nbd5 23. exd5 Qxa5 24. dxe6 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. exf7+ Qxf7
27. Ra1 Qd5 28. Ra4 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Bc1 Ra1 31. Qb2 Ra2
32. Qb1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Mikhail Golubev"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 O-O
7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bh2
Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa4 Rc7 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Nb1 Ne4 17. Rxc7
Qxc7 18. f3 Nf6 19. Nc3 Bh6 20. e4 Bc6 21. Qc4 Qb7 22. d5 Bd7
23. Qa6 Qc7 24. f4 Rc8 25. Kh1 Bg7 26. e5 Ne8 27. Nb5 Bxb5
28. Bxb5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Qd8 30. Bc6 Nc7 31. Qd3 Qf8 32. Bd7 Rd8
33. e6 Rxd7 34. exd7 Qd8 35. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 a5 11. Be2 axb4
12. axb4 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 Qe7 14. O-O Ra8 15. Bb2 c5 16. Ra1 Qf8
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 Nb6 19. Qc1 Na4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd2 Nb6
22. e4 Kg7 23. f3 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Qa8 25. Qxa8 Nxa8 26. Nb3 Nb6
27. Kf2 f5 28. e5 Nd7 29. exd6 e5 30. f4 Kf6 31. g3 Ke6
32. fxe5 Kxe5 33. Bd3 Be4 34. Ke3 Bxd3 35. Kxd3 Kxd6 36. Ke3
Nb6 37. Nd2 Ke5 38. Kd3 h6 39. Nb3 Nd7 40. Ke3 Nb6 41. Nxc5
Nxc4+ 42. Kf3 Nd2+ 43. Ke2 Nc4 44. Nd3+ Kd4 45. h4 Ke4
46. Nc5+ Kd5 47. Na4 f4 48. g4 Nd6 49. b6 Ke4 50. Nc5+ Kd5
51. b7 Nxb7 52. Nxb7 Kc6 53. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d3 Nde7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Rb1 h6 12. b4
axb4 13. axb4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Qb3 c6 17. b5
Bf5 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Rdc1 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc3 21. Bxc3 dxc3
22. Bxg6 cxb5 23. Be4 Ra5 24. e3 Rc8 25. d4 Bf8 26. Bf5 b4
27. Bxc8 Qxc8 28. e4 b5 29. e5 Qc4 30. d5 Bc5 31. d6 Bxf2+
32. Kxf2 Ra2+ 33. Qxa2 Qxa2+ 34. Ke3 Qd2+ 35. Ke4 c2 36. Rxb4
Qxc1 37. d7 Qe1+ 38. Kd5 c1=Q 39. d8=Q+ Kh7 40. Qh4 Qed2+ 0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Golubev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Bg5 14. Be2 Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nb4 f5
17. exf5 Bxf5 18. O-O Kh8 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. Bf3 e4 21. Be2 Be6
22. Ne3 d5 23. Bg4 Bg8 24. Nc2 Rae8 25. Qe2 Bf4 26. Nd4 Bb8
27. g3 b4 28. cxb4 Qxb4 29. Rad1 Be5 30. Qd2 Qb6 31. b4 Rf6
32. a3 Ref8 33. Qe3 a5 34. bxa5 Qxa5 35. Rd2 Bd6 36. Nb3 Qxa3
37. Ra1 d4 38. Qxd4 Qxb3 39. Rb2 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Valeri Beim"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O
7. Bg2 Bd7 8. h3 Nc6 9. Nde2 Re8 10. O-O Bf8 11. g4 Nb4
12. Ng3 Bc6 13. a3 Na6 14. b4 b5 15. a4 Nxb4 16. axb5 Bb7
17. g5 Nd7 18. Rb1 d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Nb6 21. Qg4 Qc8
22. Qd4 Bd6 23. c4 Nd7 24. Ne4 Be5 25. Qd3 a6 26. c5 1-0

[Event "Yerevan Chess Giants"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[EventDate "2008.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3
Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. O-O-O
Qc7 12. h4 O-O 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Bh3 Ndf6 16. Qc3
c5 17. Be3 Be5 18. Qc2 Nf4 19. Nxf4 Bxf4 20. Rdg1 c4 21. Kb1
b5 22. Qc1 Nh5 23. Rg4 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rd3 25. Qg5 c3 26. Rc1 g6
27. Qxh5 c2+ 28. Ka1 Rd1 29. Qg5 Rfd8 30. Rg1 Qh2 31. Rf1 Qxh3
0-1

[Event "Yerevan Chess Giants"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.13"]
[EventDate "2008.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 g5
12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. O-O fxg3 16. hxg3
a5 17. Rad1 h5 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qf6 20. Qd2 Be7 21. Bh3
Kb8 22. Qe3 Ng6 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. Rd6 h4 26. g4
Ne6 27. Ne4 Nf4 28. Kh2 Ned5 29. Rd7 Re8 30. f3 Nf6 31. Rxf7
Nxe4 32. Rxf4 Ng3 33. e4 Rd8 34. g5 Rd2+ 35. Bg2 Nf1+ 36. Kg1
Ne3 37. Bh3 Rxb2 38. g6 Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Nd1+ 40. Ke2 Nc3+ 41. Kd2
1-0

[Event "Yerevan Chess Giants"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.13"]
[EventDate "2008.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 Be7
12. h3 h4 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. f4 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5
17. Bf5 Nf6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bg5 Rd8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxb4
g6 22. Bd3 Bxg2 23. Rhg1 Bxh3 24. Rde1 Be7 25. Qa4+ Bd7
26. Qxa6 Qd6 27. Qa5 h3 28. Nd2 Bc6 29. Ne4 Qd5 30. Qc7 h2
31. Rgf1 f5 32. Ng3 Qd6 33. Qa5 Qc5 34. Qd2 e4 0-1

[Event "Yerevan Chess Giants"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[EventDate "2008.06.09"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 a5 11. e4 e5 12. Ne2
Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 exd4 15. Nexd4 Re8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bc2
Nb6 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Nxh6+ gxh6 20. Bxf6 Be7 21. Bc3 b4
22. axb4 axb4 23. Bd2 Bf8 24. Ra7 Rd7 25. Bf4 Bg7 26. Nh4 c5
27. Nf5 Nc8 28. Ra5 Bxe4 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Ba4 Nb6 31. Bxd7
Nxd7 32. Re1 1-0

[Event "Yerevan Chess Giants"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[EventDate "2008.06.09"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 a6 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. O-O c5
12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. d5 c4 15. Qc2 Be7 16. Rd1 O-O
17. Be3 Rfd8 18. d6 Bf8 19. Ne4 h6 20. g4 f5 21. gxf5 exf5
22. Ng3 g6 23. h4 Nf6 24. h5 Bxd6 25. hxg6 Bxg3 26. fxg3 Ne4
27. Bf4 Qb6+ 28. e3 Qxg6 29. a4 Kh7 30. Kh2 b4 31. Qxc4 Qh5+
32. Kg2 Rac8 33. Bc7 Nd2 34. Qf4 Qe2+ 35. Kh1 Rd5 36. e4 Nf3
0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1
Re8 13. f4 Bf8 14. f5 h6 15. Rf1 Nbd7 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bh3
Qc5 18. b4 Qxc4 19. Nd5 Qxa2 20. Rf2 Qxf2+ 21. Bxf2 exd5
22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Rc7 Bc8 24. Nf5 Ne5 25. Qh5 Re6 26. Bd4 Rf6
27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Nxh6+ gxh6 29. Qxe5 Rd6 30. Qh5 Bd7 31. e5
Be8 32. Qf3 Rdd8 33. Qf5 Bg7 34. Qg4 Bf7 35. e6 Rf8 36. Rxf7
Rxf7 37. exf7+ Kxf7 38. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.24"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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. e5 Nd5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nd2
Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nde4 O-O-O 15. Bh5 Nf4 16. Bxf7 Nxe5
17. Bxe6+ Kb8 18. Ne2 Bg7 19. Nxf4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Rxd4 21. a5
Qd8 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Rad1 Ka8 24. Be3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd3 26. Bf5
Qd5 27. Qg4 Bxb2 28. h4 Bd4 29. Bg6 Rg8 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 31. Qe6
Qd5 32. Qe7 c5 33. f3 Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Qg7 35. Qxg7 Rxg7 36. h5 b4
37. Kg1 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. Nc3 Bd6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. g3
Bh3 13. f3 O-O 14. Nc4 b5 15. Na5 Bd7 16. Nb7 Qe7 17. Nxd6
cxd6 18. O-O h6 19. Qd2 Nh7 20. b4 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. a4
bxa4 23. Rxa4 Bh3 24. Rfa1 Rab8 25. Rxa6 Rxb4 26. Ne4 Rxe4
27. fxe4 Nf6 28. Ra7 Qd8 29. Bxh6 Qb6+ 30. Qe3 Qxe3+ 31. Bxe3
Nxe4 32. Ra8 Nf6 33. Bc4 Bf5 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Bg5 Ne4
36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Be3 Nf6 38. Ra6 Ke7 39. Bc1 Be4 40. Ba3 Ne8
41. Kf2 Nf8 42. Ke3 Bg2 43. Bb5 Bxd5 44. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 b5
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Na5 Nbxd5 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. c4
bxc4 17. Bxc4 O-O 18. h4 Nf4 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Bb3 Rac8 21. Nc4
Qb8 22. Ne3 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rd1 Ne6 25. Nf5 Qa7 26. g3
d5 27. Qe2 e4 28. fxe4 dxe4 29. a3 Qc5 30. Nxe7+ Qxe7 31. Qxa6
Rb8 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Qd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Kf7 35. a4 Nd5 36. a5
e3 37. a6 Ra8 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. a7 Kf5 40. Kc2 Ke4 41. Kd1 Kd3
42. b4 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O b5 6. b3 d5
7. Bb2 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 bxc4 11. bxc4 Rb8
12. Qc2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. e5 Ng4 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. c5 Nh6
17. Ne4 Nf5 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Nd6 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 f6 21. Qc4 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Rd2 Qa5 24. Rad1 Bd7 25. Nf5 Rxf5 26. Rxd7
Rf7 27. Bh3 Kf8 28. Bxe6 Rf6 29. Bh3 g6 30. Rc1 Qb5 31. Qc2
Rb7 32. Rdd1 Qb2 33. Bf1 e4 34. Re1 Rb4 35. Qxb2 Rxb2 36. Re2
Rb4 37. Bg2 Re6 38. Rce1 Bxc5 39. Bxe4 Bd4 40. Bd3 Rxe2
41. Rxe2 a5 42. Rc2 c5 43. Kg2 Ke7 44. Bc4 Kd6 45. h4 a4
46. Bg8 Rb7 47. f4 a3 48. Kf3 Rb8 49. Bc4 Rb4 50. Ke4 Rb1
51. Re2 Rc1 52. Bg8 h6 53. Bf7 Rc3 54. g4 Rg3 55. g5 hxg5
56. hxg5 Bb2 57. Rd2+ Ke7 58. Bxg6 c4 59. Rc2 c3 60. Kd5 Rg1
61. Bd3 Rd1 62. Ke4 Ra1 63. Bc4 Re1+ 64. Kf3 Kd6 65. f5 Ke5
66. f6 Re4 67. f7 Rf4+ 68. Kg3 Rf5 69. g6 Rg5+ 70. Kh3 Rh5+
71. Kg2 Rg5+ 72. Kf1 Rf5+ 73. Ke1 Kd4 74. g7 Re5+ 75. Be2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Boris Grachev"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3 b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O h6
12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Qb3 a6 14. a4 Ne4 15. Rfc1 Ndf6 16. h3 Bd6
17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Ne5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rb8 20. Rab1 Nd7 21. Nxd7
Qxd7 22. Qxb6 Qxa4 23. Qa7 Qc6 24. Rb6 Qc8 25. Rcb1 Qxc3
26. Bf1 Qc2 27. Rxb7 Qxb1 28. Rxb1 Rxb1 29. Qxa6 Rfb8 30. Kh2
R8b6 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Bd3+ g6 33. Qf8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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 Qd5 14. Rg1 Bg4 15. Be2 Nc6 16. h4 e4
17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Qxg4 e3 19. fxe3 dxe3 20. Bxe3 Ne5 21. Qe4
Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Nf3+ 23. Ke2 Nxg1+ 24. Rxg1 Rxh4 25. Nd6+ Kf8
26. Rf1 Rh2+ 27. Ke1 Kg8 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Bxb2 30. Nxb7
Rc8 31. Nc5 a5 32. Ke2 Ba3 33. Nb3 Rxc2+ 34. Kd3 Rxa2 35. Nxa5
Bc5 36. Bxc5 Rxa5 37. Be7 Re5 38. Bf6 Re6 39. Kd4 Kh7 40. Kd5
Kg6 41. Bd8 Kf5 42. Kc5 Rg6 43. Be7 Rxg5 44. Kd4 Rg6 45. Bf8
Re6 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf3 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. a4 Nbd7
12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nf1 Ne6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Qd2 Re8 16. h3 Rc4
17. Qd3 Rb4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nc5 20. Qd2 Rxa4 21. Rab1 a5
22. Be2 Rf8 23. Bb5 Rh4 24. Bc6 Bc8 25. f3 f5 26. c3 a4
27. Bf2 Rh6 28. Qe2 Rg6 29. f4 Ne4 30. Be3 Bh4 31. Rec1 exf4
32. Bxf4 Bg5 33. Qf3 Ba6 34. c4 Nc5 35. Ne3 Bxf4 36. Qxf4 Qg5
37. Rf1 Bc8 38. Rbd1 Qf6 39. Rd2 Rh6 40. Qd4 f4 41. Qxf6 Rhxf6
42. Nd1 f3 43. Nc3 fxg2 44. Rxf6 Rxf6 45. Kxg2 Rg6+ 46. Kh2
Rh6 47. Nxa4 Rxh3+ 48. Kg2 Nxa4 49. Bxa4 Rh4 50. Bb5 Bf5
51. Kg3 Re4 52. b4 g6 53. Ra2 h5 54. Ra6 h4+ 55. Kf3 g5 56. c5
g4+ 57. Kf2 g3+ 58. Kf3 Rxb4 59. Rxb6 Be4+ 60. Ke3 g2 61. Kf2
Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6
7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bxg3 10. hxg3 Bb7 11. a3 Qd6
12. b4 Rab8 13. Re1 e5 14. b5 e4 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. dxc5 Qxc5
17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Nbd4 exd3 19. Qxd3 Bd7 20. Nd2 b5 21. Ne2 Rbc8
22. Nf4 Qc5 23. Rec1 Rfd8 24. Nb3 Qc4 25. Qxc4 dxc4 26. Nd4
Ne4 27. f3 Nc5 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. e4 Be8 30. g4 Nb3 31. Rab1 Nxd4
32. cxd4 c3 33. Rbc1 Rc4 34. Nd5 Rdc8 35. Rd3 c2 36. Rd2 Bd7
37. Kf2 a5 38. Ne3 Ra4 39. Rdxc2 Rxc2+ 40. Rxc2 Rxa3 41. Rc7
Ke8 42. Rb7 Rc3 43. Nd5 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 a4 45. Ra7 Rc8 46. Nb6
Rd8 47. d5 g5 48. d6 Be6 49. e5 Kf8 50. Kf2 f6 51. exf6 Rxd6
52. Rb7 a3 53. Na8 a2 54. Ra7 b4 55. Nc7 Bc4 56. f7 b3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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 Qc8 11. Bg5 f6
12. Bc1 Nb4 13. Qb3 d5 14. a3 c4 15. Qc3 N4a6 16. Qc2 O-O
17. Nc3 Nc7 18. Bf4 Nba6 19. Nd4 Bc5 20. b4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne6
22. Rxd5 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Nc7 24. Rh5 Qg4 25. Qxh7+ Kf7 26. e4
Ne6 27. Rh4 Rh8 28. Qxh8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "169"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8. Neg5 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4
Be7 12. Re1 a6 13. c3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Nf5 Rfd8
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rad1 h6 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bd4 Nd7 21. Qf3
N7f6 22. h3 Rac8 23. Bb3 Qc7 24. c4 Ne7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qxf6
Nf5 27. Bc2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qxc4 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. Qxh6 Qe6
31. Qg5+ Qg6 32. Qxg6+ fxg6 33. Rd6 Kf7 34. Rb6 Rc7 35. h4 Kg7
36. Kh2 Kh6 37. Kh3 Rd7 38. f3 Re7 39. g4 fxg4+ 40. fxg4 Kg7
41. Kg3 Rd7 42. b3 Rf7 43. a4 Kh7 44. a5 Kg7 45. b4 Kh7 46. g5
Kg7 47. Kg4 Rd7 48. Kf4 Re7 49. Rd6 Kf7 50. Rf6+ Kg7 51. Rb6
Kf7 52. Kg4 Re4+ 53. Kf3 Re7 54. Kf4 Kg7 55. Rf6 Re1 56. Rd6
Re7 57. Rd4 Kf7 58. Kg4 Kg7 59. h5 gxh5+ 60. Kxh5 Rc7 61. Rd6
Re7 62. Rg6+ Kh7 63. Rb6 Kg7 64. Rd6 Kh7 65. Kg4 Kg7 66. Kf5
Kf7 67. Rf6+ Kg7 68. Re6 Rc7 69. Ke5 Rd7 70. Rd6 Rc7 71. Kd5
Kf7 72. Rf6+ Kg7 73. Rb6 Rf7 74. Re6 Rd7+ 75. Kc5 Kf7 76. Rf6+
Ke7 77. Rf4 Rc7+ 78. Kb6 Rd7 79. Rg4 Kf7 80. Rc4 Kg6 81. Rc5
Rd4 82. b5 axb5 83. Kxb7 Ra4 84. a6 b4 85. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 d6
7. O-O Nge7 8. b4 Be6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Rb1 b6
12. Ng5 Bd7 13. d3 h6 14. Nf3 f5 15. Qd1 Rc8 16. Nd5 Be6
17. e4 Qd7 18. Re1 Rcd8 19. Qa4 fxe4 20. dxe4 Nd4 21. Qxd7
Rxd7 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. a4 Rc8 24. Ba3 Nc6 25. Bf1 Na5 26. Rec1
Nb7 27. Rb5 Kf7 28. c5 bxc5 29. Bd3 Bf8 30. Rbb1 Na5 31. Ba6
Rc6 32. Bb5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Rxd5 34. Bxc6 Nxc6 35. Rb7+ Ke6
36. Rc7 Kd6 37. Rc8 Be7 38. Rb1 Kd7 39. Rh8 c4 40. Rb7+ Ke6
41. Bxe7 Nxe7 42. Kf1 c3 43. Rc7 Rd7 44. Ke1 Nd5 45. Rh7 Kd6
46. Rxh6 d3 47. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Euro Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Mindaugas Beinoras"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. h3 O-O 8. O-O Bd7 9. Ne2 Be8 10. Bh2 Bh5 11. Nf4 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 Qd7 13. c4 Ne4 14. Qd1 a5 15. Rc1 Na6 16. a3 Nc7
17. Be2 Nd6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nd3 Ne6 20. Ne5 Qd8 21. Bd3 Ng5
22. Kh1 Nge4 23. f3 Ng5 24. Qc2 g6 25. g4 Ne6 26. Rg1 Ng7
27. Bf4 fxg4 28. Rxg4 Rf6 29. Rcg1 Ndf5 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. h4
Ng7 32. Bh6 Nf5 33. Nxg6 Nxh6 34. Nxe7+ Kf7 35. Rg7+ Ke6
36. Nxc6 bxc6 37. Qxc6+ Qd6 38. Qxa8 Rxf3 39. Qc8+ Kf6
40. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Euro Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Athanasios Mastrovasilis"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 g6
7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. h4 Bg4 11. h5 Nd7
12. Bd3 Bg7 13. O-O-O c5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Nxd5 cxd4 16. Kb1
dxe3 17. Qc7 Re8 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Nxe3 Nc5 20. Bc2 Bd7
21. Rd5 Ne6 22. Bb3 Bc6 23. Rdd1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rh4
Bxe3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. fxe3 Kg7 28. Rf4 f5 29. g4 Be4+
30. Kc1 g5 31. Rf1 fxg4 32. Rg1 Bf3 33. Be6 Kf6 34. Bxg4 Bxg4
35. Rxg4 Kf5 36. Rg1 g4 37. Rf1+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e5 6. e4 dxe4
7. dxe4 Ngf6 8. Qe1 Bd6 9. a4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. h3 Bh5
12. Nh4 Bc7 13. Nc4 Nc5 14. Nf5 Bg6 15. Bd2 b5 16. Na5 bxa4
17. Rd1 Ncxe4 18. Bb4 Qc8 19. Ne7+ Rxe7 20. Bxe7 Qa6 21. b4
axb3 22. Nxb3 Re8 23. Qe3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rac8
12. Qb1 Rfd8 13. Rfe1 dxc4 14. bxc4 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5
Ne5 17. e4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Be5 19. g3 Ne8 20. Bg2 Nd6 21. f4
Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Nc4 23. Ba1 Ne3 24. Rxe3 Bxe3 25. e5 Bd4 26. d6
Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qb7+ 28. Qe4 Qa6 29. a4 Qc4 30. Nd5 Qxa4
31. Qf3 Bxa1 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Qh5 Qc2+ 34. Kh3 Bd4 35. Nf5 h6
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bassem Amin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O e5
7. c3 Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 b6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Nc4
b5 13. Ne3 cxb4 14. axb4 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. d4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1
exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. e5 b4 20. Rc1 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Nxa5 22. Rc5
Nc4 23. Nd1 Ra8 24. Ne1 Nxb2 25. Nxb2 Ra1 26. Kf1 Nf5 27. Bxd5
Bf8 28. Bxe6 Bxc5 29. dxc5 fxe6 30. Ke2 Nd4+ 31. Ke3 Rxe1+
32. Kxd4 Rc1 33. Nd3 b3 34. f4 Rc2 35. g4 Kf7 36. f5 exf5
37. Kd5 b2 38. Nxb2 Rxb2 39. e6+ Ke7 40. Ke5 Rc2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6
7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 e6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. exd5 Nc7 11. O-O Bf5 12. h3
Qc8 13. Qf4 Nce8 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Bf1 Bd7 16. a4 Kh8 17. Bh6
Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Ng7 19. Qf4 Nfe8 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Nc3 f6 22. Re7
g5 23. Qd2 Bg6 24. Bd3 Rf7 25. Rae1 Qd8 26. Rxf7 Bxf7 27. h4
g4 28. Nh2 f5 29. Qg5 Qxg5 30. hxg5 Rc8 31. Nf1 Bg6 32. Ng3
Kg8 33. Nce2 Nc7 34. Nf4 Kf7 35. a5 Rb8 36. b3 b6 37. axb6
Rxb6 38. Bc2 a5 39. f3 gxf3 40. gxf3 Rb4 41. Ra1 Rb6 42. Rxa5
Na6 43. Kf2 Nb4 44. Bd1 Rb7 45. Nge2 Nh5 46. Nxh5 Bxh5 47. Nf4
Bg6 48. Ke3 Re7+ 49. Kd2 Ke8 50. Ra8+ Kd7 51. Ne6 Rxe6
52. dxe6+ Kxe6 53. f4 Nc6 54. Bf3 Nd4 55. Bd5+ Kd7 56. Ra7+
Ke8 57. Rb7 Kd8 58. b4 cxb4 59. Rxb4 Kd7 60. Kd3 Nc6 61. Rb7+
Kc8 62. Bxc6 Kd8 63. Kd4 Kc8 64. Kd5 Be8 65. Kxd6 Bxc6
66. Kxc6 Kd8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Murtas Kazhgaleyev"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "0"]

1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.14"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Nikola Djukic"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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. Bf1 fxe4 16. Nd2 Nf5 17. Ndxe4
Nd4 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. f3 Rf5 20. Ng3 Rf7 21. Nb5 Nxb5 22. cxb5
Bb7 23. Ne4 Qh5 24. b6 Bxd5 25. g3 c6 26. gxf4 Rxf4 27. Bxd6
Rh4 28. Qe2 c5 29. Rad1 Bc6 30. Bxc5 Kh8 31. Rd6 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ahmed Adly"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3
Qb6 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5 e6 9. Qb3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. e3 Rc8
12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qa5 14. Qb5 Qc7 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O a6
17. Qc5 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Qb6 e5 20. Nb3 Rd6 21. dxe5 Rg6
22. Rfd1 h6 23. Rd6 Nxe5 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Qxg6+
Kxg6 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. f4 Nc6 29. Bf3 Nd8 30. e4 Kf6 31. Kf2
Ke7 32. Ke3 f6 33. e5 g5 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. Nc5 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4
a5 37. Bd5 b6 38. Ne4+ Ke7 39. Ke5 Be6 40. Nd6 Kd7 41. Bxe6+
Nxe6 42. Nc4 Nc5 43. Nxb6+ Kc6 44. Nc4 Kb5 45. Kd4 Ne6+
46. Kc3 a4 47. Nd6+ Kc5 48. Ne4+ Kb5 49. g4 Nf4 50. h4 Ne2+
51. Kd3 Nf4+ 52. Kd4 Ne6+ 53. Ke5 Nf8 54. Kd5 Ng6 55. Nc3+ Ka5
56. h5 Nf4+ 57. Ke4 Nh3 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lars Bo Hansen"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6
7. e4 a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf1
Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Rc8 15. Qd1 c4 16. Ra3 Nc5 17. Qc2
Nb3 18. Be3 Na5 19. Raa1 Nd7 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. g3 Qd7 22. Kh2
b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Na2 Rcc8 26. Nb4 Qa7 27. f4
Qc5 28. Na6 Qb6 29. Nb4 c3 30. e5 cxb2 31. Qxb2 Nc4 32. Bxc4
bxc4 33. Nd3 Qa5 34. Nf2 dxe5 35. fxe5 c3 36. Qc2 Rxe5
37. Rxe5 Bxe5 38. d6 Rd8 39. Ne4 Qb4 40. Re1 Qd4 41. Qb3 Rxd6
42. Rf1 Rd7 0-1

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6
Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 a6 14. Rh3 Qb4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. h5
Bd7 17. Rb3 Qd6 18. Rxb7 Rd8 19. Nb3 Qc6 20. Rb4 Qc7 21. Rc1
Nc6 22. Kg1 Qf4 23. Rbc4 O-O 24. R1c3 a5 25. Qc1 Qxc1+
26. Rxc1 Ne5 27. Rd4 a4 28. Nc5 Bc6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. f4 Rd2
31. fxe5 Rxe2 32. exf6 h6 33. Rd1 Kh7 34. Rd8 Bxe4 35. Kf1 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O
Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8. d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 Nxd4 11. cxd4
d5 12. Rb1 h6 13. Bf4 b6 14. Be5 c6 15. h3 Be6 16. Rc1 Rc8
17. f4 dxc4 18. dxc4 b5 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxb5 Rxc1 21. Qxc1
Qb6+ 22. Kh2 Qxb5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. f5 Bd7 25. Qxh6 Qb2
26. Kh1 Re2 27. Bxd5 Bxf5 28. Qf4 Be6 29. Bf3 Rh2+ 30. Kg1
Rxh3 31. Bg2 Rh5 32. Qxf6 Qxf6 33. Rxf6 Ra5 34. Rf4 Rxa2
35. Rd4 a5 36. Bd5 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 a4 38. Rd2 a3 39. Bxe6 fxe6
40. Ke3 Kf7 41. g4 Rb1 42. Rf2+ Ke7 43. Ra2 Rb3+ 44. Kf4 Rb4+
45. Kg5 Ra4 46. Kh6 e5 47. g5 Kf7 48. g6+ Kg8 49. Kg5 e4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O
Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8. f4 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 g6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nc3 c6
12. Ne2 O-O 13. f5 Bxf5 14. Rxf5 gxf5 15. Bh6 Kh8 16. Bxf8
Bxf8 17. Rf1 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Nf3 Qb5 21. Qd1
Kg8 22. Nd4 Qc4 23. Rxf5 Bg7 24. Nf3 h6 25. Qc1 Qxa2 26. h3
Qc4 27. Rf4 Qc3 28. Rg4 Kf8 29. Rd4 Bxe5 30. Qxh6+ Ke7 31. Rd1
Bf6 32. Rf1 Kd8 33. Qf4 Kc8 34. Qf5+ Kb8 35. Qd7 Rd8 36. Qxf7
a5 37. Rb1 b5 38. Rb3 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Be5+ 40. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 41. Kh1
a4 42. Rf3 b4 43. Rf6 Qe8 44. Qg7 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qe5+ 46. Kh1 a3
0-1

[Event "Aut_chT0809"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[EventDate "2008.11.7"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3
Nd7 8.Qc2 g6 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bg7 11.h4 O-O 12.h5 g5 13.Bd3
Qe7 14.O-O-O b6 15.Qe2 Bb7 16.Ba6 Bxa6 17.Qxa6 c5 18.Kb1 Rfd8
19.g4 cxd4 20.exd4 Qf6 21.Qd3 Qf4 22.Rhg1 Rac8 23.Ne2 Qd6
24.Nd2 Ne5 25.Qb3 Nc6 26.Ne4 Qb4 27.Qxb4 Nxb4 28.f4 gxf4 29.g5
Kf8 30.Rgf1 Nd5 31.Nxf4 Nxf4 32.Rxf4 Rxd4 33.Rxd4 Bxd4 34.Rf3
Ke7 35.gxh6 Rh8 36.Ra3 b5 37.Ra5 f5 38.Ng3 Bf2 39.Nh1 Bb6
40.Rxb5 Rxh6 41.a4 Rxh5 42.Ng3 Rg5 43.Ne2 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2 e6
7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bc5 10. a3 a5 11. e4 Nde7
12. Nc3 Qb3 13. Be3 b6 14. Nd4 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxd4 16. Bxd4
Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bd7 18. e5 Bc6 19. Rd6 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rb8
21. Rad1 O-O 22. Rd7 Nc6 23. f4 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+
Nxd8 26. Kf3 Kf8 27. Na4 b5 28. Nc3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Na2
Nc6 31. Ke4 f6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Kd3 Ke7 34. Kc4 Kd6 35. Nxb4
Ne7 36. Nc2 Nd5 37. Kd4 e5+ 38. fxe5+ fxe5+ 39. Ke4 Ke6
40. Ne3 Nb4 41. Nc4 Nc6 42. g4 Kf6 43. h4 h6 44. Ne3 Kg6
45. Kd5 e4 46. Kxc6 1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.23"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. d5 Bb7 12. a4
a6 13. Be2 Bg7 14. dxe6 Bxc6 15. exd7+ Nxd7 16. axb5 axb5
17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. O-O Ne5 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Kh1 O-O 21. f4 gxf4
22. Bxf4 f5 23. b4 Qd6 24. Bf3 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Rd8 26. Rf2 c3
27. Rf3 Bxd5 28. Rd3 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.27"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. Bf4 Nh5
12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. b3 b6 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Bb2 b5 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. a3 Nb6 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Nd3 Qd7 21. Qd2 Bb7
22. Rfc1 a6 23. Na2 Qe7 24. Qa5 Bc7 25. Nc5 Nbd7 26. Qd2 Nxc5
27. dxc5 Bb8 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. b4 Bc6 30. Nc3 Rfd8 31. e3 Be5
32. Rab1 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 d4 34. exd4 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Rxd4 36. Rd3
Rcd8 37. Rxd4 Qxd4 38. Qxd4 Rxd4 39. Rc1 Kf8 40. Kf3 Ke7
41. Ke3 Rd8 42. a4 bxa4 43. Ra1 e5 44. Rxa4 Rd4 45. f4 f6
46. Rxa6 Rxb4 47. Ra7+ Ke6 48. fxe5 Rb3+ 49. Ke4 f5+ 50. Kd4
Rb4+ 51. Kc3 Rb5 52. Kc4 Rb2 53. c6 Kxe5 54. Rxg7 Rxh2 55. c7
Rc2+ 56. Kb3 1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.29"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7
7. a3 a5 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6
12. Qe5 Qxe5+ 13. Nxe5 Bb7 14. a4 b4 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Nc4 Ba6
17. Nb6 Ra7 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Nc4 Ra7 20. O-O-O e6 21. Be5 Nf6
22. Bb8 Rb7 23. Bg3 Ra7 24. Bb8 Rb7 25. Be5 Ra7 26. f4 Nd5
27. Rhe1 f6 28. Bd6 Kd7 29. g3 Bxd6 30. Nxd6 b3 31. Re2 Rb8
32. Rde1 Rb4 33. Rxe6 Rxa4 34. Kb1 Ra8 35. Ne8 Rxd4 36. Rd6+
Kc8 37. Rxc6+ Kb7 38. Rce6 Rd3 39. c6+ Ka7 40. c7 a4 41. Rc1
a3 42. bxa3 Nc3+ 43. Rxc3 Rxc3 44. Kb2 Rxe8 45. Kxc3 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "220"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7
12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Bd3 g6 15. Qh4 c5 16. Ng5 h5
17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rae8 19. Bd2 Be7 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3
cxd4 22. Bc6 Rd8 23. Ba5 Ne5 24. Bxd8 Bxd8 25. Bb7 dxe3
26. Bxa6 Bb6 27. fxe3 Bxe3+ 28. Kf1 Rb8 29. Ke2 Bg5 30. Rd6
Be7 31. Rd2 Rb6 32. Bc8 Rc6 33. Bd7 Rc5 34. b4 Rc3 35. Bxb5
Rxg3 36. Kf2 Rg5 37. Be2 Bxb4 38. Rc2 Rf5+ 39. Ke3 Nd7 40. Rb1
Bc5+ 41. Kd3 Rd5+ 42. Kc3 Bd4+ 43. Kb4 Bc5+ 44. Kb3 Kf8
45. Rd1 Bd4 46. Bf3 Rb5+ 47. Ka4 Rc5 48. Rxc5 Nxc5+ 49. Kb5
Be3 50. Re1 Bd4 51. Rc1 Nd7 52. a4 Ne5 53. Be2 Ke7 54. a5 Be3
55. Rc8 Kd7 56. Rc3 Bd4 57. Rc1 Be3 58. Rc2 f5 59. a6 f4
60. Ra2 Ba7 61. Ra4 g5 62. Bxh5 Kd6 63. Be2 Kc7 64. Ra1 g4
65. Rf1 Be3 66. Bc4 f3 67. g3 Kd6 68. Rd1+ Ke7 69. Bf1 Ba7
70. Ra1 Kd6 71. Ra4 Kd5 72. Rf4 Kd6 73. Rf8 Nc6 74. Rf7 Bf2
75. Rg7 Bxg3 76. Rxg4 Bf2 77. Rc4 Na7+ 78. Kb4 Bb6 79. Kc3 f2
80. Kd3 Kd5 81. Bg2+ Kd6 82. Ke2 Ke5 83. Rb4 Bc5 84. Rb8 Kd6
85. Re8 e5 86. Bh3 Bd4 87. Re6+ Kc5 88. Bf1 Kd5 89. Rg6 Kc5
90. Kf3 Kd5 91. Rg5 Bc5 92. Ke2 Bd4 93. Kd3 Nb5 94. Rg6 e4+
95. Kc2 Na7 96. Kd2 e3+ 97. Kd3 Bc5 98. Bg2+ Ke5 99. Rg5+ Kd6
100. Rg6+ Kc7 101. Bf1 Nc6 102. Rg7+ Kd6 103. Ke4 Ba7 104. Rh7
Bb6 105. Rh6+ Kc7 106. Kd5 Nb4+ 107. Kc4 Nc6 108. Rh7+ Kd6
109. Kb5 Nd4+ 110. Kxb6 Ke6 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7
7. Nbd2 e6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bf1 Ne5 10. d4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 O-O
12. Bd3 e5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nb3 Re8 16. Nxd4 Bf8
17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nb5 Re7 20. Rac1 g6 21. Qd2 Bg7
22. b3 Rd8 23. Nxa7 d5 24. e5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Nc6 Bxc6
27. Rxc6 Qd4 28. a4 Re8 29. g3 h5 30. Kg2 h4 31. Qc2 Re7
32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Qd1 h3+ 34. Kxh3 Qxf2 35. Qh5+ Bh6 36. Rc6
Re4 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Qd5 Qf1+ 39. Kh4 Qf6+ 40. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2
Nd7 7. Qe2 Nc5 8. O-O-O Be7 9. Nd4 O-O 10. g4 Ne4 11. Bg2 Nxd2
12. Qxd2 Bxg4 13. Rdg1 Kh8 14. Bf1 Bh5 15. h4 c5 16. Nf5 g6
17. Ng3 Bf3 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Rxg2 d4 20. h5 g5 21. Nf5 Qd5
22. Rhg1 Qxe5 23. Nh6 Qe6 24. Re1 Qxa2 25. Kd1 Rae8 26. Re4 f5
27. Re2 Qb1+ 28. Qc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kxc1 Rf6 30. Rg1 Rxh6 31. Rge1
Rxh5 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Rh2 0-1

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6
7. Qb3 c5 8. dxc5 Na6 9. cxd5 O-O 10. Qa3 exd5 11. e3 d4
12. exd4 Bg4 13. O-O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bxd4 15. Bxa6 bxa6
16. Ne4 Qd5 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. Qa4 Rfd8 19. Rhd1 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O
7. Bg2 d5 8. Qb3 Na6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bc5
12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Nb5 b6 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Bf4 Rbd8
17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 Qe7 20. Qxa6 Rxd6 21. Rxd6
Qxd6 22. Qxa7 Qe5 23. e3 Qxc3 24. Rxb6 h5 25. h4 Qc1+ 26. Kg2
Qd2 27. Rb8 Qd5+ 28. Kh2 Rxb8 29. Qxb8+ Kh7 30. Qb1+ g6 31. a4
Qd2 32. Kg1 e5 33. Qa1 Qa5 34. Qa2 Kg7 35. Qc4 Qd2 36. Qb5 Kh7
37. a5 e4 38. a6 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qf3 40. Qb2 Qf5 41. a7 Qa5
42. Qb7 Qa2 43. Kg2 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 a6 6. Bg2 Qc7
7. Nc3 Qxc4 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 d5 10. Bf4 Bb4 11. Rc1 Bxc3
12. Bd6 Ne4 13. Nd2 Qd4 14. Nxe4 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxb2 16. Rc2
Bd4 17. Nc5 f5 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bd7 20. Bc5 Be5 21. f4
dxe4 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Rd6 Nd3 24. Ba3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8
26. Bxe4 Ne5 27. Rd1 b5 28. Bb2 Ng6 29. Bxg7 Rg8 30. Bb2 Nf8
31. Kf2 Rg5 32. Rc1 Bd7 33. Bf6 Rh5 34. h4 b4 35. Bg5 h6
36. Bf3 Rxg5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rc5 Ke7 39. Be2 Kd6 40. Rxg5
Bc6 41. Ra5 Nd7 42. Bxa6 Nc5 43. g4 Bd5 44. Be2 b3 45. axb3
Nxb3 46. Ra7 Nd4 47. Bd3 e5 48. Ke3 Ne6 49. Bf5 Nd4 50. Be4
Be6 51. g5 Nf5+ 52. Kf3 Nd4+ 53. Kg3 Nf5+ 54. Kf2 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
Qe7 7. a3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. d3 O-O 11. Be2 a5
12. Bd2 a4 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Rc1 Bb3 15. Qc5 Qd6 16. O-O Nd7
17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Bc3 Nc5 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Ne6 22. Bc3 d5 23. f3 Rfd8 24. Rf2 d4 25. exd4 Nxd4 26. Bf1
Rac8 27. Rd2 f6 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Re1 Nc6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Re4
Ne5 32. Bb5 Bc2 33. Rh4 h6 34. Ke3 Ra8 35. Rd4 Bb3 36. f4 Ng4+
37. Kf3 h5 38. h3 Nh6 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. Kf2 b6 41. Rb7 Rd8
42. Rxb6 Nf5 43. Ra6 Nd6 44. Bxa4 Ne4+ 45. Ke3 Bc4 46. Rc6 Bd5
47. Ba5 Ra8 48. b4 Ng3 49. Rc2 h4 50. Bb5 Kh7 51. Bd3+ Kh6
52. Kf2 Re8 53. b5 Nh1+ 54. Kg1 Re3 55. Bc4 Rxa3 56. Bxd5 Ra1+
0-1

[Event "Bazna Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 f5 12. Nd2
Nf6 13. c5 Rxa5 14. Nb3 Ra8 15. f3 f4 16. a4 g5 17. Ba3 h5
18. a5 Ng6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Na4 g4 21. Nb6 Nxe4 22. fxe4 f3
23. Rf1 Nf4 24. Bxf3 gxf3 25. Rxf3 Bg4 26. Nxa8 Qxa8 27. Bxd6
Rf7 28. Qf1 Qd8 29. Bc5 Bf8 30. Rf2 Qh4 31. Kh1 Ne2 32. Rxf7
Ng3+ 33. Kg1 Bxc5+ 34. Nxc5 Ne2+ 35. Qxe2 Bxe2 36. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Bazna Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.18"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5
7. Qc3 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4
12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Rb8 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. Bd1 Be7
17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rb1 Qxe5 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Qd2 Qc5 21. Be2 O-O
22. Red1 e5 23. Qd3 f5 24. g4 g6 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. b4 Qc6
27. b5 Qb6 28. Qg3+ Qg6 29. Bh5 Qxg3+ 30. hxg3 Bc5 31. Kg2 e4
32. Rh1 d3 33. Bd1 f4 34. Rh5 f3+ 35. Kf1 d6 36. Bb3 Rbe8
37. Re1 d2 38. Rd1 Bxf2 39. Rxd2 Bc5 40. Bc2 Re7 0-1

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qb3 Rb8
12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Qc2 a6 14. Bd2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Bf1 c5
17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Be1 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Na4 20. Qd3 Bb4 21. Nxa4
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 bxa4 24. Qxa6 Rxb2 25. Qxa4 Nd5
26. e4 Nf6 27. e5 Qc5 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Qxe5 30. Bf3 g5
31. h3 g6 32. Qa7 Kg7 33. a4 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 e5 35. a5 e4 36. Bg2
g4 37. h4 Qe5 38. a6 Qd6 39. Qb7 e3 40. a7 e2 41. a8=Q e1=Q
42. Qbc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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. Be3 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qc7 16. b5 Rfd8 17. bxc6
bxc6 18. Qa4 Qc8 19. Rab1 Kh8 20. Red1 g5 21. Qa3 Qxe6 22. Rb7
g4 23. fxg4 fxe4 24. g5 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Nf5 26. Bxf6 Qxf6
27. Nxe4 Qh6 28. Rb3 Kg8 29. Rh3 Qf4 30. Qd3 d5 31. cxd5 Rxd5
32. Qb1 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Nd4 34. Bb3+ Kf8 35. Bc4 Rd8 36. Rg3 a5
37. h3 Qf5 38. Qb7 Qd7 39. Qb6 Qe7 40. Qxa5 Rb8 41. Kh2 Rd8
42. Qb6 Rd7 43. a4 Rb7 44. Qa5 Rd7 45. Qe1 Ke8 46. a5 Kd8
47. a6 Kc8 48. Qb1 Qd8 49. Nd6+ Kc7 50. Nf7 Rxf7 51. Qb7+ Kd6
52. Bxf7 Bh6 53. a7 Bf4 54. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3
12. O-O Bd6 13. b3 Nf6 14. Nd2 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2
Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Qxe4 18. f3 Qg6 19. Qd2 Ba6 20. Rf2 O-O 21. Bxa3
Rfe8 22. Bd6 Bb5 23. e4 Rad8 24. Qf4 Rd7 25. Rd1 f6 26. e5
Red8 27. Rfd2 Qg5 28. Qxg5 fxg5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke3 Kg6
31. Ra2 h5 32. Rda1 a6 33. Bc5 Rf7 34. b4 Ra8 35. Rc1 h4
36. Rh1 Bc4 37. Ra3 Bd5 38. Ke2 Rf4 39. Rh3 g4 40. fxg4 Bc4+
41. Ke3 Rxg4 42. Kf2 Kh5 43. g3 g5 44. Rh1 Rg8 45. Rc1 0-1

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. e4
e5 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd4+
17. Kh1 h6 18. Bh4 Qc5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Rf3 b4 21. Nxd5 Qxc2
22. Bxc2 cxd5 23. axb4 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Bd4 25. Rd1 Bb6 26. Ba4
Rec8 27. Bd7 Rc4 28. e6 fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. h3 Rxb4
31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 a5 33. Bf2 Bc7 34. g3 a4 35. Ra3 Rb3
36. Bc5 Ra5 37. Rf5 Kh7 38. g4 Rxa3 39. Bxa3 Rxf5 40. gxf5
Bxf4 41. Kg2 Kg8 0-1

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "155"]

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 g6 13. Qf4 O-O 14. e5 Nh5 15. Qc4 d5 16. exd6 Bxd6
17. Nc3 Na5 18. Qd3 Bc7 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Bg5 f6
22. Bh6 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Qf7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Nb5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Nd6 Qd7 29. Nxb7 Nxb7 30. Qc4+ Kh8
31. Bh3 Qe7 32. Qd5 Nd6 33. Nd4 Qe1+ 34. Bf1 Qe5 35. Qa8 Qe8
36. Qxa7 Nf7 37. Be3 Ne5 38. Qa8 Qg8 39. Nc6 Nxc6 40. Qxc6 Ng7
41. Bh6 Be7 42. Bc4 Qd8 43. Be3 Nf5 44. Bxb6 Qf8 45. Be6 Ng7
46. Bd7 h5 47. Qc8 Kg8 48. Kf1 Qxc8 49. Bxc8 Kf7 50. Ke2 Ne6
51. Kd3 Nc5+ 52. Kc4 Ne4 53. Ba6 Ke6 54. Be3 Nc3 55. Kb3 Nd5
56. Bc4 Ke5 57. Bxd5 Kxd5 58. Bd2 Bc5 59. f3 f5 60. Bxb4 Bg1
61. h3 Bf2 62. g4 fxg4 63. fxg4 hxg4 64. hxg4 g5 65. a4 Bb6
66. Be7 Ke4 67. Bxg5 Kf3 68. Kc4 Kxg4 69. Kb5 Bf2 70. Bd2 Kf5
71. a5 Ke4 72. Kc6 Kd3 73. Bg5 Kc4 74. Be7 Be3 75. a6 Ba7
76. Bd8 Bb8 77. Bc7 Ba7 78. Kb7 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rc1 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 Na6
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nc4 Ne6 16. Nd6
Nxf4 17. gxf4 Qe7 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Rc4 Rac8 20. Bxe4 Qe7
21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qd3 g6 24. Qh3 Qe6 25. f5 Qxf5
26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Bxf5 Rc5 28. Bd3 Bxb2 29. Rb1 Bc3 30. h3 Kg7
31. Kg2 f5 32. f4 Ra5 33. Kf3 Rxa2 34. Bxf5 Rb2 35. Rxb2 Bxb2
36. Bd3 a5 37. e4 Kf6 38. Bc4 a4 39. h4 a3 40. Kg4 Kg6 41. e5
b5 42. Ba2 Bc3 43. f5+ Kh6 44. Kf4 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Hoffmann"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7
Qxd7 13. Be5 Qe7 14. Bxg4 Rg8 15. Bf3 Nd7 16. Bg3 e5 17. d5
Nc5 18. O-O O-O-O 19. Qc2 Nd3 20. b3 Qc5 21. Kh1 cxd5 22. Nxd5
f5 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Nc3 Rd4 25. Rab1 fxe4 26. Rxb7 exf3
27. Rfb1 Qc6 28. Rb8+ Kd7 29. R1b7+ Ke6 30. Nb5 fxg2+ 31. Kg1
Re4 32. Nc7+ Kf5 33. f3 Bc5+ 34. Kxg2 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sebastien Feller"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 b6
7. cxb6 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Qxb6 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7
12. Bf4 O-O 13. Na4 Qa7 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. b4 Rfc8 16. Nc5 Qb6
17. a4 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Qa5 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd7 21. Bd6 Bc6
22. Bc2 Qb4 23. Rb1 Qc4 24. Qd2 g6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5
Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Nd6
Bc6 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 20. Bd2 fxe5 21. Qe4+ Kg8
22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Rac1 Rad8 24. Nc4 Rf5 25. Qg3 Nf6 26. Bxh6
Ne4 27. Qg4 Nf6 28. Qg6 Qe7 29. Bg5 Be8 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxf6
gxf6 32. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rc5 34. b3 Bb5 35. Ne3 f5 36. f4
Kf7 37. Kf2 a5 38. Rd8 Rc1 39. Rb8 Bd3 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Ra7
Rb1 42. g4 fxg4 43. Nxg4+ Kf5 44. Ne5 Ke4 45. Nxd3 Kxd3
46. Rxa5 Ke4 47. Re5+ Kxf4 48. Rxe6 Rh1 49. Kg2 Rc1 50. Re2
Rc3 51. Kf2 Rc1 52. Rd2 Ke4 53. Kg3 Rc8 54. h4 Ke5 55. Re2+
Kf5 56. Rf2+ Kg6 57. Rf4 Rc2 58. Rxb4 Rxa2 59. Rb5 Rd2 60. h5+
Kf6 61. h6 Rd7 62. Rh5 Rh7 63. Kf4 Kg6 64. Rh3 Kf6 65. Ke4 Ke6
66. Kd4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 b6 6. e4 d6
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. a4 a5 12. Bf1
Qe8 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Nc4 g5 15. Bg3 g4 16. Nh4 Nxg3 17. hxg3
exd4 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. e5 Bxe5 20. Nf5 Qe6 21. Nce3 h5 22. Bc4
Qf6 23. Bd5 c6 24. Bxc6 Rac8 25. Nd5 Qg5 26. Nfe7+ Kh8 27. Qc1
Qxc1 28. Raxc1 Bxb2 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Ne7 Rc7 31. Rb1 Bxc6
32. Nxc6 Bc3 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Ne7 Nf6 35. Rc8 Rxe7 36. Rxc3
Re4 37. Ra3 Nd5 38. Rd3 Ne7 39. Rxd6 Rxa4 40. Rdxb6 Kg7
41. Ra6 Ra2 42. Rb5 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Ra2 44. Rbxa5 Rxf2 45. Rxh5
Rf5 46. Rxf5 Nxf5 47. Ra4 Nh6 48. Kg1 Kg6 49. Kf2 Kg5 50. Ra7
Kg6 51. Ke3 Kg5 52. Ra5+ f5 53. Ra7 f4+ 54. gxf4+ Kh4 55. Rh7
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 Nge7
7. O-O O-O 8. b4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Rb1 cxb4
12. axb4 e4 13. Ne1 Qa2 14. Qc2 Qxc2 15. Nxc2 Bf5 16. Ne3 Nd4
17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Bb2 Rad8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rb2
Nd6 22. Rc1 Re7 23. Rb3 Nb5 24. Rb2 f5 25. Kf1 Kf6 26. Ke1 Rd6
27. Rb3 Rb6 28. e3 Nd6 29. Bf1 Re5 30. d4 exd3 31. Bxd3 a6
32. Ke2 Rd5 33. Rbb1 h6 34. h4 Re5 35. Rc7 Nb5 36. Rcc1 Na7
37. h5 gxh5 38. f4 Rd5 39. Rh1 Kg6 40. e4 Rdd6 41. exf5+ Kg7
42. Rxh5 Nc6 43. g4 Rxb4 44. Rxb4 Nxb4 45. Be4 Nd5 46. Bxd5
Rxd5 47. f6+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. b3 O-O
12. Bb2 Re8 13. c4 Bf8 14. Bc2 Qa5 15. a3 Qg5 16. h3 Rad8
17. Bc3 g6 18. b4 Bg7 19. Rad1 Qh4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Qf6
22. Qg3 Nb6 23. Bb3 Rd7 24. Re3 Qd8 25. Red3 Nc8 26. Qe3 Nd6
27. g4 a6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nge7 6. Bg2 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. e5 Qc7 9. Re1 b6 10. c4 Bb7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nb5
Qd7 13. Bf4 Nf5 14. g4 Nfd4 15. Nbxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4
17. Rac1 Rac8 18. b3 dxc4 19. bxc4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc5 21. Rb1
Rfc8 22. Qe4 Ra5 23. Rb2 Rcc5 24. Bd2 Rxe5 25. Qa8+ Bf8
26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Bb4 Rc5 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Rb8 Qd6 30. Rd8
Qe7 31. Re8 Qd6 32. Qd8 Qc6+ 33. f3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6
7. Bd2 Bb7 8. h3 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O a6 14. Be2 b5 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. a3 Qb6
17. Qb1 Rfd8 18. f3 g6 19. b4 Ncd7 20. f4 e5 21. fxe5 Nxe5
22. Qb3 Nc4 23. Bc1 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. a4 Qb7 26. axb5 axb5
27. Bf3 Bxf3 28. Nxf3 Bf6 29. Nd2 Bg7 30. Nf3 Qe7 31. Nd4 Qb7
32. Nf3 h6 33. Kh1 Kh7 34. Rd3 Qe4 35. Rdd1 Qe7 36. Nd4 Rd5
37. Kg1 Re5 38. Nf3 Re4 39. Rfe1 Ne5 40. Nd2 Rxb4 41. Qa2 Ra4
42. Qb3 Qb7 43. e4 Rd4 44. Nf3 Rxd1 45. Rxd1 Nc4 46. Rd5 Na5
47. Qd1 b4 48. Rd7 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 Rab8 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc3 Nd7 15. Rfc1 Rb6 16. Ne5
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qb8 18. Nb3 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Nc5 e5 21. e4
Bxe4 22. Nd7 Qd6 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. b3 d4 25. Qg3+ Kh8 26. Re1
Bd5 27. Rad1 c5 28. f3 Rb8 29. Rd2 Rg8 30. Qf2 a5 31. Rc2 a4
32. Rec1 axb3 33. axb3 Rc8 34. Rb2 Rb8 35. Rbc2 Rc8 36. Rb2
Qb6 37. Qh4 Rg8 38. Kh1 Rg6 39. h3 c4 40. Qf2 cxb3 41. Rcb1
Qe6 42. Rc1 Rg8 43. Rc7 Qf5 44. Qh4 Qg6 45. Qf2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. Bf4 Rb8 9. Rc1 b5 10. b3 Bd7 11. Qd3 Nh5 12. Bg5
h6 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Nd5 Ng4 15. Bd2 e6 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3
Ne7 18. Rfd1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Ba4 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Bd2 c5 22. dxc5
dxc5 23. Qa3 Nf5 24. Qxc5 Rb2 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxa2
27. Rd3 Qe7 28. Qa5 Bb3 29. Qc3 Ba4 30. Ra1 Rxa1+ 31. Qxa1 Qb4
32. Ra3 Bc6 33. Ne5 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Nd4 35. Rxa6 Nxe2 36. Ra7
Qc3 37. Qxc3 Nxc3 38. c5 Nb5 39. Rb7 Nd4 40. Rd7 Nb5 41. c6
Rc8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 b6
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5
12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd2 Rfd8 15. Be1 Bb7 16. Kf1 Kf8
17. b4 Bd6 18. h3 Be5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Bd3 Nd5
22. Be4 Ba6+ 23. b5 Bxb5+ 24. Nxb5 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "34"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 a5 10. b5 Nd4 11. Rb1 a4
12. Nxe5 Bb3 13. Rxb3 axb3 14. e3 Nc2 15. Bxb7 O-O 16. Nc6 Qd7
17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. a4 Nxa4 19. Nxa4 Rxa4 20. d4 Bf6 21. Qd3 Qd5
22. Bb2 g6 23. Rc1 h5 24. e4 Qc4 25. Qf3 Bg5 26. Ne5 Qe6
27. d5 Qe8 28. Rd1 f6 29. Qxb3 Rb4 30. Qxc2 fxe5 31. Bc3 Rxb5
32. Qa2 Qf7 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Bxe5 Bf6 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36. Qc6
Qf3 37. Qxc7+ Kg8 38. Qc2 h4 39. Qd3 Qf7 40. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "35"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. h4 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxf6+
Bxf6 12. Bb5 Qd5 13. Bxc6+ Qxc6 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. g4 Rd5
16. Kb1 Bxd4 17. c3 Bf6 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Rg1 g6
21. h5 gxh5 22. gxh5 c6 23. Nd4 Re8 24. Nf5 Bg5 25. a3 Re4
26. Qh3 Rf4 27. Rxg5 hxg5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "36"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 a6
7. N5c3 Bc5 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bg5 Nbd7
12. Ne4 Qb6 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Nc3 b4 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Na4
Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Qb6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8
21. Rc1 Bd7 22. Qc2 Bb5 23. e4 Kf8 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Qh6
26. Kg2 g6 27. Qc7 Re8 28. Rd1 Qg5 29. Qc5+ Kg7 30. Qxb4 Qg4
31. Rd2 h5 32. d6 h4 33. h3 Qe6 34. d7 Rd8 35. Qd6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "41"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Ng3
Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. b3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6
12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Rfe1 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Re2 Rfd8 16. h3 Nf8
17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd6 19. Rd1 Rd7 20. c5 Qc7 21. Red2 Rad8
22. Bf1 Qa5 23. Bc4 Ng6 24. Qe3 Ne7 25. Qf4 Nd5 26. Qe5 Nc3
27. Ra1 Nb5 28. Rad1 Nc3 29. Ra1 Qc7 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Kf1
Rcd7 32. Rd3 Nd5 33. Rad1 Ne7 34. g4 g5 35. b4 Ng6 36. b5 Nf4
37. R3d2 Nxh3 38. Ke2 Nf4+ 39. Ke3 Kg7 40. a4 Kf6 41. a5 cxb5
42. Bxb5 Rc7 43. a6 bxa6 44. Bxa6 h5 45. gxh5 Nxh5 46. Be2 Nf4
47. Bf3 Ng6 48. Ra1 Ne7 49. Be4 Nd5+ 50. Kd3 Nf4+ 51. Kc4 Ke7
52. Rda2 Rdd7 53. c6 Rd8 54. Rxa7 Rdc8 55. Kc5 f5 56. Bc2 Nh3
57. Rh1 g4 58. d5 Rxa7 59. d6+ Kf6 60. Kb6 Ra2 61. d7 Rb2+
62. Ka7 Rc7+ 63. Ka8 Ke7 64. Ba4 Rb6 65. Rc1 Nxf2 66. Rc2 Ne4
67. Rh2 Rbxc6 68. Rh7+ Kd8 69. Kb8 Rxd7 70. Rh8+ Ke7 71. Bxc6
Rd4 72. Rg8 Rd8+ 73. Rxd8 Kxd8 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Andrei Obodchuk"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3
Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. b4 Re8 11. b5 Nd4
12. a4 Be6 13. Ng5 Bb3 14. Qb1 Bd5 15. Nge4 c6 16. Qb2 Nc8
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nc3 Ne7 19. Qa2 Rc8 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Bg5
Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Qg4 23. Rc7 Qxg5 24. e3 Ne6 25. Rxb7 d4 26. e4
Nc8 27. Bh3 Bh6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. a5 Qd8 30. Rb1 Bf8 31. b6
axb6 32. a6 Bc5 33. a7 Nxa7 34. Qxa7 Qf6 35. Rb8 Rxb8
36. Qxb8+ Kg7 37. Ra1 Kh6 38. Ra7 b5 39. Rd7 Bf8 40. Qb7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Farrukh Amonatov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O c6 8. d5 Na6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1
Nh6 13. Nd3 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. f3 Bg6 17. Be1 Nf5
18. Bd2 Nd4 19. Nf2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 h6 21. Nfe4 Nc7 22. Rab1 b6
23. a3 Ne8 24. b4 Nf6 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb7 Rf7 27. Rfb1 Rxb7
28. Rxb7 Rb8 29. Rxa7 Rb2 30. Qd1 Qb6 31. Nxf6+ Bxf6 32. Qa4
Qd8 33. Ne4 Bxe4 34. fxe4 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Qf8 36. Ra8 Bd8+
37. Kg3 Rf1 38. Be3 Re1 39. Qb3 Re2 40. h3 Qf1 41. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4
12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Rac1 Rd8 14. Bd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Qc5 16. Qd1 Bd5
17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Bxd5 Nc6 20. Qd3 g6 21. Ne4 Qd4
22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Rd1 Nc6 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nxd7 Rfc8 26. Rb1
Rc7 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Bxa8 Rxc4 29. Bd5 Rc2 30. Kf1 g5 31. Bb3
Rd2 32. Ke1 Rd7 33. h3 h6 34. f4 Ng6 35. e3 Nf8 36. Rd1 Re7
37. Kf2 Nd7 38. Kf3 Nc5 39. Bc2 Rc7 40. Rd2 Nd7 41. e4 Nf8
42. e5 Nd7 43. Kg4 b5 44. h4 gxf4 45. gxf4 a5 46. Kh5 a4
47. Rg2+ Kf8 48. Kxh6 Rc4 49. Kg5 Nc5 50. Bf5 Rc1 51. h5 Ke7
52. h6 Rh1 53. h7 Ne6+ 54. Kg4 Nf8 55. Rc2 Nxh7 56. Rc7+ Ke8
57. Rb7 Nf8 58. Rb8+ Ke7 59. Rb7+ Ke8 60. Rxb5 Rg1+ 61. Kf3
Rf1+ 62. Ke4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. Nb3
Ne6 7. g3 c5 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. h4 c4
12. Nbd4 Nexd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Qd2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ne5
Bxe5 17. dxe5 d4 18. f4 d3 19. Qc3 Nd4 20. Kh2 Rc8 21. Bd2 b5
22. Qb4 Qd7 23. a4 a5 24. Qxa5 Nb3 25. Qb4 bxa4 26. Bc3 d2
27. Rad1 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Qg4 29. Qb7 Qxd1 30. e6 Qg4 31. Bf3 Qg6
32. h5 Qh6 33. e7 Rfe8 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Rg8 36. g4 Qd6
37. g5 Nd4 38. Bg4 Rce8 39. h6 Rxe7 40. hxg7+ Rxg7 41. Qf6
Qxf6 42. gxf6 Re4 43. fxg7+ Kxg7 44. Bxd2 Nb3 45. Bc3+ Kg8
46. Bd7 Re2+ 47. Kg1 Nc5 48. Bc6 Kf7 49. Bd5+ Kg6 50. Bxc4 Re4
51. Bd5 Rxf4 52. Kg2 h5 53. Bc6 h4 54. Kh3 Ne6 55. Be8+ Kh7
56. Bd7 Ng5+ 57. Kg2 h3+ 58. Kg1 Kg6 59. Bc6 Nf3+ 60. Kh1 Kh5
61. Ba5 Ne5 62. Bd5 Ng4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O d6 8. d3 h6 9. Rb1 Be6 10. b4 Qd7 11. b5 Nd8 12. a4 Bh3
13. Nd5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ne8 15. e4 Ne6 16. Bb2 f5 17. Nh4 Kh7
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qh5 c6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ne3 f4 22. Nef5 Rf6
23. d4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Re6 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Rfe1
Nc7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rb7 Re7 30. Rxe7+ Qxe7 31. Qxf4 Kg8
32. Nf5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. h3 e5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. O-O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qe7 14. Ne2 b5 15. Bd3 c5 16. f4 c4
17. Bf5 Bc7 18. Rhg1 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Bb6 20. Rg3 Rad8 21. Rdg1
Kh8 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. exd4 Rg8 24. a3 Qe4 25. Ba5 Rd5 26. Qxe4
Nxe4 27. Re3 Rxd4 28. Bc7 f6 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Rc8
31. Ba5 Nf2+ 32. Kc2 Rc5 33. Kc3 Rxf5 34. Rf3 Nd3 35. Bc7 g5
36. Kd4 gxf4 37. Ke4 Rh5 38. Bd6 Nxb2 39. Rxf4 Kg7 40. h4 Nd3
41. Rf1 Rxh4+ 42. Kd5 c3 43. Ke6 Re4+ 44. Kf5 Re1 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Rc1 c6 8. e3 Qa5 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. O-O Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf6
12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. h3 O-O 15. Ne5 c5 16. Nb5 Bxe5
17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 c4 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Nd6 Nc5 21. Rcd1 b6
22. Rxd5 Ba6 23. Be4 Rab8 24. a3 c3 25. b4 Qxa3 26. bxc5 Bxf1
27. Kxf1 bxc5 28. Rd1 Qb2 29. Rc1 a5 30. Bd5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.06"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 a5 9. a4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Re1 Ra6
12. Qh5 Nb4 13. Na3 Rg6 14. Bf4 b6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6
17. Qe4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qxd4 Qg5 20. g3 Qf5 21. g4 h5
22. Re4 d5 23. Kh2 Qf3 24. Ree1 hxg4 25. Qe3 gxh3 26. Qxf3
Rxf3 27. Rg1 Rxf2+ 28. Kxh3 Rxg1 29. Rxg1 Nxc2 30. Nb5 Rf3+
31. Kg4 Rxd3 32. Nd6 Ne3+ 33. Kf4 Nc4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.06"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7
12. Bd2 e5 13. Rac1 a6 14. b4 Rfe8 15. Bd3 Bxb4 16. Ng5 h6
17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bh7+ Kf8 19. Bxb4+ c5 20. dxc5 Bc6 21. Be4
Nb8 22. Nh7+ Nxh7 23. Bxh7 g6 24. Rd6 Re7 25. h4 h5 26. Bxg6
fxg6 27. Qxg6 Rxa2 28. Rcd1 Rf7 29. Qh6+ Rg7 30. Qf6+ Kg8
31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Rg6 33. Qxh5+ Rh6 34. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne1 Be7
12. Nd3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Nb6 14. Rab1 Na5 15. Ba1 Rd8 16. c4 Naxc4
17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxb7 Bxb7 19. Rxb7 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rc1
Nd6 22. Re7 Nb5 23. a4 Kf8 24. Rb7 Nd6 25. Rbc7 Ne8 26. R7c5
Rab8 27. R1c4 f5 28. Kg2 Rb7 29. a5 Nd6 30. Rd4 Ke8 31. f3 Nb5
32. Rh4 Kf8 33. a6 Rb6 34. Rb4 Rd5 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. Nf4 Nc7
37. Rxb6 axb6 38. a7 d4 39. Nd5 Na8 40. Kf2 Ke8 41. e3 dxe3+
42. Kxe3 Kd7 43. Nf6+ Ke7 44. Nxh7 f6 45. g4 b5 46. g5 fxg5
47. Nxg5 Kf6 48. f4 b4 49. Kd4 Nb6 50. Nf3 b3 51. Kc3 Ke6
52. h4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "7.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. e4 Nf6
7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Rc1 h5 11. Nd5 exd5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Qe5 14. Kf2 Ne7 15. Qd2 Nxd5 16. Bg5 Ne7 17. Bc4
f6 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. b4 Qa4 20. Bb3 Qxa3 21. Ra1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "7.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Be3 Nb4 8. Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 N4d5
12. Nf3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 c6 15. Re1 Bf6 16. a3 Kh8
17. Bd3 Qd6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Ne5 Rad8
22. Re2 Bc8 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Nf3 Rde8 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Be5 Ng4
27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. h3 Nf6 29. Re5 Nbd7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxe8
Nxe8 32. d5 cxd5 33. Nxd5 Ndf6 34. Nxf6 Nxf6 35. Qc3 Be6
36. Bc2 Qc8 37. Nd4 Bd7 38. Qb4 Qe8 39. Nf3 Bc6 40. Nd4 Bd5
41. Bd3 b6 42. Nb5 Qd7 43. Qd4 a6 44. Nc3 Bb7 45. Qxb6 Bxg2
46. Bxa6 Bxh3 47. Qb7 f4 48. a4 Ne8 49. Qxd7+ Bxd7 50. Bb5
Bxb5 51. Nxb5 Nf6 52. Nc7 Nd7 53. a5 Nb8 54. a6 Nc6 55. b4 Na7
56. b5 Nc8 57. Nd5 Kf7 58. b6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "7.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. a3
Rc8 13. b4 a5 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bd2 Nhf6 16. Qb3 axb4 17. axb4
Qb6 18. b5 c5 19. e5 c4 20. Qa4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bh3 Qc7
23. b6 Nxb6 24. Qb5 Qc6 25. Ra5 c3 26. Bf4 Nc4 27. Qxc6 Rxc6
28. Rxd5 c2 29. Rb5 Rb6 30. Rxb6 Nxb6 31. Bc1 Bb4 32. Bd2 Nd5
33. e6 Re8 34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Rc1 Bxd2 36. Nxd2 Nb4 37. Bf1
Rc8 38. Nb3 Na2 39. Ra1 c1=Q 40. Nxc1 Rxc1 41. Rxa2 Bd3
42. Rb2 Rxf1+ 43. Kg2 Ba6 44. d5 Rd1 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.17"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 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. Ne5
Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nab4 15. Bd2 c6 16. e4 Nb6 17. Qb3
Nd7 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. h4 Nd5 20. Qc4 N5f6 21. Bf4 Rfe8 22. Qe2
Qa6 23. Qc2 Rac8 24. Bg5 h6 25. e5 Nd5 26. Bxe7 Nxc3 27. bxc3
Rxe7 28. c4 Nb6 29. c5 Nd5 30. Nd2 Qe2 31. Qe4 Qxe4+ 32. Nxe4
b5 33. cxb6 Rb8 34. Nd6 Nxb6 35. Rb1 Ra7 36. Rb3 Nd7 37. Rxb8+
Nxb8 38. Rb1 Nd7 39. Rb7 Rxb7 40. Nxb7 Nb6 41. Nxa5 Nxa4
42. Nxc6 h5 43. d5 exd5 44. Ne7+ Kf8 45. Nxd5 Nc5 46. Nf4 Nd7
47. Nd3 Ke7 48. Kf3 g6 49. Ke4 Nb6 50. Kd4 Ke6 51. Nf4+ Kf5
52. Nd5 Nd7 53. Ne7+ Ke6 54. Nc6 Nb6 55. Nd8+ Ke7 56. Nb7 Ke6
57. Nc5+ Ke7 58. f3 Na8 59. Ne4 Nc7 60. g4 Ne6+ 61. Ke3 hxg4
62. fxg4 Kf8 63. Nf6 Nc5 64. Kd4 Ne6+ 65. Ke4 Nc5+ 66. Kd5 Nd3
67. Kd6 Nf4 68. Nd5 Nd3 69. Ne3 Kg7 70. Kd5 Nf4+ 71. Ke4 Ne6
72. Nd5 Nc5+ 73. Kd4 Ne6+ 74. Ke3 Nc5 75. Nf4 f6 76. h5 g5
77. Nd3 Ne6 78. Ke4 Kf7 79. Nb4 fxe5 80. Kxe5 Nf4 81. Nd5 Nh3
82. Nc7 Kg7 83. Ne6+ Kh7 84. Kf6 Nf4 85. Nxg5+ Kh6 86. Nf7+
Kh7 87. Kf5 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.07"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Giovanni Portilho Vescovi"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. b3 b6
12. Nd2 Bb7 13. e4 Bb4 14. Bb2 c5 15. exd5 cxd4 16. Nb5 e5
17. f4 a6 18. fxe5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 axb5 20. Bxd4 Bc5 21. Ne4 Re8
22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Re8
12. Bb2 e6 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Qb8 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. a4 bxc4
17. bxc4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Be2 Nb3 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rb1
dxc4 22. Bxc4 Qc7 23. Qxb3 Qxc4 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxc4 Rab8
26. Qc2 Rbc8 27. Qe2 Rc6 28. Rd1 Rdc8 29. Qf3 Rb6 30. Bd4 Rbc6
31. Rb1 Ne8 32. g3 Bxd4 33. exd4 Kg7 34. a5 Rf6 35. Qd3 Rcc6
36. d5 Rcd6 37. Qd4 Nc7 38. Rb6 Nb5 39. Qe5 h6 40. f4 g5
41. f5 h5 42. g4 h4 43. Rc6 Rxc6 44. dxc6 Nd6 45. c7 Nc8
46. Qe8 Nd6 47. Qd8 Nb7 48. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "178"]

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

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Rc1 c5 9. d5 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Qd2 e6 15. a5 exd5 16. exd5 Qh4
17. Bg4 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Bd4 19. Qd2 f5 20. Bd1 Nf6 21. Ne2 Ne4
22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Nxf4 Re8 24. Ba4 Re7 25. Rc2 Ng3 26. Rd1 Re4
27. Nd3 Kf7 28. Re1 h5 29. Kh2 Rxe1 30. Nxe1 Ne4 31. Nd3 h4
32. Re2 Kf6 33. Bd7 Nxd5 34. cxd5 c4 35. Ne1 Bxf2 36. Nf3 g5
37. Nd2 Bg3+ 38. Kg1 Nc5 39. Bc8 c3 40. bxc3 Be5 41. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. h4 c6 11. Kb1 Qa5
12. h5 h6 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Bc4 Bxc4
17. Qxc4 Rad8 18. Qg4 Kf8 19. Rd7 Rxd7 20. Qxd7 Qd5 21. Qxd5
cxd5 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Be3 b5 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. b4 f6 26. Kb2 Kf7
27. Kb3 Ke6 28. a4 bxa4+ 29. Kxa4 f5 30. Re1 e4 31. Kb3 Bf6
32. Ra1 Rc8 33. Ra6+ Kf7 34. Ra7+ Ke6 35. Ra6+ Kf7 36. Bd4 f4
37. b5 e3 38. fxe3 fxe3 39. Ra1 e2 40. Re1 Re8 41. g3 Bg5
42. Bf2 Bd2 43. Ra1 e1=Q 44. Bxe1 Bxe1 45. Rd1 Re3 46. Rxd5
Rxc3+ 47. Kb2 Rxg3 48. c4 Rg5 49. Rd6 Bg3 50. Rc6 Rxh5 51. b6
Re5 52. b7 Re7 53. Rb6 Bb8 54. c5 h5 55. c6 h4 56. Rb3 Re6
57. Rc3 Bc7 58. Kb3 h3 59. Rd3 h2 60. Rd7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "131"]

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

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Smeets"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "122"]

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

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 Bg7 11. hxg5 hxg5
12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Kf8 15. e5 Ne8 16. Qh5
Bg7 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. O-O-O Nd7 19. Nxg5 c5 20. Qg4 cxd4
21. Rxd4 Bd5 22. Nd6 f5 23. Nxf5 Qc5+ 24. Kd1 exf5 25. Qxf5+
Nef6 26. Rd2 Rc8 27. b3 Kg8 28. Ne6 Qc1+ 29. Ke2 Ne4 30. Rxd5
Nc3+ 31. Kf3 Nxd5 32. Bf4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 Bf5 9. Ne1 Be6 10. e3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd5
12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Qb3 Rfd8 14. Nd3 b6 15. Qxd5 Rxd5 16. c4 Ra5
17. a4 e5 18. Bd2 Ra6 19. f4 exd4 20. e4 Bf8 21. Kf2 f6
22. Rfb1 Nd8 23. Kf3 Nb7 24. e5 fxe5 25. fxe5 Re8 26. Re1 Na5
27. Bxa5 Rxa5 28. Ke4 Bg7 29. Kxd4 a6 30. Ra2 b5 31. c5 Rd8+
32. Ke4 Bf8 33. Rea1 b4 34. Rc2 b3 35. Rc4 Rb8 36. Rb1 Kf7
37. Kd4 Ke6 38. Kc3 Kd5 39. Nb4+ 1-0

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 Ke7 13. Bf3 Rd8 14. Rb1 b6 15. c4 Bb7 16. Rd1 Kf8
17. cxd5 Nd7 18. e4 Rac8 19. Be2 Nc5 20. f3 Na4 21. Kf2 Nc3
22. Rd2 Nxe2 23. Kxe2 Rc4 24. Ke3 g6 25. Rb1 Rdc8 26. Nb5 Ra4
27. Rbb2 Ke7 28. Rdc2 Ra5 29. Nd4 Kd6 30. Kf4 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 f5
32. h4 fxe4 33. fxe4 a6 34. h5 Ra4 35. Rd2 gxh5 36. Nf5+ Kd7
37. Ke5 b5 38. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Leon Rapid"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[EventDate "2010.06.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nge2 Bxg2
7. Rg1 Bf3 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Rxg7 Kf8 11. Ng1 Bg4
12. Rxg4 Nxg4 13. h3 Nh2 14. Bd2 Qh4 15. O-O-O Qxf2 16. Ne4
Qg2 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Be4 Qf2 19. Qd3 Rg8 20. Ne2 Nf3 21. Bc3
Ng5 22. Bh1 Rc8 23. Nf4 Na5 24. c5 dxc5 25. dxc5 Nb3+ 26. Kb1
Nxc5 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Bf6 Qc2+ 29. Ka1 Nb3+ 30. Ka2 Qc5
31. Qxd7+ Kf8 32. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Leon Rapid"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[EventDate "2010.06.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5
7. Rb1 Na6 8. f3 O-O 9. d5 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Bg2 Nf6 12. O-O
Bxc3 13. Nxc3 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nc7 15. e4 Ncxd5 16. exd5 d6
17. b3 Rb8 18. Bb2 Rb7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qd2 Re7
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Bf1 Re3 24. Bd3 f4 25. gxf4 Re7 26. f5 Rg7+
27. Kh1 Qh5 28. Qf4 Kf7 29. h4 Rg5 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Ke7
32. b4 Qe8 33. Qh6 Qf7 34. Kf2 Kd8 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Qd2 Qe7
37. h5 Qe5 38. Qh6 Qd4+ 39. Ke2 Qe5+ 40. Kf1 Bxf5 41. Qf8+ Kd7
42. Qf7+ Kd8 43. Bxf5 Qxf5 44. Kf2 Qf4 45. Qg8+ Kc7 46. Qxh7+
Kb6 47. Kg2 Qd2+ 48. Kh3 Qc1 49. Qe4 Qh1+ 50. Kg4 f5+ 51. Qxf5
Qg1+ 52. Kh4 Qc1 53. f4 Qxc4 54. h6 Qc3 55. h7 c4 56. Kg5 Qd4
57. Qf6 Qxd5+ 58. Kh6 Qh1+ 59. Kg6 Qg2+ 60. Qg5 Qe4+ 61. f5
Qe8+ 62. Kg7 Qe5+ 63. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Leon Rapid"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[EventDate "2010.06.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5
7. Rb1 Na6 8. g3 Bb7 9. d5 Ne4 10. Bg2 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 d6 13. Qa4+ Ke7 14. O-O Nc7 15. e4 Re8 16. e5 Kf8
17. Bf4 dxe5 18. Bxe5 exd5 19. Rfe1 f6 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Qxa7 Qe7 23. Qxb6 Bc8 24. cxd5 Bf5 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. a4
c4 27. a5 Bd3 28. a6 Kf7 29. Qb7 Rd7 30. Qb4 Qd8 31. Ra1 Ra7
32. Qc5 Qb8 33. h4 Kg6 34. d6 h5 35. Bb7 Rxb7 36. axb7 Qxb7
37. Re1 Qf3 38. Qd4 Bf5 39. d7 Bh3 40. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Leon Rapid"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[EventDate "2010.06.06"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O
7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 f5
12. Bd3 Nd7 13. h4 Qe7 14. g4 c5 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Bxb5 Ne5
17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rc1 f4 19. O-O fxe3 20. fxe3 Rxf3 21. Rxf3
Qxh4 22. e4 Bxe4 23. Bc4+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.14"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "163"]

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. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Be6 12. Bf3
Nbd7 13. Nd3 h6 14. g4 Nh7 15. h4 f5 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Kf7
18. Kg2 Rfb8 19. Bd2 Nhf8 20. Be2 Ke8 21. Ne1 Bg8 22. Nf3 Rb7
23. Bd3 Nb8 24. Ne2 Qd8 25. Ng3 e6 26. Rh1 Bh7 27. Qc2 Kf7
28. Rh3 Kg8 29. Rah1 Raa7 30. Kf1 Qe8 31. Be1 Bh8 32. Rh6 Bg7
33. R6h4 Bh8 34. R1h3 Re7 35. Qh2 Reb7 36. Rh6 Re7 37. Ne2
Reb7 38. Nc1 Re7 39. Nb3 a4 40. Nc1 Reb7 41. Be2 Re7 42. Nd3
Reb7 43. Nh4 Bg7 44. Rxh7 Nxh7 45. Nxg6 Nd7 46. Bh5 Qd8
47. Nb4 Rc7 48. Nh8 Ndf8 49. Nf7 Rxf7 50. Bxf7+ Rxf7 51. Rxh7
Qe8 52. Rh3 Ng6 53. Qe2 Rc7 54. Qh5 Kf7 55. Qh7 Qg8 56. Qxg8+
Kxg8 57. Nd3 Ra7 58. Ke2 Kf7 59. Nb4 Ne7 60. Kd1 Ra8 61. Kc2
Rg8 62. Nd3 Ra8 63. Rh7 Ng6 64. b3 Nf8 65. Rh2 axb3+ 66. Kxb3
Ke8 67. Ra2 Kd7 68. a4 bxa4+ 69. Rxa4 Rxa4 70. Kxa4 Kc8
71. Ba5 Ng6 72. Nb4 Kd7 73. Na6 Kc8 74. Bc7 Bf8 75. Ka5 Kb7
76. Bd6 Be7 77. Bxe7 Nxe7 78. Nb4 Ng8 79. Nd3 Ne7 80. Ne5 Ng8
81. g6 Nf6 82. g7 1-0

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.21"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. h5 h6
12. Kb1 Ng4 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. g3 Re8 16. Rde1 Rxe1+
17. Rxe1 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Nxf2 19. Ne5 Qf6 20. Nxc6 Ne4 21. Bxe4
Qxf4 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. gxf4 dxe4 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxe4 Rc5
26. b4 Rxh5 27. Kb2 Rf5 28. Rc4 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Rg4 Kg7
31. c4 Kg6 32. c5 Kh5 33. Rg1 g4 34. Kc3 Kh4 35. a3 Rd5
36. Kc4 Rd2 37. c3 f5 38. b5 f4 39. c6 bxc6 40. bxc6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Rising Stars - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "126"]

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 h6
17. g4 Bg6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd7 20. d5 Bf6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8
22. Rb1 Ne7 23. c4 Ng6 24. Bg3 b6 25. Qf5 Qd8 26. a4 Nh4
27. Qd3 Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Be5 29. Re1 Bxg3 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8
31. Qxg3 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qe7 33. Qf4 g5 34. Qf5 Kg7 35. Qd3 Qe5+
36. Kg2 f5 37. gxf5 Kf6 38. Qa3 Kxf5 39. Qf8+ Ke4 40. Qxh6 Kd3
41. Qe6 Qf4 42. a5 Qxc4 43. axb6 axb6 44. Qe3+ Kc2 45. Qxg5 b5
46. h4 b4 47. h5 b3 48. h6 Qd3 49. Qg7 b2 50. h7 Qxd5+ 51. f3
Qd2+ 52. Kh3 b1=Q 53. Qg6+ Qd3 54. Qg2+ Kb3 55. h8=Q Qf5+
56. Kh2 Qf4+ 57. Qg3 Qc2+ 58. Kh3 Qcf5+ 59. Kh2 Qd2+ 60. Kh1
Qd1+ 61. Kh2 Qe2+ 62. Qg2 Qf4+ 63. Kh3 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "Rising Stars - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bd3 b5
12. Qe2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Bf4 Nxe4 16. Bxb8
Bb7 17. Bg3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 19. f3 Qc5+ 20. Bf2 Qxc3 21. a4
Bd5 22. Rfc1 Qb3 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bc5 Bxc5+ 25. Rxc5 Qb4
26. Qe3 Qb2 27. Rcc1 Bc4 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 g5 30. Rca3 Bd5
31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Rb4 Bc4 33. h4 gxh4 34. Kh2 Rd8 35. Re3 f5
36. Re5 Kf7 37. Kh3 Kf6 38. Rc5 Kg5 39. Rcxc4 bxc4 40. Rxc4
Rd1 41. Kh2 e5 42. Ra4 Rd6 43. Kg1 Rd4 44. Ra7 h6 45. Rh7 h3
46. g3 Rd3 47. Rg7+ Kf6 48. Rh7 Rxf3 49. Kh2 Kg6 50. Re7 Re3
51. Re8 e4 52. Rf8 Rf3 53. Kxh3 Rf2 54. Re8 Kf7 55. Ra8 e3
56. Ra3 e2 57. Re3 f4 58. gxf4 Rf3+ 59. Rxf3 e1=Q 60. Kg2 Qe2+
61. Rf2 Qg4+ 62. Kh2 h5 63. f5 Kf6 64. Rg2 Qh4+ 65. Kg1 Qe1+
66. Kh2 Kxf5 67. Rg8 Qe5+ 68. Kh3 Qe6 69. Rg1 Kf4+ 70. Kh2 Qe4
71. Rg3 Qe2+ 72. Rg2 Qe1 73. Rg8 Kf3 74. Rg2 Qh4+ 75. Kg1 Qg4
0-1

[Event "Rising Stars - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Ne4 a5
12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd7 14. d4 e4 15. Nh4 Bd5 16. Nf5 Qe8
17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Rb1 g5 19. Bd2 b6 20. Qa4 Qe6 21. Bh3 Kh8
22. Ne3 Qxh3 23. Nxd5 Qe6 24. Ne3 Ne7 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Rbc1
Nf8 27. cxb6 cxb6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qb5 Rd8 30. d5 Nxd5
31. Bxa5 bxa5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Nxd5 a4 34. Ne3 Qd7 35. Qb4
Qe8 36. Nf5 Kg8 37. Qb7 Qd7 38. Qxe4 Ne6 39. Qc4 Kf8 40. Ne3
Qe7 41. Qxa4 1-0

[Event "Rising Stars - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.21"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3
dxc4 7. O-O b5 8. a4 c6 9. b3 c3 10. Nb1 Bb7 11. Qc2 bxa4
12. Rxa4 c5 13. Nxc3 a5 14. Na2 Be4 15. Qd1 Nbd7 16. Nxb4 cxb4
17. Bb2 Nb6 18. Ra1 Qd5 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Qb5 21. Nf4 a4
22. bxa4 Nxa4 23. Qb3 Nd5 24. Nd3 Nac3 25. Rfe1 Rxa1 26. Bxa1
Rc8 27. Bxc3 Rxc3 28. Rc1 h6 29. Rxc3 Nxc3 30. Nc1 Qg5 31. e3
Qb5 32. Kg2 Qc6+ 33. Kg1 Ne4 34. Nd3 Nd2 35. Qb2 Nf3+ 36. Kf1
Qb5 37. Ke2 Ng1+ 38. Kd2 Nf3+ 39. Ke2 b3 40. Qc3 Qh5 41. Nf4
Nxd4+ 42. Kd2 Nf3+ 43. Kc1 Qxh2 44. Nd3 Qh1+ 45. Kb2 Qd1
46. Qxb3 Qxb3+ 47. Kxb3 Kh7 48. Kc2 Kg6 49. Kd1 Kf5 50. Ke2
Kg4 51. Nc5 h5 52. Nd7 f6 53. Nf8 Ng5 54. Ng6 e5 55. Kf1 Kh3
56. Nh4 Ne4 57. Ng6 Kh2 58. Nh4 g5 59. Nf5 Kh3 60. Ng7 h4
61. gxh4 gxh4 62. f3 Ng5 63. Kf2 e4 64. fxe4 Kg4 65. Ne8 Nxe4+
66. Kg2 f5 67. Kh2 h3 68. Ng7 Nd2 69. Kg1 Nc4 70. Ne8 Nxe3
71. Nf6+ Kg3 72. Nh5+ Kh4 73. Nf4 Kg3 74. Nh5+ Kg4 75. Ng7 f4
76. Ne8 f3 77. Nf6+ Kf5 78. Nh5 Ng4 79. Ng3+ Kf4 80. Nf1 Ke4
81. Ng3+ Ke3 82. Nf1+ Kf4 83. Kh1 f2 84. Nd2 Ne3 85. Nf1 Kf3
86. Ng3 f1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Leko-Gelfand Match"]
[Site "Miskolc HUN"]
[Date "2010.08.25"]
[EventDate "2010.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "171"]

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. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. Bxg4
Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bf3 c5 15. dxc5 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 a6
17. e5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nh5 19. Ne4 Rc8 20. Bf4 f5 21. Nd6+ Bxd6
22. cxd6 Rc5 23. Bxh6 Rxe5+ 24. Kd2 Kd7 25. Bg5 b4 26. a3 Rb8
27. axb4 Rxb4 28. Kc2 Rb3 29. Be3 f4 30. Bd4 Re2+ 31. Kc1 e5
32. Bc3 Rxf2 33. Rhe1 Ng3 34. Rd2 Rxd2 35. Kxd2 e4 36. fxe4
Kxd6 37. h5 Nxh5 38. Ke2 Rb5 39. Ra1 Rg5 40. Rxa6+ Kd7 41. e5
Ng7 42. Rd6+ Ke7 43. Rc6 Ne6 44. Rxc4 Kf7 45. Rc6 Rg2+ 46. Kf3
Rg1 47. Ke4 Rf1 48. b4 f3 49. Ke3 f2 50. Ke2 Rh1 51. Kxf2 Rh3
52. b5 Rh1 53. b6 Rb1 54. Ke3 Ke7 55. Ke4 Rb5 56. Kd3 Nd8
57. Kc4 Rb1 58. Rh6 Kd7 59. Rd6+ Ke8 60. Bb4 Rb2 61. Kb5 Re2
62. Bc3 Ke7 63. Rh6 Kd7 64. Rh7+ Kc8 65. Rh8 Kd7 66. Rh7+ Kc8
67. Rc7+ Kb8 68. Re7 Kc8 69. Bb4 Rb2 70. Rc7+ Kb8 71. Kc4 Rc2+
72. Kd5 Rb2 73. Be7 Rd2+ 74. Ke4 Ne6 75. Rc6 Re2+ 76. Kd5 Nf4+
77. Kd4 Kb7 78. Rh6 Rb2 79. Bc5 Ne2+ 80. Kd3 Nf4+ 81. Ke4 Ne2
82. e6 Nc3+ 83. Kd4 Nb5+ 84. Kc4 Ka6 85. e7 Re2 86. b7+ 1-0

[Event "Leko-Gelfand Match"]
[Site "Miskolc HUN"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[EventDate "2010.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. Bxg4
Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bf3 c5 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 O-O-O 17. O-O
Rxg3 18. Nxg3 Nf4 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. Bxb7+ Qxb7 21. Qf3 Qxf3
22. gxf3 Bxc5 23. Ne4 Bd4 24. Nd6+ Rxd6 25. exd6 Kd7 26. a4 b4
27. Rac1 c3 28. Rfd1 e5 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Kf1 f6 31. Rc2 Nd5
32. Rb1 a5 33. Ke2 Nb4 34. Kd1 Kxd6 35. Rb3 Nxc2 36. Kxc2 h5
37. Rb5 Bxf2 38. Rxa5 Bxh4 39. Rb5 Bf2 40. Rb7 Kc6 41. Rf7 Kb6
42. Rxf6+ Ka5 43. Rf5 Kxa4 44. Rxe5 h4 45. Kxc3 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ng5 Bd5
12. e4 h6 13. exd5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Nb6 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Rfe1 Nxd5
17. Bxc4 e6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Bb3 Rfe8 20. h4 c6 21. Qd1 b5
22. h5 gxh5 23. Qxh5 c5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Bh6 Qe7 26. Bxg7
Kxg7 27. Qg4+ Kf8 28. Re5 Nf6 29. Qh4 Rxe5 30. Qh8+ Ng8
31. Qxe5 a6 32. c4 Rc8 33. c5 Qc7 34. Qe3 Nf6 35. c6 Ng4
36. Qc5+ Ke8 37. Qh5 Qf4 38. Rd1 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Qb2 40. Bxe6
Nf2+ 41. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5
12. Bb3 Re8 13. h4 Na5 14. Bc2 Nb4 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe2 b6 19. Re1 Ba6 20. Qd1 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 Bc4
22. d5 Bb3 23. Qe2 Rad8 24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. Qb5 Bc4 26. Rxe6
Bxb5 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rd1 Nc4 30. b3 Ne5
31. Ncb5 Bxb5 32. Nxb5 Re7 33. f3 Kf7 34. Rd5 Kg6 35. Kf2 a6
36. Nd4 Nd3+ 37. Kg3 f4+ 38. Kg4 h5+ 39. Kh3 Re1 40. Kh2 Rb1
41. Ne2 Rb2 42. Rxd3 Rxe2 43. Rd6+ Kf5 44. Rxb6 Re6 45. a5 Re3
46. b4 Rb3 47. Rxa6 Rxb4 48. Rb6 Ra4 49. Rb5+ Kg6 50. Rg5+ Kh6
51. Kg1 Ra1+ 52. Kf2 g6 53. Ke2 Rh1 54. Kd2 Rxh4 55. Re5 Rh2
56. Re2 h4 57. a6 h3 58. a7 hxg2 59. a8=Q g1=Q 60. Qh8+ Kg5
61. Qxh2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Be6 10. e4 Bc4 11. Re1 Qd7
12. Nd2 Ba6 13. e5 Rad8 14. h4 b6 15. h5 Na5 16. hxg6 fxg6
17. Nb3 Nc4 18. Qe2 Qe6 19. Bf4 Qf7 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxa6 g5
22. Be3 g4 23. Bf4 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 gxf3 25. Qd3 Qh5 26. Re3 c5
27. Rxf3 cxd4 28. cxd4 Bh6 29. Kg2 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Qf5 31. Rd1
Kh8 32. Qxf5 Rxf5 33. d5 b5 34. Rd4 a5 35. Rc3 Rdf8 36. Rc7
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "11"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "5.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qd7 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3
Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O Qd8
12. Nde2 Qa5 13. Qd2 e6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. b3 d5 16. exd5 exd5
17. Qc2 dxc4 18. bxc4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. c4 e5 4. Nbc3 g6 5. h4 Nf6 6. d3 h6
7. g3 Bg7 8. Bh3 Be6 9. f3 Qc8 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. g4 Nc6
12. Be3 Nd4 13. Rh3 Qd7 14. Qd2 O-O-O 15. b4 Kb8 16. Rb1 Qf7
17. Nb5 Rhf8 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. c5 Nxg4 21. Qa5
a6 22. c6 axb5 23. Rxb5 Ne3 24. Rg3 Rc8 25. Rxb7+ Qxb7
26. cxb7 Kxb7 27. Rxg6 Bf6 28. Rxh6 Bxh4+ 29. Rxh4 Ng2+
30. Kd1 Nxh4 31. Qb5+ Ka7 32. Qxe5 Nxf3 33. Qxe6 Rc7 34. Qd6
Rfc8 35. Nxd4 Nxd4 36. Qxd4+ Ka8 37. Qd5+ Kb8 38. Kd2 Ra7
39. e5 Rcc7 40. e6 Kc8 41. Ke3 Ra6 42. Ke4 Rca7 43. d4 Rxa2
44. Qc5+ Kd8 45. Qf8+ Kc7 46. e7 Ra8 47. e8=Q Rxe8+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. O-O-O
Bd6 12. Kb1 Qf6 13. h4 Bf5 14. Ng5 Rae8 15. Qf3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3
Qg6 17. Qf3 h6 18. g4 Re7 19. Nh3 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. f3 Re3
22. Rhf1 Rfe8 23. h5 Bg3 24. Ng1 c4 25. a4 a6 26. Ka2 b5
27. a5 c6 28. f4 Bh2 29. Nf3 Bxf4 30. Nd4 Bc7 31. Nxc6 R3e6
32. Nd4 Rd6 33. Rde1 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Bxa5 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Re7
Rf6 37. Nf5 Bb6 38. Rb7 Bf2 39. b3 g6 40. hxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rb8
h5 42. Rg8+ Kh7 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rg5 hxg4 45. Rh5+ Kg8
46. Nh6+ Rxh6 47. Rxh6 Kg7 48. Rh5 g3 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50. Rg8 f5
51. Ka3 f4 52. bxc4 bxc4 53. Kb4 f3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "9.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Boris Grachev"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Ne4
12. Bg3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5
Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. c5 Qc7 19. Qb2 b5 20. a4 a6 21. e4 Bc8
22. e5 Bd7 23. Ra1 Rfb8 24. Qd2 Bc8 25. h4 bxa4 26. Bc2 Kf8
27. Qd3 Qd8 28. g3 Ke7 29. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6
7. f5 exf5 8. d3 Nge7 9. Qe1 h6 10. Kh1 fxe4 11. dxe4 Be6
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Bf4 Nxf3 16. Rxf3
Nf5 17. c3 Qb6 18. Bd3 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qxa2 20. Rxb7 Qxd5 21. Qb1
Re8 22. Rxa7 c4 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. h3 Qe4 25. Bxd6+ Kg8
26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. Rfxf7 Bxc3 28. Rfc7 e3 29. Rxc4 Rh7 30. Rxh7
e2 31. Bg3 e1=Q+ 32. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 Be5+ 34. g3 Re2+
35. Kg1 Kxh7 36. Rg4 Ra2 37. h4 Bf6 38. h5 Bg5 39. Re4 Kg7
40. Re6 Kf7 41. Rc6 Bf6 42. Kf1 Ra5 43. g4 Ra4 44. Rc7+ Be7
45. Rc6 Bg5 46. Kg2 Rxg4+ 47. Kf3 Rh4 48. Rc7+ Ke6 49. Rc6+
Kd5 50. Ra6 Rxh5 51. Ra5+ Kc6 52. Ra6+ Kb5 53. Re6 Rh3+
54. Kg4 Rh4+ 55. Kf5 Rf4+ 56. Kg6 Kc5 57. Re2 Rf6+ 58. Kh5 Kd5
59. Re1 Bf4 60. Re2 Kd6 61. Re1 Kd7 62. Rg1 Ra6 63. Rg7+ Ke8
64. Rg6 Ra5+ 65. Kh4 Bg5+ 66. Kg4 Ra4+ 67. Kg3 Kf7 68. Rc6 h5
69. Kh3 Ra3+ 70. Kg2 Bf6 71. Rc4 Kg6 72. Rf4 Kg5 73. Rf3 Ra4
74. Rg3+ Rg4 75. Kh3 Be5 76. Rb3 Rh4+ 77. Kg2 Rh2+ 78. Kg1 Rc2
79. Rb5 Kf5 80. Rb4 Bf4 81. Rb7 h4 82. Rg7 Be5 83. Kh1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "12.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Nf3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. c3 O-O
12. Bc2 Re8 13. h4 Qa5 14. a4 Rad8 15. b4 Qc7 16. a5 Bd6
17. Bb3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Nd5 19. Ra2 e5 20. Rae2 Re6 21. Bg5 Rde8
22. c4 Nxb4 23. d5 Rd6 24. Rf2 Nc5 25. Ref1 f6 26. Bd2 Nbd3
27. Ba2 Nxf2 28. Qxf2 Ne4 29. Qe3 Nxd2 30. c5 Nxf1 31. cxd6
Qxd6 32. Qxa7 Qa3 33. dxc6+ Qxa2 34. cxb7 Ne3 35. Qxe3 Qb1+
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "22.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. Qd3 Bd7 9. d5 Nb4 10. Qd1 a5 11. Be3 e5 12. dxe6
Bxe6 13. b3 Qc8 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Qd2 Ng4 17. Bd4
Bh6 18. f4 c5 19. Bf2 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Bg7 21. Nb5 Rd8 22. e4 Be6
23. Nxd6 Qd7 24. e5 Qe7 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qe3 Rab8 27. a3 Na6
28. Qe4 b6 29. Rd2 Nc7 30. Rcd1 Ne8 31. h4 Bf8 32. Nxe8 Qxe8
33. Bh3 Kf7 34. h5 Rd4 35. Qf3 Qe7 36. Qc6 Rbd8 37. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "23.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8
7. dxc5 e5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qa3 a5 11. Bb5 Be7
12. Qa4 Bxc5 13. Ne2 Rg8 14. Qh4 Ke7 15. Ng3 Rg4 16. Qxh7 Qh8
17. Qxh8 Rxh8 18. Bd3 e4 19. Be2 Rgh4 20. Ngf1 f5 21. Nb3 Bb6
22. g3 Rh3 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Rc8 25. Kd2 a4 26. Rc1 Ba5+
27. Kd1 Rxc1+ 28. Kxc1 Be1 29. f3 f4 30. exf4 Bf2 31. a3 Bxd4
32. Nd2 f5 33. Bf1 Rh8 34. Be2 Bf2 35. fxe4 fxe4 36. g4 Be3
37. f5 Bf7 38. Kd1 Bg5 39. h3 Be8 40. Bf1 Bc6 41. Bg2 Kd6
42. Re1 Kc5 43. Re2 Bb5 44. Rxe4 Bxd2 45. Re5 Bf4 46. Rxd5+
Kb6 47. f6 Bc6 48. Rf5 Rd8+ 49. Ke2 Bb5+ 50. Kf2 Bc1 51. f7
Rf8 52. g5 Bxb2 53. g6 Bd3 54. Rg5 Bg7 55. h4 Ka6 56. h5 b5
57. Rd5 Bc4 58. Rd6+ Ka5 59. Rc6 Bxf7 60. gxf7 Rxf7+ 61. Ke2
Bb2 62. h6 Bxa3 63. Be4 Bb2 64. Rc8 a3 65. Ra8+ Kb4 66. Bd3
Re7+ 67. Kd1 Rd7 68. Kc2 Rc7+ 69. Kd2 Bc1+ 70. Kd1 Bxh6
71. Bxb5 Rc1+ 72. Ke2 Rc2+ 73. Kd3 Rc3+ 74. Kd4 Bg7+ 75. Kd5
Kxb5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "24.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6
7. O-O d6 8. d3 Ba7 9. b3 Be6 10. Nd5 Ne8 11. Kh1 Qd7 12. Bb2
Nd8 13. d4 c6 14. Ndc3 Qc7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ba3 c5 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Qd3 Nc6 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Qc2 h5 22. Bb2
Qc8 23. Nc3 h4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Nb4 26. Qe2 Rxd1+
27. Qxd1 h3 28. Bf3 Qf5 29. Kg1 g5 30. g4 Qe6 31. Ne4 Nxe4
32. Bxe4 Kg7 33. Qf3 Nc6 34. Qxh3 Qf6 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Bd5 Bb8
37. Qe4 Bc7 38. Ba3 Bb6 39. Bb2 Bc7 40. a3 Ke7 41. Kg2 Bb8
42. Bc3 Bc7 43. b4 cxb4 44. axb4 Nd8 45. Bxb7 Qd6 46. Bd5 f6
47. Qh7+ Ke8 48. Qg8+ Kd7 49. c5 Qe7 50. Qg6 Kc8 51. Qd3 e4
52. Qxa6+ Kd7 53. Qa4+ Kc8 54. Qa8+ Kd7 55. Bxe4 Ne6 56. Bc6#
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "25.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 c5 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Bf4 d5
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rc1 Nb4 15. a3 Nc6 16. b4 Be7
17. Qd3 f5 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Qa6 Rd8 20. b5 Na5 21. Qxa7 Nc4
22. Ne5 Ra8 23. Qd7 Nxe5 24. Qxe8 Rfxe8 25. Bxe5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2
Bxa3 27. Rc6 Bf8 28. Rxb6 Ra2 29. Kf1 Ra4 30. Rb7 Re4 31. f4
Rb4 32. Rdd7 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Rc8 34. Bxg7 Rc2 35. Rd8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "27.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Rauf Mamedov"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. c4 exd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. e4 Nc6 10. Nde2 a5 11. Rb1 Nc5
12. b3 Ne5 13. f4 Nc6 14. Be3 Re8 15. Qd2 Bg4 16. Nd4 Bd7
17. Ndb5 Nb4 18. a3 Nc6 19. e5 Bf5 20. Rbd1 Nxb3 21. Qf2 Bg4
22. Rb1 a4 23. Nxa4 Rxa4 24. Rxb3 dxe5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Bd4
Be6 27. Rc3 c6 28. Bb6 Qd7 29. Nc7 Ng4 30. Qc2 Bf5 31. Qxa4
Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Re2 33. Bxd4 Qxd4 34. Rcf3 Qd2 35. Qa8+ Kg7
36. Ne8+ Kh6 37. Nf6 Rxg2 38. Qf8+ Kg5 39. Nxh7+ Kh5 40. Nf6+
Kg5 41. Nh7+ Kh5 42. Nf6+ Kg5 43. Nh7+ Kh5 44. Rxf5+ gxf5
45. Rxf5+ Kg6 46. Qxf7+ Kh6 47. Rh5# 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "28.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. h3 Bb7 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. c3 d6 9. Bh2 Nbd7 10. a4 a6 11. Nbd2 Ne4
12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 b5 16. axb5
axb5 17. Nb3 Nb6 18. Na5 Bd7 19. Bf3 d5 20. Nb7 Qc8 21. Nc5
Bc6 22. Qc2 Nc4 23. Bg3 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Qb7 25. Qc3 Ra4 26. Be2
Rfa8 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Rb1 Bb5 30. Qe5 h6
31. Kh2 Ra3 32. Qd6 Ra6 33. Qe5 f6 34. Qf4 e5 35. Qf5 Qf7
36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qb8 Qd7 38. Rd1 c3 39. f4 d4 40. fxe5 d3
41. exf6 Rxf6 42. Be5 c2 43. Ra1 Ra6 44. c6 Qxc6 45. Qf8 Qd7
46. Rf1 Bc4 47. Qb8 d2 48. Rf8 d1=Q 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. Bg3 c1=Q
51. Bf4 Qg1+ 52. Kg3 Qce1+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Savchenko"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Ne3 Qf6
7. Qe2 Be6 8. c3 Nc6 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. g3 Qg6 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Bg2 f5 13. f3 exf3 14. Qxf3 Bd6 15. O-O Rhf8 16. Qe2 f4
17. d5 Bc5 18. dxc6 fxe3 19. Bxe3 Bg4 20. Qb5 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1
Bb6 22. a4 Rf5 23. Qb4 a5 24. Qc4 bxc6 25. Bxc6 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1
Be2 27. Qxe2 Qxc6+ 28. Qf3 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6
7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Ne5 Ne7 10. e3 Ng6 11. Bg3 Qe7
12. Qh5 O-O 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. f4 Bxe5 15. fxe5 f6 16. O-O fxe5
17. dxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Ndxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qf3 Be6
21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Ne2 Re8 23. b4 Bf5 24. g4 Be4 25. Qf7+ Kh7
26. Nd4 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. g5 Kg8 29. h4 Bd3 30. Rf3 Re4
31. Kf2 Rxh4 32. Kg3 Re4 33. a3 Re5 34. Kf4 Re7 35. Kg3 Be4
36. Rf1 Bf5 37. Rf3 Re4 38. Kf2 Rh4 39. Rg3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "34"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6
12. Qb3 e6 13. O-O Be7 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Rac1 Nh5 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Ne2 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 Qa5 19. a3 c5 20. Qb7 Bd6 21. dxc5 Bxf4
22. exf4 Rab8 23. Qe7 Rxb2 24. c6 Qd8 25. Qc5 Qc7 26. f5 Rb5
27. Qd4 e5 28. Qg4 f6 29. Rc2 Rd8 30. h4 d4 31. Rd1 d3
32. Qc4+ Kh8 33. Rcd2 e4 34. Qxe4 Re5 35. Qf3 Rde8 36. g3 Rc5
37. Rxd3 Qxc6 38. Rd8 Qa4 39. Qg4 Qc6 40. Qf3 Qa4 41. Qa8
Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates Final"]
[Site "0:05:33-0:00:33"]
[Date "2011.05.25"]
[EventDate "2011.05.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.b3 a4
14.Rb1 axb3 15.axb3 Qc8 16.Kh2 Ra5 17.Rd1 Rh5 18.Nh4 Bf6 19.f4
Rd8 20.Qf2 Bxh4 21.gxh4 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Rhxd5 23.Bb2 Rb5 24.Qe2
Rh5 25.e4 Bxb3 26.Rdc1 Na5 27.d5 b6 28.Be5 c5 29.dxc6 f6
30.Ba1 Rc5 31.Rxc5 bxc5 32.Qb5 Qc7 33.Rxb3 Nxc6 34.e5 Nd4
35.Qc4+ 1-0

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

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

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "131"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.07"]
[EventDate "2011.05.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.f4
Nc6 14.f5 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Kh8 16.Be3 Nf6 17.Qh3 d5 18.e5 Qxe5
19.Rh4 Rfc8 20.Kh1 Rxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc3 22.Rd4 a5 23.Rd3 Qc6
24.c3 a4 25.Bc2 e5 26.Bg5 b4 27.Qh4 bxc3 28.Rh3 Kg8 29.Re1 e4
30.g4 Kf8 31.Be3 Qc4 32.g5 Bxf5 33.gxf6 Bxf6 34.Qh5 Bg6 35.Qg4
Qxa2 36.Bb1 Qc4 37.Qg2 a3 38.Ba2 Qc6 39.Rg3 Rb8 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3
e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 d6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 b6
12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. c3 e5 15. f5 a6 16. Na3 d5 17. Nd2
Qd8 18. Bf2 d4 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Nb3 Nd7 21. Kh1 Bxa3 22. Rxa3
Nc5 23. Bc4 Na5 24. Nxa5 bxa5 25. Qh5 Qc7 26. Bd5 Bxd5
27. exd5 Ne4 28. Bg1 Qc4 29. Raa1 Qxd5 30. Rad1 d3 31. Qf3
Rad8 32. Rfe1 Nf6 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34. c4 Rd7 35. Bb6 e4 36. c5
Rc8 37. h3 h5 38. Kg1 h4 39. Bxa5 Rxc5 40. Bc3 Rc4 41. Bxf6
gxf6 42. b3 Rb4 43. Kf2 Rd5 44. Ke3 Rxf5 45. Rc1 Rg5 46. Rc4
Rxc4 47. bxc4 Rxg2 48. c5 Re2+ 49. Rxe2 dxe2 50. Kxe2 Kf8 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. a3 Nh5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Ne5 g6
12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Be4 Qd7 14. Nc4 c5 15. Ne5 Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7
17. O-O Rfd8 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bf6 21. dxc5
bxc5 22. Rab1 Rab8 23. Rfc1 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Bxb2 25. Rxc5 Rd1+
26. Kh2 Rd5 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. a4 Kf8 29. Ne1 Ke7 30. Nd3 Bc3
31. g4 Kd6 32. Kg3 Kc6 33. Kf3 Kb6 34. Nf4 Ka5 35. Nxd5 Bg7
36. Ne7 Kxa4 37. Nc6 a5 38. Ke4 Kb5 39. Nxa5 Kxa5 40. Kd5 g5
41. Kd6 Bc3 42. Ke7 f6 43. f4 Kb5 44. Kf7 Kc4 45. Kg7 Kd3
46. Kh6 gxf4 47. exf4 Ke4 48. g3 Kf3 49. g5 f5 50. Kxh7 Kxg3
0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. b3 e6
7. Bb2 h6 8. c4 d6 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. e4 g4 12. Nh4 f4
13. e5 f3 14. Bxf3 gxf3 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Ndxf3 Bd7 17. Rae1
Be8 18. Re3 Bh5 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Bc3 Nd8 21. d5 e5 22. Rf1
Nf7 23. Nd2 Qd8 24. Ng6 Bxg6 25. Qxg6 Ng5 26. Ne4 Nf3+ 27. Kg2
Nd4 28. Bd2 Kh8 29. Rd3 Nf5 30. Rf3 Qd7 31. Qh5 Kg8 32. Kh1 b5
33. g4 Nd4 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Bxh6 bxc4 36. bxc4 Nf3 37. Qg6
Nh4 38. Qxg7+ Qxg7 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 40. Ng5 Rb8 41. Ne6+ Kg6
42. Nxc7 Rc8 43. Nb5 Rxc4 44. Nxd6 Rc2 45. Nf5 Nf3 46. Kg2 e4
47. Rd1 Ne5 48. d6 Nd7 49. Rd4 Rxa2 50. Rxe4 Rd2 51. h4 a5
52. Re6+ Nf6 53. g5 Kxf5 54. Rxf6+ Ke5 55. h5 a4 56. h6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Bf4 d6 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O
12. e3 c4 13. Qd1 Na6 14. a4 Nb4 15. axb5 Bf5 16. Bxc4 Rfc8
17. b3 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Nc2+ 19. Qxc2 Bxc2 20. Bd4 Qd8 21. O-O Qe7
22. Rfc1 Bf5 23. e4 Bd7 24. h3 Nf6 25. d6 Qd8 26. e5 Nh5
27. Nd5 Kf8 28. Be3 Ng7 29. Bg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.10.03"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qf4 11. Qc2 O-O
12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Bd7 14. b4 Bxa1 15. Rxa1 Bc6 16. Nd6 Nd7
17. Qc1 Qf6 18. Rb1 g5 19. Qe3 Rad8 20. Nd4 a6 21. Re1 Ne5
22. h3 Ba4 23. Qa3 Nc6 24. Nf3 Bc2 25. b5 axb5 26. cxb5 Ra8
27. Qc1 Nb4 28. Qd2 Qf4 29. Qxf4 gxf4 30. Nxb7 Rxa2 31. c6
Rfa8 32. Nd6 Bd3 33. Bxd3 Nxd3 34. Rf1 Rc2 35. Nd4 Rc5 36. b6
Nb4 37. c7 Rf8 38. Rb1 Na6 39. N4b5 Rc6 40. b7 Nxc7 41. Nxc7
Rxd6 42. b8=Q Rxb8 43. Rxb8+ Kh7 44. Rb4 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 e5
46. Ne8 f5 47. Rb7+ Kg6 48. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5
7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. Ne5 O-O 9. a3 Nc6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. axb4 Bb7
12. O-O a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Rxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd2 Qa7 16. Nxc4
Rd8 17. Rd1 c5 18. Qa5 Qxa5 19. Nxa5 Ba8 20. Nb3 cxd4 21. Rxd4
Rb8 22. Nc5 g5 23. Nc3 Kg7 24. Nd3 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. f3 f5
27. Kf2 Kf6 28. Ke3 Rb6 29. Kd2 h6 30. e4 fxe4 31. fxe4 Ba8
32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Rb4 Ra6 34. Rb8 Ra4 35. b4 Kd6 36. Rb6+ Kc7
37. Rxe6 Bc6 38. Rxh6 Bb5 39. Nc5 Rxb4 40. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2
Be6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. O-O-O Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qa5 16. Qf2 Rc6 17. g3
O-O 18. f4 Nd7 19. h4 g4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc5 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 23. Kb1 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Bg2 Qc5 26. Qe2 Nf6
27. Qxe7 b5 28. Qb7 Re8 29. Rc1 Qf2 30. Bd5 Nxd5 31. Qxd5 Re1
32. Qxd6 Qxg3 33. Qd4+ Kg8 34. b3 Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1 Qxh4 36. Kd2
g3 37. Ke3 Qg4 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qd3+
Qg6 42. Kf3 g2 43. Qxg6+ Kxg6 44. Kxg2 b4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Rc1 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Na3 Bb7
12. Bb4 Bxb4 13. Qxb4 a6 14. e3 Rc8 15. Bf1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8
17. Nb1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. Nc3 Qf8 20. Qb3 h6 21. Ne1 Qc8
22. Nc2 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 b5 26. a4 bxa4
27. Be2 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke1 f5 30. Kd2 g5 31. c4 e5
32. Kc3 f4 33. h3 exd4+ 34. Nxd4 f3 35. Bf1 Nc5 36. Kb4 Nd3+
37. Bxd3 exd3 38. Kc3 Be4 39. c5 Kd7 40. g4 Kc7 41. Kd2 a3
42. Nb3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Anand-Gelfand World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.20"]
[EventDate "2012.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 b6
8.cxb6 Nxb6 9.Bd2 c5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Bd3
h6 14.Bh4 Bb7 15.O-O Qb8 16.Bg3 Rc8 17.Qe2 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Qd6
19.Rc2 Nbd7 20.Rfc1 Rab8 21.Na4 Ne4 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Qc2 g5
24.Qc7 Qxc7 25.Rxc7 f6 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Nd2 f5 28.Nc4 Nf6
29.Nc5 Nd5 30.Ra7 Nb4 31.Ne5 Nc2 32.Nc6 Rxb2 33.Rc7 Rb1+
34.Kh2 e3 35.Rxc8+ Kh7 36.Rc7+ Kh8 37.Ne5 e2 38.Nxe6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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. Nb3 Nc6 11. Qd2 Be6
12. O-O-O h5 13. f3 h4 14. Be1 Nge5 15. Kb1 Ng6 16. Bf2 Na5
17. Nd5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Ne5 20. Be3 h3 21. Bxg5
hxg2 22. Bxg2 Qb6 23. f4 Ng4 24. e5 Nf2 25. exd6 Nxd1 26. d7+
Kf8 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. f5 Rxh2 29. Qe4 Bf6 30. Be3 Qb5 31. Qxb7
Qe2 32. Rd3 Rxg2 33. Qc8 Qe1+ 34. Bc1 e6 35. fxe6 Rg1 36. Qc5+
Be7 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. Rxe3 fxe6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O b6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qc7 11. Bg5 Bb7
12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. Bc1 f5 15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. c5
Rad8 17. Bg5 Rb8 18. Bc4 h6 19. Bd2 Rbd8 20. Qc1 bxc5 21. dxc5
Re4 22. b3 Kh7 23. Bc3 Bc8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ f6 26. Bd3
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Ne6 28. b4 Ng5 29. Bc4 Ne4 30. Qc2 Qf4 31. Bf1
Nd2 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Re3 Nxf3+ 34. Rxf3 Qxb4 35. Rb3 Qe4
36. Qc1 Kg7 37. Re3 Qd5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "185"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6
7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 b6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Ne5
Bxe5 13. dxe5 c5 14. f3 Ng5 15. Nf4 Rd8 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Qe2
a5 18. Rfd1 Ra7 19. Bxf5 Bxf3 20. Bxh7+ Nxh7 21. Qxf3 Rad7
22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Qg4 Na6 24. Rf1 Nc7 25. Nh5 Kh8 26. Qg6 Rf8
27. Nf4 Kg8 28. Qc2 Rd8 29. Bc3 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Qxd5 31. Qg6 Rf8
32. Rc1 Rf5 33. e4 Qxe4 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Re1 Qf4 36. h3 Ng5
37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qg4 Qxg4 40. hxg4 Rf7 41. Rd1
Re7 42. Rd6 Ne4 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. Bb2 b5 45. Ra8 b4 46. Rxa5
Rd7 47. Ra6 Ng5 48. Rd6 Ra7 49. Bc1 Ne6 50. Rd2 Nd4 51. Kf2
Ke6 52. Ke3 Nb5 53. Rc2 Kd5 54. Kd3 Rd7 55. e6 Kxe6+ 56. Ke4
Nc3+ 57. Kf4 Rd3 58. Kg5 Kf7 59. Kh5 Rd1 60. g5 g6+ 61. Kg4
Ke6 62. Bd2 Ne4 63. Be3 Kd5 64. g3 Nc3 65. Bf4 c4 66. Rh2 cxb3
67. axb3 Re1 68. Rh8 Kd4 69. Rd8+ Nd5 70. Rd6 Rb1 71. Rxg6
Rxb3 72. Rg8 Ra3 73. Rb8 Ra6 74. Kh5 Ke4 75. g6 Kf5 76. g7
Nf6+ 77. Kh4 b3 78. g8=Q Nxg8 79. Rxg8 Rb6 80. Rg5+ Ke4
81. Be5 b2 82. Bxb2 Rxb2 83. g4 Rh2+ 84. Kg3 Rh8 85. Ra5 Rg8
86. g5 Ke3 87. Kg4 Ke4 88. Ra6 Ke5 89. g6 Rb8 90. Kg5 Rb1
91. g7 Rg1+ 92. Kh6 Kf5 93. Kh7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. d4
cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. h3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nc6
12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bc3 Nxd5
17. Bxg7 Ne3 18. Rxe3 Kxg7 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. Qb2+ Kg8 21. Rd1 b5
22. cxb5 Qxb5 23. h4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 dxe5 26. Re2
Rc7 27. Rd5 f6 28. f3 Kf7 29. Kf2 Rfc8 30. Ra5 Rc6 31. Rd2 Rb6
32. Ra4 Ke6 33. Rd5 h5 34. Rda5 Rcc6 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. Kd3 Rd6+
37. Kc2 Ke6 38. Rc4 Rb7 39. Rac5 Rbd7 40. Rc6 g5 41. hxg5 fxg5
42. b4 Rb7 43. a3 h4 44. R4c5 Rb8 45. Kb3 g4 46. fxg4 Rg8
47. Rxd6+ exd6 48. Rc2 Rxg4 49. Ka4 Rxe4 50. Ka5 d5 51. Kxa6
d4 52. b5 d3 53. Ra2 Ra4+ 54. Kb7 e4 55. b6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 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. Kb1 Nf6 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Nd2 Kb8 15. Nb3 Nfd7 16. f3
g6 17. g4 h5 18. Qh2+ Ka8 19. Qg3 Qb4 20. a3 Qe7 21. Rc1 Rc8
22. Ne2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Nd2 c5 25. Ne4 hxg4 26. hxg4
Rxh1 27. Rxh1 a6 28. N2c3 cxd4 29. exd4 Nb6 30. Qe5 Nd7
31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. Nxd6 Rc6 33. Rh8+ Nb8 34. Rd8 Rc7 35. d5 Bd7
36. Rf8 f5 37. g5 b5 38. Rg8 f4 39. Rxg6 Bh3 40. Rf6 Rg7
41. Nce4 Nd7 42. Rxf4 Bg2 43. Nf5 Rg8 44. Ne3 Bh1 45. Nf6 Rxg5
46. Nxd7 Kb7 47. Rf7 Kc7 48. Nc5+ Kb6 49. Ne4 Re5 50. Rf6+ Kc7
51. d6+ Kc6 52. Ng4 Rd5 53. Rf7 Bg2 54. Ne3 Bxf3 55. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3
g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. d3 Nb6 10. Qb3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5
12. O-O Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Rac1
Nc8 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Nd4 b5 19. Nc6 Qd6 20. a4 bxc4 21. dxc4
Qd7 22. Bc5 Re8 23. h3 h5 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Bd4 Rb8 26. Qc3 Qb7
27. Re2 Qb3 28. Qd2 Nd6 29. Nc6 Nxc4 30. Qf4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Nd6
32. Nxb8 Qxb8 33. b4 Bd7 34. a5 Bb5 35. Rec2 Qd8 36. Rc7 e5
37. dxe6 Rxe6 38. Qf4 Qf6 39. Qxf6 Rxf6 40. Re1 Rf4 41. Rd1
Nf5 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rb8 Rxb4 44. Rbb7 Nh6 45. f3 h4 46. Kf2
Ra4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 dxc4
7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Bh5
12. Rac1 a5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Nc5 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. b3 Rfd8
17. Nb1 Nfe4 18. Bc7 Rdc8 19. Bf4 Rd8 20. Be3 Bg5 21. f4 Bf6
22. Nd2 Nc3 23. Bxc5 Nxe2+ 24. Kf2 Nxc1 25. Be3 Nxa2 26. Rh1
Bd4 27. Ne4 Nb4 28. Bf1 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Be2 Ra2 31. Rb1
Nc2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6
7. O-O Bg4 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rad1 Nd7
12. Bc1 Qa5 13. a3 Qc5 14. Nd5 Qxe3 15. Nxe3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4
17. Bg4 Nc5 18. Bf3 Ncb3 19. Nd5 e6 20. Nb6 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Rad8
22. b4 f5 23. Rcd1 Be5 24. c5 dxc5 25. bxc5 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Bd4
27. exf5 Rxf5 28. Rfe1 Rxc5 29. Kf1 Rc2 30. Rxe6 Rxf2+ 31. Ke1
Rxh2 32. Kf1 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Re1 e5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qe8 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Bf1 a6 12. a4
Nf4 13. Nc4 Kh7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nfxe5 dxe5 16. f3 Be6
17. Qc2 Qc6 18. Ne3 b5 19. Rec1 bxa4 20. c4 Rfb8 21. Nd5 Bf8
22. Rxa4 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Bd4 24. b4 a5 25. b5 Qc5 26. Be7 Qa7
27. Nxf4 exf4 28. c5 c6 29. Bd6 Be3 30. b6 Qd7 31. Rb1 Rb7
32. Qc3 Qd8 33. Rxa5 Rxa5 34. Qxa5 Qh4 35. Ba6 Bf2 36. Qd2 Bg3
37. h3 Rd7 38. b7 Rxd6 39. cxd6 Bf2 40. Bf1 Qg3 41. b8=Q Bxh3
42. Qxf2 Qxf2 43. gxh3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 h5
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 b5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb6 16. Bxb6
Qxb6 17. Na5 Rc8 18. Bd3 Rc5 19. Be4 b4 20. Nc6 a5 21. Rhe1 g6
22. f4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Re2 e4 25. h3 Bf6 26. Qe3 h4
27. g4 hxg3 28. Qxg3 Kf7 29. Rg2 Rh6 30. h4 Rc3 31. Qe1 Rh3
32. Qg1 Qxg1 33. Rdxg1 R3xh4 34. Nxa5 Bd4 35. Rd1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Nikolai Chadaev"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O e6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. c5 Nf6 16. Qc2 Ba6
17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Be5 bxc5 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. dxc5 Rb8 23. a3 Qb7 24. b4 Qe7 25. Rd3 Qf6 26. Re1
Rbc8 27. Rf3 Qd4 28. Rd1 Qh4 29. Qb2+ Kg8 30. Nd6 Rb8 31. Rd4
Qh6 32. Nc4 Qg7 33. Qd2 Rfd8 34. Rfd3 Rd7 35. h4 Rbd8 36. Nd6
h5 37. Re4 Qa1+ 38. Re1 Qf6 39. g3 Qg7 40. Qg5 a5 41. bxa5 Ra8
42. Nc4 Rb7 43. Qd2 Rb5 44. Nb6 Raxa5 45. a4 Rxc5 46. Nd7 Rc3
47. Ne5 Rxd3 48. Qxd3 Rxa4 49. Qb3 Ra8 50. Qb7 Rf8 51. Qxc6
Ne7 52. Qc5 Nf5 53. Rd1 Ra8 54. Rd7 Qf8 55. Qc7 Ra1+ 56. Kh2
Qa8 57. Rd8+ Qxd8 58. Qxd8+ Kg7 59. Qd7 Nh6 60. Qd4 Ra2
61. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Kotsur"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Qd3 Bg5
12. Rd1 O-O 13. c3 Kh8 14. O-O Rc8 15. Bf3 g6 16. g3 f5
17. Qe2 Bh6 18. Bg2 b5 19. Nb4 Bc4 20. Nd3 fxe4 21. Qxe4 d5
22. Qg4 e4 23. Nb4 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Nf6 25. Qh4 Kg7 26. Nd4 Qb6
27. Nbc2 Rce8 28. Re1 Re5 29. g4 Bf4 30. Ne2 g5 31. Qh3 Qe6
32. f3 exf3 33. Bxf3 Bd2 34. Ncd4 Be3+ 35. Kg2 Bxd4 36. Nxd4
Qe8 37. Nf5+ Kh8 38. Qh6 Rf7 39. Nd6 Rxe1 40. Nxe8 Rxe8
41. Qxg5 Ref8 42. Qe5 Kg8 43. g5 Nd7 44. Qxd5 Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kg6
46. Be4+ Kh5 47. Kg3 Kxg5 48. h4+ Kh6 49. Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nd7 4. Nf3 Ngf6 5. Nxf6+ Nxf6
6. Bc4 Bg4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Ne5+ Ke8 9. Nxg4 Qd5 10. O-O e6
11. Re1 Bd6 12. d4 Rd8 13. c3 a6 14. Ne3 Qc6 15. Nf5 Kf7
16. Nxd6+ cxd6 17. Bg5 Qd5 18. Bh4 Rhe8 19. Re3 Kg8 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Rg3 Re7 23. a3 b5 24. Re1 Rf8 25. Qh4 e5
26. h3 Ref7 27. Qh5 Qb3 28. Qe2 a5 29. Kh2 Qd5 30. Qh5 Qb3
31. Re4 Qxb2 32. Reg4 Qa2 33. Qh6 Qxf2 34. dxe5 dxe5 35. Rg7
Qf5 36. Rf3 Qe4 37. Rg4 Qb7 38. Rfg3 Qc7 39. Kh1 f5 40. Rh4 f4
41. Rd3 e4 42. Rd1 f3 43. gxf3 Rxf3 44. Rg4 Qxc3 45. Kh2 Qb2+
46. Rg2 Qe5+ 47. Kh1 e3 48. Rdg1 Rf1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Rinat Jumabayev"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 e5
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nb5 Nc6 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6 10. Bb5 e4 11. Nd4 O-O
12. f4 Bg4 13. Be2 Nb4 14. O-O Nd3 15. Bc3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qd7
17. h3 b5 18. Rab1 Rfc8 19. g4 a5 20. g5 Ne8 21. Qh5 b4
22. Ba1 Rc7 23. f5 Rac8 24. Kg2 Rc1 25. Rbxc1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
Nxc1 27. g6 Nf6 28. gxf7+ Qxf7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nc6 Nxa2
31. Nxa5 Nc1 32. Bd4 Ne8 33. Be5 Nd3 34. Nc6 Ne1+ 35. Kf2 Nf3
36. d4 Nd2 37. Nxb4 Nxb3 38. Nxd5 Nc1 39. Nc3 Nd3+ 40. Kg3 Nf6
41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. Nxe4+ Kxf5 43. Nc5 Nb4 44. e4+ Kf6 45. Kf4
g5+ 46. Kg4 Kg6 47. d5 h5+ 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Nd3+
Nxd3 51. Kxd3 g4 52. hxg4 h4 53. Ke3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. d4 Nd7 6. Nbd2 Ngf6
7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. c3 c5 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxc5
Nxc5 13. Nb3 Nc7 14. Be3 N7a6 15. Nbd4 Ne4 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh2
Bg5 18. f4 Bh4 19. Rf1 Ng3 20. f5 exf5 21. gxf5 Bh5 22. Nhf3
Nxf1 23. Qxf1 Bg3 24. f6 g6 25. Ne2 Bxf3 26. Nxg3 Bxg2 27. Qf4
Kh8 28. Kxg2 Nc7 29. Rd1 Ne6 30. Qh6 Qa5 31. Rd4 g5 32. Nf5
Rg8 33. Ne7 Qxa2 34. Rb4 Qb1 35. Rxb7 Qd3 36. Nxg8 Rxg8
37. Rxf7 Qe2+ 38. Kh1 Qf3+ 39. Kh2 Qe2+ 40. Kh1 Qd1+ 41. Kh2
Qc2+ 42. Kh1 Qe4+ 43. Kh2 g4 44. Bf2 Nf4 45. Rxh7+ Qxh7
46. Qxf4 Qxh3+ 47. Kg1 g3 48. Be3 Qh2+ 49. Kf1 g2+ 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "2.37"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Erald Dervishi"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. b4 Ng6 11. b5 Qd6
12. Nf4 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Qb3 Bf5 16. Rfc1
Rad8 17. a4 g5 18. Nh5 Nxh5 19. Bxh5 g4 20. Qd1 Qd7 21. Ne2
Bg6 22. Nf4 f5 23. Rc3 Bxh5 24. Nxh5 Rf8 25. Rac1 c6 26. bxc6
bxc6 27. Nf4 Rf6 28. Qc2 Qe8 29. Rb1 Rb8 30. Rcb3 Rxb3
31. Rxb3 Ng6 32. Nh5 Rf8 33. g3 Ne7 34. Rb7 Qxh5 35. Rxe7 Rf7
36. Re8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qc5+ Kg8 39. Qxa7 Qe8 40. a5
Qe4 41. Qb8+ Kf7 42. Qb7+ Kf6 43. Qxc6+ Kg5 44. Qb5 f4
45. gxf4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.21"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

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.a4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Kh1 f5
13.f4 a6 14.Na3 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ne5 16.Qd2 Bd7 17.Qb4 Rb8 18.c4
a5 19.Qb3 Ng6 20.Be3 b6 21.Nb5 Bxb5 22.axb5 Bg5 23.Bg1 Ne5
24.Qa3 Bd2 25.Rad1 Bb4 26.Qh3 Qg5 27.Be3 Qf6 28.Bd4 Bc5 29.Bc3
Qg5 30.Bxe5 dxe5 31.g4 fxg4 32.Qxg4 Qxg4 33.Bxg4 Bd6 34.Be6+
Kh8 35.Kg2 g6 36.b3 Kg7 37.h3 e4 38.Bg4 h5 39.Be2 Rf6 40.Rde1
Rf5 41.Bd1 Rbf8 42.Rxf5 gxf5 43.Bxh5 Kf6 44.Rh1 Kg5 45.Bd1 Kh4
46.Rf1 Rg8+ 47.Kh1 Rg5 48.Bc2 Kxh3 49.Rf2 Kg3 50.Rh2 Rg4
51.Rg2+ Kf4 52.Rf2+ Kg5 53.Rd2 Rg3 54.Re2 Rh3+ 55.Kg1 Kf4
56.Kg2 Rh2+ 57.Kf1 Rxe2 58.Kxe2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O
O-O 8.Qc2 b6 9.Bf4 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.Nc3 b5
13.a4 Qb6 14.axb5 Bxb5 15.Nxb5 Qxb5 16.Bf1 a5 17.e3 Qb7 18.Qc6
Qxc6 19.Rxc6 a4 20.Bb5 a3 21.bxa3 Bxa3 22.Rc7 Nb6 23.Rb7 Nc4
24.Bxc4 dxc4 25.Rc7 h6 26.Rxc4 g5 27.Be5 Ne4 28.g4 Be7 29.Rxa8
Rxa8 30.Rc2 f6 31.Bg3 Kf7 32.Kg2 h5 33.gxh5 Rh8 34.Rc7 g4
35.Ne1 Rxh5 36.Nd3 Rb5 37.h3 gxh3+ 38.Kxh3 Ke8 39.Ra7 Rb3
40.Nf4 Nxg3 41.Kxg3 Bd6 42.Kf3 Bxf4 43.Kxf4 Rb2 44.f3 Rh2
45.Ke4 Rh3 46.Rb7 Kf8 47.Rd7 Ke8 48.Rc7 Kf8 49.f4 f5+ 50.Ke5
Rxe3+ 51.Kf6 Kg8 52.Rg7+ Kf8 53.Rh7 Kg8 54.Rh1 Re4 55.Rd1 Kh7
56.Kf7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.27"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.b3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6
7.Bb2 b6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb7 10.Nd2 f6 11.Qg4 Kf7 12.Rad1 Qc7
13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Bd4 b5 16.f4 Be7 17.c3 Rf8 18.b4
d6 19.Bf2 e5 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.Rfe1 Be8 22.Qf3 Bf7 23.c4 h5 24.c5
dxc5 25.Bxc5 exf4 26.Qxf4 Bxa2 27.e5 Bxc5+ 28.Rxc5 fxe5
29.Qxe5 Rh6 30.Nf3 Re6 31.Qa1 Rxe1+ 32.Qxe1 Qb6 33.Qe3 Bd5
34.Ng5 Qf6 35.Nf3 Bxf3 36.gxf3 Qxf3 37.Qxf3 Rxf3 38.Kg2 Rf4
39.Rc6 Rxb4 40.Rxa6 Rc4 41.Rb6 b4 42.Rb7 Kh7 43.Rb6 g6 44.Kg3
h4+ 45.Kf3 Kh6 46.Rb5 g5 47.h3 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. f4 Ng4 10. Bd4 Nf6 11. Bb5+ Bd7
12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O c6 15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. Qe1
Rfd8 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. e5 Nfd7 19. Qh4 Nf8 20. Rce1 Ne6 21. Be3
Nc4 22. Qf2 b6 23. Bc1 Nc5 24. Qe2 Nd3 25. Rd1 Nxc1 26. Rxd8+
Rxd8 27. Rxc1 Bh6 28. Ne4 b5 29. g3 f5 30. exf6 exf6 31. b3 f5
32. Nf2 Re8 33. Qd3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "193"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 a6
7. a4 Bd6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O cxd4
12. exd4 Qc7 13. Bb3 b6 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. d5 e5 16. Nd2 e4
17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qf4 20. Be7 Qxe4 21. Re1
Qf4 22. Rc4 Qxf2 23. Kxh2 Bb7 24. Bc2 b5 25. Re2 Qb6 26. a5
Qxa5 27. Qd3 f5 28. Rf4 Rf7 29. Rxf5 Qc7+ 30. d6 Qc4 31. Qe3
Bd5 32. b3 Qxc2 33. Rxc2 Rxf5 34. Qd3 Rh5+ 35. Kg1 Re5 36. Re2
Rh5 37. Qg6 Bf7 38. Qg4 Ne5 39. Qe4 Rc8 40. Rc2 Rxc2 41. Qxc2
Be6 42. Qe4 Kf7 43. Bh4 Nd7 44. Qf3+ Kg6 45. Be1 Rd5 46. Bc3
h5 47. Qe4+ Kf7 48. Bxg7 Nf6 49. Bxf6 Kxf6 50. Qf4+ Bf5
51. Qh4+ Ke5 52. Qxh5 Kxd6 53. b4 Be6 54. Qh8 Kc7 55. Qg7+ Rd7
56. Qe5+ Rd6 57. Kf2 Kc6 58. g4 Bc4 59. Qe8+ Kc7 60. Qe7+ Rd7
61. Qe5+ Kb7 62. g5 a5 63. bxa5 Ka6 64. Qc3 Rd3 65. Qb4 Rb3
66. Qe1 Ra3 67. g6 Rxa5 68. g7 Ra2+ 69. Kf3 Ra4 70. Qd2 Kb6
71. Ke4 Ra8 72. Qd6+ Kb7 73. Qd7+ Kb6 74. Kd4 Ra4 75. Qd6+ Kb7
76. Kc5 Ra6 77. Qe7+ Kb8 78. Qd7 Ka8 79. Qxb5 Bxb5 80. g8=Q+
Kb7 81. Qf7+ Kc8 82. Kxb5 Rd6 83. Kc5 Ra6 84. Qe7 Kb8 85. Kb5
Ra7 86. Qf8+ Kc7 87. Qf4+ Kc8 88. Kb6 Re7 89. Qf5+ Kd8 90. Kc5
Kc7 91. Qd5 Rd7 92. Qe5+ Kb7 93. Kb5 Rc7 94. Qd5+ Ka7 95. Ka5
Rb7 96. Qd4+ Kb8 97. Ka6 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Group C)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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. Qc2 Be4 10. Qb2 c5 11. Nc3 d5 12. cxd5
exd5 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nbd7 15. Bh3 Ra7 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Qxc5 Bxf3 19. exf3 d4 20. Rad1 Rd5 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Qc4 Qd7 23. Rd2 Rc8 24. Qd3 Re8 25. Rfd1 Rd8 26. Kg2
Qd6 27. Re1 f5 28. Rc2 Kg7 29. Rec1 Rd7 30. Rc6 Qe5 31. Qd2 f4
32. Re1 Qb8 33. Re4 Qd8 34. Rxf4 R7d6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Qd3 f5
37. Rh4 Qf6 38. Rh5 h6 39. g4 Qd6 40. gxf5 Qf6 41. Qe4 Rd8
42. Rh4 d3 43. Rg4+ Kh7 44. Rg6 Qf7 45. Qf4 Qf8 46. Qc7+ Kh8
47. Rxh6+ Kg8 48. Rg6+ Kh8 49. Qe5+ Kh7 50. Qf4 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Group C)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Gawain Jones"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rad1 h6 11. d5 c5 12. g3
Nb6 13. Nh4 Bh3 14. Rfe1 Nbd7 15. Bf1 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Nh5
17. Rb1 b6 18. Kh1 Bf6 19. Ng2 Bg7 20. Qe2 Rac8 21. Nb5 Nb8
22. b4 Na6 23. a3 Qd7 24. Bd2 Rfe8 25. Ne3 Nf6 26. f3 h5
27. Ng2 Ra8 28. Qd3 Kh7 29. Rbe1 Nc7 30. Nc3 Na6 31. Nb5 Nc7
32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Rb1 Reb8 34. Nxc7 Qxc7 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Rb1
Nd7 37. Qc2 Rxb1+ 38. Qxb1 Qb6 39. Qb5 Qxb5 40. cxb5 Nb6
41. Kg1 Bh6 42. Bxh6 Kxh6 43. Ne3 Kg7 44. Kf2 Kf8 45. Ke2 Ke7
46. Kd3 Kd7 47. Kc3 Kc7 48. Kb3 Kb7 49. g4 h4 50. g5 a6
51. bxa6+ Kxa6 52. Ng4 Nd7 53. Nh6 f6 54. Nf7 fxg5 55. Nxd6
Nf6 56. Nf7 g4 57. fxg4 Kb6 58. Nxe5 Nxe4 59. Nxg6 Nf6
60. Nxh4 Nxg4 61. Nf3 Ne3 62. h4 Nxd5 63. h5 Kb5 64. a4+ Ka5
65. h6 Nf6 66. Ne5 Nh7 67. Nc4+ Ka6 68. Kc2 Kb7 69. Kd3 Nf6
70. Ne5 Kb6 71. Kc4 Ka5 72. Kxc5 Kxa4 73. Kd6 Kb4 74. Nd7 Nh7
75. Ke7 Kb5 76. Kf7 Kc6 77. Kg6 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.24"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5 14. c5 b6 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O O-O
17. f5 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Qa3 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Bg5 Ba6 21. Qd2 Qe7
22. Rd1 Nb7 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Qc1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nd6 26. Bxf6
gxf6 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. a4 Qd7 29. a5 Nxe4 30. Bc2 Qb5 31. Qf3
Ng5 32. Qg2 bxa5 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.25"]
[EventDate "2013.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2
c6 8.O-O Nh5 9.Be5 f6 10.Bg3 f5 11.Be5 Nhf6 12.h3 Nxe5 13.Nxe5
Nd7 14.f4 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Bg5 16.Qd2 Bd7 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.a3 Kh8
19.b4 Be8 20.Bd3 Rc7 21.Ne2 Bh5 22.Nf4 Bxf4 23.exf4 Rd7 24.Qe3
dxc4 25.Bxc4 Rxd4 26.Bxe6 Bf7 27.Bxf5 Bc4 28.e6 Qd6 29.Rfe1
Re8 30.e7 Bf7 31.Rc5 g6 32.Bg4 h5 33.f5 Kg7 34.fxg6 Bxg6
35.Bxh5 Rd3 36.Qe5+ Qxe5 37.Rcxe5 Bxh5 38.Rxh5 Rxa3 39.Rf5 Rd3
40.Re4 Rd7 41.Rg4+ Kh6 42.Rf6+ Kh7 43.Rf7+ Kh6 44.Rgg7 Rd1+
45.Kh2 Rf1 46.Rh7+ Kg6 47.Rhg7+ Kh6 48.Rh7+ Kg6 49.Rfg7+ Kf6
50.h4 Ke6 51.Rg4 Kf5 52.Kg3 Re1 53.Rf4+ Ke6 54.h5 Rxe7
55.Rxe7+ Kxe7 56.Kh4 b6 57.h6 Rh1+ 58.Kg5 Ke6 59.Kg6 Ke5
60.Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nd5
7. Bxc4 Nxf4 8. exf4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bd6 10. g3 Bd7 11. O-O O-O
12. Qd3 Bc6 13. Rad1 Qf6 14. Ng5 g6 15. Nge4 Qf5 16. d5 exd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Rfd8
21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Rc3 Be7 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. f5 Kg7 25. Nd6 Rb8
26. Ne8+ Kf8 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Nxc7 Bf6 29. Rb3 Be5 30. Nd5 b6
31. Nb4 Rc8 32. Nd3 Bf6 33. h4 Rc2 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Ke1 Kd6
36. Rb4 Bg7 37. Kd1 Rc7 38. h5 gxh5 39. Rb5 Rd7 40. Rxh5 Ke7
41. Ke2 Rc7 42. Rb5 Rc4 43. Kf3 Ra4 44. a3 Rd4 45. Ke3 Rc4
46. b3 Rc2 47. a4 Rc6 48. g4 Re6+ 49. Kf3 Rc6 50. Ke4 Re6+
51. Kf3 Rc6 52. Nb4 Rc1 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. Nd3 Rg1 55. Kf5 Bc3
56. f4 f6 57. Nf2 Kc6 58. Ne4 a6 59. Nxc3 axb5 60. axb5+ Kd6
61. Ne4+ Ke7 62. Nxf6 Rd1 63. Kg6 Rd3 64. f5 Rd6 65. g5 Kf8
66. b4 Rd4 67. Kh6 Rh4+ 68. Nh5 Rxb4 69. g6 Rg4 70. f6 Rg1
71. Nf4 Re1 72. Nd5 Rf1 73. Kg5 Rg1+ 74. Kf5 Rf1+ 75. Ke6 Re1+
76. Kd6 Rf1 77. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5
7. d5 h6 8. Be3 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. h3 Qa5 12. Nf3
Qb4 13. a3 Qb3 14. Qc1 Nc6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rd1 Nde5 17. Nd2
Qb6 18. f4 Nd7 19. Bd3 Nd4 20. Kh2 Rae8 21. Qb1 Qd8 22. Ne2
Nxe2 23. Bxe2 b5 24. cxb5 d5 25. Qc2 Qb8 26. g3 c4 27. Nf3
Qxb5 28. e5 Bf5 29. Qd2 Be4 30. b4 Qb8 31. Nd4 f6 32. e6 Nb6
33. f5 Bxf5 34. Nxf5 gxf5 35. Qc2 Kh8 36. Bc5 Rxe6 37. Bxf8
Bxf8 38. Bf3 Re3 39. Qxf5 c3 40. Rd3 Rxd3 41. Qxd3 Qe5 42. Ra2
Bd6 43. Bg2 d4 44. Re2 Qg5 45. Qxd4 Qxg3+ 46. Kg1 Be5 47. Qg4
Qxg4 48. hxg4 Nc4 49. a4 Bd4+ 50. Kh2 Be5+ 51. Kh3 Kg7 52. Be4
Kf8 53. Kg2 Ke7 54. Kf3 Kd6 55. Ra2 Kc7 56. Ke2 Kb6 57. Bd3
Nd6 58. a5+ Kc6 59. a6 Nb5 60. Ra5 Nc7 61. Kd1 Kd6 62. Bc4 Kc6
63. Kc2 Kb6 64. Kb3 Kc6 65. Rc5+ Kb6 66. Bd3 Bd4 67. Rh5 Be3
68. Kxc3 Bg5 69. Rh1 Nxa6 70. Bxa6 Kxa6 71. Kc4 Kb6 72. Re1
Bh4 73. Re6+ Kc7 74. Kb5 Kd7 75. Ra6 Ke7 76. Rxa7+ Ke6 77. Kc4
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4
7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. a5 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6
12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. Nde4 Nfd5 14. Nc5 Qc7 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxa6
Bxa6 17. Rxa6 Rfd8 18. Qa4 Qc8 19. Rc6 Qb7 20. Qxc4 Nb6
21. Qb5 Rxd4 22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Be3 Rdb4 25. Bxb6
Rxb6 26. Rb1 h5 27. Kf1 Bf6 28. Nd1 Rb4 29. Ke1 h4 30. Kd2 g5
31. Nc3 Kg7 32. Kc2 Kg6 33. Ra1 Bd4 34. e3 Bg7 35. Ra7 Rb6
36. Rc7 f5 37. Rc4 h3 38. b4 Be5 39. Na4 Rb5 40. Nc5 Kf7
41. Nd3 Bd6 42. Kb3 Ke7 43. Rc8 Rb7 44. Rh8 Kf6 45. Rxh3 Kg7
46. Rh5 Be7 47. f4 g4 48. h3 Kg6 49. hxg4 fxg4 50. Ra5 Kf6
51. Nc5 Rc7 52. Kc4 e5 53. Ra6+ Kf7 54. fxe5 Bg5 55. e4 Be3
56. Kd5 Bf2 57. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3
Nf6 7. Bg5 e6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd4 O-O
12. h4 Qa5 13. g4 Rac8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g5 Be7 16. Rdg1 b5
17. Kb1 b4 18. Nce2 Bb5 19. Qf3 Bc4 20. Nc1 Qc5 21. Qe3 a5
22. h5 a4 23. g6 Bf6 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Rd1 b3 26. cxb3 axb3
27. axb3 Bb5 28. Na2 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Qc2+ 30. Ka1 Ra8 31. Qxd6
Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.14"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. fxe6 axb3
17. cxb3 fxe6 18. Bh3 Rxa2 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Ng3 Nc7 21. Bc4
Qa8 22. Rhf1 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Ra1+ 24. Kc2 Rxf1 25. Bxf1 d5
26. h4 d4 27. Bg1 Ne6 28. Qe2 Ndc5 29. Qc4 Nf4 30. Qf7 Qf8
31. Qc4 g6 32. Bf2 Ne2 33. Nh1 d3+ 34. Kd1 Qf3 35. Bxc5 Qxf1+
36. Kd2 Nf4 37. Ng3 Qg2+ 38. Kc1 Qxg3 39. Kb1 Ne2 40. Qf7 Qe1+
41. Ka2 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O
7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be3 Rxe3+ 11. fxe3 Qe7
12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Rf3 Bd7 16. Raf1
Rf8 17. Qf2 Qe7 18. Rxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Qxe3+ 20. Rf2 Qxd3
21. Qxd6 Bf5 22. Qxc5 b6 23. Qc7 Rc8 24. Qxa7 Qe3 25. d6 Qd4
26. Nb5 Qxc4 27. Qxb6 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Re8 29. Qc7 Qd1 30. Rxf5
gxf5 31. d7 Rf8 32. Qg3+ Kh8 33. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.21"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 fxe4
13.g3 Bg7 14.Bg2 O-O 15.Bxe4 Rb8 16.b3 f5 17.Bg2 e4 18.Rb1 Qa5
19.O-O Qxa2 20.Nde3 Qa5 21.Qxd6 Rf6 22.Qf4 Qe5 23.Qxe5 Nxe5
24.Nd5 Rf7 25.Ncxb4 a5 26.Nc2 Rfb7 27.Nce3 Nc6 28.c5 Rxb3
29.Nb6 Rxb1 30.Rxb1 Be6 31.Bf1 Bd4 32.Rb5 Kf7 33.Nec4 Kg7
34.Nd6 Kf6 35.Na4 e3 36.fxe3 Bxe3+ 37.Kg2 Bd5+ 38.Kh3 Rxb5
39.Bxb5 Ne5 40.Nc3 Bf3 41.Be2 Bxe2 42.Nd5+ Kg5 43.Nxe3 Ng4
44.Kg2 Nxe3+ 45.Kf2 Nc4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "143"]

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 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Nd2
Nf6 13. a4 Ra8 14. Nb3 c5 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. a5 f5 17. f3 Nf6
18. Qc2 h5 19. Na4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bh3 21. Rf3 Kh7 22. Bf1 Bg4
23. Rf2 Bh6 24. Bg2 Neg8 25. Nb6 Rb8 26. Raf1 Qe7 27. h3 Bd7
28. Bxh6 Kxh6 29. Qd2+ Kg7 30. Qg5 Rf7 31. Nd2 Rbf8 32. Qh4
Nh7 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Rxf8 Nxf8 35. Nf3 Nh7 36. Nxd7 Rxd7
37. h4 Ngf6 38. Bh3 Rc7 39. Nd2 Ng4 40. Rb1 Nhf6 41. Rb6 Rd7
42. Bf1 Kf8 43. Bd3 Nh6 44. Bc2 Nf7 45. Nb1 Rc7 46. Nc3 Nd7
47. Rb1 Ke7 48. Ba4 Nd8 49. Bxd7 Kxd7 50. Kg2 Nf7 51. g4 hxg4
52. Kg3 Nh6 53. Rb6 Ke7 54. Nd1 Ng8 55. Kxg4 Nf6+ 56. Kf3 Rd7
57. Nc3 Kf8 58. Nb5 Ke7 59. Nc3 Kf8 60. Rb1 Kg7 61. Ke2 Kh6
62. Rf1 Nh7 63. Nb5 Kh5 64. Ke3 Kg4 65. Kd3 Kh3 66. Rg1 Nf8
67. Ke3 Kh2 68. Rf1 Nh7 69. Rf3 Kg2 70. Nc3 g5 71. hxg5 Nxg5
72. Rf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.15"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6
7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3 e5 9. O-O Ng4 10. Bc1 Nf6 11. Re1 c6 12. Bf1
Bg4 13. d5 c5 14. Be2 Nh7 15. g3 Bd7 16. Bd2 Ng5 17. Qc1 Nxf3+
18. Bxf3 Kh7 19. Bg2 f5 20. f4 Qf6 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Rf1 Rf7
23. a3 Raf8 24. Bh3 Qd6 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Qc2 Qg6 27. Rae1 b6
28. Kh1 Qh5 29. Bg2 Qg6 30. Nd1 Nc7 31. b4 h5 32. Bc3 e4
33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Rf4 Ne8 36. Qf2 Nd6 37. Bf1
Rc8 38. Be2 Rf6 39. Rh4 Qe8 40. Qf4 Rh6 41. Rxh5 Rxh5 42. Bxh5
Qe7 43. g4 Rf8 44. gxf5 Bxf5 45. Rg1+ Kh8 46. Qh6+ Bh7 47. Ne3
Rf6 48. Rg6 Rxg6 49. Bxg6 Qg7 50. Qxg7+ Kxg7 51. Bxh7 Kxh7
52. Kg2 Kg6 53. Kg3 Kg5 54. h3 Nf7 55. h4+ Kh5 56. Nf5 Ne5
57. d6 Kg6 58. Kf4 Kf6 59. h5 Ke6 60. h6 e3 61. Nxe3 Kxd6
62. Kf5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ziaur Rahman"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7
12. exd4 Nc6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qe3 Rfe8
17. b4 a6 18. Be2 Nb8 19. Ne5 Ba4 20. Rd2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rxd2
22. Qxd2 Rd8 23. Qb2 Bc6 24. Nd6 Bd5 25. f4 Nc6 26. a4 Qc7
27. b5 Qb6+ 28. Kf1 axb5 29. axb5 Ne7 30. Qc3 Rf8 31. Qc5 Qa5
32. Rd1 Qa2 33. g3 f6 34. exf6 Rxf6 35. Qc3 Qa7 36. Ne8 Rf7
37. Bh5 g6 38. Nf6+ Rxf6 39. Qxf6 gxh5 40. Qxe7 Bc4+ 41. Kg2
Bd5+ 42. Kh3 Qa2 43. Rxd5 Qxd5 44. Kh4 Qxb5 45. Qxe6+ Kg7
46. f5 Qc6 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. Kxh5 b5 49. g4 b4 50. Qxb4 Qc7
51. Qb3+ Kh8 52. Qe6 Qf7+ 53. Qg6 Qc7 54. Qxh6+ Kg8 55. Qe6+
Kh8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. h4 Qb7 58. Qg6+ Kh8 59. Qh6+ Kg8 60. Qe6+
Kh8 61. g5 Qf7+ 62. g6 Qf8 63. g7+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anton Filippov"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. b3 a5 9. Bb2 Na6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Nd4 cxd5 12. Nxd5
Nc5 13. Rb1 Nfe4 14. f3 Nf6 15. Qd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 b5 17. f4
Qb6 18. Kh1 b4 19. Nc6 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Rae8 21. Qd4 h6 22. Rc2
Kh7 23. Rfc1 Qb5 24. Bf3 Bxc6 25. dxc6 Rc8 26. Rxc5 dxc5
27. Qe5 e6 28. Rxc5 Qb8 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. c7 Rbc8 31. Bb7 g5
32. Kg2 gxf4 33. gxf4 Kg6 34. Kf3 Kh5 35. Ke3 Kg4 36. Kd4 Kxf4
37. e3+ Kg4 38. Bxc8 Rxc8 39. Ke5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qxc4 e5
12. d5 Nd8 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Nb5 Bf5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Nd2 f6
17. Qc7 Rf7 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Rc3 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Rc1
Bd7 22. Ne4 Nf7 23. Bh5 Be8 24. Rc8 Kh7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bxf7
Rc8 27. g4 Rc2 28. Nxd6 Rxb2 29. Be6 Rxa2 30. Nf7 Rd2 31. d6
Kg6 32. e4 a5 33. Bd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 O-O 11. Rc1 Qd7
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bh3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Rd8 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Bb4
17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Qe7 19. Rc2 Nbd7 20. Kf2 Nd5 21. Bc1
Rab8 22. e4 N5b6 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. Qa6 Rxd4 25. Be3 c5
26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rhc1 Bc3 28. Rb1 Qd8 29. Bf1 Nd7 30. Rxb8
Qxb8 31. Qb5 Qc7 32. Bd3 Ne5 33. Ke2 Kh7 34. Rc1 Qd6 35. Rb1
Bb4 36. Rc1 Bc3 37. Rb1 Bb4 38. f4 Nd7 39. Rc1 Bc3 40. Rb1 Bb4
41. h4 e5 42. Qd5 exf4 43. Qxd6 Bxd6 44. gxf4 Bxf4 45. Rb5 Ne5
46. Rxa5 f6 47. a4 g5 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Rb5 g4 50. a5 g3
51. a6 Nxd3 52. Kxd3 g2 53. Rb1 Bb8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 b6 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Bb7 6. Nf3
f5 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qe8 10. b4 d6 11. Bb2 Nbd7
12. Rac1 Be4 13. a4 a5 14. b5 Qh5 15. Ba3 Bb7 16. Qc2 Be4
17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Qc2 f4 19. gxf4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Ng4 21. Bxg4
Qxg4+ 22. Kh1 Qxf4 23. Rcd1 Rf5 24. f3 Rh5 25. e3 Qh4 26. Qf2
Qf6 27. Rg1 Rf8 28. Rg3 Rf7 29. Rdg1 Nf8 30. Qc2 Ng6 31. c5
Nh4 32. cxd6 Qd8 33. dxc7 Rxc7 34. Qe4 Qd5 35. Qf4 Qd8 36. e4
Ng6 37. Qd6 Qc8 38. d5 Rc2 39. R3g2 Rxg2 40. Rxg2 exd5 41. Qc6
1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1
Nf6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bg7 12.h3 Ne5 13.f3
Nbc6 14.Bf2 Be6 15.Qd2 Rc8 16.O-O-O Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Qa5 18.a3 O-O
19.h4 g4 20.Qf2 Rc6 21.f4 Rfc8 22.Qg3 Nd7 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.f5
Rxc3 25.bxc3 Qxa3+ 26.Kd2 Nf6 27.Qd3 Bc4 28.Qd4 d5 29.exd5
Bxd5 30.Rg1 Be4 31.Bd3 Qa5 32.Qb4 Qc7 33.Bxe4 a5 34.Qxb7 Qf4+
35.Ke2 Rc7 36.Qb6 Nxe4 37.Qd4+ Kh7 38.c4 Rd7 39.Qe3 Ng3+
40.Qxg3 Qxg3 41.Rxd7 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Knockout)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Bd6
7. Ng3 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. dxe5 Bxe5
12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Be2 Re8 14. e4 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. f4 Bd4+
17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Nce2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rad8 20. e5 Qe7 21. Be3 Qe6
22. Rae1 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 f5 24. Rd1 g6 25. Ne2 Qc4 26. Nd4 Rd5
27. Nf3 Qc2 28. Rd2 Nc4 29. Rxc2 Nxe3 30. Rcc1 Nxf1 31. Rxf1
Red8 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Knockout)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Ne5 h5 9. Ng6 Rh7 10. Nxf8 Kxf8 11. O-O Nc6
12. dxc5 Qe7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. b4 b6 15. Ne2 bxc5 16. Nf4 Kf7
17. bxc5 Rg8 18. Qd3 Rhg7 19. g3 Qxc5 20. Nxh5 Rh7 21. Nf4 Bb5
22. c4 Bxc4 23. Rfc1 Rc8 24. Qc2 Qc6 25. Rab1 Kg8 26. Qd2 Rhc7
27. Rb2 e5 28. Ng2 Qe6 29. Rbc2 Rh7 30. f4 Kf7 31. Qb4 Rch8
32. Nh4 exf4 33. Qb7+ Kg8 34. Qb8+ Kf7 35. Qc7+ Ke8 36. Qb8+
Kd7 37. Qxa7+ Kc6 38. Rxc4+ dxc4 39. Qa6+ Kd7 40. Rd1+ Ke7
41. Qb7+ Ke8 42. Qb8+ Kf7 43. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Knockout)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O
7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne3 c3 11. bxc3 Nbd7
12. Nd3 Rb8 13. Nc4 b6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Ba3 Ba6 16. Ne5 Rfc8
17. Nc6 Rb7 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Ne5 Rb2 20. c4 h5 21. Bf3 Ng4
22. Nc6 Rc7 23. h3 Nf6 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. O-O-O Nxe5 26. Kxb2
Nxf3 27. exf3 Bxc4 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rc1 Bd5 30. Rc3 Kg6 31. h4
Kf6 32. a3 Ke5 33. Rh8 g6 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Kd4 36. Re3 f5
37. gxf5 gxf5 38. h5 f4 39. Rh3 Rb7+ 40. Kc1 Be4 41. Rd8+ Ke5
42. h6 c4 43. Kd2 Rb2+ 44. Ke1 Rb1+ 45. Rd1 Rb7 46. Rh5+ Kf6
47. Rd4 Rb1+ 48. Kd2 Rb2+ 49. Kc3 Rc2+ 50. Kb4 Bh7 51. Rxf4+
Kg6 52. Rh3 e5 53. Rxc4 Rxf2 54. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Ngf3
Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. e4 Be6 9. Bd3 O-O-O 10. Qe2 Bh6 11. Nb3
Qd6 12. O-O Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nd4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bd5
16. Qg4+ e6 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Rfd1 Rhg8 19. Qh3 Bf4 20. g3 h5
21. Ne2 Bd2 22. Qh4 Qe5 23. Nd4 Bh6 24. Qh3 Kb8 25. Re1 Qg5
26. Re4 Rd5 27. Rh4 Rgd8 28. Rf1 Bf8 29. f4 Qh6 30. Kh1 Bc5
31. Nb3 Bb6 32. c4 Rd1 33. c5 Bc7 34. Rxh5 Rxf1+ 35. Kg2 Qg6
36. Kxf1 Qb1+ 37. Ke2 Qxb2+ 38. Kf3 Rd3+ 39. Kg4 f5+ 40. Kh4
Bd8+ 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be6 8. Nc3 g6 9. Nge2 Nb4 10. Be4 N4d5 11. O-O Bg7
12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 c6 14. Be3 O-O 15. f4 Qd7 16. Qe2 Bc4
17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 f6 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Ne4 b6 21. Bc1 Rad8
22. a3 Bh6 23. Qb3 Kh8 24. Nc3 fxe5 25. dxe5 e6 26. g3 c5
27. Ne4 Qc6 28. Qc2 Bg7 29. h4 Ne7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nd6 Kg8
32. Qg2 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Nf5 34. Ne4 h6 35. g4 Nxh4+ 36. Kh3 g5
37. fxg5 Ng6 38. Nf6+ Bxf6 39. Rxf6 Rd3+ 40. Kg2 Nh4+ 41. Kf2
hxg5 42. Bxg5 Rh3 43. Rh6 Rf3+ 44. Ke2 Rb3 45. Bxh4 Rxb2+
46. Kd3 b5 47. Rxe6 c4+ 48. Kc3 Rb3+ 49. Kc2 Rxa3 50. Re8+ Kf7
51. Re7+ Kg6 52. Bf6 b4 53. Rg7+ Kh6 54. Rc7 Rc3+ 55. Kd2 Kg6
56. g5 a5 57. e6 Rd3+ 58. Ke2 Rd6 59. e7 Re6+ 60. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nb6
12. h3 Be6 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. Na4 Ne4
17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Rd5 20. Rc3 Rb5 21. Ra3 a5
22. Rc3 Rd8 23. Rhc1 Qb4 24. Qc2 Bd5 25. Qe2 f6 26. Nc4 Bxc4
27. Rxc4 Qe7 28. Rc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Qc7 30. Qg4 b6 31. Rc4 Re8
32. d5 c5 33. Rxe4 Rd8 34. Qh5 Qd7 35. Re6 Qxd5 36. Qxd5 Rxd5
37. Kc2 Kc7 38. Re7+ Rd7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. a4 Kc6 41. Kc3 b5
42. axb5+ Kxb5 43. e4 g5 44. g3 h5 45. f4 gxf4 46. gxf4 c4
47. e5 1-0

[Event "Zurich CC 2014 - Rapid"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2014.02.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 h6 3. c4 g5 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. b3 e5 10. e4 Bg4 11. Qd3 b6 12. h4 Nh7
13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Nh2 Bd7 15. Qe2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 Nb7
18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Bf3 Nf6 21. Ng4 Qd7 22. Nexf6+
Bxf6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Nxf5+ Qxf5 25. Kg2 Rh8 26. Rh1 Qg6
27. Be4 Qf7 28. Qg4 Be7 29. f3 Raf8 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. Rh1 Rxh1
32. Kxh1 Qf8 33. Kg2 Qd8 34. Qh5 Bf6 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qf5 a5
37. Kf1 Kg7 38. Ke2 Qe7 39. Kd3 Qd8 40. Kc2 Kf8 41. Kb2 Kf7
42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Qh6+ Ke7 44. Qh3 Kf8 45. Qe6 Kg7 46. g4 a4
47. bxa4 Qb8+ 48. Kc2 Qb4 49. Qd7+ Kf8 50. Qb5 Qe1 51. a5 Qa1
52. Kb3 Qd1+ 53. Bc2 Qxf3+ 54. Ka4 Qc3 55. Bb3 c6 1-0

[Event "Svidler - Gelfand Rapid"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[EventDate "2014.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qb5+
Bd7 7. Qb3 c5 8. d5 b5 9. Nxb5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Na6 11. f3 c4
12. Qd1 e6 13. e4 exd5 14. e5 d4 15. exf6 dxc3 16. bxc3 O-O-O
17. Bd2 Ba4 18. Qc1 Qe5+ 19. Be2 Nc5 20. Kf1 Nd3 21. Bxd3 Rxd3
22. Ne2 Bc5 23. Ng3 Rhd8 24. Qe1 Be3 25. Bxe3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "2.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Farrukh Amonatov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6
12. Bf4 h5 13. Nf5 gxf5 14. gxf5 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rg1 Kh8
17. Rxg7 Kxg7 18. Qg1+ Kh8 19. Bg5 Bxf5 20. Nxd5 Nbd7 21. Rd1
Rg8 22. Nxf6 Rxg5 23. Qxg5 Qxf6 24. Qxh5+ Kg7 25. exf5 Nb6
26. Qg4+ Kf8 27. Qb4+ Qe7 28. Qc3 f6 29. Rg1 Rc8 30. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "11.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ivan Saric"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5
7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 g5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Bd3 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 a5 15. f3 Qc7 16. Kf2 g6
17. Qg1 Nf8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Ne6 21. Qa8+
Nd8 22. Kg2 O-O 23. Ra1 Re8 24. Bd2 Nd7 25. Qa7 Ne6 26. Be1
Qb6 27. Qa5 Nc7 28. Bg3 Qxa5 29. bxa5 Rxe3 30. Bxc7 Rxd3
31. Rb1 Rxd4 32. Rxb7 Rd2+ 33. Kf1 Nc5 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Be5+
f6 36. Bd6 Ne6 37. a6 Ra2 38. Rb7+ Kh6 39. a7 d4 40. Re7 Nf4
41. Rf7 Ne6 42. Rxf6 Nf4 43. Rf7 Ne6 44. Be5 d3 45. Ke1 c5
46. Rd7 Re2+ 47. Kd1 Ra2 48. Rb7 d2 49. Rd7 c4 50. Re7 c3
51. Bxc3 Nd4 52. Re8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5
7. cxd5 Bxd5 8. Nc3 Bc6 9. e4 d6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nh4 g6
12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Qd2 Ne8 15. Rad1 Kg7 16. f4 Qc8
17. Nd5 Rf8 18. e5 dxe5 19. f5 Qd8 20. f6+ Nxf6 21. Nf5+ Kh8
22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[EventDate "2014.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1
Na6 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Bf4 d6 10.Qc2 Nb4 11.Qb3 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 c5 13.e4
Nc6 14.d5 Bf6 15.Qd2 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.e5 dxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5
19.Rxe5 exd5 20.Rae1 Qd6 21.Re7 Bc6 22.Bxd5 Rad8 23.Rxa7 Bxd5
24.Qxd5 Qxd5 25.cxd5 Rxd5 26.Rb7 Rd6 27.Re3 g6 28.Rb3 c4
29.R3xb6 Rxb6 30.Rxb6 Ra8 31.a3 c3 32.bxc3 Rxa3 33.Rc6 h5
34.h4 Kf8 35.Kg2 Ke7 36.Kf3 Ra2 37.Ke3 Rc2 38.Rc4 Kf8 39.f3
Ke7 40.Kf4 Rf2 41.Re4+ Kd6 42.Re3 f6 43.Ke4 Ra2 44.Rd3+ Ke6
45.c4 Rc2 46.Kd4 Kd6 47.f4 Rc1 48.Rf3 Rd1+ 49.Kc3 Rb1 50.f5
gxf5 51.Rxf5 Ke6 52.Rxh5 Rg1 53.Rh8 Rxg3+ 54.Kb4 f5 55.h5 Rg7
56.h6 Rf7 57.Re8+ Kf6 58.Re1 f4 59.Kc5 f3 60.Kd6 Kg6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7
12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Rd1 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Qd6 15. Nbd2 Nd7 16. Rac1
Rad8 17. Nb3 Bd5 18. Nfd2 Nb6 19. Rxc7 Bxb3 20. Nxb3 Nc4
21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Ra7 a5 23. Rb1 Bb4 24. a3 Nd2 25. axb4 Nxb1
26. bxa5 f5 27. Rc7 e5 28. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.09"]
[EventDate "2014.11.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. Nd3 e5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8
12. b4 e4 13. Nf4 Be7 14. Nfxd5 cxd5 15. Bxb5 O-O 16. O-O Nf6
17. Be2 Bb7 18. b5 Bc8 19. Qa4 h5 20. Bd2 Be6 21. Qa7 Nbd7
22. Rc1 Ng4 23. Nd1 Kg7 24. Ra1 Bh4 25. c6 Nb6 26. c7 Qf6
27. Be1 Bc8 28. h3 Nh6 29. Bb4 Rh8 30. Rc1 Nc4 31. Bxc4 dxc4
32. d5 Qg5 33. Qd4+ Kh7 34. Qxe4 Bb7 35. Nc3 Nf5 36. Qe5 Ra8
37. Ne4 Qh6 38. Rxc4 Nxe3 39. fxe3 Bxd5 40. c8=Q Rxc8 41. Rxc8
1-0

[Event "Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.11"]
[EventDate "2014.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4
Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc7+ Rd7
16. Rac1 Kd8 17. Rxd7+ Kxd7 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Rb8 20. f4 b6
21. Bc6+ Kd8 22. e4 Bd7 23. h5 b5 24. Bxd7 Kxd7 25. Rc5 Rb6
26. Kc3 a5 27. e5 g6 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. a4 b4+ 30. Kb3 Ra6
31. f5 gxf5 32. gxf5 exf5 33. d5 h5 34. e6+ Kd6 35. Kc4 Ke5
36. e7 Ra8 37. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5
12. d5 e5 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Qh4 15. f4 Rae8 16. Bd3 e4
17. Be2 Nf6 18. Be1 Qh6 19. Bc3 Re7 20. h3 Qg6 21. Kh2 Bc8
22. a4 Qh6 23. Bd4 g5 24. fxg5 Qxg5 25. Rf4 Rg7 26. Rg1 Qg3+
27. Kh1 Rg6 28. Bd1 Ng4 29. Bxg4 Rxg4 30. Rxg4+ fxg4 31. Qxe4
Qh4 32. Bc3 Bf5 33. Qd4 Qe7 34. Rf1 Qe5 35. Qxe5 dxe5 36. Bxe5
gxh3 37. Rf4 hxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Bd3 39. Rg4+ Kf7 40. Rg7+ Ke8
41. Rxc7 Be4+ 42. Kg1 Rg8+ 43. Kf1 Rg2 44. d6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. Na3 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qd3 11. Ne1 Qd7
12. Qe2 e6 13. Nac2 Nd5 14. d3 Bd6 15. Ra4 O-O 16. Rh4 Ne5
17. g3 Ng6 18. Re4 e5 19. Ng2 b5 20. Qf3 f5 21. Ree1 Bc7
22. h4 Nf6 23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 e4 25. Qe2 f4 26. f3 fxg3
27. fxe4 Qh3 28. Nge3 Nxe4 29. Qg2 Nf2 30. Qxh3 Nxh3+ 31. Kg2
Nhf4+ 32. Kxg3 Nd3+ 33. Kg4 Nxe1 34. Nxe1 Rxf1 35. Nxf1 Re8
36. Nc2 Re4+ 37. Kf3 Rxh4 38. d5 Ne5+ 39. Ke2 Re4+ 40. Kf2
Bb6+ 41. Kg3 g5 42. d6 Kf7 43. d7 Nxd7 44. Bxg5 Nf6 45. Nd2
Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5
12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 a6 16. Qc2 b5
17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Be1 Rfc8 19. Nd2 Rc7 20. Rdc1 Rac8 21. Rxc7
Rxc7 22. Nb3 Rc4 23. e3 Nb8 24. Qd1 Rc8 25. Bf1 Ne4 26. Bd3
Nd6 27. Rc1 Nc4 28. Rc2 Nc6 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Qc7 31. b3
N4e5 32. Be2 Rd8 33. Bc3 Nd7 34. b4 Nf6 35. a4 Qb7 36. Qa1 e5
37. axb5 axb5 38. Bxe5 Ra8 39. Qb2 Qe7 40. Bxf6 Qxf6 41. Qxf6
gxf6 42. Bxb5 Nxb4 43. Rb2 Na2 44. Bc6 Ra5 45. Rb5 Ra7
46. Bxd5 Nc3 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. Bf3 f5 49. c6 Rc7 50. Rb7 Rc8
51. Rd7 Kf6 52. Rd6+ Kg7 53. Kg2 Ne4 54. Bxe4 fxe4 55. g4 f6
56. Kg3 Kf7 57. Kf4 Ke7 58. Rd7+ Ke6 59. Rxh7 Rxc6 60. Kxe4
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "11.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. c4 exd5 6. cxd5 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nh5 9. g4 Bh4+ 10. Kd2 Nf6 11. Ng3 Na6
12. Kc2 b5 13. Bxb5 Rb8 14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Nf5 Nd7 16. g5 Bf2
17. Qd2 Bd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qa5 20. Bf4 Rb4 21. Qe3 Nc5
22. Rhd1 Qb6 23. b3 Rc8 24. Rac1 Bc4 25. Kd2 Bxb3 26. axb3
Nxb3+ 27. Ke1 Qxe3+ 28. Bxe3 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 a5 30. Bd2 a4
31. Ra1 Ra8 32. Ra3 f6 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Kd1 Kf7 35. Kc2 Rc8
36. Kd3 Ra8 37. Be3 Rb3 38. Rxb3 axb3 39. Bc1 Ra1 40. Kd2 Ra8
41. Bb2 Rg8 42. Nb5 Rg2+ 43. Kc3 Rf2 44. Nxd6+ Kg6 45. Kxb3
Rxf3+ 46. Kc4 Rh3 47. Nf5 Rxh2 48. Bd4 h5 49. d6 Kf7 50. Kd5
Ra2 51. d7 Ra8 52. Bb6 h4 53. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. c4 Nc6
7. O-O d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. e3 a6 12. Qd2
Rab8 13. Rad1 Rfc8 14. a3 Qb6 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Nc3 Na5 17. Nd5
e5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Qb4 Nc6 21. Qc3 b5 22. Nd2
bxc4 23. Nxc4 d5 24. Qc2 Bg7 25. f4 Na5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. fxe5
Nxc4 28. bxc4 Qb6 29. Bd4 Qc7 30. c5 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Rc8
12. Nb5 Qe8 13. a4 Ne4 14. Nxa7 Ra8 15. Nb5 c4 16. Nd2 f5
17. b3 g5 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Be3 Bb4 20. bxc4 Bxe1 21. Qxe1 Qg6
22. Qd2 Rac8 23. c5 Bc6 24. Bxg5 bxc5 25. dxc5 Bxb5 26. axb5
Nb4 27. Be3 d4 28. Qxd4 Na2 29. Qc4+ Qf7 30. Rc2 Qxc4 31. Rxc4
Rfd8 32. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. e3 e5 4. c4 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. g3 Ne7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nc3 Nbc6 9. O-O h6 10. d3 Be6 11. Nd2 d5
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Ndb4 14. Ba3 Nxd3 15. Ne4 b6 16. Nxc5
Nxc5 17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Bg2 e4 20. Rc1 f5 21. Qc2
Qe7 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Bf1 Kh7 24. h4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rc1
h5 27. Na5 Rc8 28. Bc4 Bd7 29. Bd5 g5 30. hxg5 Qxg5 31. Kg2
Be5 32. Rh1 Be8 33. Nc4 Bb8 34. Qc3 Rd8 35. Bb7 Rd3 36. Qa5
Bf7 37. Qxc5 Qf6 38. Na5 Rd2 39. Nc6 Bxg3 40. Rf1 Bd6 41. Qa5
Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Bc1 Qe7 11. Nc3 f5 12. b3
b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e3 Bb7 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Qd3 Ndf6 17. Ne2
Ng4 18. Rf1 c5 19. Rac1 c4 20. Qd1 b5 21. h3 Ngf6 22. Ne5 Nd7
23. f3 Nef6 24. f4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. g4 Nb6 27. Ng3 b4
28. Rc2 c3 29. Bc1 a5 30. Rg2 Ba6 31. Rff2 Nd7 32. g5 Bxe5
33. dxe5 Nc5 34. Qg4 Nd3 35. Rf1 Nxe5 36. fxe5 Bxf1 37. Nxf1
Qxe5 38. Ng3 Rc7 39. Ne2 Rcf7 40. Nf4 d4 41. exd4 Qxd4+
42. Kh1 e3 43. g6 Rxf4 44. Qe6+ Kh8 45. Bxe3 Qf6 46. Qd5 Rf5
47. Qe4 Qe5 48. Qxe5 Rxe5 49. Bd4 Re1+ 50. Kh2 Rfe8 51. Rg5 c2
52. Rh5 Rh1+ 53. Kg2 Rg1+ 54. Bxg1 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2
cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Nc2 Be7 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Nbd7
12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Nd4 Re8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bg2 Bd7
17. Qd2 Rec8 18. Kh1 Qd8 19. a4 h6 20. Ba3 Be8 21. Bb4 Nd7
22. Rb1 Nc5 23. Rfc1 Bf6 24. Ba5 b6 25. Bc3 Qe7 26. e3 Qc7
27. Ba1 Rd8 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. f4 Qa7 30. g4 Qe7 31. Rg1 b5
32. axb5 axb5 33. cxb5 Bxb5 34. b4 Na4 35. Nxb5 Rxb5 36. Bc6
Bxa1 37. Rxa1 Nc5 38. Bxb5 Qb7+ 39. Qg2 Ne4 40. Rgf1 d5
41. Bd3 Qxb4 42. Bxe4 dxe4 43. Rad1 Rd3 44. Rxd3 exd3 45. Rd1
Qc4 46. Qd2 Qe4+ 47. Kg1 Qf3 48. Qxd3 Qxg4+ 49. Kf2 Qh4+
50. Kf1 Qh3+ 51. Ke1 Qxh2 52. Qe4 Qh4+ 53. Kd2 Qe7 54. Rb1 f5
55. Rb7 Qf6 56. Qd4 Qg6 57. Kc3 Kh7 58. Re7 Qg1 59. Rxe6 Qa1+
60. Kb4 Qb1+ 61. Kc5 Qc2+ 62. Kd6 Qc8 63. Re7 Qd8+ 64. Rd7
Qf8+ 65. Ke6 h5 66. Qxg7+ Qxg7 67. Rxg7+ Kxg7 68. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Hall GER"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. h4 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7
12. h5 a6 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14. Qf2 e5 15. Nge2 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qe6
17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Qh6 Qe7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qf8 21. Qe3
f6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Nc3 Nf7 24. g4 Kg7 25. Ne4 Qb4 26. g5
fxg5 27. Nxg5 Nxg5 28. Qxe5+ Kf7 29. Qxg5 Qe1+ 30. Kc2 Bf5+
31. Kb3 Qd1+ 32. Kb4 a5+ 33. Kc5 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Guntars Antoms"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4
Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nb3 Rb8 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 d6 11. h3 a5
12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nd7 14. Nd5 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Be3 Qc7
17. Qa1 Nb4 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxc2 21. Rxa5
Nxa1 22. Rxc7 Nb3 23. Ra4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxb2 25. Rxe7 Rc8
26. Rxd6 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxim Lugovskoy"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 dxc4
7. Qxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Qd5 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10. e3 Qxc4 11. Nxc4 Rb8
12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Be1 Bd7 14. Rc1 f6 15. Nfd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Nb4
17. a3 Nd5 18. e4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 cxb6 20. Bf4 Rbc8 21. Bc7 Re8
22. e5 fxe5 23. Bxb7 exd4 24. Bxc8 Bxc8 25. Be5 Bf6 26. f4 Rd8
27. Rfd1 Ba6 28. Rc7 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Be2 30. Rd2 d3 31. Rxa7 Rd5
32. Ra6 Rxe5 33. Rxb6 Kf7 34. Kf2 Rf5+ 35. Ke3 Re5+ 36. Kd4
Rd5+ 37. Ke4 Kf6 38. a4 Re5+ 39. Kd4 Rd5+ 40. Kc4 Rd8 41. b4
Kf5 42. Kc3 e5 43. Rb2 Ke4 44. Kd2 Kf3 45. Re6 e4 46. b5 Rc8
47. b6 Rb8 48. a5 Rd8 49. b7 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Ne5 O-O 8. O-O e6 9. Nc3 Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6
12. Bf2 Ne7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nbd5 15. Qb3 b6 16. Rac1 Bb7
17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. Nc5 bxc5 19. Qxb7 cxd4 20. Nd7 Re8 21. Bxd5
exd5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Re1 Ne3 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rb8
26. Qxa7 Qxe5 27. Bxe3 dxe3 28. Rxe3 Qxb2 29. Rf3 f5 30. Rf2
Qa1+ 31. Rf1 Qe5 32. Rd1 Rc8 33. Qd7 Qe3+ 34. Kf1 Qf3+ 35. Ke1
Qh1+ 36. Kd2 Qxh2+ 37. Ke1 Qxg3+ 38. Kf1 Qf3+ 39. Ke1 Qe4+
40. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Dobrov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 e6
7. c5 Ne4 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O
12. Bf4 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Rac1 Qa5 15. Bxc6 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc6
17. Rb1 f6 18. Ne1 e5 19. Bg3 e4 20. Nc2 f5 21. Be5 Bd8
22. Nb4 Ba5 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Rfc1 Rf7 25. c4 dxc4 26. Rxc4
Bc7 27. Bxc7 Rxc7 28. Rbb4 Kf7 29. Rxa4 Rca7 30. Rxa7+ Rxa7
31. g3 Ke6 32. a4 Kd5 33. Rb4 g5 34. Kf1 f4 35. Ke2 h5 36. Kd2
h4 37. Kc3 Re7 38. Rb2 e3 39. fxe3 Rxe3+ 40. Kb4 hxg3 41. hxg3
f3 42. a5 Re2 43. Rb1 f2 44. Rf1 Kxd4 45. a6 Ra2 46. Kb3 Rxa6
47. Rxf2 Ra5 48. Rd2+ Kxc5 49. Rd8 Kb6 50. Rg8 Re5 51. Kc4
Re4+ 52. Kd3 Rg4 53. Ke2 Rxg3 54. Kf2 Rg4 55. Kf3 Rf4+ 56. Ke3
Rf5 57. Ke4 Rd5 58. Rb8+ Kc5 59. Rb1 Rd4+ 60. Ke5 g4 61. Rc1+
Rc4 62. Rg1 Kb4 63. Rb1+ Ka3 64. Rg1 Kb3 65. Rg3+ Kc2 66. Kf5
Kd2 67. Kg5 c5 68. Rg2+ Ke3 69. Ra2 g3 70. Ra3+ Kf2 71. Ra2+
Kg1 72. Ra1+ Kh2 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexei Fedorov"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c5
7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. c4 dxc4 10. bxc4 a6 11. Qb3 Qc7
12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Rb8 15. Qa3 c5 16. Bc3 Be6
17. Nxc5 Bxc4 18. Rac1 Bxe2 19. Rfe1 Bb5 20. Be5 Qa7 21. Bxb8
Rxb8 22. Bf1 Ng4 23. Bxb5 Rxb5 24. Qxa6 Qxa6 25. Nxa6 Bd4
26. Re4 Bxf2+ 27. Kf1 h5 28. Rxg4 hxg4 29. Kxf2 Rb2+ 30. Kg1
Rxa2 31. Nb4 Rd2 32. Re1 e6 33. Nc6 Kg7 34. Re4 Rd1+ 35. Kf2
Rd2+ 36. Re2 Rd5 37. Ke3 f5 38. Rd2 Rc5 39. Rd6 Kf6 40. Nd4
Re5+ 41. Kd3 Re1 42. Kd2 Re4 43. Nc6 g5 44. Rd4 Rxd4+ 45. Nxd4
f4 46. Kd3 Ke5 47. Nb5 Kd5 48. Nc3+ Ke5 49. Ne4 Kf5 50. Kd4 f3
51. Nf2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.22"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. e5 Nfd7
12. Be3 e6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rad1 Nxc5 15. Qa3 Ncd7 16. Qe7 Rc8
17. a4 b4 18. Ne4 Nf8 19. Qh4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nbd7 21. Qxb4 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Qd6 Qxb2 24. Bf3 Be5 25. Qd3 Rab8 26. Qxa6
Rc3 27. Qa5 Bc7 28. Qa7 Rc4 29. Rc1 Rbb4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. g3
Qa3 32. Bd1 h5 33. Qb7 h4 34. Qb3 Rc3 35. Qxa3 Rxa3 36. Bc5
Rc3 37. Bb4 Rc4 38. Bd2 Nd7 39. Bb3 Rd4 40. Rd1 hxg3 41. hxg3
Nc5 42. Be3 Rb4 43. Bxc5 Rxb3 44. Rd7 Ba5 45. Kg2 Rc3 46. Be7
Kg7 47. g4 Rc4 48. g5 Bc3 49. Rd3 Be5 50. a5 Rc6 51. Ra3 Ra6
52. Bd8 Kf8 53. Kf3 Ke8 54. Bb6 Bd6 55. Ra2 Be7 56. Kg4 f5+
57. gxf6 Bxf6 58. Kf4 Kd7 59. Ke4 Bc3 60. Kd3 Bf6 61. Kc4 Kc6
62. Rc2 1-0

