[Event "Chigorin mem 13th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Boris Nikitinyh"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e5 c5 6. a3 Ba5
7. b4 cxd4 8. Nb5 Bc7 9. Nbxd4 Nc6 10. Bb2 Nge7 11. Bd3 Ng6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. g3 c5 14. bxc5 Ba5+ 15. Kf1 Rb8 16. Bd4 Bd7
17. Kg2 Bc6 18. Qe2 O-O 19. h4 Re8 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. Qh5 g6
22. Qh6 Rb7 23. h5 Bd2 24. f4 Bc3 25. Bxc3 d4+ 26. Be4 Bxe4+
27. Nxe4 Qd5 28. Rhe1 f5 29. exf6 dxc3 30. Rad1 Qf5 31. Rd3
Rc7 32. Nd6 Qxc5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rh1 Qc6+ 35. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem 13th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Andrei Achang"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3
Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. c3 Qb6 10. Be2 e6 11. Ne5 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Rd3 Nd5
17. Bc1 Rfe8 18. Rg3 g6 19. Rf3 f5 20. c4 Nf6 21. Bf4 Qc8
22. Rd3 c5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Rfd1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Ne4 26. Qe3
Qa5 27. Rd7 Qxa2 28. h4 Qxb2 29. Nd3 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Qa4 31. Rxb7
Qxc4 32. Qxa7 e5 33. Bxe5 Qe6 34. f4 Nf6 35. Nf2 Kf8 36. Bb2
Bd6 37. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem 13th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.10.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Herbert van Buitenen"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Bf3 Nbd7 9. Nc4 Nb6 10. Ne5 Nbd5 11. d4 Qc7
12. Nb5 Qb6 13. c4 a6 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Be3 Rd8 16. dxc5 Qc7
17. Qa4 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rad1 Rf8 20. Rfe1 Rb8 21. a3
Nc6 22. b4 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24. b5 Bd7 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4
Rfc8 27. f4 Rxc4 28. Qa5 Rxe4 29. fxe5 b6 30. Qxa6 Be8 31. Qa7
Rc8 32. Qb7 Rec4 33. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksey Penkov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O c5 8. c4 Nc6 9. Nc3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Ng4 12. Qd2
Nxe3 13. Qxe3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bd3 Bc5 16. Qh3 Qh4
17. Qxh4 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Nxh4 19. f5 Bd4 20. Rf4 Bxc3 21. Bxc3
Nxg2 22. Rd4 Nh4 23. Rf1 Rfe8 24. Bd2 Re4 25. Bxe4 dxe4
26. Be3 Re8 27. Rd7 Bc8 28. Rxa7 Nxf5 29. Bxb6 e3 30. Kg2 g5
31. Kf3 Nh4+ 32. Kg3 f5 33. h3 f4+ 34. Rxf4 gxf4+ 35. Kxh4 e2
36. Bf2 e1=Q 37. Bxe1 Rxe1 38. Ra8 Rc1 39. b4 Rc3 40. b5 Kg7
41. Kg5 f3 42. Ra7+ Kg8 43. Ra4 Rc5+ 44. Kh6 f2 45. Rf4 Rf5
0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Pavlovich Bagrunov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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. Ne1 Nd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 f5 12. f3
g5 13. Bf2 f4 14. Nd3 Nf6 15. c5 h5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 a6
18. Na7 Bd7 19. Qb3 Qb8 20. Qb6 g4 21. Rac1 Ne8 22. Rc3 Bh6
23. fxg4 hxg4 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qxh6 Rf7 26. d6 Qxd6 27. Qxd6
Nxd6 28. Rd1 f3 29. Rxd6 fxe2 30. Rxd7 Raf8 31. Rf3 gxf3
32. g3 Nc8 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Nxc8 Rxc8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Victor Toporov"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Nf3 Qd7
7. Be2 Ne7 8. h4 Bb7 9. h5 h6 10. Be3 Nbc6 11. O-O Nf5 12. Nh4
O-O-O 13. Bd3 Nxh4 14. Qxh4 Be7 15. Qg4 f5 16. Qg3 Rdg8 17. a3
Qe8 18. Qh3 g5 19. hxg6 Qxg6 20. Nxd5 Bg5 21. f4 Bd8 22. c4
Kb8 23. Rf3 Rh7 24. Nc3 Rd7 25. d5 Ne7 26. Bc2 exd5 27. cxd5
Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxf5 Qg7 30. Bxd7 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Qxd7
32. f5 Qb5 33. Bd4 Be7 34. Re1 Qc4 35. Bf2 Bh4 36. Bxh4 Qxh4
37. Qf2 Qg4 38. e6 Re8 39. f6 Rxe6 40. Rxe6 Qxe6 41. f7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Daria Efremova"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Bg4 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 Ned7 11. Be3 c6
12. Qd2 a6 13. Rfc1 cxd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. b4 Nb6 16. Bh6 Rc8
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f3 Nc4 19. Qd4 Qb6 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Rxc4
Qb7 22. Rcc1 Kg8 23. Qd3 Rb8 24. Rc2 Qd7 25. Rac1 Qa7+ 26. Kf1
Rb7 27. Rd2 Ra8 28. Rcc2 Nd7 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Ne5 31. f4
Nd7 32. Kf2 h6 33. Ke3 Kg7 34. Rdd2 Ra4 35. Rb2 Nb8 36. Bd1
Ra3+ 37. Rd3 Ra6 38. a4 bxa4 39. Ra3 Rab6 40. Rxa4 Na6 41. b5
Nc5 42. Rab4 Rb8 43. Kd4 R8b7 44. Be2 Rb8 45. Ra2 R8b7 46. Rb1
Rc7 47. Ra3 Rcb7 48. Rc1 Rc7 49. Rcc3 Rcb7 50. e5 Rc7 51. g3
Kh7 52. Bd3 Kg7 53. g4 Kh7 54. h4 Kg7 55. Be2 Rcb7 56. Rxc5
dxc5+ 57. Kxc5 f6 58. Ra6 Rxa6 59. bxa6 Rb8 60. a7 Rd8 61. Bb5
fxe5 62. fxe5 Ra8 63. Kb6 Rd8 64. Bc6 Kf7 65. a8=Q Rxa8
66. Bxa8 g5 67. h5 Ke8 68. e6 Kd8 69. Bc6 Kc8 70. d6 Kd8
71. Kc5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Domnin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. e5 Ne8 6. f4 d6
7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd6 exd6 10. Be2 Bg4 11. O-O dxe5
12. Nd5 e4 13. Ng5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd6 15. Be3 h6 16. Nh3 Nd4
17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Nf2 Rc8 19. Rac1 e3 20. Ng4 Nxc4 21. Rxc4
Qxd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd1 Qe4 24. Re1 Rc2 25. Qf3 e2+ 26. Nf2
Rc1 27. Qc3 Bxc3 28. Nxe4 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Kosarev"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 Nc6
7. Nge2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Qd2 a6 10. Nc1 c6 11. Nb3 cxd5
12. cxd5 Bd7 13. a4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Rxa1+ 16. Nxa1
Qa8 17. Na3 Rb8 18. Bc4 Nh5 19. Nb3 f5 20. Nb1 Qa4 21. Qc3
fxe4 22. fxe4 Nf4 23. Rg1 Bb5 24. N3d2 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Rb4
26. b3 Qa2 27. Qf1 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Qxb1+ 29. Kd2 Qb2+ 30. Ke1
Qb1+ 31. Kd2 Qxe4 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Qd3 Qb4+ 34. Ke2 Qc5
35. Rd1 Nf5 36. Qe4 Be5 37. Kf3 Nd4+ 38. Kg4 Qc8+ 39. Kg5 Qd8+
0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2005.09.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roope Kiuttu"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. a3 b5 9. Be3 Bb7 10. f4 Bc5 11. e5 Qb6 12. exf6
Nxd4 13. fxg7 Nxe2+ 14. Kh1 Rg8 15. Bxc5 Rxg7 16. Qxe2 Rxg2
0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2005.09.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Franc Ashiku"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 a6 8. e4 Bg4 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4
12. Qxd4 Re8 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. b3 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qf6
17. b4 Qxf3 18. bxc5 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxc3 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. cxd6
cxd6 22. Rb3 Bd4 23. Re1 f5 24. Rd3 Bc5 25. e5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5
dxe5 27. Rb3 Kf7 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Kd6 30. f3 h6 31. Kd3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vojtech Plat"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 b5 8. f3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Kb1 Bb7 11. g4 d6 12. Bg5
b4 13. Nce2 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rc8 15. c3 e5 16. Qg1 bxc3 17. Nxc3
Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bxg5 19. Bd3 O-O 20. h4 Bf4 21. g5 Qa5 22. Qe1
Qb6 23. Bc2 Be3 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Bd4 26. b3 Qc5 27. Qe4
g6 28. Rh3 f5 29. gxf6 Rxf6 30. Bd3 Qc3 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Feliks Khatenever"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 Ngf6
7.O-O Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Nf6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Ne5 c5 11.dxc5 Qd5 12.Qe2
Qxc5 13.a3 a5 14.b4 Qa7 15.Be3 Qb8 16.Bf4 Qa7 17.bxa5 Qxa5
18.Rab1 Qxa3 19.Bg5 Ra4 20.c4 Rb4 21.Ra1 Qb2 22.Bd2 Rb6 23.c5
Bxc5 24.Nc4 Qb5 25.Ra5 Qc6 26.Rxc5 Qxc5 27.Be3 Qe7 28.Nxb6 e5
29.Rc1 e4 30.Nxc8 Qd7 31.Bb5 Qe6 32.Nb6 h5 33.Qc4 Qd6 34.Qc5
Qe6 35.Qxf8+ Kxf8 36.Rc8+ Qxc8 37.Nxc8 Nd5 38.Bc5+ Kg8 39.Ne7+
1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Aleksei Gantsevich"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nbd7
8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 a6 10.g4 Rb8 11.Nd2 Nh7 12.Be2 Ndf6 13.b4 Ne8
14.Rc1 f5 15.gxf5 gxf5 16.exf5 Bxf5 17.Nde4 Qh4 18.Bg4 Bg6
19.Be6+ Bf7 20.Bxf7+ Rxf7 21.Qg4 Qxg4 22.hxg4 Nef6 23.Rh4 Rbf8
24.Ke2 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 Nf6 26.Kd3 Nxe4 27.Kxe4 Rf6 28.c5 Rg6
29.a4 Bf6 30.Rxh6 Rg7 31.Rch1 Kf7 32.Rh7 Rxh7 33.Rxh7+ Bg7
34.Bh6 Kg6 35.Rxg7+ Kxh6 36.Rxc7 Rf4+ 37.Ke3 Rxb4 38.cxd6 Rb6
39.d7 Rd6 40.Ke4 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vadim Chernov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 Re8 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 c6 12.Bc4 b5
13.Bb3 c5 14.a4 c4 15.Ba2 a6 16.O-O Nd7 17.Be3 Bb7 18.Nd2 Rec8
19.Rac1 Bf8 20.Rc2 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.a5 Nd3 23.Bb1 Rc5
24.Rd1 Rac8 25.g3 f5 26.f3 f4 27.g4 g5 28.Kg2 Kf7 29.h3 Ke7
30.Rf1 h5 31.Rd1 Kd6 32.Nf1 R5c7 33.Re2 Nc5 34.Ba2 Rh8 35.Rc1
Bc8 36.Rc3 Nb7 37.b4 cxb3 38.Rxc7 Kxc7 39.Bxb3 Nxa5 40.Rc2+
Kd6 41.Ba2 hxg4 42.hxg4 Bd7 43.Nd2 Nb7 44.Bb3 a5 45.Ra2 Rc8
46.Rc2 Rxc2 47.Bxc2 Kc5 48.Kf2 a4 49.Ke2 b4 50.Kd1 Na5 51.Kc1
b3 52.Bd1 Kb4 53.Kb2 Nc4+ 54.Nxc4 Kxc4 55.Ka3 Kc3 56.d6 b2
57.Ka2 Be6+ 58.Kb1 a3 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Eduard Gorovykh"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 b5 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nd2 b4 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 e6 6.O-O d5 7.Qe2
Be7 8.Re1 O-O 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Ne4 Nd7 11.Ne5 N7f6 12.Qf3 Rb8
13.Qh3 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 f5 15.Bd3 Bg5 16.Bxg5 Qxg5 17.Nd7 Nf4
18.Qg3 Qh6 19.Bf1 Rf7 20.Nxb8 Rf6 21.d5 Bxd5 22.Rad1 Rg6
23.Rxd5 Nh3+ 24.Qxh3 Qxh3 25.Rxe6 Qh4 26.Rxg6 hxg6 27.Rd3 a5
28.Nd7 Qe7 29.Rd1 g5 30.Bc4+ Kh7 31.Kf1 c6 32.Bb3 g4 33.Rd3
Kh6 34.h3 gxh3 35.Rxh3+ Kg5 36.Rg3+ Kh6 37.Rd3 g5 38.Nb6 Qc5
39.Nc8 Qe5 40.Nd6 Qf4 41.g3 Qc1+ 42.Kg2 Qxb2 43.Nxf5+ Kh7
44.g4 Kg6 45.Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Davor Draskovic"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5
12. Kb1 Re8 13. h4 h5 14. g4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 hxg4 18. h5 a5 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Qh2 Kf7 21. Ne6 Bxe6
22. dxe6+ Kxe6 23. Qe2 Qc8 24. Rh7 Kf7 25. Bh6 Rg8 26. Bxg7
Rxg7 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qxe7+ Kh6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Zohrak Apresyan"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 Nf6
7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Qd2
Ne5 13. b3 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5
Rc7 18. Bb5 Nfd7 19. h3 a6 20. Bxa6 Nc5 21. Bb5 Ned7 22. b4
Nb7 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Nd8 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Qc3 Qb7
27. Rc1 e5 28. Be3 Re7 29. Qc8 Qxc8 30. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Robert Aghasaryan"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6
7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. h4 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Ne5 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. Bb6 Qd7 16. f4 Rb8
17. Bg2 Qb7 18. Bd4 Bd7 19. h5 Rfc8 20. g6 fxg6 21. hxg6 h6
22. e5 d5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bxd5+ Kf8 25. Rxh6 gxh6 26. g7+
Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Bg5 28. fxg5 Bf5 29. e6+ Kf8 30. Bc5+ Kg7
31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Qd2 b5 8. f3 b4 9. Na4 d5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. f4 Nc6 12. Bd3
Bb7 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. b3 Bxa4 16. bxa4 Bc5
17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 O-O 19. Rab1 Qc3 20. Qf2 Nc5 21. Rfd1
Rfc8 22. a5 Rab8 23. h3 g6 24. Qf1 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Qa3 26. Rd2
Qxa5 27. g4 d4 28. Qf2 Qd5+ 29. Kh2 Rc3 30. h4 a5 31. h5 Rbc8
32. Re1 Rc1 33. Re4 Ra1 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Kg3 Rcc1 36. Qxd4
Rg1+ 37. Kh4 Qa8 38. Kg5 Kg7 39. Rh2 Rg2 40. f5 Rxh2 41. f6+
Kh7 42. Qxa1 Qf8 43. Kf4 Qh6+ 44. g5 Qh4+ 45. Ke3 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Shamil Abdullayev"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g4 a6
7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. h4 Be7 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5
12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. f3 Ne5 14. Qg2 Bb7 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4
17. Bd4 O-O 18. h5 Rac8 19. g6 h6 20. Bxg7 f5 21. Bxh6 b4
22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. g7 bxc3 24. h6 cxb2+ 25. Kb1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nodar Lortkipanidze"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+
7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3 Qb6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nbd4 Nbc6
12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Qe2 e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Nc6
17. Qh5 Rh6 18. Qd1 Re8+ 19. Be2 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qd6 21. Kf1
Rhe6 22. Bd3 Qb4 23. a3 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qc3 25. Be2 Rxe2 26. Qxe2
Rxe2 0-1

[Event "White Nights 2007 (CYSS-2)"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Alexandr Glazko"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4
O-O 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O c5 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Nc6 11. g4 Nd4
12. Be2 b5 13. Be3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Re8
17. Qd2 Qa5 18. Kb1 Rac8 19. g5 Qa4 20. f6 Bf8 21. h4 c4
22. h5 c3 23. Qd3 cxb2 24. g6 b3 25. Qxb3 Qxb3 26. gxh7+ Kxh7
27. axb3 gxf6 28. Kxb2 Re5 29. Rhd1 Be7 30. Bf4 Re2 31. R1d2
Rxd2 32. Bxd2 Rc5 33. Rxc5 dxc5 34. Kc3 1-0

[Event "White Nights 2007 (CYSS-2)"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Fedorovich Shushpanov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 exd4 9. Nxd4 c6 10. Rd1 Re8 11. b3 Qb6
12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Rd2 a5 14. Ba3 Ng4 15. Rad1 a4 16. b4 Ne6
17. e3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Bf5 19. Qb2 Re7 20. h3 Nf6 21. b5 c5
22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Rd6 Qa5 24. Qd2 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Nd5
Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Re8 28. Ne3 Bh6 29. Bxb7 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rxe3
31. g4 Be6 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxa3 34. Rxd7 Rxa2 35. b6 Rb2
36. b7 Kg7 37. Rc7 a3 38. Rxc5 Rxb7 39. Ra5 Rb3 40. Kg2 Rc3
41. c5 Rc2+ 42. Kg3 a2 43. c6 Kf6 44. c7 Rxc7 45. Rxa2 $138
0-1

[Event "White Nights 2007 (CYSS-2)"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Aleksandr Rutman"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5
7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. g4 Nh7 12. h4 f5
13. exf5 gxf5 14. g5 e4 15. gxh6 Be5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Qf6
18. Qc2 f4 19. Nxe4 Qxh6 20. Bd2 Bf5 21. O-O-O c6 22. Rg1+ Kh8
23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Bd3 a4 25. bxa4 d5 26. Nc5 Bxd3 27. Nxd3 Bg7
28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Ne5 Nf6 31. Ng6+ Kg7 32. Qf5
Kf7 33. Ne5+ Ke8 34. Qe6+ Kd8 35. Qd6+ Ke8 36. Qxc6+ 1-0

[Event "White Nights 2007 (CYSS-2)"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Grigoriy Kazakevich"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bc4
e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 O-O
12. Ngf3 Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. O-O-O b6 15. g4 Bb7 16. g5 Bxf3
17. Nxf3 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bd6 19. Rhg1 Bf4+ 20. Kb1 Bxg5 21. Rxg5
Nh7 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qe4+ g6 24. Rxg6 fxg6 25. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "White Nights 2007 (CYSS-2)"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail V Novikov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Bg4
7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Rc1 c5 9. d5 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 a6 13. a4 Qb8 14. Be2 e6 15. a5 exd5 16. cxd5 b5
17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Qa4 Rfd8 19. Rb1 Rab8 20. Rfc1 Qb4 21. Qc2
Re8 22. Bd3 Ne5 23. Bf1 Qb3 24. Bf4 f5 25. Qd2 Rb4 26. exf5
Rd4 27. Qe3 Nd3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. Bxd3 Be5 30. Bd2 gxf5
31. Bxf5 Nxd5 32. Bc2 Qc4 33. Ne4 Qb5 34. Re1 Kg7 35. Ng5 h6
36. Nf3 Bf4 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38. Re1 Qd8 39. Re6 Bxd2 40. Nxd2
Nf4 41. Re3 d5 42. Nf3 d4 43. Re4 d3 44. Bd1 Ng6 45. Ra4 Qf6
46. Ra2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "White Nights 2007"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.35"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Yury Kudriavtsev"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Be7 Qe7 7.f4
a6 8.Nf3 c5 9.dc5 Nc6 10.Qd2 Nc5 11.Bd3 b5 12.O-O Nd3 13.cd3
O-O 14.Ne2 Bd7 15.Ned4 Nd4 16.Nd4 f6 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Rc8 Rc8
19.Rc1 Rc1+ 20.Qc1 fe5 21.fe5 Qh4 22.Nf3 Qa4 23.Qc7 b4 24.b3
Qc6 25.Qc6 Bc6 26.Kf2 h6 27.Ke3 Kf7 28.Kd4 Bb5 29.Kc5 Bd3
30.Nd4 Bb1 31.Kb4 Ba2 32.Kc5 Kg6 33.Kd6 Kf7 34.b4 Bc4 35.Ne6
g5 36.Nd4 Ke8 37.e6 Kd8 38.e7+ Ke8 39.Ne6 Bb5 40.Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "White Nights 2007"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.30"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Tomberg"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e6 7.Be2 Be7
8.O-O Qc7 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Kh1 h6 11.Be3 Nc6 12.f4 Bd7 13.f5 e5
14.Nb3 Nb4 15.Qd2 Kh7 16.g4 d5 17.ed5 Nbd5 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.Bd3
Kg8 20.Bh6 gh6 21.f6 Nf6 22.Rf6 Bf6 23.Qh6 Qc6+ 24.Kg1 e4
25.g5 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "White Nights 2007"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Muhammad Khusenkhojaev"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5
Nh5 8.Bd3 Nf4 9.ef4 c6 10.Qc2 g6 11.O-O b6 12.b4 a5 13.a3 Ba6
14.Ba6 Ra6 15.b5 cb5 16.c6 b4 17.ab4 Nf6 18.b5 Ra7 19.Ne5 Bd6
20.Na4 Bc7 21.g3 Ne4 22.f3 Nd6 23.Qd3 Re8 24.Rfe1 Kg7 25.Kg2
h5 26.Re2 h4 27.Rae1 hg3 28.hg3 Rh8 29.Rh1 Rh1 30.Kh1 Nf5
31.Kg2 Ra8 32.Re1 Qd6 33.g4 Qb4 34.Nc3 Nd4 35.Rb1 Nb3 36.Ne2
a4 37.Qc3 Qc3 38.Nc3 Nc5 39.Ra1 g5 40.Nd7 Nd7 41.cd7 gf4
42.Na4 Bd8 43.Kf1 Kf6 44.Ke2 e5 45.Kd3 Ke6 46.Nc5+ bc5 47.Ra8
Kd7 48.Ra7+ Kd6 49.Rf7 c4+ 50.Kc2 d4 51.g5 d3+ 52.Kd1 c3 53.b6
c2+ 54.Kc1 Ke6 55.b7 1-0

[Event "White Nights 2007"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Rafael Barhudarian"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Be3 c6 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Rad1 h6 11.h3 Re8 12.Rfe1 a6 13.b4
d5 14.ed5 ed4 15.Nd4 cd5 16.c5 b6 17.Bf3 bc5 18.Nc6 Qf8 19.Nd5
Nd5 20.Bd5 Bb7 21.Bf3 Rac8 22.Ne7+ Re7 23.Bb7 Rb8 24.Bc6 Ne5
25.Bd5 Qe8 26.bc5 Rb2 27.Qc1 Qb5 28.c6 Rc7 29.Bf4 Nd3 30.Rd3
Qd3 31.Bc7 Qd5 32.Bg3 Qf5 33.c7 Rc2 34.Qc2 1-0

[Event "White Nights 2007"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrey Davydov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 Nf6 5.Bg5 de4 6.a3 Be7 7.Bf6
Bf6 8.Ne4 Be7 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.O-O-O b6 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 c6 13.Qf4
Qb8 14.Qg4 O-O 15.Ng5 Nf6 16.Qf3 h6 17.Ne4 Qc7 18.h4 Rab8
19.Nf6+ Bf6 20.Nf4 Rfd8 21.Qg4 Bd4 22.Ne6 fe6 23.Rd4 Rd4
24.Qd4 c5 0-1

[Event "White Nights 2007"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2007.07.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Viktor Turikov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O c5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1
O-O 8.e4 d6 9.d4 cd4 10.Nd4 Qc8 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.f4 Re8 13.Rc1
Bf8 14.b4 e5 15.Nf5 Qb8 16.fe5 Ne5 17.Nd5 Nd5 18.ed5 Qc7 19.c5
dc5 20.bc5 bc5 21.Bf4 Bd6 22.Be5 Re5 23.Re5 Be5 24.d6 Qd7
25.Rc5 Bg2 26.Qg4 Qb7 27.Re5 g6 28.Qd4 gf5 29.d7 Bc6 30.d8=Q+
Rd8 31.Qd8+ Kg7 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.Rf5 Be4 35.Qd4+ Kg8
36.Rf1 f5 37.Rd1 Qb6 38.Qb6 ab6 39.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg B18"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Bogdanov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Qd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bc6 Bc6 7.Nc3
Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Rad1 O-O 11.Rfe1 Qc7 12.e5 de5
13.Re5 Rfd8 14.Qe3 Be8 15.Rd3 Rd3 16.cd3 Ng4 17.Qf4 0-1

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg B18"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ilya Duzhakov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cd4 5.Nd4 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Nd5 Bd5 11.ed5 Nb8 12.O-O-O Nbd7
13.g4 h6 14.Be2 Rc8 15.h4 Nb6 16.Qa5 Qc7 17.c3 Bd8 18.g5 hg5
19.hg5 Rh1 20.Rh1 Nfd5 21.Rh8+ Ke7 22.Bb6 Nb6 23.g6 fg6 24.f4
Nd7 25.Qd5 Nf6 26.Qg2 Kf7 27.fe5 de5 28.Nd2 b5 29.Bd1 Qd7
30.Bb3+ 1-0

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg B18"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Denis Toder"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 Nf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.O-O Qc7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Bg5
O-O 14.Rc1 h6 15.Bh4 Nh5 16.Bg3 Ng3 17.hg3 g5 18.Bb1 Qg7
19.Ne2 Bd7 20.Qd3 Rf7 21.Qe3 Raf8 22.a3 Bb8 23.b4 Ba7 24.Rc6
Bc6 25.Ne5 Rc7 26.g4 0-1

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg B18"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Konstantin Shmagin"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
8.Rc1 Bb7 9.Bf6 Bf6 10.cd5 ed5 11.b4 c6 12.Be2 a5 13.b5 c5
14.O-O Nd7 15.Qb3 c4 16.Qb1 Re8 17.Nd2 Nf8 18.Bf3 Rb8 19.g3
Qd7 20.h4 1-0

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg B18"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Zviad Sichinava"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cb5 a6 5.e3 ab5 6.Bb5 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7
8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Na6 10.e4 Nc7 11.Bc4 d6 12.Re1 Ba6 13.Nd2 Qd7
14.h3 Rfb8 15.Qc2 Bc4 16.Nc4 Nb5 17.Nb5 Qb5 18.Re3 Nd7 19.a4
Qa6 20.Bd2 Bd4 21.Rb3 Rb3 22.Qb3 1-0

[Event "Autumn Petersburg 2007 Open"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Karina Azimova"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. a4 Bg4 8. c3 d5 9. Bb3 d4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 Bc5 12. Rd1
Qe7 13. Nf1 Bg6 14. Ng3 Nh5 15. Nxh5 Bxh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bd5
Kh8 18. h4 h5 19. Ng5 hxg4 20. Qxg4 Qf6 21. h5 Bh7 22. Nxh7
Kxh7 23. Bg5 Qd6 24. b4 Bxb4 25. cxb4 f5 26. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Autumn Petersburg 2007 Open"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Androsov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bg5 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Be2 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Re1 Nd7 15. g3 Bb7 16. Bg2 Bf6
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qe2 e5 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. f4 h5 21. h3 h4
22. gxh4 exf4 23. Qf3 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 a5 25. Qxf4 b4 26. axb4
axb4 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Qxc2 29. Rd2 Qc5 30. Rf2 Re8
31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. h5 Re5 33. h6 Rh5 34. Rf1 Rxh6 35. Rc1 Qe3
36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Qxb4 Qf2 38. Rc4 Nxd5 39. Qb7 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Autumn Petersburg 2007 Open"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Denis Toder"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7
7. Nf4 h6 8. Nxg6 Nxg6 9. Bd3 Nh4 10. O-O c5 11. Bb5+ Nc6
12. f4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Rc8 14. Qxa7 Bb4 15. Qxb7 O-O 16. Bxc6
Rb8 17. Qa6 Rb6 18. Qa4 Qc7 19. Be3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc6 21. Bd4
Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxc3 23. Rab1 Qe3+ 24. Rf2 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nh4+
26. Kf1 Rc8 27. Qb5 Rc4 28. Qb6 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Rxf4 30. Qb3 Nf3+
31. Kh1 Qxg4 32. Rbf1 Nh4 33. Qg3 Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Qe4+ 35. Kg1
Nf5 36. Qf4 Qe1+ 37. Rf1 Qc3 38. Qf2 Qxe5 39. a4 d4 40. Qf4
Qc5 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qb5 Qxc2 43. a5 Ne3 44. Qb1 d3 45. Qxc2
dxc2 46. Rc1 f5 47. a6 1-0

[Event "Autumn Petersburg 2007 Open"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Maslyakov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 a6 6. c5 O-O
7. e3 Re8 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. h4 Nf8 10. Ne5 N6d7 11. Qc2 Nxe5
12. Bxe5 b6 13. cxb6 cxb6 14. O-O-O b5 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. g4 Qa5
17. Qd2 b4 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. g5 Qb6 20. h5 Bxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Bd6
22. g6 fxg6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Nf4 g5 26. Ng6 Nd7
27. Rh5 Nf6 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Ne5+ Ke7 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qg6
Rg8 32. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Autumn Petersburg 2007 Open"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Andrey Gnidenko"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Na6 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. f3 Ne8 11. f4 Nec7
12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nc2 exf4 15. Bxf4 Be5 16. Bg5 f6
17. Bh4 Nc5 18. b4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nxe4 20. Qd4 Qe8 21. Rbe1 f5
22. Bd3 d5 23. Ne3 dxc4 24. Bxc4+ Be6 25. Ng4 fxg4 26. Rxf8+
Qxf8 27. Qxe4 Bxc4 28. Qxc4+ Qf7 29. Rc1 Rf8 30. Qxc7 Qxa2
31. Qxb7 Qb3 32. Qe4 Rb8 33. Qc4+ Qxc4 34. Rxc4 h5 35. Rd4 Rb5
36. Bd8 Kf7 37. Ba5 Ke6 38. Re4+ Kf6 39. Rc4 Rb7 40. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg B16"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Grigory Palchun"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 g6 7.e3 Bg7
8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 Ne8 10.O-O Nc7 11.Re1 Re8 12.e4 de4 13.Ne4 Nd5
14.Bg3 N7f6 15.Nf6+ Bf6 16.Qb3 Nc7 17.Rad1 a5 18.Bc4 Nd5 19.a4
Rf8 20.Re2 Nc7 21.Rde1 Ne6 22.Be6 fe6 23.Be5 Ra6 24.h4 b6
25.h5 Qd5 26.Qe3 Bd7 27.hg6 hg6 28.Qh6 Be8 29.Ng5 1-0

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg B16"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Airumian"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Qd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bc6 Bc6 7.Nc3
Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.h4 h6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Nh2 b5 13.g4
Qa5 14.a3 e5 15.Qb4 Qb4 16.ab4 Ne4 17.Ne4 Be4 18.f3 Bc6 19.g5
h5 20.Rhe1 a5 21.ba5 Ra5 22.Bb6 Ra4 23.Bc7 Rc8 24.Bb6 Rh4
25.Re2 Bg5+ 26.Kb1 Be7 27.b3 f6 28.Be3 g5 29.Rg1 Kf7 30.Rg3 d5
31.Bd2 d4 32.Be1 Bd7 33.Rgg2 Rh3 34.Bd2 Bf5 35.Be1 d3 36.cd3
Bd3+ 37.Kb2 Be2 38.Re2 Bc5 39.Rg2 Bg1 40.Rg1 Rh2+ 41.Kb1 Rcc2
42.b4 Rb2+ 43.Kc1 Ra2 44.Kb1 Rhb2+ 45.Kc1 Rb4 46.Rh1 h4 47.f4
Rf4 48.Kb1 Re2 0-1

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg B16"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ilya Chernenko"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3
Qb6 8.Ne2 cd4 9.cd4 f6 10.ef6 Nf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Qb3 Qc7 13.Bg5
O-O 14.Bh4 Bd7 15.Bg3 e5 16.Nc3 Nb4 17.de5 Nd3 18.Nd5 Nd5
19.Qd5+ Kh8 20.Qd3 1-0

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg B16"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Mikhail Pleshkov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
d6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.e4 c5 10.e5 de5 11.de5 Ne8 12.Rd1 g6 13.Qa4
Bc8 14.Ne1 Rb8 15.Bc6 b5 16.Qa7 1-0

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg B16"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "German Bazeev"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 dc4 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bc4 e6 6.Qb3 Bf3 7.gf3
Qc8 8.Nc3 a6 9.Bd2 c5 10.dc5 Nbd7 11.Rc1 Nc5 12.Qc2 b5 13.Nb5
ab5 14.Bb5+ Kd8 15.a4 Bd6 16.O-O Ncd7 17.Qd3 Qb8 18.Rfd1 Ke7
19.e4 Rd8 20.b4 Bh2+ 21.Kg2 Bf4 22.Bf4 Qf4 23.Qe3 Qe3 24.fe3
Rdc8 25.Kg3 Rab8 26.Rc8 Rc8 27.a5 Rb8 28.Bc6 Ne5 29.b5 Nc6
30.bc6 Rc8 31.e5 Nd5 32.e4 Nb4 33.Rd7+ Ke8 34.Rb7 Nc6 35.a6
Ra8 0-1

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg B16"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erdni Urjubdshzirov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 Nf6 5.Bg5 de4 6.a3 Be7 7.Bf6
Bf6 8.Ne4 Be7 9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 Nd7 11.O-O e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.N4c3
f5 14.f4 e4 15.g4 Bc5+ 16.Kh1 Nc4 17.d6 Ne3 18.dc7 Qh4 19.Qd2
Qg4 20.Rg1 Qh4 21.Nd1 Ng4 22.Qd5+ Kh8 23.h3 Bg1 24.Kg1 Qe1+
25.Bf1 Nh2 26.Kh2 Qf1 27.Qd2 Be6 28.Nd4 e3 29.Qe3 Bd5 30.Qd2
Qh1+ 31.Kg3 Qg2+ 32.Kh4 Rf6 33.Nf5 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg B16"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Anatoly Donskov"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bc3+ 6.bc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
Qa5 8.Bd2 Qa4 9.Qb1 c4 10.h4 Nbc6 11.h5 h6 12.Nh4 Bd7 13.g3
O-O-O 14.Bh3 g5 15.Ng2 Rdf8 16.Ne3 f5 17.ef6 Rf6 18.O-O Qa5
19.Ng4 Rff8 20.Qe1 Nf5 21.a4 Qd8 22.Ne5 Ne5 23.Qe5 Rhg8 24.Bg4
Qc7 25.Rfe1 Qe5 26.Re5 Kc7 27.a5 Rg7 28.Kg2 Kc6 29.Bc1 Re8
30.Ba3 Rf7 31.Bc5 a6 32.Rae1 Ng7 33.Rb1 Kc7 34.Rb6 Bc6 35.Ba3
Kd7 36.Rb1 Kc7 37.Rbe1 Bd7 38.Bc5 Kc6 39.Bb4 Kc7 40.Ba3 Kc6
41.Bf3 Kc7 42.Bg4 Kc6 43.Bc1 Kb5 44.f4 gf4 45.Bf4 Nf5 46.Rb1+
Ka5 47.Rb7 Nd6 48.Rb1 Ne4 49.Bf3 Nd6 50.Bd5 ed5 51.Rd5+ Bb5
52.Rd6 Re2+ 53.Kf3 Rc2 54.Ra1+ Ba4 55.Rd5+ 1-0

[Event "M.Chigorin Memorial B"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Vladimir Savchuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cd4 5.Nd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4
Qa5 8.O-O d6 9.f3 O-O 10.Bb3 Bd7 11.Qd2 Rac8 12.Rad1 Rfe8
13.f4 Ng4 14.Nc6 Bc6 15.Bd4 Bd4+ 16.Qd4 Qc5 17.Rfe1 b6 18.h3
Nh6 19.g4 Qd4+ 20.Rd4 Kg7 21.a4 Red8 22.Red1 Re8 23.a5 b5
24.g5 Ng8 25.h4 e5 26.fe5 Re5 27.Rf1 Be8 28.Rd6 h6 29.Rd5 Re7
30.e5 Rb8 31.Rc5 Bd7 32.Ne4 Be6 33.Be6 Re6 34.Nd6 Re7 35.b4 a6
36.Rc3 Rd8 37.Rcf3 Rdd7 38.Kh1 hg5 39.hg5 Re5 40.Rf7+ Rf7
41.Rf7+ Kh8 42.Ra7 Rd5 43.Nf7+ Kg7 44.Nh6+ Kh8 45.Ra8 Kh7
46.Ng8 Rd1+ 47.Kg2 Rd2+ 48.Kf3 Rc2 49.Nf6+ Kg7 50.Ra6 Rc3+
51.Kf4 Rc4+ 52.Ke5 Rc1 53.Rb6 Rg1 54.Rb7+ Kf8 55.Ne4 1-0

[Event "M.Chigorin Memorial B"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander Chehlov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 f6
8.ef6 Nf6 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.O-O Qc7 11.h3 O-O 12.Be3 b6 13.a3 e5
14.de5 Ne5 15.Ne5 Be5 16.Qa4 Bd7 17.Qh4 Rae8 18.Rad1 Ne4 19.f4
Bf6 20.Qh5 Bc6 21.Bc1 Qf7 22.Qg4 h5 23.Qf3 d4 24.cd4 c4 25.Bc2
Bd5 26.Nc3 Nc3 27.Qc3 Re2 28.Rf2 Qe7 29.Rdf1 Re8 30.Bg6 Rf2
31.Rf2 Qe1+ 32.Rf1 Qe2 33.Rf2 Qd1+ 34.Kh2 Re1 0-1

[Event "M.Chigorin Memorial B"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Olga Lelekova"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cd4 5.Nd4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Bc4
Nf6 8.f3 O-O 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Bb3 Rfc8 12.h4 Ne5
13.h5 Nc4 14.Bc4 Rc4 15.hg6 fg6 16.g4 Rac8 17.Nb3 Qa6 18.e5
Ne8 19.Qh2 h5 20.Bd4 b5 21.gh5 b4 22.hg6 bc3 23.e6 Rd4 24.Rd4
Be6 25.Rh4 cb2+ 26.Kb1 Kf8 27.Rh8+ Bg8 28.Rg8+ Kg8 29.Nd4 Qc4
30.Nf5 Rc5 31.Ng7 Kg7 32.Qh8+ Kg6 33.Qh7+ Kf6 34.Rh6+ Ke5
35.Qe7+ Kd5 36.Qf7+ Kc6 37.Qe8+ Kb7 38.Rh7+ Ka6 39.Qe4 Qf1+
40.Kb2 Rb5+ 41.Kc3 Qa1+ 42.Kd2 Qa2 43.Qc6+ Rb6 44.Qc8+ Kb5
45.Qe8+ Rc6 46.Rb7+ Kc5 47.Qe3+ Kd5 48.Qe4+ Kc5 49.Qb4+ Kd5
50.Rb5+ Ke6 51.Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "M.Chigorin Memorial B"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oleg Orlov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.b4 Re8 9.b5 e4 10.Nd2 Nf8 11.a4 h5 12.a5 N8h7 13.Bb2 Bg4
14.d5 Ng5 15.Nb3 Qd7 16.c5 dc5 17.f3 ef3 18.gf3 Bh3 19.e4 Bf1
20.Bf1 Nh3+ 21.Bh3 Qh3 22.Nc5 Ng4 23.fg4 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Qc5
25.gh5 Bc3 26.hg6 fg6 27.Rc1 Qb4 28.Bc3 Qe4+ 29.Kg1 Qe3+
30.Kh1 Qe4+ 31.Kg1 Rad8 32.Qf1 Qe3+ 33.Kh1 Rf8 34.Qe1 Qf3+
35.Kg1 Qg4+ 36.Kh1 Rd5 37.Bd2 Qf3+ 38.Kg1 Rd4 39.Qe6+ Rf7
40.Rc4 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "BSG Pinkstertoernooi 2008"]
[Site "Bussum, the Netherlands"]
[Date "2008.05.10"]
[EventDate "2008.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bert Balke"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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. b4 Nf6 12. f3
f4 13. c5 g5 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. Rc1 Rf7 16. Be1 h5 17. Qc2 g4
18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nb5 Qb6+ 20. Bf2 Qxb5 21. Nxe5 Qe8 22. Nxg6
gxf3 23. Bxf3 Ng4 24. e5 Bf5 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxe5
27. Nh4 Bb2 28. Qg6+ Rg7 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Nf5 Bxc1 31. Nxg7
Kxg7 32. Rxc1 Re2 33. Bxa7 Rxa2 34. Bb8 Ne3 35. Bxd6 Rxg2+
36. Kh1 f3 37. Bc5 Ng4 38. h3 Rh2+ 39. Kg1 Rxh3 40. d6 Rg3+
41. Kf1 f2 42. Ke2 Ra3 43. Bd4+ Kf7 44. Rf1 Ke6 45. Bxf2 Ra2+
46. Ke1 Ra1+ 47. Ke2 Rxf1 0-1

[Event "BSG Pinkstertoernooi 2008"]
[Site "Bussum, the Netherlands"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[EventDate "2008.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "David Klein"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5
7. a3 Nc6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. O-O Re8 10. f4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. b4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qf6 16. Rad1
Qxd4+ 17. Rxd4 Nf8 18. b5 Bd7 19. Nd5 Ne6 20. Rd2 Red8 21. f5
Nc5 22. Nxc7 Rac8 23. Nd5 Kg7 24. Ne7 Rb8 25. c4 Kf8 26. Nd5
a6 27. Nc3 axb5 28. cxb5 Be8 29. Rfd1 Ke7 30. e5 gxf5
31. exd6+ Kf6 32. Rd5 Ne6 33. d7 1-0

[Event "BSG Pinkstertoernooi 2008"]
[Site "Bussum, the Netherlands"]
[Date "2008.05.12"]
[EventDate "2008.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Emile Wustefeld"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Kb1
Bc6 17. Ne2 b5 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. a3 Rae8 20. Rhe1 f6 21. g3 Re7
22. Re3 Ne4 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. f5 Rd8 26. fxe6
Rxe6 27. c3 Kf7 28. Rf1 Red6 29. Rf4 R8d7 30. b4 Kg6 31. Rg4+
Kf7 32. Rf4 Kg6 33. Kc2 f5 34. Re2 Rd5 35. Rff2 R7d6 36. Re1
Bc8 37. Kc1 Kg5 38. Ref1 a5 39. bxa5 Ra6 40. Rd2 Rc5 41. Kb2
Re5 42. Nc2 Be6 43. Nb4 Bc4 44. Re1 Ra8 45. Re3 f4 46. gxf4+
Kxf4 47. Nc2 Ree8 48. Rf2+ Ke5 49. Rh3 Re7 50. Ne3 Ke6 51. a6
Kd7 52. Rh6 Be6 53. Rd2+ Ke8 54. Rd6 Bg8 55. Rh5 Rd8 56. Nf5
Re5 57. Rxd8+ Kxd8 58. a7 Bd5 59. Ne3 1-0

[Event "2008-2009 Bundesliga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Jan Werle"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. O-O Bc5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 Nc6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6
Qxb6+ 13. Kh1 h5 14. Qe2 Ng4 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Rae1 Bf6 17. Na4
Qc7 18. Bc3 Bh4 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bc3 Bxe1 21. Qxe1 Qe7 22. h3
Nf6 23. Qf2 h4 24. Nb6 Rd8 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Nd5 exd5 27. exd5
Nce5 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. c4 Rg3 31. Nc5 Bxd5
32. cxd5 Rxd5 33. b4 Rgxd3 34. Nxd3 Rxd3 35. Qf5 Rd5 36. Qc8+
Qd8 37. Qxa6 Qd7 38. Qf6 Qe7 39. Qh8+ Kd7 40. Rc1 Qd8 41. Qg7
Ke8 42. Rf1 Qe7 43. Ra1 Qc7 44. Qh8+ Kd7 45. Qf6 e4 46. Qxf7+
1-0

[Event "2008-2009 Bundesliga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mateusz Bartel"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f4 Nc5 11. Qe2 Be7
12. Rae1 O-O 13. Rf3 Re8 14. Rh3 g6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Rf1 Nxd3
17. cxd3 Rc8 18. Ne4 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nc3 20. Bxc3 Bxe4 21. dxe4
Rxc3 22. Nxe6 Qc8 23. Nf4 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Rxh3 25. Nxh3 Rxe5
26. Nf4 Qb7 27. Re1 Bf8 28. Nd3 Re8 29. e5 Bg7 30. h3 Qd5
31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. gxf3 Rd8 33. Re3 Rd4 34. f4 Bh6 35. Rf3 Kf8
36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. Nf2 Bg7 40. Ke2 Bh6
41. f5 Rd2+ 42. Ke1 Rxa2 43. e6 Ra1+ 44. Ke2 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 fxe6
46. Rd3+ Ke5 47. Ng4+ Ke4 48. fxe6 Kxd3 49. Ne5+ Ke3 50. e7
Rf2+ 51. Ke1 Rf8 52. Nc4+ Kd3 53. exf8=B Bxf8 54. Nxb6 Kc3 0-1

[Event "2008-2009 Bundesliga"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henrik Teske"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 d6
7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O Bg7 9. b3 Qa5 10. Bb2 Qh5 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. cxd5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ f6 16. Rac1
Rfc8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Qxa7 Qxe2 19. Qxb7 Bf5 20. a4 Rc2
21. Qb4 Kf7 22. Qd4 Ra2 23. h4 Bc2 24. Qc3 Qe5 25. Qb4 Qb2
26. Qe1 Qe5 27. Qb4 Qb2 28. Qf4 Bxb3 29. Qh6 f5 30. h5 Qg7
31. Qe3 Bxa4 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Kh2 Be8 34. Rc1 gxh5 35. Rc8 h4
36. gxh4 Ra4 37. Bh3 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "TCh-NED 2008-9"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2008.09.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Jelmer Jens"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6
12. O-O Bd7 13. Bh5 Bg7 14. f5 O-O 15. Ne2 Ne7 16. Ng3 Rad8
17. Be2 d5 18. e5 exf5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rae1 Qxa2 21. Bd3
Rfe8 22. Nh5 Qb2 23. Rb1 Qc3 24. Qh6 Ng6 25. Bxf5 Bxf5
26. Rxf5 Bg7 27. Nxg7 Qxg7 28. Qd2 d4 29. Rbf1 Re7 30. c3 d3
31. Nd4 Rxd4 32. cxd4 Re2 33. Qxd3 Nf4 34. Qf3 Rxg2+ 35. Kh1
Rxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Qh6+ 37. Kg3 1-0

[Event "World's Youth Stars 2008"]
[Site "Kirishi, Russia"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Robert Aghasaryan"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Bd3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 Re8 10.f4 e5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Bb5 Rf8
13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.Rxf5 a6 15.Bd3 Rc8 16.Qe2 Re8 17.a4 g6 18.Rf4
d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Rd4 Nxc3 21.Rxd8 Nxe2 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Bxe2
Bf6 24.Bf2 Nc6 25.Bf3 Nd4 26.Bxb7 Nxc2 27.Rf1 a5 28.b3 Nb4
29.h3 Rb8 30.Bf3 Nd3 31.Ba7 Rd8 32.Bb6 Rb8 33.Bxa5 Nc5 34.b4
Nb3 35.Bd5 Nxa5 36.bxa5 Bd4 37.Rxf7 Kh8 38.a6 Rb1+ 39.Kh2 1-0

[Event "World's Youth Stars 2008"]
[Site "Kirishi, Russia"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 e6 3.Nbc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be3 a6
7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Be7 9.f3 O-O 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Ne8 12.Nxc6 dxc6
13.a3 e5 14.h4 Be6 15.Qf2 Nd6 16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 a5 18.Qg3
Rfd8 19.Bg2 b4 20.Na4 c5 21.Rd2 Rd7 22.Rhd1 Rad8 23.Qe3 c4
24.Qc5 bxa3 25.Qxa3 Qa7 26.Qc5 c3 27.bxc3 Qb8 28.Nb6 Rc7
29.Qxa5 Ra7 30.Qb4 Ra1+ 31.Kb2 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Qxb6 33.Bxd6 Rxd6
34.Rxd6 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "World's Youth Stars 2008"]
[Site "Kirishi, Russia"]
[Date "2008.11.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Nazi Paikidze"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6
8.Rg1 Qe7 9.Bd2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.e4 e5 12.g5 hxg5 13.Nxg5
Rf8 14.f4 exd4 15.Ne2 b5 16.Nxd4 Nb8 17.Be2 Bc5 18.Qd3 Ra7
19.e5 Rd7 20.Ngf3 Bxd4 21.Nxd4 Nd5 22.Nf5 Qc5 23.Qg3 g6
24.Nd6+ Rxd6 25.exd6 Bf5 26.Bg4 Bxg4 27.Qxg4 Nd7 28.Rg2 Kd8
29.Re2 f5 30.Qxg6 N5f6 31.Rc1 Qxd6 32.Qxf5 Qd4 33.Kd1 c5 34.b3
Nd5 35.Qe4 Rxf4 36.Qxd4 Rxd4 37.Kc2 Kc7 38.Rd1 Kd6 39.Be1 1-0

[Event "World's Youth Stars 2008"]
[Site "Kirishi, Russia"]
[Date "2008.11.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Ganichev"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 b6 10.O-O O-O 11.Kh1 Bb7 12.fxe5 dxe5
13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Bg5 Nc5 15.Nh4 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 Nxe4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7
18.Nf5 Qb4 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Ng5 21.Qxe5 f6 22.Qg3 Ra7
23.Rae1 g6 24.Nh6+ Kg7 25.Ng4 Re7 26.c3 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Qxb2
28.h4 Nf7 29.h5 Qd2 30.Re7 Qg5 31.h6+ Kg8 32.Re6 Qc1+ 33.Kh2
f5 34.Nf6+ Kh8 35.Re3 Qd2 36.Qf4 Nxh6 37.Qg5 Qd6+ 38.Kh1 Qxf6
39.Qxh6 Rd8 40.Re2 Kg8 41.Qh3 Rd1+ 42.Kh2 Qd6+ 43.g3 Qc6
44.Rg2 Qxc3 45.Qh4 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Open A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2008.12.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Floris van Assendelft"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. a4 b6 8. a5 b5 9. Qe2 e5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ne3 Nc6 12. c4 b4
13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nxa5 15. Ra4 Rb8 16. Bd2 Nb3 17. Rxb4
Rxb4 18. Bxb4 Nd4 19. Qd1 Bd7 20. Nd2 a5 21. Bc3 Nb5 22. Qb3
Nxc3 23. bxc3 Be7 24. Bb5 O-O 25. Ra1 Bg5 26. Nf3 Bg4 27. Be2
Qc7 28. Qb5 Bd8 29. c4 Bd7 30. Qa6 Qc5 31. Qb7 Be8 32. Rb1 f5
33. exf5 gxf5 34. h4 h6 35. g3 e4 36. Ne1 f4 37. Qb3 a4
38. Qc3 Ba5 0-1

[Event "Open A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yochanan Afek"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bc2 Nc6
7. d4 b6 8. Ba4 Qc7 9. O-O Ba6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bc2 Rc8 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. Bf4 h6 14. Bg3 Be7 15. a3 Bb7 16. Nbd2 a6 17. Nb3 Nc5
18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Rc1 Rd8 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. Qg4 Kf8 22. Rcd1
Nxd4 23. cxd4 Be7 24. h4 h5 25. Qf4 Kg8 26. Re3 Bc6 27. Bb1 g6
28. Rf3 Rf8 29. Rc1 Kg7 30. Qd2 Rc8 31. Bf4 Bd7 32. Rxc8 Bxc8
33. Bg5 Bxg5 34. Qxg5 Qd8 35. Rf6 Qe8 36. b4 Bd7 37. Bd3 Bc6
38. Be2 Qc8 39. g4 hxg4 40. Bxg4 Be8 41. Rf3 Qc2 42. h5 Rh6
43. Qf6+ Kf8 44. Qf4 Kg7 45. Qf6+ Kf8 46. Rf4 Rh7 47. Kg2 gxh5
48. Bxe6 Rg7+ 49. Kh2 Qc1 50. Bxd5 Qg1+ 51. Kh3 h4 52. Rxh4
Bd7+ 0-1

[Event "Open A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2008.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Friso Nijboer"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8
12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. h4 e5 14. h5 Be6 15. Qh2 Bb4 16. a3 Bd6
17. g6 h6 18. Bh3 Qe7 19. Rhg1 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxe6 fxe6
22. Rd3 a5 23. Rgd1 b4 24. Ne2 bxa3 25. Rxa3 a4 26. Qg1 Qb4
27. Qe1 Qe7 28. Qc3 Qg5+ 29. Kb1 Nf6 30. Qxc6 Rae8 31. Rxa4
Nxh5 32. Ra7 Qxg6 33. Rh1 Qg2 34. Rxh5 Qxe2 35. Qd7 Qg2
36. Rxh6 Qg1+ 37. Ka2 Qxa7+ 0-1

[Event "27th Blokadny youth"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Dina Belenkaya"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nc6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 cd4 7.Nd4
O-O 8.Kh1 d5 9.ed5 Nd5 10.Nd5 Qd5 11.Nc6 Qc6 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.Qe2
Bd7 14.c4 Bf6 15.Be3 Bc6 16.Bc6 Qc6 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.b3 a6
19.f3 h6 20.Qf2 Rd1 21.Rd1 Rd8 22.Qc2 Rd6 23.Kg1 Qd7 24.Rd6
Qd6 25.Qd2 Qd2 26.Bd2 Kf8 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke2 Kd7 29.Kd3 Be7
30.a4 Kc6 31.g4 Bd8 32.Ke4 Kc5 33.f4 Bf6 34.Kd3 Kc6 35.b4 b5
36.ab5+ ab5 37.cb5+ Kb5 38.Bc3 Bc3 39.Kc3 f6 40.h4 e5 41.fe5
fe5 42.h5 e4 43.Kd4 Kb4 44.Ke4 Kc3 45.Kf5 Kd4 46.Kg6 Ke4
47.Kg7 1-0

[Event "27th Blokadny youth"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N5c3
a6 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 b6 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.a3 Rc8 13.f4
Re8 14.Qb3 Nd7 15.Rad1 Bf6 16.Na4 Nd4 17.Bd4 Bd4+ 18.Kh1 Qc7
19.Qd3 Bf6 20.Rf3 Bc6 21.Nc3 Nc5 22.Qb1 Qb7 23.Bd3 Bc3 24.bc3
f5 25.Re3 e5 26.fe5 f4 27.Re2 de5 28.Nb3 Red8 29.Nc5 bc5
30.Qb7 Bb7 31.Red2 Kf7 32.Bc2 Ke7 33.h4 Rd2 34.Rd2 Rd8 35.Rd8
Kd8 36.g3 h6 37.g4 Kc7 0-1

[Event "27th Blokadny youth"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Klim Zhukov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nge2 e5 7.h3 c6
8.a4 a5 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.O-O Re8 11.Re1 Nf8 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.Rad1
Bd7 14.f4 Rad8 15.fe5 de5 16.de5 Qe5 17.Bb6 Ra8 18.Bd4 Qc7
19.Qf4 Qf4 20.gf4 Nh5 21.Bf3 Bd4+ 22.Rd4 Bh3 23.Kh2 Bd7 24.Bh5
gh5 25.f5 Re5 26.Red1 Bf5 27.ef5 Rf5 28.Rd8 Rd8 29.Rd8 Kg7
30.Nd4 Re5 31.Rb8 c5 32.Nde2 Re7 33.Ng3 Rd7 34.Nh5+ Kg6 35.Rf8
Kh5 36.Kg3 Kg6 37.Rg8+ Kf5 38.Rg7 h6 39.Kf3 b6 40.Ne4 Re7
41.Rg4 Ke5 42.Nd2 f5 43.Rh4 Re6 44.Nc4+ Kd5 45.Ne3+ Ke5 46.Rh5
1-0

[Event "27th Blokadny youth"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Andrey Gnidenko"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nge2 Na6 7.h3
c5 8.O-O Rb8 9.a4 cd4 10.Nd4 Nc5 11.Be3 a5 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Kh2
Ne8 14.f4 e5 15.fe5 Be5 16.Nf3 Ne6 17.Ne5 de5 18.Rad1 Nf6
19.Rf6 Qf6 20.Nd5 1-0

[Event "27th Blokadny youth"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Bocharov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 Bb4 7.Nde2
Nf6 8.Bg2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Nd4 Nc6 11.Kh1 d6 12.f4 Bd7 13.Be3
b5 14.h3 Nd4 15.Bd4 Bc6 16.g4 Qb7 17.Qf3 b4 18.g5 Nd7 19.Ne2
e5 20.Be3 f5 21.gf6 Nf6 22.Ng3 Rac8 23.Rae1 Kh8 24.Bc1 d5
25.fe5 Ne4 26.Qb3 Bh4 27.Ne4 de4 28.Rf8+ Rf8 29.Rf1 Rf3 30.Qe6
h5 31.Qg6 Qb5 32.Qh5+ Kg8 33.Rg1 Bf6 34.Qg4 Qe5 35.Re1 Qc7
36.Bg5 Bg5 37.Qg5 Rg3 38.Qh4 Rg6 39.Re3 Qb6 40.Qf4 Rf6 41.Qg5
Qd4 42.Rg3 Rf7 43.c3 bc3 44.bc3 Qd7 45.Kh2 Qd6 46.Qe3 Qe5
47.Qd4 Qf4 48.Qe3 Qe5 49.Qd4 Qd4 50.cd4 Rf2 51.Rg6 Bd5 52.Rd6
Bc4 53.Kg3 e3 54.d5 Rf5 55.Rb6 e2 56.Rb1 Rf1 0-1

[Event "27th Blokadny youth"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Palchun"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.h3 d6 6.Be2 c5 7.c3 Nc6
8.O-O Re8 9.Bh2 b6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bc4 h6 12.Nbd2 e5 13.de5 de5
14.e4 Qc7 15.Qe2 Re7 16.Rfd1 Nh5 17.Nf1 Nf4 18.Qd2 Na5 19.Bd5
Nd5 20.ed5 Nc4 21.Qe2 Nd6 22.N1d2 Rae8 23.Ne4 f5 24.Nd6 Qd6
25.a4 f4 26.Qa6 Bc8 27.Qb5 Bd7 28.Qa6 g5 29.a5 g4 30.Nd2 gh3
31.Qc4 e4 32.Re1 b5 33.Qe2 Qg6 34.g3 e3 35.Nf1 f3 0-1

[Event "27th Blokadny youth"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Vitaly Churkin"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 c5 5.O-O cd4 6.Nd4 Ne7 7.Nc3
Nbc6 8.Nc6 Nc6 9.Re1 a6 10.Bf4 d6 11.Qh5 Be7 12.Rad1 Qc7
13.Bc4 O-O 14.Re3 Ne5 15.Rh3 h6 16.Bb3 Rfc8 17.Rg3 Kf8 18.Rg7
Kg7 19.Qh6+ Kg8 20.Be5 de5 21.Rd3 Bh4 22.Rh3 1-0

[Event "Corus Group C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oleg Romanishin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "198"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. a4 a5
7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5 c6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bh3
12. Re1 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. c3 e5 15. dxe5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1
Bxe5 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Bg2 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Kf2 Bc7 21. Bf1
Red8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Be2 Bb3 24. f4 h5 25. Bd4 h4 26. Be3
hxg3+ 27. hxg3 Kg7 28. Bd4+ f6 29. Bf3 Rh8 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Ra3
Be6 32. Ra1 Rd8 33. Rh1 Kg7 34. Re1 Kf7 35. Rh1 Kg7 36. Re1
Re8 37. Kf2 Bf7 38. Rxe8 Bxe8 39. b4 Bd7 40. Bd1 Kf7 41. Ke3
Bd6 42. Bc5 Bxc5+ 43. bxc5 g5 44. Bh5+ Ke7 45. Ke4 gxf4
46. gxf4 Be6 47. Bd1 Bg8 48. Kd4 Bh7 49. Bb3 Bf5 50. Ke3 Kf8
51. Kd4 Kg7 52. Ke3 Bb1 53. Kf3 Kg6 54. Kg4 Bf5+ 55. Kf3 Bd3
56. Kg4 Be2+ 57. Kg3 Bd3 58. Kg4 Be2+ 59. Kg3 Kf5 60. Bc2+ Ke6
61. Bb3+ Kd7 62. Kf2 Bg4 63. Ke3 Bf5 64. Kd4 Kc7 65. Bd1 Be6
66. Bc2 Bd5 67. Bd1 Kd7 68. Bg4+ Ke7 69. Bd1 Kf7 70. Bc2 Ke6
71. Ke3 Bg2 72. Kd4 Bh3 73. Bd3 Bg4 74. Bc2 Bh5 75. Kc4 Be2+
76. Kd4 Bg4 77. Kc4 Bf5 78. Bd1 Be4 79. Bg4+ Kf7 80. Bh5+ Kg7
81. Bd1 Kg6 82. Kd4 Kf5 83. Ke3 Bd5 84. Bc2+ Kg4 85. Bd1+ Kg3
86. Bc2 Be6 87. Bd1 Kg2 88. Bc2 Kf1 89. Kf3 Ke1 90. Ke3 Bg4
91. Bg6 Bd1 92. Kd3 Bxa4 93. c4 Kf2 94. Bf7 Kf3 95. f5 Kf4
96. Be6 Bd1 97. Bc8 Bf3 98. Kc3 Ke5 99. Be6 Be4 0-1

[Event "Corus Group C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Roeland Pruijssers"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. c5 exd4 11. Nd5 Qxe4
12. Ne7+ Kh8 13. cxd6 Nc5 14. Bc4 d3 15. Bd5 Qe2 16. dxc7 Ne6
17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Bd8 Ne5 20. Re1 Qd5 21. Nxe5
Bxe5 22. Qd2 Bxc7 23. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "Corus Group C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Abhijeet Gupta"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Nf3
Bg7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. dxc5 N6d7 11. Rc1 Nc6
12. Bb5 Nxc5 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 Bf5 15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Nd3
17. Bxc6 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Bxb2 19. Rc5 Rad8 20. h3 Be6 21. Bxb7
Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Ba3 23. Ra5 Bb4 24. Rb5 a6 25. Bxf7+ Rxf7
26. Rxb4 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Rf6 28. h4 Rg6 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Be5+ Kf7
31. Bd4 Rd6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus Group C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O-O Qe7
12. g4 dxc4 13. g5 Nd5 14. h4 c5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bg2 cxd4
17. exd4 Nb6 18. h5 c3 19. bxc3 Ba3+ 20. Kb1 Qd6 21. Rh4 Nc4
22. Bf4 Qb6+ 23. Qb3 Qc6 24. Rdh1 Rfe8 25. Bc1 Rad8 26. hxg6
fxg6 27. Qc2 Bxc1 28. Qxc1 Re2 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Rxd8 Qb6+
31. Ka1 Qxd8 32. Qb1 Qd7 33. Bf1 Na3 34. Qd3 Rxf2 35. Bh3 Qe7
36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1+ Ke8 38. Qc1 Nc4 39. Qb1 Qxg5 40. Qb5+
Kf8 41. Qb4+ Qe7 42. Kb1 Qxb4+ 43. cxb4 Ke7 44. Kc2 Nd6
45. Kd3 Nf5 46. a4 Ke6 47. Bg4 g5 48. Bh5 Ne7 49. Bg4+ Kd6
50. b5 b6 51. Ke3 g6 52. Bh3 Nf5+ 53. Kd3 Nh6 54. Ke3 g4
55. Bf1 Nf5+ 56. Kd3 g3 57. Bh3 g5 0-1

[Event "Corus Group C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Manuel Leon Hoyos"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3 Bxf3 4. exf3 g6 5. c4 Nd7 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O c6 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. d5 Rc8 10. Qd3 Nf6 11. Be3 cxd5
12. cxd5 Nfd7 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Re2
Rc4 17. Qd3 a6 18. Rae1 Rc7 19. f4 Nc4 20. b3 Na3 21. Bh3 Rc5
22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rc7 24. f5 Nb5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. a4 Na7
27. Qd4 b5 28. Rh4 f6 29. Qe3 g5 30. Qe4 f5 31. Qe6+ Kg7
32. Qh6+ Kf7 33. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "2008-2009 Bundesliga"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Falko Bindrich"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6
7. c3 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Qe8 10. Ng3 Rd8 11. h3 a6 12. Ba4
Kh8 13. Bc2 Qe7 14. d4 Rde8 15. Be3 Ng8 16. Qd2 Na5 17. b3 Nc6
18. b4 Qd8 19. a4 exd4 20. cxd4 a5 21. b5 Nb4 22. Bb3 c6
23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Bf4 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Rac1 Qd7 27. h4 h5
28. e5 Nd5 29. Bg5 dxe5 30. dxe5 Rfe8 31. Ne4 Bf8 32. Nc5 Bxc5
33. Rxc5 f6 34. Be3 fxe5 35. Rxa5 Qg7 36. Bc5 Nge7 37. Ng5 Rf6
38. Rxe5 Rf4 39. Bd4 Rb8 40. Re4 Rb1+ 1-0

[Event "BSG Pinkstertoernooi"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2009.05.30"]
[EventDate "2009.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rob Bodicker"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+
Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. f4 Ne4
12. Be1 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Qg5 14. Rf4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rc1 16. Qb4 b6
17. Kf1 a5 18. Qd4 Rfc8 19. Be2 Rxe1+ 20. Kxe1 Rc1+ 21. Bd1
Qxg2 22. b3 Qg1+ 23. Rf1 Qxh2 24. Nd2 Qg3+ 25. Ke2 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "BSG Pinkstertoernooi"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[EventDate "2009.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Romain Picard"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5
7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nxe5 10. Nxd5 Bc5 11. Bf4 Bg4
12. Qe1 Bxd4 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxe5 c6 15. Qe4 Be6 16. Nf4 Re8
17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Qf4 Qb6 20. Bh3 Re7 21. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Na6 23. Re7 Rf8 24. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "BSG Pinkstertoernooi"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[EventDate "2009.05.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivo Wantola"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 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. Nxg4
Nxg4 13. Bxg4 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5
Bxd5 18. O-O-O Rxg4 19. Rxd5 Nd7 20. Re1+ Kd8 21. Red1 Rd4
22. R1xd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc8 24. h5 Rc6 25. Kc2 Ra6 26. b3
cxb3+ 27. Kxb3 Ra5 28. Bh4+ Kc7 29. g4 Kc6 30. Rc4+ Kb5
31. Rc7 Rxa4 32. Rxd7 Ra3+ 33. Kb2 Rf3 34. Rxa7 Bc5 35. Rb7+
Kc4 36. Rc7 Kb5 37. Bg3 {White offers a draw.} f5 38. Rxc5+
Kxc5 39. g5 f4 40. g6 fxg3 41. g7 gxf2 42. g8=Q f1=Q 43. Qc8+
Kd4 44. Qh8+ Ke3 45. Qxh6+ Kf2 46. Qb6+ Kg2 47. Qg6+ Kh1
48. h6 Qe2+ 49. Qc2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Dutch Open"]
[Site "Dieren NED"]
[Date "2009.07.21"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ewoud de Groote"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 exd4 11. axb5 axb5
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bc2 c5 16. Nxb5
cxd4 17. Nxd4 Ng4 18. Rf1 d5 19. Bf4 Rb7 20. e5 g5 21. Bg3 h5
22. e6 Qf6 23. Nf5 Bxe6 24. Nd6 Rd8 25. Nxb7 h4 26. Qf3 hxg3
27. Qxf6 Nxf6 28. Nxd8 gxf2+ 29. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Dutch Open"]
[Site "Dieren NED"]
[Date "2009.07.22"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arno Bezemer"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 h6
12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qb5 Qe7 16. a5 a6
17. Qd3 g5 18. Ra4 Rac8 19. h4 gxh4 20. Qg6 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Nf8
22. Qg4 Kh7 23. f4 g6 24. Kh1 Rc2 25. f5 exf5 26. Qf4 Kg8
27. Qxh6 Rc4 28. Bg5 Qg7 29. Qxh4 Ne6 30. Rd1 Nxg5 31. Qxg5
Be7 32. Qg2 Qh6+ 33. Kg1 Rxa4 34. Qxd5+ Kf8 35. Qxb7 Qg5+
36. Kf1 Qg4 37. f3 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Bg5 39. Qb3 Bf4 40. Kf2 Qh2+
41. Kf1 Bg3 42. Qe3 f4 0-1

[Event "Dutch Open"]
[Site "Dieren NED"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Daan Brandenburg"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. g5 Bb7 14. a3 Qc7 15. Bh3 Ne5 16. Qg2 Nc6
17. Be3 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. g6 hxg6 20. h5 Bf6 21. hxg6 Bxc3
22. Bxe6 Rfb8 23. Rh8+ Kxh8 24. Bxf7 Bxb2+ 25. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Dutch Open"]
[Site "Dieren NED"]
[Date "2009.07.24"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Erwin L'Ami"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 Ne4 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. e3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Nd4 Nf6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Qb3 Rc8 18. a4 Rc5 19. a5 Qc8 20. axb6 Rxc3 21. Qb2 Bxd4
22. exd4 Rc2 23. Qb1 axb6 24. Qxb6 Qf5 25. Rf1 Bc6 26. Rac1
Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Bd7 28. Re1 Be6 29. Re5 Qd3 30. Bxd5 Bh3 31. Re1
Qd2 32. Rb1 Re8 33. Bg2 Re1+ 34. Bf1 h6 35. Rxe1 Qxe1 36. Qb8+
Kh7 37. Qb5 Kg6 38. Qe2 Qc1 39. g4 f5 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41. Qxf5+
Kh8 42. Qb5 Qa1 43. g5 Be6 44. d5 Bg8 45. d6 Qd4 46. Qd3 Qg4+
47. Qg3 Qd4 48. h3 hxg5 49. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Dutch Open"]
[Site "Dieren NED"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Friso Nijboer"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 h5 10. Qf2 d6 11. h3 b5 12. Nxc6
Qxc6 13. Bd3 h4 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Bxe7
Kxe7 18. Qe3 Qc5 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Rhf1 Be6 21. f4 a5 22. fxe5
dxe5 23. Qg5 Rh5 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. Qc1 a4 26. Rf3 Rd6 27. Re1
Kf8 28. b3 Nd7 29. Ref1 f6 30. Qe1 Kf7 31. Rg1 Rh8 32. g3 Rc8
33. gxh4 axb3 34. Qg3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Dutch Open"]
[Site "Dieren NED"]
[Date "2009.07.30"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Babu M R Lalith"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "234"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bd7
7. g3 e6 8. e4 Bb4 9. Bg2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6
12. Qxc4 Qa5 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. Qe2 h6
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Rfd1 Be8 20. Rdc1 Ne5 21. Nxe5
Qxe5 22. Rc2 a6 23. Qb6 Ba5 24. Qb3 Rc7 25. Rac1 Rd4 26. h3
Bc6 27. Kh2 Rcd7 28. Re2 Rd3 29. Qc2 R7d4 30. f4 Qc5 31. e5 f5
32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. Rg2 Qf3 34. Rcg1 Bb6 35. Qb3 Ba7 36. Qc2 Kh7
37. Ne2 Re4 38. Ra1 Qe3 39. Ra3 Rxa3 40. bxa3 Qf3 41. Qc7 Kg7
42. Qxb7 h5 43. Qxa7 Rxe2 44. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46. Kh2
Qc2+ 47. Kg1 Qb1+ 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kg1 Qf3 50. Kh2 Qe2+
51. Kg1 Qd1+ 52. Kh2 Qd2+ 53. Kg1 h4 54. Qf2 Qc1+ 55. Kh2 Qxa3
56. gxh4 Qxa4 57. Qg2+ Kh7 58. Qg5 Qa2+ 59. Kh1 Qb1+ 60. Kh2
Qc2+ 61. Kh1 Qc6+ 62. Kh2 Qc2+ 63. Kh1 Qd1+ 64. Kh2 Qe2+
65. Kh1 Qf3+ 66. Kh2 a5 67. h5 Qe2+ 68. Kg3 Qe3+ 69. Kg2 Qd2+
70. Kf1 Qd3+ 71. Kg2 Qc2+ 72. Kf1 Qc1+ 73. Ke2 Qc2+ 74. Kf1
Qc4+ 75. Kf2 a4 76. h6 Qc5+ 77. Ke2 Qf8 78. Kd3 Qxh6 79. Qg3
Qh5 80. Kd2 Qg6 81. Qh4+ Qh6 82. Qg3 f6 83. Kc3 Qg7 84. Qh4+
Kg6 85. Kd4 fxe5+ 86. fxe5 Qa7+ 87. Kc4 Qc7+ 88. Kd4 Qb6+
89. Kd3 Qb1+ 90. Kd2 Qb2+ 91. Kd3 Qb5+ 92. Kd2 Qd5+ 93. Kc1
Qxe5 94. Qxa4 Qe1+ 95. Kc2 Kg5 96. Qa7 Kf4 97. Qc7+ Qe5
98. Qh7 Qe2+ 99. Kc3 Qe3+ 100. Kc2 Kg3 101. h4 Qe4+ 102. Kd2
Qd4+ 103. Kc2 Qxh4 104. Qg6+ Kf2 105. Qg7 Qc4+ 106. Kd2 Qd5+
107. Kc2 Qc5+ 108. Kd2 e5 109. Qh7 Qb4+ 110. Kc2 Qe4+ 111. Kc1
Qf4+ 112. Kc2 e4 113. Qa7+ e3 114. Qb6 Qe4+ 115. Kc3 Kf1
116. Qb5+ e2 117. Qa6 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Josef Jurek"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6
7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bg6 11. e4 b5
12. Qxc6 b4 13. e5 Rc8 14. Qa6 bxc3 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. bxc3
Rxc3 17. a3 Be4 18. Be3 Qd6 19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. Nd2 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 h6 22. Rec1 Rfc8 23. Nb3 Nd5 24. Bd2 Rc2 25. Kf1 R8c7
26. Ke1 Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1 Rc4 28. Nb3 Ra4 29. Bc1 Kf8 30. Kd2 Ke7
31. Kd3 Ra6 32. Bb2 Rb6 33. Kc2 Nf6 34. f3 Nd5 35. Na5 Ne3+
36. Kc3 Rb5 37. Nc6+ Kd7 38. Ne5+ Bxe5 39. dxe5 Rd5 40. Re1
Nd1+ 41. Kc2 Nxb2 42. Kxb2 Rd2+ 43. Kc3 Rxh2 44. Rd1+ Ke7
45. Rb1 g5 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. Kd3 h5 48. Rxa7 Rg2 49. Ke3 Rxg3
50. Kf2 Rh3 51. Kg2 Rh4 52. a4 Kg7 53. a5 Ra4 54. Ra8 Ra3
55. a6 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.14"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Michelangelo Scalcione"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. h3 Nc6
7. d5 Nd8 8. g4 Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 b6 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Nh4
Ng8 13. O-O-O Bh6 14. Bxh6 Nxh6 15. g5 Ng8 16. f4 exf4 17. Qf2
f6 18. Qxf4 Nf7 19. Nf3 Qd8 20. h4 h6 21. gxh6 Rxh6 22. Bh3
Bxh3 23. Rxh3 Ne5 24. Nd4 a6 25. Ne6 Qd7 26. b3 c5 27. Kb1 Rb8
28. a4 g5 29. Qf2 Qh7 30. Rg1 Ne7 31. Rxg5 Kd7 32. Rg7 Qh8
33. Rhg3 Rxh4 34. Qxf6 Re8 35. Nf8+ Qxf8 36. Qxh4 Qf1+ 37. Ka2
Qf2+ 38. Ka3 b5 39. cxb5 axb5 40. Nxb5 Qe1 41. Rxe7+ Rxe7
42. Qh3+ Kd8 43. Rg8+ Re8 44. Rxe8+ Kxe8 45. Nxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Haaksbergen"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[EventDate "2009.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Karel van der Weide"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Qc7
7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Re1 d6 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 O-O 13. Nd4 Ra7 14. c4 Re8 15. Bf1 Qc8 16. h3 Rc7
17. Qd2 Nbd7 18. Nc6 Nc5 19. Be3 e5 20. b4 Ncd7 21. a4 Ne4
22. Qc2 f5 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 Nef6 25. Qa2 f4 26. Bc1 Nb8
27. c5 Bf8 28. Nxb8 Qxb8 29. Bd2 Rf7 30. Rxa6 f3 31. g3 e4
32. Rb6 Qc8 33. Be3 h5 34. cxd6 Qf5 35. d7 Nxd7 36. Re6 Rb8
37. b5 Bc5 38. d6 Rbf8 39. Qc4 Bxe3 40. Rxe3 Nf6 41. Re7 Kg7
42. b6 Rxe7 43. dxe7 Re8 44. b7 Qe5 45. Qc8 Qb2 46. Rc3 Qb1
47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 g5 49. Qf5 Qa1 50. Rc8 e3 51. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Haaksbergen"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[EventDate "2009.09.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Friso Nijboer"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3
f4 13. c5 g5 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. Nb5 a6 16. cxd6 axb5 17. dxc7 Qd7
18. Bb4 g4 19. Nc5 Qxc7 20. Ne6 Qf7 21. Bxb5 gxf3 22. Ng5 fxg2
23. Rf2 Bg4 24. Qb3 Rfc8 25. Rfc2 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Nh4 27. Nxf7
Kxf7 28. Rc7+ Kg6 29. h3 f3 30. Be1 Bh6 31. Bxh4 Rxa2 32. Qxa2
Be3+ 33. Bf2 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 35. Kg1 Ng5 36. Bd3+ Kf6
37. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Haaksbergen"]
[Date "2009.09.16"]
[EventDate "2009.09.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Frans Andre Cuijpers"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6
12. Be2 Qb6 13. f4 f5 14. O-O fxe4 15. f5 Bf7 16. Bh5 g6
17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Rxf7 Rxh5 19. Rf2 Nf6 20. Be3 O-O-O 21. Qe2
Qb3 22. d5 Nxd5 23. Qg4+ Kb8 24. Qxg6 Rh8 25. Bd4 Rh6 26. Qxe4
e5 27. Qxe5+ Bd6 28. Qg5 Bxh2+ 29. Kf1 Qc4+ 30. Ne2 Rhh8
31. Rc1 Qd3 32. Rf3 Qe4 33. Bxh8 Rxh8 34. Ng3 Bxg3 35. Qxg3+
Ka8 36. Kg1 Qxa4 37. Qg7 Rb8 38. Rf8 Qe4 39. Ra1 a4 40. Qe5
1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Haaksbergen"]
[Date "2009.09.15"]
[EventDate "2009.09.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roi David Miedema"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 Be7 12. g5
hxg5 13. Nxg5 c5 14. dxc5 b4 15. Na4 Rh4 16. c6 Rc8 17. cxd7+
Nxd7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qb3 Rxe4 20. Rg1 Qa5 21. Kf1 Rxe2
22. Kxe2 Ne5 23. Rg3 Qb5+ 24. Ke1 Ba6 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean-Francois Nelis"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6
7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. a3 Nde5 11. g4 Nxf3+
12. Nxf3 Bg6 13. h4 h5 14. g5 a6 15. O-O Qd7 16. Kh2 O-O-O
17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg3 f5 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Bb3 Be8 21. Kg2 Ne7
22. Qe3 Ng6 23. Ng5 Qe7 24. f3 Bd7 25. Kh2 Rdf8 26. Bd5 Bxg5
27. Qxg5 Qxg5 28. hxg5 h4 29. Be1 Nf4 30. Rd1 Rh5 31. Bd2 Rxg5
32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Rg1 Rg3 34. Rdf1 Rf6 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O
Nh5 13. Bh2 f5 14. Nd2 Nhf6 15. Nc4 Ne8 16. a5 Ne5 17. Nb6 Rb8
18. Ra3 Nf6 19. Re1 Nfd7 20. Rb3 Nxb6 21. Rxb6 g5 22. Bxa6 Ra8
23. Bf1 Rxa5 24. f4 Nd7 25. Rb5 Rxb5 26. Bxb5 gxf4 27. exf4
Qf7 28. Bg3 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Bh4 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 Nf6 32. Ne2
Bxb2 33. Qb1 Qg7 34. Ng3 Qh6 35. Bg5 Ng4+ 36. Kh1 Nf2+ 37. Kg1
Nxh3+ 38. gxh3 Qxh3 39. Qxb2 Qxg3+ 40. Qg2 Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Kf7
42. Bd8 c4 43. Kf2 c3 44. Ke3 b6 45. Bxb6 Bb7 46. Bc4 Kg6
47. Bd8 Kh5 48. Be2+ Kg6 49. Bf3 Ba6 50. Be7 h5 51. Bxd6 h4
52. Kf2 c2 53. Ba3 Kf6 54. Kg2 Bd3 55. Kh3 Be4 56. Bxe4 fxe4
57. Bc1 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Michael Wiedenkeller"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1
Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bd3 Bxh2+
16. Kf1 Bf4 17. g3 Rd8 18. c3 Bh6 19. Qh5 Bg7 20. Bxh7+ Kf8
21. Rad1 Bd7 22. Kg1 Rac8 23. Be4 Rb8 24. Bf3 b6 25. Kg2 f5
26. Qg5 Ba4 27. b3 Be8 28. Rxe6 Bxd4 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. cxd4
Qd6 31. Rh1 Qg6 32. Qf4 Rbd8 33. d5 Qg7 34. Rh5 Qe5 35. Qh6+
Ke7 36. Qxb6 Qd6 37. Qe3+ Kd7 38. Qa7+ Kc8 39. Rh4 Re7
40. Qa8+ Kc7 41. Qa7+ Kc8 42. Rc4+ Rc7 43. Rxc7+ Qxc7
44. Qxa6+ Qb7 45. Qf6 Qd7 46. a4 Rg8 47. d6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Jan Sodoma"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7
12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qc7 14. Bg2 b4 15. d6 Qb6 16. Ne4 O-O-O
17. O-O Bd5 18. Qe2 Bxd6 19. a3 b3 20. Rfd1 Bc7 21. Rac1 Ne5
22. Be3 Nd3 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 Qb7 25. Bxc5 Bxe4 26. Qxe4
Qxe4 27. Bxe4 Rd2 28. Be3 Rd7 29. Rc3 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Kd7 31. Bf3
Rb1 32. Rd3+ Kc8 33. Rxb3 a5 34. Bb7+ Kd7 35. Rd3+ Ke8 36. Bc5
1-0

[Event "2009-2010 Bundesliga"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4
7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 e5 11. a3 Bd6 12. d5
Ne7 13. Nfd2 O-O 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Nxc4 Nc8 16. f4 Qe7 17. f5 f6
18. Ne4 b5 19. Ncd2 Nb6 20. g4 Rad8 21. Rc1 Kh8 22. Nf3 Be8
23. Nh4 Bf7 24. g5 Nxd5 25. gxh6 Nxe3 26. hxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qf3
Nxf1 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Rxf1 Bc5+ 30. Kh1 Rd3 31. Ng6+ Bxg6
32. fxg6 Kg7 33. Nxc5 Qxc5 34. Qh4 Kxg6 35. Be4+ f5 36. Bxd3
e4 37. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen Chess Festival"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[EventDate "2009.12.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ian D Thompson"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bd6
12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bc3 Rd8 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Re1 Qf7 16. Qc2 Bd7
17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Qb1 Be8 19. Re3 Bf4 20. Re2 Bb8 21. Rde1 a6
22. a3 Qd7 23. h3 Bf7 24. Kh1 Qe8 25. Bd2 Ba7 26. Bc3 Rd7
27. b4 Re7 28. b5 axb5 29. Bxb5 Ng6 30. Re3 Qd8 31. a4 Bb8
32. Bb2 Bd6 33. Ba3 Bxa3 34. Rxa3 Na5 35. Qb4 b6 36. Bf1 Rc6
37. Rc3 Rxc3 38. Qxc3 Rc7 39. Qb4 Rc6 40. Kg1 Qc7 41. Rb1 Nc4
42. Ne2 Be8 43. h4 Qe7 44. Qxe7 Nxe7 45. Nf4 Rd6 46. Ra1 Nc6
47. g3 Bf7 48. Re1 Nd8 49. Rc1 Rc6 50. Bxc4 Rxc4 51. Rb1 Rxa4
52. Rxb6 Ra8 53. Ne5 Rc8 54. Rd6 Kf8 55. Kg2 Ke7 56. Rd7+ Kf6
57. Ng4+ Kf5 58. f3 h5 59. Ne5 Kf6 60. g4 hxg4 61. fxg4 Be8
62. Rd6 g5 63. hxg5+ Kxg5 64. Rxd8 Rc2+ 65. Kg3 Rc3+ 66. Nf3+
1-0

[Event "Groningen Chess Festival"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[EventDate "2009.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Floris van Assendelft"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h5 8. g5 Ng4 9. Bc1 Qb6 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nb3 Nbc6 12. Be3
Qc7 13. f4 Nd7 14. g6 fxg6 15. Rg1 Be7 16. Rxg6 Bh4+ 17. Kd2
Bf6 18. Be2 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Nf6 20. Bd3 e5 21. Qg1 exf4 22. Bb6
Qd7 23. Rxg7 Ne7 24. Nd4 Rg8 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bg6+ Kf8 27. Rf7+
Ke8 28. Rxf6+ Rxg6 29. Rxg6 exd4 30. Rg8+ Nxg8 31. Qxg8+ Ke7
32. Re1+ Kd6 33. Qf8+ Kd5 34. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen Chess Festival"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[EventDate "2009.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark A Berkovich"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7
7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. c3 Bh5 10. a4 Bg6 11. exd5 cxd5 12. a5
a6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bd4
h6 18. h4 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. h5 Bf5 21. g4 Bh7 22. f4 b5
23. axb6 Nxb6 24. Rxa6 Nc4 25. Na5 Qb5 26. Ra7 Bc5 27. Nxc4
Bxa7 28. Bxa7 Qxc4 29. Bd4 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 Ra8 31. Kf2 Bd3
32. Rd2 Bb5 33. Bf3 Ra2 34. Ke3 Bc4 35. Bc5 Rb8 36. Ba3 Ra1
37. g5 Kh7 38. Bd1 Bb3 39. Bf3 Rc8 40. Rg2 hxg5 41. fxg5 Re1+
42. Kd2 Rxe5 43. Bd6 Rf5 44. g6+ fxg6 45. hxg6+ Kg8 46. Bg4
Rf6 47. Be2 d4 48. Be5 dxc3+ 49. Bxc3 e5 50. Ke3 Bc4 51. Bh5
Rd8 52. Rg5 Rd5 53. Bxe5 Rf1 54. Bg4 Re1+ 55. Kf4 Rb5 56. Bh3
Rh1 57. Bg2 Rh4+ 58. Ke3 Be6 59. Be4 Rh3+ 60. Kd2 Rhb3 61. Kc1
Re3 62. Bd4 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "Groningen Chess Festival"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[EventDate "2009.12.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Petar Genov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6
7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 Qe7 9. Nc3 e5 10. h3 Re8 11. e4 Nc6 12. d5
Nb8 13. Ne1 Na6 14. Nc2 Bd7 15. Rae1 Nc5 16. Kh2 Rab8 17. b3
b5 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Re3 Ra8 21. Rc1 Rb7 22. Na3
Qe8 23. Nc4 Qb5 24. Qc2 Ncd7 25. Qd1 Nb6 26. Na3 Qb4 27. Nc2
Qc5 28. Ne1 Qb5 29. Rc6 a4 30. Nc2 Qa5 31. b4 Qa7 32. Qe1 Nc8
33. Bf1 Ne7 34. Ra6 Qb8 35. Rxa8 Qxa8 36. Rc3 Nd7 37. Ne3 Rxb4
38. Rxc7 Rb7 39. Rxb7 Qxb7 40. Qa5 Qb8 41. Nc4 g6 42. Qxa4 Nc5
43. Qc2 Qc7 44. a4 f5 45. exf5 Nxf5 46. a5 Nd4 47. Qa2 Nb5
48. a6 Na7 49. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Meesterklasse 2009-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Thibaut Maenhout"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d6
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qe1 Ne5 11. Rd1 Bd7
12. f4 Nc4 13. Ndb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qc6 15. Nd4 Qc8 16. Bc1 d5
17. e5 Nd7 18. Kh1 Re8 19. Bd3 a6 20. b3 Nxa3 21. f5 Nb5
22. Nxb5 axb5 23. f6 Bf8 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Rd3
Ra4 27. bxa4 Qc4 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2009.07.01"]
[EventDate "2009.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ali Bitalzadeh"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Bg2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11. O-O e5
12. d5 Nb8 13. c5 Nd7 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Qc7 Re8 16. Nd2 Nb6
17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Ne4 Rd7 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Bf5 21. Rc7
Rab8 22. Nd2 Kf8 23. f4 Rdc8 24. Rdc1 exf4 25. gxf4 f6 26. Nb3
Na8 27. R7c4 Nb6 28. Rc7 Na8 29. R7c3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rc8 31. e4
Bd7 32. e5 Rxc3 33. bxc3 fxe5 34. fxe5 dxe5 35. c4 Nc7 36. Nc5
Bf5 37. Nxb7 e4 38. Kf2 Na6 39. Bf1 Nb4 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. a3
Nc2+ 42. Kd2 e3+ 43. Kc3 Nxa3 44. c5 Kd7 45. c6+ Kc7 46. Kd4
Kb6 47. Kxe3 a5 48. Bg2 Nc2+ 49. Kf4 g6 50. d6 Nd4 51. Nxa5
Kxa5 52. Ke5 Nxc6+ 53. Bxc6 Kb6 54. Be8 Kb7 55. Kf6 Kb6 56. d7
Kc7 57. Ke7 Bxd7 58. Bxd7 g5 59. Be8 Kc8 60. Bh5 Kc7 61. Be8
h6 62. Kf6 Kd6 63. Bf7 Kd7 64. h3 Kd8 65. Kg6 Ke7 66. Kg7 Kd6
67. Kxh6 Ke7 68. Kg7 Kd8 69. Kf6 Kd7 70. Kxg5 Ke7 71. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Haye Kramer Zeskamp"]
[Site "Leeuwarden NED"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[EventDate "2009.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Migchiel de Jong"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Bc2 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Bb3 d5 11. e5 Ne4
12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qd2 f6 16. Bh6 fxe5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qa5 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. f4
Bf5 22. Qe3 Be4 23. Rd4 b5 24. Rfd1 Qb6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Bxa4
Rc8 27. Kh2 Qb2 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Rd7 Qa3 30. Qxa7 Rfe8 31. e6
Kg8 32. Bb5 Rxc3 33. f5 gxf5 34. Qf2 Qc5 35. Qf4 Qxb5 36. Rxe7
Rxh3+ 37. Kxh3 Qd3+ 38. Kh4 Rxe7 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kg6
41. Qf4 h6 42. g4 Qd5 43. g5 Qd8 44. Qg3 Rh7 45. e7 0-1

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4 Nd5 9. Bd2 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qxd4 11. e4 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Ra2 Bxe4 14. Qc1 Bd3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. Bxc3
Bxf1 17. Rxf1 O-O 18. Ke2 b6 19. Rd1 Na6 20. Rd6 Rfc8 21. Ne5
c5 22. a5 Nc7 23. axb6 Nb5 24. Rd3 axb6 25. Rb2 Nc7 26. Nc4
Re8 27. Nxb6 Ra6 28. Kd2 e5 29. Nd5 Ne6 30. Bxe5 c4 31. Nb4
Ra1 32. Re3 Rd8+ 33. Kc2 Rh1 34. Re2 Rdd1 35. Kc3 Rdf1 36. f4
h5 37. Kxc4 h4 38. Nd5 Rc1+ 39. Rbc2 hxg3 40. hxg3 Rxc2+
41. Rxc2 f6 42. f5 Nf8 43. Bf4 g6 44. fxg6 Kg7 45. Ra2 Kxg6
46. Ra6 Nh7 47. Kd3 Re1 48. Ne3 Nf8 49. Ke4 Nd7 50. Rd6 Nf8
51. Kf3 Rb1 52. Kg4 Re1 53. Nd5 Nh7 54. Bg5 Re5 55. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be2
Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Bf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd4 Re8 11. Na3 Nf5
12. Nac2 Nc5 13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Bd3 a5 16. Rb1 h6
17. Bd2 b6 18. Qf3 Nd6 19. b3 Be5 20. h3 f5 21. Rfe1 Qf6
22. Re2 Re7 23. Rbe1 Rae8 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qf3 Nf7 26. Bf4 Kg7
27. Qg3 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Ne5 29. Qd2 f4 30. Be4 Bxh3 31. Qc3 Bg4
0-1

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Emil Sutovsky"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4
12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 f5 14. e5 Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4
O-O 17. Ke2 Rad8 18. Rb1 Rd5 19. a4 Rfd8 20. g3 h6 21. h4 Na5
22. Rc7 R5d7 23. Rc5 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rb6 Kf7 26. Bd2 Bf8
27. Bc3 e6 28. Ne1 Be7 29. Nc2 Bd8 30. Bxa5 Rxa5 31. Rxb7+ Ke8
32. Rb4 Rd5 33. Rc4 Rd7 34. Rc6 Kf7 35. Rxa6 Rb7 36. a5 Rb2
37. Kd3 Ra2 38. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tomi Nyback"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. Qa4 a5 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4
Bb4 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Qa3+ Qb4 20. Qe3 c5 21. d5
Kd6 22. a3 Qa4 23. Rd3 b5 24. Rc3 Rhc8 25. Be2 Ne5 26. Kd2 b4
27. Rc2 bxa3 28. bxa3 Rab8 29. Rhc1 c4 30. Rc3 Rb2+ 31. R1c2
Qb5 32. Rxb2 Qxb2+ 33. Rc2 Qb1 34. Qc3 Rc5 35. g3 f5 36. Rb2
Qxe4 37. Kc1 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6
12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 f5 14. Bc4 Qa4 15. Qe2 b5 16. Bxb5 Qxe4
17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Ng5 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Bxa2 20. Ra1 Bf7 21. Rhd1
Rc8 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Bc4+ Ke8 24. Be6 Nc6 25. Ra6 Ne7
26. Bd7+ Kf8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxa7 Bxc3 29. Bg5 Nc6 30. Rxh7
Be5 31. Rdd7 c4 32. Bf4 Bb2 33. Rc7 Nd4+ 34. Kd2 Rxc7 35. Rxc7
c3+ 36. Kd3 Ne6 37. Bd6+ Kg8 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Be5 Ba3 40. Kxc3
1-0

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5
12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15. Ba3 Kh8 16. Qb2 Ne7
17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng6 19. f3 Nxe5 20. Bf1 Qf6 21. fxe4
fxe4 22. Kh1 b5 23. Nb3 Qh4 24. Qd2 Rf5 25. Nd4 Rh5 26. h3 Rf8
27. Re3 Rf2 28. Qe1 Qf6 29. Kg1 Rf4 30. hxg4 Nxg4 31. Rh3 Rxh3
32. gxh3 Nf2 33. Qe3 Qg5+ 34. Bg2 Nd1 35. Qc1 Qg3 36. Ne2 Rf1+
0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.06"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Marcel Kanarek"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 f5
12. dxc5 fxe4 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. Nb3 Qa4 16. O-O
Ne5 17. Bd4 Bf6 18. Rb1 Bf5 19. Qb2 Nc6 20. Bxf6 exf6 21. Nd4
Rd7 22. Bd1 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marcos Llaneza-Vega"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 b5
7. a3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. f4 Rc8 10. Qf3 Ngf6 11. O-O g6 12. Qh3
Nc5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bxe4
17. Qxe4 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Bc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5
21. Rf2 Ke7 22. Rd1 Rhc8 23. Rdd2 Rc4 24. Kf1 h6 25. g3 g5
26. Kg2 gxf4 27. gxf4 Kf6 28. c3 Kf5 29. Rd3 Rg8+ 30. Rg3 Rg6
31. Rxg6 fxg6 32. Kg3 a5 33. Rd2 Rxf4 34. Rd8 Rc4 35. Rf8+ Ke5
36. Rh8 h5 37. Rg8 Rg4+ 38. Kf3 Kd5 39. Rd8+ Kc4 40. Rc8+ Kd5
41. Rd8+ Kc4 42. Rc8+ Kb3 43. Rc5 Ka4 44. b4 g5 45. Rc6 axb4
46. axb4 Rc4 47. Rxc4 bxc4 48. h3 Kb5 49. Ke4 h4 50. Ke3 e5
51. Kf3 Kc6 52. Kf2 Kd6 53. Kf3 Kd5 54. Kf2 e4 55. Kf1 g4
56. hxg4 h3 57. g5 h2 58. Kg2 e3 59. g6 Ke6 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Rijeka CRO"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gergely Szabo"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Be7 6. O-O
Nc5 7. Be2 Ne6 8. Nc3 c6 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Be3 f6
12. f4 fxe5 13. fxe5 Be6 14. Rxf8+ Qxf8 15. Rf1 Qe8 16. Bf3
Nd7 17. Ne2 Bc5 18. Qf4 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Bf7 20. e6 Qxe6
21. Qxe6 Bxe6 22. Nd4 Nf8 23. b4 Rd8 24. a4 Bf7 25. Re1 Re8
26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. Nf5 Bd7 28. Nd6 b6 29. b5 Ng6 30. bxc6 Bxc6
31. Nc8 Kf8 32. Nxa7 Bxa4 33. Nc8 Bxc2 34. Nxb6 d4 35. Kf2 Ke7
36. Nc4 Bd3 37. Na5 Kd6 38. Nb3 Ke5 39. Nd2 Bc2 40. Ba8 Bd1
41. Ke1 Bh5 42. h3 Ne7 43. g4 Bf7 44. Nf3+ Kf4 45. Nxd4 Kg3
46. Ke2 Kxh3 47. Kf3 g5 48. Be4 h6 49. Bb7 Be8 50. Be4 Bd7
51. Nf5 Nxf5 52. gxf5 g4+ 53. Kf4 g3 54. f6 Be8 0-1

[Event "2009-2010 Bundesliga"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Ginsburg"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. c4 Nb4
7. Be3 Bf5 8. Na3 Nd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Be2 e5 11. O-O exd4
12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O-O 14. Rfd1 b6 15. Bf3 f6 16. Be3
Bc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rd4 20. Kf1 Kd7
21. Ke2 Kd6 22. Ke3 Ke5 23. g3 Nxa2 24. Be2 g5 25. f3 Nb4
26. Rf1 Bd3 27. Rf2 a5 28. h3 f5 29. f4+ gxf4+ 30. gxf4+ Kf6
31. Bf3 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 Rxc4 33. Rd2 Ke6 34. Rd8 Nd5+ 35. Kf2
Rxf4 36. Rh8 Nf6 37. Rc8 Kd7 38. Rf8 Ke7 39. Rc8 Nd7 40. Kg3
Rb4 41. Bxc6 Ne5 42. Bd5 h5 43. Rxc5 h4+ 44. Kg2 Rxb2+ 45. Kf1
a4 46. Ra5 Rb4 47. Ke2 Kf6 48. Bg8 Re4+ 49. Kf2 Kg5 50. Bh7
Kf4 51. Ra6 Nd3+ 52. Kg2 Re2+ 53. Kg1 Re7 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2010.05.26"]
[EventDate "2010.05.26"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pia Cramling"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6
7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd2 Qb8 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. Be1 Ne5 16. Bxh7+
Nxh7 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Nxe5 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Rd1 Ng5
21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. e4 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bd2 b5 25. axb5
axb5 26. h3 b4 27. Na4 Bf8 28. b3 Qd4 29. Qe3 Qa1+ 30. Kh2
Bd6+ 31. f4 Qb1 32. Nb6 Bxe4 33. Nc4 Bf8 34. Qd4 Bd5 35. Qe3
Qf1 36. Qg1 Bxc4 37. bxc4 Qxg1+ 38. Kxg1 b3 39. Bc1 Bc5+
40. Kf1 Bd4 41. c5 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[EventDate "2010.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Nils Grandelius"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+
7. Bd2 Qxd4 8. Bxb4 Qxe5 9. Na3 b5 10. Bd6 Qxb2 11. O-O Nd5
12. e4 Nc3 13. Qg4 h5 14. Qg5 Ne2+ 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Qd2 e5
17. Bxb8 Nd4 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. f4 Qc5 21. Nc2 h4
22. f5 hxg3 23. h3 Qe7 24. e5 Nd8 25. f6 gxf6 26. exf6 Qc7
27. Rfe1+ Ne6 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Qg5 Rf8 31. Rxe6+
fxe6 32. Qg6+ Qf7 33. Bxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "2010.05.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tiger Hillarp Persson"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Bb2 Nd7 6. h3 Bh5
7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 Nc5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qe2 a5
12. f3 e5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Rg1 d4 15. Nd1 Be7 16. h4 Ne6 17. Bh3
Nhf4 18. exf4 Nxf4 19. Qf1 Rxh4 20. Nf2 a4 21. b4 a3 22. Bc1
d3 23. Rb1 Qd4 24. Rh1 Qxc4 25. Bd7+ Kxd7 26. Rxh4 Qxa2
27. Rxf4 Qxb1 28. Rxf7 Qxc1+ 29. Nd1 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2010.05.30"]
[EventDate "2010.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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 Bd6 11. Re1 Be4
12. Qc1 Bb7 13. Qc2 Be4 14. Qc1 Bb7 15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. Nbd2 h6
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Rd1 Bd5 20. Ne1 Qe7 21. Nd3 Bxb3
22. axb3 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Bb7 Qxc1 26. Rdxc1
Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rb8 28. Bxa6 Rb6 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Ra8 Ne4
31. Bc8 g6 32. Ra7 Kg7 33. Rc7 Kf8 34. Bd7 h5 35. b4 g5 36. f3
Nd6 37. Kf2 Ra6 38. Rc5 Ra2 39. Bxb5 h4 40. b3 hxg3+ 41. hxg3
g4 42. Ba4 gxf3 43. Kxf3 Rd2 44. Rc7 Nf5 45. b5 Rd6 46. g4 Ne7
47. Rc2 Rb6 48. Ke4 Ke8 49. Kd4 Rb8 50. Ke5 Nd5 51. e4 Ne7
52. Rc7 Rb6 53. Kd4 Kd8 54. Rxe7 Kxe7 55. Kc5 Rb8 56. b6 Kd8
57. e5 Rc8+ 58. Bc6 Rb8 59. b4 Kc8 60. b5 1-0

[Event "Max Euwe Match"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[EventDate "2010.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3
e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. c4 Qd6 11. d5 Ne7
12. Rb1 b6 13. Bb4 c5 14. dxc6 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nxc6 16. Ba3 Rd8
17. Bd6 Nd4 18. c5 bxc5 19. Rxd4 cxd4 20. Bb5+ Nd7 21. Rg1 a6
22. Ba4 g6 23. Ke2 f6 24. Rc1 dxe3 25. fxe3 h5 26. Rc7 Rh7
27. Kd3 Re7 28. Ke4 Kf7 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Kd5 f5 31. Rxd7+
Rxd7+ 32. Bxd7 Kxd7 33. Kxe5 Ke7 34. h4 g5 35. Kxf5 gxh4
36. Kf4 Kf6 37. e4 a5 38. a4 Kg6 39. Ke3 Kg5 40. Kf2 Kf4
41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Eindhoven NED"]
[Date "2010.06.16"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Benjamin Bok"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6
12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 f6
17. f5 Nc6 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Ba4 Qe7 21. Rac1 Rd8
22. Bb3 Ra7 23. Be6 Bb7 24. Bd5 Bc8 25. Be6 Bb7 26. Qe3 Qd6
27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Rfd1 Qe7 29. Bh3 Kh7 30. Qf2 Nc6 31. Qh4+
Kg8 32. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Bxc6 34. e5 Bd7 35. Qc4+ Kh8
36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Eindhoven NED"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Robin van Kampen"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[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 16. Qe5
Rab8 17. Re1 b5 18. Qxd5 Nb4+ 19. Kb1 exd5 20. Ne5 bxa4
21. Nd7 Rfe8 22. Be2 Rbd8 23. Bf3 Nd3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Kc2
Nf4 26. Kd2 Ne6 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Nc5 Rb8 29. Nd3 Nd4 30. Bd1
Kf8 31. Bxa4 Rb6 32. Ke3 Nf5+ 33. Kf4 Ne7 34. Ke5 Ke8 35. Kd6
Kd8 36. Re1 Nc8+ 37. Kc5 Kd7 38. b3 Nd6 39. Ne5+ Kc7 40. Nxc6
Ne4+ 41. Kd4 Rxc6 42. Bxc6 Kxc6 43. Ra1 Nd2 44. Ra6+ Kb7
45. Ra2 Nxb3+ 46. Kxd5 a5 47. Kc4 a4 48. Rxa4 Nd2+ 49. Kd3 Nf1
50. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Eindhoven NED"]
[Date "2010.06.15"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wouter Spoelman"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 e5
7. Nxe5 Ng4 8. f4 dxc4 9. Bb2 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Be6 11. Na3 Nd7
12. Qc1 cxb3 13. Nc4 O-O 14. d4 bxa2 15. Ba3 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Qd4+ 17. Ne3 Qxe5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Nc2 Qc5+ 20. e3 Bxa1
21. Nxa1 Qxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd8 23. Bf3 Rd2 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Nxc2
Bd5 26. e4 Be6 27. Kf2 b5 28. Na1 b4 29. Bd1 c5 30. Ke3 c4
31. Kd4 b3 32. Kc3 f6 0-1

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Eindhoven NED"]
[Date "2010.06.20"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Dimitri Reinderman"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6
7. Nc3 e6 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Ba3 Re8 13. e4 Nc6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qa4 b6
17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Ng5 c6 19. c5 Qc7 20. Bb4 Kh8 21. Bxa5 bxa5
22. Bxc6 Bc2 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Qc4 Kf8 25. Ng5 Bxd1 26. Rxd1
Rab8 27. Bxe8 Kxe8 28. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. Be3 Bf5 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Rfe1 c6 15. Bg5 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1
Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. h3 Qe1+ 19. Kh2 Bxh3 20. Bxf6 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 dxc4 22. Qxb7 gxf6 23. Qc8+ Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. dxc4
Qe6 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. c5 a5 28. a4 Kf8 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qf4 Kf8
31. Kh2 f5 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Qd8 Qh6+ 34. Kg2 f4 35. Qh4 Qxh4
36. gxh4 Kf6 37. Kf1 Kf5 38. f3 h5 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. Kd3 Kf5
41. Kc3 Kf6 42. Kc2 Ke6 43. Kd2 Kf6 44. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Rising Stars - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.15"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e5
7. Qc2 a6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. g4 h6 10. Rg1 e4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. Qxe4+ Ne7 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bc4 Bg7 16. h4 Qd6
17. Nd4 Kf8 18. f4 h5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Rd8 21. Ke2 b5
22. Bd3 Nd5 23. Kf3 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxd3 25. Rg2 Re8 26. Rcg1
Rh7 27. Qb4+ Kg8 28. Qc5 Kh8 29. b4 Bh6 30. Rc1 Rg7 31. Rxg7
Kxg7 32. Rg1+ Kh7 33. Qa7 Qxf5+ 34. Ke2 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Rising Stars - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5
7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. e3 Nc6
12. Ne5 Nd6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Bd4
Qa5 17. Nxc6 Qc7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ Kg8 20. Na5 Rab8
21. Rfc1 Rfc8 22. Qe5 Bh3 23. Nab3 Rb4 24. c5 Qb7 25. f3 Nb5
26. Kf2 Be6 27. Rc2 Na3 28. Rc3 Nb5 29. Rc2 Na3 30. Rc3 Nb5
31. Rd3 Qa6 32. Ne4 Nd6 33. Nxd6 Qxd3 34. Nxc8 Bxc8 35. Re1
Rc4 36. Nd4 Ba6 37. Qxe7 Rc1 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Rising Stars - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.20"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qc2 dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+
12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 Rc8 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfc1 a5 16. Qd1 e5
17. Na4 Qg6 18. Bxc4 exd4 19. exd4 Rd8 20. Qb3 Qf5 21. Ne1
Rab8 22. Nc2 Bd2 23. Rd1 Bxg2 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Qe6 Qxc2
26. Kxg2 Nf6 27. Qc4 Qe4+ 28. f3 Qh4 29. Kh1 Ne4 30. Rg1 Nf2+
31. Kg2 Rxd4 32. Qe6 Bf4 33. Kf1 Nd1 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Miguel Infante"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 d6
12. Rab1 Na6 13. a3 Rac8 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. e4 Bc6 16. Qe2 h6
17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Nd2 Bf8 21. Qd3
Qc7 22. Ne4 Bg4 23. f3 Bh5 24. Bh3 Bg6 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. Rd2
Nc7 27. Re1 Ne6 28. Be3 Qc6 29. Qd5 Qc7 30. Bf2 Rb8 31. f4 Bh7
32. f5 Nd4 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. b4 Rc8 35. Rxd4 Qb6 36. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Genba"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7
7. c4 e5 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Qc2 h5 10. O-O-O c6 11. h3 a6 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Ng5 Qa5 14. a3 Nf8 15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Qc3
Qxc3+ 18. Nxc3 b5 19. c5 h4 20. b4 e4 21. Nb1 a5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7
23. Nc3 Nd7 24. Kb2 Ne5 25. Rd4 Ra7 26. Rhd1 Rea8 27. Rd6 axb4
28. axb4 Ra3 29. R1d4 R8a7 30. Bf1 Kf8 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Rb1 Be6
33. Kc2 f5 34. Be2 g5 35. f4 exf3 36. Bxf3 R7a6 37. Be2 Bf7
38. Bd3 Be6 39. Be2 f4 40. exf4 Bf5+ 41. Kd2 Nf7 42. Bd3 Nxd6
43. cxd6+ Kf6 44. fxg5+ Kxg5 45. Rf1 Bxd3 46. Kxd3 c5 47. bxc5
b4 48. Kd4 Rxc3 49. d7 Ra8 50. Kd5 Rd3+ 51. Ke6 b3 52. Ke7
Re3+ 53. Kd6 Rd3+ 54. Ke7 b2 55. Rb1 Re3+ 56. Kd6 Kf6 57. c6
Rd3+ 58. Kc7 Rd2 59. Kb7 Ra1 60. c7 Rxd7 61. Rxb2 Rc1 62. Rb6+
Ke5 63. Rc6 Rxc6 64. Kxc6 Rd1 65. c8=R Rc1+ 66. Kd7 Rxc8
67. Kxc8 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marian Jurcik"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3
7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Be7 11. Rfe1 O-O
12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Be3 Qa6
17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Ne5 a4 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Red1 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Qa5 22. Qe4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qd4 Qxd4
26. Bxd4 b5 27. Kf1 h5 28. Ke2 Kh7 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. Ke3 Kg6
31. Ke4 f5+ 32. exf6 gxf6 33. f4 f5+ 34. Kd3 Kf7 35. Be3 Ke8
36. Bd2 Bd6 37. g3 Kd7 38. Bb4 Bc7 39. Bc5 Kc6 40. Bd4 Kd5
41. Be3 e5 42. Bd2 e4+ 43. Ke2 Bb6 44. Be3 Bxe3 45. Kxe3 Kc5
46. h3 Kd5 47. Kd2 Kd4 48. Ke2 e3 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Mateusz Bartel"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. O-O c5 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Bxc4 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Rd8 13. Qh5 Qf8 14. f4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. g4 Rd5
17. g5 f5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Ng3 Kh7 20. Qf3 Bd7 21. Kh1 Re8
22. Rad1 g6 23. gxh6 Qe7 24. Rd3 Bc8 25. Rg1 c5 26. Rxd5 Bb7
27. Rgd1 c4 28. e4 fxe4 29. Qe3 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Rd8 31. Rxd8
Qxd8 32. Qxe4 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd2+ 34. Kh3 Bd6 35. Kg4 Kxh6
36. Qxc4 Qd1+ 37. Qe2 Qd4 38. Qe4 Qf6 39. b3 Qa1 40. Qd5 Bf8
41. f5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Dzhurabek Khamrakulov"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "139"]

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 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4
12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 b4 15. Qf1 Bd5 16. Be1 h6
17. Nbd2 a5 18. a4 bxa3 19. bxa3 a4 20. Nc4 Nb8 21. Nfe5 Nbd7
22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Na5 Bd6 24. Nec6 Ra6 25. Qb5 Nb8 26. Bb4
Nxc6 27. Rxc6 Ra7 28. Rac1 Rb8 29. Qxa4 Nd7 30. R1c3 Nb6
31. Qc2 Nc4 32. Nxc4 Bxb4 33. Ne5 Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxa3 35. Rxa3
Qxa3 36. Qxc7 Rf8 37. Qd7 Qa8 38. Nc6 Kh8 39. Kg2 Re8 40. h4
Qc8 41. Qxd5 Qb7 42. Qc4 Ra8 43. d5 Qb1 44. Qb4 Qd3 45. Qd4
Qb1 46. d6 Qb7 47. Qd5 Ra5 48. Qxa5 Qxc6+ 49. Kh2 Qxd6
50. Qa8+ Kh7 51. Qe4+ g6 52. h5 f5 53. Qc4 Qd7 54. hxg6+ Kxg6
55. Qg8+ Kf6 56. Qa8 h5 57. Kg2 Qd6 58. Qh8+ Kg6 59. Qg8+ Kf6
60. Qc4 Kg6 61. Kh2 Qd2 62. Qe6+ Kg5 63. Kg2 Qc2 64. Qd6 Qe4+
65. f3 Qa8 66. Qe6 Qb7 67. e4 f4 68. Qd5+ Qxd5 69. exd5 fxg3
70. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Unive Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rd1 Be6
12. O-O a4 13. f4 Qa5 14. Bd4 Rfe8 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Kh1 Bd7
17. Qe3 Rc8 18. h3 Bc6 19. e5 Nd7 20. exd6 exd6 21. Qf2 Nf6
22. f5 g5 23. h4 g4 24. h5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxe4
27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Bxg4 Rxc4 29. Be2 Rc6 30. Qh4 Qe5 31. Qd8+
Kg7 32. f6+ Kh6 33. Qf8+ Kg5 34. Qg8+ Bg6 35. hxg6 hxg6
36. Qxf7 Qxe2 37. Qd5+ Kg4 38. Rf3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qh4+ 40. Rh3
Qxf6 41. Qe4+ Qf4+ 42. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Wattenscheid GER"]
[Date "2010.10.10"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Piotr Bobras"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6
7. Be3 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. Bf1 h5 20. g3 Kh7 21. Bg2 Qd8
22. Qd2 Qf8 23. Re1 f5 24. Bh3 e6 25. exf5 exf5 26. Bg2 Re8
27. Rcc1 Re6 28. Ne2 Rae8 29. Nd4 R6e7 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. Bf1
Qf6 32. Bg5 Qd4+ 33. Kg2 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Rxe1 35. Qxe1 Nd3
36. Qd2 Nb4 37. a3 Na6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Qc3 40. c5 Nb8
41. cxd6 Qxd2+ 42. Bxd2 Be5 43. Bf4 Bxf4 44. gxf4 Kg7 45. Kg3
Kf6 46. Bc4 Nd7 47. Kf2 Nb6 48. Bb3 Nd7 49. Ke3 c5 50. h4 cxb4
51. Kd4 Nf8 52. Kc5 Ne6+ 53. Kb6 Nd4 54. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Smeets"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6
12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Nc1 d5 16. Bb6 Qe8
17. Nxd5 Nxe4 18. Qe1 f5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. b3 Bf7 21. c4 Rfe8
22. Nd3 Bh5 23. f3 Ng5 24. Qf1 e4 25. Ne1 Rc6 26. Rd2 Rg6
27. fxe4 fxe4 28. Qf5 Rf8 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. h4 Nh3+ 31. Kh2
Qxh4 32. Qd8 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Rf6 34. Nc2 h6 35. Bc7 Nf2+ 36. Kg1
Qh4 0-1

[Event "3rd Remco Heite GM"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartlomiej Macieja"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. d4 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6
12. c4 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b6 14. Be2 Na6 15. O-O Nb4 16. a3 Na2
17. Rc2 Nc3 18. Bf3 exd5 19. cxd5 Ba6 20. Re1 Bd3 21. Rcc1 Be5
22. g3 Na2 23. Ra1 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Nc3 25. Bg5 f5 26. exf5 gxf5
27. Re1 Re8 28. Rc1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd1
Kf7 32. d6 h6 33. Bxh6 Rd4 34. Rxd4 cxd4 35. h4 Ke6 36. Bf4 b5
37. Kf1 a5 38. Ke2 b4 39. Bc1 Rc8 40. Kd1 Rxc1+ 41. Kxc1 bxa3
42. h5 d3 43. h6 a2 0-1

[Event "3rd Remco Heite GM"]
[Site "Wolvega NED"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ng5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6
17. a5 Rc8 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. Ra4 Nf8 20. Be3 h6 21. Qf7+ Qxf7
22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rxb4 Re7 24. Bd2 Rc2 25. Bc3 Rc7 26. g3 Ke8
27. a6 b6 28. Ra1 Rf7 29. Rxb6 axb6 30. a7 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 Rxa7
32. Bb4 Nd7 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. h4 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Rd8 g4
37. Kf1 Rb7 38. Bd6 b5 39. b3 b4 40. Ke2 Nb6 41. Kd3 Kg6
42. Re8 Kf7 43. Rh8 Kg6 44. Ke3 Ra7 45. Bc5 Rb7 46. Bd6 Ra7
47. Rb8 Nd7 48. Re8 Ra3 49. Kf4 Rxb3 50. Kxg4 Rd3 51. Rxe6+
Kh7 52. Re7 Rxd4+ 53. Kg5 b3 54. Rxd7 Rb4 55. e6 b2 56. e7 1-0

[Event "TCh-NED"]
[Site "Netherlands NED"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[EventDate "2010.09.25"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Rudy van Wessel"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8
12. Qe1 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. h3 d4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4
Qxd4 17. Bc3 Qf4 18. Ba5 Rd7 19. Qe2 c5 20. Rad1 c4 21. Bc2
Bc5 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. e6 Bxe6 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Qh6
26. Qxc5 Rc8 27. Qe5 Qg6 28. Rd1 Rc6 29. Rd4 Qf5 30. Qg3 Bc8
31. Bc3 Rg6 32. Qe3 Qg5 33. Qe4 Bf5 34. Qf3 Bd3 35. Rf4 f6
36. Kh2 Qc5 37. Rh4+ Rh6 38. Rg4 Rg6 39. Rh4+ Rh6 40. Rxh6+
Kxh6 41. a3 a5 42. Qf4+ Qg5 43. Qb8 Kg6 44. Bxa5 Qe5+ 45. Qxe5
fxe5 46. g4 Kf6 47. h4 g6 48. f3 Be2 49. Kg3 Bd1 50. Bd2 Kf7
51. Bh6 Kf6 52. Bf8 Kf7 53. Bb4 Kf6 54. Ba5 Kf7 55. Be1 Kf6
56. Ba5 Kf7 57. Bc3 Ke6 58. Kf2 Bc2 59. Ke3 Bd1 60. Be1 Kd5
61. Ba5 Ke6 62. Bd8 Kd5 63. Bf6 Ke6 64. Bg7 Kd5 65. h5 gxh5
66. gxh5 Bc2 67. Kd2 Bh7 68. Kc3 e4 69. f4 Bf5 70. Kb4 Kc6
71. Bd4 Bh7 72. Be3 Bf5 73. h6 Bg6 74. a4 bxa4 75. Kxc4 Kd6
76. Kb4 Ke6 77. Kxa4 Kf7 78. b4 Bf5 79. b5 Bd7 80. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qd2 e5 12. d5
Nb4 13. e4 c6 14. a3 cxd5 15. axb4 axb4 16. Rxa8 bxc3 17. bxc3
Nxa8 18. exd5 Nb6 19. Rd1 e4 20. Ng5 e3 21. Qb2 Qxg5 22. Bxe3
Qg4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 dxc4 11. bxc4 b6
12. Rb1 Qc7 13. a4 a5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bb7 16. Qc2 h6
17. Bc3 Rab8 18. Red1 Ba6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bd3 f5 21. g3 Bb4
22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Rxb4 c5 24. Rbb1 cxd4 25. exd4 Bb7 26. d5
Nc5 27. Bf1 Rbd8 28. Bg2 Rf6 29. Nd4 exd5 30. Nb5 Qf7 31. cxd5
f4 32. a5 Rc8 33. Na7 Rf8 34. Rxb6 fxg3 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 36. hxg3
Nd7 37. Nc6 Qd6 38. Re1 Ba6 39. Qc3 Nc5 40. Ne5 Kg8 41. Ng6
Rf6 42. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Wattenscheid GER"]
[Date "2011.02.05"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartlomiej Heberla"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. g3 Re8
7. Bg2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 e4 9. Ng5 exd3 10. Qxd3 h6 11. Nf3 d6
12. O-O Ne4 13. Rfe1 Bg4 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ne6
17. Bc3 Qc8 18. h3 Bh5 19. f4 Bg6 20. e4 Nc5 21. b4 Nd7
22. Qd2 a5 23. bxa5 f6 24. e5 fxe5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Qd5+ Bf7
27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Bxb7 Ra7 29. a6 Bxc4 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5
dxe5 32. Re1 Bxa6 33. Bd5+ Kf8 34. Rxe5 Bc8 35. Bc6 Bxh3
36. a4 Kf7 37. a5 Kf6 38. Rb5 Be6 39. Rc5 Ke7 40. Bf3 Bd7
41. Kf2 c6 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kd4 Rb7 44. a6 Rb4+ 45. Rc4 Rb6 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2
exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 Bf6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Rc1
Rc8 18. Bb1 Re8 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. e5 cxd4 21. Rxc6 Qxd2 22. Bxd2
Bxc6 23. exf6 Bxf3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. gxf3 d5 26. b3 Ne5
27. Kf1 Nxf3 28. Bb4 Re6 29. Ne2 Rxf6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Kg3 g5
32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kf1 Rc6 34. Ba3 Nf3 35. Bb4 Kf6 36. Kg2 Nh4+
37. Kg3 Ke5 38. Bd2 Rf6 39. f4+ gxf4+ 40. Bxf4+ Rxf4 41. Nxf4
Ng6 42. Nxg6+ fxg6 43. Bd3 b4 44. Kg4 a5 45. h4 Kf6 46. Kf4 h6
47. Kg4 Kf7 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. h5 g5
52. Kf5 Kf7 53. Be2 Ke7 54. Ke5 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Aue GER"]
[Date "2011.02.26"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Viesturs Meijers"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bd7
7. Qxc4 Na5 8. Qc2 Rc8 9. Ne5 c5 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Nc3 b5 13. O-O a6 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Qb1 h6
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Ba7 19. Rd7 Qxd7 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 21. Nxd7
Rfd8 22. Rd1 Rc7 23. Nf6 Rcc8 24. Nh5+ Kf8 25. b3 Bd4 26. e3
Bc3 27. Bf3 Ke7 28. Kg2 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Rd8 30. Nf4 Rd2 31. Qc1
b4 32. Ne2 Nb7 33. Nxc3 bxc3 34. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.15"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Grishchenko"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 Be7
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qe7
12. Qc2 Rd8 13. e4 d4 14. e5 Ng4 15. Qe4 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6
17. Qd3 Ng4 18. c5 e5 19. h3 Nh6 20. Ne4 Nf7 21. Nfd2 Bb8
22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Bc1 h6 24. Bd2 Be6 25. Rfe1 Qd7 26. h4 Rf8
27. a4 Ne7 28. Ned6 Bd5 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Bxd5+ Nxd5 31. Rxe5
Bxd6 32. Rxd5 Qf7 33. Qxd4 Bc7 34. Rd7 Be5 35. Rxf7 Bxd4
36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Rf1 Rf3 38. Be3 Bxe3 39. Kg2 Rf5 40. fxe3
Re5 41. Rc1 Rxe3 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Re7 44. c6 bxc6 45. bxc6
Rc7 46. Kf3 Kf7 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. h5 Re7 49. c7 Kd7+ 50. Kf5 Kc8
51. g4 Rd7 52. Kg6 Rd5 53. Kxg7 Rg5+ 54. Kxh6 Rxg4 55. Rc6 Rg8
56. Kh7 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valerij Popov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5
12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Qa5 14. Bf2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qb4 16. Rfd1 Bd7
17. a3 Qb3 18. Bd3 Rad8 19. Bc2 Qc4 20. b3 Qa6 21. b4 b6
22. cxb6 axb6 23. Bb3 Bf5 24. a4 Qb7 25. b5 h5 26. Qb2 Re6
27. Re1 Ne8 28. Ne2 Qe7 29. Rad1 Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 Nf6 31. Qd2
Re8 32. Kf2 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valery Zolotukhin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O Be6 11. Bb3 b5
12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Rfc8 14. Rac1 Bc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Qxc4
Rxc4 17. Nd2 Rc7 18. Nf1 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne3 Rc6 21. Ncd5
Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Bg5 23. c3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Kf8 25. Rcd1 Ke7
26. Kf2 h5 27. Ke2 Ke6 28. R1d2 Rb8 29. a3 Rbb6 30. Rd1 Rc4
31. Kf3 g6 32. R5d2 a5 33. Re1 h4 34. h3 Ra6 35. Red1 f5
36. exf5+ gxf5 37. g3 hxg3 38. Kxg3 b4 39. cxb4 axb4 40. axb4
Rxb4 41. Rb1 Rab6 42. Kf2 Rh4 43. Kg3 Re4 44. Rd3 d5 45. Kf3
Reb4 46. Rd2 Rh4 47. Kg3 Re4 48. Rd3 Rxe3+ 49. Rxe3 f4+
50. Kf3 fxe3 51. b4 d4 52. b5 Kd5 53. h4 Rf6+ 54. Kg2 e2 0-1

[Event "French Team Championships"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.27"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Olivier Renet"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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 fxe4
12. Nxe4 Nf5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bg4 b6
17. Rc3 a5 18. Ne1 Bg7 19. Nc2 h5 20. Bh3 Bh6 21. Re1 Kh7
22. Ng3 Qg5 23. Rf3 Bd7 24. b3 Rf7 25. Re4 Raf8 26. Re1 Qe7
27. Ne4 Bf4 28. Rd3 Bh6 29. Rf3 Qe8 30. a4 g5 31. Bxf5+ Bxf5
32. Ng3 Bg6 33. Rxf7+ Qxf7 34. f3 g4 35. Rf1 Kh8 36. Qe2 Qh7
37. Ne1 h4 38. Nh1 g3 39. hxg3 hxg3 40. Nxg3 Bf4 41. Nh1 Qh2+
42. Kf2 e4 43. Rg1 Re8 44. Kf1 exf3 45. Qb2+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "French Team Championships"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.28"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Jean-Pierre Le Roux"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Nd2 Nd5
12. Nxc4 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bb7 14. e3 Rc8 15. Qe2 Ba6 16. Rfd1 g6
17. a3 Qc7 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. b4 Qb8 20. Qa2 Bb7 21. Bg2 Nf6
22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Ne4 Ba8 24. Ne5 Kg7 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. fxg5 Rc7
27. e4 Nf4 28. Bf1 c5 29. Qe3 Nh5 30. dxc5 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 bxc5
32. bxc5 Qb2 33. Nc4 Qc2 34. Qd4+ f6 35. Rd3 Qc1 36. h4 Qf4
37. Qd6 Bxe4 38. gxf6+ Kxf6 39. Qd4+ Ke7 40. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "French Team Championships"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.29"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Tornike Sanikidze"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4
7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nc6
12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 Na5 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. a3 b4 16. axb4 Bxb4
17. Ra4 Nd5 18. Bg5 f6 19. e4 fxg5 20. exd5 c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5
22. Qa1 Bb6 23. dxe6 Qc7 24. Rf1 Bd5 25. e7 Rf5 26. Nd4 Bxd4
27. Rxa5 Bxg2 28. Rxf5 Bxf1 29. Qa2+ Bc4 30. Nxc4 Qxe7
31. Nd6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nxg5+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nd6+
Kh8 36. Nxc8 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Rf3 1-0

[Event "French Team Championships"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.30"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Aguettaz"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5
exd5 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8
12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bc2
Re7 17. Rab1 Ne8 18. Rfe1 Nd6 19. a4 Bd7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. g4 g5
22. h3 b5 23. a5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. f4 f6 26. Red1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "French Team Championships"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.31"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Konstantin Landa"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qd3 Qf5 10. Qxf5 exf5 11. O-O Be6
12. Rc1 Bd5 13. e3 Ne4 14. Be1 O-O 15. Nfd2 Rfe8 16. Nc3 Nxc3
17. bxc3 Bxg2 18. cxb4 Bd5 19. b5 Nb4 20. a3 Nd3 21. Rc3 Nxe1
22. Rxe1 c6 23. Rb1 g5 24. f3 g4 25. Kf2 h5 26. h4 a4 27. Rb4
Kg7 28. Rc5 Ra5 29. bxc6 Raa8 30. Nc4 bxc6 1-0

[Event "19th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[EventDate "2011.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Nils Grandelius"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4 Bb7 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nd2 Bd6
12. Qg4 Qg5 13. Qh3 Bf4 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Qg6 16. Bxf4
Qxe4 17. Qg3 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Qf5 19. Bxc7 O-O 20. Re5 Qc2 21. Re3
Ne4 22. Qf3 Rac8 23. Be5 Ng5 24. Qg3 f6 25. Bd6 Rfd8 26. Rae1
Kh7 27. c5 bxc5 28. Bxc5 e5 29. R3e2 Qa4 30. h4 Ne6 31. Be7
Rd5 32. dxe5 f5 33. Bb4 Rc4 34. Qf3 Nf4 35. Re3 Qc6 36. e6 Qe8
37. g3 Qg6 38. e7 Nh3+ 39. Kh2 Re4 40. Rxe4 fxe4 41. Qxe4 Rf5
42. Kxh3 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.06.27"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Erwin L'Ami"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4
Bc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nc3 b6 10. d4 Nbd7 11. e4 Bb7
12. Rd1 a6 13. a3 Qb8 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be3 Nhf6 16. Bf4 Nh5
17. Be3 Nhf6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Qb1 b5 20. b4 Nb6 21. Bf1 Rd8
22. h3 Qa7 23. Nd2 Rac8 24. Nb3 Qa8 25. f3 Nfd7 26. Na5 e5
27. Ne2 Bf8 28. Bg2 exd4 29. Nxd4 Ne5 30. Bg5 Re8 31. Nxb7
Qxb7 32. f4 Nec4 33. e5 c6 34. Qe4 f6 35. Bh4 g5 36. fxg5 Rxe5
37. Qf4 fxg5 38. Bxg5 Nd5 39. Qg4 h5 40. Qxh5 Nde3 41. Nf3 c5
42. Qg6+ Bg7 43. Rxc4 bxc4 44. Bxe3 Rxe3 45. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.06.30"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Smeets"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6
12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Qc5 15. Rhe1 Be6 16. e5
dxe5 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qc6 20. Rd2 e6 21. Qd3
f5 22. Red1 Rd8 23. Qe2 Ke7 24. Qh5 Rhg8 25. Qe2 Qc7 26. Re1
Bf6 27. Bh2 b5 28. a3 Qc4 29. Qxc4 bxc4 30. f3 Bg7 31. Na4 h5
32. Kb1 g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. fxg4 Bh6 35. Rxd7+ Rxd7 36. gxf5
exf5 37. Bxe5 Kf7 38. Rf1 Kg6 39. Nb6 Re7 40. Nxc4 Rc8 41. Bd6
Re6 42. Ne5+ Kg7 43. Rd1 Bf4 44. Nf7 Be3 45. Ne5 Bf4 46. Nf7
Rc4 47. Bxf4 Rxf4 48. Nd6 Rf2 49. g3 Kg6 50. b4 Ree2 51. Rc1
Rf3 52. a4 Rxg3 53. Rf1 Re5 54. Kb2 Rd5 55. Nb7 Rd4 56. c3
Rdd3 57. Rc1 f4 58. Nc5 Rd6 59. Kb3 Kf5 60. b5 axb5 61. axb5
f3 62. Kb4 f2 63. Rf1 Rd2 64. Nb3 Rb2 65. b6 Rg1 66. Rxf2+
Rxf2 67. Kc5 Rb1 68. Nd4+ Ke5 69. Nb5 Rxb5+ 0-1

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.07.02"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daan Brandenburg"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd2 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rf2 b5 19. b3 Qc7 20. Qe3 Rd7 21. Rfd2
h6 22. Qf2 f6 23. Rd4 Rc8 24. Qd2 Nf7 25. Kh1 Qxc2 26. Bxd6 a5
27. Bf1 b4 28. Bb5 Rdd8 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. Bf4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4
Rxa2 32. Ba4 Rc2 33. Rd3 g5 34. Bd2 Ne5 35. Rd6 Nf3 0-1

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.07.03"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Robin Swinkels"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be2 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qb4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6
12. O-O Qb6 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15. g3 Rac8 16. Bg4 Nc5
17. Qc2 e6 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 cxd5 21. exd5 Nc4
22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rac1 Ne5 24. Be3 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.07.04"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruud Janssen"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. b3 Ne4 6. c3 O-O
7. Bb2 c5 8. d3 Nd6 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 e5 11. c4 d4 12. a3 a5
13. e3 dxe3 14. fxe3 Nf5 15. Qe2 Bh6 16. Ne4 Bxe3+ 17. Kh1
Ncd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Bc1 Ra6
22. Bxe3 dxe3 23. g5 Nf5 24. Be4 h6 25. gxh6+ Kxf6 26. Qxe3
Ke7 27. Qg1 Rh8 28. Rbe1 Nxh6 29. Bd5 Nf5 30. Rxe5+ Kf8
31. Qg2 Rf6 32. Rfe1 Kg7 33. Qb2 Qb6 34. c5 Qxc5 35. Bxf7 Ng3+
36. Kg2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Boxtel NED"]
[Date "2011.07.05"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Wouter Spoelman"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd3 Qc7
12. Bd2 c5 13. Ne4 c4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Be2 Bb7 16. b3 Rfc8
17. bxc4 Be4 18. Qc3 bxc4 19. Qa5 Rab8 20. Ne5 Bd5 21. Nxd7
Nxd7 22. f3 Rb5 23. Qc3 f5 24. Rdc1 Nb6 25. a4 Rb3 26. Qa5 Nd7
27. Bd1 Rb7 28. Be1 e5 29. Bg3 Qe6 30. dxe5 Nc5 31. Rab1 Rxb1
32. Rxb1 Nb3 33. Qc3 Bc6 34. Rxb3 cxb3 35. Bxb3 Bd5 36. Bxd5
Rxc3 37. Bxe6+ Kf8 38. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5
12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 a6 16. e3 b5
17. Qc2 Qc8 18. Qd3 Qc4 19. Bf1 Ne4 20. Be1 Rfc8 21. b3 Qxd3
22. Bxd3 e5 23. a4 exd4 24. exd4 b4 25. a5 Ng5 26. Be2 Rc2
27. Kf1 Rb2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 g6 30. h4 Ne6 31. Nf3 Kf8
32. Rc1 Ke8 33. Bd2 Bd8 34. Ra1 Be7 35. Ra4 Nb8 36. Bxb4 Bxb4
37. Rxb4 Nc6 38. Ra4 Ke7 39. Ke1 f6 40. Kd2 Nc7 41. Ne1 Nb5
42. Nc2 Kd6 43. Kd3 Re8 44. Bf3 Rc8 45. Kd2 f5 46. h5 Rc7
47. Be2 Ra7 48. h6 Ra8 49. Bd3 Ra7 50. Bf1 Ra8 51. Be2 Ra7
52. Bd3 Ra8 53. f3 Ra7 54. Bf1 Ra8 55. Be2 Ra7 56. Bd3 Ra8
57. Ke3 Re8+ 58. Kd2 Ra8 59. Ke3 Re8+ 60. Kf2 Ra8 61. Kg2 Ke6
62. f4 Kd6 63. g4 fxg4 64. Kg3 Nc3 65. Ra1 Ne4+ 66. Bxe4 dxe4
67. Kxg4 Rb8 68. Rb1 Nxa5 69. Ra1 Nc6 70. Rxa6 Rxb3 71. d5
Kxd5 72. Rxc6 Kxc6 73. Nd4+ Kd5 74. Nxb3 e3 75. Nc1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bg4
12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Bxd5
Rfd8 17. Rd1 Qe5 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qa2 Rd7 20. O-O Na4 21. Bb3
Rdc7 22. Rd4 Nb6 23. Rfd1 g6 24. Qb1 Kg7 25. g3 Nc4 26. Kg2
Qf6 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Qe4 Re7 29. Qd5 c3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 31. Rf4
Qc6 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 33. Rdd4 Rc2 34. Rd5 h5 35. Ra5 Rb7 36. h3
Ra2 37. Rfa4 Rbb2 38. Rf4 Rb7 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Rc7 41. Kg3
Rb2 42. g5 Rb1 43. Kg2 Rb2 44. Rfa4 Rcc2 45. Rf4 Rb7 46. Kg3
Rc1 47. Rd4 Rb2 48. Rf4 Rb7 49. Rd4 Rb2 50. f3 a6 51. Rxa6 Rb5
52. f4 Rb3 53. Re4 Rcc3 54. a4 Rxe3+ 55. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 56. Kf2
Ra3 57. Ra7 Kf8 58. a5 Ke8 59. a6 Kf8 60. Ke2 Ke8 61. Ra8+ Kd7
62. a7 Kc6 63. Rc8+ Kb7 64. Rf8 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Bragi Thorfinnsson"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 Qc7
12. Rfd1 Ke7 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nc6 15. Nce4 Rad8 16. Nxf6
gxf6 17. Ne4 f5 18. Qh4+ Ke8 19. Nf6+ Kf8 20. e4 Ne5 21. exf5
Qxc4 22. Rd4 Qe2 23. Nxh7+ Ke8 24. Nf6+ Ke7 25. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "15th Unive (Crown Group)"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2011.10.21"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Be7
7. d3 O-O 8. a3 h6 9. Ne1 Rb8 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Nxb4
12. Rxa7 d5 13. cxd5 Bc5 14. Ra1 Bd4 15. Ra3 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5
Nxd5 17. e3 Bc5 18. Ra1 Re8 19. Bb2 Nf6 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Qb3
Bd6 22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. Ra5 b5 24. Qa2 Qf5 25. Ra7 Rf8 26. Ne1
Bb4 27. e4 Qh5 28. d4 Bd2 29. Ra1 b4 30. dxe5 Be6 31. Qa5 Bxe1
32. Rxe1 Ng4 33. h3 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 Rfd8 35. Re2 Bc4 36. Bf3
Qxh3 37. e6 Qxe6 38. Rc2 Bb5 39. Kg2 g5 40. Kh2 Qb3 41. Qc7
Bc4 42. Rf2 Qe3 43. Kg2 Re8 44. Bh5 Qxe4+ 45. Kh2 Rf8 46. Ra6
Be6 47. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "2.10.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hans Tikkanen"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3
Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 8. Ng5 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Nxc4 e5 11. Kh1 Nfd5
12. d3 Be7 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. a3 O-O 15. b4 Kh8 16. Bd2 Nd7
17. Na5 f5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. bxc5 f4 20. Rfc1 Be8 21. Qb3 Rb8
22. Rab1 Bd7 23. Qb2 b5 24. Nb3 Rbe8 25. Ba5 Qb8 26. Nd2 fxg3
27. hxg3 Bg5 28. Ne4 Be3 29. Bd2 Bd4 30. Qc2 Rf5 31. g4 Qd8
32. Be1 Re6 33. Qd2 Rf4 34. Bf2 Rxe4 35. e3 Rxe3 36. Rb4 Rxd3
37. Qxd3 Bxf2 38. Qf1 Rh6+ 39. Bh3 Qh4 40. Rb2 Ne3 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Hristos Banikas"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8. Qg4 g6 9. f4 Bb4 10. e5 d5 11. exd6 Nf6
12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bd2 Bxd6 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. Bc4 Qc7 16. Rhf1
Qb7 17. b3 Bb4 18. g4 c5 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. f5 exf5 21. gxf5 Kg7
22. fxg6 Rbe8 23. Bh6+ Kxh6 24. Qd2+ Kxg6 25. Rxf6+ Kxf6
26. Nd5+ Qxd5 27. Qxd5 Be6 28. Qf3+ Ke7 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qb7+
Kf6 31. Rf1+ Kg6 32. Qg2+ Kh5 33. Rg1 Rg8 34. Qh3# 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. O-O O-O
7. Na3 a5 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. Nce5 Bd5 10. Bf4 c6 11. Qc1 Nbd7
12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. Qxa6 Rxa6 20. Be1 a4 21. e4
Nc7 22. Nf3 Nb5 23. Bb4 e6 24. Rd2 Raa8 25. Rad1 Rd7 26. Bc5
Bh6 27. Ne5 Rdd8 28. f4 Bf8 29. Nc4 f6 30. Nb6 Ra6 31. Kf3 a3
32. b4 Kf7 33. Ke3 Nc7 34. Rc1 Nb5 35. Rcd1 Nc3 36. Rc1 Na4
37. Nxa4 Rxa4 38. Rb1 Bh6 39. b5 e5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4
exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Qa4 Be6 11. Bb5 Qb6
12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Nd4 Bd7
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. a3 Be8 20. Na4 Qb7 21. Rc1 Rdc8
22. Rfd1 g6 23. h3 a5 24. b3 Be7 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. Rd3 Ra7
27. Rc3 Rac7 28. Rb1 Qa7 29. Re1 Bf8 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. Na4 Qa6
32. Nc5 Qb6 33. Qd2 Qa7 34. R3c2 Qb6 35. Qd3 Ra8 36. Qd1 Rac8
37. Qg4 Rb8 38. Qf4 Rd8 39. Rc3 Bd6 40. Qf6 Be7 41. Qf3 Rcc8
42. g3 Qa7 43. Kg2 Qb6 44. Qf4 Qb8 45. Qf3 Qb6 46. Qd1 Qa7
47. Qd2 Rb8 48. Qc2 Rbc8 49. Re1 Bf6 50. Rd1 Qb6 51. Qd2 Rb8
52. Rdc1 Be7 53. Na4 Qb7 54. Qb2 Rbc8 55. Nc5 Rb8 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "8"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bg5 Ne7 8. e3 h6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. a3 Ba7
17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Rd5 Qc7 21. Bf5 Be6
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rd2 Rf5 24. Ne4 Qe5 25. Rfd1 Raf8 26. Rd8
Bb8 27. g3 Ba7 28. Nd6 Bb6 29. Rc8 Rf3 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Nc4
Qc7 32. Qe4 Ba7 33. Qxe6 b5 34. Rd7 Qc5 35. Qg6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. c4 c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 a6
12. Qe3 Rc8 13. Rac1 Re8 14. h3 Rc7 15. Ne1 Qb8 16. Qd2 b5
17. Nd5 Rcc8 18. cxb5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Qxd5 Nf6 22. Qd4 Qxb5 23. Nd3 a5 24. Qe3 Qb7 25. Qd2 Qb5
26. Nb2 d5 27. Nd3 d4 28. e3 Ne4 29. Qb2 Nc3 30. Rd2 e5
31. exd4 exd4 32. Nf4 Re4 33. Kh2 Qf5 34. Ng2 Re2 35. Rxe2
Nxe2 36. Re1 Rc2 37. Rxe2 Rxb2 38. Rxb2 Qd3 39. Nf4 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.31"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7
7. c4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nb3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6
12. Bd3 Bg6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Re1 f5 15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Be3 Qf6
17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Rae8 19. Rad1 Bh5 20. Be2 f4 21. Bc1 a5
22. Qc4 Re7 23. h3 Rfe8 24. Kf1 h6 25. Qc2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Bxf3
27. gxf3 Qh4+ 28. Kf1 Qxh3+ 29. Kf2 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 Re5 31. Bxf4
Qxf4 32. Qc4 Re4 33. Qb5 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Andrey Zontakh"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6
7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 g5 9. Nf3 h6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nd3 Na6 12. h4
Bg7 13. Qa4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bg6 15. Bd2 Nc7 16. g3 a5 17. hxg5
hxg5 18. Rxh8+ Bxh8 19. Bg2 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Ne4 Bxe4
22. Bxe4 Nb5 23. a4 Nd6 24. Bg2 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nc5 Rb6
27. Bc3 Nd7 28. Bxh8 Nxc5 29. Rd1 Nde4 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 31. f3
1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.20"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Vlad-Cristian Jianu"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Bg4
12. Rc1 Re8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. exf3 Qd7 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 h6
17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Rd1 Qe6 19. Qb3 b6 20. Rcc1 d4 21. Qxe6 Rxe6
22. Bd2 d3 23. Bf1 Nd4 24. Kg2 Ne2 25. Rc7 a5 26. Rc4 g5
27. a4 Kg7 28. b4 axb4 29. Bxb4 Nd5 30. Ba3 Kg6 31. Bb2 h5
32. Kh2 Ne7 33. Rd2 h4 34. gxh4 Nf5 35. hxg5 Kxg5 36. Re4 Nh4
37. Bxe2 Rxe4 38. fxe4 dxe2 39. Rxe2 Kf4 40. Bc1+ Kf3 41. Rb2
Rg8 42. Be3 Ng2 43. Bxb6 Ne1 44. Rb3+ Ke2 45. Re3+ Kf1 46. h4
Rh8 47. Kg3 Ng2 48. Ra3 Rg8+ 49. Kf3 1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d5 e6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Re1 c6 11. e4 d6 12. Bf4
cxd5 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Na6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Rd1 Nc7
17. Nc2 Rc8 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. Bg5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nb5 21. Re1 Nxc3
22. Qd2 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxc2 25. Re7 Rc1+ 26. Kg2
Qc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxa7 Kg7 29. Be3 Nf6 30. Bd4 b5 31. Ra5
Rc4 32. Ba1 Rc1 33. Bb2 Rc5 34. a4 bxa4 35. Rxc5 dxc5 36. f4
a3 37. Ba1 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. O-O e5 8. Bg5 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. a3 Bc5 14. Nc3 c6 15. e3 Ke7 16. Na4 h5
17. h4 Rg8 18. Rfc1 Ra7 19. Bf3 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Rxg4 21. Kf1 Ra8
22. b3 Ke6 23. Nc3 Ke7 24. Ne2 Rgg8 25. Nf4 Rh8 26. Nd3 Bb6
27. Rab1 Kd7 28. Rc2 Bc7 29. Nf4 Rae8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8
32. b5 Ra4 33. Rbb2 Ra5 34. Kg2 Ra4 35. Kf3 Raa8 36. Ra2 Rxa2
37. Rxa2 d5 38. bxc6+ bxc6 39. cxd5 c5 40. Ra6 Bxf4 41. Kxf4
Rc8 42. Rc6 Rxc6 43. dxc6+ Kxc6 44. g4 c4 45. e4 Kd6 46. f3
Ke6 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. gxh5 f5 49. h6 f4+ 50. Kd2 Kf6 51. h5 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.04"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4
7. e5 Nd5 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Bd6 Nc6
12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. f4 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Qd2 15. Bd3 Qe3+ 16. Kh1
Bd7 17. Qb2 b5 18. a4 Rc8 19. f5 exf5 20. e6 Qxe6 21. Qxg7
Qxd6 22. Qxh8+ Qf8 23. Qxh7 Kd8 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Kc7
26. c4 Kb6 27. Rb1 b4 28. a5+ Kc7 29. c5 Rb8 30. Qe5+ Kc8
31. Qf5+ Kc7 32. Qf4+ Kc8 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. Qxb4 Qh6 35. Qc4
Kd8 36. h4 f5 37. Qd4+ Kc8 38. Qc4 Kd8 39. Kh2 Ke7 40. Qd4 Qh5
41. Kh3 Qg6 42. Qe3+ Kd7 43. Qd2+ Ke8 44. Qf4 Qf6 45. Qd6 Qc3+
46. Kh2 Qxa5 47. Qxc6+ Kf7 48. Qd5+ Kf6 49. Qd6+ Kf7 50. Qd7+
Kf6 51. Qc6+ Kf7 52. Qb7+ Kg8 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.05"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 Re8 11. Bd3 d5
12. Ng5 Nf8 13. h5 Bf6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Rde1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne6
17. f4 h6 18. a3 Qa5 19. Qd1 Nc5 20. Bf5 Na4 21. Qd3 Nc5
22. Qd1 Qb5 23. Qe2 Qa4 24. Qd1 Ne4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rhg1
Rae8 27. Rg3 Kh8 28. Reg1 Qc4 29. Kb1 c5 30. Qd3 b6 31. Qxc4
Rxc4 32. Rd1 d4 33. cxd4 cxd4 34. b3 dxe3 35. bxc4 exf2
36. Rf3 Re1 37. Kc1 Bd4 38. c3 Be3+ 39. Kc2 f5 40. a4 a5
41. c5 Bxc5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3
Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nb6 8. Qd3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nfd5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3
Nb4 12. Qb1 Qxd4 13. Bh3 e5 14. O-O Be7 15. Rd1 Qc4 16. e3 Qf7
17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 O-O 19. a3 N4d5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bg3 f5
22. e4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Nf6 24. Qe5 Kh8 25. Re1 Bd8 26. Be6 Qg6
27. Qf5 Qxf5 28. Bxf5 Nd5 29. Be4 Bf6 30. Re2 Nb6 31. Rc1 Rfe8
32. f3 a5 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Nd5 35. Be1 Nf4 36. Rec2 Nh3+
37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Re2 Nxe4 39. fxe4 Rad8 40. b5 cxb5 41. Rb1 Rd5
42. Bg3 Rc5 43. Bd6 Rg5+ 44. Kf3 Re6 45. Bf4 Rc5 46. e5 g5
47. exf6 Rxf6 48. Re7 Rxf4+ 49. Kg2 Rg4+ 50. Kf3 Rh4 51. Rd1
Rc8 52. Kg3 b6 53. Rb7 Rb4 54. Rxb6 Rc7 55. h4 gxh4+ 56. Kh3
Kg7 57. Rd3 Kf7 58. Re3 Kg7 59. Rf3 Rf7 60. Rd3 Rf6 61. Rb8
Rc6 62. Rf3 Kh6 63. Rb7 Kg6 64. Rb8 Rc5 65. Rg8+ Kh5 66. Rg7
h6 67. Rg1 Rd4 68. Kh2 b4 69. Rg8 Rc2+ 70. Kh3 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. Bd2 h5 11. h3 Be6
12. Ne3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nd4 14. Ncd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Qb5 16. Re1
Qxb2 17. Qa4+ b5 18. Qa5 Ng4+ 19. hxg4 hxg4+ 20. Kg1 Nxe2+
21. Kf1 Nc3 22. Bxc3 Qxc3 23. Qxb5+ Kf8 24. Rad1 f5 25. Qb1
Qb2 26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27. Rd3 Kf7 28. Rb1 Bf6 29. Ke2 Rc5 30. Ra3
Rh2 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Bxh1 Rc1 33. Bg2 Bd4 34. Rd3 Bc5 35. Rd1
Rc3 36. Rd3 Rc1 37. Rd1 Rc3 38. Rd2 Rc1 39. f3 gxf3+ 40. Bxf3
Kf6 41. g4 Kg5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Bg2 Kf4 44. Nf1 a5 45. Kd3 a4
46. Rc2 Rd1+ 47. Ke2 Rb1 48. Rc4+ Kg5 49. Kd3 Rb2 50. Rc2 Rb4
51. Nd2 Rg4 52. Bh1 Rd4+ 53. Ke2 Rb4 54. Bf3 a3 55. Nb3 Bb6
56. Rc3 Rh4 57. Bg2 Rg4 58. Kf1 Rb4 59. Bf3 Kf6 60. Ke2 Rh4
61. Bg2 Rg4 62. Kf1 Rb4 63. Rc2 Rg4 64. Nd2 Rb4 65. Ke2 Bc5
66. Nf3 Re4+ 67. Kd3 Re3+ 68. Kd2 Re4 69. Bf1 e6 70. dxe6 Rxe6
71. Rc4 Re8 72. Rh4 Be3+ 73. Kc2 Bc5 74. Bc4 Re3 75. Bd5 Re2+
76. Kd3 Rf2 77. Rh6+ Kg7 78. Re6 Rf1 79. Kc4 Rd1 80. Re1 Rxe1
81. Nxe1 Kg6 82. Nd3 Ba7 83. Kb3 Kg5 84. Kxa3 f4 85. Kb3 Kg4
86. Ne1 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "6.107"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandru Manea"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 a6
12. Nd5 b5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. cxb5
axb5 17. Nc6 Nc5 18. Nb4 Qb7+ 19. f3 Ne4 20. Qc2 Rfc8 21. Qxe4
Qxe4 22. fxe4 Bxb2 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nd5 Kf8 25. Kf3 Ba3
26. Rd1 Rc2 27. Rd3 b4 28. Rd4 Rxa2 29. Nxb4 Rb2 30. Nd3 Rxb3
31. g4 Bc1 32. Rc4 Bg5 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. Rc7 Bf6 35. Kf3 Ra3
36. Rc8 Ra5 37. Nf4 Be5 38. Re8 Bxf4 39. Kxf4 Kf6 40. Rh8 h5
41. h3 h4 42. Rg8 g5+ 0-1

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "8.105"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georgios Goumas"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 d6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Nd7 9. Bf1 Bf6 10. Rb1 g5 11. d3 h5 12. Ne2
g4 13. Nd2 b5 14. c3 h4 15. d4 g3 16. f4 gxh2+ 17. Kxh2 e5
18. Nf3 Bg7 19. d5 Na5 20. c4 bxc4 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Bc3 cxb3
23. axb3 Nb7 24. Nf4 Qf6 25. Nd3 Qg6 26. Qd2 Rh5 27. Qf2 Nd6
28. Kg1 h3 29. Nxc5 Nf6 30. Qa2 Qg3 31. Qa4+ Ke7 32. Bxe5 Rxe5
33. Nxe5 hxg2 34. Bxg2 Bh3 35. Nc6+ Kf8 36. Re2 Ng4 37. Kf1
Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "10.75"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adrian-Marian Petrisor"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be2 b5 6. O-O Bb7
7. a3 Nd7 8. Re1 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bf1 Nf6 11. e5 dxe5
12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15. Bxd3 Rfe8 16. Bf4
Nd7 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. Be3 f5 20. f3 e6 21. Bd4 Bf8
22. Bf2 g5 23. Ne2 Nf6 24. Nd4 Bd5 25. c3 Kf7 26. a4 bxa4
27. Bxa6 Rc7 28. Bb5 Rb8 29. Rc1 a3 30. bxa3 Bxa3 31. Rc2 Bc5
32. Bf1 Rb6 33. c4 Bb7 34. Nb5 Bxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Rc5 36. Rd2 Ke7
37. Red1 Ra6 38. Rd8 h5 39. Nd6 Ba8 40. Nc8+ Kf7 41. Nd6+ Kg6
42. Ne8 h4 43. Nxf6 Kxf6 44. Rf8+ Kg7 45. Rdd8 Rca5 46. Rg8+
Kf6 47. Rdf8+ Ke5 48. Rxg5 Ra1 49. Rgg8 R6a2 50. Rb8 Bc6
51. Rb6 Ba4 52. Ra6 Rc2 53. f4+ Kxf4 54. g3+ Kf3 55. gxh4
Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "11.52"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Andrey Zontakh"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Rc1 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ne5
Nd5 12. Nxc4 b6 13. b4 Na4 14. e4 Nc7 15. e5 Qxd2 16. Nbxd2
Nd5 17. Nd6 Rb8 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rc7 a5 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Nb3
Bh3 22. Nxa5 Rb2 23. Nc6 h5 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. Nxd5 Rfb8
26. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hans Tikkanen"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. d4 Bf5
12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Rb5 b6 15. dxc5 Bd7 16. Rxa5
bxa5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rac8 19. Bd4 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6
21. Rb1 f6 22. f4 Kf7 23. Rb7 Ra8 24. Kf2 Rcc8 25. Rb5 Ke6
26. Rxa5 a6 27. Ke3 Kd5 28. Kd3 Rcb8 29. Ra3 Kc6 30. Rb3 Rxb3
31. axb3 a5 32. c4 Rb8 33. Kc3 Re8 34. Kd3 Rb8 35. Kc3 h5
36. e4 Rd8 37. e5 fxe5 38. fxe5 e6 39. Be3 Rd1 40. h4 Rf1
41. Kb2 Rf3 42. Bf4 a4 43. bxa4 Kxc5 44. a5 Kxc4 0-1

[Event "20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2012.05.16"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Berg"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Nb4 8. Qe2 b6 9. a3 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Bb7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Rae1 a5 14. Qe3 e5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 f6
17. d4 d5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. f6 Rxf6 20. Qxe5 Rg6 21. Qf5 Bxc3
22. Re6 Rg7 23. h4 Qf8 24. Qd3 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Ba6 0-1

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.05.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3
d6 7. Qe2 Nge7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O f5 10. f4 fxe4 11. g3 Bxe3+
12. Qxe3 Bg4 13. Be2 Nf5 14. Qxe4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qe8 16. Qc4+
Qf7 17. Qb5 Rab8 18. Rhe1 a6 19. Qd3 Rbe8 20. a3 b5 21. Nd5
Rc8 22. Qc3 Nce7 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. Qa5 Nc6 25. Qxa6 Qc4
26. Nd2 Qd5 27. c4 bxc4 28. Qxc4 Rf5 29. b4 Kf8 30. Kb2 Na7
31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Nb3 Rb5 33. Re4 d5 34. Re5 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sipke Ernst"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. h3 O-O
7. g4 d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Nxd5 Nxe5 10. Bg2 Bc5 11. Bf4 c6
12. Bxe5 Re8 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qa5+ 16. Qd2
Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rxe5 18. Nc4 Re7 19. f4 Be6 20. Ne5 Rd8+
21. Nd3 Bc4 22. Bf1 Be3+ 23. Kc3 Bd5 24. Rh2 c5 25. Re1 Rde8
0-1

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6
7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. e3 a5 11. Na4 f5 12. Ne1
Qe8 13. Nd3 Bf6 14. a3 Rd8 15. Qc2 Rf7 16. Rac1 g5 17. f3 Nd6
18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nc8 20. cxd5 exd5 21. f4 g4 22. Rfd1 Qe6
23. Nc3 Rfd7 24. Nb5 N8e7 25. Qd2 h5 26. Qf2 d4 27. exd4 Qxb3
28. Qc2 Qxb5 29. Bf1 Qxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rd5 31. Rfe1 Kh7 32. e6
Kg6 33. a4 h4 34. gxh4 Rh8 35. Qf2 Rh7 36. Re3 Rd6 37. h3 Nd5
38. Rg3 Rxe6 39. hxg4 Re4 40. gxf5+ Kf7 41. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Robin Swinkels"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Rc1 Bf8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nb5 Ne4 15. Nbd4 Rc8 16. Rc2 Nb4
17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. a3 Na6 19. Qc1 Nac5 20. Nh4 Be7 21. Ndf5
Bxh4 22. Nxg7 Bg5 23. Qd1 Bg6 24. Nxe8 Qxe8 25. Qxd5 Qe6
26. Rd1 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Be7 28. b4 Na4 29. Ba1 Nec3 30. Rd7 Bf6
31. Kf1 b5 32. Rxa7 Kg7 33. g4 h6 34. Bc6 Bc2 35. Ra6 Bd4
36. e3 Bd3+ 37. Ke1 Bf6 38. h4 Bc4 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Bxg5
41. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erwin L'Ami"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 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 Rd8
12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Rfd1 Be8 16. Qe3 Nxe5
17. dxe5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rd4 Bc6 20. Bd3 a6 21. a3 Ba5
22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nd6 Bc7 24. Qd4 Qg5 25. Bf1 Qc1 26. Nc4 Bb5
27. a4 Bxa4 28. Qc5 Bc6 29. Qe7 Bb6 30. h3 Ba7 31. Qd8+ Kh7
32. g3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2012.07.20"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Robin van Kampen"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Na3 Ne4 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c3 11. Ne4 Qxd1
12. Raxd1 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Ke7 14. Nxc3 Nc6 15. Rb1 Rd8 16. Rfc1
Rd2 17. Kf1 Nd8 18. Ke1 Rd7 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Rb6 Rd6
22. Rxd6 Kxd6 23. Ne8+ Ke7 24. Nxg7 Bd7 25. Nh5 e5 26. f4 f6
27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Rc5 Nf7 29. Rc7 Nd8 30. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.23"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4
Be6 8.Qb5 Bd7 9.Qc5 b6 10.Qg5 c5 11.dxc5 Bc6 12.Qh4 bxc5
13.Be2 e6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxh6 Nxe4 16.Qf4 Nxc3 17.Bxg7 Kxg7
18.bxc3 Qf6 19.Qe3 Nd7 20.O-O Rab8 21.Rfd1 Rfd8 22.h3 Bd5
23.a4 a5 24.Rab1 Bb3 25.Rd6 Bxa4 26.Ra1 Qe7 27.Ra6 Bb5 28.Bxb5
Rxb5 29.Ra7 Rdb8 30.Ne5 R8b7 31.Rxb7 Rxb7 32.Rxa5 Qd6 33.f4
{33. Qh6+! Kg8 34. Qh8+! Kxh8 35. Nxf7+ Kg7 36. Nxd6 +- } Rb1+
34.Kh2 Nxe5 35.fxe5 Qd1 36.Qf2 Qh1+ 37.Kg3 Rf1 38.Qxc5 Rd1
39.Qe3 Qf1 40.Kh2 Re1 41.Qd2 Qg1+ 42.Kg3 Re3+ 43.Kf4 g5+
44.Kg4 Kh6 45.Ra4 Rxe5 46.h4 f6 47.Kf3 Qh2 48.hxg5+ fxg5
49.Re4 Rf5+ 50.Ke3 Qg3+ 51.Kd4 0-1

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.25"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 f4
13. b5 fxg3 14. hxg3 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qc8 17. Nd5 Qxe6
18. Nxc7 Qh3 19. Rf2 Rac8 20. Rh2 Qxg3+ 21. Rg2 Qh3 22. Qxd6
Rf7 23. c5 Nf5 24. exf5 Rfxc7 25. Be3 Qxf5 26. Rf1 Bf8 27. Bd3
e4 28. fxe4 Qxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Bxd6 30. cxd6 Rc3 31. Bd4 Rf3
32. e5 Rf4 33. Bb2 Nh7 34. e6 Ng5 35. Rxg5 hxg5 36. d7 Rg4+
37. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "183"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3
Bb4+ 8.Nbd2 e4 9.Nd4 O-O 10.Nc2 Be7 11.O-O Be6 12.b3 Nc6
13.Bb2 dxc4 14.bxc4 Qb6 15.Rb1 Qa6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nxe4 Bg7
18.Nc5 Qxc4 19.Nxb7 Qc3 20.Rc1 Ne7 21.Ne3 Qe5 22.Nc4 Qf6
23.Qa4 Rab8 24.Nc5 Nc8 25.Qa6 Re8 26.e3 Qe7 27.Nxe6 Qxe6
28.Qxe6 Rxe6 29.Rb1 Rxb1 30.Rxb1 Nb6 31.Nd2 Rd6 32.Ne4 Rc6
33.Rd1 Bf8 34.h4 Kg7 35.Bf3 Rc2 36.Rd2 Rc1+ 37.Rd1 Rc2 38.Rd2
Rc1+ 39.Kg2 Bb4 40.Rb2 a5 41.Nd2 Rc3 42.Nb3 Nc4 43.Re2 a4
44.Nd4 Bc5 45.Nc6 a3 46.Be4 f5 47.Bd5 Nb2 48.Ne5 Bb4 49.Nf3
Rc5 50.e4 fxe4 51.Rxe4 Rb5 52.Bb3 Rb7 53.Nd4 Nd3 54.Bc4 Nc5
55.Re3 Nd7 56.Ne6+ Kh8 57.Rd3 Be7 58.Re3 Nf6 59.Bb3 Bb4 60.Re2
Rb8 61.Rc2 Bd6 62.Rc6 Be5 63.Ra6 Bb2 64.Ra7 Ne4 65.Rc7 Be5
66.Re7 Bf6 67.Ra7 Bb2 68.f3 Nc3 69.Kh3 h6 70.Bc4 Rc8 71.Bb3
Rb8 72.Nc5 Nb5 73.Rd7 Nd4 74.Bd5 Nf5 75.Nd3 Ne3 76.Be4 Rb6
77.Nf4 g5 78.Nh5 Kg8 79.Rd3 Bc1 80.Rc3 Bd2 81.Rxa3 Rb2 82.Bg6
Rb8 83.Rd3 Bc1 84.Rc3 Bd2 85.Rc7 Rf8 86.Be4 gxh4 87.Kxh4 Nf5+
88.Kg4 Nd6 89.Bd5+ Kh8 90.f4 Nf5 91.Be4 Ba5 92.Rc6 1-0

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6
Bxc6 13. Be3 h6 14. f4 hxg5 15. hxg5 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. a3 a5
18. Qd2 Nc5 19. fxe5 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Nxe4 21. Nd4 dxe5 22. Nxc6
Nxd2 23. Nxd8 Nxf1 24. Kxf1 Rxd8 25. Rxa5 f6 26. gxf6 gxf6
27. c4 Rh2 28. Kg1 Rh4 29. Bd5 Rb8 30. c5 Rh3 31. Bf2 Rd3
32. c6 Bd8 33. Rc5 Rxb2 34. Be4 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rdd2 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "5.42"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Efimov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 a6 6. g3 b5
7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. e3 Qb6 11. Qe2 cxd4
12. exd4 Be7 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Nc3 N7f6 16. a4 b4
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne5 Qb7 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Rc4 Rac8 21. Rac1
Bd6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Qc4 Qb7 25. Bd2 Nb6
26. Qc6 Qxc6 27. Nxc6 b3 28. Na5 Nxa4 29. Bc1 e5 30. Nc4 Bc7
31. dxe5 Nb6 32. Nxb6 Bxb6 33. Kf1 a5 34. Ke2 a4 35. f4 Bd4
36. Kd3 a3 37. bxa3 b2 38. Bxb2 Bxb2 39. a4 f6 40. Ke4 fxe5
41. fxe5 Bc3 42. Kd5 Kf7 43. Kd6 h5 44. h4 Ke8 45. Ke6 Be1
46. Kf5 Bxg3 47. Kg5 Bxe5 48. a5 Kd7 49. Kxh5 Ba1 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "6.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Alexandre Dgebuadze"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nge7
7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 a6 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa7
12. Be3 b5 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Bd3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 O-O 16. Ne2 f5
17. h4 Be8 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. g4 fxg4 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Nb4
22. Bb1 Bg6 23. Nxg6 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Qd8 25. a3 Nc6 26. Nf4
Qxg5 27. Kg2 Ne7 28. Bd3 Nf5 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Qd3 Qf7 31. Rf1
Rf8 32. Qd1 h5 33. Rf2 g5 34. Nd3 Qg6 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Nc5
Ke8 37. Qd3 Qf7 38. Qf1 Qg6 39. Qf6 Qc2+ 40. Kg3 Qe2 41. Qh8+
Ke7 42. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "11.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fernando Peralta"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5
7. Bd3 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. Be4 Ne7
12. Nc3 Nc6 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Nf6 15. Bd3 Na5 16. O-O c4
17. Bc2 b3 18. Bf5 g6 19. Bh3 Ne4 20. Bd2 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Bg7
22. Rc1 Bxb2 23. Rxc4 O-O 24. Rb4 Qe7 25. Rb6 Rfd8 26. Nd4
Bxd4 27. exd4 Rxd4 28. Qc1 Qd8 29. Qc5 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "4.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luis Galego"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3
Bh5 7. d3 e6 8. Ne4 Nd7 9. Ng3 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Bg6 11. Qe2 Be7
12. Bd2 a5 13. h4 h6 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Bc3 O-O 16. a4 Rc8
17. h5 Bh7 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Nb5 e5 20. Nd6 Rc6 21. Ndf5 d4
22. Be1 Kh8 23. Kg1 Re8 24. Kh2 Bg5 25. Bd2 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Qf6
0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Lucas Brunner"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 d6
7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rd1 Bd7
12. f3 Bc6 13. b3 Nd7 14. O-O Nc5 15. Rb1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8
17. Rc2 Qd8 18. Bf1 h5 19. g3 Kh7 20. Bg2 Qf8 21. Re1 b6
22. Bf2 Ra7 23. f4 Rd7 24. f5 Be5 25. Nd5 Rb8 26. Qd1 Qg7
27. Be3 e6 28. Nf4 Kg8 29. Kh1 Re8 30. Bc1 Rde7 31. Rce2 Kh7
32. h4 Bd4 33. Kh2 Be5 34. Rf2 Kg8 35. Ree2 Bd4 36. Rf1 Be5
37. Qc2 Bb7 38. Ref2 Bd4 39. f6 Qxf6 40. Nxh5 Qh8 41. Nf6+
Bxf6 42. Rxf6 Nd7 43. Bg5 Nxf6 44. Bxf6 Qh6 45. Bxe7 Rxe7
46. Qf2 Rd7 47. Qxb6 Qd2 48. Rf2 Qc3 49. Qb5 Re7 50. Qg5 Rd7
51. h5 Qh8 52. Qxa5 d5 53. exd5 Qxh5+ 54. Kg1 Qd1+ 55. Bf1
exd5 56. cxd5 Bxd5 57. Qc3 Be6 58. Rh2 Qd4+ 59. Qxd4 Rxd4
60. Rb2 Rd1 61. Kf2 Kf8 62. b4 Ra1 63. b5 Bxa2 64. b6 Bd5
65. Bg2 Bxg2 66. Kxg2 Ra8 67. Kf3 Ke7 68. b7 Rb8 69. Kf4 f6
70. Rb6 Kf7 71. Ke4 Ke7 72. Kd5 Kd7 73. Rxf6 Kc7 74. Rf7+ Kb6
75. Ke6 Ka7 76. Kf6 Rg8 77. g4 1-0

[Event "Spanish Team Championship (Honor Division)"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.05"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Dmitry Svetushkin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3
Nge7 7. Bg5 d6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 O-O-O 11. Bb5
f6 12. Be3 Qe8 13. Nd5 Bd7 14. Rhe1 Ne5 15. Bf1 Nxd5 16. exd5
g5 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Re4 Qg6 19. Rb4 Rde8 20. a4 Re7 21. Qc3
Ng4 22. a5 Nxf2 23. axb6 c5 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxd6 Ne4
26. Rxc6+ Kb8 27. Qd3 bxc6 28. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Spanish Team Championship (Honor Division)"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.09"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Nb5 Qa5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 O-O
12. Qd2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. g3 d5 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Nd4 Qb6
17. c3 Nc6 18. O-O-O Bd7 19. Be2 Be8 20. Bg4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4
Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bg6 23. Bf3 Bf7 24. Rd3 h6 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Re5
Rc4 27. b3 Rc7 28. Kd2 Kf8 29. h4 Be8 30. Rd4 Bc6 31. a4 Rd7
32. g4 Rdf7 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. c4 dxc4 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. bxc4 Kf8
37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Rf5 39. Rxe6 Re7 40. Rde4 Rxe6 41. Rxe6
Ra5 42. Rxc6 Rxa4 43. f5 Ra1 44. Rc8+ Ke7 45. Rc7+ Kf8 46. c5
Rc1 47. g6 a5 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Spanish Team Championship (Honor Division)"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Qc7
12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5 15. Rb1 a6 16. Nd4 Qc7
17. Nb3 Rd8 18. Qc2 c4 19. Nc5 Nd3 20. Nxd3 cxd3 21. Bxd3 Qxc3
22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Bc4 Bd7 24. Rfc1 Bf6 25. Kf1 Bb5 26. Be2 Bd4
27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Rc2 Rxe4 30. Rxb5 Ra7 31. g3
Rea4 32. Rbb2 g5 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Re2 f6 35. Re6 Kf7 36. Rbe2
h5 37. h3 h4 38. g4 Ra3 39. Kh2 R7a6 40. Rxa6 Rxa6 41. Kg2 Ra3
42. Rb2 e5 43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. Rb6+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ Kg6 46. Rb2 Ra6
47. Re2 Kf7 48. Rd2 Ke6 49. Rb2 Kd5 50. Rd2+ Ke4 51. Rb2 Ra4
52. Re2+ Kd5 53. Rd2+ Ke6 54. Rb2 Ra6 55. Rd2 f5 56. gxf5+
Kxf5 57. f3 Ra3 58. Re2 Ke6 59. Rd2 Kf6 60. Rb2 Ke7 61. Rd2
Ke6 62. Kf2 e4 63. fxe4 Rxh3 64. Rd5 Kf6 65. a4 Ra3 66. e5+
Ke6 67. Rd4 Kxe5 68. Rb4 Kf5 69. Rc4 Kg6 70. Kg2 Kh5 0-1

[Event "Spanish Team Championship (Honor Division)"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 d6
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bf2 Nc5 15. Rab1 Be5 16. Rfd1 e6
17. Bf1 Qf6 18. Be1 g5 19. Ne2 Rfd8 20. Qe3 h6 21. Rd2 b5
22. Nd4 Bf4 23. Qe2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Bb7 25. Nxb5 d5 26. cxd5
exd5 27. Qf2 d4 28. Rd1 Ne6 29. a4 g4 30. Qg3 Qg5 31. Bd2 Qg7
32. Bc4 gxf3 33. gxf3 Qxg3+ 34. hxg3 Ng5 35. Kf2 Ra6 36. Rh1
Rf6 37. Bf4 d3 38. Ke3 d2 39. Rd1 Bc6 40. Nc3 Bb7 41. Nd5 Bxd5
42. exd5 Re8+ 43. Kxd2 Nxf3+ 44. Kc3 Ng5 45. Kd4 Rd8 46. Bc7
Rd7 47. Bxa5 Rf3 48. Rd3 Rf5 49. Kc5 Ne4+ 50. Kc6 Rd6+ 51. Kb5
Nf6 52. Bb4 Rd8 53. Kc6 Rc8+ 54. Kb7 Rd8 55. d6 h5 56. a5 Re5
57. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Mihail Kopylov"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Nxd5 Be6
12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Rfd8 15. Bf4 Rxd1+
16. Rxd1 Bxa3 17. Nd4 Rd8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ra1 Bc5 20. Nxc6
Rc8 21. Nd4 Bc4 22. e4 Bd3 23. f3 Bb6 24. Bd2 h5 25. Kf2 g6
26. h3 Kf8 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Rc5 29. Rh1 Kg7 30. g5 Kf8
31. Kg3 Bc7+ 32. Kg4 Ba6 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Nc2 Be5 35. Ra8 Bc8+
36. Kh4 a5 37. Ne3 Be6 38. c4 Bf4 39. Nd5+ Bxd5 40. Ra7+ Ke8
41. Bxf4 Bxc4 42. Bd6 Rb5 43. Kg4 Bb3 44. Be7 a4 45. Bf6 Rb8
46. Kg3 Rc8 47. Kf4 Rb8 48. Ke5 Rb6 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Rd7 Rb8
51. Rd2 Re8+ 52. Kd6 a3 53. Rh2 Re6+ 54. Kd7 Rxf6 55. gxf6 Kg8
56. f4 a2 57. Rh1 Bc2 58. Ra1 Bb3 59. Kd6 Kh7 60. Rh1+ Kg8
61. Kc5 Bc2 62. Ra1 Bb3 63. Kb4 Be6 64. Rh1 Bg4 65. Kc3 Bf3
66. Ra1 Bxe4 67. Rxa2 Bf3 68. Rh2 Bh5 69. Kd4 Kh7 70. Rg2 Bf3
71. Rg5 Kh6 72. Ke3 Bd1 73. Kf2 Bb3 74. Ke3 Bc4 75. Kd4 Bb3
76. Ke5 Bc4 77. Kd6 Bb3 78. Ke7 Bc4 79. Rc5 Bb3 80. Rc3 Be6
81. Re3 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. a4 c6
7. Ne5 Nd5 8. O-O a6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 Bb7
12. e4 Nf6 13. d5 Bd6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. dxe6+ Ke8 16. e5 Bxg2
17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Kxg2 Qxa1 19. Bb2 Qa4 20. Qf3 Ra7 21. Rc1
Kd8 22. Bf6+ Be7 23. Qd5+ Nd7 24. Bd4 Rc7 25. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.6"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O b6 8. b4 Bb7 9. a4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 c6 15. Rac1 a6 16. b5 axb5
17. axb5 c5 18. dxc5 Rxa3 19. c6 Nc5 20. cxb7 Qb8 21. Bc2 d4
22. Qc4 Rc3 23. Qd5 dxe3 24. fxe3 Qxb7 25. Qxb7 Nxb7 26. Ng5
Bh6 27. Bxg6 Rxc1 28. Bxf7+ Kf8 29. Nxh7+ Kg7 30. Rxc1 Bxe3+
31. Kf1 Re7 32. Rc6 Rxf7+ 33. Ke2 Re7 34. Nf6 Bc5+ 35. Kd3 Na5
36. Nh5+ Kh7 37. Rf6 Re3+ 38. Kd2 Nc4+ 39. Kd1 Rd3+ 40. Kc2
Rd4 41. Nf4 Ne3+ 42. Kb1 Rb4+ 43. Ka2 Bd4 44. Nd3 Rxb5 45. Rd6
Nc2 46. g4 Nb4+ 47. Ka3 Nc2+ 48. Ka2 Be3 49. Re6 Bg1 50. Re1
Nxe1 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "13.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1. e3 e5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7
7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Ng3 Bg4 11. Qe1 Be6
12. Rd1 Re8 13. Na5 c6 14. Nc4 b6 15. h3 h6 16. Qe2 Qd5
17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Nc4 Qd5 19. d3 exd3 20. Rxd3 Qg5 21. Ne5 Rac8
22. Nf3 Qg6 23. Ne5 Qg5 24. Kh2 h5 25. f4 Qh4 26. f5 Bd5
27. Rf4 Qg5 28. h4 Qh6 29. Qe1 Bd6 30. Qa1 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Ng4+
32. Rxg4 hxg4 33. c4 Qxh4+ 34. Kg1 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Qh3+ 36. Kg1
Rcd8 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Qe1 f6 39. Bf4 Rd3 40. Qe2 Rd7 41. e4
Kf7 42. e5 fxe5 43. Bxe5 Re7 44. Qb2 Qh6 45. Qc3 Qh8 46. Ne4
Qh4 47. Bg3 Qh6 48. Qd3 Qc1+ 49. Kg2 Qb2+ 50. Bf2 Qe5 51. Ng5+
Kg8 52. Ne6 Qb8 53. Bh4 Rf7 54. Bg3 Qe8 55. Qe4 g6 56. fxg6
Re7 57. Qxg4 Rxe6 58. g7 Qg6 59. Qf4 Qxg7 60. Qf5 Rg6 61. Qc8+
Kh7 62. Qh3+ Rh6 63. Qf5+ Rg6 64. Qh3+ Qh6 65. Qd7+ Rg7
66. Qf5+ Kg8 67. Qc8+ Kh7 68. Qf5+ Kh8 69. Qf8+ Kh7 70. Qf5+
Qg6 71. Qh3+ Kg8 72. Qc8+ Kh7 73. Qh3+ Qh6 74. Qf5+ Rg6
75. Qd7+ Qg7 76. Qh3+ Kg8 77. Qc8+ Qf8 78. Qd7 Qf7 79. Qc8+
Kg7 80. Kh2 Qe7 81. Qf5 Qe2+ 82. Bf2 Rf6 83. Qd7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "14.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Na3
Nxd6 7. Nc4 Nxc4 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Be2
Rc8 12. c3 g6 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. O-O Bg7 15. Rfd1 e6 16. Bf3 Bxf3
17. gxf3 f5 18. Rd6 Be5 19. Rb6 Bc7 20. Rb4 h6 21. Nh3 g5
22. Kg2 b5 23. f4 Nc6 24. Rb3 g4 25. Ng1 Bd6 26. c4 Na5 27. c5
Nxb3 28. axb3 Be7 29. Rxa6 Bxc5 30. Rxe6+ Kd7 31. Re5 Bxe3
32. fxe3 Rc2+ 33. Kg3 h5 34. Rxf5 h4+ 35. Kxg4 Rg2+ 36. Kh3
Rxg1 37. Rxb5 Re8 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "15.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. d5 Ne7 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Bd7
12. Be3 a6 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. f3 Ne5 15. b4 c5 16. Nb3 Be6
17. Nd5 b6 18. a4 Rb8 19. Rab1 Bd7 20. a5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 c4
22. Nd4 b5 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bh4 Rbc8 26. Rbc1 Qf7
27. f4 Nd3 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Qxd3 f5 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5
Qxf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Rc6 Rxc6 34. dxc6 Bc3 35. Bf2 Rc8
36. Rc1 Bxb4 37. Bb6 Kf7 38. c7 Ke6 39. g3 Kd7 40. Kg2 Ba3
41. Rb1 d5 42. Rd1 Kc6 43. Kf3 Bd6 44. Rc1+ Kd7 45. Rd1 Ke6
46. Re1+ Kd7 47. Rd1 Kc6 48. Rc1+ Kb7 49. Rd1 Bxc7 50. Bxc7
Rxc7 51. Rxd5 Rf7 52. Rd6 Ka7 53. Ke3 Re7+ 54. Kd3 Re4
55. Rd7+ Kb8 56. Rxh7 Ra4 57. h4 Rxa5 58. h5 Ra1 59. Kd4 Rh1
60. Kc5 Kc8 61. h6 Kd8 62. Kd6 Kc8 63. Kc6 Rc1+ 64. Kb6 Rh1
65. Rh8+ Kd7 66. h7 b4 67. Ra8 b3 68. h8=Q Rxh8 69. Rxh8 b2
70. Rh1 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 exd5 6. cxd5 d6
7. Ne2 Nh5 8. g3 Bg7 9. Nbc3 O-O 10. Be3 Nd7 11. g4 Nhf6
12. Ng3 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Be2 Ne8 15. Qd2 Nc7 16. h4 b5
17. axb5 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. h5 Ne5 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bf4 Bd7
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Ra7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Bxg7
Rxg7 27. g5 Qd8 28. f4 Nf7 29. e5 fxe5 30. Ne4 Rh7 31. Nf6+
Qxf6 32. gxf6 Rxh1+ 33. Kf2 exf4 34. Qa5 Rh2+ 35. Ke1 Rh8
36. Qc7 Bf5 37. Qe7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "6.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. e3 e6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 Qe7 10. a3 g5 11. Nhf3 h5
12. Nxg5 h4 13. g4 Rg8 14. f4 O-O-O 15. c5 Bc7 16. Ngxe4 dxe4
17. Kh1 Nd5 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. g5 c5
22. Bd2 Kb8 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. Bf3 Rc6 25. Rac1 Rb6 26. Qc2 cxd4
27. exd4 Rc6 28. Qb3 Rb6 29. Qc2 Rc6 30. Qb1 Nf8 31. Rxc6 Qxc6
32. Qc1 Qd7 33. Bg2 Ng6 34. Qd1 Qb5 35. Qe1 Re8 36. b4 Qc4
37. Qf2 Qd3 38. Rc1 h3 39. Bf1 Qxa3 40. b5 Qd6 41. Bxh3 Ndxf4
42. Bf1 Rh8 43. Qg3 Rh3 44. Bxh3 Ne2 45. Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "World Cities Team Championship"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.22"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "1.45"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Essam El Gindy"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Be7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Rb8 13. Qa7 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Qd4 Rd8 16. h3 Qa5
17. Qd2 Kf8 18. Qf4 Bc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Na4 Qh5 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Kg7 24. Kg2 Rh8 25. Rh1 Kg6 26. e4
h5 27. Rh4 f5 28. exf5+ exf5 29. gxh5+ Rxh5 30. Rd4 Rhh8
31. Nb2 Rhd8 32. Nd3 a5 33. c5 dxc5 34. Ne5+ Kf6 35. Rxd8 Rxd8
36. Nxc6 Rd2 37. a4 Rd3 38. Nxa5 Ke6 39. Kf1 Rd2 40. Re1+ Kd7
41. Nc4 Ra2 42. Re5 f4 43. gxf4 f6 44. Re2 Ra1+ 45. Re1 Ra2
46. f5 Bd8 47. Rd1+ Kc7 48. Kg2 Rc2 49. Rd3 Be7 50. Ne3 Rc1
51. Nd5+ Kd6 52. Kf3 Rh1 53. Ke4 Re1+ 54. Re3 Rd1 55. Nxe7
Kxe7 56. Rd3 Rc1 57. Kd5 c4 58. bxc4 Ra1 59. Rb3 Rxa4 60. c5
Ra2 61. Rb7+ Kd8 62. f4 Ra4 63. Ke6 Rc4 64. Rd7+ Ke8 65. Rd5
Rxf4 66. Kxf6 Rc4 67. Ke6 Rc1 68. f6 Re1+ 69. Re5 Rc1 70. c6
1-0

[Event "World Cities Team Championship"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.25"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5
c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Nf3 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bd7
12. Be2 Ne4 13. Qb3 Rac8 14. O-O Nd2 15. Qxb7 Bxd4 16. exd4
Rc7 17. Qa6 Qxa6 18. Bxa6 Nxf1 19. Kxf1 Rb8 20. Rc2 Rb6
21. Be2 Ba4 22. Rc1 Rxb2 23. Ke1 Kf8 24. h4 Rb4 25. h5 gxh5
26. Bd3 Rxd4 27. Kd2 Bd7 28. Ke3 Rxd5 29. Bxh7 Rdc5 30. Kd2 f5
31. Bg6 Be8 32. Bxe8 Kxe8 33. f4 Kf7 34. g3 Kf6 35. Kd3 Kg6
36. Rc2 e6 37. Kd4 a5 38. a4 R5c6 39. Kd3 Rd7+ 40. Ke3 Rdc7
41. Kd3 Rd6+ 0-1

[Event "World Cities Team Championship"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marat Dzhumaev"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 Be7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Kh1 a6 14. Rae1 Re8 15. a4 Rb8 16. f5 Bf6
17. fxe6 Rxe6 18. Qf2 Qe7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxe1 21. Rxe1
Qf8 22. Ba7 Ra8 23. Bh3 Ne5 24. b4 Qe8 25. Qb6 Qxa4 26. Qxb7
Rf8 27. Bg2 h5 28. Rf1 Nc4 29. Bg1 Qb5 30. Qxb5 axb5 31. Rf5
Na3 32. Be4 Rc8 33. Rf2 Rc4 34. Re2 Rxb4 35. Bd3 Kf8 36. Bb6
Nc4 37. Bc7 Be7 38. Re4 Ra4 39. Kg2 Nb2 40. Kf3 Nxd3 41. cxd3
f5 42. Re6 Ra6 43. Kf4 Ke8 44. Kxf5 Kd7 45. Re1 b4 46. Rc1 b3
47. Bb8 b2 48. Rc7+ Kd8 49. Rb7 Bf6 50. d4 Bxd4 51. Ke6 Kc8
0-1

[Event "TCh-BEL 2012-13"]
[Site "Belgium BEL"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[EventDate "2012.09.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Bart Michiels"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 b6 9. Nd1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Bb5 Qc8
12. Nf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Ba6 14. a4 Bxb5 15. axb5 a6 16. Qe2 axb5
17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxb5 Bc5 19. c3 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Qa5+ 21. Qxa5
bxa5 22. Kd2 Ke7 23. Nd3 Rb8 24. Ra1 Rb5 25. g4 f6 26. h4 fxe5
27. fxe5 Nb8 28. Rc1 Kd7 29. b3 Rb6 30. g5 g6 31. h5 gxh5
32. Rh1 Nc6 33. Kc3 Ke8 34. Rxh5 Kf7 35. Rxh7+ Kg6 36. Rd7 Rb8
37. Nf4+ Kf5 38. Nxe6 Rh8 39. Rxd5 Rh1 40. Rd6 Nb4 41. Kc4 1-0

[Event "TCh-NED Meesterklasse 2012-13"]
[Site "Netherland NED"]
[Date "2012.11.24"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Jan Michael Sprenger"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Bf3 Nc6
12. Nxc6+ Bxc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. b3 a5 15. Nc3 Rhd8 16. Na4
Bb4 17. Bb2 Rd2 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Nb6 Rcd8 20. Nc4 Re2 21. a3
Bd6 22. Bc3 Ra8 23. Rfd1 Ne4 24. Be1 Bc7 25. f3 Nc5 26. Nd2
Nd3 27. Bh4+ Ke8 28. Rxc6 Nb2 29. Kf1 Rxe3 30. Rb1 Be5 31. f4
Rc3 32. Rxc3 Bxc3 33. Ne4 Bd4 34. Nd6+ Kf8 35. Nb5 Be3
36. Rxb2 Bxf4 37. Bg3 Bxg3 38. hxg3 Rc8 39. a4 Ke7 40. Na3 f5
41. Rc2 Rb8 42. Nb5 Kf6 43. Rc6 g5 44. Ke2 h5 45. Ke3 h4
46. gxh4 gxh4 47. Nd4 Re8 48. Kf4 1-0

[Event "TCh-NED Meesterklasse 2012-13"]
[Site "Netherland NED"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maarten Solleveld"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Qc7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Nc5
12. Qe1 Re8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qg3 Bd8 15. Nh4 Nh5 16. Qf3 Nf4
17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Re3 20. Rae1 Bf6 21. Rxe3
fxe3 22. Qxe3 Qc6 23. Ne4 Nxa4 24. b3 Nc3 25. Nxc3 Qxc3
26. Qb6 Rb8 27. Bc4 Qe5 28. Qb4 b5 29. Bd3 Re8 30. Qa5 Qd6
31. Re1 Rc8 32. Re4 Bc3 33. b4 Be5 34. g3 g6 35. fxg6 hxg6
36. Qa2 Kg7 37. Re3 Rh8 38. Rf3 f5 39. Kg2 g5 40. h3 g4
41. Rxf5 Qc6+ 42. Kf1 Rf8 43. hxg4 Rxf5+ 44. gxf5 Qf3+ 45. Kg1
Qxg3+ 46. Kf1 Qf3+ 47. Kg1 Bd4+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Be5
50. f6+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.30"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Khaled Abdel Razik"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Nc5 9. f3 a5 10. b3 Re8 11. Be3 Bf8
12. Qd2 c6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Kh8 15. Bf1 Bd7 16. Kh1 Rad8
17. g4 Nxg4 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Rc1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bg2
Re5 22. Bf4 f6 23. Qc2 Qb6 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Nf3 Bb4 26. Red1
Re8 27. h3 Bc8 28. Qe4 f5 29. Qh4 Be7 30. Ng5 h6 31. Qh5 Rf8
32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nxh6+ gxh6 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. g3 Nf6
7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Na2 Bd6 11. Qxc4 Nb6
12. Qc2 Qxa4 13. b3 Qa5 14. Ne5 Nbd7 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nxd6 Qxd6
17. Rd1 e5 18. Nc3 exd4 19. Ba3 c5 20. e3 d3 21. Rxd3 Qb8
22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 b6 24. Bb2 a5 25. Ra4 Re8 26. Rg5 g6
27. Bd5 Kf8 28. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.19"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Johan-Sebastian Christiansen"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O
Bc5 7. Qd3 d6 8. Qc4 Qe7 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd4
12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. a4 a6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3
O-O-O 17. Rf3 Rhf8 18. Raf1 Qe7 19. Qe4 g6 20. b3 Kb8 21. a5
Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Qg5 23. c4 Re8 24. h3 Ka7 25. Kh2 Qe7 26. e4 Kb8
27. Qf7 Ka7 28. b4 Kb8 29. c5 Ka7 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Rf6 Rd7
32. Kg3 Kb8 33. Kg4 Kc8 34. Rf8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8 36. cxd6
cxd6 37. Kg5 Ke7 38. Kh6 Kf6 39. h4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dagur Arngrimsson"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. a4 Na6 11. O-O Nb4
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Ng4 14. h3 Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bg7
17. Qd2 Bd7 18. f5 g5 19. Nd1 Qf6 20. Ra3 h5 21. h4 gxh4
22. gxh4 Bh6 23. Rg3+ Kh7 24. Rg5 Rg8 25. Rxh5 Kg7 26. Nf4
Qd4+ 27. Qxd4+ cxd4 28. f6+ Kh7 29. Nf2 Rae8 30. Kh2 Re5
31. Bh3 Bxh3 32. Kxh3 Rxh5 33. Nxh5 d3 34. Ng4 d2 35. Nxh6
Kxh6 36. Nf4 Re8 37. Rd1 Rxe4 38. Kg3 Rd4 39. Kf3 b6 40. b3
Nc2 41. Ne6 Rxd5 42. Ng5 Kg6 43. Ne4 Nd4+ 44. Kf4 Nxb3
45. Rg1+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Axel Smith"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6
12. O-O Qd5 13. Be3 Qxb3 14. axb3 Bb7 15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. Ne5 Ke7
17. Nxc6+ Bxc6 18. Rxc6 a5 19. Bd2 Rhb8 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxa5
Rxb3 22. Rc2 Rd3 23. Rd2 Rb3 24. Kf1 Bb4 25. Bxb4+ Rxb4
26. Ke2 Kd6 27. Rc2 Kd5 28. Rc7 Ke4 29. Rxf7 Rxb2+ 30. Ke1 Kd3
31. Rf3+ Kxd4 32. Rf7 Ke4 33. g3 Rb1+ 34. Ke2 Rb2+ 35. Kf1 Ke5
36. Rxh7 Kf6 37. h4 Rb5 38. Kg2 Ra5 39. g4 e5 40. f3 e4
41. g5+ Ke6 42. fxe4 Ke5 43. Rg7 Kxe4 44. Rxg6 Kf5 45. Rf6+
Kg4 46. Rh6 Kf5 47. Kf2 Ra2+ 48. Ke3 Ra3+ 49. Kd4 Ra5 50. Kc4
Re5 51. Kb4 Rd5 52. Kc3 Rc5+ 53. Kd3 Ra5 54. Kd4 Rb5 55. g6
Kf6 56. h5 Kg7 57. Rh7+ Kg8 58. Ke4 Ra5 59. Kf4 Rb5 60. Kg4
Rb4+ 61. Kg5 Rb5+ 62. Kh6 Rb8 63. Rd7 Ra8 64. Rd5 Rb8 65. Kg5
Ra8 66. h6 Rb8 67. h7+ Kg7 68. Rd7+ Kh8 69. Kh6 Rb7 70. g7+
1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Alexander Ipatov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 c5
12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qe4 Rc8 16. Na3
Be7 17. Rfd1 Qc6 18. Qxc6+ Rxc6 19. Nc4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rc7
21. Rd3 O-O 22. Rad1 Rfc8 23. b3 h5 24. Kf2 g5 25. h3 Kg7
26. Kf3 Kg6 27. Rd7 Bf8 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rd8 Be7 30. Rg8+ Kh6
31. Ra8 Rd7 32. Rxa6 Rd1 33. Ra7 Bf8 34. Ke2 Ra1 35. Rxf7
Rxa2+ 36. Kf3 Bg7 37. Re7 g4+ 38. hxg4 hxg4+ 39. Kg3 Ra6
40. Kxg4 Bf8 41. Rf7 Bg7 42. Rb7 Kg6 43. Kf4 Ra2 44. Re7 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.26"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Erwin L'Ami"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bf5
7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 Rc8
12. Qf3 b4 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. a3 a5 16. Nc5+ Bxc5
17. dxc5 Ke6 18. axb4 axb4 19. Rd1 Ra8 20. Bb2 Rxa1 21. Bxa1
f6 22. cxd5+ cxd5 23. Bd4 Qd7 24. Ra1 Qb5 25. g4 h5 26. gxf5+
Kxf5 27. Ra7 Rh7 28. Be5 Qxc5 29. Qh3+ Kg6 30. Rc7 Qa5 31. f5+
Kh6 32. Bf4+ g5 33. fxg6 Kxg6 34. Qg2+ Ng5 35. Rc1 Kf7
36. Bxg5 fxg5 37. Qg3 Rg7 38. Qe5 Kg6 39. Rc6+ Kh7 40. Qf5+
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2013.02.03"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Rainer Buhmann"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Qf3 Re8
12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qg3 Re5 16. Rae1 Ne4
17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bc4 Bc6 19. Qe3 Ra5 20. Rd1 Qf6 21. b4 Rg5
22. Qxa7 Rf8 23. Qe3 Qg6 24. g3 Kh8 25. Be2 f5 26. Qf4 Qf6
27. b5 Ba8 28. Rd7 Rg6 29. Rfd1 e3 30. fxe3 Rh6 31. h4 g5
32. Qxg5 Qxg5 33. hxg5 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 Rh2+ 35. Ke1 Rh1+ 36. Kd2
Rh2 37. Rf1 Be4 38. Rf4 Rg2 39. g6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Mateusz Bartel"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. e3 d5 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O
7. Bg2 b5 8. O-O bxc4 9. bxc4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. d4 Rb8
12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Qa4 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Ne4 Qf5
17. Nxc3 Nb3 18. Rad1 Qc2 19. Qxc4 Nd2 20. Qxc7 Nxf1 21. Be4
Rb7 22. Qc5 Qb2 23. Rb1 Qd2 24. Rxf1 Rb2 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7
26. Ne4 Qc2 27. Qxf8 Qxe4 28. Qxc8 a5 29. Qc5 a4 30. Qa7 f5
31. Qxa4 Kh6 32. Qe8 Ra2 33. h4 Rxa3 34. h5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Schwetzingen GER"]
[Date "2013.04.06"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Michael Prusikin"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Ba7
7. d3 h5 8. h3 f5 9. h4 Nf6 10. d4 O-O 11. b3 f4 12. dxe5 f3
13. Bxf3 Nxe5 14. Bg2 Bg4 15. Bxb7 Nf3+ 16. Kf1 Qd7 17. Kg2
Rab8 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Bb2 Rbe8 20. Nf4 Nxh4+ 21. Rxh4 Bxd1
22. Rxd1 g5 23. Ne4 gxh4 24. Bxf6+ Kh7 25. Rh1 Rxe4 26. Bxe4+
Kg8 27. Bd5+ Kh7 28. Nxh5 Kg6 29. Be4+ Kf7 30. Rxh4 c6 31. Rf4
Kg8 32. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Schwetzingen GER"]
[Date "2013.04.07"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hrant Melkumyan"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 d5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3
c6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb4 a5
12. Qb3 b5 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Nxb5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Rb8 16. Qa6 Rxb2
17. Ne1 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rc2 Rxc2 20. Nxc2 Nf6 21. Rb1
Nd5 22. Rb3 Qc8 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne3 a4 25. Rb2 Rc1+ 26. Kg2
Nxe3+ 27. fxe3 h5 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. h4 a3 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. d5
exd5 32. Rb5 Rxa2 33. Rxd5 g6 34. Re5 f5 35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Ra7
Kf8 37. Ra6 Kf7 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Kf2 Kd7 40. Rxg6 Rb2 41. Ra6
a2 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. b3 Qa5 9. Bb2 e5 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. d5 e4 12. Nd4
Qe7 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Nc2 d5 16. f3 Rd7 17. cxd5
cxd5 18. Nb5 Nc6 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Ncd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 a6 22. Nc3
Rc8 23. Na4 Rdc7 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc1 Ne8 26. Rxc7 Bxd4+
27. Qxd4 Nxc7 28. Qb6 Ne6 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. e3 Qd7 31. Bf1 Ng5
32. Bc4+ Kg7 33. Qd4+ Qxd4 34. exd4 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Nxd4 36. Nc5
Bc6 37. Nxa6 Kf6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.09"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3 a6
12. Rc1 Nc6 13. a4 e6 14. O-O d5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. a5 Qe7
17. Na4 dxe4 18. Nb6 Rd8 19. Qe2 Rab8 20. Kh1 exf3 21. Rxf3
Ng4 22. Bg1 Ne5 23. Rff1 c5 24. b4 cxb4 25. c5 Qb7 26. Rfd1
Nc6 27. Qf3 Qc7 28. h3 Be5 29. Qb3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rd8 31. Rf1
Nd4 32. Qxb4 Nf5 33. Rb1 Ng3+ 34. Kh2 Bd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd4
36. Qe1 Ne4+ 37. Kh1 Qxc5 38. Rc1 Qg5 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. Nc4 h5
41. Ne3 Rd3 42. Nf1 Nd2 43. Kh1 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.15"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bg6 6. O-O Nh6
7. c3 Be7 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Ne1 c5 12. h4
cxd4 13. h5 Be4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Bf3 Bf5 16. g4 Nxd4 17. gxf5
Kh8 18. f6 Bb4 19. Bg2 Rg8 20. Ndf3 Nc6 21. Nd3 Qb6 22. Kh1
Bc5 23. Qc1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A R Saleh Salem"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. h4 g6 10. h5 g5 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Bb1
dxc4 13. Ne5 c5 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Qc2 f5 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Qe2 Ba6 20. Na4 Rd8 21. Nc5 Bc8
22. Rxc4 e5 23. Ra4 Qe7 24. Bd3 Rfe8 25. g4 fxg4 26. Qe4 exd4
27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Bc4 Rd5 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Qc2 Kg8 31. Ra3 Rf8
32. b4 Bf5 33. Qb3 Qf7 34. Qg3 Re8 35. Rc1 Be5 36. Qg2 Bf4
37. Rd1 Kg7 38. Qf1 Qxh5 39. Rg3 Bxg3 40. fxg3 Re3 41. Rd2
Rxg3+ 42. Rg2 Qh3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Li Chao"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 O-O
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. Bb2 a5 11. Ne3 Be4 12. a3
Ne8 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 c6 16. Qxd8 Rxd8
17. Rfd1 Nc7 18. Ne3 Ne6 19. Nc4 Nc5 20. Nxa5 Ra8 21. b4 Na4
22. Rab1 Nxb2 23. Rxb2 Bxe5 24. Rb3 c5 25. Nc4 Bd4 26. b5 Rfd8
27. Rbd3 e5 28. e3 e4 29. R3d2 Bf6 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+
Bxd8 32. Nd6 Be7 33. Nxb7 c4 34. Na5 c3 35. a4 c2 36. Nb3 Bd8
37. Kf1 Kf8 38. Ke2 Ba5 39. b6 c1=Q 40. Nxc1 Bxb6 41. Nb3 Ke7
42. a5 Ba7 43. Kd2 Kd6 44. Kc3 f5 45. Kc4 Kc6 46. Nd4+ Kb7
47. Kb5 Bb8 48. a6+ Ka8 49. Kb6 Be5 50. Nb5 Kb8 51. a7+ Ka8
52. Ka6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Be7 11. d4 c5 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Nxb5 O-O 15. Be3 Rc8 16. dxc5 Nxc5
17. Rc1 Ng4 18. Bg5 Ne4 19. Qxc8+ Bxc8 20. Bxe7 Ngxf2 21. Rc7
h6 22. Ba3 Ba6 23. Nbd4 Qd8 24. Ra7 Qb6 25. Ra8+ Kh7 26. e3
Bb7 27. Rf8 Qc7 28. Bf1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Be7 6. Bg5 c6
7. e3 Bf5 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. g4 Be6 11. Bf4 c5 12. O-O
cxd4 13. exd4 Qb6 14. Nb3 a5 15. a4 Rac8 16. Rc1 Nb8 17. Nb5
Na6 18. f3 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qd2 Bb4 21. Qd3 Ne8 22. Rc1
Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Qc6 24. Qd1 Nac7 25. Na2 Be7 26. Qd2 Qb6
27. Nac3 h6 28. Kg2 Na6 29. Bg3 Qd8 30. f4 g6 31. Qe3 Ng7
32. h3 Nb4 33. Bf3 h5 34. Qe2 Qd7 35. Nd1 hxg4 36. hxg4 Qc6
37. Be1 b6 38. Ne3 Qd7 39. Qd2 Ne8 40. Qe2 Ng7 41. Bd2 Nc6
42. Kf1 Bb4 43. Bc3 Bxc3 44. bxc3 Ne7 45. Ke1 Qc8 46. Kd2 Qb8
47. Ng2 f6 48. Kc2 Kf7 49. Kb2 Bd7 50. Ne3 Bc6 51. Qg2 Bxb5
52. Bxd5+ Ke8 53. Qh2 Qd6 54. axb5 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Rainer Buhmann"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qd3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Qa5
12. b3 Rad8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a3 Qc7 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Be7
17. Rdc1 Qb8 18. b4 Rfe8 19. b5 c5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. dxc5 Bxc5
22. Nxd5 Qe5 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qf3 Rd2 25. Bf1 Red8 26. Qxb7
Bd4 27. Rab1 Qf5 28. Qg2 Bb2 29. Re1 Qxb5 30. Qe4 Qc5 31. a4
f5 32. Qb7 Qb6 33. Qxb6 axb6 34. e3 Kg7 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Bxe2
Rd2 37. Kf1 Rc2 38. Bd1 Rd2 39. Bf3 Rc2 40. Kg2 Rd2 41. Bc6
Kf6 42. h3 Ke7 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Bb7 Ke7 45. Ba6 Kf6 46. Bc4 Ke7
47. Bf1 Kf6 48. Ba6 Ke7 49. Bc4 Kf6 50. g4 fxg4+ 51. hxg4 Rc2
52. Bb3 Rd2 53. Rg1 Kg7 54. Bc4 Ba3 55. Rb1 Rc2 56. Be2 Rb2
57. Rd1 Be7 58. Rd7 Bh4 59. Rb7 Rb4 60. Bb5 Rb2 61. Be2 Rb4
62. Bb5 Rb2 63. g5 Bxg5 64. Bc4 Bh4 65. a5 Rb4 66. Rxf7+ Kh6
67. a6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Kristian Trygstad"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c5
7. c4 Nc6 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. e3 Bg4 10. Qc1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ng5
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 dxc5 15. Nc3 f6 16. h4
Ne6 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Kg2 Rad8 19. Qe4 Kf7 20. Rfd1 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 23. g4 Qd6 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. Qe2 h6
26. Ne4 Ne6 27. f4 Kg8 28. Kf1 f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Nf2 Ng7
31. Nd3 Qd6 32. Ne5 Qf6 33. Qf2 Qd6 34. Ke2 Qc7 35. Qe1 Kh7
36. Qd2 Qb6 37. Kf3 Qb8 38. Kf2 Qf8 39. Kf1 Qf6 40. Qf2 Ne8
41. Qg2 Nd6 42. h5 a6 43. Ke2 a5 44. Kd3 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Philip Lindgren"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O
12. e3 c4 13. Qd1 b4 14. Nb1 Rc8 15. a3 c3 16. bxc3 b3 17. c4
Ba4 18. Bd3 Nbd7 19. Bb2 Nxd5 20. Qd2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Nxe3
22. fxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Be2 Rxc4 24. Nbd2 Nc5 25. Kf1 Rc2 26. Qf6
Ne4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Jean-Baptiste Mullon"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6
7. Rg1 a6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. h4 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Qd2 Bd7
12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Nf5 Ne5 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6
16. Rxd6 Nf3 17. Rh1 Nf6 18. h5 Rc8 19. Be2 Ne5 20. Rdd1 b5
21. h6 Neg4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. hxg7 Rg8 24. Rh8 Ke7 25. Bc5+
1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Mateusz Bartel"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 a6 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Bd3 Qxb2 6. Nbd2 Qa3
7. O-O Bg4 8. Qb1 b5 9. c4 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e6
12. e4 Be7 13. Bc1 Qa5 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Nf6 16. d6 Bxd6
17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Qf5 Nbd7 19. Bxf7 Ne5 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Bb3
Re8 22. Be3 b4 23. Bf4 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Richard S Jones"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. exd5 cxd5
7. Bg5 Be6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe1 Rc8 11. d4 e4
12. Nxe4 Qb6 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Bb4 Qf4 16. c4
dxc4 17. Ba4 Kd8 18. Ne5 Nb6 19. g3 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "5.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Marcin Tazbir"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7
7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 Qb6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Be7
17. Qg4 g6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Qd4 Rh7 21. Re1 Kf8
22. h4 Ba6 23. Be4 Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. h5 Kg7 26. hxg6 Rhh8
27. gxf7 Kxf7 28. Bd2 Rac8 29. Rad1 Rcd8 30. Rc1 Nc3 31. Bxc3
bxc3 32. Rxc3 Rd2 33. Bc2 Rc8 34. Bb3 Rd6 35. Rh3 Rh8 36. Re4
Bb7 37. Rf4+ Ke7 38. Rg3 Rh7 39. Bc2 Rf7 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7
41. Rd3 Bd5 42. Bb3 Kf6 43. Bxd5 exd5 44. Kf1 Ke5 45. Ke2 Rg6
46. Rh3 Kd4 47. Rh4+ Kc5 48. g3 Rf6 49. Ke3 b5 50. b4+ Kd6
51. a3 Kc6 52. Kd4 Re6 53. f3 Rg6 54. f4 Rxg3 55. Rxh6+ Kb7
56. Kxd5 Rxa3 57. Kc5 Rf3 58. Rf6 Rc3+ 59. Kxb5 Re3 60. Rf7+
Kc8 61. f5 Re1 62. Kb6 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.14"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8
7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. Qxc4 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Nf3 c5 13. dxc5 Qc8 14. e4 Qxc5 15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. e5 Nd5
17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rd1 Nc6 19. Rxd5 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bf4
h6 22. Rc1 Bd4 23. h4 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Bd4 25. Rxb7 Bb6 26. e6
fxe6 27. Be3 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Nd8 29. Rxb6 axb6 30. Bxb6 Nc6
31. a5 Ra1 32. g4 Nxa5 33. Ne5 Nb3 34. h5 Nd2 35. Kg2 Ne4
36. f3 Ra2+ 37. Kh3 Nd2 38. Bd4 Nf1 39. Bg1 Re2 40. Nd3 e5
41. Nc5 Nd2 42. Kg3 Kf7 43. Bf2 Ke7 44. Nd3 Nb3 45. Ne1 Nd4
46. Ng2 Ra2 47. Nh4 Kf6 48. Kg2 Kg5 49. Ng6 e4 50. Kg3 Ne2+
51. Kh3 Nf4+ 52. Kg3 Rxf2 53. Kxf2 Nxg6 54. hxg6 exf3 55. Kxf3
Kxg6 56. Kg2 Kg5 57. Kh3 Kf4 58. Kh4 g6 59. Kh3 g5 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "9.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Krasimir Rusev"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c6
7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. h3 Nh5 11. Be3 Nf4
12. Rfd1 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Re8 14. Rac1 h6 15. Nd2 f5 16. f3 Be6
17. exf5 gxf5 18. g4 Na6 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 Bxh3 21. Kf2
Nb4 22. Ke2 Rad8 23. Nde4 Be6 24. Nd6 Nxa2 25. Ra1 Re7
26. Nge4 Nb4 27. Rxa7 Nc2 28. Rg1 Kh7 29. b3 Nd4+ 30. Bxd4
exd4 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Nxb7 Ra8 33. Rd1 Ra2+ 34. Rd2 Rxd2+
35. Kxd2 Kg6 36. Nbc5 Bf7 37. Nd3 h5 38. Ke2 h4 39. Kf2 Be8
40. Kg2 Bd7 41. Nf4+ Kf7 42. Nd3 Ke7 43. Nf4 Bf5 44. Nd3 Kd7
45. Ndc5+ Kc7 46. Nd3 Bf8 47. Kh2 Bd6+ 48. Kg2 Kd7 49. Ndf2
Bc7 50. Nd3 Ke7 51. Nb4 Kf7 52. Nd3 Kg6 53. Kg1 Kh5 54. Kg2
h3+ 55. Kh1 Kh4 56. Kg1 Bg6 57. Kf2 Bh5 58. Nd2 Bg3+ 59. Kg1
Bd6 60. Kf2 c5 61. f4 Bd1 62. f5 Bc2 63. Ke2 Bxd3+ 64. Kxd3 h2
65. Nf3+ Kh5 66. Nxh2 Bxh2 67. b4 cxb4 68. Kxd4 Bg1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.28"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Igor Khenkin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O
7. h3 Bd7 8. Ba4 Bb6 9. Nc4 h6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bc2 Ng6 12. a4
a6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Re1 Re8 15. d4 Rc8 16. Be3 b5 17. axb5
Bxb5 18. Nd2 d5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Nd3 21. Bxd3 Bxd3 22. e5
Nd7 23. Qf3 Bh7 24. Qxd5 Nc5 25. Qxd8 Rexd8 26. Nf3 Nd3
27. Re2 Be4 28. Nd4 Nc5 29. g4 Bd3 30. Rg2 Be4 31. Rd2 Re8
32. Re1 g6 33. Bf2 Bd5 34. Nf5 gxf5 35. Rxd5 Ne6 36. Be3 fxg4
37. hxg4 Rc4 38. Rf1 b5 39. Bd2 Rd8 40. Rxd8+ Nxd8 41. Kf2 Ne6
42. b3 Rc6 43. b4 Nc7 44. Kg3 f6 45. exf6 Rxf6 46. f5 Nd5
47. Rf3 Rc6 48. Rd3 Nf6 49. Rd4 Kf7 50. Kf3 Ke8 51. Kf4 Ke7
52. Be1 Ke8 53. Ke5 Nd7+ 54. Kd5 Rc8 55. Kd6 Nb6 56. Re4+ Kf8
57. Bf2 Na4 58. Be3 Nxc3 59. Bxh6+ Kg8 60. Re7 Rd8+ 61. Ke6
Ne4 62. Bf4 a5 63. f6 axb4 64. Kf5 Nc5 65. Bh6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.29"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Ipatov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5
exd5 7. e3 h6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. Bd3 Bd6
12. f4 O-O 13. Qf3 c5 14. O-O-O cxd4 15. exd4 Bb4 16. Ne2 Ne4
17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qb3 a5 19. Kb1 Ra6 20. g4 Be7 21. f5 b5
22. Nf4 Bg5 23. Rhf1 Rd6 24. Ne2 Ba6 25. Rfe1 Bh4 26. Rg1 b4
27. Qe3 Re8 28. Rc1 Bg5 29. Nf4 Rxd4 30. Nc6 Rd3 31. Qa7 Qd6
32. Nxd3 Bxd3+ 33. Ka1 Bxc1 34. Rxc1 e3 35. Nxa5 e2 36. Qg1
Qe5 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 c5
7. d5 O-O 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bxb5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 Qxb5 13. h5 Qc4 14. Rh4 Qxc3+ 15. Bd2 Qd3 16. hxg6
fxg6 17. Bh6 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Re8 19. Ng5 Nd7 20. Ne6 Rb8
21. Nc7 Rd8 22. Re4 Rb7 23. Bf4 Nf6 24. Rxe7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Bxd7
26. Rc1 Rb4 27. Be3 c4 28. Bxa7 Rb7 29. Bd4 Rxc7 30. Bxf6 Rc5
31. d6 Kf7 32. Bc3 Rb5 33. a3 Rb3 34. Bb4 Bb5 35. Kd2 Rd3+
36. Kc2 Ba4+ 37. Kb2 Rb3+ 38. Ka2 Rd3 39. Kb2 Rb3+ 40. Ka1 c3
41. f4 h5 42. g3 Ke6 43. Re1+ Kd5 44. Rd1+ Kc4 45. d7 c2
46. Rd4+ Kb5 47. Rd5+ Ka6 48. Rd6+ Kb7 49. Rb6+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O
7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3 Nc5 9. Nd4 e5 10. Nb3 d6 11. e4 Nfd7 12. Be3
a5 13. Nd2 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 e4 16. g4 Qh4 17. gxf5 Nf6
18. Bf2 Qh6 19. Ndxe4 Nfxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxf4
22. Qd3 Rae8 23. Rae1 Bxb2 24. Bxb6 Qh4 25. Bf2 Qf6 26. Kh1
Be5 27. Qh3 Kh8 28. Bg1 Rg8 29. Re2 Re7 30. Rg2 Reg7 31. Rxg7
Rxg7 32. Rb1 Ba6 33. Rb8+ Rg8 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Qg4+ Kf8
36. Bd3 Bc8 37. Be3 Bd7 38. Bg5 Qg7 39. Qh4 Qf7 40. f6 Ke8
41. Bxh7 Kd8 42. Qh6 Kc8 43. Bg6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. Bg5 a4 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6
Qxf6 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc6 15. Rad1 axb3 16. axb3 cxd4
17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "15.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Rc8
12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 b5 16. Ne3 Qb6
17. a4 a5 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Bb2 Bb4 20. h4 c5 21. d5 exd5
22. Nxb5 c4 23. Bd4 cxb3 24. Qxb3 Nc5 25. Qb2 Nxa4 26. Qe2 Nc5
27. e5 Nfe4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Nd6 Rb8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rac1
Qa6 32. Qxa6 Nxa6 33. Nf5 h6 34. Nd6 Rb8 35. Ba7 Ra8 36. Be3
Rb8 37. Nxb7 Rxb7 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. h5 Rb8 40. Rxb8 Nxb8
41. Rc7 a4 42. Rxf7 a3 43. Bd4 Nc6 44. Ba1 Bc5 45. Rc7 Bd4
46. Rxc6 Bxa1 47. e6 Bf6 48. Ra6 Be7 49. Ra7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "16.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O d5 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. h5 Ba6
13. h6 g6 14. Bf4 a4 15. a3 bxa3 16. bxa3 Qc7 17. Qc1 Rfc8
18. Ne3 Qd8 19. Ng4 Nd4 20. Ngh2 Qc7 21. Qd2 Rab8 22. Ra2
Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 c4 24. d4 c3 25. Qc1 Bc4 26. Ra1 Rb2 27. Bg5
Bf8 28. Bh3 Rcb8 29. Kg2 R8b6 30. Re3 Ba6 31. Qd1 Rb8 32. Nh2
R8b7 33. Rf3 R7b6 34. Ng4 Rc6 35. Bc1 Rb8 36. Bg5 Rc4 37. Ne3
Rc6 38. Bf4 Qa7 39. Bg5 Rb2 40. Rf4 Nb6 41. Qf3 Nc4 42. Ng4
Nd2 43. Nf6+ Kh8 44. Qd1 Rc4 45. Bxe6 fxe6 46. Qg4 Rb6 47. Nd7
Rc8 48. Rf7 Ne4 49. Qf4 Rbb8 50. Nxf8 Qxd4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "21.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Na3 cxd4
7. Nb5 Na6 8. Nbxd4 Nf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+
Qxb5 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Be3 b6 14. Rd1 e6 15. O-O Nd5 16. Bd4
Nc5 17. g3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 a6 19. Na3 b5 20. Rfd1 Rab8 21. c4
bxc4 22. Nxc4 a5 23. Nfe5 a4 24. R1d2 Rb7 25. h4 h5 26. Rc2
Nb4 27. Re2 Nxa2 28. Nd6 Rb4 29. Red2 Kg7 30. Rxb4 Nxb4
31. Rd4 Nba6 32. Ne4 Rb8 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. Rc4 Rb5 35. Nc6 Nd3
36. Rxa4 Rxb2 37. f4 Rc2 38. Nd8 Rc7 39. Ra6 Nb4 40. Rxe6 Rc1+
0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "23.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Na3 cxd4
7. Nb5 Na6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. a4 Bg4 11. Be2 Rad8
12. h3 e5 13. Be3 Qe6 14. Qc1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e4 16. Be2 Nd5
17. O-O f5 18. Bc4 Qc6 19. Ba2 Kh8 20. Bh6 Nc5 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7
22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qe3 f4 24. Qd4+ Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Rfe8 26. Rfd1
e3 27. fxe3 fxe3 28. a5 e2 29. Re1 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Nd3 31. d5
Kf7 32. g4 Re5 33. Kg2 Re3 34. Kg1 Ke7 35. Ra3 Rg3+ 36. Kh2
Nxe1 37. Kxg3 Nc2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "24.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. a5
Qe7 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. e4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 cxb3 17. Qxb3
Bc5 18. Be3 g6 19. Na4 Nfg4 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Nc2 Rab8 22. Qc3
Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Rb4 24. f4 Nc4 25. Ng4 f6 26. e5 fxe5 27. Bxc6
Rd8 28. Bd5+ Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Qe6 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Nxe5 Nxe5
32. Qxe5+ Qxe5 33. fxe5 Rb7 34. e6 Bb5 35. a6 Re7 36. Rb8 Bd3
37. Rb7 Kf6 38. Ra5 c4 39. Rc5 h5 40. Rxe7 Kxe7 41. Rc7+ Kxe6
42. Rxa7 c3 43. Rc7 Bxa6 44. Rc6+ Kd5 45. Rxa6 c2 46. Ra1 Kd4
47. Kf2 Kd3 48. h4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "27.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. O-O Rb8 8. Bf4 a6 9. Rc1 h6 10. b3 g5 11. d5 gxf4 12. dxc6
e5 13. cxb7 Bxb7 14. Nh4 Bc8 15. c5 Rb4 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Qc2
fxg3 18. hxg3 Rxh4 19. gxh4 d5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rfd1 Be6
22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qd3 Qxh4 24. Qxd5 Qg4+ 25. Qg2 Qxe2 26. Re1
Qxa2 27. Re3 Kh8 28. Rg3 Qd2 29. Rc6 Rd8 30. Kh2 Qf4 31. Rc4
e4 32. Rxe4 Qd6 33. Qh3 Qf6 34. Rf3 Qc6 35. Qf5 Rd6 36. Rc4
Qb6 37. Rc8+ Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Qxf7 Be5+ 40. Kh3 Bg7
41. Qe6 Qd1 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kh8 44. Kg2 Qd7 45. Qa8+ Kh7
46. Qe4+ Kh8 47. Rd3 Qc8 48. Rg3 a5 49. Qd5 Qe8 50. Qb7 Be5
51. Qe4 Qb8 52. Rg6 Bg7 53. Qd5 Qe8 54. Ra6 Qe7 55. Rxa5 Bf8
56. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "30.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Bg2 b5
7. cxb5 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qxb5 9. Bc3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Na3 Qa6
12. Ne1 Nbd7 13. e4 Nb6 14. Qc2 Na4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nc4 Qb5
17. Nd3 Ba6 18. Rac1 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Nxb2 21. Nxb2
Bxb2 22. Rb1 Rfb8 23. Bf1 Bd4 24. Rcc1 Rb6 25. Rb3 Rxb3
26. axb3 a5 27. Kg2 a4 28. bxa4 Rxa4 29. Rc2 Kg7 30. Bb5 Ra1
31. Bc4 Re1 32. Kf3 Kf6 33. h4 h6 34. Bd3 Ra1 35. Ke2 g5
36. hxg5+ hxg5 37. Rd2 g4 38. Rc2 Ke5 39. Rd2 Ra3 40. Rc2 Bxf2
0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2
O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. O-O Re8 9. Be3 f6 10. Kh1 Be7 11. Ng1 Nf8
12. Ne2 Be6 13. b3 Qd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Bf7 16. Qf3 a5
17. Nh5 Ng6 18. Bd2 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Ne5 20. Qf2 b5 21. cxb5 cxb5
22. Bc3 Bb4 23. Bb2 Qf7 24. Qh4 Bd6 25. Bc1 b4 26. Be3 a4
27. g4 Ng6 28. Qf2 Be5 29. Bd4 Qe6 30. Rg1 Rad8 31. Bxe5 Qxe5
32. Rab1 c5 33. Qf5 Qc3 34. Qf2 c4 35. Qa7 Re7 36. Qa5 Rc8
37. Rxb4 cxd3 38. cxd3 Qxd3 39. Qf5 Rd8 40. Rxa4 Qc2 41. Ra8
Rxa8 42. Qd5+ Kf8 43. Qxa8+ Re8 44. Qa3+ Kg8 45. Ng3 Ne5
46. Rc1 Qf2 47. Qb3+ Kh8 48. Rf1 Qa7 49. Nf5 Rb8 50. Qg3 h6
51. Qg2 Qa3 52. Qc2 Qh3 53. Ng3 Nxg4 54. Qe2 Ra8 55. Rc1 Ne5
56. Rc2 Ra3 57. Qg2 Qg4 58. Rd2 Ra4 59. Qf2 Ra8 60. Qf5 Qh4
61. Rc2 Ng4 62. Rc8+ Rxc8 63. Qxc8+ Kh7 64. Qf5+ Kg8 65. Qc8+
Kh7 66. Qf5+ Kg8 67. Qd5+ Kh8 68. Qd2 Ne5 69. a4 Qg4 70. Qe2
Qe6 71. a5 g6 72. a6 Qb6 73. Kg2 h5 74. Nf1 Kg7 75. Ne3 Qd4
76. Nd5 f5 77. a7 Qxa7 78. Qb2 fxe4 79. Qxe5+ Kh7 80. Nf6+ Kh6
81. Ng8+ Kh7 82. Nf6+ Kh6 83. Nxe4 Qa2+ 84. Kh3 Qb3+ 85. Kh4
Qg8 86. Qf4+ Kg7 87. Qc7+ Kh6 88. Ng5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e3 Bg7
7. f4 c5 8. dxc5 N6d7 9. Na4 e5 10. Nf3 exf4 11. exf4 O-O
12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Nd7 17. Rb1 Nb6 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Rb5 Qc7 20. Bg4 Rad8 21. Qf3
f6 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Nc4 Kh8 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Rfb1 Rd6 26. a4
Qd8 27. h3 Rg8 28. R1b2 Rd3 29. Qh5 Rxc3 30. Qxf5 Qd4+ 31. Kh2
Rc1 32. Rf2 Qa1 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3
Nb6 7. Ne5 Qd4 8. Nexc4 Nxc4 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qxc4 Qxc4 11. Nxc4
g6 12. b4 Bg7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Na5 Bc8 15. a4 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nd5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b5 cxb5 19. axb5 a6 20. Rab1 axb5 21. Rxb5
Nc3 22. Nxb7 Nxd1 23. Nxd8 Ra1 24. h3 Nc3+ 25. Kh2 Nxb5
26. Nc6 Kf8 27. Be4 Bb7 28. f3 Re1 29. Kg2 Rxe2+ 30. Kf1 Rxe4
31. fxe4 Bxc6 32. d3 e5 33. Kf2 Nd4 34. Ke3 h5 35. g4 hxg4
36. hxg4 g5 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kf2 Kc5 40. Ke3 Bd7
41. Kf2 Bxg4 42. Ke3 Kb4 43. Kf2 Kc3 44. Ke3 Bf3 45. Kf2 Kxd3
46. Kg3 Ke3 47. Kh3 Kf2 48. Kh2 f5 49. exf5 g4 50. f6 g3+
51. Kh3 g2 52. f7 g1=Q 53. f8=Q Qh1# 0-1

[Event "European Clup Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.14"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bosse Lindberg"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Be7
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. b4 Qe7 11. Rb1 Bg4
12. Be2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd7 14. O-O b5 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Bh4
17. Na2 Rac8 18. Nc1 f5 19. Nd3 Rf6 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Rbe1 g5
22. Rg1 Kh8 23. Bf1 Qd6 24. Bh3 Qf8 25. Rc1 Qf7 26. Qb2 Qh5
27. Bg2 f4 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Rfe6 30. Rc2 fxe3 31. fxe3
Bg3 32. h3 Bxe5 33. Qc1 Rf8 34. Rf1 Qe8 35. f4 gxf4 36. exf4
Bxf4 37. Qd1 Be5 38. Re2 Rxf1+ 39. Qxf1 Bg7 40. Rxe6 Qxe6
41. Bf3 Qf5 42. Kg2 Qg5+ 43. Kh1 Qf4 44. Qe2 Be5 45. Bg4 d4
46. Kg2 Kg7 47. Qf2 Qe4+ 48. Qf3 Qc2+ 49. Kf1 d3 50. Bh5 Qc1+
51. Qd1 d2 52. Ke2 Qc4+ 53. Kxd2 Bf4+ 54. Ke1 Bg3+ 55. Kd2
Bf4+ 56. Ke1 Qc3+ 57. Kf2 Qe3+ 58. Kg2 Qg3+ 59. Kf1 Qxh3+
60. Ke1 Qh1+ 61. Kf2 Qh2+ 62. Kf1 Qh1+ 63. Kf2 Qxd1 64. Bxd1
Bd6 65. Bf3 Bxb4 66. Bxc6 Bxa5 67. Kf3 Bc3 68. Ke4 Kf6 69. Be8
Ke7 70. Bh5 Kd6 71. Kd3 Bf6 72. Bf7 Kc5 73. Kc2 a5 74. Kb3 a4+
75. Ka3 Be7 76. Be8 Kb6+ 77. Ka2 Bf6 78. Bh5 b4 79. Bd1 Ka5
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. b3
Be7 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. Rxa4 O-O
17. Rfa1 Rfc8 18. c4 Rcb8 19. R4a3 Nd7 20. Nc3 Qc8 21. Qd1 Nf6
22. Kh2 h4 23. gxh4 Nd7 24. h5 Nc5 25. Na4 Nxa4 26. Rxa4 Rb7
27. Rc1 Rab8 28. Rc3 Rb4 29. Rxb4 Rxb4 30. f4 Kh7 31. f5 Bd7
32. h6 g6 33. Qd5 Qe8 34. fxg6+ fxg6 35. Qd2 Be6 36. Rd3 Rb7
37. Qa5 Qc6 38. Qd2 Bf8 39. Bg5 Rf7 40. Qe1 Qb6 41. Be3 Qc7
42. Qg3 a5 43. Bd2 a4 44. bxa4 Qxc4 45. a5 Qa2 46. Qe3 d5
47. exd5 Bf5 48. Rb3 e4 49. Qc3 Bd6+ 50. Kh1 e3 51. Qxe3 Re7
52. Qc3 Be5 53. Ra3 Bxc3 54. Rxa2 Re2 55. a6 Bxd2 56. Bf3 Re1+
57. Kg2 Be3 58. a7 Bxa7 59. Rxa7+ Kxh6 60. h4 Re3 61. Kf2 Rd3
62. Rf7 Rd4 63. Kg3 Bc2 64. Rf4 Rd2 65. Rb4 Bd1 66. Be4 g5
67. Rb6+ Kh5 68. Bg6+ Kh6 69. Be4+ Kh5 70. hxg5 Kxg5 71. Rg6+
Kh5 72. Kf4 Rf2+ 73. Ke5 Re2 74. Rc6 Ba4 75. Rc8 Kh6 76. Rc7
Be8 77. Rh7+ Kg5 78. Rg7+ Kh6 79. Rg3 Re1 80. d6 Kh5 81. Kf4
Kh6 82. Rg8 Ba4 83. Rg6+ Kh5 84. Re6 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2014.07.17"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. cxd5 exd5 13. f3 b5 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. Kh1 c5 16. Qd1 Rfe8
17. g4 Rad8 18. Bd2 g5 19. a4 b4 20. a5 Qb8 21. dxc5 Bxc5
22. Nd4 Ne5 23. b3 Rc8 24. Ra2 Nc6 25. Rc2 Nxa5 26. Qb1 Bb6
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nf5 Bc5 29. Qb2 Bf8 30. e4 dxe4 31. Bxg5
exf3 32. Bxf3 Qb5 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Rg1 Rd3 35. Qe2 Nh7 36. Nd4
Qd7 37. Qxd3 Nxg5 38. Rd1 Bc5 39. Nc6 Qxd3 40. Rxd3 Nxc6
41. Bxc6 Ne6 42. Rd7 Bb6 43. Bd5 Nd8 44. Re7 Kf8 45. Re4 a5
46. Kg2 g5 47. Kf3 f6 48. h3 Bc7 49. Rc4 Bb6 50. Re4 Bc7
51. Re2 Be5 52. Ra2 Bc7 53. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5
7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. h4 g6 10. h5 cxd4 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. cxd5
Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qxd5 14. Ne4 Nc6 15. Bh6 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+
17. Kxd2 Rd8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bg5 h5 20. g4 Bxg5+ 21. Nfxg5
Nxe5 22. gxh5 Nc4+ 23. Ke1 Bd7 24. b3 Na5 25. Rc1 Bc6 26. hxg6
Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Kg7 28. Rc7+ Kxg6 29. Rg1+ Kf5 30. f3 e5
31. Rg5+ Kf4 32. Kf2 Rf8 33. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6
7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5
12. Nbd2 b5 13. Qe1 Rb8 14. Qg3 Nh5 15. Qf2 Nf6 16. Qg3 Nh5
17. Qh2 Qe7 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. g4 Nf6 20. Raf1 Nh7 21. Qg3 g6
22. Nh4 c4 23. d4 b4 24. Ndf3 b3 25. axb3 cxb3 26. Bd3 Bb5
27. Bxb5 axb5 28. dxe5 Nc4 29. exd6 Nxd6 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Nxe5
Ng5 32. Rh2 Rb7 33. Nc6 Nc4 34. Nd4 b4 35. Rc1 Ra8 36. cxb4
Rxb4 37. Nhf3 Nxf3+ 38. Nxf3 Ra2 39. Rb1 Nxe3 40. Re2 Nc2
41. Nd2 Ra7 42. e5 Nd4 43. Re3 Rc7 44. Nf3 Ne6 45. Ne1 Rd7
46. Nd3 Rc4 47. Nf2 Nc5 48. Rf1 Rc2 49. Kg2 Rd3 50. Kf3 Rxe3+
51. Kxe3 Rxb2 52. Rd1 Kf8 53. Rd8+ Ke7 54. Rb8 Rc2 55. Ne4
Nxe4 56. Kxe4 b2 57. h4 Kd7 58. h5 g5 59. Kd5 Rd2+ 60. Kc5 Ke7
61. Rb6 Rd1 62. Rxb2 Ke6 63. Rf2 Rd5+ 64. Kc4 Rxe5 65. Kd3 f5
66. gxf5+ Kf6 67. Ra2 Kxf5 68. Ra6 Re6 69. Rxe6 Kxe6 70. Ke4
Kf6 71. Kf3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2014.02.09"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Alexander Belezky"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O
7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Be2 Nh5
12. Nxe5 Nf6 13. Nf3 Nxe4 14. O-O Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nd7 16. Nd4
Nf6 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Bf3 Qd8 19. Ne6 fxe6 20. dxe6 Bxe6
21. Rxe6 Rb8 22. Rae1 Rf7 23. h4 Kh8 24. h5 h6 25. Bd1 Ng8
26. Bc2 Qh4 27. g3 Qg4 28. Qd3 Nf6 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. R8e7 Rbc8
31. R1e6 Kg8 32. Kg2 Rf7 33. Rxf6 Rxf6 34. f3 Qg5 35. Qh7+ Kf8
36. Rd7 Ke8 37. Rxg7 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.04"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4 Bb4 9. Bd3 Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+
12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Na5 Bd7
17. Bd4 Rc8 18. Nxb7 Bc6 19. Na5 Bd5 20. Rb1 Kd7 21. Ke2 f5
22. Rb6 g5 23. fxg5 Rhg8 24. Rg1 Rxg5 25. Rxa6 Rgg8 26. Rb6
Rb8 27. Rb4 f4 28. g3 fxg3 29. hxg3 Rxb4 30. cxb4 Nxg3+
31. Kf2 Ne4+ 32. Ke1 Rxg1+ 33. Bxg1 Nc3 34. Bf2 Kc7 35. Bh4
Kb6 36. Kd2 Nb1+ 37. Ke3 Nxa3 38. c3 Kb5 39. Bg5 Nb1 40. Kd4
Na3 41. Ke3 Nb1 42. Kd4 h5 43. Bf6 Nd2 44. Ke3 Ne4 45. Kd4 Ng3
46. Ke3 h4 47. Kf4 Ne2+ 48. Kg4 Nxc3 49. Bxh4 Na2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.05"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Martin Kraemer"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "227"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6
12. a4 Rac8 13. Nde2 e6 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. Rb1 Rfd8 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bh4 Nb4 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. b3 Qh5 20. Bg3 Qa5 21. Be1 Qc5
22. Qd2 Nc6 23. Nd5 exd5 24. cxd5 Qb6 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. b4 c5
27. Qe3 Qc6 28. Qa3 Nd7 29. Nf4 Re8 30. Qa2 Nb6 31. bxc5 Qxa4
32. Qb1 Nc4 33. cxd6 Nxd6 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Nd5 Kh7 36. Bg3
Nc4 37. Qb7 Rf8 38. h4 Qb5 39. Rb1 Qxb7 40. Rxb7 Be5 41. Bxe5
Nxe5 42. Ra7 h5 43. Rxa6 Kg7 44. Ra7 Rb8 45. Nf4 Nc6 46. Rc7
Nd8 47. Rd7 Kf8 48. Kh2 Ke8 49. Ra7 Kf8 50. Kg3 Rc8 51. Nd5
Kg7 52. Nf4 Kf6 53. Ra6+ Kg7 54. Rd6 Nb7 55. Rd7 Nc5 56. Rd6
Rc7 57. Kh3 Ra7 58. Kh2 Rc7 59. Kg3 Ra7 60. Rc6 Nd7 61. Nd3
Ra3 62. Rd6 Nf8 63. Nf4 Ra7 64. Rc6 Rb7 65. Kf2 Rb2+ 66. Kg3
Rb7 67. Rc8 Ra7 68. Re8 Rb7 69. Re5 Ra7 70. Kh3 Kf6 71. Rb5
Kg7 72. Rb8 Re7 73. Rb6 Ra7 74. Kg3 Nd7 75. Rc6 Nf8 76. Rc8
Re7 77. Nd5 Ra7 78. Nc7 Nd7 79. Ne8+ Kf8 80. Nd6+ Ke7 81. Nb5
Rb7 82. Nc3 Nb6 83. Rc6 Kf8 84. Nb5 Nd7 85. Nd6 Ra7 86. Kf4
Kg7 87. Rc8 Nf6 88. g3 Re7 89. Ra8 Re6 90. Rd8 Re7 91. e5 Nd5+
92. Ke4 Nc3+ 93. Kd3 Rxe5 94. Kxc3 Re3+ 95. Kd4 Rxf3 96. Ne4
Rf1 97. Ke3 Rf5 98. Rd7 Kf8 99. Rd8+ Kg7 100. Nd6 Re5+
101. Kf3 Re7 102. Kf4 Re1 103. Rd7 Rf1+ 104. Ke4 Kf8 105. Ke3
Rf6 106. Ke2 Re6+ 107. Kf2 Rf6+ 108. Kg1 Rf3 109. Kg2 Rf6
110. Ne4 Rf5 111. Rc7 Kg8 112. Nd6 Rf6 113. Rc8+ Kh7 114. Rd8
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 dxe4
7. fxe4 Bb4 8. Bd3 Nxe4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bxe4 Re8 11. Nf3 Bf5
12. Bg5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 f6 14. Nd2 fxg5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Qc4+
Be6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Rae1 c6 20. Qb3 Nb6 21. Nf3
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qf6 23. Qe6 Qxe6 24. Rxe6 g4 25. Ne5 Nd5 26. c4
Nf4 27. Re7 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Nxd4 29. Rxb7 a5 30. Nd7 Ne6 31. Kg3
Rd8 32. Nf6 Ng5 33. Kxg4 h6 34. Nd7 Nf7 35. Kf4 g5+ 36. Ke3
Nd6 37. Rb8 Rxb8 38. Nxb8 Nxc4+ 39. Kd4 Nb6 40. Nxc6 a4
41. Kc5 Nc8 42. Kb4 Nb6 43. Kc5 Nc8 44. Kb4 Nb6 45. Kb5 Nd5
46. Kxa4 Kg7 47. Nb4 Ne3 48. Kb5 Kf7 49. a4 Ke6 50. a5 Kd7
51. a6 Kc8 52. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6
18. Be3 h5 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qe3 Rb8 22. Nf1 Bc8
23. N1d2 Bd7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 Rb6 26. Ra7 Qb8 27. Rea1
Qd6 28. Bd1 Bg7 29. Be2 Reb8 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Nxc4 Qe7
32. Nxb6 Rxb6 33. b4 Bf8 34. R7a5 Bb5 35. bxc5 Qxc5 36. Qxc5
Bxc5 37. c4 Nxe4 38. Rxb5 Bxf2+ 39. Kf1 Rf6 40. Rb8+ Kg7
41. Raa8 Rf4 42. d6 Bh4 43. Rg8+ Kh7 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Rag8+
Kf6 46. d7 Ke6 47. d8=Q Bxd8 48. Rxd8 Nf6 49. Ke2 Rxc4 50. Rc8
Rb4 51. Rc6+ Kf5 52. Rf8 Rb2+ 53. Kf1 Rb7 54. Nh4+ Kg5
55. Nf3+ Kf5 56. Rc5 Ne4 57. Rxe5+ Kf4 58. Rfe8 Rb1+ 59. Ne1
Ng3+ 60. Kg1 f5 61. Re3 Ne4 62. Rf3+ Kg5 63. Rf1 Rb2 64. Nf3+
Kf4 65. Nd2+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Simen Agdestein"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd6
7. O-O Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. c3 Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Re8 14. Be3 Bc7 15. Qd2 a5 16. a4 Bb6
17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Nfd4 Bg6 19. Kh2 Red8 20. Rad1 Kf8 21. h4 h6
22. Qf4 Kg8 23. Rd2 Kh8 24. Nb5 Rd7 25. Rde2 Ng8 26. Re8 Rxe8
27. Rxe8 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 c6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. h3
Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qa5+ 8. c3 e6 9. Bf4 Qa6 10. Qb3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Nd5
12. Bg3 Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. O-O b5 15. Nd2 N7b6 16. Rfe1 Qa4
17. Ne4 a5 18. Nc5 Qxb3 19. axb3 a4 20. bxa4 bxa4 21. Rec1 Ra7
22. Ra2 Rfa8 23. Rca1 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nd7 25. Bd6 Ra5 26. b4
R5a7 27. Ra3 N7f6 28. Kf1 h5 29. Ke1 g6 30. Kd2 Kh7 31. Kd3 g5
32. g3 g4 33. hxg4 Nxg4 34. R1a2 Kg6 35. Bd1 f5 36. Ke2 e5
37. Ke1 e4 38. Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 Re8 40. Ra6 e3 41. fxe3
Ndxe3 42. Rxc6 Re6 43. b5 Nc4+ 44. Be2 Na5 45. Ra6 Nb3 46. Bf8
Kf7 47. Rxe6 Kxe6 48. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "311"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6
7. g4 Qb6 8. Nb3 e6 9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 Qc7 11. h5 b5 12. a3 Bb7
13. Rh3 Nce5 14. g6 hxg6 15. f4 Nc4 16. hxg6 Rxh3 17. gxf7+
Kxf7 18. Bxh3 Nf6 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Qd3 e5 21. Nf3 Kg8 22. Ng5
exf4 23. Be6+ Rxe6 24. Nxe6 Qe7 25. Nxf8 Nxe4 26. Ng6 Qe8
27. Nd5 Nf6+ 28. Nde7+ Kf7 29. Bxf4 Be4 30. Qg3 Bxg6 31. Qxg6+
Kxe7 32. Qxe8+ Nxe8 33. b3 Nb6 34. Kd2 Nd5 35. Bg5+ Kd7 36. a4
b4 37. a5 Nec7 38. Rf1 Ne6 39. Be3 Ke7 40. Rf5 Nec7 41. Bd4 g6
42. Rf3 Ne6 43. Be3 Nd8 44. Rg3 Kf7 45. Rg5 Nf6 46. Rg1 Nc6
47. Rh1 Nd5 48. Bb6 g5 49. Rh6 Nf6 50. Ke2 Kg7 51. Rh1 Kg6
52. Rd1 Ne4 53. Rg1 Kf5 54. Ke3 Nf6 55. Rf1+ Ke6 56. Kd2 g4
57. Ke3 Nd5+ 58. Ke4 Ne5 59. Bd4 Nc6 60. Bb2 Nxa5 61. Rh1 Nc7
62. Rh6+ Kd7 63. Rg6 Nb7 64. Rxg4 Kc6 65. Kd3 a5 66. Rg6 Nc5+
67. Kd2 a4 68. bxa4 Nxa4 69. Be5 Nb5 70. Bg3 Kd5 71. Rg5+ Kc6
72. Rg4 Nc5 73. Rxb4 Nc7 74. Rd4 Nb5 75. Rh4 Nc7 76. Bf2 Nd5
77. Bd4 Ne6 78. Re4 Nxd4 79. Rxd4 Kc5 80. Rh4 Nb4 81. Kc3 Nc6
82. Rc4+ Kb5 83. Rh4 Kc5 84. Rh8 d5 85. Rc8 Kd6 86. Kb3 Kc5
87. Ka4 Kb6 88. Rh8 Nd4 89. Rc8 Nc6 90. Kb3 Kb5 91. Rc7 Kb6
92. Rd7 Kc5 93. Rh7 Nd4+ 94. Kc3 Nc6 95. Rh5 Kd6 96. Kb3 Kc5
97. Rg5 Nd4+ 98. Kc3 Nc6 99. Rg8 Kd6 100. Rg4 Kc5 101. Rg6 Ne5
102. Rh6 Nc6 103. Kd2 Ne5 104. Rh5 Nc6 105. Rh8 Kd6 106. Ke3
Kc5 107. Rh4 Nb4 108. Kd2 Nc6 109. Kc3 Kd6 110. Kd3 Ne5+
111. Kc3 Nc6 112. Rh8 Kc5 113. Rc8 Kd6 114. Kb3 Kc5 115. Ka4
Kb6 116. Kb3 Kc5 117. Ka4 Kb6 118. Rh8 Nd4 119. Rh2 Kc5
120. Ka3 Nc6 121. Kb2 Nd4 122. Kc3 Nc6 123. Kd3 Ne5+ 124. Kc3
Nc6 125. Rh1 Ne5 126. Rb1 Nc6 127. Ra1 Kd6 128. Kd2 Kc5
129. Kd3 Nb4+ 130. Kc3 Nc6 131. Rb1 Ne5 132. Rb7 Nc6 133. Rc7
Kd6 134. Rh7 Kc5 135. Rh5 Kd6 136. Rh4 Kc5 137. Kb2 Kd6
138. Rh3 Kc5 139. Rc3+ Kd6 140. Rb3 Kc5 141. Kc3 Nd4 142. Rb8
Nc6 143. Rh8 Kd6 144. Rh5 Kc5 145. Kd2 Nd4 146. Kd3 Nc6
147. c4 Ne7 148. cxd5 Ng8 149. Rf5 Nh6 150. Rh5 Ng8 151. Ke3
Kd6 152. Kd4 Nf6 153. Rh6 Ke7 154. d6+ Kf7 155. Rxf6+ Kxf6
156. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4
12. Nce2 Qb6 13. Qe1 Rc8 14. h4 Na5 15. Nc1 Nc4 16. Rh3 a5
17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rhd3 h5 19. g3 Be7 20. Qe2 Bc8 21. R3d2 Ba6
22. Qf3 a4 23. Nce2 Bb7 24. Qd3 Rc5 25. c4 Kf8 26. b3 Rg8
27. bxa4 Qa6 28. Nb5 Kg7 29. Ned4 Qxa4 30. f5 Re5 31. Re1 Kh8
32. Nf3 exf5 33. Nxe5 fxe5 34. Nxd6 b3 35. Nxb7 bxa2+ 36. Ka1
Qb4 37. Qe3 f4 38. gxf4 Bxh4 39. Rh1 Qxb7 40. fxe5 Rg4
41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qxh5 Qxe4 43. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "1.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oscar de la Riva Aguado"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 O-O
7. h3 Qb6 8. Ba4 Rd8 9. Bb3 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. d3 c4 12. Be3
Qc7 13. Bd4 cxb3 14. axb3 f6 15. dxe4 dxe4 16. Nfd2 f5 17. f3
Nxd4 18. cxd4 Rxd4 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Rxe4 Qb6 21. Kh1 Bf5
22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Nc3 Bxe5 24. Ra4 Qd3 25. Qe1 Bg3 26. Qe2 Rd8
0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "2.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Carlos Matamoros Franco"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. e4 d6
7. Na4 Qh5 8. Ne2 Bh6 9. Nf4 Qe5 10. Nd3 Qh5 11. Nf4 Qe5
12. Nd5 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Nxd5 14. cxd5 O-O 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Nc3
Na6 17. O-O g5 18. Qd2 Kh8 19. Rfe1 Rfc8 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Ne2
a5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 h6 25. Qd2 Kg7
26. Nc3 f5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. g3 Bg6 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. a3 Bf7
31. h4 Bg6 32. hxg5+ hxg5 33. Nd1 Bf7 34. Ne3 Kg6 35. Qc2+ Kg7
36. Qc3 Qf6 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 Kg6 39. Kf3 Kg7 40. Nf5+ Kg6
41. Ne3 e6 42. dxe6 Bxe6 43. Qxf6+ Kxf6 44. Ke4 Bg8 45. Nd5+
Kf7 46. f5 Kg7 47. Ne7 Ba2 48. Nc8 Bb1+ 49. Kd5 Bxf5 50. Nxa7
Kf6 51. Kxd6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "159"]

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. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8
12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Qc1 Qd6 15. h4 Qb4 16. h5 Nac4
17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nge2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qb6 21. Qg5
Qf6 22. Qg3 b5 23. Nd4 b4 24. Na4 Bd7 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. Nxd7
Rxd7 27. Nc6 b3 28. a3 Qc5 29. Rc1 Qe3 30. Qe1 Qd3+ 31. Ka1 e6
32. dxe6 fxe6 33. e5 g5 34. Rd1 Qxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1
a5 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Nxd8 a4 39. Nxe6 Bxe5 40. Nxg5 Bd4 41. f4
Be3 42. g3 Kg7 43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Nxc7 Kf5 45. Nd5 Bf2 46. Nc3
Bxg3 47. Nxa4 Bf2 48. Nc3 Kxf4 49. Ne2+ Ke4 50. Nc1 Kd4
51. Nxb3+ Kc4 52. Nc1 Bc5 53. Kb1 Kb5 54. Ne2 Be7 55. Nc3+ Kc4
56. Kc2 Bf8 57. Nb1 Be7 58. Nd2+ Kb5 59. Kb3 Bf8 60. Ne4 Bg7
61. Nc3+ Kc5 62. Kc2 Kc4 63. b3+ Kd4 64. b4 Kc4 65. Nd1 Bf6
66. Nb2+ Kd5 67. Kb3 Bd4 68. a4 Kc6 69. Nd1 Bg1 70. Kc4 Kb6
71. Nc3 Bf2 72. Ne4 Bh4 73. Nc5 Bg5 74. Ne6 Bh4 75. a5+ Ka6
76. Nc5+ Ka7 77. b5 Bd8 78. Kb4 Bc7 79. Ka4 Bd8 80. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "8.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Alexandr Hilario Takeda dos Santos Fier"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 Bb7
12. O-O Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nc5 15. a3 Ke7 16. Ne2
Na4 17. b3 Nc5 18. Ned4 g6 19. Re2 Rac8 20. Kf2 Ne4+ 21. Ke3
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rc3 23. Ree1 h5 24. b4 Bc8 25. a4 Bd7 26. axb5
axb5 27. Ra7 Rb8 28. Rea1 Rb6 29. R1a5 Kd8 30. Ra8+ Ke7
31. R5a7 g5 32. f5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "11.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Axel Bachmann Schiavo"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5
7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Na6 9. Be2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bg5 Nf6
12. Nd2 Qe8 13. Nb3 Qg6 14. Qd2 Nb4 15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 exf4
17. gxf4 Qg2 18. O-O-O Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Rdg1 Nxa2+
21. Kd1 Qb1+ 22. Nc1 Bd7 23. Bd3 Ba4+ 24. b3 Qxc1+ 25. Qxc1
Bxb3+ 26. Qc2 Bxc2+ 27. Bxc2 Nc3+ 28. Kd2 Ne4+ 29. Bxe4 fxe4
30. Ke3 Kh7 31. Kxe4 a5 32. Rg2 a4 33. Rb1 a3 34. Ra2 Ra4 0-1

[Event "European Clup Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ornulf Stubberud"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. h3 Nc6 12. Be3
Nd7 13. Rac1 Nce5 14. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Bd7
17. b3 Rfd8 18. Bb1 Be8 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Bb6 Rd7 21. Na4 Rb8
22. f4 Nc6 23. Qf2 f5 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Rcd1 Bf8 26. Re3 fxe4
27. Nc3 Bh6 28. Nxe4 Qf8 29. g3 e5 30. Rf3 exf4 31. gxf4 Rf7
32. Nxd6 Rxf4 33. Be4 Rxf3 34. Bxf3 Bf4 35. Bc7 Ra8 36. Nxe8
1-0

[Event "European Clup Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5
7. Qxc4 Nge7 8. d3 h6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Qh4 Qd7
12. Qa4 f5 13. Rfc1 Rad8 14. b4 a6 15. Rab1 g5 16. Be1 Nd5
17. b5 axb5 18. Rxb5 Nb6 19. Qa3 Ra8 20. Qc5 Rfe8 21. a4 g4
22. Nh4 Nd4 23. Rb2 Bf7 24. Qa3 Bf8 25. Qa1 Nxa4 26. Nxa4 Rxa4
27. Qb1 Ba3 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4
7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e4 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bxc4 Bb4 11. Qc2 c5
12. dxc5 Qa5 13. e5 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. c6
Nxc3 17. Kd2 Ne4+ 18. Ke3 Ng5 19. Nd4 bxc6 20. Rhb1 f6
21. exf6 gxf6 22. Rb6 Rh7 23. f4 Nf7 24. Bxe6 Nd8 25. Bxc8
Rxc8 26. Rxa6 Re7+ 27. Kf3 Rd7 28. Nf5 h5 29. Rb6 Ne6 30. Rc1
Rd5 31. Rbxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Kd7 33. Ke4 Rd2 34. Rb6 Nc5+
35. Kf3 Rxh2 36. Rxf6 Nb3 37. Rd6+ Ke8 38. Rd3 Nd2+ 39. Ke3
Nf1+ 40. Ke4 Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. Rd6+ Kf7 43. a5 Ra2 44. a6
Ra4+ 45. Kf3 Nh2+ 46. Ke2 Ng4 47. Rc6 Ra3 48. Nh6+ Kg7
49. Nxg4 hxg4 50. Rc7+ Kf6 51. a7 Kf5 52. Kd2 Ke4 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.26"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Mikhail Antipov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 c5 11. a3 Bxd2+
12. Qxd2 cxd4 13. exd4 Re8+ 14. Be3 Nf6 15. f3 Qb6 16. O-O Bd7
17. a4 a5 18. Rfc1 Rec8 19. Rc5 Qe6 20. Bf2 b6 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8
22. b3 Qc6 23. Be1 Ne8 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Bd3 Qf6 26. Bf2 Qc6
27. Re1 Qc3 28. Qe3 Rc8 29. g4 g6 30. Qe7 Be6 31. Ba6 Rb8
32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kf8 34. Qxd5 Qc7 35. Bc4 Nf6 36. Qg5
Qe7 37. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.27"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander Mista"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Nc5
18. Qd2 Be7 19. Bh6 Nfd7 20. a5 Bc8 21. Ra3 Nb7 22. Rea1 Ndc5
23. Nh2 Bd7 24. Be3 Bh4 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Ne2 Qc8 27. Kh2 Bg7
28. g4 Na4 29. Bxa4 bxa4 30. Ng3 Nxa5 31. Rg1 Nb3 32. Qe2 Rb8
33. Nh4 Kh8 34. Qf3 Qd8 35. Qxf7 Rf8 36. Nxg6+ hxg6 37. Qxg6
Be8 38. Qe6 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ivan Ivanisevic"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 a6
7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. a3 Rc8 12. h4
Qa5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Qf2 e6 15. Kb1 Qb8 16. Bh3 Rxc3 17. bxc3
Qc7 18. g5 Nh5 19. Bg4 hxg5 20. hxg5 Be7 21. Bd4 Rg8 22. Bxh5
gxh5 23. Rxh5 e5 24. Be3 Qxc3 25. Bd2 Qc7 26. Ba5 Qb8 27. Bb4
Bc8 28. Rh6 Qb6 29. Qh2 Rg6 30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Qd2 Nc5 32. Nxc5
dxc5 33. Ba5 Qe6 34. Bd8 Bf8 35. Bf6 Bd7 36. Qa5 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Mikhailo Oleksienko"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qc7
7. Ne2 Qxe5 8. Bf4 Qxb2 9. Nbc3 Nf6 10. O-O Qb4 11. Rb1 Qxc5
12. Ba4 e5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 14. Bg3 O-O-O 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nb5
Bc5 17. Ned4 Qf6 18. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3
Re8 7. d3 c6 8. Ne2 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Rb1 Nc6
12. O-O Bg4 13. f3 Bf5 14. Rxb7 Nb6 15. f4 e4 16. Qb3 Be6
17. Qb5 exd3 18. Rxb6 dxe2 19. Re1 Bc4 20. Qxc6 Qd1 21. Kf2
Rad8 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Nils Grandelius"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. d4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3
7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bb2 Nd5 11. e4 Nb6
12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. d5 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Ne5 16. Qb3
Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rc8 19. h4 Qd6 20. Kg2 Qe5
21. Qe2 f5 22. exf5 Qxd5+ 23. Qe4 Rxf5 24. Qxd5+ Nxd5 25. Rxb7
a6 26. Rb2 Kf7 27. Nb1 Rf6 28. Re5 Rf5 29. Re4 Nf6 30. Ree2
Rcc5 31. Nd2 Rfe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Nf3 Ra5 34. Re2 Kf8
35. Nd4 Ra4 36. Nc6 Re4 37. Rb2 Nd5 38. Rd2 Re6 39. Rc2 Nf6
40. a4 h6 41. a5 Kg7 42. Kf1 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Nb4 Re5
45. Ra2 Re6 46. Re2 Ne4 47. g4 Kf7 48. Nd3 Kf6 49. Rc2 Rd6
50. Ke2 Rd5 51. Rc6+ Kf7 52. Ke3 Nf6 53. Rxa6 Nxg4+ 54. Ke4
Rd8 55. f3 Nf6+ 56. Ke3 Nd5+ 57. Kf2 e6 58. Rc6 Rb8 59. Ne5+
Ke7 60. Rc2 Rb5 61. a6 Nb4 62. a7 Ra5 63. Rb2 Kf6 64. Ng4+ Kf5
65. Ne3+ Kf6 66. Rxb4 Rxa7 67. Rb5 Ra4 68. Kg3 Ra6 69. Ng4+
Kg6 70. Nf2 Rd6 71. Kg4 Rd2 72. Rxg5+ Kh6 73. Rh5+ Kg6 74. Rh2
1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Be7
12. Qf2 Bb7 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Bd4 d6 15. g4 b4 16. Na4 Nxf3
17. Qxf3 Bxe4 18. Qh3 Bxh1 19. g5 Ne4 20. g6 f6 21. Qxe6 Ng5
22. Qe3 hxg6 23. Nb6 Ra7 24. Bd3 Rxh2 25. Bxg6+ Kf8 26. Nc5
Bc6 27. Ne6+ Nxe6 28. Qxe6 Be8 29. Bd3 Rc7 30. Re1 Qd8 31. Nd5
Bf7 32. Qe4 Rd7 33. Nf4 d5 34. Ng6+ Bxg6 35. Qxg6 Rh6 36. Qg2
Bd6 37. Rg1 Rh4 38. Qxd5 Be7 39. Qg2 Rdxd4 40. Qxg7+ Ke8
41. Qg6+ Kd7 42. Qf5+ Kc7 43. Qa5+ Kb8 44. Qxa6 Rd6 45. Qa4
Qb6 46. Re1 Rg4 47. b3 Rg1 48. Bf1 Rd8 49. a3 Bf8 50. Ka2 Qc5
51. axb4 Qxb4 52. Qa6 Rg5 53. Kb2 Ra5 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Rapid Open)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael John Basman"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. c4 Be6 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. f3 Ng6 8. fxe4 dxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxc4 10. Nf3 Bb4 11. Qc2 Nd7
12. h4 Nf6 13. h5 Ne7 14. h6 gxh6 15. Bxh6 Nxg4 16. Bg5 Qa5
17. Rh4 h5 18. a3 Bxc3+ 19. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 20. bxc3 f6 21. Bd2 Kf7
22. Bc2 Rae8 23. e3 Ng6 24. Bxg6+ Kxg6 25. O-O-O 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Rapid Open)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. a3 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Ne7 9. a4 h6 10. a5 Ng6 11. c4 Be6 12. Be3
Nd7 13. b4 Nf4 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Bf1 g5 16. Kh2 Kh8 17. g3 Nxh3
18. Bxh3 g4 19. Bg2 gxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxc4 21. Kg2 Kg7 22. Rh1 Rh8
23. Rh4 Nf8 24. Qd2 Ne6 25. Qc3 Bb5 26. Rah1 Kf8 27. Bg4 Bc6
28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. b5 Bxb5 30. Rxh6 Rxh6 31. Rxh6 Qg4 32. f3
Qg7 33. Qxc7 a6 34. Qxd6+ Kg8 35. Rh5 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Rapid Open)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Bd3 d6 6. a3 Ba5
7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bd4
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bf1 Bf5 14. d3 a5 15. Bf4 axb4 16. axb4 b5
17. Nc5 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 h6 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Nxb4 21. Re5 Qf3
22. Bg3 Qxg4 23. Ne4 Nxc2 24. Qc1 Ne3 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Re4
Qg6 27. Bh3 h5 28. Rxd4 Nf5 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Qxc7 Kg7 31. Kg2
Re8 32. Qd7 Re6 33. Qc8 Re5 34. Qa8 Rc5 35. Rd8 Qh7 36. Qa3
Rg5 37. Qf8+ Kg6 38. Kh3 h4 39. Bxh4 Qh5 40. Qg8+ Kf5 41. Rd5+
Kf4 42. Qb8+ Kf3 43. Rxg5 fxg5 44. Qg3+ Ke2 45. Qe3+ Kd1
46. Qxg5 Qf3+ 47. Qg3 Qd5 48. Qg4+ Kc2 49. Qe2+ Kb3 50. Qd1+
Kb4 51. Be7+ Ka5 52. Qa1+ Kb6 53. Qf6+ Ka5 54. Qc3+ Kb6
55. Kg3 Qe6 56. Qf6 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Rapid Open)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Matthew Sadler"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 h5 8. O-O Nf6 9. h3 Bc5 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Nd2
d6 13. Nf3 b5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bg5 b4 16. Nb1 Bb7 17. Nd2 Nh7
18. Qxh5 O-O 19. Rac1 Nxg5 20. Qxg5 Rad8 21. Nf3 Bxe4 22. Qxe5
Qb7 23. Nh4 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Bd4 25. Qe2 Bxb2 26. Rcd1 Qc6
27. Ne3 Bd4 28. Rd3 f5 29. Rfd1 e5 30. a3 a5 31. axb4 axb4
32. Ng2 Qc4 33. Qd2 Rc8 34. Ne3 Qc5 35. Rb3 f4 36. gxf4 Rxf4
37. Qe2 Rcf8 38. Rf1 Rf3 39. Ng4 Rxb3 40. cxb3 Qc3 41. Kg2
Qxb3 42. Qe4 Qe6 43. Re1 Qd6 44. Re2 b3 45. Nxe5 Qxe5 46. Qxe5
Bxe5 47. Rxe5 Rb8 48. Re1 Kf7 49. Rb1 b2 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. h4
Kf5 52. Kg3 Ke4 53. Kg4 Kd3 54. Kg5 Rb6 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Blitz)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6
7. c3 h6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Ne7 12. Nb2
c6 13. a4 Ng6 14. a5 Bc7 15. Re1 Rf7 16. Nc4 Qd7 17. Ncd2 Nf4
18. Nf1 Nh7 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Raf8 22. N1h2
d5 23. e5 a6 24. g3 R4f5 25. h4 Bb8 26. Ra3 Ba7 27. Rd3 Qf7
28. Kg2 Qg6 29. Rde3 R8f7 30. Rf1 Nf8 31. Ng1 Rf4 32. h5 Qg5
33. Ngf3 Rxf3 34. Rxf3 Qxh5 35. Rxf7 Qxf7 36. Qd3 Ng6 37. Nf3
Ne7 38. Rh1 Nf5 39. g4 Ne7 40. g5 Ng6 41. Qe3 h5 42. Kf1 Ne7
43. Nh4 g6 44. Rh3 Nf5 45. Nxf5 Qxf5 46. Rf3 Qg4 47. Qf4 Qxf4
48. Rxf4 Kg7 49. Ke2 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Blitz)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. O-O Be7
7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Nh4 Nd4 10. Ne2 Ne8 11. Nxd4 cxd4
12. Nf5 Bg5 13. f4 Bxf5 14. exf5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4
Qb6 17. a4 Nf6 18. a5 Qc5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. a6 Rfe8 21. Ra4
Re3 22. Rf3 Rbe8 23. Rxe3 dxe3 24. Qe2 Qxf5 25. Kg2 h5 26. Rf4
Qe6 27. c4 g5 28. Rf1 Qe5 29. b4 h4 30. gxh4 gxh4 31. Qf3 Qg5+
32. Kh1 e2 33. Re1 Re3 34. Qg2 Rg3 35. Qh2 Nh5 36. b5 Nf4 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Blitz)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. c4 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. O-O O-O 8. e3 d6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. d4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4
12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 a6 15. Qf3 Ra7 16. Rfd1
Qc8 17. a4 Rc7 18. Ne2 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Rd4
Rc5 22. Rcd1 Rf5 23. Qe2 h5 24. h3 Rc5 25. f4 Re8 26. Qf3 b5
27. axb5 axb5 28. Nxb5 d5 29. Nc3 dxc4 30. b4 Rc7 31. b5 e5
32. Rd6 exf4 33. Qxf4 Qb7+ 34. Kf2 Ne4+ 35. Nxe4 Qxe4 36. Qxe4
Rxe4 37. b6 Rb7 38. Ke2 Rbe7 39. Rb1 Rxe3+ 40. Kd2 Rxg3 41. b7
c3+ 42. Kc1 Rg2 43. Rd1 Ree2 44. Re1 Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Blitz)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. O-O O-O
12. a4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nd2 f5 15. f4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qe8
17. Rf3 Qg6 18. Raf1 h5 19. Qc2 g4 20. R3f2 Qh7 21. Re1 h4
22. Nf1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nf6 24. gxh4 Ne4 25. g3 Qg7 26. Rb1 b5
27. axb5 axb5 28. cxb5 Nxc3 29. Rb2 Na4 30. Ra2 Qc3 31. Qd1
Qc4 32. Qa1 Qxb5 33. e4 c4 34. exf5 c3 35. Qd1 Kf7 36. Qxg4
Ke8 37. Rae2 Ra7 38. Qg6+ Kd8 39. Qg7 Qe8 40. Qd4 Ra6 41. Ne3
Qb5 42. Qg7 Re8 43. f6 exf6 44. Qxf6+ Kc7 45. Qg7+ Kc8 46. Nf5
Rxe2 47. Ne7+ Kb8 48. Nc6+ Rxc6 49. dxc6 Qb1+ 50. Kg2 Rxf2+
51. Kxf2 Qb6+ 52. Ke2 Qxc6 53. Qg8+ Ka7 54. Qf7+ Ka6 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Blitz)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Ng5 d6
7. O-O h6 8. Nh3 e5 9. f4 Bxh3 10. gxh3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ng6
12. Bg3 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. c3 d5 15. Qf3 Bd6 16. Kh1 Rb8
17. Rab1 Bxg3 18. Qxg3 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qd5 20. c4 Qd4 21. h4 Kh8
22. h5 Ne5 23. Nc3 f5 24. Ne2 Qxd3 25. Qxe5 Rbe8 26. Nf4 Qxc4
27. Ng6+ Kg8 28. Rxf5 Qd3 29. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3
dxc4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 c3 9. bxc3 Bxc5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ne4
Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfd1 Qc7
16. Qb4 Nf6 17. Nd4 a6 18. Nb3 a5 19. Qc5 Qb8 20. Rab1 b6
21. Qd6 Nd5 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Nxa5 Bf5 25. Nc6
Bxb1 26. Nxb8 Bxa2 27. Nd7 Re8 28. Nxb6 Rxe2 29. c4 Kf8
30. Rxd5 Bb1 31. Rd8+ Ke7 32. Rd1 Bc2 33. Nc8+ Kf6 34. Rd6+
Kg5 35. Kf1 Re8 36. Rd5+ Kf6 37. Nd6 Ra8 38. Ke2 Ra1 39. Ne8+
Kg6 40. Rd6+ f6 41. Rd7 Kh6 42. Nxg7 Ra2 43. Ke3 Ra5 44. Re7
Rc5 45. Kd4 Re5 46. Rxe5 fxe5+ 47. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Unive Giri-Shirov m 2014"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[EventDate "2014.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Na5
7. Bb3 a6 8. d4 Nxb3 9. axb3 exd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Nf5 Bxf5
12. exf5 O-O 13. g4 Qd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qb5 16. Qf3 Rfe8
17. Kg2 Qe2 18. c3 Re4 19. Ra4 Rae8 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. h3 d5
22. b4 Bb6 23. f6 g5 24. Qf5 Re5 25. Qc8+ Kh7 26. Qf8 Qe4+
27. Kg3 Qg6 28. f4 gxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Re2 30. Bxh6 Qxh6 31. Qxf7+
Kh8 32. Rf3 Bg1 33. h4 Bh2+ 34. Kh3 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Unive Giri-Shirov m 2014"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[EventDate "2014.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 e5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Neg4 14. g3 Bc5 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Bf4 Qb6
17. Kg2 Nxf2 18. e5 Nd7 19. b4 Bxb4 20. Rxf2 Nxe5 21. Ne4 c5
22. Kf1 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Ng6 24. Qd5 Nxf4 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Rxf4
c4 27. Nc6 Bc3 28. Rb1 Rac8 29. Bf3 Qa6 30. Re4 Qxa2 31. Rxb5
Qxh2 32. Qd7 Rf8 33. Rh4 Qc2 34. Rxh7+ Qxh7 35. Rh5 Qxh5
36. Bxh5 g6 37. Be2 Kg7 38. Bxc4 Rce8 39. Qxa7 Bf6 40. Qd7 Re3
41. Kg2 Rc3 42. Qd5 Re3 43. Kf2 Ree8 44. Qd7 Re4 45. Bd5 Ree8
46. Qc7 Rc8 47. Qb7 Rce8 48. Qd7 Ra8 49. Bc4 Rae8 50. Kf3 Re1
51. Qd5 Re6 52. Qd7 Re1 53. g4 Bg5 54. Qd5 f5 55. Ne5 fxg4+
56. Kg2 Be3 57. Qd7+ Kh6 58. Nxg4+ Kh5 59. Nf6+ Rxf6 60. Qh3+
Kg5 61. Qg3+ Kh6 62. Qxe1 Bf4 63. Qh4+ Kg7 64. Bg8 Bh6 65. Qd4
Bf4 66. Be6 Bb8 67. Kh3 Bf4 68. Qd7+ Kh6 69. Bg8 Be3 70. Qh7+
Kg5 71. Bd5 Bf2 72. Qe7 Bd4 73. Be4 Kf4 74. Bc2 Be5 75. Qb4+
1-0

[Event "Unive Giri-Shirov m 2014"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2014.10.18"]
[EventDate "2014.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8
17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+
22. Kf1 f5 23. Ra2 fxe4 24. Rah2 g5 25. Qh5 Rb7 26. Ke2 Be6
27. Qh6 Bg8 28. Rg2 Rbf7 29. Rxh4 gxh4 30. Nf5 h3 31. Nh4 Qxh4
32. Rxg8+ Rxg8 33. Qxh4 Rg2+ 34. Kf1 Rh2 35. Ne3 Rg7 36. Qf6
Rh1+ 37. Kf2 Rh2+ 38. Ke1 Rh1+ 39. Kd2 Rh2+ 40. Kc1 Ne7
41. Nf5 Rg2 42. Nxg7 Rxg7 43. Qf8+ Ng8 44. Bxg8 Rxg8 45. Qf6+
Rg7 46. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2015.07.08"]
[EventDate "2015.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Benjamin Bok"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. e3
Rd8 13. Na3 Bb7 14. b4 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b5 Qc7 17. cxd5
exd5 18. Nd4 Ne4 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. a5 Rab8 21. a6 Ba8 22. Bxe4
dxe4 23. Nc4 Rxb5 24. Bc3 Rbb8 25. Qe2 g6 26. Qg4 Rb3 27. Ba5
Nb6 28. Rdb1 Rxb1+ 29. Rxb1 Qc8 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Qg5 f6
32. Qxf6 gxf5 33. Nxb6 Qb8 34. Qe6+ Kg7 35. Qxf5 c4 36. Kg2 c3
37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. a7 Qd6 39. Nxa8 c2 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Ra1 Rxa8
42. Qxe4 c1=Q 43. Rxc1 Rxa7 44. Rc6 Qe7 45. Qc2 Qf7 46. Rc4
Ra6 47. e4 Ra3 48. Qe2 Ra6 49. h4 Re6 50. e5 Qb7+ 51. Kh2 Qd5
52. Qg4+ Rg6 53. Qf4 Qf7 54. Qxf7+ Kxf7 55. f4 Re6 56. h5 Be7
57. Rc7 h6 58. Kh3 Ra6 59. Kg4 Rb6 60. Kf5 Ra6 61. g4 Kf8
62. g5 hxg5 63. fxg5 Bd8 64. Rc8 Ke7 65. h6 Ra1 66. h7 Rh1
67. Kg6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2015.02.15"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. h3 a6 10. O-O e5 11. Qc2 b5 12. Be2
Bb7 13. a3 Re8 14. d5 Ne7 15. e4 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3 Nd4
18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nxe4 20. Bf3 Rc8 21. Rfe1 Nxc3
22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxc3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qe6 25. Rd1 Rc5 26. h4
Rc4 27. Qd3 Bf8 28. Qd8 Qf5 29. Qa8 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 f5 12. a4
h6 13. Nd2 g5 14. Ra3 g4 15. a5 h5 16. c5 h4 17. Nc4 Neg6
18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nb5 Rf6 20. g3 hxg3 21. hxg3 a6 22. Nc3 Nh4
23. Ne2 Nf3+ 24. Rxf3 Nxe2+ 25. Bxe2 gxf3 26. Bxf3 Bh6 27. Nb6
Rb8 28. Kg2 Bxc1 29. Qxc1 f4 30. Rh1 Rg6 31. Rh5 Qf8 32. Qh1
Qf6 33. Qh2 Bg4 34. Bxg4 Rxg4 35. Qh3 Qg6 36. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. O-O Qe8 12. b3
Nh7 13. f3 h5 14. a3 Bh6 15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Qc2 f5 17. b4 axb4
18. axb4 Na4 19. Nd1 g5 20. Bf2 g4 21. fxg4 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 f4
23. gxh5 Ng5 24. Bh4 Nxe4 25. Qc2 Bf5 26. g4 Ng3 27. gxf5 Nxf1
28. Kxf1 e4 29. f6 Kh8 30. Nf2 f3 31. Bd1 Qxh5 32. Qxe4 Nc3
33. Qd4 Rf7 34. Qxc3 Qxh4 35. Bxf3 Ra2 36. Rb2 Rxb2 37. Qxb2
Qxf6 38. Qxf6+ Rxf6 39. Kg2 Rf8 40. b5 Kg7 41. Ne4 b6 42. h4
Ra8 43. h5 Ra2+ 44. Kf1 Kh6 45. Be2 Ra8 46. Kf2 Rf8+ 47. Ke3
Rf7 48. Bf3 Rf8 49. Kf2 Ra8 50. Be2 Ra3 51. Nf6 Ra8 52. Ke3
Rf8 53. Ne4 Ra8 54. Kf4 Rf8+ 55. Kg3 Ra8 56. Nf2 Ra2 57. Bd1
Rb2 58. Ne4 Rb1 59. Be2 Rb2 60. Kf2 Ra2 61. Ke3 Ra8 62. Bg4
Ra4 63. Kf4 Rxc4 64. Bd7 Kxh5 65. Kf5 Kh6 66. Bc6 Kg7 67. Ng5
Rh4 68. Ke6 Kg6 69. Nf3 Rf4 70. Nd2 Kg5 71. Ke7 Rf5 72. Ne4+
Kf4 73. Nf6 Ke5 74. Nd7+ Kd4 75. Kd8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Saric"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qf3 Ne5 8. Qg3 h5 9. f4 h4 10. Qh3 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4
12. O-O-O b5 13. f5 Bb7 14. Rhf1 e5 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rc8
17. Rf2 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Rfd2 Nf6 20. a3 Rh6 21. Qe3 Kf8
22. Kb1 Kg8 23. Rg1 Ng4 24. Qf3 Qb6 25. Re1 Nf6 26. g4 hxg3
27. Qxg3 d6 28. Rg2 Rh7 29. Qg5 Kf8 30. Qd2 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Nxe4
32. Qd3 Nc3+ 33. Qxc3 Bxg2 34. Qc8+ Ke7 35. Qg8 Qf2 36. Rd1
Be4 37. Rd2 Qg1+ 38. Ka2 Bxf5 39. Qb8 Rh6 40. Rd5 Bd7 41. Qb7
Qg4 42. Na5 Kf6 43. b3 Rxh2 44. Rxd6+ Be6 45. Kb2 Qf4 46. Nc6
Rh1 47. Qe7+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.23"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5
7. Nf3 exf4 8. Bxf4 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Ng4 11. Nd5 Nce5
12. h3 Nxf3 13. gxf3 Ne5 14. Be2 Be6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 c6
17. f4 Nf7 18. f5 gxf5 19. Nf4 Qxd2+ 20. Bxd2 Rae8 21. Rhg1
Kh8 22. Rxg7 Kxg7 23. Nh5+ Kg6 24. Rg1+ Ng5 25. Nf4+ Kg7
26. h4 h6 27. Bh5 Bf7 28. exf5 Bxh5 29. Nxh5+ Kf7 30. hxg5
fxg5 31. Ng3 Rd8 32. Rh1 Rd4 33. Rxh6 Rfd8 34. Rh7+ Kg8
35. Rh2 Rg4 36. Ne2 Rd5 37. Rf2 Kf7 38. b3 b5 39. b4 c5 40. a3
cxb4 41. axb4 a5 42. Nc3 Re5 43. bxa5 b4 44. Na2 Rxa5 45. Nxb4
Rg1+ 46. Kb2 g4 47. Nd3 Rb5+ 48. Kc3 g3 49. Rf3 Rb7 50. Bf4 g2
51. Rg3 Re7 52. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[Round "12.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "221"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6
7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 9. Na3 e5 10. c5 Bxc5 11. Nc4 Nd7
12. Re1 O-O 13. Nfxe5 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qb6 16. a4
a5 17. Qc2 Bb4 18. Rb5 Qe6 19. Bf4 Bd7 20. Bd5 Qf6 21. Rxb7
Rac8 22. Qd1 Be6 23. Rb6 Rfe8 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Rc1 Rce8
26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Qf5 29. Rc4 Qd5 30. b4
axb4 31. Qxb4 h5 32. Rxd4 Qf3 33. Re4 Rd8 34. Re3 Qd1+ 35. Kg2
Rxd3 36. Rxd3 Qxd3 37. h4 g5 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ f6 40. Qe3
Qc4 41. hxg5 Qd5+ 42. Qf3 Qxg5 43. Qb7+ Kh6 44. Qa8 Kg7
45. Qa7+ Kg6 46. Qa8 Qf5 47. Qf3 Qe5 48. Kh2 Kf7 49. Qb3+ Kg7
50. Qb4 Qc7 51. Qe4 Qc5 52. Kg2 Qg5 53. Qe7+ Kg6 54. Qe8+ Kg7
55. Qd7+ Kh6 56. Qd6 Kg6 57. Qd3+ Kg7 58. Qe4 Qc5 59. Qb7+ Kg6
60. Qb1+ Kg7 61. Qe4 Qg5 62. Qe7+ Kg6 63. Qe8+ Kg7 64. Qb5 Qg4
65. Qb7+ Kg6 66. Qb1+ Kg7 67. a5 h4 68. Qd3 Qc8 69. a6 Qc6+
70. Kh2 Qb6 71. Kg2 h3+ 72. Kxh3 Qxf2 73. Qc4 Kg6 74. Qf4 Qg1
75. Qe4+ f5 76. Qg2 Qa1 77. Qc6+ Kg5 78. Kg2 Qa2+ 79. Kf3 Qa3+
80. Ke2 Qa2+ 81. Kd3 Qb3+ 82. Qc3 Qd5+ 83. Qd4 Qb5+ 84. Qc4
Qb1+ 85. Kd2 Qb2+ 86. Ke3 Qa3+ 87. Kf2 Qa5 88. Qf4+ Kg6
89. Qd6+ Kh5 90. Ke3 Qa4 91. Kd2 Qb3 92. Qd3 Qa2+ 93. Ke3 Kg5
94. Kf3 Qa1 95. Qd8+ Kh5 96. Qe8+ Kg5 97. Qe7+ Kg6 98. Qe6+
Kg5 99. Qe3+ Kf6 100. a7 Qf1+ 101. Qf2 Qh1+ 102. Ke2 Qe4+
103. Qe3 Qc4+ 104. Ke1 Qb4+ 105. Kf1 Qb1+ 106. Kg2 Qb7+
107. Kh2 Kf7 108. Qa3 Qa8 109. Qb3+ Kg7 110. Qb8 Qf3 111. a8=Q
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Emsdetten GER"]
[Date "2015.02.01"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Csaba Balogh"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. d3 Bc5
7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. dxc4 Qe7 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Qe3 Re8 13. Qc5 Na6 14. Qxe7 Rxe7 15. O-O-O Bf5 16. h3 h5
17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nc2 Rae8 19. Ne3 Bc8 20. a3 Nc7 21. b4 Re5
22. Kb2 a5 23. Rd4 axb4 24. axb4 c5 25. bxc5 Ne6 26. Rd2 Nxc5
27. Ncd5 Be6 28. Rhd1 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Na4+ 30. Kb3 Nb6 31. Rd4
Rd8 32. d6 Nc8 33. Nc4 Rb5+ 34. Kc3 Nb6 35. Bxe4 Rc8 36. Bd3
Rbc5 37. Kb4 Nbd5+ 38. Kb3 Rb5+ 39. Kc2 Nb4+ 40. Kd2 Nc6
41. Rf4 Rd8 42. Ke1 Rc5 43. Rf5 Rxf5 44. Bxf5 g6 45. Bb1 b5
46. Nb6 Kg7 47. f4 Rb8 48. Nd5 Nxd5 49. Rxd5 Kf6 50. Rc5 Nd8
51. e4 b4 52. e5+ Ke6 53. Be4 b3 54. Rc7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1
bxa4 13. Ne3 Bc8 14. Nh4 g6 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5
Rb8 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qd2 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. c3 Qd7 22. Qc2
a5 23. Rxa4 Red8 24. Bc1 d5 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Rae4 f6 27. Qa4
Rbc8 28. R4e3 Rc7 29. Nd2 Rcd7 30. Nc4 Qe6 31. Qc2 Bd6 32. f4
Bc7 33. Rf3 Rd5 34. Qe2 Kh8 35. Qf1 f5 36. Rfe3 Qf6 37. Qe2
Re8 38. g4 Qh4 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Kh1 Rd7 41. Rg1 e4 42. Qg2
Qf6 43. Rg3 Qf7 44. b3 Bd8 45. dxe4 fxe4 46. f5 Bc7 47. Rg4
Ne5 48. Rxe4 Rdd8 49. Bg5 Rb8 50. Qe2 Nd7 51. Re6 Rg8 52. Qf3
Rbe8 53. Qg4 Ref8 54. Nd6 Bxd6 55. Rxd6 Qxf5 56. Rxd7 Qxg4
57. Rxg4 Rf5 58. Rd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.24"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 Bd7 5. Nf3 a6 6. a3 f6
7. Bd3 fxe5 8. dxe5 Bc5 9. O-O Nge7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Nf4 h6
12. c4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bc2
c5 17. Be3 Qb6 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Qd3 Rf5 20. f4 Bb5 21. Qxf5
d3+ 22. Rf2 Rf8 23. Bxd3 Rxf5 24. Bxf5 Qe3 25. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.05.30"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Viorel Iordachescu"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 c6
7. Be3 Na6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Bd7 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. g4 cxd5
12. cxd5 Nc5 13. a3 a5 14. a4 Ne8 15. g5 f5 16. h4 Rf7 17. Nb3
Na6 18. Bb5 Nb4 19. f3 Bf8 20. Kd2 Ng7 21. Qg1 Nh5 22. Bb6 Qe8
23. Bxa5 Nc6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Bc4 d5 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Bxd5
Be6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Qb6 Qc4 30. Qb5 Qf4+ 31. Kc2 Ng3
32. Rhd1 Qxf3 33. Qxe5 Ne4 34. Qe6 Qg2+ 35. Kb1 Rc6 36. Qe5
Rc4 37. Qd5 Rc8 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. Ka2 Bg7 40. Rd2 Qf3 41. Re1
1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Bart Michiels"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6
7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. Rg1 Bb7 10. g4 e5 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4
Nc7 13. Bd3 g6 14. h5 Nc5 15. Be2 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. d3 Bb4+
18. Kf1 Bc8 19. dxe4 Bh3+ 20. Rg2 Ne6 21. a3 dxe4 22. Qxe4
Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nxg5 24. Qf4 Nxf3 25. axb4 Ng5 26. hxg6 fxg6
27. Qe5 Kf7 28. f4 Ne6 29. Bg4 Qe7 30. Rh1 Nxf4+ 31. exf4 Qxe5
32. Bxe5 h5 33. Bf3 Rad8 34. Bxc6 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 Rd3+ 36. Ke4
Rxb3 37. Ra1 Rxb4 38. Rxa7+ Ke6 39. Bd5# 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.06.03"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adrien Demuth"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. e4 O-O 8. a7 Rxa7 9. Nf3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. exd5 d6
12. O-O Na6 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Bb5 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Nc4 Nh5
17. g4 Bxc3 18. Bxd7 Bd4+ 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Bxe8 Qxe8 21. gxh5
Nb4 22. Bf4 Nxd5 23. Nxd6 Qd7 24. Bg3 Ra6 25. Ne4 Rc6 26. Be5
f5 27. Nf2 Ne3 28. Rfc1 Qd5 29. Rxc6 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.06.04"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O O-O
12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rae1 Nb6 14. Nc1 Qg5 15. f3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5
17. e4 Nc4 18. Qe2 Qg5 19. Qf2 Nf4 20. Kh1 Qd8 21. e5 c5
22. b3 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Qg5 24. g3 Ne6 25. Qf2 Nb6 26. f4 Qe7
27. f5 Ng5 28. Qd4 Rac8 29. Nd3 Red8 30. Nb5 Nc4 31. Nf4 Na3
32. Nd6 Nc2 33. Nxc8 Qd7 34. Qd1 Rxc8 35. Qxd5 Qxf5 36. e6
fxe6 37. Rxe6 Qxd5+ 38. Nxd5 Kh7 39. Re7 Nd4 40. Rc7 Rd8
41. Nf4 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.06.05"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jules Moussard"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Nbd2
O-O 7. c4 e6 8. Qc2 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 c5 11. Rac1 Qe7
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. cxd5 exd5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Qc7
Rfe8 17. Nf3 Rab8 18. e3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5
21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Rc7 a5 23. Rfc1 Kf8 24. Rd7 Rc8 25. Rxc8+
Bxc8 26. Rd8+ Re8 27. Rd6 Be6 28. Rxb6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.06.07"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Matthieu Cornette"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nd5
Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bf6 Bxf6 9. Nxf6+ Kf8 10. Qd2 d5 11. Bxc6
Nxc6 12. Nxd5 Bf5 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14. exf5 Re8+ 15. Kf1 gxf5
16. g3 Qd8 17. Qd3 Qd5 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Kg7 20. Rd1 Kf6
21. Rd2 Re4 22. Kg2 Rhe8 23. Rhd1 Re2 24. Ng1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2
Re1 26. Ne2 Rb1 27. c3 d3 28. Nf4 Ne5 29. Nd5+ Ke6 30. Nf4+
Kf6 31. b4 b6 32. b5 Kg7 33. b4 Rb3 34. Nd5 Rb1 35. f4 Rc1
36. fxe5 Rc2 37. Rf2 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.06.08"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Igor Alexandre Nataf"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d6
7. d4 Qa5+ 8. Qd2 Qxd2+ 9. Nfxd2 d5 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. e3 Na6
12. O-O Be6 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. a3 b6 15. Rac1 Nb8 16. Ba1 Bg4
17. Re1 Be6 18. Ne2 Bf5 19. Nc3 Be6 20. h3 h5 21. Red1 Kf8
22. Bf1 c5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Nf3 Rdc8 25. Na4 R5c7 26. Be5 Rb7
27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Nc3 e6 29. Bg2 Nc6 30. Bd6+ Kg8 31. cxd5 Nxd4
32. exd4 Ne8 33. dxe6 Nxd6 34. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6
7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bc2 Ba7 10. h3 Re8 11. Ng5 Bd7
12. Ngf3 Be6 13. Re1 h6 14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Ng3 Qd7
17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Nhf5 Kh8 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxg7 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1
Kxg7 22. Bxh6+ Kh8 23. Qd2 Rg8 24. Qf4 Qd6 25. Qh4 Qxg3
26. fxg3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 c5 11. Bf2 g5 12. Qh5
gxf4 13. O-O Bg7 14. Rae1 c4 15. Nxd5 cxd3 16. Bh4 Qa5
17. Rxf4 O-O 18. Rg4 f6 19. exf6 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Rf7 21. Rxe6
dxc2 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. Rxg7+ Rxg7 24. Re8+ Qf8 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8
26. Qc5 Rg4 27. Qxc2 Rxh4 28. Qb3+ Be6 29. Qg3+ Rg4 30. Qc7
Bf7 31. h3 Rg6 32. Qc6 Rb8 33. b3 a5 34. Kh2 Re8 35. Qb6 Re2
36. Kh1 Rgxg2 37. Qd6 Rg6 38. a4 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Re2+ 40. Kh1 Rf2
41. Qc6 Rf1+ 42. Kh2 Rf2+ 43. Kh1 Rf5 44. Kh2 Rfxf6 45. Qc5
Be8 46. h4 Ne6 47. Qc8 Rf8 48. h5 Rgf6 49. Kg3 Bxh5 50. Qc3
Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3
Nb4 13. Qf3 Bf8 14. a5 Bd7 15. Nb3 Bc6 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Rae1
Nd7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qh3 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Nd4 Na4 22. Nd1
Nxd3 23. cxd3 Rab8 24. f5 exf5 25. Nxf5 Bd7 26. Nh6+ gxh6
27. Qg3+ Kh8 28. Rxf7 Rb4 29. Ref1 Qd8 30. Nc3 Be6 31. Ra7 Re7
32. Rxa6 Nxc3 33. bxc3 Rbb7 34. Rxd6 Rbd7 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8
36. Bd4+ Rg7 37. Bxg7+ Rxg7 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1
Rb8 7. h3 Qc7 8. c3 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. c4 Nb4 11. d4 cxd4
12. a3 Na6 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. c5 d6 15. cxd6 exd6 16. exd6 Qb6
17. Qh4 Nc5 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. Nbd2 Nd7 20. Rab1 Qxa3 21. Rxb8
Nxb8 22. Bh6 Nd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Ne4 Re8
26. Kh2 a5 27. Nfg5 Rf8 28. Nf6+ Nxf6 29. Qxf6 Qa2 30. Re7 Bf5
31. Nxf7 Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qxa5 Bd7 35. Qc5
Rf5 36. Qa7 Rf7 37. g4 Kf6 38. f4 Kg7 39. Kg3 Kg8 40. Qe3 Kg7
41. h4 Kg8 42. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "0:58:33-0:11:33"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Rd1 b6 10.b3 a5 11.Bc3 Bb7 12.Nbd2 c5 13.Ne5
cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Qc8 16.Rac1 dxc4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6
18.Qxc4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qb7+ 20.Qe4 Rfb8 21.Rc6 Qd7 22.Rcc1 Qb7
23.Qxb7 Rxb7 24.Ne4 Be7 25.Nd6 Rd7 26.Nc4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 b5
28.Ne5 Bf6 29.Nd7 a4 30.Rc1 axb3 31.axb3 Be7 32.Rc7 Rd8 33.Rb7
Bd6 34.g4 h5 35.gxh5 Kh7 36.b4 Bxb4 37.Ne5 Rd5 38.Nxf7 Rxh5
39.f4 Kg6 40.Ne5+ Kh7 41.Nf7 Kg6 42.Ne5+ Kh7 43.Nf3 Rf5
44.Ng5+ Kh6 45.Kf3 Bd2 46.e3 b4 47.Nxe6 Rh5 48.Nxg7 Rxh2
49.Nf5+ Kg6 50.Ne7+ Kf6 51.Nd5+ Ke6 52.Ke4 Rh3 53.Rb6+ Kd7
54.Kd3 Bc1 55.Rxb4 Kd6 56.Kd4 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[EventDate "2015.07.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Roeland Pruijssers"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7
12. Bc2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Na5 14. Nd4 c5 15. Qd3 g6 16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. h4 Rg8 20. Rad1 Nc6 21. Rfe1 Bd8
22. Qh3 g5 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Rd3 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 c4 26. Rh3 d4
27. Bg6 Rfg7 28. Be4 Rf7 29. f4 d3 30. Kh2 Rg4 31. Rh5 Rgg7
32. Bg6 Qd5 33. Rg5 Re7 34. Re3 d2 35. Reg3 Qd8 36. Bc2 Qf8
37. Rxg7 Rxg7 38. Rxg7 Qxg7 39. Qxe6 Ne7 40. Qd6 h5 41. Qxd2
Qg4 42. f5 Nd5 43. f6 1-0

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[EventDate "2015.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sipke Ernst"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8
12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bd3 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4
Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bb8 18. Nce2 Ne4 19. Ng3 f6 20. Rc1 Qf7 21. Qe2
Qg6 22. Red1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qb5 Nc5 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Ba3
Be5 27. Qc2 Ne4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Nc6 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qh5+
31. Kg3 g5 0-1

[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[EventDate "2015.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Erwin L'Ami"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bb5 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 a6
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5
Qe7 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. f3 Bd7 19. Qd4 Qe7 20. Nc3 Rfe8 21. Rfe1
h5 22. Na4 Rb8 23. Nc5 a5 24. Qc3 Rb5 25. e4 Qd6 26. e5 Qe7
27. a3 Bf5 28. Qd4 Qg5 29. Kf2 Qg6 30. Re3 Qg5 31. Rce1 Qe7
32. Rc1 Qg5 33. Rcc3 Qe7 34. Kg1 Qg5 35. Kf1 Qe7 36. Kf2 Qg5
37. g3 Qe7 38. Kg2 Be6 39. h3 g6 40. Re1 Kg7 41. Rec1 Bc8
42. Re3 Be6 43. Re2 Kg8 44. Rd2 Bc8 45. Re2 Be6 46. Kh2 Kg7
47. Qc3 Kg8 48. Qd4 Kg7 49. Ree1 Kg8 50. Re3 Kg7 51. Re2 Kg8
52. Rc3 Kg7 53. Rg2 Kg8 54. g4 hxg4 55. fxg4 Kg7 56. Rf2 Qg5
57. b4 axb4 58. axb4 Kg8 59. Nd3 Bd7 60. Ra3 Rbb8 61. Ra7 Be6
62. Ra6 Bd7 63. Ra7 Be6 64. Kg3 Ra8 65. h4 Qh6 66. Nf4 g5
67. Nh5 Rxa7 68. Qxa7 gxh4+ 69. Kxh4 Kh8 70. g5 Qh7 71. Qd4
Qe4+ 72. Qxe4 dxe4 73. Nf6 Rb8 74. g6 fxg6 75. Kg5 Kg7 76. Rh2
Rb5 77. Ne8+ Kf8 78. Nc7 Bc4 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. b3 Rc8 12. Nc3
dxc4 13. e4 Nh5 14. Be3 Nhf6 15. h3 b5 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Rab1
Qa5 18. Bd2 Qa3 19. Re1 Nb6 20. Re3 Rb8 21. Rxb6 Rxb6 22. Na4
Rb1+ 23. Kh2 c3 24. Rxc3 Qb4 25. Rxc6 Qb5 26. Ne5 Ra1 27. Bc3
Rf1 28. Nb2 Qb7 29. Rxa6 Qxa6 30. Nbc4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Rb8
32. Bxh7+ Kf8 33. Qe2 Rc1 34. Qh5 1-0

