[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Tamilin"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4
Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4
12. O-O Bd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. Qf3 Qd8 16. Kg2 Qf6
17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. f3 O-O 19. Bd2 a6 20. a4 h6 21. Rh1 Rfe8
22. Rae1 Rac8 23. Re2 Rc7 24. Kh3 Rec8 25. c3 Nh7 26. f4 Nf8
27. g5 f5 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Rg1+ Rg7 30. Reg2 Rcc7 31. f5 Rxg2
32. Rxg2+ Kh8 33. fxe6 Nxe6 34. Kg4 Ng5 35. Re2 Kg7 36. Kf5
Kf7 37. Bc2 Rd7 38. Bb3 Bf8 39. Bf4 Ne4 40. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "A Kulikovsky"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2
Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5 11. Bd3
Qh4 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 f6 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Be7 16. exf6
Bxf6 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Bd6 Bxc3 19. Rab1 Bf6 20. Rfe1 a5 21. Bc4
a4 22. Qd3 Ra5 23. f4 Rh5 24. Re2 Ra5 25. Rb8 Ra7 26. Bc5 Rc7
27. Bb6 c5 28. Bxc7 Bd4+ 29. Re3 Qh5 30. c3 Bxe3+ 31. Qxe3
Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qc2+ 33. Kh3 d5 34. Rxc8 Qf5+ 35. g4 1-0

[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolay Khomenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. f3 b4
12. Nb1 Qc7 13. Qc4 Qb7 14. g4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Qe2 Nxe3
17. Qxe3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd2 a5 20. Bc4 Rac8 21. Rhf1
Bb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. f4 Rc7 24. Kb1 Rfc8 25. Rc1 a4 26. Rf3
b3 27. axb3 Ra8 28. Qe5 Qa6 29. b4 Rd7 30. b5 Qb7 31. Rd3 Rad8
32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Qe2 Rd4 34. f5 Bg5 35. Nf3 Re4 36. Qd1 Be7
37. Qd3 Rb4 38. Rd1 Rxb5 39. b3 axb3 40. c4 Qa8 41. Rd2 Ra5
42. Qxb3 Ra3 43. Qb6 Rxf3 44. c5 Qe4+ 45. Kb2 Bf6+ 0-1

[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Mukomilov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 Bg7 5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4 c5
7. d5 Ng4 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nde5 11. O-O Nxf3+
12. Qxf3 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 e5 14. h3 exf4 15. hxg4 h5 16. Qxf4 Bxg4
17. Rae1 Qh4+ 18. Qh2 Qxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Be5+ 20. Kh1 h4 21. Be2
Bd7 22. Nd1 Rae8 23. Bd3 Kg7 24. Re2 Rh8 25. Nf2 g5 26. Rc2 g4
27. Be2 f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Bd3 Bd7 30. Ne4 b6 31. Rcf2 Ref8
32. b3 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 g3 34. Re2 h3 35. Nxg3 hxg2+ 36. Kxg2
Bh3+ 37. Kf2 Rf8+ 38. Bf5 Bxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Bxf5 40. Re7+ Rf7
41. Re2 Bg6 42. Rb2 0-1

[Event "Ukrainian Team Ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Sinzhuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qxa2 11. O-O Qe6
12. Qc2 b6 13. d5 Qd6 14. c4 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. e5 Qc7
17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Rbd1 Rad8 19. Rd6 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxd6 21. Bd3
Rd4 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U12"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergey Baranjuk"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Be3 e5 8. Nb3 d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb8
12. c4 f5 13. c5 O-O 14. f4 e4 15. Bc4 Kh8 16. Qd2 dxc5
17. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Nxc5 b6 19. Nb3 b5 20. Be2 Bb7 21. Rfd1
Qb6+ 22. Qd4 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Nd7 24. Rac1 Nb6 25. d6 Nd5
26. Ne6 Rfe8 27. d7 Rxe6 28. Rxd5 Rd8 29. Rc7 Rb6 30. Re5 Rg8
31. Re8 Rd6 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.01"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Andrei Maksimenko"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Bxc5
Rd8 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxb7 Nc6
21. Rc7 Rd6 22. Ng5 Rb8 23. f5 gxf5 24. Rxf5 f6 25. Ne4 Re6
26. Nc5 Rb1+ 27. Kh2 Rd6 28. Nd3 Rb6 29. Nf4 Nd4 30. Rfc5 Rbc6
31. R5xc6 Nxc6 32. c4 Kf7 33. Kg3 Ne5 34. Nd5 Nxc4 35. Nxe7
Rd3+ 36. Kh4 Ne5 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Itkis"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O e6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. g3 O-O-O 16. Bf4 Qa5
17. Kb1 Qf5 18. Nxf6 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxf6 20. g4 Nb6 21. Ne5
Bxe5 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bg3 Rd5 24. Re1 Rhd8 25. Red1 f5 26. f3
fxg4 27. fxg4 Rg5 28. Bh4 Rxg4 29. Bxd8 Kxd8 30. Re3 Nd5
31. Rxe6 Nf6 32. c3 Nxh5 33. d5 c5 34. d6 Nf4 35. Re4 Kd7
36. Re7+ Kd8 37. d7 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.05"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nikolay Olenin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Ba6 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 f5
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. O-O Rg8 15. Be3 Qd5 16. g3 h5
17. Rad1 Qf5 18. Rd4 e5 19. Rc4 Rg4 20. f4 Qe6 21. b3 d5
22. f5 Qd7 23. Rxg4 hxg4 24. Qxg4 O-O-O 25. b4 c5 26. bxc5 Qb5
27. Qb4 Qxb4 28. cxb4 d4 29. Bc1 a5 30. a3 e4 31. Kf2 Kc7
32. Re1 e3+ 33. Kf3 Kc6 34. Ke4 axb4 35. axb4 Kb5 36. Bb2 d3
37. Kxe3 Bh6+ 38. Kf3 d2 39. Rd1 Kxb4 40. Bxf6 Re8 41. Bg7
Bxg7 42. Rxd2 Kxc5 43. Rd7 Be5 44. h4 Rh8 45. Ra7 Kd5 46. Ra5+
Kd4 47. Ra1 Kd5 48. Rd1+ Kc5 49. Rd3 Kc4 50. Re3 Kd5 51. Rb3
Kc4 52. Rb6 Kd5 53. Kg4 Ra8 54. f6 Ra4+ 55. Kh5 Bxg3 56. f7
Rxh4+ 57. Kg6 Rf4 58. Kg7 Rxf7+ 59. Kxf7 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.06"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Bondarchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bb3 b4
12. Na4 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Bxd5
Bxd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nb6 Bxg2 19. Nxa8 Bxa8 20. Rd3 Rc8
21. Rad1 Bd5 22. Qg4 Rc6 23. b3 g6 24. Qf4 h5 25. Rc1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.08.10"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergey Nakonechny"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 d3 6. Qb3 Na5
7. Bxf7+ Kf8 8. Qa4 Kxf7 9. Qxa5 c6 10. Ne5+ Ke8 11. Qxd8+
Bxd8 12. Nxd3 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. c4 Nb6 15. b3 d5 16. exd6 Bf5
17. Ne5 Bf6 18. f4 Nd7 19. O-O g5 20. Nc3 Rf8 21. Re1 Kd8
22. Bd2 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Nc5 24. Rad1 a5 25. Rf1 Bxe5 26. Bxe5
Kd7 27. Bd4 Ne6 28. Na4 Bg4 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Rd2 Nf4 31. Nc5+
Ke8 32. h3 Bc8 33. d7+ 1-0

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.08.31"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Azizis Ektoras Azis"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6
12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. c4
Bd6 17. Bc3 Kb8 18. Qc2 Rhe8 19. Kb1 Ka8 20. Ne5 c5 21. f4
cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bf8 23. g4 Rd6 24. Rh3 Rc8 25. Rc3 Rcd8 26. Rcd3
Rc8 27. R3d2 Rcd8 28. a3 a6 29. Rd3 Rc8 30. Qe2 Rdd8 31. g5
Ng8 32. Bg1 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 f6 34. Rd7 Qb8 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Ng6
Bc5 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Qxe6 Rc6 39. Qd5 Rc8 40. Nh4 Re8 41. Nf5
Re1+ 42. Ka2 Re8 43. Nd6 Rf8 44. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.03"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luka Lenic"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Nbd7
12. h5 h6 13. Be3 Qb7 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Rg8
17. Nf4 Ne5 18. Ng6+ Kh7 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bd4 b4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Nd5 Bxb2+ 23. Kb1 Be6 24. Qd3 Rac8 25. Nge7 Na3+ 26. Kxb2
Rxc2+ 27. Qxc2 Nxc2 28. Kxc2 Re8 29. Ng6 Bxd5 30. exd5 Re2+
31. Kb3 Qc7 0-1

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.04"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Arik Braun"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bg4 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Qd3 Nd7 8. Be3 g6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 e5 11. Be3 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. h3 Be6 14. h4 f6 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. g3 Rad8
17. f4 Bf7 18. Nf3 Nb6 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Nd2 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 d5
22. Ncb1 Rb8 23. b3 Rb6 24. h5 g5 25. fxg5 fxg5 26. Nf3 h6
27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Rhf1 Bf6 29. Nfd2 Rb4 30. Nc3 Qh7 31. Rf2 e4
32. Rdf1 Be7 33. Qxa7 Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Qg7 35. Nxd5 cxd5 36. Qa8+
Kh7 37. Qxd5 Rd4 38. Qe6 Ba3+ 39. Kd1 Rd7 40. Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Michal Adamski"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Be3
Qc7 13. Nc1 Nc5 14. N1a2 Rad8 15. Nb4 a5 16. Nbd5 Bxd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Kh8 19. c3 Ne6 20. g3 Bg5 21. Bg1 h5
22. Rfd1 h4 23. Qc4 Qe7 24. Kg2 f5 25. Bxb6 Rb8 26. Bxa5 Rxb2
27. Rab1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Nc5 30. Qg6 e4 31. f4 Bh6
32. Rb4 e3 33. Bb6 Qb7+ 34. Kh3 hxg3 35. Bxc5 Qc8+ 36. Bg4
Qxc5 37. Re4 Rf6 38. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "EYCC B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. Bd3 b5 11. axb6 Qxb6
12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rb1 exf4 14. Bxf4 d5 15. e5 Rfe8 16. Kf1 Bc5
17. Na4 Qc6 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nf5 Nfe4 21. Qe3 Qg6
22. Ng3 Ne6 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bc4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 e3 0-1

[Event "Helsinki vs. Tallinn Match"]
[Site "Helsinki FIN"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[EventDate "2001.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pekka Pakarinen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. Bd3 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Ncxe7 11. g3 Qc7
12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 O-O 14. O-O f5 15. a4 f4 16. Qd3 Ng6
17. Rae1 fxg3 18. fxg3 Rf5 19. Qe4 Raf8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Qc5+ 22. Qd4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qxd4+ 24. cxd4 Rc8 25. Rf2 Ne3
26. Re2 Rc2 27. Kf2 Nd1+ 28. Kf3 Nxb2 29. a5 bxa5 30. Nb3 Rxe2
31. Kxe2 a4 32. Nc5 a3 33. Kd2 Na4 34. Nb3 Kf7 35. Kd3 Kg6
36. Kc4 a2 37. Kb5 Nc3+ 38. Kc5 Ne2 39. Kd6 Nxd4 40. Na1 Kf5
0-1

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.22"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Martins Alutis"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Nd5 7. c4 Nb6 8. Bd3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. O-O
Rb8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rfe1 Qe7 14. f4 Rd8 15. Ne4 Ba6 16. b3 Qb4
17. Re3 d5 1-0

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.24"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Li Wu"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6
7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Qa5
12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Be6
17. g4 a5 18. a4 b5 19. Nxb5 Qb8 20. g5 Nh5 21. Bxg7 Nxg7
22. Nc3 Rb4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rxa4 25. Nd4 Rb4 26. Qc3 Qb7
27. Nc6 Rb5 28. Rhe1 Nf5 29. h5 Rc5 30. Qa3 e6 31. hxg6 hxg6
32. f4 Ng7 33. Rd3 Re8 34. Qa4 Qb5 35. Qxb5 Rxb5 36. dxe6 Rxe6
37. Rf1 Nf5 38. Rh1 Re3 39. Rd2 Ng3 40. Rh3 Re1+ 41. Ka2 Nh5
42. Rxd6 Rf5 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rb3 Rxf4 45. Rbb8 1-0

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.25"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gogineni Rohit"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nd7
7. Qe2 e6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 b6 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. a3 Be7 12. d4
c4 13. Bf4 h6 14. Nbd2 Na5 15. Nh2 O-O-O 16. Bg3 h5 17. f4 g6
18. Nhf3 b5 19. Rf1 Nb6 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Bh4 a5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7
23. g4 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. f5 b3 26. Bb1 hxg4 27. hxg4 gxf5
28. gxf5 Kc7 29. Qf4 Bc8 30. Kf2 Rdg8 31. Rg1 Rxg1 32. Kxg1
Kb7 33. Nf1 Bd7 34. Ng3 Nd8 35. fxe6 fxe6 36. Kg2 Na4 37. Qd2
Qg7 38. Nh2 Rg8 39. Nhf1 Nf7 40. Bf5 exf5 41. e6 Nd6 42. exd7
Qxd7 43. Kf3 Ne4 44. Qh6 Ng5+ 45. Kf2 f4 46. Nh5 Qf5 47. Nd2
Nh3+ 48. Ke1 Rg1+ 49. Nf1 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.29"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Edouard Bonnet"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 Nf6 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qh6 Nc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bd2 Bb7
12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. Kb1 Rxg2 15. f4 Nc4 16. Qf3 Rg8
17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Ng3 a5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. c3 b4
22. Rhe1 a4 23. Qd3 Ba6 24. Qc2 a3 25. b3 bxc3 26. Bxc3 Bb4
27. bxc4 Bxc3+ 28. Nb3 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Qb4 30. Rc1 Bb7 31. Ka1
Rxg3 32. hxg3 Bxe4 33. Qc3 Qe7 34. Nd4 Bc6 35. Nxc6 dxc6
36. Rd1 Kf8 37. g4 Kg8 38. g5 Ne4 39. Qd4 Qb4 40. Rb1 Qc3+
41. Qxc3 Nxc3 42. Rb3 Ne2 43. Rxa3 Nxf4 44. Rf3 1-0

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.02"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrean Susilodinata"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "214"]

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. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Kh1 Be6
12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Bc4 Qb6 16. Qf3
Qc6 17. Bb3 Nd7 18. Qg4 Nc5 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bc4
b5 22. Be2 Rad8 23. b4 Nd7 24. a4 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rb8 26. axb5
axb5 27. c3 h6 28. Bd3 Kh7 29. h3 Nf6 30. Qe2 Qc7 31. Rc1 Qc6
32. Kh2 Rb7 33. Rc2 Rb8 34. c4 bxc4 35. Rxc4 Qd6 36. Qf3 Rxb4
37. Rxb4 Qxb4 38. Bc2 Qc5 39. Bb3 Qd6 40. Bc4 Kg6 41. Bb3 Kf7
42. Bc2 g5 43. Qb3 Kg6 44. Qe3 h5 45. Bd3 Qb4 46. Bc2 h4
47. Bd3 Qc3 48. Qe2 Nh5 49. Bb5 Qg3+ 50. Kh1 Nf4 51. Qc2 Kf6
52. Qd2 Kg6 53. Bf1 Nh5 54. Qd7 Ng7 55. Bd3 Qf4 56. Be2 Qe3
57. Bf3 Qc5 58. Kh2 Kf6 59. Qd8+ Qe7 60. Qd1 Kg6 61. Bg4 Kh6
62. Qf3 Ne8 63. Qb3 Nf6 64. Qb8 Qg7 65. Bf3 g4 66. hxg4 Nh7
67. Qe8 Qf6 68. Qh5+ Kg7 69. Kh1 Qg5 70. Qe8 Qc1+ 71. Kh2 Qf4+
72. Kg1 Ng5 73. Qe7+ Kh6 74. Be2 Qe3+ 75. Kh1 Qc1+ 76. Kh2
Qf4+ 77. Kh1 h3 78. Qa3 Qf2 79. Bf3 Nxf3 80. Qxf3 hxg2+
81. Qxg2 Qe1+ 82. Kh2 Kg5 83. Qf3 Qh4+ 84. Qh3 Qf2+ 85. Kh1
Qe1+ 86. Kh2 Qe2+ 87. Kg3 Qe3+ 88. Kg2 Qxe4+ 89. Kf2 Qxg4
90. Qa3 Qf4+ 91. Ke2 Kg4 92. Qe7 Qf3+ 93. Ke1 Qf5 94. Qg7+ Kf3
95. Kd2 Qf4+ 96. Kc2 e4 97. Qb7 Kf2 98. Qb6+ e3 99. Qxe6 e2
100. Qb6+ Kg2 101. Qg6+ Qg3 102. Qe4+ Kf1 103. Qc4 Qg6+
104. Kd2 Qd6+ 105. Kc3 Kf2 106. Qf7+ Ke1 107. Qf3 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk UKR"]
[Date "2001.11.23"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Komliakov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 f6
7. Be3 Bg4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. h3 Nf5 11. Bf2 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 fxe5 13. dxe5 e6 14. Ne2 g5 15. g3 gxf4 16. gxf4 Qe7
17. Kh1 Kh8 18. c3 Rg8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Raf8 21. Bg4 c5
22. Be3 Nb8 23. Qe2 Nc6 24. Rad1 b6 25. b3 Qd7 26. a3 Ne7
27. b4 Qc6 28. Kh2 Nf5 29. Bc1 Rf7 30. Rg1 cxb4 31. cxb4 Rc8
32. Bd2 Qc4 33. Qg2 Qd3 34. Rc1 Rc4 35. Rxc4 dxc4 36. Bc1 Qd7
37. Qe4 Qc8 38. Rd1 b5 39. Bb2 Kg8 40. Bc3 Bf8 41. Qg2 Bg7
42. Qe4 Bh6 43. Bh5 Rd7 44. Rxd7 Qxd7 45. Bg4 Kf7 46. Kg2 Nh4+
47. Kg3 Nf5+ 48. Kf2 Bf8 49. Qf3 Be7 50. Bxf5 exf5 51. Qh5+
Kg8 52. e6 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. Be2 e4 9. Nd4 Bxc5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nd2
Bxe2+ 12. Kxe2 O-O 13. N2b3 Bb6 14. a4 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. a5
Bxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Rhd1 g6 19. Nb3 Rac8 20. Rd6 Kg7 21. Ra4
Rfe8 22. Rb4 Rc7 23. h3 Re5 24. Rdb6 Ree7 25. Rd4 Nd7 26. Rbd6
Ne5 27. Nd2 f5 28. g3 Kf7 29. h4 h5 30. Rb6 Nc6 31. Rd6 Ne5
32. Rf6+ Kg7 33. Rfe6 Rxe6 34. Rxe6 Nd3 35. Rb6 Nc1+ 36. Ke3
Rd7 37. Nc4 Rd3+ 38. Kf4 Kh6 39. Ne3 Ne2+ 40. Ke5 Nxg3 41. Nd5
Nh1 42. Nf4 Rd2 43. Nxg6 Nxf2 44. Ne7+ Kh7 45. Nxf5 Rd7
46. Kf4 Rf7 47. Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rxh5 Rf6 49. Ke3 Nd1+ 50. Kxe4
Nxb2 51. Ke5 Rf8 52. Nd6 Nd3+ 53. Kd4 Nf4 54. Rg5+ Kh7 55. Rf5
Rd8 56. Ke5 Nd3+ 57. Ke6 Rb8 58. Kf7 Kh6 59. Rg5 Nf4 60. Rg4
Nh5 61. Ne4 Kh7 62. Ng5+ Kh6 63. Ne6 Kh7 64. Rg6 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Valery Kurochkin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Qg4 Nf6 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Ne5 11. Qh3 d5
12. Nc3 Neg4 13. Qf3 e5 14. exd5 Nxh2 15. Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg1
Qh4 17. Qh3 Qxh3 18. gxh3 Nxf2+ 19. Kh2 f5 20. Nd1 Nxd1
21. Rxd1 e4 22. Be2 e3 23. Bh5+ Kd8 24. Bf3 f4 25. Nd4 Bxh3
26. Kxh3 Rg3+ 27. Kh4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxf3 29. Kg4 Rf1 30. Rxf4
h5+ 31. Kg3 e2 32. Rxf1 exf1=N+ 33. Kg2 Kd7 34. Kxf1 Rg8
35. Be3 h4 36. Kf2 h3 37. Rg1 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Kedyk"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd2 O-O
12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qxd6 Be7 15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. Rd3
b5 17. e5 Bb7 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Rhd1 b4 20. Ne4 a5 21. Kb1 Ba6
22. Rd6 Bb5 23. Re1 Rfc8 24. Rdd1 Rc7 25. Nd6 Bd7 26. Rd3 h6
27. Be4 g6 28. g4 Bb5 29. Rh3 Bf2 30. Nxb5 Rxb5 31. Re2 Bb6
32. Rxh6 Rc4 33. Rh3 Bc7 34. Rf3 Rbc5 35. h4 Rd4 36. Bd3 Kg7
37. Kc1 f6 38. exf6+ Kxf6 39. Ref2 Kg7 40. Kd2 Rcd5 41. Rf1
Rd7 42. Ke3 Bb6 43. Ke2 R4d5 44. Rg3 Kf6 45. g5+ Kg7 46. Rh3
Bd4 47. b3 Bc3 48. h5 gxh5 49. Rxh5 Kg8 50. Rh6 R7d6 51. f5
Re5+ 52. Kf3 Rxd3+ 53. cxd3 Rxf5+ 54. Ke2 Rxg5 55. Rxe6 Rg2+
56. Rf2 Rg1 57. Re4 Ra1 58. Rg4+ Bg7 59. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.06"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alik Gershon"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Qc2 Nc6
12. a3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 e6 16. h4 h5
17. Qe4 Ne7 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Bh3 c6 20. O-O Kh7 21. Rd3 Bh6
22. f4 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Rad8 24. Rfd1 Qc7 25. Rf3 Nf5 26. Bxf5
gxf5 27. Qc2 Rd5 28. b4 Rfd8 29. Rfd3 Kg6 30. Qc4 Qb6 31. f4
a5 32. Kf2 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8 34. Kf3 Ra4 35. Rb1 Qa7 36. Qc3
Ra2 37. b5 Rh2 38. Ra1 Rh3+ 39. Ke2 Rxd3 40. Kxd3 Qb6 41. bxc6
bxc6 42. Ke3 c5 43. Rd1 Qb5 44. Qc2 Qb4 45. Kf3 cxd4 46. Rb1
Qa3+ 47. Rb3 Qa8 48. Kg3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc5 12. h4
Bg7 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6
17. Qe2 Rc8 18. O-O-O Nd4 19. Qd3 Nd7 20. Nb3 Nc5 21. Nxc5
Qxc5 22. f3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bf2 b4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Qb5+
Rc6 27. Qxc5 dxc5 28. Nd5 Rh6 29. Kd2 Rh2 30. Rg1 Be5 31. Kd3
Kd7 32. b3 Ke6 33. Kc4 Bd6 34. Nb6 Bf4 35. Na4 Be3 36. Nxc5+
Kf6 37. Ra1 Rxg2 38. Nd3 Rxc2+ 39. Kxb4 Bd2+ 40. Kb5 Rc3
41. Nc5 Rxf3 42. Kc4 Ke5 43. b4 Rc3+ 44. Kb5 g4 45. Kc6 Rc4
46. Rf1 d3 47. Rf5+ Kd4 48. Rd5+ Ke3 49. Rxd3+ Ke2 50. Rg3
Bxb4 51. Rxg4 Rxc5+ 52. Kd7 Bc3 53. Kd6 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Nb3 Ne7 8. Nc3 Nbc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. a4 b6 12. f4
g5 13. Bg3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Be3 h5 16. Qf3 Nce5 17. Qf2
Rb8 18. Be2 Qc7 19. h3 Kf8 20. Rad1 Kg8 21. Rd2 Rh7 22. Rfd1
Bf8 23. Qf1 Ra8 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Bc8 27. Qf2
Rb8 28. Rd4 Ne5 29. Rb4 Nd7 30. Rc4 Qb7 31. Rcd4 Ne5 32. Qg3+
Rg7 33. Qf2 Rh7 34. Bf1 Bd7 35. Rb4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Bxb5
Qc7 38. Rb3 Be7 39. Ra1 Rg7 40. Ra7 Qd8 41. Bxd7 Rxb3 42. cxb3
Nxd7 43. Qe2 Ne5 44. Qxh5 Bg5 45. Bd4 Rh7 46. Qd1 Nc6 47. Ra6
Nxd4 48. Qxd4 Bf4 49. Ra1 Rg7 50. Kh1 Qh4 51. Ne2 Be5 52. Qe3
Qf6 53. Qf3 Qh6 54. Rf1 Qd2 55. Nc1 Bxb2 56. Nd3 Bd4 57. Nf4
Qc3 58. Qxc3 Bxc3 59. Nd3 Rg5 60. Rc1 Bd2 61. Rc2 Be3 62. b4
Rb5 63. g4 d5 64. e5 Kg7 65. Kg2 f6 66. Rc7+ Kg6 67. Kf3 Bd4
68. exf6 Kxf6 69. Rc6 Rb6 70. Rxb6 Bxb6 71. Nf4 Bd4 72. h4 Bc3
73. b5 Ba5 74. h5 Bc7 75. h6 Ba5 76. h7 Kg7 77. Nxe6+ Kxh7
78. Nf4 d4 79. Ke4 Bb6 80. Kf5 Kg7 81. g5 Ba5 82. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anna Ushenina"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. f5
b5 13. a3 Rc8 14. g4 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Qe1 Bh4 17. Qe3 d5
18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qc7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Kg1 h6 22. Na5 Ba8
23. c4 Nb6 24. Ra1 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Qxc4 26. Qh3 e3 27. Qxh4 Qe4
0-1

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.04"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Varavin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nd7
7. Qe2 e6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bc2 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. a3
a5 13. a4 h6 14. Na3 O-O-O 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Bf4 Rde8 17. Rab1
Na7 18. Nxa7+ Qxa7 19. b4 Bc6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. c4 d4 22. Nd2
g5 23. Bg3 Kc7 24. Ne4 Rb8 25. Rb5 Bxb5 26. cxb5 Rbc8 27. Rb1
Nb6 28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. exd6+ Kd7 30. Be5 Rh7 31. Qe4 f5 32. Qe2
Nd5 33. Bb3 Qa8 34. Bxd5 Qxd5 35. b6 Kc6 36. Rb5 Ra8 37. Qe1
Rb7 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 39. Qxa5 Qxe5 40. Qa8 Qxd6 41. a5 Qd7 42. a6
Kxb6 43. axb7 Qxb7 44. Qf8 Qd5 45. Qxh6 f4 46. h4 gxh4
47. Qxf4 Qf5 48. Qb8+ Ka5 49. Qb3 Qd5 50. Qa3+ Kb5 51. Qb2+
Ka4 52. Qc2+ Ka3 53. Kh2 Qf5 54. g3 hxg3+ 55. Kxg3 Qd5 56. f4
Kb4 57. Kg4 Qb3 58. Qd2+ Kb5 59. Kg5 c4 60. dxc4+ Qxc4 61. Kf6
d3 62. Ke7 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.07"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vasily Borisovich Malinin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Be2
Nf6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. Nf5 Qxe4 9. Bd3 Qg4 10. f3 Qa4 11. bxc3 O-O
12. Nxg7 Kxg7 13. Bh6+ Kxh6 14. Qd2+ Kh5 15. g4+ Nxg4
16. fxg4+ Qxg4+ 17. Kh1 d6 18. Rf6 Qg5 19. Be2+ Bg4 20. Bxg4+
1-0

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.09"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oksana Vozovic"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. Bc4 g6
7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nd5 10. Bxd5 Nxe5 11. Nc3 O-O
12. O-O c6 13. Bb3 Qh4 14. f4 Nd7 15. Bd2 b6 16. Qf3 Nc5
17. Bc4 Bf5 18. g4 Be6 19. Be1 Qf6 20. Be2 Bd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5
22. c3 d4 23. Rd1 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Qe7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f5 gxf5
27. gxf5 Kh8 28. Rd4 f6 29. Bc4 Rad8 30. Rg4 Nd7 31. Rg2 Ne5
32. Qe3 Qc5 33. Qxc5 bxc5 34. Be6 Rd3 35. Rc1 c4 36. Bxc4 Rxh3
37. Be6 Rd8 38. Rgc2 Kg7 39. Kg2 Rh4 40. Rh1 Rxh1 41. Kxh1 h5
42. Kh2 Kh6 43. Rg2 Ng4+ 44. Kh3 Kg5 45. b4 Rd1 46. b5 Kf4
47. Re2 Kf3 48. Rh2 Nxh2 49. Kxh2 Kg4 50. a4 Rd2+ 51. Kg1 Kg3
0-1

[Event "Sudak UKR"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2002.08.10"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Oleg Anatolie Kulicov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O
7. h3 Ne8 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc7 10. Ba4 d5 11. e5 b5 12. Bb3
a5 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Qd2 a4 16. Bc2 f5 17. Ne2 Ne6
18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. h4 Nf8 20. h5 e6 21. h6 Bh8 22. Nf4 Qe7
23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Bb1 Bb7 25. Nc5 Na5 26. Bg5 Qe8 27. Nxb7 Nxb7
28. Bd3 Nb6 29. Qb4 1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wim Barbier"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5
Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. a5 Qb7 16. Bc4 O-O 17. Ra4
Rab8 18. h3 Rfc8 19. Qd3 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Nxd5 21. Nd2 Bh4+
22. Ke2 Rc8 23. Qb3 Qb5+ 24. Kd1 Ne3+ 25. Kc1 Nxc2 26. Kb1 Nd4
27. Qxb4 Qd3+ 28. Ka2 Nb5 29. Nb1 d5 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Bg5
32. Nb1 g6 33. Rd1 d4 34. Na3 Nxa3 35. Rxa3 Rc5 36. b4 Rb5
37. Kb3 Be7 38. Ra4 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. f4 e4 41. Rxd4 Kf7
42. Ra2 1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Kotsur"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6
7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Bg4 10. Nc5 Qc7 11. h3 Nf5
12. Bf2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 b6 14. Nd3 h4 15. e6 fxe6 16. Qg4 Rh6
17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Bd3 Bg7 19. O-O Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nf8 21. a4 c5
22. b3 cxd4 23. cxd4 Qc3 24. Qd1 Nxd4 25. Rc1 Qb2 26. Be3 Rh8
27. Rf2 Qxb3 28. Bxd4 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rc8 30. Rdf1 Rg8
31. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jose Maria Hernando Rodrigo"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. cxd5 O-O 9. Qd2 Na6 10. Rd1 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Na4
12. e4 Bd7 13. Nxa4 Qxa4 14. b3 Qa3 15. Bb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qc5
17. Nd4 e6 18. Ne2 exd5 19. exd5 Rad8 20. O-O Rfe8 21. Ng3 Bg7
22. Qd3 Rd7 23. Qf3 Re5 24. d6 f5 25. Rd3 Bf8 26. Rfd1 Re6
27. h4 Rexd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. h5 Qc6 31. Qe3
Qd5 32. Nf1 a6 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Ne3 Qf7 35. h6+ Kf6 36. Qh8+
Ke6 37. Nc4 Bc7 38. Qc8+ Qd7 39. Qg8+ Kf6 40. Qf8+ Kg5 41. Ne3
Be5 42. g3 f4 43. gxf4+ Bxf4 44. Qg7 Qh3 45. Qe7+ Kh5 46. Qc5+
g5 47. Nf1 Qg4+ 48. Kh1 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 Kh4 50. Ne3 Bxe3 51. fxe3
g4 52. Qd4 Qe2 53. Qe5 Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Qc2+ 55. Ke1 Qb1+ 56. Kd2
Qxa2+ 57. Kc1 Qa3+ 58. Kc2 Qf8 59. Qh2+ Kg5 60. Qc7 Qf5+
61. Kd2 Qd5+ 62. Ke1 Qh1+ 63. Kd2 Qd5+ 64. Ke1 Qe4 65. Qg7+
Kh5 66. Kd2 a5 67. Ke2 b5 68. Kd2 a4 69. bxa4 bxa4 70. Ke2 a3
71. Qf7+ Kh4 72. Kd2 a2 73. Qf1 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zdenko Kozul"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bd3 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 b5
12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Rae1 Nb4 14. Kh1 O-O 15. e5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Nd7
17. Qg3 Bb7 18. Ne4 Qd8 19. Nxd6 Bd5 20. Rc1 f5 21. Qe1 g5
22. Nd4 Rb6 23. Rc8 Qxc8 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Ne2 Rb7 26. fxg5
Nf8 27. Nf4 Bc6 28. h4 Rd7 29. Qg3 Ng6 30. Nxe6 Rxd3 31. h5 f4
32. Qg4 fxe3 33. hxg6 e2 34. Qxe2 Rg3 35. Rf7 Bxg5 36. Rg7+
Kh8 37. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6
12. Be3 Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 14. a4 O-O 15. O-O Bb7 16. Nb6 Nd7
17. a5 f5 18. f3 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qd7 20. b4 Bd8 21. Be3 Bf6
22. Rb1 Rbc8 23. b5 axb5 24. Rxb5 e4 25. fxe4 Rfe8 26. Rb4 Bc3
27. Bb5 Qd8 28. Bxe8 Bxb4 29. Bc6 Ba6 30. Rxf5 Bxa5 31. h3 Rb8
32. Kh2 g6 33. Bg5 Qc7 34. Rf3 Rb4 35. Bh6 Rb8 36. Qa1 Be2
37. Rf2 Bd3 38. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dragan Paunovic"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. b3 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1
Nbd7 13. Bb1 Re8 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Ndb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8
17. Nxd6 e5 18. Nxe8 Qxe8 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bc2 Qe6 21. Ba4 Bc6
22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rc1 Bh6 24. Rc2 Bf8 25. a3 h5 26. f3 Bh6
27. Rd1 Qa4 28. Rd6 Bf8 29. Rd3 Qa6 30. Qd1 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4
32. Qb3 Qc6 33. Rc3 Qd6 34. Qc2 Qe6 35. Rc6 Qe7 36. Qd3 Qe8
37. Qc4 Kh7 38. Kf1 Bg7 39. Ke2 h4 40. Rc7 Qe7 41. Qc6 Qd8
42. Bc3 Qe8 43. a4 Qd8 44. a5 bxa5 45. bxa5 Nb8 46. Qb7 Nfd7
47. a6 Qg5 48. a7 Qxg2+ 49. Kd3 Qxf3+ 50. Kc2 Qf2+ 51. Kb3
Qxh2 52. a8=Q Qh3 53. Qd5 Qg4 54. Rxd7 Nxd7 55. Qc8 Nf6
56. Qxg4 Nxg4 57. Qxf7 h3 58. Qf3 h2 59. Qh3+ Kg8 60. Be1 Bh6
61. Bg3 Bf4 62. Be1 Kg7 63. Kc4 Nf6 64. Kd3 g5 65. Qg2 Kg6
66. Ke2 g4 67. Bd2 Kg5 68. Qxh2 Nxe4 69. Bxf4+ exf4 70. Qh7
Ng3+ 71. Kf2 Nf5 72. Qg8+ Kh5 73. Qh8+ Kg5 74. Qd8+ Kg6
75. Ke2 f3+ 76. Kf2 Nh6 77. Kg3 Kf5 78. Qd6 Kg5 79. Qf4+ Kg6
80. Kh4 Kg7 81. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Reynaldo Vera"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Re1
O-O 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Bc2 Nc6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Nd6
Bxd6 18. exd6 Qd5 19. Rad1 e5 20. Bb3 Qxd6 21. Bh6 Nc5
22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qc4 Na5 24. Qxb4 Naxb3 25. Nxe5 a5 26. Qa3
Re8 27. Nd3 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Superstars Hotel Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Claudia Noemi Amura"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O d4 11. Ne2 e5
12. Ng3 h6 13. h3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. Nh5 Be6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6
17. Qh5 Kh7 18. f5 Bc4 19. g4 g5 20. h4 gxh4 21. g5 Rg8
22. g6+ 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Glenn Flear"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "217"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Ne6
12. Re1 Bc5 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. h4 d4 16. Bg5 Qd7
17. cxd4 Ncxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qxd1 20. Bxd1 O-O 21. h5
Bd3 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Rc1 Ne6 24. Bg4 Bc4 25. b3 Bd5 26. Bxe6
fxe6 27. Rxc7 h6 28. Rc5 Rf4 29. f3 b4 30. Ra5 Bc6 31. Rc5 Bd5
32. Rec1 a5 33. Rc8+ Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Ne2 a4 36. Nd4 Rd8
37. Rb1 Bxb3 38. axb3 Rxd4 39. bxa4 b3 40. Rxb3 Rxa4 41. Kf2
Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Re2 43. Rb8+ Kf7 44. Rb7+ Kf8 45. Rb5 Kf7 46. Kh3
Rf2 47. Rb4 Re2 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. Rb5 Ke7 50. g4 Kf7 51. Kg3
Ke7 52. Rb7+ Kf8 53. Kf4 Re1 54. Rb2 Kf7 55. Rb4 Re2 56. Rb1
Kf8 57. Rg1 Kf7 58. Ra1 Kg8 59. Ra3 Re1 60. Re3 Ra1 61. Kg3
Kf7 62. Rb3 Re1 63. Rb7+ Kf8 64. Rb5 Kf7 65. Rc5 Ke7 66. Kf2
Ra1 67. Ke3 Re1+ 68. Kd2 Ra1 69. Kd3 Rf1 70. Rc7+ Kf8 71. Ke4
Re1+ 72. Kd4 Rd1+ 73. Ke3 Re1+ 74. Kf4 Re2 75. Rc5 Re1 76. Kg3
Kf7 77. f4 Rg1+ 78. Kh3 Rf1 79. Rc4 Rg1 80. Ra4 Kf8 81. Ra7
Rf1 82. Ra8+ Kf7 83. Ra4 Rg1 84. Ra2 Kf8 85. Rg2 Re1 86. Kh2
Rf1 87. Kg3 Re1 88. Rf2 Ke7 89. Kg2 Re4 90. Rf1 Re3 91. Ra1
Kf7 92. Kf2 Rb3 93. g5 hxg5 94. fxg5 Rh3 95. g6+ Ke7 96. Ra7+
Kf8 97. Ra8+ Ke7 98. Rh8 Rh1 99. Ke3 Re1+ 100. Kd4 Rd1+
101. Kc3 Rc1+ 102. Kd2 Rh1 103. Ke2 Rh4 104. Kf3 Rh1 105. Rg8
Rxh5 106. Rxg7+ Ke8 107. Ra7 Rf5+ 108. Kg4 Kf8 109. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "WY ol"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur MAS"]
[Date "2002.08.21"]
[EventDate "2002.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Timur Gareev"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O
7. h3 Qb6 8. Bf1 d6 9. Na3 Bd7 10. d3 Rad8 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bf4
e5 13. Bh2 Be6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rad1 Nh7 16. Ne3 Qa5 17. a3 Kh8
18. b4 Qb6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb8 21. Rb1 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Qc7
23. Qb3 b6 24. d4 exd4 25. Nxd4 Nf6 26. Nb5 Qc5 27. Nxa7 Qxd5
28. Rxb6 Qa5 29. Rb7 Nd5 30. Rd1 Nxc3 31. Rxd6 Rde8 32. Rxf7
Rxf7 33. Qxf7 Rf8 34. Qe7 Qc5 35. Bg3 Nd1 36. Re6 Qxe7
37. Rxe7 Bd4 38. Kh2 Nxf2 39. Rb7 Bxa7 40. Be5+ Kg8 41. Rg7+
1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.01"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4
h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Nf1 f5
18. exf5 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Bxd5 20. Ra3 bxa4 21. N1h2 Bb3 22. Rxb3
axb3 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. f6 Nxf6 25. Nh4 g5 26. Ng6+ Kg7 27. h4
Qd7 28. Qxb3 Re8 29. Bd2 Qf7 30. Qf3 Qd5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qc3
Na2 33. Qa5 Nb4 34. Qc7+ Qf7 35. Qa5 Ne4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4
37. Nxf8 Qxf8 38. Nf3 g4 39. Ng5 Re2 40. Be3 Qe7 41. Qa3 Re1+
42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. g3 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.04"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nge2 e6 6. O-O Be7
7. a3 d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3
bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nc5 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Ndb5 Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4
17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qg4 Ng5 19. h4 h5 20. Qe2 Nh7 21. Qxh5 O-O
22. Rac1 Nf6 23. Qf3 Nd5 24. Bd4 Rc8 25. h5 f5 26. Rce1 Qd7
27. Re2 Nf6 28. Qb3 d5 29. h6 g6 30. Qe3 Ne4 31. h7+ Kxh7
32. Kg2 Bf6 33. Rh1+ Kg8 34. Bxf6 Rxf6 35. f3 Nxg3 36. Qe5
Nxe2 37. Qxf6 Nf4+ 38. Kf2 Qg7 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Ke3 e5
41. Kd2 d4 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Harmen Jonkman"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Ne2
Bd7 12. h3 Rd8 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 h6 15. Ne4 Ke7 16. Kh2 g5
17. Nc5 Bc8 18. b4 Rd5 19. Rxd5 cxd5 20. b5 h5 21. Rd1 b6
22. Nd3 Bb7 23. c3 a6 24. a4 axb5 25. axb5 Ra8 26. Nb4 Ke6
27. Re1 Kxe5 28. Ng3+ Kf6 29. Nxf5 Kxf5 30. Re7 d4 31. Rxf7+
Ke5 32. Rxc7 Be4 33. Re7+ Kf5 34. cxd4 Ra4 35. Re5+ Kf4
36. Nd5+ Bxd5 37. Rxd5 h4 38. Rd6 Rb4 39. Rxb6 Rxd4 40. Rb8
Ke5 41. b6 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Friso Nijboer"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4
12. Be2 Nge5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rhg1 b5 15. Rdf1 Rb8 16. Nd1 a5
17. Kb1 b4 18. b3 a4 19. Nb2 axb3 20. cxb3 Qa5 21. g6 fxg6
22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Na5 26. e5 d5
27. Bd3 Qc3 28. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Rogers"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4
Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bd2 e6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qe2 Bxf3
12. gxf3 Nd7 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Ba5 Nb6 15. Bb3 O-O-O 16. Kb1
Bh6 17. c4 Rd7 18. Rhe1 c5 19. d5 e5 20. Bc2 Kb8 21. Bf5 Rd6
22. Qe4 Qf8 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Qh6 25. Rde2 Rdd8 26. f4
exf4 27. Qd3 f3 28. Re4 Qh5 29. Rf4 Rhe8 30. Rd1 Rd6 31. b3
Nd7 32. Qxf3 Qxf3 33. Rxf3 Nf8 34. h4 Ng6 35. Bc2 Re5 36. Rh1
Re2 37. Kc1 h6 38. Kd1 Re8 39. h5 Ne5 40. Re3 Rg8 41. f4 Nc6
42. Rhe1 Kc7 43. Re8 Rg4 44. Rf8 Nd4 45. Rxf7+ Kb6 46. Bg6 Ka6
47. f5 Rb6 48. Re6 Rg1+ 49. Kd2 Rg2+ 50. Ke3 Nxe6 51. fxe6
Rxa2 52. e7 Rxb3+ 53. Bd3 Raa3 54. Rxf6+ Ka5 55. e8=Q Rxd3+
56. Ke2 Rdb3 57. Kf1 Ra1+ 58. Kg2 Rbb1 59. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Rd1
Nh4 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Be3 h5 15. Kf2 h4 16. Kf3 Bxd4
17. Bxd4 Rh5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Ne4 b6 20. b3 Ke7 21. Ng5 Bf5
22. Rd2 a5 23. Rad1 Ke8 24. Bf2 Ne7 25. c4 Rh6 26. Ke3 Bg6
27. Nf3 Nf5+ 28. Ke2 Bh5 29. Rd3 c5 30. Kf1 a4 31. bxa4 Bxf3
32. gxf3 Re6 33. a5 f6 34. exf6 Rxf6 35. Re1+ Kf7 36. Ra3 Nd6
37. Bxh4 Nxc4 38. Bxf6 Nxa3 39. Bc3 Nc4 40. Re2 Nxa5 41. Rg2
g6 42. f5 gxf5 43. Rg7+ Ke6 44. h4 Nc4 45. h5 Ne3+ 46. Kg1 Nd5
47. Rg6+ Kf7 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Bb2 c4 50. h6 c3 51. Bc1 Rd8
52. Kf2 f4 53. Rg4 b5 54. Ke2 Kf7 55. h7 Rh8 56. Rh4 Kg6
57. Rg4+ Kxh7 58. Bxf4 Ra8 59. Kd3 Rxa2 60. Bc1 c5 61. Rg5
Nb4+ 62. Ke4 Re2+ 63. Kf5 Nd3 64. Kf6 Nxc1 65. Rxc5 Re3 66. f4
Ne2 67. f5 Nd4 68. Rc7+ Kh6 69. Rc8 Kh5 70. Rc5 b4 71. Kg7
Nxf5+ 72. Rxf5+ Kg4 73. Rc5 b3 0-1

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6
12. Be3 Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 14. a4 O-O 15. O-O Bb7 16. Nb6 Nd7
17. a5 f5 18. f3 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qd7 20. b4 Bd8 21. Be3 Bf6
22. Rb1 Qf7 23. Bc4 Rfc8 24. Qd3 Ra8 25. Rfc1 Qh5 26. Bb3 Bg5
27. Qd2 Bxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Qf7 29. Qb6 Bxd5 30. Qxa6 Rxc1+
31. Rxc1 Rxa6 32. Rc8+ Qe8 33. Rxe8+ Kf7 34. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "225"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2 Nd7 9. O-O Nc5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. b4 Ne6
12. Rb1 Ncd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bd3 b6 15. f4 a5 16. b5 Ne6
17. f5 Nc5 18. Bc2 Nd7 19. Rf3 Ne5 20. Rh3 e6 21. Qf1 Bd7
22. Nd1 Rc8 23. Ne3 d5 24. Bc3 dxe4 25. Qf4 Rc5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5
27. f6 Qxf6 28. Qxf6 Bxf6 29. Ng4 Rf5 30. Rd1 Bg5 31. Rxd7 Rc5
32. Bxe4 Rxc4 33. Nf2 Ra4 34. a3 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Bc2
Rc4 37. Bb3 Rc1+ 38. Nd1 Be7 39. a4 Bc5+ 40. Kf1 Bd6 41. Rd3
Be5 42. h3 Kf8 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Rf3 h5 45. Kd2 Rc7 46. Nc3 Rd7+
47. Rd3 Rxd3+ 48. Kxd3 Bd6 49. Ne4 Be5 50. Ke2 Bc7 51. Kf3 Be5
52. Nf2 Bd4 53. Nd3 Kf6 54. h4 Ke7 55. g4 hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Kf6
57. h5 gxh5+ 58. Kxh5 Kg7 59. Kg5 Be3+ 60. Kg4 Bd4 61. Kf4 Kf6
62. Bd1 Bg1 63. Bh5 Bh2+ 64. Kf3 Bc7 65. Nb2 Ke7 66. Nc4 f5
67. Ke3 Kf6 68. Be8 Bh2 69. Kf2 Bc7 70. Bd7 Ke7 71. Bc8 Kf6
72. Kg2 Kf7 73. Kh3 Kf6 74. Bd7 Bd8 75. Bc8 Bc7 76. Kh4 Bd8
77. Kh5 Bc7 78. Kh6 Bd8 79. Kh7 Kf7 80. Ne5+ Kf6 81. Nc6 Bc7
82. Nd4 Be5 83. Nxe6 f4 84. Nf8 Bc7 85. Bg4 Ke5 86. Ng6+ Kd4
87. Nh4 Bd8 88. Nf3+ Kc3 89. Ng1 Be7 90. Nh3 Kb4 91. Bd1 f3
92. Nf2 Bh4 93. Ng4 f2 94. Nh2 Be7 95. Nf1 Bc5 96. Kg6 Kc3
97. Kf5 Kd3 98. Kg4 Bd6 99. Kf3 Bc5 100. Kg2 Bd4 101. Bh5 Kc2
102. Ng3 Kb3 103. Bd1+ Kc3 104. Kf1 Kd2 105. Bh5 Ke3 106. Nh1
Kd2 107. Nxf2 Ke3 108. Nh3 Kd2 109. Bf3 Ke3 110. Kg2 Be5
111. Bh5 Bd6 112. Ng5 Be7 113. Nf7 1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "169"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+
Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qg4 h6 20. Nf3 Qe4 21. Qg3
Qc2 22. Nh4 Be4 23. Re1 d5 24. Bf1 Qb2 25. a4 Rd8 26. h3 Qa3
27. Re3 Qd6 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Nf3 Ne7 30. Nd2 Bg6 31. Qe2 Nc6
32. Nb3 b6 33. Nc1 Kf8 34. Nd3 Be4 35. Qg4 g6 36. Nf4 h5
37. Qg3 Ne7 38. Re1 Nf5 39. Qh2 Rc8 40. f3 Rxc3 41. Ne2 Bd3
42. Nxc3 Qxd4+ 43. Kh1 Qxc3 44. Rd1 Bxf1 45. Rxf1 h4 46. Qb8+
Kg7 47. Rd1 Ne3 48. Rg1 Nf5 49. Rb1 Qc2 50. Re1 Qf2 51. Qe5+
Kg8 52. Kh2 Ng3 53. Qa1 d4 54. Qc1 Kg7 55. Rd1 a6 56. Qc4 Nf5
57. Qxa6 Ne3 58. Rg1 Qc2 59. Qxb6 Qxa4 60. Qd6 Qc4 61. Qe5+
Kh7 62. Qf4 Nf5 63. Re1 Qc2 64. Re8 Qf2 65. Qe5 Qg3+ 66. Kg1
Qxe5 67. Rxe5 Kg7 68. Kf2 Kf6 69. Re4 Kg7 70. Ke1 Kf6 71. Kd2
Kg7 72. Kd3 Kf6 73. Re8 Kg5 74. Re4 Kf6 75. f4 Kg7 76. Re5 f6
77. Ra5 Kf7 78. Ke4 Ke6 79. Ra6+ Ke7 80. Kd5 Ne3+ 81. Kxd4
Nxg2 82. Ke4 g5 83. fxg5 fxg5 84. Kf5 Nf4 85. Ra3 1-0

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.19"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Severin Papa"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5
12. h4 Rb8 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. h5 Ne5 16. h6 Bf6
17. hxg7 Re8 18. g5 Bxg7 19. f4 Ng4 20. Qd3 Bb7 21. Ng3 f6
22. Be2 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 fxg5 24. Nh5 gxf4 25. Qxf4 Be5 26. Qh6
Bxe4 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. cxd3 1-0

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.20"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Severin Papa"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6
12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. c3
Nxd4 17. cxd4 Ba7 18. Nf4 Qd6 19. Nh5 O-O-O 20. Nxf6 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.21"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Be7
12. Bd2 a5 13. Qb3 Bd7 14. Qb6 Qxb6 15. Nxb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Kxd7
17. Bxa5 Nf6 18. a4 Nxd5 19. Bb5+ Ke6 20. Bc4 Rhc8 21. b3 Rc5
22. Bd2 Kf6 23. O-O Nb6 24. Be3 Rc7 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. a5 Rb8
27. a6 Ra7 28. Rfd1 g6 29. Rd5 Rb6 30. f4 exf4 31. Rf1 Kg7
32. Rxf4 f5 33. Rf2 Bf6 34. Ra2 Kh6 35. Kf1 Kg5 36. Ra4 Bc3
37. Ke2 Be5 38. h3 h5 39. Kd3 Bg3 40. b4 Kh4 41. b5 Bf2
42. Ke2 Bc5 43. Kf3 Rb8 44. Bd3+ Kg5 45. g4 hxg4+ 46. hxg4 Kf6
47. gxf5 g5 48. Re4 Rh7 49. Re6+ Kf7 50. Bc4 g4+ 51. Kxg4 Rbh8
52. Rxc5 Rh4+ 53. Kf3 dxc5 54. Re4+ Kf6 55. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander (Nenashev) Graf"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Nf1 g4 12. hxg4
Bxg4 13. Ne3 Rg8 14. Kf1 h5 15. d4 b5 16. Bb3 exd4 17. cxd4
Nxe4 18. Nd5 f5 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Bxg8 Rxg8 21. Qb3 Qe8 22. d5
Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nd4 24. Rxe4+ fxe4 25. Qxe4+ Kd7 26. Qxd4 Rg4
27. Qe3 Qg8 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. dxe6+ Kxe6 30. Be3 c5 31. f3 Ra4
32. b3 Ra3 33. Ke2 Kd7 34. Bc1 Ra5 35. Kd3 d5 36. Bb2 b4
37. a4 bxa3 38. Rxa3 Rb5 39. Bc3 Rb6 40. Be1 Rg6 41. Ra2 Kc7
42. g3 Kb6 43. f4 Re6 44. Bf2 Kb5 45. Rc2 Re4 46. Rxc5+ Kb4
47. Rxd5 Re8 48. Rxh5 Kxb3 49. Ra5 Re6 50. Bd4 Rg6 51. Rg5 Rd6
52. f5 a5 53. f6 a4 54. Rb5+ Ka2 55. f7 Rd8 56. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Ne5 e6 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7
12. Bc2 O-O 13. Qf3 Ngf6 14. O-O Nxe4 15. Qxe4 g6 16. b3 Rad8
17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. Qe3 Nf6 20. Qf3 Nh5 21. Rfe1 Rd7
22. g4 Qf4 23. Qg2 Nf6 24. h3 Qc7 25. Qf3 Ne8 26. Ba3 Nd6
27. Bb1 Qa5 28. Bc5 Rfd8 29. Qe3 Nc8 30. Be4 b6 31. b4 Qa4
32. Qf3 bxc5 33. Bxc6 Qxb4 34. Bxd7 Rxd7 35. dxc5 Rxd1
36. Rxd1 Qxc5 37. Qa8 Bf8 38. Qxa6 Nd6 39. a4 Ne4 40. Rf1 Qd4
41. Kg2 Nd2 42. Re1 Bc5 43. Re2 Kg7 44. Qc6 Nxc4 45. Qe4 e5
46. Qxd4 exd4 47. Kf3 d3 48. Ra2 Bb4 49. Ra1 d2 50. Ke2 Nb2
51. f4 d1=Q+ 52. Rxd1 Nxd1 53. Kxd1 Bd6 54. f5 gxf5 55. gxf5
Kf6 56. a5 Kxf5 57. Ke2 Bc5 58. Kf3 Bf8 0-1

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. Bd3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5
12. Bd3 Bb7 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bd3 c5 16. Be2 cxd4
17. Bxd4 Rc8 18. Qd2 fxg4 19. Rg1 e5 20. Bc3 Bxf3 21. Bxb5 Qe6
22. Bb4 a6 23. Ba4 Rc4 24. Rc1 Re4+ 25. Kf1 Be2+ 26. Kg2 Bf3+
27. Kg3 Rd4 28. Qg5 Rxb4 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Rxh8
Be4 32. Re1 Qd3+ 33. Qe3 Rxb2 34. Qxd3 Bxd3 35. Rxe5 Rxa2
36. Rd5 Bg6 37. Rd6 Bf5 38. Ra8 Ra3+ 39. Kf4 Rf3+ 40. Ke5 h6
41. Ra7+ Kg8 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Rdxa6 Rxf2 44. R6a7+ Kg6 45. Rg8
Re2+ 46. Kf4 Rf2+ 47. Ke5 Re2+ 48. Kf4 Rf2+ 49. Kg3 Rf3+
50. Kg2 Be4 51. Raxg7+ Kh5 52. Kg1 Bf5 53. Rf8 Kh4 54. Rgf7
0-1

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Tiger Hillarp Persson"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7
7. e5 c5 8. Be4 Rb8 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 dxe5 11. Nc6 Qb6+
12. Kh1 Ngf6 13. Nxb8 Qxb8 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Bf3
e6 17. Qe2 Nfd7 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Ne4 Nxf3 20. Qxf3 e5 21. Bg5
f5 22. Nd6 Nc5 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Pamplona International"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O
O-O 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. a5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Qd3 Qc8 17. Nd2
Rc6 18. Nf1 Nd7 19. Bf2 Bg5 20. Ne3 h4 21. Ned5 h3 22. g3 Re8
23. Nb4 Bc4 24. Nxc6 Bxd3 25. Na7 Qb8 26. Rxd3 Nc5 27. Rdd1
Ne6 28. Nd5 Nd4 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Bxd4 f5 31. c3 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Pamplona International"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alfonso Romero Holmes"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Bb3 h6 11. O-O-O Nb6
12. e5 Nfd7 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Rhe1 Qc7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Ndb5
axb5 17. Nxb5 Qc6 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Nxf7 Nc5 20. Qd8+ Qe8
21. Qxe8+ Kxe8 22. Nxh8 Nxb3+ 23. axb3 Bxh8 24. Bxe5 Bxe5
25. Rxe5+ Kf7 26. Rd4 Nd7 27. Rf4+ Nf6 28. Ra4 Rb8 29. Rea5 b5
30. Ra8 Rb6 31. R4a7+ Bd7 32. Ra6 Rxa6 33. Rxa6 Nd5 34. Kd2
Nf4 35. g3 Ne6 36. Ke3 h5 37. Rb6 Ke7 38. b4 Be8 39. b3 Ng7
40. c4 Nf5+ 41. Ke4 Nd6+ 42. Ke5 Nf7+ 43. Kd5 Ng5 44. Rb7+ Kf6
45. f4 Nf3 46. cxb5 Nxh2 47. b6 Nf1 48. Rc7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2003.11.04"]
[EventDate "2003.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Vasilievich Alexeev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Bc2 Rc8 11. Nf1 Ne5
12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15. Rc1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3
Ne5 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. Bd2 d5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Ne3 Qc6 21. d4
cxd4 22. cxd4 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. d5 Nf4 25. dxe6 fxe6
26. Kh1 Ne2 27. Bb3 Rxc1 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Bxc1 Bb4 30. Rd1
Nxc1 31. Rxc1 Rxf2 32. Rd1 h5 33. h4 Bd2 34. Nc4 Bf4 35. Kg1
Re2 36. Bf5 g6 37. b3 Kg7 38. Rd7+ 0-1

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Miguel Angel Sola Lluch"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 Nf6
7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.Bxf7+ Ke7 9.Qe6# 1-0

[Event "3rd Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Ne4 b6
12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. Rad1 Kc8 15. Rfe1 c5 16. c4 Nf4
17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Nd5 Ne6 19. Nd2 Kb7 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. Rd3 Rd7
22. g3 Be7 23. f4 Rhd8 24. Red1 Bf8 25. Kf2 Re8 26. Kf3 Kc8
27. R1d2 a6 28. g4 b5 29. h4 Red8 30. Ke3 Re8 31. h5 Kb7
32. Ba3 b4 33. Bb2 Kc8 34. a3 a5 35. a4 Rdd8 36. Kf3 Rd7
37. Ke3 Rdd8 38. Rd1 Rd7 39. R3d2 Rdd8 40. Rd3 Rd7 41. Kf3 Kb7
42. Ne3 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 f6 44. Nd5 fxe5 45. Bxe5 Nd8 46. Bb2 Nf7
47. g5 hxg5 48. fxg5 Kc8 49. Kf4 Nd8 50. g6 Bd7 51. Rg3 Ne6+
52. Ke3 Bd6 53. Nxd6+ cxd6 54. Kf2 Rh8 55. Rh3 Be8 56. h6 Rf8+
57. Kg1 gxh6 58. g7 Nxg7 59. Bxg7 Rf7 60. Bxh6 Kb7 61. Bf4
Rg7+ 62. Kf2 Rg6 63. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "3rd Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.24"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. e5
Nfd7 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. Bc2 Qa5 16. h4 b3 17. Bd3
Nb4 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. Qxb3 Bd5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rc8 22. Qf1
Nc2 23. Qxa6 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qd5 26. Qd3 Qxe5
27. Ng5 g6 28. b4 Qf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Rb1 e5 31. b5 Rc2
32. Nf3 e4 33. Bf4 exf3 34. b6 Bc5 35. b7 Ba7 36. b8=Q Bxb8
37. Bxb8 d3 38. Bf4 Rd8 39. Rd1 d2 40. Kh2 Rd4 41. Be3 Rxh4+
42. Kg3 f4+ 43. Bxf4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen group-B playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "179"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4
h6 12. b3 Ke8 13. Bb2 a5 14. a4 Nf4 15. Rfe1 Bb4 16. c3 Be7
17. Rad1 Ne6 18. c4 Bb4 19. Re3 Bd7 20. Nh4 Rd8 21. Nf5 Bc8
22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rd3+ Ke8 24. g4 Bf8 25. Bc1 b6 26. Nfg3 c5
27. Be3 Bb7 28. f4 h5 29. f5 h4 30. fxe6 hxg3 31. exf7+ Kxf7
32. Ng5+ Ke8 33. Bf4 Be7 34. Rxg3 Bxg5 35. Bxg5 Kd7 36. e6+
Kxe6 37. Re3+ Kf7 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. h4 Bf3 40. Rxc7 Re8 41. Kf2
Bxg4 42. Rc6+ Kf5 43. Rxb6 Re2+ 44. Kg3 Rc2 45. Rb5 Rc3+
46. Kf2 Bd1 47. Rxa5 Bxb3 48. Rxc5+ Ke4 49. a5 Rxc4 50. Rb5
Rc2+ 51. Ke1 Bc4 52. Rb7 Ra2 53. Ra7 g6 54. Kd1 Kd3 55. Rd7+
Ke4 56. Bd8 Ra3 57. Kc2 Bd5 58. Rd6 Kd4 59. Bb6+ Ke5 60. Rd8
Ra4 61. Rh8 Ke4 62. Rh6 Kf5 63. Kc3 Rc4+ 64. Kd3 Ra4 65. Rh8
Bg2 66. Rf8+ Kg4 67. Bd8 Be4+ 68. Kc3 Bd5 69. Rf6 Kh5 70. Rd6
Bb7 71. Kb3 Ra1 72. Kb4 Rb1+ 73. Kc5 Ra1 74. Kb6 Bc8 75. Ka7
Rb1 76. Rb6 Ra1 77. Rb5+ Bf5 78. a6 Kg4 79. Rb6 Rd1 80. Bg5
Be4 81. Kb8 Rf1 82. Bf6 Re1 83. a7 Bf3 84. Bd8 Ra1 85. Rxg6+
Kh5 86. Rg5+ Kh6 87. Rb5 Kg6 88. Rb7 Rd1 89. Bb6 Bxb7 90. Kxb7
1-0

[Event "11th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 c6 6. O-O Be7
7. a4 d5 8. Ba2 Be6 9. d4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6 fxe6
12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc4 14. Ng3 Kf7 15. b3 Nxe5 16. Bb2 Ng6
17. Rd7 Rab8 18. Nxe4 Rhd8 19. Rad1 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Ke8 21. Rd3
Kf7 22. g3 e5 23. h4 h5 24. Bc1 Nf8 25. Be3 a6 26. Bc5 Ne6
27. Rf3+ Ke8 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Rf5 Rd8 30. Rxh5 Rd1+ 31. Kg2
Rc1 32. Rxe5 Kf7 33. Nc5 Nd4 34. c3 Rxc3 35. Nxb7 Rxb3 36. Nc5
Rb4 37. Re4 Nc2 38. h5 a5 39. g4 Rxe4 40. Nxe4 Ne1+ 41. Kg3
Nd3 42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Nc4 Nc5 44. Nxa5 Kd7 45. g5 Nxa4 46. Nxc6
Nc5 47. h6 gxh6 48. gxh6 Ne4+ 49. Kh4 Nf6 50. Kg5 Ke6 51. Kg6
1-0

[Event "11th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. b4 Nxb4
7. axb4 cxb4 8. Rb1 bxc3 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. dxc3 d5
12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nd4 a6 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. c4 Bxd4
17. Qxd4 Bf5 18. Rbd1 Rxe2 19. Bf3 Re7 20. Bxd5 Qc7 21. g4 Be6
22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Rfd1 b5 24. Qf6 Rd6 25. Re1 Qd7 26. h3 Re8
27. Bxe6 Rdxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Qf4 Qd3 30. Rc1 bxc4 31. Rxc4
Kg7 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33. Kg3 Qd3+ 34. Kg2 Re1 35. Qd4+ Qxd4
36. Rxd4 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tirta Chandra Purnama"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bd3 c5
12. h3 Rb8 13. a4 h6 14. a5 Rd8 15. Bd2 cxd4 16. exd4 b5
17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Qc1 Nc4 19. Bxh6 Nxb2 20. Qg5 Bf8 21. Rac1
Nxd1 22. Nxd1 Qe7 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. Qg3 Rxd4 25. Be3 Nh5 26. Qh2
Rdd8 27. g4 Nf6 28. Bg5 Qb4 29. Qg3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 Bb4
12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bxc4 g5
17. Qd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 O-O-O 19. O-O Nf4 20. Qxe6+ Nxe6
21. Rac1 Rd3 22. Rfd1 Rd5 23. Kf1 Rhd8 24. Re1 h5 25. g3 g4
26. Kg2 Ng5 27. e6 Nxe6 28. Bf6 Rg8 29. Re4 Rg6 30. Be5 Nc5
31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Bf4 Re6 33. Ra4 a5 34. a3 Rb5 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Abhijit Kunte"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8
12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2 g5
17. c4 Kb7 18. Ng3 Rg8 19. Nh2 Ng6 20. Nh5 Be7 21. Ng4 Bxg4
22. hxg4 Rgd8 23. g3 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Kg2
Kc6 27. Kf3 Kd7 28. Ke4 c6 29. f4 Be7 30. Kf5 Ke8 31. Bc1 gxf4
32. gxf4 Bd8 33. Ke4 Ne7 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. f5 Kg7 36. Ne8+ Kh7
37. Nd6 f6 38. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Julian Radulski"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Bc8 15. b3 Bd7 16. Rb1 Rfc8 17. Bd3
g6 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. Be3 Qb8 20. g4 Ng7 21. Ng3 Nb7 22. b4 Nd8
23. Qe2 f6 24. a4 Nf7 25. Ra1 Qb7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nd2 Bd8
28. Nb3 Ne8 29. Kh2 Nc7 30. Na5 Qb8 31. Rec1 Na6 32. Rxc8 Qxc8
33. Bxb5 Qc3 34. Rc1 Bxb5 35. Qxb5 Qxb4 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Nc6
Qb7 38. Nh5+ gxh5 39. gxh5 Ng5 40. Nxd8 Qb8 41. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuniesky Quesada Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nc4
12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc5 Be7 14. N5a4 Rb8 15. Nb6 O-O 16. Kb1 Rb7
17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rb5 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. a4 Rxd5 21. exd5
Bf5 22. g4 Bg6 23. f4 exf4 24. Rhe1 Bf6 25. g5 Bxg5 26. Bd4
Qxa4 27. Rg1 Bf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qd2 Rb8 30. Qc3 Rb5 31. Rd2
f3 32. h4 Ra5 33. Qa3 Qxa3 34. bxa3 Kf8 35. Rd4 Rxa3 36. Rxc4
Re3 37. Rf1 Be4 38. Kc1 f5 39. Rf2 Ke7 40. Ra4 Bxd5 41. Kd2
Re5 42. Rxa6 Be4 43. c4 Rc5 44. Ra4 Kf6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. Rd2 h5
47. Kf2 Rc8 48. Ke3 Rc6 49. Ra5+ Ke6 50. Ra4 Rc8 51. Ra6 Rxc4
52. Raxd6+ Ke5 53. Ra6 Rc3+ 54. Kf2 Rc1 55. Rh6 Rh1 56. Kg3
f4+ 57. Kf2 Rh2+ 58. Ke1 Rxh4 59. Rh8 Kf5 60. Rg8 Kf6 61. Kf2
Rg4 62. Re8 Kf5 63. Rf8 f6 64. Rh8 Rg5 65. Rh6 Rg2+ 66. Ke1
Rxd2 67. Kxd2 Kg4 68. Rh8 Kg3 69. Rg8+ Kf2 70. Rh8 h4 71. Rxh4
Kg3 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartosz Socko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qb6 16. Ra3 f5 17. Re1
Bd8 18. Nd2 Ba6 19. Nb3 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. Nb3 Qa7 22. Qd2
Ra8 23. Nc1 Nf6 24. b4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. bxa5 Bg5 27. Qa2
e3 28. f3 e2+ 29. Kg2 Rxf3 30. Qxe2 Bxc1 31. Kxf3 Bxa3 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Kb1 O-O
12. h4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd4 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5
17. Qf3 Qc4 18. Nb3 Qb5 19. c3 Rfd8 20. g3 a5 21. Nc1 Rac8
22. Ka1 Qc5 23. Nb3 Qa7 24. Nd2 b5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. g4 Rxd1+
27. Rxd1 Bxh4 28. Rh1 Qe7 29. Qd3 b4 30. c4 Rd8 31. Qe3 a4
32. Kb1 Bf6 33. Qe2 Bd4 34. Rd1 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Rd3 Qb7
37. f3 Ra8 38. Kc1 Qb4 39. Nc3 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Pamplona Tournament"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.26"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O dxe5
7. dxe5 Bg7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6
12. Bf1 Qc7 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. Rad1 g5 16. c4 Ne7
17. b4 Nf8 18. Rb1 Nfg6 19. Bc3 Kb8 20. g3 Rd7 21. Qe4 Nf5
22. a4 Rc8 23. a5 Qd8 24. Bg2 a6 25. Rb3 Rd1 26. b5 axb5
27. cxb5 Qd3 28. Qa4 Nge7 29. a6 b6 30. a7+ Ka8 31. bxc6 Nd5
32. c7 Nfe7 33. Bb4 Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1 Qc4 35. Rc3 Qe2 36. Rc2
Qxe5 37. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Pamplona Tournament"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Sutovsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 Bb4
12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bxc4 g5
17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxg5 Rd8 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3
Rg8 22. Rd1 Bd3 23. Rc1 Rg6 24. Bb2 Rd5 25. Kd2 Bf5+ 26. Ke3
Rd3+ 27. Ke2 Rd5 28. Rhd1 Kd7 29. Rd4 Re6 30. Rf4 Bg6 31. Ra4
f6 32. f4 c5 33. Ra5 Rc6 34. b4 Rb6 35. a3 Rb5 36. Ra6 cxb4
37. Rac6 bxa3 38. Rxc7+ Ke6 39. Bxa3 Kf5 40. R1c4 Rb3 41. Bc1
h4 42. f3 Bh5 43. R7c6 Bxf3+ 44. Kf2 Ra5 45. Rxf6+ Kg4 46. f5+
Kh3 47. Rd6 Rxe5 48. Rdd4 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Kxh2 50. Rxh4+ Kg3
51. Rh7 Rf2+ 52. Kg1 Rg2+ 53. Kf1 Be2+ 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "185"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2
Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.f3 Na5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Qxc3 12.bxc3 d5
13.Bf4 Bd7 14.Bc7 Nc6 15.e5 Ng8 16.Kd2 Nge7 17.Bd3 Rc8 18.Bd6
f6 19.Rhe1 fxe5 20.Bxe5 Kf7 21.Rb1 b5 22.f4 Nxe5 23.Rxe5 Nc6
24.Re3 Nxd4 25.cxd4 g6 26.h4 Rc7 27.Rh1 h5 28.Re5 Kf6 29.Rg1
Be8 30.Re3 Bf7 31.c3 Rhc8 32.Be2 Be8 33.Rb1 Kf5 34.g3 Kf6
35.Rb3 Rc6 36.Bd3 Ke7 37.Re1 Kd6 38.Ra1 R6c7 39.Rc1 Kc6 40.Re1
Bf7 41.Kc2 Kd6 42.Kd2 Be8 43.Rc1 Ke7 44.Rc2 Kf6 45.Rc1 Rc4
46.Bxc4 Rxc4 47.Re1 Bd7 48.Re5 a5 49.Rb1 Ra4 50.Rb3 Be8 51.Kc2
Rc4 52.Kb2 Rc8 53.Kc2 Rc4 54.Rb1 Ra4 55.Kb3 Rc4 56.Rg1 Rc8
57.g4 hxg4 58.Rxg4 Rc7 59.Kb2 Rh7 60.Kc2 Rc7 61.Kd2 Bf7 62.Rg1
Rc4 63.Rb1 Be8 64.h5 Rc7 65.hxg6 Bxg6 66.Rxb5 Rh7 67.Rxa5 Rh2+
68.Ke1 Rc2 69.Rc5 Rc1+ 70.Kd2 Rc2+ 71.Kd1 Ra2 72.Ra5 Be4 73.a4
Bf5 74.Ra6 Bc2+ 75.Kc1 Bd3 76.Raxe6+ Kf7 77.Rd6 Rc2+ 78.Kd1
Rxc3 79.Rdxd5 Ra3 80.a5 Bc4 81.Rc5 Bb3+ 82.Kd2 Ra1 83.Kc3 Bd1
84.Kb2 Ra4 85.d5 Rxf4 86.d6 Rd4 87.Red5 Rb4+ 88.Kc3 Rb3+
89.Kc4 Rb8 90.Rxd1 Ke6 91.d7 Ke7 92.d8=Q+ Rxd8 93.Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Man vs Machine 120'/40+60'"]
[Site "Bilbao Esp"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Deep Junior (Computer)"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7
12. Be2 Rc8 13. c4 h4 14. O-O h3 15. g3 O-O 16. Na5 Qc7 17. b4
Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Nb8 19. Rac1 e4 20. f4 Qd7 21. c5 dxc5 22. bxc5
Bf8 23. d6 Nc6 24. Nc4 Rb8 25. Rb1 Qe6 26. Rb3 g6 27. Nb6 Bg7
28. Nd5 Qd7 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Bc4 a5 31. a3 Ra8 32. Rb5 a4
33. Qe2 Bg7 34. Bd5 Ra7 35. Kf2 Bf6 36. Rb6 Kf8 37. Rdb1 Bg7
38. g4 Bh8 39. Kg3 f5 40. g5 Qh7 41. Bxc6 bxc6 42. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Internet"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tatiana Grabuzova"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Na3 Na5 6.Be2 c6 7.c4
O-O 8.Nc2 b6 9.Nf3 e4 10.Nfd4 Re8 11.f4 c5 12.Nf5 Bf8 13.g4 d5
14.Ng3 d4 15.exd4 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Nc6 17.Bc3 Nd7 18.O-O Nc5
19.Ne3 Nd3 20.Nd5 Be6 21.Bxd3 exd3 22.Qf3 Bc5+ 23.Kg2 Ne7
24.Nxe7+ Rxe7 25.Ne4 Bc8 26.Nxc5 bxc5 27.Kg1 Bb7 28.Qg3 Qd7
29.Rae1 Re2 30.Rxe2 dxe2 31.Re1 Re8 32.h3 Re4 33.Qf2 Qd3
34.Kh2 h5 35.Qg3 Qd6 36.gxh5 f6 37.h6 Re7 38.Kg1 g5 39.Qf2 Qd3
40.fxg5 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sipke Ernst"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 10. Bd2 c4 11. b4 Nxb4
12. cxb4 Bxb4 13. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14. Kf2 b5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5
Qxc5+ 17. Qd4 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Be2 Ke7 20. a3 a5
21. Rhb1 Rhb8 22. Ke3 Rb6 23. Bd1 f6 24. Bc2 h6 25. h4 Rab8
26. g4 Rf8 27. Rh1 fxe5 28. fxe5 Rbb8 29. g5 Ra8 30. Rhg1 h5
31. Rgb1 Rab8 32. Bg6 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7
7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rc1
Ne5 13. Nd2 a6 14. Re1 Rc7 15. Be3 Ned7 16. b4 Qa8 17. Na4 Rc6
18. Qb3 Bd8 19. f3 Rc8 20. Kh1 Bc7 21. Bf1 Kh8 22. Qb2 Rg8
23. Nb3 Bc6 24. Nc3 Bb7 25. Na4 Bc6 26. Nc3 Bb7 27. Red1 Qb8
28. Bg1 g5 29. c5 dxc5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Nxc5 Nxc5 32. Bxc5
Bxh2 33. Nd5 Be5 34. Bd4 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 e5 36. Qb6 Nxd5
37. exd5 Rg6 38. Rxc8+ Qxc8 39. d6 g4 40. Rb1 gxf3 41. g3 Rh6+
42. Kg1 f2+ 43. Kxf2 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. Qb1 c4
12. h4 Ke8 13. h5 h6 14. g4 Kd8 15. g5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Ke8
17. Be2 b6 18. Bg4 Bd7 19. Qd1 Ng8 20. Be3 Nh6 21. Kd2 Kd8
22. Qf3 Kc7 23. Nh3 Raf8 24. Bxh6 Rxh6 25. Qe3 Rfh8 26. Rhg1
g6 27. hxg6 Rxg6 28. Nf4 Rgh6 29. Qf3 Be8 30. Nh5 f5 31. exf6
Bg6 32. Rac1 Kb7 33. Nf4 Be4 34. Qe3 Rxf6 35. Bxe6 Rhf8
36. Rg4 Qxa3 37. f3 Bxf3 38. Qxf3 Rxe6 39. Qxd5 Rd6 40. Qxc4
Qa5 41. Nd3 Nxd4 42. Rf1 Rc8 43. Rg7+ Kb8 44. Rf8 Nf3+ 45. Ke2
Ng1+ 46. Ke3 Rxd3+ 47. Kxd3 1-0

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Friso Nijboer"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. O-O-O
O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Rhf1 Be7 15. Rf3 Rdg8 16. Bf1
Rc8 17. Rh3 Na5 18. Be2 h4 19. Qe1 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qc5 21. Rxh4
f5 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. h3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Qc7 25. Ng5 f6 26. Nf3
d5 27. Qd2 Bd6 28. f5 Bf4 29. Qb4 a5 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. bxc3 e5
32. Rxd5 Bxf5 33. Bd3 Bc8 34. Rxa5 Re8 35. Bf1 f5 36. Rd5 Bg3
37. Bb5 Re7 38. Kc1 Kc7 39. Rc5+ Kb8 40. Kd1 f4 1-0

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Ba2 h6 11. Re1 Nc6
12. Be3 Nb4 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a5 Rc8 15. Ra4 Nc6 16. Bb6 Qe8
17. Qd3 Nh5 18. Ne2 Nd4 19. Nfxd4 Qxa4 20. Nxe6 Rf7 21. Nc7
Nf6 22. Nc3 Qc6 23. N7d5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4
26. Re2 Rf8 27. Ne4 Rfc8 28. c3 Ra4 29. f3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ra1
31. Rd2 Ke8 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. b4 Rc1 34. Rb2 Bg5 35. Bf2 Bd8
36. Ra2 Rb1 37. Be1 h5 38. h3 Be7 39. Bf2 g5 40. Be1 g4
41. hxg4 hxg4 42. fxg4 Rc4 43. Nd2 Rxe1+ 44. Kxe1 Rxc3 45. Ke2
Rg3 46. Rb2 Rxg4 47. b5 axb5 48. Rxb5 Rxg2+ 49. Kd3 Rg3+
50. Kc4 Rg4+ 51. Kb3 Kc7 52. Rb4 Rg3+ 53. Kc4 Ra3 54. Nb3 Bh4
55. Kd3 Be1 56. Rc4+ Kd7 57. Kc2 Ra2+ 58. Kb1 Rg2 59. Kc1 Rg3
60. Kc2 Re3 61. Ra4 Rc3+ 62. Kb2 Rd3 63. Re4 Bf2 64. Rb4 Kc7
65. Rb5 Be1 66. Kc1 e4 67. Kc2 Kc8 68. Kc1 e3 69. Kc2 Rc3+
70. Kd1 Bf2 71. Ke2 Rc2+ 72. Kf3 Bg1 0-1

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. Bxd5 Bxd5 9. f4 O-O 10. f5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 f6
12. Ng3 Qd7 13. Be3 Ne7 14. c4 Bc6 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Rae1 b6
17. Re2 Rf7 18. Qh5 Nc8 19. c5 Rf8 20. Ne4 Qf7 21. Qh4 Qxa2
22. g4 Ne7 23. g5 fxg5 24. Nxg5 Qg8 25. Ref2 Bd7 26. Nxh7 Qxh7
27. Qxe7 Bxf5 28. Qg5 g6 29. h4 Rae8 30. d4 bxc5 31. dxe5 Rf7
32. h5 Re6 33. Bxc5 Qg7 34. Rh2 Qh7 35. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament: B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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 Bxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ba6
17. f5 exf5 18. Qxf5 Qe7 19. g4 Bxf1 20. Rhxf1 Rfc8 21. Rf2
Nf8 22. Be3 Qb7 23. Qf3 Rc4 24. Rxd5 Rxg4 25. b3 a4 26. bxa4
Rc4 27. Rb5 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Rxa4 29. e6 Nxe6 30. Rb8+ Nf8
31. Rf4 Rc6 32. Rf5 h6 33. Rfb5 Rxa2 34. Bc5 b3 35. cxb3 Rf6
36. Kb1 Rxh2 37. Rxf8+ Kh7 38. Be3 Rf1+ 39. Bc1 Rhh1 40. Rc5
h5 41. Rfc8 Rh3 42. Kc2 f6 43. b4 Rf2+ 44. Bd2 Kg6 45. Rc3
Rxc3+ 46. Rxc3 Rf5 47. Rh3 Rb5 48. Kc3 Rb8 49. Bf4 Rh8 50. b5
Kf5 51. Bc7 h4 52. b6 Kg4 53. Rd3 g5 54. b7 h3 55. b8=Q Rxb8
56. Bxb8 f5 57. Bh2 1-0

[Event "XIII Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2005.04.01"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruben Felgaer"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Re1 Bg7 15. c3 O-O 16. Qh5 e4
17. Bf1 Re8 18. Nc2 Nxd5 19. Qxf5 Re5 20. Qg4 f5 21. Qd1 Kh8
22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Qb6 24. Rd4 Nc7 25. Ne3 d5 26. Nxd5 Nxd5
27. Rxd5 Qxb2 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Qd5 Re8 30. Qf7 Qb8 31. Qxf5
Bxh2+ 32. Kh1 Qf4 33. Qd7 Rf8 34. Qd4+ Qe5 35. Bxa6 Qxd4
36. cxd4 Bc7 37. Kg1 Re8 38. Bb5 Rd8 39. Rxe4 Bb6 40. g3 Bxd4
41. Kg2 Bf6 42. f4 Rb8 43. Bc4 Kg7 44. Kf3 Rb4 45. g4 h6
46. Ke3 Ra4 47. Kd3 Ra3+ 48. Kd2 Ra4 49. Kc2 Rb4 50. Kd3 Rb8
51. Bd5 Rd8 52. Kc4 Rc8+ 53. Kb5 Rc1 54. Ra4 Be7 55. Be6 Rc5+
56. Kb6 Rc1 57. Re4 Bf6 58. Bc4 Rc2 59. Kc5 Rf2 60. Bd5 Rd2
61. Ra4 Be7+ 62. Kc6 Rd1 63. Ra7 Re1 64. Rb7 Kf6 65. Rb6 Kg7
66. Kd7 Bh4 67. Rb8 Re7+ 68. Kd6 Re1 69. Rb7+ Kh8 70. Be6 Bg3
71. Ke7 Kg7 72. f5 Bh4+ 73. Kd6+ Kh8 74. Rf7 Rd1+ 75. Bd5 Rd4
76. f6 Bxf6 77. Rxf6 Rxg4 78. Rf7 h5 79. Ke5 Rg5+ 80. Ke6 Rg1
81. Ra7 Rg6+ 82. Kf5 Rd6 83. Be6 Rb6 84. Kf6 Rb1 1-0

[Event "XIII Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Qe1 Qc8
12. a4 Nc6 13. g4 Nb4 14. Kb1 Ne8 15. Qf2 b5 16. Nxb5 d5
17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Nc3 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Qe6 20. Bc4 Qg6+ 21. Ne4
Nf6 22. Qg2 Rad8 23. Bd2 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Rd4 25. Bxb4 Bxb4
26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Rf1 Kh8 28. Rf5 f6 29. Rd5 Qe8 30. Ka2 Qe7
31. Rxd4 Rd8 32. Bd5 Rc8 33. h4 Bd6 34. Bc4 Bc5 35. Rd3 Bb4
36. Qf3 Rd8 37. Bd5 Qe5 38. Qf2 Qe7 39. Rf3 Bc5 40. Qc2 Bb4
41. Rf5 Qd6 42. Qf2 Bc5 43. Qe2 Bd4 44. Qd2 Qb6 45. g5 Be5
46. h5 Qc7 47. gxf6 gxf6 48. h6 Rc8 49. Qg2 Qe7 50. Rf1 Qf8
51. Rg1 f5 52. exf5 Bf6 53. Bc4 Bd4 54. Rd1 Bf6 55. Qb7 Rb8
56. Qc7 Ra8 57. Qf4 Rd8 58. Rg1 Qe7 59. Qg4 Qf8 60. Rg2 Rb8
61. Qf4 Rb4 62. Qd6 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Salvador Gabriel Del Rio Angelis"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6
7. f3 e6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. Kb1 Rb8 15. h5 b4 16. Na4 Qa5 17. b3
Bxg5 18. Qg2 f6 19. Rg1 Bh6 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Be3 Qxh5 22. Bxh6
Qxh6 23. Rh1 Qf4 24. Rdg1 g5 25. Qh3 Rf7 26. Qxe6 Ne5 27. Qe8+
Kg7 28. Bxf7 Nxf7 29. Rxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qxf7+ Kh6 31. Rh1+ Qh4
32. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stelios Halkias"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 a5 11. Ne4 Qf5
12. Ned2 e5 13. e4 Qe6 14. d5 cxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Re1 Qe6
17. Nd4 Qf6 18. Nb5 O-O 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Nd5 Qe6 21. Nxc4 Bc5
22. Qc2 b6 23. Nf4 Qf6 24. Nd5 Qg5 25. Kh1 Bb7 26. Rad1 Kh8
27. h4 Qh5 28. Kh2 Bd4 29. Nf4 exf4 30. Rxd4 fxg3+ 31. fxg3
Nf6 32. Bh3 Rfe8 33. Rdd1 Bf3 34. Rc1 Qc5 35. b3 Ng4+ 36. Bxg4
Bxg4 37. Qb2 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Be6 39. Re5 Qc6 40. Qe2 Rc8 41. Re4
Qc5 42. Qd2 Qf5 43. Qf4 Qh3+ 44. Kg1 Bd5 45. Qg4 Qxg4 46. Rxg4
Bxc4 47. bxc4 Rd8 48. Re4 Rd3 49. Kf2 Rc3 50. h5 Kg8 51. Re8+
Kh7 52. Rb8 Rxc4 53. Rxb6 Rxa4 54. Rb7 Rg4 55. Rxf7 Rg5
56. Ra7 Rxh5 57. g4 Rg5 58. Kf3 Kg6 59. Kf4 Kf6 60. Ra8 Ke6
61. Rd8 Ke7 62. Ra8 Kd6 63. Rc8 Kd7 64. Rc4 Rb5 65. Kg3 g5
66. Rd4+ Kc6 67. Rd3 Rd5 68. Rf3 a4 69. Rf6+ Kb5 70. Rxh6 a3
71. Rh8 Ka4 0-1

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ashot Anastasian"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 Ngf6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5
Nd7 12. Kh1 Qe8 13. c3 Rd8 14. f4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qxe6+
Kh8 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bc5 19. f5 Rd3 20. Qxe8 Rxe8 21. Bg5
Ng4 22. f6 gxf6 23. Rxf6 Rd6 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Rf1 h6 26. Bd1
hxg5 27. Bxg4 Bd5 28. Nf5 Bf4 29. a3 Bc4 30. Rd1 Bb3 31. Ra1
Rd8 32. g3 Rd2 33. Bf3 g4 34. Bc6 Be5 35. Re1 Bf6 36. Ne3 Rxb2
37. Nxg4 Bxc3 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Re7+ Kf8 40. Rxc7 a5 41. Ne3
Be5 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Re8+ Kd6 44. Bxb5 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Re1
46. Kf2 Rc1 47. Nf5+ Kd5 48. Rd8+ Ke6 49. Nd4+ Bxd4+ 50. Rxd4
Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Ke5 52. Rh4 Ra2 53. a4 Bd5 54. Bc4 Ra1+ 55. Kf2
Be4 56. Bb3 Ra3 57. Bd1 Bc6 58. Rh5+ Kd4 59. Rxa5 Ra2+ 60. Be2
Rxa4 61. Rxa4+ Bxa4 62. Kf3 Ke5 63. Kg4 Kf6 64. Kf4 Bd7
65. Bg4 Bb5 66. Bf5 Kg7 67. g4 Be2 68. g5 Bh5 69. h4 Be8
70. Bg4 Bf7 71. h5 Be8 72. h6+ Kh8 73. Ke5 Bf7 74. Kf6 Be8
75. Be6 Bg6 76. Bf7 Be4 77. Be8 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 Ne7 13. h4 Bh6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ncb4 Bd7 16. Rxa4 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 Bxa4 18. Qxa4+ Kf8 19. b4 a5 20. b5 Rb8 21. g3 g6
22. Bh3 Kg7 23. O-O Rf8 24. Ra1 Kh8 25. Qxa5 Qe8 26. c4 f5
27. Qc7 Qf7 28. exf5 Qxc7 29. Nxc7 gxf5 30. Ra6 Rf7 31. Nd5
Bf8 32. Rc6 f4 33. Be6 Rg7 34. g4 Re8 35. Bf5 Be7 36. h5 Bg5
37. b6 e4 38. Rc8 Rxc8 39. Bxc8 e3 40. fxe3 fxe3 41. b7 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Karen Asrian"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6
12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd6 16. Kb1
c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Rd7 19. Bc3 e5 20. Rd5 f6 21. Rhd1
Rhd8 22. Nh4 Bf8 23. b3 Qc6 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7
26. Qxc6+ bxc6 27. Nf5 Nb6 28. Bd2 Kd7 29. c4 Ke6 30. g4 e4
31. Nd4+ Kd7 32. Kc2 Nc8 33. Bf4 Bd6 34. Bxd6 Kxd6 35. Kd2 Ne7
36. Ke3 c5 37. Nb5+ Ke5 38. Nxa7 f5 39. gxf5 Nxf5+ 40. Ke2
Nd4+ 41. Kf1 Nc2 42. a4 Nd4 43. a5 Nxb3 44. a6 Kd6 45. Ke2 Na5
46. Nb5+ Kc6 47. Nd6 Kb6 48. Ke3 Kxa6 49. Kxe4 Nc6 50. Nf5 Ka5
51. Nxg7 Kb4 52. Nf5 Kxc4 53. Nxh6 Nd8 54. Ke5 Kd3 55. Kf6 c4
56. Nf5 c3 57. Ne3 Nb7 58. h6 Nd6 59. h7 Ne4+ 60. Ke7 Nxf2
61. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6
7. a3 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. Nc2 b5 12. Rb1
a5 13. Bd2 a4 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. Ne3 f5 16. f4 Qd7 17. cxb5
exf4 18. gxf4 Ba2 19. Qxa4 Bxb1 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. a4 g5
22. Rxb1 gxf4 23. Nd5 Qe6 24. Bf3 Ng6 25. Qc4 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Ne5
27. Qc2 Nxf3 28. Nxf4 Qe5 29. exf3 Rg8 30. Qc4 Rbe8 31. h3 Qg7
32. Rf1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "143"]

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 O-O
12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Rd1 Bd8
17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Bc2 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 b4 21. Qd3
bxc3 22. bxc3 Rb6 23. Bb3 a5 24. g3 Qc7 25. O-O Be7 26. Re1
Rc6 27. Re3 Kh8 28. Rf3 g6 29. Rb5 Rc5 30. Rxc5 dxc5 31. Qd5
Qd6 32. Qc4 f6 33. Rd3 Qc7 34. h5 Kg7 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Kg2
Qc8 37. Rd1 f5 38. Qd5 fxe4 39. Qxe5+ Bf6 40. Qxe4 Re8 41. Qc4
Qb7+ 42. Kg1 Rh8 43. Rd5 Qe7 44. Kf1 Qe6 45. Rxc5 Qh3+ 46. Ke2
Re8+ 47. Kd2 Rd8+ 48. Kc2 Rf8 49. Rxa5 Qg2 50. Ra7+ Kh8
51. Qf4 g5 52. Qf5 Bg7 53. Rf7 Rxf7 54. Bxf7 Qc6 55. Qh3+ Bh6
56. Qe6 Qxe6 57. Bxe6 Kg7 58. Kd3 Kf6 59. Bg4 Ke5 60. Kc4 Kd6
61. a4 Kc7 62. a5 Kc6 63. Bf3+ Kc7 64. Kb5 g4 65. Bxg4 Bd2
66. c4 Be1 67. Bf3 Bxf2 68. g4 Be3 69. a6 Kb8 70. c5 Ka7
71. c6 Kb8 72. g5 1-0

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. b3 Ne8 11. Qf3 d5
12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Re2 Nd6 14. Ba3 Be7 15. Qf4 Be6 16. Rae1 Qd7
17. Re5 b6 18. R1e3 Rfe8 19. Bb2 Bf8 20. Rh5 f5 21. Reh3 h6
22. Rg3 Nf7 23. Ne2 c5 24. Bf6 c4 25. Qd4 f4 26. Nxf4 cxd3
27. Nxd3 Nd6 28. Ne5 Qc7 29. Qf4 Qxc2 30. h3 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxh5
32. Rg6 Kh7 33. g4 Bxg4 34. Rxg4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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 Ne7 10. Nde2 b5 11. Qe1 Ba5
12. Qf2 d5 13. Bc5 b4 14. Na4 Rb8 15. Nd4 dxe4 16. Nb3 Ned5
17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Qg3 Rb7 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxg7 Qxa4
21. Qxh8+ Kd7 22. Bc4 Nxc5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5+ Kc6
25. Qxc8+ Kxd5 26. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 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 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bf5 Nf8 16. Ne2 Ne4
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ng3 Ng5 19. Bg4 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Ne4 21. Nd2
Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qg5 23. Bf3 Ne6 24. Qa5 Rd7 25. Ba3 Qd8 26. Qxd8
Rexd8 27. Bg4 Rc7 28. Rc1 Rdc8 29. Bb2 g6 30. Be5 Rc6 31. Red1
Rd8 32. Bf6 Rd7 33. Be2 Nc7 34. Bg4 Ne6 35. Rc2 h5 36. Be2 Rc8
37. g4 hxg4 38. Bxg4 Kf8 39. Bf3 Ke8 40. Rcd2 c4 41. bxc4 Rxc4
42. Rb2 Rdc7 43. Be5 Rd7 44. Rdb1 Ba6 45. Bf6 Rc6 46. Bd1 Nc5
47. Rb8+ Bc8 48. Bg4 Ne6 49. Bd1 Nc5 50. Rc1 Rb7 51. Rxb7 Bxb7
52. Bd4 Nd7 53. Rxc6 Bxc6 54. Bxa7 Ne5 55. Bd4 Nc4 56. g4 Kd7
57. Kg2 Ke6 58. Kg3 Nd6 59. Kf4 Ne4 60. f3 g5+ 0-1

[Event "15th European Team Championshi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "3.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Timothy J Upton"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nge7
7. d4 Ng6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O
12. g3 Nf6 13. Ne1 Qd7 14. Nd3 Qh3 15. f3 h6 16. Be3 Nh7
17. c5 f5 18. Nf2 Qh5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Nfe4 dxc5 21. Qb3 Kh8
22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qxa6 Rxb2 24. Na4 Rbb8 25. Naxc5 Ng5
26. Bxg5 Bxg5 27. Qe2 Be7 28. Ne6 Rfc8 29. Rac1 Bd6 30. Qa6
1-0

[Event "15th European Team Championshi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leonid Kritz"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 O-O
12. Rhe1 b5 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. axb3 a5 15. Qd5 b4 16. Qb5 Rfd8
17. Qa4 Bf6 18. Bg5 Bxg5+ 19. Nxg5 Rab8 20. Nf3 h6 21. c4 Kf8
22. Rd5 Ra8 23. h3 Ne7 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 c5 26. Rd1 Nc6
27. Qb6 Ke7 28. Kd2 Rb8 29. Qa6 Rb7 30. Qa8 Rb8 31. Qa1 Qf5
32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Re3 Qg6 34. g3 Kc7 35. h4 Qf5 36. Qd1 Ra8
37. Ke1 Ra2 38. Qb1 Ra8 39. Kf1 g5 40. Kg2 Kd7 41. Qd1 Ra2
42. Rd3 g4 43. Rxd6+ Kc7 44. Ng1 Qe4+ 45. Kh2 Qf5 46. Qd2 Rxb2
47. Rxh6 Nd4 48. Qe3 Ne6 49. Ne2 Qxc2 50. Qe5+ Kb7 51. Qd5+
Kc7 52. Rf6 Nd8 53. Rd6 Qxe2 54. Rd7+ Kb6 55. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "15th European Team Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Goran Dizdar"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 Qe7
12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Rad1 b6 14. a3 Bb7 15. e4 Rad8 16. e5 b5
17. Ba2 c5 18. d5 b4 19. d6 Qe8 20. Nb5 Rc8 21. Nc7 Qd8
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh7 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rf5 26. Re4
Nf6 27. exf6 Rxd5 28. Re7 Rxd6 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. h4 Qxf6
31. Rxa7 bxa3 32. Qc1 axb2 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Rb7
Rd1+ 36. Kh2 b1=Q 37. Qh6+ Ke8 38. Qe3+ Kd8 39. Rxb1 Qd6+
40. Ne5 Rxb1 41. Qf4 Kc7 0-1

[Event "21st European Club Cup"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniele Vocaturo"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bb3 Rfc8
12. h4 Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. g4 Rc8
17. e5 Ne8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. exd6 exd6 20. c3 Nf6 21. Bg5 Bc6
22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rh3 b5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxd6 Qf4 26. Na5
Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc5 28. a3 Ba8 29. Nb3 Re5 30. Nd4 Re3 31. Kc1
Rce8 32. Kd2 Bb7 33. Rd8 Re2+ 34. Nxe2 Rxd8+ 35. Nd4 a5
36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Kf4 Rd8 38. Nb3 Ra8 39. Rh2 b4 40. axb4 axb4
41. c4 Rd8 42. Rd2 Rxd2 43. Nxd2 f6 44. Ne4 Ba6 45. b3 Kf7
46. Nc5 Bc8 47. Nd3 Ke6 48. Nxb4 Bb7 49. Nd3 g5+ 50. hxg5
fxg5+ 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. b4 h6 53. b5 Ba8 54. c5+ Kd5 55. c6 Kc4
56. b6 1-0

[Event "21st European Club Cup"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alon Greenfeld"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nb3 Bd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. f4 Na5
12. Be2 h5 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Rhf1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bc6 16. Bc4 Qc5
17. f5 b5 18. Bd3 Be7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qe2 a6 21. Nd5 exd5
22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Qxe7 Qe5 24. Rde1 Qxh2 25. Qe3 Qxg2 26. Rg1
Qd5 27. Be4 1-0

[Event "21st European Club Cup"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tomasz Markowski"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Be7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. a4 a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Qb3 Nb4 15. Rfc1 Qd7 16. Nf3 Bd6
17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Qc4 c6 20. Kg2 Rad8 21. Rc2 Qf5
22. Nh4 Qh5 23. Nf3 Rd6 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Qh4 Qg6
27. Rc4 h6 28. Qh3 Qf7 29. Rac1 e4 30. Nd4 exd3 31. exd3 Rd5
32. Nf3 Rxd3 33. Rf4 Rf8 34. Rcc4 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "21st European Club Cup"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.24"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Robert Bator"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. a3 Rb8 16. axb4 Nxb4
17. Ne3 Qd8 18. O-O Nc6 19. b3 Nd4 20. b4 Be6 21. c3 Nb5
22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. Bf1 Rc6 25. Ra5 Rbc8 26. Bxb5
axb5 27. Rca1 h6 28. R1a3 Rc4 29. Nxc4 Bxc4 30. Qe3 Qd8
31. Ra1 f5 32. exf5 Qf6 33. Qf3 d5 34. Ra6 Qf7 35. f6 Rf8
36. Qg4 g6 37. Rd6 Bd3 38. Qd7 Qxd7 39. Rxd7 Rxf6 40. Ra8+ Rf8
41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Rxd5 e4 43. f4 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship 2005"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shen Yang"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. Re1 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1
Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 c5 17. d5 g6
18. Qe2 a5 19. Bd3 b4 20. a4 Nfd7 21. Bb5 Bg7 22. Rac1 Rf8
23. cxb4 axb4 24. Nd2 h5 25. Ngf1 Bh6 26. Ne3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3
Qh4 28. Rf1 Ba6 29. Bxa6 Rxa6 30. f4 exf4 31. Rxf4 Qe7 32. Qg3
Ne5 33. Rcf1 Nbd7 34. Rh4 Kh7 35. Rf5 Nf6 36. Bxe5 dxe5
37. Rxe5 Qd8 38. Nc4 Nd7 39. Rg5 Kh6 40. Rgg4 f5 41. exf5 Rxf5
42. Nd6 Rxd6 43. Qxd6 Qe8 44. Re4 Qf7 45. Rhf4 Qxd5 46. Qxd5
Rxd5 47. a5 Rd3 48. Rf3 Rd1+ 49. Rf1 Rd3 50. Rf7 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship 2005"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.10"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mikhael Mchedlishvili"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O
17. Rhe1 Rfe8 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. f4 Rad8 20. Qf3 c5 21. Nxd7 Rxd7
22. d5 exd5 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. cxd5 Bf8 25. Bc3 Nd6 26. Be5
Qd8 27. Bxd6 Bxd6 28. Nf5 Qf6 29. Qe4 Rd8 30. g4 b5 31. Rd2 c4
32. Rg2 Kf8 33. Re2 Kg8 34. g5 hxg5 35. fxg5 Qxg5 36. h6 c3
37. Rg2 Qh5 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Qg4 Qh1+ 40. Kc2 Qh2+ 41. Qg2
1-0

[Event "6th European Individual"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sang Cao"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 e5 6. Nf3 e4
7. Nfd2 Ne7 8. c4 Nf5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Be6 11. a3 Nd7
12. Nc3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. b4 f5 15. Nb3 Qd8 16. Rc1 Nf6
17. Qd2 b6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Ba6 Bc8 20. Bb5 a6 21. Bc6 Ra7
22. Na1 b5 23. Nb3 Kh7 24. Na2 Qb6 25. Na5 Be6 26. Rc3 Bd6
27. Bb7 Rb8 28. Bc6 Rc8 29. O-O Rac7 30. Rfc1 Rb8 31. R1c2 Ng8
32. Nc1 Ne7 33. Ncb3 Rf8 34. Qc1 g5 35. Nc5 Bc8 36. Bb7 Bxb7
37. Ncxb7 Rxb7 38. Nxb7 Qxb7 39. Rc7 Qb8 40. Rd7 Kg6 41. Rc6
Nxc6 42. Qxc6 Rd8 43. Rb7 Qc8 44. Qb6 f4 45. Qa7 Qc1+ 46. Kh2
fxg3+ 47. fxg3 Kh5 48. Rd7 Bxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Qxe3+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+
0-1

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.24"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3
d6 7. O-O g6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qa6
12. Be3 Rc8 13. f4 O-O 14. Rfd1 b6 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Qb7
17. b3 Nd7 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Bf2 a6 20. Nd5 e6 21. Nc3 Bh6
22. Ng5 Qe7 23. Qg4 Ne5 24. Qg3 Bxg5 25. fxg5 b5 26. cxb5 axb5
27. b4 Na4 28. Nxb5 Nb2 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Nxd6 Nxd1 31. Nxc8
Qxb4 32. Qxe5 Qb1 33. Be1 Ne3 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nxg6+ Ke8
36. Qh8+ Kd7 37. Qd4+ Nd5 38. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Parimarjan Negi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Be3 Ng6
11. Rad1+ Ke8 12. h3 Be7 13. Ne2 h5 14. Rd2 h4 15. Nf4 Nxf4
16. Bxf4 c5 17. Ng5 Rh5 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Nc3 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd2
21. Rxd2 Bd8 22. Bh2 Rg5 23. f4 Rg6 24. Kf2 f6 25. Nd5 fxe5
26. fxe5 Rg5 27. b3 c6 28. Ne3 Bc7 29. Bf4 Rh5 30. Ng4 c4
31. Be3 cxb3 32. axb3 a5 33. c4 Rf5+ 34. Ke2 a4 35. bxa4 Bxc4+
36. Kd1 Bb3+ 37. Kc1 Bxa4 38. Rf2 Rxf2 39. Bxf2 Bd8 40. Ne3
Bb6 41. Kd2 Bd4 42. Ng4 Bxf2 43. Nxf2 Bb3 44. Ng4 Bd5 45. Ne3
Kf7 46. Kd3 Ke6 47. Kd4 b6 0-1

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.17"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniil Lintchevski"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. f4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qf3 e6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 h6
12. Bh4 g5 13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Ne5 15. Qe2 Nfxg4 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. Rdg1 Nf6 18. Nf3 Nfd7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf2 O-O-O
21. h4 Qc7 22. Kb1 Qc5 23. Qf6 Qe3 24. Nd1 Qf3 25. Qxf3 Nxf3
26. Rg7 f5 27. h5 fxe4 28. Be2 e3 29. Kc1 Nd4 30. Re1 Nxe2+
31. Rxe2 Rxh5 32. Rxe3 e5 33. Rc3+ Kb8 34. Rcc7 Bf3 35. Kd2
Rg8 36. Ne3 Rxg7 37. Rxg7 d5 38. c3 Rh2+ 39. Kc1 d4 40. cxd4
exd4 41. Rg8+ Kc7 42. Rg7+ Kb6 43. Nf5 d3 44. Rg6+ Kc5 45. Rd6
d2+ 0-1

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ildar Khairullin"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "185"]

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 O-O
12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be6 14. Nce3 Be7 15. g3 Qd7 16. Bd3 Bd8
17. O-O Ne7 18. Bc2 Bb6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nd5 Qb7 21. Bb3 Bc5
22. Qf3 Kh8 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qb6 25. Rad1 Kg8 26. Qd3
Rfd8 27. Rd2 Qc5 28. Rfd1 Bc4 29. Qf3 Rb6 30. Qf5 h6 31. Kg2
Qc6 32. Kh2 Qe8 33. Qf3 Qe6 34. Qe3 Rdb8 35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Rd5
Qe7 37. a4 Qc7 38. Kg2 Rc6 39. R1d2 Rb3 40. Qe2 Qb8 41. f4
exf4 42. gxf4 Qb7 43. a5 Rb5 44. Rxb5 axb5 45. Rd5 Ra6 46. f5
Rxa5 47. f6 Qd7 48. fxg7 Qe6 49. h5 Kxg7 50. Qf3 Ra7 51. Rxb5
Re7 52. Rf5 Qxe4 53. Rxf7+ Kg8 54. Rxe7 Qxe7 55. Qd5+ Qf7
56. Qxd6 Qxh5 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. Qd4+ Kh7 59. Qxc4 Qg6+ 60. Kf3
Qf5+ 61. Ke3 Qh3+ 62. Kd2 Qh2+ 63. Qe2 Qf4+ 64. Kd3 Qg5
65. Qe4+ Kg7 66. Qd4+ Kh7 67. Qd7+ Kh8 68. c4 h5 69. Qd4+ Kh7
70. c5 h4 71. b4 Qh5 72. Qe4+ Kg7 73. Qe7+ Kh6 74. Qe6+ Kh7
75. c6 Qf3+ 76. Kc4 h3 77. Qd7+ Kg6 78. c7 Qe2+ 79. Kc5 Qe3+
80. Kb5 Qe2+ 81. Ka5 Qa2+ 82. Kb6 Qf2+ 83. Kb7 Qf3+ 84. Ka6
Qf6+ 85. Ka5 Qa1+ 86. Kb6 Qf6+ 87. Kb7 Qf3+ 88. Kb8 Qg3
89. Qc6+ Kh5 90. Kb7 Qg7 91. Qf3+ Kh4 92. Qf4+ Kh5 93. Kb8 1-0

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. Bb1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5
17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bb7 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Nf5 Ne2+ 21. Rxe2
Qxc1+ 22. Kh2 Bf6 23. Qg4 g6 24. Ng3 Qc7 25. Kg1 Bg7 26. Bd3
Rad8 27. Rd1 Rd4 28. Qg5 Qc6 29. f3 Qd6 30. Qe7 Qxg3 31. Qxb7
Rfd8 32. Qe7 Bf8 33. Qe3 Bc5 34. Kh1 R4d5 35. Qe4 Bd6 36. Kg1
Qh2+ 37. Kf2 Bg3+ 0-1

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Nb6
12. h4 Qc7 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. h5 Nfd7 15. g5 a5 16. Nb5 Qc6
17. Rh2 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. h6 Rd8 20. Qe1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1
Rd8 22. Qe1 g6 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 c4 25. Nc3 Nd7 26. f4
exf4 27. Bxf4 Bb4 28. a3 Bf8 29. Bg2 b5 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5
Qb6 32. d6 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Bh3 Qd4 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. Bxe3
Nb8 37. Bf4 f5 38. gxf6 Kf7 39. d7 Nxd7 40. Bxd7 Kxf6 41. Be3
g5 42. Bb5 Bxh6 43. Bxc4 Bf8 44. Be2 Be7 45. Kc1 Ke5 46. Kd2
h6 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Bd4 Bf8 49. Bf3+ Ke6 50. Ke4 Bd6 51. Bg4+
Ke7 52. Kf5 Kd7 53. Bg7 Kc6 54. Bxh6 b3 55. cxb3 Kc5 56. Bxg5
Kb4 57. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Young Stars of the World"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.23"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6
7. Bb3 Nc6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 dxc3 11. Qe2 Bxb3
12. Nb5 Qb8 13. axb3 e5 14. Nbd4 f6 15. bxc3 Kf7 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Qe4 Qd6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. c4 Nb4 20. Bxa7 Qd3 21. Qg4 Be7
22. Rad1 Qg6 23. Qd7 Rhd8 24. Qb7 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rf1
Kf8 27. Bb6 Rd3 28. Qc8+ Qe8 29. Qf5 g6 30. Qe6 Qd7 31. Qxd7
Rxd7 32. Be3 Rd3 33. Rb1 Nc2 34. Kf1 e4 35. Ke2 Bb4 36. h4 Kf7
37. Bd2 Na3 38. Ra1 Be7 39. Bc1 Nc2 40. Ra2 exf3+ 41. gxf3 Nb4
0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. f3
b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Bf1 Rfc8 15. b4 Bf8 16. a3 Rab8 17. Kh1
Qd8 18. Qf2 Ne5 19. Na4 Nfd7 20. Nb3 Ba8 21. Nb2 Rc7 22. Na4
Rcc8 23. Bd4 Rc6 24. c5 bxc5 25. Naxc5 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Qc8
27. Qe3 Bb7 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Nd7 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Ra8 31. Nb6
Qxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4
h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5
18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Rf3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nbxd5 21. Ng4 Kh8 22. Bd2
Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc3 25. Bxc3 Bxe4 26. Rf4 Bg6
27. Nxh6 Qg5 28. Qf3 Qxh6 29. Bd2 Qxf4 30. Bxf4 Re8 31. axb5
axb5 32. Qc6 Kh7 33. Qxb5 d5 34. Qd7 d4 35. h4 Re4 36. Bg3 Be7
37. h5 Bxh5 38. f3 Re2 39. Kf1 Rxb2 40. Qxe7 Rb1+ 41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 Nf6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5
12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nf3 Ng4 15. Bc5 Re8 16. h3 Nh6
17. Bb3 f6 18. a4 Qxd1 19. Bxe6+ Rxe6 20. Rexd1 Rc6 21. Rd5
bxa4 22. Rxa4 Bf8 23. Be3 Rb8 24. Ra2 Nf7 25. Nd2 Nd6 26. Rc5
Rxc5 27. Bxc5 f5 28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. f3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Nc4
Rc8 32. Ne3 Bh6 33. Nd5 Bg5 34. g3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5
12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5
17. a4 g6 18. Kh1 c4 19. b4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5
22. f4 Be7 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Ba4 Rb2 25. Qd4 Rc8 26. Rfd1 Rc5
27. Rab1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Ra5 29. Bd1 Qa6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Bf3 Ra1
32. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33. Kh2 Qa5 34. Bxd5 Bc5 35. Qxc4 Bf2 36. Qe2
Qc5 37. c4 Bg1+ 38. Kh1 Be3 39. g3 Qa3 40. Kg2 h5 41. h4 Bc5
42. Qc2 Kf8 43. Qb1 Qb4 44. Qc2 Ke7 45. Bf3 Qe1 46. Qb3 Qb4
47. Qd3 Qb2+ 48. Kh3 Bd4 49. Bg2 Kf8 50. c5 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.06"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruben Felgaer"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6
7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Re2
Nc5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bd5 Qd7 15. Ba3 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Ne6
17. Qb5 Qb7 18. Rae1 a6 19. Qb4 Rfd8 20. c4 Rd7 21. Rd1 Be7
22. Qe1 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. a5 Nf4 25. Ra2 f5 26. exf5 e4
27. a6 Qa8 28. g3 exf3 29. gxf4 Kh8 30. Qe6 Rdc7 31. Bb2 Bf8
32. a7 Qc6 33. f6 Ra8 34. Kh1 Qd7 35. Qd5 Raxa7 36. Rxa7 Rxa7
37. Rg1 Qe8 38. f5 1-0

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bc4 Be6
12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Bb3 Qc6 16. Nf1 Bd8
17. a5 Qc5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nd2 Bc7 20. Kh1 d5 21. Nb3 Qc6
22. f3 Bd6 23. Rd2 Rfe8 24. Rc1 Bb4 25. Rd3 d4 26. Na2 Be7
27. c3 Qa4 28. Qc2 Nd7 29. Ra1 Qb5 30. Nac1 dxc3 31. bxc3 Nb8
32. Nd2 Nc6 33. Qb3 Qxb3 34. Ncxb3 Red8 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Kg1
Bg5 37. Nf1 Rd3 38. Nc5 Rxc3 39. Nxb7 Nd4 40. Rb1 Nb5 41. Rd1
Rc7 42. f4 Bxf4 43. Nd8 Nd4 44. Rb1 Bg5 45. Rb8 Kh7 46. Kf2 h5
47. Ne3 Rd7 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Piotr Dukaczewski"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 b5 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Rhe1 O-O
12. Qg3 Nc5 13. Bh6 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Ne8 15. Bg5 Bxg5+ 16. Qxg5
b4 17. Na4 Nf6 18. Rd3 h6 19. Qd2 e5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 d5
22. Qxb4 e4 23. Rg3 Rac8 24. Qd2 d4 25. Kb1 Rfd8 26. f3 e3
27. Qd3 Nh5 28. Rg4 Nf4 29. Qxa6 Qxc2+ 30. Ka2 Qxf5 31. g3 Nd3
0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniele Vocaturo"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Kg8
17. h4 Qb6 18. Qd4 Rc5 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2 Qc7 21. Rdd2 b4
22. a4 e5 23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. h5 Re5 26. hxg6 hxg6
27. Rh1 Qc4 28. Qxd6 Re2 29. Kb1 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 b3 31. cxb3
Qxb3 32. Qh2 Kf7 33. Qh7+ Kf6 34. g5+ Ke5 35. Qxg6 Qxf3
36. Re1+ Kd4 37. Qg7+ Kc4 38. Rc1+ Kb3 39. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valerij Filippov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bb7
12. Na4 Qc7 13. e5 Nd7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 c5 16. Rad1 Rfd8
17. Rd3 Bc6 18. Bc3 g6 19. Rfd1 Rdb8 20. Qg4 Rb7 21. Qf4 Bxa4
22. bxa4 Nb6 23. Ba5 Qc6 24. Bxb6 Rxb6 25. Rf3 Qe8 26. h4 Rb4
27. a3 Rbb8 28. h5 Bf8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rfd3 Ra7 31. Qh4 Raa8
32. f4 Bg7 33. Rd7 Rb1 34. Kf2 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Qxa4 36. Rd8+
Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Bf8 38. Qd3 a5 39. g4 Be7 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5
exf5 42. e6 fxe6 43. Bxe6+ Kg7 44. Qc3+ Bf6 45. Qg3+ Kh6
46. Qe3+ Kg6 47. Qg3+ Bg5 48. Qe5 Qc2+ 49. Kf3 Qd3+ 50. Kg2 c4
51. Bd5 Bf6 52. Qe8+ Kg5 53. Qg8+ Kf4 54. Bxc4 Qf3+ 55. Kh2
Qxa3 56. Bf1 Be5 57. Qe6 Qg3+ 58. Kh1 Qf3+ 59. Bg2 Qh5+
60. Kg1 Bd4+ 61. Kf1 Qd1+ 62. Qe1 Qxe1+ 63. Kxe1 Ke3 64. Bc6
f4 65. Bd7 f3 66. Bb5 f2+ 67. Kd1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Nf3 b6 11. Bd3 f5
12. Bc4+ Be6 13. Qb3 Bf7 14. Qb5 Qe8 15. O-O Bxc4 16. Qxc4+
Kh8 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. Qe2 e4 19. Nd2 c5 20. f3 Qh5 21. h3 exf3
22. Qxf3 Qh6 23. Re2 Rae8 24. Rae1 Bc7 25. e4 Bf4 26. Nf1 fxe4
27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Qd6 29. Qe2 cxd4 30. cxd4 Qd5 31. Bc3
Bd6 32. a4 Nc4 33. Re8 a6 34. Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. Qe8 Kg8 36. Qc8
b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ng3 Nd6 39. Qc5 Qb3 40. Be1 Nf7 41. Qc8
b4 42. Nf5 g6 43. Ne7+ Kg7 44. Nc6 Qe3+ 45. Kf1 Qd3+ 46. Kg1
b3 47. Qb8 Qb1 48. Ne5 Qxe1+ 49. Kh2 Qf2 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Johan Hellsten"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Be3 Nc6 8. f4 d6 9. N1d2 Nf6 10. c3 Qc7 11. Qf3 b6
12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. g4 Nc5 15. Bc2 b5 16. g5 O-O-O
17. Qf2 Nb8 18. f5 Nbd7 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qf7
Bd6 22. Qxe6 Rhe8 23. Qg4 Kb8 24. Nf3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. h4
g6 27. Rhf1 b4 28. cxb4 cxb4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qe6 Rc8
31. Bd3 Qd6 32. Qxd6+ Bxd6 33. Rf6 Bg3 34. Bf4+ Bxf4 35. Rxf4
a5 36. Rf6 Rc5 37. Rf8+ Rc8 38. Rxc8+ Kxc8 39. Kc2 Kd7 40. Kb3
Kd6 41. Ka4 Ke5 42. Kxa5 Kf4 43. Kxb4 Kg4 44. e5 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mateusz Bartel"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. a4 a6 12. Kh2
Na5 13. f4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. e5 Ne8 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. Be3 Rb8
18. Ra6 e6 19. Nb6 d5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Nd4 Nb4 22. Ra1 Nc7
23. Nb3 Rfc8 24. Nc5 Qe8 25. c3 Nc6 26. b4 Bf8 27. Nb3 Na8
28. Nd4 Nb6 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. Bd4 Ra8 31. Qe2 Nc4 32. Rxa8
Qxa8 33. g4 Ra6 34. Rf2 Be7 35. g5 Bd8 36. h4 Bb6 37. Bxb6
Rxb6 38. h5 Ra6 39. Qd3 Qa7 40. Re2 Ra1 41. h6 Kf8 42. Kh3 Ke7
43. Qg3 Kd8 44. Qd3 Kc8 45. Bf3 Qg1 46. Bg2 Ra3 47. Kh4 Kc7
48. Bxd5 exd5 49. Qxd5 Nb6 50. Qxf7+ Kc6 51. Qe6+ Kc7 52. Qf7+
Nd7 53. Qd5 Rxc3 54. Qg2 Qd4 55. Qg4 Qd1 56. Qg2 Nf8 57. Qf2
Qh1+ 58. Qh2 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit GM Tournament"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "143"]

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 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. d5 Ne7
13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Na3 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qxd6
Nc8 18. Qd1 Nc5 19. Bc2 Rd8 20. Qe2 Nd6 21. Nd2 Bg5 22. Nab1
Qa2 23. g3 h6 24. h4 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 Nc4 26. Bb1 Qa1 27. Nxc4
bxc4 28. Qxc4 Qxb1 29. Qxc5 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Qxe4 31. Rd8+ Kh7
32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Bf3+ 34. Ke3 Bg4 35. Qxe5 Qxc1+ 36. Rd2
Qe1+ 37. Kf4 Qxd2+ 38. Kxg4 Qxb2 39. Kf3 Qa1 40. Qe4+ g6
41. c4 Qh1+ 42. Kf4 Qc1+ 43. Ke5 Qb2+ 44. Qd4 Qb8+ 45. Ke4
Qb7+ 46. Qd5 Qb1+ 47. Kf3 Qb3+ 48. Kg2 Kg8 49. Qd8+ Kh7
50. Qd4 h5 51. Qe4 Qb4 52. Qd5 Kg8 53. c5 Qb5 54. Kf3 Qf1
55. Qd8+ Kh7 56. Qd4 Qh1+ 57. Kf4 Qc6 58. Qd6 Qg2 59. Ke3 Qh1
60. c6 Qe1+ 61. Kf3 Qh1+ 62. Ke2 Qe4+ 63. Kd2 Qf3 64. Qc5 Qb3
65. c7 Qa2+ 66. Kc3 Qa1+ 67. Kb4 Qb2+ 68. Ka5 Qa2+ 69. Kb6
Qb3+ 70. Qb5 Qe6+ 71. Kb7 Qe7 72. Qb6 1-0

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Memorial"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.12"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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 Qe7
12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Rhe1 Bb4 15. Qh4 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Qa3+ 17. Kb1 Qxc3 18. Nb3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Bc5 Re8
21. Rxe4 Qf6 22. Qh5 Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bb6 Kg8 25. g4 e5
26. fxe5 Be6 27. Nc5 Rac8 28. Kb2 Re7 29. Rd6 Rce8 30. Nxe6
Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Bc7 Kf7 33. h4 Re8 34. c4 Ke6 35. Bd6
b6 36. Kc3 Rc8 37. Kd3 b5 38. cxb5 axb5 39. Re2 Kd5 40. Rb2
Na7 41. Rb4 Rc1 42. Bb8 Kc5 43. Rb2 Nc6 44. Bd6+ Kb6 45. Re2
Rd1+ 46. Ke4 g6 47. h5 Nd4 48. Rf2 Nc6 49. Rf7 Rd4+ 50. Ke3
gxh5 51. gxh5 Rh4 52. Rxh7 Nd4 53. Rf7 Kc6 54. h6 Ne6 55. h7
Kd5 56. Be7 Rh3+ 57. Kf2 Nd4 58. Bf6 1-0

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Memorial"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7
12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Rb7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Nd2 a5
17. Rac1 Nd7 18. b3 Rc8 19. Qe2 Qc6 20. f4 f6 21. Bf3 Bd8
22. Bg4 Bf7 23. Bh5 Bxh5 24. Qxh5 Bb6 25. Qe2 Rbc7 26. Rfe1
Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Nb6 28. Nf1 Re8 29. Rcd1 d5 30. exd5 Nxd5
31. Qf3 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Nc3 33. Rd2 Rce7 34. fxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5
Qxe5 36. Kg2 h5 37. Rf2 Qc5 38. Nd2 Nd5 39. Nc4 Ne3+ 40. Nxe3
Rxe3 41. Qb7 Kh7 42. Rd2 Qf5 43. Qd5 0-1

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Memorial"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3
e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6
12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Qh4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6 Qh5 19. Be2 Bxf3 20. h3 Qe5 21. Qxe5
Bxe5 22. Bxf3 Bxa1 23. Bxa8 Bc3 24. Be4 Ke7 25. f4 f5 26. Bd3
Kf6 27. Rf3 Rd8 28. Kf1 Bb4 29. Ke2 Rd7 30. g3 Rd8 31. Rf2 Rg8
32. Kf3 Rd8 33. Re2 Rd4 34. Bc4 Rd6 35. g4 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Bc3
37. Re3 Bd2 38. Re4 Bc3 39. Kh5 b5 40. Bd3 Rd5+ 41. Kg4 a5
42. Kf3 b4 43. Re2 Rh5 44. Bc4 e5 45. Kg4 Rf5 46. fxe5+ Bxe5
47. Bd3 Rg5+ 48. Kf3 Rg3+ 49. Ke4 Rxh3 50. Rf2+ Ke6 51. Bc4+
1-0

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Memorial"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.16"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Qc2 Be7 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7
12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. f4 cxd4 16. cxd4 g6
17. g4 Nd7 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. e5 Bb7 21. f5 gxf5
22. gxf5 Kh8 23. Be4 Rg8+ 24. Kh1 Qa8 25. f6 Bf8 26. Qf3 Bxe4
27. Qxe4 Qc8 28. Nf3 Qc4 29. Rf2 Nc5 30. Qc2 Nd3 31. Rg2 Nxb2
32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Qxb2 Qf1+ 34. Ng1 b5 35. Qc3 Qf2 36. Qd3 h5
37. Nf3 Bh6 38. d5 Be3 39. Qd1 exd5 40. h3 d4 41. e6 fxe6
42. Ne5 Qf5 43. f7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Youth - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2006.08.22"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 b5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Qe2 Qc7
17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Bb1 Ne5 20. h3 h6 21. Ba1 Qa8
22. f3 Qb8 23. Na2 Nd5 24. f4 Nd7 25. Nc3 N7f6 26. Nxd5 Bxd5
27. e4 Bb7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qe3 Qa8 30. Nb3 Nxe4 31. Rd7 Bh4
32. Qd3 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qxd8+ Bxd8 35. Bd4 Bc7 36. Bxe4
Bxe4 37. Nc5 Bd5 38. Be5 Bb6 39. Bd4 Bc7 40. Be5 Bb6 41. Bd4
Bd8 42. Nxa6 f6 43. Nc5 Be7 44. Kf2 Kf7 45. g3 g5 46. Nd3 Bc4
47. Ne1 Bd6 48. Be3 Kg6 49. Nf3 Kf5 50. fxg5 hxg5 51. Nd2 Bd5
52. g4+ Kg6 53. Bd4 Bf4 54. Nf1 Bc1 55. Ne3 Be4 56. Nd1 Bxa3
57. Nc3 Bc6 58. Bc5 Bb2 59. Ne2 Be5 60. Nd4 Bd7 61. Nf3 Bc7
62. Nd4 f5 63. Nf3 Kf6 64. Bf8 fxg4 65. hxg4 Bf4 66. Ng1 e5
67. Kf3 Bc6+ 68. Ke2 e4 69. Nh3 Bd7 70. Nf2 e3 71. Ne4+ Kg6
72. Nc3 Bxg4+ 73. Kd3 Be6 74. Bc5 Bc4+ 75. Kc2 Kf5 76. Kd1 g4
77. Ke1 g3 78. Nd1 Ke4 79. Nc3+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Youth - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2006.08.28"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7
12. h4 Bd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. Qg4 f5 15. Qh3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ba4
17. h5 Nh8 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. Qh4 Qd7 20. Rb2 Nc6 21. g4 Qe7
22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Ng5 Bd7 24. Bb4 Rfe8 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. gxf5
exf5 27. Nh3 Be6 28. Nf4 Kf7 29. Kd2 Rd7 30. a4 Ke7 31. a5
bxa5 32. Ra2 Nf7 33. Rg1 Rg8 34. Nxe6 Kxe6 35. Rxa5 Rb8
36. Ra6+ Rb6 37. Rxb6+ axb6 38. Bb5 Re7 39. Rxg7 Nh6 40. Rxe7+
Kxe7 41. f3 Nf7 42. Ke3 Ng5 43. Bd3 Ke6 44. c3 h6 45. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Cap D'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marie Sebag"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6
12. O-O Rd8 13. a4 a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Be7
17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Kf7 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Rc7 Rd7
22. Rac1 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Qa5 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qg7+ Kd6
26. Bf4+ Kd5 27. Qxb7+ Kc4 28. b3+ Kc3 29. Qc6+ Kb2 30. Qxe6
Qf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. d5 Rd8 33. d6 Kxb3 34. a5 Ka4 0-1

[Event "Cap D'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Qd7 15. c4 Ng6 16. h3 Bxh3
17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Ng5 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh4+ 20. Kg2 h6 21. Nh3
Nxe4 22. Qe2 f5 23. Ra3 Rf6 24. Rh1 Rbf8 25. b4 Ne7 26. Rf3
Rg6+ 27. Kf1 Rg4 28. Rg1 Rf6 29. Be3 Rfg6 30. Rh1 Bxe3
31. Rxe3 Ng5 32. Ke1 f4 33. Ra3 Rf6 34. Ra8+ Kf7 35. Nxg5+
Qxg5 36. Nxc7 f3 37. Ne6 Qc1+ 38. Qd1 Qxd1+ 39. Kxd1 Rxe6
40. dxe6+ Kxe6 41. b5 Rd4+ 42. Ke1 d5 43. b6 Rxc4 44. b7 Nc6
45. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Cap D'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[EventDate "2006.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 Nd7 9. Be3 h6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Bg5 12. Qe2
Bxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Bc2 O-O 15. Nf1 Bg6 16. Ng3 Nf6 17. b4 d5
18. Bb3 d4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Qd2 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Rxa1
23. Rxa1 Qe7 24. Rc1 Qxb4 25. Qxb4 Nxb4 26. Ne5 Kh7 27. Rxc7
Ra8 28. Bxf7 Bxf7 29. Rxf7 Re8 30. f4 Rc8 31. Nf5 Ne8 32. Nxd4
Kg8 33. Ne6 Kh7 34. f5 Nc6 35. Nxc6 Rxc6 36. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Cap D'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
c5 13. d5 c4 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. g4 Rfb8 16. Ng3 a5 17. g5 Ne8
18. Nh2 Bc8 19. Ng4 Nc5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. a3 Ra7 22. Bd2 Qd8
23. Qf3 Kh8 24. h4 g6 25. Nfh6 Qe7 26. Kg2 Bxh6 27. Nxh6 Ng7
28. Qf6 Qxf6 29. gxf6 Nh5 30. Bg5 Ba6 31. Bd1 Nd3 32. Bxh5
Nxe1+ 33. Rxe1 gxh5 34. Rg1 Rf8 35. Kh2 Bc8 36. Be3 Rb7
37. Rg7 Bg4 38. Kg3 Bc8 39. f4 a4 40. fxe5 dxe5 41. Bc5 Re8
42. Kf2 Bg4 43. Nxf7+ Rxf7 44. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Cap D'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5
12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rac8 15. c3 Nc4 16. Bg5
Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Rfd8 18. Rad1 b5 19. Bc1 h6 20. h3 Nb6 21. R5d3
Nd7 22. Nh2 Qc4 23. b3 Qe6 24. Ba3 Nf6 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4
Rc6 27. Qe2 Rdc8 28. Bb4 Bf8 29. Kh2 Qf6 30. g3 Qd8 31. Qd2
Qb6 32. Kg2 Kh7 33. Bxd6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Qa5 35. Rxc6 Rxc6
36. Rc1 Qc7 37. Rc2 Rc5 38. Qd3 Qc6 39. c4 f6 40. cxb5 axb5
41. Rd2 b4 42. Qf3 Qc8 43. h4 Rc3 44. Qe2 Qc6 45. h5 Qb7
46. Qg4 Rc8 47. Rd7 f5 48. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Cap D'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.11.01"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5
12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Qe8 14. Ne1 Ng4 15. Nc2 f5 16. f3 Nxe3
17. Nxe3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Rd8 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Qd3 Bxd5 21. Qxd5
Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Kf7 23. Rad1 Ke6 24. b4 Rc8 25. b5 Rc2 26. bxa6
bxa6 27. Ra5 Rb8 28. b3 Rb6 29. Kf1 Rbc6 30. h3 h5 31. Rd3 g5
32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 d5 34. Ra4 a5 35. Ke2 Bd8 36. Kd3 Rc1
37. b4 axb4 38. Rxb4 Rg1 39. g4 Rg3 40. Rb8 e4+ 41. Ke2 Rg2+
42. Kf1 Rxd2 43. Rxd8 hxg4 44. hxg4 exf3 45. Re8+ Kd6 46. Rf8
Rxa2 47. Rf5 Ke6 48. Rxg5 d4 49. Rf5 d3 50. Ke1 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Enrique Rodriguez Guerrero"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qe2 Qc7
7. Be3 e5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 h5
12. Kb1 Nbd7 13. h4 Rc8 14. c4 a5 15. a3 Ng4 16. Rh3 Nxe3
17. Qxe3 g6 18. Be2 a4 19. Nc1 f5 20. Na2 Nc5 21. Qg3 Kf7
22. Rhh1 Bf6 23. Rd2 e4 24. f4 Qa5 25. Qe3 Be5 26. g3 Nb3
27. Rdd1 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Nc3 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Rhc8 31. Kc2
b5 32. Rh2 Na5 33. Rd4 Nxc4 34. Bxc4 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4
36. Rh1 Ke7 37. Rb1 Rc5 38. Rd1 Kd7 39. Rd4 Kc7 40. Rd1 Kb6
41. Rd2 Rc4 42. Rd1 Kc5 43. Rb1 e3 44. Kd3 e2 0-1

[Event "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marco Antonio Fernandez Gil"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 Rc8 12. Be2
Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfc1 h4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. c4
Rfe8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd8 20. Nd2 Bg5 21. Ne4 Bxe3+
22. Qxe3 Qe7 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24. Nxg5 Kf8 25. b4 Ke7 26. Ra3 Red8
27. Kf2 Nf8 28. Rd3 f6 29. Ne4 f5 30. Nd2 Nd7 31. Nf1 g6
32. Ne3 Nf6 33. Rdd1 Kf8 34. Ke2 Rd7 35. Kd3 Rdc7 36. Rd2 f4
37. Ng4 e4+ 38. Kd4 e3 39. Re2 Nh5 40. c5 Ng7 41. Nh6 dxc5+
42. bxc5 Rd8 43. d6 Rxd6+ 44. cxd6 Rxc1 45. Ke5 g5 46. Kf6 Rc6
47. Nf5 Nxf5 48. Kxf5 Rxd6 49. Kxg5 Rd2 50. Re1 Rxg2+ 51. Kxf4
Rxh2 52. Rxe3 Rg2 53. Rb3 Rg7 54. Rb1 Rh7 55. Kg4 h3 56. Kg3
h2 57. Kg2 Rh5 58. Kh1 Rb5 59. Rc1 Ke8 60. Rc7 Kd8 61. Rg7 Kc8
62. Rg8+ Kc7 63. Rg7+ Kc6 64. Rg6+ Kc5 65. Kxh2 Rxa5 66. f4
Ra3 67. Kg2 Rb3 68. Re6 Kd5 69. f5 a5 70. Re1 Rb6 71. Kg3 a4
72. Kf4 a3 73. Rd1+ Kc4 74. Rc1+ Kd4 75. Rd1+ Kc3 76. Ke5 a2
0-1

[Event "Spanish Team Championship"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[EventDate "2006.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "229"]

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. Qe1 Be7
12. f4 Ng6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. Nexc5 f6
17. Qg3 Nh6 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. fxe5 a5 21. Ne4 Nf5
22. Qxg6 Qxe5 23. Nbc5 Ra7 24. Rhf1 d6 25. Kb1 Re7 26. Rf3 Nh4
27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qh7 g5 29. Qh6+ Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Rxg7 31. Rxd6
Rc7 32. Nxe6+ Bxe6 33. Rxe6 g4 34. Rf6+ Ke7 35. Rf2 Rc6 36. b3
Re6 37. Rf4 Nxg2 38. Rxg4 Ne3 39. Rh4 Rc6 40. c3 Rg6 41. Ng3
Kd7 42. Kc1 Ng4 43. Rh7+ Kc6 44. Nf5 Rf6 45. Nd4+ Kb6 46. h3
Rf1+ 47. Kd2 Rf2+ 48. Ke1 Rh2 49. Nf3 Rh1+ 50. Ke2 Nh2
51. Rh6+ Kb7 52. Nd2 Ng4 53. Rh7+ Kb6 54. Nf3 Nh2 55. Nd4 Ra1
56. Rh6+ Kb7 57. Nxb5 Rxa2+ 58. Kd3 Rg2 59. Nd6+ Kc7 60. Ne4
Nf3 61. Rh5 Ra2 62. Rf5 Ne1+ 63. Kc4 a4 64. Rf7+ Kb6 65. bxa4
Rxa4+ 66. Kd5 Ra5+ 67. Kd4 Ra4+ 68. Ke3 Ng2+ 69. Kf2 Ra2+
70. Kg3 Ne3 71. h4 Ra5 72. Kh3 Kc6 73. Rf3 Nc4 74. Rd3 Ne5
75. Rd6+ Kc7 76. Kg3 Ra4 77. Rd4 Ra5 78. Nf6 Rc5 79. Ne4 Ra5
80. Rd1 Nf7 81. Kf4 Nh6 82. Ng3 Rc5 83. Rd3 Ra5 84. Rd4 Rc5
85. c4 Kc6 86. Re4 Kd6 87. Ke3 Rc8 88. Rd4+ Ke6 89. Kd3 Ra8
90. Re4+ Kd6 91. Kd4 Rg8 92. c5+ Kd7 93. Nh5 Rf8 94. Kd5 Rf5+
95. Re5 Rf1 96. c6+ Kd8 97. Ng7 Rd1+ 98. Kc5 Rc1+ 99. Kb6 Rb1+
100. Rb5 Rc1 101. Kb7 Nf7 102. Rd5+ Ke7 103. Rd7+ Kf6
104. Ne8+ Ke6 105. Nc7+ Kf6 106. Nd5+ Ke6 107. Nf4+ Kf6
108. c7 Rb1+ 109. Kc8 Rf1 110. Nd3 Ke6 111. Rxf7 Rxf7 112. Kb8
Rf8+ 113. c8=Q+ Rxc8+ 114. Kxc8 Kf5 115. Ne1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 Ne7 13. h4 Bh6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ncb4 O-O 16. Qxa4 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 a5 18. Bb5 Kh8 19. b4 f5 20. Bc6 Ra7 21. exf5 Bxf5
22. bxa5 Bd3 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Raf7 25. O-O Qxh4 26. Qe2
Bf4 27. g3 Bxg3 28. fxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Qg2 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rxf1+
31. Kxf1 Qd3+ 32. Kg1 e4 33. Qf2 Qd1+ 34. Qf1 Qg4+ 35. Kf2 h5
36. Ke1 Qg5 37. Qc4 h4 38. a6 Qg3+ 39. Kd2 h3 40. a7 Qf2+
41. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nd7 11.Nc3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Ne2
c5 14.Ba2 Rc8 15.Nf4 Kh8 16.b4 Nb6 17.Ne2 Qd7 18.Bf4 f5 19.f3
fxe4 20.fxe4 cxb4 21.axb4 d5 22.e5 Bxb4 23.Bd2 Bc5 24.Kh1 Nc4
25.Bf4 Ne3 26.Bxe3 dxe3 27.d4 Be7 28.Qd3 Bh4 29.Qxe3 Bxe1
30.Rxe1 Qf5 31.Kg1 Qe4 32.Qg3 Qg6 33.Qe3 Qe4 34.Qg3 Rc6 35.Bb1
Rg6 36.c3 Rxg3 37.Bxe4 Re3 38.Bf3 Kg8 39.Kf2 Rd3 40.Rb1 Bc6
41.Ra1 b4 42.Rxa6 Be8 43.Ke1 bxc3 44.Bxd5+ Kh8 45.Ra3 Ba4
46.Rxa4 c2 47.Bf3 Rd1+ 48.Kf2 Rc8 49.Bc6 c1=Q 50.Nxc1 Rxc1
51.d5 Kg8 52.e6 R1xc6 53.dxc6 Kf8 54.Rf4+ Ke8 55.Rf7 g6 56.c7
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f3 b5 11. g4 b4
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Na5 Nbxd5 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxb4
Nxb4 17. Qxb4 O-O 18. g5 Rfc8 19. Qa4 Rab8 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Qe4
g6 22. Bxa6 Rb4 23. Qd3 Rcb8 24. b3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qd5
Qa7 27. Bc4 Bxg5+ 28. Kb2 Ra4 29. a3 Ra5 30. Qe4 Be3 31. c3
Rxa3 32. Ra1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Bruned"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4
O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 Re8
12. Nxb6 axb6 13. h3 d6 14. Be3 Ne4 15. Qd4 Nd7 16. Nf4 Qe7
17. Bb5 Ng3 18. fxg3 Qxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 20. Kf2 Rc3 21. Rhc1
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nf6 23. g4 g5 24. Nh5 Nxd5 25. Bc4 Nc7 26. Bxf7+
Kxf7 27. Rxc7+ Ke6 28. Rxh7 Rxa3 29. Rc7 Ra8 30. Ke3 Ke5
31. Re7+ Be6 32. Ng7 Ra3+ 33. Kf2 Ra2+ 34. Kg3 Ra3+ 35. Kh2
Kf6 36. Rxe6+ Kxg7 37. Rxd6 Re3 38. Rxb6 Re7 39. g3 Kg8
40. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.09"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Andrey Orlov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3
Nf6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Be3 c6
12. O-O Bd7 13. Rfe1 Ng6 14. Rab1 Qc8 15. b4 Bd8 16. Ng5 d5
17. Bd2 Bb6 18. c5 Bc7 19. b5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qf8 21. Rb1 Qd8
22. a4 Nf8 23. Ne2 h6 24. Nf3 Ne6 25. Bf5 Qe8 26. Be3 Nf8
27. Bd3 Ne6 28. Bd2 Qd8 29. Re1 Qb8 30. Be3 Kh8 31. Qc1 Qf8
32. Ng3 Bxg3 33. fxg3 Ne4 34. Ne5 Be8 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Qb1 f6
37. Nc4 cxb5 38. axb5 Nc7 39. Nd6 Rb8 40. Bf4 Bg6 41. Qa2 a6
42. b6 Ne8 43. Nxe4 Rd8 44. Qf2 Qf7 45. c6 Rc8 46. c7 Qb3
47. d5 Qxd5 48. Nc5 Bf7 49. Re7 Kg8 50. Rd7 Qc6 51. Rd8 Be6
52. Qe3 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marc Narciso Dublan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bd3 b4 11. Nce2 Nd7
12. O-O h5 13. a3 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Bb7 15. Kh1 f5 16. Qe3 Rg8
17. Rf3 Nf6 18. exf5 Ng4 19. Qg1 e5 20. Rc3 Qb6 21. Rb3 Qa7
22. Rg3 h4 23. Rh3 exd4 24. Nxd4 Bg7 25. f6 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Falko Bindrich"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Qc2 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qe4 Nb4 11. Qxb7 N8c6
12. Bf4 g5 13. O-O-O gxf4 14. a3 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.02"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Andrey Rychagov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4
12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Bc4 Rd8 15. Qg4 Bd7 16. Bb3 Qa5
17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Rhe1 h5 19. Bxe6 Ba3 20. Bxd7+ Kf8 21. Qg3 h4
22. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.03"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 exd5
12. exd5+ Be7 13. Nc6 Nb8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bg2 Kf8 16. Rhe1
Nxc6 17. dxc6 d5 18. Kb1 Ra7 19. f5 Kg7 20. Qf2 Bd8 21. Rxd5
Qb6 22. Qd2 Re7 23. Rd1 Rhe8 24. Bf3 Bc7 25. g5 Qxc6 26. a3
Qb6 27. axb4 Bb7 28. Qc3 Re3 29. gxf6+ Kh8 30. Qc4 Bxd5
31. Bxd5 Re1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Ka2 Qb5 34. Qb3 a5 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Nbc3 Bc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qb3 Nb6
12. Be3 e6 13. O-O Qd7 14. Rfd1 Nb4 15. Nf4 c6 16. Rac1 Be7
17. Ne4 O-O 18. Bf2 a5 19. Nh5 Kh8 20. f4 Qd5 21. Qg3 Rg8
22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Qe4 24. Re1 Qg6 25. Nf4 Qf5 26. a3 N6d5
27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Qh4 Ra6 29. Rf1 Qf4 30. Qh5 Rb6 31. Bg3 Qe3+
32. Bf2 Qe4 33. Rce1 Qg6 34. Qxg6 fxg6 35. Re2 Rf8 36. Rc1 Rb3
37. Rd2 h6 38. gxh6 gxh6 39. Rc5 Ra8 40. Be1 Kg7 41. Rf2 a4
42. Bc3 Rf8 43. Rxf8 Kxf8 44. h4 Ke7 45. Rc4 Nxc3 46. Rxc3
Rxc3 47. bxc3 c5 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2
Ng6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4
17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8 Kc6 19. a4 Be6 20. Ra3 Rxa8 21. Rd3 Kc5
22. b4+ Kxb4 23. Rxd4+ Kc5 24. Rd3 Ne5 25. Rc3+ Nc4+ 26. Bxc4
Bxc4 27. h4 d5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rh5 d4 30. Ra3 f6 31. Ra1 Kd6
32. Rah1 a5 33. Rb1 b5 34. axb5 a4 35. b6 a3 36. b7 Rb8
37. Rhh1 Kc5 38. c3 dxc3+ 39. Kxc3 Bb5 40. Ra1 Rxb7 41. Rxa3
Rd7 42. Kc2 Kd6 43. Kd2 Ke6+ 44. Ke3 Kf7 45. Rc1 Rb7 46. Rc5
Bd7 47. Ra6 Bb5 48. Ra5 Bd7 49. e5 f5 50. Kd4 Rb4+ 51. Kc3 Rb7
52. g3 Be6 53. Ra3 f4 54. gxf4 gxf4 55. Kd3 Kg6 56. Ra8 Rd7+
57. Ke2 Rd5 58. Rxd5 Bxd5 59. Rf8 Kg5 60. Re8 Kf5 61. Rxe7 Be6
62. Kd3 Kxe5 63. Re8 Kd5 64. Rh8 Bf7 65. Rf8 Bg6+ 66. Kc3 Ke5
67. Rg8 Bf5 68. Rg5 Kf6 69. Rh5 Bc8 70. Rb5 Bd7 71. Ra5 Bc8
72. Rb5 Bd7 73. Rc5 Ke6 74. Kd4 Kd6 75. Ra5 Bc6 76. Ra6 Kd7
77. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.19"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7
7. a3 a5 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 fxe6 11. Nd4 Nxc5
12. Be2 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Bd6 14. g3 O-O+ 15. Kg2 Bd7 16. Bd2 e5
17. Nb3 Ne6 18. Bg4 a4 19. Nc1 Qg5 20. h4 Qg6 21. h5 Qg5
22. Rh4 e4 23. Qe1 Nc5 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. N1e2 Ne5 26. Qh1 Nf3
27. Qh3 Qf6 28. Nf4 Nxd2 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Na5 11. Bc2 b4 12. Qd1
Qb8 13. d4 b3 14. dxc5 bxc2 15. Qxc2 Nb3 16. Ra3 Nxc5 17. Re1
O-O 18. Nd2 a5 19. Nb3 Ne6 20. Be3 c6 21. f3 Re8 22. Bf2 Qc7
23. Nd2 d5 24. Rb3 Nf4 25. exd5 N6xd5 26. Kh2 Re6 27. Bg3 Rg6
28. Nf1 h5 29. c4 Nb4 30. Qf5 h4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Nd2 Rd8
33. Ne4 Re6 34. Qg5 f6 35. Qg4 Qf7 36. Qxh4 Nc2 37. Re2 Nd4
38. Rd2 Rxe4 39. fxe4 Qxc4 40. Rdd3 Re8 41. Qh5 Rf8 42. Rbc3
Qxa4 43. Qc5 Ne2 44. Rd7 Re8 45. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2007.06.25"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bf1 Rb8
12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Bc1 Qb6 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. h3 Re8 16. Qd1 h6
17. b3 Bf8 18. a4 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Na5 21. Be3 Qc7
22. Nd2 f5 23. Nc4 Be7 24. Qh5 Rf8 25. Nxa5 Qxa5 26. Bxh6 gxh6
27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Re3 f4 31. Rxe5
dxe5 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. d6 Rf7 34. Bc4 Bf5 35. dxe7 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gerhard Prill"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Qe2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 O-O
12. Rad1 Ne7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qd7 15. Qc5 Rfd8 16. c3 Ng6
17. Rfe1 Rab8 18. Nd4 Rb6 19. Bc2 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. b4 Ng6
22. g3 Re8 23. f4 Bc8 24. a4 Bd7 25. a5 Rbb8 26. Nb3 c6
27. Nc5 Bc8 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Kf2 Ra8 30. Ke3 Kf8 31. Kd4 Ke7
32. Rd2 Kd8 33. Nb3 Kc7 34. Kc5 Bd7 35. Nd4 Re7 36. h4 Rh8
37. Rde2 Rhe8 38. Re3 Rh8 39. e6 fxe6 40. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andreas Modler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4
exd5 7. Qxd5 Nc6 8. a3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O-O
12. Qc2 g5 13. Be2 g4 14. Nd2 Kb8 15. b4 Bb6 16. Nc4 Bc7
17. Bb2 Ne5 18. O-O-O Bc6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1
Rc8 22. Bd3 Bxg2 23. Bf5 Rc6 24. Kb1 Bf3 25. Rd2 Bxh2 26. Qb3
Be5 0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Christian Scholz"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a5 b5
12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Bd3 Rfd8 15. Qe2 a5 16. Rfe1 h6
17. Bh4 Rdc8 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nc4 d5 21. Nxb6
Qxb6 22. exd5 e4 23. Bb5 Re7 24. Rad1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qd6 26. c4
a4 27. Qe3 a3 28. c5 Qf6 29. c6 a2 30. cxb7 Rxb7 31. Bc6 a1=Q
32. Bxb7 Qa5 33. Bxa8 Qxa8 34. d6 Qad8 35. d7 Qg5 36. Qxg5
hxg5 37. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viesturs Meijers"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. b4
f6 13. Nf3 Bg6 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxc3 dxc4
17. Qxc4+ Kh7 18. b5 cxb5 19. Qxb5 Rb8 20. Qd3 Nc7 21. Nh4 f5
22. Qh3 f4 23. Bd2 Rf7 24. Nf3+ Kg8 25. Qg4 Rf6 26. Rfe1 Nd5
27. Re4 Qc8 28. Qh4 Rf5 29. Ng5 Nf6 30. Rae1 Rxg5 31. Qxg5
Nxe4 32. Qd5+ Kh7 33. Qxe4 Qf5 34. Qf3 b5 35. Bb4 Bxb4
36. axb4 Rd8 37. Rd1 Qh5 38. Qd3 Qf5 39. Qe2 Qh5 40. f3 Qd5
41. h4 Kh6 42. Qe4 Qd6 43. d5 g5 44. Qf5 gxh4 45. Re1 Qb6+
46. Kh2 Rd6 47. Re8 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. Qc3 Nb6 15. Qc5 Nd5 16. Rac1 b6
17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne5 c5 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Nc3 cxd4 21. exd4 Bb7
22. Nb5 a6 23. Nc7 Nf5 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nc6 Rd6 26. Nxa6 Nxd4
27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Kf1 f5 29. Rc4 Rbd7 30. Rc2 Kf7 31. Ke2 Bf6
32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Nb4 e5 34. Nc6 e4 35. b3 g5 36. a4 Ke6
37. b4 Kd5 38. b5 g4 39. Na7 f4 40. f3 exf3+ 41. gxf3 Re6+
42. Kf2 Bh4+ 43. Kg2 Re3 44. fxg4 f3+ 45. Kh3 f2+ 46. Kg2 Re1
47. Rxf2 Bxf2 48. Kxf2 Re4 49. Kf3 Rxa4 50. Nc8 Kc5 51. Ne7
Ra3+ 52. Kg2 Kxb5 53. Nf5 Kc4 54. Nxh6 b5 55. g5 Ra6 56. Nf5
b4 57. Ne3+ Kd3 58. Nd1 b3 59. h4 Kd2 60. Nb2 Kc2 61. Nc4 Kc3
62. Ne3 Rd6 63. h5 b2 0-1

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.25"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. a4 Qc8 12. Ng5
Nd8 13. Bc2 Bf8 14. Nd2 c6 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Na5 Nxg5
18. Bxg5 Qc7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Bb3 Nb6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8
Rxa8 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Qe2 Be7 25. Be3 g6 26. g3 Nd7 27. f4
exf4 28. gxf4 Qc7 29. e5 Nf8 30. Rf1 Ra3 31. Qb2 Ra6 32. f5 c5
33. Qf2 Qxe5 34. bxc5 gxf5 35. Bd4 Rg6+ 36. Kh1 Qe4+ 37. Qf3
Ne6 38. Qxe4 fxe4 39. c6 Bd6 40. Bb6 Kf8 41. c7 Bxc7 42. Bxc7
Ke7 43. Ba5 1-0

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.28"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 b5
12. a3 b4 13. axb4 Qxb4 14. Ra4 Qb7 15. Nf3 Nb4 16. e5 dxe5
17. Rxb4 Qxb4 18. fxe5 Bc6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bh6 Bg7 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Bb7 24. Ra1 Rfd8 25. Nf3 a5
26. Kf2 e5 27. g4 f6 28. Ke3 Bc6 29. g5 fxg5 30. Nxg5 Rd7
31. Ne6+ Kh6 32. Rg1 Rf7 33. Ne4 Rb8 34. Rg4 Rf4 35. Nxf4
exf4+ 36. Rxf4 a4 37. Bc4 Rxb2 38. Kd3 a3 39. Kc3 Rb1 40. Nd6
Kg5 41. Rd4 Rh1 42. h4+ Kf6 43. Ne4+ Ke5 44. Nf2 1-0

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.29"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4
Bf5 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. g3 O-O-O
12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Kb1
Rhe8 17. Nfd2 Nd6 18. Rhe1 f6 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qf3 Qf7 21. Nf1
g5 22. Ne3 h5 23. Nc5 b6 24. Nd3 Kb7 25. Ka1 a5 26. Rc1 e5
27. dxe5 fxe5 28. Qxf7+ Nxf7 29. Rcd1 g4 30. Nc1 d4 31. cxd4
exd4 32. Nc2 Nfe5 33. Re4 Nf3 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Kb1 Re4
36. Nd3 Nce5 37. Nxe5 Rxe5 38. Kc1 Re4 39. Rd3 Kc6 40. Kd1 b5
41. b3 b4 42. Kc1 Kc5 43. Kd1 Re5 0-1

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.09.01"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bd5 Rab8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Na3 Ne7 17. Bxb7
Rxb7 18. d5 Reb8 19. Nc2 c6 20. dxc6 Nxc6 21. Ne3 Qe6 22. Qd3
Qd7 23. Red1 Ra7 24. Nd5 b4 25. Nd2 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxa1
27. Rxa1 Nd8 28. Nc4 Qb5 29. Ra5 Qb7 30. Ra4 Ne6 31. Rb4 Qa7
32. g3 Ra8 33. Kg2 Qa1 34. Ncb6 Nc5 35. Qf3 Rd8 36. h4 Qe1
37. Na4 Ra8 38. Nxc5 Ra1 39. Kh3 dxc5 40. Rb7 Qh1+ 41. Qxh1
Rxh1+ 42. Kg2 Ra1 43. Rb8 g6 44. Re8 h5 45. Rxe5 Ra8 46. Re8
Ra7 47. e5 Kg7 48. Kf3 c4 49. Rc8 Ra5 50. Rd8 Bc5 51. Nf6 Be7
52. Rg8+ Kh6 53. Ke4 Bxf6 54. exf6 Kh7 55. Rg7+ Kh6 56. Rxf7
Ra2 57. f4 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mika Karttunen"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 Nc7 6. O-O dxe5
7. Nxe5 g6 8. c4 Bg7 9. f4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Be3 Nxe5
12. fxe5 c5 13. d5 Bxe5 14. Bxc5 Na6 15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5
17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Kh1 b6 20. Bg4 Qc7 21. d6 exd6
22. Nd5 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qxc4 24. Bxd7 Nc5 25. Bc6 Qxa2 26. Qh6
1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Simacek"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Na3 cxd4 6. Nb5 Na6
7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. Ngf3 Bg7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. O-O Nc7
12. Bc4 Nfd5 13. Re1 f6 14. a4 a6 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne6 Bxe6
17. Rxe6 Kf7 18. Re2 Rhd8 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Rc1 e5 21. c4 Ne7
22. Kf1 Nf5 23. Ba5 Bh6 24. Rc3 Rd7 25. b3 Ne7 26. Re4 b6
27. Bb4 Nc6 28. Ba3 Rd1+ 29. Re1 Rcd8 30. c5 b5 31. axb5 axb5
32. Bc1 b4 33. Rc2 Bxc1 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Ke2 Rh1 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6
7. Be2 e5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Nd5 Rc8 13. c3 Bg5 14. a5 Nb8 15. Ra4 Nd7 16. Rb4 Rb8
17. Bc4 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Na5
Rxb4 22. Nc6 Qa8 23. Nxb4 a5 24. Na2 Qxe4 25. Qxd6 Qc4 26. Nc1
e4 27. b3 Qxc3 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qd6 Rd8 30. Qg3 Qc5 31. Ne2
e3 32. fxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 34. Kh1 Kg8 35. h4 Rd3
36. Rf5 Bd2 37. Rf3 Rxf3 38. gxf3 Kf7 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Nd4+ Ke5
41. Nc2 h5 42. Kf2 Bb4 43. Ke2 Be7 44. Ne3 Bd8 45. Ng2 Kd4
46. Kd2 g5 47. hxg5 Bxg5+ 48. f4 Bd8 49. Ne3 h4 50. Ke2 h3
51. Kf3 h2 52. Nf5+ Kc3 53. Kg2 Kxb3 54. Nd4+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Qc7 11. Be2 O-O
12. Rhd1 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. e5 d5 15. f5 f6 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. e6 g6 19. Qd8 Qxd8 20. Rxd8 Kg7 21. g4 Rb8
22. R1d3 Nc7 23. Bf3 Re8 24. R8d7+ Bxd7 25. Rxd7+ Kh6 26. Rxc7
gxf5 27. gxf5 Kg5 28. Bxb7 Kxf5 29. Bc6 Rg8 30. e7 Kf4 31. Ra7
f5 32. Rxa6 Ke3 33. Ra3+ Ke2 34. Rg3 Rge8 35. Bxe8 Rxe8
36. Rg5 f4 37. Re5+ Kf2 38. Kd2 f3 39. c4 Kf1 40. Ke3 f2
41. Kf3 Kg1 42. Rg5+ Kf1 43. Rg2 Rxe7 44. Rxf2+ Ke1 45. Rc2
1-0

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O
cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Nc4 Rxc4 17. Bxc4
Bg7 18. Rc1 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Qe2 Nc7 21. Bh6 Bd6 22. Bb3
Qf5 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rd1 Nd5 26. g4 Nf4 27. gxf5
Nxe2+ 28. Kf1 Ba6 29. Ke1 gxf5 30. Be3 Ng1 31. f4 Nf3+ 32. Kf2
Nxh2 33. Bxa7 Ng4+ 34. Ke1 h5 35. Nc5 Bc8 36. Bb6 Rh8 37. a4
bxa3 38. bxa3 h4 39. Ke2 h3 40. a4 h2 41. Rh1 f6 42. a5 Kf7
0-1

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 h6
12. Nbd2 Nb4 13. Re1 c5 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Ng3 Qd7
17. c3 Nc6 18. Qd2 Nd8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 c4 21. d5 exd5
22. e5 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Nbc6
12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Qxc3 Nf5 14. Rg1 Rc8 15. Rb1 d4 16. Qd3 Nce7
17. g4 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Bd2 Nh4 20. Nxd4 Ra2 21. Rg3 Nc6
22. Nb5 Rxg4 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Rxg4 Nf3+ 25. Kf2 Nxd2 26. Rxb7
Ne4+ 27. Kg1 Nc5 28. Rg7 Nxb7 29. Rxf7+ Kd8 30. Nxb7+ Ke8
31. Nd6+ Kd8 32. Bb5 Rxa3 33. Nb7+ Ke8 34. Nd6+ Kd8 35. h4 a6
36. Nb7+ Ke8 37. Nd6+ Kd8 38. Bxc6 Bxc6 39. h5 Rh3 40. Rh7 Bb5
41. h6 Bd3 42. f5 Bxf5 43. Nxf5 exf5 44. e6 Ke8 45. Rh8+ Ke7
46. h7 Kxe6 47. Re8+ Kd5 48. h8=Q Rxh8 49. Rxh8 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 Ng4
12. Bf4 O-O 13. h3 Ngf6 14. O-O Re8 15. Rab1 a5 16. Qc2 Nf8
17. a3 Ne6 18. Bh2 Bd6 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Nxe5
22. dxe5 Bf8 23. b5 Ra3 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Ne2 Qa8 26. Nd4 c5
27. Nb5 Ra2 28. Qd1 Rb8 29. Bg3 Be7 30. Nc3 Rxb1 31. Qxb1 Ra3
32. Qb2 Ra5 33. Rd1 d4 34. exd4 cxd4 35. Ne2 Ra2 36. Qb5 Qe4
37. Nc1 Ra1 38. Qf1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 O-O
12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. g3 Be6 15. a3 a5 16. Nce3 Re8
17. a4 b4 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. O-O bxc3 20. bxc3 Bf8 21. Qd3 Na7
22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qa6 Nc6 24. Rab1 Red8 25. Rb6 Rxb6 26. Nxb6
Qa7 27. Qxa7 Nxa7 28. Nbc4 Rc8 29. Rb1 Rc5 30. Rb8 g6 31. Ra8
Nc6 32. Nb6 1-0

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7
7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 b5
12. Ne5 cxd4 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. exd4 Bd6 15. a3 Nb6 16. Nb4 Bb7
17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Rc8 20. Bf3 Na4 21. Nfe2 Qd7
22. Rab1 Ng5 23. Qd3 Nb6 24. h4 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Nc4 26. Nc1 Qe7
27. Qg3 Nd2 28. Ra1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Nb3 Bd5 31. Nc5 Rc6
32. Qe5 Qd8 33. Nb7 Qxh4 34. Qxd5 Rh6 35. Kf1 Rf6 36. f3 exf3
37. gxf3 Qh2 38. Qe4 Rg6 39. Qe3 Rg2 0-1

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gawain Jones"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Nb5 Rxa4
12. Bxa4 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. f3 Qa5 15. Bb3 Nc3 16. Nxc3 Qxc3
17. Qe1 Qe5 18. Qd2 Nd4 19. Rbd1 Nf5 20. Bf2 Qc7 21. Qe2 e5
22. Qc4 Qb8 23. c3 b5 24. Qb4 Qa8 25. Rd5 d6 26. Rxb5 Ba6
27. Ra5 Qc8 28. Rd1 e4 29. Qxe4 Bxc3 30. Ra4 Be5 31. Qc2 Qxc2
32. Bxc2 Bb5 33. Ra7 Rc8 34. Bb3 Bc4 35. g4 Bxb3 36. axb3 Ng7
37. f4 Bxf4 38. Rda1 Ne6 39. Ra8 Rxa8 40. Rxa8+ Kg7 41. b4 d5
42. b5 Nc7 43. Ra5 Bd2 44. Ra2 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Everaldo Matsuura"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nd5
Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Bc5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be3 d6 17. Qh5
Re7 18. a4 Rd8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra5 c6 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Qe2
Qd6 23. Qe3 Bc8 24. Bc2 Be6 25. Rd1 Red7 26. Ra6 Rc7 27. c4
Qd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. c5 Kf8 30. Rda1 Ke7 31. Bd1 g6 32. Rb6
h5 33. Raa6 Rdc8 34. h4 Kd7 35. g3 Ke7 36. f4 f6 37. Kf2 Bd7
38. Bb3 Rf8 39. Ke2 Bg4+ 40. Kd2 Bd7 41. Ra1 Be6 42. Kc2 f5
43. Re1 Bxb3+ 44. Kxb3 exf4 45. gxf4 Ke6 46. Ra6 Rd8 47. e5
Re8 48. Rg1 Rg8 49. Kb4 Kd5 50. Rga1 Ke6 51. Ra7 Rgc8 52. Rxc7
Rxc7 53. Ra8 Rh7 54. Rf8 Ra7 55. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Everaldo Matsuura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nc4 Bc7
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 a5 14. Ne3 Bb6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 d5
17. Kh1 Re8 18. Qf3 e4 19. dxe4 Rxe4 20. Bg3 Bc7 21. Bc2 Re7
22. Rfe1 Bxg3 23. Qxg3 a4 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qc7 26. Re1
Ng4 27. Qg3 Qxg3 28. fxg3 Kf8 29. h3 Nf6 30. a3 b5 31. Kg1 Re8
32. Rf1 Re2 33. Rf2 Re1+ 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Ke7 36. Ke2
Kd6 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. g4 Nd7 39. Bd3 Nb6 40. Be2 Nc4+ 41. Bxc4
bxc4 42. h4 c5 43. Kf3 d4 44. g3 g6 45. fxg6 fxg6 0-1

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Qf4 h6 11. dxc5 Qxc2
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qe4+ 14. Qxe4 dxe4 15. Rb1 Ne7 16. Rb4
Kf8 17. Be2 Kg7 18. Rxe4 b6 19. O-O bxc5 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. Be1
Nc6 22. f4 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Nxb8 24. Ra4 Rd7 25. Ra5 Rc7 26. Bf2
Nd7 27. Be3 h5 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Bb5 Ke7 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. Bxc5
a6 32. Ke3 Bb7 33. g3 Kc6 34. Bd6 Rc8 35. Ra4 Kb6 36. Rb4+ Ka7
37. Kd4 Rc6 38. Bc5+ Kb8 39. a4 Rc8 40. a5 Rc6 41. Bd6+ Ka8
42. c4 Rc8 43. Rb2 Bf3 44. h3 Bb7 45. c5 Bc6 46. g4 hxg4
47. hxg4 Bb5 48. Rh2 Kb7 49. Rh7 Be8 50. Kc3 Kc6 51. Kc4 Ra8
52. f5 gxf5 53. gxf5 Bd7 54. f6 Be8 55. Rh2 Ra7 56. Rg2 Rd7
57. Kd4 Ra7 58. Rg1 Rd7 59. Ke4 Ra7 60. Kd4 Rd7 61. Ke3 Ra7
62. Rg8 Ra8 63. Kf4 Kb5 64. Kg5 Kxa5 65. Kh6 Kb5 66. Kg7 Kc6
67. Rxe8 Rxe8 68. Kxf7 Rh8 69. Kxe6 a5 70. f7 a4 71. Kf6 a3
72. e6 a2 73. Be5 Rh6+ 74. Kg7 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7
7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5 11. Qf3 Qb6
12. Nd1 Nh6 13. f5 Qc7 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rc1 Bb6 16. f6 Re8
17. Qg3 Ng4 18. Nf2 Qxe5 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Rxc6 Bxe3 21. Qxg4
g6 22. Kd1 Bxd2 23. Kxd2 Qxb2+ 24. Bc2 h5 25. Qf4 Rac8
26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1 Rc4 28. Qg5 Rd4+ 29. Ke2 Rg4 30. Qe3 Re4
0-1

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Nb3 d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Qd2
O-O 13. Rfd1 Ne8 14. Rac1 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. c5 dxc5 17. Qe3
c4 18. Na4 b5 19. Nb6 Bb7 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21. Qg3 Kh8 22. Nd4
Bd5 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Bh5 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f4 Be7 11. Kb1 O-O
12. f5 Bc4 13. g4 Nxg4 14. Rg1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bxb3 16. Qh6
Bxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Bf6 18. Rxd6 Kh8 19. Qd2 Ra7 20. Kb1 Qc7
21. Rd3 Nb6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Be2 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 g6
26. Rc1 Qe7 27. Qc5 Kg7 28. Qxe7 Bxe7 29. Rc6 Kh6 30. a4 bxa4
31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Bxa6 Kg5 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. Kc2 Kh4 35. Bc8
g5 36. Kd3 g4 37. Kc4 Kh3 0-1

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O Qc7
12. Kb1 b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Rac8
17. Nd4 Nb6 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Nf5 Rce8 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. e5 d5
22. h4 Nc4 23. h5 d4 24. h6 g6 25. Nd5 Qxd5 26. Bxc4 Qxc4
27. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6
7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d3 a5 11. a3 Qa6 12. Nbd2
b5 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 Rfc8 16. Ndf3 a4 17. Nxg6
hxg6 18. b4 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Rab1 Nb3
22. Qd1 Qe8 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Qf8 25. e4 dxe4 26. dxe4 Rd8
27. Qe2 Rab8 28. Qc2 Bxa3 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Qxa4
Bd6 32. f4 Qh6 33. Qd4 Bxf4 34. Qxf6 e5 35. h4 Qf8 36. h5 Qc5+
37. Kh1 Rb6 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qd5 Qe7 40. Qd3 Qh4+ 41. Qh3 Qd8
42. Qc3 Rc6 43. Qh3 Rd6 44. Qc3 Rd3 45. Qe1 Bg3 46. h6+ Kh8
0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7
7. Nf3 N7f6 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. c4 Nb6
12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nd2 a5 15. a3 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rfe8
17. g3 Rad8 18. Bg2 Nbd7 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. Ne5 Ng6
22. Nd3 h5 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. f4 Bd6 25. Ne5 Ne7 26. c5 Bxe5
27. fxe5 Nfd5 28. Qe2 Nf5 29. Rd3 h4 30. gxh4 b6 31. Be4 bxc5
32. dxc5 Qe7 33. Bxf5 exf5 34. Rxf5 Qxh4 35. Bc1 Qh7 36. Rdf3
Nc3 37. Qc4 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qg6 39. Rg5 Qc2+ 40. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Nd5 exd5 11. exd5 Be7
12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Qe2 Qd8
17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 h6 20. Qf4 a5 21. g6 f6
22. Re6 Bc8 23. Re3 Qb6 24. Rae1 Bd7 25. d6 Ra7 26. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zahar Efimenko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. g5
Nh5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a4 15. Nc1 Qa5 16. f4 g6 17. Nd3 Bg7
18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nxb4 a3 21. b3 Nc5 22. O-O-O Rc8
23. Bc4 Ne4 24. Qe1 Rxc4 25. bxc4 Qa4 26. Rh4 O-O 27. Nd5 Re8
28. Qb4 Qxb4 29. Nxb4 f6 30. gxf6 Bxf6 31. Rh2 Ra8 32. Nd5 Bd8
33. Rf1 Bg6 34. Bh6 Bg5+ 35. Bxg5 Nxg5 36. Rd2 Ra6 37. c5 dxc5
38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ Nf7 40. Ng4 Re6 41. Ra7 e4 42. Rxa3 Bh5
43. Rf4 Ng5 44. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+
Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. O-O Qe6 11. Re1
Bh4 12. Nf3 Qxe2 13. Rxe2 Bf6 14. d3 d6 15. h3 c5 16. Rb1 a5
17. a4 Bd7 18. b3 Rab8 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Kf1 d5
22. Bb2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Kf7 24. Rb1 Kf6 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1
Ke5 27. Nf3+ Kf4 28. Ke2 g5 29. g3+ Kf5 30. Ke3 h5 31. d4 Kf6
32. h4 gxh4 33. Nxh4 c4 34. Kd2 Ke6 35. Kc3 cxb3 36. cxb3 Kd6
37. b4 Bxa4 38. bxa5 Bb5 39. Nf5+ Kc6 40. Kb4 Bd3 41. Ng7 Be2
42. Ne6 Bg4 43. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexei Iljushin"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Qe7
12. Kb1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Bb5 Bxd4
17. Nxd4 Nb8 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qe6 21. Qf3
Na6 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Nc7 24. Rc5 Ne6 25. Rc6 Nd4 26. Rb6
Rac8 27. Ba4 Rc5 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rxe5 30. c3 Ne6 31. Rxd8+
Nxd8 32. Rb8 Rd5 33. c4 1-0

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3
16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rg1 Nf4
21. Bb3 Ne6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. Kg2 e5 25. dxe5 dxe5
26. Bxb6 cxb6 27. Qd7 Rd8 28. Qc7 Rf8 29. h4 g6 30. b4 h6
31. b5 Rf7 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. h5 g5 34. Rh3 Qd6 35. Qc3 Rc7
36. Qe3 Rc5 37. Rh1 Rxb5 38. Ra1 Ra5 39. Rxa5 bxa5 40. Qa7+
Kf8 41. Qxa5 Qf6 42. Qa3+ Kg8 43. Kf1 Qe6 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Qa7+
Kf6 46. Kd2 g4 47. fxg4 Qxg4 48. Qb6+ Kg5 49. Qg6+ Kh4 50. Kc3
Qf3+ 51. Kc4 Qxf2 52. Kd5 Qd4+ 53. Ke6 Qb6+ 54. Kxe5 Qc5+
55. Ke6 Qc6+ 56. Kf7 Qd7+ 57. Kf8 Qd8+ 58. Kg7 Qe7+ 59. Kxh6
Qf8+ 60. Kh7 Qe7+ 61. Kg8 Qd8+ 62. Kf7 Qc7+ 63. Kf8 Qd8+
64. Qe8 Qf6+ 65. Kg8 Kg5 66. e5 1-0

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.28"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1
Qb7 18. Nf1 Rfe8 19. Ng3 Bd8 20. Qe2 h6 21. Bd3 Rb8 22. dxe5
Nxe5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. b4 axb3 25. axb3 Bb6 26. b4 Rec8
27. Kh2 Be6 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Rc1 Qd8 30. Bxb6 Rxb6 31. Qe3
Qb8 32. Qc5 Bd7 33. Ra1 Rc6 34. Qe3 Rd6 35. Ne2 Bc6 36. f3 Nd7
37. Ra5 Rd4 38. Qd2 Rd6 39. Ng3 Nf8 40. Qc3 Qb6 41. Nf5 Rd7
42. Bxb5 Rd1 43. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.09"]
[EventDate "2008.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 Ne7 10.Nde2 b5 11.Bf4 e5 12.Bg5 h5 13.Kb1
Ba5 14.Nc1 b4 15.Na4 b3 16.Nc3 bxc2+ 17.Qxc2 Rb8 18.Nb3 Bb4
19.Rd3 d6 20.a3 Bxa3 21.bxa3 Be6 22.Na2 Qa5 23.Bc1 Qa4 24.Nb4
O-O 25.Nd4 Qxc2+ 26.Nxc2 a5 27.Rxd6 axb4 28.Nxb4 Nd7 29.Bb2
Ng6 30.g3 Nc5 31.Be2 Na4 32.Rc1 Nxb2 33.Kxb2 Kh7 34.Rc5 h4
35.Bb5 Bh3 36.a4 Bg2 37.Rc3 f5 38.Na6 Rb7 39.Nc5 Ra7 40.Nd7
1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.11"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6
12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Qd3 Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4 16. Kb1 g6
17. Qh3 h5 18. Nd2 Qe2 19. Rde1 Qg4 20. Qh2 d5 21. f3 Qa4
22. g4 Bd6 23. Qg1 Ng7 24. Nb3 Qd7 25. Rd1 hxg4 26. fxg4 Re4
27. Rd4 Rae8 28. Bc1 Be5 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. h5 gxh5 31. gxh5
Kh8 32. Qg5 f6 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Rg1 Qf7 35. Nd4 f5 36. Bf4
Bxf4 37. Qxf4 Kh7 38. Rg6 Re7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qg5 Kh7
41. Nxf5 Nxf5 42. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.03"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. f4 O-O
12. Nd2 a5 13. Nf3 Ba6 14. Be3 a4 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Rc2 Rd8
17. Rfc1 c5 18. h4 Nf8 19. cxd5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd5 21. Qe4 Nd7
22. h5 Ra7 23. Nd2 Ra6 24. Qf3 f6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. h6 gxh6
27. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Qb6 30. Qf2 Ng4 31. Qd4
Qd6 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Qh8 Nf6 34. Nf3 Kg6 35. Rf8 Qxf4 36. Rg8+
Kh5 37. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.03"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6
7. O-O Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. Ba2 Nd4 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Bd2 Nec6
12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 b5 14. Rc1 a5 15. Nb1 b4 16. c3 b3 17. Bxb3
Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rb8 19. Qa2 e5 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5 Qf6 22. g4
Qh4 23. Nf2 c4 24. Rce1 Ne7 25. Re3 Bc6+ 26. Kg1 Nd5 27. Rh3
Qd8 28. dxc4 Nf4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. b4 Re8 31. Qd2 Re3 32. Rxe3
fxe3 33. Qxe3 Qf6 34. Re1 h5 35. b5 Ba8 36. Qe7 Rc8 37. Qxf6
Bxf6 38. gxh5 Kh7 39. Ng4 Bh4 40. Rd1 Bf3 41. Rd4 Re8 42. Nd2
Re1+ 43. Nf1 Rc1 44. Nge3 Be1 45. Rxd6 Rxc3 46. a4 Rb3 47. Rd2
Bxd2 48. Nxd2 Rxe3 49. Kf2 Rc3 50. Nxf3 Rxc4 51. Ng5+ Kg7
52. h6+ Kxh6 53. Nxf7+ Kg7 54. Nd8 Rxa4 55. Nc6 Ra2+ 56. Ke3
a4 57. Kd4 Rb2 58. Kc4 a3 59. Nb4 Rxb4+ 60. Kxb4 a2 0-1

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.04"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3
7. Bxf3 dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Re1 h6 11. a4 a5 12. g3
Qc7 13. Nc4 N7b6 14. Qd4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Rd8 16. c3 Nb6 17. Qe4
Nd7 18. b4 Be7 19. Rb1 h5 20. Qe2 g6 21. bxa5 Ra8 22. Qb2 Ra7
23. a6 b6 24. Be2 O-O 25. Be3 Rb8 26. a5 Bc5 27. Bxc5 bxc5
28. Qd2 Qxe5 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Qd6 Qxa5 32. Qxc6
Nf6 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34. Qb8 Re7 35. Rb1 Nd5 36. Rb7 Qxc3 37. a7
Rxb7 38. Qxb7 Qe1+ 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.05"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. c4 Bc5
7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be3 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 Bd7
12. Be2 Nbc6 13. O-O Be6 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nd6 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc6
17. Qe3 d4 18. Qg3 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Bh5 Rh6 21. Rfe1 Qd7
22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bf7+ Kh8 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Nxb7 Qe7 26. Nd6
Rd8 27. Nc4 d3 28. Qe3 Qb4 29. b3 h6 30. h3 a5 31. Rd1 Qc3
32. Qb6 Qf6 33. Nxa5 Nxa5 34. Qxa5 Qd4 35. Qd2 Re8 36. Kh2
Qd6+ 37. f4 Rd8 38. a4 Qd4 39. a5 Qd5 40. b4 Qb5 41. Qc3 Qa6
42. Qd2 Qb5 43. Ra1 Rd6 44. Rc1 Qd7 45. Rc3 Qb5 46. Rc5 Qe8
47. b5 Qf8 48. Rc3 Qf5 49. b6 Qb5 50. Ra3 Rd8 51. Ra1 h5
52. Ra2 h4 53. Rb2 Qa6 54. Qe1 Kg8 55. Qxh4 Rd7 56. Qe1 Kf7
57. Qd2 Re7 58. Rb3 Rd7 59. b7 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.06"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Re8 8. Nc3 Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. b3 a5 11. Ne4 Bf8
12. Bb2 d6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Bc6 15. Rad1 g6 16. Nd5 Bg7
17. Kh1 f5 18. Qc3 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Re7 20. c5 Nd7 21. Qc4 b5
22. Qc2 Nxc5 23. Bxb5 Qf8 24. Ba3 Ne4 25. Bc6 Ra7 26. f3 Nf6
27. Rd3 Kh8 28. e4 f4 29. Rfd1 Nd7 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rd5 Re7
32. Bc1 Re5 33. R1d3 g5 34. Bd2 h6 35. Rxe5 Bxe5 36. Rd5 a4
37. bxa4 Qe8 38. a5 Kh7 39. h3 Qb8 40. Bc3 c6 41. Rd1 Qb5
42. Bxe5 dxe5 43. a4 Qb7 44. Qc5 Qc7 45. Qf8 Qxa5 46. Kh2 Qc7
47. Rd6 Qg7 48. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.07"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6
12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Be5 Ne4
17. Qb1 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Rd8 19. Bf3 h6 20. h3 Qc7 21. Qd3 Bd6
22. Rd2 f6 23. Rad1 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Be5 25. Bd4 Rc4 26. Qb3 b5
27. Be2 Rc6 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qxa4 Rb8 30. f4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 a5
32. Bf3 Rb4 33. Qd3 Rc5 34. Qb1 Qb7 35. Rc1 Qb6 36. Rcd1 Qb7
37. Kh2 Qb5 38. Qg6 Bf7 39. Qf5 Rxb2 40. Rxb2 Qxb2 41. Rb1 d4
42. Rxb2 Rxf5 43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. Be4 Bg6 45. Bxf5 Bxf5 46. exd4
a4 47. Ra8 Bd7 48. d5 Kg6 49. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Short Rapid match"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.07"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Ne7
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qe1 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nh4 Na5 16. Qg3 Nxb3
17. axb3 Bh5 18. b4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qh4 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Qf2 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Rad1 Qa8 25. Ne4 Ra6 26. Qf3 Nf6
27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. e4 Qc6 29. h4 Qb6+ 30. Rf2 Rd8 31. Rdf1 Kg7
32. g4 Rd2 33. Kg2 Rxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qe6 35. g5 fxg5 36. hxg5 b4
37. Qh3 Qc4 38. Qf3 bxc3 39. bxc3 Rc6 40. Kh2 Qb3 41. Kg2 Kg8
42. Rd2 Rxc3 43. Qf2 Qe6 44. Qh4 Rc8 45. Qg3 Kg7 46. Rd5 Rc2+
47. Kh1 Qb6 48. Rd1 Qb2 49. Qh3 Rc1 50. Qf1 Rxd1 51. Qxd1 Qf2
52. Qg4 Qf4 53. Qg2 Kf8 54. Kg1 Ke7 55. Kh1 Kd6 56. Kg1 Kc5
57. Kh1 Kd4 58. Qb2+ Kxe4 59. Qc2+ Kd5 60. Qb3+ Kd6 61. Qb6+
Ke7 62. Qc5+ Ke6 63. Qc8+ Kd6 64. Qd8+ Kc5 65. Qa5+ Kc4
66. Qa4+ Kd5 67. Qa8+ Kd4 68. Qa4+ Ke3 69. Qb3+ Kf2 70. Qc2+
Kg3 71. Qf2+ Kg4 72. Qg2+ Kf5 73. Qh3+ Kxg5 74. Qg3+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mohamad Al-Modiahki"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4
d6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. a5 Be6 10. b3 c6 11. f4 exf4
12. Nxf4 Nd7 13. Bb2 Ne5 14. h3 g5 15. Nfe2 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4
17. Qd4 f6 18. Ng3 Rf7 19. Nd1 Rg7 20. Ne3 Rg6 21. Nxg4 Rxg4
22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Qe3 Qe8 24. Rf4 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Qh5 26. Rf1 Re8
27. Bd4 a6 28. Qg3+ Qg6 29. Qh3 Nf7 30. Rf4 Ng5 31. Qd3 Re6
32. Ng3 Bh6 33. Rg4 Bf8 34. Rh4 Be7 35. Bc3 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke8
37. Kf1 Kd7 38. b4 Ke8 39. b5 Kf7 40. Kg1 Kg8 41. Kh2 Kf7
42. Bd2 Bf8 43. Bc1 Re8 44. Nf5 Kg8 45. bxc6 bxc6 46. c5 Nxe4
47. Rxe4 Qxf5 48. Rxe8 Qh5+ 49. Kg3 Qxe8 50. cxd6 Qe1+ 51. Kf3
Qxc1 52. d7 Be7 53. d8=Q+ Bxd8 54. Qxd8+ Kg7 55. Qd7+ Kg6
56. Qe8+ Kg7 57. Qd7+ Kg6 58. Qd3+ Kg5 59. Ke2 Qg1 60. Qg3+
Kh6 61. Qf4+ Kg6 62. Qe4+ Kg7 63. Qxc6 Qb1 64. Qd7+ Kg8
65. Qd3 Kg7 66. Qg3+ Kf8 67. Qd6+ Kg7 68. Kd2 Qb5 69. Qc7+ Kg6
70. g3 h5 71. c4 Qb3 72. c5 Qb2+ 73. Kd3 Qb1+ 74. Kd4 Qd1+
75. Kc4 Qe2+ 76. Kd5 Qf3+ 77. Ke6 Qb3+ 78. Kd7 Qd5+ 79. Qd6
Qb7+ 80. Kd8 Qa8+ 81. Kc7 Qa7+ 82. Kc6 Kg5 83. Qc7 Qa8+
84. Kb6 Kg4 85. c6 Qg8 86. Qb7 Kxg3 87. c7 Qe6+ 88. Ka7 Qe3+
89. Ka8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5
7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe4 Na6 11. Nh4 g6
12. Qe5 f6 13. Qe4 Qc8 14. Rd1 Nac7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+
Kd8 17. a3 b5 18. e4 Nb6 19. Nc3 Ne6 20. b4 cxb4 21. Nd5 Nf8
22. Qg7 Rh7 23. Qg8 Nxd5 24. exd5 d6 25. axb4 Qf5 26. Be3 a6
27. Rac1 Rc8 28. Bb6+ Ke8 29. h4 Qg6 30. Qxg6+ Nxg6 31. Rxc8+
Bxc8 32. Rc1 Bf5 33. Ra1 Rg7 34. Kh2 Bc8 35. Rc1 Bb7 36. f4
Bd8 37. Bd4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3 Nc8 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nfd2 O-O 11. f4 Ncb6
12. a4 a5 13. c3 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nbd7
17. b4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qe1 Qe7 20. Qg3 Bf5 21. Bd4 Nf6
22. Qe3 Ne4 23. Rfb1 g5 24. Rf1 Kh7 25. bxa5 Bg6 26. Be5 gxf4
27. Bxf4 Qxc5 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. Be5 Rf5 30. Rxf5 Bxf5 31. Rf1
Nxa4 32. g4 Rg8 33. Rf4 Nc5 34. Rb4 h5 35. h3 hxg4 36. hxg4
Bd3 37. Bxd3+ Nxd3 38. Rxb7+ Kh6 39. Bg7+ Kg5 40. Bd4 e5
41. Bb6 Ra8 42. Ra7 Rb8 43. Rg7+ Kf4 44. g5 Kf5 45. Rc7 c5
46. Rc6 d4 47. cxd4 cxd4 48. a6 Nb4 49. Rf6+ Kxg5 50. a7 Ra8
51. Rd6 d3 52. Kf2 Rc8 53. Rd8 Rc2+ 54. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Grachev"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. O-O Nd7 11. c4 O-O
12. Nc3 Ng6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qe3 Ne7
17. g3 Nf5 18. Qc3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Nd6 20. Ned2 Nf5 21. a4 a5
22. c5 Nf6 23. Nc4 Ra8 24. Nb6 Ra6 25. Qd3 Ne7 26. Ne5 Ned5
27. Nbc4 Rf8 28. Nd6 Raa8 29. Qf3 Rad8 30. h4 Rxd6 31. cxd6
Qxd6 32. Rc1 Nd7 33. Kg2 Nxe5 34. dxe5 Qb4 35. Red1 Ra8
36. Rc4 Qe7 37. Rg4 Ra6 38. Rdd4 Rb6 39. Qd3 Qa3 40. Qd2 h5
41. Rg5 g6 42. g4 Rxb3 43. gxh5 Rb2 44. Qe1 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nf5
46. Rd8+ Kg7 47. hxg6 fxg6 48. Rd7+ Ne7 49. Qe4 Kf7 50. Qxg6+
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. a3 Nd7
12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 h5 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Be2 Nb6 16. Na5 Ba8
17. Rhf1 Ke7 18. Rf3 Bh6 19. Qe1 Bxe4 20. Rh3 Na4 21. Nb3 Bxg2
22. Rg3 Bb7 23. Rdd3 h4 24. Rg4 Bg5 25. Bf3 Nxc3+ 26. Rxc3 Qb6
27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Na5 Qb6 29. b4 Rhd8 30. Kb2 Kf8 31. Rh3 d5
32. Rgxh4 Bxh4 33. Qxh4 Ke7 34. Qe1 Qd4+ 35. c3 Qb6 36. Nb3
Rc4 37. Nc5 d4 38. cxd4 Rcxd4 39. Rh7 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4
h6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 a5 14. a4 c5 15. Nfd2 Nf4 16. Kh2 Be7
17. g3 Ne6 18. f4 g6 19. f5 gxf5 20. Rxf5 Rh7 21. Raf1 Ng5
22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Rxf7 Rxh3+ 24. Kg2 Rh6 25. g4 Raa6 26. Rg7
Bxg4 27. Rff7 Rae6 28. Ne4 Bh5 29. Rf2 b6 30. Nf6 Kc8 31. Nd5
Bd8 32. Rf8 Re8 33. Rf2 Bg6 34. Kg3 Reh8 35. Kf3 Rh3+ 36. Ke2
Bxc2 37. e6 Bxb3 38. Ne7+ Bxe7 39. Rxe7 Bc4+ 40. Kd2 Rd8+
41. Kc1 Bb3 42. Be5 Rd5 43. Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Be7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Rb1 a5 11. Be3 Nd5
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 Qc8 14. Rbc1 Rd8 15. Rfe1 f6 16. Bc5 Kh8
17. e4 Bf7 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 c6 21. Red1 Qc7
22. Qc2 Qb6 23. Qc3 Rd7 24. e5 fxe5 25. Nf3 Nd5 26. Qxe5 Re8
27. Qf5 Rde7 28. Rd2 Bg6 29. Qh3 Re2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Qc8+
Re8 32. Qg4 Qxb2 33. Re1 Rf8 34. h4 Qxa3 35. h5 Bf5 36. Qg5 h6
37. Qh4 Qb4 38. Qh2 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 Bc6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7
12. Bxd5+ Bxd5 13. Qf5+ Ke8 14. Qxd5 Nc6 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Qd1
Bf6 17. a3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nc6 19. Qd5 Qe7 20. Bf4 Qe6 21. Rad1
Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rf8 23. e4 Rf7 24. Rfd1 Na5 25. e5 h6 26. Bc1
Rc8 27. f4 Rc6 28. Kg2 Re6 29. g4 Nc6 30. h4 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5
32. Bxg5 Nxe5 33. Re1 d6 34. Rd3 Kd7 35. Rg3 Nc4 36. Rxe6 Kxe6
37. h5 Nxa3 38. h6 Nc4 39. Rh3 Rh7 40. Bf4 Ne5 41. Re3 a5
42. Kg3 b5 43. Kh4 a4 44. g5 Kf5 45. Bxe5 dxe5 46. Kh5 a3
47. g6 a2 48. Re1 Ra7 49. Rf1+ Ke4 50. g7 a1=Q 51. Rxa1 Rxa1
52. g8=Q Rh1+ 53. Kg6 Rg1+ 54. Kf7 Rxg8 55. Kxg8 Kd3 56. h7 e4
57. h8=Q e3 58. Qh3 Kd2 59. Qd7+ Kxc3 60. Qxb5 c4 61. Qe5+ Kd3
62. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 e6
7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3 Bxf4 9. exf4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7
12. Re1 g6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Na4 b6 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Nc3 Rfc8
17. Re3 Ne7 18. Rce1 b5 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Rh3 h5
22. f5 exf5 23. Qg5 Nh7 24. Qh6 Be6 25. Rhe3 Nf8 26. h4 Qxd4
27. g3 f4 28. Ne2 Qb4 29. Nxf4 Nf5 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf7 Kxf7
32. Nxd5 Qxb2 33. Rb3 Qd4 34. Rb7+ Nd7 35. Rxd7+ Bxd7 36. Re7+
Kg8 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 38. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. c3 c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Be2 Re8 10. Nc4 Be6 11. O-O Nd5
12. Bg3 b5 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Nf3
Red8 17. Qc1 a6 18. e4 Nf4 19. Re1 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Kg7 21. Qe3
Bc4 22. Rd2 e5 23. b3 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Rd8 25. Qb2 Be6 26. c4 f6
27. cxb5 axb5 28. Rc1 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Qa3 Bf7 31. Nh2 Qb7
32. Qe3 Rd3 33. Qe2 Rd4 34. f3 Qb4 35. Nf1 Qa3 36. Rc2 Rd3
37. Nd2 Qc5+ 38. Kh2 Qd4 39. Nb1 h5 40. h4 g5 41. hxg5 Rd1
42. Nc3 Qg1+ 43. Kg3 h4+ 44. Kg4 Be6+ 45. Kh5 Rd8 46. gxf6+
Kxf6 47. Nd5+ Bxd5 48. exd5 Rh8+ 49. Kg4 Rg8+ 50. Kh5 Qa7
51. Qe4 Rh8+ 52. Kg4 Qg7+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5
7. c4 Nbc6 8. Na3 a6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6
12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc3 Bxa3 14. bxa3 O-O 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. f4
d4 17. Bd2 Be4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Rad8 20. Rb3 Rd7 21. Rb6
Re8 22. Rab1 f6 23. exf6 Re2 24. R1b2 gxf6 25. Kf1 d3 26. R6b3
Ree7 27. a4 f5 28. Rc3 Rd4 29. Rc5 Rxa4 30. Rxf5 Rd7 31. Kf2
Rc4 32. Ke3 Rcd4 33. Rg5+ Kf7 34. Rh5 Re7+ 35. Kf3 Ke8 36. Be3
Rde4 37. Bf2 Re2 38. Rxe2 dxe2 39. Be1 Nd4+ 40. Kf2 Rc7
41. Rd5 Rc4 42. Re5+ Kf7 43. Re4 b5 44. g4 b4 45. Re5 Nc2
46. Rf5+ Ke6 47. Kxe2 Re4+ 48. Kd3 Rxe1 49. Kxc2 Re2+ 50. Kb3
Rxh2 51. Ra5 Rg2 52. Rxa6+ Kd5 53. g5 Kc5 54. Ra5+ Kd4
55. Kxb4 Rb2+ 56. Ka3 Rb8 57. Ra7 Ke4 58. Rf7 Ra8+ 59. Kb2
Rb8+ 60. Ka1 Ra8 61. f5 Kf4 62. g6 hxg6 63. fxg6+ Kg5 64. g7
Rg8 65. a4 Kg6 66. Ra7 Kh7 67. a5 Rb8 68. Ka2 Rb4 69. Ka3 Rf4
70. Rc7 Rf6 71. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxc3
12. Rxc3 c5 13. h4 c4 14. a4 a6 15. b3 b5 16. bxc4 dxc4
17. Qb1 Qa5 18. Re3 Bf6 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Rfe8 22. Qf5 Nf8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rb1 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Rb8
26. Bf4 Rb7 27. Qc8 Rd7 28. Qb8 Rxd4 29. Bd6 Rxd6 30. Qxd6 c3
31. Qc5 Qa2 32. Qxb5 h6 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. Qd3 Ne6 35. Rc1 Qa8+
36. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Qd2 g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. b4 O-O
12. O-O Qd6 13. Rab1 b5 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Re8 16. Rfc1 Nf8
17. g3 Bg4 18. Nh4 Ne6 19. Be2 Bh3 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Ng5
22. Qd1 Qd7 23. Nf3 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Ne6 25. Ne2 Rac8 26. Ne1 h5
27. Nd3 g5 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Bf8 30. Rc3 Re6 31. Qf1 Qf5
32. Rb2 h4 33. Qg2 hxg3 34. hxg3 g4 35. Nf4 Rh6 36. Rbc2 Kg7
37. Nxd5 Bd6 38. e4 Qh7 39. Ne3 Bxb4 40. Nf5+ Kf8 41. Rb3 Bxa5
42. Nxh6 Qxh6 43. Ra3 Bb6 44. d5 a5 45. e5 b4 46. Rd3 Qg6
47. Qf1 b3 48. Rxc6 Rxc6 49. dxc6 a4 50. Rd5 Qxc6 51. Qb5 Qxb5
52. Rxb5 Bd4 53. Kg2 b2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6
7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Be7 11. Qb1 cxd4
12. Bxd4 N5f6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Ne4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qa5 16. a3
Rfd8 17. b4 Qh5 18. Kg2 Ne5 19. Be2 Ng6 20. Ng3 Qh4 21. Qb2
Rd7 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. Bd4 h5 25. Kh1 e5 26. Bc5 Bf6
27. Ne4 b6 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxb6 R8d7 30. Rg1 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Bb7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. d5
Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. Na3 O-O 16. Nxb5 Ng6
17. g3 Bb7 18. Bc4 Ra8 19. Kg2 Bc8 20. Be2 Qe7 21. Na3 f5
22. Nc4 Ba7 23. Qc2 Qf7 24. Bd3 Bb7 25. Ra1 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxd5
27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxg6 e4 30. Nh4 e3+ 31. Kh3
exf2 32. Nf5 Bd4 33. Rf1 Bf6 34. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nf1 Nc6 11. c3 h6 12. Ng3
Re8 13. h3 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 d5 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Ra1 Qd7 17. Nh2
Rad8 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Nf5 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qd3 21. Qxd3 Rxd3
22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Na5 24. Ne3 c4 25. Nd5 Nb3 26. Rb1 Ra6
27. Be3 Rxa4 28. g3 Ra2 29. Re2 b5 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 a5
32. g5 hxg5 33. fxg5 b4 34. cxb4 axb4 35. Rf2 Ra1 36. Rxa1
Nxa1 37. Kf1 Rd1+ 38. Ke2 Rb1 39. Kf3 Bd6 40. Rd2 Nb3 41. Rc2
Na5 42. Bb6 Nc6 43. Ke2 c3 44. bxc3 b3 45. Rd2 b2 46. Kd3 Ba3
0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
d6 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O a5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 e5 12. d4
Re8 13. d5 a4 14. b4 b5 15. cxb5 Nb6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rfd1
Bxd5 18. Nd2 h5 19. f3 h4 20. e4 Be6 21. Qe3 Nh5 22. Bf1 Nf4
23. Re1 Qg5 24. Kh1 Bd7 25. Qf2 Re6 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 Rg6
28. Rc2 c6 29. b6 d5 30. Ba6 Rb8 31. exd5 cxd5 32. Bxe5 Rbxb6
33. Bf1 Bf5 34. Rd2 Rbe6 35. Bxf4 Qxf4 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. h3
Rf6 38. b5 Qd6 39. Qe3 Rf8 40. Rd4 Qc5 41. Qd2 Qxa3 42. Rxh4
Qa1 43. Kg1 a3 44. Ra4 Qb2 45. Qe3 a2 46. Qa3 Qxa3 47. Rxa3
Bb1 48. Kf2 Rc8 49. Ke3 Rc3+ 50. Rxc3 a1=Q 51. Rc6 d4+ 52. Kf2
Qb2+ 53. Kg1 d3 54. b6 d2 55. Rd6 Qb4 56. Rd8+ Kh7 57. b7 Qb6+
0-1

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6
Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 Nf5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qe4+ Nfe7 11. Bg5
Bf5 12. Qxf5 Nxf5 13. Bxd8 Kxd8 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Ng5 f6
16. Nge4 Kc8 17. g3 Be5 18. Rhe1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Re5 20. Bf1 Nd6
21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxd6 Kc7 24. Re6 Rd8 25. f4
Nc6 26. Bd3 h6 27. Kb2 Rd6 28. Re8 Rd8 29. Re1 Rd7 30. c4 b6
31. Kc3 Kd6 32. Bf5 Re7 33. Rd1+ Kc7 34. Rd5 Re3+ 35. Kd2 Re7
36. c5 Na5 37. cxb6+ axb6 38. Rd4 Kc6 39. Be4+ Kc5 40. Kc3 b5
41. Rd5+ Kb6 42. Bd3 Rc7+ 43. Kd4 Nc6+ 44. Ke4 Re7+ 45. Kf5 b4
46. Kg6 Kc7 47. g4 Nd8 48. Bf5 Nb7 49. Rd4 Nd6 50. h4 h5
51. Kxh5 Nxf5 52. gxf5 Re2 53. Kg6 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Khenkin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6
12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Ndf6 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. e4 Bg6
17. Re2 Nh5 18. Rf2 Rfd8 19. Be3 h6 20. a4 Rd7 21. a5 Qd8
22. a6 b6 23. f4 Rc8 24. f5 exf5 25. exf5 Bh7 26. f6 Nxf6
27. Bh3 Rd5 28. Bxc8 Qxc8 29. Bf4 Be4 30. Re1 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Nh5
32. Qd1 Qg6 33. Re3 Rb5 34. Qe2 Rb1+ 35. Rf1 Nf4 36. Rxe4
Nxe2+ 37. Rxe2 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qd3 39. Be1 Qxa6 40. Kf2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "1st Asian Clubs"]
[Site "Al Ain UAE"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marat Dzhumaev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 O-O
12. Qf2 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a5 15. g5 Nh5 16. Rg1 a4
17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Kb1 Rfc8 19. Ne4 b3 20. c4 bxa2+ 21. Ka1 Nf4
22. c5 a3 23. b3 Qb8 24. Bc4 Nh3 25. Qd2 Nxg1 26. Bxg1 f5
27. gxf6 Nxf6 28. c6 Nxe4 29. fxe4 Rf8 30. Be3 Bd8 31. Bf2 Rf3
32. Kxa2 Bb6 33. Bg3 Qf8 34. Qc2 Bd4 35. Bd3 h5 36. b4 Kh7
37. b5 Qf6 38. Qe2 Rf8 39. Qc2 h4 40. Be1 Bb6 41. Kxa3 Qf4
42. Kb3 g6 43. Kb2 Bd4+ 44. Kb1 Ra8 45. Bc3 Rf2 46. Qb3 Bb6
47. Bb4 Qxh2 48. Bc2 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.17"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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 Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4
Ne5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. h5 Rc8 15. Qg2 b4 16. Na4 f5 17. gxf6 Nxf6
18. Bd3 Rf7 19. b3 Rcf8 20. Rdg1 Ne8 21. Rh3 Bf6 22. Nb2 Nc6
23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Nc4 d5 25. exd5 exd5 26. h6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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. Qe1 Rb8
12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qf2 Bxc3 14. Bc5 d5 15. bxc3 Bb7 16. Qh4 Nf4
17. Qg3 Nfg6 18. f4 Nd7 19. Bb4 Qxf4+ 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21. Bd6
Ng6 22. Bxb8 Nxb8 23. Na5 Ba8 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. c4 bxc4
26. Nxc4 Ke7 27. Ne3 Bc6 28. Rd4 Ne5 29. Be2 Nbd7 30. Rhd1 Nc5
31. g3 Rc8 32. Nc4 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 a5 34. Re1 f6 35. Re3 e5
36. Be2 Be8 37. Rh4 h6 38. Ra3 Ra8 39. Rb4 Kd6 40. Bf3 Ra7
41. Rb8 Bd7 42. Kd2 e4 43. Be2 f5 44. h4 a4 45. Rc3 Rc7 46. a3
g5 47. Rh8 f4 48. Rxh6+ Ke5 49. hxg5 f3 50. Bf1 Bf5 51. Ke3
Na6 52. Rhc6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f3
Be7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.g4 d5 10.g5 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Nh5 12.O-O-O Bxg5
13.Kb1 Kh8 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Rg1 Qf4 16.Qc5 Bd7 17.exd5 Nf6
18.Bh3 exd5 19.Bxd7 Nxd7 20.Qxd5 Nf6 21.Qxb7 Qxh2 22.Ne4 Nxe4
23.Qxe4 Rad8 24.a4 Qc7 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rg5 g6 27.Rb5 Rd1+
28.Ka2 Rd7 29.c4 Kg7 30.c5 a6 31.c6 axb5 32.cxd7 Qxd7 33.Qe5+
Kf8 34.axb5 h5 35.Kb3 Kg8 36.b6 h4 37.Qc7 Qd1+ 38.Kb4 Qe1+
39.Kb5 Qe2+ 40.Ka5 Qd2+ 41.b4 Qa2+ 42.Kb5 Qe2+ 43.Qc4 Qe8+
44.Qc6 Qe2+ 45.Kc5 Qf2+ 46.Kd6 Qg3+ 47.Kd7 h3 48.b7 h2 49.Qc8+
Kg7 50.b8=Q Qxb8 51.Qxb8 h1=Q 52.Qe5+ Kg8 53.Qd5 Qh3+ 54.Kc7
Qh2+ 55.Kb7 Qh5 56.Kc6 Qh3 57.Kb7 Qh5 58.Qc6 Kg7 59.b5 Qe5
60.b6 g5 61.Kc8 Qf5+ 62.Kd8 Qa5 63.Qd6 Qa8+ 64.Kc7 Qxf3 65.b7
Qc3+ 66.Kd7 Qh3+ 67.Kd8 Qh8+ 68.Kc7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4
Na5 13. Bc2 b4 14. cxb4 Nc6 15. Nb3 exd4 16. Bd2 d5 17. e5 Ne4
18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Rb8 20. b4 Ba8 21. Rb1 g6 22. b5 axb5
23. axb5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bf4 Nc3 26. Qxd4 Rxe1+
27. Rxe1 Nxb5 28. Qe5 Qf8 29. Bd3 Na7 30. Qxc7 Nc6 31. Ra1 Rb7
32. Qd6 Ra7 33. Rxa7 Nxa7 34. Qd7 Nc6 35. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3
Nf6 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 O-O 17. g4
a5 18. h4 Bxg4 19. f3 Bf5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qe3 a4 22. Qxg5
Bg6 23. Bd3 a3 24. b4 Qb6 25. Rh4 Nh7 26. Rxh7 Kxh7 27. O-O-O
Qxb4 28. Rh1+ Kg8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qh6+ Kf6 31. Ne4+ Ke6
32. Rd1 Qb2+ 33. Kd2 Kd7 34. Qf4 Rfd8 35. Ke2 Ke8 36. Rh1 Ra5
37. Qc7 Rad5 38. Ke3 Kf8 39. c3 Rxd3+ 40. Kf4 f6 41. Rh8+ Kf7
0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "136"]

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

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "221"]

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

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nakchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. a5 h6 14. Bc4 Kf8 15. b3 Ke7 16. Bd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Na7 18. Nxe5 Kf8 19. Ndc4 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nc6 21. Bg5
hxg5 22. dxc6 f6 23. Rc5 Be6 24. Nb6 Rab8 25. Nd7+ Bxd7
26. cxd7 Rxd7 27. Rc6 Rb5 28. Rxa6 Rd2 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. g4 Rc5
31. a6 Rcxc2 32. Rc8 c6 33. a7 Rxf2 34. Rh8 1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.22"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Qd3 d4 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Qb6 16. Ne4 Nd5
17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. Nxf7 Rdf8 19. Nd6 Nce7 20. Bf3 Bc6 21. a4 Nb4
22. a5 Qc5 23. Qh7 d3+ 24. Kh1 d2 25. Bxd2 cxd2 26. Qxe7 Rxf4
27. Rab1 Rgf8 28. c4 a6 29. h3 Ka8 30. Qg7 Qe3 31. Kh2 d1=Q
32. Rbxd1 1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.28"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Bd3 c6 16. b3 g6 17. Ba3 Qc7
18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Bg7 20. axb5 axb5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5
Rxe5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Ree8 25. Bb4 Qb8 26. Ba5 Rd7 27. Bc3
Rde7 28. Qb2 Re6 29. Ne3 d5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. b4 Qd6 32. Bf1
Nh5 33. Bxg7 Nxg7 34. b5 h5 35. Nc4 Qc7 36. Rxe6 Nxe6 37. b6
Qc5 38. Ne5 d4 39. Qb5 Rc8 40. Qd7 Qxe5 41. Qxb7 Rb8 42. Qa7
Qd6 43. Rb1 Rd8 44. b7 Qb8 45. Ra1 Qc7 46. Bc4 Qxc4 47. b8=Q
Rxb8 48. Qxb8+ Kh7 49. Ra7 Ng7 50. Qc7 Qxc7 51. Rxc7 Kg8
52. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Azerbaijan vs the World"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Be7
7. c3 O-O 8. d4 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 a5 11. Bg5 b6 12. Qe3 Ba6
13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. a3 h6 16. Bf4 Nf8 17. h5 Nh7
18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Bb5 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. Rcb1 Ba6 22. Bf1
Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rc6 24. Ng1 Qd7 25. Kg2 Bd8 26. Ne2 Rc8 27. Qd3
Qc6 28. Qb5 Qxb5 29. Rxb5 Nf8 30. Nb3 Re7 31. Bc1 Ra7 32. Rb4
Nd7 33. Rba4 Rb7 34. Nd2 Nb8 35. R4a2 Nbc6 36. Ba3 Ra7 37. Bd6
Rca8 38. f4 Nb7 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Rxa7 Nxa7 41. Bb4 Nb5
42. Nb1 Na5 43. Na3 Na7 44. Kf3 N7c6 45. Bd6 Nb7 46. Nb5 Nxd6
47. Nxd6 f6 48. g4 Kf8 49. Nb5 Kf7 50. Nc1 fxe5 51. dxe5 Be7
52. Nd3 g6 53. hxg6+ Kxg6 54. Nc7 Kf7 55. f5 exf5 56. gxf5 d4
57. e6+ Kf6 58. Ke4 dxc3 59. Nd5+ Kg5 60. Nxc3 h5 61. Ne1 Kf6
62. Nd5+ Kg7 63. Nf3 h4 64. Nxe7 Nxe7 65. Ke5 h3 66. f6+ Kf8
67. Kd6 Ng8 68. e7+ Ke8 69. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Azerbaijan vs the World"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4
12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Nc4 Bb7
17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ba4 Nd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Nb6
Qf5 22. Nxa8 Bxa8 23. Qe2 Bxd5 24. Rd1 Bxa2 25. Rxd6 Be6
26. Rxa6 Qb1+ 27. Qe1 Qxb2 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kg7
30. Qd7+ Kg8 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxc5 Qb7 33. Qe3 Qd5 34. g3 h6
35. Nd2 Qd4 36. Qe2 Qd7 37. Kh2 Qe7 38. Ne4 Qe6 39. Qc2 Be7
40. Qc3+ Kg8 41. Qd4 Kf7 42. Nc3 Bf6 43. Qa7+ Qe7 44. Qa2+ Kg7
45. Nd5 Qf7 46. Qd2 Kh7 47. Qd3 Be5 48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Qe4 Qf5
50. Qa4 Qf7 51. Qc6 Kh7 52. Nb4 Qe7 53. Nd3 Bd6 54. Qd5 Kg7
55. h4 h5 56. Nb2 Qe5 57. Qb7+ Qe7 58. Qc6 Bc5 59. Nc4 Bd4
60. Nd6 Be5 61. Ne4 Bd4 62. Ng5 Bf6 63. Ne6+ Kh7 64. Qe4 Qf7
65. f4 Be7 66. Qe5 Kg8 67. Kf3 Bf6 68. Qd5 Be7 69. Ke4 Bf6
70. f5 gxf5+ 71. Qxf5 Qb7+ 72. Ke3 Qb3+ 73. Ke2 Qb2+ 74. Kf3
Qb3+ 75. Kg2 Qb7+ 76. Kh2 Qb2+ 77. Kh3 Qe5 78. Qxe5 Bxe5
79. Nf4 Bxf4 80. gxf4 Kf7 81. Kg3 Kf6 82. Kf2 Ke6 83. Ke3 Kd5
84. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Azerbaijan vs the World"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gadir Guseinov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. O-O a6
7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 f5 11. f3 Ng5
12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Na3 Qe7 15. Kh1 Bxa3 16. bxa3
c5 17. Nc2 b6 18. c4 f4 19. a4 Be6 20. Qc3 a5 21. Na3 Rf5
22. Re4 Raf8 23. Nb5 Rh5 24. Qd2 g5 25. Kg1 Qg7 26. h3 Bxh3
27. gxh3 Rxh3 28. Re2 g4 29. Rh2 gxf3+ 30. Kh1 Rg3 31. Qf2 Rg8
32. Rd1 Rg2 33. Rxg2 fxg2+ 34. Kg1 Qh6 35. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2
Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2
Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. b4 d5 17. Ng3
dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Qe2 Rad8 21. Ne1 Qb3
22. Qa2 Qxa2 23. Rxa2 Rd5 24. Kf1 Nb8 25. Ke2 Nd7 26. Nf3 Rd8
27. Bd2 Bf6 28. g4 g6 29. c4 Rd6 30. Be3 Rc6 31. cxb5 axb5
32. bxc5 Nxc5 33. Rc2 Nxe4 34. Rxc6 Nd6 35. Ng5 Bxg5 36. Bxg5
Rd7 37. f3 Kg7 38. Bd2 Kf6 39. Rb6 h5 40. Be1 hxg4 41. hxg4
Nc8 42. Rxb5 Ne7 43. a4 Nd5 44. Bd2 Rh7 45. a5 Rh2+ 46. Kd1
Rh1+ 47. Kc2 Ra1 48. Kb2 Ra4 49. Rb7 Nf4 50. Rb3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Nf1
Rfe8 18. Ng3 Nb4 19. Bb1 a3 20. bxa3 Rxa3 21. Bc1 Ra4 22. Bb2
Bf8 23. Qe2 Qb8 24. a3 Nc6 25. Bc2 Ra7 26. d5 Na5 27. Bc3 Qa8
28. Bb4 Nc4 29. Ra2 Rc8 30. Bd3 Ra4 31. Rea1 g6 32. Nd2 Nxd2
33. Qxd2 Ne8 34. Ne2 Ra7 35. Rc1 Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Nc7 37. Bd2
Na6 38. Nc3 b4 39. axb4 Nxb4 40. Rxa7 Qxa7 41. Bf1 h5 42. Qb2
Qc5 43. Be3 Qa5 44. Nb1 Qa4 45. Nc3 Qa5 46. Nb1 Qa4 47. Na3
Na6 48. Qb6 Qxa3 49. Bxa6 Qa4 50. Kh2 f5 51. Bg5 Qxe4 52. Qd8
Qa4 53. Bb7 Be8 54. Bc6 Bxc6 55. dxc6 Qxc6 56. Bh6 Kf7
57. Qxf8+ Ke6 58. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.08"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Nbd7 15. Qf3 Qc8 16. Ndf1 c6 17. dxc6
Qxc6 18. Ng4 Re7 19. Ng3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nf5 Re6 22. Qg3
Kh8 23. Be3 h5 24. Rad1 Nxe3 25. Ngxe3 Rg6 26. Qh2 Rf6 27. Bd5
Qc8 28. Qg3 g6 29. Qg5 Bg7 30. Ne7 Qc7 31. Ng4 Rf4 32. Nh6 Rf8
33. Nxf7+ R4xf7 34. Nxg6+ Kh7 35. Qxh5+ Bh6 36. Bxf7 Rxf7
37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Nf8+ Kg7 39. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Chatalbashev"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. a4
b6 13. Qd3 e6 14. Be3 exd5 15. exd5 Nd7 16. Bf2 f5 17. Rfe1
Nf6 18. Bh4 Qd7 19. Re6 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8
22. Nxb5 Nxe6 23. dxe6 Qe7 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Kf8 26. Bf2
Ra5 27. Nc8 Ke8 28. Bh4 Kd8 29. e7+ Kd7 30. Bf7 Ra1+ 31. Kh2
Kxc8 32. Bxf6 Re1 33. Be5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Joerg Wegerle"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3
c6 13. d4 Nh7 14. Be3 Ng5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. Qg4
Nf4 18. g3 g6 19. Bc2 exd4 20. cxd4 gxf5 21. exf5 Nd5 22. h4
Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qg6 24. Re2 gxh4 25. Qf4 Qf6 26. Rh2 Rd8
27. Rxh4 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Kf8 29. Rh6 Qg7 30. Qh4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 Re8 8. Ba4 b5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bc2 h6 11. Re1 Bb6 12. Nf1
d5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd6 15. Qe2 d4 16. Nf1 Rad8 17. Ng3
dxc3 18. bxc3 Qc5 19. Qd2 Rd7 20. Nh4 b4 21. cxb4 Nxb4
22. Rec1 Nxa2 23. Rxa2 Bxa2 24. Ba4 Rxd3 25. Rxc5 Rxd2
26. Bxe8 Nxe8 27. Rxe5 Be6 28. f4 Nd6 29. Rc5 Nb5 30. Nf3 Rd3
31. Nf5 Rc3 32. Re5 Kf8 33. N5d4 Bd7 34. Rd5 Ke8 35. Ne5 Nxd4
36. Rxd4 Bb5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. c3 Bg6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nge7 10. f4 Nf5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5
12. Nd2 h5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 g6 16. Qb3 b6
17. Rfd1 O-O 18. g3 Qc7 19. Rd2 Be4 20. a4 Bc5 21. Qd1 Kg7
22. Kf2 a5 23. h3 Rab8 24. Rc1 Rfc8 25. Bb5 Qe7 26. Qe2 Bf5
27. Kg2 Be4+ 28. Kh2 Rc7 29. Qe3 Rbc8 30. Rf1 Rb8 31. Rff2
Rbc8 32. Kg1 Rb8 33. Be2 Rcc8 34. Bf3 Bxf3 35. Qxf3 b5
36. axb5 Rxb5 37. g4 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rh8 40. Rdd2
Qh4 41. f5 d4 42. fxe6 Rb7 43. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. f4 d6
7. f5 Nd4 8. Nf3 c6 9. Ba2 d5 10. O-O Re8 11. Kh1 Bc5 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 Nxf5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. dxc6 bxc6
17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Nh4 Nd6 19. b4 Qc3 20. Nf3 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6
22. Ng1 Qd4 23. Ne2 Qe3 24. Ng3 a5 25. Re1 Qd4 26. Rb1 axb4
27. Rxb4 Qc5 28. Qc1 f5 29. Qb2 f4 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Rbxe4 f3
32. c4 Rxa3 33. d4 Qa5 34. gxf3 Ra2 35. Qc1 Qd8 36. dxe5 Rg6
37. R4e2 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 Qd3 39. Qe3 Qxc4 40. e6 Kf8 41. e7+ Ke8
42. h3 Qd5 43. Kh2 Qd6+ 44. f4 Rf6 45. Kg3 g5 46. Qb3 Qxf4+
47. Kg2 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7
7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. g4 h6 10. h4 Nb6 11. g5 hxg5
12. Nxg5 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Bd3 Be7 16. Kb1 cxd4
17. exd4 Nc4 18. Ka1 b5 19. Bf4 O-O 20. Be5 Ne3 21. Qe2 Nxd1
22. Rxd1 Qa5 23. Nb1 Rfe8 24. Rg1 Bf8 25. Qg2 Rc6 26. Bf5 g6
27. Bd3 Nd7 28. f4 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Qb6 30. Qf2 Re7 31. Nh3 Bh6
32. Nf4 Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Kf8 34. Nd2 Ke8 35. Nb3 Rec7 36. Kb1 a5
37. Nc5 Rxc5 38. dxc5 Qxc5 39. Re1 Re7 40. Qf6 Re6 41. Qh8+
Ke7 42. Qb8 Qb6 43. Qc8 Rc6 44. Qh8 Bf3 45. e6 Rxe6 46. Rc1
Be4 47. Bxe4 Rxe4 48. Qc8 Qe6 49. Qb7+ Kf8 50. Qxb5 a4 51. a3
Rxh4 52. Qb8+ Kg7 53. Ka1 Re4 54. Qh2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. h3 a6 9. c5 Bc7 10. Bd2 b6 11. cxb6 Nxb6 12. Bd3
Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bd7 16. Ba5 Qc7 17. O-O
O-O 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rd6 Be8
22. Rad1 Rb8 23. Qc5 Rdc8 24. R1d3 Na4 25. Bxc7 Nxc5 26. Bxb8
Nxd3 27. Bxd3 Rxb8 28. b3 a5 29. f4 Kf8 30. Rd4 c5 31. Rd6 a4
32. bxa4 Bxa4 33. Ra6 Rb4 34. Ra8+ Ke7 35. Rc8 Rxf4 36. Rxc5
Bd7 37. Bc2 Rf3 38. Kg2 Ra3 39. Bb3 Ba4 40. Rc7+ Ke8 41. Bc4
g5 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Rc7+ Ke8 44. Rc8+ Kd7 45. Rf8 Ke7 46. Rc8
Bc2 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Rc8+ Kg7 49. Rc7 Rc3 50. Kf2 Bd3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne4 Be6 11. Re1
a5 12. h3 Bd5 13. g4 Ne7 14. Kh2 b6 15. Kg3 Kd7 16. Neg5 Ng6
17. Nd4 c5 18. Nf5 h6 19. Ne3 hxg5 20. Nxd5 Kc6 21. c4 b5
22. Bxg5 bxc4 23. Nc3 Rb8 24. Rab1 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Be3
Bd6+ 27. f4 Rhe8 28. Kf3 f5 29. Bd2 Rh8 30. Kg3 fxg4 31. hxg4
Rbf8 32. Re4 Rh4 33. Rf1 Rfh8 34. Re6 Rh2 35. Kf3 R8h3+
36. Ke4 Nf8 37. Rxd6+ cxd6 38. Bc1 Rd3 39. Kf5 d5 40. Re1 d4
41. Ne4 c3 42. bxc3 dxc3 43. Be3 c2 44. Bc1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nd7 10. a4 h6 11. Ba3 f5 12. c5 Nf6
13. Nd2 fxe4 14. Ndxe4 Nf5 15. b5 b6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nxf6+
Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bg4 Nd4 20. Rc1 Rf4 21. Bxc8 Rxe4 22. Qd3
Rh4 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Bf5 Qg8 25. Rc7 Qxg6 26. Bxg6 Rg8
27. Rxe7 Rxg6 28. Kh1 Ne2 29. Rxa7 Rd4 30. a5 Rxd5 31. axb6
Rg8 32. b7 Nc3 33. Ra8 Rxb5 34. Bxd6 Ne4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. g5 b4 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Qc6 Ke7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Rc8 21. Rc4 a5
22. h4 Rc7 23. h5 gxh5 24. Rxh5 Rxh5 25. Bxh5 g6 26. Bf3 Nb6
27. Rc2 Nd5 28. Qd3 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Nc3 30. a4 Qh8 31. Qd3 Qh4
32. Qa6 Bf4 33. Qa7+ Kf8 34. Qc5+ Kg8 35. Bxf4 Qxf4 36. Qc8+
Kg7 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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 Be7 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f5 O-O-O 14. Qe1 Kb8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. g3 Bc8
17. Bh3 Rhe8 18. Rf1 Bf8 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Nf4 Qc5 21. a3 f5
22. exf5 exf5 23. Qf2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Nd3 Qxf2 26. Rxf2
f4 27. Bxc8 fxg3 28. hxg3 Rxc8 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Rd6 e4
31. Rxa6 e3 32. Re2 Rcd8 33. c3 Rd5 34. Rh6 Re7 35. Kc2 Rg5
36. Rh3 h5 37. Kd1 Kc7 38. Ke1 Kb6 39. Kf1 Rd5 40. Kg2 Ka5
41. Rh4 Rf5 42. Rd4 Ref7 43. Rxe3 Rf2+ 44. Kh3 Rxb2 45. Re5
Rf1 46. Rxh5 Ra2 47. Kg4 Rxa3 48. c4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3
Bh5 7. Bd3 e6 8. Ne4 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. c4 c6
12. a3 Bd6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rhe1
Rhg8 17. g4 Bg6 18. d5 c5 19. Ka2 Rge8 20. Qc2 e5 21. Be4 Nb6
22. Nh4 Qd7 23. Nf5 Rg8 24. Ng3 Nc8 25. b4 Qc7 26. Rb1 Ka8
27. bxc5 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Rb5 Qc7 30. c5 Rxd5 31. Nf5
Rgd8 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Rd1 Qc6 34. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 35. Rb3 a6
36. Qd3 Qc6 37. Rc3 h5 38. f3 Ka7 39. Qd8 hxg4 40. hxg4 Qe6+
41. Kb2 Qc6 42. Kc1 Bxf5 43. gxf5 Kb8 44. Kd2 Qb5 45. Qd3 Qc6
46. Ke1 Ka7 47. Kf2 Ne7 48. Qd6 Nxf5 49. Qxc6 bxc6 50. Rd3 Nd4
51. Rd1 Kb7 52. Rh1 Ne6 53. Rh7 Ng5 54. Rh6 Ne6 55. Rxf6 Nxc5
56. Rxf7+ Kb6 57. Ke3 Ne6 58. Re7 Nd4 59. Rxe5 Nc2+ 60. Kd3
Nxa3 61. f4 Nb5 62. f5 Nd6 63. f6 Kc7 64. f7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7
7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a4 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8
12. a5 cxd4 13. exd4 Nf8 14. Rfe1 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Bg5 Rc8
17. Qb3 Bb8 18. Rad1 Qd6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxd5 Qd6 21. g3 Ne6
22. Nb6 Rcd8 23. d5 Nc5 24. Qa3 Ne4 25. Nd4 Qxa3 26. bxa3 Bg6
27. Rc1 Bd6 28. Bd3 Bxa3 29. Rc4 Nd6 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bxg6
hxg6 32. Rc7 Bb4 33. Rd7 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Rc1 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Nf3
f6 37. Nd7 g5 38. Nd4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O a5 10. Bb5 Na6 11. f4 Ng4
12. Kb1 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 exf4 14. Qxf4 Nc7 15. e5 d5 16. Nd4 Bc5
17. Bd3 Ne6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Be3 20. Ne4 Kh8 21. Qh3 Bh6
22. Nf6 a4 23. g4 gxf6 24. Qxh6 Rf7 25. Rhf1 Qf8 26. Qh5 Re7
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7
7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Nf1 h6 9. Bh4 Ne7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ne3 g5
12. Bg3 Ng6 13. O-O Nf4 14. Re1 Kh8 15. Qc2 N6h5 16. d4 Qf6
17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rxd8 Qxd8
21. exf5 Qd6 22. Nd2 Qc6 23. Qe4 Qb6 24. b4 Nf6 25. Qe3 N6d5
26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Ne4 Ra8 28. Bxf4 Nxf4 29. f6 Bf8 30. Bxf7
Bd6 31. g3 Nd3 32. Rd1 Nb2 33. Rd2 Na4 34. Bb3 b5 35. Nxd6
cxd6 36. Rxd6 Nxc3 37. f7 Kg7 38. Re6 Rf8 39. Rxe5 Kf6 40. Re8
Kg7 41. Kg2 Nb1 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Nd2 44. Bd5 b6 45. f5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Nhf6 11. h3 Qc7
12. g3 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15. dxe5 Nxc5 16. e6 Qb6
17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Bg2 Qxb2 19. Rc1 Ne6 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. O-O
Rf8 22. e4 d4 23. Na4 Qb5 24. Rb1 Qc4 25. Nb6 Qxa2 26. Nxa8 b5
27. Nb6 Bb7 28. e5 Bc7 29. Nd7 Rd8 30. Qh5+ Ke7 31. Bb4+ Kxd7
32. h4 Kc8 33. Bh3 Kb8 34. Qf7 Bc8 35. Be7 Rh8 36. Bd6 Bxd6
37. exd6 Qd5 38. Bxe6 Qxe6 39. Qc7+ Ka8 40. Rfe1 Qd7 41. Re7
Qxc7 42. Rxc7 Rd8 43. Rxc6 Bb7 44. Rc7 Rxd6 45. Rxg7 d3
46. Rf7 d2 47. Rd1 Be4 48. Kf1 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6
7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 h5 12. Nc3
h4 13. Nge2 h3 14. g3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5
Bg7 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Nf6 20. Nf4 Nd7 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Qe3+
Ne5 23. b3 O-O 24. Nxh3 Re8 25. Qf4 Qd7 26. Kg2 Nd3 27. Qf3
Ne5 28. Qd1 Qf5 29. Re1 f6 30. Nf4 Bh6 31. Ne6 Bxd2 32. Qxd2
Nf3 33. Qe3 Nxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Rb6 35. Qe3 g5 36. Qd2 Reb8 37. Qe3
Re8 38. Qe1 Reb8 39. Qe3 Qe5 40. Qf3 f5 41. Qh5 Qe4+ 42. Kg1
Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kh3 Qg4+ 45. Qxg4 fxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Rxb3
47. Rxa6 R3b4 48. Rxd6 Rxc4+ 49. Kxg5 Rc2 50. f4 c4 51. Rc6 c3
52. d6 Kf7 53. f5 Rd2 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. d7 c2 56. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. O-O Nb6 12. a5
Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Bb6 Qc8 15. Nc1 Be7 16. N1e2 O-O 17. Qd2
Rc6 18. Rfc1 Bd8 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc8 22. c4
Re8 23. h3 Nh7 24. b4 f5 25. c5 Nf6 26. Rd1 f4 27. Bf2 g5
28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Nc3 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. cxd6 gxf3 32. Qxf3 e4
33. Qxf4 Rxc3 34. Bd4 Rc4 35. Qg5+ Kf7 36. Bxf6 Bxf6 37. Rf1
Qxd6 38. Rxf6+ Qxf6 39. Rf1 Qxf1+ 40. Kxf1 e3 41. Qf5+ Kg7
42. Ke2 Rc7 43. d6 Rf7 44. d7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. c4 O-O
12. b3 Qa5 13. Re2 Rfe8 14. a3 Bf8 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Rae1 Qg5
17. h3 g6 18. b4 Bg7 19. a4 Qh4 20. b5 Rc8 21. Ne4 Nxe4
22. Bxe4 Nb6 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Bxc6 Red8 25. c5 Nc4 26. Bc3
Qh5 27. g4 Qg5 28. Bb5 Na3 29. Ba6 Rb8 30. c6 Qe7 31. Ba5 Rxd4
32. c7 Rf8 33. c8=Q Rxc8 34. Bxc8 Nc4 35. Bc3 Rd8 36. Bxg7
Kxg7 37. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb6 10. a4 Bd7 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Nf1
Ng6 13. Ng3 h6 14. d4 Bg4 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. h3
Bxf3 18. Qxf3 exd4 19. Bxh6 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qa3 21. Rb1 Qc5
22. Bd2 Qe5 23. Re1 Nh4 24. Qd3 Ra8 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Ng6
27. Nf5 Ra3 28. Nd4 c5 29. Qc1 b4 30. cxb4 cxb4 31. Qc4 d5
32. Qxb4 Ra8 33. exd5 Qf4 34. g3 Qh6 35. Kg2 Qh5 36. Nf3 Nxd5
37. Qb7 Ndf4+ 38. gxf4 Nxf4+ 39. Kg3 Rd8 40. Kxf4 Qh6+ 41. Kg3
Qd6+ 42. Kg2 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "36"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. h3 Be7
7. d3 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bb3 c6 11. d4 exd4
12. Bxd4 c5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. O-O
Qb6 17. Rab1 c4 18. Qd2 Qc5 19. Ne2 b5 20. c3 a5 21. Rbd1 Rcd8
22. Nd4 Rfe8 23. a3 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rfe1 Bxd4 26. cxd4
Qc7 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Qe6+ Kh8
31. Re1 h6 32. Qg6 c3 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Re2 Rc8 35. Rc2 Qc4
36. Qf5 Rb8 37. Qe5 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Qd3 39. Qe2 Qxd4 40. Ra2 Rb2
41. Ra8+ Kh7 42. Qe3 Qxe3 43. fxe3 Re2 44. Ra5 c2 45. Rc5 g5
46. Rc6 h5 47. Kg3 Kg7 48. Kf3 Rd2 49. g3 Kf7 50. h4 gxh4
51. gxh4 Ke7 52. Kf4 Kd7 53. Rc5 Kd6 54. Rc8 Rg2 55. Kf3 Rh2
56. Kg3 Rd2 57. Kf4 Ke6 58. Rc6+ Ke7 59. Rc7+ Kd8 60. Rc5 Kd7
61. Kg5 Rg2+ 62. Kf4 Rg4+ 63. Kf3 Rc4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andres Rodriguez Vila"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5
7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4 Nbd7 9. c4 Rb8 10. Rb1 b6 11. b4 Qc7 12. bxc5
bxc5 13. Rxb8 Qxb8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Rb1 Ba8 17. Qa3
Rc8 18.Rb5 Qd6 19.Ra5 a6 20.Nb2 Bb7 21.Nd1 Ne8 22.Nf2 f5
23.Qc1 Nc7 24.Ra3 h6 25.Qf1 Re8 26.Rb3 Bc6 27.h4 Kh7 28.h5
gxh5 29.Nh4 e6 30.Ba5 Rb8 31.Bxc6 Qxc6 32.Qg2 Qxg2+ 33.Kxg2
Ne8 34.Nf3 Bf8 35.Rxb8 Nxb8 36.Ne5 Bd6 37.Nd1 Kg7 38.Nb2 Nf6
39.Bb6 Nfd7 40.Nxd7 Nxd7 41.Bd8 Kf7 42.Na4 e5 43.fxe5 Bxe5
44.Kh3 f4 45.gxf4 Bxf4 46.Ba5 Ke6 47.Bd8 Kf5 48.Ba5 Bd6 49.Bd2
Kg6 50.Bc1 Be7 51.Bf4 h4 52.e4 Nf8 53.Nb6 Ne6 54.Nd5 Kh5
55.Bd2 Bg5 56.Be1 Bd8 57.e5 Kg6 58.Bd2 Bg5 59.Bxg5 Kxg5 60.a3
a5 61.a4 h5 62.Kh2 Kg4 63.Kg2 h3+ 64.Kh2 h4 65.Ne7 Kf3 66.Kxh3
Ke3 67.Kg4 Kxd3 68.Kf5 h3 69.Kxe6 h2 70.Kd6 h1=Q 71.Nc6 Kxc4
72.Nxa5+ Kb4 73.Nc6+ Qxc6+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6
7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 e5 9. h3 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nc3
Rc8 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb1 a5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. d6 Bc6 17. dxe7
Qxe7 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. a3 Na6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Nc7 22. Qb2
Ne6 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. Ra7 Qe8 25. f3 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Bd3
Rd8 28. Bf1 Nh5 29. Ne2 Nhf4 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Bf2 Qe7 32. Be2
Be8 33. Rd1 Ra8 34. Qc3 h6 35. Rd5 Ra4 36. Bxb5 Bxb5 37. Rxb5
Kh7 38. Qb2 Qd6 39. Kh2 Qd1 40. Ra5 Rxa5 41. bxa5 Qa4 42. Qb6
Qa2 43. a6 Nc7 44. a7 Na8 45. Qc5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Be3 Nd5 8. Bd2 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. c4
Nb6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. c5 Nd5 16. Ne5
Qc7 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. Nd3 a6 19. O-O Rd8 20. Qb3 h5 21. a4 h4
22. h3 Rh5 23. b5 Bg5 24. b6 Qb8 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. c6 bxc6
27. Rc5 e5 28. a5 Qd6 29. Rfc1 Ne7 30. Ne1 Rf5 31. Qc4 Rf4
32. Qxa6 Rxf2 33. Qd3 Qxd3 34. Nxd3 Ra2 35. Nxe5 Rdd2 36. R5c2
Rdxc2 37. Rxc2 Rxc2 38. b7 Rb2 39. Nd7+ Ke8 40. Nb6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5
Ne4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Bc2 Nd8 17. g4
Bg6 18. Kg2 c5 19. a4 Ne6 20. Bf5 b4 21. cxb4 cxd4 22. Nxd4
Bxb4 23. Rg1 Bc3 24. Ra3 Rac8 25. Nf3 d4 26. Bxd4 Rfd8
27. Bxc3 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1 29. Bb4 h5 30. Bd6 hxg4 31. hxg4
Nf4+ 32. Kh2 Bxf5 33. gxf5 f6 34. Nh4 fxe5 35. Bxe5 Rd3
36. Ng6 Nxg6 37. Rxd3 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8
Bxa8 18. Nb3 h6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. Be3 Bb7 22. Nfd2
Ra8 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. c4 bxc4 25. Nxc4 Nbd7 26. Na5 Nh5 27. Bf1
Nf4 28. Rc1 Nf6 29. Qc3 Rb8 30. Nc4 Ng6 31. f3 Nd5 32. exd5
cxd5 33. Bf2 dxc4 34. Qxc4 Nf4 35. b5 Qd8 36. Na6 Be6 37. Qc7
Qg5 38. h4 Nh3+ 39. Kh2 Qd2 40. Qc2 Qf4+ 41. Bg3 Qe3 42. gxh3
Rc8 43. Qxc8 Bxc8 44. Rxc8 f5 45. Kg2 e4 46. fxe4 f4 47. Bf2
Qxe4+ 48. Kh2 Qf5 49. Bc4+ Kh7 50. Rd8 Qf6 51. Bd3+ Kh8
52. Rxf8+ Qxf8 53. b6 Qc8 54. Nc5 f3 55. b7 Qc7+ 56. Bg3 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7
7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. d4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6
12. Qd3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Rd2 Na6 16. Nd4
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rac8 18. Qf3 d5 19. Rad1 Nb8 20. cxd5 Rxd5
21. e4 Rdc5 22. b4 Rc1 23. b5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qb7 25. h4 h6
26. Rd3 a6 27. a4 Nd7 28. bxa6 Qxa6 29. Nc6 Nc5 30. Rd6 Qb7
31. Ne5 Ra8 32. Kh2 f6 33. Nc6 Qc7 34. e5 Rf8 35. Qg2 fxe5
36. Rd2 e4 37. Nd4 Qe5 38. Qg1 Nd3 39. f3 Qa5 40. Qe3 e5
41. Ne6 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8
12. a4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc7 14. Bb2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 cxd4 16. Qxd4
e5 17. Qh4 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Nf8 19. Qh3 a5 20. Rfd1 Rcd8 21. Qf5
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 N8d7 23. c5 Nxc5 24. Bb5 Re6 25. Kg1 g6 26. Qc2
Rd6 27. Rc1 Qe7 28. Ba3 Nfd7 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Bxc5 Rc6
31. Qe4 Qc7 32. f4 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 bxc5 34. fxe5 c4 35. e6 fxe6
36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37. Qe4 c3 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qd5+ Kf8 40. Qd4 c2
41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qxh7+ Kd8 43. Qg8+ Kd7 44. Qg7+ Kc8 45. Qh8+
Kb7 46. Qb2+ Ka6 47. Qc1 Qc4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4
12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. b4 O-O 16. Re1 Qd5
17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 Be6 19. Re3 h5 20. Qxd3 Qxd3 21. Bxd3 hxg4
22. hxg4 Bd5 23. Bc2 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Nxe5 25. Rh3 g6 26. g5 Re8
27. Bf4 Bf8 28. Re3 Bd6 29. Bb3 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Bxf4 31. Rf3 Bh2+
32. Kxh2 bxc4 33. Rf4 Re5 34. Rxc4 Rxg5 35. Ra5 Rxa5 36. bxa5
Ra7 37. Kg3 Kf8 38. Kf4 Ke7 39. b4 Kd7 40. Ke5 Rb7 41. Rd4+
Kc8 42. Kf6 Rb5 43. Rf4 Rd5 44. Kxf7 g5 45. Rf6 Rd3 46. c4 Rd4
47. c5 Rxb4 48. c6 Kd8 49. Rf5 Rb2 50. f4 Rf2 51. Rd5+ Kc8
52. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2
exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. d5 Bf6 15. Rb1 Ra7 16. b3 h6 17. Nf1 Ne5
18. Bf4 Rc7 19. Ng3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Nb7 21. Nh5 Be5 22. Re3 Qh4
23. Bg3 Bxg3 24. Nxg3 Qg5 25. Rf1 Rce7 26. Qe2 f5 27. f4 Qf6
28. Nh5 Qb2 29. e5 dxe5 30. Rb1 Qd4 31. Rd1 exf4 32. Rxd4 Rxe3
33. Qd2 Re1+ 34. Kh2 f3 35. Bd1 cxd4 36. Bxf3 Nd6 37. Qxd4
R1e7 38. Qb6 Ne4 39. Nf4 Rb7 40. Qc6 Nf6 41. Nh5 Rf8 42. Nxf6+
gxf6 43. Qxa6 Kg7 44. d6 Rd7 45. Qxb5 Rxd6 46. a4 Kg6 47. a5
Rfd8 48. b4 Ba6 49. Bh5+ Kg5 50. h4+ Kf4 51. Qc5 Bd3 52. b5
Rd5 53. Qc7+ Ke3 54. b6 Be4 55. b7 Rg8 56. b8=Q Rxg2+ 57. Kh3
Rd3 58. Qc4 Rg1 59. Qxd3+ Kxd3 60. Qb3+ Kd2 61. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4
7. Qd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rd1 a6
12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Nd2 f5 16. Rab1 Rb8
17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Qe3 Nf6
22. Bb6 Qd7 23. f4 Qe8 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Kh1 Re8 26. Qg1 Nxd5
27. cxd5 Bf6 28. Qf2 Bd7 29. c4 Rac8 30. Rdc1 h6 31. e3 Re7
32. c5 exf4 33. gxf4 dxc5 34. Bxc5 Re4 35. Rxb7 Bb5 36. Qg2
Rc4 37. Rg1 Rc2 38. Qg3 Be2 39. Ne1 R2xc5 40. e4 fxe4 41. Rxg7
Bf3+ 42. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 43. Qxf3 exf3 44. R7g6 Bg7 45. Rxa6 Rc1
46. Rc6 Rxg1+ 47. Kxg1 Bd4+ 48. Kh1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+
bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Qf3 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5
Rb8 12. g4 h6 13. h4 Be7 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Nh7 16. Re1 O-O
17. g6 fxg6 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. fxg6 Bg5 20. Qh1 Bh4 21. Re4 Qf6
22. Qxh4 Qxg6+ 23. Qg4 Qf6 24. Qg3 d5 25. Rf4 Qe6 26. Nc3 Rxf4
27. Bxf4 Rb4 28. a3 Rc4 29. b3 Rd4 30. Qe3 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Ng5
32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Ne4 34. Re1 Qh5+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2
Nxc3+ 37. Qxc3 Re4+ 38. Kd1 Rxe1+ 39. Qxe1 Qf3+ 40. Qe2 Qh1+
41. Kd2 d4 42. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f4 b5 11. f5 Bc4
12. Kb1 h5 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. a3 Rb8 15. Qe2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 b4
17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Bg5 O-O 19. g4 hxg4 20. h3 g3 21. Qxg3 Rc8
22. Qg2 Kf8 23. Rhg1 Ke8 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5
Qc4 27. Re1 Kf8 28. Re3 Qc7 29. Rg3 Bf6 30. Rc3 Rc4 31. Rxc4
Qxc4 32. Rxd6 a5 33. Rd3 Qb4 34. Nc1 a4 35. Qe2 Rb8 36. c3 Qb7
37. Rd5 Kg8 38. Ra5 Qc6 39. Qc2 Bg5 40. Rxa4 Rd8 41. Qb3 Qc5
42. Nd3 Rxd3 43. Ra8+ Bd8 44. Qa4 Kh7 45. Ka2 Rd2 46. Qb3 Qc7
47. Qb5 Kh6 48. Qe8 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Nd2 c6 13. e3 Nb5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15. Nb3 Qd7 16. Na5 Nd5
17. Bb2 Rac8 18. d4 b6 19. Nb3 Nc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Rb2 a5
22. d5 Bg4 23. Qd2 axb4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Nd4 Rb3 26. Qc2 Rxb2
27. Qxb2 exd4 28. Qxb4 Be2 29. Ra1 dxe3 30. fxe3 Bc4 31. h3
Qc7 32. d6 Qc5 33. Qd2 Qe5 34. Ra7 Qxg3 35. Qd4 Rd8 36. d7 Kf7
37. Qxb6 Bd5 38. Ra2 Rxd7 39. Qxb5 Qxe3+ 40. Rf2 Be6 41. Qh5+
Kf8 42. Qxh7 Rd1+ 43. Bf1 Qg3+ 44. Rg2 Rxf1+ 45. Kxf1 Bxh3
46. Qh8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Qc7
12. g3 b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Na5 Rc8
17. Bg2 O-O 18. f4 exf4 19. Nc6 Rfe8 20. Qxf4 Bf8 21. Rd4 Rc7
22. Bf3 Nd7 23. Bxh5 g6 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Re4 Bg7 26. h4 Rec8
27. h5 Qf2 28. Bg4 Qg2 29. Rd1 Nxc6 30. Re2 Qxe2 31. Bxe2 Nd4
32. Bd3 Nxc2 33. hxg6 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6
7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Ne5 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a3 g6
12. e3 Bg7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O f6 15. b4 e5 16. Bg3 Qd7
17. Qb3 Rae8 18. Bf3 Kh8 19. h3 Bb5 20. dxe5 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 d4
22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Rd3 Qb6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Rd1 Rf7 26. Kg1
Rfe7 27. Kh2 b5 28. a4 h5 29. h4 Re1 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qd3
Rxd1 32. Bxd1 Rd8 33. Qe2 Rd4 34. Bc2 Rxb4 35. Qe8+ Kh7
36. Bd3 Rb3 37. Bxb5 Qf8 38. Qe2 Rb2 39. Qd3 Qf6 40. Bc4 Rb6
41. Qd5 Qf8 42. Bd3 Kh8 43. Be4 Qe7 44. f3 Re6 45. Qa8+ Kh7
46. Bd5 Be5 47. Bxe6 Qxh4+ 48. Kg1 Qxg3 49. Qg8+ Kh6 50. Kf1
Qf4 51. Qc8 Qd2 52. Qf8+ Bg7 53. Qa3 Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Bd4+ 55. Kg3
Qe1+ 56. Kh2 Qxe6 57. Qf8+ Bg7 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Ng5 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nc4 16. b3 Nxd2
17. Nxd2 h6 18. Ngf3 Bb4 19. Rf2 Qe7 20. e5 Nd5 21. Re2 Bc5
22. Rae1 Nb4 23. Qb1 Rad8 24. Ne4 Bb6 25. f5 Nd3 26. Rf1 Qd7
27. f6 g6 28. Nd6 cxd6 29. Qxd3 dxe5 30. Qe4 Rfe8 31. Qh4 h5
32. Qg5 Bc5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Qxe5 Bf8 35. Re1 Qc6 36. Re2 Rd6
37. Qe8 Rxf6 38. Qxc6 Rxc6 39. a4 bxa4 40. bxa4 Rc4 41. Ne5
Rxa4 42. Rf2 Re4 43. Nxf7 Be7 44. h4 a5 45. Ng5 Bxg5 46. hxg5
Re6 47. g4 hxg4 48. Ra2 Ra6 49. Ra4 Kf7 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Kxg4
Kd5 52. Kf4 Kc5 53. Ke3 Kb5 54. Ra2 a4 55. Kd3 a3 56. Kc2 Kc4
57. Kb1 Ra5 58. Rg2 Kd4 59. Ka2 Ke4 60. Rf2 Rxg5 61. Kxa3 Rf5
62. Rg2 g5 63. Kb3 Kf3 64. Rg1 g4 65. Rf1+ Ke4 66. Re1+ Kf4
67. Rf1+ Kg5 68. Rg1 Rd5 69. Kc3 Kf4 70. Rf1+ Ke3 71. Kc4 Rd8
0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 exd4
7. Nxd4 Na5 8. a4 Nxb3 9. Nxb3 Bb7 10. O-O Bg7 11. Na5 Rb8
12. Nxb7 Rxb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. f4 d5 15. f5 gxf5 16. Nc3 fxe4
17. Nxd5 c6 18. Qg4 Bd4+ 19. Be3 cxd5 20. Bxd4 f6 21. Qe6+ Re7
22. Qc6+ Qd7 23. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. h3 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6
Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. c4 e6 15. Qc2 exd5 16. exd5 Nfxd5
17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qf2 Rb4 19. f5 Nf4 20. Bc2 Re8 21. Nc3 Bb7
22. Ra4 Bxc3 23. Bxf4 Rxb2 24. Bc1 Rb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. fxg6
hxg6 27. Ng5 f5 28. Bxf5 Qf6 29. Be6+ Kg7 30. Qe2 Qd4+ 31. Be3
Qe5 32. Rf7+ Kg8 33. Rxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.01"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Nbd7 15. Ng4 g6 16. Nf1 Kh7 17. Nxf6+
Nxf6 18. g4 Nd7 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. Be3 Rf8 21. Rad1 Bf6 22. Ng3
Bg5 23. Kg2 Nb6 24. h4 Bxh4 25. Rh1 Bg5 26. Rxh6+ Kxh6
27. Nf5+ gxf5 28. Qxf5 Kg7 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Bxg5 Bc8 31. Rxh8
Qxh8 32. Bf6+ Kf8 33. Bxh8 Bxf5 34. exf5 Nc4 35. f6 Nxb2
36. Bg7+ Kg8 37. Bc2 Nc4 38. Bf5 Nxa3 39. Kg3 e4 40. g5 Nc4
41. Kh4 Re8 42. Kh5 Re5 43. Bg4 e3 44. fxe3 Nxe3 45. Be6 a5
0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.05"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Andrey A Ivanov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. Be3 Qb6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Qd2 exd4 10. Bxd4 Qd8 11. O-O-O
Bxf3 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. gxf3 Bb4 14. e5 Qh4 15. Rhg1 g6 16. f4
Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxf4+ 18. Kb1 Rf8 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qb3 Ke7
21. Qxb7+ Nd7 22. Bb5 Rfd8 23. Bxc6 Rab8 24. Rxd7+ Kf8
25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. a4 Kg8 27. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5
Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nxf4+ 15. gxf4 Bd6 16. e3 Qh4
17. Qe2 Bxe5 18. fxe5 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. f4 Nb4 21. Kh1 Rg6
22. Rg1 Rxg1+ 23. Rxg1 Qe7 24. Rg5 h6 25. Rb5 c6 26. Re5 Qf7
27. Ne4 Nd5 28. f5 exf5 29. Nd6 Qf6 30. Nxf5 Kh7 31. Qe1 Rf8
32. e4 Nf4 33. Re7 Rf7 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Qd2 Ne6 36. Qe3 Qh5
37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Ng3 Qd1 39. Ne2 Qxa4 40. d5 cxd5 41. exd5 Ng5
42. Qd3+ Qe4+ 43. Qxe4+ Nxe4 44. Kf3 Nf6 45. d6 g5 46. Nd4 Kg6
47. Ne6 b6 48. Ke3 Kf7 49. Nc7 h5 50. h3 h4 51. Kf3 Kg6
52. Ne6 Nd7 53. Ke4 Kf6 54. Nd4 Ne5 55. Kd5 a4 56. Nc6 Nd7
57. Nd4 Nf8 58. Nf3 Kf5 59. Nd4+ Kf6 60. Nf3 b5 61. Kc5 Kf5
62. Kxb5 Kf4 63. Nd2 Ke3 64. Nc4+ Kf2 65. Ne5 Kg3 66. Ng6 Ne6
67. Kc6 g4 68. Kd7 Nd4 69. Kc8 gxh3 70. d7 Ne6 71. Nf8 h2
72. Nxe6 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kovchan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. a4 Rc8 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. O-O Be7
12. Rfd1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. f3 O-O 15. a5 Qc8 16. Nc1 d5
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. c3 Bc6 20. Nd3 Qf5 21. Nf2 Rh4
22. Qe2 Qh5 23. h3 e4 24. Bd4 Bd8 25. Ng4 exf3 26. Qe5 Qg6
27. Qg3 Rh5 28. Bb6 Bxb6+ 29. axb6 f5 30. Rd6 Qg5 31. Rxc6
fxg4 32. Rc4 gxh3 33. Qxg5 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yuri Drozdovskij"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3
c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3
O-O 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Qb3
a6 17. Nf5 Rxd1 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rxd1 h6 20. c4 e5 21. Qb6
Bg4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Bc5 Qe6 24. Qxb7 Rc8 25. b4 e4 26. h3
Ne5 27. Qxe4 Nxc4 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Rd4 Na3 30. Rd7 Nc2
31. Ra7 Rc6 32. a4 e5 33. a5 Kh7 34. Rb7 Nd4 35. Rb6 Rc8
36. Rxa6 Nb3 37. Be3 Rb8 38. Rb6 Ra8 39. a6 Na1 40. b5 Nc2
41. Bc5 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yuri Drozdovskij"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3
c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3
O-O 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Qb3
Bd7 17. c4 e5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 e4 20. b6 Qe5 21. Be2 a6
22. g3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. Rc7 Rd7 26. Rfc1 Rad8
27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Bxa6 h5 29. Bb5 Rd6 30. Rc7 Nd7 31. Rxb7 h4
1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Drozdovskij"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. a4 c5 12. Na3
Bb7 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Be1 Bf6 15. e3 a6 16. b4 Rb8 17. Rac1 Qe7
18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. f4 g6 20. Qb1 Bg7 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Ba5 Rdc8
23. Qd3 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bh6 25. Rb1 Bc6 26. Rf1 Bxa4 27. cxd5
exd5 28. Bh3 c4 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Rb8+ Be8
32. Qb3 Qe6 33. Kg2 Rc8 34. Qb7 Rc2+ 35. Kh1 Nxg3+ 36. Kg1
Bxe3+ 0-1

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. hxg4 hxg4
12. g3 gxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne6 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Nb3 g6 16. Bd2 c5
17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Kg2 Bg7 19. c3 c4 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Rxd4
22. Bc3 c5 23. b3 b5 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Rh1 O-O 26. Rh4 Qf6
27. Qe2 Qc6 28. Qe3 Rfd8 29. Rdh1 Re8 30. f3 Qa4 31. Qe2 Red8
32. Rh7 Qa3 33. Qc2 Bf6 34. e5 Bxe5 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. Qe2 Qc3
37. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5
Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6
Bxc6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Be7
22. Ne3 Bg5 23. Bb3 a5 24. Nd5 Qb7 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Qf3 Rf8
27. Rad1 Bd7 28. Ne3 Ra6 29. Nf5 Qc7 30. Rd3 g6 31. Ne3 Kg7
32. Nd5 Qc8 33. Nb4 Rb6 34. Qd1 Bxg4 35. f3 Be6 36. g3 h5
37. Kg2 h4 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Qxd6 Bh3+ 40. Kg1 hxg3 41. Qxe5+
Bf6 42. Qxg3 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5
Na5 13. Qd1 b5 14. g4 Bg6 15. h4 h6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Bd3 Qe8
18. f3 h5 19. g5 Nd7 20. Qc2 Rxf4 21. exf4 Kh7 22. Rce1 Nf8
23. Ne2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. b3 Rc7 26. Qb1 Bd6 27. Rc1 Nd7
28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Kg2 Rc6 30. Qe4 Nb6 31. Nc3 Qd7 32. d5 exd5
33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Rc5 35. Qd4 Qc7 36. f5 gxf5 37. Rfe1
Be5 38. Qf2 c3 39. Rc2 Bf4 40. Re6 Rd5 41. Ree2 Qc4 42. Qa7
Bd6 43. Re6 Bc7 44. Qf2 Qf4 45. Qe3 Qh2+ 46. Kf1 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. Qd3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O
a6 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f4 Be7 15. Rhf1 Kb8 16. a3
Rc8 17. f5 h5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nce2 Rhg8 20. g3 Ka8 21. Nf4
Qe5 22. Qb3 h4 23. Nf3 Qxe4 24. Rde1 Qa4 25. Qxa4 Bxa4 26. b3
Bb5 27. c4 Bd7 28. Nxh4 b5 29. Nxe6 bxc4 30. Nf5 Bd8 31. b4 d5
32. Nc5 Bb5 33. Nd4 Bb6 34. Rxf6 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Rxc5 36. Re7 c3
37. Kc2 Ba4+ 38. Kc1 Bb5 39. a4 Bd3 40. Nc6 Rxc6 41. Rxc6 d4
42. Rce6 Bg6 43. Rd7 Bf5 44. Red6 Re8 45. Rd8+ Rxd8 46. Rxd8+
Kb7 47. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Re1 b5 12. Bc2
Bb7 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 d5 15. exd5 exd4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8
17. Nxd4 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Ndf4 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20. Qh5 Qd7 21. Ngf5
c5 22. Nf3 Re8 23. Be3 h6 24. Qg4 Bc8 25. N3h4 Re5 26. Rd1 Qe8
27. Qf3 Nxh4 28. Nxh4 Bb8 29. g4 g5 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. gxf5 Bc7
32. h4 Qe7 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kg2 Qf6 35. Rh1 Rxf5 36. Qa8+ Qd8
37. Qe4 Qd5 38. f3 Qxe4 39. fxe4 Re5 40. Kf3 f5 41. exf5 Rxf5+
42. Kg4 Re5 43. Bxg5 Kg7 44. Rd1 Kg6 45. Bc1 Re2 46. Rd7 Bh2
47. Ra7 Rg2+ 48. Kf3 Rc2 49. Rxa6+ Kf5 50. Be3 Rxb2 51. Bxc5
Be5 52. Bb4 Rc2 53. Ke3 Bf4+ 54. Kd4 Be5+ 55. Kd3 Rg2 56. a3
Rg8 57. Rb6 Rb8 58. Rc6 Rd8+ 59. Kc2 Ke4 60. Kb3 Rb8 61. Rc5
Rb7 62. Ba5 Rb8 63. Rxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.03"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Ne4 h6 11. Rd1+
Ke8 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 Nh4 14. b3 Bg4 15. Re1 c5 16. Nb5 Kd7
17. c4 Kc6 18. Kf2 Be7 19. h3 Bd7 20. g4 h5 21. f5 hxg4
22. hxg4 Nxf5 23. gxf5 Rh2+ 24. Kg1 Rah8 25. Ng3 R2h3 26. Bf4
a6 27. Na7+ Kb6 28. e6 Bd6 29. Bxd6 cxd6 30. exd7 Rxg3+
31. Kf2 Rgh3 32. Re8 Rh2+ 33. Ke1 Rh1+ 34. Kd2 R8h2+ 35. Kc3
Rh3+ 36. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.05"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
Qd7 13. Ba2 g6 14. b4 Bg7 15. Bb2 a5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Nb3 axb4
18. cxb4 Nh5 19. Rc1 Bc8 20. Rc3 Ra7 21. Na5 Nf4 22. Bc1 h6
23. Qc2 g5 24. Nh2 Neg6 25. Be3 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Rxa5 27. bxa5
Qxh3+ 28. Kh1 Nh4 29. f3 Nxf3 30. Rc1 Nxh2 31. Qxh2 Qf3+
32. Qg2 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Bh3 34. Qg3 f5 35. Bf2 Bg4 36. a6 f4
37. Qh2 Qg6 38. Rxc7 Bf3 39. Rc8 Rxc8 40. Rxc8+ Kh7 41. a7 g4
42. a8=Q g3 43. Bxg3 fxg3 44. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe4 Na6 11. Nh4 g6
12. Nf5 gxf5 13. Qe5 O-O 14. Qxf5 Re8 15. Nc3 Nac7 16. Be4 Bf6
17. Qxh7+ Kf8 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. e4 Nc7 21. Bh6+
Ke7 22. e5 Bxe5 23. Qe4 f6 24. f4 d5 25. Qh7+ Kd6 26. fxe5+
fxe5 27. Rf7 Ne6 28. Qg6 Kc6 29. Raf1 d4 30. R1f6 Qd5 31. Rxa7
Rad8 32. a4 c4 33. Qf7 Kc5 34. Bd2 c3 35. Rc7+ Kb4 36. bxc3+
Kb3 37. c4 Qd6 38. Rb7 d3 39. a5 Qd4+ 40. Kf1 Qe4 41. Kg1 Kc2
42. Rxb6 Kxd2 43. Rbxe6 Rxe6 44. Qxe6 Kc2 45. c5 Qd5 46. Qg4
Qd4+ 47. Rf2+ d2 48. Qf3 e4 49. Qf7 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Emil Sutovsky"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Nxc3 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O Qb6 15. Qd3 Ndf5 16. Nb5
Rc8 17. g3 Rc4 18. Nd6+ Nxd6 19. exd6 Nf5 20. Kb1 Ba4 21. Rd2
Kd7 22. Bh3 Nd4 23. f5 e5 24. f6+ Kxd6 25. c3 e4 26. Qe3 Nb5
27. Qxb6+ axb6 28. Rc1 d4 29. cxd4 e3 30. Re2 Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1
Re8 32. Re1 Nc7 33. Bf5 Nd5 34. h4 Nxf6 35. d5 Nh5 36. g4 Nf4
37. h5 Ng2 38. Re2 Nf4 39. Re1 Bd7 40. Bxd7 Nd3+ 41. Kd1 Kxd7
42. Bg7 Nxe1 43. Kxe1 Rc8 44. h6 Rc1+ 45. Ke2 Rh1 46. Kxe3 Ke7
47. Kf4 Rh3 48. g5 Kd6 49. Kf5 Rh1 50. Bf8+ Kd7 51. Kf6 Ke8
52. Bb4 Rh5 53. d6 b5 54. Bc5 Kd7 55. Bb4 Ke8 56. Bd2 Rh2
57. Kg7 f6 58. g6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mark Heidenfeld"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3
c5 7. O-O Qc7 8. c3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Bg5 Bd7
12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 O-O-O 14. Ne5 Rhf8 15. Qf3 Bc6 16. Nxc6
Qxc6 17. Be4 Qc7 18. g3 Qe7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. b4
Bb6 22. a4 Rd2 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 f5 25. Bg2 Bc7 26. a5 Bd6
27. c4 Bxb4 28. Rb1 Rd8 29. Qb2 Bc5 30. Bxb7+ Kd7 31. Qb5+ Kd6
32. Rd1+ Kc7 33. Qc6+ Kb8 34. Rb1 Bb4 35. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Denis Rombaldoni"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. f5 Bd7 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Qd2 Qc5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 Rc8
17. Nf4 O-O 18. Be2 a5 19. Rhf1 b4 20. Bh5 Kh8 21. Rf3 Rg8
22. Bf7 Rg4 23. Bxe6 Rxf4 24. Bxd7 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Rg8 26. Bg4
Qg5 27. Qf2 h5 28. Rd5 Qf4 29. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4
12. Bd2 c5 13. Nc3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. Ne4 f5 16. Ng3 Qd5
17. Nf3 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qd5 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. d4 Rac8
22. Qd3 Bd6 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Nxf5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxc2 26. Ne7+
Kh8 27. Qg3 Rcd8 28. Rae1 Qd2 29. R1e3 Qxb2 30. Qh4 Rd6
31. Rf5 Ra8 32. Qf4 Rdd8 33. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zbynek Hracek"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3
Bg7 7. d3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 f6
12. Nd2 b6 13. O-O-O Ba6 14. g3 O-O-O 15. f4 Qf8 16. Qxf8
Rdxf8 17. f5 Rfg8 18. Ne2 Kd8 19. b3 Ke7 20. c4 Bc8 21. Nf1 g5
22. h4 h5 23. hxg5 fxg5 24. Nd2 g4 25. a3 a5 26. Kc2 Bb7
27. Rb1 Ra8 28. Nc3 Kd6 29. Nf1 Ba6 30. Ne3 b5 31. cxb5 Bxb5
32. Na4 Ke7 33. Rh4 Rab8 34. Nb2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. axb5
cxb5 18. c4 exd4 19. cxb5 Nc5 20. Bf1 axb5 21. Bxb5 Re7
22. Nxd4 Nfxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. b4 Qb6 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Rxe4
Bxe4 27. Qg4 Qb7 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxb5 30. Bxg7 Rb8
31. Bc3 Qb6 32. Qg5+ Qg6 33. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6
7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Qb1 Qxb1+ 9. Rxb1 c4 10. Rxb7 Nc6 11. Nb5 Nd8
12. Rc7 Rb8 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Rb1+ 15. Bd1 Bxc2 16. Kd2
Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Rb6 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Re7+ Kf8 20. Rxa7 Ne4+
21. Kc2 f6 22. h4 Nxf2 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Kxb1 Ne4 25. a4 Rg8
26. a5 Nc6 27. Ra6 Nb8 28. Ra7 Nc6 29. d7 Nd8 30. Kc2 Ke7
31. a6 e5 32. Bc1 Kd6 33. Ba3+ Kc6 34. Ra8 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Adam Tukhaev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4
12. Ndb5 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Rxb7 Ne7 16. Bb5+
Kf8 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Ne2 Bxd3 19. cxd3 g6 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. Rfb1
Rhe8 22. h4 Ng8 23. h5 Re7 24. g3 Rec7 25. Kg2 Qe7 26. Rxc7
Qxc7 27. Qf4 Rb8 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Nd4 Rb2 30. Rc8 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.19"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+
Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 g6 11. N2b3
O-O 12. Bg5 Nce4 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qf3 Qf6
16. Qxf6 Nhxf6 17. f3 Nd6 18. Nc5 Rac8 19. Nd3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 a5 22. c3 a4 23. Ne2 Nb5 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Kf2
Nb6 26. b3 Kf8 27. Ke3 h5 28. Nd4 Nd6 29. h4 Kg7 30. Kd2 Kf6
31. Re1 Ra8 32. Nb4 Ra5 33. Kc2 Rc5 34. Nd3 Rc8 35. Kb2 Rc7
36. Nf4 Rc8 37. g3 Ra8 38. Rd1 Ra5 39. Nd3 Ra8 40. Re1 Ra5
41. Nb4 Rc5 42. Kc2 Ra5 43. Kd2 Rc5 44. Nd3 Ra5 45. Ke3 Ra8
46. Kf4 Rc8 47. Rc1 Re8 48. Nb4 Ra8 49. Re1 Rc8 50. Re3 Rc5
51. g4 hxg4 52. fxg4 axb3 53. axb3 Rc8 54. Re5 Rxc3 55. Nxd5+
Nxd5+ 56. Rxd5 Ne8 57. Rd7 Nc7 58. Ke4 b5 59. Ne2 Rc6 60. Nf4
Ne6 61. g5+ Kg7 62. Kd5 Ra6 63. Nxe6+ Rxe6 64. b4 Kf8 65. Rb7
Re2 66. Rxb5 Rh2 67. Rc5 Rxh4 68. b5 f6 69. b6 Rb4 70. Kc6
fxg5 71. b7 Rxb7 72. Kxb7 Ke7 73. Rxg5 Kf6 74. Rg1 g5 75. Kc6
Kf5 76. Kd5 Kf4 77. Kd4 g4 78. Rf1+ Kg3 79. Ke3 Kh2 80. Ra1 g3
81. Kf3 g2 82. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. Kb1 Bg4
12. Be2 Nxf3 13. gxf3 Bh5 14. f4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bf6 16. Rhg1
Re8 17. f5 Kh8 18. h5 h6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6
Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxa7 Rd5 24. Be3 Rxf5 25. Rh1 Bg5
26. f4 Bf6 27. Kc1 Rb5 28. Rh3 g6 29. hxg6+ fxg6 30. a4 Ra5
31. b3 Rh5 32. Rxh5 gxh5 33. Kd2 h4 34. c4 h3 35. Bg1 Kg6
36. Ke3 Kf5 37. Kf3 Bc3 38. Be3 Be1 39. Bc5 h2 40. Kg2 Kxf4
41. b4 h1=Q+ 42. Kxh1 Kf3 43. b5 cxb5 44. cxb5 Ke4 45. Bb6 Kd5
46. a5 Bg3 47. Kg2 Bb8 48. a6 bxa6 49. bxa6 Kc4 50. Kf3 Kc3
51. Ke4 h5 52. Bd4+ Kxc2 53. Bf6 Kd2 54. Kd5 Ke2 55. Kc6 Ba7
56. Bd8 Kf1 57. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. c4 Be6
12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Kb1 Re8 14. f3 h6 15. Be2 d5 16. g4 Bg6 17. f4
dxc4 18. Qc3 Nd3 19. f5 Bxg5 20. fxg6 Rxe3 21. gxf7+ Kf8
22. Qxc4 Rxe2 23. hxg5 Qxg5 24. Qxd3 Qe3 25. Qh7 Qe4 26. Qg8+
Ke7 27. Qxg7 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Rf8 29. Rhf1 Rd2 30. Rfe1+ Re2
31. Qc3 Kxf7 32. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. Re1 Qc7
12. Nb3 h6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. c4 a5 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. a4 Ba6 18. Qd1 Bc4 19. h3 Rb8 20. Nbd4 Nc5 21. Re3 Ne4
22. b3 Ba6 23. Ba3 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 Rc8 25. Ra1 Qb6 26. Nh2 h5
27. g4 hxg4 28. Nxg4 Ke7 29. Kg2 Rc7 30. f3 Nc5 31. Qd2 Qb4
32. Rc3 Kf8 33. Rac1 Nd7 34. Qe3 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Qa3 36. Rc7 Qa1
37. Nh2 Ke8 38. Ra7 Bc8 39. Ra8 Kd8 40. Nc6+ Kc7 41. Nxa5 Qb2+
42. Qf2 Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Nxe5 44. Ng4 Nxg4+ 45. hxg4 e5 46. b4
Rd8 47. b5 d4 48. Nc6 Rd5 49. Rxc8+ Kb6 50. Rb8+ Kc5 51. Ke2
f5 52. gxf5 g4 53. fxg4 e4 54. Re8 e3 55. Re5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "6.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Qe2 c5
7. Rd1 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. d3 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. a5
Bc6 13. d4 Nbd7 14. e4 Qb8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nc4 Bb5 17. Qe4 cxd4
18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qg4 Nxb3 20. Bh6 g6 21. Nxb3 Rc8 22. Nd6 Bxd6
23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Qd4 f6 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Rac1 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Rd8 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 g5 31. h4 Bd3 32. f3 gxh4
33. Rc6 Kg6 34. Bc1 e5 35. Kf2 Bb5 36. Rc5 Ne7 37. Ke1 Nf5
38. Bd2 Nd4 39. Bxb4 h3 40. gxh3 Nxf3+ 41. Kf2 Rd4 42. Bc3
Rxe4 43. Kxf3 Rf4+ 44. Kg3 h5 45. h4 Rg4+ 46. Kf2 Rxh4 47. b4
Rf4+ 48. Ke3 Rf1 49. Rc8 h4 50. Rh8 Kg5 51. Ke4 Bc6+ 52. Kd3
Rf3+ 53. Kc2 h3 54. Rg8+ Kf5 55. Rh8 Be4+ 56. Kb3 Bd5+ 57. Kc2
Bc4 58. Bd2 e4 59. Rh4 Bd3+ 60. Kc3 Bb5+ 61. Kc2 e3 62. Bc3
Kg5 63. Rh8 Rf2+ 64. Kd1 h2 65. Be1 Bc6 66. Bxf2 exf2 67. Ke2
h1=Q 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e5 5. Nc3 e4 6. Bc2 Bd6
7. f3 O-O 8. fxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qe7
12. Qf3 Re8 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 16. Kf2
Re8 17. Nf3 Be6 18. b3 Nd7 19. Rhe1 f6 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. a4 Nf8
22. a5 Ne6 23. Re3 Nf4 24. Nf1 Bc2 25. Ra3 Be4 26. g3 Nh3+
27. Ke2 f5 28. Nd2 Bg2 29. a6 b6 30. Ra1 g5 31. Kd3 b5 32. c5
f4 33. Ba5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "144"]

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. e5 Ne8 10. c3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nb3
Rc8 13. Nbd4 Nc7 14. Be3 Na8 15. h3 Bh5 16. Ne2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3
Nb6 18. b3 Nbd7 19. Bd4 Nb8 20. b4 Ncd7 21. b5 a6 22. a4 Qa5
23. Qb1 Rc4 24. Qd1 Nc5 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. Nf4 Nbd7 27. Bg2
Rxa4 28. Rb1 Qc7 29. Nh5 Rb8 30. Qg4 g6 31. Rxb8+ Qxb8 32. Nf4
Nf8 33. h4 Nb3 34. Rb1 Ra1 35. Rxa1 Nxa1 36. h5 Nb3 37. h6
Nxd4 38. cxd4 a5 39. Qd1 Bg5 40. Nd3 Bxh6 41. Qa4 Qa7 42. Nc5
Bg5 43. Bf1 Be7 44. Na6 Qb6 45. Qe8 Bb4 46. Nb8 Qxd4 47. Nd7
Bc5 48. Nxc5 Qxc5 49. Bb5 Qc7 50. f4 Kg7 51. Kg2 h5 52. Kf2
Qa7+ 53. Kg2 Qe3 54. Qe7 h4 55. Qxh4 Qc5 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Be8
Qc7 58. Kh3 Nh7 59. Qh4 Kg7 60. Bb5 Qa7 61. Ba4 Qd4 62. Be8
Qa7 63. Ba4 Qc7 64. Qg4 Qc4 65. Qd1 d4 66. Bb3 Qc3 67. Bc2 Nf8
68. Kg2 Nd7 69. g4 Nc5 70. f5 d3 71. f6+ Kg8 72. Qf3 Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "12.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 h5 10. f4 Ng4 11. Bg1 d6
12. a4 Bd7 13. Nb3 g5 14. f5 Nce5 15. a5 Bc6 16. Bb6 Qd7
17. Nd2 Bd8 18. Bd4 Bc7 19. h3 Nf6 20. fxe6 Qxe6 21. Bc4 Qe7
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qf3 Rh6 24. Qe3 h4 25. Qxg5 Rg6 26. Qf5 Rd8
27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Ne4 Rd4 31. c3
Rd8 32. Qh5 Kd7 33. Qf5+ Kc6 34. Ra4 Qe6 35. Qf3 Kb5 36. Rb4+
Kc6 37. Rxb7 Qd5 38. c4 Qd3 39. Qxf7 Rg7 40. Rxc7# 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "14.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Nd4 O-O 11. O-O-O Rc8
12. f4 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rfd8 14. f5 Bd7 15. g4 a6 16. Bd2 Qc7
17. g5 Ne8 18. f6 Bf8 19. Be3 b5 20. h4 Qc4 21. Rhg1 Qxd3
22. cxd3 b4 23. Nce2 e5 24. Nc2 a5 25. Bb6 Nc7 26. Bxa5 b3
27. axb3 Re8 28. Bxc7 Rxc7 29. Nc3 Be6 30. b4 Rb7 31. Kc1 Rc8
32. Kd2 Kh8 33. fxg7+ Kxg7 34. Ra1 Be7 35. b5 Bd8 36. Ra6 Bb6
37. Rga1 h6 38. gxh6+ Kxh6 39. Ra8 Rbb8 40. Rxb8 Rxb8 41. Ne3
Kh5 42. Ned5 Bd4 43. Ra6 Bxd5 44. Nxd5 Rxb5 45. b4 f5 46. Rxd6
f4 47. Nxf4+ exf4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "17.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. b3 Be7
7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nc4
c5 13. Rc1 Bd5 14. Nfe5 cxd4 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxd4 Rc8
17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Qb2 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Nb6
Rc7 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rc2 a5 24. Bf3 Rfc8 25. Bxd5 Nd3
26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rd1 Rc3 28. Rb1 Nc5 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Ke2 f5
31. Kf3 Ke7 32. g4 fxg4+ 33. Kxg4 Rc2 34. Kg3 Rd2 35. e4 f5
36. f3 Kf6 37. Bc6 fxe4 38. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 39. fxe4 Ke5 40. Rc1
Rd3+ 41. Kg4 Rc3 42. Rf1 Rxb3 43. Rf5+ Kxe4 44. Rxa5 Ra3
45. Kg5 b3 46. h4 Kd3 47. Rb5 Kc2 48. Kh6 b2 49. Rxb2+ Kxb2
50. Kxh7 Rh3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "25.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. h3 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 e6 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. e5 Nh5 14. Ng5 c4 15. Bxc4 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8
17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Nce4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. g4 Bc6 21. gxh5 h6
22. Bd3 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Rd5 24. h4 gxh5 25. Kh2 Bxb2 26. Nf6+
Kh8 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rab1 Be5+ 29. Kh3 Kg7 30. Rbe1 Bd6
31. c4 Nb4 32. Bf6+ Kh6 33. Be4 Bd7 34. Rg1 e5+ 35. Kh2 Bg4
36. Rgf1 Nc6 37. Rb1 Nd4 38. Rb6 Nc6 39. Bg5+ Kg7 40. Rf6 Bc7
41. Rb1 Rf8 42. Rg6+ Kh8 43. Rxb7 Nd4 44. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "27.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5
cxd5 7. d4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nb5 Na6
12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Nd3 Ndb8 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. e3 g5 16. Nc3 Bf5
17. Ke2 e6 18. a3 Nc7 19. Na2 Nb5 20. Nab4 Na5 21. a4 Nd6
22. Rc3 Kd7 23. Rhc1 Rhc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Rc3 Nd6 26. f3 g4
27. b3 gxf3+ 28. Bxf3 Ne4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Nf2 Bf5 31. Nbd3
Nc6 32. g4 Bg6 33. Nf4 Re8 34. h4 e5 35. dxe5 Bxe5 36. Nxd5
Bxc3 37. Bxc3 Bc2 38. Nf6+ Ke7 39. Nxe8 Kxe8 40. b4 Bxa4
41. Ne4 Bc2 42. Nf6+ Kd8 43. e4 Ne7 44. Ke3 h6 45. h5 Bd1
46. Kf4 Nc6 47. g5 hxg5+ 48. Kxg5 Ne7 49. h6 Ng6 50. h7 Bc2
51. Ng4 Ke7 52. Bf6+ Ke6 53. Ne5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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. a4 Nc6 10. Re1 Nb4 11. Bf3 Qc7
12. Be3 b6 13. Re2 h6 14. Rd2 Be6 15. Nc1 Rfd8 16. N1e2 Rab8
17. Ng3 Bf8 18. Nh5 Nd7 19. Bg4 Qc4 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. f4 g6
22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Ng3 Qg6 25. Qf3 Nxc2 26. Rxc2
Qxc2 27. Nf5 Kh7 28. Rf1 Nf6 29. Rf2 Qd3 30. h3 d5 31. Rd2 Qc4
32. Nxh6 Bxh6 33. Bxh6 Rd6 34. Bg5 Ng8 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qh5+
Kg7 37. Be7 Nxe7 38. Qxe5+ Rf6 39. Qxb8 Qc5+ 40. Kh2 Qe3
41. Re2 Qc5 42. Rxe7+ Qxe7 43. Qg3+ Rg6 44. Qd3 Qe5+ 45. Kh1
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bf5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7
7. O-O 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "34"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7
7. Re1 c5 8. e4 Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 h6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 g5
13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Ndxe5 15. c3 Bd6 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4
Nc4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kd8 20. Bg5+ Be7 21. Bxe7+ Nxe7
22. Qf3 Kd7 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Qf6 Rh7 25. Bh3 Kd8 26. Bf5 Reh8
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "35"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8
12. h3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Bg5 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Rxe4 16. Bxd8
Rxd8 17. Rac1 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rfe1 Rde8 20. Rxe4 Rxe4
21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Nd2 Rb4 23. b3 Ke7 24. Ke2 Kd7 25. f3 Rb8
26. Ne4 Bb6 27. Kd3 f5 28. Nc3 c6 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Na4 Ba7
31. Nb2 Rb8 32. Nc4 Rb5 33. Re2 Rd5+ 34. Kc2 h5 35. Re1 h4
36. Re2 Rc5 37. Kd3 Rb5 38. Kc2 Rb8 39. Kd3 Bc5 40. Re1 Re8
41. Rxe8 Kxe8 42. f4 Kd7 43. Nd2 Bb6 44. Nf3 Bd8 45. b4 Bf6
46. Kc4 Kc7 47. Nd2 Kb6 48. Kb3 d5 49. Nf1 Bd4 50. Nd2 c5
51. bxc5+ Kxc5 52. Nf3 Bf6 53. a3 Kb5 54. Ne1 a5 55. a4+ Kc5
56. Nf3 d4 57. Nd2 d3 58. Nf3 Kd5 59. Ka2 Ke4 60. Kb3 Kxf4
61. Kc4 Ke3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "36"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Be7
12. g3 Rc8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc4
17. Qd2 O-O 18. Rhg1 f5 19. h3 Bf6 20. Na5 Qc7 21. Rc1 e4
22. f4 Nb6 23. c3 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 fxg4
27. Rxg4 Rfe8 28. Rcg1 Qd3+ 29. Qxd3 exd3 30. R4g3 b5 31. Bd2
b4 32. Rxd3 bxc3 33. Bxc3 Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Kf7
36. Kc2 Re4 37. Rf1 Kf6 38. Kd3 Ra4 39. Re1 Rxf4 40. Re6+ Kf5
41. c4 Rf3+ 42. Kd4 Rf4+ 43. Kc3 g5 44. Rxd6 g4 45. Rd8 g3
46. Rf8+ Ke4 47. Rg8 Rf3+ 48. Kb4 Ke5 49. a4 Kd4 50. d6 a5+
51. Kb5 Rf5+ 52. Kb6 Kxc4 53. d7 Rf6+ 54. Kc7 Rf7 55. Rxg3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Rd8 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qh4 Bd7
17. Ba5 b6 18. Bc3 a5 19. Bd3 h6 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Ng4 Nd5
22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Qxh6 f6 24. Be4 Qg7 25. Qh3 Rd6 26. Bxd5
exd5 27. Bd4 Bd7 28. Qh4 Qg5 29. Qxg5+ fxg5 30. b3 Rc8 31. Be5
Re6 32. Bb2 Bc6 33. h3 Bb7 34. Rac1 Kf7 35. Rc2 Re7 36. Rcd2
Bb4 37. Rd3 Rc2 38. Ba1 Rec7 39. e4 dxe4 40. Rd7+ Kg6 41. Rd8
Rc1 42. Be5 Rxd1+ 43. Rxd1 Re7 44. Bg3 Bc5 45. Rd8 e3 46. fxe3
Rxe3 47. Kh2 Re2 48. Rg8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "R Faqiry"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Rc8 12. Bb2
Bb8 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Nc3 a6 17. g3 Qd6
18. b5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Ne4 22. a4 f6
23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 e5 26. Kg2 Be4+ 27. f3 Rc8
28. Qa1 Rc2 29. Rf2 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Bxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Qxh3 32. Bxe5
Qh5+ 33. Kf2 Ne4+ 34. Kg1 Bxe5 35. Qa2 Bxg3 36. Qc2 Qg4
37. Rg2 h5 38. Nd4 Bf2+ 39. Kf1 Qh3 40. Qxf2 Nxf2 41. Kxf2 h4
42. Ne2 Qf5+ 43. Kg1 h3 44. Rf2 Qe5 45. Rf3 Qh5 46. Nd4 Qg4+
47. Kf1 Qg2+ 48. Ke1 h2 0-1

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Roger Lorenz"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. Re1 Be7 11. b3 O-O
12. Bb2 Re8 13. c4 a5 14. a3 Bf8 15. h4 Qc7 16. h5 h6 17. Ne4
Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Nf6 19. Re2 Rad8 20. Rae1 Bd6 21. d5 e5 22. c5
Bxc5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 cxd5 25. Rf5 Qd6 26. a4 b6 27. g3
Rf8 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. Bb1 Rf8 30. Qd3 Rd8 31. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joachim Sieglen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7
7. a5 h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. e3 Bd6 10. Be2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. O-O O-O 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd4 Qd6 15. Bf3 Rd8 16. Qb3 Rb8
17. Na4 Ba7 18. Qa3 Qe5 19. Nc5 Ne4 20. b4 Rd6 21. Rfd1 b6
22. axb6 Bxb6 23. Rac1 Rf6 24. Nd3 Qe8 25. Nf4 Bb7 26. Qb3 Qe5
27. b5 axb5 28. Qxb5 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nigel Rodney Davies"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Nb3 Ne7 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg5 dxe4
12. Bxe4 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Nbc6 14. Nc5 Bf5 15. Bf3 h6 16. Bf4
Rfc8 17. Nxb7 Nd4 18. Rxd4 Bxd4 19. Nd6 g5 20. Be3 Be5
21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Be6 23. Be2 a5 24. Bd2 Rd8 25. Be1 Nc6
26. Nb5 Nb4 27. a3 Na2 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Bxb2 30. Bxa5 Nc1
31. Bc3 Nd3 32. Bc2 Bxc3 33. Nxc3 Nc5 34. f3 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7
36. Ke3 Kd6 37. Ne4+ Kc6 38. Kd4 Nb7 39. g4 Na5 40. Nf6 Nc4
41. a4 Nd2 42. Ke3 Nc4+ 43. Kf2 Kc5 44. Ng8 Kd4 45. Nxh6 Ne3
46. Be4 Nc4 47. Kg3 Bd7 48. Nxf7 Bxa4 49. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7
7. Re1 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. h3 f5 10. b4 h6 11. Nbd2 Kh7 12. Bb2 g5
13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Bc2 Nf4 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. d4 exd4
18. Bxg6+ Nxg6 19. cxd4 Qd7 20. Nh5 Bh8 21. Rc1 Rae8 22. Rxe8
Rxe8 23. a3 Qf7 24. Qc2 Kg8 25. d5 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Nce5 27. Nxe5
Nxe5 28. Qe2 Re7 29. Rc3 Kf8 30. Qd1 Ke8 31. Ng3 Kd8 32. Re3
Kc8 33. Qd4 Kb8 34. Qe4 Re8 35. Re2 Rf8 36. a4 h5 37. Nf1 Qd7
38. a5 Rf4 39. Qe3 Qb5 40. Ng3 Rxb4 41. Nxh5 Qxd5 42. Kh2 Qxa5
43. Ng3 Rh4 44. f3 Qd5 45. Kg1 Qd4 46. Ne4 Qxe3+ 47. Rxe3 Nf7
48. Nf6 b5 49. Re7 Ne5 50. Nd5 Rc4 51. f4 gxf4 52. h4 b4
53. Nxb4 Rxb4 54. h5 Ng4 0-1

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3 Bh7 9. a4 Qc7 10. a5 a6 11. Bd2 Ng6 12. c4
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Be7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. h4 Rfd8
17. Rfc1 Qb8 18. h5 Ngf8 19. Bxh7+ Nxh7 20. Qe4 Ndf8 21. Ne1
Rd5 22. Nd3 Rcd8 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. f4 f6 25. Nf2 Qd7 26. Qe2 Rb5
27. Nc5 Qd5 28. b4 fxe5 29. fxe5 Ng5 30. Nfd3 Bxc5 31. Nxc5
Nfh7 32. Rf1 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34. Qa2 Qd8 35. Qc4 Qe8
36. Qe2 Nd7 37. Bd2 Nh7 38. Rf1 Ndf8 39. Qf3 Qe7 40. Qg4 Ng5
41. Bxg5 Qxg5 42. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yannick Pelletier"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. a4 a6 8. Re1 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. d5 Kh8 11. Bd3 Ng8 12. Na2 a5
13. b4 axb4 14. Nxb4 Nc5 15. Bb5 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Be3 Bf6
18. Bc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qd7 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Re4 Ne7 22. Nxe7
Bxe7 23. Qd3 Rff8 24. a5 c6 25. a6 Rfb8 26. h4 Rb6 27. Rea4
Qc8 28. Nd2 h6 29. Nc4 Rb5 30. Qe4 Qg8 31. Ne3 c4 32. Qxc4 Rc5
33. Qb3 cxd5 34. Ra5 Rb8 35. Qa2 Rxa5 36. Qxa5 d4 37. Nd5 Bd8
38. Qa2 Ra8 39. a7 Kh7 40. Qb1 Qf7 41. c4+ d3 42. Qxd3+ Kh8
43. Qe3 Bxh4 44. Qb6 Kh7 45. g3 Bxg3 46. fxg3 Qf3 47. Qe3 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5
dxc5 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Nb6 15. Nf1 Rd8 16. Qe2 f6 17. Ne3
Be6 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. c4 Nc6 20. Nd5 Qa7 21. Bd3 Nd4 22. Qd1
Rab8 23. Nf1 Nc8 24. Bd2 Qf7 25. Ng3 Na7 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4
Bd6 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. e5 fxe5 30. Ne4 Rxd5 31. cxd5 Bxd5
32. Ng5 Qf6 33. Bxh7+ Kh8 34. Qh5 Qh6 35. Qg4 Nac6 36. Be4 Bg8
37. Rf1 Ne7 38. Nf7+ Bxf7 39. Rxf7 Ng8 40. Raf1 Ne6 41. R1f5
Qe3+ 42. Kh2 Nh6 43. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qe3 Qd8 11. O-O-O
Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f4 Qa5 15. g4 b5 16. g5 b4
17. Nce2 Qc5 18. h4 a5 19. Qf3 Rfc8 20. Rc1 a4 21. c4 bxc3
22. Rxc3 Qb6 23. Rhc1 Rc5 24. Rxc5 dxc5 25. Nc2 Rb8 26. Qc3
Bb5 27. Ng3 Bd3 28. Ka1 c4 29. a3 Qf2 30. Qe5 Rb3 31. Nh5 Bf8
32. Nb4 Qf3 33. Nxd3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.13"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 b5
12. Bb3 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. c3 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bf6 16. Red1
Rfd8 17. a4 Ne7 18. Qd3 Qc6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. h4
h6 22. Bg5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Rd8 24. gxf6 gxf6 25. Nh2 d5 26. Ng4
d4 27. Qg3 Ng6 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. Ne3 Ne7 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qh4
Kg7 32. Rd3 Qb6 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. Qd1 Ke8 36. Qh5
Rd6 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. Ng4 Qc6 39. e5 Ng6 40. Nxf6+ Ke6 41. Qh3+
Kxe5 42. Ng4+ Kd5 43. Rd1 Qe8 44. Qf3+ Qe4 45. Qxf7+ Qe6
46. Ne3+ Ke5 47. Ng4+ Kd5 48. Qb7+ Kc4 49. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Kurnosov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Ne2 b6
12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nf5 Be2 16. Rd2 Bc4
17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. b3 c6 20. Ne3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8
22. Bb2 g6 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. f3 Bh6 25. Kf2 a5 26. a4 b5
27. axb5 cxb5 28. Nd5+ Kc6 29. Nc3 Bf8 30. Rd8 c4 31. Ke2 b4
32. Ne4 cxb3 33. cxb3 Bg7 34. Rd6+ Kb5 35. Rd3 Bh6 36. Kd1 Ra8
37. Kc2 Rc8+ 38. Kb1 Rc7 39. g4 Bf4 40. Nd6+ Ka6 41. Ne8 Rd7
42. Rxd7 Bxd7 43. Nf6 Be6 44. gxh5 Bxb3 45. Bc1 Bxc1 46. Kxc1
gxh5 47. f4 a4 48. f5 a3 49. Nd7 Bd5 50. e6 fxe6 51. f6 e5
52. Nxe5 b3 53. f7 b2+ 54. Kc2 Be4+ 55. Kd2 b1=Q 56. f8=Q Qc2+
57. Ke3 a2 58. Qd6+ Kb5 59. Qb8+ Kc5 60. Nd7+ Kc6 61. Ne5+ Kd5
62. Nf7 Qc3+ 63. Kf4 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nd8 12. c3
c5 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. Nxe6
Qxe6 18. a4 Bf8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Bd3 Qd7 22. b3
d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Nf3 Bc6 25. Qc2 Qb7 26. Be3 Bd7 27. Ra1 Rc8
28. Qe2 Ra8 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rc2 b4 31. Nd4 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 g6
33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Qc4 Qc8 35. Qd5 Be6 36. Qxe4 Qd7 37. Nxe6
Qxe6 38. Qa8 Qxe5 39. Bh6 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. g3 Qd6 42. Kg2
f5 43. Qxf8+ Qxf8 44. Bxf8 Kxf8 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Ke3 Kd6
47. Kd4 g5 48. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Moscow TCh-Student Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.28"]
[EventDate "2010.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Savchenko"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Na5 11. Bh6 Bxh6
12. Qxh6 e5 13. Nde2 b5 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. Ne3 Be6 16. h4 Nxb3
17. axb3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. h5 Qe7 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc3 Bc6
22. O-O-O Rfd8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qe3 b4 25. Ne4 a5 26. Kb1 a4
27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. bxa4 Bxa4 29. b3 Bb5 30. f4 Qe7 31. Ng5 Qc5
32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33. Ne4 Rc8 34. fxe5 Kg7 35. Ng5 h5 36. Rh4 Re8
37. Rxb4 Rxe5 38. Nf3 Rf5 39. Nd4 Rf1+ 40. Kb2 Ba6 41. Rb6 Bc8
42. Rc6 Rf8 43. b4 Kh6 44. g3 Bb7 45. Rd6 Rg8 46. Ne6 Bc8
47. b5 Re8 48. Nf4 Bf5 49. b6 Kg5 50. Nd5 Rc8 51. Ne3 Be4
52. c4 h4 53. Rd4 Bh1 54. gxh4+ Kf6 55. Kc3 Rc6 56. b7 Rb6
57. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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

[Event "Bazna King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2011.06.15"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3
Ne7 8.Re1 Ng6 9.Nbd2 c6 10.Nf1 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Ng3 h6
13.Bb3 Re8 14.Bd2 Bb6 15.Qc2 Be6 16.Rad1 Bxh3 17.c4 Ndf4 18.c5
Nxg2 19.cxb6 Qf6 20.Nh2 Nxe1 21.Rxe1 axb6 22.Bc3 Be6 23.Re3
Nf4 24.Rf3 Qh4 25.Bd2 Bg4 26.Qc4 Be6 27.Qc2 Bxb3 28.Qxb3 Re6
29.a3 Rae8 30.Qb4 Rf6 31.Qe4 Ree6 32.Ne2 Nxe2+ 33.Qxe2 Rxf3
34.Qxf3 Rg6+ 35.Kh1 Rf6 36.Qg3 Qxg3 37.fxg3 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Bazna King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2011.06.17"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4
7.Nxc6 Qg5 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.f4 Qxf4 10.d4 Qd6 11.Ne5+ c6 12.Bc4 Be6
13.c3 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 Qd5 15.Qb3 Bd6 16.Qxb7 O-O 17.Qxc6 Qxc6
18.Nxc6 Ng4 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 e3 21.h3 Nxe5 22.Bxe3 Nc4
23.Bc5 Rae8+ 24.Kd1 Nxb2+ 25.Kd2 Rf5 26.Bxa7 Rf7 27.Bc5 Rd7+
28.Kc2 Re2+ 29.Kb3 Rb7+ 30.Bb4 Nd3 31.a4 Nxb4 32.cxb4 Re3+
33.Kc2 Rxb4 34.a5 Rc4+ 35.Kd2 Ree4 36.Ra3 Red4+ 37.Ke3 Re4+
38.Kf3 Rf4+ 39.Kg3 Rf7 40.Rb1 Ra7 41.a6 Rcc7 42.Rb6 h6 43.Kf4
Re7 44.h4 Rac7 45.Ra4 Kh7 46.g4 Ra7 47.h5 Rac7 48.Rd6 Rc8
49.Ra3 Rf8+ 50.Kg3 Rb8 51.Rc3 Rb4 52.Rd8 Rb6 53.Ra8 Rf7
54.Rcc8 Rb3+ 55.Kh4 g5+ 56.hxg6+ Kxg6 57.Rc6+ Kg7 58.Rd8 Rb1
59.Rdd6 Rh1+ 60.Kg3 Rg1+ 61.Kh3 Rf3+ 62.Kh2 Rgf1 63.Rd7+ Rf7
64.Rxf7+ Rxf7 65.Rc2 h5 66.Ra2 1-0

[Event "Bazna King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Qe1 e6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. e5
Nfd5 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bb7 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Qh4 Nb4
17. Rad1 Qc6 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6
21. exf6 Rf8 22. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.10"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 b6 11. a4 a5
12. g4 Ne7 13. Ng5 Be8 14. f4 h6 15. Nf3 g6 16. b3 Kc8 17. Bb2
Bg7 18. Ne4 c5 19. Ng3 Rg8 20. Kh2 Bd7 21. c4 Kb7 22. Rad1
Rad8 23. Rd3 Bc8 24. Rfd1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Re8 26. Ne4 Nc6
27. Kg3 Kb8 28. Bc3 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. e6 Nxe6 31. Bxg7
Nxg7 32. Ne5 f5 33. Nf6 g5 34. Nc6+ Kb7 35. Nd8+ Kb8 36. Nc6+
Kb7 37. Nd8+ Kb8 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Nh7 c6 40. Nxg5 Kc7
41. Ndf7 b5 42. Kf4 fxg4 43. hxg4 Ne6+ 44. Nxe6+ Bxe6 45. Ne5
Kd6 46. g5 bxa4 47. bxa4 Ke7 48. Nxc6+ Kd6 49. Nxa5 Kc7
50. Ke5 Bg8 51. Nb3 Bxc4 52. Nxc5 Kb6 53. Ne4 Bb3 54. Nc3 Bc2
55. Kf6 Kc5 56. g6 Kb4 57. g7 Bb3 58. Ne4 Bg8 59. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 f6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nf3 Qe7
7. O-O Qf7 8. Re1 O-O-O 9. a4 Nge7 10. b4 Nxb4 11. Rb1 Nec6
12. Ne2 Qg6 13. Bd2 fxe5 14. Bxb4 Nxb4 15. Nxe5 Qxc2 16. Bxd7+
Rxd7 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Nf4 Qxd1 19. Rbxd1 Bd6 20. Nxe6 Nc2
21. Re2 Re8 22. Nc5+ Bxc5 23. Rxe8 Kxe8 24. dxc5 Nb4 25. a5 a6
26. Kf1 Kd7 27. Rd4 Nc6 28. Rxd5+ Ke6 29. Rh5 h6 30. Ke2 Nxa5
31. Kd3 b6 32. cxb6 cxb6 33. Rh3 Nb7 34. Rg3 Nc5+ 35. Kc4 Kf6
36. Kd5 a5 37. Rf3+ Kg5 38. Kc6 Ne4 39. Kxb6 a4 40. Kb5 Nd2
41. Rg3+ Kf6 42. Kxa4 g5 43. Kb4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mejdi Kaabi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4
7. Nb1 Ba6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Nxc4 c5 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6
12. Be3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nd5 15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Re1 Bf6
17. Ra2 Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Rc2 Be7 20. h3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bh4
22. Ree2 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Qc7 24. Nd2 Qc1 25. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kh2
Rfc8 27. Nc4 Rb1 28. g3 Bd8 29. d5 Rxb3 30. Nd6 Rcc3 31. dxe6
Rxe3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mejdi Kaabi"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 Re8 11. c3 Bf8 12. Ba2
Qd7 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. h4 Re7 16. h5 Qg4 17. Bg5 Nd8
18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Nf1 Ne6 20. Ne3 Qh5 21. Bh4 Ree8 22. g3 Ng4
23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nxg4 Qxg4 25. Kg2 d5 26. Ng5 Qxd1 27. Rexd1
Bh6 28. f3 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Kg7 30. Rh1 c5 31. Rh4 Rg8 32. Rah1
Kf7 33. a5 c4 34. d4 dxe4 35. fxe4 exd4 36. Rf4+ Ke8 37. Rh7
1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[EventDate "2011.08.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Ne7 8.Nd2 Nbc6 9.N2f3 Be4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Ng6 12.c4 dxc4
13.Bxc4 Qc7 14.Qb3 Be7 15.Rac1 O-O 16.Bd3 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 Bf8
18.g3 Rd7 19.Be4 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rc8 21.Kg2 Na5 22.Qa4 b6 23.Rd7
Qc4 24.Qxc4 Nxc4 25.Bd4 Bc5 26.Bxg6 hxg6 27.Bxc5 bxc5 28.b3
Nb6 29.Rxa7 c4 30.bxc4 Nxc4 31.a4 f6 32.exf6 gxf6 33.a5 e5
34.a6 Na5 35.Nh4 Nc6 36.Rb7 g5 37.Nf5 Kf8 38.Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "12th Karpov International"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.06"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 c4 10. Rb1 Qxc2 11. Rxb7 Bb4
12. Rxb4 Nxb4 13. Bd1 Qd3 14. Ba4+ Kf8 15. Qa1 Bg4 16. Qb2 Rb8
17. Rb1 Bxf3 18. Bc2 Be2 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. a3 Bxb1 21. axb4
Bg6 22. Qa3 Rb7 23. b5+ Re7 24. Bf4 h6 25. h4 Rh7 26. Qa6 Bf5
27. Bc1 f6 28. Ba3 fxe5 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "12th Karpov International"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Zahar Efimenko"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6
7. Bg5 dxe4 8. dxe4 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nh4 Na6 11. Nd2 Nc5
12. Qf3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bc7 14. Nf5 Qe6 15. Bh6 Nxe4 16. Qg4 g6
17. Nxe4 Qxf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8
21. Rxa7 Rb8 22. Rd1 e4 23. Nd7 Rd8 24. Rxb7 Bf4 25. h3 e3
26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Rd4 g5 28. Ne5 Rf8 29. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Salgado Lopez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6
12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15. Bh6 b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rc6 Qb7 21. Rxc8
Qxc8 22. Qg5 Qc2 23. Bxd7 Qxe2 24. Bg4 h5 25. Bxh5 Nxh5
26. Nh4 Nf6 27. Nf5+ Kg8 28. Ne3 Qxa2 29. h4 Qxb3 30. h5 Qb1+
31. Kh2 Qb2 32. hxg6 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5
12. Be3 b6 13. Rac1 Ncb4 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Qg4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg5
17. Qh3 Qe7 18. Rf1 Bf6 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. Ne5 Rae8 21. Rf2 f6
22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Bxd3 f5 24. Rff1 g6 25. Nb5 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8
27. Qg3 a6 28. Nc3 Bf6 29. Qf3 Bb7 30. Qe2 a5 31. Nb5 Rd8
32. e4 Bxd4+ 33. Nxd4 Qc5 34. exf5 Qxd4+ 35. Kh1 exf5 36. Rc1
Kf8 37. Bb5 Qd2 38. Rc7 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jure Borisek"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. a4 Rb8
13. axb5 axb5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Nbd2 Bb7 16. Nf1 Nc4 17. Ne3
Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Qc7 19. Qe2 c4 20. Ra7 Nc5 21. Nd2 Qc6 22. f3
Ne6 23. Kh2 Rfd8 24. b4 Nd4 25. Qd1 Bh4 26. Rf1 Nxc2 27. Qxc2
Rd3 28. Bc5 Rbd8 29. Nb1 Bg5 30. Kh1 Bf4 31. Bg1 f5 32. exf5
e4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5
Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nxf4+ 15. gxf4 Bd6 16. Rd3 Qe8
17. Rf3 Nb4 18. Nb5 f6 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rd8 21. Rh3 f5
22. e3 Qc6+ 23. Kg1 Bb4 24. Rg3 Qd7 25. Qb3 c6 26. Nc3 b5
27. Rc1 Rb8 28. axb5 cxb5 29. d5 Rfe8 30. dxe6 Qxe6 31. Nd5
Kh8 32. Rc7 Rbd8 33. e4 Bf8 34. Qc3 b4 35. Qd4 Rd7 36. Qa7
Rxc7 37. Nxc7 Qf7 38. Qxa5 Rc8 39. Nd5 fxe4 40. Ne3 Qxf4
41. Qd5 Bd6 42. Qb7 Qf8 43. Rh3 Re8 44. Rh5 Qf3 45. Rg5 Rg8
46. Qc6 Qf4 47. Rg2 Be5 48. Qc4 Rb8 49. b3 h6 50. Rg3 Rf8
51. Rg2 Ra8 52. Qc6 Ra1+ 53. Nf1 Qf5 54. Qb6 Rd1 55. Qa6 Bd4
56. Qe2 Rd3 57. Rg3 Rc3 58. Qd2 Be5 59. Ne3 Qe6 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O g6 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Nxf3 Bg7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bf1 Rac8 16. c3 Na5
17. Bd3 Nc4 18. Qe2 a6 19. h4 h6 20. Rac1 b5 21. Bb1 Nb6
22. h5 Nd7 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. hxg6+ Nxg6 26. Bg3 Ne4
27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Rxe4 Rfd8 29. f4 Qc4 30. a3 Rd7 31. Qf2 Ne7
32. Rce1 Qd3 33. Bh4 Nf5 34. Nxf5 exf5 35. Rd4 Rxd4 36. Qxd4
Qc2 37. Qd7 Rc4 38. e6 Rxf4 39. e7 Rg4 40. Bf2 Rf4 41. Qa7 Re4
42. e8=Q Rxe8 43. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nc3 e5 12. h3
Rfe8 13. e4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Na4
Qc7 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. f3 Qxg3 20. b4 Ne6 21. Qf2 Qxf2+
22. Kxf2 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Nh5 24. Rfe1 Nf4 25. Bf1 Ne6 26. Bc3 f6
27. a4 Bf7 28. a5 Rad8 29. Red1 a6 30. h4 Nc7 31. Rd4 Ne6
32. Rdd1 Kf8 33. Kg3 Nc7 34. Bd4 Bb3 35. Bc5+ Kf7 36. Rdb1 Be6
37. Rd1 Bb3 38. Rdb1 Be6 39. Rd1 g5 40. Bb6 Rxd1 41. Rxd1 Nb5
42. Bxb5 axb5 43. Rd8 Rxd8 44. Bxd8 gxh4+ 45. Kxh4 c5 46. bxc5
b4 47. c6 bxc6 48. a6 b3 49. a7 b2 50. a8=Q b1=Q 51. Qa7+ Kg6
52. Kg3 Qe1+ 53. Qf2 Qxf2+ 54. Kxf2 c5 55. Kg3 c4 56. Ba5 f5
57. Kf4 h5 58. Be1 fxe4 59. fxe4 Bf7 60. Bc3 Be8 61. Be1 Kf6
62. Bh4+ Ke6 63. Ke3 Kd6 64. Kd4 Bf7 65. Bg5 Kc6 66. Bh4 Kb5
67. Be7 Bg6 68. Ke3 Ka4 69. e5 Kb3 70. Bg5 c3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bb3 d6
7. h3 Ne7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Re1 Bb6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2
c6 13. Nf1 Bd7 14. Ng3 Qc7 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. a4 a5
18. b3 Qc8 19. Qa3 Bc7 20. Rad1 Kg8 21. Qc1 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qxh3
23. Bd3 d5 24. Bf1 Qg4 25. Nh2 Qh4 26. exd5 exd4 27. Rxd4 Ne4
28. Bg2 Bxg3 29. fxg3 Qxg3 30. Nf1 Qg4 31. Bg5 cxd5 32. Bxd8
Nf4 33. Rd2 Qg3 34. Nxg3 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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. b3
exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Bf6 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Bb7 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Bb1 g6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qd2 Rfe8
22. Re3 b4 23. Ne2 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Nc5 25. Ng3 Qd4 26. Kh2 a5
27. Re2 Re6 28. Qg5 Re8 29. Nf5 Qe5+ 30. f4 Qe6 31. e5 f6
32. Qh6 Qd7 33. Nxd6 Re7 34. Rd2 fxe5 35. fxe5 Qe6 36. Nc4 Bd5
37. Qf4 Bxc4 38. bxc4 Qxe5 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Qxe5+ Rxe5 41. Bc2
Re2 42. Bb1 Rb2 43. Rd1 a4 44. Kg3 a3 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. g3 Ke6
47. h4 Na4 48. Re1+ Kd6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bxh7 Nc3 51. c5+ Kxc5
52. Bg8 Nxa2 53. Re5+ Kb6 54. Rxh5 Nc1 55. Bc4 a2 56. Rb5+ Kc6
57. Ra5 b3 58. g4 Rb1 59. Kf4 a1=Q 60. g5 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8
12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5
Qc6 17. Qd3 Qc4 18. b3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 g6 20. Rfd1 f5 21. a4 b5
22. Kf1 Kf7 23. Ke2 Ke6 24. Kd2 d5 25. exf5+ gxf5 26. axb5
axb5 27. Rxc8 Bb4+ 28. Ke2 Rxc8 29. Ra1 Rc2+ 30. Kf1 Rc3
31. Ra6+ Bd6 32. Ng5+ Kd7 33. Nxh7 Rxd3 34. h4 Bc5 35. h5 Rd2
36. Nf6+ Kc7 37. h6 Kb7 38. h7 Kxa6 39. h8=Q Ka5 40. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6
7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nh5 9. Ng5 e6 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Be2
exd5 13. Nxd5 dxe5 14. Bxh5 Bc6 15. Bf3 h6 16. Nh3 e4 17. Bxe4
Re8 18. Bf3 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. c3 Re7
22. cxd4 Rae8 23. f5 g5 24. Qg4 Re4 25. Qg3 f6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. d3 Nge7 6. Nf3 b6
7. Bg2 Ba6 8. e5 h6 9. h4 g6 10. Bf4 Nf5 11. Nbd2 Rg8 12. g4
Nfe7 13. a3 Rh8 14. h5 g5 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. b4 Rc8 17. O-O Qd7
18. Rfb1 Nd8 19. a4 Bb7 20. a5 cxb4 21. cxb4 bxa5 22. Rxa5
Nec6 23. Raa1 Bf8 24. b5 Nb4 25. d4 a6 26. Ra4 Nc2 27. Bf1
axb5 28. Ra5 Nc6 29. Qxb5 Nxa5 30. Qxa5 Na3 31. Ra1 Nc4
32. Qc3 Be7 33. Nb3 Kf8 34. Ne1 Kg7 35. Nd3 Ra8 36. Nbc5 Qc7
37. Rb1 Rhb8 38. f4 Bc8 39. Rxb8 Qxb8 40. Qc1 Ra3 41. fxg5
hxg5 42. Be1 Qa7 43. Bc3 Ba6 44. Bb4 Ra2 45. Nb3 Bb5 46. Bc5
Qc7 47. Nb4 Ra8 48. Bd3 Qd8 49. Kf2 Bxc5 50. Nxc5 Na3 51. Bxb5
Nxb5 52. Nc6 Ra2+ 53. Kg3 Nxd4 54. Nxd4 Qe7 55. Nc6 Rc2
56. Qxc2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Ne4
Qb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. a3 Qa5 9. Bd3 a6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Nh5
12. b4 Qd8 13. Be3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne4 a5 16. Rb1 axb4
17. axb4 Qc7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. c4 f5 21. Nec3 b6
22. Be2 Ndf6 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Bf3 Qc7 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Nf3
Qxc4 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Bxd4 Rc8 29. g3 b5 30. Ne5 Be8 31. Rfc1
g5 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Ne2 Ra8 34. Bc5 Nd7 35. Bxe7+ Kxe7 36. Nc6+
Kd6 37. Ned4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5
Be6 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. b3 h4 14. Rd3 Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1
Be7 17. Bf4 Rg8 18. Ng5 Bc8 19. Nce4 Rh8 20. c4 b6 21. Nf3 Rh5
22. Kf1 Bd8 23. Nfg5 Be7 24. Nf3 Bd8 25. Nfg5 Be7 26. Rd3 c5
27. Nf3 Bb7 28. Nc3 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Nd4 30. Rd3 Ne6 31. Bh2 a6
32. f4 c6 33. Kf2 Nd4 34. Ke3 Rh6 35. Ne2 Rg6 36. Nxd4 cxd4+
37. Kf3 c5 38. g4 hxg3 39. Bxg3 f5 40. exf6 Rxf6 41. b4 Rh6
42. Kg4 Re6 43. Kf3 g6 44. Bf2 Kd7 45. Ra3 cxb4 46. Rd3 Bf6
47. Bxd4 Rd6 48. Ke3 Bxd4+ 49. Rxd4 Rxd4 50. Kxd4 Kd6 51. Kd3
a5 52. a3 bxa3 53. Kc3 Kc5 54. h4 a2 55. Kb2 Kxc4 56. f5 gxf5
57. h5 f4 58. h6 f3 59. h7 f2 60. h8=Q a1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "197"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6
7. O-O Na5 8. Be2 Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Qh4 Nd4
12. Bd1 Rc8 13. Kh1 b5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nb1 Rc5 16. Nd2 Qc7
17. Nb3 Rxc2 18. Bxc2 Qxc2 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. f5 Qe2 21. Bg5 Qxb2
22. Rab1 Qxa2 23. Nxd4 Qa4 24. Ne2 Rc2 25. Qf3 gxf5 26. Ng3
fxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. dxe4 f6 29. Ra1 Ra2 30. Rac1 Rc2
31. Ra1 Qd4 32. Be3 Qe5 33. Bf4 Qe6 34. Qg3 Kf8 35. Rxa7 b4
36. Rb7 Re2 37. Qf3 Rc2 38. Rxb4 Qg4 39. Rb7 Qxf3 40. gxf3 Be8
41. Rc1 Rxc1+ 42. Bxc1 Bg6 43. Bf4 Bf7 44. Kg2 Be6 45. Bd2 Ke8
46. Rb5 Kf7 47. f4 Bd7 48. Ra5 f5 49. exf5 Bf6 50. Kf3 h5
51. Ke4 Bc6+ 52. Kd3 Bg2 53. Be3 Bf1+ 54. Kd2 Bg2 55. Bb6 Be4
56. Ke3 Bc2 57. Bd4 Bxd4+ 58. Kxd4 Kf6 59. Ra8 Bxf5 60. Rf8+
Ke6 61. Ke3 Bg6 62. Kf3 Bf7 63. f5+ Kf6 64. Kf4 Kg7 65. Rb8
Kf6 66. Rd8 e5+ 67. fxe6 Bxe6 68. Rxd6 h4 69. Rb6 h3 70. Rc6
Kf7 71. Ke5 Bg4 72. Rc4 Bd7 73. Rc7 Ke8 74. Kd6 Bg4 75. Re7+
Kf8 76. Re4 Bc8 77. Kc7 Ba6 78. Re3 Kg7 79. Rxh3 Kg6 80. Kd6
Kg5 81. Ke5 Be2 82. Rg3+ Kh6 83. Kf5 Bd1 84. Rh3+ Kg7 85. Kg5
Be2 86. Re3 Bd1 87. Re7+ Kf8 88. Kf6 Kg8 89. Kg6 Bc2+ 90. Kh6
Kf8 91. Rg7 Bd3 92. Rg5 Kf7 93. Rg3 Bc2 94. Rg7+ Kf8 95. Rg2
Be4 96. Rg4 Bc2 97. Rg5 Kf7 98. Kh5 Kf6 99. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O
8.Rc1 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 c5 12.O-O Na6 13.Ne5
cxd4 14.exd4 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Nc5 16.Re1 Re8 17.f4 d4 18.Ne4 Bxe4
19.Bxe4 d3 20.Rc4 Rc8 21.Bf5 Qd5 22.Rc3 Rcd8 23.Qd2 Qd4+
24.Kh1 a5 25.Rb1 a4 26.Rd1 Rd5 27.h4 g6 28.Bxd3 Red8 29.Qe1
Qxf4 30.e6 Nxe6 31.Bc2 b5 32.Rxd5 Rxd5 33.Re3 Nd4 34.Bd3 Kg7
35.Kg1 Qf6 36.Kh2 Rh5 37.Rh3 Ne6 38.Rf3 Rxh4+ 39.Kg1 Qd4+
40.Qf2 Qxf2+ 41.Kxf2 b4 42.Re3 Rd4 43.Bb5 Kf6 44.Rf3+ Ke7
45.Rd3 bxa3 46.bxa3 Rf4+ 47.Ke3 f5 48.Rd7+ Kf6 49.Rd6 Re4+
50.Kf2 Kg5 51.Be8 Nf4 52.Bb5 Re5 53.Bc4 Nh5 54.Ra6 Nf6 55.Rxa4
Ng4+ 56.Kf1 Kh4 57.Be2 Kg3 58.Bxg4 fxg4 59.Rb4 h5 60.a4 Kh2
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. a3 a5 10. Qc2 f5 11. Na4 Qd6 12. Rd1
Rad8 13. d4 e4 14. Nd2 Bf7 15. Nc3 Qh6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc4
Kh8 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Nf1 Rd6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Rd7 22. Bd2
Bd6 23. b5 Ne7 24. Ra7 b6 25. Rda1 Qe6 26. Ra8 Rdd8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Ng3 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Nd5 30. Ra7 h6 31. Qa2 Qe8 32. Qc4
Qh5 33. Ra1 Kh7 34. Bb4 Qg6 35. Be1 h5 36. Rc1 h4 37. gxh4 f4
38. Qe2 f3 39. Qf1 Qg4 40. g3 g5 41. Kh2 gxh4 42. Qh3 Qxh3+
43. Kxh3 hxg3 44. Kxg3 Rg8+ 45. Kh2 Rg2+ 46. Kh1 Rg6 47. Ra1
Rg8 48. Rc1 Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Rh6 Ra8 51. Rh7+ Kg6 52. Rh4
Nf6 53. Bb4 Kg5 54. Rf4 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Frolyanov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qe2 Nc6
12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. Bg5 Na5 14. Rac1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Nh5 16. Qd2
Rfd8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qg5 Nf6 19. Nh4 Nd5 20. Qxe7 Nxe7
21. Nf3 f6 22. Rd2 b5 23. b4 Kf7 24. Rcd1 Nc6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6
26. Rxd6 Ke7 27. Rd2 Nxb4 28. Ne1 Rc4 29. f3 Rd4 30. Nb1 Nc6
31. c3 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 b4 33. cxb4 Nxb4 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ke3 Bd7
36. Nb1 f5 37. g3 fxe4 38. fxe4 g5 39. h4 g4 40. Kd2 Kc5
41. Ke3 h5 42. Nd2 Ba4 43. b3 Bb5 44. Nb1 a5 45. Nc3 Be8
46. Nb1 Bf7 47. Nd2 Be6 48. Nd3+ Nxd3 49. Kxd3 Kb4 50. Kc2 Bd7
51. Nb1 Be6 52. Nd2 Bf7 53. Kb2 Be8 54. Kc2 Bc6 55. Kd3 Bd7
56. Kc2 Bb5 57. Nb1 Bf1 58. Nd2 Be2 59. Nb1 Bf1 60. Nd2 Be2
61. Nb1 Bb5 62. Nc3 Bc6 63. Na2+ Kc5 64. Kd3 Ba8 65. Ke3 Bb7
66. Kd3 Bc6 67. Nc3 Be8 68. Na2 Bg6 69. Nc3 Bf7 70. Kc2 Kd4
71. Nb5+ Ke3 72. Nd6 Be6 73. Kc3 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.10"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Tregubov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 Na5 10. Kb1 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3
12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 b5 15. Nb3 Nc4 16. Bd4 Bb7
17. Bd3 Rc8 18. g4 Ncb6 19. Kc1 O-O 20. Rhe1 Na4 21. Re3 Rc7
22. Rf1 Rfc8 23. f5 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nd4
g6 27. Kd2 b4 28. Rf4 Nc5 29. Ref3 Ra3 30. Rf7 Rxa2 31. Re7
Ne4+ 32. Ke3 Ra1 33. Rxb7 Re1+ 34. Ne2 a5 35. Rff7 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.13"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6
12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. g4 Rc8 15. Bh3 b5 16. cxb5 Qa5
17. Bd2 Bxf3 18. exf3 axb5 19. g5 b4 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Qe4
bxc3 22. Bxd7 Rcd8 23. Bxc3 Bxc3 24. Qxe7 d5 25. Bb5 d4 26. a4
Rd5 27. Qe4 Rf5 28. Kh1 Qb6 29. Rg1 Qf6 30. Rg3 Rd8 31. Bd3
Rf4 32. Qb7 Qd6 33. Kg2 Rb8 34. Qa6 Qxa6 35. Bxa6 Rxb3 36. Rg4
Rf6 37. Bb5 Kg7 38. Re4 d3 39. Rd1 d2 40. Re3 Rd6 41. Be2 Re6
42. Rxe6 fxe6 43. Bc4 Rb4 44. Bxe6 Rxa4 45. Bd5 Rd4 46. Be4
Bb4 47. Kf1 Bd6 48. Ke2 Bf4 49. h3 Kh6 50. Rg1 Rc4 51. Bd3 Rc1
52. Rd1 Kg5 53. Bb5 Kh4 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Kokarev"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "131"]

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. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5
12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2
Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Nc6 21. O-O
Nce5 22. Rdd1 f5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Nd6 Qc5 25. Nxf5 Qxe3+
26. Nxe3+ Ke7 27. Rd4 b5 28. Rb1 Ra7 29. h4 Rc7 30. Bf3 Nxf3+
31. gxf3 Ne5 32. Kf2 Bb7 33. Rg1 g5 34. Rg3 Rc5 35. hxg5 hxg5
36. Rh3 Bd5 37. Rh7+ Kf6 38. f4 Kg6 39. Ra7 gxf4 40. Rxf4 Rc6
41. Ke2 Nc4 42. Nxd5 exd5 43. Kd3 Na3 44. Rg4+ Kf5 45. Rag7
Rxc2 46. R4g5+ Kf4 47. Rxd5 Rc8 48. Rf7+ Kg4 49. Ke2 Nc4
50. Rd1 Re8+ 51. Kf2 Kg5 52. Rg1+ Kh6 53. Rf4 Re5 54. Rf6+ Kh7
55. Rxa6 Rf5+ 56. Ke2 Ne5 57. Ke3 Nf7 58. Ke4 Rg5 59. Rf1 Nh6
60. Rff6 Ng8 61. Rfb6 Rg7 62. Rxb5 Rg6 63. Ra7+ Kh6 64. Kf4
Nf6 65. Ra1 Nh5+ 66. Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8
12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nb5 Ne6 15. Nc6 Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7
17. a4 c6 18. Nc3 Nxf4 19. gxf4 a5 20. e3 Ba6 21. Re1 Rc8
22. Kh1 Ng4 23. Qf3 Bd3 24. Qg3 Rce8 25. Rg1 f5 26. Bh3 Nh6
27. Qh4 Kh8 28. Rg5 Qd6 29. Rh5 Rf7 30. Bf1 Qa3 31. Rd1 Bc2
32. Rd2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2
Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. b3 c5 15. d5 Bd7 16. a4 Qc7 17. h3 Reb8
18. Be3 Qd8 19. Qd2 bxa4 20. bxa4 Rb2 21. Reb1 Rab8 22. Rxb2
Rxb2 23. Qc1 Rb8 24. Bd3 Qa5 25. Nd2 Be7 26. Bf1 Bd8 27. Qc2
Ne7 28. Bd3 Ng6 29. Ne2 Ne8 30. Nf3 Nh4 31. Nxh4 Bxh4 32. Qc1
Nf6 33. Bxh6 c4 34. Bc2 gxh6 35. Qxh6 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Nh7
37. Qxd6 Rb2 38. Rc1 Bxa4 39. Bxa4 Qxa4 40. Qxe5 Qb5 41. Kf3
Qb6 42. Nd4 Qf6+ 43. Qxf6 Nxf6 44. Ra1 Rb6 45. Ra4 Nd7 46. Kf4
Rb2 47. g4 Rh2 48. Kg3 Rd2 49. Rxc4 Ne5 50. Rc8+ Kh7 51. Kf4
Ng6+ 52. Kg5 Rd3 53. d6 Ne5 54. Kf6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anuar Ismagambetov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g3 Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6
12. Be2 O-O-O 13. a4 Kb8 14. Qb3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. a5 Nd7
17. f3 g5 18. Ng2 Bd5 19. Qc2 c5 20. a6 b6 21. e4 Ba8 22. e5
Bc7 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. f4 Ne4 26. Be3 Bxe5 27. Qb3
Bd5 28. Bc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Rg8 31. Bxb6 Rxg2+
32. Kh1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bg6 9. a4 Nf5 10. a5 Rc8 11. c4 Be7
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3
Bxh4 17. Bd2 f5 18. h3 Qe7 19. f4 a6 20. Kh2 Qf7 21. Rf3 Rc4
22. Rg1 Rfc8 23. Bc3 Kh8 24. Nd2 R4c6 25. Nf1 g6 26. Ne3 Nf8
27. Ng2 Be7 28. Rg3 b5 29. axb6 Rxb6 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Ne3 Rb5
32. Nxf5 gxf5 33. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4
12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 f6 14. Na5 Qc8 15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. Nh4
Rfe8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. h4 Rad8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qg4 c5 21. Bd2
Kh8 22. h5 Qd7 23. Qf3 Nf4 24. Ng3 Ne6 25. h6 Nd4 26. hxg7+
Bxg7 27. Qd1 f5 28. Be3 Rf8 29. Nh5 Ne6 30. Ra6 Rg8 31. Bd2 b4
32. g3 Nd4 33. c3 Qb7 34. cxd4 Qxa6 35. Qf3 e4 36. dxe4 fxe4
37. Rxe4 Bxd4 38. Be3 Rdf8 39. Bxd4+ cxd4 40. Qd1 d3 41. Rxb4
Qa5 42. Ra4 Qc5 43. Rf4 Rd8 44. b4 Qe5 45. Nf6 d2 46. Kh2 Rg6
47. Ng4 Rxg4 48. Rxg4 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bh7 9. a4 Nc8 10. Ne1 Be7 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Nxd3 Ncb6 13. f4 Nc4 14. f5 exf5 15. Rxf5 g6 16. Rf3 Nf8
17. Qf1 Rh7 18. Nbc5 b6 19. b3 bxc5 20. bxc4 Ne6 21. cxd5 Qxd5
22. dxc5 Rd8 23. Be3 Qc4 24. Qf2 Bg5 25. a5 Qb5 26. h4 Bxe3
27. Rxe3 Qc4 28. Rb1 Qd4 29. Kh2 h5 30. Rb4 Qa1 31. Rf3 Nd4
32. Rf6 Nf5 33. Rb7 Rxd3 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. cxd3 Qxe5+ 36. Qg3
Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Rg7+ 38. Kf3 Rg4 39. Rxa7 Rxh4 40. a6 Ra4
41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. a7 Ra3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 g6
7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. h3
Bc8 13. b4 Nh5 14. Bd2 a5 15. a3 Kh8 16. c5 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5
18. Ne4 axb4 19. axb4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rc1 Nh4 22. Neg5
Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Bf5 24. Bc2 Bd7 25. Be4 Ba4 26. Qd3 Qf6 27. h4
Bd7 28. Ng5 Rae8 29. c6 bxc6 30. dxc6 Bc8 31. b5 h6 32. Nf3 g5
33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Qd5 g4 35. Qh5+ Bh6 36. Nh4 Kg7 37. Bd3
Rxe1+ 38. Rxe1 g3 39. Nf3 Rh8 40. Qd5 Bg4 41. Qe4 Bxf3
42. Qxf3 Bg5 43. Rb1 Qd4 44. Rf1 Kf6 45. Qe4 Qxe4 46. Bxe4 Ke5
47. Bf3 Rb8 48. Rb1 Rb6 49. Be2 d5 50. Ra1 Rb8 51. Ra3 Be7
52. Rc3 Bb4 53. Rc1 Kd6 54. fxg3 Bc5+ 55. Kf1 Rh8 56. Ke1 Rh1+
57. Bf1 fxg3 58. Ke2 Bf2 59. Kf3 Rh8 60. Bd3 Re8 61. Kg4 Re3
62. Bf1 Rb3 63. Kf5 Rb4 64. Rc3 Re4 65. Rc1 Be3 66. Rd1 Rf4+
67. Kg6 Kc5 68. Kh5 Rf2 69. Kg4 Bf4 70. Rb1 Kb6 71. Rd1 Bd6
72. Rb1 Kc5 73. Rd1 d4 74. Rc1+ Kb4 75. Rd1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1
Nb6 12. Bb3 a5 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Bc4 Qf6 16. Bd5
Rad8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxd4 20. Qxc6 Qxb2
21. a4 Qd4 22. Rc4 Rd6 23. Qc7 Qf6 24. Re1 g6 25. g3 Re6
26. Rd1 Qf3 27. Rf1 Qd5 28. Rf4 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rd1 Rc7
31. Rd6 Rb8 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rff6 b5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Ra6 Rbb7
36. Rf3 Ra7 37. Rb6 Rcb7 38. Rc6 a4 39. Ra3 Rb4 40. h4 h5
41. f4 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rab7 43. Rcc3 R2b3 44. Ke4 Rxc3 45. Rxc3
Ra7 46. Ra3 Kf6 47. Kd5 Kf5 48. Kc6 Kg4 49. Kb6 Ra8 50. Kb7
Rd8 51. Kc6 Rd4 52. Kc5 Re4 53. Kd5 f5 54. Rc3 Re1 55. Ra3 Kh3
56. Rxa4 Kxg3 57. Ra6 Kxh4 58. Rxg6 Re4 59. Rg8 Rxf4 60. Ke5
Rf1 61. Rf8 Kh3 62. Kd4 Rf3 63. Rg8 h4 64. Rg7 Kh2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Murtas Kazhgaleyev"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. a4 c6 8. Ba2 a5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Bf4
Ne5 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Bh2 Qb6 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Kh1
Bc8 18. Re3 Qb4 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Ne1 d5 22. Nd3
Qb6 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 Qd8 26. f3 Bd6
27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Ne2 Bxh2 29. Kxh2 Nf6 30. Qe3 h6 31. Qe6+
Kh7 32. b3 Qc7+ 33. f4 Nf8 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Nd4 Qe7 36. Qc8
Ne4 37. Ne5 Qf6 38. g3 Nd6 39. Qa8 Kh7 40. Qxa5 Ng6 41. Ndf3
Qf5 42. Qd2 Ne4 43. Qe3 Nxe5 44. Nxe5 g5 45. Nd3 h5 46. Kg2 g4
47. h4 Kg8 48. Qa7 Nf6 49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. Qxb7+ Kh6 51. Qe7 d4
52. Qe5 Qg6 53. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. a4 c5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Qb2 Bb7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bf4 Qe8 17. Be5
f6 18. Bd4 Qf7 19. Rac1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rfd8 21. Rdc1 Bxf3
22. Rxf3 Nxa4 23. bxa4 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Rxd4 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rc3
Bf8 27. e3 Rd8 28. Rc6 a4 29. Bf1 Qb7 30. Qc4 Qb3 31. Rxe6 Rd1
32. Rc6+ Qxc4 33. Rxc4 a3 34. Ra4 Bc5 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. Bc4 Rc1
37. Bd5 Ke7 38. h4 Kd6 39. Bg8 h6 40. Kf3 Rc2 41. Bb3 Rb2
42. Bc4 Kc6 43. Ra6+ Kb7 44. Ra4 Bb4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6
7. c3 Ne7 8. Re1 Ng6 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Bb3 Bb6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Nf4 16. Be4 Bxh3
17. gxh3 Nxh3+ 18. Kg2 Nf4+ 19. Kh1 Bxf2 20. Re2 Nxe2 21. Qxe2
Bb6 22. Ng3 Qf4 23. Qg2 h5 24. Nxh5 Qh6 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. Nxg5
g6 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nd5 Bd8 29. Rg1 Rh8+ 30. Kg2 Bxg5 31. Kf3
Bd8 32. Ne3 Bb6 33. Rg3 Bxe3 34. Kxe3 Rad8 35. Bxb7 Rb8
36. Bd5 Rxb2 37. c4 f5 38. Rg1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nikolai Chadaev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Bd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 h6 12. h3
g6 13. d4 Bg7 14. Bc2 Qe7 15. Be3 Kh7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. d5 Nb8
18. c4 c6 19. b4 cxd5 20. cxd5 Rc8 21. Rac1 Rc4 22. Bd3 Rxc1
23. Rxc1 Bb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Qd3 Qd7 26. Kh2 Na6 27. a3 Nc7
28. Nd2 Rf8 29. Nb3 Ng8 30. Na5 Na6 31. Ne2 f5 32. f3 Nf6
33. Nc3 fxe4 34. Nxe4 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 h5 36. Qd3 Bh6 37. Bxh6
Kxh6 38. Nb3 Kg7 39. Nd2 Nc7 40. Ne4 Ne8 41. Ng5 Rg8 42. Ne6+
Kh7 43. Qe3 Qe7 44. Rc8 Qd7 45. Rd8 Qe7 46. Qb6 Kh8 47. Rb8
Ng7 48. Rxb7 Qf6 49. Qe3 Nf5 50. Qc1 Qh4 51. Qg5 Qxg5 52. Nxg5
Ra8 53. g4 hxg4 54. fxg4 Nd4 55. Nf7+ Kg8 56. Nxd6 Rxa3
57. Nxb5 Ra2+ 58. Kg3 Ne2+ 59. Kh4 Rd2 60. d6 Nf4 61. Kg5
Nxh3+ 62. Kxg6 Nf4+ 63. Kf5 Nd5 64. Ke4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. a3
Kh8 13. Ba2 Nf4 14. Ne4 Ng6 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. h4
f5 18. Neg5 Nxh4 19. Ne6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qd6 21. Nxf8 Rxf8
22. Kf1 Bg5 23. Re6 Qf4 24. Qe2 Bxf3 25. Qe5 Qh4 26. Qg3 Qh1+
27. Qg1 Qh5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Re1 Rc8
12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nd2 b5 14. a3 Nb6 15. Nf1 Ne8 16. Qd2 Bxg5
17. Qxg5 Nf6 18. Ne3 Qb7 19. Rad1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Rxd6
Qxb2 22. Ncd5 Bxd5 23. Nf5 Ne8 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nxc8 f6
26. Qd2 Nxd6 27. Qxd5 Rxc8 28. Qxd6+ Ke8 29. Qe6+ Kd8 30. Rd1+
Kc7 31. Rd7+ Kb8 32. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Kotsur"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 e4
7. Ne5 f5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qc2 Qd7 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. Nc4 Qe6 13. O-O Ba6 14. b3 Bf6 15. Bb2 Rab8 16. Rac1 c5
17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. e3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nb6 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. Bf1 Nd5 23. Rd1 h6 24. b4 Kh7 25. Rd4 Rc8 26. Nd2
Bxf1 27. Nxf1 c5 28. Rc4 Nf6 29. Rxc5 Rd8 30. Rc7 Ng4 31. Qc4
Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Ne5 33. Rc1 Rd3 34. Ra1 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Rb3 36. g4
fxg4 37. Kg3 Rb2 38. Rd1 h5 39. Rd7 Rb1 40. Kg2 h4 41. Rxa7
h3+ 42. Kg3 Rxf1 43. Kxg4 Rg1+ 44. Kxh3 Kh6 45. Ra5 g5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Rinat Jumabayev"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. h3 d6
7. Qe2 Bb6 8. Ba4 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. Nc4 h6 11. O-O Nh5
12. Kh2 Nhf4 13. Qd1 Qf6 14. Ng1 Be6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bc2 Bd7
17. g3 Ne6 18. Be3 Bc6 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Nc5 21. Qg4 Bb5
22. Rfd1 Qh4 23. Nf3 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Rfe8 25. c4 Bd7 26. Kg3 Nf8
27. f5 f6 28. Nd2 Bc6 29. Kf4 b5 30. b4 Na4 31. Bb3 Nb2
32. cxb5+ Kh8 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Rdb1 Nxd3+ 35. Kg3 d5 36. Bc2
dxe4 37. Bxd3 exd3 38. Bf4 Re2 39. a4 Nd7 40. a5 Ra6 41. Rb3
Ne5 42. Bxe5 Rxd2 43. Bf4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "184"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 c5
17. Rc2 Nf6 18. Qd3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qd7 20. Rfc1 e5 21. Rxc8+
Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Ne2 Qe6 24. h3 Qa2 25. Qc2 Qa1+
26. Kh2 Qe1 27. Nc3 g6 28. Nb5 Qa5 29. Qc6 Kg7 30. Nd6 e4
31. Nc4 Qe1 32. Nd6 Qxf2 33. Qc3 Kg8 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qc3 Kf8
36. Qc8+ Ke7 37. Nxe4 Nxe4 38. Qb7+ Kf6 39. Qxe4 Qxb2 40. Qf4+
Kg7 41. a4 a6 42. e4 Qd4 43. Qc7 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. e5 Qc4
46. Qd6 Qf4+ 47. Kh1 b4 48. Qb6 Qc4 49. Qb7 b3 50. Kh2 Qf4+
51. Kh1 Qc4 52. Kh2 g5 53. Kh1 Kg6 54. Qb6+ Kf5 55. Qf2+ Kxe5
56. Qe3+ Kd5 57. Qd2+ Qd4 58. Qa5+ Kc4 59. Qa4+ Kc3 60. Qa5+
Kc2 61. Qc7+ Kd1 62. Qxf7 b2 63. Qf5 Kc1 64. Qf1+ Kc2 65. Qe2+
Kc3 66. Qe1+ Kb3 67. Kh2 Qf4+ 68. g3 Qd4 69. h4 gxh4 70. Kh3
hxg3 71. Qe6+ Qc4 72. Qe3+ Qc3 73. Qe6+ Kc2 74. Qe2+ Kb1
75. Qd1+ Ka2 76. Qa4+ Qa3 77. Qc4+ Ka1 78. Qd4 h5 79. Qe5 h4
80. Qd4 Qb3 81. Qa7+ Kb1 82. Qg1+ Kc2 83. Qg2+ Kc3 84. Qf3+
Kb4 85. Qf4+ Ka3 86. Qd6+ Qb4 87. Qd3+ Ka2 88. Qa6+ Qa3
89. Qe6+ Ka1 90. Qe5 Qa8 91. Qd4 g2 92. Qg1+ b1=Q 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 d6 10. a5 Rb8 11. Nc4 h6 12. h3
Be6 13. c3 Qc8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Re1
Rd8 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Nce5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nde7 21. Re4 Rb5
22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qc2 Rdd5 24. Be1 Rdc5 25. Qe2 b3 26. Qd3 Rc2
27. Re2 Qf5 28. Qxf5 Nxf5 29. Rxc2 bxc2 30. Bc3 Rd5 31. Nd2
Nfd4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5
7. h3 Bh5 8. d3 Ngf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qb3 Nc5 11. Qc2 O-O
12. Nd4 Ne6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nd7 15. f4 f6 16. Kh2 Bf7
17. Rad1 c5 18. Bf2 d4 19. Ne4 Re8 20. e3 dxe3 21. Bxe3 Bf8
22. Rfe1 Rc8 23. Bf2 b5 24. b3 Qa5 25. Bf3 Qa6 26. Kg2 Bd5
27. g4 Qb7 28. Bg3 Kh8 29. Re3 Nb6 30. Qf2 c4 31. Qe2 c3
32. Qc2 b4 33. Rde1 Bc6 34. R3e2 Qd7 35. f5 Rcd8 36. Re3 Nd5
37. R3e2 Nc7 38. a4 bxa3 39. Bxc7 Qxc7 40. Qxc3 Qb6 41. g5 Bb4
42. Qa1 Qd4 43. Qxd4 Rxd4 44. Rc1 Bxe4 45. Bxe4 fxg5 46. Rc7
a5 47. f6 gxf6 48. Rf2 Re7 49. Rc6 Rd6 50. Rc4 Kg7 51. h4 h6
52. Kh3 h5 53. hxg5 fxg5 54. Kg3 Rf6 55. Rh2 Bd6+ 56. Kg2 Bxh2
57. Kxh2 a2 58. Ra4 Rf2+ 59. Kg3 Rb2 60. Rxa5 Rc7 61. Rxg5+
Kf6 62. Rf5+ Ke6 63. Ra5 Rc1 64. Kh4 a1=Q 65. Rxa1 Rxa1
66. Kxh5 Ke5 67. Kg6 Rxb3 68. Kf7 Kd4 69. Ke6 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Kotsur"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a5 Be6 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. Be3
h6 13. h3 Rb7 14. Nfd2 Nd7 15. Ba4 Ncb8 16. c3 Bg5 17. d4 Bxe3
18. Nxe3 Nf6 19. Qc2 c5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Ndc4 b3 22. Bxb3
Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxb3 24. Qxe5 Nd7 25. Qd6 Qb8 26. Rfd1 Qb7
27. Nd5 Qb5 28. Qf4 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Nf6 30. Rd6 Qb8 31. Rad1 Re8
32. Qf3 Qb5 33. Qd3 Ne4 34. Rb6 Qa4 35. Qd7 Qxd7 36. Rxd7 Rxb6
37. axb6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 c5
7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 9. Nf5 d4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. a3 a5 15. c5 Bf5 16. Qa4 Qe7
17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxc5 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Rc2 Ne7 21. Qd7
Nc6 22. Rfc1 Rae8 23. Qf5 g6 24. Qf3 Re6 25. g4 Kg7 26. Kh1
Rf6 27. Qg2 d3 28. Bxd3 Rxf2 29. Qg1 Qe3 30. Rc3 e4 31. Bb5
Qf4 32. Rg3 Rd8 33. Qe1 Rd2 34. Kg1 Rxb2 35. Qc3+ Qf6 36. Bxc6
bxc6 37. Re3 Qxc3 38. Rcxc3 Rf4 39. h3 Rb6 40. Rc5 a4 41. Rc4
f5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Rxa4 Rh4 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. Ra8 Ke5 46. Kg3
Rh5 47. Re8+ Kd4 48. Kf2 c5 49. Rg3 f4 50. Rg7 e3+ 51. Kg2
Rg5+ 52. Rxg5 hxg5 53. Kf3 Rb1 54. Rd8+ Kc4 55. Rg8 Rf1+
56. Ke4 Rf2 57. Rxg5 Rxe2 58. Kxf4 Kd4 59. Rg8 Rf2+ 60. Kg3 c4
61. Rd8+ Ke4 62. Rc8 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11. Bb3 Kh8
12. h3 h6 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Bc1 Qd8 16. Ng3 Nb6
17. b3 a5 18. Be3 a4 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Rad1 axb3 21. axb3 Be6
22. c4 Qc8 23. Bb1 c5 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Qd6 Nc6 26. Qxc5 Nd7
27. Qd6 Rd8 28. Qd2 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. e5 b5 31. Qf4 bxc4
32. bxc4 Qxc4 33. Rxd4 Qc7 34. Nh5 Bh8 35. Qe3 Nxe5 36. Nxe5
Qxe5 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Bxg6+ Kxg6 39. Nf4+ Kh7 40. Qxe5 Bxe5
41. Rxe5 Bb3 42. Kh2 Rb8 43. g4 Kg7 44. Kg3 Rb6 45. Nh5+ Kh7
46. Re7 Bc4 47. Rc7 Rb3+ 48. f3 Rb4 49. Rc6 Ra4 50. h4 Bd3
51. Nf6+ Kg7 52. Ne8+ Kf8 53. Nf6 Ra3 54. Nd7+ Kg7 55. Ne5 Be4
56. Rc7 Bd5 57. g5 hxg5 58. hxg5 Ra4 59. g6 Be6 60. gxf7 Ra8
61. Re7 Kf6 62. Re8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rinat Jumabayev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bf4 Nh5
12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Nc3 Qe8 15. e4 dxc4 16. Bh3 Ra8
17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Nc5 21. bxc4
Bb7 22. Rad1 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qa4 24. Qxa4 Nxa4 25. d6 Bf6
26. Be5 Nc3 27. Rd2 Ne4 28. Rd4 Nc5 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Nh4 Rfe8
31. Nf5 Kf8 32. Rh4 Kg8 33. Rg4+ Kh8 34. Nh6 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Rf8
36. Rh4 Re4 37. f4 Rd4 38. Bf5 Rd5 39. Kf3 Ne6 40. Be4 Rxd6
41. Nf5 Nd4+ 42. Nxd4 Rxd4 43. Bxh7 Kg7 44. Bf5 Rh8 45. Rg4+
Kf8 46. h4 Rd2 47. a4 Rd4 48. Be4 Rxa4 49. f5 b5 50. Rf4 Rc4
51. Kg2 Kg7 52. Rg4+ Kh6 53. Kh3 b4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mateusz Bartel"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. Bf4 Rc8
12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bd3 c5 14. d5 c4 15. Be2 exd5 16. exd5 Nc5
17. d6 Bf6 18. Qxc4 Ne6 19. Qb4 Rc2 20. Be3 Rxb2 21. Qc4 Qd7
22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Qg4 Rc6 24. Bf4 Bc3+ 25. Kf1 Rc5 26. Ng5 h5
27. Qxh5 Nxg5 28. Bxg5 g6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Be3
Rd5 32. Ke1 Qxd6 33. Qxd6 Bc3+ 34. Kf1 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniel Fridman"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4
12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rb3 Ne7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7
Bb6 17. Nd6 Ba5 18. Bf3 Bd3 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Rxc1 Ng6 21. Nxd5
Nxe5 22. Nf4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bg6 24. Rb7 Bb6 25. Rc8+ Rxc8
26. Nxc8 Bd4 27. Rb8 Be5 28. Ra8 Bxf4 29. Nxa7+ Ke7 30. Rxh8
Kd7 31. Nb5 Be5 32. a4 Kc6 33. Nc3 Bc2 34. a5 Bg6 35. Ne4 Kb5
36. Ra8 h6 37. Kg2 f5 38. Nd2 Bd6 39. a6 Bf4 40. Nc4 Bh5
41. a7 Ka6 42. Na5 Bc7 43. Rc8 Kxa7 44. Rxc7+ Kb6 45. Rxg7
Kxa5 46. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Jan Gustafsson"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7
13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6 16.Qe2 Qd5 17.Be3 Ng4
18.Bc1 Nf6 19.Ne5 Qe4 20.Qf1 c5 21.f3 Qh7 22.dxc5 Bxc5 23.Nd7
Nxd7 24.Rxd7 Rac8 25.g4 Bb6 26.Rh2 f5 27.Qe2 fxg4 28.Qxe6+ Kh8
29.Qxg4 Rce8 30.Rg2 Rg8 31.Bd2 Re5 32.a4 Ba5 33.Qd4 Rxh5
34.Bxa5 Rxa5 35.Rgxg7 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d6 7. Nf3 Re8 8. g3 Qe7 9. b4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bb2 Nc6
12. Bg2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Bxd4 Bxc4
17. e4 Nd7 18. Qc3 b5 19. Bxg7 f5 20. Bh6 fxe4 21. O-O-O a5
22. bxa5 Nc5 23. Bf1 Nb3+ 24. Kb1 Nxa5 25. Bc1 Qe5 26. Qxe5
Rxe5 27. fxe4 Bxf1 28. Rhxf1 Nc4 29. Rd7 Rxe4 30. Rff7 Nxa3+
31. Bxa3 Rxa3 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. Rdg7+ Kf8
35. Rxc7 Rb4+ 36. Kc2 Rc4+ 37. Kb2 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 b4 39. Kb1
Rb3+ 40. Kc1 Ra3 41. Rc2 Kg7 42. Rb2 Rf3 43. Kb1 b3 44. Re2
Kg6 45. Kb2 Kg5 46. Ka3 Kg4 47. Re4+ Kf5 48. Rb4 Rf2 49. h4
Rg2 50. Rb5+ Ke4 51. Rxb3 Rc2 52. Rb4+ Ke5 53. Kb3 Rf2
54. Rb5+ Kf6 55. Kc4 Rg2 56. Rg5 Rd2 57. Rg8 Kf7 58. Rg4 Kf6
59. h5 Rh2 60. Rg6+ Kf7 61. g4 Rd2 62. Rg5 Rd1 63. Rd5 Rg1
64. Rf5+ Kg7 65. Rg5+ Kh6 66. Rg6+ Kh7 67. Kd5 Re1 68. g5 Ra1
69. Rc6 Rg1 70. Rc7+ Kg8 71. g6 Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Tiebreak)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Potkin"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 b4
12. Na4 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Ke7 15. Rac1 Bb7
16. Rhe1 Rhc8 17. h4 h6 18. g4 a5 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 g6
21. Rh1 Ba6 22. Ke3 Nd8 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Rab8
26. Be2 Nb6 27. Nxb6 Rxb6 28. Bd3 Rg8 29. Rh7 Kf8 30. c4 bxc3
31. bxc3 Ne7 32. Rb1 Rxb1 33. Bxb1 Nf5+ 34. Bxf5 exf5 35. e6
fxe6 36. Kd4 Rg7 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Ke5 Kf7 39. Kd6 a4 40. a3
1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals (Tiebreak)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Bd6
12. f4 O-O 13. Na4 Qe7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Ne8 16. h4 Nd6
17. Qc2 f5 18. f3 Rf6 19. Kf1 Qd7 20. Be1 Rff8 21. Rh2 Rfc8
22. Qc1 Qe8 23. Rhc2 Qh5 24. Kg2 h6 25. Bg3 Kh7 26. a3 Rc7
27. R2c3 Qe8 28. Rb3 Rac8 29. Rb6 Qd8 30. Rb3 Nc4 31. Rc3 b6
32. R5xc4 dxc4 33. Bxc4 Ne7 34. Bxe6 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Rc6 36. Bb3
b5 37. Qc2 Qa5 38. Be1 Qxa3 39. e4 a5 40. d5 a4 41. Ba2 b4
42. Bb1 b3 43. Qd2 Rg6+ 44. Kh3 Qa1 45. Qd3 a3 46. exf5 Rf6
47. d6 a2 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Nelson Borges Pinal"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5
7. a3 Ne7 8. b4 cxb4 9. axb4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bb2 Qc7
12. Nbd2 g5 13. Ra3 a6 14. Nc4 Ng6 15. Ne3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5
17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. Nd2 Nf4 19. Ne4 Re8 20. Bc1 Rf7 21. Rb3 Re6
22. g3 Nd5 23. c4 Ne7 24. b5 cxb5 25. cxb5 Nf5 26. Rc3 Qd8
27. bxa6 Rxa6 28. Kg2 Rc6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Qc2 Qd5 31. Rd1
Ra7 32. Bb2 Ra2 33. Rb1 Nd4 34. Qd1 Nb5 35. Kh2 Qf7 36. Qg4
Ra8 37. h4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Nxd5 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. a3
Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 a5 14. O-O Nf4 15. Rae1+ Ne6 16. Na4 f6
17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Re3 axb4 19. axb4 Ra2 20. Rb1 b5 21. c4 Rd8
22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Bxb5 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Kf1 Rd5 26. Ke1
Kd7 27. g3 Ra2 28. h4 h5 29. Re2 Nc7 30. Bc1 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 g5
32. Be3 gxh4 33. gxh4 Nb5 34. Rc1 Nd6 35. f3 Rb5 36. Bc5 Nb7
37. Bf8 Nd8 38. Rc5 Rb8 39. Rxh5 Ne6 40. Rh7+ Kc6 41. Be7 Nf4+
42. Ke3 Nd5+ 43. Ke4 Nxe7 44. Rxe7 Rxb4+ 45. Kf5 Rxh4 46. Re4
Rh8 47. Rd4 Kc5 48. Rd3 Ra8 49. f4 Ra4 50. Rd7 Kc6 51. Rf7 Kd6
52. Rxf6+ Ke7 53. Kg6 Ra1 54. Rf7+ Ke8 55. f5 Rg1+ 56. Kf6 Rf1
57. Ra7 Rf2 58. Ra8+ Kd7 59. Rf8 Rh2 60. Kg7 Rg2+ 61. Kf7 Ra2
62. f6 Ra7 63. Re8 Ra6 64. Re1 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Diego Flores"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 Bf6 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bd2 d6
12. O-O-O Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 h6 15. Qf3 Nb4 16. Be2 Nec6
17. Be3 b5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bxd4
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxc2 23. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Daniel Fridman"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nxe5 Qe7 9. f4 dxe4 10. d4 Nd5 11. O-O f6
12. Nc4 Kh8 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 f5 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Qh3 Kg8
17. g4 fxg4 18. Qxg4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Na6 20. Rae1 Nc7 21. Rxe4
Ne8 22. Qd7 Qxd7 23. Nxd7 Rf7 24. Ne5 Re7 25. Ree1 Nd6 26. Nd3
Rf7 27. c3 Raf8 28. Re6 Nb5 29. Rfe1 g6 30. Kg2 Nc7 31. Re7
Nd5 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Kg3 Nf6 35. Rb8 Ne4+
36. Kg2 Kh6 37. b4 Kh5 38. Re8 Nd6 39. Re3 Nf5 40. Re5 a6
41. h3 h6 42. Nf2 g5 43. fxg5 Nh4+ 44. Kf1 hxg5 45. Re8 Ng6
46. Re3 Nf4 47. Kg1 Nd5 48. Re8 Nf4 49. Kh2 Kg6 50. Re5 Rh7
51. Kg3 Nh5+ 52. Kg4 Nf6+ 53. Kf3 Nd5 54. Re6+ Kf5 55. Rd6 Nf4
56. Ne4 Ne6 57. Rxe6 Rxh3+ 58. Kg2 Re3 59. Re5+ Kf4 60. Nc5
1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao BRA/ESP"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4
12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 Ne7 16. a4 a5
17. Qe2 Bd7 18. g4 Ra6 19. Bc1 Bxa4 20. Ba3 h6 21. Nh3 b5
22. Bc5 Rc6 23. Bd6 Rf7 24. h5 gxh5 25. g5 Nf5 26. gxh6 Nxh6
27. Kd2 Rf5 28. Rhg1 Rb6 29. f3 b4 30. Qe3 Nf7 31. Bc5 Rb7
32. Rg2 Qb5 33. Rag1 bxc3+ 34. Ke2 Nxe5 35. Qh6 Rff7 36. Qxe6
Ng4 37. Ng5 Qb2 38. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.22"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Qc8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. N3h2
a5 18. Qf3 Ra6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Nc5 21. Qf3 Qa8 22. Rad1
b4 23. Nd2 Rd6 24. Qe3 Ne6 25. Nc4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 bxc3 27. bxc3
f6 28. Rb1 a4 29. Kh1 Ba6 30. Nb2 a3 31. Nd3 Bc4 32. Bb3 Bxb3
33. Rxb3 Rd8 34. Rb1 Qa4 35. Nb4 Nf4 36. Bg3 c5 37. Nd5 Nxd5
38. exd5 Qc2 39. Rb7 Qxa2 40. Ra7 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.29"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bf3 Bc6 15. Qb6 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rc8
17. a5 Qc6 18. Na4 f6 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. Bc5 Re8
22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. c3 e5 25. Kg1 exf4 26. Rxf4 g6
27. Rf3 f5 28. Rfd3 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Rd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5
Kf7 32. Rd6 Kg7 33. Kf2 Kh6 34. Kf3 Kh5 35. Rb6 Kg5 36. g3 Rc7
37. h3 Rd7 38. c4 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rd7 40. Ke3 Re7+ 41. Kf3 Rc7
42. b3 Kh5 43. Kf4 Rf7 44. Kf3 g5 45. b4 g4+ 46. hxg4+ fxg4+
47. Ke4 Kg5 48. b5 axb5 49. cxb5 h5 50. a6 Re7+ 51. Kd3 Rd7+
52. Kc4 Rc7+ 53. Rc6 bxc6 54. b6 Rc8 55. b7 Rb8 56. Kc5 h4
57. a7 Rxb7 58. a8=Q Rh7 59. Qg8+ Kh6 60. gxh4 Rg7 61. Qh8+
Kg6 62. h5+ Kf7 63. h6 Rg5+ 64. Kd6 g3 65. Qh7+ Kf6 66. Qe7+
Kf5 67. Qxg5+ Kxg5 68. h7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "155"]

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. c4 b4
12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Be6 14. Bg2 Bg5 15. O-O Qb8 16. b3 a5
17. f4 Bd8 18. Kh1 Ra7 19. Qh5 f6 20. Rad1 Ne7 21. Nce3 Bb6
22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Rd3 Qc5 24. Qd1 Rd8 25. f5 Bf7 26. g4 a4
27. g5 axb3 28. axb3 Kf8 29. Qg4 Rda8 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Qh4
Ng8 32. Ng4 Ke7 33. Qxh7 Ra1 34. Ne3 Kf8 35. Qh4 R8a2 36. Qg3
Qc6 37. h3 Rxf1+ 38. Nxf1 Ra1 39. Kh2 Ra2 40. Qe1 Bh5 41. Ng3
Be8 42. Qxb4 Qc5 43. Qe1 Bc6 44. Nf1 Nh6 45. Qh4 Nf7 46. Qe1
Ke7 47. h4 Nh6 48. Rd2 Qa5 49. Kh3 Ra3 50. Qg3 Nf7 51. Rd3 Qa8
52. Ne3 Qh8 53. c5 Ra2 54. cxd6+ Nxd6 55. Nd5+ Bxd5 56. Rxd5
Qc8 57. b4 Rc2 58. Kh2 Qc4 59. Rc5 Qe2 60. Qg8 Nf7 61. Rxc2
Qxc2 62. Qb8 Qd2 63. Qa7+ Kf8 64. Qc5+ Kg7 65. b5 Nh6 66. Qe7+
Nf7 67. Qa3 Nd6 68. b6 Nxe4 69. Qf3 Nd6 70. b7 Qb4 71. Qh5 Nf7
72. Bd5 Nh8 73. Kh3 Qb1 74. Qg4+ Kh6 75. Qf3 Qb6 76. Qb3 Qf2
77. b8=Q Qxf5+ 78. Kh2 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O
7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 d5 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. Nbd2 f5
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nf1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ng6 16. Be3
Ne4 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Qd6 20. Kh2 c6 21. c4
Rad8 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. cxd5 Ne7 24. Re6 Qxe6 25. dxe6 Rxd3
26. Rxd3 Nd5 27. Ra3 Rb8 28. Ne5 h6 29. Ng6 Re8 30. Nf4 Nxf4
31. gxf4 Rxe6 32. Ra7 Re7 33. Kg3 Kf7 34. Kf3 b5 35. Ra8 b4
36. Rc8 Ke6 37. Rd8 Rd7 38. f5+ Ke7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Ke4 Kd6
41. g4 c5 42. h4 c4 43. Kd4 b5 44. g5 h5 45. Ke4 c3 46. Kd3
cxb2 47. Kc2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.6"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 b4 12. Nbd2
Rb8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Be7 16. h3 Nh7 17. Bg3 Ng5
18. N1d2 Bf6 19. a5 bxc3 20. bxc3 Na7 21. Bb3 Nb5 22. Qc2 Ne6
23. Nf1 Ng5 24. N1d2 Qc8 25. Ba4 Rd8 26. Nxg5 Bxg5 27. Nf3 Bf6
28. Bh4 g5 29. Bg3 Bg7 30. Nd2 Be6 31. f3 Qb7 32. Bf2 Qa8
33. Nf1 Na7 34. h4 Nc6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Qd2 f6 37. d4 Nxa5
38. d5 Bf7 39. Ne3 Nb3 40. Bxb3 Rxb3 41. Nf5 Rdb8 42. Ne7+ Kf8
43. Nc6 Rb2 44. Qc1 R8b5 45. Nb4 Rxf2 46. Kxf2 a5 47. Qe3 f5
48. Qxg5 Qa7+ 49. Kg3 f4+ 50. Kh2 Be8 51. Nc6 Bxc6 52. dxc6
Qb6 53. Qf5+ Kg8 54. Qe6+ Kf8 55. c4 Rb2 56. c5 Qxc5 57. Reb1
Rb4 58. Rxb4 Qxb4 59. Qc8+ Kf7 60. Qxc7+ Kg6 61. Qd7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Nc4 d6 11. Be3 Bxe3
12. fxe3 h6 13. Qe1 Be6 14. Kh1 Rb8 15. Nh4 g6 16. Qg3 Nh5
17. Qf2 Kh7 18. h3 Ng7 19. Nd2 Bxb3 20. Nxb3 Ne7 21. Qg3 Nh5
22. Qg4 Qc8 23. Kh2 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Ng7 25. Rf2 Ne6 26. Raf1 Kg7
27. Nf5+ Nxf5 28. exf5 Ng5 29. Kg3 c5 30. Nd2 Rfd8 31. e4 Rb7
32. Nc4 Rbd7 33. Nb6 Rb7 34. Nd5 Re8 35. Rh1 gxf5 36. gxf5 f6
37. Ne3 Rh8 38. Rh5 b3 39. c3 Rd7 40. c4 Rb7 41. Rf1 Rh7
42. Kf2 Rb4 43. Ra1 Rh8 44. Ke2 Rhb8 45. Kd2 R4b7 46. Kc3 Nf7
47. Nf1 Nd8 48. Ne3 Nc6 49. Rah1 Rh8 50. Ng4 Rb4 51. Rxh6 Rxh6
52. Rxh6 Nd4 53. Rg6+ Kf7 54. Rxf6+ Ke7 55. Rh6 Rxa4 56. f6+
Kf7 57. Rh7+ Kg6 58. Rg7+ Kh5 59. f7 Ne6 60. Rg8 Ra1 61. Nf6+
1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Qe2 Ne4
12. Ne1 Bg6 13. Nd3 Qa5 14. Nf4 Nd6 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. h4 e5
17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. d5 c5 19. h5 gxh5 20. Qxh5 g6 21. Qe2 c4
22. e4 Nc5 23. Bd2 b5 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Bh3 Rb8 26. Kg2 b4
27. Ne2 Ndxe4 28. Be1 Bg5 29. Qf3 f5 30. a3 bxa3 31. Qxa3 Rd7
32. g4 f4 33. Ng1 Nd3 34. Rxd3 cxd3 35. Qxd3 Nf6 36. Qxg6+ Rg7
37. Qf5 e4 38. Bc3 f3+ 39. Kh1 Qd7 40. Qe5 Re8 41. Qd4 Rh7 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 Qa5 16. O-O Qc5+
17. Kh1 a5 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Re4 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Rfe1 Bd7
22. Qf4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc6 24. Rc4 Qf2 25. Qd4+ Qxd4 26. Rxd4
d5 27. Kg1 Kf6 28. Kf2 Ke5 29. Ke3 Re8 30. Kd3 Bb7 31. c3 bxc3
32. bxc3 Ba6+ 33. Kd2 Bb7 34. f4+ Kd6 35. Bxd5 Bxd5 36. c4 Kc5
37. Rxd5+ Kb4 38. Rb5+ Kxa4 39. g3 Re4 40. Kd3 Re7 41. Rb6
Rd7+ 42. Kc3 Rc7 43. Rb1 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 a5 10. O-O Be6 11. Na4 b6
12. Qc2 Nce7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Qd7 15. Rfb1 h6 16. g3 Bg4
17. e4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc6 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Qd1 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3
Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Rc6 b5 25. d6 cxd6 26. Qd5
Ra8 27. Kg2 Bf8 28. Rb6 Ra3 29. Rxb5 Qf5 30. Rb8 Kg7 31. Bxh6+
Kxh6 32. Rxf8 Kg7 33. Rd8 Rxd3 34. Qa8 e4 35. Rg8+ Kf6
36. Qd8+ Ke5 37. Qe7+ Kd5 38. Qb7+ Kc4 39. Qc8+ Qxc8 40. Rxc8+
Kxb4 41. Rf8 Rf3 42. h4 d5 43. g4 d4 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Rf6
46. Re8 Rh6 47. Rxe4 Kc3 48. Rh4 d3 49. Rf4 d2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. Be2 a6
7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Nb1 O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Be5 11. Nc3 Nc6
12. O-O d6 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Qc1 Nb4 15. Bd1 c5 16. Re1 Ne4
17. Nxe5 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 dxe5 19. a3 Nc6 20. Qb2 f6 21. Bf3 Rfd8
22. h3 Qf7 23. Kh2 Qg6 24. Rac1 Be4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. f3 Qh4
27. Rf1 Qg5 28. Rce1 h5 29. Re2 Rd7 30. Be1 e4 31. f4 Qf5
32. Qc3 b5 33. Rg1 Kf7 34. g4 hxg4 35. Rxg4 Rh8 36. Reg2 Rh7
37. a4 Ne7 38. Qa5 Qh5 39. Rh4 Qxh4 40. Bxh4 Rxh4 41. Qxa6
bxa4 42. bxa4 Rd5 43. Qc4 Kf8 44. a5 Rdh5 45. Rg3 Nf5
46. Qxc5+ Kg8 47. Qd5+ Kf8 48. Qa8+ Kf7 49. Qb7+ Kf8 50. Qc8+
Kf7 51. Qc4+ Kf8 52. Qf1 Nxg3 53. Kxg3 Ke7 54. a6 Rh8 55. a7
R4h5 56. Qh1 f5 57. Qa1 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8
12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Rab1 h6 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Ne2 c5 16. c3 Re8
17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Rxb4 Bxb4 20. Rb1 Bd6 21. Be3
Ne4 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Rb7 Nc5 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Nf5 Be7 26. Bxh6
Bf6 27. Nxg7 Bxg7 28. Qg4 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Qb8+ 30. f4 Qb2
31. Bxg7 Qxg7 32. Qxd7 Qd4 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qg4+
Kf8 36. Qc8+ Re8 37. Qf5 Re3 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qg4+ Kf8
40. Qc8+ Re8 41. Qf5 a5 42. Bb5 Re6 43. Qg4 Qe4 44. Qg3 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5
7. O-O Nd7 8. Nf3 e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. g3
O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bf3 a6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Bd2
Qc7 18. a3 Rad8 19. Qc2 Qb8 20. Bg5 Rc8 21. b4 Nh7 22. Be3
Nhf6 23. Rab1 e5 24. d5 cxd5 25. Nxd5 e4 26. Nxf6+ Nxf6
27. Be2 Be5 28. Qb3 Rcd8 29. Red1 Qc8 30. Kg2 Qe6 31. h3 Kh7
32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rd1 Rc8 34. Qc2 Re8 35. a4 Bb8 36. a5 Ng8
37. c5 f5 38. Bc4 Qe7 39. c6 bxc6 40. Bxa6 g5 41. Qc5 f4
42. Qxe7 Nxe7 43. Bc5 Nd5 44. Bb7 f3+ 45. Kf1 e3 46. fxe3 Bxg3
47. Rxd5 cxd5 48. a6 g4 49. hxg4 Kg6 50. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "10.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Be3 Nb4 8. Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 N4d5
12. Nf3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bd6 14. O-O O-O 15. e4 c6 16. exf5 Bxf5
17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Ne4 Raf8 21. Nxd6
Qxd6 22. Re6 Qd7 23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. R6e5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Qg4
26. Kh1 Nf4 27. Qc2 h5 28. Ng1 Ne6 29. Nf3 Nf4 30. Ng1 Re8
31. Qe4 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "12.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2
Nc6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. h3 h6 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Bc2 Qc7
18. Be3 b4 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Qe2 b3 21. Bb1 Bxa4 22. Nh4 Bd7
23. Nhf5 Nc6 24. f4 d5 25. exd5 exf4 26. dxc6 Bxf5 27. Nxf5
fxe3 28. Qxe3 Bd6 29. Qf3 g6 30. Nxh6+ Kg7 31. Rf1 Re6 32. Ng4
Rxc6 33. d4 cxd4 34. Kh1 Bg3 35. cxd4 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Qf4
37. Qxf4 Bxf4 38. Rf1 Nh5 39. Rd1 Re2 40. d5 f5 41. d6 fxg4
42. d7 Ng3+ 43. Kg1 gxh3 44. Kh2 Nf5+ 45. Kxh3 Bg5 46. g4 Re3+
47. Kh2 Re2+ 48. Kh3 Ne3 49. Rd3 Bf4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "13.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 13. Nd4 Nf5 14. Nce2 g5 15. Bh2 Rh6 16. Rfe1
a6 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Nd4 Be6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. g4 hxg4
21. hxg4 c5 22. c3 c4 23. Kg2 b5 24. Kf3 Rb8 25. Bg3 Rh6
26. Ke4 b4 27. Rd4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rb2 29. Rxc4 c5 30. Ra4 Kd7
31. Rd1+ Kc8 32. Ke3 Rc2 33. Kd3 Rb2 34. Rd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2
Rb6 36. Kc2 Kd7 37. Re4 Ke6 38. Re1 Rb5 39. a4 Ra5 40. Re4 Kd5
41. f3 c4 42. Rd4+ Kc5 43. Bf2 Kc6 44. Rxc4+ Kd5 45. Re4 Ke6
46. Kb3 Rxe5 47. Bd4 Rxe4 48. fxe4 Kd6 49. c4 Kc6 50. e5 Bd8
51. Kc3 Kd7 52. Kb4 Kc6 53. Kc3 Kd7 54. Kd3 Ke6 55. Ke4 Bc7
56. c5 Bb8 57. c6 Bc7 58. Bc3 Bb6 59. Bd2 Bd8 60. Be3 Bc7
61. Bxg5 Bxe5 62. Bf4 Bc3 63. c7 Kd7 64. Kf5 Bd4 65. Be5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "14.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6
7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nf1 Ne7 9. Ng3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8
12. h3 h6 13. d4 c6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Be3 b5 16. Qd2 c5 17. a4
Bd7 18. d5 c4 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Qd8 21. Ng5 Qe7 22. axb5
Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rxa6 Bc5 25. Rea1 Rxa6 26. bxa6 Ra8
27. Nf3 Bc8 28. Nd2 Rxa6 29. Rb1 Nf4 30. Nxc4 Ke7 31. b4 Ba7
32. b5 Ra2 33. b6 Bb8 34. Bb3 Ra6 35. Kf1 Nd3 36. Bc2 Nc5
37. Ne3 Ra2 38. Ke1 Kf8 39. Kd1 Nfd7 40. Ngf5 Nf6 41. f3 Ng8
42. h4 Ne7 43. Nxe7 Kxe7 44. h5 Kf6 45. g4 Kg5 46. Ke2 Ba6+
47. Kd2 Bc8 48. Rh1 Nb3+ 49. Ke2 Kh6 50. Kf2 f6 51. Kg3 Nc5
52. f4 exf4+ 53. Kxf4 Rb2 54. Ra1 Rxb6 55. Ra8 Bd7 56. Nc4 Rb7
57. Ra1 Bc7 58. Ne3 Bd8 59. Nc4 Be7 60. Ra8 Rc7 61. Rh8+ Kg7
62. Ra8 Kh7 63. Ra3 Bf8 64. g5 fxg5+ 65. Kxg5 Nb7 66. e5+ Kg8
67. exd6 Rxc4 68. Ra7 Nc5 69. h6 Rxc3 70. h7+ Kh8 71. Ra8 Rxc2
0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "15.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. Ne2 Nb4 10. Bc4 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. h3
Nh6 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bd3 f6 16. b4 Nc6 17. b5 Na5
18. Nf4 Nf5 19. Qa4 b6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bb2 Qd6 22. Ne5 Bb7
23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Ba3 Qd8 25. Rae1 Rc8 26. Qd1 Nc4 27. Bb4
Nxe5 28. dxe5 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Bxe5 30. Rd7 Be4 31. Rxe7 Bd4+
32. Kh2 Rf7 33. Re6 Rd7 34. Nh5 Rc2 35. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bf5 10. Bc2 Qd7 11. b4 Be7
12. Qe2 a6 13. a3 Rad8 14. Rd1 Rfe8 15. Ra2 Qe6 16. c4 Qg6
17. Kh1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qf1 Qc6 20. Kh2 Bd6+ 21. f4 Na4
22. Qf2 Bf8 23. Bb3 Bd7 24. Re2 Qg6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qg3 a5
27. bxa5 Qxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Ra8 29. Nd2 Rxa5 30. Nf3 c5 31. Kf2 f6
32. g4 Ra6 33. f5 Rb6 34. Bc2 Bd6 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Nd2 Nc3
37. Ne4 Nxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Ra6 39. Re2 Bc6 40. Bd1 Rb6 41. Bc2 Ra6
42. Re6 Bd7 43. Re1 Rb6 44. Bd1 Rb1 45. Bf3 Be5 46. Be4 h6
47. h4 Bc7 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Rh1 Bc6 51. Bxc6 bxc6
52. Rg1 g4 53. Re1 Ba5 54. Rg1 g3+ 55. Kg2 Bc7 56. Kf3 Rb3
57. Ke4 Rb8 58. Bf4 Bxf4 59. Kxf4 Ra8 60. Rxg3 Rxa3 61. Ke5
Ra1 62. Kd6 Re1 63. Rg2 Re3 64. Rd2 Kf6 65. Kxc5 Kxf5 66. Kxc6
g5 67. Kd5 g4 68. c5 g3 69. c6 Kf4 70. Kxd4 Kf3 71. c7 Re8
72. Kc5 g2 73. Rxg2 Kxg2 74. d4 Re1 75. d5 Rc1+ 76. Kb6 Rb1+
77. Kc6 Rc1+ 78. Kd7 Kf3 79. d6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2
Re8 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. h3 b4 15. Ng3 Rb8 16. d4 Qc7 17. Be3 c4
18. Rc1 Na5 19. Nd2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb2 21. f4 Nb3 22. Nxb3 cxb3
23. Bxb3 Rb8 24. Bc2 Qxc3 25. Kh2 h5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. fxe5
Qxe5 28. Bd4 Qg5 29. e5 Ng4+ 30. hxg4 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qxg3
32. Re3 Qf4 33. Re4 Qh6 34. Bxb2 Rxb2 35. gxh5 Bc6 36. Re1 Qf4
0-1

[Event "Piterenka Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. e4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. f4 dxe4
12. dxe4 e5 13. Nc4 O-O-O 14. Be3 Nh5 15. a4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxf7 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+
21. Rxf2 Nf6 22. e5 Ng4 23. Re2 Nxh2 24. Be4 Rd4 25. c3 Rc4
26. b3 Rxc3 27. Rxh2 Rxg3+ 28. Kf2 Rxh2+ 29. Kxg3 Rb2 30. Rd1
1-0

[Event "Piterenka Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3
Rb8 13. d4 Qc7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4 b3 16. Nxa5 bxa2 17. Nc4
Be6 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Rxa2 Nb6 20. Nfd2 Rfd8 21. Ra1 Nxc4
22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qd6 24. Ra2 a5 25. Be3 h6 26. h3 Qb6
27. Kh2 Qd6 28. Rb1 Qd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. Kg1 c4 31. Re1 Bg5
32. Bc5 Rd2 33. Ba3 Bd8 34. Raa1 Bb6 35. Rf1 Rbd8 36. g4 Re2
37. Kg2 Rxe4 38. Rae1 Rxe1 39. Rxe1 f6 40. Re4 Rc8 41. f4 exf4
42. Rxf4 Kf7 43. Rf5 Ke6 44. Rb5 Rc6 45. Kf3 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Piterenka Blitz 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 c6
7. Be3 d5 8. e5 Ng4 9. Bg1 Bc5 10. Qd2 Bxg1 11. Rxg1 Qb6
12. Na4 Qe3+ 13. Qxe3 Nxe3 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. Nc5 Bg4 16. Nxb7
O-O 17. Kf2 Nec4 18. b3 Na3 19. Nd4 Bc8 20. Nc5 Nd7 21. b4 a5
22. Nxc6 axb4 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nxd5 Rab8
26. Rgd1 Be6 27. Ne3 f6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Be4 Rfd8 30. Bd5
Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Kg7 32. Ne3 Rbc8 33. Rac1 h5 34. Kf3 Kg6
35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. c3 bxc3 37. Rxc3 Nb5 38. Rc4 Rd2 39. a4 Nd6
40. Rc6 Ne8 41. a5 Ra2 42. a6 Kf7 43. Nd5 Ra5 44. Ke4 Ra4+
45. Kd3 Ra2 46. Nb4 Ra1 47. Rc2 Nd6 48. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Piterenka Blitz 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3
cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 Nf6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd2 a6
12. Rc1 Ne8 13. Na4 Nd6 14. b3 Ne4 15. Be1 f5 16. Nb2 Rc8
17. Nd3 Bd6 18. b4 Qe7 19. Rb1 Nb8 20. a4 b6 21. a5 bxa5
22. bxa5 Nd7 23. Be2 Rb8 24. f3 Nef6 25. Bd2 g5 26. Nf2 f4
27. exf4 gxf4 28. g4 h5 29. g5 Ne8 30. h4 Ng7 31. Bd3 Bb4
32. Qe1 1-0

[Event "Piterenka Blitz 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f4 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. f5 Bc4
12. g4 Nxg4 13. Rg1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxb3 15. cxb3 O-O 16. Kb1
Nb6 17. Be2 Bf6 18. Rg3 Re8 19. Qd2 Ra7 20. Qxd6 Rd7 21. Qc6
Rd4 22. Rgd3 Qb8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 e4
26. Be2 Qe5 27. Qc2 Qxf5 28. d6 Qe5 29. d7 Rd8 30. a3 g6
31. Ka2 Bg7 32. Rd2 f5 33. Qc8 Qf6 34. Qc7 f4 35. Bg4 h5
36. Be6+ Kh7 37. Bd5 e3 38. Rg2 f3 39. Rc2 e2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7
7. Be3 b6 8. Be2 Ba6 9. O-O Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Nc6 11. c4 dxc4
12. d5 exd5 13. Qxd5 Nb4 14. Qxc4 b5 15. Qe4 Qc8 16. Nc3 Qc6
17. Qxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxb5 Rb8 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nd5 Rxb2 21. Rfd1
Re8 22. Rac1 Rxa2 23. Nd2 g5 24. Ne4 gxf4 25. Bxc5 Bxc5+
26. Nxc5 Rg8 27. g3 fxg3 28. h3 Ndxe5 29. Nb4+ Ke8 30. Nxa2
Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nh4+ 32. Kf1 Nf3 33. Ne4 g2+ 34. Kf2 g1=Q+
35. Rxg1 Rxg1 36. Rxc6 Ra1 37. Nf6+ Ke7 38. Nc3 Ne5 39. Ncd5+
Kd8 40. Rc3 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 Rd2 42. Kf4 Ng6+ 43. Kg5 Ne7 44. Nxe7
Kxe7 45. Re3+ Kd8 46. Ra3 Rg2+ 47. Ng4 h6+ 48. Kh4 f5 49. Nxh6
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[EventDate "2013.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 Be7
7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Ng3 Nf8 11.c4 d5 12.c5 Bg4
13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Ne6 15.Be3 g6 16.Rae1 c6 17.b4 Nd7 18.Qd1
a6 19.Ne2 Bg5 20.Kh1 Bxe3 21.fxe3 f5 22.Ng1 Qh4 23.Nf3 Qh6
24.Re2 Ng5 25.Qe1 Nf6 26.Nxg5 Qxg5 27.g4 Ne4 28.Bxe4 fxe4
29.Qg3 Rf8 30.Ref2 Qe7 31.Kg2 Rxf2+ 32.Rxf2 Kg7 33.g5 a5
34.bxa5 Rxa5 35.h4 Ra8 36.Qd6 Qxd6 37.cxd6 Rf8 38.Rf4 Ra8
39.Kg3 Rxa2 40.Rf6 Ra8 41.Re6 Rd8 42.Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ba2 Rb8 12. Ne2
Bc8 13. Ng3 Bb6 14. c3 Re8 15. d4 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Ne7 18. Kh1 Qd7 19. f4 Qh3 20. f3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Ng6 22. Be3 c5
23. Rf2 Nh5 24. Rg1 c4 25. Qd2 Bd8 26. Nxh5 Qxh5 27. Bb1 Bh4
28. Rff1 d5 29. e5 Rb6 30. f4 f5 31. Qg2 Rd8 32. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Nc5 Bf5
17. Bb3 h5 18. g4 e5 19. Qg1 Nf4 20. Re1 hxg4 21. fxg4 Bc8
22. Qg3 a5 23. Qh4 a4 24. Bxf7+ Kg7 25. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Rapid Finals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Frolyanov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 c6 11. Nxe5
dxe5 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. c4 Rad8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bc3
Bd6 17. g4 b5 18. h4 b4 19. Bd2 Bc5 20. Rde1 Bd4 21. h5 a5
22. f4 f5 23. fxe5 fxg4 24. Rhf1 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 Kh8 26. Qe4 Bg8
27. Bg5 g3 28. h6 g2 29. Qxg2 Bxe5 30. Bxd8 Qxd8 31. Qe4 Bf6
32. hxg7+ Bxg7 33. Rh1 h6 34. Rxh6+ Bxh6 35. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Rapid Finals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 Re8
12. f4 f6 13. O-O-O fxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. Bd3
Re3 17. Kd2 Re8 18. Rde1 Be7 19. Ne4 d5 20. cxd5 Bb4+ 21. Nc3
Bxd3 22. Kxd3 cxd5 23. a3 Be7 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Nf4 Bf6 26. Bd4
Bxd4 27. Kxd4 c6 28. Ne6 Re7 29. Ng5 Rhe8 30. Rxe7 Rxe7
31. Nxh7 Re4+ 32. Kc3 Re3+ 33. Kc2 Re2+ 34. Kc3 Rxg2 35. h4
Rg3+ 36. Kc2 Nc5 37. b4 Ne4 38. Kb2 Nd6 39. a4 Nc4+ 40. Kc2 d4
41. Ng5 Rc3+ 42. Kb1 d3 43. Rd1 Rb3+ 44. Ka2 Rb2+ 45. Ka1 d2
46. Ne6 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Rapid Finals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6
7. Nge2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Bf5 11. d4 Qd7
12. b3 Rfe8 13. Qd2 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 Bh3 15. Bh1 Rad8 16. Bb2 Ne7
17. Rf2 Ned5 18. e4 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 f6 20. a4 c6 21. Re1 Nc8
22. Rfe2 Bg4 23. Re3 Ne7 24. Qc2 a6 25. Qf2 Ng6 26. Bg2 Bh3
27. Bf3 Bg4 28. Bg2 Bh3 29. Bh1 Bg4 30. h4 Nf8 31. Rd3 h6
32. Kh2 Ng6 33. Rd2 Be6 34. Re3 Ne5 35. Bf3 Nxf3+ 36. Qxf3 Qf7
37. a5 Qg6 38. Rf2 Qg4 39. Qg2 Qg6 40. Rf4 Re7 41. Qf2 Rde8
42. Ba3 Rd7 43. Bc5 Qf7 44. e5 f5 45. g4 g6 46. h5 g5 47. Rxf5
Bxf5 48. gxf5 Qxh5+ 49. Rh3 Qg4 50. f6 Rh7 51. Qc2 Kh8 52. f7
Qf4+ 53. Kg2 Qxf7 54. Rf3 Qe6 55. Kg3 Rf7 56. Qe4 Kg7 57. b4
Rxf3+ 58. Qxf3 Qf7 59. Qd3 Qf4+ 60. Kg2 Qg4+ 61. Kf2 Qf4+
62. Ke1 Qc1+ 63. Ke2 Qf4 64. Qh3 g4 65. Qh5 Qf3+ 66. Kd2 Re6
67. Bb6 Qf4+ 68. Kc3 Qg5 69. Qh1 g3 70. Qg2 Qe3+ 71. Kc4 Qf2
72. Qe4 g2 73. d5 cxd5+ 74. Kxd5 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Rapid Finals"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 h6 11. Qc2 Re8
12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. d5 c6 15. dxc6 Qc7 16. b3 Qxc6
17. Bb2 Bd8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc7 20. Ndc4 Re6 21. Rad1 Be7
22. Ne3 Bb7 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Rae8 26. Rxe6
Rxe6 27. Qc3 Rg6 28. f3 Kh7 29. Qd3 c4 30. bxc4 Bc5+ 31. Bd4
Bxd4+ 32. Qxd4 h5 33. gxh5 Rg5 34. Qd3 Qc5+ 35. Ne3+ f5
36. Qd4 Qc6 37. Nd5 Qh6 38. Rb1 Bxd5 39. cxd5 Qxh5 40. Qd3 Qh3
41. Rb2 Qg3 42. Re2 Rh5 43. d6 Qh2+ 44. Kf2 Qh4+ 45. Ke3 Rh6
46. Qxf5+ Kh8 47. Qf8+ Kh7 48. Qf5+ Kh8 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qc2+
Kh8 51. Rd2 Re6+ 52. Kd3 Rxd6+ 53. Ke2 Re6+ 54. Qe4 Rxe4+
55. fxe4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Nf5 Bb4 16. Nxh6+
gxh6 17. c3 Ba3 18. Bc1 Rfe8 19. g4 Nh7 20. c4 Bf8 21. g5 hxg5
22. Nxg5 Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Kh8 24. Rg1 Qc7 25. Qf3 f6 26. Bf4 Bd6
27. Qg3 Nc5 28. Bxd6 Qh7+ 29. Ka1 Ne4 30. Qh4 Rg8 31. f3 Ng5
32. Qf4 Qf5 33. Qxf5 exf5 34. Be7 Nxf3 35. Rgf1 Rg3 36. d5
cxd5 37. cxd5 Kg7 38. Rd3 Kf7 39. Bd6 Nh2 40. Bxg3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7
7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 Na5 12. b3
Be6 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. e3 Bd6 15. Qd3 Qd7 16. Ncb5 Be5 17. g4 a6
18. f4 axb5 19. fxe5 Ne4 20. Nxb5 Nxb3 21. Rad1 Nbc5 22. Qe2
Ng3 23. Qf2 Qxb5 24. Bd4 Nxf1 25. Bxf1 Qa4 26. Rb1 Ne4 27. Qb2
Qc2 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Rxb7 h5 30. a4 Ra2 31. gxh5 Rc8 32. Rb1
Nd2 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 d5
7. Bb2 Bg4 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qb8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e5
12. h4 Re8 13. Bh3 Qd6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Qd2 Qa6
17. a3 e4 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Rfd1 exd3 20. exd3 h5 21. Rc7 Nfg4
22. Kg2 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Nf3 Qb6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc3+
Kg8 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. Nd4 Qf6 29. Qb4 b6 30. Rc1 Nc5 31. Qc3
Ne6 32. Re1 Kh7 33. Qa1 Nf4+ 34. gxf4 Rxe1 35. Qxe1 Qxd4
36. Qd2 f5 37. Qe2 Qxf4 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kh5 40. Qh8+ Qh6
41. Qd8 Qf4 42. Qh8+ Qh6 43. Qd8 Qf4 44. Qh8+ Qh6 45. Qe5 Kxh4
46. Qxd5 Qf4 47. Qd8+ Kh5 48. Qh8+ Qh6 49. Qe5 Qg5 50. d4 f4
51. Qh8+ Qh6 52. Qe5+ Kh4 53. d5 f3+ 54. Kh2 Qd2 55. Qf6+ Kh5
56. Kg3 Qe1 57. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5
Bxf5 7. exf5 Qd7 8. g3 Qxf5 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd5
Nxd5 12. Bxd5 O-O 13. c3 Qd7 14. a4 Bd8 15. b4 Ne7 16. Bg2 d5
17. Qb3 Rc8 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Bb2 e4 20. b5 Qe6 21. a5 Bc7
22. Ba3 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxe4 Qe5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5
Rxc3 27. Rxe5 Rxb3 28. Rd1 Ra3 29. b6 axb6 30. axb6 Rb3
31. Rd6 g6 32. Re7 Kg7 33. Rxb7 h5 34. h4 Rb2 35. Kg2 Re8
36. Rdd7 Rf8 37. Kf3 Rb4 38. Ke3 Rb2 39. f3 Rb3+ 40. Ke4 Re8+
41. Kd4 Rxf3 42. Rbc7 Re1 43. b7 Rb1 44. Kc5 Rc3+ 45. Kd6 Rd3+
46. Ke7 Rxd7+ 47. Kxd7 g5 48. Kc8 Kg6 49. Rc5 f5 50. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Bb5 e6 6. c4 Bd6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nc3 Rc8
12. Rc1 a6 13. Be2 Ba7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. Bf3 d4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Nd4 21. Rxc8
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qxc8 23. Nc4 b5 24. Ne3 Qc3 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Rd1
Qe5 27. Qc2 Ne4 28. Rd5 Qf4 29. Rd3 Qf6 30. Nd5 Qe5 31. Ne3
Kh7 32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4 Rb8 34. Rd5 Qa1+ 35. Rd1 Qe5 36. Rd5
Qf4 37. Rd4 f5 38. Rd7 Qe5 39. Nc4 Qc5 40. Ne3 Qxc2 41. Nxc2
Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Nxf2 43. Nd4 Ne4 44. Ne6 g5 45. h4 g4 46. Ng5+
Nxg5 47. hxg5 Kg6 48. Kg3 Kh5 49. Rxg7 Rb4 50. a5 f4+ 51. Kh2
Ra4 52. g6 Rxa5 53. Rf7 Kxg6 54. Rxf4 Kg5 55. Rc4 Kh4 56. Rb4
Ra2 57. Rc4 a5 58. Rd4 a4 59. Rc4 a3 60. Ra4 Ra1 61. Rb4 Rc1
62. g3+ Kg5 63. Rb5+ Kf6 64. Ra5 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. a4 a6 8. a5 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1
c5 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Ned5 Nc6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Re5 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. c3 d5 21. Rd1 c4 22. Qc2
dxe4 23. Be3 Nxa5 24. Bd4 Nb3 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Ra4 b5
27. Rxa6 e3 28. fxe3 Nc5 29. Rc6 Qe8 30. Rc7 Qe5 31. Rc6 Qe8
32. Rc7 Qe6 33. Qf2 Ne4 34. Qf4 Bd6 35. Rxd6 Nxd6 36. Be2 Re8
37. Bf3 g5 38. Qd4 Nf5 39. Qc5 Nxe3 40. Bh5 Rf8 41. Re7 Qf5
42. Qxe3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Qb8 11. c5 a5 12. Rc1
b4 13. Na4 Be7 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4
O-O 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Bd4 g6 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. g4 Rae8 22. g5 h6
23. h4 hxg5 24. hxg5 Kg7 25. Kg2 Rh8 26. Rh1 Qb8 27. Qa6 Qa8
28. Qxa8 Rxa8 29. Kf3 Rag8 30. Ke2 Kf8 31. Kd3 Ke8 32. a3 Kd8
33. axb4 axb4 34. Ke2 Kc7 35. Kf3 Kb7 36. Ke2 Ka6 37. Ra1 Kb5
38. Rac1 Rxh1 39. Rxh1 Bxc5 40. Rh7 Rf8 41. Bxc5 Nxc5 42. Nxc5
Kxc5 43. Kd3 Kb5 44. e4 dxe4+ 45. Kxe4 c5 46. Kd3 Rd8+ 47. Kc2
Rd7 48. f5 Kc6 49. fxg6 fxg6 50. Rh6 Rg7 51. Kd3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Nge7
7. Bc4 h6 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 d6 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Re1 Kh7 12. Nd5
Be6 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Bd5 Nd4 15. Nd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rad8
17. c3 Nb5 18. c4 Nd4 19. a4 Qd7 20. Rb1 b6 21. Bb2 Rfe8
22. a5 Qc7 23. Qa4 f5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Qc6 Qxc6
27. dxc6 Rc8 28. Rxb6 Re6 29. f4 e4 30. dxe4 fxe4 31. Rxe4
Rexc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Re7 Kg8 34. Rd7 Bf8 35. Ne4 d3 36. Kf2
Ba3 37. Rd4 Kf7 38. Ke3 Bc1+ 39. Nd2 Bxd2+ 40. Kxd2 Ra6 41. c5
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7
12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 Na5 14. Rc1 Ba3 15. Rb1 Bb4 16. Na4 Ne4
17. a3 Be7 18. Qd3 f6 19. Ng4 Re8 20. cxd5 exd5 21. f3 Nd6
22. Rfc1 Bf8 23. Ne3 Nf7 24. b4 Nc6 25. b5 Nce5 26. dxe5 fxe5
27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Qd4 Qf6 29. Kh1 Nd7 30. Qd3 Nc5 31. Nxc5
Bxc5 32. Nxd5 Qf7 33. Nb4 Re3 34. Qd2 Rae8 35. Re1 Bxf3
36. Rxe3 Bxe3 37. Qd3 Bxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Bc5 39. Rf1 Qe6 40. Nc6
a5 41. a4 Qe2+ 42. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 43. Kh3 Re4 44. Rf5 Rc4 45. Rd5
Kf7 46. Rh5 Rxa4 47. Rxh7 Re4 48. Rh8 a4 49. Ra8 a3 50. Nd8+
Kf6 51. Nb7 Be7 52. Ra6 Ke5 53. Kg2 Rb4 54. Rxb6 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.f4 Bd7 11.Bc4 Qa5 12.e5 dxe5
13.fxe5 Bc6 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Qc5 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Rhe1 Nb6
18.Bf1 Rfd8 19.Qf4 Rac8 20.Kb1 Ba4 21.b3 Qc5 22.c4 Rd4 23.Be3
Rxf4 24.Bxc5 Bc6 25.Kb2 h5 26.g3 Rg4 27.Be3 Bf3 28.Rd4 Rxd4
29.Bxd4 g5 30.a4 Rd8 31.Kc3 Nc8 32.b4 a6 33.Bc5 g4 34.b5 axb5
35.axb5 Kg7 36.Bd3 f5 37.exf6+ Kxf6 38.Bd4+ Kf7 39.h4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Bg2 c6 9.e4 d5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.O-O Nc6 13.Bf4
Na5 14.Rc1 Ba3 15.Rb1 Bb4 16.Na4 Ne4 17.a3 Be7 18.cxd5 exd5
19.b4 Nc6 20.Rc1 Rc8 21.Bh3 f5 22.f3 Nd6 23.Qd3 Nxe5 24.dxe5
Rxc1 25.Bxc1 Nc4 26.f4 b5 27.Nc3 Qb6+ 28.Rf2 d4 29.Ne2 Rd8
30.Qxf5 d3 31.Qe6+ Kf8 32.Qf5+ Ke8 33.Qxh7 d2 34.Bxd2 Rxd2
35.e6 Rd1+ 36.Bf1 Qxe6 37.Qh5+ Kf8 38.Nc3 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7
7.Qe2 g6 8.O-O-O Bg7 9.f4 Qa5 10.g3 h6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Bg2 Bg4
13.Bf3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 O-O 15.Rhe1 Nd7 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Nd5 Qd8
18.h4 Rc8 19.h5 e6 20.Nc3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qf6 22.hxg6 fxg6
23.Rxd6 Ne5 24.Qh1 Nc4 25.e5 Qf7 26.Rd4 h5 27.Qe4 b5 28.Red1
Rc7 29.Nc5 Rxc5 30.Rd7 Rc7 31.Rxf7 Kxf7 32.g4 hxg4 33.Rh1 Kg7
34.Qg2 Rh8 35.Rxh8 Kxh8 36.Qxg4 Rh7 37.Qd1 Rf7 38.Qd4 Kg7
39.Kd1 g5 40.fxg5 Kg6 41.Qh4 Nxe5 42.Qh3 Kxg5 43.Qxe6 Rf5
44.Qxa6 Nc4 45.Ke2 Re5+ 46.Kf2 Ne3 47.Qa7 Ng4+ 48.Kf3 Rf5+
49.Ke2 Re5+ 50.Kd2 Rd5+ 51.Kc1 Kf4 52.Qf7+ Ke4 53.Qh7+ Kf4
54.Qh4 Re5 55.Kb2 Kf3 56.c4 Ne3 57.Qf6+ Ke4 58.Qc6+ Kd4
59.Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Qa4+ Bc6 8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Qb3 Nbd7
12. e3 O-O 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Be2 Qb8 16. O-O Qb7
17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. b4 Bd6 20. Ne1 e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5
22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Bd6 25. Ne2 Qe4 26. Ned4
Qxc2 27. Rxc2 g6 28. Rc6 Ra8 29. g3 Kf8 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ke2
Kd7 32. Rc2 Nd5 33. Kd3 Nb6 34. Nd2 Rc8 35. N4b3 f5 36. h3 Na4
37. Nc5+ Nxc5+ 38. bxc5 Bf8 39. Nb3 Kc6 40. g4 Kd5 41. f4 c6
42. Rd2 a5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Kc3+ Ke4 45. Rd3 Kf3 46. Nd4+ Kf2
47. Ne6 Be7 48. Rd7 Bf6+ 49. Kd3 Bb2 50. e4 fxe4+ 51. Kxe4
Bxa3 52. f5 b4 53. f6 b3 54. Rb7 Bb4 55. Kd3 Ke1 56. Nd4 Rd8
57. f7 Bxc5 58. Kc4 Rxd4+ 59. Kxc5 Rf4 60. Rxb3 Rxf7 61. Kxc6
Rf4 62. Kd5 a4 63. Rg3 Kf2 64. Ra3 h5 65. Ke5 Rb4 66. Kd5 h4
67. Ke5 Ke2 68. Kd5 Rf4 69. Ke5 Rb4 70. Kd5 Kd2 71. Kc5 Rf4
72. Kb5 Ke2 73. Kc5 Kf2 74. Kd5 Rf3 75. Rxa4 Kg3 76. Ra8 Kxh3
77. Rg8 Rf4 78. Ke5 Ra4 79. Kf5 Kh2 80. Rb8 h3 81. Rb2+ Kg3
82. Rb3+ Kh4 83. Rb2 Rg4 84. Rb8 Rg5+ 85. Kf4 h2 0-1

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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 d4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Ne4 Qh4+ 13. Bf2 Qg4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Be4
Bxb2 17. Rb1 Ba3 18. Bxa8 Bc5 19. Bf3 Qg6 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. Rd1
Bb6 22. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. h3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3
Nc6 13. Nc4 h6 14. Ne3 Rb8 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Bd2 Bxd5 17. Bxd5
Nxd5 18. exd5 Na5 19. Re1 f5 20. Nh2 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nb3 22. Ra3
Qb6 23. Nf1 Qb7 24. Ne3 Nd4 25. Qh5 Bg5 26. Qd1 f4 27. Nc4
Qxd5 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Re4 Qd5 30. Qg4 Rfd8 31. a5 Rb5 32. Ra1
Qf7 33. Rae1 Qd7 34. Qd1 Qf5 35. Qa4 Bf6 36. Na3 Rxb2 37. Qc6
d5 0-1

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Nf4 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nc3 Nxd3
12. cxd3 c5 13. Ne4 O-O 14. b3 Ba6 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Ba3 Bxd3
17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Rc1 Rfe8 19. Bxc5 Qd7 20. h3 Rad8 21. b4 Re6
22. a4 a6 23. Re3 h6 24. Ne1 Bg6 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Na5
27. Nf3 Qd5 28. d4 e4 29. Nd2 f5 30. Ra3 Nb7 31. Qb3 f4
32. Ra8 Qd7 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. Nc4 Bf7 35. b6 f3 36. g4 h5
37. b7 Nxb7 38. Nb6 Qd8 39. Qd5 Nd6 40. Qa8 Qxa8 41. Nxa8 hxg4
42. hxg4 Rg6 43. Kh2 Nc4 44. Rg1 e3 45. Kg3 e2 46. Kxf3 Bd5+
47. Kxe2 Bxa8 48. f4 Be4 49. f5 Bxf5 50. Kf3 Be6 51. Kf4 Bd5
52. g5 Re6 53. Rb1 Re4+ 54. Kg3 Kf7 55. Rb5 Ne3 56. Kf2 Nf5
57. Rb6 Re6 58. Rb8 Kg6 59. Rd8 Be4 60. Rd7 Bc6 61. Rd8 Kxg5
62. d5 Re5 63. Be3+ Rxe3 64. dxc6 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Ne4 Qe6 6. Qe2
Nf6 7. f3 g6 8. g3 Nd5 9. c4 Nb4 10. a3 N4a6 11. d5 cxd5
12. cxd5 Qb6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Bd4 f6 15. Nxf6+ Kf7 16. Ne4 Rg8
17. Bh3 h6 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. f4 Nc7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Nf3 Bg7
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nc5 Nba6 24. Nxa6 Nxa6 25. Qe5+ Kh7 26. h4
Rf8 27. Ng5+ hxg5 28. hxg5+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Rh6 Qd6
31. Rxg6+ Kh7 32. Rh6+ Kg7 33. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 Nc6 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 b4 15. Na4 Bb7 16. b3 Bc6 17. Nb2
a5 18. f5 a4 19. Nd3 axb3 20. cxb3 Bb5 21. Kb1 Qa5 22. Rhf1
Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rf4 Rfc8 25. g5 Be3 26. Rf3 Bxd3+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. b3 O-O
7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Qa5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rc1 Rfc8
12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bh3 Bxf3 14. Bxd7 Rd8 15. b4 Qc7 16. Bh3 Be4
17. c5 a5 18. f3 Bf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. e3 Qd7 21. Bc3 axb4
22. Bxb4 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Qd3 Qe6 25. Rc2 Rd7 26. Rb1 Bg7
27. Re2 Qg6 28. Kg2 Re7 29. Rb3 Rae8 30. Bc3 Bf6 31. Be1 Bg5
32. Bf2 f4 33. Qxg6+ hxg6 34. h4 fxe3 35. hxg5 exf2 36. Rxf2
Ra8 37. f4 Ra4 38. Rc2 Kg7 39. Kf3 d4 40. Rd3 Rd7 41. Ke4 Rd5
42. g4 Ra5 43. Rb2 Rd7 44. Rc2 Re7+ 45. Kf3 Ra4 46. f5 Re3+
47. Rxe3 dxe3 48. f6+ Kf8 49. Rh2 Ke8 50. Rh8+ Kd7 51. Rf8 Re4
52. Rxf7+ Ke8 53. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.04"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4
Ne7 17. f3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxa2 19. Ne4 Rh8 20. e6 Bxe6 21. Bxc7
b5 22. Be5 Rg8 23. Nc5 Nd5 24. f4 Bxg4 25. c4 f6 26. Rb1 Nb6
27. Bxf6+ Kf7 28. Bg5 Nxc4 29. Re7+ Kg6 30. Rbe1 Bf5 31. Kf2
Rad8 32. Nd3 a5 33. Rg1 Rd7 34. Bh4+ Kh7 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Ne5
Nxe5 37. fxe5 Re8 38. Re1 a4 39. Kf3 a3 40. Bf2 Rf8+ 41. Kg3
Be6 42. Bc5 Ra8 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 Be6 11. h3 Nd7
12. Bg5 Bf6 13. h4 h5 14. Qf4 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Qe7 16. Bb5 Nb6
17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. g4 Rab8 21. gxh5
Qb4 22. Rd4 Qxb2+ 23. Kd2 Rfd8 24. Qf6 Rxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Qb6
26. Qxc4 Rd8+ 27. Kc1 Rd4 28. Qe2 Qc5 29. Nb1 Qxg5+ 30. Nd2
1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5
7. Qc3 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. e5 Ng4
12. O-O Qc7 13. Re1 Be7 14. h3 Nh6 15. Nb3 f5 16. Be3 Nd8
17. Be2 a5 18. a4 Nhf7 19. Nfd2 Nxe5 20. Bf4 Qc6 21. f3 Ng6
22. Qxg7 Nf7 23. Bd3 Bf8 24. Qc3 Nxf4 25. Bxf5 Rg8 26. Ne4
O-O-O 27. Bg4 h5 28. gxf4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qc7 30. Nxa5 Ba8
31. Qd2 Bh6 32. b4 Bxf4 33. Qf2 Bxe4 34. Rxe4 Ng5 35. Qe2 Rh8
0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sebbar Ali"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Nd5 7. a4 a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Qd5 11. Qe2
Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 e6 14. Rg1 f6 15. O-O-O Kf7 16. b3
Bd6 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. fxe4 Rhd8 19. Kb2 Rd7 20. Rd3 Rad8
21. Rgd1 h5 22. f3 g5 23. Ba5 f5 24. Kc3 e5 25. exf5 exd4+
26. Kc4 Be5 27. Re1 Bf6 28. Re6 Rd5 29. Bxc7 Rc8 30. Bb6 Rxf5
31. Rd6 Be5 32. Rd7+ Ke6 33. Ra7 Rcf8 34. Bc5 Bd6 35. Bxd6
Kxd6 36. Rxd4+ Rd5 37. Rh7 Rxd4+ 38. Kxd4 Rf4+ 39. Ke3 h4
40. Rh8 Rf5 41. Rd8+ Ke6 42. Rd4 a5 43. f4 gxf4+ 44. Rxf4 Rc5
45. Kd3 Rh5 46. Rd4 c5 47. Rg4 Kd5 48. Kc3 Rf5 49. Rxh4 Rf3+
50. Kb2 Rg3 51. Rh8 c4 52. Rh5+ Kd6 53. Rxa5 c3+ 54. Ka3 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6
7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Be3 h6
12. Nfd2 f5 13. f3 Bf6 14. Bf2 O-O 15. c4 Bg5 16. Nc3 b6
17. b4 Nf6 18. c5 h5 19. Nc4 Rb8 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Qb3 Kh7
22. b5 a5 23. Na4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nc8 25. h3 h4 26. Qd1 Rb7
27. Nd2 Nh5 28. Nf3 Rbf7 29. Nxg5+ Qxg5 30. Be3 Nf4 31. Qf3
Qd8 32. Qg4 Kg7 33. Red1 Rh8 34. Rac1 Qe8 35. Rc6 Rhf8 36. Kh2
Rh8 37. Rdc1 Ne7 38. Nxb6 Nxc6 39. dxc6 Qd8 40. Nd5 Nxd5
41. exd5 Rhf8 42. b6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6
7. Nbd2 Bh7 8. O-O Nd7 9. b4 a5 10. a4 Ng6 11. Qb3 Nf4 12. Bd1
axb4 13. cxb4 Be7 14. g3 Nh3+ 15. Kg2 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. a5
O-O 18. Qc3 Nb8 19. Nb3 Be7 20. Be2 Na6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5
Nc7 23. Bd2 Qd7 24. Rfe1 Nb5 25. Qb2 f6 26. Bxb5 cxb5 27. Ra3
fxe5 28. Rxe5 Rf6 29. f3 Raf8 30. Bb4 Qc6 31. Qe2 Re8 32. Rae3
Bg6 33. Bd2 Qd7 34. Rb3 Ref8 35. Bb4 Qc6 36. Rbe3 Re8 37. h4
Bf5 38. h5 Bh7 39. g4 Kh8 40. Be1 Bg8 41. Rb3 Ref8 42. Bh4 Rf4
43. Qd2 Bh7 44. Bg3 R4f6 45. Ree3 Qa6 46. Be5 R6f7 47. g5 hxg5
48. h6 Kg8 49. hxg7 Ra8 50. Ra3 b4 51. Qxb4 g4 52. f4 Be4+
53. Kf2 Rf5 54. Qb6 Qc4 55. Qxe6+ Rf7 56. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. O-O Bh7 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Ng6 11. g3 Be7 12. Bd3
O-O 13. Re1 Qc7 14. h4 Rfc8 15. Be3 c5 16. h5 c4 17. hxg6 fxg6
18. Bb1 cxb3 19. Qxb3 g5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Kg2 Kg8 22. Qc2
Nf8 23. Rh1 Qd7 24. Nd2 Qe8 25. Qd3 Rab8 26. b3 b6 27. Rhc1
Qd7 28. Kg1 Rc7 29. Nf1 Rbc8 30. Bd2 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rcc8 32. Qb5
Qxb5 33. axb5 Ng6 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Ke2 Bf8 36. Nd1 Ne7 37. Nb2
Nf5 38. Na4 Rb8 39. g4 Nh4 40. Be3 Ng6 41. c4 Bb4 42. Rc2 Nf4+
43. Kf3 Ng6 44. Rac1 Rd7 45. Ra1 Nh4+ 46. Ke2 Ng6 47. Nb2 Be7
48. Na4 Bb4 49. Nc3 Bxc3 50. Rxc3 Ne7 51. c5 Rdb7 52. c6 Rc7
53. b4 axb4 54. Rb3 Ng6 55. Bd2 Nf4+ 56. Ke3 Kg6 57. Bxb4 Rf7
58. Bd6 Rc8 59. f3 h5 60. gxh5+ Kxh5 61. Rh1+ Kg6 62. Ra3 Ng2+
63. Kf2 Nh4 64. Rha1 Rf4 65. Ra8 Rxf3+ 66. Ke2 Rxa8 67. Rxa8
g4 68. c7 g3 69. c8=Q g2 70. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Jaroslav Ulko"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Be3 Nd7
12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rad1 c5 16. Nd5 Nc6
17. Kh1 a5 18. f4 e6 19. Nc3 Nd4 20. Nb5 e5 21. f5 a4 22. b4
a3 23. Rb1 Ra4 24. Nc3 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Nd5 f6 27. Qxb4
gxf5 28. exf5 Qd7 29. Qxa3 Nxf5 30. Rxf5 Rb8 31. Rf1 f5 32. g3
f4 33. Bg1 Qh3 34. Qf3 Rb2 35. gxf4 1-0

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Popov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5
dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Bc5 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7
11. Bf4 c6 12. Bd3 d5 13. c4 Be6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. f3 Bf6
16. O-O-O O-O 17. c4 Be6 18. b3 a5 19. a4 b5 20. Kc2 g5
21. Bd6 Rfd8 22. c5 Rac8 23. Be4 Rd7 24. g4 Rb7 25. Rb1 Kg7
26. Rhd1 h6 27. h3 h5 28. Rh1 Kh6 29. Rhd1 Kg7 30. Rh1 Be7
31. Rhd1 Kf6 32. Bxe7+ Rxe7 33. Rd6 b4 34. Rbd1 h4 35. Rxc6
Rxc6 36. Bxc6 Rc7 37. Rd6 Ke5 38. Kb2 Kf4 39. Bd5 Rxc5
40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. Rxe6 Kxf3 42. Rf6+ Ke4 43. Rf2 Rc3 44. Rf5
Rxh3 45. Rxg5 Rh2+ 46. Kc1 Kf4 47. Rxa5 h3 48. Rh5 Kxg4
49. Rh8 Ra2 50. Kb1 Rf2 51. Rg8+ Kf3 52. Rf8+ Ke3 53. Rh8 h2
0-1

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4
13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Nc7 15. N1h2 Nb5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Qh5 hxg5
18. hxg5 Nbd4 19. Ng4 Nf5 20. Be4 dxe4 21. Kg2 g6 22. Nh6+ Kh7
23. Qh3 Rh8 24. Nxf5+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. dxe4 Bxg5 27. Rad1
Nd4 28. Nxf7 Rxh3 29. Nxd8 Bxf4 30. Kxh3 Bxe5 31. c3 Nb5
32. Re3 Bxc3 33. Rb1 e5+ 34. Kg2 Nxa3 35. Rb6 Nc4 36. Ne6+
Bxe6 37. Rxc3 Nxb6 0-1

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Korotylev"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Na6 6. Nf3 c5
7. d5 Nc7 8. a4 a6 9. a5 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Re1 b5 12. axb6
Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. c4 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Kh2
Rb3 18. Qd1 Qb8 19. Ra3 Rxa3 20. bxa3 Qb7 21. Bc2 Rb8 22. Qd3
Qc8 23. Bd2 Bd4 24. Qg3 Nb6 25. Qd3 Nxa4 26. Bxa4 Na8 27. e5
Qc7 28. e6 f5 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30. Qxb1 Qb6 31. Qc2 Qb2 32. Qxb2
Bxb2 33. Ba5 Bxa3 34. Bc6 Bb4 35. Bd8 a5 36. Bxe7 Nb6 37. Bxd6
Nxc4 38. Bc7 1-0

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4
7. Na3 b5 8. Ne5 Nd5 9. e4 Nb6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. b3 cxb3
12. Qxb3 Bb7 13. Rfd1 N8d7 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Bh3 e6 16. Qb4 Re8
17. Nd3 Bf8 18. Nc5 Na4 19. Qe1 Ba8 20. Qe3 Ndxc5 21. dxc5 Qa5
22. Bd6 Bg7 23. e5 Bb7 24. Bg2 Ba6 25. Qb3 Red8 26. h4 b4
27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Nc3 29. Rd2 Bxe5 30. Rxb4 Bxd6 31. Qxc3
Bxc5 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rc4 Rd1+ 34. Bf1 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 Bb6
36. Rc2 Bd4 37. Kg2 c5 38. Bc4 Kg7 39. Kf3 e5 40. Ke2 Rh1
41. Kf3 f5 42. Kg2 Rb1 43. Bb3 e4 44. Rd2 Kf6 45. Rc2 Ke5
46. Rd2 h6 47. Rc2 g5 48. Re2 Rc1 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Bc2 g4
51. Ba4 c4 52. Rd2 c3 53. Re2 Rb1 54. Bc2 0-1

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5
axb5 13. h3 Nd7 14. Nb3 dxc3 15. bxc3 b4 16. c4 Nc5 17. Be3
Ne6 18. Qc1 Bb7 19. c5 Bf6 20. Qb2 Qe7 21. Rec1 Rfd8 22. Na5
Nxa5 23. Rxa5 b3 24. Bxb3 Rxd3 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Rb5 Qc6
27. Rb1 Qxe4 28. Kh2 h5 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Qxb7 Qxb7 31. Rxb7
e4 32. Ng5 Be5+ 33. g3 1-0

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Urii Eliseev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. c3 Bxa2
12. Rxa2 d5 13. Bg5 d4 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. h4 Re8 16. Nf5 f6
17. Bd2 Kh8 18. h5 Bf8 19. N3h4 c4 20. dxc4 Nc5 21. cxd4 Nxd4
22. Be3 Nd3 23. Rf1 Nb4 24. Ra3 Ndc2 25. Rb3 Qxd1 26. Rxd1
Red8 27. Rd2 a5 28. Kf1 Nxe3+ 0-1

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Mikhail Demidov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5
exd5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd4 Nxc5 10. Bf5 Nce4 11. Nce2
Bc5 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. f3 Nd6 15. Bf2 Re8 16. b3
Qd7 17. Qd3 a6 18. Rad1 Nb5 19. Nxb5 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 axb5
21. a3 h6 22. Nd4 Re5 23. Qxb5 Qe7 24. Qb4 Qd7 25. a4 Rce8
26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Nxe2 Qe5 29. Nd4 Qe7 30. Kf2 Qc7
31. g3 Qc5 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Kg2 Qc7 34. Re3 h5 35. h4 Qd7
36. Qe2 Kf8 37. a5 Qc7 38. b4 Qd6 39. c3 Kg8 40. Nf5 1-0

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. h3 Nd7 9. Ne2 c5 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Nf5 Nf8
12. Nd2 Qf6 13. Qf3 Bxf5 14. exf5 e4 15. Nxe4 Qxb2 16. O-O
Qxc2 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. a4 b6 20. Qg3 Nd7 21. Bxd6
Nf6 22. Rae1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 h6 24. Re3 Nh5 25. Qe5 Qd1+ 26. Kh2
Qxa4 27. Be7 Re8 28. Qd5 Nf4 29. Qb7 Nh5 30. Re4 Qb3 31. Bxc5
Rxe4 32. dxe4 Nf6 33. Bd6 Qd3 34. e5 Ne4 35. Bb8 Nxf2 36. e6
fxe6 37. fxe6 Qf5 38. Qc6 Ne4 39. e7 Nf6 40. e8=Q+ Nxe8
41. Qxe8+ Kh7 42. Qa4 a5 43. Bc7 Qc5 44. Qe4+ Kg8 45. Qe6+ Kh7
46. Bxb6 Qb4 47. Qf5+ Kg8 48. Qxa5 Qf4+ 49. Kh1 Qf1+ 50. Bg1
Qf7 51. Qc5 Qe6 52. Qd4 Qf7 53. Bf2 Qe6 54. Kh2 Qf7 55. Be3
Qe6 56. Qf4 Qd5 57. Bd4 Qd7 58. Qe5 Kh7 59. h4 Qg4 60. g3 h5
61. Kg2 Qg6 62. Kf3 Qd3+ 63. Kf4 Qd2+ 64. Kf5 Qd3+ 65. Ke6
Qa6+ 66. Kd7 Qb7+ 67. Kd8 Qf7 68. Qe4+ Kg8 69. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor V Glek"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bd3 Qc7
7. c3 c4 8. Bc2 b5 9. b3 e6 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Na3
Be7 13. Qe2 cxb3 14. Bxb3 b4 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Ba4 O-O 17. d3
Ba6 18. Be3 Qb7 19. c4 Nc5 20. Reb1 Nxa4 21. Rxa4 d5 22. exd5
exd5 23. Nfd4 Rfe8 24. Qa2 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 dxc4 26. dxc4 Qe4
27. Nd4 Ng4 28. Qe2 Qxb1+ 0-1

[Event "67th Moscow Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Belous"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. O-O e6
7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Ne7 9. d3 O-O 10. f4 b6 11. Qe1 d6 12. Bb3
Nc6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. f5 Ne5 15. Qf2 Qd7 16. f6 Bh8 17. Qxd4 Bb7
18. h3 Qd8 19. Qf2 Rc8 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Rae1 Rc5 22. h4 h6
23. Bxh6 Bxf6 24. d4 Ra5 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. hxg5
Rxg5 28. Re3 Qe7 29. Ne2 Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Bc8 31. Nf4 Nf8 32. Rc3
Rg4 33. Rcc7 Bd7 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Shomoev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 c5 11. Bd2 a5
12. Bf5 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 c4 16. f5 Nf6
17. Qf3 Ne4 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Qh3 Bc8 20. g4 Kg7 21. Qg2 f6
22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Rae1 Be6 24. g5 fxg5 25. Nd2 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1
Nxc3 27. bxc3 Rh8 28. Rf3 g4 29. Rf1 Rh3 30. e4 Rxc3 31. exd5
Bf5 32. Qf2 Rc2 33. Qf4 c3 34. Nc4 Qe4 35. Qe5+ Qxe5 36. dxe5
Bd3 37. d6 Bxc4 38. d7 Rd2 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simon Kim Williams"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. Be2 e6 8. Rg1 Bb7 9. g4 c5 10. g5 cxd4 11. gxf6 gxf6
12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qd6 14. e5 Qxe5 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Rxd7
Kxd7 17. Rd1+ Ke8 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Bb6 Qe7 20. Qe3 f5 21. Bh5
Rg8 22. f4 Rc8 23. Ba5 Bh6 24. a3 Be4 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Qxe4
c3 27. Qd4 cxb2+ 28. Kd2 Qd7 29. Qxd7+ Kxd7 30. Ke3+ Ke8
31. Bf3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veijo Maki"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rac8
12. f4 Nh5 13. Nde2 Nf6 14. Qd2 Qh5 15. Ng3 Qh4 16. Bf2 Qh6
17. Nd5 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. c3 b6 20. Ba4 Nd7 21. Bb5 Ncb8
22. Ba4 Bxd5 23. exd5 a6 24. Ne4 b5 25. Bc2 Nc5 26. Nxc5 dxc5
27. Be4 Nd7 28. d6 exd6 29. Qxd6 Nf6 30. Bb7 Rb8 31. Bxa6 b4
32. Bc4 bxc3 33. bxc3 Qh5 34. Re5 Rxe5 35. fxe5 Ne8 36. Bxf7+
1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 c4 9. a4 e5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8
12. Na3 Be7 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. d4 cxd3 16. Bxd3 Nc5
17. Nd2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ba6 19. c4 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Qb7 21. b3 Rb8
22. Bb2 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. Rc1 Rb8 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke8
27. f3 Kd7 28. Kd3 Ne8 29. Kc2 Bg5 30. Bc3 Nc7 31. Ra1 Bxd2
32. Bxd2 Kc6 33. Ra4 Nb5 34. Kd3 Nc7 35. Kc4 g6 36. Ra7 Kb6
37. Be3+ Kc6 38. b4 d5+ 39. exd5+ Nxd5 40. Bc5 Nc7 41. g4 f5
42. g5 Ra8 43. b5+ Kd7 44. Rxa8 Nxa8 45. h4 Nc7 46. b6 Ne6
47. Kd5 Nxc5 48. Kxc5 Kc8 49. Kd5 e4 50. fxe4 f4 51. Kd4 Kb7
52. Kd3 Kxb6 53. Ke2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.29"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Be7 9. f3 b5 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b4
12. Na4 Rb8 13. Qf2 O-O 14. Nb6 e5 15. Be3 d6 16. Nxc8 Qxc8
17. b3 Ne8 18. Bc4 Nc7 19. Rd3 Nb5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Rc1 f5
22. exf5 Ra8 23. g4 d5 24. c3 Qb7 25. Bc5 e4 26. Bxe7 Qxe7
27. fxe4 dxe4 28. Re3 Rac8 29. Qe2 Rxc3 30. Rxe4 Rxc1+
31. Kxc1 Qd7 32. Kb1 Qd6 33. Re8 h5 34. gxh5 Qd7 35. Qe6+ Qxe6
36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. fxe6 Ke7 38. Kc2 Kxe6 39. Kd3 Kd5 40. Ke3
Ke5 41. h3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.30"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Igor Khenkin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 Ne7 8. Ba4 Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bc2 Re8
12. Nbd2 h6 13. Nc4 Bb5 14. Nfd2 exd4 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. cxd4
c5 17. d5 Nd7 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Kh2 Be2 21. Rxe2
Nxe2 22. Qxe2 Qxb2 23. Qd1 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Qxa2 25. Bf4 Nf6
26. Bxd6 Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Bg3 Nc3 29. Qe1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8
12. Rd2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nc6 16. Qb5 d5
17. e3 h6 18. h4 dxc4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Qxb6
axb6 22. e4 Nd7 23. Bd6 Bf6 24. Ne3 Na5 25. f4 Bd4 26. Kf2 Nf6
27. Kf3 Ne8 28. e5 Nxd6 29. exd6 Kf8 30. f5 Ke8 31. a4 Kd7
32. fxe6+ fxe6 33. Ke4 h5 34. Ng2 Nb3 35. Kf4 Nc1 36. Ke4 Nd3
37. Nb5 Bxb2 38. Ne3 Ne5 39. Nd1 c3 40. Ne3 Nc6 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6
12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Re1 Qd6 15. h3 Nd7 16. Ne2 a5
17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Rfb8 19. Ng3 d4 20. c3 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Ra4
22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Red1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bd2 c5 26. bxc5
Nxc5 27. Bb4 Nxb3 28. Bxd6 Bxd6 29. Rxb3 b4 30. Ne2 e5
31. Rdb1 Rc8 32. Kf1 Rc2 33. f4 Raa2 34. fxe5 Bc5 35. Nc1 Rf2+
36. Ke1 Rac2 37. Ra1 h5 38. e6 Rxg2 39. Kf1 Be7 40. Ra8+ Kh7
41. Rc8 Rcf2+ 42. Ke1 Bh4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 g6
7. Ndb5 Rc8 8. Nd5 d6 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nxe7 axb5
12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bxb5 Ne7 14. Bxd6 O-O 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxf8
Qxf8 17. Qd6 Qa8 18. Kb1 b5 19. f4 Bc8 20. Qa3 Qb7 21. Rd5 h5
22. Rhd1 Bg4 23. R1d2 b4 24. Qe3 Qa6 25. R2d3 Be6 26. Qc5 Kh7
27. b3 Bxd5 28. exd5 Qa3 29. c3 Qa6 30. Qc4 Qb6 31. dxc6 Qg1+
32. Kc2 bxc3 33. Rxc3 Qxg2+ 34. Kb1 Qg1+ 35. Rc1 Qf2 36. Rc2
Qe1+ 37. Rc1 Qd2 38. Qc2 Qd4 39. Qe2 Qa1+ 40. Kc2 Qxa2+
41. Kd1 Qxb3+ 42. Rc2 Qb1+ 43. Kd2 Bh6 44. Qc4 Qb8 45. c7 Qc8
46. Qxf7+ Bg7 47. Rc6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Qh4 h6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nd4 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 g5 13. Qh3 g4 14. Qh4 Ne5 15. Nd5 Qc8 16. b3 Nxd5
17. cxd5 Ng6 18. Qh5 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc3 20. Rc4 Qxa1 21. Qxg4
Kf8 22. Rc2 h5 23. Qd7 h4 24. Bb2 h3+ 25. Kf3 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Qd3 d4 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Be2 Kb8 16. O-O Bc8
17. Ne4 Nf5 18. a4 Ka8 19. Bf3 Nh4 20. Ba3 Qa5 21. Bd6 Nxf3+
22. Qxf3 b6 23. Bc7 Bb7 24. Bxd8 Nxd8 25. Rf2 Qxa4 26. Qd3 Qc6
27. Re1 Qd5 28. Ree2 Rh8 29. Nf6 Qc5 30. Re1 Nc6 31. Rd1 a5
32. Ne4 Qd5 33. Nd6 f5 34. Rb1 Nb4 35. Qg3 d3 36. cxd3 c2
37. Rc1 Nxd3 38. Rfxc2 Nxc1 39. Rxc1 Qd2 40. Rf1 Bd5 41. h3 a4
42. Kh2 Qb2 43. Rd1 Bc6 44. Rd3 Rb8 45. Rc3 Bd5 46. Rc7 Qd2
47. Nb5 Rh8 48. Ra7+ Kb8 49. Rxa4 Qe2 50. Nd6 Qc2 51. Ra3 Qc5
52. Ra1 Qd4 53. Rc1 Qd2 54. Rb1 Bxg2 55. Qxg2 Qxf4+ 56. Kh1
Rh7 57. Qg8+ Kc7 58. Qxh7+ Kc6 59. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3
Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. h3 e5 11. g4 Qd7
12. g5 exd4 13. gxf6 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Re8 15. Rd1 Qf5 16. Qd5 g6
17. a3 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rd2 Bf5 20. Bg2 Be4 21. O-O h6
22. Rfd1 g5 23. e3 Kh7 24. b4 a6 25. Ne1 Kg6 26. Nd3 Bxg2
27. Kxg2 Re4 28. Rc2 h5 29. Bb2 Rd8 30. Kf3 Rh4 31. Kg2 g4
32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Ne5+ Bxe5 34. Rxd8 Nxd8 35. Bxe5 c6 36. Rd2
Ne6 37. Rd7 Rh5 38. Bc3 b5 39. Kg3 Rf5 40. Rd6 Ng5 41. Kg2
Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Ne4+ 43. Kg2 Nxd6 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4
12. Qc4 Bd5 13. Qd3 c5 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Qxd5 Nc6 21. Qxg5
h6 22. Qf5 Rad8 23. e3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxa4 25. Bf3 Qb4 26. Rd6
Qxb2 27. Be4 g6 28. Qxc5 Ne5 29. f4 Ng4 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Bxc2
Nxe3 32. Bb3 Kg7 33. Rb6 Rb8 34. Kf2 Ng4+ 35. Kg2 Nf6 36. Bc4
Nd7 37. Rd6 Nc5 38. g4 b5 39. Bd5 b4 40. Rc6 Nd3 41. Bb3 Nxf4+
42. Kg3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "9.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc7
7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Qe4 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd6 exd6 11. Bg5 Qd7
12. Qh4 d5 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Nbd2 Qg4 15. h3 Qxh4 16. Bxh4 Be6
17. Ng5 Bf5 18. g4 Bd3 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Ngf3 d4 21. cxd4 Nb5
22. Re3 g5 23. Rxd3 gxh4 24. d5 Nb4 25. Re3 Rad8 26. Nxh4 Nxd5
27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Ne4 Nd4 29. Rc1 f5 30. gxf5 Nxf5 31. Nxf5
Rfxf5 32. b3 Rf7 33. Kg2 Rfd7 34. Rc2 Kh7 35. Rf3 Re7 36. Ng3
Kg6 37. Ne2 Kh7 38. Ng3 Kg6 39. a4 h5 40. Rc4 Rde5 41. Rd3 Bf6
42. Rd6 R5e6 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. Ne4 Be7 45. Nc3 Bd8 46. Rc8 Bf6
47. Nd5 Be5 48. Rd8 Kf5 49. Rd7 Ke4 50. f3+ Kf5 51. Rf7+ Kg6
52. Rxb7 a5 53. Rb5 Bd6 54. Rxa5 Re2+ 55. Kf1 Rd2 56. Ne3 Bg3
57. Nc4 Rf2+ 58. Kg1 Rxf3 59. Rb5 h4 60. a5 Rf2 61. a6 Rc2
62. Ra5 Bf2+ 63. Kf1 Ba7 64. Rb5 Ra2 65. Na5 Kf6 66. b4 Ra3
67. Rb7 Bd4 68. Nc6 Be3 69. b5 Bc5 70. a7 Bxa7 71. Rxa7 Rxh3
72. b6 Rb3 73. b7 Rb1+ 74. Kg2 Rb2+ 75. Kh3 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Na5 12. Ba2
c5 13. Nb3 Nc6 14. Bf4 Be6 15. N3d2 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nf3 c4
18. Nbd2 Nc5 19. Nf1 Nxa4 20. Qc1 Nc5 21. Ng3 a5 22. Nh5 Bf5
23. Ng3 Bg6 24. Bb1 Ne6 25. c3 d4 26. cxb4 axb4 27. Rxa8 Qxa8
28. Be4 c3 29. bxc3 dxc3 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. Bxf5 Qa3 32. Qe3
Ncd8 33. Bh6 g6 34. Bxf8 Bxf8 35. Be4 Bc5 36. Qd3 Kg7 37. g3
Qa7 38. Re2 Nd4 39. Nxd4 Bxd4 40. Bd5 Qc5 41. Bb3 Ne6 42. Qe4
Qb6 43. Qd5 Bc5 44. Kg2 Qc7 45. Re4 Be7 46. Rc4 Qa7 47. Rc6
Qd4 48. Qf3 Qxe5 49. Bxe6 fxe6 50. Rb6 Qd5 51. Qxd5 exd5
52. Rc6 d4 53. Kf3 b3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "11.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5
7. c4 Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4+ Nf6 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd6 exd6 15. Nc3 Rd8 16. Rfd1
a6 17. Rd4 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bf5 19. e4 Bg4 20. e5 Bxd1 21. exf6+
Kxf6 22. Rxd1 Kg7 23. Nd5 Rbc8 24. Ne3 Rc7 25. Kf1 a5 26. Ke2
b5 27. Rd5 Rc5 28. Rd4 h5 29. Be4 Kf8 30. Bd3 Ke7 31. Nd5+ Kf8
32. Kd2 Rdc8 33. Nb6 Rd8 34. Nd5 b4 35. Bc4 Kg7 36. Rf4 Rd7
37. h4 Ra7 38. Kd3 Rc8 39. Re4 Kf8 40. Kd4 Re8 41. Nf6 Rxe4+
42. Nxe4 Ke7 43. Ng5 f5 44. Ne6 Kf6 45. Nf4 g5 46. hxg5+ Kxg5
47. Kd5 a4 48. Kxd6 axb3 49. axb3 Ra2 50. f3 Ra1 51. Kc5 Rg1
52. Nh3+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "14.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. h3 Nfd7
7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 e5 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 h6 12. Be3 f5
13. Nc3 Qf7 14. Ba4 Nf6 15. Bc2 a5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qc2 c6
18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. a3 f4 20. Bd2 Be6 21. Nb5 Rfd8 22. b3 Rac8
23. a4 Qe7 24. Bc3 Nd7 25. Be2 Nc5 26. Rd1 Bf7 27. g4 fxg3
28. fxg3 h5 29. O-O Be6 30. Kg2 Bh6 31. Bd2 Nb4 32. Bxb4 axb4
33. Kh2 Rd7 34. Nh4 Kg7 35. Ng2 Rf8 36. Rxf8 Qxf8 37. Rf1 Rf7
38. Rxf7+ Qxf7 39. Nxd6 Qf2 40. Bd1 Qd4 41. Ne8+ Kf8 42. Nf6
Kf7 43. Nd5 Nxe4 44. Qe2 Nd2 45. Nc7 Bd7 46. Nb5 Qc5 47. Bc2
Bc6 48. Nh4 e4 49. Nc7 Qe3 50. Qxe3 Nf1+ 51. Kg1 Nxe3 52. Bb1
Nd1 53. Bc2 Nc3 54. Nb5 e3 55. Nd4 e2 56. Nhf3 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "15.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Qa4 Qd6 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Be3 Qg6 15. Kh2 Nc5 16. Qc2 f6
17. Nc4 Be6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qa4 Rec8 21. Rad1
Qh5 22. Re3 Qf7 23. Rd6 Bxa2 24. Rxc6 Qc4 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8
26. Qd7 Rf8 27. Nh4 Qb5 28. Qd6 g6 29. Rg3 Qb8 30. Qxa6 Qxb2
31. Nf5 Kh8 32. Qa7 Bf7 33. Qe7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "16.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Qa5 6. Rb1 Nf6
7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Qxa4 9. b3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Qc6 11. Bb2 Bg7
12. Qe2 O-O 13. h4 h5 14. Rg1 b6 15. d3 Bb7 16. Qe3 Qe6
17. Kd2 Rae8 18. Qf4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Kh7 20. Qg3 d5 21. exd6
exd6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. f4 d5 24. f5 Qe5 25. fxg6 Qxg3 26. gxf7
Rxe4 27. dxe4 Qxg1 28. Rxg1+ Kf6 29. exd5 Ke5 30. Rf1 Kxd5
31. Ke3 Ke5 32. c4 a6 33. a4 a5 34. Rf2 Ke6 35. Ke4 Ke7
36. Ke5 Rxf7 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "17.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4
12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Qd2 c6 15. b4 Nd5 16. Nxd4 Nxb4
17. Qb2 Na6 18. e3 Rb8 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Nc2 Be6 21. Qb2 Nc5
22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. d4 Bf8 24. Rfd1 Red8 25. Ne1 Bxa3 26. Ra1
Qxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Bxb2 28. Rxa7 Bc3 29. Rb1 b5 30. Bxc6 b4
31. Be4 g6 32. Bd3 Ra8 33. Rb7 Rdb8 34. Rc7 Rc8 35. Rb7 b3
36. R7xb3 Bxb3 37. Rxb3 Rab8 38. Ra3 Rc7 39. Kf1 Rb2 40. h4
Bb4 41. Ra1 Kg7 42. Be4 Rd2 43. Rb1 Ba3 44. Kg2 f5 45. Bd5
Rcc2 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. Rxh7 Rxf2+ 48. Kg1 Rfd2 49. Bf3 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "22.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O
12. b4 Nd7 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. a4 Ne4 15. Rb1 Qe7 16. Qc2 Rfe8
17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Be1 Rc7 19. a5 Nd6 20. axb6 axb6 21. b5 c5
22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Qd1 Ra8 24. h3 h5 25. Bf1 Ne4 26. b6 Rcc8
27. Bd3 Rc6 28. Bf1 Rd8 29. Qa4 g5 30. Nh2 Rg6 31. Qd1 g4
32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Nxg4 d4 34. exd4 Bxd4 35. Qe2 Qh4 36. Ne3
Re8 37. Nf5 Qf4 38. Nxd4 cxd4 39. f3 d3 40. Qxd3 Ng5 41. Kf2
Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "23.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 c6 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Nxg6
hxg6 7. Nd2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. e4 Be7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nf3 dxe4
12. dxe4 e5 13. Ng5 Nh7 14. Nxh7 Rxh7 15. c3 a5 16. h4 Nc5
17. Be3 Ne6 18. Bh3 Nf8 19. Rad1 g5 20. h5 Rh6 21. Bf5 Rd8
22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Kg2 Rd6 24. a3 a4 25. Qc2 Qa5 26. Rh1 Qb5
27. Qc1 f6 28. Qc2 Qb3 29. Qxb3 axb3 30. Bg4 Rd8 31. Bd1 Nd7
32. Bxb3 Bc5 33. Bc1 Bb6 34. h6 gxh6 35. Rxh6 Nc5 36. Bc2 Ke7
37. Rh7+ Kd6 38. b4 Nd7 39. Bb3 c5 40. Bd5 Rb8 41. Rf7 cxb4
42. axb4 Ra8 43. c4 Bd4 44. c5+ Kc7 45. Be6 Ra2 46. Bxd7 Rxf2+
47. Kh3 Kd8 48. c6 bxc6 49. Bxc6 Rc2 50. b5 Rxc1 51. Rxf6 Kc7
52. Kg4 Rg1 53. Rf3 Kb6 54. Kxg5 Bb2 55. g4 Bc1+ 56. Kf5 Bf4
57. Rd3 Rf1 58. Rd7 Bg3+ 59. Ke6 Rg1 60. Rg7 Bf4 61. Kf5 Rf1
62. g5 Kc5 63. Ke6 Rg1 64. g6 Rg2 65. Rg8 Rg3 66. g7 Bh6
67. Kf7 Rg1 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "27.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 Nf6 6. d3 Be7
7. Nd2 O-O 8. e4 c6 9. O-O a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. Qe2
Bf6 13. Kh2 Qb6 14. f4 e5 15. exd5 exf4 16. Rxf4 cxd5 17. Bxd5
Rae8 18. Re4 Be5 19. Nc4 Qc5 20. Bxb7 f5 21. d4 Qc7 22. Bd5+
Kh8 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Nb4 25. Bb3 Nc6 26. Bf4 Nxd4
27. Ng6+ hxg6 28. Qxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxc7 Re2+ 30. Kg1 Nf3+ 31. Kf1
Rh2 32. Rd1 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "28.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nd7
12. Qd3 Nf6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Nd2 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Bb5 16. c4 Bc6
17. f3 Nd7 18. Nf1 Nc5 19. Qe2 Ne6 20. Bf2 Bg5 21. Ne3 Nd4
22. Qd3 g6 23. Nc2 Nxc2 24. Bxc2 Rfd8 25. Qe2 h5 26. b3 Qe7
27. a4 h4 28. h3 Bd7 29. Rd3 Be6 30. Rad1 Kg7 31. Be3 Bxe3+
32. Rxe3 Qg5 33. Kh1 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Rc3 bxc4 36. bxc4
Rc5 37. Ba4 Ra5 38. Bb5 Rda8 39. Rcd3 Ra2 40. R3d2 Rxd2
41. Qxd2 Qg3 42. Rf1 Ra3 43. Qb2 Re3 44. Qd2 Ra3 45. Qb2 Bxh3
46. gxh3 Rxf3 47. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 48. Qg2 Qf4 49. Qg4 Qf1+ 50. Kh2
Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Kh6 52. Qg2 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qe3 54. Qg4 Qf2+ 55. Qg2
Qf4+ 56. Kh1 Kh5 57. Bc6 Qc1+ 58. Kh2 Qf4+ 59. Kh1 Qc1+
60. Qg1 Qf4 61. Bd5 Kh6 62. Qg2 Kg7 63. Qg4 Qf1+ 64. Kh2 Qf2+
65. Qg2 Qf4+ 66. Kh1 Kh6 67. Kg1 Kg7 68. Qf2 Qg5+ 69. Kh2 f6
70. c5 dxc5 71. Qg2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "29.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bf4 d6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Qe2 Bf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Bg7 11. O-O-O Ne7
12. Ne4 Qc8 13. Bb5 Bc6 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. h4 h6 16. Nf6+ Bxf6
17. exf6 Qb7 18. Bxh6 O-O-O 19. Bg7 Rhe8 20. Ng5 e5 21. Qe4
Nc5 22. Qg4+ Kb8 23. Nxf7 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd4 25. Nxe5 Rxe5
26. f7 Rf5 27. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6
7. a3 Nge7 8. Rb1 a5 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. d3 O-O 12. Bg5
f6 13. Bd2 b5 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. cxb5 Rxb5 16. b4 cxb4
17. axb4 axb4 18. Rxb4 Rxb4 19. Bxb4 Qb6 20. Qd2 Nd5 21. Ba5
Qa7 22. Nc2 Rc8 23. Na3 Bh6 24. Nb5 Bxd2 25. Nxa7 Rc2 26. Bxd2
Rxd2 27. Nb5 Ne7 28. Bf3 d5 29. Rc1 Bh3 30. Nc3 Kg7 31. Rd1
Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 d4 33. Bg2 Bg4 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Ke1 Bd7 36. e3
Ke6 37. exd4 exd4 38. Nb2 Kd6 39. Nc4+ Kc5 40. Kd2 Be6 41. Na5
Kb6 42. Nc4+ Bxc4 43. dxc4 Kc5 44. Kd3 g5 45. Be4 f5 46. Bb7
Ng6 47. Bc8 Ne5+ 48. Ke2 f4 49. gxf4 gxf4 50. Be6 d3+ 51. Kd2
Kd4 52. c5 Nf3+ 53. Kd1 Kxc5 54. Bf5 Kd4 55. Bxh7 Nxh2 56. Bf5
Nf3 57. Bg4 Ng5 58. Bf5 Ne4 59. f3 Nd6 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7
7. h3 O-O 8. c3 cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Qc7
12. c4 Rfe8 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Nb1 Bf8 15. Bh2 Qb8 16. Nc3 a6
17. b4 Qa8 18. a3 g6 19. Bf1 Nh5 20. Nd2 Ndf6 21. Qe2 e5
22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Qe3 Re6 24. Rcd1 a5 25. Rb1 axb4 26. axb4
Rce8 27. Nde4 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Nf4 29. c5 bxc5 30. Ra1 Qc8
31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. bxc5 Qc6 33. f3 Nd5 34. Qf2 Nf4 35. Rab1 Qc7
36. Bxf4 exf4 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Qd4 Re8 39. Rb6 Bc6 40. Bc4
Rc8 41. Ba6 Re8 42. Kh2 Ra8 43. Qb4 Be8 44. Rd6 Rb8 45. Qd4
Ra8 46. Qe5 Qa7 47. Rb6 Qd7 48. c6 Qa7 49. Qc5 Qc7 50. Bc4 Rc8
51. Bd5 Qd8 52. Be4 Qh4 53. Rb1 Qd8 54. Ra1 Qf6 55. Rd1 Rc7
56. Qb6 Qe7 57. Ra1 Rc8 58. Qa6 Rc7 59. Rb1 Qg5 60. Qa8 Kf8
61. Kh1 Qh4 62. Qa1 Kg8 63. Qe5 Rc8 64. Qd6 Qf2 65. c7 Qe2
66. Kh2 Qc4 67. Rb8 1-0

[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 "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. c3 Qd7
12. Re1 Nd8 13. d4 Nf7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qe2 c5 16. c4 Rfd8
17. b3 Qd3 18. Bb2 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Bd6 20. Rc1 Rab8 21. Kf1 Kf8
22. Re3 Ng8 23. Ne1 Ne7 24. Nd3 Rdc8 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Nf3 Ng6
27. g3 c4 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Nb4 Ne7 30. Nd2 Bxb4 31. axb4 Rxb4
32. Ba3 Ra4 33. Rec3 Ke8 34. h4 Kd7 35. f3 h5 36. Kf2 Rca8
37. Bc5 R8a5 38. Nxc4 Ra2+ 39. Ke3 Rxc5 40. Nb6+ Kc6 41. Rxc5+
Kxb6 42. Rc7 Ra3+ 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Ke3 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Ra2+
46. Kd1 Rf2 47. Rxe7 Rxf3 48. Ke2 Rf6 49. Rf1 Nd8 50. Rxf6
gxf6 51. Rh7 Kc5 52. Rxh5 Kd4 53. Rh8 Nc6 54. h5 Kxe4 55. h6
Kf5 56. Rg8 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. h3 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. d4
Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. b3 g6 17. Bb2 Rac8
18. Rad1 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. e5 Nh5 21. e6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 fxe6
23. Bxg6 Ndf6 24. Bxh5 Nxh5 25. Ne5 bxa4 26. bxa4 c5 27. dxc5
Qxc5 28. Qb3 Qb4 29. Qf3 Qxb2 30. Qxh5 Bg7 31. Ndf3 Rf8
32. Qg5 Kh8 33. Qe7 Bc8 34. Re1 a5 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Nd6 Qf6
37. Nxc8 Rxc8 38. Qxf6 Bxf6 39. Rxe6 Bc3 40. Rd6 Rc4 41. Rxd5
Rxa4 42. g4 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 a4 44. Rd7 a3 45. Ra7 Bb4 46. Nd4 Bc3
47. Nf5 Ra2 48. g5 Be1 49. Nh6+ Kf8 50. Ng4 Bc3 51. h4 Bd4
52. Ra5 Ke7 53. h5 Ke6 54. Kf3 Ra1 55. Ke4 a2 56. Ra6+ Ke7
57. Kf5 Kd7 58. f4 Kc7 59. Nf6 Kb7 60. Ra4 Bc3 61. Nd5 Be1
62. Nb4 Bxb4 63. Rxb4+ Kc6 64. Rb2 Kd7 65. Re2 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bd2 Ne6
12. Nfe2 a5 13. Rc1 Ne8 14. f3 f5 15. Kh1 Nd6 16. Qc2 Bf6
17. Be1 Bg5 18. Bf2 g6 19. Rcd1 Nc7 20. Nf4 Ne6 21. Nfe2 Nc7
22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Nc1 Be6 24. Bg3 Bh4 25. Qf2 Bxg3 26. Qxg3 Bf7
27. h3 Qf6 28. Qf2 Re7 29. Re2 Rae8 30. Rde1 Ne6 31. f4 Ne4
32. Qf3 Kh8 33. Bc2 g5 34. Nd3 g4 35. hxg4 fxg4 36. Qxg4 Rg8
37. Qh3 Ng3+ 38. Kg1 Nxe2+ 39. Rxe2 Bg6 40. Ne5 Bxc2 41. Rxc2
Reg7 42. g4 Nxf4 43. exf4 Qxf4 44. Kh1 Qxd4 45. Re2 Qf4
46. Qh2 Qf1+ 47. Qg1 Qf6 48. Qd4 Rf8 49. Kh2 h5 50. gxh5 c5
51. Qd3 Qh4+ 52. Qh3 Qf4+ 53. Kh1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6
12. Bf1 c6 13. b3 Re8 14. a4 Ng6 15. Nxg6 Rxe1 16. Qxe1 hxg6
17. Ba3 a5 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Re1 Bc7 20. Bd3 Bf5 21. Nf3 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 Ne4 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. g3
Qd7 27. Kg2 Re8 28. Re3 Kf8 29. h4 Qf5 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Qe3+
Kd7 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Ke6 34. Kg4 b5 35. Kf4 Kd6 36. g4
Ke6 37. Kg5 Kd6 38. h5 gxh5 39. gxh5 c5 40. dxc5+ Kxc5
41. axb5 Kxb5 42. f4 a4 43. bxa4+ Kxa4 44. f5 Kb3 45. f6 gxf6+
46. Kxf6 Kxc3 47. h6 d4 48. h7 d3 49. h8=Q d2 50. Kxf7+ Kc2
51. Qc8+ Kb2 52. Qb7+ Kc2 53. Qe4+ Kc1 54. Qc4+ Kb2 55. Qd3
Kc1 56. Qc3+ Kd1 57. Ke6 Ke2 58. Qc4+ Ke1 59. Qe4+ Kf2 60. Qd3
Ke1 61. Qe3+ Kd1 62. Kd5 Kc2 63. Qe2 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nb3 b4 11. Be3 Qb6 12. d4 c4
13. Nc5 Nc7 14. h4 Nb5 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 Ba6 17. h5 Rfc8
18. h6 g6 19. Nh2 Nb8 20. Nc5 Nc6 21. Ng4 Ncxd4 22. bxc4 Bxc5
23. cxb5 Nxb5 24. Qf3 Qd8 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Nxh7 Bxe3 27. fxe3
Kxh7 28. Qxf7+ Kxh6 29. Qxe6 Nc7 30. Qf7 Qf8 31. Qd7 Qf5
32. Qe7 Qg5 33. Qxb4 Qxg3 34. Rad1 Ne6 35. Qd2 Ng5 36. e4 Rxc2
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6
12. Rae1 Bd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qb5 Qc8 15. Qb3 Nb4 16. Nd2 c6
17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd7 20. Bd2 Nd5 21. Re2 Bf6
22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1 Bxd4 25. Bf4 Rfd8 26. Rc7
b6 27. Ree7 Bxb2 28. Rxf7 Rac8 29. Rb7 Rc4 30. Rfc7 Bd4
31. Be3 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Bxe3 33. fxe3 d4 34. exd4 Rxd4 35. Rb7
Rb4 36. Kg2 h5 37. Kf3 Kh7 38. h4 Kg6 39. Rd7 Kf6 40. Rd6+ Kf5
41. Rd5+ Ke6 42. Rg5 Kf7 43. Rxh5 Rxa4 44. Rh8 Rb4 45. Ra8 g5
46. hxg5 Kg6 47. Rg8+ Kh5 48. g4+ Kh4 49. Rg6 a4 50. Rg7 b5
51. Rg8 a3 52. g6 Kg5 53. g7 Rb3+ 54. Ke4 Kg6 55. Ra8 Kxg7
56. Kf5 Rf3+ 57. Ke4 Rc3 58. Kf5 Rc5+ 59. Kf4 Rc4+ 60. Kf5 Ra4
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
7. Qg4 f6 8. Nf3 c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. Qg3 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6
12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc7 Qa4 15. Kd1 O-O 16. f3 e5
17. Bxe5 Bf5 18. Ra2 Rf7 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Re1 Re8 21. f4 Nf6
22. Bf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. h5 h6 25. Kd2 Qb5 26. a4 Qb7
27. a5 a6 28. Qg4 Qa7 29. Rb2 Bf5 30. Qg3 Qe7 31. Rb6 Rc8
32. Reb1 Qa3 33. Rb7 Qa4 34. R1b2 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Qxc2+ 36. Ke1
Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kf1 Qd3+ 39. Qxd3 cxd3 40. g4 Be4 41. f5
c5 42. Rxg7+ Kf8 43. f6 Rc6 44. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4
7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3 cxd4 9. Naxc4 Bc5 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Nxd7 Qxd7
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qb5 16. Bxd5
exd5 17. e3 Rfc8 18. b3 h6 19. Rfd1 Rc5 20. Kg2 a5 21. Rac1
Rac8 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Qe5 Qc6 24. Rd4 b6 25. Qf5 Qe6 26. Qd3
Qc6 27. Qf5 Qe6 28. Qd3 Qc6 29. h4 b5 30. a3 g6 31. Qd2 Rc3
32. Rxd5 Rxb3 33. Qd4 Kh7 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qe4+ Qg6 36. Rf5 Kg8
37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ f6 39. Qf4 Qg4 40. Qc7+ Kg6 41. Rf4 Qe6
42. Qxa5 Qc6+ 43. e4 Qe6 44. Qa8 Rc3 45. Kh2 Rc5 46. Qf8 Rc4
47. Qd8 Rxe4 48. Qd3 f5 49. Qxb5 Rxf4 50. gxf4 h4 51. Qe5 Qc6
52. Qe3 Kh5 53. f3 Qg6 54. Qe1 Qc6 55. Qe5 Qg6 56. Qe1 Qc6
57. Kg2 h3+ 58. Kg3 h2 59. Qh1 Qc5 60. Qxh2+ Kg6 61. a4 Qa7
62. Qa2 Qg1+ 63. Qg2 Qe1+ 64. Qf2 Qa1 65. Qb6+ Kh5 66. Qe3 Qh8
67. a5 Qg8+ 68. Kh3 Qa8 69. Qb3 Qe8 70. a6 Qe7 71. Qb1 Kg6
72. Qg1+ Kh5 73. a7 Qa3 74. Kg3 Qa5 75. Qe3 Qd8 76. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 b5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bb7 11. Nec3 Rc8
12. Bg2 Be7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. h4 Nb6 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Bh3 Rb8
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. O-O-O b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bc8 21. f4
Bxh3 22. Rxh3 Kf8 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Rh2 Kg7 25. Rf2 Rh6
26. Qxa6 b3 27. axb3 Rxb3 28. Qc6 Qa7 29. Rxf7+ Qxf7 30. cxb3
Rg6 31. b4 Qf3 32. Qc3 Qf2 33. Rd3 Rf6 34. Kb1 Qg1+ 35. Ka2
Qa7+ 36. Kb3 Rf1 37. Rf3 Ra1 38. Qe3 Qxe3+ 39. Rxe3 Kg6 40. b5
Ra8 41. Kb4 Rb8 42. Rf3 e4 43. Rf1 e3 44. Kc4 Rc8+ 45. Kd3 Rc5
46. b4 Rxd5+ 47. Kxe3 Rxb5 48. Rf4 d5 49. Kd3 Rb7 50. Kc2 Rb8
51. Kc3 Rb7 52. Rf8 Rc7+ 53. Kb3 Rd7 54. b5 d4 55. Kc2 d3+
56. Kd2 Rd5 57. Rg8+ Kh6 58. Rg5 Rd4 59. Rc5 Kg6 60. b6 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6
7. Qe2 O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. h4 Kh8 11. Bf4 f5 12. Ng5
Bxg5 13. hxg5 Qc7 14. g6 hxg6 15. Nd2 Kg8 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Ng5
Nf8 18. g4 Nd8 19. Kh2 Bd7 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Bd5+ Nde6 22. Rg1
Bc6 23. Qf3 Rad8 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Bxe6+ Nxe6 26. Qg3 Rc8
27. Nh3 Qf7 28. Qh4 Bf3 29. Bd2 Bg4 30. Rg3 Qe7 31. Qxe7 Rxe7
32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. Bxg5 Re6 34. f3 Bh5 35. b3 Kf7 36. Rh3 Rce8
37. Bf4 Ra6 38. Re2 Ke6 39. Kg3 Rb8 40. Bg5 f4+ 41. Bxf4 Rf8
42. Rf2 Rf5 43. Bc1 Rxe5 44. Rh1 Kf7 45. Bf4 Rf5 46. Bb8 Re6
47. Rh4 Re3 48. Rf4 a6 49. Bd6 Rxf4 50. Kxf4 Kf6 51. Bxc5 g5+
52. Kg3 Rxd3 53. Kg2 Be8 54. Kf1 Bh5 55. Ke2 Re3+ 56. Kd2 Ke5
57. Rg2 Kf4 58. Bxd4 Re7 59. Re2 Rd7 60. Kc3 Bxf3 61. Re8 Be4
62. Rf8+ Bf5 63. Rg8 g6 64. Rg7 Rxd4 65. Kxd4 b6 66. Kc3 Ke3
67. Rb7 g4 68. Rxb6 g3 69. Rd6 g2 70. Rd1 g5 71. b4 Kf2 72. a4
g1=Q 73. Rxg1 Kxg1 74. b5 axb5 75. axb5 g4 76. c5 g3 77. c6 g2
78. b6 Kf2 79. b7 g1=Q 80. b8=Q Qc1+ 81. Kd4 Qe3+ 82. Kc4 Be6+
0-1

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.23"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. c4 Nbd7 6. Nc3 e6
7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxb7 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nd5 10. Bg3 N5b6 11. Qxc6 Bb4
12. Qb5 Qe7 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4
Rac8 17. Qd3 Nb6 18. O-O Rc4 19. Rfb1 Rfc8 20. Rb3 h5 21. e4
Qg5 22. h4 Qa5 23. Rc1 Qa4 24. Qb1 Nd7 25. Kg2 Nf8 26. Qb2 Qe8
27. Rb7 a6 28. Qb6 Ng6 29. Qxa6 Qd8 30. Qb5 e5 31. Rh1 Rxc3
32. dxe5 Nf8 33. Qd5 Qe8 34. Ra1 Ne6 35. Qd7 Qf8 36. Qe7 Qxe7
37. Rxe7 Nd4 38. a4 Nxf3 39. e6 fxe6 40. Rxe6 Nd4 41. Re5 Ne2
42. Rxh5 Nxg3 43. fxg3 Re3 44. a5 Rxe4 45. a6 Re7 46. Rb5 Kh7
47. Kh3 Ra8 48. Rb6 Raa7 49. Ra5 Re3 50. h5 Rd3 51. Kh4 Rd4+
52. g4 Re4 53. Kg5 Rf7 54. Rg6 Ra7 55. Kh4 Rb4 56. Rc6 Re4
57. Rb6 Re1 58. Ra4 Re3 59. g5 Ree7 60. Rb8 g6 61. Rb6 gxh5
62. Rab4 Re1 63. Rb7+ Kg6 64. R4b6+ 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[EventDate "2014.03.12"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "188"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 a6 4.a3 e6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Ba2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7
8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 b5 10.Ne2 Bb7 11.Ng3 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.c3 d4
14.cxd4 cxd4 15.Bf4 Nc5 16.Rc1 b4 17.Bg5 b3 18.Bb1 h6 19.Bxe7
Qxe7 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.dxe4 Rab8 22.Qxb3 Ba8 23.Qc2 Rb6 24.Rcd1
Rfb8 25.Re2 Qb7 26.Rdd2 Rb3 27.Qd1 Qc7 28.Qc1 Rxf3 29.gxf3
Qxe5 30.Rd3 Qh5 31.Qf4 Ne5 32.Rc2 Rb5 33.h4 Bb7 34.Rcd2 Rb6
35.Kf1 Nxd3 36.Bxd3 e5 37.Qg3 Rf6 38.Be2 Rf4 39.Rxd4 Rxh4
40.Rd8+ Kh7 41.Kg2 Rf4 42.Rd1 g5 43.Qh3 Qg6 44.Kf1 Rh4 45.Qg3
Qe6 46.Kg2 Rf4 47.Rc1 Qd6 48.Rd1 Qf6 49.Rc1 a5 50.b4 axb4
51.axb4 Qd6 52.Rh1 Kg7 53.b5 Bc8 54.Qh2 Qg6 55.Qh5 Qf6 56.Qh2
Kh7 57.Qg3 Bb7 58.Rc1 Qd6 59.Rd1 Qf6 60.Rc1 Qd6 61.Rh1 Kg7
62.Qh3 Rh4 63.Qg3 Rf4 64.Qh3 Rf6 65.Rd1 Qc5 66.Qg3 Rf4 67.Rh1
Qc2 68.Qh2 Rf6 69.Re1 Qd2 70.Kf1 Rf4 71.Rd1 Qc3 72.Kg2 Qb2
73.Rh1 Rh4 74.Qg3 Rxh1 75.Kxh1 Qxe2 76.Qxe5+ Kh7 77.Kg2 Qc4
78.Qe7 Bc8 79.b6 Ba6 80.Kh2 Qb3 81.Qa7 Bf1 82.Kg1 Bh3 83.f4
gxf4 84.Qc7 Qd1+ 85.Kh2 Qh5 86.Qxf4 Bc8+ 87.Kg2 Qg5+ 88.Kf3
Qxf4+ 89.Kxf4 Kg6 90.Ke5 h5 91.Kd6 h4 92.Kc7 Ba6 93.Kb8 h3
94.Ka7 h2 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championships"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.07"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Be5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Rg8 11. d5 f5
12. Nd4 Na6 13. dxe6 d6 14. Qa4+ Ke7 15. Bg3 Nac5 16. Nc6+
Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Nxe6 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Qd5 Raf8 20. f3 Nxg3
21. hxg3 Rg6 22. e3 Qa4 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Be2 g4 25. Kf2 Rfg8
26. Rcg1 Qe8 27. Qd5 Re6 28. Rh4 Re5 29. Qd4 Qg6 30. Qd2 h5
31. Bd1 gxf3 32. gxf3 f4 33. Rxf4 Nd3+ 34. Kf1 Nxf4 35. exf4
Rc5 36. Kf2 Kd8 37. Bc2 Qe6 38. Rh1 Kc8 39. f5 Qe5 40. f4 Qg7
41. Qe3 Rxc4 42. Bb3 Rxc3 43. Qe6+ Kb7 44. Qxg8 Rc2+ 45. Bxc2
Qxg8 46. Bb3 Qh8 47. Kg2 b5 48. Bf7 Qb2+ 49. Kh3 Qf6 50. Bg6
b4 51. Re1 a5 52. Re6 Qa1 53. Kh4 Qxa2 54. Kxh5 a4 55. Re4
Qh2+ 56. Kg4 Qb2 57. Kg5 d5 58. Re5 Qc3 59. g4 a3 60. f6 a2
61. f7 Qc5 62. Re8 b3 63. f8=Q Qxf8 64. Rxf8 b2 65. Rd8 c6
66. Rd7+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6
7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bh5 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Na4 Nd7
12. a3 O-O 13. Rc3 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Rc1 Bf8
17. Bg3 Qg5 18. Nf4 Nf6 19. Qb3 Ne4 20. R3c2 Na5 21. Qd3 b5
22. Nb6 Ra7 23. Rc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8 Nc4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Qc2
Qf5 27. Qd1 e5 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. dxe5 Nxg3 30. hxg3 Qxe5
31. Qf3 Qe4 32. Qg4 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qf5 34. Qh4 f6 35. Qh8+ Kf7
36. f3 Re7 37. g4 Qe5 38. Kh3 Qxe3 39. Nxd5 Qe1 40. Qd8 Qh1+
41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kh3 Re8 43. Qd7+ Kg8 44. Nf4 g5 45. Qd5+ Kh8
46. Ng6+ Kh7 47. Qf5 Kh6 48. Kh2 Qe6 49. Qc2 Qf7 50. Nh4 gxh4
0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5
7. d3 O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. h3 Nc7 10. c3 d4 11. Nbd2 dxc3 12. bxc3
Nd5 13. Bb2 h6 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. c4 Nc7 17. Rab1
Ne6 18. d4 cxd4 19. Nbxd4 Qa5 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Nd4 Nxd4
22. Bxd4 Qa6 23. Bc5 Be6 24. Rbc1 Rfe8 25. Kh2 Rab8 26. a3 Qa5
27. Bb4 Qc7 28. Bc3 Rb3 29. Qe4 Rxa3 30. Bb2 Ra2 31. Bd4 c5
32. Be3 Bxe5 33. h4 Rb8 34. h5 g5 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Kg7
37. Re1 Rb4 38. Bd2 Rxc4 39. Qd3 Rd4 40. Qe3 Bf6 41. Bc3 Rc4
42. Bxf6+ exf6 43. Rd1 a5 44. Bd5 Rd4 45. Rxd4 cxd4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6
12. a4 b4 13. e4 h6 14. Bc4 Bd6 15. Bd5 O-O-O 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7
17. Qd5+ Kc7 18. Be3 Rhe8 19. Rac1 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 21. Nd2
Bf8 22. f4 Rc6 23. b3 Nf6 24. Rf3 Rd3 25. f5 Bd6 26. h3 Rc3
27. Rcf1 Nd7 28. f6 g5 29. Nc4 Rxc4 30. bxc4 Ne5 31. Rf5 Nxc4
32. Bxg5 hxg5 33. Rxg5 b3 34. Rg7 Ne5 35. h4 c4 36. h5 c3
37. h6 c2 38. h7 c1=Q 39. h8=Q Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simen Agdestein"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5
12. h3 Bf5 13. Ba2 Rad8 14. Rc1 Bg6 15. Qe2 Bh5 16. g4 Nxg4
17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. e4 Rd6 19. Qe3 exd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. cxd4
Rg6 22. f4 Bh3+ 23. Kh2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qb6 25. Rf2 Rg4 26. Qf3
Ne5 27. Qh3 Nd3 28. Qxg4 Nxf2 29. Qe2 Nxe4 30. Bb1 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. e4 Bh7
7. O-O Bd6 8. Qe2 Ne7 9. Nh4 g5 10. Nhf3 Nd7 11. b4 Qc7
12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. c4 g4 14. Ne1 h5 15. Nc2 Be5 16. d4 Bg7
17. Nb3 e5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nc5 Nb6 20. cxd5 Nexd5 21. Bb2
exd4 22. Nxd4 Rhe8 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. Qg5 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Nxb2
26. Qxg7 Nc4 27. Nb5 Qe5 28. Qxf7 Re7 29. Qg6 a6 30. Nxa6 bxa6
31. Qxa6+ Kb8 32. Rd1 Qe2 33. Nc3 Qe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 35. Bf1
Nxc3 36. Qxc4 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Qc5 Nf3 39. Qb5+ Kc7
40. Qa5+ Kd7 41. Qxh5 Rf8 42. Qxg4+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Be3 c5 8.Rc1 Qa5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Ng5 Na6 12.h3 Bd7
13.Bd3 Rac8 14.d5 c4 15.Bb1 Nc5 16.Bd4 Bxd4 17.cxd4 c3 18.Rxc3
Nd3+ 19.Rxd3 Rc1+ 20.Ke2 Qxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Rxh1 22.Rb3 b5 23.Nf3
f6 24.Ne1 a5 25.Rc3 Rc8 26.Rc5 b4 27.Bd3 a4 28.Ra5 b3 29.axb3
axb3 30.Ra7 Rd8 31.Rb7 Ra8 32.Rxd7 Ra2+ 33.Kc3 Rxe1 34.Kxb3
Rxf2 35.Rxe7 Re3 36.Kc4 Rd2 37.Bb1 Rb2 38.d6 Kf8 39.Bd3 Rd2
40.Bf1 Ra3 41.Kb4 Ra1 42.Bc4 Rc1 43.Rf7+ Ke8 44.d7+ Kd8 45.Kc5
Kc7 46.Rxh7 Rcd1 47.d5 Rc1 48.g4 g5 49.d8=Q+ Kxd8 50.Kd6 Ke8
51.Bb5+ Kf8 52.Ke6 Re1 53.Kxf6 Rf2+ 54.Kg6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.10"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "262"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.a3
g6 8.h4 h6 9.d3 Bg7 10.Be3 Ne6 11.O-O O-O 12.Na4 Ncd4 13.Rc1
Qd6 14.Nd2 Bd7 15.Bxd4 Qxd4 16.Nc3 Rab8 17.Nc4 Bc6 18.Bxc6
bxc6 19.e3 Qd7 20.Qc2 Rfd8 21.Rfd1 h5 22.Qe2 Rb3 23.Na5 Rb6
24.Rc2 Qc7 25.Nc4 Rb3 26.Nd2 Rb7 27.Nc4 Rb3 28.Rdc1 Rb7 29.Rd2
Rb3 30.Qd1 Rdb8 31.Ne4 Qd8 32.Nc3 Qc7 33.Kg2 Qd8 34.Rdc2 R3b7
35.Qe2 Rd7 36.Rd2 Rb3 37.Qd1 Rdb7 38.Qf3 Qd7 39.Rcc2 Rb8
40.Qd1 Qd8 41.Kh2 Nf8 42.Ne4 Ne6 43.Kg1 R8b7 44.Kh2 Rd7 45.Nc3
Rdb7 46.Qf3 Qc7 47.Ne2 Rb8 48.Qe4 Rd8 49.Nc3 Nf8 50.Kg2 Rdb8
51.Na4 R3b5 52.Rd1 Bf6 53.Rb1 Nd7 54.Rh1 Nb6 55.Naxb6 axb6
56.Rb1 Qd7 57.b3 Rd8 58.Rd2 Bc3 59.Rdd1 Bf6 60.Kg1 Qc8 61.Kf1
Rd5 62.Ke2 Qd7 63.Qf3 Qe6 64.Qg2 Qg4+ 65.f3 Qe6 66.f4 Bg7
67.Qf3 Qh3 68.Rh1 Qd7 69.e4 Rd4 70.Rhd1 Qh3 71.Rh1 Qd7 72.Rhf1
f5 73.e5 e6 74.Rfd1 Qb7 75.a4 Ra5 76.Nxa5 bxa5 77.Rdc1 Bf8
78.Rc3 Kf7 79.Qh1 Ke8 80.Rc4 Kd7 81.Qe1 Qb6 82.Qc3 Be7 83.Rc1
Rd5 84.Qc2 Kc7 85.Rd1 Rd4 86.Qa2 Rd5 87.Rdc1 Kb7 88.Qa3 Qd8
89.Rd1 Rd4 90.Qc1 Qd5 91.Kf2 Qd8 92.Qc3 Qb6 93.Ke2 Kc7 94.Rd2
Kb7 95.Kd1 Kc7 96.Kc2 Bf8 97.Kb1 Be7 98.Ka2 Bf8 99.Rd1 Be7
100.Rc1 Bf8 101.Qd2 Be7 102.R1c3 Bf8 103.Qf2 Kb7 104.Qg2 Be7
105.Qh1 Bf8 106.Qf1 Be7 107.Rc2 Bf8 108.Rd2 Be7 109.Qf2 Rd5
110.Qf3 Rd4 111.Rdc2 Bf8 112.R2c3 Be7 113.Qh1 Bf8 114.Rxd4
cxd4 115.Rc4 Bb4 116.g4 hxg4 117.h5 gxh5 118.Qxh5 c5 119.Qf7+
Ka6 120.Rc2 Qc6 121.Qg6 c4 122.Rxc4 Qg2+ 123.Kb1 Qf1+ 124.Rc1
Qxd3+ 125.Ka2 Qe2+ 126.Kb1 Qe4+ 127.Ka2 Qg2+ 128.Ka1 Qd5
129.Ka2 Qg2+ 130.Kb1 Qd5 131.Rc4 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.12"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4
Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Qc2 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nf3 Nf4 12.Bf1 Nd7
13.O-O-O Ng6 14.h4 Qf6 15.Bd3 Nb6 16.h5 Ne7 17.Rh4 Bf5 18.Bxf5
Qxf5 19.Qxf5 Nxf5 20.Rf4 Nd6 21.Ne5 Rae8 22.Rh1 Re7 23.Kc2
Rfe8 24.b3 a5 25.a4 Na8 26.Nd3 Nc7 27.Rg4 Na6 28.Rf4 Ne4
29.Kb2 Kh7 30.Nxe4 dxe4 31.Ne5 Nb4 32.Rf5 c5 33.Rd1 cxd4
34.exd4 Rd8 35.Nc4 Nd3+ 36.Kc3 g6 37.Rxa5 Nxf2 38.Re1 gxh5
39.d5 e3 40.Kc2 Ng4 41.d6 Re6 42.Ra7 Rf6 43.Re2 b6 44.Rb7
Rdxd6 45.Nxd6 Rxd6 46.Rxf7+ Kg6 47.Rf1 Kg5 48.b4 h4 49.Kc3 Nf2
50.Rxe3 Nd1+ 51.Rxd1 Rxd1 52.Re5+ Kg4 53.Re6 Rc1+ 54.Kb3 Kh5
55.Rxb6 Rg1 56.a5 Rxg2 57.a6 Rg3+ 58.Kc4 Rg4+ 59.Kd3 Rg8
60.Rb5+ Kg4 61.Ra5 h3 62.Ra2 Ra8 63.b5 h5 64.Ke3 Kg3 65.a7 h2
66.Rxh2 Kxh2 67.b6 Kh3 68.b7 Rxa7 69.b8=Q Rg7 70.Qe5 Rg3+
71.Kf2 h4 72.Qe4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.13"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.a3
g6 8.h4 h6 9.d3 Bg7 10.O-O Bd7 11.Be3 Ne6 12.Rb1 Rc8 13.Ne4 b6
14.b4 cxb4 15.axb4 Ncd4 16.Bxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.e3 Bg7
19.b5 O-O 20.d4 Rc7 21.f4 Qc8 22.Rb2 Rd8 23.Kh2 Be6 24.Rff2
Bf5 25.Rbc2 a5 26.Qc1 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 Qb8 28.Rc6 Bd7 29.Nc3 e6
30.Rc4 Bf8 31.Bc6 Qd6 32.Na4 Bxc6 33.Rxc6 Qb4 34.Nc3 a4 35.Qc2
a3 36.Rxb6 Rc8 37.Rc6 Rxc6 38.bxc6 Qc4 39.c7 Qxc7 40.Qb3 Qa5
41.Qc2 Qb4 42.Na4 Qe1 43.Nc5 Qxe3 44.Nd7 Qxd4 45.Qc8 Qb4
46.Nf6+ Kg7 47.Ne8+ Kh8 48.Qc7 Qe7 49.Qe5+ f6 50.Nxf6 Bg7
51.Qb8+ Qf8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ahmed Adly"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "183"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O Be7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. Rc1 Rc8
12. b3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfe8 14. f3 Bf8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. h3 Qc7
17. Qf2 Qb8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Nde2 Nc6 20. Kh1 Rcd8 21. Bb6 Rd7
22. Bf2 Qd8 23. Na4 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Nxa5 25. Nd4 Nc6 26. g4 Rc7
27. Nb6 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Nh7 29. Kg2 Be7 30. a4 Nf8 31. a5 Ng6
32. Rc2 Rd8 33. Be3 Ne5 34. f4 Nc6 35. Nd5 Rcc8 36. Nxe7+ Nxe7
37. Rcd2 Rc6 38. f5 Nc8 39. Kf3 Re8 40. h4 h5 41. gxh5 exf5
42. exf5 Re5 43. Rd5 Rxd5 44. cxd5 Rc3 45. Rc1 Rxc1 46. Bxc1
f6 47. h6 gxh6 48. Bxh6 Na7 49. Bc1 Nb5 50. Bb2 Kg7 51. Ke4
Nc7 52. Bc1 Kh7 53. Bf4 Nb5 54. Kd3 Kg7 55. Bc1 Nc7 56. Ke4
Nb5 57. Bb2 Nc7 58. h5 Ne8 59. Bc1 Nc7 60. Kd4 Nb5+ 61. Kc4
Nc7 62. Bf4 Nb5 63. Kd3 Kh7 64. h6 Kg8 65. Bc1 Kh7 66. Bd2 Nc7
67. Kd4 Nb5+ 68. Ke4 Nc7 69. Bc3 Ne8 70. Bd2 Nc7 71. Bf4 Nb5
72. Kd3 Kg8 73. b4 Kh7 74. Ke3 Kg8 75. Kf3 Kh7 76. Kg4 Nc3
77. Bxd6 Nxd5 78. Bf8 Kg8 79. Bc5 Kh7 80. Kf3 Kxh6 81. Ke4
Nc3+ 82. Kd4 Nb5+ 83. Kd5 Kg5 84. Ke6 Nc7+ 85. Kd7 Nd5 86. Kc8
Kxf5 87. Kxb7 Ke6 88. Kxa6 Kd7 89. Kb7 Nc7 90. a6 f5 91. Be3
Nb5 92. a7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vadim Milov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4 c6 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O b5
12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Nce2 g6 14. Nf4 Bd6 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Bc3 Qc7
17. Nd3 Rae8 18. Nc5 Bg4 19. Qc1 h5 20. Re1 h4 21. Nf1 Ne4
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. a4 Qe7 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Qb1 Bf3 26. gxf3
Qg5+ 27. Kh1 exf3 28. Ng3 hxg3 29. fxg3 f2 30. Re2 Bxc5
31. dxc5 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f4 Bd7 8. Qf3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qa5 10. Bc4 Rc8 11. Bb3 e5
12. Bf2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bh4 Be6 16. Kh1 Kh8
17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Rab1 Ng8 19. Bf2 Qa5 20. Nd5 Bc5 21. Be1 Qd8
22. Rd1 Qg5 23. Rd3 Bg4 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Be6 26. Bh4 Nh6
27. Be7 Rfe8 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Ne3 Rc7 30. Rfd1 Kg8 31. Bxe6
fxe6 32. Rd7 Rec8 33. R1d6 Nf7 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxe6 Kf8
36. Kg1 Rc5 37. h4 Rc7 38. Kf2 Rd7 39. Nd5 Nd6 40. Rxe5 Rf7+
41. Ke2 Nc4 42. Re6 Nxb2 43. Rd6 Ke8 44. Ne3 Na4 45. Rd4 Nc5
46. Nf5 Rc7 47. Ke3 g6 48. Nd6+ Ke7 49. Nb5 Rc8 50. Rc4 a6
51. Nd4 Rc7 52. Nb3 Ne6 53. Rxc7+ Nxc7 54. Nc5 b6 55. Na4 b5
56. Nc5 b4 57. Kd4 a5 58. Kc4 Kd6 59. Nb7+ Ke5 60. Nxa5 Kxe4
61. Nc6 Kf4 62. Nxb4 Kg3 63. Nd5 Na8 64. Kb5 Kxg2 65. Kc6 Kh3
66. Kb7 Kxh4 67. Kxa8 h5 68. c4 Kg3 69. c5 h4 70. c6 h3
71. Ne3 Kf3 72. Ng4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. Bxd5 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. c4 h6
17. b3 Nf6 18. f3 Bd8 19. Rac1 Rc6 20. Nf1 Rac8 21. Ng3 bxc4
22. bxc4 Bb6 23. Nf5 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Ne8 25. h3 Rxc4 26. Rxc4
Rxc4 27. Nxd6 Nxd6 28. Rxd6 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qxa2 30. Qe1 Rd4
31. Rc6 Kh7 32. Qg3 Qa4 33. Rc7 Qe8 34. Qg4 g6 35. Rc5 Rd6
36. Qg3 Re6 37. Rd5 Qe7 38. Qf2 h5 39. Qd2 h4 40. Rd7 Qf6
41. Qd5 Kg7 42. Rb7 Re8 43. Rb1 Rd8 44. Qa5 Rd6 45. Qb4 Qf4+
46. Kh1 Rd2 47. Qc3 Rf2 48. Rg1 Qg3 49. Qe3 g5 50. Qe1 Rxf3
51. Qe2 Re3 52. Qxa6 Rxe4 53. Qa5 Re2 54. Qb4 Qf4 55. Qb5 Rf2
56. Qd3 Qg3 57. Qe4 Qf4 58. Qd3 e4 59. Qd4+ Kh7 60. Qc4 g4
61. Qb5 gxh3 62. Qh5+ Qh6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "12.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuriy Kryvoruchko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5
7. Bd3 d6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 c5
12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nec4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6 15. h3 Re8 16. Bb2 Bh2+
17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Rae1 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qd7 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. Bxd3
Bxd2 22. Re2 Bf4 23. Rfe1 Be5 24. c4 Rad8 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. f4
Rh5 27. Re3 Ng4 28. Be2 Nxe3 29. Bxh5 Nxc4 30. e5 g6 31. Bf3
b6 32. Kg2 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Rxa2 34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Kf8 36. Rc6
Ne3 37. Rc7 h6 38. Be4 Nf5+ 39. Kg4 Ne7 40. h4 Ra4 41. Bf3 Kf7
42. Rd7 Ke6 43. Rd8 Rd4 44. Rh8 Kf7 45. Rh7+ Kf6 46. Be2 c4
47. Kf3 c3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "13.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5
h6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. h3 Bb7 15. c3 Rfb8 16. Bc2 Bc8 17. Nc4 bxc3
18. bxc3 Bd7 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. Bxe3 Rb2 21. Bc1 Rb7 22. Bd3 Ne8
23. Be3 Nb8 24. Qa2 Be6 25. Qe2 Bd7 26. Reb1 Rxb1+ 27. Rxb1
Nc6 28. Ra1 Nd6 29. Bxa6 Nxe4 30. Bb7 Nxc3 31. Qe1 Rxa5
32. Qxc3 Qb4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "14.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Qf5 Nf6
12. e4 g6 13. Qf4 O-O 14. e5 Nh5 15. Qh6 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Qxe5 20. Rxd7 Qe6 21. Rd1
Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qe3 Ng7 24. Qxe6 Nxe6 25. Be3 f5
26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Kf7 28. Kf3 Nc5 29. Nc3 Ke6 30. Ke2 a6
31. f3 b5 32. b3 Nd7 33. Nd1 Nf6 34. Nf2 Nd5 35. Bd2 Nb4
36. Bxb4 Bxb4 37. Nd3 Bf8 38. Nf4+ Ke5 39. Kd3 Bc5 40. Ne2 Bf2
41. h3 Kd6 42. g4 Ke5 43. f4+ Ke6 44. g5 Bc5 45. Nd4+ Kd5
46. Ne2 Bd6 47. Nc3+ Kc5 48. Ne2 a5 49. Kc3 Bb8 50. Kd3 Kb4
51. Kc2 Ka3 52. Kb1 a4 53. bxa4 Kxa4 54. Nc3+ Kb4 55. Nd5+ Kc5
56. Nf6 Bxf4 57. Nxh7 Bd6 58. Kc2 Be7 59. h4 Kd5 60. Kd3 Ke6
61. Kd4 b4 62. Kc4 Kf7 63. Nf6 Bxf6 64. gxf6 f4 65. Kd4 Kxf6
66. Ke4 g5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Ipatov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7
7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d3 O-O 9. Ne2 d5 10. Nd2 exd3 11. cxd3 c5
12. Qc2 Re8 13. O-O Bd6 14. Ng3 Bg4 15. Rae1 h5 16. f3 Bc8
17. e4 h4 18. Ne2 Ba6 19. Nc3 dxe4 20. Ncxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bf8
22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Nc4 Rd8 24. Bc3 Qd7 25. Rd1 h3 26. g3 Qf5
27. Qe2 Bb7 28. Rf1 Rxd3 29. Ne3 Qg6 30. Be5 c4 31. Nxc4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6.26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Goloshchapov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 c5 12. e4
dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Ba5 Qe8 15. Ne3 Bb7 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5
Bd8 18. Bc3 Bc7 19. Rfe1 Qb8 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Nf5 Rxe1+
22. Rxe1 Bd6 23. N3h4 Bf8 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Rxe7 g6 26. Qd2
Qf8 27. d6 Bxg2 28. Nxg2 Re8 29. Qe2 Rxe7 30. dxe7 Qb8 31. Nf4
Ne8 32. Nd5 b4 33. Ba1 Qd6 34. Qe4 f6 35. Qc4 Kg7 36. g4 Nb6
37. Nxb6 axb6 38. Qe2 Kf7 39. h3 Qxe7 40. Qc4+ Qe6 41. Qc1 Nc7
42. Qh6 Kg8 43. Kh2 Nd5 44. Qd2 Qe4 45. Kg1 Kf7 46. Bb2 g5
47. Qd1 Nf4 48. f3 Qe3+ 49. Kf1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8.25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. h3 O-O 11. Re1 Nf5
12. Bd3 Qd6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Qc2 g6 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rxe1+
17. Rxe1 Rc8 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qd8
22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. Re3 Re8 26. Bf6 Qf8
27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Nf3 Bf5 29. g4 Be4 30. Ng5 Bd3 31. Nf3 Be4
32. Nd4 Bc5 33. Be5 Be7 34. Bf6 Bf8 35. f3 Bd3 36. Kf2 Qd7
37. Qb8 Qd6 38. Be5 Qb6 39. Kg3 f6 40. Bc7 Qc5 41. Qxb7 Bd6+
42. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 43. Kf2 Qh2+ 44. Ke3 Bc4 45. Qc8+ Kf7 46. Qd7+
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9.16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Yudin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O
7. O-O a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nf1
f5 13. Be3 fxe4 14. dxe4 Bxh3 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Ne3 Ra8
17. Bd5 Rxf3 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Kh2 Qh5 21. Kg3
Rf8 22. Qh1 Rf6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5.39"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sundar M Shyam"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. Nb3 Ne7
7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 a6 11. Ne1 c5 12. Nxc5
Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bd3 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nd3 Be7
17. g3 Na7 18. h4 Rc8 19. Be3 Nb5 20. Bb6 Qd7 21. c3 Rc4
22. Qf3 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 Bd8 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Nf4 Re4 26. Qxe4
dxe4 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Re1 Rd2 29. Re2 e3 30. fxe3 Rd1+
31. Kf2 Ra1 32. Rd2 Rxa5 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Nh3 f6 35. exf6 gxf6
36. Rd7+ Kh6 37. g4 g5 38. hxg5+ fxg5 39. c4 Na7 40. Rxb7 Nc6
41. b3 Kg6 42. Rb6 Nd8 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Nf2 Nf7 45. Ne4+ Ke5
46. b4 Ra1 47. Nc5 Nd8 48. Nd7# 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "10.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. c3
bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc8 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Bc2 Rb8 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. h3
Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 c5 21. Nf3 Ng6 22. Bd3
Rb5 23. Qa2 Rb8 24. Bc4 Qb7 25. Bd2 Re8 26. Rab1 Qa7 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. Qc2 Qc7 29. Ra1 Qb7 30. Qd3 Ra8 31. Rb1 Qxe4 32. Qxe4
Nxe4 33. Rb7 Ne7 34. Rb6 d5 35. Rxa6 Rb8 36. Bd3 Nxd2 37. Nxd2
c4 38. Bf1 Rb2 39. Nf3 Rb3 40. Ra8 Rxc3 41. Ne5 Ra3 42. a6 Ra1
43. Nd7 Ng6 44. f4 c3 45. f5 c2 46. fxg6 Rxf1+ 47. Kxf1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "15.27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Chanda Sandipan"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e4 Be7
12. e5 Nh5 13. Nh4 g6 14. Nhf3 Qb8 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rfe1 Nxg3
17. hxg3 Qc7 18. Nf1 Rac8 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. N1h2 c4 21. Bb1 d4
22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Qc5 26. Ng4
Qc6 27. f3 Qc5+ 28. Kh2 h5 29. Nf2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Be4
Qxe5 32. Qxc4 h4 33. f4 Qxb2 34. Bxb7 hxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Qxb7
36. Ne4 Be7 37. Ng5 Qd7 38. Qe4 Kg7 39. Qc4 Bf6 40. Ne4 Bd4
41. Ng5 Qd6 42. Ne4 Qb6 43. Ng5 Bf2+ 44. Kh2 Qe3 45. Nf3 Qc5
46. Qxc5 Bxc5 47. Kg3 f5 48. Ng5 Kf6 49. Nh7+ Ke7 50. Kf3 Bd4
51. g4 Bf6 52. gxf5 exf5 53. Nxf6 Kxf6 54. a4 Ke6 55. Kg3 Kd5
56. Kh4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "17.20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tanguy Ringoir"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Nbd7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 a5 9. b3 e5 10. Nf3 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. O-O Qe7 13. Bb2 c6 14. Rfd1 h6 15. h3 e4 16. Nd4 Ne5
17. Nc2 Ng6 18. Ne3 h5 19. Rd2 a4 20. b4 Be6 21. Rad1 b5
22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Qc6 Rab8 24. Qd6 Bb3 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Rc1
Ned5 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Rc5 Rec8 29. Rd6 Rxc5 30. bxc5 Rc8
31. c6 b4 32. Nf5 bxa3 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Nxc8 a2 35. Ne7 a1=Q+
36. Kh2 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Husein Aziz Nezad"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nd7 6. c4 e6
7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. h3 h6 9. c5 Qd8 10. b4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O
Ne4 13. Na4 Bf6 14. Nb2 Ng5 15. Nd2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5
Bxe5 18. f4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Ne4 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Kh2 Qc7 22. Nd4
Bh7 23. Rac1 Re7 24. Rf3 Rae8 25. Bd3 Kh8 26. Kg1 Qd7 27. b5
Nf6 28. f5 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Qb8+ Bg8
32. Bf1 Re4 33. Rd1 h5 34. Qd6 Qb7 35. Qxc6 Qb2 36. Qa4 Re3
37. c6 Rc3 38. Qxa7 Ne4 39. Ne2 Rxc6 40. Rxd5 Rc2 41. Qe3 Nf6
42. Ra5 Rc8 43. Qd4 Qb1 44. Nc3 Qe1 45. Rc5 Rxc5 46. Qxc5 h4
47. Ne2 Ne4 48. Qd4 Nd2 49. Qf2 Qxf2+ 50. Kxf2 f6 51. a4 Bc4
52. g4 hxg3+ 53. Nxg3 Nxf1 54. Nxf1 g6 55. Ne3 Bd3 56. fxg6
Bxg6 57. Nd5 Kg7 58. Ke3 Be8 59. a5 Kg6 60. a6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "3.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Filip Pancevski"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 c4 9. b4 e5 10. a4 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 Bc6 15. d4 Qa6 16. Bb2 exd4
17. Nxd4 Re8 18. Qd1 Bf8 19. f3 g6 20. Bb1 Ne5 21. Bc1 Nh5
22. f4 Nd7 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Qf3 Nhf6 25. h3 Bg7 26. Kh2 Qb7
27. Bd2 Qa6 28. Nc2 Nf8 29. Ne3 Qa3 30. Rd1 Qa8 31. Nd5 Nxd5
32. exd5 Nd7 33. Be1 Qa3 34. Kh1 Qb2 35. Bd2 Ra8 36. f5 Ra1
37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Qf1 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "8.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ivan Salgado Lopez"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Na5 10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Bd7
12. h4 h5 13. O-O-O b5 14. Ndxb5 Qb8 15. Nd4 a5 16. Bh6 Bxh6
17. Qxh6 a4 18. bxa4 Rc8 19. Qe3 Bxa4 20. Rd2 Nd7 21. g4 Ne5
22. gxh5 Bb3 23. axb3 Ra1+ 24. Kc2 Rxh1 25. f4 Qa7 26. fxe5
Qa1 27. b4 dxe5 28. hxg6 exd4 29. gxf7+ Kh7 30. f8=N+ Rxf8
31. Qxd4 Rc8 32. Kb3 Qa6 33. Qd5 Rxh4 34. Qf5+ Kh6 35. b5 Rb8
36. Qe5 Qc8 37. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "10.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Aleksandar Indjic"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6
6. Re1 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. b3
Rc8 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Qh5 15. h3 Bf8 16. Qe3
Nc5 17. g4 Qg6 18. f4 Re8 19. Nf3 h6 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nfd7
22. b4 Nb6 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Nd4 Nxc4 25. Qe2 Red8 26. Ne4 Ba7
27. Ba1 Nxe5 28. Kh1 Nc4 29. Nc6 bxc6 30. Qxc4 h5 31. gxh5
Qxh5 32. Qc3 f6 33. Qg3 Kf8 34. Nxf6 gxf6 35. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sameer Mansour"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e4 Qc7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nb3 Be7
12. Nbd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Rd8 14. Qe2 g6 15. Rd1 Nf4 16. Bxf4
Qxf4 17. g3 Qc7 18. Be4 Bd7 19. a4 a6 20. Nc2 Be8 21. Ne3
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qb3 b6 24. Qc4 Qe5 25. Bf3 a5 26. Ng4
Qb8 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 h5 29. Ne3 Qd8 30. Bf3 Bc5 31. Nd1
Qd6 32. b3 Bd7 33. Kf1 e5 34. Qd5 Qf6 35. Qxd7 Qxf3 36. Qd2
Kg7 37. h4 Qe4 38. Nb2 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qa2 40. Nc4 Qxb3 41. Nxe5
Qxa4 42. Qd5 Qe8 43. Nd3 Qe6 44. Qa8 Qc4 45. Nf4 a4 46. Qf3 a3
47. Nd5 f5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 c6
7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Nh4 Be6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. f4 Bg4 11. Re1 e6
12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf6 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3
Qa5 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Bf2 Rad8 19. g4 Nc4 20. Re2 Nd6 21. h4 h5
22. gxh5 Qxh5 23. Qxh5 gxh5 24. Kh2 Kg7 25. Bf3 Rh8 26. a4 Kf8
27. a5 a6 28. Kh3 Nf5 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. b4 Kg7 31. c4 Nxd4
32. Red2 Rhd8 33. Bxh5 Kf8 34. Bg4 Ke8 35. h5 Nf5 36. Rxd7
Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. Bxf5 exf5 39. h6 Ke8 40. Bc5 Bh8
41. Kh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 c5 5. O-O-O c4 6. Qg3
Qa5 7. e4 b5 8. Kb1 dxe4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Nc5
Nxc5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Be2 Qc7 14. Qh3 Bg7 15. Bf3 Bxf3
16. Nxf3 e6 17. Rhe1 O-O 18. Rd4 Qxc5 19. Rg4 Rfd8 20. Qh6 Qf8
21. Qxf6 Kh8 22. Qf4 Rd5 23. Ng5 Rf5 24. Qe3 Rd8 25. Rh4 Kg8
26. Rg4 h5 27. Re4 Qb4 28. c3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Rxg5
31. g3 Kg7 32. Kc2 Rd3 33. f4 Rgd5 34. R1e2 Kf6 35. a4 a6
36. Rf2 Kf5 37. Re5+ Rxe5 38. fxe5+ Kg6 39. a5 Rd5 40. Re2 Kf5
41. Rf2+ Kg6 42. Re2 Rd3 43. Re4 Rf3 44. Rd4 Rf2+ 45. Kb1 Rxh2
46. Rd6 Rg2 47. Rxa6 Rxg3 48. Kb2 b4 49. cxb4 Rb3+ 50. Ka2
Rxb4 51. Ka3 Rb5 52. Ka4 Rc5 53. Rb6 c3 54. Rb1 c2 55. Rc1 h4
56. a6 h3 57. a7 Rc8 58. Kb5 h2 59. Kb6 Rh8 60. Rh1 Kf5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Nb3 O-O 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. Bxe4 Nc6 13. c3 e5 14. Be3 f5 15. Bg2 Bf8 16. Rfe1 Be6
17. Bg5 Re8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxe5 Bd5 20. Bf4 Bg7 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Nd2 a5 23. c4 Bf7 24. Rb1 a4 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 h6
27. h4 Re7 28. b4 Bc3 29. b5 cxb5 30. cxb5 Rb7 31. b6 Ba2
32. Rb5 h5 33. Nf3 Kf7 34. Be5 Bxe5 35. Nxe5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qf3 Ne5 8. Qg3 h5 9. f3 b5 10. O-O-O d6 11. f4 Ng4 12. e5
dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd7 15. Be2 g6 16. Qf3 Rc8
17. Rhf1 Rh7 18. Kb1 Bb4 19. Ne4 Qxe5 20. h4 f5 21. Ng5 Re7
22. Qb7 Bc5 23. Ngf3 Qc7 24. Qxa6 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Kf8 26. c3 Nf6
27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. Qxb5 e5 29. Qa6 Kg7 30. Ne6+ Rxe6 31. Qxe6
Re8 32. Qd6 Qb7 33. Rfe1 Re7 34. g3 Ne4 35. Qb4 Qxb4 36. cxb4
Nxg3 37. b5 f4 38. b6 f3 39. Rg1 Ne2 40. Rgf1 e4 41. a4 Ng3
42. Rf2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Nf3 N8d7 11. O-O c6
12. Qb3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. b4 Ncd7 15. h3 Bf5 16. Nd2 h6
17. Rb1 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Nf6 19. Bc5 Nfd7 20. Nce4 Qc7 21. a4 a6
22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Nc5 Nf6 24. Qb2 Qe7 25. a5 Na8 26. e4 Bh7
27. Nc4 Rfe8 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Rb8 30. Qe5 Qf8 31. Qd6 Re7
32. f5 Nc7 33. Qf4 Nfe8 34. Kh2 Kh8 35. Bf3 Bg8 36. Ne5 Nf6
37. Rg1 Nb5 38. Ne6 g5 39. Nxf8 gxf4 40. Nfg6+ fxg6 41. Nxg6+
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. b3 Qf5 11. Na3 e6
12. Nb5 O-O-O 13. a4 Nd5 14. c4 Nf4 15. d4 cxd4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4
17. Ne1 a6 18. Nd3 Qf5 19. Rc1 e5 20. f3 Qe6 21. c5 f5 22. Na3
e4 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Nf4 Qf5 25. b4 d3 26. b5 Bxc5+ 27. Kh1
Bxa3 28. bxc6 Bxc1 29. Qb3 bxc6 30. Qb6 Rd6 31. Qxa6+ Kd8
32. Qb6+ Ke7 33. Qc7+ Qd7 34. Qa5 Bxf4 35. Rxf4 Rb8 36. Qe5+
Re6 37. Qxb8 Rf6 38. Qe5+ Kf7 39. Rxf6+ gxf6 40. Qxe4 f5
41. Qh4 d2 42. Qxh7+ Ke6 43. Qg6+ Kd5 44. Qg8+ Kc5 45. Qf8+
Kc4 46. Qg8+ Qd5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Rc8
12. h3 Be7 13. Bd3 h4 14. f4 b5 15. Rhe1 g6 16. Bf2 Bc4
17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc1 Rb8 19. Ka1 Qb7 20. b3 Rc8 21. N1e2 Nxe4
22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Nc3 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 exf4 25. Rxd6 cxb3 26. Bd4
bxc2 27. Bxh8 c1=Q+ 28. Rxc1 Bxd6 29. Re1+ Kf8 30. Kb2 f6
31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Nd5+ Ke6 33. Bg7 Be5+ 34. Ka3 g5 35. Nb4 Rg8
36. Bh6 Rg6 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. Bf8 g4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 e5
7. Qe1 Bd6 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Ne7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Nh4 f6
12. f4 O-O 13. f5 Bf7 14. g4 c5 15. Nhf3 Nc6 16. Kh1 c4
17. Qg3 Nc5 18. g5 Kh8 19. g6 Bg8 20. gxh7 Bxh7 21. Nh4 Nd4
22. Ng6+ Kg8 23. Nxf8 Bxf8 24. c3 Ne2 25. Qe1 Nf4 26. a4 a6
27. Nf3 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Nxa4 29. Qe2 Nc5 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Nh4 Rd8
32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Be3 Nxe4 34. Rd1 Nd6 35. Qf3 Qc7 36. Qd5+
Nf7 37. Ng6 Qc8 38. Qd7 Qa8+ 39. Rd5 Bd6 40. Qe6 Bf8 41. Kf2
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5
7. d3 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Nc5 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O
12. Rd1 Qc8 13. h4 Rd8 14. Re1 Ne6 15. Nb3 a5 16. a4 b5 17. c3
Qb7 18. Qc2 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qb5 20. Ra2 a4 21. Nd2 Nc5 22. Be2
Qb7 23. Bc4 Ne8 24. Nf3 Nd6 25. Nxe5 Bf6 26. Nd3 Ncxe4
27. Rxa4 Qd7 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bb3 Re8 30. Bf4 h6 31. Ba4 g5
32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Be3 Nf5 34. Nb4 Nexg3 35. Bxc6 Nxe3 36. Bxd7
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Nge7
7. Be3 d6 8. a3 a5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. O-O a4 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4
Kh8 13. Nf3 h6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 b5 16. Qd2 Na5 17. Rad1
Nc4 18. Qf2 Bb7 19. e5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qb6 21. e6 f5 22. Nh4 Kh7
23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf3 Rac8 25. h4 Qe4 26. Rfe1 Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3
Bf6 28. Rc3 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Ne2 Nd5 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rd3
Kg6 33. Nc3 Nxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. bxc3 d5 36. Ne1 Be7 37. Nc2
Kf6 38. Kf2 Kxe6 39. Kf3 g4+ 40. Kf2 Bd6 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. Kf2
Kg5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Nh4 Bg4
7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Nfd7 9. Ndf3 Bg6 10. e3 Bd6 11. Qe2 Ne5
12. Nxg6 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 hxg6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. O-O-O g5 16. d4
Qb6 17. e4 Qxd4 18. Bxg5 Qa4 19. Kb1 O-O 20. Qb3 Qa6 21. Bc1
Nc5 22. Qe3 Na4 23. f4 Bc5 24. Qb3 b5 25. f5 Rab8 26. f6 b4
27. fxg7 Rfc8 28. Ka1 Qa5 29. Qg3 Be7 30. g5 Kxg7 31. Qe5+ Kg8
32. g6 Nc3 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. e4 dxe4
7. Nfd2 Bc5 8. dxe4 e5 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Re1 h5 11. Nb3 Bb4
12. c3 Bd6 13. N1d2 Ba6 14. Qf3 Nbd7 15. Nf1 Bb7 16. Bg5 Qe6
17. h4 a5 18. Nbd2 Nc5 19. Ne3 Nfxe4 20. Nf5 Nxg5 21. Nxg7+
Kd7 22. Qxb7 Nxb7 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Be4 Nc5
26. Bf5+ Ke7 27. Nc4 Kf6 28. Ne3 Na4 29. Rab1 Bc5 30. Bc2 Bxe3
31. Rxe3 Nc5 32. Rbe1 Rbe8 33. b4 axb4 34. cxb4 Ne6 35. Rxe5
Rd8 36. Rf5+ Kg7 37. Bb3 Nd4 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rf4 Nxb3
40. axb3 Rd6 41. Re5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. Be2 Rc8 11. a4 Be7 12. O-O
O-O 13. a5 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qe1 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Na4
Rxd1 18. Rxd1 c4 19. Nb6 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+
22. Kxf2 Rc5 23. Rd8+ Kh7 24. Ke3 h4 25. g3 h3 26. Rd1 g6
27. Ra1 Ne8 28. Kd2 Nd6 29. Kc3 Kg7 30. Rd1 Rc6 31. Kb4 f5
32. exf5 Nxf5 33. Re1 Nd4 34. Kc3 Kf6 35. Bd1 g5 36. Kb4 Rd6
37. Kc5 Rd8 38. Kb4 Nc6+ 39. Kc3 Nxa5 40. Be2 Rd6 41. Na4 b5
42. Nc5 Rb6 43. Nxe6 Rxe6 44. Bf1 Rd6 45. Bxh3 Nc6 46. Bg4 Rd4
47. b4 a5 48. bxa5 b4+ 49. Kb2 Nxa5 50. h4 c3+ 51. Kb1 gxh4
52. gxh4 b3 53. cxb3 Rd2 54. f4 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4
7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rac8 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Rfc1 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Qb5
17. Nc5 Nb4 18. a4 Qe8 19. Nxb7 Nd3 20. Nxd8 Nxc1 21. Rxc1
Qxd8 22. Ne5 Be4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxc6 Nd5
26. Qb5 e6 27. Kg2 Bf8 28. a5 a6 29. Qa4 Bb4 30. e4 Ne7
31. Qxb4 Nxc6 32. Qc3 Nxa5 33. d5 f6 34. dxe6 Kg7 35. Ba3 Nb7
36. Qc6 Na5 37. Qd7+ Qxd7 38. exd7 Nc6 39. Be7 a5 40. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Nc3 b5
7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Qc2 Rc8
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Qb1 b4 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. bxa4
O-O 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. a3 Qxa4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qa1 Qa3 21. Qxa3
Bxa3 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. Rxa6 Ra8 25. Rfa1 Rxa6
26. Rxa6 Rc8 27. g3 Kf8 28. Ne5 Ke8 29. Kg2 Nd5 30. Ra7 f6
31. Nd3 e5 32. e4 exd4 33. exd5 Rc3 34. Ra8+ Kd7 35. Ra7+ Kd6
36. Nf4 d3 37. Kf3 g5 38. Ng2 Rc1 39. Ne3 g4+ 40. Kxg4 d2
41. Ra6+ Kd7 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Ra7 d1=Q+ 45. Nxd1
Rxd1 46. Ra5 Kg6 47. h4 h5+ 48. Kf3 Bd6 49. Ke3 Bc7 50. Rb5
Be5 51. Ke2 Rd4 52. Ke3 Ra4 53. Kd3 Kf5 54. d6 Ke6 55. f4 Bxd6
56. Rxh5 Ra3+ 57. Ke4 f5+ 58. Kd4 Be7 59. Rh7 Rxg3 60. h5 Bf6+
61. Kc4 Rg4 62. Kd3 Rxf4 63. Ke3 Rh4 64. Kf3 Ke5 65. Kg3 Rg4+
66. Kf3 Rh4 67. Kg3 Ra4 68. Rb7 Ra3+ 69. Kg2 Kf4 70. h6 Rg3+
71. Kf1 Rh3 72. h7 Kg5 73. Kg2 Rh6 74. Kf3 Kg6 75. Kf4 Rh4+
0-1

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[EventDate "2014.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bd7 11. a4 a6 12. e5
Nfe8 13. a5 Bh8 14. Be3 Ng7 15. Qd3 Rb8 16. Bf2 b5 17. axb6
Rxb6 18. b3 Nb5 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Ne8 21. Qd2 Bg7 22. Bh4
Qc7 23. Rad1 Rb8 24. Ng3 Bc8 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. exd6 exd6
27. Be7 b4 28. f5 Bd7 29. Qf4 Nf6 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qxd6 Qxd6
32. Bxd6 Rbd8 33. Bxf8 Bxf8 34. Ne5 Bb5 35. Ne4 Ne8 36. d6
Nxd6 37. Nxc5 Rc8 38. Ncd7 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8
12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Rad1 Be6 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. b3 Ne4
17. Bf4 Rb4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qg3 Qc8 20. c4 c5 21. Nc2 Rb6
22. Bd6 Bf6 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Rd2 Bd4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Be5 f6
27. Bxd4 Ra6 28. Bxf6 Qb7 29. Be5 Rxa2 30. Rd1 Rf8 31. c5 Qf7
32. Rf1 Bxb3 33. Ng4 Ra6 34. Bd6 Qe6 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Qb8+
Kf7 37. Ne5+ Kf6 38. f4 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3
Nb6 7. Ne5 Be6 8. Qc2 g6 9. Naxc4 Nxc4 10. Nxc4 Bg7 11. Rd1
O-O 12. d4 Qc8 13. e4 Rd8 14. Bf4 Ne8 15. Ne5 Bh3 16. Qb3 Nd6
17. Rac1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Kf3 a5 21. a4 Ra6
22. b3 Nf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. e5 Rd5 25. Ke4 b5 26. Rd3 Rb6
27. Bd2 bxa4 28. bxa4 Rb2 29. f4 Ra2 30. Rc4 g5 31. h3 gxf4
32. Bxf4 h5 33. h4 Ra1 34. Rb3 Re1+ 35. Kf3 Rd1 36. Be3 Rf1+
37. Ke2 Ra1 38. Bf4 Kg6 39. Bg5 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 Kf5 41. Bxe7 Bh6
42. Bd6 Rd2 43. Bc5 Rd7 44. Rb8 Rf7 45. Rg8 Rd3+ 46. Kg2 Rd2+
47. Kh3 Ke4 48. Rc1 Be3 49. Rh8 Rf3 50. Rxh5 Bf4 51. Re1+ Kd5
52. Kg4 Bxg3 53. Kxf3 Bxe1 54. Rh8 Rf2+ 55. Kg4 Ke4 56. Kg5
Bc3 57. Rd8 Be1 58. Rd6 Rg2+ 59. Kf6 Bxh4+ 60. Kxe6 Ra2
61. Kd7 Rxa4 62. e6 Rc4 63. e7 Bxe7 64. Re6+ Kd3 65. Rxe7 a4
66. Kxc6 a3 67. Ra7 Rc3 68. d5 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dana Reizniece-Ozala"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Na4 Bd5 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Bb2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Qd5+ 17. Kg1 a4 18. Qd2 Ra5 19. Rfc1 Rxb5 20. Rc4 Bc5 21. Qc2
Rb3 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Ra1 h5 24. h4 Re8 25. Re1 Re5 26. Qc1 Rd5
27. Rd1 Kh7 28. Re1 Qb5 29. Rc2 Bd6 30. Rd1 Be5 31. Rdd2 Qd7
32. Rc8 Qh3 33. Qc4 Bxg3 34. fxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kh1 Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Philipp Schlosser"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3
Rb8 13. Nc4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Qc2 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc8
17. Qa2 Bg4 18. Ng5 Bh5 19. Re3 h6 20. Ne6 Re8 21. Rg3 Bg6
22. Nxg7 d5 23. Nxe8 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Michal Krasenkow"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a3 b5 8. Ba2 Ra7 9. Nd5 Be6 10. b4 Nf6 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Nxe6
fxe6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qg4 Nd8 17. g3
O-O 18. h4 Kh8 19. Kg2 Rc7 20. c4 cxb4 21. axb4 Nc6 22. Rab1
Re8 23. h5 gxh5 24. Qxh5 Rg8 25. Qh3 Re8 26. cxb5 axb5
27. Rbc1 Nxb4 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Bxe6 Nxd3 30. Rh1 Qg7 31. Kf3
Re7 32. Rd1 Nb4 33. Rxd6 Qf8 34. Kg2 Rc7 35. Qf5 Nc2 36. Bg5
Kg7 37. Rd1 Nd4 38. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Lysyj"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. h4 c5
12. O-O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Qd6 14. Kb1 Nc6 15. g4 Qf4 16. Rh3
Rad8 17. g5 Be7 18. gxh6 Qxh6 19. Bd3 Bf6 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Qc1
Qxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Nd8 23. Rg1 Ne6 24. h5 Rce8 25. Rhg3 Bc8
26. Ka1 Kh8 27. Bb5 Re7 28. Bd3 Rd8 29. Rg4 a5 30. R4g3 Bd7
31. Rc1 Rb8 32. Ne5 Nxd4 33. Nxd7 Nb3+ 34. Kb1 Nxc1 35. Nxb8
Nxd3 36. Nc3 Nf4 37. Rf3 Re1+ 38. Kc2 Ne6 39. Kd2 Bxc3+
40. bxc3 Ra1 41. Rxf7 Ra2+ 42. Kd1 Rxa3 43. Nd7 Rxc3 44. Nxb6
Rc6 45. Rb7 Nc5 46. Rb8+ Kh7 47. Ke2 Re6+ 48. Kf3 Rd6 49. Rc8
Ne6 50. Na4 d4 51. Nb2 Rd5 52. Re8 Nc5 53. Ra8 Nd7 54. Nc4
Ne5+ 55. Nxe5 Rxe5 56. Rd8 Rxh5 57. Rxd4 Rh6 58. Ra4 Ra6
59. Kf4 Kg6 60. Ke5 Ra8 61. Rg4+ Kh6 62. Ra4 Kg5 63. f3 g6
64. Rg4+ Kh5 65. Ra4 Rf8 66. Ke4 Rf5 67. Ra1 Kg5 68. Rg1+ Kf6
69. Rb1 Re5+ 70. Kf4 a4 71. Ra1 Ra5 72. Ra3 Ra6 73. Ke4 g5
74. Ke3 Ke5 75. Kd3 Kf4 76. Ke2 Kg3 77. Kf1 Ra8 78. Ke2 Kg2
79. Ke1 Re8+ 80. Kd2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Konstantin Sakaev"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6
7. d4 Bg7 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 h5
12. Bg5 Qe8 13. b4 Nh7 14. Bd2 a6 15. Rb1 Qd8 16. g3 f5
17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh4 Qe8 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Be3 b6
22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Na4 Ng5 24. Nxc5 e4 25. f4 Qe7 26. Nd3 Nh7
27. Ng6 Qd6 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Ne5 h4 30. Nc6 hxg3 31. hxg3 Ng5
32. Kg2 Nf3 33. Rh1 Bh6 34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. fxe5 Qg6 36. Qh5 Qxh5
37. Rxh5 Bd2 38. Rbh1 Kg7 39. Rh7+ Kg6 40. Rxc7 Rb8 41. d6 Rb2
42. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. d3 Nf8 9. Ne2 e5 10. a3 a5 11. Bd2 Ne6
12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Nd4 15. Nexd4 cxd4 16. c3
O-O 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Rc1 Qf6 20. Bg3 g5 21. Rc5
g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Be5 Qg6 24. Nh4 Qh6 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Bxg7
Qxg7 27. Rxf5 h6 28. Qa7 b5 29. Rf3 Re6 30. Rg3 Rg6 31. Rxg6
Qxg6 32. Qxd4 h5 33. Qe5 Kh7 34. Kh2 Qg4 35. Qf6 Kg8 36. f3
Qd7 37. d4 h4 38. f4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viktor Erdos"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7
7. e3 Qa5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. Qc2 Ne6
12. Bh4 Qd8 13. O-O g6 14. Nb3 a5 15. f3 O-O 16. Rad1 b6
17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. Bf2 Rc8 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. e4 Nhg7 21. Be3 Bh4
22. g3 Be7 23. Qf2 Kh8 24. Bh6 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Nxg5 26. Nd2 f6
27. exd5 cxd5 28. f4 Nf7 29. f5 g5 30. Nf1 Nd6 31. Ne3 Nge8
32. Kg1 Ne4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. d5 Nd6 35. Nc2 Re8 36. Nd4 Re5
37. Ne6 Qe7 38. Qxb6 Nxf5 39. Rxe4 Rxe4 40. Nxe4 Rc2 41. Qb3
Re2 42. d6 Qd7 43. N6c5 Nd4 44. Nxd7 Nxb3 45. Ndxf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Sethuraman P Sethuraman"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bh6 Rfc8 17. Rc1 a5
18. Qd2 Ne8 19. Bd3 c4 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. dxe5
dxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxd7 Rd8 25. Qa4 Rac8 26. Be3 Nc7
27. Red1 Nb5 28. Qxa5 Bf6 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. f4 Qe8 31. e5 Bh4
32. a4 Nd6 33. Nf1 Nf5 34. Qb5 Qe6 35. a5 g5 36. Bb6 Rb8
37. fxg5 Bxg5 38. Re1 Bd8 39. Rb1 Bc7 40. Nd2 Bxe5 41. Qxc4
Qg6 42. Qg4 Bxc3 43. Nc4 Ne7 44. Rd1 Qxg4 45. hxg4 Nc6 46. a6
Bb4 47. a7 Rc8 48. Nd6 Ra8 49. Nb5 Nxa7 50. Nxa7 Rb8 51. Bf2
Bf8 52. Nc6 Rc8 53. Nd4 Rc4 54. Nf5 Rxg4 55. Rd8 Rf4 56. Be3
1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.19"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "197"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d3 Bc5 8. Qb3 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Na4 Re8 11. Bf4 Nbd7
12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qc2 b5 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. b4 Qe7 16. a3 Nf8
17. Bc1 Ne6 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Bb2 Nb6 20. Rae1 Nc4 21. Bc1 Nd6
22. Bb2 Nc4 23. Bc1 Nd6 24. Qb3 Bh5 25. Bb2 Rad8 26. h3 Bxf3
27. Bxf3 Qg5 28. e3 Qg6 29. Bg2 Re7 30. h4 Rde8 31. Qd1 Nf8
32. Bh3 h5 33. Qf3 Nd7 34. Qf4 Ne5 35. Rd1 Ng4 36. Rfe1 Qf5
37. Qxf5 Nxf5 38. Ra1 Ra8 39. Red1 Nd6 40. Kg2 Ree8 41. Kf3
Ne5+ 42. Ke2 Ng4 43. Rd2 f6 44. Kd1 Kf7 45. Kc2 Ne5 46. Kb3
Ra4 47. Bf1 Raa8 48. Be2 Ng4 49. Bf3 Ra6 50. Re1 Kg6 51. Bd1
Kf7 52. Ka2 Raa8 53. Kb1 Kg8 54. Kc1 Kh8 55. Rh1 Kh7 56. Bc2
Kg8 57. Kd1 Kf7 58. Ke2 Nf5 59. Kf3 Nd6 60. Kg2 Kg8 61. Re1
Kf7 62. Rde2 Re7 63. Ra1 Ree8 64. Ree1 Ne5 65. Red1 Ra6
66. Kf1 Rea8 67. Bb3 Kg6 68. Ke2 Kh7 69. Ra2 Nc8 70. e4 Nb6
71. f4 Ng4 72. Bd4 Nc8 73. exd5 Ne7 74. dxc6 bxc6 75. a4 bxa4
76. Bc4 Nf5 77. Bc5 Re8+ 78. Kd2 Raa8 79. Bf7 Red8 80. Bxh5
Ngh6 81. Bf3 Nxg3 82. Bxc6 Rac8 83. Bb7 Rc7 84. Bf3 Rcd7
85. Kc3 Nhf5 86. Bc6 Rc7 87. b5 Rcc8 88. Re1 Nxh4 89. Rxa4
Nhf5 90. Rc4 g6 91. Bf3 Nh4 92. Re7+ Kh6 93. Bb7 Rb8 94. Ba7
Nhf5 95. Bxb8 Nxe7 96. Bc7 Rd7 97. b6 Ne2+ 98. Kd2 Nd4 99. Bg2
1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.20"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. a3 a6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Nc4 Ba7 16. g4 Bg6
17. Bg5 dxe5 18. dxe5 h6 19. Bh4 b5 20. Na5 Qc8 21. Rc1 c5
22. b4 c4 23. Nd4 Qc7 24. Nab3 Rad8 25. Qf3 Nxb4 26. axb4 Bxd4
27. Nxd4 Rxd4 28. e6 f6 29. Rcd1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 c3 31. Bg3 Qc6
32. Qe2 c2 33. Rc1 Qc3 34. Bg2 Qxb4 35. Kh2 Rd8 36. Qf3 Qc4
37. Qb7 Qxe6 38. f4 Qe3 0-1

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O a6
7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d3 Nd7 9. e4 Nc5 10. Nd2 Ne6 11. Nc4 f6
12. Qd2 Re8 13. Kh1 b5 14. Ne3 c5 15. c4 Nd4 16. Ng3 c6 17. f3
Be6 18. Rf2 a5 19. Nef5 a4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Raf1 axb3
22. axb3 Ra3 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. f4 Rxb3 25. cxb5 Rxb5 26. fxe5
Qxe5 27. Ne2 c5 28. Nf4 c4 29. Nxe6 c3 30. Qc1 Qxe6 31. h3
Reb8 32. Qa3 Rb1 33. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. g3 Qb8
36. Rf5 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6
7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1 Ne4 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Qa3 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nbd2 b6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qh6
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. h3 Ndf6 19. Qa5 Rae8 20. Qc7 Nxf2 21. Kxf2
Qxe3+ 22. Kg3 Rf7 23. Qxc5 Qxd3 24. Kh2 Qa6 25. a4 h6 26. Nd4
Nd7 27. Qb4 Ne5 28. Re1 Kh7 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. Kh1 Rfe7 31. Qc2
g6 32. Re2 Ng4 33. Rxe7+ Rxe7 34. N2f3 Ne3 35. Qc5 g5 36. Re1
g4 37. Ng1 f4 38. Re2 Ba6 39. Rf2 Re4 40. Qc7+ Kg6 41. Nc6 Nd1
42. Rd2 Ne3 43. Rf2 f3 44. gxf3 Re6 45. Nd8 Re7 46. Qg3 Rd7
47. fxg4 Qe7 48. Nc6 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 Kh7 50. Qf4 Qe6 51. Nd4 Qe8
52. Nf5 Nxf5 53. Qxf5+ Kg8 54. Qf6 Qb8+ 55. Kg2 Bb7 56. Qe6+
Kh8 57. Qxd7 d4+ 58. Kf1 1-0

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e4 e5 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Ng4
12. Bd2 Bc5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Rab1 a5 15. a3 Be6 16. b4 axb4
17. axb4 Bb6 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Be1 Qc7 20. Bf1 Bd4 21. Ne2 c5
22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Ra1 h6 24. b5 Rfc8 25. Bb4 Qb6 26. Rxa8 Rxa8
27. Qb2 Nc5 28. Ra1 Rb8 29. f3 f5 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Kh2 Kh7
32. Ra3 Qc7 33. Qa1 Rb7 34. Ra8 Bc2 0-1

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.31"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O
12. Re2 a6 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Rae1 Rae8 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bd6
17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. d5 Ne7 21. Qc7
Nxd5 22. Qxb7 Nc3 23. Qxa6 Qb8 24. g3 h6 25. a4 Qb1+ 26. Kg2
Qxc2 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. a5 Qb2 29. Qc6 d5 30. Qb6 Qa2 31. a6 Ne4
32. a7 g5 33. Ne5 Kg7 34. Nd3 d4 35. Qxd4+ Nf6 36. Nc5 1-0

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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. Kh1 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 f6
12. Nh4 Bf8 13. Nf5 Nc5 14. Ng3 Ne6 15. Ne2 c5 16. f4 exf4
17. Nxf4 c6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. b3 b5 20. Nd2 Bd6 21. Bf4 Bxf4
22. Rxf4 Qd4 23. Rf1 Qc3 24. Qc1 Bf7 25. Ra3 Bh5 26. b4 Qd4
27. Nb3 Qd8 28. bxc5 b4 29. Ra1 Bf7 30. Qe3 Qe7 31. Rac1 Qe5
32. Qd4 Bxb3 33. Qxe5 Rxe5 34. cxb3 Rd8 35. Rf3 f5 36. exf5
Red5 37. g4 Rxd3 38. Rcf1 R8d5 39. Kg2 Rxf3 40. Rxf3 Rxc5
41. Re3 Kf7 42. Kf3 Rc2 43. h4 c5 44. Ke4 c4 45. bxc4 Rxc4+
46. Kf3 h5 47. gxh5 Rxh4 48. Re5 b3 49. Re1 0-1

[Event "China-Russia Challenge Match"]
[Site "Heixiazi CHN"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qc7
12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. b4 Rab8 15. a3 Ne5 16. Na4 h6
17. Bf1 Qd8 18. Kh1 Nfd7 19. Qf2 Bh4 20. Qd2 Be7 21. Qf2 Ba8
22. Be2 Rc7 23. Nb3 Rcc8 24. Nd4 Bh4 25. Qg1 Be7 26. Qf2 h5
27. h3 Bh4 28. Qg1 Ng6 29. Bf1 Bg5 30. Nb3 Nde5 31. Qf2 Bc6
32. Nb2 Qf6 33. Bxg5 Qxg5 34. Rxd6 h4 35. Qd2 Nf4 36. Nd4 Qf6
37. Nxc6 Nxc6 38. Nd3 Nxd3 39. Bxd3 Rd8 40. Rxc6 Qd4 41. Rd1
Rd7 42. c5 bxc5 43. Rxc5 Rbd8 44. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.09"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qc2 Bb7 8. a4 Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Ng5
h6 13. Nge4 Nd5 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Bf4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Rac8 17. e3
c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Bxb7 Qxb7
22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Rc4 24. Rd7 Bh4 25. Nd2 Rc2 26. b3 Rd8
27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Ne4 Bh4 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Rb8 f5 31. Ng3 Rc5
32. Rb6 g6 33. Ne2 g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Rxe6 Rc2 36. Kf1 Rb2
37. Re5 Rxb3 38. Rxf5 Kg6 39. Rc5 Rb2 40. Rd5 b4 41. Rb5 g4
42. e4 Kf6 43. Rf5+ Ke7 44. Rh5 Bf6 45. e5 Bg7 46. Nf4 Ke8
47. Rg5 Bf8 48. Rxg4 b3 49. Rg3 Bc5 50. Nd3 Rb1+ 51. Kg2 b2
52. Nxc5 Rg1+ 53. Kxg1 b1=Q+ 54. Kg2 Qc2 55. Nd3 Qc6+ 56. Kg1
Qe4 57. h3 Ke7 58. Re3 Qd5 59. Ne1 Qd1 60. Kh2 Qb1 61. Kg2
Qg6+ 62. Rg3 Qe4+ 63. Nf3 Kf8 64. Rg4 Qf5 65. Kg3 Qb1 66. h4
Qh7 67. Rf4+ Ke8 68. Rf6 Qg8+ 69. Ng5 Qb3+ 70. Kg4 Qd5
71. Re6+ Kf8 72. Kh5 Qd4 73. f4 Qd1+ 74. Kg6 Qg4 75. h5 Qg1
76. h6 Qg2 77. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.16"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6
7. g4 e6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5
12. O-O-O b5 13. f4 Rb8 14. Kb1 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Nf6
17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g5 Be7 20. h4 Be6 21. Bh3 Rd8
22. Qh2 Qc7 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd1 O-O 25. Nd5 Qc4 26. Nc3 Bc7
27. Qg3 b4 28. axb4 Qxb4 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. h5 Rb8 31. b3 Qe7
32. g6 Kh8 33. Qd3 Ba5 34. Rf1 Rd8 35. Qc4 Qe8 36. Rf7 Rc8
37. Qf1 h6 38. Na4 Bb4 39. Qxa6 Qd8 40. Qd3 Qh4 41. Kb2 Qxh5
42. Rb7 Ba5 43. Ra7 Be1 44. Qd7 Rg8 45. Qf7 Bb4 46. Rb7 Bf8
47. Qxe6 Qg5 48. Nc3 Qg1 49. b4 Qd4 50. Kb3 Qd8 51. Nd5 Bxb4
52. Nxb4 Qa8 53. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Russian Superfinals"]
[Site "Chita RUS"]
[Date "2015.08.18"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Qd7 15. c4 Ng6 16. h3 Bxh3
17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Ng5 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh4+ 20. Kg2 Nf4+ 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Nf3 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Rfe8 24. Ra3 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4
26. Rc3 Ba5 27. Rc1 Rbe8 28. Nh2 Qh4 29. Nd4 h5 30. Qd3 Qf6
31. Nc6 Bb6 32. b4 f3 33. Qxf3 Rf4 34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 Bxf2
36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Nxf3 Re2 38. Ng5 f6 39. Ne6 h4 40. Nxc7 Bg3
41. Ne6 Rc2 42. b5 1-0

