[Event "FRA-chJM7"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Julien Hirth"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4
7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Be2 Nge7 9. b3 Nf5 10. Bb2 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O
12. a4 a6 13. h4 Rac8 14. Na3 Na5 15. g4 Nh6 16. Qd3 Be7
17. Bd1 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. g5 Nf5 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Rb1 Nc6
22. Nc2 Rce8 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Rg4 e5 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5
Nxe5 27. Bxe5+ Rxe5 28. Qc3 Ng7 29. Qd4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chJM7"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Helder Frade-Marques"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Bc4
Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Nbc6 9. a3 Ng6 10. Bg3 a6 11. Qd2 b5
12. Ba2 Bb7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Rad1 Qf6 15. Rfe1 Nce5 16. Nxe5
Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxd7 Qxc3 19. Qxb7 Rfb8 20. Qe7 Qc2
21. Bb1 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Qb2 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. Rf3 Bd4 25. Rdf1 Bf6
26. Qc7 Rac8 27. Qf4 h6 28. Qg4 Rc1 29. Rxf6 Rxb1 30. R6f2
Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qxa3 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. Qd1 Qe3 34. Qe1 Qxe1+
35. Rxe1 Rc4 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U18"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Stephanie Boudehen"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 d6 6. a3 Ba5
7. b4 Bb6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. Nf6+ Ke7 15. Nxg4 e4 16. Nd4
c5 17. Nb3 cxb4 18. axb4 Rc8 19. Bb5 Rg8 20. Rd7+ Ke6 21. h3
a6 22. Rhd1 axb5 23. R1d6+ Kf5 24. Nh6+ Kf4 25. Nxg8 Nc6
26. Nf6 Bxf2 27. Rxf7 e3 28. Kd1 Nxb4 29. Rd4+ Kg3 30. Rg7+
Kh2 31. Ng4+ Kg1 32. Rxb4 Kf1 33. Nh2+ Kg1 34. Nf3+ Kf1
35. Nfd2+ exd2 36. Nxd2+ Kg1 37. Rb1 Re8 38. Nf3+ Kh1 39. Kd2+
Be1+ 40. Nxe1 Rd8+ 41. Ke3 Re8+ 42. Kf2 Rf8+ 43. Nf3# 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U18"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mathilde Choisy"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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. Qd2 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qxd2 11. Nxd2
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. c3 Bg7 14. Rfe1 e6 15. Nf3 d5 16. Bb3
Bd7 17. Rad1 b5 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rfc8 20. f3 a5 21. a3
Kg7 22. Kf2 Kf6 23. f4 Rcb8 24. Rd4 Rb6 25. g4 Rab8 26. h4 b4
27. axb4 axb4 28. c4 dxc4 29. Bxc4 Ke7 30. f5 f6 31. Re3 e5
32. fxg6 hxg6 33. g5 Bf5 34. gxf6+ Kxf6 35. Rd5 Rc6 36. Bb3 e4
37. Kg3 Rc1 38. Re2 Rb6 39. Kf4 Rf1+ 40. Kg3 Rf3+ 41. Kg2 Rxb3
42. Rf2 e3 43. Re2 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "France"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicolas Innocente"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nge7
7. d3 O-O 8. Be3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxc5 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Bxf8 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Qxf8 15. Nh4 Qe7 16. Re1
Be6 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. Qf6 Qc5+ 19. d4 Qf5 20. Qh4 Bd5 21. Ne5
Qxc2 22. Qg3 Re8 23. Rf1 Nxd4 24. Kh1 Nf5 25. Qh3 Ne3 26. Rf3
Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Montigny le Bretonneux op"]
[Site "Montigny le Bretonneux"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Guy Birebent"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. Nf3 Ng6 6. O-O Be7
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. Nf1 Bd7 10. h4 Nxh4 11. gxh4 Bxh4
12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Re3 e5 14. Rg3 Ne7 15. Bg5 Qxg3 16. Nxg3 Ng6
17. Nh5 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Be3 Bc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Ng3 Rf7
22. Ne4 Rd8 23. Ng5 Rf5 24. Kg2 Rdf8 25. Qh5 Rxf2+ 26. Kg3 Rh2
27. Kxh2 1-0

[Event "Montigny le Bretonneux op"]
[Site "Montigny le Bretonneux"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francois Versepuy"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4
7. Nb5 d6 8. Bf4 g5 9. Bxg5 Nxe4 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Bc4 Bg7
12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qc1 Nb6 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. Bh6 c4
17. Qg5 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh4+ Kg6 21. Qg5+
Kh7 22. Qh4+ Kg6 23. Qg4+ Kh6 24. Qh4+ Kg6 25. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montigny le Bretonneux op"]
[Site "Montigny le Bretonneux"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Olivier Jany"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. Ngf3 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h4 h6 10. Nf1 b6 11. e5 Qc7 12. Bf4
Nf5 13. c3 Ba6 14. Qd2 Qd8 15. Bh3 Kh7 16. N1h2 d4 17. c4 Rc8
18. Qd1 Bb7 19. Nf1 Rh8 20. N1d2 Nb4 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Kg8
23. a3 Nc6 24. Re2 Nb8 25. b4 Nd7 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. b5 Rh7
28. a4 Ra8 29. a5 Rh8 30. Rea2 bxa5 31. Rxa5 Qc7 32. Qa4 Qb7
33. Ne1 Nxe5 34. Rxa7 Rxa7 35. Qxa7 Qxa7 36. Rxa7 Bf6 37. Rc7
Ng6 38. Bd6 Kg7 39. Bxc5 Ra8 40. Ng2 e5 41. Ra7 Rxa7 42. Bxa7
Ne7 43. c5 e4 44. dxe4 d3 45. Nf4 fxe4 46. c6 Be5 47. Kf1 f5
48. Bc5 Nc8 49. b6 1-0

[Event "Montigny le Bretonneux op"]
[Site "Montigny le Bretonneux"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Cyprien Veron"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Bg2 Ng4
12. Qc2 Ne5 13. b3 Ba6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Bb7
17. Bf1 Ba8 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nc6 20. Qd2 Qb7 21. Kg1 Nb4
22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Qa6 24. Rd2 Qa3 25. Rdc2 a5 26. c5 a4
27. cxd6 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 axb3 29. axb3 Qxd6 30. Qxd6 exd6 31. b4
h5 32. Bd2 d5 33. Rc1 Bf8 34. Rb1 Rb5 35. h4 d4 36. Kf1 f5
37. Ke1 Kf7 38. Kd1 Ke6 39. Kc2 Kd5 40. Kd3 Bd6 41. Ra1 Rb6
42. Ra5+ Ke6 43. Kc4 Kf7 44. b5 Rb7 45. Ra6 Be5 46. b6 Rb8
47. Kd5 Re8 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. b7 Bb8 50. Ra8 Rd8+ 51. Kc4 Kf7
52. Bf4 Bxf4 53. gxf4 d3 54. Rxd8 dxe2 55. b8=Q e1=Q 56. Rf8+
Kg7 57. Rg8+ Kf7 58. Qf8+ Ke6 59. Rxg6+ Kd7 60. Rd6+ Kc7
61. Qd8+ Kb7 62. Rb6+ Ka7 63. Qb8# 1-0

[Event "Montigny le Bretonneux op"]
[Site "Montigny le Bretonneux"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sammy Setta"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. O-O-O Qb6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qxf6
Rg8 12. Ng5 Qc7 13. Nxe6 Qe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Nc7 Rc8
16. N7d5+ Kd8 17. g3 1-0

[Event "Montigny le Bretonneux op"]
[Site "Montigny le Bretonneux"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Olivier Roux"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qd1
Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. h3 a6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 e6 13. Ne3 Qc7 14. c3 Bb7 15. Nc2 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Rd7
17. Qe2 f6 18. Bh4 Rad8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 a5 21. Ncd4 Re8
22. Rea1 e5 23. Qc4+ d5 24. Qb3 exd4 25. exd5 Kh8 26. dxc6
Bxc6 27. Rc4 d3 28. Nd4 d2 29. Bg3 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Qd8 31. Nxc6
d1=Q 32. Rxd1 Rdxd1 33. Bf4 Rh1+ 34. Kg3 Rd3+ 35. f3 Qe8
36. Re4 Qa8 37. Qf7 Bf8 38. Re8 Qxe8 39. Qxe8 Kg7 40. Nd4 Rxd4
41. cxd4 g5 42. Qd7+ Kg6 43. Bd6 Bxd6+ 44. Qxd6 h5 45. Qa3 h4+
46. Kf2 Rd1 47. Qc3 Kg7 48. Qxa5 Kg6 49. d5 1-0

[Event "Montigny le Bretonneux op"]
[Site "Montigny le Bretonneux"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Emmanuel Leloup"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Bd3
Qc7 7. O-O a6 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. h3 Bf4 10. Bxf4 Qxf4 11. Nxc6 dxc6
12. Nc4 b5 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. a4 Nc5
17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra7 O-O 19. Rfa1 Rfd8 20. b3 h6 21. Re7 Nxd3
22. cxd3 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Qe3 Qd6 25. Rd1 e5 26. Qd2 Qa3
27. Qc3 Qd6 28. Rc1 Qxd3 29. Qxe5 Qxb3 30. Rxc6 Qd1+ 31. Kh2
Qd4 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rb6 Rxe4 34. Rxb5 Kh7 35. Kg3 g5 36. Kf3
Rf4+ 37. Ke3 Kg6 38. Rb6+ f6 39. g4 h5 40. f3 h4 41. Rb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Thorens op"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabien Libiszewski"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Ngf3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. c3 b6 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nf1 Bb7
12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ne8 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Ne3
Rad8 17. d4 f5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qb3 Ba8 20. Rad1 c4 21. Qc2
Qb5 22. Rd2 Rd7 23. Red1 Rfd8 24. b3 Bc6 25. bxc4 dxc4
26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Nxc4 Ne6 30. Qe2
Qd5 31. Ne3 Qe5 32. Qd3 Nc5 33. Qd4 Qxd4 34. cxd4 Nd7 35. Kf1
Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Kd3 Nb6 38. Kc3 Kd7 39. Kb4 Kc6 40. d5+
Kb7 41. Kc5 Kc7 42. Nc4 Nd7+ 43. Kd4 a6 44. Ne5 Nf6 45. f3 Kd6
46. Nc4+ Kd7 47. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens op"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ioan Cosma"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8
7. Qd2 b5 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. O-O b4 10. Nd1 e5 11. c3 bxc3
12. bxc3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Ne7 14. Nb2 O-O 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Rfb1
Be6 17. Qc2 f5 18. f3 f4 19. Bf2 g5 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Rb1 h5
22. Rxb8+ Qxb8 23. Qb3 Qc7 24. Qb5 Bd7 25. Qb3 Kf8 26. gxf4
gxf4 27. Bh4 Be6 28. Qb5 Nc6 29. Bf2 Ke7 30. Kf1 Bf6 31. Ke2
Bd7 32. Qb3 Na5 33. Nxa5 Qxa5 34. Be1 Qa6 35. Kd2 Be6 36. c4
Bd7 37. Kc1 Qc8 38. Qb2 Qg8 39. h4 a5 40. Kb1 a4 41. a3 Bc8
42. Kc1 Kf7 43. Kb1 Be7 44. Ka1 Be6 45. Kb1 Qc8 46. Kc1 Qd8
47. Qf2 Bd7 48. Bf1 Qc8 49. Bg2 Bh3 50. Bxh3 Qxh3 51. Kc2 Bd8
52. Kc1 Qh1 53. Kc2 Ke6 54. Kb2 Kd7 55. Ka2 Kc6 56. Kb2 Kb7
57. Ka2 Ka6 58. Qb2 Ka7 59. Qb5 Qxe1 60. Qd7+ Ka6 61. Qb5+ Ka7
62. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch U10"]
[Site "Romans-sur-Isere FRA"]
[Date "1999.04.15"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francois Brethes"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6
6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 cxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Rfe1 Re8
11. Rad1 a6 12. b3 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Rac8
16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Rc6 19. g3 Kg7 20. c4 e6
21. Nxf6 Kxf6 22. Rd7 Re7 23. Rd8 e5 24. Kg2 e4 25. Rd5 Rce6
26. Re3 Re5 27. Rd6+ Kg5 28. h4+ Kg4 29. Rf6 Rf5 30. Rxf5 gxf5
31. Kh2 Rd7 32. Kg2 Rd2 33. a4 b6 34. Kf1 Rc2 35. Kg2 a5
36. Re1 Rc3 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. fxe3 h5 39. b4 axb4 40. a5 b3
41. a6 b2 42. a7 b1=Q 43. a8=Q Qc2+ 44. Kg1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch U10"]
[Site "Romans"]
[Date "1999.04.15"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anthony Debunne Amadi"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 Bb4 5. e5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
Nge7 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Na5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Bxc5 O-O 13. Qd2 Nb7 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. Rab1 Ba6
17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Nd4 g5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Be3 f4 21. Bd4 Re8
22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Qxa6 Re6 24. Qd3 Rg6 25. g3 Qh3 26. Rb7 Qh5
27. Qf5 Ra6 28. Rfb1 Qg6 29. Rb8+ Rxb8 30. Rxb8+ Kh7 31. Qc8
1-0

[Event "FRA-ch U10"]
[Site "Romans"]
[Date "1999.04.15"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nessim Ababou"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3
Bg7 7. f3 Qa5 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Qd2 d6 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bc4 a6
12. a4 Ne5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd4 Bc4 16. f4 Ned7
17. Bf3 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nde2 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Rac8 21. h4 h5
22. Ng3 Be6 23. Qg5 Kh7 24. Nge2 Ng4 25. Rf1 f6 26. Qc1 Kg7
27. Bxg4 Bxg4 28. Rf2 Qc5 29. Ng3 Nb6 30. Nf1 Rd4 31. Nd2 Qc7
32. Nb3 Rd6 33. Qe3 Nc4 34. Qc1 Be6 35. Nd2 Qd7 36. Nxc4 Rxc4
37. Rd2 Rcd4 38. Rxd4 exd4 39. Ne2 d3 40. cxd3 Rxd3 41. Kf2
Bb3 42. Qf4 Rd2 43. Rc1 Qd3 44. Rc7+ Bf7 45. Qf3 Qd4+ 46. Qe3
Qxb2 47. g3 Qb4 48. Rxb7 Rxe2+ 49. Qxe2 Qxb7 50. g4 Qb6+
51. Kg2 hxg4 52. Qxg4 Qb2+ 53. Kh1 Qa1+ 54. Kh2 Qxa4 55. h5 g5
56. Kh3 Qb3+ 57. Kg2 Be6 58. Qe2 Qh3+ 59. Kf2 Qh2+ 60. Ke3
Qxe2+ 61. Kxe2 g4 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch U10"]
[Site "Romans"]
[Date "1999.04.15"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Guillaume Henry"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. a3 Bc5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nd4
12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. c3 Bb6 14. a4 a5 15. Kh1 g5 16. Bg3 Nd7
17. h4 gxh4 18. Qg4+ Qg5 19. Qxh4 Qxh4+ 20. Bxh4 f5 21. f4
exf4 22. Rxf4 Be3 23. Rf3 f4 24. d4 Nb6 25. Bb3 Rae8 26. Raf1
Nd7 27. g3 fxg3 28. Rxg3+ Kh8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rxe3 Rf1+
31. Kg2 Rb1 32. Re2 Nf8 33. c4 Ng6 34. Bf6+ Kg8 35. Kf3 Kf7
36. Bd8 c6 37. dxc6 bxc6 38. Bxa5 Rf1+ 39. Rf2 Rb1 40. Bc2 Ra1
41. Ke2+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch U10"]
[Site "Romans"]
[Date "1999.04.15"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Edouard Bonnet"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. Nce2 Nc6 6. f4 d3
7. cxd3 Qxd3 8. Nh3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. d3 c4 11. dxc4 Bb4+
12. Kf1 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch U10"]
[Site "Romans"]
[Date "1999.04.15"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Timothee Heinz"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2
Bg7 7. Nb3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. a4 Be6 11. Bf1 Rc8
12. Nd5 Ne5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Nd4 Bc4 16. Bxc4
Nxc4 17. b3 Qb6 18. c3 Na5 19. b4 Rxc3 20. Ne2 Nc6 21. Nxc3
Bxc3 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Ne5 24. Be3 Qd8 25. Bd4 Bxe1
26. Qxe1 Qd7 27. Qe2 Rc8 28. Rd1 Nc4 29. Rc1 Qxb5 30. Qd2 e5
31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Qd3 Qb2 33. Qf1 b5 34. h3 Qd4 35. Qe2 b4 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch U10"]
[Site "Romans"]
[Date "1999.04.15"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandre Pottier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3
Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Qd2 a6 9. f4 d6 10. h3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Bd7
12. g4 Rfc8 13. g5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. c3 Bg7
17. h4 Bc6 18. Bf3 d5 19. Ng3 d4 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Ne2 dxc3
22. Nxc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qe4 24. Rh3 Qxf4+ 25. Kb1 Rxc3 26. Rxc3
Qxh4 27. a3 Qxg5 28. Ka2 Qe5 29. Rb3 b5 30. Rdd3 Qe6 31. Re3
Qd7 32. Red3 Qb7 33. Rdc3 h5 34. Rd3 e5 35. Re3 e4 36. Rec3 f5
37. Rg3 Kf7 38. Rgc3 f4 39. Rc1 Rc8 40. Rf1 f3 41. Rf2 g5
42. Rh2 Kg6 43. Rf2 g4 44. Rd2 Qb6 45. Rd1 e3 46. Re1 f2
47. Rexe3 f1=Q 48. Rg3 Rc1 49. Rbd3 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch U10"]
[Site "Romans"]
[Date "1999.04.15"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Thibaud L'Huillier"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. h3 a6
7. a4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 e5 11. Ne6 Qe7
12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Bg5 Qe6 15. Nd5 Rdf8 16. Ne3
h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Be1 h5 19. Nf5 Nd4 20. c3 Nxf5 21. Rxf5 Rhg8
22. Bd2 g4 23. h4 g3 24. Qe2 Rg4 25. Raf1 Qd6 26. Qf3 Rd8
27. Rxf6 Qxd3 28. Qf5+ Kb8 29. Qxh5 Rxe4 30. Bg5 Qc2 31. Rxa6
bxa6 32. Bxd8 Re2 33. Qf3 Qxb2 34. Qxg3 Rc2 35. Rf7 Qa1+
36. Kh2 Rc1 37. Bxc7+ Kb7 38. Qf3+ Kc8 39. Qa8# 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.24"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Li Haoyu"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6
7. Qd2 Rb8 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nc1 O-O 11. Nd1 b5
12. c3 Ndc6 13. Bh6 b4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne2 d5 16. Qc2 Qa5
17. Ne3 Rd8 18. f4 Qb6 19. Rfb1 Ba6 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Kh1 Ne7 23. Ng1 Nf5 24. Nf3 Ne3 25. Qd2 d4 26. cxd4
cxd4 27. Re1 Bb7 28. Nh4 Nxg2 29. Nxg2 Re8 30. Kg1 Qc6 31. h3
Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Rc8 33. Kh2 a5 34. Nh4 Qc2 35. Re2 Qb1 36. Ng2
Rc1 37. g4 Rh1+ 38. Kg3 Qg1 39. Re4 Qh2+ 40. Kf2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.24"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stanislav Marchenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 a5 11. f3 a4 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qa5 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qb6+
17. Kh1 Rfc8 18. Qd2 Rc5 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. f4 Bb5 21. Bxb5
Qxb5 22. h3 Rc4 23. f5 Qc5 24. Rxc4 Qxc4 25. Re1 Qxa2 26. fxg6
fxg6 27. Qg5 Rf8 28. Qxe7 Qxb2 29. Qxd6 a3 30. Qe6+ Kh8
31. Qe7 Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Ra1 Ra8 34. g4 b5 35. Kg2 b4
36. Kf3 b3 37. e5 b2 38. Rf1 a2 39. e6 b1=Q 40. Rxb1 axb1=Q
0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.24"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Be2 Nc4
12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. f3 d6 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. Rfe1
Rac8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Be8 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 Qc7
21. Red5 Kf8 22. Rd3 e6 23. Be3 b6 24. Bg5 Ke7 25. R8d4 Qe5
26. Bh4 Bc6 27. Bg3 Qf5 28. Bd6+ Ke8 29. g4 Nxg4 30. Rf4 Qh5
31. fxg4 Qh6 32. Rg3 e5 33. Rc4 Kd7 34. Bb8 Ba8 35. Rc7+ Ke6
36. Rxa7 Bc6 37. Ra6 Bf8 38. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.24"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5 Nc6 6. Bxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. O-O Bg7 9. Qh4 d6 10. Bh6 O-O 11. c4 Nb6
12. Ng5 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Bxg7 fxg5 15. Qh6 Rf7 16. Bc3
Nxc4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. f3 Qxb2
21. Qxg5 Raf8 22. Rac1 Bb5 23. Re6 Qxa2 24. Rxd6 Qa3 25. Re6
Qd3 26. Bc3 Qf5 27. Qe3 Qf4 28. Qe1 Qg5 29. Kh1 Bc4 30. Re5
Qd8 31. Bb4 Bd5 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Re7 Qd6 34. Rxa7 Qb8 35. Re7
Qb2 36. Qc3 Rb8 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Qxb2 Rxb2 39. Rxh7 c5 40. Rd7
Be6 41. Rc7 c4 42. h4 Ke8 43. Kh2 Kd8 44. Rc5 Kd7 45. Kg3 Kd6
46. Ra5 Rb3 47. h5 gxh5 48. Rxh5 c3 49. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.24"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Franko Sagi"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Ngf3 Bg7
7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Qe2 Re8 10. Nf1 d4 11. e5 Nd5 12. h4
h5 13. N1h2 Qc7 14. g4 hxg4 15. Nxg4 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6
17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bg5 Rf8 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne5 Rb8 21. h5
Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 b6 24. Rg5 Kf7 25. Be4 gxh5
26. Rxh5 Ke7 27. f3 Bb7 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Kf2 Kd6 30. Rah1
Rbf7 31. R1h3 Rg7 32. Rh7 Rfg6 33. Rxg7 Rxg7 34. Rh8 Ke5
35. Rf8 Rh7 36. f4+ Kd6 37. Kg2 Rg7+ 38. Kf3 Rh7 39. Rf6 Rh2
40. f5 Ke5 41. Rxe6+ Kxf5 42. Re2 Rxe2 43. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.24"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Piotr Brodowski"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7
7. O-O g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 Rb8 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nbd2 e6 12. e4
Re8 13. Rae1 Ba6 14. Ba1 bxc4 15. bxc4 exd5 16. Qa4 Bxc4
17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qc7 19. Qd3 Qc6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5
Rbd8 22. Qc2 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qe6 24. Ndc4 Rd4 25. Nd2 Qd5
26. Nef3 Rde4 27. Rxe4 Nxe4 28. Rd1 Qa8 29. Nc4 Nc3 30. Rd3
Qe4 31. Ncd2 Qb4 32. h3 a5 33. Nf1 a4 34. Ne3 a3 35. Nd2 Bd4
36. Nb3 f5 37. Qd2 Bg7 38. Nc2 Ne2+ 39. Kf1 Qb8 40. g3 c4
41. Rd7 cxb3 42. Qd5+ Kh8 43. Qf7 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.24"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Valentina Golubenko"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5
7. Bc2 d5 8. e5 d4 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. Be4 Bb7 11. d3 g6 12. Nbd2
Bg7 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bg5 Nf5 16. Qd2 h6 17. Bf6 Kh7
18. Rac1 Bxf6 19. exf6 Rad8 20. Nc5 Ba8 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Re7
Rd6 23. Nd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Nb8 25. Rdc7 Nc6 26. Ng5+ hxg5
27. Qxg5 Nd8 28. Rc8 Bb7 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. R8c5 Re8 31. g4 Qxc5
32. Qh6 Qf8 33. Qg5 Ne6 34. Qh4 Nf4 35. Rd1 Bf3 36. Rb1 Nxd3
37. gxf5 Re4 0-1

[Event "WCh U10 Boys"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "1999.11.04"]
[EventDate "1999.10.24"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Edouard Bonnet"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Bb4+ 9. Nd2 d5 10. cxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 cxd5
12. exd5 Qxd5 13. O-O Bb7 14. f3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Qb4 a5
17. Qh4 Kh8 18. Rd2 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. Bg5 Rd4 21. Qe1 Nd7
22. Rd1 Nf8 23. Rxd4 exd4 24. Qe7 Bd5 25. a3 Kg8 26. b4 axb4
27. axb4 Ne6 28. Bh4 h6 29. b5 g5 30. Bg3 Bc4 31. Qb4 Ra1+
32. Be1 Bxb5 33. Kf2 Ra2+ 34. Bd2 Ba6 35. Kg3 d3 36. Kg4 Nf4
37. Kf5 Bc8+ 38. Ke4 Bb7+ 39. Qxb7 Rxd2 40. g3 Re2+ 41. Kf5 d2
42. Qd7 Ng2 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qd4+ Kf8 45. Qd3 d1=Q 46. Qa3+
0-1

[Event "Arthur Andersen sim"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. f3 a5 13. Rac1 a4 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. cxd5 b6 18. Bb5 Qc7 19. Rc2 Qa7 20. Bc6 Rab8 21. Rb1 Rfc8
22. b4 Nb7 23. a3 Nd8 24. Rbc1 Qa6 25. b5 Qa7 26. Rc4 Nb7
27. Bxb7 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Qxb7 29. Qc2 Kf8 30. Rxa4 Rc8 31. Rc4
Rxc4 32. Qxc4 Bf6 33. Qc6 Qb8 34. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alban Jouet Pastre"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c3 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 O-O
7. e5 Nd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. Nc3 Ncb4
12. Be4 Bb7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bb1 d6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Qd3 g6
17. Bh6 Re8 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc5 21. Rc1
Bc4 22. Qc3 Rec8 23. Be4 Bd5 24. Qd2 Qb6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Be3
Bc5 27. Rxc5 Qxc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. b4 Rc4 30. Qxd5 Rac8 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adrien Hoarau"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e4 Nxc3
12. bxc3 c5 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Qb2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb4
17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Bb1 Rac8 19. a3 Nc2 20. Bxc2 Rxc2 21. Rfe1
Rdc8 22. h3 R8c7 23. Ne5 Kf8 24. f3 f6 25. Ng6+ Kf7 26. Nh8+
Kg8 27. Ng6 Rd2 28. Nf4 Kf7 29. Rac1 Rcc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2
31. Re3 g5 32. Ne2 Ba6 33. Nc3 Bc4 34. a4 a6 35. e5 f5 36. f4
gxf4 37. Rf3 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Kh2 b4 40. Nb1 Bd5 41. Rf1
Rxg2+ 42. Kh1 f3 43. Nc3 bxc3 44. h4 f2 45. Rc1 f4 46. h5 Rg4+
47. Kh2 Rh4# 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U20"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Cyril Soyez"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e5 9. Qe3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O-O
Be7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Rxd5 O-O 14. Rhd1 Rfc8 15. c3 a6 16. h3
b5 17. Kb1 Rab8 18. Qd3 Qe6 19. Ne1 Rc7 20. Nc2 Qc8 21. Ne3 b4
22. c4 g6 23. b3 Qb7 24. f3 Qb6 25. Qe2 Ra8 26. R5d3 Rca7
27. Nd5 Qb7 28. Nxe7+ Qxe7 29. Rxd6 a5 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. Rd7
Rxd7 32. Qxd7 Qg5 33. Qd2 Qf6 34. Qd5 Ra6 35. Qb5 a4 36. Qxb4
axb3 37. axb3 Rb6 38. Qc3 Qg5 39. c5 Rb8 40. c6 Ra8 41. g4 Qf4
42. c7 Qh2 43. c8=Q Qa2+ 44. Kc1 Qa3+ 45. Kd2 Rxc8 46. Qxc8
Qxb3 47. Qc3 Qb5 48. Ke1 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Timothee Heinz"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nb3
Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 b6 10. Bf1 Bb7 11. Bg5 Na5
12. Nxa5 bxa5 13. Qd2 Bc6 14. Bh6 Qc7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rab1
Rfc8 17. Bd3 Rab8 18. Qe2 e6 19. Ba6 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. f3
Qb4 22. Qe3 Rb7 23. a3 Qc4 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Nxe2 Rxc2 26. Nd4
Rcxb2 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. Nc6 Nd7 29. Rd1 Ne5 30. Nxe5 dxe5
31. Rd3 a4 32. Rd1 Rb3 33. Ra1 Kf8 34. Ra2 Ke7 35. Kf2 Kd6
36. Ke2 Kc5 37. Kd2 Kd4 38. h3 f5 39. Kc2 fxe4 40. fxe4 Kxe4
41. Kd2 Kf4 42. Ke2 Kg3 43. Kf1 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U20"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Helder Frade-Marques"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. exd5
Qxd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Be2 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3
Be7 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. a3 O-O 14. b4 Qd8 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Bd6
17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rfd1 Be5 19. Rac1 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5
Bb2 22. Rc4 Bxa3 23. b5 Nd8 24. Rd7 Re8 25. Bf3 Re5 26. Bxb7
Nxb7 27. Rxb7 h6 28. g3 a5 29. b6 g5 30. Ra7 Ree8 31. Rxa8
Rxa8 32. b7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Romain Ribeiro"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Be2 Bd7
12. O-O Bc6 13. f3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Bd4 O-O 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Qd4+ e5 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Rfd1 Nd4 20. f4 Qb6 21. Kh1 f6
22. Qe3 a4 23. bxa4 Bxa4 24. Rb1 Qc6 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Qxd4
Rf7 27. Rb6 Qc5 28. Rxd6 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Rd7 30. Rxd7+ Bxd7
31. Bd1 Be6 32. Bb3 Bxc4 33. Bxc4 Rc8 34. Bd5 Rxc3 35. h3 b5
36. Kh2 Kf8 37. f5 g5 38. Kg1 Ke7 39. Kf2 Kd6 40. g3 Ke5
41. Kg2 h5 42. Bf7 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Bd5 Kf4 45. Kh2 b4
46. Kg2 Rc2+ 47. Kf1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U20"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Steven Sancho"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7
12. Qc2 h6 13. Rfe1 Bf6 14. Rad1 b6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Bb7
17. Qc1 Be7 18. Bxh6 f5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Rd3 Bf6
22. Rh3 Kg8 23. Ree3 Bg5 24. Reg3 Bxc1 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rgg3
Qe7 27. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Edouard Bonnet"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Bd3 Bd7
12. b4 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. f4 a5 15. a3 Nd4 16. Ne2 Bg4 17. h3
Bxe2 18. Bxe2 e5 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Bd3 Qd7 21. b5 Qc7 22. Qg4
Qc5 23. a4 Ra7 24. Qh4 f6 25. f5 g5 26. Qh5 Qa3 27. Rcd1 Qxa4
28. h4 gxh4 29. Qxh4 Qb4 30. Rf3 a4 31. Rh3 Bh8 32. Rf1 a3
33. Rff3 a2 34. Rfg3+ Rg7 35. Qxh7+ Kf7 36. Rxg7+ Bxg7
37. Qg6+ Ke7 38. Rh7 a1=Q+ 39. Kh2 Rf7 40. Rxg7 Rxg7 41. Qxg7+
Kd8 42. Qxf6+ Kc7 43. Qe7+ Kc8 44. e5 Qae1 45. Qe8+ Kc7
46. Qc6+ Kd8 47. Qxd6+ Ke8 48. Qb8+ Kf7 49. Qc7+ Ke8 50. Qc8+
Kf7 51. Qd7+ Kf8 52. Qd8+ Kf7 53. e6+ Kg7 54. Qe7+ Kh6
55. Qf6+ Kh7 56. Qf7+ Kh8 57. Qf8+ Kh7 58. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Noisy le Grand op"]
[Site "Noisy le Grand"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gilles Lietard"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3
d4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. cxd4 Nxd4 9. c3 Nc6 10. d4 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6
12. Bc4 h6 13. O-O Bg4 14. Qb3 O-O-O 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Rxf6
gxf6 17. Rb1 b6 18. Ba6+ Kb8 19. h3 Bf5 20. dxe5 Bxb1 21. Qxb1
Bc5+ 22. Kh2 Rd1 23. Qe4 Bg1+ 24. Kg3 Rg8+ 25. Kh4 Bf2+
26. Kh5 c6 27. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Noisy le Grand op"]
[Site "Noisy le Grand"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laurent Sainte-Marie"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. O-O Bc5
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Ne7 9. Qc2 d4 10. Nd2 e5 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. b4
Bb6 13. b5 Qd7 14. Ba3 c5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qc2 f5 17. e3 O-O
18. exd4 exd4 19. Rae1 Nc8 20. Re5 Nd6 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5
Ne4 23. Rd5 Nc3 24. Re5 a6 25. Qd3 Rfe8 26. Rfe1 Rxe5 27. Rxe5
axb5 28. Qxf5 bxc4 29. Qe6+ Qf7 30. Nxc4 Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxa2
32. Ne5 h6 33. Rd6 Rd2 34. h4 Kh7 35. h5 Rxf2 36. Ng6 Rf5
37. g4 Rd5 38. Rxd5 Nxd5 39. Kf2 Kg8 40. Ne5 Nb4 41. Kf3 Kf8
42. Ke4 Ke7 43. Kxd4 Kd6 44. Nf3 Nd5 45. Ke4 Nf6+ 46. Kf5 Ke7
47. Ne5 Kf8 48. g5 hxg5 49. Kxg5 Nxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Noisy le Grand op"]
[Site "Noisy le Grand"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Franck Moussaoui"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6
7. Nc3 e6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. h3 b5
12. cxb5 Ne5 13. Kb1 Nxf3 14. gxf3 d5 15. exd5 Rd8 16. Rg1
exd5 17. bxa6 Bxa6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Nd4 g6 21. a4
Bf8 22. Qd3 Qb7 23. Nb5 Bg7 24. f4 Nh5 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. f5
Rf6 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Rd2 Qf7 29. Qc2 Rf3 30. Rg3 Rxg3
31. fxg3 Qf1+ 32. Qd1 Qxh3 33. Rxd5 Qf5+ 34. Rxf5 Rxd1+
35. Kc2 Nxf5 36. Kxd1 Nxg3 37. a5 h5 38. a6 h4 39. Nd4 h3
40. Nf3 g5 41. a7 g4 42. a8=Q+ Kg7 43. Nh2 1-0

[Event "Noisy le Grand op"]
[Site "Noisy le Grand"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Moez Jellouli"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Bd3 Bd7
12. O-O Bc6 13. Qd2 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Bb1 O-O 16. Bd4 b6
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. Qg5 f6 21. Qe3 Rfd8
22. f3 e6 23. Nf4 e5 24. Nd5 Rab8 25. Qc3 Ne6 26. Rd2 Bxd5
27. cxd5 Rbc8 28. Qb2 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Nd4 30. Bd3 Rc8 31. Qf1
Qc7 32. Ba6 Qc1 33. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kf2 b5 35. Rb2 Kf7 36. a4
b4 37. Bc4 Ke7 38. Ke3 f5 39. Rd2 f4+ 40. Kf2 Kd7 41. Rb2 Kc7
42. Be2 Kb6 43. Bc4 Kc5 44. Bd3 Rc3 45. Bc4 Rxc4 46. bxc4 Kxc4
47. Rb1 Kc3 48. Rc1+ Nc2 49. Ke2 b3 50. Kd1 b2 51. Rxc2+ Kb3
52. Rxb2+ Kxb2 53. Kd2 Kb3 54. Kd3 g5 55. h3 h5 56. Kd2 Kxa4
57. Kc3 Kb5 58. Kb3 h4 59. Ka3 a4 0-1

[Event "Noisy le Grand op"]
[Site "Noisy le Grand"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valentin Lukov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qc7
12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qc7 Nc6
17. Rac1 Bd8 18. Qf4 f5 19. Nc5 Bf6 20. b3 h6 21. Bxc6 bxc6
22. Qc7 Re8 23. Qxc6 Rxe2 24. Na4 Rxa2 25. Qxa8 Nxa8 26. Rxc8+
Kh7 27. Rxa8 Be7 28. Rd7 Bf6 29. Raxa7 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 Rb1
31. Nc5 Kg6 32. h4 f4 33. g4 1-0

[Event "Montpellier op 7th"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2000.07.05"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Mladen Palac"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6
7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Qd2 b6 11. Kb1 Bb7
12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. Bc2 Rad8 15. Nd4 Rfe8 16. f3 Nfd7
17. Qf2 Ne5 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. g4 b5 21. b4 Nd7
22. cxb5 axb5 23. g5 Nb6 24. h4 Nc4 25. f5 Bf8 26. f6 Rc8
27. Rd3 Qb6 28. Qxb6 Nxb6 29. Bb3 Nd7 30. Nd1 Ne5 31. Bxe5
dxe5 32. a3 gxf6 33. gxf6 Bh6 34. Nf2 Red8 35. Red1 Rxd3
36. Rxd3 Kf8 37. Kb2 Bf4 38. Bd1 Ke8 39. Bf3 Bg3 40. Ng4 Bxh4
41. Bg2 Rd8 42. Rxd8+ Kxd8 43. Kc2 Be8 44. Bf3 h5 45. Nh2 Bxf6
46. Bxh5 Bg5 47. Be2 Bc6 48. Bd3 f5 49. Nf3 Bf4 50. Nd2 Bxd2
51. Kxd2 Bxe4 52. Bxb5 Kc7 53. Be2 f4 54. a4 Bg2 55. Bg4 Bd5
56. a5 e4 57. Be2 e5 58. b5 e3+ 59. Kd3 f3 60. Bxf3 Bxf3
61. Kxe3 Bd5 62. Kd3 Kd6 63. b6 Kc5 64. b7 Bxb7 0-1

[Event "Montpellier op 7th"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2000.07.05"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arnaud Hauchard"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4
Qc7 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne5 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bxe5
Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. d6 e6 14. g3 a6 15. Bg2 Qc5 16. Qd4
Qxd4 17. Rxd4 f5 18. Rhd1 Kf7 19. Rb4 Rb8 20. Rb6 e5 21. Rd5
Re8 22. Rc5 Kf6 23. Kd2 g5 24. a4 g4 25. a5 e4 26. Ke3 Re5
27. Rxe5 Kxe5 28. h3 h5 29. h4 Ra8 30. Bf1 Ra7 31. Bc4 Kf6
32. Kf4 Ra8 33. Bg8 Kg6 34. Bd5 Kf6 35. Ke3 Rb8 36. Kd4 Ra8
37. Bc4 Ra7 38. Rb3 Ra8 39. Bd5 Rb8 40. c4 Ra8 41. Kc5 Rb8
42. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Clichy Masters 11th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Petar Velikov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ng4 9. e3 d6 10. Nde2 f5 11. b3 Be6 12. Bb2
Qd7 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. h3 Nh6 15. Nd5 Rac8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Rfd1 Bg8 18. Rac1 e6 19. Ndc3 Qe7 20. Qb2 Kf8 21. Rd2 Rd7
22. Rcd1 Rcd8 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 a6 25. a4 Nf7 26. f4 Nh6
27. a5 g5 28. R4d2 Nf7 29. Na4 h5 30. Nb6 Rc7 31. Re1 h4
32. gxh4 gxf4 33. exf4 Qxh4 34. Rxe6 Ne5 35. Rxe5 dxe5
36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Qxe5 Rf7 38. Kh2 Qc7 39. Qd4 Rg7 40. b4 Qe7
41. c5 Be6 42. Qd6 Qxd6 43. cxd6 Ke8 44. Bf3 Kd8 45. h4 Ke8
46. h5 Kf8 47. Kh3 Kg8 48. h6 Rh7 49. Kh4 Rxh6+ 50. Kg5 Kg7
51. d7 Rg6+ 52. Kh4 Bxd7 53. Nxd7 Kh6 54. Ne5 Rg7 55. Bd5 Rc7
56. Be6 1-0

[Event "Clichy Masters 11th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yann Salaun"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7
7. c3 Bd7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Ne1 d5 10. Nc2 b5 11. Re1 c4 12. exd5
exd5 13. dxc4 bxc4 14. Ne3 Qa5 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Nd2 Rac8
17. Nf3 h6 18. Nc2 Rfe8 19. Bf4 Bf5 20. Ncd4 Bd3 21. Rxd3 cxd3
22. Qxd3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qb6 24. Nb3 Qe6 25. Rd1 Rcd8 26. Be3
Qd7 27. Nd4 Bc5 28. Nc2 Bxe3 29. Nxe3 Re5 30. Qd4 Rde8 31. Bf3
Qb7 32. b3 Qa6 33. Rd2 Qa3 34. Kg2 Qc1 35. Rd1 Qb2 36. Rd2 Qb1
37. Nxd5 Nxd5 38. Bxd5 Re1 39. Qf4 Rg1+ 40. Kf3 Qg6 41. h4
Rge1 42. Kg2 R8e5 43. c4 a6 44. c5 Rf5 45. Qc4 Rf6 46. c6 Qf5
47. c7 Re8 48. Bb7 1-0

[Event "Clichy Masters 11th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabrice Moracchini"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 a5 6. Nc3 Ba6
7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Qa4 Qxb6 11. e5 dxe5
12. Nxe5 g6 13. Bg5 Ra7 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nc6 Ra8 16. Re1 Bh6
17. Rxe7+ Kf8 18. Rxd7 Re8 19. Qd1 Qf5 20. Rb7 Kg7 21. g4 Qf6
22. Kg2 Bf4 23. h4 h5 24. g5 Qf5 25. Qf3 a4 26. Ne2 Re4
27. Ng3 Bxg3 28. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Clichy Masters 11th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Laurent Verat"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4
Qxd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Bd7 9. Nbc3 O-O-O 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. O-O-O
f5 12. Bf4 Bxf4+ 13. Nxf4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 b6 15. f3 Nh6 16. Ng3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clichy Masters 11th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grzegorz Lukasiewicz"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Qd6 5. c3 Qh6 6. Bg3
Nxg3 7. fxg3 e6 8. Qd2 Qxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 f5 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7
Bxd7 12. e3 Bd6 13. Be2 h5 14. Nf3 Ke7 15. Kf2 Kf6 16. h4 Rae8
17. Rad1 c5 18. c4 Bc6 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rd8
22. Rhd1 Rd7 23. Bf3 Ke5 24. Rc1 Rhd8 25. Rcd1 g6 26. R1d2 Rd6
27. Ke1 dxc4 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rc2 Kd5 31. Ke2
a5 32. Rc3 c5 33. Ra3 Rb6 34. b3 cxb3 35. axb3 Rb5 36. Kd3 Kc6
37. Kc3 Kb6 38. Ra1 Rb4 39. Rd1 Rg4 40. Rd6+ Kb5 41. Rxe6 Rxg3
42. Kd2 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Clichy Masters 11th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Thal Abergel"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Na5 11. g4 b5 12. g5
Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Nd7 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. exf5 Bb7
17. f6 Bxd5 18. fxg7 Rg8 19. Rxd5 Rxg7 20. Qh5 Nb6 21. Rf5 Qc8
22. Qf3 Nd7 23. Re1 Ne5 24. Qe4 Rg6 25. Bd4 Qc6 26. Qe3 Re6
27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Rxe5 Rc8 29. c3 Qd6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Qxe6
fxe6 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Rxa6 Bxg5+ 34. Kb1 Rc5 35. Ra5 Rf5
36. c4 Rxf2 37. Rxb5 Bf6 38. Rh5 Rxb2+ 39. Kc1 Kg6 40. Rh3 Ra2
41. b4 h5 42. c5 Rb2 43. Rg3+ Kh6 44. Rf3 Bd4 45. Kd1 Rxb4
46. c6 Be5 47. h3 Rc4 48. Ke2 Rxc6 49. Kf1 Kg5 50. Rd3 Kh4
51. Kg2 Rc2+ 52. Kg1 Bh2+ 53. Kh1 Bg3 54. Rd1 Kxh3 55. Kg1
Rg2+ 56. Kf1 h4 57. Rd4 Ra2 58. Rd1 Rf2+ 59. Kg1 Rg2+ 60. Kf1
Kh2 61. Rd2 h3 62. Rc2 Kh1 63. Rc3 Rf2+ 64. Ke1 Rf3+ 65. Ke2
Rxc3 66. Kf1 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "Clichy Masters 11th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Radulov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 dxc6
6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Bg2 f6 9. Bd2 Ne7 10. O-O-O Ng6
11. h4 h5 12. Be4 f5 13. Bg2 Be7 14. e4 Kc7 15. exf5 Bxf5
16. Be4 Rhf8 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Ne4 Rd8 19. Be3 b6 20. Rxd8
Bxd8 21. Rd1 Be7 22. Kd2 Nf8 23. Ke2 Ne6 24. c3 g6 25. a4 a5
26. Kd3 Rf8 27. Kc2 Rb8 28. b3 Rf8 29. Rd2 Re8 30. Re2 Rf8
31. Kd1 Rd8+ 32. Rd2 Rb8 33. Kc2 Rf8 34. Re2 Rf7 35. Nd2 Bc5
36. Ne4 Be7 37. Kd3 Rf8 38. Kc4 Rb8 39. Rd2 Rd8 40. Rxd8 Nxd8
41. b4 axb4 42. cxb4 Nb7 43. Bd2 Nd6+ 44. Nxd6 Bxd6 45. Be3
Kb7 46. b5 Kc7 47. Kd3 Be7 48. Ke4 Bf6 49. f3 Bg7 50. Bd2 Bf6
51. Bc3 cxb5 52. axb5 Kd6 53. f4 Kc5 54. fxe5 Be7 55. Bd2 Kxb5
56. Kd5 Ka4 57. Bg5 Bf8 58. e6 b5 59. e7 Bxe7 60. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Clichy Masters 11th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jacques Elbilia"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 b6
7. Bd3 Na6 8. a3 c5 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc7
12. O-O Bb7 13. Rd1 Ncd5 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Ne5 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qh4 Ne4 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qe2 Bd6 21. f4 Bd5
22. Be3 Qe7 23. Rac1 g6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1
Qc7 27. Be3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clichy Masters 11th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jean-Philippe Karr"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 O-O
7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 c5
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Bg4 15. Nd4 Rb8 16. Qd3
Qc7 17. f4 Rfc8 18. b3 Qa5 19. Bb2 Bd7 20. a3 e6 21. Rac1 Bf8
22. b4 Qb6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Bb5 25. Qd2 Bc4 26. Bc3 h5
27. h3 Qa6 28. Kh2 Bd3 29. Bb2 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Be4 31. Qc6 Qf1
32. Nf3 Bxf3 33. Qc2 Bh6 34. Bc1 Be4 35. Qb2 Bxf4+ 36. Bxf4
Qxf4+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 d4 39. b5 d3 40. b6 axb6 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hugo Lofgren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4 d6 6. g3 Bd7
7. Qb3 Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg2 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O bxc4
12. dxc4 Na5 13. Qc2 Nxc4 14. Bg5 Rb8 15. b3 Na3 16. Qb2 Nxe4
17. Qxa3 Nxc3 18. Qxa6 h6 19. Bf4 Bb5 20. Qa3 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Ra8
22. Qc1 Nxc1 23. Raxc1 Re8 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3
d4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be2 dxc3 9. O-O Nd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 11. Kh1
Be6 12. Bf4 Ba3 13. Qe1 Bb2 14. Rd1 Bxa2 15. Qg3 Rg8 16. Bg5
Be6 17. Bf3 c6 18. Rde1 Qb6 19. Bh5 a5 20. Rxf7 Bxf7 21. Bxf7+
Kd7 22. e6+ Kc8 23. Bxg8 Ba3 24. e7 Bxe7 25. Be6+ Kd8 26. Qd6+
1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michal Kopczynski"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6
7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Qb6 11. O-O Qa5
12. Rad1 Ng4 13. Qc1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Qd2 Nb4 16. a3 Bh6
17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Qd5+ Rf7 19. Nd4 Nf6 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Ncxb5
Bd7 22. Bf3 e5 23. Nxd6 exd4 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Bxd4 Bf5
26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Bd5+ Nxd5 28. cxd5 Rxb3 29. Bxa7 Bc2 30. Ra1
Rd3 31. Be3 Bf8 32. Ra7+ Kf6 33. Rxh7 Rxd5 34. h4 Ke5 35. Re1
Kd6 36. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Be2 Bd7
12. O-O Bc6 13. f3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Qd2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qb6
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rfc8 19. Rc2 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Nxb3+ 21. Be3
Rxc2 22. Qd3 Nc1 23. Bxb6 Nxd3 24. Bxd3 Rxa2 25. Bd4 Rc8
26. Rb1 Ra4 27. Bb2 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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. Nd5 Re8 11. Qf3 Ng4
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 Ne5 14. Qg3 Ba6 15. Rfd1 Nc4 16. Bxc4
Bxc4 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. b3 Be6 19. Rac1 Kh8 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. c4 c5
22. Bc3 Bc6 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nc3 a5 25. Rd3 a4 26. bxa4 Reb8
27. Nb5 Qa5 28. e5 Qxa4 29. exd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Falko Bindrich"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 e5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. e5 Nd5
12. Qxd4 Ne7 13. Bg5 Nf5 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Nd5 Qa7
17. Bd3 Nd4 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Be4 Nc6 21. Rac1 Qa7
22. Be3 Qb8 23. f4 d6 24. exd6 Qxd6 25. Bc5 Qd8 26. Bxf8 Bxf8
27. Qf2 Bg7 28. Red1 Rb8 29. Kh1 Bg4 30. Rd2 Qa5 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Puchen Wang"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O
7. e4 d6 8. d3 a6 9. Nd5 e6 10. Ne3 Qc7 11. Nh4 Rb8 12. f4 b5
13. f5 Nd4 14. g4 bxc4 15. g5 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. Ng4 exf5
18. exf5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Bd2 Be6 22. Rxf8+
Rxf8 23. Qxa6 c4 24. Rb1 Rf7 25. Qa8+ Kg7 26. Qe8 Rf8 27. Qa4
d5 28. Qa5 Qxa5 29. Bxa5 Ra8 30. Re1 Bxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Rxa5
32. a3 Rb5 33. Rd1 Nc6 34. Rd2 Ne5 35. Nf3 Nxf3+ 36. Bxf3 d4
37. a4 Rb4 38. a5 c3 39. bxc3 dxc3 40. Rd3 c2 41. Rc3 Rb3
42. a6 Rxc3 43. a7 c1=Q 44. a8=Q Rc2+ 45. Kg3 Qxg5+ 46. Bg4
Qxg4# 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ngoc Truongson Nguyen"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Bd6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc8 11. Qe2 c5
12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. dxc5 Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Nbd7 15. Qe2 Nxc5 16. f3
Rac8 17. Bg5 Ne8 18. Rad1 f6 19. Be3 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Nc7 21. Rd2
Rfd8 22. Red1 e5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Ne6
26. b3 Nc7 27. Rd2 Rd8 28. a3 Ne6 29. b4 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qd8
31. Kf2 Qxd2+ 32. Bxd2 Kf7 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. a4 Kd6 35. Bc1 f5
36. Ba3 g6 37. Bb2 h5 38. h4 Nf4 39. g3 Ne6 40. Kd3 a5 41. Bc3
axb4 42. Bxb4+ Kc6 43. a5 bxa5 44. Bxa5 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hovik Hayrapetyan"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ng4 9. e3 d6 10. b3 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nh6
12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. Rc1 e6 15. Ne3 Ne7 16. Qe2 Bd7
17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. a3 Rfc8 19. b4 Qd8 20. d5 Ba4 21. Rd2 e5
22. Be4 b6 23. Bc2 Bd7 24. Bd1 Rb7 25. a4 f5 26. Ba3 f4
27. Nf1 Nf5 28. c5 bxc5 29. Rxc5 dxc5 30. bxc5 Rbc7 31. c6 Be8
32. Bb4 Bxc6 33. dxc6 Qe8 34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. Bf3 Nd4 36. Bg2 f3
37. Bh3 Rxc6 38. Qd3 Rd8 39. Kh1 Rb8 40. Ba5 Rc5 41. Qa6 Nb3
42. Rd7 Rxa5 43. Qd6 Qf8 44. Qc7 Rc8 45. Qd6 Qxd6 46. Rxd6 Rb8
47. Be6 Nc5 48. Bd5 e4 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Martyn Kravtsiv"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bxf4 Be7
7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Nh5 11. c3 f5
12. exf5 Rxf5 13. g4 Rxf4 14. Nxf4 Nxf4 15. Rxf4 Bg5 16. Rf1
Qd7 17. Ne4 Be3+ 18. Kg2 Re8 19. Ng3 Ne7 20. Qf3 Ng6 21. Kh1
Qe6 22. Rae1 Nh4 23. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ildar Khairullin"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 b5
7. Bb3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 Bb7 12. Bf4
Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bc2 Qd5 15. f3 Rad8 16. Qe1 cxd4
17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Be3 Ba8 19. Bb3 Qb7 20. Kh1 Rfe8 21. Rd1 Qb6
22. Qf2 Nd5 23. f4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6
7. Bc4 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+
Nxd7 12. Nc3 Ne6 13. O-O g6 14. Nd5 Bg7 15. Re1 Rd8 16. Nf4
Ndc5 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Be3 b6 19. a4 Rd5 20. Red1 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 O-O 22. Kf1 Rd8 23. Ke2 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Nd8 25. Kc2 Nc6
26. Bf4 e6 27. Kd3 a6 28. Kc4 Na5+ 29. Kb4 Nc6+ 30. Kc4 Na5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be6 6. Qe2
Nxc3 7. dxc3 c6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qf2 Nd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Qg3
O-O-O 12. O-O Rdg8 13. Rae1 c5 14. Kh1 g5 15. Bb5 Nb8 16. Be2
Qd8 17. Qf2 b6 18. Bd1 g4 19. Nd2 h5 20. Bf4 Nd7 21. Qe2 Kb7
22. b3 Nf8 23. Qd3 Ng6 24. Be2 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Bg5 26. Ra4 Qc7
27. Bf1 Kb8 28. Nb1 Bd7 29. Ra3 Qb7 30. b4 c4 31. Qe2 Be6
32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Qf2 Rd7 34. Kg1 Qc7 35. Qd4 Bf5 36. e6 Rdd8
37. exf7 Bxc2 38. Re1 Qxf7 39. Qe5+ Kb7 40. Qxg5 d4 41. Qb5 d3
42. Nd2 Rc8 43. Qe5 Qc7 44. Qd5+ Kb8 45. Qg5 Rhg8 46. Qh4 Qf7
47. Qg3+ Ka8 48. Qe5 Rge8 49. Qg3 Rxe1 50. Qxe1 Re8 51. Qg3
Qe7 52. Nxc4 Qc7 53. Qxc7 Re7 54. Nxb6# 1-0

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. exd6 O-O 11. Be3 exd6
12. h3 d5 13. O-O Na5 14. Bc2 Nac4 15. Bc1 Re8 16. b3 Nd6
17. Re1 Bf5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Bf4 Rc8 21. Qd3
f6 22. g4 Nh6 23. Re1 Qd7 24. a4 a6 25. a5 Na8 26. Na4 Re8
27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Nc5 Qc6 29. Qe3 g5 30. Qe7 Bf8 31. Qd8 gxf4
32. Qxa8 f5 33. Ne5 Qd6 34. Qxb7 fxg4 35. hxg4 Qd8 36. Ne6
Qxa5 37. Qc8 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be6 6. Qe2
Nxc3 7. dxc3 c6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qf2 Nd7 10. Qg3 g6 11. Bd3 Qc7
12. O-O O-O-O 13. Rae1 c5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Nd4 a6 16. cxb4 Bxb4
17. Rb1 Bc5 18. Kh1 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Nd7 21. Rb3 Nb8
22. Rfb1 Rde8 23. Bb6 Qd7 24. Rc3+ Nc6 25. Rc5 d4 26. Qe2 Bd5
27. Bxa6 f6 28. Qb5 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qg4+ 30. Kf2 Qf4+ 31. Ke1
Rxe5+ 32. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 33. Qxe5 fxe5 34. Bd3 Rf8 35. Ke2 Rf4
36. Rf1 Rxf1 37. Kxf1 Nb4 38. a4 Kd7 39. Be4 Kd6 40. Ke2 Kd7
41. Kd2 Kc8 42. c3 dxc3+ 43. Kxc3 Na6 44. Kc4 Nb8 45. Kd5 Nd7
46. Bg1 Kc7 47. Ke6 Nc5+ 48. Bxc5 Kc8 49. Kxe5 Kc7 50. Ke6 g5
51. Bxh7 g4 52. Be4 Kc8 53. Kd6 Kb8 54. Bf5 g3 55. hxg3 1-0

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.03"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. d4 Nxd4
7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qb6 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bc1 a6 11. Na3 Ne7
12. Kh1 O-O 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. f4 d6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bd2 b5
17. Rae1 Qd7 18. h3 Bxb3 19. axb3 f6 20. Qd3 Rac8 21. c4 bxc4
22. Nxc4 Rb8 23. Ra1 Qc6 24. Rfc1 Qb5 25. Ra3 Rfc8 26. Rca1
Rc6 27. Qf3 Rbc8 28. Ra5 Qb7 29. R5a4 Qa7 30. Bb4 Rd8 31. Ba5
Rb8 32. Bb4 Nc8 33. Bd2 Rb5 34. Qd3 Rc7 35. R4a3 Qb7 36. Ba5
Rd7 37. Bd2 d5 38. exd5 Qxd5 39. Rxa6 e4 40. Qe2 Rxb3 41. Ra8
Rd8 42. R1a3 d3 43. Qd1 Rxa3 44. Nxa3 Qxa8 45. Qb3+ Kh8
46. Be3 d2 47. Qd1 Qa4 48. Qxa4 d1=Q+ 49. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 50. Kh2
Rd3 51. Nc4 Nd6 52. Nxd6 Rxe3 53. Ne8 Rb3 54. Nxg7 e3 55. Ne6
e2 56. Nd4 e1=Q 57. Nxb3 Qe3 58. Na5 Qxf4+ 59. Kh1 Qc1+
60. Kh2 Qxb2 61. Nc6 Qb6 62. Ne7 Qc7+ 63. Kh1 Qxe7 64. Kh2
Qe5+ 65. Kh1 Qe1+ 66. Kh2 f5 0-1

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.03"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qe2
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. d4 Be7 9. Qf2 O-O 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6
12. O-O a6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rae1 Qd7 15. Bd3 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Re8
17. Rf1 Qe6 18. Ng5 Qe3 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. Nxh7 Kf7 21. h3 Bh5
22. g4 Bg6 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. Bxg6 Nxd4 25. Bd3 Nb5 26. Bc5 Re8
27. Nf3 Nxc3 28. g5 Bd8 29. Bg6 Re6 30. Nh4 Be7 31. Bf7+ Kh7
32. Bxe6 Bxc5+ 33. Kg2 d4 34. Rf7 Ne4 35. Nf5 Nxg5 36. Rxg7+
Kh8 37. Rxg5 Kh7 38. Bg8+ Kh8 39. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 d5 9. h3 Bf5 10. Nc3 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3
Qd7 13. Qe2 h6 14. a3 O-O 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Ba2 Nac4 17. Kh1
Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. Kg1 Rfc8 20. Qe1 Nxb2 21. Rd2 N2a4
22. Ne2 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 Bxa3 24. Ne2 Nc3 25. Ng3 Nxa2 26. Rxa2
Nc4 27. Nxf5 exf5 28. Kh2 b5 29. Bd2 Be7 30. Bb4 Bxb4 31. Qxb4
a5 32. Qb1 b4 33. Nd2 Nxd2 34. Rxd2 Rc3 35. Ra2 Rc4 36. Rxa5
Rxd4 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Rb8 Qe6 39. Qe1 Re4 40. Qb1 Qxe5+ 41. g3
Re2 42. Qf1 Qe4 43. Rxb4 Qxb4 44. Qxe2 Qe4 45. Qb2 d4 46. Kg1
d3 47. Qb3 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 d2 49. Qxf7 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Qe2
Bf2+ 7. Kd1 Nxc3+ 8. bxc3 Bh4 9. d4 Be7 10. Qf2 O-O 11. Qg3
Kh8 12. h4 f6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qf4 Nd7 16. Kd2 c5
17. Rh3 Rc8 18. Rah1 c4 19. Be2 b5 20. Rb1 a6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7
22. Rb4 Rb8 23. Qg5 Qe8 24. Qf4 a5 25. Rb1 Qe7 26. Ng5 b4
27. cxb4 axb4 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Rhh1 Rb6 30. c3 bxc3+ 31. Kxc3
Ra6 32. Qd2 Ra3+ 33. Kb4 Rb8+ 34. Kxa3 Qa6+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch U14"]
[Site "Amiens"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yannick Barbaroux"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Nbd7
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. f4 exf4
12. Bxf4 b5 13. Na5 c6 14. Nxb7 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qxb7 16. d4 O-O
17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Rad1 f6 19. Bh3 e5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Bxe5 Kh8
22. Qg4 Bf6 23. Bd6 Rfe8 24. e5 Be7 25. Rf1 Bxd6 26. exd6 Nd5
27. d7 Re7 28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. Qb4 d4+ 30. Bg2 Qxd7 31. Bxa8 h6
32. Qd2 Qg4 33. Qd3 Re8 34. Bc6 Rc8 35. Bxb5 g5 36. Rf7 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch U14"]
[Site "Amiens"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Enguerran Depoorter"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Nf3 g6 8. Nd2 Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. a4 a5 12. Nc4
Qd8 13. O-O Ne8 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Na3 Rb8 16. Nab5 Bd7 17. Qd2
Rb7 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Nc7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Nb5 Qb8 22. b3
Nc8 23. Qd2 Na7 24. Nxa7 Qxa7 25. Bc4 Rb4 26. Rfc1 Bc8 27. Qd3
Bb7 28. h3 Ra8 29. Rc3 Ba6 30. Bxa6 Qxa6 31. Qxa6 Rxa6 32. Re1
Rab6 33. Ree3 Kf8 34. Kf1 Ke8 35. Ke2 f6 36. h4 Kd7 37. g4 e5
38. f3 f5 39. Kd2 Rd4+ 40. Rcd3 f4 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch U14"]
[Site "Amiens"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeremy Ricbour"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6
7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. f3 Rc8 11. Qd2 Ne8
12. Rac1 Nc7 13. Rfd1 Ne6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Nd5 f5 16. exf5
Rxf5 17. Bd3 Rf8 18. Be4 Kh8 19. b3 Bf7 20. Bg5 b6 21. Qf2 Qd7
22. Qh4 Rfe8 23. Kh1 Kg8 24. Re1 e5 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Be6
27. Bxg6 Bf5 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. f4 e4 30. g4 Bxg4 31. Rg1 Ne7
32. Rxg4+ Ng6 33. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch U14"]
[Site "Amiens"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Said Brih"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Qd2 Bd7
12. Be2 Bc6 13. f3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. O-O O-O 16. Rc2 b6
17. Rb1 Ra7 18. a3 Kh8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21. Nd5 Ra3
22. Ra2 Rxa2 23. Qxa2 e6 24. Nxb6 Nxb6 25. Qa6 Nxc4 26. Qxc4
Ba8 27. Bd4 e5 28. Be3 f5 29. Rd1 fxe4 30. fxe4 Qh4 31. g3
Qxe4 32. Qxe4 Bxe4 33. Rxd6 Rb8 34. b5 h5 35. b6 Ra8 36. Rd7
Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Rb1 38. Ba6 Rb2+ 39. Rd2 Rxd2+ 40. Bxd2 Bf8
41. Ke2 Kg7 42. Bg5 Bc5 43. Bd8 h4 44. Bc7 Bg1 45. b7 Bxb7
46. Bxb7 Bxh2 47. gxh4 Kh6 48. Bd8 Bf4 49. Bf3 e4 50. Bg4 g5
51. h5 e3 52. Kf3 Kg7 53. Ke4 Kf7 54. Kf5 Kg7 55. Bf6+ Kh7
56. Bd4 Kh6 57. Kf6 e2 58. Kf7 Kh7 59. Bg7 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch U14"]
[Site "Amiens"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Asher Glicenstein"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Bf4 e5
12. Be3 Qe7 13. Na3 O-O 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. f3 Ne6
17. Qf2 Rad8 18. Rd2 b5 19. Red1 Rd7 20. Nc2 a5 21. Na1 a4
22. Nc2 Red8 23. a3 Bf6 24. g3 g5 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Ne1 Qd6
27. Ng2 Nd4 28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4 Nb3 30. Re2 Qe6 31. f5 Qe7
32. Ne1 c4 33. Qg1 Rg8 34. Rg2 Rxg2 35. Qxg2 Rd8 36. Qf3 Nc5
37. Bxc5 Qxc5 38. Nc2 cxd3 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 40. Qxd3 Qf2 41. Ne3
Qg3 42. Qe2 Bg5 43. Ng2 Qxh3+ 44. Kg1 h5 45. Qf2 Kg7 46. Qc5
Qg3 47. Kh1 h4 48. f6+ Bxf6 49. Qe3 Qxe3 50. Nxe3 Bg5 51. Nd1
Bc1 52. Kg2 Kf6 53. Kf2 Kg5 54. Kf3 f6 55. Ke2 h3 56. Kf3 Kh4
57. Kf2 Kg4 58. Kg1 Kg3 59. Kh1 h2 60. c4 bxc4 61. Nc3 Bxb2
0-1

[Event "FRA-chT 0001 U18 ploff"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erwan Cornanguer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O d6
7. h3 e5 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Ne2
f5 13. Qd1 fxe4 14. dxe4 Bxh3 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rfd1
Rad8 18. a3 Bg4 19. Qe2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 c4 21. Kg2 d5 22. Rh1
Rf7 23. Rh3 d4 24. Bg5 d3 25. cxd3 Rxd3 26. Nf1 Qd7 27. Nd2
Kg8 28. Bxe7 Rxd2 29. Qxc4 Qxe7 30. Qxc6 g5 31. Rah1 Qf6
32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qc1 Qd6 34. Rh5 g4 35. Rg5 Qd3 36. Kg3 Rxf3+
37. Kxg4 Rf4+ 38. Kh5 Qf3+ 39. Rg4 Qxg4# 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT 0001 U18 ploff"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Antoine Poulet"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Bc5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 O-O 9. e5 Ng6 10. Nf1 Nd4 11. c3 Nf5 12. d4
Be7 13. h4 c5 14. h5 Nh8 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Rc8 17. Qd2 f6
18. h6 g6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Bg5 Rf5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Bh3 Rf6
23. Ng5 Rc6 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Bxe6+ Kf8 26. Nxh7+ Ke7
27. Bxd5+ Kd6 28. Bxc6+ Kxc6 29. Nxf6 Qf5 30. Rad1 Qxf6
31. Qd7+ Kc5 32. b4+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT 0102 U18"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Asher Glicenstein"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 O-O
7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 c5
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Be6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Qg3
Rab8 17. b3 Rfc8 18. Bb2 Rb7 19. h4 h5 20. Rad1 Rc5 21. Rc1
Rbc7 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. a4 Kh7 24. Qe3 Rc7 25. Qd3 Bh6 26. g3
Qc8 27. f4 a6 28. Re2 Bg4 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Qb7 31. Qc6
Qb4 32. Qc3 Qb7 33. b4 Bd1 34. a5 Bg7 35. b5 axb5 36. Qc6 Qb8
37. a6 Bxe5 38. fxe5 Qxe5 39. Kf2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT 0102 U18"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Julien Viana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Bd3 c5
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Be4 Nc6 16. Bxd5
Nb4 17. Qb3 Nxd5 18. O-O Rab8 19. Qc2 c4 20. Nd4 Qb7 21. b3 e5
22. Nf3 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxb3 25. axb3 Rxb3
26. Nxe5 a5 27. Kf1 a4 28. Ra1 a3 29. Nc4 a2 30. Nd2 Rb2
31. Ke2 Nb4 32. Rc1 Nc2 33. Nc4 Rb1 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT 0102 U18"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alban Delorme"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 Nd4 6. Nxd4
cxd4 7. c3 a6 8. Bd3 dxc3 9. dxc3 g6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. Nd2 d5
12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. c4 Rc8 15. Bd6 Re8 16. Qb1 Bc6
17. Ba3 b5 18. exd5 exd5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rc1 Qa5 21. Bxe7
Rxe7 22. b4 Qb6 23. Nb3 Rce8 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. Qc5 Qd8 26. Na5
Rec7 27. Qb6 Bd7 28. Nb7 Bd4 29. Qxd4 Rxb7 30. Qxd5 Qb6
31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rc1 Be6 33. Qe5 Qd8 34. Bxb5 Qd2 35. Rf1
Qxa2 36. Rd1 Qa8 37. Bc6 Qb8 38. Qf6 Bd7 39. Bxb7 Qxb7
40. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT 0102 U18"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Netzer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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. h5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Nb3 Qe5
17. Bd4 Qe6 18. Rhe1 Qf7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Bc6 21. Kb1 b6
22. Qe2 Bb7 23. g4 h6 24. Nd2 Rc5 25. f4 Rac8 26. g5 hxg5
27. fxg5 Rxe5 28. Qxe5 Nd5 29. Qe6 Bxc3 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7
31. bxc3 Nxc3+ 32. Kb2 Nxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rc5 34. Rg1 Rf5 35. Kc3
Bd5 36. Nb3 e5 37. a3 Ke6 38. Nd2 Rf4 39. Nf1 Rf3+ 40. Kb2 e4
41. Nd2 Rf2 42. Kc3 Ke5 43. Re1 Kf4 44. a4 e3 45. Nf1 e2
46. Nd2 Ke3 47. Rg1 Rg2 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT 0102 U18"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Samy Shoker"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 Na6
7. O-O Rb8 8. h3 b5 9. a3 c5 10. e5 Ne8 11. dxc5 Bxe5 12. Bh6
Ng7 13. cxd6 exd6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Re1 Nc5 16. Nd5 Nce6 17. Be3
Rc8 18. c3 h5 19. f4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Be6 22. Qxa7
Rc5 23. Rad1 Nf5 24. Kh2 g5 25. b4 Rc4 26. Be4 Nxg3 27. Kxg3
gxf4+ 28. Nxf4 Qg5+ 29. Kf3 Rxc3+ 30. Rd3 Rxd3+ 31. Bxd3 Bg4+
32. hxg4 Qxg4+ 33. Ke3 Re8+ 34. Be4 d5 35. Kd3 dxe4+ 36. Kc2
Qxf4 37. Rg1+ Kh7 38. Qd4 Qe5 39. Qd7 Re7 40. Qd2 e3 41. Qg2
Rc7+ 42. Kb1 Qf5+ 43. Kb2 Qf6+ 44. Ka2 Qg6 45. Qf1 Qc2+
46. Ka1 Qc3+ 47. Ka2 Qd2+ 48. Ka1 Qd4+ 49. Kb1 Qe4+ 50. Ka1 e2
51. Qf2 Qe5+ 52. Kb1 Qe4+ 53. Ka1 Rd7 54. Qg3 Rd1+ 55. Kb2
Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT 0102 U18"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Iannis Iglesias"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 d6 6. Bxc6+
bxc6 7. d3 e6 8. O-O Ne7 9. Na4 O-O 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. c4 f6
12. Qe2 e5 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 Be6
17. Rxf8+ Rxf8 18. Rf1 Rf4 19. g3 Bg4 20. Qe1 Rf6 21. Nc3 h5
22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Qf2 Bg5 24. Kf1 Kg7 25. Ke1 Qb7 26. Nb3 h4
27. Ne2 Qb4+ 28. Nc3 Qb8 29. Ne2 a5 30. Nc3 Qh8 31. Qg2 hxg3
32. hxg3 Qh6 33. Nxa5 Bd2+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT 0102 U18"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Stephane Schertzer"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4
Ba6 13. N1h2 a4 14. a3 Bb5 15. Ng4 Nd4 16. Qd2 bxa3 17. bxa3
Rc8 18. Bg5 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 c4 20. Rab1 c3 21. Qe3 Bc6 22. Rb4
h6 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qd4 Kh7 25. Bg2 Qc5 26. Qf4 Qe7 27. Qe3
Rb8 28. Reb1 Rxb4 29. Rxb4 Rb8 30. Qd4 Rxb4 31. axb4 Qd8
32. Qxc3 Qa8 33. d4 a3 34. Bf1 a2 35. Qa1 Nb6 36. Bd3+ Kg8
37. b5 Bd7 38. Ne3 Qa4 39. Nd1 Nc4 40. Nc3 Qa7 41. Qxa2 Qxa2
42. Nxa2 Bxb5 43. Nc3 Bc6 44. Bxc4 dxc4 45. f4 Kf8 46. Kf2 Ke7
47. Ke3 Kd7 48. Ne4 Bxe4 49. Kxe4 Kc6 50. c3 h5 51. f5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT 0102 U18"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marvin Lepan"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 c6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. g4 Nf8 9. g5 Ne4 10. h4 Ng6 11. Bxe4 Nxf4
12. Bf3 Ne6 13. Nge2 h6 14. gxh6 Rxh6 15. h5 Ng5 16. Ng3 Bd6
17. Bg4 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Qe7 19. Kd2 Rf6 20. Re1 Bxg4 21. Qxg4
Nf3+ 22. Kd3 Nxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Kf8 24. e4 Qe6 25. Qd1 dxe4+
26. Rxe4 Qh3 27. Ne2 Rf3+ 28. Kd2 Qxh5 29. Rh4 Qg5+ 30. Kc2
Qf5+ 31. Kc1 Rf1 32. Rh8+ Ke7 33. Rxa8 Rxd1+ 34. Kxd1 Qd3+
35. Ke1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT 0102 U18"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Frederic Comte"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Ne5 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Qc8
12. Nf4 Re8 13. Rb1 h6 14. Ncd5 Nh7 15. Nd3 e6 16. Ne3 f5
17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Qd6 Rac8 21. Bxe5
Qxd6 22. Bxd6 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Rxc4 25. Bd5 Rxc2
26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Bxf5 Rce2 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT 0102 U18"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arnaud Cazorla"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6
7. O-O O-O 8. d3 a6 9. f4 Bd7 10. h3 Rb8 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Ne8
13. f5 Ne5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nd5 c4 16. d4 Nd3 17. Ndf4 Nxc1
18. Rxc1 gxf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Nge2
Nc7 23. Rfd1 e5 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. b3 d5 26. Kh1 e4 27. Qe3 Ne6
28. Rc2 Qd6 29. Rcd2 Rf5 30. h4 Rbf8 31. Qh3 Rf2 32. Rf1 Rxf1+
33. Bxf1 Rf3 34. Qg2 Nf4 35. Qg1 Nxe2 36. Rxe2 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT 0102 U18"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeremy Amsellem"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Qb6
7. Ndf3 Nc6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bh3 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Nc5
12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qa6 15. Bf1 Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2
a6 17. O-O f5 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 b5 20. Be2 Rac8 21. Rfd1
Rfd8 22. Bf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rac1 Kf7 25. Kf2 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Nb3 Bb7 29. Bc5 Bd5 30. Bxe7
Kxe7 31. Ke3 Kd7 32. Nc5+ Kc8 33. a3 a5 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4
Kc7 36. Nxe4 Kc6 37. Nd6 Ba2 38. Kd4 h5 39. f5 exf5 40. Nxf5
g5 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Bc4 43. Ng7 Be2 44. Ke4 Kd7 45. Kf5
Bd3+ 46. Kf6 Bc4 47. Nxh5 1-0

[Event "26th Speed Chess Open"]
[Site "Aubervilliers FRA"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[EventDate "2001.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vadim Markovich Milov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Nf3 g6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b3 Ra7 12. O-O
Qa8 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rd1 Ne8 15. Bb2 Nc7 16. e4 Ne5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 f6 20. Qc2 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Rxa2
22. Rb2 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 Qb7 24. Rb1 Nb5 25. Bd2 Nd4 26. Be3 Qb4
27. Bxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. b4 Rb5 30. Kf1 f5 31. exf5
gxf5 32. Ke2 Rxd5 33. Kd3 Rb5 34. Kc4 Rb8 35. Kxd4 e6 36. b5
Kf7 37. b6 Ke7 38. Kc4 Kd7 39. Kb5 Rb7 40. Ka6 Kc8 41. Kb5 Kd7
42. Ra1 Kc8 43. Ra8+ Rb8 44. Ra7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT3"]
[Site "Maisons Alfort"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michel Trost"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 c5
7. Bf4 Be7 8. Nb5 Na6 9. dxc5 O-O 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. a3 Bxc5
12. b4 Be7 13. Be2 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Rd2 f6
17. Nc7 e5 18. Nxa8 exf4 19. Rad1 Bc8 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. Nb5 Rxd2
22. Rxd2 Bb7 23. Nac7 Nxc7 24. Nxc7 f3 25. gxf3 Bxf3 26. Nd5
Bd6 27. Ne3 Bc7 28. Kf1 Bc6 29. Nd5 Bb8 30. Nxb6 Nf7 31. Nc8
Kf8 32. c5 Bf4 33. Nxa7 Bxd2 34. Nxc6 Ke8 35. Bb5 Nd8 36. Nd4+
Ke7 37. Nf5+ Kf7 38. Bc4+ Kf8 39. Ne3 Bc3 40. b5 Bd4 41. c6
Be5 42. Nd5 Ne6 43. b6 Ke8 44. c7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT3"]
[Site "Maisons Alfort"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erwan Le Horgne"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. Be3 d6 8. h3 e5 9. Nbd2 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. f4 b6 12. Kh2
fxe4 13. Nxe4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. Rxf4 Be5 16. g3 Bxf4
17. gxf4 Qh4 18. Bg4 d5 19. Ng2 Bxg4 20. Nxh4 Bxd1 21. Rxd1
dxe4 22. dxe4 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. f5 Nd6 25. fxg6 Nxe4
26. gxh7+ Kxh7 27. Nf5 Nc6 28. Kg2 Kg6 29. Ne3 Ne5 30. Nd5 Nd3
31. b4 cxb4 32. cxb4 Kf5 33. a3 Nf4+ 34. Nxf4 Kxf4 35. h4 b5
36. h5 Kg5 37. Kf3 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Clichy2"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.25"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gilbert Grimberg"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Bc4 a6 11. e5 Nfe8 12. Re1
dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd6 14. Bf1 Re8 15. a5 Bb5 16. Na4 Bxa4 17. Rxa4
e6 18. dxe6 Rxe6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qd7
22. Ra3 Re8 23. Qf1 Re4 24. Rf3 Ne6 25. c3 h6 26. Rd3 Qe7
27. Bd5 Re5 28. Rd1 g5 29. g3 Kh8 30. Kh2 Nf8 31. Qg2 Qd8
32. b4 cxb4 33. cxb4 b6 34. Bb2 Re7 35. Bxg7+ Kxg7 36. Bb3 Qc7
37. b5 axb5 38. a6 Qa7 39. Ra1 b4 40. Qd5 Ne6 41. Qe5+ f6
42. Qd5 b5 43. Kg1 Re8 44. Qb7+ Qxb7 45. axb7 Nc5 46. Ra8 Re1+
47. Kg2 Nxb7 48. Ra7 Re7 49. Bd5 f5 50. Rxb7 Rxb7 51. Bxb7 Kf6
52. Bc6 Ke5 53. Bxb5 f4 54. Kf3 fxg3 55. fxg3 h5 56. Ke3 b3
57. Bd3 h4 58. g4 Kd5 59. Bb1 Ke5 60. Be4 1-0

[Event "Clichy2"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.25"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Thal Abergel"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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. Rhe1 O-O 11. h3 Qa5
12. Bd2 Qc7 13. g4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. g5 b5 16. Qh4 Rfc8
17. Ne2 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. f4 Bd7 23. Qf2 b4 24. h4 Rab8 25. h5 b3 26. axb3 Qc5
27. Qe3 e5 28. fxe5 Bg4 29. Rd3 Bxh5 30. Rc3 Qb6 31. Qh3 Rxc3
32. bxc3 Bg6 33. Qd7 Qc5 34. Kb2 Rc8 35. Re3 Be4 36. e6 Rb8
37. exf7+ Kh8 38. Qe8+ Qf8 39. Qxb8 1-0

[Event "Clichy2"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.25"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dimitri Komarov"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Bb7
7. Bg2 Nxe4 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Bc5 11. O-O O-O
12. Rad1 Qc8 13. Nc4 Rd8 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Kg1
Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Be7 18. Bb2 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Kg2 Bf6
21. Kf3 Nc3 22. Bxc3 Bxc3 23. Ke2 Kf8 24. f4 Ke7 25. Ne3 h5
26. f5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Be5 28. fxe6 Kxe6 29. Nc4 Bf6 30. Nd2 Rd8
31. Rf1 g5 32. Ne4 Be7 33. Nf2 f5 34. Nd3 Bd6 35. Ne1 Re8
36. Nd3 h4 37. gxh4 g4 38. h3 gxh3 39. Rh1 h2 40. Ne1 Kf6+
41. Kf2 Rg8 42. Nf3 Bg3+ 43. Kf1 Rh8 44. Kg2 f4 45. Rd1 Bxh4
46. Nxh2 Ke6 47. Ng4 Bg5 48. Nf2 Be7 49. Re1+ Kd7 50. Nd3 Bd6
51. Re4 Rh4 52. Kf3 Rh2 53. Nxf4 Rxc2 54. Re2 Rc3+ 55. Ke4
Bxf4 56. Kxf4 Rd3 57. Ke4 Rd6 58. Rc2 c5 59. Ke3 Rd4 60. a4
Kc6 61. Rc3 b5 62. axb5+ Kxb5 63. Ke2 Kb4 64. Rh3 a5 65. Rh5
Rd6 66. Rf5 a4 67. bxa4 c4 68. a5 c3 69. Rf4+ Kb3 70. Rf7 Rd2+
71. Ke3 Rd5 72. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clichy2"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.25"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maurizio Caposciutti"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5
12. d3 Bf5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Qb2 Rac8 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. Ne4 Bxe4
17. Bxe4 Rfd8 18. Qd2 b6 19. Bb2 Rc7 20. e3 Nb5 21. Qe2 Nd6
22. Bg2 Bg5 23. Rfd1 Ne8 24. h3 f5 25. a3 Bf6 26. Qc2 Kh8
27. Bc3 Nd6 28. Qb1 Nb5 29. Bb2 f4 30. Qc2 Nd6 31. Qe2 fxe3
32. fxe3 Nf5 33. Qf3 e4 34. Qxf5 Bxb2 35. Rc2 g6 36. Qxe4 Qxe4
37. Bxe4 Bxa3 38. Rf1 Kg7 39. Kg2 Rf8 40. Rxf8 Kxf8 41. h4 a5
42. Bd5 Re7 43. e4 Kg7 44. Rf2 Bb4 45. g4 Bc3 46. Kh3 Bd4
47. Rf1 h6 48. g5 h5 49. Bc4 Be5 50. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clichy2"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.25"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Olivier Piot"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nf6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6
12. g4 b5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. Be5 Nd7 16. h4 b4
17. h5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Kg7 19. Ne2 Qa5 20. Kb1 c5 21. Bf5 Nc7
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Nf4 Qb6 24. Bxg6 Rh8 25. Bf5 c4 26. e6 b3
27. axb3 cxb3 28. Qd3 Qa5 29. Qxb3 Rab8 30. Rh7+ Kf6 31. Rxf7+
Kg5 32. Ne2 Nxe6 33. f4+ 1-0

[Event "Clichy2"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.25"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nikola Spiridonov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. exd5
Qxd5 7. Re1 Bd7 8. Na3 Ng6 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4
Bxa3 12. bxa3 O-O 13. d5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Rfe8
16. Be3 Nge7 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Bd4 Bc6 19. Ne5 Nxb3 20. axb3 Bd5
21. b4 a6 22. Bc5 Be6 23. Nd7 Nd5 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25. Bxb6 Rac8
26. Rac1 h5 27. f3 Kh7 28. Kf2 Kg6 29. a4 Bd7 30. a5 Rxe1
31. Rxe1 Be6 32. Bc5 Rd8 33. Ke3 Kf5 34. Bd4 g5 35. Rc1 Kg6
36. Rc7 Bd5 37. Re7 Bc6 38. g3 Rc8 39. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clichy2"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.25"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Herve Guilbert"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. h3 Nh6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. O-O Be6
12. Re1 Qd7 13. Bf4 Nf7 14. a4 Nd6 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. Nb5 Nxb5
17. axb5 Ne7 18. Qb3 b6 19. Ra6 g5 20. Bh2 g4 21. hxg4 Bxg4
22. Raa1 Bh6 23. Rad1 Nf5 24. Be2 Ng7 25. Kf1 Kh8 26. Ng1 Bf5
27. Bf3 Be4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Qh3 Qxb5+ 30. Ne2 Bg5 31. d5
Rad8 32. d6 f5 33. Kg1 e3 34. f3 Rd7 35. Nf4 Qxb2 36. Nh5 e2
37. Rb1 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Bd2 39. Nxg7 Rxg7 40. Qh5 Rg6 41. Qxf5
Bxe1 42. d7 Rgg8 43. dxe8=Q Rxe8 44. Rxe1 Qc3 45. Bg3 Qd4
46. Qf7 Qd8 47. Bf2 Re5 48. Qf4 Re6 49. Bd4+ Kg8 50. Bc3 b5
51. Qg3+ Rg6 52. Qe5 Rh6+ 53. Kg1 Qb6+ 54. Bd4 Qg6 55. Qb8+
1-0

[Event "Clichy2"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.25"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Herve Daurelle"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. c5 b6
7. b4 a5 8. Na4 Ne4 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bb5 bxc5 11. bxc5 Rb8
12. Qe2 Qf6 13. Bb2 Kd8 14. O-O g5 15. Nc3 Ndxc5 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. dxc5 Nc3 18. Bxc3 Qxc3 19. Qe8+ Kc7 20. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Clichy XII Master"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.07.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jacques Elbilia"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. Re1 Nc6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. c3 b4 12. d4
bxc3 13. Bxc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qg4 g6
17. Nc4 Rc8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qf4 e5 20. Qd2 Nb7 21. Bb4 Rcd8
22. h4 Kg7 23. f4 f6 24. Kh2 h5 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Bh3 Qe8
27. Be6 f5 28. Bd5 exf4 29. Qxf4 fxe4 30. Qxe4 Bxd5 31. Qxd5
Qd7 32. Ne5 dxe5 33. Qxe5+ Kg8 34. Qxe7 Rf2+ 35. Kg1 Rxa2
36. Bc3 Qxe7 37. Rxe7 Rd3 38. Be5 Nc5 39. Rf1 1-0

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.21"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jozef Janovsky"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. c5 O-O 8. Bf4 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 bxc5 11. bxc5 Nh5 12. Be3
Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. O-O Nc6 15. Qe2 Qc8 16. Na4 Bd8 17. Rab1
Ra8 18. Nb6 Bxb6 19. Rxb6 Nf6 20. Qb5 Ne7 21. Bf4 Ne4 22. Nd2
Nxd2 23. Bxd2 Nf5 24. Bc3 h5 25. Rb1 Re8 26. Rb7 Re7 27. h3 h4
28. Qb6 Rxb7 29. Qxb7 Qd8 30. Rb6 Ne7 31. c6 Kh7 32. Bd2 f6
33. c7 Qc8 34. Qxc8 Rxc8 35. Bf4 e5 36. dxe5 Ng6 37. e6 Nxf4
38. e7 Ng6 39. Re6 Nxe7 40. Rxe7 Kg6 41. Kf1 f5 42. Ke2 Kf6
43. Rd7 g6 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Rg7 Kd6 46. Kd4 g5 47. Rxg5 Kxc7
48. Kxd5 Rb8 1-0

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.22"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Frederik Beck"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 Qa5
12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. a3 Rab8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+
Kg7 17. Ne8+ Rxe8 18. Rxd2 Kf6 19. h4 h6 20. h5 g5 21. Kc1 Ke5
22. Kd1 Rec8 23. Bd3 b5 24. Ke2 Kf4 25. Kf2 Rc5 26. Re1 Ke5
27. Ke3 Rb6 28. Ra1 Rb7 29. Rc1 a5 30. Rf2 Kf6 31. Kd4 b4
32. a4 Rbc7 33. Ra1 Rc8 34. b3 Rc3 35. Rb1 R8c6 36. Rb2 Bc8
37. Rb1 Kg7 38. Rg1 f6 39. Re1 Kf8 40. Ke3 Ba6 41. Rb1 e5
42. Rd2 Ke7 43. Ke2 Bxd3+ 44. cxd3 d5 45. Kf2 Rc2 46. Ke2 Kd6
47. Rb2 Rc1 48. Rd1 R1c2+ 49. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 50. Rd2 Rc3 51. Rb2
Rc1 52. Kd2 Rh1 53. exd5 Rh2+ 54. Kc1 Rh3 55. Rf2 Kxd5 56. Kc2
Kd4 57. Kd2 Rg3 58. Re2 Rxf3 59. Re4+ Kd5 60. Re3 Rf4 61. Rg3
Kd4 62. Kc2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.23"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Marlon Lopez Velez"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 dxe5 6. Qf3 e6
7. dxe5 Nc6 8. Qg3 Nd4 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Qh3 Bd7 11. Bg5 Be7
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nbd2 Bc6 14. c3 Ba4 15. Qg4 Bxb3 16. axb3 a6
17. O-O O-O 18. Ne4 Kh8 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qh5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Nd5 22. g3 Kg8 23. Nfg5 h6 24. Nf3 Rd8 25. Re1 Qf8 26. Nfd2 b5
27. b4 Qe7 28. Qe2 Qd7 29. Nc5 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Qxd2 31. Qxd2
Rxd2 32. Nxa6 g6 33. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.24"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Rok Hrzica"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Bc5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 dxe4 6. Nxe4
Be7 7. d4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Re1 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 Bd6 13. Bd2 f5 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. Rad1 g5 16. Bc1 g4
17. Nd2 Qh4 18. g3 Qf6 19. Nc4 h5 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Bf4 d5
22. Qd2 Rfc8 23. Be5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Kg7 25. Rde1 a6 26. Bxf5
exf5 27. Re7+ Kg6 28. Rxd7 Re8 29. Rxd5 h4 30. Rde5 h3
31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rxe8 Qc6 33. Rg8+ Kf7 34. d5 Qa4 35. Rg5 Qe4
36. Rxf5+ Qxf5 37. Qf4 1-0

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.25"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Manuel Leon Hoyos"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7
12. g4 Rfc8 13. h4 Qa5 14. a3 Rab8 15. h5 b5 16. Nd5 Qxd2
17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxd2 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc5 20. hxg6 hxg6
21. Be2 g5 22. c3 Kg7 23. Kc2 f6 24. Kd2 Rb6 25. Rc1 Bb3
26. Ke3 a5 27. Bd1 Bf7 28. b4 axb4 29. Rxb4 Rbc6 30. Kd2 Bc4
31. Bb3 Bxb3 32. Rxb3 d5 33. exd5 Rxd5+ 34. Kc2 Re6 35. Rd1
Re2+ 36. Kc1 Rde5 37. Rd3 Rf2 38. Kd1 Ree2 39. Rxb5 Ra2
40. Kc1 Rf1+ 41. Rd1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.26"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Li Haoyu"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5
7. h3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nde2 Be6 10. O-O Qa5 11. Bd2 Qb6
12. b3 Rfd8 13. Nf4 Rac8 14. Rb1 Qa6 15. a4 Nb4 16. Nb5 Nc6
17. Re1 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qe2 e6 21. Bg5 Rf8
22. Qd2 Qb6 23. c4 Nf6 24. Qe3 Qa5 25. Nd6 Rc7 26. Nxb7 Rxb7
27. Bxc6 Rc7 28. Bb5 Qb4 29. Qd2 Qc5 30. Bf4 Nh5 31. Bxc7 Qxc7
32. Rbd1 Qc5 33. Qe3 Qb4 34. Qxa7 Qxb3 35. Qe3 Qb4 36. Rb1 Qa5
37. Red1 Nf6 38. Qd2 Qa7 39. Qe3 Qa5 40. Rd6 h5 41. Qe1 Qa7
42. Ra6 Qd4 43. Qe3 Qd8 44. Qb3 Qd4 45. Rd1 Qc5 46. Kg2 Kh7
47. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Be6 10. h3 Bc4 11. Re1 Rc8
12. Be3 Qa5 13. b3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Rfd8 15. c4 Nd7 16. Bd2 Qc7
17. Bc3 Nc5 18. f4 Ne6 19. Kh2 Qb6 20. f5 Ned4 21. Nf4 e6
22. fxe6 fxe6 23. h4 Rf8 24. Rf1 Rce8 25. Bh3 Qd8 26. Kg2 e5
27. Nd5 Rxf1 28. Qxf1 Rf8 29. Qd1 Ne7 30. Ne3 Qb6 31. Qd3 Bh6
32. Ng4 Bg7 33. Ne3 Bh6 34. Ng4 Bg7 35. Rf1 Qd8 36. Ne3 Rxf1
37. Qxf1 Qf8 38. Qd1 h5 39. b4 Kh7 40. b5 Qf7 41. a4 b6 42. a5
bxa5 43. Bxa5 Bh6 44. Qf1 Qg8 45. Qf6 Bxe3 46. Qxe7+ Kh6
47. Qf6 Kh7 48. Qf1 Qa8 49. Qd3 Bh6 50. Bb4 Qb8 51. Bc3 Bg7
52. g4 Qd8 53. gxh5 Qxh4 54. hxg6+ Kxg6 55. Bxd4 Qg5+ 56. Kh1
exd4 57. e5+ Kh6 58. exd6 Be5 59. d7 Qf4 60. Qe2 d3 61. Qxe5
Qxe5 62. d8=Q Qe1+ 63. Kh2 Qe5+ 64. Kg2 Qe2+ 65. Kg3 Qe3+
66. Kh2 Qe5+ 67. Kh1 Qe1+ 68. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.29"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Li Wu"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg4
7. f3 Bd7 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Rc8
12. Kb1 Ne5 13. g4 h5 14. Bh6 hxg4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 Nc6
17. h5 Nxh5 18. f5 e6 19. Be2 Ne5 20. Rdg1 Qf6 21. Bxg4 Nxg4
22. Rxg4 Rh8 23. Rhg1 Rh6 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. e5 Qxe5 26. Ne4 d5
27. Nf3 Qc7 28. Rxg6+ Rxg6 29. Rxg6+ Kf7 30. Rh6 dxe4 31. Ne5+
Ke7 32. Rh7+ Ke8 33. Rxh5 e3 34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. Rh7+ Ke8 36. Qg2
Qxc2+ 37. Qxc2 Rxc2 38. Kxc2 e2 39. Kd2 1-0

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ildar Khairullin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6
7. exd6 e6 8. Nc3 Bxd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Re1 Rc8
12. Ne4 Be7 13. a3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nexg5 h6 16. Ne4 Rfd8
17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Bb1 b6 19. Ng3 Nf6 20. Qd3 Qf4 21. Ne2 Qd6
22. Ng3 Qf4 23. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.01"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. c5 N6d7
12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Bb5 Qa5 14. O-O e4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ne5
17. Qe2 Nd3 18. Bxg7 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Kxg7 20. Nxe4 Bg4 21. f3
Qa3 22. Qd2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYB12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.02"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Edouard Bonnet"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Qc7 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. Rc1 a6 15. g4 b5 16. g5 Ne8
17. Bh3 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc4 19. Qe3 Rc7 20. Rhd1 a5 21. Rd4 Qc5
22. c3 Rb8 23. Qf4 Ng7 24. Bg4 Qb6 25. h4 Rc4 26. Rc2 Qc7
27. Qe4 Rb7 28. f4 Qc5 29. Rxc4 bxc4 30. Qd4 Rb5 31. Bd7 Qxd4
32. cxd4 Rxd5 33. Rxc4 Nf5 34. Bxf5 Rxf5 35. d5 Rxd5 36. Kc2
Kg7 37. a4 f6 38. Kc3 h6 39. b4 axb4+ 40. Kxb4 hxg5 41. hxg5
fxg5 42. fxg5 Rxg5 43. a5 Rh5 44. a6 Rh8 45. Kb5 g5 46. a7 Kf6
47. Kb6 Ra8 48. Kb7 Rxa7+ 49. Kxa7 d5 50. Rc1 g4 51. Kb6 Kg5
52. Kc5 Kf4 53. Kxd5 g3 54. Ke6 g2 55. Kxe7 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Masters"]
[Site "Clichy FRA"]
[Date "2001.12.15"]
[EventDate "2001.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raffaele Di Paolo"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6
bxc6 7. d3 d6 8. Qe2 e5 9. Ne1 Ne7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 O-O
12. Nf3 d5 13. Rab1 f5 14. e5 Qb6 15. b3 Qa7 16. Na4 d4 17. e6
Rf6 18. Qe5 Nd5 19. e7 Bd7 20. Bg5 Re6 21. Qg3 h6 22. Bd2 Re8
23. Rbe1 R8xe7 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Re1 Ne3 26. Ba5 Kh7 27. Bb6
Qb7 28. Bxc5 Nxc2 29. Rxe6 Bxe6 30. Qf2 Ne3 31. Bxd4 Ng4
32. Qb2 Bd5 33. Bxg7 Qxg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Nc5 a5 36. Nb7
Kf6 37. Nxa5 Ne5 38. Ne1 f4 39. Nc4 g5 40. Nb6 Ke6 41. d4 Nd7
42. Nxd7 Kxd7 43. Nd3 Kc7 44. h4 Kb6 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Nc5 Kb5
47. a3 g4 48. Kh2 Ka5 49. g3 f3 50. Kg1 Kb5 51. Kf2 Ka5
52. Ke3 Kb5 53. Kd3 Ka5 54. Kd2 Kb5 55. Ke3 Ka5 56. b4+ Kb5
57. Nd3 Ka4 58. Ne5 Kxa3 59. Nxg4 Kxb4 60. Nf2 Kc4 61. Nd3 f2
62. Nxf2 c5 63. dxc5 Kxc5 64. Ne4+ Kc6 65. g4 Bf7 66. Kf4 Kd5
67. Ng5 Bg6 68. Nf3 Ke6 69. Kg5 Be4 70. Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Masters"]
[Site "Clichy FRA"]
[Date "2001.12.16"]
[EventDate "2001.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tristan Calistri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7
7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh6+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxe7
Be6 17. Bd3 Rab8 18. Qf6 Bxa2 19. h4 Bd5 20. h5 Qd8 21. Qc3
Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Rfe8 23. f4 Qxf4 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Bxg6 hxg6
26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Rh7+ Ke6 28. Qg7 Qe4 29. Qd7+ Kf6 30. Qg7+
Ke6 31. Qd7+ Kf6 32. Qg7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Masters"]
[Site "Clichy FRA"]
[Date "2001.12.17"]
[EventDate "2001.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Marc Kirszenberg"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. c5 Nd5 8. Bc4 c6 9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 b5
12. cxb6 axb6 13. Re1 b5 14. Bd3 e6 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Ne5 Ra6
17. Qb4 Nf6 18. Qb2 Nd5 19. Bd2 f6 20. Nf3 Nb6 21. Qc2 Qd6
22. h4 Bd7 23. h5 f5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Ne5 Be8 26. Bf4 Qd5
27. Be2 Qd8 28. Bf3 Nd5 29. Bd2 Qa8 30. Nd3 Bf7 31. Nc5 Ra3
32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Rae1 Rxa2 35. Qb3 Ra3 36. Bxd5
cxd5 37. Qxb5 Bf6 38. Qd7+ Kg8 39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40. Re8+ Rf8
41. Qe6+ 1-0

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

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Rfc8 14. Rc1 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. c4 d5
17. Qe3 Qd7 18. Bd3 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd5 20. Qe4 Qf7 21. Rhd1 Rd8
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd4 Rac8 24. Re1 b5 25. Bb3 Nf6 26. Qe5 Rxd4
27. Qxd4 Qc7 28. a3 Rd8 29. Qe3 Qxh2 30. Qxa7+ Rd7 31. Qf2 e5
32. Qe2 Re7 33. Qxb5 Qxg2 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Qxe5 Qxf3 36. Qe7+
Kh6 37. Ka2 Ne4 38. a4 Qe2 39. Qe5 Qd3 40. a5 Nd2 41. Qd5 Qb1+
42. Ka3 Qe1 43. Ba2 Qe3+ 44. Ka4 Qe8+ 45. Kb4 Qe7+ 46. Ka4
Qe8+ 47. Qb5 Qe4+ 48. Qb4 Qe8+ 49. Ka3 Qe3+ 50. Qc3 Qe7+
51. b4 Ne4 52. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Accession"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Roger Ferry"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 c5
12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Ne5 bxc5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd7 Rfd8 16. Nxf6+
gxf6 17. Qg4+ Kf8 18. Qh4 Ke7 19. Be4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Bd3 Ba6 23. Qe4 c4 24. Be2 Qd2 25. a3 Qe1+
26. Ka2 c3 27. Qb4+ Ke8 28. Bxa6 Qxf2 29. Bb5+ Kd8 30. Qd6+
1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Accession"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Frederic Saez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6
7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Bh6 O-O 9. h4 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 f6 11. Qd2 e5
12. Nge2 Nd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nxe2 15. Qxe2 f5 16. O-O-O
f4 17. Bf3 a5 18. Rdg1 Kh8 19. g4 h6 20. g5 h5 21. Bxh5 gxh5
22. Qxh5+ Kg7 23. Qh6+ Kf7 24. g6+ Ke8 25. g7 Rg8 26. Qg6+ Ke7
27. h5 Qe8 28. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Accession"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Cyril Marzolo"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ng4 9. e3 d6 10. h3 Nge5 11. b3 Nxd4
12. exd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Rc1 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd2 Be6
17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Kh2 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rcd1 Rad8 21. Rfe1
Qc7 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Qc1 Rc8 24. Re2 Qa5 25. Bf4 Rcc7 26. Qe3
Bxf4 27. Qxf4 b5 28. Bd5 bxc4 29. Qf6 Re7 30. bxc4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Accession"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Christophe Claverie"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 f5 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5
cxd5 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Qf3 g6 10. Nge2 Bd6 11. Nf4 Ne7
12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. O-O Kg7 14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. a3 Qc7 16. g3 Bxf4
17. Qxf4 Qxf4 18. gxf4 Rc7 19. Kf1 Rhc8 20. Ke1 Ng8 21. Kd2
Nf6 22. f3 Kf8 23. Bd3 Ke7 24. a4 Bd7 25. a5 a6 26. Ra3 Bc6
27. Na2 Kd6 28. Rb3 Ba4 29. Rb6+ Bc6 30. Rc3 Nd7 31. Rb4 Nf6
32. Nc1 Nd7 33. h4 h5 34. Nb3 f6 35. Rc1 Ke6 36. Rg1 Kf7
37. Nc5 Rd8 38. Rc1 Rdc8 39. Nxd7 Bxd7 40. Rxc7 Rxc7 41. Rb6
Bc6 42. Rb3 Re7 43. Rc3 Rc7 44. b4 Ke7 45. b5 axb5 46. Bxb5
Kd6 47. Bxc6 Rxc6 48. Rb3 Rc7 49. Rb6+ Ke7 50. Kd3 Kf7 51. Rd6
1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0203"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabien Forgues"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nxd5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Bf5 11. a3 Rc8
12. Be3 Na5 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. b4 Nac4 15. Qb3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 e5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qg5 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Qd1 Rfd8 21. Qe2
Qxe5 22. Ne4 Nc4 23. Red1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 b6 25. Rc1 Nxa3
26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qd3 Bf5 28. Qxa3 Bxe4 29. Qxa7 Bxf3
30. gxf3 Qxe3+ 31. Kg2 Qd2+ 32. Kg3 Qxb4 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qe5+
f6 35. Qc7+ Kh6 36. Qc1+ g5 37. Qc6 Qf4+ 38. Kg2 g4 39. fxg4
Qxg4+ 40. Kh1 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kg3 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 Kg6
44. Qc2+ f5 45. Qc6+ Kg5 46. Qd6 Qe2+ 47. Kg1 Qg4+ 48. Kh1
Qe4+ 49. Kg1 Qb1+ 50. Kg2 Qc2+ 51. Kg3 Qc3+ 52. Kg2 Qf6
53. Qc7 Kg6 54. Qd7 Qg5+ 55. Kh1 Qc1+ 56. Kg2 Qc2+ 57. Kg3
Qc3+ 58. Kg2 Qg7 59. Qd6+ Kh5+ 60. Kh1 Qa1+ 61. Kg2 Qb2+
62. Kg3 Qc3+ 63. Kg2 b5 64. Qd7 Kg4 65. Qxb5 Qd2+ 66. Kg1 f4
67. Qb7 Qe3+ 68. Kg2 f3+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0203"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Samy Shoker"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Ne2 b5 6. O-O Qc7
7. Be3 Nd7 8. c3 Nb6 9. Nd2 h5 10. h3 Nh6 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. b3
c5 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. b4 Nf5 16. Nb3 Nxe3 17. fxe3
Nf6 18. Na5 e4 19. a4 Bh6 20. Nf4 O-O 21. Kh2 Rd8 22. Qb3 bxa4
23. Qxa4 g5 24. Qc6 Qe5 25. Nc4 Bb7 26. Nxe5 Bxc6 27. Nxc6
gxf4 28. gxf4 Nd5 29. Nxd8 Nxe3 30. Nc6 Nxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rb7
32. Bxe4 e6 33. Nd4 Rb8 34. c6 a6 35. Bd3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0203"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sebastien Justum"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Be3 d6
7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rac1 Nec6 11. f4 Qa5
12. Rf2 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Ne4 Bxb2 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Rb1
Nxe3 17. Rxb2 Nd1 18. Rb5 Nxf2 19. Nxd6 b6 20. Bxa8 Ba6
21. Rb1 Nxd3 22. Be4 Rd8 23. Bxd3 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Rxd6 25. Rd1
Nc6 26. a3 c4 27. d4 b5 28. Kf2 a5 29. Ke3 b4 30. axb4 axb4
31. Ra1 Rd8 32. Ra6 Rc8 33. Rb6 Rc7 34. g4 Kf7 35. Ng3 Ne7
36. Ke4 Nd5 37. Ra6 c3 38. Ne2 b3 39. f5 b2 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0203"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Tristan Landre"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. Ne2 Ne7 6. O-O O-O
7. Be3 c6 8. a4 f5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc5 Nd7 11. Ba3 Qe8
12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nbc3 Nb6 14. a5 Nc4 15. a6 Be6 16. axb7 Rd8
17. Qc1 f4 18. gxf4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Bh6 20. Qe1 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0203"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeremy Ricbour"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5
12. Rxe5 Qxe5 13. Bxc6+ Bd7 14. Bxa8 O-O 15. Bf3 Bf5 16. Bf4
Qc5 17. Qe2 Qb4 18. Rb1 e6 19. Be5 h5 20. Qxa6 Rd8 21. Qe2 Rc8
22. a3 Qb6 23. Rd1 Ng4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. h3 Nf6 26. g4 hxg4
27. hxg4 Qxb2 28. gxf5 Qxc3 29. fxe6 Re8 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. cxd3
Rxe6 32. a4 Ra6 33. Ra1 Nd7 34. a5 Nc5 35. Ra3 Rd6 36. d4 Na6
37. Bb7 Kf6 38. Rb3 Ke7 39. Rb6 Rxb6 40. axb6 Nb8 41. Bd5 f6
42. Kf1 Kd6 43. Bf3 Nd7 44. b7 Kc7 45. Ke2 Nb8 46. Kd3 Nc6
47. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0203"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kevin Bordi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 g5 4. f3 gxh4 5. fxe4 c5 6. e3 Qb6
7. Nc3 e6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Nf3 Na6 11. Bc4 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Qc5 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Qf2 O-O 16. Nce2
Qe7 17. Qf3 a5 18. Rb5 a6 19. Rxa5 Bb7 20. Qg4 d5 21. Nf4 Kh8
22. exd5 Rg8 23. d6 Bxd4 24. Ng6+ Rxg6 25. Qxd4+ e5 26. Rxe5
Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 Rg5+ 28. Rd5+ Qe5 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0203"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Guillaume Pieroni"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. h4
Na5 13. N1h2 Rfe8 14. Ng4 b5 15. c3 Rab8 16. Qc2 Bc6 17. d4 b4
18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rec8 21. Rac1 b3 22. Qe2
Qb6 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Nxh7+ Ke8 25. g6 fxg6 26. Qg4 Nf8
27. Nxf8 Kxf8 28. Qxe6 bxa2 29. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0203"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alban Delorme"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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. Kb1 Rfc8
12. Bb3 Ne5 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qe5 16. Rhe1 Rac8
17. Bd4 Qe6 18. e5 Nd5 19. exd6 Nxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxd6 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qg5 Qc6 23. h5 Rxc3 24. h6+ Kg8 25. Qe5 f6 26. Qxe7
Rxb3+ 27. axb3 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Qc3+ 29. Ka2 Qa5+ 30. Kb1 Bf5+
31. Re4 Bxe4+ 32. fxe4 Qc7 33. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0203"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Cyril Soyez"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nxd6 6. b3
Nc6 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. Bd3 f6 9. O-O e5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bxf5 Nxf5
12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Rad1 Nfd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qe4 O-O-O 16. Na4
f5 17. Qe1 Qxe1 18. Rfxe1 Bf6 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 exd4
21. Nc5 b6 22. Nd3 Kd7 23. Kf1 Rc8 24. Re2 Kd6 25. Ke1 g6
26. g3 Bg7 27. Kd1 Rf8 28. f4 h6 29. h4 Bf6 30. Ne5 g5 31. h5
Kd5 32. Nd7 Rf7 33. Nxf6+ Rxf6 34. Re5+ Kd6 35. Kd2 Rf8
36. Kd3 Rc8 37. Rxf5 Rc3+ 38. Kxd4 Rxg3 39. Rf6+ Kc7 40. fxg5
hxg5 41. Rf7+ Kd6 42. Rxa7 Rh3 43. Rh7 Rh2 44. Rh6+ Kc7
45. Kc3 g4 46. Rg6 Rh3+ 47. Kb4 g3 48. h6 Rh4+ 49. c4 g2
50. Rxg2 Rxh6 51. Rg5 Rf6 52. Kb5 Rf8 53. Rg7+ Kd6 54. Kxb6
Ra8 55. a4 Rb8+ 56. Rb7 Rh8 57. c5+ Kd5 58. Rd7+ Ke6 59. c6
Rh3 60. b4 Rh4 61. b5 Rxa4 62. Rd1 Rc4 63. c7 Rc5 64. Kxc5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0203"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Marvin Lepan"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 b5
7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. a3 Be7 11. g4 Nc6 12. g5
Nd7 13. Nf5 O-O 14. Nd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nce5 16. Nxe7+ Kh8
17. Be3 Nb6 18. Nf5 Nbc4 19. Bd4 f6 20. b3 fxg5 21. bxc4 Rxf5
22. c5 Rd8 23. c6 Bc8 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Ng6 26. Qb1 Rdf8
27. Qb6 Qf7 28. Qa7 Qxa7 29. Bxa7 Nf4 30. c4 Nd3 31. Re2 R5f7
32. Be3 g4 33. Rd2 Bf5 34. Rxa6 Nb4 35. Rb6 Nc2 36. c5 Ra7
37. Rd1 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0203"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Quentin Didier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Bf5 11. e4 Be6
12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bd4 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Rac1 a6 16. b3 b5
17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxa2 20. e5 Ra5 21. Qb7
Rxe5 22. Rc7 Rb5 23. Qa7 Rxb3 24. Rxe7 d5 25. Re1 Rb6 26. Rc7
Rd6 27. Rc2 d4 28. Rd2 Qf6 29. Qa3 Rfd8 30. Qf3 Qg5 31. Qd1
Bb3 32. f4 Qa5 33. Qc1 d3 34. Re5 Qb4 35. Re4 Qb6+ 36. Kf1 Bc2
37. Qe1 Qb8 38. Kf2 Rb6 39. Qe3 Rb2 40. Bf1 Bb1 41. Kg1 Rxd2
42. Qxd2 Qb6+ 43. Re3 Bc2 44. Kg2 Qd4 45. Kf2 Re8 46. h3 h5
47. Kf3 Rxe3+ 48. Qxe3 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT1"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nicolas Giffard"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nc2 Bc5
7. Bd3 d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 h6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qe2
Nh7 13. Nd5 Qh4 14. Qf3 Ng5 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Bxd5
17. exd5 Ne7 18. Kh2 f6 19. f4 Nf7 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. a4 a5
22. Ba3 b6 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Na3 Red8 25. Nb5 Rd7 26. Rf1 g6
27. Rae1 Kg7 28. Bc2 h5 29. Kg1 Rh8 30. Bd1 f5 31. Rf2 e4
32. Re3 Ng8 33. Ra2 Nf6 34. Re1 Ne8 35. Re3 Nc7 36. Rd2 Na6
37. Be2 Nb4 38. Bf1 Nh6 39. Re1 Ng4 40. Rb2 Kf7 41. Be2 Nf6
42. Kf2 Ng4+ 43. Kg1 Ke7 44. Rd2 Rb7 45. Nc3 Kd7 46. Rb2 Rbb8
47. Nb5 Rbg8 48. Rf1 Rh7 49. Nc3 Nf6 50. Nd1 Ng4 51. Nc3 Rb8
52. Nb5 Ne3 53. Re1 h4 54. g4 Nxg4 55. Nc3 Nf6 56. Nd1 Nh5
57. Bxh5 Rxh5 58. Nf2 g5 59. fxg5 Rxg5 60. Re3 Rg3 61. Rbe2
Rbg8 62. Nd1 Nd3 63. Kf1 h3 64. Rxg3 Rxg3 65. gxh3 Rxh3
66. Kg1 Ne5 67. Re3 Nf3+ 68. Kg2 Rh4 69. Nc3 Rg4+ 70. Kf2 Rg6
71. Ne2 Ke7 72. Nf4 Rh6 73. Ne6 Kf6 74. Nd8 Rh8 75. Nc6 Kg5
76. Nxa5 Kf4 77. Re2 e3+ 78. Kf1 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT1"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Claire Gervais"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nf6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. O-O Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Re1
Be7 12. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT1"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Benjamin Bujisho"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Bc2 b6 8. d4 Bb7 9. Re1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. a4 O-O 12. Na3
Qe7 13. Bg5 Rad8 14. Qe2 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Nd2 Nf4
18. Qf1 Nf6 19. Ndc4 Bc6 20. f3 Qc7 21. Ne3 Rfe8 22. b3 Bf8
23. Rad1 Bb7 24. Nb5 Qb8 25. c4 N6h5 26. Bh2 Ne6 27. Nf5 Nd4
28. Nbxd4 cxd4 29. g4 Nf4 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Bd3 Re6 32. h4 Rg6
33. Re2 Kh7 34. Rg2 Bc5 35. Qe2 a5 36. Kf2 Qc7 37. h5 Rg5
38. Nh4 Rdg8 39. Rh2 Bc8 40. Rg1 Be6 41. Rhh1 Qd7 42. Ke1 Bb4+
43. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Apsap op 50th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2002.02.21"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicolas Walzer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nge7
7. Ne4 d6 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 b6 10. Rb1 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nc3
d4 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qc4 Nce7 16. b3 h6 17. Bb2 Be6
18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Ned2 f4 21. Ne4 g5 22. Nfd2 Ng6
23. Nc4 Rc6 24. Ncd2 Ne5 25. Nc4 Rc7 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Nd2
Rcf7 28. Rf1 Qc7 29. Nf3 fxg3 30. hxg3 Bxg3 31. fxg3 Ne3
32. Qd2 Qxg3 33. Rf2 g4 34. Rbf1 gxf3 35. exf3 Bd5 36. Re1
Rxf3 37. Rxf3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Paris Apsap op 50th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2002.02.21"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christopher Debray"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. f4 Rfc8
12. Qf3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Rad1 b5 15. Qe3 b4 16. e5 bxc3
17. exf6 exf6 18. Bxc3 Qb7 19. Rxd6 Bxg2 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Bxf6
Bf8 22. R6d2 Re8 23. Qg3 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. f5 Qb6+ 26. Kh2
Re3 27. f6+ Kg8 28. Qf4 Rae8 29. Bc4 Qc5 30. Rd8 g5 31. Rg1 h6
32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qc7+ Kg6 35. Qg7+ Kf5
36. Qh7+ Ke5 37. Re1+ Kd6 38. Qd3+ Kc7 39. Qg3+ Kb7 40. Rxe8
Qxc2+ 41. Kg1 Bxe8 42. f7 Qc5+ 43. Kh2 Bxf7 44. Qf3+ Bd5
45. Qe2 Qd6+ 46. Kg1 Qg3+ 47. Kf1 Qxh3+ 48. Ke1 Qh4+ 49. Kd2
Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Paris Apsap op 50th"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.21"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Paloan Decroix"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 Qe6 5. d4 Qxe4+ 6. Be2
Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. Ne3 f4 9. Nd2 Qe6 10. Nc2 Nf6 11. O-O Qf5
12. Re1 Ne7 13. Nf1 g5 14. Bd3 Qg4 15. f3 Qh5 16. Qe2 g4
17. Bxf4 Rg8 18. Ng3 Qh4 19. Bxc7 gxf3 20. Qxf3 Bg4 21. Qf4
Bh6 22. Rxe7+ Kxe7 23. Nf5+ Bxf5 24. Qxh4 Bxd3 25. Re1+ Kf7
26. Qxh6 Bxc2 27. Be5 Rg6 28. Qf4 Re8 29. Rf1 Be4 30. g4 Re6
31. g5 h6 32. Bxf6 hxg5 33. Qc7+ Kg8 34. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Paris Apsap op 50th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2002.02.21"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Helder Frade-Marques"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. f3 a5 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rc2 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5
17. b3 Qf8 18. Rb1 Be5 19. a3 Qg7 20. Nd5 e6 21. Nf4 a4
22. bxa4 Bxa4 23. Rcc1 Nb3 24. Nxe6 Qe7 25. Rxb3 Bxb3 26. g4
Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Re5 28. Rc3 Qxe6 29. Bf1 Rxa3 30. Bg2 Ra2
31. Qd4 Bxc4 32. Kg3 b5 33. Qb6 d5 34. Qd8+ Qe8 35. Qb6 b4
36. Rxc4 dxc4 37. Bf1 Rxe3 38. Bxc4+ Kg7 39. Bxa2 Qe5+ 40. Kf2
Re2+ 41. Kf1 Rxa2 42. Qb7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Paris Apsap op 50th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2002.02.21"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Brice Le Roy"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5
Re8 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. c4 a5 20. Bg4 f5 21. Bd1 Nc5
22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. h4 Qb6 24. h5 Nd7 25. Qh4 Qxb2 26. Ba4 Ne5
27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Rb1 Qd2 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Re3 Qxa2 31. Rbe1
Qd2 32. Qh6 f4 33. Rxe5 dxe5 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Rxe5 e6
36. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Paris Apsap op 50th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2002.02.21"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Guillaume Camus de Solliers"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+
Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Na6
12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. axb5 Nc7 15. c6 bxc6 16. bxc6
Ne6 17. Nd4 a4 18. Nge2 a3 19. b3 Ng4 20. Nc3 Nxe3 21. fxe3
Bg5 22. Nxd5 Red8 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. h4 Rxd5 25. hxg5 Rxg5
26. c7 Rd5 27. c4 a2 28. Kb2 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Kf7 30. c5 Ke7
31. Ka1 Rc8 32. Kxa2 Rxc7 33. b4 Kf6 34. Kb3 Kf5 35. Kc4 Ke4
36. b5 Kxe3 37. b6 Rf7 38. Rd3+ Ke4 39. c6 1-0

[Event "Paris Apsap op 50th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2002.02.21"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Xavier Lebrun"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nd5 Bg7
7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Ne2 Re8 10. d3 Be6 11. f5 gxf5
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. exf5 e5 14. O-O d5 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. Qf3 Kh8
17. Rae1 Qf7 18. Bc1 Rg8 19. c3 a5 20. Nh5 a4 21. Kh1 axb3
22. axb3 Bf8 23. g4 Ra2 24. Rg1 Bd6 25. Qh3 Be7 26. Bh6 Bd8
27. g5 fxg5 28. f6 Rg6 29. Bg7+ Kg8 30. Qc8 Rf2 31. Rxe5 Rxg7
32. Rexg5 Rxg5 33. Rxg5+ Kh8 34. Qg4 Bxf6 35. Nxf6 Rxf6
36. Qc8+ Qf8 37. Qg4 0-1

[Event "Clichy 14th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jean-Pierre Le Roux"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4
O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. f4 Bf8 9. Bf3 c6 10. Re1 Na6 11. Be3 g6
12. h3 Bd7 13. g4 c5 14. Nde2 Bc6 15. Ng3 Nc7 16. Bf2 Ne6
17. Qd2 Bg7 18. Nd5 Nd4 19. Bg2 Ba4 20. b3 Bc6 21. Rac1 Bxd5
22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qf8 24. f5 Nd7 25. Ne2 Nxe2+ 26. Rxe2
Re8 27. Qe1 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Bd4 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Qe4 Qg7
31. Qe7 Qe5 32. Qxd7 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Kg1
Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clichy 14th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Bremond"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. Bf3 a5 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rae1 Kg8
17. h4 a4 18. h5 e6 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Qe3 Qe7
22. g3 Rac8 23. Rd2 g5 24. Rfd1 h6 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Bg2 b6
27. Kh2 f6 28. Ne2 Kg7 29. e5 fxe5 30. Rxd6 e4 31. Qc3+ Kh7
32. Qe5 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Nd4 Bd7 36. Rxb6
Rh8 37. g4 e5 38. Rg6+ Kf7 39. Nc6 Bxc6 40. Rxc6 Nd3 41. Bxe4
Rd8 42. Bd5+ Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kh8 44. Rxg5 Rb8 45. b3 axb3
46. axb3 Rxb3 47. Rg8+ Kh7 48. g5 Rb2+ 49. Kg3 Nf4 50. g6+ Kh6
51. Rh8+ Kg7 52. Rh7+ Kf6 53. Kg4 Nxd5 54. Rf7+ Ke6 55. cxd5+
Kxd5 56. g7 Ke6 57. Rf2 Rxf2 58. g8=Q+ Ke7 59. Qa8 Rf6 60. Kg5
Re6 61. h6 1-0

[Event "Clichy 14th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Milan Mrdja"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7
7. Re1 c6 8. a4 b6 9. h3 a6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd2 b5 12. axb5
cxb5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7
17. Qxd7 Rac8 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Nxe5 Bxe4 20. Nd7 Re8 21. c3
Bc2 22. Rd2 Ng6 23. Kf1 Nf4 24. Rxc2 Rxd7 25. Bg4 Rxe1+
26. Kxe1 Rd6 27. g3 Nd3+ 28. Ke2 Ne5 29. Rd2 Rxd2+ 30. Kxd2
Kf8 31. Be2 Ke7 32. f4 Nd7 33. c4 b4 34. Bf3 Kd6 35. Bd5 f6
36. Be4 h6 37. Ke3 Kc5 38. b3 Nb6 39. Bc2 Nc8 40. g4 Nd6
41. Kd3 a5 42. Bd1 g5 43. fxg5 fxg5 44. Bc2 a4 45. bxa4 Nxc4
46. Bb3 Na5 47. Bg8 Nb7 48. Bb3 Na5 49. Bg8 Nc6 50. Ba2 Nd4
51. Bg8 Nf3 52. Ke4 Nd2+ 53. Kd3 Nb1 54. Ke4 b3 55. Kd3 Kb4
56. a5 b2 57. Kc2 Nd2 58. Kxb2 Kxa5 59. Bd5 Kb4 60. Kc2 Kc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clichy 14th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sylvain Royer"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5
7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Ne4 10. Re1 Nd6 11. Bf4 Bf6 12. c3
Be6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15. Re2 Re8 16. Rae1 Nf8 17. Nf1
Bg7 18. g4 f6 19. Qc1 Qd7 20. Ne3 Bf7 21. Qc2 Nc4 22. Nxc4
dxc4 23. Be4 c6 24. Nd2 Ne6 25. Bg3 Nc7 26. Bg2 Rxe2 27. Rxe2
Bd5 28. Ne4 b6 29. Qa4 a5 30. Nd6 b5 31. Qc2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Bf8
33. Ne4 Nd5 34. Nd2 Re8 35. Rxe8 Qxe8 36. Qe4 Qxe4+ 37. Nxe4
Kf7 38. h4 b4 39. Kf3 h6 40. Bf4 f5 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. Nd2 bxc3
43. bxc3 Nxc3 44. Nxc4 a4 45. a3 Ke6 46. Bc1 h5 47. Bb2 Nb5
48. Ke3 Be7 49. Nb6 Nxa3 50. Bxa3 Bxa3 51. Nxa4 Be7 52. Kf4
Bxh4 53. Nc5+ Kd5 54. Kxf5 Bxf2 55. Nd3 Be3 56. Nb4+ Kxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clichy 14th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maurizio Caposciutti"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf5 d5
7. exd5 Bxf5 8. dxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 bxc6 10. Ne3 Bg6 11. Bd3
Bxd3 12. cxd3 O-O-O 13. Ke2 Bb4 14. a3 Ba5 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Be3
Kb7 17. Rac1 Nd5 18. Rc2 Rhe8 19. g3 f5 20. Rhc1 Re6 21. Bg5
Rd7 22. Bd2 g6 23. b4 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clichy 14th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alain Spielmann"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bf6
12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Be4 Qb5 14. Bc3 Ne7 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. a4 Qb6
17. Qd3 g6 18. Qf3 Qd8 19. Bd2 Bg7 20. Rac1 f6 21. Nd3 f5
22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Rc7 b6 25. Nb4 f4 26. Nxd5 g5
27. Bb4 Rd8 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nc6 Rg8 30. d5 f3 31. Ne5 h6
32. Ng6+ Kh7 33. Nf8+ Kh8 34. Bc3 Bxc3 35. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Clichy 14th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Cristina-Adela Foisor"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5
7. a3 Re8 8. b4 cxb4 9. axb4 e5 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Na3 Nc6
12. Nc2 b5 13. d4 e4 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Ne5 Ne7 16. f3 Be6 17. g4
h6 18. h4 Rec8 19. Qb2 a6 20. Ra3 h5 21. Ne3 hxg4 22. N5xg4
exf3 23. Bxf3 Nxg4 24. Nxg4 Nf5 25. Be5 Nxh4 26. Nf6+ Bxf6
27. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Bg4 29. Rf2 Bf5 30. Be5 f6 31. Bh2 Qe6
32. Qd2 Kg7 33. Qf4 Rc6 34. Kf1 Rh8 35. Ke1 Be4 36. Kd2 g5
37. Qg3 Kg6 38. Qg1 Rh3 39. Qf1 Bf5 40. Rxf5 Qxf5 41. Qg2 a5
42. Bg3 axb4 43. cxb4 Rc2+ 44. Kd1 Rb2 45. Rc3 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Clichy 14th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ovidiu-Doru Foisor"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bg7 6. Be3 Bf5
7. Bg2 Bxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne2 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Qb6
12. O-O Nd7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Qb3 Bh6 15. e4 e5 16. c3 Rad8
17. Kh1 c5 18. d5 Qa6 19. Qc2 Nb6 20. b3 Nc8 21. Nc1 c4
22. bxc4 Bxc1 23. Rfxc1 Qxc4 24. Qb3 Nd6 25. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clichy 14th"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Stroppa"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Qd2 Qxc5 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. e4
Nc6 7. f4 e6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nb5 Qb6 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nd6+
Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qe3+ 13. Kb1 Qxe4 14. f5 Qxf5 15. Nf3 b6 16. Bd3
Qc5 17. Qf4 f5 18. Rhe1 Bb7 19. Qg5 Qe7 20. Qe3 Qc5 21. Qg5
Qe7 22. Qe3 O-O-O 23. Qxb6 Qb4 24. Qf2 Rhg8 25. a3 Qf4 26. Qf1
Qa4 27. Nd2 Qa5 28. g3 Kb8 29. Qf2 Qc7 30. Qf1 Ka7 31. Qf2+
Qb6 32. Qf4 Qd4 33. Qf1 Rb8 34. Nb3 Qb6 35. Nc1 Nd4 36. b3
Rgc8 37. Qf2 Bd5 38. Bxa6 Nxb3 39. Qxb6+ Rxb6 40. Bxc8 Nd2+
0-1

[Event "FRA-ch U16"]
[Site "Hyeres"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sebastien Monsieux"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. g3 c4 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. O-O b5 12. a3
Bb7 13. g4 h5 14. h3 hxg4 15. hxg4 Nb6 16. f5 exf5 17. gxf5
O-O-O 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Qc2 Rdg8 20. Rae1 g5 21. Bg3 g4 22. Nd2
Bh4 23. Bxh4 Rxh4 24. Ng3 Rgh8 25. Rf2 Nd8 26. Ndf1 Rg8 27. e6
fxe6 28. fxe6 Nxe6 29. Nf5 Rhh8 30. Qe2 Re8 31. Qe5 Nc7
32. Qf6 Rxe1 33. Qxh8+ Re8 34. Qh4 Kb8 35. Qxg4 Bc8 36. Qh4
Qd8 37. Qh6 Rf8 38. Ne7 Rh8 39. Nc6+ Ka8 40. Qg7 Rg8 41. Qf7
1-0

[Event "FRA-ch U16"]
[Site "Hyeres"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandre Quere"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. O-O e6 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Rfd1 Qd7
17. Rac1 Rab8 18. Rd2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rb7 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. c4 Rfb8 23. Qd3 h6 24. g3 Rb2 25. Rcc2 Rb1+ 26. Kg2
Ra1 27. Rb2 Rc1 28. Rb3 Rb4 29. Rc3 Rcb1 30. Rb3 R1xb3
31. axb3 Qb8 32. Qf3 Qb7 33. Ra2 Rxb3 34. Rxa7 Qxa7 35. Qxb3
Qxd4 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qb1+ f5 38. Qc2 Qe4+ 39. Qxe4 fxe4
40. f3 exf3+ 41. Kxf3 Kg6 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. Ke4 e5 44. g4 Ke6
45. h4 Kf6 46. h5 c5 47. Kd5 Kg5 48. Kxc5 e4 49. Kd4 Kf4
50. c5 e3 51. c6 e2 52. c7 e1=Q 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch U16"]
[Site "Hyeres"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Samy Robin"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxe5
Bc5 7. Nd3 Ba7 8. c3 Ne6 9. e5 Ne4 10. Qg4 N4c5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5
12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Ba7 14. Nd2 Qg5 15. Qxg5 Nxg5 16. h4 Ne6
17. Ne4 b5 18. Bc2 Bb7 19. Re1 f5 20. exf6 d5 21. Ng5 Nxg5
22. Bxg5 h6 23. Re7 hxg5 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. hxg5 Bc6 26. Rxc7
Be8 27. Rh7+ Kg8 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Re1 Bf7 30. Re7 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch U16"]
[Site "Hyeres"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gabriel Battaglini"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 Nbd7
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Re8 9. e3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bb2 c6
12. Qc2 a5 13. h3 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Rd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Bc8
17. Ba3 Bf8 18. Bb2 Bg7 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. Bb2 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch U16"]
[Site "Hyeres"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Asher Glicenstein"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6
Nxc6 7. Bb2 b5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qf6 10. Qd2 Bc5 11. c3 Bb7
12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 O-O 14. Nf3 Rad8 15. b4 Bb6 16. c4 Qg6
17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. Nxg5 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. b5 axb5 21. cxb5
Na7 22. Na3 d4 23. Nc4 Bc5 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Rxa7 Be7 26. Nxf7
Rxf7 27. Rxb7 Bc5 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Ne5+ Ke6 30. Nd3 Kd5
31. Rc1 Bd6 32. Kf1 Rb8 33. Ke2 Rxb5 34. Rc8 Rb7 35. h3 Rc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch U16"]
[Site "Hyeres"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alban Delorme"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. a4 Ne7 15. Nce3 Be6 16. Be2 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 bxa4 18. Rxa4 a5 19. O-O Rb8 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4 Qd7
22. Ra6 Qb7 23. Rxd6 Rfd8 24. Ba6 Qa7 25. Ne3 Rxd6 26. Qxd6
Bf8 27. Qxe5 Rxb4 28. Bd3 Qd4 29. Qg3+ Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Bxg7
31. Bf5 Ba2 32. Rc1 Rb8 33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Bxc8 Kf8 35. h4 Bf6
36. g3 Be5 37. Bf5 h6 38. Kg2 Bb3 39. f4 Bd4 40. Kf3 Bb6
41. Be4 Be6 42. Nf5 Bxf5 43. Bxf5 Kg7 44. Bd3 f6 45. g4 Ba5
46. h5 Bb6 47. Ke4 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch U16"]
[Site "Hyeres"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Melkior Cotonnec"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Be7 6. b3 d6
7. Bb2 e5 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 O-O
12. Ne3 Ne8 13. Kh2 Nc7 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Bc1 Bg5 16. Be3 f6
17. Nxg5 Bxd1 18. Nxe6 Qe8 19. Nexg7 Qd7 20. Raxd1 Rf7 21. Nh5
Kf8 22. Nh6 Ke8 23. Nxf7 Qxf7 24. g4 Kd7 25. f4 Qe7 26. g5
exf4 27. Nxf6+ Kc7 28. Bxf4 h6 29. d4 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Rd8
31. Rfd1 hxg5 32. Rxd6 gxf4 33. Rd7+ Rxd7 34. Rxd7+ Qxd7
35. Nxd7 Kxd7 36. Kg2 Ke6 37. Kf3 Ke5 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch U16"]
[Site "Hyeres"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sebastien Cossin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 Re8
7. d3 c6 8. Nbd2 e5 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7
12. Qc2 a5 13. a3 b6 14. Rfe1 Nc5 15. Bf1 Ne6 16. g3 c5
17. Bh3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxc8 Rexc8 20. f3 b5 21. Rec1
Nd7 22. Qd1 b4 23. Nf1 Nc5 24. axb4 axb4 25. g4 Be7 26. Ng3
Bg5 27. Rcb1 g6 28. Kg2 Qb7 29. Bc1 Rxa1 30. Bxg5 Rxb1
31. Qxb1 Qa6 32. Ne2 Ra8 33. Nc1 Qa1 34. Qc2 Qc3 35. Qf2 Ra1
36. Qg3 d3 37. Qf2 Qc2 38. Nxd3 Nxd3 39. Qxc2 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch U16"]
[Site "Hyeres"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jean Netzer"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. a3 Be7
12. Rad1 b5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Qe2 Qxe2 16. Ndxe2 d6
17. Bd4 Nd7 18. Rf3 Bb7 19. f5 e5 20. Be3 Rac8 21. Rf2 h6
22. Ng3 Nf6 23. Re2 Rc4 24. Bb6 Rfc8 25. Ba5 h5 26. Rde1 h4
27. Nf1 d5 28. Nd2 d4 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. exd5 f6
32. Bb4 Bd8 33. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch U16 playoff"]
[Site "Hyeres"]
[Date "2002.04.14"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kevin Bordi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bh6 6. e3 d6
7. g3 Qc7 8. c4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Qd2 a6 11. Nf3 Rg8 12. Nh4
Bg6 13. f4 f5 14. Bh3 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. O-O-O Bf8 17. e4
O-O-O 18. exf5 exf5 19. Nd5 Qc6 20. Nxf5 Kb8 21. Nfe7 Bxe7
22. Nxe7 Qe4 23. Qxd6+ Ka7 24. Nxg6 Qxc4+ 25. Kb1 Nb6 26. Qe6
Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxg6 28. Qxc4 Nxc4 29. Rd5 Rh6 30. Rxc5 Nd6
31. Bf1 Rxh2 32. Bd3 Rh3 33. Rd5 Ne8 34. Rg5 h5 35. Bf5 Rh1+
36. Kc2 h4 37. gxh4 Rxh4 38. Rg4 Rh2+ 39. Kc3 Nf6 40. Rg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch U16 playoff"]
[Site "Hyeres"]
[Date "2002.04.14"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Netzer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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 Bg5 13. h4 Bh6 14. Nce3 Be6 15. a4 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 b4
17. Bc4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Na5 19. Bd5 Rc8 20. c4 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nc4
22. Nf5 g6 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qg3 Kh7 25. Ne3 Qa5+ 26. Kf1 Nd2+
27. Kg1 Nxe4 28. Qf3 f5 29. g4 hxg4 30. Nxg4 Nd2 31. Qg3 fxg4
32. h5 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Qxd5 34. hxg6+ Kg8 35. g7 Kxg7 36. Qxg4+
Ng5+ 37. Kg1 e4 38. Rd1 Qf5 39. Qg3 Qf4 40. Qg2 Rc1 41. Rxc1
Qxc1+ 42. Qf1 Nf3+ 43. Kg2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch U16 playoff"]
[Site "Hyeres"]
[Date "2002.04.14"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Xavier Beudaert"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1
d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. Bxe7
Nxe7 12. Ng3 Bxf3 13. Nxh5 Bxd1 14. Raxd1 Kf8 15. Rxd4 g6
16. Rd7 Nc6 17. Nf4 Rc8 18. b4 a6 19. a4 b5 20. axb5 axb5
21. c4 bxc4 22. b5 Nb8 23. Rd4 Kg7 24. Rxc4 Rhe8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8
26. g3 Re5 27. Rxc7 Rxb5 28. Ne6+ Kf6 29. Nd8 Rd5 30. Rxf7+
Ke5 31. f4+ Ke4 32. Ne6 h6 33. Kg2 Nc6 34. Rf6 Ne7 35. Nf8 Nf5
36. Re6+ Kd3 37. Nxg6 Ne3+ 1-0

[Event "Creteil IM"]
[Site "Creteil"]
[Date "2002.04.20"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Valentin Lukov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qg4 h5
12. Qe2 h4 13. Be3 hxg3 14. hxg3 b5 15. a3 Nf6 16. Rad1 Rd8
17. Rd3 Qb7 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Qd2 Qa8 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg5 Ng8
22. Rd1 Qb8 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Kg2 Kf8 25. b4 Qc7 26. Kg1 Rh7
27. Bg4 Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Nf6 29. Bf3 Ne8 30. Kg2 Qe7 31. Qe3 Rb8
32. Rh1 Rxh1 33. Kxh1 Nf6 34. Kg2 Nh7 35. Bg4 Kg8 36. f3 Qc7
37. Ne2 Nf6 38. Nc3 Rd8 39. Qd2 Kf8 40. Bh3 Ke7 41. Qg5 Kf8
42. Qd2 Qb8 43. Qf2 Ke7 44. Kg1 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Creteil IM"]
[Site "Creteil"]
[Date "2002.04.20"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shahin Mohandesi"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Nf5 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Bg7
12. Qa4 O-O 13. Qa3 Re8 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. Bb4 a6
17. Nxd6 a5 18. Nxf5 axb4 19. Qg3 Qc8 20. Ne3 f5 21. Qh4 f4
22. Ng4 Be7 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxf6 Ra6 25. d6 Re6 26. Qg5
Raxd6 27. Rad1 Qd7 28. Qg4 Kg7 29. h3 h5 30. Qe2 e4 31. Rxd6
Qxd6 32. Rd1 Qe7 33. Qd2 e3 34. fxe3 fxe3 35. Qd7 b6 36. Qxe7+
Rxe7 37. Re1 Kf6 38. Kf1 Kf5 39. Ke2 Ke4 40. Rc1 Rf7 41. c5
Rf2+ 42. Ke1 Rxg2 43. cxb6 Rg1+ 44. Ke2 Rxc1 45. b7 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Creteil IM"]
[Site "Creteil"]
[Date "2002.04.20"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gaetan Sarthou"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Ne4
12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 a6 14. a3 c5 15. Rfd1 b5 16. Ba2 Qb6
17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. d5 c4 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. a4 Qb6 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. Rxd5 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bb1 Bf6 26. Nd4
Bxd4 27. exd4 Ne6 28. d5 Rxd5 29. b3 cxb3 30. Bh7+ Kh8 31. Be4
Rd8 32. Rb1 Nd4 33. Qd3 Qe6 34. Rd1 b2 35. Rb1 f5 36. Bf3 Qa2
37. Kh1 Rc8 38. Kh2 Nxf3+ 39. gxf3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Creteil IM"]
[Site "Creteil"]
[Date "2002.04.20"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Abdelaziz Onkoud"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6
7. Nde2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. h3 b5 11. a3 Bd7 12. Be3
Qc7 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Qc1 Nc4 15. Bg5 e6 16. b3 Nb6 17. Qd2 Rfc8
18. Be3 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe5 22. Rad1 Bc6
23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Nd4 Qe8 25. Ne2 Qe7 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. axb4
Rxc2 28. Nd4 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 a6 30. Ra1 Nd5 31. Bc5 Rb2 32. Ra3
Rc8 33. Rfa1 g5 34. Rxa6 Rxb3 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Rxa8+ Kg7
37. Rb8 Nc3 38. Bd4+ Kg6 39. Bxc3 Rxc3 40. Rxb5 h5 41. Kg2 g4
42. h4 Rc1 43. Rb8 Rb1 44. b5 e5 45. b6 Kf5 46. Rf8 f6 47. Rh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Creteil IM"]
[Site "Creteil"]
[Date "2002.04.20"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nebojsa Nikcevic"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
gxf6 7. d4 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. Rb1
Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 b6 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Rhc1 O-O
16. Ke3 Nc6 17. Nd2 Ne7 18. g4 f5 19. Rg1 fxg4 20. Rxg4+ Kh8
21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Rac8 23. Kd3 Nc6 24. Rbg1 f6 25. Rg7
Nb4+ 26. Kc3 Nxa2+ 27. Kb2 Nb4 28. Rxa7 Nc6 29. Rd7 Rg8
30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. d5 exd5 32. cxd5 Nb4 33. Nd4 Nd3+ 34. Ka2
Ne5 35. Ra7 Nc4 36. Kb3 Nd2+ 37. Ka3 Nc4+ 38. Kb4 Ne5 39. Nf5
Rd8 40. Rb7 Nd3+ 41. Kc4 Nxf2 42. d6 Ne4 43. Kd5 Nc3+ 44. Ke6
Ne4 45. Rxb6 Re8+ 46. Ne7+ Kf8 47. Rc6 Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Creteil IM"]
[Site "Creteil"]
[Date "2002.04.20"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Marvin Lepan"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Qc7 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nde2 Rb8
12. a4 Ne5 13. b3 Nc6 14. g4 Nd7 15. g5 b5 16. axb5 axb5
17. Ng3 b4 18. Nce2 f6 19. Nf4 Nde5 20. h4 fxg5 21. hxg5 Bxg5
22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxg5 h6 24. Bc1 Rb5 25. Bb2 Ng6 26. Qd3 Rg5
27. Rad1 Nf4 28. Qxd6 Qf7 29. Bc1 Rxg3 30. Qxf4 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2
Qg6+ 32. Qg3 Qxe4+ 33. f3 Qxc2+ 34. Kh1 Rf5 35. Rd2 Qxb3
36. Rg2 g5 37. Bb2 Qd3 38. Re1 Rxf3 39. Qc7 Bd7 40. Kg1 b3
41. Qh2 Bh3 42. Qc7 Qd7 43. Re8+ Kf7 44. Qxd7+ Bxd7 45. Rh8
Nb4 46. Rxh6 Nd3 47. Rh7+ Ke6 48. Ba3 Nf4 49. Re7+ Kf5
50. Rxd7 Nxg2 51. Kxg2 Rc3 52. Rd2 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Creteil IM"]
[Site "Creteil"]
[Date "2002.04.20"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Xavier Parmentier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O a6
7. Bd3 d6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 e5 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. d3 O-O
12. Qe1 d5 13. fxe5 dxc4 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bh6 cxd3 16. cxd3
Bh4 17. g3 Bg5 18. Bxf8 Be3+ 19. Kg2 Qxf8 20. Nf4 Qh6 21. Rf3
Bg4 22. Rxe3 dxe3 23. Qxe3 Qg7 24. Rf1 Qxb2+ 25. Rf2 Qa1
26. Nd5 Be6 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. d4 Rc8 29. d5 Bf5 30. Nh5+ gxh5
31. Rxf5 f6 32. e5 Qd1 33. exf6+ Kh8 34. Qg5 Rc2+ 35. Rf2
Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qc2+ 37. Kf3 Qd3+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+
40. Kh4 Qc4+ 41. g4 Qc7 42. d6 1-0

[Event "Creteil IM"]
[Site "Creteil"]
[Date "2002.04.20"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Philippe Rouzaud"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc4 Rc8 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne3 Bh6
12. Bd3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qb6 14. Qc1 h5 15. O-O Rh6 16. Kh1 Ne7
17. Rb1 h4 18. h3 Kd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rg8 21. c4 Rg3
22. Re1 f5 23. b4 Rhg6 24. Rb2 e4 25. Bc2 Qc7 26. Ba4+ Kc8
27. b5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Qc5 29. Be8 Rg7 30. Qb1 Qc7 31. Ree2 f4
32. exf4 f5 33. Rb4 Ra3 34. Reb2 Ra7 35. Rb6 Rg3 36. c5 Qxc5
37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Rxb7 Kd8 39. Rb8+ Nc8 40. Bc6 Rc3 41. Rxc8+
Ke7 42. Qb7+ Kf6 43. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Creteil IM"]
[Site "Creteil"]
[Date "2002.04.20"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tristan Calistri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "58"]

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. Kb1 Ne5 13. Bg5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qe5 16. Rhe1
Rxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Bd4 Qb5 20. Kb2 Qa4 21. g4
Rc6 22. g5 Nd7 23. Bxg7 Nb6 24. Ka1 Nc4 25. Qc1 Ra6 26. Qb1
Na3 27. Qb2 Nxc2+ 28. Kb1 Na3+ 29. Ka1 Nc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open Championship"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Arnaud Gosset"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 Be7
7. c5 O-O 8. Bf4 b6 9. b4 a5 10. Na4 Nfd7 11. Bb5 bxc5
12. bxc5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 f6 15. O-O e5 16. dxe5 fxe5
17. Bxe5 Re6 18. Rad1 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qe8 20. Nb2 Bf6 21. f4
Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Rxe5 24. Nd3 Re2 25. Qf5 d4
26. Qd5+ Qf7 27. Qxd4 Nc6 28. Qg4 Qe8 29. Kh1 Re4 30. Qg3 Re3
31. Qf2 Re2 32. Qf3 Nb4 33. h3 Re3 34. Qf4 Nxd3 35. Rxd3 Rxd3
36. Qc4+ Kf8 37. Qxd3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Qg3 Qxc5 40. Qf3+
Kg8 41. Qe2 Kf7 42. Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open Championship"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Cyrille Gozzoli"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Ne5
Be6 7. Bc4 Bxc4 8. Nxc4 Qa6 9. Qe2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Nbd7
12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Bd6 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rfe8 16. Bxe7
Rxe7 17. Ne3 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nb6 19. Rb1 Nd5 20. Rb3 Rd7 21. Re1
Ne7 22. a4 b6 23. a5 bxa5 24. Ra1 c5 25. Rxa5 cxd4 26. cxd4
Nc6 27. Ra6 Nxd4 28. Rb1 Rc7 29. c4 Nf5 30. Nxf5 exf5 31. Ra4
g6 32. h4 Rac8 33. g3 Rxc4 34. Rxa7 f4 35. Ra2 fxg3 36. fxg3
Rg4 37. Rb3 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rd4 39. Rf3 Rdd1 40. Kh3 h5 41. Ra8+
Kg7 42. Ra7 Rh1+ 43. Kg2 Rcg1+ 44. Kf2 Rf1+ 45. Ke2 Rxf3
46. Kxf3 Re1 47. Ra6 Rf1+ 48. Kg2 Rf6 49. Ra4 Re6 50. Rb4 Kf6
51. Rf4+ Ke7 52. Ra4 Re5 53. Rb4 Ke6 54. Rb6+ Kf5 55. Kf3 Rc5
56. Rb3 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open Championship"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vincent Bernard"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bf4 Ne8 9. Be5 Bxe5 10. Nxe5 Ng7 11. Nd2 f6
12. Nec4 e5 13. a4 b6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Ndc4 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rad8
17. Qc3 Ne8 18. a5 b5 19. Nd2 Qe7 20. Nb3 c4 21. Nc1 b4
22. Qd2 Nc7 23. Rd1 Nb5 24. Qe1 c3 25. b3 Nd4 26. Rb1 Qc5
27. Ne2 Nb5 28. Ra1 Rd7 29. Kh1 Na3 30. Rxa3 bxa3 31. Qxc3 Qe7
32. Qxc6 Rc7 33. Qa4 Rb8 34. Ra1 f5 35. c4 fxe4 36. dxe4 Qf8
37. Qxa3 Qxf2 38. Qd6 Re8 39. Qxc7 Qxe3 40. Ng3 Qxb3 41. Qxa7
Bxc4 42. a6 Rd8 43. Qg1 Bxa6 44. Rxa6 Rd1 45. Nf1 Qd3 46. Rf6
Qxe4 47. Qa7 Qd5 48. Qb8+ Qd8 49. Qxe5 Re1 50. Rxg6+ hxg6
51. Qxe1 1-0

[Event "Open Championship"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Bg4
7. f3 Bd7 8. Be3 a6 9. Qd2 e6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. O-O-O
Na5 13. g4 b4 14. Nce2 Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 Bb5 16. Ned4 Qc4 17. Kb1
a5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Nd4 Qb7 20. Qd3 Rb8 21. Nb3 a4 22. Na5
Qc7 23. Qa6 Rc8 24. Rd2 Be7 25. Nb7 d5 26. g5 Nd7 27. exd5
exd5 28. Bf4 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxd5 Nb6 31. Rdd1 O-O
32. Bd6 Bxd6 33. Nxd6 f6 34. Nf5 Rc5 35. Nd4 Rd5 36. Nc6 Rxd1+
37. Rxd1 fxg5 38. Nxb4 Rxf3 39. b3 Kf7 40. Nc6 Rf2 41. h3 a3
42. c4 Rb2+ 43. Ka1 Rh2 44. Ne5+ Ke7 45. Nf3 Rxh3 46. Nxg5 Rh5
47. Re1+ Kd7 48. Ne6 g5 49. Nf8+ Kc6 50. Kb1 g4 51. Re6+ Kc5
52. Kc2 Nc8 53. Kd3 Rh3+ 54. Kd2 h5 55. Ng6 h4 56. Re4 Rh2+
57. Kc3 Rh3+ 58. Kd2 Rh2+ 59. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open Championship"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.07.13"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adrian Pali"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d3 Nge7
7. Be3 Nd4 8. O-O d6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. f4 Rb8 11. Nd1 e5 12. c3
Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 b6 14. Nf2 Be6 15. g4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rc8
17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Qe3 d5 19. e5 d4 20. Qe4 Re8 21. Re1 Qd7
22. Qf3 dxc3 23. bxc3 Red8 24. Qg3 h6 25. h4 Ne7 26. Re2 b5
27. Rd1 b4 28. c4 Nc6 29. Be4 Nd4 30. Red2 Qc7 31. Qe3 Bxe5
32. Bxh6 f5 33. Bg2 Kh7 34. Qg5 Bf7 35. h5 gxh5 36. Ne4 Rg8
37. Qe3 f4 38. Qh3 Kxh6 39. g5+ Kg7 40. Kh1 Be6 41. Qh4 Nf5
42. Qf2 Bd4 43. Qe2 Rce8 44. Bf3 Be3 45. Bxh5 Rh8 46. Rg1
Rxh5+ 47. Qxh5 Rh8 48. Qxh8+ Kxh8 49. Rh2+ Kg7 50. g6 Bg8
51. Rg4 Ng3+ 52. Nxg3 fxg3 53. Rh3 Bf2 54. Kg2 Qd7 55. Rf4 Be3
56. Rf3 Qxd3 57. Rhxg3 Qe2+ 58. Kh1 Bf2 0-1

[Event "Open Championship"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alberto David"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 b5
7. a3 Bb7 8. O-O a5 9. d5 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nd2
cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qe2 f5
17. g4 fxg4 18. Qxg4 Bc8 19. Qe2 Rf8 20. Ne4 Rf4 21. Qe3 Qc7
22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Bd7 24. Ne4 Raf8 25. f3 Rh4 26. Rac1 Rc8
27. Re2 Rh6 28. b3 Bd8 29. c4 Bb6+ 30. Kh1 a4 31. c5 Bxc5
32. Nxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 dxc5 34. bxa4 bxa4 35. Rxe5 Rb6 36. Bf1
Kf7 37. d6 Rxd6 38. Rxc5 Rd2 39. Rc3 Kf6 40. Rd3 Rxd3 41. Bxd3
Bf5 42. Bb5 Bc2 43. f4 Kf5 44. Kg2 Ke4 45. Kf2 Kd4 46. Ke2 Kc3
47. Bd7 Kb2 48. Kd2 Bb3 49. f5 Bc2 50. Be6 Bb3 51. h4 Kxa3
52. Kc3 Ka2 53. Bd7 Kb1 54. f6 gxf6 55. Bf5+ Kc1 56. Bxh7 Bd1
57. Bg8 f5 58. Kb4 f4 59. Bd5 Kb2 60. h5 a3 61. h6 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS op"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde "]
[Date "2002.10.23"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergei Aslanovich Beshukov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6
7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nde2 Be7 10. h3 Qc7 11. Be3 b5 12. a3
Rd8 13. g4 Bc8 14. f4 Na5 15. g5 Nd7 16. b3 Nc6 17. h4 h6
18. Qe1 hxg5 19. hxg5 Bb7 20. Qg3 b4 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Rac1 g6
23. Bd4 e5 24. Be3 exf4 25. Rxf4 Ne5 26. Rh4 Rxh4 27. Qxh4 Bf8
28. Qh8 Bc8 29. Bd4 Qe7 30. Qh4 Bg7 31. Bb6 Ng4 32. Bf3 Ne5
33. Bg2 Ng4 34. Bf3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYb12"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2002.11.15"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kamal Firdaus Foudzi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd7
7. Qe2 Qc7 8. O-O Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. e4 O-O-O 11. exd5 exd5
12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Bg5 Rde8 14. Qc2 Ne4 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. h3 f5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bd4 Bb5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rfd1 f4
22. Rd4 Bc6 23. Nd2 e3 24. fxe3 fxe3 25. Nc4 Rg5 26. Nxe3 Re8
27. Rad1 b6 28. Qd2 Kb7 29. Nd5 Qg3 30. Qf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2
Rf5+ 32. Kg1 Re2 33. Nb4 Rxg2+ 34. Kh1 Rxb2+ 35. Nxc6 Kxc6
36. Rd7 Rxa2 37. Rxg7 Rf3 38. Rxh7 Rxc3 39. h4 Rh3+ 40. Kg1 b5
41. Rdd7 Rb3 42. Rc7+ Kd6 43. Rhd7+ Ke6 44. Re7+ Kf5 45. Rf7+
Kg4 46. Rg7+ Kh3 47. Rc1 Kxh4 48. Re7 Kg3 49. Rf1 a5 50. Kh1
Rb4 51. Ref7 Ra3 52. Rg1+ Kh3 53. Rh7+ Rh4 54. Rhg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYb12"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2002.11.19"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ivan Saric"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7
7. Re1 O-O 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Nf5 Nxb3
12. axb3 Re8 13. Be3 d6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd6
cxd6 17. Nc3 Nd7 18. Nd5 Rd8 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Ba7 Kf8 21. Rad1
b5 22. Bxb8 1-0

[Event "WYb12"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2002.11.21"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Emilio Cordova"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h4 e5 10. a4 Bg4 11. c3 Kh8 12. Qc2
f5 13. Nh2 Bh5 14. f3 Ng8 15. Nc4 h6 16. g4 fxg4 17. fxg4 Qxh4
18. Qe2 Bxg4 19. Nxg4 Rad8 20. Be3 Nge7 21. Rf1 g5 22. Rxf8+
Bxf8 23. Qf3 h5 24. Ngxe5 dxe5 25. Nxe5 g4 26. Qf4 Rc8
27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Ng5 Kh8 29. Bf2 Ng6 30. Qe3 1-0

[Event "WYb12"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2002.11.21"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ildar Khairullin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4
7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Nbd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5
12. Bg5 Be6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qf3 Nxc3 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. bxc3
Qd5 17. Qh3 b5 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Rfe8 21. Rb6
Rb8 22. Rxe6 Ne4 23. Bh4 g5 24. Nc6 gxh4 25. R1xe4 Ra8 26. Re1
Bf6 27. Ne5 Rf8 28. Ng4 Bg7 29. Rxe7 Qg5 30. R7e2 Ra3 31. Ne5
Bxe5 32. dxe5 Qh5 33. Re4 Kh8 34. e6 Qc5 35. Qxh4 Qxc3 36. e7
Re8 37. Qh5 Raa8 38. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "WYb12"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2002.11.22"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Recuero Guerra"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 g6
7. d4 Bg4 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. dxe5 Ndxe5 10. Nbd2 Qf6 11. Be2 Nxf3+
12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Bg7 14. c3 O-O 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Nxe5
dxe5 17. Qb3 Qc6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. f3 b6 20. a4 Rfe8 21. Rd5
Rxd5 22. exd5 Qd7 23. Qb5 Rd8 24. c4 a5 25. Rd1 Qxb5 26. axb5
Bf8 27. h4 f5 28. g4 Kg7 29. Kf2 Be7 30. Rh1 h5 31. g5 f4
1/2-1/2

[Event "WYb12"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2002.11.23"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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. c3 Bg7 13. Nc2 O-O 14. O-O f4 15. Qh5 f5 16. f3 a5 17. Kh1
Rb8 18. Rad1 Rb7 19. Na3 b4 20. Nc2 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne7 22. c4
Rf6 23. Qh4 Rh6 24. Qf2 Bf6 25. c5 Bh4 26. Qe2 Bg3 27. h3 Rc7
28. c6 Rh4 29. Na1 Qf8 30. Nb3 Qh6 31. Kg1 Kh8 32. Ba6 Ng8
33. Nc5 Rg7 34. Ne6 Rg6 35. Rf2 e4 36. fxe4 Rxh3 37. gxh3 Qxh3
38. Rg2 Bh2+ 39. Kh1 Bg3+ 40. Kg1 Bh2+ 41. Kh1 f3 42. Rxh2
fxe2 43. Bxe2 Qe3 44. Rf1 Rg1+ 45. Rxg1 Qxe4+ 46. Rhg2 Qh4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cergy Pontoise op"]
[Site "Cergy Pontoise"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Rd1 Qc7
12. e4 Nf6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. e5 Ne8
17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qe4 Rac8 19. Ng5 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qc4 Na5
22. Qe2 Qc4 23. Bxa7 Qxe2 24. Nxe2 Nb3 25. Rab1 h6 26. Ne4 Bc6
27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Bh3 Bd5 29. Nf4 Bc4 30. Bxe6+ Bxe6 31. Nxe6
Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Bxb2 33. a4 Re8 34. Rb1 Rxe6 35. Rxb2 Na5
36. Rb5 Ra6 37. Bd4 Nc6 38. Be3 Rxa4 39. Rxb7 Re4 40. Rc7 Ne7
41. Rd7 Nf5 42. Bc5 h5 43. Kg2 h4 44. Kf3 Rc4 45. Rd5 g6
46. g4 Ng7 47. Be7 Rc3+ 48. Ke4 Rh3 49. Bd6 Rc3 50. Be5 Rc4+
51. Rd4 Rc2 52. Rd8+ Kf7 53. Rd7+ Ke6 54. Rxg7 Re2+ 55. Kf4
Rxf2+ 56. Ke3 Rg2 57. Kf3 Ra2 58. Bf4 Kf6 59. Rb7 Ra3+ 60. Be3
Ke5 61. Rb5+ Kf6 62. Rb6+ Kf7 63. g5 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch U18"]
[Site "Le Grand Bornand"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Julien Barj"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Be3 b5 12. a4
b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 a5 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Bf6 17. Ne6
fxe6 18. dxe6 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. exd7 Rxf1+ 21. Qxf1 Ba6
22. Qf4 Qc5+ 23. Kh2 Rd8 24. Re1 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch U18"]
[Site "Le Grand Bornand"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Frederic Comte"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O d6
7. Nc3 e5 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Ne1 f5 11. g3 Rb8 12. Rb1
Be6 13. Ng2 Qa5 14. a3 d5 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Qc7 17. exd5
cxd5 18. Bc5 a5 19. Ne2 axb4 20. Rxb4 O-O 21. Rfb1 Rxb4
22. Qxb4 Nc6 23. Qb6 Rc8 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. c3 d4 26. cxd4 exd4
27. f4 Bd5 28. Nh4 Kh7 29. Kf2 Ne5 30. fxe5 Rxc5 31. Rb6 Bxe5
32. Nxg6 Bg7 33. Ngf4 Bf7 34. Rb7 Kg8 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Rb7 Kg8
37. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch U18"]
[Site "Le Grand Bornand"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Iannis Iglesias"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nde2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nd5 b5
12. axb5 axb5 13. h3 Nd7 14. Ra2 b4 15. b3 Nc5 16. Be3 e6
17. Ndf4 Qc7 18. Nd3 Rd8 19. f4 Ne7 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Qb6
22. Kh2 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxd4 24. Qe2 Bb7 25. Nf2 Bxe4 26. Rd1
Qg7 27. Nxe4 d5 28. Nc5 Rdc8 29. Nd7 Rb7 30. Ne5 Rbc7 31. Nf3
Nf5 32. g4 Nd6 33. Rd4 Ne4 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Qxe4 Qc3 36. h4
Qc6 37. Qe2 Qd6 38. Ne5 Rc3 39. Nd3 Qc7 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch U18"]
[Site "Le Grand Bornand"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edouard Simon"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Rfc8 14. c3 Rab8 15. g4 b5 16. h4 Qb7
17. g5 Nh5 18. Bh3 Rc4 19. b3 b4 20. Qd3 Rxc3 21. Bxc3 bxc3
22. Bg4 a5 23. Qc4 Qa7 24. Rh2 a4 25. b4 a3 26. Kc2 Be5
27. Re2 Nf4 28. Rxe5 Qf2+ 29. Kb3 Qb2+ 30. Ka4 dxe5 31. d6 c2
32. Re1 exd6 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch U18"]
[Site "Le Grand Bornand"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Samuel Bielka"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 h6
12. Bb1 O-O 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. Ne5 Ncxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bc7
17. Bd2 Nf8 18. Bc3 Bb6+ 19. Kh1 d4 20. Bb4 Bd7 21. Ng3 Bc6
22. Bc2 Bd5 23. f5 e5 24. Bb3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Nd7 26. Rae1 Qc6
27. Be7 Re8 28. f6 Rxe7 29. fxe7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0304"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Florent Diedler"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4
Bg4 7. dxe5 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Bxe5 9. Nd2 Qd6 10. g3 Qe6 11. Nb3
O-O-O 12. Nc5 Qd6 13. Nd3 Ne7 14. Be3 h5 15. Bc5 Qf6 16. Qxf6
Bxf6 17. e5 Bg5 18. f4 b6 19. Ba3 Nf5 20. fxg5 Ne3 21. Rf2 h4
22. gxh4 Rxh4 23. Re1 Rg4+ 24. Kh1 Nxc2 25. Rxc2 Rxd3 26. Rg2
Rxg2 27. Kxg2 c5 28. Rf1 Rd7 29. h4 Kd8 30. h5 Ke7 31. h6 gxh6
32. gxh6 Rd8 33. h7 Rh8 34. Rh1 Ke6 35. b3 c6 36. Kf3 a5
37. Ke4 a4 38. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0304"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mathilde Choisy"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Rac8 14. c3 Qa5 15. h4 Qxd5 16. Bxa7 Qa5
17. Bd4 e5 18. Be3 d5 19. h5 Rfd8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Be2 b5
22. Bh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 b4 24. cxb4 Qxb4 25. g4 Rb8 26. b3 Rb7
27. Qg5 Qe7 28. Qd2 Rdb8 29. g5 Rxb3+ 30. axb3 Rxb3+ 31. Qb2
Qb4 32. Rd2 Ne4 33. fxe4 Rxb2+ 34. Rxb2 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0304"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Maxime Audouin"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6
Qd7 7. Nxa7 c6 8. Nxc8 Rxc8 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. O-O Nxe4 11. Bxe4
Qxe4 12. Re1 Qxe1+ 13. Qxe1+ Be7 14. Bg5 Rc7 15. Nc3 h6
16. Bf4 O-O 17. Qd2 Rd7 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Ne4 d5 20. Ng3 g5
21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kh7 24. Re3 c5 25. Rh3+
Bh6 26. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0304"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Adam"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Bc4 Nb6
7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. e6 fxe6 9. Bd3 Bc6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Bxg6+ hxg6
12. Qxh8 Bxg2 13. Bh6 Kd7 14. Qxf8 Qxf8 15. Bxf8 Nc6 16. Bg7
Rg8 17. Ne2 Bxh1 18. Bh6 Bf3 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Na3 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0304"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Vuillermoz"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. a4 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 d6
7. Be3 e6 8. Qd2 Nge7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Nd4 11. Qd2 O-O
12. f4 d5 13. Nge2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nec6 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. O-O
Qe7 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Ng5 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Ng5 Qb4 21. c3
dxc3 22. bxc3 Qb6+ 23. d4 Kg7 24. Kh1 Na5 25. Qe3 Qc7 26. Qe5+
Qxe5 27. fxe5 Rac8 28. Rf6 h6 29. Ne4 Bc6 30. Nc5 b6 31. Nxa6
Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rxc3 33. Ref1 Nc4 34. Rb1 Ne3+ 35. Kg1 Nd5
36. Rf2 Rc4 37. Rfb2 Rxd4 38. Nb4 Nc3 39. Re1 Nxa4 40. Nc2 Rd2
41. Rb4 Rxc2 42. Rxa4 Rd8 43. Rb4 Rdd2 44. Rxb6 Rg2+ 45. Kh1
Rxh2+ 46. Kg1 Rcg2+ 47. Kf1 Rf2+ 48. Kg1 Rhg2+ 49. Kh1 Rxg3
0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0304"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Emile Nass"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c4 dxc4
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O Nc6
12. Be3 Qc7 13. Re1 b6 14. a3 O-O 15. Qc2 g6 16. Be4 Bb7
17. h4 Na5 18. h5 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nc6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Nd4
22. Qg4 Qe7 23. Ne4 f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. hxg6
hxg6 27. Re3 Rf8 28. Rf1 Qf5 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. b4
1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0304"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Olivier Chau"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "133"]

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 Rc8 11. O-O-O Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 16. a3 b4
17. a4 Qe8 18. h4 Bxa4 19. Kb1 Bxb3 20. cxb3 a4 21. h5 f6
22. Qxb4 axb3 23. Qxb3 gxh5 24. f4 Qg6+ 25. Qd3 Rc4 26. f5 Qg4
27. Rh3 Kf7 28. Rdh1 Rd4 29. Qc2 Rc4 30. Qd3 Rb8 31. Rxh5 Qxg2
32. Rxh7+ Ke8 33. Rh8+ Kd7 34. Rxb8 Qxh1+ 35. Ka2 Qe4 36. Qxe4
Rxe4 37. Kb3 Rf4 38. Rb4 Rxf5 39. Rb7+ Kd8 40. Kc4 Rf4+
41. Kd3 Rf1 42. b4 Rc1 43. Ke4 Ke8 44. b5 Kf7 45. b6 Rc4+
46. Kd3 Rb4 47. Rb8 Kg6 48. Rb7 Kf7 49. Rb8 Kg6 50. Rb7 Kf5
51. Rxe7 Rxb6 52. Re6 Kg5 53. Ke3 f5 54. Kf3 Rb3+ 55. Ke2 Rb6
56. Kf3 f4 57. Ke4 Ra6 58. Kf3 Kf5 59. Kf2 Kg4 60. Rg6+ Kf5
61. Re6 Ra2+ 62. Kf3 Ra3+ 63. Kf2 Rd3 64. Rxd6 Ke4 65. Re6+
Kxd5 66. Re8 Ra3 67. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0304"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeremy Ricbour"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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. a3 Be7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Re1 Nfd7 12. a4
bxa4 13. Nxa4 O-O 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Ne2 Rfd8 16. c3 Na5 17. Qc2
Nc4 18. Bc1 Ndb6 19. Nxb6 Nxb6 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg3 d5 22. Nd4
Bf6 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Qe4 Qc4 26. Nf3 h6
27. Qxc4 Nxc4 28. b3 Nd2 29. Nxd2 Rxd2 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5
Rc2 32. Re3 a5 33. c4 g6 34. Rf3 Kf8 35. Kg2 Ra7 36. Kg3 Kg7
37. h4 Kf8 38. h5 Kg7 39. hxg6 fxg6 40. Re3 Kf6 41. Rf3+ Kg7
42. Rd3 Kg8 43. Re1 a4 44. bxa4 Rxc4 45. Re6 Kf7 46. Rdd6
Raxa4 47. Rxg6 Ke7 48. Rb6 Kf7 49. Rbf6+ Ke7 50. Rc6 Kf7
51. Rcf6+ Ke7 52. f3 Ra1 53. Rxh6 Rg1+ 54. Kf2 Rb1 55. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Aubervilliers sim"]
[Site "Aubervilliers"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wojtek Sochacki"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 d6 6. d4 Bg4
7. c3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 Nxe4 10. Bd5 Bxf3 11. Bxc6+ Kf8
12. Qxf3 Ng5 13. Bxg5 Bxg5 14. Bxa8 g6 15. Bd5 f5 16. Na3 Kg7
17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Nc2 Re8 20. Bc6 Re6 21. Rd7+
Re7 22. Rxe7+ Qxe7 23. Rd1 e4 24. Qe2 Qe6 25. Nd4 Qf6 26. f3
exf3 27. Qxf3 Qe7 28. Bd5 Bf6 29. Ne6+ Kh8 30. Bb3 a5 31. Qa8+
1-0

[Event "28th Rapid Open"]
[Site "Aubervilliers FRA"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Murtas Muratovich Kazhgaleyev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Nfd7 8. Be3 Nb6 9. Qb3 Bg4 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5
12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh3 14. Rg1 Qd6 15. f4 e5 16. f5 gxf5
17. Nb5 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qg6 19. Qxh3 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Aubervilliers FRA"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[EventDate "2003.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sohein Shakibi"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Be2 Qd6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d4
Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O-O 9. Nb5 Qe6 10. d5 Qf6 11. dxc6
Rxd1 12. cxb7+ Kb8 13. Rxd1 e6 14. Be3 Qxb2 15. Bxa7# 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Aubervilliers FRA"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[EventDate "2003.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Said Abdel Attey"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. dxe5
dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nxe5 Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Nxf7+ Ke8
11. Nxh8 Bg7 12. Nc3 Bxh8 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. Rd2
Bxa2 16. f4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. e5 Ke7 19. f5 Bd5 20. c4
Bxg2 21. Rg1 Be4 22. Rg7+ Ke8 23. f6 Kd8 24. e6 Bd5 25. Rg8#
1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Aubervilliers FRA"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[EventDate "2003.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Rodolphe Margenstern"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 d6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. f3 a6 11. Bf1 Rc8
12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Rf8 14. Qf2 Qe8 15. Nb3 Be6 16. Nd5 Qd8
17. Bb6 Qd7 18. Nc5 Qe8 19. Nc7 Rxc7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bxc7
Qd7 22. Bb6 Kh8 23. e5 Ne8 24. exd6 exd6 25. c3 e5 26. Bc4 Ne7
27. Be3 Nc8 28. Qh4 Bf6 29. Qe4 Bg7 30. f4 Nf6 31. Qc2 exf4
32. Bxf4 Qc6 33. Be6 Qc5+ 34. Be3 Ne8 35. Bxc5 dxc5 36. Bxc8
Nd6 37. Rxd6 h6 38. Qxg6 Rxc8 39. Re8+ Rxe8 40. Qxe8+ Kh7
41. Qg6+ Kg8 42. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Aubervilliers FRA"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[EventDate "2003.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Arthur Cahen"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Nc6
7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nd6+ Bxd6
12. exd6 O-O 13. c4 Nb6 14. b3 Qf6 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Bxc5 Rad8
17. Qd2 Bc8 18. Rad1 e5 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 f6 21. Bxc6 Bd7
22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Ne4 Red8 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. g4 Rf8 26. f4
exf4 27. Rxf4 g5 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7
31. d7 Ke7 32. d8=Q+ Kf7 33. Rf1+ Kg6 34. Qg8+ Kh6 35. Rf6#
1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Aubervilliers FRA"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[EventDate "2003.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sharif Abdel Attey"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. Qg4 g6
7. h4 Ne7 8. h5 Bb7 9. Bd3 Rg8 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Nf3 Nbc6
12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Rh7 O-O-O 14. Rxf7 Rdf8 15. Rxf8+ Rxf8
16. Qxe6 Qxe6 17. Nxe6 Rh8 18. Ke2 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Bg5
Rg8 21. Bf6 Rxg2 22. Rh1 Rg8 23. Rh7 Kb8 24. Nxc7 Rc8 25. Nxd5
Ba6+ 26. Kd2 Bb7 27. Ne3 Na5 28. Nxf5 Rxc3 29. Kxc3 Be4
30. Nd6 Bb7 31. Bd8 Bc8 32. Bc7+ Ka8 33. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Aubervilliers FRA"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[EventDate "2003.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Maha Eid"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4
f6 7. Bf4 dxe5 8. dxe5 fxe5 9. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 10. Bxe5 Nc6 11. Bc3
Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Bc5 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Nd2 Rdf8
16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Rac1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Re8 19. f3 Ne5 20. d4 Nd3
21. Rcd1 Nb2 22. Rb1 Nd3 23. Rfd1 Nf4 24. g3 Ne2+ 25. Kf2 Nxc3
26. Nxc3 Re6 27. d5 Re5 28. Nb5 c6 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Nd6+ Kc7
31. Rb7+ Kd8 32. Nf7+ Ke8 33. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "1st NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.02.13"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alberto David"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. c5 O-O 8. Be3 Ne4 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Qxd5 Bf5 11. Qxd8 Raxd8
12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. Bxf5 Nb5 14. Be4 f5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. g3 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. O-O-O Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Kf7 20. Kc2 Ke6 21. Kc3
g5 22. b4 h5 23. a4 a6 24. Kc4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 f4 26. exf4 gxf4
27. gxf4 Rxf4+ 28. Rd4 Rf2 29. Rh4 Rf5 30. b5 axb5+ 31. axb5
cxb5+ 32. Kxb5 Kd7 33. Kb6 Rf2 34. c6+ Kc8 35. Rxh5 Rb2+
36. Kc5 Kc7 37. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.02.14"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Satea Husari"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6
7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. h3 Re8 9. a3 Nf8 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Bh2 Bd6
12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. Rad1
Qe7 17. Ba2 Bd7 18. Bb1 Rad8 19. Qc1 Bc8 20. Nf3 exd4 21. Nxd4
Nd5 22. Nf3 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8
26. Bc2 Qd6 27. Bb3 h6 28. Bc2 b6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qe5 Qxe5
31. Nxe5 c5 32. Nxg6 Kf7 33. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.02.15"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Kamran G Shirazi"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4
7. Bd3 O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. O-O d6 10. exd6 Nxd6 11. Bf4 f5
12. Rc1 Nf7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bb1 Qf6 15. Qb3 g5 16. Be3 g4
17. Nd4 Bd6 18. Rcd1 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Be5 20. Rd2 Ng5 21. f4 gxf3
22. gxf3 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bc5 Rd8 26. Rxd8+
Qxd8 27. Bxf5 Qd2 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. Bxc2 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Rxa2
31. Be4 Kf7 32. f4 Ba6 33. Bg2 b4 34. Rb1 Nxf4 35. Bf1 bxc3
36. Bxa6 Rxa6 37. Rc1 e5 38. Bb4 c2 39. Bc3 Ke6 40. Rxc2 Rc6
41. Bxe5 Rxc2 42. Bxf4 Kf5 43. Bb8 Kg4 44. Kg1 Kf3 45. h3 Ke4
46. Bg3 Re2 47. Bb8 Re3 48. Kg2 Kf5 49. Bg3 Kg5 50. Kf2 Rd3
51. Kg2 Rc3 52. Kf2 Rc2+ 53. Kg1 h5 54. Kh1 Rc3 55. Kg2 Rd3
56. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.02.16"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sebastien Maze"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 O-O
12. O-O Nc5 13. f3 a5 14. Nd5 Be6 15. Rac1 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qb6
17. Rc2 Qb4 18. Rfc1 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 a4 20. Rc4 b5 21. Rb4 a3
22. Bd4 Bxd4+ 23. Rdxd4 Rfb8 24. Bxb5 axb2 25. Rxb2 Ra7
26. Rdb4 Ra3 27. Bc4 Rxb4 28. Rxb4 g5 29. Bb3 Kg7 30. Rb8 Nd3
31. Bc4 Ne5 32. Bb3 Nd3 33. Bc4 Ne5 34. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.02.17"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Philippe Brochet"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6
12. O-O Be7 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Rfd1 e5
17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Be3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rab8 20. Bxa7 Rxb2 21. Ne4
Rb7 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Bc5 Ra8 24. f3 Nd5 25. a4 f6 26. Ra3
Kf7 27. Bf2 Ra6 28. g3 Rb2 29. Re1 Ra8 30. a5 Ra6 31. Re4 g6
32. Kf1 h5 33. Re2 Rb1+ 34. Be1 Rb7 35. Rd3 Rb1 36. Kf2 Rb8
37. Rd4 Re8 38. Rde4 Rxe4 39. fxe4 Nc7 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Kd4
Nb5+ 42. Kc5 Nd6 43. Kb4 Nb7 44. Ra2 Nd6 45. Bf2 Nxe4 46. Bb6
f5 47. Ra1 g5 48. Rc1 Kd6 49. Rd1+ Ke7 50. Kc4 Ra8 51. Ra1 Ra6
52. Kd4 Kd6 53. h4 g4 54. Ra3 c5+ 55. Ke3 Nf6 56. Kf4 Nd5+
57. Kxf5 Nxb6 58. Rd3+ Kc6 59. axb6 Rxb6 60. Kg6 c4 61. Rc3
Kd5+ 62. Kxh5 Rb3 63. Rxc4 Kxc4 64. Kxg4 Kd5 65. h5 Ke6
66. Kh4 Kf6 67. g4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "1st NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nebojsa Nikcevic"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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. Rd1 a5 11. h3 h5
12. a4 Be7 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Rd2 Rd8 15. Rad1 Rxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxg5
17. Nxg5 Ke7 18. Nxe6 Kxe6 19. f4 f6 20. Ne4 b6 21. exf6 gxf6
22. g3 Nd6 23. Re2 b5 24. Kf2 Nxe4+ 25. Rxe4+ Kd5 26. Kf3 Rg8
27. Re7 bxa4 28. Rd7+ Kc5 29. Rh7 Ra8 30. Rxh5+ Kb4 31. f5 c5
32. Rh4+ c4 33. Ke3 Rg8 34. Rg4 Rxg4 35. hxg4 c3 36. bxc3+
Kxc3 37. g5 a3 38. gxf6 a2 39. f7 a1=Q 40. f8=Q Qc1+ 41. Kf3
Qf1+ 42. Kg4 Qc4+ 43. Kg5 a4 44. f6 Kxc2 45. Qe7 a3 46. Qxa3
Qg8+ 47. Kf4 Qc4+ 48. Ke5 Qe2+ 49. Kf5 Qb5+ 50. Ke6 Qc4+
51. Ke7 Qe4+ 52. Kf8 Qe5 53. Qa4+ Kc1 54. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "1st NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.02.19"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Cyril Marzolo"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nd2 Nxc5 6. e4
g6 7. Ngf3 Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. Be3 d6 10. Be2 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7
12. h4 h6 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Kb1 Nd7 15. Nh2 d5 16. Qa4 Nf6
17. e5 Nxe5 18. Qxa7 Rb8 19. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.02.20"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Krum Georgiev"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. g3 Nc6
7. Bg2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nde2 O-O 10. h3 Rc8 11. Be3 Qa5 12. f4
Be6 13. Qd2 Bc4 14. Rfd1 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.02.21"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yannick Gozzoli"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris NAO GM 2nd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.06.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Krum Georgiev"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2
e6 8.Nde2 Rc8 9.O-O Ne5 10.h3 h5 11.b3 h4 12.g4 Nfxg4 13.f4
Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Ne3 15.Bxe3 Qxe3 16.fxe5 Rxc3 17.Rf3 Qxf3 18.Bxf3
Rxf3 19.Qd4 Bc6 20.Kg2 Rf5 21.exd6 Rh6 22.Kh2 Rg6 23.exf5 Rg2+
24.Kh1 Rg6+ 25.Kh2 Rg2+ 26.Kh1 Rg4+ 27.Kh2 Rxd4 28.Nxd4 Bxd6+
29.Kg1 Bc5 30.c3 e5 31.Re1 f6 32.Kf1 Bd7 33.b4 Bb6 34.Ne6 g6
35.c4 gxf5 36.c5 Bxe6 37.cxb6 axb6 38.a4 f4 39.Kf2 Ke7 40.a5
bxa5 41.bxa5 Kd6 42.Rb1 Bd5 43.Rb6+ Bc6 44.a6 bxa6 45.Rxa6 e4
46.Ra5 Bd5 47.Ra7 Ke5 48.Ra4 f5 49.Ra7 f3 50.Rh7 f4 51.Re7+
Kd4 52.Rd7 e3+ 53.Kf1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "2nd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.21"]
[EventDate "2003.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sebastien Maze"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6
7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Bb5 Bg7 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qe4 Nf6 16. Qc4 Rab8
17. b3 Qa5 18. Rad1 Ng4 19. Qxg4 Qxc3 20. Qe2 Qa5 21. Rd7 c5
22. a4 e6 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Bxc5
Qg5 27. Bxa7 Qc1+ 28. Qf1 Qxc2 29. a5 Qxb3 30. Be3 Qa4 31. a6
Bd4 32. Bxd4 Qxd4 33. h3 Qa4 34. Qd3 Qa5 35. Qd6 Kg7 36. g3 e5
37. Kg2 e4 38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. a7 Qa6 40. g4 Qb7 41. Kg1 Qb1+
42. Kh2 Qa2 43. h4 Qa6 44. h5 Qc6 45. Qa1 Qc2 46. Kg1 e3
47. fxe3 Qe2 48. hxg6+ Kxg6 49. a8=Q Qxe3+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+
51. Kh1 1-0

[Event "2nd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[EventDate "2003.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jozsef Horvath"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Qc7 6. Qb3
e6 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. Nbc3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Nb5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Bb4
12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Nc7+ Qxc7 14. Qxb4 Bd7 15. Rc1 a5 16. Qb3 a4
17. Qb4 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. a3 Ke7 20. O-O Bc6 21. Rfd1 h5
22. Nf4 Rd8 23. Be2 h4 24. Nd3 Rxd4 25. Nb4 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Bd7
27. Bf3 b6 28. Rc4 g5 29. Nc6+ Bxc6 30. Bxc6 Kd6 31. g3 h3
32. f3 Nd5 33. Kf2 f5 34. Ke2 b5 35. Rc2 Nc7 36. Bb7 b4
37. axb4 Rb5 38. Rd2+ Ke5 39. Bc6 Rxb4 40. Kd3 Kd6 41. Rc2 e5
42. Ke2 Ne6 0-1

[Event "2nd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.23"]
[EventDate "2003.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abdelaziz Onkoud"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. b3 c5
7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. c4 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Nd7 13. g4 Be6 14. f4 Qb6+ 15. Kg2 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4
17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. bxc4 Qxb2+ 19. Rf2 Qc3 20. Rf3 Qb4 21. Rb3
Qxc4 22. Qxd7 Qxf4 23. Rf1 Qxe5 24. Rxb7 Qe4+ 25. Rf3 e6
26. h3 Bd4 27. Qb5 Qc2+ 28. Kf1 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "2nd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.24"]
[EventDate "2003.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Andrei Shchekachev"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Bf4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Be5 Re8 16. g4 Bg6
17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qd3 Qd6 21. Kg2
Nb4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qb5 Nc6 24. Rc1 Re7 25. Qc5 Qf4 26. Rc3
Rd7 27. Re3 Kg7 28. b4 a6 29. a3 Qb8 30. Ne1 Na7 31. a4 b6
32. Qc3 Qd6 33. Nd3 Rc7 34. Qb2 Rc4 35. Re8 Nc6 36. Ra8 Rxd4
37. Qe2 Re4 38. Qc2 Qe6 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Rc4 41. Qb3 Qe4+
42. Kh2 Nb4 43. Nxb4 Rxb4 44. Qa3 Qe5+ 45. Kg2 Qb2 46. Qe3 Qe5
47. Qa3 Qe4+ 48. Kh2 Qd4 49. Kg2 Qc5 50. Qg3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.25"]
[EventDate "2003.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Philippe Brochet"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. exd5
Qxd5 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Qf3 Nd5 10. Bd2 e6 11. Bb5 Qb6
12. Ba4 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 O-O 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rad1 Rad8
17. b4 Qa6 18. Bb3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qe2 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bc4 Qg4
22. h3 Qf4 23. Be2 e5 24. Qc5 Qd4 25. Qe7 Qd7 26. Qxe5 Re8
27. Qh5 g6 28. Qg4 Qd2 29. Bd3 Bc8 30. Qc4 Bb7 31. Qc5 a6
32. Qb6 Ba8 33. Qxa6 c5 34. Qb5 Rc8 35. Qd7 Rf8 36. bxc5 Qc3
37. Qd6 Qxa3 38. Rb1 Qa4 39. Rb8 Rxb8 40. Qxb8+ Kg7 41. Qe5+
Kg8 42. f3 Qa3 43. Be4 Bxe4 44. fxe4 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qxc2 46. Qd6
Qxe4 47. c6 Qc4 48. c7 Kg7 49. Qe5+ f6 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qf8+
Kg5 52. c8=Q Qf4+ 53. Kg1 Qd4+ 54. Kh1 Qa1+ 55. Kh2 Qe5+
56. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.26"]
[EventDate "2003.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jean-Luc Chabanon"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O
7. O-O e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. b3 Re8 11. h3 Na5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nf4 Nc6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Bxd5 g5
17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ng2 Bxh3 19. Qh5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. Kg1
h6 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. Rc4 Re6 24. Rfc1 f5 25. Ra4 Rd7 26. Rc5
Qe4 27. d5 Qb1+ 28. Rc1 1-0

[Event "2nd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.27"]
[EventDate "2003.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Chi Minh Nguyen"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. c3 c5 6. Qa4+ Qd7
7. Qc2 Nc6 8. a3 a5 9. e5 Ng8 10. d4 Nge7 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 h5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. c4 d4 16. Re1 Ng6 17. h4
Be7 18. Qe4 Rb8 19. b3 Bd8 20. a4 Qc7 21. Ba3 Be7 22. Rab1 Rb7
23. g3 Nf8 24. Ng5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 f6 27. Rxe6
fxg5 28. Re4 Kf7 29. hxg5 Bxg5 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Bxc5 d3 32. Be3
Ne6 33. Ne5+ Bxe5 34. Rxe5 Rd8 35. Rb5 Rxb5 36. axb5 d2
37. Rd1 Nd4 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Kf1 a4 40. bxa4 Rxc4 41. Rxd2
Rxa4 42. Rb2 Ke6 43. b6 Ra8 44. b7 Rb8 45. f4 h4 46. g4 Kd5
47. Kg2 1-0

[Event "2nd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.28"]
[EventDate "2003.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anthony Bellaiche"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 Na5 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Bh6 Nc4
12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Rfe1 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qb6 15. Qh4 Rfc8 16. Rab1
Be6 17. Nd2 Qa6 18. Nf3 Rc5 19. Ng5 Bxa2 20. e5 dxe5 21. Ra1
Ra5 22. Qh6 Bd5 23. Rad1 Ba2 24. Ra1 Bd5 25. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Accession"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Manuel Bijaoui"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nde2 Rb8 11. g4 Nd7
12. Be3 b5 13. a3 Qc7 14. f4 Re8 15. g5 Bf8 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. h4
Nb6 18. b3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bf2 d4 22. c3
dxc3 23. Nxc3 Ne7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Rfe1 Rbd8 26. Qe3 Nf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Accession"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Aguettaz"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O
g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Bf4 Nh6 9. a4 a5 10. Qd2 Nf5 11. c3 h5 12. Na3
O-O 13. h3 f6 14. Rae1 g5 15. Be3 b6 16. Nh2 Ba6 17. c4 Qd7
18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Bc8 20. Nc2 Qc7 21. exf6 exf6 22. Qe2
Qf7 23. b3 Rfe8 24. Qf3 Rd6 25. Nf1 Red8 26. Bc1 Nh4 27. Qe2
Bf5 28. g3 Ng6 29. Qxh5 Ne5 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Kg2 Bxd3
32. Rd2 Bxf1+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Accession"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Patrice Lerch"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 e5
7. Be3 Qe7 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. Bh6 Nh5 10. g4 Qf6 11. Ng1 Bxh6
12. Qxh6 Qf4 13. Qxf4 Nxf4 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Nf3 f6 16. Ne2 g5
17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Nd2 h5 19. O-O-O Kf7 20. f3 Rh7 21. e5 f5
22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Nb3 Ke6 24. Nxc5+ Kxe5 25. Rhe1+ Kf6
26. Ne4+ Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Re7 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Re1+ Kf6 30. Kd2
Rg8 31. Re4 Rg7 32. d4 Rd7 33. c4 b5 34. cxb5 cxb5 35. Kd3 Rc7
36. Re1 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. fxg4 Kg5 39. d5 Kxg4 40. Kd4 f3
41. d6 Rc8 42. Kd5 f2 43. Rb1 Kf3 44. d7 Rc2 45. Rd1 Ke2
46. d8=Q Kxd1 47. Ke4+ Ke1 48. Qa5+ Kd1 49. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Accession"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yannick Gozzoli"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O b4
7. Na4 Bxe4 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7
12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Rfe1 Be7 15. Re2 O-O 16. Rd1 d5
17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Nf3 h6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5
22. Nd4 Qb6 23. h3 Na5 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. axb4 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Rxc6
27. Rd4 Ne8 28. Red2 Rdc8 29. Kh2 Nd6 30. Na4 Rc2 31. Nc5 Rxd2
32. Rxd2 a5 33. Nxb7 Nxb7 34. bxa5 Nxa5 35. Bf1 Nb7 36. b4 Nd6
37. Ra2 Kf8 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. Ra7+ Kf6 40. Rd7 Rc6 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Accession"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Davoud Pira"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 b5 4. Bxb5 c5 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. Nbc3 cxd4
7. Nd5 Qb7 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. Bc4 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Nc6 11. c3 Qa6
12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bh3 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. O-O-O c5
17. g4 c4 18. Rd5 Qb6 19. Bxc4 Rac8 20. Bb3 h5 21. Be3 Qb4
22. Bc2 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. e5 Bg2 25. Rhd1 Bxd5 26. Rxd5
Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxa2 28. Qd3 hxg4 29. Rd7 Qe6 30. Rxa7 Qxe5
31. Qe4 Rd8+ 32. Ke2 Qb5+ 33. Bd3 Qb2+ 34. Kf1 e6 35. Bc4 Qc3
36. Rxf7 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 Rd1 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Qb7+ Kf6 40. Kg3
Rg1+ 41. Kf4 Qe5# 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Accession"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Asher Glicenstein"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Be2 Nxe4 9. Qc2 Nxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bh6
Re8 12. Nd4 d6 13. f4 Na4 14. Nb5 Bf5 15. Bd3 Nxc3 16. Bxf5
Nxb5 17. Bd7 Nbd4 18. Qb2 Qh5 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Bg5 h6
21. Rad1 hxg5 22. Rxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 gxf4 24. Qxf4 Rf8 25. Qe4
Qc5+ 26. Rf2 Qc7 27. h4 Rc8 28. h5 Qxc4 29. Qxe7 Qe6 30. Qxe6
fxe6 31. Rf6 gxh5 32. Rxe6 Rc2 33. Rxd6 Kf8 34. Rd7 Rb2 35. a4
Rb4 36. a5 a6 37. Kh2 Ke8 38. Rh7 Rb5 39. Kh3 Kd8 40. Kh4 Rxa5
41. Rxb7 Kc8 42. Rh7 Ra2 43. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Accession"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Mathieu Acher"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 Nf6
7. O-O b5 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 b4 10. e5 Ne8 11. Nf1 f5 12. exf6
gxf6 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd6 15. Ne3 Nf7 16. c4 d4 17. Ng4
Bd7 18. Nh4 Rc8 19. Nh6+ Nxh6 20. Bxh6 Rf7 21. f4 Bf8 22. Bxf8
Qxf8 23. f5 Ne5 24. Nf3 exf5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Qxe5 Bc6
27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rab1 f4 29. gxf4 Qg7+ 30. Kh1 Qxe5 31. fxe5
Re6 32. Rb5 Rf2 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rb7+ Kh6 35. Rd7 Rxa2 36. Rd6
Rxd6 37. exd6 Ra6 38. d7 Rd6 39. Re6+ Rxe6 40. d8=Q Re1+
41. Kg2 Re3 42. h4 Kg7 43. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.23"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christopher Schwarhofer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nb3 a5
7. a4 d6 8. Be2 Be6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nd2
Nd7 13. Nd5 Nc5 14. Bf1 f5 15. Ra3 Rf7 16. Nf3 Nxe4 17. Rxe4
fxe4 18. Ng5 Nd4 19. Be3 Bxd5 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rf5
22. Rg3 Bf7 23. Qxe4 Qb6 24. Nf3 e6 25. b3 Kg7 26. Rh3 Rcc5
27. g4 Rf6 28. Qe3 Bg8 29. Qh6+ Kf7 30. Ng5+ Rxg5 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.23"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Lukas Muheim"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Ne5
Be6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. f4 g6 9. O-O Qb6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. f5 Bxc4
12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg7 14. Qf3 Qd7 15. Be3 Qxf5 16. Qxf5
gxf5 17. Rxf5 e6 18. Rg5 Bh6 19. Rg3 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Nbd5
21. Rf3 Ke7 22. Raf1 Raf8 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nc5 b6
26. Nd3 Rhg8 27. Re1 Rg5 28. c4 Nc7 29. Ne5 Kd6 30. c5+ Kd5
31. cxb6 axb6 32. Nd7 Rf7 33. Nxb6+ Kxd4 34. Rd1+ Kc5 35. Nd7+
Kb5 36. Rb3+ Ka6 37. Nb8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.23"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Niccolo Ronchetti"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "168"]

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 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7
12. g4 Rfc8 13. g5 Nh5 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc5
17. Bh3 Rc7 18. Bg4 f5 19. gxf6 exf6 20. Be6+ Nxe6 21. dxe6
Re8 22. Rhe1 Rc6 23. Re2 d5 24. Rde1 Re7 25. h4 d4 26. h5 Qxh5
27. Qxd4 Kg7 28. f4 Qc5 29. Qd8 Rc8 30. Qd3 Qc4 31. Qg3 Rxe6
32. Rd2 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Rc7 34. Qf2 Re7 35. a3 b6 36. Rd4 Qe6
37. Qf3 h5 38. Rd8 Qe4 39. Qb3 Qe1+ 40. Ka2 Qe6 41. c4 Rd7
42. Rxd7+ Qxd7 43. Qg3 Qd4 44. Kb3 Qd6 45. Qf2 Qd3+ 46. Kb4
Kf7 47. c5 a5+ 48. Ka4 Qd7+ 49. Kb3 Qd5+ 50. Ka4 Qc6+ 51. Kb3
a4+ 52. Ka2 Qd5+ 53. Ka1 bxc5 54. Qc2 h4 55. f5 Qh1+ 56. Ka2
Qd5+ 57. Ka1 gxf5 58. Qxa4 Qd4 59. Qc2 Ke6 60. Qe2+ Qe4
61. Qa6+ Ke5 62. Qb6 Qh1+ 63. Ka2 Qd5+ 64. Ka1 Qd1+ 65. Ka2
Qd6 66. Qa5 Kf4 67. Qe1 Kg5 68. a4 h3 69. Qe3+ Qf4 70. Qxh3
Qxa4+ 71. Kb1 Qd1+ 72. Ka2 Qd5+ 73. Ka1 f4 74. Qh2 f3 75. Qg3+
Kf5 76. Qh3+ Ke5 77. Qg3+ Ke4 78. Qh4+ Ke3 79. Qe1+ Kd3
80. Qd1+ Ke4 81. Qe1+ Kf5 82. Qf2 c4 83. Qh4 Qa8+ 84. Kb1 Qe4+
0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.23"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Abhijeet Gupta"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bc2 Nc6
7. d3 e5 8. O-O Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 a6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. bxc5
dxc5 13. Nbd2 b5 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Rfc1 Rad8 16. a4 Nd7 17. Nf1
Nf8 18. Ne3 Ne6 19. Nd5 Nf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. axb5 axb5 22. e5
Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nxe5 24. Qxf4 Bd6 25. Qf5 g6 26. Qf6 Re6 27. Qh4
Rde8 28. c4 b4 29. d4 cxd4 30. Bxd4 Nc6 31. Be3 Be7 32. Qf4
Qxf4 33. Bxf4 Nd4 34. Bd1 b3 35. Rab1 b2 36. Rc3 Bf6 37. Re3
Nf5 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Bc2 Nd4 40. Bd3 Ne2+ 41. Bxe2 Rxe2
42. Be3 Rc2 43. c5 Rc4 44. Kh2 Kf8 45. Kg3 Ke7 46. Kf3 Ra4
47. Bg5 Bxg5 48. Rxb2 Rc4 49. g3 Rxc5 50. Kg2 Kd6 51. Rb7 Be7
52. Rb2 Ke6 53. h4 Bf6 54. Rb6+ Ke7 55. Rb3 h5 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.23"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Giorgi Margvelashvili"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e5 4. dxe5 Nh5 5. g3 Nc6 6. e4 Nxe5
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. f4 Ng4 10. Bd4 O-O 11. Nge2 Re8 12. h3
Nh6 13. g4 c5 14. Bf2 Nxg4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Qd2 Bxe2 17. Bxe2
Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxe4 19. O-O-O Nxf4 20. Bd3 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Qg5+
22. Kb1 Rae8 23. Rhe1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qg1 26. Qe4
h5 27. Kb2 Kg7 28. Kb3 g5 29. Qe2 h4 30. Bf2 Qb1+ 31. Ka3 Qf5
32. Qh5 f6 33. Qe2 Qe5 34. Qf3 Kg6 35. Kb3 b6 36. Qg4 f5
37. Qg2 Qe4 38. Qh3 Qb1+ 39. Ka3 Qc1+ 40. Kb3 Qd1+ 41. Ka3 Qd2
42. Bxh4 gxh4 43. Qf3 Qc2 44. Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.23"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ng6
12. Rd1 O-O-O 13. Kf1 Bc5 14. Be3 Bd4 15. c3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 c5
17. Ke2 Rd7 18. Rg1 Rhd8 19. Rad1 b5 20. Na5 Rd6 21. Nb3 Rc6
22. c4 b4 23. Rg5 h4 24. Rh5 Rh8 25. Rxh8+ Nxh8 26. Rg1 Ng6
27. Rg4 a5 28. f4 a4 29. Nd2 exf4 30. exf4 f5 31. exf5 Ne7
32. Rg5 Rf6 33. Ne4 Rxf5 34. Rxg7 Nc6 35. Ke3 a3 36. b3 Rh5
37. Rg5 Rxg5 38. fxg5 Kd8 39. Nxc5 Ke7 40. Ke4 Kf7 41. d4 Kg6
42. d5 Nd8 43. Ne6 Nf7 44. c5 Nh8 45. d6 cxd6 46. c6 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.23"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tamas Banusz"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 O-O
7. Nc3 Nb6 8. O-O Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6
12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd2 c5 16. Rac1 Nc6
17. Be1 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Re8 20. e3 Bf7 21. b3 Rd8
22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Ne4 Bg6 24. Bf1 Qe7 25. Bd3 Nd7 26. Ned2
Nb4 27. Qc4+ Bf7 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Bxe4 Nxa2 30. Bxb7 Nc1
31. Bc6 Nb6 32. Ne4 Nxb3 33. Bc3 Bd5 34. Bxd5+ Nxd5 35. Be1 a5
36. Nfd2 a4 37. Nc4 f5 38. Ned6 Nb6 39. Na3 Bb2 40. Ndb5 Kf7
41. Kf1 Ke6 42. Ke2 Kd5 43. Bc3 Bxa3 44. Nxa3 Nc4 45. Nc2 a3
46. f3 a2 47. Bh8 Ne5 48. f4 gxf4 49. exf4 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.23"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nb4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. a3 Bxb5 11. Nxb5
Qd7 12. Nc3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Nb3 Qc4 15. Qd4 Qxd4
16. Nxd4 a6 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Rd2 Nb6 20. b3 Bf6
21. c4 Rd8 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Rad1 Ne5 24. Nc2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Nd7
26. Bf4 Nc5 27. b4 Ne4 28. Rd3 O-O 29. f3 Nc3 30. Kf2 Rc8
31. Ne3 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Be5 Na4 34. Ke2 Nb6 35. Kd3 f6
36. Bd6 Kf7 37. c5 Nc8 38. Bg3 Ke7 39. a4 Kd7 40. Kc4 Be7
41. b5 axb5+ 42. axb5 Bd8 43. Kb4 Be7 44. Kc4 Bd8 45. Kb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.23"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ildar Khairullin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5
7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. h3 Bf5
12. a3 Rc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Na5 15. Rc1 Nb6 16. Ne5 Kh7
17. Bf3 Nbc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Qe2 e5 20. dxe5 Bd3 21. Qd1
Bxe5 22. Bxb7 Rc7 23. Bd5 Nxb2 24. Qd2 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3
26. Qxc3 Qxd5 27. Qxb2 a6 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Qf6 Rd7 30. Rc1 Qf5
31. Qh4 g5 32. Qb4 Qf6 33. Rc8 Bf5 34. Re8 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.23"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jason Goh Koon-Jong"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4
7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Bf4 Qd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxd4 11. Bxc7 Rc8
12. Rd1 Qc4 13. Bb6 e6 14. a3 e5 15. Qf5 Qe6 16. Qxe6+ fxe6
17. O-O Kf7 18. Rfe1 Be7 19. Na4 Nb8 20. Bxb7 Rxc2 21. Rc1
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nbd7 23. Bc7 h6 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bb5 Rc8 26. Rc4
e4 27. Nc3 e3 28. Bf4 exf2+ 29. Kxf2 Ra8 30. Rc7 Nb6 31. Rc6
Nbd5 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Be5 Ra7 34. Bc4 Rb7 35. Ke2 Bf6
36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. b4 Nc7 38. a4 Ke7 39. b5 Kd7 40. Kd3 Rb8
41. g4 h5 42. Rc5 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kd6 44. Rh5 Ra8 45. b6 Nd5
46. Bxd5 exd5 47. b7 Rb8 48. Rh7 Kc5 49. a5 Kc6 50. Kd4 Rg8
51. a6 Kb6 52. b8=Q+ Rxb8 53. Rb7+ Rxb7 54. axb7 Kxb7 55. Kxd5
Kc7 56. Ke6 Kd8 57. Kxf6 Ke8 58. g5 Kf8 59. g6 Kg8 60. g7 Kh7
61. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.23"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6
Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Qh5
e5 12. a4 Be6 13. b3 O-O-O 14. Bb2 Bb4 15. Red1 Rxd1+ 16. Nxd1
f6 17. Ne3 Bc5 18. Re1 Qf7 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. Bc3 Qf8 21. Nf5 Rd7
22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Bxf5 24. exf5 Bxf2+ 25. Kf1 Bb6 26. a5
Bc5 27. Qh5 h6 28. Qg4 Qf7 29. Ke2 Kd8 30. h4 Ke8 31. h5 Kf8
32. Bd2 Qd5 33. c4 Qd6 34. Qe4 Bb4 35. Bxb4 Qxb4 36. Qd3 Ke8
37. Qg3 Kf8 38. Qd3 Qxa5 39. Qd6+ Kg8 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qxb7
Qa2+ 42. Kf3 Qc2 43. Qxc6 Qxb3+ 44. Kg4 a5 45. c5 a4 46. Qb6
Qc4+ 47. Kh3 a3 48. Qa5 a2 49. c6 e4 50. c7 e3 51. Kg3 Qc2
52. Kf3 Qf2+ 53. Kg4 e2 0-1

[Event "3rd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.12.15"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Andrei Shchekachev"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Be7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 Qb6 11. Be3 Qb7 12. Bd2
e5 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. c3 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Be6 16. b4 O-O 17. Qd2
Rfc8 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. Rab1 Nd8 20. f4 Bxa4 21. fxe5 Qb6+
22. Kh1 Ng4 23. Nh3 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Nc3 Be8 26. b5 Qa5
27. Rec1 Bb4 28. Rxb4 Qxb4 29. bxa6 Ne6 30. Bf1 Nd4 31. Qe1
Qb2 0-1

[Event "3rd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.12.16"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sebastien Maze"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Qg3 b5 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. e5 dxe5
17. fxe5 Nh5 18. Qh3 g6 19. Bh6 Rfd8 20. Ne4 Qxe5 21. Nf6+
Qxf6 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. g4 Ng7 24. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Cyril Marzolo"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7
12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 Rxf3
17. Bxh5 Rf8 18. Bg3 Bd7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qd2 Bxg3 21. hxg3
Rf6 22. Nf4 Qb6 23. Rfd1 g5 24. Ng6+ Kg7 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Rxc8
Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Bxc8 28. Qc3 Qd8 29. Rc1 Rf8 30. Qa3 Kf6 31. Rc7
1-0

[Event "3rd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.12.18"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pascal Vandevoort"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 Qxb2 6. Nxe4
Qb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxe4 8. e3 g5 9. f3 Qf5 10. Bg3 d6 11. Bd3 Qf6
12. Rb1 b6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. O-O Bg7 15. f4 g4 16. e4 Nd7 17. a4
e6 18. e5 Qe7 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Nc3 dxe5 21. fxe5 O-O-O
22. Qe2 c4 23. Be4 Rhf8 24. Rfe1 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Kb8 26. Nb5 Nc5
27. Qxc4 Rd2 28. Nd6 Qc7 29. a5 Qc6 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 Na4
32. axb6 Nxb6 33. Bf2 Kc7 34. Nb5+ Kd7 35. Nxa7 Qc4 36. Qxc4
Nxc4 37. Rb7+ Ke8 38. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "3rd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.12.19"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Davoud Pira"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O b5
7. Bb3 b4 8. e5 bxc3 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Bxg5
12. Nxg5 h6 13. Ne4 d5 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. c4 Nf6 16. Re1 Bg4
17. Qc1 Kg7 18. c3 Qd6 19. h3 Bf5 20. c5 Qc7 21. Nf3 Rae8
22. Bc2 Be4 23. Ne5 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Ne4 25. f3 Ng5 26. Rab1 Rb8
27. Qa4 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 f6 29. Qxc6 Qa5 30. Nd7 Qxa2 31. Re1 Rf7
32. Rxe7 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qf5 34. Qd6 h5 35. Rxf7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+
1-0

[Event "3rd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Amir Bagheri"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. c5 Be7
7. Nf3 b6 8. b4 a5 9. Na4 Nfd7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bf4 Ba6
12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. b5 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Marc Santo-Roman"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Kh1 a5 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Rac1 a4
17. Nd5 e5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. c5 Re8 20. Be2 Bxd5 21. exd5 dxc5
22. Rxc5 Nd7 23. Rc2 Qb6 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. d6 Rad8 26. Bf3
Rxd6 27. Bxb7 Red8 28. Kg1 Nd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rf4 Rd1+
31. Kf2 R8d2+ 32. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 33. Kf3 Rxb2 34. Rxa4 Kg7 35. Ra6
h5 36. h4 f6 37. Ra7+ Kh6 38. Ra6 Kg7 39. Ra7+ Kh6 40. g3 g5
41. hxg5+ fxg5 42. Ra6+ Kg7 43. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.12.22"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yannick Gozzoli"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Ba4 c4 8. d4 cxd3 9. Qxd3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7
12. Nd2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2003.12.23"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yacov Isaakovich Murey"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6
7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. O-O Qa5
12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b4 Qb6 14. Nd5 Qxe3 15. Bxe3 Kf8 16. f3 Nxd5
17. cxd5 Bd7 18. Rfc1 a6 19. Kf2 Ke8 20. Bd3 Bb5 21. Ke2 Kd7
22. Kd2 Bxd3 23. Kxd3 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Rc8 25. Bd2 b5 26. Rb3 Kc7
27. Bc3 Bxc3 28. Rxc3+ Kb7 29. Rxc8 Kxc8 30. Ke3 Kd7 31. Kf4
f6 32. h4 e5+ 33. dxe6+ Kxe6 34. Ke3 d5 35. Kd4 dxe4 36. Kxe4
h6 37. g3 h5 38. g4 g5 39. hxg5 h4 40. f4 fxg5 41. fxg5 Kf7
42. Kf3 1-0

[Event "4e TOURNOI GMI"]
[Site "PARIS"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ventzislav V Inkiov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 c5
7. Rc1 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. e3 Nd7 11. Nb5 Nb6
12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Be2 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bd7 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. O-O
Rfd8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5
21. a3 Kf6 22. f4 Ke6 23. Kf2 Kd6 24. g4 Kc5 25. Ke2 b5 26. g5
b4 27. axb4+ Kxb4 28. Kd2 Bb3 29. Bf3 Be6 30. h4 Kb3 31. Kc1
Kc4 32. Be2+ Kd5 33. Bf3+ Kc4 34. Kc2 Bf5+ 35. Kd2 Kb3
36. Bd5+ Kxb2 37. e4 Bd7 38. Bxf7 e6 39. h5 gxh5 40. Bxh5 a5
41. Bd1 a4 42. Bxa4 Bxa4 43. Kd3 e5 44. fxe5 Bb3 45. Kd4 Kc2
46. e6 Bxe6 47. Ke5 Bf7 48. Kf6 Bg6 49. e5 Kd3 50. e6 Ke4
51. e7 Kf4 52. Kg7 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4rd NAO GM"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gildas Goldsztejn"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h4 d6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. h5 Nxh5
7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 Nf6 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Nge2 e5
12. g4 Bd7 13. Bd5+ Nxd5 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Raxd8 16. Qd2
exd4 17. cxd4 Rde8 18. Kf1 Bxg4 19. Re1 Re4 20. d5 Ne5 21. Ng3
Rxc4 22. Re4 Rc5 23. Rh4 Nf3 24. Qe3 Rc3 25. Qxa7 Rc1+ 26. Ke2
Re1+ 27. Kd3 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Nxh4 29. Qxb7 Bf5 30. Qc6 Nf3
31. Ke3 Bh6+ 0-1

[Event "France-ch U20"]
[Site "Reims"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Julien Sebbah"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Bc4 a6
7. a4 Nd7 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. d5 b5 12. axb5
Nb6 13. bxa6 Bxd5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Nc3 h6 16. Qe2 1-0

[Event "France-ch U20"]
[Site "Reims"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandre Gallissot"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h4 h5 5. d3 Nc6 6. g3 d6
7. Bh3 Nf6 8. f4 Bg4 9. Bxg4 Nxg4 10. Nge2 f5 11. O-O e6
12. Kg2 O-O 13. Re1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nb5 e5 16. Qb3 Kh8
17. Qa3 fxe4 18. dxe4 Rf6 19. Qb4 exf4 20. gxf4 Re6 21. Rh1 a6
22. Na3 Rxe4 23. Qxb7 Qe8 24. Kg3 Ra7 25. Qd5 Nf6 26. Qa5 Rae7
27. Nc2 d3 0-1

[Event "France-ch U20"]
[Site "Reims"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Robin Debeaune"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Nde2 Be6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Nd4 Ne5
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nc4 14. b3 Ne5 15. Be3 a6 16. c4 Ned7
17. Qe2 Re8 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. b4 e5 21. dxe6 Nxe6
22. Qd3 Red8 23. Ne2 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Ra8 26. Nc3 Ra3
27. Qd2 h5 28. Nb5 1-0

[Event "France-ch U20"]
[Site "Reims"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabien Libiszewski"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 Nxg5 6. hxg5
g6 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Ngf3 Bg7 9. a4 Qc7 10. e3 Nc6 11. Nb3 b6
12. Rh4 Bb7 13. Nbd4 Rd8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Ke2 h5
17. gxh6 Bf6 18. Rh3 a6 19. Bd3 e5 20. Bc2 d5 21. Kf1 Bc8
22. Rh1 Qc5 23. Qc1 Bg4 24. Kg1 e4 25. Nd4 Qf8 26. f3 Bc8
27. fxe4 Rxh6 28. Rxh6 Qxh6 29. Nf3 Bg4 30. e5 Bg7 31. Nh2 Be2
32. e4 Qh5 33. Qe3 Bxe5 34. Nf3 Bxf3 35. Qxf3 Qh2+ 36. Kf2
dxe4 37. Qe3 Bg3+ 38. Kf1 Qh1+ 39. Qg1 Qxg1+ 40. Kxg1 e3 0-1

[Event "France-ch U20"]
[Site "Reims"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sebastien Maze"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. h3 Bf5 10. Ne5 dxc4 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bxc4 Rb8 13. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "France-ch U20"]
[Site "Reims"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Julien G Laurent"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. g4 Ne5
12. Kb1 b5 13. h5 b4 14. Nd5 e6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. g5 Qe7
17. Qh2 f6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. Be2 Rc5 21. f4 Nc4
22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Rhf1+
Ke8 27. Qxg6+ Kd8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Nxe6+ Kc8 30. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "France-ch U20"]
[Site "Reims"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Matthieu Cornette"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4
Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 e6 11. Nf3
exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. O-O Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qd6 16. Rb1
b6 17. Qa4 Nd7 18. g3 Re7 19. Rfe1 Ne5 20. Bg2 Rae8 21. Re3 c4
22. Qb4 Qf6 23. Rf1 Kg7 24. Qb5 Rc8 25. Re4 Rc5 26. Qb1 Nd3
27. Rd4 Qd6 28. a4 a6 29. Qa2 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rd1 Rcc7
32. Bf1 Nc5 33. Qc2 Re5 34. Rb1 Nb3 35. Rxb3 cxb3 36. Qxb3 Re1
37. Kg2 Rc1 38. Qb4 Rc5 39. Bxb5 R1xc3 40. Bc6 h5 41. Rf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "France-ch U20"]
[Site "Reims"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeremy Le Pape"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 b5
7. g4 Bb7 8. Bg2 e5 9. Nde2 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd7
12. O-O Be7 13. a3 h5 14. gxh5 Rxh5 15. Ng3 Rh6 16. axb4 Rc8
17. b3 Qb6 18. Ra4 Rc3 19. Nf5 Qc7 20. Ne3 Bg5 21. Ra2 Nf6
22. Bd2 Bc8 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. cxd3 Nh5 26. Rc1
Kd8 27. b5 Nf4 28. bxa6 Kd7 29. Rc6 Nxd3 30. Nf5 Bd8 31. Rxc8
1-0

[Event "France-ch U20"]
[Site "Reims"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sebastien Plantet"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 c6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. Bh2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5
12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. e4 Nb6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4
Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Nxd2 Rh4 19. O-O Bf5 20. f4 O-O-O
21. Rf3 Nb6 22. Rf2 Rd3 23. Nf3 Rh8 24. Ng5 Be6 25. Ne4 Kc7
26. b3 Rhd8 27. Raf1 Nc8 28. g4 Kb6 29. f5 gxf5 30. gxf5 Bd5
31. Ng5 Rh8 32. f6 Rh5 33. Bf4 gxf6 34. exf6 Rxg5+ 35. Bxg5
Rg3+ 36. Kh2 Rxg5 37. Rg1 Rh5 38. Rf4 Be6 39. Rb4+ Kc7 40. h4
Nd6 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.01.30"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jean Luc Roos"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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. Nb3 O-O
11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Qd3 Qd6 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Rfe1
Rfe8 16. Kf1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 h6 18. Bh4 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8
20. Qb5 Kf8 21. Bg3 Qe7 22. Be5 a6 23. Qc4 Kg8 24. Bxd4 Bxd4
25. Qxd4 Nc7 26. Qe5 Ne6 27. Nd4 Qd7 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Qe2 Kh8
30. f3 Qd5 31. c4 Qd4 32. g3 e5 33. Kg2 a5 34. b3 b6 35. Qf2
Qd6 36. Qe3 Kg8 37. Kf2 Kh8 38. Ke2 Qa3 39. Qd2 Qc5 40. Qd8+
Kh7 41. Qd3+ Kh8 42. Qe3 Qa3 43. Qd2 Qc5 44. h4 Qg1 45. Qe1
Qd4 46. Qd1 Qc5 47. g4 Qe7 48. Qd5 Qa3 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qd2
Qe7 51. h5 Kh8 52. Qd5 Qa3 53. Qd8+ Kh7 54. Qxb6 Qxa2+ 55. Ke3
Qb2 56. Qd6 Qxb3+ 57. Qd3+ Qxd3+ 58. Kxd3 Kg8 59. c5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.01.30"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Felix Mourot"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5
7. Nc3 Qe7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Qd2 h6 10. a3 Nd7 11. b4 b6 12. O-O
Bb7 13. Na4 cxb4 14. Qxb4 c5 15. Qb3 O-O 16. Nc3 Kh7 17. a4
Bc6 18. Rfb1 f5 19. Qc4 Nf6 20. a5 Rab8 21. axb6 axb6 22. Ra6
Qc7 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Ne8 25. Qa4 Nd6 26. Rb3 fxe4
27. dxe4 Rb7 28. Nd2 Bf6 29. Qa1 Rd8 30. c4 Nc8 31. Qb2 Qc6
32. Rb5 Rbd7 33. Qc2 Qb7 34. Ra1 Rd6 35. Rab1 Qc7 36. Nf3 R8d7
37. Nh2 Na7 38. R5b2 Nc6 39. Ng4 Bg7 40. Qc1 h5 41. Nh2 Qd8
42. Nf1 Rd1 43. Qc2 Nb4 44. Qe2 Rxb1 45. Rxb1 Qa8 46. Ng3 Kg8
47. Bg5 Rd4 48. Be3 Rd6 49. Rd1 Qc6 50. Rxd6 Qxd6 51. Qd2 Qe6
52. Qc3 Nc6 53. Nf1 Kh7 54. Qd3 Nb4 55. Qc3 Qc6 56. Nd2 Bf6
57. Kf1 Qa8 58. Kg1 Kg7 59. Kh2 Kf7 60. Qb3 Ke7 61. Qd1 Qa2
62. Qb1 Qxb1 63. Nxb1 Kd6 64. Kg1 Kc6 65. Nc3 Nd3 66. Nb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cergy Pontoise op 2nd"]
[Site "Cergy Pontoise"]
[Date "2004.05.15"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Y Benmessaoud"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 fxe5 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qxe5+ Ne7
6. Qxh8 Nec6 7. Bc4 Nb4 8. Qxh7 Nd3+ 9. cxd3 d6 10. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Cergy Pontoise op 2nd"]
[Site "Cergy Pontoise"]
[Date "2004.05.15"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nicolas Jactel"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3
Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. d4 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qe2 Bf6 11. Rad1 Nd5
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qb5 Be4 14. Nd2 a6 15. Qxb7 Na5 16. Qb4 Nxb3
17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. axb3 Qd7 19. Qc4 Rfd8 20. c3 h6 21. Ra1 Qd6
22. Ra5 Rdb8 23. Rfa1 Qb6 24. b4 Kh7 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Rxa6
Qb7 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kf8
31. Bxh6+ Ke7 32. Bg5+ Kd7 33. Qf7+ Kc6 34. Qe6+ Kb5 35. b3
Qc6 36. c4+ Kb6 37. Qxc6+ Kxc6 38. b5+ Kd6 39. Bf4+ Kd7 40. h4
Rf8 41. g3 Rg8 42. h5 Ke6 1-0

[Event "Cergy Pontoise op 2nd"]
[Site "Cergy Pontoise"]
[Date "2004.05.15"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Andy Marks"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O d6 6. d3 g6
7. e5 Qc7 8. Re1 Bg7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 Qc7
12. Be3 O-O 13. Bxc5 Re8 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Nfe5 Nd5 16. Nxg4 1-0

[Event "Cergy Pontoise op 2nd"]
[Site "Cergy Pontoise"]
[Date "2004.05.15"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "K Rahmouni"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3
Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Qb4 11. a3 Qe7
12. Bxc7 Rc8 1-0

[Event "Rapid Open"]
[Site "Cergy Pontoise FRA"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Oleg Korneev"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4
exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc3 Bd6
12. Be3 b6 13. a4 Kf7 14. a5 c4 15. Nd4 b5 16. Nxe6 Kxe6
17. b3 cxb3 18. cxb3 Ne7 19. Rac1 Ba3 20. Rc2 Rhd8 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. exd5+ Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Kxd5 24. Rxc7 Re8 25. Kf2 Re7
26. Rc8 Bd6 27. Rd8 g5 28. b4 Re6 29. Bc5 Ke5 30. Bxd6+ Rxd6
31. Rxd6 Kxd6 32. Ke3 Ke5 33. g4 h6 34. h3 Kd5 35. Kd3 Ke5
36. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid Open"]
[Site "Cergy Pontoise FRA"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrei Shchekachev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6
7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Rab1 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5
17. Rfe1 Qf8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Be5 20. g3 Kh8 21. f4 Bg7
22. Bg4 Rf7 23. Qd5 Rd8 24. Rbd1 b6 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Be6 Rf6
27. b6 Rb8 28. b7 Qd8 29. Qc6 Rf8 30. Kh1 Bf6 31. Bd5 Qe8
32. Qxe8 Rfxe8 33. Bc6 Red8 34. Re4 Kg7 35. Ra4 d5 36. Rxa5 c4
37. bxc4 dxc4 38. Rxd8 Rxd8 39. Ra8 c3 40. Be4 1-0

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Hajek"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 O-O
12. h4 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. h5 Bg4 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Bxd4 exd4
17. Qd3 Rac8 18. d6+ Kh8 19. e5 Bf5 20. Qg3 Rxc4 21. Nf4 Qd2
22. Qh4 g5 0-1

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Murtas Muratovich Kazhgaleyev"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Bb6
7. Na3 Nge7 8. Nc4 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. a4 Na5 11. Nxb6 axb6
12. Bd3 Nac6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb1 Ng6 15. Bd2 Na6 16. Bc2 Qe7
17. Nd4 Rfe8 18. f4 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. f5 Qf6 21. Nf3 Ne5
22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Be3 Re7 24. Qd2 h6 25. Ra3 Be8 26. Rd3 Nc5
27. Rd6 Qh4 28. f6 Re6 29. fxg7 Qe7 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Rxe6
Qxe6 32. Bb3 Qg6 33. Rf3 h5 34. Rg3 Qf6 35. Qd1 Qh6 36. h4 Rb8
37. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Konstantin Yuryevich Landa"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 d6
7. O-O Nf6 8. a4 b4 9. Na2 e5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Qe1 Qb6 12. Bd2
Rb8 13. c3 bxc3 14. Bxc3 Be7 15. b4 O-O 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5
Nd8 18. Ba5 Qb7 19. Nc3 Ne6 20. Bb4 Nf4 21. Qe3 Qd7 22. Rfd1
Bb7 23. Bf1 Qe6 24. h3 h6 25. Ra7 Rfe8 26. Qe1 Bf8 27. Kh2 d5
28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. exd5 N6xd5 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Qe3 Rbd8
32. Rc1 Kg8 33. Rcc7 Qd6 34. g3 Ng6 35. Nd2 e4 36. Nc4 Qf6
37. Ra6 Re6 38. Raa7 Ree8 39. Be2 Rb8 40. Qc5 Rxb5 41. Qe3 Rb3
42. Qc5 Rc3 43. Ra3 Rxc4 44. Bxc4 Bxc4 45. Qxc4 Qxf2+ 46. Kh1
e3 47. Rc8 Rxc8 48. Qxc8+ Kh7 49. Qc3 e2 50. Ra1 Ne7 51. Qe1
Qf3+ 52. Kh2 Nf5 53. Qg1 Ne3 54. h4 Nf1+ 55. Kh3 Qf5+ 56. Kg2
Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alberto David"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Ngf3 h6
7. Be2 Ne7 8. Nh4 Bh7 9. f4 Qb6 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 g5 12. fxg5
Nxe5 13. O-O hxg5 14. Bxg5 Rg8 15. Qd2 Bxc2 16. Nc5 Qb4
17. Qf4 Rxg5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxf8+ Kd7 20. Qxa8 Qxd4+
21. Kh1 Qxb2 22. Ra2 Qxa2 23. Qxb7+ Kd6 24. Qb8+ Kd7 25. Qb7+
Kd6 26. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Pavel Tregubov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be2 Be7 12. Nf1
O-O 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. a3 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Nf1
Nf8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. d4 Ne6
22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Ne3 Rad8 24. b4 Ne4 25. Qd4 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 d4
27. Qd2 dxe3 28. Qxd6 Rxd6 29. Bf3 b6 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. fxe3
Kf8 32. a4 Rd3 33. a5 bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Edvins Paulsovich Kengis"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Nb3
Nxb3 13. Qxb3 e6 14. e4 c5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Be3 Qd3 17. Rfe1
Qc4 18. Bf1 Qxb3 19. axb3 Nd7 20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Bxa7 b6
22. Rd1 Rc8 23. Ba6 Ra8 24. Bb5 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 Nc5 26. Bxb6
Nxb3 27. Nc3 Bf6 28. Kg2 Rb8 29. Bc7 Rc8 30. e5 Bg7 31. Bd6
Na5 32. Ne4 Nc4 33. b4 Bxe5 34. Bc5 Rb8 35. f4 Bb2 36. Rd7 Nb6
37. Rd2 Bg7 38. Bxb6 Rxb6 39. Rd8+ Bf8 40. Nc5 Rxb4 41. Nd7
Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Kg7 43. Rxf8 Rd2 44. Rd8 h5 45. h4 Rd3+ 46. Kf2
Rd6 47. Ke2 Rd4 48. Ke3 Rd1 49. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bartosz Socko"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 c4 6. b3 cxb3
7. axb3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Nc6 10. c3 Bg4 11. b4 a6 12. Re1
O-O 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rae8 15. Nbd2 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Bxe7
Rxe7 18. Rxe7 Nxe7 19. Qc2 Nf4 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 Ng6 23. g3 Rc8 24. Re3 Qd7 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Re8
27. c4 Rxe5 28. dxe5 d4 29. Kf1 Qe7 30. Qxd4 Qxb4 31. Qd8+ Kh7
32. Qd3+ Kg8 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Qd3+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Shchekachev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7
7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Ne4 c5 14. Qxc5 Qh4 15. Nd6 Qe7 16. Rc1 Rfd8
17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Qb5 Qe7 19. Qa4 Rab8 20. Qc2 Qb7 21. Bc4 Nb6
22. O-O Nxc4 23. Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Olegovich Baklan"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 a5
7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c4 Ndxc5 11. Bb1 d4
12. Rd1 d3 13. Qe3 Nb4 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe4 Qb6
17. a3 Bxf2+ 18. Kf1 Nc6 19. Bxd3 g6 20. Bh6 f5 21. Qe2 Bc5
22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. c5 Bxc5 24. Bc4 a4 25. Rd3 Qc7 26. Rad1 Be7
27. Rd6 Nd8 28. Nd4 Bxd6 29. exd6 Qf7 30. d7 Bxd7 31. Nxe6 Bb5
32. Bxb5 Nxe6 33. Bc4 Re8 34. Rd6 Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kh6 36. Bxe6
Qe7 37. Qf4+ Qg5 38. Qxg5+ Kxg5 39. Bd5 Rc8 40. Bxb7 Rc2
41. Bc6 Rxb2 42. Bxa4 Kf4 43. Rd3 Ra2 44. Bc6 g5 45. Ke1 Rc2
46. Bd5 g4 47. a4 Ke5 48. a5 Rc1+ 49. Rd1 Rxd1+ 50. Kxd1 Kxd5
51. g3 Kc5 52. Ke2 Kb5 53. Ke3 Kxa5 54. Kf4 Kb6 55. Kxf5 Kc7
56. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2004.08.16"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Iossif Davidovich Dorfman"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4 8. Be2 Nd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O-O 11. Kc2
h5 12. h4 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. Be2 Rhh8 15. Rad1 Nf6 16. f3
Rxd1 17. Kxd1 Rd8+ 18. Ke1 e5 19. Kf2 Kd7 20. Ke3 Ke7 21. g3
Rd6 22. Rc1 Ke8 23. b4 Ke7 24. Rb1 Nd7 25. Rb3 f5 26. Ra3 a6
27. Ra5 fxe4 28. fxe4 Rc6 29. c4 Rb6 30. Ra4 c5 31. b5 Rd6
32. bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2004.08.17"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Igor Alexandre Nataf"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. b3 Nge7 5. Bb2 a6 6. Bxc6
Nxc6 7. O-O b6 8. c4 Bb7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Nd5 exd5
12. exd5+ Ne7 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bf6 Rg6 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16. Nh4
Kf8 17. Nxg6+ hxg6 18. Qf3 Qd6 19. Re2 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6
21. Rae1 d6 22. f4 Rd8 23. g4 Bh4 24. Rf1 Bc8 25. h3 Bd7
26. Kg2 b5 27. Rf3 Bf6 28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 Rb8 30. d3 b4
31. Re4 a5 32. Rg4 Re8 33. Kf1 a4 34. h4 Ke7 35. Re4+ Be5
36. f6+ Kd8 37. bxa4 Bxa4 38. Ke2 Rg8 39. h5 Bd7 40. Kf2 Rh8
41. Rh4 Rh6 42. Ke3 Ke8 0-1

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2004.08.18"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoli Vaisser"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5
Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 c6
12. O-O Nd7 13. b4 Nf6 14. Qb2 Re8 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Bf5
17. b5 Ne4 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 c5 21. Nb3 cxd4
22. Nxd4 Rad8 23. Rc4 Be6 24. Ra4 Bxd4 25. Rdxd4 Rb8 26. Rab4
Rxb4 27. Rxb4 Bxa2 28. Rb7 Qe6 29. Rxa7 Bc4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4
31. h3 Qd5 32. Qf6 Qe6 33. Qd4 Qe5 34. Ra8 Kh7 35. Rxe8 Qxe8
36. Qf6 h5 37. g3 Kg8 38. Kg2 Qd7 39. Qe5 f5 40. Qf4 Kg7
41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4 Qxg4+ 43. Qxg4 hxg4 44. Kg3 g5 45. Kxg4
Kg6 46. Kh3 Kf5 47. Kg3 Kf6 48. Kg4 Kg6 49. f4 exf3 50. Kxf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2004.08.19"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jean-Pierre Le Roux"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4
exd4 7. Bg5 Qg6 8. Qxd4 Bd6 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Bh4 Nh6 11. Nc4 O-O
12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Bg3 Nf7 14. Rfe1 Bg4 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Nc4 h5
17. Ne3 Bc8 18. Kh1 Rfe8 19. Nc4 b5 20. Na5 c5 21. Qd3 f5
22. Nc6 fxe4 23. Nxd8 exd3 24. Rxe8+ Kh7 25. cxd3 Ng5 26. Rae1
c4 27. dxc4 Bf5 28. Rf8 Ne4 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Kg1 Qg5 31. Re3
Nf6 32. Nf7 Qg4 33. h3 Qd4 34. Bxd6 Ne4 35. Rh8+ Kg6 36. Ne5+
Kf6 37. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2004.08.20"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jean-Marc Degraeve"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qa5+ 6. Nc3
Qxb5 7. Nxb5 Nxd4 8. Nfxd4 Kd8 9. c4 Nf6 10. f3 a6 11. Nc3 e6
12. a4 Bd7 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 Be7 15. O-O-O Kc7 16. Ba3 Rhe8
17. Kb2 Bf8 18. Rd2 Rcd8 19. Rhd1 Bc8 20. e5 Nd7 21. exd6+ Kb8
22. c5 Ne5 23. f4 Ng6 24. c6 Bxd6 25. Bxd6+ Rxd6 26. c7+ Ka8
27. Ndb5 Rxd2+ 28. Rxd2 axb5 29. Rd8 Rf8 30. Nxb5 b6 31. Nd6
Ka7 32. Rxf8 Nxf8 33. Nxc8+ Kb7 34. Nxb6 Kxc7 35. Nc4 1-0

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2004.08.21"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Manuel Apicella"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6
7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Nc7 10. f4 g6 11. Nf3 h5 12. g3
c4 13. h3 b5 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Qd7 17. Bd2
O-O-O 18. Kf2 Be7 19. Rh1 a5 20. a3 Kb7 21. Ng3 Na4 22. Rag1
Rdg8 23. Ke2 Qe8 24. Kf1 Rxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2004.08.22"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Sokolov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6
7. Be2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qe1 Qc7
12. Bg5 Ne5 13. f4 Ned7 14. c4 Nc5 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. f5 Qc6
17. Qh4 Ncxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Rfe8 20. fxg6 hxg6
21. Bxe4 Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2004.08.23"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Robert Fontaine"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 Bg4 6. Be2 e6
7. Be3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nge7 9. c3 Nf5 10. Bd4 f6 11. exf6 Nfxd4
12. cxd4 Qxf6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Qa4+ Kf7 15. Bg4 h5 16. Bh3
Bxc5 17. Qd7+ Qe7 18. Qxe7+ Bxe7 19. O-O-O Bf6 20. f4 g6
21. Rhe1 Rhe8 22. Kb1 Rac8 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd3
Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. g3 Kd7 28. Kc1 Kd6 29. Kd2 a5 30. Rc3
Bd8 31. b3 b5 32. Rc1 b4 33. Kd3 Nb5 34. Re1 Be7 35. Rg1 Nc3
36. g4 h4 37. g5 Ne4 38. Rc1 Ke6 39. Rc6+ Kf5 40. Kd4 Nc3
41. Ke3 d4+ 42. Kxd4 Ne2+ 43. Ke3 Nxf4 44. Ra6 Bd8 45. Rd6
Bxg5 46. Kf3 Bf6 47. Ra6 g5 48. Rxa5+ Be5 49. Rb5 g4+ 50. Kf2
Ke4 51. Rxb4+ Bd4+ 52. Rxd4+ Kxd4 53. a4 Nd3+ 54. Kg2 Ke3
55. a5 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2004.08.24"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. f4 e5 10. Kh1 Bc5 11. Qe1 Ng4
12. Qg3 h5 13. f5 Qe7 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Bxg4 hxg4 16. Qxg4 O-O-O
17. Qg3 Rh5 18. Be3 Rdh8 19. h3 g6 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qd3 gxf5
22. exf5 Qd4 23. Qxd4 exd4 24. Ne4 R8h6 25. Rad1 c5 26. Nxc5
Bxf5 27. Nd3 Be4 28. Kh2 Rg5 29. Rd2 f5 30. Nf4 Rc6 31. Rff2
Rg7 32. Ne2 1-0

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2004.08.25"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. O-O Nh5 12. Ne2
f6 13. a3 a5 14. Nh2 Ra7 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Bxg7 Rxg7 17. Ng4
Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA"]
[Site "Val d'Isere FRA"]
[Date "2004.08.26"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sebastien Maze"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 Ne5
7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. b3 g6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bb2 Nd4
12. c3 Nc6 13. c4 Rg8 14. Na3 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Rxg7 16. Nc2 e6
17. Qf3 g5 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. fxg5 Qxg5 20. d4 O-O-O 21. Re2
Rdg8 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Kh1 Qh4 24. Qf2 Qh5 25. Qf1 Rg3
26. Red2 Ne5 27. Ne1 Ng4 28. Nc2 Ne5 29. Ne1 Qh6 30. Nd3 Nf3
31. Rf2 Ng5 32. Rf6 Qh4 33. Rf4 Qh5 34. Nf2 Qg6 35. Ng4 Nxe4
36. Qe1 h5 37. Rxe4 hxg4 38. Qxg3 Qxe4 39. Qd6 Qc6 40. Qxc6+
bxc6 41. hxg4 Rxg4 42. Rd3 Rd4 43. Rf3 f5 44. Rh3 Kc7 45. Rh6
Kd6 46. Rh7 a6 47. Ra7 e5 48. Kg1 Rd1+ 49. Kh2 e4 50. Kg3 Rf1
0-1

[Event "WYb16"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2004.11.04"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxat Alaguzov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3
bxa6 12. Rc1 Be6 13. b3 Rac8 14. Kd2 Bd5 15. Ke2 Rfe8 16. Rc5
e6 17. Rhc1 Bf8 18. Bd6 Rxc5 19. Bxc5 Rc8 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. Kd2
Bb8 22. f4 Rc7 23. Bb4 Kg7 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. Bc5 f6 26. Nc4 g5
27. Bd6 Bxd6 28. Nxd6 gxf4 29. exf4 Kf8 30. Kc3 Ke7 31. Nc4
Kd7 32. Kb4 Kc6 33. Ka5 Bf3 34. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYb16"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2004.11.06"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Martin Petr"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. f4 Bc5+ 10. Kh1 e5 11. Qe1 Ng4
12. Qg3 h5 13. f5 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. Bxg4 hxg4 16. Qxg4 g6
17. Qg3 Rh5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rdh8 20. h3 gxf5 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Qa7 f6 23. Rf3 Qg7 24. Kh2 Rg8 25. Rg1 e4 26. g4 exf3
27. gxh5 Qc7+ 28. Kh1 Rxg1+ 29. Qxg1 Qf4 30. Nd1 Bxh3 31. Qh2
Bg2+ 32. Kg1 Qd2 0-1

[Event "WYb16"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2004.11.06"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. dxc5
Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bd6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Nbc6 11. c3 b5
12. Re1 Qc7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Re3 f6 16. Rae1 Bd7
17. Nbd4 Ne5 18. R3e2 Nf7 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Bf4
Bc5 22. Bc2 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Rd8 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Nb3 Bf8 26. Nd4
b4 27. h4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Kg7 29. h5 Bd6 30. Bb3 Bg4 31. f3 Bc8
32. h6+ Kf8 33. Qe3 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYb16"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hrant Melkumyan"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O b5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. f4 c5 11. Bf3 Be7
12. Qe2 Nf6 13. e5 Nd7 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Rfd1 Nb6 16. b3 c4
17. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 18. Kh1 cxb3 19. axb3 Rfd8 20. c4 bxc4 21. bxc4
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qd3 Be7 25. h3 h6
26. Kh2 Qc7 27. Qd4 Bc6 28. Kg3 a5 29. Nd6 Bxf3 30. Kxf3 a4
31. c5 Qc6+ 32. Qe4 Qxc5 33. Qxa4 Bxd6 34. exd6 Qxd6 35. Qe8+
Qf8 36. Qd7 Qa3+ 37. Kf2 Qc5+ 38. Kf3 g6 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qb8
Qf5 41. h4 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. g3 g4+ 44. Ke3 Qc5+ 45. Kd3
Qd5+ 46. Kc2 Qg2+ 47. Kb1 Qxg3 48. Qe5+ f6 49. Qc7+ Kh6
50. Qd6 Qb3+ 51. Ka1 Qd5 52. Qb8 Kg6 53. Qb1+ Qf5 54. Qb8 Qa5+
55. Kb2 Kf5 56. Qd6 Qd5 57. Qc7 Qd4+ 58. Ka2 Qf2+ 59. Ka1 Qxf4
60. Qh7+ Kg5 61. Qg7+ Kh4 62. Qh7+ Kg3 63. Qh1 Kf2 64. Qh4+
Kg2 65. Qh7 Qd4+ 66. Ka2 g3 0-1

[Event "WYb16"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2004.11.08"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Valentin Iotov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5
12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7 e5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxa8 Bd7 16. Nc7 Bc6
17. Nd5 Kh8 18. Nf4 g5 19. Nd3 Nxd3+ 20. Bxd3 Bxg2 21. Nf5 Qh5
22. Ng3 Qh4 23. Nf5 Qh5 24. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYb16"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2004.11.10"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Subramanian Arun Prasad"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Qe2 gxf5 11. exf5 Rg8 12. h3
Nbd7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. f4 Kd8 15. Rhe1 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qc5
17. Rd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Ne5 19. Be3 Qb5 20. Bb6+ Kd7 21. Nf6+
Ke7 22. Nxg8+ Kd7 23. Nf6+ Ke7 24. Nd5+ Kd7 25. Qe4 Be7
26. Bd4 1-0

[Event "WYb16"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2004.11.10"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Luka Lenic"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6
7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Bb5 Bg7 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. O-O Qb6 13. Qh4 Nf6 14. Na4 Qb5 15. b3 O-O 16. Ba3 Rfe8
17. Rad1 Qf5 18. Qc4 Qb5 19. Qc5 e5 20. c4 Qa6 21. Rd6 Rac8
22. Qe3 Ng4 23. Qe2 f5 24. Bb2 Bf8 25. Rd7 Nf6 26. Rdd1 Ne4
27. Qe3 Qb7 28. Rd3 Nf6 29. Rfd1 Qf7 30. R3d2 Re6 31. Rd8 Ng4
32. Qd2 Rxd8 33. Qxd8 Nf6 34. Qc8 Kg7 35. Rd8 Be7 36. Rd1 Bf8
37. Re1 Qd7 38. Qxd7+ Nxd7 39. f4 Kf6 40. fxe5+ Nxe5 41. Bd4
Bd6 42. Kf1 Re7 43. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYb16"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2004.11.11"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Baramidze"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4
Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7
18. f4 Nb6 19. Bf2 Nxa4 20. Rh3 Rc8 21. Be1 Be7 22. f5 Qxe5
23. fxe6 O-O 24. Ra3 Nb6 25. Bg3 Qe4 26. Re3 Bxb4 27. exf7+
Rxf7 28. Qe2 Qg6 29. Re6 Rf6 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. g5 Qg6 32. Qd3
Qe8 33. Qb3 Qa4 34. Qxa4 Nxa4 35. Bh3 Ba3+ 36. Kd2 Bb4+
37. Kc1 Ba3+ 38. Kd2 Bb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYb16"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2004.11.12"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Rauf Mamedov"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5 Qb7 15. Qa3 Bf5 16. Bd3
Rab8 17. b3 Rfc8 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rd3 Qc6 20. c4 Qg6 21. Rhd1
Qxg2 22. Kb1 Kh8 23. Bxa7 Ra8 24. R3d2 Qxf3 25. Qxe7 Re8
26. Qxf7 Qe4+ 27. Kc1 Qf4 28. Kb1 Qe4+ 29. Kc1 Qf4 30. Bc5
Red8 31. Qe7 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Bh6 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kh8
35. Bb4 Qf1+ 36. Kb2 Bg7+ 37. Bc3 Bxc3+ 38. Kxc3 Qc1+ 39. Rc2
Qa1+ 40. Kb4 Rb8+ 41. Ka3 Ra8+ 42. Kb4 Rb8+ 43. Kc5 Qg7
44. Re2 Qa7+ 45. Kd5 Rd8+ 46. Kc6 Qa6+ 47. Kc7 Qa5+ 48. Kb7
Qa8+ 49. Kb6 Rb8+ 50. Kc5 Qa7+ 51. Kd5 Rd8+ 52. Kc6 Qa6+
53. Kc7 Qa5+ 54. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYb16"]
[Site "Heraklio GRE"]
[Date "2004.11.13"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Papin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 d5 11. e5 Nh5
12. f4 g6 13. f5 Ng7 14. f6 exf6 15. exf6+ Ne6 16. Nc3 Bb4
17. Bg2 O-O 18. a3 Ba5 19. b4 Bb6 20. Nxd5 Bxd4 21. Ne7+ Kh8
22. Bh6 Rg8 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. f7 Rg7 26. f8=R+
1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20a 0405"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.11.19"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Guillaume Huertas"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4
7. cxd4 exd4 8. Bf4 Nge7 9. Bd6 a6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8
12. Qb3 b5 13. a4 Na5 14. Qc2 Nec6 15. axb5 Nb7 16. Ba3 Ne5
17. bxa6 Nxd3 18. axb7 Bxb7 19. Qxd3 Ba6 20. Nc4 d5 21. exd5
Qxd5 22. b3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20a 0405"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.11.19"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jonathan Dourerassou"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5
d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Qxd5 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. a3
Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. Qd6 Qg5 14. e3 Rd8 15. Qf4 Qxf4
16. exf4 Bf5 17. Be2 a6 18. Nc3 Nd4 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rfd1 Bc2
21. Rd2 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Rxd2 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bxa6 Rxb2 25. Bf1
Rb3 26. Nb5 Rb1 27. Rxb1 Bxb1 28. g3 Rd1 29. Nc3 Rc1 30. Nxb1
Rxb1 31. Kg2 Ra1 32. Be2 Rxa3 33. Bf3 Kf8 34. Be4 h6 35. h4
Ke7 36. g4 Kd6 37. f3 Ra1 38. Kg3 Kc5 39. f5 Kd4 40. Kf4 Rh1
41. h5 f6 42. Ba8 Re1 43. Bb7 Kd3 44. Ba6+ Kd2 45. Bb5 Re5
46. Ba6 Ra5 47. Bb7 Ra4+ 48. Be4 Ke2 49. Kg3 Ke3 50. Bc6 Ra1
51. Kg2 Kf4 52. Bb7 Ra2+ 53. Kh3 Rf2 54. Bc6 Rxf3+ 55. Bxf3
Kxf3 56. Kh4 Kg2 57. g5 hxg5+ 58. Kg4 Kf2 59. h6 gxh6 60. Kh5
Ke3 61. Kg6 g4 62. Kxf6 g3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U20a 0405"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.11.19"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Timothee Heinz"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 f5
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ng5 Bf7 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Nf3 Qd6 16. Bg5
Rd8 17. Rae1 Re7 18. Bh4 Kh8 19. a4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Ne4 21. axb5
axb5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxe4 h6 25. Kf1 Rd1+
26. Re1 Rd5 27. Bg3 Bb6 28. Re6 Na5 29. Ke2 Nb3 30. Bf4 Rd8
31. Re7 Ra8 32. Kd1 Bxf2 33. Be5 Kg8 34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. Rxc7
Na5 36. Ke2 Bb6 37. Rh7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20a 0405"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.11.19"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sebastien Feller"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. e4 Nf6 11. Qc2 Bd6
12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. h3 Bb7 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bd3 Ng4
17. hxg4 Bxg5 18. Na4 Bf6 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Rab1 Qf4 21. Be2 Bd4
22. Nb3 Bb6 23. Qd3 Rd8 24. Qf3 Qe5 25. Bc4 Bb7 26. Qe2 a5
27. a4 Qd6 28. Qe1 Qe5 29. Qe2 c5 30. Rfe1 Bc6 31. Bb5 Bxb5
32. axb5 c4 33. Nd2 Qxb5 34. Nxc4 Bd4 35. Ra1 a4 36. Qc2 Ra8
37. Red1 e5 38. Rdc1 Rdc8 39. Ra2 Ra6 40. Raa1 Rf6 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0405"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Martin Lacombe"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nxe5
Nxe4 7. Re1 Qd5 8. d3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Qc5 10. Ng6+ Be6 11. Nxh8 Bd6
12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Rxe6 fxe6 14. Nf7 Rf8 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Qe3
Qf5 17. Qg5 Ng4 18. Qxf5 Rxf5 19. Ne4 Kd7 20. Be3 Rb5 21. b3
d5 22. a4 Rb4 23. Bc5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0405"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Robert Vuillermoz"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 dxe4 5. dxe4 Qc7 6. g3 Nc6
7. c3 e5 8. Bg2 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10. Nc4 Nge7 11. Ne3 Be6
12. Ng5 Qc8 13. O-O g6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Bg5 Nxd5
17. Bxd8 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qxd8 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Bh3
Bh6 22. Qb5 O-O 23. Rd7 Qa5 24. Rxb7 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0405"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Benjamin Tache"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Be3 c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4
Bg4 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd4 b6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2
Qd6 17. Ng4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qb4 19. e5 Rc4 20. Rxc4 Qxc4
21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Rc1 b5 23. Ne3 Rd8 24. Nxc4 bxc4 25. Rd1 c3
26. f4 g5 27. g3 Kg6 28. Kf2 Kf5 29. Ke3 c2 30. Rc1 gxf4+
31. gxf4 Rc8 32. Kd4 Kxf4 33. d6 e6 34. Rf1+ Kg4 35. Rc1 Kf3
36. Kd3 Rc5 37. Kd4 Rd5+ 38. Kc3 Kf4 39. Rxc2 Kxe5 40. Rg2 Kf6
41. Rf2+ Kg7 42. Rg2+ Kf8 43. Rb2 Rxd6 44. Rb7 a6 45. a4 Rd5
46. Rb6 a5 47. Kc4 Kg7 48. Rb5 Rf5 49. Kd3 Kf6 50. Ke4 Rxb5
51. axb5 Ke7 52. Kd4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "4e TOURNOI GMI"]
[Site "PARIS"]
[Date "2004.12.16"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sebastien Maze"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[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. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. c4 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 b4 15. Nc2 Nc6 16. a3 bxa3
17. b4 Bb7 18. Rxa3 a5 19. b5 Nd8 20. Bd3 Ne6 21. Rha1 Nc5
22. f3 Kd7 23. Kc3 Rac8 24. Ne3 a4 25. Bc2 Rhg8 26. Kb4 Kc7
27. Bxa4 f5 28. exf5 e4 29. fxe4 Bxe4 30. g3 Bb7 31. Rd1 Rcd8
32. Ra2 Nxa4 33. Rxa4 Rge8 34. Nd5+ Kb8 35. Ka5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5
Kb7 37. Kb4 Re4 38. Kc3 Re3+ 39. Kd2 Rde8 40. Rxd6 Re2+
41. Kc3 1-0

[Event "4e TOURNOI GMI"]
[Site "PARIS"]
[Date "2004.12.17"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aurelien Dunis"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. Qg4 g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. c4 Qc7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Nc3
O-O 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rae1 Bb7 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Nd4 Rfe8 17. Nf3
Nc5 18. Bb1 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Qd7
22. Qf2 Bxd5 23. f5 Bc4 24. Ne5 Qxd2 25. Qxd2 Rxd2 26. Nxc4
Rdd8 27. Nxb6 Bg5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. b4 Ne4 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. g3
Be3 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. f6+ Kh6 34. Re1 Rxb4 35. Nd5 Bf2
36. Nxb4 Bxe1 37. Nxa6 Kg5 38. Kg2 Kxf6 39. a4 Ke5 40. Nc5 Kd5
41. Nd3 Bc3 42. Kf3 Kc4 43. Nf4 Kb3 44. Nd5 Bd2 45. Nf6 Kxa4
46. Nxh7 Kb5 47. Nf6 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "4e TOURNOI GMI"]
[Site "PARIS"]
[Date "2004.12.18"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Namig Guliyev"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7
12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 Be5 14. c3 Bd7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Bxd4
17. cxd4 Bc6 18. Rac1 Bxf3 19. Rxc7 Bc6 20. d5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5
Bxd5 22. Be7 h5 23. Rfc1 h4 24. Bd6 h3 25. Re7+ Kf8 26. Rcc7
Bxg2+ 27.Kg1 Kg8 28. Rxf7 Rh7 29. f3 Re8 30. Be5 b5 31. Kf2
Rd8 32. Rfe7 a5 33. Ke2 Ra8 34. a3 Rd8 35. Ra7 a4 36. Rab7 Rc8
37. Rxb5 Rf8 38. f4 g5 39. Rxe6 gxf4 40.Rg6+ Kf7 41. Rf6+ Kg8
42. Rg6+ Kf7 43. Rf6+ Kg8 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45. Bxf4 Rb7 46. Rxb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "4e TOURNOI GMI"]
[Site "PARIS"]
[Date "2004.12.20"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Cyril Marzolo"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Re1 cxd5
12. exd5 Nac4 13. Qb3 Bf5 14. a4 Rc8 15. Nh4 Bd3 16. Nb5 Ne5
17. Na3 Nbc4 18. Qxb7 Na5 19. Qxa7 Nb3 20. Bg5 Nxa1 21. Rxa1
Ra8 22. Qc5 Qb8 23. Qc1 f6 24. Bd2 Rxa4 25. Bc3 Rxh4 26. Bxe5
fxe5 27. gxh4 e4 28. Ra2 Qb3 0-1

[Event "4e TOURNOI GMI"]
[Site "PARIS"]
[Date "2004.12.21"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Murtas Muratovich Kazhgaleyev"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Ne7
12. Rfb1 Ng6 13. b4 f6 14. Kf1 Kf7 15. Ke2 Rhd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "4e TOURNOI GMI"]
[Site "PARIS"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabien Libiszewski"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 Nd7 11. Bf4 Ngf6
12. N1d2 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Rfc1 O-O 15. c4 Nd7 16. c5 Nb8
17. Nf3 Nc6 18. Rc4 Bd7 19. Qc2 Rfd8 20. Bf1 Be8 21. Rc1 Rab8
22. Nbd2 a5 23. Qc3 Nb4 24. Ra1 f6 25. Nb3 b5 26. axb5 Bxb5
27. Rxa5 Bxc4 28. Qxc4 Kf7 29. Ra1 Nc6 30. g3 Rb4 31. Qc3 Rdb8
32. Bc4 Qb7 33. Nfd2 Ra8 34. Rxa8 Qxa8 35. Kg2 Qb8 36. Qd3 Qd8
37. Qc3 Qd7 38. Nf3 Rb8 39. Ne1 Nd4 40. Nd3 Rd8 41. Na5 Qa4
42. b4 Qd1 43. Nb2 Qg4 44. Qe3 Nc2 45. Qh6 Qxe4+ 46. Kg1 Nd4
47. Qxh7+ Kf8 48. Qh8+ Kf7 49. Qh7+ Ke8 50. c6 Nf3+ 51. Kf1
Nd2+ 52. Kg1 Nf3+ 53. Kf1 Qb1+ 54. Kg2 Ne1+ 55. Kg1 Nf3+
56. Kg2 Ng5 57. Qg8+ Bf8 58. Nd3 Rxd3 59. Qxg6+ Kd8 60. Bxd3
Qxb4 61. Qxf6+ Be7 62. Qxe5 Qb6 63. h4 Nf7 64. Qxe6 Ke8
65. Bg6 1-0

[Event "4e TOURNOI GMI"]
[Site "PARIS"]
[Date "2004.12.23"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alberto David"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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. g4 O-O 15. h4 Qc7 16. N5a4 Rab8
17. g5 Nd7 18. Qd2 Qc6 19. h5 f5 20. g6 f4 21. gxh7+ Kh8
22. Bf2 Rfd8 23. Rdg1 Rb7 24. h6 g5 25. Bh4 gxh4 26. Qg2 Bf6
27. Qg7+ Bxg7 28. hxg7+ Kxh7 29. g8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thomas Jorda"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d3 Bb7 6. g3 d5
7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Nc6
12. Nd1 a5 13. Nf2 b4 14. O-O Ba6 15. c3 bxa3 16. bxa3 Rb8
17. Rfb1 c4 18. a4 cxd3 19. Nxd3 Nc5 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 21. Nfe1
Qb3 22. Bf1 Ne4 23. Kg2 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Qxc3 25. Qb2 Qc4 26. Qc2
Qe4+ 27. Kh3 Nd4 28. Qc7 Nf5 29. Bg2 Qd4 30. Nc2 Qxd3 31. Bf1
Qxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Bxf1+ 33. Kg4 Bg2 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U20"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Romain Edouard"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6
7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Bb5 Bg7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rd1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Qh4 Nc5
17. Bg5 a6 18. Bf6 h5 19. Be2 Ne7 20. g4 Ne6 21. gxh5 Nf5
22. Qg4 Nf4 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Bf1 Kf7 25. Bg5 Rh8 26. Rd2 Qxc3
27. Rd7+ Ke8 28. Rad1 Ne6 29. Re7+ Nxe7 30. Qxe6 Qc7 31. Bc4
Rf8 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Qxg6+ Rf7 34. Rd6 Rc8 35. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Vuillermoz"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 c4
7. Bc2 Qc7 8. Qe2 g5 9. e6 dxe6 10. Nxg5 Qe5 11. d4 cxd3
12. Bxd3 Bh6 13. f4 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 O-O 15. O-O Nd5 16. Bd3 f6
17. Nh3 Rd8 18. Bc2 e5 19. fxe5 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxh3 21. gxh3
Nxe5 22. Bf5 Kh8 23. Na3 Ne3 24. Be4 Rd2 25. Re1 Rg8+ 26. Kh1
f5 27. Bxb7 Nd3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U20"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "John Castro"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O
12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Re1 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Qxe5 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Qd4 Bc6 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. Rad1
Qb8 22. Re7 Rf7 23. Re5 Rfd7 24. Rde1 Qd6 25. Re6 Qf8 26. b4
a6 27. a4 Rd6 28. R6e5 Be8 29. Re7 R6d7 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Nxd5
Nxd5 32. Bxd5+ Bf7 33. Bxf7+ Qxf7 34. Qc5 h6 35. h3 Kh8
36. Qe3 Kg8 37. Rc1 Kh7 38. Qc5 g6 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Claude Wagner"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. c4 Qd4
12. Qf3 Qxb2 13. Rd1 Nb4 14. Bc3 Nc2+ 15. Kf2 Qb6+ 16. Kg3 Ne3
17. Bd3 Nxd1 18. Rxd1 Be7 19. c5 Qd8 20. Qg4 Kf8 21. Rb1 h5
22. Qe2 Rh6 23. Nd6 a5 24. a4 f5 25. h3 g5 26. fxg5 Bxg5
27. Qf3 Kg8 28. Kf2 Rh7 29. Rb6 h4 30. Bc4 Kh8 31. Bd4 Qf8
32. Kf1 Bd8 33. Rb1 Bg5 34. Rb6 Bd8 35. Rb1 Bg5 36. Qe2 Bf4
37. Kg1 Bg5 38. Rb3 Rh6 39. Qd1 Kh7 40. Qe2 Kh8 41. Rb6 Bd8
42. Rb2 Bg5 43. Bc3 Kg7 44. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2005.02.06"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Romain Varoquier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7
7. O-O a6 8. d3 O-O 9. Rb1 b5 10. Be3 d6 11. b3 b4 12. Na4 e5
13. Qd2 Rb8 14. h3 Bd7 15. f4 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nb2 f5
18. Kh2 Qc8 19. Nd1 a5 20. Nf2 a4 21. Rfe1 Bc6 22. g4 Kh8
23. Ng3 axb3 24. axb3 Qb7 25. g5 fxe4 26. dxe4 Ra8 27. Nd3 Ra5
28. h4 h5 29. Qe2 Qa8 30. Rb2 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open GMI"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[EventDate "2005.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Martin Alexander Becker"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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 Rc8 11. g4 Nb6
12. g5 Nfd7 13. f4 g6 14. Qf2 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. f5 gxf5
17. exf5 Bc4 18. g6 d5 19. Qg3 fxg6 20. fxg6 Rg8 21. gxh7 Rxg3
22. hxg3 Bg7 23. h8=Q+ Bxh8 24. Rxh8+ Kf7 25. Rh7+ Ke8
26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Rh7+ Ke8 28. Nc5 Qd6 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Rh6 Nf6
31. g4 d4 32. cxd4 exd4 33. Rxd4 Qe5 34. Bxc4+ Nxc4 35. Rxf6+
Qxf6 36. Rf4 Nxe3 37. Rxf6+ Kxf6 38. Nxa6 Nxg4 39. Nc7 b4
40. Kb2 Ke5 41. Kb3 Ne3 42. Na6 Kd4 43. Nxb4 Kc5 44. a4 Kb6
45. Nd3 Ka5 46. Nb2 Nd5 47. c4 Ne7 48. c5 Ka6 49. Kc4 Ka5
50. Kb3 Ka6 51. Nd3 Kb7 52. Nb4 Kc7 53. Kc4 Nf5 54. a5 Ne3+
55. Kb5 Nf5 56. Nd5+ Kb7 57. c6+ Kc8 58. a6 Nd4+ 59. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Open GMI"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[EventDate "2005.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luc Bergez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ndb4 9. Qb3 e6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bg5 Qc7
12. Qc3 Rc8 13. Na3 Na5 14. Rfc1 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 b5 16. Nd6+
Bxd6 17. exd6 Qxc3 18. Rxc3 f6 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Be3 Nc6
21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Kd7 23. Bxa7 Kxd6 24. Bb8+ Kc6 25. Rc1+
Kb7 26. Bg3 e5 27. f4 exf4 28. Bxf4 g5 29. Bd6 Be6 30. Be7
Bxa2 31. Bxf6 Rc8 32. Re1 Rc2 33. Re5 Bc4 34. h3 h6 35. Bg7
Kc6 36. Re3 h5 37. Rg3 g4 38. hxg4 h4 39. Rh3 Bd5 40. Rh2 Kd7
41. Kf1 h3 42. Bd4 Rd2 43. Ke1 Rxd4 44. gxh3 Ke6 45. Ke2 Ke5
46. Ke3 Rb4 47. Kd3 Be4+ 48. Kc3 Rc4+ 49. Kb3 Bd5 50. Rd2 Be6
51. g5 Rd4+ 52. Kc2 Rxd2+ 53. Kxd2 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "Open GMI"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[EventDate "2005.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Fedorchuk"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4
exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Bf4 c4
12. Nd4 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Bf7 14. Kf1 Ne7 15. Be3 g6 16. Rd2 Bg7
17. Rad1 Rhe8 18. Kf2 b6 19. f4 Kb7 20. Nf3 Rxd2+ 21. Rxd2 Be6
22. h3 h5 23. Bd4 Nc6 24. Be3 Bc8 25. Nd4 Nd8 26. f5 c5
27. Nde2 gxf5 28. Ng3 fxe4 29. Nxh5 Bh8 30. Nxe4 Nf7 31. Nd6+
Nxd6 32. Rxd6 c3 33. bxc3 f5 34. c4 Re4 35. Nf6 Rxc4 36. Kf3
Rxc2 37. h4 Ka7 38. g3 Rxa2 39. Kf4 a5 40. h5 a4 41. Nd5 Rb2
42. Nxb6 Rb4+ 43. Kg5 a3 44. Nxc8+ Kb7 45. Rd7+ Kxc8 46. Ra7
Rg4+ 47. Kxf5 Rxg3 48. Bxc5 Bb2 49. h6 Rh3 50. Kg6 Rg3+
51. Kf5 Rh3 52. Kg6 Rg3+ 53. Kf5 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open GMI"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[EventDate "2005.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ventzislav V Inkiov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. e5 Qxe5 11. Bf4 Qd4
12. Qe2 Be7 13. Be5 Qc5 14. a3 O-O 15. b4 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Nd7
17. Bd4 Qc7 18. Ne4 e5 19. Bb2 Nb6 20. Nc5 f6 21. Be4 Kh8
22. a4 a5 23. c4 axb4 24. a5 Nd5 25. cxd5 Bxc5 26. dxc6 bxc6
27. Qc2 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Qxa5 29. Bxh7 b3 30. Qb1 Qa2 31. Bg6
Qxb1 32. Rxb1 Bb4 33. f4 exf4 34. gxf4 c5 35. Kg2 c4 36. Rc1
Be6 37. Bc3 Bxc3 38. Rxc3 f5 0-1

[Event "Open GMI"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[EventDate "2005.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Kamran G Shirazi"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 b5 5. a3 d6 6. f4 Bb7
7. Qf3 Nd7 8. O-O-O Ngf6 9. g4 h5 10. g5 Ng4 11. Nge2 Nxe3
12. Qxe3 c5 13. Bh3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 15. f5 Nc4 16. Qf2 O-O
17. Nd5 e6 18. f6 exd5 19. Rhf1 Re8 20. fxg7 Qxg5+ 21. Kb1 Re7
22. Be6 Ne5 23. exd5 Rae8 24. Rde1 Kh7 25. h4 Qh6 26. Bxf7
Nxf7 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Qf6 Rd7 29. Qe6 Bc8 30. Qe8 Qxg7
31. Qxc8 Rd8 32. Qc7 Qxd4 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rf1 Rf8 35. Rxf8+
Kxf8 36. Qxd6+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kh6 38. d6 b4 39. d7 bxa3 40. bxa3
Qd1+ 41. Kb2 Qd4+ 42. Kb3 Qd5+ 43. Kc3 Qa5+ 44. Kd3 Qd5+
45. Ke3 Qc6 46. d8=Q Qc3+ 47. Ke2 Qc4+ 48. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Open GMI"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[EventDate "2005.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Spartak Vysochin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 dxe5 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4
12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. O-O f5 15. Qg3 Kf7 16. f4 e4
17. Be3 Be7 18. Bd4 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qe3 Qb6 21. Qxb6
axb6 22. Rad1 Rhc8 23. Rd4 b5 24. a3 Ra6 25. Rfd1 Rc4 26. Kf2
Rh6 27. h3 Rg6 28. g3 Ke8 29. Ne2 Rc2 30. R1d2 Rxd2 31. Rxd2
Rh6 32. h4 Rb6 33. Rd4 Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Nc3 h5 36. Nb1 Ra6
37. Nc3 Rb6 38. Nb1 Ra6 39. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open GMI"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2005.02.25"]
[EventDate "2005.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Slim Belkhodja"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6
7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nbd2 cxd4
12. c4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. Qxb7 Be7 15. Nf3 Rb8 16. Qxa6 Qd7
17. c5 dxc5 18. b3 O-O 19. Qd3 Kh8 20. Nd2 Rg8 21. a4 Bd8
22. a5 Qb5 23. Qf3 Bxa5 24. Qxf6+ Rg7 25. Nc4 Bxe1 26. Nd6
Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Open GMI"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[EventDate "2005.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jonathan Dourerassou"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O
12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Ne2 Rxf3 15. gxf3 Ng5 16. f4
Nh3+ 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Qd2 Nxf2+ 19. Kg2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bd7
21. Rf3 Qf6 22. Rh3 h6 23. Kh1 Be8 24. Rg1 Ne7 25. Rhg3 Nf5
26. R3g2 Rc8 27. Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Noyon FRA"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[EventDate "2005.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Olivier Letreguilly"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Qc7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Bf4 Nge7 9. Bg3 Bd7 10. c3 a6 11. Nbd2 Ba7
12. Re1 h6 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Nbd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc4
17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Rab1 O-O 19. h4 Nf5 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. b3 Na3
22. Rbc1 Nb5 23. Qd2 Qa5 24. b4 Qa3 25. c4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 Rcd8
27. Red1 Kh7 28. Bf4 Be6 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Bxc4 31. Rxc4
Qxa2 32. Rcc8 Qb1+ 33. Rc1 Qxb4 34. h5 Nc3 35. Bd2 Qe7
36. Bxc3 Qxd8 37. e6 fxe6 38. Be5 Qd2 0-1

[Event "ch-FRA Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Noyon FRA"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[EventDate "2005.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Franck Petitpas"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7
7. Nc3 Nd7 8. a3 Ngf6 9. Rb1 Rc8 10. Ne1 d5 11. f4 O-O 12. e5
Ne8 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Bh3 g6 15. Nf3 b5 16. b4 d4 17. Ne4 Nd5
18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Rxb5 Ba6 20. Rb2 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Nc3 22. Qe1
Bxa3 23. Ra2 Nxa2 24. Bxa3 Rxc2 25. Rf2 Bxd3 26. Rxc2 Bxc2
27. Bxf8 Qxf8 28. Qa5 d3 29. Qxa2 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qe3 31. Ng1
Qe4+ 32. Bg2 d2 33. Qa1 Qe1 34. Bf3 Qxa1 0-1

[Event "French League Top 16"]
[Site "Port Barcares FRA"]
[Date "2005.05.04"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marie Sebag"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3
Bc5 7. O-O Ne7 8. Kh1 O-O 9. Qh5 f5 10. Nd2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5
12. Qe2 Ng6 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Bb5 Rb8 15. c4 a6 16. Bc6 dxc4
17. Qxc4 Ne7 18. Ba4 Rb4 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Ng5 Nd5 21. Bb3 Re8
22. Nf3 Nf4 23. Re1 Nxg2 24. Rxe6 Kh8 25. Bg5 Bxf3 26. Bxd8
Ne3+ 27. Kg1 Bf8 0-1

[Event "NAO win the French Team Cup"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[EventDate "2005.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Luc Bergez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 dxe5 8. Nxe5 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Qg4 Rd8 15. Bh6 g6 16. h4 Bd7
17. h5 Be8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Re3 Rdc8 20. Bb3 Bc5 21. Rae1
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Qa5 23. Qh4 1-0

[Event "China - France Youth Match"]
[Site "Shenzheng CHN"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[EventDate "2005.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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. f3 a6 11. g4 b5
12. h4 Qa5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Qf2 Be6 16. Nc1 Qc7
17. Be3 a5 18. h5 a4 19. g5 Nd7 20. Bh3 a3 21. b3 Qc3 22. Nd3
Nc5 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Rad8 26. Bb6 Rd7
27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Bc5 d5 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. exd5 exd5 31. Rxd5
Rxf3 32. Rb5 Rf4 33. g6 Re8 34. Re1 Rh4 35. Kc1 Rxh5 36. gxh7+
Kxh7 37. Rxb4 Re6 38. Ra4 Kg6 39. Rxa3 e4 40. Ra4 Rhe5 41. Kd2
e3+ 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. Rf1+ Kg5 44. Rd4 e2 45. Re1 Kf5 46. c4
Re3+ 47. Kd2 g5 48. Rd3 R3e4 49. Rf3+ Kg4 50. Rf2 Rd6+ 51. Kc2
Rd8 52. Rfxe2 Rxe2+ 53. Rxe2 Kf3 54. Re7 g4 55. Rf7+ Ke2
56. Rg7 Rd2+ 57. Kc3 Rd3+ 58. Kb4 g3 59. c5 Kf2 60. c6 Rd1
61. c7 Rc1 62. Kb5 1-0

[Event "China - France Youth Match"]
[Site "Shenzheng CHN"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[EventDate "2005.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zhao Jun"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nc6 10. c4 Ne5 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. f4
Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Nf6 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Nd2 O-O 17. f5
Ng4 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. f6 Bc5 21. Qg3 Rfd8 22. Nf3
Be8 23. h4 h5 24. Qg5 Qb6 25. Rae1 Qxb2 26. Ne2 Rd3 27. Ng3
Rcd8 28. Nxh5 Rxf3 29. Rxf3 Qd2 30. Qxd2 Rxd2 31. Ng3 Bc6
32. Kh2 Rxa2 33. Kh3 Kh7 34. Rb1 a5 35. Rfb3 Rf2 36. Rxb7 Bxb7
37. Rxb7 Rxf6 38. Rc7 Bd6 39. Ra7 Bb4 40. c5 Bxc5 41. Rxa5 Bd4
42. Ra3 Kg7 43. Rf3 Rxf3 44. gxf3 Bf2 45. Nf1 Kh6 46. Nd2 Kh5
47. Nc4 f6 48. Nd6 Bc5 49. Ne8 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "China - France Youth Match"]
[Site "Shenzheng CHN"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[EventDate "2005.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7
7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Bg5 Rd8 10. Bd3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Bxf6 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxf6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qc2 Qa5+
16. Kf1 Bg4 17. Bxh7+ Kg7 18. Be4 Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Rac8 20. a4 Qb4
21. Qb1 Nd4 22. Qe1 Qxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Kf1 Bxf3 25. Bxf3
Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Nxf3+ 27. Kd1 Ne5 28. Re1 Rc4 29. b3 Rc3 0-1

[Event "China - France Youth Match"]
[Site "Shenzheng CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[EventDate "2005.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zhou Jianchao"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 a5 15. Kb1 a4 16. Nbc1 b3
17. cxb3 axb3 18. Nxb3 Rxa2 19. Kxa2 Qa8+ 20. Kb1 Bxb3 21. Nc1
Bxd1 22. Qxd1 Nc7 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Ne2 Qc6 25. Qd3 f6 26. Ng3
Rb8 27. Nf5 Bf8 28. Rc1 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. gxf6 g6 31. Ne3
Qb6 32. Rc2 Bh6 33. Nd1 Ra8 34. Rc3 Rd8 35. Bd5 Qa5 36. Ra3
Qe1 37. Ra7 Ne8 38. f7 Nf6 39. Bb3 Bf8 40. Qc3 Qxh4 41. Qc7
Nh5 42. Ka2 Nf4 43. Bc4 h5 44. Ne3 Kg7 45. Nc2 Qf2 46. Nb4 Rc8
47. Qxc8 Qxa7+ 48. Kb1 h4 49. Nd5 Qg1+ 50. Ka2 Nxd5 51. exd5
Qg2 52. f4 h3 53. fxe5 h2 54. exd6 h1=Q 55. d7 Qc1 56. Qxf8+
Kxf8 57. d8=Q+ Kxf7 58. Qd7+ Kf6 59. Qe6+ Kg5 60. Qe7+ Kf4
61. Qf6+ Kg3 62. Qxg6+ Kh2 63. Qh7+ Qh3 64. Qc7+ Qg3 65. d6
Qh6 66. Bd5 Qgxd6 67. Qc2+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "China - France Youth Match"]
[Site "Shenzheng CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[EventDate "2005.06.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 b6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Qf3
O-O 13. Rae1 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. a3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Rd1
b4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Ne2 Ra2 20. Bc1 Qa8 21. Ng3 h5 22. Rde1
Rd8 23. Bc4 Ra5 24. f5 h4 25. Nh5 Rxf5 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Qg4
Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qa7+ 29. Kh1 Qd4 30. b3 Qxe4 31. Qh3 Qc2
32. Be3 Rd1 33. Rg1 Qb1 34. Qg4 Rxg1+ 35. Bxg1 h3 0-1

[Event "China - France Youth Match"]
[Site "Shenzheng CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[EventDate "2005.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zhao Jun"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6
7. Bf1 e5 8. d3 d6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nd2 Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4
O-O 13. Nc4 Rfe8 14. Qd2 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxc4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. dxc4 Qe5 18. Nd5 Nf6 19. Bd3 Ng4 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Nxf4 Ne5
22. Rad1 Rac8 23. c3 Ne6 24. Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "China - France Youth Match"]
[Site "Shenzheng CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.04"]
[EventDate "2005.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[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. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
c5 13. b3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Bb2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. a4
bxa4 18. Rxa4 Bf8 19. Nf5 g6 20. Ng3 d5 21. e5 Qc7 22. Bf5
gxf5 23. exf6 Qc2 24. Bd4 Re6 25. Ndf1 f4 26. Nh5 Qf5 27. Rxe6
fxe6 28. g4 Qc2 29. Qf3 Qe4 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. Ra5 f3 32. Nf4
e5 33. Bxe5 Bb4 34. Ra4 a5 35. Bd4 Kf7 36. Ra1 Nxf6 37. Ne3
Bd6 38. Bxf6 Kxf6 39. Nh5+ Ke6 40. Nc4 Bb4 41. Kh2 Bc3 42. Ra2
Rc5 43. Nf4+ Ke7 44. Kg3 Ba6 45. Nd2 Bb7 46. Nc4 Bc6 47. Ne3
Be5 48. g5 Bc7 49. h4 Bd7 50. Rd2 Be6 51. Rd4 Bxb3 52. Rxe4+
Kf7 53. Kxf3 a4 54. Rb4 Ba5 55. Rb7+ Rc7 56. Rb5 Ra7 57. h5
Bc7 58. g6+ hxg6 59. hxg6+ Kf6 60. Ned5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "China - France Youth Match"]
[Site "Shenzheng CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.05"]
[EventDate "2005.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+
12. Qxd2 Na5 13. h4 Bg4 14. h5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 e5 16. hxg6 fxg6
17. d6 b6 18. Qd5+ Kg7 19. Qxe5+ Qf6 20. Qh2 h5 21. Rd1 Nc6
22. Rg1 Nd4 23. Rd3 Ne6 24. e5 Qf5 25. d7 Nf4 26. Rd6 Kh8
27. Rg4 Qxe5 28. Rxf4 Qxd6 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.19"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. h3 Qb6 9. Nde2 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. b3 Bd7
12. Be3 Qd8 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Rc1 Bc6 15. c4 Ned7 16. Nd4 Nc5
17. Nxf6+ exf6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. e5 Rxe5 20. Bxc6 Rc8 21. Bd5
Re7 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Kg2 f5 24. b4 Ne4 25. Qd3 Nf6 26. Bf3 Rce8
27. Red1 Rd8 28. c5 dxc5 29. Qa6 Qc8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Rxc5
Ne8 32. Rc8 Qd7 33. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mauricio Flores Rios"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5
7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Kh8 12. f4
Qd7 13. Nce3 Rae8 14. Qc2 Rf7 15. Bd2 Ref8 16. Rae1 fxe4
17. dxe4 Bh3 18. Bc1 exf4 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Nxf4 Qd7 21. Qe2
Ne5 22. Nc4 N7c6 23. Nd2 Bh6 24. Nd3 Qh3 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rf1
Qe6 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Nb3 Qf3 30. Qxf3 Nxf3+
31. Kg2 Bxc1 32. Nxc1 Ne5 33. h3 Kg7 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. b3 b5
36. Ke3 a5 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Nc4+ 39. Kf3 Nb2 40. Nb3 Nxa4
41. c4 Ke5 42. Ke3 Nb2 43. Nxa5 Nd1+ 44. Ke2 Nc3+ 45. Ke3 Nd1+
46. Ke2 Nb2 47. Ke3 g5 48. Nc6+ Ke6 49. Na5 Kd7 50. Kd2 Kc7
51. Kc2 Kb6 52. Kxb2 Kxa5 53. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shereif Ismail"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6
12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Bd2 Qa4 15. Bxh7 Qxc2 16. Bxc2 Bd7
17. Be3 b6 18. Rac1 a5 19. Nd4 Be7 20. f4 f5 21. exf6 gxf6
22. Nb3 f5 23. Bd4 Rh6 24. Nd2 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Nf3 Rc8
27. Rfe1 Ne4 28. Ne5 Ke7 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Rc1
Kd8 32. g3 Bb7 33. Kf2 d4 34. Rd1 d3 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. h4 Bd5
37. h5 Rh6 38. g4 a4 39. Rh1 Kf8 40. g5 Rh7 41. h6 Kg8 42. g6
Rc7 43. h7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Raphael Rehberg"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 b5 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. O-O-O b4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. f5 Bd7 15. fxe6 Bxa4 16. exf7+
Kh8 17. Bd5 Ra7 18. Qh5 Rc7 19. Rhf1 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxc2+
21. Kb1 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gogineni Rohit"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 b6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bd2
Qc7 13. Rae1 Rd8 14. Bb1 O-O 15. Kh1 Rc8 16. e5 Ne8 17. Bd3 g6
18. exd6 Nxd6 19. f5 Nxf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5
Qc4 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Thibaut Maenhout"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5
Bxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. Nc1 Rc8 16. g5 Nfd7 17. h4 a4
18. Bd3 a3 19. b3 Nb6 20. Be4 Ra5 21. Rh2 N8d7 22. h5 Qc3
23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. Bd2 Nxd5 25. Nd3 Rc7 26. Nxb4 Nxb4 27. Bxb4
Ra6 28. Rg2 Nc5 29. Bd5 Kf8 30. g6 fxg6 31. hxg6 h6 32. Rg4
Rc8 33. Rc4 Rb8 34. f4 exf4 35. Rxf4+ Bf6 36. Rdf1 Nd7 37. Bc4
Rc6 38. Bxa3 Ne5 39. Bd5 Ra6 40. Bb2 Ke7 41. Rxf6 gxf6 42. g7
Raa8 43. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Xavier Vila Gazquez"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. e5
Ne4 7. Ne2 c4 8. b4 cxb3 9. axb3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. d3 Nc5
12. Nf4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rfe1 b5 16. Nh5 Nd7
17. Qf4 g6 18. Qg4 Rfc8 19. Nf4 Nf8 20. h4 h6 21. h5 g5
22. Ne2 Nb4 23. Rec1 Qb6 24. Ba3 a5 25. Ned4 Bc5 26. Nxg5 hxg5
27. Qxg5+ Kh7 28. Qf6 Qd8 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Nxb5 Nh7 31. d4
Qg5 32. Qxe6 Rg8 33. Qh3 Bb6 34. Nd6 Raf8 35. e6 Qf4 36. Nf7+
Kg7 37. c3 Ng5 38. Nxg5 Qxg5 39. Rf1 Rh8 40. e7 Re8 41. Bc1
Qxh5 42. Qxh5 Rxh5 43. cxb4 Bxd4 44. Ra4 axb4 45. Rxb4 Bc5
46. Bb2+ Kf7 47. Rf4+ Kxe7 48. Re1+ Kd8 49. Rxe8+ Kxe8 50. g3
Kd7 51. Kg2 Kc6 52. g4 Rg5 53. Kf3 Rg8 54. Bc3 Bd6 55. Rf6 Kd7
56. Rf7+ Kc6 57. Rf6 Kd7 58. Bd2 Ke7 59. Rh6 Be5 60. g5 Rf8+
61. Kg2 Rc8 62. Rh3 Ke6 63. f4 Rc2 64. Re3 Rxd2+ 65. Kf3 d4
66. Rxe5+ Kf7 67. Ke4 Rd1 68. Kf5 d3 69. g6+ Kf8 70. Kf6 Rg1
71. Rd5 Kg8 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Tomasz Warakomski"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4
7. c3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nxe5 Bxd1
12. Nxd7 Bh5 13. e5 Kxd7 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Nc4 Rf8 16. Re1 Bf7
17. b3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Ne7 19. c5 dxc5 20. Ba3 Re8 21. Bxc5 Nc8
22. Red1+ Kc7 23. Rab1 b6 24. Bd4 Re7 25. f4 c5 26. Be5+ Kc6
27. Rd2 Rf8 28. Rbd1 Kb5 29. c4+ Kc6 30. a4 b5 31. cxb5+ axb5
32. axb5+ Kxb5 33. Rc1 g5 34. Rd5 gxf4 35. Rdxc5+ Ka6 36. Ra1+
Kb7 37. Rb1+ Ka6 38. Rc6+ Ka7 39. Bd4+ Ka8 40. Bc5 Rb7
41. Ra1+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nc6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe4 Bd7 11. Re1 Qb6
12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Qh4 Ne7 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Bxf5
exf5 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Bh6 Ne8 19. d5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxb2 21. Rc1
gxh6 22. Qg3+ Ng7 23. Rb1 Qd2 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. h4 Qd7 26. Ne2
Rac8 27. Nf4 Rc6 28. Rbe1 Kh8 29. Qa3 Ra8 30. Qb2 Re8 31. Nh5
Rf8 32. Nf4 Re8 33. R5e3 Rb6 34. Qa1 Rd6 35. Qe5 Rd1 36. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd8 38. Rg3 Rg8 39. Rd3 Qb8 40. Rd6 Re8 41. g3
Qc7 42. Nh5 Qf7 43. Nf6 Rf8 44. Nd7 Rd8 45. Qd4 Qe7 46. Qd2 f4
47. Qxf4 Nf5 48. Qe5+ Qg7 49. Rxe6 Qxe5 50. Nxe5 Kg7 51. Nf3
Rd3 52. Ne5 Rd2 53. Kg2 Rxa2 54. h5 Re2 55. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Krisztian Szabo"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Qf2 Nfd7
12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Nce2 Be7 14. Kb1 O-O 15. f4 Nc5 16. Ng3 Nc4
17. Bc1 Qc7 18. g5 d5 19. e5 Rfd8 20. Nh5 Ne4 21. Qh4 Bc5
22. Nf3 Bf2 23. Qh3 Qc5 24. f5 exf5 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. gxf6 Kh8
27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Ng5 Na3+ 29. bxa3 Qxc2+ 30. Ka1 Qc3+
31. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2005.07.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ngoc Truongson Nguyen"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 d6 5. O-O Nd7 6. c4 Ngf6
7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qc2 c5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Be4 Qb8 11. exd6 Bxd6
12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. d5 O-O 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Neg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5
Ngf6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Rfe8 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nf3 Qe4
21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. b3 a6 23. h3 Re2 24. Be3 Ne4 25. Rfe1 Rxe1+
26. Rxe1 Ndf6 27. Rc1 Kf7 28. Kf1 Ke6 29. Ke2 Rd8 30. Ne1 Nd6
31. g4 Nf7 32. b4 cxb4 33. Nd3 a5 34. Bxb6 Ra8 35. Bd4 Kd6
36. f4 Nd8 37. Be5+ Kc6 38. Ke3 Ne6 39. Bb2 Re8 40. Kf3 Nc5
41. Ne5+ Kc7 42. Bd4 Ne6 43. Be3 Nd8 44. a3 Nd7 45. Nd3 bxa3
46. Ra1 Nb6 47. Ne5 Nd7 48. Bd4 Ne6 49. Bc3 Ng5+ 50. Kg2 Ne4
51. Bxa5+ Kc8 52. Nxd7 Kxd7 53. Rxa3 g6 54. Re3 h5 55. Kf3
hxg4+ 56. hxg4 Nd6 57. Rxe8 Nxe8 58. Bc3 Ke6 59. Be5 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Chartres FRA"]
[Date "2005.08.15"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. d5 b4 9. dxc6 bxc3 10. cxd7+ Bxd7 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+
12. bxc3 Bg7 13. Rb1 O-O 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Rb7 e5 16. Rxa7 Bc6
17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nd2 d5 19. f3 Rxa2 20. Rb1 h6 21. h3 Ra8
22. Rb6 Rc8 23. Ba6 Rc7 24. Rb8+ Kh7 25. Bb6 Rd7 26. Bd3 h5
27. Kf2 Bh6 28. Be3 Rc7 29. Bxh6 Kxh6 30. Rd8 Bd7 31. exd5
Nxd5 32. Bc4 Nxc3 33. Bxf7 Nd1+ 34. Ke2 Nc3+ 35. Kf2 Nd1+
36. Ke2 Nc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Chartres FRA"]
[Date "2005.08.16"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Manuel Apicella"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Be7 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Qg3
Nbd7 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. Qh3 Ne5 15. g4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. g5
Nd7 18. Rg1 Ne5 19. Rg3 d5 20. f4 Ng6 21. f5 e5 22. Rg4 exd4
23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Rh4 dxe4 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Rf1+
Ke8 28. Rfxf8+ Bxf8 29. Bxd4 Kf7 30. Be3 Bc8 31. Qg2 Bf5
32. h4 Qe6 33. Ne2 Bh3 34. Qg3 Qf5 35. Qc7+ Be7 0-1

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Chartres FRA"]
[Date "2005.08.16"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anthony Cornelis Kosten"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. Qd4 Nc6 6. Qa4
Qxc5 7. Be3 Qb4 8. Qxb4 Nxb4 9. O-O-O d6 10. Nb5 Nbd5 11. Bg5
Be6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxa8 Ng4 15. Rg1 Nxf2
16. Re1 Bh6+ 17. e3 Rxa8 18. h3 Rc8 19. Kb1 Ne4 20. Bd3 Bd5
21. c4 Bc6 22. Nd4 Ng3 23. b3 e5 24. Nc2 f5 25. Nb4 a5 26. Nc2
Ke7 27. Rd1 e4 28. Bf1 Rf8 29. Re1 f4 30. exf4 Bxf4 31. Rd1
Be5 32. c5 d5 33. b4 axb4 34. Nxb4 d4 35. Bc4 Rf2 36. Rge1 Kf6
37. Bd3 Ba4 38. Rc1 exd3 39. Nxd3 Rf5 40. Nb4 Bf4 41. Rc4 Bd2
42. Rg1 Ne2 43. g4 Bb5 44. Rxd4 Nxd4 45. gxf5 Bxb4 46. fxg6
hxg6 47. Rc1 Ne6 48. a4 Bd3+ 49. Kb2 Nxc5 50. h4 Bf5 51. Rh1
Kg7 52. h5 g5 53. Rf1 Nd3+ 54. Kb3 Be6+ 55. Kc2 Nf4 56. Ra1 g4
0-1

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Chartres FRA"]
[Date "2005.08.17"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Cyril Marzolo"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6
7. Ngf3 Nb4 8. Nb3 Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 a5 10. Bg5 a4 11. Nbd2 h6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exd5 a3 14. Ne4 Qxd5 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. b4
Bd7 17. Qe4 Bc6 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. Nd4 Ra4 20. Nc2 Rg8 21. Rg1
b6 22. cxb6 Kd7 23. Kd2 Kc6 24. g3 Kxb6 25. Ne3 Rd8 26. Nxd5+
Rxd5 27. Rab1 Rf5 28. f4 Rh5 29. h4 Rb5 30. Kc3 Rd5 31. Rge1
f5 32. Kc4 Ra8 33. Re3 Rad8 34. Rd1 Rd4+ 35. Kc3 Kb5 36. Re5+
R8d5 37. Rxd5+ Rxd5 38. Re1 Rd8 39. Re5+ Kb6 40. d4 Rc8+
41. Kb3 Rg8 42. Re3 Ra8 43. Rd3 Kb5 44. d5 Ra4 45. Rd4 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Chartres FRA"]
[Date "2005.08.18"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Amir Bagheri"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5
7. O-O Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 a5 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. b5
Nce7 13. a4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. c4 e5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Na3
Kh8 18. Nc4 Bc5 19. Qc2 Nf4 20. Ncxe5 Qg8 21. g3 b6 22. Be4
Ned5 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Bb7 25. Rad1 Nf4 26. Qc2 Nh3+
27. Kg2 Nf4+ 28. Kh1 Qg6 29. Nd2 Rae8 30. f3 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Nh5
32. Rd5 Be7 33. Qc6 Bd8 34. Rd7 Rg8 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Nxf6 Qg7
37. Ba1 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Chartres FRA"]
[Date "2005.08.19"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Christian Bauer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Ng5 e6 9. Nge4 b6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Nd6+ Ke7
12. Nde4 Re8 13. d3 Kf8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Nce7 16. Qc4 Bc6
17. a3 h6 18. Nd1 Rc8 19. Qc1 Nf5 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. Qd1 Qd7
22. a4 f5 23. Nc3 Nb4 24. Bxc6 Ndxc6 25. Nc4 Rb8 26. Be3 Kg8
27. Qd2 Kh7 28. Na2 Nd5 29. Nc3 Ndb4 30. Na2 Nd5 31. Nc3 Nf6
32. f3 e5 33. Bf2 Nd4 34. Ra3 Rbd8 35. Nb5 Nxb5 36. axb5 Qxb5
37. Qc2 Re7 38. Rfa1 Rdd7 39. e4 Qc6 40. Ra6 f4 41. g4 Ne8
42. Kg2 Qc8 43. Qb3 Rb7 44. Qc3 Qb8 45. b4 cxb4 46. Qxb4 Qd8
47. R1a2 Red7 48. Qb1 Bf6 49. Qa1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Chartres FRA"]
[Date "2005.08.20"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Andrei Sokolov"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6
7. Be3 Bd7 8. Qd2 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Nb5 Bxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nc6
12. Qc3 Rc8 13. Bxa7 Qg5 14. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Chartres FRA"]
[Date "2005.08.22"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoli Vaisser"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+
12. Qxd2 Na5 13. h4 Bg4 14. Ng5 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 h6 16. Nf3 Kh7
17. Qc3 b6 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. h5 hxg5 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rh8+ Kf7
22. Rh7+ Ke8 23. Qg7 Kd7 24. d6 Qe8 25. dxe7 Rg8 26. Qe5 Kc8
27. Qd5 Nc6 28. Rbh1 Nd4+ 29. Ke3 Rb8 30. g4 Rb7 31. Qxg8 Qxg8
32. Rh8 Rxe7 33. Rxg8+ Kb7 34. Rxg6 Rf7 35. Rh3 Nc2+ 36. Ke2
Nd4+ 37. Kf1 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Chartres FRA"]
[Date "2005.08.23"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Robert Fontaine"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c6 8. a4 b6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. b3 Rc8
12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 e4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4
Bf6 17. Rb1 Bxd5 18. Re1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rxc2 20. Qe4 Qc8
21. Bf4 Rd8 22. h3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Chartres FRA"]
[Date "2005.08.24"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4
dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4
Ba6 12. Na5 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O-O 15. Rhc1 Nf4+
16. Ke1 Nxg2+ 17. Kf1 Rd6 18. Nxc6 Kb7 19. Na5+ Kb8 20. Rd1
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rc8 22. b4 Bb5 23. Rd2 Ne1 24. Kxe1 Rc1+
25. Rd1 Rc2 26. Rd2 Rc1+ 27. Rd1 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Chartres FRA"]
[Date "2005.08.25"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jean-Marc Degraeve"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Re1+ Nge7 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. N2b3 Bd7 11. c3
Ng6 12. Qh5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Bc5 15. b4 Re8 16. Bd2
Bb6 17. Qf5 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 a6 19. Na3 h6 20. Nc2 Rc8 21. Ne3
Ne7 22. Qf3 Rc6 23. Ng4 h5 24. Ne3 d4 25. Nd1 dxc3 26. Bxc3
Nd5 27. Bd2 g6 28. Qb3 Nf6 29. Bg5 Qd7 30. Qf3 Nh7 31. Bf4 Rf6
32. Qg3 Re6 33. Rf1 Nf6 34. Be3 Bc7 35. Qf3 Qd6 36. g3 Qxb4
37. Bc1 Ng4 38. Ne3 Nxe3 39. Bxe3 Qe4 40. Qxe4 Rxe4 41. Rc1
Bd6 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. Rd8 Re6 44. a4 b5 45. axb5 axb5 46. Rd7
b4 47. Kf1 Be5 48. Rb7 Bc3 49. Kg2 Kf6 50. Kf3 Rc6 51. Ke4 Ke6
52. Kd3 f6 53. Rb5 g5 54. Bc5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2005.09.14"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6
12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Be3 Nc4 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Qc1 Qe8 16. Bh6 Bxh6
17. Qxh6 f6 18. b3 Nd6 19. Qf4 Nf5 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. e4 Bc8
22. Qe2 Ng7 23. e5 Qf7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. h3 Ne6 26. Qe3 Nc7
27. Re1 Bf5 28. Qc5 Rd3 29. exf6 exf6 30. Nh4 Bd7 31. Ne4 Kg7
32. Qc2 Rd4 33. Nc5 Nb4 34. Qb2 Rd6 35. Nxb7 Ra6 36. Qd2 Nxa2
37. Nd8 1-0

[Event "6th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2005.09.15"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 exd4 17. Nxd4
Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. Nb1 Be6 20. Nc3 Qa5 21. f4 Nc6 22. Be3
a3 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 axb2 25. Rb1 Nb4 26. Rxb2 Nxc2
27. Rxc2 Bf6 28. Ree2 b4 29. Rc6 Rfe8 30. Qd3 h6 31. Bb6 Qa4
32. Rf2 Qa3 33. Qxa3 Rxa3 34. Rfc2 Rea8 35. R2c4 Rxa2 36. Rxb4
Rd2 37. Be3 Rxd5 38. Kf2 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Ra3 40. Rb8+ Kh7
41. Rcc8 Rdd3 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Kg4 Ra4 44. Rbe8 Be5 0-1

[Event "6th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2005.09.16"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. Nb3 Nd7
7. Nf3 Bg6 8. Be2 Ne7 9. O-O Nf5 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. c4 Be7 12. g4
Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. f4 Be4 15. Be3 dxc4 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Bxc4
Nb6 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Qe2 g6 20. Ne4 h5 21. f5 gxf5 22. gxf5
Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Rg4 24. fxe6 Rxe4 25. exf7+ Kd7 26. Bxe4 Bxe4+
27. Kg1 Qg8+ 28. fxg8=Q Rxg8+ 29. Bg5 Rxg5+ 30. Kf2 Rg2+
31. Ke1 Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Nd5 33. Rf7 Ke6 34. Raf1 b5 35. Rg7 Bf5
36. Rc1 Kd7 37. Rg8 a5 38. Ra8 Bg4+ 39. Kf2 Bg5 40. Ra7+ Nc7
41. Rg1 Bd8 42. Rxg4 hxg4 43. Kg3 Ke6 44. Kxg4 Nd5 45. Rh7 Bb6
46. Rh6+ Kd7 47. Rd6+ Kc7 48. Kf5 Bxd4 49. b3 Ne3+ 50. Ke4 Bc5
51. Rd2 Nd5 52. h4 Kd7 53. h5 Bf8 54. Rg2 Ne7 55. Rf2 Ke8
56. e6 c5 57. Rc2 Ng8 58. Ke5 Bg7+ 59. Kd5 Nf6+ 60. Kxc5 Nxh5
61. Kxb5 Ke7 62. Rc5 Nf6 63. Rc7+ Kf8 64. Kxa5 Nh5 65. Rd7
Bc3+ 66. Kb5 Nf6 67. Rf7+ Ke8 68. a4 Kd8 69. a5 Ne8 70. a6
Nd6+ 71. Kc6 Nxf7 72. exf7 Ke7 1-0

[Event "6th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2005.09.17"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Bf4 b5 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Bb7 11. e5 Nd5
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bb6 Rc8 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. O-O Nb4 16. Bb1 Nc2
17. Bxc2 Rxc2 18. b3 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 f6 21. f4 g5
22. exf6 Bxf6 23. fxg5 Bxg5 24. Rd3 Bh4 25. d5 Rf8 26. Rf1 Rf6
27. Bd4 Rg6+ 28. Kh1 Rxa2 29. b4 Re2 30. Bc5 Rc2 31. Rh3 Bf6
32. Ra3 Bh4 33. Rg1 Kf7 34. Rxg6 hxg6 35. Kg2 Rd2 36. Rxa6
Rxd5 37. Rb6 Rg5+ 38. Kf1 Rf5 39. Ke2 Re5+ 40. Kf1 Rf5 41. Rb7
Bf6 42. h3 Rh5 43. Kg2 Rg5+ 44. Kf3 Rf5+ 45. Ke4 Re5+ 46. Kd3
Rd5+ 47. Kc2 Rf5 48. Kd3 Rd5+ 49. Ke2 Re5+ 50. Kf1 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 b6 10. Bf3 Ra7 11. Be3 Rc7 12. f5
Rc4 13. g4 h6 14. Qd2 Nh7 15. Rad1 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Nxg5 17. Bg2
Nd7 18. fxe6 Ne5 19. exf7+ Ngxf7 20. h3 Ng5 21. Nf5 Bxf5
22. exf5 h5 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 hxg4 25. Bd5+ Kh7 26. Bxc4
Nxc4 27. Rd3 Nxh3+ 28. Kg2 Nxb2 29. Rd4 Rc8 30. Nd5 Rxc2+
31. Kg3 Ng5 32. Rxg4 Nf7 33. Nf6+ gxf6 34. Rh1+ Nh6 35. Rg6
Rc3+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rc3+ 38. Ke4 Rc4+ 39. Kd5 Rc5+
40. Ke6 1-0

[Event "6th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6
12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Rfc8 16. b3 Qxd6
17. Rf2 Qb6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Bb2 Rxc4 20. Bxg7 Rxc2 21. Qxc2
Kxg7 22. Qb2+ f6 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. h4 Qe3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT2B 0506"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ricardo Gervasio"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. e4 d6 8. d3 a6 9. h3 b5 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nd5 Rb8 12. Rb1 e6
13. Ne3 Nd4 14. Nc2 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qa5 16. a3 Ne5 17. Qe2 bxc4
18. dxc4 Qa4 19. f4 Nxc4 20. b4 d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Bf5
23. Bxc4 Qxc2 24. Rb3 Bd4+ 25. Be3 Rbe8 26. g4 Rxe3 27. Rxe3
Bxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Qxc4 29. gxf5 cxb4 30. axb4 Qxb4 31. fxg6 fxg6
32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Rf6 34. Qc7+ Kh6 35. Re7 Qd4+ 36. Kg2
Rxf4 37. Rxh7+ Kg5 38. Qe7+ Rf6 39. Qe2 Qd5+ 40. Kg3 Qd6+
41. Kg2 Rf4 42. Qe3 Kf6 43. Ra7 Rf5 44. Qc3+ Re5 45. Qf3+ Kg5
46. h4+ Kh6 47. Qf4+ g5 48. Rxa6 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0506"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Axel Delorme"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
Nf6 8.Qg3 d6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.f4 b5 12.e5 Ne8 13.Ne4
Bb7 14.f5 Nxe5 15.fxe6 Nxd3 16.cxd3 fxe6 17.Rxf8+ Bxf8 18.Ng5
Nc7 19.Be3 Be7 20.Rf1 Bf6 21.Nd4 Qe7 22.Kh1 Rf8 23.Ne4 Be5
24.Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.Qe1 Qe7 26.Nf3 Bxb2 27.Qb4 Bxe4 28.dxe4 Bf6
29.h3 Qd7 30.Bb6 Qc6 31.Be3 Bc3 32.Qa3 b4 33.Qb3 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0506"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Kamal Guillaume"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4
7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 O-O 11. Bf4 c5
12. Qd3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. c4 a6 15. Na3 f6 16. e6 f5 17. cxd5
b5 18. Rad1 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. Rc1 c4 22. Nc2
f4 23. Qf3 Qc5 24. Rcd1 b4 25. Nd4 c3 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Nc6
Nb5 28. a4 c2 29. Rc1 Nc7 30. Qe4 Nxd5 31. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT U20 0506"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabien Guilleux"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Qc7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nde2 b5 12. a3
Bb7 13. g4 Na5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Qe1 Rfe8 16. b3 Bf8 17. a4 bxa4
18. Nxa4 Nc6 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Qc3 Na7 22. Qb2 Nb5
23. c4 Na7 24. Nf4 Red8 25. Nh5 Rd3 26. Rfd1 Rad8 27. Rxd3
Rxd3 28. Bf4 Qb6 29. Be5 Qxb3 30. Bxg7 Qxb2 31. Bxb2 Be7
32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Bxf6 Nc6 34. Rb1 Nb4 35. Be7 Rd7 36. Bxc5
Nd3 37. Be3 Ne5 38. c5 Nc4 39. Bf4 e5 40. Bg3 Kg7 41. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Nantes op 4th"]
[Site "Nantes"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yoann Gaffe"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 d6 6. Nc3 e6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nd5 exd5 9. exd5+ Be7 10. Nxd4 Nxd5 11. Nxc6
bxc6 12. Qxd5 Bb7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxe7 cxd5
16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Rd1 Ke7 18. f3 Rb8 19. h3 Rc8 20. Bd3 g6
21. Kf2 Kf6 22. Ke3 Bc6 23. Kd4 Rb8 24. c3 a5 25. Rb1 Ra8
26. a3 h5 27. Ra1 Ke6 28. b4 axb4 29. cxb4 Ba4 30. b5 Bb3
31. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Nantes op 4th"]
[Site "Nantes"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Goulwenn Herdier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Ne2 e5 13. c4 Rd8 14. Nc3 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 16. Bh5 g6
17. Be2 Ne5 18. Qe1 Be6 19. b3 Bf6 20. Rc1 Qe7 21. Qf2 h5
22. Be3 Bg7 23. Qg3 Ng4 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Ne2 Bd7 26. Bf4 d5
27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Nc3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 dxe4 30. Bh6 f5 31. Qe3
Rdc8 32. Qd4 Bb5 33. Rfe1 Rd8 34. Qb6 Kh7 35. Bf4 Rd7 36. a4
Bd3 37. Rc6 Rb7 38. Qe3 Rg8 39. Bg5 Qd7 40. Rec1 Rf8 41. Qg3
Qg7 42. Qh4+ Kg8 43. Bh6 Qh7 44. Qg5 g3 45. Rxg6+ Kh8 46. Qxg3
f4 47. Bxf4 Qh5 48. Rh6+ Qxh6 49. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Nantes op 4th"]
[Site "Nantes"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Renald Noblet"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Be7 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 Nf6
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Re1 Nb4 11. Nf1 c5 12. c3
Nc6 13. h4 Re8 14. N1h2 b5 15. Bf4 a5 16. Rad1 a4 17. a3 b4
18. c4 Nb6 19. Ng5 h6 20. Qh5 hxg5 21. hxg5 g6 22. Qh4 Nd4
23. Ng4 Nf5 24. Qh3 Kg7 25. Nf6 Rh8 26. Qg4 Ra7 27. cxd5 Nxd5
28. Be4 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Qb6 30. Kg2 Raa8 31. Rh1 Rad8 32. g4 Nd4
33. Qe3 Bxe4+ 34. dxe4 Qb5 35. Qg3 Qe2 36. Rde1 Qxb2 37. Rh3
Qxa3 38. Re3 Qc1 39. Qh2 Qd1 40. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Nantes op 4th"]
[Site "Nantes"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Philippe Jaulin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6
7. Bb3 g6 8. Ng5 d5 9. exd6 e6 10. Qf3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Bxd6
12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Nd5 15. Nc3 b6 16. Ne4 Be7
17. Bh6 Re8 18. a3 Nf6 19. Rad1 Na5 20. Ba2 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bb7
22. Qf4 Bd5 23. Ng5 Bf6 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qe7 26. Bf4 Nb7
27. Rfe1 Rad8 28. Qe3 Nd6 29. Be5 Nf5 30. Qf4 Bxe5 31. Rxe5
Qd6 32. d5 f6 33. Re4 e5 34. Qd2 Rc8 35. h3 Kg7 36. Rc4 Rxc4
37. Bxc4 Rc8 38. Bf1 Nd4 39. f4 Qxd5 40. fxe5 fxe5 41. Bd3 Ne6
42. Qe2 Rd8 43. Bc2 Nd4 44. Qf2 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Nantes op 4th"]
[Site "Nantes"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alban Delorme"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6
12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Rfc8 16. b3 Qxd6
17. Rf2 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Bf1 d5 20. Bb2 f6 21. Re1 Kf7
22. f4 Nd7 23. c4 Nc5 24. f5 exf5 25. Rxf5 Kg6 26. Rf3 Re8
27. Rd1 Rad8 28. b4 Na4 29. Rg3+ Kf7 30. Bd4 dxc4 31. Bxc4+
Bd5 32. Bb5 Re4 33. Bxa4 Bc4 34. Bf2 1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.02.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Romain Edouard"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "125"]

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 a6 10. f4 O-O 11. Be2 b5
12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Bb7 15. e5 Bxf3 16. gxf3
Be7 17. Qxd8 Bxd8 18. Ne4 Bb6 19. Rhe1 Rfd8 20. c3 h6 21. Rd6
Kh7 22. Kc2 Kg6 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rc6 Rdc8 25. f5+ Kh5 26. Ng3+
Kh4 27. Rd6 a3 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Re4+ Kh3 30. bxa3 Rf8 31. f4
g5 32. Nh5 Kg4 33. Nf6+ Kf5 34. fxg5 Bc5 35. Rxa6 Rxf6
36. exf6 Kxe4 37. g6 Kf5 38. Ra5 Kxg6 39. Rxc5 Kxf6 40. a4 e5
41. a5 Ra8 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. Ke3 h5 44. c4 h4 45. Rb5 Ra6 46. c5
h3 47. Kf3 Rc6 48. Rb3 Rxc5 49. Ra3 Rc7 50. a6 Ra7 51. Kg3 e4
52. Ra5+ Ke6 53. Kxh3 Kd6 54. Kg4 Kc6 55. Kf4 Kb6 56. Ra2 Rf7+
57. Kxe4 Ka7 58. h4 Rh7 59. Rh2 Rh5 60. Kf4 Kxa6 61. Kg4 Rh8
62. h5 Kb6 63. h6 1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.02.04"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Petar Popovic"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nde2 Nbd7 8. a4 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. h3 Rc8 11. g4 Nc5 12. Ng3
g6 13. h4 Ne6 14. h5 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nge2 gxh5 17. g5
Ng4 18. Rxh5 Rg8 19. Nxf4 Rxg5 20. Ncd5 Bg7 21. Rxh7 Bxd5
22. Nxd5 Nf6 23. Rxg7 Rxg7 24. Ne3 Rc5 25. Qf3 Rcg5 26. O-O-O
Ng4 27. Nf5 Ne5 28. Nxg7+ Rxg7 29. Qh3 Qg5+ 30. Kb1 Ke7
31. Qc3 Qg4 32. f3 Qe6 33. Bf1 Rg1 34. Qe3 Rh1 35. f4 Nd7
36. Qf3 Rg1 37. Bxa6 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Nc5 39. Bb5 Qxe4 40. Qd2
Nxa4 41. f5 Nc5 42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.02.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabrice Moracchini"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3
Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Bg5 Be5 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bh4
Nh7 17. Rfe1 Bf6 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. Qc3 Bd7 20. Bc7 Qa7 21. Qg3
Rac8 22. Nf5 Bc6 23. Nxh6+ Kh8 24. Ng4 Bxb2 25. Bd6 Rfd8
26. Ne5 Be8 27. Re3 Bd4 28. Red3 Bxf2 29. Qf4 Nf6 30. Rf1 Bc5
31. Rh3+ Kg8 32. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6
7. f4 Ba6 8. Bb1 Nc6 9. Ndf3 g6 10. Ne2 h5 11. Ng5 Ne7 12. Ng1
Nf5 13. N1f3 Be7 14. Kf2 Nb8 15. b3 Nc6 16. Bb2 Rc8 17. a3 Qd7
18. Re1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Na5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Re3 Qb5 22. Rc1
Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Nc6 24. a4 Qa5 25. Bd2 Bb4 26. Qc1 Kd7 27. Bxb4
Nxb4 28. Kg3 Rc8 29. Qa3 Rc2 30. Ne1 Rc6 31. Nxf7 Kc7 32. Qb2
Nc2 33. b4 Nxb4 34. Rb3 Na2 35. Nf3 Nc3 36. Qa3 Ne4+ 37. Kh4
Kb8 38. Nd8 Rc2 39. Qe7 Bc8 40. Rb2 Rc7 41. Qa3 Rc4 42. Kxh5
Rxa4 43. Qe7 Rc4 44. Nxe6 Qa1 45. Rb3 Qc1 46. Ra3 a6 47. Rb3
b5 48. Nfg5 Rc6 49. Qe8 Qd1+ 50. Rf3 Rc2 51. Qd8 Ka7 52. Nc5
Nxc5 53. dxc5 Rxc5 54. e6 Bxe6 55. Nxe6 Rc2 56. Qg5 a5
57. Qe7+ Ka6 58. Nc5+ Kb6 59. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Darmen Sadvakasov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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. f4 Rxg2 11. Qh3 Rg7
12. Nc3 e5 13. f5 d5 14. Bh6 Rg8 15. O-O-O d4 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Rhg1 Rxg1 19. Rxg1 e4 20. Rg8+ Kd7 21. Qg2
Qd6 22. Nc5+ Kc7 23. f6 exd3 24. Ne4 Qb4 25. Qg3+ Kb6 26. fxe7
Nxe7 27. Rd8 Nf5 28. Qf2 Qc4 29. Nd6 Qc7 30. Bg5 Ka7 31. c3
Be6 32. Nxf5 Rxd8 33. Bxd8 Qxd8 34. Nxd4 Qg5+ 35. Kb1 Ka8
36. b3 Bg4 37. h4 Qh6 38. Qg3 d2 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8
12. Qd3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Qxb5+ Bd7 15. Qe2 Qxe4 16. Be3
O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.12"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 b5 9. O-O-O b4 10. Nce2 Nbd7 11. g4 Bb7
12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. Bd3 g6 15. h4 Bg7 16. h5 Nd7
17. Nb3 Rg8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qe2 Nb6 20. Rhe1 Na4 21. e5 dxe5
22. fxe5 Bh6+ 23. Kb1 Bf4 24. Nf1 Rh8 25. Nbd2 Bd5 26. Nb3 Kf8
27. Bxa6 Bf3 28. Qf2 Bxd1 29. Bxc8 Qxc8 30. Nd4 Bxe5 31. Rxe5
Bxg4 32. Ng3 Rh3 33. Re1 Nxb2 34. Rf1 Qc7 35. Nb5 Nd1 36. Rxd1
Qxg3 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ e5 39. Qxb4 Rh1+ 40. Kb2 Qe1
41. Qxe1 Rxe1 42. a4 e4 43. Re8 e3 44. Nd4 Bd7 45. Re4 Bxa4
46. Kc3 f5 47. Re7+ Kf6 48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Ra6 Be8 50. Nf3 Rf1
51. Ra7+ Kf6 52. Ra6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.13"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Eduardovich Akopian"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3
Bd7 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bg5 O-O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 Be8
16. Rad1 Kb8 17. Rd2 f5 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Kh1 Rg8 20. Qxh7 Rg6
21. Qh3 Rh6 22. Qg3 Bd6 23. Nc6+ Bxc6 24. Qxd6 Rch8 25. Kg1
Rxh2 26. f3 f4 27. Qd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Ka7 29. Kxh2 e5
30. R8d2 e4 31. fxe4 Bxe4 32. Kg1 f3 33. Bd5 Qc5+ 34. Kh2 fxg2
35. Bxe4 g1=Q+ 36. Rxg1 Qh5+ 37. Kg3 Qg5+ 38. Kf3 Qxd2 39. Rg2
Qd7 40. c4 Qd1+ 41. Ke3 Qc1+ 42. Kd4 b5 43. cxb5 Qf4 44. Kd3
f5 45. Bc6 axb5 46. Bd5 Qd6 47. Kd4 Kb6 48. Rc2 Qf4+ 49. Kd3
Qg3+ 50. Kd4 Qf4+ 51. Kd3 Qf1+ 52. Kd2 f4 53. Rc6+ Ka7
54. Rc7+ Kb8 55. Rc3 Qf2+ 56. Kc1 Qe1+ 57. Kc2 Qe2+ 58. Kc1 b4
59. Rb3 Qe1+ 60. Kc2 Qf2+ 61. Kd3 f3 62. Rxb4+ Kc7 63. Rc4+
Kb6 64. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 65. Kc2 Qf5+ 66. Kc3 Qb1 67. Rb4+ Ka5
68. a3 Qd1 69. Rc4 Qe1+ 70. Kc2 Qe2+ 71. Kc3 Kb5 72. Rb4+ Kc5
73. Kb3 Qe6+ 74. Kc2 Qf5+ 75. Kb3 Qb1 76. Rc4+ Kd6 77. Rc3 Kd5
78. a4 Qa1 79. Kc2 Qxa4+ 80. Kb1 Kd4 81. Ra3 Qb5 82. Rc3 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4
7. Nxd4 b5 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O
12. a4 Re8 13. Qd3 Rb8 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7
17. Nd5 Re5 18. Nb4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nc5 20. Nc6 Nxd3 21. Nxd8
Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.15"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7
7. O-O Bb4 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Rad1 Rd8
12. Bg3 d6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxd3 16. Bxc7
Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Nd5 18. Ba5 Rb8 19. Na4 c5 20. c4 Bd7 21. cxd5
Bxa4 22. b3 Bb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. d6 Bf6 25. Bc7 Ra8 26. a4
bxa4 27. bxa4 g6 28. a5 Kf8 29. d7 Bd8 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Kf1
Ke7 32. a6 c4 33. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.16"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[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 Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 Qb6
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Kb1 Qc5 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. a4 bxa4 16. Bxa6+
Kc7 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Rg8 19. g3 Rb8 20. Rhd1 Be7 21. Rc4
Rb6 22. Bb5 Rgb8 23. Rxc6+ Rxc6 24. Bxc6 Kxc6 25. Rd4 a3
26. Rc4+ Kd7 27. b3 h5 28. Ra4 Rb7 29. Rxa3 d5 30. Ra4 dxe4
31. Rxe4 Rb4 32. Rxb4 Bxb4 33. Ne2 Be1 34. c3 Kd6 35. Kc2 h4
36. gxh4 Bxh4 37. Kd3 Ke5 38. Nd4 Bf2 39. h4 Kf4 40. fxe6 fxe6
41. Nxe6+ Kg4 42. c4 Bxh4 43. c5 Kf5 44. Nd4+ Kg4 45. c6 Bg3
46. b4 f5 47. b5 Bc7 48. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Pontoise op"]
[Site "Pontoise"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Woitzik"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4
c6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Bd3 Ng5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qh5 h6 11. h4 Ne6
12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bxh6 Bxh4 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Pontoise op"]
[Site "Pontoise"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Amine Eid"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. h4 Ne5
12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Bh6 e6
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. g5 Nh5 20. Nf5 exf5 21. Rxh5
gxh5 22. Nd5 f6 23. g6 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh5+ Kg8
26. Rg1# 1-0

[Event "Pontoise op"]
[Site "Pontoise"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Xavier Loutre"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Ne4
7. Qg4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 f5 9. Qxg7 Rf8 10. Ba3 Nc6 11. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "Pontoise op"]
[Site "Pontoise"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Eric Boudier"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Be7
7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. g4 Kh8 10. g5 Ng8 11. h4 Ne5 12. f4
Nd7 13. Be3 f6 14. Nxe6 Rf7 15. Nxd8 Bxd8 16. Qh5 Rf8 17. g6
h6 18. Nd5 Ne7 19. f5 Nxd5 20. Bxh6 Re8 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7
22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Pontoise op"]
[Site "Pontoise"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Najib Draoui"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 b5
7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd3 d6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. f4 Nd7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1
Ngf6 13. Nf2 Nc5 14. a5 Nfd7 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Qe3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3
Nc5 18. Qe3 Rb8 19. Rfe1 Ba8 20. c3 bxc3 21. Bxc3 O-O 22. Rac1
Qb7 23. b4 Na4 24. Ba1 Qxb4 25. Ng4 Bh4 26. Rf1 Nc5 27. Qh3
Be7 28. f5 Bg5 29. Rce1 f6 30. fxe6 Bxe4 31. Qg3 Rfe8 32. h4
Nxe6 33. Rxe4 Nxd4 34. Rxd4 Qxa5 35. hxg5 Qxg5 36. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Pontoise op"]
[Site "Pontoise"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kevin Roser"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Bd2 b6
12. Rae1 Bb7 13. Kh1 h5 14. a4 g6 15. Nd4 h4 16. Nf3 Nh5
17. Kg1 Nc5 18. b4 Nd7 19. Nd5 exd5 20. exd5 Ndf6 21. c4 Kf8
22. f5 g5 23. Bxg5 Re8 24. Nxh4 Bd8 25. Qf3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 b5
27. cxb5 Bxd5 28. Qe2 axb5 29. Bxb5 Kg7 30. a5 Qc3 31. Bd2
Qd4+ 32. Qf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Ng4+ 34. Kg1 Bxh4 35. h3 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "Pontoise op"]
[Site "Pontoise"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Almira Fyodorovna Skripchenko"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. c4 Nb4 10. c5 Ba6 11. a3 Bxf1
12. Kxf1 Nd5 13. g3 Qb8 14. Qd4 Be7 15. Kg2 O-O 16. Rd1 f6
17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. b4 Qb5 20. Rd2 a5 21. Bb2
Raf8 22. a4 Qa6 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. Re2 Rg6 25. Kh1 Rb8 26. Qe5
Rb7 27. Bd4 Rb4 28. h4 Rf6 29. Kg2 h6 30. Bc3 Nxc3 31. Qxc3
Qa6 32. Rd2 Rxa4 33. Rb1 Qc4 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Qe3 Ra1 36. Kh2
Rf1 37. Rb7 Qc1 38. Qe4+ Rf5 39. Rbxd7 Qxc5 40. R7d4 Qe5
41. Kg2 Rc1 42. Qxe5 Rxe5 43. Ra2 Rd5 44. Rf4 h5 45. Rf7 Rf5
46. Re7 Rf6 47. Raa7 Rg6 48. Rac7 c5 49. Rc6 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[EventDate "2006.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nicolas Bouchet"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 b6 5. d3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Qc7
7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 d5 9. Qe2 c4 10. exd5 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Nxd5
12. O-O e6 13. c4 N5f6 14. Nd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Be7 16. Nb5 Qb7+
17. Qf3 O-O-O 18. Qxb7+ Kxb7 19. f4 Nc5 20. Nf3 Nd3 21. b3 Bc5
22. Ba3 Bxa3 23. Nxa3 Rd7 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Ne4 26. Rad1
Rhd8 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Rxd8 a6 29. Kg1 Rf2 30. Rd4 Rxa2
31. Rxe4 Rxa3 32. Rd4 Rxb3 33. Rd7+ Kc6 34. Rxg7 Kc5 35. Kf2
Kxc4 36. Rxh7 Kd4 37. h4 Kxe5 38. Ra7 a5 39. h5 Kf6 40. h6
Rb2+ 41. Kg1 Rd2 42. Rb7 a4 43. h7 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2006.04.01"]
[EventDate "2006.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Cyril Marcelin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 a6
7. a4 O-O 8. Bf4 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bxd6 Re8 11. Bxc5 Qa5
12. b4 Qc7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 Bf5 16. Nf3 Nd7
17. Be3 Qc4 18. Qb2 Qxd5 19. O-O Be4 20. Bd4 Rac8 21. Bh8 f6
22. Bxf6 Rc2 23. Qa1 Nxf6 24. Qxf6 Rxe2 25. Nh4 Qc6 26. Qa1
Bxg2 27. Nxg2 R2e4 28. Rc1 Qd6 29. Qa2+ Qe6 30. Qb2 Qe7 31. b5
a5 32. Ne3 Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rc7+ R8e7 35. Rxe7+ Rxe7
36. Nc4 Re4 37. Nxa5 b6 38. Nb7 Rxa4 39. Nd6 Rb4 40. Ne8+ Kf7
41. Nc7 Rd4 42. f4 Rd7 43. Na6 Rd5 0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "2006.04.02"]
[EventDate "2006.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Olivier Clement"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. Nd5 Nf6 6. Nxe7
Qxe7 7. d3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bb5 Rfc8 11. O-O a6
12. Ba4 b5 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bh4 Rab8 16. g4 Bg6
17. Ne1 Qe6 18. Ng2 c4 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Qd7 21. d4 Ne8
22. Qf3 Nc7 23. Rf2 b4 24. Ba4 Nb5 25. Raf1 Re8 26. Nxg6 fxg6
27. Bd1 h6 28. Be2 Na5 29. Qe3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rf8 31. Rxf8+
Rxf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. e5 Qe6 34. a4 Nc7 1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16"]
[Site "Asnieres sur Seine FRA"]
[Date "2006.05.05"]
[EventDate "2006.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Guillaume Vallin"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6
7. f4 Ba6 8. Bb1 Qc7 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. f5 cxd4
12. cxd4 exf5 13. Nf4 Nb4 14. Bd2 g5 15. a3 gxf4 16. axb4 Bb5
17. Bxf5 Nf8 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Bxf4 Ne6 20. Bd2 Ng7 21. Bh3 O-O
22. Kf2 f6 23. Re1 fxe5 24. dxe5 Bh4+ 25. g3 Bd3 26. Kg1 Be7
27. Bh6 Be4 28. Nd4 Rf7 29. Ne6 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Johnny Cueto Chajtur"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Qd5 Nc5 6. Bg5
Be7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nc3 Qxd5 9. Nxd5 Bd6 10. Be7 Bxe7
11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Be6 13. O-O-O+ Kc8 14. Nd4 Nc6 15. Nxe6
fxe6 16. Bb5 Kb8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. b4 Na6 19. a3 Kxa8 20. Rhe1
Re8 21. f4 Nc7 22. c4 Kb8 23. Kc2 Kc8 24. Re5 Rf8 25. g3 Rf5
26. Rd3 g6 27. Kd2 Bf8 28. Ke2 c5 29. b5 Bg7 30. Rxf5 gxf5
31. Rd6 Bf8 32. Rc6 Kd7 33. Kf3 Bd6 34. a4 Ne8 35. Ra6 Bb8
36. Ke3 Nd6 37. Kd3 Nc8 38. a5 Bc7 39. Kc2 h5 40. Kb3 Bd8
41. Kc2 Bc7 42. Kd3 Bd8 43. Ke2 Bc7 44. Kf3 Bb8 45. Rc6 Bd6
46. Kg2 Ne7 47. Ra6 Nc8 48. Kh3 Be7 49. b6 axb6 50. axb6 Kc6
51. b7+ Kxb7 52. Rxe6 Kc7 53. Re5 Kd7 54. Rxf5 Nb6 55. Rxh5
Nxc4 56. Kg2 Na3 57. Kf3 c4 58. Ke2 Bf6 59. Rd5+ Ke6 60. Ra5
Bb2 61. f5+ Kf6 62. g4 c3 63. Rc5 c2 64. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zeljko Bogut"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Qf3 c6 9. O-O-O d5 10. c5 N6d7 11. Bd3 b6
12. cxb6 axb6 13. Bb1 Nf6 14. h3 b5 15. g4 b4 16. Nce2 b3
17. a3 Ra4 18. Nc3 Rc4 19. Nge2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Nd7
22. Kb1 Nf6 23. Qd3 Ba6 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Qd2 Qb6
27. h4 Rd8 28. g5 Bxd4 29. gxh6 Bf6 30. Qe3 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1
Qxe3 32. fxe3 Rxh4 33. hxg7 Rh3 34. Nc1 Rxe3 35. Nxb3 Bxc3
36. bxc3 Rxc3 37. Kb2 Rg3 38. Nd4 Rd3 39. Rxd3 Bxd3 40. Nxc6
Kxg7 41. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jure Borisek"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4
Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Rc8 15. axb4 Nxb3+ 16. Nxb3 Qxa4 17. Kb2
d5 18. c3 dxe4 19. Ra1 Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Na5 Bd5 22. Bxa6
exf3 23. c4 Bxb4 24. cxd5 Bc3+ 25. Kb3 Bxa1 26. dxe6+ Kxe6
27. Bxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rxa1 Nxg4 29. Bf4 Kd5 30. Bg3 f2 31. h5 Rc5
32. Kb4 Ne3 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Atanas Kizov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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 Kc8 14. Rad1 c5 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Nh5 g5
17. c4 Ng6 18. Nh2 Kb7 19. Ng4 a6 20. Rd2 Be7 21. Rfd1 Rad8
22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. g3 Be7 24. Kg2 b5 25. Ng7 Kc6 26. Ne3 Rb8
27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Kf3 Rf8+ 29. Ke2 h5 30. Bc3 b4 31. Bb2 a5
32. Rf1 a4 33. bxa4 Ra8 34. Kd3 Rxa4 35. Ra1 Ra8 36. a3 bxa3
37. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 38. Bxa3 Nxe5+ 39. Ke4 Nd7 40. Bb2 Kd6 41. f4
gxf4 42. Kxf4 Nf8 43. Nf1 Ng6+ 44. Ke4 Kd7 45. Nd2 Bd6 46. Kf3
Ke7 47. Ne4 Kf7 48. Ng5+ Ke7 49. Ne4 Kf7 50. Ng5+ Ke7 51. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergio Rocha"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Na3 Bh6 11. Nc4 O-O
12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Qc7 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. d3 Bg7
17. Bf4 Qb6 18. g4 e6 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bh4 Rd7
22. Bg3 Red8 23. Qc2 Qc6 24. R5e3 b5 25. Bg2 Nd5 26. Re4 Qc8
27. a3 Ne7 28. R4e3 a5 29. Qb3 Qa6 30. a4 b4 31. c4 Nc6
32. Qc2 Nd4 33. Qb1 b3 34. Rd1 Nc2 35. Bf1 Nxe3 36. fxe3 Qc6
37. Qa1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alder Escobar Forero"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. Qg3 Nc5 11. f3 e5
12. Nde2 Nxb3 13. axb3 b5 14. b4 Be6 15. Be3 a5 16. bxa5 b4
17. Na4 Qxa5 18. b3 Qb5 19. Qf2 Rfc8 20. Ng3 Rab8 21. Rfe1 Rc6
22. h3 d5 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Bg5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nd7 26. Kh1 Rbc8
27. Ra2 f6 28. Bh4 d4 29. Qd2 Nc5 30. Nb2 Nxb3 31. cxb3 Rc2
32. Qd1 d3 33. Kh2 Qd5 34. Na4 Rxa2 35. Nb6 Qc6 36. Nxc8 d2
37. Rf1 Qxc8 38. Qe2 Qc2 39. Rd1 Bc5 40. Qb5 Qxd1 41. Qe8+ Bf8
42. Qe6+ Kh8 43. Qc8 Qg1+ 44. Kxg1 d1=Q+ 45. Be1 Qd6 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Erik van den Doel"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 g6 12. O-O
Bg7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Bh6 Bxh6
17. Qxe5 O-O-O 18. Rxf6 Bg7 19. Raf1 Rd7 20. Nf3 Rhd8 21. Qf4
Bxf6 22. Qxf6 Kb8 23. h3 Ka8 24. Rf2 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ne5
Rd2 27. Nxf7 R8d4 28. Ne2 Re4 29. Ng3 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Qb6
31. Qf3+ Ka7 32. Qa3+ Kb8 33. Qf8+ Ka7 34. Qe7+ Kb8 35. Qe8+
Ka7 36. Qe7+ Kb8 37. Qe8+ Kc7 38. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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 a5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bb5 Bb7 15. Nce3 O-O 16. Bxc6 Bxc6
17. Rc1 Bg5 18. Rxc5 Rc8 19. O-O Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Qe7 21. Rxa5
Bxe4 22. Re1 Rfd8 23. Qg4 Qc7 24. Ra4 Rd4 25. Ra7 Qc5 26. Ra5
Qxa5 27. Qxc8+ Rd8 28. Qc4 Rd4 29. Qc8+ Rd8 30. Qc4 Bg6 31. h3
h6 32. Ng4 b3 33. Rxe5 Qxa2 34. Re3 Qxb2 35. Rxb3 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Qb1 Qd5 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Qb2 Nd7 11. Be2 Nb6
12. O-O Bg7 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nb3 Qb5 15. Qa3 Qa4 16. Qxa4+ Nxa4
17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc3 19. Rab1 b6 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Rxb6
O-O 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Bxc4 Kf7 24. Bb3 Rfd8 25. g4 Bf6 26. g5
Bb2 27. Bg3 Ra5 28. h4 Rd3 29. Kg2 Be5 30. Rc1 Bxg3 31. Kxg3
h6 32. gxh6 Rh5 33. Rc4 Rd6 34. Rf4+ Kg8 35. Re4 Kf7 36. Rf4+
Kg8 37. Re4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vasil Spas Spasov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. Qe2 d6 6. exd6 e6
7. Qc4 e5 8. h3 Nh6 9. d3 Nf5 10. Bg5 Qxd6 11. O-O-O Be6
12. Qa4 f6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Be3 Nfd4 15. c3 b5 16. Qa3 b4
17. Qa4 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Rb8 19. Nd2 Be7 20. Nc4 O-O 21. g4 Nb4
22. Bg2 Rfd8 23. Kb1 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Rb4 25. Qa5 Qb8 26. Rd2
Bxc4 27. Rhd1 Bf8 28. Ne4 Bd5 29. a3 Rb5 30. Qc3 Qb7 31. Bxd4
Bxe4+ 0-1

[Event "FRA Cup quarterfinal"]
[Site "Versailles"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Louis Roos"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7
7. Nge2 a6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 b5 10. Be3 bxc4 11. dxc4 d6 12. b4
cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. e5 d5 15. Bc5 Rb8 16. Rb1 a5 17. cxd5
Bxe5 18. dxe6 Qc7 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Ne4 Ba6 21. Nf4 Bxf1
22. Bxf1 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Rd8 24. Bd6 Qc6 25. Bg2 Qc2 26. Qxc2
Nxc2 27. Bc7 Rc8 28. Be5 Na3 29. Ra1 Nc4 30. Nd6 Nxd6 31. Bxd6
Nf5 32. Be5 Ra7 33. Bd5+ Kf8 34. Be6 Rd8 35. Bc3 Nd4 36. Bg4
a4 37. Bd1 Nb5 38. Bb4+ Kg7 39. Bc5 Raa8 40. Bf3 Rac8 41. Be3
Nc3 42. Ra3 Rc4 43. Kg2 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Coupe de France"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[EventDate "2006.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Manuel Apicella"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. a4 Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a5 Rc8 11. Re1 Rxc3
12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. Bg4 Nxc3 14. Qf3 Qc8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Bd2
Nd5 17. Rac1 Qc4 18. Re4 Qc6 19. Rg4 g6 20. Qd3 N7f6 21. Rc4
Qd7 22. Bh6 Rg8 23. Bg5 Nh5 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. g3 Qb5 26. Rb1
Rb8 27. Qf1 Nhf6 28. Nd4 Qe8 29. Nf3 Qd7 30. Qh3 Kf8 31. Ng5
Re8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Rb3 Re7 34. Rf3 Re8 35. Rh4 Qg7 36. Qxg7+
Kxg7 37. Rb3 b5 38. axb6 h6 39. Ne4 Nxe4 40. Rxe4 Rb8 41. b7
Kf7 42. Rc4 Ne7 43. Ra4 Ke8 44. Rxa6 Kd7 45. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2006.07.08"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Pierre Yves Toulzac"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nge2 Be7
7. a4 b6 8. O-O a6 9. h3 O-O 10. g4 Kh8 11. Ng3 Ne8 12. Nce2
Bb7 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. f4 Rd8 16. Ng3 c5 17. dxe5
dxe5 18. f5 g5 19. f6 Ndxf6 20. Qe1 Ng8 21. Nf5 Qf6 22. Ra3
Qg6 23. h4 f6 24. Rb3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qa5 Nd6 27. Nxd6
Rxd6 28. Qc7 Rfd8 29. Qxb7 gxh4 30. g5 Rd1 31. Qxb5 fxg5
32. Qxc5 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Qxe4 34. Rb4 Qe1 35. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2006.07.08"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luc Bergez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6
7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. c4 Bxc4 11. d5 Bxd5
12. Bxf6 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 gxf6 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qxa6 e6 16. Nc3
Be7 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. Qc2 f5 19. a4 d5 20. Nb5 Rg8 21. Ra3 c4
22. Rh3 Bb4 23. Ree3 Qf6 24. Reg3 Rxg3 25. Rxg3 Ra8 26. h3 Qh4
27. Qd1 Bc5 28. Rf3 d4 29. Qc1 Rxa4 30. b3 Rb4 31. bxc4 Qe4
32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33. Rg3 d3 34. Qh6+ Ke8 35. f4 Qe1 36. Rg8+ Kd7
37. h4 d2 38. Qf6 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2006.07.08"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anthony Bellaiche"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6
7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. g4 Nd7 11. Re1 g5
12. Ne2 Ne5 13. Ng3 Be7 14. a4 Qc7 15. Qe2 b5 16. a5 b4 17. b3
Bb5 18. Qd1 Rc8 19. Ra2 Bd7 20. Be3 Rb8 21. h3 O-O 22. Qd2 Qd8
23. Rea1 Rb5 24. Bb6 Qc8 25. Ra4 Rxb6 26. axb6 Bxa4 27. Rxa4
a5 28. h4 gxh4 29. Nh5 Kh8 30. Qd4 f6 31. f3 h3 32. Bh1 Qc6
33. Qd2 Qxb6+ 34. Kh2 Rg8 35. Kxh3 f5 36. exf5 exf5 37. gxf5
Qg1 38. Bg2 Bg5 39. Qe2 Qd4 40. Qe1 Bd8 41. c3 Qd3 42. Qe4 Qd2
43. f4 Qf2 44. fxe5 Rxg2 45. Qf4 Qe2 46. exd6 Bb6 47. Ra2 Qxa2
48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2006.07.08"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Qe8 15. c4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5
17. Bd3 e4 18. Be2 exf3 19. Bxf3 Ng6 20. b3 Nh4 21. Bxg4 fxg4
22. Bg5 Qh5 23. Bxh4 Qxh4 24. Kh1 Bxf2 25. Qd3 Rf6 26. g3 Qh3
27. Qe2 Bxg3 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Rg1 Be5 30. Qxg4+ Qxg4
31. Rxg4+ Kf7 32. Rg2 Ra8 33. Nxc7 Ra1+ 34. Rg1 Ra2 35. Rg2
Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Championship"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.07.12"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ognjen Jovanic"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O
7. Nf3 c5 8. Ne5 e6 9. dxc5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. c6 Ne5
12. O-O Nxc6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bb5 Na5 15. Qa4 b6 16. Bd2 Bb7
17. b4 a6 18. Be2 Nc6 19. b5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Rfd8 21. Be1 Nb4
22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rb1 Nc2 24. Qb3 Qg5 25. Bf1 Nxe1 26. Rxe1
Qa5 27. Rc1 Rd2 28. a3 Bf8 29. Nb5 Rxf2 30. Nd4 Qd2 31. Rc2
Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Ba6+ 33. Rc4 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Paris Championship"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Konstantin Yuryevich Landa"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Qe2 Be7
7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f5 Nf8 11. fxe6 Nxe6
12. O-O Nc6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Bf4 Ncd4 15. Qf2 b4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. Ne2 Nxc2 18. Rac1 b3 19. axb3 Nb4 20. Rfd1 f6 21. e6 Qb6
22. d4 c4 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxc4 Rac8 26. Rxc8
Rxc8 27. Nc3 Qb6 28. Qe2 Rc6 29. Kg2 Rxe6 30. Qc4 Qc6+
31. Qxc6 Rxc6 32. d5 Rc4 33. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Championship"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.07.14"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nh7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rad1 Rab8 16. b3 Qg5
17. Qd3 a5 18. Re3 Nf6 19. h3 Nh5 20. Nce2 Qf6 21. Nf3 c5
22. e5 dxe5 23. Qxd7 Red8 24. Nxe5 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Re8 26. Rxf7
Qg5 27. h4 Qxh4 28. Rxc7 Nf6 29. Ng3 Qf4 30. Rxc5 Qd4 31. Rxa5
Nd5 32. Rd3 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Nf6 34. f4 Qe1 35. Ra4 Rc8 36. Nf5
Rxc2 37. Nxh6+ Kh7 38. Nf5 Nh5 39. Rh3 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Qe2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Championship"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Namig Guliyev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be7
12. Kb1 O-O 13. Nd5 a5 14. c3 a4 15. Nd2 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Ra5
17. Qd3 d5 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. Bf3 Rdd8 21. Qxa4
Qxf2 22. Rhf1 Qb6 23. Rfe1 Ra8 24. Nc4 Qc5 25. Qb3 Rfd8
26. Qxb7 Qxc4 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxc6 Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Qd2 30. Rb1
g6 31. a4 Kg7 32. a5 Rd6 33. Qb5 Qe3 34. Ka2 e4 35. Qe5+ Rf6
36. Rd1 Qa7 37. Bxe4 Kh6 38. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Paris Championship"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.07.16"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Daniel Grigoryevich Fridman"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4
Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. a4 b6 11. Rhe1 Bb7
12. Nh4 g6 13. f4 Ng4 14. f5 f6 15. Be3 g5 16. Nf3 Nxe3
17. Rxe3 Be7 18. Bf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxd7 Rac8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5
Rhd8 22. Red3 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bd6 24. a5 b5 25. c4 bxc4 26. Nd2
Ke7 27. Nxc4 Bb4 28. Kc2 h5 29. Rd3 Bc5 30. Nd2 Bb4 31. Nb3
Rb8 32. Rh3 h4 33. g3 Rh8 34. gxh4 g4 35. Rg3 Rxh4 36. Kd3 c5
37. Kc4 Kd6 38. Nc1 Be1 39. Rd3+ Kc6 40. Rd8 g3 41. hxg3 Rxe4+
42. Kd3 Rb4 43. Rf8 Rxb2 44. Ne2 e4+ 45. Ke3 Kd5 46. Rd8+ Ke5
47. Re8+ Kxf5 48. g4+ Kxg4 49. Rxe4+ Kf5 50. Rf4+ Ke5 51. Re4+
Kf5 52. Rf4+ Ke5 53. Re4+ Kd6 54. Kd3 f5 0-1

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Besancon FRA"]
[Date "2006.08.14"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Iossif Davidovich Dorfman"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6
7. O-O e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Besancon FRA"]
[Date "2006.08.15"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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. Rad1 c5 13. Na4 Qc7 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. c4 Bc6 16. Be5 Qa7
17. Nc3 Rad8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qb7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qf3
Qxf3 22. gxf3 f6 23. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Besancon FRA"]
[Date "2006.08.16"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Alexandre Nataf"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. cxd6
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxc3+ 8. Bd2 Qc5 9. Rb1 Qxd6 10. Bd3 e6 11. O-O
Be7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Qf3+ Kg8 16. Bg6
Bf6 17. Rxb7 Nc6 18. Bf7+ Kf8 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Bb4+ Be7
21. Rxe7 a5 22. Ba3 Qa4 23. Bg6 Kg8 24. Rd1 Ba6 25. Rdd7 Rh7
26. Bxh7+ Kh8 27. Bb2 Qxa2 28. Bxg7+ Kxh7 29. Bc3+ Kg8
30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. Rgf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Besancon FRA"]
[Date "2006.08.17"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. Nc3 Qc7 8. b3 d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Ncb5 Qb6 11. bxc4 a6
12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Be3 e6 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Rad1 Nbd7 16. Na4 Ng4
17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Ndxf6 19. Qb6 Rd7 20. c5 Rb8 21. Qa7 e5
22. Nc6 bxc6 23. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Besancon FRA"]
[Date "2006.08.18"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Andrei Sokolov"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6
7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3 b5 9. Qd2 Ng6 10. O-O-O Nge5 11. h3 Na5
12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. f4 Nc6 14. Kb1 Be7 15. g5 Bb7 16. Qf2 Qc7
17. h4 Rc8 18. Bh3 b4 19. Nd5 exd5 20. Bb6 Qb8 21. exd5 b3
22. c3 bxa2+ 23. Ka1 Na5 24. Bxa5 Rc5 25. Bb4 Rxd5 26. Rxd5
Bxd5 27. Re1 a5 28. Ba3 Kd8 29. Qd4 Qb7 30. c4 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Besancon FRA"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Fontaine"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. d3 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Bh6 Re8
12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Rac1 c6 16. Rfe1
Be6 17. Nc5 Rad8 18. e4 dxe3 19. Rxe3 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5
21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. b4 Red8 23. Rce1 R5d6 24. a3 b6 25. Nxe6 fxe6
26. Qc4 Re8 27. h4 Qd7 28. h5 gxh5 29. Qf4 Rd5 30. Re5 Qf7
31. Qg5+ Qg6 32. Qxg6+ hxg6 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Rxe6 Rxd3
35. Rxg6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Besancon FRA"]
[Date "2006.08.21"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabien Libiszewski"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. b4
Nxc3 13. Qxc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4+ Be6 15. Bxe6+ Nxe6 16. Qc4 Qd7
17. Re1 Rae8 18. Bb2 Qf7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nc7 21. Qc5 a6
22. Rad1 Re6 23. Rd6 Rfe8 24. Red1 Nd5 25. a4 Qh5 26. f3 Qh4
27. Bd4 Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Qe7 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Rd8 31. Qc5
cxb5 32. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Besancon FRA"]
[Date "2006.08.22"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoli Vaisser"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qh5
12. d5 Ne5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Rb1 Qg4 16. Ng3
Qxd1+ 17. Kxd1 h5 18. f3 b6 19. Ke2 Nc5 20. Rhc1 Kd7 21. Rc4
Rac8 22. Nf1 e6 23. Ne3 f5 24. dxe6+ Kxe6 25. Rbc1 fxe4
26. fxe4 Be5 27. Bb4 Bd6 28. Nc2 Rhe8 29. Nd4+ Kf7 30. Nf3
Rcd8 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 Ke6 34. Ke2 Kd6
35. a4 a6 36. Kd3 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rc3 Ra8 39. Rb3 Ra2
1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Besancon FRA"]
[Date "2006.08.23"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vincent Colin"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3
Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. b4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. a4
Ne8 18. b5 Qb7 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. Ba3 f6 21. Bb4 Nc7 22. Qe2
Rc6 23. Nd2 Qa6 24. a5 Ne6 25. Ba4 Nf4 26. Qf1 Nd3 27. Re3 Be6
28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30. Qxd3 Ra8 31. Nf1 Bc4 32. Qc2
Bd8 33. Ne3 Be6 34. Qd3 Qa6 35. c4 Bb6 36. Nd5 Bd4 37. Bc3
Bxd5 38. exd5 Bc5 39. Rb1 Re8 40. Rb5 e4 41. Qb1 e3 42. fxe3
Bxe3+ 43. Kh1 Qc8 44. Qd3 Bf4 45. Qf3 g5 46. Qf1 Re3 47. Bd2
Re4 48. Qb1 Qf5 49. a6 Bxd2 50. a7 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Besancon FRA"]
[Date "2006.08.24"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5
dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. Nc4 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d3 Nb6
12. Bf4 Nbd5 13. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Besancon FRA"]
[Date "2006.08.25"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Ndb5 Qb6 10. Qe1 Rd8 11. f4 Rd7
12. f5 a6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b5
17. g3 e5 18. Be3 Qe8 19. Kb1 Rc7 20. Bb6 Rc6 21. Ba5 Bg4
22. Be2 Qg6 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. h3 Qg6 25. Rh2 Rac8 26. Re2 Bf8
27. g4 Rc4 28. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "France vs China"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.09.04"]
[EventDate "2006.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4
7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Re8 9. Nh3 Ne5 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 Bf5
12. d6 Qd7 13. Nf4 c6 14. f3 Rad8 15. g4 exf3 16. exf3 g5
17. gxf5 gxf4 18. Qd4 Qxf5 19. Qxf4 Qg6 20. Ba3 Nd5 21. Qd2
Nd3 22. f4 Re3 23. Kh1 N5xf4 24. Rxf4 Nxf4 25. Rg1 Ne2
26. Qxe3 Nxg1 27. Qxg1 Kh8 28. c4 1-0

[Event "France vs China"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.09.05"]
[EventDate "2006.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yu Shaoteng"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3
Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 Be5 14. c3 Bd7 15. Be3 h5 16. h3 Ng4
17. Rfe1 Bxd4 18. Bf4 Nxf2+ 19. Kh2 Ng4+ 20. Qxg4 hxg4
21. Bxc7 Ba7 22. Re4 gxh3 23. g3 Rc8 24. Be5 f6 25. Bd4 Bxd4
26. cxd4 Ke7 27. Rae1 Kd6 28. Bxe6 Rc2+ 29. Kh1 Rxb2 30. Bxd7
Kxd7 31. Re7+ Kd6 32. Rxg7 Rc8 33. Rf1 Rcc2 34. Rxf6+ Kd5
35. Rg5+ Ke4 36. Rf4+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "France vs China"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.09.06"]
[EventDate "2006.09.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bh2 e5
12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Rfe1 f5 15. Qc1 g5 16. Nd2 Bb7
17. b4 h5 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. dxe5 g4 21. f4 gxf3
22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qc4+ Kg7
26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nh4 Rf8 28. Rf1 f4 29. Qe4 Qf6 30. Ng6 Re8
31. Nxf4 Kh6 32. Nxh5 Qg6 33. Qxg6+ Kxg6 34. Nf4+ Kg5 35. Rc1
Bd6 36. Rc3 Re4 37. Ne2 Ra4 38. Rc2 Kf5 39. Kf2 Ke4 40. Nc3+
Kd3 41. Nxa4 Kxc2 42. Ke2 Be7 43. e4 c4 44. e5 Kb1 45. Kd1 c6
46. g3 Kxa2 47. Kc2 Ka3 48. h4 Kxa4 49. h5 Bg5 50. e6 Kb5
51. h6 1-0

[Event "France vs China"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[EventDate "2006.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6
7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Qg6 11. c4 Nf6
12. c5 Bf4 13. Nc2 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Re8
17. Re1 c6 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. f3 Bh3 20. Bf1 Ned7 21. Qc2 Qxc2
22. Nxc2 Bf5 23. Nd4 Bg6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rc1 Ne5 26. Bxe5
Rxe5 27. Kf2 Nd7 28. b4 Re7 29. b5 Ne5 30. a4 Kf7 31. h3 Rc7
32. f4 Nd3+ 33. Bxd3 Bxd3 34. bxc6 bxc6 35. Rc3 Bc4 36. Re3
Rb7 37. Nxc6 Rb2+ 38. Kg1 Kf6 39. Nd4 Rd2 40. Nf3 Rc2 41. g4
Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Ba2 43. g5+ Kg6 44. c6 h6 45. Re6+ Kh5 46. gxh6
gxh6 47. Nd4 Rc4 48. Ne2 Rc2 49. c7 1-0

[Event "France vs China"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.09.08"]
[EventDate "2006.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Kh1 exf4
12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Bg1 Qb6 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Qd8 18. Qf4 Nxd3 19. Qxg4 Nxb2 20. Bd4 Bf6 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. Nd4 h5 23. Qxh5 Qxd4 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qh5+ Kg8
26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Rf3 Re3 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "France vs China"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2006.09.09"]
[EventDate "2006.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zhao Jun"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 O-O 15. Rxa4 a5 16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. Bc4 Qa7 18. Bd5 Bd7 19. Ra2 Rac8 20. O-O Kh8 21. Qa1
Bd8 22. Nc2 f5 23. b4 fxe4 24. Ne3 Bb6 25. Nc4 Bb5 26. Nxb6
Qxb6 27. bxa5 Qc5 28. Rd1 e3 29. fxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Rxc3
31. a6 Bc6 32. Bxc6 Rxc6 33. a7 Ra8 34. Rb1 Rcc8 35. Rc2 Rf8
36. Rc7 h6 37. h3 Qe2 38. Kh2 Qf2 39. Rbb7 Qf4+ 40. Kh1 Rg8
41. Qb1 e4 42. Rf7 Qh4 43. Qb2 Qg5 44. Rb8 e3 45. Rxa8 Rxa8
46. Qb8+ Qd8 47. Qb2 Qg8 48. Re7 Qf8 49. Qb7 Rxa7 50. Qxa7
Qf1+ 51. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Nfd7 8. Be3 Nb6 9. Qc5 Bg4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. O-O-O Qd6
12. Qxd6 cxd6 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. Kb1 Na6 15. Rc1 d5 16. Bxa6 bxa6
17. e5 Rc6 18. b3 Rac8 19. Kb2 f6 20. exf6 exf6 21. Ne2 g5
22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Bf8 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. g3 Kf7
27. Nc5 Bc8 28. Kc3 Kg6 29. Kd2 Kh5 30. Ng1 Na8 31. f3 Kg6
32. Ne2 Nc7 33. Nc1 h5 34. N1d3 a5 35. Ke1 Ne6 36. Nxe6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2006.09.14"]
[EventDate "2006.09.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Be2 f6
7. exf6 Ngxf6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Ngf3 Bd6
12. Rg1 Qf6 13. Bg5 Qf7 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Nf4 16. Bxf4
Bxf4 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Rde8 19. Kb1 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Qg4+ Qd7 23. Nf3 Qxg4 24. Rxg4 Bf6 25. Rd2
Kc7 26. Kc2 a5 27. Kd1 c5 28. Rc2 Kd6 29. b3 Rh5 30. d4 b6
31. Re2 Rxe2 32. dxc5+ bxc5 33. Kxe2 Rh8 34. Ra4 Bc3 35. Kd3
Rf8 36. Ng5 Bb4 37. a3 Be1 38. Ke2 Bc3 39. Kd3 Be1 40. Ke2 Bc3
41. Kd3 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2006.09.14"]
[EventDate "2006.09.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Nfd7 8. Be3 Nb6 9. Qc5 Bg4 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Qa3 e5
12. d5 f5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 f4 15. Bd2 Qh4 16. Be1 Rfc8
17. d6 Bf8 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. dxc7 Rxc7 20. Kb1 Nc5 21. Qb5 Rd8
22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qh5 24. Be2 Qf5+ 25. Ka1 a6 26. Qb6 Rdc8
27. Ba5 Qc2 28. Rd2 Na4 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Bd3
Rxb2 32. Be4 Bd6 33. Rb1 Rxb1+ 34. Kxb1 Nc5 35. Kc2 Kg7
36. Bd8 Kf7 37. Kc3 Ke8 38. Ba5 b6 39. Bb4 Nxe4+ 40. fxe4
Bxb4+ 41. Kxb4 f3 42. Kc4 g5 43. d6 h5 44. Kd5 g4 45. hxg4
hxg4 46. Kc6 Kd8 0-1

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2006.09.14"]
[EventDate "2006.09.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "179"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Be2 Qb6
7. Nb3 a5 8. a4 Bb4+ 9. c3 Be7 10. Nf3 Bg6 11. O-O Nh6 12. c4
Nf5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 O-O 16. Nf3 Rfe8
17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Re1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Ng6 20. Re3 Ndf8 21. Nc5 Qc7
22. Qf5 b6 23. Nd3 c5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Rc1 c4 26. b3 Rac8
27. bxc4 dxc4 28. Nb2 c3 29. Nd1 Red8 30. Nxc3 Ne6 31. g3 Qc4
32. Rb1 Ne7 33. Qe4 Qxe4 34. Nxe4 Rc4 35. Nd6 Rxa4 36. Rb7 Nd5
37. Re1 Rf8 38. Nd2 Ra2 39. N2c4 Nd4 40. Kg2 Nc2 41. Re4 Ra1
42. e6 fxe6 43. Rxe6 Ne1+ 44. Kh3 Nd3 45. Re8 Nxf2+ 46. Kg2
Rxe8 47. Nxe8 Ra2 48. Nxg7 Ng4+ 49. Kh3 Ndf6 50. Kh4 Rc2
51. Nf5 h6 52. h3 Rxc4 53. hxg4 Rxg4+ 54. Kh3 Ra4 55. Nxh6+
Kh8 56. Nf7+ Kg7 57. Ne5+ Kh6 58. Rb6 Kg5 59. Rb5 Kh6 60. Rb6
Kg7 61. Rb7+ Kg8 62. Rb8+ Kg7 63. Rb7+ Kh6 64. Rb6 Kg5 65. Rb5
Ne4 66. Nc6+ Kf6 67. Rxa5 Rc4 68. Ne5 Rc3 69. Kg4 Nxg3 70. Rc5
Re3 71. Nc4 Rc3 72. Rc6+ Ke7 73. Ne5 Rb3 74. Ng6+ Kf7 75. Ne5+
Kg7 76. Rg6+ Kh7 77. Rc6 Ne4 78. Kf5 Ng3+ 79. Kf4 Ne2+ 80. Kg5
Rg3+ 81. Ng4 Nd4 82. Rc7+ Kg8 83. Kf4 Rg1 84. Rd7 Ne6+ 85. Kf5
Ng7+ 86. Kf4 Nh5+ 87. Kg5 Ng7 88. Rd8+ Kh7 89. Rd7 Kg8
90. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2006.09.15"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "41"]

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. Qe1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6
12. Be2 O-O 13. Bg5 Ned7 14. Qg3 b5 15. Rd3 Kh8 16. Nb3 Ne5
17. Rd4 Bb7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qf4 Kg7 20. Qg3+ Kh8 21. Qf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Qc7 9. f5 Bc4 10. g4 h6 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. Qe2
Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Nbd7 14. Kf3 Rc8 15. Rad1 g6 16. h3 Rg8 17. Rh2
Rc4 18. Nd2 Rc6 19. Nf1 b5 20. a3 Kd8 21. Rhd2 Kc8 22. Bf2
gxf5 23. gxf5 h5 24. Bh4 Kb7 25. Ne3 Rc8 26. Ncd5 Nxd5
27. Nxd5 Nb6 28. Nxb6 Kxb6 29. Bf2+ Kb7 30. c3 Be7 31. Ra1
Rgd8 32. Rd5 Rc4 33. Rg1 Bf6 34. Be3 Kc6 35. Rg2 Kd7 36. Bb6
Rb8 37. Ba5 Rc5 38. Rd3 Rc6 39. Rg1 Ra8 40. Rd5 Rc5 41. Rd2
Rc6 42. Rd5 Rc5 43. Rd2 Rc6 44. Rdg2 Rcc8 45. Bb6 Rab8 46. Be3
Ke7 47. Rd2 Rc4 48. Rgd1 Rc6 49. Bf2 Kd7 50. Rd5 Ke7 51. Be1
Rg8 52. Bf2 Rb8 53. R5d3 Kd7 54. Ra1 Bg5 55. b4 Bd8 56. a4 a5
57. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Bg5 d6 11. Qe2 b5 12. e5
dxe5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qf3 Bb7 15. Qxf6 Rg8 16. Ne4 Nd4
17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nd6+ Qxd6 19. Bxb7 Rd8 20. Be4 h5 21. Rfe1
Qe7 22. Bc6+ Kf8 23. Rxe6 Qxf6 24. Rxf6 d3 25. cxd3 Rxd3
26. Re1 Rd2 27. Rf5 Rg6 28. Bb7 Kg7 29. Kf1 Rxb2 30. Re2 Rxe2
31. Kxe2 Rb6 32. Bd5 Rf6 33. Rxf6 Kxf6 34. h4 a5 35. Bc6 b4
36. Ba4 Kg7 37. Bb3 Bb6 38. Kf3 f5 39. Ba4 f4 40. Kxf4 Bxf2
41. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 c6 11. Bxc5
dxc5 12. Qf4 Qa5 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bxc4 Qf5 15. Qxf5 Bxf5
16. Rhe1 Bf6 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. h3 Rc7 19. g4 Bc8 20. f4 g5
21. fxg5 Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 Re7 23. Nf3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Bd8 25. a4
Kg7 26. b4 h5 27. gxh5 Bf6 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 f5 30. Re7+
Kh6 31. Be2 b6 32. Bf3 a5 33. Rc7 Kg5 34. Rxc6 Kf4 35. Bd1 Ke3
36. Rxb6 f4 37. bxa5 Bxh3 38. a6 Bg2 39. h6 Rf7 40. Re6+ Kf2
41. Bh5 Rh7 42. Rf6 Ke3 43. Bf7 Ba8 44. c4 f3 45. Bd5 Bxd5
46. cxd5 f2 47. c4 Rxh6 48. Rxf2 Kd4 49. d6 Kc5 50. d7 Rh8
51. Rd2 Rd8 52. a7 1-0

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2006.09.17"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5
7. a3 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Ne1 f5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. b4
Rb8 13. Rb1 b6 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Nb5 a5 16. Nc2 f4 17. Qb3 Bc6
18. Nc3 Bd7 19. Qa2 Nc6 20. Rb3 a4 21. Rbb1 Ne7 22. Nd5 h5
23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Ne1 g5 25. Nf3 h4 26. Nd2 g4 27. Bd5+ Kh8
28. Ne4 Bh6 29. Qc2 Rf5 30. b5 Rbf8 31. Qxa4 fxg3 32. hxg3
hxg3 33. Nxg3 Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Be3 35. Rbf1 Qh4 36. Nf5 Bxf5 0-1

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2006.09.18"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. c3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5
Ne4 13. e6 fxe6 14. Nc3 e5 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Ng5 e6 17. dxe5
Bc5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 O-O
22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rf4 24. Bg2 Raf8 25. Rf1 Nxe5 26. Rxe4
Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Rxf3 28. Rb4 b5 29. Ra1 Rxf2 30. Rxa6 Rf1+
31. Kg2 R8f2+ 32. Kg3 Rf3+ 33. Kh4 Rh1 34. g5 Rfxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2006.09.18"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ng8 11. e6 Bxe6
12. Rxe6 fxe6 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. g3 g6 15. Bh3 Bg7 16. Ng5 O-O
17. Nxe6 Qb6 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Be3 Kh8 21. Nc5 Nd8
22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 a5 25. Ne6 Nxe6 26. Bxe6 Rb8
27. Bf4 Rd8 28. Rc7 Ne8 29. Rxe7 Bxd4 30. Bg5 Rb8 31. Bxd5 b6
32. Re2 Nf6 33. Bf3 Kg7 34. Rd2 Bc5 35. Bf4 Re8 36. Kg2 Re7
37. g4 Rd7 38. g5 1-0

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2006.09.18"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Ng4 9. Nxg4 Bxg4 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 e5
12. dxe5 d4 13. Bxc6 dxc3 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Be4 cxb2 16. Rb1
Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Bxe5 18. Bxa7 Rbd8 19. Bd3 Ra8 20. f4 Bc3
21. Be3 Rxa2 22. Kf2 Rd8 23. Bb6 Rda8 24. Bc2 Ra1 25. Be4 Bf5
26. Bxa8 Rxb1 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Bc5 Rf1+ 29. Kxf1 b1=Q+ 30. Kg2
Be4+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5
12. Qe2 Bf5 13. Rfd1 e5 14. Bg3 e4 15. Nd2 Bg4 16. f3 exf3
17. gxf3 Be6 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Nxb5 Rad8 20. Nd6 Bh6 21. Nf1
Na5 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. b4 Nc6 24. a3 Nd5 25. Kf2 Rd7 26. Nxb7
Rxb7 27. Rxc6 Rbf7 28. f4 Rf6 29. h4 e5 30. Rxf6 Nxf6 31. fxe5
Ne4+ 32. Kg2 Nxg3 33. Nxg3 Bxe3 34. Ne4 Rf4 35. Nf6+ Kf7
36. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4
exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Nc3
O-O-O 12. Bf4 c4 13. Na5 Bc5+ 14. Kf1 b5 15. a4 Ne7 16. axb5
Bxb5 17. Bd2 Rhe8 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. b3 cxb3 20. Nxb3 Bb6
21. Bc3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 c5 23. Rd6 Ba7 24. Ra6 Kb7 25. Re6 Kc7
26. e5 Kd7 27. Ra6 Nc8 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Rxf6 Nd6 30. Rh6 Re7
31. Rh5 Kc6 32. Be1 Nc4 33. Bf2 Ne3+ 34. Bxe3 Rxe3 35. Rxh7
Bb6 36. Rh6+ Kc7 37. Rh7+ Kc6 38. Rh6+ Kc7 39. Rh7+ Kc6
40. Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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. Qf2 Nc4
12. Bc5 Qf4+ 13. Kb1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 d5 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nd2
Bb7 17. Ka1 O-O-O 18. Rb1 Rd7 19. Bd4 dxe4 20. Nxc4 Nd5
21. Be5 e3 22. Qe2 Qh4 23. Rxb7 Kxb7 24. Rb1+ Ka8 25. Nb6+
Nxb6 26. Qxa6+ Ra7 27. Qxb6 Rxa2+ 28. Kxa2 Qa4+ 29. Kb2 e2
30. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Ne5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Kh1 d6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Qe1
O-O 13. f5 Ne5 14. Qh4 b5 15. Rf3 exf5 16. exf5 Nxf3 17. gxf3
Bb7 18. Rg1 Bxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Bxe3 20. Qxf6 Bxg1 21. Qg5 Qc6
22. Ne4 f6 23. Qxg1 Rae8 24. Qd4 d5 25. Nc5 Re7 26. Kg2 g6
27. Ne6 Rxe6 28. fxe6 Qxe6 29. a4 bxa4 30. Qxa4 Rb8 31. b3 Rb6
32. Qa5 Kg7 33. Nd4 Qd6 34. c3 h5 35. h4 Kh6 36. b4 Rb8
37. Qxa6 Qf4 38. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Almira Fyodorovna Skripchenko"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. c3 Rc8 10. a3 b5 11. b4 a5 12. bxc5
dxc5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. c4 Nb6 17. Be3
Nb8 18. h4 Bc6 19. Nfg5 h6 20. Nh3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 f5 22. exf6
Bxf6 23. Qg4 Bxa1 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qg6 Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf7
27. Bg6+ 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 "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Nxd5
Qxd5 7. e4 Qd8 8. d4 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Rd1 Nd7
12. Be3 Nb6 13. Qc2 f5 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Qd7 19. Kg2 Rf8 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. Qe4 Rf5
22. Qh4 Bf6 23. Qe4 Rh5 24. Rh1 Rh4 25. Qc2 Bxd4 26. Rae1 Bf6
27. Bc1 Kg7 28. Re4 Rh5 29. Bd2 Qf5 30. Qc4 Bg5 31. Bc3+ Kh6
32. Be5 Bf6 33. Bg3 Qd7 34. b3 Kg7 35. a4 a5 36. Ree1 b5
37. Qe4 Nc3 38. Qe6 Qxe6 39. Rxe6 bxa4 40. bxa4 Rc5 41. Ra1
Kf7 42. Ree1 Bd4 43. Ra3 e5 44. Bh4 Nd5 45. Bg3 g5 46. h4 h6
47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Rb3 Nb4 49. Rh1 Rc2 50. Rh6 c5 51. Kh3 c4
52. Rb1 c3 53. Kg4 Rb2 54. Rbh1 c2 55. Kf5 Rb1 56. Rf6+ Ke7
57. Rh7+ Ke8 58. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[EventDate "2006.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4
7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. dxe5 fxe5
12. c4 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 c5 14. Ne1 Nf6 15. f3 Nd7 16. Nd3 Nf8
17. b4 Ne6 18. Rab1 b6 19. a3 Kb7 20. Qb2 Rhf8 21. Nxe5 Ng5
22. Nd7 Qxd7 23. Bxg5 Be5 24. Qe2 Bd4+ 25. Be3 cxb4 26. axb4
Rd8 27. Kh1 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Qd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. Kg1 Rfd8
31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Kg3 R8d6 33. Rg1 Rg6+ 34. Kh3 Rh6+ 35. Kg4
Rg6+ 36. Kh3 Rh6+ 37. Kg4 Rg6+ 38. Kf5 Rgxg2 39. Rxg2 Rxg2
40. e5 Kc8 41. Ke6 Re2 42. f4 g6 43. Kf7 Rf2 44. e6 Rxf4+
45. Ke8 Rxc4 46. e7 Rf4 47. Re1 Rf6 48. Rd1 g5 49. Rd8+ Kb7
50. Rd5 Kc8 51. Rxg5 Rf4 52. Re5 b5 53. Re6 a5 54. bxa5 b4
55. a6 b3 56. a7 Kb7 57. a8=Q+ Kxa8 58. Kd7 Rf7 59. Kc8 1-0

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Friso Nijboer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. a4
b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bf2
Qc7 18. c4 Rab8 19. a5 Ba8 20. Ra4 Qb7 21. Nc1 Nc5 22. Ra1 Qd7
23. Ra2 Rfc8 24. Nd3 Nb3 25. f4 exf4 26. Bb6 Nc5 27. Nxc5 dxc5
28. Qa4 Qd6 29. Bg4 Re8 30. Ba7 Rbd8 31. Bb6 Rb8 32. Ba7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4
7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Kh8 11. h3 Be6 12. c4
Ng6 13. c5 Be7 14. Qc3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bg8 16. Nf5 Rf7 17. Nf3
Bf8 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. Qc2 Qe8 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Rd1 Qe6 22. b3
Re8 23. h4 h5 24. Ng3 Bf7 25. Nxh5 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Ng3
Re8 28. Rd7 Re7 29. Rd8 Re8 30. Rd7 Re7 31. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.15"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3
Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bf4 Be6 9. Qa3 Nc6 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 a5
12. Qc5 a4 13. Nb5 Ra5 14. Qc1 Nd5 15. Bg3 Bg4 16. Qc4 Be6
17. Ng5 Bf5 18. O-O e5 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Qc2 exd4 21. Nbxd4 Nxd4
22. Nxd4 Bd7 23. Rad1 c6 24. Nb5 Qf6 25. Nd6 Qxb2 26. Qxb2
Bxb2 27. Nxb7 Ra7 28. Nc5 Nc3 29. Rd2 a3 30. Bc4 Bf5 31. f3
Ra5 32. Bd6 Re8 33. e4 Bc8 34. Nd3 Nb5 35. Bxb5 Rxb5 36. Nxb2
axb2 37. Rb1 Rd8 38. a4 Ra5 39. Rbxb2 Be6 40. Bc7 Rxd2
41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Bxa5 Ra2 43. Bc3+ Kh6 44. Bf6 Rxa4 45. g4
Bxg4 46. fxg4 Rxe4 47. h3 Re6 48. g5+ Kh5 49. Rh8 Kh4 50. Kg2
h5 51. gxh6+ Kh5 52. h7 1-0

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Suat Atalik"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4
12. Nce2 Qb6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f5 e5 15. Ng3 Qc5 16. Bd3 h5
17. h4 Bh6 18. Qe2 Qe3 19. Nxh5 Ke7 20. Qf1 Bxe4 21. Rh3 Bxd3
22. Rxd3 Qe4 23. Qd1 Rad8 24. g4 Bf4 25. Rh1 Rxh5 26. Re1 Qc6
27. gxh5 Bh6 28. Rd5 Qc4 29. Qd3 Qxh4 30. Rd1 e4 31. Qxa6 Qh2
32. Qb7+ Rd7 33. Qxb4 e3 34. R5d4 Qxh5 35. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.18"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Werle"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
a6 7. d4 b5 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 Be6 11. Qc2 Nc6
12. Be2 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. a3 Rad8 15. g3 Qa7 16. b4 Nxe4
17. Bb2 Nxc5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rad1 b4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qc1
Rc8 22. Na4 Qa5 23. Qf4 Qxa4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nd4 Bh3
26. Rfe1 Qa5 27. Qh4 e5 28. Nf3 Bf5 29. g4 Bc2 30. Ng5 h6
31. Ne6+ fxe6 32. Rd7+ Rf7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qxh6 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viktor Antonovich Bologan"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. c3 Qb6
7. b4 f6 8. Nb3 Ne7 9. Be2 Bg6 10. Nf3 Bf7 11. Nc5 Qc7
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. h4 h5 14. O-O Nf5 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Bd3 Bg6
17. Rb1 Kf7 18. Re1 a5 19. b5 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. c4 Rad8
22. Qe2 Ne7 23. Rbd1 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Qc8 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. exf6
gxf6 27. Rxe3 Qxc4 28. Ng5+ fxg5 29. Rf3+ Ke8 30. Qxe6 Rd7
31. hxg5 Kd8 32. Qe5 Rg8 33. Rc3 Rxg5 34. Qb8+ Nc8 35. Rxc4
dxc4 36. Qf4 Rxb5 37. Qxc4 Rbd5 38. Qf4 Nd6 39. Re5 Rxe5
40. Qxe5 b6 41. Qxh5 Kc7 42. g4 1-0

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Qd2 Nb6
12. O-O-O N8d7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. f4
exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Nd4 Qc8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Nf5 Re8
21. Qxd5 Bf8 22. h5 Rxc2 23. g6 Rc5 24. Qb3 Qe6 25. Bxe5 Qxb3
26. axb3 Rcxe5 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. Nxd6+ Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxe4
30. Rf1+ Kg8 31. Ka2 h6 32. Rf5 R8e5 33. Rd5 Rxf5 34. Rxf5 Rg4
35. Rf2 Rg5 36. Rh2 Kf7 37. b4 g6 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rd2 Rb5
40. Rg2+ Kf5 41. Kb3 h5 42. Ka4 h4 43. Rg7 Kf4 44. Rh7 Kg4
45. Rg7+ Rg5 46. Rxb7 h3 47. Rc7 h2 48. Rc4+ Kh3 49. Rc3+ Rg3
50. Rc1 Rg1 51. Rc8 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Erwin L'Ami"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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. Qe2 Nc5
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nxb3 14. Nxb3 c5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5
d4 17. Rd1 Qd5 18. b3 Qxc5 19. Bb2 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Qe4
Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. h3 Qa5 24. Qxd4 h6 25. a3 Bxb3 26. e6
f6 27. Qd7 Bxd1 28. Qxc8+ Kh7 29. Qd7 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Kh8
31. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Smeets"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be7
12. g3 a5 13. a3 O-O 14. f4 f5 15. Bf3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 exf4
17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 a4 19. Qb5 Ne5 20. gxf4 Rxf4 21. Nd4 Bc4
22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qa7 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Ra8 25. Qb7 Rb8 26. Qa7 Ra8
27. Qb7 Rb8 28. Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Bd3 b5 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Bh4 Bb7 12. a3
Nc5 13. Qe1 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxh4 15. Qxh4 Nxe4 16. Rae1 Nf6
17. Nf5 Rg8 18. c4 Kf8 19. Ne3 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rc8 21. b3 Qc5
22. Qf2 d5 23. b4 Qd6 24. Bd3 g6 25. Qb2 Kg7 26. Qd4 Rge8
27. Ng4 Qd8 28. f5 gxf5 29. Bxf5 Rc4 30. Qb2 h5 31. Nxf6 Qxf6
32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 33. Bxe6+ Kg5 34. Re5+ Kh6 35. Rf6+ Kg7
36. Rxf7+ Kg6 37. Rf1 Re7 38. Kg1 Re4 39. Bf5+ Kg5 40. Rxe7
Rxe7 41. Bd3 Re3 42. Rf3 Re5 43. Rf7 Re3 44. Rf3 Re5 45. Kf2
d4 46. Rf7 Re3 47. h4+ Kxh4 48. Rf4+ Kg5 49. Rxd4 Re6 50. g3
Rf6+ 51. Ke2 Bc8 52. Ke3 Bb7 53. Be2 Re6+ 54. Kd2 Rf6 55. Rd7
Bf3 56. Bxf3 Rxf3 57. Rd3 Rf1 58. Kc3 Kf5 59. Re3 Kg4 60. a4
Ra1 61. Kb3 Rb1+ 62. Kc4 Ra1 63. a5 Rc1+ 64. Rc3 Re1 65. b5
Ra1 66. b6 Ra4+ 67. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5
7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Nb4 11. Be2 c5
12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. O-O Nxe5 15. Qb3 Nc4 16. Bxc4
dxc4 17. Qxc4 O-O 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. Qd3 Re8 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Qb5
Nd6 22. Qd5 Bg6 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 h6 25. Nc2 Qc7 26. Bxb6
Qxb6 27. b3 Rc8 28. Nc4 Nxc4 29. Ne3 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 g5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Nf3
Ng6 13. h4 Nxg4 14. hxg5 Bd7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Nd4 Qc4 17. Qxg4
Qxd4 18. Be3 Qb4 19. f4 Bg7 20. a3 Qa5 21. e5 Rxc3 22. Bd2 h5
23. Rxh5 Rxh5 24. Qxh5 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Rc4 26. Qh7 Bxe5 27. Bd2
Qb6 28. c3 Rg4 29. Rf1 Kd8 30. Rxf7 Qg1+ 31. Kc2 Qxg2
32. Rxd7+ Kc8 33. Rf7 Kb8 34. Rf8+ Ka7 35. Qd3 Rg3 36. Qc4
Rxg5 37. Qxe6 Qe4+ 38. Kb3 Rg2 39. Qc8 Rxd2 40. Qb8+ Kb6
41. Qd8+ Kb5 42. Qd7+ Ka5 0-1

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Georgiev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "122"]

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. d3
Rb8 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Qd1 Qc6 16. Nf3 bxc3 17. bxc3
Ba7 18. Ra3 Rfe8 19. Qe2 Bc5 20. Ra2 d5 21. Bg5 dxe4 22. dxe4
h6 23. Bh4 Nh5 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Nf4 26. Qd2 Nc4 27. Qc1
Qe6 28. Bg3 g5 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Bd3 Nd6 31. Ra3 exd4 32. Qxf4
c5 33. e5 c4 34. Be2 d3 35. exd6 Rb2 36. Bxd3 Qxe1+ 37. Kh2
Qe5 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Bxc4 Rd2 40. Rf3 Rxd6 41. Rxf7 Kh8
42. Ra7 Ra5 43. Bb5 Rg6 44. g4 Rg7 45. Rxa6 Rxa6 46. Bxa6 Rc7
47. Kg3 Rc3+ 48. f3 Kg7 49. Kf4 Rb3 50. Bb5 Kf6 51. Ke4 Rb4+
52. Kd5 Rf4 53. a5 Rxf3 54. h4 Rf4 55. a6 Rxg4 56. a7 Rg8
57. Bc6 Kf5 58. Kd6 Kg4 59. Bd5 Rh8 60. a8=Q Rxa8 61. Bxa8
Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "French League"]
[Site "Marseille FRA"]
[Date "2007.02.09"]
[EventDate "2007.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Mathieu Acher"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Re1
exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf1 Ng6 17. a4
Bd7 18. Be3 Bf6 19. Ra2 Re8 20. Nd2 Bg5 21. axb5 Bxe3 22. Rxe3
axb5 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Ra3 Qd8 25. Ra7 c4 26. Nf1 Ne5 27. Qd4
Qf6 28. Qe3 Ng4 29. Qg3 Bc8 30. h3 Qxb2 31. hxg4 Qxc2 32. Qf4
Rf8 33. Ne3 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 c3 35. Rc7 b4 36. Nc4 c2 37. Nxd6 Bd7
38. e5 b3 39. e6 fxe6 40. dxe6 c1=Q 41. Rxc1 Rxf4 42. Rxb1
Bxe6 43. f3 Rb4 44. Rb2 Kf8 45. Ne4 Ke7 46. Kg3 Bd5 47. Nc3
Bc6 48. Kf2 Kd6 49. Ke3 Kc5 50. Kd2 Rd4+ 51. Kc1 Kb4 52. Nd1
Ka3 53. Re2 Bb5 54. Re7 Rc4+ 55. Kb1 Rc8 56. Ra7+ Kb4 57. Ne3
Re8 58. Nd5+ Kc4 59. Ne7 Rd8 60. Rc7+ Kb4 61. Nc6+ Bxc6
62. Rxc6 Rd1+ 63. Kb2 Rd2+ 64. Kb1 Rxg2 65. Rc7 Rg1+ 66. Kb2
Rg2+ 67. Kb1 g5 68. Rxh7 Rg1+ 69. Kb2 Rg2+ 70. Kb1 Kc3
71. Rc7+ Kd4 72. Rg7 Kc3 73. Rc7+ Kd4 74. Rg7 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.02.09"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Guadalpi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Bg5
Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf3 Be6 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 c5
12. Rc1 Nc6 13. dxc5 Nc4 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. b3 Na3 16. O-O g4
17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Rxd4 19. Rfd1 Rc8 20. Na4 h5 21. Rxd4
Bxd4 22. Bf4 Bf5 23. Be3 Nc2 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Bf1 b5 26. Nb2
a5 27. Nd3 Bxd3 28. Bxd3 e5 29. Kf1 f5 30. Ke1 Kf7 31. Kd2 Ke6
32. Ke3 Kd5 33. f4 gxf3 34. gxf3 Rxc5 35. Rg1 Rc3 36. Rg8 Nxf3
37. Rd8+ Ke6 38. Kxf3 Rxd3+ 39. Rxd3 e4+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.02.09"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Fontaine"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2
Nc6 7. Rd1 Rc8 8. c3 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4
12. Be3 Be7 13. Ne1 f6 14. f3 Ng5 15. Bxg5 fxg5 16. Nc2 O-O
17. Nc3 Qe8 18. Qd3 Qh5 19. Ne2 Bd8 20. Rac1 Bb6 21. Kh1 Ne7
22. Ne3 Qg6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. g3 Qe8 25. a3 Nc6 26. b4 a6
27. Kg2 Na7 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Nxc1 Qb5 30. Nc2 Qc4 31. Qxc4
dxc4 32. Ne2 Bd8 33. Nc3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.02.09"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Igor V Glek"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3
Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bg5 Bc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxc6+
bxc6 17. Rad1 Ke7 18. Rd3 h6 19. Bd2 a5 20. Ba4 Rhc8 21. Rd1
Ne4 22. Be1 Bb4 23. c3 Bc5 24. Kf1 Ra7 25. Bc2 f5 26. f3 Nf6
27. c4 Nh5 28. Bc3 Nf4 29. R3d2 Be3 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 g5
32. g3 Nh5 33. Kf2 Nf6 34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 Rf8 36. Ke3 Nd7
37. Be4 c5 38. Rd6 Ne5 39. b3 Rb8 40. f4 Nxg4+ 41. Kf3 Rf8
42. f5 Ne5+ 43. Kg2 exf5 44. R6d5 Ng4 45. Re1 f4 46. Rxc5 Ne3+
47. Kf2 Rd8 48. Rh1 Rd2+ 49. Kf3 Ra6 50. Rc7+ Kd8 51. Rh7 Rf6
52. Bb7 g4+ 53. Ke4 g3 54. R1xh6 Rxh6 55. Rxh6 g2 56. Rg6 Rf2
57. Kd3 Rxa2 58. Bf3 Rb2 59. Ke4 Rxb3 60. Kxf4 Nxc4 61. Rxg2
Rb4 62. Bd5 Nb6+ 63. Ke5 Rb5 64. Kd6 Rxd5+ 65. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.02.09"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igors Rausis"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5
12. Rd1 Be6 13. a3 Rb5 14. Bf1 Nd7 15. e3 Rf5 16. Nh4 Rfa5
17. Bd2 Ra4 18. Bc3 Nf6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Be1 Bd5 21. Bg2 Bb3
22. Rdc1 c5 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 cxd4 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bc6
dxe3 27. Bxe3 Bxb2 28. Bxa4 Bxa4 29. Rab1 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 f6
31. Rc7 Kf7 32. Bd2 Rd8 33. Bb4 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Bd7 35. h4 e5
36. Rb7 b5 37. Kf3 h5 38. Ke2 Rd5 39. Rb6 g5 40. Rd6 Rxd6
41. Bxd6 Ke6 42. Bc7 Bc6 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Bd8 Kf5 45. f3 g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.02.09"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Philipp Schlosser"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5
Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8. Qg5 Bg7 9. Nd3 f5 10. e5 c5 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2
Qg4 13. Qe3 Nd5 14. Qe1 Bb7 15. f3 Qg5 16. c4 Ne7 17. h4 Qh6
18. Qg3 O-O-O 19. Nf4 Nc6 20. Nd5 f4 21. Qxf4 Qxf4 22. Nxf4
Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nc3 Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.02.09"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tristan Calistri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. a4
b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bf2
Rc8 18. c4 Nb6 19. Na5 Ba8 20. Qe1 Qc7 21. Ra2 Rb8 22. Bd3 Nd7
23. Bf5 g6 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Ra1 Rfc8 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3
Qd8 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. dxc6 Rxc6 30. f4 exf4 31. Qxf4 Qc7
32. Rae1 Rxc4 33. Qf6 Rf8 34. Re7 Qd8 35. h4 h5 36. Rf5 Rg4
37. Rd5 Qb6 38. Rxd6 Rxh4+ 39. Qxh4 Qxd6 40. Qe4 Rc8 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top16 Gp Basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vereslav Eingorn"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. e3 Be6 10. Ng5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bf5
12. Bd2 Na6 13. Rfc1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nc5 15. Ra3 e5 16. dxc5
Rxd2 17. b4 e4 18. Ra4 Re8 19. h3 h6 20. g4 hxg5 21. gxf5 gxf5
22. Rxa7 f4 23. Rxb7 f3 24. Bf1 g4 25. b5 g3 26. fxg3 Bh6
27. Nd1 Kg7 28. bxc6 Rc8 29. g4 Rxc6 30. Rb3 Bg5 31. Rcb1 Rxc5
32. R3b2 Rd8 33. Rb5 Nd7 34. Kh2 Kg6 35. Nc3 Rxb5 36. Rxb5 Nf6
37. Kg3 Bxe3 38. Rf5 Bd4 39. Rxf6+ Bxf6 40. Nxe4 Rd1 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top16 Gp Basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dimitri Komarov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Qa5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qc2
Qa6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rae1 Qb6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Kh1
Rae8 17. f4 f5 18. Rc1 Bc5 19. Rf3 Qb7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Rc3
Qb4 22. Nf3 Bb6 23. g3 Qe4 24. Re1 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 h6 26. Ba3
Rc8 27. Rec1 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Re8 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Bd6 Nf8 31. b4
a5 32. b5 Nd7 33. Rc6 a4 34. Bc7 Rc8 35. Bxb6 Rxc6 36. bxc6
Nxb6 37. Nd4 Ke7 38. Kf3 Nc4 39. Ke2 g5 40. c7 Nb6 41. fxg5
hxg5 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 Kd7 44. h5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top16 Gp Basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oleg Korneev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "28"]

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. Be2 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc5
12. Qxc5 dxc5 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nb6 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top16 Gp Basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Eduardas Leovich Rozentalis"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+
Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1
a5 12. a4 Re8 13. Be3 Rc8 14. c3 Qb6 15. Re2 Qb3 16. Qxb3 Nxb3
17. Rae1 Bc5 18. N1d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ChIP"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Guillaume Camus de Solliers"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qh5
12. Bc3 Qg4 13. Ng3 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bd7 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Rb1
Nxd4 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Rc4 20. Nf3 Kf6
21. O-O Bc6 22. e5+ Ke6 23. Rb3 h6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Re1 g5
26. h3 Rf8 27. Nd2 Rc2 28. Rd3 Rxa2 29. f3 Bb5 30. Rd4 Rc8
31. Rb1 Ba6 32. Nb3 Kxe5 33. Re1+ Kf6 34. Rde4 Rcc2 35. Re6+
Kf7 36. Rxe7+ Kg6 37. R7e6+ Kh5 38. g4+ Kh4 0-1

[Event "ChIP"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Christophe Bernard"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 h6 15. h4 f5 16. Bxf8 Qxf8
17. Bc4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Nf4 19. Bxe6+ Nxe6 20. Rhf1 Qe8 21. Qc3
Rc8 22. Rd6 Bf8 23. Rd2 h5 24. Kb1 Rb8 25. Rdf2 Bg7 26. Rf7
Qxf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Qxc6 Rd8 29. a4 Ke7 30. a5 Bh6 31. b4
Bd2 32. a6 Rd7 33. Qb7 Kd8 34. Qb8+ Ke7 35. c4 Be3 36. c5 Kf6
37. Kb2 Rd2+ 38. Kb3 Rd3+ 39. Ka4 Rd4 40. Qxa7 Rxe4 41. Qb8
Nxc5+ 42. Ka5 Nb3+ 43. Kb5 Nd4+ 44. Ka4 Ne6 45. a7 Bxa7
46. Qxa7 Rxh4 47. Ka5 Rd4 48. Qa8 Nf4 49. b5 Nd5 50. Qf8+ Kg5
51. Qg7 Kf5 52. Qf7+ Nf6 53. b6 Rd7 54. Qb3 1-0

[Event "ChIP"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2007.07.09"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicolas Brunner"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. g3 d6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. b3
Qa3 13. Bc1 Qb4 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Nh4 Qd4 17. O-O
O-O 18. Ba5 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Bxe2 20. Rd2 Rxa5 21. Rxe2 Bf6
22. Bf3 Rfa8 23. a4 c4 24. bxc4 Nxc4 25. Ng2 Ne5 26. Be4 Rxa4
27. Ne1 Ra2 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Nc2 Nd7 30. Nb4 Rd2 31. Nd3 Bd4
32. Rb3 Nc5 33. Nxc5 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 Bxc5 35. Rb7 Kg7 36. Bf3
Rf2 37. Bg2 Kf6 38. Rb1 e5 39. dxe6 fxe6 40. g4 Kg5 41. Rb7
Rd2 42. h3 d5 43. Bf1 Kf4 44. Rc7 Bd4 45. Rb7 Be3 0-1

[Event "ChIP"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2007.07.10"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Andrei Shchekachev"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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
Rd8 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Bf4 Nc6 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Ng3
Be6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Re8 20. g4 h6 21. Bb3 Na5 22. Qxd4
Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Nxb3 24. Nxb3 Nd5 25. Bg3 Nb4 26. Rc7 Bf6
27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Bxd6 Nxa2 29. Rc6 Ra8 30. Na5 Kh7 31. Kf1
Bd8 32. Nb7 Bf6 33. f4 a5 34. Be5 a4 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Rxf6 b4
37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Nd6 Rd8 39. Rf6 a3 40. bxa3 b3 41. Nc4 Rd4
42. Rc6 Rxf4+ 43. Ke2 Nc3+ 44. Ke3 Nd5+ 45. Kd3 Rf2 46. Kd4
Nf4 47. Rxh6 Rf3 48. Rb6 Rxh3 49. g5 Ne2+ 50. Ke5 Rc3 51. Ke4
1-0

[Event "ChIP"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2007.07.11"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Tregubov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Bf4 Nd7
12. Rfd1 Re8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nb4 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Nc2
17. Ra4 f5 18. Nc3 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. b4 Be6
22. b5 cxb5 23. Nxb5 Rad8 24. Rxa7 Bc4 25. Rxb7 Be2 26. Nd6
Rxd6 27. cxd6 Bxd1 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Re7 1-0

[Event "ChIP"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2007.07.12"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alberto David"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7
7. Be2 h6 8. O-O Bh7 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. a4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. a5
a6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nbd4 Nh4 17. Be3
Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Kh8 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Rec1 Qd7 21. b4 Na4 22. Qa2
b5 23. axb6 Nxb6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bxb6 Bf5 26. Bf1 Bxb4
27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Bxa6 Qc3 29. Rd1 Qxe5 30. Bd4 Qc7 31. Qb2
Ba5 32. Ra1 Rf7 33. Qb5 Bd2 34. Rd1 Rd7 35. Be3 Bd3 36. Qxd7
1-0

[Event "ChIP"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2007.07.13"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Fedorchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Qe2 Qc8 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. O-O Nxd5
12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Rd1 a5
17. Ra3 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc4 19. Rc3 Rfc8 20. b3 Nb6 21. Rxc8+
Rxc8 22. c4 a4 23. Be3 Bd8 24. c5 dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ChIP"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2007.07.14"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5
17. Nd2 Nf6 18. f3 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bh3 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Nxf3 h6
22. Be3 Kg7 23. a4 Be6 24. Bc2 Rfb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ChIP"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2007.07.15"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Olivier Renet"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[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 Kh8 14. h3 Nf6 15. a4 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Na5 18. Bd2 f5 19. c3 bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nb3 21. Ra3 Nc5
22. Nd2 Bg5 23. b4 Bxd2 24. bxc5 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 dxc5 26. Rxc5
Rb4 27. Qc2 Bd7 28. a5 Qf6 29. Rc7 Qd6 30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. Rxc5
Ra8 32. Rc7 Bb5 33. d6 Rd4 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. d7 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Olivier Renet"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 b6
12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bh6 Rad8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qe3 e5 16. Bb5 Na5
17. Ng3 Qe7 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. f4 Qd6 20. Rfd1 Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 22. Kf2 Nc6 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. f5 Rfd8 25. Qg5 R1d6
26. Nh5+ Kf8 27. Nf6 Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kf8 29. Nf6 Kg7 30. Nh5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.14"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jean-Marc Degraeve"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ne7 6. Bd3
Nbc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. O-O Nb4 9. Be2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qxd1
11. Rxd1 Bd7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Be5 Bc6 14. Bh5 Be7 15. Bxg7 Rg8
16. Be5 Nc3 17. Bxc3 Bxe4 18. g3 Bxc2 19. Rd2 Ba4 20. Rd4 Bc6
21. Rf4 Rf8 22. Re1 Kd7 23. Bxf7 Bd5 24. Bxe6+ Bxe6 25. Rd4+
1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.15"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1
Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2
12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Rc3 f5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Rce3 Bd6
17. Qe2 Re8 18. Qd3 h6 19. h3 Qf7 20. a3 Rf8 21. Bc3 Bf4
22. R3e2 Bd6 23. Re3 Bf4 24. R3e2 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.16"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Laurent Guidarelli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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. Qe2 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 b5
12. Qd3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Nd7 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Rac1 Qb7
17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Nc4 Qb5 19. b3 f5 20. f3 fxe4 21. fxe4 Rxf1+
22. Rxf1 Nf6 23. Bg5 d5 24. Qh3 Re8 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Ne3 Qc6
27. Kh1 Nd5 28. Qf3 Qe6 29. Nxd5 Bxg5 30. Nc7 Qd7 31. Nxe8
Qxe8 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoli Vaisser"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. a3 b5 15. Bd5 e6 16. Ba2 e5
17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 c4 19. f4 Bg4 20. Rf2 Rd8 21. Qe1 Bxe2
22. Qxe2 Qc5 23. a4 Qa3 24. Qc2 Bf8 25. Kh1 Bc5 26. Re2 Rd3
27. axb5 axb5 28. g3 Rad8 29. Kg2 Be3 30. Rce1 Qa8 31. Rxe3
Rd2+ 32. R3e2 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Rd1 34. Ree2 Qa7 35. Rb2 Kg7
36. Kh3 Qd7+ 37. Kg2 Qd3 38. Kf2 Qxc3 39. Rxb5 Qd4+ 40. Kf3
Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Qc2 Bf5 9. e4 Bg4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Be3 c5
12. Qxc5 N8d7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Na3 Rc8 15. Qb4 Nc4 16. O-O a5
17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 O-O 19. Rfc1 Nxb2 20. e5 Nc4 21. Bg5 f6
22. exf6 exf6 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bc7 Rf7 25. d5 Bd7 26. Nd6 Nxd6
27. Bxd6 Bf8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Bb8 Bf5 30. d6 Rd7 31. Rd1 Kf7
32. Bc7 Be6 33. Bf1 Bxa2 34. Bb5 Bxd6 35. Bxd6 Rd8 36. Rd2 Bb3
37. Bb4 Rxd2 38. Bxd2 a4 39. Bb4 Ke6 40. Kf1 h5 41. Ke2 Ke5
42. Ke3 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Bc3+ Kf5 45. Bd7+ Kg5 46. Bb2 Bc2
47. f4+ Kg6 48. Kf3 Bd1+ 49. Ke4 Bc2+ 50. Kd5 b5 51. Ba3 Bd3
52. Kd6 Kh5 53. Ke7 f5 54. h3 Kg6 55. Be8+ Kg7 56. Ke6 Bf1
57. Kxf5 Bxh3+ 58. Kg5 Bf1 59. f5 b4 60. Bxb4 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.20"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 Be7
7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ne3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. c4 b6 12. b3
Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nf5 Ne4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bb2 Nd8
17. Ne5 Ne6 18. f3 N4g5 19. Rc1 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Nd3 Rac8
22. Kh1 d4 23. Qe1 Rf5 24. b4 cxb4 25. Qxb4 Qxb4 26. Nxb4 Nf4
27. Bc4+ Kh8 28. Bxd4 h5 29. h4 a5 30. hxg5 axb4 31. Be3 Nd5
32. Bd2 Nf4 33. Rfe1 Rfc5 34. Bxf4 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. g6
Bc6 37. Rd1 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.21"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Sokolov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "30"]

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. Nd5 Rc8 13. c3 Re8 14. Be3 Bf8 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.22"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Igor Alexandre Nataf"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ncb4 Nxb4 16. cxb4 Be6
17. Rxa4 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qd7 19. Rxa6 Rxb4 20. Bc4 Rxb2 21. O-O
Qb7 22. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.23"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Fontaine"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 e4 11. Bxf8 Qxf8
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 h5 15. Rad1 h4 16. Qg5 Kf7
17. Qf4 Qc5 18. Nb5 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rc8 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. g4 Nxg4
22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Rd5 Qxd5 24. cxd5 Be5 25. Qc1 Bh2+ 26. Kh1
Rh8 27. Qc4 Bd6+ 28. Kg1 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 b5 30. Qxb5 e3 31. Bf3
Nxf2+ 32. Rxf2 exf2 33. Kg2 Bg1 34. Qc6 Rh2+ 35. Kg3 f1=N+
36. Kf4 Rh4+ 37. Kg5 Be3+ 38. Kxh4 g5+ 39. Kh5 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.24"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Iossif Davidovich Dorfman"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Playoff"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.25"]
[EventDate "2007.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Qa4 Nc6 9. Qc4 Nb6 10. Qxc5 Bg4 11. d3 Rc8
12. Qg5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Bxb7 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe2+ 16. Kg2
Bxc3 17. Rb1 Qxd3 18. Be3 Bf6 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qf3 Nc3 21. Rb3
Nc4 22. Bxa7 Qxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Nd2 24. Rxc3 Bxc3 25. Rc1 Bb2
26. Rc2 Nxf3 27. Rxb2 Ne1+ 28. Kf1 Nd3 29. Rb7 Rc8 30. Rxe7
Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Ne1+ 32. Kh3 Nf3 33. Re3 g5 34. Kg2 g4 35. Rxf3
gxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Ra1 37. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Playoff"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.25"]
[EventDate "2007.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4
exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nb3
O-O-O 12. Qh5 Ng6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Qc5 b6 15. Qxe7 Nxe7 16. f3
c5 17. Kf2 Be6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rd6 20. Nc1 Nc6 21. Rxd6
cxd6 22. Nd5 b5 23. Nf4 Kd7 24. Ke3 Nb4 25. Kd2 g5 26. Nxe6
1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA Playoff"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.25"]
[EventDate "2007.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4
exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nb3
O-O-O 12. Qh5 Ng6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. f4 Kb8 15. Qc5 f5 16. Rd4
Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Bc8 18. Rfd1 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 fxe4 20. g3 e3
21. Re4 Bf5 22. Rxe3 Rd8 23. Kf2 h5 24. Nd3 b6 25. b4 Kc8
26. a3 Rd4 27. Ke1 Kd8 28. Ne2 Rd5 29. Kd2 Kd7 30. c4 Rd6
31. Kc3 Re6 32. Rxe6 Bxe6 33. Nd4 Bg4 34. c5 Bh3 35. a4 Bg4
36. a5 b5 37. Ne5+ Nxe5 38. fxe5 Be6 39. Kd3 Bd5 40. h4 Ke7
41. Ke3 Kf7 42. Kf4 Kg6 43. Nf5 Bg2 44. e6 Bd5 45. Ke5 Bb3
46. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "ch-FRA Playoff"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.25"]
[EventDate "2007.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 Nxd5
7. cxd5 Nd4 8. Nd2 d6 9. e3 Nf5 10. Nc4 c6 11. dxc6 b5 12. Bg2
Qc7 13. Na3 a6 14. Nc2 O-O 15. O-O Ne7 16. d4 Bb6 17. d5 f5
18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 a5 20. Na3 Ba6 21. Re1 Ng6 22. Bf1 Bxf1
23. Rxf1 e4 24. Nc4 Bc5 25. Bd2 Qf7 26. Bxa5 f4 27. exf4 Nxf4
28. gxf4 Qxf4 29. Bd2 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 e3 31. Nxe3 Rxa4 32. Ng2
Qe4 33. Bc3 Raa8 34. Qh5 Bd4 35. Re1 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2007/08"]
[Site "Wattenscheid GER"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[EventDate "2007.10.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Rustemov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8. Neg5 Qe7 9. O-O h6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4
Bxe4 12. Qxe4 c6 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Qe2 g6 15. c4 Bg7 16. Qe3 Rd8
17. Rad1 Nh5 18. Be5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. d5 cxd5 21. cxd5
Nf6 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rc1 Nd5 25. Rfe1 Rd6
26. h4 Rf7 27. Rc4 Rc7 28. Rg4 Nf6 29. Rd4 Rcd7 30. Ra4 a6
31. Kh2 Rc7 32. Re2 Kf7 33. Ne5+ Kg7 34. Nf3 Kf7 35. Rb4 b5
36. Ne5+ Kg7 37. Rb3 Rd4 38. Nf3 Rd6 39. Rb4 Kf7 40. g3 Rc5
41. Kg2 Rdd5 42. Rb3 Nd7 43. Rbe3 Rd6 44. Nd2 Nf6 45. Nf3 Nd7
46. Re4 Kf6 47. Nh2 Ke7 48. Ng4 Nf6 49. Re5 Rc8 50. Nh2 Nd7
51. R5e3 Nf6 52. Nf3 Nd7 53. Ne1 Rc4 54. Nd3 g5 55. hxg5 hxg5
56. Ne1 g4 57. f4 gxf3+ 58. Nxf3 b4 59. Ng5 Nc5 60. Rf3 Rd5
61. Rf7+ Kd6 62. Rg7 Rcd4 63. Rg6 Rd2 64. Rgxe6+ Nxe6 65. Ne4+
Ke5 66. Nxd2+ Kf5 67. Nf3 a5 68. Rc2 Ng5 69. Rd2 Rc5 70. Nxg5
Kxg5 71. Kf3 a4 72. Ke3 Kg4 73. Rd4+ Kxg3 74. Rxb4 a3 75. bxa3
Rc2 76. a4 Rxa2 77. Kd4 Kf4 78. Kc5+ Ke5 79. Kb6 Rh2 80. a5
Kd5 81. a6 Rh6+ 82. Kb5 Rh7 83. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2007/08"]
[Site "Wattenscheid GER"]
[Date "2007.10.21"]
[EventDate "2007.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 Bg4 6. Be2 c6
7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nh5 9. h4 Nxf4 10. exf4 h5 11. O-O-O Nd7
12. Kb1 e6 13. Rd3 Qe7 14. g3 Bxe5 15. fxe5 b5 16. Qe3 Rc8
17. Qg5 b4 18. Na4 c5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Rd4 a5
22. Re1 Qc7 23. Re2 O-O 24. g4 Rc8 25. Rdd2 d4 26. gxh5 d3
27. Rxd3 Rxc2 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxc2 Rd1+ 30. Rc1 Rxc1+
31. Qxc1 Qxe5 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Qc4 Qf5+ 34. Kc1 Kh7 35. Qd4
e5 36. Qa7+ Kh6 37. Qxa5 Qf4+ 38. Kd1 Qd4+ 39. Kc1 Kh5 40. Qb5
Kxh4 41. a3 bxa3 42. bxa3 Qxf2 43. Qxe5 g5 44. Qe7 Qf4+
45. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Heraklion GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandar Colovic"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 g5 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. f4
gxf4 13. Bxf4 Rc8 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Rhf1 b5 16. a3 Be7 17. Bg3
Nc4 18. Rd3 Qa5 19. Be1 b4 20. Nd5 bxa3 21. Rxa3 Qb5 22. Rb3
Qa4 23. Kb1 exd5 24. exd5 Bb5 25. Qd1 Nxb2 26. Rxb2 Bxf1
27. Bxf1 O-O 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Nxd5 30. Bxa6 Rc5 31. c4
Nc7 32. Bb5 Bf6 33. Bf2 Rb8 34. Rc2 Bxd4 35. Bxd4 Nxb5
36. cxb5 Rbxb5+ 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Heraklion GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Marko Tratar"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. c3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 b6 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4 Bb7
12. O-O-O Qd5 13. Rh3 Rfd8 14. Ne5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Qxg2 16. Rg3
Qh2 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Qe2 Qh6+ 19. Kb1 c5 20. Re1 Rd6 21. Qg4
Qh4 22. Qe2 cxd4 23. Rg4 Qh6 24. Be4 d3 25. Nxd3 Bxe4 26. Qxe4
Rad8 27. Rh1 Qd2 28. Nc1 Qxf2 29. Rf4 Qg3 30. Rg4 Qe5 31. Qh7+
Kf8 32. Re4 Qg5 33. Rh5 Qg1 34. Rh1 Qg5 35. Rh5 Qg1 36. Rh1
Qc5 37. Ree1 Qb5 38. a4 Qxa4 39. Re4 Qb5 40. Rh5 Rd5 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Heraklion GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Aloyzas Kveinys"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 b5
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nd1 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Be3
Nd7 13. O-O g6 14. c3 Ndc5 15. Bc2 a5 16. cxb4 axb4 17. Qb5+
Qd7 18. Nf2 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Be7 20. Qe2 Ne4 21. Bd3 O-O 22. Rff1
Rfc8 23. g4 Nc5 24. Bb5 Ba6 25. Bxd7 Bxe2 26. Bxc8 Bxf1
27. Kxf1 Rxc8 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Nc6 Ne4 30. Nxe7+ Rxe7 31. Rc8+
Kg7 32. Rb8 Rc7 33. Rxb4 Rc2 34. a4 h5 35. gxh5 Rxh2 36. a5
Ng3+ 37. Kg1 Rc2 38. a6 d4 39. Bxd4 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 Nxd4 41. Rxd4
Rc1+ 42. Ke2 Ra1 43. Rd6 gxh5 44. b4 h4 45. Kf3 Ra3+ 46. Kg2
Kg6 47. b5 Ra5 48. Rd8 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Heraklion GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Espen Lie"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2
cxd4 7. Nb3 Qf5 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Qf4 11. Nh3 Qc7
12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O e6 14. Bd3 Ne7 15. f4 Bb7 16. Qf2 Nd5
17. Ng5 Bc5 18. Qh4 Be3+ 19. Kb1 Bxf4 20. Nxh7 Bxe5 21. Rhe1
Nf4 22. Bb5 Bd5 23. Nd4 Nxg2 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Qxh8+ Ke7
26. Qh3 Nxe1 27. Nf5+ exf5 28. Rxd5 d6 29. Qf1 Qb7 30. Bc4 Rc8
31. Bb3 Rc5 32. Qh1 Rxd5 33. Bxd5 Qa6 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Heraklion GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 h6 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. Bxd5 Nb4 13. Bb3 Be6 14. c3 Nc6 15. Nd2 b5 16. Bxe6 fxe6
17. a4 Qd7 18. Qe2 Rab8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Kh8 21. Qd3 d5
22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Bc5 Rfe8 24. b4 Qc8 25. Rb6 Rxb6 26. Bxb6 Qb7
27. Bc5 Nd8 28. Nd2 Qc6 29. Nb3 Nb7 30. g3 Ra8 31. Qe2 Ra3
32. Qc2 Kg8 33. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Heraklion GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3
Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bf4 Be6 9. Qa3 Nc6 10. e3 O-O 11. Bb5 Nd5
12. Bg3 Ncb4 13. Rc1 c5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Bc4 Qd7
17. dxc5 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 a5 19. Qb3 Rd8 20. Bh4 Qe6 21. Ng5 Qf5
22. Rf4 Qd5 23. Rxf7 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rd5 25. e4 Rd7 26. Rf3 Ra6
27. e5 Bxe5 28. Ne4 Bxb2 29. Bg5 Re6 30. Bh6 Bg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7
32. Nc3 Nd3 33. Na4 Re5 34. h3 Nxc5 35. Nb6 Rd3 36. Rxd3 Nxd3
37. Rd1 Rb5 38. Rxd3 Rxb6 39. Rd5 Rxb3 40. Rxa5 Rb1+ 41. Kh2
b5 42. Kg3 Rb3+ 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Ra6+ e6 45. Rb6 g5+ 46. Ke4
Rb1 47. g3 b4 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 b3 50. Rb5 b2 51. Kf3 e5
52. Kg2 e4 53. Rb8 Ke5 54. Rb7 Kd4 55. Rb8 Ke5 56. Rb7 Kf5
57. Rb5+ Kg4 58. Rb4 Kf4 59. Rb8 Kg4 60. Rb4 Kh5 61. Rb7 h6
62. Rb4 Re1 63. Rxb2 Kxh4 64. Rb8 Kg5 65. Rg8+ Kf6 66. Rh8 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Heraklion GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zbynek Hracek"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qd2 b4 15. Nd1 Nf6 16. a3 a5
17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Bd3 Bg4 19. c3 Rb8 20. Nh4 Qb6 21. Ne3 Be6
22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Qxb2 24. Qxd6 Qxc3 25. Qxe7 Qxc4
26. Qxe5 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Heraklion GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bg4 9. Be2 Qd7 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O-O a6
12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Be3 O-O-O 15. b3 Rhe8 16. Rhe1
Bf5 17. g4 Be4 18. f3 Bg6 19. Bf2 Re7 20. Bf1 Rde8 21. Rxe7
Rxe7 22. c4 Qe6 23. Kb1 h5 24. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2007/08"]
[Site "Katernberg GER"]
[Date "2007.11.23"]
[EventDate "2007.10.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor V Glek"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Qd1 Bh6 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nc2 e5 13. d4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. dxe5
dxe5 17. Qf3 Kg7 18. Bc4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. b3 b5 21. Bd5
Qd2 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Rfd8 24. Bb7 Rb8 25. Bc6 Rd2 26. Rc5
Rxa2 27. Rxe5 Rc2 28. Bd5 Rd8 29. Ra1 Rd6 30. Rg5 Nd7 31. Ba8
Rdd2 32. e5 h6 33. Rg4 Nxe5 34. Rd4 Re2 35. Rxa6 Rxe3 36. Bd5
Re1+ 37. Kh2 Ree2 38. Rb4 Nd3 39. Rd4 Ne5 40. Rb4 Rc5 41. Rd4
h5 42. b4 Rcc2 43. Rd1 Rb2 44. Ra7 Kh6 45. Rb7 Nc4 46. Rxb5
Ne3 47. Rg1 Rf2 48. Ba8 Nf1+ 49. Kh1 Rb3 50. Rxf1 Rxf1+
51. Kh2 h4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2007/08"]
[Site "Katernberg GER"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[EventDate "2007.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Stanislav Novikov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 Bb4
7. Ndb5 Qb8 8. a3 Be7 9. e5 Nh6 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O
Ba6 13. c4 Bxb5 14. cxb5 Nd4 15. g4 Qb7 16. Be3 Nxb5 17. f5 d5
18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. Bxh6 Nc7 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. fxe6 fxe6
22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. g5 Bd4+ 24. Kg2 Rxf1 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qh5+
Kg8 27. Rxf1 Nb5 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2007/08"]
[Site "Katernberg GER"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[EventDate "2007.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Thomas Luther"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc5
12. Qxc5 dxc5 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Rd1
Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 c4 18. Bh5 Bd6 19. g3 Ke7 20. c3 Rd8 21. Ke2
Bc5 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2007/08"]
[Site "Erfurt GER"]
[Date "2008.02.09"]
[EventDate "2008.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Petr Haba"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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. Kb1 a6
12. h4 Bg4 13. Bc4 Qc8 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qf4 Rf8 16. Ne5 Be6
17. Rd7 Bd6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rf7 Bxe5 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Qxe5
Qxf2 22. Qxe6+ Qf7 23. Qe4 c6 24. Re1 Rd8 25. a4 h5 26. a5 c4
27. Qe2 Rd5 28. Rf1 Qg6 29. Qxc4 Qxg2 30. b4 Kh7 31. Rf8 Qg4
32. Rf4 Qg6 33. Qe2 Rf5 34. Rd4 c5 35. Rc4 cxb4 36. cxb4 Rb5
37. Ka2 b6 38. axb6 Rxb6 39. Re4 Rc6 40. Kb3 Qf7+ 41. c4 Rf6
42. Re7 Qg6 43. Qe4 Qxe4 44. Rxe4 g5 45. hxg5 Rc6 46. c5 a5
47. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2007/08"]
[Site "Erfurt GER"]
[Date "2008.02.10"]
[EventDate "2008.02.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 bxc4 5. e4 d6 6. Bxc4 g6
7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Ngf3 a5 10. O-O a4 11. bxa4 Nxe4
12. Bxg7 Nxd2 13. Bxf8 Nxc4 14. Bh6 Nb6 15. Re1 N8d7 16. Qe2
Nxd5 17. Bg5 N7f6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qxe7 Qxe7 20. Rxe7 Kf8
21. Rae1 Be6 22. Rb7 Rxa4 23. Ng5 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Rd4 25. f3 Bd5
26. Rb8+ Kg7 27. Ra7 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rd2+ 29. Ke1 Rxg2 30. Nxf7
Bxf7 31. Rbb7 g5 32. Rxf7+ Kg6 33. h4 Rg3 34. hxg5 Rxg5
35. Kf2 h5 36. f4 Rg4 37. Ke3 Rg3+ 38. Ke2 Rg4 39. Ke3 d5
40. Rae7 h4 41. Rg7+ Kh6 42. Rxg4 Nxg4+ 43. Kf3 Nf6 44. Re1 c4
45. Rg1 c3 46. Ke3 Ne4 47. Kd3 h3 48. Kc2 Kh5 49. f5 d4 50. f6
Nxf6 51. Kd3 Nd5 52. Kxd4 Nf4 53. Rh1 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.14"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Qd3 e6
7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Be3 Ng6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. h4 Qc7
12. Bg5 Nge5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qxd6 Nxf3 16. gxf3
Rd8 17. Qg3 O-O 18. Rhg1 Qf6 19. f4 Nd4 20. Bd5 b4 21. e5 Qh6
22. Bxb7 bxc3 23. Bxa6 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 f6 25. Bc4 Kh8 26. exf6
Qxf6 27. Qe3 Nxc2 28. Kxc2 Rc8 29. Rd4 Rc5 30. Kb1 e5 31. fxe5
Rxe5 32. Qd2 Rf5 33. Rd7 Rf4 34. Rgxg7 Rxh4 35. Bf1 Rh1
36. Qd3 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Qf5+ 38. Kxb2 Rb8+ 39. Rb7 Qe5+ 40. Kc2
Qc5+ 41. Kb3 Qd5+ 42. Qc4 Rxb7+ 43. Rxb7 Qxb7+ 44. Kc2 h5
45. a4 Qf3 46. Qd4+ Kg8 47. Kd2 Qb3 48. Ke2 Qb1 49. Qd5+ Kg7
50. Qg5+ Kf8 51. Qc5+ Kg7 52. a5 h4 53. Qc7+ Kf8 54. Qd6+ Kg7
55. a6 h3 56. Qd4+ Kf7 57. a7 Qb7 58. Qf4+ Ke7 59. Qe3+ Kd8
60. Qd4+ Kc7 61. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.15"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Andrey Zhigalko"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nf3 Qd8
12. g4 b5 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Kb8 16. h4 Bc8
17. g5 g6 18. f5 hxg5 19. hxg5 gxf5 20. exf5 d5 21. g6 d4
22. Ne2 e5 23. Qg5 fxg6 24. fxg6 Qc7 25. Nc1 Bd6 26. Nd3 Rde8
27. Nd2 Be7 28. Qg3 Bh4 29. Qf3 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Re6 31. Qg3 Rg8
32. Be4 Ne7 33. g7 Nc6 34. Nc5 Rxg7 35. Nxe6 Rxg3 36. Nxc7
Kxc7 37. a3 Ne7 38. Bd3 Re3 39. Rxe3 dxe3 40. Nf3 Kd6 41. Kc1
Bf5 42. Be2 Ng6 43. Ne1 Nf4 44. Kd1 Be6 45. Nd3 Bc4 46. Nc1
Kc5 47. Bf3 a5 48. Bg4 Kd5 49. b3 Bf1 50. Ke1 e2 51. Bf3+ e4
52. Bh1 Kd4 53. Kd2 b4 54. a4 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Ionov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 h5 9. gxh5 d5 10. f4 Bb4 11. Bg2 Bxf5 12. exf5
e4 13. O-O Nc6 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Rb1 O-O-O 17. Qe2
Qxf5 18. Rb6 Qxh5 19. Rxc6+ bxc6 20. Qxa6+ Kd7 21. h3 Ke8
22. Bb6 Nd7 23. Bxd8 Kxd8 24. Qxc6 Rh6 25. Qa8+ Ke7 26. c4 Rd6
27. cxd5 f5 28. Qa5 Qe2 29. Qc3 Kf7 30. Re1 Qb5 31. Bf1 Qb8
32. Qe3 Nf6 33. Be2 Nxd5 34. Bc4 Kf8 35. Qc5 Ne7 36. Kh1 Rd2
37. Qe5 Qxe5 38. fxe5 Rxc2 39. Bb3 Rc3 40. Rb1 Nc6 41. e6 Ke7
42. a4 Nd4 43. Bd5 Nxe6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Pavel Maletin"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. c5 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. cxd6
O-O 12. O-O Ne8 13. Qd5 e6 14. Qd3 Qxd6 15. Rd1 Qxd3 16. Rxd3
Nf6 17. e5 Ng4 18. f4 h5 19. h3 Nh6 20. Ne4 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. Be3 b6 23. Kf2 Nf5 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Ne7 26. a4
Nd5 27. Kf3 Kf8 28. a5 Ke7 29. axb6 axb6 30. Ra6 Rh8 31. Ra7+
Kf8 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Ra7+ Kf8 34. Ng5 Kg8 35. Bf2 Bf8 36. f5
gxf5 37. gxf5 Rh5 38. Kg4 Rh2 39. fxe6 fxe6 40. Bg3 Rxb2
41. Ra8 Rb4+ 42. Kh5 Rb3 43. Nxe6 Kf7 44. Ng5+ Ke7 45. Bh4
Nf4+ 46. Kg4 Ng2 47. Ra7+ Ke8 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Ra7+ Ke8
50. Bf2 Bc5 51. Bxc5 bxc5 52. Ne4 Ne3+ 53. Kg5 Rb6 54. Nd6+
Kd8 55. Kf6 Nd5+ 56. Kf7 Rc6 57. Ne4 Nf4 58. Ra8+ Kc7 59. Nd6
c4 60. Ra4 Kb6 61. Rb4+ Ka5 62. Rxc4 Rxc4 63. Nxc4+ Kb4
64. Ne3 Kc5 65. Kf6 Kd4 66. Ng4 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.18"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ildar Khairullin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 h5 9. g5 Nxe4 10. Nxg7+ Bxg7 11. Nxe4 d5
12. Ng3 d4 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. h4 Qd5 15. f3 Be6 16. Bd3 O-O-O
17. Qe2 Kb8 18. a3 Ne7 19. Qe4 Qd7 20. O-O-O Ng6 21. Nf5 Bf8
22. Be1 Bd5 23. Qe2 Qa4 24. Bg3 Bxa3 25. bxa3 Qxa3+ 26. Kd2
Qa5+ 27. Kc1 Rhe8 28. Ng7 Re7 29. Nxh5 Re6 30. Nf6 Qa1+
31. Kd2 Qc3+ 32. Kc1 Rb6 33. Be1 Qa3+ 34. Kd2 Ka7 35. Nxd5
Qa5+ 36. Kc1 Qa1+ 37. Kd2 Qa5+ 38. Kc1 Qa3+ 39. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergej Dyachkov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
a6 7. d4 b5 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. e4 Be6 11. Qc2 Bg7
12. Be2 Qc7 13. a3 O-O 14. O-O b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qa4 a5
17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Nde2 Bd7 21. Qd1
Be6 22. Qa4 Nd3 23. Qa3 Ne5 24. Bf4 Qc6 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Rfd1
Rdb8 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Qf6 29. Nc3 Ra6 30. Rac1 Rb4 31. g3
Bd4 32. Ne4 Qe5 33. Qd3 Ra8 34. Rc4 Bxb2 35. d6 exd6 36. Nxd6
Rxc4 37. Qxc4 Qf6 38. c6 Be5 39. Nb5 Rc8 40. Na7 Rc7 41. Rd7
Rxd7 42. cxd7 Bd4 43. d8=Q+ Qxd8 44. Nc6 Qc7 45. Qxd4 Qxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ante Brkic"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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 b4 15. Na4 Bb7 16. Qf2 Rad8
17. Be2 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Be3 a5 20. Bb5 Qe5 21. Bc1 Rxd1
22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Re1 Qc7 24. b3 Rd4 25. Bb2 Bd6 26. Rg1 Be5
27. f4 Bxf4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qxd4 Be5 30. Qd3 g6 31. Rf1 Kf8
32. Bc4 Kg7 33. Qf3 Qe7 34. h5 Bc6 35. h6+ Kf8 36. Qf2 Ke8
37. Rd1 Qc7 38. Qf1 Qb6 39. Qf3 Ke7 40. a4 bxa3 41. Ka2 Qc5
42. Qd3 Qd6 43. Qxd6+ Bxd6 44. Bd3 Bb4 45. c3 Bd6 46. Rf1 Ba8
47. Rb1 Be5 48. b4 Bxc3 49. b5 Bb4 50. Rc1 Kd7 51. b6 Bc6
52. e5 Bd2 53. Rd1 Bd5+ 54. Bc4 Bxg5 55. Bxd5 exd5 56. Rxd5+
Kc6 57. e6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.21"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anton Shomoev"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Nf3
Nc4 13. Bd4 e5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bg7 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2
Bd7 18. Be3 f5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. h4 g4 21. f3 h5 22. fxg4 Bxg4
23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 O-O-O 25. Qf5+ Qd7 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7
27. Rg1 Bf6 28. Rf2 Rdf8 29. Rgf1 Be7 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Rxf8
Bxf8 32. Kd2 Be7 33. Bf2 b5 34. Kd3 Bd8 35. Ke4 Ke8 36. Kf5
Kf7 37. b3 Bf6 38. Be1 Be7 39. c4 bxc4 40. bxc4 a5 41. Bxa5
Bxh4 42. Bb4 Be7 43. a4 Ke8 44. a5 Kd7 45. a6 Kc8 46. Ke6 h4
47. Kxe7 h3 48. c5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.22"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ngoc Truongson Nguyen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "241"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2 Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Qd2 d5
12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. c3 Na5 16. Nd2 Rc8
17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Nxe4 Nc4 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. b3 Qc6 21. Bf3 Bd5
22. Nd6 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bh4+ 24. Ke2 Qxf3+ 25. gxf3 Nxd6
26. Rxd6 Rxc3 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Rd8 29. Kd3 h5 30. Ke4 Kh7
31. f4 Rc8 32. Be3 Rc7 33. f5 Be7 34. Rd1 Ba3 35. Bf4 Re7
36. Rd8 Bb2 37. Rd5 Kg8 38. Be3 Rc7 39. Bc5 Rc6 40. b4 Rc8
41. Rd7 a5 42. Rxb7 axb4 43. Bxb4 Rc2 44. Bd6 Rxh2 45. e6 Rh4+
46. Kf3 fxe6 47. fxe6 Bf6 48. Rb8+ Kh7 49. e7 Bxe7 50. Bxe7
Ra4 51. a3 g5 52. Rb6 Rc4 53. Ra6 g4+ 54. Kg3 Rc3+ 55. Kh4
Rh3+ 56. Kg5 g3 57. Ra7 g2 58. Bf6+ Kg8 59. Rg7+ Kf8 60. Kh6
g1=Q 61. Rxg1 Rxa3 62. Kg6 Re3 63. Rd1 Re2 64. Rd8+ Re8
65. Rd7 Re2 66. Rh7 Ke8 67. Kf5 Ra2 68. Re7+ Kf8 69. Rd7 Ke8
70. Rb7 h4 71. Bxh4 Ra5+ 72. Kg6 Re5 73. Bf6 Re2 74. Ra7 Re1
75. Kf5 Rb1 76. Bd4 Kd8 77. Ke6 Kc8 78. Be5 Rc1 79. Rf7 Rc2
80. Bd6 Rc1 81. Kd5 Ra1 82. Rh7 Ra2 83. Bf4 Ra6 84. Be5 Rb6
85. Rc7+ Kd8 86. Ra7 Kc8 87. Rc7+ Kd8 88. Bd6 Rb1 89. Ra7 Re1
90. Be5 Rd1+ 91. Ke6 Rc1 92. Rb7 Rc2 93. Rb3 Rc6+ 94. Bd6 Rc1
95. Rh3 Kc8 96. Rh8+ Kb7 97. Rb8+ Ka7 98. Rb4 Rd1 99. Kd7 Rc1
100. Bc7 Rh1 101. Bf4 Rh3 102. Be5 Rh1 103. Bd6 Rc1 104. Bf4
Rc2 105. Bc7 Rc1 106. Rb5 Rc2 107. Rb6 Rg2 108. Rb3 Rc2
109. Rb1 Rc3 110. Be5 Rc2 111. Kd6 Rd2+ 112. Kc6 Rc2+ 113. Kd5
Rg2 114. Bd6 Rg5+ 115. Kc6 Ka6 116. Rb8 Rg7 117. Rb6+ Ka7
118. Rb1 Ka8 119. Re1 Rb7 120. Re8+ Ka7 121. Bc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2007/08"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2008.03.08"]
[EventDate "2008.02.09"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Fedorchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "132"]

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. O-O O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6
12. Kh1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nxd5 Ndxe5 15. c4 Re8 16. Qd2 Rc8
17. Rad1 Ng6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bd6 Qh4 20. Bg3 Qe7 21. Bd6
Qh4 22. Bg3 Qe7 23. Qc3 Qb4 24. Rc1 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Nce5 26. c5
Nd7 27. Bd1 Nf6 28. Bf3 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Rd3 Nf6 31. Na5
Rxc5 32. Nxb7 Rc2 33. b4 h5 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 h4 36. Bd6
Ne4 37. Rd4 h3 38. gxh3 Nh4 39. b6 Nf2+ 40. Kg1 Nxh3+ 41. Kh1
Nf2+ 42. Kg1 Nf3+ 43. Kg2 Nxd4 44. Rxf2 Rc6 45. Rb2 Nf5
46. Bf4 g5 47. Na5 Rc5 48. b7 gxf4 49. b8=Q Rxb8 50. Rxb8+ Kg7
51. Nb3 Rc2+ 52. Kh3 Kg6 53. Rb5 Rf2 54. Nc5 Nd4 55. Rb6+ Kh5
56. Rd6 Nf5 57. Rd5 Kg6 58. Nd3 Rf1 59. Ne5+ Kg7 60. Ra5 Ne3
61. Ra7 Kf6 62. Ng4+ Kg5 63. Nxe3 fxe3 64. Re7 f5 65. Rxe3 Kf4
66. Kg2 Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2007/08"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2008.03.09"]
[EventDate "2008.02.09"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jan Michael Sprenger"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O
7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c4 Naxc5 11. Bc2 b6 12. b3
Bb7 13. Bb2 f5 14. Nd4 Qb8 15. Rad1 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5
17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Bxe5 Rac8 19. Rfe1 g6 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc4
Bxc4 22. bxc4 Bf6 23. Bf4 Rfd8 24. Rd5 Kf7 25. Be3 Be7 26. Rb1
Rb8 27. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp B"]
[Site "Gonfreville FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 Nf6 14.a4 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Na5 17.Bd2 f5 18.c3 b3 19.c4 Bf6 20.Bc3 Qb6 21.c5 Qxc5 22.Rc1 Qb6
23.Qd2 Bd8 24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Bxe5 Bd7 26.Bxb8 Qxb8 27.Bxa6 Qb6 28.Bb5 Bxb5
29.Re6 Qb7 30.axb5 Qxb5 31.d6 Kf7 32.Rce1 Nc6 33.Qe3 Bf6 34.h4 Nd8 35.h5 Kg8
36.d7 Nxe6 37.Qxe6+ Kh8 38.Qf7 Qc5 39.Re8 Qc1+ 40.Kh2 Qf4+ 41.Kg1 Qc1+
1/2-1/2


[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.21"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michael Hoffmann"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Nge7 8. Bf4 Ng6 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Nbd2 f5 11. exf6 Qxf6
12. c4 Nf4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Qc2+
Bf5 17. Qxc5 d4 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rad1 Kh8 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Rc8 23. f3 Bc2 24. Rc1 Bd3 25. Ree1
Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Re8 27. Nb3 Re2 28. Rd1 Bc4 29. Rxd4 Bxb3
30. axb3 Rxb2 31. b4 Kh7 32. h4 Kg6 33. Kh2 Kf6 34. Kh3 Ke5
35. Re4+ Kf6 36. g4 g6 37. g5+ Kf7 38. Rf4+ Kg7 39. Rc4 b6
40. f4 a5 41. bxa5 bxa5 42. Rc7+ Kf8 43. Ra7 Ra2 44. h5 gxh5
45. g6 Rf2 46. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.22"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Friso Nijboer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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. a4 Na6 12. g4
Nb4 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 d5 15. g5 Nh5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Na1 Ng3
18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Nf5 20. f4 Bd6 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Bf4
Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Qd7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. c3 Na6 26. h5 Nc5 27. d6
Ne6 28. Bh2 Qxa4 29. Nc2 Qg4 30. h6 Rd8 31. hxg7 Nxg5 32. Rg1
Nf3 33. Qe2 Qe4 34. Qxe4 Nd2+ 35. Ka2 Nxe4 36. Rd1 Nexd6
37. Na3 b5 38. Nxb5 Nb7 39. Rxd8+ Nxd8 40. Nd6 Nxd6 41. Bxd6
Kxg7 42. b4 axb4 43. cxb4 Kf6 44. Kb3 Kf5 45. b5 Nb7 46. Bc7
Ke4 47. Kc3 h5 48. Kd2 Kf3 49. Ke1 Kg2 50. Ke2 h4 51. Ke3 h3
52. b6 f5 53. Bf4 Nc5 54. Bd6 Nb7 55. Bf4 Na5 56. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anton Shomoev"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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. Nf5 Bxf5
12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne3 O-O 16. Be2 d5
17. O-O Qe7 18. Bh5 Rad8 19. Re1 b5 20. a4 b4 21. Qe2 Qa7
22. Rad1 Nd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Qxa6 Rf6 25. Rd1 Qxb2 26. Bxe5
Qxe5 27. Ng4 Qd6 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Qd3 Bg7 30. Bg4 Qe7
31. Qa6 Kf7 32. Rd3 Bf6 33. a5 Qd6 34. Qb7+ Rd7 35. Qb5 Rc7
36. Bh5+ Kg7 37. Qe8 Qe5 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Rf3 Qe1+ 40. Kh2
Qe5+ 41. g3 Ke7 42. Re3 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Kokarev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be7
12. Kb1 O-O 13. Nd5 a5 14. c3 a4 15. Nd2 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Ra5
17. Qc4 Kh8 18. Bf3 f5 19. Qe2 f4 20. Nc4 Rc5 21. Na3 b5
22. Nxb5 Qb6 23. Rd5 Rb8 24. Na3 Na5 25. Rhd1 Nc4 26. Nxc4
Rxc4 27. Qd2 Rc7 28. Rc1 Rcb7 29. Rc2 Qa7 30. Qe2 Bd8 31. Rxd6
Qc5 32. Rd5 Qc6 33. Ka1 Be7 34. Qd1 Qc7 35. Bg4 Qb6 36. Bd7
Qa7 37. Bc6 Rc7 38. Bb5 g6 39. a3 Rcb7 40. c4 Bc5 41. Rxe5
Bxf2 42. Rd2 Bh4 43. Red5 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Florian Jenni"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qxf1+
17. Kxf1 Bf5 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. f3 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Nc7 21. a4 Rfe8
22. axb5 axb5 23. e5 Be7 24. Ne4 Ra8 25. Rb1 h6 26. h4 Ne6
27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Bxg5 Bxg5 30. Nxg5 Kg7 31. Ke2
Kg6 32. Ne4 Rh8 33. Nc5 Rh3 34. Rf1 Rxg3 35. Rf6+ Kh7 36. Rxe6
Rg6 37. Rd6 Rf8 38. e6 Rg2+ 39. Ke3 Rf1 40. Rxc6 Re1+ 41. Kf3
Rge2 42. Rb6 Re3+ 43. Kf4 R3e2 44. Rxb5 Rf2+ 45. Kg3 Rf6
46. Nd7 Rg1+ 47. Kh2 Rff1 48. Nf6+ Kg6 49. Ne4 Rh1+ 50. Kg2
Rhg1+ 51. Kh3 Rf8 52. Kh2 Rg4 53. Ng3 Rf3 54. e7 Kf7 55. Rf5+
Rxf5 56. Nxf5 Rf4 57. Ne3 Rf3 58. Nd5 Rf5 59. c4 Rf2+ 60. Kg3
Rd2 61. Kf4 Rxd4+ 62. Ke5 Rxc4 63. Kd6 Re4 64. b4 Re6+ 65. Kc5
Re1 66. b5 Ke8 67. b6 Kd7 68. b7 Rc1+ 69. Kb5 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.26"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Miladinovic"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6
7. e4 Qxb2 8. Nd2 Qxc3 9. Bc7 d6 10. Rb1 Nfd7 11. Qa4 g6
12. Ne2 Qd3 13. Ba5 Bh6 14. f4 O-O 15. Rb3 b5 16. Qa3 b4
17. Rxd3 bxa3 18. Rh3 Bg7 19. Rxa3 Na6 20. Bc3 Nb4 21. Kd1 f5
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nc3 fxe4 24. Ndxe4 Nb6 25. g3 Bb7 26. Rg1
N6xd5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Nc3 Bc6 29. Kd2 Rfb8 30. Ra5 Rb7
31. Be2 Rab8 32. Re1 Nd5 33. Nd1 Rc7 34. a3 Rb1 35. Bd3 Ra1
36. Bc4 Rb7 37. Ra6 Nb6 38. Bb3 Bb5 39. Ra5 Bc4 40. Bxc4 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.29"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 c5
7. c3 Qb6 8. Qb3 Be6 9. Qa3 Nc6 10. O-O Qa5 11. Qxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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. Qf3 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg3 g6
12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Rfe1 c5 16. c4 d4
17. b3 Kg7 18. h4 h5 19. Nb2 Bb7 20. Be4 a5 21. Rad1 Ra7
22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qg5 Qa8 24. Rd3 Qd8 25. Qf4 Nb6 26. Rf3 Qe7
27. Nd3 Nd7 28. Nc1 a4 29. Ne2 axb3 30. axb3 Rha8 31. Ng3 Ra1
32. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 33. Kh2 f5 34. exf6+ Qxf6 35. Qe4 Qe7 36. Kh3
e5 37. Qb7 Qe6+ 38. Kh2 Qe7 39. Kh3 Re1 40. b4 cxb4 41. c5 Rc1
42. c6 Qe6+ 43. Nf5+ gxf5 44. Qxd7+ Kf6 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. Qc7+
Kf6 47. Qd8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.01"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Tregubov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 Bb7 16. h3 Nh6
17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Bd3 Nd5 19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Rhe1 f6 21. Nec5
fxe5 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxe5 Nd6 24. f5 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4
26. Nc5 Qc7 27. Qd4 Ne7 28. Nxd7 Rxf5 29. Rxe6 Ng6 30. Nb6
Raf8 31. Qxc4 Rc5 32. Qb3 Rb5 33. Nd5 Qb7 34. Qc4 Kh8 35. b3
Rc8 36. Rde1 Rf8 37. Rxg6 hxg6 38. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "International Championship of Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Davoud Pira"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 Nh6 6. Rb1 Nf5
7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2 a5 9. O-O d6 10. b3 e5 11. Nd5 Nfe7 12. Nec3
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. d3 Rb8 15. Bd2 b5 16. Nf6+ Qxf6 17. Bxc6
b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Qe2 Qd8 20. Ra1 e4 21. Rad1 exd3 22. Qxd3
Rb6 23. Bd5 Ra6 24. Bc1 Qf6 25. e4 Bg4 26. f3 Bh3 27. Rf2 Qc3
28. Bb2 Qxb2 29. Rxb2 Bxb2 30. f4 Bd4+ 31. Kh1 Bg4 32. Re1 Ra2
33. e5 Re8 34. Bf3 Rd2 35. Qf1 Rf2 36. Bxg4 Rxf1+ 37. Rxf1
dxe5 38. fxe5 Rxe5 39. Bf3 Kg7 40. Kg2 Re3 41. Bd1 Rd3 42. Re1
f5 43. Re7+ Kf6 44. Re1 Rd2+ 45. Kh1 Bf2 46. Rf1 Ke5 47. Bf3
Kd4 48. Rd1 Rxd1+ 49. Bxd1 Kc3 50. Kg2 Bd4 51. g4 fxg4 0-1

[Event "International Championship of Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.06.30"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Romanov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nc3 dxe4
7. Nxe4 Be7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Re8
12. Ng5 Nf8 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Qa7 16. Be5 b5
17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rad8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Nd7 21. Bf4
Rf8 22. Rad1 b4 23. Qg3 bxc3 24. Bh6 Bf6 25. Be3 Nc5 26. b4 c2
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. bxc5 Rd1 29. Rf1 g6 30. Qf4 Be7 31. Qc4 Bxc5
32. Bxc5 Qc7 33. Be3 Rd6 34. Bd5 1-0

[Event "International Championship of Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.07.01"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alberto David"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 g6 9. Nbd2 Bh6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bxc1
12. Rxc1 O-O 13. d4 e5 14. Qd2 Kg7 15. b4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6
17. dxe5 dxe5 18. a3 Rad8 19. Qb2 Rfe8 20. Rc5 Nd7 21. Rd5 Nf6
22. Nxe5 Rxd5 23. exd5 Qd4 24. Qxd4 Nxd4 25. f4 Rd8 26. Rd1
Rxd5 27. Rc1 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Rxd7 29. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "International Championship of Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.07.02"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "169"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5
17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Kh8 19. Re1 Nf4 20. Ne4 Bh3 21. Bxf4 Bxf1
22. Bxd6 Bc4 23. Be5+ f6 24. Nxf6 Rxf6 25. Bxf6+ Kg8 26. Re5
h6 27. Re7 Bxb3 28. axb3 Kf8 29. Rh7 Re8 30. Bg7+ Kg8 31. Rxh6
Qf7 32. Be5 Qxb3 33. Rxc6 Qxb2 34. Rg6+ Kf7 35. Rf6+ Ke7
36. Raxa6 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 g4+ 39. Kxg4 Rg8+ 40. Rg6
Rxg6+ 41. Rxg6 Qxc3 42. h4 b4 43. h5 b3 44. Rg7+ Ke6 45. h6 b2
46. h7 Qc8 47. Rg8 b1=Q 48. Rxc8 Qf5+ 49. Kh4 Qxh7+ 50. Kg5
Qf5+ 51. Kh6 Qxf3 52. Rd8 Ke7 53. Rd6 Qf8+ 54. Kg5 Qg8+
55. Rg6 Qa2 56. Rf6 Qg8+ 57. Kf4 Qa2 58. g4 Qc4 59. Kg5 Qg8+
60. Rg6 Qc4 61. Kh6 Kf7 62. Rg7+ Kf8 63. Bd6+ Ke8 64. Re7+ Kd8
65. Bc5 Qg8 66. g5 Qh8+ 67. Rh7 Qg8 68. g6 Qe6 69. Rf7 Qh3+
70. Kg7 Qg2 71. Re7 Qg4 72. Re5 Kd7 73. Re3 Kc6 74. Re5 Kd7
75. d5 Qc4 76. Be7 Qc8 77. Bf6 Kd6 78. Kf7 Qb7+ 79. Kf8 Qc8+
80. Re8 Qf5 81. Re6+ Kd7 82. g7 Qxd5 83. Re7+ Kd6 84. g8=Q Qf5
85. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "International Championship of Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.07.03"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kamran G Shirazi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. O-O
Ne5 7. d3 e6 8. Bf4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rae1 Be7
12. Qg4 O-O 13. Re3 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Rfe1 Raf8 16. Bh6 Bf6
17. R3e2 Ne5 18. Qg3 Qe7 19. Be3 Nxd3 20. Rf1 Nxb2 21. Rxb2
Bxc3 22. Re2 Be5 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Rd1 b6 25. g3 d5 26. f4 d4
27. Bf2 Bd6 28. Rdd2 e5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Qe4 Bd6 31. Qc6 d3
0-1

[Event "International Championship of Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vadim Malakhatko"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Qa5 10. Qb3 Rd8 11. O-O
Nf6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qg3 Qa6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nb3 g6 16. Bg5
Rc8 17. Rac1 Bg7 18. Qd3 Rc4 19. Rxc4 Qxc4 20. Rc1 Nxe5
21. Qe3 Qa6 22. Qc5 f6 23. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "International Championship of Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pham Minh Hoang"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Qd3 h6 10. Bd2 Nb6 11. Rd1 Be6
12. Qg3 g5 13. Na5 Nbd7 14. Nb3 b5 15. f3 b4 16. Na4 d5
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. c4 Nf4 20. c5 Nxe2 21. Qxe2 Qc6
22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. cxb6 Qxb6 24. Qxe5 O-O 25. Be3 Bf6 26. Bxb6
Bxe5 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxa2 29. b3 a5 30. Ra1 Rfd8
31. Rxa2 Rxd4 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Kxd2 a4 34. bxa4 Rxa4 35. Rb1
Ra2+ 36. Ke3 Rxg2 37. h4 gxh4 38. Rxb4 Rh2 39. Kf4 Kg7 40. Kf5
Rf2 41. Rg4+ Kh7 42. f4 h3 43. Rh4 h2 44. Rh3 Rg2 45. Kf6 Kg8
46. Rh4 Ra2 47. Rh3 Rf2 48. Kf5 Kg7 49. Rg3+ Kh7 50. Rh3 Ra2
51. Kf6 Kg8 52. Kf5 h5 53. Kf6 Rf2 54. f5 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gyorgy Marx VI"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[EventDate "2008.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ferenc Berkes"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6
7. b3 Nh6 8. c4 Nf5 9. Qd2 Bh5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. h3 Ne7
12. Ba3 Nc6 13. Bxf8 Nxf8 14. Na3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ng6 16. Be2
O-O 17. Bb5 Nge7 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nc2 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Nxa5
21. Nb4 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Kf8 23. f4 Ke8 24. Kf2 Kd7 25. Ke3 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Rc8 28. g4 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Kxc6 30. h4 g6
31. Kd3 a5 32. a4 Kd7 33. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gyorgy Marx VI"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[EventDate "2008.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Bd3 Rad8 13. Qd2 Bc8 14. Rfc1 Qd6 15. d5 Ne5 16. c4 e6
17. Nc3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 19. Bg5 Rde8 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. Qd2 exd5
22. exd5 a6 23. Nc3 Qg4 24. h3 Qxc4 25. Rxb6 Qd4 26. d6 Be6
27. Be3 Qxd2 28. Bxd2 Rb8 29. Rcb1 Rxb6 30. Rxb6 f5 31. a4 Bc4
32. Rc6 Rd8 33. Bg5 Rd7 34. Rxc5 Bxc3 35. Bf4 Bb3 36. Rxc3
Bxa4 37. Be5 Kf7 38. f4 Ke6 39. Rc8 Kd5 40. Ra8 Bb5 41. Kf2
Ke4 42. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gyorgy Marx VI"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[EventDate "2008.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Nc4 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Na5 h6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Qe2 Nd7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. Qc4 c5 16. d5 f5
17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Qg4 Qf6 19. Bxh6 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Bd2
Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Be3 Rxd5 24. Rac1 Re8 25. g3 Re4 26. Kg2
Kf7 27. b3 a5 28. Kf3 Rb4 29. Rc4 Rf5+ 30. Kg4 Re5 31. Rfc1
Ke6 32. h4 c6 33. Bd2 Rxc4+ 34. bxc4 d5 35. Kf3 Re4 36. Re1
Rxe1 37. Bxe1 a4 38. h5 Bd8 39. Bd2 Bf6 40. Be3 dxc4 41. Ke4
c3 42. Kd3 Bd4 43. f3 Kd5 44. Bf4 c4+ 45. Kc2 c5 46. g4 Ke6
47. Bc7 g6 48. h6 Kf7 49. f4 Kg8 50. g5 Kh7 51. Ba5 Be3
52. Kxc3 Bxf4 53. Bd8 a3 54. Kxc4 Be3 55. Be7 Kg8 56. Kd5 Kh7
57. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gyorgy Marx VI"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2008.07.28"]
[EventDate "2008.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Acs"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5 14. Rb1 Rab8 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nf3
Rfd8 17. Bd3 Be8 18. Qe4 Rxd3 19. Qxd3 Qxa2 20. Be3 Rd8
21. Qe4 b6 22. c4 Qa6 23. Rec1 Rc8 24. h3 Qb7 25. c5 b5
26. Nd2 Qa8 27. Rc3 Nxe5 28. Ra3 Qb8 29. Rba1 Nc6 30. Bf4 e5
31. Bxh6 g6 32. Rg3 Nd4 33. h4 f5 34. Qe3 f4 35. Bxf4 exf4
36. Qxe7 Rc7 37. Qe5 fxg3 38. Ne4 gxf2+ 39. Kf1 Nc6 40. Nf6+
Kf7 41. Qg5 Qd8 42. Ra3 Re7 43. Nd5 Re1+ 44. Kxf2 Qxg5
45. hxg5 Re5 0-1

[Event "Gyorgy Marx VI"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2008.07.29"]
[EventDate "2008.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Bc5 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. exd5
exd5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. c5 Bc7 14. O-O O-O 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 Be5
17. Rae1 Ng6 18. Bc1 Rc8 19. Qxa7 f5 20. f4 Bf6 21. Re6 Re8
22. Rfe1 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 Nf8 24. Re2 Rc7 25. Qa6 Re7 26. Rxe7
Qxe7 27. Bd2 Qe4 28. Qxc6 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 Qd3+ 30. Ke1 Bxb2
31. Qb7 Ne6 32. c6 Qb1+ 33. Kf2 Qxa2 34. c7 Nxc7 35. Qc8+ Kf7
36. Qxc7+ Kg6 37. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Gyorgy Marx VI"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[EventDate "2008.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ferenc Berkes"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qxc7 Nc6 9. Qxb7 Rc8 10. e4 Nh5 11. Be3 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Rd1 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Be2 Qxc3+ 16. Bd2
Qc7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. a3 Rd8 19. f3 Rc2 20. g4 Ra2 21. Be3
Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rxa3 23. Bc5 Ra5 24. Bb4 Rb5 25. Bxe7 Nf4
26. Kd2 Rb2+ 27. Kc3 Rb1 28. Kc2 Rb7 29. Bf6 a5 30. Kd2 Rb1
31. Re1 Bb3 32. Bxb3 Rxb3 33. Ra1 Rb5 34. Bc3 f5 35. Bxa5 fxe4
36. fxe4 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 g5 38. Kd4 Rxh2 39. Ke5 Nd3+ 40. Kf5
Rf2+ 41. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gyorgy Marx VI"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[EventDate "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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
Ne7 13. Nf1 g6 14. N3h2 Bg7 15. Ng4 Rf8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. f4
exf4 18. Bxf4 Nc8 19. Nh2 Nb6 20. Qd2 Nd7 21. Ng4 Bg7 22. e5
dxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8
27. Rf1 Rd8 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gyorgy Marx VI"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Bd3 Rad8 13. Qc2 b6 14. Rfd1 Na5 15. Qb2 c4 16. Bc2 e5
17. h3 Rfe8 18. Rd2 Bc6 19. Rbd1 Nb7 20. Qb1 Qe7 21. dxe5 Rxd2
22. Rxd2 Qxe5 23. Bd4 Qg5 24. f4 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Qc5 26. Kh2
Nd6 27. Qb4 Bxe4 28. Ba4 Rd8 29. Qb2 Bd3 30. Nc1 Nb7 31. Rxd8+
Nxd8 32. Qd2 Ne6 33. Nxd3 Qd6 34. Bb5 cxd3 35. Qxd3 Qxd3
36. Bxd3 Nxf4 37. Bc4 Kf8 38. Kg3 Ne6 39. Kf3 Ke7 40. h4 f5
41. g4 fxg4+ 42. Kxg4 h5+ 43. Kf3 Ng7 44. Bd3 Nf5 45. Bxf5
gxf5 46. Kf4 Kf6 47. c4 a5 48. a4 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Gyorgy Marx VI"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.07.25"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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. Qf3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nd7
12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Be2 Qc7 16. Kb1 Nb6
17. Rd3 h5 18. Rhd1 h4 19. Qf2 Na4 20. Bf3 Nxc3+ 21. Rxc3 Bc6
22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Na5 Bd7 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. c4 Bd7 26. b4 Qa7
27. Qd5 bxc4 28. Nxc4 Ba4 29. Rc1 Bh6 30. Bd1 O-O 31. Bxa4
Bxc1 32. Kxc1 Qg1+ 33. Qd1 Qxg2 34. Nxd6 Qxh2 35. Qg4+ Kh8
36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Qg4+ Kh8 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Be8 Qg1+ 40. Kc2
Kg7 41. Qxh4 Rh8 42. Qxh8+ Kxh8 43. Bxf7 Qf2+ 44. Kb3 Qf3+
45. Kc4 Qxa3 46. Bd5 Qb2 47. b5 Qd4+ 48. Kb3 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Gyorgy Marx VI"]
[Site "Paks HUN"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[EventDate "2008.07.25"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Acs"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4
7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 exd4 10. cxd4 f5 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 fxe4 15. Qf5 Qf6 16. Qxf6
gxf6 17. Nxe4 Kf7 18. Nxd6+ cxd6 19. Rfe1 Rhe8 20. Kf1 a5
21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Re1 Ra8 23. Ke2 a4 24. Kd3 Ra5 25. g4 h5
26. f4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Ra8 28. Rh1 Rg8 29. Rh4 Ke6 30. Ke4 Rxg4
31. Rxg4 f5+ 32. Kf3 fxg4+ 33. Kxg4 Kf6 34. b4 axb3 35. axb3
c5 36. dxc5 dxc5 37. f5 b5 38. Kf4 c4 39. bxc4 bxc4 40. Ke4 c3
1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Igor Alexandre Nataf"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. Qd3 a5 13. Rfe1 a4 14. Bd5 a3 15. b4 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Nb1 Qb6 18. Qb3 Ra4 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. c4 Ne5 21. Rc1 Raa8
22. Nd2 Rfc8 23. Qe3 Kg8 24. Rab1 Qa6 25. Qb3 Qa7 26. Kf1 Qd4
27. Qc3 Qa7 28. Qb3 Qd4 29. Qc3 Qa7 30. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Sokolov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 g6 12. O-O
e5 13. Nb3 Bg7 14. Rad1 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Bxd6
Nxd2 18. Bxc7 Nxf1 19. Kxf1 Nd7 20. Bg4 Nf6 21. Bf3 Nd7
22. Bg4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anatoli Vaisser"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Ne5 a6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. Qa4+ Bd7
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O-O Kc7 15. f3 Rhd8 16. g3
e5 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Bc4 f6 19. Rd2 Bc5 20. Rxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bxc5
Rdc8 22. Rd1+ Ke8 23. b4 b6 24. Bd5 bxc5 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Kc2
cxb4 27. cxb4 Ke7 28. Kb3 Ke6 29. a4 f5 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5
e4 32. h4 g6 33. f4 Ke7 34. Kb4 Rd8 35. Ra1 Kd7 36. Kc5 Rc8+
37. Kd4 Rc7 38. b6 Rc6 39. Ra7+ Kc8 40. Rxh7 Rxb6 41. h5 gxh5
42. Rxh5 Rf6 43. Ke5 Rf8 44. Ke6 e3 45. Rh1 e2 46. Rc1+ Kd8
47. Re1 Re8+ 48. Kxf5 Re3 49. Kf6 Ke8 50. g4 Kf8 51. g5 Re7
52. g6 Rf7+ 53. Kg5 Re7 54. f5 Re3 55. Kf4 Re7 56. f6 Re6
57. Kf5 Re3 58. Rh1 Rf3+ 59. Ke6 Kg8 60. Ra1 Ra3 61. Ke7 Re3+
62. Kd6 Rd3+ 63. Ke5 Rd8 64. Kf5 Kf8 65. Rh1 Rd5+ 66. Ke6 Rh5
67. g7+ Kg8 68. f7+ Kxg7 69. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxc4 b6 10. e3 Ba6 11. Qb3 Bxf1
12. Kxf1 O-O 13. Ke2 c5 14. Rhd1 Nc6 15. dxc5 Qc8 16. Rab1
bxc5 17. Qc4 Na5 18. Qb5 Nc6 19. Qc4 Rb8 20. Rxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Manuel Apicella"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O
12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Bh4 Qh5 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3
17. Bxg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Rf6 19. Nh2 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 e5 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. f4 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rd6 24. Rad1 Rc8 25. R1d2 Bf5
26. Rd4 Bb1 27. Ra4 a6 28. Nf3 Rdc6 29. Rxd5 Rc2 30. Rd2 Rxd2
31. Nxd2 Rc2 32. Nxb1 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rxb1 34. Rb4 b5 35. g4 Rd1
36. b3 Rb1 37. g5 Rb2 38. a3 Kf7 39. Kh3 g6 40. g4 Rd2 41. a4
bxa4 42. bxa4 a5 43. Re4 Rd3+ 44. Kg2 Ra3 45. f5 Rc3 46. f6
Rc5 47. Re7+ Kg8 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Rxh7 Rxg5 50. Kg3 Rc5
51. Kh4 Rc4 52. Kg5 Rxa4 53. Ra7 Kg8 54. Rg7+ Kf8 55. Rxg6 Rc4
56. Rg7 a4 57. Ra7 Rb4 58. Kf5 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sebastien Maze"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 Be7 12. Rb1
O-O 13. b4 b5 14. Bb2 d5 15. Rc1 Nb6 16. exd5 exd5 17. d4 c4
18. Be2 Bd6 19. Ne5 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Re8 22. Nf3
Qc7 23. Qc2 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rce1 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qd7
27. Bc1 d4 28. cxd4 Nd5 29. h4 h6 30. Qf3 Rd8 31. h5 Ne7
32. Re4 Kf8 33. Bf4 Nd5 34. Be5 f6 35. Bg3 Re8 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8
37. Qe4+ Kf7 38. f3 Qe6 0-1

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jean-Marc Degraeve"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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. Ne5+ c6 11. d4 Qh4+
12. g3 Qh3 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bf4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Kb1
Rhf8 17. Rhf1 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Qe6 20. Rff1 Ng4
21. Rxf8 Rxf8 22. h3 Nf2 23. Rf1 Qxh3 24. Nd2 Qxg3 25. Nxe4
Qg6 26. Nxf2 Qf5 27. Kc1 g5 28. Kd2 Kd7 29. Qe5 Qg6 30. d5 g4
31. Qe6+ Qxe6 32. dxe6+ Kxe6 33. Re1+ Kf5 34. Ne4 Kg6 35. Ke3
h5 36. Rd1 Rf3+ 37. Ke2 h4 38. Rd8 Rf7 39. Rg8+ Rg7 40. Rxg7+
Kxg7 41. Ke3 Kg6 42. Kf4 g3 43. Ng5 Kf6 44. Nf3 g2 45. Kg4 a5
46. Kxh4 Kf5 47. Kg3 Ke4 48. Kf2 a4 49. Nd2+ Kd4 50. Nb1 Kd5
1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sebastien Feller"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. Qg4 g6 9. a4 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Na3 Nc6 12. Be3
d5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 f6 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qh3 Nb6
18. a5 Na4 19. c4 Nxb2 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. Bc2 Bd7 22. Rfb1 Bxa3
23. Rxa3 Nb4 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. e6 Bc6 0-1

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Qc7
7. Qf3 e6 8. O-O-O Bc5 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. Qg3 Nf6 11. Bc7 Qc8
12. Be5 Nxe4 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bd3 Bg6 16. f4 d6
17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Rhe1 Bxf4+ 20. Kb1 Bxd3
21. Rxe6+ fxe6 22. Rxd3 Bh6 23. Qg4 Rf1+ 24. Rd1 Rxd1+
25. Qxd1 Ra7 26. Qd6 Rd7 27. Qxe6+ Re7 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. a4 Nd7
30. Qxa6 Bg7 31. Qc4+ Re6 32. b4 Be5 33. a5 bxa5 34. bxa5 Ke7
35. a6 Rb6+ 36. Kc1 Bb2+ 37. Kd1 Rd6+ 38. Ke2 Bd4 39. Qc8 Re6+
40. Kd1 Rd6 41. c4 Bc5+ 42. Kc2 h6 43. Qb7 Rb6 44. Qa8 Rb4
45. Kc3 Ra4 46. Qe4+ Kd8 47. Qh4+ Be7 48. Qxh6 Bf6+ 49. Kd3
Rxa6 50. h4 Rd6+ 51. Ke2 Rd4 52. g3 Rxc4 53. Qh7 Rg4 54. Kf3
Ne5+ 55. Kg2 Rg7 56. Qf5 Ke7 57. Kh3 Kf7 58. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thal Abergel"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 O-O
12. Kb1 Qc7 13. f4 b5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Ne8 16. Ne4 Nxb3
17. cxb3 Bb7 18. Rc1 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Bxe4+ 20. Rxe4 Qd7 21. a3
Rc8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Nf3 h6 24. Qh4 Nc7 25. Rg4 Kh8 26. Qg3
Qd7 27. Rxg7 Qd3+ 28. Ka2 Nd5 29. Rg4 Nc3+ 30. bxc3 Qc2+
31. Ka1 Qxc3+ 32. Ka2 Qc2+ 33. Ka1 Qc1+ 34. Ka2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3
Bd6 7. Nbd2 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Qe2 c5 11. Nc4 Qd7
12. Nfd2 b5 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. f3 Nh6 15. Bf2 O-O 16. Be3 Nf7
17. O-O Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.23"]
[EventDate "2008.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Kh1 d5
12. Nxe5 Ncxe4 13. Be3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. c4 Nf6 16. Qf3
dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bf5 18. Qxb7 Be4 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Nxf7 Rxf7
21. Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Qa2 Qc8 23. Be6 Qc6 24. Rf2 Qc3 25. Bd2 Qd4
26. Raf1 Bc5 27. Re2 Bc6 28. Be3 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qe4+ 30. Rf3
Qg6+ 31. Kf1 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2008.08.23"]
[EventDate "2008.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[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 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+
Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. a3 h6 14. Bc1 Rd8 15. Rfe1 Bc8 16. Nd4
Bc5 17. Nb3 Rxd1 18. Nxd1 Bb6 19. Be3 Ke7 20. Kh2 Rd8 21. Kg3
Be6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5+ Ke8 24. f4 b6 25. Bf2 Rd2 26. Bg1
Ne7 27. Ne3 Nf5+ 28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. Kf3 Bxc2 30. Be3 Rd1
31. Rxd1 Bxd1+ 32. Kf2 h5 33. Ke1 Bc2 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Ke7
36. f5 g6 37. Bg5+ Ke8 38. Kd2 Bb1 39. fxg6 Bxg6 40. e6 fxe6
41. Bf4 Kd7 42. Be5 c5 43. Ke3 b5 44. Kf4 b4 45. a4 Bc2 46. a5
Kc6 47. Kg5 Bd1 48. Kh4 c4 49. g5 Bc2 50. Kh5 Kb5 51. g6 Bxg6+
52. Kxg6 Kxa5 53. Kf6 Ka4 54. Kxe6 Kb3 55. Kd5 a5 56. Bxc7 a4
57. Kd4 a3 58. bxa3 bxa3 59. Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Union Championship"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[EventDate "2008.09.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Iosefina Paulet"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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. Bg5 b5 11. Bb3 Be6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Nc7 Bh3 16. Qf3
Bg4 17. Qg3 Nd4 18. Rfe1 Ra7 19. Nd5 Qg6 20. c3 Nxb3 21. axb3
f5 22. Rxa6 Qf7 23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24. h3 Bh5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Qh4
Rf7 27. Ne3 Bg6 28. Qd8+ Rf8 29. Qxd6 e4 30. Qd5+ Bf7 31. Qxb5
Be6 32. Qc6 Qf7 33. Re2 Rd8 34. Qxe4 Bxb3 35. c4 h6 36. Nd5
Bxc4 37. Ne7+ Kh8 38. Ng6+ Kg8 39. Ne5 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Bd5
41. Nxf7 Bxe4 42. Nxh6+ gxh6 43. Rxe4 Rd2 44. Rf4 Rxb2 45. g4
Rb3 46. f3 Kg7 47. Kg3 Kg6 48. Ra4 Rb6 49. f4 Rb3+ 50. Kh4 Kf6
51. Ra6+ Kg7 52. Ra7+ Kg8 53. f5 Rb6 54. Kh5 Rf6 55. Re7 1-0

[Event "European Union Championship"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[EventDate "2008.09.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Colin A McNab"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. d4 Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7
12. Qc2 Qc8 13. b3 c6 14. Qd2 Bh3 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Nce2 c5
17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Qxa5 cxd4 19. e4 Rac8 20. Bd2 Rc2 21. Rac1
Rec8 22. Qxa7 Rxd2 23. Qxb6 Be5 24. Ng2 Rxa2 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8
26. Ne1 Qc3 27. Qb5 Bd6 28. Nd3 Rd2 29. e5 Qxd3 30. Qxd3 Rxd3
31. exd6 exd6 32. Rb1 Kg7 33. Kf1 Kf6 34. Ke2 Rc3 35. f4 Kf5
36. Kd2 Ke4 37. Re1+ Re3 38. Rc1 Rd3+ 39. Ke2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "European Union Championship"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.11"]
[EventDate "2008.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Keith Arkell"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Nge7 8. Bf4 Ng6 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Nbd2 f5 11. exf6 Qxf6
12. c4 Nb4 13. Bxg6 Qxg6 14. Ne5 Qc2 15. cxd5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1
Nxd5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rac1 b6 19. Nc6 Bf6 20. Bd6 Re8 21. Be5
Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Ba6 23. h4 h6 24. Kh2 Rf8 25. f3 Rac8 26. Nc6
Rc7 27. Nd4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 e5 29. Nc6 Rc8 30. Rd1 Rxc6 31. Rxd5
Rc2 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Nxd2 Kg6 35. Kg3 Kf5 36. Kf2
Bb7 37. Ke3 h5 38. Nf1 g6 39. g4+ hxg4 40. Ng3+ Kf6 41. fxg4
Bd5 42. Ne4+ Ke7 43. a3 Be6 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Bf5 46. Nc3
Kf6 47. Nb5 a6 48. Nd6 Bh7 49. b4 Ke6 50. Nc4 b5 51. Nd2 Kd5
52. Nf3 Bf5 53. h6 Bg6 54. Kd2 e4 55. Ng5 Kc4 56. Ne6 Kb3
57. Nf8 Bf5 58. Ke3 Kxa3 59. Kf4 e3 60. Kxe3 Kxb4 61. Kf4 Bc2
62. Kg5 Ka3 63. Ng6 b4 64. h7 b3 65. h8=Q b2 66. Qc3+ Bb3
67. Ne5 b1=Q 68. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "European Union Championship"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[EventDate "2008.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ali Bitalzadeh"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 e6 6. e4 exd5
7. e5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh3 c4 11. Be3 axb5
12. O-O-O Qb4 13. Nf4 Ne7 14. Qf2 Qa5 15. Bb6 Qa6 16. Rxd5 Bc6
17. Rxb5 Bxb5 18. Ne4 Nc8 19. Nd5 Nxb6 20. Nc7+ Kd8 21. Nxa6
Rxa6 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qh4+ Be7 25. Qxc4 Rf8
26. b4 Rb6 27. a3 Na6 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Nc7 30. Qd3 Kc8
31. Kb2 f6 32. Qxh7 fxe5 33. Qxg7 Re6 34. Kb3 Nb5 35. Re1 Nd4+
36. Ka2 Rff6 37. Qh8+ Rf8 38. Qg7 Rff6 39. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Union Championship"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[EventDate "2008.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Normunds Miezis"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. O-O e5 9. f4 Nf6 10. Kh1 Bd6 11. f5 h5 12. Be3
Qe7 13. Bg5 Bc5 14. Qf3 Bd4 15. a4 a5 16. Nd1 Bd7 17. Ne3 h4
18. c3 Bc5 19. Nc4 b6 20. Rae1 Bc8 21. b4 axb4 22. cxb4 Bd4
23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rb8 25. Nxb6 Qxb4 26. Rb1 Qe7 27. Qg5
Qd8 28. Rfd1 O-O 29. a5 Qd4 30. Qxh4 Bxf5 31. Bc4 Rxb6
32. axb6 Qxc4 33. b7 Bxe4 34. b8=Q Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qxh4
36. Qxe5 Qg4+ 37. Qg3 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Ne4 39. Qf4 Nc3 40. Rd2 Qe6
41. Rbb2 Re8 42. Qf3 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Nd5 44. Rf2 Qe6 45. Kh1 Ne3
46. Rbe2 f5 47. Re1 Qh6 48. Ra2 Re6 49. Rg1 Re8 50. Ra7 Ng4
51. Rxg4 fxg4 52. Qf7+ Kh7 53. Qxe8 Qc1+ 54. Kg2 Qb2+ 55. Kg3
Qc3+ 56. Kf2 Qf3+ 57. Ke1 Qc3+ 58. Ke2 Qf3+ 59. Ke1 Qc3+
60. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Union Championship"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[EventDate "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Ba4 c4 8. Na3 b5 9. Bc2 e5 10. b3 Na5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3
Be7 13. c4 bxc4 14. Nxc4 O-O 15. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Union Championship"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.15"]
[EventDate "2008.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Emanuel Berg"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7
12. g3 O-O 13. Bf4 Ng4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nc3 e5 16. dxe5 Qh6
17. h4 Ngxe5 18. Ng5 d4 19. Nd5 Bg4 20. f3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bf5
22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Qxb7 Qd6 24. Nf4 Ne5 25. Rae1 Rab8 26. Qd5
Qxd5 27. Nxd5 Nd3 28. Re7 h6 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Be6
31. Rf4 Nxf4 32. Nxf4 Bxa2 33. Rf2 Bb1 34. Rd2 d3 35. Kf2 a5
36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Kf2 Rb8 38. Ng6+ Kh7 39. Ne5 a4 40. Ke3 Rb3
41. Kd4 Bc2 42. Nxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Union Championship"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[EventDate "2008.09.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bd2
dxe5 13. dxe5 Bc5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4
17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Union Championship"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.17"]
[EventDate "2008.09.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter K Wells"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3
Bb6 7. d4 c6 8. Be2 d6 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Nc4 Nxe4 11. Bd3 Nf6
12. Nxd6+ Qxd6 13. dxe5 Qe6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Qh5 h6 16. Re1+
Be6 17. Bg5 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Qxg5 19. Rxe6+ Kf8 20. Qf3 Kg8
21. Re4 Bc5 22. Rf1 Rf8 23. h4 Qd8 24. Bc4 Rh7 25. Qf5 Bb6
26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27. h5 Bc7 28. Qg6 c5 29. g3 Qd7 30. Kg2 Qd2+
31. Rf2 Qd7 32. Rfe2 Bd6 33. Re8 Qc6+ 34. Kh2 1-0

[Event "European Union Championship"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.09.18"]
[EventDate "2008.09.09"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Werle"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4
Bc6 7. Qd4 Rg8 8. e3 Bg7 9. Qc4 Nb6 10. Qb3 e5 11. e4 N8d7
12. d3 Qe7 13. Be2 Nc5 14. Qc2 Ne6 15. a4 a5 16. O-O g5
17. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008/09"]
[Site "Various GER"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Werle"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Bf4 Qc8 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd3 e5 15. Be3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5
17. f3 b6 18. g4 f4 19. Bf2 h5 20. gxh5 c4 21. Bc2 Bf5 22. h6
Bxh6 23. Kh1 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Qf5 25. Rg1+ Kh7 26. Qxf5+ Rxf5
27. Bh4 Nb7 28. Rg4 Rg8 29. Rbg1 Rg7 30. Rxg7+ Bxg7 31. Be7
Bf8 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Rg5 Re8 34. Kg2 Nd6 35. Kh3 Nf7 36. Rg1
Rd8 37. Rd1 Kg6 38. Rd2 Nd6 39. Kg2 Nf5 40. Kf2 Rd6 41. Rd1
Kf6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2008/09"]
[Site "Various GER"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bartlomiej Macieja"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 h5 10. Qf2 d6 11. h3 b5 12. Nxc6
Qxc6 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. g4 Be6 16. Kb1 hxg4 17. hxg4
Rxh1 18. Rxh1 d5 19. Ng3 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd7 21. Rh8+ Nf8
22. Bc5 a5 23. Rg8 g6 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Rxf8+ Kd7 26. Be4 Bd5
27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Qd2 Ke6 29. f4 exf4 30. Qxf4 Be5 31. Bf5+
Kf6 32. g5+ 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Krum Georgiev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Bb2 Qf6
7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nab5 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Qd2 Bxe4 11. O-O-O Qh6
12. Nb5 Ke7 13. f4 Kf8 14. Nd6 Nf6 15. b4 Bxd6 16. Qxd6+ Kg8
17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Ne4 19. Qxd7 Qxf4+ 20. Kb1 h5 21. Rhd1
Qg4 22. Qb7 Rf8 23. Rd4 f5 24. Qe7 Kh7 25. Rd7 Rhg8 26. Qxe6
Re8 27. Qd5 a5 28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Qg6 30. Qb7 Rb8 31. Qd5
Rbe8 32. Qb7 Rb8 33. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Pavel Tregubov"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6
12. Be3 a6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Qd2 b5 15. g5 Nd7 16. f4 Rfe8
17. e5 d5 18. Ne2 b4 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. h4 Bb7 21. h5 Bc5
22. Rf2 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 a5 24. c3 bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3
Nc5 27. Bf1 Ba6 28. Bxa6 Nxa6 29. Rb2 Nc5 30. Rb5 Ne4 31. Rd3
h6 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Kh2 Re7 34. Rd1 Kf8 35. Rg1 Rec7 36. Bb6
Rb7 37. a4 Rxc3 38. Bxa5 Rxb5 39. Bxc3 Rb3 40. Be1 d4 41. Kg2
Ke8 42. a5 d3 43. a6 d2 44. Bxd2 Nxd2 45. Ra1 Rb8 46. a7 Ra8
47. Ra6 Ke7 48. Kf2 Ne4+ 49. Kf3 Nc3 50. Ke3 Kd7 51. f5 Nd5+
52. Ke4 Nc7 53. Ra1 Kc6 54. fxe6 fxe6 55. Rc1+ Kb6 56. Rg1
Rxa7 57. Rg6 Kc5 58. Rxh6 Ra4+ 59. Kf3 Kd4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zaven Andriasian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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. Qd3 b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Nd7
12. Ng3 h5 13. h4 d5 14. Qf3 Bb7 15. Bd3 Nc5 16. e5 fxe5
17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Rhe1 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Qf4 20. Nxh5 Qxf3 21. Nxf3
d4 22. Nf6+ Ke7 23. Ne4 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Be3 25. Nxd4 Bxe4
26. Rdxe3 Bxg2 27. a3 a5 28. axb4 axb4 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6+
Kd7 31. Rg6 Bf3 32. Rf6 Raf8 33. Rxf8 Rxf8 34. b3 Kd6 35. Kb2
Bd5 36. Re2 Kc5 37. Rh2 Rf6 38. h5 Rh6 39. Rh4 Bf7 40. Rf4
Bxh5 41. Rc4+ Kb5 42. Rh4 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Robert Hardarson"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Bxe3
12. Qxe3 Ne7 13. c3 Nf5 14. Qe2 c5 15. Bc2 Ng5 16. Nbd2 Nxf3+
17. Qxf3 Qg5 18. Nb3 c4 19. Bxf5 cxb3 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qh3
Qxe5 22. Re1 Qf4 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Qe3 bxa2 25. Qxf4 Rxf4
26. Rxa2 h6 27. Rd1 Re4 28. Kf1 b4 29. Rxd5 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rb8
31. g3 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Rc4 33. Rxa6 Rxc3 34. Rd7 Rb8 35. Raa7 Rg8
36. f4 Rc2+ 37. Kh3 Rf2 38. Rf7 Rb2 39. f5 Rb6 40. Kh4 Rc6
41. Kh5 Kh7 42. Rae7 Rb6 43. g4 Ra6 44. h4 Ra5 45. Re6 Kh8
46. g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 Ra1 48. Kg6 Rb1 49. Rfe7 Rb2 50. Re3 Rb6+
51. Kf7 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2
Nxg3 13. fxg3 h5 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qe2 a4 16. Qe3 Na6 17. Nxa4
cxd5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Nc3 f5 20. exf5 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Bxf5
22. Qe3 Bg6 23. Nde4 b5 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. Nxg5 b4 26. Nce4 Bh6
27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bxg5 29. Nxg5 Ra5 30. a4 bxa3 31. Rxa3
Rxd5 32. Ra7 Rb5 33. Ne6 Bd3+ 34. Kg1 Rxb2 35. Rg7+ Kh8
36. Rd7 Rb6 37. Ng5 Bg6 38. Nf7+ Bxf7 39. Rxf7 Rb4 40. Rf5 Re4
41. Rxh5+ Kg7 42. Rg5+ Kh6 43. Rf5 d5 44. Kf2 d4 45. Rf6+ Kh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "26"]

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. Re1
Be6 12. Ne4 Rd8 13. Bg5 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3
Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bf4 Be6 9. Qa3 O-O 10. e3 N8d7 11. Be2 c5
12. dxc5 Nc4 13. Qb4 a5 14. Qb5 Rc8 15. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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. Bf3 Nb4 11. a5 Be6 12. Be3
Rc8 13. Bb6 Qd7 14. Re1 Qc6 15. Re2 Nd7 16. Be3 b5 17. axb6
Nxb6 18. Na5 Qc7 19. Nd5 N4xd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21. b3 Bf6 22. Ra2
Na4 23. Bd2 Nc3 24. Bxc3 Qxc3 25. Nc6 Bg5 26. Re4 Bxc6 27. Rc4
Bb5 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Be2 Rfc8 30. g3 g6 31. h4 Be7 32. Bxb5
axb5 33. Qe2 R3c5 34. Ra7 Bf8 35. Rb7 h5 36. Qf3 R8c7 37. Rxc7
Rxc7 38. c3 Bg7 39. Qd3 Rc5 40. b4 Rc4 41. Qxc4 bxc4 42. b5
Bf6 43. b6 Bd8 44. b7 Bc7 45. Kf1 Kf8 46. Ke2 Ke7 47. f3 Kd7
48. g4 f5 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4
exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3
Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. Nf4 Nh6 15. Nfd5 Ng4 16. Bf4
Ne5 17. Bg3 Kb7 18. Ne3 g6 19. Ncd5 Bg7 20. b3 Rhf8 21. c4 Rf7
22. h3 Bf8 23. f3 Bd6 24. Bh4 Nd7 25. g4 Be5 26. Kg2 Nf8
27. Bg3 Ne6 28. h4 a5 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. g5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Nf4+
32. Kh2 Nh5 33. Kg2 Nf4+ 34. Kh2 Nh5 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Marie Sebag"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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. Bb5 Na6
12. Kb1 Nc7 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. g4 Nxb5 15. Nxb5 a4 16. Nc1 Rc8
17. Ne2 d5 18. g5 Nd7 19. exd5 Bf5 20. Bc7 Rxc7 21. Nxc7 Qxc7
22. d6 Bxd6 23. Ng3 Bb4 24. Qxb4 Bxc2+ 25. Ka1 Nc5 26. a3 Nb3+
27. Ka2 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Qc2 29. Rd7 h6 30. Qxb7 Rf8 31. Qc7 Nc5
32. Rd8 Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ Kh7 34. Qc8 Qb3+ 35. Kb1 Nd3 36. Qc2
hxg5 37. Qxb3 axb3 38. Ne4 f5 39. Nxg5+ Kg6 40. Nh3 e4
41. fxe4 fxe4 42. a4 e3 43. Ng1 Kf5 44. a5 Nc5 45. Kc1 Ke4
46. Ne2 Nd3+ 47. Kb1 Nb4 48. Kc1 g5 49. Kd1 g4 50. Nc3+ Kf3
51. Ke1 Nd3+ 52. Kf1 Nxb2 53. Ne2 Nc4 54. Nd4+ Kf4 55. Nxb3
Nxa5 56. Nxa5 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "147"]

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. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Nd7
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. h3 f5
17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Rd2 Bxb3 19. axb3 Ne6 20. Nd5 Rae8 21. exf5
Rxf5 22. c3 e4 23. Nh2 Qf7 24. Qc4 Nc5 25. Ne3 Ne5 26. Qxf7
Rxf7 27. b4 Ncd3 28. Nhg4 h5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. f3 d5 31. Rfd1
Rg5 32. Kh2 Ne5 33. h4 Rg6 34. Rxd5 Re6 35. fxe4 Rf4 36. Nf5
Rxe4 37. Rd6 Rxd6 38. Nxd6 Rxh4+ 39. Kg1 b6 40. Ra1 Rg4
41. Rxa6 Nd3 42. Nf5 g6 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Ra7+ Kh8 45. Rd7 Nxb2
46. Ne3 Re4 47. Kf2 Nc4 48. Nd5 Re6 49. Kg3 g5 50. Rf7 Nd6
51. Rd7 b5 52. Kh2 Ne4 53. Rb7 g4 54. Rxb5 h4 55. Nf4 Rf6
56. Rh5+ Kg7 57. Nd5 Rd6 58. Ne3 g3+ 59. Kh3 Rd3 60. Nf5+ Kg6
61. Kxh4 Rd1 62. Nxg3 Nxc3 63. Rg5+ Kf7 64. Rc5 Nd5 65. b5 Ke6
66. Ne2 Rd2 67. Rc2 Rd1 68. Kg5 Ne3 69. Nf4+ Kf7 70. Rc7+ Ke8
71. b6 Kd8 72. Ne6+ Ke8 73. b7 Rd5+ 74. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4
Qa5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bh3 g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Bg7 17. Kb1
d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g5 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rg8 21. exd5 Bxd5
22. Rhe1 Kf8 23. Qf4 Kg7 24. g6 e5 25. Qd2 Bxf3 26. gxf7 Rgd8
27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Qg8+ Ke7 29. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+
12. Qxd2 Na5 13. h4 Bg4 14. h5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 e5 16. Qc3 Re8
17. Qxc5 b6 18. Qa3 Rc8 19. Bb5 Rf8 20. d6 Rc5 21. Qd3 Qg5
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. d7 Rd8 24. Rd1 a6 25. Bxa6 Nc6 26. Qe3 Nd4
27. Qxg5 Nxf3+ 28. Kf1 Nxg5 29. Kg2 Nxe4 30. Bb7 Nf6 31. Bc8
Kf8 32. Rd6 Ke7 33. Rxb6 Nxd7 34. Bxd7 Rxd7 35. Rh7 Rc2 36. a4
Ra2 37. a5 Rxa5 38. Rxg6 Ra4 39. Rg3 Ke6 40. Rh6+ f6 41. Rf3
Rg7+ 42. Kh3 Rf7 43. Rg6 e4 44. Rb3 Ra5 45. f3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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. a4 Be7 10. a5 a6 11. c4 Na7 12. Be3
O-O 13. Nfd2 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Be4 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Bd5
17. Nb6 Nxe5 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Bd6 Rd8 21. Bd3 Nc8
22. Bxg6 Nxd6 23. cxd6 fxg6 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. Qg3 Qb8 26. d7
Qxg3 27. fxg3 Rxd7 28. b4 g5 29. Rad1 Rc7 30. Rc1 Rd7 31. Rcd1
Rc7 32. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 e6 6. e4 exd5
7. e5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh3 c4 11. Nf4 Qc5
12. Nfxd5 Bxd5 13. Be3 Qb4 14. a3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Nd5 Qd8
17. Qxc4 Ra7 18. Rc1 axb5 19. Nc7+ Rxc7 20. Qxc7 Nc6 21. Qxd8+
Kxd8 22. Bxb5 Nxe5 23. Ba5+ Ke7 24. Rc8 f5 25. Bb4+ d6
26. Rxf8 Kxf8 27. Bxd6+ Kf7 28. Bxe5 Nf6 29. O-O Rc8 30. a4
Nd5 31. Ra1 Rc2 32. Bd3 Rd2 33. Bc4 Rc2 34. b3 Ne3 35. Bxe6+
Kxe6 36. Bd4 f4 37. Bxe3 fxe3 38. a5 Kd5 39. a6 Rc8 40. a7 Ra8
41. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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. a4 Be7 10. a5 a6 11. c4 Na7 12. Be3
dxc4 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nxc4 Nb5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc7
17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Rac1 c5 19. Qe4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Qb8 22. Be3 Rfe8 23. h4 Nf8 24. h5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rc1
Nd7 27. g3 Bc5 28. Kg2 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Rc8 30. Rc3 Rc6 31. Qd4
Qc7 32. f4 Rc5 33. b4 Rc6 34. Rc2 b5 35. axb6 Nxb6 36. Qd6
Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Milan Drasko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4
7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Re1 Rc8 12. d5
Nxd5 13. e4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 Nxc3 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bxc3 Bxc3
17. Rb1 b6 18. Bf1 Bf6 19. Ra4 Rc7 20. Kg2 e5 21. Nb5 Re7
22. Re1 Bg7 23. g4 h6 24. h4 Rde8 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Nb5 Rde8
27. Nd6 Rd8 28. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.14"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 e5
7. Nde2 Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Bg2 Nb4 10. O-O Be6 11. b3 d5
12. exd5 Nfxd5 13. Ba3 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Nxc2
16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nd5+ Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Ke6 19. Rfd1 Nd4 20. f4
Rad8 21. Rxe5+ Kf6 22. Rde1 Rd7 23. g4 g6 24. Re7 Rhd8
25. Bxb7 a5 26. R1e3 Ne6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5
Kxf5 30. Bc8 Kf4 31. Re1 Rd6 32. Rf1+ Ke3 33. Rxf7 Ng5
34. Re7+ Kf4 35. Bb7 Rd3 36. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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. Qf3 b5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6
12. Bd3 f5 13. O-O Bb7 14. exf5 Qxf3 15. gxf3 Bg7 16. Rae1 Kd7
17. fxe6+ fxe6 18. f5 Bd4+ 19. Kg2 Rhg8+ 20. Kh3 Rg5 21. fxe6+
Ke7 22. Ne4 Rh5+ 23. Kg2 Rg8+ 24. Ng3 Bxb2 25. c4 Bxa3 26. Be4
Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Re5 28. cxb5 Rxe4 29. fxe4 axb5 30. Rf7+ Kxe6
31. Rxh7 b4 32. Rb7 Ke5 33. Kf3 Rh8 34. Ke3 Rxh2 35. Rb5+ Ke6
36. Nf5 Kd7 37. Nd4 Rh3+ 38. Ke2 Rc3 39. Rb7+ Kc8 40. Rb5 Rc4
41. Kd3 Rc3+ 42. Ke2 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jose Manuel Dominguez"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 Bh5
7. d4 c6 8. c3 Qc7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Nf1 O-O-O 11. Ng3 Bg6
12. Bb3 Nh5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nxh5 Kb8 15. Qf3 f6 16. Be3 Re8
17. Ng3 h5 18. h4 Rd8 19. Red1 Be8 20. Be6 g6 21. dxe5 fxe5
22. Bg5 Rc8 23. Rd2 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Rxh6 25. Rad1 Rh7 26. Nf1 Re7
27. Qh3 Rd8 28. Ne3 b5 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 31. c4 b4
32. c5 Kb7 33. Nc4 Nxc5 34. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dragan Solak"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6
7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. h3 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxg6 Qxd1 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Rxd1 Be7
16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Be3 Rd5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. f4 Rhd8 20. Re1 h6
21. Re2 g5 22. Rf1 Kg6 23. g3 b5 24. a3 Rd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+
26. Kf2 b4 27. a4 Rd3 28. Re3 Rd1 29. Ke2 Rh1 30. fxg5 hxg5
31. Nd6 Rxh3 32. Kd3 b5 33. a5 Rh1 34. Re2 Ra1 35. Rc2 Rxa5
36. Rxc6 Ra1 37. Nxb5 Rd1+ 38. Ke2 Rd5 39. Rxe6+ Kf7 40. Rb6
Rxe5+ 41. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kamil Miton"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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. O-O-O b4 10. e5 Bb7 11. Ncb5 axb5
12. Bxb5+ Nbd7 13. Qh3 b3 14. Qxb3 Bd5 15. c4 Ne4 16. Rhe1
Nxg5 17. fxg5 Bxc4 18. exd6 Bxb3+ 19. dxc7 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Bd6
21. Nxe6 Ke7 22. Nd4 Bf4+ 23. Kb1 Nb6 24. Nc6+ Ke6 25. Nd8+
Ke7 26. Nc6+ Ke6 27. Nd8+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[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. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. Be3 c6
18. c4 Nb6 19. Qe2 bxc4 20. bxc4 a5 21. Rab1 Nfd7 22. Bd3 Ba6
23. Rec1 Na4 24. Qd2 Nac5 25. Bf1 Rf8 26. Rd1 a4 27. Ne1 h5
28. f3 Re8 29. Nc2 Bf8 30. Nb4 Bb7 31. Ne2 Qa5 32. Nc3 Ba8
33. dxc6 Bxc6 34. Nb5 Re6 35. Nd5 Qxd2 36. Bxd2 Bxd5 37. cxd5
Ree8 38. Nc3 Kh7 39. Bb5 a3 40. Bc6 f5 41. Nb5 fxe4 42. fxe4
Rb8 43. Bb4 Red8 44. Rf1 Kg8 45. Bxd7 Nxd7 46. Bxa3 Rdc8
47. Bxd6 Ra8 48. Bxf8 Nxf8 49. Rf2 Rcb8 50. Rfb2 Nd7 51. Nc3
Rc8 52. Rb7 Nc5 53. R7b6 Ra3 54. Rc6 Rxc6 55. dxc6 Rxc3
56. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Eduardovich Akopian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 g6 12. O-O
e5 13. Rad1 Be7 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8
17. Qe3 h6 18. Bh5 Qe7 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20. Nf5 Qe5 21. Qxb6 Bxe4
22. Qxd6+ Qxd6 23. Nxd6 Bxc2 24. Rxf6 Ra7 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. Rf3
1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3
Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bf4 Be6 9. Qa3 O-O 10. e3 N8d7 11. Be2 c5
12. O-O Nc4 13. Qa4 Ndb6 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qc1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7
17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Nd5 Ne5 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4 Rc8 21. Qd1 Nc6
22. Bg3 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bc6 24. Rad1 Qxd5 25. Qxd5+ Bxd5
26. Rxd5 Rfd8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. f3 f5 29. b3 Rd3 30. Rc1 Rxe3
31. Rc7 Re2 32. Rxb7 Rxa2 33. Rxe7 Bd4+ 34. Kf1 Rb2 35. Rd7
Rb1+ 36. Ke2 Bb6 37. Be5 Rxb3 38. f4 a5 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Rxh7
g5 41. Rb7 a4 42. Bd6+ Kg8 43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. fxg5 Bc5 45. Rxb3
axb3 46. Be5 Bd6 47. Bf6 Bxh2 48. Kd3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.25"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Nh7
12. Be2 Ne5 13. Nf2 h5 14. O-O f5 15. Rae1 g5 16. exf5 Bxf5
17. Nfe4 Nf7 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Be2 Nf7 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Bd3 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 Ne5 23. Qc2 h4 24. Nh5 Qd7 25. f4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Rae8
27. h3 Qf7 28. Bxe5 Qxh5 29. Bxd6 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1
Rf2 32. Qe4 Ng5 33. Qe7 Qg6 34. Bxc5 Nf7 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. Nxe4
Bxc5 37. Nxf2 Bxf2 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Re7 Kf6 40. Rxb7 Nd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008/09"]
[Site "Various GER"]
[Date "2008.11.29"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3
Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bf4 Be6 9. Qa3 O-O 10. e3 N8d7 11. Rd1 a5
12. d5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxd5 14. c4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 e6 16. h4 Qf6
17. Be2 e5 18. Bg5 Qc6 19. h5 f6 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Rg1 f5 22. f4
Re8 23. c5 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. hxg6 Rd7 26. Rc1 Nd3+
27. Bxd3 Rxd3 28. fxe5 Nd5 29. Ke2 Rc3 30. Rcd1 Rxe5 31. gxh7+
Kxh7 32. Bg7 Re7 33. Bf8 Nf4+ 34. Kf3 Rf7 35. Kxf4 Rxf8
36. Rd7+ Kh6 37. Rgg7 Rc4+ 38. Kf3 Rf6 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7
Rb6 41. Rc5 Kg6 42. Rxa5 Rb2 43. Kg3 b6 44. Ra8 Kg5 45. f3 Re2
46. Rg8+ Kf6 47. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2008/09"]
[Site "Various GER"]
[Date "2008.11.30"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jonny Hector"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Nxd4 9. hxg4 Nxb3 10. axb3 hxg4 11. Ng5 Qd7
12. f4 d5 13. g3 exf4 14. Rxf4 f6 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. exd5 fxg5
17. Rxg4 Nf6 18. Rxg5 O-O-O 19. Rxa6 Kb7 20. Re6 Nxd5 21. Kg2
c6 22. Rf5 Rd7 23. Nd2 g6 24. Rf1 g5 25. Nf3 g4 26. Ne5 Rdh7
27. Nxg4 Bc5 28. c4 Nc7 29. Re4 Rg7 30. Rf3 Bd6 31. Rd3 Ne8
32. Nh6 Bc7 33. Re6 Rf8 34. Bd2 Nf6 35. Bb4 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Bxd8
37. Bc3 Rh7 38. Nf5 Nd7 39. Nd6+ Ka6 40. Nxb5 Kb7 41. Nd6+ Ka6
42. b4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2008/09"]
[Site "Various GER"]
[Date "2008.12.12"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6
12. Bxd6 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd6 14. Rab1 b6 15. Re3 Rae8 16. Rbe1
Rxe3 17. Rxe3 g6 18. h4 Kg7 19. h5 Rd8 20. Qg4 Ne7 21. Qh4 Ng8
22. g4 Kf8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rf3 Kg7 25. Rh3 Kf8 26. Rf3 Kg7
27. Rh3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008/09"]
[Site "Various GER"]
[Date "2008.12.13"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Gustafsson"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. d5 a6 10. Be2 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2
Bxa1 12. Qxa1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 f6 15. h4 O-O 16. f4
h5 17. O-O Bg4 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. Bb3 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008/09"]
[Site "Various GER"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Rainer Polzin"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Rc8 11. Bf3 a6 12. Nd5
Nd7 13. c3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Bf2
Nf6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. g4 Qc4 20. g5 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Nh5 22. Re4
f5 23. Rb4 a5 24. Ra4 b5 25. Rxa5 b4 26. Bxh5 bxc3 27. Be2
cxb2 28. Rf1 Rc1 29. Bd3 Rb8 30. Kg2 Rxf1 31. Kxf1 b1=Q+
32. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Ke2 Rb2+ 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. h4 Bc3 36. Ra3 Bb4
37. Ra8 Bc5 38. Bxc5 dxc5 39. Rh8 Kg7 40. Re8 Kf7 41. Rh8 Kg7
42. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ernest Kharous"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Qd5 Nc5 6. Bg5
Be6 7. Qxc5 dxc5 8. Bxd8 Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Ke7
11. Ng5 g6 12. f4 Bh6 13. h4 Rad8 14. Be2 Nb6 15. g3 Bd5
16. Bf3 c6 17. Nge4 c4 18. Nd6 Rd7 19. Rhe1 f6 20. Bxd5 cxd5
21. Nf7 Kxf7 22. e6+ Ke7 23. exd7+ Kxd7 24. Ne4 Rf8 25. Nc3
Kd6 26. Re2 g5 27. hxg5 fxg5 28. Rh2 Bg7 29. Ne4+ Kc6 30. Nxg5
1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mohamad Naser Al Sayed"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd4 e6 11. Nb3 Nxb3
12. Qxb3 exd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 c6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Be3
Qa5 17. Rfd1 Qb4 18. Ne4 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qxa2 20. Rxb7 Kh8
21. Bg5 Qa4 22. Nc3 Qg4 23. Qe3 Rfe8 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Qc4
26. Rd3 a5 27. Re3 Rad8 28. Qg5 Bf5 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. h4 h5
31. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6
7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bg5 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Nd2
Ra5 13. Be3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. c3 Ne5 17. Bd4
Rxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Nf1 Nc6 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. Bb5 Bxb2
22. Rab1 Bc3 23. Rec1 Bf5 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rb7 Bd4 26. Rxe7
Rb8 27. Ree1 c5 28. Ng3 Bd3 29. Ne2 Bb2 30. Rxc5 Bxa3 31. Re5
Bb2 32. Re3 Bc2 33. Nc3 Kf8 34. Nxa4 Bxa4 35. h4 h5 36. Re4
Bc2 37. Rc4 Bf5 38. g3 Bf6 39. Ra4 Rb2 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Rae8
Be6 42. Rd1 Bc3 43. Red8 Ba5 44. R8d4 Bg4 45. Rc1 Bd2 46. Ra1
Bc3 47. Rc4 Be5 48. Rac1 Bf5 49. Re1 Bd3 50. Ra4 Bb5 51. Rae4
Bc7 52. Rc1 Bb6 53. Rf4 f5 54. Rd1 Bc6 55. Rc1 Be4 56. Re1 Rb4
57. Rc1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Claudio Pantaleoni"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Be3 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Nc2 Nc6 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. exd5 Nb4 16. Nxb4
Rxe3 17. Kf2 Re8 18. Rfd1 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Be5 20. g3 Bd6 21. Nd3
b6 22. f4 Bd7 23. Rbc1 Re4 24. Bf3 Ra4 25. Rd2 Rd8 26. Kg2 Rc8
27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Ne5 f6 29. Bd1 Re4 30. Kf3 Re1 31. Nc4 Bc5
32. Be2 Rc1 33. Nb2 h5 34. h3 Bxh3 35. Nd3 Rc3 36. f5 Bxf5 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Dittmar"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7
7. Nbd2 c5 8. c4 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nb3 Nxb3
12. Qxb3 Qd7 13. Rd1 Be6 14. Nd4 Bc5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be3
Bxe3 17. Qxe3 O-O 18. Rac1 Rfb8 19. b3 a5 20. Qc5 a4 21. b4 a3
22. Rd4 Qc7 23. Bb5 Qxe5 24. Bxc6 Rc8 25. Rcd1 Rab8 26. b5 Qf6
27. Qd6 h5 28. h3 g5 29. Qxa3 g4 30. Qg3 h4 31. Qf4 Qxf4
32. Rxf4 gxh3 33. gxh3 Bxh3 34. Rxh4 Be6 35. a4 Rb6 36. a5
Rbxc6 37. bxc6 Rxc6 38. Ra4 Bc8 39. Ra3 Rh6 40. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Berczes"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 f5 11. Qb3 Kh8
12. Nd2 fxe4 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. h3 Bf5 15. g4 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Ra8
17. Qb7 Rb8 18. Qa7 Ra8 19. Qb7 Rb8 20. Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2009.02.02"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. Be3 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6
7. Nge2 Bb4 8. Qd3 Nc7 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qd7 11. Qd3 Ne7
12. Kb1 Nb5 13. Nf4 Ng6 14. Nh5 f6 15. Bh6 Kf7 16. Bxg7 Nf4
17. Nxf4 Kxg7 18. Rhe1 Kf7 19. e5 f5 20. g4 fxg4 21. Rg1 Raf8
22. Nh5 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Krisztian Szabo"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qc7
12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Nf4 g5 14. Nh5 Nxh5 15. gxh5 Rb8 16. b3 Qc3
17. Qf2 Bg7 18. Bd2 Nd3 19. Bxd3 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. h4 f6
22. hxg5 hxg5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 e5 25. Bd2 a5 26. Rdf1 Ke7
27. h6 Rh7 28. Rf3 Bg4 29. Rg3 Be6 30. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7
12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 Rxf3
17. Bxh5 Rf8 18. Bg3 Bd7 19. Rac1 Rf6 20. Qd2 Raf8 21. Rc3 Be8
22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. b4 Qb8 24. a3 Ref8 25. Qe3 a6 26. Rcc1 Re8
27. Rfe1 Ref8 28. Rf1 Re8 29. Rce1 Rff8 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. f4
a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2009.02.05"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jonathan Speelman"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6
7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Ng5 Nb6 9. c4 c6 10. Nd2 h6 11. Ngf3 g5 12. e3
Qe8 13. Qc2 Qh5 14. a4 a5 15. Ba3 f4 16. exf4 gxf4 17. Rae1
Bf5 18. Qc3 Qf7 19. Nh4 Bd7 20. Qd3 Rfe8 21. Ndf3 Rad8 22. Qd2
Nxc4 23. bxc4 Qxc4 24. Ra1 fxg3 25. hxg3 e5 26. Qc1 Qxc1
27. Raxc1 Bg4 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Nh2 Be6 30. Rfe1 e4 31. Rb1
Rd3 32. Bb2 Rb3 33. Nf1 b5 34. axb5 Rb8 35. Nd2 R3xb5 36. Bxf6
Rxb1 37. Nxb1 Bxf6 38. Bxe4 a4 39. Bxc6 Rxb1 40. Rxb1 a3
41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43. Nf5 a2 44. Nxh6+ Kf8 45. Ra7
a1=Q+ 46. Rxa1 Bxa1 47. Be4 Kg7 48. Nf5+ Bxf5 49. Bxf5 Kf6
50. Bc2 Be5 51. f4 Bd6 52. Kg2 Bc7 53. Kf3 Bd6 54. g4 Bc7
55. g5+ Kg7 56. Kg4 Bd6 57. f5 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008/09"]
[Site "Various GER"]
[Date "2009.02.28"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zoltan Ribli"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8. d4 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6
12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Qc1 Rc8 15. Bh6 e5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. b3 Qe7 18. Qb2 f6 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. h3 g5 21. Nd2 Be6
22. Kh2 h5 23. Nce4 Bd5 24. Nf1 Nd4 25. e3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2008/09"]
[Site "Various GER"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Christoph Renner"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1
Re8 13. a4 b4 14. Ne3 Bf8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. cxb4
cxb4 18. d4 Ng6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bd2 Qa5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Nd4
Bd7 23. Nc6 Qb6 24. a5 Qb7 25. Rc1 Rac8 26. Qe2 e4 27. Bb3 Kh8
28. Bc4 Ra8 29. Qe3 Ne5 30. Qb6 Bxc6 31. dxc6 Qxc6 32. Qxc6
Nxc6 33. Bd5 Nxa5 34. Bxa8 Rxa8 35. Rxe4 Nb3 36. Rc2 Rd8
37. Be1 a5 38. Kf1 Kg8 39. Re3 Nc5 40. b3 Kf7 41. Ra2 Nb7
42. Ke2 Bd6 43. f3 Bxh2 44. Bf2 Bd6 45. Rd3 Ke6 46. Bb6 Ra8
47. Bd4 h5 48. Rd1 Rc8 49. Be3 Rc3 50. Rd3 Rc6 51. Kd1 h4
52. Re2 Kf7 53. Rc2 Ra6 54. Rc4 g5 55. f4 g4 56. f5 h3
57. gxh3 gxh3 58. Bf4 a4 59. bxa4 Bxf4 60. Rd7+ Ke8 61. Rxb7
Rd6+ 62. Ke2 h2 63. Rh7 Rd2+ 1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Claude Landenbergue"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4
Bd7 7. Nc3 Nxd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Qg3
O-O-O 12. Be3 g6 13. Nd5 f5 14. b4 Rde8 15. b5 Ne5 16. Bxa7
Qxb5 17. Bd4 Qc4 18. Rfd1 fxe4 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Nxe7+ 1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Antonovich Bologan"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O e6
12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Rad1 a6 14. Qf2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qc6 16. Rc1 Nd7
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b3 Qc5 19. Rfd1 Ne5 20. h3 g5 21. Na4 Qxf2+
22. Kxf2 Rac8 23. Ke3 Kf6 24. c5 Rc6 25. g3 Ke7 26. f4 gxf4+
27. gxf4 Ng6 28. b4 dxc5 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. Nxc5 Ke7 31. e5 b6
32. Nd3 Rxc1 33. Nxc1 f5 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. Ke4 Ne7 36. Ne2
Nf5 37. a4 Nd6+ 38. Ke3 e5 39. Ng3 Nf5+ 40. Kf3 Nxg3 41. Kxg3
e4 42. Kg4 h5+ 43. Kg3 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Kf2 Kf5 46. Ke3 h4
0-1

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Todor Todorov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Qd2 O-O
7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bh6 e5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7
12. d5 Ne7 13. Ne1 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nf3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5
17. Be4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qf3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
Re8 22. Qd3 Rc8 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 a5 26. g3
Kg8 27. Re4 Rd8 28. b3 Qd6 29. h4 h5 30. Qe2 Kg7 31. Rf4 Rd7
32. Qc4 Qd5 33. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Valerij Sergeyevich Popov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6
12. Bxd6 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd6 14. Rab1 b6 15. Re3 Rae8 16. Rbe1
Rxe3 17. Rxe3 g6 18. h4 Kg7 19. h5 Ne7 20. Re5 Rd8 21. g4 c5
22. Bb5 c4 23. Qe3 Ng8 24. g5 gxh5 25. f4 h6 26. Qg3 Kf8
27. Qf3 hxg5 28. fxg5 Ne7 29. Qxh5 Ng6 30. Re3 a6 31. Bxa6 Qa3
32. Bb5 Qxa2 33. Be8 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 Qxc2+ 35. Kg3 Qg2+ 36. Kxg2
Nf4+ 37. Kf3 Nxh5 38. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrey Rychagov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4
12. Nb5 f5 13. O-O Ne5 14. Nxd4 fxe4 15. Be3 Qh4 16. Rc1 Ng4
17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Qd2 Be5 19. f4 exf3 20. Nxf3 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Rae8 22. Rc2 Bxh2+ 23. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Rxe3 25. Kg2 Rf5
26. Rff2 g5 27. Rcd2 Kg7 28. b4 Kf6 29. c5 Ke5 30. Rd1 h5
31. Rdd2 h4 32. Rd1 g4 33. fxg4 Rg3+ 34. Kf1 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2
Rxg4 36. a3 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 Bb7
17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Nc4 Bc5 19. Kh1 Nf4 20. f3 Rb8 21. g3 Nh3
22. Kg2 Bc8 23. Ba4 Ng5 24. h4 Bh3+ 25. Kh2 Qg6 26. b4 Bxf1
27. Qxf1 Ra8 28. Nb2 Bb6 29. hxg5 Qxg5 30. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Grachev"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Ne5 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Bb5 cxd4
12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Qxd4 Bb5 14. a4 Bd6 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. axb5
axb5 17. Ke2 Rhd8 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Rd1 Ra6 20. b3 Be7 21. Qg4
Qxc3 22. Qh5+ Kf8 23. Qxh7 Qxb3 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kg8
26. Rd8+ Bxd8 27. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "German Pankov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Bc1 g6 6. f3 Nd6
7. e4 Bg7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. c4 fxe4 11. fxe4 Nf7
12. Ngf3 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rb1 Nf6 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Nb3 Ng4
17. Bd2 Qa6 18. Nc1 Nfe5 19. Be2 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bd4+ 21. Kg2
Ne3+ 22. Bxe3 Bxe3 23. Bd3 Bg5 24. Ne2 e5 25. dxe6 Bxe6
26. Qc3 Rae8 27. a3 Qc6 28. Qe1 Kh8 29. Qg3 Bf6 30. Nc3 g5
31. Nd5 Be5 32. Qf2 Qd7 33. Kh1 Qf7 34. Be2 Rg8 35. Qg2 Rg6
36. Ne3 Rf8 37. Ng4 Bd4 38. b3 h5 39. Nf2 Qd7 40. Rbd1 Rf4
41. Rfe1 Rg7 42. Qg3 Rf6 43. Rf1 Be5 44. Qg1 Qc8 45. Rd2 Qf8
46. Rdd1 Bd4 47. Rxd4 cxd4 48. Nd3 Bh3 49. Rf2 g4 50. Qg3 Qe7
51. Nf4 gxf3 52. Qxf3 Bg4 53. Qd3 Qe5 0-1

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[EventDate "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Davoud Pira"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Nf3 e6
7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O Ne7 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. Ng3 c5 11. c3 Qc7 12. Re1
h6 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. h3 Qc8 15. b4 Kf8 16. Qe2 Kg8 17. Bf4 e5
18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nc6 21. Rac1 Qa8 22. Bc4
Nd4 23. Qa2 Rf8 24. Red1 Bxe4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Bxd4 Ne5
27. Nxe4 Qxe4 28. Bxa6 Kh7 29. Bxb6 Ra8 30. b5 Rhe8 31. Qc2
Qh4 32. Be3 Re7 33. Kf1 Ng4 34. hxg4 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qxg2 36. Qc6
Qxg4+ 37. Qf3 Qxa4 38. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.01"]
[EventDate "2009.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jordi Magem Badals"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4
Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 g6
12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Rhe1 f5 14. g4 b5 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. Ba2 bxa4
17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Kf8 19. Rg1 a3 20. bxa3 Bxa3+ 21. Kd1
Bd6 22. Nf6 Nc5 23. Nh7+ Ke8 24. Rg7 Bb7 25. Rxd6 Bf3+ 26. Kc1
cxd6 27. Bf7+ Kd7 28. Bd5+ Kc8 29. Bxf3 e4 30. Be2 Rb8 31. Nf6
Rb7 32. Rg6 f4 33. Nd5 f3 34. Bc4 Kb8 35. Bg3 Ka7 36. Bxd6 Rc8
37. Ne7 1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.02"]
[EventDate "2009.04.30"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nc6 8. Qd3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Ng4 11. O-O-O Bd7
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qf3 Ne5 14. Qf6 Ng6 15. Bg3 hxg5 16. Qd4 Qa5
17. a4 Qc5 18. Bxd6 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Bg7 20. Rc4 Rd8 21. Bc7 Rd4
22. Ba5 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Be5 24. h3 Nf4 25. Rg1 Kf8 26. Bd8 f6
27. Bb6 Kf7 28. Bd3 Rg8 29. Be3 g4 30. h4 g3 31. Kd1 Rg4
32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. h5 Rh4 34. Be2 Bxc3 35. bxc3 Bxe4 36. Kd2 f5
37. Bf3 Bxf3 38. gxf3 f4 39. Kd3 Rxh5 40. Ke4 e5 41. Rb1 g2
0-1

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.03"]
[EventDate "2009.04.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 Nc6 9. Bg2 g6 10. g5 gxf5 11. exf5 Rg8 12. Bd5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg7 14. f6 Be6 15. Bb6 Bxd5 16. Bxd8 Bxh1
17. Bb6 Bxf6 18. Ke2 Bd8 19. Bxd8 Nd4+ 20. Ke3 Rxd8 21. Qxh1
Nxc2+ 22. Kd2 Nxa1 23. h4 d5 24. Qxa1 Rg6 25. b3 Re6 26. f4 d4
27. fxe5 d3 28. Qf1 Rxe5 29. Qf6 Re2+ 30. Kd1 Re6 31. Qh8+ Ke7
0-1

[Event "TOP 16 Poule Haute"]
[Site "Le Port Marly FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nicolas Brunner"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6
12. Be2 exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. c4 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 b6
17. h3 Bf5 18. g4 Bd7 19. Kg2 h5 20. g5 Ne8 21. Ne4 Bb2
22. Rcd1 Bf5 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Bb1 Bxe4+ 25. Bxe4 Nd6 26. Bd3
Re8 27. Rb1 Bd4 28. Bf4 Be5 29. Be3 Kf8 30. Kf3 Ke7 31. Rfe1
Kd7 32. Bd2 Bd4 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Re1 Rxe1 35. Bxe1 Nc8
36. Ke4 Nd6+ 37. Kf3 Nc8 38. Ke4 Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16 Poule Haute"]
[Site "Le Port Marly FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Matthieu Cornette"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 e5 9. h3 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Nbd2
g6 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. g4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qc1 Nc4 17. Qxf4
Nxb2 18. N1d2 Bf6 19. Qxd6 Bxc3 20. Rab1 b4 21. Qxc5 Rc8
22. Qe3 Bb5 23. e5 Qxd5 24. Ne4 Bxe5 25. Bb3 Nc4 26. Qg5 f6
27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Nxe5 Rcf8 29. Rbd1 Qc5 30. Qe3 Qc7 31. Nxc4
Bxc4 32. Rc1 Rxf2 33. Bxc4+ Kh8 34. Qe5+ Qxe5 35. Rxe5 R2f3
36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Rf3 38. Kg2 Ra3 39. Bc4 a5 40. Re8+ Kg7
41. Re7+ Kh8 42. Rf7 1-0

[Event "TOP 16 Poule Haute"]
[Site "Le Port Marly FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.30"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "38"]

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. Bd5
O-O 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 bxa4 15. Nbd2 Rad8 16. Nc4 Bc8
17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nxe5 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16 Poule Haute"]
[Site "Le Port Marly FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anthony Cornelis Kosten"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2
Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nf5 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 d5 11. Rd1 Be6
12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. f4 f5 15. g5 Bxg5 16. fxg5 f4
17. h4 Qc8 18. Rd4 f3 19. Qf2 dxc4 20. Be3 Qe8 21. Qg3 Rb8
22. Rd2 a6 23. Bc5 f2+ 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Qh5 26. Qf4 h6
27. gxh6 gxh6 28. Rf1 1-0

[Event "France-Armenia Match"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Bd3 Rad8 13. Qc1 Bc8 14. Rd1 b6 15. h3 Bb7 16. f4 cxd4
17. cxd4 e6 18. Rb3 Qd6 19. Bb1 Ba6 20. e5 Qd7 21. Ng3 Ne7
22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Bf2 Rc8 24. Qd2 Rc6 25. g4 f5 26. exf6 Nxf6
27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Rc3 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Bb7 30. Re1 Bg7 31. Qd2
Qd6 32. Be4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Rc8 34. Qe3 Qd5 35. Rxe6 Bxd4
36. Re8+ Rxe8 37. Qxe8+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "France-Armenia Match"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 Bc5 10. Qf3 Ne7 11. Qg3 O-O
12. e5 f5 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Nf5 16. Bxf5
Rxf5 17. Ne2 Qg5 18. Qxg5 Rxg5 19. g3 Rc5 20. c3 Kf7 21. Nf4
Rf5 22. Rad1 Ke7 23. Nd3 Bf3 24. Rd2 Rd5 25. Re5 Rxe5 26. Nxe5
Bd5 27. a3 g5 28. Nd3 a5 29. f4 gxf4 30. Nxf4 Bc6 31. Kf2 Rg8
32. Ke3 Rg5 33. Nd3 d6 34. Rf2 e5 35. b4 a4 36. Nb2 Rg4
37. Rf5 Be4 38. Rf1 Bg6 39. Nd1 d5 40. Kd2 d4 41. Re1 Kd6
42. Nb2 Kd5 43. cxd4 Rxd4+ 44. Kc3 h5 45. Rd1 Rxd1 46. Nxd1
Ke4 47. Kd2 Kf3 48. Nc3 Kf2 49. Nd1+ Kg2 50. Ke3 Kxh2 51. Kf2
Be4 52. Nc3 Bc6 53. Nd1 Kh3 54. Ne3 Be4 55. Nd1 Kg4 56. Ne3+
Kg5 57. Ke2 Bc6 58. Kd3 Bf3 59. Kd2 Kf6 60. Kd3 Ke6 61. Kc3
Bg4 62. Kd3 Bf5+ 63. Kc3 Bg6 64. Kd2 Bh7 65. Kc3 Kd6 66. Kd2
e4 67. Ng2 Kd5 68. Nf4+ Kc4 69. Nxh5 Kb3 70. Nf6 Kxa3 71. Kc3
e3 72. Nd5 e2 73. Kd2 0-1

[Event "France-Armenia Match"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3
Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. O-O Bxc4 11. bxc4 O-O
12. Nh2 Nc5 13. Ng4 Ne6 14. Bb2 f6 15. c3 c5 16. g3 g6 17. Qe2
c6 18. Bc1 h5 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. Ng2 Bc7 21. Be3 Ng7 22. Rad1 f5
23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Bd2 Rd7 25. h4 Qf7 26. Bg5 Ng7 27. f4 Nf5
28. Qf3 Qg7 29. g4 hxg4 30. Qxg4 exf4 31. Nxf4 Bxf4 32. Rxf4
Qxc3 33. Bh6 Rff7 34. Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Qxg6+ Rg7 36. Bxg7 Qxg7
37. Qxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "France-Armenia Match"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Eduardovich Akopian"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1
Rac8 18. Bd3 Qb8 19. Qe2 Nb4 20. Bb1 h6 21. Nf1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1
Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. a3 Nc6 25. Bd3 Bd7 26. N1d2 d5 27. dxe5
Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Nf3 Qb8 30. exd5 Nxd5 31. Bxh6 gxh6
32. Qe4 Bf6 33. Qxd5 Be6 34. Qh5 Kg7 35. Bf5 Bxf5 36. Qxf5
Bxb2 37. Qg4+ Kh8 38. Qb4 Bg7 39. Nh4 Qe5 40. g4 Qb2 41. Qe7
b4 42. Qxf7 bxa3 43. Ng6+ Kh7 44. Nf8+ Kh8 45. Ng6+ Kh7
46. Nf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "France-Armenia Match"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d5 5. Nxe5 dxe4 6. d4
exd3 7. Qf3 Be6 8. Nxc6 Nxc6 9. O-O Qd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Re1+
Be6 12. Bxd3 O-O-O 13. Bc2 Bc5 14. Bf4 h6 15. Nd2 Rhe8 16. h4
Bf8 17. Nf3 a6 18. a4 Bd5 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Rd1 Be6 21. Kh2
Bc5 22. Kg3 Ne7 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. b4 Ba7 25. Nf3 f6 26. h5 c6
27. Nh4 Nd5 28. Nf5 Re2 29. Nd6+ Kd8 30. Nxb7+ Ke7 31. Bd6+
Ke6 32. Bc5 Rxc2 33. Bxa7 Rxc3+ 34. f3 Bc8 35. Re1+ Kd7
36. Nc5+ Kd8 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 cxb5 39. Rd1 Kc7 40. Ne4 Ra3
41. Rxd5 Rxa7 42. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "France-Armenia Match"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. c5 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. cxd6
O-O 12. O-O Ne8 13. Qd5 e6 14. Qd3 Qxd6 15. Rd1 Qxd3 16. Rxd3
Nc7 17. Be3 Na6 18. Rd7 Rfc8 19. Rxb7 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5
21. Rd1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rxc3 23. g3 a5 24. Rdd7 Rf8 25. Ra7 Ra3
26. Rd2 g5 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Rc2 Kf6 29. Rc5 Rxa2 30. Raxa5 Rxa5
31. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "France-Armenia Match"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4
Bc6 7. Qd4 Rg8 8. Ne5 e6 9. e4 Nb4 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Kd1 Be8
12. d4 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Be3 Bg7 15. Bc4 Nc6 16. Ne2 Na5
17. Bd3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Be5 20. Nd4 Kc7 21. Ke2 Rad8
22. Nf3 Nc6 23. Bb5 Bg7 24. Rhd1 h6 25. Bf4+ Kc8 26. Ba4 e5
27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxe5 Bxe4
31. Rg1 Bd5 32. Ke3 Kd7 33. a3 Kc6 34. Bd4 g5 35. f3 Kb5
36. a4+ Ka6 37. Ra1 Bc6 38. a5 f5 39. Kd3 Bb5+ 40. Kc3 Re8
41. h4 Re2 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. g4 fxg4 44. fxg4 Re4 45. Rg1 Be2
46. Bf6 Rc4+ 47. Kd2 Bxg4 48. Bxg5 Bd7 49. Rc1 Rg4 50. Be3 Ra4
51. Bg5 Kxa5 52. Bf6 Rf4 53. Be5 Re4 54. Bb8 a6 55. Rb1 Bb5
56. Bc7+ Ka4 57. Kc3 Rc4+ 58. Kb2 Bc6 59. Ra1+ Kb5 60. Kb3 Bd5
61. Kb2 Rb4+ 62. Kc3 Rc4+ 63. Kb2 Rg4 64. Bd6 a5 65. Rb1 Be4
66. Re1 a4 67. Rf1 Rg2+ 68. Ka1 Kc4 69. Re1 Bd3 70. Rd1 Bc2
71. Re1 Rd2 72. Bf4 Rf2 73. Bd6 Bd3 74. Rd1 Kc3 75. Be5+ Kc4
76. Rc1+ Kd5 77. Bb2 Bc4 78. Rd1+ Kc6 79. Kb1 Re2 80. Ba3 Ba2+
81. Kc1 Bd5 82. Rd4 Bb3 83. Kb1 Ra2 84. Rxa4 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "France-Armenia Match"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Eduardovich Akopian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6
7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nbc3 c6 11. Re1 cxd5
12. exd5 Nac4 13. b3 Nd6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Bb2 Qc8 16. Rc1 Bxh3
17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Nxd6 exd6 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rc7
Rfe8 22. Nf4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qf5 24. Ne6+ Kg8 25. Qc3 Qe5
26. Qf3 Qf5 27. Qc3 Qe5 28. Qf3 Qf5 29. Qc3 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Rustam Mashrukovich Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5
12. Kb1 Re8 13. h4 h5 14. g4 hxg4 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Bh6 e6
17. Rdg1 g3 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Rxg3 Ng6 20. Nf5 Bf6 21. Nxd6
Rc6 22. Nxe8 Bxe8 23. Qh2 h4 24. Rg2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qd1+
26. Bc1 Qxf3 27. Rg1 Kh7 28. Qb8 Bd7 29. Qd8 Bc8 30. Qg5 Kg8
31. Qxh4 b6 32. Qe7 Kg7 33. Qxa7 e5 34. Rg5 Rf6 35. Qc7 Be6
36. Qxe5 Kg8 37. Qd4 Bxb3 38. axb3 Re6 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. c4
Rxe4 41. Qd5 Qe2 42. Bb2+ Kh6 43. Rg1 Qf3 44. Bd4 b5 45. Bf6
bxc4 46. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e6 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. g4 h6 12. O-O-O
Bb7 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Nc5 16. a3 Rc8 17. Qxb4 Qc7
18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Qa4+ Nd7 20. Ne2 Bc6 21. Qc4 Ne5 22. Qc3
Nxf3 23. Bf4 e5 24. Qxf3 exf4 25. Qxf4 c4 26. b4 a5 27. Qxc7
Rxc7 28. c3 Bxe4 29. Rh3 Be7 30. Nd4 axb4 31. axb4 O-O 32. Nb5
Rb7 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Rc7 35. Rd4 Bb7 36. Rxc4 Re7 37. Rd4
Re1+ 38. Rd1 Rfe8 39. Bd3 Bc8 40. Rg3 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5
42. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 43. Kd2 Re5 44. Re3 1-0

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O Nd6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Qf3 c6 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Bf4 Re8
12. Nd2 Nf8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Ndxc4 Be6 15. Ne3 f6 16. N5g4 Nf7
17. d5 cxd5 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Nxd5 Bd8 21. Rxe8
Qxe8 22. Qb3 b6 23. Nge3 Rc8 24. Nf5 Rc6 25. Bd6 Ng6 26. Bb4
Re6 27. h4 a5 28. Bc3 a4 29. Qc4 h5 30. Rd1 Nf8 31. Nf4 b5
32. Qd5 Rb6 33. Nxh5 Qc6 34. Qxc6 Rxc6 35. Nhxg7 Rc4 36. Nh5
Nh7 37. a3 1-0

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5
17. Nd2 f5 18. Re1 f4 19. Bd1 f3 20. Ne4 Bh3 21. Qd3 Rae8
22. Bd2 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxg3 24. Bxf3 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Bg4+
26. Kg1 Bxf3 27. Qe6+ Kg7 28. Qe5+ Rf6 29. Qh2 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g4 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Nh3 b4
7. Na4 d5 8. O-O dxe4 9. dxe4 Nd7 10. b3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Ne7
12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Nd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Be7 16. Rfd1
Rd8 17. Qd2 e5 18. Rd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Ng5
O-O 22. Ne4 Bc5 23. Kh1 Rd7 24. Qg5 Bd4 25. d6 Rxd6 26. Nxd6
Qxd6 27. Be4 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Pablo San Segundo Carrillo"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Nxe4
7. d5 Nd6 8. Bd3 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Re1 Bg7 11. Qe2 e6
12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Na3 O-O 14. Rad1 e5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5
Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Rb8 18. f4 b5 19. b4 c4 20. Be4 f6 21. Re7 Rf7
22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Bf3 a5 24. Nc2 Ra8 25. Kf2 axb4 26. Nxb4 Ra3
27. Ke3 Nf5+ 28. Kd2 h5 29. Be4 Nd6 30. Bc2 Bb7 31. Ke3 Ne8
32. Kd4 d6 33. Re1 Nc7 34. f5 g5 35. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Bd3 Rad8 13. Qc1 Bc8 14. Rd1 b6 15. h3 Bb7 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. Qa3 Na5 18. f3 c4 19. Bc2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Be5 21. Qc5 Nc6
22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Bb3 e6 24. Qc5 Ba6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bf4
27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Qa5 Qe3+ 29. Kh2 Bc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Qe5
Rb4 32. d5 Qc5 33. Qf6 exd5 34. exd5 1-0

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 a6
7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 Be7 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Qf3 O-O
12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Re8 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. Qxc8 Raxc8 16. Rad1
Bf8 17. h3 h5 18. f3 g6 19. g4 Bg7 20. Bc1 hxg4 21. hxg4 Nd7
22. Nd5 f6 23. Kg2 Kf7 24. Be3 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Bxb2
27. Rb1 Nf6 28. Nxf6 Bxf6 29. Rxb7 Bc3 30. Re2 Re7 31. Kf1
Rce8 32. Bg5 Rxe2 33. Rxc7+ Kg8 34. Rxc3 R2e5 35. Rc6 Rxf5
36. f4 Ra5 37. Rxd6 Rc8 38. Ke2 Rxc2+ 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. Bf6
Raxa2 41. Ke4 Rd2 42. Rb6 Ke8 43. Be5 Kd7 44. Kf5 Rd5 45. Rb7+
Kc6 46. Rc7+ Kb6 47. Rc8 Re2 48. Ke6 Rd3 49. Rb8+ Ka7 50. Rc8
a5 51. f5 Rde3 52. Rc5 Kb6 53. Rd5 a4 54. f6 a3 55. f7 Rf3
56. Rd6+ Kb5 57. Rd3 Rxd3 58. f8=Q Rde3 59. Qb8+ Ka4 60. Qa8+
Kb4 61. Qb7+ Ka5 62. Qa7+ Kb5 63. Qb7+ Ka5 64. Qd5+ Kb4
65. Qb7+ Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Mushegovic Movsesian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3
Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Qf2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Bb6 Qc4 17. fxe5
dxe5 18. Nd5 Rbc8 19. Rad1 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qxc2 21. Rd2 Qxa4
22. d6 Bh4 23. g3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.19"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5
Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8. c4 Qc6 9. Nf3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Be7
12. Nbd4 Qc8 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Bg5 Nac5 15. Qa3 Nf6 16. b4 Nce4
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. c5 bxc5 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. Rac1 cxd4 21. Rxc8
Rhxc8 22. Ba6 Rab8 23. b5+ Nd6 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rd1 Rc3
26. Qa6 Rxb5 27. Qxa7+ Rb7 28. Qa6 Rbc7 29. h3 R7c6 30. Qa7+
Rc7 31. Qa6 R7c6 32. Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.20"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5
12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Bf2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Rxc1 16. Qxc1
Bxa2 17. Qa3 Bc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxa7 Qa8 20. Ra1 Qxa7
21. Rxa7 Rb8 22. Nc3 Nd6 23. e5 Nc8 24. Ra5 e6 25. f4 Ne7
26. Rb5 Rc8 27. Be1 Rc7 28. d5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Rxd5 Bf8
31. Rd8 Kg7 32. Bh4 Be7 33. Bxe7 Rxe7 34. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.21"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Nd5 Rc8 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6
12. O-O Be7 13. Nd2 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Bh6 Bf6
17. Ne4 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Be3 Nb4 20. c3 Nd5 21. Rfe1 Rc6
22. a4 Rfc8 23. g3 Be7 24. Kg2 Nf6 25. Ng5 Rd8 26. Nf3 Rd5
27. Rac1 e4 28. Nd4 Rcd6 29. h3 Kf7 30. Nb3 Rc6 31. Nd2 h6
32. Re2 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Nb3 e5 35. Ra1 b4 36. cxb4 Bxb4
37. Ra7+ Rd7 38. Rxd7+ Nxd7 39. Nc1 Nf6 40. Na2 Bd6 41. Nc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 d6
7. Nbd2 Bb6 8. Nc4 Ne7 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. h3 h6 11. Nxb6 axb6
12. Be3 d5 13. Bc2 c5 14. O-O Be6 15. a3 Qc7 16. exd5 Bxd5
17. Rc1 Rfe8 18. d4 e4 19. Nd2 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.24"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8. d3 Na6 9. Bf4 c6 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Rfd1 Nc7
12. Ne5 Be6 13. d4 Ncd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6
Qb6 17. Nf3 f6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. e3 Nc7 20. Qc2 Bf5 21. Qc4+
Be6 22. Qe2 Bd5 23. Ne1 e5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Nf3 Qc5 26. Ng5
Qe7 27. Ne4 Kg7 28. Qc2 Ne6 29. Qc3 Ng5 30. Nxg5 Qxg5 31. Bxd5
cxd5 32. f4 Qf6 33. Qxe5 Qxe5 34. fxe5 Rfe8 35. Rac1 Rd7
36. e4 Rxe5 37. Rxd5 Rexd5 38. exd5 Rxd5 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Rxb7
Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3
Nge7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. exf5
Bxf5 12. O-O Qf6 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. Rfe1 Nb4 15. Rc1 Na6 16. Bf1
Rae8 17. f3 Nb4 18. Bf2 Nc6 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. b3 Qf7 21. Nd5
a6 22. Rd1 Be6 23. h3 h6 24. Bd3 Ne5 25. Be4 g5 26. a4 Rf8
27. a5 Bxh3 28. gxh3 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Qxf3 30. Re1 Qxh3 31. Qe3
Rf3 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qe3 Rf3 34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qe6 Qf3 36. Re2
Qd3 37. Ne7 Kh7 38. Qe4+ Qxe4 39. Rxe4 Re8 40. Kg2 Bf8 41. Nd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.27"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[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 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 13. Nd4 Nf5 14. Nce2 g5 15. Bh2 a6 16. e6 Nd6
17. Rfe1 Rh6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Nf3 g4 20. Ne5+ Kg7 21. Bf4
Rh7 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Ng3 Bf6 24. Nd3 Nf5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Bxc7
Be6 27. Nf4 Bf7 28. Rd7 Re8 29. Ng5 Rh6 30. Be5+ Kg8 31. Nxf7
Kxf7 32. Bc3 g3 33. Re5 gxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Nd6 35. Bb4 Nc8
36. Rxb7 Rh4 37. Bxe7 Rxf4+ 38. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Biel International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.28"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qc7
12. h4 d5 13. Nf4 e5 14. Nfe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qa5 16. exd5 Qxa2
17. Qd3 Kf7 18. g5 Nxd5 19. Bh3 Nxe3 20. Nd8+ Ke7 21. Nc6+ Kf7
22. g6+ Kg8 23. Qxe3 Bc5 24. Qe4 Nf8 25. Rd8 Bb7 26. Rxa8 Bxa8
27. h5 Rh7 28. Re1 Bxc6 29. Qxc6 Bd4 30. Kd2 Qxb2 31. Qc4+ Kh8
32. Kd3 a5 33. Qc8 Qa3+ 34. Ke4 b3 35. cxb3 a4 36. Rb1 Qb4
37. Qc4 Qb7+ 38. Qd5 Qb4 39. Qc4 Qd2 40. Bg4 a3 41. Qf7 Qc2+
42. Kd5 Qc5+ 43. Ke4 a2 44. Rc1 a1=Q 45. Rxc5 Bxc5 46. Qd5
Qe1+ 47. Kd3 Qd1+ 48. Kc4 Qxd5+ 49. Kxd5 Ba3 50. Bf5 Kg8
51. Kxe5 Rh8 52. Kd5 Nh7 53. gxh7+ Kf7 54. Bg6+ Kf6 55. f4 Bc1
56. f5 Bd2 57. Kd6 Be1 58. Kd7 Bb4 59. Kc7 Ke5 60. Kd7 Ba3
61. Kc6 Kd4 62. Kc7 Kc3 63. Kd7 Kb4 64. Kd6 Kxb3+ 65. Kd5 Bb2
66. Kd6 Bf6 67. Kc5 Kc3 68. Kd6 Kd4 69. Kc6 Rd8 70. Kb6 Kd5
71. Kc7 Kc5 72. Bf7 g5 73. fxg6 Rd6 74. Be8 Be5 75. Kb7 Rb6+
76. Kc8 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Biel International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.29"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4
12. Qd1 Ne6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Qb3
O-O 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxb5 Rfd8 19. Be3 a6 20. Qb3 Rac8
21. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.30"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nc6 8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 dxe5 10. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 bxc6
12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Bg3 Rb8 14. b3 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-FRA National A"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[EventDate "2009.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean-Pierre Le Roux"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nc6 8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 dxe5 10. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 bxc6
12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Bg3 c5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7
17. Kf2 Be4 18. Rd2 Rhd8 19. Be2 Nb6 20. Rhd1 Na4 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Ke1 Kc7 24. Kd2 Nxb2 25. Bf2 Kc6
26. Kc3 Na4+ 27. Kb3 Nb6 28. Bxa6 Nd7 29. Bg3 Bxg2 30. a4 Kb6
31. Bd3 Nb8 32. Bb5 Nc6 33. Kc3 Nd4 34. Bd3 Bc6 35. Bf2 Bxa4
36. Bxd4 cxd4+ 37. Kxd4 f5 38. exf6 gxf6 39. Bc4 Bd7 40. Be2
Kc6 41. Bh5 Kd6 42. Bg6 f5 0-1

[Event "ch-FRA National A"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2009.08.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jean-Marc Degraeve"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. h4 h5 7. Nf4
e6 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Re1 a6 11. Nd2 cxd4 12. c4 dxc4
13. Nxc4 Qc7 14. Nd5 Qb8 15. Ndb6 Ra7 16. Bg5 Nh6 17. Qf3 Rh7
18. Rad1 Ng4 19. Qf4 Bc5 20. f3 Ne3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Germany GER"]
[Date "2009.10.17"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Postny"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "125"]

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
Be6 13. d5 Bd7 14. Nf1 c4 15. b4 Nb7 16. g4 g6 17. Ng3 Ne8
18. a4 Ng7 19. Bh6 Rfb8 20. Qd2 Nd8 21. Ra3 Ra7 22. Rea1 Rab7
23. axb5 axb5 24. Ne1 f6 25. f4 Nf7 26. f5 g5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7
28. Nf3 Rg8 29. Qh2 Kf8 30. Kf2 Bd8 31. Ke2 Nh6 32. Nh1 Be8
33. Nf2 Nf7 34. h4 h6 35. Nh1 Qe7 36. Ng3 Bb6 37. Ra8 Qc7
38. Qh1 Rb8 39. R8a6 Rb7 40. Ra8 Rb8 41. R8a6 Rb7 42. R1a3 Ke7
43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Qh7 Rh8 45. Qg7 Ra7 46. Nh5 Rh6 47. Kd2 Qb7
48. Rxa7 Bxa7 49. Kc1 Be3+ 50. Kb2 Qb8 51. Ra6 Qb7 52. Rxd6
Kxd6 53. Nxf6 Rxf6 54. Qxf6+ Kd7 55. Nxe5+ Nxe5 56. Qxe5 Bf4
57. Qe6+ Kd8 58. e5 Qc7 59. Qf6+ Qe7 60. Qb6+ Qc7 61. Qf6+ Qe7
62. Qb6+ Qc7 63. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Constantin Lupulescu"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 Ne5
7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d3 g6 10. c3 Bg7 11. d4 Nd7
12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. Bxd4 a6
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Nf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5
Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bryan Macias Murillo"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 Nbd7 9. b3 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Rfe1
b6 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ng3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. h3 Nc5 17. Nf3
Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rcd8 19. Bd4 Bc6 20. Qe3 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. h4 f6 23. Rd2 Ne5 24. Red1 Nf7 25. h5 b5 26. Rc1 Qb7
27. cxb5 Bxb5 28. Nh2 Rc8 29. Rcd1 Rc5 30. Rxd6 Qc7 31. R6d2
Rc3 32. Qd4 Rc8 33. a4 Be8 34. Rd3 Ne5 35. Rxc3 Qxc3 36. Qa7+
Bf7 37. Qxa6 Qxb3 38. Rf1 Rc2 39. Ne2 Qc4 40. Qxc4 Rxc4
41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Ra1 Rxe4 43. Nc3 Rc4 44. Nb5 Rb4 45. Nd6 Rb6
46. Nxf7 Kxf7 47. Nf1 Ra6 48. Nd2 Nc6 49. Kf1 Na5 50. Rc1 f5
51. f4 Nc6 52. Nb3 Rxa4 53. Rxc6 Rxf4+ 54. Ke2 Rg4 55. Kf3 e5
56. Nc5 e4+ 57. Kf2 Rf4+ 58. Kg3 Rg4+ 59. Kh3 Kg7 60. Nd7 Rg5
1-0

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Baskaran Adhiban"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bf4 Bc5 10. Qh5 d6 11. e5 d5
12. Be3 d4 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Rc8 16. a4 Ne7
17. axb5 axb5 18. Bd3 Rb8 19. f4 Nf5 20. Ra6 g6 21. Qf3 O-O
22. Bf6 Rfc8 23. Rfa1 Ne3 24. Kh1 Nd5 25. Rf1 Nxf6 26. exf6
Bf8 27. g4 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Leonardo Tristan"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Bd3 c6
7. h3 Qc7 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O b5 10. Ne2 a6 11. Ng3 c5 12. c3
e5 13. b4 c4 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. a4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bh6 Nf4
18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Ne4 f5 20. Neg5 Bd5 21. h4 Nf6 22. Rfe1 Rae8
23. Ne5 Ng4 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nxg4 fxg4 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Re1
Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qd7 29. Be4 Bf7 30. h5 Bh6 31. Nxf7 Kxf7
32. hxg6+ hxg6 33. f3 gxf3 34. Qh4 f2+ 35. Kxf2 Kg7 36. Kf3
Qd6 37. Qg4 Kh7 38. Qc8 Qf6 39. Bd5 Bg5 40. Qd7+ Kh6 41. Qc6
Qe7 42. Be4 Bf6 43. Qxb5 Bh4 44. Qxc4 Qg5 45. Ke2 f3+ 46. gxf3
Qg2+ 47. Kd1 Bg5 48. Qe2 Qg1+ 49. Kc2 Qa1 50. Kb3 Bc1 51. Qa2
1-0

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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. a3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6
12. f5 Qc5 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Be2 h5 15. Kb1 Ke7 16. Rhf1 Qe5
17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qf2 Rd8 19. Qb6 Rd7 20. Nxb5 Bxe4 21. Nd4
Rb7 22. Qxa6 Bg7 23. Rfe1 Rhb8 24. Bb5 Rxb5 25. Nc6+ Bxc6
26. Rxe5 Rxb2+ 27. Ka1 R2b6 28. Qd3 dxe5 29. Qd6+ Kf7 30. g4
hxg4 31. Qc7+ Kg6 32. h4 gxh3 33. Rg1+ Bg2 0-1

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.25"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michal Olszewski"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O
12. Be2 Rg8 13. Qh3 Na5 14. Kb1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Rg7 16. f5 Qa5
17. Rhf1 Be7 18. Rf4 Rdg8 19. g3 Kb8 20. Rh4 Rh8 21. Bc4 Qd8
22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6 f5 24. Rh6 Bg5 25. Bxd7 Bxh6 26. Bxf5
Qf6 27. Nd5 Qg5 28. Nf4 Re7 29. Rxd6 Bg7 30. Rd5 Qf6 31. Nd3
Qb6 32. Qh4 Rc7 33. Qf4 Ka7 34. Qf2 Qxf2 35. Nxf2 h6 36. Nd3
1-0

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Nd7 7. Qe3 e6 8. O-O a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O
12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Ne2 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Li Chao"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bf4 Rac8 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Nd2
Qd7 17. Nc4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Ne3 d5 20. Bf3 Be6 21. c4
Ne7 22. c5 b6 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Qb3 Qd6 25. g3 Red8 26. Rac1
Nc6 27. Qb2 Ra8 28. Bg2 Na5 29. Qb4 g6 30. Rc3 Ra7 31. Rb1 Nc4
32. Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Rbb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.29"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Falko Bindrich"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qb3 c6 10. h3 Qa5 11. Qc2 Nb6
12. Nd2 Be6 13. b3 e4 14. e3 Qh5 15. Bb2 Bxh3 16. Ncxe4 Nbd7
17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Nd6
Re7 22. c5 Bg4 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Qc4 Be6 25. Qb4 Red7 26. Rfd1
Bf8 27. Qc3 Bxd6 28. cxd6 Bg4 29. Rc1 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6
31. a4 Be6 32. Qc2 Qa5 33. Bf1 Rd2 34. Qb1 Qh5 35. Bg2 Qe2
36. Rf1 Qd3 37. Qc1 Bxb3 38. Qa3 Bc4 39. Qc5 Rd1 40. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 41. Kh2 Qxa4 42. Qe7 Qb5 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qd4+ f6
45. Qxa7 Bf7 46. f4 Qb2 47. Qc5 f5 48. Qe7 b5 49. Kh3 Qf6
50. Qb7 Qe6 51. Bxc6 b4 52. Ba4 b3 53. Bc6 g5 54. Kg2 Qxe3
55. fxg5 Qd2+ 56. Kh3 Qxg5 57. Bf3 Kg6 58. Qb6+ Qf6 59. Qb8 b2
60. Be2 Qd4 61. Qb7 Qe4 0-1

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. Bc4
d6 7. d3 Qe7 8. f4 Nf6 9. f5 Nd7 10. Qh5 Ne5 11. Bg5 Qf8
12. Nd2 Kd7 13. Be6+ Kc6 14. Bd5+ Kd7 15. Be6+ Kc6 16. Bd5+
Kd7 17. f6 g6 18. Qh3+ Kd8 19. Qg3 c6 20. Bb3 Kc7 21. Bf4 Qe8
22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 dxe5 24. Nf3 Bd6 25. Ng5 Be6 26. Nxe6+
fxe6 27. Bxe6 a5 28. a4 Bf8 29. Rf3 Kd6 30. Bb3 Kc5 31. c3 Bh6
32. cxd4+ Kxd4 33. Kf1 Ra6 34. Bc4 Rb6 35. b3 Rb4 36. Ke2 b5
37. axb5 cxb5 38. Rxa5 bxc4 39. Rd5+ Kc3 40. dxc4+ Kc2
41. Rxe5 Rxb3 42. Rxb3 Kxb3 43. Kd3 Rf8 44. Rb5+ Ka4 45. e5
Bf4 46. Ke4 Bxh2 47. Rb7 h5 48. f7 1-0

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.31"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 Qc7 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 b6 11. Ne5 Be6
12. e4 Bg7 13. Bb5+ Kd8 14. f4 Bxe5 15. fxe5 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.11.01"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Nd7
7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Ne7 9. Nxg6 Nxg6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. gxh5 Nxh4
12. Bxh4 Bxh4 13. Qg4 Bg5 14. f4 Bh6 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Kb1
O-O-O 17. f5 Kb8 18. Bh3 exf5 19. Qxf5 f6 20. e6 Nb6 21. Qd3
Bg5 22. Bf5 Nc4 23. Na4 b6 24. Rde1 Nd6 25. Bg6 Kb7 26. b3 Nc8
27. Nc3 Qd6 28. Ne2 Ne7 29. Ng3 Rc8 30. Bf7 Rc7 31. Rd1 Bf4
32. Rhg1 Bg5 33. Rgf1 Bh6 34. Rf3 Bg5 35. Qe2 Bh6 36. Rfd3 Bg5
37. Qf3 Bh6 38. Nf1 Qd8 39. Ne3 Kb8 40. c4 Qd6 41. Nc2 Rhc8
42. Qf2 Kb7 43. c5 Qd8 44. a4 bxc5 45. dxc5 Ka8 46. Ka2 Rb8
47. Ka3 Rcb7 48. Rb1 Qc7 49. Rf3 Bg5 50. Qd4 Qh2 51. Qf2 Qc7
52. Qd4 Qe5 53. b4 a5 54. Qd3 axb4+ 55. Nxb4 Qe4 56. Bg6 Bc1+
57. Ka2 Qxd3 58. Rxd3 Rxb4 59. Rxc1 Rxa4+ 60. Ra3 Rxa3+
61. Kxa3 Nxg6 62. hxg6 Re8 63. Re1 Re7 64. Kb4 Kb8 65. Re2 Kc7
66. Ra2 Kb7 67. Re2 Re8 68. Re1 Rh8 69. Kc3 Re8 70. Kb4 Kc8
71. Ra1 Kb8 72. Re1 f5 73. Kc3 Kc7 74. Kd4 Ra8 75. Ke5 Ra2
76. e7 Kd7 77. e8=Q+ Kxe8 78. Kd6+ Kd8 79. Re7 d4 80. Rxg7 Kc8
81. Rc7+ Kb8 82. g7 Rg2 83. Rf7 Rg6+ 84. Ke5 d3 85. Rf8+ Ka7
86. g8=Q Rxg8 87. Rxg8 Ka6 88. Kd4 d2 89. Rg1 1-0

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.11.02"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Popov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. a4 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. b4
Ne6 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. c4 O-O 15. a5 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bb2
Nxd5 18. exd5 Nc7 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Bg5 22. Rf2
Qe7 23. Bd4 f5 24. Raf1 f4 25. Nb1 fxg3 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8
27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Qxg3 Bf4 29. Qg4 Nxd5 30. Qe6 Nc7 31. Qd7
Bxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Qf4+ 33. Kh3 Qh6+ 34. Kg4 Qg6+ 35. Kh4 Qh6+
36. Kg4 Qg6+ 37. Kh4 Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.11.03"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O
Nbc6 7. c3 e5 8. Nf3 d6 9. Be3 h6 10. c4 g5 11. Nc3 Bg7
12. Nd5 O-O 13. Bb6 Qd7 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. c5 dxc5 16. Bxc5 Rd8
17. Bb6 Rf8 18. Bc4 Nf4 19. Ne3 Re8 20. Qxd7 Bxd7 21. Rfd1 Be6
22. Kf1 Rac8 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. g3 g4 26. Nd2 Nb4
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Ne3 h5 29. Ndc4 Bc5 30. Nf5 Nd4 31. Nxe5
Nxf5 32. Rc1 Nd6 33. Rxc5 Re8 34. Nd7 Nxe4 35. Rxh5 Nd3
36. Bd4 f6 37. Nxf6+ Nxf6 38. Bxf6 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Bc3
Re2 41. Rd5 Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Rf3 43. Rg5 Nf2 44. Kg2 Ne4 45. Rxg4
Rf2+ 46. Kg1 Re2 47. Bd4 Nd2 48. Rf4+ Ke6 49. Rf2 Re1+ 50. Kg2
Nc4 51. h4 Re4 52. Bc3 b5 53. h5 b4 54. Bxb4 Ne5 55. Bc3 Nd3
56. h6 Re2 57. Rxe2+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Smeets"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2
Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7
12. Ne1 f6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Nd2 fxe5 16. dxe5 Nf7
17. f4 Nh6 18. Nf3 Qe8 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. a3 Qg6 21. b4 Ng4
22. Bc5 Bxc5+ 23. Rxc5 Nh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2009.11.15"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Fedorchuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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. d3 h6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8
Bxa8 13. Qf3 Kh7 14. Nf5 Ng8 15. Na3 b4 16. Nc2 bxc3 17. bxc3
Nce7 18. Nce3 Bc6 19. d4 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Bb6 21. dxe5 dxe5
22. Ba3 Nf6 23. Be7 Bxe4 24. Bxd8 Bxf3 25. Bxf6 Be2 26. Re1
Bd3 27. Nxg7 Rb8 28. Bxe5 Bc5 29. Bxf7 Rb2 30. Ne6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yu Shaoteng"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qxd1+
11. Kxd1 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Kc2 Rg8 14. g3 Bc5 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. fxe3 Rg4 17. b3 Ke7 18. Rad1 c5 19. Rd3 Rd8 20. Rxd8
Kxd8 21. Rf1 Ke7 22. Rf4 Rg5 23. Rh4 h5 24. a3 a5 25. Kc3 Kd6
26. Rf4 Rg6 27. b4 axb4+ 28. axb4 cxb4+ 29. Kxb4 Kc6 30. e4
Kb6 31. Rf3 Kc6 32. Rf4 Kb6 33. e5 fxe5 34. Rxf7 h4 35. gxh4
Rh6 36. Rf3 Rxh4 37. h3 Kc6 38. Re3 Kb6 39. Rxe5 Rxh3
40. Rxe6+ Kc7 41. Kb5 Rh1 42. Rc6+ Kb7 43. Rg6 Kc7 44. Rg7+
Kc8 45. c5 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yu Shaoteng"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 a6 8. a4 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 c6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Ne2
Bf8 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qd2 b5 15. c4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 exd4 17. Nxd4
d5 18. Raa1 c5 19. Ndf5 d4 20. Nh6+ Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Re6 22. f3
Ne5 23. Bf1 Qb6 24. Ra3 Rae8 25. Qd2 h5 26. Qf4 Nh7 27. Qd2 h4
28. Ne2 h3 29. Nf4 hxg2 30. Bxg2 Ng5 31. Rf1 Rf6 32. Bc1
Nexf3+ 33. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 34. Bxf3 Bxe4 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Bxd5 Qb4
37. Ra2 Qxb3 38. Rb2 Qh3 39. Qd1 Qh4 40. Bd2 Rf2 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6
12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Qc1 Rd8 15. Bh6 Rxd1+ 16. Nxd1 Qd7
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. Ne3 Rd8 20. Rd1 Qxd1+ 21. Nxd1
Rxd1+ 22. Bf1 Bh3 23. Nd2 Nd4 24. Qxd4 Bxf1 25. Qd8+ Kg7
26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 Bc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5
12. dxe5 Qd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Rd1 O-O-O 15. Bd2 Ne7 16. c4
Be4 17. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 Bc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5
12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nd7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Be3 Nb8 16. Bd3
Bf3 17. Rd2 Bg4 18. c3 h5 19. Bf1 Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Rd8 21. Be3
Nc6 22. h3 Rd1 23. Rxd1 Bxd1 24. Bb5 Kb7 25. Kf2 a6 26. Bf1
Ne7 27. Bg2+ Kc8 28. Ke1 Bc2 29. Bf3 g6 30. Be2 a5 31. c4 c5
32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Nc6 34. Bf3 Kd7 35. Kd2 Bb1 36. a3 g5
37. Bxc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3
Nxc3 7. bxc3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qc1 c5
12. Bh6 Rc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qa3 Qc7 15. Rfd1 e6 16. Rac1
Rfd8 17. e3 Be4 18. c4 Qb7 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Nf6 21. Qb2
Qf3 22. Ne1 Qe4 23. a4 Rd7 24. Qc2 Rcd8 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. f3
Nd6 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Nd3 Rc7 31. e4
Rb8 32. Kd2 Rb6 33. Rc3 Nb7 34. Kc2 Na5 35. Kd2 Rd7 36. Ke3
Rbd6 37. Rdc1 Nxc4+ 38. Rxc4 Rxd3+ 39. Kf4 e5+ 40. Kg4 h5+
41. Kg5 Rxf3 42. Rxc5 Rf6 43. Rxe5+ Re6 44. Rxe6+ Kxe6 45. Kf4
Rd6 46. Rc5 f6 47. h4 Ra6 48. a5 Rd6 49. Rc7 Ra6 50. Rg7 Rxa5
51. Kf3 Ra3+ 52. Kf4 Ra5 53. Kf3 a6 54. Rg8 Rb5 55. Re8+ Kf7
56. Ra8 a5 57. Ra6 g5 58. hxg5 fxg5 59. Ke3 Rb3+ 60. Kf2 Ra3
61. Rh6 Ra2+ 62. Ke3 Rg2 63. Kf3 Rh2 64. Ra6 Ra2 65. Rh6 Ra3+
66. Kf2 a4 67. Rxh5 Kf6 68. e5+ Kf5 69. e6 Rb3 70. e7 Rb8
71. Rh6 Re8 72. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 Bc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5
12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nd7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Be3 Nb8 16. Rxd8+
Rxd8 17. Rd1 Be4 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. c3 Nc6 20. h4 g6 21. g4
Ne7 22. b4 Nd5 23. Bd2 f5 24. c4 Ne7 25. g5 Kd7 26. Be3 a6
27. Kf2 Nc6 28. a3 Ne7 29. Ke1 Ng8 30. Kd2 Ne7 31. Kc3 Kc6
32. h5 gxh5 33. Bxh5 Ng6 34. a4 Kb7 35. Kd2 Bc6 36. Bd1 Ne7
37. Ke1 Kc8 38. Kf2 Kd7 39. Kg3 Ng6 40. b5 axb5 41. axb5 Be4
42. c5 bxc5 43. Bxc5 Bd3 44. Ba4 Kd8 45. Kf3 Bf1 46. Ke3 Bc4
47. Ba3 Bd5 48. Bc1 Ke7 49. Kd4 Kd8 50. Bd2 Nf8 51. Be3 Ng6
52. Kc5 Nf8 53. Kb4 Ng6 54. Ka5 Bc4 55. b6 cxb6+ 56. Kxb6 Bd5
57. Ka7 Bc4 58. Kb8 Bd5 59. Bb5 Bb3 60. Bb6+ Ke7 61. Bc5+ Kd8
62. Bb6+ Ke7 63. Be3 Kd8 64. Kb7 Bd5+ 65. Kb6 Be4 66. Bc4 Kd7
67. Bb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Na6 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. Be3 Nh5 11. d5 c5 12. a3
Bf6 13. g3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. h4 Qe7 17. Bh3
Ng7 18. Qe3 f5 19. Qg5 Rf6 20. h5 h6 21. Qxh6 gxh5 22. Qg5 f4
23. gxf4 Kf7 24. f5 Nxf5 25. Qxh5+ Rg6+ 26. Kf1 Ng7 27. Be6+
Nxe6 28. dxe6+ Qxe6 29. Nd5 Nc7 30. Nxc7 Qxc4+ 31. Qe2 Qb3
32. Qe3 Qc4+ 33. Qe2 Qb3 34. Qe3 Qc4+ 35. Re2 Rag8 36. Qf3+
Ke7 37. Ke1 Rg1+ 38. Kd2 Rxa1 39. Nd5+ Ke8 40. Qh5+ Kd8
41. Qh4+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 O-O 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O Bg5 15. Qd3 Ne7 16. Nde3 Bxe3
17. Nxe3 Nc6 18. Rfd1 Nd4 19. Nc2 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Qc7 21. Rd3
Be6 22. b3 Ra6 23. Qd2 Rc6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. h3 f6 26. Bg4 Bf7
27. h4 Kf8 28. Bf5 Kg8 29. h5 h6 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. Rg3 Kf8
32. Rdd3 Rc7 33. Kh2 Ra7 34. Qg4 Bg8 35. Qd1 Rc7 36. Rg4 Be6
37. Bxe6 Qxe6 38. Rd5 Ra7 39. Rg3 Rdd7 40. Qd2 Kf7 41. Kg1 Ke8
42. Rgd3 Ke7 43. Qe3 Ra6 44. Qg3 Kf8 45. Rb5 Ra8 46. Qg6 Kg8
47. Rdd5 Rda7 48. Rb6 Rd8 49. Rxa5 Qe7 50. Rxa7 Qxa7 51. Rxb4
Kh8 52. a4 Qd4 53. Rb7 Rg8 54. g3 Qd2 55. Kg2 Qc3 56. Qf7 Qd3
57. Qg6 Qc3 58. Rb5 Qd2 59. a5 Qa2 60. Qg4 Qc2 61. a6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Na3 Ne5 11. Nc4 Nxc4
12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. a4 Rc8 15. Bd3 h5 16. a5 Nf6
17. Bg5 h4 18. Qf3 Nh5 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Nd2 Qc5 21. e5 Bc6
22. exd6+ Qxd6 23. Be4 Nf6 24. Qb3 Rhd8 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Qb4+
Ke8 27. Nf3 Qxc2 28. Re1 Qc4 29. Qxb7 Rd7 30. Qb6 Nd5 31. Qd4
Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Nb4 33. Nf3 Rc2 34. Re4 Rxb2 35. Rxh4 Nd3
36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Ra8 Nc5 38. h4 Rc7 39. Ne5 Kf6 40. Ng4+ Kg7
41. Rd1 Ne4 42. Rxa6 Rcc2 43. Rf1 Ra2 44. Ra7 Rc5 45. Re1 Nf6
46. Nxf6 Kxf6 47. a6 Rcc2 48. Rf1 Rc6 49. Rd1 Rcxa6 50. Rb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7
Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qh5 f5 11. Rb1 b6
12. Re1 c6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. c4 Be8 15. Qh3 dxc4 16. Bxf5 g6
17. Bg4 Bf7 18. Re3 Rae8 19. Bh6 Bf4 20. Bxf8 Bxe3 21. fxe3
Rxf8 22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Qxh7+ Ke8 25. Qxg6+ Kd8
26. e4 Qf6 27. Qxf6+ Rxf6 28. Bf5 b5 29. Kf2 b4 30. Ke3 a5
31. Kd2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. d3 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 h6 11. Bg2 Bb6
12. Na4 Bc7 13. c5 d5 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Bb4 Be6 16. Qa3 Bxb4
17. Qxb4 Rb8 18. Nc5 Re8 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Rac1 Qd6 21. Qa5 a6
22. Rc4 Rbe8 23. Qb6 R6e7 24. b4 Qd8 25. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. d3 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 h6 11. Na4 Be7
12. Bg2 d6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Re8 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Qa5
17. e3 Qh5 18. Qd1 Bg4 19. Qe1 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nb5 Be2
22. Nc7 Bxd3 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Rf3 Ne4 25. Bb4 Bf6 26. Qd1 Bb5
27. Rh3 Qxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bd7 29. Rh5 Bg4 30. Rhxd5 Bxd1 31. Rxd1
Bxb2 32. Kf1 b6 33. Ke2 a5 34. Be1 Ba3 35. Rd4 Nd6 36. Rd3 Bc5
37. Bc3 Kh7 38. Bc6 Re7 39. Kf3 f5 40. h4 Kg6 41. Bd5 Ne4
42. Be5 Nf6 43. Bxf6 Kxf6 44. a4 g5 45. hxg5+ hxg5 46. fxg5+
Kxg5 47. e4 fxe4+ 48. Bxe4 Rf7+ 49. Kg3 Bf2+ 50. Kg2 Rf4
51. Bc6 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. Nb3
Ne6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nd7 10. Bxe6 fxe6
11. Nbd4 Nb6 12. Ng5 Ke7 13. b3 Nd5 14. Ba3+ Ke8 15. Bb2 Ke7
16. Ba3+ Ke8 17. Bb2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. d3 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 h6 11. Na4 Be7
12. Bg2 d6 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Qd1 Nc5 16. b4 Ne6
17. b5 Bd7 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. Kh1 Bf6
22. e3 Kh8 23. d4 Rb8 24. d5 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Bc6 26. Qh5 Rb2
27. Rfd1 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Nc5 29. Qxf5 Rxa2 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Qxc2
Qe7 32. Rg1 Rb8 33. Qg6 a5 34. Bxa5 Rb3 35. Rb1 Rxb1+ 36. Qxb1
Qxe3 37. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7
Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qh5 f5 11. Re1 c6
12. Bg5 Qc7 13. c4 Be8 14. Qh3 dxc4 15. Bxf5 h6 16. Be6+ Bf7
17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Bxh2+ 19. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Bxe6
21. Rxe6 Rxf2 22. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. exd5 Nxd5
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. c3 b5
12. Ne3 N7f6 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. d4 e4 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Bc2 e3
17. Bxf5 Qxg5 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. Bxg4 exf2+ 20. Kxf2 Rxe1
21. Kxe1 Bxh2 22. a4 Bg3+ 23. Ke2 b4 24. c4 Nf6 25. Bf3 Re8+
26. Kd3 Re1 27. Bxc6 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Rxd4 29. b3 Rd6 30. Bf3 Re6+
31. Kd3 Bf2 32. Bf4 Nd7 33. Rd1 Ne5+ 34. Ke2 Bb6 35. Bd5 Re8
36. Kf1 Ng4 37. Bf3 Ne3+ 38. Bxe3 Bxe3 39. Rd7 g6 40. Bd5 Rf8
41. Rc7 Bb6 42. Rc6 Rd8 43. Ke2 Kg7 44. Kf3 f5 45. Re6 h5
46. Kf4 Bc7+ 47. Kg5 Bb6 48. Rxg6+ Kh7 49. Rh6+ Kg7 50. Rg6+
Kh7 51. Kxh5 Re8 52. Be6 Rf8 53. Rg5 f4 54. c5 Bd8 55. Rd5 Kg7
56. c6 Kf6 57. Bh3 Rh8+ 58. Kg4 Bc7 59. Rd7 Rg8+ 60. Kf3 Rg7
61. Ke4 Rxd7 62. cxd7 Ke7 63. Kd5 a5 64. Kc6 Kd8 65. Bg4 Be5
66. Kb6 Bc7+ 67. Ka6 Ke7 68. Kb7 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O d6 8. d3 h6 9. Rb1 Be6 10. b4 Qd7 11. b5 Nd8 12. a4 Bh3
13. Nd5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ne8 15. e4 Ne6 16. Bb2 f5 17. Nh4 Kh7
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qh5 c6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ne3 f4 22. Nef5 Rf6
23. d4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Re6 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Rfe1
Nc7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rb7 Re7 30. Rxe7+ Qxe7 31. Qxf4 Kg8
32. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2010.02.05"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Chuchelov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. Kc2 e5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. Rhd1 c6
12. Be2 a5 13. h3 Be7 14. b3 O-O-O 15. Rab1 Kc7 16. a4 b6
17. Nd2 Bc5 18. b4 axb4 19. cxb4 Bxe3 20. fxe3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2010.02.06"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg2 Re8 9. d3 c6 10. Bd2 h6 11. Rc1 a6
12. Kh1 d6 13. a3 Bc5 14. b4 Ba7 15. a4 Be6 16. a5 Qd7 17. Rb1
d5 18. c5 Rad8 19. Rb2 d4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. dxe4 f5 22. exf5
Bxf5 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. e4 Be6 25. Qd3 Qf7 26. Rc2 Bb3 27. Rcc1
Ba4 28. Qf3 Qxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2010.02.07"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Mikhael Mchedlishvili"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5
7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxc5 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. Nf3 Ne7
12. O-O a6 13. Bg5 Ng6 14. Nd4 Ngxe5 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Rfe1 f6
17. Rxe5+ Qxe5 18. Bxd7+ Ke7 19. Bf4 Qe4 20. f3 Qxa4 21. Bxa4
Rhd8 22. Re1+ Kf7 23. Bc7 Rdc8 24. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.09"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zaven Andriasian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "42"]

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 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Kb1 O-O-O
12. Bc4 Rg8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bb3 f5 15. exf5 Rxg2 16. Qd3 Rf2
17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Ne4 Rxf4 19. Nxd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6
21. Rxd6 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.10"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Mikhail Krylov"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Nbd7 15. Qf3 g6 16. Ndf1 Bg7 17. Ng4 Kh7
18. Bc2 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Nfe3 h5 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Rd1
Qxf3 23. gxf3 Bf8 24. Bb3 Kg7 25. Bd5 Rec8 26. a4 Nb6 27. Bxc6
Rxc6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rxa8 Nxa8 30. Nd5 Nb6 31. Be3 Na4
32. Rd2 f5 33. b3 Nc5 34. Bxc5 dxc5 35. Ra2 fxe4 36. Ra7+ Kh6
37. fxe4 b4 38. c4 Kg5 39. Kh2 Kh4 40. Ne3 Rd6 41. Rf7 Rd8
42. Rf3 Kg5 43. Nd5 Bd6 44. Kg3 Rf8 45. Rd3 Rf7 46. Nb6 Rf6
47. Nd7 Re6 48. h4+ Kh6 49. Rd5 Be7 50. Nxc5 Bxc5 51. Rxc5 Ra6
52. Rb5 Ra1 53. f3 g5 54. Rb6+ Kg7 55. hxg5 Rg1+ 56. Kh3 Rb1
57. Rxb4 Kg6 58. c5 Kxg5 59. c6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.11"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5
12. e5 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Ba3 Rfe8 15. Ng2 Nc4 16. Ne3 Nxe3
17. fxe3 f6 18. Qd3 fxe5 19. e4 Qd7 20. d5 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.12"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Savchenko"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3 Qb6 9. Nf5 Qxb2 10. Nxg7+ Kf8 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. Bxd5 Kxg7 13. Rb1 Qc3+ 14. Kf2 Qa5 15. h4 h5 16. g4 hxg4
17. fxg4 Ne5 18. g5 Bg4 19. Qd4 Rac8 20. Rxb7 e6 21. Rxa7
Rxc2+ 22. Kg3 Qb5 23. Bf4 exd5 24. Rh2 Rhc8 25. Bxe5+ dxe5
26. Qxe5+ Kg8 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arman Pashikian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Rd8 11. d5 e6
12. Bg5 Re8 13. d6 b5 14. h4 Bb7 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. h5 e5
17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. Nh2 Re6 20. Ng4 Bh8 21. Bg5 f6
22. Qe3 Rxd6 23. Qh3 Kf7 24. Qh7+ Ke6 25. Bb1 b4 26. Qxg6 bxc3
27. Bc2 Rd2 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Qf5+ Kd6 30. Nxf6 Rd8 31. Nxd7
Rxd7 32. Qf6+ Kc7 33. Qxe5+ Kc8 34. Rh8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8
36. Rd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kxd1 Qb4 38. Ke2 Qb2 39. Qd6+ Ke8 40. Qe6+
Kd8 41. Qb3 Ba6+ 42. Kd1 Bf1 43. Qxb2 cxb2 44. Kd2 Bxg2 45. f4
1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Bocharov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 Be7 9. f3 h5 10. Qf2 d6 11. Bd3 b5
12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qg3 Bb7 15. Qxe5 O-O-O 16. Bxb5
Qc7 17. Qxc7+ Kxc7 18. Be2 Bd6 19. Rd4 Be5 20. Bf4 Bxf4+
21. Rxf4 e5 22. Ra4 Kb6 23. h4 Rd6 24. Bc4 Rf8 25. Re1 Nd7
26. Ne4 Rg6 27. Ng5 f6 28. Bd3 f5 29. g4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Nc5
31. Rb4+ Ka5 32. a3 e4 33. gxf5 Rxf5 34. Rxb7 Nxb7 35. Bxe4
Re5 36. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O c6
7. Qb3 Na6 8. d3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 Bg4
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nac7 14. a3 Ne6 15. e3 f5 16. Bg2 f4
17. Qc4 Kh8 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Qc2 fxg3 20. fxg3 Qd6 21. Rd1 Rad8
22. Kh2 Rf8 23. b4 Ng5 24. Qe2 e4 25. Qg4 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rxf3
27. Ra2 Nc4 28. Rg2 Qd5 29. dxc4 Qxd1 30. Bb2 Rf7 31. Qxe4 Rf1
32. g4 Rh1+ 33. Kg3 Qe1+ 34. Kf4 Qh4 35. Qe5 Rf1+ 36. Ke4 Qh6
37. Qh5 Qe6+ 38. Be5 Qxc4+ 39. Bd4 Qe6+ 40. Be5 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. Nf1 g6 16. Ng3 Bg7 17. b3 Qc7
18. Bb2 Rad8 19. axb5 axb5 20. c4 exd4 21. Nxd4 bxc4 22. Bxc4
Ne5 23. Qc2 Qb6 24. Bf1 c5 25. Nb5 h5 26. Nc3 h4 27. Nge2 Bc6
28. Rad1 c4 29. bxc4 Nxc4 30. Ba1 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Bxg7
Kxg7 33. Qc3+ Ne5 34. Nd4 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Bd7 36. Qe3 Qb4
37. Qe4 Rb8 38. Rd1 Ba4 39. Ra1 Bd7 40. Qxh4 Qb2 41. Ra6 Rb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.17"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4
Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bc4 Qd6 11. Nf3
Bg4 12. e5 Qc7 13. O-O Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxe5 15. Rab1 Nd7
16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Rxb7 Rfb8 18. Rb3 Ne5 19. Qe4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4
Rxb3 21. axb3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Katernberg GER"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4
Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Nf3
Qc7 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. h3 e5 14. Qh6 Ne8 15. O-O f6 16. Nd2 Nd6
17. Qh4 c4 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. f4 Qb6+ 20. Rf2 Qe3 21. fxe5 fxe5
22. Nf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Rf8 24. Raf1 Nf7 25. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "Katernberg GER"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[EventDate "2009.10.17"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Robert Kempinski"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Be7
12. Be2 O-O 13. h4 Nd7 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Bc7 Qe8 16. Rhe1 Bb7
17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qd8 20. g4 Qc7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7
22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 g6 24. Bg4 Kg7 25. f4 Rh8 26. f5 gxf5
27. exf5 exf5 28. Bxf5 Nb6 29. Ne2 Bc8 30. Nd4 Bxf5 31. Nxf5+
Kg6 32. Ne7+ Kg7 33. Nf5+ Kg6 34. Re7 Rxe7 35. Nxe7+ Kxg5
36. Rg1+ Kf4 37. Rf1+ Ke4 38. Nxc6 f5 39. Re1+ Kf4 40. b3 Kg3
41. Re6 Nd7 42. Rd6 Rh7 43. Rxd5 f4 44. Rg5+ Kh4 45. Rg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[Round "14.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. hxg4 hxg4
12. g3 gxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne6 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Qf5 Qb5 16. Nf3 g6
17. Qxb5 axb5 18. c3 b4 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Re2 Rd8 21. Be3 Bc5
22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Rc1 Ne6 24. Rcc2 Rd1+ 25. Re1 Rd3 26. Ne5
Rd8 27. Kg2 Ke7 28. f4 Rh5 29. Rf2 Nc5 30. Re3 Rd1 31. f5 Kf6
32. Ng4+ Kg5 33. Ne5 Kf6 34. Ng4+ Kg5 35. Nh2 gxf5 36. Rxf5+
Kg6 37. Nf3 Rxf5 38. exf5+ Kf6 39. g4 Nd3 40. Kg3 b5 41. g5+
Kxf5 42. Re7 Kg6 43. Rxc7 Rc1 44. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2009/10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.04.11"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[Round "15.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viacheslav Ikonnikov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. d5 Nh5 10. g3 Bf8 11. Rb1 Ng7 12. b4
a5 13. a3 Be7 14. Bh6 Nf6 15. Ne1 Ng4 16. Bd2 f5 17. Bxg4 fxg4
18. Nd3 Rf8 19. c5 Qe8 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. a4 Rxc5 22. Nxc5 dxc5
23. Nb5 c6 24. Nc3 g5 25. Be3 Nh5 26. Rfd1 Qg6 27. Qd3 Nf4
28. Bxf4 exf4 29. d6 Bf6 30. Qc4+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Rxf7 32. d7
Bxd7 33. Rxb7 Be6 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. a5 Bc4 36. Na4 1-0

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3
Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8. Rd1 Bg4 9. c3 Qe6 10. Nc2 Bd6 11. Ne3 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 Ne7 13. d4 O-O 14. Bd2 a5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. g3 f5
17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Qd3 Raf8 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Re1
Qf6 22. f4 Rd5 23. Be3 h5 24. Qe4 Qf7 25. c4 Rf5 26. Rad1 Re8
27. Qd3 Qg6 28. Kg2 h4 29. Bd2 Ref8 30. Re4 Rh5 31. Qe2 hxg3
32. hxg3 Kg8 33. c5 Bxc5 34. Bxa5 Qh7 35. Kf3 b6 36. Bb4 Rh2
37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Re5 Rf2+ 39. Kg4 R8xf4+ 40. gxf4 Rg2+ 41. Kf3
Qh3+ 42. Ke4 Qe3+ 43. Kf5 Qh3+ 44. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.20"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5
7. b3 Be6 8. Nbd2 Qa5 9. a4 Na6 10. Ba3 Ne4 11. b4 Nxb4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 Na6 14. Bxe4 Qc7 15. e3 c5 16. Rb1 Rab8
17. d5 Bh3 18. Re1 Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Bc3 21. Rb3 Bxd2
22. Qxd2 Qxc4 23. Rb4 Qc5 24. Rc1 Qa5 25. Bg2 Bd7 26. d6 exd6
27. Qxd6 Rfd8 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 Bxa4 30. Qa3 Qb6 31. Bf3
Bb5 32. h4 Qf6 33. Kg2 a6 34. h5 g5 35. h6 Qxh6 36. Qe7 Re8
37. Qb7 Qf6 38. Bd5 Bd3 39. e4 Qe7 40. Rc7 Bxe4+ 41. f3 Bxd5
42. Rxe7 Bxb7 43. Rxe8+ Kg7 44. Kf2 Bc6 45. Re5 Kg6 46. f4
gxf4 47. gxf4 f6 48. Rc5 Bd7 49. Kg3 Bf5 50. Kh4 Bd3 51. Rd5
Be4 52. Ra5 Bd3 53. Rc5 Bf5 54. Rc6 Bd3 55. Rd6 Bc4 56. Rd4
Bb3 57. Rb4 Bc2 58. Rc4 Bd3 59. Rc3 Bb5 60. Rc5 Bd3 61. Kg3
Bf5 62. Rd5 Be6 63. Rd4 Bb3 64. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.21"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ngoc Truongson Nguyen"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6
7. Qe2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bd2 f6
12. exf6 Qxf6 13. c4 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bc3 Qxe2 16. Bxe2
d4 17. Bd2 e5 18. c5 Bc7 19. Bc4+ Kh7 20. Rfe1 Bf5 21. Bd5
Rad8 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Ne7 24. Ba5 Bxa5 25. Nxa5 Rd5
26. b4 Nc6 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Rae1 a5 29. a3 Ra8 30. f3 d3
31. Rd1 axb4 32. axb4 Ra2 33. Re3 Rd4 34. Rexd3 Rxb4 35. R1d2
Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Rc4 37. Rd6 Rxc5 38. h4 h5 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Ke3
Rxg2 41. Rxc6 Rh2 42. Rc5 Rxh4 43. Rxe5 Rh2 44. Kf4 Kh6
45. Kg3 Ra2 46. Re6+ g6 47. Re4 Ra6 48. Re3 Rf6 49. f4 Ra6
50. Rb3 Ra1 51. Rc3 Rg1+ 52. Kf2 Rg4 53. Kf3 Rg1 54. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.22"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. c5 g4 12. Nh4
Nc6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. O-O Nd4 16. Bc4+ Kh8
17. Ne2 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Qd2 Nf4 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. f3 Qg5
22. Nc3 Rc6 23. Kh1 Ne6 24. Qxg5 Nxg5 25. fxg4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1
Nxg4 27. Nf5 Nf6 28. Re1 Ne6 29. Rd1 Ne8 30. Bf2 a6 31. g3 h5
32. Kg2 Kh7 33. Be3 Bf8 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Nf6+
37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Rd2 Ng7 39. Ng3 Ne6 40. a3 b5 41. Nf5 Nc7
42. Bg5 Nd7 43. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.23"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Nc3
Bb4 7. Qd3 d6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Bd7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. c3 Kh8
12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Nd2 Qh5 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Qe2 Qh4 16. f3 Rh6
17. g3 Qg5 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Rf6 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Bxc6
Bxc6 22. Rf1 Re8 23. Rf4 d5 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Rxf6 dxe4 26. Nd4
Qxe2 27. Nxe2 Rd8 28. Nd4 Bd5 29. b3 e3 30. Kf1 c5 31. Nf5 Be4
32. Ke2 b6 33. Rd6 Re8 34. Nxe3 Re7 35. b4 cxb4 36. cxb4 Rc7
37. Kd2 Rf7 38. Kc3 Rf2 39. Rd2 Rf7 40. Rd6 Kg7 41. a4 Bg6
42. a5 Rc7+ 43. Kd4 Re7 44. axb6 axb6 45. Nc4 Re4+ 46. Kd5 Rg4
47. Rd7+ Kf6 48. Nxb6 Rxb4 49. Kc5 Rb2 50. Nd5+ Kg5 51. Ne3
Kf6 52. Rd6+ Ke7 53. Nd5+ Kf8 54. Rd8+ Kf7 55. Rd7+ Kf8
56. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.24"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5
7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. g4 c6 12. a3 a4
13. Be2 Bd7 14. h4 cxd5 15. cxd5 Rc8 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nh7
18. Rg1 f5 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. Qc2 Bh6 21. O-O-O Bxe3 22. fxe3
Kg7 23. Kb1 Be8 24. Bb5 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 Ng5 26. Nc3 Nf3 27. Rg2
Nxd2+ 28. Qxd2 Qf3 29. Rdg1 Rf6 30. Rg4 Rh8 31. Ka2 Rh1
32. Qc2 Rxg1 33. Rxg1 Qxe3 34. Qh2 Qf2 35. Qh1 b5 36. Nxb5 Nd3
37. Rg2 Qf3 38. Rh2 Qxh1 39. Rxh1 Nc5 40. Re1 g5 0-1

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.26"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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
Qxa8 18. Nb3 Qc8 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Qc2 Bc8 22. Ra1
h6 23. Nfd2 Be6 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Nfd7 26. Be3 Qb7 27. Nb3
Ra8 28. Rxa8+ Qxa8 29. Na5 Qc8 30. Qd2 Qc7 31. f4 Nc4 32. Bxc4
Bxc4 33. fxe5 Nxe5 34. Bf4 Qe7 35. Qd4 Ng6 36. Bd6 Qe6
37. Nxc6 Nf4 38. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6
7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Bf4 cxd5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nc4 14. Qb3 Nd6 15. Rfe1 Bf6 16. Be5
Qa5 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Re8 19. c4 Bf5 20. Ne5 f6 21. g4 Bc8
22. Nd3 b6 23. g5 Bd7 24. Qb2 fxg5 25. Ne5 Rad8 26. Nxd7 Rxd7
27. Bh3 Nf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Re5 Rd6 30. Rae1 Qa4 31. Qe2 Qd7
32. Qh5 Rg6 33. Re6 Kg7 34. R1e3 f4 35. Rh3 Rxe6 36. Qxh7+ Kf6
37. Rh6+ Ke5 38. Rxe6+ Kd4 39. Qf5 Qa4 40. Re4+ Kc5 41. d6+ e5
42. Rxe5+ Kxd6 43. c5+ bxc5 44. Qf6+ Kc7 45. Qf7+ Kd8 46. Qd5+
Kc7 47. Qxc5+ Kb7 48. Qd5+ Kb6 49. Rxg5 Qc6 50. Qxc6+ Kxc6
51. h4 f3 52. h5 Re4 53. Kh2 Ra4 54. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.28"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Parimarjan Negi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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 h5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 e5
12. Bg5 d6 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bb3 Rd8 15. Qe2 a5 16. Kb1 O-O
17. h3 Qb7 18. g4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7
22. gxh5 d4 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nd2 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Fernando Cubas"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Be6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bf1 O-O 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2
Nh7 13. a3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nd5 Nf6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Bc4
Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qd7 19. Qd3 Kh8 20. Rad1 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qf5
22. Qd3 Qh5 23. c4 Nd8 24. Bxe5 Rxf3 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxe7+
Rf7 27. Qd4+ Kh7 28. Re8 Rg7 29. Qe4+ Qg6 30. Rxd6 Qxe4
31. Rxe4 Nf7 32. Rf6 Rd8 33. h4 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd6 35. Rf3 Nd8
36. g4 Re6 37. Rxe6 Nxe6 38. Kg3 Nd4 39. Rd3 Rd7 40. Kg2 Kg6
41. b4 Kf6 42. f3 Ke7 43. Kh3 Nc2 44. Rc3 Rd2 45. c5 Nd4
46. Re3+ Kf6 47. a4 Ne6 48. Kg3 Rd4 49. Rb3 h5 50. a5 Rc4
51. a6 bxa6 52. Ra3 Nc7 53. Rd3 Nb5 54. Rd5 hxg4 55. fxg4 Rxb4
56. h5 Nd4 57. Rd6+ Ne6 58. Rxa6 Rb7 59. Kh4 Rc7 60. g5+ Kf5
61. c6 Nc5 62. Ra1 Nd3 63. Rf1+ Nf4 64. Kg3 Kxg5 65. Rxf4 Rxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Be7 16. Bg3 Bf8 17. dxe5
Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qf3 Nh7 20. Ne3 Ng5 21. Qg4 Bc8 22. Qe2
c6 23. a4 Rb8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Red1 Qc7 26. Ng4 f6 27. Bb3+
Be6 28. Bxe6+ Nxe6 29. Qf3 Rbd8 30. Bh4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 h5
32. Ne3 Qf7 33. g4 hxg4 34. Qxg4 Kh7 35. Kh2 g6 36. Qf3 Bg7
37. Ng4 Nf4 38. Bg3 Qc7 39. Bxf4 exf4 40. Kg1 Re6 41. Qd3 Qe7
42. f3 b4 43. Kg2 bxc3 44. bxc3 Qc5 45. Qd2 f5 46. Nf2 Qe3
47. c4 Re8 48. Qc2 fxe4 49. Nxe4 Rb8 50. Rd7 Kh6 51. Nf2 Qe6
52. Qd2 Qxc4 53. Ng4+ Kh7 54. Nf6+ Kh6 55. Ng4+ Kh7 56. Nf6+
Kh6 57. Rd4 Qb5 58. Qxf4+ Qg5+ 59. Ng4+ Kh5 60. Qxg5+ Kxg5
61. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. Bxg4
Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bf3 b4 15. Na4 c5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5
17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. O-O-O+ Ke8 20. Bf4 Nxc5
21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Bxh6 Nc5 23. Be3 Nd3+ 24. Kb1 Rxg2 25. h5 f5
26. h6 Kf7 27. h7 Rh8 28. b3 e5 29. bxc4 Nxf2 30. Bxf2 Rxf2
31. c5 Rf3 32. c6 Rc3 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. c7 f4 35. Rd6+ Kg7
36. Rg1+ Kf7 37. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikola Sedlak"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O
7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bf4 Na6 11. c5 Qxb3
12. axb3 Nd7 13. Ra5 Be4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rd4 18. e3 Rd5 19. Bxe4 Rxc5 20. Rfa1 Kf8
21. Kg2 Rd8 22. b4 Rc4 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. b5 Rc2 25. bxa6 b6
26. R5a4 Rdd2 27. Rf4 e6 28. b4 g5 29. Rf3 Rc4 30. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5
17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Rae8 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. fxe4
Rxe4 22. Bd1 g4 23. Qf2 Re6 24. Bd2 Nf6 25. Bb3 Ne4 26. Qg2
Nxd2 27. Qxd2 Rf6 28. Re1 c5 29. Bc2 cxd4 30. cxd4 Kg7 31. Re4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Markus Ragger"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nc3 a6
7. a4 b6 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Rad1 Nd7 11. Rfe1 Nf6 12. d5
e5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxh6 Bg7
17. Qf4 g5 18. Qg3 Qd6 19. e5 Qb4 20. Re4 Qxb2 21. Rg4 Nf5
22. Qf3 Rae8 23. Rb1 Qa3 24. Qxf5 Rxe5 25. Qd3 Rfe8 26. Qd2
Bc8 27. Rg3 Qc5 28. Bf1 g4 29. h3 f5 30. Qf4 Qd6 31. hxg4 fxg4
32. Nd1 Re1 33. Qxd6 cxd6 34. Rgb3 Bd4 35. g3 Rf8 36. Kg2 Re7
37. Rd3 Bc5 38. Rd2 Re4 39. Nc3 Rd4 40. Rxd4 Bxd4 41. Nd1 Bf5
42. Bd3 Bxd3 43. cxd3 Rf3 44. Ne3 Bxe3 45. fxe3 b5 46. axb5
axb5 47. Rxb5 Rxe3 48. Rb4 Rxd3 49. Rxg4+ Kf7 50. Rg5 Kf6
51. Rh5 Kg6 52. g4 Ra3 53. Rf5 Rd3 54. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. a3 Bxc3
12. bxc3 b6 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ne7 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. f3 f5
17. O-O Kf7 18. g4 g5 19. Bf2 h5 20. gxf5 exf5 21. h4 gxh4
22. Bxh4 Ng6 23. Bg3 h4 24. Bh2 cxd4 25. exd4 Kf6 26. c5 bxc5
27. Bb5 Rad8 28. Bc7 Rc8 29. Bd6 Rhd8 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. dxc5
Ne5 32. Bxe5+ Kxe5 33. Nc4+ Kf4 34. Nd6 Rg8+ 35. Kh2 Bd5
36. Rcd1 Bxf3 37. Rd4+ Ke5 38. Rd2 Rg3 39. Nc4+ Ke6 40. Rxd7
Kxd7 41. Ne5+ Kc7 42. Nxf3 Kc6 43. a4 Kxc5 44. Nxh4 Rg4
45. Nxf5 Rxa4 46. Kg3 a5 47. Ne3 Ra2 48. Kf3 a4 49. Ke4 Rd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8
12. Bf4 Qd7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd3 b5 15. Be3 e6 16. Bxc5 exd5
17. e5 Bxe5 18. Bd4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxd4 20. Bxb5 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2
Qxb5 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Qd3 a5 24. h4 Ba6 25. Qg3 Qd6 26. Qg5 Bd3
27. Rd1 Be4 28. Rdf1 Rf8 29. Rf6 Qa3 30. Nc6 Rae8 31. Ne5 Re7
32. h5 Qc5+ 33. R1f2 Qxc3 34. Ng4 Rb7 35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Nxf7
Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Qa1 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Qe3 Rh1+ 40. Kg3 Rxf7
41. Rxf7 Qe5+ 42. Qf4 Qc3+ 43. Rf3 Qe1+ 44. Rf2 Qc3+ 45. Rf3
Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nc6 6. d3 Be7
7. Qg4 f5 8. Qxg7 Qd4 9. Bh6 Nxh6 10. Qxh6 fxe4 11. O-O-O Qf6
12. Qxf6 Bxf6 13. Bxe4 Bd7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Nf3 e5 16. Ng5
Bxg5 17. fxg5 Nd4 18. Rhf1 Bc6 19. c3 Bxe4 20. dxe4 Ne6
21. Rf5 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 h6 23. Rxe5 Kd7 24. Rd5+ Ke7 25. gxh6
Rxh6 26. h4 Rg6 27. Rd3 Rg4 28. Re3 Ng7 29. Ke2 Nh5 30. Kf2
Ke6 31. e5 Rg8 32. Kg2 Nf4+ 33. Kh2 Ng6 34. Kh3 c4 35. h5 Nxe5
36. g4 Kd5 37. Rg3 Ke4 38. g5 Kf5 39. g6 Kf6 40. Kh4 b5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "181"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qa3 O-O 9. e3 N8d7 10. Rd1 a5 11. Ng5 Bd5
12. e4 Bc4 13. h4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Nf6 15. Qc5 c6 16. Nf3 e6
17. Qd6 Nc4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. b3 Na3 20. Be5 Ng4 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Ke2 h5 23. Rd2 Nf6 24. Rc1 Ne8 25. Na4 Nd6 26. Ke3
Nab5 27. Ne5 Nc7 28. f3 Nce8 29. Nb6 Ra6 30. Nbd7 Raa8 31. Nc5
Nc7 32. Rcd1 Ra7 33. Rc1 Raa8 34. Ned3 Rab8 35. Nf4 Rh8
36. Rcc2 Nde8 37. Kf2 Nf6 38. Nfd3 Nfe8 39. Ne5 Nd6 40. Ned7
Rbd8 41. Nb6 Rhe8 42. Ke3 Ncb5 43. a4 Nc7 44. Rb2 Re7 45. b4
axb4 46. Rxb4 Na6 47. Rbb2 Nc7 48. Rdc2 Kh6 49. Kf2 Na8
50. Nc4 Nxc4 51. Rxc4 b6 52. Nd3 c5 53. a5 Rxd4 54. Rxd4 cxd4
55. axb6 Rb7 56. Ne5 Rxb6 57. Ra2 Nc7 58. Ra7 Rb2+ 59. Kg3 Rc2
60. Nxf7+ Kg7 61. Ne5 Kf6 62. Kf4 Ke7 63. g3 Rc5 64. Rb7 Kd6
65. Rb6+ Ke7 66. g4 hxg4 67. fxg4 g5+ 68. hxg5 Rb5 69. Rc6 Rb7
70. Rc4 Nb5 71. Rc8 Nc3 72. Rh8 Ne2+ 73. Kf3 Rb5 74. g6 Ng1+
75. Kg2 Rxe5 76. g7 Rg5 77. g8=Q Rxg8 78. Rxg8 d3 79. Ra8 d2
80. Ra1 Ne2 81. Rd1 Nc3 82. Rxd2 Nxe4 83. Re2 Ng5 84. Kg3 Kf6
85. Kh4 Kg6 86. Re3 Kh6 87. Ra3 Kg6 88. Ra8 Nf3+ 89. Kg3 Ne5
90. Ra6 Kg5 91. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5
12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd4 f6 14. O-O-O Rd8 15. Qe3 Be7 16. Rxd8+
Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. Be4 Bg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nxe5 Qxe5
21. Qxe5 fxe5 22. Rh1 Kd7 23. e3 Ke6 24. Kd1 Bb4 25. Ne4 Kf5
26. f3 g4 27. Ke2 g5 28. Nf2 gxf3+ 29. Kxf3 e4+ 30. Ke2 Rd8
31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. g4+ Ke5 33. Kxd1 Kd5 34. Nh3 Be7 35. Kc2 b5
36. b3 bxa4 37. bxa4 c5 38. Nf2 c4 39. Kc3 Bc5 40. Nd1 Bd6
41. Kc2 Bb4 42. Nf2 Be1 43. Nh3 Bh4 44. Kd2 Kc5 45. Ng1 Kb4
46. Ne2 Kb3 47. a5 a6 48. Nd4+ Kb2 49. Ne2 Bf2 50. h3 Bh4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.17"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zoran Stojcevski"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Qf6 5. c3 Nge7 6. Re1 d6
7. d4 Bb6 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc4 h6 10. a4 a6 11. Nxb6 cxb6 12. Be2
Qg6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 f5 15. Be3 f4 16. Bxb6 Bh3 17. Bf1
Bg4 18. Kh1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qh5 20. Be2 Rf6 21. Rg1 Qh3 22. Rad1
Re8 23. Qd3 Nb8 24. Bc5 Kh7 25. Rg4 Nec6 26. Qc4 g5 27. Rd6
Kg6 28. Qd5 Rxd6 29. Qxd6+ Kg7 30. Bb6 Re7 31. Bd8 Rf7
32. Bxg5 hxg5 33. Rxg5+ Kh8 34. Qg6 Qh7 35. Rh5 Qxh5 36. Qxh5+
Kg7 37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Bc4 Rd7 39. Bd5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robin Swinkels"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Bf5 8. Ne1 Be6 9. Nc2 Qd7 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Ne3 Nxe3
12. Bxe3 c6 13. Qa4 Bxd4 14. Rfd1 c5 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. e3 Nc6
17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. exd4 Rd8 21. Rd1
Bg4 22. Rd2 Kf8 23. f4 h6 24. h4 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. fxg5 Kg7
27. Kf2 Kg6 28. Ke3 Kxg5 29. Ne4+ Kg6 30. Rc2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.19"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergei Azarov"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1
Bb7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bc2 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. a4 Nc4 17. Ng3 Nb6
18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Nh2 Nbd7 21. Ng4 d5 22. exd5
Bxd5 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Qd3 b4 25. Ng4 Qd5 26. Qxd5 Bxd5 27. Bd2
Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeniy Podolchenko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 d6 11. Rfd1 a6
12. Qa3 Ne8 13. b4 Nd7 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Na4 e5
17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 d5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxb7
Nf6 22. c6 Ba3 23. Rc2 Ng4 24. Qb3 Qf5 25. Bf3 Ne5 26. Nb6 Rb8
27. c7 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5
c6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. dxc6 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxd4 10. cxb7 Bxb7 11. Nf3
Bf6 12. e3 Nd7 13. Bb5 Nc5 14. Bc4 Rac8 15. b3 Nd7 16. Na4 Bc6
17. Ba6 Bb7 18. Bc4 Bc6 19. Ke2 Bxa4 20. bxa4 Nc5 21. Bb3 Ne4
22. Nd4 Rfd8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. f3 Bxd4 25. exd4 Nd6 26. Kd3
Kf8 27. Re1 Ke8 28. Re5 Kd7 29. g4 h6 30. h4 e6 31. d5 exd5
32. Rxd5 Ke7 33. Kd4 Rc7 34. Re5+ Kf6 35. f4 Nc8 36. Kd5 a5
37. g5+ Kg7 38. Re8 h5 39. Re2 Kf8 40. Rc2 Ne7+ 41. Kd6 Ra7
42. Kc5 Rb7 43. Rd2 Nf5 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Ra8 Nxh4 46. Rxa5 Nf5
47. Rb5 Rd7 48. Bd5 Ne3 49. Be4 Rd2 50. a3 Ng2 51. Bxg2 Rxg2
52. a5 h4 53. a6 h3 54. Rb3 Rc2+ 55. Kb5 h2 56. Rh3 Rb2+
57. Ka5 Rb3 58. Rxh2 Rxa3+ 59. Kb5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zahar Efimenko"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 a5 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Qc2 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11. b3 Nbd7
12. Bb2 Re8 13. Rad1 Be4 14. Bh3 Bb7 15. Nd2 e5 16. e4 Qe7
17. Bg2 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qe5 19. f3 a4 20. b4 a3 21. Qxe5 Nxe5
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Nf1 Ra4 24. Rb1 Bc8 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Nd5 Ra7
27. Red1 Kf8 28. Bf1 Rb8 29. Kf2 c6 30. Ne3 Ke7 31. Ke1 g6
32. Kd2 Ne8 33. Kc3 f5 34. exf5 gxf5 35. Bd3 Nd6 36. c5 Nb5+
37. Bxb5 cxb5 38. Nd5+ Kf7 39. Nxb6 Bxa2 40. Ra1 Be6 41. Rd6
h5 42. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Nh4 g6 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Na6 14. Ng2 Bf6 15. Nf4 Qd7 16. Qf3 Nc7
17. Nh5 Bh8 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Nxe6 21. Rd1
Rfd8 22. Rd3 Rd7 23. Be3 Kf8 24. Rad1 Ke7 25. Kg2 Rb8 26. Bd2
b5 27. cxb5 Rxb5 28. Bc3 f5 29. h4 h5 30. Kf3 Rb8 31. b3 Rbd8
32. Kg2 Rb7 33. R1d2 Rdd7 34. e3 Nd8 35. Kf3 Nc6 36. e4 Ne5+
37. Bxe5 dxe5 38. Rd5 Ke6 39. Ke3 Rxd5 40. Rxd5 Rc7 41. Rd3
Rc6 42. Rc3 Kd6 43. f4 Rc7 44. Rc4 a5 45. Ra4 Ra7 46. Kd3 exf4
47. gxf4 Kc6 48. Ke3 Kb5 49. Rc4 fxe4 50. Kxe4 Re7+ 51. Kd5
Rd7+ 52. Ke5 Rd2 53. Kf6 Rxa2 54. Kxg6 Rb2 55. f5 Rxb3 56. Rf4
Rb4 57. Rxb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Unive Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.25"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. exd4 Nd5
12. Ne5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qc7 15. h4 Bd7 16. Bg5 Bc6
17. Bb5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Rfd8 19. Qe3 a6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Rd4
Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Rc8 23. Rd1 g6 24. Qd7 Qc4 25. Rd3 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Unive Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Bb4
12. O-O Qe7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. d5 e5 16. a4 a6
17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 O-O 20. Bf3 Ra7 21. axb5
axb5 22. Qf5 Re8 23. Rfd1 Qd6 24. h4 gxh4 25. Bxh4 Nf8 26. Be4
Bb6 27. Rxa7 Bxa7 28. Ra1 Bc5 29. b4 cxb3 30. Rb1 Ng6 31. Bf6
Bb6 32. Rxb3 Bd8 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxb5 Qc7 35. Qf3 Kg7
36. Bxg6 fxg6 37. g3 Rd7 38. Qe4 Qd6 39. Qb1 Qe7 40. Qb2 Kh7
41. Qc2 e4 42. Qb3 Qf7 43. Rb4 Qxd5 44. Qxd5 Rxd5 45. Rxe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Unive Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.27"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4
12. O-O e6 13. Nb3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15. c4 Nc6 16. Qd3 Qe7
17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Qxd6 Rd8 19. Qc5 f6 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. f3
gxf3 22. gxf3 Kf7 23. Rb1 Kg6 24. Bf2 Rh3 25. Kg2 Qh8 26. Bg3
Rxg3+ 27. hxg3 Qh3+ 28. Kf2 Qh2+ 29. Ke3 Qxc2 30. Rc1 Qxa2
31. Rc3 Qb1 32. Nc1 Nd4 33. f4 Qb2 34. f5+ Kh5 35. Kd3 Bd7
36. Qa5 Qf2 37. Qa2 Qxg3+ 38. Kd2 Qg2+ 39. Kd1 Qh1+ 40. Kd2
Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Unive Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. h4 Na5
12. Bd3 e5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. dxe5 Rfe8 15. f4 Bg4 16. Qe1 h6
17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. exf6 Rad8 19. Qg3 c4 20. Qxg4 cxd3 21. Ng3
Nc4 22. e5 Ne3 23. Qf3 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 d2 25. Rd1 Qc4 26. Nf5
Rd3 27. Ne7+ Kh7 28. Qxb7 Red8 29. Qxa7 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Unive Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qd7 6. h3
Bxf3 7. Bxf3 O-O-O 8. d3 Nd4 9. O-O e6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Bxd4
Qxd4 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. Qc1 Be7 14. Rd1 f5 15. c3 Qd7 16. Ng3 g6
17. d4 Bd6 18. b4 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qd6 20. b5 Na5 21. c4 e5
22. c5 Qe7 23. Qc3 e4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qxa5 Kb8 26. Qc3 Rd5
27. Re1 Rhd8 28. Rad1 Qd7 29. c6 Qd6 30. Rxe4 Rxb5 31. cxb7
Rxb7 32. d5 Rb5 33. Kh2 Qb6 34. a4 Rb3 35. Qc4 Rb2 36. Re7 Rf8
37. Qe4 Rb4 38. Qe5 Rb2 39. Re8+ Rxe8 40. Qxe8+ Kb7 41. a5 Qc5
42. a6+ Kxa6 43. Qc8+ Kb5 44. Qb8+ Qb6 45. Qe8+ Ka6 46. Qc8+
Kb5 47. Rc1 Qe3 48. Qb8+ Qb6 49. Qe8+ Kb4 50. Qe4+ Ka3
51. Ra1+ Ra2 52. Qd3+ Qb3 53. Qa6+ Kb2 54. Qf6+ Ka3 55. Qe7+
Ka4 56. Rxa2+ Qxa2 57. Qxc7 Qxd5 58. Qxa7+ Kb5 59. Qxh7 Qe6
60. h4 Kc5 61. Qh6 Qe8 62. Qf4 Kd5 63. g4 Qe1 64. Qg5+ Kd4
65. Qf6+ Kd5 66. h5 gxh5 67. gxh5 Qe8 68. Qf5+ Kd4 69. h6 Qb8+
70. Kh3 Qb3+ 71. g3 Qb7 72. h7 Qh1+ 73. Kg4 Qd1+ 74. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Unive Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4
Bg4 13. a4 c6 14. a5 Nc4 15. a6 Rb8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 cxd5
18. exd5 Nf5 19. d6 Ncxd6 20. axb7 Nxb7 21. Qxd8 Rexd8
22. Rxa7 Nc5 23. Bd5 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Kg2 Nd4 26. Rd1 Nc5
27. b4 Nce6 28. Na2 Bf8 29. Bd2 Rd8 30. Bc4 Nc2 31. Bb3 Ncd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2010/11"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jan Smeets"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5
7. Ne5 a6 8. Nxc6 Qb6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. e4 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. d5
Nbd7 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. dxe6 Ne5
17. b4 Qxb4 18. Qd4 Nd3 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qd6 21. exf7+
Rxf7 22. a4 Rb8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rad1 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Rxb6
26. Rd2 b4 27. Be4 Nc5 28. d6 c3 29. Rd5 Nxe4 30. d7 Rxd7
31. Rxd7 c2 32. Rc7 b3 33. Kg2 b2 34. Rxc2 b1=Q 35. Rxb1 Rxb1
36. Rc4 Nf6 37. g4 Kf7 38. f3 Nd5 39. Rc5 Ke6 40. h4 Ke5
41. Ra5 h6 42. h5 Kd6 43. Ra7 Nc7 44. Ra3 Ne6 45. Kg3 Rb4
46. Ra6+ Ke7 47. Ra3 Nc5 48. Ra5 Kd6 49. Ra8 Rb3 50. Rf8 Ne6
51. Rf7 Rc3 52. Kf2 Rc2+ 53. Ke3 Rc7 54. Rf5 Ng5 55. f4 Ne6
56. g5 Rc5 57. Rf7 Rc3+ 58. Kf2 Rc7 59. Rf5 Rc5 60. Rf7 Rc7
61. Rf5 Rc5 62. Rf7 hxg5 63. f5 Nd8 64. Rxg7 Rxf5+ 65. Kg3 Ne6
66. h6 Rf1 67. h7 Rh1 68. Rf7 Ke5 69. Kg4 Rh4+ 70. Kg3 Nd4
71. Ra7 Nf5+ 72. Kg2 Kf6 73. Kf3 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2010/11"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mircea-Emilian Parligras"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4
7. Bc2 d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. b3 Qf6
12. Na3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 cxb3 16. axb3
e6 17. Nc4 Kb8 18. Ba3 Rd7 19. Be4 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Rhd8 21. Kf1
a6 22. Ne3 Nxe3+ 23. dxe3 Na7 24. Raa1 f5 25. Bc2 Rc7 26. c4
Nc6 27. Red1 Rcd7 28. Ke2 Kc7 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Rd1 Rxd1
31. Bxd1 Kd6 32. Kd2 e5 33. Kc3 a5 34. f4 exf4 35. exf4 b6
36. Bf3 Ne7 37. b4 axb4+ 38. Kxb4 Ng6 39. Kb5 Kc7 40. Bd5 Nxf4
41. Bg8 h6 42. Bh7 Ne6 43. Kb4 f4 44. h4 g5 45. hxg5 Nxg5
46. Bg6 Ne6 47. Bf7 Nc5 48. Bg6 Nd7 49. Kb5 Ne5 50. Be4 Kd6
51. Bd5 h5 52. Kxb6 h4 53. Bg8 Nd7+ 54. Kb5 f3 55. Bf7 h3
56. c5+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Savchenko"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4
7. cxd4 Nxe4 8. d5 Nd6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 Nb4 11. Bb3 Bb7
12. Nc3 Na6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Bxd6 exd6 15. Nxb5 Qb6 16. Na3 Nc5
17. Nc4 Qb4 18. Nd4 Ba6 19. Nc2 Qb7 20. N2e3 Rab8 21. Re1 Kh8
22. Nxd6 Qb4 23. Nec4 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 a5 25. Ne3 a4 26. Bc4 Bxb2
27. Rb1 a3 28. Qf3 Qc3 29. d6 Kg7 30. Red1 f5 31. Qd5 Ne6
32. Bb5 Nf4 33. Qc4 Rfc8 34. Qxc3+ Rxc3 35. Bxd7 Rc5 36. Ba4
Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Nc3 38. d7 Rd8 39. Bc2 Nxa2 40. Rd5 Rxd5 41. Nxd5
Rxd7 42. Bb3 Nc1 43. Bc4 Rd6 44. Nb4 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "2.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Qd3 d5 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Qg3 Qxg3 11. hxg3
Nf6 12. Bd3 c5 13. O-O-O d4 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Rh5 g6 16. Rh6 Bb7
17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Nf6 19. f3 Ke7 20. g4 Ng8 21. Rh2 h5 22. e5
Nh6 23. Rdh1 Bd5 24. Na4 c4 25. bxc4 Bc6 26. Nb6 Ra7 27. a4 a5
28. Kd2 Rb8 29. c5 Rc7 30. gxh5 g5 31. Nc4 Bxa4 32. Ra1 Rb4
33. Nb6 Bxc2 34. Bxc2 Rxc5 35. Na4 Rxe5 36. Ra3 g4 37. f4 Reb5
38. g3 Kd6 39. Ra2 Ke7 40. Kc1 Kf6 41. Nb2 Kg7 42. Nd3 Rc4
43. Ne5 Rc3 44. Rg2 Nf5 45. Kd2 Nxg3 46. Nxg4 Rxh5 47. Nf2 Kf8
48. Bd3 Nf5 49. Rxa5 Ne3 50. Rxh5 Nxg2 51. Nh3 Ra3 52. Be4 Ne3
53. Ng5 Nc4+ 54. Kc1 Rc3+ 55. Kd1 Nd6 56. Kd2 Rc5 57. Nh7+ Kg7
58. Rg5+ Kh6 59. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Ne2 c5
7. c3 b6 8. O-O Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nf4 Nc7 11. Nf3 h5
12. Nh3 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Re1 Kf7 15. Bf4 Nf8 16. Qd3 Bd6
17. Re2 Ng6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rae1 c4 20. Qc2 Rag8 21. Kh1 h4
22. Re3 Ne7 23. Nd2 Rh5 24. Rf3 Rf5 25. Ree3 Ne8 26. g3 hxg3
27. hxg3 Rxf3 28. Qh7+ Rg7 29. Qh5+ Kf8 30. Rxf3 Qd7 31. Kg2
Kg8 32. Nf1 e5 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. Qxe5 Ng6 35. Qd4 Nc7 36. Ne3
Ne6 37. Qf6 Ne7 38. Qh6 Rh7 39. Qf6 Rg7 40. Kh2 d4 41. cxd4
Nxd4 42. Rf4 Ne6 43. Rxc4 Nf8 44. Rd4 Qc8 45. Rh4 Neg6 46. Rh6
Rf7 47. Rxg6+ Nxg6 48. Qxg6+ Kf8 49. Nf4 Qd7 50. Ned5 Rh7+
51. Kg2 Rf7 52. Ne6+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "4.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6
7. Bb5 Nh6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Bd7
12. Nb3 f6 13. Nc5 Bf5 14. Re1 Nf7 15. Qa4 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5
17. dxe5 Qb6 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. Bd4 Qb5 20. Qa3 h5 21. Rac1 Rab8
22. Qxa7 Qb4 23. Na6 Qb5 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 25. Qxe7 Qa4 26. Ba1
Bf8 27. Qf6 Bg7 28. Qxc6 Qxa2 29. e6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4
exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nb3
O-O-O 12. Qh5 Ng6 13. Rad1 Qe5 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 15. Nc5 Rhe8
16. b3 a5 17. f3 b6 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Kf2 Rde7 20. Rd2 Kb7
21. Rfd1 c5 22. Nd5 Rd7 23. Ne3 Rxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Nc6 25. Rd7 Ne5
26. Rd5 Nc6 27. c3 a4 28. Nc4 axb3 29. axb3 Ne7 30. Rd7 Kc8
31. Rd2 f6 32. g4 Kb7 33. h4 Kc6 34. h5 Ra8 35. e5 b5 36. exf6
gxf6 37. Ne3 Ra3 38. Rb2 Kd6 39. f4 Ke6 40. Kf3 c6 41. g5 f5
42. Nc2 Ra8 43. Ne1 Nd5 44. c4 bxc4 45. bxc4 Ra3+ 46. Kf2 Nxf4
47. Rb7 Nh3+ 48. Ke2 Nxg5 49. Nd3 Ra2+ 50. Ke3 Rh2 51. Nxc5+
Kd6 52. Nd3 Rh3+ 53. Ke2 Rh4 54. Rg7 Ne6 55. Rxh7 Rxc4 56. h6
Rh4 57. Ne1 Ng5 58. Rg7 Ne6 59. Rh7 Rh2+ 60. Kd3 Rh3+ 61. Ke2
c5 62. Rh8 Ng5 63. Nd3 c4 64. Nf4 Rh2+ 65. Ke3 c3 66. Rd8+ Ke7
67. Rc8 Ne4 68. h7 c2 69. Rxc2 Rxc2 70. h8=Q Rc6 71. Qe5+ Kd8
72. Ne6+ Kd7 73. Nd4 Rc5 74. Qe6+ Kc7 75. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "6.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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. d3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1
Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. N3h2 d5 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Ng4
Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bf8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Ne6 21. a4 b4 22. Qf5 Nf4
23. Rad1 Qxf5 24. gxf5 c5 25. cxb4 cxb4 26. Nf1 Kh8 27. g3
Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Ng5 29. f3 Rc8 30. Bb3 Bc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Ne3
d4 33. Nc4 Nf7 34. Rh1 h6 35. Nb6 Nd6 36. Rc1 Rxc1 37. Rxc1
Nc8 38. Rc7 Nxb6 39. Rxb7 Nc8 40. Be6 h5 41. Kh3 Kh7 42. a5
Nd6 43. Rb6 Nb5 44. Rxa6 Nc7 45. Rc6 Nb5 46. Bc4 Nc3 47. bxc3
dxc3 48. Kh4 Ra8 49. Kxh5 Rxa5 50. Rc8 Ra1 51. Bg8+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. c4 c6
7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Rb1 a5 9. e4 e5 10. h3 Nc5 11. b3 Nfd7 12. Bg5
f6 13. Be3 Ne6 14. d4 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Ne1 Nd4 17. Nd3 b6
18. Qd2 Nb8 19. f4 Nbc6 20. f5 Bb7 21. g4 Ne7 22. Rf2 Qd7
23. Rbf1 Rad8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 gxf5 26. Bxd4 cxd4
27. Rxf5 Nxf5 28. Rxf5 e4 29. Bxe4 Rfe8 30. Nf2 Qd6 31. Kg2
Re5 32. Qxd4 Rde8 33. Qd3 Bh6 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Bxh7+ Kh8
36. Be4 Bf4 37. Qf3 Re7 38. h4 f5 39. gxf5 Rg7+ 40. Kf1 Qh6
41. f6 Qxf6 42. Qh5+ Bh6 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Kf3 Qc3+ 45. Nd3
Qf6+ 46. Qf5 Qxh4 47. Ke2 Qh2+ 48. Nf2 Bg5 49. Kd3 Qg3+
50. Qf3 Qe5 51. Qf8+ Rg8 52. Qf5 Qg3+ 53. Qf3 Qh2 54. a3 Kg7
55. Qg4 Kh8 56. b4 axb4 57. axb4 Bh6 58. Qf5 Rg3+ 59. Kc2 Rg7
60. c5 bxc5 61. bxc5 Be3 62. Qf8+ Rg8 63. Qf6+ Rg7 64. Qf8+
Rg8 65. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O d5
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Qxb2 11. Rab1 Qa3
12. Ng5 e6 13. e4 b5 14. Qd3 b4 15. Rb3 Qa6 16. Qf3 bxc3
17. Bxb8 c2 18. Qc3 h6 19. Nh3 e5 20. Bxe5 Nxe4 21. Qxc2 Bxe5
22. Qxe4 Bxd4 23. Nf4 Bf5 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Rac8 26. Bf3
Rc2 27. Rb7 g5 28. g4 Bc8 29. Nd3 Bxb7 30. Bxb7 Bb6 31. Be4
Rxa2 32. Bf5 Rd2 33. Ne5 R8d5 34. Nc4 R2d4 35. Ne3 Re5 36. Kg2
Rf4 37. Nc2 Re2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 Qxb2 6. Nxe4
Qb4+ 7. c3 Qxe4 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Rc1 d6 11. h4 g4
12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Nf4 Nb6 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qxg4
Rg8 17. Qe2 Be5 18. f3 Qa4 19. Bh2 Nf6 20. c4 Qa5+ 21. Kf2
O-O-O 22. g4 Nd7 23. Rb1 Kb8 24. Rb5 Qa4 25. Bg3 Nb6 26. Rc1
Rde8 27. Qc2 Qxc2+ 28. Rxc2 e6 29. Rb3 Kc7 30. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "10.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Bb4 9. Bd3 e5 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O h6
12. Nb5 Qa5 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qd8 15. h3 a6 16. Nc3 d6
17. Rac1 Be6 18. Nd5 Nh5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Qd3
Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. b3 Nh7 25. Qe3 Qh4 26. Bd3
Ng5 27. Qg3 Qxg3 28. fxg3 f6 29. Rc2 Bf7 30. h4 Bh5 31. Rdd2
Ne6 32. c5 Nd4 33. c6 Nxc6 34. Kf2 Bf7 35. Rc3 d5 36. exd5
Rxd5 37. Ke3 e4 38. Bxe4 Re8 39. Re2 Rde5 40. Kf3 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 c6
7. e3 Qa5 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Rfd1 Nec5
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxf5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qb6 15. Bc2 dxc4 16. Na4
Qb4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Nc3 Qb4 20. Rb1 Rxd1+
21. Nxd1 Rd8 22. h3 e5 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bh4 e4 25. Nd4 c5
26. Ne6 Rd2 27. Rc1 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxd1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "12.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4
7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. dxe5 fxe5
12. Ng5 Qe8 13. Nc4 h6 14. f3 Bd7 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Ne6 Bxe6
17. Qxe6 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rf6 19. Qb3 Rd7 20. Rd2 Qg8 21. Rfd1
Qxb3 22. axb3 Kg8 23. h4 Kf7 24. h5 Ke8 25. Kf2 Re6 26. g3 Kd8
27. Bb6+ Ke8 28. b4 Nc8 29. Be3 Ne7 30. c4 Kf7 31. b3 Ke8
32. Rd3 Kf7 33. Bc1 Ke8 34. Ba3 d5 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. exd5 Red6
37. Bb2 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 Nxd5 40. Bxe5 Kf7 41. b5
axb5 42. f4 g6 43. hxg6+ Kxg6 44. g4 h5 45. gxh5+ Kxh5 46. Kf3
Kg6 47. Ke4 Ne7 48. Bd6 Nc6 49. b4 Kf6 50. Kd5 Kf5 51. Kc5 Ke6
52. Bc7 Kd7 53. Be5 Ne7 54. Kxb5 Nf5 55. Kc5 Ne7 56. b5 Nf5
57. Kd5 Ne7+ 58. Ke4 Ke6 59. Kd4 Nf5+ 60. Kc5 Kd7 61. Bf6 Ke6
62. Bc3 Kd7 63. Kd5 Nd6 64. b6 Nf7 65. f5 Nh6 66. f6 Nf7
67. Bd2 Nd8 68. Ke5 Nf7+ 69. Kf5 Nd6+ 70. Kg6 Ke8 71. Bf4 Nf7
72. Bc7 Nh8+ 73. Kh7 Nf7 74. Kg7 Ng5 75. Bf4 Nf7 76. Kg6 Nh8+
77. Kf5 Kd7 78. Be3 Nf7 79. Bd4 Nd6+ 80. Kg6 Ke8 81. Bc5 Nf7
82. Be3 Nd6 83. Bf4 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "13.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. d5 Nb8 8. Nd4 O-O 9. f3 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. O-O-O Nc6
12. Be3 Nd7 13. Kb1 Nde5 14. Be2 Bc4 15. f4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nd7
17. h4 h5 18. g4 Nf6 19. gxh5 Nxh5 20. Qf2 Re8 21. Rhg1 Nf6
22. e5 Nh5 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. f5 Rxe5 25. fxg6 f5 26. Bd4 Rb8
27. Rg5 c5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Qxf5 Qe8 30. Rxh5 Bxc3 31. Qd5+
Kg7 32. Rh7+ Kxg6 33. Qh5+ Kf6 34. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "14.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergei Mushegovic Movsesian"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6
7. h3 a6 8. Be3 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. f3 b4 12. Nd1
d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nf2 Nc5 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Bc4 Be7 17. Nb3
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "15.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7
7. Ne1 O-O 8. Nc2 d6 9. Ne3 f5 10. d3 g5 11. Ned5 Ng6 12. e3
g4 13. f3 h5 14. Bd2 Be6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rab1 Rae8 17. b4 b6
18. b5 Nd4 19. exd4 exd4 20. Ne4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Bxd5 22. cxd5
Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Rf8 24. Qe2 Kh7 25. a4 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Kxh6
27. Qd2+ Kg7 28. Qg5 Qe7 29. Qxh5 Ne5 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Bxf1
Qf6 32. Be2 Qh6 33. Qe8 Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qxf3+
36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "16.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bc4 Na5 9. Qd3 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 Qd7 11. Ng5 Rf8
12. Nd5 c6 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Be3 h6 15. Nf3 Be6 16. Qd3 Kf7
17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Nh4 Ng4 19. g3 Kg8 20. f4 d5 21. Ng6 Qe8
22. Nxe5 dxe4 23. Qc3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Qd4
Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "17.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rc1 Bf5 11. Nh4 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Be6 13. Nf3 Qd7 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Bf4 Rfd8 16. h4 Bh3
17. h5 Na5 18. Be5 f6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bd2 Bf5
22. Nh2 Nc4 23. e4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 e5 26. Re2 exd4
27. cxd4 Qxd4 28. Qb3 Kh7 29. Bc3 Qd5 30. Rce1 Nb6 31. Qb1+
Kg8 32. Bxf6 Qd3 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Qxd3 Re1+
36. Kg2 Bxf6 37. Ng4 Bg7 38. Qg6 Kf8 39. Qxg5 Re6 40. Qf5+ Ke7
41. Ne3 Re5 42. Qf3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "18.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Grachev"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 Bc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5
12. dxe5 Qd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. a3 O-O-O 15. f3 h6 16. Kf2 Ne7
17. Be3 Nf5 18. Rad1 Nxe3 19. Kxe3 Bb7 20. Bd3 Rd5 21. f4 Rhd8
22. Be2 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Kd7 24. h4 Ke7 25. Be2 a5 26. h5 f6
27. exf6+ Kxf6 28. g4 Rd7 29. Bd3 e5 30. fxe5+ Kxe5 31. Rf5+
Kd6 32. Kf4 Bd5 33. Re5 Re7 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Ke5 Bf3 36. Bf5
Bc6 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Bf3 39. c4 Bc6 40. c5 bxc5 41. bxc5
Bf3 42. Kf4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "19.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5
7. d5 Nh5 8. Nh2 Qe8 9. Be2 Nf4 10. Bf3 Na6 11. g3 Nxh3
12. Ng4 f5 13. exf5 e4 14. Be2 Bxf5 15. Rxh3 h5 16. Be3 Nb4
17. Kf1 Nd3 18. Rh4 hxg4 19. Bxg4 Nxf2 20. Bxf2 e3 21. Kg2
exf2 22. Qd2 Qd7 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Rf1 Raf8 25. Ne4 g5
26. Nxg5 Bf6 27. Rg4 Qg7 28. Rxf2 Bxg5 29. Rxf5 Bxd2 30. Rxg7+
Kxg7 31. Rh5 Be3 32. Rh4 Rf2+ 33. Kh3 Rxb2 34. Re4 Bg5 35. Re8
Rc2 36. Kg4 Bf6 37. Rc8 Rxc4+ 38. Kf5 Kf7 39. g4 Be5 40. Rd8
Rf4+ 41. Kg5 Bf6+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "20.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Savchenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nge2
e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bf4 Qxf4 9. Nxf4 Bxd1 10. Raxd1 c6 11. Rfe1
Nbd7 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. Nf3 h6 16. g3
Bd6 17. c3 Kb8 18. Nh4 g5 19. Ng2 Nf6 20. Rd2 a6 21. Ne3 h5
22. Bf1 h4 23. Bg2 Nd7 24. Rd3 Bc7 25. c4 dxc4 26. Nxc4 b5
27. Rb3 Bb6 28. Nd6 Rhf8 29. a4 Nf6 30. Nc4 Ka7 31. axb5 a5
32. Ne5 Bxd4 33. b6+ Ka6 34. Nc6 Bxb6 35. Ra1 Nd5 36. Rxa5+
Kb7 37. Nxd8+ Rxd8 38. Bxd5+ exd5 39. gxh4 gxh4 40. Rab5 Rd6
41. R5b4 d4 42. Kf1 d3 43. Ke1 Ka6 44. Rxb6+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "21.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O Nc6 8. e4 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bf4 cxd5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nc4 14. Qb3 Nd6 15. Rfe1 Bf5 16. Be5
Rc8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe3 a6 19. g4 Bd7 20. Ne5 Rc7 21. Rac1
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 f6 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Qe6 Rd8 25. h4 Nf7 26. Qe4
Qd6 27. Re1 Rd7 28. g5 f5 29. Qe3 Rc7 30. f4 Kf8 31. Kh1 Rc4
32. Rf1 Qc5 33. Qf3 Nd6 34. h5 Ne4 35. hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "22.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. h3 h5 6. g3 c6
7. a4 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 a6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Kh1
Rd8 13. Ba3 c5 14. d5 h4 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. g4 Bc8 17. Qd2 Nh7
18. Nd1 Bg5 19. Qe1 Nf8 20. Nf2 Nfg6 21. Nd3 Qe7 22. Ng1 O-O
23. Bb2 Rfe8 24. Qf2 Bf6 25. Rae1 Bd7 26. Bc1 Nxd3 27. cxd3 b5
28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Rd1 Ne5 30. Qe3 g6 31. Nf3 Rb8 32. g5 Bg7
33. Nxh4 Bd7 34. d4 cxd4 35. Rxd4 Rec8 36. Rd2 Bb5 37. Rfd1
Rc7 38. Nf3 Rbc8 39. Bb2 Nxf3 40. Bxf3 Bxb2 41. Rxb2 Qe5
42. Qd4 Qg3 43. Bg4 Rc2 44. Rxc2 Rxc2 45. Qg1 Qf4 46. Re1 Bd3
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "23.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. Nbd2 Bc5
7. c4 d4 8. b4 Bxb4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6
12. Qxb4 Nd7 13. Ne4 c5 14. Nxc5 a5 15. Qb5 O-O 16. Nxd7 Bxd7
17. Qd5 Re8 18. Re1 Bg4 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. f3 Bxf3 21. Bg5 f6
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. exf3 Re3 24. Rad1 Rde8 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. g4
R8e7 27. h4 f5 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Kg3 fxg4 30. Kxg4 Kf6 31. Kf4
a4 32. a3 h5 33. Rd2 c6 34. Rd1 Kg6 35. Rg1+ Kf6 36. Rd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "24.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bb2 Bf5
7. c4 c6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nb6 11. Na5 Rb8
12. a3 Nbd5 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qd7 16. Rfe1
Rbc8 17. Bf1 Nf6 18. f3 e5 19. e4 Be6 20. Red1 Rfd8 21. Qe1
exd4 22. Bxd4 Qc7 23. Qg3 c5 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Bxc5 Rdc8
26. Be3 Nd7 27. Nxb7 Bd4 28. Rxd4 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Rxc1 30. Na5
Nb6 31. Kf2 Ra1 32. Rd3 Kg7 33. Rc3 Na4 34. Re3 Nb2 35. Be2
Ra2 36. Kg3 g5 37. b5 h5 38. h4 Kh6 39. hxg5+ Kxg5 40. f4+ Kh6
41. f5 Bd7 42. Nc6 Kg5 43. Nxa7 h4+ 44. Kh2 Na4 45. Nc6 Kf4
46. Rf3+ Kg5 47. Bc4 Rc2 48. Bb3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "25.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "148"]

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 exd4 9. Qxd4 Ng4 10. Nd5 Nde5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Bf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qxf6
gxf6 17. Ra4 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Ne5 19. Rc1 Nc6 20. Bh4 Rfe8
21. Bxf6 Re6 22. Bc3 Rae8 23. f3 h6 24. Rd1 Kh7 25. Rc4 Kg6
26. Kf2 h5 27. h4 f6 28. Kg3 Rg8 29. Kf2 Rge8 30. Ra4 Na7
31. Raa1 Nb5 32. Rac1 c6 33. Bb4 d5 34. exd5 cxd5 35. Rxd5
Re2+ 36. Kg3 Rxb2 37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Bxe1 Rxb3 39. Rd7 Na3
40. Rc7 Rb2 41. Bf2 Nc2 42. Bb6 Ne1 43. Rxb7 Rxg2+ 44. Kf4
Nd3+ 45. Ke4 Nb4 46. Bd4 Re2+ 47. Kf4 Nd5+ 48. Kg3 f5 49. Rg7+
Kh6 50. Rg5 f4+ 51. Kh3 Ne3 52. Bg7+ Kh7 53. Be5 Rf2 54. Bxf4
Rxf3+ 55. Bg3 Kh6 56. Rg8 Nf5 57. Rg5 Nxg3 58. Rxg3 Rf5
59. Ra3 Kg6 60. Kg3 Kf6 61. Ra4 Ke6 62. Ra1 Kd6 63. Ra2 Kc6
64. Ra1 Kb5 65. Ra2 Kb4 66. Rb2+ Kxa5 67. Rb8 Ka4 68. Rg8 Kb4
69. Rg5 Rc5 70. Kf4 a5 71. Rg8 a4 72. Rb8+ Rb5 73. Ra8 a3
74. Ra7 Kb3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "26.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 Nxg3
12. hxg3 exd4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd4 Qf6 15. Nc4 Ba6 16. Nxb6
axb6 17. Re1 c5 18. Nf5 Bc8 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Rf1 Qg6 21. Qd3
Kh8 22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5
26. Rf2 Qf7 27. Qh3 Rf6 28. a3 Re8 29. f5 Qg7 30. Raf1 Qg5
31. Rf3 Rg8 32. Re1 Rg7 33. Re6 d5 34. Rxf6 Qxf6 35. Re3 Kh7
36. Re6 Qg5 37. Qf3 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qg5 39. f6 Rf7 40. Qd3+ Kg8
41. Qg3 Rd7 42. Qh3 Kf7 43. Re1 Rd6 44. Re7+ Kxf6 45. Re1 Qf4+
46. Kg1 Kg7 47. Re7+ Kf6 48. Re3 Kg7 49. Rg3+ Kh7 50. Rf3 Qe5
51. Rf7+ Kg6 52. Rf1 Rf6 53. Qg4+ Kf7 54. Qd7+ Kg6 55. Rd1 c6
56. Qd8 Qe6 57. Qxb6 Qe3+ 58. Kh1 Qf2 59. Qc7 d4 60. cxd4 cxd4
61. Qe5 Rf4 62. Qe6+ Kh5 63. Qe5+ Kg6 64. Qe6+ Kh7 65. Qd7+
Kg8 66. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "27.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Na3 b5 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2
Nf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd2 Ng4 15. Bf4 Nge5 16. Be2 a5 17. Nbd4
Bb7 18. Nb5 Na7 19. Nxa7 Rxa7 20. f3 Qc7 21. b3 Rd8 22. Rac1
Raa8 23. Nd4 Nd7 24. Kh1 Qb6 25. Be3 Nc5 26. Bd1 Rd7 27. Bc2
Rad8 28. Rcd1 Qa6 29. Bg5 f6 30. Be3 d5 31. Nxe6 dxc4 32. Nd4
c3 33. Qf2 Qb6 34. g4 Qc7 35. Rg1 Kh8 36. h4 Qe5 37. g5 fxg5
38. hxg5 Nxe4 39. fxe4 Bxe4+ 40. Nf3 Rxd1 41. Bxd1 Rd3 42. Re1
Qf5 43. Be2 Qg4 44. Rg1 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "28.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 a6
7. Ba4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nxe4 9. d5 Na7 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Bg5 f6
12. Be3 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 Nb5 14. Qb3 O-O 15. a4 Nd6 16. Nc3 Nf5
17. Bb6 Qe8 18. d6+ e6 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Ba7 Nxd6
22. Bxb8 Nf5 23. Ba7 d5 24. Rac1 Rd8 25. Bb6 Rf8 26. Nd4 Nxd4
27. Bxd4 e5 28. Bb6 d4 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nd5 Ke6 31. Nf4+ Kf5
32. Ne2 Bh6 33. Nxd4+ Kg4 34. h3+ Kh5 35. Rc5 Bd7 36. Rc7 Rf7
37. Nf3 Bg7 38. g4+ Kh6 39. Rd1 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bf5 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5
12. e4 Qd7 13. Bf4 Rac8 14. h4 Bg4 15. Bf3 Bh3 16. Re1 c5
17. Rb1 b6 18. d5 Bxc3 19. Re3 Bg7 20. g4 Nc4 21. Kh2 f5
22. exf5 gxf5 23. Kxh3 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Rcd8 25. Qc2 e5 26. dxe6
Qxe6 27. Nxf5 Qd7 28. Be4 Bf6 29. f3 Kh8 30. h5 Qe6 31. Ng3
Be5 32. Bf5 Qd6 33. Rd1 Qf6 34. g5 Qe7 35. Re1 Rd5 36. Bxe5+
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. Ngf3 O-O
7. O-O Bg4 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. b3 Bh5 12. Bb2
Qc7 13. Rac1 a4 14. b4 b5 15. a3 Rac8 16. c4 d4 17. Nh4 Qb8
18. c5 Bf8 19. Rf1 Be2 20. Rfe1 Bg4 21. h3 Be6 22. Rf1 Nh5
23. Rce1 g6 24. Bc1 Bh6 25. Ndf3 Bb3 26. Qb2 Bg7 27. Nh2 Nf8
28. Ng4 Ne6 29. Nf3 Nd8 30. Qe2 Qc7 31. Ngh2 h6 32. Kh1 Kh7
33. Rg1 f6 34. Nh4 Bf7 35. Bf3 Rg8 36. Nxg6 Bxg6 37. Bxh5 Qf7
38. Bxg6+ Qxg6 39. Qg4 Nf7 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Nf3 Kh7 42. Nh4
Bf8 43. Nf5 Nd8 44. f4 Ne6 45. fxe5 fxe5 46. Ref1 h5 47. Nh4
Be7 48. Rf5 Bxh4 49. Rxh5+ Kg6 50. Rh6+ Kf7 51. Rxh4 Rcf8
52. Rf1+ Ke8 53. Rxf8+ Rxf8 54. Kg2 Nd8 55. Rh5 Nf7 56. Rf5
Kd7 57. Bh6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "12"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e3 c6
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nf3 a5 11. Nf4 g6
12. h4 Be7 13. g3 a4 14. Bd2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qe2 b5
17. Qe4 a3 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb3 Nb4 20. Rfc1 O-O 21. Bxb4 Bxb4
22. d5 Qa5 23. Nd3 Bc3 24. b4 exd5 25. Qf4 Qc7 26. Nd4 Qc4
27. Ne2 Qxf4 28. Ndxf4 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Rfc8 30. Nxd5 Rc2 31. Nd4
Rd2 32. Nb6 Ra6 33. Nb3 Rb2 34. Nxd7 Rxb3 35. Nc5 a2 36. Nxb3
Ra4 37. Nc5 Ra3 38. Kg2 Kf8 39. Ne4 Ke7 40. Nd6 Ra4 41. Nxb5
Rxb4 42. Nc3 Rc4 43. Nd5+ Ke6 44. Nf4+ Kxe5 45. Rxa2 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Mushegovic Movsesian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nxe4
O-O 7. d3 Nxd5 8. Qd1 Nc6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bd2 Rfe8
12. c3 Rad8 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Rad1 Qe6 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. a3 Bc5
17. b4 Bb6 18. Ng5 Qe5 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Nh3 Qd6 21. Bf4 Qd7
22. a4 a6 23. Qa2 Nd5 24. Bd2 Re7 25. d4 Rde8 26. Bc4 Rxe1+
27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Nce7 29. Ne2 Qf5 30. a5 Ba7 31. Qd2 c6
32. Nhf4 Bh7 33. Bd3 Qd7 34. Bxh7+ Kxh7 35. Nxd5 cxd5 36. Nf4
Bb8 37. Nd3 Bd6 38. f3 Nf5 39. Qe2 Qb5 40. Kf1 Bxh2 41. g4
Ng3+ 42. Bxg3 Bxg3 43. Nc5 Qc6 44. Qd3+ g6 45. Qe2 Bd6 46. Kg2
Kg7 47. Qe3 Qc8 48. Qe2 h5 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Qd3 h4 51. Qe3
h3+ 52. Kh1 Qf5 53. Nd3 Kh7 54. Ne5 f6 55. Qd3 Qxd3 56. Nxd3
Kg6 57. Nf2 h2 58. Kg2 Kf5 59. Nd3 Kg5 60. Nc5 Bxc5 61. dxc5
Kf4 62. b5 d4 63. cxd4 axb5 64. c6 bxc6 65. a6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "34"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6
12. Qb3 e6 13. O-O Be7 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Rac1 Nh5 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Ne2 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 Qa5 19. a3 c5 20. Qb7 Bd6 21. dxc5 Bxf4
22. exf4 Rab8 23. Qe7 Rxb2 24. c6 Qd8 25. Qc5 Qc7 26. f5 Rb5
27. Qd4 e5 28. Qg4 f6 29. Rc2 Rd8 30. h4 d4 31. Rd1 d3
32. Qc4+ Kh8 33. Rcd2 e4 34. Qxe4 Re5 35. Qf3 Rde8 36. g3 Rc5
37. Rxd3 Qxc6 38. Rd8 Qa4 39. Qg4 Qc6 40. Qf3 Qa4 41. Qa8
Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "35"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nc6
7. Be2 Bf5 8. O-O Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Nd2 Bf5 11. Rc1 h6
12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. e4 Bg6 16. Bh5 Bxh5
17. Qxh5 f5 18. f3 c5 19. b3 a6 20. Bf2 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rfxe8
22. g4 fxg4 23. fxg4 Ng6 24. Be3 Nf4 25. Rc2 Rf8 26. Rf3 Ne2+
27. Kg2 Nd4 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rc1 Ne2 30. Rf1 Nf4+ 31. Kg1 h5
32. gxh5 Kh7 33. Rd1 Kh6 34. Nf1 Ne2+ 35. Kg2 Nc3 36. Re1 Nxe4
37. Bc1 Nf2 38. h4 Nd3 39. Bxg5+ Kxh5 40. Ng3+ Kg4 41. Re4+
Nf4+ 42. Kf2 Bf6 43. Bxf4 exf4 44. Ne2 Bxh4+ 45. Kg2 Bg5
46. Ng1 Bf6 47. Nf3 Kf5 48. Re6 Be5 49. Re7 b5 50. cxb5 axb5
51. a4 bxa4 52. bxa4 Ra8 53. Nd2 Rxa4 54. Rf7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "36"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Rauf Mamedov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "192"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4
7. cxd4 d5 8. Ne5 Qb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. exd5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4
12. h3 Nxe5 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Qb3 Bf5 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Be2 b5
17. Rac1 Rc8 18. a4 Nc4 19. Bd4 bxa4 20. Qa2 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nd6
22. Bxa6 Rc5 23. Rxa4 Qb6 24. Bf1 Rb8 25. Ra8 Rcc8 26. Rxb8
Rxb8 27. Na4 Qd4 28. b3 Qxd5 29. Nc5 Rc8 30. Qa3 Qd4 31. b4 h5
32. Qc3 Qd5 33. Qe3 Rc7 34. Be2 Qa2 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Be4
37. Re1 Ba8 38. Qd4 Qd5 39. Qxd5 Bxd5 40. Bd3 Kf8 41. Kh2 Rc8
42. Kg3 Ra8 43. Nd7+ Kg7 44. Rxe7 Ra3 45. Nc5 Ne4+ 46. Nxe4
Rxd3+ 47. f3 Rb3 48. Re5 Bc6 49. g5 Rxb4 50. Nf6 Rb3 51. Rc5
Bxf3 52. Kf4 Bb7 53. Rc7 Rb4+ 54. Ke3 Rb5 55. Ne8+ Kg8 56. Nd6
Rxg5 57. Rxb7 Re5+ 58. Kf4 Re6 59. Ne4 Kg7 60. Nc5 Rf6+
61. Ke5 Rf5+ 62. Kd6 g5 63. Rb4 Rf4 64. Ne4 Kg6 65. Ke5 f6+
66. Kd5 g4 67. Rb8 Rf5+ 68. Kd4 Ra5 69. Nd6 Kg5 70. Ke3 Ra3+
71. Ke4 f5+ 72. Nxf5 Ra4+ 73. Nd4 Ra6 74. Rb5+ Kh4 75. Kf4 Ra4
76. Rd5 Kh3 77. Rd8 g3 78. Ke3 Ra3+ 79. Ke4 Kg2 80. Rf8 Ra7
81. Nf5 Ra4+ 82. Ke3 Ra3+ 83. Kf4 Ra4+ 84. Kg5 Ra5 85. Kf4
Ra4+ 86. Ke3 Ra3+ 87. Kd2 Ra2+ 88. Kc3 Rf2 89. Ne3+ Kg1
90. Rg8 g2 91. Kd3 Ra2 92. Ke4 Kh2 93. Kf3 g1=N+ 94. Ke4 Nh3
95. Nf1+ Kh1 96. Rg3 Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Bh2 Nbd7 9. a4 a5 10. c3 Ne4 11. Nfd2 e5 12. Bf3
Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Qc8 14. Qb3 Re8 15. Rac1 h6 16. Rfd1 Re7
17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. Bg3 Bf6 20. Qb5 Kg7 21. b4 Ra8
22. Rb1 axb4 23. Qxb4 Qc6 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. axb5 Ra3 26. Rdc1
Re8 27. Nd2 d5 28. Nf3 e4 29. Ne1 Rea8 30. Nc2 R3a5 31. Bxc7
Rc8 32. Bd6 h5 33. Bb4 Raa8 34. Ra1 g5 35. Ra6 g4 36. Rca1
Rab8 37. Ra7 Rd8 38. Rc7 gxh3 39. Raa7 Nf8 40. Rxf7+ Kg6
41. gxh3 Ne6 42. Rxf6+ Kxf6 43. Be7+ Kg6 44. Bxd8 Rxd8 45. Rb7
Rd6 46. h4 Kf5 47. Nb4 Kg4 48. Nc6 Kxh4 49. Rxb6 Ng5 50. Kf1
Nf3 51. Ke2 Rg6 52. Kd1 Kh3 53. Rb8 h4 54. Ne7 Rd6 55. b6 Kh2
56. b7 Rb6 57. Nxd5 Rb2 58. Kc1 Rb3 59. Kc2 Rb5 60. Nf4 Kg1
61. c4 Ne1+ 62. Kc3 Rb1 63. c5 Kxf2 64. c6 Kxe3 65. Nd5+ Ke2
66. c7 h3 67. c8=Q h2 68. Qg4+ Nf3 69. Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "38"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. b3 a6
12. a4 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. h3 O-O 15. Bb2 e5 16. Nf3 Rae8
17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Nh4 Be4 19. Bd3 Bg6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bc4 e4
22. Qe3 Bf4 23. Qe2 e3 24. Bd4 Nh5 25. g4 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Nf4
27. Qf3 e2 28. Bxe2 Nxe2 29. Be3 Nc3 30. Rd4 Be5 31. Rc4 Qd7
32. Bc5 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rxc3 Bxc3 35. Bxf8 Qd2 36. Bc5
Qxc2 37. b4 Qe4 38. Kg2 Bxb4 39. Bxb4 Qxb4 40. Rc1 Qd6 41. Rc6
Qd7 42. Rb6 Rc8 43. Rb7 Qe8 44. Qd5 Rb8 45. Rc7 b4 46. Qb3
Qe4+ 47. Kg1 Qe6 48. Rc4 Qd6 49. h4 Qe7 50. Kg2 Kh7 51. g5 Qd6
52. Re4 Qc6 53. f3 Qd7 54. Kg3 Qc7+ 55. Kg2 Qd7 56. Kg3 Rb7
57. Rf4 Qd6 58. Kg4 Qe6+ 59. Qxe6 fxe6 60. Rc4 b3 61. Rc1 b2
62. Rb1 e5 63. Kg3 Kg8 64. Kf2 Kf7 65. Ke3 Ke6 66. Kd3 Kf5
67. Kc2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Arturs Neiksans"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O c6 6. h3
Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qd6 8. d4 e6 9. Na3 Be7 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Bf4 O-O
12. c3 Nbd7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Ne5 Nbd7 15. Nd3 Re8 16. a5 a6
17. Qb3 Qc8 18. Rfe1 Nf8 19. Nc5 Ng6 20. Bh2 Bxc5 21. dxc5 e5
22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. cxb6 Rad8 25. c4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Kf8 27. b4 e4 28. Bd6+ Kg8 29. Be2 Rd8 30. b5 cxb5 31. cxb5
axb5 32. a6 Rd7 33. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arturs Neiksans"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. Qe2 Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 Nc6 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. a5
Ba7 13. O-O Nf6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Be4 O-O 16. Nac1 Nxe5 17. Bxd5
exd5 18. Nd3 d6 19. Bxb4 d4 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. f4 Nc6 22. Qxe7
Nxe7 23. Bxd6 Nf5 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. Nbxc5 Bc6 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8
27. Re1 Bb5 28. Nb4 h5 29. Re5 g6 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. c3 dxc3
32. bxc3 Nd6 33. Re1 Nc4 34. Ra1 h4 35. Nb3 Nd6 36. Nd4 Bc4
37. Re1 Nb7 38. Nbc6 Nc5 39. Re7 Kf6 40. Rc7 Ne4+ 41. Kf3 Nxc3
42. Ne5 Bd5+ 43. Ke3 Nb5 44. Nd7+ Kg7 45. Nxb5 axb5 46. Nb6
Re8+ 47. Kf2 Be4 48. a6 Re6 49. Nd7 Rxa6 50. Ne5 Ra2+ 51. Ke3
Bd5 52. Kd4 Be6 53. g3 Rd2+ 54. Ke3 Rxh2 55. g4 Rh3+ 56. Ke4
Ba2 57. g5 Be6 58. Rb7 Rb3 59. Nc6 h3 60. Ra7 h2 61. Ra1 Rb1
0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhael Mchedlishvili"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Bf4 Nd7
12. Bg5 Re8 13. Bd2 e5 14. e3 Nc7 15. b4 e4 16. Ne1 b5 17. Nc2
f5 18. Ra2 Nf6 19. Na1 Bd7 20. Nb3 a6 21. Na5 Rab8 22. Rfa1 g5
23. Nb3 h5 24. Ne2 Bh6 25. Rf1 Re7 26. Na5 Nh7 27. Ra3 Rf7
28. f3 exf3 29. Bxf3 Nf6 30. Nc1 Ne4 31. Be1 g4 32. Bxe4 fxe4
33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Ne2 Ne6 35. Nf4 Ng5 36. Bf2 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 h4
38. gxh4 Bxf4 39. exf4 Kg6 40. Nb3 Ra8 41. Na5 Rb8 42. Nb3 e3
43. Bxe3 Nxh4+ 44. Kf2 Ra8 45. Nd2 Nf5 46. Nf1 Bc8 47. Ng3 Bb7
48. Nxf5 Kxf5 49. Bd2 Rh8 50. Kg1 Re8 51. Kf2 Re4 52. Be3 Bc8
53. Ra1 Re6 54. Rg1 Rh6 55. Kg2 Ke4 56. Re1 Kd3 57. Bf2 Bf5
58. Re3+ Kc4 59. Re5 Be4+ 60. Kg1 Kxb4 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Mikhael Mchedlishvili"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Qc7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. Ngf3 e6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. c3 Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Re1 a5 11. Nf1 Bh5
12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Nh4 a4 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nf5 Bd8 16. Nd4 Nc5
17. Nf3 a3 18. b4 Na4 19. Be5 Bg6 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. Ne5 Be7
22. Ne3 Nb2 23. Qe2 Bd6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Nd1 Na4 26. Rb1 Nd7
27. Rb3 Nab6 28. Ne3 Nf6 29. c4 Be7 30. c5 Nbd7 31. Rc1 Rfc8
32. f4 Nb8 33. Be5 Qd8 34. d4 Nc6 35. b5 Nb8 36. Qd3 Qa5
37. Nc2 Nbd7 38. Rxa3 Qd8 39. Rxa8 Rxa8 40. Nb4 Ne8 41. c6
Bxb4 42. cxb7 Ra3 43. Rc8 Qa5 44. Rxe8+ Kh7 45. Qb1 Rxa2
46. Bf1 Ra1 47. Qd3 Ra3 48. Qe2 Ra2 49. Qg4 Nf6 50. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5
7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 d4 9. Re1 Ng6 10. a3 a5 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 Bxc5 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. c5 O-O 16. Nd6 b6
17. Bg5 bxc5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nc4 Rab8 20. Qe4 Qd7 21. Rac1
Rfd8 22. h4 Qd5 23. h5 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Nge7 25. Nd6 Nxe5
26. Rxe5 Rxd6 27. Rexc5 f6 28. Rxa5 e5 29. b4 Nd5 30. Nd2 Nc3
31. Kf1 Rd7 32. Rc5 Ra7 33. Nc4 Kf7 34. f3 Ke6 35. Re1 Rd8
36. f4 e4 37. f5+ Kf7 38. Nd2 e3 39. Nc4 Re7 40. b5 e2+
41. Kg1 d3 42. Nd2 Ne4 43. Rc7 Kf8 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3
Rb8 13. g4 Bf8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bg2 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 b6 17. f5 g6
18. f6 Ne5 19. b3 Bd7 20. Rac1 Rec8 21. Ne2 b5 22. axb5 axb5
23. Qd2 b4 24. Nd4 Ng4 25. Bg1 Qc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Ra1 h6
28. Ra7 Rd8 29. h4 hxg5 30. hxg5 e5 31. Nf3 Ne3 32. Bxe3 Rxe3
33. Re1 Rc3 34. Re2 Bg4 35. Rf2 Rdc8 36. Ra2 Re3 37. Nd2 Be6
38. Kh2 Rec3 39. Nf1 R8c5 40. Ng3 Rc8 41. Bf3 Bd7 42. Kg2 d5
43. exd5 Bc5 44. Re2 Bb5 45. Rxe5 Bd6 46. Re1 Rxc2+ 47. Rxc2
Rxc2+ 48. Ne2 Rb2 49. Kf2 Rxb3 50. Rc1 Rb2 51. Rc8+ Kh7
52. Ke3 Rb3+ 53. Kf2 Rd3 54. Rd8 Bc5+ 55. Kg3 b3 56. Nf4 b2
0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 c4 8. Bc2 Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. b3 Qf6
12. Na3 Nd5 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 cxb3 16. axb3
e6 17. b4 Kb8 18. Bb3 Bd6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nb5 Bf4 21. d3
Bxc1 22. Raxc1 Rhe8 23. Kg2 a6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Nd6 Re6
26. Nf5 g6 27. Ng3 d4 28. cxd4 Nxb4 29. Ne4 Nxd3 30. Rb1 Nf4+
31. Kg3 Ne2+ 32. Kg2 Nxd4 33. Nc5 Rc6 34. Nxb7 Kc7 35. Na5 Rc5
36. Rd1 Rg5+ 37. Kh1 Nxf3 38. Nc4 Rh5 39. Kg2 Nh4+ 40. Kf1 Nf5
41. Ra1 Rh4 42. Ne5 f6 43. Nf3 Rf4 44. Kg2 Kb6 45. Re1 Rc4
46. Rb1+ Kc5 47. Ra1 Kb5 48. Re1 a5 49. Re8 a4 50. Nd2 Rg4+
51. Kf3 Rd4 52. Rb8+ Ka5 53. Ra8+ Kb4 54. Rb8+ Kc3 55. Ne4+
Kc2 56. Ra8 Rb4 57. Nc5 Nd4+ 58. Kg2 Rb5 59. Rxa4 Nc6 60. Rc4+
Kd1 61. Ne4 Ne5 62. Rd4+ Ke2 63. Nc3+ 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Ngf3
Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e4 Be6 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. O-O Bh6
12. Rfd1 Bxd2 13. Rxd2 d4 14. Ne1 Rhg8 15. a3 Bg4 16. f3 Be6
17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Qf2 Rg6 19. Bf1 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. c3 Kb8
22. Bc4 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Rcd1 Red6 25. c4 f5 26. Qh4 Qc5
27. Nd3 Qxc4 28. Qxh7 Rf8 29. Rc1 Qf7 30. Qh4 Qf6 31. Qxf6
Rdxf6 32. Re1 Re8 33. Rde2 Rfe6 34. b4 a6 35. a4 e4 36. fxe4
fxe4 37. Nc5 R6e7 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 d3 40. Re3 Nd4 41. Nxd3
Nc2 42. Nf4 Nxe1 43. Rxe1 e3 44. g3 Re5 45. b6 Rb5 46. Kg2
Rxb6 47. h4 Rb2+ 48. Kh3 b5 49. h5 Rc2 50. g4 b4 51. h6 b3
52. g5 b2 53. Nd3 e2 54. Kg4 Rd2 55. Nxb2 Rxb2 56. h7 Rb4+
57. Kh5 Rd4 58. Rxe2 Red8 59. g6 Rd1 60. Kh6 Rh1+ 61. Kg7 Rd7+
62. Kg8 Rd8+ 63. Kf7 Rf1+ 64. Ke7 Rh8 65. Rh2 Rg1 66. Kf7 Rf1+
67. Kg7 Rff8 68. Kh6 Rf6 69. Kg5 Rc6 70. g7 Rc5+ 71. Kf6 Rc6+
72. Ke5 Rc5+ 73. Kd6 Rhc8 74. g8=Q Rc6+ 75. Ke5 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zaven Andriasian"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8
12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Rac1 Qa5 15. h3 b5 16. axb5 Bxc3
17. bxc6 Bb4 18. cxd7 Nxd7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxa6 Ra8 21. Bd3
Bh5 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Be3 Qb7 24. Qc2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Nf6 26. Qc7
Qxc7 27. Rxc7 h6 28. h4 Rb8 29. Bf4 Bf8 30. Rxf7 Rxb2 31. Rc7
Bb4 32. Bc4 Kh7 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zaven Andriasian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Nxd4 g6
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. h3 Nc5 10. Qf3 Re8 11. O-O-O Bd7
12. g4 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 c5 14. Nde2 Bc6 15. g5 Nd7 16. h4 b5
17. h5 b4 18. Nb1 Qa5 19. Rd2 c4 20. Nd4 cxd3 21. Nxc6 Rac8
22. Rc2 Qa4 23. b3 Qa6 24. Nxb4 Rxc2+ 25. Kd1 Qa5 26. Nxd3
Qxa2 27. Nd2 Rc3 28. Ke2 Qa6 29. Bf2 d5 30. e5 Nxe5 31. fxe5
Rxe5+ 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bf5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Rd1 Qd7 11. d5 Na5
12. Qb4 Nac4 13. Nd4 a5 14. Qb5 Nd6 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Bg5 Rfe8
17. Rac1 a4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Be5 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bf3 Rec8
22. Rc3 Ra5 23. e4 Rc5 24. e5 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Bc5 26. e6 Be8
27. exf7+ Bxf7 28. Bg4 Rd8 29. Bxc7 Rxd5 30. Rb1 Bxd4 31. cxd4
Rxd4 32. Bf3 Nd7 33. Rxb7 Bxa2 34. Ra7 Bb3 35. Bc6 Kf7 36. Bf4
Nf6 37. Be5 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. h3 Rc2 40. Bxa4 Bd5+ 41. Kh2
Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Re2 43. Bf4 Nh5 44. Bb8 Rg2+ 45. Kf1 Nxg3+
46. Ke1 Re2+ 47. Kd1 Re3 48. Bc2 Nf5 49. Bf4 Bf3+ 50. Kd2 Re2+
51. Kd3 Kf6 52. Bb3 Rg2 53. Ra6+ Kg7 54. Be5+ Kh6 55. Bf4+ Kh5
56. Ra8 Bxa8 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "126"]

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 Nf6 14. b3 h6 15. h3 Re8 16. a4 b4 17. Nd5
Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Qd3 a5 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Be3
Rec8 23. Rad1 Nd8 24. Rd2 Nf7 25. Red1 Qc6 26. Nh2 Rb7 27. Nf1
Nh8 28. Ng3 Ng6 29. Qe2 Kh7 30. Qg4 Qd7 31. Re2 Rc6 32. Rdd2
Rbc7 33. Nh5 Qc8 34. Kh2 Bf8 35. Qf3 Qe8 36. Qg4 Qf7 37. f4
exf4 38. Nxf4 Nxf4 39. Bxf4 Qg6 40. Qf3 Be7 41. Rf2 Rc3
42. Qe2 Bh4 43. Rf3 e5 44. Be3 Qxe4 45. Rxd6 Rxc2 46. Qf1 R2c3
47. Bxh6 Rxf3 48. gxf3 Rc2+ 49. Bd2 Qf5 50. Kh1 e4 51. Rd4 Bf6
52. Rd6 exf3 53. Qf2 Qxh3+ 54. Kg1 Be5 55. Rd5 Qg4+ 56. Kf1
Qe4 57. Rd7 Rb2 58. Re7 Rb1+ 59. Be1 Qd3+ 60. Kg1 Qg6+ 61. Kh1
Qh5+ 62. Kg1 Qg5+ 63. Kh1 Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yuri Vovk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ngf3 Ne7
7. O-O O-O 8. c3 h6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nd7
12. Qe2 Nc5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. N2b3 Ne6 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Be3
Ng5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Qe7 Qd8 20. Re3 Bf6
21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Nf3 g4 24. Nd4 Rfe8 25. Rxe8+
Rxe8 26. Ncb3 b6 27. Nc2 Bg5 28. Rxd5 Bf5 29. Nbd4 Bxc2
30. Nxc2 f5 31. Kf1 Bc1 32. b3 Bb2 33. c4 Kf7 34. Rd7+ Kf6
35. Rxa7 Rd8 36. Ne3 Bd4 37. Nd5+ Kg5 38. Rb7 Rh8 39. Nf4 Rxh2
40. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Vovk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5
7. Qd2 a6 8. d5 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Bxb5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6
12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rab1 Ne5 15. b3 Qb4 16. Qe3 h6
17. Bxf6 exf6 18. h3 Re8 19. f4 Nd7 20. f5 g5 21. a4 Bf8
22. Ng3 Be7 23. Nb5 Bd8 24. Rbc1 Ne5 25. Nh5 c4 26. bxc4 Rxa4
27. Kh1 Nxc4 28. Qd4 Qxb5 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Qxf6 Qb2 31. Qxh6
Qg7 32. Qh5 Ne5 33. f6 Qg6 34. Qe2 Rxe4 35. Qb5 Rf8 36. Qb6 g4
37. Qxd6 Nd3 38. Rcd1 gxh3 39. gxh3 Re2 40. Qh2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. f5 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bg5 O-O
12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nf5 Kh8 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. Qd4 Bc6 16. e5
dxe5 17. Qxe5 Rae8 18. Rae1 Ncd7 19. Qg3 Qc5+ 20. Be3 Qh5
21. Ne2 Ne4 22. Qc7 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Ne5 24. Kg1 Ng4 25. Bb6 Ng5
26. Qg3 Ne4 27. Qh3 Qxh3 28. gxh3 Ngf6 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Nf3 e5
31. Bc7 Bxh3 32. Nxe5 Be6 33. c4 Nd2 34. Ba5 Nxb3 35. axb3 Kg8
36. Bc3 Bf5 37. Rf1 Bc2 38. b4 Bb3 39. Rf4 Rd8 40. Rd4 Rxd4
41. Bxd4 Kf8 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Kd3 Ba4 45. Kc3 Be8
46. Nd3 Bc6 47. Nc5+ Kf5 48. b5 axb5 49. cxb5 Bd5 50. Kd2 g5
51. Ke1 h5 52. h3 Ne8 53. Kf2 Nd6 54. b6 Nc4 55. Nd7 Bc6
56. Nf6 h4 57. Ng4 Ke4 58. Bf6 Kf5 59. Bd4 Nd6 60. Ne3+ Kg6
61. Be5 Ne4+ 62. Kf1 Bd7 63. Kg2 Nc5 64. Nc4 Nd3 65. Bc7 Be6
66. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Daniel Grigoryevich Fridman"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. h3 O-O 11. Bd3 Bf5
12. Re1 Qd7 13. Be3 b6 14. c3 Rad8 15. Qc2 Bg6 16. Bxg6 Nxg6
17. Rad1 Bb8 18. c4 Nb4 19. Qb1 Qa4 20. c5 Nxa2 21. Nfd4 Nb4
22. Qf5 Ne7 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Bg5 Rde8 25. Qc3 Nec6 26. Rxe8
Rxe8 27. Nxc6 Nxc6 28. cxb6 axb6 29. Be3 Qd6 30. g3 d4
31. Nxd4 Rd8 32. Rc1 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 f6 34. Qb3+ Kh8 35. Bxb6
Re8 36. Be3 h6 37. h4 Qd7 38. Rd1 Qh3 39. Qf7 Rg8 40. Qg6 Rf8
41. Bc5 Rg8 42. Be3 Rf8 43. b4 Qe6 44. b5 Be5 45. b6 Qb3
46. Rb1 Qd5 47. Qc2 Rb8 48. Qb3 Qc6 49. b7 Qa6 50. Qb5 Qa2
51. Qb3 Qa6 52. Bc5 Qa5 53. Qb5 Qa2 54. Qb6 Kh7 55. Rd1 Qf7
56. Qb1+ Kh8 57. Ba7 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Grigoryevich Fridman"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Nb4 11. Be2 a5 12. Bg5
h6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. h3 Nh5 15. Qd2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. a3 Na6
18. Qxf4 Qe7 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Qc2 a4 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. Nd4 Qg5
23. Bf1 Bxh3 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Nxa4 Bg4 26. Nxc5 Bxf3 27. Nd7
Be5 28. Nxe5 Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Qxe5 30. Bd3 h5 31. c5 h4 32. Qb3
dxc5 33. Qxb7 Rb8 34. Qc6 Rxb2 35. Qxc5 h3 36. gxh3 Qh5
37. Qc1 Rfb8 38. Bf1 Qf3 39. Rd2 Rb1 40. Qc2 Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1
Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Romain Edouard"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Bb3 Re8 11. h3 c5 12. Nf5
Bxf5 13. exf5 Nc6 14. Nd5 Nxa5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd5 Nc6
17. c3 Qd7 18. Qf3 Ne5 19. Qe4 Nc6 20. Qf3 Ne5 21. Qe4 Re7
22. Bf4 Ng6 23. Qf3 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Re5 25. Rfd1 Rxf5 26. Qg4 h5
27. Qc4 Re8 28. Rab1 b5 29. Qd3 c4 30. Qd2 Qa7 31. Bc6 Re6
32. Ra1 Bg5 33. Qc2 Rxf2 34. Rxa6 Qxa6 0-1

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Romain Edouard"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. Be2 O-O 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bf3 b4 11. Nce2 Bb7
12. Qxb4 Qc8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qb3 dxe5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5
exd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Nb4 20. Qe5+ Kg8
21. a3 Nc6 22. Qe4 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bd7
12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Rad1 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bb3
Rc8 17. Qe4 Bc6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Qxe6 Bd5 20. Nxd5 Nexd5
21. Re5 Rc6 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Rd6 24. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "European Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Bb5+
Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nde2 Qc6 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 g6 11. Qd3
Be7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nf1 Bd8 14. O-O-O Ba5 15. Qf3 Ke7
16. Nd5+ Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rac8 18. Qd3 Bb6 19. f3 Qa4 20. Kb1 Rc6
21. Nd2 Rhc8 22. c3 Bc5 23. Nb3 Qa6 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Qxa6
bxa6 26. Rhd1 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 f5 28. Ra5 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rc6
30. Kc2 Ke6 31. Kd3 h5 32. b3 g5 33. a4 Rb6 34. b4 g4 35. Kd2
h4 36. Kd3 Kf6 37. Rd5 Ke6 38. Ra5 Kf6 39. Kd2 g3 40. hxg3
hxg3 41. Rd5 Kg5 42. Ke3 Rc6 43. Rd3 Kg4 44. b5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gabriel Bernacki"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7
7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 a5 9. h4 Nc5 10. f3 c6 11. Nh3 Bxh3 12. Rxh3
Qb6 13. g4 h6 14. Be3 Rfc8 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Bxb6 Nxb6 17. c5
dxc5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qc3 h5 20. g5 Nfd5 21. exd5 cxd5
22. Rc1 c4 23. Qa3 Bf8 24. Qe3 d4 25. Qxe5 d3 26. a3 Re8
27. Qb5 Rxe2+ 28. Kf1 Rae8 29. Rxc4 Nxc4 30. Qxc4 Bc5 31. Qxc5
d2 32. Qd4 Re1+ 33. Kf2 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Marcin Najbar"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6
7. c4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Be3 e5 10. h3 Be7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. c5
Be6 13. Na3 Rad8 14. Nc4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nh5 16. Rfd1 Nf4
17. Kh2 Qc8 18. Qb3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 h6 20. a3 Bg5 21. Qc3 Re8
22. b4 Bf6 23. Qb3 Ne6 24. Rd6 Kf8 25. a4 Ke7 26. Bxe6 fxe6
27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Rd8 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Qa3 Ke8 31. Qa4
Rxd6 32. cxd6 Qd7 33. Bc5 Kf7 34. Kg1 Bd8 35. Qa6 Kf6 36. Kf1
Kf7 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Kd1 Kf7 39. Kc2 Kf6 40. g3 Kf7 41. h4 Kf6
42. Qa8 Kf7 43. h5 Kf6 44. f4 exf4 45. gxf4 e5 46. f5 Kg5
47. Qa3 Kf6 48. Qg3 Kf7 49. Qg6+ Kf8 50. Qe6 Qf7 51. d7+ Kg8
52. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zbigniew Strzemiecki"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nf3
Bd6 7. Ng5 Ke7 8. Bc4 Rf8 9. O-O c6 10. a4 Bg4 11. f4 h6
12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 Nbd7 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Be3
Nfd7 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Ne2 Rfd8 19. Nd4+ Ke7 20. Nf5+ Kf8
21. Bd4 f6 22. Rad1 Nf7 23. b3 Nde5 24. Bc5+ Kg8 25. h4 Kh7
26. Be7 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 h5 28. Nd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd6 Re8 30. Bxf6
gxf6 31. Rxf6 Kg7 32. Rf5 Kh6 33. g3 Ng6 34. Rf7 Re7 0-1

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Aleksandr Shimanov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7
7. a3 a5 8. Be2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4
Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Qc7 14. Qa5 Qxa5 15. bxa5 Nb8 16. Ne5 Ne4
17. Nxe4 Bxe5 18. Nc3 Bc7 19. Ra1 Na6 20. f3 e5 21. Kf2 f5
22. g3 Re8 23. Bf1 e4 24. f4 Kf7 25. Be2 h5 26. h3 Rh8 27. Kg2
Be6 28. Na2 Bc8 29. Rg1 Bd8 30. Bd1 Bc7 31. Bb3 Bd8 32. Rb1
Bc7 33. Ra1 Bd8 34. Bd1 Bc7 35. Be2 Ke6 36. Nb4 Nxb4 37. Bxb4
Ba6 38. Rg1 Bd8 39. g4 h4 40. Kf1 Kf7 41. Ke1 Bf6 42. Kd1 Be7
43. Kc2 Bf6 44. Kb3 Be7 45. Be1 Bf6 46. Kb4 Be7 47. Rg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dariusz Mikrut"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O Be7
12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. d5 exd5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bxb6 axb6
17. Rxd5 Qg6 18. Qxb6 Nb4 19. Qxg6 Bxg6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1
Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Bf6 23. Bb3 Kf8 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 b6 26. b3
Ke7 27. Kf1 Kd6 28. Bc4 Kc5 29. a4 Kb4 30. Ke2 Bc2 31. Nd2 Bc3
32. Bxf7 Bxd2 33. Kxd2 Bxb3 34. Bxb3 Kxb3 35. f4 Kxa4 36. f5
Kb4 37. Kd3 Kc5 38. Ke4 b5 39. g4 b4 40. g5 b3 41. Kd3 Kd5
42. g6 hxg6 43. fxg6 Ke5 44. Kc3 Kf5 45. Kxb3 Kxg6 46. Kc4 Kg5
47. Kd5 Kh4 48. Ke5 Kxh3 49. Kf5 g5 50. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Piotr Nguyen"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. e5
Ng4 12. Nf3 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O Bd6
16. Re1+ Kf7 17. Bf4 Bc5 18. Bg3 Bb6 19. Qf4 Kg7 20. h3 Nh6
21. Bh4 Rhf8 22. Bxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qg5+ Rg6 24. Re7+ Kf8 25. Rxd7
1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arturs Neiksans"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 c6
7. Bc4 d5 8. exd5 Bc5 9. Qd3 O-O 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 Re8+
12. Ne2 Ne4 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Rhf1 Nxd2 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Bxf7+
Kh8 17. Bxe8 Nxf1 18. Bxc6 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rxf1 Qxg2
21. Rd1 Rf8 22. Ne6 Re8 23. f5 Qxh2 24. Kb1 Bb6 25. N2f4 Rc8
26. c3 Rb8 27. Rd2 Qg1+ 28. Kc2 Be3 29. Qd6 Re8 30. Rd1 Qf2+
31. Kb1 Bxf4 32. Qxf4 Qe2 33. Rg1 Ne4 34. Ka1 Nf6 35. Qc7 Rg8
36. a3 Ne8 37. Qf4 Nf6 38. Qg5 Qe5 39. Rh1 Qe4 40. Rg1 Qe5
41. Nf4 Qe4 42. Qh4 Re8 43. Qg5 Rg8 44. Ne6 Qe5 45. Rf1 Ne4
46. Qh4 Nf6 47. Ng5 Rf8 48. Ne6 Rb8 49. Qf2 a5 50. Qa7 Nh5
51. Ng5 Qb5 52. Rf2 Re8 53. Ne6 a4 54. Qf7 h6 55. c4 Qb8
56. Qxh5 Re7 57. Qg4 Qe5 58. Rg2 Rd7 59. Ka2 Qe3 60. Qg3 Qb6
61. Qc3 1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Robert Kula"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. Bc4
d6 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. e5 dxe5
12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Re1 Ng4 14. Bg3 Qf6 15. Nd2 Ne3 16. fxe3 dxe3
17. Ne4 e2+ 18. Kh1 exd1=Q 19. Nxf6+ Kg7 20. Raxd1 Kxf6
21. Bxc7 Bg4 22. Rf1+ Kg6 23. Rde1 f6 24. d4 Bb4 25. c3 Rac8
26. Bd3+ Kg7 27. Bg3 Ba5 28. Re7+ Rf7 29. Rfe1 h5 30. Bd6 Bd8
31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Be4 Bc7 33. Ba3 b5 34. Bd5+ Kg6 35. Re7 Bb6
36. h3 Bf5 37. Bf7+ Kh6 38. Re8 Rxe8 39. Bxe8 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4
41. Bxb5 Be4 42. Bd6 Kg5 43. Kh2 f5 44. g3 Bd5 45. c4 Be4
46. c5 Ba5 47. c6 Bb6 48. c7 Bb7 49. Be5 Bc8 50. d5 a6 51. Bc6
1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Shkapenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5
Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8. Bc4 a6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Rhe1 h6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Ke7 15. e5 Bg5+ 16. Kb1
Rhc8 17. g3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Kxd6 19. f4 Be8 20. fxg5 hxg5
21. Nf3 g4 22. Ne5 Rd8 23. Nxg4 Kc7 24. Kc1 Rd4 25. Ne5 Rad8
26. Nf3 R4d7 27. Ne4 Re7 28. c3 Bc6 29. Nd4 Bd5 30. Ng5 Bxb3
31. axb3 Rd5 32. h4 Kd7 33. b4 Ke8 34. Kc2 Kf8 35. Rd1 Red7
36. Rd2 e5 37. Nb3 Rxd2+ 38. Nxd2 Ke7 39. Nge4 Rc7 40. g4 f6
41. Nf1 b6 42. Ne3 Ke6 43. h5 Rd7 44. b3 g6 45. hxg6 Rg7
46. Kd3 Rxg6 47. c4 Rg8 48. Nc3 Rd8+ 49. Ncd5 b5 50. Ke4 bxc4
51. bxc4 Rc8 52. Nb6 Rd8 53. Nbd5 Rc8 54. c5 a5 55. Nb6 Rc6
56. bxa5 Rxc5 57. Nec4 Rc7 58. Kd3 Ra7 59. Ke4 Rg7 60. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrey Zhigalko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. d5 Nh5 8. Nh2 Qe8 9. Be2 Nf4 10. Bf3 f5 11. g3 Nxh3 12. Bg2
Qf7 13. Qf3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Na6 15. Qxf7+ Rxf7 16. Nf1 Nb4
17. Bxh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 Nc2+ 19. Kd1 Nxa1 20. Bd2 b5 21. cxb5
Rb8 22. Kc1 Rxb5 23. Ne3 c6 24. dxc6 d5 25. Nc3 Rc5 26. Nxd5
Rxf2 27. Be3 Rc2+ 28. Kb1 Rc4 29. c7 Bf8 30. Kxa1 Bd6 31. Kb1
Rg2 32. Rh4 Rc6 33. Ra4 Rxg3 34. Ra6 Rxc7 35. Nxc7 Bxc7
36. Rxa7 Rxe3 37. Rxc7 h5 38. Nd5 Rf3 39. a4 h4 40. Ne7+ Kf7
41. Nf5+ Ke6 42. Nxh4 Rf4 43. Nxg6 Rxa4 44. Kc2 Rg4 45. Rc6+
Kd5 46. Ne7+ Kd4 47. b4 Rf4 48. b5 Rf7 49. Rc7 Rf6 50. Kb3 e4
51. Rc4+ Kd3 52. Nd5 Rd6 53. Nb4+ Ke3 54. Rc6 Rd8 55. b6 Kf2
56. Rf6+ Kg2 57. Nc6 Rd7 58. Re6 e3 59. Kc4 Kf2 60. Nd4 1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Christian Maier"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 a6
7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. e5 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Nc6
12. Nd5 h6 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. Bd6 b6 16. Rd3 Bb7
17. Re3 Re6 18. Bd1 Bc6 19. Rhe1 Rae8 20. Kb1 Bxf3 21. Ba4
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxg7 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Kxg7
26. Ra3 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Rb3 b4 29. a3 Rb6 30. Kc2 f5
31. axb4 c4 32. Ra3 Rxb4 33. Kc3 Rb7 34. Ra4 Re7 35. Rxc4 Re2
36. b4 Rxf2 37. b5 Rxg2 38. b6 Rg1 39. Kb2 Rg2+ 40. Ka3 Re2
41. b7 Re8 42. Rc8 Re3+ 43. Kb2 Re2+ 44. Kc3 Re3+ 45. Kc4 Re4+
46. Kd5 Rb4 47. b8=Q Rxb8 48. Rxb8 Kf6 49. h4 f4 50. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "European Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michal Olszewski"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 a6 8. a4 b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 c6 12. Ba2 Qc7
13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nh4 Rfd8 15. Qf3 Nf8 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qg3+
Kh7 18. Bxf7 Bc5 19. Bg6+ Kh8 20. Nf5 Nxg6 21. Qxg6 Ng8
22. Rad1 Qh7 23. Qg3 Re8 24. Rd3 Bc8 25. Nd6 Re6 26. Red1 Qg7
27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nf5+ Kf7 29. Rd8 Re8 30. Nd6+ Bxd6
31. R8xd6 Bb7 32. R1d3 Re6 33. Rd7+ Re7 34. R7d6 Rf8 35. Nd1
Nf6 36. f3 Re6 37. Ne3 Bc8 38. Nc4 b5 39. Na5 c5 40. Nc6 c4
41. Rd1 Rxd6 42. Rxd6 Re8 43. axb5 axb5 44. Na7 Bd7 45. Rb6
Re6 46. Rb7 b4 47. Rxb4 Ra6 48. Rb7 Kg6 49. Kf2 Ra2 50. Rc7 c3
51. bxc3 Rxc2+ 52. Kg1 Kg5 53. c4 Kh4 54. Kh2 Bxh3 55. Rg7
Ng4+ 56. fxg4 Bxg2 57. Re7 Bf3+ 58. Kg1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Be7 15. Bd2 Nb8 16. a5 a6
17. Rfc1 Nc6 18. Ne1 Qd7 19. Bc2 Qd8 20. Qh3 Bg6 21. Bxg6 hxg6
22. Qg4 Rc8 23. Nf3 Qd7 24. Bg5 Bb4 25. Qh4 Ne7 26. g4 Rxc1+
27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Kg2 Nc6 29. Rd1 Bxa5 30. Rd3 Nb4 31. Rb3 Qb5
32. Be7 Nd3 33. Rxb5 Nf4+ 34. Kg3 Ne2+ 35. Kh3 Nf4+ 36. Kg3
Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.16"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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 b6 10. Nh2 Ne6 11. Rb1 O-O
12. Be3 Nd4 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bh6 Be6 16. b3 Qd6
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 f6 19. Rf3 exf4 20. Rxf4 Rf7 21. Rbf1
Raf8 22. Nf3 h6 23. Nh4 Kh7 24. R4f3 c5 25. Qe1 f5 26. exf5
Bxf5 27. Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Rd4 h6 10. Bd2 Bxc5 11. Rxc4 e5
12. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Nxe5 14. Rc5 O-O 15. h3 Rd8 16. Bf4
Ng6 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Be2 Bc6 19. Rc4 a6 20. Rd1 Rxd1 21. Bxd1
Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6
12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. f4 Rc8 18. f5 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Nc6 20. f6+ Kh8 21. Qg5
Qd6 22. Ng3 Rg8 23. Bc4 Ne5 24. Bb3 d3 25. h3 Ba6 26. Rf4 d2
27. Kh2 Qc5 28. h4 Nd3 29. e5 Nxf4 30. Ne4 Ne6 31. Bxe6 Qc6
32. Bxf7 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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. Ng5 Bxg5 10. Bxg5 Qd7 11. Be2 O-O
12. O-O-O f6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Rde1 Nd5 16. Bf3 c6
17. Bd4 Nc7 18. g4 Nb5 19. Rhg1 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Re8 21. Kb2 a6
22. h4 Rad8 23. h5 h6 24. Be4 c5 25. Qd1 d5 26. Bg6 Bf7 27. f4
Bxg6 28. hxg6 d4 29. c4 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Re8 31. g5 fxg5 32. fxg5
Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Qc6 34. gxh6 gxh6 35. Qe7 Qxg6 36. Qxb7 Qd6
37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qg4+ Kf7 39. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Rd1 e6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Ng1 Bxe2
12. Ngxe2 Qe7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. e5 Qb4 15. Qc2 h6 16. a3 Qc4
17. Rc1 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxc2 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxc2 Bg7 21. Rfc1
Rd7 22. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Erwin L'Ami"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Ndb5 f6 9. Be3 a6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ne7
12. Bb6 Nf5 13. Qb4 Nc6 14. Qc5 d6 15. Bxd8 dxc5 16. Bb6 Bd7
17. O-O-O Ne5 18. Be2 Bc6 19. Bxc5 Bxg2 20. Rhe1 Nf3 21. Bxf3
Bxf3 22. Rd3 Bc6 23. Rxe6+ Kf7 24. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Smeets"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. e5 Nd7 8. Be3 c5 9. Be4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 Nh6 11. dxc5 Ng4
12. Bg1 dxe5 13. h3 Nh6 14. c6 Nf6 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. c7 Rc8
17. Nxf6+ exf6 18. Bb6 Kd7 19. O-O-O+ Kc6 20. Ba5 Nf5 21. Rd8
Bh6 22. Rhd1 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 e4 24. Nd4+ Nxd4 25. R1xd4 Bxc7
26. Bxc7 Kxc7 27. R8d7+ Kb6 28. Rxe4 f5 29. Red4 Rhe8 30. b4
Re1+ 31. Kb2 Re2 32. R4d6+ Rc6 33. Rxc6+ Kxc6 34. Rxf7 Rxg2
35. Rxh7 Re2 36. Ra7 Kb6 37. Rf7 Re6 38. Kb3 Kc6 39. h4 Kd5
40. h5 Ke4 41. hxg6 Rxg6 42. a4 f4 43. axb5 axb5 44. Re7+ Kf5
45. Kc3 Rd6 46. Rb7 Rd5 47. Kb2 f3 48. c4 bxc4 49. Kc3 Ke4
50. Rh7 Rf5 51. Rh1 f2 52. Rf1 Kd5 53. b5 Kc5 54. b6 Rf3+
55. Kd2 Kxb6 56. Ke2 Rf5 57. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 58. Kxf2 Kc5 59. Ke3
Kb4 60. Kd2 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[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. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 b6 11. Bf4
Kc8 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bh2 a5 14. g4 Ne7 15. Nd4 h5 16. e6 fxe6
17. Rfe1 hxg4 18. hxg4 Rh6 19. g5 Rh5 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6
Rxg5+ 22. Kf1 Rf5 23. a4 Rb8 24. Rd3 Rf7 25. Kg2 b5 26. axb5
cxb5 27. Ra6 b4 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 b3 30. c3 Ba3 31. Re6
Re7 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Rxa5 Kd7 34. Be5 Bd6 35. Bd4 Bf4 36. Kf3
Bc1 37. c4 g5 38. Ke4 Rf8 39. Rd5+ Kc6 40. Rc5+ Kd7 41. Rd5+
Kc6 42. Rc5+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6
12. Qd2 e5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bh6 Bb7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. d5 f5
17. f3 Rf7 18. exf5 c4 19. Bc2 gxf5 20. Rad1 f4 21. g3 Qd6
22. gxf4 exf4 23. Kh1 Re8 24. Rg1+ Kf8 25. Be4 Bc8 26. Nd4 Qf6
27. Ne6+ Bxe6 28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. Bd5 Qh3 30. Bxf7 Qxf3+ 31. Rg2
Kxf7 32. Qd7+ Kf6 33. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O
12. O-O-O b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 Bb7 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qc7
17. Rc1 Bc5 18. Ne2 a5 19. c3 Ba6 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. Rhc1 b4
22. cxb4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 axb4 25. f5 Rc8 26. Rxc8+
Bxc8 27. g5 Nf8 28. h4 exf5 29. Bxd5 g6 30. Bb3 Qb7 31. e6
Nxe6 32. Nxe6 Qh1+ 33. Kc2 Qh2+ 34. Kb1 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. d5 Na5
12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8 15. Be3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Nxb3 17. Bxb6 Nd2 18. Qd3 Qxb6 19. Qxd2 Qc5 20. Re4 Rad8
21. c4 f5 22. Re5 Qxc4 23. Rc1 Qa6 24. Rce1 Qd6 25. h4 Rd7
26. h5 gxh5 27. Rxf5 e5 28. Qg5+ Rg7 29. Qxh5 Rge7 30. Qf3 Rg7
31. Rf6 Qd8 32. d6 e4 33. Qf5 Rd7 34. Re3 Rxd6 35. Rg3+ Kh8
36. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Qa5 11. O-O Qxa2
12. Bg5 Qe6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. d5 e5 15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Na6
17. Be2 c4 18. Qxc4 Qd6 19. Bg4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bh5 Nc5
22. Rcd1 Rac8 23. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.08"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Bocharov"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. a4 c6 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Ba2 Re8 11. h3 Bd7
12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Rad8 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Bh2 Bf8 16. Nf3 Be6
17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Nxd2 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Rxe8
Rxe8 22. Nc4 Rd8 23. Re1 d5 24. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.09"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 Nc6 12. g5
Nd7 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. h4 Ne5 15. O-O-O Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4
17. h5 a5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 b4 20. Nb5 O-O 21. h6 Bxg5+
22. Kb1 g6 23. Nxd6 Ba6 24. axb4 axb4 25. Bg7 Rfd8 26. e5 Be2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.10"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d6
7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nh5 11. Ncd5 Bg5
12. g3 Bxe3+ 13. Bxe3 Ne7 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 h6 16. Bh4 g5
17. f4 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Nxd5 19. exd5 gxh4 20. Qh5 Qf6 21. fxe5
Qxe5 22. Rf5 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Kh7 24. Raf1 f6 25. R5f4 Qe8
26. Qxh4 Qf7 27. c4 f5 28. Qh3 Rae8 29. Rxf5 Qd7 30. Qh5 Rxf5
31. Rxf5 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Qg7+ 33. Kh3 Re3+ 34. Rf3 Qd7+ 35. Kg3
Qe7 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kh7 38. Qf4 Qg7+ 39. Kf2 Re5 40. Qf7
Rg5 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Rg3 Kf6 43. Rxg5 Kxg5 44. Ke3 Kf5
45. d4 b6 46. dxc5 bxc5 47. b4 cxb4 48. Kd4 Kf6 49. c5 dxc5+
50. Kxc5 Ke7 51. Kxb4 Kd6 52. Kc4 Kc7 53. h4 h5 54. Kc5 Kd7
55. d6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.11"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Denis Khismatullin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Na4 Bd6 10. Rd1 Re8 11. d4 exd4
12. Rxd4 Be5 13. Rd1 d6 14. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ildar Khairullin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4
12. Rb1 f6 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Rd1 Nd6
17. Bb2 a4 18. Ba1 Ra5 19. Qc1 Kh8 20. Bf3 Bf8 21. Qc2 Nf7
22. Nce4 Ra7 23. Bb2 Nd5 24. Nc4 b6 25. h4 c6 26. Ba1 c5
27. Ned2 Qb8 28. d4 exd4 29. exd4 Nh6 30. Re1 Bf5 31. Be4 Qc8
32. Rbc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.13"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Lee Hess"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. h3 exd4 11. Nd5 f6
12. Bc1 c6 13. hxg4 cxd5 14. exd5 Bxg4 15. Bf4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
Qd7 17. Re1 g5 18. Bd2 Rae8 19. Bh5 Re5 20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4
f5 22. Qf3 Nc5 23. b4 Ne4 24. Rac1 Nc3 25. c5 Nxd5 26. Bh2 Qe6
27. Bg3 Ne3 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Qxb7 e4 30. Rxe3 dxe3 31. c6 e2
32. Qd7 Qh6 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Qc5 Qxh5 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.14"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Chanda Sandipan"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Rd1
Qe7 13. h4 a6 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Nxd7 Nxd7
17. e5 c5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rd8 20. Qh7 Qf8 21. d5 Nxe5
22. dxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Qg7 24. Qe4 fxe6 25. Bh5+ Ke7 26. Qa8
Qh7 27. Qe8+ Kf6 28. Kc1 Qg7 29. f3 Kf5 30. Kc2 Nxf3 31. Bxf3
Qxb2+ 32. Kd1 Qb1+ 33. Ke2 Qd3+ 34. Kf2 Bd4+ 35. Ke1 Bc3+
36. Kf2 Bd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.15"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7
7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. h3 d6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Bf4
Qd7 13. Rc1 Na5 14. Bc2 Rad8 15. Re1 c5 16. Bb1 cxd4 17. Nxd4
Nc4 18. Na4 Ba8 19. b3 Qa7 20. Nf3 Na3 21. Nc3 Nxb1 22. Nxb1
f5 23. Ng5 fxe4 24. Ne6 Nd5 25. Be3 Qe7 26. Nxd8 Qxd8 27. Qg4
Nb4 28. Bg5 Bf6 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Rc8 Qxc8 31. Bxf6+ Kh6
32. Qe7 Rxf6 33. Qxf6 Nd3 34. Rf1 Qf5 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Qe7+
Kh6 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Qd8 Qf8 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40. Nc3 Nf4 41. Qg4
Bb7 42. Ne2 Nd3 43. Qd7 Bd5 44. Nc3 Nc5 45. Qc7 Ba8 46. Nd1
1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.16"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ivan Salgado Lopez"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 d6 9. e3 a6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Ra7 12. d4
Re8 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb8 15. Re1 Ba8 16. Rad1 g6 17. g4 e5
18. Nc2 Nc5 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. f4 Ne6 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Rf1 Nd7
23. Qf2 f6 24. Kh1 b5 25. Ba3 Bxd5 26. exd5 Bb6 27. dxe6 Bxf2
28. exd7 Rd8 29. Bd5+ Kg7 30. Rxf2 Raxd7 31. Ne3 bxc4 32. bxc4
Qb6 33. Bc1 Rb8 34. h4 Qb1 35. Rdf1 Rxd5 36. cxd5 Qe4+ 37. Kh2
f5 38. gxf5 Qxh4+ 39. Kg1 Rc8 40. Bd2 Rd8 41. Rh2 Qd4 42. f6+
Kg8 43. f7+ Kg7 44. Rhf2 h5 45. Nc2 Qxd5 46. Bb4 Qxa2
47. f8=Q+ Rxf8 48. Bxf8+ Kg8 49. Bh6 Qb3 50. Ne3 g5 51. Bxg5
a5 52. Rg2 Kh7 53. Rf6 a4 54. Bh6 Qb4 55. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2010/11"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2011.02.26"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 Nd4 11. Bb2 Nxf3+
12. Bxf3 c6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Qa4 Ra8 16. Nc5 Nxc5
17. bxc5 Qc7 18. d4 exd4 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxd4
Rd8 22. e3 a6 23. Qb4 Bd5 24. Bg4 Be6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qb2
Bf8 27. Rb1 Rd5 28. Qxb7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 e5 30. Bb2 Rxc5 31. a4
Ra5 32. Rc7 c5 33. Bxe5 Rxa4 34. Kg2 a5 35. f4 Ra2+ 36. Kf3
Rxh2 37. Ra7 Ra2 38. g4 a4 39. g5 g6 40. e4 Ra3+ 41. Kg4 Ra2
42. f5 gxf5+ 43. exf5 Rf2 44. f6 Rf1 45. Rxa4 Kf7 46. Ra8 c4
47. Rc8 Rg1+ 48. Kf5 Rf1+ 49. Ke4 Re1+ 50. Kd5 Rd1+ 51. Bd4
Rf1 52. g6+ hxg6 53. Rc7+ Kg8 54. Ke6 Re1+ 55. Be5 g5 56. Kf5
g4 57. Bg3 Re3 58. Kg6 Re6 59. Rxc4 Ra6 60. Rc8 Ra7 61. Bd6
Rf7 62. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2010/11"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "2011.02.27"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bartlomiej Heberla"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ng5 e6 9. d3 b6 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Nf3 Nce7
12. Qc1 Nf5 13. e4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4
Qxd4 17. Qxc7 Ba6 18. e5 Rad8 19. Qxa7 Bxd3 20. Rfe1 Qxb2
21. a4 Bf5 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Qd2 24. Raa1 Rd7 25. Qc5 Rfd8
26. h4 Kg7 27. Bf3 h6 28. Rad1 Qb2 29. Rd6 Rxd6 30. exd6 e5
31. Qxe5+ Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.26"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Christian Bauer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. c3 Nbd7 6. e4 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Nc4 e6 10. Ne3 Qe7 11. Qc2 b6
12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Qa4 Kb8 15. Rhe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.28"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Olivier Renet"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Qb8 16. N3d2 exd4 17. cxd4
Qa7 18. d5 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Bb3 a5 22. Bxf6
Nxf6 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxc6 axb3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxb3 Rb8
27. Qc2 Qd4 28. b3 d5 29. e5 Ne8 30. e6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Nf6
32. Ne3 Rb6 33. Qf5 Bc5 34. Nf3 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Bxe3 36. Rxe3 Qa3
37. Ne5 Qd6 38. f4 Qe6 39. Qc2 Ne4 40. Qc7 Kh7 41. Rd3 Qd6
42. Qc8 Qf6 43. Rf3 Nd6 44. Qc2+ Ne4 45. Qc8 Nd6 46. Qc7 Rb7
47. Qxa5 Rxb3 48. Nd7 Qb2 49. Nf8+ Kh8 50. Qd8 Nb7 51. Qe8
Rxf3 52. Ng6+ Kh7 53. Ne7 Rxh3+ 54. Kxh3 Qb3+ 55. Kh2 d4
56. f5 Qc4 57. Qg6+ Kh8 58. f6 Qc7+ 59. g3 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.29"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kevin Terrieux"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qd2
Nh7 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Rb1
Nd7 18. Be2 c4 19. f4 Ndf6 20. f5 Kh8 21. Rf1 Rg8 22. fxg6
Rxg6 23. Qf4 Bg4 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Re8 26. Bxc4 Ng5
27. Bd3 h4 28. Nf5 Nfxe4 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4+ 31. Kf1
h3 32. Ng3 Re7 33. Rf4 Kg8 34. Ra1 Re5 35. Ra5 Be2+ 36. Kf2
hxg2 37. Kxg2 Bb5 38. b4 Rxd5 39. Ra2 Rdg5 40. Rd2 Rg4
41. Rdd4 Rxf4 42. Rxf4 Bd7 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Ke3 Rg5 45. Rd4 d5
46. Rf4 Re5+ 47. Kd4 f6 48. h4 Kf7 49. Rf3 Ke6 50. Rf1 Bb5
51. Rh1 f5 52. h5 f4 53. h6 fxg3 54. h7 Re4+ 55. Kc5 Rc4+
56. Kb6 Rc8 57. h8=Q Rxh8 58. Rxh8 d4 59. Rg8 d3 60. Rxg3 Kd5
61. Rg1 Kc4 62. Rb1 d2 0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.30"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anatoli Vaisser"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. d5 exd5 4. Qxd5 d6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Qb3 Na6
7. Be3 d5 8. Bg2 c6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Bb4+ 11. Nbd2 Qd5
12. O-O Qxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc5 14. Rfd1 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Ke7 16. Nd4
g6 17. Nc4 Nc5 18. Na5 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Kxe6 20. Rd3 Re8 21. Rad1
Kf7 22. Kf1 Re5 23. Nc4 Rc5 24. b3 Nd5 25. Bxd5+ cxd5 26. Rxd5
Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Be6 28. Rd4 Kf6 29. Ke1 b5 30. Na3 Rb8 31. Rd6
a5 32. Nc2 Ke7 33. Ra6 a4 34. Nd4 Bd7 35. Kd2 Rc8 36. Rb6 Rc5
37. e3 axb3 38. axb3 Kf7 39. b4 Rd5 40. h4 Kg7 41. Ke2 Kh6
42. Nb3 Re5 43. Nc5 Be8 44. Re6 Rxe6 45. Nxe6 Bf7 46. Nf4 Bc4+
47. Kd2 g5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. Ng2 Kf6 50. f4 Ke6 51. Nh4 Bf1
52. Kc3 Bh3 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Nf3 Bg2 55. Ng5 h5 56. Nf7+ Ke6
57. Ne5 Kd6 58. Nd3 Bf3 59. Nc1 Bg2 60. Ne2 Bf3 61. Nc3 Bc6
62. Kd3 Ke6 63. Kd4 Kd6 64. Nb1 Bf3 65. Nd2 Bc6 66. Kd3 Ke6
67. Nb3 Kd5 68. Nc5 Kd6 69. Kd4 Bg2 70. e4 fxe4 71. Nxe4+ Ke6
72. Nc3 Kf5 73. Nd5 Bf3 74. Ne3+ Kf6 75. Kc5 Be2 76. Nc2 Bf1
77. Nd4 Bd3 78. Nxb5 Kf5 79. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.05.31"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Diego Gustavo Adla"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3
Bh5 7. c3 Nf6 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Qc2 O-O
12. b4 d5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. d4 f6 16. Ng4 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf7 19. Ne3 Re8 20. Rd1 Qa5 21. c4 Qa4
22. Bb2 Qb4 23. Qc2 Bg6 24. Qc3 Rb8 25. Qxb4 Bxb4 26. d5 cxd5
27. cxd5 Bf8 28. Bc3 Rec8 29. Be1 Ba3 30. dxe6 Bb2 31. Nd5 Re8
0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.01"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hichem Hamdouchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. f3 a4
12. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.02"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Svetushkin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 c5
7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Nb3 Bxc5 9. Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qb3 Qe7
12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Be3 Qb6
17. Qc3 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Bg6 19. Qd2 Nb4 20. h4 Rc2 21. Rxc2 Nxc2
22. h5 Bf5 23. Rc1 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Qxb2 25. a4 h6 26. Kh2 Be4
27. Rc7 Qb4 28. f3 Bh7 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 f6 31. Bb5 fxe5
32. dxe5 Rf5 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. Rxb7 a5 36. Rb8+
Ke7 37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.03"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6
7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. O-O-O Ne7
12. a3 O-O-O 13. Kb1 d5 14. Rhe1 Rd7 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. f5 Re8
17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Ba5 Bd4 19. Qf1 Bc6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Be4
Qc5 22. Qf3 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Bb6 e5
26. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Qb5 Bc6
12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxb8 Rfxb8
16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 b5 18. cxb5 Rxb5 19. Rxd7 Bf6 20. Nc4
Rb4 21. Rc1 Rxa2 22. e4 Kf8 23. e5 Be7 24. Rc7 Ra8 25. Nd6
Rxb2 26. R1xc5 Rbb8 27. h4 Rd8 28. R5c6 h5 29. Rc3 Bxd6
30. exd6 Ra5 31. Rd7 Ke8 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Rb7 g6 34. Rc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexei Vladimirovich Barsov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+
Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1
Nce4 12. Be3 Rc8 13. c3 Bc5 14. Qb3 Qa5 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Nd4
h6 17. Nf5 Rd7 18. Bd4 Rc6 19. Qc2 Qd8 20. N1e3 Bf8 21. f3 Ng5
22. h4 Ngh7 23. Qf2 g6 24. Ng3 h5 25. Nc2 a5 26. Ne2 Bd6
27. Nc1 Qc7 28. Qd2 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 Bg3 30. Bf2 Bf4 31. Qd3 Bg3
32. Qd2 Bf4 33. Qe2 Re6 34. Qd3 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Re7 36. Ne3 Nf8
37. Ne2 Bd6 38. Kg1 Bc5 39. Kf1 Ne6 40. Bg3 Qd8 41. Nf4 Qb6
42. Nexd5 Nxd5 43. Qxd5 Bd6 44. Nxe6 Bxg3 45. Qd8+ Qxd8
46. Nxd8 b6 47. Nc6 Kf8 48. b4 axb4 49. Nxb4 Ke8 50. Nd5 b5
51. c4 bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.18"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Bc4 g5 11. Bf2 Qc7 12. Qe2
Nb6 13. Bb3 gxf4 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Rhe1 Rg8 16. g3 fxg3
17. Bxg3 e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rg7 20. Kb1 O-O-O 21. Bf2
Rd7 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Bxf7 Kb8 24. Bb3 Rc7 25. Rd3 Rg5 26. Rf1
h5 27. h3 Rg1 28. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 29. Ka2 Qg5 30. Qf3 h4 31. Re3
Rc5 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Bf6 34. Rb4 Qg7 35. Qd3 Qd7 36. Rb6
Rc6 37. Rb4 Qc7 38. Qd5 Ka7 39. Rg4 Qc8 40. Qe4 d5 41. Qxd5
Qxf5 42. c3 Qf2 43. Qf7 e4 44. Rg7 Qb6 45. Rg2 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nxc3 5.bxc3 g6 6.d4 Bg7
7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rc1 b6 12.Qd2 Bb7
13.Bh6 Rad8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.f4 Qd7 16.Bb5 Qe6 17.f5 Qd6
18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.d5 Bd7 20.c4 Qe5 21.Rc3 Rh8 22.Rh3 f6 23.Qf4
b5 24.Qh6+ Kf7 25.Nf4 Rdg8 26.Ne6 bxc4 27.Ra3 Qxe4 28.Ng5+
fxg5 29.fxg6+ Ke8 30.Rxa7 hxg6 31.Ra8+ Bc8 32.Qxg5 Kd8 33.d6
Qd4+ 34.Rf2 Qd1+ 35.Rf1 Qd4+ 36.Rf2 Qd1+ 37.Rf1 Qxd6 38.h3
Qd4+ 39.Kh1 Rf8 40.Re1 Rf6 41.Qg3 Rhf8 0-1

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.20"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yannick Pelletier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O Qe7 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. f3 Ne5
12. Rad1 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Rac8 15. Rfe1 Nxd5 16. exd5
Ng4 17. Bb5 Nxe3 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Qd2 Bh6 20. Nc2 f5 21. Qd3
f4 22. Nxe3 fxe3 23. Re2 Rf8 24. Qb3 Qe5 25. Rc1 Bf4 26. g3
Bxg3 27. hxg3 Rxf3 28. Rg2 Rxg3 29. Qc3 Qf4 30. Rxg3 Qxg3+
31. Kh1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3
12. Nxc3 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nc6 14. c3 Be7 15. f4 f5 16. gxf5 Rxf5
17. Be3 Bd7 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. b4 Be8 20. Qc4 Bf7 21. Ng3 Rf6
22. Ne4 Rf5 23. Ng3 Rf6 24. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "191"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.Nf1
Bxc1 8.Rxc1 Nge7 9.Ne3 O-O 10.O-O Ng6 11.Ncd5 Be6 12.c3 Na5
13.Nf5 Kh8 14.g3 Qd7 15.Nde3 Ne7 16.Nxe7 Nxc4 17.dxc4 Qxe7
18.Qd3 Rad8 19.Rcd1 b6 20.Rd2 Rd7 21.b3 Re8 22.Kg2 Qg5 23.Rfd1
Kg8 24.Qe2 Red8 25.Qf3 Qe7 26.h4 Qf8 27.h5 Qe7 28.h6 g6 29.Nd5
Bxd5 30.Rxd5 Qg5 31.Rh1 Kf8 32.Qd3 Qf6 33.Qe3 Qe6 34.Rf1 f6
35.b4 Ke8 36.Rfd1 Kf7 37.a4 Ke7 38.a5 Rc8 39.b5 Qg4 40.axb6
axb6 41.Ra1 Rb8 42.f3 Qe6 43.Qd2 Kf7 44.Rd1 Ke7 45.Ra1 Kf7
46.Ra6 Qe7 47.Qe3 Qe6 48.Qc1 g5 49.Qh1 Kg6 50.g4 Kf7 51.Kf2
Ke7 52.Qf1 Kf7 53.Ke3 Kg6 54.Qh1 Kf7 55.Kd3 Ke7 56.Kc2 Qg8
57.Qa1 Qf8 58.Rd1 Rdb7 59.Rh1 Kf7 60.Kb3 Qe7 61.Qa2 Qd7 62.Ra1
Qe7 63.Qd2 Kg6 64.Qh2 Kf7 65.R1a2 Qd7 66.Qh5+ Kf8 67.Qh1 Kf7
68.Qd1 Kg6 69.Rd2 Rd8 70.Qh1 Kf7 71.Rda2 Rdb8 72.Ra1 Qe7
73.R6a2 Rd7 74.Qd1 Kg6 75.Qh1 Kf7 76.Qb1 Rdb7 77.Qd3 Kg6 78.f4
gxf4 79.Qh3 Kf7 80.Ra8 Qe6 81.Qh5+ Kf8 82.Qf5 Qxf5 83.gxf5
Rxa8 84.Rxa8+ Kf7 85.Kc2 Re7 86.Kd3 Re8 87.Ra7+ Kg8 88.Rg7+
Kf8 89.Rxh7 Kg8 90.Ra7 Kh8 91.h7 Rb8 92.Ke2 Rd8 93.Kf3 Rc8
94.Kg4 Rd8 95.Kh5 f3 96.Kg6 1-0

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rfd1 a6
12. Rac1 Rfe8 13. d4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2
cxd4 17. exd4 Qb7 18. Ne3 Rac8 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. d5 e5 21. h4 g6
22. h5 f5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Kg2 Nf6 25. Rh1 Qd7 26. Rh4 Bg7
27. Rch1 g5 28. Rh5 f4 29. Rxg5 fxe3 30. Qxe3 Rf8 31. Rh4 Nh7
32. Rgh5 Nf6 33. Rg5 Nh7 34. Rgh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6
12. d6 Re8 13. Qd3 b5 14. f3 b4 15. Nd1 Re6 16. Qc2 Nh5
17. Be3 Be5 18. g3 Rxd6 19. Qc5 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Ne3 Be6
22. Nc2 Rd2 23. Nxb4 Rxb2 24. Qc3 Rxb4 25. Qxb4 Rb8 26. Qc3
Qb6 27. a3 Bh3 28. Bf1 Be6 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Kf2 Rb3 31. Qd4
Rxa3 32. Qd8+ Qxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kg7 34. Be2 Nf6 35. Rc1 Ra2
36. Ke3 a5 37. Rd2 Ra3+ 38. Rd3 Ra2 39. Rxc6 a4 40. Rcc3 Nd7
41. Ra3 Rb2 42. Rd2 Rb4 43. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yannick Pelletier"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 Ngf6
7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-O Rb8 10.Nc3 b5 11.Qd3 a6 12.a4 b4
13.Ne4 a5 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.Bg5 Bb7 16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.Rfe1 c6
18.Re5 Rd7 19.c3 bxc3 20.bxc3 Rd5 21.Rae1 h6 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.Rxe6 fxe6 24.Qg6+ Kh8 25.Qxh6+ Kg8 26.Qg6+ Kh8 27.Re4 f5
28.Qh6+ Kg8 29.Rxe6 Rd7 30.Rg6+ Kf7 31.Rxc6 Ke8 32.d5 Re7
33.c4 f4 34.Qh5+ Rff7 35.Kg2 f3+ 36.Kh3 Qd7+ 37.g4 Kd8 38.Qg5
Rg7 39.Qf4 Ke8 40.Kg3 Qb7 41.Qf5 Rc7 42.Rh6 Rh7 43.Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5
cxd5 8.Ne5 e6 9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Bf2 Bd7 13.e4
Ne7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.e5 Rac8 16.Qe2 Rc4 17.Rfc1 Rfc8 18.Bf1
R4c7 19.Qe1 a6 20.b3 Bf8 21.Qd2 Nc6 22.a3 f5 23.Kg2 Qg7 24.Be3
Be7 25.Bd3 Na5 26.Qb2 g5 27.Ne2 g4 28.Rh1 h5 29.h3 Kf7 30.Rh2
h4 31.Bd2 Nc6 32.Rah1 Rh8 33.hxg4 Qxg4 34.Rh3 Rcc8 35.Ng1 Qg7
36.Nf3 hxg3 37.b4 Rxh3 38.Rxh3 Rh8 39.Rxh8 Qxh8 40.b5 axb5
41.Bxb5 Qc8 42.a4 Nc4 43.Bxc4 dxc4 44.Qc1 Nb4 45.Bxb4 Bxb4
46.d5 Qc5 47.dxe6+ Kxe6 48.Kxg3 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.29"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5
7. Ne5 a6 8. O-O Bb7 9. a4 Be7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8
12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Qa1 Bb7 14. Qa7 Qc8 15. Nxc4 Nxf4 16. Nb6
Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Qc7 18. Na8 Qc8 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Na8 Qc8 21. Nb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[EventDate "2011.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Romain Edouard"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7
7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O a5 9. Qe2 a4 10. Rd1 c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. h4 Nb6
13. a3 Na5 14. h5 Nb3 15. Rb1 Kd7 16. Nf1 Nxc1 17. Rbxc1 Kc7
18. Ne3 Kb7 19. Rf1 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Rce1 Qc7 22. Nh2 Bd6
23. Neg4 Bd7 24. g3 Raf8 25. Qe3 Bc8 26. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.15"]
[EventDate "2011.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean-Pierre Le Roux"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Nd2
Nb4 13. Rd1 c6 14. a3 N4d5 15. Nde4 Qc8 16. Nc5 Nxc3 17. bxc3
Bc4 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Bh3 e6 20. Ne4 Qc7 21. a4 Nf6 22. Nd2 Ba6
23. Ba3 b6 24. Bg2 Rac8 25. Rab1 Red8 26. h3 c5 27. Qb2 Bd3
28. Rbc1 e5 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Qxb6 Nd5 31. Qxa5 Nxc3 32. Nc4
Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Qf5 34. Nb6 Qxf2 35. Qe1 Qxe1 36. Rxe1 Rb8
37. Bxc5 Be5 38. Rxe2 Bxe2 39. Rc2 Ba6 40. Bf3 h5 41. Kg2 Kh7
42. a5 Rbc8 43. Nxc8 Rxc8 44. Bd5 Bd6 45. Bxd6 Rxc2+ 46. Kf3
Rd2 47. e4 Rd3+ 48. Kf2 f6 49. Bc7 h4 50. gxh4 Rxh3 51. Bg3
Rh1 52. Ke3 Rd1 53. Bd6 Rd3+ 54. Kf2 Kg7 55. Bf4 Ra3 56. Bc7
Rc3 57. Bd6 Rh3 58. Bg3 Rh1 59. Ke3 Rd1 60. Bf4 Kh7 61. Bc7
Rd3+ 62. Kf2 Kh6 63. Bd8 f5 64. Bf6 Kh5 65. Ba8 Kg4 0-1

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.16"]
[EventDate "2011.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hichem Hamdouchi"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 O-O
12. b3 c5 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Qc7 Qxc7 16. Bxc7 Rdc8
17. Be5 Rd8 18. Bc7 Rdc8 19. Ba5 Bd8 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Na4 Ne4
22. Rd3 Bc6 23. Rfd1 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 c4 25. Bxc4 Bxa4 26. bxa4
Nc5 27. f4 g6 28. Rd4 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 h5 31. a5 Rb8
32. Be2 Rb2 33. Rc4 Kd6 34. a4 Ra2 35. Kd4 Rxa4 36. Rxa4 Nxa4
37. Bb5 Nc5 38. Be8 Nb7 39. Bxf7 Nxa5 40. Bxg6 h4 41. Be4 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.17"]
[EventDate "2011.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Andrei Istratescu"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Qc2 d6 6. g4 b6
7. g5 Nfd7 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. a3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2
12. Rg1 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Bb7 14. g6 Qe7 15. gxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.18"]
[EventDate "2011.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Shchekachev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qa3 O-O 9. e4 N8d7 10. h3 c6 11. b3 c5
12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Nb5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.19"]
[EventDate "2011.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 Be6 11. Rd1
Bb4 12. Ne2 Bd5 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. Bd2 Bc5 16. Nf5
Bf8 17. Be3 b6 18. f3 Be6 19. g4 Rd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Kg2 g6
22. Ng3 Bg7 23. Bf4 Kd7 24. Rd1 Kc8 25. b3 Rd8 26. Kf2 c5
27. c4 Bc6 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Ke3 Kd7 30. Ne4 h6 31. Bg3 Ke6
32. f4 f6 33. exf6 Bxf6 34. Nxf6 Kxf6 35. Bh4+ Ke6 36. Bd8 Bg2
37. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.20"]
[EventDate "2011.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Iossif Davidovich Dorfman"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. d4
Ndb4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qd1 e5 9. a3 exd4 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7
Kxe7 17. e3 Rd6 18. Rc1 Rhd8 19. Be2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.22"]
[EventDate "2011.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Bg5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbc6 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O Bg6
12. Re1 a6 13. Ba4 Qd7 14. Qd2 h6 15. Be3 Nc8 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Ne2 Rb8 18. Qc3 Bb4 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxc6+ Kd8 21. c3 Ba5
22. b4 Bc7 23. f4 Bb6 24. Nd4 Na7 25. Ba4 Ke7 26. Nb3 Bc2
27. Bxb6 Rxb6 28. Rac1 Bxb3 29. axb3 Rc8 30. Kf2 Nb5 31. c4
dxc4 32. bxc4 Na3 33. b5 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.23"]
[EventDate "2011.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sebastien Feller"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d5 Na6 10. Bh3 Bxf3 11. exf3 e6
12. Rb1 c6 13. Bf4 cxd5 14. cxd5 Rc8 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bd6 Nc7
17. dxe6 dxe6 18. f4 Nd5 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nb4 21. Re4
Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nd5 23. Re2 Nf6 24. Red2 h5 25. Bg2 Rc5 26. Bf3
Kg7 27. h4 Rec8 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. a3 Ke7 30. Ke2 R8c7 31. Rd3 a5
32. Rb3 b5 33. Ke1 Ne8 34. Rbd3 Ng7 35. Be4 Nf5 36. Bxf5 Rxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.24"]
[EventDate "2011.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Emmanuel Bricard"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bc4 Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. Rad1 Nbd7
12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Rfe1 Rac8 14. Bb3 Rfe8 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bd2
Qc7 17. Be3 Nb6 18. a4 a5 19. f4 e6 20. Qf2 Nfd7 21. f5 exf5
22. exf5 d5 23. Rf1 gxf5 24. Kh1 Rb8 25. Bf4 Be5 26. Bc1 Qd6
27. Rd3 Nc5 28. Rf3 Nxb3 29. cxb3 Nd7 30. Ne2 Kh8 31. Rxf5 f6
32. Rh5 Rxb3 33. Nd4 Bxd4 34. Qc2 Qe7 35. Qxb3 Qe2 36. Qd1 Nc5
37. Rh4 Qxd1 38. Rxd1 Be5 39. Bf4 Bxb2 40. Bc7 Ne4 41. Rb1 Bc3
42. Rb6 c5 43. Bf4 Re7 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rd8 d4 46. Kh2 Ng5
47. Bd6 Re4 48. Rh5 c4 49. g4 d3 50. Rd7+ Kg8 51. h4 Re2+
52. Kg3 Ne4+ 53. Kf3 Nxd6 54. Rxd6 Re7 55. Rc5 Bb4 56. Rd8+
Kf7 57. Rxc4 d2 58. Re4 Rc7 59. h5 Rc1 60. Rd7+ Kf8 61. Red4
h6 62. Ke4 Rf1 63. Rxd2 Bxd2 64. Rxd2 Ra1 65. Rd4 Kf7 66. Kd5
Rf1 67. Kc6 f5 68. gxf5 Rxf5 69. Rd5 Rf4 70. Rxa5 Rh4 71. Ra7+
Kf6 72. a5 Rxh5 73. a6 Ra5 74. Kb6 Ra1 75. Rc7 h5 76. Rc5 Kg6
77. a7 h4 78. Ra5 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Caen FRA"]
[Date "2011.08.25"]
[EventDate "2011.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6
7. Be3 O-O 8. Bb5 Be6 9. Nf3 N8d7 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Nc4
12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Bd4 e5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. b3 Be6 16. b4 f5
17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Nb5 fxe4 19. Nd6 exf3 20. g3 e4 21. Nxe8 Rcxe8
22. O-O Bxa1 23. Qxa1 Bc4 24. Rc1 Bd3 25. Qd4 Ne5 26. b5 Bxb5
27. Qxe4 Nd3 28. Qd5+ Rf7 29. Rb1 Nxf2 30. Rxb5 Ng4 31. Rb1
Re2 32. Qd8+ Rf8 33. Qd5+ Rf7 34. Qd8+ Rf8 35. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ziaur Rahman"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qa3 O-O 9. Rd1 N8d7 10. e3 Nd5 11. Bg3 c6
12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. Rb1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 b6
17. Qa4 Qd7 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Qh3 20. Ke2 Bh6 21. Bg3 Nh5
22. Ba6 b5 23. Qa3 Rd7 24. Qc5 Qe6 25. d5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 cxd5
27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. exd5 Rd8 29. Rd1 Bg7 30. d6 Nxg3+ 31. fxg3
exd6 32. Rd3 Rb8 33. Rxd6 Bxc3 34. Rd7 Rb6 35. Rxa7 Bd4
36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Kf1 h5 38. f4 Bc5 39. Kg2 b4 40. Bc4 Rd6
41. Re8 Rd4 42. Bb5 h4 43. Kh3 hxg3 44. hxg3 Kf6 45. Rc8 Bd6
46. Bc4 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ziaur Rahman"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. Rfe1 e5 10. Bh6 Re8 11. h3 Nf8
12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Qc3 Rad8 15. Ng3 h6 16. Rad1
N6h7 17. Bc4 f6 18. h4 h5 19. Rd3 Be6 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Ne2 c5
22. d5 Nef8 23. Nd2 Qd7 24. f4 Re7 25. Rg3 Kh8 26. Rf1 Rg7
27. Qe3 Re8 28. f5 g5 29. Rh3 Qa4 30. b3 Qxa2 31. Qc3 Qa6
32. Nc4 Rd8 33. hxg5 Nxg5 34. Rxh5+ Nfh7 35. Ra1 Qb5 36. Rxa7
Nxe4 37. Qd3 Ng5 38. Nxe5 c4 39. Nxc4 Qc5+ 40. Qe3 Qxd5
41. Ng3 Rdg8 42. Kh2 Nf7 43. Rh3 Ng5 44. Rh6 Nf7 45. Rg6 Rxg6
46. fxg6 Rxg6 47. Ra8+ Rg8 48. Rxg8+ Kxg8 49. Qe8+ Nf8 50. Qe4
Qg5 51. Nf5 Qh5+ 52. Kg3 Qg5+ 53. Qg4 d5 54. Ne7+ Kg7 55. Nxd5
Qxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Ne6 57. c3 b5 58. Nce3 Nh6+ 59. Kf3 b4 60. cxb4
Nd4+ 61. Ke4 Nxb3 62. b5 Nf7 63. Nf5+ Kg6 64. Nf4+ Kg5
65. Ne6+ Kg4 66. b6 Na5 67. Ned4 Ne5 68. Ne3+ Kg3 69. Ndf5+
Kh2 70. Kf4 Nd7 71. Kf3 Kg1 72. Nd4 f5 73. Ne2+ Kh1 74. Kf2 f4
75. Nxf4 Nc5 76. g4 Ne4+ 77. Kf3 Ng5+ 78. Kg3 Ne4+ 79. Kh4 Kg1
80. Nh3+ Kh2 81. g5 Nc6 82. g6 Nd6 83. g7 Ne7 84. Nf4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Be6 8. Ng5 Bf5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Bd2 h6 11. Nf3 dxc4
12. Qa3 Qc7 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 a5 15. Qb3 a4 16. Qd1 Nbd7
17. Nh4 Be6 18. f4 Qa7 19. Bd3 b4 20. Ne2 Bg4 21. h3 Bxe2
22. Qxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4
dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4
Ba6 12. Na5 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rc1 c5 15. b3 O-O 16. Bf3 Rfd8
17. O-O Kf8 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. Be1 Bg5 20. Rc2 Nb4 21. Rxd8+
Bxd8 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Nc6 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. Nge2 a6 8. a4 O-O 9. O-O Ne8 10. Qc2 Bg5 11. Nd1 Bxc1
12. Rxc1 g6 13. Ne3 Ng7 14. g3 Nf6 15. f3 Bd7 16. Nc3 h5
17. h4 Nh7 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Qe7 20. a5 Rae8 21. Rcf1 f5
22. R4f3 Qe5 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Kg2
Ref8 27. Qe4 Qf6 28. Rxf5 gxf5 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Qxf6+ Nxf6
31. Rxf5 Rb8 32. Rf2 b6 33. axb6 Rxb6 34. Re2 Rb4 35. Kf1 Kf7
36. Re6 Rxb2 37. Rxd6 Rc2 38. Ne2 Rxc4 39. Rxa6 Nxd5 40. Rh6
Nf6 41. Nf4 Rxf4+ 42. gxf4 Kg7 43. Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. d4 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Be3 d5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Qd2 dxc4
12. Rxc4 Na5 13. Rcc1 Rc8 14. b4 Nb7 15. Rfd1 e6 16. Bf1 a5
17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Nd6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Nf5
22. Qf4 Bb7 23. d5 e5 24. Qd2 e4 25. Ne1 e3 26. fxe3 Re8
27. Rc3 Nd6 28. Qa2 Ne4 29. Rcd3 Qd6 30. Nf3 Ra8 31. Qb2 Bc8
32. Bg2 Ra4 33. Rd4 Bd7 34. Rc1 Ra7 35. Qc2 Qe7 36. Qb3 Nd6
37. Rd3 Rea8 38. Nd4 Ra1 39. Qc3 Rxc1+ 40. Qxc1 Qe5 41. Rc3
Ra7 42. Kf2 f5 43. Ra3 Rxa3 44. Qxa3 Ne4+ 45. Bxe4 fxe4
46. Qa8+ Kf7 47. Ke1 Qe7 48. b5 Qb4+ 49. Kf2 Qf8 50. Qa4 Kg7+
51. Ke1 Qd6 52. Qc4 Qe5 53. Ne6+ Bxe6 54. dxe6 Kf6 55. Qc6 g5
56. Qd7 Qxe6 57. Qxc7 h6 58. Qd8+ Kg6 59. Qc7 Kh5 60. Qc6 Qb3
61. Qe8+ Kg4 62. Qd7+ Kh5 63. Kf2 Qc4 64. Qe8+ Kg4 65. Qc6
Qf7+ 66. Kg2 Kh5 67. Qxe4 Qd7 68. Qf3+ g4 69. Qc6 Qf7 70. e4
Qe7 71. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Kasparov - Lagrave Blitz Match"]
[Site "Clichy FRA"]
[Date "2011.09.17"]
[EventDate "2011.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 Nd7
12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qd1 Rc8 14. f4 e5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 d5
17. g4 e4 18. Bf4 Nde5 19. dxe4 d4 20. g5 Re8 21. Qh5 dxc3
22. bxc3 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Qxd3 24. f6 Bf8 25. Qf3 c4 26. Qxd3 cxd3
27. e5 Nd8 28. Ne4 Ne6 29. Be3 Red8 30. Rad1 Rd5 31. Bd4 Nxd4
32. cxd4 Rxd4 33. Kf2 Re8 34. Ng3 Rd5 35. h4 Bb4 36. Re4 Bc3
37. Nf5 Kf8 38. Ne7 Rd4 39. Kf3 Red8 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Nf5 Rd5
42. Ne3 Rd4 43. Nf5 Rd5 44. Ne3 Rd4 45. Rc1 Ba5 46. Rc8+ Bd8
47. h5 Ke8 48. e6 d2 49. e7 d1=Q+ 50. Nxd1 Rxd1 51. h6 Rd6
52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53. Kf3 Rd6 54. Ke2 Re6+ 55. Kd3 Rd6+ 56. Ke4 b5
57. g6 fxg6 58. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 59. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Kasparov - Lagrave Blitz Match"]
[Site "Clichy FRA"]
[Date "2011.09.17"]
[EventDate "2011.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. c3 Nxb3 11. axb3 c5
12. Nf1 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne3 Bb7 16. c4 g6
17. Qd2 Bg7 18. b4 cxb4 19. Qxb4 Bc6 20. b3 a5 21. Qd2 bxc4
22. bxc4 Qc7 23. h4 h5 24. Ng5 a4 25. Qe2 Qd7 26. Ra3 Reb8
27. Nd5 Ra7 28. Rea1 Rb3 29. Rxb3 axb3 30. Rb1 Rb7 31. Qd2
Bxd5 32. cxd5 Bh6 33. Qc3 Bxg5 34. hxg5 Qg4 35. f3 Qd7 36. d4
exd4 37. Qxd4 Qb5 38. Qf6 Qb6+ 39. Kh2 b2 40. Kh3 Rb8 41. g4
hxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Qf2 43. Qxd6 Rb3 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qf6+ Kg8
46. Qf4 Qc2 47. Qe5 Qxb1 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Unive (Crown Group)"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 a5 8. Bg5 c5 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Qd2 Na6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. b3 Nc5 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 d5
17. cxd5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxd5 19. Qd3 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. Nd6
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd8 23. Rc6 Bc5 24. Nc4 Rd1 25. a4 Re1 26. e3
Rb1 27. Nxb6 Bb4 28. Nc4 Rxb3 29. Ra6 g5 30. Nxa5 Bxa5
31. Rxa5 Ra3 32. g4 Kg7 33. Ra8 Kg6 34. a5 Ra4 35. h3 Ra2
36. a6 Kf6 37. Ra7 Ra4 38. Kf3 Ra2 39. Kg3 Kg6 40. Ra8 Kg7
41. f4 Ra3 42. Kf3 gxf4 43. Kxf4 Kf6 44. h4 Ra4+ 45. e4 Ra5
46. h5 e5+ 47. Ke3 Ra4 48. a7 Kg7 49. Kd3 Rd4+ 50. Kc3 Ra4
51. Kb3 Ra1 52. Kb4 Ra2 53. Kc5 Ra6 54. Kd5 Ra5+ 55. Kd6 Kh7
56. Kc6 Ra1 57. Kb6 Rb1+ 58. Kc5 Ra1 59. Kd6 Ra5 60. Re8 Rxa7
61. Rxe5 Kg7 62. Rf5 Ra6+ 63. Ke5 f6+ 64. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Unive (Crown Group)"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qa3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nd5 10. Bg3 Bf5 11. h4 O-O
12. e3 Bg4 13. Bc4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 e6 15. Rd2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qf6
17. Be2 h5 18. d5 Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 exd5 20. Rxd5 Bxc3 21. Rhd1
Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Bxc7 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Unive (Crown Group)"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 dxc4
7. e3 Nd5 8. Bxc4 Nxf4 9. exf4 Bf6 10. Qd3 c5 11. O-O-O cxd4
12. Ne4 Nd7 13. Kb1 b5 14. Bxb5 Bb7 15. Bxd7 Bxe4 16. Qxe4
Qxd7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Rfd8 19. Rd3 Qa4 20. Rc1 Rd5
21. Rc7 Rad8 22. Ka2 h6 23. Qf3 Qe8 24. Qe4 a5 25. g4 Rb8
26. Rxd4 Qb5 27. Rc2 Rxe5 28. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Unive (Crown Group)"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2011.10.20"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. Be3 Nb6
12. Bg5 Be7 13. b3 h4 14. Bxh4 Rxh4 15. gxh4 Nh5 16. Bf3 Nf4
17. Bg4 Bxh4 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc3 21. Kf1
Qc7 22. a5 Qc5 23. Qe1+ Re3 24. Qd2 Nxd5 25. c4 Rd3 26. Qe2+
Re3 27. Qc2 Nb4 28. Qd2 Bxf2 29. Qxf2 Nd3 30. Qd2 f3 31. Rh2
Qe5 32. Rd1 Kf8 33. Rf2 Nxf2 34. Qxf2 Qe4 35. Qd2 Kg8 36. Qxd6
g6 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qf6 Rd3 39. Qxf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Re1
Rd1 42. Qf7+ Kh6 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Unive (Crown Group)"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2011.10.21"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
a6 7. d4 b5 8. Qd3 Bg7 9. g3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bc6
12. Qf4 O-O 13. Bg2 Qd6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qh4 e5 16. d5 Qxd5
17. Be3 Qb5 18. Rac1 Bd5 19. Rxc7 Rac8 20. Ng5 h6 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Ne4 g5 23. Qh3 Be6 24. Qh5 Rc4 25. Rd1 b3 26. a3 Rd4
27. Bxd4 exd4 28. h4 Ne5 29. hxg5 Bg4 30. Qh4 Qxe2 31. Rxd4
Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 Bxf3 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Nd2 Bc6 35. gxh6 Bxb2
36. Qg5 Qd1+ 37. Nf1 Qf3 38. Qg8+ Kxh6 39. Rd6+ Bf6 40. Qh8+
Kg5 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42. Rxc6 Qxc6 43. Ne3 Qf3 44. Ng4+ Kh5
45. Nh2 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qd5+ 47. Kh3 Qe6+ 48. Ng4 Bg5 49. f3 Qf5
50. Qh8+ Kg6 51. Qg8+ Kh5 52. Qg7 Be3 53. Qc3 Qe6 54. Qg7 Bh6
55. Qh8 f5 56. Nxh6 Qxh6 57. Qg8 Qd6 58. Qxb3 Kg6 59. Qg8+ Kf6
60. Qh8+ Kg6 61. Qg8+ Kf6 62. f4 Qd3 63. Qf8+ Kg6 64. Kh4 Qd5
65. Qe8+ Kf6 66. Qh8+ Kg6 67. Qh5+ Kg7 68. g4 Qh1+ 69. Kg5 Qc6
70. gxf5 Qg2+ 71. Qg4 Qb2 72. Qf3 Qf6+ 73. Kg4 Qb6 74. Qc3+
Kf7 75. Qe1 Qd4 76. Qe6+ Kf8 77. Qc8+ Kf7 78. Qe6+ Kf8 79. f6
Qg1+ 80. Kf5 Qc5+ 81. Qe5 Qc2+ 82. Kg5 Qg2+ 83. Kh6 Qh2+
84. Kg6 Qc2+ 85. Qf5 Qc3 86. Qd5 Qc2+ 87. f5 1-0

[Event "15th Unive (Crown Group)"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2011.10.22"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "192"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5
7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Qc2 Na6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Rd1 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qc7
12. Qxe4 Nxc5 13. Qe5 Qc6 14. g3 Bf6 15. Qe3 Bxb2 16. Bg2 Qc7
17. O-O b6 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Bb4 a6
22. Rd2 Bf6 23. Nd6 Qc6 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Rfd1
Rfd8 27. Qf3 Kf8 28. Qf4 f6 29. Nc3 Rd4 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Qxd4
Rd8 32. Qh4 Rxd1+ 33. Nxd1 h6 34. Qf4 Bxa3 35. Qb8+ Kf7
36. Qb3 Bc5 37. Qc2 Bd4 38. Qd3 Qd6 39. Nc3 Be5 40. Qc2 Bxc3
41. Qxc3 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qxe2 43. Qd4 Ke8 44. c5 Qa2 45. Qb4 Qd5+
46. Kg1 Kd7 47. Qb6 Qc6 48. Qa7+ Qc7 49. Qxa6 Qxc5 50. h4 Ke7
51. Qb7+ Kf8 52. Qd7 Qe7 53. Qc8+ Kf7 54. Qc6 Qa7 55. Kg2 Ke7
56. Qc8 Kf7 57. Qc6 Qd4 58. Qc7+ Kg6 59. h5+ Kh7 60. Qf7 Qe4+
61. Kg1 Qf5 62. Qe8 e5 63. Kg2 Qe4+ 64. Kg1 Qc4 65. Qg6+ Kh8
66. Qe8+ Qg8 67. Qe7 Kh7 68. Qd7 Qf8 69. Qf5+ Kh8 70. Qe6 Qb8
71. Kh2 Qg8 72. Qd7 Qf8 73. Qe6 Qd8 74. Kg2 Qg8 75. Qd7 Qa8+
76. Kg1 Qb8 77. Qe6 Kh7 78. Kh2 Qd8 79. Kg2 Qa8+ 80. Kg1 Kh8
81. Kh2 Qe4 82. Qe8+ Kh7 83. Kg1 Qf5 84. Kg2 e4 85. Kg1 Qg4
86. Kg2 f5 87. Kh2 Qg5 88. Kg2 Qf6 89. Kh2 Qg5 90. Kg2 Qf6
91. Kh2 Qb6 92. Kg2 Qd6 93. Kh3 Qd5 94. Kh2 Qc5 95. Kg1 Qd6
96. Kg2 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hans Tikkanen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 b6
12. Bd3 e6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. f4 Qe7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. e5 Rfd8
17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Nd4 19. Qa4 Nxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Bf8 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Emil Davidovich Sutovsky"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2
Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 a5 16. Rxb7 a4
17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc6 19. e5 Qc4 20. Rb2 Nxd4 21. Bxa8 Rxa8
22. Rd2 Nf5 23. Qf3 Qc8 24. e6 fxe6 25. Bc7 Qa6 26. Qe4 a3
27. Be5 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Qc6 29. Ra1 Kf7 30. Kh2 Ra4 31. f3
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viorel Iordachescu"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Rb1 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Bf5 10. Ra1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 c6 13. Rd1 Bc7 14. Bf4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras/Greece"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 1... e5 2. Nf3 2... Nf6 3. Nxe5 3... d6 4. Nf3 4... Nxe4
5. d4 5... d5 6. Bd3 6... Nc6 7. O-O 7... Be7 8. Nc3 8... Bf5
9. Re1 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 11... O-O
12. Rb1 12... Na5 13. Bf4 13... c6 14. c4 14... dxc4 15. Qe4
15... Bf6 16. Bd2 16... c3 17. Bxc3 17... Nc4 18. a4 18... Qc8
19. Ne5 19... Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Na4 Be6
12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Qxa5 Nd7 14. Qb4 f5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bd3 fxe4
17. fxe4 Be5 18. a4 b6 19. Kd2 Qa7 20. b3 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Bd7
22. Qc3 Qa5 23. Be2 Bc6 24. b4 Qa8 25. a5 Bxe4 26. axb6 Qc6
27. Ra7 e5 28. b5 Qe8 29. c5 Qe6 30. c6 Bxg2 31. Qc4 Bd5
32. Qh4 h5 33. Qe7 Qxe7 34. Rxe7 Ra8 35. Ra7 Rxa7 36. bxa7 Kg7
37. Kc3 Kf6 38. Bd1 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Mushegovic Movsesian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 Qc7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3
Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. Bf2 Red8 16. Qe2 Bc8 17. Qc4
Bb7 18. f5 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 b5 22. axb5
axb5 23. Qe4 Nb4 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qg4 Nd5 26. Rad1 Rbc8
27. Qe4 Rc4 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 Qc7 30. Re1 h6 31. c3 Bf6
32. Bg1 Ne7 33. Qf3 Qc8 34. Bd4 Nd5 35. Bc5 Kh7 36. h3 Rd7
37. Bf2 Be7 38. Rd1 Nf6 39. Rxd7 Qxd7 40. Bd4 Nd5 41. Qd3 Kg8
42. Qe4 Bf6 43. Nc5 Qd8 44. Bf2 Ne7 45. Nd3 Qd7 46. g4 h5
47. Kg1 hxg4 48. hxg4 g6 49. fxg6 Nxg6 50. Kf1 Bg7 51. Ke2 Ne7
52. Nb4 f5 53. gxf5 Nxf5 54. Qa8+ Kf7 55. Qf3 Bh6 56. Nd5 Bg5
57. Be3 Ke6 58. Nb6 Qd8 59. Qe4+ Kf6 60. Nd5+ Kg6 61. Qe6+ Bf6
62. Bd4 1-0

[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 "SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 Bf5 9. Nd2 Ndb4 10. d5 Ne5 11. a3 Bc2
12. Qe1 Na6 13. Nde4 c6 14. Bf4 Bb3 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Rc1 Rc8
17. Qd2 f5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nd2 Bf7 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. Kf1 Nd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O
12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ng5 g6 14. Qh3 h5 15. Qg3 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qd7
17. Re3 Rae8 18. Rae1 Rxe3 19. fxe3 f6 20. Nf3 Qd6 21. Qh6 Ne7
22. Nh4 f5 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Ne5 Qg7 25. Qg5 Qf6 26. Qf4 Rd8
27. Rb1 b6 28. Rf1 Kg7 29. h3 Nc6 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Nxe5
32. dxe5 Qh4 33. gxf5 Qxf4 34. exf4 gxf5 35. Rf3 Kf7 36. Rh3
d4 37. c4 Rg8+ 38. Kf2 Rg4 39. Kf3 Rg1 40. Rh7+ Kg6 41. Rxc7
Rf1+ 42. Kg3 Re1 43. Kh4 Rh1+ 44. Kg3 Rg1+ 45. Kf2 Rg4 46. Kf3
Rh4 47. Rxa7 Rh2 48. Rd7 Rxc2 49. Rxd4 Rxa2 50. Rd6+ Kh5
51. Ke3 Rb2 52. Rf6 Rb3+ 53. Kd4 Kg4 54. e6 Rb1 55. Ke5 Re1+
56. Kd6 Kxf4 57. e7 Rd1+ 58. Kc7 Re1 59. Kd7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rac8
12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bf2 Bc6 16. Qf3 Kh8
17. Rad1 Nh5 18. Qe3 b6 19. Nd5 Rce8 20. Rf1 Nf4 21. Be1 Qc5
22. Bb4 Qxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Bxe4 24. Bxf8 Bxf8 25. Bxf7 Rc8 26. Kh2
Bc5 27. Nd5 Bxg2 28. Rxf4 Bxd5 29. Rff1 Be4 30. Rd7 Be3 31. c3
Bf4+ 32. Kg1 Be3+ 33. Kh2 Bf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. a4 Qe7 10. a5 O-O 11. Na4 Rd8
12. Qe1 Nh5 13. Qc3 Nf4 14. a6 Nf8 15. axb7 Bxb7 16. Qa3 Qc7
17. Bc4 N8e6 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Qa5
Qb7 22. b3 c5 23. Nd2 Nd4 24. Ra2 Rd7 25. Nc4 Rc8 26. c3 Qxb3
27. cxd4 Qxc4 28. Ra4 Qc2 29. dxc5 Rd1 30. Ra1 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1
Bf8 32. Rc1 Qxe4 33. Qxa7 Qd5 34. Kh1 h5 35. h3 Kh7 36. Kh2 e4
37. Qa6 Rc6 38. Qc4 Qxc4 39. Rxc4 f5 40. Kg1 Kg7 41. Rb4 Kf7
42. Rb6 Rc8 43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. Rb6+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ Ke6 46. Rb6+
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6
7. O-O d6 8. d3 Ne8 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. b4
b6 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. h3 Rc8 15. f4 f5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. e5 Nxe2+
18. Qxe2 e6 19. a4 Rb8 20. a5 Na6 21. axb6 axb6 22. d4 cxd4
23. Bxd4 Nc5 24. Rfd1 Qc7 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. cxb5 Rfd8 27. Qc4
Bf8 28. Bc6 Qf7 29. Kg2 h6 30. Be3 Rbc8 31. h4 Be7 32. Ra1 g5
33. hxg5 hxg5 34. fxg5 Qg6 35. Bxc5 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Bxc5 37. Bd7
Rf8 38. Bxe6+ Kh8 39. Qh4+ Qh7 40. Rd7 Qxh4 41. gxh4 Re8
42. Bxf5 Rxe5 43. Bd3 Re3 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. h5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5
Be6 12. a3 Bd5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Rad1 Be7 15. Nf3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+
Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Ng5 Ng6 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. b3 Rf8 22. Rd3 h4 23. Rd4 Rd8 24. Rg4 Nxe5 25. Rxh4 Rd2
26. Rh8+ Kd7 27. Rh7 Rxc2 28. Rxg7+ Ke8 29. Ne4 Nf7 30. h4 c5
31. Ng5 Nxg5 32. Rxg5 c4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34. h5 c5 35. g3 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2
Rf8 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. fxg3 f5 16. g4 f4 17. g5 Kh8
18. Kh1 c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. b3 Qc7 21. Ba3 Rfd8 22. Qg4 Nc8
23. Qe6 c5 24. Be2 Nb6 25. Rd2 d5 26. exd5 Rd6 27. Qg4 Rxd5
28. Rad1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 e4 30. Qe6 f3 31. gxf3 Qg3 32. Rc2 Qe1+
33. Kg2 exf3+ 34. Kxf3 Rf8+ 35. Ke3 Qg1+ 36. Kd2 Rd8+ 37. Bd3
c4 38. bxc4 Qxg5+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Kd1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "26"]

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. a3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d3 Qe8
12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 b6
7. c4 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. Ne1 O-O 10. h3 c5 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Rc1
Rad8 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nef3 a6 16. Rfd1 Rc8
17. Bf4 d5 18. Bg3 cxd4 19. exd4 Red8 20. b3 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Ne4
22. Bh4 Bf6 23. Nfd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Rc7 25. Qg5 Kg7 26. Ne5
Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Rc8 28. Qf4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2
Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bb5 Qd5 11. Nfxd4 O-O
12. Nxc6 Qxb5 13. Nxb4 Qxb4 14. Be3 Re8 15. Rc1 c6 16. f4 Nd5
17. Bc5 Qa4 18. Nd2 Qxd1 19. Rcxd1 b6 20. Bf2 Nxf4 21. Ne4 Ba6
22. Rfe1 Nd3 23. Re3 Bc4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Rd1 Bf5 10. Ne1 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Na6
12. e4 Bg4 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Qa4 Ne8 15. Ne2 Nd6 16. Nd3 Nb5
17. d5 cxd5 18. Be3 d4 19. Bd2 Nbc7 20. Ba5 Qc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6
22. Rdc1 Bd7 23. e5 Rab8 24. Bxc6 Bf5 25. Rd1 Bxd3 26. Rxd3
Bxe5 27. Rc1 Rxb2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Ne6 30. Bb5 Nac5
31. Bb4 d3 32. Nc3 d2 33. Rd1 Bxc3 34. Bxc3 Nd4 35. Bf1 Ne4
36. Bb4 Nc6 37. Ba3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. h3 Nc6
7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Nc3 c6
12. a4 Nh5 13. b3 Nf4 14. Qf3 Qf6 15. Kh2 g5 16. Ba3 g4
17. Qe3 Re8 18. Rd6 Qh4 19. Qg3 Qxg3+ 20. fxg3 Ne6 21. Bb2 Nd4
22. Rf1 Rf8 23. Ba3 Nxc2 24. Bc5 b6 25. Rd2 bxc5 26. Rxc2 a5
27. Nd1 Bh6 28. Rf6 Kg7 29. Rxc6 Bb7 30. Rxc5 gxh3 31. Rxe5
hxg2 32. Kxg2 Rfe8 33. Bd5 Bxd5 34. exd5 Rxe5 35. Rc5 Bd2
36. Kf3 h5 37. Rb5 Kg6 38. d6 Kf6 39. Nf2 Ke6 40. Ne4 Bb4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. h3 Be6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nbd7 11. b4 a6
12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Ncxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Rfe8 15. Bh2 Bf5 16. Nc3
e5 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Rad8 19. O-O-O a5 20. Nc7 Rf8 21. Bb5
axb4 22. e4 Bh6+ 23. f4 Bxe4 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxd7 exf4
26. Re1 f3+ 27. Kd1 f2 28. Rf1 Rd8 29. Rxf2 Rxd7+ 30. Bd6 b6
31. Ne8 Bg5 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Rxf6 bxc5 34. Ke1 Bxg2 35. Bxc5
Bxh3 36. Bxb4 Be6 37. Bc3 Rd5 38. Rf4 g5 39. Rd4 Rxd4 40. Bxd4
h6 41. Bc5 Kh7 42. Bf8 Kg6 43. Kf2 h5 44. Be7 h4 45. b4 Bd7
46. Bd8 f5 47. Be7 f4 48. Bd8 Kf5 49. Be7 h3 50. Bd8 g4
51. Bh4 Bc6 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nd2 Nxc5 6. e4 d6
7. Ngf3 Bg4 8. c3 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Nb3 Ne6
12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne5 15. Qd5 O-O 16. h5 g5
17. h6 Bf6 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Nb5 Qc6 20. Rd1 a6 21. Qxc6 Nxc6
22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Ne6 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. d5 Nf4 26. Bxf4 gxf4
27. Bd3 Bxb2 28. Rb1 Be5 29. Ke2 b5 30. Rgc1 Rc5 31. a4 Rxc1
32. Rxc1 bxa4 33. Rc4 Rg8 34. Rxa4 Rg6 35. Rxa6 Rxh6 36. Ra7
Bf6 37. Ra2 Kg7 38. Rc2 Rh5 39. Rc1 Rg5 40. Rh1 h5 41. Kf1 Kh6
42. Rg1 Rg6 43. Bb5 Bd4 44. Rxg6+ fxg6 45. Be8 g5 46. Bd7 Kg7
47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Be8 h4 49. Bd7 Ke5 50. Bh3 Bc5 51. Kf1 Kd4
52. Ke2 Kc3 53. Bg4 Bd4 54. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "139"]

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. d3 Nc6 12. Nbd2
Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4
exd4 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Rc6
22. Bc3 Re6 23. Rad1 Qe8 24. Qd3 g6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Ne2 Bg7
27. Nc3 Re6 28. Re2 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qc8 30. Re3 Rc5 31. f4 d5
32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Qxd5 Rxe3 34. Qd8+ Qxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7
36. Rc8 Re4 37. Ra8 Re6 38. c4 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rc6 40. g3 h5
41. Kf2 h4 42. Ra7 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Kf6 44. Kg4 Ke6 45. h4 f6
46. c5 f5+ 47. Kg5 Kd5 48. Rg7 a5 49. Ra7 Rxc5 50. Kxg6 Ke4
51. Kg5 Rc1 52. Rxa5 Rg1+ 53. Kf6 Rh1 54. Ra4+ Kd5 55. Kg5 Ke6
56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. h5 Kh8 59. Kg6 Rg1+ 60. Kxf5 Kg8
61. Kf6 Rh1 62. f5 Rh2 63. Re7 Rh1 64. Re6 Kh7 65. Ke7 Rxh5
66. f6 Ra5 67. f7 Ra7+ 68. Kf6 Ra8 69. Re8 Ra6+ 70. Ke5 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 c5
7. dxc5 Nc6 8. Qxd5 Bxg4 9. Nc3 e6 10. Qg2 Bf5 11. Bb5 Qc7
12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nf3 Ne7 15. Nd4 Bh7 16. O-O-O
Nd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. f4 Rxc5 19. Rd2 Rg8 20. Rhd1 Be7 21. Qf1
Rd8 22. f5 Bg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Qa6+ Qb7 25. Qxb7+ Kxb7
26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rxd8 Bxf5 28. R1d7+ Ka6 29. c3 Rxe5 30. Rxg7
g4 31. Kd2 Bb1 32. h6 Rh5 33. Rxg4 Rxh6 34. Rb8 Ka5 35. b3
Rh2+ 36. Kc1 1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. g3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Ne2 e5 6. d3 Nge7
7. Be3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 b6 10. f4 d5 11. h3 exf4 12. gxf4
Re8 13. e5 Be6 14. d4 Qd7 15. Kh2 Nf5 16. Bf2 cxd4 17. Nxd4
Ncxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. Rf2 f6 21. Qb3 fxe5
22. fxe5 Rf8 23. Raf1 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Nb1
Qf7 27. Qe3 b5 28. Nc3 b4 29. Ne2 Be7 30. Nf4 Bg5 31. Kg3 h5
32. h4 Bxh4+ 33. Kxh4 g5+ 34. Kxg5 Qf5+ 35. Kh6 Qh7+ 36. Kg5
Qf5+ 37. Kh6 Qh7+ 38. Kg5 Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Be3 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. c5 Rb8 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. Nb3 Qb4 15. cxd6 exd6 16. e5 Nd5
17. exd6 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxd6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. b3 a5
22. Rfe1 Ra8 23. N3e4 Bf5 24. Nd6 Rad8 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Qf3
Qc8 27. Nd3 Rd6 28. Nf4 Bd4 29. Qg3+ Kh8 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Nh5
1-0

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "180"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 f6
12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Nc4 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. d4 a4 16. Ncd2 exd4
17. b4 Qh5 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Ne4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Rdc1 c6
22. e3 Rd7 23. exd4 exd4 24. Qd2 Qf7 25. Qf4 Be6 26. Qxf7+
Kxf7 27. Bf1 d3 28. Nd2 Rad8 29. f3 Bf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Kf2
Rd4 32. Rc3 Bc4 33. Re1 Bb5 34. Re4 Rxe4 35. fxe4 Nd7 36. Bxd3
Ne5 37. Bxb5 Rxd2+ 38. Ke3 Rxh2 39. Bxa4 Rg2 40. Kd4 Rd2+
41. Ke3 Rg2 42. Kd4 Ke7 43. Kc5 Nd7+ 44. Kd4 Ne5 45. Kc5 Nd7+
46. Kd4 Kd6 47. Rf3 Ra2 48. Bd1 b5 49. g4 h6 50. Rh3 Ne5
51. Bb3 Rxa3 52. Rxh6 Nxg4 53. e5+ Kc7 54. Rh7+ Kb6 55. Kc3
Nxe5 56. Rh6 Nd3 57. Kc2 Nxb4+ 58. Kb2 Ra7 59. Rxf6 Rd7
60. Rh6 Nd3+ 61. Kc3 Nf4 62. Kb2 Rd2+ 63. Kc3 Rd7 64. Kb2 Kc5
65. Kc3 Rd3+ 66. Kb2 Rd6 67. Rh4 Nd3+ 68. Kc3 Kb6 69. Bc2 Ne5
70. Rh5 Nc4 71. Rh8 Ne5 72. Rh5 Nd7 73. Rh8 c5 74. Bd3 b4+
75. Kc2 Ne5 76. Be2 Nc6 77. Bc4 Rd4 78. Bf7 c4 79. Rh6 Kc7
80. Rh5 Rf4 81. Bg8 Kb6 82. Rh6 Kc5 83. Rh5+ Kd4 84. Rd5+ Ke3
85. Bh7 Nd4+ 86. Kb1 c3 87. Rh5 Rf1+ 88. Ka2 b3+ 89. Ka3 c2
90. Rh3+ Nf3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6
7. Nbd2 h6 8. Nb3 Nd7 9. Bd2 Nc8 10. c4 dxc4 11. Na5 Qc7
12. Nxc4 Ncb6 13. Ba5 Be7 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Rac1
Rfc8 17. Qe4 Qd8 18. Ne3 Qf8 19. a3 Nd5 20. Nd2 b6 21. Bc3 a5
22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qd3 Rc6 24. Nb1 Rac8 25. Bd2 Rc4 26. Rxc4
Rxc4 27. Rc1 b5 28. Rxc4 bxc4 29. Qc2 f6 30. Qa4 fxe5 31. Qxd7
Qf5 32. Nc3 exd4 33. Ne2 Qb1+ 34. Bc1 Bg5 35. Qxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. Re1 h6 11. Nf1 Bb6 12. Ne3
Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nc2 d5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Qd6 17. Qc2
Rad8 18. h3 d4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Nf1 Nd7 22. a4
c5 23. Nd2 Ne5 24. axb5 axb5 25. f4 Nc6 26. e5 Qd5 27. Ne4 c4
28. dxc4 bxc4 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Qxh6+ Kg8
32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Rb1 Bd6 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 Nd4 11. e3 Nxf3+
12. Qxf3 c6 13. b4 Bf8 14. Qe2 Bf5 15. e4 Be6 16. Be3 Rc8
17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 f5 19. Bh3 Qd7 20. Rfd1 g6 21. Qf2 Bg7
22. e5 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Ra1 g5 26. Bd4 g4
27. Bg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Re6 29. Qa2 Kh8 30. Bf2 Bh6 31. Bg3 Bf8
32. Qb3 Be7 33. d4 Rd8 34. Rd2 Qd5+ 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. h3 h5
37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Rh1+ Kg7 39. Rh5 Rh6 40. Rxh6 Kxh6 41. Kf2
Kg6 42. Ke3 Rd8 43. d5 cxd5 44. Kd4 Ra8 45. Rd3 Kf7 46. Kxd5
Rd8+ 47. Kc4 b5+ 48. Kc3 Rh8 49. Kd4 Rd8+ 50. Kc3 Rh8 51. Kd4
Rd8+ 52. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Carlos Cruz-Lopez Claret"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6
7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Bf4 Qb6
12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Ndf6 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bc1
Qc7 17. e4 Nb6 18. Qe2 Bg6 19. a4 f6 20. a5 Nd7 21. f4 e5
22. h5 Bf7 23. h6 g6 24. Rf1 Kh8 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Ba3 c5
27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carlos Cruz-Lopez Claret"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Re8 13. Re1 c4 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Bd4 Nc5 16. b4 Qxb4
17. Rb1 Qa5 18. Rb5 Qa6 19. Bxc5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxb5 21. Bf2 c3
22. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qb2 24. Nc4 Qxa2 25. Ne5 c2 26. Be3
Qb1 27. Bc1 Re8 28. Qd2 Rxe5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. d6 Bxd6 31. Be4
Ba3 32. Qd8+ Bf8 33. Qd2 Ba3 34. Qd8+ Bf8 35. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Daniel Alsina Leal"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O c5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bd2 Be7
12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Bb1 Rfd8 15. Be1 Rac8 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. b4 Nce4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4
21. Qc2 Nf6 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Nc6 Rd7 24. Na5 Rc7 25. Qd1 h6
26. a3 Nd5 27. Bd2 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Bxc7 30. Nb3 Bd6
31. Kf1 Nb6 32. Ke2 Nc4 33. Bc1 Kf8 34. Nd2 Nxd2 35. Kxd2 Ke7
36. Bb2 g6 37. h3 h5 38. Kd3 Kd7 39. g4 f5 40. f3 Bg3 41. Bd4
Kd6 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. e4 Bf4 44. Bc5+ Kc6 45. Be3 Be5 46. Bd4
Bf4 47. Be3 Be5 48. Bd4 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Alsina Leal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Nd7 7. Qa4 Nb6 8. Qb3 e6 9. Be3 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Nd7
12. a6 Rb8 13. axb7 Bxb7 14. Qc4 Nde5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe2 a6
17. Ba4 f5 18. Bd4 Ng6 19. O-O e5 20. Ba7 Ra8 21. Be3 f4
22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Bd2 f3 24. g3 Rc8 25. Qd3 Rxc3 26. Bxc3 Qc8
27. Rfe1 Nf4 28. Qf1 Ng2 29. Bb3 Qg4 30. Bd5 Bxd5 31. exd5
Nxe1 32. Rxe1 h5 33. Qd3 Qh3 34. Qf1 Qg4 35. Qd3 Rf4 36. Qxa6
h4 37. Ra1 Rc4 38. Kh1 hxg3 39. fxg3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 Bf5 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. e4 Bd7 11. Qc2 a6 12. b3 b5
13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Rab1 e5 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Bc3 b4 17. Bb2 Nb7
18. Rbe1 Rbe8 19. f4 Ng4 20. Nc1 f6 21. f5 Nh6 22. h4 Nd8
23. Bh3 Ndf7 24. Nd3 g5 25. Nf2 gxh4 26. gxh4 Kh8 27. Kh2 Rg8
28. Nf3 Nd8 29. Bc1 Qf7 30. Nh1 Bf8 31. Qe2 a5 32. Ng5 fxg5
33. hxg5 Be7 34. Rg1 Qf8 35. Qh5 Nxf5 36. g6 Rxg6 37. Rxg6 Nh4
38. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Bb4 11. Bd2 Qb6
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rc8
16. Rac1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Kd8 18. a4 f6 19. f4 f5 20. a5 Nb8
21. b4 Be8 22. b5 g6 23. Nh1 Rh7 24. Nf2 Rc7 25. Rb1 b6
26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra1 Kc8 28. Nh3 Re7 29. Ng5 Kb7 30. Bf3 Bd7
31. Rc1 Rg7 32. Rc3 Re7 33. Kc1 Rg7 34. Kb2 Re7 35. Ka3 Rg7
36. Kb4 Re7 37. Bd1 Rg7 38. Rg3 Re7 39. Nxe6 Bxe6 40. Rxg6 Nd7
41. Bxh5 Nf8 42. Rf6 Nh7 43. Rh6 Nf8 44. Bf3 Kc7 45. h5 Kd8
46. Rf6 Ke8 47. h6 Rh7 48. Bh5+ Ke7 49. g4 fxg4 50. f5 g3
51. Bf3 Bxf5 52. Rxf5 Rxh6 53. Bxd5 Ne6 54. Kc3 Rg6 55. Bg2
Rg4 56. d5 Nf4 57. Bf3 g2 58. d6+ Ke6 59. Bxg4 Ne2+ 60. Kd3
1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Hinckley ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[EventDate "2011.11.12"]
[Round "4.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Stephen Gordon"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3
12. Nxc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Qd6 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ba3
Re8 17. Bb4 Qa4 18. Rad1 c5 19. Bxc5 Bb7 20. Qc7 Bd5 21. Qe5
Rac8 22. Bd4 f6 23. Qg3 e5 24. g5 f5 25. Bxe5 Qe4 26. f3 Qe3+
27. Qf2 Qxg5+ 28. Kh2 Rxe5 29. f4 Qg2+ 30. Qxg2 Bxg2 31. Rg1
Re4 32. Rxg2 Rxf4 33. Rd7 g6 34. Re2 Re4 35. Rxe4 fxe4 36. Rd6
e3 37. Kg2 Rxc3 38. Rxa6 Rxc2+ 39. Kf3 e2 40. Kf2 Kg7 41. Ra4
Rc3 42. h4 Re3 43. Ke1 Kh6 44. Rb4 Ra3 45. Kxe2 Rxa2+ 46. Kf3
Ra3+ 47. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicolai Getz"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Be3 e6 10. Nd2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 d6
12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 e5 16. Qd2 Rae8
17. e3 e4 18. Ng1 f5 19. h4 h6 20. Qe2 Qg7 21. Nh3 Nf6 22. Nf4
g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Nh5 Qg6 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Rh1 f4 27. Qg4
fxe3 28. fxe3 Ref8 29. Raf1 Rf3 30. Qd7 g4 31. d5 b5 32. b3
bxc4 33. bxc4 Rb8 34. Rh4 Rb2+ 35. Kg1 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3
Qxc5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Qc7 9. Nd4 a6 10. Re1 Ne5 11. Ne4 Nxd3
12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Qxd3 Bd7 14. Qf3 Be7 15. Re3 e5 16. Nf5 Bc6
17. Qg4 h5 18. Qh3 Rd8 19. Rd3 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd7 21. Qxd7+
Bxd7 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 23. Be3 Rc8 24. c3 Bf5 25. f3 b5 26. a4 Bd7
27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra6 Rc6 29. Ra5 Rc4 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Ra6+ Rc6
32. Ra8 Rc8 33. Ra7 f5 34. f4 f6 35. g3 Rc4 36. Rb7 Kd6
37. Ba7 Ke6 38. Bb8 h4 39. Ra7 hxg3+ 40. hxg3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.26"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "3.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Danyyil Dvirnyy"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O
12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Qd1 b5 14. a3 Nb6 15. g3 Rc8 16. f4 e6 17. Bf2
Re8 18. Nf3 d5 19. e5 f6 20. d4 c4 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. h4 Rc7
23. Bh3 Nc8 24. Re2 Nd6 25. Qc2 Nf5 26. Rae1 Ree7 27. Kg2 h5
28. Ng5 Bh6 29. Nf3 Bg7 30. Ng5 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "4.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Marc Tyler Arnold"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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. Qd3 Bg4 11. Nh4 Be6
12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Nxe4 14. Nf5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Rfd1
d5 17. Qe4 Rfd8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8
21. Qc4 Rd7 22. h4 Qd8 23. Qg4 Rd6 24. h5 Qd7 25. Qe2 h6
26. Re1 f5 27. Qf3 Qe6 28. c4 Rd7 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Kf7
31. Bc5 Kf6 32. Qd3 a5 33. c3 Qe8 34. b4 axb4 35. cxb4 Qd8
36. Bd6 Qa8 37. b5 Nd8 38. Qg3 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 g5 40. hxg6 Ne6
41. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "5.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Felipe de Cresce El Debs"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qh4 h6 10. Nd4 g5 11. Nxc6 dxc6
12. Qh3 Qd4 13. Nb5 Qe5 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Nxa7 Qc7 16. a4 Ra8
17. a5 bxa5 18. Qf5 e5 19. b4 axb4 20. Bc5 b3 21. Rfd1 b2
22. Ra2 Nd7 23. Rxb2 Nxc5 24. Rxb7 Nxb7 25. Bxc6+ Kf8 26. Rd7
Qxd7 27. Qxd7 Rxa7 28. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "6.23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Manuel Bosboom"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O Nf6
7. e5 Nfd7 8. Ng5 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 e6 10. f4 h6 11. Nf3 Na6
12. Be3 b5 13. a4 Qb6 14. g4 h5 15. f5 hxg4 16. fxe6 fxe6
17. a5 Qb7 18. Ng5 Nc7 19. Qd3 O-O-O 20. Nf7 Kb8 21. Qxg6 Bxe5
22. dxe5 Rdg8 23. Nxh8 Rxg6 24. Nxg6 d4 25. Rf7 c5 26. Rxd7
Qf3 27. Bf2 Qxe2 28. Ne7 a6 29. Rd6 Na8 30. b4 g3 31. hxg3
Qxc2 32. bxc5 b4 33. c6 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.30"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "7.15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Meelis Kanep"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. d5 Ne5 15. Bb3 b5 16. Bh6 Bxh6
17. Qxh6 b4 18. Qg5 Qc7 19. Qg3 a5 20. f4 Bb5 21. Qe3 Ng4
22. Qf3 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 c4 24. Ba4 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 f5 26. Rbc1 Rb8
27. exf5 gxf5 28. cxb4 Rxb4 29. Bd7 Kh8 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Qxg4
Rxd5 32. Rf3 Rb6 33. f5 Rd4 34. Qh5 Qc8 35. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.01.31"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "8.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Adam Hunt"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nb4
7. d3 Nfxd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Nf3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2
Qd6 12. O-O O-O 13. d4 e4 14. Ne5 f5 15. Rfc1 Be6 16. Rc5 Nf6
17. Rac1 c6 18. b4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bf1 a6 21. Bc4 Bxc4
22. R1xc4 Rad8 23. a4 Rf6 24. Qe2 Ra8 25. Kg2 Rh6 26. Kg1 Rd6
27. h4 Rd5 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 cxb5 31. Rxd5 Qxd5
32. Rc5 Qf7 33. Qxb5 Rf8 34. Qb6 Qh5 35. Rc7 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+
37. Kh2 Qf3 38. Qb3+ Kh8 39. Qc2 h6 40. d5 b5 41. d6 Kh7
42. Qb2 Rg8 43. Rf7 Kg6 44. Re7 Qd1 45. d7 Kh7 46. Qxb5 Qf3
47. Qb2 Qd1 48. Qe5 Qf3 49. Qf4 Qxf4 50. gxf4 Rd8 51. h5 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. d3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. h4 f5 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. c4 dxc4
12. dxc4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Be3 e5 15. Nc3 Nd6 16. Nd5 Kh8
17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Bg5 Qc8 19. Kh2 Rf7 20. Rde1 h6 21. Be3 Bg4
22. f3 Bf5 23. b3 Qf8 24. f4 Re8 25. Qd1 b6 26. fxe5 Bxe5
27. Bf4 Bd4 28. Bxd6 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Qxd6 30. Bh3 Qd7 31. Rxf5
Rxf5 32. Nf4 Qf7 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34. h5 Kh7 35. Qe6 Qxe6
36. Nxe6 Be5 37. Kh3 Kg8 38. Nd8 Bd6 39. Kg4 Kf8 40. Kf5 Bxg3
41. Kg6 Kg8 42. Nc6 a6 43. Ne7+ Kf8 44. Nd5 b5 45. cxb5 axb5
46. Nc3 b4 47. Ne4 Be5 48. Nxc5 Ke7 49. Na6 Bc3 50. Nc7 Kd7
51. Nd5 Kd6 52. Ne3 Ke5 53. Nf5 Kf4 54. Nd6 Bd4 55. Nb5 Bb2
56. Nc7 Ke4 57. Ne6 Kd3 58. Nxg7 Kc2 59. Kxh6 Bc1+ 60. Kg6 Kb2
61. Ne6 Kxa2 62. Nd4 Kb2 63. Kf5 Bh6 64. Ke5 Kc3 65. Ke4 Bg7
66. Ne6 Bh6 67. Nc5 Bf8 68. Kd5 Bh6 69. Kd6 Bf8+ 70. Kc6 Bh6
71. Kb6 Kd4 72. Kb5 Bd2 73. Na6 Ke5 74. Nxb4 Kf5 75. Nd5 Kg5
76. b4 Bxb4 77. Kxb4 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2012.02.02"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Berg"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd3 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. f5 Be7
12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Kh8 15. Kh1 Nbd7 16. Nxe6
Ne5 17. Nxf8 Nxd3 18. Ng6+ Kh7 19. Bxd3 Kxg6 20. e5+ Kh5
21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rb3 Qa5 24. Rxf6 Bd7 25. Ne4
Bg4 26. h3 Rg8 27. hxg4+ Rxg4 28. Be2 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.04"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4
Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf4 a6
12. Ne4 Nbd7 13. Nfd2 Nd5 14. Bh2 f5 15. Ng3 g6 16. Qf3 b5
17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Bxf5 Nf8 19. c4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 c6 21. Bxd6
Bxd6 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Nxd6 Qe7 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Rd1 a5
26. Rd3 Ba6 27. Rf3 Qg7 28. Qh4 Qf6 29. Qxf6+ Nxf6 30. Nf7+
Kg7 31. Ne5 Ra7 32. Nxc6 Rb7 33. Ra3 Rxb2 34. Rg3+ Kf7 35. Ra3
Rb6 36. Ne5+ Ke7 37. Rxa5 Ne6 38. Nf3 Kd6 39. Bxe6 Kxe6
40. Re5+ Kd7 41. Rf5 Ke7 42. Re5+ Kd7 43. Rf5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.05"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 c5
7. b4 cxb4 8. Rxb4 Nc6 9. Rb1 e6 10. Nf3 d5 11. O-O Re8
12. Nd2 b6 13. Ba3 Bb7 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. cxd5 Nxd5
17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. a4 Ba8 21. h4 Nf6
22. Qf4 e5 23. Qe3 Qe6 24. Bf3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Kh2 Rdd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2012.03.17"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 b6 6. Ne2 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. Ng3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. b4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be7 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. Nce4 Rfd8 16. Nd6
Bd5 17. Ndf5 Bxc4 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Nc6 Rdc8 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. Bxe5 Ne8 22. Ne4 f6 23. Bb2 Ke7 24. a4 Bb3 25. Rd2 Rc4
26. f3 Rc2 27. a5 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Bd5 29. e4 Bb7 30. Bd4 e5
31. Be3 bxa5 32. b5 Nd6 33. Rxa5 a6 34. Bc5 axb5 35. Rxb5 Bc6
36. Rb3 Ke6 37. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2012.03.18"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hrant Melkumyan"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5
Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 e6 11. e4 exd5
12. exd5 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Bf4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxd5 16. Qxd5
Bxd5 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Rd6 Nc6 19. Bg5 Rae8 20. Bf3 Re6
21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Bg4 Kf7 23. Rd1 Bc8 24. Rd6 Ne7 25. c4 Re8
26. h4 h6 27. Bxh6 Nf5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Bg5 Re6 30. Rd8 Re8
31. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.20"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Simacek"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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. O-O-O b4 10. Nce2 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. g4 Bb7 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bd3 g6 16. Qf2 e5
17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qf6 Rg8 19. Kb1 Bg7 20. Ne6 Bxf6 21. Nxc7+
Rxc7 22. gxf6 Kd7 23. Bf1 Rc5 24. Rd4 a5 25. Bh3+ Kc7 26. Rf1
Re8 27. Rfd1 Nc4 28. Re1 h5 29. Kc1 Ne5 30. Red1 Rd8 31. Bg2
Ng4 32. Nf1 Bc8 33. R1d3 Be6 34. a3 Ne5 35. Rg3 h4 36. axb4
axb4 37. Re3 Nc4 38. Rb3 Ra8 39. c3 h3 40. Bxh3 Ra1+ 41. Kc2
Bxh3 0-1

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Tamir Nabaty"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nd4 Ke7
11. O-O-O c5 12. Ndb5 Nc6 13. Nd5+ Bxd5 14. exd5 Na5 15. g3
Rhd8 16. Bg2 a6 17. Rhe1+ Kf8 18. Nc7 Rab8 19. d6 Ne8 20. Re5
c3 21. b3 Nc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc5 Nxd6 24. Rxc6 Ne4
25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. f3 Nf2 27. Nxa6 Rd1+ 28. Kc2 Rd2+ 29. Kxc3
Rxa2 30. b4 Ra3+ 31. Kc4 Rxf3 32. b5 Nd3 33. Kd4 Nb2 34. Nc5
1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sabino Brunello"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 Ng4 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Ngxe5 11. fxe5 Be6
12. e3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Qe2 Bg5 16. Rxf8+ Rxf8
17. Rf1 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Bf7 19. h4 Bh6 20. Ke1 e5 21. dxe5 Bg7
22. Kd1 Bxe5 23. Qf3 Be6 24. Kc1 Nb4 25. a3 Nd3+ 26. Kb1 Nc5
27. g4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.23"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Kaido Kulaots"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Ne2 dxc4
7. Bxc4 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bd7 10. O-O Qa5 11. Rb1 Ba4
12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Nbd7 14. a4 Rfc8 15. Ba3 b6 16. Rfd1 Qa6
17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. axb5 cxd4 19. Rxd4 a6 20. bxa6 Rxa6 21. Be7
Ra2 22. Kf1 Ne5 23. Rbd1 h6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. R4d2 Rxd2
26. Rxd2 f5 27. Ra2 Kg7 28. g3 Kf6 29. Rb2 Nc4 30. Rb4 Nd2+
31. Kg2 Ne4 32. Rxb6 Nxc3 33. Nxc3 Rxc3 34. Rb8 Rc2 35. Rh8
Kg7 36. Rb8 Kf6 37. Rh8 Kg7 38. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Baris Esen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O
7. O-O Ne4 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Be6
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb5 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. b3 Rfc8 16. Rfc1
Bf6 17. Nf3 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Bc3 Bf5 20. Bb2 Rxc1+
21. Bxc1 e6 22. Nd2 Be7 23. a3 Bc2 24. Bf1 a5 25. Be2 Nc8
26. Kf1 Nd6 27. Ke1 a4 28. b4 b5 29. Bd1 Bxd1 30. Kxd1 Kf8
31. Ke2 Ke8 32. Kd3 Kd7 33. f3 Nc4 34. Nxc4 bxc4+ 35. Ke2 f6
36. Bb2 Bd6 37. e4 f5 38. e5 Be7 39. Bc3 Bg5 40. Bd2 Bxd2
41. Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Julian Radulski"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6
7. Bh4 O-O 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bb5 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qb3 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Qb6 16. Qxb6
axb6 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. Kf1 Nc6 20. Ndb5 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Ke7 22. Ke2 Rd8 23. Rc1 Ra8 24. g3 Ne8 25. Rd1 Rd8
26. Na4 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 Ne5 28. Nxb6 Ng4 29. Ke2 Nxh2 30. Nc4
Ng4 31. Na5 Kd7 32. a4 Kc8 33. Nc4 Kd7 34. f3 Ngf6 35. e4 Nh5
36. Kf2 f6 37. Na5 Kc8 38. Nd4 Nc7 39. Nc4 Kd7 40. b4 e5
41. Nf5 b5 42. Nb6+ Ke6 43. a5 g6 44. Nxh6 f5 45. Ng8 f4
46. g4 Ng7 47. Nd5 Na6 48. Nge7 g5 49. Nc6 Ne8 50. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.27"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Denis Khismatullin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 Bf5 9. Re1 Qd7 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4
12. Qb3 b6 13. Qd5 Rad8 14. h3 Be6 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Ba3 Rfe8
17. Bf1 e5 18. Rad1 exd4 19. cxd4 Na5 20. Rc1 c5 21. dxc5 Bc6
22. cxb6 axb6 23. Bb4 Ba8 24. Bb5 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Bxe4 26. Be7
Ra8 27. Nd2 Bd5 28. a4 Nb3 29. Nxb3 Bxb3 30. Rb1 Bxa4 31. Bxa4
Rxa4 32. Bd8 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Bxa1 34. Bxb6 f5 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kf3
Ke6 37. Ke2 Be5 38. Be3 Kd5 39. Kd3 Bd6 40. Bd4 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yuri Aleksandrovich Kuzubov"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6
7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb5 10. Ng5 c6 11. a4 Qb6
12. a5 Qb5 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 cxd5 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. Nxd5 e6
17. Nf4 d5 18. Re1 Qf7 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. h4 Rac8
22. Ra3 Ne7 23. Nd3 Nf5 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nxe3 26. Raxe3
Qe7 27. Rc3 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Qc5 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. h5 gxh5 31. Bh3
h4 32. Bxe6+ Kh8 33. Qd4 Qe7 34. Bh3 hxg3 35. fxg3 Qg5 36. Kg2
Qe3 37. Rf1 Qxd4 38. Rxf8+ Kg7 39. cxd4 Kxf8 40. Bf5 h6
41. Kf3 b6 42. axb6 axb6 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Kd2 Kd8 45. Kc3 Kc7
46. Be6 Kd8 47. Kb4 Kc7 48. Bf7 Kd8 49. Bh5 Kc7 50. Bd1 Bd7
51. Ba4 Be6 52. Be8 Kd8 53. Bh5 Kc7 54. Be2 Kd8 55. Kb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Khenkin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Qd2 e6
12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Bxe2 16. Kxe2
Rae8 17. Kd3 f5 18. f4 g5 19. Rhe1 g4 20. Bf2 Kf7 21. a4 a5
22. Nb3 b6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 Bh6 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Be3 Nf6
27. Nd2 Nh5 28. g3 Nf6 29. Nf1 Bg7 30. Bd2 Ne4 31. Ne3 Nd6
32. Bc3 Bxc3 33. Kxc3 Ke7 34. Kd3 Kf6 35. Nd1 Ne4 36. Nc3 Nxc3
37. Kxc3 h5 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Kd3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jan Smeets"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. h3
a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Be3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. a4
Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. f3 Qe3 21. Qd2 Qxd2
22. Rxd2 Rad8 23. Rad1 Kf8 24. Kg1 Ke7 25. e5 Nd7 26. f4 Nc5
27. Bxh7 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 g6 29. f5 gxf5 30. Bxf5 Kf8 31. g4 Rxe5
32. h4 b4 33. Ne2 Rd5 34. Rc2 Nxa4 35. h5 Rc5 36. Rd2 Rd5
37. Rc2 b3 38. Rc4 Nxb2 39. Rc3 Rb5 40. Nd4 Rb4 41. Nxb3 Nc4
42. Nc5 Nd6 43. Bd7 Bc8 44. Rd3 Bxd7 45. Nxd7+ Ke7 46. Ne5 Ke6
47. Re3 Re4 48. Rxe4 Nxe4 49. Nxc6 Nf6 50. h6 Nh7 51. Kf2 Kf6
52. Ke3 Kg5 53. Kd4 f6 54. Nb4 Kxh6 55. Nxa6 Kg5 56. Nc7 Kxg4
57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4
12. O-O Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Nde2 h6 15. Bd4 Be7 16. Ng3 e5
17. Be3 g6 18. Bxh6 O-O-O 19. Bg7 Rh7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rdh8 23. Rf2 Bh4 24. Kf1 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Rh1+
26. Ke2 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 Rh1+ 28. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Markus Ragger"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 Bf5 9. Re1 Qd7 10. Na4 Bg4 11. Nc5 Qc8
12. Ng5 Rd8 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bxd4 15. Qb3 Bxc5 16. Bxd5 Bxg4
17. Nxf7 Nd4 18. Nxd8+ Kg7 19. Qg3 Qf5 20. Ne6+ Nxe6 21. Bxe6
Qxe6 22. hxg4 Rf8 23. Be3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2011/12"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Fedorchuk"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Nh4 c6 13. e3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Ne4 Bg6
17. Rd1 Bf7 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Bb2 a5 20. d4 axb4 21. axb4 Nc4
22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Nc5 Rfd8 24. Bf1 Nxb2 25. Qxb2 Bd5 26. Ra1
Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Rf8 28. Bg2 Bxc5 29. bxc5 Qf7 30. Rd2 Bxg2
31. Kxg2 e4 32. h4 h6 33. Qb2 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qf5 35. Qxb7 Qxc5
36. Kg2 Qc3 37. Qe7 Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Ra2 c5 40. Qxe4 Qf6
41. Qd5 Rc8 42. Rc2 Qe7 43. Rc4 Qc7 44. g4 Qb6 45. g5 h5
46. Qf7 Qc6+ 47. f3 g6 48. Re4 Qa6 49. Kg3 Qa1 50. Kf4 Qb2
51. Re8+ Rxe8 52. Qxe8+ Kh7 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. Qf8+ Kh7 55. Qh6+
Kg8 56. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.01"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kamil Miton"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6
12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8 15. Bg5 b4 16. Qxb4 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 Qxg5 18. O-O Rab8 19. Qd6 Bh3 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3
Rxb2 22. Bd1 Bd7 23. Bb3 Rxe4 24. Rab1 Kf8 25. Rxb2 Bxb2
26. Rd1 Rd4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Kf1 h5 29. Bc4 Ke8 30. Nf4 Ke7
31. Ke2 Be8 32. f3 Be5 33. Ke3 a5 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 g5
36. Nd3 Bd6 37. Bd5 Bd7 38. Kf3 f6 39. Nb2 a4 40. Nd3 a3
41. Nf2 Ba4 42. Ke2 Bb5+ 43. Kf3 Be5 44. Ne4 Ba4 45. Ke2 Bd7
46. Kf3 Bc8 47. Nc5 Bd4 48. Ne4 Bb6 49. Kg3 Ba5 50. Kf3 Bc7
51. Bb3 Bb7 52. Ke3 Bb6+ 53. Kf3 Bd4 54. Bc4 Kf8 55. Bb3 Kg7
56. Bc4 Kg6 57. Be6 Bc6 58. Bf5+ Kf7 59. Ke2 Bd5 60. Kd3 Be5
61. Nc3 Bxc3 62. Kxc3 Bxa2 63. Kb4 Bd5 64. Kxa3 Bxg2 65. Kb4
Bd5 66. Kc5 Be6 67. Kd4 Bxf5 68. gxf5 Kg7 69. Ke4 Kh6 0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kevin Terrieux"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O d6
7. Nc3 Bf5 8. d5 Na5 9. Nh4 Bd7 10. Qd3 c5 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2
b5 13. Ne4 Rb8 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Bc3 f5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Qc3+ Kg8 18. cxb5 axb5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Qb6 21. Nf3
Rfc8 22. Qh4 Rc4 23. Qh6 f6 24. Rfd1 Nb7 25. Nh4 Be8 26. Bh3
Qc7 27. Nf3 Nd8 28. Nd4 Nf7 29. Qd2 Ra8 30. Qb2 Qa5 31. Nc6
Qa3 32. Qxf6 Qc3 33. Qxc3 Rxc3 34. Bf1 Ne5 35. Nxe5 dxe5
36. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.03"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Francois Fargere"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5
12. d5 Nc5 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 h6 16. Bh4 Be7
17. Rfd1 Nfd7 18. Bg3 Bg5 19. Rab1 Qa5 20. Bf1 Rae8 21. Rxb7
Nxb7 22. dxc6 Ndc5 23. cxb7 Nxb7 24. Rd5 Qc7 25. Qf5 g6
26. Qd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 Re7 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 29. Bxe5 f6 30. Bf4
Kg7 31. Nd5 Bc5 32. Nc7 Rc8 33. Nxa6 Ra8 34. Nxc5 Nxc5 35. e5
fxe5 36. Bxe5+ Kf7 37. Bf4 Ne6 38. Bxh6 g5 39. h4 gxh4 40. Be3
Rxa2 41. Kh2 Nf4 42. c5 Kf6 43. Bxf4 Rxf2 44. c6 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.04"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Lazarev"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Kh1 Be7 11. b3 Bb7
12. Bb2 c5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Nb5 Qd7
17. Nc7 Qxc7 18. Bxf6 Bf8 19. Be5 Qc6 20. Qg4 Rad8 21. c4 d4
22. f5 f6 23. Be4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Bxf6 Rd7 26. Bh4 Rf7
27. h3 Re5 28. f6 Bg6 29. b4 d3 30. bxc5 Re4 31. Rf4 Rxf4
32. Qxf4 Bxc5 33. Qb8+ Bf8 34. Qd8 h5 35. c5 Kh7 36. c6 Bf5
37. Qd5 Bg6 38. Qd8 Bf5 39. Bg5 gxf6 40. Bd2 Bg7 41. c7 Rf8
42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Bxg4 44. Qxd3+ Kh8 45. Qxa6 Bc8 46. Qc6
Kh7 47. a4 f5 48. Bf4 Rf6 49. Qe8 Rf8 50. Qd8 Kg6 51. Qd5 Re8
52. Kg2 Re4 53. a5 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.05"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ivan Salgado Lopez"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. h4 Bg7 6. e3 c5
7. cxd5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qxd5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Be2 Bf5
12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 e5 14. Bf3 Qd7 15. d5 Na5 16. c4 h6
17. Be3 Bd3 18. Be2 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.06"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sebastian Bogner"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O
7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb4 Bf6 14. Nf3 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Christophe Philippe"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h3 Be6
12. Kb1 Rc8 13. g4 Bb4 14. a3 Ba5 15. g5 Ne8 16. Nb3 Nd6
17. Nxa5 Nxa5 18. Bd4 Nf5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qf4 Qd7 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qe5+ Kg8 23. Rxd5 Bxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Qa4+ 25. Kb1 Rxc3
26. Rxa5 Qc2+ 27. Ka1 Rf3 28. Rc5 Qxf2 29. Rhc1 Qg3 30. Qd5 b5
31. R5c3 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Qe1+ 33. Ka2 Qe7 34. Rc6 Rd8 35. Qb3
Rd6 36. Rc8+ Rd8 37. Rc3 Rd6 38. Rc8+ Rd8 39. Rc3 Rd6 40. Rc8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[Round "9.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eloi Relange"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 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. h4 Rfd8 14. Bg5 Nf8 15. Qe3 Rac8 16. h5 Bxg5
17. Qxg5 h6 18. Qg4 Qe7 19. Rfd1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rc3 21. a4 Ra3
22. Qf4 Rc8 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. Rxa3 Qxa3 25. Bb5 Qd6 26. Qe3 Nh7
27. Nc4 Qd8 28. d5 a6 29. Qxb6 axb5 30. Na5 exd5 31. Nxb7 Qb8
32. Qxb5 Rxb7 33. Qxd5 Nf6 34. Qf5 Re7 35. Rc1 Re8 36. f3 Qa7+
0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[Round "10.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Guenther Beikert"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Na3 O-O
7. Be2 Rb8 8. O-O b5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxb5 Rxb5 11. c4 Ne3
12. Bxe3 Rxb2 13. Bd2 d5 14. Bc3 Rb6 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. Rxb6 Qxb6
17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Rb1 Qa6 19. Qxb8+ Nxb8 20. Rxb8+ Bf8 21. Be1
Qxa2 22. Bh4 Qxe2 23. Be7 Qe3+ 24. Kf1 h6 25. Rxf8+ Kh7
26. Bf6 Qxd3+ 27. Kf2 Qc2+ 28. Kg1 Qg6 29. f5 exf5 30. cxd5
gxf6 31. Rd8 Bb5 0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Belfort FRA"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Markus Ragger"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd3 Qc7
12. Bd2 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Ne4 Qxc2 15. Bxc2 Be7 16. a4 Bb7
17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 b4 20. f3 Rfc8 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Kf2 Nd7 24. Bd3 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Bf6 26. Bb5
Nb6 27. Ke2 Nd5 28. Kd3 Nc7 29. Bc4 Na6 30. Kc2 Be5 31. h3 Nc7
32. Kb3 Nd5 33. Nc2 Nb6 34. Bb5 Bd5+ 35. Kxb4 f5 36. Bd3 Bd6+
37. Kb5 Nd7 38. Bc4 Ne5 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. Bd2 Kf7 41. Bc3 f4
42. exf4 Nd3 43. Kc6 Bb8 44. f5 h5 45. Kxd5 Nf4+ 46. Ke4 Nxh3
47. gxh3 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix FFE Aix"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Selvan Gautier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1944"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6
7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6 e6 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Be3 Qxd4
12. Bxd4 Bd7 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. f3 Nd7 15. Nc4 a5 16. Ne5 Nxe5
17. Bxe5 a4 18. Bc4 Ra5 19. Bd4 Bc5 20. Bf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rc5
22. Be2 a3 23. b4 Rxc3 24. Rac1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Kd7 26. Bc4 Ra8
27. b5 Bd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rc3 Kd6 30. Ke3 Ra5 31. g3 Rxb5
32. Rxa3 Rb6 33. Ra8 Rb2 34. Rb8 Ke5 35. f4+ Kf5 36. a4 Rb4
37. a5 h5 38. Kd3 Rb5 39. Kd4 f6 40. Rg8 g6 41. Rb8 Rxa5
42. Rxb7 Ra2 43. Rb5 Rxh2 44. Rxd5+ Kg4 45. Rd6 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix FFE Aix"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Julien Dubreuil"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5
7. Bc2 d5 8. a4 b4 9. Qe2 b3 10. Bxb3 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7
12. Qe2 Nd5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. a5 Nxd4
17. Ba4+ Kf8 18. Rxd4 Qxa5 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. Bd2 Nb6
22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bc2 f5 24. Ng3 Qd5 25. f3 Nc4 26. Bc1 h5
27. Bb3 h4 28. Bxc4 Bc5+ 29. Be3 Bxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Qxc4 31. Rd1
Bd5 32. Nxf5 exf5 33. Qe5 Rh6 34. Rxd5 Qc8 35. Qd4 Qc6
36. Rxf5+ Kg8 37. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix FFE Aix"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Murtez Ondozi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d6
7. Nc3 Qa5 8. e4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 Be6 11. b3 Na6
12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. a3 Qc7 15. Ng5 Nf8 16. Nxe6 Nxe6
17. Ne2 Qe7 18. b4 Nac7 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 a5 21. Bc3 Nd4
22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Be1 axb4 24. axb4 c5 25. bxc5 Na6 26. f4
Qxc5 27. Qd3 Nc7 28. e5 b5 29. cxb5 Nxb5 30. Bf2 Bf8 31. Bf1
Nc3 32. Ra1 Qc7 33. h4 Qb7 34. Rc1 Ne4 35. Bg2 Nxf2 36. Kxf2
Qb2+ 37. Rc2 Qa1 38. Kf3 Ra8 39. Kg4 Ra3 40. Qd2 Re3 41. Kh3
Qa3 42. Qf2 Qd3 43. Rd2 Qc3 44. Rc2 Qd3 45. Rd2 Qf5+ 46. Kh2
Bc5 47. Rc2 Bb4 48. Re2 Qd3 49. Rxe3 dxe3 50. Qf3 Qd2 51. Qa8+
Kg7 52. e6 e2 53. Qb7 e1=Q 54. Qxf7+ Kh6 55. Qf6 Qee2 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix FFE Aix"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alojzije Jankovic"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bg2 e6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Qd2 Bc6
12. Rfc1 Nfd7 13. Nf3 Nf6 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. e3
Rfc8 17. h4 a6 18. Bh3 Qd8 19. Qd1 Nb6 20. Bg5 Qd6 21. h5 Nc4
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Ne4 dxe4 24. Rxc4 Nb4 25. Bf4 Qb6 26. Rac1
Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Nd5 28. Qc2 f5 29. Bf1 Qd8 30. Qb3 Qd7 31. Rc5
Bf8 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Qxc8 34. Bc4 Qc6 35. a4 Kf7 36. Kg2
Nb6 37. Be2 Nxa4 38. g4 Nb6 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Bh5+ Kg8 41. Qd1
Nd5 42. Be5 Bg7 43. Qg1 Bxe5 44. dxe5 Qc7 45. Qh2 Qg7+ 46. Kf1
Qg5 47. Qh3 Qg7 48. Qh4 Qe7 49. Qg3+ Qg7 50. Qh4 Qe7 51. Qg3+
Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix FFE Aix"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean-Pierre Le Roux"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4
7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nac4 Nd5 11. Bb2 Be6
12. e4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nb6 14. f4 Nc4 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8
17. d5 Qb6+ 18. Rf2 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Bg4 20. Qxg4 Nxb2 21. Qe2
Nc4 22. e6 fxe6 23. Bh3 Rxf2 24. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rf8+
26. Ke2 exd5 27. Be6+ Kg7 28. Bxd5 Rc8 29. Rc1 b5 30. a4 Nd6
31. Ra1 b4 32. a5 Kf6 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. a6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix FFE Aix"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Postny"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O
7. d3 h6 8. O-O d6 9. e3 a5 10. Bd2 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Rc1
Bb6 13. Ne1 Bd7 14. Nc2 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Na3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2
d5 18. Qb3 Qd6 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Nc3 Ra6 21. Na4 Ba7 22. Nc5
Bxc5 23. Rxc5 a4 24. Qb5 Qe6 25. Bc3 Nf5 26. Rc1 Nd6 27. Qb4
Re8 28. h3 h5 29. Qh4 b6 30. Rc7 Nb5 31. Bb4 Nxc7 32. Rxc7 Qg6
33. Rd7 d4 34. e4 b5 35. Rd5 Rf6 36. Rxb5 Rf4 37. Rxe5 Rxh4
38. Rxe8+ Kh7 39. Kh2 Qf6 40. Be1 Qc6 41. Re7 Qc1 42. Ba5
Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix FFE Aix"]
[Site "Aix les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrei Shchekachev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Qd3 Rc8 10. Rd1 Nb4 11. Qd2 O-O
12. b3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxa1 14. Nfg5 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nc6 16. Qf4
Bg7 17. Qh4 h6 18. Nf3 e6 19. Qh3 Qf6 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6
Rfd8 22. Rd6 Ne5 23. Qd2 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rc7 25. h4 Kf8 26. Kg2
Ke7 27. Qb4 Rc5 28. Rd2 d6 29. Rd1 Qb2 30. a3 Qe5 31. a4 g5
32. hxg5 Qxg5 33. Rh1 Qf6 34. Qd2 Rh8 35. Rd1 Qe5 36. Kg1 Rcc8
37. Bg2 a5 38. e3 Qc5 39. Qb2 Rh6 40. Qd2 Rg8 41. Qe2 Qb4
42. Qd3 Qc5 43. Qe4 Rd8 44. Qf4 Rf6 45. Qh4 Rg8 46. Qe4 Rd8
47. Qh4 Qe5 48. Rd4 Kd7 49. Be4 Rg8 50. f4 Rxf4 51. Qxf4 Rxg3+
52. Kf2 1-0

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.23"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francois Brethes"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Nh4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Rb1 Rb8
12. Ba3 b6 13. Qc2 Na5 14. c5 Nc4 15. Bc1 bxc5 16. Rxb8 Qxb8
17. dxc5 Qb5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nf3 Rb8 20. Nd4 Qa5 21. Qd3 Rc8
22. f4 e5 23. Nb3 Qxa2 24. Nd2 exf4 25. Bd5 Be6 26. Nxc4 Bxd5
27. Nxd6 Rxc3 28. Qb5 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.24"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gerlef Meins"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 O-O
7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O Bc5 9. e3 g5 10. Nf5 d6 11. Nfe7+ Rxe7
12. Nxf6+ Kg7 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. d3 Re6 15. Nc3 1-0

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.25"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yannick Pelletier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. e4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qb6
12. Bc4 Bb4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc5 15. Qe2 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michael Roiz"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4
exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Rad1 Ng6 11. Nc4
Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qe7 13. Rd3 O-O-O 14. Re1 Rhe8 15. Bc1 c5
1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.27"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hrant Melkumyan"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7
7. b4 b6 8. Bb2 a5 9. a3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6
Rxa6 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. Rab1 axb4 15. axb4 Ra8 16. Nd2 bxc5
17. bxc5 Qa6 18. Qxa6 Rxa6 19. Ra1 Rfa8 20. Rxa6 Rxa6 21. Ra1
Rxa1+ 22. Bxa1 e5 23. Nb3 exd4 24. exd4 Bd8 25. Na2 Ne4
26. Bc3 Nxc3 27. Nxc3 f5 28. Na2 Bc7 29. Nb4 Nb8 30. g3 g5
31. Kg2 Kf7 32. f4 gxf4 33. gxf4 Bxf4 34. Na5 Ke8 35. Naxc6
Nxc6 36. Nxc6 Be3 37. Kf3 f4 38. Ke2 Bg1 39. h3 h5 40. Kf3 Be3
41. Nb4 Bxd4 42. c6 Kd8 43. Nxd5 Be5 44. Ke4 Bd6 45. Nf6 f3
46. Kxf3 Kc7 47. Nxh5 Kxc6 48. h4 Be7 49. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Deep Sengupta"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "182"]

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. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7
12. Nd2 Rab8 13. a5 Rfc8 14. Nf1 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Ne3 Nc5
17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Ra2 Rb4 20. b3 Rd4 21. Bd2 Qb8
22. g3 f5 23. c3 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Nxb3 25. Qb2 Nc5 26. Qxb8 Rxb8
27. Be2 Bc8 28. Nc2 Bf6 29. Nb4 Rb6 30. Raa1 e4 31. Nc6 Kf7
32. Nd4 g6 33. Bc4 Bd8 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. h4 h6 36. Reb1 Rxb1
37. Rxb1 Bc7 38. Ra1 Bb7 39. Nb3 Nxb3 40. Bxb3 Ke5 41. Bc4 g5
42. h5 g4 43. Kf1 a5 44. Rb1 Bc8 45. Ke2 f4 46. gxf4+ Kxf4
47. Bb5 Ke5 48. Bc6 Ba6+ 49. Ke1 Kf4 50. Bb5 Bc8 51. Be2 a4
52. Bb5 Ba5 53. Ke2 Ke5 54. Bxa4 g3 55. fxg3 Bxc3 56. Rc1 Bg4+
57. Kf1 Bd2 58. Rb1 Bxh5 59. Bd1 Bf7 60. Rb5 Kd4 61. Rb6 Kc5
62. Rb2 Bg5 63. Bb3 Bxd5 64. Bxd5 Kxd5 65. Ke2 Ke5 66. Rb5+ d5
67. Ra5 h5 68. Rb5 Be7 69. Rb1 Bg5 70. Rb5 Bf6 71. Ra5 Bd8
72. Ra8 Bf6 73. Ra5 Kd4 74. Ra6 Be5 75. Rg6 Kc4 76. Rg5 Bd6
77. Rg6 Bb8 78. Rg8 Be5 79. Rg5 Bc7 80. Rg7 Bd8 81. Rg8 Be7
82. Rc8+ Bc5 83. Re8 Bd6 84. Rc8+ Bc5 85. Re8 Bd6 86. Rc8+ Kb5
87. Rd8 Kc6 88. Rc8+ Kd7 89. Rh8 Bxg3 90. Rxh5 Ke6 91. Ke3 Be5
1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Vitalyevich Ulibin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. a3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. O-O Bd7
12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Nd4 Re8
17. Bc3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Bc5 20. Qd2 Bb6 21. Rae1
Rc4 22. h3 h6 23. Nb3 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Bc6 25. Re1 Qh4 26. Bxa5
Qg3 0-1

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladislav Vorotnikov"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6
7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nge7 9. Be3 b6 10. Na3 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Qe2 h6 13. Rad1 Kh7 14. Bb3 Qe8 15. Bc4 Bc8 16. Nd2 Nd8
17. Nc2 Ne6 18. Nb4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nxa6 Ra7 21. Nb4 c6
22. e5 b5 23. Bd3 Nf5 24. Nf3 Kh8 25. a3 Re7 26. Be4 Bd7
27. Qd2 Bxe5 28. Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Nxc6 Qxc6 30. Rxe5 Rxe5
31. Nxe5 Qe4 32. Re1 Qa4 33. Qd5 Kg7 34. h3 Ne7 35. Qc5 Nf5
36. Nd7 Rd8 37. Qc7 Qa8 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Romain Edouard"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 Nc6 9. Bg2 g6 10. Qe2 gxf5 11. exf5 Rg8 12. h3
h5 13. Bf3 Bh6 14. O-O-O Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Kf8 16. Qh6+ Rg7
17. Qh8+ Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Postny"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4
7. exd4 Be7 8. c5 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Bb5 Bf6 11. Bf4 O-O
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Be5 Be8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne1
Qc7 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 f4 19. Nd3 Bg6 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Rf2
Re7 22. Rfe2 Rfe8 23. b4 a5 24. Kf2 axb4 25. axb4 Qb8 26. b5
Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Qxb5 28. Qxb5 cxb5 29. Rb1 Rb8 30. Ra2 Kf7
31. Ra6 e5 32. Rb6 Ra8 33. R6xb5 exd4 34. Rb7 Ra2+ 35. R7b2
Rxb2+ 36. Rxb2 d3 37. g3 d4 38. Rb4 Re2+ 39. Kf1 Rxh2 40. Rxd4
fxg3 41. Rxd3 h5 42. Rd4 h4 43. Kg1 h3 44. Rh4 Ke6 45. c6 Kd6
46. f4 Kxc6 47. f5 Kd5 48. Rg4 Rg2+ 49. Kh1 Rf2 50. Rxg3 Rxf5
51. Rxh3 Rg5 52. Ra3 f5 53. Ra5+ Kd4 54. Kh2 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wen Yang"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4
exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc3 Ng6 11. Nd4 Qe7
12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 O-O-O 15. Rfd1 Rhe8 16. f3
h5 17. g3 Ne5 18. Kg2 g5 19. Bd4 g4 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bc3 Bc5
22. Re1 Nb6 23. Ra5 Bd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Re2 Rd5 26. Ra1 Rd6
27. Kf2 Nd7 28. Ra5 c5 29. Ra1 Nb8 30. e5 Rde6 31. Rae1 f5
32. Nc4 Nc6 33. Rd2 Nd4 34. Red1 h4 35. c3 hxg3+ 36. hxg3 Nxb3
37. Rd7 Rh6 38. Rf7 Rh2+ 39. Ke3 b5 40. Rdd7 bxc4 41. Rxc7+
Kb8 42. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 d6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. e3
dxe3 13. Bxe3 c6 14. Nc3 Bf5 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Rbe1 d5 17. cxd5
Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Rc1 Be6 20. Rc5 Qd7 21. Rxa5 Rxa5
22. Qxa5 Bxb2 23. d4 Qd6 24. Rb1 Qxa3 25. Qb5 Bc3 26. Bxd5 Bf5
27. Qb3 Qxb3 28. Rxb3 Rd8 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxc3 b5 31. Kf1
b4 32. Rb3 Rb8 33. Bd2 Ke6 34. Rxb4 Rxb4 35. Bxb4 Kd5 36. Bc5
Bg4 37. Ke1 Ke4 38. Kd2 Be6 39. f4 Kf3 40. Bd6 h5 41. Be7 Ke4
42. Kc3 Kd5 43. Bf6 Bf5 44. Kb4 Kc6 45. Ka5 Be6 46. Kb4 Bf5
47. Ka5 Be6 48. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.14"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hichem Hamdouchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. Ba2 b5 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Qg3 Nc6
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Rad1 b4 15. axb4 Rb8 16. Bc4
Rxb4 17. b3 Bh4 18. Qg4 Bf6 19. Bd2 a5 20. Ne2 Rb7 21. Ng3 a4
22. Nh5 a3 23. Qe2 Bb2 24. Bc1 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Nf6 26. Bd3 Nxh5
27. Qxh5 g6 28. Qe2 Qf6 29. Ra1 Ra8 30. Ra2 Qd4 31. Rfa1 Rba7
32. Qe1 Ra5 33. h3 h5 34. Kf1 Qe5 35. Qe3 Qc3 36. Qe1 Qd4
37. f3 Qe5 38. Qe3 Qc3 39. Qe1 Qe5 40. Qe3 d5 41. f4 Qc3
42. e5 Bb5 43. Kf2 Bxd3 44. Qxd3 Qb4 45. Qe3 Rc8 46. Kg1 Rc3
47. Qf2 d4 48. Qd2 d3 49. cxd3 Qxb3 50. d4 Ra8 51. Qf2 Rd3
52. Kh2 Qc3 53. Qg1 Kg7 54. Qf2 Ra4 55. Qg1 Qc6 56. Rd1 Qe4
57. Rxd3 Qxd3 58. Qf2 Qxd4 59. Qxd4 Rxd4 60. Rxa3 Rxf4 61. g3
Re4 62. Ra5 Re2+ 63. Kg1 g5 64. Kf1 Rh2 65. Kg1 Rxh3 66. Kg2
g4 67. Ra4 Kh6 68. Rf4 Kg6 69. Rf6+ Kg7 70. Rf4 Kf8 71. Re4 h4
72. gxh4 Rxh4 73. Kg3 Rh5 74. Kxg4 Rf5 75. Re2 Ke7 76. Re1 Kd7
77. Rd1+ Kc7 78. Ra1 Kb6 79. Ra2 Rxe5 80. Rf2 f5+ 81. Kg5 Kc5
82. Kf6 Kd4 0-1

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.15"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Maxime Lagarde"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 e5 6. d3 h6
7. O-O g6 8. b4 Nxb4 9. Nxe5 d6 10. a3 dxe5 11. axb4 cxb4
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qb6 14. d4 exd4 15. Bf4 Bc5 16. e5 Bf5
17. Bc4 g5 18. Bg3 h5 19. e6 fxe6 20. dxe6 Ke7 21. Qf3 Raf8
22. Qd5 Qc6 23. Qe5 h4 24. Bd5 Qb5 25. Qc7+ Kf6 26. Be5+ Kg6
27. Bxh8 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.16"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4
7. exd4 Be6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. bxc3
Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Bf4 Rfe8 15. Nxe6 Rxe6
16. Kf1 Rae8 17. Bf3 b6 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Kxe1
Ne7 21. Ke2 Nf5 22. Be4 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. g3 g6 25. Bd5
Bc5 26. Be4 Bd6 27. Bd5 Bc5 28. Be4 Bd6 29. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.17"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Re8 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Qg4 Qxg4
17. hxg4 h6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. a4 Ra8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8+
Bxa8 22. Ba5 Bd8 23. c4 dxc3 24. bxc3 Kf8 25. c4 bxc4 26. dxc4
Ke7 27. Bc3 Kf8 28. Ba4 Bb7 29. f3 Bf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Kf2
Bc8 32. Bc2 Bd7 33. Be4 Ba4 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. Kd2 Bb3 36. Bd3
Kd8 37. Kc3 Bd1 38. Bc2 Be2 39. Bd3 Bd1 40. Bc2 Be2 41. Bd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.18"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jean-Baptiste Mullon"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Be7
7. c3 O-O 8. Rd1 Bd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Be3
f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Qe7 16. h3 g5 17. Re1
Qg7 18. Qd1 Be8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bd8 21. Bc5 Rf7 22. Rc2
Rc7 23. Rc3 Bg6 24. Qg4 Bf5 25. Qa4 Qd7 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Rec1
Kg7 28. Bf1 a6 29. Be2 Bc7 30. Re3 Re8 31. b4 Rf7 32. a4 Rd8
33. Bd4 Bb8 34. Kg2 Rc7 35. Rxc7+ Bxc7 36. Rc3 Rd7 37. b5 Ba5
38. Rc8 axb5 39. axb5 Rc7 40. Rxc7+ Bxc7 41. b6 Bd8 42. Bb5
Kf7 43. Bd7 Bd3 44. Bc8 Ba6 45. f4 gxf4 46. gxf4 Bh4 47. Kf3
Be1 48. f5 exf5 49. Bxf5 h5 50. e6+ Ke8 51. Kf4 Bb4 52. Kg5
Be2 53. Kf6 Be7+ 54. Kg7 Bf3 55. Bg6+ Kd8 56. Be5 Bg2 57. Bc7+
Kc8 58. Be8 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.20"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Romain Edouard"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Qd2 e6
12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 c4 14. O-O Nd7 15. d6 Rad8 16. Bg5 Nf6
17. h3 Be6 18. Qd4 Nd5 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Qh4 Bf6 21. Ng5 h5
22. Qg3 Nf4 23. Qxf4 Bxg5 24. Qd4 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxa2 26. Qe5
Rd7 27. Bxh5 gxh5 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kf8
31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.21"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anatoli Vaisser"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. g3 b6
7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Rxf6 11. Rfd1 Kh8
12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Na6 15. a3 Bd6 16. Qc4 Nc5
17. b4 Nb7 18. Nd4 Be5 19. Rac1 axb4 20. axb4 Nd6 21. Qc2 Bxd4
22. Rxd4 Ra7 23. Rdd1 Rf8 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Qf6 26. Rf1
Ne8 27. Qc4 f4 28. Bf3 g6 29. Rc1 Kg7 30. Qd3 Qf5 31. Qd2 g5
32. d6 c5 33. bxc5 bxc5 34. Qc3+ Rf6 35. g4 Qe6 36. Rd1 Nxd6
37. Rd5 Nf7 38. Rxc5 d6 39. Rc7 h5 40. h4 Kh6 41. Bd5 Qxg4+
42. Kf1 Ne5 43. Be4 gxh4 44. Rh7+ Kg5 45. Rg7+ Ng6 46. Rh7 Ne5
47. Rg7+ Ng6 48. Bf3 Qf5 49. Qc7 h3 50. Kg1 Qb1+ 51. Kh2 Qf1
52. Qa7 Re6 53. Rh7 Rxe2 54. Rxh5+ Kf6 55. Qd4+ Re5 56. Qxd6+
Kg7 57. Qd7+ Kf6 58. Qd4 Qb5 59. Be4 Ke6 60. Rh6 Rg5 61. Bxg6
Rg2+ 62. Kxh3 Qg5 63. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.22"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Christian Bauer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Bc1 g6 6. f3 Nd6
7. e4 Bg7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. f4 e6 10. e5 Nf5 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. dxe6
dxe6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. c3 b6 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Be2 Nd7 17. O-O
f6 18. g4 Ne7 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Ng5 Bd5 21. Ne3 Rd6 22. Nc4
Rdd8 23. Ne3 Rd6 24. Nxd5 Nexd5 25. Bf3 Re8 26. Re1 h6 27. Nh3
h5 28. gxh5 Nxh5 29. f5 e5 30. Bg5 Ndf6 31. fxg6 Bf8 32. Nf2
Kg7 33. Bxf6+ Nxf6 34. Ne4 Rde6 35. Nxf6 Rxf6 36. Be4 c4
37. Rad1 Bc5+ 38. Kh1 Rf2 39. Rf1 Rf4 40. Rfe1 Rf2 41. b4 cxb3
42. axb3 a5 43. Rd3 Rf4 44. Rh3 Rh8 45. Rxh8 Kxh8 46. Kg2 Kg7
47. Re2 Rg4+ 48. Kf3 Rf4+ 49. Kg3 b5 50. Bc6 b4 51. Rxe5 Bd6
52. Kxf4 bxc3 53. Be4 Kf6 54. h4 Bxe5+ 55. Ke3 c2 56. Bxc2 Kg7
57. Kf3 Bc3 58. Kg2 Be5 59. Kf3 Bc3 60. Kg2 Be5 61. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "French Championship"]
[Site "Pau FRA"]
[Date "2012.08.23"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Andrei Istratescu"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6
7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Na3 Nc5
12. Nab5 Na7 13. Nxa7 Rxa7 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Bf1 Bc6 16. Qc2 b6
17. Rad1 e6 18. Be3 Rd7 19. f3 Be5 20. Qf2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 e5
22. Rd2 Qe7 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Rdb2 Rdb7 25. Qd2 f6 26. Rd1 Rd7
27. Rdb1 Rdb7 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. Rdb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Robert Gwaze"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Qd3 Qd7
12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. a3 Rac8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd4 Bf5 16. Qd2 h6
17. Rad1 Nh7 18. b4 Ng5 19. f4 Ne6 20. Bf2 d4 21. h3 c5 22. g4
Bh7 23. Nd5 Bf8 24. f5 Ng5 25. c4 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Qxf5 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. Qd3 Ne4 29. Qf3 Qd7 30. Re1 f5 31. Qh5 Kh7 32. Bf1
Re6 33. Qxf5+ Rg6+ 34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 35. Rxe4 Qa4 36. Rf4 Qxa3
37. Rxf8 Qc1 38. bxc5 d3 39. Nf4+ Kh7 40. Nxd3 Qxc4 41. Nf4
Qc1 42. c6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jorge Cori"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Nd2
Nb4 13. Rd1 c6 14. a3 N4d5 15. Nde4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bb3 17. Re1
e5 18. Nc5 Bc4 19. Qd1 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Rb1 a4 22. Bf1
Ba2 23. Ra1 Bb3 24. Qd2 c5 25. Bb2 Rad8 26. Qd3 Re7 27. Rac1
h5 28. h4 Kh7 29. Bg2 Rde8 30. Qb1 exd4 31. cxd4 cxd4 32. exd4
Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Qxd4 34. Bxb7 Re2 35. Rxe2 Rxe2 36. Rf1 Bc4
37. Qb4 Rb2 38. Qe7 Bxf1 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7
12. Rb1 h6 13. f3 Ne6 14. Nde2 a6 15. Be3 b5 16. b3 h5 17. Qd2
Qc8 18. Nd5 Rb8 19. Red1 c5 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Bc6 22. Ndc3
Rd8 23. Nd5 Rb7 24. Bh3 Re8 25. g5 Nd7 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Nef4
Re5 28. Kf2 Qd8 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Rh1 Ra7 31. Rh2 Qa5 32. Qxa5
Rxa5 33. Kf1 b4 34. Rg2 Re8 35. Rd1 Ne5 36. Rf2 Kf8 37. Nf6
Rd8 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. N4d5+ Bxd5 40. Nxd5+ Kf8 41. Kg3 Nc6
42. Rh2 Ne7 43. Nb6 Rb5 44. Nc4 d5 45. Kg4 Bc3 46. Bf4 Rb7
47. Ne5 Bxe5 48. Bxe5 Ke8 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rxd8+ Kxd8 51. Bd6
Rb5 52. Bxe7+ Kxe7 53. Rxd5 Ra5 54. Rd2 Ke6 55. f4 Ra8 56. f5+
Ke5 57. Rd7 Kxe4 58. Rxf7 gxf5+ 59. Rxf5 Rxa2 60. Rxc5 Rg2+
61. Kh5 Rg3 62. g6 Kf4 63. Kh6 Rxb3 64. g7 Rg3 65. Rb5 b3
66. Kh7 Rh3+ 67. Kg6 Rg3+ 68. Kf7 Ke4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1 cxd4 9. Rxd4 Qa5 10. Bg3 Nb6 11. Nd2 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Qa6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Ne5
Bd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Rd6 Qc4 20. Rd4 Qc6 21. Qb3
h6 22. h3 Ba5 23. Rc4 Qd7 24. Be5 Ne8 25. Rd4 Qc6 26. Rc4 Qd7
27. Rd4 Qc6 28. Qa4 Qxa4 29. Rxa4 Bc7 30. Bxc7 Nxc7 31. Rc4
Ne8 32. Rb4 Rb8 33. Nb5 a6 34. Nd4 b5 35. a4 Nd6 36. axb5 axb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Saric"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6
7. Nb3 e6 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. a5 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4
b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Rfd1 e5 16. Bg3 d5 17. Nxd5
Nfxd5 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Qc3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qxc3 21. bxc3 a5
22. Bf2 Na4 23. Be1 Nb6 24. Bf2 Na4 25. Be1 Nb6 26. Bf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "7.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 Qa5 11. O-O Qxa2
12. Ra1 Qe6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qd7 15. Rb1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6
17. d5 Na5 18. Be2 b6 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Bg4 f5 21. exf5 gxf5
22. Bf3 Nb7 23. Re1 Nc5 24. Qd2 Ne4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Rxe4 Qf5
27. f3 Rc4 28. Rxc4 Qxb1+ 29. Kh2 Qb5 30. Re4 Qd7 31. Be5
Bxe5+ 32. Rxe5 Rf5 33. f4 a5 34. g4 Rxe5 35. fxe5 a4 36. d6
exd6 37. exd6 Kf7 38. Qd5+ Qe6 39. Qf3+ Qf6 40. Qd5+ Qe6
41. Qf3+ Qf6 42. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "8.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. Qa4 g5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. Nd4 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Bxb4 16. f4
gxf4 17. gxf4 Ng6 18. h4 b6 19. h5 Ne7 20. Ne4 d5 21. Rhg1+
Kh8 22. Nf6 Bc5 23. h6 Ng8 24. Nxg8 Rxg8 25. Rxg8+ Kxg8
26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Rg7 e5 28. fxe5 Be6 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. Bd3 Bf8
31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. e6 fxe6 33. Bg6 Rd8 34. Kc2 Rd6 35. Rc7 Bxh6
36. e4 Bxe4+ 37. Bxe4 Rxd4 38. Bd3 Bf4 39. Rc6 Rd6 40. Rxd6
Bxd6 41. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6
12. Nb3 h5 13. Kh1 h4 14. h3 Be7 15. Rae1 b4 16. Nd5 exd5
17. exd5 Na7 18. Nd4 Bxd5 19. Nf5 Nc6 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4
Kf8 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Qe2 Rh7 24. Qg4 d5 25. R4e2 Qb6 26. g3
Nd4 27. Nxe7 Nxe2 28. Qg8+ Kxe7 29. Rxe2+ Kd6 30. Rxe8 hxg3
31. Qf8+ Kc6 32. Rc8+ Kd7 33. Qe8+ Kd6 34. Rd8+ Kc5 35. Qe3+
Kc6 36. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "10.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Constantin Lupulescu"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6
7. e3 dxc4 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 c6
12. Bxc4 cxd5 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Bxd5 Re8+ 15. Kf1 Nc6 16. h4
f5 17. h5 Qg5 18. hxg6 Qxg6 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qc2
Re6 22. Ng3 Qxd4 23. Nxf5 Qxb2 24. Nxg7 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Kxg7
26. Rh4 Rc8 27. Rhc4 Kf6 28. g3 Ke7 29. R2c3 Rc7 30. Rc2 Kd6
31. Rd2+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "11.19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Kenneth T Solomon"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1
Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Nh2 d5 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4
dxe4 18. dxe4 Qf6 19. Nf5 Qg6 20. Qh4 Qc6 21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3
Bc8 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Bb3+ Be6 25. Red1 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qe6
27. Qg4 Bf8 28. Rd7 g6 29. Rad1 Kh8 30. Ne3 Bd6 31. Qxe6 Rxe6
32. Nd5 Ra7 33. Rd3 f5 34. exf5 gxf5 35. Rg3 Rg6 36. Rxg6 hxg6
37. Nf6 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Csaba Balogh"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3 a6
12. a4 Nc6 13. O-O Qd8 14. Rb1 e6 15. Nde2 Qa5 16. Qxd6 Ne8
17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Qe1 Rd3 19. Nd1 Qb4 20. Nc1 Rd7 21. Qxb4 Nxb4
22. Nf2 Nc2 23. Bc5 b6 24. Bxb6 Na3 25. Ncd3 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 a5
27. e5 f5 28. Kf1 Rb7 29. c5 Nc7 30. Nb2 Bxe5 31. Nc4 Bxh2
32. Bxa5 Nd5 33. b4 Ne3+ 34. Nxe3 Rxa5 35. c6 Rb8 36. Nd3 Rxa4
37. f4 Ra3 38. Ke2 g5 39. Nc4 Rc3 40. Nce5 Bxf4 41. Nxf4 gxf4
42. Kd2 Re3 43. Nc4 Rd8+ 44. Kc2 Rg3 45. b5 Rc8 46. Nd6 Rc7
47. Ra1 Kf8 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Ne8 Rd7 50. cxd7 Rxg2+ 51. Kc3
Kxd7 52. Ra7+ Kxe8 53. b6 Rg1 54. b7 Rb1 55. Ra8+ Kf7 56. b8=Q
Rxb8 57. Rxb8 e5 58. Kc4 Kf6 59. Kd5 e4 60. Rf8+ Kg5 61. Ke5
Kg4 62. Rxf5 e3 63. Rxf4+ Kg3 64. Re4 Kf2 65. Kf4 e2 66. Kg5
h6+ 67. Kxh6 e1=Q 68. Rxe1 Kxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 c6 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Nb3 Qd7
17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Bd5 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20. Rb4 Rac8 21. d4
Rf7 22. e3 exd4 23. exd4 f5 24. Qa4 Qxa4 25. Rxa4 b6 26. cxb6
axb6 27. Rb1 Rc4 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Rxb6 Rd7 30. Rb5 Rxd4
31. Rxf5 Rd3 32. Rc5 Rxa3 33. Rxc4 Kf7 34. Rc5 Ra7 35. Kg2 g6
36. g4 Kg7 37. Kg3 Ra3+ 38. f3 Ra7 39. h4 Rb7 40. h5 Ra7
41. Kh4 Rf7 42. Rc3 Kh6 43. Kg3 gxh5 44. Rc6+ Kg7 45. gxh5 Rf5
46. Kg4 Rb5 47. f4 Ra5 48. Re6 Rb5 49. Re5 Rb1 50. Re7+ Kf6
51. Rxh7 Rg1+ 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Kg3 Rh1 54. Kg2 Rh4 55. Kf3 Kf5
56. Kg3 Rh1 57. Rh8 Kf6 58. Kg2 Rh4 59. Kg3 Rh1 60. Rf8+ Ke7
61. Rf5 Ke6 62. Ra5 Kf6 63. Ra6+ Kf5 64. Ra5+ Kf6 65. Ra6+ Kf5
66. h6 Rg1+ 67. Kf2 Rb1 68. Ra8 Kg6 69. Ra6+ Kf5 70. Ra8 Kg6
71. Rg8+ Kxh6 72. Kf3 Rb5 73. Kg4 Kh7 74. Rg5 Rxg5+ 75. Kxg5
Kg7 76. f5 Kf7 77. f6 Kf8 78. Kg6 Kg8 79. f7+ Kf8 80. Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nf6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Nh5 9. g4 Nxf4 10. Nxf4 Bd6 11. Qd2 Nf8
12. h3 h5 13. Nxh5 g6 14. Ng3 Bxg3 15. fxg3 Bxg4 16. e4 dxe4
17. Bxe4 Qe7 18. Kf2 Rxh3 19. d5 O-O-O 20. Rxh3 Bxh3 21. Qe3
Kb8 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Bxc6 Qf6+ 24. Bf3 Bg4 25. Rd1 Rxd1
26. Nxd1 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Kc7 29. Ke4 Kd6 30. Nc3
f5+ 31. Ke3 a6 32. b4 g5 33. b5 axb5 34. Nxb5+ Kc5 35. Nd4 f4+
36. gxf4 gxf4+ 37. Ke4 Kb4 38. Kxf4 Ka3 39. Kf5 Kxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Bf4 a6 9. Rc1 h6 10. Qd3 Ng4 11. Bd2 e5 12. d5
Ne7 13. h3 Nf6 14. c5 Ne8 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. e4 f5 17. Rfd1 Nf6
18. Be3 Nh5 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. Qb3 b5 21. Rc6 Bxc6 22. dxc6+ Kh7
23. exf5 Nxf5 24. g4 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Nf6 26. g5 Ne8 27. gxh6
Bxh6 28. Nxe5 Qh4 29. Ng4 Nf6 30. Nxh6 Kxh6 31. Qe6 Rbe8
32. Qxd6 Ne4 33. Bxe4 Qxe4 34. Qd4 Qxe3+ 35. Qxe3+ Rxe3
36. Nc3 Kg7 37. Rd6 b4 38. Nd5 Rg3+ 39. Kh2 Rd3 40. Rd7+ Kh6
41. Kg2 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 Rd3+ 43. Kg2 Rd2+ 44. Kg3 Rxb2 45. c7 Rc2
46. Nxb4 Rc3+ 47. Kg2 Rf5 48. Nd5 Rxd5 49. Rxd5 Rxc7 50. Ra5
Rc2+ 51. Kg3 Rc3+ 52. Kg2 Rc2+ 53. Kg3 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4
7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Qa4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7
12. Qxc4 Rb8 13. O-O O-O 14. a3 Qb6 15. Rd1 Rfc8 16. Qa6 Qd8
17. d5 Bc5 18. Bg5 Rb6 19. Qa5 Bxf2+ 20. Kf1 e3 21. Ne4 Rc2
22. Nxf2 Rxe2 23. Nd3 Rxg2 24. Bxe3 Bh3 25. Nf4 Ng4 26. Bxb6
Nxh2+ 27. Ke1 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Csaba Balogh"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. e3 a6 8. d4 Ba7 9. h3 Re8 10. b3 h6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bb2
Bf5 13. Nd5 Be4 14. Nh4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Ne7 17. e4
Qd6 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nxg6 Qxg6 20. Qd3 c6 21. f5 Qf6 22. dxc6
Rad8 23. Qe2 Qxc6 24. Rfd1 Bd4 25. Rac1 Qb6 26. Bc3 Bxc3
27. Rxc3 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Qa5 29. Qc2 Rd8 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+
Kh7 32. Qxb7 Qd2+ 33. Kf3 Qd3+ 34. Kf2 Qd2+ 35. Kf3 Qd3+
36. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 Bb4 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. O-O Nxc3
12. Nxc3 Qc7 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 O-O
17. Qg3 Nb4 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qxc2 20. Rac1 Qd3 21. a3 Qxg3
22. Bxg3 Nc6 23. Bd6 Re8 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Nd6 Kf8 26. b4 Rd7
27. Rcd1 Nd8 28. Nxc8 Rxd1 29. Nb6 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Ra7 31. Nc8
Ra8 32. Nb6 Ra7 33. Nc8 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.20"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qb5+
Bd7 7. Qd3 c5 8. d5 Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Ng4 11. f4 Na6
12. Qd1 Nh6 13. Nf3 Nf5 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Nb4
17. Nc3 Nd4 18. O-O Rc8 19. a3 Nxd5 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4
Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qxd4+ 23. cxd4 Rc3 24. Rd1 e6 25. Bd2 Rb3
26. Bb4 Rd8 27. Bc5 Bf8 28. Bxa7 Bxa3 29. Rab1 Rc3 30. Kf1 Rd7
31. Bb6 Rc2 32. Rb3 Rb7 33. Rdb1 Be7 34. Ba5 Ra7 35. Bc3 Kg7
36. Bb2 Rac7 37. Re1 Bh4 38. g3 Rxh2 39. Kg1 Bxg3 40. Rxg3
Rxb2 41. Rg2 Rb4 42. Rd1 Rd7 43. Rgd2 f6 44. Kg2 fxe5 45. fxe5
h5 46. d5 Re4 47. d6 Rxe5 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. Rd3 Rf5+ 50. Ke4 g5
51. Rh1 h4 52. Rc1 Re5+ 53. Kf3 Rd5 0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5
7. d4 Be6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc5
12. Ng5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Nxd8 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be3
a6 17. Bf3 Kd7 18. Nc5+ Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Re8 20. h4 Bf5 21. Rd1+
Kc7 22. g4 Be4 23. Re1 Bc6 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Be4 g6 26. Kh2
Bd7 27. Kg3 f5 28. gxf5 Bxf5 29. Bf3 Ne6 30. Be3 h5 31. c4 b5
32. cxb5 axb5 33. Bd5 Kd6 34. Bxe6 Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[EventDate "2012.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Ne7 10. f3 d6 11. Ng4 Nxg4
12. fxg4 Nc6 13. Nxe4 f5 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15. Nf2 cxd4 16. Bf3
Qh4 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. g3 Qe7 19. e4 Be6 20. Bf4 Bxd5 21. exd5
g5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. Nxg4 h5
26. Nf2 Rae8 27. Nd3 Re3 28. Nf4 Kg8 29. Nxh5 Be5 30. Rae1
Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Rc3 32. Re2 a5 33. Nf4 a4 34. bxa4 Bxf4
35. gxf4 Rxc4 36. Re6 d3 37. Rxd6 Rxf4+ 38. Ke1 Rxa4 39. Rxd3
Rxa2 40. Rc3 Rxh2 41. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[EventDate "2012.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michael Massoni"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nc6 7. O-O g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 O-O 11. f3 Rac8
12. Be3 Rfe8 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rfc1 Ne5 15. b3 a6 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. cxd5 Qd7 18. Bd4 e6 19. Nc3 b5 20. Rd1 Red8 21. dxe6 fxe6
22. Rac1 Nc6 23. Bb6 Re8 24. Be3 Ne5 25. Ne2 d5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8
27. exd5 exd5 28. Qxd5+ Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Nc6 30. Kf2 Nb4 31. Rd2
Rc7 32. Nf4 Bc3 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. a3 Nc2 35. Nd5 Rb7 36. Nxc3
1-0

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[EventDate "2012.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Massoni"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 g6 6. c3 Bg7
7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Re1 Kh8 10. Bb3 h6 11. Nf1 f5 12. exf5
Nxf5 13. h3 Qf6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Bd5 Nfe7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6
17. N1h2 Nf5 18. Qd2 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qf4 20. Qxf4 Rxf4 21. Nd2
b5 22. Ne4 a5 23. g3 Rff8 24. Rad1 Rae8 25. Ng4 Bd7 26. Kg2
Be6 27. Ne3 Rb8 28. b3 a4 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rb2 31. Rd2
Rfb8 32. Ree2 a3 33. Nc3 c6 34. Ne4 d5 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. Nc5
Rxd2 37. Rxd2 Rb2 38. Nf1 Bf7 39. Na4 e4 40. Nxb2 axb2 41. Rd1
Bc3 42. d4 Be8 43. Ne3 Ba4 44. Rb1 Bxd4 45. Nd1 Bc2 46. Rxb2
Bxd1 47. Rd2 Bf3+ 48. Kf1 Bc3 49. Rxd5 Kg7 50. a4 Kf6 51. Rc5
Bd4 52. Rb5 Ke6 53. a5 Kd6 54. Rb8 Kc7 55. Rg8 g5 56. Rg6 e3
57. fxe3 Bxe3 58. Rxh6 Kb7 59. Re6 Bd4 60. h4 gxh4 61. gxh4
Bd5 62. Rd6 Bc4+ 63. Kg2 Bc3 64. h5 Bxa5 65. h6 Bc3 66. h7 Kc7
67. Rh6 Bd3 68. h8=Q Bxh8 69. Rxh8 Bf5 70. Kf3 Kd6 71. Kf4 Bc2
72. Rh2 Bb1 73. Rh1 Bc2 74. Rh2 Bb1 75. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[EventDate "2012.10.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. Rc1 b6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Nge2 c5
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nf4 d4 14. exd4 cxd4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Ne4
Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Nd7 19. Rc6 Rab8 20. b3 Rb6
21. Rc7 Ne5 22. Rxa7 Nc6 23. Ra4 Bg5+ 24. Ke2 Nb4 25. Rd1 e5
26. g3 Rc8 27. Bc4+ Kh7 28. h4 Be7 29. Rd2 Rc7 30. Ra8 g6
31. Kf1 Nc6 32. Kg2 h5 33. Kh3 Rb8 34. Ra6 Bb4 35. Ng5+ Kh6
36. Re2 Bc3 37. Bd3 Rg8 38. a3 Nb8 39. Re6 Nd7 40. Re7 Rg7
41. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[EventDate "2012.10.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O c6
7. d3 h6 8. Nd2 Na6 9. a3 Bf8 10. b4 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bb2
Nc7 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Na4 d4 17. Nc5 Bd5
18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 b6 21. Rc4 Ne6 22. Nf3 Qd5
23. Qc2 Rad8 24. Kh2 Nh7 25. Rc1 Nhg5 26. Qd1 Nxf3+ 27. exf3
Ng5 28. Kg2 Qd7 29. h4 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Ne6 31. Qf1 Qf5 32. Qe2 g5
33. Qe4 Qxe4 34. fxe4 gxh4 35. Kg2 hxg3 36. fxg3 Kg7 37. a4 h5
38. R1c2 h4 39. Bc1 hxg3 40. Kxg3 Rh8 41. Rc6 Kf6 42. Rf2+ Ke7
43. b5 f6 44. Kf3 Rc8 45. Ba3+ Kf7 46. Rd6 Rh3+ 47. Kg4 Rch8
48. Bc1 R8h4+ 0-1

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[EventDate "2012.10.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. Rc1 b6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Nge2 c5
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nf4 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Nd7 15. O-O c4 16. Bb1
Nf6 17. b3 Qa5 18. Qd4 cxb3 19. Rxb3 Rfc8 20. h3 Rc4 21. Qe5
Qc7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Bd3 g5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rfb1 Nd7
26. Kf1 Rac8 27. Ke2 Nc5 28. Rb8 Kf7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. f4 Ke7
31. Bc2 Nd7 32. Kd2 Nb6 33. Bd3 Rc5 34. Rb5 Rc7 35. g3 Kf6
36. Rb4 Rc5 37. Rb5 Rc7 38. Rb4 Rc5 39. Rb5 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[EventDate "2012.10.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a6 8. Bxb4 axb5 9. Bd6 Ne4 10. Bg2 Qa5+ 11. b4
Nxb4 12. Bxe4 Nc2+ 13. Kf1 Nxa1 14. Bxe5 Qxa2 15. Bxg7 Rg8
16. Bf6 Ra6 17. Bxa1 Qxa1 18. cxb5 Rh6 19. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Spanish Team Championship (Honor Division)"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.05"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 e5 12. dxe5
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. e4 Be6 15. f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bd5 17. Qf2
Bc6 18. Ba3 Nc4 19. Rad1 Qf6 20. Bc5 Rad8 21. Bd4 Qe6 22. f5
Qd6 23. g4 Ne5 24. Qf4 Rd7 25. f6 h6 26. Qxh6 Qxf6 27. Rf1 Qg7
28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. h3 Bb5 30. c4 Ba4 31. Bxe5+ Rxe5 32. Rd5
Rde7 33. Kf2 b6 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Ke3 Bd7 36. Kd4 f6 37. Rb1
Kf7 38. a3 g5 39. Bf1 Re8 40. Bd3 Rh8 41. Bf1 Rb8 42. Ke3 Ke7
43. Rb2 c6 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Rf2 c5+ 46. Ke3 Ke5 47. Rb2 Be6
48. Be2 Rh8 49. Bf1 Rd8 50. Rxb6 Rd1 51. Kf2 Ra1 52. Rc6 Rxa3
53. Rxc5+ Kxe4 54. Rc6 Ke5 55. Ra6 a4 56. c5 Bd5 57. Bb5 Rf3+
58. Ke2 Rb3 59. Bd3 a3 60. c6 Kd6 61. Kd2 a2 0-1

[Event "Spanish Team Championship (Honor Division)"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.06"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Aleksandr Shimanov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4
7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb5 Be6 10. Bxd5 Bxd5 11. N1c3 Bxc3
12. Nxc3 Be6 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Rd2 Qa5
17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Nb5 Rac8 19. b3 Nc6 20. Rad1 a6 21. Nd4 Nxd4
22. Rxd4 f6 23. f3 Rc2 24. R4d2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Rc8 26. Rc1
Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Kf7 28. Kf2 Bd7 29. e4 e5 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. Bb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Spanish Team Championship (Honor Division)"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alfonso Jerez Perez"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bf5
7. Nbc3 e6 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Bd3
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd7 14. Nce2 Rc8 15. O-O Nb4 16. Qb3 Nec6
17. Rac1 Be7 18. f4 O-O 19. f5 Na5 20. Qd1 Nc4 21. Bxh6 gxh6
22. f6 Kh7 23. fxe7 Qxe7 24. Rc3 Qg5 25. Rf6 Nxb2 26. Qb1+
N4d3 27. Rxd3 Nxd3 28. Qxd3+ Kg7 29. Nf4 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Qh4+
31. Nh3 Rfc8 32. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Spanish Team Championship (Honor Division)"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.09"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7
7. O-O d6 8. a3 a5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2
Rf7 13. Nc2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Nd4 17. b4
axb4 18. axb4 c4 19. Ne4 Bf8 20. dxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4
22. Qxd4 exd4 23. Rfd1 Bxe2 24. Rxd4 Rc8 25. Re1 Rc2 26. Rd2
Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Re7 28. Ne4 Bd3 29. Nxf6+ Kg7 30. Ne8+ Kh6
31. Rxe7 Bxe7 32. Bxb7 Bxb4 33. Nf6 Kg7 34. Nd5 Bd6 35. Ne3
Bc5 36. Kg2 Be2 37. Be4 Ba7 38. h4 Bc5 39. Nd5 Bd6 40. f4 h6
41. Kf2 Bg4 42. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spanish Team Championship (Honor Division)"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Parimarjan Negi"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3
12. Nxc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Qd4 e5 15. Qe3 Be6 16. Rb1 Nc6
17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Rxb6 Na5 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Bb4 Nc6 21. Rxb7
Nxb4 22. cxb4 Rac8 23. a4 Rxc2 24. Ra1 g6 25. a5 Bc4 26. Rc7
Bd3 27. Rxc2 Bxc2 28. Bc6 Bd3 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Rxd3 Rxc6
31. Rd5 e4 32. Rd4 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Re1 34. g5 e3 35. fxe3 Rxe3
36. Rd6 Re4 37. Rb6 Kg7 38. Kf3 Rh4 39. Ke2 h6 40. gxh6+ Kxh6
41. Kd3 Kg7 42. Kc3 Rxh3+ 43. Kc4 Rh4+ 44. Kb3 Rh3+ 45. Ka4
Rh1 46. Rxa6 Ra1+ 47. Kb3 g5 48. Kb2 Ra4 49. Kb3 Ra1 50. Kb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Spanish Team Championship (Honor Division)"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joan Fluvia Poyatos"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. Qg4 g6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. a4 Bd7 11. Be3 Nf6 12. N1d2
O-O 13. Nc4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bc5 Qc7 16. Bxe7 Ncxe7
17. Qe5 Rac8 18. Nd6 Rcd8 19. Nc4 Qxe5 20. Nxe5 Nc6 21. Nxc6
Bxc6 22. Na5 Nb4 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Rfd1 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3
26. cxd3 Rb8 27. Rb1 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Rb4 30. b3 Kd6
31. Kd2 c5 32. Kc3 g5 33. h3 h5 34. a5 e5 35. Re1 f5 36. Rb1
Kd5 37. Rh1 Rh4 38. Rb1 Rf4 39. Rb2 g4 40. hxg4 Rxg4 41. f3
Rg3 42. b4 cxb4+ 43. Rxb4 Rxg2 44. Rb8 Rf2 45. Rd8+ Kc6
46. Rc8+ Kd7 47. Ra8 Rxf3 48. Kc4 f4 49. Rxa6 Rf1 50. Kd5 f3
51. Ke4 f2 52. Ke3 Rd1 53. Kxf2 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2012.12.08"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3
Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Nf3 Nb6 9. h3 Bf5 10. O-O a6 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 Nfxd5 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bf6 16. c4
Qd7 17. Bg5 Qc6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qb3 Qc6 20. Ne5 Qe6 21. Rac1
Rad8 22. a4 a5 23. Re3 f6 24. d5 Qc8 25. Ng4 Qd7 26. d6 Rxe3
27. Nxe3 Kf8 28. c5 Nc8 29. Qxb7 cxd6 30. c6 Qxb7 31. cxb7 Nb6
32. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Erdos"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be6
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Ne4
12. Nbd2 Nb6 13. Qd1 Nd6 14. Bd4 Nf5 15. e3 Re8 16. Rc2 Nc4
17. Bf1 Ncd6 18. Bd3 h5 19. h4 g6 20. Rac1 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bg4
22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Nf5 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Rd2 Qa5 26. Qb3 Rad8
27. Rcd1 Qa6 28. Nf4 d4 29. exd4 Kg7 30. Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Kamil Koziol"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nh6 6. d4 cxd4
7. cxd4 O-O 8. d5 Nb8 9. Nc3 d6 10. h3 f5 11. e5 Nf7 12. e6
Ne5 13. Re1 a6 14. Bf1 b5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Rc1
Bb7 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Be3 Qa5 20. a3 b4 21. Na2 Qxd5 22. Nxb4
Qxd2 23. Bxd2 Bxb2 24. Rc7 Bc8 25. Nd5 Bxa3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8
27. Nxe7+ Kf8 28. Nxc8 Nc6 29. Nb6 Ra7 30. Nd5 Ne5 31. Rb1 Nc6
32. Bh6+ Ke8 33. Bxa6 Bc5 34. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Meskovs"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "193"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5
Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Qd6
12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Rab1 a5 14. Rfc1 Re8 15. Na4 Rb8 16. a3 Nf6
17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bg4 19. Ne5 Be6 20. h3 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4
22. Qc5 Qd8 23. b5 cxb5 24. Qxb5 Qg5 25. Kh1 f6 26. Ng4 Qh4
27. Qe2 b5 28. Nc5 Bc4 29. Qd2 h5 30. Nh2 Qg5 31. Nf1 h4
32. Qe1 Qd5 33. Nd2 Ba2 34. Rb2 f5 35. Na6 Ra8 36. Nb4 Qf7
37. Nxa2 Rxa2 38. Rxb5 Bf8 39. Rb6 Re6 40. Rxe6 Qxe6 41. Nc4
g5 42. Ne5 Bd6 43. Rc6 Qd5 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. Nc4 Be7 46. Qb1
Ra7 47. Qb8 Rb7 48. Qe5+ Qxe5 49. Nxe5 Bd6 50. Rc1 Kf6 51. Kg1
Ke6 52. Nc4 Bc7 53. Nd2 Ba5 54. Nc4 Bd8 55. Ne5 Bc7 56. Rc6+
Bd6 57. Rc1 Kd5 58. Kf1 f4 59. Ng4 Be7 60. Nh6 f3 61. Ng4 Rb2
62. Ne5 fxg2+ 63. Kxg2 Rb6 64. Ng4 Bd6 65. Ra1 Kc4 66. Ra5 Kd3
67. Rxg5 Rb2 68. Rf5 Ke2 69. Nf6 Kd3 70. d5 Rb8 71. Ng4 Rb5
72. Nh6 Rb8 73. Nf7 Rg8+ 74. Rg5 Rxg5+ 75. Nxg5 Be7 76. Ne6
Kc4 77. Ng7 Kxd5 78. Nf5 Bf6 79. f4 Kc4 80. Nh6 Kd3 81. Ng4
Be7 82. Kf2 Kc4 83. Ne5+ Kd5 84. Ke2 Bf6 85. Ng4 Bc3 86. Nh6
Ke6 87. Kd1 Ba5 88. Ng4 Kf5 89. Ne5 Bc7 90. Nc4 Bxf4 91. exf4
Kxf4 92. Ke2 Kg3 93. Ne3 Kxh3 94. Kf2 Kh2 95. Ng4+ Kh3 96. Ne3
Kh2 97. Ng4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nikita Meskovs"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "187"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6
7. d4 d6 8. b3 Bf5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Ne4
12. Qe3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qe3
b6 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. Qf4 Bd7 19. Bd5 Rf8 20. h4 h5 21. Qh6 e6
22. Be4 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qf4 Rfd8 25. Rc3 Rd7 26. Rcd3
Rcd8 27. g4 hxg4 28. Qxg4 Qc5 29. Qf4 Kg7 30. Rg3 Rh8 31. Rg5
e5 32. Qg4 Re7 33. h5 Rh6 34. Rd3 Re6 35. Kg2 Rf6 36. Rf3 Rxf3
37. Qxf3 Qd4 38. Rg4 Qd1 39. Rg3 Qd4 40. hxg6 Rxg6 41. Rxg6+
Kxg6 42. e3 Qh4 43. Qd5 Qf6 44. Kf1 Qe6 45. Qg2+ Kf6 46. Ke2
Ke7 47. Qb7+ Qd7 48. Qe4 a5 49. Kd2 Qc7 50. Qh4+ Ke6 51. Qg4+
Ke7 52. Qg5+ Ke6 53. Qg8 Ke7 54. Qa8 Qc5 55. Kd3 Kf6 56. Ke4
Qc7 57. Qh8+ Ke7 58. Qh4+ Ke6 59. Qh6+ Ke7 60. Kf5 Qd7+
61. Kg5 Qe6 62. Qxe6+ Kxe6 63. e4 Ke7 64. f4 exf4 65. Kxf4 Ke6
66. Ke3 Ke5 67. Kd3 Ke6 68. Kd4 Ke7 69. Kd5 Kd7 70. Kd4 Ke6
71. Ke3 Ke5 72. Kd3 Ke6 73. Kd4 Ke7 74. Kd5 Kd7 75. a3 Kc7
76. b4 axb4 77. axb4 Kd7 78. Kd4 Ke6 79. Ke3 Ke5 80. Kd3 Ke6
81. Kd4 Kd7 82. Kd5 Kc7 83. e5 dxe5 84. Kxe5 Kd7 85. Kf6 Ke8
86. b5 Kd7 87. Kxf7 Kd6 88. Ke8 Kc7 89. Ke7 Kc8 90. Kd6 Kb7
91. Kd7 Kb8 92. Kc6 Ka7 93. Kc7 Ka8 94. c5 1-0

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Kempinski"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Ne5 Ng4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. Bxd5
Bxd4 12. e3 Bg7 13. h3 Nge5 14. Ke2 O-O 15. Nc3 Nb6 16. Bxb7
Rab8 17. Ba6 Nc6 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. Bb5 a6 20. Nd1 axb5 21. Bxb4
Nd5 22. Bd2 b4 23. Rc1 Rfd8 24. e4 Nf6 25. f3 Nd7 26. Rc2 Nf8
27. Nf2 Ne6 28. Be3 b3 29. axb3 Rxb3 30. Rb1 Bd4 31. Bh6 g5
32. Rd2 Re3+ 33. Kf1 Rxf3 34. Rbd1 Rxg3 35. b4 f6 36. b5 Kf7
37. h4 gxh4 38. b6 Bxb6 0-1

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Robert Kempinski"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d4 e6 11. g4 Bg6
12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qf3 Nd5 14. h4 f6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Kf1 Kf7
17. Be3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Be2 Bd6 21. Rb1 b6
22. c4 Ne7 23. Kg2 dxc4 24. Rhc1 c3 25. Rb3 Nd5 26. Bf3 Nxe3+
27. fxe3 Rxh4 28. Rbxc3 Rh2+ 29. Kg1 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rb2 31. Rc8
Ke7 32. Rg8 Rxa2 33. Rxg7+ Ke6 34. Rxg6 Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Ra2+
36. Be2 b5 37. Kf3 a6 38. g5 Be7 39. Rh6 Ra1 40. Ke4 Rg1
41. d5+ Kf7 42. Bh5+ Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kh8 44. gxf6 Rxg6 45. fxe7
1-0

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zaven Andriasian"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6
7. O-O O-O 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Bf5 10. h3 Re8 11. Be3 h5
12. Re1 Nb4 13. Bg5 Nc2 14. Qd2 Nxe1 15. Rxe1 Qc8 16. Kh2 Ne4
17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nf4 Bc6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Nfd5 Bxd5
21. Nxd5 Qd7 22. Qf4 c6 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Qxf7 Qe8 25. Qf4 Qf8
26. d5 Re8 27. dxc6 Qxf4 28. Bxf4 bxc6 29. Nxc6 Re2 30. Kg2
Rxb2 31. a4 a6 32. a5 Rc2 33. Nb4 Rxc4 34. Nxa6 Bc3 35. Nb8
Bxa5 36. Bxd6 Bc7 37. Bxc7 Rxc7 38. Na6 Rc4 39. Kf3 Kg7
40. Ke3 h4 41. gxh4 Rxh4 42. Nc5 Rxh3+ 43. Kf4 Ra3 44. Ne4 Ra4
45. f3 Kh6 46. Kg4 Ra1 47. Kh4 Rh1+ 48. Kg4 Rg1+ 49. Kh4 g5+
50. Kh3 Kg6 51. Kh2 Ra1 52. Kg3 Rg1+ 53. Kf2 Rd1 54. Nc3 Rd3
55. Ne4 Kf5 56. Ng3+ Ke5 57. Nh5 Ra3 58. Ng3 Ra2+ 59. Ke3 Ra4
60. Kf2 Ra3 61. Nh5 Kf5 62. Ng3+ Ke5 63. Nh5 Rb3 64. Ng3 Rb1
65. Nh5 Rb2+ 66. Kg3 Kf5 67. Ng7+ Kf6 68. Ne8+ Ke5 69. Ng7 Rb7
70. Nh5 Kf5 71. Kf2 Rb2+ 72. Kg1 Ra2 73. Kh1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zaven Andriasian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "242"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. Bxe5 Be6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rb1 b6 15. c4 Rc8 16. cxd5 Bxd5
17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qa4 Rc7 19. Rb5 Qd6 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21. Rxb4
Rc2 22. Ra4 Rxe2 23. Rxa7 Rd8 24. Rd1 e6 25. Ra4 Rd5 26. Kg2
Rf5 27. Rf1 Rb2 28. a3 b5 29. Ra5 Ra2 30. h4 h6 31. Kg1 g5
32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kg2 g4 34. Kg1 Kf6 35. Kg2 Rd2 36. a4 Rxd4
37. Rxb5 Rxa4 38. Rxf5+ Kxf5 39. Rb1 e5 40. Rb7 f6 41. Rb6 Ra2
42. Rc6 Kg5 43. Rc5 Re2 44. Kf1 Re4 45. Rc8 Rd4 46. Rg8+ Kf5
47. Kg2 Ke6 48. Re8+ Kf7 49. Ra8 f5 50. Ra6 Ke7 51. Rb6 Rd6
52. Rb5 Ke6 53. Rb8 Kd5 54. Rf8 Ke4 55. Ra8 Rd4 56. Ra7 Rb4
57. Ra8 Rb5 58. Re8 Kd3 59. Rf8 e4 60. Ra8 Re5 61. Kf1 Rc5
62. Rd8+ Kc4 63. Ke2 Rd5 64. Ra8 Kd4 65. Rf8 Ra5 66. Rd8+ Ke5
67. Re8+ Kf6 68. Rf8+ Ke7 69. Rb8 Ra2+ 70. Ke3 Ra3+ 71. Ke2
Rf3 72. Rb5 Kf6 73. Rb6+ Kg5 74. Re6 Kh5 75. Re8 Kg6 76. Re6+
Kf7 77. Re5 Kg7 78. Re7+ Kf8 79. Re6 Kf7 80. Re5 Kf6 81. Re8
Ra3 82. Rf8+ Ke6 83. Re8+ Kd5 84. Rd8+ Kc6 85. Rf8 Rf3 86. Re8
Kd6 87. Rd8+ Ke7 88. Rd5 Ke6 89. Rd8 Kf7 90. Rd7+ Kf6 91. Rd6+
Ke5 92. Rd8 e3 93. Re8+ Kd4 94. fxe3+ Kd5 95. Rf8 Ke5 96. Re8+
Kd5 97. Rf8 Ke6 98. Re8+ Kf7 99. Ra8 Rxg3 100. Ra6 Rh3
101. Kf2 Kg7 102. Rb6 Rh6 103. Rb8 Kf6 104. Rf8+ Kg6 105. Rg8+
Kf7 106. Rb8 Rh2+ 107. Kg3 Rh3+ 108. Kf2 Rf3+ 109. Ke2 Kg6
110. Rg8+ Kh5 111. Rh8+ Kg5 112. Rh7 Rh3 113. Rg7+ Kh4
114. Rf7 Rf3 115. Rh7+ Kg3 116. Rh8 Rf2+ 117. Kd3 Kg2 118. Rg8
g3 119. Rg5 Kh2 120. Rh5+ Kg1 121. Rg5 g2 0-1

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 Nh6 8. Ne4 Nf5 9. c3 b6 10. g4 Ng7 11. Rg1 h5
12. h3 hxg4 13. hxg4 Ne6 14. Be3 Bg7 15. Qe2 Ba6 16. c4 Qd7
17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Qc2 Kb8 19. Nfg5 Nxg5 20. Nxg5 Rhf8 21. f4
f6 22. e6 Qc8 23. Nf7 Qxe6 24. Nxd8 Qxe3+ 25. Kb1 Rxd8
26. Rge1 Qxf4 27. Rxe7 Bf8 28. Rf7 Bd6 29. a4 Bc8 30. Rh1 Rd7
31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Rh8+ Bc8 33. Qg2 Kb7 34. Ka2 a5 35. Qh1 Bc7
36. Rf8 Qd6 37. Rf7 Be6 38. Rg7 Qxd3 39. b3 Qd2+ 40. Ka3 Bxg4
41. Qh7 Qd6 42. Qxg6 Qf4 43. Rf7 Bf5 44. Qxf6 Qc1+ 45. Qb2
Qxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4
7. cxd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Bf4 Ne7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Bd6 Re8
12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Re1 a6 14. Bd3 b5 15. Nc2 Bb7 16. Qd2 Rc8
17. f4 Na5 18. b3 Qb6 19. e5 Bf8 20. f5 Nc6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8
22. f6 Nd8 23. Bf5 d3+ 24. Kh1 Ne6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Nb4 Qd4
27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Nxd3 Bb7 29. Qh6 Rf7 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Rxe3
d6 32. exd6 Rxf6 33. Kg1 e5 34. d7 Rd6 35. Nc5 Bc6 36. Nxa6
Bxd7 37. Nb4 Rd2 38. Rxe5 Kf7 39. Kf1 Kf6 40. Re2 Rd1+ 41. Kf2
Bf5 42. h3 Ra1 43. Rd2 h5 44. Ke3 h4 45. Nd5+ Kg5 46. Nc3 b4
47. Nd5 Re1+ 48. Kf2 Re4 49. Ne3 Rf4+ 50. Ke2 Bc8 51. Rd5+ Kh6
52. Rd6 Rf8 53. Rd4 Ba6+ 54. Ke1 Re8 55. Rxh4+ Kg5 56. Rg4+
Kf6 57. Kf2 Rb8 58. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Daniel Grigoryevich Fridman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "58"]

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. Ng5 Bxg5 10. Bxg5 Qd7 11. Be2 O-O
12. Be3 Rfe8 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. Rde1 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Ne5 16. b3
Ng4 17. Rhe1 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 b6 19. Qd5 g6 20. Kb2 a5 21. h4 h5
22. Qc4 Kf8 23. Qd4 Kg8 24. Qc4 Kf8 25. a4 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Re8
27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Qe4+ Kf8 29. f3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Grigoryevich Fridman"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Be6
7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxb7 Nbd7 9. Qc6 Nb6 10. O-O Qd6 11. Qxd6 cxd6
12. e4 Rfc8 13. d5 Bg4 14. Be3 Rab8 15. Rab1 Nfd7 16. Nd4 Bxe2
17. Ncxe2 Ne5 18. h3 f5 19. f3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Na4 21. b3 Nc5
22. Ng3 c3 23. Nc2 a5 24. Rbd1 Ncd3 25. Bg5 Nb4 26. Rf2 Rb7
27. Nxb4 axb4 28. Bf4 c2 29. Rc1 Nd3 30. Rf3 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Nxf4
32. Rxf4 Be3 33. Ne2 Bxf4 34. Nxf4 Rf8 35. g3 g5 0-1

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbc6
7. e3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxe5 Nxc3 10. Nxc6 Nxd1 11. Nxd8 Nxe3
12. fxe3 Rxd8 13. d4 c6 14. Bd2 Be6 15. Bc3 a5 16. a3 Bd5
17. Rad1 f5 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20. Rc1 b6 21. Bd2
Rac8 22. a4 Bf8 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Ke2 h5 25. Kd3 Bd6 26. Rxc8
Rxc8 27. Rb1 Bb4 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Ra1 Ke6 30. a5 bxa5
31. Rxa5 b3 32. Rc5 Ra8 33. Rc6+ Kf7 34. Kc3 Re8 35. Kd2 Ra8
36. Rc3 Ra1 37. Rxb3 Rh1 38. h4 Rg1 39. Rb7+ Kf6 40. Rb6+ Kf7
41. Rd6 Rg2+ 42. Kd3 Rxb2 43. Rxd5 Rg2 44. Rd7+ Ke6 45. Rc7
Rxg3 46. Rc6+ Ke7 47. d5 f4 48. Re6+ Kd7 49. Ke2 fxe3 50. Rxe3
Rg4 51. Re6 Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. a4 Nc6 10. a5 Nf6 11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Be3
Bg7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. O-O Re8 15. Na4 d5 16. Bb6 Qd6 17. Bc5 Qc7
18. Nb6 Rb8 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Qd8 21. Bb6 Qxd5 22. Qd1
Bg4 23. f3 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. c4 Nd7 26. Bc7 Rbc8 27. Bg3
Nde5 28. Rc1 Rcd8 0-1

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 Qe8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. h3 c6 11. Be3 Qe7
12. a3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nc7 14. b4 Ne6 15. Rad1 Nh5 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8
17. Rd1 Qe7 18. g3 Bd7 19. Bf1 a5 20. b5 Be8 21. Qb2 Rd8
22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Qd2 Nd4 24. Bg2 Qd6 25. a4 Bd7 26. Ne2 c5
27. Nc3 Be6 28. Nd5 Nf6 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Bg5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 b6
32. Qc2 Nd7 33. Qc6 Bf8 34. Qxd6 Bxd6 35. Bd8 Kf8 36. Bf1 Ke8
37. Bg5 Nc5 38. f4 Nxe4 39. Bh6 Nxg3 40. fxe5 Bxe5 41. Bc4 Nf5
42. Bd2 Nd6 43. Bd3 f5 44. Kg2 Kf7 45. Bg5 Bf6 46. Bf4 Ke7
47. Kf3 Kd7 48. Bg3 Nf7 49. Bf4 Ne5+ 50. Bxe5 Bxe5 51. Bc4 Kd6
52. Ke2 Kc5 53. Kd3 g5 54. Bb3 g4 55. hxg4 fxg4 56. Bd1 h5
57. Ke4 Bd6 58. Be2 g3 59. Bf1 h4 60. Bh3 Kc4 61. Kf5 d3 0-1

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3
Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nb6 9. h3 Nbxd5 10. d4 c6 11. Bd3 h6
12. Re1 Re8 13. a3 Be6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Bd2 Bc7 16. Qf3 Nd7
17. Rad1 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Nf6 19. Re2 Qd5 20. Qg3 Rad8 21. Rde1
Nd7 22. Be4 Qd6 23. Bc2 Qd5 24. Be4 Qd6 25. Bc2 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ivan Bukavshin"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O d6 9. Nde2 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. g4 b5 12. Ng3
b4 13. Nce2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Rd8
17. Bf4 Qb7 18. Qe4 Be6 19. Rad1 Qb5 20. Rfe1 Bf6 21. b3 Bd5
22. Qd3 Qb7 23. Nh5 Be7 24. Qe3 Bf8 25. Bh6 Re8 26. Qg3 Ne5
27. Nd4 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3 Bxf3 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rc1 Qc6 31. Be3
Bd6 32. Bf4 Bf8 33. Be5 f6 34. Bf4 g6 35. Nxf6+ Qxf6 36. Qxf3
Rc8 37. Qd5+ Qf7 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Bd2 a5 40. Kf1 Bg7 41. Ke2
Re8+ 42. Be3 Rc8 43. Bb6 Bf8 44. Bxa5 Ra8 45. Bb6 Rxa2 46. Kd3
Ra6 47. Bd4 Rd6 48. Re1 Rd7 49. Re4 Bd6 50. c4 bxc3 51. Kxc3
Rc7+ 52. Kd3 Rb7 53. Kc4 Rb4+ 54. Kc3 Rb7 55. Be3 h5 56. gxh5
gxh5 57. b4 Kf6 58. Bc5 Bh2 59. Kc4 Kf5 60. Re7 Rb8 61. b5 Kg5
62. Re4 Kf5 63. Rd4 Be5 64. Rd5 Ke6 65. f4 Bxf4 66. Rxh5 Rg8
67. b6 Rg2 68. Kb5 Rc2 69. Kc6 Kf6 70. b7 Ke6 71. Rd5 Rc3
72. Rd4 Bh2 73. Re4+ Kf5 74. Re2 Bg3 75. Re3 1-0

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Bukavshin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 h5 6. Qb3 Nb6
7. Ng5 e6 8. g3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Nd4 10. Qd1 Bg7 11. O-O e5 12. b3
O-O 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rc1 c6 15. e3 Ne6 16. Nge4 Bf8 17. Bxf8
Rxf8 18. b4 Qe7 19. Qb3 Kg7 20. Ne2 Nc7 21. Nc5 Rb8 22. d4 Bg4
23. Rfe1 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 exd4 25. Qb2 Rfd8 26. Rd1 Kg8 27. Rxd4
Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Rd8 29. Qa1 Ne6 30. Ne4 Nd5 31. a3 f5 32. Nd2
Qf6 33. Qxf6 Nxf6 34. Nc4 Rd1+ 35. Bf1 Ne4 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Rc2
Kf6 38. Na5 Rd7 39. Bc4 Nd8 40. Be2 Nf7 41. f3 Ned6 42. Rd2
Ke7 43. Nb3 Ne5 44. Nc5 Rd8 45. Kf1 b6 46. Nb3 Ndc4 47. Bxc4
Nxc4 48. Rxd8 Kxd8 49. Ke2 Nxa3 50. Kd3 Nb5 51. Nd2 Nd6
52. Kd4 Ke7 53. Ke5 Nf7+ 54. Kd4 Ke6 55. Nc4 Nd6 56. Nd2 Nb5+
57. Kc4 Nc7 58. e4 fxe4 59. Nxe4 Nb5 60. Ng5+ Ke7 61. Kd3 Nd6
62. g4 Kf6 63. Nh3 Ke5 64. Ke3 a5 65. bxa5 bxa5 66. Nf2 a4
67. Nd3+ Kf6 68. Kd2 Nc4+ 69. Kc3 Ne5 70. Nf4 hxg4 71. fxg4
Nxg4 72. Kb4 Kf5 73. Nd3 Ne5 74. Nc5 Kg4 75. Kxa4 Kxh4 76. Kb4
g5 77. Ne4 g4 78. Kc5 g3 79. Nxg3 Kxg3 80. Kd4 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Romanov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. O-O c6 8. d4 d6 9. Qb3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qe7 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Be3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Bg4 14. Rd2 Bxf3 15. exf3 b6 16. Re1 Nd7
17. Red1 Rfd8 18. Qa3 c5 19. Qa4 Nf6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+
Qxd8 22. Qxa7 e4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Qb7 Nf6 25. Bf4 h6 26. Qb8
Qxb8 27. Bxb8 Nd7 28. Bc7 f6 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Kf3 Ke6 31. Ke4
g5 32. g4 1-0

[Event "Amplico ch-EUR Blitz"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Romanov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 a5
12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Nce4 Be6 16. Rc1 Bd5
17. Bf3 Nd4 18. Bg2 a4 19. Nc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd7 21. Nce4
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Migle Lepeskaite"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qa4+
Nfd7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d5 Nb6 9. Qd1 Nb4 10. Nd2 O-O 11. a3 N4xd5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxc4 Nb6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Na5 c6 16. O-O
Na4 17. Rb1 Bf5 18. e4 Be6 19. Nxb7 Rd7 20. e5 Rc8 21. Na5 Ba2
22. Ra1 Bd5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rb1 c5 25. Rd1 Kf7 26. Rd2 Rcd8
27. Rc2 Ba2 28. Ra1 Rd1+ 29. Bf1 Bd5 30. h4 Bf3 31. Rc4 Rxf1+
0-1

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bogdan Olejarczyk"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3
7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Ng3 O-O
12. b3 a5 13. a3 Re8 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Rad1 h6
17. Qe2 Qf4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nh7 20. Bc1 Qh4 21. Ne4 Ng5
22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Rd7 24. c5 e5 25. f4 Ne6 26. Qxe5 Ra8
27. f5 Nf8 28. Rd4 Qh5 29. g4 Qh3 30. Qg3 Qxg3+ 31. hxg3 f6
32. Bf4 Rf7 33. Rde4 Nd7 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 b6 36. b5 Rc8
37. Re8+ Rf8 38. Rxc8 Rxc8 39. Re7 Nxc5 40. Rc7 Rd8 41. bxc6
1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Katarzyna Toma"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Be3 Nbd7
12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. f3 Rac8 15. Qf2 Nc5 16. Bf1 Rfd8
17. Nd4 Qb8 18. Rc2 Ncd7 19. g4 Ne5 20. g5 Nfd7 21. b3 Nf8
22. Bh3 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Ndxb5 Ba6 25. Nd4 Qb4 26. Nb1
Nfg6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bf1 Bb7 29. Nd2 d5 30. exd5 Bxd5
31. Be2 Rc3 32. Nb1 Rc8 33. f4 Nd7 34. a3 Qb7 35. b4 Bd8
36. Bd3 Bb6 37. Nb5 Qb8 38. Bxg6 hxg6 39. N1c3 Bxe3 40. Qxe3
Nb6 41. Kf2 Bc6 42. Nd4 Ba8 43. Kg3 Qb7 44. Rd2 Nc4 45. Qd3
Nxd2 46. Qxd2 Rd8 47. b5 Rxd4 48. Qxd4 Qg2+ 49. Kh4 Qxh2+
50. Kg4 Qg2+ 51. Kh4 Bf3 0-1

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Marcel Kanarek"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O e5
7. d3 Re8 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. b4 a5 10. b5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nd2
Rb8 13. b6 c6 14. Rb1 Be6 15. e3 Nd7 16. Na4 Ra8 17. Qc2 Ra6
18. Ne4 Bf8 19. Qb2 f5 20. Nec3 Qf6 21. Rfd1 Be7 22. Bf1 Raa8
23. d4 f4 24. exf4 exf4 25. Re1 fxg3 26. hxg3 Bf5 27. Rbd1 Bf8
28. Qd2 h5 29. Bg2 h4 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Kh7 32. Bg2 Bh6
33. Qd3 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rf8 35. Re2 Rf7 36. Bh3 hxg3 37. fxg3
Qg5 38. Bxd7 Rxd7 39. Nc3 Rf7 40. Kg2 Qf6 41. Rc2 Bg7 42. Ne4
Qe7 43. Re2 d5 44. cxd5 cxd5 45. Nd2 Qf6 46. Nf3 Bh6 47. Rb2
Re7 48. Ne5 Rxe5 49. dxe5 Qxe5 50. Re2 Qd6 51. Qc3 Bg7 52. Qc7
Qf6 53. Qxb7 d4 54. Re7 d3 55. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrey Zhigalko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5
7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. bxc3 Ne4
12. Qc2 Qf6 13. Rac1 e5 14. Bg3 Bf5 15. Bd3 Qg6 16. Bxe4 Bxe4
17. Qa4 dxc4 18. Rfd1 h5 19. f3 h4 20. fxe4 hxg3 21. Qxc4
gxh2+ 22. Kh1 Rad8 23. Rb1 Kh7 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Qg3
26. Rf1 Kg8 27. Rf3 Qh4 28. Qc4 Qh6 29. Rh3 Qg6 30. Kxh2 Rd8
31. Rg3 Qf6 32. Rf3 Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Rf2 Rd3 35. Rb2 Rxc3
36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Re8 Rxe3 38. Rxe6 Rxe4 39. Rxc6 Ra4 40. Re6
Ra5 41. Kg3 Kg8 42. Re7 Kf8 43. Rb7 Rxa2 44. Kg4 Rxg2+ 45. Kf5
a6 46. Ra7 Rf2+ 47. Kxe5 Rf6 48. Rb7 Kg8 49. Ra7 Kh7 50. Ra8
Kg6 51. Ra7 Kh6 52. Rb7 Kg6 53. Ra7 a5 54. Ke4 Rf5 55. Rb7 Kf6
56. Ra7 g6 57. Ra6+ Kg5 58. Ke3 Kh6 59. Ke4 Kh5 60. Ke3 g5
61. Ke4 Rf4+ 62. Ke3 a4 63. Ra8 Kg4 64. Ra5 Kh4 65. Rb5 a3
66. Ra5 Kg4 67. Ke2 Rf3 68. Rb5 Kf4 69. Ra5 0-1

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bf4 Ne8 12. Rc1
Nc5 13. b4 Nd7 14. b5 Bxc4 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Nd2 Bf7 17. Bxc6
Rc8 18. Nb5 Ne5 19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Nxd6 Qe6
22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Qc2 Rb7 26. Rb1
Re7 27. e3 Kg7 28. h4 Qd5 29. Kg2 h6 30. Rd1 Qe6 31. Qb3 Qxb3
32. axb3 Rb7 33. Rd5 Rxb3 34. Rd7+ Kg8 35. Rxa7 h5 36. Ng1 Rb6
37. Nh3 Be5 38. Kf3 Rc6 39. Nf4 Rd6 40. Re7 Bc3 41. Rb7 Be5
42. Nh3 Bf6 43. Ke2 Kf8 44. Nf4 Be5 45. Nd3 Bf6 46. f3 Rc6
47. e4 fxe4 48. fxe4 Bd4 49. Rd7 Bf6 50. Kf3 Ke8 51. Rd5 Ke7
52. e5 Bg7 53. Rb5 Bh6 54. Nc5 g5 55. Ke4 gxh4 56. gxh4 Rg6
57. Kf5 Rg4 58. Rb7+ Kd8 59. Rh7 Be3 60. Nb7+ Kc8 61. Nd6+ Kb8
62. e6 1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrey Gorovets"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be6
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 Bc5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qc2 Bf8 15. Rfd1 c5 16. Bg5 d4
17. e3 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nd5 Qe5 20. Nf4 Bf5 21. e4 Bxe4
22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qc4 Bd6 24. Nd3 h5 25. Re1 Qf5 26. Kg2 h4
27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Re1 Re4 29. Qc2 Rxe1 30. Nxe1 Qd5+ 31. Kf1
c4 32. Qd1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 d3+ 34. Ke3 Bc5+ 35. Kf4 Qxh2 36. Nf3
Qxf2 37. gxh4 Qxb2 38. Qa4 Qf6+ 39. Ke4 Qe6+ 40. Ne5 Bd6 0-1

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6
12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Qe7 16. Qf4 Qf6
17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Nf8 19. Red1 Ng6 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxd5
Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nf4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. h3 Ne6
26. g3 Qd1+ 27. Kg2 Qc2 28. Qa3 a5 29. Qd6 h6 30. Qb8+ Kh7
31. Qb7 a4 32. a3 Nc5 33. Qxb6 Nxe4 34. Qe3 Nf6 35. Ne5 Kg8
36. Qf3 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Vladimirovich Rublevsky"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 O-O
12. Kb1 Qc7 13. f4 h6 14. h4 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nh7
17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne4 Bb7 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. g4 Qe7 21. Qh2
Rfd8 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Qxg5 24. Rg1 Qe3 25. c3 Be4+ 26. Ka1
Bg6 27. Rxg6 fxg6 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Rh1 Qh6 30. Qg2 1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jacek Tomczak"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. c4 Qd6 6. d4 Bg7
7. Nc3 c6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Bf4 Qxf4 11. Qxb7 O-O
12. Qxa8 Qc7 13. d5 Bd7 14. c5 Na6 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. Bxa6
cxd5 17. b4 d4 18. Ne2 e5 19. Ng3 Nd5 20. a3 f5 21. Rad1 Nc3
22. Rd2 Bc6 23. Re1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qc6 25. Bf1 h5 26. h4 Bf6
27. Bg2 Qa6 28. Ne2 Nxe2+ 29. Rexe2 Qxa3 30. Rd1 Qxb4 31. Rc2
Qa4 32. Rdc1 Qc6 33. Ra2 Be7 34. Bf1 e4 35. Ra6 Qc7 36. Rxg6
d3 37. c6 Kf7 38. Rg3 Bxh4 39. Rh3 Bxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Qb6+ 41. Kg3
Qe3 42. Ra1 Qg1+ 43. Kf4 Qd4 44. c7 Qd6+ 45. Kxf5 Qxc7
46. fxe4 Qb6 47. e5 Qd4 48. e6+ Ke7 49. Rb1 Qg4+ 50. Ke5 Qxe6+
51. Kd4 Qf6+ 52. Ke3 Qg5+ 53. Kf2 Qd2+ 54. Kg1 Qg5+ 55. Bg2
Qc5+ 56. Kh1 d2 57. Rd1 Qf2 58. Rf3 Qh4+ 59. Kg1 Qe1+ 60. Rf1
Qe3+ 61. Rf2 Qe1+ 62. Rf1 Qe3+ 63. Kh1 h4 64. Bf3 Kd6 65. Kg2
Ke5 66. Rf2 h3+ 67. Kg3 Qg5+ 68. Kh2 Kf4 69. Rdxd2 Qg3+
70. Kh1 Qg7 71. Bg2+ Kg4 72. Bxh3+ Kh4 73. Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "12th MetLife Amplico European (Rapid)"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grzegorz Gajewski"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. h4 c5
7. cxd5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 cxd4 9. c4 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2
Nd7 12. Re1 Nc5 13. e4 e5 14. h5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 f6
17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Bc2 O-O 20. Ne1 f5 21. f3 Rac8
22. exf5 Nb7 23. Nd3 Nd6 24. Bb3 Bxf5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5
Bxb1 27. Rxb1 Rce8 28. Nc6 Rf4 29. Nxa7 g4 30. Nb5 gxf3
31. Nxd6 Re2+ 32. Kd3 Re3+ 33. Kd2 fxg2 34. Rg1 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "World Cities Team Championship"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.22"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "1.37"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2
Nc6 7. Rd1 Rc8 8. c3 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bg5 Be7 11. cxd4 h6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. d5 exd5
17. Nxd5 Rfd8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Rc1 Nc6 23. Ke2 Rd5 24. Rc3 Rb5 25. b3 Ra5
26. a4 Ke7 27. Rd3 Rc5 28. Kd2 a5 29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Ke6
31. Re4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cities Team Championship"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.23"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "2.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arthur Ssegwanyi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. f4 Nd7 9. a4 b6 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. Nc3 Ngf6 12. Qg3
O-O 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. Qh3 Rfe8 16. Kh1 d5 17. exd5
exd5 18. Bf5 Nc5 19. Nd4 Nce4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bc3 h6 22. Ne2
e3 23. Be5 Qc5 24. Nc3 Rd2 25. Rg1 Qc6 26. Bd3 Bc5 27. Re2 Qd7
28. Bf5 Qd8 29. Bd3 Bd4 30. Qf5 Bc8 31. Bxf6 Bxf5 32. Bxd8
Bxd3 33. cxd3 Bxc3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. bxc3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "World Cities Team Championship"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.24"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "3.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Varuzhan Eduardovich Akobian"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 e6 7. Nf3
c5 8. c3 Qb6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O f6 11. Nh4 Nge7 12. Na3 cxd4
13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nb5 Rg8 15. cxd4 O-O-O 16. Be3 a6 17. a4 Kb8
18. a5 Rxg4+ 19. Bxg4 Qxb5 20. Qd2 e5 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Rfc1
Nc8 23. Ng6 Bb4 24. Qd1 Nd6 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Qg4 Rd8 27. Bxh6
Ne4 28. Be3 Nd4 29. Nxe5 Ne2+ 30. Kg2 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 Bxa5
32. h6 Qe8 33. h7 Ka8 34. Nf7 d4 1-0

[Event "World Cities Team Championship"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.25"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2
Nc6 7. Rd1 g5 8. c3 g4 9. Nh4 O-O-O 10. d4 d5 11. e5 Ne4
12. Be3 Rg8 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 e6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. Qh6 Rdf8 18. g3 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qe3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Kb8
22. Rd2 Qf7 23. Re1 Re8 24. Qg5 Rg8 25. Qe3 Re8 26. Qg5 Rg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Al Ain Classic"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.26"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Karen H Grigoryan"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qg4 h5 6. Qg3 Nd7
7. Nf3 Nxc5 8. Nc3 h4 9. Qg4 h3 10. g3 Nh6 11. Qxh3 Qb6
12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Nxd5
Qb5 17. Rad1 Ba3 18. Rfe1 Qc6 19. Rd3 Bb2 20. c3 exd5 21. e6
fxe6 22. Bd4 Nf7 23. Rxe6+ Kd8 24. Qf5 Nd6 25. Qg5+ Kc7
26. Be5 Ba3 27. Bxd6+ Bxd6 28. Rxd5 Qxc3 29. Rdxd6 Qxf3
30. Rxd7+ Kb8 31. Ree7 Rc2 32. Qe5+ Ka8 33. Re8+ Rc8 34. Rxc8+
Rxc8 35. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Al Ain Classic"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Mark Paragua"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 d5
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 e6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Nh5
12. Bg5 f6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Be3 f5 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 f4
17. Rad1 Qd6 18. e4 f3 19. e5 Qb4 20. Bh3 Ng7 21. Qd2 Qe7
22. Rfe1 h5 23. Rc1 g5 24. Nd1 g4 25. Bf1 h4 26. Bd3 Nf5
27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Qh6 Raf8 29. Ne3 Rg5 30. gxh4 Rg7 31. Kh1 g3
32. hxg3 Rh7 33. Qg6+ Rg7 34. Qh6 Rh7 35. Qg6+ Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Al Ain Classic"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Mikhailovich Kotsur"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Bc4 Bc5 11. Ke2 Ke7
12. g3 a5 13. f4 Bxe3 14. Kxe3 Nb6 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Rhf1 Be6
17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Rf2 Rhf8 19. Raf1 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 a4 21. b3
axb3 22. axb3 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. h3 Ra1 25. Ng5+ Ke7 26. Nf3
Rc1 27. Nxe5 Rxc3+ 28. Nd3 Rxb3 29. Kd4 Ra3 30. Re2 b6 31. Nf4
Ra4+ 32. Kd3 c6 33. e5 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Al Ain Classic"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.28"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgenij Miroshnichenko"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Re8 8. d3 h6 9. Nd2 Bf8 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qd8
12. f4 f5 13. Nc3 exf4 14. Bxf4 d6 15. e4 Ne7 16. Qd2 c6
17. Rae1 Ng6 18. exf5 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Bxf5 20. Bxh6 Bxd3
21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qe8 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 25. Bd2
Kg8 26. Kg2 Be7 27. Re1 Kf7 28. h4 Ne5 29. b3 g6 30. Be3 a6
31. Bd4 Nd7 32. a4 Rd8 33. Rf1+ Kg8 34. Ne2 Nf8 35. Nf4 g5
36. hxg5 Bxg5 37. Rh1 Kf7 38. Kf3 Bf6 39. Bxf6 Kxf6 40. g4 Rd7
41. Rh5 Rh7 42. g5+ Ke5 43. g6+ Rxh5 44. g7 Rf5 45. g8=Q Rxf4+
46. Ke3 Ne6 47. Qh8+ Rf6 48. a5 Ng5 49. Qg7 Nf7 50. Qf8 d5
51. Qe7+ Kf5 52. Qxb7 dxc4 53. Qxa6 Re6+ 54. Kd2 cxb3 55. Qf1+
Kg6 56. a6 1-0

[Event "Al Ain Classic"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.28"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Romain Edouard"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Bh6 exd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nb5
dxc4 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Nxb7 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 cxb3
21. axb3 Nc6 22. Rd7 a5 23. Rd6 Rc8 24. Rd7 Ra8 25. Nd6 Ne5
26. Re7 Kf6 27. Rb7 a4 28. Ne4+ Kg7 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Kf2 Ra2+
31. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[EventDate "2012.04.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michael Tscharotschkin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 h6 8. Na4 Bb6 9. a3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5
dxc5 13. e4 dxe3 14. Bxe3 Bg4 15. Qc2 Qc8 16. Rfb1 Bh3
17. Rxb6 Bxg2 18. Rxf6 Bh3 19. Rd6 b6 20. Nc3 Qf5 21. f4 Rae8
22. Re1 g5 23. Nd5 f6 24. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gudmundur Kjartansson"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne1 f5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. f3 exf3 11. Nxf3 O-O
12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Kh8 14. Neg5 Bg8 15. Qd3 Bxg5 16. Nxg5
Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Nf6 18. Bf4 Qxd4+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Re8
21. Rd1 h6 22. Nh3 Bxa2 23. Bxc7 Re7 24. Bf4 Bb3 25. Rc1 Nd4
26. Bd6 Re6 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Bb4 Re2+ 29. Kg1 Rxb2 30. Nf4
Rb1+ 31. Bf1 Nc6 32. Nd3 Nxb4 33. Nxb4 Be6 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.24"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. h4 Ne4 10. h5 Nd7 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Bf4
Qe8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6
17. Be5 Re6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rh4 Qg8 20. Rah1 Rf8 21. Qg4 Kf7
22. Bb5 Re4 23. Rh7+ Kf6 24. f4 Rf7 25. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Nf6 10. Nc3 d6 11. O-O-O e5
12. g3 Be6 13. f4 b5 14. Kb1 Rb8 15. Be2 O-O 16. f5 Bxb3
17. axb3 Nd4 18. g4 b4 19. Na4 d5 20. exd5 Re8 21. d6 Qxd6
22. g5 Nd5 23. Qe4 Rec8 24. Rhe1 Rxc2 25. Bf3 Nc3+ 26. bxc3
Rxc3 27. Qd5 Qc7 28. Nxc3 bxc3 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. g6 d3
31. Qxd3 Rxb3+ 32. Kc1 Rb8 33. Bd5 Qa5 34. gxf7+ Kf8 35. Re8+
Rxe8 36. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 37. Qe4+ Kd8 38. Kc2 Qa3 39. Qh4+ Ke8
40. Bc6+ Kf7 41. Bd5+ Ke8 42. Qe1+ Kd8 43. Qe6 Qb2+ 44. Kd3
Qxh2 45. Qg8+ Kc7 46. Qxg7+ Kd6 47. Bg2 Qh4 48. f6 Qe1
49. Qf8+ Kd7 50. Bh3+ Kc6 51. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Raj Tischbierek"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Qg4 f5
7. exf6 Nxf6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 c5 11. dxc5 e5
12. cxb6 axb6 13. Bb2 Ra5 14. Qe3 Ng4 15. Qxb6 Ra7 16. O-O-O
Rb7 17. Qc5 Rc7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxf8 Qe6 20. Nh3 Kg6 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruben Felgaer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. e5 Ne4
7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Ng5 cxd4 9. Nxe4 Na6 10. a3 Nc5 11. Ng5 Be7
12. Nf3 O-O 13. Qxd4 Bd7 14. b4 Na4 15. Bd3 Bc6 16. O-O a5
17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Rb1 axb4 19. axb4 Nc3 20. Rb3 Rxd3 21. cxd3
Ne2+ 22. Kf2 Ra2 23. Ke3 Ba4 24. Ra3 Nxc1 25. Rxa4 Rxa4
26. Rxc1 Bxb4 27. Rc8+ Bf8 28. Rb8 Ra2 29. g4 g6 30. Rxb7 h6
31. Rc7 Bb4 32. h3 Ba5 33. Rb7 Rc2 34. Rb5 Bc3 35. Rb8+ Kg7
36. Rb7 Bb2 37. f5 Bc1+ 38. Kd4 Bb2+ 39. Ke3 Bc1+ 40. Kd4 Bb2+
41. Ke4 Re2+ 42. Kf4 g5+ 43. Nxg5 hxg5+ 44. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.28"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. d3 Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1
b4 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 15. Ne3 Bc8 16. d4 Qc7 17. dxe5
dxe5 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. Nfd2 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Nb6 21. Ne3 a5 22. Rb1
c4 23. Bxc4 Bb7 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rfd8 26. Rb5 Bc5 27. h4
Nc8 28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Nc4 Ne7 30. Nxe5 Rxd5 31. Qf3 Qf8
32. Nc6 Rd7 33. Nxa5 g6 34. Bg5 Nf5 35. Qc6 Qd6 36. Qxd6 Rxd6
37. Nb7 Rc6 38. Nxc5 Rxc5 39. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.29"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Ivanovich Tkachiev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 O-O
7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Na6
12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nb5 Nc5 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. Rfe1 Rfc8 16. Nb3
Ra4 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. e3 Rcxc4 19. Bd4 Rc2 20. Bxb6 Bd7
21. Nd4 Rcxa2 22. Rab1 Ng4 23. Rf1 Bh6 24. Nb5 Rc2 25. h3 Ne5
26. Nd4 Rca2 27. Nb5 Rd2 28. Nc3 Rc4 29. Bd4 Nc6 30. Ne4 Rdc2
31. Bb6 Bf8 32. g4 Bc8 33. Ra1 Rb4 34. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 35. Rxb1 Bg7
36. Rd1 Bb2 37. Rd3 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Rd5 h4 40. Ng5 Kg7
41. Be4 Rc4 42. Bg2 Ne5 43. Nf3 Nxf3+ 44. Bxf3 Bxh3 45. Rb5
Bf6 46. Bxb7 Bd7 47. Rb1 Bf5 48. Rb5 Bd3 49. Rb3 Rc1+ 50. Kg2
Bf1+ 51. Kf3 Bh3 52. Rb4 Rg1 53. Ke2 Bf1+ 54. Kd2 h3 55. Bc7
e5 56. f4 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.30"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 e6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7
12. f4 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Kh1 Re8 15. g4 b5 16. g5 Nd7
17. b3 Bb7 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 c5 21. Qe1 b4
22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Bg2 Rf8 24. Qg3 Bd4 25. Rde1 Rf7 26. Nf2 Rdf8
27. Ng4 Bg7 28. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 e5 31. Re4
exf4 32. Bxf4 a5 33. Kg3 a4 34. Rd1 axb3 35. axb3 Ra8 36. Rd5
Ra3 37. Re3 h5 38. gxh6 Bd4 39. Rf3 Nf8 40. Rd8 Kh7 41. Be3
Rxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Bxe3 43. Kxe3 Ne6 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. h4 Rxb3+
46. Ke4 Rh3 47. Ke5 Nd4 48. Nf6+ Kf8 49. h5 Re3+ 50. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Nh5 6. f4 Qh4+
7. g3 Nxg3 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. hxg3 Qxh1 10. Nc3 h5 11. Be3 h4
12. gxh4 c6 13. Kd2 Rxh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Na6
17. Rh1 Qd8 18. a3 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Qa5 20. Rh7 O-O-O 21. Rxf7
Nc7 22. Kc2 b5 23. Bb3 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Ne4 Nd5 26. Bd2
Bxd2 27. Nxd2 Rh8 28. Nf1 Qe1 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxd7 Kxd7
31. Qg4+ Kc7 32. Qxg6 Qf2+ 33. Nd2 Rh2 34. Qd6+ Kb7 35. Qb4+
Kc8 36. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar (Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[EventDate "2013.01.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7
7. O-O Bg7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Bb3 Qe7 11. Re1 b6 12. Bd5
Nf7 13. c4 O-O 14. Nc3 Kh8 15. c5 dxc5 16. dxc5 b5 17. Qc2
Rae8 18. Rad1 Ncd8 19. Rd3 c6 20. Red1 Bg4 21. Bb3 Bxf3
22. gxf3 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rd7 Qf6 25. Kh1 Ne6 26. Bxe6
Rxe6 27. Rg1 Ree8 28. f4 Qe6 29. Rgd1 exf4 30. Bxf4 b4 31. Na4
Qxa2 32. Rg1 Qe6 33. Nb6 Be5 34. Re1 Qf6 35. Qc4 Bxf4 36. Rxe8
Rxe8 37. Qxf4 Qg6 38. Qg3 Ne5 39. Rd6 Qf7 40. h3 f4 41. Qg2
Rg8 42. Qe4 Qh5 43. Rd3 f3 44. h4 Nxd3 45. Nd7 Nxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar (Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[EventDate "2013.01.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nge7 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 exd5
12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bf2 Nf5 16. Ne2
Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bf6 18. Rxb7 Rc8 19. Reb1 Nd6 20. R7b3 Qa5
21. Qd3 Qxa2 22. g4 Qa4 23. Ra3 Qc4 24. Ra6 Qxd3 25. cxd3 Rc7
26. Bc5 Rd8 27. Bf3 Nf7 28. d4 Kh8 29. Kg2 g5 30. h4 gxh4
31. g5 Bg7 32. Bg4 e5 33. dxe5 Ncxe5 34. fxe5 Rxc5 35. e6 Ne5
36. e7 Re8 37. Bh5 Ng6 38. Rxa7 Be5 39. Bxg6 hxg6 40. Rf1 Kg7
41. Nf4 Rc2+ 42. Kh3 Bxf4 43. Rxf4 Re2 44. Rd4 Re5 45. Kxh4
Re1 46. Rxd5 R8xe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.19"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Svetoslav Mihajlov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 c6
7. Qa4 O-O 8. Qa3 Re8 9. e3 Bf5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5 Nc6
12. Qb3 a6 13. Be2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Nd2 e5
17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Rac1 Bd3 19. Bxd3 Nxd3 20. Rc2 Nc5 21. Qb1
Na4 22. c4 Nc3 23. Qb4 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 d4 25. exd4 Nxd4 26. Rb2
Nc6 27. Qxb7 Qd4 28. Rb6 Qxd2 29. Rxc6 Rb8 30. Qxa6 Rb1 31. c5
Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Re1 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bjorn Thorfinnsson"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6
7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Kh1 Nc7
12. f4 f5 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 fxe4 15. a4 Qe7 16. a5 Nd7
17. Ra4 Nf6 18. g4 h6 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Nd7 21. Rxe4 Ne5
22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qg1 b5 24. Nxb5 Nxb5 25. Bxb5 Rb8 26. Be2
Bb7 27. a6 Ba8 28. Qf1 Qd8 29. h4 Qa5 30. Qd1 Qc7 31. Rf4 Qe7
32. Kg1 Nd7 33. Bg4 Nf8 34. Qd3 Bd4 35. Rxd4 cxd4 36. Qxd4 Qe5
37. Qxe5 dxe5 38. Kf2 Rb4 39. Kg3 Rd4 40. Bc8 Kf7 41. Ng4 Rxd5
42. Be3 Rb5 43. b4 Ke7 44. Bc5+ Kd8 45. Bxf8 Kxc8 46. Bc5 Be4
47. Nxe5 Kc7 48. Kf4 Bb1 49. Ke3 Rb8 50. Kd4 Rh8 51. Kc3 Rxh4
52. Bxa7 Re4 53. Nc4 Ba2 54. Bb6+ Kb8 55. Nd6 Re5 56. b5 Rd5
57. Ne8 Rd7 58. Bc5 Be6 59. b6 Rd8 60. Bd6+ Ka8 61. Nc7+ Kb8
62. Nb5+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simon Kim Williams"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3
e5 7. O-O Nf6 8. c4 Bc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nd2 a5
12. Qa4 g5 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. Rab1 Ra7 15. Qd1 Bg4 16. Be2 Be6
17. Kh1 Ke7 18. Qc2 a4 19. b4 axb3 20. Nxb3 Rha8 21. Nxc5 Qxc5
22. Rb2 Ra4 23. f3 Nd7 24. Bf2 Qa5 25. Be1 Qa7 26. Bf2 c5
27. Ra1 Qa6 28. h4 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Qd2 f6 31. Rc1 Qe6
32. Rcc2 R8a7 33. Qe2 f5 34. exf5 Qxf5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Be3
g4 37. fxg4 Qxg4 38. Qd2 Ke6 39. Rc1 Qh5+ 40. Kg1 Rh4 41. Rbb1
Nf6 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.21"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Erwin L'Ami"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Bb5 Nc6
12. O-O Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Bxc6 Rxc6 15. Nce2 Qxb2 16. Rxc6
bxc6 17. Nf4 Qc2 18. Qf3 Be4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qh3 Qf5
21. Qxf5 exf5 22. Rc1 f6 23. Ng6 Rg8 24. e6 fxg5 25. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. d5 b5
12. Bb3 Bb7 13. a4 a6 14. Be3 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5
17. exd5 Nd7 18. Rfb1 Bf8 19. h3 Rab8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra6
Kg7 22. g4 Nf6 23. Rd1 Ne4 24. f3 Nd6 25. Bc5 Nc4 26. Bxf8+
Rxf8 27. Ng3 Rbd8 28. d6 f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. f4 exf4 31. Nh5+
Kh6 32. Nxf4 Rf6 33. Rd5 Kg5 34. Ne2 Rdxd6 35. Raxd6 Rxd6
36. Rxb5 Rd3 37. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5
12. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 d6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Be4 Bc6
17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3 O-O 19. Bxc6 Nxe5 20. Bxa8 Nxf3 21. Bxf3 b4
22. Ne4 Qxc2 23. Rf2 Qc7 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Raf1 Qa7
27. g4 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grzegorz Gajewski"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 c5
12. dxc5 N6d7 13. Qxb7 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qa6 15. Qxa6 Nxa6 16. c6
Bxb2 17. Rb1 Ne5 18. O-O Rab8 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 f6 21. Nf3
Rxc6 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Be3 Kf7 24. Bxa7 Rb4 25. Be3 Rcc4
26. Nc1 Bxc1 27. Rbxc1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Ra4 29. h4 Rxa2 30. Bg5
Ra5 31. Rc8 Nc5 32. f3 Nd7 33. Rh8 Nf6 34. Bxf6 exf6 35. Rxh7+
Kg8 36. Rd7 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Ra3 38. Rb7 Rc3 39. Kh3 Ra3 40. Kg4
Ra2 41. Kg3 Ra3 42. Rb2 Kg7 43. Kf2 Ra7 44. g4 g5 45. h5 Kf7
46. Ke2 Rd7 47. Rb3 Kg7 48. Rd3 Ra7 49. Kd2 Rc7 50. Rc3 Rd7+
51. Kc2 Ra7 52. Kb3 Rb7+ 53. Kc2 Ra7 54. Rd3 Rc7+ 55. Kb3 Kf7
56. Kb4 Ke6 57. Kb5 Rc1 58. Kb6 Rc2 59. Kb7 Ke7 60. Rb3 Kf7
61. Kb8 Kf8 62. Rb6 Kf7 63. Rb7+ Kf8 64. Rc7 Rd2 65. Rc3 Ke7
66. Kb7 Rd1 67. Rc7+ Kf8 68. Kc6 Rd3 69. Rd7 Rxf3 70. Kd6 Rd3+
71. Ke6 Rxd7 72. Kxd7 f5 73. gxf5 g4 74. h6 g3 75. f6 g2
76. h7 g1=Q 77. h8=Q+ Kf7 78. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.25"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+
12. gxf3 Bd7 13. a4 Nh5 14. Qb3 g5 15. Qxb7 Rg8 16. Nd2 g4
17. fxg4 Rb8 18. Qxa6 Rxg4+ 19. Kh1 f5 20. exf5 Rxb2 21. Be2
Nf6 22. Nc4 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Bxf5 24. f3 Rg6 25. Rg1 Kf7 26. Rxg6
hxg6 27. Bg5 Be7 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 29. Nxe5 Qb8 30. Ng4+ Kg5
31. Rxe7 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Bd3 33. Qa7 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2013.02.27"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Stefan Kristjansson"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6
7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. h4 h6 12. d5
exd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. h5 gxh5 15. Qa4 Ng6 16. Qb4 Qc7 17. Bd2
Nc4 18. Rac1 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Qc5 20. Qb3 h4 21. Nce4 Qd4 22. Nc4
b5 23. Ncxd6 Qxb2 24. Qd1 f5 25. Rc2 Qb4 26. a3 Qxa3 27. Re3
Qb4 28. Nc5 Qd4 29. Qe1 hxg3 30. Rxg3 Qe5 31. Qxe5 Nxe5
32. Ne6 Bxe6 33. dxe6 Rad8 34. Rc7 Ng4 35. Nxf5 Rxf5 36. Rxg4
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Schwetzingen GER"]
[Date "2013.04.05"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Parimarjan Negi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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 h6 11. a5 Be6 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c4 Nd7 15. b4 Rfc8 16. Rc1 Rab8 17. Qd2
Bh7 18. Rfd1 f5 19. c5 f4 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Bc5 Nxc5 22. bxc5
Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Nxe5 Bf5 25. Bd3 Rf8 26. Bxf5 Rxf5
27. Qe2 Qc8 28. Ng6 Bd6 29. Qe6+ Qxe6 30. dxe6 Rxa5 31. h4 Kh7
32. e7 Bxe7 33. Nxe7 Re5 34. Rd7 b5 35. Nd5 a5 36. Nxf4 b4
37. Rb7 Re4 38. Nd5 Rd4 39. Ne3 a4 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Nf5+ Kf6
42. Nxd4 b3 43. Nb5 b2 44. Na3 Ke5 45. f4+ Kxf4 46. Kf2 Ke4
47. Ke2 Kf4 48. Kf2 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Schwetzingen GER"]
[Date "2013.04.06"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Markus Ragger"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Bd3 c5
12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Rad1 e6 15. Bb5 Qd6 16. Bc1 Rfd8
17. Bg5 Nxd4 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Qe3 Qb4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qe2
e5 22. Rb1 Qe7 23. Ba6 Bc6 24. Bb5 Bb7 25. Rbc1 Rd6 26. Ba6
Bc6 27. Bb5 Bb7 28. Kh1 Kg7 29. Qc2 a6 30. Qc7 Qxc7 31. Rxc7
Bxe4 32. Bxa6 Bd5 33. Bc4 Bxc4 34. Rxc4 Bxf2 35. g3 Rd2 36. a4
Ra2 37. Rfc1 Be3 38. Re1 Bd4 39. Rc7 Rf2 40. Rec1 h5 41. R7c2
Rf3 42. Rd1 Kh6 43. Rc4 Rb3 44. Rcxd4 exd4 45. Rxd4 Rb1+
46. Kg2 Rb2+ 47. Kg1 Rb1+ 48. Kg2 Rb2+ 49. Kg1 Kg5 50. Rf4 Ra2
51. h4+ Kh6 52. Rb4 Kg7 53. Rxb6 Rxa4 54. Kg2 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2012/13"]
[Site "Schwetzingen GER"]
[Date "2013.04.07"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sebastian Bogner"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3
c6 7. Bc4 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Re1+ Ne7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. c4 Be6
12. Nd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nc6 15. Bd2 Qd5 16. Qb3 b6
17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Na5 Ne5 19. Nc4 Nc6 20. Re4 Rac8 21. h4 Bf8
22. a4 h5 23. Rce1 f6 24. Qd1 Rc7 25. Qf3 Re7 26. Rxe7 Nxe7
27. Qf4 Nc6 28. Qg3 Kf7 29. Re4 Rd7 30. Kf1 Bd6 31. Qf3 Bf8
32. Bf4 Kg8 33. Qe2 Rd8 34. Re8 Kf7 35. Rxd8 Nxd8 36. Qe4 Qd7
37. b3 Nc6 38. Qf3 Kg6 39. Qe4+ Kf7 40. Qf3 Kg6 41. Qe4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.08"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3
dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. Bf4 Bc6 9. Rd1 e6 10. Bg5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 c6
12. e4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. h4 c5 15. Qxc5 Nc6 16. Qxh5 Nxh5
17. Be3 Rfd8 18. e5 f6 19. Bc4 fxe5 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. d5 Nd4
22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Ne2 Rd6 24. O-O Rf8 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4
Rxf3 27. Rc1 Nf4 28. Re4 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rc7 Rf8
31. Ree7 Rh5 32. Rxb7 a5 33. Re4 Rhf5 34. Ree7 Rh5 35. Ra7
Rxh4 36. Rxa5 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 Rgf4 38. Re2 R8f7 39. Rae5 h5
40. R5e4 Rf3 41. b4 Ra3 42. b5 Rb7 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. R8e7+ Rxe7
45. Rxe7+ Kf6 46. Re2 Ra8 47. Kg2 Kf5 48. b6 Rb8 49. Rb2 Ke6
50. a4 Kd7 51. a5 Kc6 52. Re2 Kb5 53. Re5+ Ka6 54. Rg5 Rg8
55. Kg3 Rf8 56. f4 h4+ 57. Kg4 h3 58. Rxg6 Rh8 59. b7+ Kxb7
60. Rb6+ Kc7 61. Rb1 h2 62. Rh1 Kd7 63. Kg3 Ra8 64. Rxh2 Rxa5
65. Re2 Ra8 66. Kg4 Rg8+ 67. Kh5 Rf8 68. Kg5 Rg8+ 69. Kh6 Rf8
70. Re4 Kd6 71. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.09"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Kokarev"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf4 Bg4 9. Rc1 Bxf3 10. exf3 d5 11. c5 e6 12. Ne2
Qd7 13. Qb3 Rfc8 14. g4 a5 15. Rfd1 a4 16. Qc3 b6 17. Qd3 bxc5
18. Rxc5 Bf8 19. Rc3 Na5 20. Rdc1 Ne8 21. R3c2 Nc4 22. b3 Na3
23. Rc6 axb3 24. axb3 Nc4 25. Rc5 Ra3 26. Rb1 Ncd6 27. Bc1 Ra7
28. Be3 Rb8 29. Rcc1 Ra3 30. Bf1 Qb5 31. Qd2 Rxb3 32. Nc3 Qd7
33. Rxb3 Rxb3 34. Qa2 Rb4 35. Qa8 Nc4 36. Bxc4 Rxc4 37. Kg2
Qc6 38. Qd8 Nd6 39. Ne2 Qe8 40. Qxe8 Nxe8 41. Ra1 f6 42. Ra8
Kf7 43. Nf4 Rc6 44. h4 Be7 45. Kf1 Rd6 46. Ke2 Rd8 47. Ra6 Bd6
48. Nd3 Rb8 49. Kd1 Rb3 50. Kc2 Ra3 51. Rxa3 Bxa3 52. Kb3 Bd6
53. Ka4 Ke7 54. Kb5 Kd7 55. g5 Ke7 56. Kc6 Ng7 57. Nc5 Nf5
58. Nd7 Kf7 59. Nxf6 h5 60. gxh6 Kxf6 61. Kd7 Kf7 62. h7 Kg7
63. Kxe6 Nxh4 64. f4 Kxh7 65. Kxd5 Nf5 66. Ke6 Kh6 67. d5 Kh5
68. Kf6 Ne7 69. Ke6 Kg4 70. Bd2 Kf3 71. Ba5 Kxf4 72. Bxc7 Bxc7
73. Kxe7 Ke5 74. Kf7 g5 75. Kg6 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Davidovich Sutovsky"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3
Ne5 13. f3 Nbc6 14. Bf2 Be6 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17. cxb3
Ng6 18. g3 h5 19. O-O-O h4 20. gxh4 Nxh4 21. Be2 Bxc3 22. bxc3
Ne5 23. Kb1 Nhxf3 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Bxf3 Rxc3 26. Qa7 Nxf3
27. Qxb7 O-O 28. Rd5 Qa3 29. Rxg5+ Nxg5 30. Qd5 e5 31. Rg1
Rfc8 32. Qd2 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.11"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Marat Anatolyevich Makarov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O Qc7
12. Be3 Rc8 13. a5 O-O 14. b3 Rfe8 15. Ra2 Bf8 16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. exd5 e4 18. c4 g6 19. Nc3 Bg7 20. Qb1 Nc5 21. Bd4 Qd8
22. Re2 h4 23. g4 Nh7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. b4 Nd3 26. Rxe4 Ne5
27. c5 Nf6 28. Re3 dxc5 29. Rfe1 cxb4 30. Qxb4 Nd3 31. Rxe8
Nxb4 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rb1 Nd3 34. Rxb7 Nf4 35. g5 N6xd5
36. Nxd5 Nxg2 37. Nf6 Nf4 38. Kh2 Ne6 39. Rb6 Nxg5 40. Rxa6
Rd3 41. Rb6 Rxh3+ 42. Kg2 Ra3 43. a6 Ne6 44. Ne8+ Kf8 45. Nd6
Nc5 46. Rb8+ Kg7 47. Ne8+ Kh6 48. Nc7 Ra2 49. Rb4 g5 50. Rb6+
Kh5 51. Ne8 Nxa6 52. Nf6+ Kg6 53. Ne4+ Kf5 54. Nd6+ Kg4
55. Nxf7 h3+ 56. Kg1 Nc5 57. Rb4+ Kh5 58. Ne5 h2+ 59. Kxh2
Rxf2+ 60. Kg3 Rc2 61. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.12"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qa4 Bc5 6. Bd2 d6
7. e5 dxe5 8. O-O-O Nf6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Qh4 Be7 11. Bb5 Nd4
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Bxb5 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxb5 Bc5 16. f3
Nd5 17. Rhe1 a6 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Ke7 20. Re4 Rxd1+
21. Kxd1 Rd8+ 22. Ke2 f6 23. Rg4 g6 24. Rf4 e5 25. Re4 Bd6
26. Rc4 Kd7 27. h3 b5 28. Rh4 h5 29. Re4 Ke6 30. Ba5 Rc8
31. Kd3 f5 32. Re2 g5 33. b3 b4 34. c4 Bc5 35. Kc2 g4 36. hxg4
hxg4 37. fxg4 fxg4 38. a3 bxa3 39. b4 a2 40. Kb2 Bd4+ 41. Kxa2
Rxc4 42. Kb3 Kd5 43. Bd8 e4 44. Bh4 e3 45. Ra2 Rc3+ 46. Ka4
Kc4 47. Ka5 Rb3 48. Kxa6 Rxb4 49. Rc2+ Bc3 50. Ra2 Kd3 51. Ra3
Rb1 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O a6 9. a4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. Qxd5 Nf6 13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. a5 Qb3 16. Qxb3 Bxb3
17. Nd2 Be6 18. e4 Rad8 19. Rfc1 Ne8 20. Be3 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5
22. Ne4 c4 23. Bg4 Re5 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rxc4 Nd6 26. Nxd6
Rexd6 27. g4 Bf6 28. Raa4 Rd5 29. b3 R8d7 30. Rc5 Rxc5
31. Bxc5 h5 32. gxh5 Rd5 33. Rc4 Rxh5 34. b4 Kf7 35. Bb6 Be5
36. Bc7 Bf6 37. Bb6 Be5 38. f4 Rh4 39. Bc7 Bxc7 40. Rxc7+ Kf6
41. Rxb7 Rxf4 42. Kg2 g5 43. Rb6+ Kf5 44. Kg3 Rh4 45. h3 Rf4
46. Kg2 Ke5 47. Kh2 Kf5 48. Kg3 Ke5 49. Rxa6 Rxb4 50. Ra8 Ra4
51. a6 Kf6 52. Kf3 Kg7 53. Ke3 Ra3+ 54. Kd4 Rxh3 55. Kc5 Ra3
56. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7
12. Rd1 Rc8 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qf5 Qa5 16. Bf1 Rfe8
17. Be3 Rcd8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nd5 cxd5 21. Qxe5
Qb4 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Qb8+ Rd8 24. Qe5 Rd5 25. Qb8+ Rd8
26. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.22"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bh7 7. e6
Nf6 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Nc3 Qxb2 10. Kd2 Qb6 11. Nge2 a6 12. Rb1 Qa7
13. Na4 b5 14. Nc5 Bg8 15. Be5 fxe6 16. Nf4 Nbd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7
18. Ng6 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rh7 20. h5 c5 21. f4 Bf7 22. Qf3 O-O-O
23. Be2 c4 24. a4 Kc7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxb5 Qd4+ 27. Ke1 Ra8
28. Rb1 Ra2 29. c3 Qd2+ 30. Kf2 Rc2 31. Qe3 Qxe3+ 32. Kxe3
Rxc3+ 33. Kd4 Rc2 34. Rhe1 Kc6 35. Rb8 Bxg6 36. hxg6 Rh8
37. Reb1 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 Ra2 39. R8b6+ 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 e5
7. d3 d6 8. b3 Nd4 9. Nd2 c6 10. e3 Ne6 11. Ba3 a5 12. Rc1 Nc5
13. Nf3 Re8 14. h3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 e4 16. Qe2 exf3 17. Qxf3 a4
18. Nxa4 Ne4 19. Qd1 b5 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. Qd5 Ra7 22. Bxe4
bxa4 23. Qxd6 axb3 24. axb3 Bxh3 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Bc5 Rc7
27. Bg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rdc8 29. Ba3 f5 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Rb1
Kf7 32. Bb2 Bxb2 33. Rxb2 Rb7 34. b4 Rb5 35. f4 g5 36. Kf3 g4+
37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Kd3 Kd5 39. Rb1 h5 40. Rb2 Rb6 41. Rb1 Rb5
42. Rb2 Rb6 43. e4+ fxe4+ 44. Ke3 h4 45. gxh4 g3 46. h5 Ke6
47. h6 Kf5 48. b5 Rxh6 49. b6 g2 50. Rb5+ Kg4 51. Kf2 Kh3
52. Kg1 Rd6 53. Rb1 e3 54. b7 e2 55. Rb3+ Kg4 56. Re3 Rb6
57. Kxg2 Rxb7 58. Rxe2 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5
17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Be7 21. d6
Rxd6 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Rac1 Nd5 24. Bc5 Ra6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8
26. Red1 Nf4 27. Rc7 Rxa2 28. g3 Ne6 29. Rxb7 Kg8 30. Ne5 Re8
31. Rd5 f6 32. Nc6 Kh7 33. Kg2 Rc8 34. Nd4 Nxd4 35. Rxd4 a5
36. Rdd7 Rg8 37. Rd6 Kg6 38. Ra6 h5 39. h4 Rc8 40. Raa7 Rc2
41. Rxg7+ Kf5 42. Rgb7 Rcxb2 43. Rxb2 Rxb2 44. Rxa5+ Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 dxe4
7. fxe4 Bb4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Bb5+ c6
12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qc1 O-O-O 15. Qf4 f5 16. Nb5 cxb5
17. Rac1+ Nc5 18. exf5 Qxe2 19. Qxg4 gxf5 20. Qxf5+ Kb8
21. dxc5 Rhf8 22. Qe5+ Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rfe8 24. c6 Rd2 25. Rf5
Bd6 26. Nd7+ Kc8 27. Nf6 Re5 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Ne4 Rxb2
30. cxb7+ Kxb7 31. Nc5+ Ka8 32. Rd1 Bc7 33. Re1 a5 34. Re6 Rc2
35. Nd3 h5 36. Rh6 Rxa2 37. Rxh5 Rd2 38. Nc5 a4 39. Rh6 Rd6
40. Rh8+ Ka7 41. Kf1 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4
O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Qxb6 axb6
12. a3 Rfc8 13. Ke2 Na5 14. Bb5 Kf8 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe5
17. Bh6+ Bg7 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. bxc3
Nc6 22. Ra1 Ra5 23. Bd3 b5 24. Nb3 Bxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Ra7 26. f3
b6 27. e4 e6 28. Kc2 f6 29. Kb2 Kf7 30. g4 Ne7 31. Re1 Ra8
32. Nd2 Nc8 33. f4 Nd6 34. e5 Nc4+ 35. Nxc4 bxc4 36. Ka2 b5
37. Rb1 Ra5 38. Rb4 h5 39. h3 hxg4 40. hxg4 f5 41. g5 Kg7
42. Kb2 Kf7 43. a4 bxa4 44. Rb7+ Kf8 45. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3
12. Nxc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Rb1 Nc6 15. Be3 b5 16. c4 Rd8
17. Qe2 b4 18. c3 a5 19. a3 Bb7 20. Bc5 Rd7 21. cxb4 axb4
22. axb4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxd4 25. b5 Rxc4 26. b6
Qb7+ 27. Qf3 Rb8 28. Rfd1 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Kf8 30. Rd7 Rc6
31. Ra1 Rcxb6 32. Raa7 Kg8 33. Rxf7 Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. h4
h6 36. h5 Rb3+ 37. Kf4 Rb4+ 38. Kg3 Rb3+ 39. f3 Rb4 40. Kf2
Rb3 41. Kg3 Rb4 42. Kf2 Rb3 43. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Bd2 O-O-O
12. O-O Be7 13. Nce4 Qc7 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. exf6
gxf6 17. Bd2 Nf4 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Qb3 e5 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Ne4
Rxd4 22. Bf3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Kb8 24. Bf3 Nc4 25. Qc3 Rhd8
26. Rad1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Ne5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Bxh5 Qh8 30. Qd2
Kc8 31. Bd1 Qxh4 32. Qd6 Qg5 33. Qe6+ Kc7 34. Qe7+ Nd7 35. Qh7
Kd6 36. b4 Qe5 37. Qd3+ Qd5 38. Qe2 Ne5 39. a4 a6 40. Qe1 Qd3
41. Be2 Qc2 42. Bf1 f3 43. Qa1 Qd2 44. b5 c5 45. Qa3 fxg2
46. Bxg2 Nd3 47. Bxb7 Qxf2+ 48. Kh1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.05.01"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. O-O exd5 15. exd5 Ba5 16. f5 Bxf5
17. Rxb7 Qf6 18. Rf3 Qe5 19. Bc4 Bc8 20. Rb3 Bc7 21. Qh6 Qe1+
22. Rf1 Qe4 23. Bg5 Be5 24. Qh4 Qxh4 25. Bxh4 Bd6 26. Rf6 Be5
27. Rc6 Bd7 28. Ra6 Rfb8 29. Rxb8+ Rxb8 30. Rxa7 Bxc3 31. Rxd7
Rb4 32. d6 Rxc4 33. Be7 Kg7 34. Ra7 Rd4 35. d7 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 c4
37. g3 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rd3+ 39. Kg2 Rd2+ 40. Kh3 Bf6 41. d8=Q
Rxd8 42. Bxd8 Bxd8 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.05"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oleg Romanishin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nc6
7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 Qxd4 10. Qxc6 Bd7 11. Qa6 Rab8
12. O-O Be6 13. Qa3 Qb6 14. Rb1 c5 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Bf4 Be5
17. Rfd1 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Qc7 19. e3 Nf6 20. Qa4 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rd6 23. Rxd6 exd6 24. Qc6 Qb6 25. Qxb6 axb6
26. e4 Kg7 27. Bf3 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Nd7 30. Ke3 f5
31. exf5 gxf5 32. Nd5+ Bxd5 33. Bxd5 b5 34. Bc6 b4 35. a4 bxa3
36. bxa3 Nf6 37. a4 d5 38. a5 Kd6 39. Bb7 Kc7 40. Ba8 h6
41. Kd2 Kb8 42. Bc6 Kc7 43. Ba8 d4 44. Bf3 Ne8 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vlastimil Babula"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O e5
7. Nc3 Be6 8. e3 Be7 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. Rc3 Be4 16. Qa4 h6
17. Re1 Bxf3 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Rxf3 g5 20. Bd2 Ne5 21. Qxe8+
Rxe8 22. Rf5 Nd3 23. Kf1 Nxb2 24. Bd5 Re7 25. h4 gxh4 26. gxh4
Nd3 27. Rf3 Nxf2 28. Bb4 Rd7 29. Rg3+ Kh7 30. Bc3 h5 31. Rg5
Be3 32. Rxh5+ Kg6 33. Re5 Bf4 34. h5+ Kh6 35. Rf5 Nd1 36. Bd4
Ne3+ 37. Bxe3 Bxe3 38. Bxf7 Bg5 39. Bg6 Rd1+ 40. Ke2 Rd2+
41. Kf3 Rxa2 42. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "3.19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yannick Pelletier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. Nd2 Nc6
12. e3 Nb4 13. Qd1 h5 14. a3 N4d5 15. e4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 c5
17. d5 Bd7 18. c4 Ba4 19. Qc1 h4 20. Bf4 Bd4 21. Be2 e5
22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qg5 24. Qc3 Bd7 25. O-O Na4 26. Qd3 Rh6
27. Rab1 Rb6 28. Nb3 Kf8 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. Bd3 g3 31. h3 Rh8
32. Bc2 Rhh6 33. Qd3 Rhf6 34. Rf5 Bxf5 35. exf5 e4 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Davit Shengelia"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Be3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Be2 Ned5
12. Bg5 Be7 13. Nce4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bxh5
Bxh5 17. Nxh5 O-O-O 18. Qe2 e5 19. O-O-O exd4 20. Nf4 Qd7
21. Nd3 Rde8 22. Qf3 Nc4 23. Ng3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. h5 Rhf8
26. Qe2 d3 27. Qxd3 Rxf2 28. h6 Qg4 29. Rhf1 Rxg2 30. Qf5+
Qxf5 31. Nxf5 Kd7 32. Rg1 Rxg1 33. Rxg1 Bf6 34. Kc2 Rh8
35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Ke4 Rd8 37. Bc3 Nxc3+ 38. bxc3 Rd2 39. Rg8
Re2+ 40. Ne3 Rh2 41. Ng4 Kf7 42. Nxh2 Kxg8 43. Ng4 Bh8
44. Nxe5 b5 45. Kf5 Kh7 46. Nxc6 Bxc3 47. Nxa7 b4 48. Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "5.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Popov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "19"]

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. Bc1 Nf6 10. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "6.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Volkov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2 g6 9. g3 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e6 Nxc5
12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. Bg2 Bg7 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qxc5 Bxb2
16. Ng5+ Ke8 17. Bxd5 Rf8 18. Rb1 Ba3 19. Qc4 Qe7 20. O-O h6
21. Rxb7 Bxb7 22. Bc6+ Bxc6 23. Qxc6+ Qd7 24. Qxa8+ Ke7
25. Qe4+ Kf6 26. Nh7+ Qxh7 27. Qf3+ Kg7 28. Qxa3 Kg8 29. h3
Ne5 30. Qxa6 Qf7 31. Bxh6 Re8 32. Bf4 Nd7 33. Rc1 Nf8 34. Rc7
Qf5 35. Qc4+ Ne6 36. Kh2 g5 37. Be3 Qe5 38. Rc5 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.11"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Csaba Balogh"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ng5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6
17. a5 Rc8 18. Qh3 Nf8 19. Qb3 Bxa5 20. Qxb7 Re7 21. Qa6 Bb6
22. Nf3 Rf7 23. Bg5 Qe8 24. Rfc1 Rfc7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Bd2
Qf7 27. Qd3 Qf5 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Bc3 h6 30. h4 Kf7 31. Kf1
Kg6 32. g3 Kh5 33. Ke2 Ng6 34. Ne1 f4 35. Kf3 fxg3 36. fxg3
Rf7+ 37. Kg2 Ne7 38. Nf3 Nf5 39. Re1 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Rh1+
Kg6 42. g4 Ne3+ 43. Kg3 Rf4 44. Nxg5 Rxg4+ 45. Kf3 Rxg5
46. Kxe3 Rxe5+ 47. Kd3 Rh5 48. Rxh5 Kxh5 49. b3 Kg4 50. Bd2
Kf3 51. Be1 Kg2 52. Bd2 Kf2 53. Bb4 a6 54. Bd2 Bc7 55. Bc3 Bf4
56. Bb4 Kf1 57. Bc3 Bg5 58. Bb4 Bh4 59. Ba5 Be1 60. Bd8 Bb4
61. Bh4 Ba3 62. Kd2 Bd6 63. Ke3 Bh2 64. Bg5 Ke1 65. Kd3 Kd1
66. Bd2 Bd6 67. Bg5 Ba3 68. Kc3 a5 69. Kd3 Bc1 70. Bd8 Bd2
71. Be7 Kc1 72. Ba3+ Kd1 73. Be7 Bb4 74. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nd2 Ndb4 10. e4 Bc8 11. d5 Nd4
12. Nb3 e5 13. Ne2 c5 14. Nexd4 cxd4 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. a3 Na6
17. Na5 Qxb2 18. Qe2 Bg4 19. Qxg4 Qxd2 20. Nxb7 Rac8 21. Rfd1
Qc2 22. Nd6 Rcd8 23. Rdc1 Qa4 24. Nc8 h5 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Qe2
Nb8 27. Bh3 Bf6 28. Rc7 Qa5 29. Qc4 Kg7 30. Rb1 d3 31. Rd1
Bxe7 32. Rxe7 Qxa3 33. Rb7 Na6 34. Rxa7 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Rxa8
36. Rxd3 Qa5 37. Qc3 Nc5 38. Qxe5+ Kg8 39. Rd1 Qa4 40. Qd4 Qc2
41. d6 Nxe4 42. d7 Rd8 43. Re1 f5 44. Qb6 Kg7 45. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "9.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Martyn Kravtsiv"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c5
7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nb6 11. Qh4 Bxc3
12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Ne4 16. bxc3 f5
17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Ng5 Qg7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Nxe4 e5 21. Nd6
Be6 22. Nxb7 Rac8 23. Rac1 Rc7 24. Nd6 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Bc4 26. e4
Kf6 27. g3 Be6 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Rxc3 30. Rxa7 Rg8+ 31. Kf2
Bh3 32. e5+ Ke6 33. f5+ Bxf5 34. Nxf5 Kxf5 35. Rf7+ Kxe5
36. Re1+ Kd6 37. Rf6+ Kc5 38. Rf5+ Kd6 39. Rf6+ Kc5 40. Rf5+
Nd5 41. Rd1 Rd8 42. h4 Rd6 43. h5 Kc6 44. Rd2 Rc5 45. Ra2 Rf6
46. Ra6+ Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "10.26"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Salgado Lopez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Bc4 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Nc3 g6
12. O-O Bg7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Nd5 Ra7 16. Bxc6
bxc6 17. Nxb6 Bg4 18. Nc4 Rfa8 19. a3 Be6 20. Rac1 Rb7 21. b4
Bh6 22. Rc3 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxa3 24. Nd4 e6 25. Nxc6 Bf8 26. Rb1
Ra6 27. g4 g5 28. b5 Rab6 29. Nd4 h5 30. gxh5 Bg7 31. Nf3 Rxb5
32. Rxb5 Rxb5 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Nxg5+ Kh6 35. Nxf7+ Kxh5
36. Rg8 Kg6 37. Nd6 Rxe5 38. Ne8 Kf7 39. Rxg7+ Kxe8 40. h3 Kf8
41. Ra7 Rg5+ 42. Kh2 Rf5 43. Kg3 Rg5+ 44. Kh4 Rf5 45. Ra2 Kg7
46. Kg4 Kf6 47. h4 Rb5 48. f3 Rb1 49. Kg3 Rg1+ 50. Rg2 Rh1
51. Rh2 Rg1+ 52. Kf2 Ra1 53. Rh3 Kg6 54. Kg3 Kh5 55. Kf4 Re1
56. Rh2 e5+ 57. Kg3 e4 58. Kf2 Ra1 59. fxe4 Ra2+ 60. Kg3 Rxh2
61. Kxh2 Kxh4 62. Kg2 Kg4 63. e5 Kf5 64. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.16"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "11.28"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Arman Pashikian"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qd3 a6 11. dxc5 Qxd3
12. Bxd3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. a4 Nxc5 15. Bc2 Na5 16. Ba3 b6
17. Rfb1 Bd7 18. Rxb6 Rfc8 19. Rb4 f6 20. Rd1 e5 21. Rh4 Be6
22. Bxh7+ Kf7 23. Bc2 Nc4 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rb1 Nd6 26. Bb3
Rxc3 27. Bxe6+ Kxe6 28. Rhb4 Rac8 29. Kf1 a5 30. Rb6 Rc1+
31. Ne1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Rc4 33. Nd3 Kd5 34. Rd1 Kc6 35. Ra1 Kd5
36. Ke1 Ne4 37. f3 Nc3 38. Kd2 Nxa4 39. h4 Kc6 40. g4 e4
41. fxe4 Rxe4 42. Nf4 Nc5 43. Rxa5 Rxf4 44. Rxc5+ Kxc5
45. exf4 Kd4 46. g5 fxg5 47. fxg5 Ke4 48. h5 Kf5 49. h6 gxh6
50. gxh6 Kg6 51. h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Krisztian Szabo"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6
7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Bd3 Ne5 11. Be2 Qc7
12. O-O b6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. f3 O-O 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Qd2 Qb8
17. Rfd1 Ba8 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Na4 Nfd7 20. b4 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5
22. Nc2 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nd4 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Re5 26. Bf4
Rd5 27. Nxe6 Ne5 28. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.05.31"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Aleksander Petkov Delchev"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O Nb6
7. Qd3 exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Bb3 Nfd7 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Qf3 Bf6
12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Bg3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qe7 16. Re3
Be5 17. Qe2 Qf6 18. Ndb5 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Qd8 20. Nd4 a6 21. Qd2
Qf6 22. Rde1 Rad8 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Rd3 Nd7 25. Qf4 Qxf4
26. gxf4 Nb6 27. f5 Bd7 28. g4 h6 29. Kg2 f6 30. Kg3 Re7
31. Rde3 Rde8 32. Nh4 Bc6 33. Ng6 Rd7 34. f4 Rdd8 35. e5 dxe5
36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 Nc8 39. Re2 Rd4 40. Nf4
Kf7 41. Ne6 Rd7 42. Na2 Ne7 43. Nb4 Bb5 44. c4 a5 45. Nc2 Bc6
46. Ncd4 b6 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Ke3 Bb7 49. Rh2 c5 50. Ne2 Nc6
51. N2f4 Ne5 52. Nh5+ Kf7 53. Kf4 Nd3+ 54. Kg3 g6 55. Nhf4
gxf5 56. Rxh6 Nxf4 57. Nxf4 fxg4 58. Kxg4 Be4 59. Rxb6 Rd2
60. Ne6 Bc2 61. Nxc5 Bd1+ 62. Kf5 Rf2+ 63. Ke5 Rxb2 64. Rb5
Ra2 65. Kd6 Ra1 66. Kc6 Rc1 67. Kd5 Ra1 68. Rb6 Rb1 69. Ra6
Bxb3 70. Nxb3 Rxb3 71. Rxa5 Ke7 72. Kc6 Rc3 73. c5 Kd8
74. Ra8+ Ke7 75. Rc8 Rh3 76. Kc7 Ke6 77. Rd8 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.01"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabian Doettling"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6
7. a4 Nh6 8. a5 a6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nb3 Nf5 12. Bf4
dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. d5 b5 15. Be2 c4 16. d6 cxb3 17. g4 Nxd6
18. exd6 Bf6 19. Qxb3 e5 20. Be3 e4 21. Nd4 Be5 22. Nc6 Qh4
23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Bf4 Nxg4 25. Qg3 Qxg3+ 26. hxg3 Nf6 27. Rfd1
Bf5 28. Rac1 Be6 29. f3 Rfc8 30. Rc7 Nd5 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8
32. fxe4 Nxf4 33. gxf4 Bd7 34. e5 g5 35. fxg5 Rc5 36. Bf3 Rxe5
37. Bb7 Rxg5+ 38. Kf2 Rf5+ 39. Ke3 b4 40. Ra1 Bb5 41. Ke4 Rf2
42. Rd1 Re2+ 43. Kf4 Rf2+ 44. Ke4 Re2+ 45. Kd5 Kf8 46. Kc5 Ke8
47. b3 Kd7 48. Kb6 Re3 49. Bxa6 Bxa6 50. Kxa6 Rxb3 51. Kb7 Ra3
52. a6 b3 53. a7 b2 54. a8=Q Rb3+ 55. Ka7 Ra3+ 56. Kb8 Rxa8+
57. Kxa8 f5 58. Kb7 f4 59. Kb6 b1=Q+ 60. Rxb1 Kxd6 61. Rb5 Ke6
62. Rh5 f3 63. Rh3 Kf5 64. Rxf3+ Kg4 65. Rf7 h5 66. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Postny"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3
bxa6 12. Rc1 f6 13. Rc5 Rf7 14. O-O Bf8 15. Rc2 Bb7 16. Nd2
Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sebastien Cossin"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5
7. Ng5 Bxg5 8. Qh5 Qf6 9. Bxg5 Qg6 10. Qxg6 hxg6 11. a4 Ngf6
12. f3 Nc5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15. b4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Na6
17. c3 b6 18. Rad1 Ke7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Rhd8 21. Rd6 Rac8
22. e5 f6 23. Rfd1 g5 24. Re1 Nxe5 25. Rxe5+ Kf8 26. Bxg5 Rxd6
27. Nxd6 Rd8 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Re6 Kg7 30. g4 Rd7 31. Nf5+ Kg6
32. Re7 Nb8 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Ne7+ Kg5 35. Nxc6 a5 36. h3 b5
37. bxa5 bxa4 38. a6 a3 39. Nb4 Nb6 40. a7 Na8 41. Kf2 Kf4
42. c4 Ke4 43. h4 Kf4 44. h5 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.04"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. f3 a4
12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Rc2 Bd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2
b5 17. Rc7 Rfd8 18. Kc2 Rdc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8+ 20. Kb1 f5
21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Kxc1 fxe4 23. fxe4 Be5 24. h3 Kf7 25. Kc2 e6
26. g4 exd5 27. exd5 Kf6 28. h4 Bg3 29. Bd4+ Be5 30. Be3 Bg3
31. Bd4+ Be5 32. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Ba6 7. b3 d5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. cxd5 Ne4
12. Qb2 exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e3 Rc8 15. Nbd2 Qf6 16. Qxf6
Nxf6 17. Bh3 Rc7 18. Rdc1 Na5 19. Rc3 Nb7 20. b4 Bc4 21. bxc5
Nxc5 22. Nxc4 Nce4 23. Rc2 dxc4 24. Rac1 Rb8 25. Rxc4 Rxc4
26. Rxc4 Rb1+ 27. Kg2 g6 28. Rc2 Nd5 29. Nd2 Nxd2 30. Rxd2 Nb4
31. a3 Nc6 32. Rd5 Rc1 33. Bd7 Kf8 34. g4 Ke7 35. Bxc6 Rxc6
36. Ra5 a6 37. h4 Kf6 38. f4 Kg7 39. Kf3 Re6 40. h5 Rc6
41. Ke4 Rb6 42. Kf3 Kh6 43. a4 Kg7 44. Rd5 Rb4 45. Rd4 Rb6
46. Rd7 gxh5 47. gxh5 Rb4 48. Rd4 Rb6 49. Rd5 h6 50. Ra5 Kf8
51. e4 Ke7 52. Kg4 Kf8 53. Kf5 Kg7 54. e5 Kf8 55. Rc5 Kg7
56. Rc7 Kf8 57. a5 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Igor Alexandre Nataf"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd3 c6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4
Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Nd7 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. Qd3 g6 10. Ng5 e6 11. a4 Bg7
12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Nd5 14. c3 a5 15. Ne4 h6 16. Bd2 Nb6
17. Bb3 e5 18. Qg3 Bf5 19. Rad1 exd4 20. Nd6 Qd7 21. Bf4 Nd5
22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 dxc3 24. bxc3 Rfd8 25. Bxd5 cxd5
26. Rxd5 Be6 27. Ne4 Qxa4 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Rd7 Bxd7 30. Nxd7+
Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Nh5 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Xavier Bedouin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O Nb6
7. Be2 exd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Bf4 Be6 10. Rad1 Nfd7 11. Rfe1 Re8
12. h3 Bf6 13. Qd2 Bc4 14. b3 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. c4 Rae8 20. Nc3 Qc6 21. Qd4 a6
22. f4 R5e7 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Qb5 25. Re3 f6 26. Kh2 Kh8
27. Rde1 h6 28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Rxe5 Qd7 31. Rxe7
Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Kg3 Kg8 34. Kf3 Qd6 35. Qe4 Kf7 36. g4
b6 37. b4 a5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. a4 Qa3+ 40. Kf4 Qc1+ 41. Qe3
g5+ 42. Ke4 Qc2+ 43. Qd3 Qxa4+ 44. Kf3 Qf4+ 45. Kg2 Ke7
46. Qb5 Qd2+ 47. Kg1 Qd4+ 48. Kg2 Qb6 49. d6+ Kxd6 50. Qd3+
Ke7 51. Qh7+ Kd8 52. Qg8+ Kd7 53. Qd5+ Qd6 54. Qxa5 c5 55. Kf2
Qd4+ 56. Kg2 Qb2+ 57. Kf3 Qb7+ 58. Kf2 Kc6 59. Qa2 Kd6 60. Ke3
Qe7+ 61. Kd3 Qe6 62. Qh2+ Qe5 63. Qf2 Kc6 64. Kc2 Qe4+ 65. Kc3
Qb4+ 66. Kd3 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Tal Baron"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. h3 Ne4 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxb3
12. axb3 cxd5 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Na6 16. Be3 Be6
17. Rfc1 Bxb3 18. Rab1 Bd5 19. c4 Be6 20. d5 Bc8 21. c5 Kf8
22. d6 e6 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. c6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Ke8 26. Nf6+ Bxf6
27. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Haguenau FRA"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alain Genzling"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4
7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. O-O Bd7
12. Re1 f5 13. e6 Bc8 14. Nb3 Nf6 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Rac1 Qb5
17. Qxb5 cxb5 18. Rc7 O-O 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5
h6 22. Nh4 Bxb2 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Re3 Bc3 25. Rd7 Ba5 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. b4
Bb6 7. c4 c6 8. Ba4 Ne7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5
12. Re1 Bc7 13. Nf3 Ng6 14. h3 h6 15. Bb2 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qc8
17. Nxd4 Qxh3 18. Qf3 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bg3+ 20. Kg1 Bh2+ 21. Kh1
Bg3+ 22. Kg1 Bh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.23"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c5 6. dxc5 Na6
7. cxd5 Qa5 8. Nd2 Nxc5 9. Nc4 Qb4 10. e3 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Be6
12. Nd6+ exd6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Be2 Rac8 15. h5 Ne4 16. Nxe4
Qxe4 17. O-O d5 18. Qd1 Rfd8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bd3 Qh4 21. Bd2
d4 22. e4 Rc5 23. g3 Qh3 24. Qf3 Bg4 25. Qg2 Qh5 26. Rfc1 Rdc8
27. f4 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Qa5 30. Qc2 Qxa2 31. f5
Qa5 32. Bd2 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qd1 34. Qxd1 Bxd1 35. fxg6 fxg6
36. Bc4+ Kh7 37. Bf4 d3 38. e5 d2 39. Bxd2 Bxe5 40. b4 Kg7
41. Bg5 Bf6 42. Bf4 Bc3 43. b5 Kf6 44. Be3 b6 45. Bf4 Be5
46. Be3 g5 47. Kh3 Bf3 48. g4 Be4 49. Bd2 Bf4 50. Bc3+ Ke7
51. Bb4+ Kd7 52. Ba3 Kc7 53. Be7 Bb7 54. Bb4 Kb8 55. Be1 Bc8
56. Bf2 Kc7 57. Be1 Kd6 58. Bb4+ Ke5 59. Bc3+ Ke4 60. Bf6 Bb7
61. Bf1 Ke3 62. Bc4 Be4 63. Bb2 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.24"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 d6 8. b3 Nh5 9. Ba3 f5 10. Rc1 f4 11. b4 Bh6 12. b5 Ne7
13. d4 fxg3 14. hxg3 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ng7 17. c5
Rf7 18. Rd1 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Qe8 20. Ne4 Kh8 21. Ng5 Rf6 22. Qe3
Ng8 23. Qxe8 Nxe8 24. Bd5 Nd6 25. e4 h6 26. e5 hxg5 27. exf6
Nxf6 28. Bg2 Nfe4 29. Bxd6 Nxd6 30. Rc1 a6 31. Rxc7 Nxb5
32. Nxb5 axb5 33. Bd5 Bf5 34. Rxb7 Ra5 35. f3 Bb1 36. g4 Bxa2
37. Bxa2 Rxa2 38. Rxb5 Kg7 39. Rxg5 Kf6 40. Rd5 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6
7. h4 Bg7 8. h5 e6 9. h6 Bf6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. b4 cxb4 12. Bb2
O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Nc5 Rc8 15. O-O b6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. e4
Nf6 18. Qe2 Ng4 19. Bh3 Nxh6 20. Qe3 g5 21. Nxg5 f5 22. exf5
Nxf5 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Nxe6 Bc5 25. Rc4 h5 26. d4 Nfxd4
27. Nxd4 Ne5 28. Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 cxd4
7. cxd4 d6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5
12. dxe5 Qa5 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Rab1 Rab8 15. Bb3 Rfd8 16. Qe4
Be8 17. Rfe1 g6 18. h4 h5 19. Rbd1 Bf8 20. g4 hxg4 21. Qxg4
Bg7 22. h5 gxh5 23. Qxh5 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qxc3 25. Re4 Ne7
26. Rc4 Qa5 27. Rg4 Rc8 28. Rd6 Qc3 29. Rxe6 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 fxe6
31. Bxe6+ Kf8 32. Qh7 Qh6 33. Qxh6 Bxh6 34. Bxc8 Nxc8 35. Nd4
Ne7 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. Nd8+ Kf8 38. Ne6+ Kf7 39. Nd8+ Kf8
40. Ne6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5
dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nc4 e6 10. a4 Be7 11. Ra3 Qc7
12. Rg3 g6 13. Nc3 a6 14. d3 Nd4 15. a5 Rd8 16. Rh3 O-O
17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qd2 Nd5 19. Kh1 Bf6 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Nf5
22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Rf1 Bh4 24. Rf4 Nxh6 25. Rfxh4 f5 26. Nxc5
Qxc5 27. Rxh6 Rd7 28. Rf3 Rc8 29. Rf2 Qe5 30. d4 Qe4 31. Kg1
e5 32. c3 Rc5 33. Rh3 Rxa5 34. Qd1 Rad5 35. Rhf3 b5 36. Qa1
R5d6 37. h3 h5 38. Qa3 Kg7 39. Qc5 Qd5 40. Qxd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 b6
12. O-O Bb7 13. e5 Nc6 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Re3 Na5 16. Qd1 Qe7
17. a4 Rfd8 18. h4 Rd7 19. Ba3 Qd8 20. h5 Rdc7 21. Rc1 Ba6
22. Bd6 Rd7 23. Bb4 Nc6 24. Ba3 Rdc7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. f4 Bf8
27. Bb2 Be7 28. g4 Qf8 29. Qe1 Qh6 30. g5 Qg7 31. Rh3 Kf8
32. Kf2 Ke8 33. Qh1 Kd7 34. Bxd5 Qf8 35. Rh7 Rd8 36. Qh3 Rcc8
37. Ba3 Kc7 38. Bxe7 Nxe7 39. Be4 Kb8 40. Qe3 Nf5 41. Bxf5
gxf5 42. c4 Rc7 43. a5 Rcd7 44. d5 exd5 45. e6 fxe6 46. Rxd7
Rxd7 47. axb6 dxc4 48. Nxc4 Bxc4 49. Rxc4 Qd6 50. bxa7+ Rxa7
51. g6 e5 52. Rc2 Qd4 53. Qxd4 exd4 54. Rc6 Kb7 55. Rf6 Ra2+
56. Kg3 Ra1 57. Rxf5 Rg1+ 58. Kf3 Rxg6 59. Rd5 Kc7 60. Rxd4
Rg8 61. Ke4 Kc6 62. Ke5 Re8+ 63. Kf6 Kc5 64. Rd7 Kc6 65. Re7
Rf8+ 66. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Qc7
12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 a6 15. Na3 bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qc7
17. Bd4 Rd8 18. Qc1 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Qe3 Rab8 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Nc2 Rbc8 23. Qg5 Be2 24. Rfe1 h6 25. Qc1 Bd3 26. Nb4
Qxc3 27. Qxc3+ Rxc3 28. Nxd3 Rcxd3 29. Kf1 R8d4 30. f3 Ra3
31. Re2 Rda4 32. Kf2 g5 33. Kg3 h5 34. h4 g4 35. Kf4 Kf6
36. Rc1 e5+ 37. Kg3 Rxa2 38. Rc6+ Kg7 39. Rxa2 Rxa2 40. Rc5 f6
41. Rc7+ Kg6 42. Rc8 a5 43. fxg4 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 hxg4 45. Rg8+
Kh7 46. Rxg4 a4 47. h5 Rb3 48. Rh4 a3 49. Rh1 Kh6 50. g4 a2
51. Ra1 Rh3 52. Kg1 Ra3 53. Kf2 Kg5 54. Kg2 Kxg4 55. h6 Rg3+
56. Kf1 Kf3 57. Rxa2 Kxe4 58. Rf2 f5 59. Re2+ Kd5 60. Rh2 Rg8
61. h7 Rh8 62. Kf2 Ke6 63. Rh6+ Kf7 64. Kg3 Kg7 65. Re6 Rxh7
66. Rxe5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.31"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Bd3 c5
12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Bb5 a6 15. Be2 b5 16. d5 Ne5
17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. a4 Nc4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bxc4
bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Qa2 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 e6 25. Ba1 exd5
26. Qb2 d4 27. f3 Rd8 28. Qb6 Qe7 29. Rd1 f5 30. exf5 Rd6
31. Qb3+ Bd5 32. Qb8+ Rd8 33. Qg3 Bf7 34. Qf2 Bb3 35. Re1 Qd6
36. fxg6 hxg6 37. h3 Qf4 38. Re4 Qc1+ 39. Re1 Qf4 40. Bb2 d3
41. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Nec3 O-O 6. Be2 Nfd7
7. d5 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 c6 10. Bf4 Be5 11. Bxe5 dxe5
12. Na3 Nb6 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Nc4 Nxc4
17. Qxc4 Be8 18. Qb3 b6 19. a4 Qc7 20. a5 bxa5 21. Qa3 a6
22. Na4 Qb7 23. Nc5 Qb4 24. Qxb4 axb4 25. Nb7 Rd7 26. Na5 Rc7
27. d6 Rc8 28. Nc4 Nd7 29. Bg4 Rd8 30. Bxd7 Bxd7 31. Nxe5 a5
32. Rd4 b3 33. Nxd7 Rxd7 34. Rxc6 Kg7 35. Rb6 a4 36. e5 g5
37. h4 Ra5 38. Re4 Kg6 39. g4 h5 40. gxh5+ Kxh5 41. Rbb4 Rda7
42. Kg2 gxh4 43. Rxh4+ Kg6 44. Rhd4 Rd7 45. Rxa4 Rxe5 46. Rab4
Re6 47. Rb6 Kf5 48. Kf3 Kg5 49. Rd5+ Kf6 50. Rd4 Kg5 51. Rd3
Kf6 52. Rd5 Kg6 53. Rd2 Kg7 54. Kf4 Kg6 55. f3 Kf6 56. Rd5 Rd8
57. Rf5+ Kg6 58. Rd5 Kf6 59. Rd3 Rd7 60. Kg4 Kg6 61. f4 f5+
62. Kf3 Rd8 63. Rd2 Rd7 64. Rd5 Rd8 65. Rbb5 Rdxd6 66. Rxf5
Re1 67. Rg5+ Kf6 68. Rbf5+ Ke6 69. Re5+ Rxe5 70. Rxe5+ Kf6
71. Ke3 Rb6 72. Kd3 Rd6+ 73. Kc3 Rd1 74. Re4 Kf5 75. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Biel (Playoffs)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[EventDate "2013.08.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7
7. Nbd2 Nc8 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nf1 O-O 10. Be3 Ncb6 11. Ng3 Bg6
12. c3 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 b5
17. e6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Bf4 Nf8 20. Qe3 Bf6 21. Qxc5 Qb6
22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Be5 Be7 24. a3 Bc5 25. Bd4 Nd7 26. Rad1 Bc2
27. Rc1 Bd3 28. Ne4 h6 29. Re3 Re8 30. Rce1 Re6 31. Nxc5 Rxe3
32. Bxe3 bxc5 33. Rd1 Re7 34. Ne1 Be4 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. f3 Bc6
37. Kf2 Re6 38. h4 h5 39. Rd2 g6 40. g3 Rf6 41. Bf4 Rf5
42. Ng2 Rd5 43. Re2 Rd3 44. Be3 Ne5 45. Nf4 Rd1 46. Bxc5 Nd3+
47. Nxd3 cxd3 48. Re3 Rd2+ 49. Ke1 Rxb2 50. Rxd3 Rg2 51. Bf2
Rh2 52. Kf1 b4 53. c4 bxa3 54. Rxa3 Rh1+ 55. Bg1 1-0

[Event "Biel (Playoffs)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[EventDate "2013.08.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3 e6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 b6
12. Nf2 Bb7 13. Qc2 a6 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. h4 Nh5 16. Bxh5 gxh5
17. Nh3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nf6 19. Nf2 d5 20. Bd4 c5 21. Be5 Nd7
22. Nd3 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxf4 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rhe1 Re4 26. Rxe4
dxe4 27. Nd7 Rd8 28. Qd2 Kg7 29. Qg5+ Qxg5+ 30. hxg5 e3
31. Nxb6 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Bxg2 33. Ke2 Kg6 34. Kxe3 Kxg5 35. Nd7
h4 36. Nxc5 Bc6 37. Nd3 h3 38. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Biel (Playoffs)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[EventDate "2013.08.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Na3 cxd4 8. Bc4 Qa5 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Bb5+ Bd7
12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nc4 Qd5 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5
Qxg2 17. Qb5+ Kf8 18. O-O-O Qg5+ 19. Qxg5 Bxg5+ 20. Kc2 Be7
21. Rhe1 f6 22. Bxa7 Rd8 23. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Biel (Playoffs)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[EventDate "2013.08.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nf6 15. d5 a6 16. Ba4 Nh5
17. Rad1 Qd6 18. e5 Qc5 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qe4 e6 21. g4 g5
22. gxh5 gxh4 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Kh2 Rg8 25. Qxh4 a5 26. Rc1 Qxc1
27. Rxc1 Rxc1 28. Qf4 Rc3 29. Nd2 Rd3 30. Ne4 Rd4 31. Qe3
Bxe5+ 32. f4 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 Bf6 34. Qe3 a4 35. Bc4 b5 36. Qb6
bxc4 37. Qxb7 exd5 38. Qxf7 Bg7 39. Qxd5 c3 40. Qc4 a3 41. Kg3
Rd8 42. f5 Bf6 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Qc7+ Kf8 45. Qc5+ Kg7 46. Qa7+
Kg8 47. Qxa3 Rd2 48. Qb3+ Kg7 49. Qb7+ Kf8 50. Qc8+ Kf7
51. Qc7+ Kf8 52. a4 c2 53. Ke4 Bg5 54. f6 Bxf6 55. a5 Ke8
56. a6 Bd4 57. Qc8+ Ke7 58. Qc7+ Ke8 59. Kf5 Rf2+ 60. Ke6 Re2+
61. Kd5 Ba7 62. Qc6+ Ke7 63. Qb7+ Kf6 64. Qb2+ Kf7 65. h4 Bb6
66. Kd6 Re6+ 67. Kd7 Re7+ 68. Kd6 Re6+ 69. Kd5 Re2 70. Qa3 Re3
71. Qc1 Rc3 72. Qf4+ Kg8 73. Qb8+ Kf7 74. Qf4+ Kg8 75. Qb8+
Kf7 76. Qf4+ Kg8 77. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6
7. a4 Nh6 8. a5 a6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. c4 Nf5 11. h3 O-O 12. Nc3
Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Be3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 c5 16. f4 cxd4
17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Nb8 19. Be2 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc6 21. Bb6 f6
22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rd7 Rf7 24. Rad1 Re8 25. Rxf7 Bxf7 26. Bf3
Re7 27. Rd6 Be8 28. Bg4 Bf7 29. Bf3 Be8 30. Kf1 h6 31. Ke1 Kf7
32. Bg4 Bxc3+ 33. bxc3 e5 34. f5 Rd7 35. Re6 Re7 36. Rd6 Rd7
37. Rg6 Rd3 38. Be2 Rxc3 39. Kd2 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Kh1 Be7 11. b3 Bb7
12. Bb2 c5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. e5 Nd7 15. Rae1 c4 16. bxc4 dxc4
17. Be4 Nc5 18. Qxc4 Rfc8 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Qe4 Rab8 21. Ba1
Nc5 22. Qe2 Qc6 23. f5 exf5 24. Rxf5 Ne6 25. Ne4 Qxc2 26. Qf1
Qxa2 27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Nxf7 Qc2 29. h3 Rb3 30. Kh2 Qd3 31. Qxd3
Rxd3 32. Ref1 a5 33. Nd6 a4 34. Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. Nc4 a3 36. Rc1
Bc5 37. Rc2 h5 38. h4 Rd1 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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. Bd2 b6
12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Ba6 Rhe8 15. Rhe1 Bxa6
16. Qxa6+ Kb8 17. Qe2 e5 18. Kb1 e4 19. Nh4 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4
21. g3 Qg5 22. Ng2 Nf6 23. Ne3 Re6 24. Rd2 g6 25. c4 Red6
26. Red1 Qa5 27. c5 Re6 28. Nc4 Qb5 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Ne5 Qxe2
31. Rxe2 f5 32. cxb6 Ne7 33. bxa7+ Kxa7 34. Rc4 Rd5 35. Re3 c5
36. Rb3 cxd4 37. Rc7+ Ka8 38. Nd7 Rxd7 39. Rxd7 Nc6 40. Kc1 g5
41. Kd1 f4 42. f3 e3 43. Ke2 g4 44. Rf7 gxf3+ 45. Ke1 Ne5
46. Rxf4 Rc6 47. Kd1 e2+ 48. Kd2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6
7. Bf1 e5 8. c3 Be7 9. d4 Qc7 10. d5 Nd8 11. a4 b6 12. Na3 O-O
13. Bd3 Nb7 14. Nh2 Na5 15. c4 Rfe8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 g6
18. Nf3 Nh5 19. Bh2 Bf6 20. g4 Ng7 21. Qc2 Qd8 22. Re2 h5
23. Rg2 hxg4 24. hxg4 b5 25. Rf1 bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4
Qc8 28. e5 dxe5 29. Nd2 Bg5 30. Ne4 Qd8 31. Qf2 f5 32. gxf5
Bh4 33. d6+ Be6 34. fxe6 Bxf2+ 35. Rfxf2 Qh4 36. e7+ Kh7
37. Nf6+ Kh6 38. Bf7 g5 39. Bg3 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8. Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1
Qc7 12. Kb1 h6 13. Bh4 b5 14. Bd5 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Qe3 O-O-O 18. Nb3 Nd7 19. a4 b4 20. Na2 Ne5 21. Qe2
Rd7 22. f4 Nc6 23. f5 exf5 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 a5 26. Rd5
Bd8 27. Rxf5 Re8 28. Rb5 Qc6 29. Nc1 Re5 30. Nb3 Rxb5 31. axb5
Qb6 32. Rd1 a4 33. Nd4 Qc5 34. Nc6 Bb6 35. Rd4 b3 36. cxb3
axb3 37. Rc4 Qg1+ 38. Rc1 Qe3 39. Nd4+ Qxc1+ 40. Kxc1 Bxd4
41. Qd3 Be5 42. h4 Rc7+ 43. Kd1 Bxb2 44. Qxb3 Be5 45. Qd5 Kb8
46. b6 Re7 47. g4 Bg3 48. Qc6 f5 49. exf5 Bxh4 50. f6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6
7. Nfg1 f6 8. f3 Ng5 9. exf6 gxf6 10. f4 Nf7 11. Nf3 Bg7
12. Ng3 O-O 13. Nh5 e5 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Be2
exd4 17. Qxd4+ Qxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nb5 Na6 20. O-O Bd7
21. Rf2 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Nd6 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Bf1 Nb4 25. c3 Nc2
26. Rb1 d4 27. g3 Ne3 28. Bxe3 dxe3 29. Re1 Rf2 30. Re2 Nc4
31. Rxf2 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Nxb2 33. Ke3 Kf6 34. Be2 Na4 35. Kd2
Nb6 36. Kd3 Ke5 37. Bf3 c4+ 38. Kd2 Nd5 39. Bxd5 Kxd5 40. Ke3
b5 41. g4 a5 42. a3 Kc5 43. Kd2 Kd5 44. Ke3 Kc5 45. g5 b4
46. cxb4+ axb4 47. axb4+ Kxb4 48. Kd2 Kc5 49. h4 Kd5 50. h5
Ke6 51. Kc3 Kf5 52. g6 hxg6 53. hxg6 Kxg6 54. Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.20"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. dxc5 Qc7
12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Bd5 Ng4 15. g3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 a6
17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Nd4 bxc5 19. Bd5 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 cxd4 21. Rb1
Qa7 22. Qf7 Be6 23. Qxe6 dxc3 24. Bxa8 Qxe3+ 25. Kg2 Qe2+
26. Kh3 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.21"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6
7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4 Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Bg2 g5 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. b3 Bd6 16. a4 a6 17. a5
Nbd7 18. e4 e5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 exd4 21. O-O O-O 22. Qf5
g6 23. Qxg5 Qxg5 24. Bxg5 Rc3 25. Rfe1 d3 26. Rad1 Rfc8 27. b4
Rb3 28. Re3 f6 29. Bh4 g5 30. Bg3 Bxg3 31. Rxg3 Ne5 32. Be4
Rcc3 33. d6 Rxb4 34. Rgxd3 Nxd3 35. Bxd3 Rc8 36. Bf5 Rd8
37. d7 Rb5 38. Ra1 Rxf5 39. gxf5 Rxd7 40. Rb1 Rd5 41. Rxb7
Rxa5 42. Ra7 Rxf5 43. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7
12. d5 Ne5 13. Bb3 Ba6 14. c4 e6 15. Nf4 Re8 16. Re1 Qh4
17. h3 Rad8 18. Qc2 g5 19. Nd3 h6 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f3 exd5
22. cxd5 Qg3 23. Bc4 b5 24. Be2 c4 25. Kf1 Bc8 26. Bd1 f5
27. exf5 Rxd5 28. Qe4 Rdd8 29. Bf2 Qf4 30. Bc2 Qxe4 31. Bxe4
Bf6 32. Bxa7 Kg7 33. Bc5 Rd2 34. Rc2 Red8 35. Bb4 Rd1 36. g4
Be5 37. Ke2 R1d3 38. Kf2 Rd1 39. Rxd1 Rxd1 40. Rd2 Rxd2+
41. Bxd2 c3 42. Be3 b4 43. Bc5 Bb7 44. Bxb4 Bxe4 45. fxe4 c2
46. Ba3 Bf4 47. Ke2 Kf6 48. Bb2+ Ke7 49. Kd3 c1=Q 50. Bxc1
Bxc1 51. e5 Ba3 52. Kc4 Kd7 53. Kd5 Ke7 54. Kc6 Bb2 55. a4
Bxe5 56. a5 Bd4 57. a6 Bg1 58. Kb7 Kd7 59. a7 Bxa7 60. Kxa7
Kc7 61. Ka6 Kc6 62. Ka5 Kc5 63. Ka4 Kd5 64. Kb5 Kd6 65. Kb6
Ke7 66. Kc7 Ke8 67. Kd6 Kf7 68. Kd7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6
7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g4 Nf8 11. g5 N6d7
12. h4 Ne6 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Qg4 g6 16. Rhe1 f5
17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Qh3 Kb8 19. Kb1 Rhe8 20. Rg1 Ka8 21. Bc1 Rf8
22. Rg2 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Bc2 Be5 25. Ne2 Rc8 26. Nd4 Nfe4
27. f3 Nd6 28. h5 g5 29. h6 Bf6 30. Nf5 Qe6 31. Qg4 Nc4
32. Nd4 Qe7 33. Re2 Ne5 34. Qf5 Bh8 35. Qh3 a6 36. f4 Nc4
37. fxg5 Ne4 38. Bd3 Nxg5 39. Qg4 Ne5 40. Qg2 Nxd3 41. Rxd3
Ne4 42. Rd1 Qb4 43. Ka1 Bxd4 44. exd4 Qxd4 45. Ree1 Qc4
46. Qg7 Rf2 47. Be3 Rc2 48. Qd4 Qxd4 49. Rxd4 Nf6 50. Kb1 R2c6
51. Bg5 Ne4 52. Bc1 Nf6 53. b3 Ne4 54. Bf4 Rf6 55. Be3 Rfc6
56. Rd3 Rg8 57. Kb2 Rg2+ 58. Ka3 Nc3 59. Rxc3 Rxc3 60. Bd4 Rc8
61. Re7 Rh2 62. Rxh7 Re8 63. Bb6 Rh4 64. Bf2 Rh2 65. Bg3 Rh3
66. Bf4 Rh4 67. Bg5 Rh5 68. Bf6 Rh2 69. Kb4 Rc8 70. Bg5 Rh5
71. Be3 d4 72. Bxd4 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.23"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Bg4 9.Rc1 O-O 10.Be2 Qa5 11.O-O Qxa2 12.Ra1 Qb2
13.Qd3 Qb6 14.Rfb1 Qc7 15.Qc4 b6 16.h3 Bc8 17.dxc5 Bb7 18.Qb4
Nc6 19.Qb3 Qc8 20.cxb6 axb6 21.Qxb6 Nd8 22.Bd4 Bxd4 23.Qxd4
Ne6 24.Qe3 Qc5 25.Rxa8 Bxa8 26.Nd4 Rd8 27.Bf1 Bc6 28.Rb4 Ba8
29.Ra4 Bb7 30.Rc4 Qe5 31.Nxe6 Qxe6 32.Rb4 Ba8 33.Be2 Qe5 34.h4
Rc8 35.Rd4 h5 36.g3 Kg7 37.Kh2 Qc5 38.Rd3 Qxe3 39.Rxe3 Rb8
40.Kg2 Rb2 41.f3 Bc6 42.Kf1 Kf6 43.e5+ Ke6 44.g4 Kd5 45.f4
hxg4 46.Bxg4 e6 47.Ke1 Rh2 48.Rh3 Ra2 49.h5 gxh5 50.Bf3+ Kc5
51.Bxh5 Be8 52.Rg3 Rh2 53.Be2 Bb5 54.Bxb5 Kxb5 55.Rg7 Kc4
56.Rxf7 Kxc3 57.Rd7 Rh4 58.Kf2 Rxf4+ 59.Ke3 Rg4 60.Rc7+ Kb4
61.Rc6 Rg6 62.Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.24"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Nc3 h6 8. Bh4 a6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. a3 b5 12. c5
e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bg3 Bxc5 15. h3 Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5
17. Nxd5 Bd6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Be2 Qf6 21. O-O
Rcd8 22. a4 Bf8 23. b3 bxa4 24. bxa4 a5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe4
Rd5 27. Rc1 Bb4 28. h4 g6 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Nd7 31. Qe8+
Nf8 32. Bb3 Qf5 33. Bc4 Qd7 34. Qe5 Qe7 35. Qb8 Qe4 36. Bf1 h5
37. Qd8 Kg7 38. Bd3 Qd5 39. Qxd5 cxd5 40. Be5+ f6 41. Bb2 Ne6
42. Bc2 Nc5 43. f3 Kf7 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 Be1 46. Bd4 Nd7
47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Kg7 49. Kf1 Bb4 50. Bg6 Bc5 51. Bc3 Nb6
52. Be8 Nc4 53. Ke2 Bb6 54. Be1 Nxe3 55. Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.25"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6
7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. h4 dxc4 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nd5
12. Bxc4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Qb3 N7b6 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. a3 Ba5
17. O-O-O e5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Rxd5
21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. Qb4 Kb8 23. Bd3 Nc4 24. Kb1 a5 25. Qb5 Rc8
26. Bxc4 Qe4+ 27. Ka2 dxc4 28. Rc1 f6 29. Qxa5 Qxh4 30. f4 Qh3
31. Qc3 Qf5 32. Rg1 Ka8 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Rd1 Qe6 35. Rg1 Qf5
36. Rh1 Qd5 37. Rh7 g5 38. fxg5 fxg5 39. Rg7 Kb8 40. e4 Qxe4
41. Rxg5 Qc6 42. Ra5 Qb6 43. a4 Qb3+ 44. Qxb3 cxb3+ 45. Kxb3
Rh8 46. Rg5 Ka7 47. Kb4 Ka6 48. a5 b6 49. axb6 Kxb6 50. Rg6+
Kb7 51. Ka4 Rh4+ 52. b4 Rh5 53. Rf6 Rg5 54. b5 Rg1 55. Rf7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.25"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Be7
7. Bf4 O-O 8. Nb5 Ne8 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Qb3 Kh8
12. Rad1 Nd6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. Nd3 Nh5 16. e3 Qe8
17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. f3 Qd8 19. Re2 b6 20. Qa4 Bd7 21. Ne5 Be8
22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Qd1 h6 24. Nd3 Bf7 25. Bh3 Be6 26. Qa4 Bd7
27. Qc2 Qe8 28. Be5 Nh7 29. Bg2 Ng5 30. Qa4 Ra8 31. Rce1 Nc4
32. Bf4 Ne6 33. Qd1 Bf6 34. b3 Na5 35. Bd6 Rg8 36. Be5 Qf7
37. Qc2 Rae8 38. Rf2 h5 39. Ne2 Nb7 40. e4 c5 41. exd5 Nxd4
42. Nxd4 cxd4 43. f4 Bb5 44. a4 Rc8 45. Qd2 Bd7 46. Rfe2 Rge8
47. Bxf6 gxf6 48. Ne5 Qg7 49. Nxd7 Qxd7 50. Qxd4 Kg7 51. Bf3
Nc5 52. d6 Rxe2 53. Rxe2 Re8 54. Bxh5 Rxe2 55. Bxe2 Nxb3
56. Qd5 Nc5 57. Bb5 Qf7 58. Qxf7+ Kxf7 59. h4 Nb7 60. d7 Nd8
61. Bc4+ Kf8 62. Bd5 a6 63. Kf2 b5 64. axb5 axb5 65. Ke3 Ke7
66. h5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.26"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2
d5 8.Qb3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Qa3 e5 11.Nb5 Nc6 12.Be3 Bg4
13.Rd1 Qa5 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.Nxa7 Nc6 16.Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.27"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "249"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7
7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Nc4 Qb8 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3
e5 13.O-O Bb4 14.Qf5 exd4 15.exd4 O-O 16.Rd1 Qe8 17.Bf4 Qe6
18.Qxe6 fxe6 19.Bd6 Rfd8 20.f3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Nd5 22.Rdc1 b5
23.axb5 cxb5 24.Nxa5 Rdc8 25.Bb4 Rc7 26.Rab1 Rac8 27.h4 e5
28.Rd1 exd4 29.Rxd4 N7f6 30.Kh2 h6 31.Rb2 Nxc3 32.Bxc3 Rxc3
33.Rxb5 Rc2 34.Nb3 Kh7 35.Rdb4 R8c3 36.Kh3 Ra2 37.Nd4 Rc1
38.Ne6 Re1 39.Nf4 Ra7 40.h5 Rae7 41.g4 R1e5 42.Ng6 Rxb5
43.Rxb5 Re8 44.Rb7 Rd8 45.Kg3 Kg8 46.Kh4 Kh7 47.Ra7 Kg8 48.f4
Kh7 49.Rb7 Ne4 50.Rb4 Re8 51.g5 Nd6 52.Rb6 Nf7 53.Rb5 Re1
54.Nf8+ Kg8 55.Rb8 hxg5+ 56.fxg5 Rh1+ 57.Kg3 Rg1+ 58.Kf4 Rf1+
59.Ke3 g6 60.hxg6 Kg7 61.gxf7 Kxf7 62.Ke4 Re1+ 63.Kf3 Rf1+
64.Kg3 Rg1+ 65.Kf4 Rf1+ 66.Ke3 Re1+ 67.Kf3 Rf1+ 68.Kg2 Rf5
69.Nh7 Kg6 70.Rb7 Rf4 71.Kg3 Ra4 72.Re7 Rg4+ 73.Kf3 Ra4 74.Rb7
Rh4 75.Nf6 Kxg5 76.Ne4+ Kf5 77.Re7 Rh8 78.Ke3 Rd8 79.Rf7+ Ke6
80.Rh7 Rd1 81.Nc5+ Kf5 82.Rf7+ Ke5 83.Nd3+ Ke6 84.Ra7 Rh1
85.Ke4 Rh4+ 86.Nf4+ Kd6 87.Ra6+ Kc5 88.Rg6 Kc4 89.Rc6+ Kb5
90.Rc1 Rh8 91.Ke5 Rh4 92.Rc8 Rh1 93.Ne6 Rh5+ 94.Kd6 Rh6 95.Rc1
Kb4 96.Kd5 Rh5+ 97.Ke4 Rh4+ 98.Nf4 Kb5 99.Ke5 Rh8 100.Rc2 Rh4
101.Rf2 Kc4 102.Ke4 Rh8 103.Rc2+ Kb5 104.Ng6 Rh1 105.Ne5 Re1+
106.Kd4 Rd1+ 107.Nd3 Kb6 108.Rc3 Rb1 109.Kd5 Rb5+ 110.Nc5 Rb1
111.Nd7+ Kb5 112.Rd3 Rb4 113.Ne5 Rb1 114.Nc4 Kb4 115.Nd2 Rb2
116.Kc6 Rc2+ 117.Kb6 Rb2 118.Kc6 Rc2+ 119.Kb7 Rc3 120.Rd8 Rc5
121.Ne4 Rc4 122.Re8 Rc2 123.Kb6 Re2 124.Kc6 Re1 125.Nd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.28"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3
Bb6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bd2 d6
12. c4 Ne7 13. Qc2 Ng6 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Nc3 Qh4 16. Rae1 Ne5
17. Re4 Qh5 18. Be2 Qg6 19. Qd1 Bh3 20. Bf3 Bf5 21. Rh4 Bc2
22. Qxc2 Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.28"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6
7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 e6 9. d4 Qe7 10. e3 d6 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. Rfd1
Nbd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Ne1 Rab8 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5
17. Rxd5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nf6 19. Rd3 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Rad1
Nb4 22. R3d2 Nc6 23. Nf3 b5 24. Qc3 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rd8
26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Qd3 a6 28. Qd5 Qc7 29. Ne5 Ne6 30. Kg2 Kg7
31. f4 a5 32. Kf3 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. Qd7 a3 35. Ke2 Kf6
36. Ng4+ Kg7 37. Ne5 Kf6 38. Ng4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[EventDate "2012.10.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. O-O exd5 15. exd5 Ba5 16. d6 Rb8
17. Rb5 b6 18. Ba3 Ba6 19. f5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Qf6 21. fxg6 Bxc3
22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Rxf6 Bxd2 24. Bb2 Be3+ 25. Kf1 Kxh7 26. d7
Rbd8 27. Rf5 Bd4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Re5 Kg7 30. Ke2 f5 31. Re8
d3+ 32. Kd2 a6 33. Bc6 b5 34. h4 Kf6 35. a3 Rh8 36. h5 Kg5
37. Re6 Rh7 38. Rd6 Rxh5 39. Kxd3 Rh4 40. Re6 Rh7 41. Rd6 Rh4
42. Re6 Rh7 43. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bg4
7. O-O cxd4 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Nb3 O-O
12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rc8 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Qd2 Ne4 16. Qd3
Qb6 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Nd4 Qxb2 19. Reb1 Qc3 20. Qxc3 Nxc3
21. Rxb7 Bg6 22. Bf1 Ra5 23. a4 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Nxa4 25. Rxa7
Nc5 26. Bg2 Ne6 27. Nc6 Be4 28. c3 Kh8 29. Rd7 Nc5 30. Rc7 Ne6
31. Re7 h6 32. Nd4 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Rc8 34. Rxf7 Nxd4 35. cxd4
Rc4 36. Rf4 g5 37. Rg4 Kg7 38. h4 Kf6 39. f4 gxh4 40. Rxh4 Kg6
1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. h3
exd4 13. Nxd4 g6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Rac1 a6 17. Nf3
Rad8 18. Bg5 Qb8 19. a4 Kg7 20. Ne2 h6 21. Bh4 c5 22. axb5
axb5 23. Bxb5 Bxe4 24. Qc3 Re6 25. Bc4 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Re7
27. f4 Rde8 28. Rc2 Re4 29. Rcd2 Qb4 30. Qxb4 cxb4 31. Bb5 g5
32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Bg3 Bc5 34. Kf1 R8e7 35. Bxd7 Nxd7 36. Rxd7
Rxe2 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Rd5 Ba7 39. Rxg5+ Kh7 40. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.10"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 h6 8. b4 d6 9. Rb1 a6 10. a4 Ne7 11. Ba3 c6 12. c5 Re8
13. e4 Bg4 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Nd2 Nc8 16. Qc2 Bf8 17. cxd6 Nxd6
18. Nb3 b5 19. h3 Be6 20. Rfd1 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Nb5 22. Bb2 Bxb3
23. Qxb3 c5 24. Rbc1 Rb8 25. Qa2 cxb4 26. Rc6 Kg7 27. d4 b3
28. Qb1 exd4 29. Bxd4+ Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Qa5 31. Rxd7 Qxa4 32. e5
Re7 33. Rdd6 Qa2 34. Rxg6+ fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Bd5 Rg7
37. Qxh6+ Rh7 38. Qe6 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Rg7 40. Rc8 Rxc8 41. Qxc8
Rg8 42. Qb7 Qh7 43. Qxb3 Rg5 44. Qe3 Qe7 45. f4 Rg7 46. f5 Qg5
47. Qxg5 Rxg5 48. g4 Bg7 49. e6 Bf6 50. Kg3 a5 51. h4 Rg8
52. g5 Kg7 53. Kf4 Rh8 54. Kg4 Rb8 55. gxf6+ Kxf6 56. e7 a4
0-1

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.10"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 c5
7. d5 b5 8. h5 Nxh5 9. Nxb5 O-O 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Bxc4 Nd7
12. Be2 Rb8 13. Kf1 Qc7 14. Ng5 Bxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Qe5 17. Bd2 f5 18. Ne6 Rf6 19. Bg5 fxe4 20. Bxf6 Ndxf6 21. Rd1
e3 22. Rxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Ng3+ 25. Kf2 Ne4+
26. Kf3 Nxc3 27. Rd3 Nxa2 28. Ra3 Nb4 29. Rxa7 Nxd5 30. Rd7
Nb6 31. Rxe7 c4 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rc7 Rc8 34. Ke4 Rxc7 35. Nxc7
h5 36. Kd4 Kg7 37. e4 h4 38. e5 g5 39. Ne8+ Kf7 40. Nd6+ Ke6
41. Ke4 g4 42. Nf5 h3 43. gxh3 gxh3 44. Nd4+ Kd7 45. Kf3 Nd5
46. e6+ Ke8 47. Ne2 Ke7 48. Kg3 Kxe6 49. Kxh3 Ke5 50. Kg3 Ke4
51. Kf2 Kd3 52. Ke1 Kc2 53. Nd4+ Kb2 54. Ne2 Kc2 55. Nd4+ Kc3
56. Ne2+ Kd3 57. Nc1+ Kc2 58. Ne2 Kb3 59. Kf2 c3 60. Nxc3 Kxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Ne5 d6 11. Nd3 d5 12. cxd5
exd5 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qb3 Nxd3 15. exd3 Nf6 16. Bf4 Qd7
17. Rac1 Bd8 18. Re5 c6 19. Rce1 Nh5 20. Bd2 g6 21. Bh6 Bf6
22. Bxf8 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Kxf8 24. a4 Re8 25. a5 Qc7 26. axb6
axb6 27. Qb4+ Kf7 28. Na4 b5 29. Nc5 Nf6 30. Qe1 Bc8 31. h4
Re7 32. Bf3 f4 33. Qe2 h5 34. gxf4 Bg4 35. Bxg4 Nxg4 36. Ne6
Qd6 37. f5 Kg8 38. f3 Nxe5 39. dxe5 Qb4 40. f4 gxf5 41. Qg2+
0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andreas Heimann"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5
c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nxc5 10. Nge2 Bd7 11. O-O Rc8
12. Rc1 Qb6 13. b3 Rfd8 14. Nd4 Kg7 15. a3 a5 16. a4 Qb4
17. Na2 Qb6 18. Nc3 Qb4 19. Na2 Qb6 20. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Emil Davidovich Sutovsky"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d6
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Bf5 9. d4 e6 10. Na3 a6 11. Be3 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O-O 14. Qh5 Qc7 15. Bxb6 Qxb6
16. Qxf7 Bc5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qxc7+ Kxc7 19. Rfd1 Bg4 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Re1 b5 22. Re5 Ba7 23. Ne3 Bf5 24. Bxe6 Bxe3 25. fxe3
Rd1+ 26. Kf2 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 Rd2+ 28. Kf3 a5 29. Ra6 a4 30. c4
Rxb2 31. cxb5 Rxa2 32. h4 Kd8 33. Ra7 Rb2 34. Rxg7 Rxb5
35. Ra7 Rb4 36. Rxh7 a3 37. Ra7 Rxh4 38. Rxa3 Ke7 39. g4 Rh1
40. Kf4 Kf6 41. Ra6+ Kf7 42. e4 Rf1+ 43. Kg5 Rg1 44. e5 Rg2
45. e6+ Ke7 46. Kf5 Rf2+ 47. Kg6 Rg2 48. g5 Rg1 49. Kh6 Kf8
50. Ra7 Rh1+ 51. Kg6 Rg1 52. Ra5 Re1 53. Kf6 Rf1+ 54. Rf5 Ra1
55. g6 Ra7 56. Kg5+ Kg8 57. Rd5 Ra8 58. Kh6 Kf8 59. Rd7 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4
12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Rc5 Rd8 16. Rb1
Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Ke3 Rd8 20. Rb6 Bd7
21. Rxb7 Bb5 22. Bc2 Rac8 23. Rbc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Bf1 25. g4 g5
26. f3 Rb8 27. Bb3 h6 28. f4 gxf4+ 29. Kxf4 Rb4 30. Ke5 Bd3
31. Kf6 Rxe4 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Kxf7 Rxg4 34. Bxe6 Rf4+ 35. Ke7
Kg6 36. Rg8+ Kh5 37. Rg3 Bc4 38. Rh3+ Kg5 39. Rg3+ Kh5
40. Rh3+ Kg5 41. Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "5.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bjorn Ahlander"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
Qe7 7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. d3 O-O 11. O-O Rd8
12. Bd2 Bf5 13. Rfd1 Rd7 14. Be1 Rad8 15. a3 g5 16. Bb4 Qf6
17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. exd4 Nd5 21. Bd2
h6 22. Rd1 Qb6 23. Qf3 Bc2 24. Rc1 Bg6 25. Bc3 Nxc3 26. Qxc3
Rxd4 27. Qxc7 Qxb2 28. Bf3 Rd7 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Re1 Re7
31. Rd1 Qxa3 32. h4 gxh4 33. Kh2 Qb4 34. Qd8 Qc5 35. Qa8 Qxf2
0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Danny Raznikov"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ng5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6
17. a5 Nf8 18. Qb3 Be7 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. Bd2 Rac8 21. h4 Rc4
22. g3 Rec8 23. Kg2 Qc6 24. Rh1 Rc7 25. Bc3 Qe8 26. Nd2 R4c6
27. Nf1 g5 28. h5 h6 29. Ne3 Qc8 30. Qd1 b5 31. axb6 axb6
32. Qe2 Qb7 33. Ra2 b5 34. Rha1 b4 35. Bd2 Qb6 36. Qd3 Rc8
37. Ra6 Qb8 38. Ra7 R6c7 39. R7a5 Rb7 40. b3 Bd8 41. Ra6 Kh8
42. Qe2 Bb6 43. Bxb4 Bxd4 44. Bd6 Rbc7 45. R1a4 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dragan Solak"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. Bd3
b5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qh3 O-O 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Nc5 17. Bh4
Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qc5 19. Bf2 Qh5 20. Qf3 Rac8 21. h3 Qxf3
22. gxf3 Nh5 23. Nce2 e5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Nf5 Rc2 26. b4 Bf8
27. d4 g6 28. Ne3 Ra2 29. Ng4 exd4 30. Bxd4 f5 31. Nc3 fxg4
32. Nxa2 Ng3+ 33. Kg2 Nxf1 34. Kxf1 gxf3 35. Nc3 Rd8 36. Rd1
Bg7 37. Bxg7 Rxd1+ 38. Nxd1 Kxg7 39. Nc3 g5 40. Kf2 Bc8 41. h4
gxh4 42. Kxf3 Kf6 43. Kf4 h3 44. Nd1 h5 45. Nf2 h2 46. Kg3 Ke5
47. Kxh2 Kf4 48. Nd3+ Kxe4 49. Nc5+ Kd4 50. Kg3 Kc4 51. Kh4 a5
52. Kxh5 a4 53. Kg5 Kc3 54. Kf4 Kb2 55. Ke3 Kxa3 56. Kd2 Kb2
57. Nd3+ Kb1 58. Kc3 a3 59. Nc5 a2 60. Kb3 a1=Q 61. Nd7 Qb2#
0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dusko Pavasovic"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. d4 e4
7. Nh4 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 d5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bg5 Nxd4
12. Qd1 c5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qh5+ Qf7 15. Qe5+ Qe6 16. Qxe6+
Nxe6 17. Nxd5 O-O-O 18. Nc3 Nd4 19. Nxe4 Nxc2 20. Rac1 Nd4
21. Rfe1 Be7 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rd5 24. b4 Rf8 25. bxc5
Rxf3 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. cxd6+ Kd8 28. Rc7 Rxd6 29. Rxb7 Rd7
30. Rb8+ Kc7 31. Rh8 h6 32. Rc1+ Kd6 33. Rd1+ Ke7 34. Rxd7+
Kxd7 35. Ra8 Ra3 36. Rg8 Ke7 37. Rxg7+ Kf6 38. Rc7 Rxa2
39. Kg2 a5 40. Rc6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Andrey Zhigalko"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2
Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6
12. f5 Bb7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Bc4 d5 15. exd5 Bc5 16. Qf4 Qxf4
17. Bxf4 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bd3 Rf7 20. Bg3 Raf8 21. a3
Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Kf7 24. Be5 g5 25. Be2 Ke7
26. h3 Be3 27. Bc3 a5 28. Kh2 Kd6 29. Bd3 h5 30. h4 gxh4
31. Be1 Bc1 32. b3 Bxa3 33. Bxh4 Bb2 34. Bf2 Kc7 35. c4 Bc6
36. Bg6 b5 37. cxb5 Bd5 38. Bc2 e5 39. Bd1 Bd4 40. Be1 Kb6
41. b4 axb4 42. Bxb4 Kxb5 43. Be1 Bf7 44. g4 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 Rc8 10. Nd2 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6
12. Qe2 c5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Qxa6 Be7 15. Qb5+ Kf8 16. Nb3 Qc7
17. Qa5 Qxa5 18. Nxa5 c4 19. c3 f6 20. g4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Kf7
22. Rac1 Ra8 23. Nc6 Rxa2 24. Ra1 Rha8 25. Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Nxe7
Kxe7 27. exf6+ gxf6 28. Rf2 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Re1 30. Kf3 Kf7
31. b3 Rc1 32. bxc4 dxc4 33. g5 fxg5 34. Ke4+ Kg6 35. Kd4 g4
36. Kxc4 h5 37. Kd4 Kg5 38. e4 h4 39. Rf8 g3 40. hxg3 hxg3
41. Ke5 Kg4 42. Rg8+ Kf3 43. Kxe6 g2 44. e5 g1=Q 45. Rxg1 Rxg1
46. Kf7 Rc1 47. e6 Rxc3 48. e7 Rc7 49. Kf8 Rxe7 50. Kxe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 d5 5. Nc3 dxe4 6. fxe4 c5
7. d5 Bg7 8. Nf3 exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O Bf5
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd7 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Re1 Qe3+ 16. Bf2 Qf4
17. Bg3 Qe3+ 18. Bf2 Qf4 19. Bg3 Qe3+ 20. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Csaba Balogh"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6
7. c4 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. Bg5 Qd7
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Qb3 Be7 21. Nc3
Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bf8 23. h4 Kg7 24. Bf3 Rad8 25. Kg2 Rxe1
26. Rxe1 c5 27. h5 cxd4 28. cxd4 g5 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Rb1 f5
31. Qb5 Qxb5 32. Rxb5 Kh6 33. a4 Bg7 34. d5 Be5 35. a5 Kxh5
36. a6 Kg6 37. Rc5 Kf6 38. Rc6+ Ke7 39. Rc8 Rxc8 40. Bxc8 f4
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.14"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ioannis Papaioannou"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O O-O-O 6. h3
Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qd7 8. c3 e5 9. Re1 Nf6 10. b4 Bd6 11. d3 Qf5
12. Qa4 Qxd3 13. b5 Nb8 14. Be3 Qf5 15. Nd2 Bc5 16. Ne4 Bxe3
17. Rxe3 h5 18. Qxa7 Nd5 19. Nc5 Nxe3 20. Qxb7# 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bb5 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Nf6 13. O-O Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Rfd1
Rac8 17. f4 Ned5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Kf2 Kf8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Bf3 Ne7 22. h4 Ke8 23. Rd2 Rc7 24. h5 f6 25. Ne2 Bc6
26. Nd4 Bd7 27. g4 Nc8 28. Rc2 Rxc2+ 29. Nxc2 Nd6 30. b3 Ke7
31. Kg3 a5 32. Nd4 b6 33. Ne2 Be8 34. Nc3 b5 35. a3 a4
36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Bd1 Nc4 38. Kf2 Nxa3 39. Bxa4 Bxa4 40. Nxa4
Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5+
7. Nfd2 Qxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne5
12. Nb3 Qb5 13. a4 Qc4 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Na5 Qa6 16. b4 Rfc8
17. b5 Qb6 18. Rb1 Nc4 19. Nc6 bxc6 20. bxc6 Qd8 21. cxd7 Qxd7
22. Bc1 Rab8 23. Be4 Rxb1 24. Bxb1 Qb7 25. Ba2 Qb4 26. Bg5 Bf6
27. Bxf6 exf6 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Qb1 Qc5 30. Qb5 Qc8 31. Rb1
Kg7 32. a5 h5 33. a6 h4 34. Rd1 h3 35. f3 Rc1 36. Qd3 Rxd1+
37. Qxd1 Qxa6 38. g4 Qb6+ 39. Kf1 Qe3 40. Qa1 g5 41. Qa6 Qc1+
42. Kf2 Qf4 43. Kg1 Qd4+ 44. Kf1 Qxd5 45. Qxa7 Qd1+ 46. Kf2
Qh1 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6
7. h4 Bg7 8. h5 Bf5 9. Qb3 Ndb4 10. Kf1 Be6 11. Qa4 Qa5
12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. d3 Rc8 14. Bf4 b6 15. Bh3 Bxh3+ 16. Rxh3 Nc2
17. Rc1 Nd4 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 g5 20. g4 f6 21. Nc4 Nac6
22. e3 Ne6 23. Ke2 Kf7 24. Rhh1 Rhd8 25. Rhd1 Nc7 26. Ne4 Nd5
27. a4 Ndb4 28. a5 Rb8 29. axb6 axb6 30. Ra1 Rd5 31. Nc3 Rd7
32. Nb5 Rbd8 33. Ra3 h6 34. Rb3 e6 35. d4 cxd4 36. Nxd4 Nxd4+
37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. exd4 Nd5 39. Kf3 Ke7 40. Ne3 Nf4 41. Ke4 Rd6
42. Ra3 Nh3 43. d5 Nxf2+ 44. Kf3 Nh3 45. Ra7+ Rd7 46. Rxd7+
Kxd7 47. dxe6+ Kxe6 48. Nf5 Nf4 49. Ke4 Nd5 50. Nxh6 Ne7
51. b3 b5 52. Kf3 f5 53. Nxf5 Nxf5 54. gxf5+ Kxf5 55. Kg3 b4
56. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013/14"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2013.11.23"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 d6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Nd4 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Re8 12. Re1
c6 13. b5 Bg4 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Ne4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 Qd7 18. Bf4 h6 19. h4 Kh7 20. Qb3 Re7 21. Qb4 Rd8
22. Qa4 d5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Qxd7 Rdxd7 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. exf3
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013/14"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2013.11.24"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Nfd7 6. Qc2 dxc4
7. Qxc4 Nb6 8. Qd3 Na6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 c5
12. Nc3 Bf5 13. e4 cxd4 14. exf5 dxc3 15. Qe2 Qc8 16. fxg6
hxg6 17. bxc3 Na4 18. Bd2 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Rab1 Qc7
21. Ng5 Nc5 22. Rdc1 Rab8 23. Bd5 b6 24. Qg4 e6 25. Bxe6 Bf6
26. Nxf7 Kg7 27. h4 Rxf7 28. h5 Rbf8 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+
Kg8 31. Qxf6 Nxe6 32. Qg6+ Rg7 33. Qxe6+ Qf7 34. Rc6 Rg5
35. Rd1 Rxh5 36. Rd7 Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Ra5 38. Ree7 Ra8 39. Rg7+
Kh8 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rdg7+ Kf8 42. Rg4 Re8 43. Rh8+ Kf7
44. Rf4+ Ke7 45. Re4+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. h3 Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qe2 O-O
12. O-O-O Qc7 13. g4 Rac8 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. g5 Nd7 16. h4 Nce5
17. Qg2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Ne5 21. Qg3
Nc6 22. Qd3 Qb4 23. a3 Qb6 24. Nd4 Rcd8 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Rd1
Rb8 27. Na4 Qf2 28. h5 Bg4 29. Rf1 Qg2 30. Nc3 Bxh5 31. Rxc6
Qxg5 32. Qxa6 Bg6 33. Qc4 h5 34. Rc7 Kh8 35. b4 Qg4 36. Kb2
Rbd8 37. b5 h4 38. b6 h3 39. b7 Kh7 40. Qc5 Rd2 41. Rc8 Rdd8
42. Rxd8 Rxd8 43. Qc7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7
7. O-O Rb8 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 b4 11. Nd1 Nd7 12. Bh6
Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nd4 14. Qd2 e5 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Kh2 Nh5 17. Nxd4
cxd4 18. Nc4 Be6 19. b3 Ng7 20. a3 a5 21. axb4 axb4 22. Ra4
Bxc4 23. dxc4 Ne6 24. Rfa1 Qb6 25. Ra6 Qc7 26. Ra7 Rb7
27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28. Ra5 Nc5 29. f4 f6 30. h4 Qb6 31. Rb5 Qa7
32. f5 Kg7 33. Qxb4 Qa2 34. Rb6 Qxc2 35. Rxd6 Nd3 36. Rd7+ Rf7
37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qb7+ Kg8 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Qd7+ Kg8 41. Qe8+
Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. fxg6 hxg6 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kg8
46. Qxf6 Ne1 47. Qxg6+ Kh8 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Qg6+ Kh8 50. Qh6+
Kg8 51. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4
12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Qa5+ 16. Qd2
Bf6 17. Rxb7 O-O 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Rb4 Rab8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8
21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Nh5+ Kh6 23. Kd2 Kxh5 24. Re1 Nc6 25. Re4
Rb5 26. Rc4 Na5 27. Rc7 Rxf5 28. Rxe7 Rd5+ 29. Ke1 f5 30. f3
gxf3 31. gxf3 Nc6 32. Rh7+ Kg6 33. Rc7 Nd4 34. Rc3 Rc5 35. Rd3
Nxc2+ 36. Kd2 Nb4 37. Rxd6+ Kh5 38. a3 Nc6 39. f4 gxf4
40. Bxf4 Kg4 41. Be3 Rc4 42. Rg6+ Kf3 43. Rf6 Ke4 44. Re6+ Ne5
45. Bh6 Kd5 46. Rxa6 f4 47. Rb6 Rd4+ 48. Ke2 f3+ 49. Kf2 Rh4
50. Rb5+ Ke6 51. Be3 Rxh2+ 52. Kg3 Rg2+ 53. Kh3 Rg8 54. a4 Nd3
55. Rb3 f2 56. Bxf2 Nxf2+ 57. Kh2 Ke5 58. a5 Ra8 59. Ra3 Ra6
60. Kg2 Ne4 61. Kf3 Nd2+ 62. Ke2 Nc4 63. Ra4 Kd4 64. Ra1 Kc3
65. Kf3 Kb2 66. Ra4 Kb3 67. Ra1 Na3 68. Ke4 Rxa5 69. Rd1 Nb5
70. Rd8 Ra1 71. Rb8 Kc4 72. Rc8+ Kb4 73. Rc6 Rd1 74. Ke5 Na3
75. Ke4 Nc4 76. Rh6 Nd6+ 77. Kf3 Kc3 78. Rh7 Kd4 79. Rd7 Rf1+
80. Ke2 Rf6 81. Rd8 Kc3 82. Rd7 Re6+ 83. Kf3 Kd3 84. Kf4 Kd4
85. Kf3 Kd3 86. Kf4 Kd4 87. Kf3 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 c5 6. c4 d4
7. e3 Ne7 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qa3 Bc6
12. b4 b6 13. b5 Bb7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 a6 16. Qb3 axb5
17. Na3 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd7 19. Nfxe5 fxe5 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bb4
Rxb7 22. Nd6+ Kd8 23. Rac1 Nc6 24. Qd5 Nxb4 25. Nxb7+ Ke7
26. Qxd4 Nc6 27. Qh4+ Bf6 28. Qe4 Rc8 29. d4 Qxb7 30. dxe5 Bg5
31. f4 Nc5 32. Qf3 Bh6 33. Rcd1 Bg7 34. Rd6 Kf8 35. Red1 Kg8
36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. h4 Bf8 38. Rf6 Be7 39. Rf7 Rd8 40. Qf3 Rxd1+
41. Qxd1 Nd8 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[EventDate "2013.12.4"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5
7. Nc2 Qh5 8. h4 Bc5 9. Nc3 Qg6 10. b4 Bb6 11. h5 Qf5 12. Ne3
Qe5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Qc2 Bd4 15. Nc4 Qf5 16. e3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3
Rd8 18. Rh4 Qg5 19. h6 Bf5 20. hxg7 Nd5 21. Qb3 Qe7 22. Ne5
Nd7 23. Bxe4 Nxe5 24. Bxf5 Nf3+ 25. Ke2 Nxh4 26. gxh4 Qxh4
27. Rg1 Rd6 28. Qd1 Rh6 29. a3 Re8 30. Qc2 Qh5+ 31. Kf1 Ne7
32. Be4 Ng6 33. Rh1 Qb5+ 34. Kg1 Rxh1+ 35. Bxh1 Qe2 36. Be4
Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[EventDate "2013.12.4"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Bb5 e6 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Nf3 a6
12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Qb3 Be7 14. Ne5 O-O 15. O-O Nd7 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Rab8 19. Qc3 Rfc8 20. Rac1 h5
21. b3 h4 22. h3 Rb5 23. Rc2 e5 24. Rfc1 e4 25. Qd2 Qd6
26. Rc3 g5 27. Qc2 Nb8 28. Qe2 Qg6 29. Nc5 Kg7 30. f3 exf3
31. Qxf3 Re8 32. Rf1 Re7 33. Qg4 Rxc5 34. dxc5 Nd7 35. Qf5
Qxf5 36. Rxf5 Kg6 37. Rf1 Re4 38. Rd1 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[EventDate "2013.12.4"]
[Round "7.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "203"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5
11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. O-O O-O
16. Qb3 Nb6 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Re1 a6 20. Bd3 Qd5
21. Be4 Qb5 22. Qe3 Na5 23. Bd3 Qd7 24. Qg5 Nc6 25. Ne4 Qd8
26. Qf5 f6 27. Nc5 g6 28. Qg4 Rb8 29. h4 Qd5 30. Bc2 Bf7
31. Bb3 Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Bc2 f4 34. Re4 Nb4 35. Bb3 Bxb3
36. axb3 N6d5 37. Ne1 Kf7 38. Ncd3 Nc6 39. Nf3 Re8 40. Rxe8
Kxe8 41. Kf1 b6 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Nc1 Ke6 44. Kd3 Kf5 45. Ne2
Na5 46. Nd2 Nb4+ 47. Kc3 Nd5+ 48. Kd3 Nb7 49. Nc3 Nb4+ 50. Ke2
Nd6 51. Nf3 Kg4 52. Kd2 c6 53. Ke2 Nd5 54. Kd3 a5 55. Ke2 Kf5
56. Nd2 b5 57. Kd3 Nb4+ 58. Ke2 Nc2 59. Nf3 Ne4 60. Na2 Na1
61. b4 a4 62. d5 cxd5 63. Nd4+ Ke5 64. Nxb5 Nc2 65. Nbc3 Nd4+
66. Kf1 f3 67. gxf3 Nxf3 68. b5 Nc5 69. b6 Kd6 70. Nb4 d4
71. Nb5+ Kd7 72. Ke2 Nxh4 73. Nxd4 h5 74. Nd5 Kd6 75. Nf4 Nd7
76. b7 Kc7 77. Nxh5 Kxb7 78. Nf4 Kb6 79. Kd3 Kc5 80. Kc3 Nb6
81. Nde6+ Kd6 82. Kb4 Nf3 83. Kb5 Nd2 84. Nc5 Ndc4 85. Nxa4
Nxa4 86. b3 Nc3+ 87. Kxc4 Ne4 88. Nd3 Nd2+ 89. Kc3 Nf3 90. b4
Kd5 91. b5 Nd4 92. Kb4 Ke4 93. Nc5+ Kd5 94. Nb3 Nxb5 95. Kxb5
Ke4 96. Nc1 Kf3 97. Nd3 f5 98. Kc4 f4 99. Kd4 Ke2 100. Ke4 f3
101. Kd4 Kd2 102. Nf4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6
7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbd7
12. a4 Re8 13. a5 e5 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Rfb1 Nf8
17. cxd5 e4 18. Qe2 Rxd5 19. c4 Rg5 20. d5 N8d7 21. dxc6 Qxc6
22. Nb3 Qc8 23. Rd1 h6 24. Kf1 Kh7 25. Rd6 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Rgxe5
27. Rad1 R5e6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rd4 Qc7 30. g3 b6 31. axb6
Rxb6 32. Qa2 Qc8 33. Kg2 Qb7 34. Nc5 Qc6 35. Qa5 a6 36. Nxe4
Nxe4 37. Qf5+ Qg6 38. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 39. Rxe4 Rc6 40. Re7 f6
41. Ra7 Rxc4 42. Rxa6 h5 43. Kf3 Kg6 44. e4 Rc2 45. Ra7 Kh6
46. h4 Kg6 47. Ke3 Rc4 48. Ra5 Rc3+ 49. Kf4 Rc2 50. f3 Rc4
51. Ra6 Rb4 52. Rd6 Ra4 53. Ke3 Ra3+ 54. Rd3 Ra1 55. Kf4 Ra4
56. Ke3 Ra1 57. Rd4 Ra3+ 58. Kf4 Ra1 59. e5 fxe5+ 60. Kxe5 Ra3
61. Kf4 Ra5 62. Re4 Kf6 63. Rb4 Rf5+ 64. Ke3 Re5+ 65. Re4 Ra5
66. Kf4 Rf5+ 67. Ke3 Ra5 68. Rf4+ Kg6 69. Rb4 Re5+ 70. Kd4 Ra5
71. Rb6+ Kh7 72. Ke4 Ra4+ 73. Kf5 Ra3 74. Kf4 Ra4+ 75. Ke3
Ra3+ 76. Kf4 Ra4+ 77. Ke3 Ra3+ 78. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 b5
7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. e3 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Qe2 b4
12. Rfd1 a5 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. c4 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Rfc8 16. Bd4 Qa6
17. Qf3 Ncd7 18. Rac1 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qb6 20. Qf4 Qb4 21. Nf3
Qxf4 22. gxf4 Ne4 23. Bb2 Bb4 24. Nd4 Nc3 25. Bxc3 Bxc3
26. Nb5 Bb4 27. f5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. fxe6
fxe6 31. f4 Bd7 32. Nd4 Kf7 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. Bf1 g5 35. fxg5+
Kxg5 36. Bb5 Bc8 37. Nc6 Kf6 38. a3 Bxa3 39. Nxa5 Ke5 40. Bd3
h6 41. Nc6+ Kd6 42. Na7 Bd7 43. Nb5+ Bxb5 44. Bxb5 Bc5 45. Kf3
Ke5 46. Bd3 Kf6 47. h3 Bb4 48. Bc2 Bc5 49. Bd3 Bb4 50. Bc2 Bc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Bf5
7. Be2 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. c4 Rfe8 11. Rfc1 Be6
12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 c5 14. Qa3 Rac8 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Qa6
17. Qxa6 Nxa6 18. a3 Ne4 19. Rab1 Nc3 20. Rxc3 Bxc3 21. c5 g5
22. Bxa6 bxa6 23. Be5 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Bf5 25. Rc1 f6 26. Bb2 Bd3
27. Nb3 e5 28. Na5 Bb5 29. Nb7 Re6 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Nd6 Rd8
32. f3 Rexd6 33. cxd6 Rxd6 34. Rc1 Kf7 35. Kf2 Ke6 36. Rc5 Kd7
37. Ke1 Bb5 38. Rc1 Bc4 39. Kd2 Kc6 40. h4 Kb5 41. hxg5 hxg5
42. Rh1 Ka4 43. Rh6 Re6 44. Kc2 Bb5 45. Bc1 Rc6+ 46. Kd2 Kb3
47. Kd1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O
7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Nf1 Rb8
12. Ng3 Bb6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Rad1 Qe7
17. d4 Qe6 18. d5 Qe7 19. c4 Qf8 20. Bxf6+ Kxf6 21. dxc6 Kg7
22. Nf1 Be6 23. b3 Bc5 24. Re2 a4 25. Qd3 Rb6 26. Ne3 Reb8
27. Nd2 Rxc6 28. Nd5 Qd8 29. bxa4 Ra6 30. Nb3 c6 31. Nf4 Bxf2+
32. Rxf2 exf4 33. a5 Qg5 34. Qxd6 Re8 35. Rd3 Kg8 36. Rc3 Qf6
37. e5 Qf5 38. Qd4 g5 39. Kh2 Raa8 40. Rd2 Kg7 41. Qc5 Rad8
42. Rd6 Qe4 43. Qd4 Qe2 44. a6 Qxa2 45. Nc5 Qa5 46. Nb7 c5
47. Qd2 Rxd6 48. Nxd6 Ra8 49. Rb3 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Be2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Kh1 O-O 16. Rb3 Qa5
17. Qxd6 Rd8 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. Rxa3 Rb8 20. Bd3 Bf8 21. Rb3 Rb4
22. Rxb4 Bxb4 23. Na4 a5 24. Rb1 c5 25. Nb6 Bb7 26. Nc4 Ba6
27. a3 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Bxa3 29. c3 Bb2 30. g3 Rd2 31. Bb5 Bxc3
32. Rc1 Bb4 33. f5 Kf8 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Rf1 Ke7 36. Rf4 Rb2
37. Rg4 Bc3 38. Rg7+ Kd6 39. Rd7+ Ke5 40. Bc6 Bd4 41. Ra7 Ra2
42. Bb5 Kxe4 43. Ra6 Kf3 44. Bc6+ Kf2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a5 4. c3 a4 5. Ngf3 Be7 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. Bd3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nf6 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. O-O Nxe4
12. Bxe4 Bf6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bf4 Ra5 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Rfa8
17. Rxa5 Rxa5 18. b4 Ra7 19. Qf3 Ne7 20. g4 Ra3 21. Bc1 Ra1
22. Bd2 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 c6 24. Bd2 Nd5 25. g5 Be7 26. h4 g6
27. h5 Qd8 28. Qg3 Bd6 29. Qg4 Ne7 30. c4 Qa8 31. c5 Bc7
32. Be3 Qa4 33. Qf3 Nf5 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35. Kg2 Qxb4 36. h6 Qb3
37. Qe2 f4 38. Qf3 fxe3 39. Qf6 Kf8 40. g6 Qd5+ 41. f3 Qa2+
42. Kh3 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 c5
7. d5 b5 8. h5 Nxh5 9. Nxb5 O-O 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. Nc3 Rb8
12. Be2 Qa5 13. Kf1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 15. Kg1 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Qc4 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Ng5 Nhf6 19. Qf3 Rb2 20. Qh3 Qe2 21. Rf1
Reb8 22. Bg7 Rb1 23. Kh2 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Kxg7 25. Rc1 Qd2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6
7. Bc4 d6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5
12. dxe5 Na5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Ng5 g6 16. Nxh7 Rfd8
17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 Ba4 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Qe3 Qxc3 21. Bb2
Rxd3 22. Qh6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 O-O
7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 Be6 9. h3 Nd7 10. Nd5 f5 11. Rb1 fxe4
12. dxe4 a5 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. b3 Qd7 16. Kh2 Rf7
17. Rbd1 Re8 18. h4 Ref8 19. f3 Qc8 20. Rfe1 Bd7 21. Rf1 Ne6
22. Ng1 Ned4 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Qxa5 c6 25. Nb6 Qd8 26. c5 Be6
27. Qc3 Bf6 28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Kxh3 d5 30. b4 Bxh4 31. gxh4 Rf4
32. Rxd4 Rxh4+ 33. Kg2 Qg5+ 34. Kf2 Rh2+ 35. Ke1 exd4
36. Qxd4+ Kg8 37. Ne2 dxe4 38. f4 Qh4+ 39. Kd1 Rh3 0-1

[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 "11.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Bxc3
12. Bc4 Bg7 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. Bb2 Ba6 15. Rfc1 Bxc4 16. Rxc4
Bxb2 17. Rxb2 e6 18. d6 e5 19. Nxe5 Qe6 20. f4 Rd8 21. Ng4
Qxd6 22. Rc1 Nc6 23. e5 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxf4 25. Rf1 Qg5 26. Qe4
Rac8 27. Rbf2 Rd4 28. Qf3 Rxg4 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qd7 Ne7
31. Rf7 Rd4 32. Qxe7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Rcd8 34. Kg1 R4d7 35. Rf8+
Rxf8 36. Rxd7 Re8 37. Rxa7 Rxe5 38. Rb7 Re6 39. Rc7 Re2 40. a4
Ra2 41. Rc6 Rxa4 42. Rxb6 Ra2 43. Rb7 Rc2 44. Rc7 c4 45. h4 h5
46. Kh2 Rc3 47. g3 Rc2+ 48. Kh3 Kg8 49. Rd7 Kf8 50. Rc7 Kg8
51. Rd7 Rb2 52. Rc7 Rb4 53. Kg2 Kf8 54. Kf3 Rb3+ 55. Kf4 c3
56. Kg5 c2 57. Kxg6 Rxg3+ 58. Kxh5 Rg2 59. Kh6 Ke8 60. h5 Kd8
61. Rc3 Ke7 62. Kh7 Kf6 63. h6 Kf5 64. Rc5+ Ke4 65. Rc4+ Kd3
66. Rxc2 Kxc2 67. Kh8 Kd3 68. h7 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "12.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2
Nc6 7. Rd1 Rc8 8. c3 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bg5 Be7 11. cxd4 h6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. d5 exd5
17. Nxd5 Rfd8 18. Kf1 Bf8 19. Nb6 axb6 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. a3
Nd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Rd1 Rdc4 24. g3 Rc2 25. Rd2 Rxd2
26. Qxd2 b5 27. Qd7 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Rb1 29. Qxb5 Bxa3 30. Qd3
Rxb2 31. Qxa3 Rb5 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qe8 Rf5 34. Qe4 g6 35. Qxb7
h5 36. f4 Kg8 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qc3+ Kg8 39. Kf3 Rb5 40. h3 Rf5
41. g4 hxg4+ 42. hxg4 Rb5 43. Ke4 Rb8 44. Ke5 Rb6 45. Kd5 Kh7
46. Qc7 Rf6 47. f5 Kg8 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Ke5 Rc6 50. f6+ Kh7
51. Qe7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "13.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. dxe5 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2
Bxe5 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Bc4 Nd7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Be3
Rac8 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nb3 Na4 20. c4 b6 21. Rc2
Nc3 22. f3 Rd3 23. Re1 Rcd8 24. Nc1 Rd1 25. Kf1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1
Rd1+ 27. Kf2 Rh1 28. Kg3 Be5+ 29. f4 Bd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Nb3
Nxe4+ 32. Kf3 d3 33. Rb2 Re1 34. g3 h5 35. Rg2 g5 36. fxg5
Nxg5+ 37. Kf4 Nh3+ 38. Kf3 Ng5+ 39. Kf4 Re2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "14.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "192"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6
12. Be2 e6 13. O-O Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Kh1 Rac8
17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qa2 Qb6 19. Rd3 Qc7 20. Rf1 Kh8 21. f4 Nf6
22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 Bh5 24. Bxh5 Nxh5 25. Qxf7 Nf6 26. Bf4
Qd7 27. Be5 Rf8 28. Qb3 Ng4 29. Rdf3 Bd6 30. h3 Nxe5 31. dxe5
Bxe5 32. Ne4 Qd5 33. Qc2 Rce8 34. Ng5 Bf6 35. Ne6 Rf7 36. Rd1
Qe5 37. b3 Rfe7 38. g4 h6 39. Kg2 Kh7 40. h4 Kg8 41. g5 hxg5
42. hxg5 Rxe6 43. fxe6 Qxg5+ 44. Rg3 Qe5 45. Qc4 Qxe6 46. Re3
Qxc4 47. Rxe8+ Kf7 48. bxc4 Kxe8 49. Rb1 Kd7 50. Rxb7+ Kd6
51. Ra7 Bc3 52. Kf3 Kc5 53. Ra6 Kxc4 54. Rxc6+ Kb3 55. Ke4 Bb4
56. Kd3 Kxa4 57. Kc4 Ka3 58. Rg6 Kb2 59. Rxg7 Kc2 60. Rg2+ Kd1
61. Kd3 Kc1 62. Re2 Kd1 63. Rc2 Ke1 64. Rb2 Kf1 65. Ke3 Bc5+
66. Ke4 Bb4 67. Ra2 Ke1 68. Kd3 Kf1 69. Ke3 Bc3 70. Re2 Bb4
71. Ra2 Bc3 72. Rf2+ Kg1 73. Rc2 Bb4 74. Kf3 a4 75. Rc4 Bd2
76. Rxa4 Bc3 77. Ra2 Bd4 78. Rg2+ Kh1 79. Rd2 Bg1 80. Rd5 Bh2
81. Rh5 Kg1 82. Rg5+ Kh1 83. Kf2 Bb8 84. Rg1+ Kh2 85. Rg8 Ba7+
86. Kf3 Bd4 87. Rd8 Bb6 88. Rd6 Bc5 89. Rd2+ Kh1 90. Rd5 Bg1
91. Kg3 Bh2+ 92. Kh3 Bg1 93. Kg3 Bh2+ 94. Kf3 Bg1 95. Rd1 Kh2
96. Rc1 Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "15.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a6
7. Bb3 h6 8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 d6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. Qe2
Bf8 13. Ng3 g6 14. h3 Bg7 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. a3 Qc8
18. b4 b5 19. Nh2 a5 20. Qf3 Kh7 21. Bd2 axb4 22. axb4 d4
23. Ne2 Qd7 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. g4 dxc3 26. Bxc3 Qd6 27. Qg3 Nd7
28. Rab1 Ra2 29. Rec1 Rea8 30. Nf3 Kg8 31. h4 R2a3 32. g5 h5
33. Bd2 Bg4 34. Nc3 Rb8 35. Nd5 Bxf3 36. Qxf3 Nd4 37. Qe3 c6
38. Nc3 Rba8 39. Bd1 Nf8 40. Kg2 Nfe6 41. Qh3 Nf4+ 42. Bxf4
exf4 43. Kh1 Be5 44. Ne2 Kg7 45. Ng1 Ra2 46. Qg2 Rd2 47. Nf3
Nxf3 48. Bxf3 Raa2 49. Rf1 Bd4 50. e5 Qxe5 51. Rbe1 Qd6
52. Bxc6 Rxf2 53. Rxf2 Rxf2 54. Qd5 Qxb4 55. Rg1 Qb2 56. Rg2
f3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "16.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6
7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. Nb3 Nd7 9. a4 a6 10. a5 c5 11. c3 Rc8 12. Bf4
cxd4 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bf1 Nb8
17. Qb3 Qd7 18. g3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Bd4 Rd7
22. Rec1 Bc5 23. Rd1 Rb8 24. Rd2 Rc8 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Rd4 Qc7
27. Qa4 Rdd8 28. Re1 Rb8 29. Qa3 Be4 30. Rb4 h5 31. Bg2 Bxg2
32. Kxg2 Qc5 33. Rd1 Qc7 34. Re1 Qc5 35. Qa4 Qc6 36. Re2 Rdc8
37. h3 Qxa4 38. Rxa4 Rc5 39. Rd2 Rb5 40. b4 Rc8 41. Ra3 Rc4
42. Kf3 g5 43. Rd3 Kg7 44. Ke2 Kg6 45. Kd2 Re4 46. Re3 Kf5
47. Rf3+ Kg6 48. Re3 Rc4 49. Kd3 b6 50. axb6 Rxb6 51. f3 Rbc6
52. g4 d4 53. cxd4 Rxb4 54. Ke4 Rcc4 55. Red3 Rc6 56. gxh5+
Kxh5 57. f4 gxf4 58. Kxf4 Rb1 59. Rf3 Rd1 60. Ke4 Rc4 61. Rad3
Rxd3 62. Kxd3 Rc7 63. Ke4 a5 64. Ra3 Ra7 65. Kd3 Kh4 66. Kc4
a4 67. Kb5 Ra8 68. Kc6 Ra5 69. Kb6 Rd5 70. Rxa4 Kxh3 71. Kc6
Kg4 72. Ra7 Rxd4 73. Rxf7 Rd5 74. Rf6 Rxe5 75. Kd6 Re4
76. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "17.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Na6 6. Nc3 Bc5
7. Qd1 O-O 8. Nf3 Re8 9. O-O d6 10. b3 Bf5 11. Bb2 Nc7 12. Na4
Bb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Nd4 Be4 15. Bh3 d5 16. cxd5 Ncxd5
17. Qd2 Bg6 18. e3 Qe7 19. Qe2 Ne4 20. a3 Rad8 21. Bg2 c5
22. Nb5 Ndf6 23. Rfd1 Bh5 24. f3 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6
Qxd6 27. Rd1 Qe6 28. Rd3 b5 29. Qd2 h6 30. e4 c4 31. Rd6 Qe7
32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Rd5 Bg6 34. Rxb5 Rd8 35. Rd5 Rxd5 36. Qxd5
c3 37. Qc4 Qe5 38. f4 Qa5 39. a4 Qb6+ 40. Kf1 Qe3 41. f5 Bh5
42. e5 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "18.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 c4 6. b3 cxb3
7. axb3 Bd6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. Qc2 Nbc6 10. h3 h6 11. O-O O-O
12. Re1 Be6 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Qb1 a6 15. Nf1 Qd7 16. Ng3 Bxg3
17. fxg3 Bf5 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfe8 20. Bd2 Ng6 21. Nh2
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Nf1 Rxe1 24. Bxe1 Qe6 25. Bg3 Nge7
26. Ne3 f6 27. Kf2 Na5 28. c4 Nac6 29. Nf5 Nxf5 30. gxf5 Qd7
31. Bf4 dxc4 32. Qxc4+ Kh7 33. d5 Ne5 34. Bxe5 fxe5 35. g4 Qe7
36. Kf3 Qg5 37. Qe4 Qf6 38. Qe3 g6 39. Qe4 b5 40. b4 h5
41. Ke2 gxf5 42. Qxf5+ Qxf5 43. gxf5 Kg7 44. d6 Kf6 45. Ke3 h4
46. Kd3 Kf7 47. Ke4 Kf6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "19.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5
7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Re8 9. d4 e4 10. Ne1 h5 11. Nc2 h4 12. Qd2
Bf5 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Rad1 Bh3 15. Rfe1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 hxg3
17. hxg3 e3 18. Nxe3 Qh3 19. Nf1 Ne4 20. Qf4 g5 21. Qf3 Nxd4
22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxe4 Bxb2 24. Nxg5 Qd7 25. Ne3 Bg7 26. Nf5
Re5 27. e4 Rae8 28. Re3 f6 29. Nh3 Qf7 30. Nf4 Kh7 31. Nd3 Ra5
32. a4 Bh6 33. Re1 Qg6 34. Kg2 Kg8 35. Rh1 Bg5 36. Qg4 a6
37. Rh6 Qf7 38. Rh4 Rxf5 39. exf5 Qg7 40. Rh1 Bd2 41. Qf3 c6
42. Rd1 Bh6 43. Nf4 Qd7 44. Ne6 Rxe6 45. Qg4+ Kf7 46. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "20.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. h3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qf3 e6 11. Be3 exd5
12. exd5 Ne8 13. Qe2 Nd6 14. f4 e4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Re8
17. Bf3 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Rxe2 19. Bxe2 Qxd5 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Bf3
Qf5 22. Bxb7 Rd8 23. c3 Rd6 24. b4 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Rd2
f6 27. f5 g5 28. Re2 Kf7 29. a4 h5 30. a5 Rd8 31. Rfe1 Qxf5
32. Rf1 Qd3 33. Rxf6+ Kg8 34. Ree6 Rxd4 35. cxd4 Qxd4+ 36. Kh2
g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Kg3 Qxb4 39. Rxa6 c5 40. Rg6+ Kf7
41. Raf6+ Ke7 42. a6 Qc3+ 43. Kxg4 Qd4+ 44. Kh3 Qd7+ 45. Kh2
Qd4 46. Kh3 Qd7+ 47. Re6+ Kf7 48. Kh2 Qd4 49. Rgf6+ Kg7
50. Kg3 c4 51. Rg6+ Kf7 52. Ref6+ Ke7 53. a7 Qe5+ 54. Kh3 Qh5+
55. Kg3 Qe5+ 56. Kg4 Qe4+ 57. Kh3 c3 58. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "21.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Qd1 Bh6 11. b3 O-O
12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Na3 Qc7 14. Nc2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. c4 Nf4
17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rcd8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qg4 Ne6 21. Rad1
Bg7 22. Ba3 Bf6 23. Bd3 Rd4 24. Be4 Qc7 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 26. Bb4
Rd8 27. Bb1 a5 28. Bc3 b6 29. Rd1 h5 30. Qe4 Ne2+ 31. Qxe2
Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Bxc3 33. Qd3 Bf6 34. Qe3 Kg7 35. Be4 e6 36. Bf3
Qd6 37. Be2 Bd4 38. Qe4 Qc5 39. Qf3 Qa3 40. Qd3 Qb2 41. h4 e5
42. a4 Qc1+ 43. Bf1 Qf4 44. Qf3 Qxh4 45. c5 bxc5 46. Bc4 Qf6
47. Qe2 Qf4 48. Qc2 h4 49. Bd5 f5 50. Qe2 e4 51. Bc4 h3
52. gxh3 Qg3+ 53. Kf1 Qxh3+ 54. Ke1 Qc3+ 55. Kf1 Qh3+ 56. Ke1
Qh1+ 57. Qf1 Bc3+ 58. Kd1 Qxf1+ 59. Bxf1 Bd4 60. Ke2 Kf6
61. f3 exf3+ 62. Kxf3 g5 63. Be2 g4+ 64. Kg2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "22.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6
7. a4 Nf5 8. a5 Nd7 9. c4 a6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. h3 Be7 12. Qb3
Rc7 13. Bf4 h6 14. Rfd1 Bh7 15. Rac1 g5 16. Bh2 h5 17. cxd5
cxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 exd5 20. Qxb7 Qxa5 21. g4 hxg4
22. hxg4 Nh4 23. Nxh4 gxh4 24. Bf4 Bd8 25. b4 Qa2 26. Bf3 Rg8
27. e6 fxe6 28. Qc6 Bf5 29. Re1 Be7 30. Qc8+ Bd8 31. Qc6 Be7
32. Qc8+ Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "23.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Na6 6. Nf3 Bc5
7. Qd1 O-O 8. Bg2 Re8 9. O-O Nc7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Bg5 d6
12. Rad1 Ne6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4
a5 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Red1 Bc8 20. b3 Qc7 21. a3
Qb6 22. Rb1 g6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Ne6 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. e3
Bf5 27. e4 Be6 28. Qc3 Qa6 29. Bf1 Qb6 30. h3 Qc7 31. Rbd1 Rd7
32. Bg2 c5 33. bxc5 Qxc5 34. Rd4 b5 35. e5 b4 36. Qd2 Bxc4
37. exd6 Re2 38. Qf4 Rc2 39. Re1 b3 40. Qf6 Be6 41. Ra4 Ra2
42. Rae4 Qxd6 43. Rxe6 fxe6 44. Rxe6 Qf8 45. Qxf8+ Kxf8
46. Rb6 Rd1+ 47. Kh2 b2 48. Be4 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "24.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nce7
12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nbd2 c6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. h3 Bd7
17. Nf1 Rae8 18. Re2 Ng6 19. Rxe8 Bxe8 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Re1
g5 22. Ne5 Rf6 23. Ng4 Rf8 24. Ne5 Rf6 25. Nh2 Re6 26. Nhf3
Bh5 27. g4 Be8 28. Kg2 Qe7 29. Qf5 Qf6 30. Qd3 Re7 31. Re3 Bf7
32. Qe2 Bg6 33. Nd2 Bh7 34. c4 dxc4 35. Qxc4+ Kh8 36. Rf3 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "25.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2
Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8
12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. b3 d6
17. Bb2 Nd7 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Bc1 Qc7 20. Bd2 c4 21. Qxc4 Rc6
22. Qa4 Nc5 23. Qc4 Nd7 24. Qa4 Nc5 25. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "26.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6
7. b3 Qe7 8. a4 O-O 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 b6 11. Qc1 Bb7
12. Nc2 a5 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. Rxa3 Na6 15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. Rd1 Kf8
17. Raa1 Ke7 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. Ne1 Ke7 21. Nd3
Rab8 22. Rc3 Nb4 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Rc2 Ba6 25. c5 bxc5
26. Rxc5 Bxe2 27. Rdc1 g5 28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4 Kd6 30. Kf2 Bd3
31. Ke3 Ba6 32. Bf3 Bb7 33. Be2 Rg8 34. Kf2 Ra8 35. a5 Rgc8
36. Rg1 Ba6 37. Bxa6 Rxa6 38. Ra1 Rg8 39. Ra4 Rb8 40. Kg3 Rg8+
41. Kf3 Rb8 42. Kg3 Rg8+ 43. Kf3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "27.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. f3 a4
12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Rc2 Bd7 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Be6 16. Nd5 Qxd2
17. Bxd2 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Nd7 20. Kf1 Nc5 21. Be3
Ra5 22. Ke1 Kf8 23. Kd1 e6 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Rd2 Ke7 26. Kc2
Nd7 27. Rd1 Ne5 28. f4 Nc6 29. a3 Ra8 30. Bb5 Ra5 31. Be2 Ra8
32. g3 Na5 33. Bb5 Nc6 34. h4 Ra5 35. Be2 b5 36. Kb1 b4
37. axb4 Ra8 38. Rc1 Nxb4 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40. Rb7 Nc6 41. Rb6 Nd4
42. Bc4 a3 43. bxa3 Rxa3 44. Bxd4 Bxd4 45. Rxd6 e5 46. f5 gxf5
47. exf5 Rc3 48. Bd5 Ke7 49. Re6+ Kd7 50. f6 Rxg3 51. Ra6 Bc5
52. Kc2 Rg6 53. Be4 Rh6 54. Bf5+ Kc7 55. Be4 Rxh4 56. Bd5 Rd4
57. Rc6+ Kd7 58. Rxc5 Kd6 59. f7 Rf4 60. Rc8 Kxd5 61. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "28.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6
7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Bb5 Bg7 11. O-O O-O
12. Bxc6 Nb6 13. Qe4 bxc6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qb7 16. Be5 Bxe5
17. Qxe5 Nc4 18. Qe2 Nd6 19. b3 Rad8 20. Rd3 Nb5 21. Rad1 Nxc3
22. Rxc3 Rd5 23. Re1 Rfd8 24. h3 e6 25. Qc4 c5 26. Rd3 Rxd3
27. cxd3 Qd5 28. Rc1 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxd3 30. Rxc5 Rd1+ 31. Kh2
Rd2 32. Ra5 Rxf2 33. Rxa7 e5 34. Kg1 Rb2 35. g4 h6 36. Re7
Rxa2 37. Rxe5 Rb2 38. Re3 Kg7 39. Rf3 Kf8 40. Re3 Kg7 41. Rf3
Kf8 42. Re3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "29.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. d4 Bf6 11. Re1 d5
12. Ne2 c6 13. c3 Bf5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Bd3 Nc7 16. Nf5 Ne6
17. Qg4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bc2 Ne4 20. Be3 Qc8 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "30.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. g4 Nc6 10. g5 Nd7 11. h4 Nb6 12. Qf3
Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Kb1 b5 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nd5
O-O 18. Qg2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Na5 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. b3 Nb7 22. h5
Qf5 23. f3 Rc7 24. Bb6 Rd7 25. Rhg1 Bd8 26. Be3 Rc7 27. Rd3 a5
28. Qe2 Qh3 29. h6 g6 30. Rg4 f5 31. gxf6 Bxf6 32. Rd1 Be7
33. Rg3 Qf5 34. Bb6 Rcc8 35. Qxb5 Bh4 36. Rgg1 Qxf3 37. Qd7
Qf7 38. Qg4 Qf4 39. Qd7 Qf7 40. Qg4 Qf4 41. Qd7 Qf7 42. Qg4
1/2-1/2

[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 "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. e4 fxe4
12. Qxe4 Bf5 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Ba3 Nb6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. dxe5 dxe5
17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Ng5 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Rd6 Bxc4 21. Qe4 Qf5
22. Qh4 h6 23. Ne4 g5 24. Qh3 Qxh3 25. Bxh3 Bd5 26. Bc5 Bxe4
27. fxe4 Bf8 28. Rg6+ Kf7 29. Bxf8 Kxg6 30. Bf5+ Kf6 31. Bc5
Na4 32. Ba3 Nxc3 33. Rf1 Kg7 34. Bg4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. a4 b4 12. Na2
Qb7 13. Rab1 Be7 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne5 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. a5
Bd7 18. Nd4 Qc4 19. Nb4 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Bb5 21. Rfe1 Nc4 22. Bc1
Nxa5 23. Nd4 O-O 24. Ra1 Bd8 25. Bg5 Bb6 26. Bxf6 gxf6
27. Nxb5 axb5 28. Bd3 Nc4 29. g3 Rfc8 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Nc2 Rxa1
32. Rxa1 Ne5 33. Bxb5 Rxc3 34. Ne1 Rb3 35. Be2 Rb2 36. Kf1 Ng4
37. Nd3 Nxh2+ 38. Ke1 Rb3 39. Kd2 Bxf2 40. Nxf2 Rxg3 41. Ra6
d5 42. exd5 exd5 43. Rd6 Rg5 44. Nd3 h5 45. Nf4 Ng4 46. Nxh5+
Rxh5 47. Bxg4 Re5 48. Bf3 Kf8 49. Rxd5 Rxd5+ 50. Bxd5 f5
51. Ke3 f4+ 52. Kxf4 f5 53. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4
12. Nc5 c6 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Qd2 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Qd6 16. Rc2 Be6
17. Qa5 Bd5 18. b4 Nd7 19. Ng5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Re5 21. Ne4 Qe7
22. Qc7 Rxe4 23. dxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Kg1 Qxc2 25. Qxd7 Qxe2
26. Qxd4 Qe7 27. Rd1 a6 28. a4 h6 29. Qd6 Re8 30. Qd7 Qe2
31. h4 h5 32. Rd4 g6 33. Rf4 Re7 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Kg2 Qe5
36. a5 Re8 37. Qd7 Re7 38. Qd8 Qe6 39. Qd4+ Kh7 40. Rf6 Qd7
41. Rd6 Qg4 42. Qf6 Qe4+ 43. Kh2 Qe5 44. Qxe5 Rxe5 45. Rd7 Rb5
46. Rxf7+ Kg8 47. Rf4 c5 48. bxc5 Rxc5 49. Rd4 Rxa5 50. Rd8+
Kf7 51. Rd7+ Ke6 52. Rxb7 Rb5 53. Ra7 Rb6 54. f3 Kf6 55. g4
hxg4 56. fxg4 Rb2+ 57. Kg3 Rb3+ 58. Kg2 Rb2+ 59. Kg3 Rb3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Nc6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Ng5 Bf5 9. Qd5 Qd7 10. Bc4 Bg6 11. O-O-O h6
12. Nf3 Be7 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. h3 Rae8 15. g4 Bf6 16. Qd2 Na5
17. Bd3 Qa4 18. Kb1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd4 Re7 21. f4 Be4
22. b3 Qa6 23. g5 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Rfe8 25. gxh6 Bxc2+ 26. Kxc2
Re2 27. Kb1 R8e4 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Bxg7 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Qf1+
31. Kc2 Kh7 32. Rd4 Qxh3 33. Kb2 Qg2+ 34. Kb1 Qe2 35. a4 a5
36. c4 Kg6 37. Kc1 f6 38. f5+ Kf7 39. Rd5 b6 40. Kb1 Qg2
41. Kc1 Qh2 42. Kb1 Qf2 43. Kc1 Qg2 44. Kb1 Qf2 45. Kc1 Qh2
46. Kb1 c6 47. Rd3 Qe5 48. Kc1 Qf4+ 49. Rd2 d5 50. cxd5 cxd5
51. Kd1 d4 52. Rd3 Qg4+ 53. Kd2 Qe4 54. Kc2 Qxf5 55. Kd2 Qe4
56. Kc2 Ke6 57. Kd2 Ke5 58. Kc2 Qc6+ 59. Kb2 Qg2+ 60. Kc1 Ke4
61. Rd2 Qh3 62. Re2+ Kd3 63. Rc2 Ke3 64. Kb2 d3 65. Rc3 Ke2
0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7
7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. f3 exf3 11. Rxf3 Be6
12. Qe1 Ne4 13. d3 Bh4 14. Qf1 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Nd2 16. Rxf7 Re7
17. Rxe7 Qxe7 18. Qf4 Rf8 19. Qg4 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Bf6 21. Bxf6
Rxf6 22. Ng3 g6 23. Rd1 Qe5 24. c5 h5 25. d4 Qe1+ 26. Rxe1
hxg4 27. Kg1 Kf8 28. Re2 Nc4 29. Ne4 Rf5 30. c3 b6 31. cxb6
cxb6 32. Nf2 Rg5 33. Re6 c5 34. Ne4 Rf5 35. dxc5 bxc5 36. Rxg6
Ne3 37. Rf6+ Rxf6 38. Nxf6 Ke7 39. Ne4 c4 40. Kf2 Nd5 41. Kg3
Ne3 42. Nf2 Ke6 43. Nxg4 Nd5 44. a3 Nxc3 45. Ne3 Ne4+ 46. Kf4
Nd6 47. h4 c3 48. h5 Ne8 49. g4 Nf6 50. h6 Kf7 51. g5 Nh7
52. Kf5 Nf8 53. a4 a5 54. Nc2 Ng6 55. Nd4 Nf8 56. Ke4 Kg6
57. Kd3 Kxg5 58. Kxc3 Kxh6 59. Kc4 Kg5 60. Kb5 Kf6 61. Kxa5
Ke5 62. Nb3 Kd6 63. Kb6 Kd7 64. Nc5+ Kc8 65. a5 Kb8 66. Nd3
Nd7+ 67. Kc6 Ka7 68. Kxd7 Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. d3 e6 4. e4 d5 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. Qe2 c5
7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Ngf3 Nb4 10. O-O Nxc2 11. Rac1 Nb4
12. Rfd1 Nxa2 13. Ra1 Nb4 14. e5 Nd7 15. d4 a5 16. Nf1 Ba6
17. Qd2 Nb8 18. h4 N8c6 19. h5 h6 20. Ne3 Bd3 21. dxc5 Bxc5
22. Nh2 Qg5 23. Rac1 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 e6 5. O-O c5 6. e4 d6
7. Re1 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. a4 b4 10. cxb4 cxb4 11. h3 Nc6 12. Be3
Na5 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. N2b3 Rc8 16. Nxa5 Qxa5
17. Nb3 Qc7 18. a5 Ba6 19. d4 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Bxc4
22. Bd2 b3 23. Ra4 Rc7 24. Bf1 Rfc8 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxc4
Rxc4 27. Bc3 Ra4 28. Kf1 Bd8 29. Re3 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Bd2
Bxa5 32. Bxa5 Rxa5 33. Rxb3 g5 34. Rb7+ Kf6 35. g4 Ra1 36. f3
a5 37. Rb6 Rb1 38. Rxd6 Rxb2+ 39. Ke3 Rb3+ 40. Kf2 a4 41. Ra6
a3 42. Ra7 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 a2 44. h4 h6 45. h5 Rd2 46. Kh3 Kg7
47. Ra8 Kf6 48. Ra7 Rxd4 49. Rxa2 Rd3 50. Kg3 Kg7 51. Ra7 Rc3
52. Kf2 Kf6 53. Kg3 Kg7 54. Kf2 Kf6 55. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. h3 Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qa4+ Bd7
12. Qb3 b5 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. a4 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. Qxd5 Bc6 18. Qc4 Qb7 19. Qxb4 Bxe4 20. Qxb7 Bxb7 21. O-O-O
Be7 22. f3 f6 23. Bc4 d5 24. Bb3 O-O-O 25. Rhe1 Rd7 26. f4 e4
27. Be3 Kb8 28. c3 Rc8 29. Rd2 f5 30. Red1 Bc5 31. Bd4 Bxd4
32. Rxd4 Rc5 33. Kd2 a5 34. Ke3 Bc6 35. R1d2 Kc7 36. g4 g6
37. Rg2 Kd6 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Ba2 Rb7 40. h4 Be8 41. Rgd2 Bf7
42. Rg2 Rb8 43. Rdd2 Be6 44. Rg7 Rcc8 45. Kd4 Rg8 46. Ra7 Rb6
47. Rxa5 Rg4 48. Bxd5 Rxf4 49. Bxe6 Kxe6 50. Kc5 Rb7 51. Ra6+
Kf7 52. Rh6 Kg7 53. Re6 Kf7 54. Rh6 Kg7 55. Re6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

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

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

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc2
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 Na5
12. Bh6 Re8 13. Ne3 Rc8 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Rxb7 Bxc4 16. Rxa7
Qb6 17. Ra4 Be6 18. Qd3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. c4
Rxa2 22. Qc3 Ra8 23. h4 Qc6 24. f3 Rc8 25. Kf2 Ne8 26. Qd4 f6
27. h5 Qc5 28. Qe4 Kf7 29. hxg6+ hxg6 30. Rh1 Bxc4 31. Bf8
Kxf8 32. Qxg6 Bg8 33. Rh5 Qa7 34. Qh6+ Ng7 35. Rh4 Rc3 36. Rg4
Qxe3+ 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 38. Kxe3 Nf5+ 39. Kf2 d5 40. Ra4 Nd6
41. e3 Be6 42. g4 Nc4 43. Ke2 Kf7 44. Rb4 Nd6 45. Kd3 Nc4
46. Ke2 Ne5 47. e4 dxe4 48. fxe4 Bxg4+ 49. Ke3 Bh5 50. Rb5 Bg6
51. Rc5 Bh5 52. Rb5 Bg4 53. Rc5 Bd7 54. Rd5 Bc6 55. Rc5 Ke6
56. Rc1 Bd7 57. Ra1 Kf7 58. Rc1 Ng4+ 59. Kf4 Be6 60. Rc5 Ne5
61. Ke3 Kf8 62. Rc1 Ke8 63. Rc5 Bf7 64. Rc8+ Kd7 65. Rc1 Bg6
66. Rd1+ Ke6 67. Rg1 Kf7 68. Rc1 Nd7 69. Rc6 Nf8 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.01.28"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Lombaers"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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
Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. b4 Bd7 17. Nf1 Ne8
18. Ne3 g6 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. Ba3 f6 22. Bb4 Ng7
23. Ra6 Nf7 24. Rea1 f5 25. Qe2 Rfc8 26. exf5 gxf5 27. g4 Qd8
28. gxf5 Ra8 29. f6 Bxf6 30. Qd3 e4 31. Qxe4 Rxa6 32. Rxa6 h5
33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Rxd6 Nxd6 35. Bxd6+ Be7 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Ne5+
Kf6 38. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Glenn Flear"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 dxe4
7. fxe4 Bb4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Bb5+ c6
12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Nd2 Be6 15. a3 Ba5 16. Nc4 Bxc4
17. Bxc4 O-O-O 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qh3 Rhf8 20. Rad1 Kb8 21. Kh1
Bc7 22. b4 Nb6 23. Bb3 f6 24. d5 Qe5 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Na4
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 f5 28. exf5 Nxa4 29. Bxa4 Rxf5 30. Bc2 Rf6
31. Qg3 Qxg3 32. hxg3 Bxg3 33. Be4 Kc7 34. Kg1 g5 35. Rc1 Bf2+
0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "A R Saleh Salem"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3
Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 Re8
12. Rb1 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Rxb7 Qxb7
17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 Re6 20. Bxa8 Rxd6 21. Be3
Be6 22. a4 Bc4 23. Rb1 Rd8 24. Bc6 a6 25. Kf1 f5 26. Ke1 h6
27. a5 g5 28. Rb4 Bf7 29. Ba7 Rd6 30. Ba8 Kh7 31. g4 Bd5
32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. gxf5 e4 34. Bd4 Bxd4 35. cxd4 Rxa5 36. Rb7+
Kg8 37. Rb6 Kg7 38. Rg6+ Kh7 39. Re6 Rxf5 40. Rxe4 a5 41. Re7+
Kg6 42. Re6+ Kh5 43. h3 Rb5 44. e3 a4 45. Ra6 g4 46. hxg4+
Kxg4 47. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qb8
12. Nd2 Bd8 13. Nf1 Ba5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Ne3 Rac8 16. h3 Bxc3
17. Bxc3 Nc5 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qc6 20. Bb4 Rfd8 21. b3 f6
22. Qe2 Bf7 23. Qe3 Ne6 24. c3 b6 25. a5 b5 26. Bd1 Ng5
27. Bc2 d5 28. exd5 Bxd5 29. f3 Bf7 30. Rad1 Bg6 31. Bf5 Bxf5
32. gxf5 h5 33. Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.01"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sandro Mareco"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2
Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4 d6 9. Ndb5 Qb8 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 a6
12. Nd4 Qc7 13. g5 Na5 14. h5 b5 15. Nf5 exf5 16. Nd5 Qc6
17. exf5 Nc4 18. Bf3 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Qc5 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. b4 Qa7
22. O-O-O Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. h6 g6 25. Nd5 Nb6 26. Nxe7
Rxe7 27. Qc3 Rg8 28. Qc6+ Kd8 29. Rxd6+ Nd7 30. f6 Re6
31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Rd1 Qc7 33. Qxa6 Qxf4+ 34. Rd2 Qf1+ 35. Kb2
Qc4 36. Qd6 Qc7 37. f7 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.02"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O
7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 Rd8 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Bf1 dxe4
12. dxe4 Ng6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. h3 Nh5 16. Red1 Rxd1
17. Rxd1 Be6 18. Ncxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxh3 20. Nd3 Be6 21. Nxc5
Qxc5 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Qd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Qf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8
26. f3 a4 27. c4 axb3 28. axb3 Nd7 29. Kf2 f6 30. Ke3 Ke7
31. Be2 c5 32. f4 b6 33. Bc3 h6 34. g3 Nb8 35. b4 Nc6 36. bxc5
bxc5 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Bb2 Nb4+ 39. Kc3 Nc6 40. Kd3 Nb4+ 41. Kc3
Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.03"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. e3 a6 8. b3 Ba7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Qc2 Ne7 11. h3 c6 12. Rad1
Ng6 13. e4 Bd7 14. d4 Qc8 15. Kh2 b5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nb1 h6
18. c5 Bb8 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Ne2 Rd8 21. Nc1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bc7
23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Nb4 Qb7 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Ne3 Qa7 27. h4 Bc7
28. b4 a5 29. a3 Qb8 30. Nd5 axb4 31. axb4 Bd8 32. h5 Ngf8
33. Ne3 Bc7 34. Nh4 Ra2 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Bxa1 Nh7 37. Nhf5 Qa8
38. Bc3 Nhf6 39. Bf3 Kf8 40. Kg2 Qa2 41. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. e4 Nxe5 11. exf5 Ned7
12. d5 g6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qd4 Rg8 15. fxg6 Rxg6 16. Qf2 Rb8
17. Be3 Re6 18. Be2 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bd4 Bh6 21. f4 Rb4
22. Rd1 Qc7 23. O-O Qxf4 24. Qxf4 Bxf4 25. Bh5 Nf6 26. Rxf4
Nxh5 27. Rf5 Nf6 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Rfxd5 Rd6 30. Rxd6 exd6
31. Rxd6 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.05"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O Nf6
7. b3 d5 8. e3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 dxc4 10. bxc4 O-O 11. Rb1 Qd3
12. Qe2 Qxe2 13. Nxe2 Rb8 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. Nb5 Bd7 16. Nxa7 Ba4
17. Rb2 Ne8 18. Nb5 Bf6 19. d4 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 cxd4 21. c5 d3
22. Rd1 Ra8 23. a3 Ra4 24. Rxb7 Rc4 25. c6 e5 26. Rb4 Rc5
27. Bb2 d2 28. Kf1 Be7 29. Ke2 f5 30. g4 fxg4 31. Rxd2 Rxd2+
32. Kxd2 h5 33. Bc3 Bd6 34. Rb7 e4 35. Bxe4 Bxh2 36. Bg6 Nf6
37. Ra7 Rd5+ 38. Ke2 Rd8 39. Bxf6 gxf6 40. Bf5 Rb8 41. c7 Rb2+
42. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. h3 d6 11. g4 Bxg4
12. hxg4 Nxg4 13. Bf4 Be5 14. Qd2 g5 15. Bxe5 Ncxe5 16. Rfc1
f5 17. Nd4 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Ng4+ 20. Kf1 f4 21. Qd3
Qh4 22. Nd1 Ne3+ 23. Nxe3 fxe3+ 24. Kg1 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Qh4+
26. Kg1 Qf2+ 27. Kh1 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2013/14"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2014.02.08"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6
7. c3 Nc6 8. Nc2 Qa6 9. Nba3 Nf6 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 O-O
12. Ne3 Rb8 13. Nac2 b5 14. Bd2 Ba6 15. b3 Nd7 16. Rac1 Bxc3
17. Bxc3 b4+ 18. Kd2 bxc3+ 19. Kxc3 Rfc8 20. Kd2 Nc5 21. f3 e6
22. Rhd1 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 a5 26. Rb1 d5
27. Rfc1 Kf7 28. Ne1 Nb4 29. Rb2 Ke7 30. N3c2 Nc6 31. Ne3 Kd6
32. Rcb1 h5 33. Ke2 h4 34. Kf2 hxg3+ 35. hxg3 Rh8 36. Rd2 a4
37. Rbd1 axb3 38. Nxd5 exd5 39. Rxd5+ Kc7 40. Rxc5 bxa2
41. Rdc1 Rh6 42. Ra1 Rh2+ 43. Ke3 Rb1 44. Rc1 Rxa1 45. Rxa1
Na5 46. Rc1+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2013/14"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2014.02.09"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 d4 5. b4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3
7. Bxa3 Nc6 8. d3 g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Ra2 O-O 11. Qa1 Ne8
12. O-O Nc7 13. Rb1 Ne6 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Bb2 b6 16. Nfd2 Bb7
17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxa7 Re8 19. Nf3 Bxf3 20. exf3 b5 21. cxb5
Qd5 22. Nd2 Bh6 23. Bc1 Bxd2 24. Bxd2 Rxb5 25. Kg2 Rxb1
26. Qxb1 h5 27. h4 Ng7 28. Ra5 Qc6 29. Qa2 Qe6 30. Qxe6 Nxe6
31. Bb4 Nc7 32. f4 e6 33. Kf3 Nd5 34. Bc5 Ne7 35. Bxd4 Nc6
36. Ra4 Nxd4+ 37. Rxd4 Kg7 38. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Italian Team Championship"]
[Site "Condino ITA"]
[Date "2014.04.30"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alberto David"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Na3 Qb6
7. Nc2 d6 8. Rb1 e5 9. Bg2 e4 10. Nfd4 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4
Nbd7 13. O-O Re8 14. Bc3 Ne5 15. Ne3 h5 16. Ra1 Rxa1 17. Qxa1
h4 18. b5 hxg3 19. hxg3 Neg4 20. Ndc2 Qc5 21. Nxg4 Nxg4
22. Bxg7 Qh5 23. Rb1 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Ne5 25. g4 Nf3 26. exf3 exf3
27. Bxf3 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "Italian Team Championship"]
[Site "Condino ITA"]
[Date "2014.05.01"]
[EventDate "2014.04.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rafal Antoniewski"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5
dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 8. Qf3 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bg5 Nd5
12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Ne4 Nbc6 14. Qh5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 b6 16. f4 Nf5
17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qc6 19. b3 Rad8 20. g4 Rd5 21. Qe4 Qd6
22. Rae1 Rd4 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Re8 25. g5 g6 26. g3 Kg7
27. Kg2 h6 28. gxh6+ Kxh6 29. a4 Kg7 30. Rh1 Rd5 31. Rhe1 Rdd8
32. Rh1 Rh8 33. Rxh8 Rxh8 34. a5 Kf6 35. Re4 b5 36. Re5 Rh5
37. Re4 Ke7 38. g4 Rd5 39. Kf3 a6 40. Ke2 Rd8 41. f5 gxf5
42. gxf5 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Italian Team Championship"]
[Site "Condino ITA"]
[Date "2014.05.02"]
[EventDate "2014.04.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sabino Brunello"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bd3 e5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bc4 Rd8 15. Bd5 Be6 16. c4
Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bxd5 18. exd5 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.24"]
[EventDate "2014.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Renier Vazquez Igarza"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. e3 Rd8 10. Qe2 Qe5 11. Re1 e6
12. Nf3 Qa5 13. e4 d6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Red1 Ne8
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. a3 Qc7 20. Bf1 Bc6 21. Qe3 Nf6
22. b4 b6 23. Rac1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. Be2 Kg7 26. Rd2 Qb8
27. f3 h6 28. Kh2 g5 29. Bd1 Rd8 30. Bb3 Qc7 31. Kg2 Rd7
32. Kf2 Qd8 33. Ke1 Bb7 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.25"]
[EventDate "2014.05.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michal Vladimirovich Krasenkow"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Na3 e6 8. Qa4 O-O-O 9. Bc4 Qe4 10. O-O Bh3 11. Ne1 Nd5
12. gxh3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 Bxa3
16. bxa3 Rxd4 17. Nf3 Rd6 18. Bb5 f6 19. Rac1 Kc7 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Rce1 Qc5 22. Qg4 Rd7 23. Rxe6 Rhd8 24. a4 h6 25. Ree1
Kb7 26. Rc1 Qd5 27. Qb4+ Kc7 28. Rb1 Rc8 29. Rb2 Qf5 30. Rb3
Kd8 31. Re1 h5 32. h4 Qd5 33. Qf4 c5 34. Rbe3 Qf7 35. Re6 c4
36. Nd4 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.26"]
[EventDate "2014.05.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yannick Pelletier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. a3 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 c6
12. Bc4 Bxc4 13. Rxc4 Nd7 14. Nf3 Rfd8 15. Ke2 Nb6 16. Rc2 Rd5
17. g4 Rb5 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.27"]
[EventDate "2014.05.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anatoli Vaisser"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. d4 exd4
7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Bc4 c6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d5
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. Qe5 Bg4 15. f3 Bd6 16. Nxd5
cxd5 17. Rxd5 Bxe5 18. Rxd8+ Kh7 19. Bd3+ g6 20.Rxa8 Bf4+
21.Kb1 Rxa8 22.Bxf6 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.29"]
[EventDate "2014.05.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Romain Edouard"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 dxe4
7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bg4 9. c3 Rd8 10. Rxd8+ Nxd8 11. Na3 f6
12. Nc4 Bh6 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Ne1 Nf7 15. Nd3 Ne7 16. b3 Kf8
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 b6 20. c4 Kg7 21. c5 Rd8
22. Nb4 a5 23. Na6 Rc8 24. f4 f5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Re1 Kf6
27. d6 N7c6 28. dxc7 bxc5 29. Rxe5 Nxe5 30. Bb7 Rxc7 31. Nxc7
Nd3 32. Bd5 Ke5 33. Bc4 Nb4 34. a4 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.30"]
[EventDate "2014.05.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qb3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Qe7
12. O-O Na5 13. Qxc7 Rac8 14. Qe5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qa3 16. Nd2
Qxc3 17. Ne4 Qa3 18. Bf3 Nc4 19. Qg3 Bc6 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Nh5
Rg8 22. Rfd1 Qd6 23. Nf4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Rc7 25. g4 Rgc8
26. Rab1 b6 27. h4 Qe7 28. Rb5 Nd6 29. Rh5 Rc1 30. Kg2 Rxd1
31. Qxd1 Kg8 32. Qd3 Rc1 33. g5 Nf5 34. e4 Nxh4+ 35. Rxh4
Qxg5+ 36. Qg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 g5 38. Rxh6 gxf4+ 39. Kxf4 Rc2
40. a4 Kg7 41. Rh1 Kf6 42. a5 Rxf2+ 43. Ke3 Rb2 44. axb6 axb6
45. Rc1 Rb3+ 46. Kf4 b5 47. Rc7 b4 48. Rb7 Rb1 49. Ke3 b3
50. Kd3 b2 51. Kc3 Re1 52. e5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.05.31"]
[EventDate "2014.05.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Istratescu"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4
7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5
12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. d5 Nd4 15. O-O Qd7 16. Re1 Rfe8
17. h4 Rad8 18. Ba4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 Rd7 21. b3 Nb5
22. Nc5 Rxd5 23. Nxb7 Nc3 24. Rc2 Rb8 25. Bd2 Nb5 26. Na5 Na3
27. Rxc7 Rxd2 28. Nc6 Nb5 29. Rcxe7 Rb6 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Ne5
Bxe5 32. R1xe5 Rxa2 33. R8e7 Kg7 34. h5 gxh5 35. Rxh5 Nd4
36. Rd5 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Rh6 38. g3 Nxg3+ 39. Kg2 Nh5 0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.06.01"]
[EventDate "2014.05.24"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Christian Bauer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 h6
7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. Rb1 Bf5 11. b5 Qc8 12. e3
dxe3 13. Bxe3 Bh3 14. Nc3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Saint-Quentin FRA"]
[Date "2014.06.01"]
[EventDate "2014.05.24"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viorel Iordachescu"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Nf6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a4 Qc7 10. a5 Ng4 11. Bg5 e5 12. d5
Ngf6 13. Bc4 a6 14. Ne1 b5 15. dxc6 bxc4 16. cxd7 Bb7 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Ra4 Qxd7 19. Rxc4 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Nd3 Rc4
22. Qe3 Bd8 23. Ra1 Kg7 24. f3 Bc7 25. Kh1 Qd8 26. Qa7 Qc8
27. Qf2 Qd8 28. Qa7 Qc8 29. Qf2 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "1.14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nbd7
7. Na3 Nxe5 8. Bxe5 Bd6 9. Bb5+ Ke7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Be2 b5
12. c4 b4 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Nc2 e5 15. O-O Re8 16. Bc6 Bd7
17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. a3 a5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qf3 Kf8 21. d3 Qb7
22. Qf5 Rbd8 23. Ne3 Bb8 24. Rfd1 Qc6 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4
Bc7 27. Kf1 f6 28. f3 Ra8 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. dxe4 Ke7 31. Ke2
Bd6 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. Kc2 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 g6 35. Bc1 f5 36. Be3 f4
37. Bf2 Rc8 38. Ra7 Be7 39. Kd3 h5 40. g3 fxg3 41. hxg3 g5
42. Ke2 h4 43. Ra6+ Kf7 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Ra7 Ke6 46. Ra6+ Kf7
47. Ra7 Ke6 48. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "3.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6
7. a3 a5 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Nc2 Nc5 13. b4 Na4 14. b5 Nd8 15. Nb3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5
17. e3 Ne6 18. Qf3 Qd6 19. exd4 exd4 20. Rfe1 Rb8 21. Qd5 Rd8
22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Re5 Kf8 24. Rae1 g6 25. f4 b6 26. Bd5 Bd7
27. f5 Nc5 28. Re7 Rf6 29. Nxd4 Nxd3 30. R1e3 Nc5 31. g4 Re8
32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. g5 Rd6 34. f6 Na4 35. Nc6 Nc5 36. Nd4 Na4
37. h4 Nc5 38. h5 gxh5 39. Nf5 Rd8 40. Ng7 Bd7 41. Re7 Be6
42. Bxe6 Nxe6 43. Nxe6+ fxe6 44. Rxh7 Rd4 45. Kf2 Rxc4
46. Rxh5 e5 47. Rh8+ Kf7 48. Rh7+ Ke6 49. Kg3 Rf4 50. Rxc7 Kf5
51. Re7 Rg4+ 52. Kh3 Rf4 53. Kg3 Rg4+ 54. Kf3 e4+ 55. Ke2 Kxg5
1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Bf4 c6
7. Nbd2 Qb6 8. Qc1 Bf5 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qa6 11. Bf1 b5
12. b3 bxc4 13. bxc4 Qa4 14. Ne5 c5 15. Nb3 Rac8 16. dxc5 Nxc5
17. Qe3 Qa3 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. Be3 Rc7 21. cxd5
Be4 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxd5 24. Bd4 Nb4 25. Rc4 Nxa2
26. Bxa7 Bd5 27. Rc5 Bxe5 28. Rxd5 Bf6 29. Rb5 Nc3 30. Rb8
Rxb8 31. Bxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Qc7
12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxc5 a6
17. Na3 Qc7 18. Bd4 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. Nc2 Rb2
22. Kh1 Rd8 23. Bd1 Be6 24. Qc1 Qb8 25. Be2 Bxa2 26. c4 Nf3
27. Rxf3 Bxd4 28. Ra3 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Bxa1 30. Qxa2 Be5 31. Rxa6
Qb4 32. Bf1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Bd3 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Qc7
12. Qg3 g6 13. Bd2 e5 14. Nde2 Nc5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bh6 O-O-O
17. Bg7 Qd6 18. Qf3 Ncd7 19. Bxh8 Rxh8 20. b4 Kb8 21. a4 bxa4
22. Nxa4 Rc8 23. c4 Qxb4 24. Rfb1 Qd2 25. c5 Rc6 26. Rb2 Qa5
27. Rab1 Qxa4 28. Rxb7+ Kc8 29. Nc3 Qd4 30. Nd5 Qxc5 31. Qh3
Kd8 32. Nxf6 Nxf6 33. Bxa6 Bd6 34. Rf1 Rxa6 35. Qb3 Nxe4
36. Qxf7 Be7 37. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "7.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d3 Be7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nc3 Na6 11. e4 dxe4
12. dxe4 Be6 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qb1 c5 15. a3 Nc6 16. b4 Ng4
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Nd8 20. Qe4 Bf6 21. bxc5
Qxc5 22. Nd4 Qd6 23. Nf5 Qe5 24. Qb4 Rc8 25. Ra2 Bg5 26. h4
Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 Bc5 28. Qg4 Rc7 29. Re2 Qf6 30. Qf4 Rd7 31. Qa4
Rc7 32. Re8 b5 33. Qxb5 Nb7 34. d6 Nxd6 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8
36. Nxd6 Qxd6 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Qg8 Qe6 39. Qxg7 Bd6 40. Qg5+
f6 41. Qg7+ Qf7 42. Re1+ Be5 43. Qg4 Qg6 44. Qb4+ Kf7 45. g4
Qd3 46. Qe4 Qxe4 47. Bxe4 h6 48. Re3 Ke6 49. Rd3 Ke7 50. Bf5
Bd6 51. Kg2 Rc5 52. Re3+ Be5 53. Rd3 Bd6 54. Re3+ Be5 55. Rd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "8.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. e3 d6 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rd1
Rac8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd2 Qa6 15. e4 Be6 16. b3 d5 17. cxd5
Qxe2 18. Nxe2 cxd5 19. e5 Nd7 20. f4 f6 21. Nd4 Bg4 22. Bxd5+
Kh8 23. Rdc1 fxe5 24. Ne6 Nb6 25. Nxf8 Nxd5 26. Rxc8 Bxc8
27. Rc1 Bf5 28. Rc5 Nb6 29. Rc7 exf4 30. gxf4 Nd5 31. Rb7 Bxf8
32. Rxa7 e6 33. Ra8 Kg7 34. a4 Be4 35. a5 Nxf4 36. Rc8 Nd3
37. a6 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 Kf6 39. Ke2 Ke5 40. Be3 Bxe3 41. Kxe3 Nb4
42. a7 Nd5+ 43. Kd2 Nb6 44. Rb8 Na8 45. Rd8 Bd5 46. Kc3 h5
47. h4 Nc7 48. Kb4 Kd4 49. Rd7 Na8 50. Kb5 e5 51. Ka6 e4
52. b4 e3 53. Re7 g5 54. b5 gxh4 55. b6 h3 56. b7 h2 57. b8=Q
h1=Q 58. Qe5+ Kc4 59. Qf4+ Kc5 60. Qxe3+ Kb4 61. Qd2+ Kc5
62. Qe3+ Kb4 63. Qd2+ Kc5 64. Qe3+ Kc4 65. Qe2+ Kc5 66. Qe3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "9.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. Nd2 d6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O
12. f4 Qc7 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. h4 Nd7 15. Rh3 Nc5 16. h5 e5
17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bd6 21. h6 g6
22. g4 a5 23. Rf3 a4 24. b4 a3 25. Ba1 Nd7 26. Ne4 Bxb4
27. Rdf1 Rf8 28. Rb3 Bd6 29. Qxb5 Rfc8 30. Bc3 Nc5 31. Nxc5
Bxc5 32. Rf6 Qd8 33. Rf1 Qxd5 34. Qb7 Qc4 35. Qf3 Be7 36. Bxe5
Qxc2+ 37. Ka1 Qc4 38. Rb7 Ra5 39. Bc3 Rac5 40. Rb3 Qe6
41. Rxa3 Rc4 42. Ra8 Rxa8 43. Qxa8+ Rc8 44. Qf3 Rc4 45. Re1
Qd7 46. Qe3 Rc7 47. Be5 Rb7 48. Bb2 Qd5 49. Qc3 f6 50. Rc1 Kf7
51. Qc4 Qxc4 52. Rxc4 Bf8 53. a4 Bxh6 54. a5 Ra7 55. Bc3 Ra6
56. Rc7+ Ke6 57. Rxh7 Bf4 58. Ka2 Be5 59. Bb4 f5 60. gxf5+
Kxf5 61. Kb3 g5 62. Kc4 Ra8 63. Kb5 Rb8+ 64. Ka4 Ra8 65. Bc5
Bc3 66. Ba7 Bxa5 67. Kxa5 g4 68. Kb4 Rc8 69. Bf2 Ke4 70. Rf7
Rc2 71. Bg3 Ke3 72. Bd6 Rc6 73. Be5 Rg6 74. Bg3 Rc6 75. Kb3
Kd3 76. Rf4 Rb6+ 77. Ka3 Rg6 78. Kb4 Rg5 79. Rf8 Ke4 80. Rf4+
Kd3 81. Kb3 Rb5+ 82. Ka4 Rg5 83. Kb4 Re5 84. Rxg4 Re4+
85. Rxe4 Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "10.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ahmed Adly"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. e4 d6 11. Nd5 Qxd1
12. Rxd1 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Rac1
h6 17. Be3 Rec8 18. b3 Ng4 19. Bf1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Kf8 21. Kf2
a6 22. Ke1 e5 23. Ne2 Bf6 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Rc1 Bd8 26. b4 a5
27. b5 Bb6 28. Kd2 Bd7 29. a4 Bc5 30. Rc4 Ke7 31. Nc1 Rf8
32. Nd3 Bb6 33. Rc1 h5 34. Bg2 h4 35. Bf3 Rh8 36. g4 h3
37. Nf2 Kf6 38. Rg1 Rc8 39. Kd3 Bc5 40. Rc1 Rh8 41. Rg1 Kg5
42. Be2 Rc8 43. Rc1 Kh4 44. Bf3 Rg8 45. Rg1 b6 46. Ke2 Ba3
47. Ra1 Bc5 48. Rg1 Rc8 49. Rc1 Bb4 50. Rxc8 Bxc8 51. Kd1 f5
52. gxf5 gxf5 53. exf5 Bxf5 54. Ne4 Bg6 55. Ke2 Bf7 56. Ng3
Kg5 57. Be4 Bc5 58. Kf2 Bb4 59. Ke2 Bc5 60. Kf2 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "11.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Ne5
12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qc3 Qc5 14. Nb3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Nd3 16. Bg5 h6
17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Be3 Ng4 19. Bd4 c5 20. Rad1 Nb2 21. Nxc5
Nxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bxa7 Kc7
26. Bd4 Ra8 27. h3 Nf6 28. e5 Nd7 29. Be4 g5 30. e6 Nf6
31. Bg6 Kd6 32. Bf7 Rxa2 33. Kg2 Re2 34. Kf3 Re1 35. c4 Rc1
36. c5+ Ke7 37. Ke3 Re1+ 38. Kd3 Ne4 39. f4 Nxg3 40. Bf2 Rf1
41. c6 Rxf2 42. c7 Rf3+ 43. Kc2 Rf2+ 44. Kb3 Rf3+ 45. Kb2 Rf2+
46. Kb3 Rf3+ 47. Kb2 Rf2+ 48. Kb3 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "12.14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4
Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5 c6 9. O-O-O Bc7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nh4
Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Rd3 Nd7 14. Rhd1 Rd8 15. Ne2 Rg8 16. Rh3
Kf7 17. Ng3 Bb6 18. Nf3 Rg7 19. Rd2 Nf8 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Kd1
Nd7 22. Ke2 Nc5 23. Ne1 Na4 24. Nd3 Bc7 25. Nf1 Bb6 26. Nd2
Ke7 27. g4 Bc7 28. Rh5 Kf7 29. Rh6 Rxg4 30. Rxh7+ Rg7
31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Kf3 b6 33. Kg4 Kg6 34. h4 f5+ 35. Kh3 Kf6
36. f3 b5 37. Nb1 Bd6 38. b3 Nb6 39. Nd2 Nd7 40. c4 Bf8
41. cxb5 cxb5 42. a4 Bh6 43. Nb1 bxa4 44. bxa4 a5 45. Na3 Nb6
46. Nb2 Bd2 47. Nac4 Nxc4 48. Nxc4 Bc3 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Kf1 Kh5
51. Ke2 Kxh4 52. Kd3 Be1 53. Nxe5 Kg3 54. Ke2 Bc3 55. Nd3 fxe4
56. fxe4 Bd4 57. Nc1 Kf4 58. Kd3 Ke5 59. Nb3 Bb6 60. Nd2 Bd8
61. Nf3+ Kd6 62. Kc4 Bc7 63. Kb5 Bd8 64. Nd4 Bf6 65. Nc6 Bc3
66. Nxa5 Ke5 67. Nc6+ Kxe4 68. Nb4 Ke5 69. a5 Kd6 70. a6 Bd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "13.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gadir Guseinov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "122"]

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. Bc1 Nc6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Bg5 e6
12. Qd2 Be7 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. f3 Rc8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Qa5 18. a3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Qb4 Qa1+
21. Kd2 Qe5 22. Ke3 f5 23. Qd6 f4+ 24. Kf2 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Ke7
26. Rhd1 Kf6 27. Bc4 Rhe8 28. Bb3 Bb5 29. g3 g5 30. gxf4 gxf4
31. a4 Bc6 32. Rg1 Rcd8 33. Rgd1 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 a5 35. c4 Ke5
36. c5 Re7 37. Ke2 Be8 38. Kf2 Bf7 39. Rb6 Rc7 40. Ke2 Rxc5
41. Rxb7 Bh5 42. Rb6 Rc3 43. Rxe6+ Kd4 44. Rd6+ Kc5 45. Rd5+
Kb4 46. Rb5+ Ka3 47. Rxh5 Kxb3 48. Rxa5 Rc2+ 49. Kf1 Rxh2
50. Rf5 Kxa4 51. Rxf4 Kb5 52. Kg1 Rc2 53. Rf7 h6 54. Rh7 Kc6
55. Rxh6+ Kc5 56. Rh2 Rc1+ 57. Kf2 Kd4 58. Rh8 Rc2+ 59. Kg3
Ke3 60. Ra8 Rc3 61. Kg4 Rb3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "14.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Ne7
7. Nf3 Nf5 8. Bd4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. a3 Nfxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxe5
12. b4 Qd8 13. O-O Bxb5 14. Ndxb5 Be7 15. Re1 Nc4 16. Qe2 a6
17. Nd4 Bf6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. Qxd5
Bxc3 22. Re6 Ne5 23. Qb3 Nf7 24. h4 h5 25. Rb6 Be5 26. Qf3 Rb8
27. Rd5 Kg8 28. Qb3 Bf6 29. Qg3 Qe8 30. Rxf6 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Rf8
32. Rd7 Qa1 33. c3 Qa2 34. Rxb7 Qc4 35. c6 Kh7 36. Rg6 Rhg8
37. Re7 Kh8 38. c7 Kh7 39. a4 Kh8 40. b5 axb5 41. axb5 Qd5
42. b6 Nh6 43. b7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "15.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qf4 Qb8 10. Rd1 Qxf4 11. Bxf4 Na5
12. Rac1 d6 13. b4 Nc6 14. c5 dxc5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Nb5 O-O
17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxa7 Ba4 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Rd3 Bb5 21. Ra3
c4 22. Ra7 c3 23. a4 Bxe2 24. Rxc3 Rd8 25. Rc1 Nd5 26. Rd7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 Bxb1
7. Rxb1 cxd5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. a3 Nc6 11. d3 b5
12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 Ke7 14. Rfc1 Rhc8 15. Bf1 g6 16. e4 dxe4
17. dxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxb5 Nf6 19. Re1 Nd5 20. Rbd1 Kf8 21. Ng5
Be7 22. Ne4 Nd8 23. Bd3 Nc6 24. Kg2 h5 25. h4 Rd8 26. Bb1 Nb6
27. Rc1 Na4 28. Ba1 Nb6 29. Re3 Nd5 30. Rf3 Ncxb4 31. Ng5 Bxg5
32. hxg5 Ke8 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. axb4 Rd7 35. Re1 Rd6 36. Bd4 b5
37. Bc5 Rda6 38. Rf8+ Kd7 39. Rf7+ Ke8 40. Rg7 h4 41. Rh1 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhael Mchedlishvili"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. c4 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. O-O d6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. e3 e6 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Ne2
c5 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Qb1 Ndf6 15. Qa1 Rfd8 16. Nf4 cxd4
17. exd4 Bh6 18. Rce1 Bxf4 19. gxf4 d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Qd1
Qb7 22. Ne5 Nc3 23. Bxd5 Nfxd5 24. Qg4 Qe7 25. Bc1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Be2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Qa5 11. Qb3 b6
12. Rfd1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. c4 Qb4 15. Ne5 Qxb3 16. axb3
Bb7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Ra3 a5 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxb6 Rfe8 21. Bf3
Rac8 22. c5 Ne4 23. Rxa5 Nc3 24. Rda1 f5 25. h4 h6 26. Ra7 d4
27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rd7 Re4 29. g3 h5 30. Rd6 Re6 31. Rd8+ Kh7
32. Kg2 Re4 33. Rd6 Rc8 34. c6 Nb5 35. Rd5 Nc3 36. Rxf5 Rxc6
37. Rxh5+ Kg6 38. Rg5+ Kf6 39. Bd8+ Ke6 40. Rg6+ Kd7 41. Ra7+
Kxd8 42. Rxc6 Nb5 43. Rb7 Re5 44. Rxg7 d3 45. Rh6 d2 46. Ra6
Nc7 47. Rd6+ Kc8 48. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. c3 Bb7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ba6 Bc6 16. Bb5 Bb7
17. Ba6 Bc6 18. Bb5 Rfd8 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rfd1 b5 21. c4 bxc4
22. Nxc4 Rd4 23. f3 Rad8 24. Ne3 Bf6 25. Nd5 Bg5 26. Qf2 Kg7
27. h4 Bxh4 28. Qc2 Qd6 29. b3 Bg5 30. Rd3 f5 31. Re1 fxe4
32. fxe4 Rf8 33. Rxd4 exd4 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 h5 36. Qd3
Qe5 37. Ke2 Qh2 38. Qf3 Qg1 39. Nc7 d3+ 40. Kxd3 Qd4+ 41. Ke2
Qb2+ 42. Kd3 Qe5 43. Nb5 a6 44. Na3 Qd4+ 45. Ke2 Qb2+ 46. Kf1
Qxa3 47. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4
7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne1 Be7
12. Nd3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Nb3 Rfd8 15. Ndc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5
Na5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Bc6 19. Rd4 Re8 20. e3 h6 21. Nb3
Nxb3 22. axb3 a6 23. Kf1 f6 24. Ke2 Re6 25. c4 Rae8 26. Bc3
Kf7 27. g4 Re4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. f3 Re8 30. e4 h5 31. h3 hxg4
32. hxg4 Rh8 33. Bd4 Rd8 34. Ke3 Rh8 35. Ke2 Rd8 36. Bb6 Rh8
37. b4 Rh2+ 38. Bf2 Rh8 39. Rb1 Rc8 40. Bb6 Bd7 41. Kd3 Be6
42. Rc1 Rc6 43. c5 Rc8 44. Rh1 Bd7 45. Ke3 Bc6 46. Rh5 Re8
47. Kf4 Kg6 48. Rh1 Re7 49. Rg1 Rd7 50. g5 Rd4 51. gxf6+ Kxf6
52. Bc7 Rxb4 53. Be5+ Ke6 54. Rg6+ Kf7 55. Rxg7+ Ke6 56. Bd6
Rb1 57. Bc7 Rd1 58. Rg6+ Kf7 59. Rg2 Rd3 60. Rg5 Ba4 61. Rf5+
Ke6 62. Re5+ Kd7 63. Bb6 Bd1 64. Rd5+ Rxd5 65. exd5 Be2
66. Ke4 Bd1 67. f4 Bc2+ 68. Ke5 Bd1 69. f5 Bf3 70. d6 Bh5
71. Kf6 Bg4 72. Kg6 Ke8 73. f6 Be6 74. Kg7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Ngf3
b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Nbd7 11. a4 a6
12. Bf1 Re8 13. Bh4 Nf8 14. Nc4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Nfd2 Nxg3
17. hxg3 Rb8 18. Ne3 Bg5 19. Bd3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 e5 21. Qe2 exd4
22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 24. cxd4 Ne7 25. Nc4 Nc8 26. Bf5
Bd5 27. Ne3 Bc6 28. Rc1 Ne7 29. b3 g6 30. Bd3 b5 31. axb5 axb5
32. d5 Bxd5 33. Bxb5 Rb8 34. Bc4 Be6 35. Rd1 d5 36. Bxd5 Nxd5
37. Nxd5 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Rxb3 39. f3 Kg7 40. g4 h6 41. Kh2 Rb2
42. Kg1 Rb3 43. Kh2 Rb2 44. Kg1 Rb3 45. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d3 Be7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nc3 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. Be3
Qa6 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. a3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5
17. Nd4 Rfe8 18. f3 Qb6 19. Qf2 a5 20. Rd2 Nfd7 21. Rad1 Ne5
22. Bf1 Rad8 23. Kg2 Bg6 24. h3 Ncd3 25. Rxd3 Nxd3 26. Rxd3
Rd6 27. Nc2 Qc7 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Ne3 b5 30. Qc2 Rd8 31. Ne2
Qd2 32. Kf2 Qxc2 33. Nxc2 Rd2 34. Nd4 Rxb2 35. Nxc6 a4 36. Ke1
Rb3 37. Ned4 Rxa3 38. Bxb5 Ra1+ 39. Kd2 a3 40. Nc2 Rg1
41. Nxa3 Rxg3 42. Ke3 Rxh3 43. Nc4 Bh5 44. N6e5 f6 45. Bd7 Rh1
46. Nd3 Ra1 47. Nd6 Kh7 48. Bf5+ Bg6 49. Bxg6+ Kxg6 50. Nf4+
Kh7 51. Nf5 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 g6 53. Ne3 Kg7 54. Ned5 Ra6 55. Kg3
Rc6 56. Ne2 Ra6 57. Nd4 Kf7 58. Kf4 Ra4 59. Nb5 Ra6 60. Ke3
Ra5 61. Nd6+ Ke6 62. Nc4 Ra4 63. Nc7+ Ke7 64. Nd5+ Ke6 65. Kd4
Ra1 66. Nf4+ Kf7 67. Nd6+ Kg7 68. Kd5 Rf1 69. Ne6+ Kg8 70. Nd4
Rd1 71. f4 h5 72. e5 fxe5 73. fxe5 h4 74. e6 Kf8 75. Ke5 h3
76. Nf3 Ke7 77. Nc8+ Kd8 78. Nd6 Rf1 79. Nh2 Rf2 80. Ng4 Rf1
81. Nh2 Rf2 82. Ng4 Rf1 83. Nh2 Rf2 84. Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O
7. c4 d6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qd2 e6
12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. d5 e5 15. Qe3 f5 16. Qd2 a5
17. Bf1 f4 18. Bh3 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Rf1 Rdf8 21. Qc2 fxg3
22. hxg3 Nf6 23. Kg2 Ng4 24. Qe4 h5 25. Kg1 Bh6 26. Rcd1 Qf7
27. Bc1 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Nf6 29. Qc2 Nh7 30. Nh4 Rg5 31. Nf3 Rf5
32. Nh4 Rf6 33. Nf3 g5 34. Kh1 g4 35. Nd2 Ng5 36. Ne4 Nxe4
37. Qxe4 Kg7 38. Qe3 Rf5 39. Kg2 Qg6 40. f4 h4 41. gxh4 exf4
42. Qd4+ Kh7 43. Qe4 f3+ 44. Kg3 f2 45. Qxg4 Qf6 46. Kh2 Rg8
47. Qe4 Kh8 48. e3 Rf3 49. Qd4 Qxd4 50. exd4 Rf4 51. Rc3 Rgg4
52. Rg3 Rxh4+ 53. Kg2 Kh7 54. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 55. Kxf2 Rxd4 56. Re3
Rd2+ 57. Kf3 Rxa2 58. Re7+ Kg6 59. Rxc7 Rb2 60. Rc6 Kf5
61. Rxb6 a4 62. Rxd6 Rxb3+ 63. Ke2 a3 64. Ra6 Ke5 65. d6 Ke6
66. c5 Rc3 67. Ra5 a2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 f5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 d6
7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qc7 9. Ba3 h6 10. Rc1 Kh7 11. d5 c5 12. Bb2
Nbd7 13. Qc2 a6 14. a4 Rf7 15. Rce1 Nf8 16. Nd2 Kg8 17. f4 Bd7
18. e4 fxe4 19. Ndxe4 Re8 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Kh1 Qc8 22. Ne4
Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Nh7 24. Re3 Ref8 25. Nf2 Nf6 26. Rfe1 Qd8 27. h3
b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Ne4 Kf8 31. Qc3 bxc4 32. bxc4
Kg8 33. Nxf6+ exf6 34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. Re6 Kg7 36. f5 g5
37. Qb2 Rd7 38. Bf3 Bf7 39. Re3 Re7 40. Rxe7 Qxe7 41. Qe2 Kf8
42. Qxe7+ Kxe7 43. Kg2 Kd7 44. Kf2 Kc7 45. Ke3 Kb6 46. Kd3 Ka5
47. Kc3 Ka4 48. Bd1+ Ka3 49. Be2 Be8 50. g4 Ba4 51. Bf3 Ka2
52. Be2 Kb1 53. Bf3 Kc1 54. Be2 Kb1 55. Bd3+ Ka2 56. Be2 Bb3
57. Bf3 Ka3 58. Be2 Ba4 59. Bf3 Ka2 60. Be2 Kb1 61. Bf3 Kc1
62. Be2 Bc2 63. Bf3 Bb1 64. Kb3 Kd2 65. Ka4 Ke3 66. Bh1 Bd3
67. Kb5 Kd4 68. Kc6 Ke5 69. Kb5 Bf1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "11.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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. Nd2 c6
12. Ndc4 Be6 13. Qc2 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 h6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. f3 Nd7
17. Bf1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. a4 b6 21. Qf2 Rad8
22. Rdb1 Bf6 23. Bd4 Be5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qe3 f5 26. Re1 fxe4
27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Bd5 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Re5 Rfd7 31. h4 Bf7
32. a5 Rd1 33. Rxd1 Rxd1 34. Kf2 Rd5 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. axb6
axb6 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Kd4 Kf6 39. Ba6 Bf7 40. Ke4 Bd5+ 41. Kd4
Bf7 42. Ke4 Bd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "10.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. b3 Qb7+ 11. Kg1 O-O
12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Nf3 Na6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Ne3 16. Qd2 Kxg7
17. Qxe3 d5 18. Rac1 Nc5 19. h4 h5 20. b4 Ne6 21. Nd4 Nxd4
22. Qxd4+ f6 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Qe4 Qd7 25. a3 Rd8 26. Rc2 g5
27. Kg2 Rd4 28. Qc6 gxh4 29. Qxd7 R8xd7 30. gxh4 Rxh4 31. f3
Rhd4 32. Kf2 R4d5 33. Rfc1 Kf7 34. Rc8 Re5 35. R1c2 a5
36. bxa5 Rxa5 37. Rb8 Rd6 38. Rc3 Re6 39. Rb3 Kg6 40. R8xb6
Rxb6 41. Rxb6 Rxa3 42. Rb7 e5 43. Rb8 h4 44. Rg8+ Kf5 45. Rh8
Ra4 46. e4+ Kg5 47. Rg8+ Kh5 48. Rh8+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "12.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d4 Nc6 8. Bb5 Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Be6
12. Rd1 Bb6 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Qe2 d4
17. Na4 dxe3 18. Nxb6 exf2+ 19. Qxf2 axb6 20. Qxb6 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Nd5 22. Qf2 h6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qg3 f6 25. Re1 Qa7+
26. Bd4 Qf7 27. Qd6 Bf5 28. Kh2 Kh7 29. a4 Bc2 30. a5 Bxb3
31. a6 Qc7 32. Qxc7 Nxc7 33. a7 c5 34. Bxf6 Nd5 35. Be5 Ra8
36. Bb8 Nb4 37. Rb1 Bd5 38. Ne5 Be6 39. Rd1 c4 40. Rd4 Na6
41. Rd6 Nc5 42. Rc6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "13.19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Ipatov"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 g5 5. O-O h6 6. d4 Bg7
7. c3 Ne7 8. g3 c6 9. gxf4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Bd7
12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Nbc6 15. Nd2 O-O-O
16. Nb3 b6 17. Be3 f5 18. exf6 Nf5 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. Bf2 Ne4
21. Bg3 Rhf8 22. c4 Kb7 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Rae1 Nxf6 25. Rf5
Qd7 26. Ref1 Nb4 27. Qf3+ Nbd5 28. Be5 g4 29. Qg2 Nh7 30. Rxf8
Nxf8 31. Nd2 Ng6 32. Nc4 Nh4 33. Qe4 Nf3+ 34. Kh1 Qc6 35. Rc1
Nd2 36. Qh7+ Rd7 37. Nd6+ Qxd6 38. Qd3 Nf4 39. Bxf4 Qxf4
40. Qb5 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Qf3+ 43. Kg1 Qd5 44. Qe2
Qxd4+ 45. Kg2 Qd5+ 46. Kg3 Qf3+ 47. Qxf3+ gxf3 48. Re1 Rg7+
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "16.27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuriy Kryvoruchko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 Nd7
12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qd1 b5 14. Nf3 b4 15. Qa4 Qc8 16. d4 Rb8
17. Rac1 a5 18. e5 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qc7 20. Bb5 Nb6 21. Qd1 Nd5
22. exd6 exd6 23. a4 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Ne7 25. e4 Qa7 26. Kh1 Rfc8
27. Qd2 Nc6 28. dxc5 Qxc5 29. Qd5 Ne5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Red1
Nxf3 32. gxf3 Be5 33. c4 Bf4 34. Rc3 Rh5 35. Kg2 Rg5+ 36. Kf2
Bg3+ 37. Kf1 Be5 38. Rcd3 Kg7 39. Kf2 Rh5 40. Rd5 Rc8 41. Kg2
Rg5+ 42. Kf2 Rh5 43. Kg2 Rc7 44. Rc1 Rg5+ 45. Kf2 Bg3+ 46. Ke2
Rxd5 47. exd5 Re7+ 48. Kd3 Bf2 49. Rc2 Re3+ 50. Kd2 Rxf3
51. Ke2 Rxh3 52. Bd7 Rh4 53. Kd3 Bc5 54. Rb2 f5 55. Rb5 Bb4
56. Be6 Kf6 57. Rb7 Rh3+ 58. Kc2 Ke5 59. Rxb4 axb4 60. a5 Ra3
61. Kb2 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "14.27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zaven Andriasian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Rb1 b6
12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Ba6 15. Re1 Rac8 16. d5 Na5
17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Qd4 f6 20. Re6 Nc4 21. Rbe1 Nd6
22. Bh3 Nf7 23. Bf4 f5 24. Bc1 Rxc2 25. Bb2 Rxb2 26. Qxb2 Ng5
27. Bg2 Nxe6 28. Rxe6 Bc4 29. Qe5 Bxa2 30. h4 Kf7 31. h5 b5
32. g4 b4 33. hxg6+ hxg6 34. gxf5 b3 35. fxg6+ Kg8 36. Qh5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "17.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Ngf6
7. c4 c6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Nh4 Bg6
12. Nc3 Qd8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Rfe1 Nb6
17. Rad1 Qd7 18. Bg5 Rad8 19. h4 Nh7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. e4 dxe4
22. Nxe4 Rde8 23. Rf1 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Bf3 Kg7 26. Kg2
Nd5 27. Rh1 f5 28. h5 g5 29. h6+ Kh8 30. Rh5 f6 31. Qb3 Nb6
32. Kh2 g4 33. Bg2 Re2 34. Rf1 Nd5 35. Qd3 f4 36. Bxd5 fxg3+
37. Kxg3 cxd5 38. Qg6 Qc7+ 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Rxd5 Rg8 41. Qf5
Rg5 42. Qc8+ Rg8 43. Qf5 Rg5 44. Qc8+ Rg8 45. Qf5 Rg5 46. Qc8+
Rg8 47. Qf5 Rg5 48. Qc8+ Rg8 49. Qf5 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "18.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gadir Guseinov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nc6 8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 dxe5 10. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 bxc6
12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Bg3 c5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7
17. Kf2 Be4 18. Bxa6 Rhb8 19. Rhd1 Nb6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. R1xd3
c4 22. Ra3 Rxa3 23. bxa3 Nd5 24. Rc6 c3 25. Ke2 Rb2 26. Kd3
Rxa2 27. Bf2 f6 28. Bc5+ Kf7 29. exf6 gxf6 30. g4 Ra1 31. Bb4
Rg1 32. Bxc3 Rxg4 33. Bd2 Ra4 34. c4 Rxa3+ 35. Kd4 Ne7 36. Rc7
e5+ 37. Ke4 Rb3 38. Ra7 h5 39. c5 Ke8 40. Ra6 Kf7 41. Ra7 Rb2
42. Ba5 Ra2 43. c6 Ra4+ 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Ra6 Kf5 46. c7 Nd5+
47. Kf2 Nxc7 48. Ra7 Ne6 49. Ke1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "19.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bassem Amin"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. d4
exd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. Bf4 Be6
17. Rc1 Qe7 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rab8 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5
Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Rbc8 24. Re7 Nf5 25. Rexc7 Rxc7
26. Rxc7 Nd4 27. Be3 Ne6 28. Rxb7 f5 29. Re7 Nd8 30. Ra7 f4
31. Bc5 Re8 32. Ra8 Rg8 33. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "20.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Savchenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. a3
Bb7 13. Bg2 g5 14. fxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Ne5 16. h3 Rc8 17. Rhf1
Nh7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe1 Nf8 20. Kb1 Nfg6 21. Rf2 Nc4 22. Bf1
Nge5 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Rf3 Ne5 25. Re3 Rc4 26. Ndxb5 axb5
27. Nxb5 Rc6 28. Qb4 O-O 29. Nxd6 Rd8 30. Rb3 Ba6 31. Qa5
Rcxd6 32. Rc1 Nc4 33. Qc5 Nd2+ 34. Ka2 Nxb3 35. cxb3 Bd3
36. Qe3 e5 37. Rc3 Qf6 38. Qg3 Qf1 39. a4 Rd4 40. b4 Rxb4
41. Qxe5 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "21.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bh5 4. Nh3 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. e3 Bd6 8. Be2 Bg6 9. Na3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Bf5 12. Nf2
Nbd7 13. g4 Qa5 14. Nb5 cxb5 15. gxf5 Ba3 16. Be5 Rfe8 17. Nd3
Ne4 18. Bd4 Qxd2 19. Qxd2 Nxd2 20. Rfd1 Ne4 21. b4 Rac8
22. Bf3 Nc3 23. Re1 Ne4 24. Rab1 Nd2 25. Bxd5 Nxb1 26. Rxb1
Nb6 27. Bxb7 Rc7 28. Ba6 Nd5 29. Bxb5 Rd8 30. Rb3 Bc1 31. Kf2
Rc2+ 32. Kf3 Bd2 33. Ne5 Bc3 34. Nc6 Rd6 35. Bc5 Rh6 36. Ke4
Rd2 37. Ne7+ Nxe7 38. Bxe7 Bf6 39. Bc5 Rhxh2 40. a4 h5
41. Bxa7 h4 42. Rb1 Rb2 43. Rd1 Rxb4+ 44. Kf3 Kh7 45. Be8 Rb7
46. Bc5 Rc2 47. Bd6 h3 48. Rh1 Rd2 49. Bc5 h2 50. Kg3 Rc7
51. Bb4 Rb2 52. Bd6 Rc3 53. Kf3 Bd4 54. Bxf7 Rxe3+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "15.34"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladislav Kovalev"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Bf4 cxd5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. b3 b6 16. Ne5 Rxc1
17. Qxc1 Bf5 18. b4 Nb7 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. Re1 Re8 21. Nxa7 Nd6
22. Nc6 Bf6 23. a4 Ra8 24. a5 bxa5 25. bxa5 Qc7 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7
27. Rxe7 Bxe7 28. Qc7 Re8 29. Bxd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd6 Re1+ 31. Bf1
Bh3 32. Qa6 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. g4 e5 6. Bxe5 Qh4
7. Qf3 Bxg4 8. Qg2 Nd7 9. Bg3 Qe7 10. c3 c6 11. Nd2 Nxg3
12. Qxg3 Bf5 13. Bh3 Bxh3 14. Nxh3 g6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Kb1
Nf6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ngf3 Qe6 19. Qe5 Bd6 20. Qxe6+ fxe6
21. Rdg1 g5 22. Kc2 Rdf8 23. Kd1 Rf7 24. Ke2 Rhf8 25. Rg2 b6
26. h3 c5 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. c4 Kb8 29. Ne1 Rb7 30. b3 a5
31. Nd3 a4 32. Rb1 axb3 33. Rxb3 Kc7 34. Rxb7+ Kxb7 35. Rg1
Ra8 36. Rb1+ Kc6 37. Rb2 h5 38. Rc2 Ra4 39. f3 Nd7 40. cxd5+
exd5 41. e4 Nb6 42. exd5+ Nxd5 43. Nc4 Rxa2 44. Rxa2 Nc3+
45. Ke3 Nxa2 46. Nxd6 Kxd6 47. Nxc5 Kxc5 48. Ke4 Nc3+ 49. Kf5
Ne2 50. Kxg5 Ng1 51. Kxh5 Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2014.07.15"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Nf3 Nc6
12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Be5 f6 14. Bg3 f5 15. Bb5 O-O 16. Bxc6 Bxc6
17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. O-O Bd6 20. Rc2 Qc7 21. Nd3 Nxg3
22. hxg3 Ba4 23. Rcc1 Qa5 24. Nxa4 Qxa4 25. g4 Qxa2 26. gxf5
exf5 27. Ra1 Qb3 28. Rxa7 Qb6 29. Rfa1 f4 30. exf4 Bxf4
31. Nxf4 Rxf4 32. Qe5 Rxd4 33. Rxb7 Qxb7 34. Qxd4 Rc4 35. Qe5
Re4 36. Qh5 h6 37. Rd1 Qf7 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxd5 Re1+
40. Kh2 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nf1 O-O
12. Ng3 Rfe8 13. h3 Rac8 14. Bd3 Bf8 15. Bd2 g6 16. Qe2 Bg7
17. a4 e5 18. d5 c4 19. Bc2 Nc5 20. Nh2 Rb8 21. Ra3 Bc8
22. axb5 axb5 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Ra8 25. Rea1 Rxa3 26. Rxa3
Qb7 27. g5 Nfd7 28. Qd1 Ra8 29. Qa1 Rxa3 30. Qxa3 Bf8 31. Be3
Be7 32. Nf1 Bd8 33. Nd2 Bb6 34. Nb1 Bc7 35. Nd2 Bb6 36. Nb1
Bc7 37. Nd2 Kg7 38. g3 Bb6 39. Nb1 Nd3 40. Bxb6 Qxb6 41. Bxd3
cxd3 42. Nd2 Qd8 43. c4 Qxg5 44. Qxd3 b4 45. Nb3 h5 46. Kg2 h4
47. Kh3 hxg3 48. fxg3 Qd8 49. Kg2 Qa8 50. Qc2 Qa7 51. Qd2 Nf6
52. Qe2 Qa2 53. Nc1 Qb1 54. Nd3 b3 55. Nf2 Qc1 56. Kf3 Nh7
57. Kg2 Ng5 58. g4 Kf6 59. Qd3 Qxb2 60. c5 dxc5 61. d6 Qd4
62. d7 Qxd3 63. Nxd3 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2014.07.17"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Ba3 Bf5 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. c4 Bxd4 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. Rxd5 Bc6 19. Ra5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rfd8 21. Bb4
Bd4 22. Bxe7 Re8 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxe2 25. Ra5 Rb8
26. Rxa7 Rbb2 27. a4 Ra2 28. a5 Re5 29. a6 Rea5 30. Re1 Rxa6
31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Re2 Ra8 33. Re1 Ra6 34. Re2 Ra8 35. Re1 Ra6
36. Re2 Ra8 37. Re1 Ra6 38. Re2 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2014.07.18"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 c6
12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5
17. g3 Qf6 18. Bd2 Nd6 19. Bc3 d4 20. Bd2 Nf7 21. f4 Rce8
22. Bg2 Nd6 23. a3 Bb6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Qf1 Kg8 26. Re1 Re6
27. a4 a6 28. Bf3 g6 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Qa1 Bc5
32. b4 Bb6 33. Be1 Nc8 34. Bf2 Qd7 35. h3 h5 36. b5 axb5
37. axb5 cxb5 38. Qa8 Bc5 39. Bxb7 Nb6 40. Qa2+ Kg7 41. Qa6 b4
42. Bf3 Kf8 43. Qa5 Qe7 44. Kf1 Kf7 45. Kg2 Kf8 46. g4 hxg4
47. hxg4 fxg4 48. Bxg4 Qc7 49. Bf3 Kg7 50. Qb5 Nc8 51. Qc4 Qb6
52. Qd5 Qd6 53. Qe5+ Qxe5 54. fxe5 Na7 55. Bd5 Nb5 56. Bh4 g5
57. Bxg5 Kg6 58. Bd8 Kf5 59. e6 Na3 60. Bb3 Nxc2 61. Bxc2 Kxe6
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2014.07.19"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3
Nbd7 7. Bg5 e6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be2 b5 11. Bf3 b4
12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxa8 exd4 14. Ne2 h6 15. Bh4 O-O 16. Kb1 e5
17. Qf3 exf4 18. Nxf4 Ne5 19. Qe2 g5 20. Bg3 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Bd6
22. Rxd4 Re8 23. Rhd1 Bg4 24. Qxa6 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Nc4 26. Bxd6
Qxd6 27. Qxd6 Nxd6 28. Bf3 Nc4 29. b3 Ne5 30. Rd4 Nxf3
31. gxf3 Rb8 32. Kb2 Kf8 33. c3 bxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Ke7 35. b4 Ke6
36. a4 Nd5+ 37. Kb3 Rc8 38. Rc4 Rxc4 39. Kxc4 Kd6 40. a5 Ne3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2014.07.21"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Nb3
gxh4 13. Bxh4 Be6 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. c3
Nf5 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Qg5 e6 20. Qxg4 Bf6 21. dxe6 Nxh4
22. O-O-O Qxf2 23. Rxd6 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nd2 Qe3
26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Rf1+ Bf6 28. Qd7+ Qe7 29. Qd3 Kg7 30. Ne4
Be5 31. Qe2 Ng6 32. g3 Re8 33. Qg4 Qe6 34. Qh5 Qxa2 35. Nc5
Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2014.07.22"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Rd8
12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Ba5 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Be8
17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe3 Bh5 19. Ne2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Rxd4 22. Bxf5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Rf8 24. Be4 Bb6 25. Bf3 Qf6
26. Qe2 Bd4 27. b3 Kh8 28. h3 b6 29. Rc6 Be5 30. Qe4 Qf5
31. Kf1 Rd8 32. h4 Kg8 33. Qxf5 exf5 34. Bh5 Bf6 35. Rc7 Bxh4
36. Rxa7 Kh7 37. Ra6 Rd6 38. a4 Be7 39. Be2 Kg6 40. a5 bxa5
41. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

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

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

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2014.07.24"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7
12. Rd1 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Nf6 16. Bd5
Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rc8 18. c3 g6 19. Ke2 Kd7 20. Rhd1 Ke6 21. Nd2
f5 22. a4 Rhd8 23. c4 Rc6 24. b3 Rf8 25. f4 exf4 26. Kf3 Rc5
27. Re1 Kd7 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. exf5 Rxf5 30. Ne4 h5 31. Nc3 g5
32. h3 Bd6 33. Nd5 Be5 34. h4 gxh4 35. Rh1 Rg5 36. Rxh4 Rg3+
37. Ke4 Bd6 38. Rxh5 Rxb3 39. Rh6 Rb2 40. Nf6+ Kc6 41. Kf5 Bb8
42. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Tsegmed Batchuluun"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6
7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Nf3 e6 10. Bb5 Bb4 11. O-O Ke7
12. Rfc1 Nd7 13. Na4 Ra5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxb6 Nxb6 16. Ne5
Rc8 17. Nxc6+ Rxc6 18. Rxc6 Nc4 19. b3 Nd2 20. Rcc1 Kf6 21. f3
Ba3 22. Rc7 Bb4 23. Rb7 Nxb3 24. Rf1 Nd2 25. Rc1 Ra4 26. Rcc7
Bg6 27. h4 h5 28. e4 Nxe4 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. g4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6
7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. d5 Ne5 11. Ng3 Re8 12. h3
b5 13. b3 h5 14. f4 Nxc4 15. bxc4 h4 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 hxg3
18. exf6 exf6 19. Be2 Qe7 20. Nd1 bxc4 21. O-O Ba4 22. Bf4 g5
23. Bxg3 Qxe2 24. Qxe2 Rxe2 25. Nc3 Re3 26. Bxc7 Rb7 27. Nxa4
Rxc7 28. d6 Rd7 29. Nb6 Rd8 30. Rxc4 Re6 31. d7 f5 32. Rb1 Rd6
33. Kf1 Bd4 34. Rd1 Rxb6 35. Rdxd4 Kf8 36. Rc5 f6 37. Rxf5 Ke7
38. Rfd5 Rb7 39. Ra4 Rdxd7 40. Rxd7+ Rxd7 41. Rxa6 Rd2
42. Ra7+ Ke6 43. a4 Ra2 44. a5 Kf5 45. Kg1 g4 46. Kh2 gxh3
47. Kxh3 Kg6 48. a6 Ra3+ 49. Kg4 Ra4+ 50. Kf3 Ra2 51. Ra8 Kg7
52. g3 Ra4 53. Ke3 Rg4 54. Kd3 Rxg3+ 55. Kc4 Ra3 56. Kb5 f5
57. Rc8 f4 58. Rc7+ Kg6 59. Rc6+ Kg5 60. Kb4 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Rb1
Ne5 13. Bf1 c5 14. Nc2 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. b4 c4 17. Nd4 d5
18. Bg5 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bb7 20. Bg2 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qb6 22. Bxf6
Bxf6 23. Qe2 Re7 24. Nc2 Rd8 25. Re1 Rdd7 26. Ne3 Kg7 27. Rd1
Nd3 28. a4 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Rd4 30. a5 Qd6 31. Qg4 Kh6 32. Nc2
Nxf2 33. Rxd4 Bxd4 34. Qh4+ Kg7 35. Bxg6 Ng4+ 36. Kf1 hxg6
37. Nxd4 Qxd4 38. Qxg4 Qd3+ 39. Qe2 Qxg3 40. a6 Qxh3+ 41. Kg1
Qg3+ 42. Kf1 Qc3 43. Qa2 Qh3+ 44. Kg1 c3 45. Qa1 Qg4+ 46. Kf1
Qf3+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kf1 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "5.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fernando Peralta"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Bh6 Bxh6
7. Qxh6 Qa5 8. Bd3 c5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 c4 11. Bxc4 Qc5
12. Bd3 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 Nxh6 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. e5
dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nc5 18. Bf1 e6 19. Rad1 f6 20. Nc4 e5 21. b4 Na6
22. a3 Bd7 23. Nd6 Nf5+ 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Nb1 b5 26. c4 bxc4
27. Bxc4 Nc7 28. d6+ Ne6 29. Rc1 Rfd8 30. Nc3 Kg7 31. Nd5 Ng5
32. Ne7 Ne4+ 33. Rxe4 fxe4 34. Bd5 Rab8 35. Rc7 f5 36. Nc6 f4+
37. Kf2 e3+ 38. Ke1 Kf6 39. Nxb8 Bg4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Borki Predojevic"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Be6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Bd2 Ne4
12. Rfc1 Nc6 13. Be1 Rfc8 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Nb4 16. Rxc8+
Rxc8 17. Nxe4 Nc2 18. Rc1 Nxe1 19. Rxe1 Rc2 20. Nc3 Rxb2
21. Bd3 b5 22. Rb1 Rxb1+ 23. Bxb1 Bc4 24. f4 f5 25. Kf2 e6
26. Ne2 Bf8 27. Nc1 Ba3 28. Nb3 Kf8 29. e4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 b6
31. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "7.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "277"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2
Nc6 7. Rd1 g5 8. c3 g4 9. Nh4 Qe6 10. d3 c4 11. dxc4 Qxe4
12. Be3 Bh6 13. Nd2 Qe5 14. Nf5 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 h5 16. Qd3 e6
17. Re1 Qg5 18. f4 gxf3 19. Nxf3 Ne5 20. Nxg5 Nxd3 21. Red1
Nxb2 22. Rf1 Rg8 23. h4 Nd7 24. Nxf7 b6 25. Rae1 Nc5 26. Nd5
Nxc4 27. Ng5 Ne5 28. Nc7+ Ke7 29. Nxa8 Rxa8 30. Re3 Ncd7
31. Rg3 Nf6 32. Nh3 Neg4 33. Nf4 Rg8 34. c4 a5 35. Rb3 e5
36. Nd5+ Nxd5 37. cxd5 Nf6 38. Rf5 Rg4 39. Rxb6 Nxd5 40. Rb7+
Ke6 41. Rxh5 Nf4 42. Rh6+ Kf5 43. Rb2 d5 44. Rh7 d4 45. h5 Ke4
46. h6 Rg6 47. Rh8 d3 48. h7 Rg7 49. a4 Rf7 50. Rf2 Ne2+
51. Kf1 d2 52. Kxe2 Rxf2+ 53. Kxf2 d1=Q 54. Rg8 Qd2+ 55. Kf1
Qd3+ 56. Kg1 Qd1+ 57. Kf2 Qd4+ 58. Ke1 Qb4+ 59. Kf2 Qb6+
60. Ke1 Qb4+ 61. Kf2 Qc5+ 62. Kf1 Ke3 63. Kg1 Ke2+ 64. Kh2 Kf1
65. h8=Q Qg1+ 66. Kh3 Qh1+ 67. Kg4 Qxg2+ 68. Kf5 Qf3+ 69. Ke6
Qc6+ 70. Ke7 Qc5+ 71. Kf6 Qc6+ 72. Kxe5 Qc5+ 73. Kf4 Qc4+
74. Kf5 Qd3+ 75. Ke5 Qe3+ 76. Kd5 Qb3+ 77. Kd6 Qb6+ 78. Kd7
Qb7+ 79. Kd6 Qb6+ 80. Kd5 Qb3+ 81. Ke4 Qc2+ 82. Ke3 Qb3+
83. Kf4 Qc4+ 84. Ke3 Qb3+ 85. Kd2 Qd5+ 86. Kc3 Qc5+ 87. Kd3
Qd5+ 88. Qd4 Qxg8 89. Qf6+ Kg2 90. Qc6+ Kf2 91. Qc5+ Kf3
92. Qf5+ Kg3 93. Qxa5 Qb3+ 94. Kd4 Qd1+ 95. Kc5 Qc2+ 96. Kb6
Qg6+ 97. Ka7 Qf7+ 98. Ka6 Qe6+ 99. Qb6 Qc4+ 100. Qb5 Qe6+
101. Ka5 Qe1+ 102. Kb6 Qe3+ 103. Qc5 Qb3+ 104. Ka5 Qb7
105. Qb5 Qe4 106. Qb3+ Kh2 107. Kb5 Qb7+ 108. Kc4 Qc6+
109. Kb4 Qd6+ 110. Kc3 Qe5+ 111. Kc2 Qe2+ 112. Kb1 Qa6
113. Qb5 Qg6+ 114. Ka1 Qg1+ 115. Ka2 Qg8+ 116. Qb3 Qd8
117. Qc2+ Kg3 118. Qc3+ Kf4 119. a5 Kf5 120. a6 Qd5+ 121. Ka1
Qa8 122. Qc5+ Ke6 123. a7 Kd7 124. Kb2 Qg2+ 125. Ka3 Qf3+
126. Ka4 Qd1+ 127. Ka5 Qa1+ 128. Kb6 Qf6+ 129. Kb7 Qb2+
130. Ka6 Qf6+ 131. Kb5 Qb2+ 132. Qb4 Qe5+ 133. Ka6 Qa1+
134. Kb6 Qg1+ 135. Qc5 Qg6+ 136. Ka5 Qg2 137. Qb5+ Ke7
138. Kb6 Qg6+ 139. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2
Be7 7. Qb3 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qxd5 c5 10. Qe5 Nc6 11. Qxf6
Bxf6 12. Ne4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. O-O-O Be6 15. e3 Nf5
16. b3 Rfd8 17. Bc4 b6 18. g4 Ne7 19. h3 Nc6 20. Bxe6 fxe6
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Kf7 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. f4
Nb4 26. a3 Nd5 27. Kd3 g6 28. h4 h5 29. gxh5 gxh5 30. Ng3 Nf6
31. a4 a6 32. e4 b5 33. a5 e5 34. fxe5 Ng4 35. Nxh5 Nxe5+
36. Kc3 Ng6 37. b4 Kd6 38. Nf6 cxb4+ 39. Kb3 Nxh4 40. Nd5 Nf3
41. Nxb4 Nd2+ 42. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O
7. O-O dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Re1 Qxb3
12. axb3 Bc2 13. b4 Ne4 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Rec1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be4
17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfe8 19. Ra5 Nd5 20. e4 Nxf4+ 21. gxf4
a6 22. Kf3 e6 23. Nc4 Rad8 24. h4 h5 25. Rg1 Kh7 26. Ne5 Re7
27. Ke3 Rc7 28. Nf3 Bf6 29. Kd3 Be7 30. Kc4 Ra8 31. f5 exf5
32. exf5 Bf6 33. Ng5+ Kh6 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. f4 Re7 36. Ra2
Bxg5 37. fxg5+ Kg7 38. Rf1 Rae8 39. Raf2 Rd7 40. Kc5 Rd5+
41. Kb6 Re7 42. c4 Rxd4 43. Rf4 Rd2 44. c5 a5 45. Ra1 axb4
46. Rxb4 Rc2 47. Raa4 Rce2 48. Ra7 Rc2 49. Ra5 Re5 50. Kc7
Rcxc5 51. Rxc5 Rxc5 52. Rxb7 Rf5 53. Kxc6+ Kg8 54. Kd6 Rf1
55. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4
exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O
Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14. Be3 Rhd8 15. Ba4 Kf8
16. a3 Be7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5+ Kg8 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Bd5 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kf2 a6 25. h4
Nd8 26. Ke3 Ne6 27. Bd6 h5 28. Bc2 g6 29. Bd3 Ng7 30. g4 g5
31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Be5 h4 33. f4 Ne6 34. fxg5 Nxg5 35. Kf4 Nh3+
36. Ke3 Ng5 37. Kf4 Nh3+ 38. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Ng5 Bg7 6. e4 Bd7
7. f4 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 Bxe6 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8
12. Be2 Ne5 13. Bf4 h6 14. O-O-O+ Ke7 15. Nf3 Nxc4 16. Nd4 Ne5
17. Nd5+ Bxd5 18. exd5 Rd8 19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. Nb5 Na6 21. Bf1
Re8 22. d6 cxd6 23. Nxd6 Re7 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxe5 Bxe5
26. Rxe5 Rc8+ 27. Kb1 Nc5 28. Rc1 Rbc7 29. Re3 f5 30. Rec3 Ke7
31. b4 Ne6 32. Kb2 h5 33. h4 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Kxc3 g5
36. hxg5 Nxg5 37. a4 Kd6 38. Kc4 f4 39. Kb5 Kc7 40. Ka6 Kb8
41. b5 f3 42. gxf3 Nxf3 43. Be2 Nd4 44. Bxh5 Nb3 45. Be2 Nc5+
46. Ka5 Kc7 47. Kb4 Na6+ 48. Ka5 Nc5 49. Bf3 Kd6 50. Bh1 Kc7
51. Bg2 Nd3 52. Bf1 Nc5 53. Kb4 Na6+ 54. Kc4 Kb6 55. Bg2 Nc7
56. Kb4 a5+ 57. bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[EventDate "2014.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6
7.Qe2 a5 8.e5 O-O 9.exf6 a4 10.Nd5 Re8 11.Be3 axb3 12.Qg4 g6
13.Bc4 Nb4 14.Nxb4 d5 15.Qf4 dxc4 16.O-O bxc2 17.Nd5 Re6
18.Qxc4 Bxe3 19.fxe3 b5 20.Qc5 Bb7 21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.Qxc2 Raa6
23.Rac1 Rxf6 24.Rxf6 Rxf6 25.Qxc7 Qd2 26.Qb8+ Kg7 27.Qg8+ Kh6
28.Qf8+ Kh5 29.Rc5+ g5 30.Rxg5+ Kxg5 31.Qg7+ Rg6 32.Qe5+ f5
33.h4+ Kh5 34.Qxf5+ Kh6 35.Qf8+ Kh5 36.Qf5+ Kh6 37.Qf8+ Kh5
38.Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[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 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rc1 Qb2 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 Be4
17. Rf2 Nh6 18. Bd3 Qb4 19. Rb1 Qc5 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxa5 O-O
22. Be2 e3 23. Rff1 Rfc8 24. Qe1 Qd5 25. Rb2 f6 26. Qg3 fxe5
27. fxe5 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qxe3 Nf7 30. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O
7. c4 Be6 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. Ng5 cxb3
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qe3 bxa2 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Qxa2 Rf5 16. Rfb1
Qb6 17. e4 Rf8 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Qb2 b6 20. d5 Bxc3 21. Qxc3+
Kg8 22. e5 a5 23. dxc6 Na6 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Qxb6 Qxb6 26. Rxb6
Nc7 27. Rb7 Rfc8 28. Ra4 Ra6 29. h4 Kg8 30. Rd4 a4 31. Rd7 a3
32. Rbxc7 Rxc7 33. Bd5+ Kf8 34. Rxc7 a2 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rg8+
1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Re1
exd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Qb1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4
17. Nd2 Rb8 18. Nxc4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qd3 Qe8 21. f3 Re6
22. Bf2 Nd5 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Re1 Nf4 25. Qc2 Qd5 26. Re4 Ne6
27. Qc3 c5 28. Nxb6 Rxb6 29. dxc5 dxc5 30. b3 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Na6
12. g4 Nb4 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bb5 Rac8 16. Rhg1 f5
17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Qg2 Nh5 19. Nc1 Bf6 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3
Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Be5 25. c3 Rf6 26. Qf2
b6 27. Ba6 Rb8 28. Bd3 Kh8 29. Rb5 Rf7 30. h4 Qa7 31. Qc2 Rc7
32. Qb3 Rc5 33. Qe6 Rxb5 34. Bxb5 Rf8 35. h5 Qc7 36. Ka2 Qd8
37. Qg4 Qc7 38. Kb3 Rc8 39. Qe6 Qc5 40. Rg5 Rb8 41. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.09.02"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Qa5 9. f3 e6 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 exd5
12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+
Bxf6 17. Bxd2 Bxb2 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Rxd7 Rf8 20. Rfd1 Kg7
21. Rb7 Ba5 22. Rdd7 Bb6+ 23. Kf1 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxf7+
Kh8 26. Ke2 Re8+ 27. Kd3 Rd8+ 28. Kc3 Ba5+ 29. Kb2 Bb6 30. g4
Rd2 31. h4 Rh2 32. Ba4 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh4 34. Bxc6 gxh5 35. Be4
Rh1 36. f4 Rh3 37. c3 h4 38. f5 Re3 39. Re7 Ba5 40. c4 h3
41. Re6 h2 42. Bd5 Rxe6 43. fxe6 Bd8 44. Kb3 Kg7 45. Kb4 Kf6
46. Kb5 h1=Q 47. Bxh1 Kxe6 48. c5 Kd7 49. Ka6 Kc7 50. Kxa7 Be7
51. c6 Bc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.09.03"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 Nbd7 7.c5
Ne4 8.Bd3 f5 9.Nf3 c6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6
13.Ne2 e5 14.Qa4 Qh4 15.g3 Qg4 16.Rf1 Ng5 17.Kd2 Nf3+ 18.Kc3
Nxh2 19.Rh1 Nf3 20.Qa5 Qg5 21.dxe5 Qe7 22.Nd4 Nxe5 23.b3 b6
24.cxb6 c5 25.Nb5 Bb7 26.bxa7 d4+ 27.exd4 Nxd3 28.Kxd3 Bxh1
29.Rxc5 Qe4+ 30.Kc4 Qe2+ 31.Kb4 Qd2+ 32.Rc3 Bc6 33.a4 Bxb5
34.Kxb5 Qxd4 35.Rc7 Rfd8 36.Qb6 Rd5+ 37.Ka6 Rd6 38.a5 Qd3+
39.Kb7 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. g4 g6 6. g5 Nh5
7. Bh3 exd4 8. Nxd4 h6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. h4 Be7 11. gxh6 Bxh4
12. Be3 c6 13. Nf5 gxf5 14. Qxh5 Bf6 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Bf4
O-O-O 17. Bxd6 Qe6 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. h7 Rde8
21. Qxf7 Re7 22. Qg8+ Kc7 23. Rde1 Rexh7 24. Qxh7 Rxh7
25. Rxe5 Rxh1+ 26. Kd2 Kd6 27. Re3 Rh2 28. Ke1 Rh1+ 29. Kd2
Rh2 30. Ke1 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.09.05"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Re1 Nde7 10. a4 h6 11. a5 a6
12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Bc5 Rb8 15. Ne4 b6 16. axb6 cxb6
17. Ba3 Ncd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qd1 Bb7 20. c3 Nb5 21. Qb3 Qd7
22. Re3 Kh7 23. Rae1 f5 24. Nd2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Re6 26. Nf3 Rbe8
27. Kg1 e4 28. dxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Rd1 Qe8 31. Qd5
Nxa3 32. bxa3 Qe7 33. h4 Qc5 34. h5 Qxd5 35. hxg6+ Kxg6
36. Rxd5 Bxc3 37. Rd6+ Kf7 38. Rxb6 Ra4 39. Rxh6 Rxa3 40. Nh4
Ra5 41. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3 g6
12. Bc4 Bh6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bb3 Nc6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Rad1 Nd4
17. Ne2 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 b5 19. a4 b4 20. c3 bxc3 21. Nexc3 Kg7
22. Qb7 a5 23. Qa6 Ra8 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Qa6 Ra8 26. Qd3 Rc8
27. Nb5 Rc6 28. Qa3 Qd7 29. Rfe1 Bg5 30. Rd3 Rd8 31. Red1 Qb7
32. Rc3 Rd7 33. Rdd3 Bd8 34. Rxc6 Qxc6 35. Rc3 Qa8 36. Nbc7
Bxc7 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Nxc7 Qc6 39. Nxe6+ fxe6 40. g3 Kf7
41. b4 Qxe4 42. b5 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kh2 Qe2 45. Kg2 Qe4+
46. Kh2 Qe2 47. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.14"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor V Glek"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Be3
Nc6 7. Qd2 h6 8. h3 e6 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 b5 11. g5 hxg5
12. Nxg5 Qa5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 Ng4 15. Rg1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 f6
17. Nf3 e5 18. Nc1 Qc5 19. Qe1 a5 20. Nb3 Qb6 21. Nbd2 Qc5
22. Nc4 Be6 23. Ne3 a4 24. Nd5 Kf7 25. Qe3 Ra5 26. Rg3 Qxe3
27. fxe3 Rc5 28. Ne1 Rh4 29. Nd3 Ra5 30. Nf2 Bxd5 31. exd5 Ne7
32. Rg4 Nf5 33. Re1 g6 34. Nd3 Bh6 35. Nxb4 Rxg4 36. hxg4 Nxe3
37. Be2 f5 38. Rh1 Kg7 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. c4 Bg5 41. Nc6 Ra8
42. c5 dxc5 43. Rg1 Kf6 44. d6 Rh8 45. a3 Rh7 46. Nb8 Rb7
47. Na6 Rd7 48. Nc7 c4 49. Bh5 f4 50. Nb5 Nf5 51. Bg4 Rd8
52. Rc1 f3 53. Rf1 e4 54. Nc3 Ng3 55. Nxe4+ Nxe4 56. Rxf3+ Kg7
57. Rf5 Rxd6 58. Ra5 c3 59. bxc3 Rd2 60. Ra7+ Kg6 61. Ra6+ Bf6
62. Kc1 Rf2 63. Bd1 Kg7 64. Bxa4 Bg5+ 65. Kd1 Nxc3+ 66. Ke1
Bh4 67. Bc6 Bg3 68. a4 Rc2+ 69. Kf1 Nd1 70. Kg1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3
e5 7. a3 Be6 8. b4 a5 9. b5 Na7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Qa4 Bxc5
12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. Qa4 Qd3 15. Nbd2 Bxa3 16. Qxa3
Qxa3 17. Rxa3 Rc1+ 18. Ke2 Rxh1 19. Rxa5 Nc8 20. Ra8 Kd7
21. Ne4 Rb1 22. Nxf6+ Ke6 23. Ne4 Rxb5 24. g4 h6 25. Nfd2 Rb4
26. Nc5+ Ke7 27. Rb8 Rb2 28. Rxb7+ Rxb7 29. Nxb7 Nd6 30. Nxd6
Kxd6 31. Ne4+ Ke6 32. Ng3 Kf6 33. h4 Rb8 34. Kf3 Rb4 35. Ne4+
Ke6 36. Ng3 Kf6 37. Ne4+ Ke6 38. Ng3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Postny"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3
Ngf6 7. d3 e6 8. Nc3 Bc5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6
12. Bg2 O-O 13. c3 Qc7 14. d4 Bd6 15. Qf3 Rae8 16. Re1 e5
17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Qf5 exd4 19. cxd4 g6 20. Qd3 Qa5 21. Bd2 Bb4
22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Bf4 Bf8 24. d5 Nc5 25. Qc4 Re1+ 26. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 27. Qf1 Qb4 28. Qe2 cxd5 29. Bxd5 Qd4 30. Qf3 Qf6 31. b3
b6 32. Kg2 Qf5 33. Bb8 Qd7 34. Bc4 b5 35. Be5 Ne6 36. Qd5
Qxd5+ 37. Bxd5 Bc5 38. Kf3 Kf8 39. Bf6 Be7 40. Bc3 Bc5 41. Bf6
Be7 42. Bxe7+ Kxe7 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Ke4 Kd6 45. Kd4 f6 46. g4
g5 47. b4 Kc6 48. Ke4 Kd6 49. Kf5 Ke7 50. f4 h6 51. fxg5 hxg5
52. Kg6 Ke6 53. Kg7 Ke7 54. a3 a6 55. Kh7 Kd7 56. Kh6 Kd6
57. Kg7 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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. Qe4 f6 11. c5 Bxf1
12. Kxf1 Qxc5 13. exf6+ Kf7 14. Qf3 gxf6 15. g3 h5 16. Ne4 Qe5
17. Bd2 Kg6 18. Nxf6 Bg7 19. Bc3 Qf5 20. Qxf5+ Kxf5 21. Ne4
Rhg8 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 23. Re1 Nd5 24. Nc5 a5 25. Kg2 a4 26. Rc1
d6 27. Nd3 c5 28. Rhd1 c6 29. h3 Re8 30. Rc4 Re4 31. Rdc1 a3
32. Kf3 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Nb4 34. Nxc5 dxc5 35. Rxc5+ Nd5 36. bxa3
Ra7 37. Rxc6 Rxa3+ 38. Kg2 Rxa2 39. Kf3 Ra3+ 40. Kg2 h4
41. Rc8 Ke5 42. Re8+ Kd4 43. Rd8 Rd3 44. gxh4 Ke5 45. Re8+ Kf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6
7. h4 Bg7 8. h5 Bf5 9. Qb3 Ndb4 10. Kf1 Nc2 11. hxg6 hxg6
12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Rb1 Qb6 14. d3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Rc8 16. Bf4
Be6 17. Nb5 Kd7 18. Rc1 N2b4 19. Ng5 b6 20. Nxe6 Kxe6 21. Bd2
Bxb2 22. Rb1 a6 23. Rxb2 axb5 24. Rb1 Kd6 25. f4 Rc7 26. Ra1
Na5 27. Ra3 Nbc6 28. Bxc6 Nxc6 29. Ra6 Rb7 30. b4 cxb4 31. Ke1
Kc7 32. Ra8 Rb8 33. Rxb8 Kxb8 34. Kd1 b3 35. e3 Kb7 36. Kc1 b4
37. Kb2 Ka6 38. Kxb3 Kb5 39. Bc1 Na5+ 40. Kc2 f5 41. Bb2 Nb7
42. Bg7 Nc5 43. Bf8 e6 44. Bg7 b3+ 45. Kd2 Kb4 46. Bb2 Na4
47. Kc1 Nxb2 48. Kxb2 Ka4 49. Kb1 Ka3 50. e4 b2 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alina L'Ami"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bg7
7. Bb2 Nf6 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Re8 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be6
12. O-O a5 13. Nd5 a4 14. e4 Na5 15. Bc3 c6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxd6 axb3 19. axb3 Nxc4 20. Qd1 Na3 21. f4
Qc3 22. f5 Bxb3 23. Qg4 Nc2 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. fxg6 hxg6
26. Nf5 Ne3 27. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Bc4 29. Rg1 Ra2 30. Qc8+
Kg7 31. Qxb7 Rxg2 32. Kxg2 Qxe4+ 33. Kh3 Be6+ 34. g4 Qf3+
35. Rg3 Bxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2014.10.05"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "James Tarjan"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1
Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3 g6 15. d4 Ncd7 16. Bg5 Bf8 17. Qd2 Bg7
18. d5 Qe7 19. a4 Nb6 20. a5 Nbd7 21. b4 Rec8 22. Bb3 Qf8
23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 c6 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Bb3 d5 27. exd5 Rd6
28. Rad1 Bxd5 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Bxb3 31. Qxd6 Bxd1
32. Qxd1 Nf6 33. Rc4 h6 34. Be3 Qe8 35. Bb6 e4 36. Nd2 Qe5
37. Qc2 Re8 38. Rc8 Qa1+ 39. Nf1 Qe5 40. Qc4 Bf8 41. Qxa6 Bxb4
42. Qa8 Rxc8 43. Qxc8+ Kg7 44. a6 Nd5 45. Bc5 Ne7 46. Bxe7
Qxe7 47. Qb7 Qxb7 48. axb7 Bd6 49. Nd2 f5 50. Nc4 Bc7 51. Nb6
1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2014.10.06"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Gormally"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Rc8 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 d5
12. exd5 e4 13. Qg3 Nh5 14. Qg5 Qxg5 15. Bxg5 Ng3 16. Rg1 Bc5
17. Bf4 Nxf5 18. Rh1 g5 19. Bh2 O-O 20. O-O-O Rfe8 21. d6 Ne3
22. Re1 Rc6 23. Bc4 b5 24. Bd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd6 26. Bxd6
Rxd6 27. Ne3 Rf6 28. h4 gxh4 29. Rxh4 Nf8 30. Ng4 Rg6 31. Nh6+
Kh8 32. g4 e3 33. Nf5 e2 34. Ng3 Re3 35. Nxe2 Re4 36. Rhh1
Rge6 37. Kd2 Rxg4 38. Nc1 Rg2+ 39. Re2 Rexe2+ 40. Nxe2 Ne6
41. Ke3 Rg5 42. c4 Re5+ 43. Kf2 b4 44. Rd1 Kg7 45. Nd4 a5
46. Nxe6+ fxe6 47. Rc1 Kf6 48. c5 Ke7 49. c6 Kd8 50. c7+ Kc8
51. Rc6 h5 52. Kf3 h4 53. Rc2 h3 54. Kg4 Re3 55. Kf4 Rxb3
56. Ke5 Rd3 57. Kxe6 a4 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Mark Hebden"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Qxe4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. O-O d6 11. Nd5 e6
12. Bg5 f5 13. Qe3 Kf7 14. b4 Qa4 15. Rad1 Nc2 16. Qd2 h6
17. Bf4 Na3 18. Nc7 Nxc4 19. Qc1 Qxb4 20. Nxa8 e5 21. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2014.10.08"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Daniel Grigoryevich Fridman"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7
Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qh5 Qf6 9. Nc3 Qxd4 10. Be3 Qe5 11. Qxe5+
Bxe5 12. Nxd5 Nf6 13. Rae1 Nxd5 14. Bd4 O-O-O 15. Bxe5 f6
16. Bg3 Nb4 17. Bc4 Rhe8 18. c3 b5 19. Bf7 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Nd3
21. Re7 Nxb2 22. h4 Na4 23. c4 b4 24. h5 a5 25. Be6 Nc3
26. Kh2 Nxa2 27. c5 Bxe6 28. Rxc7+ Kb8 29. Rd7+ Kc8 30. Rc7+
Kb8 31. Rd7+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5
dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 8. Qf3 e6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nfd7
12. Qg3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne4 f6 15. Bd6 Rae8 16. Bxe7
Rxe7 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Ne5 19. f4 Nc6 20. a4 Rd8 21. Nc4
Kf7 22. Rae1 b6 23. Rf2 Nb4 24. Kf1 h6 25. Ne3 a6 26. Ke2 b5
27. Kf1 Nc6 28. g3 b4 29. b3 e5 30. Nf5 Ree8 31. g4 g6 32. Ng3
exf4 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Rxf4 Re5 35. Ne4 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5
37. Nd2 Nd4 38. Nf3 Rd5 39. Nxd4 cxd4 40. Ke2 a5 41. Kf3 Kf6
42. Rh4 Kg5 43. Kg3 Rd6 44. Rf4 Kf6 45. Rf2 Re6 46. Rf4 Rd6
47. Rf2 Rc6 48. Rg2 Re6 49. Kf2 Kf7 50. Kf3 Re1 51. Kf2 Re8
52. Kf3 Kf6 53. Rg1 Re3+ 54. Kf2 Kf7 55. Rg2 Rh3 56. Kg1 Rf3
57. Re2 Re3 58. Rg2 Re6 59. Kf1 Rc6 60. Rf2 Kf6 61. Kg2 Re6
62. Rf4 Re2+ 63. Kf3 Rxh2 64. Rxd4 Rxc2 65. Rd5 Kg5 66. Rxa5
Rc3 67. Ke3 Rxb3 68. Ra8 Rb1 69. a5 b3 70. Kd2 f4 71. a6 Ra1
72. Kc3 f3 73. a7 f2 74. Rf8 Rxa7 75. Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Ne2 Rd8
12. Nf4 c5 13. Be2 Nc6 14. O-O c4 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Re1 Qd6
17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. e4 Qf6 19. exd5 Nxd4 20. Rxc4 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3
Qxf3 22. gxf3 Rxd5 23. Re7 Rf5 24. Kg2 a5 25. Rec7 Re8 26. Rc8
Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Kh7 28. Rc6 Rb5 29. b3 Rb4 30. Rd6 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 g6
7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2
Nd7 13. Rae1 Qb6 14. Bc1 Qa6 15. a3 Rad8 16. h4 f5 17. Bh3
dxe4 18. dxe4 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 Ne5 20. Kg2 Nc8 21. exf5 gxf5
22. Nf4 Nd6 23. Re2 Ndf7 24. Rfe1 c5 25. b3 c4 26. bxc4 Rd4
27. Nd3 Nxc4 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Nfd6 30. Re7 Re4 31. Rxe4
fxe4 32. Nc5 b5 33. Be6+ Kh7 34. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gil Popilski"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nd2 Ndb4 10. e4 Bc8 11. d5 Ne5
12. f4 Ned3 13. Nf3 Nxc1 14. Rxc1 e6 15. a3 Na6 16. e5 exd5
17. Qxd5 c6 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rfd1 Bf5 20. Nd4 Bg4 21. Bf3
Rxd4 22. Bxg4 Bxe5 23. Be2 Bf6 24. Bxa6 bxa6 25. Rxd4 Bxd4+
26. Kf1 Rb8 27. b4 a5 28. bxa5 Rb3 29. Ne4 Rxa3 30. Rxc6 Rxa5
31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rc7 Bb6 33. Rb7 Ra1+ 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Kd3
Rxh2 36. Ng5 Rg2 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Rd7 Rxg3+ 39. Kc4 Rg4
40. Ne6 g5 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Kd5 Rxf4 43. Re7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.Rg1 Nb6
13.Na5 Rc8 14.g5 Nh5 15.Kb1 Qc7 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bxd5
18.Qxd5 Qxa5 19.Bd3 g6 20.c4 Nf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.cxb5 axb5
23.Qxb5 Qa7 24.Be4 Rc7 25.Bd5 Qf2 26.Qb3 Qxh2 27.a4 Qf2 28.Rc1
Ra7 29.Qb4 Qe3 30.Rcd1 Qe5 31.Qb5 Kg7 32.Bc6 Rc8 33.Rg2 d5
34.Bxd5 Rc5 35.Qb3 Bxg5 36.Bc4 Bf6 37.Re2 Qf5+ 38.Re4 Re5
39.Re1 Rxe4 40.Rxe4 Re7 41.Bd3 Rxe4 42.Bxe4 Qd7 43.Qb5 Qxb5
44.axb5 Bd4 45.Kc2 h5 46.b6 Bxb6 47.Kd1 f5 48.Bc6 g5 49.Bd7
Kf6 50.Ke2 g4 51.Kf1 Kg5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.22"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Rustam Mashrukovich Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. O-O Bd7
7. c3 O-O 8. Nc4 h6 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. Nxb6 cxb6 12. bxa5
Nxa5 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Bxb5 15. axb5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qe6 17. Bb2
e4 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxe4 Nb3 21. Ra3 Nc5 22. Re3
Ne6 23. Qa1 Qe7 24. d4 Qf6 25. Re4 Rd6 26. d5 Qxa1+ 27. Rxa1
Nc5 28. Re3 Rc8 29. Nd2 Rd7 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ne4 Rdc7 32. Nd6
Rd8 33. Rae1 g6 34. Re8+ Rxe8 35. Rxe8+ Kg7 36. Ke2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2
Ne8 14.f4 a5 15.f5 a4 16.fxe6 axb3 17.cxb3 fxe6 18.Bh3 Rxa2
19.Bxe6+ Kh8 20.Ng3 Nc7 21.Bc4 Qa8 22.Rhf1 Rxf1 23.Rxf1 Ra1+
24.Kc2 Rxf1 25.Bxf1 d5 26.Qf2 g6 27.h4 Qf8 28.Qxf8+ Nxf8
29.Ba7 dxe4 30.Bb8 Nfe6 31.Nxe4 h6 32.Bc4 hxg5 33.hxg5 Kg7
34.Kd3 Kf8 35.Ke3 Bd8 36.Bxe6 Nxe6 37.Bxe5 Nxg5 38.Bd6+ Ke8
39.Bxb4 Nxe4 40.Kxe4 Kd7 41.Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Na5 7.Qc3
c5 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bg2 Nc6
13.O-O Rb8 14.b3 Be7 15.Bb2 O-O 16.Qe3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Nd4
18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.Qxd4 Qc7 20.Rad1 Rfd8 21.Qe4 Qa5 22.Qe2 d6
23.exd6 Bxd6 24.h4 Bc5 25.Kg2 Qc7 26.Qe4 a5 27.h5 h6 28.Be2
Kf8 29.f4 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rd8 31.f5 Rxd1 32.Bxd1 Ke7 33.Bg4 Qd6
34.fxe6 fxe6 35.Kh3 Bd4 36.Qb7+ Kf6 37.a3 Bc5 38.Qf3+ Ke7
39.Qc3 Kf7 40.Qxa5 Bxa3 41.Qe1 Bc5 42.Qb1 Ke7 43.Qe4 Bb4
44.Bf5 Bc5 45.Bg6 Kd8 46.Qa8+ Kc7 47.b4 Bxb4 48.Qa7+ Kc8
49.Qxg7 Qf8 50.Qa1 Qf3 51.Qa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.e4
Bg4 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Ng5 O-O 10.Be2 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 c5 12.dxc5 N6d7
13.Qxb7 Qa5+ 14.Bd2 Qa6 15.c6 Qxc6 16.Qxc6 Nxc6 17.Rc1 Rac8
18.b3 Bb2 19.Rd1 Nce5 20.Be3 h6 21.Nf3 Nxf3+ 22.gxf3 Ne5 23.f4
Ng4 24.Bxa7 Ra8 25.Rd2 Ba3 26.Bd4 Rfc8 27.Bc3 Nf6 28.f3 Nh5
29.Rd3 Bd6 30.e5 Bc5 31.a4 Rab8 32.Ba5 Ra8 33.Bd2 Rab8 34.Rc3
Kh7 35.Kd1 Ng7 36.b4 Ba7 37.Rxc8 Rxc8 38.Nc3 Nf5 39.Nb5 Be3
40.Re1 Rd8 41.Re2 Bxf4 42.Kc2 Bxd2 43.Rxd2 Ne3+ 44.Kc3 Nd1+
45.Rxd1 Rxd1 46.a5 h5 47.Na3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5
7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd5 Rd8 9. Bc4 e6 10. Ne2 Nxd5 11. Bd6 Nxc3
12. Nxc3 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne4 b3+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 bxa2
17. Ra1 Bb7 18. Rxa2 Bd5 19. Ra4 Nc6 20. b4 Ne5 21. b5 f5
22. Nc3 Bxg2 23. Rha1 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 Rac8 25. Rc4 Be4+ 26. Ke2
Rxd6 27. cxd6 Rxc4 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. d7 Bf6 30. Rxa7 Rc2+
31. Kf1 Rd2 32. b6 Kf8 33. Ra8+ Ke7 34. b7 Be5 35. b8=Q Bxb8
36. Rxb8 Rxd7 37. Rb4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h5
7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Ne1 g5 9. Nb3 g4 10. Nd3 Be4 11. Nf4 Nf5 12. f3
gxf3 13. gxf3 Rg8+ 14. Ng2 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 a5 16. a4 Qh4 17. Bd3
Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Nxe5 20. Bh7 Rg7 21. Be3 Qc4
22. b3 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Rg8 24. Nf4 h4 25. Rae1 Be7 26. Bd2 Nd7
27. Rg1 Rf8 28. Rg7 Bf6 29. Rh7 Ne5 30. Nh5 Nxf3 31. Nxf6+ Ke7
32. Rf1 Nxd2 33. Rf2 b5 34. Rxh4 bxa4 35. Rxa4 Rfb8 36. Nxd5+
cxd5 37. Rxd2 Rb4 38. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.30"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. a4 c6 10. Qb1 Bf5 11. e4 Bd7 12. Bxc4
bxc4 13. Qb7 Na6 14. Qxa6 c5 15. Qxc4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8
17. Qa6 Be6 18. Qb5+ Bd7 19. Qa6 Be6 20. Qb5+ Bd7 21. Qd3 Be6
22. Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4
7. dxe4 O-O 8. Qe2 a5 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. Ndf3 Nh5
12. Qc4 Na7 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 h6 16. Rad1 Qb6
17. Rd5 c6 18. Qxc5 Qxb5 19. Qxf8+ Rxf8 20. Rxb5 cxb5 21. Be3
Nc6 22. Rd1 Nf6 23. h3 Rc8 24. g4 Kf8 25. Bc5+ Kg8 26. Be3 Kf8
27. Kf1 Ke8 28. Ke2 Rc7 29. Bc5 Ne4 30. Rd5 Nf6 31. Rd1 Ne4
32. Rd5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. Qa4 Qxc5 8. Be3 Qb4 9. Qxb4 Nxb4 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nh3 d6
12. Nf4 Bf5 13. O-O g5 14. Nh3 h6 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. b3 Nc6
17. f4 gxf4 18. Rxf4 Bd7 19. Rh4 Ne5 20. Bxb7 Ng6 21. Bxc8
Rxc8 22. Nf4 Nxh4 23. gxh4 Kh7 24. Nfd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 e6
26. Nf4 Rg8 27. Kf1 Be5 28. Be3 Rg4 29. Nd3 Bxh2 30. Bxa7 e5
31. Bf2 f5 32. Nb4 f4 33. c5 dxc5 34. Rxc5 Rg7 35. Rxe5 f3
36. Re3 fxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Bg4+ 38. Kf1 Bd6 39. Nd3 Ra7 40. Bg3
Bf8 41. Nf2 Bh5 42. a4 Rb7 43. Ne4 Bd1 44. Nd2 Bb4 45. Nc4 Bc5
46. Re5 Bb4 47. Rb5 Rxb5 48. axb5 Bxb3 49. Ne5 Bc5 50. Nd7
Bc4+ 51. Kg2 Bd4 52. b6 Bd5+ 53. Kf1 Kg6 54. Bf2 Bf6 55. h5+
Kf5 56. Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4
Rb8 8.axb5 axb5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 d6 12.f4 Nc6
13.Qc3 Ne7 14.Qd3 O-O 15.Nc3 b4 16.e5 Bf5 17.Qe2 Nd7 18.Na4
dxe5 19.Be3 Ra8 20.Rad1 Qe8 21.Nc5 Ra5 22.Nb7 Ra8 23.fxe5 Kh8
24.Nd6 cxd6 25.exd6 Bg6 26.dxe7 Qxe7 27.Qf2 Rac8 28.Rd5 Rfe8
29.Bd4 f6 30.Ba4 Red8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4
12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Rxc5 Bg4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Rfc1
c6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. exf3 Qe6 19. a3 Qe2 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. Rc4
Qxc2 22. R1xc2 Nb6 23. Rxd4 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bf1 Kf8
26. f4 a5 27. Be2 Rd5 28. Kf1 Na4 29. b3 Nb6 30. Rd2 Rc5
31. Bd1 Rc1 32. Ke1 Nd5 33. Rc2 Ra1 34. a4 Ke7 35. Kd2 Kd6
36. Rc4 b5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. Rc8 Ra2+ 39. Ke1 Nb4 40. Kf1 Rb2
41. d4 Rb1 42. Ke1 a4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2014.11.09"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Mikhael Mchedlishvili"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6
12. Qd2 e5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Rad1 exd4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Bh6 Qd6
17. Ng3 f6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Qe7 20. f5 Nc6 21. Bb5 Ne5
22. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.26"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Paul Gomez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3
dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. Bf4 c6 9. e4 b5 10. Qb3 c5 11. dxc5 Qa5
12. Bd2 b4 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Qa3 20. Rfe1 Rab8 21. e5
Bd4 22. Re4 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxd2 24. Re6 Qc3 25. Qe4 fxe6
26. Qxe6+ Kg7 27. Nxd2 Qxc5 28. Nb3 Qf5 29. Qe1 Qe5 30. Qf1
Rd8 31. h3 a5 32. Re1 Qd5 33. Qa6 Rd6 34. Qa8 Qg5 35. Qa6 Rf6
36. Qa8 Ne5 37. Nd4 Qd2 38. Qe4 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Nd3 40. Qxe7+
Kh6 41. Qe3+ Qxe3 42. Rxe3 Nc1 43. Nb3 a4 44. Nxc1 Rf1+
45. Kh2 Rxc1 46. Re4 b3 47. axb3 axb3 48. Rb4 Rc3 49. Rb7 g5
50. Rb6+ Kg7 51. Kg1 h5 52. Rb5 Kf6 53. h4 gxh4 54. Kh2 Ke6
55. Rxh5 b2 56. Rb5 Rc2 57. Kh3 Kd6 58. Kxh4 Rxg2 59. Kh3 Rc2
60. Kg3 Kc6 61. Rb8 Kd5 62. Kf3 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.27"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bartosz Socko"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 exd4
12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. Ndf3 h6 15. a3 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Nc6
17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc5 20. Bh4 Ne4 21. Nxf7
Rxf7 22. Qf3 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Raf8
26. Re2 Rd7 27. Kf1 Rf4 28. Bg5 Rc4 29. g3 a5 30. Rc1 Rxc1+
31. Bxc1 a4 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Rd1+ 34. Re1 Rd3 35. Rc1 Rb3
36. Rxc7 Rxb2 37. Kg2 Kh7 38. h4 Kg6 39. Rc5 Kf6 40. h5 Rb3
41. g4 Rxa3 42. Rxb5 Rb3 43. Ra5 a3 44. f3 Rb2+ 45. Kg3 a2
46. f4 Kf7 47. Ra6 Rc2 48. Kh4 Rc4 49. Kg5 Rc2 50. Ra7+ Kg8
51. h6 Rc7 52. Rxa2 gxh6+ 53. Kxh6 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7
7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 e6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Bd2 c5
12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa3 Rfc8 15. Bc3 a5 16. dxc5
Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Rxc5 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Bxd7 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rxd7
21. Rxd7 Rg5+ 22. Kf1 Qxd7 23. Rd3 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Kg2
g5 26. h3 h6 27. Qe7 Kg7 28. Qc7 Qxa2 29. Qxb6 Qd5 30. b4 axb4
31. Qxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Bd5 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. e4 Bc6 15. Bxc4 b6 16. Rbd1 Ba4
17. Bb3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Qb7 19. f4 Nc6 20. e5 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Rad8
22. Rfd1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Qd3
Qc7 27. g3 a5 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Qd5 Qc5+ 30. Qxc5 bxc5 31. Ra8
c4 32. bxc4 Rf5 33. Kf2 Rc5 34. Ke3 Rxc4 35. Kd3 Ra4 36. c4
Kf7 37. c5 Ra1 38. Kc4 a4 39. Kb4 Rb1+ 40. Kc4 Ra1 41. Kb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abhijeet Gupta"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. f4 Ng4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd4 Bxd4
12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. h3 Nf6 15. Nge2 c6 16. a4 Rad8
17. Rd1 c5 18. Qxc5 Rc8 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. axb5 Rc4 21. e5 Ne4
22. O-O Rd8 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Nc3 Rb4 25. Rf2 Na4 26. Nxa4
Rxa4 27. Rc2 Rb4 28. Rc7 Rxb5 29. Rxe7 Rbxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5
31. Rxb7 Rd4 32. Rxa7 Rb4 33. Ra2 Rxf4 34. b3 Rb4 35. Rb2 Kf8
36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Kd3 Kxe5 39. Kc3 Rb7 40. b4 Kd5
41. Rd2+ Kc6 42. Kc4 Re7 43. b5+ Kc7 44. Ra2 Kb7 45. Rd2 Kc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "6.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[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 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bc4 Nd7 11. Rhe1 Ne5
12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. h4 Qf6 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. g4 Kh8
17. Bd3 Qe6 18. Kb1 f6 19. Bc1 Rad8 20. f4 Qd5 21. fxe5 Qxe5
22. Qf1 Qg3 23. Bf5 Rde8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Qc4 g6 26. Be6 Qe5
27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Qe4 29. Qc6 Re5 30. Rxd6 cxd6 31. Qxd6
Re8 32. Qxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "7.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrey Vovk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qb8
12. Nd2 Bd8 13. Nf1 Ba5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Ne3 Rac8 16. g4 Bxc3
17. Bxc3 Nc5 18. Nf5 Rfd8 19. Qc1 Ne8 20. Ra3 g6 21. Qh6 f6
22. Kh1 Rd7 23. g5 gxf5 24. gxf6 Rf7 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. exf5 Bd7
27. Bh5 Bc6+ 28. Kg1 Nxf6 29. Bxf7 Qxf7 30. Kf1 Rg8 31. Qh4
Nce4 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.03"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4
7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qh4 Nbd7 9. Bd2 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O Nd5
12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. c3 O-O 15. a4 a6 16. a5 e5
17. Ra4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb8 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Rb4 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1
Nc6 22. Rxb7 Nxa5 23. Rb4 Nc6 24. Rb6 Rc8 25. Bxa6 Bxd4
26. Bxc8 Bxb6 27. Bd7 Nb4 28. Bb5 f5 29. Bd2 Bc5 30. g4 fxg4
31. hxg4 Kf7 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. f4 Nc2 34. g5 Bb4 35. Bxb4 Nxb4
36. Kf3 Kd6 37. Ke3 Nc2+ 38. Kd2 Nd4 39. Bd3 Ne6 40. Ke3 Kc5
41. Be2 Nd8 42. b4+ Kxb4 43. Kd4 Nc6+ 44. Kxd5 Kc3 45. Kxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zahar Efimenko"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 Be6 9. Be3 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Qa4 O-O
12. Rfc1 a6 13. Rc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Rcc1
c6 17. b4 Re8 18. Qb3 Bd6 19. a4 Qb6 20. Rab1 Re5 21. Rc4 Rd8
22. Qb2 Bb8 23. Rc5 g6 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. e4 Bd6 26. Bd1 Rd7
27. Bg4 Rc7 28. a5 Qa7 29. f4 c5 30. e5 Bf8 31. bxc5 Qxc5
32. Qb6 Qxb6 33. Rxb6 Bc5 34. Rb1 b6 35. axb6 Rb7 36. Bc8 Rxb6
37. Ra1 Bb4 38. Bxa6 Bc3 39. Ra3 Rb1+ 40. Kg2 Ra1 41. Rxa1
Bxa1 42. Kf3 Kf8 43. Ke4 Ke7 44. g4 h6 45. Bc4 Bc3 46. h4 Bb2
47. h5 gxh5 48. Bxf7 Kxf7 49. gxh5 Ke6 50. f5+ Kf7 51. Kd5 Ke7
52. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 h6
7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nb5 Nb6 9. c3 a6 10. Na3 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6
12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. O-O f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Rc1 e5
17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qb3 Qd6 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. Qc7
Qf6 22. Qxb7 Rfb8 23. Qc7 Qxb2 24. Qd6 Qf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6
26. Rc5 Rc8 27. Ra5 Rc3 28. Rb1 Na4 29. Bb5 Bf5 30. Rb3 Rc1+
31. Kh2 Nc3 32. Bc6 Rd8 33. Rc5 Nxa2 34. Rxd5 Rf8 35. Rd6 Nc3
36. Nc4 Nb5 37. Bxb5 axb5 38. Ne3 Rc5 39. Nd5 Kh8 40. Nxf6 Re5
41. f3 Re6 42. Ne4 Rb8 43. Rb4 Rxd6 44. Nxd6 Bd7 45. Kg3 Kg7
46. Kf4 Kf6 47. g4 Ra8 48. Rb3 Rb8 49. Ne4+ Ke7 50. Nc5 Bc6
51. Na6 Rf8+ 52. Kg3 Bd5 53. Re3+ Kd6 54. Rd3 Rd8 55. Nb4 Kc5
56. Rxd5+ Rxd5 57. Nxd5 Kxd5 58. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bf3
Qc4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c3 Be6 14. b3 Qxc3 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Bxc6
Rac8 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. h3 Bd4 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Be3 Bd4 21. Bh6
Bg7 22. Be3 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O
Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Rfa8 16. b5 cxb5 17. c6
Qxc6 18. Nxb5 Rc8 19. Rac1 Qxc1 20. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 21. Kg2 Ra8
22. f5 Rc6 23. h4 a4 24. h5 h6 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Ne5 Nxe5
27. dxe5 Bc5 28. Qg4 d4 29. Qf3 Rcc8 30. Nc7 d3 31. Nxa8 d2
32. Qd3 Rxa8 33. Qxd2 Bxa3 34. Qa2 Bc5 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Qc6
Ra7 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qg6+ Kh8
41. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3
Ne5 13. Be2 Nbc6 14. Nb3 b5 15. a4 b4 16. Nd5 e6 17. Ne3 Bb7
18. Qd2 Qc7 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. Kb1 Kb8 21. f3 a5 22. h4 Na7
23. Nd4 Ng6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rxh8 Bxh8 26. Bc4 Nf4 27. Bb3
Qc5 28. Nc4 Ba6 29. Bf2 Bxc4 30. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. a4 Re8 12. Bf3
Bf8 13. Nb3 b6 14. a5 bxa5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Rd8 17. Qe2
Nd5 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Be6 21. Be4 Rac8
22. Bf4 Qb6 23. Be3 Qb5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Nd4
Rcc8 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxa5 Rxe5 29. Bf4 Re2 30. Rxb5 Rcxc2
31. Rb8 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. h3 f6 34. g4 Kf7 35. Bg3 Bc5
36. g5 Ke6 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Re1+ Kf5 39. Rf1+ Kg6 40. Rf4 Rd2
41. Rg4+ Kf5 42. Rf4+ Ke6 43. Rh4 Rd7 44. Re4+ Kd5 45. Re2 Rb7
46. Kg2 Bd4 47. Bf2 Be5 48. Kf3 h5 49. Rd2+ Ke6 50. Rd3 Kf5
51. Ra3 Rb4 52. Rd3 Rf4+ 53. Kg2 Ke4 54. Re3+ Kd5 55. Rd3+ Kc4
56. Rf3 Re4 57. Rf5 h4 58. Rh5 Kd3 59. Rxh4 Rxh4 60. Bxh4 Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5
7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Rd1 Ng6 11. Nc3 f6
12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nd5 Kf7 14. g4 Bxg4 15. Ng5+ fxg5 16. Bxg4
Nce5 17. Bxg5 Bxc5 18. Nf6 Qc6 19. Bh5 Kg7 20. Qg3 Raf8
21. Re1 Rxf6 22. Rxe5 Rf7 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Bf4 Be7 25. Re2
Qxc4 26. Rae1 d3 27. Re4 Qd5 28. Rxe6 Bf6 29. Rd6 Qf5 30. Re5
Qh3 31. Ree6 Qxg3+ 32. hxg3 Rh5 33. b3 Ra5 34. a4 g5 35. Be3
b6 36. Rxd3 Rc7 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Re4 Bf6 40. Kg4
Re7 41. Rxe7+ Bxe7 42. Bd2 Re5 43. Rd7 Kg6 44. Rxa7 Bc5 45. f4
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Saric"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. Rg1 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Kb1 g6 16. a3 Qc7
17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. h4 Bd8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6
Qxc6 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Qxd6 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 Nf4 25. Bg4 b4 26. Rc1
Qb3 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Rxc7 bxa3 29. Rg2 Bxc7 30. Qxc7 Rb8
31. Rd2 axb2+ 32. Kb1 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Nc4 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Nxb6
axb6 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4
Nf6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Be5 Be6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. d5 c6 21. Qh6
cxd5 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Bd3 f5 24. Rfe1 Ra4 25. Bxf5 Rh4 26. Qe3
Re8 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Rc4
31. g3 Rc2 32. b3 d4 33. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Qc7
12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxc5 a6
17. Na3 Qc7 18. Bd4 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc1 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4
22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Ne5 24. Rb1 Rac8 25. h3 Rfd8 26. Rff1
Nd3 27. Rb7 Nc5 28. Re7 Bf8 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rexf7 Rxc3
31. Nb1 Rc2 32. Kh1 Bg7 33. Na3 Rxa2 34. Nc4 Rf8 35. Rxf8+
Bxf8 36. e5 Bc5 37. g4 Rc2 38. Nd6 Re2 39. Ra1 Rxe5 40. Nb7
Be7 41. Rxa6 Kg7 42. Nd6 Bxd6 43. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Den Haag NED"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6
12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qa4 Kd8 14. d6 Bxd6 15. O-O-O b6 16. Bd3 f5
17. g4 Qxg4 18. Qc6 Rb8 19. Rhg1 Bb7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Nxe5+
Bxe5 22. Bxf5+ Ke7 23. Rd7+ Ke8 24. Bxg4 Rd8 25. f4 Rxd7
26. Bxd7+ Kxd7 27. fxe5 Rh7 28. c5 Ke6 29. Rg4 Kxe5 30. Ra4 a6
31. cxb6 cxb6 32. Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.23"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Be3 c5 8.Rc1 O-O 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 Qa5 11.O-O Qxa2 12.Rb1
cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Rxb7 Rab8 15.Rxb8 Rxb8 16.h3 Bd7 17.d5 Ne5
18.Bf4 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Rb4 20.Qc1 Rc4 21.Qb1 Qb2 22.Qxb2 Bxb2
23.Rb1 Rb4 24.Be3 a5 25.Bc5 Rb5 26.Bxe7 Be5 27.Rxb5 Bxb5
28.Bg4 Bb2 29.Bc5 a4 30.Bd1 f5 31.exf5 gxf5 32.f4 Kf7 33.g4
Bc1 34.Bd6 fxg4 35.hxg4 a3 36.Bb3 Bd7 37.g5 h6 38.gxh6 Kg6
39.Kf2 Kxh6 40.Kf3 Kg6 41.Ba2 Bb2 42.Be5 Bf5 43.d6 Bd7 44.Bb1+
Kf7 45.Ke4 Bc6+ 46.Kf5 Bd7+ 47.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Re1 Be4
12. Qc1 Bb7 13. Qc2 Be4 14. Qc1 Bb7 15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. Nbd2 c5
17. e4 Be7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ne4 cxd4 21. Qd2 Rad8
22. Rac1 Qb4 23. Qd3 Qxb2 24. a3 Nc3 25. Neg5 g6 26. Nxd4 Bxg2
27. Kxg2 Na4 28. Rcd1 Ndc5 29. Qe3 Qc3 30. Qf4 Nd3 31. Qh4
Nxe1+ 32. Rxe1 h5 33. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O Rc8
12. Be3 Nb6 13. b3 d5 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7
17. c4 Qd6 18. a5 f5 19. Qd3 h4 20. g4 O-O 21. Nc3 e4 22. Qe3
Bd8 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. f3 Be7
27. Kf2 Rcf8 28. Ke3 Be8 29. c5 Bb5 30. b4 Rxe4+ 31. Kxe4 Re8
32. Kf4 g5+ 33. Kf5 Kf7 34. Rfe1 Bd3+ 35. Re4 Bf6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2015.02.15"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. h4 gxh4 12. Bxh4
Nc6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. f3 Bh6 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5
Nf6 18. Qd2 Rg8 19. Bf1 Bxb3 20. axb3 Nb4 21. Kd1 Qc7 22. Qd4
Nc6 23. Qd2 Nb4 24. Qd4 Nc6 25. Qd2 e6 26. Kc1 Ke7 27. Kb1 Qb6
28. Ra4 Qc5 29. f4 Rg3 30. Be2 Rxg2 31. Rc4 Qf2 32. Qd1 b5
33. e5 dxe5 34. fxe5 bxc4 35. exf6+ Qxf6 36. Bxc4 Qd4 37. Qe1
Qf2 38. Qe4 Rg1+ 39. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 40. Ka2 Nb4+ 41. Ka3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2015.02.16"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. d4 c6 6. Qb3 O-O
7. O-O dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Re1 Qxb3
12. axb3 Be6 13. b4 Nd5 14. b5 Nb4 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Ra5 c5
17. Ng5 cxd4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxa8 dxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3 21. Rd1
Rxa8 22. Rxd7 Nd3 23. Ra2 Nxc1 24. Rc2 Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 a5
26. Rxe6 Bf6 27. Rb6 a4 28. Rbb7 a3 29. Ra7 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Bb2
31. Ra6 Kf7 32. g4 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Kg2 e6 35. f4 Ke7
36. Kg3 Kd7 37. Kh4 Kc7 38. Kxh5 Kb7 39. Ra4 Kc6 40. Kg6 Kb5
41. Ra8 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2015.02.17"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Rb8
18. Qd2 Nc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nh2 Bc8 21. Rf1 Bg7 22. f4 h6
23. fxe5 Nfxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. e6 fxe6
27. Bxg6 Re7 28. Rae1 Rbb7 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Ra7 31. Nf3
Bf6 32. dxe6 Bxe6 33. Rd1 Ra2 34. Rf2 g4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Bc6
Kg7 37. Bxb5 Rb7 38. Bxc4 Raxb2 39. Rxb2 Rxb2 40. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2015.02.18"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f5
12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. O-O fxe4 14. Ng5 Nxd4 15. Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Bxf7
Qd6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rab1 Bc6 19. Bc4 Rd8 20. Rfc1 Qc7 21. Qe1
Qe5 22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Bf1 Bf6 24. Kh1 Rd7 25. Rbc1 Qa3 26. Bh6
e5 27. Be3 Kg7 28. Bc4 h5 29. Bb3 Qe7 30. Qc3 Qd8 31. Qc5 a5
32. Bc4 g5 33. Bf1 g4 34. h4 Rd5 35. Qa7 Rd7 36. Qc5 Rd5
37. Qa7 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2015.02.20"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Qd3 d4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bd7 15. Rg1 Nf5 16. Qf2 Qc6
17. g4 Qe4+ 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. Bg2 Qc5 20. Qf2 Nd4 21. Be4 O-O-O
22. Be3 Bc6 23. Bd3 Qd5 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Rb1
Rxf4 27. Rb4 Rxb4 28. axb4 Rh8 29. b5 Be8 30. Rh1 Kc7 31. h4
Kb6 32. h5 Bxb5 33. Ke2 Bxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Kc5 35. Rf1 Rg8
36. Rxf7 Rxg4 37. Kxc3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2015.02.21"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Rustam Mashrukovich Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 a6
12. Ng5 Bf5 13. f3 h5 14. Bc4 Ne5 15. Bb3 Bxg5 16. hxg5 O-O-O
17. Bd4 f6 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Qf4 Rdf8 20. c4 Ng6 21. Qd2 Qc6
22. Qa5 Ne5 23. c5 dxc5 24. Bxc5 Rd8 25. Bd4 Qd7 26. Ba4 Qg7
27. f4 Qg4 28. Rhf1 Nc4 29. Qc3 b5 30. Bb3 Rhe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. O-O
Bd7 7. Qd3 g6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6
12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. Qb1 Bd7 16. Rfd1 f5
17. f3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf5 20. b4 Nxe4 21. fxe4
Bxh3 22. c5 Bg4 23. Qb3+ e6 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 dxc5
26. Bxc5 Qd2 27. Qg3 h5 28. Qe5 Qh6 29. Bd4 h4 30. Rf6 h3
31. Rxg6+ Qxg6 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qxc8 Qxe4 34. Qd7+ Kg6
35. Qg7+ Kh5 36. Qh8+ Kg6 37. Qf6+ Kh5 38. Qh8+ Kg6 39. Qg7+
Kh5 40. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "182"]

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. Bd2 b4 11. c3 Rb8 12. cxb4
Bc8 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Rxb5 15. Ra8 Rb8 16. Rxb8 Nxb8 17. d4
exd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Bc3 Be6 21. Nbd2 d5 22. Ng5
Bg4 23. Qc2 c4 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Nd7 26. Nxf7 Rxf7
27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qxc6 Ne5 30. Qc3 Bf6 31. Qg3
h5 32. h3 h4 33. Qe3 Be6 34. b4 Qd3 35. Kh2 Be7 36. f4 Qxe3
37. Rxe3 Nc4 38. Re2 Bxb4 39. g3 Nd2 40. gxh4 Bc4 41. Rg2+ Kh6
42. Kg3 Bf1 43. Rh2 Bd3 44. Kg4 Nxe4 45. Kf5 Bd6 46. Rg2 Kh5
47. Rg8 Ng5+ 48. Kf6 Nh7+ 49. Kg7 Bxf4 50. Ra8 Be5+ 51. Kf7
Kxh4 52. Ra4+ Kh5 53. h4 Bb2 54. Rf4 Bc3 55. Ke6 Be1 56. Rf3
Bg6 57. Rf1 Bb4 58. Rf4 Nf8+ 59. Kd5 Be7 60. Rf1 Bc2 61. Rg1
Bb3+ 62. Ke4 Ng6 63. Kf5 Bd8 64. Ke4 Be6 65. Rd1 Be7 66. Ra1
Bc8 67. Ra5+ Kxh4 68. Ra1 Kg5 69. Rg1+ Bg4 70. Rg2 Bc5 71. Rg3
Nf4 72. Ke5 Bf2 73. Ra3 Bh3 74. Ra5 Bg2 75. Ra3 Ne2 76. Ra5
Bg3+ 77. Ke6+ Kg6 78. Ra6 Nd4+ 79. Ke7+ Kg7 80. Ra1 Bh3
81. Rh1 Bg4 82. Rg1 Ne2 83. Rf1 Bf4 84. Rd1 Nc3 85. Rd3 Ne4
86. Kd8 Nc5 87. Rd5 Ne4 88. Rd3 Ng5 89. Ke7 Nf7 90. Rd4 Bg5+
91. Ke8 Ne5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2015.02.25"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. a4 a6 5. Be2 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. d3 e6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nb1 Ne7 10. Nd2 d5 11. b3 dxe4
12. Nxe4 f5 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Nc4 O-O 15. O-O e5 16. Bb2 Be6
17. Bf3 Qc7 18. Re1 Bf7 19. a5 Rad8 20. Qd2 Rfe8 21. g3 h6
22. Bg2 Kh7 23. Ra4 Re7 24. Re2 g5 25. Qe1 Be8 26. Ra1 Bh5
27. Bh3 Bg6 28. Bg2 Bh5 29. Bh3 Kg6 30. Rd2 Bf3 31. Qf1 Qc6
32. Bg2 Nc7 33. Bxf3 Qxf3 34. Re1 Nb5 35. Rde2 Rde8 36. Nd2
Qc6 37. Nc4 Qf3 38. Qg2 g4 39. Nd2 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 h5 41. f3
Bf6 42. h3 gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 h4 44. g4 e4+ 45. dxe4 fxg4+
46. Kxg4 Rf7 47. Rf2 Rg8 48. Rf5 Nd6 49. Rh5 Be5 50. Rf1 Rxf1
51. Nxf1 Nf7 52. Bc1 Rc8 53. c4 dxc3 54. Ne3 Re8 55. Ng2 Bg3
56. Nf4+ Bxf4 57. Bxf4 Rxe4 58. Rc5 Rb4 59. Kf3 Rxb3 60. Ke4
Rb4+ 61. Kf3 Rb5 62. Rxc3 Rxa5 63. Rc7 Rb5 64. Bd2 a5 65. Bc3
a4 66. Kg4 a3 67. Re7 Nh6+ 68. Kf4 a2 69. Rg7+ Kh5 70. Rg2
Rf5+ 71. Ke4 Ra5 72. Rg1 Ra4+ 73. Kd5 Nf7 74. Ke6 Ng5+ 75. Kf5
Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2015.02.26"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Nc4 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. a4 Bg4
12. Qe1 c6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5
17. f4 e4 18. dxe4 dxe4 19. f5 f6 20. Rf4 Bh5 21. Qh4 Bf7
22. Rxe4 b5 23. a5 Rfe8 24. Re1 Qd5 25. Bd4 Qxf5 26. b4 Rxe4
27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Kf2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2015.02.27"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Qa4 a6 13. a3 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qd6 15. Rc3 Bxf3 16. exf3 Nd4
17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rc2 c6 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Re2 Bf8 21. Re4 b5
22. f4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Rc8 24. a4 c5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rc1 g6
27. Kg2 Kg7 28. h3 h5 29. h4 Be7 30. Qd5 Qxd5 31. Bxd5 c4
32. dxc4 d3 33. b3 Bb4 34. Rd1 bxc4 35. bxc4 d2 36. Kf3 Re8
37. Kg2 Re1 38. Bf3 f5 39. c5 Kf6 40. c6 Ke7 41. Kh3 Kd6
42. Kg2 Ba5 43. Kh3 Rxd1 44. Bxd1 Kxc6 45. Kg2 Kc5 46. Kf1 Kb4
47. Ke2 Bb6 48. Bc2 Kc3 49. Ba4 Bc5 50. Kd1 Bxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2015.03.14"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "12.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1
exd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. d5 c6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. b4
Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxd6 Rad8 21. Qf4 Qxb4
22. e5 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qa5 24. Qf5 Rd5 25. Rab1 Rdxe5 26. Rxe5
Qxe5 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Rb4 Re1+ 29. Kh2 c3 30. Rc4 g5 31. Rxc3
Re2 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Kg3 Re5 34. Kf3 h5 35. Rc6 a5 36. Rc7 Ng8
37. Bb3 Ne7 38. g3 f5 39. Ra7 Kf6 40. Ra6+ Kg7 41. Ra7 Kf6
42. Ra6+ Kg7 43. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2015.03.15"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "13.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sebastian Bogner"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qa3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O O-O
12. Rd1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Bb2 e6 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Ne5 Qd8
17. Bc3 Re8 18. Bb5 Re7 19. Bxa5 bxa5 20. Bc6 Rc8 21. Bxb7
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxb7 23. Nc6 Qd7 24. Nxa5 Rb6 25. Nb3 h5 26. Qc5
Qa4 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Qc2 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. Qc7 Kg7
31. Qxa7 Qd2 32. Ra1 Rb4 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Rxe4 35. a4
Rxe3 36. a5 Rb3 37. a6 Rb8 38. a7 Ra8 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Ke3 Ke5
41. h4 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2015.04.17"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rauf Mamedov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6
12. Qd3 Rfc8 13. b3 Qd8 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Bxd4 16. Bxd4
Nxd4 17. Qxd4 b5 18. Nd5 bxc4 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Nb6
21. Qc7 Nxd5 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd5 Rc8 24. Ra5 Rc6 25. Kf2
Kf8 26. Ke3 Ke8 27. Kd3 Kd7 28. Ra4 h5 29. h4 f5 30. Ra5 Ke6
31. b4 Kf6 32. a4 e5 33. b5 axb5 34. Rxb5 Rc1 35. a5 Ra1
36. Kc3 Ke6 37. Kb2 Ra4 38. Kb3 Ra1 39. Kb2 Ra4 40. Kb3 Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2015.04.18"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Bf5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. O-O O-O
12. a3 Be7 13. b4 a6 14. Rfb1 b5 15. a4 Re8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. a5 Be7 18. Qc2 Bd6 19. Ne2 Rc8 20. Nc1 Nf6 21. Nd3 Ne4
22. Rb2 Bf8 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. bxc5 Qc7 25. Ne1 Re6 26. Nd3 Rce8
27. Nb4 Qc8 28. Qd3 g6 29. Re2 Be7 30. f3 Bf6 31. Nc2 Qd8
32. Nb4 R8e7 33. g3 Ra7 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Raa2 h5 36. h4 Ra8
37. e4 dxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Qxe4 Qxd4 40. Qxd4 Bxd4 41. Rc2
Bf6 42. Nxc6 Rc8 43. Nb4 Bd8 44. c6 Bxa5 45. Nxa6 b4 46. c7 b3
47. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5
c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 O-O 10. e3 Rd8 11. Rc1 e6
12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Rxc3 exd5 15. Rc5 a6 16. Qc1 Be6
17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Rac8 19. Rd1 Qb4 20. a3 Qa4 21. h3 Re8
22. Rd2 b6 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Rc8 25. Qg3 Qc6 26. Kh2 Qc1
27. Qe3 a5 28. Bg4 Rc6 29. Bf3 Rc2 30. Rxc2 Qxc2 31. b3 b5
32. Qe5 Qxf2 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 e5 6. dxe5
Nc6 7. a3 Nxe5 8. e4 Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5+ Be7 11. O-O-O+
Ke8 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Nc5 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bd3 Ne5
16. Ne2 Ng4 17. Rdf1 Rd8 18. Nf4 c6 19. Be2 Rd4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4
21. f3 Be6 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bc4 24. Kc2 Rd8 25. Rxd8
Kxd8 26. Nd3 Ke7 27. b3 Bxd3+ 28. Kxd3 Kd6 29. f4 h5 30. g3 b5
31. Kd4 c5+ 32. Kc3 f5 33. e5+ Kd5 34. b4 c4 35. h4 a6 36. Kc2
Ke6 37. Kc3 Kd5 38. Kc2 Ke6 39. Kc3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.Na3 a6 5.c4 b4 6.Nc2 e6 7.d4 a5
8.O-O Be7 9.d5 Na6 10.Nfd4 Nc5 11.Re1 O-O 12.e4 e5 13.Nf5 d6
14.Bg5 Nxd5 15.Bh6 gxh6 16.Qg4+ Bg5 17.cxd5 Kh8 18.h4 Bf6
19.Nce3 Bc8 20.Qf3 Bg7 21.Bh3 Rg8 22.Bg4 Qf6 23.Bh5 Bxf5
24.Nxf5 c6 25.dxc6 Rac8 26.Qd1 Rxc6 27.Qd5 Rgc8 28.Rad1 Bf8
29.Qxf7 Qxf7 30.Bxf7 Na4 31.Re2 Rc1 32.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33.Kg2 Nc5
34.b3 Rc3 35.Kh3 Nd7 36.Be6 Nc5 37.Bd5 Nd7 38.Ne3 Nf6 39.Be6
Rc5 40.Nc4 Kg7 41.f3 Ne8 42.Rd2 Nc7 43.Bg4 a4 44.Nxd6 Bxd6
45.Rxd6 a3 46.Bd7 Rc2 47.Bc6 Rxa2 48.Rd7+ Kf6 49.Rxc7 Rc2
50.Rxh7 Kg6 51.Rc7 Kf6 52.h5 Rc1 53.Rh7 a2 54.Bd5 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. h4 d6
7. d3 Bg4 8. Bd2 Qd7 9. Rb1 Ng8 10. Nd5 Nf6 11. Ne3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 O-O 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Rxb4 Rab8 16. O-O
Bh6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 e6 19. Bf3 b5 20. Qb1 a6 21. e3 Qa7
22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. Rxb5 axb5 24. Bc6 d5 25. Bxb5 Qa3 26. Re1
Rc8 27. d4 Bf8 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Rd1 Bb4 30. Bd3 h5 31. Bc2 Rc3
32. Bb3 Qa6 33. Qb2 Ba5 34. Rd2 Qc6 35. Rd1 Qb5 36. Kh2 Qa6
37. Kg2 Qb5 38. Rc1 Rxc1 39. Qxc1 Qe2 40. Qc2 Qxc2 41. Bxc2 f5
42. Ba4 Kf7 43. Bc6 Bb4 44. a4 Ba5 45. Kf1 Ke7 46. Ke2 Kf6
47. Be8 Bb4 48. f3 Ba5 49. e4 fxe4 50. fxe4 dxe4 51. Ke3 Bc7
52. Kxe4 Bxg3 53. a5 Bb8 54. a6 Ba7 55. Kd3 g5 56. hxg5+ Kxg5
57. Bf7 Kf6 58. Bxh5 Ke7 59. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2015.04.24"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Qc2 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nb6
12. e3 c6 13. a3 Bf8 14. b4 a5 15. b5 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nb3
Bd6 18. Nd4 a4 19. Be2 Qf6 20. Qd3 O-O 21. O-O Rd8 22. Rfc1
Bf8 23. Qd1 Qe5 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. Bc2 Rdc8 26. Nxa4 Nxa4
27. Bxa4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bxa3 29. Rb1 Bc5 30. Nf3 Qd6 31. Bc2
Ra3 32. Bb3 Bf5 33. Ra1 Be4 34. Rxa3 Bxa3 35. Bc2 Qc5 36. Bxe4
dxe4 37. Nd2 Qxb5 38. Nxe4 Qe5 39. Qd3 b5 40. f4 Qe7 41. Qd4
Bb2 42. Qxb2 Qxe4 43. Qxb5 Qxe3+ 44. Kh2 gxf4 45. Qb8+ Kg7
46. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5
7. Qe1 e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. a4 O-O 11. Nh4 Re8
12. Na3 Nf8 13. b4 Be7 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Be3 Bg6
17. f3 Nd7 18. Nc4 f5 19. Rd1 f4 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Nxe5 Qc7
22. gxf4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Rxe5 24. Qe3 Rd8 25. Qxa7 Qe7 26. Bxe5
Qxe5 27. Qe3 Qb2 28. Qc5 h6 29. b5 cxb5 30. Qb6 Rd2 31. Qxg6
bxa4 32. h4 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Qd8 34. Bh3 Qxh4 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Rg1
g5 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7
12. Nc5 Qc7 13. g4 Bg6 14. f4 Nc6 15. O-O Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxc5
17. Rc1 O-O 18. Rxc5 Qd7 19. Qb3 Be4 20. Rfc1 Rac8 21. Qb5
Rxc5 22. Qxc5 f6 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. exd6 Rd8 25. b4 a6 26. b5
Rxd6 27. Rc8+ Kf7 28. Rc7+ Kf8 29. Rxb7 axb5 30. Bxb5 Rd8
31. a4 Ra8 32. Rc7 Bf3 33. h3 Ra5 34. Rc1 h5 35. gxh5 Bxh5
36. Kf2 Ra8 37. Rc6 Bd1 38. Rc3 Bh5 39. Rc6 Bd1 40. Rc3 Bh5
41. Ke3 Be8 42. Kd3 Ke7 43. Kc2 e5 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. dxe5 Bxb5
46. axb5 Ke6 47. h4 Kxe5 48. b6 Kd6 49. Kd3 Rb8 50. Rb3 Kc6
51. Kd4 Kb7 52. Kxd5 Rh8 53. Rb4 Rh5+ 54. Ke6 g5 55. hxg5 Rxg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Italian Teams"]
[Site "Civitanova Marche ITA"]
[Date "2015.05.01"]
[EventDate "2015.04.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nicola Altini"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Bg5
Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. e3 Bf5 9. Be2 N8d7 10. Bh4 h6 11. O-O Nf6
12. Rc1 c6 13. Ne5 Re8 14. g4 Bc8 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Bg3 Nbd7
17. Na4 Rc8 18. b3 Qa5 19. Qe2 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd7 21. Bg3 f6
22. Rfd1 Bf7 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Qb6 25. Qc2 e6 26. d5 exd5
27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Rdxd5 Rcd8 29. Qxg6 cxd5 30. Rc7 Qxc7
31. Bxc7 Rc8 32. Bf4 Re7 33. Bxh6 Rd8 34. h3 Rd6 35. Bf4 Rdd7
36. Bh6 Rd6 37. Bf4 Rdd7 38. Kg2 a6 39. Bh6 Rd6 40. Bf4 Rdd7
41. Kf3 d4 42. exd4 Rxd4 43. Be3 Rd5 44. h4 f5 45. g5 Rde5
46. Qb6 f4 47. Bxf4 Rf7 48. Kg3 Ref5 49. Be3 Be5+ 50. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Italian Teams"]
[Site "Civitanova Marche ITA"]
[Date "2015.05.02"]
[EventDate "2015.04.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Mladen Palac"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nxe7 Qxe7
12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Bg2 Rfe8 16. O-O e4
17. c3 Qe5 18. Bf4 Qf5 19. Bxd6 Nxd5 20. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.14"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4
Ng6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Nb3 b6
12. f4 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Bd3 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. f5 Nge5
17. f6 Bxf6 18. Rxf6 d4 19. Rxc6 Nxc6 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Rxd4 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qxd4 Re8 24. Rd1 Re6 25. Rd3 Rg6
26. Rg3 Rxg3 27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. hxg3 Qc6 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qh4+
Kg8 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd3+ Kg8 33. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.15"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 f6 6. O-O fxe5
7. dxe5 Bc5 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Nfd4 O-O 11. c4 Nd7
12. g4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nb5 Bg6 15. f4 Nb6 16. b3 Be8
17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Be3 d4 19. Bd2 Nbc8 20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21. Bd3 Be8
22. Be4 a5 23. a4 Ra7 24. Qe1 b6 25. Qg3 Bg6 26. Bg2 Be8
27. Be4 Bg6 28. Bg2 Bc2 29. Rae1 Qe8 30. f5 exf5 31. e6 h6
32. h3 Kh7 33. Rf2 fxg4 34. Rxf8 Qxf8 35. hxg4 Qd8 36. Rf1 Bg6
37. Qe5 Qc7 38. Bf4 Qxe5 39. Bxe5 Ng8 40. Bd6 Nf6 41. Bc6 Nxg4
42. e7 Nf6 43. Rf4 d3 44. Kf2 Ne8 45. Bxe8 Bxe8 46. Rf8 d2
47. Ke2 Rd7 48. Rxe8 d1=Q+ 49. Kxd1 Rxd6+ 50. Ke2 Re6+ 51. Kf3
g5 52. Rb8 Rxe7 53. Rxb6 h5 54. Rc6 Rf7+ 55. Kg2 h4 56. Rxc5
Kg6 57. Rxa5 g4 58. Ra8 Rf3 59. Rg8+ Kf5 60. Rf8+ Ke4 61. Re8+
Kf4 62. Rf8+ Ke3 63. Re8+ Kd2 64. Rg8 h3+ 65. Kh2 Rf2+ 66. Kh1
Rf1+ 67. Kh2 Rf2+ 68. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5
7. Bg5 d4 8. c3 Nc6 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Bb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bd6
12. Na3 O-O 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. O-O a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6
17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Bb4 Rfd8 20. Bxc5 Qb8 21. b3 a5
22. Rf2 Qb5 23. Rd2 a4 24. Bxd4 axb3 25. axb3 Bxb3 26. Qe1 f6
27. Qe3 Ra2 28. Rxa2 Bxa2 29. Qa3 Bf7 30. h3 h6 31. Qc3 Qa4
32. Bf2 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd6+ 35. Bg3 Qe6 36. Qd4
Kh7 37. Bd6 Qd7 38. f4 f5 39. exf5 Qxf5 40. Be5 Bd5 41. Qa7
Qf7 42. Qxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.17"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7
7.Rc1 c6 8.e3 Qa5 9.Bd3 Ne4 10.O-O Nxg5 11.Nxg5 Nf6 12.Qc2 h6
13.Nf3 Bd6 14.Ne5 Ng4 15.Nf3 Nf6 16.h3 O-O 17.Ne5 a6 18.f4 c5
19.g4 cxd4 20.exd4 Be6 21.Qb3 b5 22.f5 Qb6 23.Nf3 Bc8 24.Kg2
Bb7 25.Na4 Qa7 26.Nc5 Rac8 27.a4 Bxc5 28.dxc5 d4 29.axb5 axb5
30.Qxb5 Bc6 31.Qb6 Qd7 32.Kg1 Rfe8 33.Rce1 Rxe1 34.Nxe1 Re8
35.Ng2 Nd5 36.Qb3 Ne3 37.Nxe3 dxe3 38.Qc4 Qc7 39.Qf4 Qxf4
40.Rxf4 e2 41.Bxe2 Rxe2 42.Rb4 Rg2+ 43.Kf1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.19"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2
O-O 7. h4 e5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. h5 Bg4 11. hxg6 hxg6
12. Rh4 Qd7 13. Qa4 Be6 14. Rh2 Ne7 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Bh6 Bxh6
17. Nxe5 Bb5 18. Rxh6 Nf5 19. Rh2 Rfe8 20. Ng4 Nd4 21. Nf6+
Kg7 22. Nxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kf1 Nxe2 24. Bxb7 Bxd3 25. Kg2 Rb8
26. Rd1 Bf5 27. Rd2 Nxg3 28. Kxg3 Rxb7 29. Rh4 Be6 30. b3 c6
31. Rd8 Rb5 32. Ra4 Rc5 33. Kf3 Bd5+ 34. Ke3 Rc2 35. Rxa7 g5
36. Rd6 Rb2 37. Ra4 f6 38. b4 Kg6 39. a3 Kf5 40. Ra5 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 "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. e3 Bd6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qa4+ Kf8 11. g3 c6
12. Bg2 g6 13. Nge2 Kg7 14. O-O Qd8 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Re8
17. Rad1 Na6 18. N2c3 Nc7 19. Nc5 bxc5 20. dxc5 Nd5 21. cxd6
Qxd6 22. Ne4 Qe5 23. Rc1 Nb6 24. Qb4 Rad8 25. Nc5 Rd4 26. Qc3
Bc8 27. Rce1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.22"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5
17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Be7 21. d6
Rxd6 22. Re1 Bd8 23. Kf1 Kg8 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bc7
26. Bd4 Ne8 27. Ke2 a6 28. Bc3 Nd6 29. Rd5 f6 30. Kd3 Re8
31. Bd4 Kf7 32. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.24"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. g5 b4 13. Na4 Nh5 14. Qxb4 d5 15. Qa5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5+
17. Kb1 dxe4 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. fxe4 Ndf6 21. b3
Nxe4 22. Bc4 Qf5 23. Rhf1 Nf4 24. Bd3 Qg6 25. Rg1 Qf5 26. Rgf1
Qg6 27. Rg1 Qf5 28. Rgf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.25"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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. a3 h6 12. Nbd2
Bf8 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Nbd7 15. Qf3 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng4
Qe7 18. Nf1 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qf6 20. Ne3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Nb6
22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rc4 26. Be3
f6 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. Kd3 g6 30. Rh1 Re7 31. f4 Rxe4
32. Rxd6+ Kxd6 33. Kxe4 exf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.26"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "229"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Nh3 O-O 10. Nf4 Bf5 11. Bxc4 Qd6
12. O-O Nc6 13. Bg3 e5 14. Nd3 Rad8 15. Bb5 a6 16. Ba4 b5
17. Bb3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Na5 19. Qe4 Rfe8 20. dxe5 Qd3 21. Qb4
Nxb3 22. axb3 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxa6 c5 25. Qa5 b4
26. Ra8 Ree8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. cxb4 cxb4 29. Qxb4 Qc2 30. h4
h5 31. g3 Qb2 32. Qb5 Kg7 33. Kg2 Rd2 34. Qc4 Rc2 35. Qd3 Rd2
36. Qc4 Rc2 37. Qa4 Qf6 38. Qe4 Rb2 39. Qd3 Kg8 40. Kg1 Kh7
41. Qc4 Kg8 42. Qd3 Kh7 43. Qd5 Kg7 44. Qc4 Kg8 45. b4 Qe7
46. Ra1 Qxb4 47. Qd5 Rb1+ 48. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 49. Kg2 Kg7 50. Qe5+
Kg8 51. Qe8+ Kg7 52. Qe5+ Kg8 53. e4 Qd3 54. Qf4 Qd7 55. Qg5
Qd3 56. Qe5 Qc4 57. Qd5 Qe2 58. Qc6 Kg7 59. Qc3+ Kg8 60. Qf3
Qc4 61. g4 hxg4 62. Qxg4 Kf8 63. Qf4 Kg7 64. Qe3 Kg8 65. Kg3
Qf1 66. f3 Qa1 67. Kg4 Qb2 68. Kh3 Qa1 69. Kg3 Kg7 70. f4 Kh7
71. Qf3 Qg1+ 72. Kh3 Kh6 73. f5 gxf5 74. Qf4+ Kg7 75. Qe5+ Kg8
76. Qxf5 Qh1+ 77. Kg4 Qd1+ 78. Kg5 Qc1+ 79. Kh5 Qc6 80. Kg4
Qb6 81. Qe5 Kh7 82. h5 Qg1+ 83. Kf5 Qb6 84. Kg4 Qg1+ 85. Qg3
Qb6 86. Qf4 Kg7 87. Kh4 Kg8 88. Qe5 Kh7 89. Kg5 Qg1+ 90. Kf6
Qg7+ 91. Kf5 Qh6 92. Kg4 Qb6 93. Qd5 Kg7 94. Qg5+ Kh7 95. Qf5+
Kg7 96. Qf4 Kg8 97. e5 Kg7 98. Qg3 Kh6 99. Qf4+ Kg7 100. Kh4
Qc6 101. Qd4 Kh7 102. Qd6 Qg2 103. Qd3+ Kh6 104. Qe3+ Kh7
105. Qf4 Qh1+ 106. Kg5 Qg2+ 107. Kf6 Qg7+ 108. Kf5 Qg1
109. Qc4 Qf2+ 110. Kg5 Qg3+ 111. Kf6 Qf3+ 112. Ke7 Qb7+
113. Kd6 Qb6+ 114. Ke7 Qb7+ 115. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.05.30"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christian Bauer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Rac8
12. Qd3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Rae1 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5
Qc5+ 17. Rf2 Rfe8 18. Qd2 e6 19. Nc3 b5 20. a3 a5 21. e5 dxe5
22. fxe5 Rf8 23. Qf4 Rcd8 24. Qg3 a4 25. Ba2 b4 26. Ne4 Bxe4
27. Rxe4 b3 28. cxb3 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qa1 30. Rxa4 Qxa2 31. Ra7
Qb1 32. Rd2 Nb8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Qf2 Qf5 35. Qxf5 gxf5 36. b4
Nc6 37. Rc7 Nxe5 38. b5 Rd3 39. b6 Rb3 40. b7 f4 41. a4 Rxb2
42. Kg1 f3 43. gxf3 Nxf3+ 44. Kf1 Nd2+ 45. Ke1 Nc4 46. Rxc4
Rxb7 47. Kd2 Kf6 48. Kc3 Ke5 49. a5 Kd5 50. Rc8 f5 51. Rd8+
Ke4 52. Rd4+ Kf3 53. Rd3+ Kg2 54. a6 Ra7 55. Rd6 f4 56. Kd3 f3
57. Ke3 f2 58. Rd2 Rxa6 59. Rxf2+ Kxh3 60. Rf6 h5 61. Rg6 h4
62. Kf2 Ra2+ 63. Kf3 Ra3+ 64. Kf2 e5 65. Re6 Ra5 66. Kf3 Kh2
67. Rb6 Ra4 68. Rb2+ Kh3 69. Rb8 Rf4+ 70. Ke2 Kg3 71. Rb3+ Kg2
0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.05.31"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Olexander Baklan"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O e5 8. d5 Nb8 9. c5 Na6 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nd2
Rc8 13. Nb3 Nb4 14. a5 Qc7 15. Re1 b5 16. a6 Rb8 17. Bg5 Rb6
18. Qd2 Nxa6 19. Rec1 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4
c4 23. d6 Qd8 24. Rxa7 Bc6 25. Rd1 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Qc8 27. Rc7
Qa6 28. Bd5 Kg7 29. Bxf7 Bd8 30. Rd7 Rb7 31. Rxb7 Qxb7 32. Be6
Rf6 33. Bh3 b4 34. e3 Qb6 35. Bf1 Qc5 36. Qd5 Qxd5 37. Rxd5 c3
38. bxc3 bxc3 39. Bd3 Kf7 40. h4 Ke6 41. Rc5 Kxd6 42. Rxc3 h6
43. Kg2 g5 44. h5 Ke7 45. Rc5 Kd6 46. Rb5 Bc7 47. Be4 Kd7
48. Rd5+ Ke7 49. Rc5 Kd8 50. g4 Ra6 51. Bf5 Rb6 52. Kf3 Ra6
53. Rc4 Rb6 54. Ke4 Ra6 55. Bh7 Rf6 56. Rc2 Ra6 57. Kf5 Kd7
58. Bg8 Bb8 59. Rb2 Bc7 60. Rb7 Rd6 61. Be6+ Kd8 62. e4 Rc6
63. Kf6 Ke8 64. Kg7 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.06.02"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sebastien Pucher"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Bg5 Bg7
7. Qd2 O-O 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. Nge2 b5 11. Ng3 Nbd7
12. Be2 Qc7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Bh6 c4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 cxb3
17. axb3 h5 18. Nh1 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Qb6+ 20. Nf2 Rc7 21. Nd1
Rfc8 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Nd3 Qb6+ 24. N3f2 Qc5 25. Kf1 Ne5
26. Qb2 Kg8 27. Nd3 Nxd3 28. Bxd3 Nd7 29. b4 Qb6 30. Rc1 Rxc1
31. Qxc1 a5 32. bxa5 Qxa5 33. Qb2 Ba6 34. Ne3 Nc5 35. Be2 b4
36. Kf2 Bxe2 37. Qxe2 b3 38. Nc4 Qc3 0-1

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.06.04"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Markus Ragger"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2
Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxd4 15. Bb4 Rd8
16. Qc1 Na6 17. Bxe7 Rac8 18. Qf4 Nc5 19. Bxd8 Nxb7 20. Bf6
Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Qa3 22. e5 Rc1 23. g3 Nc5 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. Qf6+
Kg8 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.06.05"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nd7
7. c4 Ngf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nd6 11. Bf4 Nb6
12. Qd3 Be7 13. Bxd6 Bxh4 14. Be5 Bg6 15. Qf3 Bf6 16. Bxf6
Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. b4 Ke7 19. a4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. f4
Bf5 22. e4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rfb1 Nd7 25. Rxb7 f5 26. d5
cxd5 27. Rd1 Ke6 28. Nxe4 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.06.07"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Krisztian Szabo"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Nbd7
7. a5 a6 8. c4 e5 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. b3 c5 12. Nf3
Nc6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Nxa5 16. Ne4 Nc6 17. Be3
Be6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Nxd6 b6 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Nb7 Rxd2
22. Bxd2 Nd4 23. Rxa6 Nxb3 24. Be3 Bxc4 25. Rxb6 Nd4 26. Bxd4
cxd4 27. Bf3 f5 28. Rc1 Bf7 29. Nd6 Be6 30. Rc7 Nf6 31. Rbb7
Bh8 32. Re7 Ba2 33. Ra7 Bb3 34. Nb5 Nd5 35. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.06.08"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sebastien Feller"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O
7. c4 c5 8. Nc3 d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5
12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4+ Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a5 16. Rac1
Na6 17. Rc6 Rfd8 18. Nf3 Rab8 19. a3 Rb7 20. Rfc1 Nc5 21. b4
axb4 22. axb4 Ne6 23. b5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Rb1 Rd2 26. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "28th Leon Rapid"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2015.06.12"]
[EventDate "2015.06.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "318"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7
7. O-O Bg7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. h3 Nf7 11. dxe5 fxe5
12. c4 O-O 13. Nc3 g5 14. Nh2 Be6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. b3 h6
17. Qh5 Kh7 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Ne2 Nh8 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Rd2 a5
22. Rc1 c5 23. Qd1 a4 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. Ne2 axb3 26. axb3 Ne7
27. Qd1 Nc6 28. Nf1 Qg6 29. Nfg3 g4 30. h4 h5 31. Nc3 Nd4
32. Nd5 Rf7 33. b4 cxb4 34. Nxb4 Bf6 35. c5 Nb3 36. cxd6 Nxd2
37. Qxd2 cxd6 38. Qxd6 Be7 39. Qb6 Bxh4 40. Nd3 Bxg3 41. fxg3
Ra2 42. Nc5 Bc8 43. Qb8 Rf8 44. Qxe5 h4 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qxh4
Qf6 47. Qxf6 Rxf6 48. e5 Rc6 49. Rc4 Re2 50. Bd4 Kf7 51. Kf1
Ra2 52. Rb4 Kg6 53. Be3 Rc2 54. e6 R2xc5 55. Rxg4+ Kf6
56. Bxc5 Rxc5 57. Rf4+ Kxe6 58. Kg1 Ke5 59. Rf2 Bf5 60. Kh2
Be4 61. Kg1 Kd4 62. Ra2 Ke3 63. Ra3+ Bd3 64. Ra7 Rc2 65. Ra3
Rd2 66. Rb3 Ra2 67. Kh2 Kd4 68. g4 Be4 69. Kg3 Rxg2+ 70. Kf4
Rf2+ 71. Kg5 Ke5 72. Rb8 Bd5 73. Kg6 Rf6+ 74. Kg5 Ra6 75. Rb5
Ra8 76. Rb6 Be6 77. Rb5+ Kd6 78. Rb6+ Ke7 79. Rb7+ Bd7 80. Rb4
Rg8+ 81. Kh4 Kf6 82. Rf4+ Ke5 83. Rb4 Be6 84. Kg3 Bd5 85. Rf4
Ra8 86. Rf5+ Ke4 87. Rf4+ Ke3 88. Rb4 Ra3 89. Kh4 Kf3 90. Rb6
Ra4 91. Rf6+ Kg2 92. Rd6 Bf3 93. Rg6 Ra8 94. Rg7 Rh8+ 95. Kg5
Kg3 96. Kf5 Rf8+ 97. Ke5 Bxg4 98. Re7 Kf3 99. Kd4 Bf5 100. Ke5
Be4 101. Rd7 Ke3 102. Ra7 Rf5+ 103. Ke6 Rb5 104. Kd6 Rd5+
105. Ke6 Rh5 106. Kd6 Bd3 107. Ra4 Bb5 108. Rb4 Kd3 109. Rg4
Bc4 110. Rg3+ Kd4 111. Rg4+ Kc3 112. Rf4 Kb4 113. Ke7 Kc5
114. Kf6 Bd5 115. Rf2 Kd6 116. Rf4 Rh2 117. Kf5 Re2 118. Kf6
Re8 119. Rf5 Be4 120. Rf4 Re6+ 121. Kg5 Ke5 122. Rg4 Re8
123. Rg3 Rf8 124. Rg4 Bf3 125. Rg3 Ke4 126. Kh4 Ke3 127. Rg7
Rf5 128. Rg5 Rf4+ 129. Kg3 Be4 130. Rg7 Rf1 131. Rg5 Bf5
132. Kh4 Ke4 133. Rg3 Kf4 134. Rg4+ Ke5 135. Rg2 Be4 136. Rg3
Kf5 137. Rg5+ Kf6 138. Ra5 Rg1 139. Ra3 Kf5 140. Rg3 Rh1+
141. Rh3 Ra1 142. Rg3 Ra8 143. Rg5+ Kf4 144. Rg4+ Kf3
145. Rg3+ Kf2 146. Rg7 Ra5 147. Kg4 Ke3 148. Kg3 Ra2 149. Rg5
Rf2 150. Rg4 Rf1 151. Rg5 Bf5 152. Kh4 Rf2 153. Rg7 Kf4
154. Rg4+ Ke5 155. Kg3 Re2 156. Rg8 Be4 157. Rg5+ Kd4 158. Kf4
Rf2+ 159. Kg3 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "28th Leon Rapid"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2015.06.12"]
[EventDate "2015.06.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "116"]

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. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 b5 12. h4
b4 13. Nd5 gxh4 14. Bxh4 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Be2 Be6 17. Nxb4
Nxb4 18. Qxb4 O-O 19. O-O Rb8 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. c4 Ne5 22. Rbc1
Qa7 23. Nd4 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 Bxc4 25. Nc6 Qc5 26. Nxb8 Bxe2
27. Qxe2 Rxb8 28. Qxa6 Bd4 29. Qd3 Rb2 30. a4 Kf8 31. a5 Ra2
32. a6 f6 33. Kh2 Qh5 34. Kh3 Qc5 35. f3 Qc8+ 36. Kh2 Qxa6
37. Qxa6 Rxa6 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Kh3 h5 40. Bg3 Kg6 41. Bf4 f5
42. Rb7 Bf6 43. Kg3 h4+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 fxe4 46. fxe4 Ra4
47. Kf2 Rxe4 48. Kf3 Rc4 49. Rb5 e5 50. Be3 Kf5 51. Bf2 Bg5
52. Ba7 Rc3+ 53. Ke2 Rc2+ 54. Kf1 Bf4 55. Bf2 Bg3 56. Ba7 Ke4
57. Rb4+ Kd3 58. Rb3+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "28th Leon Rapid"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2015.06.12"]
[EventDate "2015.06.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O
7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 c5
12. d5 Qc7 13. Nf3 exd5 14. Qxd5 Nb4 15. Qd1 Bf6 16. Bf4 Qb7
17. a3 Nc6 18. Ra2 Nd4 19. e3 Ne6 20. Bd6 Rfe8 21. Qd5 Qxd5
22. cxd5 Ng5 23. Nxg5 Bxg5 24. b4 Be7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. bxc5
bxc5 27. d6 Re6 28. Rd1 Rb8 29. Rc2 Re5 30. Rdc1 Rc8 31. Rb1
Kf8 32. Rb7 Ke8 33. Rxa7 Kd8 34. Rc4 Rd5 35. Ra6 Rc6 36. Ra8+
Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Kxc8 38. e4 Rxd6 39. Rxc5+ Kd8 40. Rc2 Rd4
41. f3 Ra4 42. Rc3 Ke7 43. g4 Ke6 44. h4 d5 45. exd5+ Kxd5
46. h5 Ke6 47. Kg3 h6 48. Kf2 f5 49. Kg3 fxg4 50. fxg4 Kf6
51. Rf3+ Ke6 52. Kh3 Ke7 53. Rg3 Kf6 54. Rf3+ Ke7 55. Rg3 Kf6
56. Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "28th Leon Rapid"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2015.06.12"]
[EventDate "2015.06.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qa4+
Bd7 7. Qb3 c5 8. dxc5 Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. f3 Be6 11. Bc4 Na6
12. Be3 Nd7 13. Bxe6 Ndxc5 14. Qb5 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nxe6 16. Ne2
Qc7 17. O-O Nac5 18. a4 a6 19. Qc4 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Nd7 21. Qb3
Ne5 22. Rab1 Nc4 23. Bf2 Rfd8 24. Rd5 b6 25. Bxb6 Nxb6
26. Qxb6 Rxd5 27. exd5 Qc4 28. dxe6 Qxe2 29. exf7+ Kxf7
30. Qd4 Rc4 31. Qh8 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Rh4 33. h3 Rxh3+ 34. gxh3
Qxf3+ 35. Kh2 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 37. Kh2 Qf2+ 38. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "28th Leon Rapid"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2015.06.14"]
[EventDate "2015.06.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "132"]

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. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4
12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 O-O 16. Nd4
Rfd8 17. Be3 Bd5 18. Rac1 Ne6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. a3 Rd7 21. Nd6
c6 22. Ne4 Rad8 23. f4 c5 24. f5 Nd4 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Bxd4
Bf3 27. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bxd1 30. h3 g6
31. f6 a5 32. Kf2 Bb3 33. g4 h5 34. g5 a4 35. h4 Kh7 36. Ke3
Kg8 37. Kd4 Bc4 38. Kc3 Bb3 39. Bd6 Bc4 40. Kb4 Kh7 41. Bf8
Kg8 42. Bh6 Kh7 43. Bf8 Kg8 44. Be7 Kh7 45. Kc5 Kg8 46. Bd6
Kh7 47. Kc6 Kg8 48. Bb4 Kh7 49. Bc3 Kg8 50. Kc5 Kh7 51. b4 Kg8
52. Kd6 Be6 53. Kc6 Bc4 54. Bd4 Kf8 55. Kd7 Kg8 56. Bc5 Be6+
57. Kc7 Bc4 58. Kc6 Bd3 59. Bd6 Bc4 60. Kd7 Be6+ 61. Ke8 Bc4
62. Bf8 Be6 63. Bh6 Bc4 64. Kd7 Be6+ 65. Kc6 Bc4 66. Kc5 Bd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Hidle NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. a4 Nbc6 10. a5 Rb8 11. Nd2 b6
12. axb6 cxb6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Nc4 a6 15. Ne4 Nf5 16. c3 h6
17. b3 Qc7 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Qe2 b5 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Ne7
22. Bb4 Bxe4 23. Ba5 Qd7 24. Bxe4 Rdc8 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 h5
27. Bc3 Rb6 28. Reb1 Rcb8 29. Rxb6 Rxb6 30. c5 Rb5 31. Rxa6
Rxc5 32. Bb4 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc7 34. Ra2 Bf6 35. h4 Kg7 36. Qf2
Nf5 37. Bxf5 gxf5 38. Bd2 Qc6+ 39. e4 Rd1 40. Qxf5 Qb5
41. Bh6+ Kxh6 42. Qxf6+ Kh7 43. Qxf7+ Kh6 44. Qf6+ Kh7
45. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Hidle NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 c5 6. e4 d6
7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Bf4 d5
12. Nd6 Bc6 13. Ng5 Nb6 14. Ndxf7 Rxf7 15. Bh3 Bd7 16. a5 e5
17. axb6 Bxh3 18. b7 Rb8 19. Bxe5 Rxb7 20. Nxh3 Qd7 21. Nf4
dxe4 22. dxe4 Ng4 23. Qd5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Bd6 25. Qd5 Bxf4
26. Qxd7 Rbxd7 27. gxf4 Rxf4 28. Re2 Re7 29. e5 Rf5 30. e6 g6
31. Ra6 Kg7 32. Kg2 Kf6 33. Re3 Re5 34. Rxe5 Kxe5 35. Kf3 Kd5
36. h4 h6 37. b3 Rxe6 38. Rxa7 Kd4 39. Rc7 Rf6+ 40. Ke2 Rf5
41. Rc6 Kc3 42. Kd1 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Kc1 Kd4 45. Rg6 Ke4
46. Kd2 Kf3 47. Ke1 g4 48. Kf1 Rd5 49. Rf6+ Ke4 50. Ke2 Kd4
51. Rf4+ Kc3 52. Rc4+ Kb2 53. Ke3 Re5+ 54. Kd2 Rf5 55. Ke2 Rh5
56. Kf1 Re5 57. Kg2 Re2 58. Rxc5 Rxc2 59. Rg5 Kxb3 60. Rxg4
Ka3 61. Rg8 b3 62. Ra8+ Kb2 63. Kg3 Rc3+ 64. Kg4 Kc2 65. Rb8
b2 66. Rxb2+ Kxb2 67. f4 Rc4 68. Kf5 Kc3 69. Ke5 Rc5+ 70. Ke4
Rc8 71. f5 Kc4 72. Ke5 Kc5 73. Ke6 Rc6+ 74. Ke7 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Hidle NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. c3 a5 10. Qc2 Be6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Nf1
Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Rd8 15. Ng5 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Bg4
17. f3 Bd7 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. Qxb7 h6 20. Bh3 Rd8 21. Bxd7 Rxd7
22. Nh3 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Qd7 24. Nhf2 Nd8 25. Qa7 Qd2 26. Qe3
Qd7 27. Qd3 Qe7 28. Ne3 Ne6 29. Qb5 Qd6 30. Nc4 Qd8 31. Kg2
Nd7 32. Qxa5 Ndc5 33. Nxe5 Qd2 34. b4 Qxc3 35. Qa8+ Nf8
36. bxc5 Qxe5 37. a4 Qxc5 38. a5 g6 39. a6 Kg7 40. a7 Qa5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Hidle NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qe1 Qb4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qc5+ 16. Kh1
Bxd5 17. Bxd5 e6 18. Bb3 Bxb2 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. f5
b5 22. Rf3 Be5 23. Qg5 Bg7 24. Qg4 Qe5 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. c4
bxc4 27. Bxc4 d5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Bb3 Kh8 30. Qa4 Qc7
31. Bxd5 Re5 32. Rff1 h5 33. Bb3 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Kh7 35. Qc4
Qxc4 36. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Hidle NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 c6 6. a4 a5
7. h3 Na6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nb4 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Nh5
12. Bh2 e5 13. Bc4 Qe7 14. Ne2 d5 15. Bb3 dxe4 16. Nxe5 Be6
17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. g4 Nf6 19. Nf4 Qc8 20. f3 exf3 21. c3 f2+
22. Kxf2 Nbd5 23. Nfd3 Nd7 24. Qb3 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 f5 26. g5 f4
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Kg2 Qf5 29. Qxb7+ Kh8 30. Ne5 f3+ 31. Kf2
Rab8 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Hidle NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. e5 e6
7. O-O d5 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. b3 f5 11. Ng3 Bf6
12. Rb1 g6 13. Re1 Nge7 14. Bb2 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 O-O 16. a4 Nd5
17. Bc4 Qf6 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. c3 Rad8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Bxd5 exd5
22. cxb4 f4 23. Nf1 Bg4 24. h3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Nd4 26. Qd3 f3
27. g3 Ne2+ 28. Kh2 d4 29. b5 a5 30. b6 Kh8 31. Rb5 Rc8
32. Rxa5 Qxb6 33. Rb5 Qa6 34. Qb3 Rc7 35. Rb1 Rff7 36. a5 Qf6
37. Qd5 Rcd7 38. Qe4 Rfe7 39. Qd3 h5 40. Rb6 Qf5 41. Qxf5 gxf5
42. R1b5 Rf7 43. Rh6+ Kg7 44. Rxh5 Rc7 45. g4 Rc1 46. Ng3 Rg1
47. Nxf5+ Rxf5 48. Rhxf5 Rg2+ 49. Kh1 Rg1+ 50. Kh2 Rg2+
51. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Hidle NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. a4 a5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. d4
Nc4 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Nxb2 15. Rb1 Nc4 16. Bc5 Rf7
17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Rfe1 b6 20. Re8+ Kg7 21. Nd4 Bd7
22. Ne6+ Kh6 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Bd4 Ne6 26. Bc3
Bxa4 27. Re1 Nc5 28. h4 Bxc2 29. Ne7 Nd3 30. Ng8+ Kh5 31. Re7
Rxf2 32. Bh3 h6 33. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Hidle NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nd2 Ndb4 10. d5 Bc2 11. Qe1 Ne5
12. a3 Na6 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. Bf4 c6 15. Qc1 Bb3 16. dxc6 bxc6
17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Rab8 20. Bxc6 Rfc8 21. Bf3
Nc5 22. Rac1 Bc4 23. Be3 Nb3 24. Rcd1 Rc7 25. Nd5 Bxd5
26. Bxd5 Be5 27. Bh6 Nd4 28. e3 Nf5 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. exf4 Rxb2
31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 e6 33. Be4 Nd6 34. Bc6 Ra2 35. a4 Rd2
36. Rc5 Kg7 37. Ra5 Rc2 38. Ra6 h5 39. Bf3 Nf5 40. Rxa7 Ra2
41. h4 Ra1+ 42. Kg2 Ra2 43. Kg1 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Ra2 45. Kg1 Ra1+
46. Kg2 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Hidle NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qc8
7. c4 Nf6 8. Ne5 Be6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nb3 Na6 11. e4 Nb6
12. Be3 O-O 13. Rc1 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. Nd3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Qe6
17. Ndc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qc8 19. Rfd1 Nd7 20. d5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5
Rd7 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. b3 h5 26. Qa6
Qe5 27. Qxc6 h4 28. Qd5 Qb2 29. Bxe7 Rc8 30. Bxh4 Qxa2 31. Bg5
Re8 32. Be3 Qc2 33. Rc1 Qxe4 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Rc8+ Kh7
36. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 h5 11. h3 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Nb6 14. Bd3 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. O-O
Qe7 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Bf5 Nd7 19. e4 Nxe5 20. exd5 O-O-O
21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Rae1 exf5 23. Rxe5 Qa3 24. Rfxf5 Kb8
25. Rxh5 Rxh5 26. Rxh5 a6 27. Kh2 Rf8 28. Qb3 Qe7 29. Qd5 Qe2
30. a4 Qd3 31. c4 a5 32. Rh4 Qc3 33. g4 Qe1 34. Rh7 Qc1
35. Qe5 Qxc4 36. g5 Rg8 37. Rh8 Qf7 38. Rxg8+ Qxg8 39. Qf6 b5
40. axb5 a4 41. g6 a3 42. b6 a2 43. Qe5 Qd8 44. bxc7+ Qxc7
45. g7 Qxe5+ 46. dxe5 a1=Q 47. g8=Q+ Kc7 48. Qc4+ Kd8 49. Qd5+
Ke7 50. Qd6+ Ke8 51. Qc6+ Ke7 52. Qc7+ Ke6 53. Qd6+ Kf7
54. Qd7+ Kf8 55. Qf5+ Ke7 56. g3 Qc3 57. Kh3 Ke8 58. Kh4 Qe1
59. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.17"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. e4 d6 8. d3 h6 9. Be3 Kh7 10. h3 Nd7 11. Rc1 Nd4 12. Bxd4
exd4 13. Ne2 c5 14. h4 b5 15. cxb5 Rb8 16. a4 a6 17. b4 axb5
18. bxc5 dxc5 19. axb5 Rxb5 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Bh3 Bb7 22. h5
Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qd6 24. Rb1 Rb4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 c4
27. Rxb4 Qxb4 28. dxc4 Qxc4 29. d6 Qc5 30. d7 Qxh5 31. Qxh5
gxh5 32. Bf5+ Kg8 33. Re1 Bf6 34. Re8 h4 35. g4 Kg7 36. f4 Bd8
37. Kg2 Bf6 38. Bd3 Bd8 39. Kf3 Bf6 40. Bf1 Bd8 41. Ke4 Bf6
42. Kd5 Rg8 43. Kc6 Bd8 44. Rxd8 Rxd8 45. Kc7 Rf8 46. d8=Q
Rxd8 47. Kxd8 h5 48. gxh5 Kh6 49. Ke7 Kxh5 50. Be2+ Kh6
51. Bf1 Kh5 52. f5 Kg4 53. f6 h3 54. Bxh3+ Kxh3 55. Kxf7 d3
56. Kg7 d2 57. f7 d1=Q 58. f8=Q Qg4+ 59. Kf7 Qf5+ 60. Ke7
Qxf8+ 61. Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.18"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. Bc2 Bd6 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Qe1 e5 17. f5 h6
18. Nf3 N8d7 19. Kh1 Rhe8 20. Bd2 Qc6 21. Rd1 Nb6 22. Nd5
Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd7 24. Ba5 e4 25. Ng1 Bc7 26. d6 Bxa5 27. Qxa5
e3 28. Ne2 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Rennesoy NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.19"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Be7
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. f4 Qc8 15. Rc1 O-O 16. b3 exf4
17. Bxf4 Qc5+ 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Nxf5 Rxe3 21. Kh1
Re5 22. c4 b4 23. Qxh5 g6 24. Qg4 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 Ne5 26. Rxe5
Bxe5 27. Rf1 Qd4 28. Qxd4 Bxd4 29. Bf3 Re8 30. Kg2 Re3 31. Rd1
Bc5 32. h4 Kg7 33. g4 Rc3 34. Rd2 Be3 35. Re2 a5 36. Be4 Bd4
37. Bf3 Bf6 38. g5 Bd4 39. Be4 Be5 40. Bf3 Bd4 41. Be4 Be5
42. Bf3 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5
17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bc2 b6 19. Ba4 Bb7 20. Bc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Rac8
22. Be3 Rxc6 23. Rad1 Re8 24. Bd4 Bf8 25. g3 Kg8 26. Kg2 Ne4
27. Rfe1 Rce6 28. Re3 Nc5 29. Ra3 a5 30. Re3 Rd8 31. Rc1 Rxe3
32. Bxe3 Nd3 33. Rc3 Nxb2 34. Bxb6 Na4 35. Bxd8 Nxc3 36. Bxa5
Nxa2 37. Nd4 Nc1 38. Bd2 Nd3 39. Nf5 h5 40. h3 f6 41. Kf3 Kf7
42. Ke2 Ne5 43. Bc3 Nc6 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 g6 46. Nd4 Nxd4+
47. Bxd4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.22"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O Nxd4
12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Ne2 b5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f5 Nf6
17. Ng3 Bb7 18. Kh1 Rbd8 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 d5 21. g5 Qxg3
22. Rd3 Nh5 23. g6 fxg6 24. fxg6 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Nf6 26. Rxg3
dxe4 27. Be2 e3+ 28. Kg1 Bc5 29. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.23"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5
7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 Qxd4 10. e3 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qc3
12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nb3 Nd3 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Nb3 Nd3
17. Nd2 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd3 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. Bd2 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Bxc3 O-O 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rfd1 Re8
17. Bf3 Be7 18. Qb5 Qc8 19. Bg4 Qxg4 20. Qxb7 Rec8 21. Nxa5
Nxa5 22. Qxe7 Nb3 23. f3 Qf4 24. Ra3 Nd4 25. Raa1 Ne2+ 26. Kh1
Nxc3 27. bxc3 h5 28. Qxd6 Rxc3 29. Qd5 Ra6 30. Qb5 Rac6
31. Qf1 h4 32. h3 Rc2 33. Re1 Qd2 34. Red1 Qg5 35. Re1 Qd2
36. Rad1 Qb4 37. Qd3 Kh7 38. Qd8 Rf6 39. Rc1 Qxa4 40. Rxc2
Qxc2 41. Qd1 Qf2 42. Rf1 Qg3 43. Qd7 Rg6 44. Rg1 Rf6 45. Rf1
Rg6 46. Rg1 Rf6 47. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 h5 11. h3 Qf6 12. Bd3
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 g4 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Nh4 Nb6
17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Be6 19. Nf5 Kd7 20. Rh4 Rhg8 21. Ke2
Nc8 22. Rf1 Nd6 23. Nxd6 Kxd6 24. Bf5 Rg5 25. Bxe6 Kxe6
26. Rh7 Rf8 27. a4 b6 28. Kd3 c5 29. Rh6+ f6 30. Rh7 Rf5
31. Rf4 c4+ 32. Ke2 Rxf4 33. gxf4 Kf5 34. Rd7 Ke4 35. Re7+ Kf5
36. Rd7 Ke4 37. Re7+ Kf5 38. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "28th Leon Rapid"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2015.07.14"]
[EventDate "2015.06.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. f4 d6 11. Be2 Bd7
12. Qe1 a6 13. Rd1 b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd8 16. Nd4 e5
17. fxe5 dxe5 18. d6 Qc8 19. Nb3 Ne6 20. Bf3 Rb8 21. Ba7 Rb7
22. Qf2 f5 23. Bd5 Kh8 24. Na5 Rxa7 25. Qxa7 Qc5+ 26. Qxc5
Nxc5 27. b4 Na4 28. Bc6 Rf7 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Nb3 Bf8 31. Nc5
Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 33. Nxa4 bxa4 34. a3 e4 35. Rd1 Be5 36. c4
Kg7 37. b5 axb5 38. cxb5 Kf6 39. b6 Ke7 40. b7 Bc7 41. Rb1 1-0

[Event "28th Leon Rapid"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2015.07.14"]
[EventDate "2015.06.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Be7 11. g4 O-O
12. Bh4 Rb8 13. g5 Ne8 14. f5 Nc5 15. f6 Bd8 16. e5 b4
17. axb4 Rxb4 18. exd6 Qa5 19. Nc6 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2 21. Nxb4
Qxb4 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxd6 24. Be2 Bb7 25. Rhf1 Nde4+
26. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 27. Kc1 Nc3 28. Rd2 Bb6 29. Bf3 Be3 30. Bf2
Bxg5 31. Bxb7 Rb8 32. Bd4 Nb5 33. Rg1 Bxd2+ 34. Kxd2 g6
35. Be5 Rxb7 36. c4 Na7 37. Ra1 Kf8 38. Rxa6 Ke8 39. c5 Kd7
40. Rd6+ Kc8 41. Ra6 Kd7 42. Rd6+ Kc8 43. Ke3 h6 44. h4 Rb3+
45. Ke2 Rb4 46. Ra6 Kb7 47. Ra3 Re4+ 48. Re3 Rxh4 49. Bg3 Rb4
50. Rd3 Rb2+ 51. Kf3 Kc8 52. Ra3 Nc6 53. Ra8+ Kd7 54. Rf8 e5
55. Rxf7+ Ke6 56. Rf8 Rc2 57. Bf2 Nd4+ 58. Bxd4 exd4 59. Rc8
Kxf6 60. Ke4 h5 61. Kxd4 h4 62. Kd3 Rc1 63. Kd2 Rc4 64. Kd3
Rc1 65. Kd2 Ra1 66. c6 Ra7 67. Ke3 Kg5 68. c7 Rb7 69. Ke2 h3
70. Rh8 Rxc7 71. Rxh3 Rf7 72. Rg3+ Kh5 73. Rg1 g5 74. Rh1+ Kg4
75. Rg1+ Kh5 76. Rh1+ Kg6 77. Rf1 Rxf1 78. Kxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "28th Leon Rapid"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2015.07.14"]
[EventDate "2015.06.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Na5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Nc3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Rac1 Qa6
17. Bf1 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Qxa2 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. b4
Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ra1 Qd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. f3 Be6
26. Rxa7 Kf8 27. Rc7 Rd4 28. Rxc6 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.20"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5
Bxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 13. Nge4 g5 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Ke7 16. a5 Nh4
17. Nc5 Ng6 18. f3 b6 19. Nd3 Bf5 20. Na4 Rhb8 21. Nab2 Rd8
22. Kf2 Rd4 23. Ke3 Rh4 24. h3 Ke6 25. c3 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Kxe5
27. axb6 cxb6 28. Na4 b5 29. Nc5 Rc4 30. Ra3 Ra7 31. g4 Bg6
32. Nd7+ Ke6 33. Nc5+ Ke5 34. Nd7+ Ke6 35. Nc5+ Ke7 36. Rd4
Rxd4 37. Kxd4 Bc2 38. Ra2 Bd1 39. Ke3 Ra8 40. f4 f6 41. f5 h5
42. Ra1 Ba4 43. Nxa4 bxa4 44. Rxa4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Kd6 46. Kd4
Rh8 47. Rxa6 Rh4 48. b5 Rxg4+ 49. Kd3 Rg3+ 50. Kc4 Rg4+
51. Kb3 Kc5 52. Rxc6+ Kxb5 53. Rxf6 Rf4 54. Rf8 g4 55. Rg8
Rxf5 56. Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.21"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3
Bc6 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Ng5 g6 18. Qxd5 Nc6 19. Ne4 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Rad8 21. Qb3
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bg7 23. e3 Ne5 24. Nd6 b5 25. axb5 axb5
26. Qxb5 Qxb5 27. Nxb5 c4 28. Bd5 Rb8 29. Nc3 Rc8 30. Bb7 Rb8
31. Bd5 Rc8 32. Bb7 Rb8 33. Bd5 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.22"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e5
7. O-O Be7 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Na3
c4 13. Bd2 Re8 14. axb5 axb5 15. h3 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5
Qxe5 18. f4 Bc5+ 19. Be3 Qh5 20. Rd2 dxe4 21. Re1 Qxe2
22. Rdxe2 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Rb6 24. Kf2 Bf5 25. Rd1 h5 26. Kg3 g6
27. Rd4 Kg7 28. Kh4 Be6 29. Re2 Rbb8 30. Bd1 Bf5 31. Bc2 Rec8
32. Re1 Rc5 33. Bd1 Nd5 34. g3 Rh8 35. Nc2 Ne7 36. Rd6 Be6 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.23"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. h4 h5 9. e5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Kf7 11. Re1 Bf5
12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. e6+ Kg6 14. Ng1 Bh6 15. Ne2 Rad8+ 16. Kc2
Rd6 17. Nf4+ Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rxe5 Rhd8
21. Re2 Kf6 22. Rae1 Ra6 23. Re5 Rdd6 24. Rc5 Rac6 25. Ra5 a6
26. Ra4 Rxe6 27. Rxe6+ Rxe6 28. Kd2 Rd6+ 29. Ke2 e5 30. Rc4 c6
31. a4 a5 32. b4 Rd5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Rb4 Ra7 35. f3 f4
36. Kd3 Kf5 37. a5 Kf6 38. Ke4 Rxa5 39. Rxb7 Ra4+ 40. Kd3 Ra2
41. Rh7 Rxg2 42. Rh6+ Kf5 43. Rxh5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.24"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6
7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Nb3 Nf5 9. a4 a6 10. a5 c5 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4
cxd4 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Qf4 O-O 16. Be3 Rc8
17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. b4 Rc6 19. b5 Rc5 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Rfd1 Qc7
22. Bxa6 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24. Rxd7 Qxa6 25. h3 h6 26. Kh2
Qc6 27. Rd6 Qe4 28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Nd2 Bd5 30. Nf1 Rc8 31. Ne3
Bb7 32. Rd7 Bc6 33. Rd2 Bb7 34. Rd7 Bc6 35. Rd2 Bb7 36. Rd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.25"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Bb2 a5
12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Rc1 a4 16. Nce4 Ra5
17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Bg4 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. e3 h6 21. Rfe1 Be6
22. Bf1 Bf5 23. Bg2 Ra6 24. c5 Ra5 25. Rc4 Rb5 26. Bc3 Rb3
27. Ra1 Be6 28. Bf1 f5 29. Nd2 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxd2 31. Rb1 f4
32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 fxe3 34. fxe3 Ra2 35. Rc3 Na5 36. Rb4
Nb3 37. Rxa4 Nxc5 38. Ra8 b6 39. Rc1 Rd2 40. Rf1 Ne6 41. Re8
Rd6 42. Rf5 e4 43. h4 Rc6 44. g4 Kh7 45. Re5 Nc5 46. Rxf8 Nd7
47. Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.27"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6
7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Nge2 Re8 10. f3 Bc8 11. O-O Nbd7
12. Bg5 e5 13. b4 Nf8 14. Bh4 Bh6 15. f4 e4 16. Bc2 Bg7 17. b5
Bd7 18. Ba4 Qc8 19. h3 Nh5 20. Rb1 f5 21. Qb3 Bf6 22. Bxf6
Nxf6 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qb7 Ne6 25. Nc1 Rb8 26. Qxc8 Rexc8
27. Nb3 Nc7 28. Na5 Nb5 29. Ne2 Na3 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Bxc6
Bxc6 32. Nxc6 Rb2 33. Nc3 Rc2 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35. Ncxd5 Nc4
36. Rb1 Nh5 37. Nc6 Nd2 38. Ncb4 Nxb1 39. Nxc2 Ke6 40. Nc7+
Kd7 41. Nd5 Ke6 42. Ndb4 Nf6 43. d5+ Kd7 44. d6 Nc3 45. Nd4
Nfd5 46. Na6 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.28"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3
17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rae8 19. Kg2 h6 20. a4 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Re6
22. axb5 axb5 23. Kg2 Rfe8 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. c4 bxc4 26. Nxc4
Be4+ 27. f3 Bd3 28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Kf2 Rd7 30. Ra3 Nc7 31. Be3
Nd5 32. Bc5 f6 33. Ba4 Bb5 34. Bc2 Nc7 35. Bg6 Na6 36. Re3 Rd8
37. Be7 Rc8 38. b4 c5 39. Bf5 Rc6 40. Bd7 cxb4 41. Bxc6 Bxc6
42. Re6 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7
7. Ne1 a6 8. d3 Rb8 9. a4 d6 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Rb1 a5 12. Bg5 f6
13. Bd2 f5 14. f4 Be6 15. Nd5 Nb4 16. fxe5 Nbxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5
18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Bxa5 f4 20. Qe1 Be5 21. e4 fxe3 22. Bc3
Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Re8 24. Na3 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Bd5 26. Nc4 Bxc4
27. dxc4 Qd2 28. Qe2 Rf8 29. Rxb7 Bxc3 30. Rb1 Qxe2 31. Bxe2
Rf2 32. Bd3 Rd2 33. Be4 e2 34. Kf2 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O
7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O Bf8 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Rad1 c6
12. h3 b5 13. b3 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. Nb5 d5 16. exd5 Bxh3
17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxh3 a6 19. Nbc3 bxc3 20. Nxc3 Bd6 21. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qc7 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Qb6 25. Qe3 g6
26. Bd7 Rd8 27. Be8 Qc7 28. Kg2 Rb8 29. Rh4 h5 30. Re4 Rb4
31. c4 Rb8 32. Qf3 Bf8 33. Qf6 a5 34. d6 Qb7 35. f3 Bg7
36. Qe7 Qxe7 37. Rxe7 Bf8 38. Bxf7+ Kg7 39. Ra7 Bxd6 40. Bd5+
Kf6 41. Rxa5 Rb6 42. f4 g5 43. Kf3 h4 44. fxg5+ Kxg5 45. gxh4+
Kxh4 46. Ke4 Kg5 47. Rb5 Rb8 48. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 c5
7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Ng5 e6 9. Nge4 Nb6 10. Qb5 c4 11. Na4 O-O
12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qxc4 e5 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Nc3 b5 16. Bxc6 bxc6
17. b3 Bf5 18. d3 e4 19. dxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxa1 21. O-O Re8
22. f3 Bd4+ 23. e3 Bg7 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Rd6 c5 26. Rd5 Re5
27. Rd1 c4 28. a3 Re7 29. bxc4 Qxc4 30. Qd2 Qb3 31. Qd6 Rc8
32. Nf2 Rec7 33. Bd2 Bf8 34. Qd4 Bxa3 35. Kg2 Bb2 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.24"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bxc4 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Rfd8 13. Be2 Be8 14. Qa3 Qe7 15. Qb2 b6 16. Nd2 Na5
17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. b4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Kf8 21. Bf3 Qxb4
22. cxb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Ke7 24. Kf1 Kd6 25. Ke2 Bb5+ 26. Kd2 e5
27. dxe5+ Kxe5+ 28. Kc3 Rd3+ 29. Kc2 Rd8 30. Kc3 Rd3+ 31. Kc2
Rd8 32. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.25"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Nc3
Qc7 8.Nd5 Qxc4 9.Nxe7+ Kh8 10.Nxc8 Rxc8 11.O-O Nc6 12.Be3 Ng4
13.Nc2 Nxe3 14.Nxe3 Qe6 15.Nd5 Bxb2 16.Rb1 Be5 17.Rxb7 Rab8
18.Rxb8 Rxb8 19.e3 Rb2 20.a4 Ne7 21.Nf4 Bxf4 22.exf4 Qb6 23.a5
Qc5 24.Qxd7 Ra2 25.Qd3 Kg7 26.a6 h5 27.Bb7 Nf5 28.Qe4 Nd6
29.Qb1 Rd2 30.Qa1+ Kg8 31.Bg2 Nf5 32.Qe5 Qxe5 33.fxe5 Re2
34.Rb1 Rxe5 35.Rb7 Re1+ 36.Bf1 h4 37.Rxa7 h3 38.Rd7 Ra1 39.g4
Nh4 40.Rd3 Ng2 41.Rxh3 Nf4 42.Rf3 g5 43.Rb3 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.26"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O
h4 13. Nh1 Nh5 14. Be3 f5 15. f4 Qe8 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. e5 dxe5
18. d6 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nf6 20. Nf2 Bd7 21. Nd3 h3 22. Ne5 hxg2
23. Re1 Be6 24. Qf3 Ne4 25. Rad1 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qg6 27. Qxg2
Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Bd7 29. Rg1 Kf7 30. Kf3 Rg8 31. Nxe4 fxe4+
32. Kxe4 Ke6 33. Bf4 Bxa4 34. Rde1 h4 35. Rxg8 Rxg8 36. Kf3+
Kf6 37. Re5 Bc6+ 38. Ke3 Re8 39. Rxe8 Bxe8 40. d7 Bxd7 41. Bd6
c4 42. Kd4 b5 43. Kc3 Ke6 44. Bc7 Kd5 45. Bd8 h3 46. b4 cxb3
47. Kxb3 Kc5 48. Be7+ Kb6 49. Bd8+ Kc5 50. Be7+ Kb6 51. Bd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. a3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O-O Qxd3 14. Bxd3 O-O-O 15. Nc5 Bd5 16. c4
Bxg2 17. Rhg1 e4 18. Be2 Bf3 19. Bxf3 exf3 20. Rxg7 Rxd1+
21. Kxd1 Rd8+ 22. Kc1 Ne5 23. Ne4 Kd7 24. Rxh7 Ke6 25. Nd2 Rc8
26. Kc2 Nxc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4+ 28. Kd3 Rg4 29. h3 Ra4 30. Rh6+ f6
31. Rh7 Ra5 32. Ke4 Rb5 33. Bd4 Bd6 34. Rh6 Be5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5+
36. Kxf3 Rf5+ 37. Ke2 Re5+ 38. Kf1 Rb5 39. b4 Rd5 40. Rg6 a5
41. bxa5 Rxa5 42. Rg3 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3
Ne7 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Be3 h5 15. Ne4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 h4
17. Rad1 Bf5 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Nc5 Rh5 20. Nxb7 Rd5 21. b3 Rb8
22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Nc5 c6 24. Rd4 Bc8 25. Ra4 Ra8 26. c4 dxc4
27. Rxc4 Bf5 28. Nb7 Kd7 29. Rd4+ Kc7 30. Nd6 Bb1 31. Nxf7 Re8
32. Kf2 Bxa2 33. f5 Nf8 34. Ra4 Bxb3 35. Rxa7+ Kb8 36. Nd6 Rd8
37. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e5
7. O-O Be7 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5
axb5 13. Na3 Ba6 14. d5 Qb7 15. b4 Bd8 16. Bd3 Ra8 17. Bg5 c4
18. Bc2 Nh5 19. Bxd8 Rfxd8 20. Nh4 g6 21. Qe3 Qb6 22. Qxb6
Nxb6 23. g3 Nf6 24. Ng2 Ne8 25. Ra2 Bc8 26. Rda1 Bd7 27. Nb1
Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Nxa8 30. Nd2 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.31"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O
7. Nc3 Qc7 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb6 10. Nb3 d6 11. O-O Na6
12. Be3 Qb4 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. Na5 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bxb2 16. Rb1
Bf6 17. Nxb7 Kg7 18. Na5 Nc5 19. Rfc1 Ba6 20. Kf1 Rfb8 21. Rb4
Rxb4 22. Bxb4 Rb8 23. a3 Bb5 24. Bf3 Na6 25. Nc6 Rb7 26. Na5
Rb6 27. Bd2 Nc5 28. Bb4 Na6 29. Bd2 Nc5 30. Bb4 Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.09.01"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1
Rb8 13. a3 Na5 14. Ba2 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bxb6 Rxb6 17. c4
b4 18. c5 dxc5 19. e5 Nh7 20. Ne4 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 b3 22. Bb1 c4
23. Nc3 Nf8 24. Be4 Ne7 25. Na4 Rb5 26. Nd4 Ra5 27. Nc3 g5
28. Bf3 Ne6 29. Nc6 Nxc6 30. Bxc6 Rf8 31. Bd5 Nf4 32. Bxc4 Be6
33. Bxe6 Nxe6 34. Re3 Kg7 35. Ne2 Rb8 36. Nd4 Nxd4 37. Rxd4
Re8 38. f4 gxf4 39. Rxf4 Rexe5 40. Rxb3 Rab5 41. Rbf3 f5
42. b4 a5 43. Rc3 c5 44. bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 b5 8. Nd5 Nbd7 9. Nec3 Bb7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. a4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 bxa4 14. Rxa4 O-O 15. Bc4 Bg5 16. O-O a5
17. Qd3 Bc6 18. Ra2 Qb8 19. Rfa1 Bd8 20. Ne3 Ra7 21. Bd5 Bb5
22. Qd2 g6 23. b4 a4 24. c4 Bd7 25. b5 Bb6 26. Rxa4 Rxa4
27. Rxa4 Qc7 28. Ra6 Bc8 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Nd5 Bxf2+ 31. Qxf2
Qd8 32. Qb6 Qh4 33. Ra8 Rf8 34. Qxd6 Qf2+ 35. Kh2 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. f5 Be7
12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxh4+ 15. g3 Bg5 16. Nxg5
hxg5 17. O-O Qc5 18. Qf2 Nc6 19. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Bxe6
21. Bxe6 Rb8 22. Bd5 Ne5 23. Bxb7 Ke7 24. Rb3 a5 25. a4 Kd7
26. Rf1 Kc7 27. Rfb1 Nd7 28. Rb5 Nc5 29. Bd5 Rhe8 30. Kf2 Rxb5
31. Rxb5 Re5 32. c4 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Qd2 Bf5 11. Rfc1 Qd7
12. Ne4 Rad8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 e4 15. dxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxd7
Nxd7 17. Rc3 Nb6 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. e3 b5 20. a3 Re7 21. b4
Red7 22. Ne1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 a6 24. Nf3 f6 25. Kf1 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 27. Ke2 Ra1 28. Nd2 Ra2 29. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6
12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 Qf6
17. Qg4 Nd6 18. c3 Rce8 19. Bf4 Re6 20. g3 Rfe8 21. Rxe6 Qxe6
22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. c4 dxc4 24. dxc4 Ne8 25. Bxc7 Nxc7 26. Rd1
Re7 27. Rd8+ Ne8 28. Bh3 Kg8 29. Ra8 g6 30. Rxa7 Nd6 31. c5
Nb5 32. Ra4 Nc7 33. Rd4 f5 34. Bf1 Kf8 35. Bc4 Re1+ 36. Kg2
Ke7 37. Bg8 Re4 38. Rd2 h5 39. Rd6 g5 40. Rg6 g4 41. Rg7+ Kd8
42. Rg5 Re8 43. Bc4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3
17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 h6 20. Kg2 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Rxe1
22. Rxe1 bxa4 23. Bxa4 c5 24. Be5 Bf8 25. Bb3 Nb6 26. c4 Ra7
27. Bb8 Rd7 28. Bf4 g5 29. Be3 Rd6 30. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5
c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nxc5 10. Nge2 Qa5 11. Qd2 b5
12. Nxb5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rb8 14. Rhb1 Bf5 15. Nbd4 Bxb1
16. Rxb1 Ne4+ 17. Ke1 Rfc8 18. Nc6 Rb6 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bd3 e6
21. e4 exd5 22. exd5 Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Bxb2 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nxc8
Nxc8 26. Kd2 Ke7 27. Nc3 Nd6 28. f4 h6 29. g3 g5 30. Ne2 gxf4
31. gxf4 Nc8 32. Ng3 Nd6 33. Ke3 Kd8 34. Bh7 Kc7 35. Bg8 Kd7
36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Bh7 Kd7 38. Kg4 Ne8 39. Be4 Ng7 40. Bc2 Ba3
41. Kf3 Kd6 42. Ne4+ Kxd5 43. Bb3+ Kd4 44. Bxf7 Nf5 45. Nf6
Bc1 46. Be6 Nh4+ 47. Kg3 Ng6 48. f5 Nf8 49. Bc8 Bg5 50. Ng4 h5
51. Nf2 Nh7 52. Nh3 Bd8 53. Ng1 Ke3 54. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Nh3 Bxh3 10. gxh3 Nd7 11. Bxc4
Nb6 12. Bb3 Nc8 13. Qf3 Nd6 14. O-O O-O 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. h4 Kh8
17. h5 g5 18. e4 f5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Qe2 Ne4 21. Rae1 Nxc3
22. Qxe7 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Re5 Qf7 25. Qxg5 h6 26. Qe3
Rae8 27. Re1 Bxe5 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. dxe5 Re6 30. Qg5+ Kh7
31. Re4 Qf5 32. Qe3 Qf3 33. Qd4 Rf7 34. Re3 Qf5 35. Qxa7 b6
36. Qa8 c6 37. Qd8 b5 38. Qd4 Rg7 39. Kg2 Rf7 40. a3 Re8
41. Qe4 Re6 42. f4 Qxe4+ 43. Rxe4 c5 44. Kf3 b4 45. axb4 cxb4
46. Kg4 Rb7 47. f5 Re8 48. e6 b3 49. Re1 b2 50. Rb1 Rb5
51. Kg5 Rf8 52. e7 Rfxf5+ 53. Kg4 Rfe5 54. Rxb2 Re4+ 55. Kf3
Rxb2 56. Kxe4 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5
7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 cxd4
12. Re1 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qc2 f5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Bd2 Bd7
17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qf8 19. Rac1 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Raf8 21. Be4
Nd5 22. b4 a6 23. b5 axb5 24. Rxb5 b6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxd5
Bg4 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxf2 29. Bxh6 Bh3 30. Rd2 Rxg2+
31. Rxg2 Bxg2 32. Be3 Bc6 33. Bxb6 Rf3 34. Rc1 Be4 35. a4 Rb3
36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. a5 Rb2 38. h4 g6 39. Rc3 Ra2 40. Re3 Ra4
41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Rc3 Bd5 43. Rc5 Ke6 44. Bd8 Ke5 45. Kg3 Ra2
46. Bc7+ Ke6 47. Kg4 Ra4+ 48. Bf4 Be4 49. Kg5 Bd3 50. Re5+ Kf7
51. Rd5 Be4 52. Rd7+ Ke6 53. Rd6+ Ke7 54. a6 Ra5+ 55. Kh6 Rh5+
56. Kg7 Rxh4 57. Bg3 Rh3 58. Rd4 Bh1 59. Bd6+ Ke6 60. a7 g5
61. Bb4 Rb3 62. Rd6+ Kf5 63. Rf6+ Kg4 64. Rb6 Rb1 65. Rb8 Ra1
66. Bc5 Ra6 67. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5
7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 cxd4
12. Re1 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qc2 f5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Bd2 Bd7
17. Nbxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. Qd1 Bc5 20. Nf3 Bc6 21. Be4
Nd5 22. b4 Bb6 23. a4 a6 24. Qb3 Qd7 25. Kh1 Qd6 26. b5 axb5
27. axb5 Be8 28. Rac1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Bxf2 30. Rc8 Rf8 31. Bxd5
exd5 32. Bb4 Qe6 33. Rc2 Bb6 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Rd2 Bf7
36. Qa3+ Kg8 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qxb7 Qg6 39. Rd1 Qc2 40. Rf1 Qc4
41. Nd2 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Be2 Nd7 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qc2 O-O
12. Rfb1 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. Bg3 Bc6 15. e4 f5 16. Rxb6 Bxe4
17. Bxc4+ Kh8 18. Qa2 cxb6 19. Ng5 f4 20. Nxe4 fxg3 21. hxg3
Rc8 22. Re1 Bf6 23. Qb3 Qc7 24. Be6 Rcd8 25. Rb1 Qc6 26. f3 b5
27. axb5 Qb6 28. Kh2 Kg7 29. g4 Rd6 30. Bc4 e5 31. g5 Be7
32. dxe5 Rdd8 33. Bf1 Qc7 34. Qe6 Rf5 35. f4 Rxf4 36. b6 Qd7
37. Qxd7 Rxd7 38. Nf6 Rd8 39. g4 Rf3 40. Bg2 Rxc3 41. Bxb7
Rd2+ 42. Kg1 Bc5+ 43. Kf1 Rg3 44. Ke1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5
Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. d3 Bb7 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qb4 Nf5 16. c3
Re8 17. Bd2 c5 18. Qf4 h6 19. Re1 Rxe1 20. Bxe1 d6 21. h4 g6
22. Bd2 h5 23. Qa4 a6 24. Qd7 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Bf4 Nf5
27. f3 f6 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. g4 Nxh4 30. Bxd6 Nxf3 31. gxh5 Ng5
32. hxg6+ Kxg6 33. Ke3 Ne6 34. d4 cxd4+ 35. cxd4 b5 36. Bd3+
f5 37. Bc2 Kg5 38. Bb3 f4+ 39. Kd3 Kf5 40. d5 Ng5 41. Kd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5
7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qb3 Rd8 15. Bf3 Na5 16. Qb5
Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rfb1 Nc4 19. Rb4 Ra3 20. Nb5 Ra5 21. h3
Bd7 22. Bxd5 Ne5 23. Re4 Ng6 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nd6+ Kg8
26. Nxb7 Bc6 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. Nxa5 Rd6 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. a4
Rxc3 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rxa5 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rc2 34. Kg3 Nf8 35. h4
Nd7 36. Kf3 Kh7 37. Rf5 Nc5 38. g4 Nd3 39. Kg3 g6 40. Rf7+ Kg8
41. Rf6 Kg7 42. g5 h5 43. f3 Ne1 44. e4 Rc3 45. Kf2 Nd3+
46. Kg3 Ne5 47. Kg2 Rc6 48. Rxc6 Nxc6 49. f4 Kf7 50. Kf3 Ke6
51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Kd2 Kc5 53. Kd3 Kb4 54. Kd2 Kc4 55. Ke3 Kc5
56. Kd3 Nd8 57. Ke3 Nf7 58. Kd3 Nd6 59. Ke3 Kc4 60. f5 Ne8
61. fxg6 Ng7 62. e5 Kd5 63. Kf4 Kd4 64. e6 Kd5 65. e7 Ke6
66. Ke4 Kxe7 67. Ke5 Ke8 68. Kd5 Kd7 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.23"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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 c6 10. Kb1 d5 11. c4 Nb6
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Rhe1 Bb4 15. c3 Be7 16. Bb3 Qa5
17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Bc2 Rfe8 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Qe2 Kf8 25. g3 Nf6
26. Qe3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.24"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7
7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Nd7 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Qd4 Qc7 15. Rfb1 Ra5 16. Qb4 e6
17. Qe7 Qd8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Bc6 20. Nd4 Ba4 21. Rdb1 e5
22. Nb3 Ra7 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. c4 Bc6 25. Rb2 Kg7 26. f3 Re8
27. Kf2 e4 28. Nb3 exf3 29. gxf3 Ba4 30. Rd1 Re5 31. Rd5 Rxd5
32. cxd5 Bxb3 33. axb3 Kf6 34. f4 g5 35. Rc2 gxf4 36. exf4 Ke7
37. Rc6 Nf6 38. Bf3 Rd7 39. Rxb6 Nxd5 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 41. Kg3 h5
42. Kh4 Rf5 43. Rb4 Rd5 44. Rc4 Kf6 45. b4 Kg6 46. Rc6+ f6
47. Rc2 Rb5 48. Rb2 Kf5 49. Kg3 Ke4 50. Rb1 Kd3 51. Kf3 Kc2
52. Ra1 Rxb4 53. Ra5 Rb3+ 54. Ke4 h4 55. Kf5 Kd3 56. Kxf6 Ke4
57. f5 h3 58. Ra4+ Kf3 59. Kg5 Rb5 60. Ra2 Rb4 61. f6 Rg4+
62. Kf5 Rf4+ 63. Ke6 Re4+ 64. Kd6 Rd4+ 65. Ke7 Re4+ 66. Kf8
Rb4 67. f7 Rf4 68. Rb2 Ra4 69. Rb6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "1.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rinat Jumabayev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 c6 6. O-O d5
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Rd1 Bf5 10. Ne1 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Na6
12. e4 Be6 13. Qa4 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. h3 Ne8 16. Be3 Nd6
17. a3 Na6 18. Nf3 Bb3 19. Rdc1 Nc4 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bf4 e5
22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. Bf1 Rf8 25. Nh2 Nc5 26. Na4 Nxa4
27. Bxc4+ Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Nxb2 29. Rc2 Na4 30. Rb1 Rff7 31. Be3
Rd3 32. Bxa7 Rxa3 33. Rd1 h6 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Kg2 b5 36. Bc5
Rc3 37. Rxc3 Nxc3 38. f3 Rb7 39. Rd2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Axel Bachmann Schiavo"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1
Bb7 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. Nh4 g5 16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. exf5
Rc8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qf6 20. Qf3 Rc5 21. Rd1 Bc8 22. g4
Bd7 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. h4 gxh4 25. Rh1 Rg8 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Qh3 h5
28. f3 hxg4 29. fxg4 Rh8 30. Qe3 Rg8 31. Ke1 Bc8 32. Qf2 Rh8
33. Qe3 Rg8 34. Qf2 Rh8 35. Qe3 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "3.15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nd2 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. a5
Nd7 13. Nc4 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Qd2 Qg6 16. f3 Nc5 17. Nb6
Ra7 18. Bc4 e4 19. O-O exf3 20. Rxf3 Re7 21. Raf1 Bg4 22. Rf4
Rfe8 23. Qxb4 Bh3 24. R4f2 Ne4 25. Bd3 f5 26. Bxe4 fxe4
27. Re2 e3 28. Rf4 h5 29. Qc3 Bg4 30. Re1 Bh3 31. Re2 Bg4
32. Re1 Bf5 33. Nc4 Be4 34. Re2 Bxd5 35. Qd4 Bc6 36. Nxd6 Rd7
37. Qc4+ Kh7 38. Nxe8 Bb5 39. Qc3 Bxe2 40. Qxe3 Rd1+ 41. Kf2
Bb5 42. Nf6+ Kh8 43. c4 Qc2+ 44. Kf3 Bc6+ 45. Ne4 Rd3 46. Rf8+
Kh7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Rustam Mashrukovich Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6
12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Rad1 Nf6 16. Bf3 Qd7
17. Ng2 Bg4 18. Qe2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qg4 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. h3 Nf6
22. Nf4 Rad8 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. f4 e6 25. Kf2 a5 26. a4 b5
27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Nc5 29. Ke3 bxa4 30. bxa4 Rb8 31. Bd4
Rb3+ 32. Kd2 Nxa4 33. Kc2 Rb4 34. Rb1 Rxc4+ 35. Kd3 Rb4
36. Rxb4 axb4 37. Ra1 c5 38. Be3 Ra8 39. Rb1 Nc3 40. Rb3 Rd8+
41. Kc4 Ne4 42. g4 Kg7 43. g5 Rd2 44. h4 Rd5 45. Rb2 h5
46. Ra2 Nc3 47. Ra8 Nd1 48. Bc1 Nf2 49. Be3 Ne4 50. Ra1 Nd2+
51. Bxd2 Rxd2 52. Kxc5 Rf2 53. Rb1 Rh2 54. Kd4 Rxh4 55. Ke4
Rh3 56. Rxb4 h4 57. Rb2 Rg3 58. Rh2 h3 59. Rh1 Kf8 60. Rh2 Ke7
61. Rh1 Kd7 62. Kd4 Kc6 63. Rc1+ Kb5 64. Rb1+ Ka4 65. Kc4 Ka3
66. Rh1 Kb2 67. Kc5 Rd3 68. Kc4 Rf3 69. Kc5 Kc3 70. Kd6 Kd4
71. f5 gxf5 72. Ke7 Kxe5 73. Kxf7 Ra3 74. Re1+ Kf4 75. g6 Ra7+
76. Kxe6 h2 77. Rh1 Ra6+ 78. Kf7 Kg3 79. Re1 Rxg6 80. Kxg6 f4
81. Kf5 f3 82. Ke4 f2 83. Rh1 Kg2 84. Ke3 f1=Q 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "5.19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bartosz Socko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4
12. O-O Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Qxg4 f6 16. f4 Bxf5
17. exf5 gxf4 18. Qxf4 Qxc3 19. Rae1 Kd7 20. Qe4 Rag8 21. Re3
Qd4 22. Qe6+ Kc7 23. Bf2 Qg4 24. Qd5 Rg5 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Rc3
Kd8 27. h3 Qf4 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Rxb8+ Kc7 30. Qb3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "6.37"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Eric Hansen"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. b3 Ne4 5. d4 d5 6. O-O O-O
7. c4 c6 8. Nbd2 Bf5 9. Bb2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Qd7 11. Re1 Rd8
12. e3 Na6 13. a3 Nc5 14. Bc3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. f3 Bf5
17. Rc1 Rac8 18. g4 Be6 19. c5 b6 20. b4 bxc5 21. bxc5 Rb8
22. Bf1 f5 23. g5 f4 24. exf4 Bf5 25. Kf2 Qc7 26. Kg3 Rf8
27. Qd2 Rf7 28. Ba5 Qd7 29. Rc3 Rbf8 30. Rb3 Qc8 31. Qb2 Bd7
32. Bd2 Qc7 33. Rb7 Qd8 34. h4 Bc8 35. Rxa7 Bf5 36. a4 h6
37. a5 e5 38. Rxf7 exf4+ 39. Bxf4 Rxf7 40. a6 hxg5 41. hxg5
Bc8 42. Qb8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "7.26"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. c3 Bb7
7. Bh4 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Re1 e5
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. e4 Nh5 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bf1 Bf6
17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Ne7 19. Nc4 Red8 20. Ne3 Qc6 21. Qb3 Kg7
22. Bc4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qxe4 24. Bxf7 Qc6 25. Bc4 a6 26. Nd5 Rd8
27. Nxf6 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxf6 29. Qd7 Bxf3 30. gxf3 b5 31. Bd5
h5 32. Kg2 Kh6 33. Be4 Nf5 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35. a4 bxa4 36. Qxa4
f4 37. Qe8 fxg3 38. fxg3 Qd6 39. Kh3 Qf6 40. Kg2 Qd6 41. Kh3
Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. c4 Nc6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. f4 e5 11. f5 Qe7 12. Kh1
Bc5 13. Qf3 h6 14. Nc3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 b5 16. c5 a5 17. a3 a4
18. Rad1 O-O 19. g4 Nd7 20. Rg1 g5 21. Bxb5 cxb5 22. Rd6 f6
23. Nd5 Qg7 24. c6 Nb8 25. Rc1 Ra6 26. Qc5 Kh8 27. Qxb5 Qa7
28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. c7 Rad6 30. cxb8=Q Qd4 31. Qc4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Nbd2 Ne4
7. c3 Nd6 8. Ne5 c6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bh3
12. Re1 Nd7 13. Nd3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1
Bxe5 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Bg2 Bf5 19. Rd2 a5 20. a4 h5 21. h3 Bxg3
22. fxg3 Rxe3 23. Kf2 Rae8 24. Rc1 Kg7 25. h4 Bg4 26. Rcc2
R3e5 27. b4 Rf5+ 28. Kg1 Re3 29. Kh2 Rfe5 30. Rf2 Be6 31. Rf4
Bb3 32. Rb2 Rxc3 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Rb4 Bxa4 35. Rxb7 Rb5
36. R2xb5 Bxb5 37. Rc7 Re3 38. Bh3 Re5 39. g4 hxg4 40. Bxg4
Be2 41. Bc8 c5 42. Kg3 Bc4 43. Kf4 Rh5 44. Kg3 Kf6 45. Bg4 Re5
46. Kf4 Be6 47. Rc6 Rd5 48. Ke3 Ke7 49. Be2 Re5+ 50. Kf2 Bd7
51. Rb6 Re4 52. h5 gxh5 53. Bxh5 Rb4 54. Ra6 Be6 55. Ke3 Rh4
56. Bd1 Bd5 57. Bc2 Be6 58. Rc6 c4 59. Be4 Kf6 60. Rc5 Rh8
61. Kd4 Rg8 62. Bc2 Rg5 63. Rc6 Rg4+ 64. Be4 Kg5 65. Ke3 Rg3+
66. Kd4 Kf4 67. Rc7 Rg1 68. Bc2 Rg2 69. Bb1 Rb2 70. Bh7 f5
71. Re7 Rd2+ 72. Kc3 Rd3+ 73. Kb2 Bd5 74. Rc7 Rb3+ 75. Kc1 Rh3
76. Bg6 c3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "10.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Re1 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Qxd5
16. Rad1 Qg5 17. Qb4 Re8 18. Be2 Bh3 19. Bf3 Re7 20. Rd6 Rae8
21. Red1 Bc8 22. h4 Qb5 23. Qd4 Qe5 24. Qb6 Qb5 25. Qa7 h5
26. Qd4 Qe5 27. Qb4 g6 28. g3 Kg7 29. Kg2 Bf5 30. Rd8 Rxd8
31. Rxd8 Be4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Rd7 Rb4 35. Kf3
Kf6 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Rd8 Rb5 38. Rb8 Ra5 39. Rxb7 Rxa2+ 40. Kf3
a5 41. Rc7 Rc2 42. Ra7 Rb2 43. Rxa5 Rxb3 44. Ra6 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4
Nc6 7. Qd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6
12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 f5
17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nde2 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. b4 Na4 21. Qb3+
Kh8 22. Nxa4 bxa4 23. Qd3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qb8 25. a3 Qb7 26. Nf4
e5 27. Qxd6 exf4 28. Rc7 fxe3 29. Qxd7 exf2+ 30. Kf1 Qa6+
31. b5 Qg6 32. b6 f4 33. b7 f3 34. g4 Qa6+ 35. Kxf2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yuriy Kryvoruchko"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6
12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5
17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. d4 g6
22. f3 Kg7 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. a4 Re8 25. a5 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 a6
27. Kd2 Re7 28. Ra3 Ne8 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Kxe3 Nc7 31. c3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "13.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5
c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nxc5 10. Nge2 Qa5 11. Qd2 b5
12. Nxb5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ne4+ 14. Ke1 Ba6 15. Rb1 Rfc8 16. Bd3
Nc5 17. Bc4 Rab8 18. Nxa7 Bxc4 19. Nxc8 Bxa2 20. Ra1 Rxb2
21. d6 exd6 22. Nxd6 Be5 23. Nc1 Bc3+ 24. Kf1 Rc2 25. Rxa2
Rxc1+ 26. Ke2 Rxh1 27. Ra8+ Kg7 28. Ra7 Re1+ 29. Kf3 Rd1
30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Rc7 Ne6 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Ne4 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. N2f3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qb6
11. Bc4 Qc5 12. Bb3 a5 13. Rhe1 a4 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Kb1 Nd7
16. a3 Ra6 17. Qc3 Qc5 18. Rd3 Qxc3 19. Rxc3 Nf6 20. Rc4 Nd5
21. Rd1 f6 22. Nb5 Bd7 23. Nc7 Rc8 24. Nxd5 Rxc4 25. Ne7+ Kf8
26. Rxd7 Ke8 27. Rxb7 Rd6 28. b3 Rd1+ 29. Kb2 axb3 30. cxb3
Re4 31. Nc6 Re2+ 32. Kc3 e5 33. Kb4 Rc2 34. Kb5 g5 35. b4 Rxf2
36. a4 g4 37. Nh4 Kf8 38. a5 e4 39. a6 Ra1 40. Na5 Rb2 41. Nf5
1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7
7. O-O O-O 8. a3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxc3 11. Nxc6 Nxe2+
12. Qxe2 bxc6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Bxc5 Re8 15. Qf3 Rxb2 16. Rab1
Bd7 17. Rxb2 Bxb2 18. d4 Bf5 19. Qxc6 Bd3 20. Rd1 Bc2 21. Rf1
Bd3 22. Rd1 Bc2 23. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viktor Antonovich Bologan"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bf6 10. Re3 g6 11. b3 c6
12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Qf3 Bd4 14. Rae1 c5 15. Bb2 Qd8 16. Re7 Re8
17. Qxf7+ Nxf7 18. Rxe8+ Kg7 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20. Ba3 Ne6 21. Nb5
Bf6 22. Nd6 Be7 23. Bxc5 b6 24. Nf5+ gxf5 25. Bxe7 f4 26. Be4
Rb8 27. Bd6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rinat Jumabayev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4
Bc6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. d4 Nd7 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. e4 Bc6
12. d5 Ba4 13. O-O e6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 exd5 16. exd5 Nb6
17. Nd4 Qxd5 18. Bf3 Qf7 19. Bxb7 c5 20. Bxa8 cxd4 21. Bxd4
Rxa8 22. Rfe1 Bc6 23. Rac1 Qd5 24. f3 g5 25. Qf2 Nd7 26. Red1
Qe6 27. Re1 Qd5 28. Red1 Qb5 29. Bxa7 Ne5 30. Qd4 Bxf3 31. Rd2
Bb7 32. a3 h6 33. Bc5 Qe8 34. Qf2 Qg6 35. Qe2 Re8 36. Qb5 Bc6
37. Qf1 h5 38. Bd4 Be4 39. Re1 Nc6 40. Bc3 h4 41. h3 g4
42. hxg4 Qxg4 43. Qe2 Qg6 44. Rd6 Kh7 45. Qf2 Qg4 46. Re3 Ne5
47. Bxe5 Rxe5 48. Rh3 Rh5 49. Rd4 f5 50. Rb4 Bf6 51. Rb6 Qg7
52. Rb4 Rh6 53. Rh2 Qg5 54. Rc4 Be5 55. Rh3 Bg3 56. Qe2 Rg6
57. Rc3 Qf4 58. Re3 Kh6 59. Rc3 Qe5 60. Rcxg3 Rxg3 61. Rxh4+
Kg7 62. Rh2 Qc5+ 63. Kf1 Qc1+ 64. Kf2 Qf4+ 65. Kg1 Qc1+
66. Qf1 Qe3+ 67. Qf2 Qxf2+ 68. Kxf2 Rb3 69. Kg1 Rxb2 70. a4
Ra2 71. Kf1 Kg6 72. a5 Kg5 73. a6 Kg4 74. Rh6 Bxg2+ 75. Ke1
Be4 76. Kd1 f4 77. Re6 Kf3 78. Rf6 Ke3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. a4 Bd7 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Nb3
b6 13. Bf3 Rab8 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Re8 17. Rf3 g6
18. Rh3 Bf8 19. Qe1 Bg7 20. Qh4 Nf8 21. f5 Bxc3 22. f6 h5
23. bxc3 e5 24. Rg3 Nd8 25. Bf3 Bb7 26. Kg1 Nde6 27. Rh3 Nh7
28. Nd2 Qxc3 29. Bxh5 Qxa1+ 30. Kf2 Nf4 31. Bxf4 Bxe4 32. Be2
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Bb3 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7
12. Bg5 Nc6 13. O-O Bg4 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rac1 h6
17. Bh4 Kf7 18. b3 Rac8 19. Ne4 Nb4 20. a4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8
22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Bg3 Nd3 24. Bc7 Ke8 25. g4 Kd7 26. Bg3 Nd6
27. Ned2 e5 28. Kf1 e4 29. Ne1 Bc3 30. Ndf3 Ke6 31. Nxd3 exd3
32. Bf4 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Bd2 Bxd2 35. Nxd2 Kd5 36. Ke1 Kd4
37. Kd1 Ne4 38. Nf3+ Kc3 39. Ke1 d2+ 40. Ke2 Kc2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Milos Perunovic"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6
7. c3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Na3 b6 10. Re1 h6 11. d4 exd4
12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Nc2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. dxc5 Bxb2 16. Bxh6
Nc3 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Ne3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rac8 20. Bg5 Re8
21. Ng4 Nd4 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8 Nxf3+ 25. Kg2
Nxg5 26. c6 Nd5 27. Rd1 Nc7 28. Re7 Nge6 29. Rdd7 Nb5 30. Rxe6
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Nbd2 c6
7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. c4 Ne4 10. e3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Nf6
12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Qe1 Bh3 16. Ne5 Qe6
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qb4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 b6 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. Rxc8
Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qf5 23. Qa4 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Bh6 25. Re1 Qc2 26. Ng4
Nxg4 27. Qxe8+ Kg7 28. Rf1 Bxe3 29. Qxe7 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qe4+
31. Qxe4 dxe4 32. d5 e3 33. Bb4 e2 34. Rc1 Kf6 35. d6 Ke6
36. Rc2 e1=Q+ 37. Bxe1 Bxe1 38. Re2+ Kxd6 39. Rxe1 Ne5 40. Kg2
f6 41. Rc1 Nc6 42. Kf3 a5 43. Ke4 Nb4 44. a3 Na6 45. Kd4 Nc7
46. Kc4 b5+ 47. Kd3 f5 48. Rc2 Ne6 49. Rc8 Nc5+ 50. Kc3 Kd5
51. Ra8 Ne4+ 52. Kc2 g5 53. Rxa5 Kd4 54. Rxb5 f4 55. gxf4 gxf4
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a6
7. a4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Bh6 e5 11. O-O Re8
12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rfe1 exd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Rad1
Rad8 17. Qf4 Ne5 18. Nh4 h6 19. Be2 Qe7 20. Qg3 Kh7 21. f4 Nc6
22. Bd3 Nh5 23. Qf2 Nd4 24. e5 Kg7 25. f5 dxe5 26. fxg6 Nf4
27. gxf7 Qxf7 28. Re3 Kh8 29. Ng6+ Kg7 30. Rg3 Nxg6 31. Rxg6+
Qxg6 32. Bxg6 Kxg6 33. Rf1 Rf8 34. Qg3+ Kh7 35. Rxf8 Rxf8
36. Qxe5 Rg8 37. Qc7+ Rg7 38. Qxb6 Bxg2 39. Qxc5 Bxh3+ 40. Kh2
Nf3+ 41. Kxh3 Ng1+ 42. Kh2 Nf3+ 43. Kh1 Rg3 44. Ne2 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bartosz Socko"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e4 d6 10. Nh4 Nc6 11. f4 Qe7 12. Bd2
Rad8 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rae1 Qc7 15. g4 Nd7 16. g5 Nf8 17. Rf3
d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. e5 d4 20. c4 Ng6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Rh3
Bc8 23. Rg3 Ne7 24. Be4 Nf5 25. Rf3 a6 26. a4 Qd7 27. Rb1 Re6
28. Rh3 Ree8 29. Rxb6 Ne3 30. Rf3 Qxa4 31. Bxe3 dxe3 32. Qxe3
Qd1+ 33. Rf1 Qg4+ 34. Qg3 Qe2 35. Qf3 Qd2 36. Qf2 Qxf2+
37. Kxf2 Re6 38. Rfb1 Ree8 39. Ke3 Kf8 40. Rc6 Be6 41. Rxc5
Ke7 42. d4 Rh8 43. d5 Rh3+ 44. Kd4 Rxh2 45. Rc7+ Kf8 46. Rbb7
Kg8 47. Kc5 Bf5 48. Bxf5 gxf5 49. Rxf7 Rc8+ 50. Rfc7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nc6 6. Qb3
Nb6 7. d4 Be6 8. Qd1 Bg7 9. e3 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8
12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 h6 14. Nf3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. h5 gxh5
17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. e4 Qh4 19. Be3 Rae8 20. Rad1 c6 21. Rd3 Qg4
22. f3 Qg6 23. Rfd1 f5 24. Bd4 R5e6 25. Qf2 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Kh7
27. Qh4 fxe4 28. Rxe4 Qg5 29. Qh3 Qg6 30. Rd6 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 e5 11. c3 f6
12. Bf1 Be6 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Nd2 Kf7 15. f3 a6 16. Kf2 Rd7
17. Nb3 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20. Ke1 Ke8 21. Kd2
Kd7 22. Kc2 Ke8 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Bc4 a5 25. b4 b6 26. Nd3 axb4
27. cxb4 Be6 28. Bxe6 Nxe6 29. a4 Kd7 30. Kc3 Nd8 31. Kc4 Kc6
32. a5 Kb7 33. axb6 cxb6 34. Kd5 Kc7 35. b5 Ba3 36. f4 exf4
37. gxf4 Nf7 38. e5 Nh6 39. exf6 gxf6 40. Bd4 f5 41. Ke6 Ng4
42. h3 Nh2 43. Ne5 Nf1 44. Nc4 Bc1 45. Bxb6+ Kb7 46. Kxf5 Ng3+
47. Ke5 Nh5 48. Be3 Bxe3 49. Nxe3 Kb6 50. f5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qa3 c5 9. Qxc5 Nc6 10. e4 Rc8 11. Bb5 O-O
12. Bxc6 Rxc6 13. Qb4 Rc4 14. Qa3 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. O-O
a6 17. b3 Re8 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qc8 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Qb4
Nd7 22. Qxb7 Qc8 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. f3 f6 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Ne2
Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Nb8 28. Ke3 Nc6 29. Bd2 f5 30. Bc3 fxe4 31. fxe4
Bd7 32. Nf4 Nd8 33. Nd3 Bc8 34. Ne5+ Ke6 35. a4 Nf7 36. Nd3
Kd7 37. h4 Kc6 38. Nb4+ Kd7 39. Nd5 Bb7 40. Bb4 Nd6 41. Nc3
Ne8 42. Bc5 Nf6 43. b4 e5 44. b5 axb5 45. axb5 Ke6 46. Ba3 h6
47. Bf8 g5 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Ba3 Ng4+ 50. Ke2 Nf6 51. Kd3 g4
52. Bc1 Kd6 53. Be3 Ba8 54. Bg5 Nd7 55. Be3 Nf6 56. Bf2 Bb7
57. Be3 Ba8 58. Bc1 Bb7 59. Ba3+ Ke6 60. Bb4 Ba8 61. Bc5 Bb7
62. Bf2 Kd6 63. Bh4 Nd7 64. Ke3 Kc5 65. Be7+ Kc4 66. Nd1 Kxb5
67. Nf2 Nb6 68. Nxg4 Nc4+ 69. Kd3 Nb2+ 70. Kc3 Na4+ 71. Kd3
Nb2+ 72. Ke3 Nc4+ 73. Kd3 Nb2+ 74. Kc3 Na4+ 75. Kd2 Bxe4
76. g3 Nb6 77. Nxe5 Nc4+ 78. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "12.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[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. Qf2 Be7
12. g4 d6 13. Rg1 Rb8 14. g5 Nfd7 15. f4 b4 16. Ne2 Nc4
17. Ng3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. h4 Bb7 21. Bd3 O-O
22. Kb1 Rc8 23. f5 Nc5 24. fxe6 Nxe6 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Rgf1 Nc5
27. Nxc5 Rxc5 28. Ne3 Bc6 29. Bc4 Rb7 30. Rf4 Bb5 31. b3 g6
32. Rdf1 Bxc4 33. Nxc4 d5 34. exd5 Rxd5 35. Ne3 Rd6 36. Ng4
Bg7 37. Nf6+ Bxf6 38. Rxf6 Rd4 39. R1f4 Rbd7 40. a3 bxa3
41. Rxd4 Rxd4 42. Rxa6 Rxh4 43. c4 Rh3 44. Ka2 Rg3 45. c5 Kf8
46. b4 Ke7 47. b5 Rxg5 48. Rc6 Kd7 49. Rd6+ Ke7 50. Rc6 Kd7
51. Rd6+ Ke7 52. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "13.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 dxe4
7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nbc6 9. c3 Be6 10. Na3 h6 11. Be3 a6
12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bf1 Rfd8 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Naxc4 f5 16. Nb3 b6
17. f3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. a4 Ne6 21. Kf2 f4
22. Bd2 fxg3+ 23. hxg3 h5 24. a5 b5 25. Ne3 c5 26. c4 Nd4
27. Nxc5 Nec6 28. Nxa6 bxc4 29. Nxc4 Nb3 30. Bc3 Kf7 31. Nc7
Bf8 32. a6 Bc5+ 33. Kg2 Nbd4 34. b4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "14.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Onischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. a5 g6 9. Bc4 Bg7 10. e5 Ng4 11. exd6 O-O
12. Be2 Nf6 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O Rd8 15. Qe1 Bf5 16. Bf3 Qc7
17. Be3 Re8 18. Qc1 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Bf4 Qb7 21. h3 Bf5
22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Be3 h5 25. Na4 Qb5 26. c3 Bf8
27. Nb6 Qe2 28. b4 Bg7 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Rxd4 31. Qxc6
Rxb4 32. Nd5 Rb2 33. Qc5 Be6 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Qd4 Kf8 36. Ne4
Kg8 37. Rd1 Rb4 38. Nf6+ Kh8 39. Qa1 Qb2 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Ne8+
Kh7 42. Qd1 Qb1 43. Nc7 Bc4 44. Kh2 Qxd1 45. Rxd1 Rb7 46. Ne8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "15.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nf6
7. c4 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Nh4 Bg6
12. Nc3 Kf8 13. Nxg6+ hxg6 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Rb1 Kg8 16. b4 a6
17. Re1 Nf8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd8 21. Qe2 Rh5
22. Bf3 Rd5 23. Bb2 Rd6 24. Re1 Ne6 25. h4 Bf8 26. Qc4 Re7
27. Kg2 Nc7 28. Bc1 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Re6 30. Rxe6 Nxe6 31. d5
cxd5 32. Bxd5 Qd7 33. a3 b5 34. Qc6 Qxc6 35. Bxc6 Bd6 36. Bb7
Nc7 37. Be3 Kf8 38. Bb6 Ke7 39. Kf3 Kd7 40. Ke4 f5+ 41. Kd3
Be5 42. Kc2 Bf6 43. f4 Ne6 44. Bxa6 Kc6 45. Be3 Nd4+ 46. Kd3
Ne6 47. Bc8 Nc7 48. h5 gxh5 49. Bxf5 h4 50. Be4+ Kd7 51. g4 h3
52. g5 Bb2 53. Bf5+ Ke7 54. Bxh3 Bxa3 55. Bc5+ Kf7 56. Kc3
Nd5+ 57. Kb3 Bc1 58. f5 Bxg5 59. Bf1 Nc7 60. Bd6 Bd8 61. Be5
g6 62. fxg6+ Kxg6 63. Bxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "16.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6
7. d5 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 a5 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. O-O
Nc5 13. e4 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. f3 Qd7 16. Re1 Nh5 17. Nf1 f5
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Bf1 Kh8 21. Ned5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5
Bxd5 23. Qxd5 e4 24. Rad1 exf3 25. gxf3 Be5 26. Kh1 Rae8
27. Bh3 Qg7 28. Rg1 Qf7 29. Qxf7 Rxf7 30. b3 Ne6 31. Bf2 Nf4
32. Bf1 Rb7 33. Bd3 Nh3 34. Rg2 Nxf2+ 35. Rxf2 f4 36. Be4 Rg7
37. Rg2 Reg8 38. Rdg1 Rxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "17.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 d4 5. b4 Bg7 6. d3 Nfd7
7. Nbd2 c5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. b5 Nce5 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 O-O
12. Qd2 a5 13. e3 e5 14. exd4 exd4 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Qg5 b6
17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bc1 Bb7 19. Bf4 Rbc8 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Re8 22. Ne4 Bf8 23. g4 Re6 24. Ng5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 f6 26. Ne4
Re8 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Nd6+ Bxd6 29. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Ke6
31. Bc7 f5 32. f3 g5 33. Kf2 h6 34. gxf5+ Kxf5 35. Kg3 a4
36. a3 h5 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Ne5 39. Bxe5 Kxe5 40. Kg5 Ke6
41. f4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "18.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yuri Vovk"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bf5
7. Bd2 Qc8 8. Nc3 Bh3 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxh3 Qxh3 11. cxd5 c6
12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Rac1 cxd5 14. Qxd5 Nc6 15. e3 e6 16. Qb3 d5
17. Ne1 Rfc8 18. Nd3 b6 19. Qa4 Ne5 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Bb4 Bf8
22. f3 Rc4 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. b3 Rcc8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. e4 dxe4
27. fxe4 f6 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. Nb2 b5 30. Nd3 a5 31. g4 a4 32. b4
Rc4 33. a3 Rac8 34. Nc5 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Nb6 36. Kd3 e5 37. Rf1
Ke7 38. g5 fxg5 39. dxe5 Nc4 40. e6 Rd8+ 41. Kc3 Ne5 42. Rf2
g4 43. Rf1 h5 44. Rf4 Rd1 45. Rf2 Rh1 46. Kd4 Nf3+ 47. Kd5
Rxh2 48. Rf1 Rd2+ 49. Kc6 Nd4+ 50. Kb6 Nxe6 51. Kxb5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "19.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 Nc6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7
7. c3 d5 8. O-O b6 9. Na3 O-O 10. e5 Rb8 11. Nc2 b5 12. Be3 c4
13. a3 a5 14. Bc5 cxd3 15. Qxd3 Re8 16. g4 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6
18. Rae1 Qc7 19. Qe3 Bg7 20. b4 Bd7 21. h3 Rf8 22. Ng5 Rf6
23. Nd4 e5 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxf6
Bxf6 28. Bd4 Re8 29. Nf7+ Kg7 30. Nxe5 h6 31. Qf2 Bc8 32. Nc6
Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Bxd4+ 34. cxd4 Kf8 35. Qe5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[Round "20.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. d5 Nf6
12. c4 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b6 14. Be2 e6 15. f3 Re8 16. Kf2 Bb7
17. Rhe1 Rad8 18. Bf1 Nd7 19. a4 f5 20. Bg5 Bd4+ 21. Kg3 Nf6
22. Nb3 Be5+ 23. Kf2 fxe4 24. f4 e3+ 25. Kg1 Bb2 26. Rc2 h6
27. Bh4 g5 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. Bxg5 Be5 30. Rxe3 Ng4 31. Rxe5
Nxe5 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 33. dxe6 Re8 34. a5 Rxe6 35. axb6 axb6
36. Rf2 Kg7 37. Nd2 Rd6 38. h3 Rd4 39. Kh2 Ba6 40. Nb3 Rd1
41. Be2 Rb1 42. Rf5 Nxc4 43. Nxc5 bxc5 44. Rxc5 Rb4 45. Rc7+
Kf8 46. h4 Ra4 47. Kg3 Ne5 48. Bxa6 Rxa6 49. Kf4 Nf7 50. Rc4
Nd6 51. Rb4 Ne8 52. g4 Nf6 53. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Mashrukovich Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e6
7. O-O b5 8. Bc2 Bb7 9. a4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. axb5 axb5
12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Qxb5 Ba6 14. Qa5 Qb7 15. Qa4 Ra8 16. Qb3
Qxb3 17. Bxb3 Bd3 18. Na3 Bxe4 19. Ng5 Bd3 20. Bc2 Bxc2
21. Nxc2 c4 22. Nf3 Nc5 23. Rd1 Nfd7 24. Nb4 Ra1 25. Nc2 Ra4
26. Nce1 Nb3 27. Nc2 Ndc5 28. Nfe1 Bg5 29. Nf3 Bh6 30. Na3 Nd3
0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.18"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. f5 Be7
12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxh4+ 15. g3 Bg5 16. Nxg5
hxg5 17. O-O Qc5 18. Qf2 Nc6 19. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Bxe6
21. Bxe6 Rb8 22. Bd5 Ne5 23. Bxb7 Ke7 24. a4 g4 25. Rb3 a5
26. Rb5 Kd7 27. c4 Kc7 28. c5 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rxb5 30. cxd6+
Kxd6 31. Rd2+ Ke5 32. axb5 gxf3 33. Ra2 Ra8 34. b6 a4 35. Kf2
Rb8 36. Kxf3 Rxb6 37. Rxa4 Kf5 38. Rf4+ Kg6 39. Kg4 Kh6 40. h4
Rg6+ 41. Kf3 Ra6 42. Re4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.19"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "2.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Noel Studer"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6
7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Ne5 c5 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. Nxc4 Qxc5 11. b3 Rd8
12. Ba3 Rxd1 13. Rfxd1 Qh5 14. Bxe7 Nbd7 15. Bf3 Qf5 16. Rac1
Ne8 17. Ne4 e5 18. Ncd6 Nxd6 19. Nxd6 Qe6 20. Nxc8 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ne8
12. O-O Rb8 13. Be3 Nc7 14. f4 b5 15. e5 bxa4 16. Nge4 dxe5
17. f5 gxf5 18. Rxf5 Nb6 19. Rg5 f5 20. Qe1 fxe4 21. Rxg7+
Kxg7 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Qxe5+ Qf6 24. Qxc7 Nd7 25. Rf1 Rb7
26. Qc6 Qxc6 27. dxc6 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Rxb2 29. Nxa4 Rb3
30. cxd7 Bxd7 31. Bxc5 Bxa4 32. Bd4+ Kg8 33. Bc4+ Kf8 34. Bxb3
Bxb3 35. Kf2 a5 36. Ke3 Bd5 37. g4 a4 38. h4 Kf7 39. Bb2 h6
40. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4
7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 Bf5
12. Bxc4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2
Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Bxe4 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rd6 20. Qe3 Bd5
21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Qe7 Rxd4 23. Qxa7 Ra4 24. Qd7 Rxa2 25. Re8
g6 26. Qxc6 Rxe8 27. Qxe8+ Kg7 28. Qe5+ Qf6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6
30. Rd6+ Kf5 31. Rd7 Rxb2 32. Rxf7+ Ke6 33. Ra7 Rb1+ 34. Kh2
Rb2 35. Kg3 Kf6 36. Ra6+ Kf7 37. f4 h5 38. Ra7+ Kf6 39. Ra6+
Kf5 40. Ra5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e6
7. d3 Bd6 8. e4 Ne7 9. d4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bd3 h5 12. h4
Bc7 13. c3 Qd7 14. Qf3 e5 15. Bg5 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bf5
exd4 18. cxd4 O-O 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Rfe1 Qd6 21. Rad1 Rfe8
22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. d5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Qf6 26. Be4
Qe6 27. Bc2 Qc6 28. Bd3 Re5 29. Be4 Qe6 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. Bxb7
g6 32. b3 Qg4 33. Qc6 Bd4 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Kg2 Qf5 36. Qe2 Qe5
37. Qd2 a5 38. a3 Qc5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Qc3 41. Qxc3 Bxc3
42. b5 Bd4 43. Bd5 Kf6 44. f3 Bb6 45. g4 hxg4 46. fxg4 Kg7
47. Bc4 Bd8 48. Kg3 Kf8 49. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Li Chao"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O b6 8. a4 a5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. b3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Ba3 f5 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. b4 Nf6 16. bxa5 bxa5
17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Ne5 f4 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Bb5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 fxe3
22. fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rc8 24. Bc4 Qd7 25. e6 Qc6 26. Rc1 Nb6
27. Ba6 Bxa6 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Bxe7 Bc4 30. Qc3 Nd5 31. Qxa5
Nc7 32. Qa7 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nils Grandelius"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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. b3 Nb6 15. Ne3 c4 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Bf8
18. Rad1 cxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Qd6+
Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nc8 24. Rdd1 Nb6 25. Rd6 Nc8 26. Rdd1 Nb6
27. Rd6 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e4 c5
7. d5 h6 8. Bh4 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Qc7
12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Qc2 a6 14. Nf1 d5 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. exd5 Nxd5
17. Rad1 Bf5 18. Qc1 Rad8 19. N1d2 Na5 20. h3 Qc6 21. Nh4 Bc8
22. Qc2 b5 23. Bf1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Ne4
Nb7 27. Qd3 Be6 28. Nf3 Bf5 29. Qxd5 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Bxe4
31. Nd2 Bc6 32. Bd3 c4 33. Bc2 f5 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kf1 Ke6
36. Ke2 Nc5 37. Bf2 Nb7 38. a3 Nd6 39. Bb6 Bf6 40. Nf1 Nc8
41. Bc5 Ne7 42. Ne3 h5 43. Bb1 h4 44. Nc2 Nd5 45. Bd4 Bg5
46. Ne3 Nf4+ 47. Kf1 Nd3 48. Bxd3 cxd3 49. Ke1 Bd5 50. Kd2 Bc4
51. Bb6 Kd7 52. b4 Bf4 53. Bd4 Ke6 54. Bb6 g5 55. Bd4 g4
56. hxg4 fxg4 57. fxg4 Bg5 58. Ke1 Bb3 59. Kd2 Bc4 60. Ke1 Bd5
61. Kf2 d2 62. Nd1 Bb3 63. Ke2 Bc4+ 64. Kf2 Bb3 65. Ke2 Kf7
66. Nb2 Kg6 67. c4 bxc4 68. Bc3 Bf4 69. Bxd2 Kg5 70. Nd1 Kxg4
71. Ne3+ Kh5 72. Nd5 Be5 73. Bc3 Bh2 74. Nf6+ Kg6 75. Ne4 Ba4
76. Nd2 Kf5 77. Nf3 Bg3 78. Be1 Kg4 79. Bxg3 Kxg3 80. Kd2 Bc6
81. Nxh4 Kxh4 82. Kc3 Bb5 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re6
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 b5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. d4 Re6 16. dxc5 Qd2
17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qe3 Qxb2 19. Rfb1 Qc2 20. Rd1 Re8 21. f3 Qb2
22. Rdb1 Qc2 23. Rd1 Qb2 24. Rdb1 Qc2 25. Rc1 Qb2 26. Rcb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re6
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 b5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. d4 Re6 16. dxc5 Qd2
17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qe3 Qxb2 19. Rfb1 Qc2 20. Rd1 Re8 21. f3 Qb2
22. Rdb1 Qc2 23. Rd1 Qb2 24. Rdb1 Qc2 25. Rc1 Qb2 26. Rcb1 Qc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.16"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ivan Ivanisevic"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h6 6. Qd2 b5
7. O-O-O Nf6 8. f3 c6 9. Kb1 h5 10. Nge2 Qc7 11. e5 dxe5
12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Bd4 Bf5 14. e6 f6 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Nf4 Nc6
17. Nxd5 Qb7 18. Bb6 O-O 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 f5 21. Qe3 Rac8
22. Qg5 Kh7 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. Nf4 Ne5 25. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.17"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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. h4
Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc4 Qa5 15. Qf3 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5
17. Bxf7+ Kd8 18. hxg5 Rb8 19. Bb3 Rf8 20. Qe3 Qxg5 21. Qxg5
hxg5 22. f3 g4 23. Ke2 a5 24. Na4 Ba6+ 25. c4 Rb4 26. Rac1
gxf3+ 27. gxf3 Bd4 28. Rc2 c5 29. Rh2 Rg8 30. Rc1 Bc8 31. Nc3
Be6 32. Kd3 Rg3 33. Ke2 Bxc4+ 34. Kd2 Rxf3 35. Bxc4 Rxb2+ 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.19"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4
7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bxc4 O-O
12. Bf4 Bf5 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rc8 16. Qb3 Bd6
17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rad1 Qe5 19. Rd2 Rb8 20. Qa3 Be6 21. Bxe6
Qxe6 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Qd4 Rxa2 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6
26. g4 Rb8 27. Rxe4 Raxb2 28. Rxb2 Rxb2 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Re4
Rb5 31. Kg2 f5 32. gxf5 Rxf5 33. Rg4+ Kf6 34. Re4 Kg7 35. Rg4+
Kf6 36. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 Bg7 8. Bb5 O-O 9. Ne2 Na5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bf2 a6
12. Bd3 Bc4 13. O-O b5 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Nc1 c5 16. Nb3 cxd4
17. cxd4 Qd6 18. Qe2 Qa3 19. Rab1 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Na5 21. Nc5
Nc6 22. e5 e6 23. f4 Rc7 24. d5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Rd8 26. Rxd8+
Nxd8 27. Qd2 Nb7 28. Nxb7 Rxb7 29. Rc1 h5 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. h3
Qe7 32. Qd6 Qd7 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 34. Bh4 Rd4 35. Bg5 Bh6 36. Bf6
Bg7 37. Bg5 Bh6 38. Bf6 Bg7 39. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4
7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qh4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Qf4 Bd6 11. Qf3 O-O-O
12. Be3 a6 13. O-O-O c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxa6
bxa6 17. Qa8+ Qb8 18. Qc6+ Qc7 19. Qa8+ Qb8 20. Qc6+ Qc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4
7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qh4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Qf4 Bd6 11. Qf3 O-O-O
12. Be3 a6 13. O-O-O c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxa6
bxa6 17. Qa8+ Qb8 18. Qc6+ Qc7 19. Qa8+ Qb8 20. Qc6+ Qc7
21. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. d3 a6 9. Bc4 b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. Bb3 Bb7
12. Re1 e6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nfd5 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Bxa4 Nb6
17. Qg4 Qd4 18. Qxd4 cxd4 19. Bc6 Rfb8 20. h3 a5 21. b3 Nd5
22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Nc4 Rba7 24. Bd2 a4 25. b4 Rb7 26. Reb1 Rb5
27. Nd6 Rb6 28. Nc4 Rb5 29. Nd6 Rb6 30. Nc4 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.04"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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.a4 bxa4 14.Ncb4 Nxb4 15.cxb4 Bb7 16.Rxa4 Qc8 17.Nxf6+ gxf6
18.Bd3 Bc6 19.Rxa6 Rxb4 20.O-O Rd4 21.Qf3 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 Qxa6
23.Qg4+ Kh8 24.Qf5 Rxe4 25.Qxf6+ Kg8 26.Qg5+ Kh8 27.Qf6+ Kg8
28.Qg5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.05"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6
7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. e4 Re8
12. f3 Nh5 13. f4 Nf6 14. Kh1 Nc7 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Bd7 17. Bf3
Nb5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Rxe5 20. Nc4 Rf5 21. Ne2 Rxf3
22. gxf3 Bh3 23. Re1 Qxd5 24. Nf4 Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Bd7 26. Be3
Bc6 27. Kg2 Re8 28. Kf2 g5 29. Nd3 g4 30. Nde5 Bd5 31. Rg1 h5
32. h3 Bxc4 33. Nxc4 Nd5 34. fxg4 Nxe3 35. Nxe3 Bxb2 36. Rae1
Bc3 37. Re2 Bd4 38. Kf3 Nc3 39. Ree1 Ne4 40. gxh5+ Kh7 41. Rg2
Nd6 42. Ree2 Re5 43. Nc2 Rxh5 44. Nxd4 cxd4 45. Rg4 Rxa5
46. Rxd4 Nf5 47. Rb4 b5 48. Kf4 Nh6 49. Ke5 Ra3 50. h4 Rg3
51. Ra2 Rg6 52. Rb1 Re6+ 53. Kf4 Rf6+ 54. Ke4 Re6+ 55. Kf4
Rf6+ 56. Ke4 Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.06"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Rb8
12. Be3 Be7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Kh2 Bb7 16. Nc3 Rc8
17. a4 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 a5 20. Qe2 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5
22. h4 Qf6 23. Qb5 Qe7 24. Qxa5 Rxc2 25. Rac1 Rxb2 26. Rb1 Ra2
27. Qxb4 Ba6 28. Qb3 Bxf1 29. Qxa2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Ra8 31. a5 e4
32. Rb3 f5 33. Qd2 Qc7 34. Qb2 Rxa5 35. Rb7 Ra2 36. Qb5 Rxf2+
37. Kxf2 Qc2+ 38. Qe2 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.a3 Be7 10.Bf2 Qc7 11.Qf3 b5 12.g4 Nc6 13.O-O-O
Bb7 14.h4 d5 15.e5 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Qc3 Rc8 18.Rh3 b4
19.axb4 Nxb4 20.Qxc7 Rxc7 21.f5 O-O 22.Be1 Bd5 23.g5 Rfc8
24.Bxb4 Bxb4 25.f6 Kh7 26.c3 gxf6 27.gxf6 Rg8 28.Bxa6 Bc5
29.Nb5 Rc6 30.Bb7 Rb6 31.Bxd5 exd5 32.Nd4 Bxd4 33.cxd4 Rg2
34.Rd2 Rxd2 35.Kxd2 Kg6 36.b3 Kf5 37.Rg3 Kf4 38.Rg1 e3+ 39.Kd3
Rxb3+ 40.Kc2 Rb6 41.Kd3 Rb3+ 42.Kc2 Rb6 43.Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1
Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.g3 Bc4 15.Rfe1 Rg6 16.Nce4 Rd8 17.Rxd8+ Bxd8
18.b3 Bd5 19.c4 Nd4 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Nd6+ cxd6 22.exd6+ Ne6
23.Nf3 Bf6 24.Be3 Kd7 25.Bxa7 Rh6 26.Rd1 Kxd6 27.Bb8+ Kc6
28.Rc1+ Kd7 29.Rd1 Kc6 30.Rc1+ Kd7 31.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 b6 11. Rd1
Bb7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. e6 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. exf7+ Kxf7
16. Ne5+ Kf6 17. Ng4+ Kf7 18. a4 a5 19. Ne5+ Kf6 20. Ng4+ Kf7
21. Ne5+ Kf6 22. f4 Rce8 23. Rd3 g6 24. Re1 Kg7 25. Ne4 Re6
26. Red1 Rd8 27. Ng5 Re7 28. Ne4 Re6 29. Ng5 Re7 30. Ne4
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. c4 b5
12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. b3 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Ne8 16. O-O Nd6
17. a4 Bg5 18. Nf3 Bf4 19. axb5 f5 20. Nd2 Qg5 21. Rad1 axb5
22. exf5 Ra3 23. Ne4 c4 24. Qc2 Qxf5 25. Qb2 Rxb3 26. Qxb3
cxb3 27. Nxd6 Qg6 28. Nxb5 e4 29. d6 b2 30. Nd4 Qxd6 31. Bc4+
Kh8 32. Ne6 Bxh2+ 33. Kh1 Rxf2 34. Ng5 Bg3 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 h6 16.Bd2 Bg7 17.a4 c5 18.d5 c4 19.b4
cxb3 20.Bxb3 Nc5 21.c4 Qd7 22.cxb5 axb5 23.a5 Reb8 24.Bc2 Bc8
25.Rb1 Qd8 26.Qc1 Kh7 27.Qa3 Ne8 28.Ne2 Nc7 29.Nc3 Bd7 30.Na2
N7a6 31.Nb4 Be8 32.Ra1 Nxb4 33.Qxb4 Na6 34.Qb3 Nc5 35.Qb4 Na6
36.Qb3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic (Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[EventDate "2015.12.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2834"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 e5 6. d3 d6
7. a3 Be7 8. b4 b6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 Nd4 11. bxc5 bxc5
12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rb7 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qa4 Nb6 16. Qa6 Bc8
17. Rxe7 Bxa6 18. Rb1 Rfb8 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Rc7 Ne6 21. Rc6 Rd8
22. a4 Bb7 23. Rcxb6 axb6 24. Rxb6 Bc8 25. Bd1 Ra6 26. Rb2 Bd7
27. g3 Bc6 28. Ke1 Rda8 29. Ra2 Rb6 30. Kd2 g6 31. Kc1 Nd4
32. Nd2 Rb4 33. Rb2 Rab8 34. Nb5 Rxb2 35. Kxb2 Ke7 36. Kc3 Bd7
37. f4 f6 38. Nf1 exf4 39. gxf4 Ne6 40. f5 gxf5 41. Ne3 Nf4
42. exf5 Bc6 43. d4 Be4 44. d5 Ng2 45. Nxg2 Bxg2 46. Bc2 Bf3
47. Kb3 Ra8 48. Nc7 Ra7 49. Nb5 Ra8 50. Nc7 Ra7 51. Nb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic (Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[EventDate "2015.12.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Rfc8 13. b3 Nh5 14. O-O Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Rfe1
Rc7 17. Rcd1 Qc6 18. Nb5 Rd7 19. Nxa7 Qc5 20. Qxc5 dxc5
21. Nb5 Rxa2 22. e5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nh5 24. g3 Rb2 25. Rd8+ Kg7
26. Re8 Rb1+ 27. Kg2 Rb2+ 28. Kg1 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Rb2+ 30. Kh3 e6
31. Re7 Rxb3 32. Kg4 Kf8 33. Rxb7 h6 34. Rc7 f5+ 35. exf6
Nxf6+ 36. Kf4 g5+ 37. Ke5 Ne8 38. Rxc5 Re3+ 39. Kd4 Rxf3
40. Re5 Rf2 41. Rxe6 Rxh2 42. c5 h5 43. Nd6 Nxd6 44. cxd6 Kf7
45. Re3 h4 46. g4 h3 47. Ke5 Rh1 48. d7 Ke7 49. Kf5+ Kxd7
50. Kxg5 Kd6 51. Kh5 Rf1 52. Rxh3 Ke7 53. Kg6 Rf6+ 54. Kg7
Rf7+ 55. Kg6 Rf6+ 56. Kg5 Ra6 57. Rf3 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[EventDate "2015.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O
7. c4 c5 8. e3 d6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 e6 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. d4
Rad8 13. Qc2 d5 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. exd4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4
17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Nxe5 19. Qe4 Bc8 20. Re1 Bf5 21. Qe3
Qc5 22. Rad1 Bg4 23. Rb1 Bf5 24. Be4 Nd3 25. Qxc5 bxc5
26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Na4 Rd2 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rb2 Rfd8 30. Re2
Rd1+ 31. Kg2 c4 32. bxc4 Bd3 33. Re7 Bxc4 34. Re3 R8d6 35. a3
Bf1+ 36. Kf3 Rf6+ 37. Ke4 Re6+ 38. Kf3 Rf6+ 39. Ke4 Re6+
40. Kf3 Rf6+ 41. Kg4 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[EventDate "2015.12.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. b3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Qc2 c6 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. f3 Be6
17. f4 Bg7 18. e4 Rad8 19. e5 Bg4 20. Bf3 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Rd8
22. Qe2 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 f6 24. exf6 Qxe2 25. Nxe2 Bf8 26. Bd4
Kf7 27. Rc3 Nd5 28. Rc4 Nxf6 29. Kg2 Nd5 30. Kf3 a5 31. Bc5
Bg7 32. Bd4 Bf8 33. Bc5 Bh6 34. Rd4 Bg7 35. Rd2 a4 36. Bd4
Bxd4 37. Rxd4 axb3 38. axb3 Ra8 39. Rd3 Ra2 40. h3 Rb2 41. Nd4
h5 42. f5 g5 43. Ne6 Kf6 44. Nd8 Rh2 45. Nxb7 Rxh3 46. Nd6 Rh2
47. Ke4 Re2+ 48. Kd4 Ne7 49. Kc5 g4 50. Kb6 Re5 51. Kc7 c5
52. Nc4 Rxf5 53. Rd6+ Kg5 54. Re6 Nd5+ 55. Kd6 h4 56. gxh4+
Kxh4 57. Ne5 Nf4 58. Rh6+ Kg5 59. Rh8 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3
7. dxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. gxf3 Kc7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 Rd8
12. h4 g6 13. Bh3 Bxh3 14. Rxh3 Kd7 15. Rd1+ Ke6 16. Rxd8 Bxd8
17. Ke2 Rb8 18. Nb1 b5 19. Nd2 Ba5 20. Bxf6 Bxd2 21. Kxd2 Kxf6
22. Kc3 bxc4 23. Rh1 cxb3 24. axb3 h5 25. Ra1 g5 26. hxg5+
Kxg5 27. Rxa7 Kg6 28. Ra1 h4 29. Kc4 Rb4+ 30. Kxc5 Rxb3
31. Kxc6 Rb2 32. Rh1 Rxf2 33. Rxh4 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic (Tiebreaks)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[EventDate "2015.12.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 b6
12. Rd1 Be7 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Ned4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4
c5 17. Nb5 Rhc8 18. f4 Bc6 19. Nc3 Ke6 20. Kf2 h4 21. a4 Kf5
22. Ke3 Re8 23. Nd5 Rac8 24. Rd2 f6 25. Rf1 fxe5 26. fxe5+ Kg5
27. Nc3 Rxe5+ 28. Kf2 Rf8+ 29. Kg1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rf5+ 31. Kg1
Rf4 32. Re2 Kf6 33. b3 a6 34. Nd1 Bd5 35. c4 Be6 36. a5 Rd4
37. Nf2 Bf5 38. Ra2 Rd6 39. Kf1 Ke5 40. Re2+ Kf4 41. Ra2 g5
42. Ke1 Re6+ 43. Kf1 Re3 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gawain Jones"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 d5 8. d4 dxe4 9. Nbd2 exf3 10. Qxf3 Be7 11. Qxc6+ Bd7
12. Qf3 exd4 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Rd1 Re8 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Qc8
17. Qd3 Nxe4 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Rxd7 Nf6 20. Rd1 c4 21. Bf4 Bc5
22. Kf1 a5 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Kf8 25. Bd1 Re8 26. Bf3 b4
27. Rc1 bxc3 28. Rxc3 Bb4 29. Rc1 Ne4 30. Rc2 a4 31. Be3 f5
32. g3 Rc8 33. Be2 Nd6 34. a3 Ba5 35. Bf4 Ke7 36. Bd1 c3
37. bxc3 Ne4 38. c4 Nc3 39. Be2 Nxe2 40. Kxe2 Bb6 41. Rb2 Bc5
42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Bc1 Be7 44. Rb6+ Kf7 45. Kd3 Rd8+ 46. Kc3 Rd1
47. Be3 Bxa3 48. Ra6 Be7 49. c5 g5 50. Rxa4 Rd8 51. Kc4 h5
52. Ra7 Rg8 53. Kd5 Rd8+ 54. Ke5 f4 55. gxf4 gxf4 56. Bxf4 Rc8
57. Be3 Ke8 58. Kd5 Kf7 59. c6 Rd8+ 60. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ehud Shachar"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O g6
7. Re1 Bg7 8. Bf1 O-O 9. h3 e5 10. Nbd2 b5 11. a3 a5 12. a4 b4
13. Nc4 Be6 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Qc1 Ba6 17. Bd2 Re8
18. Nf3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. g3 Qd7 21. h4 Rbd8 22. Bg5 f6
23. Be3 Qe7 24. Nh2 Bxc4 25. dxc4 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 f5 27. Rad1 e4
28. Rd5 Rxd5 29. cxd5 Ne5 30. cxb4 axb4 31. Qb3 Qd6 32. a5 Rc8
33. Rc1 Bh6 34. Rc2 f4 35. Bh3 Ra8 36. Be6+ Kh8 37. Re2 e3
38. g4 f3 39. Rxe3 c4 40. Qd1 Bxe3 41. fxe3 Nd3 42. Qxf3 Rf8
0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aryan Tari"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4
Bf5 7. Nh4 Bd7 8. e4 e5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Nxe5 Qb4+ 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. Qd2 Nxa2 13. Rxa2 Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 Be6 15. Ra1 O-O 16. Bc3
Re8 17. Bb5 c6 18. Bd3 Rd8 19. Ke2 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. e5
Bd5 22. Rhg1 f6 23. f4 c5 24. dxc5 fxe5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bb5
Re7 27. Bxe5 Rxe5+ 28. Kd3 Rd8 29. Kc3 Re3+ 30. Kd2 Rb3
31. Ba4 Rb4 32. b3 a5 33. Kc3 Rc8 34. Kb2 Rxc5 35. Rgc1 Rxc1
36. Rxc1 b5 37. Rc5 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sethuraman P Sethuraman"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4
12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 O-O 16. Nd4
Rfd8 17. Be3 Bd5 18. Rac1 Ne6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. a3 b4 21. axb4
Bxb4 22. Nd4 a5 23. f4 g6 24. f5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bf3 26. gxf3
Rxd4 27. Be4 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Re8 29. f4 gxf5 30. Bxf5 f6
31. Bd7 Rf8 32. Be6+ Kh8 33. exf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nils Grandelius"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. O-O Nc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 Nxb3
12. axb3 g5 13. Bg3 e5 14. Nf5 Nxe4 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Nxe4
Qxd1 17. Rexd1 f6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Ke7 20. Rad1 Bf5
21. c3 Rhd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. f3 Kd7 25. Bf2 Bc2
26. b4 Ke6 27. b5 a5 28. Bb6 a4 29. Bc5 h5 30. h3 f5 31. b6 e4
32. Kf2 Bd3 33. Bf8 f4 34. fxe4 Bxe4 35. Bh6 Kf5 36. Bf8 g4
37. hxg4+ hxg4 38. g3 f3 39. c4 Bd3 40. c5 Be4 41. Bg7 Bc6
42. Bf8 Ke4 43. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Markus Ragger"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2
Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 a5 15. Rxb7 g5 16. Bg3 a4
17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc6 19. e5 Qc4 20. Rb2 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Nxd4
22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Rfb1 Ra5 24. Ra2 a3 25. f3 Bxe5 26. Bxe5
Rxe5 27. Rxa3 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Nf4 29. Rb2 h5 30. Rd2 h4 31. Re3
Rxe3 32. Kxe3 f6 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3
Ne7 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Nd4 Nf8 15. Rd3 h5 16. Rad1 h4
17. Bh2 Ne6 18. Nce2 c5 19. Nf5 b6 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. Nf4 g5
22. Nd5+ Kf8 23. f4 gxf4 24. Nxf4 Kg7 25. Rf3 Nxf4 26. Bxf4
Rh5 27. g4 hxg3 28. Rxg3+ Kh7 29. Rd8 Bb7 30. Rd7 Rf5 31. Bg5
Rg8 32. h4 Bc8 33. Rxc7 Be6 34. Rxa7 Rxe5 35. Kf2 Rf5+ 36. Ke1
b5 37. a3 Re8 38. Re3 Kg6 39. Ra6 Kh5 40. Rb6 c4 41. Kd2 Rc8
42. Kc3 Rcc5 43. Rg3 Rc8 44. Kb4 Ra8 45. Be7 c3 46. b3 Rf2
47. Rxb5+ f5 48. Rg5+ Kh6 49. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7
7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bb5 cxd4
12. Qxd4 a6 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Rd1 b5
17. O-O Ra7 18. a4 Rf8 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5
Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Rb7 23. Rd7 Rxb5 24. Rxe7 Rxb2 25. Rc7 Rfb8
26. g3 Rb1 27. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 28. Kg2 g5 29. g4 Kg7 30. h3 Rb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sebastien Maze"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+
Bxd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Nd2 b5 11. a3 Be7
12. Rd1 Bg4 13. f3 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Nf1 O-O 16. Ne3 Rac8
17. Qe2 Rc5 18. Bd2 Rfc8 19. Be1 Qb7 20. Rd2 a5 21. Bf2 b4
22. Na4 R5c6 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. b3 bxa3 25. Qd1 Ra6 26. Rxa3 Nxd5
27. exd5 Bf5 28. c4 Bg5 29. Rda2 e4 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Nc3 Bf5
32. Nb5 Bd7 33. Nc3 Re8 34. h3 Qb4 35. Qc2 Be3 36. Nd1 Bc5
37. Kh2 Re1 38. Ra4 Bxa4 39. Rxa4 Bxf2 40. Rxb4 Bg1+ 41. Kg3
axb4 42. Qd2 Re8 43. Qxb4 Rb6 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters Blitz TB"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6
12. Ne2 Bf6 13. c3 Nd6 14. Nf4 Bg4 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Bd3 Qd7
17. Ng2 h6 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Bd2 Nd6 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Re1 g6
22. b3 Bg7 23. Bc1 a6 24. a4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. b4 Nc4
27. Nxc4 bxc4 28. Bf1 Bg4 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Bg2 Bf5 31. Qa4
Bd7 32. Qd1 Na7 33. Ne5 Be6 34. Be3 Nb5 35. Qc1 f6 36. Nf3 g5
37. h4 c6 38. Bd2 Bf5 39. Qa1 Be4 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Ne1 Bxg2
42. Nxg2 Nd6 43. Ne3 Ne4 44. Qa2 Qh5 45. Be1 g4 46. Qa8+ Kh7
47. Qxc6 Ng5 48. Kf1 Qh1+ 49. Ke2 Qf3+ 50. Kf1 Qh1+ 51. Ke2
Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters Blitz TB"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd3 Be6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. a3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Bxd5 14. O-O O-O 15. Rad1 Be4 16. Nc5
Bxc2 17. Rd2 Bf5 18. Nxb7 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Bf6
21. Rb4 a5 22. Rb5 Bd7 23. Rb6 Rab8 24. Bf3 Rfc8 25. Rd1 Be6
26. h3 a4 27. Rb4 Bb3 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Nc5 Rxb4 30. axb4 Rxb2
31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Nxb3 axb3 33. Bd1 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters Armageddon"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[EventDate "2016.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6
12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Bf6 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. g3 Be6
17. Bg2 Nc7 18. b3 Qd7 19. Ba3 Rfe8 20. Rc1 Nb5 21. Bb2 Rac8
22. Qd3 Nc7 23. Re2 g6 24. Rce1 Bg7 25. h4 h5 26. Bf3 Red8
27. Ng2 Bf5 28. Qd2 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Ne3 Be4 31. Bxe4
dxe4 32. d5 Bxb2 33. Qxb2 Nd6 34. Qf6 Qd8 35. Qf4 Kg7 36. g4
Qf6 37. Qg3 hxg4 38. Nxg4 Qc3 39. Qxd6 Qxe1+ 40. Kg2 Qc3
41. Ne5 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Valentina Gunina"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nd7
7. c4 Be7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. f4 Ne4
12. Nf5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. e4 Re8 16. g4 Bf7
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. e5 Nc4 19. Qc2 fxe5 20. dxe5 Rad8 21. Qf2
c5 22. Re1 Qc7 23. f5 Rxe5 24. Bf4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qa5 26. Qg3
Qxa2 27. Bg5 Rc8 28. f6 gxf6 29. Bxf6 Qd2 30. g5 Nd6 31. g6
Bxg6 32. Qe5 Rf8 33. Bxd5+ Nf7 34. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters Blitz TB"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[EventDate "2016.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 c4 8. Bc2 Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 e6 12. b3
Be7 13. Qe2 cxb3 14. axb3 O-O 15. d4 Rfd8 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7
17. Ng5+ Bxg5 18. Qxh5+ Bh6 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxf7+ Kh8
21. Qf6+ Kh7 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Rxe6 Rf8 24. Rxd6 Rxf7 25. d5
Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. c4 a6 28. Nc3 Re7 29. c5 Nd7 30. c6
bxc6 31. Rxa6 Nb8 32. Rb6 Rb7 33. Rxb7 Nxb7 34. dxc6 Nxc6
35. Nd5 Kg7 36. b4 Nd6 37. g4 Kf7 38. Kg2 Ke6 39. Nc7+ Kd7
40. Na6 Ke6 41. f4 Kd5 42. f5 Ke5 43. Kg3 h5 44. Nc5 Nxf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters Blitz TB"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[EventDate "2016.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4
f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Kh2 Kf7 20. Ne4 b6 21. Rfe1
Rgg8 22. b3 Rge8 23. f3 c5 24. c3 a5 25. Kg2 Re7 26. Rd2 Bd7
27. Kf2 Bc6 28. Rde2 Rce8 29. Nd2 Rc8 30. Nc4 Rxe2+ 31. Rxe2
Bb5 32. Rd2 Bc6 33. a4 Ne7 34. Rd3 Ng6 35. Bc1 Ke6 36. Re3+
Kf7 37. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 h6 6. Re1 Ngf6
7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Be6 11. Qe2 Bc5
12. a3 O-O 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2 Qf6 15. c4 Bc7 16. c5 a5 17. Nd2
axb4 18. axb4 b6 19. cxb6 Bxb6 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Nxe5 Nxe5
22. Bxe5 Qxb4 23. Rab1 Qc5 24. Rec1 Qxe5 25. Rxb6 c5 26. Rb5
Rfc8 27. h3 Ra1 28. Qe1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Qd4 30. Rb2 c4 31. Rd2
Qe5 32. f4 Qc5+ 33. Kh2 c3 34. Rd3 c2 35. f5 Ba2 36. Rd7 Qb5
37. Ra7 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nils Grandelius"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb5+
Bd7 7. a4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bxd7 N6xd7
12. Ne4 Nc6 13. c3 Rc8 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qd7
17. a5 Rfd8 18. Qa4 Nf6 19. Be3 Qxd3 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5
Rd5 22. Bb6 Qf5 23. Rad1 h6 24. h3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd5 26. Nd4
Nxd4 27. Bxd4 e5 28. Bb6 Nxb6 29. axb6 Qe6 30. Qd7 Rc6
31. Qxb7 Rxb6 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ f5 34. Qc2 e4 35. c4 Rd6
36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37. c5 Qc6 38. b4 Kg6 39. Qc3 Kf7 40. Qe5 g6
41. Kh2 h5 42. h4 Qb7 43. Qd6 e3 44. fxe3 Qxb4 45. Qd7+ Kg8
46. Qd8+ Kf7 47. c6 Qc5 48. Qc7+ Kf6 49. Qd8+ Kf7 50. Qd7+ Kf6
51. c7 Qe5+ 52. g3 Qb2+ 53. Kh3 Qe2 54. Qd6+ Kf7 55. Qd5+ Kf6
56. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. a4 b6
7. Na3 Bb7 8. Re1 e6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. d4 O-O 12. h3
Rac8 13. Bd3 Rfe8 14. Qe2 Ra8 15. Bf4 g6 16. Bh2 Bf8 17. Nc4
b5 18. Ncd2 c4 19. Bc2 e5 20. Qe3 Bg7 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5
dxe5 23. b3 cxb3 24. Bxb3 bxa4 25. Bxa4 Red8 26. Rab1 Rac8
27. Rb3 Ba8 28. Bg3 Qa5 29. Ra1 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Bh4 h6
32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Ra2 Bg5 34. Nf3 Bxe4 35. Nxg5 hxg5 36. Rb6
Rxc3 37. Rxa6 Kg7 38. Ra7 Bf5 39. Re2 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 g4 41. hxg4
Bxg4 42. Rxe5 Rc4 43. f3 Bf5 44. Bb3 Rh4+ 45. Kg3 Rb4
46. Rxf7+ Kh6 47. Re3 Rd2 48. Rc7 Kg5 49. Bg8 Rbb2 50. f4+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Bb2
12. Rxc7 Na6 13. Rc2 Bxd4 14. e3 Bg7 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. O-O O-O
17. Nb3 Be6 18. Qd3 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Nd4 Qb2
22. Rb1 Qxa2 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qg6 Kh8 25. h4 gxh4 26. Bxh4 d4
27. exd4 Qd5 28. Be7 Qf5 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Bc5 Rd5 31. Rb8+
Kh7 32. Rb7 Kg6 33. Rxa7 Bxd4 34. Bxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Be7 8. d3 b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. f4 exf4
12. Bxf4 d5 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5
Bxd5 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Bg3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qd5
21. Bh4 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Nd5 23. Rf2 Re6 24. h3 Rae8 25. Kh2 f6
26. Bg3 Nb4 27. Rd1 Re2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Kf7 30. d4 cxd4
31. Bf2 d3 32. c3 Nc6 33. Rxd3 Re2 34. Bxb6 Ne5 35. Rd6 Rxb2
36. Bd4 Nc4 37. Rxa6 h5 38. Kg3 h4+ 39. Kf3 Kg6 40. Rc6 Nd2+
41. Kf4 Ra2 42. Ra6 Nb3 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. Ra7 Nd2+ 45. Ke3 Nf1+
46. Kf3 Nh2+ 47. Ke3 Rxg2 48. a5 g5 49. Ra6 g4 50. Rxf6+ Kg5
51. Rf8 Ra2 52. Rg8+ Kf5 53. Rf8+ Ke6 54. hxg4 h3 55. Kf4 Nf1
56. Rh8 h2 57. Rh6+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Be7 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. c4 c6 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nxg6
hxg6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. d4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Bf3 dxc4 20. bxc4 Nd7 21. Bd4 Bd6
22. Qb2 Ne5 23. Be2 g5 24. h3 Rd7 25. Bb6 Ng6 26. Bxa5 Be5
27. Bc3 Red8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Bg4 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Rd8 31. a4
Ne5 32. Be2 Qc5 33. a5 Rd7 34. g3 g6 35. a6 bxa6 36. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4
12. Nd5 Rc8 13. f3 Be6 14. c3 Ne5 15. b3 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qa5
17. Ne2 Qb5 18. Rab1 Qd3 19. Rfd1 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 b5 21. h3 Rc7
22. Bb6 Rb7 23. Bd4 Rc8 24. Ra2 Nd3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. a4 b4
27. c4 Nc5 28. Nd4 e5 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rd2 Kf6 31. Nc2 Ke7
32. Ne3 a5 33. Nc2 Rd7 34. Ne3 Rf8 35. Rd4 Kd8 36. Kh2 Kc7
37. Kg3 Kc6 38. Rd2 g5 39. Nc2 h5 40. Nd4+ Kb6 41. h4 gxh4+
42. Kxh4 d5 43. cxd5 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6
12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5
17. g3 Nf6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Be3 d4 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Be5 f4
22. g4 Nb4 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Re2 Qb6 25. Rae1 Nd5 26. g5 Rcd8
27. Bh3 Qa5 28. a3 Nc7 29. Re5 Rd5 30. Qe4 f3 31. Bg4 Qd2
32. h4 Rdd8 33. Bxf3 Rf4 34. Qe2 Qxe2 35. Bxe2 Rxh4 36. Kg2
Rf4 37. Kg3 Rdf8 38. Bg4 Rxf2 39. R1e2 R2f7 40. Re7 Kg8 41. a4
g6 42. a5 Kg7 43. b4 Rxe7 44. Rxe7+ Rf7 45. Re4 Nb5 46. Be6
Re7 47. Kf4 Nc3 48. Re5 h6 49. gxh6+ Kxh6 50. Bc4 g5+ 51. Rxg5
Re2 52. Rg8 Rxc2 53. Rb8 b6 54. axb6 axb6 55. Rxb6 Rb2 56. Ke5
Kg5 57. Kxd4 Na4 58. Rxc6 Rxb4 59. Ra6 Kf5 60. Ra5+ Kf6
61. Ra6+ Ke7 62. Kd5 Nb2 63. Kc5 Rb8 64. Re6+ Kd7 65. Rh6 Rc8+
66. Kd5 Nxc4 67. dxc4 Rg8 68. Kc5 Kc7 69. Rh7+ Kb8 70. Kb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Re8 10. d5 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6
Qxf6 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. e4 h5 15. b4 Bh6 16. Qc2 c5 17. dxc6 Bxc6
18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Nf1 Nf8 20. Ne3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qg5 22. Qf2 h4
23. a4 a5 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Nb5 Re6 26. Rf1 Be8 27. Be2 Nd7
28. Bg4 Rf6 29. Qd2 Rc6 30. Kh2 Nc5 31. Qxa5 Kg7 32. Qa8 Nxe4
33. Qxe8 Rxc4 34. Qe7 Rxf1 35. Qxg5 Rxa1 36. Qxh4 Rcc1 37. Bd1
d5 38. Nd6 Nxd6 39. Qe7 Nf5 40. Qxe5+ Kh7 41. e4 dxe4 42. Qf6
Rxd1 43. Qxf7+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ Kg5 45. h4+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Li Chao"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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. b3 a6 11. h3 h5
12. Be2 O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Kb8 14. Kb2 d5 15. Nd4 Bf6 16. f4 g6
17. Bf3 Rhe8 18. Nxc6+ Qxc6 19. Bd4 Bh4 20. Bf2 Bf6 21. Bd4
Bh4 22. Bf2 Bf6 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 d4 25. Bxc6 dxc3+
26. Qxc3 Bxc3+ 27. Kxc3 bxc6 28. g5 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bf5 30. Bd4
Re2 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Kxd2 Kc8 33. c4 Bb1 34. Kc1 Be4 35. Kd2
Bb1 36. Kc1 Be4 37. Kd2 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.20"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.a3 Be7 10.Bf2 Qc7 11.Qf3 Nbd7 12.O-O-O b5 13.g4
g5 14.h4 gxf4 15.Be2 Rg8 16.Rdg1 d5 17.exd5 Ne5 18.Qh3 exd5
19.Re1 Kf8 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.gxf5 Bc5 22.Qf1 d4 23.Nb1 Ne4 24.Bf3
Nxf2 25.Bxa8 Ned3+ 26.Kd2 Nxe1 27.Qxf2 d3 28.Qxe1 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4
Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Rad1+ Ke8 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Bf4
g5 17. Be3 Bf5 18. Nd4 Bg6 19. e6 Rd8 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Nf3
Bxc2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxg5+ Kf6 24. Ne6 Rd1 25. Bg5+ Kf7
26. Rxd1 Bxd1 27. Bxe7 Kxe6 28. Bd8 Kd6 29. f3 c5 30. Kf2 b5
31. Ke3 b4 32. g4 hxg4 33. fxg4 a5 34. Kf4 c4 35. Bf6 c5
36. h4 Ke6 37. Bh8 Kf7 38. h5 a4 39. a3 Be2 40. Be5 c3
41. bxc3 bxa3 42. c4 Bxc4 43. g5 Bd3 44. g6+ Bxg6 45. hxg6+
Kxg6 46. Ke4 c4 47. Ba1 c3 48. Kd3 a2 49. Kxc3 a3 50. Kb3 Kh7
51. Kxa2 Kg8 52. Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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. Bd3 Ng6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. Na3
Bc7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Be2 h6 16. Nc4 Nh7 17. Rd1
Qf6 18. Ne3 Qg6 19. Bg4 Bxg4 20. Nxg4 Bb6 21. a4 h5 22. Nh2
Nf6 23. a5 Bc5 24. b4 Bf8 25. Re1 a6 26. Nf3 Nd5 27. Qb3 Nf4
28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Rad1 Rad8 30. e5 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Qf5 32. Re1
g5 33. Nd4 Qg6 34. e6 Kh8 35. Qd1 fxe6 36. Nf3 g4 37. Ne5 Qf5
38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Nxg4 Bg7 40. Qd7 Rf8 41. f3 c5 42. Qxe6 Qxe6
43. Rxe6 Bxc3 44. bxc5 Bxa5 45. Re7 Bb4 46. Rc7 Rf5 47. Rxb7
Bxc5+ 48. Kf1 a5 49. Rb5 a4 50. Nf2 Rh5 51. Ra5 a3 52. Nd3
Rh1+ 53. Ke2 Bd6 54. Ra6 Rh6 55. Kd1 Kg7 56. Kc2 Rg6 57. Kb3
Kf7 58. Nxf4 Bxf4 59. Rxg6 Kxg6 60. Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Ne4
12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. c4 c5 16. cxd5 Qxb3
17. axb3 exd5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Kf2 a5 21. Be5
Rfc8 22. Rdc1 Bb4 23. Bd1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8
26. g4 f6 27. Bd4 Kf7 28. f4 f5 29. h3 g6 30. Bf3 Ke6
31. gxf5+ gxf5 32. Be2 Bd7 33. Bd1 Be8 34. h4 h5 35. Be2 Be7
36. Kg3 Bb4 37. Kf2 Be7 38. Kg3 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.25"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[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
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 Nd5 22.Be5 Kf8
23.Nc5 b5 24.c4 bxc4 25.Rd4 Re8 26.Rxc4 Rh6 27.Ra4 Kg8 28.Rxa7
Bc8 29.Bg3 Rxe1+ 30.Bxe1 Rd6 31.Ba5 Bxg4 32.fxg4 Rg6 33.Kf2
Rxg4 34.Bd2 Rc4 35.Ra8+ Kh7 36.Nd7 Rxc2 37.Ke2 f6 38.Kd3 Rb2
39.Nf8+ Kg8 40.Ne6+ Kh7 41.Ra7 Rb3+ 42.Kd4 Rg3 43.Kc5 Rg2
44.Ba5 Ne3 45.Kxc6 Nf5 46.Bb4 Re2 47.Kd7 Re4 48.Bc5 Kg6 49.Ra1
Re5 50.Bd6 Nxd6 51.Kxd6 Rb5 52.Rg1+ Kh6 53.Nf4 Kh7 54.Nd5 g5
55.Ke6 Kg7 56.Rf1 Ra5 57.Nxf6 Kg6 58.Nd5 Ra6+ 59.Ke5 Ra8
60.Ne7+ Kh5 61.Rh1+ Kg4 62.Rg1+ Kh5 63.Rh1+ Kg4 64.Rg1+ Kh5
65.Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 e6 6.Ne2 Bg7 7.Nec3 Nh5
8.Qe2 Be5 9.Be3 f5 10.exf5 exf5 11.f4 Bg7 12.Bf2+ Kf7 13.Qd2
Nf6 14.h3 a6 15.a4 a5 16.Be2 Na6 17.O-O Bd7 18.Bf3 Re8 19.Na3
Qb6 20.Nab5 Nb4 21.Rae1 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Re8 23.Re2 Bc8 24.Bh4
Rxe2 25.Qxe2 Qd8 26.g4 Qe7 27.Qd2 Bd7 28.gxf5 Bxf5 29.Bg4 Ke8
30.Bxf5 gxf5 31.Kf1 Kd7 32.Qg2 Qf7 33.Bxf6 Bxf6 34.Qe2 Qg8
35.Nd1 Bd4 36.Nf2 Qg6 37.Nxd4 cxd4 38.c5 dxc5 39.Qb5+ Kd6
40.Qxb7 Qe8 41.Qxh7 Nxd5 42.Qh6+ Kc7 43.b3 Ne3+ 44.Kg1 Qg8+
45.Qg5 Qxb3 46.Qe7+ Kc6 47.Qe8+ Kc7 48.Qe7+ Kc6 49.Qe8+ Kc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4
Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Rd3 h6 16. Kg2
c5 17. Kg3 Re8 18. c4 a5 19. a4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Ra2 Re2
22. Bd2 Ra6 23. b3 Rae6 24. Ng1 Bd4 25. Nxe2 Rxe2 26. Ra3 Bc6
27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Bxa5 Rb2 29. c5 d3 30. Ra1 g5 31. b4 Bd5
32. Rd1 Rb3 33. b5 Ra3 34. f3 d2 35. Rxd2 Rxf3+ 36. Kh2 c6
37. Re2 Kd7 38. Be1 Ra3 39. bxc6+ Kxc6 40. a5 Kxc5 41. Bf2+
Kc4 42. Bb6 Kb5 43. Rb2+ Rb3 44. Rxb3+ Bxb3 45. Bd4 Bf7
46. Bg7 h5 47. gxh5 Bxh5 48. Bf6 g4 49. Bd8 gxh3 50. Kxh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nils Grandelius"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Ne2 O-O
7. O-O Re8 8. Nd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Qb3 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qb5 Rac8 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. N2f3
Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Ne4 18. Rd1 h5 19. Bg2 Rc7 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. f3
Re8 22. b3 Rc3 23. Ne2 Rc2 24. Nd4 Rc3 25. Ne2 Rcxe3 26. Bxe3
Bxa1 27. Kf2 Bf6 28. Rxd5 Bc6 29. Rd2 a6 30. h4 Rd8 31. Rxd8+
Bxd8 32. Nf4 a5 33. Bd4 b5 34. Ke3 a4 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. Bc5
Kg7 37. a3 Kh6 38. Bf8+ Kh7 39. Bc5 g5 40. hxg5 Bxg5 41. Kf2
h4 42. Bd6 Bd7 43. gxh4 Bxh4+ 44. Ke2 Bg5 45. Kf2 Kg7 46. Be5+
Kf8 47. Bd6+ Ke8 48. Nd3 Bb5 49. f4 Bh4+ 50. Ke3 Kd7 51. Bb4
Ke6 52. Ne5 Ba6 53. Nf3 Bd8 54. Ng5+ Bxg5 55. fxg5 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Qa5 11. O-O Qxa2
12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Rxb7 Rab8 15. Rc7 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+
Rxc8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Bb5 a6 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Bxa4 Ne5 21. Bxd7
Nxd7 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. Nd2 a5 24. Ra4 Nb6 25. Ra2 a4 26. d5 Nd7
27. Nc4 f5 28. f3 fxe4 29. fxe4 Ra6 30. Kf2 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5
32. Bc5 Bd6 33. Bxd6 exd6 34. Ra3 Kf7 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. Kd4 Ra8
37. g3 h5 38. Rf3+ Ke7 39. Ra3 g5 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Kf6
42. Rf3+ Ke7 43. Ra3 Kf6 44. Rf3+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. Nc3 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 c5 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. Re1 c5 15. a4 Bd6 16. Qh5 Qc7
17. c3 c4 18. Bc2 g6 19. Qh3 dxc3 20. axb5 Rfe8 21. Re3 cxb2
22. Bxb2 c3 23. Bc1 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bb3 Bf4 26. Re1 Ra1
0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6
7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 Bc8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. b4 a5 12. a3 axb4
13. axb4 bxc5 14. bxc5 Na6 15. Ra1 Bg4 16. Be2 Nb4 17. Rxa8
Qxa8 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Nge2 e5 20. O-O Rb8 21. Bg3 Rb7 22. h3
exd4 23. exd4 Nf6 24. Be5 Qa6 25. Nf4 Qc4 26. Qd2 Ne4 27. Nxe4
dxe4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rb1 Rb5 30. Rc1 Qa2 31. Qe3 Nd5
32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Re1 Rb4 34. Qxe4 Rxd4 35. Qe7 Rc4 36. Re5
Rc1+ 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Qxc5 39. Qa1+ Kh7 40. Qf6 Qd5
41. g3 c5 42. Kf1 c4 43. Ke2 Kg8 44. Qc3 h5 45. h4 Kf8 46. Qe3
Qd6 47. Qc3 Qc5 48. Qe3 Qd5 49. Qd2 Qe5+ 50. Kd1 Ke7 51. Kc2
Ke6 52. f4 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. c3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 Nd7 9. f4 f5 10. g4 Nf6 11. gxf5 exf5
12. Ndf3 Ne4 13. Qe2 Rf6 14. Kh1 Rh6 15. Rg1 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 c4
17. Bc2 Bh4 18. Rg2 Qe8 19. Bd2 Qh5 20. Qxh5 Rxh5 21. Be1 Bf6
22. b3 Be6 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rb2 Rh3 26. Bg3 h5
27. Rxb7 h4 28. Bf2 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rd8 30. Rg1 Kf8 31. Rgxg7
Rf3 32. Bg1 h3 33. Rg6 Rd7 34. Rb8+ Kf7 35. Rbg8 Bf5 36. R6g7+
Ke6 37. Re8+ Kd5 38. Rg5 Be6 39. Rf8 Rf7 40. Rb8 Rf1 41. Rg6
Re7 42. Rb5+ Kc6 43. Rb2 Re8 44. Rd2 Kc5 45. Rd6 Bf5 46. Rg7
Re7 47. Rg5 Be6 48. a4 Rc1 49. Rg6 Bd7 50. f5 Bxf5 51. Rg5 Be6
52. Rg6 Bd7 53. Ra6 Rxc3 54. e6 Bc8 55. Rg5+ Kb4 56. Rc6 Bxe6
57. a5 Bd7 58. Rd6 Rd3 59. Rf6 c3 60. Rf2 Ba4 61. Rg8 Bd1
62. Rb8+ Ka3 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4 Qd7 9. Nbd2 Qf5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. b4 Bd6
12. Nh4 Qg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. h3 Bd7 15. a4 Rfe8 16. Re1 a5
17. b5 Nd8 18. Bb3 b6 19. Nhf3 Nb7 20. Ng5 Re7 21. d4 exd4
22. Rxe7 Bxe7 23. cxd4 Rf8 24. Nde4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Nd6 26. Ba3
Re8 27. Nc3 Nf5 28. Bxe7 Nxe7 29. Rc1 Be6 30. d5 Bd7 31. Ne4
Rc8 32. Rd1 h6 33. d6 Nf5 34. dxc7 Rxc7 35. g4 Ne7 36. Nd6 Be6
37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Re1 Nc8 39. Nxc8 Rxc8 40. Rxe6 Rc4 41. Rxb6
Rxa4 42. Ra6 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 a4 44. f4 Rb1 45. Rxa4 Rxb5 46. Ra3
Kf7 47. Kg3 Kf6 48. h4 Rb1 49. Ra6+ Kf7 50. g5 hxg5 51. hxg5
Rb3+ 52. Kg4 g6 53. Ra7+ Kf8 54. Ra8+ Kf7 55. Ra7+ Kf8
56. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O
7. c4 d6 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Bh2 e6 10. Nfd2 Re8 11. Nc3 e5 12. Bf3
Qc8 13. Rc1 Bh6 14. Rc2 a5 15. Nb5 Bf8 16. b3 c6 17. Nc3 Qc7
18. g4 h6 19. Bg2 Bg7 20. Bg3 Rad8 21. h4 Qc8 22. Bh3 Nf8
23. Kh2 Qa8 24. Nf3 c5 25. d5 Bc8 26. Nd2 N8h7 27. f3 Qb7
28. Rg1 Kh8 29. Bf1 Ng8 30. Bd3 f5 31. h5 e4 32. fxe4 fxg4
33. hxg6 Ng5 34. Bf4 Be5 35. Rxg4 Bxg4 36. Qxg4 Qg7 37. Ne2
Qxg6 38. Ng3 Nf6 39. Qh4 Rg8 40. Rc1 Rd7 41. Rg1 Rh7 42. Bxe5
dxe5 43. Nf5 h5 44. Kh1 Ng4 45. Rf1 Rf7 46. Rg1 Nh3 47. Rxg4
Qxg4 48. Qxg4 Nf2+ 49. Kg2 Nxg4 50. Nf3 Rxf5 51. exf5 e4 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Bc4 d6 8. b4 Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. b5 Ne7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3
Ng6 13. Nbd2 c6 14. Rb1 d5 15. Ba2 h6 16. Qc2 Be6 17. c4 dxe4
18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Qe7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. c5 Bxa2 22. Qxa2
Qxc5 23. Rb7 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Rf8 25. Qc4 Rab8 26. Qxc6 Rxb7
27. Qxb7 Qe2 28. Qb5 Qxe4 29. Qxa5 Ra8 30. Qc7 Rxa4 31. h3 Qd5
32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Rb1 e4 34. Ng1 Rc4 35. Qe8 Nh4 36. Rb8 Qd2
0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. a4 b6
7. c3 Bb7 8. Qe2 g6 9. Bc2 e5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4
12. Rd1 Bg7 13. Rxd4 O-O 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Qd1 Qe7 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bh4 Nc5 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Qf1 g5 20. Bg3 d5 21. e5 Nh5
22. Nf3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rad1 Ne6 26. R4d2
d4 27. Ne2 Rd6 28. Nc1 Qf6 29. b4 g4 30. Qd3 Ng5 31. Qf5 Qxf5
32. Bxf5 Bc6 33. Ne2 Bxa4 34. Ra1 Bb5 35. Nxd4 Red8 36. Rad1
h5 37. Bc2 a5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Kh1 a4 40. f4 gxf3 41. Nxf3
Rxd2 42. Rxd2 Rxd2 43. Nxd2 a3 44. Bb1 Ne6 45. Kg1 Nc7 46. Ba2
Bd7 47. Kf2 Be6 48. Bxe6 Nxe6 49. Nb3 a2 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. Kd2
Kf6 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5 h6 9. c3 O-O 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bd5 Bd7
12. Rg1 Qd8 13. g4 Kh8 14. g5 g6 15. gxh6 Rb8 16. b4 Bb6
17. Ng5 Qe7 18. h4 f6 19. Nf3 Qe8 20. Qe2 Nd8 21. Be3 Be6
22. Kd2 c6 23. Bb3 c5 24. Rg3 cxb4 25. cxb4 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Qf7
27. Rag1 Bxb3 28. axb3 Qxb3 29. Rxg6 Ne6 30. Qa7 Qxb4+ 31. Ke3
Ra8 32. Qe7 Qc5+ 33. Ke2 Qc2+ 34. Ke3 Qc5+ 35. Ke2 Qc2+
36. Ke3 Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Qc2 Bd6 11. d4 Qe7
12. Re1 c5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nfxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bf6 16. e5 Qe6
17. Ne3 Be7 18. c4 f5 19. b3 Qf7 20. Bb2 Be6 21. Rad1 Rad8
22. Nd5 Rd7 23. Qf2 Red8 24. Qf3 Bf8 25. Bc3 b6 26. h3 h5
27. Kh2 Kh8 28. Ne3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 g6 31. Nd5 Qd7
32. Qf3 Kg7 33. Nf6 Qc8 34. Qc6 Kf7 35. Nd5 Qd7 36. Qxd7+ Bxd7
37. Nxc7 Bc8 38. a4 Be7 39. e6+ Bxe6 40. Nxa6 Bd6 41. Be5 Ke7
42. Nc7 Bxc7 43. Bxc7 Kd7 44. Bxb6 Kc6 45. Ba5 Bf7 46. Kg3 Kb7
47. Kh4 Be8 48. Kg5 Bc6 49. Kxg6 Bxg2 50. h4 Bf3 51. Bc3 Bd1
52. a5 Bxb3 53. Kxh5 Bxc4 54. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. d4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 c6 14. f4 Bf6 15. Bc5 Be7 16. Bd4 Bf6
17. Bc5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd4 Nd5 20. f5 Nxc3 21. bxc3
Bxa2 22. f6 gxf6 23. Ra1 Bd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rxf6 Qe4
26. Qd2 Rae8 27. Rxa5 Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Rxd5 Rxe2
30. Rg5+ Kh8 31. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O b5
7. Bb3 Na5 8. Re1 Nxb3 9. axb3 c5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nc3 Bb7
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. c3 a5 16. d4 exd4
17. cxd4 Qb6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rc1 Qb4 20. Qd3 a4 21. Re4 Qxb3
22. Qxb3 axb3 23. Rb1 Rfc8 24. Rb4 Rc5 25. Rxb3 Rxd5 26. g3 h6
27. Rc1 Ra4 28. Kg2 Kh7 29. Rc7 Kg6 30. Rb7 Ra2 31. R7xb5 Rxb5
32. Rxb5 Rxb2 33. Rd5 Rb6 34. Nd2 Rc6 35. Ne4 Be7 36. g4 Kh7
37. h4 Kg8 38. h5 g6 39. Kf3 Kg7 40. Ke3 Ra6 41. f3 Kf8
42. Rb5 Ra3+ 43. Ke2 Ke8 44. g5 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 hxg5 46. hxg6
Ra3+ 47. Ke2 fxg6 48. Nxg5 Ra7 49. Nh3 Kd7 50. Nf4 Kc6 51. Rb2
g5 52. Rc2+ Kd7 53. Nd5 Bd8 54. Kd3 Ke6 55. Nc3 Ra3 56. Re2+
Kf5 57. Kc4 Bf6 58. Nb5 Rxf3 59. Nxd6+ Kg6 60. Rg2 Rf4+
61. Kd5 g4 62. Ne4 Bh4 63. Ke5 Bg5 64. Rg1 Bh6 65. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6
7. Nge2 h5 8. h3 h4 9. g4 f5 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 fxg4 12. Qd3
Qf6 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. O-O-O Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 gxh3
17. Bxh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 O-O-O 19. N4c3 Kb8 20. Qg6 Nc4 21. Rd1
Rhf8 22. f4 Qb4 23. Qc2 Rfe8 24. d5 Ne7 25. Rd4 Nf5 26. Qxf5
Qxb2+ 27. Kd1 Ne3+ 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. d6 cxd6 30. Rd3 Ree8
31. Qa5 d5 32. Rd4 Qb6 33. Qxb6 axb6 34. Rd3 d4 35. Nb5 Re3
36. Rxe3 dxe3+ 37. Ke1 h3 38. Ng3 Rd2 39. Nc3 h2 40. Nce2 Rxa2
41. Kf1 b5 42. Kg2 b4 43. Kxh2 b3 44. Kh3 b2 45. Nc3 Ra3
46. Nge2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5 h6 9. c3 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 Ba7 12. Qd3
exd4 13. cxd4 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Qc3 Re8
17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Rac1 Bb6 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. Nf3 Rxe1+
22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. h4 Qe4 25. h5 Ne7 26. Be3 Kf8
27. Nd2 Qf5 28. Qh4 Ke8 29. Qg3 Kf8 30. Qh4 Ke8 31. Qg3 Qf6
32. Qg4 Nf5 33. Ne4 Qh4 34. Qxh4 Nxh4 35. Ng3 Nf5 36. Nxf5
Bxf5 37. f3 Ke7 38. Kf2 Bd3 39. g4 f6 40. Ke1 Ba5+ 41. Bd2
Bxd2+ 42. Kxd2 Bf1 43. Ke3 f5 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. a3 Bd3 46. Ke3
Bb1 47. Kf4 Bd3 48. Ke3 Bf1 49. Kf4 a5 50. Bc2 fxg4 51. fxg4
Bg2 52. Bd3 b4 53. axb4 axb4 54. Be4 Bxe4 55. Kxe4 Kg5 56. Kf3
g6 57. hxg6 Kxg6 58. b3 Kg5 59. Kg3 h5 60. gxh5 Kxh5 61. Kh3
Kg5 62. Kg3 Kf5 63. Kf3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "114"]

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 h6 11. Rd1
Ne7 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Bc5 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Bxc7 Rc8 16. Ne4
Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Rxc7 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Rd2 f6 20. Re1+ Kf7
21. Ne4 Rf8 22. c4 Kg8 23. c5 Be6 24. Nd4 Bd5 25. Nc3 Bf7
26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 Kf7 28. Re3 Ne5 29. b3 Rd7 30. Rxd7+
Nxd7 31. Ne4 Rb8 32. b4 Ne5 33. Ra3 a6 34. Rg3 g6 35. Rc3 Ke6
36. Ke3 Rd8 37. Nd6 b6 38. Ne4 b5 39. Nd6 h5 40. Ke4 Nf7
41. Nxf7 Kxf7 42. Ra3 Ra8 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Ke6 45. Kf4 Kd5
46. Rd3+ Kc4 47. Rd6 a5 48. a3 a4 49. Rxc6 Kb3 50. Rb6 Kxa3
51. Rxb5 Kb3 52. c6 a3 53. Ra5 Rxa5 54. bxa5 a2 55. c7 a1=Q
56. c8=Q Qd4+ 57. Kf3 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 c5
7. d5 h6 8. Bh4 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Qc7
12. Re1 Rad8 13. Qc2 d5 14. Bb5 g5 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. exd5 Bxd5
17. a4 Na5 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Nc6 20. Nc4 Nxb4 21. Qf5 Qc5
22. Ne3 Qc8 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Bd6 Nc2 25. Nxc2 Rxc2 26. Nd4
Rd2 27. Bxf8 Bxf8 28. Rad1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 a6 30. Bd3 Bc5
31. Nf5 h5 32. Rc1 Nd7 33. a5 Kf8 34. g3 Bc6 35. Be2 Be4
36. Ne3 g4 37. h3 h4 38. Bxg4 Bxe3 39. fxe3 f5 40. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 O-O
7. Bb2 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Nfd7
12. e3 e5 13. Nb5 Nc5 14. Qa3 Be6 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nc6
17. Nc3 e4 18. Rab1 Qa5 19. Ncxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Qxa3 22. Bxa3 Bxc4 23. Nd6 Bxa2 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Nxb7 Ne5
26. Bc5 a6 27. f4 Nc4 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Nxd8 Bf8 30. Nxe6 fxe6
31. Ba7 a5 32. Bc6 Kf7 33. Kf2 Bb4 34. e4 Nd6 35. Ke2 Nc8
36. Bd4 Ne7 37. Ba4 Nc8 38. h4 Nd6 39. Bc6 h5 40. Kf3 Nc8
41. Ba4 Nd6 42. Bc6 Nc8 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Ne7 45. Ba4 Bd2
46. Bb3 Nc6 47. Bc5 Kf6 48. Ba4 Nb4 49. Be8 Nd3 50. Bd6 e5
51. fxe5+ Nxe5+ 52. Bxe5+ Kxe5 53. Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. a3 Qd7
12. Rc1 f6 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. Nc4 Bc5 16. Na4 Qc7
17. e3 Rd7 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Rc3 Kh8 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Qb5 Na7
22. Qxa5 Qxa5 23. Nxa5 b6 24. Nc4 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Nxb6
Rd2 27. Na4 c4 28. Rc1 Nc8 29. Kf1 Rd6 30. Ke1 Kg8 31. Nc5 Bf7
32. Ne4 Rb6 33. b4 Kf8 34. Bf1 Rc6 35. b5 Rc7 36. a4 Ra7
37. Ra1 Ra5 38. Kd2 Nb6 39. Nc5 Ke7 40. e4 Ra7 41. Kc3 Kd6
42. Kb4 c3 43. Rd1+ Ke7 44. a5 c2 45. Rc1 Nd7 46. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Bh6 Rd8
12. h4 cxd4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. cxd4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nf6 16. Bd3
Bg4 17. Ke3 Rac8 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. f3 Ba4 20. Rc4 Rxc4 21. Bxc4
Nd7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Rc1 Rc7 24. Kd2 f6 25. Be6 Rxc1 26. Kxc1
Kf8 27. Kd2 Ke8 28. f4 Bd7 29. Bb3 Bb5 30. d5 h6 31. Ke3 Kd7
32. Kd4 b6 33. e5 g5 34. g3 gxh4 35. gxh4 Bf1 36. Ba4+ b5
37. Bc2 fxe5+ 38. fxe5 e6 39. Bb3 exd5 40. Bxd5 b4 41. Kc5 a5
42. Bb3 Bd3 43. Kb6 a4 44. Bxa4+ Ke6 45. Kc5 Bb1 46. Bb3+ Kxe5
47. Kxb4 Bxa2 48. Bxa2 Kf6 49. Kc5 Kg7 50. Kd6 Kg6 51. Ke5 Kh5
52. Kf4 Kxh4 53. Bf7 Kh3 54. Kf5 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3
Bc6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Rac1 Qa5
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qf3 Qb4 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rcd2 h6 21. h3 Rc7
22. e3 Rfc8 23. Qe2 Qb6 24. Nf3 Rc5 25. e4 e5 26. Nd5 Nxd5
27. exd5 Bd6 28. Nxe5 R5c7 29. Ng4 Qb3 30. Ne3 Qxa4 31. Nf5
Qd7 32. Qg4 g6 33. Nxh6+ Kg7 34. Qh4 Be7 35. Qd4+ Bf6 36. Qe3
Re8 37. Qf4 g5 38. Qf3 Kg6 39. Ng4 Bg7 40. d6 Rc5 41. Rd5 Rxd5
42. Rxd5 f5 43. Ne3 Re5 44. g4 f4 45. Nc4 Rxd5 46. Qxd5 Bxb2
47. Nxb2 Kf6 48. Nc4 b5 49. Qe5+ Kf7 50. Nb6 Qc6+ 51. Nd5 Qb7
52. Qf5+ Ke8 53. Qe6+ Kd8 54. h4 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O O-O
7. c3 Bd7 8. Re1 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nf3 Qe7
12. h3 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Be3 Nd6 15. Rad1 b6 16. Bf1 h6
17. Nd2 Be6 18. a4 a5 19. Nb1 Qe8 20. c4 Qc6 21. f3 f5 22. c5
bxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Bxc5 fxe4 25. fxe4 Rab8 26. Rd2 Nc4
27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. b3 Nb6 29. Re3 Rd1 30. Nc3 Rc1 31. Ba3
Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Bxb3 33. Bc5 Nxa4 34. Nxa4 Bxa4 35. Kf2 Bb5
36. Rf3 h5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Bh6 39. Rf6 Kg7 40. Re6 Bf4
41. Re7+ Kf6 42. Rxc7 Ba4 43. Be7+ Ke6 44. Bd8 Bd1 45. Re7+
Kd6 46. Rg7 a4 47. Rxg6+ Kd7 48. Ba5 Bc2 49. Bb4 Bxe4 50. Rd6+
Kc7 51. Rf6 Kd7 52. Ra6 Bc6 53. Bc3 Kd6 54. Ra5 Bd7 55. g5
Bxg5 56. Bxe5+ Ke6 57. Bd4 Bd8 58. Ra8 Be7 59. Ke3 Bg5+
60. Kd3 Bb5+ 61. Kc3 Be7 62. Ra5 Bc6 63. Kc4 a3 64. Ra6 Kd7
65. Bc5 Bxc5 66. Kxc5 Be4 67. Rxa3 Ke6 68. Kd4 Bg6 69. Ra5 Kf6
70. Ke3 Kg7 71. Kf4 Bh7 72. Kg5 Kh8 73. Kh6 Bg8 74. Ra8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3
Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. d4 Nb6 9. h3 Nbxd5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Re1 Bb4
12. Bd2 c6 13. Bc4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Rc1 Qf6 16. Ne5 Rfe8
17. f3 Nd6 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Qe2 h6 20. Qf2 Nb6 21. c4 Nd7
22. Bc3 Qd8 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 Bf5 25. Qg3 Nf6 26. Ba1 Nh5
27. Qf2 Nf4 28. Kh2 f6 29. Nc4 Nd3 30. Qg3 Rxe1 31. Nxd6 Rxc1
32. Nxf5 Qf8 33. d6+ Kh7 34. Ne7 Rxa1 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qxd3
1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 Qc7 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 d5 6. e3 Nc6
7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 e6 10. Bg3 Qd8 11. Bb5 Be7
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Nd6
Rfd8 17. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 exf5 19. Kc1 Rc8 20. Rd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Bd3 g6 23. Qe8+ Bf8 24. Bc4 Qf6 25. Bc7 Ne6
26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Kd2 Kf7 29. Bb8 a6 30. Kd3 Ke8
31. e4 Kd7 32. f3 Kc6 33. a4 Bg7 34. h3 h5 35. Ba7 Bf6 36. Bd4
Be7 37. c4 a5 38. b3 b6 39. Bc3 Bc5 40. Bd2 Be7 41. exf5 exf5
42. Kd4 Bf6+ 43. Kd3 Be7 44. Be1 Bf8 45. Bh4 Bg7 46. Be7 Be5
47. b4 axb4 48. Bxb4 Bf6 49. Bc3 Be7 50. Bd4 Bf8 51. Ke3 Bh6+
52. Kd3 Bf8 53. Kc3 Be7 54. Kb3 Bf8 55. Kc2 Be7 56. Be3 Bf6
57. Kd3 Be7 58. Bd2 Bf8 59. a5 bxa5 60. Bxa5 Be7 61. Bd2 Bf8
62. Be3 Bg7 63. Bd4 Bf8 64. Kc3 Be7 65. Bf2 Bf6+ 66. Kb4 Be7+
67. c5 Bf8 68. Kc4 Be7 69. Bd4 Bf8 70. g4 Be7 71. gxf5 gxf5
72. Bf2 Bf8 73. Bd4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 Qc7 4. g3 b6 5. d5 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 b5 9. Nfd2 d6 10. cxb5 a6 11. b6 Qxb6 12. Nc3
Nbd7 13. a4 a5 14. Nc4 Qb4 15. Na3 Ba6 16. Ncb5 Nb6 17. Nc7
Qxa4 18. Qxa4 Nxa4 19. Nb1 Nb6 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Rxa5 Bxe2
22. Rxa8+ Nxa8 23. Re1 Bd3 24. Nc3 Kf8 25. Bd2 Nb6 26. Ra1 Ke8
27. Ra7 Bc4 28. Rb7 Nfd7 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Bxc3 31. bxc3
Nxd5 32. Ke2 c4 33. g4 e5 34. h4 h5 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Ra7 Nc5
37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Rh8 Ne6 39. Kf3 Ndf4 40. Ke4 d5+ 41. Kf5 Ng7+
42. Kg5 f6+ 43. Kh6 Nf5+ 44. Kh7 Nd3 45. Kg6 Nxh4+ 46. Kxh5
Nf3 47. Bh6 Nxf2 48. Be3 Ne4 49. Kg6 d4 50. cxd4 exd4 51. Bf4
Nd6 52. Kh5 Ne5 53. Ra8 Ke6 54. Kh4 Ng6+ 55. Kg4 Nxf4 56. Kxf4
c3 57. Ra5 d3 58. Ra1 Nc4 59. Ke4 d2 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 O-O
7. O-O Bf5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. e3 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Nc3 Re8
12. h3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Nxf5 Qxd1 15. Nxd1 gxf5 16. Bxe5
Rxe5 17. Rb1 Re7 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Kf8
21. h4 Ke8 22. Ne2 Ne4 23. Bh3 Re5 24. Nd4 Nc3 25. Rd3 Nxa2
26. Ra3 Nb4 27. Rxa7 Rc5 28. Nxf5 Be5 29. f4 Bc7 30. Rxb7 Na6
31. Ra7 Ra5 32. c5 Kd8 33. Nd6 f6 34. Nb7+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4
7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1
Ng4 12. e6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nxe4 Rc8 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Ke2
Kf7 17. Rac1 h6 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Nf6
21. Nc3 e5 22. f3 Ke6 23. Kd3 Nd7 24. Be3 a6 25. Ne4 Kd5
26. g4 Bh4 27. Bd2 Be7 28. Be3 Bh4 29. Nc3+ Ke6 30. a4 Be1
31. Ne4 Kd5 32. b3 Bb4 33. h4 Nf8 34. h5 Ne6 35. Ng3 Be7
36. Ne4 Bb4 37. Ng3 Be7 38. Ne4 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "18.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6
7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8
12. Na3 Be7 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Na3 d5 16. e5 Ne4
17. Nb5 Ndc5 18. Nfd4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 Ba6 21. Qf3
Qb8 22. d3 Nc5 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Nxd3 25. d7 Nxe1
26. dxc8=Q+ Qxc8 27. Qg3 Kh8 28. h4 Nd3 29. Bf4 f6 30. Be3 e5
31. Nb3 Qb7 32. Nc5 Nxc5 33. Bxc5 Qxb2 34. Bf8 Qb7 35. Qg4 Qf7
36. Bb4 h5 37. Qf5 Bb5 38. Qc8+ Be8 39. Qc5 Kh7 40. Qe7 Qg6
41. Qe6 Bf7 42. Qd7 Bg8 43. Bf8 Qg4 44. Qxg4 hxg4 45. Kh2 Be6
46. Kg3 Kg8 47. Bc5 Kf7 48. f3 gxf3 49. gxf3 Kg6 50. Bf8 Kf7
51. Bc5 Kg6 52. Bf8 d4 53. cxd4 exd4 54. Bc5 d3 55. Be3 Kh5
56. Bd2 Bd5 57. Be3 Kg6 58. Kg4 Bc6 59. Bd2 f5+ 60. Kf4 Kh5
61. Be1 g6 62. Ke3 Bb7 63. Kf4 Bc6 64. Ke3 d2 65. Bxd2 Kxh4
66. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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. Qb3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qd1 Re8 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nf1 c6
17. Bd3 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Ng3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ng6 21. Rxe8+
Qxe8 22. Bg5 Qf7 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Nf5 Ne4 25. Bh6 Qc7 26. Nxg7
Nxf2 27. Kxf2 Qh2+ 28. Ke3 Qg2 29. Qe2 Rxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Bxd4+
31. Kxd4 Qxf3 32. Nf5 Qf2+ 33. Re3 Qxb2+ 34. Kc5 Qb6+ 35. Kd6
Qd8+ 36. Kc5 d4 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7
7. Nh3 Nc6 8. f4 h5 9. Be3 h4 10. Rc1 Bf5 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Qb3
O-O 13. gxh4 Nd4 14. Qd1 Bc5 15. Qd2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rfe8
17. Nce4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qe7 19. Kf1 Rad8 20. e3 Ne6 21. Nxe6
Qxe6 22. Qg2 Bf8 23. Rg1 Nd5 24. Qg5 c6 25. Rg2 Nxf4 26. Qxf4
f5 27. Bxf5 Qxe3 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Re2 Rf3+ 30. Rf2 Rxf2+
31. Kxf2 Be7 32. Kg3 Kf7 33. h5 Rd5 34. Rf1 Bf6 35. b3 Ke7
36. Kg4 a5 37. Rf2 Re5 38. Rg2 Rd5 39. h4 Rc5 40. Re2+ Re5
41. Be4 Kd6 42. Rf2 Ke7 43. Rf1 Rc5 44. a4 b5 45. Rf5 Rxf5
46. Kxf5 bxa4 47. bxa4 Bxh4 48. Kg6 Bf6 49. Bxc6 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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. Bd3 Ng6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. a4
Bc7 13. Be3 d5 14. Nbd2 exd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. Ng5 dxe4
17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 Bb6
21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. b4 Nf8 24. Bd3 Re8 25. g3 g6
26. Bc4 Nd7 27. Bb3 Nf6 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Qd1 h5 30. h4 Re5
31. Rf3 Qe7 32. Kg2 c5 33. bxc5 bxc5 34. Qd3 Qc7 35. a5 Re7
36. Qb5 Ne8 37. Bd5 Nd6 38. Qb2 c4 39. Qd2 Qxa5 40. Qd4+ Kh7
41. Bxc4 Nxc4 42. Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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. Qb3 Bh5
12. a4 Ba5 13. Bf1 Rb8 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Rd1 dxe5 16. dxe5 c6
17. Nc4 Bc7 18. h3 b5 19. axb5 Rxb5 20. Qa3 a5 21. g4 Bg6
22. Nd4 Rb8 23. Bg5 Qd7 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Qxe7
Rfe8 27. Qd7 Be4 28. Rac1 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5
31. Rcc7 Bd5 32. f4 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. e3 Rc8 11. Bd3 Be7
12. h3 O-O 13. O-O h6 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. a3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4
17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Qxe4 Bc6 20. Qc2 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. Nb5 Qa5 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 e5 25. Qf5 Qd5 26. e4
Qxd6 27. Bxe5 Qe7 28. Re1 Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. f3 f6 31. Bc3
Kf7 32. Kf2 a6 33. Kg3 Kg6 34. h4 gxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Kf7 36. Kg3
Rd3 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Kg3 Rd3 39. Kf4 Rd8 40. Rh1 Kg6 41. Ba5
Rd3 42. Bb4 Rd8 43. Bc3 Kf7 44. Rh5 g5+ 45. Ke3 Kg6 46. Rh1
Bb5 47. Kf2 Bc6 48. Re1 Rd7 49. Rh1 Rd8 50. Ba5 Rd7 51. Rh8 g4
52. fxg4 Re7 53. Bc3 Rxe4 54. Rf8 Re6 55. Kg3 Kg7 56. Rd8 Kg6
57. Rd2 Kg5 58. Rf2 Re3+ 59. Kh2 Re6 60. Kh3 Re3+ 61. g3 Rf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A78"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. a4
Rb8 13. Bf1 a6 14. a5 Bd7 15. Nc4 Bb5 16. Bf4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4
Nh5 18. Bd2 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Ra2 Qd7 21. Be2 Nf6 22. f3
Nh5 23. Na4 Rbb8 24. Bc3 Bh6 25. Bc4 Nb5 26. e5 Qf5 27. e6 Bf4
28. b3 Nxc3 29. Nxc3 Be5 30. Ne4 Nf6 31. Rxa6 Nxe4 32. Rxe4
Ra8 33. Ra4 Qf6 34. f4 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Rad8 36. Qf3 Re7 37. g3
Qf5 38. Ra2 fxe6 39. g4 Qf8 40. Rxe6 Rf7 41. Re4 Ra8 42. Rxa8
Qxa8 43. Kg2 Qa2+ 44. Qe2 Qb1 45. Kh3 Qc1 46. Qf3 Kg7 47. Qf1
Qc2 48. Qe2 Qc1 49. Qf1 Qc2 50. Qe2 Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 Bb7 12. Bd4
Nc6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2 b4 15. Nd5 a5 16. h5 a4 17. Nc1 a3
18. b3 e6 19. Nxb4 Nxb4 20. Qxb4 Nc5 21. f3 Qxg5 22. Nd3 Nxd3+
23. cxd3 Rac8 24. Kf2 Rc2 25. Qd4+ e5 26. Qxd6 Rfc8 27. Rae1
Rxa2 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Qd7 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Kxh8 31. Qxf7 Qh4+
32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Qh4+ 34. Kf1 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6
7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8
12. Na3 Be7 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Na3 Ba6 16. d4 cxd3
17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Qe2 Ncxe4 20. Ng5 d5 21. Nc2
Nc5 22. Be3 Qa6 23. Qxa6 Nxa6 24. Ra1 Nc7 25. Nd4 Bd6 26. Ngf3
Ne4 27. Nd2 Nxd2 28. Bxd2 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke8 30. Ke2 Kd7 31. Kd3
g6 32. b4 e5 33. Nb3 e4+ 34. Kc2 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Nxa8 36. Be3 Nc7
37. Nd4 Be5 38. c4 dxc4 39. Kc3 Nd5+ 40. Kxc4 Nxe3+ 41. fxe3
Bxh2 42. Kd5 f5 43. b5 Bg1 44. Nc2 Kc7 45. Ke5 Kb6 46. Nd4 Kc5
47. Kf4 Bh2+ 48. g3 h5 49. Kg5 Bxg3 50. Kxg6 f4 51. Kf5 f3
52. Kxe4 f2 53. Nb3+ Kxb5 54. Nd2 Kc6 55. Kf3 h4 56. Nf1 Kd5
57. Nd2 Kc6 58. Nf1 Kc5 59. Nd2 Kd5 60. Kg2 Ke6 61. Ne4 Ke5
62. Nxf2 Bxf2 63. Kxf2 Ke4 64. Kg2 Kxe3 65. Kh3 Kf3 66. Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4
7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Qa4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. d5 O-O
12. dxc6 Be6 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qc7 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Nxe4
Qxc6 17. Qxc6 Rxc6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rd1 Rc2 20. Rb1 h6
21. a4 Rb8 22. g3 Bg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. b3 Ra2 25. Kg2 Rb6
26. Rd5 Rf6 27. Rf1 Rb6 28. Rxg5 g6 29. Rg4 Rxb3 30. Rc1 a5
31. Rcc4 Rbb2 32. Rgf4 Rc2 33. Rce4 Re2 34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Kf3
Ra2 36. h4 Kg7 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38. Kd2 f5 39. Kc2 Kf6 40. Kd2
Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Kf1 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Rb1 45. g4
fxg4 46. Rxg4 Kf6 47. f3 Ra1 48. Rc4 Rb1 49. Kf2 Rb3 50. Kg3
Rb4 51. Rg4 Kf7 52. Kf2 Rb2+ 53. Ke3 Rb3+ 54. Ke2 Rb2+ 55. Kd3
Rb3+ 56. Ke2 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Rb3+ 58. Kf2 Rb2+ 59. Kg3 Rb4
60. Re4 Kg7 61. Kf4 Rb3 62. Rc4 Kh6 63. Kg4 Rb4 64. Re4 Rb1
65. Kf4 Rb3 66. Kg3 Rb4 67. Kg4 Rb1 68. Re6 Rb4+ 69. f4 Rb1
70. Re5 Rg1+ 71. Kh3 Rh1+ 72. Kg3 Rg1+ 73. Kf3 Rf1+ 74. Kg3
Rg1+ 75. Kf2 Rg4 76. Kf3 Rxh4 77. Rxa5 Rh3+ 78. Ke4 Ra3
79. Ke5 Ra1 80. Ra8 Kh5 81. a5 Kg4 82. a6 Ra5+ 83. Kf6 Kxf4
84. Kxg6 Ke5 85. a7 Ra6+ 86. Kg5 Ra5 87. Kg4 Ra4+ 88. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 b5
12. Na5 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Qe2 Bb6 16. Nb3 Rad8
17. Rad1 Re6 18. Rd2 Rd6 19. Rfd1 c5 20. Kg2 a5 21. Na1 h5
22. Kg3 Qc6 23. Nh4 c4 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Nc2 hxg4 26. hxg4
cxd3 27. Rxd3 Qc4 28. Ne1 f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. exf5 R8d7
31. f6 Rxf6 32. Qh5 Rg7+ 33. Kh3 Qe6+ 34. Kh2 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 Qc7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 d5 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nbd2 Re8
12. Be3 Qa5 13. c4 d4 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Qb5 f5
17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. b4 Nc6 19. a3 Be6 20. Rac1 Rad8 21. Nb3 d3
22. b5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 d2 24. Nxd2 Bxe5 25. Nb3 b6 26. Bc6 Re7
27. a4 f4 28. gxf4 Bxf4 29. e3 Be5 30. a5 Rd3 31. Nd4 Bxd4
32. exd4 Rxd4 33. axb6 axb6 34. h3 Kf8 35. c5 bxc5 36. b6 Rb4
37. b7 Rexb7 38. Bxb7 Rxb7 39. Rxc5 Bxh3 40. Rec1 Be6 41. Rc7
Rb4 42. f3 Kg7 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. R7c3 h5 45. Re1 g5 46. Rce3 Bf5
47. Ra1 h4 48. Ra6+ Be6 49. Re2 Rf4 50. Kg2 Kf5 51. Ra5+ Kg6
52. Ree5 Bf5 53. Ra6+ f6 54. Re8 Bd7 55. Rg8+ Kf7 56. Rd8 Bb5
57. Ra7+ Kg6 58. Rg8+ Kh6 59. Rh8+ Kg6 60. Rg8+ Kh6 61. Rh8+
Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6
7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. e3 Ne4 10. Qe2 a5 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Bh3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 e6 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Qe2 Ne4
17. Bb2 Re8 18. Bg2 Nd6 19. Rac1 h5 20. a4 Bf6 21. h4 Kg7
22. Ba3 Nf5 23. Rd3 Be7 24. Bb2 Bf6 25. Rcd1 Nd6 26. R3d2 Qd7
27. Kh2 Qd8 28. f3 Nf5 29. e4 dxe4 30. fxe4 Nh6 31. e5 Be7
32. Bh3 Qb6 33. Rd3 Rad8 34. Qf3 Kg8 35. Bc1 Bf8 36. Bg5 Rd7
37. Qf4 Nf5 38. Bxf5 exf5 39. Bf6 Bg7 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. Re1
Qc7 42. d5 cxd5 43. cxd5 Qc2+ 44. Qd2 Qxd2+ 45. Rxd2 Rc8
46. Re3 Rc5 47. Red3 Kf8 48. Kg2 b5 49. Kf3 bxa4 50. bxa4 Rc4
51. Rd4 Rc5 52. Kf4 Ke7 53. Kg5 Rd8 54. R2d3 Rd7 55. Kh6 Rd8
56. Kg7 Rd7 57. e6 fxe6 58. d6+ Kd8+ 59. Kxg6 Rb7 60. d7 e5
61. Rd6 f4 62. gxf4 exf4 63. Rf6 Rxd7 64. Rf8+ Kc7 65. Rxd7+
Kxd7 66. Rxf4 Ke6 67. Rf6+ Ke7 68. Rf7+ Ke6 69. Rf6+ Ke7
70. Rf5 Rc4 71. Rxa5 Rxh4 72. Rxh5 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+
Qxd7 7. c4 Nc6 8. Qd3 Qg4 9. Nc3 Qxg2 10. Rf1 Rc8 11. a3 g6
12. Bd2 Bg7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 Qh3 15. Rg1 Rfe8 16. Rg3 Qe6
17. Ng5 Qd7 18. f4 Na5 19. c5 dxc5 20. Qf1 Nb3 21. Be3 Nd4
22. f5 Rf8 23. Qh3 Rfd8 24. Rf1 Nh5 25. Rgg1 Nb5 26. Nd5 Nc7
27. Nxf7 Nxd5 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Bc1 Qxf7 30. fxg6 Qd5 31. Rg5
Qe4+ 32. Ka1 hxg6 33. Rfg1 Rc6 34. Qb3+ c4 35. Qxb7 c3
36. Rxg6 cxb2+ 37. Bxb2 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be6 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Nd2 Bd6
12. e4 d4 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nf3 h6 15. Ne1 O-O 16. Nd3 Nh7 17. f4
exf4 18. gxf4 f5 19. e5 Be7 20. b3 Kh8 21. Qe2 Qe8 22. Bd2 g5
23. Bd5 Qf7 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qh5 Rg8 26. Qf3 Rcd8 27. Kh1 g4
28. Qg2 h5 29. Be1 h4 30. Kg1 Nf8 31. Rd2 Qh6 32. Re2 Ne6
33. Bg3 hxg3 34. hxg3 Rg7 35. Kf2 Rh7 36. Rg1 Kg8 37. Ke1 Kf7
38. Kd2 Rdh8 39. Qd5 Rd8 40. Qb7 Qf8 41. Kc2 Qe8 42. Rh1 Qh8
43. Ree1 Rh3 44. Qg2 Qh5 45. Nf2 Rh8 46. Nxh3 gxh3 47. Qe2 Qg4
48. Qd3 h2 49. Re2 Nxf4 50. gxf4 Rh3 51. e6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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. Qb3 h6
12. h3 Bh5 13. Bf1 Nc6 14. d5 Ne7 15. Nc4 Bc5 16. Bf4 Re8
17. Bg3 c6 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ncxe5 Qb6 21. Qxb6
axb6 22. Bb5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Red8 24. g4 Bg6 25. Bxf6 gxf6
26. a3 h5 27. Kg2 hxg4 28. hxg4 Kg7 29. Rad1 f5 30. g5 f4
31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. b4 Bd6 33. Nh4 Bh7 34. Bc4 Rc8 35. Bd5 Rc3
36. Re8 Rxa3 37. Rd8 Be7 38. Rd7 Kf8 39. Rxb7 Rd3 40. Bc6 Rd6
41. b5 Bxg5 42. Nf3 Bf6 43. Rxb6 Kg7 44. Rb7 Rd1 45. b6 Rb1
46. Rb8 Bf5 47. b7 Rb6 48. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. d4 cxd4
7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. e3 O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 e6 12. Rc1
Bd7 13. Ne1 Rc8 14. Nd3 b6 15. Qe2 a6 16. Na4 Nd6 17. Rc2 Na7
18. Rfc1 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Nc4 20. Ne5 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bc3
Qd6 23. Nd3 Nc6 24. h4 h5 25. Be1 Ra8 26. Rc3 Ra4 27. Rb3 Bxd4
28. exd4 Nxd4 29. Qd1 Rxa2 30. Rbb1 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nxg3 32. fxg3
Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Rxg3 34. Bxg3 Qxg3 35. Qe2 Qxh4+ 36. Kg2 d4
37. Rxb5 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 e5 39. Ne1 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 e4 41. Qh2 Qxh2+
42. Kxh2 d3 43. Nxd3 exd3 44. Rb2 Ng4+ 45. Kg3 Re4 46. Kf3
Re3+ 47. Kf4 Kg7 48. Rg1 Re6 49. Rb7 d2 50. Rd1 Rf6+ 51. Kg3
Nf2 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. Nc3 d6 8. a3 h6 9. Nd5 Rb8 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1
Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Ba7 15. Be3 c5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6
17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. a4 Bb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Qc8 21. Ra2 c4
22. d4 Qb7 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Rd1 Rbe8 25. Raa1 f6 26. Qg6 Re7
27. Rd2 Rfe8 28. Re1 exd4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 d5 31. Rxd5
Qxd5 32. exd5 Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 Rd8 34. Qf7 Rd1 35. Qe7 R1xd5
36. h4 h5 37. Kg3 R8d7 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. f3 Rd8 40. Qe4+ Kh8
41. Qe7 Kg8 42. Kh3 Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kh8 44. Qe7 R8d7 45. Qe8+ Kh7
46. Qe4+ g6 47. Qe6 Kg7 48. Qc6 R7d6 49. Qb7+ Rd7 50. Qc6 Kf7
51. Kg3 g5 52. hxg5 Rxg5+ 53. Kh3 Rgd5 54. Kh4 Kg7 55. f4 R7d6
56. Qb7+ Rd7 57. Qc6 R7d6 58. Qb7+ Rd7 59. Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4
7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1
Ng4 12. e6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nxe4 Rc8 15. h3 Nf6 16. Re1
Be7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxe6+ Kf7 19. Re2 Rhd8+ 20. Rd2 Bd4
21. Ke1 Rc6 22. Re2 Rdc8 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rc1+ 25. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 26. Kd2 Ra1 27. a3 Ke6 28. Rf2 Rg1 29. Ke2 Rc1 30. Kf3
Rc5 31. Rd2 Rf5+ 32. Ke2 Rg5 33. g4 Rc5 34. Kd3 Rd5+ 35. Ke2
Rc5 36. b4 Rc3 37. Rd3 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 Ra2 39. h4 g6 40. Kf4 h6
41. Rc3 Rf2+ 42. Kg3 Ra2 43. Kf3 Kd6 44. Rd3+ Ke6 45. Rc3 Kd6
46. Rc8 Rxa3 47. Rg8 g5 48. Rg6+ Ke5 49. Rxh6 gxh4 50. Rxh4
Rb3 51. b5 Kf6 52. Rh6+ Kg7 53. Rh5 Rb4 54. Rd5 Kf6 55. Rh5
Kg6 56. e4 Rb1 57. Rd5 Rf1+ 58. Kg3 Rg1+ 59. Kf4 Rf1+ 60. Kg3
Rg1+ 61. Kf3 Rf1+ 62. Ke3 Rg1 63. Rd7 a6 64. b6 Rxg4 65. Kd4
Kf6 66. Rxb7 Rg1 67. Ra7 Ke6 68. Rxa6 Kd6 69. b7+ Kc7 70. Rb6
Kb8 71. Rb2 Rg4 72. Kd5 Rg8 73. e5 Rd8+ 74. Kc5 Re8 75. Kd6
Rd8+ 76. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. c3 b5
12. f4 Bb7 13. Bf3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. a3 Qc7 16. O-O Rfd8
17. Re1 Rac8 18. Qe2 e5 19. Qf2 exf4 20. Bxf4 Be5 21. Bg5 Re8
22. Kh1 a5 23. Rad1 Bc6 24. Be3 b4 25. Bb6 Qb7 26. Bxa5 bxa3
27. bxa3 Ba4 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Bb4 Qf6 30. Rf1 h5 31. Be2 Qxf2
32. Rxf2 Bd4 33. Rff1 Be3 34. Ra1 Rxe4 35. Bf3 Re7 36. Rfe1
Bg5 37. Rxe7 Bxe7 38. Bd1 Ra8 39. Bxa4 Rxa4 40. c4 Bf6 41. Rd1
Be5 42. Kg1 Kg7 43. h3 Kf6 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Ke3 g5 46. Kd3 f5
47. Kc2 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Kb3 Ra8 50. a4 f4 51. Rf1 Kf5
52. c5 dxc5 53. Bxc5 Rc8 54. Kb4 Ke4 55. Re1+ Kd5 56. Rd1+ Ke4
57. a5 Bc3+ 58. Kxc3 Rxc5+ 59. Kb4 Rc2 60. Re1+ Kd3 61. Rd1+
Ke3 62. Re1+ Kf2 63. Re4 Kg3 64. a6 Rxg2 65. Kb5 Rh2 66. Re8
Rh7 67. Kb6 f3 68. Rf8 f2 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Re1 d4 11. cxd4 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. a4 Bg4 14. Nf3 Bb4 15. Rf1 c5 16. h3 Bh5
17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Bg5 Qa2 20. Qc1 Bxf3 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. gxf3 Qe6 23. Qh6 c4 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. Rg1 Rg8 26. Rg4
Rg6 27. Qh5 Qe5 28. Qh4 Bd6 29. f4 Qe7 30. e5 fxe5 31. Qxe7
Bxe7 32. fxe5 Rxg4 33. hxg4 Bg5 34. Kg2 Bf4 35. Kf3 Bxe5
36. Ke4 Bg7 37. Kd5 c3 38. bxc3 dxc3 39. Kc5 f5 40. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "12.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Ne7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6
7. e4 c5 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Nbc6 10. Rb1 f5 11. b4 f4 12. bxc5
dxc5 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Bb2 b6 15. Bc3 h6 16. a4 g5 17. Nd2 Ng6
18. Qh5 Rb8 19. a5 Nd4 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rb2 Ne7 22. Bxd4 exd4
23. Rfb1 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bf5 25. Ne4 Qd8 26. Bh3 Bxe4 27. dxe4
d3 28. Rd2 fxg3 29. hxg3 b5 30. cxb5 c4 31. Bf5 Qa5 32. Qg6
Qxd2 33. Qh7+ Kf7 34. Qg6+ Kg8 35. Qh7+ Kf7 36. Qg6+ Kg8
37. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "13.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6
7. Bd3 c5 8. d5 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. b4 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Nb3
Ra6 13. a4 Nh5 14. g3 g6 15. Ne1 Ng7 16. Ng2 Nf6 17. f3 Bh3
18. Rf2 Nd7 19. Ne3 f5 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 Bg5 22. exf5 Bxe3
23. Bxe3 Nxf5 24. Bd2 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bb4 Qb6 27. Rb2
d3+ 28. Kh1 Qd4 29. Rb3 e4 30. Bc3 Qxc4 31. Rxb7 Qxc3 32. Rxd7
e3 33. Rb1 Rb6 34. Rxb6 e2 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "14.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nd7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Qd3 Be7
12. Bg5 Be6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qc5
17. Qe2 h4 18. Kb1 Bg5 19. g3 hxg3 20. fxg3 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe3
22. Qxe3 Bxe3 23. Rxd6 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bc4 Ke7 26. h4
Rh6 27. g4 Rf6 28. g5 Rf2 29. Rh3 Bd2 30. a4 Rf4 31. Bd5 b5
32. axb5 axb5 33. Ka2 f6 34. gxf6+ Kxf6 35. h5 Rf2 36. Rg3 Bg5
37. Rc3 Bf4 38. Kb3 Kg5 39. Rc7 Kh6 40. Bf7 Bc1 41. Rc6+ Rf6
42. Rxf6+ gxf6 43. c3 Kg5 44. Bg6 f5 45. exf5 e4 46. f6 Kxf6
47. Bxe4 b4 48. cxb4 Ke5 49. Bf3 Kd4 50. b5 Kc5 51. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "15.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. c3 d6
7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Bf5 9. Qe2 d5 10. Bb5 Qb6 11. dxc5 Qxc5
12. Rac1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxc6 exf3 15. Bxf3 Be6 16. Bh4
Bc4 17. Qc2 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rad8 19. Bxb7 Rd7 20. Bf3 Rfd8
21. Qb3 Rd2 22. Qb7 Bf6 23. Bg3 Kg7 24. a4 R8d7 25. Qb3 h5
26. h4 e6 27. Qb5 Qxb5 28. axb5 Rxb2 29. c4 Rc2 30. Bc6 Rd8
31. e4 Rxc4 32. e5 Be7 33. Ra1 Bc5 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. f3 Bd4
36. Re1 Bb6 37. Kh3 a5 38. Be4 a4 39. Bf4 Rd7 40. Ra1 Ra7
41. Ra3 Rb4 42. Bg5 Rxb5 43. Bf6+ Kh7 44. Bc6 Rc5 45. Be8 Rc8
46. Bb5 Bd8 47. g4 Bxf6 48. exf6 Ra5 49. Bd7 Rc4 50. g5 Ra7
51. Be8 Rb4 52. Kg3 e5 53. Bc6 Kg8 54. Bd5 Kf8 55. Bc6 Rd4
56. Bb5 Ra5 57. Bc6 Rc4 58. Bd7 Rc7 59. Rxa4 Rxa4 60. Bxa4 Rc3
61. Bb5 e4 62. Kf4 Rxf3+ 63. Kxe4 Rh3 64. Bd7 Rxh4+ 65. Kf3
Rd4 66. Bc6 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "16.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nc6 10. Qf3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bb4+
12. Nc3 Qd4 13. Qg3 Qe4+ 14. Be3 Qg6 15. Qh4 Be7 16. Qe4 Qxe4
17. Nxe4 Bd7 18. O-O-O Bc6 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Nd5 21. Bd2
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. f3 Kd7 24. Kb1 Bb5 25. Rc1 Bd3+ 26. Ka1
Rc8 27. Ba4+ b5 28. Rxc8 Kxc8 29. Bd1 Kc7 30. b3 Kc6 31. Kb2
a6 32. b4 Nb6 33. Kc3 Bf1 34. g3 Kd5 35. f4 Bg2 36. Be3 Nc4
37. Bc5 g6 38. a4 h5 39. Bc2 Be4 40. Bb3 Bg2 41. Bg1 Bf3
42. axb5 axb5 43. Bxc4+ bxc4 44. b5 Be2 45. b6 Kc6 46. Kb4 Bf1
47. Bd4 Be2 48. Ka5 c3 49. Bxc3 Bf1 50. Bd4 Be2 51. Kb4 Bf1
52. Kc3 Be2 53. Kd2 Ba6 54. Ke3 Kd5 55. Bc3 Kc5 56. Ba5 Kb5
57. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "17.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6
7. d4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nxe5 Bxe2
12. Nxf7 Bxd1 13. Nxd8 Bg4 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nc4 16. O-O-O
Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rf6 19. Rd7 Rxe6 20. Rxc7 Rxe4
21. Kd2 b6 22. Kd3 Re5 23. Rf1 Rd8+ 24. Kc4 a5 25. Rf3 b5+
26. Kb3 Rd3 27. e4 Rd2 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Rcf8 Rxe4 30. R3f7+
Kh6 31. Rh8 Kh5 32. Rhxh7+ Kg4 33. Rxe7 Rc4 34. Re5 a4+
35. Ka3 Rc2 36. Rg5+ Kf4 37. Rf7+ Ke4 38. Rg4+ Kd5 39. Rd7+
Ke6 40. Rxc4 bxc4 41. Rd4 Rxc3+ 42. Kxa4 Rc2 43. a3 c3 44. Kb3
Rxg2 45. Kxc3 g5 46. hxg5 Rxg5 47. a4 Rg1 48. a5 Ra1 49. Kb4
Rb1+ 50. Kc5 Ra1 51. Kb6 Rb1+ 52. Kc6 Rc1+ 53. Kb7 Rb1+
54. Kc6 Rc1+ 55. Kb6 Rb1+ 56. Ka7 Ke7 57. a6 Rb2 58. Ka8 Rb1
59. a7 Rb2 60. Rh4 Kd7 61. Rh8 Kc7 62. Rb8 Rd2 63. Rb7+ Kc8
64. Rb1 Rc2 65. Rh1 Rb2 66. Rh8+ Kc7 67. Rb8 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "18.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Bd2 e6
7. a3 Nge7 8. b4 cxb4 9. axb4 Nxb4 10. Qa4+ Nbc6 11. Nf3 O-O
12. O-O d5 13. Rfb1 b6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qa3 Bb7 16. Bh3 Bc8
17. Bg2 Bb7 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Bc3 d4 20. Nfxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qxd4 24. Qxe7 Rae8 25. Qb4 Qd5+
26. e4 Qxd3 27. Rxa7 Qxe4+ 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxb6 Ree8 30. h4
Ra8 31. Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2016.07.09"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. h4 Nb6 13. Qf2 Rb8 14. g5 Nfd7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rc8
17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bg4 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Re8 21. Qf3
Qc7 22. Nd4 Nb6 23. Rhe1 Bf8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Nf5 Qc4 26. b3
Qb4 27. c3 Rc8 28. Rd3 Nxd5 29. Bd2 Nb6 30. Kb1 Qc5 31. Be3
Qc7 32. Qf4 Re8 33. h5 Re6 34. Kc2 Qc6 35. Bxb6 Qxb6 36. Rf3
Qb7 37. Ne3 Re4 38. Qg3 Re5 39. Qf4 Rxg5 40. h6 gxh6 41. Rf2
Qd7 42. Nf5 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2016.07.10"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 b6
12. Bg5 c5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Rd8
17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rd1 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ke7 20. c3 Nh4 21. g3 Ng6
22. f4 h4 23. Kf2 hxg3+ 24. Kxg3 Nh4 25. Kg4 Ng2 26. Kf3 Nh4+
27. Kg4 Ng2 28. Rg1 Ne3+ 29. Kf3 Nf5 30. Ke4 Nh4 31. f5 f6
32. exf6+ Kxf6 33. Kf4 g6 34. Ne4+ Kf7 35. fxg6+ Nxg6+ 36. Kf5
Nh4+ 37. Kf4 a5 38. Rg3 a4 39. Kg5 Ke6 40. Nf6 Nf5 41. Rf3 Nd6
42. Kg6 Nc4 43. Kg7 Rh4 44. b3 axb3 45. axb3 Nd2 46. Re3+ Kf5
47. Nd5 c4 48. Ne7+ Kf4 49. Nd5+ Kf5 50. Ne7+ Kf4 51. Nd5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2
Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Nc6 15. d5 Na5 16. Bc5 b6
17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. d6 Nc6 19. Bb5 Nxe7 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qe6
22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. dxe7 Qxe7 24. Rfd1 Bf8 25. Rd4 Qe6 26. Rbd1
a5 27. Rd7 a4 28. Ra7 a3 29. Rdd7 Be7 30. Rdb7 h5 31. g3 h4
32. gxh4 a2 33. Kg2 Bc5 34. Qe2 Qxe4+ 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxa2
Rxh4 37. Rd7 Rf4 38. Rd3 Kg7 39. Rf3 Rxf3 40. Kxf3 Kh6 41. Ra7
f5 42. Rc7 Kg5 43. Rh7 Kf6 44. Ke2 g5 45. Kf3 g4+ 46. hxg4
fxg4+ 47. Kg3 Ke5 48. Rh5+ Ke4 49. Rg5 Kd3 50. Rxg4 b5 51. Rg5
Kc4 52. Kf3 b4 53. Ke2 b3 54. Rg4+ Kc3 55. Rg3+ Kc2 56. Rg8
Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Rainer Buhmann"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g6 16. a4 Bg7 17. d5 Qb8
18. Ne3 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Nd2
b4 23. c4 Nc5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nb3 Rc8 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. Qd3
Ra5 28. Bb3 Bg5 29. Rd1 Qb6 30. c5 Qxc5 31. Nc4 Ra7 32. Nxd6
Kg7 33. Qf3 Qc6 34. Bxf7 Re7 35. Ba2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. e5 dxe5
12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2
Bc5 17. Bg3 Qd5 18. c4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qa5+ 20. Rd2 O-O 21. Bd6
f5 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6 Nbd7 24. g4 fxg4 25. Bxg4 Qa1+
26. Rd1 Qe5 27. Rd3 Nc5 28. O-O Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Bd7 30. Nxb7 Rb8
31. Bf3 Qc7 32. Nd6 Qc5+ 33. Rf2 a5 34. Nb7 Qb4 35. Qe4 Nh7
36. c5 Ng5 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nc3 Rxe1
12. Qxe1 b6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Qxe7
Bxe7 17. g3 Kf8 18. a4 Bc6 19. a5 bxa5 20. d5 Bb7 21. Rxa5 a6
22. Ra3 Bf6 23. Na4 Ke7 24. c4 Kd8 25. Re3 a5 26. Be2 Ba6
27. Kf1 Rb8 28. b3 g5 29. Ke1 Bd4 30. Rf3 Ke7 31. Bd1 h6
32. Kd2 Rb4 33. Kd3 Ba7 34. Rf5 f6 35. Nc3 Bc5 36. f4 Rb8
37. fxg5 fxg5 38. Kc2 Bg1 39. Bh5 Bxh2 40. Rf7+ Kd8 41. Bg4
Rb7 42. c5 Bxg3 43. Ne4 dxc5 44. Nxg3 d6 45. Rf8+ Ke7 46. Ra8
Rb6 47. Kc3 Bb7 48. Nf5+ Kf6 49. Rf8+ Ke5 50. Ne3 Ke4 51. Nc4
Ra6 52. Bf3# 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6
7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. Na4 b5 11. Nb6 Ra7 12. a4 Nfd7
13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Qd2 Nxb6 15. Qxa5 Nxa4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Nf3
Na6 18. Be2 Nb4 19. Kd2 Na2 20. Rc2 Nb4 21. Rcc1 Na2 22. Ra1
N2c3 23. Rhc1 Nxe2 24. Kxe2 f6 25. Kd2 Bf5 26. Ra2 Be4
27. Rca1 e5 28. Bg3 Ra8 29. Ra3 Kf7 30. Ne1 exd4 31. exd4 Bh6+
32. Ke2 Re8 33. Kf1 Bd2 34. Nd3 Bxd3+ 35. Rxd3 Bc3 36. Rc1 b4
37. f3 Nb2 38. Rdxc3 bxc3 39. Rxc3 Nc4 40. Kg1 Re2 41. Rb3 Ne3
42. Bf2 Nd1 43. Bg3 Ne3 44. Bf2 Nd1 45. Bg3 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Rapid Match)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.24"]
[EventDate "2016.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nce2
Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nf5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Qd2 Bxf5
17. exf5 Rc8 18. b3 b5 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Rfe1 Qb6+ 21. Be3 Qc7
22. Re2 Bf6 23. Bd5 Re7 24. g5 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Ng4 26. Rg2 Bc3
27. Qf4 Ne3 28. Bxe7 Nxg2 29. Qg5 Nf4 30. Kh1 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 f6
32. Qe3 Be5 33. Bxd6 Qb7 34. Qe4 Bxd6 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qxd6
Rxc2 37. Qd7 Qxd7 38. Rxd7 Rxa2 39. Ra7 a5 40. Rb7 b4 41. h4
Ra3 42. Ra7 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Biel (Rapid Match)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.24"]
[EventDate "2016.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Be3 Nf6 8. N1d2 d6 9. g4 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Qe2 Bg5
12. Nc4 Nf4 13. Qg4 Rh4 14. Qg3 Rh3 15. Bxf4 Rxg3 16. hxg3 Bh6
17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Rxh6 Ke7 19. O-O-O b5 20. Nca5 Qb6 21. f4
Nd7 22. Kb1 Bb7 23. f5 e5 24. f6+ Nxf6 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Rf1
Nd7 27. g4 Rg8 28. Nc1 Rxg4 29. Ne2 Rg6 30. Rh3 b4 31. Ng3 Nc5
32. Bc4 Rf6 33. Rxf6 Kxf6 34. Rh6+ Kg5 35. Rh7 Nxe4 36. Rxf7
Qc6 37. Rg7+ Kf4 38. Ne2+ Ke3 39. Bd3 Nc5 40. Nc1 e4 41. Bf1
d5 42. Rg2 Qf6 43. Re2+ Kd4 44. Bg2 a5 45. Rd2+ Ke5 46. c3
bxc3 47. bxc3 Na4 48. Kc2 Qc6 49. Ne2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Biel (Rapid Match)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.24"]
[EventDate "2016.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. dxe5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2
Rd8+ 12. Kc2 Bd7 13. f4 Bc6 14. Nf3 Bxe4+ 15. Kb2 Nd7 16. Bc4
Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Rhe1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 b5
21. Rd1 c4 22. Bc2 Bh6 23. Re4 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 Rd8 25. Kc2 Kf8
26. Be2 Ke7 27. Bf1 a6 28. a4 Rd7 29. h4 Rd8 30. axb5 axb5
31. Bh3 Rd3 32. Bg4 Kd8 33. h5 Kc7 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. e6 fxe6
36. Re5 Kb6 37. Rxe6+ Ka5 38. f5 Rd2+ 39. Kb1 Ka4 40. fxg6 Kb3
41. f4 Rg2 42. Bd1+ Kxc3 43. Re3+ Kd2 44. Rh3 Bxf4 45. Rh1
Rxg6 46. Bc2 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Biel (Rapid Match)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.24"]
[EventDate "2016.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. b4 cxb4 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Bd5 Qc7 14. axb4 Rb8 15. Qd2 O-O 16. Qc3 Bb7 17. Bxc6
Bxc6 18. Rxa6 Rfc8 19. Nbd2 d5 20. Rfa1 dxe4 21. dxe4 Be8
22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Nf1 Rc4 24. c3 Rxc3 25. Ne3 Bc6 26. Ng4 Be7
27. Ngxe5 Bxe4 28. Nd4 Rbc8 29. f3 Bd5 30. Nxb5 Re3 31. Nd6
Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxe5 33. f4 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Svidler - MVL)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.25"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 b5
7. c4 Rb8 8. cxb5 axb5 9. a3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 Ba6
12. b4 e6 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Nxb5 Be7 15. Bc4 O-O 16. bxc5 Nxc5
17. a4 Qd7 18. Ba3 Rfc8 19. Reb1 Bd8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. d3 g6
22. g3 Be7 23. Rd1 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Qc7 25. Bc4 Qa5 26. Qc2 Rcc8
27. Kg2 Bc5 28. Rab1 Bd4 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Bb5 Kg7 31. Qd2 Bc3
32. Qc2 Bd4 33. Qd2 Bc3 34. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Svidler - MVL)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.26"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qf6 15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Bd1 Bxd3
17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 f5 20. Re2 Rfe8 21. Bd2
Bf4 22. Be1 Nb6 23. g3 Bc7 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bf3 Re6 26. b3
Be5 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. Kf1 g6 29. Rc1 a5 30. c4 bxc4 31. Bxa5
cxb3 32. axb3 Nd5 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Bxd5+ Re6 35. Bd2 Ke7
36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Ke2 Kd5 38. Kd3 h5 39. b4 Bd6 40. Kc3 h4
41. Be3 h3 42. b5 Ke4 43. b6 Kf3 44. b7 Bb8 45. Kd3 Kg2
46. Bf4 Ba7 47. g4 1-0

[Event "Biel (Svidler - MVL)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.28"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. h4 Nc6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Rxh1+
12. Bxh1 Nh7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qd3 e5 16. Qc4 Bd7
17. Bd2 Bg5 18. O-O-O Qf6 19. Na4 Rb8 20. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 21. Kb1
Nf6 22. a3 Qh4 23. Qd3 d5 24. Nc5 d4 25. Qxa6 Qxf2 26. Rf1 Qg3
27. Bf3 Qh3 28. Rh1 Qxf3 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Rxb8 Nxe4 31. Nxd7
Nd2+ 32. Ka2 Qd5+ 33. b3 Qh1 34. a4 Qb1+ 35. Ka3 Qa1+ 36. Kb4
Qc3+ 37. Ka3 Nb1+ 0-1

[Event "Biel (Svidler - MVL)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.29"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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. 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. Bb3 Bg5 23. Qf3 Qb7 24. Rad1 Red8 25. c4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 g6
27. a3 Rd7 28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Nh2 d5 30. exd5 Rad8 31. Nf3 Bxd5
32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Qe4 Bf6 34. g5 Be7 35. g3 Qb5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5
37. Kg2 Bd6 38. a4 Qd3 39. Qxd3 Rxd3 40. Nxe5 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Blitz)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Noel Studer"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 b5
7. c4 Rb8 8. a3 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bf1 e6 11. cxb5 axb5
12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Qb3 Bc5 15. Bxb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+
Nxd7 17. Qg3 O-O 18. Ba3 Ra8 19. Bxc5 Rxa1 20. Bxf8 Kxf8
21. Qc3 Qa5 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 23. Nc3 Nc5 24. Rb1 Ra3 25. Rb8+ Ke7
26. f3 Nd3 27. h4 Ra7 28. Kh2 Rd7 29. Kg3 Nf4 30. Rb2 Kf6
31. Ra2 Nd3 32. Ra6 Nc5 33. Ra2 Nb3 34. Nb1 h6 35. Kf2 g5
36. hxg5+ hxg5 37. Rb2 Nc5 38. Ke2 g4 39. Rb5 Nd3 40. fxg4 Kg5
41. Na3 Kxg4 42. Nc4 f6 43. Rb6 Kg3 44. Rxe6 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Biel (Blitz)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e5
7. Ne1 Be6 8. d3 Qd7 9. Nc2 Bh3 10. Nd5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nge7
12. e4 O-O 13. Rb1 f5 14. b4 b6 15. b5 Nd4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7
17. Nxd4 exd4 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Rb2 Qb7+ 20. f3 d5 21. cxd5
Qxd5 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Re8 24. Ra2 Rf7 25. f4 Rfe7 26. Kf3
Kf7 27. Rff2 Ra8 28. Rfe2 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Ke6 30. Kf3 Kd5 31. g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Blitz)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Benjamin Bok"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. e4 d6 11. Qxh5 Nxh5
12. c5 Be6 13. cxd6 exd6 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Rd7 16. Rac1 h6
17. Be3 Nf6 18. h3 Rad8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 a6 21. Rd2 Ne8
22. Rcd1 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Kg7 24. f4 f6 25. Kf2 Nc7 26. R1d2 Bf7
27. Bf1 Ne6 28. R4d3 Nc5 29. Re3 Rc8 30. b4 Ne6 31. h4 Nd8
32. Na4 Rc1 33. Nb6 Rdc7 34. Rxd6 R7c2+ 35. Re2 Nc6 36. Rd7
Nxb4 37. a3 Nc6 38. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Ke3 Kf8 40. Rxb7 Rc3+
41. Bd3 Rxa3 42. Nd7+ Kg7 43. Nc5 a5 44. Kd2 Kf8 45. Nd7+ Kg7
46. e5 fxe5 47. fxe5 Ra2+ 48. Ke1 Ra1+ 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Ke3
Ra3 51. Kd2 Ra2+ 52. Kc1 Ra1+ 53. Kb2 Ra4 54. e6 Rb4+ 55. Rxb4
Nxb4 56. exf7 Nxd3+ 57. Kc3 Kxf7 58. Kxd3 a4 59. Nc5 a3
60. Ke4 a2 61. Nb3 Ke6 62. g4 Kf6 63. Na1 Ke6 64. Nc2 Kf6
65. Kf4 Ke6 66. g5 hxg5+ 67. Kxg5 Kf7 68. Na1 Kg7 69. Nb3 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Blitz)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nico Georgiadis"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e3 O-O
7. h3 d6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6
Nxf6 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. e4 Rf8 15. b4 a5 16. a3 f5 17. Qc2 Qg5
18. Nb5 Rac8 19. Nb3 a4 20. Nd2 Rf7 21. Rad1 Ba6 22. Nc3 Rcf8
23. Qxa4 Bc8 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. Qc2 h5 26. Rfe1 Bh6 27. a4 f4
28. Nh2 g5 29. f3 Nf6 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 g4 32. cxd6 cxd6
33. Kh1 Rg7 34. Rg1 Bg5 35. Nb5 Bh4 36. Rc1 Qb6 37. Qxc8 Rxc8
38. Rxc8+ Kh7 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Rgc1 gxf3 41. Nxf3 Qf2
42. R1c2 Qg3 43. R8c7 Ng4 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Nxd6 Nf2+ 46. Kg1
Qg4 47. Nf5+ Kh8 48. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 49. Kxf2 Qg6 50. a5 Qf6 51. a6
Qb6+ 52. Kf1 Qb3 53. Be2 Qb1+ 54. Kf2 Qb6+ 55. Kf1 Qb1+
56. Ne1 Qa1 57. Nd6 Kg7 58. Nf5+ Kf6 59. d6 Ke6 60. Bc4+ Kd7
61. Bb5+ Kd8 62. Be2 Qa4 63. Bd3 Qa3 64. Kf2 Qa5 65. Nf3 Qa2+
66. Kg1 Qa3 67. Bf1 Qc5+ 68. Kh2 Kd7 69. a7 Qxa7 70. Nxe5+ Ke6
71. Nf3 Qh7+ 72. Kg1 Qa7+ 73. Kh2 Qh7+ 74. N3h4 Ke5 75. Bb5
Kxe4 76. d7 Qh8 77. Kh3 Ke5 78. Kg4 Qg8+ 79. Kf3 Qd5+ 80. Kg4
Qg8+ 81. Kf3 Qd5+ 82. Kg4 Qg8+ 83. Kf3 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Blitz)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Francesco Rambaldi"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ne2 e5 6. Nbc3 Nge7
7. O-O O-O 8. a3 a5 9. Rb1 d6 10. d3 Rb8 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Qa4
Bf5 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. e4 Bh3 17. Bxa5
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5 19. Bd2 f4 20. f3 g5 21. b4 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Ng6
23. Rc4 g4 24. Ng1 gxf3+ 25. Nxf3 Qg4 26. Qd1 fxg3 27. h3 Qh5
28. Rc7 Nh4+ 29. Nxh4 Rf2+ 30. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Biel (Blitz Tiebreak)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 e5
7. Be3 Nge7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. h4 Nf5 10. Bc5 Re8 11. h5 Be6
12. Rc1 g5 13. e3 h6 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. O-O Rad8 16. Rfd1 b6
17. Ba3 b5 18. Ncd2 b4 19. Nxg5 Ncd4 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Qe3
bxa3 22. Nxe6 axb2 23. Nxd8 bxc1=Q 24. Rxc1 Rxd8 25. Nf3 Nf5
26. Qxa7 Qxd3 27. Qxc7 e4 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 e3 30. fxe3
Nxe3 31. Bf3 Nf5 32. Rf1 Nd4 33. Be4 Qc4 34. Qf6 Re8 35. Bg2
Re2 36. Qxh6 Qc5 37. Kh1 Rxa2 38. Be4 Nf5 1-0

[Event "Biel (Blitz Tiebreak)"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 e4 5. Ng1 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7
7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Re8 9. Nh3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe4 Bf5
12. Nc3 Bf6 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. dxc3 Qf6 16. Nf4
Qxc3 17. Rc1 Qe5 18. e4 Rad8 19. Nd3 Qf6 20. exf5 Nb4 21. Rxc5
b6 22. Rc7 Nxd3 23. Qf3 a5 24. h4 h6 25. Qc6 Qxf5 26. Qxb6 Ne5
27. Rc3 Rd2 28. a4 Nd3 29. Qb5 Re5 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qa7 Ree2
0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O
12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. g4 b5 14. g5 b4 15. gxf6 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxf6
17. Na5 Rc8 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qa5 Rc6 21. Kb1
Rfc8 22. Rd2 Nh5 23. Rg1 Qh4 24. Be2 Nf4 25. Bd1 f5 26. exf5
Bxf5 27. Ka1 d5 28. c3 Rg6 29. Rxg6 hxg6 30. Bxf4 Qxf4
31. Qxd5+ Kh7 32. Bb3 a5 33. a4 Re8 34. Ka2 Be6 35. Qc6 Bxb3+
36. Kxb3 Rb8+ 37. Kc2 Rxb2+ 38. Kxb2 Qxd2+ 39. Kb3 Qxh2
40. Qd5 Qe2 41. Qxa5 Qd1+ 42. Kb2 Qd2+ 43. Kb3 Qd1+ 44. Kb2
Qd2+ 45. Ka3 Qc1+ 46. Kb4 Qb1+ 47. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.06"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Ne2 Qb6 6.d4 e6 7.Nfg1
f6 8.f3 Ng5 9.exf6 gxf6 10.f4 Ne4 11.Ng3 Bd7 12.Nxe4 dxe4
13.c3 Na6 14.Qh5+ Kd8 15.Bc4 Kc7 16.a4 c5 17.Ne2 Rd8 18.Be3 f5
19.O-O Kb8 20.Qf7 Nc7 21.a5 Qc6 22.Qf6 Bd6 23.dxc5 Bxc5 24.Nd4
Qd6 25.b4 Qe7 26.Qh6 Bd6 27.Rad1 Rhf8 28.Bf2 Rf6 29.Qh4 Nd5
30.Nxe6 Bxe6 31.Bxd5 e3 32.Bxe3 Bxd5 33.Bxa7+ Kxa7 34.Qf2+ Bc5
35.Qxc5+ Qxc5+ 36.bxc5 Rd7 37.Rfe1 h6 38.Kf2 Kb8 39.c4 Bc6
40.Rxd7 Bxd7 41.Rb1 Ra6 42.Rb6 Rxa5 43.Rxh6 Rxc5 44.h4 Rxc4
45.g3 Kc7 46.h5 b5 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.07"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O
12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. g4 b5 14. g5 b4 15. gxf6 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxf6
17. Na5 Rc8 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qa5 Rc6 21. Rg1
Rfc8 22. Rg2 Bh3 23. Rgd2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qe6 25. Rff2 h6
26. Kb1 Qh3 27. Rd3 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Qf1+ 29. Bc1 Qxd3 30. Qd2
Qxc2+ 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Kxc2 Kf8 33. Kb3 Ke7 34. Kc4 Ke6
35. b4 d5+ 36. exd5+ Nxd5 37. Bd2 f5 38. b5 axb5+ 39. Kxb5 Kd6
40. a4 g5 41. a5 f4 42. Kc4 Nc7 43. Bb4+ Ke6 44. h3 h5 45. Bc5
e4 46. fxe4 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Kd3 Na6 49. Bd4 Nb4+ 50. Ke2
Na6 51. Kf2 Kd6 52. Kg2 Ke6 53. Kf2 Kd6 54. Kg2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.08"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5
Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Qf3
a5 18. Rad1 Qb7 19. Ng3 a4 20. Bc2 b4 21. Nf5 Re6 22. Bxf6
Nxf6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. hxg4 g6 25. Ne3 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bh6
27. Rb1 Qa7 28. Rb4 Bg5 29. Qe2 Ree8 30. Qd3 Red8 31. Nd5 Rab8
32. Reb1 a3 33. Nb6 Kg7 34. g3 Rb7 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c4 a5
12. Be2 Na6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nb1 Nd7 15. Qd2 f5 16. Nc3 Bh4+
17. g3 f4 18. Bf2 Bg5 19. Qc2 Nac5 20. Kf1 Qe8 21. Re1 e4
22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bd3 fxg3 25. Bxe4 Qh5 26. Kg2
gxh2 27. Rxh2 Bh4 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Be4 Rf4 30. Kh1 Qe5
31. Rg1 g5 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. bxc3 Kg7 34. Rb1 Rf7 35. Rb6 Ra6
36. Rhb2 Rxb6 37. Rxb6 Bf2 38. Rxd6 Rf6 39. Rd8 Rf8 40. Rd6
Rf6 41. Rd8 Rf8 42. Rxf8 Kxf8 43. d6 Bc5 44. d7 Ke7 45. Bf5
Be3 46. Kg2 Bd2 47. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.11"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7
7. a3 O-O 8. b4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ng5 Nc7 11. Nge4 c4 12. d3
cxd3 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 f5 15. Bg5 Qd4 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Bg5 Qd7
18. Nc5 dxe2 19. Nxe2 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 f4 21. gxf4 h6 22. b5
Nxb5 23. Rab1 Nxa3 24. Rb3 hxg5 25. Rxa3 exf4 26. Bd5+ Kh7
27. Ne4 Kh6 28. Nd6 Bf6 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Nxc8 Raxc8 31. Rd7
g4 32. Nxf4 Rcd8 33. Raxa7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 c5 35. Ne6 Rc8
36. Rc7 Rxc7 37. Nxc7 c4 38. Kf1 Kg5 39. Nd5 Be5 40. Ke2 Bxh2
41. Ke3 Be5 42. Nb4 Bd6 43. Nd5 Bc5+ 44. Ke2 Kf5 45. Nc3 Ke5
46. Nb5 Bb4 47. Ke3 g5 48. Nc7 Bc5+ 49. Ke2 c3 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.12"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Kf2
Rd8 22. Bg5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd7 24. f4 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Bh4
c5 27. Kf3 Ra6 28. Ke4 Nf8 29. Kf5 Kf7 30. c4 Re6 31. g5 Ng6
32. Rd7+ Re7 33. Rxe7+ Nxe7+ 34. Ke4 f5+ 35. Ke3 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. O-O Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfb1 Bxe2 16. Bxe7
Rfb8 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Bc5 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Rb2 Bd3 21. Rd1
Bf5 22. Rb7 Rdb8 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rb7 Rcb8 25. Rc7 Rc8 26. Rb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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.Bg5 Be6 12.Rad1
Be7 13.b3 a5 14.Rd3 Rd8 15.Rxd8+ Bxd8 16.Rd1 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 Ke7
18.Ne2 Nh4 19.g3 Ng6 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.f4 Rf8 22.Rd4 c5 23.Re4
Rd8 24.Kf2 Rd1 25.g4 hxg4 26.hxg4 b5 27.f5 Nh4 28.Ng3 Ra1
29.a4 Ra2 30.axb5 Rxc2+ 31.Re2 Rxe2+ 32.Kxe2 c4 33.bxc4 a4
34.Kd3 Nf3 35.f6+ Kf7 36.fxg7 Nxe5+ 37.Kc3 a3 38.c5 Nd3 39.Kb3
Nxc5+ 40.Kxa3 Kxg7 41.Kb4 Nd3+ 42.Kc4 Ne5+ 43.Kc5 Kh6 44.Ne2
c6 45.bxc6 Nxc6 46.Kxc6 Kg5 47.Kd6 Kxg4 48.Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Be3 c5 10. d5 Qc7 11. Nf3 e6
12. Be2 exd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfd1 Qd6 16. Qxb7
Bxc3 17. Rac1 Ba5 18. Qc6 Bc7 19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. g4
Bd7 22. Ne4 Be5 23. Nxc5 Rad8 24. Bg5 f6 25. Be3 Rfe8 26. Nxd7
1-0

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Rd1
Be7 12. Ne2 b6 13. Bg5 Ba6 14. Nf4 f6 15. Ng6 fxg5 16. Nxh8
Be2 17. Ng6 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Nxe7 Kxe7
21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 g3 23. Rg4 gxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Kf7 25. Ke3
Rd8 26. Rd4 Rd5 27. Re4 Ke6 28. Rh4 Rxe5+ 29. Kf3 Rf5+ 30. Ke3
Rg5 31. Kf3 a5 32. Re4+ Kf6 33. Rf4+ Ke6 34. Re4+ Kf6 35. Rf4+
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qa3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bc2 e5
12. O-O Re8 13. d5 Qe7 14. Qxe7 Rxe7 15. Ba3 Ree8 16. Ba4 Rad8
17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. c4 Re7 20. d6 cxd6 21. Rxd6
Bxe4 22. Rad1 Bf5 23. h3 f6 24. g4 Be6 25. g5 fxg5 26. Nxg5
Bf5 27. f3 h6 28. Ne4 Bxh3 29. Nf6 Nxf6 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Bc6
Bf5 32. Rb8 h5 33. a4 Kh6 34. Rb7 Rxb7 35. Bxb7 Kg5 36. Rd8
Kf4 37. Ra8 Kg3 38. Rxa7 h4 39. Ra6 Nd7 40. Bc8 Nc5 41. Rxb6
Bxc8 42. Rc6 h3 43. Rxg6+ Kxf3 44. Rc6 Bb7 45. Rc7 Be4 46. a5
Nd3 47. Kh2 Nf4 48. a6 Ke3 49. a7 Ne6 50. Rc8 Kd4 51. a8=Q
Bxa8 52. Rxa8 Kxc4 53. Ra5 Nc5 54. Kxh3 e4 55. Kg3 Kd4 56. Ra8
Nd3 57. Rd8+ Ke3 58. Re8 Kd4 59. Rxe4+ Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Kf2
Rd8 22. Bg5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Bf4 Nd5 26. Bd2
b5 27. Rh1 Kf7 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Rd7 Rd6 30. Rxd6 cxd6 31. f4
f5 32. gxf5 Kf7 33. Kf3 Kf6 34. Ke4 Nb6 35. Be3 c5 36. Bf2 d5+
37. Kf3 Na4 38. Kg4 a5 39. a3 Kf7 40. Be3 Kf6 41. Bf2 Kf7
42. f6 Kxf6 43. f5 Ke5 44. Bg3+ Kf6 45. Bh4+ Kf7 46. Bf2 Kg7
47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Be3 Nxc3 49. Bxc5 Ne2+ 50. Kf3 Nc1 51. Be3 Na2
52. Kf4 b4 53. a4 Kf7 54. Bb6 Nc3 55. Bxa5 Nxa4 56. Ke5 Nb2
57. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Nf3
Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5
Qxe5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qb3 b6 14. Bc4 Rd7 15. f3 Bb7 16. e4 Rad8
17. Rb1 a6 18. a4 Bf8 19. Be3 Bd6 20. g3 Bc5 21. Rfe1 Kg7
22. Bf1 Rd2 23. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Qe3 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 a5 26. b4
axb4 27. Rxb4 Rd1 28. Kf2 R8d2+ 29. Be2 Ba6 30. f4 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6
12. Ne2 g5 13. Bg2 Bf6 14. c3 h6 15. Bd2 Nd6 16. Nc1 Bf5
17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nb3 Nc4 19. Bc1 b6 20. Nbd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2
Be4 22. h4 g4 23. Nh2 h5 24. f3 gxf3 25. Bxf3 Qe6 26. Bxe4
Qxe4 27. Qxh5 Nxd4 28. Qg4+ Qxg4 29. Nxg4 Nf3+ 30. Kf2 Nxd2
31. Nxf6+ Kg7 32. Nxd5 Rd8 33. Ne3 Ne4+ 34. Kf3 Nd2+ 35. Ke2
Ne4 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. Rf1 Re8 38. Kd3 Nc5+ 39. Kd2 Ne4+ 40. Kc2
Re5 41. g4 Nf6 42. h5+ Kg5 43. Nd4 Rd5 44. h6 Kg6 45. Nf5 Rd7
46. Nh4+ Kxh6 47. g5+ Kxg5 48. Nf3+ Kf5 49. Nd4+ Kg6 50. Rg1+
Kh5 51. Rh1+ Kg6 52. Rg1+ Kh5 53. Rh1+ Kg5 54. Rg1+ Ng4 55. b4
f5 56. b5 f4 57. Kd3 Re7 58. Nf3+ Kh5 59. Kd4 Re3 60. Rf1 Nf6
61. c4 Re4+ 62. Kd3 Kg4 63. Nd2 Re3+ 64. Kd4 Re2 65. Kd3 Re3+
66. Kd4 Kf5 67. a4 Ra3 68. Re1 Nd7 69. Ne4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qa3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bc2 e5
12. O-O Re8 13. d5 Nc5 14. c4 Bf8 15. Qc3 Bd6 16. Rd1 Bc8
17. h3 Bd7 18. Nd2 Qh4 19. Ba3 Qe7 20. Bb2 Rf8 21. Qg3 Rae8
22. Nb3 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Rd2
Ref8 27. Rf1 Rg5 28. Qd3 h5 29. Re2 Kh7 30. Kh1 Bd6 31. f3
Rgf5 32. Rfe1 Qg5 33. Re4 Qg3 34. Rf1 Qg5 35. Bc1 Qf6 36. Rfe1
Bb4 37. R1e2 Bd6 38. Bb2 Qg5 39. Qd1 Qg3 40. R2e3 Rg5 41. Qf1
Rf4 42. Bc3 Rxe4 43. Rxe4 Rf5 44. h4 Rf4 45. Qe1 Qxe1+
46. Bxe1 Rxe4 47. fxe4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d4 e5 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Qf5
12. Be3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Be7 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. Qe5
Be6 17. Qb5+ c6 18. Qxb7 Rc8 19. Qxa7 Qxg2 20. O-O-O Qf3
21. Rhg1 Bf6 22. Bc5 Qf4+ 23. Rd2 Qe5 24. Bd4 Qc7 25. Qxc7
Rxc7 26. f4 Bxd4 27. cxd4 f5 28. Re2 Kf7 29. Rge1 Bc8 30. c5
Rd8 31. Bc4+ Kf8 32. Re5 g6 33. hxg6 Rxd4 34. Bb3 Re4
35. R1xe4 fxe4 36. Kd2 Kg7 37. Ke3 Kxg6 38. Kxe4 Kf6 39. Re8
Bf5+ 40. Ke3 Rd7 41. Bc4 h5 42. a4 h4 43. a5 h3 44. Rh8 Re7+
45. Kd4 Bh7 46. Bf1 Kg7 47. Rxh7+ Kxh7 48. Bxh3 Ra7 49. Bg2
Kg6 50. Ke5 Rxa5 51. Be4+ Kg7 52. Kd6 Ra4 53. Bxc6 Rxf4
54. Bd5 Rf1 55. c6 Rc1 56. c7 Rxc7 57. Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b5
12. Na5 Qd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re6 15. Rad1 Bb6 16. Nb3 Rae8
17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe7 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Qd1
c5 22. Rd7 Qxe4 23. Rxc7 Rg6 24. g3 c4 25. Qd7 Rf6 26. Rc8
Rxc8 27. Qxc8+ Kh7 28. Qc5 Qe2 29. b3 Qxa2 30. bxc4 bxc4
31. Re1 a5 32. Re7 a4 33. Ra7 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qxc3 35. Rxa4 Qc2
36. Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qa3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bc2 e5
12. O-O Re8 13. d5 Bf8 14. Qb2 Bd6 15. c4 Qe7 16. Bg5 f6
17. Be3 Rf8 18. Rae1 Nc5 19. Nd2 a5 20. f3 Ba6 21. Bf2 Rae8
22. Re2 Qd7 23. Rfe1 Re7 24. Qc3 Na4 25. Qb3 Nc5 26. Qc3 Na4
27. Qb3 Nc5 28. Qb1 Rg7 29. Be3 Re8 30. g4 g5 31. Rg2 h5
32. gxh5 Qh3 33. Bd1 Rh7 34. f4 exf4 35. Bg4 Qxe3+ 36. Rxe3
fxe3 37. e5 Rxe5 38. Nf3 Ree7 39. h4 Bxc4 40. hxg5 Bd3
41. gxf6 Reg7 42. Qe1 Rxg4 43. Rxg4+ 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "128"]

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 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Kf2
Rd8 22. Bg5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Bd2
b5 27. Rh1 Kf7 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Rd7 Rd6 30. Rxd6 cxd6 31. f4
f5 32. gxf5 Ne7 33. Kf3 Nxf5 34. Kg4 Ne7 35. f5 Nd5 36. Kf3
Kf7 37. Ke4 Nf6+ 38. Kf4 Nd5+ 39. Ke4 Nf6+ 40. Kf4 a6 41. Be1
Nd5+ 42. Ke4 Nf6+ 43. Kf4 Nd7 44. Bg3 Nf6 45. Ke3 d5 46. Kd4
Ne4 47. Bh4 a5 48. c4 bxc4 49. a4 Nd6 50. Ke5 Ne4 51. Kd4 Nd6
52. Kc5 Nxf5 53. Be1 d4 54. Kxc4 Ne3+ 55. Kd3 Ke6 56. Bxa5
Nxc2 57. Kxc2 d3+ 58. Kxd3 Kd7 59. Bc7 Kc8 60. Kc4 Kxc7
61. Kc5 Kb8 62. a5 Ka8 63. a6 Ka7 64. Kxc6 Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. d5 e6 11. Be3 exd5
12. exd5 b6 13. Bb5 Qd6 14. O-O Bd7 15. a4 Bxb5 16. axb5 Nd7
17. Ra4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. g3 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Rd7 21. Bf4 Bxf4
22. Rxf4 Re8 23. c4 Re2 24. Qc3 Rde7 25. Rf6 Qd7 26. d6 R7e4
27. Qf3 Qh3 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. d7 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxd7 31. h4 h5
32. Rf4 Kg7 33. Re5 f5 34. Rd5 Qe6 35. Kh2 Qe2 36. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3
Bc6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Qf3 Qb6
17. a5 Qa7 18. Be3 Qb8 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Ra4 Rc6 21. Bg5 Qe8
22. Rad4 h6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. e4 e5 25. R4d3 Rac8 26. Nd5 Nxd5
27. Rxd5 Bb4 28. Qf5 g6 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 R8c7 31. R7d5
Rc2 32. Rxe5 Rxb2 33. Nd4 Bc3 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. e5 Bxd4
36. Rxd4 Re2 37. Rf4 g5 38. Rf5 Kg6 39. Rf6+ Kg7 40. Rf5 Kg6
41. Rf6+ Kg7 42. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qa3 b6 10. Bg5 c5 11. Bd3 h6
12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc5 15. O-O Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bb7
17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Qa3 a6 20. d5 Rc2 21. Nd4 Bxd4
22. Rxd4 Rfc8 23. h3 b5 24. Red1 R8c3 25. Qa5 f6 26. Qb6 Kg7
27. e5 Rc1 28. e6 Qc8 29. d6 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 exd6 31. Qxd6 Rc1
32. Qe7+ Kg6 33. Qf7+ Kf5 34. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc6 36. f3
Qd5 37. Bb8 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6
12. Ne2 g5 13. Bg2 Bf6 14. c3 h6 15. Bd2 Nd6 16. Nc1 Bf5
17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nb3 Bg7 19. h4 f6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nc5 Ne7
22. Qb3 b6 23. Na6 Rc8 24. Re1 Nf7 25. Nb4 c6 26. c4 dxc4
27. Qxc4 a5 28. Nd3 Qd7 29. Nc1 Nd5 30. Ne2 Nd6 31. Qb3 Be6
32. Nc3 Bf7 33. Nxd5 Bxd5 34. Qxb6 g4 35. Nh4 Nc4 36. Qc5 Bf8
0-1

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4
Ke8 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Nb5 Bd8 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O
a6 12. Nc3 c6 13. Ne2 b5 14. Bb3 Nc5 15. Ng3 a5 16. a3 Bg4
17. Ba2 Bc7 18. h3 Be6 19. Kb1 Rg8 20. Rhe1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8
22. Nh4 a4 23. Ka1 Bb6 24. Rd1 Nb7 25. Nh1 Ke7 26. g4 h5
27. Bxe6 Kxe6 28. gxh5 Nd6 29. Ng3 Bxf2 30. Nhf5 Nc4 31. b3
axb3 32. cxb3 Bd4+ 33. Kb1 Ne3 34. Rd3 c5 35. h6 c4 36. h7 Rh8
37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Rxe3 Bxe3 39. Nxe3 Rxh7 40. Ngf5 Rxh3 41. a4
Kd7 42. Kc2 Kc6 43. Nxc4 Kc5 44. Ncd6 Ra3 45. a5 Kb4 46. Nb7
Kb5 47. Nfd6+ Ka6 48. Nc5+ Kxa5 49. Nc4+ Kb4 50. Nxa3 Kxc5
51. Kd3 f5 52. exf5 Kd5 53. Nc4 e4+ 54. Kc3 e3 55. Kd3 e2
56. Ne3+ Ke5 57. Kxe2 Ke4 58. Kd2 Kf4 59. Kd3 Ke5 60. Ke2 Ke4
61. Kf2 Kf4 62. f6 Ke5 63. Ng4+ Kf4 64. Nh6 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6
7. Bd3 b6 8. Nf3 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nh4
Ng6 13. Nf5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qf3 Bxf5 16. exf5 Re8
17. Qxf4 Qe7 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Rae1 Qa4 20. Qc1 Ng4 21. f4 Rxe1
22. Rxe1 Re8 23. h3 Nf6 24. g4 h6 25. g5 Nh5 26. Kf2 Rxe1
27. Kxe1 Qe8+ 28. Kf2 hxg5 29. fxg5 Qe5 30. Qe3 Nf4 31. Bc2
Qxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Nxh3 33. g6 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 a6
7. d4 Bd6 8. dxe5 Bxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Re1 Re8
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd2 d6 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 Be6
17. Bc2 Ne5 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rad1 e5 21. f3 Ne7
22. Bb3+ Kh8 23. Kf2 Rf8 24. Ke3 Rf6 25. g3 Raf8 26. Rf1 g5
27. Rf2 Kg7 28. Rdf1 Ng6 29. Bd5 Rb8 30. a3 Ne7 31. Bb3 Ng6
32. Bc2 Kf8 33. Bb3 Ke7 34. Bd5 Kd7 35. Rd2 c6 36. Bb3 Rbf8
37. Rdf2 Kc7 38. Bd1 R6f7 39. b4 Rf6 40. Bb3 b5 41. a4 Kb6
42. a5+ Kc7 43. c4 Rb8 44. c5 dxc5 45. bxc5 Rd8 46. Rd1 Rxd1
47. Bxd1 Nf8 48. Bb3 Nd7 49. Rc2 Kd8 50. Ba2 Ke7 51. Bb3 Rf8
52. Rc1 Rd8 53. Ba2 Nf6 54. Bb3 Rd4 55. Rc3 Rb4 56. Rd3 Nd7
57. Rc3 Nxc5 58. Rxc5 Rxb3+ 59. Kf2 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Nc6
7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Qd2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Ne5
12. Be2 Re8 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Rad1 Bc6 15. Nd5 a5 16. Rfe1 b6
17. f4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bb5 Re7 21. e4 Nc5
22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. e5 Qf8 24. Bc6 Rd8 25. Re3 Qg7 26. Rde1 dxe5
27. Rxe5 h5 28. h3 Qf6 29. Qe3 Rxe5 30. fxe5 Qe7 31. a3 Na6
32. Bb5 Nb8 33. Bc4 b5 34. Bxb5 Rxd5 35. Bc4 Rd8 36. Rf1 Rf8
37. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6
12. Ne2 g5 13. c3 h6 14. h3 Bf6 15. Bd2 Nd6 16. Nc1 Bg7
17. Nb3 Ne4 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 d4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Qxd4 22. Be3 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 c6 24. Rd2 Rad8 25. Rad1 Rxd2
26. Rxd2 Bxa2 27. Rd7 Rb8 28. b4 Be6 29. Rd2 Bc3 30. Rc2 Bxb4
31. h4 gxh4 32. gxh4 a5 33. Bxh6 a4 34. Bd3 a3 35. f4 f5 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nf6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. Bh2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Re8 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4
17. Nd2 f5 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Be6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Na4 Bd5
22. Nb6 Rab8 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Qa4 f4 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rb1
Rxb1+ 27. Nxb1 h6 28. Nc3 fxe3 29. fxe3 Kh7 30. Qd1 Ne7
31. Ne2 Nf5 32. Qd2 Qa3 33. Kf2 Qf8 34. Kg1 Qa3 35. Nc3 Qa5
36. Kf2 Nd6 37. Qc2 Qa8 38. Qb3 Nc4 39. Ne2 Qf8+ 40. Kg1 Nd2
41. Qd1 Nc4 42. Qc1 Qf5 43. Nc3 Qg5 44. Kf2 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qg5
46. Kf2 Nd6 47. Ne2 h5 48. Nf4 h4 49. Qd1 Nf5 50. Qh5+ Qxh5
51. Nxh5 Ne7 52. g3 g5 53. gxh4 Kg6 54. Ng3 gxh4 55. Ne2 Kf6
56. Nf4 Kf7 57. Ke2 Ke8 58. Kd2 Kd7 59. Ke2 Kd6 60. Kf2 Nf5
61. Ng6 Ke6 62. Nf4+ Kd6 63. Ke2 Ng3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 c6 6. g3 d5
7. a3 Bd6 8. b3 e5 9. Bg2 e4 10. Qc2 Re8 11. h3 a6 12. Bd2 b5
13. c5 Bf8 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 a5 16. f4 exf3 17. Bxf3 Ne4
18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Nf2 Bf5 20. O-O-O Rf4 21. Nxf4 Bxc2 22. Kxc2
Nd7 23. g4 Qe8 24. Rde1 Nf6 25. Rhf1 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4+
27. Nd3 g6 28. Rf4 Qe6 29. e4 Bg7 30. e5 Rf8 31. Rff1 Qd7
32. Bg5 Re8 33. Bf6 Bxf6 34. Rxf6 Re6 35. Ref1 Qb7 36. Rxe6
fxe6 37. Rf6 Qc8 38. g5 h5 39. Rxg6+ Kf7 40. Rf6+ Kg8 41. h4
Kh7 42. Kd2 Kg8 43. Nf4 Qa6 44. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d3 g6 2. Nd2 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. Ngf3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O
7. c3 c5 8. e4 Nbc6 9. Re1 h6 10. a3 f5 11. b4 b6 12. Bb2 f4
13. d4 g5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. dxc5 g4 16. Nh4 f3 17. Bf1 Be6
18. Bc4 Qd7 19. Ndxf3 Qc8 20. Qb3 Bxc4 21. Qxc4+ Kh7 22. Nd2
Na5 23. Qb5 a6 24. Qe2 Qxc5 25. a4 Qc8 26. Ba3 Nac6 27. Nc4
Qe6 28. Nxb6 Rad8 29. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 g6 2. h4 Bg7 3. h5 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7
7. d3 d5 8. Bb5 d4 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Ne2 e5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2
g5 13. c3 Be6 14. Qa4 h6 15. Rc1 O-O 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Ng3 Qd7
18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rc2 Qf7 20. b4 a6 21. Rfc1 Bf8 22. Nh2 b5
23. Qa3 Qd7 24. Qb2 Ne7 25. f3 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rc8 27. a3 Kf7
28. Qc1 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Qc8 30. Qxc8 Bxc8 31. Ng4 Bg7 32. Kf2
Be6 33. Ke2 Nc8 34. Nf5 Bxf5 35. exf5 Nd6 36. Nf2 Nxf5 37. Ne4
Bf8 38. g4 Ng7 39. Ng3 Ke6 40. Be1 Ne8 41. Kd1 Nd6 42. Ne4 Nf7
43. Ng3 Nd6 44. Ne4 Nc8 45. Ng3 Ne7 46. Kc2 f5 47. Bd2 fxg4
48. fxg4 Nd5 49. Ne4 Nf6 50. Nxf6 Kxf6 51. Be1 Ke6 52. Bg3 Kd5
53. Kd2 e4 54. Ke2 e3 55. Bc7 Bd6 56. Bd8 a5 57. Bxa5 Be7
58. Bb6 Ke5 59. Kf3 Kd5 60. Bc7 Bf6 61. Bb6 Be7 62. Bc7 Bf6
63. Bb6 Be7 64. Bc7 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Be2 c6
7. O-O Re8 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 e6 10. Rc1 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7
12. cxd5 exd5 13. f4 a6 14. Bf3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe2 Nfe4
17. Rfd1 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qg5 19. Nxd5 Rad8 20. Nf4 a5 21. Bd4
Ba6 22. Qc2 Bb7 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. e6 fxe6
26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Qc7 Nf7 28. Qxb6 e5 29. Nd5 e4 30. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. Bc4 g4 6. O-O gxf3
7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qxf3 Bh6 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Kg7 11. Bxf4 d6
12. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. d4 b6 6. c4 Bb7
7. Nc3 e6 8. Qc2 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Qe7 12. e4
e5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bf3 a5 17. a3
Rfe8 18. Rfe1 f5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 fxe4
22. Ne6 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxd5 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Rxd5 Qf7 26. Rxd6
Ra2 27. Qf6 Rf8 28. Qxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rf1 e3 30. fxe3 Rc7 31. Rd4
Rcc2 32. Rg4 Re2 33. h4 Rxe3 34. Rf6 Rae2 35. Rxb6 Re4 36. Rg5
Rxh4 37. Rb7 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Rb1 39. Ra5 Rf4+ 40. Kg3 Rf7
41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. b5 Rb3+ 43. Kh2 h5 44. b6 Rf2 45. Ra7+ Kh6
46. b7 Rfb2 47. Rh8+ Kg5 48. Ra5+ Kf6 49. Rh6 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h4 h6 5. h5 g5 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3
g4 8. Nh4 Nc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 f5 12. Ng6
Rh7 13. Be3 Nge7 14. Nc3 a6 15. Nh4 Bd7 16. Rd1 O-O-O 17. a3
Be8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Bc4 Bxh5 20. Ne2 Bf7 21. Ng3 h5 22. Kf2
Ng6 23. Ne2 Nxh4 24. Rxh4 Bf8 25. Ke1 Be7 26. Bf2 Bxh4
27. Bxh4 Nc6 28. c3 Kd7 29. b4 Rh8 30. a4 Ra8 31. Kd2 Ne7
32. Nd4 Ng6 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 e6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 e5 12. Re1 Nh5
13. g3 h6 14. Bc1 Ndf6 15. Nh4 Bc8 16. Be2 Kh7 17. Ng2 Bh8
18. Be3 Ng7 19. Qd2 Ng8 20. f4 f5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Rf1 Bd7
23. Bd3 Qe7 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Rae1 Rae8 26. Bc2 e4 27. Nh4 Qd6
28. Bf4 Qf6 29. Be3 Qe5 30. Kh1 Nf6 31. Bxh6 Ng4 32. Bf4 Qd4
33. Bd1 e3 34. Qc2 Nf2+ 35. Kg2 Nd3 36. Nf3 Nxf4+ 37. Kh1 Qd3
38. gxf4 Qxc2 39. Bxc2 Nh5 40. Ne2 Kh6 41. Rg1 Bf6 42. Rg2 Rg8
43. Reg1 Rg4 44. h3 Rxg2 45. Rxg2 b5 46. Ng5 Bxg5 47. fxg5+
Kg7 48. Bd1 f4 49. Nc3 Ng3+ 50. Kh2 b4 51. Ne2 Nf1+ 52. Kg1
Nd2 53. Nxf4 Rf8 54. Nh5+ Kg6 55. Nf6 Bxh3 56. Rg3 Bf5
57. Bh5+ Kg7 58. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Semifinal Blitz"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. O-O Nc6 5. Re1 Bd7 6. e3 Qc8
7. d4 Bh3 8. c4 h5 9. Nc3 h4 10. Nxh4 Bf6 11. Nf3 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Qh3+ 13. Kg1 g5 14. Nd5 g4 15. Nxc7+ Kd7 16. Nxa8
gxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Bxd4 19. exd4 Qh3+ 20. Qg2 Qh1+
21. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 22. Ke2 Nxd4+ 23. Kd1 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Nc2+
25. Kd1 Nxa1 26. Be3 b6 27. Kc1 Kc6 28. Kb1 Kb7 29. Nxb6 axb6
30. Kxa1 Nf6 31. b3 Ng4 32. Kb2 e5 33. Kc3 f5 34. Kd3 Kc6
35. a4 e4+ 36. Kd4 Ne5 37. b4 Nf3+ 38. Kc3 Ne5 39. b5+ Kc7
40. Kd4 Ng4 41. Kd5 Kd7 42. Bxb6 Nf6+ 43. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Yevgenyevich Baburin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6
7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. b3
Rc8 13. e4 c6 14. Be3 cxd5 15. Nxd5 e5 16. Nxb6 exd4 17. Nxc8
dxe3 18. Nd6 Bxa1 19. Nxe8 Be5 20. Bh3 e2 21. Qxd7 exf1=Q+
22. Kxf1 Qxd7 23. Bxd7 g5 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Bxf4 26. Nf6+
Kf8 27. Bf5 Bxh2 28. Nxh7+ Ke7 29. Ng5 Nc6 30. Nf3 Bf4 31. Ke2
Kd6 32. Kd1 b5 33. a3 a5 34. Kc2 f6 35. Bg6 Kd7 36. Bf7 Be5
37. Bd5 Ne7 38. Bf7 Nc8 39. Ne1 Bd6 40. a4 bxa4 41. bxa4 Nb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "3.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[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. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 b6 11. Rd1
Bb4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. a4
g5 17. Bg3 a6 18. e6 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Nf3 fxe6 21. Nxg5
Ke7 22. Ne4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 c5 24. Re1 h6 25. Nd2 Rd8 26. Nc4
Kf6 27. f3 Rd4 28. b3 h5 29. Kf2 Bd5 30. Nb2 Rd2+ 31. Re2
Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 h4 33. Ke3 a5 34. c4 Bc6 35. Nd1 Ke5 36. Nc3
Be8 37. Ne4 Bg6 38. f4+ Kf5 39. g4+ hxg3 40. Nxg3+ Kf6 41. Kd2
Bf5 42. Nxf5 exf5 43. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ioannis Papaioannou"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. e3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Nxd4
12. exd4 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. Qb3 a5 16. Bxd5
Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qb3 Rxd4 19. Qxb4 Rxb4 20. b3 a4
21. bxa4 Ra8 22. Rfd1 g6 23. Rd7 Rbxa4 24. Rxb7 Rxa2 25. Rxa2
Rxa2 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Rc7 h5 28. h4 Ra6 29. Rb7 Rf6 30. Rc7 Re6
31. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "5.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Neuris Delgado Ramirez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 b5
7. Bf1 Bb7 8. d3 g6 9. a4 Bg7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 e5 12. h3
Qc7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15. d4 Qb6 16. dxe5 dxe5
17. b3 Nh5 18. Qc2 Bc6 19. Nh2 Ra1 20. Rd1 Ndf6 21. c4 b4
22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Nf4 24. Nf3 Ne6 25. Bd3 Qd8 26. Qe2 Qa8
27. Re1 h6 28. Bc2 Qc8 29. Be3 Ra2 30. Qd1 Kh7 31. Bc1 Ra1
32. Qe2 Qd7 33. Rd1 Qb7 34. Re1 Qa8 35. Bb2 Nf4 36. Qd2 Rxe1+
37. Qxe1 Qc8 38. Nh2 Qd7 39. Qe3 Ne6 40. f3 Bf6 41. Qd3 Nd4
42. Nf1 Bg5 43. Kf2 Qd8 44. Bd1 Qa8 45. Qb1 Kg7 46. Bc1 Qd8
47. Bxg5 Qxg5 48. Qb2 Qh4+ 49. Kg1 h5 50. gxh5 Qxh5 51. Qd2
Qh4 52. Ne3 Qf4 53. Nf1 Bd7 54. Kf2 Qh4+ 55. Kg1 Be6 56. Ne3
f5 57. exf5 gxf5 58. Nf1 Bf7 59. g3 Qd8 60. Kf2 f4 61. Qe1 Qe7
62. Qe4 Bg6 63. Qd5 Nf5 64. Be2 Nd4 65. Bd1 Bd3 66. gxf4 exf4
67. Qh5 Bf5 68. Qh2 Qe5 69. Qh4 Qd6 70. Nh2 Bg6 71. Ng4 Nf5
72. Qg5 Qxd1 73. Qf6+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "6.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Mark Machin Rivera"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Nf6
7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. a4 Qa5 10. O-O e5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qd2
exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bf1 Qc7 15. f3 a5 16. Rad1 b6 17. Bf4
Bf8 18. Nb3 Nb7 19. Bh2 Nd7 20. g4 Ne5 21. Qf2 Be6 22. Nd4 Nd7
23. f4 Ndc5 24. f5 Bc8 25. Nxc6 Bd7 26. Nd4 gxf5 27. exf5 Rxe1
28. Rxe1 Nxa4 29. Nd5 Qd8 30. Ne6 fxe6 31. fxe6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6
Nac5 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Nh5+ Kg8 35. Bc4 d5 36. Bxd5 Qxd5
37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Nxd5 Nxe6 39. Qf6+ Ng7 40. Qc6 Ra7 41. Qc8
Kg8 42. Qb8 b5 43. Ne7+ Kh8 44. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "8.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 c6 10. c4 Nc5 11. Bxc5 dxc5
12. Qf4 Qa5 13. a3 Be6 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 h6 16. Qh5 Rae8
17. Bd3 f5 18. Qf3 Bc8 19. Qg3 Re7 20. f3 Rfe8 21. Qd6 Re6
22. Qf4 Re5 23. g4 Qd8 24. Rhg1 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. gxf5
Bxf5 27. Rxg5 Bxd3 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxd3 Re1+ 30. Rd1 Re7
31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Kd2 Kh6 33. a4 Kg5 34. a5 a6 35. b3 g6
36. Rh8 Kf4 37. Rf8+ Kg5 38. f4+ Kg4 39. Rf6 Rh7 40. Rxg6+
Kxf4 41. h4 Kf5 42. h5 Rd7+ 43. Kc3 Rh7 44. Rg2 Kf6 45. Rh2
Kg5 46. Kd3 Rd7+ 47. Ke4 Re7+ 48. Kf3 Rf7+ 49. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "9.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6
7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 h6 9. Nf3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be6 11. Nd5 a6 12. a3
b5 13. Ba2 Re8 14. c3 Rc8 15. Bg3 Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5
c4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 h5 21. Qf3 Qxd3
22. Qxd3 cxd3 23. Bd5 Rc7 24. Rad1 Be5 25. Rxd3 g6 26. h3 Kg7
27. Kf2 Rb8 28. Rfd1 a5 29. R1d2 Bf4 30. Re2 f6 31. g3 Be5
32. Red2 Kh6 33. Bb3 Rcb7 34. Kf3 Ra7 35. h4 Rc7 36. Be6 Rc6
37. Bd5 Rc7 38. Kg2 Ra7 39. Bb3 Rab7 40. Kh3 Rc7 41. Bd5 Rd7
42. Be6 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 b4 44. cxb4 axb4 45. Rb3 bxa3 46. Rxb8
Bxb8 47. bxa3 g5 48. a4 Bc7 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 gxh4
51. Kxh4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "10.15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Smerdon"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Nc3 Qh5
12. Bc4 b6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Be5 Qf5
17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Rc3 Rfd8 21. Qe3
Qf5 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 a6 24. a4 Bc5 25. Rcd3 Bd6 26. b3
Kf8 27. h4 g6 28. f4 Rc7 29. Kf2 f6 30. Nf3 Bxf4 31. g3 Bh6
32. Re1 Re8 33. h5 gxh5 34. Rh1 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bxb5 Rc2+
37. Kf1 Ra8 38. Ne1 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "11.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 Qd7
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd4 Nc7 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. Rc1
Ne6 17. Ne2 Be7 18. b3 O-O 19. Be3 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Rfd8
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. g3 c5 23. Nf4 Nd4 24. Kg2 g5 25. Nh5 h6
26. Rc4 Ne6 27. h4 Kh7 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. exf6 Kg6 30. hxg5
hxg5 31. Bxc5 Rd2 32. a4 Nxc5 33. Rxc5 Rb2 34. Ra5 Rxb3
35. Rxa6 Ra3 36. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bilel Bellahcene"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nf3 Ne7
7. O-O Bf5 8. Bxf5 Nxf5 9. Re1+ Ne7 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. a3 Bd6
12. Ne2 O-O 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Ng6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Re3
Nf6 17. Rae1 Ne4 18. Ne5 Re8 19. c4 Re6 20. Qb3 Rb8 21. cxd5
Qxd5 22. Qa4 Nd6 23. Qxa7 Rbe8 24. Nf3 f6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6
26. Qb8+ Kh7 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. h3 Qd7 29. a4 Nc4 30. b3 Nb6
31. Qf4 Kg8 32. h4 Nd5 33. Qe4 Kf7 34. Nd2 Qd6 35. Nc4 Qb4
36. g3 Ne7 37. Qf3 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Nf5 39. d5 Nd4 40. Qg4 cxd5
41. Qxd4 dxc4 42. Qxc4+ Ke7 43. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bilel Bellahcene"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O
12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. d5 e6 14. Bd2 b6 15. Bxa5 bxa5 16. Bc4 exd5
17. Bxd5 Ba6 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. e5 Bf8 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Rc2 Bb4+
22. Nd2 a4 23. Kd1 Bd3 24. Nf3 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2016.10.28"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Onischuk"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. Re1 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 a6 12. a4 Re8
13. d5 Rc8 14. dxc6 Rxc6 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Nf1 Rc7 17. a5 bxa5
18. Rxa5 Ne6 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. Ra3 Qb8 21. Nc2 Ne6 22. Qxd6 Rd8
23. Qb6 Bf8 24. Nd5 Nd7 25. Qe3 Bxa3 26. Bxa3 Bxd5 27. exd5
Nd4 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Qxd4 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. h3 Rb7
32. Bb2 f6 33. c5 Rxb3 34. c6 Ne5 35. d6 Nxc6 36. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2016.10.28"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Onischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7
12. Rd1 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. c3 Nf6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Nd2 Rfd8
17. Bf3 b5 18. O-O g6 19. Ra1 Nd7 20. Rfd1 Nb6 21. g3 d5
22. exd5 f5 23. h4 e4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Nc4 26. Bxg6 Bc5
27. d6 Rxd6 28. Qf3 Rf8 29. Bf5 Kh8 30. b4 Rdf6 31. Rd5 Ne5
32. Qe2 Bxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf5 34. Qc5 Qg7 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2016.10.28"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O b4 11. Nd1 O-O 12. c3
a5 13. Bf2 a4 14. cxb4 Nxb4 15. Ne3 Qa5 16. Rfc1 Nc6 17. Qxa5
Rxa5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd1 Bd7 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Nc3 g5 22. g3
Nb4 23. Ncb5 gxf4 24. gxf4 Rb8 25. Nd6 a3 26. bxa3 Nbd3
27. Bxd3 Nxd3 28. Rc7 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Rb2+ 30. Kg1 Bh4 31. Rf1
Bd8 32. Rxd7 Bb6 33. Kh1 Bxd4 34. f5 Rxa3 35. f6 h5 36. Rd8+
Kh7 37. Nxf7 Raxa2 38. Ng5+ Kh6 39. Nf3 Bc5 40. Rh8+ Kg6
41. Rg8+ Kf7 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Rh7 Rf2 44. Rg1 Rxh2+ 45. Nxh2
Bxg1 46. Kxg1 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2016.10.28"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nc4 Qa4
12. cxd4 O-O 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qxa4 Bxa4 15. Rab1 Nc6 16. d5 Nd4
17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxb7 Rab8 19. Rfb1 Rxb7 20. Rxb7 Kf8 21. g3
Bd1 22. Bxd1 Rxc4 23. d6 exd6 24. Bb3 Rc1+ 25. Kg2 f6 26. Rf7+
Ke8 27. Rxh7 Re1 28. f4 g5 29. Kf3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Rf1+ 31. Kg3
Rg1+ 32. Kh3 Be3 33. f5 Bd4 34. Bd5 Kd8 35. Rf7 Kc8 36. Kh4
Rg5 37. a4 a5 38. Rf8+ Kc7 39. Rf7+ Kc8 40. Rb7 Bf2+ 41. Kh3
Bc5 42. Rb5 Bb4 43. Rb6 Kc7 44. Rb7+ Kc8 45. Ra7 Kd8 46. Be6
Ke8 47. Rc7 Rg1 48. Rc2 Rg5 49. Bd5 Kd8 50. Re2 Kc7 51. Rc2+
Kd8 52. Be6 Bc5 53. Kh4 Bb4 54. Rc1 Ke7 55. Kh3 Bc5 56. Rc3
Kf8 57. e5 Ke7 58. exd6+ Kxd6 59. Rd3+ Ke7 60. Rd7+ Ke8
61. Rb7 Bb4 62. Rb8+ Ke7 63. Rb7+ Kd6 64. Rd7+ Ke5 65. Rd3 Ke4
66. Rg3 Rxg3+ 67. Kxg3 Be1+ 68. Kg4 Ke5 69. Kh5 Kd6 70. Kg6
Ke7 71. Bb3 Bf2 72. Be6 Be1 73. Bb3 Bf2 74. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2016.10.30"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be6 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Nc3 d4
12. e3 Be7 13. exd4 exd4 14. c5 Bxc5 15. Be3 dxe3 16. Rxd7
exf2+ 17. Kh1 Kxd7 18. Rd1+ Ke7 19. Qa5 Bb6 20. Qa3+ c5
21. Rf1 Rhd8 22. Rxf2 Kf8 23. Na4 Kg8 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. h3 h6
26. Qa6 Rd6 27. a3 Rcd8 28. Qe2 c4 29. Kh2 Rd3 30. Qe1 b5
31. Qe5 Bd5 32. Bxd5 R8xd5 33. Qf4 c3 34. bxc3 Rxc3 35. a4
bxa4 36. Qxa4 Rdd3 37. Rg2 g6 38. Qf4 Rf3 39. Qxh6 Nh5 40. Rd2
Rc8 41. Rg2 Rxg3 42. Rxg3 Nxg3 43. Kxg3 Rc5 44. Qe3 Rf5 45. h4
Rh5 46. Qf4 Rf5 47. Qe3 Rh5 48. Qf4 Rf5 49. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2016.10.30"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6
7. Be3 g6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Bd4 Bh6 11. Be2 O-O
12. O-O b5 13. a4 b4 14. c3 Bb7 15. cxb4 Bxd5 16. Na5 e6
17. Ra3 Rb8 18. Bc3 Qh4 19. Be1 Bf4 20. Rh3 Qg5 21. Rg3 Qf5
22. Bxa6 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Qe4 24. Rf2 Rxb4 25. Re2 Rd4 26. Qc1
Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Qxf3 28. Qc3 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 e5 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.07"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Markus Ragger"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Qa5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd2 Qc5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. b3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. e4 Bg4 16. Qe1 dxe4
17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bb4 Qe6 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Rac8 21. Kg2
Rfd8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. h3 Be6 24. Bxe7 f5 25. Bd3 a5 26. Bg5
h6 27. Be3 Rc3 28. Rd1 a4 29. bxa4 Ra3 30. Bb5 Rxa2 31. h4 Kf7
32. Rd6 Ra1 33. Bd7 Bb3 34. Bc6 Bf8 35. Rd7+ Ke6 36. Ra7 g5
37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Bxg5 Bc5 39. Rh7 Bd4 40. Rh4 Kd6 41. Rh6+
Kc5 42. Be7+ Kc4 43. Rh4 Kc3 44. Bd8 Be5 45. a5 Bc4 46. Rh1
Ra2 47. Bb6 Kd2 48. Rh5 Bd3 49. Bb7 Kc3 50. Rh6 Ra1 51. Re6
Bf1+ 52. Kf3 Re1 53. a6 Be2+ 54. Kg2 Bf1+ 55. Kh2 Bxg3+
56. Kxg3 Rxe6 57. a7 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Rd1 Bf5 10. Ne1 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Na6
12. e4 Be6 13. Qa4 Qb4 14. Nc2 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Nd7 16. Bg5 Re8
17. b3 Nb6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Rac1 Nc7 20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5 Bg4
22. Re1 Nb5 23. h3 Bd7 24. a4 Nc3 25. Na3 Ra5 26. Bxe7 Nxd5
27. Bd6 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nf6 29. Nc4 Ra6 30. Bxb7 Ra7 31. Bg2 b5
32. Bc5 Ra6 33. Bb7 bxc4 34. Bxa6 cxb3 35. a5 Bf5 36. Bd4 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.09"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dejan Antic"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6
7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qd8
12. a3 a5 13. Rc1 O-O 14. c5 Be7 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Ne4 Qc7
17. Nfd2 b5 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Nc4 Qb8 20. Qh5 e5 21. Ned2 Bg5
22. h4 Bxd2 23. Nxd2 Ra6 24. Ne4 Rb6 25. Nc5 Be8 26. Qf5 Rxb2
27. Nd7 Ne7 28. Qg4 f5 29. Qxd4 exd4 30. Nxb8 Ng6 31. Nc6 Bxc6
32. Rxc6 Rf6 33. Rc8+ Rf8 34. Rc6 Rf6 35. h5 Nf8 36. Bd5+ Kh7
37. Rc7 Rbb6 38. Re8 Rbd6 39. Bc4 Rd7 40. Rcc8 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Constantin Lupulescu"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. d5 Qd6 11. Be2 Nd7
12. c4 f5 13. Ng5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 f4 15. Bd2 e5 16. Ne6 Rf7
17. f3 Bf6 18. g3 Nf8 19. Nxf8 Raxf8 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Bc3 Re8
22. O-O g5 23. Kh1 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 g4 25. fxg4 Qe5 26. Rcc1
Qxe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rfe1 Rd4 29. Red1 Re4 30. Re1 Rd4
31. Red1 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Rauf Mamedov"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Nge7
7. Nge2 a6 8. h4 h6 9. Nd5 b5 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Rb8 12. Bd2
Kh7 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bf4
bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb2 19. Rf2 Rxf2 20. Kxf2 f5 21. Qd2 fxe4
22. dxe4 c6 23. Nb4 c5 24. Nd3 Be6 25. Qc2 a5 26. Qa4 Qb6
27. Rc2 Qa6 28. Bf1 Rd8 29. Rb2 Nc6 30. Rb5 Bf8 31. e5 dxe5
32. Nxc5 Qc8 33. Bd2 d3 34. Rb7+ Kg8 35. Nxe6 Qxe6 36. Rc7 Nd4
37. Qxa5 Qf6 38. Bg2 e4 39. f4 Ne6 40. Rc6 Qd4+ 41. Be3 d2
42. Bxd4 Rxd4 43. Qa4 d1=Q 44. Qxd1 Rxd1 45. Rxe6 Rd2+ 46. Kf1
Kf7 47. Rxe4 Rxa2 48. Re5 Bb4 49. c5 Rc2 50. Bd5+ Kg7 51. c6
1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Na3 dxc3 11. Qe2 Bxb3
12. Nb5 Qb8 13. axb3 e5 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Rfd1 a6
17. Na3 Qc7 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Na3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Qc7 21. Nh4 g6
22. Ra2 O-O-O 23. b4 Nb6 24. Rc1 Nd5 25. b5 axb5 26. Qxb5 Nxe3
27. fxe3 e4 28. Ra8+ Nb8 29. Ra4 Rhe8 30. Rc4 Nc6 31. Ra1 Re5
32. Qa4 Rdd5 33. Qa8+ Kd7 34. g3 Qc8 35. Qa3 b5 36. Rxc6 Qxc6
37. Qa7+ Qc7 38. Qa8 Qc8 39. Qa3 Qc5 40. Qa8 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2016.12.03"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3
Qc7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Qa4 e6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Nxg4 Nxg4 11. h3 Nf6
12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Bf4 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Re1 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 e5
17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Qa4 b6 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Rd1
Qe7 22. Qd4 Qc5 23. Be2 Re8 24. Bf3 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Re1+ 26. Kh2
g6 27. g4 h6 28. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Hockenheim GER"]
[Date "2016.12.04"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jaroslaw Krassowizkij"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. c4 a6
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. a4 Nb6 9. Nc3 b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Qc2 O-O
12. d4 Ra7 13. b3 N8d7 14. Nc5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nd5
17. Rd1 Bf6 18. Rb1 Qa8 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. c6 Rd8 21. e4 d4
22. Bf4 g5 23. e5 Be7 24. Bc1 Rd5 25. Bb2 Rc5 26. Qf5 Rxc6
27. Bxd4 Rb7 28. h4 gxh4 29. e6 Rxe6 30. Re1 c5 31. Rxe6 fxe6
32. Qg4+ Kf8 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. Qg8+ Bf8 35. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.09"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Be7
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. f4 Rc8 15. c3 Bh7 16. a4 O-O
17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra6 exf4 19. Nxf4 h4 20. Bd4 Ne5 21. Nh5 Bg6
22. Nf4 Bh7 23. Nh5 Bg6 24. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. g4 Rc8 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 d5
12. exd5 Bb4 13. Bg2 Qb6 14. Bd2 e4 15. Qe2 O-O 16. O-O-O Nc5
17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. Rhe1 a5 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Be5 a4
22. bxa4 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Bxe4 Rd6 26. a5
Qb5 27. Qe2 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Rd1+ 29. Ka2 Re8 30. Bf3 Rxe2
31. Bxe2 Rc1 32. Bf3 Rxc2 33. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6
12. Ne2 g5 13. h3 h6 14. Bg2 Ng7 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. c4 Qd7 18. Kh2 Bb4 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 dxc4 21. Nc3 Bd5
22. Ne4 Qf7 23. Qa5 f5 24. Nc3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 f4 26. Qc5 fxg3
27. fxg3 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rf8 29. d5 Nh5 30. Rg1 cxd5 31. Qxd5
Qxd5+ 32. Nxd5 Rd8 33. Rd1 Kg7 34. Kf3 c6 35. Ne3 Rd3 36. Rxd3
cxd3 37. Nf1 Kf6 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. Kxd3 Nf6 40. Ne3 h5 41. Nc4+
Kd5 42. Ne3+ Ke5 43. Nc4+ Kd5 44. Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.12"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. b3 e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. c4 d4 10. Ne4 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. Bg5 f6 13. Bc1 f5 14. Nc5 c6 15. Bb2 Qd6 16. e3 Nxc4
17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 Nd6 20. Rfd1 Nb5 21. d5
Nc3 22. dxc6 Nxd1 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. cxb7 Bxb7 25. Bxb7 Rad8
26. Ne6 Rfe8 27. Nxd8 Rxd8 28. Kf1 Nc3 29. a3 Rb8 30. Rc1 Nb5
31. Rc8+ Rxc8 32. Bxc8 Nxa3 33. Ke2 Nb5 34. Kd3 Kg7 35. Bd7
Nd6 36. f3 Kf6 37. Kd4 Nf7 38. Bb5 Ne5 39. Be2 g5 40. Kd5 h5
41. b4 Ng6 42. b5 f4 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Ne5 45. h3 f3
46. Bf1 f2 47. Ke4 Ng6 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. Bg2 Nf8 50. Kxf2 Kf4
51. Ke2 Kg3 52. Bf1 Ne6 53. Ke3 Nf4 54. Ke4 Nxh3 55. Kf5 Nf2
56. Kxg5 Nxg4 57. Be2 Ne3 58. Kf6 Nd5+ 59. Ke5 Nc3 60. Bc4
Nxb5 61. Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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. b3 O-O-O 11. Nd4 a6
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. g3 d5 14. Bh3 Kb8 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. f4 Bf6
17. Kb1 Qd6 18. Qd3 e5 19. Bc1 e4 20. Qd2 Qc5 21. Bb2 d4
22. Qe2 dxc3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bc1 Rd2 25. Bxd2 cxd2 26. Qxd2
Bc3 27. Qc1 Bxe1 28. Qxe1 e3 29. c3 Na7 30. Bf1 Nb5 31. Kb2
Qa3+ 32. Kb1 Qc5 33. Kb2 Qa3+ 34. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a5
7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6
12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne7 16. Bg5 c6
17. Bc4+ Nxc4 18. dxc4 e4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Rf7 21. Rad1
Qc7 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxe7 Qd2 24. Bc5 h6 25. Qe2 Rd8 26. Bd4
Qg5 27. Qg4 Re7 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Qf5 Re8 30. Qxa5 Qf7 31. Kh2
Qf4+ 32. g3 Qf7 33. Kg2 Re1 34. g4 Rd1 35. Qe5 Qg6 36. b4 b6
37. Bxb6 c5 38. Bxc5 Qc6+ 39. f3 Rd3 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qf4 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7
12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. Bg2 Rc8 15. Kb1 g5 16. Qh3 Nc5
17. Rhe1 h5 18. Nf5 Ncxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Bd4 Rg8 21. Nxe7
Kxe7 22. gxh5 gxf4 23. Qh4+ Kf8 24. Ka1 b4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4
26. Rxe4 Qxc2 27. Ree1 bxa3 28. Qxf4 axb2+ 29. Bxb2 Rg5
30. Qxd6+ Kg8 31. Rg1 Qa4+ 32. Ba3 Rxg1 33. Rxg1+ Kh7 34. Qd3+
Kh6 35. Rg6+ Kxh5 36. Rg1 f5 37. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 a6 9. Bc4 d6 10. a4 Ba7 11. Na3 Be6 12. b4
Nb8 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Nc4 Nbd7 15. Ne3 c6 16. Nd2 a5 17. bxa5
Qxa5 18. Ndc4 Qa6 19. Nf5 d5 20. Nce3 Kh7 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Qh5 Rf8 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Be7 Nf6 25. Qh3 Re8 26. Bb4 h5
27. d4 exd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Qc4 30. Rab1 b6 31. a5 bxa5
32. Bxa5 Qxd4 33. Bc3 Qg4 34. Qxg4 hxg4 35. Bxf6 Rxf6 36. Rb4
Re4 37. Rxe4 dxe4 38. Re1 Re6 39. g3 f5 40. Kg2 g5 41. h3
gxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Kg6 43. Kg2 Re5 44. Ra1 f4 45. Ra6+ Kf5
46. gxf4 gxf4 47. Ra8 Rb5 48. Rh8 Rb2 49. Rf8+ Ke5 50. Re8+
Kd4 51. Rf8 Ke5 52. Re8+ Kd5 53. Rd8+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4
7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1
Ng4 12. e6 fxe6 13. Nxe4 Bd7 14. f3 Ne5 15. Bb3 Rd8 16. Bd2
Nd3 17. Kc2 Nb4+ 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Nc3 Ke7 20. Rhe1 Bxc3
21. Kxc3 Rc8+ 22. Kd2 Rhd8 23. Ke3 e5 24. Rad1 Bc6 25. h4 h6
26. a3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rf8 28. Rf1 Rf4 29. g3 Rd4 30. Rd1 Rxd1
31. Bxd1 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. f4 gxf4+ 34. gxf4 exf4+ 35. Kxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[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 Bg4 9. Bf3 Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Qc7
12. Re1 Rc8 13. a5 Nbd7 14. Nd2 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Nf1 a5
17. Ne3 a4 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21. b3 Qc5
22. bxa4 Nd7 23. Bg4 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Nf6 25. Qe2 Qa3 26. Qd3 Bd8
27. Rb1 Qc5 28. Rb5 Qc6 29. a5 h6 30. h3 Qa6 31. Nd5 Nxe4
32. Ne7+ Bxe7 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Qxa6 Nxd2 35. Qa7 Rb1+ 36. Kg2
Bf8 37. a6 e4 38. Qe3 Ra1 39. Qxd2 Rxa6 40. Qd4 Ra5 41. Qxe4
Rc5 42. Qd3 h5 43. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "2.24"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ahmed Adly"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. Nd5 Be6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Nc3 Qg6 11. Be3 Nd7
12. Qd2 Rc8 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Kb1 Nf6 15. f3 h4 16. Bd3 O-O
17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qh5 19. Rhe1 Rc5 20. Be3 Rc7 21. Ne2 Bc4
22. Nd4 d5 23. Bf4 Rd7 24. e5 Ne4 25. Qe3 Bxd3 26. cxd3 Nc5
27. e6 Rdd8 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. Nf3 Qf5 30. Be5 Nd7 31. Bc3 Rc8
32. Re2 Bf6 33. Bxf6 Qxf6 34. Qe6 Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Nf8 36. Rd6
Re8 37. Rd2 Rf5 38. Nxh4 Rf1+ 39. Kc2 Ne6 40. Nf3 Nf4 41. Nd4
Rg1 42. Rd7 Nxg2 43. Rxb7 Ne1+ 44. Kc3 Rg3 45. Nf5 Rg5
46. Ne7+ Kh7 47. Rf2 Rg3 48. Rd2 Rg5 49. h4 Re5 50. Nc6 Rc8
51. Rb6 Re6 52. Rxa6 Nf3 53. Rg2 Rexc6+ 54. Rxc6 Rxc6+ 55. Kb4
Nxh4 56. Rh2 g5 57. a4 Kg6 58. Kb5 Rc8 59. a5 Nf3 60. Rg2 Nd4+
61. Kb6 Rb8+ 62. Kc7 Rb3 63. a6 Rxd3 64. Kb6 Rb3+ 65. Kc5 Ne6+
66. Kc6 Nd4+ 67. Kxd5 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "3.23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lu Shanglei"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e6
7. Bc2 b5 8. d4 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bf4 cxd4
12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Bd3 e5 14. dxe5 Nh5 15. Be3 dxe5 16. Nc3 Nhf6
17. Bc2 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd6 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Bf5 Rb8
22. f3 h6 23. Ne4 Nxd5 24. Rac1 Re8 25. Qf2 Qe7 26. Bc5 Bxc5
27. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Nxc5 Ne3 29. Bd7 Nxd1 30. Bxe8 Nxb2 31. Bd7
a5 32. Kf2 Bd5 33. Rb1 Nc4 34. Rd1 Nb6 35. Na4 Nxa4 36. Rxd5
Nb6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "4.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qd3 Bd6
12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd2 Bh2+ 14. Kh1 Bf4 15. Be1 O-O 16. a4 Rad8
17. Qf3 Rfe8 18. a5 a6 19. Bc4 Nd5 20. Bb3 Bg5 21. c4 Ne7
22. Bc2 Bf6 23. Bc3 Nc8 24. Rd2 Nd6 25. b3 Rd7 26. Rad1 Qd8
27. Bb4 g6 28. g3 Bg7 29. Kg2 Qc7 30. h4 Red8 31. h5 Ne8
32. Bc3 Nd6 33. g4 Ne8 34. Qe3 Qd6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Rh1 Qe7
37. Rdd1 Qf6 38. Rh3 Qe7 39. Rhh1 Qf6 40. g5 Qe7 41. f4 Nd6
42. Qh3 Nf5 43. Bxf5 exf5 44. Rde1 Qa3 45. d5 Qa2+ 46. Kf1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3
bxa6 12. Rc1 f6 13. b3 Rf7 14. Rg1 e5 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Ng5
Rd7 17. Ke2 Bb7 18. Ne6 Bf6 19. Ba5 Be7 20. f3 e4 21. f4 Rd5
22. b4 Rc8 23. Ng5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bxg5 25. fxg5 Rxg5 26. Kf2
Rf5+ 27. Ke2 Rh5 28. Bc7 a5 29. Rc5 axb4 30. Rxh5 gxh5 31. Ba5
Bd5 32. Bxb4 Bxa2 33. Kd2 Kf7 34. Kc3 Ke6 35. Kd4 Bb1 36. Bc5
a5 37. Kc3 a4 38. Kb4 Bc2 39. Ba7 h4 40. Bb8 Kf5 41. Bf4 Kg4
42. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. c4 c5
7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5
12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4+ Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a5 16. Rac1
Na6 17. Rc6 Rab8 18. a3 Rfd8 19. e3 Rb7 20. f4 Nc5 21. Kf3 Re8
22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Nd3 24. Nc2 Rd8 25. g4 e5 26. f5 e4+
27. Kg3 Ne5 28. f6+ Kh6 29. Rc3 Nf3 30. h4 g5 31. h5 Rd6
32. b5 Rbd7 33. Rc6 Rd2 34. Rxf3 exf3 35. Kxf3 R7d6 36. Na3
R6d4 37. Nc4 Rxc4 38. Rxc4 Rd3 39. Ke4 Rd4+ 40. exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "12.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nf6
7. c4 Be7 8. cxd5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 cxd5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. e3 O-O
12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Rc1 Rfc8 14. Bg2 Rc7 15. Na3 a6 16. Rc2 Rac8
17. Rac1 Ne8 18. Be1 g6 19. Nb1 Nd6 20. a3 Nc4 21. Qa2 Bg5
22. Rc3 Nd6 23. h4 Bh6 24. Rd1 Nb5 25. Rcd3 Bf8 26. Nd2 Ne7
27. e4 Rc1 28. Qb3 Bh6 29. exd5 exd5 30. Nf3 Qe6 31. Rxc1 Rxc1
32. Rd1 Qe2 33. Rxc1 Bxc1 34. Bb4 Nc6 35. Bc5 Qc4 36. Qxc4
dxc4 37. d5 Nb8 38. a4 Nd7 39. Bb4 Nc7 40. Nd2 Bxd2 41. Bxd2
Ne8 42. Bb4 b5 43. a5 Kg7 44. d6 Kf6 45. Bh3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "6.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 g5 10. c4 a5 11. Rc1 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Bg7 13. Re1 O-O 14. h4 g4 15. Nh2 h5 16. Bg5 Nd5
17. Nf1 a4 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Nd2 Rae8 20. Nde4 f6 21. exf6 N7xf6
22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Bxd5 Qd6 25. Bxe6+ Qxe6
26. Qd2 Bg7 27. Bh6 Qxa2 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qg5 Qf7 30. Rc2 Kh7
31. Re2 Re8 32. Re5 Rxe5 33. dxe5 b5 34. Qe3 b4 35. e6 Qe7
36. Qe5 Qg7 37. Qc5 Qxb2 38. Nxh5 Qd2 39. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6
7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qf2 h6
12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh3 14. Kh1 Nh5 15. Be3 Bh4 16. Qe2
Bxf1 17. Qxf1 Bg3 18. Qh3 Qh4 19. Qxh4 Bxh4 20. f4 Kh7 21. f5
Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Rg1 Kh6 24. Nd5 Rae8 25. Ne3 g6 26. Ng4+
Kg7 27. Ne3 f6 28. fxg6 Kxg6 29. Nf5 Rd8 30. Kg2 Rfe8 31. Kf3
d5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Nh4+ Kh6 34. exd5 gxh4 35. Rg4 f5
36. Rxh4 Kg5 37. Ra4 a6 38. Ra5 Rc8 39. d6 Kf6 40. d7 Rd8
41. Rxc5 Rxd7 42. Ke3 Re7+ 43. Kf3 Rd7 44. Ke3 Ng7 45. d4 Ne6
46. Rc4 Rh7 47. d5 Rh3+ 48. Kf2 Ng5 49. Rc8 Rxh2+ 50. Kg3 Rd2
51. c4 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "9.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7
7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Nd2
Ng6 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. Re1 a5 16. Bf1 Rfd8 17. Rb1
Bc6 18. b3 d6 19. Qc2 Qb7 20. a4 Qe7 21. Rbd1 Ng4 22. Nf3 Bb7
23. Nb5 N4e5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. Re3 Rad8 27. Qd1 g5
28. Qh5 Qf6 29. Rg3 h6 30. f4 Qxf4 31. Rf2 Qxe4 32. Qxh6 g4
33. Rf6 Qh7 34. Qf4 Be4 35. Nxd6 Rxd6 36. Qxe5 Bf5 37. Be2 Rd4
38. Re3 Qh4 39. h3 gxh3 40. Rg3+ Kf8 41. gxh3 R4d6 42. Kh2 Qd4
43. Bh5 R8d7 44. Qxd4 Rxd4 45. Bg4 Rd2+ 46. Kg1 Rb2 47. Kh1
Ke7 48. Rh6 Be4+ 49. Kg1 Rdd2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "10.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vidit Santosh Gujrathi"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "180"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 Qd7
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd4 Rb8 15. Nd2 Be7 16. e6
Qxe6 17. Re1 Qg6 18. Bc5 Rb7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Qa4 O-O
21. Qxa6 Rfb8 22. Nf3 h6 23. b3 Qf6 24. Rac1 Rb5 25. Qa7 R8b7
26. Qe3 Kh7 27. h3 Nd5 28. Qd4 Ra5 29. Ne5 Nb4 30. Rc4 Rd5
31. Qf4 c5 32. a3 Nc6 33. Nxc6 Qxc6 34. b4 Qb5 35. a4 Qxa4
36. Qf3 Rbd7 37. Rxc5 Qxb4 38. Rcc1 Qb5 39. Rb1 Qc5 40. Rbc1
Qb6 41. Rc8 Rd8 42. h4 Qb4 43. Rec1 Qxh4 44. g3 Qe4 45. Kg2
Rxc8 46. Rxc8 Rd3 47. Qxe4 fxe4 48. Re8 f5 49. g4 fxg4
50. Rxe4 h5 51. Re6 Rf3 52. Ra6 Rf6 53. Ra5 Kg6 54. Kg3 Rf3+
55. Kg2 Rf5 56. Ra7 Kh6 57. Kg3 Rf3+ 58. Kg2 g6 59. Ra5 Rf5
60. Ra4 Kg5 61. Ra2 Rf3 62. Ra5+ Kh6 63. Ra4 Kg5 64. Ra5+ Rf5
65. Ra2 h4 66. Rb2 h3+ 67. Kg1 Kh4 68. Rb6 Kg5 69. Rb8 Rf3
70. Rb5+ Kh4 71. Rb6 g3 72. Rb4+ Kh5 73. fxg3 Rxg3+ 74. Kh2
Rf3 75. Ra4 g5 76. Rb4 g4 77. Rb8 Rf2+ 78. Kg1 Rd2 79. Rb1 Kh4
80. Kh1 Rf2 81. Kg1 Kg3 82. Kh1 Re2 83. Rb3+ Kf4 84. Rb1 g3
85. Rb4+ Kf3 86. Rb1 Ke3 87. Kg1 Rg2+ 88. Kh1 Rd2 89. Rb3+ Rd3
90. Rb1 Ke2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "11.18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Eduardovich Akopian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Nd7
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Rd2 Bg4
17. Qe3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nd4 19. Qg4 Ncxb3 20. axb3 Rxc2 21. Rxc2
Nxc2 22. Rc1 Nd4 23. Rc8 f5 24. Qh5 Qxc8 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Ng6+
Kg8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. h4 f4 30. Qf7 h6 31. Qxb7
Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qxd6 Rxf2 35. h5 Nf3+
36. Kh3 Ng5+ 37. Kh2 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "13.18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Bc2 e5 10. a4 b6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Bg5 Rc8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bh4
Nc5 18. f3 Qd7 19. Bf1 d5 20. e5 Nh5 21. g4 Nf4 22. Bg3 Rxe5
23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Qd2 Ncd3 25. Nce2 Nxe2+ 26. Nxe2 Bxg3
27. hxg3 Ne5 28. Nd4 Qd6 29. Kg2 Nc6 30. Re1 Qf6 31. Nxc6 Rxc6
32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Qb4 Rc5 34. a5 d4 35. Be2 d3 36. Bd1 Qd6
37. Qxb6 Qxb6 38. axb6 Rc1 39. Re7 Rxd1 40. Rxb7 Rd2+ 41. Kf1
Rxb2 42. Ke1 Kf6 43. Rb8 a5 44. b7 a4 45. Kd1 d2 46. Ra8 Rxb7
47. Rxa4 Rd7 48. Ra6+ Kg7 49. Ra3 g5 50. Rb3 Rd4 51. Ra3 Kg6
52. Ra6+ f6 53. Ra3 h5 54. gxh5+ Kxh5 55. Ra1 f5 56. Ke2 f4
57. Rh1+ Kg6 58. g4 Kf6 59. Ra1 Ke5 60. Kd1 Rd3 61. Ra5+ Kd4
62. Rxg5 Ke3 63. Rh5 Kxf3 64. Rh3+ Ke4 65. Rh2 f3 66. g5 Ke3
67. Rh1 Rc3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "14.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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. h4 Nbc6 12. Nb3
g4 13. h5 Rb8 14. Be2 b5 15. Nd5 Nc4 16. Bxg4 Rg8 17. Bxc8
Rxc8 18. O-O e6 19. Re1 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Rxg3 21. fxg3 exd5
22. exd5+ N6e5 23. Qg4 Kf8 24. Qf5 Bc3 25. Re4 Rc7 26. Rf1 Qg5
27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Rf5 g4 29. Nc1 Ne3 30. Rf6 Nf3+ 31. gxf3
Bxf6 32. Nb3 Nxd5 33. Rxg4 Rxc2 34. h6 Rc4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[Round "15.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Farrukh Amonatov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. a3 Be7 8. Ba2 O-O 9. g4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Be3 Nc6 13. Qe2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Re8 15. O-O-O Bg5+ 16. Be3
Bxe3+ 17. fxe3 Be6 18. Rd4 Qg5 19. Kb1 Qe5 20. Rhd1 h6 21. Qf2
Rac8 22. h4 Rc5 23. Bb3 f6 24. Rf4 Kh8 25. Rg1 Bg8 26. g5 fxg5
27. hxg5 Qxe3 28. gxh6 g6 29. h7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nils Grandelius"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7
7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 Qb6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Qa6
12. Qc2 e5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. b4 d4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Rac1 Be7 18. e3 c5 19. b5 Qa5 20. Nb2 Rfd8 21. a4 g6
22. Nd3 dxe3 23. fxe3 Bg5 24. Re1 Qc7 25. Rcd1 Rd6 26. Nf2
Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Rd8 28. Nc3 Qa5 29. Kf2 Bxc4 30. Ne4 Be6 31. Qc3
Qxc3 32. Nxc3 Rd3 33. Ne4 Be7 34. Rc1 c4 35. Bf1 Ra3 36. Bxc4
Bf5 37. Bd5 Rxa4 38. Rc7 Bxe4 39. Bxe4 Bd8 40. Rc8 Rxe4
41. Rxd8+ Kg7 42. Ra8 Rb4 43. Rxa7 Rxb5 44. h4 e4 45. Re7 Rb2+
46. Kf1 Rb4 47. g4 Kf6 48. Ra7 Rb2 49. g5+ Ke6 50. Ra6+ Kd5
51. Rf6 Kc4 52. Rd6 Kc3 53. Rd7 Rh2 54. Rxf7 Rxh4 55. Rd7 Rh5
56. Ke2 Rxg5 57. Rc7+ Kb4 58. Rxh7 Rg4 59. Rd7 Kc5 60. Rd4 g5
61. Kf2 Kc6 62. Kf1 Kc5 63. Kf2 Kc6 64. Kf1 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "2.24"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[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 O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 Qd7 15. b3 c5 16. a4 c4
17. Bd2 Rfc8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb4 h6 20. h4 Qe7 21. h5 e5
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. dxc4 Kh8 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. Qe6
Be7 27. Bd2 Bf8 28. Qd5 Ra4 29. Bb4 Qb8 30. Qb5 Qa8 31. g3 Ra2
32. c5 dxc5 33. Bxc5 Ra5 34. Qb8 Qxb8 35. Rxb8 Rxc5 36. Rxf8+
Kh7 37. Re8 g5 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. Re6 Kf7 40. Rxh6 Rxc2 41. Rd6
g4 42. h6 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Rh1 44. f4 Rh2+ 45. Kf1 exf4 46. gxf4
Rh3 47. Kg2 Rf3 48. f5 d3 49. Rd7+ Kg8 50. h7+ Kh8 51. e5 Rxf5
52. e6 Re5 53. e7 d2 54. Rxd2 Rxe7 55. Rd4 Kxh7 56. Rxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "3.19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a6 8. Bxb4 axb5 9. Bd6 Ne4 10. c5 Qa5+ 11. Nd2
Nxd6 12. cxd6 Qb4 13. Bg2 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qxa2 15. Rxb5 O-O
16. O-O Ra5 17. Rxa5 Qxa5 18. Nc4 Qb4 19. Qd5 Re8 20. e3 b6
21. Nd2 Re6 22. Ne4 h6 23. Qd3 f5 24. Nc3 e4 25. Qc2 Qxd6
26. Rb1 Nb4 27. Qb3 Nd3 28. Nb5 Qc5 29. Nd4 Kh7 30. Nxe6 dxe6
31. Qxb6 Qc2 32. Rf1 Qa2 33. h4 Bd7 34. Qd8 Bb5 35. h5 Ne5
36. Rd1 Qe2 37. Qd2 Qxh5 38. Rb1 Be2 39. Qb2 Nf3+ 40. Bxf3
Bxf3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "4.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zdenko Kozul"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. Qc2 h5 11. Nd2 Nbd7
12. d4 Nh7 13. Bg2 f5 14. Nf3 g5 15. e3 g4 16. Nh4 Ng5 17. Ng6
Re8 18. Nf4 h4 19. gxh4 Ne4 20. f3 gxf3 21. Rxf3 Ndf6 22. Raf1
Bh6 23. Qe2 Rc8 24. Kh1 Rc7 25. Bh3 Rg7 26. Qe1 Kh7 27. Nxe6
Rxe6 28. Bxf5+ Kh8 29. Bxe6 Ng4 30. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "5.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxim Matlakov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 axb5
12. Qxa8 Bxb4 13. Nxb5 Nxc4 14. Qa4 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Bxa5 16. Rd1
d5 17. Na3 Nd6 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 Bd7 20. Rc1 Ra8 21. Nb1
Nc4 22. Rdc2 b5 23. Nd2 Ra7 24. e4 Kf8 25. exd5 exd5 26. Nb3
Bf5 27. Re2 Bd3 28. Ree1 Rxa2 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 g6 31. Nd4
Nd6 32. Ra6 Nde8 33. Rb6 Nc7 34. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "6.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Das Debashis"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxd7 Qxd7 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 a6
12. a4 e6 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. a5 Qc7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 d5
17. exd5 cxd5 18. Na4 Qxa5 19. Bd4 Qb4 20. Qb2 Nh5 21. Bxg7
Nxg7 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Nc3 Rdd8 24. Ra4 Qb6 25. Ne4 Ne8 26. h4
Rd3 27. b4 Qd4 28. Qc2 Rd8 29. b5 Qb6 30. bxa6 R3d7 31. Rb1
Qa7 32. Qc5 Qxc5 33. Nxc5 Ra7 34. Rb7 Rda8 35. Rxa7 Rxa7
36. Rb4 Rc7 37. Rb8 Kf8 38. Nb7 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Ra1 40. Nd6 Ke7
41. Nxe8 Rxa6 42. Nc7 Ra4 43. g3 Kd7 44. Nb5 Rb4 45. Rb6 h6
46. Kg2 g5 47. h5 g4 48. Kf1 Rb2 49. Rb7+ Kc6 50. Rc7+ Kd5
51. Nc3+ Ke5 52. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "7.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. exd6 Bxd6
12. Ne4 Be5 13. O-O Qc7 14. c4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Qf3 O-O
17. Rad1 Rb8 18. b3 e5 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Nd3 Bg5 21. Rfe1 Qa3
22. Nxe5 Qxa2 23. Rd3 Qa5 24. Re2 c5 25. Qg3 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Qc1
27. Rc3 Rxb3 28. Rxc1 Rxg3 29. Kxg3 Bxc1 30. Bd5 g5 31. Nd3
Ba3 32. Re7 Kg7 33. Rc7 a5 34. Ne5 Bc1 35. Nd3 Bd2 36. Kf3 a4
37. Ra7 Bc3 38. Rxa4 f5 39. Ra7+ Kh8 40. Kg2 fxg4 41. hxg4
Bxg4 42. Nxc5 Bd4 43. Rc7 Rxf2+ 44. Kg3 Be5+ 45. Kxf2 Bxc7
46. Ne6 Be5 47. c5 Kh7 48. c6 Kg6 49. c7 Bxe6 50. Bxe6 Bxc7
51. Bd7 h5 52. Be8+ Kh6 53. Kg2 g4 54. Bb5 Kg5 55. Be8 h4
56. Kf2 h3 57. Bd7 g3+ 58. Kf3 g2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O c6
7. Nh4 Bg4 8. c3 Na6 9. Nc2 Be7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Bh5
12. Bf4 O-O 13. f3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qd2 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5
17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Bf2 Qa4 20. Nb4 h6 21. Rfe1 Bg6
22. b3 Qb5 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. exd3 Bf6 25. d4 Qa5 26. Rc1 Rc6
27. Red1 b5 28. Bf1 a6 29. Be1 Qb6 30. Bf2 Rdc8 31. Be3 Qa5
32. b4 Qa3 33. Qe1 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Bc1 Bxd4+ 36. Kh1
Qxb4 37. Bd2 Qc5 38. Bxc3 Qxc3 39. Qxc3 Bxc3 40. Bd3 Bxd3
41. Rxd3 b4 42. Kg2 Kf8 43. Kf1 Ke7 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. Rd1 Kc5
46. Kd3 f5 47. f4 g5 48. Rc1 a5 49. Rc2 g4 50. Re2 Kd6 51. Rc2
h5 52. Re2 e5 53. fxe5+ Bxe5 54. Rf2 Ke6 55. Rc2 f4 56. Rc6+
Kf5 57. Rh6 Kg5 58. Re6 Bb8 59. gxf4+ Bxf4 60. Ra6 Bxh2
61. Ke2 Bc7 62. Ra7 Bb6 63. Ra6 Bc7 64. Ra7 Bd8 65. Rd7 Bb6
66. Rxd5+ Kh4 67. Kf1 g3 68. Kg2 Kg4 69. Rd6 Be3 70. Rg6+ Bg5
71. Rg8 h4 72. Rh8 a4 73. Rb8 h3+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "9.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 O-O
7. Nf1 a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Ne3 Nc6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Bd2
Na5 13. Ba2 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ncd5 Nc6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Bd5 Qd7 18. Ra6 Rfc8 19. Qa1 Bg5 20. c3 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne7
22. Qa2 c4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Bxg5 cxd3 25. Ra7 Rc7 26. Rxc7
Qxc7 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Rd1 e4 29. fxe4 Qxe4 30. b4 Re8 31. Qd2
Qxd5 32. Qxd3 Qe5 33. c4 h5 34. Qd4 Qe2 35. b5 Re6 36. Qd3 Qb2
37. Rb1 Qe5 38. h3 Qc5+ 39. Kh1 Qb6 40. Qd5 g6 41. Rf1 Kg7
42. Qf3 f5 43. Qd5 Re5 44. Qd3 Re3 45. Qd5 Re5 46. Qa8 Rc5
47. Re1 Rxc4 48. Re7+ Kf6 49. Qf8+ Kg5 50. h4+ Rxh4# 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h4 c5 6. c3 h6 7. Nf4
e6 8. Nd2 Ne7 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. O-O Bd7 12. dxc5
Qxc5 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Nd3 Na5 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Qc1
Nf5 18. Nb4 a5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. e6 Qb6 21. exd7+ Kxd7 22. Qd1
Qc6 23. Bxf5+ gxf5 24. Qd3 Nd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxf5+ Kc6
27. Qxf7 Raf8 28. Qxg7 Rhg8 29. Nd4+ Kb6 30. Qxg8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A R Saleh Salem"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 Bb7
12. Qd2 e6 13. Rfd1 Qd7 14. h4 Rac8 15. h5 Na5 16. Bd3 f5
17. e5 c4 18. Bb1 Rfe8 19. f3 Nc6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Kf2 Kf7
22. Bg5 Ne7 23. Nf4 Rh8 24. Rh1 Bxe5 25. Rhe1 Bxf4 26. Qxf4
Rh5 27. Re2 Nd5 28. Qd2 Qd6 29. Rce1 Re8 30. Re5 Bc8 31. Bc2
Bd7 32. Kg1 Reh8 33. Kf2 b5 34. Bb1 b4 35. cxb4 c3 36. Qc1
Nxb4 37. Qxc3 Rxg5 38. d5 Rh2 39. dxe6+ Bxe6 40. Rxe6 Rgxg2+
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "12.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7
7. a3 O-O 8. Ne1 a5 9. Nc2 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Nd5 Rb8 12. Nxe7+
Nxe7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nxb4 b5 16. cxb5 Rxb5
17. Rb1 Qd7 18. Bd2 Rfb8 19. Qc2 d5 20. Rfc1 h6 21. h4 Kh7
22. Na6 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 24. Qxb1 Qc8 25. Nb4 Qc5 26. Na6
Qc8 27. Nb4 Qc5 28. Na6 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "13.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2840"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. a3 d6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qd7 12. d4
exd4 13. Nxd4 Bf6 14. Nf5 Nd8 15. Re1 Re8 16. c3 Bxd5 17. Qxd5
Nc6 18. Ng3 g6 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Re2 c6 22. Qa2
Qg4 23. Bc1 h5 24. h3 Qe6 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. f4 Nc4 27. b3 Na5
28. b4 Nc4 29. Rd3 Rde8 30. e5 dxe5 31. f5 e4 32. Rd7 gxf5
33. Nxf5 e3 34. Rd3 Re5 35. Nd4 Rd5 36. Bxe3 Rde5 37. Nc2 Bg5
38. Kf2 Rf5+ 39. Kg1 Rfe5 40. Kf2 f5 41. Re1 Nxe3 42. Nxe3 f4
43. Nc2 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "14.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ne4
7. d4 d5 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nh4 Nxd2
12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. Qxd2 e6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rec1 Qb6 16. e3
Rfc8 17. Bf1 Bf8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rc6 20. Qd1 Nf6 21. Rc2
Be7 22. Bd3 Qc7 23. Qc1 Qb6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Qc2 Kf8 26. Kg2
Kg8 27. h3 h5 28. Be2 Kg7 29. Qd1 Kg6 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Be2 Kg6
32. Qd3 Kg7 33. Bc1 Bb4 34. Qa6 Qc7 35. a3 Bd6 36. Bd2 Ne4
37. Bxa5 Qb8 38. Be1 Qxb3 39. Bxh5 Qb1 40. Qa7 Qxe1 41. Qxf7+
Kh8 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. Qh6+ Kg8 45. Qxe6+ Kg7
46. Qg6+ Kh8 47. Qxf5 Bxg3 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. Qf8+
Kh7 51. Qf5+ Kh8 52. Qf8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "15.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Be3 Bg4
12. Bc5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 c6 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Nc5 Qe7
17. Re1 Nc8 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Rac1 Nb6 20. Qf4 Be6 21. Qe5 Rac8
22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rc5 Nd5 25. e3 dxe3 26. fxe3
Rd6 27. d4 a6 28. Kf2 Re8 29. Rd1 Nf6 30. Bf3 Nd7 31. Rcc1 Rf8
32. Ke2 Kf7 33. a4 Ke7 34. Rc2 Nb6 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Nd5
37. bxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 bxc6 39. Rc1 Kd6 40. Be4 h6 41. Rc2 Ra8
42. Kd2 Ra1 43. Rb2 Ra3 44. Bxd5 Kxd5 45. Rb7 g5 46. Rh7 Ke4
47. Rxh6 e5 48. Re6 Rd3+ 49. Kc2 Kxe3 50. Rxe5+ Kxd4 51. Rxg5
Rf3 52. Rh5 c5 53. Rh4+ Kd5 54. Kd2 c4 55. Rh5+ Kd4 56. Rh4+
Kd5 57. Rh8 Rd3+ 58. Kc2 Rf3 59. Rd8+ Kc5 60. Rc8+ Kb4
61. Rb8+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "16.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6
7. c4 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Ngf6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O
12. e3 Rac8 13. Bd2 Qxb3 14. axb3 a6 15. Be2 Rfe8 16. Kg2 g6
17. f4 Bb4 18. Bf3 Nb6 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Bxb4 Nb6 21. Ba5 Nbd7
22. g4 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. g5 h6 25. h4 f5 26. gxf6 Nxf6
27. Kf2 Ng4+ 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Bc3 Red8 30. Ra5 h5 31. Rg5 Rd7
32. d5 cxd5 33. cxd5 exd5 34. Rgxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Rc7 36. f5
gxf5 37. Rxf5+ Ke6 38. Rxh5 Rf7 39. Rg5 Rf2+ 40. Ke1 Rg2
41. Bd4 Rg1+ 42. Kd2 b5 43. b4 Rg2+ 44. Kc3 Rg1 45. Kb3 Rg3
46. h5 Kf7 47. h6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "17.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Nb6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bf5
12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rad8 14. a3 a5 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Nc4 Nxc4
17. bxc4 b6 18. Nf3 f6 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. Qa4 Nd4 21. Qxd7 Bxd7
22. e3 Ne6 23. d4 exd4 24. exd4 Ba4 25. Rfe1 Kh8 26. Bd5 Bd7
27. h4 c5 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. Bd4 Na4 30. Ne4 h6 31. Rcd1 Bg4
32. Rb1 Bf5 33. f3 Bxa3 34. Nxf6 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Bb2 36. Bxb2
Nxb2 37. Ne8 b5 38. h5 Nxc4 39. Nc7 a4 40. Bc6 a3 41. Bxb5 Nd2
42. Ra1 Nxf3+ 43. Kg2 Bg4 44. Kf2 Rc8 45. Rxa3 Nd4 46. Ra4
Nxb5 47. Nxb5 Bxh5 48. Nd4 Rf8+ 49. Kg2 Be8 50. Ra7 Bf7
51. Rd7 Kg8 52. Nf5 Be6 53. Rxg7+ Kh8 54. Rg6 Bxf5 55. Rxh6+
Kg7 56. Rh4 Kg6 57. Rf4 Kg5 58. Kf3 Ra8 59. Kf2 Ra3 60. Rd4
Kf6 61. Rf4 Ke5 62. Rh4 Be4 63. Rg4 Kd4 64. Rf4 Ra2+ 65. Kg1
Ke3 66. Rf8 Rg2+ 67. Kf1 Rh2 68. Ke1 Ra2 69. Rd8 Rg2 70. Kf1
Rh2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "18.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+
Nbxd7 7. O-O Rc8 8. Re1 e6 9. b3 Ne5 10. d3 Be7 11. Bf4 Nfd7
12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 O-O 14. a3 Nb8 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. Qd2 Qa5
17. Qb2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Rfd8 21. Red1 h6
22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Rb8 24. Na4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Kf1
Rdb4 27. Ke2 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Rxb3 29. Rc1 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "19.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg5 c5
7. Rc1 Nc6 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Rxc5 Qxa2 10. e3 Qxb2 11. Bc4 Qb4+
12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Bd5 e5 15. Rc4 Qd6 16. Qf3 Be6
17. Rc5 exd4 18. Ne4 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxd5
Rad8 22. Qc5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 d3 24. h4 Rfe8 25. Rd1 Re5 26. Qf4
Rc5 27. Kh2 b5 28. g4 h5 29. gxh5 Rxh5 30. Qf6 Rc5 31. Kg2
Rdd5 32. f4 b4 33. h5 gxh5 34. Kf3 Kf8 35. Rg1 d2 36. Rd1 b3
37. e4 Rd8 38. e5 Rd3+ 39. Ke2 Rd4 40. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 41. Kxd2 Ke8
42. e6 Rc2+ 43. Kd1 fxe6 44. Qxe6+ Ne7 45. Qxb3 Rc6 46. Qg8+
Nxg8 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "20.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6
12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nb6 15. Qb3 a5 16. Rfd1 Nfd5
17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nd3 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 c6 20. Rac1 Rb8 21. h4 Re8
22. e3 Nc4 23. Qc2 Nd6 24. Rb1 Ra8 25. b4 axb4 26. Rxb4 Qd7
27. Rdb1 Re7 28. Nd3 Qf5 29. Qc5 Rd8 30. R4b3 Re6 31. Nf4 Rf6
32. f3 Qd7 33. g4 Re8 34. Kf2 g5 35. Nh5 Rfe6 36. hxg5 hxg5
37. Rh1 Qe7 38. Qc2 f5 39. gxf5 Rxe3 40. Nf6+ Qxf6 41. Rxe3
Rxe3 42. Kxe3 Nxf5+ 43. Kd2 Qxd4+ 44. Qd3 Qb2+ 45. Qc2 Qd4+
46. Qd3 Qb2+ 47. Qc2 Qd4+ 48. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[Round "21.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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. f3 Bb7 11. a4 Nc6 12. Bg5
Nb4 13. Nb1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Na3 Qc7 16. c3 Nc6 17. Nc4
Rfd8 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Qe3 Nc8 20. a5 b5 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Rfd1
Ne7 23. c4 Bc6 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Qc3 Qa7 26. Rac1 Bg5 27. Rc2
Be8 28. Qc7 Qxc7 29. Rxc7 Nc6 30. Nd5 Ra8 31. Bxb5 Nxa5
32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Nxa5 Rxa5 34. b4 Ra2 35. b5 Rb8 36. b6 Bd8
37. Rc6 Rb2 38. Rxd6 Bxb6 39. Nxb6 R8xb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO Chess League (Central)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.11"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Keith Arkell"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Bf5 9. e3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qd7 11. a4 Na5
12. Nd2 Be6 13. Ba3 Rad8 14. Qb1 b6 15. Rc1 c5 16. Rd1 Qc7
17. Qb5 Rd7 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Bb2 Qc8 20. Rdc1 Rc7 21. Qd3 h5
22. h4 Bf5 23. e4 Bh3 24. d5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 e6 26. Rab1 c4
27. Qf3 exd5 28. exd5 Rcd7 29. Ne4 Rxd5 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxf6
Rf5 32. Qe7 Rd2 33. Rf1 Nc6 34. Qe4 Ne5 35. Bc1 Ra2 36. Be3
Nd3 37. Rb5 Rxb5 38. axb5 Re2 39. Kg1 Ne1 40. Qd5 Qg4 41. Bd4
Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Nxh4+ 43. Kh2 Nf3+ 44. Kg2 Nxd4 45. cxd4 Qe4+
46. Qxe4 Rxe4 47. Ra1 Rxd4 48. Rxa7 Rd5 49. Rc7 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "PRO Chess League (Central)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.11"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Thomas E Rendle"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O c4 10. f5 b5 11. g4 Qa5 12. Kb1
b4 13. Ne2 c3 14. Qe1 cxb2 15. Rd3 Nb6 16. f6 gxf6 17. Qh4 Nd7
18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. Ne5 Ne4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. g5
Nxe5 23. dxe5 Kh8 24. Rh3 Nxg5 25. Rg1 f6 26. Nf4 Rg8 27. exf6
Qxf6 28. Rxg5 Qf7 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "PRO Chess League (Central)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.11"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gawain Jones"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. h4 Ne5
12. b3 Rc8 13. h5 gxh5 14. Rxh5 Qa5 15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 e6
17. Nf4 Ng6 18. Nd3 d5 19. e5 f6 20. f4 Kf7 21. a4 a6 22. Nf3
Bc6 23. Bd4 Rcf8 24. Rah1 h6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Rxh6 Rxh6
27. Rxh6 Kg7 28. Rh1 Bd7 29. g3 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Rc8 31. a5 Rc7
32. c3 Bc8 33. b4 Kf6 34. Rh6 Kg7 35. Rh5 Kf6 36. g4 Re7
37. Nf3 Bd7 38. Nfe5 Be8 39. Rh6 Kg7 40. g5 b6 41. axb6 Rb7
42. f5 exf5 43. Nxg6 Bxg6 44. Nf4 Rxb6 45. Ke3 Rc6 46. Rxg6+
Rxg6 47. Nxg6 Kxg6 48. Kf4 1-0

[Event "PRO Chess League (Central)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.11"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simon T Ansell"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2
d5 7. exd5+ Be7 8. dxc6 O-O 9. Be3 Rb8 10. Qd3 Nd5 11. Be2
Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bh4+ 13. g3 Bf6 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Qe4 Re8 16. Bd3
Qxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bf5 19. Nd2 Bc3 20. Ke2 Bg4+
21. Nf3 Rb6 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. h3 Be6 24. a4 Bd5 25. Rd1 Bxc6
26. Bb5 Bxb5+ 27. axb5 Bb4 28. Rd5 Bc5 29. Nd4 g6 30. Kd3 Kf8
31. e4 Bd6 32. g4 f6 33. Nb3 Ra8 34. c4 Ke7 35. h4 Ra3 36. Kc3
Ra2 37. c5 Be5+ 38. Kb4 Re2 39. Nd2 Bf4 40. Nc4 Rxe4 41. cxb6
cxb6 42. Kb3 Bc7 43. g5 Ke6 44. Rd3 f5 0-1

[Event "PRO Chess League (Central)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.18"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Flavio Perez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7
7. O-O O-O 8. c3 b6 9. Na3 Bb7 10. Nc2 Qc7 11. Be3 Rad8
12. Qe2 d6 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 f5 16. g4 d5
17. gxf5 exf5 18. e5 d4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Bf2 Nd5 21. Rc1 Qf7
22. Qd2 Ba6 23. Bh4 Rc8 24. Bf2 Rcd8 25. Bh4 Rd7 26. Rfe1 Bf8
27. a3 Bb5 28. Kh1 a5 29. Rg1 Bc5 30. Bf3 Kh7 31. Rg3 Ne3
32. Rcg1 Ng4 33. Nf2 g5 34. Nxg4 fxg4 35. Be4+ Kh8 36. Rxg4
gxh4 37. Qg2 Nd8 38. Rxh4 Bf8 39. Qh3 Qe6 40. Rhg4 Bg7 41. Qg3
Qg8 42. Nxd4 Ba6 43. Nf5 Ne6 44. Rg6 Qf8 45. Qh4 Nxf4 46. Nxg7
Nxg6 47. Qxh6+ Kg8 48. Qxg6 Rxg7 49. Qh7+ Kf7 50. Bd5+ Ke7
51. Rxg7+ Kd8 52. Rd7+ Kc8 53. Rc7+ Kb8 54. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "PRO Chess League (Central)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.18"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Deimante Cornette"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Be3
cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. cxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. Qb3 b6 11. Bc4 e6
12. O-O Be7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O 16. Bxa8
Rxa8 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Qd3 h6 19. a3 Bf6 20. Bd2 Qh5 21. Bc3
Rd8 22. Qf1 Bb3 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qa6 Qg5 25. Re1 Bd5
26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "PRO Chess League (Central)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.18"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Robert Fontaine"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qg4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7
7. Bb5 Ng6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. c3 Qb8 11. Qb4 Qc7
12. Qd4 Ne7 13. Qd3 Nf5 14. Bd4 Rb8 15. b3 a5 16. g4 Nxd4
17. cxd4 Be7 18. Nc3 O-O 19. O-O f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Rfe1 Kh8
22. h3 Rg8 23. Re3 Qf4 24. Kf1 e5 25. dxe5 Bxc5 26. Ne2 Qh6
27. Nfd4 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Qh1+ 29. Ng1 Rxg4 30. Rh3 Qg2+ 31. Ke1
Re4+ 32. Nge2 Qg1+ 33. Kd2 Qxa1 34. Rxh7+ Kxh7 35. Qh3+ Kg8
36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qg6+
Kh8 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Sodoma"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4
7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Qe2 Rc8
12. Nfe5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd6 15. Nd3 Qa6 16. Nf4
Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Rfd8 18. Rfc1 b6 19. a4 Nf6 20. Be1 Bc4 21. Bf1
e5 22. f3 e4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Nf4 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Re8 26. Ke2
Nf6 27. Bf2 Rcd8 28. Rd1 g5 29. Ng2 Ne4 30. Rac1 f5 31. h3 Bf8
32. Kf3 Bd6 33. Ne1 g4+ 34. hxg4 fxg4+ 35. Kg2 c4 36. Rc2 Rf8
37. Rb1 Rf6 38. Kg1 Rdf8 39. Rbb2 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nitzan Steinberg"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e5
7. c3 Be7 8. Bc2 O-O 9. d4 b5 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. d5 c4 12. b3
cxb3 13. axb3 g6 14. b4 Rc8 15. Bb2 Nb6 16. Qe2 Nfd7 17. Bb3
f5 18. Qd3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nc4 20. Bc1 Ndb6 21. Bh6 Rf5 22. g4
Rf7 23. Nfg5 Rf4 24. h3 Qd7 25. Bc2 Nb2 26. Qd2 N2c4 27. Qd3
Nb2 28. Qd2 N2c4 29. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "3.20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Johan Salomon"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e6
7. Bc2 b5 8. d4 Bb7 9. a4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3
Rc8 13. Bb2 Rxc2 14. Qxc2 Bxe4 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Rc1 Qa8
17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Qd1 Rb8 19. Na3 Bc6 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Ba3 Nf4
22. Ra2 Bd5 23. Rc3 Nf6 24. Ncd2 g5 25. Nxg5 Bxb3 26. Qf3 Qxf3
27. Rxf3 Bxa2 28. Rxf4 Nh5 29. Rg4 f5 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Kacper Piorun"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. a4 g6 15. c3 Bg7 16. Ne3 b4 17. a5 bxc3
18. bxc3 Nxa5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qa4 Nb7 21. Rfb1 Qc7 22. Qc4
Qd7 23. Ng5 Nd8 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Qxa6 Bh6 26. Nf3 Bxe3
27. fxe3 Nf7 28. Rb7 Qd8 29. Qa7 Qf6 30. h3 g5 31. Re7 Qh6
32. Nh2 c4 33. Ng4 Qg6 34. Qd7 Rd8 35. Qc7 Rf8 36. Qxc4 Nd8
37. Qa2 h5 38. Nf2 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Qe2 g3 41. Nh3 Nf7
42. Ra7 d5 43. exd5 exd5 44. Ra1 Rc8 45. Rc1 Nd6 46. Qf3 e4
47. dxe4 dxe4 48. Qd1 Nf7 49. Nf4 Qg7 50. Qd7 Rd8 51. Qe6 Qh6
52. Qg4+ Qg5 53. Qxg5+ Nxg5 54. c4 Kf7 55. c5 Ke7 56. Nh5 Rd3
57. Nxg3 Kd7 58. c6+ Kc7 59. Nf5 Nf7 60. Nd4 Nd6 61. Kf2 Rd2+
62. Kg3 Ra2 63. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5
7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 bxc6 11. Bxc4 Nd5
12. Bg3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3+ 14. Ke2 a5 15. Rd3 Bf6 16. Rb1 e5
17. e4 O-O 18. Rd6 Be7 19. Rd3 Re8 20. Bxe5 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxe4+
22. Re3 Bg4+ 23. Kd3 Rxe3+ 24. Kxe3 gxf6 25. Rb6 Re8+ 26. Kd2
Bd7 27. g3 Re5 28. Ra6 Rc5 29. Kd3 Be6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Ra7
h5 32. h4 f5 33. a4 e5 34. Ke3 Rd5 35. Ra6 Rc5 36. Ra7 Rd5
37. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Abhijeet Gupta"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[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. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h6 11. Rd1
Bd7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. a4 h5 14. a5 Be7 15. a6 b6 16. Ng5 Bc8
17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rd1 Be7 19. Nce4 h4 20. Re1 Kf8 21. c3 f6
22. Nf3 Kf7 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Bxc7 Bxa6 25. Ra1 Bd3 26. Neg5+
fxg5 27. Ne5+ Ke6 28. Nxd3 Nd6 29. Bxd6 Bxd6 30. Rxa7 c5
31. Kf1 c4 32. Ne1 Bc5 33. Nf3 Rg8 34. Ra1 g4 35. Re1+ Kd6
36. hxg4 Rxg4 37. Re8 b5 38. Rh8 b4 39. Rxh4 Rxh4 40. Nxh4 Kc6
41. Ke2 Be7 42. Nf5 Bf6 43. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4
Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Rad1+ Ke8 14. Ne2 b6 15. a4 c5 16. Nc3 Bf5
17. Nb5 Bd8 18. Rd2 a6 19. Nc3 h4 20. a5 Rh5 21. Rfd1 Bh7
22. Nd5 Be4 23. c4 Rb8 24. f4 Rf5 25. Nc3 Bb7 26. axb6 cxb6
27. Rd6 Bc7 28. Rd7 Bd8 29. Ne2 Rh5 30. e6 Be7 31. Rc7 Bc8
32. exf7+ Kf8 33. f5 Bxf5 34. g4 hxg3 35. Nxg3 Bc2 36. Rdd7
Re5 37. Bf4 Bf6 38. Nh5 Re1+ 39. Kf2 Bh4+ 40. Ng3 Re6 41. Bd6+
Rxd6 42. Rxd6 Bf6 43. Rxf6 gxf6 44. Nh5 Rd8 45. Nxf6 Bf5
46. Kg3 Rd6 47. Ng4 Rd4 48. b3 b5 49. Ne5 Re4 50. Rxc5 bxc4
51. Rd5 Rxe5 52. Rxe5 Bd3 53. b4 c3 54. Rc5 c2 55. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Anton Guijarro"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Bb5 c6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qa3 b6 11. Nf3 c5
12. O-O Bb7 13. d5 e6 14. Be3 exd5 15. Rad1 Qd6 16. exd5 Nd7
17. c4 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. Bd4 Re7 20. Bf1 Rae8 21. Rxe7
Rxe7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxa7 Kg7 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Nxe1 Bc8
26. Nc2 h5 27. Qa3 h4 28. Qe3 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Bd3 f5
31. g3 hxg3 32. hxg3 g5 33. Na3 Kf6 34. Nb5 f4 35. Kg2 fxg3
36. fxg3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 Nd6 9. c3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Qb3 b6
12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 f6 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6
17. Ne3 Ne7 18. b3 Ndf5 19. c4 dxc4 20. Qxc4+ Kh8 21. Rac1
Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rac8 23. b4 c6 24. e4 Rfe8 25. a4 Ng6 26. b5 c5
27. Qd5 Qg4 28. Qf5 h5 29. h3 Qxf5 30. exf5 Nf4 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8
32. Kh2 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5
7. e3 Bb4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qa4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Be2 Ne4
12. Rc1 Qe7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb4 Qf6 15. Qd4 Re8 16. Qxf6
Nxf6 17. c4 e5 18. Bg3 Bb7 19. f3 Rac8 20. Kf2 Nh5 21. Rhd1
Nxg3 22. hxg3 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Bxc4 Kf8 25. Bb5 Rb8
26. a4 a6 27. Be2 Bc6 28. Rd6 Bxa4 29. Rxa6 Bb5 30. Bxb5 Rxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nicholas Rosenthal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bc4 e6 6. a4 Ngf6
7. Re1 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 exd5
12. Bd3 Re8 13. Nc3 Nf8 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Nf4 Bd6
17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. Re1 Ne6 21. Nxe6
Bxe6 22. Qf3 Bb8 23. Qxb7 Qxd4 24. Bc3 Qf4 25. Re4 Qf5
26. Rae1 Rc7 27. Qxa6 Ba7 28. Nf3 Rec8 29. Qe2 h6 30. Nd4 Bxd4
31. Rxd4 Qg6 32. Qd3 Qh5 33. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Bb2 Bf5
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9. a4 Ne4 10. c4 Re8 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nf6 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. f3 h5
17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. b5 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Qc3
Qxc3 22. Bxc3 Ne8 23. Bb4 f6 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Bxd3 Kf7 26. a5
b6 27. axb6 axb6 28. Bc5 bxc5 29. b6 Bh6 30. f4 c4 31. Bxg6+
Kxg6 32. b7 f5 33. b8=Q Nf6 34. Qc8 Bg7 35. h3 h4 36. Kf1 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be3
cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. cxd4 e6 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. Bc4 Be7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Rc1 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qxb7 Rb8
16. Qxa7 Rxb2 17. Rb1 Rc2 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 h5 20. Ne2
Bd6 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. Nxf4 Qg5 23. g3 h4 24. Re1 Bg4 25. Qc5
hxg3 26. hxg3 Bf3 27. Re3 Qg4 28. Nxd5 Rb8 29. Nc3 Rd8 30. a4
f5 31. Qb6 Rf8 32. Ne2 Kh7 33. Nf4 Be4 34. Qb5 Rf6 35. Qe2
Qxe2 36. Nxe2 Ra6 37. Nc3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4
12. Bb2 Nb3 13. Rb1 f6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nc4 16. Qc1 Nxb2
17. Qxb2 Rb8 18. Rfc1 Qd4 19. Nd5 Bd6 20. Qxd4 exd4 21. Nxc7
Bf7 22. a4 Rfc8 23. b6 Ba3 24. Rc2 Bb4 25. Bh3 Rd8 26. Nb5 Be8
27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Rc7 Bxb5 29. axb5 Rd6 30. Ba2 Rxb6 31. Rbc1
Bc3 32. e3 h6 33. exd4 Bxd4 34. Rd7 Bb2 35. Rc5 a4 36. d4 Ba3
37. Rcd5 Rf8 38. h4 Bb4 39. h5 a3 40. Rd8 f5 41. Rxf8+ Bxf8
42. Rxf5 Rf6 43. Re5 g6 44. hxg6 Rxg6 45. Re8 Kg7 46. Ra8 Rb6
47. Bc4 Rd6 48. Rxa3 Rxd4 49. Rc3 b6 50. Be2 Bc5 51. Rc2 Rd6
52. Kg2 Rf6 53. f4 Rd6 54. Ra2 Kf6 55. Kh3 Rd4 56. Kg4 Rb4
57. Ra7 Rb3 58. Bc4 h5+ 59. Kxh5 Rxg3 60. Rf7# 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Li Chao"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5
12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Qf3 g6 16. Qg3 Rfe8
17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Bb3 a5 19. a4 b5 20. h4 Be6 21. Bc2 b4 22. Bd3
b3 23. h5 Nf8 24. Bh6 b2 25. Rab1 Rab8 26. Qf4 Nd7 27. Qg5 Qe7
28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Re2 Ree8 30. Rexb2 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Nxe5
32. Be2 gxh5 33. f3 Nd7 34. Rb7 Nc5 35. Ra7 Nb3 36. g3 Bd5
37. Kf2 Rb8 38. Bf1 Be6 39. Bd3 Bd5 40. Bf5 Re8 41. Bc2 c5
42. Rc7 c4 43. Bf5 Rb8 44. Bd7 f6 45. Bb5 Bf7 46. Rc6 Na1
47. Ra6 Nc2 48. Rxa5 Na3 49. Bc6 Nb1 50. Rb5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. d3 Nd7 5. g4 Bg6 6. f4 e6
7. Nf3 h5 8. g5 Ne7 9. Nh4 Nf5 10. Nxf5 Bxf5 11. Bg2 e5
12. Qd2 exf4 13. Qxf4 Be6 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Qh4 Ne5 16. Nf3 Ng6
17. Qa4+ Bd7 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qe3+ Kf8 20. O-O Qc7 21. Qd2 Re8
22. e3 Kg8 23. d4 Qc8 24. h4 Bh3 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Bxg2
27. Qxg2 Qg4 28. Rad1 Nxh4 29. Qxg4 hxg4 30. Rxd5 Nf3+ 31. Kg2
Rh2+ 32. Kg3 Rxc2 33. Rf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Nxg5 35. Kg3 Ne6
36. Rd7 Rd8 37. Rxb7 Rd2 38. Ba3 Rxa2 39. Rxa7 Re2 40. Bc1 Rc2
41. Ra1 Rc3 42. Kxg4 Rxb3 43. Kf5 Rd3 44. Ra8+ Kh7 45. Ra7 Rd1
46. Rxf7 Nd8 47. Rc7 Rf1+ 48. Ke4 Rxc1 49. Rc8 Nf7 50. Rc6 Nh6
51. e6 Ng8 52. Rc7 Nf6+ 53. Ke5 Kg6 54. e7 Re1 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.20"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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. b4 Bxa2
12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Be3 Nf6
17. Qb1 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. c4 bxc4 21. dxc4
Qe6 22. Qe4 Rad8 23. g4 h5 24. g5 Qg4+ 25. Qxg4 hxg4 26. Nh4
g6 27. Kh1 e4 28. Rg1 Ne5 29. Bf4 Nxc4 30. Rxg4 c5 31. bxc5
Bxc5 32. Rc2 Rd4 33. Rg3 Re8 34. Kg2 Bf8 35. Rgc3 Nxa3 36. Ra2
Rd3 37. Rc6 a5 38. Nxg6 fxg6 39. Rxg6+ Kh7 40. Rc6 Bb4 41. h4
Nb5 42. h5 Nc3 43. Rc2 Nd5 44. g6+ Kg8 45. Bg5 Rf3 46. h6 Nf4+
47. Bxf4 Rxf4 48. Rc8 Rxc8 49. Rxc8+ Rf8 50. Rc7 Rf6 51. Rc8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.21"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6
7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 cxd3 11. Bxd3 bxa4
12. Qxa4 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nbd2 Rfb8 16. Qa5 Bd8
17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.22"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3
17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 h6 20. Kg2 Qxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Rac8
22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Nc7 25. Rb6 Bf5 26. Bc2
Be6 27. Be4 Nd5 28. Ra6 b4 29. c4 Nf6 30. Bf3 Bxc4 31. Rxc6
Rxc6 32. Bxc6 Kf8 33. Nc2 Nd5 34. Kf3 g6 35. Ne3 Nxe3 36. Bxe3
g5 37. Ke4 Ke7 38. Kd4 Be2 39. Bb7 f6 40. f4 gxf4 41. Bxf4
Bxf4 42. gxf4 Kd6 43. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.22"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 O-O 9. d3 Re8 10. O-O Bf8 11. Bb2 a5
12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6
17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Ba1 Qc7 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qc4 Qc8 21. Bd5 Be6
22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Nb5 e4 24. dxe4 Rh6 25. f4 b6 26. Qc3 Qe6
27. e5 Bc5+ 28. e3 Ne7 29. Nd4 Qh3 30. Rf2 Rg6 31. Qd3 h5
32. Qf1 Qc8 33. f5 Rg4 34. f6 Ng6 35. e6 fxe6 36. fxg7 Qd7
37. Rf6 h4 38. Nxe6 Bxe3+ 39. Kg2 Bc5 40. Nxd8 h3+ 41. Kh1
Qxd8 42. Rd1 Qe8 43. Qxh3 Re4 44. Rf8+ Bxf8 45. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.22"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Christov Kleijn"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Rd1 Qe7 13. f4 a5 14. e4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Rfd8 16. e5 Nfd5
17. Ne4 c5 18. Qg4 cxd4 19. Ng5 Nd7 20. Rd3 Ne3 21. Qh4 Nf8
22. Kh1 Nf5 23. Qg4 Rac8 24. h4 Nh7 25. Nxh7 Kxh7 26. Rh3 d3
27. h5 Nh6 28. hxg6+ fxg6 29. Be3 Rc6 30. Rd1 Qf7 31. Qf3 Kg8
32. g4 d2 33. Kg2 Rd3 34. Ba2 Rc1 35. Qe2 Rxd1 36. Qxd3 Re1
37. Bb3 Nxg4 38. Bxd2 Nh6 39. Bxe1 Bxe1 40. Qd6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.22"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Quinten Ducarmon"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. d4 Nd7 6. h3 Bh5
7. c4 Ngf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Nh4 Bg6
12. Nc3 Kf8 13. Nxg6+ hxg6 14. Qd3 Re8 15. h4 Bd6 16. Re1 Rh5
17. Bg5 Nh7 18. Bd2 Nhf6 19. Bf3 Rh8 20. Rab1 Kg8 21. b4 Qc7
22. Kg2 Nb6 23. b5 Nc4 24. Bg5 Nh7 25. Bc1 Nf6 26. e4 dxe4
27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 c5 30. dxc5 Bxc5 31. Bg5
Nd6 32. Qd5 Kh7 33. h5 gxh5 34. Rh1 g6 35. Bf6 Nf5 36. Rxh5+
gxh5 37. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.22"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ilias van der Lende"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nc3 Ne6
12. Be3 a6 13. Bxb6 axb5 14. O-O g6 15. Rfd1 Bg7 16. Nd4 b4
17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Nb5 O-O 19. Bc5 Bxe5 20. Bxe7 Rfc8 21. Bxb4
Bxb2 22. Rab1 Rxa2 23. Nd6 Rb8 24. Ne4 Bf5 25. Rxb2 Rxb2
26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Bc3 Rc2 28. Be5 Rbc8 29. g4 Be6 30. Nd7+ f6
31. Bxf6+ Kg8 32. Bg5 Bxd7 33. Rxd7 R2c7 34. Rd6 Rf7 35. Be3
Kf8 36. Kg2 Ke8 37. h4 Rc4 38. Kg3 Rd7 39. Rb6 Kd8 40. h5 gxh5
41. gxh5 Kc7 42. Rb5 Rg7+ 43. Kf3 Rf7+ 44. Kg3 Re4 45. Kg2
Rg4+ 46. Kf1 Kc6 47. Rb6+ Kd5 48. h6 Rc4 49. Ke2 Rc6 50. Rb5+
Kc4 51. Rb2 b5 52. Rc2+ Kd5 53. Rd2+ Ke6 54. Rb2 Rb7 55. Bd4
b4 56. Kd3 b3 57. Re2+ Kf5 58. Bb2 Rd6+ 59. Kc4 Rxh6 60. Re5+
Kg4 61. Re3 Rc6+ 62. Kd5 Rc2 63. Rg3+ Kh5 64. Rh3+ Kg4
65. Rg3+ Kh4 66. Bf6+ Kh5 67. f4 b2 68. Ke4 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Nb6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Ne4 Bf8 11. d3 f5
12. Ned2 e4 13. Ne1 e3 14. fxe3 Rxe3 15. Nc2 Re8 16. Nf3 Nd5
17. e4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Ndb4 19. Nxb4 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Nxb4 21. Rd2
Nxa2 22. Be5 Bg4 23. Bxc7 Nc3 24. e5 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Rac8 26. Bd6
Ne4 27. Ra2 Nxd6 28. exd6 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "42"]

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 Ne7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3
Ng6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 Be7 14. Be3 h5 15. Rd2 Rd8 16. Re1 Bc8
17. Ne4 a6 18. Red1 Nh4 19. Bf2 Ng6 20. Be3 Nh4 21. Bf2 Ng6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "191"]

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 Re8 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4
12. Rb1 Bf8 13. Nd2 a4 14. e3 Ne6 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5
17. d4 Re8 18. dxc5 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxc5 20. Bb2 Nc4 21. Nd5
Nxb2 22. Rxb2 Bxa3 23. Rc2 Be6 24. Nxc7 Bb3 25. Ra1 Bxc2
26. Rxa3 Bb3 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Bc6 Kf8 30. b6
Rxb6 31. Bxa4 Bxa4 32. Rxa4 h5 33. Kg2 g6 34. Ra2 Kg7 35. e4
Rb4 36. Kf3 Rb3+ 37. Kg2 Rb4 38. Re2 Kf6 39. Kh3 Kg5 40. f4+
Kf6 41. Kh4 Ra4 42. Kh3 Rb4 43. Kg2 Ra4 44. h3 Ra3 45. h4 Ra4
46. Kf3 Ra3+ 47. Re3 Ra1 48. Rb3 Kg7 49. Ke3 Ra4 50. Rd3 Rb4
51. Kf3 Rb1 52. e5 Kf8 53. Ra3 Ke7 54. Ke3 Re1+ 55. Kf2 Re4
56. Ra6 Kf8 57. Ra3 Ke7 58. Ra7+ Kf8 59. Ra6 Kg7 60. Rd6 Ra4
61. f5 gxf5 62. Rf6 Ra2+ 63. Kf3 Ra3+ 64. Kf4 Ra4+ 65. Kg5
Rg4+ 66. Kxh5 Rxg3 67. Rxf5 Re3 68. Rg5+ Kh7 69. Kg4 Re1
70. Rf5 Kg7 71. h5 Rg1+ 72. Kf4 Rf1+ 73. Ke4 Re1+ 74. Kd5 Rd1+
75. Kc5 Ra1 76. Rf6 Rh1 77. Rf5 Ra1 78. h6+ Kxh6 79. Rxf7 Kg6
80. Rf6+ Kg7 81. Kd5 Ra5+ 82. Ke4 Ra4+ 83. Kf5 Ra7 84. Rg6+
Kf8 85. Rh6 Kg7 86. Rf6 Rb7 87. Rc6 Kf7 88. Ra6 Kf8 89. Rf6+
Kg7 90. Rg6+ Kf8 91. Ra6 Kf7 92. Rh6 Kg7 93. Rh3 Rb6 94. Rd3
Kf7 95. Rd6 Rb7 96. Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Sharjah"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2017.02.27"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1
12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Nd2 g6 15. Nf3 Ng7 16. Qe3 c6
17. Re1 Be6 18. Ne5 Qa5 19. a3 Re8 20. Nd3 Qd8 21. Qd2 Bf5
22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qe3 Qxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO Chess League (Knock-Out)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.08"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ravi Haria"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Na6 6. Bc2 Nc5
7. e5 d6 8. d4 Nd7 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. O-O Ngf6 11. Re1 O-O
12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Rad1 Nf8 15. Ne5 N6d7 16. Nxd7
Qxd7 17. Ba4 c6 18. Be3 Rad8 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 b5 21. Bb3
b4 22. Ne2 cxd5 23. Nf4 d4 24. Qxd4 Qg4 25. Qxa7 Rxd1 26. Bxd1
Qd7 27. Ba4 Bc6 28. Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Bxd7 Nxd7 30. Bd2 Kf8
31. Nd5 b3 32. Nxe7 bxa2 33. Bb4 Ne5 34. Ng6+ Kg8 35. Nxe5
Rxe5 36. Ra1 1-0

[Event "PRO Chess League (Knock-Out)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.08"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5
cxd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qe2+ Ne7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Nbc6 11. Rd1
Re8 12. h3 a6 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Qd3 Nfe7 16. Re1
h6 17. Bd2 Nb4 18. Qb1 Qd7 19. a3 Nbc6 20. b4 Rad8 21. Qd3 Bb8
22. Rab1 b5 23. a4 Na7 24. axb5 Nxb5 25. Ra1 Nc7 26. Ne5 Qd6
27. Nf3 Ng6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. b5 axb5 30. Nxb5 Nxb5 31. Qxb5
Rd8 32. g3 Kh7 33. Kg2 Qe6 34. Re1 Qf5 35. Qb1 Qf6 36. h4 Kh8
37. Bb4 Rc8 38. h5 Nf8 39. Be7 Qc6 40. Qf5 Kg8 41. Bxf8 Rxf8
42. Re7 Bd6 43. Rd7 Qc8 44. g4 Qc6 45. g5 Qc8 46. g6 Be7
47. Qxd5 Bf6 48. Ne5 Bxe5 49. dxe5 Kh8 50. gxf7 Qc2 51. e6 Qe2
52. Qf5 1-0

[Event "PRO Chess League (Knock-Out)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.08"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marcus R Harvey"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7
7. d4 e6 8. c4 d6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. dxc5
Nxc5 13. Qb1 Rfd8 14. Qa1 Rac8 15. Rc1 e5 16. Rfd1 Nce4
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Ng4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Ng5
Ngxf2 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Qc1 Qxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Nc3
26. Bc4 Nxa2 27. Ba3 Bf8 28. b4 Nc3 29. b5 f5 30. Kf1 Kf7
31. Ke1 Ne4 32. Bd3 Nf6 33. Bc4 g5 34. Ke2 g4 35. Bb4 h5
36. Be1 Be7 37. h3 Kg6 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Bh4 Ng8 40. Bg3 Bg5
41. Be1 Nf6 42. Bb4 Ne8 43. Bd3 e4 44. Bc4 Bf6 45. Be1 Be5
46. Bh4 Kf7 47. Kf2 Bf6 48. Bg3 Ke7 49. Bf4 Ng7 50. g3 Ne8
51. Bh6 Kf7 52. Bf4 Kg6 53. Ke2 Bg5 54. Bb3 Bxf4 55. exf4 Kf6
56. Ke3 Ke7 57. Bc4 Kd7 58. Be2 Kc7 59. Bxg4 fxg4 60. Kxe4
Nf6+ 61. Kf5 Nxd5 62. Kxg4 Kd7 63. Kg5 Ke6 64. g4 Kf7 65. f5
Kg7 0-1

[Event "PRO Chess League (Knock-Out)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.08"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Romain Edouard"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7
7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 dxc4
12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxc4 Bf5 14. Re1 Kf8 15. h3 Rac8 16. Ba2 Bc5
17. Bb1 Bxb1 18. Rxb1 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Bb4 Bxb4
22. axb4 Rd4 23. Nc5 Rxb4 24. Rbc1 g6 25. Nxb7 Rxb2 26. Nc5 a5
27. Re5 Kg8 28. Rce1 Rb5 29. Nb7 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 a4 31. Ra5 Ra8
32. Rxa8+ Nxa8 33. Nc5 a3 34. Kf1 a2 35. Nb3 Nb6 36. Ke2 Na4
37. Na1 Kg7 38. Kd3 Kf6 39. Kc4 Ke5 40. Kb3 Nc5+ 41. Kxa2 Nd3
42. Kb3 Nxf2 43. Kc3 Kf4 44. Nc2 Kg3 45. Ne1 Nh1 46. Kd4 Kf2
47. Nf3 f6 48. Nd2 Ng3 0-1

[Event "PRO Chess League (Knock-Out)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.15"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3
7. bxc3 c5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Re1 Bf5 11. d5 Na5 12. c4
a6 13. Qc1 Be4 14. Bh3 b5 15. Nd2 b4 16. Nc2 Re8 17. Ne3 Bh6
18. f4 Nb7 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. Nf2 Nd6 21. g4 e6 22. dxe6 Bc6
23. e4 Rxe6 24. e5 Nd7 25. Qc2 Nb7 26. g5 Rxe5 27. fxe5 Qxg5+
28. Kf1 Nxe5 29. Rad1 Qf4 30. Qb3 Qxh2 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. Nf3
Bxf3 33. Qxf3 Bg3 34. Bg2 Rb8 35. Re7 1-0

[Event "PRO Chess League (Knock-Out)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.15"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 Nxg4 6. Rg1
exd4 7. Nxd4 Ngf6 8. Be3 Ne5 9. Be2 h5 10. Qd2 Nfg4 11. Bf4 c5
12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qe7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Rg3
Nxf2 17. Ra3 Kb8 18. Qa5 Nc6 19. Qxc5 Nxd1 20. Bb5 Qxf5
21. Qc4 Rc8 22. Kxd1 g5 23. Be3 Qf3+ 24. Kd2 Qg2+ 25. Kc1 Nd4
26. Bxd4 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 Bh6 28. Bxa7+ Kc8 29. Be3 Kb8 30. Ba7+
Kc8 31. Be3 Kd7 32. Nf6+ Kc7 33. Nd5+ Kd7 34. Nf6+ Kc7
35. Nd5+ Kc6 36. Rb3 g4 37. Rb6+ Kd7 38. Rxb7+ Kc8 39. Rc7+
Kb8 40. Bxh6 Rxh6 41. Rxf7 Rh8 42. b3 h4 43. Nb4 Rc8 44. Na6+
Ka8 45. Kb2 Rxc4 46. bxc4 Qxh2 0-1

[Event "PRO Chess League (Knock-Out)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.15"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgenij Romanovich Agrest"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qd3 Bd6
12. a4 Qe7 13. a5 a6 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Qf3 h6 16. g3 O-O 17. c3
Rd7 18. Kg2 Rfd8 19. Re1 Bc7 20. b4 Re8 21. Bd3 Qd8 22. Bc2
Bb8 23. Re2 Nd5 24. Bd2 Nf6 25. Rae1 Rf8 26. Bc1 Bc7 27. h4
Bb8 28. Rh1 Nd5 29. Qd3 Nf6 30. g4 e5 31. g5 e4 32. Qh3 Nd5
33. Rxe4 h5 34. Rhe1 Re7 35. Rxe7 Nxe7 36. f4 Nd5 37. Qf3 g6
38. Bd2 Qd6 39. Re4 Ne7 40. Re2 Nd5 41. f5 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Qxh4
43. Bb3 gxf5 44. Bxd5 cxd5 45. Qxd5 Bg3 46. g6 Qh3+ 47. Qg2
Qg4 48. Qxb7 f4 49. gxf7+ Rxf7 50. Qd5 Qh3+ 51. Kg1 f3
52. Re8+ Kg7 53. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "PRO Chess League (Knock-Out)"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.15"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milton Pantzar"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 a6 9. a4 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 Nh7 12. Be3
f5 13. Qc2 f4 14. Bf2 Be5 15. Nd2 a5 16. Ndb1 Na6 17. Na3 Nb4
18. Qd2 Qg5 19. Rg1 Nf6 20. O-O-O Nh5 21. Kb1 Qf6 22. Nab5
exd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5+ Be6 25. Qd2 Rf7 26. Qc2 Rd7
27. Rd3 b6 28. Rgd1 Rad8 29. Bf1 g5 30. h3 Qf7 31. b3 Ng3
32. Ka2 Nh5 33. R1d2 Nf6 34. Qd1 Qe7 35. Qc2 Kg7 36. Rd1 Kh6
37. Be1 Ng8 38. Bc3 Qf6 39. Qd2 Ne7 40. Qb2 Nc6 41. Ka3 Qe7
42. R3d2 Kg6 43. Rd3 Kf7 44. R3d2 Ke8 45. Rd3 Qf6 46. Nxd6+
Ke7 47. Nb5 Rxd3 48. Rxd3 Bxc3 49. Qxc3 Rxd3 50. Qxf6+ Kxf6
51. Bxd3 Nb4 52. Bb1 Bxh3 53. gxh3 g4 54. fxg4 f3 55. Nc3 f2
0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6
7. Ne2 Nc6 8. c3 b5 9. a3 c4 10. g4 h5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. f5
exf5 13. Nf4 Rh8 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. Rg1 Ra7 16. h4 Na8 17. e6
Bxe6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rg6 Nc7 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Qh2 Bxf4
22. Qxf4 Kd7 23. Rxg7+ Kc8 24. O-O-O Qf6 25. Qg5 Qxg5+
26. hxg5 Ne8 27. Rg6 Re7 28. Re1 Kd7 29. Rh6 Rg8 30. Bh3 Nd6
31. Rg1 Ne4 32. Kd1 Reg7 33. Rh5 Nd8 34. Ke2 Nf7 35. g6 Rxg6
36. Rxf5 Rxg1 37. Rxf7+ Ke8 38. Ra7 Rb1 39. Bxe6 Rxb2+ 40. Ke3
Rg3 41. Bxd5 Nxc3 42. Bc6+ Kf8 43. d5 Rg4 0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Matthias Bluebaum"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nbd7
7. c4 c6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Nh4 Bg6
12. Nc3 Qd8 13. b4 b5 14. a4 a5 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. bxa5 b4
17. Na2 O-O 18. Bd2 Re8 19. Qb3 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxb4 Nce4
22. Qd4 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Qxa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. e3 Ne4 26. Nc1
Rea8 27. Ne2 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Rd1 Bf6 30. Rxd5 Ra1+
31. Bf1 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ra2 33. Rb5 Rb2 34. Ra5 g5 35. Ra4 Nc5
36. Ra8+ Ke7 37. Ra7+ Kf8 38. Nc1 Ne4 39. Nd3 Rd2 40. Kf3 Nd6
41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. e4 Bd4 43. Ra4 Bb6 44. e5 Nc8 45. Rg4 f6
46. h4 fxe5 47. Rxg5 Kf6 48. Kg4 Ne7 49. Nxe5 Bxf2 50. Kh3 Bd4
51. Nf3 Rf2 52. Bg2 Be3 53. Ra5 Rb2 54. g4 Ng6 55. Ra6+ Kf7
56. Bf1 Rb4 57. h5 Nf4+ 58. Kg3 Ne6 59. Bd3 Bf4+ 60. Kh4 Nc7
61. Rc6 Ke7 62. Bf5 Bd6 63. Kg5 Nd5 64. Ra6 Nc7 65. Rc6 Nd5
66. Nh4 Rb6 67. Ng6+ Kf7 68. Be4 Rb5 69. Rxd6 Nf6+ 70. Kf4 Rb4
71. Kf5 Nxe4 72. Rd7+ Ke8 73. Re7+ Kd8 74. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3
7. dxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. gxf3 Kc7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 Rd8
12. h4 g6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 h5 15. Be5+ Bd6 16. Bf6 Re8
17. f3 a5 18. a4 Be7 19. Bc3 Be6 20. O-O-O b6 21. Be2 Red8
22. Rdg1 b5 23. Kc2 b4 24. Be5+ Kb7 25. Bf4 Rd7 26. e5 Bf8
27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bg7 29. Bd3 Rd8 30. Bg5 Rd7 31. f4 Bg4
32. Be2 Bf5+ 33. Kc1 Kc7 34. Bf3 Bf8 35. e4 Bh3 36. f5 gxf5
37. Bxh5 fxe4 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. Bxf7 Bg7 40. e6+ Bxe6
41. Bxe6+ Kxe6 42. Kd2 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d5 6.Nbd2 dxe4
7.dxe4 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nxe5 Ba6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nxc6
Qd6 13.Nd4 Bxd4 14.cxd4 Qxd4 15.Nb3 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 a4 17.Nc5
Nxe4 18.Nxa6 Rxa6 19.Be3 h5 20.Rac1 c6 21.Kf1 Nf6 22.Bc5 Nd5
23.Rc4 Nc7 24.a3 Rb8 25.Rd2 Nd5 26.Ke1 f6 27.Kd1 Kf7 28.Kc2
Rb5 29.Kb1 g6 30.Ka2 Ke6 31.f3 Rb8 32.Re4+ Kf7 33.Rdd4 Rba8
34.Rc4 Ra5 35.Bf2 R5a6 36.Bc5 Ra5 37.g3 R5a6 38.h4 Ra5 39.Bf2
R5a6 40.Kb1 Rb8 41.Ka2 Rba8 42.g4 hxg4 43.fxg4 Re8 44.Rxe8
Kxe8 45.h5 Kf7 46.Be1 gxh5 47.gxh5 f5 48.Bd2 Nf6 49.Rc5 Ne4
50.Rxf5+ Ke6 51.Ra5 Rxa5 52.Bxa5 Kf6 53.b3 Kg5 54.Bb4 Kxh5
55.bxa4 Nf6 56.a5 Nd5 57.a6 Nc7 58.a7 Kg6 59.Ba5 Na8 60.Kb3
Kf7 61.Kc4 Ke7 62.Kc5 Kd7 63.Bb6 Kc8 64.Kxc6 Nc7 65.Bg1 Na8
66.Bh2 Nc7 67.Kb6 Na8+ 68.Ka6 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7
12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Rh3 Nxf2
17. Qxf2 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. f5 Nxe5 20. fxe6 O-O 21. Qg1
Rae8 22. g5 h5 23. Be2 g6 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Nb3 Nc4 26. Rf3
Qg7 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Rc8 30. Bd3 Nxb2
31. Rxb4 Nxd3+ 32. cxd3 Rxc3+ 33. Kd2 Rc7 34. Ke3 Bc8 35. Kd4
Kf7 36. Nc5 Ra7 37. Kxd5 a5 38. Rf4+ Bf5 39. Kc6 Ke7 40. Rd4
a4 41. Kb6 Ra8 42. Nxa4 Bxd3 43. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 Bc5 13. Rad1 e5 14. Nb3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Bb6 16. Rfe1
h6 17. Bh4 Be6 18. Bg3 Rac8 19. Bxe5 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rc2 21. Rf1
Rd8 22. Bxb7 Ng4 23. Bg3 Rxb2 24. Bf3 f5 25. h3 f4 26. Bh4 Nf6
27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rde1 Rxd3 29. Re4 Rd4 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Rfe1
Rd7 32. R8e2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1 35. g3 Rxf2+
36. Rxf2 Bxf2 37. gxf4 Bb6 38. Be4 Bc7 39. Kg3 Bd6 40. Kf3 Bc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.Qd3 Nbd7 10.Nd5 O-O 11.O-O Bxd5 12.exd5 Ne8
13.a4 Bg5 14.a5 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 Nef6 16.c4 Rb8 17.Rfb1 Qc7 18.Nd2
b6 19.Nb3 Nc5 20.axb6 Rxb6 21.Nxc5 dxc5 22.b4 Rfb8 23.Rd1 Rxb4
24.Rxa6 Rb3 25.Qg5 h6 26.Qf5 Qc8 27.Qxc8+ Rxc8 28.Rc6 Rbb8
29.Bd3 e4 30.Bc2 Rxc6 31.dxc6 Rc8 32.Ba4 Kf8 33.Bb5 Ke7 34.Ra1
Ng4 35.Ra7+ Ke6 36.f3 exf3 37.gxf3 Ne5 38.f4 Nf3+ 39.Kf2 Nd4
40.Ke3 g6 41.Ke4 Nxc6 42.Ra6 f5+ 43.Kf3 Kd6 44.h4 h5 45.Ke3
Rc7 46.Kd2 Rc8 47.Kc3 Rc7 48.Kb3 Rc8 49.Ka4 Rc7 50.Rb6 Rc8
51.Ba6 Rb8 52.Bb7 Ke7 53.Rxc6 Rxb7 54.Rxc5 Rb1 55.Rd5 Rh1
56.c5 Rxh4 57.c6 Rxf4+ 58.Kb3 Rf1 59.Kb2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "14.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Markus Ragger"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Nbd2 a5
7. b3 a4 8. Ba3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nc4 f5 12. e3
Nc6 13. f4 b5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. fxe5 b4 16. Bb2 e6 17. Qd2 Ba6
18. Rfd1 Qd5 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. c4 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Bb5 22. Qe1
Qd7 23. d5 exd5 24. Rc5 Rab8 25. Qc3 Qe6 26. Bf1 Na7 27. Rcxd5
Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxf1 29. Qxc7 Rc8 30. Qxa7 f4 31. Qd4 Bd3
32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ Kf7 34. exf4 Qg4 35. Qd5+ Ke8 36. Qg8+
Kd7 37. e6+ Qxe6 38. Qxh7+ Kc6 39. Be5 axb3 40. a4 e3 41. Qc7+
Kd5 42. Qd8+ Ke4 43. Qd4+ Kf3 44. Qxd3 Qc8 45. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2016/17"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2017.05.01"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[Round "15.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Patrick Zelbel"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 d6
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nf3 Qe6+ 9. Kf1 Nc6 10. a4 Qd5 11. d4 cxd3
12. Qxd3 g6 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Na3 Bg7 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Rd1 Rd8
17. Nb5 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3+ 19. Kxf3 e6 20. Bb3 a6 21. Na3 Rac8
22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Nc4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ne3 h6 26. Nxd5 hxg5
27. Nb6 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rc7 29. Ke2 Ne5 30. Rd8+ Bf8 31. g3 Rb7
32. Nc8 Nc6 33. Rd2 Na5 34. Ba2 b4 35. cxb4 Bxb4 36. Rd8+ Kg7
37. Nd6 Bxd6 38. Rxd6 Rxb2+ 39. Rd2 Rb4 40. Ke3 Nc6 41. Rc2
Nd4 42. Rd2 Nf5+ 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Rd7 Nd4+ 45. Ke3 Nc6 46. Rc7
Na5 47. Rc5 Ra4 48. Rc2 Ke7 49. Kf3 Kd6 50. Rd2+ Kc7 51. Bb1
Nb3 52. Ra2 Rc4 53. Ra7+ Kd6 54. Ba2 Nd4+ 55. Ke4 Nc6+
56. Bxc4 Nxa7 57. Be2 Nc6 58. Bb5 e5 59. Bc4 f5+ 60. Ke3 e4
61. Be2 Ke5 62. f4+ gxf4+ 63. gxf4+ Kd6 64. Bc4 Nb4 65. Kf2
Nd5 66. Kg3 Kc5 67. Bb3 Kd4 68. Ba2 e3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.12"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Bg6 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Qg5
17. Na3 a5 18. Rae1 a4 19. Bd1 Bf4 20. h4 Qf6 21. Re7 Bd2
22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. R1e2 Bc1 24. Rc2 Bh6 25. Be2 Rfe8 26. Rxe8+
Rxe8 27. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3
7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qxf3 d5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Qf4 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Bd7
12. O-O Be7 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. b3
Rhc8 17. Ba3 c4 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Rfc1 a5 20. Kf1 cxb3
21. axb3 Rc5 22. Ne2 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Rb5 24. Ne2 Rxb3 25. Nd4
Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.14"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d5 9. exd5 Na5 10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b5
12. Nxb5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd4 Rb8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Na3
Nb4 17. O-O-O Nxa2+ 18. Kb1 Nb4 19. Rhe1 Re8 20. Rd2 Bb7
21. c3 Nd5 22. Kc2 Rec8 23. Rd4 Ba8 24. Nc4 Rc7 25. g3 f6
26. f4 Kf7 27. Nbd2 Rd8 28. Kc1 Rdc8 29. g4 Nb6 30. Nxb6 axb6
31. Rb4 Rb8 32. Kc2 Bc6 33. Nb3 Bd7 34. g5 b5 35. Nd4 Rc5
36. h4 Ra8 37. Nb3 Rc4 38. Rxc4 bxc4 39. Nd4 h6 40. gxf6 exf6
41. b4 cxb3+ 42. Kxb3 Ra5 43. Kc4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.15"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "132"]

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. Bc1 Nf6 11. Bd3 e5
12. Nde2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng3 Nbd7 15. a4 Nc5 16. Be2 Be6
17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Re1 Qd7 19. a5 Rfd8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Re8
22. c4 Bd8 23. Be3 e4 24. Be2 h5 25. b4 Nd3 26. Bxd3 exd3
27. Qxd3 h4 28. Nf1 h3 29. Bd4 hxg2 30. Ng3 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qh3
32. Qf3 Kf8 33. c5 dxc5 34. Bxc5+ Kg8 35. Qf5 Qxf5 36. Nxf5 g6
37. Nd6 Rc7 38. Ne8 Rd7 39. Nxf6+ Bxf6 40. Re8+ Kg7 41. Bf8+
Kh7 42. d6 Bg7 43. Re7 Rd8 44. Bxg7 Kxg7 45. Rxb7 Rxd6
46. Kxg2 Rd4 47. Kf3 g5 48. Ke3 Rf4 49. Rb6 f5 50. Rxa6 Rxb4
51. Ra7+ Kg6 52. a6 Ra4 53. Ra8 g4 54. f4 gxf3 55. Kxf3 Kg7
56. Kg3 Rg4+ 57. Kf3 Ra4 58. h3 Kh7 59. Kg3 Kg7 60. h4 Rg4+
61. Kh3 Ra4 62. h5 Kh7 63. Kg3 Kg7 64. Kf3 Kh7 65. Ke3 Kg7
66. Kd3 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "A R Saleh Salem"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4
Qd5 7. Qh4 Qe6+ 8. Be2 Qg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bf5 11. b3 a5
12. Bb2 h6 13. O-O-O a4 14. Nd4 Bc8 15. Rde1 axb3 16. axb3 Nd7
17. Nf5 Nf6 18. g4 Be6 19. f4 Rg8 20. Ne3 g6 21. f5 gxf5
22. gxf5 Bd7 23. Bf3 Kd8 24. Bd4 Bg7 25. Kb2 Ne8 26. Bxg7 Nxg7
27. f6 exf6 28. Rxh6 Ne8 29. d4 Kc7 30. d5 Rg5 31. Rd1 Ra6
32. b4 Nd6 33. Rxf6 cxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Bxd5 Nc4+ 36. Bxc4
1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. e3 a6 11. Qc2 Bg4
12. Ne4 f5 13. Nc5 e4 14. Ne1 Be2 15. d3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Bxc5
17. bxc5 Nd7 18. dxe4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Qe7 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bg6
Rf8 22. Rb1 Nxc5 23. Ng2 Rad8 24. Nf4 Ne6 25. Rxb7 Ne5 26. Bb2
Nf3 27. Bh5 Nxf4 28. gxf4 Rd2 29. Qc3 Nxh2+ 30. Kg1 Rxf4
31. Qxg7+ Qxg7+ 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. exf4 Kh6 34. Kxh2 Kxh5
35. Rxc7 Kg4 36. Kg2 Rd3 37. f3+ Kh5 38. a4 Rd4 39. Rc5+ Kh4
40. Kf2 Rxa4 41. Ke3 a5 42. Rg5 Ra3+ 43. Ke4 Ra4+ 44. Ke5 Rb4
45. Rg4+ Kh5 46. f5 Rb5+ 47. Ke6 Rb6+ 48. Ke7 Rb7+ 49. Ke6
Rb6+ 50. Kf7 Rb7+ 51. Kg8 Rb8+ 52. Kg7 Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "37"]

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. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 h5 15. Nb6 Ra6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bc4 Ra8 19. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "201"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Be2 Nd7 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qc2 O-O
12. Rfb1 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. Bg3 Bc6 15. e4 Qd7 16. Rxb6 cxb6
17. d5 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 b5 19. Ra2 b4 20. cxb4 axb4 21. Bxc4 Ra3
22. Rxa3 bxa3 23. Qa2 Qa4 24. h4 Qd1+ 25. Kh2 Qa1 26. e5 Qxa2
27. Bxa2 Rc8 28. d6 exd6 29. exd6 Bf6 30. Ng5 Rc2 31. Bxf7+
Kg7 32. Bb3 a2 33. Ne6+ Kh8 34. Bxa2 Rxa2 35. d7 Rd2 36. Nc5
Be7 37. Nxb7 Rxd7 38. Na5 Rd5 39. Nc4 Kg8 40. Ne3 Rd4 41. Kh3
h5 42. f3 Kf7 43. Bf2 Rd2 44. Bg3 Ke6 45. Bf4 Rd3 46. Nf1 Rd1
47. Ng3 Rb1 48. Bc7 Bf6 49. Bf4 Bd8 50. Be3 Bc7 51. Bg5 Kd5
52. Bf6 Kc4 53. Bg5 Kd3 54. Bh6 Be5 55. Bf8 Ra1 56. Be7 Ra6
57. Bf8 Rc6 58. Bh6 Bxg3 59. Kxg3 Ke2 60. Kf4 Kf2 61. g4 Rc4+
62. Kg5 Kxf3 63. gxh5 Rg4+ 64. Kf6 gxh5 65. Bg5 Re4 66. Kf5
Re8 67. Bf6 Rf8 68. Ke5 Kg4 69. Bg5 Re8+ 70. Kd4 Kf3 71. Kd3
Re4 72. Bf6 Re6 73. Bg5 Rd6+ 74. Kc3 Ke4 75. Kc2 Rd3 76. Bh6
Kd4 77. Bg5 Rf3 78. Kd2 Rf2+ 79. Ke1 Ra2 80. Bf6+ Kd3 81. Bg5
Re2+ 82. Kf1 Re5 83. Kf2 Rf5+ 84. Ke1 Rf7 85. Bh6 Re7+ 86. Kf2
Re2+ 87. Kf1 Rh2 88. Bg5 Ke4 89. Ke1 Kf3 90. Kd1 Re2 91. Bh6
Kf2 92. Bg5 Re5 93. Kd2 Rd5+ 94. Kc3 Ke2 95. Kc4 Rd3 96. Bh6
Ra3 97. Bg5 Kf3 98. Kd4 Kg4 99. Ke4 Rh3 100. Bf6 Rh1 101. Bg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. O-O Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfb1 Rfb8 16. Bxe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5
7. c3 a4 8. Qc2 c5 9. e4 Nc6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Nf1 Qb6 12. Bf4 b4
13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne3 a3 16. cxb4 Qxb4 17. exd5
axb2 18. dxc6 bxa1=Q 19. Rxa1 Qd4 20. Rb1 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6
22. Rb5 Rfc8 23. Nc4 Qd4 24. Nb6 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Nxa8 h5
27. c7 Qe5 28. Qxc5 h4 29. Qxd5 Qe8 30. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nde2
Nf6 7. g3 b5 8. Bg2 Rb8 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 a5 11. a3 d6 12. Be3
Nd7 13. Rb1 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Nd5 Ba6 16. Re1 e6 17. Ndf4
Qc7 18. Qd2 Nce5 19. b3 Rfc8 20. Rbc1 Nc5 21. Nd4 Qb7 22. f3
Ned7 23. Nde2 Rc6 24. Bf2 Rbc8 25. h4 Ne5 26. Nd4 R6c7
27. Red1 Rd7 28. Qe1 h5 29. Rd2 Nc6 30. Nde2 Rcd8 31. Rcd1 Na7
32. Bh3 Nb5 33. Bxc5 dxc5 34. Nxe6 Rxd2 35. Nxd8 Rxd1 36. Qxd1
Qc7 37. Qd5 Nd6 38. Nxf7 Nxf7 39. Nf4 Bb7 40. Qe6 Qd6 41. Qe8+
Qf8 42. Qd7 Ne5 43. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 44. Kg2 Nxh4+ 45. Kf2 Be5
46. Be6+ Kh8 47. Bf7 Bxf4 48. gxf4 Qd8 49. Bd5 Qf8 50. Kg3 g5
51. f5 Qd6+ 52. Kh3 Qd8 53. Qf7 g4+ 54. Kg3 Nf3 55. Qxh5+ Kg7
56. Qg6+ Kf8 57. Qg8+ Ke7 58. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. O-O Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 e5 11. Nb5 a6
12. Rd1 Qa5 13. N5c3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qc6
17. Qa3 Bg4 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. f3 Be6 20. Nc3 f5 21. Rd6 Qc7
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Rad1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 f6 26. Qd3 f4
27. Qf5 Ke7 28. h4 Qc8 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. h5 Ke6 31. c4 b6 32. b4
Qc6 33. Qe4 Qc7 34. c5 bxc5 35. Rxc5 Qd7 36. Qc4+ Kf5 37. Qc2+
Kg5 38. Rc7 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Qxb4 40. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 e6 8. Qc2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Rfd1 c5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Re8
17. d6 Qc6 18. Bc4 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Bb5 Nf6 21. d7 Rd8
22. Rd6 Re6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Ne5 h6 25. Be3 a6 26. Bc4 Nd5
27. Nxg6 Rxd7 28. Nf4 Kf7 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Be2 d4 31. Bd2 d3
32. Bh5+ Kf8 33. Re1 Re7 34. Rd1 Re5 35. Bg4 h5 36. Bh3 c4
37. g3 Bf3 38. Rc1 b5 39. Bf1 Kf7 40. b3 Re4 41. bxc4 bxc4
42. Ba5 Bh6 43. Rb1 d2 44. Bg2 Bxg2 45. Kxg2 Rd4 46. Rd1 Rd3
47. f4 c3 48. Bxc3 Rxc3 49. Rxd2 Bf8 50. Kh3 Be7 51. Rd5 h4
52. Ra5 hxg3 53. hxg3 Ra3 54. Rxa3 Bxa3 55. g4 Bd6 56. Kg3 Ke6
57. Kf3 a5 58. Ke4 Bc7 59. g5 Bd8 60. a4 Be7 61. f5+ Kf7
62. f6 Bxf6 63. gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Be2 Be7
7. Nc4 e4 8. d4 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 a5 12. Qc2
Bb4+ 13. Bc3 Be6 14. c5 Kh8 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Ng4 17. h3
Nh6 18. Bd1 Nf5 19. g3 Qg5 20. Ne2 h5 21. h4 Qf6 22. Nf4 g6
23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nh6 25. Ra5 Bg4 26. O-O Bf3 27. Bxf3 exf3
28. Qd3 Qe7 29. Qxg6 fxg6 30. Nxg6+ Kg7 31. Nxe7 Rxa5 32. bxa5
Ra8 33. Nxc6 Ra6 34. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 e6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 Ne4 12. Nxe4
Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Rc1 axb4 18. axb4 Qe7 19. Nd4 Ra2 20. b5 Rfa8 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. Nc6 Qe6 23. Nb4 R2a3 24. Nd5 R8a7 25. f4 Bb2 26. Rb1
Bg7 27. f5 gxf5 28. Rxf5 Ra1 29. Rf1 Qe4 30. Rxa1 Rxa1 31. Qg4
Qxg4 32. hxg4 Ra7 33. g5 Be5 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Kf3 Kg6 36. Kg4
Ra4 37. Rc1 Ra2 38. Nxc7 Rxg2+ 39. Kf3 Rxg5 40. Nd5 h5
41. Nxb6 h4 42. Rh1 Rg3+ 43. Ke2 h3 44. Nd5 Rg2+ 45. Kf3 Rg3+
46. Ke4 Rg4+ 47. Nf4+ Kg5 48. Rxh3 Bxf4 49. exf4+ Rxf4+
50. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3
17. Nd2 Qf5 18. a4 h6 19. Bd4 Rfe8 20. Kg2 Qxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Bf5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Be5 Bc5 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Nxb5
Re8 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Nc7 Re7 29. Nxd5 Bc6 30. c4 Bd4 31. f4
f6 32. Kf1 Bxd5 33. Bxd4 Bxc4+ 34. Kf2 Rxe1 35. Kxe1 Kf7
36. Kd2 Ke6 37. Kc3 Kd5 38. b4 h5 39. Bc5 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. h3 d5 8. Qb3 e6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bc4 Bxf3
12. gxf3 Nd7 13. O-O c5 14. d5 e5 15. Bg3 Qf6 16. Kg2 Qd6
17. a4 a6 18. Qd3 f5 19. Rfe1 Nb8 20. f4 e4 21. Qe2 Nd7
22. Bxa6 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bc3 24. Red1 Nf6 25. Bb7 Rxa4 26. Qb5
Rb4 27. Qc6 Rd8 28. Bh4 Kf7 29. Rbc1 Bb2 30. Rc2 Qxc6 31. dxc6
Rxd1 32. c7 Ba1 33. c8=Q Rbb1 34. f3 Rg1+ 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. Qc7+
Kf8 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Bd5+ Nxd5 39. Qxd5+ Kg7 40. Qd7+ Kg8
41. fxe4 Rh2+ 42. Kf3 Rxc2 43. Qe6+ Kg7 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Qe7+
Kg8 46. Qe6+ Kg7 47. Qxf5 Rf1+ 48. Ke4 Rc4+ 49. Kd5 Rb4
50. Kc6 Rbb1 51. Qd7+ Kg6 52. Qe6+ Kg7 53. f5 c4 54. e4 c3
55. f6+ Kg6 56. Qg4+ Kf7 57. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6
7. c3 b5 8. a4 Bb7 9. Bc2 c4 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qe2
bxa4 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Be7 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Rxa4 Nxa4
17. Bxa4+ Kf8 18. Na3 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Ke7 20. Qb2 a5 21. Be3 Kf8
22. c4 h5 23. Bg5 Ne4 24. Rd8+ Qxd8 25. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.c3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxe2 7.Bxe2 e6
8.O-O Qb6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b4 Be7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.f4 Nh6 13.Na3 a6
14.Bd3 O-O 15.Nc2 f6 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 fxe5 18.Bxe5 Bd6
19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Qd2 Nf5 21.Rae1 Rac8 22.Re5 Rf6 23.Rfe1 g6
24.Bxf5 gxf5 25.Qe3 Rc6 26.a4 Qc7 27.c4 Rxc4 28.Rxe6 Re4
29.Qg3+ Qg7 30.Re8+ Rf8 31.Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.R1xe4 fxe4 33.Rxf8
Kxf8 34.Kf2 d4 35.g4 Kf7 36.h4 h5 37.gxh5 Kf6 38.h6 Kg6 39.f5+
Kxh6 40.a5 Kh5 41.Ke2 Kh6 42.Kf2 Kh5 43.Ke2 Kh6 44.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 O-O
7. Bb2 c5 8. dxc5 dxc4 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qc1 Qxc5 11. Na3 Qh5
12. Nxc4 Nc6 13. Qg5 Qxg5 14. Nxg5 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nf3
Be6 17. Nfe5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Nd3 Nd5
21. Ba3 Kf8 22. Nc5 Nc3 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Kf1 Nxa2 25. Na5 b6
26. Nc6 Nxc6 27. Bxc6 Be5 28. e3 Bd6 29. Bb2 Nb4 30. Be4 Kf7
31. Ke2 Nd5 32. Bd3 e5 33. h4 Nf6 34. Bb5 e6 35. Bc6 Nd5
36. Kf3 h5 37. Ke4 Nf6+ 38. Kd3 Ng4 39. Ke2 Nf6 40. Kd3 Ng4
41. Ke2 Nf6 42. Kd3 Ng4 43. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb5 Qd7 16. Rb1
Rc8 17. g3 Bf8 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rd8 21. Qxd7
Rxd7 22. Rb5 Rad8 23. a4 Be7 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 f6 26. Re6
Rb8 27. Rea6 Rbb7 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ke2 Bd8 30. Ra2 Bb6 31. Bc1
Rbc7 32. Kd3 Re7 33. Bf4 Rc8 34. Bd6 Re1 35. Bc5 Bxc5 36. dxc5
Rxc5 37. Rxa7+ Kg6 38. R7a5 Rxa5 39. Rxa5 Rf1 40. f4 Rd1+
41. Kc2 Rh1 42. Rxd5 Rxh2+ 43. Rd2 Rxd2+ 44. Kxd2 Kf5 45. Ke3
h5 46. Kf3 g5 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. g4+ hxg4+ 49. Kg3 Ke4 50. Kxg4
Kd3 51. Kxg5 Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.09"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 e5 7.Nde2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Ng3 Be6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 g6 12.c4 Ne8
13.Bh6 Ng7 14.b4 Nd7 15.Rc1 a5 16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 Ra3 18.Ne4
f5 19.Nc3 e4 20.Be2 Bg5 21.Bxg5 Qxg5 22.c5 Ne5 23.c6 Nh5
24.Bxh5 gxh5 25.Kh1 Qh4 26.Qd4 Ng4 27.h3 f4 28.Kg1 e3 29.hxg4
hxg4 30.cxb7 exf2+ 31.Rxf2 g3 32.Rxf4 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.11"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3
17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 h6 20. h4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qxf3
22. Nxf3 Bg6 23. Be5 Bc5 24. Nd4 Nb6 25. Nxc6 bxa4 26. Ba2 Re8
27. Ra1 Be4 28. Bd4 Bxc6 29. Bxc5 Nd7 30. Bd4 Ne5 31. Bxe5
Rxe5 32. Bc4 Bb5 33. Bf1 Kf8 34. f3 Re8 35. Bxb5 axb5 36. c4
bxc4 37. Rxa4 Rb8 38. Rxc4 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 c5
7. O-O Qb6 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. exd4 Nd5 11. Bg3 b5
12. Ncd2 a6 13. c3 Nc6 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Re1 Na5
17. Qb1 Nc4 18. Qa2 Ndb6 19. b3 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Be6 21. Bxb5
Bxb3 22. Qe2 Bd5 23. Ra3 Bf6 24. Nd2 Rfc8 25. Rea1 Ra8 26. Ba6
Nc4 27. Bxc4 Rxa3 28. Rxa3 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4
31. Kf1 e5 32. Ra6 exd4 33. cxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Bxd6
h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Bd8 38. Ke2 f5 39. Kf3 fxg4+ 40. Kxg4
Kf7 41. f4 Be7 42. Bxe7 Kxe7 43. f5 gxf5+ 44. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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 Qb6 16. h4 h5
17. O-O-O Qa5 18. g4 Bxa4 19. Kb1 Bxb3 20. cxb3 Rh8 21. Rc1
Rae8 22. Rc6 Qb5 23. Rc7 a5 24. g5 a4 25. Qd4+ Kh7 26. bxa4
Qxa4 27. Re1 Rhf8 28. Ra7 Qb5 29. f4 Kg8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Kc2
b3+ 32. Kd1 Rc8 33. g6 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5
7. Bc4 Qd6 8. b4 Bb6 9. a4 e4 10. dxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nxe4
12. Kc2 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Re1 f5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. f3 Ne5
17. fxe4 Bg4 18. h3 Nxc4 19. hxg4 O-O 20. Re2 a5 21. Nd2 Ne3+
22. Kb3 axb4 23. cxb4 Rfd8 24. Bb2 Rd3+ 25. Bc3 Bd4 26. Rc1
Nd1 27. Nb1 Nxc3 28. Nxc3 Be5 29. a5 Rg3 30. Rf2 c6 31. Rf3
Rxg4 32. Na4 Rxg2 33. Nc5 Rb2+ 34. Kc4 Bd6 35. Rd1 Bxc5
36. Kxc5 Re8 37. Rd7 Re5+ 38. Kc4 h5 39. Rxb7 Rxe4+ 40. Kc5
Rc2+ 41. Kd6 Rd4+ 42. Kc7 Ra2 43. Kxc6 h4 44. Rb6 Rg4 45. a6
Kh7 46. Rf5 Ra4 47. Rh5+ Kg6 48. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Nb6 11. Nxe7 Qxe7
12. Bg5 O-O 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. O-O-O
b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. f4 Rfc8 20. Rd2 Rc5 21. Re1
a5 22. Rf2 Rac8 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxd5 25. fxe5 fxe5
26. Rg4+ Kf8 27. Rh4 Kg7 28. Rg4+ Kf8 29. Rh4 Kg7 30. Rg4+ Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "180"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Na4 c5
7. c3 cxd4 8. f3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd1 Nxe5
12. Bd2 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Nb2 Rd8 16. Qc1 Bf5
17. O-O Rac8 18. Re1 b5 19. Nd1 Bd3 20. Nf2 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Rxd2
22. Rxd2 Bxc3 23. Re2 Bxa1 24. Qxa1 c3 25. Qc1 b4 26. Qc2 Qc5
27. g4 a5 28. Kg2 Rc7 29. Nd3 Qd6 30. Ne5 Rc5 31. Nd3 Rd5
32. Nf2 Qd7 33. Qe4 Kg7 34. h4 Qd6 35. g5 a4 36. Qc2 Qd7
37. a3 Rd2 38. Rxd2 Qxd2 39. Qe4 Qd6 40. Qc4 e5 41. Nd3 bxa3
42. Qxc3 Qd4 43. Qxa3 e4 44. fxe4 Qxe4+ 45. Kg3 Qe3+ 46. Kg2
Qe4+ 47. Kg3 Qe3+ 48. Kg2 Qd2+ 49. Kg3 h5 50. Nf2 Qd4 51. Qf3
Qd6+ 52. Kg2 a3 53. Ne4 Qd5 54. Nc3 Qd2+ 55. Kh3 a2 56. Nxa2
Qxa2 57. Qc3+ Kh7 58. Qd4 Qe6+ 59. Kg3 Qf5 60. Kg2 Qb1 61. Qc4
Qb2+ 62. Kg3 Kg7 63. Kf3 Qe5 64. Qb4 Qf5+ 65. Kg3 Qd3+ 66. Kf4
Qh3 67. Qd4+ Kg8 68. Ke5 Qf5+ 69. Kd6 Qe6+ 70. Kc5 f5 71. Qd8+
Kf7 72. Qh8 Qe7+ 73. Kd5 Qe6+ 74. Kc5 Qe8 75. Qh7+ Ke6 76. Kd4
Qd7+ 77. Qxd7+ Kxd7 78. Kd5 Ke8 79. Kd4 Kd8 80. Kc4 Ke7
81. Kd5 Kd7 82. Ke5 Kc6 83. Kf6 f4 84. Kxg6 f3 85. Kh7 f2
86. g6 f1=Q 87. g7 Qf7 88. Kh8 Kd7 89. g8=Q Qxg8+ 90. Kxg8 Ke6
0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 Qb8
12. g4 a4 13. Nxa4 d5 14. g5 d4 15. gxf6 dxe3 16. Qxe3 Bxf6
17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nbc5 Bxa2 19. Nd7 Qd8 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Nb6
Be6 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. b3 Qe7 24. Qc3 c5 25. Kb2 c4 26. Ra1 Rc8
27. b4 Rb8 28. Ra4 h6 29. Ka3 Qg5 30. Ra5 Rd8 31. Rb1 Qg2
32. b5 Rd2 33. Rc1 Rf2 34. Ka2 Rxf3 35. Qxe5 Qd2 36. Ra8+ Kh7
37. Kb1 Qb4+ 38. Qb2 Qc5 39. Ra4 Qe3 40. Qb4 Qxe4 41. b6 Bd5
42. Ra3 Rf6 43. Ra5 Bb7 44. Rb5 Rf3 45. Qb2 Qc6 46. Qe5 Rf6
47. Rb4 c3 48. Rd1 Qf3 49. Qd4 Rg6 50. h4 f5 51. Qd3 Qf2
52. Rf1 Qc5 53. Qb5 Qe7 54. h5 Rg5 55. Rb3 Qe6 56. Rxc3 f4
57. Qb2 f3 58. Qb3 Qe2 59. Qc4 Rb5+ 60. Kc1 Qe5 61. Rb3 Rc5
62. Qb4 Qa1+ 63. Rb1 Qe5 64. Qd2 Qxh5 65. Qd3+ Kh8 66. Qd8+
Kh7 67. Qd3+ Kh8 68. Rb4 Qg5+ 69. Kb1 Qf6 70. Qd7 Qc3 71. Qd8+
Kh7 72. Qd3+ Qxd3 73. cxd3 g5 74. d4 Rf5 75. d5 Rxd5 76. Rxf3
Rd1+ 77. Kc2 Bxf3 78. b7 Rd8 79. b8=Q Rxb8 80. Rxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. Nc4 Bb7 13. a5 b5 14. Nb6 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bf3 Bxf3
17. Qxf3 Ra7 18. c4 d5 19. cxb5 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Bxa5 21. Nxd5
axb5 22. b4 Bb6 23. Rxa7 Bxa7 24. Ra1 Bb8 25. Qd3 O-O 26. Qxb5
e4 27. g3 Be5 28. Rd1 Qg5 29. Kf1 f5 30. Qe2 Kh8 31. f4 exf3
32. Qxe5 Qh5 33. Nf4 Qxh2 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35. Nxf8+ Kh8 36. Ng6+
Kh7 37. Nh4 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qxd1 39. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Nfd7 6. cxd5 Nb6
7. Qd1 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. a4 e6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. h4 h6 12. O-O
O-O 13. b3 Re8 14. Bf4 a6 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. e4 dxe4
18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Rfe1 Qb6 20. h5 g5 21. Bd6 Rad8 22. Bc5 Qc7
23. Nd6 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd6 25. Nxg5+ Kg8 26. Ne4 Qb8 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[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. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Ne2
Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Be3 Be7 14. a4 h5 15. a5 h4 16. Nd4 Rh5
17. a6 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Rd5 19. c4 Rd7 20. axb7 Bxb7 21. Nf5 Bf6
22. Re1+ Kf8 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rd2 25. b3 Rd3 26. Nxh4
Rxb3 27. h3 Rb4 28. Rh5 Kg8 29. Rc5 a5 30. Rcxa5 Rxa5 31. Rxa5
Rxc4 32. Nf5 Rb4 33. Ra1 Rb5 34. Nd4 Rb4 35. Nf5 g6 36. Ne3
Kf8 37. g4 Ke7 38. Kh2 c5 39. Rc1 Kd6 40. Kg3 Bd5 41. h4 Re4
42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Re6 44. Rd1 c6 45. h6 Kc7 46. Ng4 Be4
47. Re1 c4 48. Kf4 Bg6 49. Rxe6 fxe6 50. Nf6 Kd6 51. Ke3 Ke5
52. h7 Bxh7 53. Nxh7 Kf5 54. Nf8 c3 55. Kd3 Kf4 56. Nxe6+ Kf3
57. Nd4+ Kxf2 58. Nxc6 c2 59. Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6
12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O b6 14. c4 O-O 15. Rac1 a5 16. Qd1 a4
17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Nb1 Re8 19. Nc3 e4 20. f4 Nd3 21. Bxd3 Ng4
22. Bf2 exd3 23. Qxd3 Ra7 24. Bd4 Rae7 25. Bxg7 Re3 26. Qd2
Kxg7 27. f5 Qh4 28. g3 Qg5 29. Qd4+ f6 30. Qf4 Qxf4 31. gxf4
h4 32. Nxa4 h3 33. Rc3 gxf5 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Nc3 Kh6 36. a4
Kh5 37. a5 bxa5 38. c5 dxc5 39. d6 Re8 40. Rd1 Rg8 41. Re1
Ne5+ 42. Kf1 Nf3 43. Re2 Rd8 44. Nb5 Kg4 45. Re7 Nxh2+ 46. Kf2
Kxf4 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Bb3
Be6 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. N1d2
Bf5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd5 21. Re1 Rad8
22. Be3 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qb3 Qd5 26. Qe3 f6
27. Rad1 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd7 30. Qb3+ Kh7 31. exf6
gxf6 32. Nd4 Re5 33. Ne6 b5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Qc2 f5 36. Qc6
Rf7 37. Nd8 Re7 38. Qf6 a5 39. h4 f4 40. Ne6 Reb7 41. Nd4 R5b6
42. Qf5 Kg8 43. Ne6 Nxh4 44. Qg4+ Kh7 45. Nf8+ Kh8 46. Qxh4
Kg7 47. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Be7
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. f4 Rc8 15. c3 Bh7 16. Qe1 O-O
17. Rd1 h4 18. g4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Bg5 20. Bd4 Re8 21. Qf2 Ne5
22. Rde1 Qd7 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qb7 25. a3 Rc7 26. Bxe5
dxe5 27. Rfe1 Rc4 28. Rxc4 bxc4 29. Ng2 Qxd5 30. Nxh4 e4
31. Nf5 e3 32. Qe2 g6 33. Nd4 Bh4 34. Rf1 Bf2+ 35. Rxf2 exf2+
36. Qxf2 Qe4 37. Nf3 Qe2 38. Kg2 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Rb8 40. Ne5
Rxb2+ 41. Ke3 Rh2 42. Kd4 Rxh3 43. Kxc4 Rg3 44. Kd4 f6 45. Nd7
Rxg4+ 46. Kd5 Kf7 47. c4 Ke7 48. Nb6 Rg1 49. c5 Rd1+ 50. Kc6
g5 51. Kb7 g4 52. c6 g3 53. c7 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Ra2 Ne7
12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. Nf1 Qd7 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. e5 Ne4
17. Qb3 a5 18. bxa5 c5 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 cxd4 21. Ba3 Rfc8
22. Qb5 Qf7 23. Rd2 h6 24. Bb2 Rc5 25. Qb3 Rxa5 26. Bxd4 Qd7
27. Qb1 Ne7 28. Rb2 Rb8 29. Bxa7 Rxa7 30. Rb6 Nc6 31. Rc1 Rf8
32. a5 Nxa5 33. Nd4 Nc6 34. Nxc6 bxc6 35. Rcxc6 Qf7 36. f4 Ra3
37. Kf2 Qa7 38. Qg6 Qa4 39. Kg1 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Qd1 41. Qxe6+ Kh8
42. Qxh6+ gxh6 43. Rxh6+ Kg7 44. Rhg6+ Kh7 45. Rh6+ Kg7
46. Rhg6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Rd1
Be7 12. Ne4 h4 13. b3 b6 14. Bb2 Rh5 15. Nh2 Bb7 16. Re1 Kf8
17. Rad1 c5 18. Rd7 Rc8 19. Ng4 Bc6 20. Rd3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8
22. e6 fxe6 23. Ne5 Be8 24. Nd3 Bc6 25. Ne5 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Bf6
27. Ng6+ Kf7 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Nf4 Nd6 30. Ra4 Rf5 31. Nd3 c4
32. bxc4 Ra5 33. Rxa5 bxa5 34. Nb2 Ne4 35. Kf1 e5 36. Ke2 Nc3+
37. Kd2 Ne4+ 38. Ke3 Nd6 39. Kd3 f5 40. Na4 Ne4 41. Ke3 Ke6
42. f4 c6 43. Nb2 Nc3 44. a4 c5 45. fxe5 Kxe5 46. Nd3+ Kd6
47. Nb2 Ke5 48. Nd3+ Kd6 49. Nb2 Ke6 50. Kd3 Ne4 51. Ke3 Nc3
52. Kd3 Ne4 53. Ke3 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. Qb3 axb4
7. cxb4 b6 8. cxb6 Qxb6 9. b5 Nbd7 10. e3 Nc5 11. Qd1 Na4
12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O Be7 14. Qb3 Ne4 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Ba3 Bxa3
17. Qxa3 e5 18. Nf3 Nac3 19. Qb2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bxb5 21. Qb2
Rfb8 22. Rd1 f6 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Qe6 25. Rab1 Rc8 26. Qb4
Be2 27. Rd2 Bc4 28. a4 Qa6 29. Ra1 Rab8 30. Qc3 Bb3 31. Qb2
Bxa4 32. Qa2 Qc4 33. h3 Be8 34. Qa7 Bf7 35. Rda2 Qc7 36. Qxc7
Rxc7 37. Ra7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 g5 39. g4 Bg6 40. Ra1 h5 41. Nh2 h4
42. Nf3 Rb2 43. Rd1 Be4 44. Nd2 Bd3 45. Nf1 Bc4 46. Rc1 Kf7
47. e4 Bxf1 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Kxf1 dxe4 50. Rc3 Rd2 51. Kg2 Rd3
0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5
Qxd5 7. Nb5 Qd8 8. Bd3 a6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Be2 b5
12. Nf3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc6 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. a3 Bc5 16. b4 Be7
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Nd5 21. c4 Nxb4
22. Rd7 Be4 23. Rxe7 Nc6 24. Bd6 Nxe7 25. Bxe7 Rfb8 26. c5 Rb3
27. f3 Bc6 28. Nb6 Ra7 29. Bd6 a5 30. Bd1 Rb4 31. Ba4 Bxa4
32. Rxa4 f6 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke3 e5 35. Rxb4 axb4 36. c6 b3
37. Kd3 Ra1 38. Nc4 Ra6 39. c7 Rc6 40. f4 b2 41. Nxb2 Rxd6+
42. Ke4 Rc6 43. fxe5 Rxc7 44. Nd3 Rc2 45. exf6 Rxg2 46. fxg7
Rxh2 47. Nf4 Kxg7 48. Kf5 Ra2 49. Ne6+ Kh6 50. Nf4 Ra5+
51. Kf6 Rg5 52. Ne6 Rg6+ 53. Kf5 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Bb2 e5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6
7. e3 f5 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O f4 11. Nd5 fxe3 12. fxe3
Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. e4 Bd7 15. a3 Na6 16. Bc1 Nc7 17. Bg5
Qe8 18. Qd2 Nb5 19. a4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 exd4
22. Bf6 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 Qe7 24. Qf4 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. e5
Qxf4 27. gxf4 Bg4 28. exd6 Kf8 29. a5 Ke8 30. Kf2 Kd7 31. Bf3
Bf5 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. Rd1 b5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. d4 a6 11. Nb1 c5 12. c3
Nc6 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bh6 Qb6 15. Na3 b4 16. Nc2 bxc3 17. bxc3
Qb2 18. Rac1 Qxc3 19. Ne3 Qa3 20. Bf3 Nxd4 21. Bxd5 Rd8
22. Nc4 Qa4 23. Bf3 Rb8 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Qb5 26. Rd1 Rd8
27. a4 Qc5 28. Qe4 Rc8 29. Rc1 Rb8 30. Qd3 Rd8 31. Nd6+ Bxd6
32. Rxc5 Bxc5 33. Bc6 g5 34. Bxg5 Be7 35. Be3 a5 36. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Nfd7 6. cxd5 Nb6
7. Qd1 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. a4 Bg7 10. a5 Nc4 11. Bxd5 N4xa5
12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 e6
17. Be4 a6 18. d5 b5 19. Qa2 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nc4 21. Qxa6 Nxe3
22. Nxe3 Qe7 23. Qb7 Qxe4 24. Rxd7 Bxb2 25. Ra6 Qe6 26. Nd5
Qxe2 27. Rxc6 Rb8 28. Qc7 Qxf3 29. h4 Ra8 30. Rc1 Bxc1
31. Qxc1 Qa3 32. Qh6 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qg7 34. Qf4 Ra6 35. Rb7 Re6
36. Rxb5 Kh8 37. Rb7 Qe5 38. Qf3 Qe4 39. Qxe4 Rxe4 40. Nf6 Re6
41. Nd7 Re7 42. Nc5 Rxb7 43. Nxb7 Kg7 44. Nd6 Rd8 45. Ne4 h6
46. Kf3 f5 47. Nc5 Rd5 48. Ne6+ Kf6 49. Nf4 Ra5 50. Ke3 Ra4
51. Kf3 Ra6 52. Nd5+ Ke5 53. Nf4 g5 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Nd3+ Kd4
56. Ne1 Ra3+ 57. Kg2 Ke4 58. Nc2 Rc3 59. Ne1 f4 60. gxf4 gxf4
61. Kh2 f3 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6
7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6
Rxe6 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. d4 Qd7 16. d5 Ree8 17. a5 c6
18. c4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Rac8 20. Qd3 Rc7 21. Bd2 Rec8 22. Nf5 Rc4
23. Rac1 Rxe4 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Qd7
27. Ne4 Nxd5 28. Bxh6 Bd4 29. Qc4 Qc6 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. Bd2 f5
32. Nd6 Nge7 33. Nf3 Ba1 34. Nb7 e4 35. Ng5 Nc7 36. Nc5 Bd4
37. Nge6 Nxe6 38. Nxe6 Ba7 39. Nc7 Nd5 40. Nxa6 Kf7 41. Nc5
Bxc5 42. bxc5 Nc7 43. h4 Na6 44. Be3 g6 45. g4 fxg4 46. Kg2
Ke6 47. Kg3 Kf5 48. Bd4 Nb4 49. Kg2 Na6 50. Be3 Ke5 51. Kh2
Ke6 52. Kg3 Kf5 53. Bd4 Nb4 54. Bb2 Na6 55. Ba3 Nc7 56. Kg2
Na6 57. Kf1 Ke5 58. Ke2 Kd4 59. Bb2+ Kxc5 60. Ke3 Kd5 61. Kf4
Nc5 62. Kxg4 Kc4 63. Ba3 Kb5 64. Bxc5 Kxc5 65. Kf4 Kb5
66. Kxe4 Kxa5 67. f4 c5 68. h5 gxh5 69. f5 h4 70. f6 h3
71. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. a3 Nd5
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Rc1 a4 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Rfe1 f5 16. Bc5 Bf6
17. e4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Bb3 19. Qc3 Qd7 20. Bf1 Red8 21. Bc4+
Bxc4 22. Qxc4+ Kh8 23. Be3 Qd3 24. Kg2 Qxc4 25. Rxc4 Rd3
26. Re2 Kg8 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Ra5 29. Nb1 Rb5 30. Bc1 Ra5
31. Nc3 Kf7 32. Be3 Be7 33. Kf1 Bd6 34. Rxa4 Rxa4 35. Nxa4 Na5
36. Ke2 Nc4 37. Bc1 b5 38. Nc3 c6 39. Kd3 Na5 40. Bd2 Nc4
41. Nd1 Ke6 42. Bc3 Nb6 43. Ne3 Na4 44. Nc2 Nc5+ 45. Ke3 Na4
46. Kd2 Bc5 47. f4 exf4 48. gxf4 g6 49. Bh8 Bd6 50. Ke3 c5
51. h3 Nb6 52. b3 Be7 53. Bc3 Bd6 54. Ba5 Bc7 55. a4 c4
56. Nd4+ Kd7 57. axb5 cxb3 58. Kd3 Na4 59. Bxc7 Nc5+ 60. Kc3
Nxe4+ 61. Kxb3 Kxc7 62. Kc4 Kb6 63. Kd5 Nf2 64. h4 Nd3 65. Ke4
Ne1 66. f5 gxf5+ 67. Kxf5 Kc5 68. h5 Nd3 69. Ne6+ Kxb5 70. Ng5
Kc6 71. Nxh7 Kd7 72. Kf6 Nf2 73. Kg7 Ke6 74. Nf6 Nh3 75. h6
Ng5 76. Kg6 Nf7 77. h7 Nh8+ 78. Kg7 Ke7 79. Ne4 Ke8 80. Ng3
Ke7 81. Nf5+ Ke8 82. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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 Rc8 11. h4 h5
12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nde2 Re8 16. Bh6
Bh8 17. g4 Qa5 18. gxh5 Qxh5 19. Bg5 Qxf3 20. Rdf1 Nxe4
21. Rxf3 Nxd2+ 22. Bxd2 Bc6 23. Rfh3 Bxh1 24. Rxh1 Bf6 25. h5
Rh4 26. Rxh4 Bxh4 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Kc1 Kf7 29. Nd4 Bf6
30. Nf3 Rh8 31. Kd1 Bxc3 32. Bxc3 e5 33. Ke2 Ke6 34. Be1 Kf5
35. c4 g5 36. Bf2 g4 37. Nd2 a6 38. Nf1 Rh3 39. Bg3 b5 40. b3
bxc4 41. bxc4 Ke6 42. a3 d5 43. cxd5+ Kxd5 44. Kf2 Ke4
45. Nd2+ Kd3 46. Nb3 Kc4 47. Nd2+ Kd3 48. Nb3 e4 49. Nc5+ Kd4
50. Nxa6 e3+ 51. Kg2 e2 52. Bf2+ Kc4 53. Nb4 Rxa3 54. Nc2 Rc3
55. Ne1 Kd5 56. Bg3 Ke4 57. Kf2 Rb3 58. Bc7 Rb7 59. Bg3 Rb3
60. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6
7. O-O d6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Nd2 Re8 11. e4 Rb8
12. Re1 Bd7 13. h3 Nc7 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Nb5 16. Bf1 Nh5 17. g4
Nf6 18. Bg2 h5 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Ra3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Nd7
22. Ree3 c4 23. b3 cxb3 24. Rexb3 Rc8 25. Bb2 Bxb2 26. Rxb2
Qf6 27. Rbb3 Kg7 28. Rg3 Ne5 29. Nf3 Qf4 30. Ra1 Qxe4 31. Nd4
Qf4 32. Nxb5 axb5 33. Qb3 Nxg4 34. Rf1 b4 35. Qb2+ Rc3 36. Rd1
Re5 37. Qd2 Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Rxg3 39. fxg3 Re1+ 40. Bf1 Ne3
41. Kf2 Nxf1 42. Rb2 Ra1 43. g4 b3 44. g5 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Nbd2 d6 8. Bb3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bg3 Na5 11. Bc2 f5
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. d4 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 exd4 15. cxd4 Kh8 16. O-O
Qd7 17. d5 c5 18. Rae1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rae8 20. Re6 Nc6 21. Qa4
Rd8 22. Qe4 Ne5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Qd6 25. Ndc4 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5
7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Na5
12. Rd1 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Qa5 14. Be3 Rac8 15. Nd2 d5 16. exd5
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Rfd8 20. b3 Bc5
21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qe4 b6 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Re8 25. Rd1 e4
26. Qe3 Qa3 27. Rd2 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qa1 29. b4 Qe5+ 30. g3 Rc8
31. Rd4 f5 32. Rd5 Qf6 33. c5 bxc5 34. bxc5 Rc6 35. Qf4 Qe7
36. Qxf5 Rf6 37. Qc8+ Rf8 38. Qd7 Rxf2+ 39. Kg1 Qf8 40. Qd8
Rxa2 41. c6 Ra1+ 42. Kg2 Ra2+ 43. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. Bxe5 O-O 9. c4 Be6 10. Nc3 d4 11. Na4 Qc8
12. e3 Rd8 13. exd4 cxd4 14. Qf3 Bh3 15. Qxb7 Bxg2 16. Qxc8
Raxc8 17. Kxg2 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rae1 e5 20. d3 f5 21. f4
Kf6 22. Rf2 g5 23. fxe5+ Nxe5 24. Ref1 f4 25. gxf4 Ng4
26. fxg5+ Kg6 27. h4 Ne3+ 28. Kg3 Nxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rf8 30. Rxf8
Rxf8 31. Nc5 Rf1 32. Ne6 Rd1 33. Kg4 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Nb6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Rc1 Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nc5 Bxc5
17. Rxc5 c6 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Rc2 Rad8 20. Qf4 Qd6 21. Qxd6 Rxd6
22. Bf3 f6 23. a4 Bf7 24. Ba3 Rd7 25. Rb1 Bd5 26. a5 Bxf3
27. axb6 Bd5 28. Bc5 a6 29. f3 h5 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. b4 Rh8
32. Rg1 hxg4 33. hxg4 Rh2+ 34. Kg3 Rh8 35. Rcc1 Rdd8 36. Rh1
Rhe8 37. Kf2 Re6 38. Rh2 Bb3 39. Ke1 Re5 40. Kd2 Ba4 41. Rc4
Red5 42. Rh5 R5d7 43. Rc1 Bb5 44. Rf5 Rd5 45. Rf4 R8d7 46. Re4
Ba4 47. f4 Bb3 48. Ra1 f5 49. gxf5 Rxf5 50. Rg1 g6 51. Rg5 Be6
52. Rxf5+ gxf5 53. Rxd4 Rxd4 54. Bxd4 Bd5 55. Bc5 Ke6 56. Kc3
Bg2 57. Kd4 Bf1 58. e4 Be2 59. Ke3 Bf1 60. Bf8 Bg2 61. Kd4 Bf1
62. Bg7 Be2 63. Bh6 Bg4 64. Kc5 Bh3 65. Bg5 Bg4 66. Bh4 Bh3
67. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Bc5
7. O-O Ne7 8. Na4 Bd6 9. d4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Nd7 11. Rd1 O-O
12. Qf3 Qa5 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Rad8 16. a4 Rd7
17. c3 Rfd8 18. Bc4 Qh5 19. Re1 a5 20. Be2 Qg6 21. Qxg6 Nxg6
22. g3 h6 23. h4 Ne7 24. h5 Nd5 25. Kg2 Nf6 26. Bf3 Kf8
27. Re2 Nd5 28. Bd2 Nb6 29. b3 Nd5 30. Rh1 Be7 31. Be1 b6
32. Be4 c5 33. dxc5 bxc5 34. c4 Nb4 35. Bc3 Rb8 36. Rd2 Rxd2
37. Bxd2 Bf6 38. Kf3 Bd4 39. g4 f6 40. Bf4 e5 41. Bd2 Rd8
42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Rd1 Kd6 44. f4 Kc7 45. g5 hxg5 46. fxg5 fxg5
47. Rf1 g4 48. Rf5 Kc8 49. Rf7 Rh8 50. Bf5+ Kb8 51. Bxg4 e4
52. Bf4+ Ka8 53. Bf5 Re8 54. Bg6 Re6 55. Bf5 Re8 56. Bd6 Nd3
57. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 h6 8. Nd2 b5 9. Nf1 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Ne3 Nb6
12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd3 g6 14. Rd1 Be7 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. c3
b3 18. Nb4 axb4 19. a5 bxc3 20. axb6 c2 21. Rd2 Qxb6 22. Ra3
O-O 23. Rxb3 Qa7 24. Ra3 Qd4 25. Qb3 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 c1=Q+
27. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nf1 Bxe4 29. Qe3 Rc4 30. Qxh6 d5 31. Bxe4
Ng4 32. Qh3 Rxe4 33. Rc3 Rb4 34. Rc2 Kg7 35. Qd3 Nf6 36. Qg3
e4 37. Qe5 Re8 38. Ne3 d4 39. Ng4 d3 40. Rc1 Bd8 41. Qc3 Rb7
42. Ne3 Rc7 43. Qd2 Rxc1+ 44. Qxc1 Bb6 45. Kf1 Bxe3 46. Qxe3
Rb8 47. Qd4 Rb5 48. Ke1 Rg5 49. g3 Rd5 50. Qc3 d2+ 51. Kd1 Rd3
52. Qe5 Rd5 53. Qf4 g5 54. Qe3 Kg6 55. h3 Rd3 56. Qb6 Kg7
57. b4 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 d6 9. a4 a6 10. Qd2 Nh5 11. h4 Nxg3 12. fxg3
g4 13. Qxh6 gxf3 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15. Qh6+ Kg8 16. Qg6+ Kh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.24"]
[Round "18.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Qa5 Qd5 11. Qa3 Qd6
12. b3 Na6 13. e4 Bd7 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qa5 Qb4
17. Qg5 c5 18. a3 Qb5 19. Qe3 Bg4 20. Rc1 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Qd7
22. e5 Nd5 23. Qe1 Bh3 24. f4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rc8 26. Qe2 Nc5
27. N2f3 Ne6 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Bxc1
Qc6 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. bxc4 Nb6 34. c5 Nc4 35. Kf2 f6 36. e6 f5
37. Ke2 Kf8 38. Kd3 Na5 39. Bd2 Nc6 40. Kc4 Bf6 41. a4 Ke8
42. Kd5 Kd8 43. h3 h5 44. Be1 Ke8 45. Bd2 Kd8 46. Be1 Ke8
47. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid Tiebreak)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Nfd2 Nf4 9. exf4 gxh4 10. c3 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5
12. Na3 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. Re1 h3 15. g3 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5
17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qf6 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. Qe2 Be6 21. Bg4
Bxg4 22. Qxg4 b5 23. Ne3 Rd2 24. Re2 Rad8 25. Rae1 Rxe2
26. Rxe2 Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Kf1 b4 29. cxb4 cxb4 30. Rc2 b3
31. axb3 Rb8 32. Rc6 Rxb3 33. Rxe6 Rxb2 34. Nf5 Bf8 35. Nxh6+
Kg7 36. Ng4 a5 37. Ra6 Ra2 38. f4 a4 39. f5 Bb4 40. Ra7+ Kf8
41. f6 Ra1+ 42. Ke2 a3 43. Nh6 Re1+ 44. Kd3 Re6 45. Ra8+ Re8
46. Ra6 Rc8 47. g4 Rd8+ 48. Ke4 Ke8 49. g5 Bf8 50. Kf5 Rd2
51. Ra8+ Rd8 52. Rxd8+ Kxd8 53. g6 a2 54. g7 Bxg7 55. fxg7
a1=Q 56. g8=Q+ Kc7 57. Qg3+ Kd7 58. Qxh3 Qg7 59. Kf4+ Kc7
60. Nf5 Qb2 61. Qh7+ Kc8 62. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid Tiebreak)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3
17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 Kf8 20. h4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 f6
22. Qxf5 Bxf5 23. c4 Nb4 24. axb5 axb5 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Rc1
Nd3 27. Rc6 Be5 28. Be3 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Bd7 30. Rc2 Ne1 31. Rc5
Nd3 32. Rc2 Ne1 33. Rc5 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. a4 a5 8. Re1 c6 9. Ba2 Re8 10. h3 Bf8 11. Be3 h6 12. Nh4
exd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. e5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nh5
17. Ng6 Be6 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd7 Rb8 21. Re3 g6
22. Rf3 Re7 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Ne4 b6 25. g4 Ng7 26. Nd6 Rf8
27. Rf6 Ne6 28. f4 g5 29. f5 Nd4 30. Kf2 Nxc2 31. Rxh6 Nb4
32. Ke3 Nd5+ 33. Ke4 Rd8 34. h4 gxh4 35. g5 Rg8 36. Rh7 Rxg5
37. Rxf7+ Kd8 38. e6 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. d5 Qd6 11. Bd3 f5
12. f3 Nd7 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. c4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 b6
17. Bf2 Ba6 18. O-O b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Bxc5 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1
Qa6 22. Ke1 Bc4 23. Be7 Bf8 24. d6 Bxe7 25. dxe7 Re8 26. Ng1
Bf7 27. Nf3 Rxe7 28. Qb4 Re8 29. a3 Qf6 30. Kf2 g5 31. h3 Bh5
32. Rc7 g4 33. hxg4 Bxg4 34. Qc4+ Be6 35. Qb5 Rf8 36. Kg1 Bg4
37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Rc6 Qg7 39. Nxe5 Be2 40. Qd4 Kg8 41. Qd5+ Kh8
42. Qc5 Rg8 43. Qf2 Qxe5 44. Qxe2 Re8 45. Qf3 Qxe4 46. Qxe4
Rxe4 47. Rc8+ Kg7 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Rxa7 Re2 50. a4 Ra2 51. a5
h5 52. Kh2 Ra3 53. g3 Ra2+ 54. Kh3 Ra4 55. Ra8 Kg7 56. a6 Kh7
57. Kg2 Ra3 58. Kf2 Kg7 59. Kg2 Kh7 60. Kh3 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. a4 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nb8
12. Nf1 c6 13. Ne3 Na6 14. g4 Nc7 15. Nf5 d5 16. Bb3 Bf6
17. Qe2 Ne6 18. g3 Re8 19. Kf1 b6 20. Kg2 Bb7 21. Rh2 c5
22. Bc2 Rc8 23. Rah1 c4 24. dxc4 Rxc4 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Nd2 Rxa4
27. b4 Ra2 28. Bb1 Nxe4 29. Bxa2 Nxc3 30. Qf3 e4 31. Nxe4 dxe4
32. Nxh6+ gxh6 33. Qf5 e3+ 34. f3 Bxf3+ 35. Qxf3 Nxd1 36. Qf5
Kg7 37. Qh5 Bg5 38. Qxf7+ Kh8 39. Qg6 Re7 40. Rxh6+ Bxh6
41. Qf6+ Bg7 42. Qh4+ Bh6 43. Qf6+ Bg7 44. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. Nxf6+
gxf6 7. d3 Nd7 8. g3 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5 11. Qxe5
fxe5 12. Bg2 h5 13. O-O h4 14. Rae1 f6 15. f4 hxg3 16. hxg3
exf4 17. Rxf4 Bh6 18. Rh4 Bg7 19. Rb4 Bc8 20. d4 Bf8 21. Rc4
Bh3 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. d5 cxd5 24. Rc7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Bxd5
b6 27. c4 e5 28. b4 Ke7 29. c5 Be6 30. Bf3 Bh6 31. Bxh6 Rxh6
32. cxb6 axb6 33. a4 Rh7 34. Rc1 f5 35. Rc6 Bd7 36. Rxb6 Bxa4
37. b5 Rh8 38. Bd5 Rc8 39. Re6+ Kd7 40. Rxe5 Bxb5 41. Rxf5
Rc1+ 42. Kg2 Kd6 43. Be4 Bd7 44. Rf2 Ke5 45. Bf3 Bf5 46. g4
Rc2 47. gxf5 Rxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. exd4
Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nb3 Rg8 9. c3 Bf5 10. g3 O-O-O 11. Bd3 Bh3
12. Nh4 Kb8 13. Bxh7 Rh8 14. Qc2 e6 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Bf1 Bxf1
17. Kxf1 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qe2 Qa4 20. Nf3 Bd6 21. Kg2
Qg4 22. h3 Qg7 23. Rad1 f5 24. Kf1 Rh6 25. Rd4 f4 26. gxf4 Qh7
27. Ng5 Qf5 28. Qd3 Qxd3+ 29. Rxd3 Bxf4 30. Rg1 Rg8 31. Nf3
Rxg1+ 32. Nxg1 Bg5 33. Rg3 Bf6 34. f4 Kc7 35. Nf3 Kd6 36. Kg2
b5 37. Ng5 Ke7 38. Kf3 Rh4 39. Ke3 Bxg5 40. fxg5 a5 41. Kd2
Rh5 42. Kc2 e5 43. Kd3 Rh4 44. Kd2 b4 45. Rf3 Rh5 46. Rf5 Kd6
47. Rxf7 Rxg5 48. Rf2 Rh5 49. Rf6+ Kc5 50. Ra6 Kb5 51. Rd6 e4
52. h4 a4 53. Rd8 Kc5 54. Rc8+ Kd6 55. Rd8+ Kc7 56. Ra8 Rxh4
57. Rxa4 bxc3+ 58. Kxc3 Kd6 59. Ra8 Rh3+ 60. Kb4 d4 61. a4 d3
62. Rd8+ Ke5 63. a5 Rh1 64. a6 Ra1 65. Kb5 Ra2 66. Re8+ Kf4
67. Rf8+ Kg3 68. Rg8+ Kf3 69. Rf8+ Ke2 70. Re8 e3 71. b4 d2
0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. b4 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Nf1
c6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Ra2 d5 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. c4 dxe4
18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 a5 20. b5 Bc5 21. Rd3 Rad8 22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. Qc2 f6 24. Rd1 Kh7 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Ne1 Qd7 27. Qd2
Qc7 28. Nc2 Nf8 29. Ne3 Nd7 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Bd1 Qd6 32. Qc2
Ba3 33. c5 Bxc5 34. Bg4 Bxg4 35. hxg4 Bd4 36. Bd2 Bxe3
37. Bxe3 c5 38. f3 Qc6 39. Qc4 Qb6 40. Qf7 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qe1
42. Qxd7 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 Nd7
12. O-O-O g6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Nec3 Bh6 15. h4 Nc5 16. Qe2 Bd7
17. f3 Ne6 18. Qf2 Rc5 19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 Bg5 21. Bb5 Bf4
22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Na4 Rc6 24. Qa7 Ke8 25. Qxb7 Rc4 26. Nab6
Rd4 27. h5 gxh5 28. gxh5 Rxh5 29. c3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Kf8
31. Rg1 Nc5 32. Qc6 Rg5 33. Rh1 Kg7 34. Nc4 Nxe4 35. Nxf4 Ng3
36. Ne6+ fxe6 37. Qb7+ Kf6 38. Rh7 Qf8 39. Nxd6 Kg6 40. a3 Nf5
41. Nc4 Ng3 42. Ka2 e4 43. Rh3 Kf5 44. Qh7+ Kf4 45. Qc7+ e5
46. Rh7 Rf5 47. Qb6 Qg8 48. Qf2+ Kg4 49. Rg7+ Qxg7 50. Ne3+
Kh5 51. Qh2+ Kg6 52. Qxg3+ Rg5 53. Qh4 Qf7+ 54. c4 Qf4 55. Qh3
Qf3 56. Qe6+ Kh5 57. Qe8+ Kh4 58. Qh8+ Kg3 59. Nd5 Qd3 60. Qf6
Qxc4+ 61. Ka1 Qc1+ 62. Ka2 Qc4+ 63. Ka1 Qxd5 64. Qxg5+ Kf3
65. Qh5+ Ke3 66. Qh3+ Kd2 67. Qg2+ Kd3 68. Qf1+ Kc2 69. Qf2+
Qd2 70. Qc5+ Kd1 71. Qxe5 e3 72. Qh5+ e2 73. Ka2 Qd4 74. Qf3
a5 75. Kb1 a4 76. Ka1 Kd2 77. Qg2 Qe5 78. Ka2 Ke3 79. Qg1+ Kf3
80. Qe1 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. Re1 Bb7
7. a4 b4 8. Bc4 Ngf6 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3
d5 13. Ba2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qc7 15. Qe2 a5 16. Bc4 Bc6 17. e5
Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nd5 19. f4 N7b6 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxf5 g6 22. Nh6+
Kg7 23. Ng4 g5 24. Bd3 c4 25. Be4 Rad8 26. Qf3 f5 27. Bxf5 Nf4
28. Qe4 Nbd5 29. Bxf4 Nxf4 30. Rad1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rd8 32. Re1
c3 33. b3 h5 34. Ne3 Bc5 35. e6 Rd2 36. Qf3 g4 37. Bxg4 hxg4
38. Qxg4+ Kh7 39. e7 Qxe7 40. Qxf4 Qe6 41. Qc7+ Qe7 42. Qxe7+
Bxe7 43. Nc4 Rxc2 44. Rxe7+ Kg6 45. Kg2 Rc1 46. Nxa5 Rb1
47. Rc7 Kf5 48. Rc4 Ke6 49. Nc6 Rxb3 50. Nxb4 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. b3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Bg7
7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc3 Rc8 11. Rd1 Qc7
12. Qe1 Qb8 13. Nc3 Rfd8 14. Rac1 e6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nge4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 Ne7 18. Ba3 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Be7 Re8 21. Bd6 Qa8
22. Nb5 Ba6 23. Nc7 Rxc7 24. Bxc7 Qc6 25. Bd6 Bb7 26. f3 e5
27. Qd2 e4 28. Qd5 Qc8 29. Qxf5 exf3 30. exf3 Re2 31. Qd3 Qe8
32. Bf4 Qe7 33. Rf1 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Rxa2 35. Rce1 Qh5 36. Re2
Rxe2 37. Qxe2 Bc6 38. Kg2 b5 39. cxb5 Bxb5 40. Qe8+ Kh7
41. Rc1 Qd5 42. Qe4+ Qxe4 43. fxe4 Bc6 44. Rc4 Kg6 45. g4 h5
46. g5 a6 47. Kf3 f6 48. gxf6 Bxf6 49. Rc2 Kf7 50. Ke3 Bd8
51. Kd4 Ke6 52. Rg2 Bf6+ 53. Kd3 d5 54. e5 Bb5+ 55. Kc3 Bh4
56. Rg7 Bf2 57. Rg5 h4 58. Kd2 Bc5 59. Rg6+ Kf5 60. Rf6+ Ke4
61. e6 d4 62. Bh6 Be7 63. Rf7 Bb4+ 64. Kd1 Ke5 65. e7 Ke6
66. Rf4 Bxe7 67. Rxd4 Bf6 68. Rd2 Be5 69. Rf2 Bc6 70. Bf4 Bd4
71. Rd2 Bc5 72. Rc2 Kd5 73. Ke2 Bd7 74. Rd2+ Kc6 75. Kf3 Be6
76. Rd3 Kb5 77. Ke4 h3 78. Ke5 Bg4 79. Rg3 Bd7 80. Be3 Ba3
81. Bd2 Bc5 82. Rg5 Kc6 83. Rg6+ Kb5 84. Rh6 Bb6 85. Kd6 Bg4
86. Rh4 Bc5+ 87. Kc7 Be6 88. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Re1 d4 11. a4 Be6 12. Nf1
b4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nd2 c5 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. Be3
Rfd8 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Bb3 Ng4 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Qc2 h6
22. Red1 Rc7 23. Qc4 Qb6 24. Bd2 Bd6 25. h3 Nf6 26. Be3 Nd7
27. Nh4 Rcc8 28. b3 Bf8 29. Nf5 h5 30. Bg5 Re8 31. Ne3 Qc6
32. Qc2 Qe6 33. Nc4 Nb8 34. Be3 Nc6 35. Qe2 g6 36. Rc2 Rcd8
37. Rdc1 Qd7 38. Nb2 Nd4 39. Bxd4 Qxd4 40. Rd1 Re6 41. Nc4 Bh6
42. Na5 Rd7 43. g3 Kg7 44. Kg2 Qd6 45. Nc4 Qe7 46. h4 Qd8
47. Ne3 Rc7 48. Nd5 Rcc6 49. Rc4 Kg8 50. Qc2 Bf8 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3
bxa6 12. Rc1 f6 13. Rg1 Rf7 14. b3 Bf8 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Ke2 Re8
17. f3 e5 18. dxe5 Bb4 19. Ne4 fxe5 20. Ng5 Rfe7 21. Rgd1 Rc8
22. Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxd8 Rd7 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 h6 26. Ne4
Bxe4 27. fxe4 Kf7 28. Bc7 Ke6 29. Ke2 g5 30. h3 h5 31. Kf3 Be7
32. Ba5 Kd7 33. Bc3 Bd6 34. Ba5 Bc7 35. Bb4 a5 36. Bc3 a4
37. bxa4 Kc6 38. Ke2 Kc5 39. Kd3 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Be1 Bd6
42. a3 Kc6 43. Bg3 a6 44. Bh2 Kd7 45. Ke2 Ke6 46. Kf2 Kf6
47. Kg3 Kg5 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Kg3 Kh5 50. Kg2 Kg5 51. Bg3 Kf6
52. Bh4+ Kg6 53. Kg3 Bxa3 54. Kxg4 Bc5 55. Bg3 Bd6 56. Be1 Bc5
57. Bc3 Kf6 58. Kf3 Ke6 59. Ke2 Kd6 60. Kd3 Bb6 61. Bb4+ Kd7
62. Kc4 Kc6 63. Bc3 Bc7 64. Be1 Bb6 65. Bg3 Bc7 66. Be1 Bb6
67. Bc3 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Re1
Nd6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. dxe5 Nf5 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. Bg5 Bxg5
11. Nxg5 Nd4 12. Na3 h6 13. Ne4 Bf5 14. c3 Ne6 15. Rad1 Ke7
16. Ng3 Bh7 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Na5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rb8 20. Ne2 c5
21. f3 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 23. Kf2 Bb1 24. a3 Ke6 25. Nc4 g5
26. Ke3 Nc6 27. f4 Ba2 28. Nd2 Bd5 29. g3 b6 30. Ne4 Ne7
31. g4 Bc6 32. fxg5 Kxe5 33. N2g3 Nd5+ 34. Kd2 Nf4 35. Ke3
Ng2+ 36. Kd3 Bxe4+ 37. Nxe4 c4+ 38. Kxc4 Kxe4 39. gxh6 Nf4
40. h4 Ng6 41. h5 Nf8 42. g5 c6 43. b4 Kf5 44. g6 fxg6
45. hxg6 Nxg6 46. b5 Ne5+ 47. Kd4 Ke6 48. bxc6 Nxc6+ 49. Kc4
a6 50. h7 Ne5+ 51. Kd4 Nf7 52. a4 Kd6 53. c4 a5 54. Kd3 Kc5
55. Kc3 Nh8 56. Kd3 Kb4 57. Kd4 Kxa4 58. Ke5 Kb3 59. Kf6 a4
60. Kg7 a3 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. e4 Qd6 11. dxc5 Qxc5
12. Be3 Qa5 13. a3 Ne5 14. b4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qe5 16. Bf4 Qd4
17. Rfd1 g6 18. Bf1 Qg7 19. Qe3 g5 20. Bc7 b6 21. Rac1 Bb7
22. Rd7 Rfe8 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Rxb7 Bd6 25. Rxb6 Bf4 26. Qc3
Bxc1 27. Qxc1 Rec8 28. Qd2 Rxa3 29. b5 Qe5 30. Rb7 Ra1 31. h4
gxh4 32. f4 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. Nxf6+
gxf6 7. d3 Nd7 8. g3 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5 11. Qxe5
fxe5 12. Bg2 f6 13. O-O Bg6 14. Rae1 Kf7 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4
Bh6 17. Bb4 Rhe8 18. Rd4 Bf5 19. g4 e5 20. Rc4 Be6 21. Rce4
Bf4 22. h3 h5 23. gxh5 Rg8 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Kf2 Rae8 26. Be4
f5 27. Bf3 Bd5 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Be2 f3 30. Bxf3 Bxf3 31. Kxf3
Rh8 32. Be1 Rxh5 33. h4 Ke6 34. Bf2 a6 35. Kf4 Rh8 36. b3 Rg8
37. Kf3 b5 38. Be3 Rg4 39. Bf2 a5 40. a3 a4 41. b4 Kf6 42. Bg3
Rg8 43. Bf2 Re8 44. Bd4+ Kg6 45. Bf2 f4 46. c4 Kf5 47. c5 Re7
48. d4 Re6 49. d5 cxd5 50. Bd4 Re4 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. O-O c5 8. c3 d5 9. h3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. e4
h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 e6 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Rab1 Rad8 17. Bh2 a5
18. a4 c4 19. Bc2 Ba6 20. Ne5 Nxe4 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Nxe4 dxe4
23. Bxe4 Qxa4 24. Ra1 Qb5 25. Bc7 Rc8 26. Rxa5 Qd7 27. Be5
Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Qc7 29. Qh5 Kg7 30. Bc2 Qb6 31. h4 Qxb2 32. hxg5
Qxc2 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. R1e4 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd6 36. g6 Rc7 37. g7
f5 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Qxe8+ Kxg7 40. Re3 Rc8 41. Qxe6 Qxe6
42. Rxe6 Bb5 43. R6e5 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nxc6
Qxc6 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. Qb5 Bd7 9. Qxc6 Bxc6 10. f3 O-O-O 11. c3
h5 12. h4 Nd5 13. Kf2 Bd7 14. Nd2 c5 15. Nb3 cxd4 16. cxd4 b6
17. Bd2 Kb7 18. Bd3 Be6 19. g3 Rd7 20. Rhe1 Rhd8 21. Rac1 Nc7
22. Be4+ Bd5 23. Bf5 Ne6 24. Re5 g6 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Be4 a5
27. Bc3 Ka6 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rd1 Kb5 30. Na1 Nc7 31. Nc2 Rd7
32. Ne3 Nd5 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 34. Ke3 Bd6 35. Ke4 Kc6 36. Rc1 f5+
37. Kd3 Kd7 38. Kc4 Kc6 39. f4 b5+ 40. Kd3 Kb6 41. Re1 Bc7
42. b3 Kc6 43. Re7 Bb6 44. a4 b4 45. Bb2 Rd7 46. Re2 Bc7
47. Kc4 Rd6 48. Re5 Kd7 49. Rd5 Ke6 50. Rxd6+ Kxd6 51. d5 Bd8
52. Be5+ Kd7 53. Kb5 Be7 54. Kxa5 Bc5 55. Kb5 Bf2 56. a5 Bxg3
57. a6 Bf2 58. Kxb4 Kc8 59. Kb5 Bxh4 60. Kc6 Bf2 61. d6 Kd8
1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nd5 Bb7
12. Re1 Re8 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. Rad1 c6 15. Ne3 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bh6
17. a3 Na6 18. Rd6 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Ng4 20. Nc1 Nc5 21. h3 Nh6
22. g4 f6 23. Rxf6 Rad8 24. Ref1 Rd2 25. g5 Rxc2 26. Bxe5 Ba6
27. Rd1 Nf7 28. Bf4 Ne5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Ncd7 31. Rfd6 Bc4
32. R6d2 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Ra8 34. Ne2 Ra2 35. Rxa2 Bxa2 36. h4
Kf7 37. Nd4 c5 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. Nb5 Ke7 40. Nc3 Be6 41. Kf2
c4 42. Bf1 Nd3+ 43. Kf3 N7e5+ 44. Bxe5 Nxe5+ 45. Kf4 Nd7
46. e5 Nc5 47. e4 Kd8 48. Ke3 Nb3 49. Be2 Kd7 50. Nd5 Na5
51. Bd1 Kc6 52. Kd4 Bf7 53. Ba4+ Kb7 54. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. f3
Nh5 13. Bf2 Ndf6 14. g3 Qc7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. O-O-O Rfc8 17. Nd2
b5 18. Bb3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Kb1 Bxb3 22. Nxb3
Qc4 23. Qd2 Qc6 24. Qe2 Rc7 25. a5 Rac8 26. Rd2 Qc4 27. Qd1
Qe6 28. Re1 Rc4 29. g4 Nf4 30. Nd4 Qd7 31. Nf5 Qb7 32. Bg3 Ne6
33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Rd7 R8c7 35. Nxe7+ Kh7 36. Qd3+ e4 37. Rxc7
Rxc7 38. Rxe4 g6 39. Rxe6 Rxe7 40. Rxe7 Qxe7 41. Qxa6 Qxh4
42. Qc4 Qe1+ 43. Ka2 b3+ 44. Kxb3 Qxa5 45. Qxf7+ Kh8 46. Qxg6
Qd5+ 47. Kb4 Qd4+ 48. Ka3 Qa7+ 49. Kb3 Qb7+ 50. Kc4 Qxb2
51. Qxh6+ Kg8 52. Qg6+ Kh8 53. Qe4 Qa2+ 54. Kd4 Qa7+ 55. Ke5
Qe7+ 56. Kd4 Qa7+ 57. Kd3 Qa6+ 58. Qc4 Qg6+ 59. Ke2 Qf7
60. Qd4+ Kg8 61. c4 Qe6+ 62. Kd2 Qa6 63. c5 Qa2+ 64. Ke3 Qe6+
65. Kf4 Qf7+ 66. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6
7. h3 e5 8. c3 Nd7 9. Nb3 a5 10. Be3 a4 11. Nbd2 a3 12. b3
exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Re1 Ne6 17. N2f3
Ne5 18. Nh2 Nc6 19. Qd2 Ncxd4 20. cxd4 c5 21. Nf3 Qa5 22. Rcd1
Qxd2 23. Rxd2 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Nc5 25. f3 Rac8 26. Kf2 Na6
27. Bb1 Nb4 28. Red1 Red8 29. Bg5 Re8 30. Nc2 Bc3 31. Nxb4
Bxb4 32. Rc2 Rxc2+ 33. Bxc2 Rc8 34. Bb1 Be6 35. Bf4 Rc6
36. Ke2 Kf8 37. Bd2 Bxd2 38. Kxd2 Ke7 39. Re1 g5 40. Re3 Kf6
41. Bd3 Ke5 42. Bf1 Kf4 43. b4 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "102"]

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 Nd5 21. exf7+
Kxf7 22. Bxc7 Nxc7 23. Rd7+ Kg6 24. Rxc7 Bd5 25. Nd2 Rhe8
26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Kf2 a5 28. Rxb7 Ra8 29. Rb6 a4 30. c4 Be6
31. Rxc6 Kf7 32. Rb6 a3 33. Rb1 a2 34. Ra1 Ra3 35. Kg3 g5
36. Ne4 Kg6 37. Nd6 Kf6 38. Ne4+ Ke5 39. Nxg5 Bxc4 40. Ne4 Bd5
41. c3 Bxe4 42. fxe4 Kxe4 43. g5 Rxc3+ 44. Kg4 Rc2 45. g6 Rg2+
46. Kh5 Kf5 47. Rf1+ Ke6 48. Kh6 Kd5 49. g7 Rh2+ 50. Kg6 Rg2+
51. Kf7 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g4 Bb4 5. g5 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Ng8
7. d4 Qxg5 8. d5 Nd8 9. d6 c6 10. Nf3 Qf5 11. Rg1 Ne6 12. e4
Qxe4+ 13. Be3 Qf5 14. Ng5 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Rg4 Qf6
17. Ne4 Qh6 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Rxg7 Qxg7 20. Nxf6+ Kd8 21. Qf5
Re8 22. Nxe8 Kxe8 23. c5 b5 24. Bd3 f6 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Rh1 Rb8
27. Kf1 Qg6 28. Qf3 Qh6 29. Rg1 Ba6 30. Qg4 Rd8 31. Rg3 e4
32. Qxe4 Re8 33. Qg4 Bc8 34. Kg2 Qg5 35. Qf3 Qd5 36. Qxd5+
cxd5 37. Bxh7 Re5 38. f4 Re2+ 39. Kf1 Rxh2 40. Bg8+ Kf8
41. Bxd5 Rh8 42. Kf2 Ba6 43. Ke3 Ke8 44. Kd4 Kd8 45. Rg7 Bc8
46. c6 dxc6 47. Bxc6 a5 48. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. b3 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Bd6
7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 c6 9. d3 Qe7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. b4 Rad8 12. Qb3
a6 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Ne5 15. Nd4 Bg4 16. f4 Ng6 17. Bxg4
Nxg4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nf3 Bb8 20. Rf1 e5 21. f5 Nf8 22. e4 N8h7
23. Bc1 dxe4 24. dxe4 Ba7+ 25. c5 b6 26. cxb6 Bxb6+ 27. Kh2
Bd4 28. Rde1 c5 29. Bd2 Rb8 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Nd1 a5 32. Nf2
axb4 33. axb4 Qb7 34. Qd3 Re7 35. Rc1 Ng5 36. Rfe1 Rc7
37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. h4 Ngh7 39. Rc1 Qb7 40. g4 Qb5 41. Qxb5 Rxb5
42. Rc8+ Nf8 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 N6d7 45. Nd3 f6 46. g6 Rb7
47. Kg2 Nb6 48. Rc6 Nfd7 49. Nc5 Rb8 50. Nxd7 Nxd7 51. Rc7 Nb6
52. Kf3 Rc8 53. Rxc8+ Nxc8 54. b5 Kf8 55. Bb4+ Ke8 56. Bc5 Kd7
57. Bf8 Nd6 58. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4
Ng6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nb3 a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. f4 Bb7 11. Kh1 Qc7
12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Rd8 14. a5 d5 15. e5 f6 16. Ned4 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 Bc8 18. Qh5 O-O 19. Be3 fxe5 20. fxe5 Bc5 21. Bxg6
hxg6 22. Qxg6 Qxe5 23. Nf3 Qxe3 24. Ng5 Rf2 25. Qh7+ Kf8
26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7+ Kd6 28. Nf7+ Kc7 29. Nxd8+ Kxd8 30. h4
Qf4 31. Rxf2 Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. b4 Bb6
7. Bb2 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 O-O 11. Nxd4 Bxd4
12. Bxd4 Nxe4 13. Bb2 Qh4 14. b5 Ne5 15. Bd5 Nc5 16. f4 Ned7
17. Qd4 Qf6 18. Qb4 Qf5 19. Bf3 Qxc2 20. Rac1 Qg6 21. f5 Qg5
22. Qd4 Rfe8 23. Rce1 Ne5 24. Be2 Qg3 25. Rd1 f6 26. Bc1 Kh8
27. Kh1 Rad8 28. Bh5 Rf8 29. Bf4 Qh4 30. Be2 g5 31. fxg6 Ne6
32. Qe3 Nxf4 33. Rxf4 Qg5 34. gxh7 Ng6 35. Re4 d5 36. Qxg5
fxg5 37. Rg4 Nf4 38. Bf3 Nxh3 39. Rd2 c6 40. bxc6 bxc6 41. Kh2
Nf4 42. Rxg5 Rd6 43. Rb2 Rh6+ 44. Kg3 Ne6 45. Rg4 Rxh7 46. Rc2
Rc7 47. Rc1 Rg8 48. Kf2 Rxg4 49. Bxg4 Ng5 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. Kd4
Kf6 52. Rf1+ Ke7 53. Rf5 Ne4 54. Ke5 Nd6 55. Rh5 Nf7+ 56. Kd4
Kd6 57. Bf3 c5+ 58. Ke3 Re7+ 59. Kf4 Ne5 60. Rh6+ Re6 61. Rh7
Nxf3 62. Kxf3 c4 63. Rxa7 Kc5 64. Rc7+ Kd4 65. g4 c3 66. g5
Kd3 67. Kf4 c2 68. Kf5 Re7 69. Rc5 d4 70. g6 Kd2 71. Kf6 Ra7
72. g7 Rxg7 73. Kxg7 d3 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 O-O
7. O-O Nc6 8. h3 Rb8 9. f4 Ne8 10. a4 Nc7 11. f5 e6 12. g4
exf5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. gxf5 Kh8 15. Kh1 Rg8 16. Ne4 Be5 17. c3
Qh4 18. Ng1 Rxg2 19. Kxg2 Bd7 20. Bg5 Rg8 21. Qg4 Qxg4+
22. hxg4 Ne8 23. Nf3 Kg7 24. Be3 Kf8 25. Kh3 h5 26. Nxe5 Nxe5
27. gxh5 Nxd3 28. h6 Bc6 29. h7 Rh8 30. Bh6+ Ke7 31. f6+ Kd7
32. Ng5 Be4 33. Bg7 Rxh7+ 34. Nxh7 Bxh7 35. Kg3 Nc7 36. Rh1
Bg6 37. Rh6 Ne5 38. Rd1 Ne6 39. Rh8 Be4 40. a5 a6 41. b4 c4
42. Bh6 Ng6 43. Rg8 Ne5 44. Be3 Bf3 45. Rd2 Bc6 46. Rh2 Nc7
47. Bd4 Nd5 48. Rf8 Ke6 49. Rh6 Nxf6 50. Rd8 Ke7 51. Rxf6 Kxf6
52. Rxd6+ Kf5 53. b5 Bxb5 54. Rd5 f6 55. Rd6 Bc6 56. Kf2 Ng4+
57. Kg3 Kg5 58. Rd8 Nh6 59. Be3+ Kg6 60. Bxh6 Kxh6 61. Kf4 Kg6
62. Rd4 Bb5 63. Rd5 Kf7 64. Kf5 Ke7 65. Rc5 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Bg4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+
Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd7 15. Rb1 Rd8
16. Be3 Qxb5 17. Rxb5 Rd7 18. Ke2 g6 19. Bc5+ Kf6 20. Bd4+
Rxd4 21. cxd4 Bh6 22. Rhb1 Rd8 23. R1b4 Bf8 24. Rc4 Rd7
25. Ke3 g5 26. Ke4 Bd6 27. h3 Bh2 28. Rc6 Bg1 29. Ke3 Bh2
30. d5 Bf4+ 31. Ke4 h6 32. dxe6 fxe6 33. Rf5+ Ke7 34. Ra5 Rb7
35. Raa6 Rb4+ 36. Kd3 Rb2 37. Rxe6+ Kd7 38. Re2 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. Re1 Bb7
7. c4 Ngf6 8. cxb5 axb5 9. Bxb5 Nxe4 10. d4 e6 11. dxc5 Nexc5
12. Nc3 Be7 13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. b4 Na6 16. a3 d5
17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Bc6 Nc7 19. Bxa8 Nxa8 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. Qd3 Nb6
22. Be5 Rc8 23. Nd4 Nc4 24. Nf3 Qa4 25. Ra1 Ne4 26. Bd4 Bf8
27. h4 h6 28. Rac1 f5 29. Ne5 Ned6 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Qe2 Ne4
32. Rxc4 Rd8 33. f3 e5 34. Bxe5 Qa7+ 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Qe3 Qe7
37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Qxd2 Qxe5+ 39. f4 Qf5 40. Qe3 Qf6 41. g3 Kh8
42. Re2 Qa1 43. Qb3 Qd4 44. Qf7 Qd6 45. Qe8 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5
47. fxg5 Kg7 48. Qxe4 Qd1 49. Qc2 Qd5 50. Qc3+ Kg8 51. Qe5 Qd1
52. Qe6+ Kg7 53. Rf2 Qh5+ 54. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[EventDate "2017.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2
Rb8 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb5 15. Nf1 Qd7 16. Bg5 Rxa5 17. Rxa5
Nxa5 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 h6 20. Bh4 Nc6 21. d5 Ne5 22. Nxe5
dxe5 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. Qc2 Bb4 25. Rd1 Ba5 26. Ne3 Bb6 27. Nf5
Kh8 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qd2 a5 30. h4 h5 31. Qc1 Rd8 32. Rxd8+
Qxd8 33. Qa1 Qf6 34. Qa4 Qe6 35. Ne3 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Qg6 37. Qb5
c6 38. Qxe5 a4 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Qb4 Qg3 41. Qxa4 Qe1+ 42. Kh2
Qxh4+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 c5 45. e5 Qxe3 46. e6 Qxe6 47. Qc2+
Kh6 48. Qxc5 g5 49. g3 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Kg6 51. Qd6+ Kf5 52. Qd7+
Qe6 53. Qd1 Qe3+ 54. Kg2 Qe4+ 55. Kh2 h4 56. Qd7+ Kg6 57. gxh4
Qxh4+ 58. Kg2 g4 59. Qe6+ Qf6 60. Qxg4+ Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[EventDate "2017.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 g6
7. d3 Bg7 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd5 Qxd5
12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxc6 Bh3 14. Bc3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rad8
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bd5 Kf6 18. f3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Kxe6 20. Kf2
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rc8 22. Rd3 Rc2 23. Ra3 Rxb2 24. Rxa7 Kf6 25. a4
Ra2 26. Rb7 Rxa4 27. Rxb6+ e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[EventDate "2017.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Matthias Bluebaum"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Rb8 12. Kh1
Qc7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd4 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Bb7 18. c3 Bd5 19. Qe3 Qc6 20. g4 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6
22. Bc5 Rf7 23. Rad1 Be7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. f5 Rf7 26. a4 Rc8
27. axb5 axb5 28. fxe6 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Bxe6 30. Bg2 Qxc3
31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Qf2+ Qf6 33. Qa7+ Qe7 34. Qf2+ Qf6 35. Qa7+
Qe7 36. Qf2+ Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2017.07.19"]
[EventDate "2017.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5
7. O-O Be7 8. Ne5 Nd7 9. Qf3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bg6 11. c4 c6
12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nd2 Nc3 14. Bxg6 Qxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne2+ 16. Kh1
fxg6 17. Be3 Rf8 18. Nd2 Nf4 19. Ne4 Rf5 20. Rad1 g5 21. Bd4
Ne6 22. Bc3 Rd8 23. f3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nc5 25. Ng3 Rf4 26. b3
Ne6 27. h3 Rf7 28. Ne4 Bf8 29. Kg1 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Kf2
c5 32. Ke3 Kc6 33. a4 Be7 34. g3 Kd5 35. f4 gxf4+ 36. gxf4 g6
37. Bb2 Nc7 38. Nc3+ Ke6 39. Ke4 Bh4 40. Ne2 a6 41. a5 Nd5
42. Nc3 Nxc3+ 43. Bxc3 Bd8 44. Be1 Bc7 45. Bc3 Bd8 46. Be1 Bc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2017.07.21"]
[EventDate "2017.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c3 a5
7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Rc1 a4 10. Qa3 Re8 11. c4 Nc6
12. Nbd2 e6 13. b4 axb3 14. Qxb3 Ne4 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e3 h6
17. h4 Ra5 18. Nf1 Be6 19. Rab1 Ra7 20. a4 Qd8 21. N3d2 Nxd2
22. Nxd2 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5
Rxe3 27. fxe3 Qxg3+ 28. Qg2 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 g4 30. d5 Ne5
31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 33. Nxe4 Rxa4 34. Nc3 Rd4 35. Rd1
Nd3 36. Kg1 b5 37. Nxb5 Rxd5 38. Nc3 Bd4+ 39. Kh2 Rh5+ 40. Kg2
Nf4+ 41. Kg3 Be5 42. Ne4 Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kf5 44. Nd6+ Bxd6
45. Rxd6 Rh3+ 46. Kf2 Rf3+ 47. Kg1 g3 48. Rd2 Ra3 49. Rd1 Ra2
50. Rxg3 Ne2+ 51. Kf2 Nc3+ 52. Ke1 Nxd1 53. Kxd1 Kf4 54. Rb3
f5 55. Ke1 Ra1+ 56. Kf2 Ra2+ 57. Kf1 Ra1+ 58. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2017.07.22"]
[EventDate "2017.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Bc5
7. O-O Nf6 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Qf4 O-O 10. Rd1 Ne8 11. Qg3 Kh8
12. d4 Bb6 13. a4 a6 14. h4 Nef6 15. Bf3 Bc7 16. Qh3 dxe4
17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe8 19. Re1 h6 20. b3 f5 21. Nd2 Qg6
22. Ba3 Rfd8 23. Nf3 Re8 24. Re2 e5 25. h5 Qg4 26. Qxg4 fxg4
27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Rae1 Ba5 29. b4 Bb6 30. c3 a5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5
32. Rxe5 axb4 33. Bxb4 Rxa4 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Bd6 Ba5 36. Re7
Bd8 37. Rxb7 Bf6 38. Kh2 Ra5 39. Bc5 Be5+ 40. g3 Bf6 41. Kg2
Ra2 42. Rc7 Rc2 43. Rxc6 Rxc3 44. Re6 Rf3 45. Re4 Rf5 46. Rxg4
Rxh5 47. Re4 Kg6 48. Kf3 Rh1 49. Re2 h5 50. Ke4 h4 51. gxh4
Rxh4+ 52. Kd5 Rf4 53. Rd2 Bh4 54. Bd6 Rxf2 55. Rxf2 Bxf2
56. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[EventDate "2017.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. Bxc3 Bg7
7. h4 d5 8. exd6 O-O 9. dxe7 Re8 10. Qf3 Qxe7+ 11. Ne2 Nc6
12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O-O Qe5 14. Qc3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qf3
d3 17. c3 h5 18. Bxd3 Bg4 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qa6 Bxd1 21. Rxd1
Qf4 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Qc5 Rxa2 24. Bb1 Raa8 25. g3 Qf3 26. Qd4+
Kg8 27. Qf4 Qb7 28. b4 Qa6 29. Qf3 Qa3+ 30. Kc2 Rac8 31. g4
Rc4 32. Qd5 Rxb4 33. Qa2 Qxa2+ 34. Bxa2 Rxg4 35. Bd5 Rxh4
36. c4 Rf4 37. d4 Rxf2+ 38. Kc3 h4 39. c5 Re3+ 40. Kc4 Rc2+
41. Kb5 h3 42. c6 h2 43. Kb6 Rg3 44. Be4 Rc4 45. Rd2 Rh3
46. Bh1 Rc1 47. Bg2 h1=Q 48. Bxh1 Rhxh1 49. d5 Rc3 50. Rb2 Rd1
51. Rb5 Kf8 52. Kc7 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.a4 d6 7.c3 a6
8.h3 h6 9.Nbd2 Ba7 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Bb3 Ng6 12.d4 Re8 13.Bc2 Bd7
14.a5 c6 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nc4 Qe7 17.Qd6 Qxd6 18.Nxd6 Re6
19.Rd1 Rb8 20.Kf1 Re7 21.Nc4 Rbe8 22.b3 Be6 23.Nb6 Bxb6
24.axb6 Rd7 25.Be3 Rc8 26.c4 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 c5 28.Ne1 Nd7
29.Nd3 f6 30.Ra1 Ne7 31.Ke2 Kf7 32.Kd2 f5 33.f4 exf4 34.Nxf4
g5 35.Nxe6 Kxe6 36.exf5+ Nxf5 37.Bg1 Nd4 38.Re1+ Kf6 39.Rf1+
Ke7 40.Re1+ Kd8 41.Be4 Nxb3+ 42.Kc3 Nd4 43.Bh2 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[EventDate "2017.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qc7
12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. a4 Be7
17. axb5 axb5 18. h4 O-O 19. O-O Rc4 20. b3 Rc7 21. Nd1 Qd4
22. Qa5 Qc5 23. Ne3 Ra8 24. Qd2 g6 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. Ra1 Ra7
27. Ra5 Qb6 28. Rxa7 Qxa7 29. Qc3 Qb8 30. Qb4 Bc6 31. c4 Kf8
32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[EventDate "2017.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5
Nc6 13. Nd5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rc8 16. a4 Bf6
17. axb5 axb5 18. c4 bxc4 19. dxc4 Bg5 20. Be3 Kh8 21. Qh5 h6
22. Bxf7 Nd4 23. h4 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qf6 25. Ra7 Ne2+ 26. Qxe2
Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qg4 Rb8 29. Ra1 Qf6 30. Qe4 Kh7 31. Ra2
h5 32. Kh2 d5 33. Qxd5 Qxh4+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qh4+ 36. Kg1
Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qxe3 38. Qf7 Qf4+ 39. Kh1 Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+
41. Kh2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qd4+ 43. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+
7.Kxd1 Bf5 8.Nd2 Nc6 9.e4 Bg6 10.Bb5 Rc8 11.h4 h5 12.Re1 e6
13.a4 Be7 14.g3 O-O 15.a5 Rfd8 16.a6 b6 17.Kc2 Ne5 18.f4 Ng4
19.Kb3 f6 20.Nc4 Nf2 21.e5 Ne4 22.Be3 Bf5 23.Rg1 Rd5 24.Rae1
Kf7 25.Bc1 Bh7 26.Re3 Rcd8 27.Bc6 Nf2 28.Re2 Nd3 29.exf6 gxf6
30.Bb5 Rg8 31.Bd2 Rgd8 32.Be3 Be4 33.Rd2 Rg8 34.Ka4 Rgd8
35.Kb3 Rg8 36.Ka2 f5 37.Rh2 Rc8 38.Rd2 Rg8 39.Re2 Bf3 40.Rh2
Bf6 41.Nd2 Bg4 42.Rf1 Rgd8 43.Nc4 e5 44.fxe5 Bxe5 45.Bg5 Bxg3
46.Rg2 Bh3 47.Rxg3 Bxf1 48.Rf3 Be2 49.Bxd8 Bxf3 50.Bxb6 axb6
51.Bc6 Be4 52.a7 Rd8 53.Nd6+ Rxd6 54.Bxe4 Rd8 55.a8=Q Rxa8+
56.Bxa8 Ne5 57.Kb3 f4 58.Kc2 Kg7 59.Kd2 Ng6 60.Kd3 Nxh4 61.Ke4
f3 62.Ke3 Kf6 63.b4 c4 64.Bd5 Kf5 65.Bxc4 Kg4 66.Kf2 Ng6
67.Be6+ Kf4 68.Bf7 Ne5 69.Bxh5 Nd3+ 70.Kf1 Kg3 71.Bf7 Nf2 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.a4 a6 7.c3
Ba7 8.Re1 d6 9.h3 b5 10.Bb3 b4 11.a5 Rb8 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.Bc2 h6
14.Nf1 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Bd2 b3 17.Bb1 Qd6 18.Qe2 Rbe8 19.Ra3
f5 20.Nxe5 Bd7 21.d4 Nxd4 22.cxd4 Bxd4 23.Rxb3 Rxe5 24.Qc4
Rxe1 25.Bxe1 Re8 26.Bb4 Qe5 27.Rd3 Bb5 28.Qxd4 Bxd3 29.Qxd3
Nxb4 30.Qc4+ Nd5 31.Ba2 Kh7 32.Qxd5 Qxd5 33.Bxd5 Re5 34.Bc4
Rxa5 35.f4 Ra1 36.Kf2 a5 37.Nd2 Kg6 38.Bd3 Kf6 39.Nc4 a4 40.g4
fxg4 41.hxg4 Ke6 42.Be4 Rc1 43.Ne3 Ra1 44.Nc4 Rc1 45.Ne3 Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.08.08"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.a3 Be7 10.Qd3 Nbd7 11.O-O-O g5 12.fxg5 Ne5
13.Qd2 Nh7 14.Nf3 hxg5 15.Bf2 Qc7 16.Be2 Bd7 17.h4 Rg8 18.h5
g4 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Bh4 Bc6 21.Qe3 Bxh4 22.Rxh4 Qe7 23.Rxg4
Rxg4 24.Bxg4 Qg5 25.Qxg5 Nxg5 26.Bf3 Ke7 27.Kd2 Rh8 28.Rh1 f5
29.Ke3 Kf6 30.b4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1
Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.Rfe1 Bb4 15.g4 hxg4 16.hxg4 Ne7 17.Nxe6 Rxe6
18.Kg2 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Rh1 Nd5 22.Bg3 Rh6
23.Rxh6 gxh6 24.Kh3 Nxc3 25.Kh4 Nxa2 26.Kh5 Nc3 27.Kxh6 a5
28.f4 a4 29.f5 Ke8 30.g5 a3 31.e6 a2 32.Kg7 fxe6 33.f6 a1=Q
34.f7+ Kd7 35.Be5 Qa5 36.Bf6 Qc5 37.f8=Q Qxf8+ 38.Kxf8 Ne4
39.Kf7 Nxg5+ 40.Bxg5 Kd6 41.Kf6 e5 42.Kf5 Kd5 43.Bd8 Kd4
44.Bxc7 Kc3 45.Kxe5 Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb4
7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bc4 N8c6 9.Nxc6 Nxc6 10.O-O e6 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Bf4
O-O 13.Qd2 Be8 14.Rfd1 Qxd2 15.Rxd2 Rc8 16.Nb5 e5 17.Bg3 Na5
18.Bf1 Bxb5 19.Bxb5 f6 20.Rad1 Kf7 21.f3 a6 22.Bf1 Nc4
23.Bxc4+ Rxc4 24.Rd7 Rb8 25.Kf1 Ke8 26.Be1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8
28.Ke2 Rc2+ 29.Rd2 Rxd2+ 30.Bxd2 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[EventDate "2017.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Nc4 Be7 13. a5 Rb8 14. Nb6 Nd7 15. Ncd5 Nxb6 16. Nxb6 Be6
17. Bc4 Qc7 18. Qd3 Bd8 19. c3 Qc6 20. Bd5 Qe8 21. Bxe6 Qxe6
22. Nd5 f5 23. O-O Rc8 24. Rfd1 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qf5 26. Qe2 Kh8
27. c4 Bh4 28. g3 Bg5 29. Ra3 Rce8 30. h4 Bd8 31. b4 Qg6
32. h5 Qf5 33. Ne3 Qe6 34. Rad3 Be7 35. Nd5 Bd8 36. Rf3 Rxf3
37. Qxf3 Kg8 38. Kg2 e4 39. Qe2 Qe5 40. Ne3 Bg5 41. Rd5 Qf6
42. Nf5 Re6 43. c5 dxc5 44. Qc4 Qf7 45. Rxc5 h6 46. Rc8+ Kh7
47. g4 Re7 48. Qd4 Re6 49. Qd5 g6 50. hxg6+ Kxg6 51. Rf8 Qxf8
52. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 d6
7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Bf4 Bf5
12. Nh4 Bc8 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bc8 15. Nf3 Bf5 16. Nh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 Qb6 10. a5 Qxb2 11. Bd2 Qb4
12. Nd5 Qc5 13. Bb4 Qc6 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qd4
Ke8 17. Bxd6 Ng6 18. f3 Be6 19. c4 Rd8 20. c5 Nd7 21. Rd1 f6
22. O-O Kf7 23. f4 Nxc5 24. f5 Ne5 25. fxe6+ Nxe6 26. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 e6 6. Nc3 Be7
7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. O-O-O Bxb5 9. Nxb5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qxd6
Nc6 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. c3 a6 14. Nbd4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5
16. Nf3 Bf4+ 17. Kc2 Kf8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1 20. Kxd1
Ke7 21. g3 Bc7 22. Nd2 g5 23. Ke2 h5 24. a4 g4 25. Nc4 f5
26. exf5 exf5 27. Ne3 Ke6 28. Ng2 Kd5 29. Kd3 Kd6 30. Nf4 h4
31. gxh4 Ke5 32. Ne2 Kf6 33. Ng3 f4 34. Ne2 f3 35. Ng3 Bb6
36. Kd2 Kg6 37. Ke1 Bd8 38. h5+ Kg5 39. Kf1 Bc7 40. Kg1 Be5
41. Ne4+ Kxh5 42. Nc5 Kh4 43. Nxb7 Kh3 44. Nc5 Bxh2+ 45. Kf1
a5 46. b4 Bd6 47. Nd3 axb4 48. cxb4 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Ne4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Nd4
Bg6 12. Nce2 Ne6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Ne2 Kd7 16. Nf4
Re8 17. Rad1+ Kc6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bf4 Rh5 20. g4 Rh8 21. Kg2
c4 22. a4 a6 23. b3 Bc5 24. bxc4 Re6 25. Bg3 g5 26. Rd5 b5
27. axb5+ axb5 28. Rd3 bxc4 29. Rc3 Kd5 30. Rd1+ Bd4 31. Ra3
c3 32. Rxc3 c5 33. Rf3 Kc4 34. Rxf7 Bxe5 35. Re1 Rhe8 36. Re4+
Bd4 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Rf5 Kc3 39. Rxg5 Kxc2 40. Rd5 Kd3 41. f4
Re2+ 42. Kf1 Ra2 43. f5 Ke4 44. Rd7 Kf3 45. Ke1 Kxg4 46. Rd5
Kf3 47. Rd7 Ke4 48. Bd6 c4 49. Bf8 c3 50. Rc7 c2 51. f6 Bxf6
52. Bb4 Bg5 53. Bd2 Ra1+ 54. Ke2 Bxd2 55. Kxd2 c1=Q+ 56. Rxc1
Rxc1 57. Kxc1 Kf3 58. Kd2 Kg2 59. Ke3 g5 60. Ke4 Kxh2 61. Kf5
Kg3 62. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qa4 a6 11. Bg5 Ne4
12. Be3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. a4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5
17. axb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 Bxc3 19. Rac1 Ba6 20. Qxd5 Qxd5
21. Bxd5 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Ne4 8. Qe2 Bf5 9. Rd1 Qc8 10. Nh4 Be7 11. Nxf5
Qxf5 12. f3 Nc5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. g4 Qe6 15. f4 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6
17. Qxe6+ Nxe6 18. Ne4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bxb2 20. Bxc7 Bxa1
21. Rxa1 Rae8 22. Ng3 Rf3 23. Rd1 Rc3 24. Rd2 Re1+ 25. Kg2 Rc1
26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. Rd7+ Ke6 28. Rxg7 R1xc2+ 29. Kh3 Rxa2
30. Rxh7 b5 31. g5 Rcc2 32. g6 Rxh2+ 33. Kg4 Rhg2 34. Bd8 Ra3
35. Bh4 Rh2 36. Re7+ Kd6 37. g7 Rxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Kxe7 39. g8=Q
Ra4+ 40. Kg5 Kd6 41. Qf8+ Kc7 42. Nf5 Re4 43. Qd6+ Kb6
44. Qb8+ Ka6 45. Nd6 Re7 46. Kf6 Rh7 47. Ke5 Ka5 48. Qd8+ Kb4
49. Qf8 c5 50. Qf1 c4 51. Qb1+ 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bc1 Ngf6
12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bc1 Ngf6 14. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Ne4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Nc3 Ne6 11. Be3
b6 12. Rad1+ Ke8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bb7 16. Ng3 c5
17. Nh2 Rd8 18. Ng4 Bg5 19. Nf5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bxe3 21. Nfxe3
Nf4 22. e6 Nxe6 23. Nf5 Be4 24. Nxg7+ Nxg7 25. Nf6+ Ke7
26. Nxe4 Nxh5 27. Nc3 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Kh2 Kd7 30. g4 Nf6
31. Kg3 a6 32. f4 Ke6 33. Kh4 b5 34. Ne2 Nd5 35. Kh5 f5
36. Kxh6 fxg4 37. Kg5 Ne3 38. c3 b4 39. Ng3 Nd1 40. Kg6 Nxb2
41. f5+ Kd5 42. f6 Nc4 43. Ne2 Nd6 44. Kg5 Ne4+ 45. Kf5 Nxf6
46. Kxf6 Kc4 47. cxb4 cxb4 48. Kf5 Kd3 49. Nf4+ Kc2 50. Kxg4
Kb1 51. Nd5 a5 52. Kf3 Kxa2 53. Ke2 c5 54. Kd3 Kb3 55. Kd2 a4
56. Kc1 Ka2 57. Ne3 b3 58. Nc4 a3 59. Nd2 c4 60. Nb1 Ka1
61. Nxa3 c3 62. Nb1 c2 63. Nd2 b2+ 64. Kxc2 b1=R 65. Nxb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb6 10. Nb3 d6 11. O-O Bd7
12. Be3 Qa6 13. Bd4 Ba4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. e4 Nd7
17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Bf1 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3
Qa4 22. Nd4 Nc5 23. Re1 Qxa2 24. b4 Na4 25. Qc7 Qd2 26. Nf3
Qxb4 27. Qxe7 Rf8 28. e5 Nc3 29. exd6 Nxd5 30. Qe5 Nb6 31. Ng5
Nc4 32. Qe4 Qa5 33. Nxf7 Rxf7 34. d7 Nd6 35. Qe6 Qc7 36. Qe8+
Rf8 37. Qe7 Qb6 38. Qe6+ Nf7 39. Qd5 Qc6 40. Qd4 Qd6 41. Qa4
Qc6 42. Qa5 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bg3 d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 c5 12. Nf1
b5 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nd2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bg5 17. Nf5
d5 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. g4 d4 20. a4 dxc3 21. bxc3 b4 22. cxb4 cxb4
23. Bb3 Na5 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Bf6 26. Qd2 Re8 27. Qxb4 e4
28. dxe4 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Ngf3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. c4 Nbd7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. b4 Rc8 12. f3
Be7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Nb3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Na5 Rb8 17. Bf4
Nfd7 18. Be2 Bh4+ 19. Kd2 Bf6 20. g4 b6 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Bxb8
Ncxb8 23. cxb6 Nxb6 24. Bxa6 Bxb2 25. Bb5+ Ke7 26. Ra7+ N8d7
27. f4 Rh3 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Ra2 Nb6 30. Rxb2 Nc4+ 31. Kc1
Nxb2 32. Kxb2 Rxe3 33. Rc1 Kd6 34. b5 d4 35. b6 Re7 36. Rc4
Rb7 37. Rxd4+ Kc5 38. Kc3 Rxb6 39. Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 e6 6. Bb5+
Bd7 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qxf6 gxf6 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nc3 Rc8
11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Nb5 Kd7 14. Nxa7 Rc5 15. a4
Rc4 16. f3 Rxa4 17. Nb5 Rb4 18. Na3 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Ra8 20. Rd3
f5 21. Rhd1 Ra6 22. c3 Rba4 23. exf5 exf5 24. Rd5 Bg7 25. Kc2
Rc6 26. Nb5 Raa6 27. f4 Ke6 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. R5d3 Kf6 30. Rh3
Kg6 31. Nd4 Rc4 32. Nf3 Rg4 33. Nh4+ Kg5 34. Nf3+ Kg6 35. Nh4+
Kg5 36. Nf3+ Kg6 37. Nh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4
7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxc4 Qe7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bg5 Nbd7
12. Qh4 h6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5 hxg5 15. Nxg5 Nb6 16. Be4 g6
17. Qh6 Re8 18. Nxf7 Qxf7 19. Bxg6 Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. Bxe8
Nxe8 22. Rac1 Be7 23. Rfd1 Be6 24. Ne4 Bxa2 25. Nc5 Bd5 26. e4
Bc6 27. f3 Kf7 28. Nd3 Ke6 29. h4 Nf6 30. Kf2 Rf8 31. Ke3 Rg8
32. Rg1 Bf8 33. g4 Rh8 34. Rh1 Bb5 35. Nc5+ Bxc5+ 36. Rxc5
Nc4+ 37. Kf2 Nxb2 38. Rc7 Bc6 39. Rg7 Nd3+ 40. Ke3 Nf4 41. h5
Rd8 42. h6 Rd3+ 43. Kf2 Bxe4 44. fxe4 Nxe4+ 45. Kg1 Rg3+
46. Kf1 Rg2 47. h7 Rf2+ 48. Ke1 Nd3+ 49. Kd1 Nc3# 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. f4 h4 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Ng1 Bb4
12. Nf3 Nxe4 13. Bg5+ Nxg5 14. Nxg5 Ke7 15. O-O-O Bxc3
16. bxc3 f6 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Nc5 Nd7 19. Nxb7 Rhc8 20. c4 Rab8
21. Na5 Nb6 22. g3 hxg3 23. Rg1 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Rxg3
Bxa2 26. Rxg7+ Bf7 27. Rg3 Rb5 28. Ra3 Rcc5 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 Be7
7. O-O h6 8. Be3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Qe2 Re8
12. Rad1 Bf8 13. Ne4 a6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. Ng3 Bh7
17. Qf1 Nb6 18. d4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 exd4 20. cxd4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1
Rd8 22. Bc3 f6 23. Rd1 Bg8 24. Qd3 Bxa2 25. Nh4 Bd5 26. Ng6+
Kg8 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Nf5 Re8 29. Ne3 Nd8 30. Qg6 Bf7 31. Qg3
Qd6 32. Qxd6 cxd6 33. d5 b5 34. Ra1 Nb7 35. Rxa6 Nc5 36. Rxd6
Ne4 37. Rb6 Bxd5 38. Rxb5 Nxc3 39. bxc3 Be6 40. Rb1 Rc8
41. Rc1 g5 42. g3 Kf7 43. f4 Rd8 44. Rc2 gxf4 45. gxf4 Ke7
46. Kf2 Bb3 47. Rb2 Be6 48. Rb7+ Kd6 49. Rh7 Rc8 50. Rxh6 Ke7
51. f5 Bf7 52. Rh3 Rc5 53. Ke2 Kd6 54. Kd3 Ke5 55. Rh4 Rc8
56. Re4+ Kd6 57. Rd4+ Ke5 58. h4 Rg8 59. Ng4+ Kxf5 60. Nh6+
1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O e6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Re1 Nbd7
12. h3 Rb8 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Rc1 Ne4
17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. b3 a5 19. Nd2 Rd4 20. e4 Ba6 21. Be3 Rb4
22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 a4 24. bxa4 Nxa4 25. Kg2 c4 26. e5 c3
27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Nf3 Nb2 29. Qe2 Qxd5 30. Bf4 Rxf4 31. gxf4
Nd3 32. Rcd1 Nxf4+ 33. Kh2 Qh5 34. Qf1 Qxf3 35. Re3 Qa8
36. Rd7 c2 37. Ree7 c1=Q 38. Rxf7 Be5 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4
Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. a3 Be7 9. Bf4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. e3 O-O
12. Bd3 Rd8 13. O-O-O e5 14. h4 b5 15. Ne4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 g6 18. Bc3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bf6 20. g4 Qe7 21. g5 Bg7
22. Bb4 Qe8 23. Qxc6 Bg4 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rd5 Be6 26. Rc5
Bf8 27. Rc7 Bxb4 28. axb4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Re6 30. Kc2 f6
31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rc7+ Kg8 33. Rxa7 fxg5 34. hxg5 e4 35. Kc3
Re5 36. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 e6 6. Nc3 Be7
7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. O-O-O Bxb5 9. Nxb5 Nc6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Bxf6
Bxf6 12. Nxd6 Qc7 13. Qb5 a6 14. Qxb7 Qxb7 15. Nxb7 Rfb8
16. Nc5 Bxb2+ 17. Kd2 Ba3 18. Nd3 Rd8 19. Rb1 Rac8 20. Rb3 Na5
21. Rbb1 Nc4+ 22. Kd1 Nb2+ 23. Kd2 f6 24. Ne1 Nc4+ 25. Ke2 Nd6
26. Ke3 Nb5 27. Rb3 Rc4 28. f3 Rdc8 29. Kd2 Ra4 30. c3 Be7
31. Nc1 Nxc3 32. Rxc3 Bb4 33. Ne2 Ra3 34. Nc2 Bxc3+ 35. Kd3
Rd8+ 36. Kc4 Rxa2 37. Kb3 Rxc2 38. Kxc2 Rd2+ 39. Kxc3 Rxe2
40. Rg1 Kf7 41. h4 Kg6 42. Kd3 Ra2 43. g4 a5 44. e5 fxe5
45. Ke4 Re2+ 46. Kd3 Rb2 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. g5+ Kf7 49. Kxe5 Rb5+
50. Ke4 a4 51. Ra1 Ra5 52. h5 a3 53. f4 a2 54. Kd3 g6 55. h6
e5 56. Ke4 exf4 57. Kxf4 Ke6 58. Re1+ Kd6 59. Rd1+ Kc6
60. Rc1+ Kd5 61. Rd1+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. a3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. e3 d5
7. c4 a5 8. b5 c5 9. bxc6 bxc6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qd6
12. Nf3 f5 13. Be2 c5 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. O-O cxd4 16. Nfxd4 Bb7
17. Bf3 Na6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Rfc8 21. Rac1
Bf8 22. Nc6 Nc5 23. Nbd4 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 a6 2. Nf3 b5 3. a4 b4 4. d4 Bb7 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O Nf6
7. Re1 d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Nf1 Nc6 11. c3 Be7 12. Ng3
h5 13. h4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bxh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Be3 Nxd4
17. Rc1 Nc6 18. Qd2 Ncxe5 19. Bg5 Qd4 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Re1
Qc7 22. Nf5 Nc5 23. Bf4 Qc6 24. Nd6+ Kf8 25. Rc1 a5 26. Bb5
Qb6 27. Be3 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. a3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Rg1 O-O
7. g4 c5 8. g5 Ne4 9. h4 cxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Ne5 Nc6
12. Ng4 Kh8 13. Bd3 d5 14. Nf6 Nxf6 15. gxf6 g6 16. h5 e5
17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qxf6 19. Qg4 d4 20. Bb2 Nb4 21. Ke2 Nxd3
22. cxd3 Rfc8 23. f4 Rc2 24. fxe5 Bf3+ 25. Ke1 dxe3 26. exf6
exd2+ 27. Kf1 Bxg4 28. Rxg4 Rxb2 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Rd1 Rf8
31. Rf4 g5 32. Rf5 a5 33. Ke2 a4 34. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 a3
36. Kc3 Ra8 37. f7 Kg7 38. Rxg5+ Kxf7 39. Rg1 a2 40. Ra1 h5
41. Kb4 h4 42. Kb5 h3 43. Kxb6 h2 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 a6 2. h4 b5 3. h5 Bb7 4. Qf3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Ne5
7. Qg3 Qxd5 8. d4 Nd7 9. Nf3 Ngf6 10. Bd3 e6 11. h6 gxh6
12. Bxh6 Rg8 13. Qh2 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rxg2 15. Nbd2 Rxf2 16. Rh3
Rg2 17. O-O-O Qxa2 18. Bb1 Qd5 19. Ne1 Rg8 20. Nd3 Qg5
21. Qxg5 Rxg5 22. Rh6 Ke7 23. Nf4 c5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Re1 Rg8
26. Nb3 Re5 27. Rf1 Rf5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Nd4 Be4 30. Re1 Kf8
31. Rh2 Nc5 32. b4 Na4 33. Kd2 Rg3 34. Rh3 Rg4 35. Nh5 Nd5
36. Ne2 Nb2 37. Nhg3 Nc4+ 38. Kc1 Bd3 39. Rd1 Bxe2 40. Nxe2
Nde3 41. Rd3 f4 42. Rxh7 f3 43. Rxe3 Nxe3 44. Kd2 fxe2
45. Kxe2 Nc4 46. Rh6 Rg6 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. b4 a5 2. b5 a4 3. Bb2 d5 4. a3 c5 5. e3 Nf6 6. c4 d4
7. exd4 cxd4 8. Nf3 e5 9. Nxe5 Bc5 10. Nd3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O
12. O-O Bf5 13. Ne1 d3 14. Bf3 Nbd7 15. Nc3 Nb6 16. Bxb7 Ra7
17. Bc6 Nxc4 18. Nxa4 Qa5 19. Rc1 Qxa4 20. b6 Qxd1 21. Rxd1
Nxb6 22. Bd4 Rc7 23. Rc1 Rfc8 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. g4 e5 2. c4 c6 3. Bg2 d6 4. e3 h5 5. gxh5 Qh4 6. d4 exd4
7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. exd4 Rxh5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Nge2 Bh3 11. Bf3 Bg4
12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. h3 Nf6 14. Ng3 Rh8 15. Be3 Nbd7 16. Ke2
O-O-O 17. Kf3 g6 18. Rae1 Rh4 19. b3 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6
21. Nce4 Kc7 22. Ng5 Rf8 23. Re7 Nh7 24. h4 Kd8 25. Ree1 Nxg5+
26. hxg5 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 f6 28. gxf6 Rxf6+ 29. Ke3 Nf8 30. Ne4
Re6 31. d5 cxd5 32. cxd5 Re5 33. Kd4 Ke7 34. Rc1 Kd7 35. Rg1
Rf5 36. Rg4 Ke7 37. f4 Rh5 38. Rg2 Rh4 39. Rf2 Rh5 40. Re2 Rh4
41. Nc5+ Kf7 42. Nxb7 Rxf4+ 43. Kd3 Rf6 44. Nd8+ Kg7 45. Re7+
Kg8 46. Rxa7 g5 47. Ra8 g4 48. Ra4 Rg6 49. Ke2 g3 50. Kf1 Nd7
51. Ne6 g2+ 52. Kg1 Ne5 53. Rf4 Rg3 54. Nd4 Rd3 55. Kxg2 Rd2+
56. Kg3 Rxa2 57. Nf5 Rd2 58. b4 Rd3+ 59. Kg2 Ng6 60. Rg4 Kh7
61. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. b4 h5 2. Bb2 h4 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 e5 5. d4 Nc6 6. b5 Nxd4
7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Bxd4 Qg5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Be3 Qg6 11. f3 Be6
12. Qd2 O-O-O 13. Bd3 Qh5 14. Ne2 d5 15. e5 d4 16. exf6 dxe3
17. Qxe3 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 Bc5 19. Qf4 g5 20. Qe5 Rd5 21. Qc3 Re8
22. Re1 Qxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bh3# 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 b4 5. Nd5 e6 6. Ne3 Bxe4
7. d5 Nf6 8. Ne2 Bc5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 h5 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bxg4 hxg4 16. Qxg4 Bf7
17. h5 Nf6 18. Qf3 Nxh5 19. Ne4 Bd4 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Rd1 c5
22. Qc6+ Ke7 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Nc2 Rc8 25. Qb7+ Qc7 26. Qxb4
Qxc4 27. Qxc4 Rxc4 28. Ne1 Rhc8 29. Bd2 Bg6 30. b3 R4c6
31. Ngf3 Ne4 32. Ba5 Rc1 33. Rxc1 Rxc1 34. Nxd4 Ra1 35. a4 Nc5
36. Kf2 e5 37. fxe5 dxe5 38. Bb4 Kd6 39. Ndf3 Kd5 40. Bxc5
Kxc5 41. Nxe5 Be4 42. N1d3+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. b4 h5 2. Bb2 h4 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 e5 5. e3 f5 6. d4 e4
7. Nfd2 g5 8. d5 Nf6 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Ne5
12. O-O-O O-O 13. f3 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6
17. Qb3 Be6 18. fxe4 Qb6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nxb4 21. Kb1
Ne4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Be2 Ra2 25. Rde1 Rfa8
26. Rhf1 Ra1+ 27. Kb2 R8a2+ 28. Kc3 Rc2+ 29. Qxc2 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Championship"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.30"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jeffery Xiong"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 a6 2. h4 b5 3. h5 Bb7 4. Qf3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Ne5
7. Qg3 Qxd5 8. d4 Nd7 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. Bf3 Qe6+ 11. Ne2 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 Qd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 c5 16. a4
bxa4 17. Rxa4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb6 19. Ra2 e6 20. Nc3 Bb4 21. Ke2
Kd7 22. Kd3 Rhc8 23. Rh3 Rc6 24. Rf3 Rac8 25. Bd2 f6 26. Rxa6
Nc4 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Bc1 Nb6 29. h6 gxh6 30. Rxf6 Bxc3
31. bxc3 Rxc3+ 32. Kxc3 Nd5+ 33. Kd3 Nxf6 34. Bxh6 Ke8 35. f3
Kf7 36. Bf4 Kg6 37. Be5 Nd5 38. Ke4 h5 39. Bg3 Kf6 40. Bh4+
Kf7 41. Be1 Kf6 42. Bd2 Ne7 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Nd5 45. g5+
Kf7 46. Ke5 Ne7 47. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Muhammad Khusenkhojaev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4
7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb5 e6 10. N1c3 a6 11. Nxd5 axb5
12. Nb4 Qe7 13. Qb3 Ra4 14. Nd3 Nc6 15. Qxb5 Ra5 16. Qb6 Bd4
17. Qb3 Rd8 18. Bd2 Ra6 19. e3 Rb6 20. Qc2 Bg7 21. Bc3 e5
22. a3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Muhammad Khusenkhojaev"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 d6
7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4
Re8 13. a5 c6 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Be3 Qb8
18. Qc1 Qc8 19. Bxh6 Bxh3 20. Bg5 Bg4 21. Bxf6 Bxf3 22. Nf5
Nf4 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Ne2+ 25. Rxe2 Rxe5 26. gxf3 Qxf5
27. exf5 Rxe2 28. Qg5 Rd5 29. Be4 Bxf2+ 30. Kf1 Be3 31. Kxe2
Bxg5 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. Rd1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Grachev"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. e6 fxe6 6. Bb5 Nc6
7. O-O g6 8. Qe2 Bg7 9. Qxe6 Nb6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7
12. Qxc5 d4 13. Ne4 Rc8 14. Qa3 O-O 15. d3 h6 16. Re1 Kh7
17. c4 dxc3 18. Nxc3 Bc6 19. Qxe7 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rc7 21. Qxd8
Rxd8 22. Bf4 Rf7 23. Be3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxd3 25. Bd4 Nd5
26. Rad1 Rdxf3 27. c4 Nb4 28. Rd2 R3f4 29. Re8 g5 30. Be5 Rg4+
31. Kf1 Nc6 32. Bb2 Rgf4 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Rd6+ Kf5 35. Rxc6
Kg4 36. h3+ Kxh3 37. Rhxh6+ Kg4 38. Rhf6 Rb7 39. Be5 Kf3
40. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Be2 Qd8
12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O f5 15. f4 Bg7 16. Bc4 fxe4
17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qe2 a6 20. a4 b5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Bxb5 Qxd5 24. Bc4 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Re1
Rd8 27. Rxe4 Rxd2 28. Rxe7 Bxc3 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Re7+ Kh8
31. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qc7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be2 e6 11. Be3 Be7
12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rad8 15. f4 Qd7 16. Nb3 b6
17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. Qb5 Nb8 19. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 20. Nxc5 Qa8 21. Nd7
Rxd7 22. Rxd7 a6 23. Qd3 Nxd7 24. Qxd7 Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nxf5 exf5
12. c3 Be7 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Nd2 Nc4 16. Rfe1 Nxd2
17. Qxd2 Qe6 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 O-O 21. h4 h6
22. Qf4 Rc8 23. Qf3 Rfd8 24. Rd4 Rc4 25. Qd3 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Re8
27. Re3 h5 28. g3 b5 29. Rd3 Qxe5 30. Re3 Qb8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8
32. Qxd5 f4 33. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7
7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Nd2
Ng6 13. g3 Rad8 14. Rc1 h6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. f4 d5
18. cxd5 exd5 19. e5 d4 20. Na4 Nd5 21. Rxc5 Qe7 22. Qc1 Qd7
23. b3 Rc8 24. Bf3 Nc3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nxc3 Rxc3 27. Qd1 Ne7
28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Qe2 Nf5 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxb3 32. Rc1
Rb2 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rc7 Re2 35. Nc5 Rc2 36. Rxf7 Kg6 37. e6
Rxc5 38. g4 Ne3 39. f5+ Kh7 40. e7 Re5 41. f6 Kg6 42. Rf8 d3
43. fxg7 Kxg7 44. Rd8 Rxe7 45. Rxd3 Nxg4 46. Rg3 h5 47. h3 Re3
0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6
7. O-O Bb4 8. Bg5 Bxc3 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. Rb1 Nc6
12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Rb3 Qc5 14. Qd2 e5 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Rd3 Be6
17. Qh6 Rg8 18. Rd6 Qf8 19. Qxf6 Qe7 20. Qxe5 Rxg2+ 21. Kh1
Rg8 22. Bh5 Kf8 23. f4 Bh3 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. Bf3 Rad8
26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Kg1 Kc7 29. Kf2 Kd6 30. Ke3
Kc5 31. Be2 b5 32. f5 f6 33. c3 Bg2 34. Kf4 Kd6 35. h4 c5
36. Bd3 c4 37. Be2 a5 38. a3 h6 39. Bh5 Bf1 40. Be8 b4
41. axb4 axb4 42. cxb4 c3 43. Ba4 Bd3 44. Ke3 Bb1 45. b5 Kc5
46. e5 fxe5 47. f6 Bg6 48. Bc2 Bf7 49. Bd3 Kd6 50. Be4 Kc5
51. Bd3 Kb6 52. Ke4 Bg6+ 53. Kxe5 Bxd3 54. f7 c2 55. f8=Q c1=Q
56. Qd6+ Kxb5 57. Qxd3+ Qc4 58. Qxc4+ Kxc4 59. Kf6 Kd5 60. Kg6
Ke6 61. Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6
7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4
Nxb5 13. dxc5 Na7 14. b3 Re8 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Ba3 Qa6 17. b4
axb4 18. cxb4 b5 19. Bb2 Nc6 20. Nxe5 Nxb4 21. Re3 bxa4
22. Rg3 Red8 23. Qf3 Kh7 24. Ndc4 Nc2 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nc6
Nd4 27. Nxd4 Bxc4 28. e5 Rg8 29. Nf5+ Kh7 30. Ne7 Rab8
31. exf6 Qb7 32. Qxb7 Rxb7 33. Nxg8 Rxb2 34. Rxa4 Kxg8
35. Rxc4 Rb6 36. Rxc7 Rxf6 37. Rc5 Kg7 38. g4 Rf3 39. Kg2 Ra3
40. f3 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 Ra3 42. h4 Rb3 43. h5 Ra3 44. Kf4 Ra4+
45. Kf5 Ra3 46. f4 Rf3 47. Rc6 Rf1 48. g5 hxg5 49. h6+ Kh7
50. Kxg5 Rg1+ 51. Kf5 Rh1 52. Ke5 Rxh6 53. Rxh6+ Kxh6 54. Kf6
Kh5 55. Kxf7 Kg4 56. Ke6 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. h3 Bd7
12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3
7. dxc6 fxg2 8. cxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O
12. Qd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. f3 Rad8 15. Qe2 Be6 16. f4 Qe7
17. Bf3 h5 18. Kb1 Bh6 19. a4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+
Qxd8 22. Ka2 Qd7 23. Nb5 Bg7 24. e4 Ne8 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Nxa7
Bg4 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. Nb5 Nh5 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 Qxf5
31. Nd6 Qd7 32. Qe5 b6 33. a5 bxa5 34. Qxc5 Ng7 35. Qd5 Ne6
36. c5 Qc7 37. Qa8+ Nf8 38. Qd5 Ne6 39. Qa8+ Nf8 40. Qe8 f6
41. b4 Qh7 42. Qe2 axb4 43. Qxg4+ Kh8 44. Kb3 Nd7 45. Qxb4
Qd3+ 46. Kb2 Ne5 47. Qh4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6
7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4
exd4 13. Nxd4 Ng6 14. N2f3 c6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 d5
17. exd5 exd5 18. Bd3 Ne4 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Nf4 21. Bxe4
dxe4 22. Rxe4 Qf6 23. Re3 Nd5 24. Re1 Nf4 25. Re3 Nd5 26. Re1
Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6
7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4
exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Bc4 c6 17. Be3
Qc7 18. Ba2 Re5 19. Qc2 Rae8 20. Nf3 R5e7 21. Bxc5 dxc5
22. Rad1 Bc8 23. Bc4 Qf4 24. Qd2 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Qxf4
Nxf4 27. e5 N6d5 28. Ne4 Rg6 29. Nh4 Rge6 30. Nd6 Rb8 31. g3
Nxh3+ 32. Kg2 Ng5 33. f4 Nh7 34. f5 Re7 35. c4 Nc7 36. e6 fxe6
37. Ng6 Rd7 38. fxe6 Rdd8 39. Ne7+ Kf8 40. Nxc6 Rxd6 41. Nxb8
Ke7 42. Rxd6 Kxd6 43. Rd1+ Kxe6 44. Rd7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "187"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 Nge7 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bg2 Nc7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Rb8
12. Nc4 Rb4 13. Qa5 f6 14. b3 Bh3 15. Re1 Qb8 16. Ba3 Rb5
17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. Ne3 Qb7 19. f3 b4 20. Bb2 Na6 21. g4 h5
22. a3 Bd8 23. Qa4 hxg4 24. axb4 Nxb4 25. Qxa7 Qxa7 26. Rxa7
gxf3 27. Kf2 fxe2 28. Kxe2 Be6 29. Bc3 Bxb3 30. Rb1 Bf7
31. Bxb4 cxb4 32. Rxb4 f5 33. Rb8 e4 34. Raa8 exd3+ 35. Kxd3
Be7 36. Nxf5 Bg6 37. Rxf8+ Bxf8 38. Ke4 Kf7 39. Ke5 Bxf5
40. Kxf5 g6+ 41. Kg5 Bc5 42. Kh6 Be3+ 43. Kh7 g5 44. Kh6 Bf4
45. Ra2 g4+ 46. Kh5 g3 47. h3 Be3 48. Kg4 Bf2 49. Kf3 Kg6
50. Ra5 Kh6 51. Rb5 Kg6 52. Rd5 Kh6 53. Re5 Kg6 54. Rb5 Kh6
55. Rb4 Kg5 56. Rg4+ Kh6 57. Ke4 Be1 58. Kf5 Bf2 59. Rg6+ Kh7
60. Kf6 Bd4+ 61. Kf7 Bf2 62. Kf6 Bd4+ 63. Kf5 Bf2 64. h4 Be1
65. h5 Bf2 66. Kf4 Be1 67. Kf3 Bf2 68. Ke2 Kh8 69. Kf3 Kh7
70. Kf4 Be1 71. Kg4 Bf2 72. Kf5 Be1 73. Kf4 Bf2 74. Ke5 Be1
75. Kf6 Bf2 76. Kf5 Be1 77. Kg5 Bf2 78. Kf5 Be1 79. Ke4 Bf2
80. Kf3 Be1 81. Re6 Bf2 82. h6 Bc5 83. Kxg3 Bf8 84. Kg4 Bxh6
85. Kf5 Bd2 86. Kf6 Kh6 87. Rc6 Kh5 88. Kf5 Kh4 89. Rc2 Be3
90. Re2 Bb6 91. Re6 Bc7 92. Rc6 Bb8 93. Rc3 Bg3 94. Rxg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.15"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4
Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8. Kf1 Ne6 9. h4 Nd4 10. d3 Nbc6 11. Nb5 Be6
12. Bf4 Nxb5 13. Bxb5 Qb6 14. Ba4 Qa6 15. Rc1 b5 16. Bb3 Bxb3
17. Qxb3 e6 18. Be3 Na5 19. Qc3 b4 20. Qc2 Nb7 21. Qc4 Qxc4
22. Rxc4 Be7 23. Ke2 O-O 24. Nd2 Rfc8 25. Nb3 a5 26. a4 bxa3
27. bxa3 a4 28. Nd2 Nd6 29. Rxc5 Rcb8 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Nxb1
Bxh4 32. Rc6 Be7 33. Bc5 Nb5 34. Ke3 Kf8 35. Bxe7+ Kxe7
36. Rb6 Nd6 37. Nc3 h5 38. f4 f6 39. Nb5 Nxb5 40. Rxb5 h4
41. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.16"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4
exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. f4 Bxb5 17. axb5
Qd7 18. Kh2 Re7 19. Ndf5 Re6 20. Nd4 Re7 21. b4 Bxd4 22. cxd4
Qxb5 23. f5 Nf8 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. bxa5 Qxa5 26. Bb2 N8d7
27. Qc1 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.17"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4
exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Bd3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Re2 c5 17. Nf1
cxd4 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. Nxd4 Nc6 20. Ng3 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 f5
22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Be3 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Bd7 25. Rd1 Rae8 26. Rxe8
Bxe8 27. b3 b5 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Be3 Bc6 30. Nf5 Ne4 31. Nd4
Bd7 32. Bd3 Rb8 33. f3 Nc3 34. Rc1 a4 35. bxa4 Bxa4 36. Kh2
Bd6+ 37. f4 Nd1 38. Bd2 Nf2 39. Bf5 Ne4 40. Be6+ Kh7 41. Be3
Nf6 42. Nf5 Re8 43. Bf7 Rxe3 44. Nxd6 Re7 45. f5 Be8 46. Be6
g6 47. Nxe8 Nxe8 48. fxg6+ Kxg6 49. Bxd5 Nf6 50. Bf3 Re5
51. Kg3 Rg5+ 52. Kf2 Ra5 53. Rc4 Kg5 54. h4+ Kg6 55. g4 Ra7
56. Kg3 Kg7 57. Rc6 Re7 58. Bd1 Rd7 59. Bc2 Re7 60. Bf5 Re3+
61. Kf2 Re7 62. Kf3 Ra7 63. Be6 Ra3+ 64. Kf4 Ra4+ 65. Bc4 Ra7
66. h5 Ra5 67. Rc7+ Kh8 68. Kf3 Re5 69. Rf7 Nxg4 70. Rf8+ Kh7
71. Rf7+ Kh8 72. Kxg4 Re4+ 73. Rf4 Rxf4+ 74. Kxf4 Kg7 75. Kf5
Kh8 76. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.17"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4
Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8. Kf1 Ne6 9. h4 Nd4 10. d3 e6 11. Bf4 a6
12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd2 Bd7
17. f4 e5 18. f5 g6 19. Ng3 Ne7 20. Qh6 O-O-O 21. h5 Kc7
22. Bxf7 gxf5 23. Qxd6+ Kxd6 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Ne4+ Ke7
26. Bb3 Ne3+ 27. Ke2 Bc6 28. Rac1 Rhf8 29. Rh3 Nxg2 30. Rxc6
bxc6 31. Rg3 Nf4+ 32. Ke1 Rb8 33. Rg7+ Kd8 34. Bf7 Rb7 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.19"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2
Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15. Bg5 b6 16. Bxe7
Rfe8 17. d6 Nc6 18. Bb5 Nxe7 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qe6 21. Bxe8
Rxe8 22. dxe7 Qxe7 23. Rfd1 Bf8 24. Rbc1 Qxe4 25. Qc3 Qb4
26. Qa1 Bc5 27. Qxa7 Qb2 28. Kh1 Bxf2 29. Qb7 Qe2 30. Rf1 Rf8
31. Qc6 Bc5 32. Rce1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.20"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "37"]

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 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rc8 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nxd4 c6 16. Bb3 Bf6
17. c3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qf6 19. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "127"]

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 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rc8 14. Bc6 Bf6 15. a4 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7
17. Qd2 Qc6 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Qc5 20. g4 b4 21. Re2 c6
22. Rae1 g6 23. Kg2 Re6 24. h4 Rce8 25. Ng5 R6e7 26. f4 a5
27. Nf3 h5 28. g5 Bg7 29. Rf1 Qa7 30. Qe1 c5 31. Qg3 Qd7
32. Qh3 Qc6 33. f5 Ra7 34. Nd2 Rc7 35. Qf3 Ra7 36. Rfe1 Qc7
37. Nc4 Be5 38. Rf1 Qd8 39. Ref2 Bg7 40. Qf4 Rd7 41. Kg1 Kh7
42. Qg3 Kg8 43. Rf3 d5 44. exd5 Rxd5 45. f6 Bf8 46. Re1 Rxe1+
47. Qxe1 Bd6 48. Qe4 Bc7 49. Rf2 Qd7 50. Re2 Kh7 51. Qg2 Qf5
52. Re4 Rd7 53. Qf1 Qd5 54. Qf3 Qb7 55. Kg2 Qc8 56. Qe2 Qb7
57. Kg1 Qd5 58. Ne5 Bxe5 59. Rxe5 Qd6 60. Kg2 Rd8 61. Qe4 Rd7
62. Re7 Qc7 63. Kh3 Qc8 64. Qe6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bg7
7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 a6 9. a4 h5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Qd2 exd5
12. cxd5 Nh7 13. Bh6 h4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bc4 hxg3 16. hxg3
Rh8 17. e5 Qe7 18. O-O-O Nd7 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qe5 21. d6
g5 22. Rhe1 b5 23. Bd5 Rb8 24. f4 Qd4 25. Qe2 Qb4 26. Qh5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6
12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8 15. Bg5 b4 16. Qxb4 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 Qxg5 18. O-O Rab8 19. Qd6 Bh3 20. Nf4 Bg4 21. Bxg4
Be5 22. Qd7 Qxf4 23. g3 Qf6 24. Rad1 h5 25. Be2 Re7 26. Qd5
Rxb2 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Bd4 29. Qc2 Kg7 30. Kg2 Rb7 31. Qc4
Rb2 32. f4 Bb6 33. Rd1 Qe6 34. Kh1 Qxc4 35. Bxc4 h4 36. e5 Kf8
37. a4 Rc2 38. Bb5 g5 39. fxg5 hxg3 40. hxg3 Rc5 41. g6 fxg6
42. e6 Ke7 43. Bd7 Rc2 44. Rf1 Rf2 45. Rc1 g5 46. Rc4 Rd2
47. Rc8 Bd4 48. Rg8 Bf6 49. Kg1 Re2 50. Kf1 Re4 51. Ra8 Bd4
52. Re8+ Kd6 53. Rg8 g4 54. a5 Ke7 55. a6 Bb6 56. Rb8 Bc5
57. Rb7 Rb4 58. Ke2 Rxb7 59. axb7 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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. b4 Bxa2
12. Nxa2 Nc6 13. c4 Nd4 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Nc3 c6 16. h3 h6
17. Qb3 Nh7 18. cxb5 axb5 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Bf6 22. Rfd1 Re8 23. Qc2 Ng5 24. Qd3 Ne6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Ne2
c5 27. Qxb5 Reb8 28. Qd3 cxb4 29. Qe3 Ra4 30. Rab1 Rxa3
31. Rxb4 Rxe3 32. Rxb8+ Kh7 33. fxe3 Qg5 34. Nf4 Nxf4 35. exf4
Qxf4 36. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "6.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 O-O
7. h3 c6 8. Nc3 Nc7 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bh2 Ne4
12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. c3 Re8 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Be6
17. Rac1 Qc8 18. c4 Ra8 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qa3 f6 21. Nd3 e5
22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Nc5 b6 24. e4 Bf7 25. Nd7 c5 26. Qc3 Re7
27. Bxe5 Bxa2 28. Bxg7 Rxd7 29. Bh6 Be6 30. Qe5 Bb3 31. Rd3
Be6 32. Rcd1 Rf7 33. Bg5 Rf8 34. Bh6 Rf7 35. Bd2 Nb5 36. Be3
Qe8 37. R3d2 Nc7 38. Bg5 Bb3 39. Rd8 Bxd1 40. Rxa8 Qxa8
41. Bxd1 Qe8 42. Qc3 Qxe4 43. Bb3 Nd5 44. Qc1 Qd4 45. Kh1 b5
46. Be3 Nxe3 47. Bxf7+ Kxf7 48. fxe3 Qe5 49. Qf1+ Kg7 50. Qxb5
Qxe3 51. Qd7+ Kh6 52. Qxa7 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qe5+ 54. Kh1 c4
55. Qf2 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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. b4 Bxa2
12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Qb1 d5 16. Bg5 dxe4
17. dxe4 Qd6 18. Qb3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne2
Rfe8 22. Ng3 c5 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. a4 h5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxa8
Rxa8 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Qxb5 Qxb5 29. Rxb5 h4 30. Nf1 Rxc2
31. Rd5 Re2 32. h3 Rxe4 33. g4 Re8 34. Kg2 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8
36. Kf3 g6 37. Ke4 Kg7 38. Nd2 Bb6 39. f4 Bc7 40. Nf3 d3
41. Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[Round "6.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 O-O
7. h3 c6 8. Nc3 Nc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bh2 c5 12. a4 a5
13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bg4 e6 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. b3 Rfc8
18. Ne2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 b5 20. axb5 Nxb5 21. c3 Nxd4 22. exd4 a4
23. b4 Bb5 24. Rfc1 a3 25. Be2 Qc6 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 27. Bd6 Rc6
28. Bc5 Rca6 29. Ra2 Qc4 30. Qe2 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 a2 32. Ra1 Ra3
33. Rc2 Bf8 34. Kf1 e5 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. dxe5 Ke7 37. Ke2 Ke6
38. f4 d4 39. cxd4 Kd5 40. Rd2 Kc4 41. d5 Kxb4 42. d6 Kb3
43. Kf3 Kc3 44. Rf2 h5 45. Kg3 Kd4+ 46. Kh4 Kd5 47. Kg5 Ke6
48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 R3a5 50. Re2 f6+ 51. Kxg6 Rg8+ 52. Kh6
Rxg4 53. f5+ Kxf5 54. e6 Ra8 55. Rf1+ Rf4 56. Rxf4+ Kxf4
57. Rxa2 Rxa2 58. e7 Rd2 59. e8=Q Rxd6 60. Qe7 Rd4 61. Qxf6+
Ke3 62. Kg5 Rd5+ 63. Kg4 Rd4+ 64. Kg3 Rd3 65. Qe5+ Kd2+
66. Kf2 Kc2 67. Qc5+ Rc3 68. Qf5+ Kb2 69. Ke2 Rc2+ 70. Kd3
Rc3+ 71. Kd2 Rb3 72. Qe5+ Kb1 73. Qd4 Rh3 74. Qb6+ Ka1
75. Qf6+ Ka2 76. Qe6+ Rb3 77. Kc2 Ka1 78. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Germany GER"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 h5 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Nd5
Bxd5 13. exd5 g6 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Kb1 Nbxd5 16. Bg5 Be7
17. c4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxf4 O-O 20. h4 d5 21. g4 Bd6
22. Qc1 Rc8 23. Qc3 dxc4 24. Na5 Qe7 25. Nxc4 Bb4 26. Qb3 hxg4
27. h5 Rfd8 28. hxg6 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 fxg6 30. a3 b5 31. Nb6 Rd8
32. Qb3+ Kg7 33. axb4 Qe1+ 34. Ka2 Rd1 35. Qc2 Ra1+ 36. Kb3
Qe6+ 37. Nc4 gxf3 38. Qh2 bxc4+ 39. Bxc4 Qe3+ 40. Kc2 Rxh1
41. Qxh1 Qf4 42. Kb3 Ne4 43. Bxa6 Qd6 44. Qa1 g5 45. Qa5 g4
46. Kc2 g3 47. Bd3 Qe7 48. Qb6 g2 49. Qd4+ Nf6 50. b5 Qc7+
51. Kb3 Qf7+ 52. Kc2 Qc7+ 53. Kb3 Qc1 54. Qd6 Qg5 55. Qc7+ Kh6
56. Qh2+ Nh5 57. Qc7 Qg8+ 58. Bc4 Qg6 59. Qe5 g1=Q 60. Qh8+
Qh7 61. Qe5 Qd1+ 62. Ka3 Qa7+ 63. Kb4 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 a6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 f6
12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Bxb6 Nxb6 15. Bb3 Nd5 16. Ng3 Bg6
17. d4 Nf4 18. Nh4 Be8 19. Re4 g5 20. Nf3 exd4 21. Nxd4 Bg6
22. Re3 Ne5 23. Ne6 Nxe6 24. Bxe6 Qxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rad8 26. Rd4
Rfe8 27. Bf5 Kg7 28. b3 c5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3
7. dxc6 fxg2 8. cxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Qd6 Qb6
12. Qe5+ Kf8 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. Qd5 Bc6 15. Qd6+ Kg8 16. Bxc6 Rd8
17. Qe7 bxc6 18. O-O Bf6 19. Qe4 Kg7 20. Na4 Qc7 21. Rad1 Bxb2
22. Nxb2 Nf6 23. Qf3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Qf4
Qd2 27. Qe5 Qe2 28. Na4 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qg4+ 31. Qg3
Qf5 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Nd7 34. Kf4 Kf6 35. h4 h6 36. e4
g5+ 37. hxg5+ hxg5+ 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. f4 f6 40. Nb2 gxf4+
41. Kxf4 Ne5 42. Na4 Nd7 43. Ke3 f5 44. Nb2 fxe4 45. Kxe4 Nf6+
46. Ke3 Ke5 47. Nd3+ Kd6 48. Kf4 Nd7 49. Nf2 Ke6 50. Ne4 a6
51. a3 a5 52. a4 Ke7 53. Kf5 Kd8 54. Ke6 Kc7 55. Ke7 Ne5
56. Nxc5 Nf3 57. Ne6+ Kb6 58. c5+ Kb7 59. Kd6 Nd2 60. Nd8+ Ka6
61. Kxc6 Nxb3 62. Ne6 Nd2 63. Nc7+ Ka7 64. Kb5 Ne4 65. Ne6 Kb7
66. c6+ Kc8 67. Kxa5 Nc3 68. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5
7. Bc4 Qd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qe2 Bf5 10. Ng5 Na5 11. b4 Nxc4
12. Nxc4 Qxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxd3 14. Nb2 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Bg6 16. Re1
h6 17. Nf3 Ne4+ 18. Kg1 f6 19. c4 a5 20. b5 Rfd8 21. a4 Rd7
22. Be3 Rad8 23. c5 Rd5 24. Rac1 Bh5 25. c6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Bxf3
27. gxf3 Nd2 28. Kg2 f5 29. Rxc7 f4 30. Bf2 e4 31. fxe4 Rg5+
32. Kh1 Nf3 33. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3
7. dxc6 fxg2 8. cxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Qd6 Qb6
12. Qe5+ Kf8 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. Qd5 Bc6 15. Qd6+ Kg8 16. Bxc6 Rd8
17. Qe7 bxc6 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Bf6 20. Qe4 Kg7 21. Kc2
Qc7 22. h3 Rd8 23. Qf3 Be5 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Nxd1 Nf6 26. Bxe5
Qxe5 27. Nc3 h5 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. exf4 Kf8 30. Kd3 Ke7 31. Ke3
Ke6 32. Na4 Nd7 33. Nc3 Nf6 34. Na4 Nd7 35. Nc3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Nd1 Nh5
17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qh3 e5 19. fxe5 Qxh3 20. gxh3 dxe5 21. Bxe5
Nd7 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Bg3 Nc5 24. Nf2 Rfd8 25. Re2 h5 26. Bf4
Ne6 27. Be3 Nd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Nd1 g6 30. Nc3 Bd6 31. Rff2
Be5 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Ke1 Rd7 34. Kd2 Rc5 35. Rf1 a5 36. Kc1 b4
37. axb4 axb4 38. Nd5 Bxd5 39. exd5 Rdxd5 40. Kb1 Rd7 41. Re4
b3 42. Bc4 bxc2+ 43. Kxc2 Bxh2 44. b4 Rg5 45. Rf3 Rg2+ 46. Re2
Rxe2+ 47. Bxe2 f5 48. b5 Kf6 49. Rc3 Kg5 50. Rc6 Bf4 51. Bd3
Rd6 52. Bc4 Kh4 53. Rxd6 Bxd6 54. Bf7 g5 55. Kd3 Kxh3 56. Bxh5
g4 57. Bg6 f4 58. Bf5 Kg3 59. Ke2 f3+ 60. Kf1 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7
7. c4 d6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nd2
Ndf6 13. Qd1 Nf4 14. exf4 gxh4 15. Bf3 d5 16. Re1 e6 17. cxd5
Nxd5 18. Nc4 Qf6 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Ne3 Qxf4
22. Nxd5 Qxd4 23. Qf3 Rae8 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Re4 Qf6 26. Qe3
Rd8 27. Re1 Rd4 28. b4 Rfd8 29. h3 c5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Rxd4
cxd4 32. Qd3 Bf8 33. Nf5 Rd5 34. Re8 Rxf5 35. Rxf8+ Kg7
36. Ra8 Rxf2 37. Rxa7 Rb2 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. gxf3 Kf6 40. Ra5 d3
41. Kf1 d2 42. Ke2 d1=Q+ 43. Kxd1 Rh2 44. a4 Rxh3 45. Ke2 Rh2+
46. Kf1 Ra2 47. Rh5 Rxa4 48. Rxh6+ Kg5 49. Rh7 f5 50. Kg2 Ra2+
51. Kh3 Rf2 52. Rg7+ Kf4 53. Ra7 Rxf3+ 54. Kxh4 Re3 55. Ra4+
Re4 56. Ra3 Re1 57. Ra4+ Ke5 58. Kg3 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qf3 Nf6 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. f4 Neg4 11. e5 Nxe3
12. Qxe3 b4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bb7 15. Qd3 Bc5 16. Kb1 Rc8
17. Nb3 Be3 18. Na5 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7
7. c4 d6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nd2
Ndf6 13. Qd1 Nf4 14. exf4 gxh4 15. Bf3 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5
17. Nc4 e6 18. Ne5 Rb8 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Bxd5 Qxd5
22. Nc6 Bf6 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 a5 25. Rfd1 Ra8 26. Rc4 Rfe8
27. Kf1 Be7 28. Ke2 Bd6 29. Kf3 b5 30. Rc2 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4
32. g3 hxg3 33. hxg3 Kg7 34. d5 exd5 35. Rxd5 b4 36. Nd4 Kg6
37. Nb5 Rd8 38. Rc6 Kg7 39. Nxd6 Rxd6 40. Rcxd6 cxd6 41. Rxd6
Ra2 42. Rd2 Kg6 43. Ke4 Ra1 44. Rd4 b3 45. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 d6
7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Re8 9. Nc3 e5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5
12. Re1 Ng4 13. b4 Qb6 14. a3 a5 15. Na2 axb4 16. axb4 Na4 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7
7. c4 d6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nd2
Ndf6 13. Qd1 Nf4 14. exf4 gxh4 15. Bf3 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5
17. Nc4 Rb8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Rc1 Rbd8 21. Bxd5
Qxd5 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. Qg4 Kh7 24. Qxh4 Bf6 25. Qh3 Rd6 26. Ne5
Qxd4 27. Qf5+ Kh8 28. Rxc7 Qxb2 29. Nxf7+ Rxf7 30. Rc8+ Kg7
31. Qg4+ Bg5 32. fxg5 Rg6 33. gxh6+ Kh7 34. Qe4 Qxa2 35. Rh8+
Kxh8 36. Qxg6 Qd5 37. g4 Qf3 38. h3 b5 39. Qe6 Qxh3 40. Rc1
Qf3 41. Rc2 Qf6 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Qxf6 exf6 44. Rb8 a5 45. Rxb5
Ra7 46. g5 fxg5 47. Rxg5 a4 48. Rc5 a3 49. Rc1 Kxh6 50. Kf1
Kg5 51. Ke2 a2 52. Ra1 Kf4 53. Kd3 Kf3 54. Kc3 Kxf2 55. Kb3
Ke2 56. Rxa2+ Rxa2 57. Kxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Qb6
7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 d6 9. a3 Bg4 10. Na4 Qc7 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Rc1 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bg3
Rad8 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. Nc3 e4 19. Bg4 Ne5 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5
Nexg4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. c3 Bh6 24. Rcd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 e3
26. Re1 Bf4 27. Kf1 Bxg3 28. fxg3 Re5 29. Nd4 h5 30. Ke2 Kg7
31. a4 Rg5 32. Kf3 Ne5+ 33. Kxe3 Nc4+ 34. Kf4 Rg4+ 35. Kf3
Nxb2 36. Re7 Nxa4 37. Rxb7 Nxc3 38. Ne6+ Kg8 39. Nd8 f5
40. Ne6 Ne4 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Rxa7 Rxg3+ 43. Kf4 Rxg2 44. Ke5
Rg4 45. Nf4 h4 46. Nxg6+ Rxg6 47. Kxf5 Rg7 48. Ra8+ Kh7
49. Kxe4 Kh6 50. Kf3 Rg3+ 51. Kf4 Kh5 52. Rh8+ Kg6 53. Rg8+
Kf6 54. Rxg3 hxg3 55. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7
7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O
12. Be3 Bg4 13. Re1 Re8 14. h3 Bf5 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Qd2 Qd7
17. h4 h5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Kh2 Kh7 20. Ne2 Ne7 21. Rxc8 Rxc8
22. Nf4 Nf5 23. b3 Re8 24. Bh3 Qd6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Rc1 Rc8
27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Bf4 Qe6 29. Qd1 Qe4 30. Bg2 Qe6 31. Qf3 Ne7
32. Be3 b6 33. Bh3 Nf5 34. Qf4 a5 35. Qc7 Bf6 36. Bxf5 gxf5
37. Qb8 Bg7 38. a4 Bf6 39. Kg1 Bg7 40. Kf1 Bf6 41. Qf4 Bg7
42. Qg5 Qg6 43. Ke2 Qxg5 44. hxg5 f6 45. Kd3 Kg6 46. gxf6 Bxf6
47. Bf4 Bd8 48. Kc3 Kf7 49. b4 Ke6 50. b5 Kd7 51. Kd3 h4
52. gxh4 Bxh4 53. Ke3 Bf6 54. Be5 Bg5+ 55. Kf3 Bc1 56. Kg3 Bg5
57. Kh3 Bd8 58. Kg2 Bg5 59. Kg3 Kd8 60. Kh3 Kd7 61. f3 Bd8
62. Kg3 Bg5 63. Kh3 Bd8 64. Kg3 Bg5 65. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O cxd4
7. exd4 Qb6 8. Na3 d5 9. Qc1 Nc6 10. c3 Bf5 11. Nc2 Rac8
12. Ne3 Be4 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nxg3
17. hxg3 e6 18. Ne1 Qa5 19. Qd1 Rfd8 20. Nd3 Qb6 21. Qb3 Qxb3
22. axb3 Bxd4 23. Ng4 Bg7 24. Nc5 b6 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Ne3 Kf8 30. g4 Ke7
31. g3 Nc6 32. Kf1 Ne5 33. Ke1 Kd7 34. Kd2 Bf8 35. b4 Kc6
36. Nc4 Nd7 37. Ke3 Kd5 38. Nd2 f5 39. Bc4+ Ke5 40. f4+ gxf4+
41. gxf4+ Kd6 42. gxf5 exf5 43. Nf1 b5 44. Bxb5 Nf6 45. Bc4
Nd5+ 46. Bxd5 Kxd5 47. Ng3 Ke6 48. b5 Bc5+ 49. Ke2 Kf6 50. b4
Bd6 51. Ke3 Kg6 52. Ne2 h5 53. Nd4 h4 54. Nc6 h3 55. Kf2 e3+
56. Kf3 h2 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5
7. d4 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. c4 Bxc5 11. Nc3 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Bg4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qd6 15. Be4 Rad8 16. Bxh7+
Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg6 18. Qxg4 f5 19. Qc4 Kxg5 20. Rae1 b5 21. h4+
Kh5 22. Qc1 f4 23. Qc2 Kh6 24. Rc1 Bd4 25. Rfd1 Qf6 26. Ba3 b4
27. Qxc6 bxa3 28. Qe4 Rd6 29. Re1 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O e6
7. d4 Nxd4 8. Be3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne7 10. Rad1 O-O 11. Bxc5 Qc7
12. Bxd6 Qxc4 13. Bxe7 Re8 14. e5 Rxe7 15. Rd8+ Bf8 16. Ne4
Kg7 17. Nf6 Qxc2 18. Qh3 h5 19. Qg3 Qf5 20. Rfd1 b6 21. Rxf8
Kxf8 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. Rg8+ Kh6 24. h4 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bd2 e4 6. Bf4 Be7
7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nh5 9. Nxe4 b5 10. N4g3 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 Bf6
12. Qc1 Re8 13. Be2 Qa5+ 14. c3 b4 15. Nfh5 Be5 16. c4 g6
17. Nf4 Nd7 18. Nd3 Bg7 19. O-O Nb6 20. b3 Nd7 21. e4 Bxa1
22. Qxa1 Qd8 23. f4 Qe7 24. Bf3 a5 25. Re1 a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4
27. e5 Ra3 28. exd6 Qf8 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Ne5 f6 31. Nxd7 Qe3+
32. Kh1 Rc3 33. Nxf6+ Kf7 34. Ne2 Kxf6 35. h3 Kf7 36. Kh2 Bf5
37. Qb2 Rc2 38. Qh8 Rxe2 39. Qxh7+ Kf6 40. Qh4+ Kg7 41. Bxe2
Qxe2 42. Qd8 Qe3 43. Qc7+ Kh6 44. d7 Bxd7 45. Qxd7 Qxf4+
46. Kg1 Qe3+ 47. Kh1 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kg1 Qe3+ 50. Kf1
Qc1+ 51. Kf2 Qf4+ 52. Ke2 Qxc4+ 53. Kf3 Qd3+ 54. Kf2 Qd4+
55. Kf3 Qd3+ 56. Kf2 Qd4+ 57. Kf3 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4
Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Ne4 h6 15. f4 Kc8 16. f5 c5
17. Bf4 Bc6 18. Nc3 b6 19. Nd5 Bh4 20. c4 Kb7 21. Rd3 Rhe8
22. Rad1 g6 23. Kh2 g5 24. Bg3 Bxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Rxe5 26. Re3
Rae8 27. Rde1 Rxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 29. Nxe3 Kc8 30. Nd1 Kd7
31. Kf2 Kd6 32. Ke3 Bg2 33. Nf2 Bf1 34. b3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. O-O Be7
7. c3 d6 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Rd1 Bf8 11. d3 b5 12. a4 b4
13. cxb4 cxb4 14. b3 d5 15. Bb2 d4 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. f4 Nc5
18. f5 Ba6 19. Ne1 Na5 20. Rab1 Naxb3 21. Nxb3 Nxb3 22. g4 Nc5
23. Bc1 Nxa4 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O
7. O-O dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qa3 Rfe8
12. Nc3 e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Rf1 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Be3
Nc4 17. Bxb6 Nxa3 18. Bc5 Nc4 19. e4 Be6 20. f4 Nxb2 21. e5
Nd3 22. Bd6 f6 23. Rfd1 Nb2 24. Re1 Nc4 25. Ne4 fxe5 26. fxe5
Bd5 27. Rab1 b5 28. Rbd1 Nxe5 29. Nc3 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nd5 Re8 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. c3 Bd7 13. f4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 e6 15. e5 Bg7 16. Qd2 Qa6
17. Rac1 Rac8 18. h3 dxe5 19. fxe5 Bb5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rf2
Ba4 22. Bh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Qc1
26. Rf4 a5 27. Qg5 Qxb2 28. Qf6 Rf8 29. h4 h5 30. Qg5 Qxb3
31. Rf6 Qd3 32. Rf3 Qe4 33. Rf4 Qe3 34. Qf6 a4 35. g4 Qe2+
36. Kg3 a3 37. gxh5 Qxh5 38. Rg4 a2 39. Qf1 Ra8 40. Qa1 Ra3+
0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bd2 Bf5 6. h3 Nbd7
7. g4 Be4 8. f3 Bg6 9. e4 a6 10. a4 Be7 11. Be3 h6 12. Nge2
Nh7 13. Ng3 Bh4 14. Bf2 O-O 15. Be2 Rb8 16. O-O Ng5 17. Kg2
Bh7 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Qd2 Re8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nf6 22. a5
b5 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. b3 Rb4 25. Rxa6 Rd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Ne4
Nfxe4 28. fxe4 Rxe4 29. Bf3 Re3 30. Qa5 Qe7 31. Ra8+ Kh7
32. Qd8 Qxd8 33. Rxd8 Nxf3 34. Rxf3 Rxf3 35. Kxf3 Bxd8 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.23"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4
7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. b3 cxb3 9. Nxb3 Na5 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Bd2 Qc7
12. Bd3 Ne7 13. O-O Ng6 14. h4 Be7 15. h5 Nf8 16. Qe2 Bc6
17. Rfc1 Nd7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Rxc4 Nb6 20. Rcc1 Qd7 21. Be4
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 O-O 23. h6 g6 24. Bg5 Rfc8 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Qg4
Qf8 27. Qh4 Nd5 28. Ng5 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Qxa3 30. Rf1 Qe7
31. Qg4 a5 32. Ne4 a4 33. Rb1 a3 34. Qe2 a2 35. Ra1 Qa3 36. g3
b5 37. Qxb5 Qf8 38. Qb2 Qxh6 39. Rxa2 Rxa2 40. Qxa2 Qc1+
41. Kg2 Qc6 42. Kg1 Kg7 43. Qd2 h6 44. Nd6 Nc3 45. Qe3 g5
46. Kh2 Nb5 47. Nxb5 Qxb5 48. Qf3 Qb2 49. Qf6+ Kg8 50. Qd8+
Kg7 51. Qf6+ Kg8 52. Qd8+ Kh7 53. Qf6 Qb7 54. Kg1 Qb1+ 55. Kh2
Qg6 56. Qd8 Qf5 57. Kg2 h5 58. Kg1 Kg7 59. d5 Qxe5 60. d6 Qe1+
61. Kg2 Qe4+ 62. Kg1 Qe1+ 63. Kg2 Qe4+ 64. Kh2 Qf5 65. Kg2
Qd5+ 66. Kh2 Qc5 67. Kg2 Qd5+ 68. Kg1 Qd1+ 69. Kg2 Qd5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a5
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Bf5 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. c3 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qd7
12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Nb8 16. Na7
b6 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Bxe7 Rd7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bc1 h5 21. Qc2
Nc6 22. e4 Ne7 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qxg6 Nf6
26. Re1 Re7 27. Bg5 Qe8 28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Bc6 Re7 30. d5 Kf7
31. dxe6+ Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Kxe6 33. Bf4 Ng4 34. Bxc7 Ne5 35. Be8
Nc4 36. b3 Nd2 37. Bxb6 Nxb3 38. Bxh5 Bxc3 39. h4 Bd4 40. Bd1
Bxb6 41. Bxb3+ Ke5 42. Kg2 Kf5 43. f4 Kg4 44. Bd1+ Kf5 45. Kf3
Bc7 46. g4+ Kg6 47. h5+ Kh6 48. Ke4 Bd8 49. g5+ Kg7 50. h6+
Kg6 51. Bc2 Bc7 52. Kf3+ Kf7 53. g6+ Kf6 54. g7 Bxf4 55. g8=Q
Bxh6 56. Qg6+ Ke5 57. Qxh6 Kd4 58. Qe3+ Kc4 59. Bb3+ Kb4
60. Ke2 Ka3 61. Kd2 Kb2 62. Qc3+ Ka3 63. Bc2+ Ka2 64. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6
7. Rd1 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. h3 Re8 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Ba4 c6 12. c3
Bf5 13. Na3 b5 14. Bc2 Bxc2 15. Nxc2 Qc7 16. Ne3 e6 17. Ng4 f6
18. Ne3 Rad8 19. Bd2 Nb7 20. Be1 Nd6 21. a4 a6 22. axb5 axb5
23. b3 Nf5 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Qf1 Nf4 26. Bd2 Bf8 27. Bxf4 Qxf4
28. Re1 Qd6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Re1 Re4 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Rb1 Bd6
33. Kf1 Bf4 34. c4 bxc4 35. bxc4 Qe8 36. c5 Qd7 37. Rb6 Re8
38. Qb3+ Kh8 39. Rb7 Qd8 40. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g4 h6 6. h4 d6
7. Rg1 Nc6 8. e3 Be6 9. Be2 Qd7 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Nh5
12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. d4 Nh5 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5
dxe5 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Bg4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Ng7 20. Bxe6+ Nxe6
21. Ke2 b6 22. Rd5 Kc7 23. Nb5+ Kc6 24. Nxa7+ Kc7 25. Rgd1 Rd8
26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Nc6+ Kd7 29. Nxe5+ Ke6
30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Kf3 Ke6 32. Ke4 Kd6 33. f4 e6 34. a4 Kd7
35. Ke5 Ke7 36. e4 Kd7 37. f5 exf5 38. exf5 gxf5 39. Kxf5 Ke7
40. Kg6 Ke6 41. Kh7 Ke5 42. g6 Kd4 43. g7 Kc3 44. g8=Q Kxb3
45. Qe8 Kxc4 46. Qb5+ Kc3 47. Qxb6 c4 48. a5 Kd2 49. a6 c3
50. a7 c2 51. Qf2+ Kd1 52. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.27"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "178"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Qxd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. h3
Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qe6+ 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Qe2 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Qd7 11. Nd2
e6 12. O-O Be7 13. c3 O-O 14. b4 Rae8 15. Nc4 Bh4 16. b5 Nd8
17. a4 Bg3 18. Be4 f5 19. Qf3 fxe4 20. Qxg3 Nf7 21. Ne5 Nxe5
22. Qxe5 c6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qxe4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5 26. Rc1
Rc8 27. Kf2 Rc4 28. a5 Ra4 29. a6 bxa6 30. bxa6 Kf7 31. Rb1
Rxa6 32. Rb7+ Kf6 33. Kf3 Rc6 34. Rxa7 Rxc3 35. g4 h6 36. h4
Rc1 37. g5+ hxg5 38. hxg5+ Kxg5 39. Rxg7+ Kf6 40. Ra7 Rf1+
41. Ke2 Rf5 42. Ra8 Ke7 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Rb7 Rg5 45. Kd3 Rg7
46. Rb8 Rg3 47. Rf8+ Ke7 48. Ra8 Kf6 49. Rf8+ Ke7 50. Rh8 Kf6
51. Rh6+ Ke7 52. Rh7+ Kd6 53. Rh8 Rg7 54. Rd8+ Rd7 55. Ra8 Rb7
56. Rd8+ Ke7 57. Rg8 Rb3+ 58. Ke2 Rb2+ 59. Kf3 Rb1 60. Ra8
Rf1+ 61. Ke2 Rh1 62. Kd3 Rh4 63. Ra7+ Kf6 64. Ra8 Re4 65. Rf8+
Ke7 66. Rh8 Kd7 67. Rh7+ Kd6 68. Rh8 Kc6 69. Rc8+ Kd6 70. Rg8
Kd7 71. Rg7+ Kd6 72. Rg8 Kc6 73. Rc8+ Kd6 74. Rh8 Kd7 75. Rh7+
Kd6 76. Rh8 Kc6 77. Rc8+ Kd7 78. Rf8 Kd6 79. Rd8+ Ke7 80. Ra8
Kd6 81. Rd8+ Ke7 82. Rh8 Kf6 83. Rh6+ Kg7 84. Rh1 Kf7 85. Rh6
Ke7 86. Rh7+ Kd6 87. Rh8 Kc6 88. Rc8+ Kd7 89. Ra8 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017/18"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[Round "2.28"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. h4 Nf6 4. e4 d5 5. exd5 Bg4 6. Ne2 Nxd5
7. Nbc3 c6 8. h5 Bxh5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. f3 f5 11. Nf4 Qd6
12. Nxh5 gxh5 13. f4 Qg6 14. Qxh5 e6 15. c3 Nd7 16. d3 Nf6
17. Qf3 Ng4 18. Bd2 O-O 19. O-O-O b5 20. Rde1 a5 21. Qe2 Ra6
22. d4 Rb6 23. Bf3 b4 24. c4 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Nf2 26. Rhf1 Ne4
27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Be3 Rd6 29. Kb1 Kh8 30. g4 Rfd8 31. f5 exf5
32. gxf5 Qf6 33. Qc2 Rd5 34. Qxe4 a4 35. Qc2 b3 36. axb3 axb3
37. Qxb3 R5d6 38. Qd3 Rb6 39. Re2 Rdb8 40. Rfe1 Rb3 41. Qc2
Rxb2+ 42. Qxb2 Qxf5+ 43. Kc1 Rxb2 44. Rxb2 Qc8+ 45. Rc2 Qd7
46. Rd1 h6 47. d5 Qd6 48. Bc5 Qf4+ 49. Rdd2 Qf1+ 50. Rd1 Qf4+
51. Rdd2 Qf1+ 52. Rd1 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.16"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d5 9. exd5 Na5 10. O-O Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b6
12. d6 e6 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Qh3 Rc8 16. Bd4 Nd5
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rac1 b5 20. Qg3 Qf6 21. Nd4 b4
22. c4 bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Rd8 25. h4 e5 26. Nf5+ Qxf5
27. Rxd5 Qe4 28. c4 f6 29. Qc3 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qxa2 31. Rd2 Qa4
32. g3 Qc6 33. c5 Rd7 34. Qc4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7
12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 Nc5 15. Bd3 h5 16. g5 Ng4
17. Rhg1 g6 18. Rxg4 hxg4 19. Qxg4 e5 20. Nf3 Rc8 21. fxe5
dxe5 22. Kb1 Rd8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 O-O
26. h5 Qc4 27. Qh3 Qc8 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxe5 Bxg5 30. d6 Bf4
31. d7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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. b4 Bxa2
12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Nd8 18. a4 Rb8 19. c4 bxc4 20. dxc4 f5 21. b5 Ra8
22. Bc3 Nb7 23. Qc2 Bf6 24. Nd2 axb5 25. cxb5 Qf7 26. Qxf5
Qxd5 27. Qc2 Nc5 28. Ne4 Bh4 29. g3 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Bd8 31. Bb4
Rf3 32. Ra3 Rf7 33. Qc4 Qxc4 34. Rxc4 d5 35. Rc2 d4 36. Rc5
Be7 37. Rc4 Bxb4 38. Rxb4 Rd7 39. Kg2 d3 40. Ra1 d2 41. Rd1
Rd4 42. Rxd4 exd4 43. Rxd2 Rxa4 44. Rc2 Ra5 45. Rxc7 Rxb5
46. Rc8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5
7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.20"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6
6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Na3
cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. Rc1 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Bb4 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc5 11. Qa4 Re8
12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Qb5 d6 14. Qxc5 dxc5 15. Nb5 Rd8 16. Na3 a6
17. Bf4 Ned7 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Rab1 e5 20. Be3 e4 21. h3 h6
22. Nc2 b6 23. a4 Ne5 24. Na3 Be6 25. Rxb6 Bxc4 26. Rb2 Nd5
27. Bf4 Nxc3 28. Rdd2 Nxe2+ 29. Kh2 Nxf4 30. gxf4 Nd3 31. Nxc4
Nxb2 32. Rxb2 Rab8 33. Rc2 Rb4 34. a5 Ra4 35. Bf1 Re6 36. Rd2
Ra1 37. f5 Re8 38. Be2 g6 39. fxg6 fxg6 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Rd7+
Kf6 42. Ra7 Ra2 43. Rxa6+ Re6 44. Rxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.23"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4
12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 a5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qg3 a4
17. Ba2 Qe5 18. f4 Qc5 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Re2 Re7 21. b4 axb3
22. Bxb3 Qb6 23. Rb1 Qa6 24. Qg5 Rfe8 25. Qd5 Qxa3 26. Qxb5
Qc5 27. Bd5 Qxb5 28. Rxb5 Rc8 29. Bb7 Rb8 30. Re1 Nc5 31. Bc6
Rxb5 32. Bxb5 f5 33. e5 dxe5 34. fxe5 g6 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Kf3
g5 37. h4 Kg6 38. Bc4 Nd7 39. e6 Nf8 40. g4 fxg4+ 41. Kxg4
gxh4 42. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.24"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3
bxa6 12. Rc1 f6 13. Rg1 Rf7 14. b3 Bd7 15. Ba5 e6 16. Nd2 Rc8
17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Ne4 Bf8 19. Ke2 Bb7 20. f3 Kg7 21. Rc1 g5
22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Bc6 24. Rd1 Bb5+ 25. Kf2 Rd7 26. Rxd7+
Bxd7 27. Bc7 e5 28. Bb8 Kg6 29. Bxa7 Kf5 30. Kg3 h5 31. e4+
Ke6 32. h4 gxh4+ 33. Kxh4 f5 34. Kxh5 fxe4 35. fxe4 Bc6
36. Kg4 Bxe4 37. Kg3 Bb1 38. a3 Bc2 39. b4 Ba4 40. Kf3 Kd5
41. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.25"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6
7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Ne7 12. Qb3
Rf8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nexd5 16. b5 Be6 17. bxa6
bxa6 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Ne5 Nf4 20. Ndf3 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qd5
22. Qxd5 N6xd5 23. Nc6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 a5 25. g3 Ng6 26. Nxa7
Rxa7 27. Re8+ Kh7 28. h4 Rb7 29. Nd2 Nc3 30. h5 Nh8 31. Nc4
Nxa4 32. Ne5 Nb6 33. Bc5 a4 34. d5 f6 35. Nc6 Nd7 36. Bd4 Rb5
37. Nd8 Rb8 38. Bb2 Rxb2 39. Ne6 a3 40. Re7 Nf7 41. Rxf7 a2
42. Rxg7+ Kh8 43. Rxd7 a1=Q+ 44. Kg2 Qe1 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[EventDate "2017.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. d4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qxd1+
12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bb2 a5 15. a3 Bf8 16. Rc1 Nd7
17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 b5 19. Rfd1 Nc5 20. Bd4 f6 21. Bxc5 Rxc5
22. Rxc5 Bxc5 23. Nb1 Be7 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke1 Ke8
27. Rc6 Rd6 28. Rc8+ Rd8 29. Rc6 Rd6 30. Rc8+ Rd8 31. Rc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[EventDate "2017.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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. h4 h5 11. Bb3 Rc8
12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 15. g4 hxg4 16. f4 Nc4
17. Qd3 Na5 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Bd5 Nc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Bxf7+
Kxf7 22. Qxd6 Rxc3 23. Qxd7+ Qxd7 24. Rxd7+ Ke6 25. Rxg7 Rf3
26. Rxg6 Rxf4 27. Rg1 Rxe4 28. R6xg4 Rxg4 29. Rxg4 f5 30. Ra4
Rg8 31. b3 Rg4 32. Rxa7 f4 33. Kc1 f3 34. Kd2 Rxh4 35. Ra8
Rh2+ 36. Kd3 Kf5 37. a4 Kg4 38. a5 Rh1 39. Rg8+ Kf4 40. Rf8+
Kg3 41. Rg8+ Kf4 42. Rf8+ Kg3 43. b4 f2 44. Kd4 f1=Q 45. Rxf1
Rxf1 46. Kc5 Rc1 47. Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 Qa5
7. Ra3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d3 Qc7 11. a5 b5 12. axb6
Nxb6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd6 15. Bf4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Bb7
17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Raa1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe5 21. Qh5
Bxg3 22. hxg3 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qb7 24. Ree1 Qxb2 25. Qxc5 Rc8
26. Qa3 Qxa3 27. Rxa3 Rxc4 28. Rxa6 Rxc2 29. g4 Rb8 30. Rea1
Rcc8 31. Ra7 g6 32. Kh2 Rc4 33. R1a4 Rxa4 34. Rxa4 Rb5 35. Kg3
Kg7 36. Ra7 h5 37. gxh5 Rxh5 38. Kf3 Rf5+ 39. Ke3 Rb5 40. g4
Rb3+ 41. Kf4 Rb4+ 42. Kg3 g5 43. f3 Kg6 44. Rc7 Rb6 45. Ra7
Rd6 46. Rc7 f5 47. gxf5+ exf5 48. Rc2 Rd3 49. Kf2 Ra3 50. Rb2
Kh5 51. Kg2 Kh4 52. Rb4+ f4 53. Rb2 g4 54. fxg4 Kxg4 55. Kf2
Rh3 56. Kg2 f3+ 57. Kg1 Kg3 58. Rg2+ fxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1
Ne7 8.d4 Bb6 9.a4 c6 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Rf1 dxe5 12.Qxd8 Bxd8
13.h3 Nf6 14.Nxe5 Nxe4 15.Re1 Nd6 16.Bb3 Re8 17.Nf3 Nd5 18.Rd1
Ne4 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Rxd5 Be6 21.Re5 Nf6 22.Re1 Bc7 23.Na3 a6
24.Nc2 Nd5 25.c4 Nf4 26.Bxf4 Bxf4 27.b3 Rad8 28.Rad1 Kf8
29.Nb4 Bc7 30.Nd3 Bf5 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Re1+ Kf8 33.Nc5 Bc8
34.Kf1 Ba5 35.Re3 Rd1+ 36.Ke2 Rb1 37.Ne4 Rb2+ 38.Kf1 Bf5
39.Nd6 Rb1+ 40.Ke2 Rb2+ 41.Kf1 Rb1+ 42.Ke2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[EventDate "2017.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. Rd1 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7
12. Nh3 e4 13. fxe4 Ne5 14. Nf2 f5 15. Bc5 Rf7 16. Be2 f4
17. Bf3 Nbc4 18. Qe2 b6 19. Bd4 Ne3 20. Bxe3 fxe3 21. Qxe3 Qf8
22. Be2 Bh6 23. Qd4 Bg7 24. Qe3 Bh6 25. Qd4 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Re1 Bf5 10.Qb3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Bxf5 Qxf5
13.Qxb7 Qd7 14.Qxd7 Nxd7 15.c5 Bxh2+ 16.Nxh2 Ne4 17.f3 Ng3
18.Bf4 Nf5 19.Rad1 Rfe8 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.g4 Ne7 22.Rd3 Nf8
23.Rb3 Ne6 24.Be3 Ng6 25.Kf2 Ngf4 26.Rb7 Kf8 27.Nf1 Re7
28.Rb8+ Re8 29.Rb7 Re7 30.Rb8+ Re8 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Bxf4 Nxf4
33.Ke3 Ng2+ 34.Kf2 Nf4 35.Ke3 Ng2+ 36.Kf2 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[EventDate "2017.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7
12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. Bg2 g5 15. h4 gxf4 16. g5 Ne5
17. Qxf4 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 Nfd7 20. Kb1 O-O-O
21. Rh3 Kb8 22. Be3 Rg8 23. Rg3 Rg7 24. Bh3 Rh7 25. Qf2 Nc5
26. Bg2 Qc8 27. Bc1 Bd8 28. Nf3 Ng6 29. Nd4 Ne5 30. Nf3 Ng6
31. Nd4 Bb6 32. Be3 Ne5 33. b3 Rh4 34. Nde2 Qc7 35. Bd4 Ncd7
36. Bxb6 Qxb6 37. Qxb6 Nxb6 38. Nd4 Ng6 39. Kc1 Nd7 40. Kd2
Nf4 41. Ke3 Nxg2+ 42. Rxg2 Rh3+ 43. Kd2 Ne5 44. Nde2 Nf3+
45. Kc1 Nh4 46. Rg1 Ng6 47. Kd2 Kc7 48. Nd4 Kd7 49. Rf1 Ke7
50. Rg1 Ne5 51. Rg2 Ba8 52. Nde2 Nf3+ 53. Kc1 Rh1+ 54. Kb2 Nh4
55. Rg4 Ng6 56. Nf4 Nxf4 57. Rxf4 Rg1 58. Rh4 Rxg5 59. Kc1 d5
0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[EventDate "2017.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 a6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 f6
12. Ne4 Ba7 13. b4 Kh8 14. Bd2 Nce7 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 c6
17. Ng3 Be8 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. c4 Bc5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. d4 exd4
22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxe7 Bc5 24. Rc7 Bb6 25. Re7 Bc5 26. Rc7 Bb6
27. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 d5 7.e3
Bb4 8.Be2 Bd7 9.Nb5 e5 10.Bg5 a6 11.a3 axb5 12.axb4 Rxa1
13.Qxa1 dxc4 14.O-O O-O 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Nd5 Qe6 17.Nc7 Qe7
18.Nd5 Qe6 19.Nc7 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levan Pantsulaia"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 a5
7. O-O a4 8. b4 b5 9. Na3 c6 10. c4 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. a3
Nb6 13. Na5 Ba6 14. Rc1 Bb5 15. Re1 Ra7 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. e4 Rc8
18. e5 e6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5 Rac7 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. dxc5
N6d7 23. Nec4 Bxb2 24. Nxb2 Nf6 25. Nbc4 Rd8 26. Nd6 Ba6
27. Red1 Kf8 28. Ndc4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Ke7 30. Ne5 Nd5 31. Bxd5
cxd5 32. f4 f6 33. Nd3 Nd7 34. c6 Bxd3 35. Rxd3 Nb6 36. b5 e5
37. Nb7 d4 38. Rd1 Ke6 39. Rc1 Kd5 40. Rc5+ Ke4 41. Kf2 d3
42. Nd8 Rc8 43. c7 Nd7 44. Rc6 Kd5 45. Nb7 Nb6 46. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2.42"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Mohamed Tissir"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 a6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Rb8 9. Rc1 Bg4 10. d5 Na7 11. b4 Qd7 12. Be3
Nc8 13. c5 Bh3 14. Bd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 e5 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. e4
dxc5 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. Re1 Nb6 20. Ng5 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4
22. Bxb6 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 cxb6 24. Rc7 Ne5 25. f4 h6 26. fxe5
hxg5 27. Rf1 Rf8 28. Rf6 Rbe8 29. e6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 fxe6
31. Rxb7 b5 32. Re7 Rc8 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Rxa6 Rc4 35. a3 Rxe4
36. Ra5 Re3 37. Rxb5 Rxa3 38. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3.27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Marin Bosiocic"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O h6
7. Ne5 Bd6 8. c3 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nc6 10. c4 Nge7 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qd7 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Bb2 Qe6
17. Rfd1 c6 18. Rac1 Re8 19. a4 Ng6 20. f4 Ne7 21. Qb4 b6
22. Qd6 Red8 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Ba3 c5 25. b4 c4 26. b5 Kf7
27. Bd6 Rdc8 28. Rc3 a6 29. a5 axb5 30. axb6 Rab8 31. Ra3 Rb7
32. Ra5 Bc2 33. Rc1 Ba4 34. e4 d4 35. f5 d3 36. fxe6+ Ke8
37. Bf3 g6 38. Rxa4 bxa4 39. Bd1 Ra8 40. Rxc4 a3 41. Ra4 Rxa4
42. Bxa4+ Kd8 43. Bxa3 Rxb6 44. Kf2 Ra6 45. Bxe7+ Kxe7 46. Bb3
Rb6 47. Bc4 Rb2+ 48. Kf3 d2 49. Be2 Kxe6 50. Ke3 Kxe5 51. Bd1
Ra2 52. Kd3 g5 53. Ke3 Ra3+ 54. Kxd2 Kxe4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4.43"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Khenkin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Nf6 6. O-O Bg7
7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Ne5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O
12. Nd2 d6 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. Ra6 Rfc8 15. e4 Nd7 16. f4 Rab8
17. Re1 Rb7 18. Kf3 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nc4 Kf7 21. Rxc6 Rxc6
22. Na5 Rcc7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. b4 c4 25. Nf2 a5 26. bxa5 Ra7
27. Nd1 Rxa5 28. Ne3 Nb6 29. Bd2 e6 30. Rb1 Rb5 31. b4 Kg6
32. Rd1 d5 33. Re1 Na4 34. Nd1 Kf7 35. g4 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 h5+
37. Kf3 Bf6 38. Rg1 Rb8 39. Rg2 Rd8 40. Re2 d4 41. cxd4 Rxd4
42. Nf2 c3 43. Be1 Rxb4 44. Ne4 Rb3 45. Kf2 Rb2 46. Nxf6 Kxf6
47. Bxc3+ Nxc3 48. Rxb2 Nd1+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5.29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Baskaran Adhiban"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 a6 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 g6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg7 11. Bg5 O-O
12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Bd5 Qc7 14. Rad1 e5 15. Ndb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8
17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nxd6 Qc6 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. b3 Nc5 21. f3 Ne6
22. Be3 Bf8 23. Kh1 h5 24. Qf2 Bc5 25. c3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Nc5
27. Qc2 h4 28. Ree1 Kg7 29. Rd2 Nh5 30. Red1 Ne6 31. Rd6 Qxc3
32. Qxc3 Rxc3 33. Rxb6 Nd4 34. a5 Rc2 35. Rf1 Nf4 36. a6 h3
37. gxh3 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "6.43"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Grigoriants"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5
7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Nb5 e5 10. Qxd5 Qxd5 11. cxd5 exf4
12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bf3 cxb5 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15. exf4 O-O 16. O-O
Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. f5 Bc4 19. Rfd1 a5 20. f3 Rfc8 21. Rd2
b4 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Rc1 b3 24. axb3 Bxb3 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8
26. Rb2 Ba4 27. Rb7 h6 28. Bd5 Be8 29. h4 Kf8 30. Kf2 Rc2+
31. Kg3 Rc5 32. Be4 f6 33. Kf4 Bf7 34. g4 Rc1 35. g5 hxg5+
36. hxg5 fxg5+ 37. Kxg5 Rc5 38. Ra7 Rb5 39. Rc7 Ra5 40. Kf4
Ke8 41. Ke3 Kf8 42. Kd4 Ba2 43. Rb7 Bf7 44. Ke3 Ra3+ 45. Kf4
Ra5 46. Kg5 Re5 47. Ra7 Rc5 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Ra7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "7.44"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Zhao Jun"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6
7. O-O d6 8. d3 Ne8 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 Nc7 11. b4 Nce6
12. bxc5 dxc5 13. f4 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 b6 15. e5 Rb8 16. g4 Bb7
17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. f5 Nc7 19. d4 Na6 20. Qa4 Nb8 21. Rbd1 cxd4
22. Nxd4 Rd7 23. Nf3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qc7 25. Qb5 Nc6 26. Bf4 a6
27. Qb2 Na5 28. Qd4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 Nxc4 30. Rd7 Re8 31. Ra7 a5
32. Rc7 b5 33. Rc5 Rb8 34. f6 Bf8 35. e6 Rd8 36. Rc7 exf6
37. e7 Bxe7 38. Rxe7 Kg7 39. Kf2 a4 40. h4 h6 41. Rb7 Rd5
42. Be3 Nxe3 43. Kxe3 h5 44. g5 fxg5 45. Nxg5 Rf5 46. Ne6+ Kf6
47. Nd4 Rc5 48. Rxb5 Rxb5 49. Nxb5 Ke5 50. Nc3 f6 51. Nxa4 g5
52. Nc5 Kd5 53. Ne4 gxh4 54. Nxf6+ Kc4 55. Ne4 h3 56. Kf2 h4
57. Nd2+ Kc3 58. Nb1+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "8.30"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anton Demchenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+
Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 Be7 11. Rd1 h6
12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Ne3 Be6 15. a5 Rfd8 16. Qe2 g6
17. Bd2 Qc6 18. Be1 Kg7 19. Qf3 Rd7 20. b3 b5 21. axb6 Qxb6
22. Qe2 Rdc7 23. Rxa6 Qb7 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Nxb5 Rb7 26. Nxd6
Bxd6 27. Raxd6 Nxe4 28. Rd8 Rc6 29. f3 Nf6 30. R8d6 Rc5
31. Ra6 e4 32. Rd8 exf3 33. gxf3 g5 34. Ra5 Rc6 35. Bg3 Nh5
36. Bd6 Nf4 37. Rc5 Rxc5 38. Bxc5 Kg6 39. Kf2 Nh3+ 40. Ke2
Ng1+ 41. Kf2 Nh3+ 42. Kf1 h5 43. b4 f5 44. c4 f4 45. Nd5 g4
46. Kg2 gxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Bg4+ 48. Kg2 Rf7 49. Rd6+ Kf5 50. Rd8
Ng5 51. Rf8 Rxf8 52. Bxf8 Be2 53. b5 Bxc4 54. Nc3 Kg4 55. Bc5
Nh3 56. Nd1 f3+ 57. Kh1 Bxb5 58. Nf2+ Nxf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "9.30"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. Bxf7+
Kxf7 7. Nxe5+ Ke7 8. d4 d6 9. Nd3 Kf7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nc3 Nf6
12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Ndc5 Bc6
17. Qg4 Bxc5 18. Qe6+ Kf8 19. Nxc5 Qe8 20. Qh3 Kg8 21. f4 h5
22. Nd3 Qg6 23. f5 Qg4 24. Qxg4 hxg4 25. b3 Rh5 26. Bd2 Nb7
27. Rf2 a5 28. a3 a4 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Nb6 31. f6 gxf6
32. exf6 Kf7 33. Re1 Re8 34. Rxe8 Bxe8 35. Re2 Nxc4 36. Bc3
Rf5 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Rxc7 Nbd6 39. Bb4 Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8
41. Rxg4 Bf7 42. h3 Ne8 43. Bc3 Nxf6 44. Rf4 Rxf4 45. Nxf4
Nxa3 46. Bxf6+ Kh7 47. Kf2 Nc2 48. Ke2 a3 49. Kd2 Bb3 50. g3
a2 51. Kc1 Ba4 52. Nd5 a1=Q+ 53. Bxa1 Nxa1 54. Kb2 Nc2 55. Nb6
Nd4 56. Nxa4 Ne2 57. g4 Nf4 58. h4 Ng2 59. h5 Kh6 60. g5+ Kxg5
61. h6 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "10.30"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bassem Amin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O e6
7. a4 Be7 8. Nfd2 Nc6 9. f4 O-O 10. g4 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nf3
f6 13. c3 fxe5 14. fxe5 d4 15. c4 Nc7 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. Na3 Qg6
18. g5 Nb4 19. Nh4 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21. Bxb7 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1
Rb8 23. Be4 Nxc1 24. Nf3 Nb3 25. Rd1 Rf8 26. Ke2 Rf4 27. Bc2
Na5 28. Nb5 Nxb5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "11.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrey Esipenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Ba4
12. Qc1 Nd7 13. c4 Qa6 14. d5 e6 15. Bc3 exd5 16. exd5 Rfe8
17. Bd3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Rab1
Qa6 22. h4 Qd6 23. Rbd1 Nf6 24. Rd3 Rab8 25. Rc1 Ne4 26. Qa3
c4 27. Qxd6 Nxd6 28. Ra3 Rb2 29. Ra6 Rd8 30. Rxa7 c3 31. Rc7
Ra8 32. R1xc3 Raxa2 33. Rd7 Nf5 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Ng5 Nh6
36. Nh3 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Ng4+ 38. Kg3 Nf6 39. Rdc7 Rb3+ 40. f3
Nh5+ 41. Kh2 Rbb2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "12.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Luke McShane"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Qe7 12. Bb3
Be6 13. Nf1 Qd7 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Ng3 Ne7 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. d4
c6 18. Be3 Bb8 19. b5 Ng6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rab1 Bc7 22. c4
Ba5 23. d5 Qd7 24. Bd2 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 Rb8 26. Nf5 Nf4 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. dxc6 Qc7 29. Rb1 Re8 30. Rb7 Qxc6 31. Ne7+ Rxe7
32. Rxe7 Nd7 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Qd1 Nc5 35. Rf8 Qc7 36. Qg4 Ng6
37. Qf5 f6 38. h4 Ne6 39. Ra8 Qb7 40. h5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "13.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Kokarev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 g6
7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd3 a6 11. O-O b5
12. cxb5 Nc5 13. Qe3 axb5 14. e5 Nfd7 15. exd6 exd6 16. Nxb5
Qb8 17. Nbd4 Re8 18. Qd2 Qb7 19. Qd1 Ne5 20. a3 Na4 21. Nxe5
dxe5 22. Qb3 Qa6 23. Nc2 Nc5 24. Qc3 Rec8 25. Nb4 Qe6 26. Rb1
e4 27. Qg3 Nb3 28. Bf4 Nd4 29. Qe3 Nf5 30. Qe2 Nd4 31. Qe3 Nf5
32. Qe2 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "14.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O
7. Re1 Bb6 8. a4 a5 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bd3 c6 12. Be3 h6
13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Qc2 Bc7 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. c4 Rfd8 17. Nf1 Nh5
18. d5 Bd7 19. Ng3 Nhf4 20. Bf1 Qf6 21. Nf5 Ne7 22. Bxf4 Nxf5
23. Bc1 Ne7 24. Qb3 Rab8 25. Nh2 Qg6 26. Nf3 Qf6 27. Nh2 Qg6
28. g3 f5 29. Bg2 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. Kg2 cxd5
33. cxd5 b5 34. axb5 Qd7 35. Ng4 Rxb5 36. Qc2 Nf5 37. Be3 Bb6
38. Bxb6 Rxb6 39. Rc1 Rdb8 40. Rb1 Qf7 41. Ne3 Nd4 42. Qe4
Rxb2 43. Rxb2 Rxb2 44. Rf1 a4 45. h4 a3 46. Qg4 a2 47. Qc8+
Kh7 48. Qa6 Qf3+ 49. Kh3 Nf5 50. Nxf5 Qxf5+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+
52. Kg1 Qxd5 53. Qc8 Qd3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[Round "15.17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O a6
12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. Na4 Ne7 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 c6
17. Qb6 Rab8 18. Qc7 Bg4 19. Rfe1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nf5 21. Qf4 g5
22. Qg4 Kg7 23. Qh5 Re7 24. g3 Rbe8 25. Rf1 Nd6 26. Bg2 Qg6
27. Qxg6+ Kxg6 28. Rfe1 f5 29. Kf1 h5 30. Bf3 h4 31. Be2 g4
32. Bd3 Rh8 33. Ke2 hxg3 34. hxg3 Reh7 35. Kd2 Rh2 36. Re2 Kf6
37. Kc3 Ke6 38. Kb4 Kd7 39. a4 Kc7 40. a5 Rg2 41. Rec2 Kd7
42. Bf1 Rgh2 43. Bd3 R8h5 44. Kc5 Nc8 45. Rf1 Kc7 46. Rfc1 Ne7
47. b3 Rh6 48. Rg1 Rf6 49. Rf1 Rfh6 50. Rg1 Rh8 51. Rgc1 R8h5
52. Rg1 Nc8 53. Rgc1 Nd6 54. Kb4 Ne4 55. Rf1 Rg2 56. Bxe4 fxe4
57. Kc5 Rhh2 58. Rd2 Rh5 59. Rfd1 Rh8 60. Rf1 Rgh2 61. Ra1 Rf8
62. Rf1 Rb8 63. Kb4 Kd6 64. Rc1 Rf8 65. Rcc2 Rh1 66. Ka3 Rg1
67. Kb4 Rh8 68. Ka3 Rhh1 69. Kb4 Ra1 70. Ra2 Rxa2 71. Rxa2 Kc7
72. Kc3 b6 73. axb6+ Kxb6 74. b4 Rc1+ 75. Kb3 Rh1 76. Kc3 Rh2
77. Kb3 Rh8 78. Kc3 Ra8 79. Ra5 Rf8 80. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Qh5 e6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. h4 Qe7 11. a3 Ba5
12. Rh3 O-O-O 13. Re3 Qf8 14. Na4 Kb8 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Rb3 Bb6
17. Na4 Bc7 18. Kb1 Na5 19. Rf3 f5 20. Nec3 Qg7 21. Nb5 Qg6
22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. hxg5 Rdg8 24. Nxc7 Kxc7 25. Rg3 Bd7 26. Nc5
b6 27. Nd3 Nc6 28. Nf4 Kd6 29. Be2 h6 30. g6 fxg6 31. Rxg6
Rxg6 32. Nxg6 Rg8 33. Nf4 Nd8 34. g3 Nf7 35. Rh1 Rh8 36. Ng6
Rg8 37. Nf4 Rh8 38. Ng6 Rg8 39. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "2.28"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[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. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1
Re8 13. Ng3 h6 14. h3 Be6 15. Nh2 Bf8 16. Qf3 d5 17. Ng4 Nxg4
18. hxg4 d4 19. Nf5 Rc8 20. Bd2 c4 21. Rad1 dxc3 22. bxc3 cxd3
23. Bxd3 Qc7 24. g5 hxg5 25. Bxg5 f6 26. Be3 Rcd8 27. Qg4 Na5
28. Be2 Nc4 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Qg6 Rd8 32. Rxd8
Qxd8 33. Bc1 Bxf5 34. Qxf5 Qe8 35. Bh5 Qe7 36. Bg6 Qd8
37. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "3.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O
7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Qxb6 axb6
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Be4 16. Rfd1
Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rxe5 18. a3 Kf8 19. Rd7 Nc5 20. Rc7 Rb8 21. b4
Ne6 22. Rd7 Ke8 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. a4 b5 26. a5
Re6 27. Ra1 Kd7 28. e3 Kc7 29. Kf1 Rd6 30. Ke2 f5 31. g4 e5
32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Rg1 Rg6 34. Rd1 Rg7 35. h4 Nf7 36. Ra1 e4
37. Bh5 Ne5 38. a6 bxa6 39. Rxa6 Kb7 40. Ra1 Nd3 41. Rb1 Rg2
42. Rf1 f4 43. Bf3 exf3+ 44. Kxd3 fxe3 45. fxe3 Rg3 46. e4 f2+
47. Ke2 Rb3 48. Rxf2 Rxb4 49. Ke3 Rb3+ 50. Kd4 Kb6 51. e5 Rb4+
52. Kd3 Kc5 53. Re2 Rd4+ 54. Kc2 Rd7 55. Rf2 Re7 56. Rf5 Kd4
57. Rf6 c5 58. e6 Ke5 59. Rh6 Rxe6 60. Rxh7 Kd4 61. h5 Re2+
62. Kb3 Re3+ 63. Kc2 Rh3 64. h6 Kc4 65. Kd2 b4 66. Ke2 Kb3
67. Rc7 Rxh6 68. Rxc5 Rd6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Martyn Kravtsiv"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4
12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 a5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qg3 Qe5
17. f4 Qc5 18. Rfe1 a4 19. Ba2 Qxc2 20. e5 Nc5 21. f5 Qxd3
22. Qg5 dxe5 23. Rad1 Qc2 24. Rd2 Ne4 25. Rxc2 Nxg5 26. h4 d3
27. Rd2 Rae8 28. hxg5 e4 29. g6 Re5 30. gxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rxd3
Kf8 32. Bxf7 Kxf7 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vidit Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7
7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nd4 Qe5 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bc3
Be6 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Bb3
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nd2 Be6 23. Rd1 Nd4 24. Bc4 b5 25. Bxe6
Nxe6 26. Re1 a6 27. g3 Ke8 28. Nf3 Rd5 29. Ke2 Bc5 30. h4 f6
31. Rc1 Kd7 32. Bd2 Bd4 33. Rc2 h5 34. Be3 Bxe3 35. Kxe3 g5
36. Ke4 Kd6 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. Ke3 g4 39. Nh4 Re5+ 40. Kd3 Nc5+
41. Kd4 Re4+ 42. Kc3 Rc4+ 43. Kd2 Ne4+ 44. Kd3 Rxc2 45. Kxc2
Ke5 46. Kd3 Nxf2+ 47. Ke2 Ne4 48. Ng6+ Kf6 49. Nf4 Nxg3+
50. Ke3 h4 51. Kf2 Ne4+ 52. Kg2 Kf5 53. Nd3 h3+ 54. Kh2 Nd2
55. Kg3 Ne4+ 56. Kh2 Kg5 57. Ne5 Kf4 58. Nd3+ Kf5 59. b4 Nd2
60. Kg3 Nf1+ 61. Kf2 h2 62. Kg2 g3 63. Nc5 Ne3+ 64. Kh1 Kg4
65. Nd3 Kf3 66. a4 bxa4 67. b5 a3 68. bxa6 a2 69. Ne1+ Ke2
70. a7 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b4 Nc6 12. Nd5
Be6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. a4 Qd7
17. Ba3 Be7 18. Bb2 Bd6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Qd2 h6
22. h3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Nh4 Qd8 25. g3 Ra2 26. Rb1 Qd7
27. Qe2 b4 28. e5 Bc7 29. Ng6 Qf7 30. Qe4 Bd8 31. Nf4 Bg5
32. Ng6 Bd8 33. Nf4 Bg5 34. Ng6 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bassem Amin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O e6
7. Re1 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c3 Nc6 10. a3 Rc8 11. d4 cxd4
12. cxd4 b5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 b4 15. Qd3 dxe5 16. dxe5 Nb6
17. Nd6 Rc7 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Bd2 bxa3 21. bxa3
Qb8 22. Bg5 Rd8 23. Qc2 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxg5 25. h4 Rc7 26. Qa4
Nc3 27. Nc6 Nxa4 28. Nxb8 Rxb8 29. hxg5 Nc3 30. Bf3 g6 31. Kg2
Rb5 32. Re3 Rbc5 33. Kf1 Kg7 34. Ke1 Na4 35. Rb1 Nb6 36. Re4
Nc4 37. Rd1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6
12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5
17. g3 Nf6 18. Bh3 Qd7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Qh5 Rcf8
22. Re2 Qf7 23. Qxf7 R6xf7 24. Rae1 g6 25. d4 Kg7 26. c3 Bd8
27. Re8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Rf8 29. Rxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 h6 8. Nd2 Be6 9. Nc4 Nc6 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. O-O Rc8
12. Bf3 g6 13. Qd3 Bg7 14. Rd1 Rc6 15. b3 Qc8 16. Bb2 O-O
17. a4 h5 18. h3 Rd8 19. a5 Bh6 20. Ncd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc7
22. c4 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Re1 Bd2 26. Re2 Bg5
27. g3 h4 28. g4 fxg4 29. hxg4 Bf4 30. Kg2 Nh7 31. Rh1 Bg5
32. Be4 Kg7 33. Bf5 Nf8 34. Rxe5 Bf6 35. Re2 Bxb2 36. Rxb2 Rc5
37. Ra2 Ng6 38. Bxg6 fxg6 39. Rxh4 Re8 40. Ra4 Re7 41. Rh3 Kf6
42. Re3 Rcc7 43. Rxe7 Rxe7 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. Ke3 Kf6+ 46. Kd4
Re1 47. Rb4 Rd1+ 48. Ke4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zaven Andriasian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 Rb8
7. a4 e6 8. Nge2 Nge7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. O-O O-O
12. h3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 b6 15. Nce2 Bb7 16. Bh6 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 d5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qe3 e5 21. Ne2
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nf5 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. Nxc3 Nd4 25. Rd2 Rbc8
26. Rfd1 Rc4 27. Ne2 Rdc8 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Rxd4 Rxc2 30. Rb4
R8c6 31. Rd3 a5 32. Rb5 Re2 33. b4 axb4 34. Rxb4 Rf6 35. Rf3
Rxf3 36. Kxf3 Ra2 37. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Kh1 d6
12. f4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Bc6 14. Rae1 Rd8 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7
17. Qf4 O-O 18. Re3 f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qg3 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1
Rf8 22. Bd3 Nf6 23. Rxe6 Nh5 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Rxe3 Nf4 26. Be4
Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Nd5 28. Kg1 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Rc8 30. c4 Kf7 31. Kf2
Rc5 32. a3 Ra5 33. Re3 Ra4 34. Rb3 Kf6 35. Rxb7 Rxa3 36. Rb3
Ra2 37. Kf3 Rxc2 38. Ra3 Rxc4 39. Rxa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "12.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 h5 11. Qd2 Nbd7
12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 Be7 14. h4 O-O 15. Bg5 Rc8 16. a3 Qc7
17. g4 hxg4 18. fxg4 Nb6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. g5 Be7 21. Qg2 f5
22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Bd3 Rf4 24. Be4 Rg4 25. Qe2 Qc4 26. Bd3 Qc6
27. Be4 Qc4 28. Bd3 Qc6 29. Be4 Qd7 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5
32. Rxd5 Qe6 33. Rdd1 Rcc4 34. Qf2 d5 35. Rdg1 Rcf4 36. Qe1
Rxg1 37. Rxg1 d4 38. h5 Qf5 39. g6 Qxh5 40. Qa5 Rf6 41. Qc7
Bf8 42. Re1 Qxg6 43. Qxe5 b4 44. a4 d3 45. Qd5+ Rf7 46. cxd3
Qf5 47. Qc4 g5 48. Nd4 Qc5 49. Ne6 Qxc4 50. dxc4 Re7 51. Kc2
g4 52. Kd1 Kf7 53. Nxf8 Kxf8 54. Rxe7 Kxe7 55. b3 Ke6 56. Ke2
a5 57. Kf2 Ke5 58. Ke3 Kf5 59. Ke2 Ke4 60. Kf2 Kf4 61. Kg2 Ke5
62. Kf2 Kf4 63. Kg2 Ke5 64. Kg3 Kf5 65. c5 Ke5 66. Kxg4 Kd5
67. Kf5 Kxc5 68. Ke5 Kc6 69. Ke6 Kc5 70. Ke5 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "13.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4
7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Bd5 Rb8 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Bc6+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+
Qxd7 12. O-O Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Nd2 c5 16. Qd3
Rbd8 17. c4 Ng4 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rfe1 Qc6 21. f3
h6 22. Nf1 bxc4 23. bxc4 Qa4 24. Ne3 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qb2 26. Rxa6
Nd7 27. Rb1 Qd4 28. Rxd6 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Ne5 30. Rd5 Rxd5
31. cxd5 g6 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Rc3 Kf8 34. f4 Nd7 35. Kf2 Ke7
36. Kf3 f6 37. Nc4 Rb8 38. Ke3 Rb1 39. Ra3 Re1+ 40. Kd3 Rd1+
41. Ke2 Rd4 42. Nd2 f5 43. Rd3 fxe4 44. Rxd4 cxd4 45. Nxe4 Nb6
46. d6+ Ke6 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. g4 Nd7 49. h4 Nf8 50. g5 hxg5
51. fxg5 Nd7 52. h5 Ne5+ 53. Kd2 gxh5 54. g6 Ke6 55. Nc5+ Kf6
56. d7 Nxd7 57. Nxd7+ Kxg6 58. Ne5+ Kf5 59. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "14.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 d6
7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Bf4 Bf5
12. Nh4 Bc8 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bc8 15. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "15.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re2 Nf5 11. d5 d6
12. Nd2 Bg5 13. c3 Bd7 14. Ne4 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Nh4 16. Qd2 Ng6
17. Rce1 Bb5 18. Re3 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Qd7 20. Ng3 Rae8 21. b3 b6
22. Rfe1 Re5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. c4 f5 25. b4 Qd6 26. Rc1 Nf4
27. Ne2 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "16.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Be7 8. Bb5 Nxc3 9. dxc3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 f6 11. e4 Be6
12. Be3 Kf7 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Kf1 Rhd8 15. Be2 a6 16. h3 Rd7
17. Bg4 Rad8 18. Ke2 g6 19. Bxe6+ Kxe6 20. b3 f5 21. f3 b5
22. Rab1 Rd3 23. Rbc1 R8d7 24. Nf1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Kxd1
c4 27. Nd2 cxb3 28. axb3 Nb7 29. b4 a5 30. bxa5 Nxa5 31. Kc2
Nc4 32. Nxc4 bxc4 33. g4 f4 34. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "17.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O
Nec6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Nc6 9. Bc3 b5 10. a3 e5 11. Bd2 Bc5
12. b4 Bd4 13. c3 Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. c4 d6 16. Nc3 O-O
17. Nd5 Be6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Rxa4 Nd4 20. Be3 Bd7 21. b5 axb5
22. cxb5 Qc5 23. Rc4 Qb6 24. Ra4 Qc5 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rxa8
Rxa8 27. Qb1 Rb8 28. Rc1 Qb6 29. Qb4 h6 30. h3 Ra8 31. Rc4
Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Rd1 33. Rxd4 Bxb5 34. e5 Qa7 35. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "18.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. d3 e5
7. c3 Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 b6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bb2
Qd7 13. Nc4 Rad8 14. b5 Nb8 15. a4 Qc7 16. a5 Nd7 17. axb6
axb6 18. Qa4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nfd2 Rb8 21. Qa7 Rb7 22. Qa6
Rbb8 23. Qa7 Rb7 24. Qa6 Rd8 25. Nd6 Rbb8 26. N2c4 N7f6
27. Qa7 Bf8 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. dxe4 Qxa7 30. Rxa7 Nxc3 31. Bxc3
Bxc4 32. Bxe5 Ra8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Bf1 Bb3 35. Rc1 Ra4
36. Bc7 c4 37. Bxb6 Ba3 38. Ra1 c3 39. Be3 c2 40. b6 Rxe4
41. Rxa3 Rxe3 42. b7 c1=Q 43. b8=Q+ Kh7 44. Rxb3 Re1 45. Qb5
Qd1 46. Re3 Rxe3 47. fxe3 Qf3 48. Qe2 Qf6 49. Qf2 Qe7 50. Bc4
Kg7 51. Qb2+ Kh7 52. Qd4 h5 53. h4 Kg8 54. Kg2 Qb7+ 55. Bd5
Qa6 56. Qc4 Qf6 57. Qf4 Qe7 58. Qg5 Qd6 59. e4 Kg7 60. Qf4 Qe7
61. e5 Qd7 62. Qf6+ Kf8 63. Qh8+ Ke7 64. Qf6+ Ke8 65. Bc6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "19.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "252"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7
7. O-O Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. d4 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 O-O 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. Rad1 Nf6 16. Nd2 Qa5
17. a3 Qb6 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 a5 21. Ne5 Nd7
22. Ng4 Nf6 23. Ne5 Nd7 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Rd2 h6 26. Red1 Qa6
27. a4 Qb6 28. g3 Be7 29. Kg2 Nf6 30. Rd3 Qc7 31. Bc3 b6
32. Qe1 Qb7 33. Kg1 c5 34. Qe3 cxd4 35. Bxd4 Nd7 36. Ne5 Nc5
37. Bxc5 Rxd3 38. Qxd3 Bxc5 39. Qd7 Rb8 40. Qxb7 Rxb7 41. Rd8+
Kh7 42. Kf1 f6 43. Nd3 Kg6 44. Rc8 Bd4 45. Ke2 Kf7 46. Rc6 e5
47. g4 Ke7 48. Rc8 Kd7 49. Rg8 Ke6 50. Kf3 Rd7 51. Rc8 Bc3
52. Ke3 Ke7 53. Rc6 g6 54. f3 Bd4+ 55. Ke2 h5 56. gxh5 gxh5
57. Rc8 Ke6 58. Rg8 Kf5 59. Rh8 Kg5 60. Rg8+ Kh4 61. Ne1 Kxh3
62. f4 e4 63. f5 Bc3 64. Ng2 Rd2+ 65. Kf1 Be5 66. Ne3 Bg3
67. Nd5 Rf2+ 68. Ke1 Rxf5+ 69. Ke2 h4 70. Rg6 Rf3 71. Nxf6
Rxb3 72. Nxe4 Kg2 73. c5 bxc5 74. Nxc5 Ra3 75. Nd3 Rxa4
76. Ne1+ Kh3 77. Nf3 Re4+ 78. Kf1 Re3 79. Rf6 a4 80. Ng1+ Kg4
81. Ra6 a3 82. Ra4+ Kf5 83. Kg2 Ke5 84. Nf3+ Kd5 85. Nd4 Re4
86. Rxa3 Rxd4 87. Kh3 Ke4 88. Rf3 Rd1 89. Rf7 Ke5 90. Rf3 Rd2
91. Rf5+ Ke6 92. Rf3 Rh2+ 93. Kg4 Rh1 94. Re3+ Kf6 95. Rf3+
Kg6 96. Rb3 Bf2 97. Rb2 Bd4 98. Rc2 Bf6 99. Rg2 Rf1 100. Kh3+
Kh5 101. Rc2 Rf3+ 102. Kg2 Ra3 103. Rc1 h3+ 104. Kh1 Be5
105. Rf1 Kg4 106. Rg1+ Bg3 107. Rd1 Ra2 108. Rd4+ Bf4 109. Rd1
Be3 110. Re1 Kf3 111. Rf1+ Bf2 112. Rb1 Ra3 113. Kh2 Be3
114. Kxh3 Ra8 115. Rb4 Ra1 116. Rb2 Ra5 117. Rb4 Ra2 118. Rg4
Ra1 119. Rg3+ Ke4 120. Kg4 Bf4 121. Rg2 Re1 122. Kh3 Kf5
123. Rf2 Rg1 124. Re2 Rg3+ 125. Kh4 Rf3 126. Rg2 Rf1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "20.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Savchenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5
e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Nc6 16. Bg2 Rd8 17. Qf3
Rxh5 18. Rd1 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Ne4 Qe5 21. Kd2 Rxf5
22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qe4 Qg5+ 24. Kd3 Re6 25. Qxb7 Re3+ 26. Kc4
Qc5# 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[Round "21.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 a6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 f6
12. Ne4 Ba7 13. b4 Ne7 14. Bd2 c6 15. Ng3 Bf7 16. d4 exd4
17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qd7 19. Ne4 Nf5 20. Nc5 Qc8 21. Nb3 Re8
22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qg4 Nde7 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Nc5 b6 26. Nd7
h5 27. Qf4 Rd8 28. Nxb6 Rxd4 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Bc3 Rd3 31. Be1
Nh4 32. Qf4 Neg6 33. Qc4 Qxc4 34. Nxc4 Nf4 35. Ne3 Rb3 36. Kf1
Nhg6 37. Nc4 Ne5 38. Nxe5 fxe5 39. Bd2 Rb2 40. Bc3 Rc2
41. Bxe5 Nd3 42. Bd4 Nxb4 43. Rb1 Rc4 44. Bb6 Nd5 45. a5 c5
46. Ke2 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 c4 48. Bd4 Rd2 49. Ke4 Nf6+ 50. Ke3 Rd3+
0-1

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nb5 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4
Bc5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Na5 c6 15. Be3 Bc7 16. Rac1
Rb8 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. Kf1 Be6 19. b3 Kh8 20. Bc5 Rfc8 21. Bd6
Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Kg8 23. f4 Kf8 24. e4 Ke7 25. Rdd1 g6 26. Kf2
Rc7 27. h3 h5 28. Rd2 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. Ke3 Rd7 31. Rc2
Kc7 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Kxd2 Nd7 34. Kc3 b5 35. a3 c5 36. b4 c4
37. e5 f6 38. Kd4 fxe5+ 39. fxe5 g5 40. h4 gxh4 41. gxh4 c3
42. Kxc3 Nxe5 43. Nb7 Bg4 44. Nc5 Ng6 45. Nxa6+ Kb6 46. Nc5
Nxh4 47. Be4 Nf3 48. Kd3 h4 49. Ke3 Ng5 50. Kf4 Nxe4 51. Nxe4
Bd7 52. Nc5 Kc7 53. a4 bxa4 54. Nxa4 Bxa4 55. Kg4 Kb6 56. Kxh4
Kb5 57. Kg5 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bjorn Thorfinnsson"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4 e5 9. c3 Qe7 10. Qc2 c6 11. Rad1 Re8
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Ne4 g5 15. Bg3 Nd5 16. Nd2 Bg4
17. Rde1 Rad8 18. h3 Be6 19. a3 Qd7 20. Nf3 f6 21. Bh7+ Kh8
22. Bg6 Rf8 23. Rd1 Qc8 24. Rd2 Ne7 25. Re1 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Nxg6
27. Qxg6 Rd8 28. Nf1 Qd7 29. Qh5 Qf7 30. Qf3 f5 31. Rd1 Rxd1
32. Qxd1 f4 33. Bh2 Qd7 34. Qxd7 Bxd7 35. e4 h5 36. f3 g4
37. hxg4 hxg4 38. g3 Bh6 39. gxf4 exf4 40. fxg4 Bxg4 41. Kf2
Kg7 42. Nd2 Kf6 43. Nf3 Bh5 44. Ke2 Bg6 45. Kd3 c5 46. c4 a5
47. b3 b6 48. Bg1 Bf8 49. Bf2 Bh5 50. Ke2 Ke6 51. Bh4 Be7
52. Bxe7 Kxe7 53. Kf2 Kf6 54. Ke2 Ke7 55. Kf2 Ke6 56. Ke2 Kf6
57. Kf2 Bg6 58. Nd2 Ke5 59. Kf3 Bh5+ 60. Kf2 Kd4 61. Ke1 Bg6
62. Nf3+ Kxe4 63. Ng5+ Ke3 64. Ne6 f3 0-1

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bragi Thorfinnsson"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bc4 d6
7. Re1 Nf6 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 exd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Ne4 Kh8 13. h3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Qxd4 16. Qxd4
Bxd4 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Bf4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Bxc7 Nd5
21. Bd6 Rfd8 22. Ng5 Rd7 23. Rxe6 Nc7 24. Bxc7 Rxc7 25. Re2
Rac8 26. g3 Rc2 27. Rae1 h6 28. Nf7+ Kh7 29. b3 Rxe2 30. Rxe2
Rc7 31. Nd6 b5 32. Kg2 Rd7 33. Ne4 Rc7 34. h4 a5 35. Rd2 a4
36. Kf3 axb3 37. axb3 Ra7 38. Rd5 Rb7 39. h5 gxh5 40. Rxh5 b4
41. Rd5 Ra7 42. Rd3 Rf7+ 43. Kg4 Re7 44. f3 Rc7 45. f4 Bc3
46. f5 Rg7+ 47. Kf4 Rc7 48. g4 Bb2 49. Rd6 Bc1+ 50. Ke5 Bb2+
51. Ke6 Rg7 52. Rd7 Rxd7 53. Kxd7 Kg7 54. Ke7 Be5 55. f6+ Kg6
56. f7 Bg7 57. Ng3 Bf8+ 58. Kxf8 1-0

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Helgi Olafsson"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6
7. Bc4 b5 8. Bf1 Bg4 9. a4 b4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 g6 12. d3
Bg7 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Qd1 f5 17. exf5
gxf5 18. g3 e5 19. Bg2 Na5 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Ne5 22. Bd5+
Kh8 23. Nf3 bxc3 24. bxc3 c4 25. dxc4 Nb3 26. Nd4 Nxa1
27. Rxa1 Rb2 28. Ne6 Qb6+ 29. c5 dxc5 30. Nxg7 c4+ 31. Qd4
Qxd4+ 32. cxd4 Nd3 33. Bh6 Rf6 34. Bxc4 Nf2 35. Bc1 Nxh3+
36. Kh1 Rc2 37. Bb3 Rc3 38. Nh5 Rfc6 39. Bb2 Rxb3 40. d5+ Rxb2
41. dxc6 Rc2 42. Rb1 Kg8 43. Rb6 Kf7 44. Rxa6 Kg6 45. Nf4+
Nxf4 46. gxf4 Kh5 47. Rb6 Kg4 48. Kg1 Rc5 49. Kf2 Kxf4 50. a5
Rxa5 51. Rb4+ Kg5 52. Rc4 Ra8 53. c7 Rc8 54. Rc6 Kf4 55. Rc4+
Ke5 56. Kf3 Kd6 57. Kf4 Rxc7 58. Rxc7 Kxc7 59. Kxf5 h5 60. Kg5
h4 61. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Felix Blohberger"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Qb6 9. Qc1 g5 10. fxg5 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Ncxe5
12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. c3 Ng4 14. Be2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bg7 16. O-O e5
17. Nf5 Qxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Be6 19. c4 d4 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Bd3 h6
22. g6 fxg6 23. Nh4 g5 24. Ng6 Bg7 25. Nxh8 Bxh8 26. b3 Rd8
27. Be4 b6 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Ke2 Kd6 30. Kd3 Bg7 31. Rac1 Rb8
32. Rc2 a5 33. Rfc1 Kc7 34. Rf1 Kd6 35. a3 b5 36. c5+ Kc7
37. b4 a4 38. Rcf2 Bc4+ 39. Kd2 Rd8 40. Rc1 Rd7 41. Rxc4 bxc4
42. b5 d3 43. b6+ Kd8 44. c6 c3+ 45. Kxc3 d2 46. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Erik Blomqvist"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5
7. Ndb5 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd4
Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Nb5 Bxf3 15. exf3 Re8+ 16. Kd1
Be5 17. Kc2 Ke7 18. Bc4 a6 19. Nc3 Kf8 20. Rad1 h5 21. Nd5
Rab8 22. b3 a5 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Rd7 Re7 25. Rxe7 Kxe7
26. Re1+ Kf8 27. a4 Bd4 28. Re4 fxg3 29. fxg3 Re8 30. Rxe8+
Kxe8 31. Kd3 Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "3.19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Aleksandra Goryachkina"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Rd1 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bf5 11. Ne1 Na6
12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Ra5 e6 14. e3 h6 15. h3 g5 16. g4 gxf4
17. gxf5 Nd6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bf1 fxe3 20. fxe3 Nc7 21. Ng2
Rf8 22. Be2 a6 23. Raa1 Nf5 24. Bg4 Rad8 25. Na4 h5 26. Bxh5
e5 27. dxe5 d4 28. exd4 Nxd4 29. Nc5 Bxe5 30. Nxb7 Rb8 31. Nc5
Nxb3 32. Nd7 Nxa1 33. Nxe5 Nc2 34. Bg6 Rxb2 35. Rd7 Rc8
36. Nf4 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nino Batsiashvili"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6
7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Nh6 9. Bb3 Bg7 10. a4 Qe7 11. O-O Nd8 12. c4
Ng4 13. Bc1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. Nc3 Qe5 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. c5
Qxc5 18. Nd5 Ne7 19. h3 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 c6 21. b4 Qb6 22. Bb3
Ne5 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Qxd6 Qd4 25. Qc7 Rf8 26. Bg5 Bf6
27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Rad1 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Benjamin Gledura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7
7. a3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Qa4 Be6 12. Nb5
d5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Nge4 b6 17. Nxc5
bxc5 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Qxc6 Rc8 20. Qf3 c4 21. e4 Be6 22. Rfd1
cxd3 23. Be1 Bc4 24. b3 Ba6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Bc4 27. Nd5
f5 28. Rxd3 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Rf7 31. Qb3 Kh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abhijeet Gupta"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. d5 Qa5 10. Rb1 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 a6
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. dxc6 Be6 14. Rc1 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qb5 16. Qc3
O-O-O 17. c7 Kxc7 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Nxe6+ Qxe6 20. O-O Kb7
21. Qxc5 Ka8 22. h3 Rc8 23. Qa5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+
Qxc8 26. Qd5+ Qb7 27. Qxf7 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qxe4 29. Kg3 Qe5+
30. f4 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qe3 32. Qc4 Kb7 33. Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.29"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Chanda Sandipan"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4
7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Ng5 c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxe5 11. Nxe4
O-O 12. c3 Rd8+ 13. Kc2 Bf5 14. f3 Nd7 15. Be3 Rdc8 16. Bd3
Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Be4 h5
21. Rhd1 h4 22. Rd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 Rd8 24. Rd1 Kg7 25. Rd3 f5
26. b4 Kf6 27. c4 Kg5 28. c5 Kf4 29. a4 Kg3 30. Bf7 Rf8
31. Bxg6 Kf4 32. Rd2 Kg5 33. Rd5 Bb8 34. Bh7 e6 35. Rd7 Kh6
36. Kd3 Rc8 37. a5 a6 38. Re7 Bg3 39. Kc4 Ra8 40. Bg8 Rxg8
41. Rxe6+ Kg5 42. Rxa6 Be5 43. Re6 Kf4 44. b5 Rxg2 45. b6 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.30"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jules Moussard"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5
7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. O-O O-O
12. Nc3 h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. d5 Bg4 15. Qxe7 Bxe7 16. Nb5 Na6
17. Bf4 Bb4 18. Rec1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ba5 20. Bb3 Re7 21. d6 cxd6
22. Nxd6 Rd8 23. Rc8 Rxc8 24. Nxc8 Re2 25. Kf1 Re8 26. Nxa7
Nc5 27. Bc4 Rd8 28. Nb5 Nd3 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Ke2 Rd5 31. a4
Nd7 32. Rb1 Bb4 33. Rd1 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 Kf8 35. Kc2 Ke7 36. Kd3
g5 37. Bc7 Ke6 38. Kc4 Be1 39. Nd4+ Kf6 40. Bg3 Ne5+ 41. Kb5
Nd3 42. Nc2 Bd2 43. b4 Ke6 44. Kb6 Nb2 45. a5 Nc4+ 46. Kxb7
Bxb4 47. Nxb4 Nxa5+ 48. Kb6 Nb3 49. Nc2 h5 50. Kc6 h4 51. Bc7
h3 52. Bb6 Nd2 53. Nd4+ Ke5 54. Kc5 f5 55. Bc7+ Kf6 56. f4
Ne4+ 57. Kd5 Nxf2 58. Bd8+ Kg6 59. Bxg5 Ng4 60. Nf3 Kh5
61. Kd4 Nf2 62. Bh4 Ne4 63. Ke3 Nc3 64. Bg3 Ne4 65. Be1 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.01.31"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. e3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Qa4 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. Ba3 c5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. c4 Rb6
17. Rd3 Ra6 18. Qd1 Rd6 19. Rxd6 Bxd6 20. Qa4 Bd7 21. Qc2 Rb8
22. Rd1 Be8 23. Be4 h6 24. Bb2 Be5 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Ba4
27. Rd2 Bc6 28. Qd3 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 g6 30. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Na6 6. d4
Qd5 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Qe5 Qxe5+ 9. dxe5 Nb4 10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3
Nd7 12. Be3 Nb6 13. Ke2 Be6 14. Nd4 Bd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. e6
g6 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. Ng5+ Ke8 20. Rab1 a5 21. Ne4
b6 22. Rhc1 Kd7 23. Nc3 a4 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. d4 Rhc8 26. Kd3
e6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Kc6 30. b3 axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Norderstedt GER"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Michal Olszewski"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[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 Nd7 10. d3 Nb6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Nbd2
g6 13. Nf1 Bg7 14. d4 Rb8 15. Ng3 a5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Bc1 exd4
18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Bb1 c5 20. b3 Nb6 21. Bg5 Qc7 22. Qd2 c4
23. Rc1 Be6 24. a3 Nc6 25. Bh6 Bc8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. a4 bxa4
28. bxc4 f6 29. c5 dxc5 30. Rxc5 Qd6 31. Qc3 Bd7 32. e5 fxe5
33. dxe5 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qb3 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. Qxc6 Qb2 37. Ng5
Qxe5 38. Ne6+ Kh6 39. Qc1+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Norderstedt GER"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nils Grandelius"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Neg4 10. O-O Rb8 11. b4 axb5
12. Nxb5 Kd8 13. h3 Ne5 14. Bf4 d6 15. Qb3 Bd7 16. a4 Nxc4
17. Qxc4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Qxb5 19. axb5 Be7 20. Rfd1 Kd7 21. Ra7
Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Rhc8 24. Ra2 Ke6 25. Rad2 Rd8
26. e4 Rbc8 27. h4 f6 28. R5d4 h5 29. Kg2 g6 30. Kf3 Rc3+
31. Ke2 Rb3 32. Rc4 Rd7 33. Be3 f5 34. b6 fxe4 35. Rxe4+ Kf7
36. Rd5 Bf6 37. Kf3 Rc3 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Re7 40. Rf4 Ke6
41. Rd1 Rb3 42. Rxf6+ Kxf6 43. Bg5+ Kf7 44. Bxe7 Rxb4+ 45. f4
Kxe7 46. Kg5 d5 47. Rxd5 Rxb6 48. Rc5 Kf7 49. Rc7+ Kf8 50. Rd7
Kg8 51. Kh6 Rf6 52. Rxb7 Rxf4 53. Kxg6 Rg4+ 54. Kh5 Ra4
55. Kg6 Rg4+ 56. Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vojtech Plat"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bb5
Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5 8. Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 dxe5 10. Nc7+ Kd7
11. Nxa8 exd4 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. O-O-O Kc6 14. Rxd4 e6 15. Rc4+
Bc5 16. b4 Nxb4 17. Nc7 b5 18. Re4 Nxa2+ 19. Kb2 Nb4 20. Ra1
Rd8 21. Kb3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Re2 d4 24. Kb2 d3 25. Rd2
Bd4+ 26. c3 Bb6 27. Be5 f6 28. Bf4 Be6 29. Re1 Bc4 30. Re7 Rd7
31. Re8 a5 32. Be3 Bc7 33. g3 a4 34. f4 Bd6 35. Bd4 a3+
36. Ka1 Re7 37. Rxe7 Bxe7 38. Rd1 Kd5 39. Be3 b4 40. cxb4 f5
0-1

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. a3 b6
7. c4 bxc5 8. b5 Be7 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Bb7
12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 Nb6 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Bg3 Bd6
17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nb3 a4 21. Nxc5
Qe7 22. Nd4 Nfd7 23. Nxd7 Rxc2 24. Nxb6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxa3
26. Rc7 Rb8 27. Nd7 Qd6 28. b6 Rd8 29. Rxb7 Rxd7 30. Ra7 a3
31. Bb5 Qxb6 32. Rxa3 Ra7 33. Rxa7 Qxa7 34. g3 g6 35. Kg2 Kg7
36. h4 h5 37. Be2 Qb7 38. Bf3 Kf6 39. Ne2 g5 40. hxg5+ Kxg5
41. Nf4 h4 42. Bxd5 Qd7 43. Bf3 hxg3 44. Kxg3 Kf6 45. Bg4 Qd8
46. Bf3 Ke5 47. Kg2 Kd6 48. Bd5 Qd7 49. Bf3 Kc5 50. Kg1 Kc4
51. Be2+ Kc3 52. Bf1 Kd2 53. Ng2 Qg4 54. Ba6 Qd1+ 55. Bf1 f5
56. Nf4 Qg4+ 57. Ng2 f4 58. exf4 Kc3 59. Kh2 Kd4 60. Ne3 Qxf4+
61. Kg1 Qg5+ 62. Kh2 Ke4 63. Be2 Kd4 64. Bf1 Kc3 65. Ng2 Kd2
66. Kg1 Qg6 67. Bc4 Kc3 68. Bf1 Kd4 69. Be2 Qc2 70. Bf3 Qc1+
71. Kh2 Qf1 72. Kg3 Qg1 73. Bg4 Ke5 74. Bf3 Kf6 75. Bg4 Kg5
76. Bf3 Qh1 77. Bg4 Qh8 78. Ne3 Qb8+ 79. Kg2 Kf4 80. Be2 Qa8+
81. Kg1 Qa2 82. Bg4 Ke4 83. Bf5+ Kd4 84. Kg2 Kc3 85. Nf1 Qd5+
0-1

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandr Volodin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Bg4
12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxd4 15. Qxb7 e6 16. Rac1
Nxf3+ 17. exf3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rc6 Bxb2
21. Rxb6 Bd4 22. Rb8 e5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. fxe3
Ke7 26. Kf1 Kd6 27. Ke2 Kc5 28. Kd3 Kb4 29. h4 h6 30. f4 f6
31. g4 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Kc2 Ka3 35. Kc3 Kxa2
36. Kb4 Kb2 37. Kc5 d4 38. exd4 e4 39. d5 e3 40. d6 e2 41. d7
e1=Q 42. d8=Q Qc1+ 43. Kd6 Qf4+ 44. Ke7 Qxg4 45. Qd2+ Kb3
46. Qd3+ Kb4 47. Kf6 Qf4+ 48. Kg6 g4 49. Kh5 g3 50. Qb1+ Kc3
51. Qe1+ Kd3 52. Qd1+ Ke4 53. Qc2+ Kf3 54. Qd1+ Kg2 55. Qe1
Kh2 56. Qe2+ g2 57. Qd3 Qe5+ 58. Kh4 Qh8+ 59. Kg4 g1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ghosh Diptayan"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Be2 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Bg4 7. Ng5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 e6 9. h4 Nd7 10. Bf4 h6 11. Nf3 Qa5
12. h5 Qb5 13. Qxb5 cxb5 14. O-O-O Be7 15. g4 Rc8 16. Bg3 Nc5
17. Nd2 O-O 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. f3 Nd7 20. Rhe1 b4 21. cxb4 Bxb4
22. c3 Be7 23. f4 Nc5 24. Nb3 a6 25. Bf2 Ne4 26. Bd4 Kf8
27. Bb6 Rd7 28. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Abhijeet Gupta"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 a6 8. a3 Qc7 9. Ba2 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Kh1
Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. f5 e5 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bf2 Rad8 17. Rad1
Rd7 18. Bh4 d5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. exd5 Bb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. c3
Qc5 23. Rfe1 Rfd8 24. Re4 Rd6 25. Rb4 Rb6 26. Qe2 Rdd6 27. g3
Qc8 28. Bb1 Qc5 29. Be4 Rd7 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Bf3 Qc8 32. Qe3
Rdd6 33. Be4 Qc7 34. Qe2 Qc5 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Rc2 Be7 37. c4
bxc4 38. Rbxc4 Qb5 39. b4 Ra6 40. Qd3 Raa8 41. R2c3 Qb6
42. Qc2 Bg5 43. Rc7 Rf8 44. Qf2 Qa6 45. Bd3 Qf6 46. h4 Bxh4
47. gxh4 e4 48. Bxe4 Rfe8 49. R7c4 Kh7 50. Qf4 Kh8 51. h5 Red8
52. Kg3 Re8 53. d6 Rad8 54. Rd3 Qa1 55. Rc1 Qb2 56. Bf3 Re5
57. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2834"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Nce7
12. Bd3 Ng6 13. g3 c6 14. Nf1 Bd7 15. Qc2 Qc8 16. h4 Nfe7
17. Ne3 Re8 18. Bd2 Nf8 19. Re2 f6 20. Rae1 Be6 21. c4 Qd7
22. c5 Bc7 23. b4 Bf7 24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. Bxf5 Qd8 26. Rxe8 Bxe8
27. Qb3 Bd7 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. a4 Re8 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. b5 Qe4
32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Kg2 Ne6 34. Qb7 Bd8 35. Qd7 g5 36. hxg5 fxg5
37. Kg1 Qb1+ 38. Be1 Qe4 39. Bd2 Qb1+ 40. Ne1 Qe4 41. Nf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hrant Melkumyan"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. Bb5 exd4 6. e5 Ne4
7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Na5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd2 c6 15. Be2 f5 16. f4 Qd7
17. Kh2 b5 18. Rg1 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Rb1 Rab8 21. g5 Rb5
22. a4 Rb7 23. Rxb7 Qxb7 24. Qd2 Rb8 25. Bd1 Qb1 26. Bc2 Qa2
27. Rg2 Rb2 28. Qd1 Bh5 29. Qxh5 Rxc2 30. Qe8+ Bf8 31. Rxc2
Qxc2+ 32. Kg3 Qxc3 33. Kf3 Qa3 34. Qxc6 c3 35. Qxd5+ Kh8
36. Qc4 Qa1 37. Qc8 Qa3 38. d5 g6 39. d6 Kg8 40. d7 1-0

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kristian Stuvik Holm"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5
c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. e3 Qb6 10. Nb3 Rd8 11. Be2 e6
12. Rc1 Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 exd5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rc5 Be6 16. Rb5
Qc7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 b6 19. Rb3 Qc5 20. Rc3 Qxd4 21. exd4
Rac8 22. Rfc1 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bd3 Kg7
26. Kf1 Kf6 27. Ke2 Bf5 28. Bxf5 Kxf5 29. Kf3 h5 30. h3 h4
31. g4+ hxg3 32. fxg3 g5 33. g4+ Kg6 34. b4 b5 35. a3 f5
36. Kf2 fxg4 37. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dusko Pavasovic"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+
Bxd7 7. c4 e5 8. Qd3 Qc7 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. b3 b5 11. Nd5 Qb7
12. O-O Ne7 13. Ne3 Ng6 14. Nd5 Ne7 15. Ne3 Bc6 16. Nd5 bxc4
17. bxc4 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Ba3 f6 20. Rab1 Qc7 21. Rfc1
Be7 22. c5 Bb5 23. Qb3 dxc5 24. Nd2 c4 25. Qc3 O-O 26. Bxe7
Qxe7 27. Rb4 Qd7 28. a4 Bxa4 29. Rxc4 Rcd8 30. Rc5 Bb5 31. Ne4
h6 32. Qg3 Rf7 33. h4 Qf5 34. Qe3 Rfd7 35. d6 Qg4 36. Rc7 Qxh4
37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Rc7 Qg4 40. f3 Qe6 41. Rxd7
Qxd7 42. Qb6 Kg6 43. Nc5 Qc6 44. Qc7 a5 45. Ne6 Qxc7 46. dxc7
Ba6 47. Nf8+ Kf7 48. Nd7 Ke7 49. Nb6 Kd6 50. c8=Q Bxc8
51. Nxc8+ Kc5 52. Ne7 g6 0-1

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jernej Skuhala"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f3 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O
12. O-O-O a5 13. Bb5 Na6 14. Ba4 Nb4 15. Kb1 d5 16. exd5 Nbxd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bc5 Qc7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Rhe1
Nb6 22. Bb5 a4 23. Nc1 f6 24. a3 Ra5 25. Bd3 Nd5 26. g3 Rc8
27. Na2 Bf7 28. Bf5 Re8 29. Qd3 g6 30. Be4 f5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5
32. Qe2 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 e4 34. Nc3 e3 35. Nd5 Qe5 36. Nc3 Qc7
37. Nd5 Qe5 38. Nc3 g5 39. Nxa4 b5 40. Nc3 Bc4 41. Qe1 f4
42. gxf4 gxf4 43. b3 Bf7 44. Ne4 Bg6 45. Rd5 Qe7 46. Rd4 Qg7
47. Rd7 Qe5 48. Rd5 Qe7 49. Rd7 Qe6 50. Rd4 Kh8 51. Qc3 Qe5
52. Rd8 Qxc3 53. Rxe8+ Bxe8 54. Nxc3 Bc6 55. Ne2 Bxf3 56. Nxf4
Kg7 57. Kc1 Kf6 58. Nd3 Kf5 59. Ne1 Be2 60. Kb2 Ke4 61. Kc3
Bh5 62. a4 bxa4 63. bxa4 Be8 64. a5 Bb5 65. Kb4 Bf1 66. c4 Kd4
67. a6 Bxc4 68. Nc2+ Kd3 69. Ne1+ Kd4 70. Nf3+ Kd3 71. Ne5+
Kd4 72. a7 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jure Borisek"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. d3 Nh6 6. c3 O-O
7. O-O Qb6+ 8. Kh1 Ng4 9. Qe1 Ne3 10. Bxe3 Qxe3 11. d4 Qe6
12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Nc5 Qd6 16. Ne5 Rb8
17. Rd1 b6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bb7 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qxc6
Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Rfd8 23. Rfe1 Kf8 24. Bb5 h5 25. Kg2 Bf6 26. Kf3
Ra8 27. Ba6 Rd6 28. a4 Rad8 29. Re3 e6 30. h3 Rd5 31. Bc4 R5d6
32. g4 hxg4+ 33. hxg4 Ra8 34. Ba6 Rad8 35. Rh1 Rd5 36. Bc4
R5d6 37. f5 exf5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Rh5 Bg7 40. Rxf5 Rf6
41. Rxf6 Bxf6 42. Re2 Rd6 43. Ke4 Bg5 44. Rf2 f6 45. Kd3 Rd7
46. b4 Re7 47. Re2 Rxe2 48. Kxe2 Bc1 49. Bd5 Ke7 50. Kd3 Ba3
51. Bf3 Kd6 52. Kc2 Kc7 53. Kb3 Bc1 54. c4 Bd2 55. c5 a5
56. b5 Be3 57. Kc4 Bf2 58. Kd5 Bg1 59. Be4 Bf2 60. Bc2 Bg1
61. Bb3 Bf2 62. Bc2 Bg1 63. Bd1 Bf2 64. cxb6+ Kxb6 65. Ke4 Bg1
66. d5 Kc7 67. Bf3 Kd6 68. Kf5 Bb6 69. Kxf6 Bc7 70. Kf5 Bb6
71. Ke4 Bc7 72. Kd3 Bb6 73. Kc4 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Matej Sebenik"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. f4 Nh6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. d3 Nf5 6. Qd2 d5
7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. e4 Qe6 9. Nf3 f6 10. Be2 Nd6 11. O-O Nc6
12. Nc3 Qd7 13. f5 e6 14. fxe6 Qxe6 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. Qxd4 O-O-O 18. Rac1 Kb8 19. Bc4 Qe5 20. Qxe5 fxe5 21. Be6
Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe5+ Ka8 24. Rfe1 Ba3 25. Rc7 Rhe8
26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Bc5+ 28. Kh1 Rxe5 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Bc6+
Kb8 31. Bxe4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 g6
7. Rb1 Bg7 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 O-O 11. h3 Re8
12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Na4 Ne5 14. Bc3 Be6 15. b3 Rad8+ 16. Kc2 Nd3
17. Bxd3 exd3+ 18. Kd2 Bh6 19. Bf6 Rd7 20. g4 Ra8 21. Nc3 Re8
22. f3 b5 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Ne4 Bg7 25. Bc3 f5 26. Nf6+ Bxf6
27. Bxf6 Kf7 28. g5 Ra8 29. Rb2 c5 30. h4 h5 31. Rc1 f4 32. e4
Bh3 33. Rg1 Ke6 34. a4 Raa7 35. Kc3 Kd6 36. Rd2 Kc6 37. Rh1
Be6 38. Rhd1 Bh3 39. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 40. Rxd3 Rd7 41. Rxd7 Kxd7
42. Kd2 Kd6 43. Ke2 Bc8 44. Bd8 Kc6 45. Be7 Be6 46. Kd2 Bh3
47. Bf6 Kd6 48. Ke2 Bd7 49. Bc3 Bc6 50. Kd3 Bb7 51. a5 bxa5
52. Bxa5 Bc8 53. b4 cxb4 54. Bxb4+ Ke5 55. Ba5 Kd6 56. Kd4 Bh3
57. Bd2 Bg2 58. Bxf4+ Kc6 59. Ke3 Bf1 60. Kd4 Be2 61. e5 Kd7
62. c5 Bxf3 63. Bh2 Ke6 64. Kc4 Kd7 65. Kb5 Kc7 66. e6+ Kb7
67. Bd6 Bd5 68. e7 Bc6+ 69. Kc4 Kc8 70. Kd4 Kd7 71. Ke5 Ke8
72. Kf6 Be4 73. c6 Bxc6 74. Kxg6 Bf3 75. Kf6 Bg4 76. Bb4 Be6
77. Kg7 Bf5 78. Kh6 Bg4 79. g6 Be2 80. g7 1-0

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Inna Agrest"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6
12. Nd5 Qxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxb5 Qc5 15. b4 Qxb5 16. Nc7+
Ke7 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Qd3 Ra6 19. Qxb5 Rb6 20. Qc4 Bh6 21. g3
Rc8 22. Qd3 Ba6 23. Qf3 Rxb4 24. Qh5 Bf8 25. e5 fxe5 26. fxe5
Nxe5 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. a3 Rbc4 29. Rd2 Ke8 30. Qxh7 e4 31. Rf2
R8c7 32. Qh5 e3 33. Re2 Bxa3+ 34. Kd1 Rd4+ 35. Ke1 Bb4+ 36. c3
Bxc3+ 37. Kf1 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Bxe2 39. Qxe2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. g3 d5 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 f6 4. Bg2 c6 5. e3 Be6 6. Ne2 Bd6
7. d4 Ne7 8. dxe5 fxe5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. c4 Na6 13. g4 Bf7 14. Nf3 Ng6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ng3 Re8
17. Nf5 Bf8 18. h4 Nc5 19. h5 e4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Nh6+ gxh6
22. Qd4 Re5 23. Qxe5 Be8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qh7+ Ke6 26. Nd4+
Kd6 27. Rac1 1-0

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vincent Keymer"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Be7 8. Rd1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Bf6
12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Na3 Bd7 14. c4 Ne7 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Nd5
17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Rfe8 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rc1
Qe5 22. b3 h6 23. a4 b6 24. h4 Qd5 25. Qc4 Qf3 26. Qc6 Qg4
27. Kg2 Qb4 28. Qc4 Qd6 29. Qe4 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Bxe5 31. Kf3 Kf8
32. Ke4 Bb8 33. g4 Ke7 34. h5 Ke6 35. Rc6+ Kd7 36. f4 Re8+
37. Kf3 Rd8 38. g5 Bd6 39. gxh6 gxh6 40. f5 Rg8 41. Bf4 Bxf4
42. Kxf4 Rg1 43. Rxh6 Rb1 44. Rc6 Rxb3 45. h6 Rh3 46. Kg5 Rh1
47. Rc4 Ke8 48. Rc7 Kf8 49. Rxa7 Kg8 50. Rb7 Ra1 51. Kf6 Rxa4
52. Rxf7 Rh4 53. Kg5 Rb4 54. Rb7 Rxb5 55. h7+ Kh8 56. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Aachen GER"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4
7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qd3 Na6 9. a3 Qb6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rd1 Rfd8 13. b4 Nc7 14. Na4 Qb5 15. Nc5 Qxd3 16. Rxd3 b6
17. Nb3 Rac8 18. Bb2 Nfd5 19. g3 Bf6 20. c4 Ne7 21. Rad1 Ne8
22. Bf3 Nd6 23. Nd2 b5 24. c5 Ndf5 25. Nb3 Nd5 26. Bc1 Rd7
27. Bd2 g5 28. Be4 h6 29. h4 Kg7 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Kg2 Rh8
32. Ra1 g4 33. a4 a6 34. axb5 axb5 35. Ra6 Rc8 36. f3 gxf3+
37. Kxf3 Nde7 38. Bc3 Nd5 39. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Aachen GER"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Bc5 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 d5 12. Rc1
dxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 14. e4 Qd8 15. O-O b5 16. Bb3 a5 17. Nxb5 Bb7
18. Bf4 axb4 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Re8 21. e5 Ne4 22. axb4 Qb6
23. Bc5 Nxc5 24. bxc5 Qb5 25. Bc4 Qxc5 26. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7
7. a3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b4 d4 10. Ne4 d3 11. Rb1 cxb4
12. axb4 Bf5 13. Nh4 dxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd4 15. Qd1 O-O 16. Nxf5
Nexf5 17. d3 h6 18. Nc5 Rb8 19. Nxb7 Qc8 20. Na5 Re8 21. Be4
Nd6 22. Bf4 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Rb5 24. f3 Rd8 25. Kg2 Rh5 26. Rf2
g5 27. Bd2 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Nf5 29. Nc6 Nxg3 30. Rc1 Rd3 31. Rg2
g4 32. fxg4 Rh4 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Nf5 Nxf5 35. exf5 Be5 36. Qe2
Bxh2+ 37. Rxh2 Rxg4+ 38. Kh1 Rxd2 39. Qxd2 Qf3+ 40. Rg2 Qh3+
41. Rh2 Qf3+ 42. Rg2 Qh3+ 43. Rh2 Qf3+ 44. Rg2 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Miguoel Admiraal"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 e5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nge2 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Nb4 10. Bg5 Bxb5 11. Nxb5 a6
12. Nbc3 Nxc2 13. Rac1 Nb4 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6
gxf6 17. Nd5 Bd4 18. Ng3 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bxa3 20. Rxb7 a5
21. Nxf6+ Kh8 22. Ra1 Bb4 23. Rc1 Ra7 24. Rxa7 Nxa7 25. Rc4
Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Nd5 Bc5 28. Ne4 Bd4 29. Nec3 Ne7
30. Nxe7 Bxc3 31. Nd5 Bd4 32. g4 Kg7 33. Kg2 Kg6 34. h4 h5
35. f3 a4 36. Nb4 f5 37. g5 f4 38. Kf1 a3 39. Na2 Kf5 40. Kg2
Ke6 41. Kf1 Be3 42. Nc3 Bd4 43. Na2 Bb6 44. Kg2 Bd8 45. Kf1
Be7 46. Ke2 Kf5 47. Nc3 Bb4 48. Na2 Bc5 49. Kf1 Bd4 50. Kg2
Bc5 51. Kf1 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ilias van der Lende"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6
7. Be3 Nd5 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Nbc3 Qh5 10. Nb5 Rb8 11. O-O Be7
12. d5 exd5 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Bxb8 Nxb8 15. Nf4 Qxd1 16. Raxd1
d4 17. Rfe1 Bd8 18. Nd6 Bg4 19. f3 Bc7 20. Nxb7 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Bxf4 22. Nxc5 Be3+ 23. Kg2 Rc8 24. c3 Nc6 25. Nb3 f5 26. Nxd4
Nxd4 27. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jasel Lopez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nce2 f6
7. Nf3 c5 8. exf6 Bxf6 9. Bh6 Nc6 10. c3 Qb6 11. Qb3 c4
12. Qxb6 axb6 13. a3 b5 14. Rd1 g5 15. h4 g4 16. Ng5 Nd6
17. Nf4 Nf5 18. Nxd5 Ra5 19. Nb6 Na7 20. g3 Nxh6 21. Bg2 Kd8
22. Ne4 Ra6 23. Nxc8 Kxc8 24. Nc5 Rb6 25. O-O Nc6 26. Rfe1 Nd8
27. a4 bxa4 28. Ra1 Nhf7 29. Rxa4 Nd6 30. Re2 h5 31. Bd5 Kc7
32. Ra8 Rf8 33. Kg2 Rb5 34. Be6 Rh8 35. Bd5 e5 36. Ne4 Nxe4
37. Bxc4 Rb6 38. dxe5 Be7 39. Rxe4 Rxb2 40. Ra2 Rxa2 41. Bxa2
Rf8 42. Bd5 Nc6 43. Re2 Rf5 44. f4 gxf3+ 45. Bxf3 Nxe5
46. Bxh5 Rxh5 47. g4 Rxh4 48. Rxe5 Rxg4+ 49. Kf3 Bd6 50. Rh5
Rg3+ 51. Ke4 Rxc3 52. Kd4 Rg3 53. Rh7+ Kc6 54. Rh5 b5 55. Rh4
b4 56. Kc4 Rc3+ 57. Kd4 Bc5+ 58. Ke5 b3 59. Rh1 b2 60. Rb1 Rc2
61. Ke4 Ba3 0-1

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Roman Yanchenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8
12. h3 Bf5 13. g4 Be4 14. g5 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 e5
17. Re1 exd4 18. Nxd4 Re8 19. Bg4 Rc5 20. Qa4 Nb6 21. Qxa7
Rce5 22. Bf4 R5e7 23. Rad1 Nd5 24. Nb5 Bc2 25. Rxe7 Qxe7
26. Rxd5 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qf1 28. Rd2 h5 29. gxh6 Re1 30. Kg3 Bf6
31. f3 g5 32. Bc7 Bg6 33. Qf2 Qh1 34. Qh2 Qf1 35. Qf2 Qh1
36. Qh2 Qf1 37. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter T Roberson"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Nge2 c6 8. b4 e4 9. h4 d5 10. c5 b6 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 Ba6
13. Nf4 axb4 14. axb4 Rf7 15. Bh3 Bc8 16. Bd2 g6 17. O-O Bf8
18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. b5 Rfa7 20. Qc2 Bd6 21. Ncxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5
cxd5 23. Qxc8+ Kg7 24. Qe6 Ra2 25. Bb4 Bc7 26. Qe7+ Kh6
27. Qf8+ Kh5 28. Qf7 h6 29. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gawain Jones"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 d6 2. a4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 Nb4 6. Nd4 Bg6
7. e4 a6 8. f3 c5 9. Nde2 e6 10. Nf4 exd5 11. Ncxd5 Nfxd5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Be7 14. Bc4 Bh4+ 15. g3 Bf6 16. c3 Qc7
17. Bf4 Be5 18. O-O-O O-O 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qd7 Qa5 21. h4 h5
22. Qxb7 Qxa4 23. Qb3 Qa5 24. Qa3 Qxa3 25. bxa3 Kh7 26. Rd6 f5
27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Re1 Rf6 29. Rd5 Be6 30. Bd3+ Bf5 31. Rexe5
Bxd3 32. Rxh5+ Kg6 33. Rhg5+ Kh6 34. Rxd3 c4 35. Re3 Rb8
36. Rc5 Rfb6 37. Rxc4 Rb1+ 38. Kc2 R8b2+ 39. Kd3 Rd1+ 40. Ke4
Rb6 41. Rc5 Ra1 42. c4 Rc1 43. g4 Re6+ 44. Kf4 Rd6 45. Re8
Rd4+ 46. Kf5 g6+ 47. Kf6 Rd6+ 48. Re6 Rd4 49. Rh5+ gxh5
50. g5+ Kh7 51. Re7+ Kg8 52. Re8+ Kh7 53. g6+ Kh6 54. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Pro Chess League"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thomas E Rendle"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4
7. cxd4 e5 8. d5 Nb4 9. Qb3 Na6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. Nc3 Be7
12. O-O O-O 13. Qa3 a5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. d6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qb8
17. Rd1 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. b3 Rc8 20. Bb2 Nd7 21. Rd2 Qb6+
22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rad1 Nc5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 f6 26. Rd6
Rab8 27. h4 Kf7 28. h5 b5 29. Rc1 Ne6 30. Rd7+ Ke8 31. Ra7 Nf4
32. Rcc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Nxh5 34. g4 Nf4 35. Rxg7 Rb6 36. g5 Ne6
37. Rxh7 Nxg5 38. Ra7 Rd6 39. Kf1 Rd2 40. Bc3 Rxa2 41. Rxa5
Rxa5 42. Bxa5 Nxf3 43. Kf2 Nd4 44. b4 Nc6 45. Ke3 Kd7 46. Kd3
Ke6 47. Kc3 f5 48. exf5+ Kxf5 49. Bb6 Ke4 50. Bc5 Kf3 51. Kd3
e4+ 52. Kd2 Ne5 53. Be7 e3+ 54. Kc3 Ng6 55. Bg5 e2 56. Bd2 Ke4
57. Be1 Nf4 58. Kd2 Kf3 59. Kc3 Ng2 60. Bd2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Schwegenheim GER"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "11.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6
12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8 15. Bd3 a5 16. f3 b4
17. Ne2 Bf8 18. Qg3 Qb6 19. Bg5 Rac8 20. Qf2 Bc5 21. Qh4 Nxd5
22. Bc4 h6 23. Bxd5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Bf2+ 25. Kf1 Bb5 26. Qd2 Be3
27. Qd1 Qf6 28. Ke1 a4 29. Rb1 Rc7 30. b3 a3 31. f4 Rec8
32. e5 Qf5 33. Bc4 Rd7 34. Bxb5 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Qc2 36. e6 fxe6
37. Bd7 Rc3 38. Bxe6+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Schwegenheim GER"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "12.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3
bxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. Nb5 Ba6 15. Re1 Bxb5 16. axb5 a4 17. Nd2
Qb8 18. b3 axb3 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Nxb3 Rb8 21. Qd3 Bd8 22. Bf1
d5 23. exd5 e4 24. Qd1 Ne5 25. Be2 Bb6 26. Bb2 Re8 27. Bd4
Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 h6 5. Bh4 d6 6. Nbd2 g5
7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e4 e6 9. Nc4 f5 10. Nfd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 O-O
12. Ne3 d5 13. exf5 exf5 14. Nxd5 Re8+ 15. Ne3 f4 16. Bc4+ Be6
17. Bxe6+ Rxe6 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Ng4
Kh8 22. f3 Rxe4+ 23. fxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Kf2 f3 25. gxf3 Rf8
26. Nh2 Qh4+ 27. Kg2 Qg5+ 28. Kf1 Qh5 29. Qc2 c5 30. Qg2 cxd4
31. Ng4 Qb5+ 32. Kg1 dxc3 33. bxc3 Qc5+ 34. Qf2 Qxc3 35. Kg2
Ne5 36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Rxh6+ Kg7 38. Rhh1 Rf6 39. Rag1 Bd4
40. Kf1+ Kf7 41. Rh7+ Kf8 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. Rh7+ Kf8 44. Rh8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qf3 Nf6 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bxb5 Rc8
12. Ba4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf4 Qc4 15. Bxe5 Qxa4 16. Rd2
f6 17. Bd6 Kf7 18. Re1 Bg6 19. Bxf8 Rhxf8 20. Qd6 Kg8 21. f4
Rfe8 22. Re3 Qc4 23. b3 Qc7 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Kb2 Rb8 26. g4
Bf7 27. a4 Rc5 28. Ne2 Rc7 29. Rd6 Ra7 30. Red3 Be8 31. f5
exf5 32. gxf5 Rc8 33. Nc3 Rc5 34. R3d5 Rc6 35. Ne4 Kf7 36. Rd3
Rac7 37. c4 g6 38. fxg6+ 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc3 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rad8
12. Na3 a6 13. Rac1 Rfe8 14. Qe1 Qb8 15. Nc2 b5 16. c5 d5
17. cxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Nfd4 Nd5 20. Ba3 Qd7 21. Nxc6
Bxc6 22. e4 Nc7 23. Nb4 Bb7 24. Rd1 Qc8 25. Qe3 a5 26. Nd3 b4
27. Bb2 Bxb2 28. Nxb2 Nb5 29. Nc4 Nc3 30. Rd2 Rd8 31. Nxa5
Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Ba6 33. Bf1 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 Qa8 35. Nc4 Qxe4
36. Kg1 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Nd4 38. f3 Qxf3+ 39. Qf2 Qh1+ 40. Qg1 Qe4
41. Qf2 f6 42. Ne3 Kf7 43. h4 Qh1+ 44. Qg1 Qxg1+ 45. Kxg1 Ne2+
46. Kf2 Nc3 0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 e4 6.d5 exf3 7.dxc6
fxg2 8.cxd7+ Bxd7 9.Bxg2 g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Qd6 Qb6 12.Qxb6 axb6
13.Bb2 Bc6 14.O-O Ke7 15.Nd5+ Bxd5 16.cxd5 Rhg8 17.d6+ Kxd6
18.Rad1+ Ke7 19.Be5 Rgd8 20.Bxb7 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8
23.Kf1 Ne8 24.Bg3 Kd7 25.a4 f5 26.f3 Ke6 27.Bc8+ Kd5 28.Bb7+
Ke6 29.Bc6 Nd6 30.Bf2 Be5 31.h4 f4 32.exf4 Bxf4 33.a5 bxa5
34.Bxc5 Nf5 35.Bb6 Bd2 36.Bd8 Nd4 37.Ba4 Kd6 38.Kg2 Ne6 39.Bb6
Nc5 40.Bxc5+ Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. h3
Qb8 13. c3 Qb5 14. c4 Qb7 15. Nbd2 Nd7 16. Nb3 Nd8 17. d4 exd4
18. Nbxd4 c5 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21. exd5 Rxf3 22. gxf3
Ne5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. dxe6 Rd8 25. Be3 g5 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Ke2
Kf6 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Kxe6 30. Kc2 Kf5 31. Kd3 Bd6 32. b3
Be7 33. Bc1 Bd6 34. Be3 Be7 35. Bc1 Bd6 36. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.04.06"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Qa4 Bg7 6.cxd5 O-O 7.dxc6
Nxc6 8.Nf3 Nd5 9.e3 Nb6 10.Qd1 e5 11.O-O Bg4 12.dxe5 Qxd1
13.Rxd1 Nxe5 14.Nbd2 Rfd8 15.Rf1 Nd3 16.Nb3 Nxc1 17.Raxc1 Bxb2
18.Rc2 Bf6 19.Nfd4 Rac8 20.Rfc1 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Nd5 22.Rc5 Nb4
23.Bxb7 Nxa2 24.Ra5 Nc3 25.Rxa7 Ne2+ 26.Nxe2 Bxe2 27.Kg2 Bc4
28.Na5 Be6 29.Bf3 Rd2 30.Nc6 Ra2 31.Rc7 Bg5 32.Nb4 Rd2 33.Rc3
Bf6 34.Rc2 Rxc2 35.Nxc2 Kf8 36.Nb4 Bc3 37.Nc6 h6 38.Nd4 Ke7
39.Bb7 Kf6 40.f4 g5 41.Kf3 gxf4 42.gxf4 Bb2 43.Ne2 Ke7 44.Ng3
f5 45.Ne2 Kf6 46.Nd4 Bc4 47.Bc8 Bd3 48.Kf2 Bc3 49.Bb7 Bb2
50.Bg2 Ba6 51.Bf1 Bc8 52.Bh3 Bc3 53.Nb5 Bd2 54.Nd4 Bc3 55.Ne2
Bd2 56.Ng3 Bc1 57.Ne4+ fxe4 58.Bxc8 h5 59.h4 Ba3 60.Bd7 Be7
61.Be8 Kf5 62.Kg3 Bc5 63.Kf2 Be7 64.Bxh5 Bxh4+ 65.Ke2 Bg3
66.Bf3 Bxf4 67.Bxe4+ Kxe4 68.exf4 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8 9.Qc2 d5 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.d3 Bf5 12.Bf4 h6
13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qb2 b6 15.Rfd1 Qc5 16.dxe4 Bxe4 17.Bf1 Re7
18.a4 Rae8 19.Rac1 g5 20.Bd2 Qf5 21.f3 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Bd5 23.Be1
Bc4 24.e4 Bxf1 25.Bf2 Qc4 26.Rxf1 Qxa4 27.c4 Ne5 28.Bd4 g4
29.fxg4 Qd7 30.Qc3 c5 31.Bxe5 Rxe5 32.Qf3 Rxe4 33.Rcd1 Qe6
34.g5 hxg5 35.Rd5 g4 36.Qc3 Re5 0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Matthias Bluebaum"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qc7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Qd2 e6 9. Qg5 f6 10. Qh5+ Qf7 11. Qxf7+ Kxf7
12. Be3 e5 13. Bc4+ Be6 14. Bxe6+ Kxe6 15. O-O-O Be7 16. Rd5
Rhd8 17. Rhd1 b6 18. g4 Na5 19. b3 Rxd5 20. exd5+ Kf7 21. c4
Nb7 22. Nd2 Rh8 23. Rg1 Nd6 24. Kc2 Re8 25. Kd3 h5 26. g5 f5
27. f4 e4+ 28. Ke2 g6 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. a4 Nb7 31. Nf1 Bf8
32. Bd2 Bg7 33. Ne3 a6 34. Bc3 Bd4 35. Kd2 Re8 36. Rc2 Nd6
37. Ra2 Nb7 38. Rc2 Ke7 39. Ra2 Na5 40. Bxa5 bxa5 41. Rc2 Rb8
42. Rc3 h4 43. h3 Kd6 44. Kc2 Bxe3 45. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 b5 6. Qd3 O-O
7. Bg5 c6 8. Nbd2 a5 9. e4 Ba6 10. Rfe1 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. c3 b4 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Ra7 15. Qc2 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rd7
17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. e5 Be7 20. Rc1 Qa7 21. Rc2 c5
22. Rec1 cxd4 23. Qd3 a4 24. b3 axb3 25. axb3 Qa5 26. Rc8 g6
27. h4 Kg7 28. h5 gxh5 29. Be2 Rxc8 30. Rxc8 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8
32. Qe4 Nd7 33. Bd3 Nf8 34. Nxd4 Qc5 35. Nf3 Bb6 36. Qe2 Nd7
37. Kg2 Qd5 38. Bc4 Qc5 39. Bb5 Nf8 40. Bd3 Nd7 41. Bb5 Nf8
42. Bd3 Ng6 43. Qc2 Qc3 44. Be4 Bc7 45. Bxg6 fxg6 46. Qe4 Qc5
47. Qh4 Bxe5 48. Nxe5 Qxe5 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qe7+
Kg8 52. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "13.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "151"]

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 Ne7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3
Ng6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 Rd8 14. Be3 h5 15. Rd2 Be7 16. Rad1 a6
17. Ne4 Nh4 18. Bf2 Ng6 19. Bg3 h4 20. Bh2 c5 21. Nf3 Nf8
22. Kf2 Rh5 23. Nc3 Bf5 24. Nd5 Ne6 25. c4 b5 26. Nxe7 Rxd2+
27. Rxd2 Kxe7 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Ke3 g5 30. Nxg5 Nxg5 31. fxg5
Rxg5 32. Kf4 Rh5 33. Rd5 c6 34. Rxc5 Kd7 35. b3 Be6 36. Rc2
Rf5+ 37. Ke3 Rg5 38. Bf4 Rg6 39. Kf2 f6 40. exf6 Rxf6 41. Rd2+
Ke7 42. g3 Bxh3 43. gxh4 Rxf4+ 44. Kg3 Rf1 45. Kxh3 c5 46. Rc2
Kd6 47. h5 Kd5 48. Rh2 c4 49. h6 c3 50. h7 Rf8 51. Kg4 Rh8
52. Kf5 Kd4 53. Kg6 Kd3 54. a4 bxa4 55. bxa4 c2 56. Rxc2 Kxc2
57. Kg7 Ra8 58. h8=Q Rxa4 59. Kf6 Re4 60. Kf5 Kd3 61. Qh1 Re8
62. Qd5+ Ke3 63. Qc5+ Kd2 64. Kf4 Re1 65. Qb4+ Ke2 66. Qc3
Rf1+ 67. Ke4 Kf2 68. Qf3+ Kg1 69. Qg3+ Kh1 70. Ke3 Rf8 71. Qg7
Rf1 72. Ke2 Rg1 73. Qh8+ Kg2 74. Qh4 Ra1 75. Qg5+ Kh3 76. Qh6+
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "14.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adam Horvath"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "182"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7
12. Rd1 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. c3 Nf6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. O-O b5
17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Nf1 Nc5 21. Qe2 Bg5
22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 b4 24. Rd2 a5 25. Red1 bxc3 26. Qxc3 a4
27. Qc2 Rb6 28. Be2 Rdb8 29. b3 axb3 30. axb3 g6 31. Bc4 Kg7
32. g3 Rc8 33. Bd5 Qb8 34. Qa2 Rb4 35. Qa3 Rd8 36. Re2 Rd7
37. Re3 Ra7 38. Qb2 Na4 39. Qe2 Nb6 40. Red3 Rc7 41. h4 h5
42. Qd2 Nxd5 43. Rxd5 Rxe4 44. Rxd6 Qxb3 45. Rd8 Rc3 46. Kg2
Rg4 47. Rd3 Qb7+ 48. Kh2 Rcc4 49. Qe2 Rge4 50. Re3 Rxe3
51. Qxe3 Qb5 52. Rd6 Qc5 53. Qxc5 Rxc5 54. Kg2 Kf8 55. Rd7 Kg7
56. Rd6 Rc3 57. Ra6 Rd3 58. Rb6 Rd4 59. Kf3 Rg4 60. Ra6 g5
61. hxg5 Rxg5 62. Ke4 f6 63. Ra8 h4 64. gxh4 Rg4+ 65. Ke3 Rxh4
66. f3 Rb4 67. Ra6 Kg6 68. Ra5 Kg5 69. Ra8 Rb3+ 70. Kf2 f5
71. Ra4 Rb2+ 72. Kg3 Rb3 73. Kf2 Rb2+ 74. Kg3 f4+ 75. Kh3 Rf2
76. Ra3 Kf6 77. Ra6+ Kf5 78. Ra3 Ke6 79. Ra6+ Kd5 80. Kg4 Re2
81. Kf5 Kd4 82. Ra4+ Kd3 83. Ra3+ Kd2 84. Ra2+ Ke1 85. Ra1+
Kf2 86. Kg4 Kg2 87. Ra3 Kh2 88. Ra5 Rg2+ 89. Kf5 Kg3 90. Kxe5
Kxf3 91. Kf5 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2017/18"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "15.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gennadi Ginsburg"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. d5 Nb4 8. a3 Na6 9. O-O Nc5 10. Nd4 a5 11. b3 e5 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. Bb2 e5 14. Nf3 Be6 15. b4 Nce4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2
Qd7 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qc2 Bg7 21. Bd3 c6 22. e4
h5 23. c5 dxc5 24. bxc5 a4 25. Bc1 Rad8 26. Be3 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. O-O e4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7
12. Ne1 Bf5 13. d3 exd3 14. Nxd3 Rfd8 15. Nf4 Qe5 16. Qc1 Nb4
17. a3 Nd5 18. Bf3 c6 19. Qc5 Qc3 20. Qxc3+ Nxc3 21. Rfc1 Ne4
22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. f3 Bd5 24. e4 Bxb3 25. Rab1 Ba4 26. Rxb7 Rd2
27. Ne6+ Kg8 28. Nc5 Bd1 29. e5 Rad8 30. Ne4 Re2 31. e6 fxe6
32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Nxh7+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Nd7+ Kg8 36. Rxd1
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Ne2 dxc4
7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 11. h3 b6
12. Bg5 Bb7 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Be7 15. Bf3 h6 16. Bf4 Na5
17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Nf5 Re8 21. Qf3 Qd7
22. Bxh6 Bf8 23. Rfd1 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Be3 Nb3 26. Nd4
Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Rec8 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Ne4 Rfc6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6
31. g4 Rc2 32. Rd2 Rc4 33. Re2 Be7 34. Kg2 g6 35. Kf3 Kg7
36. Ke3 f5 37. Nd2 Bc5+ 38. Kf3 Rc2 39. Nb3 Rxe2 40. Kxe2 Bd6
41. Nc1 Kf6 42. Nd3 fxg4 43. hxg4 Ke6 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. Nf4+ Kc4
46. Nxg6 Kb3 47. f4 Kxb2 48. f5 Kxa3 49. f6 b5 50. f7 b4
51. Ne5 Ka2 52. Nc4 Bf8 53. g5 b3 54. g6 a5 55. Kd3 b2 56. Nd2
b1=Q+ 57. Nxb1 Kxb1 58. Kc4 a4 59. g7 Bxg7 60. Kb4 Kb2
61. f8=Q Bxf8+ 62. Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 Nc6 6. Nxc4 e5
7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Rc1 a5 11. Bc3 f6 12. b3
Qd7 13. Nfd2 Rfd8 14. Ne4 b6 15. Bb2 Nd5 16. Nc3 Nce7 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. Bxd5+ Nxd5 19. Qc2 Bh6 20. Rcd1 Qe6 21. a3 c5 22. e4
Ne7 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Bg7 25. Kh1 f5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qc3+
Rd4 28. Rde1 Rd8 29. Ne5 Kg8 30. Qc2 fxe4 31. dxe4 Nc6 32. Nf3
Rd3 33. f5 gxf5 34. exf5 Qd5 35. Qg2+ Kh8 36. f6 Qg8 37. Ng5
h6 38. f7 Qxg5 39. Qxg5 hxg5 40. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. a4 a5
7. Bf4 O-O 8. c3 b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Na3 Ne4 11. Nd2 e5 12. dxe5
Nxe5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qc2 f5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Nb5 Rae8 17. b4
Qf7 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. c4 h6 20. c5 Re7 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. e3
Bd5 23. Bf1 Bb3 24. Qc1 Kg7 25. Rd2 Bxa4 26. Nd4 Be8 27. Qa3
a4 28. c6 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Bxc6 30. Rc1 Be8 31. Rc5 Qf6 32. Bb5
Bf7 33. Rc6 Qe5 34. Rc5 Qf6 35. Rc6 Qe5 36. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. h3 e5 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Nh5 12. Re1
Nf4 13. Bf1 Ne6 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Bd2 f5 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. a4 Rae8
18. Rb1 Qc6 19. a5 f4 20. Nc2 g5 21. axb6 axb6 22. bxc5 bxc5
23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 exd4 25. Bb4 Qb6 26. Na3 Qc7 27. Bc4 Kh8
28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. Nb5 Qd7 30. Nxd6 Rb8 31. Bc5 Rxb1 32. Qxb1
g4 33. hxg4 Bxg4 34. Nxd4 f3 35. e5 fxg2 36. e6 Qc7 37. Nf7+
Kg8 38. Ng5 Bf5 39. Nxf5 Rxf5 40. Bxe7 Qf4 41. Qc2 Bd4 42. Nh3
Qg4 43. Qd3 Rf3 44. Qxf3 Qxf3 45. Bg5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. Nd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nf3 Bb6 11. a4 Rb8
12. axb5 axb5 13. c3 O-O 14. Re1 c5 15. h3 h6 16. Be3 c4
17. Bxb6 Rxb6 18. Bc2 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Be6 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Bb3
Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Rc8 23. Nd2 Qb7 24. Ra5 Rd8 25. Qe3 d5 26. exd5
Nxd5 27. Qe4 Nf4 28. Qxb7 Rxb7 29. Nf3 Nd3 30. Rd1 e4 31. Ne5
Rd5 32. Nxd3 exd3 33. c4 Rc5 34. b3 Rc8 35. Rxb5 Rxb5 36. cxb5
Rc3 37. b6 Rxb3 38. b7 Rxb7 39. Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. c4 c5 8. Re1 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc6
12. d4 Bf6 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Kxg2
Qxd1 17. Rexd1 Rad8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Kf3 Kf7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. b4 cxb4 22. Rc7+ Kg6 23. Rxa7 Rd5 24. Re7 e5 25. Rb7 b3
26. axb3 Rb5 27. e4 Rxb3+ 28. Kg2 Rb4 29. h4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7
7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nb3 Bxc5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Bg6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. f4 c5 15. c4 d4 16. Bd2 O-O
17. Qe1 a5 18. Bf3 Ra7 19. b3 Qb6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. g4 a4
22. Bd1 axb3 23. axb3 Re8 24. h4 Qb7 25. f5 exf5 26. h5 Rxe5
27. Qg3 Ra2 28. Bf4 Re6 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. g5 Ne5 31. Rc2 Rxc2
32. Bxc2 Ng4 33. Bd1 Ne3 34. Bxe3 Rxe3 35. Qg2 Qb8 36. Bf3 d3
37. Rd1 Qe5 38. Kf1 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. e3 Bc4
12. Re1 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bg2
Qe7 17. e4 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qf6 20. Qc2 Bxb2 21. Rb1
Bd4 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxb1+ 24. Qxb1 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5
26. Qb8+ Kg7 27. Qxa7 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Qc6+ 29. Kh3 Rd2 30. Re7
Qf6 31. Qxc7 Qf5+ 32. g4 Qxf2 33. Qe5+ Kh6 34. Qe3+ Qxe3+
35. Rxe3 Rxa2 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. h4 Ra5 38. g5 h6 39. Kg4 Ra4+
40. Kg3 h5 41. Kh3 Kf8 42. Kg3 Rd4 43. Kh3 Rd6 44. Kg3 Re6
45. Ra3 Re4 46. Kh3 Ke7 47. Kg3 Rg4+ 48. Kh3 Rd4 49. Re3+ Kd6
50. Rf3 Ke6 51. Rf6+ Ke7 52. Rf3 Rd7 53. Kg3 Ke6 54. Rf6+ Ke5
55. Rf3 Ke4 56. Rf4+ Ke3 57. Rf3+ Kd4 58. Rf4+ Kc3 59. Rf6 Re7
60. Rf3+ Kd4 61. Rf4+ Kd3 62. Rf6 Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 dxc4
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. e4 c5 9. d5 Ne8 10. Qe2 a6 11. a4 Nd6 12. Bd3
Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O e6 15. Be3 exd5 16. Nxd5 Be6
17. Bxc5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Re8 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Be3 Qf6 21. Bg5 Qg7
22. Bh6 Qf6 23. Bg5 Qg7 24. Bh6 Qf6 25. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.05.29"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Bf5
7. O-O a5 8. d5 Na6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. e4 Nc5 11. f3 e5 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. Be3 Nh5 14. g3 e5 15. Ndb5 Bh3 16. Rf2 Rf7 17. Qd2
Qf8 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Raxf1 Rd8 20. Ne2 c6 21. Nbc3 Nf6 22. Rd1
Rfd7 23. b3 Qf7 24. Rff1 Bf8 25. Kg2 d5 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Nxd5
Nxd5 28. exd5 Rxd5 29. Qc2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 e4 31. fxe4 Rxd1
32. Qxd1 Nxe4 33. Qd3 Nc5 34. Bxc5 Bxc5 35. Nf4 a4 36. h4 axb3
37. axb3 b6 38. h5 gxh5 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qd8+ Kg7
42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.05.30"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5
12. Ng5 h6 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. Ne4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Qh3
Qxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxe4 18. Rg1 Re8 19. Bxh6 g6 20. Rge1 Nd7
21. Bf1 Bf5 22. c4 Nf6 23. a4 Rad8 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8
26. a5 Rd8 27. Be3 a6 28. Ra4 Ng8 29. Rb4 Rd7 30. Bg2 Ne7
31. h4 Be6 32. Be4 Nf5 33. d5 cxd5 34. cxd5 Bxd5 35. Bxf5 gxf5
36. Rd4 Bc6 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. h5 Kh7 39. Kg3 Be6 40. Kf4 Bd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.06.01"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.Nd4 Ne5
13.Nb5 Qb8 14.Be2 bxc5 15.Rb1 a6 16.Na3 Qc7 17.f4 Rd8 18.Qc2
Ng4 19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.f5 gxf5 21.Nc4 e6 22.h3 Bh5 23.exf5 exf5
24.Bg5 f4 25.Qf2 f3 26.Bxd8 Rxd8 27.Qh4 fxg2 28.Rfe1 Bf3
29.Re3 Bc6 30.Rbe1 Rf8 31.Ne5 Bd5 32.Rg3 f6 33.Nd3 Bxa2 34.c4
Qd6 35.Nf4 Qd4+ 36.Kh2 Bxc4 37.Qh6 f5 38.Nh5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O
7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Rb8
12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Rd1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Bb2 Bc4 16. Rd4 Qa6
17. e4 Nb6 18. a4 e5 19. Rd2 Qa5 20. Rd6 c5 21. Bh3 Nc8
22. Rd2 Nb6 23. Rd6 Nc8 24. Rd2 Nb6 25. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.06.03"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bg7
7. Bb2 Nf6 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Kb1 Qa5 10. Nge2 e5 11. f3 Rd8
12. Nd5 Qxd2 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rxd2 Bg5 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Nc3
Nd4 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Rhf1 Nc6 19. a3 Ne7 20. Ne2 Be3 21. h3 g5
22. a4 f6 23. c4 Ng6 24. Bc1 Bxc1 25. Nxc1 h5 26. Rf2 h4
27. Rfd2 Kf7 28. Ne2 Ke7 29. Kb2 Nf4 30. Nc3 a5 31. Bf1 b6
32. Bd3 Rc5 33. Bc2 Rc7 34. Re1 Rc5 35. Nd1 Rc6 36. Ne3 Rc7
37. Red1 Rc6 38. Bd3 Rc7 39. Bc2 Rc6 40. Bd3 Rc7 41. Bc2 Rc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Re1 Nc5 12.Nd4 Nxd4
13.cxd4 Nd3 14.Re3 Nf4 15.Nf3 Bg4 16.h3 Bh5 17.Rc3 Ne6 18.g4
Bg6 19.Be3 a5 20.Bc2 Bb4 21.Rb3 f5 22.exf6 Bxc2 23.Qxc2 Qxf6
24.Ne5 c5 25.Nd7 Qf7 26.Nxf8 Rxf8 27.Qf5 cxd4 28.Qxf7+ Rxf7
29.Rxb4 axb4 30.Bd2 b3 31.axb3 Rf3 32.b4 Rd3 33.Re1 Kf7 34.Bc1
Rxh3 35.Re5 Rd3 36.Kf1 Rd1+ 37.Re1 Rxe1+ 38.Kxe1 g6 39.f4 Nd8
40.g5 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bc1 Ngf6
12. Nd2 Nc5 13. O-O Qc7 14. a5 Be6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bf3 Rad8
17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. b4 Nd7 20. c4 Bg5 21. Be2 e4
22. Nb3 Bf6 23. Nd4 Bg6 24. Be3 Ne5 25. Qb3 Nd3 26. Red1 Rfe8
27. Ra2 Qe7 28. Nc2 Rc8 29. Ne1 Bg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Raa1 Qc7
32. Nxd3 exd3 33. Bxd3 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Qxc4 35. Qd2 Re2 36. Qxg5
Qxb4 37. h3 Re5 38. Qd2 Qxd2 39. Rxd2 Rc5 40. Rb2 Re7 41. Rab1
Rxa5 42. Rxb7 Rxb7 43. Rxb7 Rxd5 44. Kf1 g6 45. Ke2 Kg7 46. h4
a5 47. Ra7 Kf6 48. g4 Rd4 49. h5 a4 50. f3 gxh5 51. gxh5 Rh4
52. h6 Rxh6 53. Rxa4 Ke5 54. Re4+ Kf5 55. Rd4 Re6+ 56. Kd3 f6
57. Kd2 Kg6 58. Rg4+ Kf7 59. Rf4 Re5 60. Rd4 d5 61. Ra4 Kg6
62. Ra6 Kf5 63. Rd6 Re6 64. Rxd5+ Kf4 65. Kd3 Kxf3 66. Rf5+
Kg4 67. Rf1 f5 68. Rg1+ Kf4 69. Rf1+ Kg5 70. Rg1+ Kf6 71. Rf1
Re8 72. Kd4 Re5 73. Rh1 Re2 74. Kd3 Re8 75. Rf1 Kg5 76. Rg1+
Kh4 77. Rf1 Kg4 78. Rg1+ Kh3 79. Rf1 Re5 80. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2018.06.08"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

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.b4 Bxa2 12.Rxa2 Nc6 13.Bg5
Ng4 14.Bd2 Nf6 15.Bg5 Ng4 16.Bd2 Nf6 17.Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "207"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4
Nxb5 13. axb5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 c6
17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qc2 Rab8 21. Re2
Re6 22. Rae1 Rbe8 23. Qd3 Qb5 24. Qxb5 cxb5 25. Kf1 a4 26. f3
Nd7 27. Nf5 Ne5 28. Be3 Nc4 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Re5 31. Nc6
Rc5 32. Nb4 g6 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. g4 Ra8 35. Ra1 Re8 36. Rae1 Ra8
37. Nd5 Rc6 38. Ra1 Nb6 39. Nb4 Rc5 40. Rd1 a3 41. bxa3 Rxc3
42. Rxd6 Nc4 43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. Nxd3 Rxa3 45. Nb4 Kf6 46. e5+
Ke6 47. Nc2 Rd3 48. f4 h5 49. f5+ gxf5 50. gxh5 f4 51. h4 Nxe5
52. h6 Kf6 53. h7 Ng4+ 54. Ke1 Kg7 55. Re4 Ne3 56. Ke2 Rd5
57. Nd4 Nf5 58. Nxf5+ Rxf5 59. Kf3 Kxh7 60. Re8 Kg6 61. Rb8
Rc5 62. Kxf4 Rc4+ 63. Kg3 b4 64. Rb5 Rc3+ 65. Kf4 Rc4+ 66. Kg3
Rc3+ 67. Kf4 Rb3 68. h5+ Kh6 69. Rf5 Rb1 70. Ke3 b3 71. Kd2
Kg7 72. Rf3 b2 73. Kc2 Rh1 74. Kxb2 Rxh5 75. Kc3 Rd5 76. Kc4
Rd8 77. Rg3+ Kh6 78. Rf3 Kg6 79. Rg3+ Kh5 80. Rf3 Rd7 81. Rf1
Kg4 82. Rg1+ Kf3 83. Rf1+ Ke4 84. Re1+ Kf4 85. Rf1+ Ke5
86. Re1+ Kf5 87. Rf1+ Kg6 88. Rg1+ Kh7 89. Rh1+ Kg7 90. Rg1+
Kf8 91. Rf1 Rd6 92. Kc5 Rd2 93. Kc4 Rd8 94. Kc5 Kg7 95. Rg1+
Kh6 96. Rh1+ Kg5 97. Rg1+ Kh6 98. Rh1+ Kg7 99. Rg1+ Kf8
100. Rf1 Rd2 101. Kc4 Ke7 102. Re1+ Kd6 103. Rf1 Ke6 104. Re1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6
7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Nd2 Re8 11. e4 Rb8
12. a4 Nb4 13. f3 Nd7 14. Kh1 a6 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6
17. Nb3 Bd7 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Qd2 c4 20. Na5 Rec8 21. Rfd1 h5
22. Be3 h4 23. h3 f5 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Ra5 fxe4
27. fxe4 Nd3 28. Rxa6 Qb7 29. Ra5 Nd7 30. Nd5 N7c5 31. Bxc5
Rxc5 32. Bxd3 Rxa5 33. Bxc4 Rc5 34. b3 Rxc4 35. bxc4 Qb3
36. Ne3 Rf8 37. Qe2 Rf4 38. Ng4 Rxe4 39. Qxe4 Qxd1+ 40. Kh2
Qd4 41. Qxd4 Bxd4 42. g3 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4
7. exd4 h6 8. Bh4 d5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bxc4 Be7
12. Rc1 b6 13. a3 Bb7 14. Re1 Nh5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bf6
17. d5 Na5 18. Ba2 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5
exd5 22. Rd1 Nc4 23. Rxd5 Nxb2 24. Rc7 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. Ne5 a5 27. Nxf7 Rd5 28. f4 Nd3 29. Re7 b5 30. Ne5 Nxe5
31. fxe5 Rd3 32. e6 Kf8 33. Rb7 Rxa3 34. Rxb5 a4 35. Rb4 Ke7
36. Re4 h5 37. g4 h4 38. g5 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 a3 40. Rxh4 Kxe6
41. Ra4 g6 42. Kg3 Kf5 43. Ra5+ Ke4 44. Ra6 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. Qb3 a6 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. d5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bc2 Nd7
17. g4 Bg6 18. Nf3 Bb6 19. Bg5 Qb8 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Re8
22. Rad1 h6 23. Kg2 Qd8 24. Qd4 Rc8 25. Re3 Ne5 26. Nxe5 dxe5
27. Qd2 Qd6 28. Rb3 c6 29. Rxb7 cxd5 30. Ba4 d4 31. f3 Rb8
32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc1 a5 34. Bb3 Qb6 35. Rc4 Kh7 36. Ra4 Ra8
37. Bd5 Ra7 38. b4 axb4 39. Qxb4 Qxb4 40. Rxb4 f6 41. Rb7 Rxb7
42. Bxb7 Be8 43. Kf2 Kg8 44. Bd5+ Kf8 45. h4 Ke7 46. Ke2 Kd6
47. a3 Kc5 48. Bb3 Bb5+ 49. Kd2 Bf1 50. Bf7 Kb5 51. Be8+ Ka5
52. h5 Bb5 53. Bxb5 Kxb5 54. Kc1 Ka4 55. Kb2 Ka5 56. Kc2 Kb6
57. Kd1 Kc5 58. Kd2 Kb5 59. Kc1 Kc6 60. Kc2 Kb6 61. Kd1 Kc5
62. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. d3 Nc6
7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Nh2 Qd7
12. f4 e4 13. c3 Nf5 14. g4 Nh4 15. Qe1 b5 16. Ba2 exd3
17. Qxh4 c4 18. Qg3 Nxd5 19. Qg2 Nc7 20. Be3 Rfe8 21. g5 Qf5
22. Ng4 Bf8 23. Rae1 d5 24. Bd4 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bd6 26. Ne3 Re8
27. Nxf5 Rxe1+ 28. Qf1 d2 29. Ne3 Ne6 30. Kf2 Bxf4 31. Nd1
Bg3+ 32. Kg1 Bh2+ 33. Kf2 Bg3+ 34. Kg1 Bh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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 b6 11. Bf4
Bb4 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Be2 14. Nh2 Bc4 15. Rd1 Bd5 16. c3
Bxe4 17. cxb4 Rd8 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bd5
21. a3 Ke7 22. Be5 h5 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kf2 Rc8 25. g4 Ne7
26. gxh5 Rh8 27. Rg1 Rxh5 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Bf6 Rxh3 30. Kg2
Rh6 31. Rxe7 Rxf6 32. Rxa7 Rf4 33. Kg3 e5 34. Rh7 Rd4 35. Ng4
e4 36. fxe4 Bxe4 37. Rb7 b5 38. Nf6 Bf5 39. Rc7 Rd6 40. Kf4
Rxf6 41. Kg5 Rd6 42. Kxf5 Ke8 43. Ke5 Rh6 44. b3 Kd8 45. Rf7
Kc8 46. a4 Kb8 47. a5 Rh3 48. Kd6 Rc3 49. a6 Ka8 50. Rc7 Kb8
51. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O
7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Bd2 Bf5 10. Qa3 e6 11. e4 Nxe4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ba5 Qa6 14. Bxd8 Qxa3 15. bxa3 exf3 16. Bxf3
Nd7 17. Bg5 Bxd4 18. Rad1 e5 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Bf6 Nd7 21. Rxd4
exd4 22. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4
Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h4 h6
17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. d5 Nc5 20. d6 Rd7 21. Bc4 a6
22. e5 b5 23. Be2 f6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rc2 Na4 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8
27. Nd4 fxe5 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. Bxb5 Ra7 30. Rc1 Nb6 31. Rxc8+
Nxc8 32. d7 Rxd7 33. Bxd7 Nb6 34. Bxe6+ Kf8 35. Bb3 Ke7 36. f3
Kd6 37. Kf2 Nd7 38. Ke3 Nc5 39. h5 Nd7 40. a4 Nf6 41. g4 Kc5
42. Kd3 Kb4 43. Bc2 Kc5 44. Kc3 Nd5+ 45. Kb3 Nf4 46. Be4 Ne2
47. a5 Nd4+ 48. Kc3 Kb5 49. a6 Kxa6 50. Kc4 Kb6 51. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 Nc6 8. h3 Rb8 9. f4 Nd7 10. Nd5 e6 11. Ne3 b5 12. f5 Bb7
13. c3 b4 14. Ng4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exf5 16. exf5 Nce5 17. Bxb7
Rxb7 18. Nh6+ Bxh6 19. Bxh6 Re8 20. Nf4 gxf5 21. Qh5 Qf6
22. Rae1 Rbb8 23. Re3 Kh8 24. Bg5 Qg7 25. Nd5 f6 26. Bh6 Qg6
27. Nf4 Qf7 28. Qxf5 Rb2 29. d4 cxd4 30. cxd4 Ng6 31. Ne6 Rg8
32. Rf2 Rxf2 33. Qxf2 Rc8 34. Qf5 Ne7 35. Qg4 Qg6 36. Nf4 Qxg4
37. hxg4 Ng8 38. g5 fxg5 39. Bxg5 Kg7 40. Re6 Rc6 41. Re8 Kf7
42. Rd8 Ngf6 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kh3 Rxa2 45. Bxf6 Nxf6 46. Rxd6
Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4
Nxb5 13. axb5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Nf1 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Bxb5
17. Ng3 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd5 21. Rh4 Ra6
22. Ra3 Rg6 23. Rg4 Rxg4 24. Qxg4 Bd7 25. Qh4 Bf5 26. Be3 b6
27. Rc3 c6 28. Qe7 Rc8 29. Qb7 b5 30. Rc5 Qd7 31. Qa6 a4
32. d5 cxd5 33. Rxc8+ Qxc8 34. Qxb5 Qd7 35. Qb4 Kh7 36. Bd4
Qc6 37. Bc3 Qc4 38. Qxc4 dxc4 39. f3 h5 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4
Be6 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Ke3 f5 44. exf6 gxf6 45. Kd4 f5 46. Kc5
fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Nb6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. O-O O-O 13. b3 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qd3 Qc7
17. Bd2 a5 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rfc8 20. c4 Bd8 21. Rfa1 Qc5
22. b4 Qc6 23. bxa5 Bxc4 24. Qe3 Qb5 25. Qe1 Ra6 26. Qb1 Qxb1+
27. Rxb1 Rca8 28. Rc1 Bb5 29. Rb1 Bc4 30. Rc1 Bb5 31. Bh3 Kf8
32. Rc8 Ke8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Bb4 Bc7 35. Ra1 Ra7 36. Bg4 g6
37. h4 h5 38. Bh3 Bd3 39. f3 Bb6+ 40. Kg2 Bc5 41. Bxc5 dxc5
42. Kf2 Bb5 43. Bf1 c4 44. Ke3 Kd7 45. Kd2 Kc6 46. Kc3 Kc5
47. Be2 Ra6 48. Rd1 Rxa5 49. Rd5+ Kb6 50. Bxc4 Ra3+ 51. Kb2
Bxc4 52. Kxa3 Bxd5 53. exd5 Kc5 54. Kb3 Kxd5 55. Kc3 f5
56. Kd3 e4+ 57. Ke3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4
7. Rd1 Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. c3 Re8 11. d5 Ne7 12. Bd3
Rf8 13. c4 Nd7 14. Nc3 f5 15. Rb1 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf5 17. Qe1 e4
18. Nxe4 h6 19. b3 Re8 20. Bb2 Ne5 21. f3 a5 22. a4 Qe7
23. Bc2 Qf7 24. Qf2 b6 25. Bc3 Re7 26. Re1 Rae8 27. Re2 Nd7
28. Rbe1 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Bxc3 31. exf5 Bxe1
32. Qxe1 gxf5 33. Qg3+ Kf8 34. Qf4 Kg7 35. Bxf5 Nc5 36. Qg3+
Kf8 37. Bc2 Qe7 38. Qf4+ Kg7 39. Kf2 Qe8 40. Qg4+ Kf8 41. Qf5+
Qf7 42. Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. Ke3 Nd7 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. g4 Nc5 46. h4
Nd7 47. g5+ Kg7 48. Kf5 Nc5 49. gxh6+ Kxh6 50. Kf6 Kh5 51. Ke7
Kxh4 52. Kd8 Na6 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. a3 Bd7 11. exd6 Bxd6
12. Nc3 Nce7 13. Ne4 Bc6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Rd1 Bb8 16. Ng5 Be8
17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Ngf3 Ned5 19. Bd2 a6 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Qb6 22. Nc4 Qd8 23. Nce5 Qb6 24. Nc4 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c4
cxd4 7. exd4 e5 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+
11. Rxd1 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Bc4 Ke7 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3
Be6 16. Bxe6 Kxe6 17. f4 Rhd8 18. Rde1 f6 19. fxe5 fxe5
20. Rf3 Rd2 21. Rfe3 Rxa2 22. Rxe5+ Kd6 23. Re6+ Kc5 24. Re7
Rg8 25. g3 h5 26. R1e5+ Kd6 27. R5e6+ Kd5 28. Re4 Rg5 29. c4+
Kc6 30. R4e6+ Kc5 31. Rxb7 Kxc4 32. Re4+ Kc5 33. Rc7+ Kd6
34. Ree7 Rb5 35. Rcd7+ Kc6 36. Rc7+ Kd6 37. Rcd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c5
7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Bf4 Nfe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Nd6 15. Qd4 Be6 16. Rfc1
Qa5 17. Nd3 Rad8 18. Nf4 Nf5 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Rd2
21. Bxb7 Rxb2 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Ba6 Nd4 24. Kf1 Rfb8 25. Bd3
Kf7 26. Rc4 R8b4 27. Rac1 Nf5 28. a3 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Nd6 30. Ra4
Rb7 31. f4 Kf6 32. Ra5 Nf7 33. Ra6 Nd6 34. Kf2 e5 35. Ke3 Rc7
36. fxe5+ Kxe5 37. Ra5+ Ke6 38. Kd4 Kf6 39. e4 Nf7 40. e5+ Kg7
41. h4 Nd8 42. Be4 Ne6+ 43. Kd3 Nc5+ 44. Ke3 Nxe4 45. Kxe4 Kf7
46. Ra6 Rc3 47. Kf4 Rc4+ 48. Kf3 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Bc5 11. Na4 Bd4
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 d6 14. c5 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Qxe5 Re8
17. Qd6 Qg5 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Bf1 Rac8 20. Re4 Red8 21. Qg3 Qd2
22. Rae1 Nf6 23. R4e2 Qb4 24. b3 Rd7 25. Qc3 Qf4 26. h3 Rcd8
27. Nb2 Nd5 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Kf8 30. Nc4 Nc3 31. Nd6 g6
32. a3 a5 33. R5e3 Nd5 34. Rf3 Nc7 35. Bc4 Bxc4 36. Nxc4 Nb5
37. Nxa5 Nd4 38. Rc3 h5 39. b4 h4 40. Kf1 Nb5 41. Rce3 Na7
42. Re4 g5 43. Re5 Rd5 44. Rxd5 Rxd5 45. a4 Rd4 46. Rb1 Rd5
47. Ke2 Ke7 48. Rd1 Re5+ 49. Kd3 Kd7 50. Nc4 Re6 51. Kc3+ Kc7
52. Ne3 Re5 53. Kc4 f5 54. Rd2 f4 55. Nc2 g4 56. f3 gxh3
57. gxh3 Nc8 58. Nd4 Ne7 59. Re2 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. Nh4 Bg6
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. a3 Kd7 14. Bd2 Nd4 15. Rad1 Nb3 16. Bf4 Bd4
17. Nb5 Rhc8 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rfe1 Nc2 20. Rf1 Nd4 21. Rfe1
Rc2 22. Kf1 Nb3 23. e4 d4 24. Bf3 Rxb2 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1
Rxa3 27. Bd1 Nc5 28. Rxb6 Rxd3 29. Be2 Rb3 30. Rd6+ Ke8
31. Rxd4 Nfxe4 32. Be3 b6 33. Kg2 Rb2 34. Bf3 f5 35. h4 Ke7
36. Rc4 Nd2 37. Bxc5+ bxc5 38. Rxc5 Kf6 39. Bc6 Rb4 40. Rc2
Nc4 41. Bf3 g5 42. hxg5+ Kxg5 43. Be2 Nb6 44. Rc7 Kf6 45. Rb7
Nd5 46. Rxb4 Nxb4 47. f4 e5 48. fxe5+ Kxe5 49. Kf3 g5 50. Bc4
Nd5 51. Bd3 Nf6 52. Bc2 Ne8 53. Bd3 Nd6 54. Bc2 Kd4 55. Bxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6
7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 Rb8 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bf2 Nec6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Qd2 O-O 13. Nd1 b6 14. c3 Nc6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bb7
17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Re8 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Ne7 21. Rxc8
Bxc8 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Rd1 Bg4 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Bd4 Bxd4+
26. Qxd4 Rc8 27. Rc2 Nc6 28. Qf6 Be6 29. Rd2 Qd8 30. e5 Qxf6
31. exf6 Na5 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Nxd5 Kf8 34. b3 Nb7 35. Re2 Re8
36. Rc2 Nc5 37. b4 Ne6 38. Rc3 Rd8 39. Ra3 Rd7 40. Kf2 Ke8
41. Ke3 Kd8 42. Ke4 Kc8 43. g4 Kb7 44. Rh3 Nf8 45. f5 Rd8
46. Rc3 gxf5+ 47. Kxf5 Ne6 48. Rh3 Rg8 49. Rh5 Rg6 50. g5 Kc6
51. Ne7+ Kd7 52. h4 Nf8 53. Kg4 Ke6 54. Nxg6 fxg6 55. Rh6 d5
56. h5 d4 57. hxg6 hxg6 58. Kf3 Kf7 59. Ke4 a5 60. bxa5 bxa5
61. Rh3 Ne6 62. Rg3 a4 63. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Ne7
7. d3 Nbc6 8. a3 O-O 9. Ba2 Rb8 10. Qe1 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4
12. Ne2 Bd7 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Bb3 Qb6 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. a4 d5
17. a5 Qc5 18. Bb4 Qc7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. e5 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6
22. Ng1 Kg7 23. Qd2 e5 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Qf4 Rf5 26. Qxc7 Rxc7
27. Rxf5 Bxf5 28. Nf3 Rc5 29. h3 h5 30. Ra4 Bd7 31. Rb4 Bc6
32. a6 bxa6 33. Nxd4 a5 34. Rb7+ Bxb7 35. Ne6+ Kh6 36. Nxc5
Ba8 37. c3 d4 38. c4 Kg5 39. Ne6+ Kf5 40. Nc7 Bc6 41. Kg1 a4
42. Bd1 Bg5 43. Nb5 Ke5 44. Nxa7 Bd7 45. Nb5 Bf5 46. Bxa4 Be3+
47. Kh2 Bxd3 48. Na3 Bc1 49. Bc2 Bxc2 50. Nxc2 d3 51. Ne1 d2
52. Nf3+ Kf4 53. Nxd2 Bxd2 54. c5 Be3 55. c6 Bb6 56. b4 h4
57. b5 g5 58. Kh1 Kg3 59. c7 Bxc7 60. b6 Bb8 61. b7 Ba7 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5
12. Ne4 f5 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ne7 15. Qxb7 c6 16. Bc4+ Nxc4
17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Qxc4 Qd7 19. Bd2 Nd5 20. Rad1 Bc7 21. Qh4 Rae8
22. c4 Ne7 23. Bc3 Ng6 24. Qh5 c5 25. Qf3 Rd8 26. b4 cxb4
27. Bxb4 Rf7 28. Bc3 Rdf8 29. Bb4 Rd8 30. Bc5 Ba5 31. Rf1 Bb6
32. Bxb6 axb6 33. Rfe1 Qa7 34. d4 exd4 35. Qc6 Rff8 36. Rd2
Qa5 37. Red1 f4 38. Ne4 f3 39. Qb5 Qxb5 40. cxb5 Nf4 41. gxf3
d3 42. Kh2 Rd5 43. a4 Rd4 44. Ra1 h6 45. a5 bxa5 46. Rxa5 Rb8
47. Kg3 Ne2+ 48. Kg2 Rd5 49. Kh2 Nf4 50. Kg3 Ne2+ 51. Kh2 Nf4
52. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. d3 Nc6
7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 Na5 9. Qe2 Nxc4 10. dxc4 Be6 11. Rad1 Qc7
12. Bg5 Ne8 13. b3 h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rd3 a6 16. a4 Rc8
17. Rfd1 Rc6 18. Nh2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nd5 Qe6 21. Rf3 Rc8
22. Nf1 Bg6 23. Nf4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Bxc2 25. Rc1 Bxb3 26. a5 Ba4
27. Rg4 Nf6 28. Rg3 Bc6 29. Ne3 Rf8 30. Nd1 Qf7 31. Rd3 Nh5
32. g3 Qg6 33. Rd2 Rf3 34. Rd5 Bxd5 35. cxd5 Nxg3 36. fxg3
Qxg3+ 37. Qg2 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Rc4 Qxd5 40. Rg4 g5 41. Nc3
Qf7 42. Rg3 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6
7. O-O O-O 8. a3 e6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. b4 b6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Be3
Nd7 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qf6 16. Nd1 Qg7 17. Qd2
b5 18. c3 f5 19. Nf4 Rbe8 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Re1 e5 22. Bd5+
Kh8 23. Ne6 Rxe6 24. Bxe6 f4 25. g4 Qh6 26. Bxd7 Qxh3 27. Re4
d5 28. Qe1 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Nd4 30. Qxe5+ Kg8 31. Be6+ Nxe6
32. Qxe6+ Rf7 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qe5+ Kf8 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+
Kh6 37. Qh5+ Qxh5 38. gxh5 Bf3 39. bxc5 Rf5 40. Kf1 Rxc5
41. Ke1 Rxh5 42. c4 Rh1+ 43. Kd2 Rf1 44. c5 Kg5 45. Rc1 Rxd1+
46. Rxd1 Bxd1 47. Kxd1 Kf5 48. d4 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Na5
12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Rad1
Be6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. b3 c4 20. Rfe1 cxb3 21. axb3
Rac8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Re1 Bc3 24. Re2 f6 25. Bf4 Bf7 26. d6
Rd8 27. Nd2 Bb4 28. Ne4 Kg7 29. Re3 Rd7 30. h4 Nb7 31. Nxf6
Kxf6 32. Be5+ Ke6 33. Bc3+ Kxd6 34. Bxb4+ Kc7 35. Bc3 a5
36. h5 b4 37. Be5+ Kb6 38. h6 Nc5 39. Rf3 a4 40. bxa4 b3
41. Rf6+ Ka5 42. Rc6 Kb4 43. Bxb3 Nxb3 44. Kh2 Kxa4 45. Kg3
Kb5 46. Rd6 Rxd6 47. Bxd6 Kc6 48. Ba3 Kd5 49. Kf4 Nd4 50. Bb2
Ne6+ 51. Ke3 Be8 52. f4 Bd7 53. g4 Nc5 54. f5 gxf5 55. gxf5
Bxf5 56. Ba3 Ne6 57. Bc1 Bg6 58. Kf3 Ke5 59. Kg4 Bf5+ 60. Kh5
Kf6 61. Bb2+ Kf7 62. Be5 Bc2 63. Bb2 Bd1+ 64. Kh4 Kg6 65. Bc1
Nd4 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4
7. exd4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 bxc6 11. Bxc4
Bg4+ 12. Kc2 Bf5+ 13. Bd3 Bxd3+ 14. Kxd3 O-O-O+ 15. Kc2 Bc5
16. f3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bd2 Rhd8 19. Bc3 Bd4 20. Bxd4
Rxd4 21. Rad1 Kc7 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Re1 Kd7 24. Re5 Ra4 25. a3
g6 26. g3 Kd6 27. Re8 Ra5 28. Rd8+ Ke6 29. Rd4 Rf5 30. Rd3 h5
31. Rc3 Kd6 32. Rd3+ Ke6 33. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
Qe7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O e4 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qc3 d5
12. b3 Rd8 13. d4 exd3 14. Bxd3 Be6 15. Bb2 dxc4 16. bxc4 Rd7
17. Bc2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Qd7 21. Be2
Ne8 22. e4 f6 23. e5 fxe5 24. Qxe5 b6 25. h4 h6 26. Qb8 Kh7
27. Qf4 Nd6 28. g4 Kg8 29. Be5 Nf7 30. Bc3 Nd6 31. g5 hxg5
32. hxg5 Qe7 33. Bd3 Ne8 34. Qh4 Kf8 35. Be5 Bf7 36. Qf4 Kg8
37. Kh2 Qe6 38. Bf1 Qd7 39. Be2 Qe6 40. Kg3 Qd7 41. Kh4 Qe6
42. a4 Qd7 43. Qe4 Nd6 44. Bxd6 Qxd6 45. f4 Bg6 46. Qd5+ Qxd5
47. cxd5 Kf7 48. Bg4 Be4 49. d6 c4 50. f5 c3 51. d7 1-0

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Rb8 9. Nd5 Re8 10. a4 e6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c3 d5 14. f4 dxe4 15. dxe4 e5 16. f5 Qg5
17. Qd3 b6 18. h4 Qe7 19. h5 Rd8 20. Qf3 Ba6 21. hxg6 hxg6
22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rd5 Bc4 25. f6 Qf8 26. Qe3 Bxd5
27. exd5 Na5 28. g4 Nc4 29. Qg5 e4 30. Ng3 e3 31. Nf5 e2
32. Kf2 Re8 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Kxe2 Qh6 35. Qxh6+ Kxh6 36. b3
Nd6 37. Kd3 Kg5 38. Nc6 a5 39. b4 cxb4 40. cxb4 axb4 41. Nxb4
Ra8 0-1

[Event "Your Next Move (Blitz)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5
7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Rd1 Rd8
12. Nc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 Ng6 14. a3 Bxc5 15. b4 Ba7 16. Qe4 Ngxe5
17. Bf4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qe7 19. b5 axb5 20. cxb5 Na5 21. Rac1
Bb6 22. Bd2 f5 23. Qe1 Ra8 24. Qe5 O-O 25. Bb4 Qf6 26. Qd6 e5
27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. f3 h5 30. Be7 Rh6 31. h4 Bd8
32. Bb4 Bb6 33. Kf1 Rd8 34. Ba2 e4 35. Bc5 d3 36. Kf2 d2
37. Rc3 Rd3 38. Rc2 Nb3 39. Bxb6 Rxb6 40. a4 Nd4 41. Rc8+ Kh7
42. Re8 exf3 43. Bb1 Ra3 44. Rxd2 Rxa4 45. gxf3 Rxb5 46. Bd3
Rba5 47. Ke3 g6 48. Rb2 b5 49. Rd8 f4+ 50. Kf2 Ra2 51. Rxa2
Rxa2+ 52. Kf1 Nxf3 53. Bxb5 Nxh4 54. Bd3 Kh6 55. Rd5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 d6 11. Na4 d5 12. a3
Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. exd5 Qf4
17. Bb5 Bg4 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Rab8 20. Nc3 Rfc8 21. a4 Bc5
22. Rae1 Bh5 23. h3 Bg6 24. g4 Rd8 25. Rf2 Rd6 26. Kg2 a6
27. Bc6 Rb4 28. a5 h5 29. Kg3 Rd8 30. Na4 Be7 31. Rc1 hxg4
32. hxg4 f5 33. Rxf5 Bxf5 34. gxf5 Kf7 35. Nb6 Rxb2 36. Nc4
Rb4 37. Nxe5+ Kf6 38. Nd3 Rb3 39. Rd1 Bd6+ 40. Kg4 Rg8 41. e4
g6 42. fxg6 Rxg6+ 43. Kf3 Ra3 44. Ke3 Be5 45. Rf1+ Ke7 46. Rf3
Bg7 47. Rh3 Kd6 48. Kf4 Rf6+ 49. Ke3 Rf7 50. Rg3 Be5 51. Rg6+
Rf6 52. Rxf6+ Bxf6 53. Bb7 Bg5+ 54. Ke2 Kc7 55. Bxa6 Rxa5
56. Bc4 Ra4 57. Nc5 Rxc4 58. Ne6+ Kd6 59. Nxg5 Rxe4+ 60. Nxe4+
Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5
12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. g3 Re8 15. Kg2 Nf6 16. c4 Qd7
17. Bb2 Rad8 18. a4 h6 19. Rfe1 Nh7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. d5 Ng5
22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. a5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Qe7 25. Rd1 Bc5 26. Qf3 b6
27. Rd5 f6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Qe5 31. Qd3 Qe2
32. Qb3 Qe6 33. Qb5 Rc8 34. Qd5 Qxd5+ 35. cxd5 Kf7 36. Rb4 Rc5
37. Rxb6 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bxf6 exf6
7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. exf3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Qe2+ Kf8 11. O-O f5
12. f4 Bf6 13. Rae1 Kg7 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Re3 Nd4 16. Nb5 a6
17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Re2 Re8 19. Rfe1 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 d6 21. Qe7
Bf6 22. Qb7 a5 23. Bd5 Rc7 24. Qxb6 Re7 25. Rxe7 Qxb6
26. Rxf7+ Kh8 27. Rf8+ Kg7 28. Rf7+ Kh8 29. Rxf6 Qb4 30. Rxd6
Qxd2 31. Rc6 Qd4 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rc7+ Kh8 34. h4 h5 35. a4 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6
7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. Nd2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. e4 Rb8
12. a4 Nb4 13. f3 Nd7 14. Nb5 Ne5 15. Nxa7 Bd7 16. Nb5 Qe7
17. Ra3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Kh1 Nxd5 20. Ne4 fxe4 21. Qxd5+
Be6 22. Qxe4 d5 23. Qc2 Rbd8 24. f4 Nc6 25. Rg3 Nb4 26. Qd1
Kh8 27. Bh5 Rf8 28. Re1 d4 29. Rxg7 Qxg7 30. Rxe6 Nd5 31. g3
Nf6 32. Bf3 Rfe8 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Nd6 Re6 35. Nc4 Ne4
36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 h6 8. h3 a5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Re2 Qa7 12. Ba4
Rab8 13. Nf1 b5 14. Bb3 a4 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3
d5 18. Ng3 b4 19. Re2 bxc3 20. bxc3 a3 21. Rb1 Rxb1 22. Qxb1
Rb8 23. Qc1 Qa6 24. Rd2 Rb5 25. Kh2 Qa5 26. exd5 exd5 27. d4
Ne4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd4 Re8
32. Qe3 Qe5+ 33. g3 Qe6 34. c4 Qb6 35. Kg2 Qb2 36. Rd2 Qb4
37. Rc2 Qb1 38. Rd2 Qb4 39. Rd4 Qb2 40. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nd2 Nc5
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. O-O Qc6 16. a5 d5
17. exd5 Qxd5 18. b3 Rad8 19. Nc4 Qe4 20. Qc1 Bf6 21. Re1 Qc6
22. Ra4 Rfe8 23. Rb4 Rd5 24. Rd1 Red8 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Rb6
Be7 27. Qd2 Qe4 28. Qe2 Rd7 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Bd8 31. Rd6
Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Bxa5 33. Nxb7 Bb4 34. Bb6 Kf8 35. Nd8 Nf4
36. Nc6 Bc3 37. Kh2 Ke8 38. Bc5 Ne6 39. Be3 f5 40. Kg2 g5
41. Kf1 h5 42. Ke2 h4 43. Kd3 g4 44. fxg4 fxg4 45. Ke2 gxh3
46. Kf1 a5 47. Bb6 Kd7 48. Nxa5 Bxa5 49. Bxa5 Nd4 50. Kg1 Nxc2
51. Kh2 e4 52. Kxh3 e3 53. fxe3 Nxe3 54. Be1 Nf5 55. Bxh4 Nxh4
56. Kxh4 Kc6 57. b4 Kb5 58. Kh5 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 g6 6. a4 b4
7. h4 d6 8. Ng5 Nh6 9. Bd5 Bd7 10. d4 Nxd4 11. c3 bxc3
12. bxc3 c6 13. Bxf7+ Nxf7 14. cxd4 Bg7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. dxe5
Bxe5 17. Ra3 Rb8 18. Nd2 Be6 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Nxe5+ dxe5
21. Rd3 Qe7 22. Ba3 c5 23. h5 g5 24. O-O Red8 25. Rf3+ Kg8
26. Qc1 Rbc8 27. Bb2 Rd4 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Rg3 g4 30. f4 Qh4
31. f5 Bf7 32. Qf4 Bxh5 33. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 e5
7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. Nc3 Ngxe5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 Nxf3+
12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. c4 b5
17. Ba1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb8 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nb3 Bb5 21. Nxc5
Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Red8 23. Rc2 Rb6 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. g3 Rc6
26. Rfc1 Bxe2 27. Rxe2 Bd6 28. Rd2 Be7 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Kf1
f5 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd3 Rd6+ 33. Ke2 Rc6 34. f3 Be7 35. Nb3
Rxc1 36. Nxc1 Ke6 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. Nb3 Bb4 39. e4+ fxe4+
40. fxe4+ Ke5 41. Nd4 Bc5 42. Nf3+ Kd6 43. Ng5 Bg1 44. Nf3 Bb6
45. Kc4 h5 46. Kb4 Ke6 47. a4 Bf2 48. Kc4 Bb6 49. h3 Bf2
50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Kd6 52. Kb4 Ke6 53. Kc3 Bc5 54. Kd3 Bf2
55. Ke2 Bc5 56. Kd3 Bf2 57. Kc4 Kd6 58. Kb4 Ke6 59. Kc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
Qe7 7. Be2 d5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Be6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bd3 Ng4 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. Bd2
Ne5 17. Be2 a5 18. Bc3 f6 19. f4 Nf7 20. O-O-O b6 21. g4 Be6
22. a3 Rad8 23. g5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rg8 25. h4 h6 26. Rg1 hxg5
27. fxg5 fxg5 28. hxg5 Nd6 29. g6 Nf5 30. Kd2 Rh8 31. Be5 Rd8+
32. Ke1 Nxe3 33. Bxg7 Nc2+ 34. Kf2 Nd4 35. Bh5 Rd5 36. Bd1
Rf5+ 37. Ke3 Rd5 38. Bh8 b5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Nf5+ 41. Kf4
Nd6 42. Bg4 Bxg4 43. Kxg4 Ne8 44. Re1+ Kd7 45. bxc5 Rxc5
46. Be5 Rc2 47. Kf3 Rc6 48. Rg1 Nf6 49. g7 Ng8 50. Ke4 Rc8
51. Rf1 Re8 52. Rf7+ Ke6 53. Rf8 Kd7 54. Kd5 Rc8 55. Bd6 Re8
56. Rf7+ Kd8 57. Ra7 Re1 58. Ra8+ Kd7 59. Rxg8 Rd1+ 60. Kc5
Rg1 61. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. Bd3 b6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Bf4 Nd6
12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 f5 14. b3 b5 15. a4 a6 16. Ne5 Nxe5
17. Bxe5 Nf7 18. Bg3 Bc6 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8
Bxa8 22. Ra1 Bb7 23. Qd1 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Qc7 25. Qb1 Bc6 26. b4
g6 27. Ra6 Ra8 28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. Qa2 Bc6 30. Qa6 Kg7 31. Nd2
Qb7 32. Qa5 g5 33. f4 g4 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Bd1 h5 36. Bc2 Ke7
37. Qa1 Be8 38. Ke2 Nd8 39. Qh1 Qa7 40. Qh4+ Kd7 41. Qf6 Bf7
42. Nb1 Qa2 43. Kd2 Qb2 44. Qg7 Qa2 45. Qf8 Qa6 46. Kc1 Qd6
47. Qg7 Qe7 48. Na3 Kc6 49. Qe5 Qa7 50. Kb2 Qb6 51. Qf6 Kc7
52. Qe7+ Kc8 53. Bd1 Qc6 54. Qa7 Be8 55. Qe7 Qd7 56. Qc5+ Qc7
57. Qf8 Qd7 58. Bc2 Nb7 59. Qf6 Nd6 60. Qf8 Kc7 61. Kc1 Qf7
62. Qxf7+ Bxf7 63. Kd2 Kc6 64. Ke2 Nc8 65. Kf2 Ne7 66. Bd1 Be8
67. Bc2 Kd6 68. Bd1 Ng6 69. Nb1 Ke7 70. Nd2 Kf6 71. Nf1 Kg7
72. Nd2 Kh6 73. Nf1 h4 74. gxh4 Nxh4 75. g3 Ng6 76. Nd2 Nh8
77. Bc2 Nf7 78. Nb1 Nd6 79. Nd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6
12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. d4 c6 16. Qd2 Qc7
17. Nf5 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bxa2 19. b3 a4 20. bxa4 Bc4 21. Qc1 Ne7
22. Ne3 Be6 23. Qb2 Ra8 24. c4 Ng6 25. Rb1 Ra7 26. Red1 Ng4
27. Nf5 Rd8 28. h3 Nf6 29. c5 dxc5 30. dxe5 Nd7 31. Rd2 Rb8
32. Nd6 c4 33. Rbd1 b5 34. Nd4 Ndxe5 35. axb5 Qxd6 36. Nxc6
Qxc6 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rxb8 Qc7 39. Rdd8 c3 40. Qc1 Qc5 41. b6
Ra2 42. b7 Qb6 43. h4 Nc6 44. Ra8 Qxb7 45. Rxa2 Bxa2 46. Rd6
Nge5 47. f4 Qb6+ 48. Kh1 Ng4 49. e5+ g6 50. Qe1 Be6 51. h5 Kg7
52. hxg6 Nf2+ 53. Kh2 Ng4+ 54. Kg3 Qc5 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4 Qc7 9. Bb3 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Be7
12. Nh4 O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 b5 15. Qe2 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6
17. a4 Rab8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bf6 21. Rfd1
Rfc8 22. c3 Rc7 23. Be4 b4 24. c4 b3 25. Ra3 Qc5 26. Bd5 e4
27. Ra4 Re7 28. Kf1 e3 29. f4 Bxb2 30. Ra6 Bf6 31. g4 b2
32. Rb1 Qd4 33. Rxd6 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. O-O Ne5
12. Nde2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Rc8 14. b3 Ne5 15. Bb2 b5 16. axb5 axb5
17. Nd4 b4 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Kh2 Bg7
22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qd4+
Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Ba8 28. Rf2 Rb8 29. Rfd2 Rb6 30. Rc4 d5 31. Rc7
Rc6 32. Rxc6 Bxc6 33. Rd4 Rb8 34. exd5 exd5 35. g4 Kf6 36. Kg3
Ke6 37. Bf1 Kd6 38. Rd2 Re8 39. h4 Kc5 40. Bg2 Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 a5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6
12. Ne4 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Qxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3
Nc6 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qg6 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Rad1
Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rfd8 23. f4 Kf8 24. Kg2 Ne7 25. Red3 Nf5 26. Rd5
b6 27. Be2 Rac8 28. Rb5 Rc6 29. Bg4 Rc4 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Kg3
Rxa4 32. Rxb6 Ra2 33. Rd5 g6 34. c4 Rc8 35. Rd4 Kg7 36. h3 Ra4
37. b3 Ra3 38. f3 a4 39. bxa4 Rxa4 40. Rbxd6 Raxc4 41. Rxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5
7. d5 h6 8. Bh4 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Re8
12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bc4 Rad8 14. h3 a6 15. a4 g5 16. Bxe6 Rxe6
17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Qc2 Re8 19. Rad1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qb3 b4
22. Qa4 Qb7 23. Nc4 bxc3 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 cxb2 26. Rb1
Nxe4 27. Rxc6 Nc3 28. Rc7 Qb8 29. Qd7 Rf8 30. Rb7 Qxb7
31. Qxb7 Nxb1 32. Be5 Nd2 33. Bxb2 Nxf3+ 34. gxf3 Bxb2
35. Qxb2 Re8 36. Qb5 Re6 37. f4 gxf4 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qxf4
Rg6+ 40. Kf1 Re6 41. Qf5 c4 42. Qc5 Kg8 43. Qxc4 Kg7 44. Kg2
Rg6+ 45. Kf3 Rf6+ 46. Kg4 Rg6+ 47. Kh5 Rg5+ 48. Kh4 Rg6
49. Qd4+ Kg8 50. f4 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O
Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Kg2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ra7 16. h4 Rfa8 17. Rab1
axb4 18. axb4 h5 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. f5 exf5 21. Qxf5 g6 22. cxb6
Qd6 23. Qd3 Nxb6 24. Ne2 Ra3 25. Rb3 Nc4 26. Nf4 Rxb3 27. Qxb3
Ra3 28. Qc2 Kg7 29. Re6 Qd7 30. Ne5 Qa7 31. Nxc6 Ra2 32. Nxa7
Rxc2 33. Re2 Rc1 34. Nxd5 Bxd4 35. Nc6 Nb6 36. Nxd4 Nxd5
37. Rb2 Rc4 38. Nc2 Nb6 39. Ne3 Rd4 40. b5 Kf8 41. Kf3 Ke8
42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Rc2 Rb4 44. Rc6 Rb2+ 45. Kf1 Na4 46. b6 Kf8
47. Nc4 Rb4 48. Ke2 Kg7 49. Kd3 Rb3+ 50. Kd4 Rb1 51. Ke5 Rb4
52. Kd6 Nxb6 53. Nxb6 Rb2 54. Nd5 Rxf2 55. Rc3 Re2 56. Re3 Ra2
57. Nf4 Ra6+ 58. Kd5 Ra5+ 59. Ke4 Ra4+ 60. Kf3 Ra7 61. Rc3 Rb7
62. Rc6 Rb3+ 63. Kg2 Rb2+ 64. Kh3 Rb7 65. Nd5 Rb5 66. Rd6 Rc5
67. Rd7 Ra5 68. Kg2 Ra2+ 69. Kf3 Ra3+ 70. Ne3 Ra6 71. Rb7 Rf6+
72. Ke4 Re6+ 73. Kd4 Rf6 74. Ke4 Re6+ 75. Kf3 Rf6+ 76. Kg2 Ra6
77. Nc4 Rf6 78. Rd7 Kf8 79. Nd6 Kg8 80. Rd8+ Kh7 81. Kg1 Kh6
82. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nc6
7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Qd2 Nxf3+
12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Rfd1 a6
17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qe7 19. Qd4 Red8 20. Nc3 Ne5 21. Be2 Nc6
22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Rbc8 25. b4 Nd7 26. h3 Nf6
27. a4 Kg7 28. a5 Qe8 29. Qd4 Qe5 30. Qd3 h6 31. Rc4 Rd7
32. Rdc1 Qxd5 33. Qxd5 Nxd5 34. Bg4 f5 35. Bf3 b5 36. axb6
Nxb6 37. Rc6 Rb8 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 39. Rxc7+ Kf6 40. Ra7 Nc4
41. Rb7 Rxb7 42. Bxb7 a5 43. Ba6 d5 44. bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 Bxc4
12. Nxc4 Ba7 13. Qc2 d5 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 Qd7 16. b5 axb5
17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ne7 19. Nxe5 Qxb5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nxc4
Ng6 22. Rb1 Qa6 23. Bd4 Nh5 24. Be3 Ngf4 25. Kh2 Qc6 26. g4 b5
27. Na3 Qd6 28. Nxb5 Qe5 29. gxh5 Nxd3+ 30. Kg1 Qxe4 31. Rb3
Rd8 32. Nd4 c5 33. Qxd3 Qd5 34. Rb5 Qxh5 35. Qc2 Qxh3 36. Qf5
Qh4 37. Rxc5 g6 38. Qf3 Rb8 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Qd5 Re8 41. Rc6
Kh7 42. Nf3 Rd8 43. Qe5 Qd7 44. Rc4 Kg8 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 a5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6
12. Ne4 Na7 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 Nxb5 15. axb5 exd4 16. g4 Bg6
17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 a4 20. Bf4 Rfc8 21. Rad1
Nc4 22. Re2 Re8 23. Bc1 Kf8 24. f4 Rxe2 25. Nxe2 f6 26. Rd7
Rc8 27. Rd4 Bf7 28. Kf2 Ke8 29. Re4+ Kf8 30. f5 Rd8 31. Nd4
Rd5 32. Re2 Re5 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. Nc2 Be8 35. Ne3 Bxb5
36. Nxc4 Bxc4 37. Bg5 Ke8 38. Bh4 Kd7 39. f6 gxf6 40. Bxf6 Ke6
41. Bd8 c6 42. h4 Bb3 43. Ke3 Bd1 44. g5 Kd5 45. Bf6 Bh5
46. Kd3 Bg6+ 47. Ke3 Kc4 48. Bxe5 Kb3 49. c4 Kxc4 50. Kd2 Kb3
51. Kc1 c5 52. Bd6 b6 53. Be7 c4 54. Bf6 b5 55. Kd2 b4 56. Be7
c3+ 57. bxc3 bxc3+ 58. Kc1 a3 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b5 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 a6 5. c4 bxc4 6. Bxc4 e6
7. Nc3 d5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Na4 c5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ne5+
Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rhc8 18. f3 Ne8 19. Bxh7 g6 20. h4 Nd6 21. h5
gxh5 22. Kf2 Nc4 23. Bc3 Rc7 24. b3 Nd6 25. Be5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
a5 27. Rh1 a4 28. Rxh5 a3 29. Rh4 Bc6 30. Bd3 Bb5 31. Ke2 Rc8
32. Bxb5+ Nxb5 33. Kd2 Rg8 34. Rg4 Rxg4 35. fxg4 Kc6 36. Kd3
Kc5 37. Bg7 Kd6 38. Bf8+ Kc6 39. Bg7 Kd6 40. e4 e5 41. Bf8+
Ke6 42. exd5+ Kxd5 43. Bb4 e4+ 44. Ke3 Nd4 45. Bf8 Nb5 46. g5
Nc3 47. Bxa3 Nxa2 48. Bf8 Nc3 49. b4 Nb5 50. Bc5 Ke5 51. g4
Nc7 52. Bd4+ Kd5 53. Bf6 Nb5 54. Kf4 Nd6 55. Be7 Nb5 56. Bc5
Nd4 57. Bb6 Ne6+ 58. Kf5 Nd4+ 59. Kf4 Ne6+ 60. Kf5 Nd4+
61. Kf6 e3 62. b5 e2 63. Ba5 Nf3 64. Kxf7 Nxg5+ 65. Kf6 Nh3
66. Kf5 Kc5 67. b6 Kc6 68. Ke5 Ng5 69. Kf4 Nf7 70. Ke3 e1=Q
71. Bxe1 Kxb6 72. Ke4 Kc6 73. Bd2 Kd7 74. Kf5 Ke8 75. Kf6 Kf8
76. Bb4+ Kg8 77. Be7 Nh6 78. g5 Nf7 79. g6 Nh8 80. g7 Ng6
81. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3
d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. O-O Bc5 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxe5
12. Qh5 Nxd3 13. cxd3 f6 14. Rac1 Bf5 15. Rfe1 Bxd3 16. Qh3
Bg6 17. Qe6+ Bf7 18. Qxc6 Bb6 19. Na4 d4 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. h4
Bd5 22. Qa4 gxh4 23. Qxd4 Bxg2 24. Qf4 Bd5 25. Rc7 Rf7
26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Kh2 Qb8 28. a3 Qxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Rg8 30. Be3
Be6 31. Rg1 Rd8 32. Rc1 Rd7 33. Rc8 Rd1 34. Rc1 Rd7 35. Rc8
Kg6 36. Rc6 Bd5 37. Rc2 Be6 38. Rc6 Bf5 39. Rc4 h3 40. Rd4 Rc7
41. Rd6 Kf7 42. Bd4 Be6 43. Be3 Rc2 44. Rd2 Rc8 45. Rd1 Rg8
46. Rg1 Rd8 47. Rc1 Rd7 48. Rc6 h5 49. a4 Bd5 50. Rc1 Bg2
51. b4 Kg6 52. a5 bxa5 53. bxa5 a6 54. Bb6 h4 55. Re1 Rd5
56. Rc1 Kf5 57. Re1 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4
7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Ne5 Qxd4 10. Nxc4 c6 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Be3
Qh5 13. Nbd2 Ng4 14. Nf1 Nxe3 15. Nfxe3 a5 16. Rd2 Ba6
17. Rad1 Ra7 18. b3 Bf6 19. h4 Qc5 20. Qe4 Qe7 21. Rd6 c5
22. Bf3 Bd4 23. Rb6 Nd7 24. Rd6 Ne5 25. Rb6 Nd7 26. Rd6 Ne5
27. Rb6 Qc7 28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Nxe5 dxe3 31. Nc6
Raa8 32. fxe3 Rfe8 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Bxa8 Rxa8 35. Nc6 Bxe2
36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Nd4 e5 38. Ke1 exd4 39. Kxd1 dxe3 40. Ke2 Rc8
41. Rb5 Rc3 42. Rxa5 Rxb3 43. Rb5 g6 44. a5 Kg7 45. a6 Ra3
46. Rxb4 Rxa6 47. Kxe3 Rf6 48. Rb5 Rf5 49. Rb6 Kh6 50. Rb4 Rf6
51. Rb5 Rf1 52. Ke2 Rf5 53. Rb4 f6 54. g4 Ra5 55. Kf3 Ra3+
56. Kg2 f5 57. Rf4 Ra5 58. Kg3 Kg7 59. gxf5 gxf5 60. Rb4 Kg6
61. Rb7 Ra3+ 62. Kg2 h6 63. Rb5 Rc3 64. Ra5 Rd3 65. Rb5 f4
66. Ra5 Rg3+ 67. Kh2 h5 68. Rb5 Rg4 69. Kh3 f3 70. Rb3 Rf4
71. Rb1 Kf5 72. Kg3 f2 73. Rf1 Rg4+ 74. Kxf2 Rf4+ 75. Kg2 Rxf1
76. Kxf1 Kg4 77. Kg2 Kxh4 78. Kh2 Kg4 79. Kg2 h4 80. Kh2 h3
81. Kg1 Kg3 82. Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6
7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d3 Nd7 10. Nxc6 Rxc6 11. Nd2 Nf6
12. f4 Bd6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Qh5 Qe8
17. Qh4 Qb8 18. Qf4 f6 19. exf6 Qxf4 20. exf4 Nxf6 21. Rae1 d4
22. a4 Nd5 23. Bc1 b6 24. Bd2 a6 25. Re4 Nf6 26. Re5 Kf7
27. h3 Rd8 28. f5 Re8 29. g4 h6 30. Kg2 exf5 31. Rxe8 Nxe8
32. Rxf5+ Nf6 33. Kf3 g6 34. Re5 g5 35. Be1 Nd7 36. Rf5+ Ke6
37. Bg3 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Ke2 b4 40. Rf1 Ra6 41. Kd2 Ra8
42. Re1+ Kf6 43. Rf1+ Ke6 44. Re1+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Nd7
7. O-O c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Nb3 c4 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Re1 b4 12. Nf1
Be7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Be3 O-O 15. h4 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. cxb4
Nxb4 18. Qd2 Nc2 19. Rac1 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 f6 21. exf6 Rxf6
22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 Raf8 24. Rc7 Nb6 25. Bf3 Nc8 26. Qe5 Qf4
27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28. Rxe6 Rxd4 29. Rec6 Nb6 30. Rxa7 Rf6 31. Rcc7
Rf7 32. Rxf7 Bxf7 33. Rb7 Nc8 34. Nf5 Rf4 35. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O b6 6. c4 Bb7
7. a3 e6 8. b4 c5 9. Bb2 d6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. h3 Qe7 12. Rc1
Rac8 13. Qb3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Ba8 15. Bc3 d5 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Qb2 cxb4 19. axb4 Nb6 20. Bd4 Ne8 21. Bxg7
Nxg7 22. Ra1 Ne8 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. Nd3 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. Nc5
Ba8 27. Ndb3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nfd5 29. b5 Kf8 30. Bf1 Ke7
31. Rd2 Nc3 32. f3 Bd5 33. e4 Bxb3 34. Nxb3 Nc4 35. Rd4 Na3
36. Rb4 Nc2 37. b6 Nxb4 38. bxc7 Kd7 39. e5 Kxc7 40. f4 Kb6
41. Nd2 Nbd5 42. Nc4+ Kc5 43. g3 Ne4 44. Kg2 Kd4 45. Kf3 g5
46. h4 gxf4 47. gxf4 a5 48. Nxa5 Nd2+ 49. Kf2 Nxf1 50. Kxf1
Ke4 51. Nb7 Kxf4 52. Nd8 Kxe5 53. Nxf7+ Kf6 54. Nd6 Ne3+
55. Kf2 Nf5 56. Ne4+ Ke5 57. Ng5 h6 58. Nf3+ Kf4 59. h5 Kg4
60. Ne5+ Kxh5 61. Kf3 Kg5 62. Nf7+ Kf6 63. Nd8 e5 64. Kg4 Ng7
65. Nb7 h5+ 66. Kf3 Kf5 67. Nd6+ Ke6 68. Ne4 Kd5 69. Nf6+ Kd4
70. Ne4 Ne8 71. Ng3 Nf6 72. Ke2 e4 73. Kd2 Ke5 74. Ke3 h4
75. Nf1 Ng4+ 76. Ke2 Kf4 77. Nd2 h3 78. Kf1 e3 79. Nb3 Kg3
80. Nd4 h2 81. Ne2+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3
Nc6 7. d3 g6 8. h4 h6 9. h5 g5 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. g4 Nf6 12. f3
O-O 13. Nf1 Nd4 14. Be3 Ne8 15. Ng3 Nc7 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nd5
Nxd5 18. cxd5 Be5 19. Nf5 Kh7 20. a3 a5 21. a4 Ra6 22. b3 Rb6
23. Qc2 Rb4 24. Ke2 Ra8 25. Ra3 Ra6 26. Rc1 Qd8 27. Qd1 Qf6
28. Rc4 Rab6 29. Rxb4 Rxb4 30. Ra1 Bf4 31. Qc2 Qe5 32. Kf1 Qe8
33. Ke2 Qe5 34. Kf1 Qe8 35. Re1 Qe5 36. Kg2 Rb6 37. Re2 Rb4
38. Qa2 Rb6 39. Rc2 Qe8 40. Re2 Be5 41. Re1 Rb4 42. Ra1 Qd8
43. Qc2 Qb6 44. Rb1 Qd8 45. Qd1 Qe8 46. Ra1 Qd7 47. Qc2 Qe8
48. Re1 Qd8 49. Ra1 Qb6 50. Ra3 Qd8 51. Kf1 Qe8 52. Ke2 Bf4
53. Kd1 Be5 54. Kc1 Qd8 55. Kd1 Qe8 56. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[Round "18.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8
7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nb6 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 Bf5
12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. b5 Nb8 16. a4 c6
17. Qb2 Qc7 18. Rac1 a5 19. Ng3 Bg4 20. b6 Qe7 21. Bxa5 Nd7
22. h3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Ra8 24. Be1 Qa3 25. Qxa3 Bxa3 26. Bxd5
Bxc1 27. Bc4 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Nxb6 29. a5 Nxc4 30. dxc4 Red8
31. Rb1 Rd3 32. Kf2 Rd7 33. Ne4 Ra7 34. Nc5 Re7 35. a6 b5
36. cxb5 cxb5 37. Rxb5 Ra8 38. Rb7 Ree8 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2018.07.22"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5
Nc6 13. Nd5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Rc8 15. a4 b4 16. Be3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5
Bf6 18. c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne7 20. Bb7 Rb8 21. Bxa6 Nxf5 22. Bd2
d5 23. Rb1 Nd6 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Qb1 Qa7 26. Bb5 Rb8 27. c4
Nxb5 28. axb5 Qa4 29. Rc1 e4 30. Bf4 Rb7 31. dxe4 dxc4 32. e5
Be7 33. e6 fxe6 34. Qe4 Qxb5 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Qf5+ Kg8
37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "0:14:33-0:08:33"]
[Date "2018.07.23"]
[EventDate "2018.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bf4 c6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Qd2 O-O 7.h3
Qa5 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd2+ 11.Bxd2 cxd5 12.O-O-O
Nc6 13.Bc3 e6 14.h4 h6 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.Rhe1 Rfc8 17.Rd2 Rab8
18.Rde2 b5 19.Nd4 b4 20.Nxc6 Bxc6 21.Bd4 Bb5 22.Kd2 h5 23.f4
Bf8 24.g4 hxg4 25.Rg1 Bc5 26.Bxc5 Rxc5 27.Rxg4 Kf8 28.Rh2 Bxd3
29.Kxd3 Rc4 30.h5 gxh5 31.Rxh5 Ke7 32.Rgh4 Rg8 33.f5 Rg3+
34.Kd2 Rg2+ 35.Kd1 Rcxc2 36.f6+ Kd7 37.Rxb4 a5 38.Rb8 Rcf2
39.Ke1 Kc6 40.Rc8+ Kb5 41.Rh7 d4 42.Rg8 Re2+ 43.Kf1 Rgf2+
44.Kg1 Rf4 45.Rxf7 Rxe5 46.Rc7 Rxf6 47.Rb8+ Ka6 48.Rc6+ Ka7
49.Rg8 Rf7 50.Rg6 Re1+ 51.Kg2 d3 52.Rd6 Re2+ 53.Kh3 d2 54.Rg8
Kb7 55.Rgd8 d1=Q 56.Rxd1 Rxb2 57.Re1 Rf6 58.Rd6 Rxa2 59.Kg3
Rb2 60.Re5 Rb3+ 61.Kg2 a4 62.Ra5 a3 63.Rda6 Rff3 64.Ra7+ Kc6
65.R7a6+ Kd7 66.Ra7+ Kd6 67.R7a6+ Ke7 68.Re5 Rfc3 69.Rexe6+
Kd7 70.Kf2 Rb2+ 71.Re2 Rh3 72.Kg2 Rxe2+ 73.Kxh3 a2 74.Kg3 Kc7
75.Kf3 Kb7 76.Ra4 Rh2 77.Ke3 Kb6 78.Kd3 Kb5 79.Ra8 Kb4 80.Kd4
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2018.07.24"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 g6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. h3 Qe7 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Bb2 d5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. cxd5 O-O 16. O-O Re8
17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qxe4 Qxe4
21. Bxe4 h5 22. gxh5 gxh5 23. h4 Rac8 24. Bf3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1
Kf6 26. d6 b6 27. Re7 Rd8 28. Bxh5 Be6 29. Rxa7 Rxd6 30. Kg2
Rd8 31. Bf3 Ke5 32. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2018.07.25"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Rb1 Ba4 11. Qxa4+
Qxa4 12. Bb5+ Qxb5 13. Rxb5 b6 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. Ke2 Bxc3
16. Nb3 O-O 17. c6 Nf6 18. Kd3 Bb2 19. Nd2 Rfd8+ 20. Kc4 Ba3
21. e5 Rac8 22. exf6 Rxc6+ 23. Kb3 Rd3+ 24. Ka4 Bd6 25. Rb3
Rd5 26. Rb5 Rd3 27. Rb3 Rd5 28. Rb5 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2018.07.26"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nico Georgiadis"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d4 e5 9. Be2 exd4 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. O-O Be7
12. Bd3 Qd6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Re1 b6 16. c5 Qf6
17. Be4 c6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qb1 Bf5 20. Qxb6 Bxe4 21. Rxe4
Qd6 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Nd5 24. a4 g6 25. g3 Rfb8 26. Rc4
Ra6 27. Nd4 Rb2 28. Ra3 Kg7 29. Rd3 Ne7 30. Nf3 Nd5 31. Ne5
Rb4 32. Rxb4 Nxb4 33. Rd7 Kg8 34. Nxf7 Ra5 35. Ng5 Rxc5
36. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2018.07.27"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4
Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8. Kf1 Ne6 9. d3 Nc6 10. h4 g6 11. h5 Bg7
12. Be3 Ned4 13. h6 Bf6 14. Nd5 Bg4 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Bxd4
Nxd4 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Bxd7 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. e5 fxe5
21. Re1 f6 22. f4 Rf8 23. Kg1 Ke7 24. fxe5 f5 25. Rh4 f4
26. Re4 g5 27. Rh5 Rf5 28. g4 fxg3 29. Rg4 Raf8 30. Rhxg5 Rf1+
31. Kg2 Bc6+ 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2018.07.29"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6
12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O a5 14. a4 O-O 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. c4 b6 17. h3
Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Ra3 Nh7 20. Rb3 f5 21. Bc6 Rab8 22. Rb5
f4 23. Bf2 e4 24. Qc2 Qe7 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. fxe4 Ng5 27. Re1
Nf7 28. Rb1 Ng5 29. Rxa5 Rb3 30. Rb5 Rd3 31. Re1 f3 32. h4 Nf7
33. a5 Ne5 34. a6 Rd2 35. a7 fxg2 36. a8=Q Nf3+ 37. Kxg2 Nxe1+
38. Kf1 Rdxf2+ 39. Kxe1 Rxa8 40. Kxf2 Rf8+ 41. Ke2 Rf4 42. b4
cxb4 43. c5 Be5 44. cxd6 Bxd6 45. Kd3 Kf7 46. Rb6 Bc5 47. Rb5
Bd6 48. Rb6 Bc5 49. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2018.07.30"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2
12. Rxf2 f6 13. Nf1 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 fxe5 15. Kg1 Qd6 16. Ng3 h6
17. Qe1 Bg4 18. Nh4 e4 19. h3 Bd7 20. Be3 Qf6 21. Nh5 Qe5
22. Nf4 Rxf4 23. Ng6 Rf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qf5+ 25. Nf4 g5 26. Qg3 Kh7
27. Ke2 gxf4 28. Qxf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Rg8 30. Kf2 Rf8 31. Ke3
Ne7 32. Bxc7 Nf5+ 33. Ke2 b4 34. Bf4 bxc3 35. bxc3 Nh4 36. g3
Ng2 37. c4 Nxf4+ 38. gxf4 Rc8 39. Rd1 Rxc4 40. Bb3 Ba4
41. Rxd5 Bxb3 42. axb3 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2018.07.31"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nico Georgiadis"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 Ne4
7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Na6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6
12. Rac1 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5
dxc4 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Rxc4 Be6 20. Rd4 Kf8
21. f4 Ke8 22. Ra4 Rc7 23. Kf2 Bc8 24. Rc4 c5 25. a3 Be6
26. Rc3 b5 27. Ke3 Nb8 28. b4 Nd7 29. bxc5 Nxc5 30. Be4 Bc4
31. Bc2 Nd7 32. Be4 a5 33. Rc1 Nc5 34. Bf3 Nb3 35. Rc2 Kd8
36. Bd4 Nxd4 37. Kxd4 Be6 38. Be4 Bc4 39. e3 f5 40. exf6 exf6
41. Rc3 f5 42. Bf3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2018.08.01"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 h6 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. d4 Ba7 12. h3
Bd7 13. Ng3 a4 14. Bc2 Nh7 15. Nf5 Ng5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Qh5
Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. h4 g6 20. Qh6 gxf5 21. exf5 f6 22. Qg6+
Kh8 23. hxg5 Bc6 24. Rad1 Qd7 25. Rd3 Qg7 26. Rh3+ Kg8 27. Re7
Qxg6 28. fxg6 f5 29. Rhh7 Rfe8 30. Reg7+ Kf8 31. Rxc7 Kg8
32. Bxf5 Bb6 33. Rcg7+ Kf8 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. d5 Bxd5 36. Rfg7+
Kf8 37. Rd7 Kg8 38. g7 Bf7 39. g6 1-0

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3
7. dxc6 fxg2 8. cxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Qd6 Qb6
12. Qe5+ Kf8 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. Qd5 Bc6 15. Qd6+ Kg8 16. Bxc6 Rd8
17. Qe7 bxc6 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Bf6 20. Qe4 Kg7 21. Kc2
Qc7 22. h3 Rd8 23. Qf3 Kg8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Nxd1 Be7 26. Bc3
Ng7 27. Nb2 Nf5 28. Nd3 f6 29. Nf4 Kf7 30. Qg4 Bd6 31. Nd3 Be7
32. Kd2 Qd6 33. Ke2 Qe6 34. Kd2 Qd6 35. Ke2 Qe6 36. Kd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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 b6 11. Rd1
Bb4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nf5 Rg8 16. Be3
Bc8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rd3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 c5 20. Rd2 Bc6 21. Rad1
Ke7 22. Bg5+ f6 23. Bh4 Kf7 24. Bg3 Rae8 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Kh2
Re7 27. f3 a5 28. Bf4 a4 29. c4 h5 30. h4 Rge8 31. Kg1 Re1+
32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Kf2 Re7 34. Rd8 Be8 35. b3 axb3 36. axb3 c6
37. Rb8 b5 38. cxb5 cxb5 39. Bd6 Re6 40. Bxc5 Bc6 41. b4 Re8
42. Rb6 Re6 43. Kg3 Be8 44. Rb7+ Kg6 45. Kf4 Re5 46. g4 Rd5
47. Rb6 Bd7 48. g5 Rf5+ 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. f4 fxg5 51. hxg5 Rd5
52. Kh4 Rd3 53. f5 Rf3 54. Rb7 Ke8 55. Rb8+ Kf7 56. g6+ Kf6
57. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Be7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ng5 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Nge4 Nc5 15. f3 Ncxe4 16. Nxe4
d5 17. cxd5 Rxd5 18. Qe3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Nd5 20. Qd4 Bf8 21. Nc3
Rd8 22. Rd3 Rd7 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Qe4 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 f6 26. Qc3
Qxc3 27. Bxc3 Kf7 28. e4 e5 29. Kf2 b5 30. Ke2 a6 31. a4 Ke6
32. axb5 axb5 33. g4 g5 34. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O c5
7. c3 b6 8. h3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. a4 a6 11. Bh2 Ne4 12. Nxe4
Bxe4 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Qe2 Qb7
17. e4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc7 19. e5 Qd5 20. exd6 exd6 21. Rac1
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qe7 Nb6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6
26. Bxd6 Nc4 27. Bc7 Nxb2 28. Rb1 Na4 29. Rxb5 Nc3 30. Rb2 h6
31. Rc2 Nb5 32. Bb6 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Rd1 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Rd8 Nc3
36. Re8 Nb5 37. Re7 Kg8 38. Bc5 Bf6 39. Rb7 Nc3 40. Ne5 Bxe5+
41. dxe5 Ne4 42. Be3 g5 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb2 Rd5 45. g3 Kg6
46. Rb6+ Kg7 47. Kg2 Nc3 48. Rd6 Rxd6 49. exd6 Kf8 50. Bd4 Ne4
51. Bg7+ Ke8 52. Bxh6 f6 53. Bg7 f5 54. Be5 Nc5 55. f4 Nd7
56. h4 gxh4 57. gxh4 Kf7 58. Kf3 Kg6 59. Ke3 Kh5 60. Kd4 Kxh4
61. Kd5 1-0

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7
12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 Nc5 15. Bd3 d5 16. e5 Nfe4
17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rh3 h5 19. Be1 g6 20. gxh5 Rxh5 21. Qg4 Qb6
22. Nce2 Rc8 23. Kb1 Rc4 24. b3 Rc8 25. Kb2 a5 26. b4 axb4
27. axb4 Ra8 28. Ra1 Ra4 29. Rb3 Bc8 30. Qh3 Bd7 31. Raa3 Qd8
32. Qd3 Qb6 33. Nf3 Qc6 34. Ned4 Qb6 35. Ng5 Bxg5 36. fxg5 Qb8
37. Nf3 Ke7 38. Bc3 Rh8 39. Bd4 Rc8 40. Nd2 Bc6 41. Nb1 Rh8
42. Nc3 Rxh4 43. Nxa4 bxa4 44. b5 axb3 45. bxc6 bxc2+ 46. Rb3
c1=Q+ 47. Kxc1 Rh1+ 48. Kc2 Rh2+ 49. Kc1 Rh1+ 50. Kc2 Rh2+
51. Kc1 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 g5
7. d4 g4 8. dxe5 gxf3 9. exf6 Ne5 10. Nd2 Qxf6 11. gxf3 Rg8+
12. Kh1 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Bh3 14. Ne3 h5 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. Qe2 d5
17. Rg1 Rxg1+ 18. Rxg1 dxe4 19. fxe4 Qxb2 20. Qxh5 Be6 21. Rg8
f6 22. Rh8 Qd4 23. Qa5 Qxe4+ 24. Kg1 a6 25. Bc3 Bd5 26. Nxd5
Rxd5 27. Rxf8+ Kd7 28. Rf7+ Ke8 29. Re7+ Kxe7 30. Qxc7+ Rd7
31. Qc5+ Kf7 32. Qh5+ Qg6+ 33. Qxg6+ Kxg6 34. Bb4 Rc7 35. c3
b6 0-1

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2
Ngf6 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7
12. Ng5 Qc7 13. f3 Rac8 14. Bd2 Ne5 15. b3 e6 16. Rac1 h6
17. Nh3 g5 18. Na4 Ned7 19. Bc3 Rfd8 20. Nf2 Nc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5
22. f4 gxf4 23. Qxf4 Qe7 24. Rd3 e5 25. Qh4 Rd7 26. Bf3 Kh7
27. Rf1 Rg8 28. Bd2 Bf8 29. Nh1 Nd5 30. Qxe7 Nxe7 31. Ng3 f5
32. exf5 Rxg3 33. hxg3 e4 34. Bg4 exd3 35. f6 Rc7 36. fxe7
Bxe7 37. Bf5+ Kg7 38. Bxd3 Rc8 39. Bc3+ Kg8 40. Bh7+ Kxh7
41. Rf7+ Kg8 42. Rxe7 Bc6 43. Re6 Rd8 44. Rxh6 Kf7 45. Be5
dxe5 46. Rxc6 Rd2 47. Rxa6 e4 48. a4 e3 49. Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Ke1
Rxg2 51. Rc6 Rxg3 52. Rxc5 Ke6 53. Rb5 Rg2 54. Rd5 Rb2 55. Rd3
e2 56. c5 Ke5 57. c6 Rc2 58. c7 Ke4 59. Rd8 Rxc7 60. Kxe2 Rc2+
61. Kd1 Rb2 62. Rb8 Kd3 63. Kc1 Rh2 64. Rc8 Rg2 65. Kb1 Rh2
66. Rc5 Rg2 67. Rc4 Rh2 68. a5 1-0

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3
Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 h5 11. Qd2 Nbd7
12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. g3 Be7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5
17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 O-O 19. Rhg1 f5 20. h3 Qc7 21. c3 Qc4
22. Qc2 Qa4 23. g4 fxg4 24. fxg4 Rf3 25. Bc1 h4 26. g5 Nf8
27. Qe2 Rxh3 28. Rg4 Rc4 29. Nc5 Rh2 30. Qd3 dxc5 31. d6 Bxd6
32. Qd5+ Kh7 33. g6+ Nxg6 34. Rg5 Qc2+ 35. Ka1 Kh6 36. Rg2+
Qxc1+ 37. Rxc1 Rxg2 38. Qxg2 Rf4 39. Rg1 Rf6 40. Qg5+ Kh7
41. a4 Kg8 42. Qh5 Kf7 43. a5 c4 44. Ka2 Bc7 45. Qg4 Bxa5
46. Qd7+ Ne7 47. Rg5 1-0

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Ne7 20. Nxf7+ Bxf7
21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. e6 Bg6 23. Rd1+ Ke8 24. Rd7 Bxc2 25. Rxc7 b5
26. f4 Nd5 27. Rc8+ Ke7 28. f5 Bd1 29. Rg8 Nf6 30. Rg7+ Ke8
31. g5 hxg5 32. Rxg5 a5 33. Rg7 Bg4 34. Rc7 Nd5 35. Rxc6 Bxf5
36. Rc5 Bxe6 37. Rxb5 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. Bxf6
exf6 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Be2 c5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. c3
Be6 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Bxb5 Ne5 16. Nd4
Bd5 17. Nf1 a6 18. Be2 Bh6 19. g3 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Rad1
f5 22. f4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Re8 24. Kf2 Bf8 25. Nd2 Bc5+ 26. Kf1
Bg2+ 27. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 28. Kh1 h5 29. b4 Be7 30. Nc4 b5 31. Ne5
Bf6 32. Rd6 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Rxa2 34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Kg7
36. Kg1 h4 37. gxh4 Kh6 38. Rc6 Kh5 39. c4 Ra4 40. c5 Rxb4
41. Rxa6 Rc4 42. c6 Kxh4 43. Rb6 Kh3 44. Rxb5 Rc1+ 45. Kf2
Rxc6 46. Rb8 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 Kxh2 48. Rh8+ Kg1 49. Rg8 Rf2+
50. Ke3 Rg2 51. Kf3 g5 0-1

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "58"]

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 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4
Bxh4 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rad1 Kc8 14. Rd2 b6 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Ne2
c5 17. Nf4 Bc6 18. e6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Bf6 21. Bf4
Kb7 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Bxf6 Rxe6 24. Bxg7 Rg6 25. Be5 Rxg2+
26. Kf1 Rg5 27. Bg3 Rd5 28. Ke2 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4
Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8. Kf1 Ne6 9. h4 Nd4 10. Nb5 Be6 11. d3 Nbc6
12. Nbxd4 Bxc4 13. dxc4 cxd4 14. Bf4 e6 15. Rh3 Bc5 16. a3 a5
17. e5 O-O 18. Ng5 Be7 19. Qh5 h6 20. Ne4 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6
22. Rg3 Ne7 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Be5 Nf5 25. Rf3 Rf7 26. Rd1 Qe7
27. Qg4 Rc8 28. b3 a4 29. Kg1 axb3 30. Rxb3 Rxc4 31. g3 Qc5
32. Qe4 Rd7 33. Rbd3 Qd5 34. Qf4 Rf7 35. Bxd4 0-1

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4
Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Rad1+ Ke8 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Rd2 h4 16. Rfd1
Rh5 17. Bf4 a6 18. Bh2 Rh6 19. a3 Be6 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nxe6 Rxe6
22. a4 c4 23. Rd4 b5 24. Kf1 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Rd7 bxa4
27. Rxc7 Bxb2 28. Rxc4 a3 29. Ra4 Rc8 30. Rd6 Rc6 31. Rxe6+
Rxe6 32. Bf4 Kd7 33. Be3 Rc6 34. c4 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 a2 36. Ra4
a1=Q+ 37. Rxa1 Bxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 O-O
7. e4 cxd5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qd1 Nc6 11. Nge2 Bg4
12. h3 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. dxe5 e6 16. b3 Nd7
17. O-O Qb6+ 18. Kh2 Rad8 19. Bb2 Rfe8 20. h4 Qa6 21. h5 gxh5
22. Ng1 h4 23. gxh4 Ne7 24. Qh5 Qd3 25. Nh3 Qf5 26. Bf3 Rc8
27. Rac1 h6 28. Rg1 Qxh5 29. Bxh5 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc8 31. Bg4
Kf7 32. f5 Bxe5+ 33. Bxe5 Nxe5 34. fxe6+ Kf6 35. Rxc8 Nxg4+
36. Kg3 Nxc8 37. Kxg4 Kxe6 38. Kh5 Kf5 39. Nf2 Ne7 40. Kxh6
Ng6 41. h5 Nf4 42. Nh1 d4 43. Nf2 b6 44. a3 a6 45. a4 a5
46. Kg7 Nxh5+ 47. Kf7 Nf4 48. Ke7 Ke5 49. Kd7 Kd5 50. Kc7 Kc5
51. Ne4+ Kb4 52. Kxb6 d3 53. Kc6 Ne2 54. Kb6 Nd4 55. Nf6 d2
56. Nd5+ Kxb3 57. Ne3 Kb4 58. Nd5+ Kxa4 59. Kc5 Kb3 60. Ne3
Nc2 0-1

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 c5
7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. c3 Re8 10. Nc4 Nd5 11. Bh2 b5
12. Ncd2 Rb8 13. O-O a6 14. Re1 h6 15. Bf1 Bf5 16. Ne4 Na5
17. a4 Nc4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Ned2 Rec8 21. Ra6 Rb7
22. Rea1 Be6 23. Qc2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Nf6 25. R1a5 Bc4 26. Bxc4
Qxc4 27. Ra7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Nd5 29. Bg3 b4 30. cxb4 Qc1+
31. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Ra5 Nxb4 34. Rb5 Rxb2 35. Rb7
Bf6 36. Bf4 Kg7 37. Bc1 Rc2 38. Bxh6+ Kxh6 39. Rxb4 Rxf2
40. Kg1 Ra2 41. g4 Bg5 42. Rb3 Bf4 43. Rb7 Re2 44. Kf1 Re4
45. Rb3 Kg7 46. Kf2 d5 47. Rd3 Re6 48. Ng1 Ra6 49. Ne2 Bd6
50. Kf3 g5 51. Rb3 e6 52. Rd3 Kg6 53. Rb3 Ra1 54. Rd3 Ra3
55. Rxa3 Bxa3 56. Ke3 Bd6 57. Ng1 f5 58. Nf3 Kf6 59. Kd3 Bf4
60. Kc3 Ke7 61. Kd3 Kd6 62. Kc3 Kc6 63. Ng1 Kb5 64. Kb3 Be3
65. Nf3 Bf4 66. Ng1 Bd2 67. Nf3 Be3 68. Kc3 Ka4 69. Kd3 Bf4
70. Kc3 Ka3 71. Ng1 Bc7 72. Nf3 Bd8 73. Ng1 Ba5+ 74. Kc2 Kb4
75. Kd3 Kb3 76. Nf3 Bd8 77. Ne5 f4 78. Nf3 Kb2 79. Kd2 Bf6
80. Kd3 Kc1 81. Kc3 Kd1 82. Kd3 Bd8 83. h4 gxh4 84. g5 h3
85. g6 Bf6 86. Nh2 Ke1 0-1

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4
Nxb5 13. dxc5 Na7 14. b3 Re8 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Ba3 c5 17. Qe2
b6 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rad8 20. Re3 Nc6 21. Rae1 Rd7 22. Bc1
Red8 23. g3 Ne7 24. Nd2 Nc8 25. Qf1 Qe6 26. Nc4 Ne8 27. f4
exf4 28. gxf4 Ned6 29. f5 Qe7 30. Rg3 Nxc4 31. f6 Qe5
32. Rxg7+ Kh8 33. bxc4 Rd3 34. Qf4 Qh5 35. Qxh6+ Qxh6 36. Bxh6
Rxh3 37. Bf4 Rh7 38. Rg5 Rh4 39. Bg3 Rh7 40. e5 Na7 41. e6
fxe6 42. Rxe6 Nc8 43. Be5 Rf7 44. Re7 Rdf8 45. Kg2 Kh7
46. Rg7+ Rxg7+ 47. Rxg7+ Kh6 48. Kg3 Re8 49. Kf4 1-0

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7
7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2 d5 11. exd5 exd5
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nd4 Qe5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. O-O Rb8 16. Nxd5
cxd5 17. Bc3 Qg5 18. Qd4 Rb6 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Qa4 Rb7 21. Rad1
Bf6 22. h4 Qf5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxb2
26. Rfd1 h6 27. g3 Qf6 28. Rd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 a6 30. Qd4 Qxd4
31. Rxd4 Re8 32. Rd6 a5 33. Rd5 a4 34. Rd4 Ra8 35. Kf1 g6
36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Kd3 Kf6 38. Kc3 Ke5 39. Rf4 f5 40. Kb4 g5
41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Rc4 Kd5 43. Rc3 Kd4 44. Rf3 Ke4 45. Re3+ Kd4
46. Rf3 Ke4 47. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Nd7
12. Rd1 Nb6 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Nc3 Nxb3 15. axb3 c6 16. d5 c5
17. Qg3 Qd7 18. Bf4 Nc8 19. Re1 Re8 20. Re2 b5 21. Rae1 b4
22. Na4 c4 23. e5 cxb3 24. Qxb3 dxe5 25. Bxe5 Bf8 26. Bd4 Rxe2
27. Rxe2 Nd6 28. Nc5 Qb5 29. Qd3 Rc8 30. Qxb5 Nxb5 31. Nb3 a5
32. Bf6 a4 33. Na5 a3 34. bxa3 bxa3 35. Nc6 Ra8 36. Ne7+ Bxe7
37. Rxe7 a2 38. Re1 Nc7 39. Rd1 Nxd5 40. Rxd5 a1=Q+ 41. Bxa1
Rxa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c6
12. Ng3 Na6 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. Qxf5 Nc7 15. c3 Ne6 16. Ne5 Bd6
17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Re3 Rae8 19. Rae1 g6 20. Qg4 Ng7 21. Qh3 f6
22. Ng4 Rxe3 23. Bxe3 h5 24. Nh6+ Kh7 25. Ng4 Kg8 26. Nh6+ Kh7
27. Ng4 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bc1 Ngf6
12. O-O Nc5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. b3 O-O 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Bf3 Rfd8
17. Re1 Rac8 18. a5 Qc6 19. Qe2 Ncd7 20. Red1 Nf8 21. Nf1 Ng6
22. g3 Rc7 23. Ne3 Rdc8 24. Ncd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qd7 26. c4 Rb8
27. b4 b6 28. Bc3 b5 29. Rac1 Rbc8 30. Bd2 e4 31. Bg2 bxc4
32. Nxc4 Qb5 33. Bf1 Nxd5 34. Qxe4 Nf6 35. Qg2 Qh5 36. Ne3
Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Rxc1 38. Bxc1 d5 39. Bxa6 Bxb4 40. Qf1 Bxa5
41. Be2 Qe5 42. Bf3 Bb6 43. Kg2 Ne7 44. Qd3 Qe6 45. Bd2 Bxe3
46. Bxe3 Nc6 47. Qa6 Ne5 48. Qxe6 fxe6 49. Be2 Kf7 50. f4 Nc6
51. Bb5 Ne7 52. Kf3 Nf5 53. Bf2 Ne4 54. Bg1 g5 55. Bd3 Ned6
56. Bc5 gxf4 57. gxf4 Kf6 58. Ba3 h5 59. Bb2+ Kg6 60. Be5 Nf7
61. Bb2 Nd8 62. Bb1 Nc6 63. Bd3 Na5 64. Ba1 Nc4 65. Bc3 Kf7
66. Ba1 Nd2+ 67. Ke2 Nb3 68. Be5 Nc1+ 69. Kd2 Nxd3 70. Kxd3
Kg6 71. Ke2 Nh6 72. Kf3 Ng4 0-1

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "12.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "114"]

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 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3
Ne7 12. b3 Ng6 13. Bb2 Nf4 14. Rd2 Be7 15. Rad1 Ne6 16. Ne2 c5
17. Nc3 b6 18. Nd5 Bb7 19. c4 h5 20. h4 Rd8 21. Bc1 Bc6
22. Rd3 Rd7 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Nd4 25. Nf4 Rh6 26. Re1 Ke7
27. f3 a5 28. a4 Rd8 29. e6 fxe6 30. Nfxe6 Nxe6 31. Rxd8 Kxd8
32. Nxe6+ Kd7 33. Nxg7 Rg6 34. Nxh5 Bxf3 35. Nf4 Rg4 36. g3
Rg8 37. Kf2 Bg4 38. h5 Bf5 39. Nd5 Kd6 40. Rd1 Ke5 41. Nf4 Bc2
42. Re1+ Kf5 43. Re3 Rd8 44. Nd5 Kg5 45. Re5+ Kh6 46. g4 Bxb3
47. Nf4 Rg8 48. Kg3 Bd1 49. Re6+ Kh7 50. Ng6 Bxa4 51. Kf4 Bc2
52. Ne5 Rf8+ 53. Kg5 Rg8+ 54. Kh4 a4 55. g5 a3 56. g6+ Kg7
57. Kg5 Kh8 1-0

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "13.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. g4 Be7 12. Qd2
b5 13. g5 b4 14. Ne2 Nh5 15. Ng3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nh5 O-O
18. h4 Ne5 19. Qxf4 Qc7 20. O-O-O Rfc8 21. Rh2 a5 22. Kb1 a4
23. Nd4 Bxa2+ 24. Kxa2 b3+ 25. Kb1 a3 26. cxb3 Qa5 27. Qd2 Qb6
28. Nf4 Nxf3 29. Nxf3 Qxb3 30. Nd4 Qb7 31. Nd5 Bd8 32. b4 a2+
33. Ka1 Bb6 34. Nf5 1-0

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "14.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5
7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 dxc4 9. Na3 Nd5 10. Nxc4 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7
12. a3 O-O 13. b4 Bb6 14. Rc1 h6 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Bxb6 Nxb6
17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Nd6 Bg4 19. Bb5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rad8 21. Nxb7
Rxb7 22. Bxc6 Rc7 23. Be4 Nc4 24. Rc3 f5 25. exf6 gxf6
26. Rfc1 Rg7+ 27. Kf1 Nd2+ 28. Ke2 Nxe4 29. fxe4 Rd4 30. Ke3
Rgd7 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. R8c7 Rd3+ 33. Ke2 Rd2+ 34. Ke1 Rd1+
35. Rxd1 Rxc7 36. Rd6 a5 37. bxa5 Rc3 38. a6 Rxa3 39. Ke2 h5
40. h4 f5 41. exf5 exf5 42. Rb6 Ke7 43. Rh6 Kf7 44. Kd2 Kg7
45. Rb6 Rf3 46. Ke2 Rf4 47. a7 Ra4 48. Rb7+ Kf6 49. f4 Ke6
50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Re7 Ra3+ 52. Kc2 Kc4 53. Kb2 Ra6 54. Rf7 Rb6+
55. Kc2 Ra6 56. Rc7+ Kb5 57. Kd3 Kb6 58. Rf7 Ra4 59. Kc3 Kc6
60. Kb3 Ra1 61. Kc4 Ra4+ 62. Kc3 Kb6 63. Kb3 Ra1 64. Kc4 Ra5
65. Kd4 Kc6 66. Rf6+ Kd7 67. Rf8 1-0

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "15.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 h6 10. Be3 Re8 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5
Na5 13. Ba2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Ba2 c5 16. Nd2 Bg5 17. f4
exf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Rf5 Qe7
22. Nf1 Re5 23. Rf2 d5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Qf3 Rad8 26. Ne3 Re5
27. Nf5 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 29. Rf1 Qe5 30. c3 bxc3 31. bxc3
Kh7 32. d4 cxd4 33. cxd4 Qe6 34. Qc3 Rd5 35. Ne3 Rg5 36. d5
Qe5 37. Qd3+ Kg8 38. d6 Nc6 39. d7 Qe7 40. Nf5 Qc5+ 41. Kh1
Nd8 42. Qe4 Qb6 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Ne7 1-0

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "16.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 g6
7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nf1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qc6 16. Be3
Ne4 17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Qd2 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Ne6 20. Qf6 d4 21. cxd4
Rad8 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. d5 Rxd5 24. Ne3 Rd7 25. Ng4 h5 26. Ne5
Rd6 27. Rc8 Nd8 28. Qf4 Rf6 29. Qd2 Rd6 30. Qc3 Qd4 31. Qb3
Re6 32. Rc4 Qd5 33. Rce4 Qxb3 34. axb3 Rfe8 35. f3 f5 36. R4e3
Nc6 37. f4 Nxe5 38. fxe5 Kf7 39. Kf2 Rb6 40. Kf3 Rb4 41. Rd1
Re7 42. Rd6 Re6 43. Rd7+ Re7 44. Rd6 Re6 45. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "17.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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. b4 Bxa2
12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Qb1 Rfb8
17. Qb3 h6 18. Raa1 a5 19. Ne2 Qc8 20. Ng3 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1
22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Ra3 Qb7 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. c3 Rxa3 26. Qxa3 Qa7
27. Qxa7 Nxa7 28. Be3 Nc8 29. Nd2 h5 30. Bg5 Ne8 31. Nb3 g6
32. Ng3 f6 33. Be3 Kf7 34. d4 Ke6 35. f4 Kd7 36. Kf2 c6
37. Kf3 exf4 38. Bxf4 Nb6 39. Ne2 Nc7 40. Nd2 Ne6 41. Be3 d5
1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[Round "18.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. O-O
a6 7. Be2 g6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe3 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7
12. Ng5 Qc7 13. f3 Rac8 14. Bd2 e6 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Qb8
17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Nh3 Red8 19. Be3 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. exd5 b5
22. a3 Bd6 23. Kh1 Re8 24. Ba7 Qa8 25. Bd4 Nxd5 26. Ne4 Be7
27. Bf1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qd8 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Qd2 N5f6 31. Nhf2
Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Bf6 34. Bf2 Ne5 35. Qd6 Qxd6
36. Rxd6 Ng4 37. Bg3 Bxb2 38. Rxa6 Rxe4 39. h3 Re3 40. Bh4 Nh6
41. Bg5 Re1 42. Bxh6 Rxf1+ 43. Kh2 Be5+ 44. g3 f6 45. Kg2 Ra1
46. Ra7 f5 47. Bf4 Ra2+ 48. Kf3 Bd4 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Be3 Bxe3
51. Kxe3 b4 52. a4 Ra3+ 53. Kf2 Ke6 54. a5 Kd5 55. a6 Kc4
56. Ke2 Kb3 57. Kd2 Ka2 58. Rb8 b3 59. Rb6 Kb2 60. h4 Kb1
61. Rb7 b2 62. a7 h6 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 g6 5. h4 h6 6. h5 g5
7. Nh2 Nf6 8. d3 d6 9. Nf1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Ne3 Bg7 12. Ncd5
O-O 13. c3 Rb8 14. a4 a6 15. g4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bb3 Ne7
18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. O-O Qb7 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. c4 b4 22. b3 Nd7
23. Qe2 Rbd8 24. Nc2 Nb8 25. Be3 Nc6 26. Kg2 Rf7 27. Ra4 Rdf8
28. Bg1 Bf6 29. Rfa1 Bd8 30. Ra8 Rxf3 31. Qxf3 Rxf3 32. Kxf3
Kg7 33. Ke2 Bb6 34. R8a6 Kf7 35. Ra8 Kg7 36. R8a6 Kf7 37. Ra8
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7
12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 Nc5 15. Bd3 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 d5
17. e5 Ne4 18. Be1 O-O-O 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Qb6 21. Nce2 Kb8
22. Qg2 g6 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Bb4 Bxb4 25. axb4 a5 26. Rh3 Rc8
27. Qh2 axb4 28. Rh8 Qa7 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. Kb1 Nd2+ 31. Kc1
Nf1 32. Qh8+ Kd7 33. Kb1 Nd2+ 34. Kc1 Ne4 35. Kb1 Nd2+ 36. Kc1
Ne4 37. Kb1 Nd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4
Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Rad1+ Ke8 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Bf4
g5 17. Bh2 Rh6 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Bxc7 Rc8 20. Ba5 c5 21. Nc3 Rc6
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rhe6 24. Kf1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Rd6 26. Rxd6
Bxd6 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 c4 29. Ke2 Kd7 30. Ke3 Bc5+ 31. Ke4
Ke6 32. f3 b5 33. Ba5 f6 34. b3 cxb3 35. cxb3 Bf2 36. a4 Bc5
37. axb5 axb5 38. Bd2 Bb6 39. f4 gxf4 40. Bxf4 Bc5 41. Bd2 Bb6
42. Bf4 Bc5 43. Bd2 Bb6 44. Bf4 Bc5 45. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7
12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 Nc5 15. Bd3 h5 16. g5 Ng4
17. Rhg1 Qb6 18. Kb1 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Rxg4 hxg4 21. Qxg4
Rb8 22. Na2 Qa4 23. Nc3 Qb4 24. Na2 Qa4 25. Nc3 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4
O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be5 14. Be2 Qa4 15. b3 Qa5 16. f4
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 g6 18. h5 Qc5 19. Qd2 Rhe8 20. Bf3 Bf5 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. Rh7 Re7 23. g4 Bd7 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Re8 26. Qd2
Qe3 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Rh8+ Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Kc1 b6
31. g5 Kd8 32. Kd2 Bd7 33. Be4 Ke7 34. Ke3 Be6 35. c4 c5
36. Kf3 Bd7 37. Ke3 Be6 38. Kf3 Bd7 39. Ke3 Be6 40. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.24"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Bb5 c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 c5 11. Qxd7 Bxd7
12. Rb1 b6 13. Be3 Rd8 14. O-O Ba4 15. Rfc1 e6 16. h3 Nd7
17. Ba6 Bc6 18. Nd2 Nb8 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Na6 21. e5 Nc7
22. Rbb1 Nd5 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. Ne4 h6 25. Bd2 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rad8
27. g4 g5 28. Rc4 Nf4 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Rbb4 f3 31. Nf6+ Bxf6
32. exf6 Kh7 33. Kh2 Kg6 34. Kg3 Rd6 35. Rc7 Rxd4 36. Rxd4
Rxd4 37. Rxa7 Kxf6 38. Rb7 Ra4 39. Rxb6 Rxa2 40. Kxf3 Ra3+
41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Kf3 Ra3+ 43. Kg2 Ra2 44. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bxd3 11. Re1 e4
12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Rxe4 Rd1+ 15. Re1 Rxe1+
16. Nxe1 a6 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Nd3 Ba7 19. a5 Re8 20. Kf1 Ne5
21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Ra3 Nf6 23. Bf3 c6 24. Rb3 Re7 25. Rb4 h6
26. h4 Kf8 27. g4 Nd5 28. Ra4 Bb8 29. g5 hxg5 30. Bxg5 f6
31. Bd2 Rd7 32. h5 f5 33. Rh4 Kg8 34. c4 Nf6 35. Bc3 Kh7
36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. h6 Be5 38. Bg2 Kg6 39. h7 Rxh7 40. Rxh7 Kxh7
41. b4 Bc3 42. b5 axb5 43. cxb5 cxb5 44. Bxb7 Bxa5 45. Ke2 b4
46. Kd3 b3 47. Bd5 b2 48. Kc2 Bc3 49. f3 Be5 50. Kb1 f4
51. Ba8 Kh8 52. Bd5 Kg7 53. Ba8 Kh8 54. Bd5 Kg7 55. Ba8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Ne2
Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd4 a6 14. Bf4 c5 15. Ne2 Bf5 16. c4 Rd8
17. Nc3 Rd7 18. Be3 b6 19. Nd5 Kd8 20. g3 Be7 21. a3 Bc2
22. Rd2 Bb3 23. Rc1 a5 24. Rc3 a4 25. e6 fxe6 26. Nxe7 Kxe7
27. Bg5+ Ke8 28. Rcd3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rf8 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rxf8+
Kxf8 32. Bd8 Bxc4 33. Bxc7 b5 34. Bd6+ Kf7 35. Bxc5 e5 36. f3
Bd5 37. Kf2 g6 38. Bb4 Bc6 39. Bc5 Bd5 40. Bb4 Bc6 41. Bc5 Bb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.27"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "238"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7
12. Rb1 Qc7 13. h4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Nxd4
Rd8 17. Qb3 Qg3 18. Ne2 Qxh4 19. Bf2 Qf6 20. Rfd1 b6 21. Qa3
e6 22. Rd2 Be8 23. e5 Qf5 24. Rxd8 Qxb1+ 25. Kh2 Rf8 26. Ng3
Bxe5 27. Qxa7 Qb4 28. Kg1 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qb4 30. Kg1 Bf6 31. Rd1
Ba4 32. Rf1 Bc6 33. Qxb6 Qxb6 34. Bxb6 Ra8 35. Rf2 Bd5 36. Ne4
Be5 37. Re2 Bxa2 38. Ng5 Bd6 39. Kf2 Bc4 40. Rd2 Be7 41. Be3
Bd5 42. Rc2 h6 43. Ne4 Bxe4 44. fxe4 h5 45. Rc7 Bf6 46. Rc6
Ra2+ 47. Kf3 Ra3 48. Ke2 Kf7 49. Rc7+ Ke8 50. Rh7 Rb3 51. Ra7
Rb2+ 52. Kf3 g5 53. e5 g4+ 54. Ke4 Rb4+ 55. Kd3 Bd8 56. Ra8
Kd7 57. g3 Bc7 58. Bd4 Kc6 59. Bc3 Rb8 60. Ra6+ Rb6 61. Ra8
Rb5 62. Ke4 Rb3 63. Bd4 Bb8 64. Ra6+ Kd7 65. Ra8 Rb1 66. Bf2
Rb4+ 67. Bd4 Bc7 68. Kd3 Rb8 69. Ra7 Rb5 70. Kc4 Ra5 71. Rb7
Kc6 72. Rb3 Bxe5 73. Rb6+ Kd7 74. Bxe5 Rxe5 75. Kd4 Ra5
76. Ke4 Ke7 77. Rb8 Ra3 78. Rh8 Rxg3 79. Rxh5 Ra3 80. Kf4 Ra4+
81. Kg3 Kd6 82. Rh8 Kd5 83. Rd8+ Ke5 84. Rb8 Rd4 85. Ra8 Re4
86. Ra5+ Kf6 87. Ra8 e5 88. Rf8+ Ke6 89. Re8+ Kd5 90. Rd8+ Kc4
91. Ra8 Kd5 92. Rd8+ Kc5 93. Rc8+ Kd4 94. Ra8 Rf4 95. Re8 Ke4
96. Rg8 Rf3+ 97. Kxg4 Rf1 98. Kh3 Ke3 99. Kg2 Ra1 100. Rg3+
Ke2 101. Rg4 Ke3 102. Rg3+ Kd2 103. Rg4 Re1 104. Ra4 e4
105. Ra2+ Ke3 106. Ra3+ Kf4 107. Kf2 Rb1 108. Ke2 Rb2+
109. Ke1 Ke5 110. Ra4 Kf5 111. Ra8 Kf4 112. Ra3 Rh2 113. Kf1
Rd2 114. Ke1 Rd3 115. Rxd3 exd3 116. Kd2 Ke4 117. Kd1 Ke3
118. Ke1 d2+ 119. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.25"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andres Rodriguez Vila"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Rg1 Ng4 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Bd2 Nxh2 11. Be2 Ng4
12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. Qg3 h5 15. Nxe7 Nxe7 16. f3 Be6
17. Qxg7 Rg8 18. Qh6 a5 19. O-O-O a4 20. Na1 Qc7 21. a3 Qc4
22. c3 Qa2 23. Nc2 Nc6 24. Bg5 Na5 25. Rxd6 Nb3+ 26. Kd1 Qb1+
27. Bc1 Ke7 28. Rd5 Rg6 29. Qe3 Rag8 30. Rxe5 Rxg2 31. Rxg2
Rxg2 32. Ne1 Rxb2 33. Qg5+ Kd7 34. Rb5 Nxc1 35. Rd5+ Kc6
36. Rc5+ Kb6 37. Qd8+ Kxc5 38. Qc7+ Kb5 39. c4+ Ka6 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Bilel Bellahcene"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bc1 Ngf6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. b4 Ne6 15.
Nc4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. Ned2 dxc4 18. c3 Nf4 19. Nxc4 Qc7 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. a5
f3 22. Bd3 Be6 23. Nb6 fxg2 24. Re1 Rad8 25. Qf3 Bf6 26. Rac1 Rfe8 27. Kxg2 Bg5
28. Rcd1 Qf4 29. Qxf4 Bxf4 30. Bc4 Bd2 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Na4 Rc8 33. Bxa6 bxa6
34. Rxd2 Rc6 35. f3 Rec8 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Ke3 g5 39. Rh7 Ke5 40.
Rxh6 Rxc3+ 41. Nxc3 Rxc3+ 42. Kf2 Rb3 43. h4 gxh4 44. Rxh4 Kd5 45. Rh5+ Kd4 46.
Rc5 Rxb4 47. Rc6 Ra4 48. Rxa6 e5 49. Ra8 e4 50. f4 Ra2+ 51. Kg3 e3 52. f5 Ra1
53. Re8 Rxa5 54. Kf4 Rxf5+ 55. Kxf5 Kd3 56. Kf4 1-0


[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Quang Liem Le"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 O-O 12. h4 Rd8 13. Rxd8+ Bxd8 14. h5
Nc6 15. Bb5 Be7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Na5 c5 18. h6 g6 19. Nc6 Kf8 20. Bg7+ Ke8 21.
Nxe7 Kxe7 22. O-O Bb7 23. Rc1 Bxe4 24. Rxc5 Kd7 25. Be5 Bc6 26. b4 a6 27. Kh2 f6
28. Bxf6 Rf8 29. Bd4 Rf4 30. Be3 Rxb4 31. Rc3 1/2-1/2


[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. d5 Nd6 12. dxc6 Nxc4 13. Qa4 Nb6 14. Qf4 Bg6
15. cxb7 Rb8 16. Nc3 Bd6 17. Qg4 Qd7 18. Qh4 Rxb7 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 c5 21.
Rad1 Qf5 22. Qe3 Bh5 23. Rd8 Nd7 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 25. Ne5 Rxb2 26. h3 Bg6 27. Nd5
Qc2 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Qf3 f6 30. Qd5 Qxf2+ 31. Kh2 Qxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2
fxe5 34. Rxe5 Bd3 35. Rxc5 g6 36. Ra5 a6 37. Nd5 Ne6 38. Nb4 Bc4 39. Nxa6 g5 40.
a4 Kg7 41. Nc7 Nf4+ 42. Kh2 1-0


[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.a3
O-O 8.Ne1 d6 9.Nc2 Be6 10.Ne3 Qd7 11.b4 Bh3 12.Ned5 Bxg2
13.Kxg2 Nxd5 14.cxd5 cxb4 15.axb4 Nxb4 16.Qa4 Qxa4 17.Rxa4 a5
18.Ba3 e4 19.Bxb4 axb4 20.Rxb4 Bxc3 21.dxc3 Rfc8 22.Rxe4 Rxc3
23.Rb1 Rc5 24.Rxb7 Rxd5 25.Rf4 Rf8 26.h4 h5 27.e3 Re5 28.Rd7
Re6 29.Rd4 Kg7 30.R4xd6 Rxd6 31.Rxd6 Ra8 32.Rd2 Ra5 33.e4 Ra3
34.Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.01"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "7.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. g4 a5 15.
a4 Nb6 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Bb5 Nf6 18. h4 Qc7 19. h5 Nxh5 20. Bh6 Nf4 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Qxf4 Rfc8 23. Qe4 Nxa4 24. Bxa4 b5 25. Bxb5 a4 26. Nd4 a3 27. Bc6 axb2+
28. Kd2 Ra2 29. Rb1 Qa5+ 30. c3 Ra4 31. Bxa4 Qxc3+ 32. Kd1 Qc1+ 33. Ke2 Qc4+ 34.
Qd3 Qxa4 35. Nc6 Re8+ 36. Kf2 Qf4 37. Rbe1 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 40.
Kf2 Qh2+ 41. Kf1 Bf6 42. Rd1 Bh4 43. Qd4 Bg3 44. Nb4 b1=Q 45. Rxb1 Qh1+ 46. Ke2
Qxb1 47. Nd3 Qc2+ 48. Kf1 Qd2 49. Qe4 Bh4 50. f4 Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Qg4+ 52. Kf1 Kf8
53. Qe3 Qf5 54. Qf3 g5 55. Ke2 g4 56. Qg2 Qg6 57. Qh1 Bf6 58. Ke3 Kg7 59. Qg2
Bd8 60. Qb2+ Kh7 61. Qh2+ Kg8 62. Qb2 Ba5 63. Qg2 Bb6+ 64. Ke2 g3 65. Ne1 Ba5
66. Nd3 Kf8 67. Ke3 Bb6+ 68. Kd2 Qg4 69. Kc3 Be3 70. Kc2 Bxf4 71. Ne1 Be5 0-1


[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.02"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Qb3 O-O 8. O-O
Qd6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Ng6 13. Bc4 c6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6
15. Re1 Rad8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qd5 18. Qxa7 Qb5 19. b3 f6 20. c4 Qb4 21. Qe3
c5 22. Rad1 Rd6 23. g3 Rfd8 24. h4 Ne7 25. h5 b6 26. Qe4 Qa5 27. Re2 Qa8 28.
Rdd2 Qc8 29. Kg2 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Nxf5 31. Ne1 Kf7 32. Rb2 Nd4 33. Re3 g6 34. hxg6+ 1/2-1/2


[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bc1
Nf6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Bb3 Be7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Qg3 Bb7 15.
O-O-O g5 16. h4 gxh4 17. Rxh4 O-O-O 18. Rxh6 Rxh6 19. Bxh6 c5 20. e5 dxe5 21.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Bc4 Nd5 23. Bd2 Kb8 24. Qg8 Ka7 25. Na4 Qe7 26. b3 Nb6 27. Nxb6
Bxb6 28. Qg7 e4 29. g4 Bd5 30. g5 Qb7 31. Be3 Bxc4 32. bxc4 a5 33. a4 Qc7 34.
Qh7 Qb7 35. Kd1 Qd7+ 36. Ke1 Qxa4 37. Qxf7+ Ka6 38. Qxe6 Qxc2 39. Qc8+ Ka7 40.
Qd7+ Ka6 41. Qd5 Ka7 42. g6 a4 43. Kf1 a3 44. g7 a2 45. g8=Q Qd3+ 46. Kg2 Qxd5
47. Qxd5 a1=Q 48. Qd7+ Ka6 49. Bxc5 Bxc5 50. Qb5+ Ka7 51. Qxc5+ Kb7 52. Qd5+ Kb6
53. Qxe4 Qg7+ 54. Kf3 Qf6+ 55. Qf4 Qc6+ 56. Ke3 1-0


[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.04"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivan Saric"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Re1 b6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Nc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Qe2 Ne5 15.
Ba4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 b5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qa5 19. Nc3 Nd7 20. Qe2 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 Qxc3 22. Bd2 Qa3 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Rb2 25. Bc3 Rc2 26. a4 Ra8 27. a5 f6
28. Be1 Nc5 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. f3 Ra6 31. Re2 1/2-1/2


[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.05"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4
Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Ne2 Be7 14. f4 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Rad1+
Ke8 17. f5 Kf7 18. Rd2 a5 19. a4 h4 20. Kh2 Rh5 21. g4 hxg3+
22. Nxg3 Rh4 23. Rf4 Rxf4 24. Bxf4 b5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Bxc7
a4 27. c3 a3 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Rc2 Ra4 30. Rd2 Ra3 31. Rc2 Ra4
32. Rd2 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.20"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nikolas Lubbe"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6
7. a4 Kh8 8. h3 Nd7 9. a5 Nb4 10. Ne2 c5 11. Ng3 Nb8 12. c3
N4c6 13. Qa4 Be6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 d5 16. a6 b6 17. Bb5
Qd6 18. Re1 Bd8 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 f6 21. Bd2 Ne7 22. Nd4
Rg8 23. Be8 Nxf5 24. Nxf5 Qe6 25. Bb5 Qxf5 26. Rac1 g5 27. Qc2
Be7 28. d4 e4 29. Qc7 g4 30. h4 Qe6 31. g3 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.21"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abhimanyu Puranik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Be6
12. Bb3 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Nd7
17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Bg5 Nb6 19. Qa5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Qc5 21. Qxc5
dxc5 22. b3 Rad8 23. a5 Nc8 24. Nf3 f6 25. Ne1 Nd6 26. Rd5 Nb7
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nd3 Kf7 29. Kf1 Ke6 30. Ke2 Kd6 31. Nb2 Kc6
32. Nc4 Rd4 33. Ke3 Nd6 34. Nxd6 Rxd6 35. g3 c4 36. bxc4 Kc5
37. f4 Kxc4 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Rf1 Kc3 40. Rf7 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.22"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Aryan Tari"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 O-O
7. e4 cxd5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qd1 Nc6 11. Nge2 f6
12. exf6 exf6 13. O-O Be6 14. b3 Re8 15. Ba3 Bf7 16. Qd2 Bf8
17. Bc5 Nd7 18. Bxf8 Nxf8 19. Nf4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rfe1
Bf7 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nxd5 Qd8 24. Ne3 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Nxd4
26. Bxb7 Rd8 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. Bd5 Ne6 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Bxe6
Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Bxe6 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Kd3 Kd6 34. Kd4 g5 35. Nc3
Bf5 36. b4 Kc6 37. Ne4 Be6 38. Nxf6 Bxa2 39. Nxh7 g4 40. Ng5
1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+
Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rd1 Be6 11. a4 Nf6
12. Nd2 Be7 13. Nf1 Qc4 14. Ne3 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 Kd7 16. f3 Rc6
17. Bd2 Rhc8 18. b3 Nh5 19. g3 Bd8 20. a5 b5 21. Na2 Nf6
22. Nb4 R6c7 23. Nxa6 Ra7 24. Nb4 Rxa5 25. Rd1 Raa8 26. Be1
Be7 27. Kg2 g6 28. Bf2 Ke8 29. Kf1 Bd8 30. Be1 Bb6 31. Ke2 Bc5
32. Bc3 h5 33. h4 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Mircea-Emilian Parligras"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6
7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6
12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qc2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qd7 16. Be3 Bxe3
17. Nxe3 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rd6 19. Rxd6 Qxd6 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5
Na5 22. Qa4 b6 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Nxe5 Qd2 26. Nf3
Qxc3 27. e5 Nd7 28. Qe4 Nf8 29. Qa8 c6 30. g3 cxb5 31. Nf5 g6
32. Nxh6+ Kg7 33. Nxf7 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Kxf7 35. Qa7+ Kg8 36. Qxb6
Nc6 37. Qxb5 Nd8 38. Nd4 Qc7 39. Qd5+ Kg7 40. h4 Qe7 41. f4
Qb7 42. Qxb7+ Nxb7 43. Kf3 Nc5 44. g4 Nfd7 45. e6 Nb6 46. h5
gxh5 47. g5 Nd5 48. f5 Kf8 49. Kg3 Ke7 50. Kh4 Nf4 51. f6+ Ke8
52. e7 Ne4 53. Nf5 Kf7 54. Nh6+ Ke8 55. Nf5 Kf7 56. Nh6+ Ke8
57. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rinat Jumabayev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Bf5
7. Nd2 e5 8. d5 e4 9. g4 Bc8 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Ndxe4 f5 12. gxf6
Nxf6 13. Ng3 Bh3 14. e4 Nbd7 15. Bg5 c6 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. f3 Ne5
18. Rg1 cxd5 19. cxd5 Rac8 20. Nd1 Qa4 21. Nc3 Qb4 22. Nd1 Qa4
23. Nc3 Qd7 24. Bh6 b5 25. Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Nxb5 Qb7 27. Nd4 Qb6
28. Rd1 Rce8 29. Qc3 Rc8 30. Qd2 Rce8 31. Qc3 Rc8 32. Qa3 Rc2
33. f4 Rxb2 34. Nf1 Nxe4 35. fxe5 dxe5 36. Ng3 exd4 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O
7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bb3
Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. a4 b4 15. d4 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. c4
Nxe5 18. cxd5 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Ng4+ 20. Kf1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qxd5
22. Qe4 Qd1+ 23. Qe1 Qd5 24. Qe4 Qd1+ 25. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5
12. Ng5 h6 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. Ne4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Qh3
Qxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxe4 18. Rg1 Re8 19. Bxh6 g6 20. Rge1 Nd7
21. Bf1 c5 22. Bb5 Bc6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Be3
cxd4 26. Bxd4 a6 27. Rd1 Re2 28. Be3 Ne5 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. a4
Ra2 31. Kg3 f6 32. f4 Nf7 33. Rc8 Rxa4 34. Rxc6 Nh6 35. Rc7+
Kg8 36. Kf3 Nf5 37. Bf2 g5 38. fxg5 fxg5 39. c4 Nd6 40. c5
Rf4+ 41. Kg2 Nf5 42. c6 Rc4 43. Bb6 g4 44. hxg4 Rxg4+ 45. Kf3
Rc4 46. Rc8+ Kf7 47. c7 Ne7 48. Ra8 Ke6 49. Rxa6 Rc6 50. Ra8
Rxb6 51. c8=Q+ Nxc8 52. Rxc8 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man Masters"]
[Site "Douglas IMN"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "127"]

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. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. a3 Be7
12. g4 h6 13. Bh4 Rb8 14. Be1 g5 15. f5 Ne5 16. h4 Nfxg4
17. hxg5 Bxg5+ 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Rh5 Rg8 20. Bh3 Qc4 21. Bxg4
Nxg4 22. Qxc4 bxc4 23. Na5 Ne5 24. Bf4 Rg4 25. Bxe5 dxe5
26. Kb1 Rh4 27. Rxh4 Bxh4 28. Nxc4 Kf8 29. fxe6 Bxe6 30. Nxe5
Bf6 31. Nc6 Rc8 32. Nd5 Rxc6 33. Nxf6 Kg7 34. Ne8+ Kf8 35. Nf6
Kg7 36. Nd5 h5 37. b3 Bg4 38. Rg1 Re6 39. Nf4 Rxe4 40. Nxh5+
Kg6 41. Ng3 Re3 42. Nh1 Kh5 43. Kc1 f5 44. Nf2 Re2 45. Nd3 Kg5
46. Rf1 Re4 47. Kd2 Re2+ 48. Kc3 Re4 49. Kd2 Re2+ 50. Kc3 Re4
51. Rg1 Re2 52. b4 f4 53. a4 f3 54. b5 axb5 55. axb5 Kh4
56. b6 Re8 57. Rh1+ Kg3 58. Rg1+ Kh4 59. Kd4 Bf5 60. b7 Bxd3
61. cxd3 f2 62. Rf1 Kg3 63. Kc5 Kg2 64. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6
7. e3 dxc4 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5
12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. d5 Nd4 15. O-O Qd7 16. h4 Rfe8
17. a3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5
Rxd5 22. Rxc7 Bxb2 23. Rxb7 Bxa3 24. Rxa7 Bb4 25. Re2 Rd1+
26. Kh2 Re1 27. Rxe1 Bxe1 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Bxe7 Bxf2 30. Bf6
Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Rb1 Nf6 6. a3 e6
7. b4 d5 8. bxc5 O-O 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3
12. dxc3 Qa5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. O-O Qxc5 15. a4 Rd8 16. Qd2 d4
17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. Bxb7 Bxb7
21. Rxb7 Rxa4 22. Rc1 Ra6 23. Rcc7 Rf6 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Rxa7
h5 26. Kg2 Re6 27. e3 Re5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Ra3 Rb5 30. h4 Rb4
31. Kf3 Rb5 32. Ra4 Rf5+ 33. Ke2 Rb5 34. Rd4 Rb2+ 35. Kf3 Rb3
36. Kf4 Rb2 37. f3 Rb6 38. e4 Rb3 39. Rd5 Ra3 40. g4 hxg4
41. Kxg4 Ra1 42. h5 gxh5+ 43. Rxh5 f6 44. Rd5 Kg6 45. Rd6 Ra4
46. Kf4 Rb4 47. Ke3 Rb3+ 48. Rd3 Rb1 49. f4 Re1+ 50. Kd4 Rf1
51. f5+ Kf7 52. Ra3 Rd1+ 53. Ke3 Re1+ 54. Kf3 Rf1+ 55. Ke2 Rb1
56. Ra7+ Kf8 57. Kd3 Rd1+ 58. Kc4 Rd2 59. Kc5 Rd1 60. Rb7 Ke8
61. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nec3 Nb6
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. b3 Be6 14. Ba3 Qc7 15. Qd3 Rfc8 16. Bb4 a5
17. Nxb5 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Bxd6 Nc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+
21. Rxc1 Nxd6 22. Nxd6 a4 23. Nc4 Rb8 24. Rc3 axb3 25. axb3
Be7 26. Bf1 g6 27. Rc1 Rxb3 28. Nxe5 Bf6 29. Nd3 Bd4 30. Be2
Rc3 31. Rb1 g5 32. Ne1 h6 33. Kg2 Rb3 34. Rd1 Bb6 35. Nd3 Ra3
36. Rb1 Ba7 37. Nb4 Rb3 38. Rxb3 Bxb3 39. Bg4 Kg7 40. h4 Bd4
41. Nc6 Bc5 42. Bf5 Kf6 43. f4 Be3 44. fxg5+ hxg5 45. h5 Kg7
46. g4 Bc4 47. Kf3 Bc1 48. Ne5 Bb5 49. Kf2 Bf4 50. Nf3 Bd3
51. Ke1 Be3 52. Kd1 Bf4 53. Ne1 Bb1 54. Ke2 Kh6 55. Nf3 Kg7
56. Nd4 Be5 57. Nc6 Bf4 58. Nb4 Kh6 59. Nd5 Bc2 60. Nc3 Kg7
61. Nb5 Bc1 62. Nd4 Bb1 63. Kf3 Bd3 64. Bd7 Ba6 65. Nf5+ Kf8
66. Bc6 Bf4 67. Bd5 Bc8 68. Nd4 Kg7 69. h6+ Kxh6 70. Bxf7 Kg7
71. Be6 Ba6 72. Bd5 Kf6 73. Ne6 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4
O-O-O 12. Bg5 Qe7 13. Qf4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6
16. Nd4 Ne5 17. f3 Rhg8 18. Ne2 Ng6 19. h5 Ne7 20. Nf4 Rg5
21. Re1 Nd5 22. Nd3 f5 23. c4 Nf6 24. Nf4 Re8 25. Kc1 Bd7
26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Kd2 Ng7 28. Ke3 Ne6 29. Rh2 Kd8 30. Bd3
Nxf4 31. Kxf4 Ke7 32. g3 Kf6 33. Rh1 a5 34. a3 Rg8 35. Re1 b6
36. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qc7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3 e6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Qg4 O-O
12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. hxg3 b5 14. Nd2 Rb8 15. Be2 Rd8 16. f4 f6
17. O-O-O c4 18. Nf3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bb7 20. g4 Rd8 21. Rxd8+
Bxd8 22. g5 fxg5 23. Nxg5 Bxg5 24. fxg5 a6 25. Kd2 Ne5 26. Bf4
Nf7 27. Ke3 e5 28. Bg3 Bc8 29. b4 g6 30. a4 Kf8 31. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7
12. Ne2 f5 13. g3 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nf6 15. Bh3 Nh5 16. b4 Ke7
17. Kd2 a6 18. a4 Kd6 19. Ra3 Rhe8 20. Rha1 h6 21. b5 axb5
22. axb5 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 f4 24. exf4 cxb5 25. Rb3 Nf6 26. f3 Ra8
27. Nc3 Ra1 28. Ke3 Re1+ 29. Kf2 Rc1 30. Nxb5+ Kc6 31. Na7+
Kc7 32. Nb5+ Kc6 33. Na7+ Kc7 34. Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Na3 Nh7 12. Nd2
g4 13. Nb5 Bb6 14. Bb3 a4 15. Bc2 h5 16. h4 d5 17. d4 dxe4
18. dxe5 Ra5 19. c4 e3 20. fxe3 Nb4 21. a3 Nd3 22. b4 axb3
23. Nxb3 Nxe1 24. Qxe1 Ra6 25. c5 Ba7 26. Qb1 f5 27. exf6 Nxf6
28. Nxa7 Rxa7 29. Nd4 Qe7 30. Bf4 Qxc5 31. Bb3+ Kg7 32. Be6
Ra4 33. Qd3 Ra6 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Qxa6 Qxd4 36. Qf1 Qe4
37. Rd1 c5 38. Rd6 Qe7 39. Qa1 Kf7 40. Be5 Ne4 41. Rh6 Qxh4
42. Qf1+ Ke7 43. Rh7+ Ke6 44. Bc7 Rxc7 45. Rxc7 Nd6 46. Rxc5
b6 47. Rc6 g3 48. Qf3 Qh2+ 49. Kf1 Qh1+ 50. Ke2 Qb1 51. Qxh5
Qa2+ 52. Kf3 Kd7 53. Rxb6 Qf2+ 54. Kg4 Qe2+ 55. Kh4 Qxg2
56. Qh7+ Kc8 57. Qg8+ Kd7 58. Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. f4 Nf6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. e3 Be6
12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 h5 14. Qb3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nxc6 Rxc6
17. Qxb7 Rb6 18. Qxe4 Rxb2 19. Bc3 Rxa2 20. d5 Bxc3 21. dxe6
f5 22. Qd5 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Rd2 24. Rxc3 Rxd5 25. Rc7 Re8
26. Rxa7 Rd6 27. Rfa1 Rxe6 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Rxa8+ Kf7 30. Kf2
Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6
7. Ne5 c5 8. c3 Qc7 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Rc1 Rac8
12. O-O Nb8 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb7 15. Qf3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxg3
17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qe3 Qa6 21. Qxe4
Qxa2 22. Qc2 Qa5 23. Ra1 Qxe5 24. Rxa7 Qc5 25. Rc1 b5 26. Ra3
bxc4 27. Rc3 Qd4 28. Qe2 Rb8 29. g3 g6 30. Qxc4 Qxc4 31. Rxc4
Rxb2 32. h4 Rbb8 33. Rc7 h5 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. R1c3 Ra8 36. R3c4
e5 37. Rc3 Rae8 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Ke4 Re6 40. R7c6 Re8 41. Rxe6+
Rxe6 42. f4 exf4+ 43. Kxf4 Ra6 44. Kf3 Ra5 45. Rb3 Kf5 46. Rc3
f6 47. Rb3 Rc5 48. Ra3 Ke5 49. Rd3 Rc4 50. Ra3 Rd4 51. Ra5+
Rd5 52. Ra3 Rc5 53. Rd3 g5 54. Re3+ Kd5 55. hxg5 fxg5 56. Re8
Rc3+ 57. Kf2 Rc2+ 58. Kf3 Kd4 59. Re4+ Kd5 60. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Masters"]
[Site "Shenzhen CHN"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Rb8 9. Qd2 b5 10. Bh6 b4 11. Nd1 Bxh6
12. Qxh6 e6 13. a3 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. axb4 Rxb4 16. Qd2 Bg4
17. c3 Rb6 18. Ne3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qd6 20. Ra2 Rfb8 21. f4 h5
22. Qd2 a6 23. f5 Ne7 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Qc1 Qe6 26. Re1 Qf7
27. b4 cxb4 28. cxb4 Rxb4 29. Rxa6 d4 30. Nc4 Ng4 31. Qd2 Rb1
32. Ra1 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Nf5 34. Qg5 Rf8 35. Rf1 Qf6 36. Qxf6
Rxf6 37. Be4 Kg7 38. Bxf5 Rxf5 39. Rxf5 gxf5 40. Kg2 Kf6
41. h3 Nh6 42. Na5 Nf7 43. Nc6 Kg6 44. Ne7+ Kh7 45. Nd5 Ne5
46. Nf4 h4 47. gxh4 Kg7 48. Kf1 Kh6 49. Ke2 Nc6 50. Kd2 Ne5
51. Kd1 Nf3 52. Ke2 Ne5 53. Kf2 Kh7 54. Kf1 Kh6 55. Ke1 Nf3+
56. Ke2 Ne5 57. Kd1 Nf3 58. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "147"]

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. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2
Qb8 13. Nb3 Nd8 14. d4 exd4 15. Qxd4 c5 16. Qc4 Nd7 17. Be3
Bf6 18. Ra2 Re8 19. Nbd2 Nf7 20. Qb3 Qb5 21. Rd1 Nde5 22. Nxe5
Nxe5 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 Rac8 25. h3 g5 26. c3 d5 27. exd5
exd5 28. cxb4 Nd3 29. Bxc5 Nxb2 30. Raa1 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Bc3
32. Nf3 d4 33. Nxg5 Rb8 34. Nf3 Bxb4 35. Bb6 Re4 36. Nxd4 Re1+
37. Rxe1 Bxe1 38. Ne6 Re8 39. Nc5 Rc8 40. Nxa6 Bxa5 41. Bxa5
Ra8 42. Bd2 Rxa6 43. g4 Kf7 44. Kg2 Kg6 45. Be3 h5 46. f4 hxg4
47. hxg4 Rf6 48. Kf3 Rf7 49. Bc5 Rf6 50. Bb4 Rf7 51. Ke4 Rb7
52. Bc5 Rb3 53. Be3 Rb4+ 54. Ke5 Kf7 55. Kf5 Rb5+ 56. Ke4 Kf6
57. Bd2 Rc5 58. Be1 Rc4+ 59. Kf3 Rc5 60. Bh4+ Kg6 61. Be7 Ra5
62. Kg3 Kf7 63. Bd6 Kg6 64. Kh4 Ra1 65. Bc5 Rd1 66. f5+ Kf6
67. Be3 Rh1+ 68. Kg3 Rb1 69. Bc5 Rb5 70. Bd4+ Kg5 71. Be3+ Kf6
72. Bd4+ Kg5 73. Be3+ Kf6 74. Bd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[EventDate "2018.10.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4 Nd3+
7.Ke2 Nf4+ 8.Kf1 Ne6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Bxe6 Bxe6 11.Nxd4 Nc6
12.Nxe6 Qxd1+ 13.Nxd1 fxe6 14.Bd2 e5 15.f3 e6 16.Be3 Bb4
17.Nf2 Ba5 18.Ke2 Bb6 19.Rhd1 Bxe3 20.Kxe3 Ke7 21.Rac1 Rhd8
22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Nd3 Kd6 24.Nc5 Rb8 25.h4 Nb4 26.a3 b6 27.Nxe6
Na2 28.Ra1 Kxe6 29.Rxa2 Rc8 30.Kd2 Rd8+ 31.Ke2 Rc8 32.b3 Rc1
33.Rd2 Ra1 34.a4 Rb1 35.Rd3 Rb2+ 36.Kf1 a6 37.Kg1 b5 38.Rd8
bxa4 39.bxa4 Ra2 40.Rh8 h6 41.Re8+ Kf6 42.Rb8 Rxa4 43.Rb6+ Kf7
44.h5 a5 45.Ra6 Ra2 46.Kh2 a4 47.Kh3 a3 48.g3 Ra1 49.Kg4 a2
50.Kf5 Rf1 51.Rxa2 Rxf3+ 52.Kxe5 Rxg3 53.Ra7+ Kg8 54.Kd6 g6
55.Ra8+ Kf7 56.Ra7+ Kg8 57.Ra8+ Kf7 58.Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3
g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Nc6 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. e4 Bg4 13. d5 Ne5 14. c4 b6 15. Nxe5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxe5
17. f4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 e6 19. e5 exd5 20. cxd5 Qd7 21. Qc4 Rad8
22. d6 Rfe8 23. Bb2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Qe6 25. Qa4 Qd7 26. Qa6 f6
27. Re2 Re6 28. a4 Qf7 29. Rd2 fxe5 30. fxe5 Qg7 31. d7 Rxe5
32. Qxa7 Qf6 33. Kg1 Qc6 34. Rb1 Re7 35. Qxb6 Qxb6 36. Rxb6
Rexd7 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. a5 c4 39. a6 c3 40. Rc6 Ra7 41. h3 c2
42. Rxc2 Rxa6 43. Kh2 Ra7 44. Rc1 Kg7 45. Rc2 Kg8 46. Rc1 Kg7
47. Rc2 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4
Bxh4 12. Re1 b6 13. g4 Be7 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Kc8 16. Ne2
Re8 17. Nf4 Bf8 18. Bc1 g6 19. Re2 Bg7 20. Rde1 Kb7 21. e6
fxe6 22. Nxe6 Bf6 23. c3 c5 24. Bf4 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Rf8 26. R1e4
Rf7 27. g5 Bd8 28. h4 b5 29. c4 bxc4 30. Be3 Rb8 31. Bxc5 Kc8
32. Bd4 Rb5 33. Rc6 Kd7 34. Rxc4 c6 35. a4 Rb3 36. Bxa7 Rxb2
37. Bd4 Rd2 38. Be3 Rd5 39. Rb4 Bc7 40. Kg2 Rf8 41. Rb7 c5
42. a5 Kc6 43. a6 Ra8 44. Re6+ Bd6 45. Rxh7 Rxa6 46. Rxg6 c4
47. Rg8 Rf5 48. g6 Be5 49. g7 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Ne5 6. Be2
Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. Nd2 Qc7
12. Re1 Bd7 13. a4 a6 14. b4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfc8 16. h3 b5
17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Nb3 Qc2 19. d5 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 Rc4 21. Na5
Rxb4 22. Rdc1 Ra4 23. Nc6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Kf8 25. g3 Bd3 26. Bg5
h6 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Ra3 Bb5 29. Bg4 Bd8 30. h4 Bb6 31. Rf3
Be2 32. Rb3 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Bxg4 34. Ra3 Bd7 35. Na5 Ke7
36. Rc3 Rc8 37. Rb3 Bb5 38. Rb2 Rc3 39. Nb3 g6 40. g4 Rh3
41. Nd2 Rxh4 42. Kg3 Rh1 43. Rc2 Kd7 44. Nf3 Rb1 45. Nd2 Rb4
46. Kf3 a5 47. Ke3 a4 48. Ra2 Ke7 49. Ra1 Bd7 50. Kf3 h5
51. gxh5 gxh5 52. Ra3 f5 53. exf5 Bxf5 54. Nf1 Be4+ 55. Ke2
Bxd5 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Bb3 Ne7 6. c3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 Nd7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 c5 11. Ng3 Qc7
12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. Bh6 Na5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1
Nxb3 17. axb3 Nf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Ng8 20. Ng5 Rcd8
21. Qf4 Rd5 22. c4 Rd7 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Rd6 Rxd6 25. exd6 Rxd6
26. Nxf7 Rd7 27. Ne5 Rd4 28. Qg5 Qe7 29. Nf3 Qxg5 30. Nxg5 Bc8
31. Nxe6+ Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Re4 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. Re2
Rd3 36. Re3 Rd2 37. Re2 Rd4 38. Ne4 h6 39. Kg3 Ne7 40. Kf3 Nf5
41. g3 Rd3+ 42. Kf4 Rxb3 43. g4 Nxh4 44. Nd6+ Kf6 45. Ne8+ Kf7
46. Nd6+ Kf8 47. Ke5 Ke7 48. f4 Nf3+ 49. Kd5+ Kd7 50. Nf7 Nd4
51. Rh2 Rd3 52. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Ne5 6. Be2
Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d4 Be7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Nd2
Be6 12. Be2 Bc7 13. f3 Ke7 14. a4 h5 15. h4 Rhd8 16. Nc4 Ne8
17. Be3 b6 18. Bf2 f6 19. O-O g6 20. Rfc1 Nd6 21. Ne3 f5
22. Nd5+ Bxd5 23. exd5 c4 24. Be3 Kd7 25. Rab1 Rf8 26. b3 f4
27. Bf2 e4 28. fxe4 Rae8 29. bxc4 Nxe4 30. c5 Nxc3 31. Rxc3
Rxe2 32. d6 Bd8 33. c6+ Kc8 34. a5 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Rf5 36. c7
Bxh4+ 37. Kf3 Rd5 38. axb6 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bb5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 Qc4 11. a5 Qe4+
12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Bc7 14. c4 Ne7 15. Bg5 Nbc6 16. Bxe7
Kxe7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nc3 Rhd8 19. Rhd1 d4 20. Nb5 Bxe5
21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxd4 Rac8 23. a6 bxa6 24. Rxa6 Ke8 25. Ra5
f6 26. f4 Ng6 27. g3 Rd7 28. Nf5 Rc2+ 29. Ke1 Rdc7 30. Rd2
Rc1+ 31. Ke2 Ne7 32. Nd6+ Kf8 33. Nb5 Rc8 34. Rxa7 Nc6 35. Rb7
Re8+ 36. Kf3 Nd8 37. Rc7 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Rb1 39. Nd6 Re7 40. Rxe7
Kxe7 41. Nf5+ Ke8 42. Nxg7+ Ke7 43. Nf5+ Ke8 44. Re2+ Kf8
45. Nd6 Nc6 46. b5 Nd4 47. Re8+ Kg7 48. Re7+ Kg6 49. g4 Rb2+
50. Kf1 h5 51. h3 Nf3 52. Nf5 hxg4 53. hxg4 Nh2+ 54. Ke1 Nxg4
55. Nd6 Nh2 56. Re2 Rb1+ 57. Kd2 Nf3+ 58. Kc3 Kh5 59. Rb2 Rxb2
60. Kxb2 Kg4 61. b6 Nd4 62. Kc3 Nc6 63. f5 Kf4 64. Kc4 Ke5
65. Kc5 Nd8 66. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 Bb7
12. Qd2 e6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. f3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qd6 16. Bh6 Bxh6
17. Qxh6 Na5 18. Bd3 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qd2 e5 21. d5 Nc4
22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qe3 Rc2 24. a3 Ba6 25. Ng3 Qc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5
27. d6 Rc8 28. a4 Bc4 29. a5 bxa5 30. d7 Rd8 31. Rc1 Be6
32. Ra1 Rxd7 33. Rxa5 f6 34. Nf1 Rd1 35. Kf2 a6 36. Ne3 Rd2+
37. Kg1 Rd6 38. h4 Kf7 39. g4 Bd7 40. g5 Bb5 41. Kf2 Ke6
42. gxf6 Kxf6 43. Nd5+ Kf7 44. Nc7 Rb6 45. Ke3 h6 46. Kf2 h5
47. Kg3 Be2 48. Kf2 Bb5 49. Kg3 Be2 50. Kf2 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
h4 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. g4 hxg3 19. fxg3 Bd5 20. g4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4
Ne7 22. e6 f5 23. Re5 Nd5 24. Rxf5 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxe6 26. Rdf1
Kd7 27. Rf7+ Re7 28. h4 Rh8 29. h5 Ke8 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Kg2
g6 32. hxg6 Rg8 33. Rf7+ Ke6 34. Rxc7 Rxg6 35. Kg3 Rg5 36. Kh4
Rc5 37. g5 Rxc3 38. g6 Rxc2 39. Kg5 Rg2+ 40. Kh6 Rh2+ 41. Kg7
Ra2 42. Kf8 Rxa3 43. Rxb7 Rf3+ 44. Rf7 Rb3 45. Rc7 Rb8+
46. Kg7 Kd5 47. Rxa7 c5 48. Kf7 c4 49. g7 c3 50. Rc7 Kd4
51. Rxc3 Kxc3 52. g8=Q Rxg8 53. Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 b6
12. Bg5 c5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 16. Rd3 Be7
17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Ke7 21. Kf1
h4 22. f4 f6 23. Ne4 Ke6 24. Nd6 Ne7 25. f5+ Nxf5 26. Nxf5
Kxf5 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Rd7 Ra8 29. Rc7 Rd8 30. Ke2 Re8+
31. Kf1 Rd8 32. Ke2 Re8+ 33. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3
g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bc6 11. Ba3 cxd4
12. cxd4 Re8 13. Ne5 Qa5 14. Qb3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc4
Rf8 17. f4 Qe4 18. Rf2 Nd7 19. Rd1 b5 20. Be2 Qa4 21. Qxa4
bxa4 22. Rc1 Bd5 23. Ba6 Rab8 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Bxe7 Rfe8
26. Bd6 Rb6 27. Bf1 Bf5 28. Bc7 Rb7 29. Ba6 Rb4 30. Ba5 Rbb8
31. Bc7 Rb4 32. Ba5 Rbb8 33. h3 h5 34. Bc7 Rb4 35. Ba5 Rbb8
36. Bc7 Rb4 37. Bd6 Rb6 38. Bc8 Nf6 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Be5 Ne4
41. Rd7 a6 42. Bd4 Rbb8 43. Rc6 Re6 44. Rcc7 Rf8 45. Rd5 Ng3
46. Kf2 h4 47. Kf3 a3 48. Rdd7 Ne4 49. Rd5 Ng3 50. Rdd7 Ne4
51. Ke2 Rg6 52. Kf1 Rb8 53. Rb7 Rc8 54. Rdc7 Rc6 55. Rxc6 Rxc6
56. Rb8+ Kh7 57. Rh8+ Kg6 58. Rg8+ Kh6 59. Rh8+ Kg6 60. Rg8+
Kh6 61. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. b3 Nxc3 10. dxc3 b6 11. Rd1 Qc7
12. e4 Bb7 13. g3 Rad8 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. h4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8
17. e5 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Bd8 19. Bd3 h6 20. Be4 Bc7 21. Qd3 Ne7
22. h5 Bc6 23. c4 Qa8 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. g4 Qa8 26. Kg2 g5
27. Qd7 Qd8 28. Qxd8+ Bxd8 29. Bd2 Nc6 30. Bc3 Bc7 31. Kf1 f6
32. exf6 Kf7 33. Ke2 e5 34. Kd3 Kxf6 35. Ke4 Ke6 36. Nd2 Nb8
37. Kd3 Nd7 38. Ne4 Nf6 39. Nxf6 Kxf6 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. b4 Bd6
42. b5 Bc7 43. a4 Bd6 44. a5 Bc7 45. a6 Bd6 46. Bd2 Be7
47. Ba5 Bd8 48. Bc3 Bc7 49. f3 Bd6 50. Be1 Bb8 51. Bd2 Bd6
52. Be3 Be7 53. Bc1 Bd6 54. Bd2 Be7 55. Ba5 Bd8 56. Be1 Be7
57. Bf2 Bd6 58. Bg3 Bc7 59. Be1 Bd6 60. Bd2 Be7 61. Be3
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3
g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bc6 11. Ba3 cxd4
12. cxd4 Re8 13. Ne5 Qa5 14. Nxc6 Qxa3 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5
e6 17. Rb1 Nc6 18. Rxb7 Qxa2 19. f4 Red8 20. Qe1 Rab8 21. Rxb8
Rxb8 22. Bf3 Ne7 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Qd3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rd1
Rc5 27. Qd4 Qc4 28. Ra1 a5 29. h3 Qxd4 30. exd4 Rc4 31. Rxa5
Rxd4 32. g3 h5 33. h4 Rd2 34. Ra7 d4 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Rd8 Rd1+
37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Rd3+ 41. Kf2
Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6
12. Ne2 g5 13. Bg2 h6 14. c3 Bf8 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Nf1 Bg7
17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Ne7 19. Nc1 Nf5 20. Bd2 b6 21. Nd3 f6
22. Qb3 c6 23. a4 Nd6 24. Qd1 Bg4 25. f3 Bf5 26. Nf2 Nc4
27. b3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Re8 29. Qc1 Nxd2 30. Qxd2 Qe7 31. Bf1
Qd6 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Qe6 35. Qxe6+ Bxe6
36. Nd1 Bf8 37. Kf2 f5 38. f4 Kf7 39. Ne3 Kf6 40. Ng2 Ba3
41. Ke2 Bf7 42. Kd2 Bd6 43. Ke3 Bh5 44. Be2 Bf7 45. Bd3 Bh5
46. Be2 Bf7 47. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3
g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bc6 11. Ba3 cxd4
12. cxd4 Re8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Bb4 Qf5 16. Bd3 Qh5
17. e4 e6 18. h3 Rad8 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Bd2 a4 21. Qb1 Rc8
22. Be2 Bf6 23. Rcd1 Red8 24. Ng5 Qh4 25. g3 Qh6 26. Nxf7 Qxh3
27. Bf1 Qh5 28. Be2 Qh3 29. Bg4 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.10"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Liam Vrolijk"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Nd2 Qe8 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 c5 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 Rfc8 15. Bd3 Qf8
16. Re1 Nh5 17. Nb1 f5 18. N1c3 f4 19. Be2 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bg4 Rd8 22.
Be6+ Kh7 23. Qg4 Be8 24. Na4 h5 25. Qh3 Qg7 26. Nb6 Rab8 27. Qc3 Nc7 28. Na7 Bf7
29. Bxf7 Qxf7 30. Qxa5 f3 31. b4 Na6 32. Nb5 fxg2 33. bxc5 Bh4 34. Re2 Qf3 35.
Rae1 Nxc5 36. Qc3 Nd3 37. Qd2 Rf8 38. Nd7 Nxf2 39. Nxf8+ Rxf8 0-1


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.10"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Quinten Ducarmon"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Rd1 O-O 10. d4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. Nc4 Qd5 14. Qb3 Nb6 15.
a4 Rfd8 16. a5 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qh5 18. Re1 Rd7 19. c3 Rad8 20. Re5 Qh4 21. Bg5 1-0


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.10"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "David Klein"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h5 14. Kg2 c5 15.
Nc3 b6 16. Be3 Kb7 17. Rd2 f6 18. Ne6 fxe5 19. f5 hxg4 20. hxg4 Bc6+ 21. Kg3 Ng8
22. Bg5 Bd6 23. Rad1 Rh7 24. Nd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxd8 e4+ 26. Rxd6 cxd6 27. Rxd6 Nh6
28. Re6 Bd7 29. Rxe4 Kc8 30. Bg5 Nf7 31. Bf4 Kd8 32. Re1 Bc6 33. g5 Rh8 34. g6
Nh6 35. Bg5+ Kc8 36. Kf4 Ng8 37. Ne4 Rh2 38. Ke5 Rxc2 39. Ke6 Rg2 40. Kf7 Bxe4
41. Rxe4 Rxg5 42. Kxg7 Rxf5 43. Kxg8 Rf2 44. g7 Rxb2 45. Rg4 Rf2 46. Kh7 Rf7 47.
Kh6 Rxg7 48. Rxg7 a6 49. Kg5 1-0


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.10"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wouter Spoelman"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 O-O 8.
Bb2 Re8 9. a3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Bb5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Rad8 14. O-O-O
a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rhg1 g6 17. Rg4 Rd6 18. h4 Re6 19. Rdg1 Nf6 20. Rg5 h6 21.
R5g2 Kh7 22. f4 e4 23. f5 gxf5 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Qd1 Rf8 26. f4 exf3 27. Qxf3
Qc5+ 28. Kb1 Qd5 29. Qg3 1-0


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.17"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Inna Agrest"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Qd3 Bd6 7. Be3 Qa5+
8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. Qe4 Rfe8 13. Qh4 Nf8 14. Bd3
Ng6 15. Qh5 c5 16. d5 Bd7 17. g4 b5 18. Rhg1 c4 19. Bf5 b4 20. c3 Rab8 21. Nd4
Be5 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Nc6 bxc3 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 25. Bc1 Rxb2+ 26. Bxb2 Qb5 0-1


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.17"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Dmitrij Kollars"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Re1 Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. c3 Qd7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. b4 a6 12. Bb2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15.
Qb3 Nd8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Ra4 18. d5 c6 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Qc3 Qf7 21. Nd4 d5
22. Nc2 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nd5 24. Qe5 Bf8 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 c5 27. bxc5 Rc4 28.
Qd2 Ne6 29. Ne3 Rxc5 30. h3 Nf4 31. Kh2 Rc6 32. Be5 Ng6 33. Bg3 b4 34. Rb1 Rc8
35. Qd1 Re8 36. Nc2 Re4 37. Qd2 Qc4 38. Ne3 Qd4 39. Qa2+ Kh7 40. Rd1 Qf6 41. Nd5
Qe6 42. Qb1 Kg8 43. Qd3 h5 44. h4 Ne5 45. Qb1 Ng4+ 46. Kh1 Re2 47. Nf4 Qa2 48.
Nxe2 Qxe2 49. Qb3+ Kh7 50. Qd3+ Qxd3 51. Rxd3 Bc5 52. f3 Nf2+ 53. Bxf2 Bxf2 54.
Rd5 Kh6 55. Rb5 Bxh4 56. Rxb4 Be7 57. Rb6+ g6 58. Rc6 Kg5 59. Kg1 Kf5 60. Kf2
Bh4+ 61. g3 Bf6 62. Rc5+ Ke6 63. Ke3 Be7 64. Rb5 Kf6 65. Ke4 Bd8 66. f4 Bc7 67.
Rc5 Bd8 68. Rc6+ Kf7 69. Ra6 Be7 70. f5 gxf5+ 71. Kxf5 h4 72. g4 Bc5 73. g5 Bg1
74. Rh6 Bf2 75. Rh7+ Kg8 76. Kg6 Bg3 77. Rg7+ Kf8 78. Rf7+ Kg8 79. Rf3 Be5 80.
Re3 Bf4 81. Re8# 1-0


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.17"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 Nc6 7. h5 e5 8. Nb3
Be6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. h6 g6 11. Qd2 b5 12. Rd1 b4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bg5 15.
Nc7+ Qxc7 16. Qxg5 Ne7 17. Bd3 Nc8 18. Qf6 Rg8 19. O-O g5 20. Rc1 Qe7 21. Qxe7+
Nxe7 22. c3 bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rg6 24. Na5 Rxh6 25. Rd1 d5 26. Rc5 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8
28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Bxa6 Rxa6 30. Rxd5 f6 31. a3 Be6 32. Rc5 Kd7 33. Kf1 h5 34. b4
h4 35. f3 Rd6 36. Ke2 g4 37. fxg4 Bxg4+ 38. Ke3 Rd1 39. b5 Rb1 40. Nc4 Rb3+ 41.
Ke4 Be6 42. Nb6+ Kd6 43. Rc6+ Ke7 44. Rc7+ Kd6 45. Rc6+ Ke7 46. Rc7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.17"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nf3
b5 15. Qh4 Bb7 16. O-O-O h6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc8 19. Rd4 Nf6 20. Qe5 Qxe5
21. Nxe5 Ke7 22. Re1 Rc7 23. Kc2 Rhc8 24. a4 Nd7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Ra1 b4 29. Ra7+ Ke8 30. Ra4 bxc3 31. bxc3 Ke7 32. c4 e5 33. Kd3
Rd8+ 34. Ke3 Rd1 1/2-1/2


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.21"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laura Unuk"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Bf4 d6 10. Qd2 c5 11. d5 Nd7 12. a4 a6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Bxf3 15.
exf3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. cxb5 Rb8 18. Ra4 Rxb5 19. Rh4 Nf6 20. g4 Rxb2 21. f4
Rb3 22. g5 Nh5 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24. Be4 f5 25. g6 hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8
28. Kh1 Rg3 29. hxg3 fxe4 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qxh5+ Kg7 32. Kg2 Qe8 33. Qg5+ Qg6
34. Qxe7+ Rf7 35. Qh4 Qf6 36. Qg4+ Qg6 37. Qh4 Qf6 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. g4 Rb7 40.
Re1 Rb4 41. Kg3 Rd4 42. Kg2 c4 43. Re3 Rxd5 44. Rxe4 c3 45. Re1 Rd3 46. Rc1 d5
47. Kf1 d4 48. Ke2 Rd2+ 49. Kf3 c2 50. Ke4 d3 51. g5+ Kg7 52. Ra1 Rd1 53. Ra7+
Kf8 54. Ra8+ Ke7 55. Ra7+ Kd6 56. g6 c1=Q 57. g7 Qc4+ 58. Kf5 Qe6+ 59. Kg5 Rg1+ 0-1


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.21"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Jure Skoberne"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. g3 f5 8.
Nc3 Bf6 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Rhg1 Kh8 14. Ne5
Bxg2 15. Rxg2 Nd7 16. f4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Qc4 a5 19. Rgd2 Rfd8 20. a3 a4
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nxa4 Nxa4 24. Qxa4 Qd5 25. b4 Qh1+ 26. Kb2
Qxh2 27. Qb3 b5 28. Qd3 c6 29. Kb3 Qg1 30. c4 Kg7 31. cxb5 cxb5 32. a4 bxa4+ 33.
Kxa4 h5 34. b5 Qf2 35. Ka5 Qa7+ 36. Kb4 Qf2 37. Qc3 Qg1 38. Ka4 Qf2 39. Kb3 Qg1
40. Kb4 Qf2 41. Qd3 Qg1 42. Qd8 Qe1+ 43. Kc5 Qc3+ 44. Kb6 Qxg3 45. Ka6 h4 46. b6
Qa3+ 47. Kb5 Qb3+ 48. Ka5 Qa3+ 49. Kb5 Qb3+ 50. Ka5 1/2-1/2


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.21"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Matej Sebenik"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Na5 11. h4 h5 12. Bh6 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 e5
15. Nde2 b5 16. g4 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qf6 19. gxh5 Qxf3 20. hxg6 Qxh1+ 21.
Kd2 Qxd5+ 22. Ke3 Qc5+ 23. Kd2 Qd5+ 24. Ke3 Qc5+ 25. Kd2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.21"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luka Lenic"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Rfxd1 h6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rfd8 14. Nd5 Ne8
15. Rac1 a5 16. c5 a4 17. Be2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. c6 b6 20. Bd3 Ra5 21. Rc4 f5
22. f3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Be5 24. Rc2 Kg7 25. Rf1 Ra7 26. Rf3 Nd6 27. g3 Rf8 28. Rxf8
Kxf8 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. h4 Nf7 31. Bc4 Ra5 32. Nb4 Bd6 33. Nd3 Ne5 34. Nxe5 Rxe5
35. Bd5 b5 36. Rf2 Re7 37. Rf3 h5 38. b3 a3 39. Rd3 Bc5 40. Rf3 b4 41. Kh3 Bd6
42. Kg2 g5 43. hxg5 Kg6 44. Rf5 d3 45. Kf3 d2 46. Ke2 Bxg3 47. Kxd2 h4 48. Ke2
h3 49. Kf3 Bd6 50. Kg4 h2 51. Rf6+ Kg7 52. Rf1 Be5 53. Kh5 Bd4 54. e5 Rxe5 55.
Bh1 Be3 56. Re1 Rxg5+ 57. Kh4 Rg1 58. Rxe3 Rxh1 59. Kh3 Ra1 60. Kxh2 Rxa2+ 61.
Kg3 0-1


[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kalle Kiik"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Nd2 cxd4
7. exd4 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nb3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6
12. h3 d5 13. c5 Ne7 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Bh2 Bd7 16. Re1 Nh7
17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Re6 19. Rab1 Nf6 20. Qg3 Rc8 21. Nd2 b6
22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rb3 Ra8 24. a3 Qf8 25. c4 Rc8 26. Rc3 dxc4
27. Rxc4 Ra8 28. a4 Qd8 29. Rec1 Nd5 30. Qb3 e3 31. Nf3 Ngf4
32. Bxf4 Nxf4 33. fxe3 Ne2+ 34. Kf2 Nxc1 35. Rxc1 Rc8 36. Rxc8
Qxc8 37. d5 Rd6 38. e4 Qc5+ 39. Qe3 Qc2+ 40. Kg1 Qxa4 41. Nd4
g6 42. Kh2 h5 43. Qf4 Rd7 44. Nc6 Qa3 45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. Qxb6
Qd6+ 47. Kh1 Qf4 48. Qb2+ f6 49. Qb1 Qe3 50. Qb4 Qc1+ 51. Kh2
Qf4+ 52. Kh1 Kh7 53. Qb1 Rc7 54. Qb8 Qd6 55. Qb6 Re7 56. Qb1
Rf7 57. Qb3 Rg7 58. g3 Qc5 59. Kg2 Qc1 60. Qb4 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.23"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Abhimanyu Puranik"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bd2 Rb8
12. a4 Be6 13. b3 Qb6 14. Rab1 Rfc8 15. e4 Qc5 16. h3 Nd7
17. Rfc1 Qd4 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qd3 21. Bf1
Qxe2 22. Bxe2 b6 23. Kg2 f5 24. Be3 Kf7 25. g4 Be5 26. f4 Bf6
27. Kf3 h5 28. gxh5 gxh5 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Bd3 Rg8 31. Bxf5
Rg7 32. Be6+ Kf8 33. Ke4 a5 34. Rg1 Bd4 35. Rg5 Rxg5 36. fxg5
Kg7 37. Bf5 Be5 38. Ke3 Bd4+ 39. Kd3 Be5 40. Ke4 Bd4 41. h4
Be5 42. Rf1 Rxb3 43. Bd7 Rc3 44. Bb5 Rh3 45. Kf5 Rxh4 46. Ke6
Re4 47. Kxe7 h4 48. Rh1 Kg6 49. Kd7 Kxg5 50. Kc7 Kf6 51. Rf1+
Ke7 52. Kb6 Bc3 53. Rf3 Bd2 54. Rf2 Be1 55. Rf3 Re2 56. Ba6
Rb2+ 57. Bb5 Re2 58. Ba6 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.24"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Kolade Onabogun"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d3 Be7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nc3 Na6 11. e4 Nb4 12. Qe2
Bg6 13. Nh4 Bh5 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Rfe8 16. Nf5 Nc2 17. Rb1
Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Rd1 Qe5 20. Bf4 Qe6 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Re1 Qd7 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Rbc1 g5 26. Rc7
Bf6 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Be3 d4 29. Bd2 Re7 30. Rc5 h6 31. Kg2
Kg7 32. Kf3 Kg6 33. h3 Be5 34. Bb4 Re8 35. Rd5 b6 36. Rd7 a5
37. Re7 Rxe7 38. Bxe7 f5 39. Bd8 a4 40. Bxb6 h5 41. b3 axb3
42. axb3 g4+ 43. hxg4 hxg4+ 44. Ke2 Kf6 45. f4 gxf3+ 46. Kxf3
Ke6 47. b4 Kd5 48. b5 Bb8 49. Bd8 Bd6 50. b6 Kc6 51. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.25"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniele Vocaturo"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. O-O Nc5 9. Qe1 Be7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5
12. Bg3 e5 13. Nf3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Be6 15. Nd2 b5 16. f3 O-O
17. Nd1 Nh5 18. Ne3 Ng7 19. Bf2 f5 20. c4 Qd7 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. cxd5 f4 23. b4 Rfc8 24. Nb3 Bd8 25. Qd2 Rc4 26. Rfc1 g4
27. Qd3 Rac8 28. fxg4 Rxb4 29. h3 Ne8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Rc1
Qd7 32. Rc6 Nf6 33. Nd2 Rxb2 34. Rxa6 Qc7 35. Rc6 Qa5 36. Rc2
Rxc2 37. Qxc2 Kg7 38. Kh2 Bb6 39. Nb3 Qa7 40. Bh4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.26"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "5.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5
7. g4 O-O 8. g5 Nd5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qe4 Bd7 12. Ne5
Bxg5 13. Rg1 Ra7 14. Qg4 b5 15. Ne4 f5 16. Qxg5 Qxg5 17. Rxg5
bxc4 18. Nxc5 Bc8 19. Ke2 cxb3 20. Rag1 Rd8 21. axb3 a5
22. Rxg7+ Rxg7 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nc6+ Kf8 25. Nxd8 Ke7
26. Ndb7 N8a6 27. Bc3 Nxc5 28. Nxc5 Kd6 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. d4
e5 31. Kd3 Kd5 32. f4 e4+ 33. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. c3 Nc6
7. Bc4 e5 8. O-O Qe7 9. b4 h6 10. Bh4 exd4 11. exd4 Bf5 12. b5
Na5 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Bf1 a6 15. bxa6 bxa6 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3
a5 18. Nd2 g5 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qf3 Be6 22. h3
Bd5 23. Qf5 Qc6 24. Qd3 a4 25. c4 Be4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxa4
Rxa4 28. bxa4 Nxg3 29. Qxg3 Bxd4 30. h4 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.28"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Aryan Tari"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 e5
7. e3 Bf5 8. Nge2 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 Qd7 11. f4 Rad8
12. d3 b6 13. N2c3 h6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. Nf2 Qc8
17. e4 Bd7 18. Qd2 f5 19. Rae1 Qc7 20. Nd1 Rf7 21. Ne3 exf4
22. gxf4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 fxe4 24. dxe4 Rdf8 25. e5 Rxf4 26. Rxf4
Rxf4 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Nc4 Rxc4 29. bxc4 Nf5 30. Bh3 Qf4
31. Qf6 Qd4+ 32. Qxd4 cxd4 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd3+
Kd6 36. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.29"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Qa5 11. O-O Qxa2
12. Ra1 Qb2 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Rfb1 Qc7 15. Qc4 b6 16. h3 Bd7
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Bc6 20. Rxa7 Rxa7
21. Bxa7 Nd7 22. Bd3 Ra8 23. Bd4 Ra3 24. Rc1 Bh6 25. Re1 Bf4
26. g3 Bd6 27. e5 Bc5 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Nb6
31. Rd3 Na4 32. e6 fxe6 33. Ng5 Rxc3 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Nxe6+
Kf6 36. Nf4 Kf7 37. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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. b4 Bxa2
12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Na7 18. a4 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. c4 d5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. cxb5 Nxb4 24. Nxe5 Qxb5 25. Qg4 Ra7 26. h4
Nc6 27. Bh6 Bf8 28. Nd7 f5 29. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2019.01.31"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Murali Karthikeyan"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Nf3
gxh4 13. Bxh4 Qa5 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. O-O Rg8 17. Nd5
Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Bh6 19. Rdd1 f6 20. c3 Bg5 21. Bg3 Bh6 22. Nh4
Kf7 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Rg5 25. Bc4 Na5 26. Bd3 Rcg8 27. Bf4
R5g7 28. Rfe1 Nc6 29. Be4 h4 30. f3 Bxf4 31. Nxf4 Nge5
32. Bd5+ Ke8 33. Bxg8 Nxf3+ 34. Kf2 Nxe1 35. Bd5 Rg5 36. Kxe1
Rxf5 37. Ng6 Rh5 38. Rd3 Rh6 39. Nf4 e5 40. Ne6 Ne7 41. Bxb7
Kd7 42. Nf8+ Kc7 43. Bxa6 d5 44. c4 f5 45. Bb5 f4 46. Ra3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Augustin Droin"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bg2 Qe5+ 11. Be3 Qxh2 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qd4 Nc6 14. Qd2 e5
15. Bf1 Be6 16. a3 Rd8 17. Qc3 Be7 18. Bd3 Bd5 19. Nd2 O-O 20. O-O-O b5 21. Bc5
Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 24. Rde1 Nc6 25. Rg3 g6 26. Ne4 Kg7 27. Nc5 Rfe8
28. Nxa6 Bc4 29. Nc7 Re7 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Nb5 Rb7 32. a4 Kf6 33. Rh3 Ra8 34.
Rxh7 Rxa4 35. Nd6 Rd7 36. Ne4+ Ke7 37. Kb1 Rda7 38. Kc1 Ra1+ 39. Kd2 Rd7+ 40.
Ke2 Nd4+ 41. Kf1 Rxe1+ 42. Kxe1 Nxc2+ 43. Ke2 Nd4+ 44. Ke3 Ne6 45. Nd2 Rd3+ 46.
Ke2 Nf4+ 47. Ke1 Rd4 48. Nf3 Nd3+ 49. Ke2 Rxg4 50. b3 cxb3 51. Nd2 b2 52. Kxd3
Rd4+ 0-1


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Sebastien Maze"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 Qc7
9. Na3 Kh8 10. Nc2 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Nd6 14. Ne3 Nxc4 15.
Qxc4 Na5 16. Qe4 Bf6 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Ba3 b6 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. Rd6
Ne7 22. Nd2 Nf5 23. Rd3 Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Ba6 25. c4 Nd4 26. Bb2 Rad8 27. Bxd4 cxd4
28. f3 b5 29. Rc1 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rc8 31. Nd2 Rc6 32. Ra3 Rb8 33. Ra4 Rb2 34. Nb3
d3 35. c5 f5 36. Rd1 Re6 37. Re1 e4 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. Raxe4 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 d2 41.
Nxd2 Rxd2 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Re7+ Kg6 44. Rxa7 Bc4 45. c6 Rc2 46. c7 Bd5 47. g3
Kf6 48. a4 Ke6 49. c8=Q+ Rxc8 50. Rxh7 Rc2 51. a5 Rg2+ 52. Kf1 Ra2 53. a6 Bc4+
54. Kg1 Bxa6 55. Rh4 Bb7 56. Rf4 Ke5 57. Rf2 Ra1+ 58. Rf1 Ra2 59. Rf2 Ra3 60.
Re2+ Kf5 61. Rf2+ Bf3 62. Rb2 Be4 63. Rf2+ Rf3 64. Rxf3+ Bxf3 1/2-1/2


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Lagarde"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. O-O Qxd2 14. Rxd2
Rac8 15. Rb1 Na5 16. Bd3 b6 17. Rb4 e6 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 Nc4 20. Rd3 Nd6 21.
Rb2 Nxe4 22. Ra3 Rc7 23. Bf4 Rd7 24. Kf1 Rc8 25. f3 Nf6 26. Ra6 Nd5 27. Bd2 e5
28. Rb3 exd4 29. Rd3 Rc4 30. Kf2 Rc2 31. Ke1 Rb2 32. a3 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Bf8 34.
Nxd4 Bc5 35. Kg3 Ne7 36. Rb3 Rxd4 37. Rxb1 Nf5+ 0-1


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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. a3 a6 11. h4 Bf6 12. Ng5 O-O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. g3 d5
15. Bh3 Kb8 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. f4 Na5 18. Bd4 Nc4 19. Qd3 Qb5 20. b3 Nxa3 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxe6 Qa5 23. Kb2 Rd6 24. Bxd5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxd5 26. Re8+ Ka7 27.
Qe3+ c5 28. Re4 Nxc2 29. Qe2 Qa1+ 30. Kxc2 Qa2+ 31. Kc1 Qa1+ 32. Kc2 Qa2+ 33.
Kc1 Qxb3 34. Qc2 Qa3+ 35. Kb1 Rd6 0-1


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sebastian Mihajlov"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. h4 Rad8 14. Rc1 b5 15.
Bxb5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qb6 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Qb3 Bxd4 20. Qxb6 Bxb6
21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rf2 Ra8 23. Rb2 Kg7 24. Kh2 h5 25. Rc6 Rda7 26. Rcxb6 Rxa2 1/2-1/2


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Johan Salomon"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. a3 a5
9. Nd5 O-O 10. Nec3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 a4 12. d3 Bd7 13. b4 axb3 14. Qxb3 Na5 15. Qb6
e4 16. Bd2 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Qxb6 18. Nxb6 Nb3 19. Ra2 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Bc6 21. Nxa8
Rxa8 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Rxa3 24. Rxd6 Ra4 25. e5 Rxc4 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rd8+
Kg7 28. Rd7+ Kf6 29. Rxb7 h5 30. h4 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 c4 32. Kf3 Kf5 33. Rb5+ Kf6 34.
Rc5 Rc2 35. e4 Rc3+ 36. Kf4 Rc2 37. f3 Rc3 38. e5+ Kf7 39. g4 hxg4 40. fxg4 Rc1
41. Kg5 c3 42. Rc7+ Ke8 43. Kxg6 Kd8 44. Rc4 c2 45. g5 Rh1 46. Rxc2 Rxh4 47. Kf6
Rg4 48. g6 1-0


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Johan-Sebastian Christiansen"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. g3 e5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bg2 h5 4. h3 d5 5. Bb2 Be6 6. d3 Qd7 7. Nd2 f6 8. e3 Nh6
9. Ne2 Be7 10. a3 O-O-O 11. b4 a6 12. Nb3 h4 13. g4 f5 14. g5 Bxg5 15. Nc5 Qf7
16. c4 Be7 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rg1 g5 21. Nc3 Qe6 22.
b5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rd8 24. Qa4 Kb8 25. O-O-O f4 26. exf4 gxf4 27. Rge1 Rd5 28. Kb1
Nf5 29. d4 e4 30. Nc3 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Nfxd4 32. Rxe4 Qf5 33. Qc4 Bf6 34. Ka2 Qxh3
35. Re8+ Bd8 36. Rxd8+ Nxd8 37. Qxd4 Qe6+ 38. Kb1 Nc6 39. Qh8+ Ka7 40. Qxh4 Qe1+
41. Kc2 Nd4+ 42. Kd3 Ne6 43. Qe7 Qf1+ 44. Ke4 Qc4+ 45. Ke5 Nd4 46. Kxf4 Ne2+ 47.
Kf3 Nd4+ 48. Kg2 Qg8+ 49. Kf1 Qc4+ 50. Ne2 Nc6 51. Qe3+ b6 52. f4 Kb7 53. Qf3
Ka7 54. f5 Qc2 55. Bc3 Qd1+ 56. Kf2 Ne7 57. f6 Ng6 58. f7 Qd6 59. Nd4 Qh2+ 60.
Kf1 Qd6 61. Nb5+ 1-0


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arturs Neiksans"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 b5 7. c4 g5 8. Nxg5
Ne5 9. Be2 bxc4 10. Nc3 Rg8 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Bh6 13. f4 Bxg5 14. fxg5 Bg4
15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nfd7 17. Bf4 c4 18. Rf1 e6 19. Rad1 Nd3 20. Be3 N7e5 21.
b3 Qa5 22. Na4 Rb8 23. Qc2 Ng4 24. Ba7 Qxg5 25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. Qc6+ Kf8 27. Qxd6+
Kg7 28. h3 Ne5 29. h4 Rbd8 30. Qc7 Qg3 31. Rxf7+ Kg6 32. h5+ Kxh5 33. Rxh7+ Kg6
34. Bf2 Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Qxc7 36. Rxc7 d2 37. Nb2 d1=Q+ 38. Nxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Ke2 Rd2+
40. Ke3 Rgd8 0-1


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.19"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Zaven Andriasian"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Bd7 5. O-O Nge7 6. d4 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Na3 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. dxe5 Bxe4 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Rfe1 d5 14. Nd4 Re8
15. f3 f6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Nc6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Nac2 Rd8
21. Rf1 Bg7 22. Qf4 Ne5 23. Qe4 Qd7 24. Ne3 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Qxc6 bxc6 27.
Nc4 Re8 28. Kf2 Re4 29. Nd2 Re5 30. Re1 Rb5 31. Nc4 Rf5+ 32. Ke2 h5 33. Rf1 Rc5
34. Rf4 Rd5 35. Re4 Kf7 36. h3 Kf6 37. Re8 Rg5 38. Ne3 Bh6 39. g4 Ra5 40. a3 Kf7
41. Re4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kf6 43. Nc4 Rd5 44. Rd4 Rxd4 45. cxd4 Ke6 46. Kd3 Kd5 47.
Nb6+ Kd6 48. Ke4 Bc1 49. Nc4+ Ke6 50. a4 g5 51. b3 Bf4 52. Na5 Kd6 53. Nb7+ Kc7
54. Nc5 a5 55. Ne6+ Kd6 56. Nxf4 1-0


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.19"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "182"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Ne7 8. Nf3
Nf5 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 h6 11. Qc2 Be6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Qf6
15. Qc2 Bb4 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. Nf4 Qd6 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Qf5 Qe7 20. Qc2 Bd6 21.
Nd3 h5 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Nd2 h4 24. gxh4 Rxh4 25. g3 Rhh8 26. a3 Nf6 27. Nf3 Ng4
28. Ka2 Qe4 29. Qe2 Qf5 30. Nd2 Nf6 31. Nb3 Ne4 32. g4 Qe6 33. Qf3 g6 34. Qg2
Qf6 35. f3 Ng5 36. f4 Ne4 37. Qc2 Qe6 38. g5 Rh3 39. Rxh3 Qxh3 40. Na5 Qd7 41.
Rh1 c5 42. dxc5 Bxc5 43. Qb3 Ka7 44. Rc1 b6 45. Ne5 Qe6 46. Nac6+ Rxc6 47. Nxc6+
Qxc6 48. Qd3 a5 49. b4 axb4 50. axb4 Qa4+ 51. Qa3 Qxa3+ 52. Kxa3 Bxe3 53. Rc7+
Kb8 54. Rxf7 d4 55. f5 gxf5 56. g6 Bh6 57. g7 Bxg7 58. Rxg7 d3 59. Kb2 Kc8 60.
Rf7 Nd6 61. Rf8+ Kd7 62. Kc3 Kc6 63. Kxd3 Kb5 64. Rf6 Nc4 65. Kc3 Ne3 66. Kb3
Nd5 67. Rxf5 Kc6 68. Rg5 b5 69. Rg1 Kb6 70. Rc1 Nc7 71. Rd1 Na6 72. Rd4 Kc6 73.
Kc3 Nc7 74. Kd3 Nd5 75. Ke4 Nc7 76. Ke5 Na6 77. Ke6 Nc7+ 78. Kf6 Na6 79. Ke5 Kc7
80. Kd5 Kb6 81. Kd6 Kb7 82. Rf4 Kb6 83. Kd5 Kb7 84. Rf6 Nxb4+ 85. Kc5 Na6+ 86.
Kxb5 Nc7+ 87. Kc5 Na6+ 88. Kd6 Kb6 89. Rf1 Kb5 90. Rb1+ Nb4 91. Rxb4+ Kxb4 1/2-1/2


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.19"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wojciech Moranda"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. h4 Nxg5 7. hxg5 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ c6 9. Qxc4 Be6 10. Qa4 Nd7 11. e3 O-O 12. Rh4 c5 13. Rd1 Nb6 14. Qc2 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. Qe4 Na4 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxa7 Nxb2 19. Rc1 e5 20. Nf3 Bc6 21.
Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd5 23. Nd2 Rfd8 24. Rc2 Nd3+ 25. Ke2 Rb2 26. Qc7 Nc1+ 27. Kd1
Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Nxa2 29. Bc4 Nc3+ 30. Qxc3 Qxe4 31. g3 Qg4+ 32. Ke1 Qxg5 33. Qb3
Qe7 0-1


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.19"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
e5 9. Re1 b5 10. Ne2 a6 11. c3 Re8 12. Ng3 c5 13. a4 c4 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. Qd2 Qc7
16. Rad1 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. axb5 Qb7 21. Ra1 Nc5
22. bxa6 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 Qxa6 24. Rd1 h5 25. Ne2 Nd3 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 d5 28.
Be3 Re5 29. Bd4 Rf5 30. g4 Rf3 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qxd5 Rxh3 33. Qe5+ Kh7 34. Qe7
Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kh7 36. Qe7 1/2-1/2


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.19"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
Qg4 Nf6 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 d5 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. O-O-O h6 13. f3 Nd7 14. Na4 e5
15. Be3 d4 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Kb1 a5 18. b3 O-O 19. Nb2 Nb6 20. a4 Rfb8 21. f4 Ba6
22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Rh5 Ba3 24. Nd3 exf4 25. Ka2 Bb4 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. gxf4 Nd7
28. Nc5 Ra7 29. Rxd4 Rb5 30. Rxd7 1-0


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.19"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Sevian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 fxg2 8.
cxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qd6 Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Bxb7 Rab8 14.
Bg2 Bf5 15. b3 Rhd8 16. Ba3 Nd7 17. Rac1 Rbc8 18. Rfd1 Ne5 19. Rxd8 Kxd8 20.
Rd1+ Ke8 21. Nb5 Bf8 22. Nxa7 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Bb2 Nd3 25. Bf6+ Kd7 26.
Nb5 Nc1 27. Nc3 Ke6 28. Bh4 Bg7 29. Na4 Bf8 30. Bd5+ Kd7 31. Bxf7 Nxa2 32. Bf6
Nc1 33. Nb6+ Kc6 34. Nd5 Nxb3 35. Ne7+ Bxe7 36. Bxe7 Kd7 37. Bf6 Nd2 38. Bc3 Ne4
39. Be1 Be6 40. Bxe6+ Kxe6 41. f3 Nd6 42. Kf2 Nxc4 43. Ke2 g5 44. h4 gxh4 45.
Bxh4 h5 46. e4 Nd6 47. Ke3 c4 48. f4 c3 49. Kd3 c2 1/2-1/2


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.28"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alvarado Diaz, Alejandro"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. d3 Na5 8. Bd2
Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bc6 10. Qe2 e6 11. e5 Ne7 12. Ne4 Nf5 13. Bc3 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Nxc5 d4 16. Bd2 O-O 17. O-O Rc8 18. Bb4 a5 19. Ba3 b5 20. b4 Ne3 21. Rfd1 Bxf3
22. Qxf3 Nxc2 23. Rac1 axb4 24. Nb7 Qb6 25. Bb2 d3+ 26. Kh1 Ne1 27. Qe4 Qf2 28.
Rxe1 d2 29. Nd6 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 dxe1=Q+ 0-1


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.28"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Diaz Camallonga, Carles"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. a3 Be7
9. b4 cxd4 10. cxd4 b5 11. Nc3 a5 12. bxa5 b4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Nb5 Rxa5 15. Bg5
Qb6 16. Rxa5 Qxa5 17. h4 h6 18. Be3 O-O 19. Qa1 Ra8 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Rb1 Nge7
22. g4 Bc8 23. Nd6 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. h5 Ra8 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Bf4 f6 28. exf6
gxf6 29. Nb5 Kg7 30. Nc7 Kf7 31. Bxh6 Bd6 32. Nb5 Bb8 33. Be3 Rg8 34. Kh3 f5 35.
g5 Rh8 36. h6 Ng6 37. Nc3 Nce7 38. Rb7 Bd6 39. Nb5 Bb8 40. Nh4 Re8 41. h7 Nf4+
42. Bxf4 Bxf4 43. Rxe7+ Kxe7 44. Ng6+ 1-0


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.28"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Asis Gargatagli, Hipolito"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 b5 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. a3 Be7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. h4 Re8 15.
Bd3 Nb6 16. Na5 Qc7 17. g4 hxg4 18. fxg4 d5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Ne4
Be7 22. Ng5 Bxa3 23. Nb3 Bb4 24. Qe2 a5 25. Bxb5 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 Qxc2+ 27. Ka1 Bc3
28. Rb1 Qxb3 29. Qa4 Qxa4+ 30. Bxa4 Bd4 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Nf3 Bb6 33. Rbd1 Nb4
34. Rd7 e4 35. Ng5 e3 36. Kb1 e2 37. Re1 f6 38. Nh3 Re3 39. Nf4 Re4 40. Ng6 Bf2
41. Re7 Rg4 42. h5 Kh7 43. R7xe2 Bxe1 44. Rxe1 Kh6 45. Rh1 Nc6 46. Rc1 Kxh5 0-1


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.28"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Forcen Esteban, Daniel"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 Nb6 8.
Nf3 Nbxd5 9. d4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Be7
15. Qb3 Nb6 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Qc2 Nbd5 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Bg3 Qc8 20. h3 Rd8 21.
Qe2 Bb4 22. Rc1 Bf5 23. Qc4 a5 24. Bh4 Be6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Qd2 a4 27. a3 Ba5 28.
Nc4 Bc7 29. Ne5 Qb8 30. Qd3 Qa7 31. Bg3 Rac8 32. Rcd1 Rcd8 33. Bh4 Ra8 34. Bg3
Qa6 35. Qb1 Ba5 36. Rc1 Rac8 37. Red1 Red8 38. Nxa4 Qb5 39. Nc5 Bb6 40. Nxb7 1-0


[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2019.03.01"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O h5 9. h3 b5 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rae1 Ne5 12. f4
Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. b3 Qd5 17. Rd1
Rc8 18. Qf2 Qb7 19. Rd2 Bb4 20. Re2 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. f5 e5
23. Qg3 d5 24. Ne6 Qf7 25. Bd2 Rg8 26. Qe3 Rxc2 27. Qb6 Qd7
28. Nc7+ Rxc7 29. Bxb4 Qc6 30. Qe3 a5 31. Bxa5 Qc5 32. Qxc5
Rxc5 33. Bb4 Rc6 34. Rb2 Kf7 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4 d4 37. a5 d3
38. Rff2 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rc2 40. a6 Ra8 41. g4 h4 42. Be1 Rxa6
43. Rd2 Ra1 44. Bxh4 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. h3 Bd7
12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f3 Qd7 15. a5 Qe6 16. Bd4 Nh5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 f5 19. Re1 Nf6 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Bd3 Qc5+
22. Qe3 Qb4 23. Qxe7+ Rf7 24. Qe3 Qxb2 25. Na4 Bxa4 26. Rxa4
Nd5 27. Qe6 Re7 28. Qxc8 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 Re7 30. Re4 Qf6 31. g3
Rc7 32. Qb8 Qc3 33. Qd8 Qf6 34. Re8 Re7 35. Rg8+ Kh6 36. Qf8+
Qxf8 37. Rxf8 Kg7 38. Rd8 Nb4 39. Rxd6 Nxc2 40. g4 Nb4 41. Bc4
Re4 42. Rd7+ Kh8 43. Rc7 Rxf4 44. Kg3 g5 45. Be6 h5 46. h4 Rf6
47. Re7 gxh4+ 48. Kxh4 Nc6 49. Kg5 Rf8 50. Rc7 hxg4 51. Kxg4
Nxa5 52. Kg5 Nc6 53. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2019.03.03"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yuriy Kryvoruchko"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. b3 a5 8. Bb2 a4 9. a3 axb3 10. cxb3 Nb8 11. e4 c5 12. exd5
exd5 13. d4 b6 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rad1
d4 18. Nc4 Re8 19. Ng5 Rc8 20. Qf5 h6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 g6
23. Qf3 Bf8 24. Bd5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rc7 26. h4 Na5 27. Bxb7
Rxb7 28. Nxa5 Qxa5 29. b4 Qa7 30. h5 g5 31. Re8 Rb8 32. Rxb8
Qxb8 33. Qd3 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sarah Hoolt"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 Bxb2 7. Nd2 Ne7 8. Rb1
Bg7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Nd6 b6 11. Ne2 Ba6 12. O-O Nc8 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Nc3 Ne5 15.
Nf5 gxf5 16. exf5 Ne7 17. f6 Bxf6 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21.
Qg5+ Ng6 22. h4 Qd8 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nh5+ Kh8 25. Qh6 Qe7 26. Rbe1 f5 27. Nf4
Bxf4 28. gxf4 Qxh4 29. Qxh4 Nxh4 30. Kf2 Ng6 31. Rh1 Bb7 32. Rh2 Kg7 33. Re3 Bd5
34. Reh3 Bg8 35. Rg2 Kf6 36. Rh6 b5 37. c4 bxc4 38. dxc4 Rb8 39. Kf3 Rb4 40. Rd2
Be6 41. Rxh7 Rxc4 42. Rd6 Rxf4+ 43. Kg3 Rg4+ 44. Kf2 Ke5 45. Ra6 Nf4 46. Rxa7
Rg2+ 47. Ke3 Re2+ 48. Kf3 Bd5+ 0-1


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Jonas Lampert"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 Nc6 7. Nd5 Nd4 8.
Nxe7 Nxe2 9. Nd5 Nd4 10. Na3 Ne6 11. f3 N4c5 12. d4 Nd7 13. c3 c6 14. Nf4 Nf6
15. Nc4 Be7 16. Kf2 O-O 17. Bd3 b5 18. Na5 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bd7 20. Rhe1 Rfe8 21.
Nb7 d5 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Rxe1 24. Kxe1 Ne8 25. Bc5 Nc7 26. a4 Ne6 27. axb5
Nxc5 28. dxc5 cxb5 29. Ra6 Kf8 30. Kd2 Ke7 31. Ke3 Kd8 32. Kd4 Kc7 33. Bxh7 g6
34. Rf6 Be8 35. Bg8 Kd7 36. Bxf7 Ke7 37. Bxd5 Rd8 38. Re6+ 1-0


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Arik Braun"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. a4 Nd7 8. a5 a6
9. Re1 f6 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Bg5 Qf7 12. Nh4 Nxh4 13. Bxh4 Bd6 14. c4 O-O 15. Nc3
Rae8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qd2 Bg6 18. Bf3 Bf4 19. Qd1 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 21. Qf1
Bh5 22. Bxh5 Qxh5 23. Bg3 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Nf6 25. Re1 Ng4 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qe2
Qxe2 28. Nxe2 Nf6 29. f3 h5 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Ke3 Ne8 32. Kd3 Nd6 33. Kc3 Nc4 34.
Nf4 g6 35. Nd3 g5 36. Nc5 Nd6 37. Kd3 Kf6 38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 Kf7 1/2-1/2


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jacek Tomczak"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Kh1 b5 11. Nc6 Qc7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Bb7 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qe3 O-O-O 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qc7 20. a4 b4 21. Ne2
Rg8 22. f3 Qe5 23. Qd2 Qg5 24. Nf4 a5 25. Bc4 Kb8 26. Qd6+ Ka8 27. Qc7 Qe5 28.
Qxa5+ Kb8 29. Ne2 Qe3 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Ka7 32. Qxf6 Nxa4 33. h3 Nb6 34.
Bd3 b3 35. Qd4 Qxd4 36. Nxd4 bxc2 37. Nxc2 Kb8 38. Kh2 Kc7 39. Kg3 Kd6 40. Kh4
Nd5 41. Be4 Ke5 42. Bxd5 exd5 43. Kh5 d4 44. Nxd4 Kxd4 45. Kxh6 Ke3 46. Kg5 Kf2
47. h4 Kxg2 48. h5 Kxf3 49. h6 Be4 50. b4 1-0


[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Be6 11. O-O-O Na7
12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. a4 Ra8 14. Kb1 Ne8 15. Nd5 Bg5 16. Qd3 Nc7
17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Be7 20. Rd3 f5 21. Nd2
Bc5 22. Re1 Bf2 23. Re2 Bg1 24. Rd6 Bf7 25. exf5 Bxh2 26. Ne4
Bg1 27. Ng5 Rfd8 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Bc4+ Kf8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8
31. Rxe5 b6 32. c3 Rd2 33. g4 Bc5 34. Re6 Rd6 35. Kc2 h6
36. Re4 Rd8 37. Bb5 Kf7 38. b4 axb4 39. cxb4 Bf2 40. Re6 Rc8+
41. Kb3 Bd4 42. Bc4 Kf8 43. Rd6 Bf2 44. f6 gxf6 45. Rxf6+ Kg7
46. Rf7+ Kg6 47. Rf5 Rd8 48. a5 bxa5 49. bxa5 Rd1 50. a6 Rb1+
51. Kc2 Ra1 52. Bd3 Kg7 53. Bb5 Ra5 54. Kb3 Ra1 55. Kc4 Rc1+
56. Kd5 Rc5+ 57. Ke6 Rc7 58. Rd5 Rc1 59. Bd3 Ra1 60. Rd7+ Kf8
61. Kf6 Bh4+ 62. Kg6 Ke8 63. Bb5 Rxa6+ 64. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jorden van Foreest"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Be6 8. d5 Bc8 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O cxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7
12. Rd1 Nb6 13. Qb3 Ne8 14. Be3 Nd6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Bd4 Rc8
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Rac1 Ne4 20. Bf3 Nc5 21. Qb4 Qd6
22. Ng4 Nd3 23. Qd4+ e5 24. Qe3 Nxc1 25. Nb5 Qd8 26. Nxa7 Ra8
27. Nb5 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Nxa2 29. d6 Ra5 30. Qxe5+ Qf6 31. Qe2
Rd8 32. Bxb7 Nb4 33. Nc7 Re5 34. Qd2 N4d5 35. Bxd5 Rxd6 36. g5
Qe7 37. Qc3 Kg8 38. Qc5 Rdxd5 0-1

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Matej Sebenik"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nh6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 f6 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf8 11. Bb5 Nf5
12. O-O Nc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qd2 c5 15. dxc5 d4 16. Ne4 Bb7
17. Rfe1 Qd5 18. Qd3 h6 19. Bf4 g5 20. Bh2 a5 21. Nfd2 a4
22. b4 axb3 23. axb3 Qc6 24. b4 Ba6 25. Rxa6 Qxa6 26. b5 Qa2
27. b6 e5 28. b7 Ra3 29. Qc4+ Qxc4 30. Nxc4 Ra4 31. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 a5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Nc4 Nxc4
12. Bxc4 Qf6 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Qf3 Rad8 15. g4 Bc8 16. Qxf6 gxf6
17. Ne4 Be7 18. h3 Be6 19. Be3 Rd7 20. Kg2 Rfd8 21. Bb5 Bb3
22. Rfc1 Bd5 23. Kf1 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Rd6 25. Ke2 b6 26. h4 Kg7
27. Rh1 h6 28. Bc4 Nb8 29. Bb3 Nd7 30. Rad1 Nc5 31. Rxd6 Bxd6
32. Bc2 Ne6 33. Rd1 Nf4+ 34. Kf3 Ng6 35. h5 Nf4 36. Bb3 Kf8
37. Bc4 Ke7 38. b3 Bc5 39. Rxd8 Kxd8 40. Bd2 Ke7 41. b4 Bd6
42. Bb5 c5 43. bxa5 bxa5 44. Be3 Ke6 45. Bc4+ Ke7 46. Kg3 Kf8
47. Kh2 Ke8 48. Kg1 Nh3+ 49. Kf1 Ng5 50. Bd5 Bf8 51. Ke2 Kd7
52. Kd3 Kc7 53. Kc4 Kb6 54. Bxg5 fxg5 55. Bxf7 Kc6 56. Be8+
Kb6 57. Kd5 c4 58. Kxc4 Bc5 59. f3 Be3 60. Kd5 Bf4 61. Kd6 Bd2
62. c4 Bb4+ 63. Kxe5 Kc5 64. Bb5 Bc3+ 65. Kf5 Kd6 66. Kg6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aryan Tari"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4
Nf6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Nh4 Be4 9. f3 Bc6 10. e4 O-O 11. Be3 e6
12. g3 Re8 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Qc2 e5 16. d5 Bd7
17. a4 Nc8 18. a5 Nd6 19. a6 b6 20. b4 Nh5 21. Ng2 f5 22. exf5
gxf5 23. Bd3 Qf6 24. Rac1 Qf7 25. Bd2 Kh8 26. f4 e4 27. Be2
Nf6 28. Rfd1 Rac8 29. Be3 h5 30. Qd2 Kh7 31. Nb1 Ng4 32. Bd4
Ba4 33. Re1 Qxd5 34. Bxg7 Qxd2 35. Nxd2 Kxg7 36. h3 Nf6
37. Ne3 Bd7 38. Nb3 Kf7 39. Kf2 Rg8 40. Rg1 Ke7 41. Rc3 c6
42. Rgc1 h4 43. gxh4 Rh8 44. Nd4 Rxh4 45. Nxc6+ Bxc6 46. Rxc6
Rxc6 47. Rxc6 Nfe8 48. Kg3 Rh7 49. h4 Kd7 50. b5 Nc7 51. Nc4
Ncxb5 52. Ne5+ Kd8 53. h5 e3 54. Kh4 Ke7 55. Kg5 Ne4+ 56. Kxf5
Ng3+ 57. Kg6 Nxe2 58. Kxh7 Nxf4 59. Ng6+ Kd7 60. Nxf4 Kxc6
61. Kg6 Nc7 62. h6 Ne6 63. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jacek Tomczak"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 f6
7. Bd3 fxe5 8. dxe5 c4 9. Bc2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 Nh6
12. Bxh6 Bxh6 13. b3 cxb3 14. Bxb3 O-O 15. Ra2 Na5 16. Nd4 Bd7
17. Bc2 Rac8 18. h4 Nc6 19. h5 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Be8 21. hxg6 hxg6
22. Nd2 Qxd4 23. Nf3 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Bf7 25. g3 Bg7 26. Re1 Rc4
27. Kg2 Rfc8 28. Bd3 Rc3 29. Bf1 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1 31. a4 Kf8
32. Rb2 Rc7 33. a5 Ke7 34. Bd3 Be8 35. Rb4 d4 36. Rxd4 Rc5
37. Rb4 Bc6 38. Bxg6 Rxe5 39. a6 b6 40. Bd3 Rc5 41. Be4 Bc3
0-1

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Lagarde"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
Be6 7. Qxc7 Qxc7 8. Bxc7 Nc6 9. e3 Rc8 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Nf3 Nb4
12. Kd2 Rxc3 13. Kxc3 a5 14. Kd2 Ne4+ 15. Kd1 Rc8 16. Ne1 Bxa2
17. Rxa2 Nxa2 18. Nc2 e5 19. Bd3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 exd4 21. exd4
Bxd4 22. Kd2 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bc3+ 24. Ke3 Bb4 25. Rb2 Nc3 26. Kf3
Na4 27. Rb1 Rc3 28. Ke2 Rc6 29. Nxb4 Nc3+ 30. Kf1 Rd6 31. Re1
axb4 32. Bc4 Kf8 33. Ra1 b5 34. Bb3 Rd2 35. Ra8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.23"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[Round "12.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Qc2 Bg4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bxd4
12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. O-O Na6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh6 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Kf7
17. Qb3+ e6 18. a3 Qa4 19. Qf3 Nd7 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bh6 Nac5
22. Rc3 Ne6 23. e3 Nb6 24. Qe2 Rd7 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 f5
27. e4 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Qd2 29. Qxd2 Rxd2 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Re1
Rg8 32. Bf3 Nd5 33. Rb3 Nc5 34. Bh5+ Kf6 35. Bg5+ Rxg5
36. fxg5+ Kxg5 37. Rf3 Kxh5 38. Rxf5+ Kg6 39. Rf8 Rxb2
40. Rg1+ Kh6 41. Rg4 Nd3 42. Rh4+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[Round "13.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Marcin Dziuba"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6
7. c4 Bd6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nc3 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. e4 Ne7
12. exd5 exd5 13. Re1 Kd8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. g4
Bg6 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. Ba5+ b6 19. Bc3 a5 20. Ne5 Nf6 21. f4 Bxe5
22. dxe5 Ne4 23. Bd4 f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Bxb6+ Kd7 26. f5 Rb8
27. Bc5 Rb5 28. b4 axb4 29. Re7+ Kc6 30. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[Round "14.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qf3 Nf6 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bxb5 Rc8
12. Ba4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Bxe5 Qxa4 16. Rd2
f6 17. Bd6 Kf7 18. Re1 Bg6 19. Ree2 e5 20. b3 Qa5 21. Qh3 Rd8
22. b4 Qa4 23. Qb3+ Qxb3 24. Nxb3 Bf5 25. Nc5 Be7 26. Nb7 Ra8
27. Bxe7 Kxe7 28. f4 Rab8 29. Nd6 Be6 30. fxe5 f5 31. h4 g6
32. Rf2 Rhf8 33. Rd3 Rb6 34. Kb2 Rc6 35. Rg3 Rb8 36. Rc3 Bd5
37. Rxc6 Bxc6 38. Kc3 a5 39. Kc4 axb4 40. axb4 Ke6 41. Re2 f4
42. b5 Ba8 43. Kd4 h6 44. c4 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. c5 Bd5
47. Rc2 Ra8 48. c6 dxc6 49. bxc6 Ra4+ 50. Kd3 Kxe5 51. c7 Be6
52. Nc4+ Kf6 53. Nb6 Ra3+ 54. Kd4 Bg4 55. Rc6+ Kf7 56. Nc4 Ra4
57. Kc5 Ke7 58. Rg6 Ra2 59. Rxg5 Bc8 60. Rg8 Be6 61. Rg6 Bc8
62. Nd6 Ra5+ 63. Kb4 Re5 64. Nxc8+ Kd7 65. Nd6 Kxc7 66. Nb5+
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2018/19"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[Round "15.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. h3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5
12. Bg5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Re1 Nxg5 15. Nxg5 e6 16. Ne4 Bd7
17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Qc7 19. Qb3 Bc6 20. Rad1 Bxd5 21. Rxd5
Rfe8 22. Re3 Re7 23. Rc5 Qd7 24. Rd5 Qc6 25. Rc5 Qe8 26. Qc4
Rd8 27. g3 Qd7 28. Kg2 h6 29. Qb3 b6 30. Rb5 Qc6 31. Rb4 Kh8
32. Kh2 f5 33. Ng5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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. Nb7 Bb6 19. Nd6 Ba5 20. Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[EventDate "2019.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 e6
7. Bb2 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nf3 O-O
12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Rhe1 Re8 14. h3 Qa5 15. Nb5 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 a6
17. Nbd4 Ne4 18. Rde2 Bd7 19. Kd1 f6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Nd4 Bd7
22. f3 Ng3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bxc4+ Kf8 26. b4 Bd6
27. Ne6+ Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Rd8 29. Kc2 Nh5 30. Re4 b5 31. Bd3 Nf4
32. Bf1 Re8 33. Kb3 Rxe4 34. fxe4 Ne6 35. a4 Nc7 36. Bd4 Ke7
37. Be2 Kd7 38. Be3 Be5 39. h4 g6 40. h5 gxh5 41. Bxh5 Ne6
42. Bg4 Kd6 43. a5 Nd4+ 44. Ka2 Kc7 45. Bf2 Nc2 46. Kb3 Nd4+
47. Ka2 Nc2 48. Kb3 Nd4+ 49. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[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 Ne7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3
Ng6 12. b3 Be7 13. Ne4 a5 14. Re1 a4 15. Bb2 Be6 16. Nd4 Nf4
17. Rad1 h5 18. h4 Nd5 19. c4 Nb4 20. a3 Na6 21. b4 c5
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. b5 Nb8 24. f4 Rf8 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. exf6 Bd6
27. Rxe6+ Kf7 28. Rde1 Rd8 29. g4 hxg4 30. h5 Nd7 31. Re7+
Bxe7 32. Rxe7+ Kg8 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. f7 Rf8 35. f5 Nb6 36. Bf6
Nxc4 37. Rxg4+ Kh7 38. Rg7+ Kh6 39. Rg6+ Kh7 40. Rg7+ Kh6
41. Rg6+ Kh7 42. Rg7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2019.04.23"]
[EventDate "2019.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georg Meier"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "188"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 dxc4 6. e4 c5
7. d5 O-O 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Nxb5 Nxe4 10. O-O Ba6 11. Qe2 Nd6
12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Rd8 15. Bf4 Qxd5 16. Qxd5
Rxd5 17. Rxe7 Nc6 18. Re2 Nb4 19. Rae1 h6 20. b3 Kh7 21. Re7
Rf5 22. Bg3 g5 23. Ne5 Kg8 24. Nc4 Bd4 25. R1e2 Nd5 26. Re8+
Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Kh7 28. Ra8 Nc3 29. Rxa7 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Bxf2
31. Bxf2 Rxf2 32. Ne5 Nf4 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rf6 Rxg2+ 35. Kh1
Re2 36. Nd7 Kg7 37. Ra6 Nxh3 38. Nxc5 Nf4 39. Ra4 Kg6 40. Ne4
Rb2 41. Ng3 Kf6 42. Ra6+ Ne6 43. Ra4 Nc5 44. Ra5 Nd3 45. Ra6+
Ke5 46. Rxh6 Rxa2 47. Rh8 Rb2 48. Rf8 g4 49. Kg1 Rxb3 50. Re8+
Kd5 51. Rd8+ Ke6 52. Re8+ Kf6 53. Rf8+ Ke7 54. Rg8 Rb1+
55. Kg2 Nf4+ 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Nd5+ 58. Kd4 Nf6 59. Rg5 Ke6
60. Re5+ Kf7 61. Rg5 Rb4+ 62. Ke5 Nh7 63. Rf5+ Kg6 64. Rf1 Rb3
65. Ne2 Rb5+ 66. Kd4 Ng5 67. Nf4+ Kf5 68. Ng2+ Nf3+ 69. Ke3
Rb3+ 70. Kf2 Nh2 71. Ra1 g3+ 72. Kg1 Nf3+ 73. Kh1 Rb2 74. Ra5+
Ke4 75. Ra1 Nd4 76. Kg1 Rf2 77. Ra4 Ke5 78. Ra5+ Kd6 79. Ra6+
Kc5 80. Ra5+ Kb4 81. Ra1 Kb3 82. Rd1 Nf3+ 83. Kh1 Kb2 84. Rg1
Nxg1 85. Kxg1 Kc3 86. Ne3 Kd3 87. Nf1 Ke2 88. Nxg3+ Kf3
89. Nf5 Rd2 90. Nh4+ Kg3 91. Nf5+ Kg4 92. Ne3+ Kf3 93. Nf5 Rd5
94. Ne7 Rc5 0-1

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2019.04.24"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2
d5 13. Nb3 d4 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Rc1 Rb5 16. h3 Qd6 17. Bg5 Nd7
18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nfd2 Nc5 20. Nc4 Nb7 21. Ra1 Nd6 22. Ncd2
Nb7 23. Nc4 Nd6 24. Ncd2 Nb7 25. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qc7 7. e4 e6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Nd2 Bc6 10. Qg4 Nd7 11. Qg3 O-O-O
12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 g6 15. Qh3 Kb8 16. Be2 Nb6
17. b3 h5 18. O-O Bh6 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. Qe3 Rh7 21. Rfd1 Rhd7
22. Nf1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 Nc8 25. f3 Qd6 26. Be2 Ne7
27. Qh6 f5 28. Ne3 fxe4 29. Nc4 Qf6 30. fxe4 Kc7 31. g3 Ng8
32. Qh7+ Ne7 33. Qh6 Ng8 34. Qh7+ Ne7 35. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4
7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7 9. h4 Ne7 10. Bh3 h6 11. O-O O-O-O
12. h5 Kb8 13. Nh4 Rg8 14. Ng2 Qc7 15. Re1 Nc8 16. Rb1 Nb6
17. Nf1 Be7 18. Be3 Rdf8 19. Qe2 Qc8 20. Nh2 Na8 21. g4 Nc7
22. f4 Nc6 23. Rf1 Re8 24. Nf3 g6 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rf2 Rh8
27. Qc2 h5 28. g5 Reg8 29. Ngh4 Qe8 30. Nd2 Na5 31. Re1 Ba4
32. Qb1 Bd8 33. Bg2 Rg7 34. Bf3 Na8 35. Rh2 Nb6 36. Kf2 Nc8
37. Nf1 Ne7 38. Ng3 a6 39. Reh1 Kc8 40. Kg1 Qf7 41. Rh3 Kc7
42. R1h2 Qe8 43. Ng2 Rf8 44. Nh4 Rh8 45. f5 exf5 46. Ne2 Kb8
47. Nf4 Qc6 48. Nhg2 Bc7 49. Bf2 Nb3 50. Qe1 Qd7 51. Ne3 Bc6
52. Bg3 Rd8 53. Qf1 b5 54. Re2 Bb7 55. Qg2 Qc6 56. Re1 Rgg8
57. Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vincent Keymer"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. Na3 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qd3 11. Re1 e6
12. Re3 Qd7 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. bxc4 Be7 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 O-O
17. Rd3 b5 18. cxb5 Nb4 19. Ne5 Qxb5 20. Rh3 Nd5 21. Rb3 Qe8
22. Rg3 f5 23. Qe2 Bf6 24. Rga3 Qe7 25. Nf3 Rfb8 26. Ra6 Rb6
27. Rxb6 Nxb6 28. Bf4 Rc8 29. g3 Qd7 30. Bg5 Rc7 31. Re1 Kf7
32. h4 Rc6 33. h5 h6 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Nh4 Nd5 36. g4 Ne7
37. Qe3 Rc8 38. gxf5 Rg8+ 39. Kh2 Nxf5 40. Nxf5 exf5 41. Qb3+
Kf8 42. Qb4+ Kf7 43. Qc4+ Kf8 44. Qc5+ Kf7 45. Ra1 Ra8 46. Ra6
Qe8 47. Qxf5 Qb8+ 48. Kh3 Qc8 49. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Bf5 7.h3
Nf6 8.d3 O-O 9.Be3 a6 10.Qd2 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Qa5
13.Nc3 Rab8 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.b3 e5 16.Bh6 Nd4 17.Bxg7 Nxf3+
18.exf3 Kxg7 19.f4 Qa6 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Na4 Nd7 22.Rc3 Rb4
23.g4 Be6 24.Nxc5 Nxc5 25.Rxc5 Rxb3 26.Rxc8 Bxc8 27.Rc1 Rxd3
28.Qe2 Be6 29.Qxe5+ Kg8 30.Rb1 Rd8 31.Rb8 Rxb8 32.Qxb8+ Kg7
33.Bd5 Bxd5 34.Qe5+ f6 35.Qxd5 h5 36.gxh5 gxh5 37.Qd7+ Kg6
38.a4 Qe2 39.Qd5 f5 40.a5 f4 41.Kg2 Kh6 42.Qf5 Qc4 43.Kf3 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 e6
7. Bb2 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Kb1 Qa5 11. Nb5 Qxd2
12. Rxd2 Ne4 13. Re2 O-O-O 14. f3 a6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5
17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rd2 Rhe8 19. Ne2 Bf5 20. Kb2 Ne6 21. g4 Bg6
22. h4 h6 23. Bg2 d4 24. Rhd1 d3 25. cxd3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4
27. Kc3 Red8 28. h5 Bh7 29. Bf1 Rf4 30. Be2 f5 31. Rg1 Rd7
32. g5 Rh4 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. d4 Rxh5 35. Bc4 Kc7 36. Rdg2 f4
37. Be6 Re7 38. Rg7 Kd6 39. Rxe7 Kxe7 40. Bc8 Bf5 41. Bxf5
Rxf5 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rxb7 h5 44. Kc4 Kg6 45. d5 h4 46. d6 h3
47. Re7 Rf8 48. Kd5 Rh8 49. Re1 Kg5 50. d7 Rd8 51. Kc6 Kh4
52. Re8 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 a5
7. b3 a4 8. Ba3 Re8 9. e3 Bf5 10. c4 c6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Rfc1
e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bb2 Re8 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. Nf3 Be4 18. bxa4 Rxa4 19. Qb5 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Rc7
Rb5 22. Bd4 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Ne4 24. Rd1 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Re6
26. Rc2 Ra5 27. Bd1 Rc6 28. Rb2 Rc4 29. Rd3 Rc3 30. Rxc3 Nxc3
31. Bb3 b5 32. Kg2 b4 33. Rd2 Kg7 34. Rd4 Nxa2 35. Bxa2 Rxa2
36. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. h3 Bd7
12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f3 Nh5 15. a5 Ng3 16. Bd3 f5
17. Qe1 f4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Bb3 g5 21. Bd4 Bxd4+
22. Rxd4 e5 23. Rd3 h5 24. Rad1 Rf6 25. Ne2 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Bb5
27. c4 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rd5 Qc7 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6
Rc1+ 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qxa5 34. Qd6 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qg3+
36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Nf6 10. Bd3 d5 11. Rhe1 Bg4
12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Re8 14. f4 c5 15. Kb1 Qa5 16. f5 Rad8
17. Rg1 Kh8 18. c4 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 d4 20. c3 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Bd6
22. Rge1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Be4 b6 26. Bc6
Nf6 27. Kc2 Kg8 28. Kb3 Kf8 29. Ka4 Ke7 30. Kb5 Kd8 31. Ka6
Kc7 32. Bd5 Kb8 33. Bxf7 Ne4 34. Bxg7 Nxf2 35. h4 Nd3 36. a3
Be5 37. Bf8 Nxb2 38. Be6 Kc7 39. Be7 Nd3 40. f6 Bd6 41. Kxa7
Ne5 42. Bxd6+ Kxd6 43. f7 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Be6 12. h4
gxh4 13. Bxh4 b5 14. f4 b4 15. Na4 Qc7 16. O-O-O Rb8 17. Kb1
Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. b3 Qc7 20. Be2 h5 21. f5 Bd7 22. Bxg4
hxg4 23. Qg5 Bf6 24. Qxg4 Bxa4 25. Bxf6 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 exf6
27. bxa4 Ke7 28. Qf3 Rc8 29. Qd3 a5 30. Rd1 Rg8 31. Qe2 Rg3
32. Qf2 Ra3 33. g4 Rxa4 34. g5 fxg5 35. f6+ Ke8 36. Qe2 b3
37. axb3 Rb4 38. e5 dxe5 39. Rd5 Kf8 40. Qh5 Rh4 41. Qxg5 Rh7
42. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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. Qb3 d5
12. e5 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qd1 f6 15. e6 Nb8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf1
Qd6 18. Ng3 Nbc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. a4 Ba5 21. Bd2 Bxd2
22. Qxd2 Rab8 23. Rac1 Qb4 24. Qxb4 Rxb4 25. Nh4 Rxa4 26. Ngf5
Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Re8 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Rxc6 Rxd4 30. Ra1 Re4
31. Rxa7 R4xe6 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxc7 Rb6 34. Rd7 Rxb2
35. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "58"]

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
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. a3 Rc8 16. Qf2 Rc6 17. h4
O-O 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Be2 Rfc8 20. Rh5 Ng6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Qd4+ f6 23. g3 Bc4 24. f4 e5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Rd1 Bxe2
27. Kxe2 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rxc3 29. Rd2 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nf1 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. c3 Kh8 12. Ne3
Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf5 Nd7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bf4
Nf6 18. h3 d5 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. exd5 Qd8 21. Ne5 Nfxd5 22. Bg3
Ra6 23. Rc1 f5 24. Rc5 f4 25. Bh2 Rd6 26. Qf3 b6 27. Rcc1 Be8
28. Re2 Ne7 29. Re4 Rxd4 30. Bxf4 Ng6 31. Nxg6+ Bxg6 32. Rxd4
Qxd4 33. Rxc7 h6 34. Be5 Rxf3 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Bg8+ Kh8
37. Bxd4 Rxh3 38. Be6+ Kh7 39. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bassem Amin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. c3 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 b6 11. b5 Ne7 12. c4 a6
13. Nc3 Be6 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Bb2 Bh3 16. Bh1 Ne8 17. a4 Nc7
18. Nf1 Rab8 19. Ne3 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Ncd5 a5 22. Nxc7
Qxc7 23. Nd5 Qf7 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Re4 h5 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
Ne7 28. Nxe7 Qxe7 29. f4 Rf5 30. Rae1 Qf7 31. fxe5 Rf8
32. R1e2 dxe5 33. h4 Rf1 34. Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4
7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7
12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd5 14. Bd2 f5 15. Rac1 b6 16. Bxd5
exd5 17. Rc7 Bd8 18. Rc2 Ba6 19. Bf4 Be7 20. Rdc1 Ba3 21. Rb1
Rac8 22. Na1 Rfe8 23. Be5 Kf7 24. Kf1 g5 25. Rb3 Be7 26. Rbc3
Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Bb8 Bd8 30. Nc2 a5 31. Ke1
Ba6 32. Kd2 Bc4 33. a3 Ke6 34. Ne3 Bb5 35. Nd1 Be7 36. Nc3 Bc6
37. a4 Kd7 38. Kc2 Bb4 39. Nb5 Be1 40. f3 g4 41. fxg4 fxg4
42. Bf4 Bf2 43. Kd3 Bg1 44. Nc3 Bxh2 45. e3 h5 46. Ke2 h4
47. gxh4 Bxf4 48. exf4 Ke6 49. Kf2 Kf5 50. Kg3 Be8 51. h5 Bxh5
52. Nxd5 Be8 53. Nxb6 Bf7 54. d5 Bg6 55. Nc4 Bh5 56. Nxa5 Bf7
57. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 b5 11. Bg5 Nbd7
12. Re1 Rc8 13. a3 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nd2 Bg4 16. f3 Qb6+
17. Kh1 Be6 18. Nf1 Rc5 19. Ne3 Rfc8 20. Re2 Rxc3 21. bxc3
Rxc3 22. Qe1 Qc6 23. a4 b4 24. Nd1 Bxb3 25. Nxc3 Bc4 26. Nd1
Bxe2 27. Qxe2 d5 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Qe4 Qe6 30. Ne3 Nc3 31. Qc4
Qg6 32. a5 Kh7 33. Re1 e4 34. fxe4 Nxe4 35. Nd5 Nf2+ 36. Kg1
Nh3+ 37. Kf1 Qf5+ 38. Ke2 Qe5+ 39. Ne3 Nf4+ 40. Kf1 Ne6
41. Qxa6 Qxh2 42. Qd3+ Kg8 43. a6 Bh4 44. Qd2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "196"]

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. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
h4 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. g4 hxg3 19. fxg3 Ne7 20. h4 Nd5 21. Bg5 Bf5
22. h5 Nxc3 23. hxg6 Nxd1 24. Kg2 Bxg6 25. Nc5 b6 26. Na6 Rc8
27. Rxd1 Bxc2 28. Nxc7+ Kf8 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxd8 Bd3 31. Kf3
Bc4 32. g4 Bf1 33. g5 Bd3 34. Ke3 Bf1 35. g6 Bh3 36. gxf7 Kxf7
37. Bg5 Bc8 38. Kd4 Bd7 39. Ke4 Bc8 40. Kf4 Bd7 41. Na6 Ke6
42. Ke4 Bc8 43. Nb4 c5 44. Na2 Bb7+ 45. Kf4 b5 46. Nc1 Kd5
47. Be7 a5 48. Nb3 c4 49. Nxa5 Bc8 50. Bb4 g5+ 51. Kxg5 Kxe5
52. Nc6+ Ke4 53. Kf6 Kd3 54. Ne5+ Kd4 55. Nc6+ Kd3 56. Ke5 c3
57. Nd4 c2 58. Nb3 Kc4 59. Nc1 Bg4 60. Kf4 Bh5 61. Ke3 Bg6
62. Kd2 Bf5 63. Ne2 Bg6 64. Kc1 Bd3 65. Nf4 Bf5 66. Ng2 Bg6
67. Ne3+ Kd4 68. Ng4 Bf5 69. Nf6 Ke5 70. Ne8 Kd5 71. Kb2 Kc6
72. Ng7 Be4 73. Bd2 Kd6 74. Kc3 Bg6 75. Kd4 Ke7 76. Ke5 Bh7
77. Ne6 Kd7 78. Nd4 Bd3 79. Kd5 Bc4+ 80. Kc5 Bd3 81. Kb4 Kd6
82. Kc3 Bg6 83. Nxb5+ Kc5 84. a4 Kb6 85. Kb4 Ka6 86. a5 Be4
87. Nc7+ Kb7 88. Ne6 Bf5 89. Nc5+ Kc6 90. Be3 Bh7 91. Nb3 Kb7
92. Bf4 Ka6 93. Nc5+ Ka7 94. Kb5 Bf5 95. a6 Bh3 96. Ka5 Bf1
97. Be3 Be2 98. Ne6+ Kb8 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bassem Amin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 e5
7. d3 Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nb3 b6 12. b5
Nb8 13. a4 a5 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. d4 Rc8 16. d5 Bg4 17. Nbd2 f5
18. h3 Bh5 19. Qc2 fxe4 20. Qxe4 g5 21. Nc4 Nf6 22. Qc2 Nfxd5
23. Nfd2 Nf6 24. Qb3 Bf7 25. Rad1 Qc7 26. Rfe1 Rcd8 27. Qc2
Rfe8 28. Qd3 Bg6 29. Qf3 e4 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 d5 32. Rxe7
Rxe7 33. Rxd5 Be4 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qg4 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Qd5+
0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5
7. dxc5 a5 8. c4 Na6 9. cxd5 Nxc5 10. d6 Qxd6 11. Nc4 Qa6
12. Nce5 Bf5 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Qc1 Ne6 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Nxc4
Nd5 17. Rad1 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Be4 19. b3 a4 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8
21. Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nc6 23. Rc1 Nd4 24. Kf1 Nb5 25. bxa4 Nc3
26. Nb1 Nxa4 27. Rc7 e6 28. Rxb7 Nc5 29. Rb5 Ne4 30. a3 Bf8
31. f3 Nd6 32. Rb3 Kg7 33. Nc3 Ra5 34. a4 Nf5 35. Nxf5+ exf5
36. Ke1 Be7 37. Kd2 Bf6 38. Ra3 Be7 39. Ra2 Kf6 40. Kd3 Ke6
41. Nb5 Kd5 42. Rc2 Bf6 43. Rc4 Be5 44. f4 Bf6 45. Nc7+ Kd6
46. Ne8+ Ke7 47. Nxf6 Kxf6 48. Kc3 Ra8 49. Kb4 Rb8+ 50. Ka3
Ke6 51. Rd4 Ra8 52. e3 h6 53. Kb4 Rb8+ 54. Kc5 Rc8+ 55. Kb6
Rb8+ 56. Kc6 Rc8+ 57. Kb7 Rc3 58. a5 Rb3+ 59. Kc6 Rc3+ 60. Kb5
Rb3+ 61. Rb4 Rxe3 62. a6 Kd7 63. a7 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 a5
7. b3 a4 8. Ba3 Re8 9. e3 Bf5 10. c4 c6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. e4 Nc3 14. Qe3 Nb5 15. exf5 Nxa3 16. fxg6 hxg6
17. Rac1 Nb5 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Qd2 axb3 21. axb3 e6
22. h4 Ne7 23. Ne3 Nf5 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. h5 gxh5 26. Rc5 Nd6
27. Nh4 Qf6 28. d5 Rad8 29. dxc6 Ne4 30. Qxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd8+
Qxd8 32. Bxe4 bxc6 33. Nxf5 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qxb3 35. Rxc6 Bf8
36. Ne3 h4 37. gxh4 Qb4 38. Rc4 Qd6 39. Bd5 Qf6 40. Rg4+ Kh8
41. Bf3 Bc5 42. Nc4 Qc3 43. Rf4 Qg7+ 44. Rg4 Qc3 45. Rf4 Qg7+
46. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 O-O
7. e3 e6 8. Nge2 d5 9. O-O Re8 10. d3 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15. b4 b6 16. a4 Bb7
17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qf3 Rbe7 19. a5 e5 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. Rfe1 e4
22. dxe4 Qc6 23. c5 Rxe4 24. Kg2 d3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxa7 Qd5
27. Rd1 Rd4 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. c6 Rc8 30. Rd7 Rb5 31. Rb7 Rd5
32. b5 Kf6 33. c7 Ke7 34. b6 Kd7 35. Rb8 Rd6 36. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. d3 h6 8. h3 a6 9. Na4 Re8 10. Be3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bc5
Bxc5 13. Nxc5 b6 14. Ne4 Be6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. a3 Rad8 17. Kh2
a5 18. Qa4 Nd4 19. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Rxd7 21. Nd2 Ne7 22. b4
axb4 23. axb4 Bd5 24. b5 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 f6 26. Rc4 Nf5 27. Rfc1
Ree7 28. Rb4 Re8 29. Rbc4 Ree7 30. Ra1 Rd5 31. Rb4 Nd6
32. Rab1 e4 33. dxe4 Nxe4 34. Kg2 Nc3 35. R1b3 Nxe2 36. Rc4
Red7 37. Rbb4 Rd3 38. Rc2 Nd4 39. Nxd4 R3xd4 40. Rxd4 Rxd4
41. Rxc7 Rd5 42. Rb7 Rxb5 43. g4 Kh7 44. h4 h5 45. gxh5 Kh6
46. Kg3 Rb1 47. Kg4 b5 48. Rb8 Kh7 49. f4 b4 50. Kf5 b3 51. h6
b2 52. hxg7 Kxg7 53. h5 Rh1 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Rxb2 Rxh5+
56. Kg6 Ra5 57. f5 Ra1 58. Rb6 Rg1+ 59. Kxf6 Kg8 60. Ke7 Re1+
61. Re6 Ra1 62. Rg6+ Kh7 63. Rd6 Ra7+ 64. Rd7 Ra8 65. Kf6+ Kh6
66. Kf7 Rb8 67. f6 Ra8 68. Rb7 Kh7 69. Ke6+ Kg6 70. f7 Kg7
71. Ke7 Rf8 72. Rd7 Rxf7+ 73. Ke6 Rxd7 74. Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd3 Rb7 15. Rfc1 Qc7 16. a5 Nd7
17. Bf1 Ra8 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nc4 Rd8 21. Qe3 Rd4
22. Nb6 c4 23. c3 bxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxe4 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Nxc4
Rb5 27. b3 g6 28. Qf3 Qb7 29. Nd2 Rd4 30. Qe3 Kg7 31. Rc2 h6
32. Re1 Bg5 33. Qe2 Bxd2 34. Rxd2 Rxa5 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Rd1
Rd5 37. Qc4 Kh7 38. b4 Rb5 39. Qxd4 Rxb4 40. Qa1 Qb6 41. Qa2
Qf6 42. Rd2 Kg7 43. h4 h5 44. Kh2 Rb5 45. Qc2 Rf5 46. Kg1 a5
47. Qa4 Qc3 48. Ra2 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qb4 50. Qd1 Qe4+ 51. Kh2 Rd5
52. Qa1+ Qe5 53. Qc1 Qf6 54. Qe1 Rf5 55. Kg1 Qe5 56. Qd2 Kh7
57. Ra3 Qd5 58. Rd3 Qc5 59. Rd8 Qe5 60. Ra8 Qc7 61. Qb2 Qe5
62. Qd2 Qa1+ 63. Kh2 a4 64. Kg2 a3 65. Qe3 Qb2 66. Rxa3 Rxf2+
67. Qxf2 Qxa3 68. Qxf7+ Kh6 69. Qf4+ Kh7 70. Qc7+ Kh6 71. Qe5
Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qc7 7. e4 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6
12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Qc2 Qa4 14. Qxa4 Bxa4 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Nc4 b6
17. f3 g5 18. Bg3 f5 19. exf5 exf5 20. Rfe1 f4 21. Bd1 Bxd1
22. Raxd1 fxg3 23. hxg3 Bf6 24. Rxd7 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7
26. Nd6+ Kg6 27. Re6 Kg7 28. Ne8+ Kf7 29. Rxf6+ Kxe8 30. Rh6
Rd8 31. Rxh7 Rd2 32. Rxa7 Rxb2 33. g4 c4 34. Kh2 b5 35. Rg7
1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. d4 Ne4 12. Rfd1
Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Be4 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Bh3 Qc7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. e4
Bf6 18. Nf3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. dxc5 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 b4 22. Rc2
dxc5 23. Qe3 h6 24. Bf1 Ba6 25. Rcd2 Nf6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Rc1
Rea8 28. Rxc5 Qa7 29. Rdc2 Rxa2 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Qxa7 R8xa7
32. Nd2 Ng4 33. Kg2 Ne5 34. f4 Nd3 35. Kf1 Ra1+ 36. Ke2 Rd7
37. Nf3 Rb1 38. Rd2 Rb2 39. Rxb2 Nxb2 40. Ne5 Rd4 41. Ke3 Rd1
42. Nxf7 Re1+ 43. Kd4 Re2 44. h4 Kg6 45. Ne5+ Kh5 46. Rg8 Rd2+
47. Ke3 Rc2 48. Rxg7 Rc3+ 49. Ke2 Nd1 50. g4+ Kxh4 51. Kxd1
Kg3 52. f5 Kf4 53. Ng6+ Kxe4 54. f6 Rf3 55. f7 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "12.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. g3 Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Bg2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. O-O a6
12. Re1 Rc8 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. c3 Re8
17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Re2 Qb6 19. Qh4 Ne5 20. Kh2 Kg7 21. Rd1 Rc4
22. Qg5 h6 23. Qd2 Rc7 24. Rde1 Qb5 25. f4 Nc4 26. Qd4+ Kg8
27. b3 Nb6 28. c4 Qa5 29. f5 g5 30. f6 Nd7 31. fxe7 Ne5 32. c5
Ng6 33. cxd6 Rd7 34. Qf6 Qb6 35. Rf1 Nh8 36. Re6 fxe6 37. Qf8+
Rxf8 38. exf8=Q+ Kh7 39. Be4+ Ng6 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "13.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Bassem Amin"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 d5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Qe7
12. Nd4 Rfd8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 N7f6 15. e3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
Nxe3 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. fxe3 Rd5 20. Qg4 Rg5
21. Qh4 f6 22. b4 Bxb4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Bc5 25. Qe4 Re8
26. Bd4 Qd7 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Ra6 Re5 29. Qc2 Rc8 30. Rd1 Qb7
31. Rad6 Rd5 32. R1xd5 exd5 33. Qf5 Re8 34. Rd7 Qc6 35. Qg4 g5
36. Qf5 Kf8 37. Qh7 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "14.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Qb1 b6 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 h6
12. Nh3 Bb7 13. Bxc4 c5 14. Nf4 Qd7 15. e5 e6 16. O-O cxd4
17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. exf6 Nc6 19. Re1 O-O-O 20. Nxe6 Rde8 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. cxd4 Qxd4 23. Bxf7 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qxf6 25. Rc1+ Kb8
26. Bxg6 Rg8 27. Be4 Re8 28. f3 Bxe4 29. fxe4 Qd4+ 30. Kh1
Rxe4 31. Qg3+ Qe5 32. Qg8+ Qe8 33. Qg3+ Ka8 34. Qf3 Qc6
35. Rd1 Kb7 36. h3 Re7 37. Qf5 a5 38. Qf4 Re6 39. Qf7+ Ka6
40. Rd7 Qc4 41. Qf2 Re2 42. Qf3 Rxa2 43. Qa8+ Kb5 44. Qe8 Qf1+
0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "15.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb6 10. Nb3 d6 11. O-O Bd7
12. Be3 Qa6 13. Bd4 Qa4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Qxd4 16. Nxd4
Na6 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. f4 Nc5 19. Kf2 Na4 20. b3 Nc3 21. Ke1
Rc7 22. Kd2 Rfc8 23. Rc2 Nb5 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Nxb5 Bxb5
26. a4 Bd7 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Kxc1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "16.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e6
7. d3 Bd6 8. e4 Ngf6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. a4 Rdg8
12. Rb1 g5 13. Bg2 a5 14. exd5 exd5 15. d4 Kb8 16. Qd3 h6
17. Re1 Nf8 18. Na2 Ne4 19. b4 f5 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. Ba3 Bxa3
22. Qxa3 Nd7 23. Nb4 Kc7 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Rxe4
Re8 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Qc3 Nb6 29. d5 Nxd5 30. Nxd5+ Qxd5
31. Qg7+ Kd6 32. Qxb7 Qd2 33. Kg2 Qd5+ 34. Kh2 Qd4 35. Qf7 Re7
36. Qf8 Kd5 37. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "17.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qd2 b4 15. Ne2 Qb6 16. Ng3 Be6
17. h3 Nf6 18. a3 b3 19. c3 h6 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Qe3 Qc6
22. Rd2 Rd7 23. Red1 Ng6 24. Ne1 d5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5
Nxd5 27. Qe4 a5 28. Nf3 Nde7 29. Qxc6 Nxc6 30. Rd6 Nge7 31. a4
Bd5 32. Bb5 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. Nxe5 Ne6 35. Ne2 f6 36. Nc4
Nc7 37. Nxa5 Kf8 38. Nd4 Nc8 39. Naxb3 Nb6 40. Nc5 Ke7 41. b4
Nxb5 42. Nxb5 Bc6 43. f3 Nd5 44. Nd4 Ba8 45. Ne4 g6 46. g4 h5
47. gxh5 gxh5 48. h4 Nf4 49. Kf2 Ng6 50. Kg3 Ne5 51. a5 Nc4
52. Kf4 Kf7 53. Nf5 Ne5 54. a6 Ke6 55. Ng7+ Kf7 56. Nxh5 Ng6+
57. Kg3 f5 58. Ng5+ Ke7 59. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz)"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[Round "18.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2 Kh8 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ng3 Nd7 11. Be3 Bf6
12. Bb5 Na7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. d4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4
Nc6 17. Qc3 f6 18. h3 Rae8 19. b3 b6 20. Rad1 Bf7 21. Kh2 Ne5
22. Nd4 Ng6 23. Ndf5 Be6 24. Nd4 Bg8 25. Re3 Re5 26. Nf3 Rc5
27. Qd2 Re8 28. c4 Ne5 29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Ndf5 Ne7 31. Nd4 Nc6
32. Nb5 Ne5 33. f4 Ng6 34. Rf1 Re7 35. Nc3 Re8 36. Nd5 Qd8
37. Nf5 c6 38. Nc3 d5 39. exd5 cxd5 40. Rxe8 Qxe8 41. Nxd5
Bxd5 42. cxd5 Qd7 43. Ne3 Qd6 44. Nc4 Rxd5 45. Qe3 Rd3 46. Qe4
Qd8 47. Re1 Nf8 48. Nxb6 Rxb3 49. Qe8 Rd3 50. Qf7 Rd2 51. Re8
Rxg2+ 52. Kxg2 Qd2+ 53. Kg3 Qd3+ 54. Kh4 g5+ 55. Kg4 Qd1+
56. Kf5 Qd3+ 57. Kxf6 Qd4+ 58. Kxg5 Qg1+ 59. Kf5 Qc5+ 60. Nd5
Qc2+ 61. Re4 Qc8+ 62. Kg5 h6+ 63. Kh4 Ng6+ 64. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 e6
7. Nge2 Nf6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d4 Ng4 12. Bc1
cxd4 13. exd4 Nf6 14. Ba3 Rf7 15. d5 Na5 16. Rc1 Bf8 17. Bxf8
Qxf8 18. Qd4 Qc5 19. Rfd1 Ng4 20. Bf3 Qxd4+ 21. Nxd4 exd5
22. Nxd5 Nf6 23. Nb5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nc6 25. Rd6 a6 26. Nd4 Nxd4
27. Rxd4 Rb8 28. Rd6 Ne8 29. Rd3 Kf8 30. Rcd1 Rd8 31. Kf2 Re7
32. h3 h6 33. g4 fxg4 34. hxg4 Kg7 35. Kg3 Rf7 36. Re1 Nc7
37. Rd6 Rdf8 38. Rxb6 Rxf4 39. Re7+ R8f7 40. Rxf7+ Rxf7
41. Be4 g5 42. Rg6+ Kf8 43. Rxh6 Ne6 44. Bf5 Ke7 45. Rg6 Kd6
46. Bxe6 dxe6 47. Rxg5 e5 48. Rg6+ Kc5 49. Rxa6 e4 50. g5 e3
51. Re6 Kd4 52. g6 Rf8 53. g7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Qc8 8. c4 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 c5 11. d5 Bg4
12. e4 e6 13. e5 exd5 14. Qf4 Bxf3 15. exf6 Bxg2 16. fxg7 Re8
17. Kxg2 d4 18. Nd5 Qc6 19. Qf3 Re5 20. Nf4 Re4 21. Nd3 Rae8
22. b3 b5 23. Bf4 c4 24. Rac1 c3 25. Rfe1 f5 26. h4 Nf6
27. Bg5 Ng4 28. Re2 Qe6 29. Ree1 Qd5 30. h5 gxh5 31. Nf4 Qf7
32. Nd3 Kxg7 33. Nc5 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Rxe1 35. Qc6 c2 36. Nd7 Qe6
37. Qc8 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O d6
7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 h6
12. Bb3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Bc7 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. d5 exd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qh5 Rfe8 20. Bxh6 Rxe1+
21. Rxe1 gxh6 22. Qg6+ Kf8 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6
7. f4 f5 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 Bg7 11. exf5 Bxf5
12. Nf3 Qa5 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Rhe1 Rac8 15. a3 Bg4 16. Re3 e5
17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qe1 Rce8 19. b4 Qb6 20. Rd6 Qc7 21. Nb5 Qc8
22. Rd2 Re7 23. Nd6 Qc7 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5
h6 27. Re7 Qb8 28. Rxb7 Qa8 29. Qe7 Nh5 30. h3 Bc8 31. Rc7 Bf5
32. Bd5 Qb8 33. Rb7 Qa8 34. g4 Bc8 35. Rc7 Qb8 36. Nf7+ Kh7
37. gxh5 Bf5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[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. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Re1
Ng6 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Nd4 Bd5 15. Ng3 Nh4 16. Ne4 Rd8
17. Bc3 Ng6 18. Nf5 Nf4 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. a4 h5 21. g3 Rd7
22. Rd2 Kd8 23. Red1 Kc8 24. Ne3 h4 25. Kh2 hxg3+ 26. fxg3
Bxe4 27. Rxd7 Bc5 28. Ng2 Ng5 29. Nh4 Bd6 30. exd6 Kxd7
31. Bxg7 Re8 32. dxc7+ Kxc7 33. Rd2 Nf3+ 34. Nxf3 Bxf3 35. g4
Re2+ 36. Rxe2 Bxe2 37. a5 b6 38. axb6+ axb6 39. Kg3 Kd7
40. Kf4 Ke6 41. Kg5 Bd1 42. c3 c5 43. h4 b5 44. h5 b4 45. c4
Be2 46. h6 Bd3 47. Bf8 f6+ 48. Kf4 Kf7 49. Bxc5 b3 50. h7 Kg7
51. Bf8+ Kxh7 52. c5 Kg6 53. Be7 Bb5 54. Ke4 Kf7 55. Bd8 Ke6
56. Kd4 Be2 57. Kc3 Bxg4 58. Kxb3 Kd5 59. Kb4 Kc6 60. Bxf6 Be2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Na5 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. Bd5 c6 13. Ba2 c5 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 Qe8
17. b3 Nc6 18. Bb2 a5 19. g3 Kh8 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. Nc4 Rae8
22. h4 Qc7 23. h5 Nd4 24. Ne3 Qd8 25. Kg2 Bg5 26. Bxd4 cxd4
27. Nc4 Bh6 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Re7 30. Rf2 Ref7 31. Ref1 Rf6
32. e5 dxe5 33. fxe5 Rxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qe8
36. Nxa5 Qf8+ 37. Qf3 Qd8 38. Nc6 Qh4+ 39. Kf1 Kg8 40. a5 Bd2
41. a6 h6 42. a7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nd2 Nd7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Nf6
12. e3 Be6 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfc1 Qa5 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Bf1 Nd5
17. Nd2 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 f5 19. Nb3 b6 20. Ba6 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Kf7
22. Nd2 Nb4 23. Bc4 Rd8 24. a3 Nd3 25. Bxd3 exd3 26. Rc3 Rc8
27. Kf1 Rxc3 28. bxc3 b5 29. Ke1 Bd5 30. f3 Bf8 31. e4 Ba2
32. d5 e5 33. Bxe5 Bxa3 34. Bc7 b4 35. Bd6 a5 36. Kd1 Ke8
37. Bc5 Kd7 38. g4 fxg4 39. fxg4 g5 40. Ke1 Kc7 41. Kd1 Kb7
42. Be7 Kb6 43. Ke1 Kb5 44. Kd1 Bb2 45. cxb4 axb4 46. Bxg5 Be5
47. Be7 b3 48. Ba3 b2 49. Bxb2 Bxb2 50. h4 Kc5 51. g5 Be5
52. h5 Bf4 53. g6 hxg6 54. hxg6 Bh6 55. Nf3 Bb3+ 56. Ke1 Ba4
57. Kf2 Be8 58. Ne5 d2 59. Nd3+ Kd4 60. Nb2 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4
12. Nb3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 O-O 15. Bg5 Nxb3 16. axb3
h6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. b4 c5 19. Be4 Ra7 20. bxc5 Rc7 21. c6
Nxc6 22. Rxa6 Nb8 23. Rb6 Rxc3 24. Rxb5 Nc6 25. h3 Rc8 26. Rd6
g5 27. Kh2 Kg7 28. Rb6 Ne7 29. Nd4 R3c4 30. Rb7 Kf8 31. Nxe6+
fxe6 32. Rxe6 Rxe4 33. Rexe7 Rf4 34. Rh7 Kg8 35. Rbg7+ Kf8
36. e6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 e5 6. a3 exd4
7. Nxd4 bxa3 8. O-O Be7 9. Bxa3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. f4 d5 13. e5 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Ng4 16. Qe1 Qc5
17. Rb3 f5 18. h3 Nh6 19. Na4 Qe7 20. Qc3 Qc7 21. Nc5 Nf7
22. e6 Nd6 23. Qe5 Qe7 24. Rfb1 Ne4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Rb8 Rxb8
27. Rxb8 Re8 28. f5 Qxc5 29. Qc7 Qf8 30. Qxc6 Bd7 31. Qxd7
Rxb8 32. e7 Qe8 33. Qxd5+ Kh8 34. Qe5 Rb6 35. Qxe4 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Ng5
Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. b3 h5 15. h3 Rhe8 16. Be2
Bf7 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Re7 19. g5 Rde8 20. Bf1 Be6 21. gxf6
gxf6 22. Be3 Rh7 23. Rxh7 Qxh7 24. c4 Bf5 25. Kb2 Qe7 26. Qc3
Qe5 27. Be2 Nb4 28. Qxe5 fxe5 29. c3 Nc6 30. Bf3 a6 31. c5
dxc5 32. Bxc5 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. c4 Ne6 35. Be3 c5 36. a3
a5 37. Kc3 Kc7 38. Bd1 b6 39. b4 axb4+ 40. axb4 cxb4+ 41. Kxb4
Nd4 42. Bh6 Ne6 43. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Bf5 9. Bb2 exd4 10. exd4 Ne4 11. Nd5 Re8
12. Re1 a5 13. a3 Ne7 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Qd2 Ng4
17. d5 Nxe3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxe3 Ng8 20. Rxe8 Bxe8 21. Re1
Bd7 22. h3 Qf6 23. Kh2 b6 24. Re4 Re8 25. Rf4 Qa1 26. g4 h6
27. g5 hxg5 28. Nxg5 Nf6 29. Kg2 Qe1 30. Qb2 Qe5 31. Qxe5 dxe5
32. Rh4 Nh5 33. Be2 f6 34. Ne4 Nf4+ 35. Kf3 g5 36. Rh7+ Kxh7
37. Nxf6+ Kg7 38. Nxd7 Nxe2 39. Kxe2 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 Bxe6
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 Nbd7 14. Bxe6 Nc5 15. Bc4 Ncxe4 16. Nxe4
Nxe4 17. Bf7+ Kxf7 18. Qd5+ Ke8 19. Qxe4 Qa5+ 20. Kd1 Qxg5
21. Rxb7 Rf8 22. Re1 Rf7 23. Rxe7+ Rxe7 24. Qxa8+ Kf7 25. Rf1+
Kg6 26. Qxa6 Qe5 27. Qd3+ Kh6 28. c3 Qxh2 29. Qd2+ Kg6 30. Rf4
Re6 31. Qc2+ Kh6 32. Qf2 Qh5+ 33. Kd2 Qd5+ 34. Kc1 g6 35. a4
Qe5 36. Kc2 g5 37. Rd4 Kg6 38. Qf3 h5 39. Rd5 Qe2+ 40. Qxe2
Rxe2+ 41. Rd2 Re6 42. a5 h4 43. Kb3 g4 44. Kb4 Re1 45. Ra2
Rb1+ 46. Kc4 h3 47. gxh3 gxh3 48. a6 Rb8 49. Kd5 Ra8 50. Kxd6
h2 51. Rxh2 Rxa6+ 52. Kd5 Kf7 53. Re2 Ra8 54. c4 Rd8+ 55. Kc6
Rc8+ 56. Kb5 Rb8+ 57. Ka6 Rc8 58. Re4 Kf6 59. Kb7 Kf5 60. Rd4
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[EventDate "2019.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8
12. Na3 Nxe4 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Qe8 17. Nd4 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 dxe5 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Ba4 c6 21. Nd2
Bb7 22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. Ne3 Rd8 25. c4 Nf4 26. Rxd8+
Bxd8 27. Bd2 c5 28. b4 cxb4 29. Bxb4 Nd3 30. Bd6 Bb6 31. Kf1
Bc5 32. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[EventDate "2019.05.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 h6 10. Re1 O-O 11. axb5 axb5
12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nh4 Na5 14. Nf5 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Bc6 16. Na3
Bd7 17. Ne3 Qb8 18. Qd1 b4 19. Nac4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qa7 21. Qf3
Rb8 22. Bd2 Qa2 23. h3 Rb1 24. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 25. Nf1 Bb5 26. Bxh6
Bxc4 27. dxc4 Qxe4 28. Bg5 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Nd7 30. Bd8 Nb6
31. Nd2 Na8 32. Nb3 f6 33. Nxc5 dxc5 34. Be7 Nb6 35. Bxc5 Nxc4
36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. h4 g6 39. Kd3 Kd5 40. Be7 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. h4 h6
7. h5 g5 8. f4 Qc7 9. e4 Nge7 10. Nge2 gxf4 11. gxf4 d6
12. Be3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. Rc1 Rg8 15. b4 cxb4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4
17. Nxd4 bxc3 18. Rxc3 e5 19. Nb3 O-O-O 20. c5 Kb8 21. cxd6
Qxd6 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. d4 Qg5 24. Bf3 f5 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. e5
Bc6 27. Kf2 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Rdg8 29. Rh2 b6 30. Nc1 Rc8 31. Ne2
Rc2 32. a3 Nd5 33. Ke1 Kc7 34. Rhf2 Rxh5 35. Ng3 Rxf2 36. Kxf2
Rh2+ 37. Kg1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Rb1 e6
7. a3 d5 8. Bg5 dxc4 9. dxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bd7 11. Nb5 Ke7
12. Nd6 h6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Be3 b6 15. h4 g4 16. b4 cxb4
17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Bxa8 Nc2+ 19. Kd2 Nxe3 20. Kxe3 Rxa8 21. f3
Bc6 22. Nb5 Nd7 23. Kf2 Ne5 24. Rc1 gxf3 25. Nxf3 Bxf3
26. exf3 Nd3+ 27. Ke3 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 a6 29. Nc3 Rc8 30. Ne4 f5
31. Nd2 Be5 32. Rb1 b5 33. cxb5 axb5 34. g4 Rc3+ 35. Ke2 Bf4
36. Nb3 fxg4 37. fxg4 e5 38. Na5 e4 39. Rb4 Rc2+ 40. Kd1 Rc1+
41. Ke2 Rc2+ 42. Kd1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.a4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Kh1 a6
13.Na3 Nc5 14.Nc4 a5 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 f5 17.Bd3 b6 18.Qe2
Ba6 19.Nxb6 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Qxb6 21.Qxe7 Bxd3 22.Qe6+ Kh8 23.Qxd6
Qxd6 24.Bxd6 Bxf1 25.Bxf8 Bc4 26.Be7 Bxd5 27.Rd1 Bb3 28.Rd8+
Rxd8 29.Bxd8 Bxa4 30.Bxa5 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Na4 Bb6 11. Rc1 Re8
12. Bc3 e4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be5 Re8 16. Nxb6
axb6 17. Bxc7 Rxa2 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. f3 Nd2
21. Rf2 Rxb2 22. e4 Be6 23. Be5 Rb5 24. Rxd2 Rxe5 25. Rxc6 Rb5
26. f4 g6 27. e5 Kg7 28. Be4 Rb4 29. Bf3 Ra8 30. Kf2 Ra2
31. Rxa2 Bxa2 32. Bg4 h5 33. Bd7 Rb2+ 34. Ke3 Rxh2 35. Rc7 Kf8
36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7 Kf8 38. f5 gxf5 39. Bxf5 Be6 40. Bxe6
fxe6 41. Rb7 Rb2 42. Kf4 Rf2+ 43. Ke4 Re2+ 44. Kf4 Rf2+
45. Ke4 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Rb1
Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. Bh6 Rd8 15. Bxb7 Rb8
16. Bxc8 Rbxc8 17. Rfc1 f6 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1+
20. Bxc1 Kf7 21. e4 Ke6 22. Kf1 Kd6 23. Ke2 Kc6 24. f3 e6
25. Kd3 Bc5 26. Kc4 f5 27. g4 fxe4 28. fxe4 a6 29. h3 Bb6
30. Bf4 Bc5 31. Bc1 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7
7. h3 e6 8. b3 d5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Qc2
dxc4 13. bxc4 c5 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. Qb3 Qc7
17. Na4 Bc6 18. Nb2 Qb7 19. Bd6 b5 20. c5 Bd5 21. Qa3 Ne4
22. Bf4 Nb8 23. Ne5 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. f3 b4 26. Qxa6 Nc3
27. Qxb7 Bxb7 28. Bc4 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Red8 30. Bd6 Bf8 31. Be5
Bxc5 32. Bf6 Ba7 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. Kf1 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Bxd4
36. Nd3 Bc3 37. Ke2 Kf8 38. Kd1 Bc6 39. Kc2 Ba4+ 40. Bb3 Bb5
41. a4 Ba6 42. a5 Ke7 43. Nc5 Bb5 44. Ba4 Bd4 45. Bxb5 Bxc5
46. Kb3 Kd6 47. Kc4 g5 48. Be8 f6 49. Bf7 e5 50. Kd3 f5
51. Bg8 h6 52. Bh7 e4+ 53. fxe4 fxe4+ 54. Kxe4 Kc6 55. Kf5 Kb5
56. Kg6 Kxa5 57. Kxh6 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 e5 6. d3 f6
7. a3 Nh6 8. b4 Nf7 9. c3 a5 10. bxc5 Bxc5 11. d4 Bd6 12. a4
Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Ba3 b4 17. Bxb4
Bxb4 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Ra4 Qb6 20. Nc3 Bd7 21. Rc4 Be6 22. Na4
Qb5 23. Rc3 Qb4 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Qc2 Rfc8
27. Ree3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rb8 29. Nc5 Rc8 30. Qc1 Bf7 31. Kh2 Rc6
32. f3 Kg7 33. Rc2 Qd4 34. Nb7 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Qb6 36. Nc5 Qb4
37. Nd7 Qd6 38. Nc5 Qd4 39. Nb7 Qb6 40. Nc5 Qb4 41. Nd7 Qd6
42. Nc5 Qd4 43. Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Ndf3 Na5
12. Qa3 O-O 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb5
17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bxe2 20. Qxa7 Ba6 21. b4
Qe8 22. Nc6 g5 23. Be3 Nd6 24. a4 bxc6 25. Qxa6 Nc4 26. Rxc4
dxc4 27. Bxc6 Qb8 28. Qxc4 Rc8 29. a5 Qc7 30. a6 e6 31. b5 Qa5
32. Kg2 h6 33. d5 exd5 34. Qxd5 Rd8 35. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Nh5 12. Ra2
Qf6 13. Na3 Ne7 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Be3 Nf4 16. Kh2 Qg6 17. Nh4
Qh6 18. Nf3 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qh6 20. Nf3 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3
d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 c5 9. Bd3 h6 10. b3 Nc6 11. Nxd5 Qxd5
12. Be4 Qd6 13. Bb2 Be6 14. O-O Rac8 15. f4 Bd5 16. Bh7+ Kh8
17. Bf5 Rcd8 18. Rad1 b6 19. Qc3 f6 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 Qxb4
22. Qxb4 Nxb4 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Bc4 25. d3 Nxd3 26. Rxd3
Bxd3 27. Bxd3 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 a5 29. Bc7 Rd2 30. Bxb6 a4
31. Bc5 Rc2 32. Bb4 Rb2 33. Bd6 Rd2 34. Be7 Ra2 35. Bc4 Ra1+
36. Kf2 a3 37. Kf3 a2 38. Ke4 Rg1 39. Bxa2 Rxg2 40. Bd5 Rxh2
41. Kf5 Kh7 42. e4 Rf2+ 43. Ke6 g5 44. e5 g4 45. Bh4 Rh2
46. Bg3 Rh3 47. Bf4 Kg7 48. Kd6 Rd3 49. e6 Kf8 50. Bxh6+ Ke8
51. Bf4 g3 52. Bxg3 Rd1 53. Ke5 Rc1 54. Bf4 Re1+ 55. Kf6 Kd8
56. Kf7 Re2 57. Bg5+ Kc7 58. e7 Rf2+ 59. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qc7 7. e4 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Qf3 Rd8 11. Qg3 Bd6
12. f4 b6 13. Qf2 Bf8 14. Be2 Ba6 15. O-O Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc6
17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Re8 19. Rae1 Rad8 20. Nf3 f6 21. Qc4+ Qf7
22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bf4 Ne7 24. g4 Nd5 25. Bd2 c4 26. Rxe8 Bc5+
27. Kg2 Rxe8 28. Re1 Be3 29. a4 a6 30. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 31. Kg3 h5
32. gxh5 Re7 33. Kf2 Nxf5 34. Rd1 Rb7 35. Rd5 Ke6 36. Rd8 b5
37. Ra8 bxa4 38. Rxa6+ Kf7 39. Rxa4 Rxb2+ 40. Ke1 Ne3 41. Nd2
Rc2 42. Nxc4 Nf5 43. Ra5 Rxc3 44. Rxf5 Rxc4 45. Kf2 Rc3
46. Ra5 Rh3 47. Kg2 Re3 48. Ra8 Re5 49. Rh8 Re8 50. Rxe8 Kxe8
51. Kf3 Kf7 52. Ke4 Kg8 53. Kf5 Kh7 54. Kf4 Kh6 55. Kg4 f5+
56. Kxf5 Kxh5 57. h4 Kxh4 58. Kg6 Kg4 59. Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Bf5
7. O-O a5 8. Nd2 e5 9. d5 Na6 10. e4 Bd7 11. a3 Nc5 12. b3 c6
13. Rb1 cxd5 14. cxd5 Qc7 15. Re1 Rfc8 16. f3 Bh6 17. Kh1 a4
18. b4 Bxd2 19. Bxd2 Nb3 20. Bg5 Nh5 21. Na2 Qc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2
23. Nc1 f6 24. Nxb3 fxg5 25. Na5 Nf4 26. Bf1 Rac8 27. Nxb7
R8c3 28. Nxd6 Rxa3 29. b5 Rb3 30. b6 Rcb2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. b7
Rb6 33. g3 Nh3 34. Rc1 Kf8 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. b8=Q Rxb8 37. Rxb8
Kxd6 38. Rd8 Kc7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Bxh3+ g4 41. Bf1 a3
42. Bc4 gxf3 43. Kg1 g5 44. g4 Kd6 45. Kf2 1-0

[Event "GCT Croatia"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 Ne7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3
Ng6 12. b3 Be7 13. Ne4 h5 14. Re1 Kf8 15. Bb2 c5 16. Rad1 Bf5
17. c4 Nf4 18. Bc1 Ne6 19. Neg5 Rh6 20. Ne4 Rh8 21. Neg5 Rh6
22. Nxe6+ Rxe6 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Rd5 b6 25. Kh2 a5 26. Kg3 a4
27. Kf4 Bc2 28. Bxe7+ Kxe7 29. Re3 axb3 30. axb3 f6 31. h4 Ra8
32. b4 Ra4 33. Rc3 c6 34. Rd2 Bg6 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Rb2 Kf8
37. Rb8+ Re8 38. Rb6 Re6 39. Kg3 Bf7 40. exf6 gxf6 41. Nd2 Re2
42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rd8 Ra2 44. Rcd3 Be6 45. Re3 Rexd2 46. Rxd2
Rxd2 47. Rxe6 Rd4 48. Rxc6 Rxc4 49. Kf3 Rxh4 50. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2019.06.27"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5
12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4+ Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a5 16. Rfd1
Rc8 17. Rac1 Na6 18. Nb5 a4 19. bxa4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc5 21. Nc3
Nxa4 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23. Rc2 Kf6 24. Rc6+ Kg7 25. Rxb6 Rxa2
26. Kf1 Ra1+ 27. Kg2 Ra2 28. Kf1 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O
7. Re1 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. d4 Bb6 12. dxe5
h5 13. h4 Bg4 14. hxg5 Nxg5 15. exd6 h4 16. Bh2 Qf6 17. Nbd2
cxd6 18. Be2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Rf1 h3 21. Bg4 d5 22. Bxh3
Rae8 23. Kh1 dxe4 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qg4 Bxf2 26. Nc4 e3
27. Nxe3 Rxe3 28. Rxf2 Qxf2 29. Qxg5+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8
31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Qe1 Nc5
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Ne6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Nc3 f5 16. Qd3 Kh8
17. Bb3 c6 18. h3 Bh5 19. f4 g5 20. Kh2 gxf4 21. Bd1 Bxd1
22. Qxd1 Bg5 23. Ne2 Ra7 24. Bxf4 Rg7 25. Qd2 Rfg8 26. Bxg5
Rxg5 27. Rf2 c5 28. b4 cxb4 29. Qxb4 R5g6 30. Qc3 Qh4 31. Raf1
f4 32. Qf3 Rg3 33. Qxd5 Ng5 34. Nxf4 Nxh3 35. Qxg8+ Rxg8
36. Nxh3 Qxd4 37. e6 Qd6+ 38. Nf4 Rf8 39. g3 Rxf4 40. gxf4
Qxe6 41. f5 Qh6+ 42. Kg3 Qg5+ 43. Kh3 Qh5+ 44. Kg3 Qg5+
45. Kh3 Qh5+ 46. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6
6. Qe2 Rc8 7. b3 g6 8. Bb2 e5 9. d3 Bg7 10. Nc3 Nf8 11. Nd2
Ne6 12. Nc4 a6 13. a4 O-O 14. g3 Nd4 15. Qd1 Qd7 16. Ne3 Rce8
17. Rb1 h5 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Nc6 20. Bc1 f5 21. f3 Ne7
22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bg5 Ref7 24. Qe2 Kh7 25. Kg2 Bh6 26. Bxh6
Kxh6 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. b4 cxb4 29. Rxb4 R8f7 30. d4 Qc6
31. dxe5 Rxe5 32. Qc4 Rc7 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Rxb7 Re2+ 35. Rf2
Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rxc2+ 37. Ke3 Rc4 38. Rb6 Rxa4 39. Rxd6 Ra3+
40. Kf4 Ra4+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kf4 Ra4+ 43. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 h6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8
12. Nh4 Bc8 13. Na3 Bg4 14. Qc2 Qb8 15. Kh1 g5 16. Nf5 Bxf5
17. exf5 O-O 18. Qd1 Na5 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. b4 Bxb4 21. cxb4
Nc6 22. Nc2 Qc8 23. g4 Qa8 24. f3 Qa2 25. d4 Re7 26. dxe5 dxe5
27. Qd3 e4 28. Qc3 Ne5 29. f4 Nd5 30. Qh3 Nf3 31. Ne1 Nxe1
32. Rxe1 e3 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Qg2 Qc4 35. Qf3 Re4 36. h3 Rf4
37. Qg3 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Croatia"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2019.07.03"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. dxc5 Ne4
7. Nd4 Nc6 8. O-O Nxc5 9. Nc3 d6 10. b3 Ne6 11. Nxe6 Bxe6
12. Bb2 d5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qc1 Be6 15. Na4 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qa5
17. Rfc1 Rad8 18. Rc5 Rd2 19. Rxa5 Rxb2 20. Nxb2 Nxa5 21. Kf1
Rc8 22. Ke1 Kg7 23. Rd1 Rc2 24. Rd2 Rc1+ 25. Rd1 Rc2 26. Rd2
Rc1+ 27. Rd1 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2019.07.04"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[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. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4
Be6 12. Rad1+ Kc8 13. a3 b6 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Rfe1
Kb7 17. Ne2 g6 18. Nf4 Ng7 19. Ng5 Bf5 20. Re2 Rae8 21. g3 a5
22. c3 a4 23. f3 Be6 24. Nfxe6 Nxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. f4 c5
27. Kf2 f6 28. Rde1 Rd8 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Re6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6
Rd2+ 32. Re2 Rd3 33. Re3 Rd2+ 34. Re2 Rd3 35. Re3 Rd2+ 36. Re2
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 g6
7. Nc3 Bg7 8. d3 O-O 9. h3 Ne8 10. d4 Nc7 11. Bxd7 cxd4
12. Bxc8 dxc3 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. bxc3 Rxb7 15. Be3 Bxc3 16. Rc1
Bb2 17. Rb1 Ne6 18. e5 Qc7 19. exd6 exd6 20. Qd5 Rbb8 21. Rfd1
Bf6 22. Rbc1 Rfd8 23. Nd2 Nc5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rb2
26. Qf3 Be5 27. Qd5 Re8 28. c5 dxc5 29. Rxc5 Qb8 30. Qc4 Rb1
31. Rd5 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. f4 Qc7 35. Qxa6
Bxf4 36. Bxf4 Qxf4 37. a4 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+
40. Kh1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kh1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6
6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. d4 Be6 9. O-O Bxc4 10. Qxc4 O-O
11. Re1 Qd7 12. Bd2 Na6 13. a3 Rfe8 14. Qb3 h5 15. c4 Rad8
16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Be3 Nc7 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 a6
21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Bb6 Qd7 23. g3 Rc8 24. Nd2 Ne8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8
26. Qc4 Qd7 27. Ne4 Be5 28. Bd4 Nd6 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Be3 Qf5
31. b4 h4 32. Qxh4 Qxd5 33. Qd4 Qc6 34. h4 Be5 35. Qd8+ Kh7
36. Qd3+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qd3+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Croatia"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rb1 cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.Qxa5
Nxa5 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.O-O Bxf3 15.gxf3 e6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Bf1 b6
18.Ba6 Rd6 19.Rbc1 Rad8 20.Bg5 f6 21.Be3 h6 22.Bb5 f5 23.d5 g5
24.Bd2 fxe4 25.fxe4 a6 26.Ba4 exd5 27.Bb4 Re6 28.Rxd5 Rxd5
29.exd5 Re4 30.Rc8+ Kf7 31.a3 Be5 32.Be8+ Kg7 33.d6 Rd4 34.d7
Nb7 35.Be7 Re4 36.Rc6 Bd4 37.Rc7 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.12"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Bc5 8. Rd1 Bd4 9. Qf4 e5 10. Qg3 dxe4 11. d3 exd3
12. Bxd3 Nbd7 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Bf5 Nc5 15. Bh6 Nh5 16. Qg4 Qd6
17. Qxh5 Qxh6 18. Qxh6 gxh6 19. c3 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.13"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 e6 6. Bc2 b5
7. d4 Bb7 8. Qe2 a6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nbd2 Rc8
12. Rac1 Re8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bg3 dxe5 15. dxe5 c4 16. Ne4 Nc5
17. h4 Nd3 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Nf4 20. Qe3 Qd3 21. Rfe1
Qxe3 22. Rxe3 Nd3 23. Rb1 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Red8 25. h5 Rd5
26. Kf1 b4 27. cxb4 Nxb4 28. a3 Nd3 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Rc4
31. Nf3 Rc2 32. Rd1 Nxb2 33. Rd7 Rc1+ 34. Ne1 Kf8 35. Bf4 Rc8
36. h6 g5 37. Be3 Nc4 38. Nf3 g4 39. Nh2 Nxe5 40. Ra7 Bc5
41. Bxc5+ Rxc5 42. Rxa6 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kf1 Rc1+ 45. Ke2
Rc2+ 46. Kf1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.15"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 b4 10. Nce2 h6 11. Nf4 Bb7
12. Qxb4 Qc8 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nf5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Be2 Qc7
17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Kb1 g6 19. Ne3 Be7 20. c4 Kb8 21. Rc1 Nxe4
22. fxe4 Bxe4+ 23. Ka1 Bxh1 24. Rxh1 Bg5 25. Nd5 Bxf4 26. Qxf4
Qa7 27. Rc1 Rhe8 28. a3 Nc6 29. Bf3 g5 30. Qg3 Qc5 31. Bh1 Re2
32. Nc3 Re3 33. Qg2 Rc8 34. Nd5 Rb3 35. Ka2 Rb7 36. b3 a5
37. Nc3 Qe3 38. Rc2 Qd3 39. Qd2 Qxd2 40. Rxd2 Re7 41. Rxd6 Rd8
42. Rxd8+ Nxd8 43. Be4 h5 44. gxh5 f5 45. Bxf5 Rf7 46. Bg6
Rf2+ 47. Kb1 Rxh2 48. Ne4 g4 49. Kc1 Nc6 50. Kd1 Nd4 51. Ke1
Nxb3 52. Kf1 Nd4 53. Ng3 Kc7 54. Be4 Nf3 55. c5 Nd2+ 56. Kg1
Rh3 57. Kg2 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O e5 6. c3 Be7
7. Re1 O-O 8. d4 Qc7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. c4 Be6
12. Qe2 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4
Bxh4 12. Re1 a5 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Bd2 Kc8 15. Bc3 Re8 16. Rad1
g6 17. Nf4 Bg5 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Rd3
b5 22. Rf3 b4 23. Be5 a4 24. Rf8+ Bd8 25. Bf6 Kd7 26. Rh8 b3
27. cxb3 axb3 28. a4 c5 29. a5 c4 30. a6 c3 31. Rxh7+ Kd6
32. Bxc3 Rxa6 33. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.19"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. e3 Bg7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 d6 9. a4 Bg4 10. Ra3 axb5 11. Bxb5 Na6
12. e4 Nb4 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O Qb6 15. Re1 Qb7 16. Bg5 Bxf3
17. gxf3 Ne5 18. Rf1 c4 19. b3 Rfc8 20. Bd2 Nbd3 21. f4 Qb4
22. Nb1 c3 23. fxe5 Nb2 24. Qc2 cxd2 25. Qxb2 Qxe4 26. Qxd2
Rc2 27. Qd3 Rxe2 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. exd6 exd6 30. Nd2 Rg4+
31. Kh1 Rxh4+ 32. Kg2 Rd4 33. Nf3 Rg4+ 34. Kh3 Rb4 35. Rb1 Rc8
36. Kg2 Rc3 37. Ng1 Rc2 38. Nf3 Rg4+ 39. Kf1 Rf4 40. Kg2 Rg4+
41. Kf1 Rf4 42. Kg2 g5 43. Rf1 Rg4+ 44. Kh1 Rc3 45. Rg1 Rf4
46. Nh2 Rxf2 47. Rxg5 Rcc2 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.22"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qa3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O c5
12. Bf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. h3 e6
17. d6 f6 18. e5 Bxf3 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. gxf3 e5 21. Bd2 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Kg2 Bd8 25. Be4 Qe6 26. Qd3
Kg7 27. Bc3 Qf6 28. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.23"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6
7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. a4 Rad8 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4
Nd7 17. d4 Qa6 18. Ne3 Rfe8 19. Qc2 exd4 20. Nxd4 c6 21. Ndf5
Nf6 22. Rad1 Nc8 23. f3 d5 24. Qf2 Re6 25. Qg3 Ne8 26. exd5
cxd5 27. Nxd5 Kf8 28. Qh4 Rd7 29. Nde3 Ncd6 30. Nd4 Re5
31. Ng4 Rd5 32. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.24"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qa3 b6 9. Nf3 c5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Bb5 a6
12. O-O Bb7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. d5 Bb5 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bb2 c4
17. Bc1 e6 18. Be3 exd5 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. exd5 Ba4 21. Rc1 Bf8
22. Qb2 b5 23. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.24"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nf1 Ng6 10. Ng3 c6 11. d4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Re8 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Bxd4 16. cxd4
Nxd5 17. Bd3 Ndf4 18. Bc2 Be6 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qe4 Ng6
21. Qe3 Nf8 22. Re1 Qa5 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. dxe5 Rd8 25. b3 g5
26. Ne4 Rd4 27. h4 gxh4 28. f4 Bd5 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. f5 Nd7
31. Nxd7 Rd2 32. e6 fxe6 33. f6 Kg8 34. Bd3 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 h3
36. Be4 Bxe4 37. Rxe4 Kf7 38. Rh4 Rd2 39. Nc5 h2 40. Ne4 Rxa2
41. Rxh6 h1=Q+ 42. Rxh1 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Rxh1 44. Kxh1 a5 45. Nd6+
Kxf6 46. Nxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.24"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qa3 b6 9. Nf3 c5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Bb5 a6
12. O-O Bb7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Re1 f5 15. dxc5 fxe4 16. Nd4
bxc5 17. Qxc5 Bd5 18. Ba3 Rc8 19. Qa5 O-O 20. Bxe7 Rfe8
21. Bg5 Bc4 22. Be3 Bd3 23. Rac1 Rc4 24. Nb3 Qb5 25. Qxb5 axb5
26. Bd4 Bh6 27. Ra1 Rec8 28. h3 Bg7 29. Rac1 Bh6 30. Ra1 Bg7
31. a3 Bxd4 32. cxd4 b4 33. axb4 Rxb4 34. Ra3 Rcb8 35. Nc5
Rxd4 36. Ra7 Rc8 37. Ne6 Rd5 38. Rea1 Re5 39. Nd4 Rd5 40. R1a4
Rd6 41. Re7 Rcd8 42. Ne6 R6d7 43. Rxd7 Rxd7 44. Ra8+ Kf7
45. Nf8 Re7 46. Nxh7 e3 47. fxe3 Rxe3 48. Ng5+ Kf6 49. Nf3 Re2
50. Rf8+ Kg7 51. Rf4 Re4 52. Rxe4 Bxe4 53. Kf2 Kf6 54. Ke3 Bd5
55. Kf4 g5+ 56. Kg4 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.24"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Bb3 Ng6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nc4 Be6
12. d5 Bd7 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. h3 Nh7 15. Bc2 Qc8 16. g4 Qd8
17. Be3 Ng5 18. Kh2 Qf6 19. Kg3 Nf4 20. Rh1 Bb5 21. Ng1 Ne2+
22. Kg2 Nf4+ 23. Kg3 Ne2+ 24. Kg2 Nf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.24"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6
7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 a4 14. d4 Qa5 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Nf5 Bxf5
17. exf5 Nc6 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Be4
c6 22. Rad1 Qc5 23. a3 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bc2 b5 26. Kf1
Rd5 27. Be4 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 Qd6 29. g3 f6 30. Re2 Rd1+ 31. Re1
Rd2 32. Re2 Rd1+ 33. Re1 Rd5 34. Re2 Kf7 35. Re3 Qd7 36. h4
Ke7 37. Qg4 Kd8 38. Re4 Kc7 39. c4 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 Qd3 41. Qxg7+
Kb6 42. c5+ Ka6 43. Rb4 Qd5+ 44. f3 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 h5 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.24"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. a3 g6 6. d5 exd5
7. cxd5 Bg7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. Bf4 c6
12. dxc6 dxc6 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Rfd1 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5
16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Be3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nb3 19. Rab1 Nxd4 20. Rxd4
Rxe2 21. Bf3 Rc2 22. Be4 Rc5 23. Rbd1 Kg7 24. R4d3 a5 25. Rd4
Bc6 26. b4 Rc3 27. Bxd5 Ba4 28. R1d2 Rxa3 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. h4
Bb5 31. Rb2 Bc6 32. Rbd2 Ra4 33. Rxa4 Bxa4 34. Ra2 Bb5 35. Bb3
Ra8 36. Ba4 Bxa4 37. Rxa4 Kf6 38. Kf1 Ke6 39. Ke2 Kd5 40. Kd3
Ra7 41. g4 Kc5 42. Kc3 Kb5 43. Re4 a4 44. Re5+ Kc6 45. Kb2 a3+
46. Ka2 Kd6 47. Re4 Kd5 48. f3 Rc7 49. Re3 Ra7 50. Re4 f5
51. Re8 Kd4 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. f4 Ra6 54. Re5 Rh6 55. Rxf5 Rxh4
56. Kxa3 Ke4 57. Rf7 h5 58. f5 Rf4 59. f6 Kf5 60. Kb3 Kg6
61. Ra7 Rxf6 62. Kc3 Rd6 63. Ra8 h4 64. Rg8+ Kf5 65. Rh8 Kg4
66. Rg8+ Kf3 67. Rh8 Kg3 68. Rg8+ Kh2 69. Rg4 h3 70. Rg8 Kh1
71. Rg7 h2 72. Rg8 Rd1 73. Kc2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.24"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Rd1 a6 11. b3 Rb8
12. Bb2 Ne5 13. c5 d5 14. h3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. e4 Be6
17. exd5 cxd5 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rbd8 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Kh2 h5
22. Ne2 Bf5 23. c6 Qd6 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Nxf4 d4 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8
27. Rd1 h4 28. Bf1 hxg3+ 29. fxg3 a5 30. Bc4 Nd6 31. Bd5 Nb5
32. Bf3 Rd6 33. Rd2 Be5 34. Nd3 Bxd3 35. Rxd3 Nc3 36. a4 Nd5
37. Ba3 Rd8 38. Bc5 Ne3 39. Kg1 f5 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. b4 axb4
42. Bxb4 Rb8 43. Be1 Rb1 44. a5 Ra1 45. Rb3 Ra2+ 46. Be2 Nd5
47. Kf3 Kf6 48. g4 fxg4+ 49. hxg4 Ra1 50. Bh4+ g5 51. Bf2 Rxa5
52. Rb8 Ra3+ 53. Ke4 Nc3+ 54. Kd3 Nd5+ 55. Kc4 Nb6+ 56. Kb5 d3
57. Bd1 Ra1 58. Bxb6 cxb6 59. Rf8+ Ke7 60. Rf1 Kd6 61. Kc4 d2
62. Kd3 Bf4 63. Rh1 Ra3+ 64. Ke4 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[EventDate "2019.07.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Na4 Qd8 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Nxc4
12. Qc5 d5 13. b3 Bd7 14. bxc4 Bxa4 15. Qa3 Qd7 16. Bb2 b5
17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. O-O Qe7 20. Qf3 O-O 21. Qg4+
Kh8 22. Bxd5 Rad8 23. e4 b4 24. Rac1 Bd7 25. Qf4 Bb5 26. Rc7
Qd6 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Rb1 a5 29. a3 f5 30. f3 fxe4 31. fxe4 f5
32. axb4 Bd3 33. Re1 axb4 34. Rb7 Re8 35. Bf7 Rxe4 36. Rc1 Rd8
37. Rd1 f4 38. Bb3 Red4 39. Rf7 fxg3 40. hxg3 Bg6 41. Rf8+
Rxf8 42. Rxd4 Rb8 43. Kf2 Kg7 44. Ke3 Rb6 45. g4 Kf6 46. Kf4
Bf7 47. g5+ Ke7 48. Bc2 Bg8 49. Re4+ Kf8 50. Bb1 b3 51. Ra4
Rb7 52. Ke3 Kg7 53. Kd2 Bf7 54. Rh4 Bg6 55. Rh1 b2 56. Kc3
Bxb1 57. Rxb1 Kg6 58. Kc2 Rb8 59. Kc3 Kxg5 60. Kc2 h5 61. Rg1+
Kh6 62. Kb1 h4 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[EventDate "2019.07.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Nxc5
7. b4 Ne6 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Be2
Ne4 13. Nd5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Nc7 15. Nf4 f6 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2
e5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qc7 20. O-O Qc3 21. e4 Qxb2 22. Rxb2
Kf7 23. a4 a6 24. a5 b5 25. Rbb1 Rc3 26. Bg4 Ke7 27. d6+ Kd8
28. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Bxe4 30. Rc5 f5 31. Bf3 Bxf3 32. gxf3
Rf6 33. Rd5 Re6 34. Kf1 Ke8 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Ke3 g5 37. h3 h5
38. Kd3 Re8 39. Rc5 Ke6 40. Rc7 h4 41. Ra7 g4 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[EventDate "2019.07.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 e6
7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Nc3 Bd7 9. h4 h5 10. Qg3 Ne7 11. Nd4 Qb6 12. a3
Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Ng6 14. f4 Rc8 15. Nce2 Bc5 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qxa6
bxa6 18. Bd2 Bb5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. b4 Bb6 21. a4 bxa4 22. Kd1
Rc4 23. Rxa4 O-O 24. Ra2 Rfc8 25. g3 Ne7 26. Rf1 Kh7 27. Rf3
Kg6 28. f5+ Nxf5 29. Nf4+ Kh7 30. Nxh5 Rg4 31. Raa3 Rcc4
32. Nf4 Nd4 33. Rf1 Nxc2 34. Rd3 Nxb4 35. Rdf3 Nc6 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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 Qd5 18. c4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qa5+ 20. Rd2 O-O 21. Bd6
f5 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6 Nbd7 24. O-O Qc5 25. Qd4 a5 26. g4 f4
27. Rxf4 a4 28. Rf1 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Nc5 30. Bf3 a3 31. Rd2 Nfd7
32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxb7 Rb8 34. Bc6 Ne5 35. Bb5 Nxg4 36. Ra2
Rd8 37. Rxa3 Rd2 38. h3 Nf6 39. Re3 Kf7 40. Rf2 Rd1+ 41. Kh2
Ke7 42. Ra3 Nfe4 43. Ra7+ Kd6 44. Re2 Ng5 45. Rxg7 Nf3+
46. Kg3 Nd4 47. Kf2 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 g6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg2 Kc7 11. O-O
Be6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Be3 a6 14. a4 Rc8 15. a5 Bg7 16. Ra4 Kb8
17. Rb4 Rc7 18. Rd1 Rhc8 19. Bf1 Ka8 20. Na4 f5 21. c4 e4
22. c5 Ne5 23. Nb6+ Kb8 24. Nxc8 Kxc8 25. Rb6 Bd7 26. b4 Ba4
27. Rb1 Nd3 28. Be2 Bc6 29. f3 Ne5 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Rd1 Bc6
32. Bf4 Bf6 33. h4 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Kxd7 35. b5 axb5 36. Bxb5 Bxb5
37. Rxb5 Kc8 38. Bxe5 Bxe5 39. c6 Bd4+ 40. Kg2 bxc6 41. Rb1 h6
42. a6 e5 43. Rb7 h5 44. Rg7 Kb8 45. Rxg6 c5 46. Kf3 c4
47. Ke2 e4 48. Rg5 Be5 49. g4 hxg4 50. Rxf5 Bd4 51. Rg5 c3
52. Rxg4 Bf6 53. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. h5 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. h6 Bh8 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. b3
Qa5 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Kf1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Rc1 Rh4 17. Rxh4
Qxh4 18. g3 Qd8 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. Nf3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bd3
Bd7 23. Qf3 f5 24. Re1 Qf6 25. b4 cxb4 26. Bxb4 b6 27. Bd2 Re8
28. Qd1 f4 29. Qf3 fxg3 30. Qxf6 Bxf6 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. fxg3
Kf8 33. g4 Ke7 34. g5 Bd4 35. Kf3 Bd7 36. Be3 Bc3 37. Bc2 Kf7
38. Be4 Bb4 39. Bd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[EventDate "2019.07.27"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
h4 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. g4 hxg3 19. fxg3 Kf8 20. Kf2 Ne7 21. h4 Nd5
22. Bg5 Bf5 23. h5 Nxc3 24. hxg6 Nxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[EventDate "2019.07.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+
Bxd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 e5 10. Qd3 g5 11. Bg3 Nf6
12. h4 g4 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. h5 Be6 15. Bh4 Nxh5 16. g3 Rg8
17. Nd5 f5 18. c4 Bxd5 19. cxd5 f4 20. a4 Qb6 21. b3 Qb4
22. Kd1 Rc3 23. Qe2 f3 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[EventDate "2019.07.27"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2
16. Rfc1 Rab8 17. a3 Be6 18. b4 f6 19. Re1 Rbd8 20. Bd4 Bd5
21. Bxd5+ Rxd5 22. Kxg2 fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Nf1 b5 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Ne3
Bxa2 13. Rxa2 b4 14. Nf5 Re8 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Nd2 bxc3 17. bxc3
Qe6 18. Nc4 d5 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Rae2 Rbe8
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Re4 f5 24. Rh4 f4 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qf5 f6
27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nh5
7. Bg5 O-O 8. Qd2 f6 9. Be3 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. f3 e5 12. d5
Nd4 13. O-O-O Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 e4 15. g4 exf3 16. gxf5 fxe2
17. Bxe2 Ng3 18. fxg6 Nxh1 19. Rxh1 Qf6 20. h5 Rae8 21. h6
Qxb2+ 22. Qxb2 Bxb2+ 23. Kd2 hxg6 24. Bg4 b6 25. Be6+ Kh7
26. a4 a5 27. Ke2 Be5 28. Rh4 Bc3 29. Rh3 Bb4 30. Bd4 Bc5
31. Bg7 Rf2+ 32. Kd3 Re7 33. Rg3 Bb4 34. Ke3 Bc5+ 35. Kd3 c6
36. Kc3 cxd5 37. cxd5 Bb4+ 38. Kc4 Bd2 39. Rh3 Rf4+ 40. Kb5
Rb4+ 41. Kc6 Bf4 42. Bg8+ Kxg8 43. h7+ Kf7 44. h8=Q Rc4+
45. Kb5 Rc5+ 46. Ka6 Re8 47. Qh7 Ke7 48. Be5+ Kd8 49. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a4 Bd7
7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Bc6
12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Bd4 Qa5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1
Rac8 17. Bg4 Rc7 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. b4 e5 21. Qc4
Qb6 22. b5 Kg7 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rb1 Qd8 25. Red1 Qe7 26. h3
h5 27. Rd3 Rc8 28. Rbd1 Qf6 29. Na2 Qd8 30. Nc1 Qc7 31. Nb3
Rdd8 32. Qb4 Rb8 33. Qd2 d5 34. exd5 cxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5
36. Qxd5 Rb4 37. Nc5 Qe7 38. c3 Rb2 39. Nd3 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. e5 Nd7 10. exd6 Ne5 11. Bb3 Ba6
12. Bg5 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 exd6 14. O-O-O h6 15. Be3 d5 16. Bc5
O-O-O 17. Bxa7 Rhe8 18. Bb6 Rd6 19. Ne4 Nd3+ 20. cxd3 dxe4
21. dxe4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxe4 23. Rd8+ Kb7 24. Be3 Re7 25. Bc5
Re1+ 26. Rd1 Re2 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Kxd2 Bf1 29. g3 f5 30. h4
Bxb2 31. Be3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Bxg5 c5 34. Bc2 Bh3 35. Be3
Kb6 36. Bd3 Ba3 37. Kc2 Bb4 38. Kb3 Kc6 39. a3 Ba5 40. Kc4 Bg2
41. Bxf5 Bd5+ 42. Kd3 c4+ 43. Kc2 Kd6 44. g4 Bc6 45. Bd4 Ba4+
46. Kb2 Bd2 47. Bf6 Kd5 48. g5 c3+ 49. Kb1 Bb3 50. g6 Kc5
51. g7 Kb5 52. Bh7 Ka5 53. Be5 Kb5 54. Bd3+ Ka5 55. f4 Bg8
56. Bc2 Kb5 57. f5 Kc6 58. Be4+ Kd7 59. Kc2 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4
Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rb8 14. Rhc1 Kd8 15. Rc3 Re8
16. Ra3 a6 17. Rb1 b5 18. Rc3 Re7 19. a4 b4 20. Rc5 Rc7
21. Ra5 b3 22. Rc5 Bd7 23. Rxc7 Kxc7 24. a5 Rb5 25. Be4 Rxa5
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6
6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 Rc8 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4
a6 12. Nc3 Ne5 13. Rad1 Ng6 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. g3 Bf8 16. Kg2
Qc7 17. Qe3 b6 18. h3 Qb7 19. Qd2 h5 20. h4 Rcd8 21. Nf3 b5
22. Qe2 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Ng4 24. Na4 Be7 25. Rd2 Bf6 26. Red1
Bxb2 27. Nxb2 Rc8 28. Qe2 d5 29. exd5 exd5 30. Qd3 Nf6 31. Rc2
Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Ne5 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Nd3 Re8 35. Nf4 a5 36. Qd3
Rd8 37. Qd4 Qc6 38. Re1 a4 39. Re5 axb3 40. axb3 Rb8 41. Rg5
Rxb3 42. Nxd5 Kf8 43. Kh2 Rb1 44. Qd3 Qc1 45. Qxb1 Qxb1
46. Nxf6 gxf6 47. Rxh5 Qc2 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kg1 f5 50. Rg5 f6
51. Rh5 Kg7 52. Kf1 Qg4 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. c4 b6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. b3
Nb4 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Ba3 a5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc2 17. Qd2
Nxa3 18. f3 e6 19. Qb2 Qf6 20. Rac1 Qf4 21. Qxa3 f5 22. exf5
Rxf5 23. Qb2 Rg5 24. Kh1 Qg3 25. Rg1 Rf8 26. Rcf1 Rh5 27. Bd1
Nd3 28. Qd2 Nf4 29. Rf2 Nxh3 30. gxh3 Rxh3+ 31. Rh2 Rxh2+
32. Qxh2 Bxf3+ 33. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 34. Rg2 Qxc3 35. Qxd6 Qe3
36. Kh2 Rf5 37. Qd8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bg5
Bg7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bf4 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6
12. Rad1 e6 13. Rfe1 Ne7 14. Ne5 g5 15. Bg3 Nf5 16. Bf3 Bxf3
17. Nxf3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 O-O 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Qe2 c6 21. Qf3 Rac8
22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Nd2 Rfd8 24. Nb3 a5 25. Ne2 Rd5 26. Nec1 c5
27. c4 Rf5 28. Qe2 h5 29. Nd3 Rd8 30. Ne5 g4 31. Qe3 Ne8
32. Qe4 cxd4 33. Nc6 Nd6 34. Nxd8 Nxe4 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Rxe4
Qxc4 37. Nd2 Qc2 38. Ree1 Re5 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Nb3 d6 11. O-O Be6
12. c5 dxc5 13. Na4 Qb4 14. Naxc5 Rfd8 15. Qc3 Bd5 16. Qxb4
Nxb4 17. Nxb7 Rdc8 18. N7c5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nfd5 20. Bd2 Bxb2
21. Rab1 Bc3 22. a3 Bxd2 23. Nxd2 Rxc5 24. axb4 Rc2 25. Rfd1
Rb8 26. Nf3 Rxb4 27. Rxb4 Nxb4 28. Rd7 Rxe2 29. Nd4 Ra2
30. Rxe7 Nd3 31. Kf3 Nxf2 32. Nc6 Nh3 33. Rxa7 Rxh2 34. Ra5 h6
35. g4 Ng5+ 36. Kg3 Rh3+ 37. Kg2 Rc3 38. Ne5 Rc7 39. Rb5 Kg7
40. Ra5 Ne6 41. Kg3 Rc5 42. Rxc5 Nxc5 43. Nf3 Kf6 44. Nd2 Ke5
45. Nf3+ Ke4 46. Nd2+ Ke3 47. Nc4+ Kd4 48. Nb6 Ke4 49. Nc4 Kd4
50. Nb6 Ne4+ 51. Kf4 Nc3 52. Nd7 Nd5+ 53. Kf3 g5 54. Kg3 Ke4
55. Nc5+ Ke5 56. Nd3+ Kd4 57. Ne1 Ke4 58. Nf3 f5 59. gxf5 Kxf5
60. Nd4+ Kf6 61. Kg4 Nf4 62. Kg3 h5 63. Nf3 Ne6 64. Nd2 Ke5
65. Nc4+ Kf5 66. Nd6+ Kg6 67. Nc4 Nd4 68. Ne5+ Kf5 69. Nc4 h4+
70. Kh3 Kf4 71. Nb2 Nf3 72. Nd3+ Kf5 73. Nf2 Ne5 74. Nd1 Kg6
75. Nc3 Kh5 76. Kg2 g4 77. Kf2 Kg5 78. Ne4+ Kf4 79. Nf6 Nd3+
80. Kg2 Kf5 81. Ne8 Nf4+ 82. Kg1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6
7. O-O Na5 8. Be2 Nh6 9. Qe1 O-O 10. f5 e6 11. d3 exf5 12. Nd5
Be6 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Qg3 fxe4 15. dxe4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nf5
17. Qh3 Ncd4 18. Bd3 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Nd4 20. Rf2 Rc8 21. c3 c4
22. Bf1 Nf5 23. Rd1 h5 24. Be2 Bh6 25. Bxh6 Nxh6 26. Qe3 Kg7
27. Qxa7 Nf5 28. Rdf1 Qg5 29. Rxf5 gxf5 30. Qd4+ Kh6 31. Bxc4
Rg8 32. Rf2 Rce8 33. h4 Qg4 34. Qd2+ Kh7 35. Bd3 Re5 36. Rf4
Re1+ 37. Bf1 Qg3 38. Rxf5 Rg7 39. Rxh5+ Kg8 40. Rf5 Qxh4
41. Rf3 Re5 42. Qf2 Qh7 43. a4 Rh5 44. Qd4 Rh1+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+
46. Be2 Qc1 47. Re3 Qe1+ 48. Kf3 Qg3+ 49. Ke4 Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Be6
12. Nd3 Be7 13. Rc1 h6 14. Na4 Rc8 15. Nac5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Qe7
17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 b6 20. Qe3 Qf5 21. Qa3 Ne4
22. f3 Nc5 23. b4 Ne6 24. Bd2 Ncd4 25. Qxa7 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Qc2
27. Bf1 Qc6 28. Qa6 Ra8 29. Qd3 Rxa2 30. Be3 Qc4 31. Rd1 Nxe2+
32. Bxe2 Rxe2 33. Qxc4 dxc4 34. Bxb6 Rb2 35. Be3 Rxb4 36. Rc1
Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Bd2 Ra4 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Bc3 Ra3 41. Ke4
Kc5 42. f4 Ra2 43. h4 f6 44. f5 Nc7 45. Bd4+ Kb5 46. Rb1+ Kc6
47. Rb6+ Kd7 48. g4 Re2+ 49. Kf3 Rd2 50. Ke4 Rh2 51. h5 Re2+
52. Kf3 Rd2 53. Ke4 Re2+ 54. Kf3 Rd2 55. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf3 Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be3 Nb6
12. Nd2 Rc8 13. a5 Nc4 14. Nxc4 Rxc4 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. h3 Rc8
17. Rfd1 h6 18. Qe1 Qc6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qd7 21. c3 Ra4
22. Qd2 Bd8 23. b4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qb5 25. Rc1 Qc4 26. Qd1 e4
27. Be2 Qxd5 28. c4 Qe5 29. c5 dxc5 30. Rxc5 Qb8 31. Bf4 Bc7
32. Qc2 Nd5 33. Bg4 Nxb4 34. Qxe4 Nc6 35. Bxc8 Bxf4 36. Rxc6
bxc6 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Bf5+ g6 39. Qxf7+ Kh8 40. Qf6+ Kg8
41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. g3 Be5 44. Qxh6 Bg7 45. Qxc6
Qb4 46. Qe8+ Bf8 47. Qg6+ Bg7 48. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bd3 e5 5. c3 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5
12. Nf3 Be6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. b3 h6
17. Rc1 b6 18. h3 Qe7 19. Bf4 Kh7 20. Qe3 Red8 21. Ba6 Ra8
22. Ne5 Nh5 23. Nc6 Qh4 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Bh2 Bd4 26. Qf3 g5
27. Bc4 g4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Qxf7+ Bg7 30. e5 Rf8 31. Bd3+ Kh8
32. Qg6 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Bf5 34. Qxh5 Bxd3 35. e6 Bb5 36. e7 Re8
37. Re6 Kg8 38. Rd1 Qf7 39. Qd5 Kh7 40. Rxh6+ Kg8 41. Re6 Ba6
42. Qc6 Rxe7 43. Qa8+ Bf8 44. Rxe7 Qxe7 45. Bd6 Qf7 46. Qxf8+
1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nb5 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nge7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. c3 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Ng5 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Be6
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bg5 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Re8 20. Rd1 h6 21. Bh4
Kh7 22. Qf7 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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. Nf5 Bxf5
12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. c3
Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Qd2 Qxa1+ 20. Nd1 Qd4
21. Bd3 Rf8 22. O-O Rxf3 23. Ne3 Kd7 24. Rd1 Raf8 25. Qe2 Qc5
26. Be4 Nd4 27. Qd3 Rxg3+ 28. fxg3 e5 29. Kg2 b5 30. Qd2 Rc8
31. Nf5 Qc3 32. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. Nc3 h6 8. Nd5 Rb8 9. c3 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Nxd5
12. Bxd5 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ne7 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Nh4 Qd7 16. Qh5 c5
17. Nf5 c4 18. Bc2 cxd3 19. Bxd3 Bc4 20. Rad1 Nxf5 21. exf5 f6
22. b3 Bf7 23. Qe2 d5 24. c4 dxc4 25. bxc4 Qc6 26. cxb5 axb5
27. Rc1 Qa8 28. Bxb5 Qxa2 29. Rc2 Qb3 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Qxc4+
Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Rfd8 33. Rfc1 Kh7 34. h3 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc3 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rad8
12. Qe1 d5 13. cxd5 Rxd5 14. Nc3 Rxd1 15. Nxd1 Rd8 16. Rc1 Bh6
17. e3 Qd7 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Nb2 Bg7 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Rxd8+
Nxd8 22. Nc4 f5 23. Qd2 Ne6 24. Nfe5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qb7+
26. Kg1 Qe4 27. Nxf7 Qb1+ 28. Kg2 f4 29. exf4 Nd4 30. Nfe5
Qe4+ 31. f3 Qd5 32. Ne3 Qc5 33. b4 Qd6 34. Nc2 Nf5 35. Qxd6
Nxd6 36. Kf2 Nb5 37. Ke3 Kf8 38. Kd3 Ke8 39. a4 Nc7 40. Ne3 a6
41. Kc4 Bf8 42. b5 axb5+ 43. axb5 Bc5 44. Nd5 Ne6 45. Nf6+ Kf8
46. Nxh7+ Kg7 47. Ng5 Nc7 48. Ne4 Bg1 49. h4 Ne6 50. Nc6 Nc7
51. Ne7 Ne6 52. f5 Nd4 53. fxg6 Nxf3 54. h5 Nd4 55. g4 Ne6
56. Nf5+ Kh8 1-0

[Event "GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6
7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. a4 Rad8 15. Bc4 Bc8 16. Qc2 c6
17. Ba2 Ng6 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. Kh2 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. c4 e4
22. dxe4 dxe4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd2 Qd4 25. Rd1 Qe5+ 26. Kh1
Nf4 27. c5 Nd3 28. Kg1 Qxb2 29. Nxe4 Qxc2 30. Nxf6+ gxf6
31. Nxc2 Rd7 32. Ne3 Nxc5 33. Rc1 b6 34. Nd5 Rxd5 35. Bxd5 Bd7
36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Bxa4 39. Rb1 b5 40. Kd4 Kd6
41. Bxf7 Na6 42. Ra1 Nb4 43. Kc3 Kc5 44. Rc1 Nc6 45. Kb2+ Kb6
46. f4 b4 47. Be8 Bb5 48. Bxc6 Bxc6 49. g4 a4 50. h4 Bd5
51. g5 a3+ 52. Kc2 b3+ 53. Kc3 b2 54. Re1 hxg5 55. hxg5 fxg5
56. fxg5 Kb5 57. g6 Bg8 58. g7 Kc5 59. Rd1 Kc6 60. Kc2 Kb6
61. Rh1 Kc7 62. Kb1 Bd5 63. Rg1 Bg8 64. Kc2 Kd6 65. Re1 Kc5
66. Kc3 Kc6 67. Rd1 Kc5 68. Kc2 Kc4 69. Rh1 Bf7 70. Rg1 Bg8
71. Kb1 Kb4 72. Rg4+ Kb3 73. Rg3+ Kb4 74. Rh3 Bf7 75. Rh4+ Kc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Re1 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 10. d4 Ng8 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nd2 g6 15. Nf3 f6 16. b3 Bd7
17. Ba3 Bc6 18. g4 g5 19. Kg2 Kg7 20. a5 Nh6 21. Kg3 Nf7
22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Be7 Nf7 26. Nd2
Nh8 27. Bd8 Bb8 28. Bd5 Ng6 29. Nc4 Bxd5 30. exd5 Nf4 31. Ne3
Ne2+ 32. Kf3 Nxc3 33. Be7 Ba7 34. d6 cxd6 35. Nf5+ Kf7
36. Bxd6 e4+ 37. Kg2 Ke6 38. Ba3 Nd5 39. Nd6 e3 40. fxe3 Nxe3+
41. Kf3 Nc2 42. Nc4 Nd4+ 43. Ke4 Nxb3 44. Bb4 Nc5+ 45. Kf3 Nd3
0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. cxd5 Qxa2 11. Be5 Bxe5
12. Nxe5 Qa3 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Nd3 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd4
Qd6 17. O-O e5 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Bf3 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Qb4
Qxb4 22. cxb4 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bxb7 Rd2 25. h3 Rb2
26. Bc8 Bxc8 27. Rxc8+ Kg7 28. Rc4 Ra2 29. Rc5 Ra4 30. Rb5 a6
31. Rb6 h5 32. g3 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Kg2 Ra4 35. Rb8 Kf6
36. Re8 Rb4 37. e4 Rb3 38. Ra8 Rc3 39. Ra5 Rb3 40. h4 Rc3
41. Rd5 Ra3 42. f4 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Rb3 45. Rd6+ Ke7
46. Rd2 Kf6 47. Re2 Ra3 48. Re3 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Rb3 Kf6
51. g4 hxg4+ 52. Kxg4 Rg2+ 53. Kf3 Rg1 54. Rb6+ Kg7 55. Rb2
Rh1 56. Kg3 Rg1+ 57. Rg2 Re1 58. Kf3 Rh1 59. Kg4 Re1 60. Kf3
Rh1 61. Rg4 Rh3+ 62. Kg2 Re3 63. f5 Kf6 64. fxg6 fxg6 65. Kf2
Rh3 66. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4
7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7 9. h4 O-O-O 10. Bh3 Kb8 11. O-O h6
12. Re1 Ne7 13. Rb1 Nc8 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. h5 Nb6 16. Be3 Ba4
17. Qe2 Be7 18. N3h2 Qd7 19. f4 g6 20. Bf2 Rdg8 21. Ne3 Nc6
22. Kh1 Bd8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qg4 Qh7 25. b3 cxb3 26. Qxe6
Nxd4 27. cxd4 Bd7 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Rxb3 Nb6 30. a4 Nxa4
31. Nxd5 g5 32. f5 g4 33. Bg2 Nb6 34. Ne3 h5 35. f6 h4 36. Kg1
Bc7 37. Rc1 Qd7 38. Rd1 hxg3 39. Bxg3 Rh3 40. Nhf1 Rh5 41. Rc3
Rc8 42. Rdc1 Qxd4 43. Rxc7 Rxc7 44. e6 Rhc5 45. Rxc5 Qxc5
46. e7 Qh5 47. Nf5 Nc8 48. N1e3 Qg6 49. Nd5 Qxf5 50. Bxc7+ 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4
Qa5 7. c3 Bf5 8. Qf4 e6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Bd6 16. h3 Nd3
17. Qg5 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Re1 f6 21. Be3 b6
22. Kf1 Rhd8 23. Ke2 R3d7 24. h4 Kb7 25. a4 c5 26. a5 Kc6
27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra4 f5 29. g3 Re8 30. Kf3 Bf6 31. Rea1 Rd3
32. Ke2 Rd7 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Rxa8 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Bxd8 36. c4 b5
37. Kd3 Bf6 38. b3 Be5 39. Bd2 Bd4 40. f3 Bf2 41. Bf4 Bd4
42. g4 bxc4+ 43. Kxc4 fxg4 44. fxg4 Bf6 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5
Be7 47. Be5 Bf8 48. Bc3 Kd6 49. Bb2 Kc6 50. Be5 Kb6 51. Kd5
Kb5 52. Bc3 Be7 53. Bxg7 Bg5 54. Bc3 Bh6 55. Be1 Bc1 56. Bf2
Kb4 57. Bxc5+ Kxb3 58. Ke4 Bh6 59. Kf5 Kc4 60. Kg6 Bd2 61. Be7
Kd5 62. Bg5 Bc3 63. h6 Ke6 64. h7 Bh8 65. Bh6 Ke7 66. Bg7 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. O-O O-O
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Rd1 Bf5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. c5 Qxb3
12. axb3 Na6 13. Nd3 Ne4 14. e3 Bf5 15. f3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 e5
17. b4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nc7 19. Nf2 Re8 20. e4 Be6 21. Bf1 dxe4
22. fxe4 Bb3 23. Rd2 Ne6 24. Bb2 Rad8 25. Ra3 Bh6 26. Rd3 Bc2
27. Rdc3 Nxd4 28. Rc4 Nb5 29. Rxc2 Nxa3 30. Bxa3 Be3 31. Kg2
Bxf2 32. Kxf2 Rxe4 33. b5 cxb5 34. Bxb5 h5 35. Be2 h4 36. Bf3
hxg3+ 37. hxg3 Ra4 38. Bb2 Rb4 39. Bf6 Re8 40. g4 Rf4 41. g5
Rf5 42. Rc1 Rc8 43. Bd4 Rd8 44. Be3 Rd3 45. Ke2 Rb3 46. Be4
Re5 47. Bd3 a5 48. Kd2 a4 49. Rc4 a3 50. Bd4 Rxg5 51. Ra4 Rg2+
52. Ke3 f5 53. Be5 Kf7 54. Bf4 g5 55. Bd6 a2 0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4
Nh5 13. Nf1 Qe8 14. Ra2 b5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nf6 17. axb5
axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qb3 Qe8 20. Ng3 Kh7 21. Kh2 d5 22. Qc2
dxe4 23. dxe4 Qe7 24. Qe2 Rb8 25. Ra1 Ne8 26. Ra6 Qd7 27. Qf2
Nd6 28. Nh5 Qe8 29. Qg3 Qxh5 30. Rxc6 Nxe4 31. Qxe5 Qxe5+
32. Nxe5 Rb7 33. Nf3 Kg8 34. Nd4 Kf7 35. g4 Nd6 36. Kg2 Ke7
37. Kf3 Kd7 38. Rc5 Rb6 39. h4 Ra6 40. Nxb5 Nxb5 41. Rxb5 Rc6
42. Rc5 Rxc5 43. bxc5 Kc6 44. Ke4 Kxc5 45. Ke5 Kc4 46. Kxe6
Kxc3 47. e4 Kd4 48. e5 c5 49. Kd6 c4 50. e6 c3 51. e7 c2
52. e8=Q c1=Q 53. Qe5+ Kd3 54. Qxg7 Qf4+ 55. Kd7 Qa4+ 56. Ke7
Qb4+ 57. Ke8 Qa4+ 58. Kf8 Qa8+ 59. Kf7 Qd5+ 60. Kg6 Qe6+
61. Kh5 Ke2 62. Qxh6 Qe8+ 63. Qg6 Qh8+ 64. Kg5 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St. Louis MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. h3 Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qc5 a5 11. Rc1 Nd7
12. Qa3 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nb5 c5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Be2 Nf6
17. Rd1 Bd7 18. Bc5 Nxe4 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Qe3 Nc5 21. O-O Qf6
22. Nc7 Rd8 23. Nd5 Qg7 24. Nb6 e4 25. Nd4 Be8 26. Nxc6 Rxd1
27. Rxd1 Bxc6 28. Bc4 Qe5 29. Qd4 Qg5 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Bxd5
Nd3 32. Qxe4 Nxb2 33. Rb1 Qf6 34. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St. Louis MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[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. h3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3
Ne7 12. a4 Ng6 13. a5 Be7 14. Be3 Nf8 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f4 h5
17. f5 h4 18. Rf1 Rh5 19. a6 b6 20. Rae1 c5 21. Ndb5 Bd8
22. e6 fxe6 23. Bf4 Rxf5 24. Bxc7 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Be7 26. Bxb6
Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Rb8 28. Nc7+ Kd7 29. Bxa7 Kxc7 30. Bxb8+ Kxb8
31. Rf7 Bd6 32. Rxg7 e5 33. Kf2 c4 34. Rg4 Bc5+ 35. Kf1 Ka7
36. Rxc4 Ne6 37. Rxh4 Nd4 38. Rh5 Nxc2 39. Rxe5 Bd4 40. Re6
Nb4 41. g4 Nxa6 42. g5 Nc5 43. Re7+ Kb6 44. g6 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St. Louis MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 a4 9. Ba3 Re8 10. e3 Bf5 11. Qe2 Nbd7
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 Nc3 14. Qd3 Nb5 15. exf5 Nxa3 16. bxa4
Rxa4 17. Qb3 Ra7 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Be4 Qb6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Qf3
Qxd4 22. Rad1 Nf6 23. Nb3 Qe5 24. h4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Nb5
26. Nec5 Nc3 27. Rd3 Re8 28. Kg2 Nd5 29. Rd2 b6 30. Ne4 Qf5
31. Qe2 Rea8 32. Ng5 Ra4 33. Rh1 e6 34. Nc1 c5 35. Qb5 Rd4
36. Nb3 Nf4+ 37. Kh2 Qd5 0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "179"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5
7. exd5 O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. Kf1 a6 10. a4 d6 11. h5 Ne4 12. Nxe4
Rxe4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Nd2
Rxe3 18. fxe3 Bxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Qe7 20. Rh3 Re8 21. Rb1 Bg5
22. Re1 Qf6+ 23. Qf2 Qxb2 24. Nf3 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Bf6 26. Rb1
b6 27. Ke2 Re4 28. Kd3 Rg4 29. g3 Kf8 30. a5 bxa5 31. Rb7 Ke7
32. Ra7 a4 33. Rxa6 Ne5+ 34. Nxe5 Bxe5 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Rh7
Rxg3 37. Rhxf7+ Kg5 38. Rxa4 Rg1 39. Ra2 Kg4 40. Re7 Bg3
41. Re6 g5 42. Ra6 Rd1+ 43. Ke4 Rc1 44. Raxd6 Bxd6 45. Rxd6
Rxc4+ 46. Kd3 Rc1 47. Rf6 c4+ 48. Kd2 Ra1 49. d6 Ra3 50. e4
Rd3+ 51. Kc2 Kh3 52. e5 g4 53. Rh6+ Kg2 54. Rh7 g3 55. d7 Kf2
56. e6 g2 57. Rf7+ Ke2 58. Rg7 Kf2 59. Rxg2+ Kxg2 60. e7 Rxd7
61. e8=Q Rd3 62. Qe4+ Kf2 63. Qxc4 Rf3 64. Kd2 Kg3 65. Qe4 Rf4
66. Qg6+ Kf2 67. Qg5 Rf3 68. Qg4 Ra3 69. Qd4+ Kf1 70. Qf6+ Kg2
71. Ke2 Rg3 72. Qf5 Kh2 73. Qh5+ Kg1 74. Qh4 Kg2 75. Qe4+ Kg1
76. Qd5 Rg6 77. Qd4+ Kh2 78. Qh4+ Kg1 79. Kf3 Rg2 80. Qe1+ Kh2
81. Qe5+ Kh1 82. Qh8+ Kg1 83. Qh4 Rg8 84. Qd4+ Kh1 85. Qh4+
Kg1 86. Qe1+ Kh2 87. Qd2+ Kh1 88. Qc1+ Kh2 89. Qc2+ Kh1
90. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Nd2 e6
7. Ngf3 Be7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. a3 Rc8 11. Qb1 cxd4
12. exd4 O-O 13. O-O Nh5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bxe7
Rfe8 17. Bh4 f5 18. dxe5 Kxh7 19. Nf3 Rc4 20. Rd1 Re4 21. Rd4
g5 22. Bxg5 Rxd4 23. Be3 Re4 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Qc2 Nf4 26. Re1
Ng6 27. Qb3 b5 28. Rxe4 fxe4 29. Nd4 Nxe5 30. Qb4 Bc6 31. Qd6
Nc4 32. Qf4 Kg6 33. b3 Nb6 34. Qg4+ Kf6 35. Qh5 Rh8 36. Nxe6
Be8 37. Qg4 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
h4 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. g4 hxg3 19. fxg3 Kf8 20. Kh2 Ne7 21. g4 Re8
22. Rd3 Kg8 23. Ng3 Bd5 24. Rde3 c5 25. e6 Rxe6 26. Bxc7 Rxe3
27. Rxe3 Be6 28. Bd6 Nd5 29. Rf3 b6 30. Kg1 f6 31. Kf2 Bf7
32. c4 Ne7 33. Re3 Nc6 34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. Nf5 Kf7 36. Bf4 Bd7
37. Nd6+ Ke7 38. Ke3 g5 39. Bg3 Be6 40. Kd3 Bg8 41. Nf5+ Kd7
42. Ne3 Bh7+ 43. Kd2 Be4 44. h4 gxh4 45. Bxh4 Ke6 46. Bg3 Ne5
47. Bf4 Bb7 48. Kc3 Be4 49. Kd2 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nd2
Bd6 7. c3 g6 8. Qf3 f5 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. h3 h5 11. c4 Ne4 12. Nc3
Be6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qd1 O-O 15. Rc1 Qg5 16. O-O Nxd2
17. Qxd2 f4 18. e4 Bxh3 19. f3 Be6 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. exd5 Bxd5
22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Bc4 Qg5 24. Re4 h4 25. Kh1 Qg3 26. Qe1 Kg7
27. Kg1 Rh8 28. Rc2 h3 29. Bf1 hxg2 30. Bxg2 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Rh5
32. Qf2 Rg5 33. Ke1 Rc8 34. Ree2 Bb4+ 35. Kd1 Rd8 36. Rc4 Ba5
37. Kc2 Bb6 38. Rd2 Rgd5 39. a3 Qh5 40. Kb3 Qf5 41. Ka2 Qe6
42. Qe2 Qxe2 43. Rxe2 Rxd4 44. Rxd4 Rxd4 45. Bh3 Rd3 0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6
Rxe6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Nf1 Rae8 15. b5 Ne7 16. c4 Nh5 17. Nd4
exd4 18. Qxh5 Ng6 19. Ng3 Nf4 20. Qf3 Rf6 21. Nf5 Ne6 22. Qh5
Bc5 23. Rf1 c6 24. f4 cxb5 25. axb5 axb5 26. cxb5 Qxb5
27. Nxd6 Nxf4 28. Rxf4 Rxd6 29. Ba3 Ra6 30. Qxf7+ Kh7 31. Qf5+
Kh8 32. Rff1 b6 33. Qh5 Rg8 34. Rf6 Qd7 35. Rf7 Qe6 36. Raf1
Rxa3 37. R1f6 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Qa2+ 39. Kg3 gxf6+ 0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3
Nbd7 7. g4 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bg2 h6 10. h4 g6 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. g5
hxg5 13. Bxg5 Qc7 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Kb1 Qc4 16. Qd2 b4
17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rhe1 Ne5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qxd2
21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Rxd2 Rxh4 23. Na5 Ba8 24. Rxd6 Rh2 25. Rg1
f5 26. Rxa6 fxe4 27. Nb3 Nc4 28. Ka2 Bd5 29. Ra7 Nd2 30. Rd1
Rxc2 0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "195"]

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 Nc6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bb3 c6
12. Re1 Na6 13. Ne2 Nc7 14. Ng3 Nfe8 15. c3 Nd6 16. Bc2 Re8
17. Ne5 g6 18. Qf3 Bg5 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Nf1 Ng7 21. Qg3 Bxe3
22. Nxe3 Bf5 23. Nxf5 Ndxf5 24. Qf3 Qg5 25. g3 f6 26. Nd7 Kf7
27. Kf1 Rad8 28. Nc5 Nd6 29. Bb3 Qf5 30. Kg2 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3
Ne6 32. Nd3 Re7 33. h4 Rde8 34. Re3 Nf5 35. Ree1 a5 36. Kg2
Nd6 37. Kf1 Ng7 38. Rxe7+ Rxe7 39. a4 Ne6 40. Bc2 Ne4 41. Rd1
Nc7 42. Nc1 Nd6 43. Bd3 Nc4 44. b3 Nb2 45. Rd2 Nxd3 46. Nxd3
Ne6 47. Rb2 Rc7 48. Ke2 Ke7 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. Rb1 b6 51. h5 g5
52. b4 axb4 53. Rxb4 Rb7 54. h6 Nd8 55. Rb1 Ne6 56. f4 g4
57. a5 b5 58. a6 Ra7 59. Ra1 Nc7 60. Nc5 Ne6 61. Nb7+ Kc7
62. f5 Ng5 63. Nc5 Kb6 64. Ke3 Nh3 65. Ne6 Re7 66. Ra2 Ra7
67. Ra1 Re7 68. a7 Rxa7 69. Rxa7 Kxa7 70. Nf8 Ng5 71. Kf4 Ka6
72. Kxg4 b4 73. cxb4 Kb5 74. Kh5 Kxb4 75. Nxh7 Nxh7 76. Kg6 c5
77. dxc5 Kxc5 78. Kxh7 d4 79. Kg6 d3 80. h7 d2 81. h8=Q d1=Q
82. Qxf6 Qg4+ 83. Qg5 Qe4 84. Qc1+ Kd5 85. Qd2+ Kc6 86. Kg5
Qf3 87. g4 Qe4 88. Qf4 Qd5 89. Kh6 Qh1+ 90. Kg7 Qa1+ 91. f6
Kd7 92. Qf5+ Kd6 93. g5 Qb2 94. Kh7 Qh2+ 95. Kg8 Qa2+ 96. f7
Ke7 97. Qf6+ Kd7 98. Kg7 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 b5 11. O-O-O O-O
12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Nh5 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. h4 a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nc1
b3 18. cxb3 axb3 19. a3 Qc7 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Nf5 Ne5
22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Nxf3 25. Be2 Ne5 26. Rf1
Rfc8 27. Rxf4 Rc2 28. Rf1 g6 29. Rfd1 Kg7 30. R1d2 Rc7 31. Rd1
Ra5 32. Rb6 Rc2 33. Bd3 Rh2 34. Nxb3 Bxb3 35. Rxb3 Nxd3
36. Rbxd3 Rxh4 37. Rd5 Ra8 38. R1d4 Rg4 39. a4 Re8 40. a5
Rexe4 41. Rxe4 Rxe4 42. a6 Ra4 43. Rd6 Ra5 44. Kc2 Rxg5 45. b4
Rg2+ 46. Kb3 Rg1 47. Rd2 Rb1+ 48. Rb2 Rc1 49. a7 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6
7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Nbd2 bxc3
12. bxc3 Na5 13. Bc2 Rb8 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5
17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Kg7 19. Qf3 Rh8 20. Ne3 Rb2 21. Re2 Kg6
22. Nf5 Kxg5 23. Qg3+ Kh5 24. Bd1 Bxf5 25. Rxb2+ Kh6 26. exf5
Nh7 27. Rb4 Ng5 28. Rg4 f6 29. h4 Rh7 30. Rb1 Kg7 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Na3 Bxb3 11. axb3 a6
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Qxd6 Nxd6 15. Bxb6 Rc8 16. Rad1
Rc6 17. Be3 e5 18. Rd5 f6 19. Rfd1 Kf7 20. Nc2 Ke6 21. f4 Be7
22. fxe5 fxe5 23. c4 Ne4 24. Ne1 Rd6 25. Nd3 Rxd5 26. cxd5+
Kd6 27. b4 Rb8 28. Bb6 Bd8 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Re1 Kxd5 31. Nf4+
Kc6 32. Ne6 Rd6 33. Nxg7 Rd4 34. Nf5 Rxb4 35. Re2 a5 36. g4
Ng5 37. Kf2 Rxg4 38. Rxe5 Rb4 39. Rxa5 Rxb2+ 40. Kg3 Ne4+
41. Kf4 Nc5 42. h4 Kd5 43. Ne3+ Kc6 44. Nf5 b6 45. Ra7 Rb4+
46. Kg5 Ne4+ 47. Kh6 Nd6 48. Ne7+ Kb5 49. h5 Rh4 50. Nd5 Ne4
51. Rxh7 Kc6 52. Nxb6 Rxh5+ 53. Kxh5 Nf6+ 54. Kg6 Nxh7
55. Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 a5 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Nd5 a4 11. Ba2 Nxd5 12. Bxd5
Bd7 13. b4 axb3 14. cxb3 O-O 15. Qc2 Na7 16. b4 Nc8 17. Be3
Nb6 18. Bb3 Bg4 19. Nd2 c5 20. h3 Bd7 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Bxc5
Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Bxh3 24. Qxe5 Qxd3 25. Rad1 Bg4 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7
27. Qf4+ Kg8 28. Qxg4 Qxa3 29. Nf3 Qe7 30. e5 Nc4 31. Rd5 Qe8
32. Rb1 Qc6 33. Rd7 Qg6 34. Qxg6 hxg6 35. e6 Rbe8 36. Rxb5
Rxe6 37. Rbb7 Rf5 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Rh7 Rh5 40. Rhf7+ Ke8
41. Rfc7 Rb6 42. Rc8# 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "12.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5
7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. c4 g6
12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. b3 Rfc8 14. Bg5 Qf8 15. Qd2 Ne8 16. Rad1 f6
17. Bh6 Qe7 18. Bb1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qe2 b4 21. Bd2 Rab8
22. Qe1 Bg4 23. f3 Be6 24. Bxb4 Nc5 25. Kh1 Qb7 26. Ba3 Qa7
27. Bb2 Bf7 28. Bc1 Qa6 29. Be3 Nc7 30. f4 exf4 31. Bxf4 Ne8
32. Qd2 Rd8 33. Qf2 Nd7 34. Ne2 Rbc8 35. Nd4 Ne5 36. h3 Qb7
37. Bg3 Rc3 38. Bh4 Nd7 39. Ne2 Rcc8 40. Rd2 Qb4 41. Rfd1 Qc5
42. Qxc5 Rxc5 43. Bf2 Ra5 44. Rc1 Ne5 45. Nd4 Ra6 46. Kg1 Ng7
47. Rc7 Ne6 48. Nxe6 Bxe6 49. Be3 Rd7 50. Rxd7 Bxd7 51. Kf2
Be6 52. Rc2 Nc6 53. Bd2 Kf8 54. Bc3 Ke7 55. Ke3 Na7 56. Rf2 f5
57. exf5 gxf5 58. Bd3 Rc6 59. Bd4 Nc8 60. Rc2 Rxc2 61. Bxc2
1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "13.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nc4 Be6
12. a4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 a5 14. Qb3 c6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. h3 Qc7
17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Ba7 19. Bb1 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Bxb6 21. Kf1
Kf8 22. g3 Kg8 23. Bc1 Rd7 24. b3 exd4 25. Nxd4 d5 26. exd5
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxd5 28. Nf5 Rd7 29. Kg2 Bc5 30. h4 Nf8 31. Ne3
Nd5 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Bc2 Ne6 34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Bxd1 Kf8
36. Bd2 Be7 37. h5 Bf6 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Ke2 Kd6 40. Bc2 b5
41. f4 Nc7 42. c4 b4 43. g4 Ne6 44. Bd1 g5 45. f5 Nc5 46. Be3
Nd7 47. Kd3 c5 48. Bf3 Bc3 49. Bf2 Be5 50. Ke2 Bf4 51. Kd3 Be5
52. Bd5 Nf6 53. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "14.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nd2 Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nxd7 Bxd7
12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bg2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bxd4 16. Bh6
Re8 17. Rb1 Bxb2 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Rfd1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 f6
21. Rd7 Kf7 22. Bf4 Ra8 23. a4 Bc3 24. Be3 a5 25. Bc5 Re8
26. Rb7 f5 27. Kf3 Ke6 28. e4 h5 29. h4 Kf6 30. Ke3 e6 31. Rb3
Be5 32. f4 Bb8 33. e5+ Kf7 34. Rb7+ Kg8 35. Kd4 Rc8 36. Bd6
Bxd6 37. exd6 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "15.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 e6 8. d4 Bxd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Nbd2 e5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Nxd6 a5
17. a4 Nd7 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Nxe5 Bxc4 21. Ndxc4
Rfd8 22. Kf1 h5 23. Nb6 Ra6 24. Nec4 g6 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Ne5 27. Nxe5 Rxb6 28. Nc4 Ra6 29. Ra1 h4 30. h3 Kg7 31. Ke2
Re6+ 32. Kd1 b6 33. f3 Kf6 34. b4 axb4 35. cxb4 Nd3 36. Kd2
Nxb4 37. Rb1 Nd5 38. Rb5 Rc6 39. Kd3 Nf4+ 40. Kd4 Ne6+ 41. Kd5
Rc7 42. Nxb6 Rc2 43. Kd6 Rxg2 44. Nd5+ Kg7 45. a5 Ra2 46. Nb4
Ra4 47. a6 Nf4 48. Rb7 Nxh3 49. a7 Nf2 50. Nc6 h3 51. Ne5 h2
52. Rxf7+ Kg8 53. Rb7 h1=Q 54. Rb8+ Kg7 55. a8=Q Rxa8 56. Rxa8
Qd1+ 57. Ke6 Qb3+ 58. Kd6 Qb4+ 59. Kc7 Qe7+ 60. Nd7 Nd3
61. Ra5 Nf4 62. Re5 Qf7 63. Kd6 Qa2 64. Re7+ Kh6 65. Re4 Qa3+
66. Ke5 Nh5 67. Kd4 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "16.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Rc1 Nd7 9. cxd5 Qa5 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+
12. Kf1 Nxc5 13. h4 Bf5 14. h5 Rfd8 15. hxg6 Bxg6 16. Ng5 Bf6
17. Bh5 e5 18. Nxh7 Qa6+ 19. Be2 Qd6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. Rxc5 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rh4 Be4 25. d6 Rd8 26. d7
Bf5 27. Rd4 Qe7 28. Bg4 Bg6 29. Qf3 Qc5 30. Qf6 Qa5 31. Kg1
Kh7 32. Bf5 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "17.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bf6 11. Rc1 Qa5
12. Nd4 Nxc5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxb2 16. Rc2
Ba3 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. Bg4 f5 19. Bf3 Kh8 20. Ne2 Qb6 21. Nf4 Bd6
22. Nd3 a5 23. Qd2 Rfb8 24. Nb2 Qb4 25. Qe2 Re8 26. g3 a4
27. Nd3 Qa5 28. Rfc1 axb3 29. axb3 Qb6 30. b4 Ra3 31. Qd2 Rb3
32. Rb2 Rxb2 33. Qxb2 Rb8 34. Rb1 Qb5 35. Be2 Qb6 36. h4 h6
37. h5 Kh7 38. Ne5 Be6 39. Nd3 Bd7 40. Kg2 Re8 41. Bf3 Qb5
42. Qc3 Rb8 43. Ne5 Bxe5 44. Qxe5 c5 45. Rd1 cxb4 46. Rxd5 Qa4
47. Qxb8 1-0

[Event "GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[EventDate "2019.08.13"]
[Round "18.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. O-O e6
7. b3 Bc5 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bxd4 Na6 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. Ne1 Bxg2
12. Nxg2 Rfd8 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Nb5 d5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxa7
dxc4 17. Nxc8 Rxd1 18. Rcxd1 c3 19. Nd6 h5 20. Ne4 Qe5
21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Ne3 b5 23. b4 Ne4 24. Rd3 h4 25. gxh4 Qf6
26. f3 Nd2 27. Rc1 Nxf3+ 28. Kh1 Nd4 29. Rf1 Qxh4 30. Ng2 Qe4
31. Rxc3 Qxe2 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rcc1 f6 34. Rce1 Qxa2 35. Re3
e5 36. Rh3+ Kg8 37. Ne3 Qa8+ 38. Kg1 Ne2+ 39. Kf2 Nf4 40. Rf3
Qa2+ 41. Kg1 Qd2 42. Rd1 Qxb4 43. Nf5 Qe4 44. Nh4 Ne2+ 45. Kf2
Nd4 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 a5 6. b5 c5
7. bxc6 Nxc6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. c3 Qc7 11. a4 e5
12. Ba3 Rfc8 13. Rc1 e4 14. Nh4 Be6 15. g3 g5 16. Ng2 Qd7
17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Bf5 19. Qb3 Bd3 20. Rf2 Qe6 21. Qd1 b6
22. Nf1 Be4 23. Nd2 Bd3 24. Nf1 Be4 25. Nd2 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.18"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Kh8 10. d4 Ng8 11. b4 exd4 12. cxd4
Nxb4 13. Nc3 a5 14. Bf4 f6 15. Qb3 Ne7 16. Rad1 c6 17. Bc1 d5
18. exd5 Bf5 19. dxc6 Bc2 20. cxb7 Rb8 21. Qa3 Bxd1 22. Rxd1
Nf5 23. Nb5 Nd6 24. Bf1 Nxb5 25. axb5 Rxb7 26. Bd2 Nc2 27. Qa4
Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Bxa5 Bb6 31. Bxb6 Rxb6
32. g3 g6 33. Rd7 Rfb8 34. Bc4 R8b7 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Bd5 Rxb5
37. Bxb7 Rxb7 38. Kg2 h5 39. h4 Ra7 40. Rc8 Rb7 41. Rd8 Ra7
42. Rc8 Rb7 43. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6
7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bd4 Bxf3
12. gxf3 Qd6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2 Qf6 15. h4 Nac4 16. Qc1 c6
17. h5 Kg8 18. a4 a5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Nd1 Nd6 21. Ne3 Qd4
22. Ng4 f5 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Nxf5+ Nxf5 26. exf5
Rxf5 27. Qh6+ Kf6 28. Rd1 Qf4 29. Qh4+ Qxh4 30. Rxh4 Nd5
31. Rc4 Nb4 32. f4 g5 33. fxg5+ Rxg5 34. Bf3 Rg1+ 35. Ke2 Rxd1
36. Kxd1 Ra6 37. Kd2 Ke5 38. Re4+ Kd6 39. Rd4+ Nd5 40. Rh4 Ra8
41. Rh6+ Kc5 42. Re6 Rf8 43. Bxd5 Rxf2+ 44. Kc3 cxd5 45. Rxe7
d4+ 46. Kd3 Rf3+ 47. Kc2 Rf2+ 48. Kd3 Rf3+ 49. Kc2 Rf2+
50. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 Bb7
12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. d5 e6 15. c4 a6 16. Ba4 exd5
17. exd5 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 b5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Rxc5 Qd7 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Qb4 Rc8 24. Qb3 Rd8 25. Nc3 Bxc3 26. Qxc3
Qc6 27. Qxc6 Bxc6 28. d6 f6 29. h4 Bd7 30. a3 Re8 31. Bc5 Re4
32. Bb4 Rxh4 33. Re1 Rd4 34. Re7 Bf5 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Re7+ Kg8
37. f3 h5 38. Rb7 Rd5 39. g3 g5 40. Kf2 Be6 41. Re7 Bf5
42. Rb7 Be6 43. Re7 Bf5 44. Ra7 Be6 45. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 h6 8. Re1 a5 9. d4 Ba7 10. h3 g5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Bxf7 g4 15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. Be3 Bxe3
17. fxe3 h5 18. Bc4 h4 19. Nd2 h3 20. gxh3 Rxh3 21. Rf1 Rg3+
22. Kh1 Rh3+ 23. Kg1 Rg3+ 24. Kh1 Rh3+ 25. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.23"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 g6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. f5 Bxb3
12. axb3 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. O-O Qh4 15. Bf3 gxf5 16. Bxe4
fxe4 17. Kh2 Rg8 18. Ra4 Nf6 19. g5 Rxg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. c4
Qh4 22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 Bh6 24. Rd1 Kd7 25. c5 d5 26. Rb4
Kc7 27. Rb6 Bf4+ 28. Kg2 Nd7 29. Rxd5 Nxb6 30. cxb6+ Kxb6
31. Rd7 a5 32. Rxf7 h6 33. Kf2 Kc6 34. Ke2 b5 35. Rf6+ Kc5
36. c3 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. Ra6 Kb5 39. Ra7 Bg5 40. Ra8 Be7
41. Kd2 a3 42. Ke3 Kc4 43. Kxe4 Kxc3 44. Kxe5 Kb3 45. Ke4 a2
46. Rxa2 Kxa2 47. Kf3 Kb3 48. h4 Kc4 49. h5 Kd3 50. Kg2 Ke2
51. Kh1 Kf2 52. Kh2 Bd6+ 53. Kh1 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Nc4 exd4
12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Bc2 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. c4 Nxd4
17. Qxd4 Nd7 18. b3 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Bb2 Nd7 21. g4 Bg6
22. Kf2 Bh7 23. h4 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rh1 Ne5 26. Kg3 Kg7
27. a4 f6 28. Bc3 Bg6 29. Rh2 Rf8 30. Rah1 Rfe8 31. Ra1 Rf8
32. Rah1 Rfe8 33. Ra1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Qc7
12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Bd5 Ng4 15. g3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 a6
17. Nd4 bxc5 18. Rb1 Qa7 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bxa8
Bh3 22. Bd5 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 Bxc3 24. Qxa6 Qg5 25. Qe2 Kh8
26. Kg2 f5 27. Qd3 Be5 28. Rf1 Kg7 29. exf5 Rxf5 30. a4 Rxf1
31. Kxf1 Bd4 32. Bc4 Bxe3 33. Qd7+ Kh6 34. Qh3+ Kg7 35. Qe6
Bd4 36. Qf7+ Kh6 37. a5 Bf6 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kh3 Qg5 40. Qf8+
Bg7 41. Qf3 Bd4 42. a6 Qe7 43. Qa8 Bf6 44. a7 Qd7+ 45. g4 Qe7
46. Qf3 Qxa7 47. Qxf6 Qa3+ 48. Bd3 Qxd3+ 49. Kh4 Qd4 50. Qf8+
Qg7 51. g5# 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.26"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6
7. Ng3 c5 8. Bd3 Nxg3 9. fxg3 cxd4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qe2 h6
12. a3 Bd7 13. g4 Be7 14. b4 a6 15. Rb1 Na7 16. Bb2 Nb5
17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Nxd4 O-O 19. Ne2 f6 20. Qe3 fxe5 21. Bxe5 Bd6
22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. g5 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. gxh6 Rae8 26. Qd2
Qb6+ 27. Nd4 Qxh6 28. Qxh6 gxh6 29. Rf3 Re4 30. c3 Kg7 31. h3
h5 32. Rbf1 Kg6 33. g3 Rc8 34. Kh2 b6 35. h4 f4 36. gxf4 Bg4
37. Rd3 Kf6 38. Rf2 Re7 39. Nf3 Bf5 40. Rxd5 Rxc3 41. Ng5 Rc6
42. a4 Rec7 43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 Rc2 45. Kg2 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2
Rc2+ 47. Ke3 Rc3+ 48. Kd2 Rc2+ 49. Kd1 Rc4 50. Rd6+ Ke7
51. Rxb6 Rxf4 52. Rb7+ Bd7 53. Kd2 Rxh4 54. Ke3 Rb4 55. Ne4
Rxb5 56. Rxb5 Bxb5 57. Ng3 h4 58. Nf5+ Kf6 59. Nxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.27"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bb5+ N8c6
7.d4 cxd4 8.a3 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.axb4 cxb2 11.Bxb2 f6 12.e5
Bd7 13.Bc4 e6 14.O-O Be7 15.b5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 fxe5 17.Rfd1 Ke8
18.Nxe5 Bc8 19.b6 Bc5 20.Bb5+ Ke7 21.Nd7 Bd6 22.Rac1 Rd8
23.Nc5 Bxc5 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.Rxc5 axb6 26.Rc1 Ra5 27.Rb1 Bd7
28.Bd3 h6 29.Rxb6 Ra1+ 30.Bf1 Kc7 31.Rb2 b5 32.f3 Kb6 33.Kf2
Bc6 34.Bc4 e5 35.Bd3 Ra3 36.Bb1 Rc3 37.Ke2 Rc4 38.Kd2 b4
39.Ba2 Rd4+ 40.Kc1 e4 41.fxe4 Rxe4 42.g3 Bb5 43.Kd1 Kc5 44.Rf2
Bc4 45.Bb1 Re7 46.Kd2 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.08.28"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4
f6 7. O-O d6 8. c4 c5 9. Qd3 Bg7 10. b3 Nh6 11. Nc3 Rb8
12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rae1 Nf7 14. h4 Rb7 15. h5 g5 16. Nh2 Ne5
17. Qg3 Kh8 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Rg8 20. Re3 Nc6 21. Qf2 f5
22. Nf3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 e5 24. Rd3 exf4 25. Qb2+ Rbg7 26. h6
fxe4 27. Rd2 exf3 28. hxg7+ Rxg7 29. Rxf3 Qg5 30. Rdf2 Nd4
31. Rxf4 Bf5 32. b4 Be6 33. Rf8+ Bg8 34. bxc5 dxc5 35. Qb8 Qe3
36. Qd6 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qg5 38. Qd5 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Qe7 40. Qh5 Qe3
41. Qh4 Ne2+ 42. Kh1 Qc1+ 43. Rf1 Ng3+ 44. Kg1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.10"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Anwuli"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4
7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5
12. e3 Bf5 13. Nd4 Be4 14. c4 Qxc4 15. Bb2 Bxg2 16. Rxf6 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 gxf6 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Kg1 Re6 20. Qg4+ Qg5 21. Qf3
c6 22. Rf1 Rd8 23. Rf2 a5 24. h4 Qg6 25. Kh2 Rxd4 26. exd4 Qe4
27. Qc3 Qd5 28. Qc5 Rd6 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. Rf4 Rb5 31. Kh3 Rb2
32. d5 cxd5 33. Rd4 Rxa2 34. Rxd5 a4 35. Rb5 Rxd2 36. Rxb7 a3
37. Ra7 a2 38. Kg4 Rf2 39. Kh5 Kg7 40. Kg4 Kg6 41. Ra5 h5+
42. Kh3 f5 43. Ra6+ Kg7 44. Ra8 Kf6 45. Ra6+ Ke5 46. Ra5+ Kd4
47. Ra7 Kc3 48. Rc7+ Kd2 49. Ra7 Ke1 50. g4 fxg4+ 51. Kg3 Kf1
0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.11"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Daniel Anwuli"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 c5 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4
Nc6 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Bd2 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. Re1 h6 17. Bb3
Nbd7 18. c4 Nb6 19. Ra2 Qc7 20. Rc2 Qb7 21. Nh4 Rfc8 22. Nf5
Bf8 23. Qf3 Nbd7 24. Qh3 h5 25. Rec1 a5 26. bxa5 g6 27. Ne3
Nc5 28. cxb5 Nxb3 29. Rxc8 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Qxb5 31. Nc4 Nxd5
32. Qf3 Rc8 33. h3 Rc5 34. Kh2 Be7 35. Ra1 Qa6 36. Rb1 Kg7
37. Rb8 Bf6 38. Nb6 Nxb6 39. axb6 Rc8 40. Rxc8 Qxc8 41. b7 Qb8
42. Qc6 Bd8 43. Qc8 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.13"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Igor Viktorovich Kovalenko"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6
12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Qxd6 16. Rd1 Rfc8
17. b3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Bd3 d5 20. a4 Nd7 21. a5 a6
22. Bb2 Nc5 23. Bf1 Bc6 24. Ra3 f6 25. Bd4 Nb7 26. c4 Kf7
27. Bb6 Nd6 28. Ra2 h5 29. h4 Nf5 30. Rc2 Bb7 31. Bf2 Rab8
32. Rcd2 Ne7 33. Ba7 Ra8 34. Bb6 Bc6 35. Kf2 Rcb8 36. Rc1 Rb7
37. cxd5 Bxd5 38. b4 Bb3 39. Rd6 Bd5 40. b5 axb5 41. Bxb5 Rc8
42. Rb1 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Nc8 44. Rd7+ Rxd7 45. Bxd7 Nd6 46. Ra1
Nf5 47. Bf2 g5 48. Ba4 Rc8 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Bd1 Rg8 51. a6 g4
52. fxg4 hxg4 53. a7 g3 54. Be1 Nh4 55. Bh5+ Kf6 56. Bc3+ Kg5
57. Bf7 Rc8 58. Bxe6 Bxe6 59. a8=Q Rxa8 60. Rxa8 Nf5 61. Bd2+
Kg4 62. Ra5 Bb3 63. Rc5 Ba2 64. Kf1 Nd6 65. Rg5+ Kh4 66. Re5
Bb1 67. Ke2 Nc4 68. Rd5 Ba2 69. Rd4+ Kh5 70. Kf3 Ne5+ 71. Kxg3
Kg6 72. Kf4 Nf7 73. Ra4 Bb1 74. Ra6+ Kh7 75. g4 Bd3 76. Rb6
Bc2 77. Bc3 Bd3 78. Rb8 Bc2 79. Rf8 Bb3 80. Kf5 Nh6+ 81. Kg5
Nf7+ 82. Kf6 Nh6 83. Rc8 Bc2 84. Bd2 Nxg4+ 85. Kg5 Bd1 86. Bc3
1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Viktorovich Kovalenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. f3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5
Qxd5 7. d4 e6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. O-O-O
Nc6 12. Nf5 Bxe3+ 13. Nxe3 Ke7 14. Bb5 Rd8 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. Rxd8 Kxd8 17. f4 Kc7 18. Kd2 Bb7 19. Re1 Rd8+ 20. Kc3 c5
21. g3 Rd4 22. b3 Re4 23. Kd2 Rd4+ 24. Kc1 f6 25. c3 Rd3
26. Nd1 Kd6 27. Kc2 Rf3 28. Re2 h6 29. Nb2 Bd5 30. Rd2 Kc6
31. Re2 Kd6 32. c4 Bc6 33. Kd2 g5 34. Nd3 gxf4 35. Nxf4 e5
36. Ng2 a5 37. Ne1 Rf1 38. Kc3 Bd7 39. Nc2 Rf3+ 40. Kb2 Bf5
41. Ne1 Rf1 42. Ka3 Kc6 43. Ka4 Bg4 44. Re4 Bf5 45. Re2 Bg4
46. Re3 Rf2 47. Ka3 Rxh2 48. Nf3 Rf2 49. Nh4 Bh5 50. Re1 Be2
51. Ng6 Kd6 52. Rh1 h5 53. Ra1 Bg4 54. Ka4 e4 55. Re1 Rxa2+
56. Kb5 Ra3 57. Nf4 Rxb3+ 58. Kxa5 Kc6 59. Ka4 Rxg3 60. Nd5
Rd3 61. Ne7+ Kd6 62. Rxe4 Bd7+ 63. Ka5 Kc7 64. Nd5+ Kb7 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.16"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O
7. Nc3 Qc7 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nh5
12. Bg5 Rb8 13. b3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. b4 Qc7 16. Rab1 Nf6
17. Bf4 Ng4 18. c5 Ne5 19. cxd6 exd6 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rfc1
Qe7 22. e3 Rfd8 23. a4 d5 24. Ne2 Ba8 25. Nd4 Rxb4 26. Nxc6
Bxc6 27. Rxb4 Qxb4 28. Rxc6 Qxa4 29. Rc5 Qa1+ 30. Bf1 Qa2
31. Bg2 Qa1+ 32. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.17"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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 Ne7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. b3
Ng6 12. Bb2 Kc8 13. Rae1 h6 14. Nd2 Nf4 15. Ne2 Bb4 16. c3
Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Be7 18. c4 h5 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Bc3
Bd6 22. Kh1 b5 23. cxb5 Bd5 24. Ne4 cxb5 25. Nxd6+ cxd6 26. f3
Kd7 27. Rd1 Be6 28. Re5 Rac8 29. Bb4 d5 30. Rxh5 Rc2 31. Rd2
Rxd2 32. Bxd2 Rc8 33. Be3 a5 34. f4 Rc3 35. Bb6 Rc1+ 36. Kh2
Rf1 37. Kg3 a4 38. Bf2 Kd6 39. Rh6 Kd7 40. Rh5 Kd6 41. f5 Bd7
42. Rh7 Bxf5 43. Rxf7 Ke6 44. Rb7 Ra1 45. bxa4 bxa4 46. Rb2
Bd3 47. Bd4 Rd1 48. Kf4 Bf1 49. Bc5 d4 50. a3 d3 51. Bb4 Rc1
52. Rf2 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 b6
12. d5 Na5 13. c4 e6 14. e4 exd5 15. cxd5 Re8 16. Re1 c4
17. Bc2 Qc7 18. d6 Qc5 19. Be3 Qh5 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rac8
22. Qc3 Rc5 23. e5 Nc6 24. Ba4 Rd8 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Nd4 Rc5
27. e6 fxe6 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 Qf5 30. Rbe1 Rf8 31. Re8
Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Rd5 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Qxc4 Qf7 35. Qc7 Qe6
36. Qd8+ Kf7 37. Rf1+ Rf5 38. Qc7+ Kg8 39. Rd1 Qe2 40. Qc1 Rg5
41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qb7+ Kf8 43. Rg1 Qd2 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. d7 Rd5
46. Rf1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb3 Qxd3
12. Nxe5 Qf5 13. Nef3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Qe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4
Bb6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Rad1 Bf7 19. Bc1 Nde7 20. Bc2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Re1 Ng6 23. b3 Nge5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bf4 Bg6 26. Bxe5
fxe5 27. Re2 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 c6 29. g3 g6 30. b4 Kf7 31. a4 a6
32. Kg2 Rd7 33. Rb2 Bd8 34. h4 Rc7 35. c4 Ke6 36. b5 cxb5
37. cxb5 Rd7 38. b6 a5 39. Rb5 Rd6 40. Rxa5 Rxb6 41. Ra7 Rb2
42. a5 Kf6 43. Bxb7 Bxa5 44. Bd5 Rxf2+ 45. Kg1 e4 46. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3
g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. h5 Nc6 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. d4 Bg4 11. Qb3 b6
12. Ng5 O-O 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bd3 Qd6 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Ng5 Qd6
17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3
12. Rxe3 a5 13. Nbd2 Qe8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Qb3+ Kh8
17. Ne6 Rf7 18. Ng5 Re7 19. Nf1 Rb8 20. Ng3 Qg6 21. Nf3 Qf7
22. Qb5 Ree8 23. Nd2 Nd7 24. Rf3 Qe6 25. Nb3 Na7 26. Qd5 b6
27. Nd2 Qxd5 28. exd5 Nc8 29. Nge4 Ne7 30. c4 Nc5 31. Raa3
Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Kg8 33. h4 Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. g3 Nf5 36. Nc3
Nd4 37. Nb5 Nxb5 38. cxb5 Rf7 39. Kg2 Kf8 40. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3
12. Rxe3 a5 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ng3 Qf7 16. Qb3 Ra6
17. Rd1 Rb6 18. Qc2 Nh5 19. Nxh5 Qxh5 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Qf7
22. d5 Nb4 23. Qd2 Na6 24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. e5 Nb4 26. Nd4 Qe7
27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Qe2 Nd5 29. Re8 Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Qf8 31. Qe5
c6 32. b3 Qf6 33. Qe8+ Qf8 34. Qe1 Rb4 35. g3 Qf6 36. Qe8+ Qf8
37. Qe5 Qf6 38. Qe8+ Qf8 39. Qg6 Qf6 40. Qd3 Kf7 41. Nc2 Rb6
42. Ne3 Qe6 43. Nxd5 Qxd5 44. Qe2 Qf5 45. Rd8 Kg6 46. Qe8+ Kg5
47. f4+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "3.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. d4
Ne4 13. d5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 exd5 15. cxd5 Bf6 16. Rac1 Rfe8
17. Nh4 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nf6 19. Qd3 b5 20. h3 g6 21. Rcc1 Qe7
22. Re1 Ne4 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Rc2 b4 25. Nh2 Nc3 26. Ng4 Qg7
27. e4 f5 28. Ne3 fxe4 29. Qf1 a5 30. Nc4 Ba6 31. Rd2 a4
32. h4 axb3 33. axb3 Qf6 34. Bh3 e3 35. fxe3 Qxf1+ 36. Bxf1
Bxc4 37. Bxc4 Re5 38. Rf2 Ne4 39. Rg2 Kg7 40. Rf1 Rf8 41. Rxf8
Kxf8 42. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.20"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1
Rac8 18. Bd3 Qb7 19. Qe2 h6 20. a3 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4
Rxc1 23. Rxc1 b4 24. Nc4 bxa3 25. bxa3 Bb5 26. Nxd6 Bxd3
27. Qxd3 Bxd6 28. Bxf6 Bf4 29. Rb1 Qc7 30. Bc3 Rd8 31. Qf3 Rc8
32. Bb4 Qc1+ 33. Qd1 Qc4 34. g3 Qxe4 35. gxf4 Rc6 36. f5 Qxf5
37. Bd6 Qxh3 38. Rb4 Rc3 39. Rd4 Kh7 40. Qxa4 Qf3 41. Qd1 Qc6
42. Qf1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.21"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3
Nbd7 7. Be3 h5 8. a4 g6 9. a5 Bg7 10. Be2 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6
12. h3 Qc7 13. Qd4 Rb8 14. Bxa6 O-O 15. Qd3 Bxa6 16. Rxa6 Nc4
17. Bc1 e6 18. O-O Nd7 19. Rd1 Rfc8 20. Qe2 Rb6 21. Rxb6 Qxb6
22. Qd3 Nde5 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. Qd3 Nde5 25. Qg3 Nc6 26. Ne2 Nxb2
27. Rxd6 Qb4 28. Nd2 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Qxc4 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.23"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6
12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Rfc1
Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Bf3 Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Bb8 a6 22. Ne4 f6 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kf2 Bf8 25. Ba7 f5
26. Ng5+ Ke8 27. f4 Bh6 28. Nxh7 Be6 29. a3 a5 30. Ke2 Bg8
31. Ng5 Bxg5 32. fxg5 a4 33. Kd3 Bb3 34. Kc3 Kf7 35. Kb4 Bc2
36. Bb8 Bb3 37. h4 Kg7 38. e4 fxe4 39. Bf4 e3 40. Bxe3 Kf7
41. g4 Bd1 42. h5 e6 43. Bf4 Kg7 44. Be5+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.24"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb3 Qxd3
12. Nxe5 Qf5 13. Nef3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Ne4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3
Qxf3 17. gxf3 Bb6 18. Kf1 Nde7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxe7 Nxe7
21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Rxe7 Rd2 23. Re2 Rfd8 24. Rae1 Kf8 25. Rxd2
Rxd2 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Kxe2 Ke7 28. f4 f5 29. Kf3 Kf6 30. Bd5
c6 31. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.25"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 g6
7. d3 Bg7 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h4 Nf6 10. Qc1 Bg4 11. Nh2 Bd7 12. Bh6
Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nd4 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. e3 Bc6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. dxe4
Nc6 18. Qc3 Qe5 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Ke2 Rac8
22. Rhd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 c4 24. f4 Nd3 25. e5 Nh5 26. Nf1 Nxb2
27. Rb1 c3 28. Bxb7 Rc5 29. Rc1 Ng7 30. Be4 Ne6 31. Nh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.25"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O d6
7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6
Rxe6 13. Nf1 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 d5 16. b5 Ne7 17. c4 d4
18. Nf5 Re8 19. N3h4 Ng6 20. g3 Nxh4 21. Nxh4 Qe7 22. Qc1 Nd7
23. Qa3 Nc5 24. f4 exf4 25. Nf5 Qf8 26. gxf4 Rf6 27. Rf1 Rxf5
28. exf5 Re3 29. Rae1 Qe7 30. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 31. Kh2 Qe2+ 32. Kg1
Nxd3 33. bxa6 bxa6 34. Qb3 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Qd2+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+
37. Kh2 h5 38. Qd1 h4 39. Rf3 Nb2 40. Rxe3 Nxd1 41. Rd3 Nb2
42. Rxd4 c5 43. Rd5 Nxa4 44. Kg2 Kf8 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Kg4 Nb6
47. Rxc5 Kd6 48. Ra5 Nxc4 49. Rxa6+ Ke7 50. Kxh4 Nd6 51. Rxd6
Kxd6 52. Kg5 Ke7 53. f6+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.26"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4
f6 7. Qa4 Bg7 8. O-O Nh6 9. c4 Qb6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Nf7
12. Be3 Qb7 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 Rb8 15. Rxa7 Rxb3 16. Na4
Rb7 17. Rxb7 Bxb7 18. Nb6 d6 19. c5 e5 20. b4 Ba6 21. Ra1 Bb5
22. Nd2 Rd8 23. Ra8 Rxa8 24. Nxa8 Bf8 25. Nc7 dxc5 26. Nxb5
cxb5 27. bxc5 Nd8 28. Nb3 Nc6 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.27"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qc7 7. e4 e6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. e5 Bc6
12. Ng5 h6 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Bc2 c4 15. Re1 Qd8 16. Nh3 Qd5
17. Nf4 Qc5 18. Bb1 Bg5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bxg5 Qd5 21. Qg4 Nd7
22. Be4 Nxe5 23. Qh5 Qb5 24. Bxh6 Bxe4 25. Bf4+ Kg8 26. Qxe5
Bd5 27. Re2 Rf5 28. Qe3 Qe8 29. f3 Qg6 30. h4 Raf8 31. Bg5 a6
32. Rd1 Qe8 33. Rd4 Qc6 34. Rg4 Kh7 35. Bf4 R8f7 36. Be5 b5
37. Qf2 Qd7 38. Qg3 Rh5 39. Bd4 Qc7 40. Re5 Rhf5 41. Rg5 Kg8
42. h5 Rxg5 43. Qxg5 Qe7 44. Qg4 Rf5 45. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.30"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6
12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8 15. e5 Ng4 16. e6 fxe6
17. h3 Ne5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Bxb5 Bc4 21. Bxe8
Nd3+ 22. Kf1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nxc1+ 24. Kg1 Ne2+ 25. Kh2 Rxe8
26. Rhe1 Bf7 27. c4 Bxc4 28. Rac1 Bb5 29. Rc7 a6 30. Ra7 Re4
31. Rd1 Rd4 32. Rxd4 Nxd4 33. a4 Bxa4 34. Rxa6 Bb3 35. Ra7 Bf7
36. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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 Nf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Rhe1
Bg4 12. Qe2 a6 13. h3 Bd7 14. g4 Bf8 15. Qf1 g6 16. Bg5 Bg7
17. Nd2 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Qf8 19. f4 Re8 20. Bh4 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1
Qe8 22. Qxe8+ Bxe8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 c6 25. Kd2 Bd7
26. Bd3 f5 27. g5 b5 28. Bf2 c5 29. b3 Kf7 30. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.10.02"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Rb1 e6
12. c4 f5 13. O-O fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxc4 15. Nf4 Nd6 16. Bf3 exd5
17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Qxc5 Bf5 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Qf6 21. Re2
Rfc8 22. Qa5 Rc4 23. Nd5 Qd4 24. Re7 Rac8 25. Rd1 Rc1 26. Ree1
Nc4 27. Qb4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qb2 29. Qe7 Qg7 30. g4 Bd7 31. Qxg7+
Kxg7 32. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bf5 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Bc4 Bf6 11. Nd4
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Rhe1 b6 15. Bd5 Rae8
16. Qc4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Rd2 a5 20. a4 Rf6
21. b3 d5 22. Qe2 Rf5 23. Kb2 Qd6 24. h4 h6 25. Rd3 Re5
26. Qg4 Qe7 27. g3 Qf6 28. Rf3 Rf5 29. Rxf5 Qxf5 30. Qe2 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. e5 Nd5
7. O-O d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Rd1 Nc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Bf4 Qd8
12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Be5 O-O 15. Bxd4 Bf6 16. Qd2
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qb6 18. c4 Nb4 19. Qc3 a5 20. Nd2 Bb7 21. a3 Na6
22. Ne4 c5 23. Rd6 Qc7 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Qd2 Rxd6 26. Qxd6 Qb8
27. Qe7 Ba8 28. Rd7 Bc6 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. Bxc6 Qxb2 31. Rb7
Qe5 32. h4 Kg7 33. Kg2 Nb8 34. Bf3 h6 35. Rb5 Na6 36. Rxa5 Nb8
37. Rxc5 Qd4 38. Rc7 Na6 39. Rc6 Rb8 40. Bh5 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Rf8
42. Rxa6 Qf5 43. Kg2 Qxh5 44. Rxe6 Qf5 45. Re4 h5 46. Rf4 Qg6
47. Qe4 Qxe4+ 48. Rxe4 Rc8 49. a4 Rc5 50. Re3 Rxc4 51. Ra3 Rc6
52. a5 Ra6 53. Kf3 Kf8 54. Ke4 Ke7 55. f3 Ke6 56. g4 f5+
57. gxf5+ Kd6 58. f6 Ke6 59. Ra4 Kxf6 60. Kd5 Ke7 61. Kc5 Kd7
62. Kb5 Rf6 63. a6 Kc7 64. a7 Rf5+ 65. Kb4 Rf4+ 66. Kb3 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg5 c5 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nf6
12. d5 Bd7 13. Qb4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. e5 Ng4 16. e6 fxe6
17. Bc4 Ba4 18. Rc1 b5 19. Be2 exd5 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Bg5 b4
22. Kf1 Rxe2 23. Kxe2 Bb5+ 24. Ke1 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2019.11.05"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. Nd2
O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Qe2 Rfc8 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5
17. Rfe1 g6 18. Bb3 Kg7 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 Rc6 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. exd5 Rc7 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. d6 Rd7 25. dxe7 Rxe7 26. Rd6 b5
27. a5 Rc8 28. c3 Bf3 29. Rxa6 Rd8 30. Rb6 Rd2 31. Rxb5 Rxb2
32. a6 Rc7 33. Bc4 Rxb5 34. Bxb5 Rxc3 35. Bf1 Rc5 36. Ra1 Ba8
37. Be2 e4 38. Kf1 Kf6 39. Ke1 Ke5 40. Kd2 f5 41. Rb1 g5
42. Rb5 Kd4 43. Rxc5 Kxc5 44. Ke3 Bc6 45. Bh5 Kd5 46. a7 Ke5
47. f4+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6
7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 Nc6 11. f4 Be7 12. Ne2
h6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1+ 16. Bxh1 e5
17. Qf2 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bxg5 19. Bxd6 Rc8 20. c3 Bh4 21. Bg3
Bxg3 22. Qxg3 b4 23. O-O-O Qf6 24. Rd6 Qf1+ 25. Rd1 Qf6
26. Rd6 Qf1+ 27. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6
7. Nc3 e6 8. Nd2 Na6 9. O-O Re8 10. e4 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Re1
Na6 13. h3 Nb4 14. Ra3 exd5 15. cxd5 a6 16. Bf1 Nd7 17. Na2
Ra7 18. Nc4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxb4 cxb4 21. Rf3 Bd7 22. b3
b5 23. Be3 Ra8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bd4 Ra2 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Bxe2
Qe7 28. Re3 Bf4 29. Bf3 Bxe3 30. Bxe3 Rc8 31. Qd4 Qe5 32. Qa7
Be8 33. g3 Rc3 34. Bd4 Qg5 35. Be2 Qd2 36. Bf1 Rxb3 37. Kg2
Ra3 38. Qb6 Ra6 39. Qxa6 Qxd4 40. Qc8 Qxe4+ 41. f3 Qe3
42. Bxb5 b3 43. Bxe8 Qe2+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. c5 Be7
7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 f5 11. Ne5 Bf6 12. f4
Be6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Be2 g6 17. b4
a6 18. Qb3 Kg7 19. Qc3 h5 20. a4 Kh7 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Bxe5
23. fxe5 Bg4 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Qb2 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2019.11.11"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxe4 15. h3 Bf5 16. Nc3 h6
17. Bd5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Ne7 19. Bb3 c5 20. Re1 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Bg6
22. Bf4 Bc5 23. Ba4 Rb2 24. Qf3 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Nf5 26. Be3 Nxe3
27. Qxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2019.11.12"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. Bc4 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. Rd1 b6 10. d4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7
12. e4 Rd8 13. Be3 Na5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. h4 b5 16. Bxb5 Bxe4
17. dxc5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxc5 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. h5 Bd6
22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. Rd7 Qxc3 26. Qd1
h6 27. g3 Rf8 28. Rxa7 Nc6 29. Rd7 Ne5 30. Rd8 Qc7 31. Rxf8+
Kxf8 32. a4 Ke7 33. Be2 Qc3 34. Qb1 Nc6 35. Qb7+ Kf6 36. Bf1
Na5 37. Qd7 g5 38. hxg6 Kxg6 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Bb5 Qe5 41. Qd3
Qc5 42. Qf3 Qd4 43. Be8 Qd5 44. Qxd5 exd5 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Kg4
Ke7 47. Bb5 Kf6 48. Kh5 Kg7 49. Bf1 Nb3 50. Bg2 d4 51. Bf1 Nd2
52. Bd3 Nb3 53. Bf1 Nd2 54. Bd3 Nb3 55. Bb5 f6 56. Bf1 Na5
57. Ba6 Nb3 58. Bb5 Na5 59. Kg4 Nb7 60. Kf4 Nc5 61. a5 d3
62. Ke3 d2 63. Be2 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.02"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f3 h6 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. O-O-O h5 12. Kb1
Be7 13. Qe1 Rc8 14. Rg1 Qc7 15. g3 Ne5 16. Rg2 O-O 17. h3 d5
18. f4 Nc4 19. e5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Re2 Bd5
23. Bg2 Qc4 24. Nb3 Bc5 25. Nxc5 Qa2+ 26. Kc1 Rfd8 27. c4 bxc4
28. Red2 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 Qa2 30. Kc1 Qa1+ 31. Kc2 Qa2 32. Kc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7
7. Re1 b5 8. Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. b3 O-O
12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Re1
Qc6 17. c4 axb3 18. axb3 h6 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Nc4 Be6 21. Re5
Qd7 22. d5 Rd8 23. dxe6 Qxd2 24. Nxd2 Rxd2 25. g3 fxe6
26. Rxe6 Ra2 27. Rc6 Ra3 28. Rxc7 Rxb3 29. Ra7 Ra3 30. g4 h5
31. gxh5 Kh7 32. Kg2 Ra5 33. f4 Ra3 34. Ra8 a5 35. Ra6 a4
36. f5 Rb3 37. Rxa4 Rb5 38. Rf4 Kh6 39. f6 gxf6 40. Rxf6+ Kxh5
41. h4 Rb2+ 42. Rf2 Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O
7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d5
12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Na3 Bg4 16. Bf4
Bxf3 17. gxf3 d5 18. Rad1 Ne6 19. Be3 g6 20. Bb3 d4 21. cxd4
Nf5 22. d5 Ned4 23. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxd4 25. Nc4 b5
26. Ne3 Nd6 27. Rc1 Bxb2 28. Rc6 Be5 29. Ng4 Bf4 30. Nf6+ Kg7
31. Ne4 Nf5 32. d6 Ra7 33. Bd1 Nd4 34. Rb6 Rd7 35. Rxa6 f5
36. Nc5 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Bxd6 38. Nb3 Ne6 39. Be2 b4 40. Bc4 Nf4
41. Nc1 Kf6 42. Nd3 Nxd3 43. Bxd3 Bf4 44. Bc4 Bd6 45. Bd3 Bf4
46. Bc4 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+
12. Kf1 Bd7 13. h5 Rac8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Bb3 Qa6 16. Kg1 Na5
17. Nf4 Rfe8 18. e5 Bf5 19. Kh2 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qc6 21. Rxa7
Red8 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 f6 24. Rxb7 fxe5 25. dxe5 Bxe5
26. Rxe7 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Kg2 Rb8 29. Nd5 Rxb3 30. Bf4
Bxf4 31. Nxf4 Kg7 32. Nd5 Rb5 33. Rd1 Be6 34. Ne3 Rg5+ 35. Kh2
Kf6 36. Rd6 Ke7 37. Rb6 Kf7 38. f4 Rc5 39. Kg3 g5 40. fxg5
Rxg5+ 41. Kf4 Ra5 42. f3 Ra4+ 43. Kg3 Ra3 44. Nc2 Ra4 45. Nb4
Ra3 46. Nc6 Bd5 47. Ne5+ Ke7 48. Kg4 Bxf3+ 49. Nxf3 Ra5
50. Kf4 Ra1 51. Nd4 Rf1+ 52. Ke5 Re1+ 53. Kd5 Rd1 54. Re6+ Kf7
55. Re4 Kf6 56. Kd6 Rf1 57. Re6+ Kf7 58. Rh6 Rf6+ 59. Rxf6+
Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7
7. Re1 b5 8. Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. Qe2 c6
12. Bd2 Be6 13. f4 g6 14. Nc3 a3 15. b3 Bd6 16. f5 gxf5
17. Rf1 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Rg8 19. Na4 Qb8 20. Qe3 Rg4 21. Nc5 Re4
22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Qh6 Qa7 24. Qg7 O-O-O 25. Bb4 Re8 26. Bxa3
h5 27. Bc5 Qd7 28. Qg5 e3 29. Qxe3 Bf5 30. Qf2 Bg6 31. c4 Bd3
32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 dxc4 34. bxc4 Bxc4 35. h3 Qe6 36. Qxe6+
Bxe6 37. a3 Bd5 38. Kf2 Kd7 39. g3 Be6 40. h4 Bg4 41. Ke3 Ke6
42. Kf4 Kd5 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Kf4 Kd5 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 a5 6. a4 O-O
7. e3 Bf5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Ne1 Ne4 11. c3 Nxd2
12. Qxd2 Nc6 13. Nd3 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Rfd1
Qd6 17. Ba3 c5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxc3 20. Rad1 Bb4
21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Bc4 Be6 23. Rb5 Rfd8 24. Rd4 Rac8 25. Rxd8+
Rxd8 26. Kf1 Bxc4+ 27. bxc4 Rd2 28. Rxb7 Ra2 29. c5 Rxa4
30. Ke2 Ra3 31. c6 Rc3 32. c7 Kg7 33. Ra7 b3 34. Rxa5 Rxc7
35. Rb5 Rc2+ 36. Kf3 b2 37. Rb6 h5 38. h3 Kf8 39. g4 h4 40. g5
Ke7 41. e4 Kd7 42. Ke3 Kc7 43. Rb5 Kc6 44. Rb8 Kc5 45. f4 Kc4
46. f5 Kc3 47. Kf4 Rg2 48. fxg6 fxg6 49. e5 Re2 50. Rb6 Kc2
51. Rc6+ Kd1 52. Rd6+ Kc1 53. Rc6+ Rc2 54. Rb6 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6
7. Ndb5 Bxb5 8. Bxb5+ Nc6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxc6+
bxc6 12. Qxc6+ Kf8 13. O-O Qc8 14. Qf3 Rb8 15. Rab1 h6
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Na4 Kg7 20. b3 Qxc2
21. Qxe5+ Bf6 22. Qg3+ Kh7 23. Qd3 Rhc8 24. Qd2 Rc7 25. g3
Rbc8 26. a3 Kg6 27. Qxc2 Rxc2 28. b4 R8c4 29. Nc5 Bd4 30. Nd3
Ra2 31. Rbc1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rxa3 33. Nf4+ Kf6 34. Kf1 Ra2
35. Ne2 Bb6 36. f4 Rb2 37. Rc4 Ke7 38. h4 Kd6 39. Nc3 Rf2+
40. Ke1 Rf3 41. Ne2 Kd5 42. Rc8 Rb3 43. Kd2 Ke4 44. Nc3+ Kf3
45. Rh8 Bd4 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5
7. h3 Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 a6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4
b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. e4 Be6 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. Kh2 Nde5 17. Nxe5
dxe5 18. Be3 Nd4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qd6 21. Qd2 Rfc8
22. Rfc1 e6 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rc6 Rxc6 25. dxc6 h5 26. h4 Bf6
27. Kg1 Ra8 28. Qc2 Be7 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. bxc5 Rb8 31. c7 Rc8
32. Rxb5 Rxc7 33. c6 Kg7 34. Ra5 Bd6 35. Ra8 Kf6 36. Be4 Ke7
37. Kg2 Bc5 38. Kh3 Kd6 39. Kg2 Ra7 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Rb8 Rc7
42. Kf1 Kd6 43. Ke2 Ba7 44. Rd8+ Ke7 45. Ra8 Bc5 46. Kd1 Bb4
47. Ke2 Bc3 48. Kf1 Bb4 49. Kg2 Bc3 50. Ra4 Kd6 51. Kh3 Ke7
52. Bg2 Be1 53. Ra2 Bb4 54. g4 hxg4+ 55. Kxg4 Bd6 56. Rb2 Kf6
57. Rb7 Kg7 58. Rb5 f5+ 59. Kh3 g5 60. hxg5 Kg6 61. Rb7 Kxg5
62. Rxc7 Bxc7 63. Bf3 Bd6 64. Bd1 Kf4 65. Kg2 e5 66. Kf1 e4
67. Ke2 Bc7 68. Bb3 Bd6 69. Be6 Bc7 70. Bd7 Bd6 71. Be6 Bc7
72. Bd7 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "1.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f3 h6 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. O-O-O h5 12. Kb1
Be7 13. Rg1 Rc8 14. Be2 Nb6 15. Qe1 Nfd7 16. g4 hxg4 17. Rxg4
Bf8 18. Rg2 Ne5 19. f4 Nec4 20. Bc1 Qc7 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Rd3
g6 23. b3 Bg7 24. Qd1 Qa5 25. f5 Ne5 26. b4 Qb6 27. fxg6 Nxg6
28. Be3 Bh6 29. Ndxb5 Bxe3 30. Nxd6+ Ke7 31. Nxb7 Ne5 32. Rxe3
Nc4 33. Rd3 Qxb7 34. Na4 Rhd8 35. Nc5 Rxd3 36. Nxd3 Nxa3+
37. Kc1 Qxe4 38. Rf2 Qe3+ 39. Kb2 Nc4+ 40. Ka2 Nd6 41. Qh5 Nf5
42. Re2 Qg1 43. Qf3 Qb6 44. Ne5 Qb5 45. c4 Qa4+ 46. Qa3 Qxa3+
47. Kxa3 f6 48. Nd3 Rxc4 49. Nc5 Nd4 50. Re4 a5 51. Ka2 Rxb4
52. Nd3 Nb5 53. Rxb4 axb4 54. Nxb4 f5 55. Kb2 Kf6 56. Kc2 Nd4+
57. Kd3 Nf3 58. h3 e5 59. Ke3 Nh4 60. Nd5+ Kg5 61. Ne7 Ng6
62. Nc8 Nf4 63. h4+ Kxh4 64. Ne7 Kg5 65. Kf3 Ng6 66. Nd5 e4+
67. Ke3 Ne5 68. Kd4 Ng4 69. Nc7 Nh2 70. Ke3 Nf1+ 71. Kf2 Nd2
72. Ke3 Nc4+ 73. Kd4 Nd6 74. Ne6+ Kg4 75. Ke3 Kg3 76. Nd4 f4+
77. Ke2 Kg2 78. Ne6 f3+ 79. Ke3 Kg3 80. Nf4 Nc4+ 81. Kxe4 f2
82. Ne2+ Kg4 83. Kd4 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+
Qxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 Qc6 9. O-O Be6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. a4 h6
12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nf1 Be7 14. Ne3 O-O 15. Ncd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qd7
17. Nf5 Kh8 18. c4 e4 19. Qh3 Nh7 20. b3 Bf6 21. Ra2 b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. cxb5 Ng5 24. Qg4 Qxb5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Nxd6
Qxb3 27. Nxc8 Qxa2 28. Nd6 e3 29. Qh3+ Kg8 30. Qxe3 Rd8
31. Ne4 Rxd5 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. Rf1 Kg7 34. h3 Qc4 35. Qf3 Qd3
36. Qxd3 Rxd3 37. Re1 Rd6 38. Rf1 Rd7 39. Re1 Rd8 40. g4 Rd7
41. Kg2 Rd8 42. Kg1 Rd7 43. Kg2 Rd8 44. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.06"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "180"]

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. b4 Bxa2
12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 a5 16. c4 Ne7
17. Qb3 bxc4 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 19. dxc4 axb4 20. axb4 Qc6 21. Re1
Rxa2 22. Qxa2 Ra8 23. Qb3 g6 24. b5 Qc5 25. Qc2 c6 26. bxc6
Bd8 27. Nd2 Bb6 28. Nb3 Qxc6 29. Ra1 Rc8 30. Rc1 h5 31. h4 Ra8
32. Ra1 Rxa1+ 33. Nxa1 Qd7 34. g3 g5 35. Qd2 gxh4 36. c5 Bxc5
37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Qxh4 Ke8 39. Nb3 Qa4 40. Nxc5 dxc5 41. Qxh5
Qxe4 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qc8 Qd4 44. g4 c4 45. g5 c3 46. Kg2 Kd6
47. f3 Qd2+ 48. Kh3 Kd5 49. Qf5 Kc6 50. Qc8+ Kd6 51. Qf8+ Kc6
52. Qc8+ Kb5 53. Qb7+ Kc5 54. Qa7+ Kd6 55. Qb8+ Kd5 56. Qb7+
Kd4 57. Qe4+ Kc5 58. Qxe5+ Kc4 59. Qe4+ Kb3 60. Qb1+ Ka3
61. Qa1+ Kb4 62. Qb1+ Kc5 63. Qf5+ Qd5 64. Qc8+ Kd4 65. Qg4+
Kd3 66. g6 c2 67. gxf7 c1=Q 68. f8=Q Qh1+ 69. Kg3 Qe5+
70. Qgf4 Qg1+ 71. Kh4 Qh1+ 72. Kg3 Qee1+ 73. Kg4 Qhh4+ 74. Kf5
Qh5+ 75. Kf6 Qa1+ 76. Ke6 Qa2+ 77. Kf6 Qb2+ 78. Ke6 Qb3+
79. Kf6 Qb2+ 80. Ke6 Qb3+ 81. Kf6 Qc3+ 82. Ke6 Qg6+ 83. Q4f6
Qc6+ 84. Ke7 Qc5+ 85. Ke6 Qc6+ 86. Ke7 Qc7+ 87. Ke6 Qb6+
88. Ke7 Qc5+ 89. Ke6 Qcf5+ 90. Ke7 Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.07"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7
7. d3 d6 8. a3 a5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. b3 Rb8 11. Bb2 h6 12. Nd2 Be6
13. Nd5 b5 14. e3 Qd7 15. Re1 Bg4 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Ne4 Nxd5
18. cxd5 Ne7 19. Nd2 Bh3 20. Bh1 Nf5 21. a4 h5 22. axb5 Rxb5
23. Ra1 h4 24. Bc3 Ra8 25. Ra4 Qd8 26. Bf3 Rab8 27. Rea1 Bh6
28. Re1 Qg5 29. Ne4 Qd8 30. Ra3 Ne7 31. Nd2 Nf5 32. Qd1 Bg7
33. g4 Nh6 34. Kh1 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Rg1 Qd7 37. Qe2 Kh8
38. Ra4 Rxb3 39. Rxh4 Rxc3 40. Rxh3 a4 41. e4 Rc2 42. Rh5 f4
43. Qd1 Rbb2 44. Nc4 a3 45. Bg4 Qd8 46. Nxb2 Rxb2 47. Be6 a2
48. Rxg7 Kxg7 49. Qg1+ Kf8 50. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. d5 d6
7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Nd2 Na6
12. e4 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Nc4 Qb8 15. Bf4 Bf8 16. a4 Nb4
17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. g4 Bd3
22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Nf6 24. Bg5 Bg7 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Nxd6 Rf8
27. Kg2 Qd7 28. Bg3 h5 29. g5 Ne8 30. Re6 h4 31. Bf4 h3+
32. Kg3 Nxd6 33. Bxd6 Rf5 34. Rae1 Bf8 35. Rxg6+ Kh7 36. Ree6
Re8 37. Bxf8 Rxe6 38. Rxe6 Rxf8 39. f4 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc7 11. Nd2 Qd6
12. N2f3 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne4 16. Rfd1
Rac8 17. Be5 Qe7 18. Bxc7 Rxc7 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Qb2 c5 21. Qe5
Qxe5 22. Nxe5 g6 23. b4 Rdc8 24. f3 Nf6 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5
Rxc5 27. Rd2 Kf8 28. Rb2 Rc7 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. g4 Nd7 31. Nd3
Nb6 32. Nf4 Rc5 33. Ne2 Ra5 34. Nd4 Kf6 35. h4 h6 36. Rc2 Nc4
37. e4 Ra4 38. Nb5 dxe4 39. Nc3 e3+ 40. Ke2 Na3 41. Rc1 Rc4
42. Kxe3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7
7. Nc3 e6 8. b3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Qc2 Nc6
12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Rd2 d5 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Qb1 d4 16. exd4
cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5
21. Qd1 Re8 22. Bf1 Qe1 23. Qxe1 Rxe1 24. Rd2 Bxb2 25. Rxb2
Rc1 26. f3 Ba6 27. Kf2 dxc4 28. bxc4 Kg7 29. Rb4 Rc2+ 30. Kg3
Rxa2 31. Bd3 f5 32. Rb8 Rd2 33. Ra8 Kf6 34. Rxa7 Bc8 35. Bf1
g5 36. h4 f4+ 37. Kh2 g4 38. fxg4 Bxg4 39. Rxh7 Rd1 40. Kg1
Be2 41. Kf2 Bxf1 42. g3 Bd3 43. Rh6+ Kg7 44. Rd6 Rf1+ 45. Kg2
f3+ 46. Kh2 Be4 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "164"]

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. a4 Bb7 11. d3 h6 12. Nbd2
Bf8 13. Nf1 Nb8 14. Ng3 Nbd7 15. Nf5 Nc5 16. Bc2 Nxa4 17. Bxa4
bxa4 18. Qxa4 d5 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. Ng3 Rad8 21. Ra5 c5 22. c4
dxc4 23. dxc4 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Bd2 Nd7 26. Bc3 f6 27. Nf1
Nb8 28. Ra3 Nc6 29. Rb3 Nb4 30. N3d2 Red8 31. Re2 a5 32. Ne3
a4 33. Ra3 Bc6 34. g4 Kf7 35. Kg2 g6 36. Nd5 Nc2 37. Ra2 f5
38. Nf3 Rxf3 39. Kxf3 Nb4 40. Ra1 fxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Nxd5 42. cxd5
Rxd5 43. Ke3 h5 44. g5 e4 45. Rd2 Rxg5 46. Rd8 Rf5 47. Rc8
Bh6+ 48. Ke2 Bb5+ 49. Ke1 e3 50. fxe3 Bxe3 51. Kd1 Bd3
52. Rxa4 Rf1+ 53. Be1 c4 54. Rb4 Rh1 55. Rb7+ Kf6 56. Re8 Bd4
57. h4 c3 58. bxc3 Bxc3 59. Rb3 Rxe1+ 60. Rxe1 Bxe1 61. Kxe1
Be4 62. Rb5 Bf5 63. Kf2 g5 64. Rb6+ Kg7 65. hxg5 h4 66. Rh6 h3
67. Kg3 Bd7 68. Rf6 Bc8 69. Rf2 Kg6 70. Kh4 Bf5 71. Re2 Bd7
72. Rd2 Bf5 73. Rd6+ Kg7 74. Kg3 Bc8 75. Rh6 Bf5 76. Kf4 Bd7
77. Ke5 Bg4 78. Rh4 Bd7 79. Ke4 Kg6 80. Kf4 Kg7 81. Rh6 Bc8
82. Rd6 Kf7 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bf5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4
12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qa5 14. Nc4 Qxa6 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. a4 Rfb8
17. Ra3 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Rxb6 19. b3 Rc8 20. Bd2 c4 21. a5 Rbb8
22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qd3 Qb5 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. Bxc1
Bd4 27. a6 Rb8 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Ra8 30. Ra3 Kf8 31. Kf3
Ke8 32. Kg4 f6 33. h4 Kd7 34. h5 Ra7 35. f4 Kc7 36. hxg6 hxg6
37. f5 g5 38. Kh5 Kb6 39. Kg6 Kc5 40. e4 Kd4 41. Ra4+ Ke3
42. Kf7 Kf3 43. Ra3+ Kxe4 44. Ke6 g4 45. Ra4+ Kf3 46. Ra3+ Ke4
47. Ra4+ Kf3 48. Ra3+ Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic GCT Finals"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4
7. e5 Nd5 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nb6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Bf4 d5
12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. Re1 d5 16. Nd2
a5 17. a3 Bd7 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Nd4 Kf8 20. f3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1
Re8 22. Rd1 Ke7 23. Kf2 Kd6 24. h4 Kc5 25. Ba2 Nc4 26. Nb3+
Kc6 27. Nd4+ Kc5 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. c3 b5 30. b4+ Kb6 31. Ne2
Bc6 32. h5 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8 34. Rd2 Kc7 35. Ke3 Ra1 36. Kf4
h6 37. Nd4 Rc1 38. Rc2 Rxc2 39. Nxc2 Kd6 40. Nd4 Bd7 41. Nf5+
Bxf5 42. Kxf5 Kd5 43. g4 Kd6 44. f4 Ke7 45. Ke5 g6 46. f5 gxh5
47. gxh5 Kd7 48. Kf6 Ke8 49. Kg7 Ke7 50. Kxh6 Kf6 51. Kh7 Kxf5
52. Kg7 Kg5 53. h6 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5
7. b3 Nf6 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Na4 Bxb2 10. Nxb2 Qd7 11. Nh4 Nf6
12. Nxf5 Qxf5 13. e3 O-O 14. Na4 Rad8 15. a3 Qc8 16. Rc1 Kg7
17. Qc2 h5 18. h3 b6 19. Nc3 Rfe8 20. f4 e6 21. Qb2 Kg8
22. Ne2 Nh7 23. d4 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Nf6 26. Kh2 Kg7
27. b4 Qc7 28. a4 e5 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. c5 h4 31. cxb6 hxg3+
32. Kh1 Qxb6 33. Rc6 Qxd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rcxf6 Re7 36. R6f3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4
Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h6 14. Ne4 h5 15. Kg2 b6 16. c4 Ng6
17. Nbc3 Be7 18. Be3 Kb7 19. Ng3 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rh4 21. Nf5
Rxg4+ 22. Kf3 Rh4 23. Nxh4 Nxh4+ 24. Kg4 g6 25. Bf2 Nf5
26. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4
Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Bg5 Bc5 16. Rd3
b6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 h6 19. Rd1 c5 20. Nh4 g5 21. Nf5 Bxf5
22. gxf5 Kb7 23. Kg2 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Kf3 c4 26. Re4 b5
27. Kg4 Kc8 28. e6 fxe6 29. fxe6 Rh8 30. Kf5 Kd8 31. e7+ Ke8
32. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Nc4 Nd4
12. Bd3 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Ne3 O-O 15. O-O Nd7 16. Ncd5 Bg5
17. c3 Nc6 18. Kh1 Rc8 19. Nc4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Nf6 21. Nce3 Bxd5
22. exd5 Ne7 23. c4 a5 24. Qd2 Nd7 25. Bb1 Nc5 26. f4 exf4
27. Rxf4 Ng6 28. Rff1 Qg5 29. Qf2 Ne5 30. h4 Qd8 31. Qg3 g6
32. Nf5 Kh8 33. Nd4 f5 34. b3 Qf6 35. Rcd1 Rce8 36. a3 Ng4
37. Nxf5 gxf5 38. Rxf5 Qg7 39. Rg5 Nf2+ 40. Kh2 Qh6 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+
Be6 7. Ng5 Qe7 8. Nxe6 fxe6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nf3 e5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Bxe5 15. c3 Rae8 16. h3
d4 17. c4 Bd6 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.15"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bb5+
N8c6 7. d4 cxd4 8. a3 dxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. axb4 cxb2
11. Bxb2 e6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Ke8 15. Nxc6
bxc6 16. Ra4 f6 17. Rfa1 Be7 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Rxa7 Kf7
20. Kf1 Rb8 21. Bc3 Kf8 22. Rc7 Bxb4 23. Rxc6 Bxc3 24. Rxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. h3 e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. g4 Be7
7. Bg2 h5 8. g5 Nh7 9. h4 f6 10. Nd5 fxg5 11. hxg5 Nxg5
12. Nec3 g6 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. f4 Nf7 16. f5 gxf5
17. exf5 Nd4 18. Be3 Bxf5 19. Bxd4 Bg4 20. Bf3 cxd4 21. c4
dxc3 22. bxc3 Qa5 23. Rb1 Ng5 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. O-O Nh3+
26. Kh1 Kxf6 27. Bxg4+ Nf4 28. Bf3 Rag8 29. Rxb7 Rg3 30. Qb3
Rf8 31. d4 Qa6 32. c4 Rh3+ 33. Kg1 Rg8+ 34. Kf2 Rg2+ 35. Ke1
Qa5+ 36. Rb4 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Be2 d5
7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Ng5 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 e6 11. c3 c5
12. Nf4 Qe7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. b3 O-O 15. Nd3 Rfc8 16. Ba3 Qd8
17. Re1 b6 18. b4 Bf8 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. h4 Rac8 21. h5 cxd4
22. cxd4 Ne7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. g4 Rc2 25. Qf4 Bg7 26. Ng5 Qe8
27. Re3 R8c4 28. Nb2 Rxb2 29. Bxb2 Nc6 30. b5 Ncxe5 31. Qh2
Nxg4 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Ba3+ Nc5 34. dxc5 bxc5 35. Rc1 Rxc1+
36. Bxc1 Nxe3 37. Bxe3 d4 38. Bc1 Qe7 39. a5 d3 40. b6 axb6
41. axb6 Qb7 42. Nxe6+ fxe6 43. Bh6 Ke8 44. Qg8+ Kd7 45. Qxg7+
Kc6 46. Qxg6 Qd7 47. Be3 Kxb6 48. Kf1 Qd5 49. Qh7 Kb5 50. Qh8
c4 51. Ke1 Qf3 52. Qb2+ Ka4 53. Qa2+ Kb5 54. Qb2+ Kc6 55. Kd2
Qg4 56. Qb6+ Kd7 57. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.17"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. e5 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3
12. gxf3 e6 13. h4 Ne7 14. f4 b5 15. Qc5 Nf5 16. Kf2 f6
17. Rd1 b4 18. Qxb4 Rb8 19. Qa3 fxe5 20. dxe5 Qe8 21. Bg2 Bxe5
22. fxe5 Nxh4+ 23. Kg1 Nxg2 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. Rc1 Qb5 26. Qe7
Rd7 27. Nf6+ Rxf6 28. Qxf6 Rf7 29. Qd8+ Rf8 30. Qxc7 Rf7
31. Qd8+ Rf8 32. Qe7 h5 33. Qxe6+ Kg7 34. Rc7+ Kh6 35. Rxh5+
Kxh5 36. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.18"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. h5 Nxh5 6. cxd5 e6
7. g4 Nf6 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. e4 Bxg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Bg5 h6
12. Be3 c6 13. Nge2 Bc4 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Nf4 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Na6
17. a3 Nc7 18. Kf2 g5 19. b4 Qa6 20. Nd3 Qc4 21. Rac1 Nd7
22. Nb2 Qe6 23. Ne2 Nb5 24. a4 Nd6 25. Ng3 f5 26. exf5 Qd5
27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. Qxc4 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Nb6 30. Rc5 O-O 31. a5 Nd5
32. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Bc2 b5 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bb7 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Bd3 a6 13. a4 b4 14. Nb3 a5 15. h3
e5 16. d5 Nh5 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Rc1 Nb8 21. Qd2 Rxc1 22.
Rxc1 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Qc1 Bd8 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 26. Nfd2 f5 27. g4 Nf6 28. f3
Ba6 29. Bxa6 Nxa6 30. Be3 Kf7 31. Kf1 Nd7 32. Nc4 fxe4 33. fxe4 Nf6 34. Nbd2 Nd7
35. Nb3 Nf6 36. Nbd2 Nd7 37. Nb3 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "2.38"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Tsog-Ochir Tengis"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. d5 d6 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Ne4 Re8 14. c3 g6 15.
Qf3 h5 16. g3 c6 17. Bd2 Bg7 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bg5 Qc8 20. Bb3 c5 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22.
Bxf6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qf8 24. Bc2 Re8 25. Re4 Nh6 26. Qe2 Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Ng4 28.
Bg5 Qe8 29. f3 f6 30. Bd2 Ne5 31. b3 g5 32. f4 Nf7 33. Kf2 f5 34. Bd3 Qxe2+ 35.
Bxe2 g4 36. a3 a5 37. b4 cxb4 38. axb4 axb4 39. c4 b3 40. cxb5 b2 41. Bd3 Bxb5
42. Bxf5 Nh6 43. Bb1 Bd7 44. Bc3 Bf5 45. Bxf5 Nxf5 46. Bxb2 Kf7 47. Ba3 Ne7 48.
Ke3 Nxd5+ 49. Ke4 Nc3+ 50. Kf5 d5 51. Bc5 Ne4 52. Be3 h4 53. Kxg4 hxg3 54. hxg3
Ke6 55. Kf3 Nd6 1-0


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "3.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alonso Rosell, Alvar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. Rc1 e5 10. d5 Nd7 11. Bd3 f5 12. Qc2 f4 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Nf3 Ne8 15.
c4 Nd6 16. Bc3 Re8 17. h3 g5 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Nd2 Rf8 20. a4 b6 21. Ra1 Qe8 22.
Qd1 Rb8 23. Bg4 a6 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra6
Rfd8 29. Ke2 bxc4 30. Rha1 Nb5 31. Ba5 Nd4+ 32. Kf1 Rd7 33. Nxc4 Rdb7 34. Bb6
Bf8 35. f3 Nc2 36. R1a5 Ne3+ 37. Nxe3 fxe3 38. Rb5 c4 39. Ke2 Kf7 40. g3 c3 41.
Kd3 Be7 42. Kxc3 Bd8 43. Bxd8 Rxb5 44. Bxg5 Rc5+ 45. Kd3 Rb3+ 46. Ke2 Rc2+ 47.
Kd1 Rd2+ 48. Kc1 Rc3+ 49. Kb1 Rd1+ 50. Kb2 e2 51. Ra7+ Kg6 52. Bh4 Rb1+ 53. Ka2
Ra1+ 0-1


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 e6 8.
Ne4 Qf5 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Be3 Nb4 13. a3 Nd5 14.
Rhe1 Qg4 15. g3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qe4 17. Nd2 Qc6 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 c5 20. dxc5
Bxc5 21. e4 b5 22. c3 Kc7 23. Kc2 a6 24. Rf1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Kd7 26. Ke2 Rc8 27.
Kd3 Bd6 28. b4 Ke7 29. a4 Rd8 30. axb5 axb5 31. Kc2 Rc8 32. Kb3 Be5 33. Rc1 Rc4
34. Nd2 Rc7 35. Nb1 h5 36. Na3 Rb7 37. Rc2 f5 38. exf5 exf5 39. c4 bxc4+ 40.
Nxc4 f6 41. Ne3 Ke6 42. Rc6+ Kd7 43. Rc4 Ke6 44. Ng2 Rd7 45. Nf4+ Bxf4 46. Rxf4
Rd2 47. Rh4 Rf2 48. Kc4 Kd6 49. Kb5 Kc7 50. Rxh5 f4 51. Rh7+ Kc8 52. Rf7 fxg3
53. hxg3 Rf3 54. Kc6 Kd8 55. b5 Ke8 56. Rg7 Rc3+ 57. Kb7 Kf8 58. Rc7 Rxg3 59. b6
Rb3 60. Ka7 Ra3+ 61. Kb8 Ke8 62. b7 Kd8 63. Rc6 f5 64. Rd6+ Ke7 65. Kc7 Rb3 66.
Rb6 Rc3+ 67. Rc6 Rb3 68. b8=Q 1-0


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ilia Smirin"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Re1
e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. c3 Qa5
15. a4 Rad8 16. Qe3 Ne7 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Qc1 f6 20. Bd2 Bf7 21. Qc2
c6 22. Bd3 Qc7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. g3 a5 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Qe7 27. Bd2 Qe6
28. Nd4 Qd6 29. Qd1 f5 30. Nf3 Nb6 31. Bf4 Qd5 32. Ng5 Nxa4 33. Qxa4 Qxd3 34.
Nxf7 Kxf7 35. Qb3+ Qd5 36. Qxb7+ Kg8 37. Qb8+ Kf7 38. h4 h6 39. Be3 h5 40. Qa7+
Kg8 41. Qe7 a4 42. Qb7 Qb5 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qd7 Kg8 45. Qe6+ Kh7 46. Qf7 c5 47.
Bg5 Qc6 48. Qa7 Kg8 49. Be3 Bf8 50. c4 Bg7 51. Bxc5 Bxb2 52. Qb8+ Kh7 53. Qxb2
Qxc5 54. Qb7+ Kh6 55. Qa8 Qe5 56. Qxa4 Qe1+ 57. Kg2 Qe4+ 58. Kf1 Qb1+ 59. Ke2
Qe4+ 60. Kd2 Qd4+ 61. Kc1 Qxf2 62. Qe8 Qf1+ 63. Kb2 Qf2+ 64. Kc1 Qg1+ 65. Kc2
Qf2+ 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 a6 13. Qd3 Ne5 14. Qd2 e6 15.
Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Qe7 17. Rac1 Qf8 18. f4 Ned7 19. Nf3 b5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6
b4 22. e5 bxc3 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Ke2
Ke7 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Kd3 h6 30. h4 a5 31. Kc2 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Alexei Shirov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb3 Qxd3 12. Nxe5 Qf5 13. Nef3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Qc8
15. Ne4 Be7 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bh2 Nf6 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Nh4 Bd6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Qc2 Na5 22. Ba4 c5 23. Rad1 a6 24. Qc1 b5 25. Bc2 Qc7 26. Nf1 Bxh2+ 27. Nxh2
Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Ng4 Nf6 31. Ne3 Qd6 32. Bf3 Nc6 33. Qd1
Qxd1+ 34. Nxd1 Ne5 35. Bb7 a5 36. Ba6 b4 37. f4 Ned7 38. Kf2 Kf8 39. Kf3 Ke7 40.
cxb4 cxb4 41. Ne3 Nc5 42. Bb5 Ne6 43. Bd3 a4 44. Nc2 Nd5 45. g3 Kd6 46. Bc4 Nec7
47. Ke4 Kc5 48. Kd3 f6 49. h4 Ne7 50. Nd4 Nf5 51. Nxf5 gxf5 52. Bf7 a3 53. bxa3
bxa3 54. Kc3 Nb5+ 55. Kb3 Nd4+ 56. Kxa3 Ne2 57. Kb3 Nxg3 58. Bg6 Ne2 59. a4 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandr Predke"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. f4
Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 Bd7 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Rc8 13. h3 b5 14. a3 a5 15.
Be3 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Na4 Rb8 18. Kh2 Bb5 19. Qd2 Nd7 20. Rfc1 e6 21. d4 Nf6
22. b3 Qd7 23. Nb2 Bc6 24. Qd3 Qb7 25. d5 exd5 26. Ra7 Qb5 27. Qxb5 Bxb5 28.
exd5 Rfe8 29. Nd1 Be2 30. Bg1 Ne4 31. Ne3 Bd4 32. Rac7 Nc5 33. Nc2 Bxg1+ 34.
Kxg1 Nxb3 35. Rb1 Nc5 36. Rxb4 Ra8 37. Rb2 Ra4 38. Nb4 Bc4 39. Nc6 Nd3 40. Rd2
Ne1 41. Bh1 Kf8 42. Nd4 Bd3 43. Nc6 Ra1 44. Kh2 Be4 45. Re2 Nf3+ 46. Bxf3 Bxf3
47. Rxe8+ Kxe8 48. g4 Bxd5 49. Nd4 Ra2+ 50. Rc2 Rxc2+ 51. Nxc2 Kd7 52. Nd4 Kc7
53. Kg3 Kb6 54. Kf2 Kc5 55. Ke3 Be6 56. Kd3 h6 57. Ke3 Bd7 58. Kd3 Kd5 59. Ke3
Kc4 60. Ke4 f5+ 61. gxf5 Bxf5+ 62. Nxf5 d5+ 63. Ke5 gxf5 64. Kxf5 d4 65. Kg6 d3
66. f5 d2 67. f6 d1=Q 68. f7 Qd8 69. Kg7 Qg5+ 0-1


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Bc5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Rd1
Bd4 9. Qf4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Ba3 Nd7 12. Rab1 Qa5 13. Bb4 Qd8 14. c4 c5 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Rxb7 Nxc3 18. dxc3 Nf6 19. Bf3 Qa5 20. c4 Qa4 21. Rc7
Rab8 22. Rxc5 Rb4 23. c3 Rb2 24. Qd4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Qc2 26. a4 a5 27. Rc5 h6 28.
Rxa5 Re8 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Bxa8 Ra2 31. Bc6 g6 32. Re1 Kg7 33. c4 Ra3 34. Bb5 Rd3
35. Qe5 Rd2 36. Rf1 Re2 37. Qa1 1-0


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hao Wang"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qd2 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Qb8 12. h4 h5 13. Bd3 a6 14. Nc3 f5 15.
Be3 Be7 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. g3 e4 19. Be2 Ne5 20. O-O-O O-O 21. Kb1 Be8
22. Rc1 Bg6 23. Ka1 Kh7 24. Rhd1 Rfe8 25. Na4 Rc8 26. Qb6 Qb8 27. Qb3 Bf6 28. c5
Bf7 29. Nb6 Rcd8 30. Rd2 dxc5 31. Bxc5 Nd7 32. Be3 Nxb6 33. Bxb6 Rd7 34. Qd1 Qe5
35. Bc4 f4 36. Bd4 Qf5 37. Bxf6 Qxf6 38. gxf4 Qxf4 39. d6 Bg6 40. Be2 Red8 41.
Bxh5 Bf5 42. Qe1 Rxd6 43. Rxd6 Rxd6 44. Be2 Qd2 45. a3 Qxe1 46. Rxe1 Rd2 47. Ka2
Be6+ 48. Kb1 Bb3 49. Kc1 Rc2+ 50. Kb1 Rc6 51. Bd1 Bxd1 52. Rxd1 Rh6 53. Rd7 b5
54. Kc2 Rxh4 55. Kd2 Rf4 56. Ke2 Kh6 57. Ra7 Rf6 58. Re7 Rc6 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "12.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bg5 Ne8 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Re1 Qa5 14. Bg5 Rfd8 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. dxc6 Rxc6 21.
c3 Qb5 22. a4 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qxc3 24. Qd5+ Kf8 25. Re3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxb7
Rdc8 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "13.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Be3 Qa5 8.
Bc4 Nh6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Na3 Bg4 12. h3 Rad8 13. Qe2 Bc8 14. Bb3 Nf5
15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Nc4 b5 17. Nce5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 a5 19. a3 e6 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. Bc2
f6 22. Nf3 e5 23. Bc1 Be6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. g4 Nd6 27. g5 Nf7 28.
gxf6 Bxf6 29. Nh2 Bxh3 30. Bb3 a4 31. Be3 Qc7 32. Bd5 Kg7 33. Qxb5 Rb8 34. Qe2
h5 35. Rd2 Nd6 36. Qa6 Bd7 37. Qa7 Qxa7 38. Bxa7 Rc8 39. Bg2 Be7 40. Nf3 e4 41.
Bd4+ Kf8 42. Ne5 Bf5 43. Be3 Kg7 44. Rd5 Kf6 45. Ra5 Ke6 46. Ra7 Nb5 47. Rxa4
Nxc3 48. bxc3 Kxe5 49. Bd4+ Kf4 50. Be3+ Ke5 51. Bd4+ Kf4 52. Be3+ Ke5 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "14.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d5
9. e3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Rac8 13. Ne5 Qxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Nxe5+
15. f3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. Bc3 Bg5 18. Qe1 Rfd8 19. h4 Be7 20. Rd1 Rd5 21. e4
Rc5 22. Rd7 Ba6 23. Rf2 Bf8 24. Bb2 Bb5 25. Qd1 Nb4 26. Rd8 Nc2 27. Kh3 Rxd8 28.
Qxd8 e5 29. Bxe5 1-0


[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Pavel Ponkratov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2873"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nxd5 c6 5. Ne3 Qxd4 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Qb6
8. O-O Qc7 9. c3 Ngf6 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. Rd1 a5 13. a4 b6 14. g3
Nc5 15. Nd4 Nf6 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. Nb3 Ne6 18. h4 h5 19. Bd2 Rad8 20. Be1 Bh6
21. Qe2 c5 22. f3 Bc6 23. Nd2 Rd7 24. Ndc4 Rfd8 25. Bf2 Nf8 26. Nf1 Rxd1
27. Rxd1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 N8d7 29. Kg2 Qb7 30. Be3 Bxe3 31. Nfxe3 Qc7 32. Qd2
Kg7 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. exd5 Ne8 35. Qg5 Nef6 36. Ne3 Qe5 37. Kf2 Qxg5 38.
hxg5 Ne8 39. f4 Nd6 40. Bd3 f6 41. gxf6+ Nxf6 42. Kf3 Kh6 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "1.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
c4 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 e5 11. d4 Be7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nbd2 exd4 15.
c4 Rfe8 16. Nxd4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 d5 18. Na5 dxe4 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Ra4
Rac8 22. Bb1 Qxb3 23. Rxa6 Rb8 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Ba2 Qb7 26. Nh6+ gxh6 27. Rxf6
Re7 28. Qg4+ Bg7 29. Rfd6 Qc7 30. g3 Rf8 31. Rd7 Qe5 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Rd7 Qe5
34. Bd5 e3 35. fxe3 Qxe3+ 36. Kg2 Qe8 37. Qf5 Qe5 38. Rxf7 Qxf5 39. Rxf5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "2.43"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Bartosz Socko"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. b3 Bb7 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 d6 10. Bf3 Qc8 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Nc2 Rd8 13. Qe2 Ne5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. Rfd1 a6 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Rad1 h6 18. a4 Nc6 19. Ba3 Na5 20. Nd4 d5 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. Na2 dxc4 23. b4 c3 24. Rc2 Nc6 25. Rxc3 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxc3 27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. Nxc3 Qd6 29. b5 axb5 30. Nxb5 Qb4 31. Qd1 Nd5 32. g3 g6 33. Qc2 h5 34.
h4 Nf6 35. Nd4 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Ng4 37. Nf3 Qb4 38. Ng5 Qd6 39. Qc8+ Qf8 40. Qb7 Qe8
41. Qxb6 Qxa4 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qe7 Qc6+ 44. e4 Nh6 45. Qa7 Qd6 46. Qa1+ Kg8 47.
Qf6 Qf8 48. Nxe6 fxe6 49. Qxg6+ Qg7 50. Qxe6+ Kh7 51. Qd5 Qg6 52. f3 Nf7 53. Kf2
Kh6 54. Qd2+ Kh7 55. Qa5 Kh6 56. Qc7 Qf6 57. Qf4+ Qxf4 58. gxf4 Kg6 59. Ke3 Kf6
60. Kd4 Nd8 61. f5 Nc6+ 62. Ke3 Ne5 63. f4 Ng4+ 64. Kd3 Nf2+ 65. Kd4 Ng4 66. Kd3
Nh2 67. Ke2 Ng4 68. Kf3 Nh2+ 69. Ke2 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "3.38"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aleksandr Rakhmanov"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. b3 d6
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 a6 13. h3 Rac8 14. Bb1 Rfd8 15. Rd2
cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Red1 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nf3 Bxb2 21.
Rxb2 Bb7 22. Rbd2 Qc7 23. Nd4 d5 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Nf3 a5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Ne1
Qe7 28. Qb2 Qg5 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Rd1 Ra8 31. Qd4 Rb8 32. Rc1 Qe7 33. Nd3 Ba8 34.
Qe5 Rd8 35. Rc7 Qe8 36. Nf4 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Qxd7 38. Qb8+ 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "4.65"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Alexey Reshetnikov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7
9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. g3 Bd6 12. c5 Qxb3 13. axb3 Bc7 14. b4 a6 15. Kf2
O-O-O 16. Ra1 Bc2 17. Be2 g5 18. Ng2 Bg6 19. Ra3 e5 20. h4 h6 21. g4 e4 22. f4
gxf4 23. exf4 h5 24. g5 Ng4+ 25. Bxg4 hxg4 26. Ne2 Nf8 27. Ng3 Ne6 28. h5 Bh7
29. Be3 Rdg8 30. Rh4 Ng7 31. Rxg4 Nf5 32. Ra1 Nxg3 33. Rxg3 Bf5 34. Rh1 Kd7 35.
Bd2 Ke6 36. Rh4 Rh7 37. Ne3 Rgh8 38. h6 Rg8 39. Nf1 Rg6 40. Rh1 Rg8 41. Be3 Bg6
42. Rgg1 f5 43. gxf6 Kxf6 44. Ng3 Rgh8 45. f5 Bxg3+ 46. Rxg3 Bxf5 47. Bf4 Ke6
48. Ke3 Rf8 49. Rhg1 Rf6 50. Rg7 Rfxh6 51. Bxh6 Rxh6 52. Rxb7 Rh3+ 53. Kf4 Rf3+
54. Kg5 e3 55. Rc7 Bd3 56. Rxc6+ Ke7 57. Kg4 Rf2 58. Kg3 Rf8 59. Re1 e2 60. Rh6
Rf1 61. Rh1 Kd7 62. Rg1 Kc6 63. Kg2 Rf6 64. Rc1 Kb5 65. Rge1 Rg6+ 66. Kf2 Re6
67. Rc3 Bc4 68. Rxc4 Kxc4 69. Rxe2 Rf6+ 70. Ke3 Kxb4 71. Rc2 Re6+ 72. Kd2 Kb5
73. Rc3 Re4 74. c6 Rxd4+ 75. Kc2 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "5.43"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Pigusov"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e3 Rb8
9. Qe2 Bf5 10. d5 Na7 11. Nd4 Bg4 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. b3 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nce2
Qc7 16. Bb2 Rfc8 17. Qd2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 b5 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rxc8+
Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Ne8 24. Ne2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Nc7 26. Nf4 e5 27. Nd5
Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Qc5 29. e4 b4 30. Qe2 Bb5 31. Qd2 Qc3 32. Qd1 Kg7 33. h4 h5 34.
Qf3 Qxf3 0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6.26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Sergey Grigoriants"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nf1 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Nxe3 Ree8 16. Qb3 a5 17. b5 Nd8 18. Kh2 Ne6 19. g3 Nc5 20. Qc4 c6 21. bxc6 bxc6
22. Rab1 Rab8 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Qxc5 Qxd3 26. Qxe5 Rb2 27. Kg1
Nxe4 28. Rd1 Rb1 29. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 30. Kg2 Qd3 31. Nf5 Nf6 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Nxc6
Qe4+ 34. Qxe4 Nxe4 35. c4 Nc5 36. Kf3 Nxa4 37. Nxa5 Ke7 38. Ke4 Nc5+ 39. Kd4
Ne6+ 40. Kd5 Ng5 41. h4 Nh3 42. f3 Ng1 43. Nc6+ Kf6 44. Nd4 g5 45. Kd6 gxh4 46.
gxh4 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "7.15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maksim Chigaev"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. e5 Nd7
15. f4 Nc5 16. h3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Qb4 18. b3 a5 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. Qxb4 axb4 21. g4 f6
22. exf6+ exf6 23. Kb2 Rfe8 24. Nd4 Nxd3+ 25. cxd3 c5 26. Nc2 Bb5 27. Rd2 d4 28.
Rc1 Rb7 29. a4 bxa3+ 30. Nxa3 Ba4 31. Rxc5 Reb8 32. Ka1 Rxb3 33. Nc4 Rc3 34.
Rc7+ Kg8 35. Rb2 Bb3 36. Ra7 Rc1+ 0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "8.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aleksey Dreev"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rd1
d4 9. Nb1 c5 10. d3 Nc6 11. a4 O-O 12. Na3 Nd7 13. Qg3 Bh4 14. Qh2 e5 15. Bg4
Nb6 16. a5 Nc8 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. g3 Bg5 19. f4 Bh6 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21. f5 Bxc1 22.
Rdxc1 Qg5 23. Rf1 Rcd8 24. Qf2 h5 25. Kh2 f6 26. Qf3 Ne7 27. Rf2 Nc8 28. Qe2 Nd6
29. Nd2 Rc8 30. Qf1 Kf7 31. Nf3 Qh6 32. b3 Ke7 33. Nh4 Kd7 34. Ng6 Rfe8 35. Kg2
Nb5 36. Qb1 a6 37. Qb2 Qe3 38. Raf1 Kc7 39. Kh2 Kb8 40. Qc1 Qxc1 41. Rxc1 Na7
42. Ra1 Nc6 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Nd8 45. Kg3 Nf7 46. Rh2 Ng5 47. Rah1 Kc7 48.
Rh5 Kc6 49. Ra1 Kb5 50. Ra4 Kc6 51. Rh1 Kd6 52. Rc4 Rc6 53. Rb1 Rec8 54. Kf2 Nf7
55. Ke2 Kd7 56. Kd2 Ng5 57. Rh1 Kd6 58. Kc1 R6c7 59. Kb2 Rc6 60. c3 R6c7 61.
cxd4 cxd4 62. Ka3 Rc5 63. Ka4 R5c7 64. Rhc1 Nf3 65. Kb4 Nd2 66. Ne7 Rxc4+ 67.
bxc4 Kxe7 68. Rc2 Nf3 69. Rf2 Ne1 0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "9.19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alonso Rosell, Alvar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 e6 8. b3 d6
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 c5 11. Bf3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. g3 Rfd8 15. Bg2
Rac8 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Rc2 Ba6 18. Re1 Ndf6 19. dxc5 Nxf2 20. Qa1 Nd3 21. Nf4 Nxe1
22. Qxe1 bxc5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Nxd5 Qe6 25. Nf4 Qe8 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Qa4
28. Qe2 Rb8 29. Nd5 Rb1+ 30. Bf1 Kh8 31. Kg2 Qxc2 32. Qxc2 Rb2 33. Qxb2 Bxb2 34.
Bd3 Be5 35. Bc2 Rb8 36. Bb3 Kg7 37. Kf3 h5 38. h3 f5 39. Ne7 Rb6 40. Nd5 Rd6 41.
a4 Rd8 42. a5 Rd6 43. Ne7 Ra6 44. Bc2 Rxa5 45. Nd5 Ra1 46. g4 hxg4+ 47. hxg4
fxg4+ 48. Kxg4 a5 49. Nb6 Rc1 50. Ba4 Rc3 51. Kf3 Bd4 52. Nd5 Ra3 53. Bb5 Bf6
54. Kf4 Ra1 55. Nb6 Bd8 56. Na4 Be7 57. Nb6 g5+ 58. Kg4 Kf7 59. Bc6 Rb1 60. Na4
Rb4 61. Bb5 Ke6 62. Nc3 Rb3 63. Nd5 Bd8 64. Be8 Ke5 65. Kf3 Ra3 66. Ke2 a4 67.
Kd2 g4 68. Bd7 g3 69. Nf4 Bg5 70. Nh3 Bxe3+ 71. Kc2 g2 0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "10.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Manuel Petrosyan"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "178"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Be2 a6 8. g4 h6
9. Rg1 c5 10. g5 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Rh6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. a3
g6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. d4 Qc7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Na4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rh5 21. h4
Rf5 22. e4 Rxf3 23. Nxc5 Rxf2 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Kb1 Nd7 26. Bxa6 Qxa6 27. Qxf2
Nde5 28. Qe3 Bxa3 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Qc3+ Nc6 31. Qh8+ Kc7 32. Qc3 Bb4 33. Qg3+
e5 34. Qf3 f5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Qxf5 Qe2 37. Qc2 Qxc2+ 38. Kxc2 Nd4+ 39. Kd3 Kd6
40. h5 Kd5 41. h6 Bf8 42. h7 e4+ 43. Kc3 Bg7 44. b4 e3 45. Kd3 e2 46. Re1 Ke6
47. Rh1 Bh8 48. Kd2 Kd5 49. Kd3 Ke6 50. Rb1 Kf7 51. Kd2 Kg6 52. Rh1 Kf5 53. b5
Nxb5 54. Rh5+ Kg6 55. Rxb5 Kxh7 56. Kxe2 Kg6 57. Kf3 Bf6 58. Kg4 Bd4 59. Rd5 Be3
60. Rd6+ Kf7 61. Kf5 Bc5 62. Rc6 Bg1 63. Rc7+ Ke8 64. Ke6 Kd8 65. Rc2 Be3 66.
Rc3 Bg1 67. Rc4 Bf2 68. Rc2 Be3 69. Rg2 Kc7 70. Rb2 Kc6 71. Rb3 Bg1 72. Ke5 Kc5
73. Rc3+ Kb6 74. Kd6 Kb7 75. Ra3 Kb6 76. Ra1 Bf2 77. Rb1+ Ka7 78. Kc7 Ka8 79.
Rb3 Ba7 80. Rb4 Bg1 81. Ra4+ Ba7 82. Kc6 Kb8 83. Ra2 Be3 84. Rb2+ Ka8 85. Kb5
Kb7 86. Re2 Bf4 87. Re7+ Ka8 88. Kb6 Bb8 89. Re8 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "11.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Savchenko"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. f4 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Nf3 d5 8. e5 Ne8
9. h3 Nc7 10. Ba4 f6 11. O-O fxe5 12. fxe5 Ne6 13. d3 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nc2
a5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. c4 Ba6 18. b3 a4 19. b4 dxc4 20. dxc4 cxb4 21. Nxb4 Bb7 22.
Rab1 Rad8 23. Nd3 Qc8 24. Nc5 Ba8 25. Nxa4 Qa6 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 Rde8 28.
Ng5 Qc8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Bxe7 Re8 31. Bd6 Qf5 32. Ne4 Bxe5 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34.
Re1 Re6 35. c5 Bb7 36. Qc4 Qd5 37. Qb4 Bc8 38. Qb8 Qd8 39. Qb4 Qh4 40. Re3 Qf4
41. Qd4 Qh4 42. g3 Qe7 43. Qc4 Kg7 44. Kf2 Bd7 45. g4 g5 46. Qd4+ Kg6 47. Nd6
Rxe3 48. Qxe3 Qf6+ 49. Kg3 h5 50. gxh5+ Kxh5 51. Qe2+ Kh6 52. Qe3 Kh5 53. Qe2+
Kh6 54. Qe3 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "12.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Ng3 e4 8. Ne5
Nf6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. f3 exf3 14. Rxf3 Be6
15. Nh5 Kh8 16. Qf1 Be7 17. Nxc6 Qe8 18. Nxe7 Nxh5 19. Re1 Rxf3 20. Qxf3 Qf7 21.
Qe2 Rf8 22. Rf1 Qxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 h6 25. Bd2 Nf6 26. Ba5 Ne8 27. Nc6
Bd7 28. Nxa7 Kg8 29. Ke1 Kf7 30. b3 Ke6 31. a4 c6 32. b4 Nd6 33. Bc7 Nc8 34. b5
Nxa7 35. b6 c5 36. b7 Nc6 37. a5 Ke7 38. a6 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "13.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eltaj Safarli"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 g6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Rd1 Qe6 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Rac8 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Qd2 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Nde5 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Qe2 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Nc4 19. Rd3 f6 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21.
h4 d5 22. h5 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Nd6 24. Qd5+ e6 25. Qf3 Nf5 26. Be3 Rxc2 27. g4 Nxe3
28. Rdxe3 Qxd4 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Rc3 32. Qe2 Rg3+ 33. Kh2
Rxg4 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kg5 37. Re3 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Qxf2 39. Re5+
f5 40. Qd8+ Kf4 0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "14.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. c4 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. a4 Rfd8
15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qb2 f6 18. Rfd1 Bb4 19. Qc2 Qf5 20. Bxa7 Rd3 21.
Bb6 h5 22. h3 h4 23. g4 Qg6 24. Bf1 Rc3 25. Qb2 Rd3 26. c5 f5 27. Bxd3 exd3 28.
Qd4 d2 29. Rc4 Bf3 30. Rxb4 Bxd1 31. Qxd2 fxg4 32. Qxd1 g3 33. Rxh4 Rf8 34. Rf4
Rxf4 35. exf4 gxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qf5 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Qd4 Qc2+ 39. Ke3 Qxb3+ 40. Qd3
Qxa4 41. Bc7 Qb4 42. Qd7+ Kg6 43. Qxe6+ Kh5 44. Qg4+ Kh6 45. Qg5+ Kh7 46. Qh5+
Kg8 47. Qd5+ Kh8 48. Be5 Qe1+ 49. Kd3 Qd1+ 50. Kc4 Qa4+ 51. Kc3 Qa3+ 52. Kc2
Qa4+ 53. Qb3 Qe4+ 54. Kb2 Qg2+ 55. Ka3 Qc6 56. Bd6 Qa6+ 57. Kb4 Qe2 58. Qc4 Qb2+
59. Ka5 Qb1 60. Be5 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "15.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. h3 g6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nc4
Qc7 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O b5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Nde4 Rad8 14. Re1 b4 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. c3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rd7 21.
Be3 Nd5 22. Bh6 Rc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Rc7 25. Qd1 Qc6 26. Qf3 f6 27. Rc1 Qb5
28. Re1 Kf7 29. h4 Qd7 30. h5 Qf5 31. hxg6+ hxg6 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34.
Bxc1 Ke6 35. Kf1 Nc7 36. Bd2 a5 37. Ke2 Kd5 38. Kd3 Ne6 39. Be3 f4 40. Bd2 f3
41. gxf3 Nxd4 42. f4 Ne6 43. Be3 Nc5+ 44. Bxc5 Kxc5 45. b3 Kd5 46. Ke3 e5 47.
fxe5 Kxe5 48. f4+ Kd5 49. Kd3 f5 50. Ke3 Kc5 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "16.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Artemiev"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. b3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d5
9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4+ Qxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a5 16. Rfd1 Na6 17. Nc6 e6 18. Rd6 Nc5 19. Rc1 Ne4 20. Rd4 Nc5 21.
Ne5 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nc4 Ne4 24. Nxb6 Rd2 25. Kf3 Nd6 26. a4 Rb2 27. Rc3
Kf6 28. Nd7+ Ke7 29. Ne5 Nf5 30. e3 h5 31. Nc4 Ra2 32. Nxa5 g5 33. h3 g4+ 34.
hxg4 hxg4+ 35. Kxg4 Rxf2 36. e4 Nd6 37. Nc6+ Kd7 38. Ne5+ Ke7 39. Nd3 f5+ 40.
exf5 exf5+ 41. Kh3 Rd2 42. Nf4 Ne4 43. Re3 Rb2 44. a5 Kf6 45. Ne2 Nc5 46. g4
fxg4+ 47. Kxg4 Nxb3 48. a6 Nc5 49. Rf3+ Kg7 50. a7 Ra2 51. Rc3 Ne6 52. Rc6 Kf7
53. Nf4 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "17.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Kh1 a6 13. Na3 f5 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 g5 16. Be3 Ne5 17. a5 f4 18. Bb6 Qe8 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Bf5 21. Bd3 Qg6
22. Qd2 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Bf6 24. Rae1 Qf5 25. Re4 Qxd5 26. Qe2 Rac8 27. h4 Qf5 28.
hxg5 Bxg5 29. Bd4 h6 30. b4 Rf7 31. Qf3 Rcf8 32. Rfe1 Bh4 33. g4 Qg5 34. R1e2
Bg3 35. Re6 Rc7 36. Kg2 Qh4 37. Bg1 Rc1 38. Rg6+ Kh7 39. Rxd6 Rf7 40. Qe4+ Kg8
41. Rg6+ Rg7 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Bd4+ 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "18.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Bg2 Qa5 14. Kb1 e5 15.
Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rfe8 17. Rhe1 Nd7 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Ne5 20. b3 h6 21. Red1
Kh7 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Bf8 25. h4 Rc3 26. Bf4 Ng4 27. R1d3 Rc6
28. c4 Ne5 29. Rd1 b6 30. Bh3 Rc7 31. Rh1 Rc5 32. h5 Rxd5 33. cxd5 gxh5 34. Bf5+
Kg8 35. Rxh5 Nd3 36. Bg3 Nc5 37. Rh4 Be7 38. Rg4+ Kh8 39. e5 dxe5 40. Bxe5+ f6
41. Bc7 Nb7 42. Rh4+ Kg7 43. Rg4+ Kf8 44. Bf4 Bc5 45. Bh6+ Ke7 46. Rg7+ Kd6 47.
Rxb7 Kxd5 48. Rd7+ Ke5 49. Bh7 a5 50. Kc2 Ke6 51. Rb7 Rd8 52. Bd3 f5 53. Bc4+
Kf6 54. Bd2 Rf8 55. Bc3+ Kg6 56. Rg7+ Kh5 57. Be2+ Kh6 58. Rg3 Rf7 59. Bf3 f4
60. Rh3+ Kg5 61. Rh5+ Kg6 62. Rd5 Re7 63. Bd2 Be3 64. Bxe3 Rxe3 65. Rd3 Re6 66.
Kd2 Kg5 67. Rd8 Re3 68. Ba8 Rh3 69. Rg8+ Kf5 70. Bg2 Rh6 71. Kc3 Rd6 72. a4 Ke5
73. Re8+ Kf5 74. Kc4 Kg4 75. Rg8+ Kf5 76. Bd5 Ke5 77. Re8+ Kf6 78. Kd4 Kf5 79.
Rf8+ Kg4 80. Ke5 Rg6 81. Rg8 1-0


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "19.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Hao Wang"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Nd7 10. Nbd2 N5f6 11. Nc4 c5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5
15. Rfd1 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ncd7 18. Nd2 Bc5 19. N2f3 a6 20. e3 b5 21.
Ne1 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Nb8 23. Nd3 Nc6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nc5 Nb8 26. Ne4 Kg7 27. g4
Rc6 28. Rxc6 Nxc6 29. Rd6 Rc8 30. Kg3 a5 31. Rd7 Ne5 32. Ra7 Rc1 33. Kg2 Nxg4
34. h3 Ne5 35. Rxa5 b4 36. Ra7 f5 37. Nd6 Rd1 38. Nb5 Rd2 39. Nd4 Kf6 40. Kg3
Nd3 41. f4 Nc5 42. Nf3 Ne4+ 43. Kh4 Rd8 44. Ne5 Nd6 45. Kh5 Kg7 46. Nc6 Rc8 47.
Ne5 Rd8 48. Kh4 Kg8 49. Nc6 Re8 50. Nxb4 Rc8 51. Kg3 Ne4+ 52. Kf3 Rc1 53. Ke2
Rh1 54. Nc6 Rxh3 55. Nd8 Rh2+ 56. Ke1 Rh1+ 57. Ke2 Rh2+ 58. Ke1 Rh1+ 59. Ke2 1/2-1/2


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "20.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Sarana"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 e6 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 Bc6 12. Qd3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. h3 Rac8
15. Nd4 Nd7 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. b3 Bf6 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Ne2 Nc5 20. Qe3 Qg6 21.
Bb4 Nxe4 22. Nf4 Qf5 23. g4 Qe5 24. Nd3 Qd4 25. Qe2 d5 26. Nc5 Qe5 27. Nxe4 dxe4
28. Re1 b5 29. Qxe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 g5 31. Bd2 Kg7 32. Be3 Be7 33. Kg2 Kg6 34. f4
Ba3 35. Rc2 h6 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Re5 f6 38. Re4 e5 39. Bf2 Kf7 40. h4 gxh4 41.
Bxh4 Be7 42. Bf2 Ke6 43. Kf3 a5 44. Ke2 a4 45. Kd3 Rd8+ 46. Ke2 axb3 47. axb3
Rh8 48. Ra2 b4 49. Kf3 Rh3+ 50. Bg3 Bc5 51. Kg2 Rh8 52. Ree2 Rg8 53. Re4 Rd6 54.
Bf2 Bxf2 55. Rxf2 f5 56. Rxf5 Rxg4+ 57. Rxg4 Kxf5 58. Rg3 Rd2+ 59. Kf1 Rc2 60.
Ke1 Kf4 61. Rh3 e4 62. Kd1 Rg2 63. c5 Rg5 64. c6 Rd5+ 65. Ke2 Rc5 66. Rh6 Rc2+
67. Kd1 Rc3 68. Ke2 Ke5 69. Rh5+ Kd6 70. Rb5 Rxb3 71. Rb6 Kc7 72. Ra6 e3 73. Kf3
Rc3 74. Ke2 b3 75. Ra4 Kxc6 76. Rb4 Kc5 77. Rb8 Kc4 78. Rb7 Rc2+ 79. Kxe3 Kc3
80. Rb8 Rh2 81. Rc8+ Kb2 82. Kd3 Kb1 83. Rg8 b2 84. Ra8 Rh7 85. Ke2 Rd7 86. Ra6
Rd5 0-1


[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[Round "21.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nh5 13. Nf1 Qf6 14. Ra2 Nf4 15. Bxf4
Qxf4 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Nh2 Qf7 18. g3 Rad8 19. Kg2 d5 20. Neg4 Ng6 21. Nf3 c5 22.
bxc5 Qc7 23. d4 dxe4 24. Nfxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxc5 26. Rxe4 Bd6 27. Qg4 Bxe5 28.
Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qxe5 Qxc3 30. Rae2 Qf3+ 31. Kh2 Rc8 32. Rg4 Rf7 33. Qe4 Qxe4 34.
Rgxe4 Rc4 35. a5 Ra4 36. Re5 Rxd4 37. Rb2 Rfd7 38. Kg2 R4d5 39. Rxb7 Rxe5 40.
Rxd7 Rxa5 41. Ra7 Ra3 42. g4 a5 43. f3 a4 44. Kg3 g5 1/2-1/2


[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Irine Kharisma Sukandar"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Re8 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Na5 11. Qd2 a6
12. Bh6 Bh8 13. f4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qb6 15. e5 Nh5 16. Qe3 Be6
17. g4 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. f5 Bd7 20. Nd5 Qc5 21. c4 Bc6
22. b4 Qa7 23. e6 Bxd5 24. cxd5 f6 25. g5 gxf5 26. gxf6 exf6
27. Kh1 Kh8 28. Rac1 Nh5 29. Rxf5 Ng3+ 30. Qxg3 Qxd4 31. Rc7
Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qd2+ 33. Rf2 Qh6 34. Qxd6 Rad8 35. Rd7 Qh4
36. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gabriel Battaglini"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4
12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. e5 h6 16. h4 Rd8
17. h5 g5 18. Nxg5 Nxd4 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bd7 21. Rhg1
Bb5 22. Rc3 Kh8 23. f4 Rd5 24. Kc2 Bxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Rc8+ 26. Kd2
Rcd8 27. Rxd5 Rxd5+ 28. Kc2 f6 29. Rg6 fxe5 30. fxe5 Bxe5
31. Rxh6+ Kg8 32. Rxe6 Bd4 33. Rg6+ Kh7 34. Bxd4 Rxd4 35. Rb6
Rf4 36. Rxb7+ Kh8 37. Kb3 Rxf2 38. a4 a5 39. Rb5 Rf3+ 40. Kc2
Rf4 41. Rxa5 Kh7 42. Ra6 Rf2+ 43. Kd3 Rf4 44. Ke3 Rb4 45. a5
Rb5 46. Ra7+ Kh6 47. a6 Rb6 48. Ra8 Kh7 49. Kd4 Kg7 50. Ke5
Rc6 51. Kd5 Rf6 52. Ke5 Rc6 53. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2020.01.23"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[Round "3.18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Tal Baron"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5
7. h3 Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Bh6 Nd4 12. Nh4
Bd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. e3 Nf5 15. Nf3 e6 16. Ne4 Bc6 17. Qc3 e5
18. Ned2 b5 19. b3 Kg8 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Rad1 Qb6 22. g4 Ng7
23. d4 exd4 24. exd4 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. cxb5 Bxf3 27. Rxe8+
Rxe8 28. dxc5 dxc5 29. Qxf3 axb5 30. Qc6 Qa7 31. Rd7 Re1+
32. Bf1 Qb8 33. Rc7 Ne8 34. Rc8 Qe5 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Qxc5 Qe4+
37. f3 Qb1 38. Qd4+ Kh6 39. h4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Suri Vaibhav"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 Nd7
12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxd6 Bxb3 16. Qxf6
gxf6 17. axb3 Nxe4 18. Rfe1 Ng5 19. Nxg5 fxg5 20. Rxe5 Rxc2
21. Rxg5+ Kh8 22. Rf5 Rxb2 23. Rf3 Kg7 24. h3 Re2 25. Ra4 Re7
26. Rg4+ Kh8 27. Rgf4 Kg7 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. Rgf4 Kg7 30. Rg4+
Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[Round "5.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Vahap Sanal"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. d3 d6 8. a4 Na5 9. Ba2 b4 10. Ne2 Rb8 11. c3 b3 12. Bb1 c5
13. h3 O-O 14. c4 Ne8 15. Bd2 g6 16. Nc3 f5 17. O-O f4 18. Nd5
Rf7 19. Ra3 Bf8 20. Bxa5 Qxa5 21. Rxb3 Rxb3 22. Qxb3 Rb7
23. Qa2 Qd8 24. d4 exd4 25. Re1 Ng7 26. e5 Ne6 27. b3 dxe5
28. Nxe5 Bd6 29. Nf3 Nc7 30. Be4 Kg7 31. Qd2 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Re7
33. Rxe7+ Qxe7 34. a5 Bf5 35. b4 cxb4 36. Nxd4 Qe5 37. Nxf5+
gxf5 38. c5 Bxc5 39. Bc4 Kg6 40. Qe2 Qxe2 41. Bxe2 b3 42. Bxa6
Bb4 43. Kf1 f3 44. gxf3 Bxa5 45. Bc4 b2 46. Bd3 Kg5 47. Bb1
Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[Round "6.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fernando Peralta"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4
7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Na3 Nf5 9. Nc2 Bd7 10. O-O Na5 11. h4 h5
12. Ne3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Be7 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Nc6 16. Bxh5
g6 17. Be2 Rh7 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Bd2 O-O-O 20. Rf6 Rdh8 21. Kf2
Kb8 22. Qa3 Be8 23. Rc1 Rh1 24. Rc2 Rb1 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. exd6
Kc8 27. b4 Kd7 28. b5 Nb4 29. Rc7+ Kxd6 30. Rxb7 Nxa2 31. e4
dxe4 32. Bf4+ Kd5 33. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2020.01.27"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Murali Karthikeyan"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. Nc3 h4 15. g4 Bg5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qd2
Bxe3 18. fxe3 a5 19. Rf2 Nc5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 g6 22. b3
Qg5 23. Kh1 Kg7 24. Raf1 Rc7 25. c4 Bc8 26. Bc2 f6 27. e4 Qxd2
28. Rxd2 Kh6 29. Rdf2 Rcf7 30. Kh2 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2020.01.28"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pier Luigi Basso"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6
7. e3 dxc4 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5
12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. d5 Nd4 15. O-O Qd7 16. h4 Rfe8
17. a4 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Qxa4 21. Qxa4
Nxa4 22. Rxc7 f6 23. Bc1 Nb6 24. Rxb7 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5
26. Rxa7 Rc8 27. Be3 Kf7 28. Ra1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Rb8 30. Ra2 Rb4
31. g3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Emre Can"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 b6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. Nd2 d5 11. exd5 Bc5
12. Qh4 Nxd5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Nb3 O-O 16. Bf4
Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Nf8 18. a5 Ne6 19. axb6 Bxb6 20. Bd2 Nd4
21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bd3 Re6 23. Ra4 Bf6 24. Rb4 Bc8 25. Ra1 g6
26. Kf1 Rc6 27. Ke2 Be7 28. Rba4 Bf6 29. R1a2 Rdd6 30. Kd1 Rb6
31. b3 Kg7 32. g4 h6 33. h3 Rbc6 34. Bf4 Re6 35. Be3 Be5
36. Bd4 f6 37. Rb4 Bd6 38. Rb6 Rxb6 39. Bxb6 Be5 40. Be3 d4
41. Bd2 Bb7 42. f4 Bc7 43. Ra4 Rd6 44. h4 Bc8 45. f5 Bd7
46. Rb4 Bb6 47. Bf4 a5 48. Bxd6 axb4 49. Bxb4 h5 50. gxh5 gxf5
51. Bd6 Kh6 52. Be2 Bc6 53. b4 Be4 54. Bf4+ Kh7 55. Kc1 Bd8
56. Kb2 Be7 57. Kb3 Bf8 58. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar GIB"]
[Date "2020.01.30"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Parham Maghsoodloo"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "199"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
O-O 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 h6 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Qxc7 Nc6
12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. h3 Ne7
17. Rfc1 Nxg3 18. fxg3 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Nd2 Bc2 21. Nb1
Bxb1 22. Raxb1 f5 23. Bd3 Kf7 24. Rc3 Ke6 25. Kf2 Rh8 26. Ra3
Ra8 27. Rc1 Nc8 28. b4 Nd6 29. b5 Rhc8 30. Rc5 Rd8 31. Rac3
Rd7 32. a4 b6 33. Rc6 Rdd8 34. Ke2 Rd7 35. Rc1 Rh8 36. a5 bxa5
37. Ra6 Rh2 38. Kf2 Rhh7 39. Rcc6 Rhf7 40. Ke2 a4 41. Rxa4 Rb7
42. Raa6 Rfd7 43. Kd2 Ke7 44. Rc5 Ke6 45. Kc3 Rb8 46. Kb4 Rh8
47. Rc1 Rh2 48. Rf1 Ke7 49. Bxf5 Nxf5 50. Rxf5 Rxg2 51. Rg5
Rxg3 52. Rg7+ Ke8 53. Rxd7 Kxd7 54. Rxa7+ Ke6 55. b6 Rg1
56. b7 Rb1+ 57. Kc5 Rc1+ 58. Kb6 Rb1+ 59. Kc7 Rc1+ 60. Kd8 Rb1
61. Ra6+ Kf5 62. Kc7 g3 63. Rb6 Rxb6 64. Kxb6 g2 65. b8=Q g1=Q
66. Qe5+ Kg6 67. Kc6 Qa1 68. Qg3+ Kf5 69. Qf4+ Kg6 70. Kxd5
Qa8+ 71. Kc4 Qa4+ 72. Kc3 Qa1+ 73. Kd2 Qb2+ 74. Ke1 Qg2
75. Qf1 Qc2 76. Qf3 Kg7 77. Kf1 Qc1+ 78. Kg2 Qc2+ 79. Kg3 Qc7+
80. Kh3 Qc3 81. d5 Qd3 82. Kg3 Kg6 83. Qg4+ Kh7 84. Qd7+ Kh8
85. Qe8+ Kg7 86. Qe7+ Kh8 87. Qe5+ Kh7 88. d6 Qg6+ 89. Kh4 Qb1
90. Qe7+ Kg6 91. Qe6+ Kh7 92. d7 Qe1+ 93. Kg5 Qg3+ 94. Kf6
Qh4+ 95. Kf7 Qh5+ 96. Kf8 Qa5 97. Qe7+ Kg6 98. d8=Q Qf5+
99. Kg8 Qd5+ 100. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4
Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.a5 Ba7 11.h3 O-O 12.Be3 exd4 13.cxd4
Nb4 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Ng5 Qe7 16.e5 dxe5 17.Nxf7 e4 18.Nd6+ Kh8
19.Nxb7 Rxb7 20.Qe2 c6 21.Rad1 Rd7 22.f3 exf3 23.Rxf3 c5
24.dxc5 Rxd1+ 25.Nxd1 Bxc5 26.Qf2 Bd6 27.Nc3 Nd3 28.Qe2 Nc5
29.Ba2 Re8 30.Qd2 Nce4 31.Nxe4 Nxe4 32.Qd3 Ng5 33.Bxg5 Bc5+
34.Kh1 Qxg5 35.Rf1 Qe5 36.Qd5 Qe2 37.Qf5 Qe5 38.Qxe5 Rxe5
39.Rd1 g6 40.Bd5 Re7 41.Bc6 Re2 42.Bb7 Rxb2 43.Bxa6 Ra2
44.Bxb5 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.18"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[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. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Bd2
Nd8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 c5 15. a4 f5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8
Bxa8 18. c4 Nf7 19. cxb5 g5 20. Nh2 Kg7 21. Bc4 Kg6 22. g4 Nh6
23. Qf3 Bd8 24. Qg2 f4 25. b4 Bb6 26. Qe4+ Kg7 27. bxc5 dxc5
28. Nf3 Nf7 29. Bc3 Bc7 30. b6 Bb8 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. gxf5 Kf6
33. Nd2 Rd8 34. d6 Rxd6 35. Rb1 Nd8 36. b7 Bxb7 37. Ba5 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.19"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4
Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qd6 11. f4 e6
12. Bc4 b5 13. Bxb5 exd5 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. O-O Nb6
17. Be2 d4 18. e5 Qd7 19. cxd4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bxf3 21. Rxf3
Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Bd1 Nc4
26. Kf2 Nb2 27. Rd2 Nc4 28. Rd3 Nb2 29. Rd2 Nc4 30. Rd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.21"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
h4 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bc1 Nxc3 21. Rd3
Na4 22. Rf3 Bd5 23. Rf4 Nb6 24. Ref1 Rg6 25. Rf5 Bc4 26. Re1
Ke7 27. h5 Rh6 28. g4 Rhh8 29. a4 Nxa4 30. Ba3+ c5 31. e6 f6
32. Bxc5+ Nxc5 33. Rxc5 fxg5 34. Rxc7+ Kd6 35. Rxc4 a5
36. Rd1+ Ke7 37. Re4 Rhd8 38. Rb1 Rdb8 39. Rb5 a4 40. Rxg5 Rg8
41. h6 gxh6 42. Rxg8 Rxg8 43. Rxa4 h5 44. Kf2 Rxg4 45. Rxg4
hxg4 46. Kg3 Kxe6 47. Kxg4 Ke5 48. Kf3 Kd4 49. Ke2 Kc3 50. Kd1
b5 51. Kc1 b4 52. Kb1 b3 53. cxb3 Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.22"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. a3 h5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 Be7
12. Rg1 Rc8 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Qe1 Nfd7 15. g4 hxg4 16. Rxg4 g6
17. Rxg6 Rxc3 18. Nxe6 Qc8 19. Ng7+ Kf8 20. Rh6 Rxh6 21. Bxh6
Rxc2 22. Nf5+ Ke8 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. Qh4+ f6 25. Bf4 Rxb2+
26. Kxb2 Na4+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. Ka1 Nxd1 29. Qh7+ Kd8 30. Qg8+
Ke7 31. Qh7+ Kd8 32. Qg8+ Ke7 33. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.23"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. h4 e6
12. h5 Qh4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. f3 Bb7 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfd8
17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qe3
Kg7 22. Kf2 Rh8 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Kxh8
26. Qc3 Kg8 27. d5 Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Na5 29. Bd3 exd5 30. exd5 Kf8
31. Ke3 Ke7 32. Kd4 Bc8 33. Nb5 a6 34. Nc7 Kd6 35. Nxa6 Nb7
36. g4 g5 37. Nb4 Bd7 38. Nc2 Ke7 39. Ne3 Nd6 40. Nd1 Ba4
41. Nf2 f6 42. Be2 Be8 43. Nd1 Ba4 44. Nb2 Be8 45. Bd1 Nb5+
46. Kc4 Nc7 47. Bb3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Nb5+ 49. Kd3 Nc7 50. Nc4+ Kc5
51. Nd2 Bb5+ 52. Ke4 Bd7 53. Nf1 Nb5 54. Ng3 Nd6+ 55. Ke3 f5
56. gxf5 Bxf5 57. Nxf5 Nxf5+ 58. Ke4 Nh4 59. Ba4 Kd6 60. Be8
Ng2 61. Bf7 Ne1 62. a4 Nc2 63. Be8 Ne1 64. Bb5 Ng2 65. Bc4 Nh4
66. Bf1 Kc5 67. Bh3 Kd6 68. Be6 Ng6 69. Bf7 Nh4 70. Be8 Ng2
71. Bb5 Nh4 72. Bd3 Kc5 73. Bf1 Kd6 74. Bh3 Ng6 75. Be6 Nh4
76. Bf7 Ke7 77. Bh5 Kd6 78. Bg4 Ng2 79. Kf5 Kxd5 80. Kxg5 Ke5
81. Kg6 Nf4+ 82. Kf7 Nd3 83. Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.25"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.h4
Qc7 8.h5 h6 9.Rb1 b6 10.Qg4 Rg8 11.Bb5+ Kf8 12.Bd3 Ba6 13.dxc5
Bxd3 14.cxd3 Nd7 15.d4 bxc5 16.Qd1 Qa5 17.Bd2 Rb8 18.Ne2 c4
19.O-O Rb6 20.Qc2 Rh8 21.a4 Ke8 22.Rb4 Nc6 23.f4 Ne7 24.Rfb1
f5 25.Rb5 Qa6 26.Bc1 Kf7 27.Ba3 Rhb8 28.Bxe7 Kxe7 29.g4 Rxb5
30.axb5 Rxb5 31.gxf5 Rxb1+ 32.Qxb1 exf5 33.Ng3 Qb6 34.Nxf5+
Kf8 35.Qa1 Qe6 36.Ng3 Qg4 37.Kg2 Qxf4 38.Qxa7 Ke7 39.Qa3+ Kd8
40.Qd6 g5 41.hxg6 h5 42.g7 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.26"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "*"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "2"]

*

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4
7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5
12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3 15. exd7 fxg3 16. hxg3
Bxd7 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Qd1 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxc3 20. Bf5 Rc4
21. Bxd7 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Re1 Rd8 24. Ba4 Rd5 25. e6
fxe6 26. Rxe6 Re5 27. Rd6 Bc5 28. Rd2 Kg7 29. Kg2 b6 30. Bb3
h6 31. f4 Re3 32. Rd7+ Re7 33. Rd8 Bb4 34. Kf3 Be1 35. g4 Bc3
36. Rd6 Bf6 37. Be6 Rc7 38. Ke4 Be7 39. Rd3 Kf6 40. Bb3 b5
41. Rd5 Rc5 42. Rd7 a5 43. Ra7 a4 44. Bd5 Rc1 45. Ra6+ Kg7
46. Kf5 Rc7 47. Ra5 Rc5 48. Ke6 Bd8 49. Ra8 Bh4 50. Ra7+ Kf8
51. Rh7 Bg3 52. f5 Rc7 53. Rxh6 Re7+ 54. Kf6 Be5+ 55. Kg5 Rg7+
56. Rg6 Ke7 57. Rxg7+ Bxg7 58. Bc6 a3 59. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 g6 8. Ne5 Bg7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Na4 e5 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. O-O Qxe3+
17. Kh1 Be6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. Rae1 Qg5 21. Re2
Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rd4 23. Qa6 Be5 24. g3 Qh5 25. Rg2 Rd1 26. Qc4
Qf3 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "184"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6
12. O-O Rd8 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6
17. Qe2 Qb7 18. Rac1 a5 19. b3 Ra8 20. h3 Rfc8 21. Rc2 a4
22. Nxa4 Nxa4 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. Rdc1 Ba3 25. Rc4 Bxc1 26. Rxa4
Bxe3 27. Qxe3 h6 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. axb3 Kf8 30. Kf1 Rb8 31. Ra6
Rxb3 32. Rxc6 Rb4 33. Rc8+ Ke7 34. Rc7+ Ke8 35. g3 Rxd4 36. h4
Rd7 37. Rc5 Ke7 38. Kg2 Rd5 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Ra7 Rb5 41. Rc7
Rb3 42. Ra7 Rc3 43. Rb7 Rd3 44. Ra7 Rb3 45. Rc7 Ra3 46. Rb7
Kg6 47. Re7 Ra6 48. Rb7 Kf6 49. Rc7 g5 50. hxg5+ hxg5 51. g4
Ra4 52. f3 Ra2+ 53. Kg3 Rd2 54. Ra7 Kg6 55. Ra8 Kg7 56. Ra7
Kf8 57. Rb7 Ke8 58. Ra7 Rd7 59. Ra5 Rd5 60. Ra7 Kf8 61. Kf2
Kg7 62. Ra8 Rd4 63. Ra5 Kg6 64. Ra8 Rd2+ 65. Kg3 Kf6 66. Ra7
Re2 67. Rb7 Kg6 68. Rb8 Kg7 69. Rb5 f6 70. Rb7+ Kg6 71. Re7 e5
72. Kh3 Ra2 73. Kg3 Ra8 74. Rb7 Rf8 75. Kf2 Rf7 76. Rb6 Rd7
77. Ke3 Kf7 78. Ra6 Ke7 79. Rb6 Rd6 80. Rb5 Ke6 81. Ra5 Rb6
82. Kf2 Kd6 83. Ke3 Rc6 84. Kf2 Kc7 85. Ke3 Kd6 86. Kf2 Rb6
87. Ke3 Kc6 88. Kf2 Rb2+ 89. Ke3 Rb3+ 90. Kf2 Rb5 91. Ra6+ Rb6
92. Ra5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4
12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 Bc6 15. Qc3 a5 16. Rfd1 Nd7
17. Nc4 Bd5 18. Nxa5 c5 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5
Qxc5 22. dxc5 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bc3 24. Nd2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxa4
26. Nf3 Rc4 27. Rb5 Rc8 28. Rxb7 R4xc5 29. Rdd7 Rf8 30. g4
Rcc8 31. h4 Rcd8 32. g5 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 hxg5 34. hxg5 g6 35. Rc7
Bg7 36. Nd2 Rd8 37. Ne4 Kf8 38. e3 Be5 39. Ra7 Bg7 40. Kf3 Be5
41. Kg4 Bg7 42. Ra6 Ke7 43. Ra7+ Rd7 44. Ra8 Rd8 45. Ra7+ Rd7
46. Ra8 Rd8 47. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3
Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 8. Ng5 Bg4 9. Nxc4 Bxe2 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Re1 h6
12. Ngxf7 Bxf7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 g5 15. Ba3 Bg7 16. Ng6 Bxg6
17. Qxg6+ Kf8 18. b5 Nbd5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rab1 Qd7 21. Rb3
Kg8 22. Reb1 Qe8 23. Qd3 Rh7 24. Bb2 Bf8 25. Be5 Nd7 26. Bxd5+
cxd5 27. Qxd5+ e6 28. Qd4 Rf7 29. Bd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd6 Qe7
31. Qc6 Raf8 32. Re3 Rxf2 33. Rxe6 Qf7 34. Qe4 Nf6 35. Qc4 Rf3
36. Kg2 g4 37. Rbb6 Kh8 38. h3 Nh7 39. Qd4+ Qg7 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7
41. Re7+ Kh8 42. Re2 gxh3+ 43. Kxh3 R3f6 44. Rb7 Rg6 45. Ra7
Ng5+ 46. Kg2 Rgf6 47. d4 R8f7 48. Ra8+ Kg7 49. d5 Rd7 50. Rd2
Rfd6 51. g4 Ne4 52. Rc2 Nf6 53. Rc6 Rxd5 54. Raxa6 Rd2+
55. Kg3 R7d3+ 56. Kf4 Rf2+ 57. Ke5 Re2+ 58. Kf4 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. h4 Qc7 8. h5 h6 9. Rb1 b6 10. Qg4 Rg8 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Bd3
Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15. d4 bxc5 16. Ne2 Rb8
17. Rxb8+ Qxb8 18. O-O c4 19. Rd1 Qb1 20. Rd2 Nb6 21. Rb2 Qd3
22. Bd2 Ke8 23. Nf4 Qe4 24. f3 Qh7 25. a4 Kd7 26. a5 Na8
27. Qg3 Nc7 28. Qe1 Nc6 29. Qa1 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Nxb8 31. Qa3 Qg8
32. Qc5 a6 33. Bc1 Nb5 34. Nxd5 exd5 35. Qxd5+ Kc8 36. Qxc4+
Kb7 37. Qb3 Nc6 38. c4 Nxd4 39. Qd3 Nc3 40. Bb2 Nce2+ 41. Kf2
Qd8 42. Qe4+ Kc7 43. Ba3 Qg5 44. Bd6+ Kd7 45. Qb7+ Ke8
46. Qc8+ Qd8 47. Qxd8+ Kxd8 48. Ke3 Kd7 49. g4 g6 50. Bc5 Nb3
51. Kxe2 gxh5 52. Bb6 hxg4 53. fxg4 Ke6 54. Kd3 Kxe5 55. Kc3
Nc1 56. Be3 Ne2+ 57. Kd3 Ng3 58. Bxh6 Ne4 59. Be3 Nd6 60. Bc5
Ne8 61. Ke3 Ke6 62. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. O-O e6
7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Qd2 O-O 10. h3 Bd7 11. Kh2 Bc6 12. a4
d5 13. Bg5 Nxe2 14. Qxe2 d4 15. Nb1 Qd7 16. a5 e5 17. Na3 Nc8
18. Nc4 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd2 f5 21. exf5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2
gxf5 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Qd1 Qg6 25. Bd2 e4 26. Bf4 Re6 27. Qd2
Rfe8 28. b4 Rc6 29. bxc5 Rxc5 30. Qb4 Qc6 31. Kg1 Rxc2 32. Rc1
Rc3 33. Rxc3 dxc3 34. d4 Qd5 35. Qxc3 Bxd4 36. Qd2 Rd8 37. Be3
Bf6 38. Qb4 a6 39. Rb1 Rd7 40. Rc1 Kf7 41. Kh2 Qb5 42. Qa3 Be7
43. Qc3 Bf6 44. Qc8 Qd5 45. Rc5 Qe6 46. Qb8 Be7 47. Rc1 Kg7
48. Rb1 Bd6 49. Qc8 Qf7 50. Rb6 f4 51. Bd4+ Kh6 52. g4 Kg5
53. Qh8 f3+ 54. Rxd6 Qf4+ 55. Kg1 Qc1+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ 57. Kg1
Qc1+ 58. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Re1 O-O 8. Bc2 b5 9. d4 Bb7 10. d5 Re8 11. a4 a6 12. Bf4
Nh5 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Nbd2 e6 15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. axb5 axb5
17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Bb3 Re7 19. h3 Nd7 20. Bc2 h6 21. Qa1 Re8
22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. g4 Nhf6 24. Bf4 Ra2 25. Rb1 Ne8 26. Bb3 Ra6
27. c4 b4 28. Ne1 Nc7 29. Be3 Ne6 30. f3 Nd4 31. Bd1 Ra2
32. Nd3 Nc6 33. f4 Nd4 34. Kf2 Nf6 35. e5 Ne4+ 36. Ke1 dxe5
37. fxe5 Ne6 38. Nb3 Bf8 39. Ra1 Rxa1 40. Nxa1 Ba6 41. Bf3
N6g5 42. Bg2 Bxc4 43. Nf4 Ng3 44. Bf2 N5e4 45. Bxg3 Nxg3
46. Kf2 Bg7 47. Kxg3 Bxe5 48. Kf3 b3 49. Bf1 Bxf1 50. Nxb3 Bd6
51. Nd2 Bb5 52. b3 Kg7 53. Ke3 Bc6 54. Nd3 f5 55. gxf5 gxf5
56. Nc4 Be7 57. Nf4 Bg5 58. Ne5 Bb5 59. Nf3 Kf7 60. Ne5+ Kf6
61. Nf3 Bc6 62. Nxg5 hxg5 63. Nd3 Bg2 64. h4 gxh4 65. Nxc5 Kg5
66. Kf2 Bd5 67. b4 Kg4 68. Nd3 f4 69. Ne5+ Kf5 70. Nd3 Be4
71. Nc5 h3 72. Kg1 f3 73. b5 Kf4 74. b6 f2+ 75. Kxf2 h2 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5
7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. c3 O-O
12. f4 c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Be3 Rae8 15. Nd2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Bb5 Neg4 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Rf3 Nxe3 20. Re1 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4
O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 d4 11. Rd1 Qb6
12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. O-O Bd7 15. Qd2 Bxc3 16. Qxc3
Rac8 17. Qa3 a5 18. Be3 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Rd2 Bg4 21. Bd3
Be6 22. Bb1 b3 23. axb3 Bxb3 24. h3 Nd5 25. Bd4 Rfe8 26. Kh2
Nf4 27. g3 Ng6 28. f4 h5 29. Bc3 Ne7 30. Be4 Nc6 31. Bf3 b5
32. Rdf2 b4 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. Bxb4 Rc2 35. Rxc2 Bxc2 36. g4
Bd3 37. Rd1 Be2 38. Rg1 Re4 39. Bd6 hxg4 40. hxg4 g5 41. fxg5
Bxg4 42. b4 Bd7 43. Rg3 Kg7 44. Kg2 f6 45. gxf6+ Kxf6 46. Rc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. e4
b5 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Nxg6
hxg6 18. Qd3 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Qb6 20. Kg2 Rc4 21. Be3 Rfc8 22. f4
Qa5 23. a3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Qc7 26. Qd2 Qc6 27. Bd3
Bd8 28. Qc2 Qxc2+ 29. Bxc2 Bb6 30. Be3 Nb8 31. a4 Nc6 32. axb5
axb5 33. Bd3 b4 34. Bb5 Nxd4 35. Bd3 Bc5 36. h4 Nb3 37. Kf3
Kf8 38. Bc2 Bxe3 39. Kxe3 Nc5 40. Kd4 b3 41. Bd1 Ne4 42. g4
Nf2 43. Bf3 Nh3 44. Ke3 d4+ 45. Kxd4 Nxf4 46. Ke3 g5 47. hxg5
Nh3 48. g6 fxg6 49. Bd1 Ke7 50. Bxb3 Ng5 51. Bc2 Nf7 52. Kd4
Nh6 53. Bd1 Kd7 54. Bf3 g5 55. b4 Kc7 56. Bd1 Kb6 57. Be2 Kc6
58. Bc4 Nxg4 59. Bxe6 Nxe5 60. Kxe5 Kb5 61. Kf5 Kxb4 62. Kxg5
g6 63. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c5
7. dxc5 Nc6 8. e3 Qa5 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 Qxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. h3 Ne4 16. c4 Na5
17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. cxd5 Nc3 19. Kf1 Nxd5 20. Be5 f6 21. Bd4 b6
22. Ke2 Kf7 23. Nd2 Ke6 24. g4 Rc6 25. Rxc6+ Nxc6 26. Bb2 Rc8
27. Rc1 Nce7 28. Rxc8 Nxc8 29. Kd3 Nd6 30. a3 g6 31. Nf3 b5
32. Bc1 a6 33. Nd4+ Kd7 34. Nb3 Kc6 35. e4 Ne7 36. Bb2 f5
37. Nd4+ Kd7 38. exf5 gxf5 39. Bc1 fxg4 40. hxg4 Nd5 41. f4 b4
42. f5 bxa3 43. Bxa3 Nb5 44. Bb2 Nxd4 45. Kxd4 Nb6 46. Bc3 Ke7
47. g5 Kf7 48. Bb4 Nc8 49. Bc5 Ne7 50. Bxe7 Kxe7 51. Kc5 a5
52. Kb5 Kd6 53. Kxa5 Ke5 54. f6 Ke6 55. Kb5 h6 56. gxh6 Kxf6
57. h7 Kg7 58. h8=Q+ Kxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. O-O c5 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Rc1 Qb6 16. Qd4 Qxd4
17. Nxd4 Rfb8 18. b3 Bg6 19. Rc7 Ne8 20. Rc5 Kf8 21. Rfc1 Nd6
22. f3 Rc8 23. Ba6 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Ke8 25. Kf2 Kd7 26. Ke1 Rb8
27. Kd2 Rb6 28. Bf1 e5 29. Nb5 Nxb5 30. Rxb5 Rxb5 31. Bxb5+
Kd6 32. b4 f6 33. Kc3 Bf5 34. a4 h6 35. a5 Bc8 36. g3 g5
37. f4 Be6 38. fxe5+ fxe5 39. Be8 Bc8 40. Kb3 Bg4 41. Kc3 Bc8
42. Bb5 Be6 43. Ba4 Bc8 44. Bb5 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3
Qb6 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. Qxd5 e6 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. e3 Nb4 11. Qa4+ Kd8
12. Bd2 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qxb2 14. Ne5 b5 15. Qa5+ Ke8 16. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Be7
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 e5 11. Be3 Be6
12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. b4 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1
17. Rxa1 Rb8 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. h3 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. b5 e4 24. Qh5 exd3 25. Qxd5 Rd8 26. Qe4 Bf8
27. b6 Qc2 28. Rc1 Qb3 29. Qf3 d2 30. Rd1 h6 31. b7 Rb8
32. Rxd2 Rxb7 33. g4 Rb8 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Rd7 Qe6 36. Qd5 Qxd5+
37. Rxd5 g6 38. h4 Bg7 39. h5 g5 40. Kf3 Bf6 41. Ke2 Kg7
42. Kd3 Ra8 43. f4 gxf4 44. Bxf4 Ra3+ 45. Ke4 Ra6 46. Kf5 Bb2
47. Rb5 Rf6+ 48. Ke4 Re6+ 49. Kf5 Rf6+ 50. Ke4 Re6+ 51. Kf5
Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. h5 c6 10. Bg5 Na6 11. Nf3 Nc5
12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Rh4 Ne6 14. Be3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. O-O-O
Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Rxg4 dxe3 19. fxe3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxd1+
21. Kxd1 Re8 22. Kc2 Re5 23. Rf4 Ra5 24. Kb3 Kf8 25. Rh4 Kg7
26. Rf4 Rg5 27. Rf2 Kf8 28. Kc2 Ke7 29. Kd3 b6 30. Kd4 Ke6
31. Kd3 f6 32. Rd2 Ra5 33. Rf2 Rh5 34. Rb2 Ra5 35. Rf2 Ra4
36. g4 Ra5 37. Rh2 g5 38. Rf2 a6 39. Rh2 b5 40. c5 Ra4 41. Rh7
Rc4 42. Ra7 Rxc5 43. Rxa6 Kd6 44. a4 bxa4 45. c4 Re5 46. Kd4
a3 47. Rxa3 c5+ 48. Kd3 Re8 49. Ra6+ Ke5 50. Rc6 Rd8+ 51. Ke2
Rh8 52. Rxc5+ Kxe4 53. Rf5 Rh2+ 54. Rf2 Rh3 55. Kd2 Rxe3
56. Rxf6 Rg3 57. c5 Rxg4 58. c6 Kd5 59. c7 Rc4 60. Rf5+ Ke4
61. Rxg5 Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. O-O-O dxc4
12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 a6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 c5 16. Kb1 Nc6
17. e5 cxd4 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Qc2 Na7 21. Qxc8+ Nxc8
22. Bc6 Nb6 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. exd4 Nd5 25. h4 Rxh4 26. Rxh4
Bxh4 27. Rh1 Be7 28. Rh7 Bf8 29. Rh8 Ke7 30. Kc2 f6 31. exf6+
gxf6 32. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 g6 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O b5 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qd1 c5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Nh4
cxd4 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. Bxc6 Rc8 15. Nxb5 Rxc6 16. Qxd4 a6
17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Na3 Ne4 19. Kg2 Rxc1 20. Raxc1 Bxb2 21. Nb1
Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd4 23. f3 Nf6 24. Kf2 Ra4 25. a3 Kg7 26. Rc3
Nd5 27. Rb3 Rc4 28. Nd2 Rc2 29. Rd3 Nc3 30. f4 e6 31. Kf3 Ne4
32. Nxe4 fxe4+ 33. Kxe4 Rxe2+ 34. Kf3 Rxh2 35. Rd6 a5 36. Ra6
Rh5 37. a4 Rc5 38. Ra8 h5 39. Ra6 Kg6 40. Kg2 Kf5 41. Ra7 f6
42. Kh3 Rd5 43. Ra8 e5 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. Rh8 Kg5 46. Ra8 e4
47. Kg2 Kg4 48. Rg8+ Kf5 49. Ra8 Ke5 50. Kf2 Kd4 51. Ke2 Rg5
52. Rd8+ Kc3 53. Re8 Rxg3 54. Rxe4 Rg4 55. Re5 Rxa4 56. Kf3
Ra2 57. Kg3 a4 58. Re4 Kd3 59. Rf4 Ke3 60. Rf3+ Ke4 61. Rf4+
Ke5 62. Rb4 Ra1 63. Kh2 a3 64. Rb3 Kd4 65. Rf3 Kc4 66. Rf4+
Kd3 67. Rf3+ Ke4 68. Rb3 h4 69. Rc3 Ra2+ 70. Kh1 Ra1+ 71. Kh2
Ra2+ 72. Kh1 Ra1+ 73. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alireza Firouzja"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. Bg5 Nce4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. g3 b6
12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rac1 Rc7 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Qd2 Bxf3
17. exf3 Rfc8 18. Bf1 g6 19. Rc3 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxc7
Rxc7 22. Bd3 Qc5 23. h4 h5 24. Be4 Nf6 25. Qh6 Rd7 26. Rxd7
Nxd7 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 29. Qxe6 Qd4 30. Qh6+ Qg7
31. Qxh5 Qxb2 32. Qf5+ Ke7 33. h5 Nf6 34. Qg5 Qxa3 35. h6 Qd3
36. Qg7+ Ke6 37. Qxa7 Qxf3 38. Qxb6+ Kf5 39. Qb1+ Qe4 40. g4+
Kg6 41. Qxe4+ Nxe4 42. h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alireza Firouzja"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6
12. O-O b5 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. a4 Qb6 15. Be1 O-O 16. axb5 axb5
17. Bf2 b4 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Ne4 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5
Bxc5 22. g3 Rfc8 23. Rc4 Bf8 24. Rfc1 Qb7 25. e4 Nd7 26. Kg2
Ne5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. f4 Nd7 30. Bb5 Nf6 31. Bd3
Ng4 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Bxc4 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 Bc5+ 35. Kf3 Bd4
36. b3 Kf8 37. e5 Ke7 38. h4 Bc3 39. Bd3 Be1 40. Be2 f5
41. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alireza Firouzja"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5
7. Nf3 d5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. e3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. cxd5 exd5 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qd8 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Be2 Nc6
17. O-O a5 18. b5 Ne7 19. Na4 Qd6 20. Nc5 Rfc8 21. Nxe6 fxe6
22. e4 Ng6 23. exd5 Nf4 24. Bc4 Nxd5 25. a4 Kh8 26. g3 Qb4
27. Bxd5 Qxd2 28. Nxd2 exd5 29. Nb3 Rc4 30. Rfd1 Rxa4 31. Nc5
Rb4 32. Nxb7 a4 33. Rc2 a3 34. Ra2 Rb2 35. Rd2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alireza Firouzja"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Nh5 7. Bd2 g6 8. e3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nf6 11. Rc1 Bf5
12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Rfd1 Qd6 14. Nb5 Qe6 15. Qa3 Ne4 16. Be1 Rfc8
17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 h5 20. Nb3 b6 21. Bb5 Qd5
22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Qxa7 Rbc8 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Qxe7 Bf6 26. Qb4
h4 27. Rc1 h3 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Bc3 hxg2 30. Nd2 Be6 31. a4
Bd5 32. Kxg2 Bh4 33. Qb5 Qe6 34. Qe2 f5 35. h3 Kh7 36. Kg1 Kh6
37. Bb4 g5 38. a5 bxa5 39. Bxa5 f4 40. Qg4 Qa6 41. Qf5 Qxa5
42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kg7 44. Qe5+ Kg6 45. exf4 gxf4 46. Qxf4
Bf6 47. Qg4+ Kf7 48. Qd7+ Kf8 49. Nf1 Bf7 50. Ng3 e3 51. Qc8+
Kg7 52. Nf5+ Kh7 53. Nxe3 Bxd4 54. Qd7 Qg5+ 55. Ng4 Qf4
56. Kg2 Qe4+ 57. Kg3 Kg7 58. b4 Qd3+ 59. Kg2 Qc4 60. Ne3 Bxe3
61. fxe3 Qe2+ 62. Kg3 Qxe3+ 63. Kg2 Kf6 64. Qd8+ Ke5 65. Qc7+
Kf6 66. Qc6+ Kg7 67. Qd7 Qc3 68. b5 Qe5 69. b6 Kf6 70. Qd8+
Kg6 71. Qc7 Qe2+ 72. Kg3 Qe3+ 73. Kg2 Qe2+ 74. Kg3 Qe3+
75. Kg2 Bd5+ 76. Kf1 Qf3+ 77. Ke1 Qe3+ 78. Kf1 Qxh3+ 79. Ke2
Qf3+ 80. Kd2 Be4 81. Qd6+ Kg5 82. Qe5+ Kh6 83. Qe6+ Kh5
84. Qe5+ Kh4 85. Qh8+ Kg5 86. Qe5+ Kg6 87. Qe6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. O-O-O a6 13. Kb1 Nc6 14. Rc1 Rb8 15. Bd3 Rxh2 16. Ne2 Rxh1
17. Rxh1 b5 18. e4 Qb6 19. Qd1 Nb4 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. e5 Nd7
22. f4 Nf8 23. g4 Be7 24. Ng3 Rc8 25. Rh8 Kd8 26. Bc2 f5
27. exf6 gxf6 28. Bxg6 Kc7 29. Bc2 Kb8 30. Ne2 Qc7 31. a4 bxa4
32. Bxa4 Nd7 33. Rh7 Nb6 34. Bb3 Qd6 35. Qd3 Nc4 36. Bxc4 Rxc4
37. Qe3 Rc7 38. Nc3 Rb7 39. f5 exf5 40. gxf5 Bd8 41. Rxb7+
Kxb7 42. Na4 Ka7 43. Qe8 Bc7 44. Nc5 Qf4 45. Qc8 Qf1+ 46. Ka2
Qc4+ 47. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. h4 Nf6 8. Nge2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. f3 Bf5 11. g4 Be6
12. Bg3 O-O 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Nf4 c5 15. Be2 Rc8 16. Kf2 Qb6
17. Qd2 cxd4 18. exd4 Bb4 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qe3 Nc4 21. Bxc4
dxc4 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. Qf2 Bd6 24. Rhe1 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 f6 26. d5
Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Bxd5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rd1 Be6 30. Rd4 Kf7
31. Bd2 Rc8 32. a3 Ke8 33. Bc3 Rc5 34. Re4 Kf7 35. h5 Rd5
36. Rxc4 Rd2+ 37. Bxd2 Bxc4 38. Bc3 a6 39. Kg3 Bd5 40. Kf4 Bc6
41. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "205"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6
7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. e3
Nc5 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Rad1 h6 15. Qc2 Bf7 16. Ne2 Nce4 17. Nd2
Nc5 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Ned4 Nce4 20. Nd2 d5 21. cxd5 Bxd5
22. N2f3 Ng4 23. Rde1 c5 24. Nb5 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 a6 26. Nc3 Qg7
27. Rc1 Bc6 28. h3 Ngf6 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Qc2 b5 31. Rfd1 Kh7
32. Nd2 Rc8 33. Nxe4 Bxe4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rd6 c4 36. Rcd1
Re7 37. Rxa6 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. bxc4 bxc4 40. Ra3 Rc7
41. Rc3 Qd5 42. a4 h5 43. a5 Qxa5 44. Rxc4 Rxc4 45. Qxc4 Qa1+
46. Kh2 Qa7 47. Qf4 Qd7 48. Qe5 Qb7 49. Qd6 Qb2 50. Qe7+ Kh6
51. Kg2 Qb3 52. g4 hxg4 53. hxg4 fxg4 54. Qh4+ Kg7 55. Qxg4
Qd5+ 56. Kg3 Qc6 57. Qd4+ Kh7 58. e4 Qb7 59. e5 Qb3+ 60. f3
Qb1 61. Kf4 Qf5+ 62. Ke3 Qg5+ 63. Kd3 Qf5+ 64. Qe4 Qe6 65. Ke3
Kg7 66. Kf4 Qf7+ 67. Kg3 Qb3 68. Qd4 Qe6 69. Qd6 Qf5 70. Qe7+
Kg8 71. Qd8+ Kg7 72. Qc7+ Kg8 73. Qc4+ Kg7 74. Qf4 Qe6 75. Qd4
Kf7 76. f4 Qb3+ 77. Kh4 Qb7 78. Qd1 Kg7 79. Qa1 Qe7+ 80. Kg3
Qe6 81. Qa7+ Kg8 82. Qb8+ Kf7 83. Qc7+ Kg8 84. Qd6 Qf5 85. e6
Qe4 86. Kf2 Kg7 87. Qe7+ Kh6 88. Qd6 Kg7 89. Qc7+ Kh6 90. e7
Qd4+ 91. Ke2 Qe4+ 92. Kd2 Qd4+ 93. Kc2 Qa4+ 94. Kc3 Qa3+
95. Kd4 Qb4+ 96. Kd5 Qb5+ 97. Kd6 Qd3+ 98. Kc6 Qe4+ 99. Kd7
Qd5+ 100. Qd6 Qb7+ 101. Ke6 Qc8+ 102. Kf7 Qf5+ 103. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7
7. d4 O-O 8. Bb2 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 e4 11. Nxc7 Qxc7
12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Nf4 Be6 14. Be2 Nbd7 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Qb3 Nb6
17. Rc5 Nfd7 18. Rd1 a6 19. a4 Rd8 20. Rc7 Qd6 21. Rdc1 Rac8
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc5 Qe7 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. b5 axb5 26. Qxb5
Nf6 27. h4 h6 28. Qc5 Qd8 29. Ba3 Bf5 30. Bb5 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5
32. Ne2 Kg7 33. Bb4 Be6 34. a5 b6 35. axb6 Qxb6 36. f4 exf3
37. Qf8+ Kg6 38. Bd3+ Bf5 39. Bxf5+ Kxf5 40. Qxc8+ Kg6 41. Ng3
Qxb4 42. Qf5+ Kg7 43. Qxg5+ Kf8 44. Qxf6 Qe1+ 45. Nf1 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 g6 6. e4 Bg7
7. Nf3 h6 8. Bf4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O
12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Rfe1 Qb4 15. Ra2 b5 16. f3 Nb6
17. a5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. b3 Qb4 20. Nd1 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 e6
22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Nf2 Nd7 24. c3 c4 25. b4 Rfe8 26. Rd1 d5
27. Rc2 Ne5 28. Be3 Nc6 29. Bb6 d4 30. cxd4 Nxb4 31. Rcc1 Na2
32. Rc2 Nb4 33. Rcc1 Rac8 34. g3 h5 35. f4 Bf6 36. e5 Be7
37. Ne4 Nd5 38. Bc5 Bxc5 39. dxc5 Kg7 40. Kf2 Re7 41. Kf3 Nb4
42. Ke3 Nd3 43. Rxd3 cxd3 44. Kxd3 Rc6 45. Kd4 Kf8 46. h3 Rd7+
47. Nd6 Rh7 48. Ne4 Ke7 49. Rd1 Rh8 50. Kc3 Rd8 51. Rd6 Rdxd6
52. exd6+ Kd7 53. Nf6+ Kd8 54. Kb4 Rc8 55. h4 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Bxe4
Bxf4 7. exf4 dxe4 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nxe4
exd5 12. Qxb4 dxe4 13. Ne2 Re8 14. O-O e3 15. fxe3 Rxe3
16. Rad1 Qe8 17. Ng3 b6 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. Rc1 Rd8 20. Nf1 Rxe1
21. Rxe1 Qc6 22. Ne3 Bc8 23. Qe7 Re8 24. Nd5 Be6 25. f5 Kh8
26. Nb4 Qa8 27. Qxc7 Bxf5 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Kf2 h5 30. Nd5
Qe4 31. Ne3 Be6 32. b3 h4 33. Qxa7 Qf4+ 34. Ke2 Bg4+ 35. Nxg4
Qxg4+ 36. Kd3 Qxg2 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Qf4 Qd5+ 39. Kc3 Qc5+
40. Kb2 Qe7 41. a4 g5 42. Qd4 f5 43. Qxb6 Qe5+ 44. Ka2 Qxh2
45. Qc5 Qg2 46. Qxf5+ Kg7 47. Qd7+ Kh6 48. Qe6+ Kg7 49. Qe7+
Kh6 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Qf7+ Kh6 52. Qf8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "186"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O
7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. c4 Qd7 11. Qe2 d4 12. exd4
cxd4 13. a3 a5 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. Nh4 Ne8 16. Nhf3 Qc8 17. Qd1
f6 18. Bh3 f5 19. Bg2 Bf6 20. c5 bxc5 21. Qc2 Be7 22. Nc4 Nc7
23. Bc1 Nb5 24. Bf4 Rde8 25. Nb6 Nxa3 26. Qe2 Qd8 27. Qxe6+
Kh8 28. Nd7 Bc8 29. Qxc6 Bxd7 30. Qd5 Nc2 31. Rxe7 Qxe7
32. Bd6 Qe6 33. Ng5 Qxd5 34. Bxd5 h6 35. Nf7+ Kh7 36. Bxc5 Rg8
37. Rc1 Ne1 38. Bxd4 Be6 39. Bxe6 Rxe6 40. Bc3 Nxd3 41. Rd1
Nc5 42. Bxa5 f4 43. b4 Nb3 44. Nd8 Re2 45. gxf4 Nxa5 46. bxa5
Rf8 47. a6 Ra2 48. Ne6 Rf6 49. Rd6 h5 50. Kg2 Ra3 51. h4 Kg6
52. Rd5 Kh6 53. f5 Rxa6 54. Ng5 Ra4 55. f3 Rf4 56. Kg3 R4xf5
57. Rd8 Kg6 58. Ra8 Rb5 59. Rc8 Ra6 60. Rc7 Rb1 61. Rd7 Rg1+
62. Kf2 Rb1 63. Kg3 Re1 64. Rb7 Ra2 65. Rb6+ Kf5 66. Rb5+ Re5
67. Rb7 Ree2 68. Rb5+ Kf6 69. Rb6+ Ke5 70. Rb5+ Kd4 71. Ne4
Rg2+ 72. Kf4 g6 73. Rb6 Ra5 74. Rf6 Kd3 75. Rd6+ Kc2 76. Ng5
Ra4+ 77. Ne4 Rb4 78. Rd5 Rb8 79. Ra5 Kd3 80. Ra3+ Kc4 81. Ra4+
Kb5 82. Nc3+ Kc6 83. Ra6+ Rb6 84. Ra8 Rb4+ 85. Ne4 Rb1 86. Ng3
g5+ 87. hxg5 h4 88. Ne4 h3 89. Rh8 h2 90. Rh6+ Kd7 91. Rh7+
Kd8 92. Rh8+ Ke7 93. Rh7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 O-O 6. h4 h5
7. Nf4 d5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Kh8 10. Nc3 c6 11. d5 f5 12. dxc6
Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 bxc6 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. O-O Ne5 16. Be2 Bf6 17. g3
Bb7 18. Na4 Rad8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Rc2 Rd6 21. Rfc1 Rfd8 22. b3
Rd2 23. Kg2 Be7 24. Kf1 Kg7 25. Ke1 Rxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Bxc5
27. Rxc5 Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Ba6 29. Kg2 Bxe2 30. Nxe2 Ne1+ 31. Kf1
Nf3 32. Ng1 Nxg1 33. Kxg1 Rd6 34. Ra5 Rd7 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke2
Ke6 37. b4 Kd6 38. a3 Rc7 39. Kd3 Re7 40. Ra6 Kd5 41. Ra4 Rd7
42. Ra5+ Ke6+ 43. Kc2 f6 44. Ra6 Kd5 45. Kd3 Ke5+ 46. Ke2 Kd5
47. f3 Rc7 48. Kd3 Rd7 49. Ra5+ Kd6 50. Kc3 Re7 51. Kd4 Rd7
52. Kc4 Re7 53. Kd3 Rd7 54. Ke2 Re7 55. Kf2 Rb7 56. e4 fxe4
57. fxe4 Rc7 58. Ra6 Ke5 59. Ke3 c5 60. Ra5 Kd6 61. bxc5+ Rxc5
62. Rxa7 Rc3+ 63. Kf4 g5+ 64. Kf5 Rf3+ 65. Kg6 Rxg3 66. Kxf6
gxh4 67. e5+ Kc6 68. a4 Rf3+ 69. Ke6 Ra3 70. Rh7 Rxa4 71. Rxh5
Re4 72. Ke7 h3 73. e6 Re3 74. Rh6 Kc7 75. Kf7 Kd6 76. e7+ Kd7
77. Rxh3 Rxe7+ 78. Kf6 Re6+ 79. Kf5 Rd6 80. Re3 Rd5+ 81. Re5
Kd6 82. Rxd5+ Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. O-O h6
7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nc4 Ba7
12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Ng6 16. Nf5 Re8
17. Be3 d5 18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Bxa7 Bxf5 20. Bd4 Nf4 21. Be3 Ne6
22. Bb3 N4c5 23. Qxd5 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 Be4 25. Nd2 Bd5 26. Qd3
Bc6 27. Qxd8 Rexd8 28. Nc4 a4 29. Rad1 Rd5 30. f4 Rad8 31. Nd6
f6 32. Rxd5 Bxd5 33. Bb6 Rd7 34. Be3 fxe5 35. fxe5 Bxa2
36. Kf2 Rc7 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Rd1 Rxb2 39. Nf5 Bb1 40. Rd8+ Kh7
41. Nd6 Nxd8 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3
Nbd7 7. O-O g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Kh1 Nc5 11. Be3 Nxd3
12. cxd3 b5 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. f5 e5 16. Nc2 d5
17. Bg5 d4 18. Ne2 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ng3 Bg5 21. Qe1 Bh4
22. h3 Rac8 23. Nb4 gxf5 24. exf5 a5 25. hxg4 axb4 26. Ne4
Bxe1 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nxd7 Rfd8 29. f6+ Kh7 30. Raxe1 Rxd7
31. Rxe5 Rc2 32. Re7 Rdc7 33. Rf4 Kg6 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxd4
b3 36. axb3 Rc2 37. Rb4 Rxb2 38. Kh2 Rd2 39. d4 Rd3 40. Kg1
Rd2 41. Kh2 Rd3 42. Rxb5 Rxd4 43. Kh3 Kxf6 44. b4 Kg6 45. Rb8
Rd3+ 46. Kh2 Rb3 47. b5 Kg5 48. b6 Kxg4 49. b7 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4
7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5
12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3 15. exd7 fxg3 16. hxg3
Bxd7 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Bf5 Bxc3 19. Bxd7 Bxa1 20. Bxc8 Bxd4
21. Kg2 Qxe5 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Rh1 h5 24. Rh4 Kg7 25. Re4 Qf5
26. Qd2 Qxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Bxf2 28. Kxf2 Rxb7 29. Ra4 Kg6 30. Kf3
Kg5 31. Ra5+ f5 32. Ra4 Rc7 33. Kg2 Rd7 34. Kf3 Rf7 35. Ra5
Rc7 36. Ra4 Rc3+ 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. Kf3 Rc3+ 39. Kg2 Rc7 40. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. g3 dxc4
12. Bxc4 a6 13. e4 b5 14. Be2 Qb6 15. e5 Ng8 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. Be3 Nh6 18. g4 c5 19. d5 Nxe5 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6
22. a4 O-O 23. O-O c4 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Rab8 26. Nd4 Bc5
27. Rc2 Rbd8 28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. Bxc5 Nd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Kg2
Rb8 32. Ra1 Nd3 33. Kg3 Kh7 34. Bxd3 Rxd3 35. Rxc4 Rbb3
36. Rf1 Rxb2 37. Re4 Rdd2 38. h4 Rg2+ 39. Kf4 Rh2 40. Rxe6
Rxh4 41. Rfe1 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Ng5 h6
12. Nge4 Be7 13. a4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Nxf6+
Bxf6 17. Qxb7 Qc8 18. Qb3 Ra7 19. Qa2 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bf6
21. Rfc1 Qa8 22. a5 Rc8 23. Bf1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bb5 25. Rb1 Bd8
26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Rxb5 Rxa5 28. Qxa5 Qxa5 29. Rxa5 Bxa5 30. g4
Bd8 31. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. e5 Nd5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nxd5
cxd5 13. Ne1 Qb6 14. Bh5 Be7 15. f4 O-O-O 16. fxg5 Bxg5
17. Nc2 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. h4 Ne4 20. Be5 Bxh4 21. Qg4 Bg5
22. Rf7 Rhg8 23. Qh3 Rd7 24. Raf1 Be7 25. Rh7 Ng5 26. Qg4 Bd6
27. Bf7 Rgd8 28. Bxe6 Nxe6 29. Rxd7 Kxd7 30. Rf7+ Be7 31. Ne3
Rf8 32. Rh7 Qa5 33. Nf5 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Rxf5 35. Qxf5 Qh4+
36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "222"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7
12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc5 Qc7 14. h4 h5 15. gxh5 Bf5 16. Qb3 O-O-O
17. a4 Nc6 18. a5 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. O-O Kb8
22. Rfc1 Qe7 23. a6 b6 24. Rc6 Be4 25. f3 Rxh5 26. fxe4 Rxh4
27. Bf3 Rh3 28. exd5 Qg5+ 29. Kf1 Qf4 30. Ra3 Rh1+ 31. Ke2
Rh2+ 32. Kf1 Rh1+ 33. Ke2 Qxe5+ 34. Kd3 Rxd5+ 35. Bxd5 Rh3+
36. Kc2 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 Qe2+ 38. Kb1 exd5 39. Ra3 d4 40. Rc2 Qb5
41. Rd2 Qf1+ 42. Ka2 Qc4+ 43. Kb1 g5 44. Rf3 g4 45. Rf4 g3
46. Rdxd4 Qe6 47. Rg4 b5 48. Rg8+ Kc7 49. Rdg4 Qxa6 50. Rxg3
Qe6 51. Rc3+ Kb7 52. Rgg3 b4 53. Rce3 Qf5+ 54. Ka2 Qd5+ 55. b3
a5 56. Rd3 Qc6 57. Rgf3 Qc2+ 58. Ka1 f5 59. Rfe3 Qc1+ 60. Ka2
Qc2+ 61. Ka1 Qc7 62. Kb1 f4 63. Rh3 Qe7 64. Kc2 Qe2+ 65. Kc1
Qe4 66. Kd2 a4 67. bxa4 Kb6 68. Rhf3 Ka5 69. Rf1 Qg2+ 70. Ke1
Qc2 71. Rff3 Kxa4 72. Rd4 Qc1+ 73. Rd1 Qc5 74. Kf1 Qc4+
75. Kg1 Qg8+ 76. Kf1 Qg4 77. Kf2 Qh4+ 78. Kg2 Qg5+ 79. Kf2 Qe5
80. Rf1 b3 81. Kg1 Qd4+ 82. Kh2 Qh8+ 83. Kg1 Qg7+ 84. Kh2 Qh7+
85. Kg1 Qg6+ 86. Kh2 b2 87. Rxf4+ Kb3 88. R4f3+ Ka2 89. R3f2
Qh7+ 90. Kg1 Qd3 91. Kh2 Ka3 92. Rf7 Qd6+ 93. Kg2 Qd5+
94. R7f3+ Ka2 95. Rf2 Ka1 96. Kg3 Qd6+ 97. Kg2 b1=Q 98. Rf1
Qxf1+ 99. Kxf1 Kb2 100. Ke2 Kc2 101. Re3 Qd5 102. Kf2 Qf5+
103. Ke2 Qg4+ 104. Rf3 Qe4+ 105. Kf2 Kd2 106. Ra3 Qd5 107. Rg3
Qe5 108. Kf3 Qf5+ 109. Kg2 Ke2 110. Kg1 Qf2+ 111. Kh1 Kf1 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O
7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Nxf3+
12. Bxf3 Be5 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxe5
Rfd8 17. Bd4 Be4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Rac1 Nf4 20. f3 Qd5
21. Rfd1 Ne6 22. Qc2 Qg5 23. f4 Qe7 24. Bb2 h6 25. h3 Rxd1+
26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. f5 Ng5 29. Qc3 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 f6
31. Qd4 Qe1 32. Qd5+ Kh7 33. Bd4 h5 34. Bxa7 h4 35. Bb8 Qxe3
36. Qxb7 Qf2 37. Qd5 Qxa2 38. Bf4 Qf2 39. Bd2 Nxh3 40. Qf3
Qxd2 41. Kxh3 Qb4 42. Qe3 Qb5 43. Qf3 Qb4 44. Qe3 Qb5 45. Qf3
Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Kd2 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Nf3 Qxb3
12. axb3 Nb6 13. Nh4 Kd7 14. f4 Bxd3 15. Kxd3 Bb4 16. Rhe1 Nc8
17. e4 dxe4+ 18. Rxe4 Nd6 19. Re2 a5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4
Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nf5 Kc7 24. Rf1 Kb6 25. Ne3 Rd8 26. Nc2
Rg8 27. Rf2 Kc7 28. Re2 Bd6 29. g3 Rd8 30. Ne3 Bc5 31. Nf5 Rd5
32. Ke4 Bf8 33. g4 Rd8 34. Kd3 Bd6 35. Re4 Rg8 36. h3 Rd8
37. h4 Rg8 38. Nh6 Rg7 39. g5 fxg5 40. fxg5 f6 41. Nf5 Rg6
42. Ne7 Bxe7 43. Rxe7+ Kd6 44. gxf6 Rxf6 45. Rxb7 Rh6 46. Ra7
Rxh4 47. Rxa5 Rh2 48. Kc3 Rh3+ 49. Kc4 Rh2 50. Rf5 Rc2+
51. Kb4 Rxb2 52. Rh5 Rc2 53. Rxh7 Rc1 54. Rh5 Rc2 55. Rc5 Rxc5
56. dxc5+ Kd5 57. Ka5 Kxc5 58. b4+ Kc4 59. Kb6 Kxb4 60. Kxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Nf3 Nh5
12. Be5 f6 13. Bg3 f5 14. a3 Be7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Qe2 O-O
17. Rac1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bd6 19. Bb5 Nc6 20. Rc2 g5 21. Bxc6
Rxc6 22. Rfc1 g4 23. Ne1 h5 24. Nd3 h4 25. Nf4 Rf7 26. Na2
Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qf6 28. Rd2 Rh7 29. Nc3 a6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. Qc2
Qh6 32. a4 Rh8 33. Nce2 Qf6 34. b3 Rh6 35. Rc1 Qh8 36. Qd2 Rh7
37. Qc2 Rh6 38. Qd2 Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6
12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Rac1 a6 14. a3 Rac8 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Be2 Rfe8
17. Bg3 Bf8 18. Nb3 e5 19. Bh4 h6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Na4 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 Bd5 23. Bd1 Rb8 24. Nd2 a5 25. Rb1 axb4 26. axb4 Ne4
27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Rb2 b5 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. bxc5 Bd3 31. Bc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessbrah May Invitational"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alireza Firouzja"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5
7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6
12. Qc2 a5 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bg4 Ne5 16. c5 Nxg4
17. hxg4 Qc8 18. cxd6 Qxg4 19. dxe7 Rfe8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qc3+
Kg8 22. exd5 Rxe7 23. Rd4 Qc8 24. Qd2 Qf5 25. d6 Rd7 26. Rd5
Qf6 27. Rd1 a4 28. Qb4 Kg7 29. R1d3 Kg8 30. Rf3 Qe6 31. Qd4
Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qc1 33. Re3 Rad8 34. Rde5 Qc8 35. Rd5 Qb8 36. Rd3
Re8 37. g3 Re6 38. Qxa4 Rdxd6 39. Qf4 g5 40. Rxg5+ Kf8
41. Rgd5 Rh6+ 42. Kg2 Qc8 43. Rxd6 Qh3+ 44. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Chessbrah May Invitational"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alireza Firouzja"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rd1 Nbd7
12. Ba5 Qa8 13. Qxc7 Rc8 14. Qf4 Rc2 15. Nc3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Rd2 Rc8 18. a3 Nf6 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Ne4 21. Rd3 Rc2
22. Qf3 Rxb2 23. Rc1 Ng5 24. Qxa8+ Rxa8 25. Kf1 Ra2 26. Bb4
Bxb4 27. axb4 Rb2 28. f3 h6 29. Ne3 Rxb4 30. d5 exd5 31. Nxd5
Rb2 32. Nf4 a5 33. Rd7 a4 34. h4 Nh7 35. Rcc7 Nf6 36. Rxf7 Ne8
37. Rce7 a3 38. Ng6 a2 39. Rf8+ Kh7 40. h5 a1=Q+ 41. Kg2 Nf6
42. Rxf6 Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Chessbrah May Invitational"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alireza Firouzja"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7
7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 a5 9. g4 Nc5 10. Nd2 c6 11. Be2 cxd5 12. cxd5
Bd7 13. g5 Ne8 14. h4 f6 15. a4 fxg5 16. hxg5 Rc8 17. Nb3 b6
18. Bb5 Nc7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qe2 Ne8 22. Nd2
Nd6 23. f3 c4 24. Qh2 Bh8 25. Qh3 Qe7 26. Ke2 Rf7 27. Rag1 Re8
28. Rg2 Qc7 29. Nf1 Qc5 30. Ne3 Qd4 31. Rd1 Qc5 32. Ng4 Kf8
33. Nf6 Ree7 34. Qh6+ Bg7 35. Nxh7+ Ke8 36. Qxg6 Kd8 37. Rd2
b5 38. axb5 Nxb5 39. Nf6 Nd4+ 40. Kd1 Qb6 41. d6 Qxd6 42. f4
Kc8 43. f5 Bxf6 44. gxf6 Rd7 45. Qg8+ Kb7 46. Rg7 Rxg7
47. fxg7 Qh6 48. Qh8 Rxg7 49. Rh2 Rg1# 0-1

[Event "Chessbrah May Invitational"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alireza Firouzja"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 b6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. b3 d4 13. Na4 Nb4 14. Qb2 d3 15. a3 dxe2 16. Rxd8 Rfxd8
17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Bxb4 Bf6 19. Qxe2 Bxa1 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5
Rac8 22. b4 a5 23. h4 axb4 24. axb4 Bf6 25. h5 h6 26. Nd4 Re8
27. Qg4 Ra8 28. Nf5 Re4 29. f4 Kh7 30. Nd6 Re7 31. Qf5+ Kg8
32. Nxb7 Rxb7 33. Qd5 Rbb8 34. Kh2 Rd8 35. Qe4 Rab8 36. Kh3
Re8 37. Qc6 Be7 38. Ba7 Rbc8 39. Qb7 Bf8 40. b5 Bc5 41. Kg4
Bxa7 42. Qxa7 Ra8 43. Qc7 Rac8 44. Qd7 Rcd8 45. Qa7 Ra8
46. Qd4 Rab8 47. b6 Re6 48. e4 Rexb6 49. e5 Rb4 50. Qd7 R4b7
51. Qf5 Rb6 52. g3 Ra6 53. Qd3 Rab6 54. Kf5 Rb3 55. Qd6 R3b6
56. Qd5 Rb5 57. Qd1 Rb1 58. Qd6 R1b6 59. Qe7 R6b7 60. Qh4 Rb5
61. g4 R5b6 62. g5 hxg5 63. Qxg5 Re8 64. Kg4 Ra6 65. Qf5 Rae6
66. Qd3 Kh8 67. Qd7 Kg8 68. Kg5 R6e7 69. Qb5 Re6 70. h6 Rxe5+
71. fxe5 Rxe5+ 72. Qxe5 f6+ 73. Qxf6 gxf6+ 74. Kxf6 Kh7
75. Kf7 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessbrah May Invitational"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 a5 6. Nd5 d6
7. a3 Bc5 8. Be2 Be6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Ba7
12. Rd1 Bf5 13. d3 Qe7 14. O-O Bg6 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rfe1 d5
17. cxd5 Rxd5 18. Qc3 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Chessbrah May Invitational"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. e5 Qe7 6. Nf3 h6
7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nc3 fxe5 9. Nxd5 Qd6 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Bg7
12. Bc4 O-O 13. Rhe1 Nd4 14. c3 b5 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Bb3 Bb7
17. Qb4 Rac8+ 18. Kb1 Rc5 19. Nc3 Qg6+ 20. Bc2 Qb6 21. Ne4
Rxc2 22. Kxc2 Qg6 23. Nd2 d5 24. f3 dxe4 25. fxe4 a6 26. Kb1
f5 27. exf5 Qxf5+ 28. Ka1 Bxg2 29. Rg1 Qf2 30. Qe7 Kh7
31. Rdf1 Qxf1+ 32. Nxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Rxf1 Bxf1 34. Qe6 Bd3
35. Qxa6 Bg6 36. Qxb5 e4 37. Qe2 d3 38. Qe3 h5 39. a4 Bh6
40. Qa7+ Kg8 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ Kf7 43. Qd5+ Kf6 44. Qd6+
Kf5 45. Qd5+ Kg4 46. Qe6+ Bf5 47. Qxh6 Kf3 48. Qf6 Kf4 49. Qd4
Kf3 0-1

[Event "Chessbrah May Invitational"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. c4 Bd6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Rc1 Bh7
12. Rc2 a5 13. a3 Nc5 14. Rc3 Ne6 15. Rc2 c5 16. Re1 b5
17. Qa1 c4 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. e4 cxd3 20. Bxd3 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2
Qxd3 22. Rc3 Qd6+ 23. e5 Qb8 24. Kg1 Nd5 25. Rc6 Ndf4 26. Rd6
Qb7 27. Bd4 Rac8 28. Be3 Nd3 29. Rd1 b4 30. Nb3 a4 31. Nbd4
Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxb4 Rb5 35. Rxa4 Be4
36. Ra7 Qc6 37. Rc1 Qe6 38. Rxc8+ Qxc8 39. Qd4 Qg4 40. f3 Rb1+
41. Kf2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Chessbrah May Invitational"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qb3 Nb6
7. a4 d5 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. h3 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 Bf5 12. O-O
Rc8 13. g4 Be4 14. Be3 Na5 15. Qd1 Nbc4 16. Bc1 Qb6 17. Ra2
Bxf3 18. Bxf3 e6 19. Ne2 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bg2 Nb3 22. Be3
Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bg5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qd3 Qb4 26. Kh2 Rf2
27. Ra3 Nc1 28. Qc3 Qd6+ 29. Nf4 Bxf4+ 30. exf4 Qxf4+ 31. Qg3
Qxd4 32. Re3 Rf6 33. g5 Rf8 34. Rxe6 Nd3 35. Qe3 Qf4+ 36. Qxf4
Nxf4 37. Rd6 Rf5 38. h4 Kf8 39. Rd7 Rf7 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Ra8
a6 42. Kg3 Kd6 43. Bf3 Ne6 44. Bg4 Nc5 45. Bf3 Nxa4 46. Rd8+
Kc7 47. Rxd5 Nxb2 48. Rc5+ Kb6 49. Rc3 Na4 50. Re3 Ka7 51. h5
b5 52. hxg6 hxg6 53. Re6 Rg7 54. Be4 Nc5 55. Re5 Nxe4+
56. Rxe4 Kb6 57. Kf4 Ka5 58. Re6 Rf7+ 59. Ke5 Rc7 60. Rxg6 b4
61. Kf4 Rb7 62. Rd6 Rb5 63. Rd1 b3 64. Rb1 b2 65. g6 Rb4+
66. Kg5 Rb3 67. Kh6 Ka4 68. g7 Rb5 69. Kg6 Rb6+ 70. Kh7 Rb8
71. g8=Q Rb7+ 72. Qg7 Rb6 73. Qf8 Rb4 74. Qg7 Kb3 75. Qg6 Rh4+
76. Qh6 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Clutch International"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. cxd5 exd5
12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Be7 14. e5 Ng4 15. Bc4 O-O 16. Rf1 Bh4+
17. g3 Bg5 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. O-O-O c5 20. Qe6 Nh6 21. Qxg6
Bxd2+ 22. Rxd2 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Qe7 24. Rh4 Qxh4 25. gxh4 Nxe5
26. Qg3 Nhxf7 27. Rf5 Rfe8 28. a3 Rbc8 29. Kb1 Rc4 30. Nd5 Rg4
31. Qb3 Rxh4 32. Qxb7 Nd6 33. Rxe5 Nxb7 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Re7
Nd6 36. Rxa7 Rxh2 37. Nf6+ Kg6 38. Ng4 Rd2 39. Kc1 Rd4 40. Ne3
Kf6 41. Kc2 g5 42. Rd7 Ke6 43. Rg7 Ke5 44. Nd1 Ne4 45. Nc3 Kf5
46. Nxe4 Rxe4 47. Kb3 g4 48. a4 Re3+ 49. Kb4 Re4+ 50. Ka3 Re5
51. b4 Re3+ 52. Kb2 Re4 53. Kc3 Re3+ 54. Kc4 Re4+ 55. Kb5 Re5+
56. Ka6 Re6+ 57. Ka5 Rg6 58. Rf7+ Ke6 59. Rf1 g3 60. b5 g2
61. Rg1 Kd7 62. b6 Kc8 63. Ka6 Kb8 64. a5 Rg8 65. Kb5 Rg5+
66. Kc6 Rg6+ 67. Kd5 Rg5+ 68. Kd6 Kb7 69. Ke6 Rxa5 70. Rxg2
Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch International"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4
7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5
12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Be3 Nxe5 16. f3
Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd6 18. g4 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Bxg5 f6
21. Bf4 Nc4 22. Nb5 Bd7 23. Nc7 Rac8 24. Nxd5 Rc5 25. Rad1 Be6
26. Nb4 g5 27. Rfe1 Bxg4 28. fxg4 gxf4 29. Nd3 Ra5 30. Nxf4
Rxa2 31. Ng6 Rf7 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 Kh6 34. Rd4 b5 35. Re8 f5
36. Rh8+ Kg5 37. Rg8 Kh6 38. Rh8+ Kg5 39. Rg8 Kh6 40. g5+ Kxh5
41. Nf4+ Kg4 42. g6 Rb7 43. Rf8 Ne5 44. Nh5+ Kxh5 45. Rxf5+
Kxg6 46. Rxe5 a5 47. Rd6+ Kg7 48. Rg5+ Kf8 49. Rf6+ Ke7
50. Ra6 Kf7 51. Rag6 Ke8 52. Rg8+ Kd7 53. R8g7+ Kc8 54. Rxb7
Kxb7 55. Rxb5+ Ka6 56. Rb8 a4 57. c4 a3 58. c5 Ka5 59. Ra8+
Kb4 60. Rb8+ Ka4 61. Ra8+ Kb4 62. Rb8+ Kxc5 63. Rb3 Ra1+
64. Kh2 Kc4 65. Rg3 Ra2+ 66. Kh1 Ra1+ 67. Kh2 Kd4 68. Rg4+ Ke3
69. Rg3+ Kf4 70. Rb3 Ke4 71. Rg3 Kd4 72. Rg4+ Kc3 73. Rg3+ Kc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch International"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7
12. O-O-O b5 13. Be2 a6 14. Kb1 c5 15. d5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. Bc3 b4 18. Bxg7 Rh7 19. Rxd5 Rxg7 20. Rhd1 Ra7 21. Qa4 Qc8
22. Bb5 axb5 23. Qxa7 Nf6 24. Re5 Nd7 25. Red5 Nf6 26. Re5 Nd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch International"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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. h3 a5 10. g4 a4 11. Qxb4 Nxb4
12. gxf5 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxa1 14. e3 a3 15. bxa3 exf5 16. Kc1 Be6
17. Kb2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nb5 Rfd8
22. Bc3 Bc6 23. Rg1 g6 24. Be2 Rd3 25. Bxd3 exd3 26. Rxa1 Bxb5
27. Bd2 Ra4 28. f4 Rc4 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 f5 31. Kc3 Kf7
32. a4 Ba6 33. Ba3 c4 34. Bc5 Ke6 35. h4 Kd5 36. Bd4 Ke4
37. Kd2 Kf3 38. a5 Bb5 39. a3 Be8 40. Bf6 Bf7 41. Bd4 Kg3
42. Bf6 Kg4 43. Bg5 Bd5 44. Bf6 h6 45. Bg7 g5 0-1

[Event "Clutch International"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nc3 a5 11. Qxb6 Nxb6
12. Ne5 Nbd5 13. f3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. e4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bg6
17. a4 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. f4 Rhc8 20. g4 f5 21. exf5 exf5
22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. g5 Bf7 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Rxa3 Bd5 26. Re1 Be4
27. Rea1 a4 28. c4 Kc6 29. d5+ Kc5 30. cxb5 Kxb5 31. d6 Rd8
32. Rxa4 Rxd6 33. Ra7 Rd2 34. R1a2 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd3 36. Rxg7
Rf3+ 37. Ke2 Rxf4 38. Ke3 Rh4 39. Rc7 Kb6 40. Rc3 Bc6 41. Rb2+
Kc7 42. Rbc2 Re4+ 43. Kf3 Rc4+ 44. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Clutch International"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bb6 10. a4 Re8 11. Kh1 Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd2 f6 15. Nc4 Na5 16. Ne3 Bxe3
17. Bxe3 b6 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 c5 20. c4 Nc6 21. Qg1 Qd7
22. h4 h6 23. Qg3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Rg1 Re5 26. g5 fxg5
27. hxg5 Rxg5 28. Rg4 Rxg4 29. Bxg4 Re8 30. Qh3 Re5 31. Be6+
Kh7 32. Bg8+ Kxg8 33. Rxg6 Kh7 34. Qg4 Re7 35. Qf5 Qe5
36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Rd6 Rg5 38. Kh2 h5 39. a5 bxa5 40. Ra6 g6
41. Rxa5 Kh6 42. Rxa7 h4 43. Kh3 Rg3+ 44. Kxh4 Rxd3 45. Rc7
Rd4 46. Rxc5 Rxe4+ 47. Kg3 g5 48. Rc8 Kh5 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. c5
Rc4 51. Rc8 Kf5 52. Rf8+ Ke6 53. Rc8 Kd7 54. Rg8 Rxc5 55. Kg4
Kc6 56. Rxg5 Rxg5+ 57. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch International"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4
7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5
12. Qd3 Bc6 13. Bxc6+ Rxc6 14. Qf3 O-O 15. Rd1 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa6
17. Bg5 Be7 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nc3 Ng6 21. Qe3 Qb6
22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. Na4 Ra6 24. b3 b5 25. Nc3 b4 26. Na4 Ne7
27. Rac1 Nd5 28. e4 Nc3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rc2 Rc6 31. Kf1 h5
32. Ke2 Rfc8 33. Rd4 e5 34. Rd5 f6 35. h4 R8c7 36. Kd3 Kf7
37. f4 Ke6 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Ke2 Rd7 40. Rxd7 Kxd7 41. Kd3 Rg6
42. Rg2 Rg4 43. Kxc3 Rxe4 44. Kd3 Rg4 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. Kf3 e4+
47. Kf2 Rg6 48. Rg1 Rf6+ 49. Ke2 Ke5 50. Rc1 Rf3 51. Rc5+ Kd4
52. Rxh5 Rxg3 53. Ra5 Rg2+ 54. Kf1 Rh2 55. Rxa7 e3 56. Rxg7
Rxa2 57. h5 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ 59. Kf3 Rf2+ 60. Kg3 Rf1
61. Rd7+ Kc3 62. Re7 Kd2 63. Rd7+ Kc3 64. Re7 Kd2 65. Rd7+ Kc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch International"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7
12. g4 b5 13. Be2 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. Qc4 O-O 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Kb1 Qe5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. e4 Rfc8 21. Bxb4
Bxb4 22. Qxb4 Rab8 23. Qd4 Qa5 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Qc3 Qb6 26. Rc2
Rbc8 27. Qxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Kh7 29. g5 Qe3 30. gxf6 Qxe2
31. fxg7 Kxg7 32. Rc3 Qg2 33. Rd1 Qxh2 34. a3 g5 35. Ka2 Kg6
36. Rd8 Qf2 37. Rg8+ Kf6 38. e5+ Kxe5 39. Rxg5+ f5 40. Rg7 Qd4
41. Rgc7 Qd5+ 42. Ka1 Qd1+ 43. Ka2 Qd5+ 44. Ka1 Qd1+ 45. Ka2
Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch International"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. h4 Nc6 9. Qb1 f5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. h5 h6 13. O-O Qe8 14. d4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Bxb5 16. Re1 Qf7
17. a4 Ba6 18. Qd1 Bf6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 c4 21. Qf3 cxb3
22. Ba3 Bc4 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rae1 Qf6 25. a5 b6 26. axb6 axb6
27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Qxd5+ Qf7 29. Qb5 Qxh5 30. Qxb3+ Qf7
31. Qxb6 Qf6 32. Qb3+ Kh7 33. d5 Ra8 34. Qd3 Rd8 35. g3 Qg6
36. Re5 f4 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6 38. gxf4 Kf6 39. Kg2 Ra8 40. Kf3 Ra1
41. Re6+ Kf5 42. Re7 Rd1 43. Re5+ Kf6 44. Ke4 Rd2 45. f3 Kf7
46. Rh5 Ke7 47. Rh1 Kd6 48. Rg1 Re2+ 49. Kd4 Rd2+ 50. Kc4 Rc2+
51. Kd3 Ra2 52. Ke4 Re2+ 53. Kf5 Re7 54. Kg6 Kxd5 55. Rd1+ Kc4
56. f5 Ra7 57. f4 Kc5 58. Rd8 h5 59. Kxh5 Rf7 60. Kg6 Rf6+
61. Kg5 Rf7 62. f6 1-0

[Event "Clutch International"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6
12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a3 Bb7 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Bd5 Rab8
17. O-O-O Nd4 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Be3 b4 20. a4 b3 21. Bd2 Rc7+
22. Kb1 Rc4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Rc1 Rxa4 25. Rc5 Ra2 26. Rhc1 d3
27. Bc3 d2 28. Rd1 Rxe4 29. Rc8+ Bf8 30. Rb8 a4 31. Bxd2 Re2
32. Bh6 Raxb2+ 33. Ka1 Ra2+ 34. Kb1 Reb2+ 35. Kc1 Rc2+ 36. Kb1
Rcb2+ 37. Kc1 Rc2+ 38. Kb1 Rcb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch International"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O
7. Nbd2 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bb3
Re8 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nhf4 15. Ng3 c6 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Nf5
Bb8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bb6 a5 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4 Ne7 22. Bd8
Bxf5 23. exf5 Bd6 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. g3 Nd5 26. Nh2 Bxb4
27. Ng4 Qd6 28. f6 Nxf6 29. Qxd6 Bxd6 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. Bf5
Bc5 32. a5 Bd4 33. Ra4 Kf8 34. Kg2 b5 35. Ra2 Rea7 36. Rc2 c5
37. Be4 Rxa5 38. Bxa8 Rxa8 39. Kf3 f5 40. Ke2 Ke7 41. Rb1 Ra5
42. g4 Ke6 43. Rb3 c4 44. Rb1 f4 45. h4 Kd5 46. g5 h5 47. Rd2
c3 48. Rc2 Kc4 49. Kf3 b4 50. Ke4 b3 51. Rcc1 b2 52. Rxb2 Ra1
53. Rbc2 Rxc1 54. Rxc1 Bxf2 55. Rc2 Be3 56. Rg2 Kb3 57. Kd3 c2
58. Rxc2 e4+ 59. Kxe4 Kxc2 0-1

[Event "Clutch International"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Qf6 5. Nc3 Nxf3+
6. Qxf3 Qxf3 7. gxf3 c6 8. Rg1 Ne7 9. Be3 d5 10. exd5 Nf5
11. O-O-O Be7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rxd7
1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 b6
7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Ndf3 c5 10. c3 e6 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. h3
d4 13. e4 dxe3 14. Bxe3 Nd5 15. Bf2 Rad8 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. Rfe1
Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nc6 20. d4 cxd4 21. Qc4 Rc8
22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxd4 Rd8 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Re4
Ke8 27. Ke2 Bf8 28. Be3 Bc5 29. Bg5 Be7 30. Be3 Bc5 31. Bg5
Be7 32. Be3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nh4 Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ng4
12. fxg4 Bxh4 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Be1 Bxe1 15. Rfxe1 O-O 16. h3
Rae8 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. a4 Nf6 19. b3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bf3
f5 22. g5 Kf7 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. Kg3 Kd6 25. h4 h6 26. Kf4 hxg5+
27. Kxg5 Rf6 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Rf1 Ref8 30. Rxf6 gxf6+ 31. Kf4
f5 32. Rg1 Rh8 33. g3 Rg8 34. g4 fxg4 35. h5 Rf8+ 36. Kg3 Rf3+
37. Kxg4 Rxe3 38. h6 Rf3 39. h7 Rf8 40. Kh5 Rh8 41. Kh6 c5
42. dxc5+ bxc5 43. cxd5 exd5 44. Rg8 Rxh7+ 45. Kxh7 d4 46. Re8
d3 47. Kg6 Kd7 48. Re5 Kc6 49. Re6+ Kd5 50. Re8 Kd4 51. Kf5 d2
52. Rd8+ Ke3 53. a5 Ke2 54. Kxe4 d1=Q 55. Rxd1 Kxd1 56. Kd5
Kc2 57. Kc4 Kb2 58. Kxc5 Kxb3 59. Kb6 Kb4 60. Kxb7 Kxa5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. Nc4 Qa6
12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Nce5 Qa4 16. Bd2 Be4
17. Qxa4 Nxa4 18. b3 Nb6 19. Ba5 Rd5 20. Bc3 c5 21. e3 Rdd8
22. Red1 Nbd5 23. Ba5 Rdc8 24. Rac1 b6 25. Be1 a5 26. a4 Rc7
27. Nc4 Rac8 28. dxc5 Bxc5 29. Nd4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Bxd4 31. Rxd4
Nd7 32. e4 N5f6 33. Rcd1 Rb8 34. f3 Kh7 35. g4 e5 36. Rd6 Nc5
37. Nxe5 Nxb3 38. h4 b5 39. g5 Nh5 40. Nd7 Rbc8 41. axb5 a4
42. b6 Rb7 43. Bb4 Nf4+ 44. Kg3 Ne6 45. Kg4 Rc2 46. g6+ Kxg6
47. Nf8+ Kf6 48. e5+ Kxe5 49. R6d5+ Kf6 50. Rf5# 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6
7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2 Na6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 Be6 11. d4 exd3
12. exd3 Qd6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. Bf3 Qd7 16. Ne4 h5
17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. a3 Nd5 19. Qc2 Nac7 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Bd2 f5
22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 a6 24. a4 f4 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Bxf4 Nxf4
27. gxf4 Rxf4 28. Re1 Nc7 29. Re4 Nd5 30. Ne2 Rf7 31. Qc4 Qf5
32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Qe4 g6 34. Qd4 Qf6 35. Re4 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 Rf3
37. a5 Kh6 38. Rxg4 Rxd3 39. Nc3 Nxc3 40. bxc3 Rxc3 41. Rb4
Rc5 42. Rxb7 Rxa5 43. Rb6 c5 44. Rc6 Kg5 45. Kg2 Kf5 46. h4
Kg4 47. Rxg6+ Kxh4 48. Kf3 Kh5 49. Rc6 Kg5 50. Ke4 Ra4+
51. Kd5 Rf4 52. Kxc5 Rxf2 53. Rxa6 Rf6 54. Rxf6 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rc8 14. Bc6 Bf6 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5
17. Re1 Rb6 18. Bd5 c6 19. Bb3 d5 20. h3 Bc8 21. exd5 cxd5
22. Qd2 Qd6 23. Ra8 h6 24. Qa5 Be6 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qa8+ Rb8
27. Qa7 Rb6 28. Ra1 g5 29. Qa3 Qxa3 30. Rxa3 h5 31. Kf1 Rb8
32. Ra7 Kg7 33. Ng1 Be5 34. Nf3 Bf6 35. Ng1 Be5 36. Ra6 g4
37. h4 Bc8 38. Ra7 Be6 39. Ne2 Kf6 40. g3 Rb6 41. Ra8 Rb8
42. Ra6 Ke7 43. Ke1 Kd7 44. Nf4 Bxf4 45. gxf4 Kc7 46. f5 Bxf5
47. Bxd5 Re8+ 48. Kd2 Be6 49. Bxe6 fxe6 50. Ke2 Kb7 51. Rd6
Rc8 52. Kd2 Rf8 53. Ke1 Rc8 54. Kd1 Rf8 55. Ke1 Rc8 56. Kd1
Rf8 57. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rfe1 e5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 Rfc8 15. Qf5 g6 16. Qg5
Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Ne4 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 19. Rec1 a6 20. Nd4 h5
21. Be2 Bf6 22. f3 Nc5 23. Kf2 Re8 24. Bf1 Re7 25. Rc2 Bg5
26. Re1 Rae8 27. Bc1 Bf6 28. Bb2 Bg5 29. Bc1 Bf6 30. Bb2 Bg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. d4 d5 6. Qb3 O-O
7. Bg2 Qb6 8. O-O Rd8 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qa4 Na6
12. e4 Bg4 13. Be3 Qxb2 14. Rfc1 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Rab1 c5
17. dxc5 Nd3 18. Rd1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Be2 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Nc6 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Bb5 Nd7 24. Nd5 e6 25. Nb4 Nde5 26. Ba4
Na5 27. Rd1 Nac4 28. Bc1 Bf8 29. c6 Kg7 30. Nd3 Nxc6 31. Bb5
N6a5 32. Nb2 Nb6 33. Bd2 Nc6 34. Bc3+ Kg8 35. Na4 Nxa4
36. Bxa4 b5 37. Bc2 Bg7 38. Bd2 Nd4 39. Bd3 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Nxd2
41. Rxd2 a5 42. Rc2 a4 43. Rc5 b4 44. Ra5 Rd8 45. Ba6 b3
46. axb3 axb3 47. Rb5 b2 48. Rb3 Bc3 49. Be2 Rd2 50. Kf1 Bd4
51. f4 Rc2 52. Bd3 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. Bd2 e5
7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe5 fxe5 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Nge2 Bc5 11. O-O Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Bg5 Nd4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxe4 Be7
17. N4g3 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Qxd1 19. Bxd1 Bxd1 20. Rfxd1 Rd8
21. Nf5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bf8 23. g3 h5 24. Kg2 Rh7 25. Rc1 Kd7
26. Kf3 Ke6 27. g4 hxg4+ 28. hxg4 Rd7 29. Rc8 Kf7 30. Ke2 b6
31. f3 Bc5 32. Ng3 Be7 33. Ne4 Ke6 34. Rc6+ Kf7 35. b3 Kg7
36. a3 Kf7 37. b4 Rd4 38. Rc7 a5 39. Ng3 Ke8 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7
41. Nf5+ Ke6 42. Nxd4+ exd4 43. f4 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d5 Nb8 4. c4 e6 5. g3 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O
7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. O-O Re8 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 Nbd7
12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxe2 14. Rfe1 Bh5 15. h3 Bg6 16. g4
Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Ne5 18. Re3 c5 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Qd2 h5 21. g5
Nh7 22. h4 Nf8 23. Nd5 Ne6 24. Bh3 Ne5 25. f4 Ng4 26. Bxg4
hxg4 27. Qc3 Qf8 28. Re2 g3 29. Qxg3 Rc8 30. h5 Rc2 31. Rxc2
Bxc2 32. h6 Qd8 33. hxg7 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Nf3 b6 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. a3 Ba5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. b4 cxb4
17. Ne2 Rc8 18. axb4 Bb6 19. b5 Na5 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Bxa5
Bxa5 22. Nf4 Rd8 23. Nd4 Bb6 24. Nc6 Rd7 25. Qf3 g5 26. Nd3
Qe8 27. Rd1 Ne4 28. Ndb4 Nc3 29. Rd3 d4 30. exd4 Qe1+ 31. Kg2
Ne2 32. Qe4 Nf4+ 33. Kf3 Qh1+ 34. Ke3 Qc1+ 35. Kf3 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnbrkqrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNBRKQRB w GDgd - 0 1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nb3 b6 3. Qe2 g6 4. O-O Ba6 5. d3 Nc6 6. g3 Nc7
7. Nc3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 g5 9. f4 gxf4 10. Bxf4 Ne6 11. e5 Qg7
12. Rde1 Rh8 13. Qh5 c4 14. Nc1 cxd3 15. cxd3 Qg6 16. Qd1 h5
17. Re3 h4 18. Ne2 O-O-O 19. d4 Na5 20. Be4 Qg7 21. Rf2 Rdg8
22. Bg2 Bb7 23. d5 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 hxg3 25. hxg3 Kb8 26. Qd3 Qh7
27. Qxh7 Rxh7 28. Nc1 Rc8 29. Nb3 Nc4 30. Re2 e6 31. d6 Rg7
32. Bxb7 Kxb7 33. Kg2 Rg5 34. Rfe4 Ka6 35. g4 b5 36. a4 bxa4
37. Ra2 a3 38. Nd2 Nxd2 39. Rxa3+ Kb6 40. Rb4+ Kc6 41. Ra6+
Kd5 42. Ra5+ Rc5 43. Rd4+ Kc6 44. Rxa7 Nc4 45. Rc7+ Kb5
46. Rxd7 Nxe5 47. Rb7+ Kc6 48. Rc7+ Kb6 49. Rb4+ Rb5 50. Rxb5+
Kxb5 51. d7 Nxd7 52. Rxd7 Rxg4+ 53. Kf3 f5 54. Re7 Re4 55. Rc7
Rc4 56. Re7 Rxc3+ 57. Kf4 Rc4+ 58. Kf3 Re4 59. Rc7 e5 60. Rc8
Rc4 61. Re8 Rf4+ 62. Kg3 Re4 63. Kf3 Kc5 64. Ra8 Kd5 65. Ra5+
Ke6 66. Ra6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkqbbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKQBBNR w HAha - 0 1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. Qf3 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 e6 9. O-O-O Qg5+ 10. Kb1 O-O-O 11. h4
Rxd1+ 12. Qxd1 Qc5 13. Qd2 f6 14. Bd3 Be7 15. f4 Nb4 16. Bxb4
Qxb4 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Bc4 Qb6 19. Nf3 Kb8 20. Rd1 Bc8 21. a4
Bc5 22. Bb3 a6 23. Qd3 h5 24. Qg6 Qc7 25. Re1 Qxf4 26. Bxe6
Bxe6 27. Rxe6 Qg4 28. Qe4 Qxg2 29. b4 Rc8 30. bxc5 Rxc5
31. Re8+ Kc7 32. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnrkbrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRKBRNB w FCfc - 0 1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. c4 g6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Bc6
7. Bd2 O-O 8. g3 Nd7 9. O-O b6 10. Qb1 Rfd8 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. b4 Ne5 13. e4 Bxe4 14. dxe4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Rxd2 16. bxc5
bxc5 17. Rc2 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 c4 19. Kg2 Qc6 20. Rd1 c3 21. Rd5
e6 22. Ra5 Rd8 23. Rxa7 Rd2 24. Qb3 Be5 25. Qa3 Bd6 26. Ra8+
Kg7 27. Qc1 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqnknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQNKNR w HChc - 0 1"]

1. d4 d5 2. b3 b6 3. c4 Ngf6 4. Nd3 c5 5. dxc5 dxc4 6. Rxc4
Bd5 7. Rc2 bxc5 8. Nf3 c4 9. bxc4 Rxc4 10. Rxc4 Bxc4 11. O-O
O-O 12. Nfe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd5 14. Bb2 Bxa2 15. Bxa2 Qxa2
16. Qa1 Qe6 17. Re1 a6 18. Qa5 Nd7 19. Nf4 Qe4 20. g3 Nef6
21. Qxa6 Ra8 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Nxd3 e6 24. Ra1 Rxa1+ 25. Bxa1
Nd5 26. e4 Ne7 27. f3 f6 28. Kf2 e5 29. Ke3 Nc6 30. Bc3 Kf8
31. f4 Ke7 32. Nb4 Nxb4 33. Bxb4+ Ke6 34. f5+ Kf7 35. g4 Nb8
36. Kd3 Nc6 37. Bc5 Ke8 38. Kc4 Nd8 39. Kd5 Nf7 40. h4 Nh6
41. g5 fxg5 42. hxg5 Nf7 43. Be3 Kd7 44. Bc1 Ke7 45. Bd2 Kd7
46. f6 gxf6 47. gxf6 h5 48. Be1 Ke8 49. Ke6 Nd8+ 50. Kxe5 Kf7
51. Kf5 Ne6 52. Bf2 Nf8 53. e5 Ne6 54. Bg3 Nf8 55. Be1 Ne6
56. Bc3 Nc5 57. Bd4 Ne6 58. Bb2 Nf8 59. Kg5 Ne6+ 60. Kxh5 Nf8
61. Kg5 Ne6+ 62. Kf5 Nf8 63. Ke4 Ne6 64. Kd5 Nf4+ 65. Kd6 Ne6
66. Bc1 Nf8 67. Be3 Ne6 68. Bh6 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alireza Firouzja"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnrkrqbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNRKRQBB w ECec - 0 1"]

1. Nb3 g6 2. O-O-O f5 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 Nb6 5. f4 Bd5 6. Bxd5
Nxd5 7. c4 Nb6 8. d5 Nb4 9. a3 Na6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 d6 12. Nc3
Kc7 13. Nd2 Kb8 14. Nf3 h6 15. Qd3 Nc7 16. Re2 Nd7 17. b4 Na6
18. b5 Nc7 19. e6 Nf6 20. Kc2 Red8 21. b6 axb6 22. Rb1 Ne4
23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Rxe4 b5 25. cxb5 Qf5 26. b6 Nxd5 27. Nh4 c4
28. Qf3 Qf8 29. Nxg6 Qe8 30. Nxh8 Qa4+ 31. Kc1 Rxh8 32. Rd4
Nf6 33. Rb4 Qa5 34. Qc3 Rc6 35. Kb2 Rhc8 36. Qc2 c3+ 37. Ka2
Rxb6 38. Rxb6 Qxb6 39. Bf2 Qc6 40. f5 Qb5 41. Be3 Rc6 42. h3
Qe5 43. Bf2 Rb6 44. Qxc3 Qxf5 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkbbrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKBBRNQ w FAfa - 0 1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 Rxf5 4. g4 Rf8 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf3
Rxf4 7. Bxc6 Rxf1 8. Bxb7+ Kb8 9. O-O-O Rxg1 10. Qf3 Rf1
11. Qxf1 Kxb7 12. Qb5+ Kc8 13. Qa6+ Kb8 14. d4 Ne7 15. Bg3 d6
16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Nc5 dxc5 18. dxc5 Qf8 19. c6 Qb4 20. Rd3 Qb6
21. Rb3 Bxc6 22. Qc4 Kb7 23. a4 a5 24. Bf2 Qb4 25. Bc5 Nb6
26. Rxb4 axb4 27. Bxb6 cxb6 28. b3 Bg5+ 29. Kb1 Rd8 30. Qxb4
Rd1+ 31. Ka2 Bf6 32. c3 Rd5 33. Qc4 h6 34. h3 Re5 35. Qd3 Re1
36. Kb2 Rg1 37. Qe3 Rg2+ 38. Kb1 Bd5 39. Qd3 Rg1+ 40. Kc2 Re1
41. Kb2 Bc6 42. Qd2 Rf1 43. Qe2 Rf3 44. Qxe6 Rxc3 45. Ka3 Rd3
46. Qf7+ Rd7 47. Qe6 Rd2 48. Qf7+ Kb8 49. Qf8+ Kc7 50. Qf7+
Kd6 51. Qf8+ Kd7 52. Qf7+ Be7+ 53. b4 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[PlyCount "246"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbqrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBQRBNN w EAea - 0 1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ne5 Nd7 4. Ng3 Nxe5 5. dxe5 Ng6 6. f4
e6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Bb5 c6 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bf1 b6 11. Nxe4 Be7
12. g3 Bb7 13. a4 c5 14. Nc3 Bf8 15. a5 Ne7 16. Bd3 Nf5 17. b3
h5 18. Kb2 Be7 19. Bd2 Nd4 20. Be3 Bc6 21. Red1 Kc7 22. Be4 b5
23. Bxc6 Kxc6 24. Ne4 Nf5 25. Bf2 a6 26. c3 Rab8 27. Kc2 Rd5
28. h3 Rbd8 29. Rd2 Rxd2+ 30. Nxd2 g5 31. fxg5 Bxg5 32. Ne4
Be3 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Bxf2 35. gxf5 Be3 36. Rf1 Rd5
37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Rf3 Bg1 39. c4 Rxe5 40. Kd3 bxc4+ 41. bxc4
Rf5 42. Rh3 Bd4 43. Rh6 Rf3+ 44. Kc2 Re3 45. Rxe6+ Kd7
46. Nxc5+ Bxc5 47. Rxa6 Ra3 48. Rg6 Rxa5 49. Kd3 Ra1 50. Rg5
Kc6 51. Rd5 Rd1+ 52. Kc2 Rh1 53. Kc3 Rh3+ 54. Kc2 Bb4 55. Rd3
Rh8 56. Rd5 Bd6 57. Kc3 Rh4 58. Kb3 Rh3+ 59. Kc2 Bc5 60. Kb2
Bb4 61. Rb5 Bc5 62. Kc2 Bd4 63. Rb3 Rh2+ 64. Kd3 Bh8 65. Rb8
Rh3+ 66. Ke4 Rh4+ 67. Kd3 Bf6 68. Rb5 Rh3+ 69. Kd2 Rh2+
70. Kd3 Rh3+ 71. Kd2 Rc3 72. Rf5 Bd4 73. Rh5 Rxc4 74. Kd3 Ra4
75. Rf5 Kd6 76. Rh5 Be5 77. Rf5 Kd5 78. Rf3 Bf4 79. Kc2 Ke4
80. Rc3 Be5 81. Kb3 Ra8 82. Rh3 Kd5 83. Rh5 Rb8+ 84. Ka4 Rb1
85. Ka5 Rb2 86. Rg5 Kd4 87. Ka6 Rb1 88. Rh5 Kd5 89. Ka5 Ke4
90. Ka6 Bd4 91. Rb5 Ra1+ 92. Ra5 Rg1 93. Rh5 Kd3 94. Kb5 Rb1+
95. Kc6 Kc4 96. Kd6 Rb3 97. Ke6 Rf3 98. Rf5 Re3+ 99. Kd6 Ra3
100. Ke6 Ra6+ 101. Kf7 Kd3 102. Rf4 Ke3 103. Rh4 Be5 104. Rb4
Bd4 105. Rb1 Ke4 106. Re1+ Kd5 107. Rd1 Rf6+ 108. Ke7 Rf2
109. Kd7 Rf5 110. Ke7 Rf2 111. Kd7 Rf7+ 112. Kd8 Rh7 113. Rd2
Ke5 114. Rd1 Bc5 115. Rd7 Rh6 116. Rd1 Ke6 117. Kc7 Ke5
118. Kd7 Bd4 119. Re1+ Kd5 120. Rd1 Rh7+ 121. Kd8 Rg7 122. Rd2
Rh7 123. Rd1 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.13"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbnqkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBNQKRB w GAga - 0 1"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Qxe5 3. g3 O-O 4. Bf4 Qc5 5. Qc3 Qxc3
6. Nbxc3 Ne6 7. Nd5 Nc6 8. Bxc7 Nxc7 9. Nxc7 Rb8 10. Ne3 g6
11. O-O-O b5 12. Ncd5 Re8 13. Rd2 h5 14. Rgd1 Be5 15. g4 hxg4
16. Nxg4 Re6 17. f4 Bg7 18. e4 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. e5 Rb6
21. Ne3 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. c3 Bh6 24. Nd5 Re6 25. Kc2 Kg7
26. Re2 d6 27. Rd4 Kf8 28. Nf6 Rbe7 29. Kd3 dxe5 30. fxe5 Kg7
31. Ng4 Bg5 32. Rf2 Rb7 33. Rf3 Be7 34. a3 a6 35. Rd5 Bg5
36. Kc2 Rc6 37. Nf2 Be7 38. Nd3 Rc4 39. Rf4 Rc8 40. h3 Rh8
41. Rf3 Rc7 42. e6 f5 43. Nf4 Bg5 44. Ne2 Re7 45. Nd4 Bf6
46. Rd6 Rhe8 47. Re3 Ra8 48. Nc6 Ree8 49. Rd7+ Kh6 50. e7 Kg7
51. Re6 Kf7 52. Rdd6 Bxe7 53. Ne5+ Kg7 54. Rxg6+ Kf8 55. Rxa6
Rxa6 56. Rxa6 Bg5 57. h4 Bd8 58. Nf3 Re2+ 59. Kb3 Rf2 60. Ra8
Ke7 61. Nd4 Bb6 62. Nxb5 f4 63. Ra6 Be3 64. Nd6 Bc1 65. Kc4
Rxb2 66. Nf5+ Kf7 67. Nd4 Rf2 68. Kd3 f3 69. Ke4 Ra2 70. Nxf3
Rxa3 71. Rxa3 Bxa3 72. Kd5 Kg6 73. c4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Chess 9LX"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.13"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Source "TWIC"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnrknbrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRKNBRQ w GCgc - 0 1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 c6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e6 5. c5 Na6 6. Nd3 d5
7. cxd6 Nxd6 8. b4 O-O 9. O-O Rfd8 10. a4 Nc7 11. Ne4 Nf5
12. Bxg7 Qxg7 13. Rfd1 Nd4 14. Kf1 b6 15. e3 Nf5 16. Ne1 Nd5
17. Rb1 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rdc1 c4 20. h4 h5 21. Kg1 a5
22. Nc2 c3 23. dxc3 Nxc3 24. Nxc3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxc3 26. Qe1
Qe5 27. Kg1 Rc4 28. Na3 Rxa4 29. Nc4 Qe4 30. Nd2 Qg4 31. Qd1
Nxg3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "126"]

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. b4 Bxa2
12. Nxa2 Nc6 13. c4 Nd4 14. Nc3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 c6 16. Be3 Qc8
17. Rfc1 Qe6 18. Ne2 Rfc8 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Nc3 h6 21. h3 Rc6
22. Nd5 Rac8 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Bd8 26. Kh2
Kh7 27. Ra2 Qd7 28. Qd1 Qb7 29. Qb3 Rc8 30. Nxf6+ Bxf6 31. Qd5
Qxd5 32. exd5 Rb8 33. Rxa6 Rxb4 34. Rxd6 e4 35. d4 Bxd4
36. Bxd4 Rxd4 37. Kg3 g5 38. Rf6 Kg7 39. Rd6 Kh7 40. Kg4 e3+
41. Kf3 exf2 42. Kxf2 Kg7 43. Ke3 Rd1 44. Ke4 Rd2 45. g4 Re2+
46. Kd4 Rh2 47. Rb6 Rxh3 48. d6 Rh1 49. Kd5 Rd1+ 50. Kc6 Kf6
51. Rb2 Ke5 52. Re2+ Kf4 53. Rf2+ Kxg4 54. Rxf7 h5 55. d7 h4
56. Rf1 Rd2 57. Rf2 Rd3 58. Kc7 h3 59. d8=Q Rxd8 60. Kxd8 Kg3
61. Rf1 h2 62. Ke7 Kg2 63. Rf5 g4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5
7. Nd2 dxc4 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qd8 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 O-O
12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qb3 Rc7 15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. Ne4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 Rd8 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Nd3 b6 20. Kg2 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5
22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. b3 a5 24. Rc3 f5 25. Bf3 g5 26. h3 h5
27. Rdc1 g4 28. Be2 Rbc8 29. Nf4 Bf7 30. Bc4 Rc6 31. Rd3 e5
32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nd5 Bf8 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Rc4 Rd6 36. e4
fxe4 37. Rxe4 Ke6 38. Nf4+ Kf5 39. Rxd6 Bxd6 40. Nd5 Kxe4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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. b4 Bxa2
12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Na7 18. a4 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. c4 Rab8 21. cxb5 axb5
22. a5 Rfc8 23. Qb3 Kf8 24. Rc2 Qb7 25. Rec1 Nd8 26. Be3 Ne6
27. Qa2 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Ra8 29. h3 h6 30. Qb3 Nc7 31. Nd2 Na6
32. Ne4 f5 33. Nc3 Rc8 34. Bb6 d5 35. Nxb5 Nxb4 36. Rc7 Rxc7
37. Nxc7 Qc6 38. Qb1 Bd6 39. d4 e4 40. Ne6+ Kf7 41. Nc5 Bxc5
42. Bxc5 Nd3 43. Qa2 Nxc5 44. dxc5 Qxc5 45. a6 Qc6 46. a7 Qa8
47. Qa5 Kg8 48. Qc7 Kh7 49. Qb8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5
7. Nd2 dxc4 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qd8 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 O-O
12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qb3 Rc7 15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. e4 Rd8
17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Be8 19. h4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Qxb6 Rcd7
22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Qa8 24. a3 Qa4 25. Rd2 Rxd4 26. b3 Qb5
27. Qxb5 cxb5 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Bxb7 Kf8 30. Rc8 Ke7 31. Ra8
h6 32. b4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kg2 Rd1 35. Ra5 Re1 36. f4 gxf4
37. gxf4 Re3 38. Kf2 Rc3 39. Bf3 Kf8 40. Be2 Bd7 41. Ra7 Be8
42. Ra8 Ke7 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44. Ra5 Bd7 45. Ke1 Kg7 46. Kd2 Rg3
47. Bd3 Kf8 48. Kc3 Rf3 49. Kd4 Rxf4+ 50. Kc5 Rf3 51. Bxb5
Bxb5 52. Kxb5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5
12. Bd3 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. a3 Nd7 15. b4 Qd8 16. O-O Ne5
17. Bc2 Nc6 18. Bb2 Be5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nb3 Nc4 21. Qd3 g6
22. Nd4 Qf6 23. Bb3 Rac8 24. Rac1 Rfe8 25. Rfe1 Kg7 26. Bxc4
Rxc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Qc3 Kg8 29. Nb5 Qxc3 30. Nxc3 Rd8
31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. e4 Kd6 35. Ke3 f6
36. Kd4 b5 37. Nc3 a6 38. a4 Bd7 39. axb5 axb5 40. Nd5 Ke6
41. h4 Bc6 42. Nf4+ Kd6 43. g4 Bb7 44. g5 fxg5 45. hxg5 Bc6
46. Ne2 Bd7 47. f4 Bc6 48. Nc3 Ke6 49. Kc5 Bd7 50. Nd5 Kf7
51. Kd6 Be8 52. e5 Kf8 53. e6 Kg7 54. Nf6 Kf8 55. Nxh7+ Kg7
56. Nf6 Kf8 57. e7+ Kf7 58. f5 c3 59. fxg6+ Kxg6 60. Nxe8 c2
61. Nc7 c1=Q 62. e8=Q+ Kxg5 63. Qxb5+ Kf6 64. Nd5+ Kg6
65. Qd3+ Kf7 66. Qf5+ Ke8 67. Qd7+ Kf8 68. Qe7+ Kg8 69. Nf6+
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. d5
Nxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8
17. O-O Bc5 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 O-O
22. b3 Rxd5 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Rfd8 26. Kh2
Bf8 27. f4 gxf4 28. Rxf4 Rh5+ 29. Rh4 Rxh4+ 30. gxh4 Rd6
31. Kh3 Re6 32. Qg4+ Bg7 33. Qc4 Bf8 34. g3 Bg7 35. Kg2 Bf8
36. Qc8 Rg6 37. Qf5 Re6 38. Qd5 Bg7 39. Qa8+ Bf8 40. Qd5 Re2+
41. Kf3 Re6 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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. b4 Bxa2
12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. h3 Bf6 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4
Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kf1 Re5 24. a4 Rxd5 25. axb5 Rxb5
26. Rxa6 h6 27. Ke2 Kf8 28. f4 Ke8 29. Kf3 Kd7 30. Ke4 d5+
31. Kf3 Be7 32. Ra4 Bd6 33. Ke2 g6 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 h5
36. Kf3 Rb8 37. Be1 Re8 38. Bf2 Re5 39. Bxd4 Rxf5+ 40. Ke2 Rg5
41. Kf3 Rg3+ 42. Kf2 Rg4 43. c3 Rf4+ 44. Ke2 Rg4 45. Kf2 Rf4+
46. Ke2 Rg4 47. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. N2f3 O-O
12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Rfd1 Ba3 16. Ra1 Qe7
17. Ne5 Be4 18. f3 Bd5 19. e4 Bc6 20. Qe3 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Bxd7
22. Bb6 Bb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Rd2 Rc6 25. Rf2 Rfc8 26. h3 h5
27. Kh1 Rxb6 28. Qxb6 Bc5 29. Qxb5 Bxf2 30. Qxh5 Bg3 31. Qb5
Bb8 32. Re1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 g6 6. d4 Bg7
7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Nh5 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 Nxg3 13. Qxg3 e6 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Qf3 Re8 16. Re2 Nd5
17. Bg3 Nb6 18. Bb3 a5 19. a4 Nd5 20. Rae1 Qf6 21. Qe4 Qf5
22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Bc2 Red8 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Kg7 26. g4
fxg4 27. hxg4 h6 28. Kg2 Nf6 29. Kg3 Rd5 30. f4 Nd7 31. R5e2
Nf6 32. Rh1 Rad8 33. Bb3 R5d7 34. g5 hxg5 35. fxg5 Nd5
36. Reh2 Rg8 37. Kf3 Kf8 38. Rh8 Rd8 39. Bc2 Ke7 40. R8h7 Rxg5
41. Rh8 Rdg8 42. Rxg8 Rxg8 43. Rh2 Nb6 44. Rh5 Nd5 45. Be4 b6
46. Bxd5 cxd5 47. Rh2 b5 48. axb5 Rb8 49. Ke3 Rxb5 50. Kd3 Kd6
51. Kc2 Rb7 52. Rh8 f6 53. Ra8 f5 54. Rxa5 f4 55. b4 Rf7
56. Kd2 f3 57. Ra6+ Ke7 58. Ra7+ Kf6 59. Rxf7+ Kxf7 60. Ke3
Ke7 61. Kxf3 Kd6 62. Kf4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Be2 O-O
12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bb5 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. bxc4 b6
17. Qa4 Bc5 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Qxa6 Rfd8 20. Qb5 Nd7 21. h3 h6
22. Qb2 Bf8 23. Be2 Nc5 24. Rb1 Qa7 25. Bf3 Rd6 26. Be2 Rcd8
27. Qc2 R6d7 28. Be5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Nd7 31. Bd4
Bc5 32. Qb2 Bf8 33. Bf3 Nc5 34. Bd1 Qa5 35. Bc3 Qa6 36. Bb3
Qa7 37. Bd4 Qa5 38. Qc3 Qa8 39. Qc2 Qa5 40. Bc3 Qa8 41. Qb2
Qe4 42. Qc2 Qa8 43. Kf1 Be7 44. Bd4 Bf6 45. Bxc5 bxc5 46. Qd3
Qd8 47. Qe2 Qa5 48. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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. b4 Bxa2
12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Na7 18. a4 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. c4 d5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. cxb5 Nxb4 24. Nxe5 Qxb5 25. Qg4 Nc2 26. Nxf7
Nxe1 27. Qe6 Kf8 28. Ne5 Qe8 29. Nd7+ Qxd7 30. Qxd7 Ra1
31. Kf1 Nf3+ 32. Ke2 Nxd2 33. Kxd2 Ra2+ 34. Ke3 Bc5+ 35. d4
Ra3+ 36. Kf4 Be7 37. Qxd5 Ra6 38. g3 h6 39. Ke4 Rd6 40. Qa8+
Kf7 41. Qa2+ Kf8 42. h4 Rf6 43. f4 Rd6 44. h5 Rf6 45. g4 Rd6
46. Qa8+ Kf7 47. d5 Rd8 48. Qc6 Rd6 49. Qc8 Rd8 50. Qe6+ Kf8
51. Qf5+ Kg8 52. g5 hxg5 53. fxg5 Re8 54. Qd7 Kf8 55. Kf5 Ba3
56. Kg6 Be7 57. Qe6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.23"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. a3 Ke7 11. b4 Bd6
12. Bb2 b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Nb3 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Rhg8
17. Bb2 Nce5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rc1 Nc4 21. Bxc4
bxc4 22. Na5 Bd5 23. e4 Bxe4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Nxc4 Bd5
26. Ne3 Be4 27. f3 Bd3 28. g3 a5 29. bxa5 Bc5 30. Kf2 Kd7
31. Bc1 Kc6 32. Ke1 Kb5 33. Ng4 Bd6 34. Bd2 f5 35. Nf6 Be7
36. Nh5 Bxa3 37. h4 Bd6 38. Kf2 Bc5+ 39. Kg2 Bd4 40. g4 fxg4
41. fxg4 e5 42. Nf6 e4 43. Nd5 e3 44. Nxe3 Bxe3 45. Bxe3 Kxa5
46. Kg3 Kb5 47. Kf4 Kc4 48. Kg5 Kd5 49. Kh6 Ke6 50. g5 Kf7
51. h5 Kg8 52. g6 hxg6 53. hxg6 Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. d3 e6
7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Qc7 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. O-O O-O-O
12. Be3 h5 13. b4 Ne5 14. b5 c5 15. Nb3 h4 16. a4 hxg3
17. hxg3 Bh5 18. f3 Bd6 19. Nd2 Rdg8 20. Ne4 Be7 21. a5 f5
22. b6 axb6 23. axb6 Qc6 24. Bf4 Qd5 25. d4 Nc6 26. Nxc5 Qxd4+
27. Be3 Bxc5 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Ra8+ Kd7 30. Qd3 Rxa8 31. c3
Ra3 32. g4 Ke7 33. gxh5 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 Rxh5+ 35. Bh3 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6
7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O c5 10. c4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5
12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. cxd5
Nxd5 17. N2f3 Qb7 18. a3 a5 19. Ne5 a4 20. e4 Ne7 21. f3 Ng6
22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Nb5 Qb8 24. e5 Nb3 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Nd6 Qc6
27. Kh2 Nc5 28. Qe3 f6 29. Rd4 g5 30. exf6 Rxd6 31. Qxg5 Rd7
32. Qg6 Qc8 33. Rh4 Qf8 34. Qh7+ Kf7 35. Rg4 Rd8 36. fxg7 Qg8
37. Qg6+ Ke7 38. Rf4 Nd7 39. Qg5+ Ke8 40. Qg6+ Ke7 41. Qg5+
Ke8 42. Rxa4 Rc8 43. Rh4 Rc5 44. Qg6+ Ke7 45. Rh8 Ne5 46. Qg5+
Kf7 47. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c6
7. a4 a5 8. b3 Na6 9. Ba3 Re8 10. c3 Bf5 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Rc1
Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be4 14. Bh3 Qb6 15. Qd1 Bxf3 16. exf3 e5
17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 19. Qc2 Bf6 20. Re1 Nc5 21. Rb1
Re8 22. Bf1 Kg7 23. Kg2 Ne6 24. Bc1 Qc5 25. Bd2 d4 26. c4 b6
27. Re1 Rd8 28. h4 d3 29. Qc1 Nd4 30. Bxd3 Nxb3 31. Bh6+ Kg8
32. Qf4 Qd4 33. Re4 Qc3 34. Qe3 Rf8 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Qh6+ Bg7
37. Qf4 Bf6 38. h5 gxh5 39. Qh6+ Bg7 40. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.27"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. b3 O-O 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nd3 Bb7 12. Nc3
Nf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qd3 Qd7
17. Rac1 Ba3 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Bc1 Be7 20. Bb2 Rc7 21. Rfc1
Rfc8 22. e3 Bb7 23. Qd1 g6 24. Ne2 Ne4 25. Nf4 Rxc2 26. Rxc2
Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qc6 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.28"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. Nxf6+
gxf6 7. d3 e6 8. g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Bb4+ 10. c3 Be7 11. O-O Qa5
12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nd4 Rfe8 14. b4 Qe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxf5
exf5 17. Bh3 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rb1 Rxa2 20. Bxf5 b5 21. Be3
Bd6 22. Be4 Kg7 23. h3 Re7 24. Ra1 Rb2 25. Rdb1 Rxb1+ 26. Rxb1
Rc7 27. Kg2 Nd7 28. Ra1 Nc5 29. Bf5 Na4 30. c4 Nc3 31. c5 Be7
32. Bf4 Nd5 33. Bxc7 Nxc7 34. d4 b4 35. Rb1 Nd5 36. Bd3 f5
37. Bc4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.29"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6
7. Bd3 Ba6 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Nc6
12. Rac1 Rc8 13. d4 Bd6 14. Qb5 Qd7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rc3 Qb4
17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Rfc1 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Nxa2 20. Ra3 Nb4 21. Rxa7
Nd3 22. Rb7 Nxb2 23. Rxb6 Na4 24. Rc6 Rb8 25. h3 Nb6 26. Ne5
Nfd7 27. Ndf3 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 h6 29. g4 Rb7 30. Kg2 g6 31. Rd6
Kg7 32. Rd8 Rc7 33. h4 Nc4 34. Rd7 Rxd7 35. Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.31"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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. b4 Bxa2
12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Na7 18. a4 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. c4 d5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. cxb5 Nxb4 24. Nxe5 Qxb5 25. Qg4 Nc2 26. Rf1
Bf6 27. Bf4 Nd4 28. Bg3 Ne6 29. Qf5 Nd4 30. Qg4 Ne6 31. Qf5
Nd4 32. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.32"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. b3 Bf5 11. Bb2 Ne4
12. Qe3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qd7 15. Rad1 Rfc8 16. Qe3
a6 17. h4 h5 18. Qb6 Rab8 19. Rd2 Qc7 20. Qe3 b5 21. Rc1 Be6
22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 e6 24. Rdd1 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Qd7 26. Rcd4
d5 27. Qd3 Qb5 28. Qf3 Rc2 29. R1d2 Rbc8 30. Kg2 Rxd2 31. Rxd2
Qb4 32. Qd3 a5 33. Rc2 Rxc2 34. Qxc2 Kg7 35. e3 d4 36. exd4
Qxd4 37. Qc6 Qd2 38. a3 Qd3 39. Qa4 Qd5+ 40. Kh2 Qc5 41. Kg1
Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qc5 43. b4 Qd5+ 44. Kg1 axb4 45. axb4 Qd4 46. Qb3
Kf6 47. b5 Qb6 48. Qc4 Ke7 49. Qb4+ Kd7 50. Qc4 Ke7 51. Kf1
Kd7 52. Ke2 Ke7 53. Qb4+ Kd7 54. Qc4 Ke7 55. Kf3 Qb7+ 56. Ke3
Qb6+ 57. Ke2 Kd7 58. Qa4 Ke7 59. Qa6 Qc5 60. b6 Qc2+ 61. Kf1
Qc1+ 62. Kg2 Qc6+ 63. Kg1 Qc1+ 64. Kh2 Qc5 65. Qa7+ Kf8
66. Qa8+ Ke7 67. Qb7+ Kf8 68. Kg2 Kg7 69. Qc7 Qd5+ 70. Kh2 Qd4
71. Kg1 Qd1+ 72. Kg2 Qd5+ 73. Kh2 Qd4 74. Kg2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.33"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Na6 6. Nxf6+
gxf6 7. d4 Bf5 8. c3 Qd5 9. Qc4 Nc7 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Be2 Rg8
12. g3 e6 13. Nh4 Bh3 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Rhe1 Rd7
17. f4 Ne7 18. Bh5 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Re2 Kc7 21. Rde1 a5
22. Be3 a4 23. Bf2 b5 24. Bf3 b4 25. c4 Bd3 26. c5 Be7 27. Rd2
Bc4 28. Kb1 Bd5 29. Bh5 Rf8 30. f5 exf5 31. Be3 Be4+ 32. Kc1
Kb7 33. Bd1 Ra8 34. g4 fxg4 35. Bxg4 f5 36. Bh5 Bf6 37. Bd1 a3
38. Bb3 Rad8 39. bxa3 bxa3 40. Red1 f4 41. Bxf4 Bxd4 42. Rxd4
Rxd4 43. Re1 Bd5 44. Re7+ Ka6 45. Be5 Bxb3 46. Bxd4 Rxd4
47. axb3 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.34"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 Nc6
7. O-O d6 8. d4 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. e3 Qd7 11. Nh4 Nxd2
12. Qxd2 Bh3 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 dxc5 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. Rd5
Rad8 17. Rfd1 Rd6 18. Rxd6 exd6 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Rxd6 Re8
21. Qf6 Ne5 22. Nf3 Ng4 23. Qf4 b6 24. Rd7 Rf8 25. Rxf7 Rd8
26. Rg7+ Kxg7 27. Qc7+ Kh6 28. Qxd8 Kg7 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Qxa7
Qh5 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qc7+ Kg8 33. Qxb6 Qf5 34. Qb8+ Kg7
35. Qf4 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.35"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. Nxf6+
gxf6 7. d3 Nd7 8. g3 e6 9. Bg2 Qc7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Rb1 h5
12. b4 Nb6 13. b5 c5 14. Nh4 Bh7 15. Qxh5 Bd6 16. Qe2 Nd5
17. Bd2 Be5 18. a4 Rdg8 19. a5 Qd7 20. Nf3 Bc3 21. a6 b6
22. Nh4 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Nc7 24. Bc6 Qd4 25. Nf3 Qg4 26. Rfe1 Bf5
27. Qe2 Qh3 28. Qf1 Qh5 29. Qg2 Bh3 30. Qh1 Bg4 31. Nd2 Nd5
32. Bxd5 exd5 33. c4 Rd8 34. Re7 Qg5 35. f4 Qf5 36. Qg2 Qxd3
37. Rxa7 Be2 38. Re7 Rhe8 39. a7 Rxe7 40. a8=Q+ Kc7 41. Qc6+
Kb8 42. Qxb6+ Kc8 43. Qc6+ Rc7 44. Qa8+ Kd7 45. Qaxd5+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.36"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O
7. c4 c5 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc1 Nc7 11. Rd1 Nc6
12. Ne4 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Ne6 14. d3 Rc8 15. Rac1 Rc7 16. h4 Ned4
17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Qf4 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. d4
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rcd7 23. e3 cxd4 24. exd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4
26. Ba8 Rd8 27. Be4 a5 28. Rc7 Rd7 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rb8 Rd6
31. Rb7 e6 32. Kg2 Ng4 33. Bf3 Ne5 34. Be4 Rd2 35. Bf3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.37"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Bb3 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7
7. c3 h6 8. Re1 a6 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. Ng3 O-O 12. h3
c5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Rac1 d5 16. e5 cxd4 17. cxd4
Nc6 18. Bc2 Qe7 19. a3 Na5 20. h4 Nc4 21. Qe2 Nxb2 22. h5 Nc4
23. hxg6+ fxg6 24. Nh5 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Rxc2
27. Rxc2 gxh5 28. Rc7 Ba8 29. Rec1 a5 30. Ra7 Qxa3 31. Rcc7
Bc6 32. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.38"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5
7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qe7 11. a4 Rd8
12. Ba3 d6 13. Nd4 Na5 14. Qd3 e5 15. Nb5 e4 16. Bxd6 Qe6
17. Qc2 Rxd6 18. Nc7 Qe7 19. Nxa8 Nxc4 20. Rad1 Rc6 21. Rd4
Bf5 22. Qb3 Ne5 23. Qxb7 Qf8 24. Rfd1 Rxc3 25. Rd8 Ne8 26. Qb5
Nc6 27. Qxf5 Nxd8 28. Rxd8 Rc1+ 29. Bf1 Qe7 30. Rd7 Qb4
31. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.39"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Sarin Nihal"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Ngf3 e6 6. Be2 Bd6
7. Bg3 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. c4 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Qb6
12. Rfc1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Rc3 Nf6 16. Rac1
Rfd8 17. Qa3 a6 18. Rb3 Qc7 19. Nf3 Bh5 20. Bd3 Bxf3 21. gxf3
g6 22. f4 Kg7 23. Kg2 h5 24. Qb4 Rab8 25. c5 Rh8 26. Rh1 Qe7
27. f3 Nd7 28. Qc3 h4 29. g4 h3+ 30. Kf1 h2 31. Qe1 Rh3
32. Qf2 Rbh8 33. Rxb7 Qd8 34. g5 Nf8 35. b4 e5 36. dxe5 Ne6
37. f5 Nxg5 38. f6+ Kf8 39. Be2 Kg8 40. Qg2 Ne6 41. Bd3 R3h6
42. f4 d4 43. Qxc6 dxe3 44. Qd6 Kh7 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. Rg7+
Nxg7 47. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Chess"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.01"]
[EventDate "2020.11.01"]
[Round "1.310"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sarin Nihal"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. d4 Bb7
7. O-O e6 8. c4 d6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. h3 c5 12. Qc2
Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rd2 Rac8 15. Rcd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 d5
17. Qb1 dxc4 18. Bxc4 b5 19. Be2 Nb6 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3
Rxd2 22. Rxd2 b4 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Rc1+
26. Kh2 Qd6+ 27. g3 Qd1 28. g4 Nd5 29. Rd2 Qh1+ 30. Kg3 Rg1+
31. Kh4 h6 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qe5+ Kh7 35. Qf4 g5+
36. Nxg5+ hxg5+ 37. Kxg5 Kg7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ Kg7
40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.22"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Qd3 Be7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nb3 d5
12. e5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd4 Nh6 15. f4 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6
17. g3 Nf5 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Nc5 Rf7 20. Rhe1 Re8 21. g4 Nd6
22. h4 Bc8 23. Nd3 Ba6 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Nd3 Ba6 26. Nc5 Bc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.22"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "142"]

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 Be6 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Ne2
Bd5 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Bf4 Ke7 15. Rfd1 Kf8
16. Rac1 Bxa2 17. b3 a5 18. Ra1 Red8 19. Rxa2 c5 20. Be3 Ke8
21. f4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 b5 24. Kf2 a4 25. Kf3 Be7
26. bxa4 bxa4 27. f5 a3 28. Ke4 Kd7 29. c4 Kc6 30. g4 Bc5
31. g5 g6 32. Bc3 Ra4 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Ra1 Ke6
36. Rf1 a2 37. Rf6+ Ke7 38. Rf1 Ra8 39. Kc2 Be3 40. h4 Bc5
41. Kb3 Ra3+ 42. Kc2 Ke8 43. Kb2 a1=Q+ 44. Rxa1 Rxa1 45. Kxa1
Bf2 46. e6 fxe6 47. Kb2 Bxh4 48. Bf6 Bf2 49. Kc2 Bc5 50. Kd3
Bd6 51. Ke4 Kd7 52. Kd4 Kc6 53. Kd3 Kc5 54. Bd4+ Kb4 55. Bc3+
Kb3 56. Bd4 c5 57. Bf6 e5 58. Bd8 e4+ 59. Kxe4 Kxc4 60. Bf6
Bg3 61. Be7 Kb5 62. Kd5 c4 63. Bf6 Bf2 64. Ke6 Kc5 65. Kf7 Bd4
66. Be7+ Kb5 67. Bf6 Kc5 68. Be7+ Kd5 69. Bb4 Be3 70. Kxg6 c3
71. Bxc3 Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.22"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 a6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. f5 Qb6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. g3 b4 16. Ne2 e5
17. Nc1 Be6 18. Qh6 Kb8 19. Bh3 Bf7 20. Nh4 d5 21. Qg7 Rhf8
22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bg2 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Qf2 25. Nh4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Rc8 27. Qxh7 Nd4 28. Nb3 Rxc2 29. Rxd4 Rxb2+ 30. Kc1 exd4
31. Qg8+ Ka7 32. Qc4 Bd6 33. Qc6 Rxa2 34. Qd7+ Ka8 35. Qc6+
Ka7 36. Qd7+ Ka8 37. Qc6+ Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.22"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nf5 Qa5 11. Nd2 Nf6
12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Nb3 Qd5 14. Ne3 Qd6 15. Bf1 Qc7 16. Bd2 Bd6
17. Bc3 O-O 18. Qd4 Nc6 19. Qh4 Be5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Rad1
Rac8 22. c3 Ng6 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Rc7 25. Rd4 e5 26. Rc4
Rfc8 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Nc4 Ng4 29. Rd1 Kf8 30. Be2 Nf6 31. Nb6
Ke7 32. Na5 Be6 33. Bc4 Nf8 34. a4 N8d7 35. Bxe6 Kxe6 36. Nbc4
Nd5 37. Nd2 Nc5 38. Ra1 Nb6 39. b3 Nd5 40. b4 Nd3 41. b5 axb5
42. axb5 b6 43. c4 bxa5 44. cxd5+ Kxd5 45. Rxa5 Rc1+ 46. Nf1
Rb1 47. Ra7 Ke6 48. Ra6+ Kf5 49. g4+ Kg5 50. Ra7 Kg6 51. Rb7
Nc5 52. Rb6+ f6 53. f3 e4 54. Kf2 Nd3+ 55. Ke2 Re1+ 56. Kd2
Rxf1 57. fxe4 0-1

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.22"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6
bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 14. Bh4 Rg8 15. Kb1 Rb8 16. h3 Qa5 17. Qxa5
Nxa5 18. Bxa6 Rxg2 19. Rhg1 Rg6 20. f5 exf5 21. Bg3 Nc6
22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxg1+ 24. Nxg1 Ke7 25. Rd1 f4 26. Rf1
Rg8 27. Ne2 Bxh3 28. Re1 f3 29. Ng1+ Be6 30. Nxf3 Nb4 31. Bb5
Nxa2 32. c3 Rg3 33. Nd4 Nxc3+ 34. Kc2 Nxb5 35. Nf5+ Kd7
36. Nxg3 f5 37. Rf1 Kd6 38. Kd3 Ke5 39. Nh5 Bd5 40. Rc1 Nd4
41. Rc5 Nb3 42. Rb5 Nd4 43. Rb8 Ne6 44. Rb5 Nd4 45. Rc5 Nb3
46. Rb5 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.23"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Anton Guijarro"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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. Qe2 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. c3 O-O
12. Rd1 Qd7 13. Bc2 Bf5 14. Nf1 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Qe6 16. Nd4 Qd7
17. Nf3 Qe6 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. Ne3 Rfe8 20. h3 Na4 21. b3 Nb6
22. Rd2 Nb8 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Re1 c6 25. N5d4 Qg6 26. e6 Qxc2
27. Rxc2 Na8 28. Bxb8 Rxb8 29. Nxc6 Rbc8 30. exf7+ Kxf7
31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Kf1 Rc8 33. Nfd4 Nb6 34. Nb4 Bc5 35. Rd2
Bxd4 36. cxd4 a5 37. Nd3 Rc3 38. Ke2 a4 39. Nc5 Ke7 40. Kd1
axb3 41. axb3 Nd7 42. Re2+ Kd8 43. Ne6+ Ke7 44. Nxg7+ Kf6
45. Ne8+ Kf7 46. Nd6+ Kf6 47. Nxb5 Rxb3 48. Nc7 Nb6 49. Re5
Nc4 50. Nxd5+ Kg6 51. Re2 Rd3+ 52. Kc2 Rxd4 53. Ne7+ Kf7
54. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.23"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 O-O
12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. h3 b5 16. a3 Qb6
17. g4 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. g5 Rxc3 20. gxf6 Rb8 21. Nb3 Rxb3
22. cxb3 Qxe4+ 23. Ka1 Bxf6 24. Bg2 Nf3 25. Qe3 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.23"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alireza Firouzja"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. e5 Bg7 5. d4 f6 6. Bd3 Nh6
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf7 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. c3 Qd6
12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Nf3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. g3 Bh3
17. Be3 b6 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. Qd2 Raf8 20. a4 Kh8 21. a5 c5
22. axb6 Qc6 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 axb6 25. Bh6 Bxh6 26. Qxh6
Qf6 27. Rad1 Qf5 28. Qe3 Kg8 29. Rd2 Rd7 30. Re1 Rfd8 31. b4
d4 32. cxd4 cxd4 33. Qe6+ Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Rd6 35. Rxd6 Rxd6
36. Kg2 d3 37. Kf3 Rd4 38. Ke3 Rxb4 39. Rxd3 Rb5 40. Rd8+ Kg7
41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Rb7 Re5+ 43. Kd4 Re2 44. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.23"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vidit Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. d5 b5
12. Bxc5 Rc8 13. Bb4 Qc7 14. Nd4 a5 15. Ba3 b4 16. Bb2 Qb6
17. Bb5 e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. c4 Rd8 21. c5 Rxd2
22. cxb6 Rxb2 23. Rc8+ Kf7 24. Rc7+ Kf8 25. Ra7 Rb1+ 26. Ke2
Rxh1 27. f4 Rc1 28. Rxa8 Rc8 29. e5 g5 30. g3 gxf4 31. gxf4
Bh6 32. Kf3 Kg7 33. Ra7+ Kg8 34. Rc7 Rf8 35. Rc4 Bg5 36. Kg4
Bd8 37. b7 Bb6 38. Rc8 Kg7 39. Kf3 Ba7 40. Be8 Na6 41. Bb5 Nb8
42. Be8 Na6 43. Bb5 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.23"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2
Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4
Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Bd6 13. f5 Bd7 14. e5 Be7 15. f6 gxf6 16. exf6
Bd6 17. Ne4 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 O-O-O 19. Nxd6+ cxd6 20. Rxd6 Bf5
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Be3 Bxc2 23. Bxa7 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxd1
25. Bd4 Kd7 26. a3 Ke6 27. Bc3 Kf5 28. Kg1 h5 29. g3 Ke4
30. Kf2 Bg4 31. Kg2 Be6 32. Kf2 Bg4 33. Kg2 Be6 34. Kf2 Bg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.24"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2
Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxd4 15. e5 Na6
16. Rxe7 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qe1 Bf6 19. Rxa7 Rxd2 20. Rxa6
Qxa6 21. Qxd2 Qb6 22. g3 Bd4 23. Kg2 Rxf3 24. Kxf3 Qb7+
25. Ke2 Qe4+ 26. Kd1 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qe4+ 28. Kd1 Qb1+ 29. Ke2
Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.24"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "12.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5
7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1+ Kf8
12. c3 h6 13. Ne5 Ne7 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Bf1 Rd8 16. g3 c6 17. a4
Ne8 18. a5 f6 19. Nd3 g5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 a6 22. Nf3 Nc7
23. Nd4 Bc8 24. Bd3 Kf7 25. Be3 Ne6 26. Be2 h5 27. Nxe6 Bxe6
28. Ra4 h4 29. g4 h3 30. f4 d4 31. Bxd4 gxf4 32. g5 Nd5
33. Bxf6 Kg6 34. Bxd8 Rxd8 35. Rd4 Rf8 36. Bxa6 bxa6 37. Rxe6+
Kxg5 38. Rxc6 Ne3 39. Re6 Kf5 40. Ree4 Rg8+ 41. Kf2 Ng4+
42. Ke1 Nxh2 43. Rxf4+ Ke5 44. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.24"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "13.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6
7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 Be7 11. f4 h6 12. Qg4
Nc6 13. Be3 Na5 14. O-O-O Nc4 15. Bf2 Qc7 16. Nd4 h5 17. Qh3
b4 18. g6 bxc3 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Qf5+ Kg8
22. Qe6+ Kh7 23. Bh3 Bf6 24. Bf5+ Kh6 25. b3 Nf8 26. Qxc4 Qxc4
27. bxc4 g6 28. Rhg1 Rg8 29. Nb3 Re8 30. Rxd6 Be7 31. Rb6 Bxe4
32. Bxe4 Ba3+ 33. Kb1 Rxe4 34. Rxa6 Be7 35. Re1 Rxe1+ 36. Bxe1
Nd7 37. Ra7 Rd8 38. Bxc3 Bxh4 39. Ba5 Bf2 40. c5 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.24"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "14.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5
7. Nde2 Nc6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Be4 a5 11. c3 Na6
12. O-O f5 13. Bc2 Be7 14. f4 O-O 15. Be3 e4 16. Nd4 Nc7
17. Bb3 Bf6 18. a4 Kh8 19. Bc4 Qe7 20. Qb3 Na6 21. Ne6 Bxe6
22. dxe6 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Qb5 g5 26. Rd7
Rxd7 27. Qxd7 gxf4 28. Rxf4 Bg5 29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. g4 fxg4
31. Rxg4 Rg8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Ke3 Bg5+ 35. Kxe4
Bc1 36. Kd5 Ke7 37. b3 Bd2 38. Bd3 h6 39. c4 Be3 40. Be2 Bd4
41. h4 Bf2 42. h5 Bd4 43. Bf3 Bf2 44. Ke5 Bd4+ 45. Kf5 b6
46. Bg4 Bc3 47. Bh3 Bd4 48. Kf4 Kd6 49. Ke4 Bc3 50. Kf5 Ke7
51. Bg2 Bb2 52. Bc6 Bc3 53. Bd7 Bb2 54. Ke4 Kd6 55. Kf4 Bc3
56. Kf5 Ke7 57. Bc8 Bb2 58. Kg6 Bc1 59. Kf5 Bb2 60. Kg6 Bc1
61. Kf5 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.24"]
[EventDate "2020.11.22"]
[Round "15.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+
Bxd7 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3 Bc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. b3 Be7 11. Ba3 O-O
12. Rac1 Qa5 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Nxe4 15. Qe5 Qxe5 16. Nxe5
Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rfd8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. b4 Rd2 20. Ra3 Rb2
21. Ra4 g5 22. g3 Kg7 23. Rd1 h5 24. a3 h4 25. gxh4 gxh4
26. h3 Rb3 27. Kh2 Rf3 28. Kg2 Rf4 29. c5 Kf6 30. Kf1 Rf3
31. Rd4 Rxh3 32. Kg2 Rb3 33. Rxh4 Rd3 34. Ra5 Kg5 35. Rh7 Kg6
36. Rh3 Rxh3 37. Kxh3 Kf5 38. a4 Ke4 39. b5 Rh8+ 40. Kg2 Rg8+
41. Kf1 axb5 42. axb5 cxb5 43. Rxb5 Kd5 44. Rb7 f5 45. Ke2
Kxc5 46. f4 Rg3 47. Rd7 Ra3 48. Rd8 Ra4 49. Ke3 Re4+ 50. Kf3
Rd4 51. Rc8+ Kd5 52. Rd8+ Kc4 53. Rc8+ Kd3 54. Rc6 Re4
55. Rd6+ Kc4 56. Ra6 Kc5 57. Ra5+ Kd6 58. Ra6+ Ke7 59. Ra7+
Kf6 60. Ra6 Rb4 61. Rc6 Rb3+ 62. Kf2 Ke7 63. Ra6 Kd7 64. Ke2
Rc3 65. Kf2 Rc6 66. Ra5 Kd6 67. Kf3 Rc3+ 68. Kf2 Rc5 69. Ra3
Kd5 70. Ke3 Rb5 71. Rd3+ Kc4 72. Rd6 Rb3+ 73. Kf2 Rb2+ 74. Kf3
Rb3+ 75. Kf2 Rb2+ 76. Kf3 Rb3+ 77. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
h4 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bc1 Nxc3 21. Rd3
Na4 22. Rf3 Bd5 23. Rf4 Nb6 24. Ref1 Rg6 25. Rf5 Bc4 26. Re1
Be6 27. Rf2 Rd8 28. h5 Rh6 29. Nxf7 Bxf7 30. Bxh6 gxh6 31. e6
Bxh5 32. g4 Bxg4 33. e7 Nd7 34. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 35. Rf7 h5
36. Rg7 Nc5 37. Re5 b6 38. Kf2 a5 39. Rxc5 bxc5 40. Rg5 Kc8
41. Rxc5 Kb7 42. Rxa5 Kb6 43. Rg5 Bd1 44. c3 c5 45. Ke1 Bf3
46. Kd2 Kb5 47. Rg7 c6 48. Kc1 c4 49. Rg5+ c5 50. Kd2 h4
51. Ke3 Bd1 52. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O
7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nb5 Nh5 11. Bc7 Qe8
12. exd4 Bh6 13. Re1 Bxc1 14. Nd6 exd6 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. Qxc1
Nb6 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Ng5 Re7 19. h3 Be6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qg5
Kf7 22. g4 d5 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. Qe5 Kf7 26. a3 Rc8
27. Kg2 Rd8 28. a4 Ne4 29. f3 Nd6 30. h4 Ke8 31. Qe1 Kd7
32. Qb4 Kc7 33. a5 bxa5 34. Qxa5+ Kc8 35. Kg3 Rf7 36. Be2 h5
37. Bd3 Rdf8 38. Qc3+ Kd7 39. Bxg6 Rxf3+ 40. Qxf3 Rxf3+
41. Kxf3 hxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Nb5 43. h5 Ke7 44. Kg5 Nxd4 45. h6
Nf3+ 46. Kf4 Nh4 47. Bd3 Kf6 48. h7 Kg7 49. Ke5 Nf3+ 50. Kxe6
Ne1 51. Bf5 d4 52. Kd6 d3 53. Bxd3 Nxd3 54. Kc7 b5 55. b4 Nxb4
56. Kb6 Kxh7 57. Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 exd4
12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Be3 Na5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Qe7
17. Bd5 c6 18. Bd2 cxd5 19. Bxa5 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Qf6 21. Qb3
Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qc2 Bh6 24. Ng3 d5 25. Qb3 Qc6 26. Qd3
Rc8 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Qc2 29. Ne2 b4 30. b3 a5 31. Nf4 Nf6
32. f3 g5 33. Nd3 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 Ne8 35. Nc5 Nd6 36. Kf2 f6
37. Nd7 Kf7 38. Nb6 Rc1 39. Nxd5 f5 40. g3 Rh1 41. Kg2 Rc1
42. Nb6 Rc6 43. Nd7 Rc7 44. Nc5 Nb5 45. Nd3 Ke6 46. h4 h6
47. hxg5 hxg5 48. d5+ Kd6 49. f4 gxf4 50. Nxf4 Nc3 51. Kf3 Ne4
52. Re2 Rc3+ 53. Re3 Rc1 54. Re2 Rc3+ 55. Re3 Rc2 56. Re2 Rxe2
57. Nxe2 Kxd5 58. Ke3 Ke5 59. Nd4 Nxg3 60. Nc6+ Kd5 61. Nxa5
Ne4 62. Nc4 Nc3 63. a3 bxa3 64. Nxa3 Kc5 65. Kf4 Kb4 66. Kxf5
Ne4 67. Kxe4 Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.25"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Nc6
7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Ne2 e5 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. O-O Kb8
12. b4 Qd6 13. Na3 d4 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. b5 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Na5
17. Bd3 Qxc3 18. Qe2 dxe3 19. Rad1 exf2+ 20. Kh1 Bc5 21. Ne4
Qa3 22. Nxf6 Bd4 23. Ng4 Qc5 24. Rc1 Qd5 25. Be4 Qe6 26. Ne3
Bxe3 27. Qxe3 f5 28. Bc2 Nc4 29. Qxf2 Rd2 30. Bxf5 Rxf2
31. Bxe6 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Na3 33. Rf7 Nxb5 34. Bd5 Nc7 35. Be4
h6 36. g4 b5 37. Kg2 a5 38. h4 b4 39. Rf6 Kc8 40. Rd6 Nb5
41. Rd5 Nc3 42. Rxa5 Kc7 43. Bg6 Kd6 44. Ra6+ Kc5 45. Bf7 e4
46. g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 e3 48. g6 e2 49. Re6 Rh5 50. Kf2 Rf5+
51. Ke1 Rf1+ 52. Kd2 Rd1+ 53. Kc2 e1=Q 54. Rxe1 Rxe1 55. g7
Rg1 56. g8=Q Rxg8 57. Bxg8 Nxa2 58. Bxa2 b3+ 59. Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5
7. Nde2 Nc6 8. O-O Be6 9. Ng3 d5 10. Bg5 dxe4 11. Ncxe4 Be7
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 Qc7 14. Qh6 O-O-O 15. Nxf6 Nd4 16. Rad1
Bxa2 17. Nf5 Be6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rfe1 Nc6 20. Bxh7 Qb4
21. b3 Kb8 22. Qg5 Rd4 23. Be4 Rhd8 24. Rc1 Qc3 25. h4 Ka8
26. h5 Rd2 27. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4
12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4
17. Bc2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Qb6
22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. g4 Ne7 25. g5 Qb4 26. Qxb4 axb4
27. gxh6 gxh6 28. a3 Rc2 29. axb4 Rxb2 30. e6 Rxb4 31. exf7+
Kxf7 32. Ne5+ Kg7 33. Nd3 Re4 34. Nc5 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Kf7
36. Nxb7 Rb8 37. Nc5 Ng6 38. Rd1 Rd8 39. Nb3 Nf4 40. Nd4 Ne6
41. Nc6 Rd6 42. Ne5+ Kf6 43. Nd3 d4 44. g3 Rb6 45. Kf1 Ra6
46. Rd2 h5 47. Rb2 Ra1+ 48. Ke2 h4 49. gxh4 Rh1 50. Rb6 Kf5
51. Rb5+ Kf6 52. h5 Rh4 53. Kf3 Rh3+ 54. Ke4 Ng5+ 55. Kxd4
Rxh5 56. Rb8 Ne6+ 57. Ke3 Ra5 58. Rb6 Kf5 59. f4 Ra3 60. Rb5+
Kf6 61. Rd5 Ra4 62. Rd6 Rc4 63. Rb6 Kf5 64. Rb5+ Kf6 65. Ra5
Rc3 66. Rd5 Rc4 67. Ra5 Rc3 68. f5 Nc5 69. Rxc5 Rxc5 70. Nxc5
Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5
7. Nde2 Nc6 8. O-O Be6 9. Ng3 g6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bh6 Ng4
12. Bd2 h5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb8 15. h3 Nf6 16. c4 Nbd7
17. b4 O-O 18. Rc1 a5 19. a3 b6 20. Bc2 h4 21. Ne2 axb4
22. axb4 b5 23. cxb5 Qb8 24. Bd3 Nb6 25. Qb3 Nbxd5 26. Bh6 Rc8
27. Bc4 Rxc4 28. Qxc4 Ra4 29. Bd2 Kg7 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1
Nc7 32. Qxh4 Qxb5 33. Bh6+ Kg8 34. Bg5 Kg7 35. Rc1 Qb7 36. Ng3
Ncd5 37. b5 Ng8 38. Bxe7 Ngxe7 39. Ne4 Nf4 40. Qf6+ Kg8
41. Re1 Nf5 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. b6 Ne6 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Rc1 d5
46. Rc7 Nxc7 47. Qd8+ Kg7 48. bxc7 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4
12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4
17. Bc2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Qc7
22. Bd3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nc6 24. f4 Nb4 25. Rad1 Nxd3 26. Qxd3
Qb6 27. Qe3 Qc6 28. f5 Rc2 29. f6 Rxb2 30. Qf3 Re8 31. fxg7
Rxa2 32. Rd4 Rc2 33. Re3 Rc4 34. Rxd5 a4 35. Kh2 b5 36. Qf6
Rc1 37. Rf3 Rh1+ 38. Kxh1 Qxd5 39. Qxh6 Qxf3+ 40. Kg1 f6
41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. e6+ Ke7 43. Qxe8+ Kxe8 44. g8=Q+ Ke7 45. Qf7+
Kd6 46. Qd7+ Kc5 47. e7 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.32"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bf5 6. Nd2 Nbd7
7. Ngf3 e6 8. Nh4 Be4 9. a4 a6 10. Be2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. g3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Rfd1
Rfd8 17. Rac1 cxd4 18. exd4 Nd5 19. Ng2 f5 20. Qb1 Bg5 21. Rc2
Qb3 22. a5 Nb4 23. Rcc1 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Nd5 25. f3 exf3 26. Bxf3
Qb5 27. Re1 Re8 28. Qa2 Kh8 29. Bh5 Re7 30. Nh4 Kh7 31. Ng6
Rec7 32. Ne5 Kg8 33. Ng6 Kh7 34. Rxe6 Nf6 35. Be2 Qd5 36. Qxd5
Nxd5 37. Bd3 Rf7 38. Ne5 Rff8 39. Rd6 Ne3 40. Rd7 Rb8 41. Rd6
Rbc8 42. Rb6 Rc7 43. Kf2 Nd5 44. Rd6 Ne7 45. Nd7 Rf7 46. Nc5
Nc6 47. b4 g6 48. h4 Ne7 49. Bc4 Rg7 50. Bb3 Rc6 51. Rd7 Nc8
52. Rxg7+ Kxg7 53. Bd5 Rc7 54. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Skilling Open"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.11.26"]
[EventDate "2020.11.25"]
[Round "1.33"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4
12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4
17. Bc2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Qc7
22. Bd3 Nc6 23. Qe3 Nb4 24. Nd4 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Qb6 26. b3 Rfc8
27. Kh2 Qb4 28. Qe3 Rc3 29. Qf4 Bd7 30. Red1 a4 31. Ne2 Qxf4
32. Nxf4 Be6 33. bxa4 Rc2 34. Kg1 Ra8 35. Rd4 Rc4 36. Rd2
Rcxa4 37. Ne2 d4 38. Nxd4 Bxa2 39. f4 Bc4 40. Rb1 Ra1 41. Rb2
Bd5 42. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 43. Kf2 Ra2 44. Rxa2 Bxa2 45. g4 Bc4
46. Ke3 b5 47. Nc6 Kf8 48. g3 Bd5 49. Nb4 Bb3 50. f5 Bd1
51. Kf4 g5+ 52. fxg6 fxg6 53. g5 hxg5+ 54. Kxg5 Kf7 55. Kf4
Ke6 56. Ke4 Bb3 57. Na6 Ke7 58. Kd4 Bd1 59. Nc7 Be2 60. Nd5+
Kf7 61. e6+ Kxe6 62. Nf4+ Kf5 63. Nxe2 Kg4 64. Ke3 b4 65. Kf2
b3 66. Kg2 b2 67. Nc3 Kf5 68. Kf3 Ke5 69. Ke3 Kf5 70. Kf3 Ke5
71. Nb1 Kd4 72. Ke2 Ke4 73. Nc3+ Kf5 74. Ke3 Kg4 75. Kf2 Kf5
76. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5
7. a4 Bb7 8. axb5 axb5 9. Rxa8 Qxa8 10. Bxb5 Bxe4 11. d4 Bxb1
12. dxc5 Be4 13. Re1 e6 14. Rxe4 Qxe4 15. c6 Be7 16. Nd2 Qd5
17. cxd7+ Nxd7 18. Qa4 Qb7 19. Bc6 Qc7 20. Nc4 d5 21. Ne5 Qxe5
22. Bxd7+ Kd8 23. Qa8+ Kxd7 24. Qa4+ Kd8 25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Qa4+
Kd8 27. Qa8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4
12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4
17. Bc2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Qc7
22. Bd3 Nc6 23. Qe3 Nb4 24. Nd4 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Qb6 26. f3 Bd7
27. Qd2 a4 28. Kh2 Rfc8 29. Rad1 Rc4 30. g4 Re8 31. b3 axb3
32. axb3 Rc5 33. Qf4 Qc7 34. Rd3 Rc3 35. Rxc3 Qxc3 36. Rc1 Qa5
37. g5 hxg5 38. Qxg5 Qb6 39. Rd1 Qc7 40. f4 Ra8 41. Rd3 Ra6
42. e6 Bxe6 43. Rg3 g6 44. Qh4 Bd7 45. Nf3 Bf5 46. Nd4 Bd7
47. Nf3 Bf5 48. Nd4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Bf4 d6 10. O-O h6 11. Qd2 e5 12. Be3
Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qe1 b6
17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. c5 d5 19. cxb6 Be7 20. bxa7 Bb4 21. Qf1
Nxa7 22. Bc5 Qa4 23. Bxb4 Qxb4 24. Qe1 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 d4
26. Bb7 Rb8 27. Nc5 Bd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc2 f5 30. Rec1 e4
31. Ne6 Rd6 32. Nf4 g5 33. Nh5 d3 34. exd3 exd3 35. Rd2 Nc6
36. Rc5 Nd4 37. Kg2 Nc2 38. Rd5 Rxd5 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40. Nxd5
Rxb2 41. Kh3 Kg6 42. g4 fxg4+ 43. Kg3 Rxa2 44. Rxd3 h5 45. Ne3
Ra1 46. f3 h4+ 47. Kxg4 Rg1+ 48. Kh3 Ne1 49. Rd6+ Kf7 50. Rd1
Kg6 51. Rd6+ Kf7 52. Rd1 Kf6 53. Nc2 Nxf3 54. Rxg1 Nxg1+
55. Kg4 Ne2 56. Ne3 Nf4 57. Kf3 Nd3 58. Ke4 Nc5+ 59. Kf3 Kg6
60. Ng4 Ne6 61. Ke4 Nc5+ 62. Kf3 Nd7 63. Ke4 Nf6+ 64. Kf3 Nxg4
65. Kxg4 h3 66. Kxh3 Kh5 67. Kg3 g4 68. h3 gxh3 69. Kxh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5
7. Nde2 Nc6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Be4 a5 11. c3 Na6
12. Bc2 g6 13. h4 h5 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. c4 Bd7
17. Nc3 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qb6 19. O-O-O Qb4 20. Rh4 a4 21. Re1 O-O
22. a3 Nb3+ 23. Bxb3 Qxb3 24. Qc2 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Rfc8 26. Kd2
Kg7 27. Rc1 Bf5 28. f3 f6 29. gxf6+ Kxf6 30. g4 hxg4 31. fxg4
Kg5 32. Rh2 Bxg4 33. Ne4+ Kf4 34. Kd3 Rh8 35. Rf2+ Bf3 36. Rg1
Rh2 37. Rxh2 Bxe4+ 38. Kd2 Bf5 39. Rf1+ Kg5 40. Rh7 b5 41. c5
dxc5 42. Rc7 c4 43. Rb7 Rh8 44. Rxb5 Rh3 45. Rb4 Rd3+ 46. Kc1
c3 47. Rxa4 cxb2+ 48. Kxb2 Rd2+ 49. Kc1 Rxd5 50. Rg1+ Kh6
51. Rc4 Rd3 52. a4 e4 53. Kb2 e3 54. Re1 Kg5 55. a5 Rd2+
56. Kc3 Ra2 57. Kb4 e2 58. Rc3 Kf4 59. a6 Be4 60. a7 Bf3
61. Rc7 g5 62. Kb5 Kg3 63. Re7 Kf2 64. Rb1 g4 65. Kb6 g3
66. Re8 g2 67. Rf8 Ra3 68. Rc1 e1=Q 69. Rxf3+ Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Anton Guijarro"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Re1 O-O 8. Bf1 e5 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5
12. Nc3 Re8 13. f3 a6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 b5 16. a3 Bb7 17. Rc1
Rc8 18. Bf2 Ncd7 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Rcd1 Re7 21. Nc2 Rd7 22. Nb4
Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qe2 Qe8 25. Rd2 Qe6 26. Red1 Rc8 27. Bd4
Re8 28. Qf2 h5 29. Nbd5 Nxd5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Nxd5 Bxd5
32. Rxd5 Qf6 33. Qd4 Qxd4+ 34. R5xd4 Rc8 35. h4 Rc2 36. Rxd6
Rxd6 37. Rxd6 a5 38. b3 Rc3 39. Ra6 Rxb3 40. Rxa5 b4 41. axb4
Rxb4 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 Rc2 44. Ra1 Rb2 45. Rf1 Kf6 46. Rf2
Rb1 47. Kf4 Ra1 48. Rb2 Ra6 49. Rb5 Ra2 50. Rb6+ Kg7 51. g3
Rf2 52. Rb7 Rf1 53. Re7 Kf6 54. Ra7 Kg7 55. e5 Re1 56. Ra4 Rb1
57. Re4 Rb3 58. e6 fxe6 59. Rxe6 Rb4+ 60. Re4 Rb3 61. Rd4 Rb5
62. Ke4 Kf6 63. Rd6+ Kg7 64. Rd5 Rb3 65. Kf4 Kh6 66. Rd6 Rb4+
67. Ke5 Rb3 68. Ke4 Rb4+ 69. Rd4 Rb7 70. f4 Re7+ 71. Kf3 Kg7
72. Rd5 Ra7 73. f5 gxf5 74. Kf4 Ra4+ 75. Kxf5 Rg4 76. Rd7+ Kg8
77. Rd3 Kg7 78. Rc3 Kg8 79. Kf6 Kh7 80. Re3 Rg6+ 81. Kf5 Rg4
82. Kf6 Rg6+ 83. Kf5 Rg4 84. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d4 e5 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6
12. h5 Qa6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Ba3 15. O-O Qd6 16. Nh4 O-O
17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Bc2 Re8 19. g4 Bc5 20. Qf3 e4 21. Bxe4 Ne5
22. Qf4 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. d6 Bxf5 26. Rxf5
c6 27. c5 Nxg4 28. Bf3 Nh6 29. Rxg5 Rxe3 30. Kf2 Rxc3 31. Rb1
b6 32. Bxc6 Rd8 33. d7 f6 34. Re1 Rc2+ 35. Kf1 Rxd7 36. Bxd7
fxg5 37. c6 Kf7 38. Re3 g4 39. Ra3 a5 40. Rb3 Ke7 41. a3 Kd6
42. Rxb6 Nf7 43. Bxg4 Rxc6 44. Rb7 Rc7 45. Rb3 Ne5 46. Be2 g6
47. Rb6+ Kc5 48. Rb5+ Kd4 49. hxg6 Nxg6 50. Rxa5 Nf4 51. Bg4
Rc2 52. Ra8 Ra2 53. Rd8+ Ke3 54. Re8+ Kd4 55. Rd8+ Ke3
56. Re8+ Kd4 57. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. h5 g5 9. e4 e5 10. Nh2 Be6 11. Be2 Nd7
12. Bg4 Kf7 13. Ke2 Nc5 14. Bxe6+ Kxe6 15. f3 Na4 16. Rb1 Be7
17. Bd2 Rhd8 18. Rhd1 Nb6 19. Ng4 Rd7 20. Be3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Nc8 22. Nh6 b6 23. Nf5 Nd6 24. g4 Nxf5 25. exf5+ Kf7 26. Rd7
Rc8 27. b4 Ke8 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. b5 Kd7 31. Kd3
c6 32. Kc4 Kc7 33. a4 Kb7 34. Kd3 h6 35. Ke4 Kc7 36. c4 Bb4
37. Kd3 Kd7 38. Kc2 Kd6 39. Kd3 Kd7 40. Kc2 Kd6 41. Kd3 Kd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[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. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2
Qc8 13. c3 Rb8 14. Nc4 Rb5 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. d4 bxc3 17. bxc3
Qe8 18. dxe5 Ndxe5 19. Ncxe5 Nxe5 20. Nd4 Rb2 21. Nxe6 Nf3+
22. gxf3 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Qxe6 24. Rg1 Bf6 25. Be3 Be5 26. Rg2 Qf7
27. Bd4 Qxf3 28. Bxe5 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 dxe5 30. Rd7 Rf7 31. Rd8+
Rf8 32. Rd7 Rf7 33. Rd8+ Rf8 34. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 e5 11. Nb3 b5
12. Kb1 Be7 13. h3 Be6 14. g4 b4 15. Na4 Nc4 16. g5 Nd7
17. Nd2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O 19. h4 Rfc8 20. b3 Qa5 21. h5 Rc6
22. g6 Nf6 23. Rdg1 Rac8 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nf3 h6 26. Rg6 Bf8
27. Qe2 Ke8 28. Nd2 Qc7 29. Bc4 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. bxc4
Qc6 32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Nb2 f5 34. f3 fxe4 35. fxe4 Rc7 36. Rf1
Rg7 37. c5 Qxc5 38. Qxa6 Rc7 39. Qa8+ Rc8 40. Qa4+ Qc6 41. Qb3
Be7 42. Re1 Bg5 43. Nd3 Qc4 44. Qa4+ Kf8 45. Re2 Kg7 46. Qd7+
Kg8 47. Qxd6 Rf8 48. Qd5+ Qxd5 49. exd5 Bf6 50. Re4 Bg7
51. Nxb4 Kf7 52. c4 Kf6 53. c5 Kf5 54. Re1 Rb8 55. a3 e4
56. Kc2 Rb5 57. c6 Rc5+ 58. Kb3 Rc3+ 59. Ka4 Be5 60. Re2 e3
61. Nc2 Ke4 62. Rxe3+ Rxe3 63. Nxe3 Kxe3 64. Kb5 Kd4 65. Kb6
1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. b3 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. e5 Ne7
7. exd6 Ng6 8. Na3 Bxd6 9. d3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Nc4 Bc7
12. Ba3 Qd5 13. d4 Rd8 14. Bxc5 e5 15. Re1 Nf4 16. Ne3 Qf7
17. Nh4 Be6 18. Qf3 exd4 19. Nef5 Be5 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nxc6
Bd5 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qxf4 Bxf4 25. Re7 Bxh2+
26. Kxh2 Qg8 27. Rae1 Qh7 28. Bxd4 Qxc2 29. R1e2 Qd3 30. Bxa7
Bc6 31. R2e3 Qd6+ 32. Rg3 Rg8 33. Be3 g6 34. Ra7 Be4 35. f4
Rg7 36. Ra4 Qe6 37. Bd4 Kh7 38. Ra5 Qd6 39. Be3 Qe6 40. Rc5
Qd6 41. b4 Rd7 42. a4 Qd1 43. Rc4 Qb1 44. Bc1 Bc2 45. Rgc3
Bxa4 46. Rc8 Qxb4 47. R3c4 Qb5 48. f5 g5 49. Ng6 Qxf5 50. Nf8+
Kg7 51. Nxd7 Bxd7 52. R8c5 Qe6 53. Rd4 Kg6 54. Bxg5 fxg5
55. Rcd5 Qe1 56. Rxd7 Qe5+ 57. Kh1 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qe5+ 59. Kh1
Qe1+ 60. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2
Ngf6 7. O-O g6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rd1 Qb6
12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Bf3 Nh5 15. Be3 Bxe5 16. Bxb6
Nf6 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Ba5 Rab8 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Be4 Be6 21. Bd5
Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nb6 24. Rd4 Rbc8 25. Rb4 Nd5
26. Rxb7 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Rxc3 28. Rexe7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Rxc2
30. g3 Rxa2 31. h4 h5 32. Ra7 a5 33. Kg2 a4 34. Kf3 Kg7
35. Ra6 a3 36. Kg2 Ra1 37. Kf3 Kf8 38. Ra7 Ke8 39. Kg2 f6
40. Ra6 Kf7 41. Kf3 Ra2 42. Ke3 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Ra5 Ra1
45. Kf3 g4+ 46. Kf4 a2 47. Kg5 Ke6 48. Ra8 Ke5 49. Re8+ Kd4
50. Re2 Kd3 51. Rb2 Ke4 52. Re2+ Kf3 53. Rb2 Kg2 54. Rc2 Rf1
55. Rb2 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "1.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4
Bxh4 12. Be3 Ke8 13. Ne2 h5 14. Rad1 Be7 15. f4 g6 16. Rd2 h4
17. Nd4 a6 18. Nb3 b6 19. Nd4 c5 20. Nc6 Bd7 21. Nxe7 Kxe7
22. Rfd1 Bf5 23. Kf2 a5 24. Kf3 a4 25. a3 Ra5 26. c4 Raa8
27. Bf2 Be6 28. Be3 Rh5 29. Rc1 Rf5 30. Ke2 Rg8 31. Rc3 g5
32. fxg5 Rxe5 33. Kf2 Re4 34. Kf3 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Bxc4 36. Bf4
Rd8 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Kg4 Bd5 39. Kxh4 Bxg2 40. Kg3 Bf1 41. h4
Be2 42. Be5 c6 43. Kf4 Ke7 44. Bc7 b5 45. Ke5 Kf8 46. Kd6 Bf3
47. Kxc5 Kg7 48. h5 Bxh5 49. Kxc6 Be2 50. Be5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "1.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3
Ne5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nbc6 15. Nd5 e6 16. fxe6 fxe6
17. Ne3 Qa5+ 18. c3 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxc3+ 21. Qd2
Qxa1+ 22. Nd1 Qf6 23. Bg2 Rd8 24. f4 Nd4 25. Ne3 gxf4 26. Ng4
Qf5 27. Qxd4 Qb1+ 28. Ke2 Qxa2+ 29. Kf3 Qb3+ 30. Ne3 Rf8
31. Bh4 e5 32. Qe4 fxe3+ 33. Kg3 exf2+ 34. Kh2 f1=N+ 35. Bxf1
Rc8 36. Bg2 Rg8 37. Rg1 Rg7 38. Bf6 Rf7 39. Qg4 Rc2 40. Qg8+
Kd7 41. Bh4 Rf3 42. Qd8+ Kc6 43. Bg3 Qe6 44. Rb1 Rxg2+
45. Kxg2 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "1.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 Be7 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2
Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Be3 Ke8 14. Rad1 Be7 15. f4 f5 16. Nd4
Kf7 17. Rd3 Be6 18. Nxe6 Kxe6 19. Rfd1 a5 20. a4 Rad8 21. Kf2
Rxd3 22. Rxd3 h4 23. Kf3 b6 24. b3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Ke2
Be7 27. Kd3 Kd5 28. c4+ Ke6 29. c5 Bd8 30. Kc4 g6 31. Bd4 Kd7
32. Bf2 Ke6 33. Be3 Kd7 34. b4 axb4 35. Kxb4 Be7 36. a5 bxa5+
37. Kxa5 Kc8 38. Bd4 Kb7 39. e6 Kc8 40. Kb4 Kd8 41. Be5 Kc8
42. Bd4 Kd8 43. Ka5 Kc8 44. Ka6 Kb8 45. Ka5 Kb7 46. Kb4 Kc8
47. Kc4 Kd8 48. Be5 Kc8 49. Bg7 Kd8 50. Be5 Kc8 51. Bg7 Kd8
52. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "1.14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. h3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. g4 h6 12. f4
exf4 13. Bxf4 Nh5 14. Be3 Ng3 15. Rh2 Nxf1 16. Kxf1 h5 17. Nd4
hxg4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxg4 Qf6+ 20. Ke2 Ne5 21. Qg3 Qf7
22. Rf1 Qh5+ 23. Kd2 Be7 24. Kc1 Bf6 25. Kb1 Nc4 26. Bf4 O-O
27. Rg2 Rf7 28. Rfg1 Bd4 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Nd1 Rcf8 31. Qd3 Qc5
32. c3 Be5 33. Bh6 Rf3 34. Qe2 R8f7 35. Reg1 Rxh3 36. Bc1 Rh2
37. Rxh2 Qxg1 38. Rh3 b5 39. Qh5 g6 40. Qe2 Rf1 41. Rd3 Re1
42. Qf3 Qf1 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "1.21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qa3 Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a5 11. Qc5 Nd5
12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qc3 a4 14. O-O Qd7 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Bd5
17. b4 Qf5 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. b5 Nd8 21. Qxc7 Qxc7
22. Bxc7 Ne6 23. Bg3 Ra3 24. Rd1 f5 25. Be5 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Bxe5
27. dxe5 Rc3 28. f4 Nc5 29. Bf1 Kf7 30. Rd8 Ne4 31. Bd3 Nc5
32. Be2 Rc2 33. Bf1 Ne4 34. Bd3 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Nc5 36. Bf1 Ne4
37. Rh8 h6 38. Rh7+ Kf8 39. Rh8+ Kf7 40. Bd3 Nc5 41. Be2 Rc2
42. Bf3 Rb2 43. Rh7+ Kf8 44. Bd5 e6 45. Bc4 Rc2 46. Bf1 Ne4
47. Bd3 Rxf2+ 48. Kg1 Rf3 49. Rxb7 Rxe3 50. Bc4 g5 51. b6 Re1+
52. Kg2 Rb1 53. Bxe6 Rb2+ 54. Kg1 Nc5 55. Rb8+ Ke7 56. Bxf5
gxf4 57. Rc8 Na6 58. Rc7+ Ke8 59. Rc8+ Ke7 60. Rc7+ Kf8
61. Rc6 f3 62. b7 Rxb7 63. Rxa6 f2+ 64. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "1.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 Be7 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2
Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Re1 Be7 14. Bd2 Ke8 15. Rad1 a6 16. e6
Bxe6 17. Nd4 Rd8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Rd6 20. Ree1 Kf7
21. Bf4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bd6 23. Be3 Re8 24. Kf1 Re5 25. b3 b5
26. c3 c5 27. c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 Re4 29. Rc1 Re8 30. Ke2 Rb8
31. Kd3 Rb2 32. Rc2 Rb1 33. Rc3 Rg1 34. g3 h4 35. gxh4 Rh1
36. Ra3 Rxh3 37. Rxa6 Rxh4 38. Ra5 Ke6 39. Rb5 Rh8 40. Kc2 g5
41. a4 g4 42. Rb3 Rh2 43. Kd3 g3 44. fxg3 Bxg3 45. Ra3 Kd6
46. a5 Kc6 47. a6 Rh8 48. a7 Ra8 49. Ra6+ Kb7 50. Ra5 Rxa7
51. Rxa7+ Kxa7 52. Bxc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "1.23"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "18"]

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. Bc1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "1.24"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "207"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2
Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. d4 Qe7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nfxe5
Bxe5 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qe2 b6 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O-O Qxe4
16. Rhe1 Kf7 17. Qd2 Qf5 18. Qc3 Be6 19. Qxc6 Rac8 20. h3 Rhd8
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Qxc7+ Rd7 23. Qc3 Qd5 24. b3 Qxg2 25. Kb2
Qxh3 26. Qc8 g5 27. f4 Qh4 28. Bd2 Qf2 29. Bb4 Qd4+ 30. Bc3
Qxf4 31. Qh8 Qf5 32. Rh1 Kg6 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Re1 Bf7 35. Qe2
Rd6 36. Rf1 Qd7 37. Qf3 Qc6 38. Qg3 Bg6 39. Re1 Re6 40. Rxe6
Qxe6 41. Qxg5 Qf5 42. Qg2 Qe4 43. Qf2 Qf5 44. Qh2 Qd7 45. Qf4
Qe7 46. Bd4 h5 47. a4 Kf7 48. Qb8 Qd7 49. c3 h4 50. Qh8 Qf5
51. Qxh4 a5 52. Qh1 b5 53. Qb7+ Kg8 54. Qa8+ Kg7 55. Qxa5 bxa4
56. Qxa4 Qe6 57. Qa7+ Bf7 58. c4 Kg6 59. Qc5 Be8 60. Ka3 Qa6+
61. Kb4 Qb7+ 62. Qb6 Qxb6+ 63. Bxb6 Kf5 64. Bd4 Ke4 65. Kc3
Kf5 66. b4 Ke6 67. b5 Kd6 68. Bb6 Kd7 69. c5 Bh5 70. Kd3 Bf3
71. Ba5 Bg2 72. Kd4 f5 73. Ke5 f4 74. Kd4 f3 75. c6+ Kd6
76. Bb4+ Kc7 77. Kc5 f2 78. b6+ Kb8 79. Bc3 f1=Q 80. Be5+ Kc8
81. b7+ Kd8 82. b8=Q+ Ke7 83. Qd6+ Kf7 84. Qd7+ Kg6 85. Qg4+
Kf7 86. Qd7+ Kg6 87. Kd6 Qf8+ 88. Kc7 Qf3 89. Kd8 Qf8+ 90. Kc7
Qf3 91. Qg7+ Kf5 92. Qf6+ Ke4 93. Qe6 Kd3 94. Qb3+ Ke4 95. Bc3
Kf5 96. Qf7+ Ke4 97. Qc4+ Kf5 98. Qf7+ Ke4 99. Qc4+ Kf5
100. Qc5+ Kg4 101. Qd4+ Qf4+ 102. Qxf4+ Kxf4 103. Kd6 Bxc6
104. Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "1.31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4
Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Ne4 b6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5
h6 17. Nxf7 Re8 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Ne5 Kb7 20. Re1 g5 21. Rad1 a5
22. a3 Bg8 23. f3 Re6 24. Kf2 Rf8 25. Re3 a4 26. c3 Ra8
27. Rd7 Rae8 28. Nc4 b5 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Ne3 Rf6 31. Kg3 Kb6
32. Rd8 Be6 33. Rd4 c5 34. Re4 c6 35. Re5 Kc7 36. Nf5 Bxf5
37. gxf5 Kd6 38. f4 gxf4+ 39. Kxf4 Rf8 40. Re6+ Kd5 41. Rxh6
b4 42. cxb4 cxb4 43. axb4 Rb8 44. f6 Rxb4+ 45. Kf5 Rxb2
46. Rh8 Rf2+ 47. Kg6 a3 48. Ra8 a2 49. f7 Ke6 50. Re8+ Kd5
51. Re1 Rg2+ 52. Kf6 Rf2+ 53. Ke7 Re2+ 54. Rxe2 a1=Q 55. f8=Q
Qa3+ 56. Ke8 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "1.32"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. h5 Bg7 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qa4 e5
12. Ba3 Re8 13. Bxc5 e4 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Qc2 b6 16. Ba3 Nd3+
17. Bxd3 exd3 18. Qd1 Qd7 19. Qf3 Bb7 20. Qg3 Re5 21. f4 Ra5
22. Bb4 Rd5 23. f5 Rxf5 24. Qh3 f6 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Qh7+ Kf7
27. Rh6 Be4 28. Qg6+ Ke6 29. Rh7 Rg8 30. Bf8 Rxf8 31. Rxg7 Qa4
32. Rb4 Qc6 33. Rxa7 Rh8 34. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.30"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "1.33"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nb5 d5
12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. Rac1 h6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Ne5 Nxe5
17. Qxe5 Qe8 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Bd4 Qc8 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. Rxc6
Qxc6 22. Nc3 Be7 23. f3 Rd8 24. Kf1 Bf8 25. Rd3 Rd7 26. Qb5
Qxb5 27. Nxb5 Nd5 28. Bf2 a6 29. Nc3 b5 30. e4 Nf6 31. Ke2
Rxd3 32. Kxd3 Nd7 33. a4 Ne5+ 34. Ke2 bxa4 35. Nxa4 f5 36. f4
Nc6 37. exf5 exf5 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Bc5 Be7 40. Bxe7 Kxe7
41. Nc5 a5 42. Kc4 Kd6 43. Nb3 g5 44. Nd4 Nxd4 45. Kxd4 g4
46. b3 h5 47. Kc4 Kc6 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. Kc4 Kc6 50. Kd4 Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.31"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "2.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

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 Ne7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. b3
Ke8 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Ne4 Bb4 14. Bd2 Bxd2 15. Nfxd2 Nb4
16. Rec1 Rd8 17. a3 Nd5 18. Re1 Ke7 19. Kh2 h5 20. Nf3 Nf4
21. Rad1 Bc8 22. Nd4 h4 23. Ng5 c5 24. Nb5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rh5
26. Nf3 Bd7 27. Nxa7 c6 28. b4 cxb4 29. axb4 Ng6 30. Re1 Kd8
31. b5 Kc7 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. c4 Kb7 34. Rd1 Bf5 35. Nxc6 Kxc6
36. Rd5 Be6 37. Rb5 Kc7 38. Rc5+ Kd7 39. Ra5 Rf5 40. Ra7+ Kc8
41. Ra8+ Kc7 42. Rg8 Nxe5 43. Nxh4 Rxf2 44. Rxg7 Kd6 45. Rg5
Nxc4 46. Nf3 Bd5 47. Kg1 Rb2 48. Rg3 Rb1+ 49. Kf2 Rb2+ 50. Kg1
Nd2 51. Nxd2 Rxd2 52. Rg4 f5 53. Rg6+ Ke5 54. Kh2 Be4 55. Kg1
Kf4 56. Rg8 Ke3 57. Rg3+ Ke2 58. Rg7 Rd1+ 59. Kh2 Kf2 60. Ra7
Rd2 61. Ra5 Kf1 62. Ra1+ Kf2 63. Ra5 f4 64. Ra4 Ke3 65. Ra3+
Kd4 66. Ra4+ Ke5 67. Ra5+ Bd5 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.31"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "2.12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nb5 Na6
7. h3 c6 8. Nc3 Nc7 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. e4 c5 12. e5 Ne4
13. Re1 Ne6 14. Bh2 cxd4 15. Nb5 f6 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4
Nxf2 18. Qe2 Ne4 19. Ne6 Qd7 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Bxe4 dxe4
22. Qc4+ Bd5 23. Rad1 e6 24. Qxe4 Qc6 25. Qe2 Qc5+ 26. Qe3
Qxc2 27. Rd2 Qc4 28. b3 Qb4 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Rf1 Rf7 31. Bg3
h5 32. Rdd1 Qa3 33. Rf2 Be7 34. Rxf7 Bc5 35. Qxc5 Qxc5+
36. Rf2 g5 37. h4 Qe3 38. Kh2 gxh4 39. Bxh4 Qe4 40. Bg5 Qg4
41. Rd3 h4 42. Bf6 Kf7 43. Rh3 Ke8 44. Rxh4 Qg6 45. Be5 Kd7
46. Bg3 Kc6 47. Rh3 a5 48. Bf4 Kb5 49. Rg3 Qf6 50. Be3 Qe5
51. Rf8 Qh5+ 52. Kg1 Qe5 53. Kh2 Qc7 54. Rf2 Ka6 55. Bf4 Qh7+
56. Rh3 Qe4 57. Rg3 b5 58. Be3 Qh7+ 59. Rh3 Qg7 60. Rg3 Qh8+
61. Rh3 Qe5+ 62. Bf4 Qe4 63. Bg3 b4 64. Rh4 Qg6 65. Rh8 Qg7
66. Rh4 Kb5 67. Rd2 Qg5 68. Rc2 Qf5 69. Rf2 Qg6 70. Rh8 Qg7
71. Rh5 Qg6 72. Rh8 Qg7 73. Rh5 Qg6 74. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.31"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "2.13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 Bd7 10. Rd1 Ke8 11. Nc3
h6 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. e6 Bxe6 14. Bxc7 Rc8 15. Bf4 f6 16. g4 Ne7
17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Ne4 Ng6 19. Bd6 b6 20. f4 c5 21. Ne2 Bc6
22. N2g3 Nh4 23. Kf2 Rd8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. f5 Ke7 26. a4 Rd4
27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. a5 Rc8 29. axb6 axb6 30. Ra7+ Kf8 31. Nd6
Rd8 32. Nge4 d3 33. cxd3 Bxe4 34. Nxe4 Rxd3 35. Ra3 Rd4
36. Re3 Kf7 37. Kg3 g5 38. Kf2 h5 39. Kg3 b5 40. b3 b4 41. Nf2
Rd2 42. Re4 Rc2 43. Rc4 Re2 44. Re4 Rc2 45. Rc4 Re2 46. Re4
Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.31"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "2.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. d5 Bg7 6. e4 O-O
7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Be3 e6 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Qc2 c6
12. dxe6 fxe6 13. f4 Qe7 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. Kh1 e5 16. f5 gxf5
17. Rxf5 Nf8 18. Ref1 Bc8 19. R5f2 Ne6 20. Qa4 Bd7 21. Qd1 Rf8
22. h3 Be8 23. Bg4 Bg6 24. Bf5 Nh5 25. Qg4 Nhf4 26. Bxf4 Nxf4
27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. g3 Nd3 29. Rf3 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Ne1 31. Rf1 Nc2
32. Qxg6 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qf5 Qe8 36. h4
Nd4 37. Qg4 Qf7 38. Kg2 Bh6 39. Nf3 Nc2 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qxc6
Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Nd4+ 43. Kg4 Nxc6 44. Kf5 Nd4+ 45. Kf6 Bd2
46. Nd5 Be1 47. Ke7 Bxg3 48. Kxd6 Nf3 49. Ne7 Bf2 50. b4 Kg7
51. c5 bxc5 52. bxc5 Kf7 53. c6 Bb6 54. Nd5 Ba5 55. c7 Bxc7+
56. Nxc7 Nxh4 57. Kxe5 Ke7 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.01.01"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "2.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf3 c6 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. c4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bf5 16. Rhc1
Be4 17. Bc7 e6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Ke2 Bc6 20. g3 Rfd8 21. Nd2
e5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Rab1 Bf6 24. Rc2 b5 25. Rbc1 Rd6 26. f3
b4 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Bc3 29. e5 Rc6 30. Rf1 Rc7 31. e6
fxe6 32. Rf6 Re8 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Bxe6+ Kg7 35. Rc1 Be5
36. Rxc7+ Bxc7 37. Bb3 Kf6 38. Kf3 Ke5 39. h3 b6 40. g4 g5
41. Bc2 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.01.01"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "2.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[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
Bb4 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd5 15. a3 Be7 16. Rfe1
g5 17. Bg3 Rh6 18. Rad1 Rg6 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxc7 Rc8 21. Be5
Rd8 22. b3 c5 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nc3 Bc6 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Ne4 g4
27. hxg4 hxg4 28. c4 Ke8 29. Nd6+ Kf8 30. Nc8 Kf7 31. Nxe7
Kxe7 32. Kh2 Rg8 33. Rd1 Rg5 34. Bf4 Rg7 35. Be5 Rg5 36. Bd6+
Kf6 37. Kg3 Rf5 38. Rh1 Be4 39. Rh6+ Kf7 40. Rh7+ Kf6 41. Rc7
Bc6 42. Rh7 Be4 43. Rc7 Bc6 44. Rc8 Kg7 45. Rd8 Be4 46. Re8
Kf6 47. Rg8 Bc2 48. b4 cxb4 49. Bxb4 Be4 50. Rxg4 Bc6 51. f3
e5 52. Rh4 Kg6 53. Bc3 Kf7 54. Bd2 e4 55. f4 e3 56. Bxe3 Ra5
57. Bc1 Rc5 58. f5 Rxf5 59. Rd4 Ke6 60. Rd3 Rc5 61. Rc3 b5
62. Re3+ Kf7 63. cxb5 axb5 64. Bd2 Rg5+ 65. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.01.01"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "2.23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "225"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5
7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. e3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Nf3 e6
12. Rb1 f6 13. h4 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Be7 15. Bc4 Na5 16. Bd3 Bd7
17. Ke2 O-O 18. e4 Rac8 19. Bd2 b6 20. Bxa5 bxa5 21. Rb7 Rfd8
22. Rxa7 Rb8 23. Rc1 Rb2+ 24. Rc2 Rxc2+ 25. Bxc2 Bb4 26. Bb3
Kf8 27. e5 fxe5 28. Nxe5 Be8 29. Ke3 Bc3 30. Nf3 Bd7 31. Rc7
Bb2 32. Ng5 h6 33. Nh7+ Ke8 34. Bc2 Rc8 35. Nf6+ Ke7 36. Rxc8
Bxc8 37. Ng4 h5 38. Ne5 Bc1+ 39. Ke2 g5 40. hxg5 Bxg5 41. f4
Bf6 42. g3 Bb7 43. Ke3 Bd5 44. a4 Kd6 45. Nf7+ Ke7 46. Ng5 Bc6
47. Bd1 Bg7 48. Nf3 Bf6 49. Ne5 Be8 50. Nc4 h4 51. gxh4 Bxh4
52. Nxa5 Be1 53. Nb7 Bc6 54. Nc5 Bb4 55. Bf3 Be8 56. Be2 Bc6
57. Bf3 Be8 58. Kd3 Kf6 59. Kc4 Ba5 60. Bg4 Ke7 61. Kd3 Bb6
62. Bd1 Bc7 63. Ke3 Ba5 64. Bb3 Bb4 65. Ke4 Kf6 66. Bc4 Bc6+
67. Ke3 Ke7 68. Bb5 Bd5 69. Nd3 Ba5 70. Ne5 Bc7 71. Kd3 Kf6
72. Bc6 Bb3 73. Nd7+ Kf5 74. Nc5 Ba2 75. Kc3 Kxf4 76. Kb2 Bc4
77. Kc3 Ba2 78. Nb7 Bb6 79. a5 Ba7 80. Nd6 e5 81. d5 e4
82. Nxe4 Ke5 83. d6 Be6 84. Kd3 Bb8 85. d7 Bc7 86. a6 Bxd7
87. Bxd7 Bb6 88. Bc6 Bg1 89. Kc4 Ba7 90. Nc3 Bb6 91. Nb5 Ke6
92. a7 Bxa7 93. Nxa7 Kd6 94. Bd5 Ke5 95. Kc5 Kf5 96. Kd4 Kf4
97. Nc6 Kf5 98. Ne5 Kf6 99. Be4 Ke6 100. Nc4 Kf6 101. Kd5 Ke7
102. Bf5 Kf6 103. Ke4 Ke7 104. Ke5 Kf7 105. Nd6+ Kg7 106. Ke6
Kg8 107. Kf6 Kh8 108. Nf7+ Kg8 109. Bg6 Kf8 110. Bh7 Ke8
111. Ne5 Kd8 112. Ke6 Kc7 113. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "3.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O
7. O-O h6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ne2 a5 11. Ng3 Qe8 12. c3
Qf7 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Nh2 d5 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qg6 17. Nf3
Nd7 18. Kh2 Rf7 19. Qc2 Rdf8 20. Qb3 d4 21. Bc1 Nc5 22. Qc2
Rxf3 23. gxf3 Rxf3 24. Rg1 Qf7 25. Rg2 Bh4 26. Kg1 b6 27. Qe2
Nxa4 28. Nf5 Rxf2 29. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 30. Qxf2 exf5 31. exf5 dxc3
32. bxc3 Nxc3 33. Re1 Nd5 34. Qg2 Ndb4 35. Rf1 Nd4 36. Qa8+
Kh7 37. Qe4 Qf6 38. Bd2 Nbc2 39. h4 a4 40. h5 a3 41. Qg4 a2
42. Bc3 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "3.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. c3
Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bd6 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. Rb1 b5 15. Qh5 Rc8 16. Bd2 g6
17. Qh6 Bc6 18. a4 Kd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qf6
22. Rxb5 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Re1 Qf5 25. Qe3 Rb2 26. Rc1 Qa5
27. g3 Qa2 28. Rd1 Qa4 29. Qf3 f5 30. Bg5 Qa2 31. Bc1 Rb1
32. Be3 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qc4 34. Qa1 Bc7 35. Qa3 Qb5 36. Qa2 Qd3
37. Qa4+ Kc8 38. Qe8+ Kb7 39. Qxe6 Qxc3 40. d5 Qc2 41. h4 Qe4
42. Qd7 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "3.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O
7. O-O h6 8. h3 Be6 9. Re1 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Bb5 dxe4
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe5 exd3 14. Nxc6 dxc2 15. Qxc2 Qd7 16. Bf4
Bf6 17. Rac1 Bd5 18. b4 a6 19. Red1 Rfe8 20. b5 Qe6 21. Qd2
Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Qf5 23. Bxc7 axb5 24. a5 Re6 25. Rxe6 Qxe6
26. Bb6 Qb3 27. Qd3 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 b4 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Ke2 Bc3
31. Kd1 Ke7 32. Kc2 Ke6 33. Kb3 f5 34. f4 g5 35. g3 g4 36. h4
Kf7 37. h5 Be1 38. Ka4 Rb8 39. Kb5 Kf6 40. a6 Bf2 41. a7 Rxb6+
42. Ka5 Rb7 43. a8=Q Ra7+ 44. Qxa7 Bxa7 45. Kxb4 Bf2 46. Kb5
Ke6 47. Kc6 Kf6 48. Kd5 Be1 49. Ra3 Bf2 50. Ra6+ Kg7 51. Ke5
1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.01.02"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "3.14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. c3
Nf6 7. Re1 Bc6 8. d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bg6 10. d5 Qd7 11. Nbd2 O-O-O
12. b4 e6 13. Nc4 Qb5 14. Nfd2 exd5 15. a4 Qc6 16. b5 axb5
17. axb5 Qxb5 18. Qf3 dxc4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ra8+ Kc7 21. Rxd8
Kxd8 22. Qxf6+ Kd7 23. Qxh8 Be7 24. Nf1 Qb6 25. Qa8 Qa6
26. Qh8 b5 27. Ne3 Qc8 28. Qxc8+ Kxc8 29. Nxc4 Kd8 30. Na3 b4
31. cxb4 cxb4 32. Nc4 Kd7 33. f3 b3 34. Kf2 Bf6 35. Nd2 b2
36. Ne4 Bxe4 37. fxe4 Bg5 38. Rb1 Bc1 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. Kd3 Ke5
41. g3 h5 42. h3 f6 43. h4 f5 44. exf5 Kxf5 45. Kd4 Kg4
46. Kd5 Kxg3 47. Kxd6 Kxh4 48. Ke5 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "3.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5
7. a4 Bb7 8. axb5 axb5 9. Rxa8 Qxa8 10. Na3 Bxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4
12. Nxb5 Qb7 13. c4 e6 14. d3 Nef6 15. d4 Be7 16. d5 e5
17. Nh4 g6 18. Bh6 Bf8 19. f4 e4 20. Qb3 Qb8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8
22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qc3 Rg8 24. g4 Nhf6 25. g5 Nxd5 26. Qd2 Nb4
27. f5 Nd3 28. f6 h6 29. gxh6 Rh8 30. Qg5 N7e5 31. Ra1 Kg8
32. Ra7 Qf8 33. Nc7 Rxh6 34. Ra8 Qxa8 35. Qxh6 Qa1+ 36. Kg2
Qxb2+ 37. Kh3 Nf2+ 38. Kg3 Qc3+ 39. Kg2 Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Qxh2+
41. Kxh2 Nfg4+ 42. Kg3 Nxh6 43. Kf4 Nf5 44. Nxf5 gxf5 45. Nd5
Nxc4 46. Kxf5 e3 47. Nf4 d5 48. Kg4 d4 49. Kf3 Nd2+ 50. Ke2
Ne4 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "3.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O
7. Re1 Be6 8. a5 a6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. c3 h6 11. Nbd2 Kh8
12. Nf1 Qe8 13. b4 Qg6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Bd2 Rf7 16. Rf1 Raf8
17. Ne1 d5 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Nc2 h5 20. f3 h4 21. Nh1 Nh5
22. Nf2 Rxf3 23. Ng4 R3f7 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1
Bg5 27. Be1 h3 28. gxh3 Bc1 29. Qf3 Nf4 30. Bg3 Qh5 31. Bxf4
Bxf4 32. Ke2 dxe4 33. dxe4 Ne7 34. Ne1 Qe8 35. Nd3 Ng6 36. Kf2
Kg8 37. Qd1 b6 38. Nxf4 exf4 39. axb6 cxb6 40. Qd6 Kh7 41. Qc7
Qa4 42. Nf6+ Kh6 43. Ng4+ Kh5 44. Qxg7 Qc2+ 45. Kf1 Qd1+
46. Kf2 Qd2+ 47. Kf1 Qd3+ 48. Kf2 Qd2+ 49. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "3.23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3 Ng4
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qd2 g5 16. Bg3 Qe6
17. Rac1 Rd8 18. h3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. Rfe1 Be5 21. Nd1 Bxg3
22. fxg3 Qe5 23. Ne3 e6 24. Qf2 h5 25. Rcd1 Qh8 26. Rd2 Rd7
27. Red1 Rad8 28. c5 d5 29. Nc4 h4 30. Nd6 hxg3 31. Qxg3 Qh4
32. Qc3 g4 33. exd5 cxd5 34. Rd4 Qh8 35. hxg4 Qe5 36. Re1 Qg7
37. b4 Rxd6 38. cxd6 Rxd6 39. b5 a6 40. a4 axb5 41. axb5 Rb6
42. Rb1 Qe5 43. Qd2 Kg7 44. Qf2 Qf6 45. Ra4 Qxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Ne5
47. Ke3 Rb7 48. Kd4 Nd7 49. Ra6 Kf6 50. Rc6 Ke7 51. g5 Nb8
52. Kc5 Nd7+ 53. Kb4 Ne5 54. Ra6 Nd3+ 55. Ka5 Ne5 56. b6 Nc6+
57. Kb5 Kd6 58. Ra8 e5 59. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.01.03"]
[EventDate "2020.12.29"]
[Round "3.24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Daniil Dubov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 Bb7 12. Re1 Ne7
13. Bc2 O-O 14. Nbd2 Ng6 15. Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 exd4 17. cxd4 c5
18. d5 c4 19. b4 cxb3 20. Bxb3 Nd7 21. Nf5 Nde5 22. Be3 Bxe3
23. Rxe3 Bc8 24. N3d4 Qf6 25. Rc1 Bxf5 26. exf5 Nh4 27. Nc6
Nxf5 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. Nxb8 Rxb8 30. Rc6 Qd8 31. d6 Nd4
32. Rxa6 b4 33. Ra7 Kh8 34. Rxf7 Nxb3 35. Qxb3 Qxd6 36. Qc4 h6
37. a6 b3 38. Rb7 Ra8 39. a7 b2 40. Qb3 Qd2 41. Rb8+ Kh7
42. Qg8+ Kg6 43. Qe6+ Kg5 44. Qxe5+ Kg6 45. Qe6+ Kg5 46. Rb5+
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2021.01.16"]
[EventDate "2021.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "127"]

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 b5 11. Re1 Qc7
12. Nh4 Nbd7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5
Rab8 17. Bb3 a5 18. Qf3 Nb6 19. Rad1 Bf6 20. Bxb6 Rxb6 21. Rd5
Rc6 22. Red1 h6 23. Ba4 Rc4 24. Rxd6 Rf4 25. Qe2 Rxf5 26. g3
e4 27. Qxe4 Qc5 28. Qe2 Bxb2 29. Bb3 Bc3 30. R1d5 Rxd5
31. Rxd5 Qa7 32. Qd3 Be1 33. Qe2 Bc3 34. Qd3 Be1 35. Qe3 Qxe3
36. fxe3 Re8 37. Rxa5 Kf8 38. Rf5 f6 39. Rf3 Bc3 40. h3 Be5
41. Kg2 Rd8 42. Rf2 Ke7 43. g4 Rd1 44. c3 Rd3 45. cxb4 Rxe3
46. Rf3 Rxf3 47. Kxf3 Bc3 48. a3 Bb2 49. a4 Bc3 50. b5 Kd6
51. Ke4 Kc5 52. Kf5 g5 53. Kg6 Kb6 54. Kxh6 Bb2 55. Kg6 Bc3
56. Kf5 Bd4 57. Bc2 Bb2 58. Ke6 Bc3 59. Kd5 Bd2 60. Bd3 Bc3
61. Ke6 Bb2 62. Kd5 Bc3 63. Be2 Bd2 64. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2021.01.17"]
[EventDate "2021.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alireza Firouzja"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5
7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Ng6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Bb5 O-O
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na3 Qb8 14. Nc4 Be4 15. Nd6 Bd5 16. b3 f6
17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rc1 Qb4 19. Nc4 Be7 20. Ne1 Rad8 21. Qe2 Qb8
22. Nd3 Rf5 23. f3 Nh4 24. Rf2 Kh8 25. f4 Ng6 26. Nce5 Nxe5
27. Nxe5 Qb4 28. Qc2 Kg8 29. Rd1 Bf6 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. bxc4
Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Be7 33. Qb3 Qe1+ 34. Rf1 Qxe3+ 35. Qxe3 Bxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2021.01.18"]
[EventDate "2021.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrey Esipenko"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 Nf6 6. Be2 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Rd1 O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nd5 Rc8 11. c3 Re8
12. Qf4 Qa5 13. Qh4 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. b4 Bxf3 16. bxa5
Bxe2 17. Rd5 Bxc3 18. Rb1 Nb4 19. Rd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc6
21. Qd5 Ba6 22. Bg5 Ne5 23. Be3 Rc3 24. Rb3 Rc2 25. Rb1 Rc3
26. Rb3 Rc2 27. Rb1 Rec8 28. h3 R2c3 29. Rb3 Rc2 30. Rb4 R2c3
31. Rb3 Rc2 32. Rb4 R2c3 33. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2021.01.19"]
[EventDate "2021.01.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "David Anton Guijarro"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Qf5 16. Nd2 Qg6
17. Nf3 Bg4 18. h3 Bxh3 19. Nh4 Qf6 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qe2 Qg7
22. Be3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Qf6 24. Re1 Kg7 25. g4 Qxh4 26. g5 Bf4
27. Qxf4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Bf5 29. Re7 c5 30. Bd5 Rae8 31. Rc7 Re5
32. c4 h6 33. gxh6+ Kxh6 34. Rf3 Re2 35. Rxc5 Rxb2 36. Rc6 Kg5
37. Rxa6 bxc4 38. Bxc4 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Bc8 40. Ra5+ f5 41. Rg3+
Kf6 42. d4 Rc1 43. Be2 Re1 44. Ba6 f4 45. Rf3 Bf5 46. Rxf4 Ra8
47. d5 Ke5 48. Rfa4 Rb8 49. d6+ Kxd6 50. Bd3 Bxd3 51. Rd4+ Ke6
52. Rxd3 Rb6 53. Rg3 Kf6 54. Rf3+ Kg7 55. Ra7+ Kh6 56. Rh3+
Kg5 57. Rf7 Re2 58. Ra3 Rc2 59. Kg3 Rb1 60. Kg2 Rb6 61. Ra5+
Kh6 62. Ra8 Kg5 63. a4 Ra2 64. Ra5+ Kh6 65. Rf4 Rc6 66. Rh4+
Kg7 67. Kg3 Ra3+ 68. f3 Rd6 69. Ra7+ Kf6 70. Rb4 Kg5 71. Ra8
Rc6 72. a5 Kh6 73. Rh4+ Kg5 74. Rf4 Rd6 75. Rf7 Rc6 76. Rb8
Ra6 77. Rb6 R3xa5 78. f4+ Kh6 79. Rbb7 g5 80. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2021.01.21"]
[EventDate "2021.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nils Grandelius"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 Bxe6
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 Nbd7 14. Bxe6 Nc5 15. Bb3 Rc8 16. O-O
Nxb3 17. Rxb3 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Qc4 19. Rf4 Qe6 20. Rxb7 O-O 21. h3
Rb8 22. Ra7 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nd5 Rb8 25. c4 Bd8 26. Qf2
Nd7 27. Bd4 Bg5 28. Rf5 Bh6 29. Kh2 Rc8 30. Qg3 g6 31. Qh4 Bf8
32. Rf6 Qe8 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35. Nxc8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2021.01.22"]
[EventDate "2021.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Aryan Tari"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. Qb3 a5 8. Bf4 a4 9. Qb4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Qa5 11. Na3 Be6
12. Qc1 Bd5 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Nc4 Qa7 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5
Qb6 17. h4 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Ne4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd1 c5 21. dxc5
Qxc5 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Nd4 Rac8 24. Nc2 e5 25. Nb4 Be6 26. e3
Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2021.01.23"]
[EventDate "2021.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 f6 15. Bh5+ Kd8 16. Bh4 d4
17. Bf2 Qc3 18. f5 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 c5 20. Bf3 Ra7 21. g4 g6
22. Bh4 Be7 23. Rb6 h5 24. h3 Ke8 25. Bg3 Rc7 26. Kd3 hxg4
27. hxg4 Rxh1 28. Bxh1 gxf5 29. gxf5 Bf8 30. Kc4 Rh7 31. Be4
Be7 32. Bxd6 Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Bb7 34. Bxb7 Rxb7 35. Rxa6 Rb2
36. Kxc5 Rxc2+ 37. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2021.01.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jorden van Foreest"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O
7. d4 Ba7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Nxe5 Qe7 13. Nxc6 Qxe4 14. Nxa7 Bh3 15. gxh3 Rfd8 16. Nd2
Qxh4 17. Qf3 Rxa7 18. Nb3 c5 19. Qg3 Qh5 20. Rae1 Rd5 21. f4
Rad7 22. Re5 Rxe5 23. fxe5 Ne4 24. Qg4 Qxg4+ 25. hxg4 Rd5
26. Re1 Nd2 27. Nxd2 Rxd2 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxb2 30. Rxa6
Rc2 31. Rc6 Rxc3 32. Kg2 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2021.01.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. g4 O-O 9. g5 Nh5 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bb3 g6 12. Be3
Nd7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. h4 Nf4 17. Kb1
Qa5 18. Ne1 Rfc8 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 d5
22. exd5 Bf5 23. Qd2 Bd6 24. c4 Qb6 25. Ka1 a5 26. c3 a4
27. Bc2 e4 28. Bxa4 Rxc4 29. Bb3 Rc5 30. Rhe1 Be5 31. Re3 Qd6
32. Kb2 b5 33. a3 Rc8 34. Ra1 b4 35. axb4 Qxb4 36. d6 Rb8
37. Ra3 Qb7 38. Kc1 Qd7 39. Qd5 Bxd6 40. Ra6 Rd8 41. Rxd6 Qxd6
42. Qxf7+ Kh8 43. Qf6+ Qxf6 44. gxf6 Rd6 45. f3 Rxf6 46. fxe4
Be6 47. e5 Rf1+ 48. Kb2 Bxb3 49. Kxb3 Kg7 50. c4 Rb1+ 51. Ka4
Kf7 52. c5 Ke6 53. c6 Rc1 54. Kb5 Rc2 55. Re1 Rc3 56. Kb6 Rb3+
57. Ka6 Ra3+ 58. Kb6 Rb3+ 59. Ka6 Ra3+ 60. Kb7 Rb3+ 61. Kc8
Rb4 62. c7 Rxh4 63. Rc1 Rf4 64. Kb7 Rf7 65. Re1 g5 66. Kb8
Rf8+ 67. c8=Q+ Rxc8+ 68. Kxc8 h5 69. Kc7 h4 70. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2021.01.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Alexander Donchenko"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Bd3 b6
7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 O-O 9. f4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qh5 Ba6
12. Nf3 d4 13. Bd2 c4 14. Ba5 Qc8 15. Be2 Nbc6 16. Qc5 d3
17. cxd3 cxd3 18. Bd1 Nxa5 19. Qxa5 Rb8 20. b3 Rd8 21. O-O d2
22. Rf2 Rb5 23. Qa4 Ng6 24. g3 Rc5 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Rc1
27. Rxc1 Qxc1 28. Qxa6 Qxd1+ 29. Nf1 Qd4+ 30. Kg2 Qxe4+
31. Kf2 Qd4+ 32. Ke2 h5 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qc2 Qd5 35. Kf2 Kg8
36. Qc8+ Nf8 37. Qc4 Qd6 38. b4 Nd7 39. Ke2 Nf6 40. Ne3 Qd8
41. b5 Qf8 42. Qc3 Qd8 43. a4 Nd5 44. Qd4 Qe7 45. Nxd5 exd5+
46. Kf2 Qa3 47. Qxd5 Qxa4 48. Qxh5 Qd4+ 49. Kf1 Qa1+ 50. Kg2
a6 51. bxa6 Qa2+ 52. Kh3 Qe6+ 53. Qg4 Qxa6 54. Qf3 Qe6+ 55. g4
f5 56. g5 Qe1 57. g6 Qe8 58. Qd5+ Kh8 59. Qxf5 Qe3+ 60. Kh4
Qe1+ 61. Kh5 Qe2+ 62. Qg4 Qe6 63. f5 Qe5 64. Qh3 Qf4 65. f6
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2021.01.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Nb5 Be6
12. Bd3 Qb4 13. Nc7 Bxa2 14. Nxa8 Rxa8 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Nd4 Nd5
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Bxb2 20. Qxb4 Nxb4 21. Rc4
a5 22. Bc7 Rd5 23. g4 h5 24. Rb1 Be5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. h3 f6
27. Rd1 hxg4 28. hxg4 Rd5 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Rc5 Nd3 31. Rxa5
Ne5 32. Ra4 d4 33. exd4 Nxg4 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kf3 f5 36. Ra5
Ke6 37. Kg3 Nf6 38. f3 Ne8 39. Ra8 Nc7 40. Rg8 Kf7 41. Rc8 Nd5
42. Rd8 e6 43. Kh4 Kf6 44. Rf8+ Kg7 45. Re8 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2021.01.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Rae8 13. Bf4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Ne4 Re6
17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Qe2 Qc4 21. Qd1
Nd7 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 a6 24. c4 Rc8 25. Ra5 Kf7 26. h4 d5
27. cxd5 Rc3 28. b4 Rb3 29. dxe6+ Kxe6 30. d5+ Kf7 31. g3 Rxb4
32. d6 Nb8 33. h5 Rb5 34. hxg6+ hxg6 35. Rxb5 axb5 36. Kf1 Ke6
37. Ke2 Nd7 38. f4 Kxd6 39. g4 Kd5 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Ke4
42. Kd2 Kxf5 43. Kc3 Ke4 44. Bg1 Kd5 45. Kb4 Kc6 46. Bf2 Ne5
47. Bg1 Nd3+ 48. Kc3 Nf4 49. Kb4 Nd5+ 50. Kb3 Nc7 51. Kb4 Na6+
52. Kb3 Kd6 53. Kc3 Kc6 54. Kb3 Nc5+ 55. Kb4 Nd7 56. Bf2 Nb6
57. Bg1 Nd5+ 58. Kb3 b6 59. Bf2 Kb7 60. Be1 Ka6 61. Bd2 Ne7
62. Bb4 Nc6 63. Bd2 Ne5 64. Kb4 Nd3+ 65. Kc3 Ne5 66. Kb4 Nc6+
67. Kb3 b4 68. Bxb4 Nxb4 69. Kxb4 b5 70. Kb3 Ka5 71. Ka3 b4+
72. Kb2 Ka4 73. Ka2 b3+ 74. Kb1 Ka3 75. Ka1 b2+ 76. Kb1 Kb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2021.01.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qa3 b6 9. Nf3 c5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rd1 cxd4
12. cxd4 Qd6 13. Qxd6 exd6 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Kd2
Rac8 17. h4 Nb4 18. Bb1 Rce8 19. a3 Nc6 20. Ba2 Rxe4 21. Bd5
Na5 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rc7 a6 24. h5 b5 25. h6 Bf6 26. Bg5 Bh8
27. Rh4 Bd5 28. Kc3 Nc4 29. Nd2 Nxa3 30. Kb4 Nc4 31. Nxc4 Bxc4
32. Be7 Re8 33. Rf4 f5 34. g4 Kf7 35. Bxd6+ Ke6 36. Bc5 Bf6
37. gxf5+ gxf5 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. Rxf5 Re6 40. d5 1-0

