[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

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 Ne5 16. Rxb7 e6 17. d6 Rfd8 18. Re1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qa5 20. Rf1 Rd7
21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Qc2 Qh5 23. f4 Qh4 24. f3 g5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Bb5 Ne5 27.
Qf2 Qh5 28. Be2 Qg6 29. Qg3 Bf6 30. f4 gxf4 31. Bxf4 Rd8 32. Bh5 Qxg3+ 33. Bxg3
Bg7 34. Bxe5 Bxe5 35. Bxf7+ Kg7 36. Bxe6 Rxd6 37. Bd5 a5 38. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. c4 c5 19. Bc3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 a6
21. Kb1 Rd7 22. Rc1 Kb8 23. f4 Rc8 24. Nf3 Qc6 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5+ Ka8 27.
Rhd1 Rcd8 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. g4 Qd3+ 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Kc2 Rd8 32. Rg1 Ka7 33.
c5 a5 34. Kb3 Ka6 35. a4 Rd3+ 36. Kc4 Rf3 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 Ne4 39. Bxg7 Rh3
40. Kd4 Nd2 41. Rg2 Nf3+ 42. Ke4 Ne1 43. Re2 Rh4+ 44. Ke3 Rxh5 45. Rxe1 Rxg5
46. Bd4 Rd5 47. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. a4 Be7 10. Nb3 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. f4 Qc7 14. a5 Bc6 15.
Bf3 O-O 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Bf2 Qc7 20. Ne2 Nc5 21. Ng3
Bb5 22. Rac1 Qb8 23. b3 Red8 24. Qe3 Be8 25. Rb1 e5 26. f5 h6 27. c4 Bg5 28.
Qe2 Bh4 29. Nf1 Bxf2 30. Qxf2 f6 31. b4 Na4 32. Rdc1 b5 33. axb6 Nxb6 34. c5
Na4 35. Bd1 Kh8 36. Ne3 dxc5 37. bxc5 Qa7 38. Bxa4 Bxa4 39. Nd5 Bc6 40. Nb6 Rb8
41. Rc4 a5 42. h3 Qa6 43. Qa2 a4 44. Kh2 Qa5 45. Nd5 Rxb1 46. Qxb1 a3 47. Nb4
Bb5 48. Rc3 Rd4 49. Na2 Bc6 50. Qb8+ Kh7 51. Qc8 Bxe4 52. c6 Rd8 53. Qe6 Qc7
54. Nb4 Rd2 55. Rg3 a2 56. Nxa2 Bd5 57. Qe8 Bxa2 58. Qg6+ Kh8 59. Qe8+ Bg8 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qa4 Bb7 8. Bg2
c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 O-O 13. Ndf3 Qc7 14. Bd2 Nb7
15. Bg5 Rfc8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd3 Qc6 18. Qc2 Qe4 19. Kg1 Nd6 20. b3 Nf5 21.
Rae1 Nd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. e3 dxe3 24. Rxe3 Qf5 25. Qe2 a5 26. Re4 Kh8 27. Rd1
Rd8 28. Rh4 d5 29. Rf4 Qg6 30. Rd4 dxc4 31. Nf4 Qf5 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+
Bxd8 34. Qxc4 Bb6 35. Kg2 Qe5 36. Qc6 Qd4 37. Qf3 Kg7 38. Nh5+ Kg6 39. Nf4+ Kg7
40. Nh5+ Kg6 41. g4 Bc7 42. h3 f5 43. gxf5+ exf5 44. Ng3 Bxg3 45. Qxg3+ Kf6 46.
Qe3 Qd5+ 47. Kg3 Kg6 48. Kh2 h5 49. Qg3+ Kh6 50. a3 f6 51. b4 axb4 52. Qf4+ Kg6
53. axb4 Kf7 54. Qc7+ Kg6 55. Qc5 Qe4 56. b5 Qf4+ 57. Kg1 Qg5+ 58. Kf1 Qh4 59.
Qe7 Qb4 60. Kg2 h4 61. Qb7 f4 62. b6 Qb1 63. Qc6 f3+ 64. Qxf3 Qxb6 65. Qg4+ Kf7
66. Qh5+ Kg7 67. Qxh4 Qc6+ 68. Kh2 Qc2 69. Qf4 Kf7 70. Kg3 Qd3+ 71. f3 Qf1 72.
Qf5 Qe1+ 73. Kg4 Kg7 74. h4 Qe2 75. Qe4 Qb5 76. Qe7+ Kg6 77. Qe6 Kg7 78. Kg3
Qc5 79. Qg4+ Kh6 80. Qe4 Kg7 81. Kh3 Qb5 82. Kg4 Qc5 83. Qf5 Qe3 84. Qd7+ Kg6
85. Qf5+ Kg7 86. Kh3 Qe2 87. Qg4+ Kh6 88. Qf4+ Kg7 89. h5 Qf1+ 90. Kg4 Qb1 91.
Qc7+ Kh6 92. Qc5 Qb8 93. Qe3+ Kh7 94. Qe7+ Kg8 95. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Aaberg, Anton"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. a4 Qxb6 8. a5 Qc7
9. e4 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. O-O Rb8 13. Nd2 Rb4 14. h3 Ne8 15. Nc4
Ne5 16. Nb6 Nd7 17. Nc4 Qb8 18. Kh1 Nc7 19. f4 f5 20. e5 Ne8 21. e6 Ndf6 22.
Na2 Rb5 23. Nc3 Rb4 24. Na2 Rb3 25. Nb6 Rxb6 26. axb6 Ne4 27. Kh2 Qxb6 28. Bc4
Nc7 29. Qd3 Bb7 30. Rb1 Bd4 31. b4 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. bxc5 Qxc5 34. Ba3 Qa7
35. Rbd1 Ne3 36. Qxd4 Nxf1+ 37. Kg1 Qxd4+ 38. Rxd4 Nfg3 39. Rb4 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Kobese, Watu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

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. a5 Qc7 13. Na4 Nd7 14. g5 Bb7 15.
Nb6 Nxb6 16. axb6 Qd7 17. Ne2 d5 18. O-O-O Qa4 19. Kb1 Bb4 20. Qd4 O-O 21. Ng3
Rfe8 22. Qe5 dxe4 23. Nh5 Bf8 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. fxe4 c3 27. Qxc3
Qxe4 28. Rhf1 Rc8 29. Rxf7 Kg8 30. Rc7 Rb8 31. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Quillan, Gary"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "www.chesstoday.net"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. g3 Be7 7. c4 Nc7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Ne4 Ne8 10. Bg2 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Qe2 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Rd1 $4 {#} Nd4 $1 16. Qf4 Qe7 17. Qe4 Qf7 $1 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Wells, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 d5 8. c5
Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. b4 Nc6 11. cxb6 Bb5 12. b7 Rb8 13. a3 Ne4 14. Qe3 Nd6 15.
Nb3 Bf6 16. O-O Rxb7 17. Re1 Bc4 18. Nc5 Rb6 19. g4 a5 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. Bd2
Nb3 22. Nxb3 Rxb3 23. Qf4 Ne4 24. Ba5 Qa8 25. Bxc7 g5 26. Qc1 Rc8 27. Be5 Bxe2
28. Rxe2 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Qxa3 30. Rc8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 b4 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Ne4 c5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd5 19. e4 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Rxc5
21. f4 Qh5 22. Qxh5 Rxh5 23. Rc4 Rd8 24. Rd1 Ng4 25. Kg1 Rxh2 26. Be2 Rh1+ 27.
Kxh1 Nxf2+ 28. Kg2 Nxd1 29. Rxb4 Rd2 30. Kf3 Rxb2 31. Rc4 Rd2 32. Rc1 Nb2 33.
Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rc7 Kg6 35. Rxa7 h5 36. Ra5 Rd7 37. Kg3 Nd1 38. Bxh5+ Kh7 39. Ra3
Kh6 40. Be2 g5 41. Rb3 Rd2 42. fxg5+ Kxg5 43. Kf3 f5 44. exf5 e5 45. Bd3 Rxa2
46. Rb8 e4+ 47. Bxe4 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 Ne3+ 49. Kg1 Ra1+ 50. Kf2 Kf4 51. Bb1 Ra4 52.
Rb3 Ng4+ 53. Ke2 Ra6 54. Rb5 Nh6 55. Rb4+ Kg5 56. Rb7 Nxf5 57. Rb5 Rf6 58. Kf3
Rf8 59. Re5 Kf6 60. Rxf5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Montalvan, Jaime"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Rhg1 b5 12. g4 b4 13. Na4 $6 Nxe4 14. Nxe6
Bxe6 15. Bb6 Bg5+ 16. Kb1 Qe7 17. Qxe4 Bxb3 18. Qxe7 Bxc2+ 19. Kxc2 Bxe7 $17
20. Bc7 Rac8 21. Bxd6 Nd4+ 22. Kb1 Bxd6 23. Rxd4 Bxh2 24. Rh1 Be5 25. Rxb4 g5
26. Nb6 Rcd8 27. Nc4 Rd4 28. a3 Bf4 29. Kc2 Re8 30. Kc3 Rde4 31. Rh6 Re2 32. f3
Rf2 33. Rh3 Re6 34. Kb3 Bc1 35. Ka4 Rf6 36. Ka5 Kg7 37. Rb6 R2xf3 38. Rxf3 Rxf3
39. Nd6 h5 40. Nf5+ Rxf5+ 41. gxf5 g4 42. Rb3 h4 43. Kxa6 g3 44. Rb4 Bg5 45.
Rg4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Peek, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. d5 Ne5 5. f4 Nd7 6. e4 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Be3 e6
9. Bxb6 cxb6 10. Bxc4 Bb4 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe5 Qf6
15. Qb5+ Kf7 16. Nge2 Qe7 17. O-O-O Qc5 18. Rd7+ Ne7 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. Rhd1
Rab8 21. e5 Ke8 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. Rxb7 Kf7 24. Rdd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Rc8 26. Ne4 h6
27. Kb1 Kf8 28. N2c3 Be3 29. g3 Bc5 30. Nf6 Bg1 31. Nce4 Bxh2 32. Nd6 $1 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Walton, Alan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Kxe7 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qf4 a6 13. h5 h6 14. g4 Qc7 15.
g5 hxg5 16. Qxg5 Qe7 17. Qg3 b5 18. Rg1 Rxh5 19. Qxg7+ Ke8 20. Be2 Rf5 21. Nxb5
axb5 22. Bxb5 Kd8 23. Bxc6 Rxa2 24. Kb1 Rxf3 25. Kxa2 Kc7 26. Qh8 Kb8 27. Ra1
Qc7 28. Qe8 Rxf2 29. Kb1 Nb7 30. Ra3 Qd8 31. Rg8 Qxe8 32. Rxe8 Kc7 33. Rc3 d4
34. Bxb7+ dxc3 35. Bxc8 cxb2 36. Ba6 Rf5 37. Bd3 Rxe5 38. Re7+ Kd6 39. Rxf7 Re3
40. Kxb2 e5 41. Kc3 Rg3 42. Kd2 Kd5 43. Rf8 Rg4 44. c4+ Kc5 45. Ke3 Rh4 46. Rd8
1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Thipsay, Bagyashree"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nd7 5. Be2 e5 6. Qd1 Be7 7. c4 Ngf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Nc5 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. f3 a6 14. Qd2 Nh5
15. Nc2 Nf4 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Na3 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Bf1 Kh8 20. g3 Ng6 21.
Bh3 Rf6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Ne4 Qc7 24. Rac1 Ngf8 25. Nc2 Nc5 26. Nc3 Rg6 27. Nb4
Bd8 28. Nbd5 Qf7 29. Qe2 Nfe6 30. b4 Nd7 31. Kh1 Bg5 32. Ne4 Rf8 33. Nxd6 Qxf3+
34. Qxf3 Rxf3 35. Bxg5 Nxg5 36. Nxb7 Rf2 37. Rg1 Nh3 38. Rg2 Rf8 39. Re2 Nf6
40. Rf1 Rb8 41. Nc5 Re8 42. Nc7 Re7 43. N7xa6 h5 44. b5 h4 45. b6 hxg3 46. hxg3
Nh5 47. Kh2 Nxg3 48. Rf8+ Kh7 49. Re3 Nf4 50. Rf3 Nge2 51. R8xf4 Nxf4 52. b7
Rxb7 53. Nxb7 Rxa6 54. a3 Rc6 55. Re3 Rxc4 56. Rxe5 Rc3 57. Rf5 Rh3+ 58. Kg1
Rf3 59. Nd6 g5 60. Ra5 Kg6 61. Ne4 Nh3+ 62. Kh2 g4 63. a4 Ra3 64. Ra6+ Kf5 65.
Ng3+ Kg5 66. Ra5+ Kf4 67. Nh5+ Kf3 68. Rf5+ Ke4 69. Rf8 Ng5 70. Rf4+ Ke5 71.
Rxg4 Rh3+ 72. Kg2 Rxh5 73. a5 Ne4 74. Rg7 Kf4 75. a6 Ra5 76. a7 Ra2+ 77. Kg1
Ng5 78. Rb7 Kg3 79. Kf1 Nf3 80. Rg7+ Kf4 81. Rb7 Ne5 82. Ke1 Ke3 83. Kd1 Nc6
84. a8=Q Rxa8 85. Kc2 Nd4+ 86. Kc3 Rc8+ 87. Kb4 Kd3 88. Rh7 Rc4+ 89. Ka5 Rc6
90. Kb4 Rc4+ 91. Ka5 Rc1 92. Kb4 Nf5 93. Rd7+ Ke4 94. Rh7 Rc8 95. Rd7 Ne3 96.
Rh7 Nd5+ 97. Kb5 Nc3+ 98. Kb6 Kd4 99. Rh4+ Ne4 100. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.01.31"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Mohota, Nisha"]
[Black "Osuna Vega, Enrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. e5 Nd5 6. Ng5 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 8.
Ndf3 e5 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Bc4 Rf8 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 Ng8
15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nd7 17. f4 Ne7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qb5 Qc6 20. Bxd7+ $1
Kxd7 21. Qxe5 Nf5 22. Rxf5 $1 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Golubev (www.chesstoday.net)"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. Qc4 Ne5 14. Qb5 $146
(14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Qc4 Ne5 16. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Khenkin-Anand, Bundesliga 2003})
14... f5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Qxb7 Qa5 17. Bd4 N7c6 18. Qa6 Qd8 19. exf5 Nxd4 20.
cxd4 Qh4+ 21. Kf1 Qxd4 22. Qd6 Qe3 23. Re1 Rxf5 24. Ba6 Qxa3 25. Bb7 Bb5+ 26.
Ne2 Raf8 27. Be4 {# Test Yourself!} Nxf3 $1 $19 28. Bxf5 (28. Qxe6+ Kh8 $1 29.
Bxf5 Nd4 $1) (28. gxf3 Rxf3+ 29. Kg2 Rf2+ 30. Kg1 Qe3) 28... Rxf5 ({or} 28...
Nxe1 29. Qxe6+ Kh8) 29. Qxe6+ Rf7 30. Qc8+ Rf8 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qe7 Re8 $1 33.
Qxe8+ Bxe8 34. Rd1 (34. gxf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kg1 Bc6) 34... Kg8 35. h4 Nd2+ 36. Ke1
Ne4 37. Rh3 Qxc5 38. Nd4 Bh5 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Bg5
Qb6 9. Nc3 Nbc6 10. Ncb5 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. O-O Bg6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qa4+ Nc6
15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Qxc4 Be7 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Nxe6 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qb5
21. Nxg7+ Kf8 22. Ne6+ Ke7 23. Qh4+ Kxe6 24. Qf6+ Kd7 25. Qd6+ Ke8 26. Rad1 Ra8
27. e6 f5 28. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 a6
8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. c4 Be7 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Bf4
Qe7 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Bb8 20. f4 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rf1 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Ne8 24. Be1 Ng7 25. Bc3 Qd7 26. h4 gxh4 27. Qg4
Qc6 28. Rf2 h3 29. Qxh3 Nf5 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Qxf5 Qc7 33. Qh5 Qe7
34. Rf6 Bc8 35. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. f4 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. g4 Nc5 14. Rac1 Nfxe4 $2
15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bd5 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. N2c3 f6 20. Qd3 a5 21.
Ng3 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nce2 e5 24. Be3 Bb5 25. Qd2 d5 26. c3 Ra2 27. fxe5
fxe5 28. Nf5 Rd8 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Bb6 Rd7 31. cxb4 Ra8 32. Bf2 Qe6 33. h3 h5
34. Rfe1 d4 35. Nf4 Qf6 36. Rc5 exf4 37. Rxb5 hxg4 38. hxg4 d3 39. Rf5 Qg6 40.
Qxf4 Qa6 41. Rd1 Qe6 42. b5 d2 43. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Speelman, Jon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bb3 a5 8. a4
Bg4 9. Nbd2 e6 10. c3 d5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Qb6 14. Bc2 c5 15.
Bd3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Bb5 Ndb8 18. Be3 Ne7 19. Rfd1 Nbc6 20. Bf4 Rac8 21.
Qd2 Kh8 22. Rac1 Nb4 23. Bg5 Ng8 24. Rc3 Na2 25. Ra3 Nb4 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1
h6 28. Be3 Kh7 29. Qb1 Ne7 30. g4 Nec6 31. h4 Kg8 32. Kg2 Qd8 33. Qc1 Kh7 34.
Bd2 Qe7 35. Qb1 Kh8 36. Qc1 Kh7 37. Bxc6 Nxc6 38. Qc2 Kg8 39. Qc1 Kh7 40. Qc2
Kg8 41. Rb3 Ra8 42. Rb5 Nxd4 43. Nxd4 Qxh4 44. f4 Qxg4+ 45. Kf1 Qh3+ 46. Kf2
Qh2+ 47. Kf1 Qh1+ 48. Kf2 Qh2+ 49. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Ne8 11. Qxe7 Nxe7 12. O-O-O f5 13. Nd6 Nxd6 14.
Rxd6 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf5 16. Rd2 d5 17. Ng5 Nh4 18. g3 Nf3 19. Nxf3 Rxf3 20. c4
Rf7 21. b3 b6 22. cxd5 Bb7 23. Bg2 Rd8 24. Rhd1 Bxd5 25. Kb2 Rfd7 26. Bxd5 Rxd5
27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Kc3 Rc8+ 30. Kd2 Rxc1 31. Kxc1 Kf7 32. Kd2 Ke6
33. Ke3 Kf5 34. f3 g5 35. Kd4 Ke6 36. b4 h5 37. b5 h4 38. a4 h3 39. f4 gxf4 40.
gxf4 Kf5 41. Kxd5 Kxf4 42. Kc6 Kf3 43. Kb7 Kg2 44. Kxa7 Kxh2 45. a5 bxa5 46. b6
Kg2 47. b7 h2 48. b8=Q h1=Q 49. Qb7+ Kh2 50. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "McNab, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. e5
Ng4 9. O-O-O c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bxc5 Qa5 12. Ba3 dxe5 13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2
Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Ne3 16. Rd2 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 Nc6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bh6 20. Bxe7
Rfb8 21. Rff2 Rb5 22. Bf6 Rd5 23. c4 Rc8 24. b3 Rc6 25. g4 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Bxd2+
27. Kxd2 Kf8 28. Kc3 Ra6 29. a4 Ke8 30. c5 Kd7 31. Kc4 Kc6 32. Be7 Ra5 33. g5
Ra6 34. Bd6 Ra5 35. Kb4 Ra6 36. h4 Kb7 37. Kb5 Rc6 38. b4 a6+ 39. Kc4 Rc8 40.
Kd5 Re8 41. c6+ Kb6 42. Bc5+ Kc7 43. a5 Kb8 44. Bd6+ Ka7 45. Kc5 Re6 46. b5
axb5 47. Kxb5 Re8 48. c7 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. f4 c5 13. Nb3 b6 14. Rf2 h5
15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. f5 Be8 19. Bf4 Bc6 20. Rd2+ Kc8 21.
Kf2 Kb7 22. Re1 Rg8 23. Rg1 Re8 24. Re2 Rd8 25. Rd2 Re8 26. Re2 Rd8 27. Rd2 Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Black "Wells, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. Qe2 Bd6 7. f4 O-O 8. b3
a6 9. a4 Nd5 10. O-O f6 11. Nd3 Nc6 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. Qd1 Nb6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Ba3
Nxc4 16. bxc4 b6 17. a5 Bb7 18. Ng3 Rc8 19. axb6 Qxb6 20. c3 Qc6 21. Ne1 Nf5
22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Rb1 Ba8 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. d3 Bd6 26. Qf2 Rfe8 27. Nc2 Qa4 28.
Rfe1 h6 29. Ra1 Qb3 30. Ne3 g6 31. Bb2 Qb6 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. cxd5 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Ashton, Adam"]
[Black "Zhu Chen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Bg2
Qc7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. f4 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5
15. Qf2 Kc7 16. e5 Ne8 17. Rd5 b5 18. Rd4 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Kxc6 20. f5 Bg5 21. fxe6
fxe6 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. exd6 Nxd6 24. Qf3+ Kc7 25. Kb1 Nc4 26. Rhd1 Rxd4 27.
Rxd4 Qb4 28. Qg3+ Kc8 29. Kc1 Qxb2+ 30. Kd1 Rf8 31. Rxc4+ bxc4 32. Qe3 Rd8+ 33.
Ke1 Rd6 34. Qc5+ Kd7 35. Qa7+ Ke8 36. Qa8+ Kf7 37. Qf3+ Ke7 38. Qe3 Kf7 39.
Qf3+ Kg8 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Gomes, Mary Ann"]
[Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. b3 Nc5 11. Re1 Ng4 12. Bb2 c6 13. h3 Ne5 14. Bf1 Qb6 15.
Nc2 {#} Bxh3 $1 16. Bxh3 Ncd3 17. Re3 Nxb2 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. Nd4 Nexc4 20. bxc4
Bxd4 21. Qxb2 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Qc5 23. Qe2 d5 24. Rd1 dxc4 25. Rd7 b5 26. Qf3 Re7
27. e5 Qxe5 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Nxb5 Re8 30. Qxc6 Qxe3+ 31. Kh2 Qd2+ 32. Bg2 Qh6+
33. Kg1 Re1+ 34. Bf1 Qe3+ 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kg1 Qd3 37. Qg2 a6 38. Nc7 Rxf1+ 39.
Qxf1 Qxg3+ 40. Qg2 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Bakker, Sven"]
[Black "Dunn, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qa5 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nc1 Nfd7 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Nb3 Qa6 13. Nb5 Qa4 14. Na3 f5 15.
Be2 fxe4 16. fxe4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nexc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bc1 Qb4+ 21.
Kd1 Rf7 22. Bd2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Qxe4 24. Re1 Qh4 25. Nc1 Raf8 26. Nd3 c4 27. Nb4
0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Swathi, Ghate"]
[Black "Ocana Roca, Juan Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

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. g4 Ne5 13. h4 Rc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4
15. Qd3 Qb4 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Bd4 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Nf4 21.
Qe4 Kxg7 22. Qxf4 Na3 23. Qd4+ e5 24. bxa3 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.01"]
[Round "9.41"]
[White "Hickman, John"]
[Black "Goodger, Martyn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O-O f4 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Nd4 a5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. g3 f3 15.
Bxf3 Rxf3 16. Nxf3 Bc6 17. Qf5 Be4 18. Qh5 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Golubev (www.chesstoday.net)"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.02"]

{During the Corus-2006 I played in a much more modest tournament in Bucharest
and followed Wijk aan Zee events mainly in our newspaper. The main Corus
brilliancies are already annotated by my colleagues, but there still remains
some very interesting encounters. Such as this game, which was very important
for the outcome of the tournament - and also moved the theory forward a bit.} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 {#} O-O ({
Another Round 9 game, Anand-Van Wely saw} 12... Rb8 $5 {
(one of the most important deviations for Black from the main line)} 13. a4
bxa4 14. Ncb4 Bd7 15. Bxa6 Nxb4 16. cxb4 O-O 17. O-O Bc6 {(In Golubev -
Rogozenko, Nikolaev Zonal 1995 the draw was agreed here. I did not know any
theory of the early ...Bg5/...Rb8 then and spent a serious amount of time for
the moves.)} 18. Rxa4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 $44 Qe8 $6 ({A dubious novelty. In his
book "The Sveshnikov Reloaded" Rogozenko cites two games with} 19... f5 {
and 19...g6.}) 20. Qxe8 Rfxe8 21. b5 $1 {
. The endgame is better for White - later he won.}) 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15.
Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. Nce3 {# After the game Ponomariov-Kramnik from
Corus-2005, this position became trendy. The alternative for White is 17.0-0,
but after 17...f5! Black enjoyed good results in practice.} Bxe3 {Solid!} (
17... g6 18. h4 ({or} 18. O-O f5 19. Qa4 $1 {Anand-Kasparov, Linares 2005}) {
and now 18...Bxh4 was Ponomariov-Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 2005 - Kramnik stood
unsafe in that game. In Kasimdzhanov-Ivanchuk, Tallinn (Keres mem) rpd 2006
Black insteadtried} 18... Bh6 {, but after} 19. h5 Kg7 20. Qd2 Rh8 21. g3 Bd7
22. f4 {his position was dubious.}) (17... Ne7 18. O-O $14 {
(as in Tseshkovky-Vukic, Banja Luka 1981)}) ({and} 17... Be6 {
were sometimes tested as well.}) 18. Nxe3 Ne7 {
"White is only marginally better", comments Rogozenko in the book.} 19. b3 ({
The purpose of this novelty, as it was pointed out by ChessPro.ru commentator
GM Shipov, is to avoid the exchange of knights. 19.b3 does not refute the
"Sveshnikov", but it can be called a micro-improvement. Instead,} 19. O-O f5 $1
20. exf5 Nxf5 {was tested in a couple of games. There,} 21. Nd5 {
can be faced by} Ne7 $1 $11) 19... f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nd5 Bb7 ({Now} 21...
Ne7 $2 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 {loses a pawn after} 23. Rxa5) 22. O-O Rc8 $1 {
# Black prepares ...Rc5.} 23. Qd3 {
Keeping central control. I suspect that there hardly was anything stronger.}
Nh4 $5 ({Avoiding simplifications. The alternative was} 23... Rc5 {, provoking}
24. b4 $5 axb4 25. cxb4 {
. According to Steve Giddins (BCM Online), "Topalov assessed the position after
} Rc8 26. Ba6 {as unclear".} {Mark Crowther in TWIC continues with} Bxa6 27.
Rxa6 Nd4 {. What is most unclear in this line is how any side (especially
Black) can hope for a win.}) 24. Rd1 (24. Rfa1 Rc5 {and now} 25. b4 {
is answered by} Rxc4 $1 ({not} 25... axb4 $2 26. cxb4 $16 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Qg5 28.
f4 exf4 {and now} 29. Qxf4 $1 Rxf4 30. Ra8+ {with a mate makes the difference})
26. Qxc4 Qg5 $44 {an if} 27. f4 {, then} exf4 $1 {, attacking.}) 24... h6 $1 {
A strong move - useful and waiting.} ({Shipov shows that worse was} 24... Qg5
25. Qg3 $1 Qh5 26. Be2 Qh6 27. Rxa5 $1) ({as well as} 24... Rc5 25. b4 $1 axb4
26. cxb4 {(+/= MG)} Qg5 $2 27. f4 $1 $18) 25. Qg3 ({The line} 25. Rad2 $2 a4 $1
26. bxa4 Qg5 {(as I understand, first shown by Topalov) is given in the Round
9 report at Coruschess.com.}) 25... Nf5 26. Qg4 (26. Qd3 {
would be a silent draw offer.}) 26... Rc5 ({
Somewhat risky but probably playable for Black was} 26... Bxd5 $5 27. Rxd5 Ne7
28. Rdxa5 (28. Rd1 d5 29. Rad2 $2 Qb6 $1 {MG}) 28... d5 29. Bf1 Rxc3 {
"with unclear play" - Giddins.}) 27. Rad2 (27. b4 $5 axb4 28. cxb4 Rc8 29. Ra7
Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Qf6 31. Ra2 Nd4 {and Shipov assesses it as a bit better for
White. Not easy to judge: Black has his trumps: a strong d4-knight and hopes
for activity.}) 27... Bc8 $1 $11 28. Qe4 Bb7 {#} 29. h3 ({
Refusing to repeat the position by} 29. Qg4 {.}) ({After} 29. Rd3 {
the weakness of White's first rank tells in the line} Ne7 30. Qe3 Nxd5 31. Bxd5
Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Qb8 34. c4 a4 $1 {,}) ({but} 29. g3 $5 {
was possible.}) 29... Nh4 $5 (29... h5 {
("aiming to deprive the white queen  access to the g4 square" - Giddins)} 30.
Rd3 $5 {seems to be somewhat better for White}) ({The calm} 29... Ne7 {
was not bad, but Topalov hopes for an attack.}) 30. Bd3 ({On} 30. Qg4 {,} a4 $1
{with the idea} 31. bxa4 Nxg2 $1 32. Kxg2 Rf4 $17 {looks good for Black.})
30... Rf5 $5 ({More ambitious than} 30... Nf5 31. Bb1 (31. Bc4 {repeats}) 31...
Rxc3 32. Qg4 ({Deserves checking} 32. g4 $5 {- MG}) 32... Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Qf6 $11
{GM Sakaev, www.e3e5.com}) 31. Bb1 ({Later Karjakin confessed that he simply
blundered, overlooking Black's next. But, perhaps, his move is not really bad
after all. White's other playable options were} 31. c4 $5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 $13 {
with mutual chances,}) ({and much more pacific} 31. Bc4 a4 32. Rd3 $1 {
, equalising - Shipov (then} a3 $2 {fails to} 33. g3 $1 {- MG)}) 31... Rxc3 $1
{#} 32. Qg4 (32. Nxc3 $5 Bxe4 33. Nxe4 Rf8 34. Nxd6 Qb8 $1 $15 {(with the idea}
35. Nf7+ Kg8 $1 {and the e5 pawn is protected) may be a bit better for Black.})
(32. Qa4 $5 {is very similar to the line 32.Qg4 h5 (as in the game) 33.Qa4!.
The difference (possibly not too significant) is that here the Black pawn
remains on h6.}) (32. Qxf5 Nxf5 33. Nxc3 {
(suggested as "the lesser evil" at Coruschess.com)} Nd4 $17 {
seems to be clearly better for Black.}) 32... h5 33. Qe2 $2 ({
The turning point of the game. Necessary was} 33. Qa4 $1 $13 Bc6 ({
the position after} 33... Rf8 $5 34. Nxc3 $5 Qg5 35. Be4 Bxe4 36. Qxe4 Nf3+ 37.
Qxf3 $5 Rxf3 38. Ne4 Qg6 39. Rxd6 Qxe4 40. gxf3 Qxf3 41. R1d3 {
looks equal to me}) ({dubious is} 33... Rg5 $6 34. Nxc3 $1 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 Rg1+
36. Ke2 $1 Bf3+ 37. Kd3 {and Black's attack fails - Shipov}) 34. Nxc3 Bxa4 35.
Bxf5 (35. Rxd6 Qg5 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Bxf5+ {
is slightly better for Black after either capture on f5}) 35... Qg5 $5 (35...
Nxf5 36. bxa4 $1 {with the idea of Nb5 is likely to equalise - Shipov}) 36. Be4
Bxb3 37. Rb2 $1 {and White is hardly worse in complications.}) 33... Qg5 $1 $17
{# Starting from this moment, Topalov always retained the advantage (still,
the play of both sides was not free from mistakes as we will see).} 34. f4 $6 (
{After the better} 34. Be4 {good enough is} Rcf3 $5 $17) 34... Rxf4 $1 35. Kh1
({If} 35. Nxf4 {, then} Nf3+ $1 {wins.}) ({As Shipov showed, the try} 35. Qb5
$5 {is nicely refuted by} Rf8 $1 36. Qxb7 Rc1 $1 {, winning.}) 35... Nxg2 $1 {
Another blow. And one more white pawn leaves the board.} 36. Qxg2 ({After} 36.
Nxc3 {either} Rh4 {or 36...Qh4 are equally good.}) 36... Rg3 $2 (36... Qh4 $1 {
could have finished the game very quickly.}) 37. Nxf4 Bxg2+ ({
When making his 36th move Topalov overlooked that after} 37... exf4 $4 38. Qxb7
{there is no mate:} Rxh3+ 39. Rh2) 38. Nxg2 Rxh3+ 39. Kg1 Rg3 40. Rf2 $1 {
# White is much worse but he is still in the game. At the moment he even
threatens mate in one.} Kg8 41. Rxd6 ({Sakaev opined that} 41. Ba2 {
was a better practical chance.}) 41... h4 $1 ({At first glance,} 41... Qc1+ {
(or 41...Rxg2+ and 42...Qc1+, it does not matter)} 42. Kh2 Rxg2+ 43. Rxg2 Qxb1
{may seem to be easily winning. But then} 44. Rdg6 $1 ({but not} 44. Rd7 $2 Qh7
$1 {, MG}) 44... Qxb3 {(Black was unable to protect his g7-pawn)} 45. Rxg7+ Kf8
(45... Kh8 $6 46. R7g6 $1 $11 {MG}) 46. Ra7 $1 {
gives Black mass of problems, as pointed out by Shipov.}) 42. Rc6 $1 Qg4 $1 ({
Not} 42... Qd8 43. Bf5 $1 {and White gets counterchances.}) 43. Bf5 $2 ({
It is hard to say for what Karjakin counted. His only chance was} 43. Rd6 $1 e4
$1 ({If} 43... Qc8 44. Bf5 $1 {- MG}) 44. Rd4 ({possibly, more stubborn than} 
44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Rd4 h3 $1 46. Bxe4+ g6 {, etc.}) 44... h3 ({
Black could have considered also} 44... Re3 $5 {- MG}) 45. Bxe4 Qg5 {
(defending against Rd8 mate) and now} 46. Rd5 Qe7 47. Re2 {
(Shipov) could have preserved for White a hope to build a fortress.}) 43...
Rxg2+ 44. Rxg2 Qxf5 {
Basically, the fight is over, but some accuracy from Black is still required.}
45. Rcg6 Qf7 46. R6g4 Qf6 47. Kh2 Kf7 48. Kh3 e4 $1 {#} 49. Rg5 ({Or} 49. Rxh4
g5 50. Rhg4 e3 51. Kg3 Qf1 $1) 49... e3 $1 50. Kxh4 g6 {
The black e-pawn will cost White a rook, so he resigned.} 0-1


