[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "A41"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8.
d5 Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Be2 Nc8 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. f4
Nd7 15. Nf3 c6 16. Rf2 Re8 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Re1 Rc8 19. g4 b5 20. dxc6 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 d5 24. Rxd4 dxc4 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.
Rc2 c3 27. bxc3 Rc8 28. Nd4 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 Kd6 31. Kd3 a6 32. Rb2
Bxd4 33. cxd4 Rxc6 34. Rb7 Ke6 35. Ra7 h6 36. h3 Rb6 37. Kc4 Rc6+ 38. Kd3
Rb6 39. a4 f5 40. a5 Rb4 41. Kc3 Ra4 42. Rxa6+ Kd5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Ra8
Kc6 45. a6 Ra5 46. Kb4 Ra1 47. d5+ Kb6 48. Kc4 Ra4+ 49. Kc3 Kc7 50. a7 Kb7
51. Rf8 Kxa7 52. d6 Ra3+ 53. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. e4
g5 9. Bg3 b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 Nc6 14. Ne5
Na5 15. Rb8 Nxe4 16. f3 Nd6 17. h4 f6 18. hxg5 Nf5 19. Be1 Bxe1 20. Qxe1
fxe5 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Qxa5 O-O 23. Rxh6 Qd7 24. Rh3 exd4 25. Kd2 Ne3 26.
Be2 Nxg2 27. Qa3 Qg7 28. Rg3 Nf4 29. Bd1 c3+ 30. Kc1 b4 31. Qa5 d3 32. Qxb4
c2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B91"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 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. Re1 O-O 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nf1 b5 14. Bg5 b4
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Bg5 18. h4 Bh6 19. Red1 a5 20. Nh2 g6
21. Ng4 Bg7 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rfd8 24. Rc6 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Ne3
Ne6 27. Bh3 Bh6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Ng4 Bd2 30. c3 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Rb1
Rc4 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rb7+ Kf8 35. Nxe5 Rxa4 36. Nd7+ Ke8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38.
Nxh7+ Ke8 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40. g4 Bb4 41. Nh7+ Ke8 42. Rb8+ Ke7 43. g5 Bc3 44.
Rb7+ Ke8 45. f3 Ra2 46. Nf6+ Kf8 47. h5 Bxf6 48. gxf6 gxh5 49. Re7 a4 50.
Rxe6 a3 51. Ra6 Re2 52. Rxa3 Kf7 53. Kf1 Rb2 54. e5 Rb5 55. f4 Rb4 56. Rf3
Ke6 57. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 Nbd7 8. a4
e5 9. Qa3 Rc8 10. b4 g6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxb5 e4 14. Ne5 Qc7
15. Qa7 Qb8 16. Ra5 h5 17. O-O Be7 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. c6 Qxa7 20. Rxa7 Ke7 21.
Rfa1 Rc7 22. cxd7 Bxd7 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Ra8 Nb6 25. Rb8 Rc2 26. Be1 Rf8
27. Ra7+ Rc7 28. Rxc7+ Bxc7 29. Rxf8 Kxf8 30. Bc6 Ke7 31. b5 Ke6 32. Ba5 h4
33. h3 g5 34. f3 f5 35. Kf1 Bd8 36. Ke2 Bc7 37. Be8 Ke7 38. Bg6 Ke6 39. Bh7
Bd8 40. Bg8+ Kd7 41. Bxb6 Bxb6 42. Bxd5 exf3+ 43. gxf3 Kd6 44. Bc6 f4 45.
exf4 gxf4 46. Kd3 Ke6 47. Ke4 Bc7 48. Bd5+ Kf6 49. Bb3 Bb6 50. Kd5 Ba7 51.
Bc2 Bb6 52. Bh7 Ba7 53. Bg8 Bb6 54. Be6 Ba7 55. Bg4 Bb6 56. Kc6 Bxd4 57. b6
Ke7 58. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14.
exd5 a5 15. g5 Nh5 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. h4 f5 18. Qe2 a4 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Qc4
Rfc8 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Nc4 Ra8 23. b3 g6 24. Rg2 f4 25. Bf2 Ng7 26. Rh2 Nf5
27. Bh3 Ra6 28. h5 Bf8 29. Rdh1 Bg7 30. Bf1 Ng3 31. Bxg3 fxg3 32. Rg2 Nc5
33. Nd2 Ra8 34. h6 Bf8 35. Bc4 axb3 36. cxb3 Be7 37. Rxg3 Rca7 38. a4 bxa3
39. Ka2 Rf8 40. Rh4 Rf5 41. Rhg4 Kf8 42. b4 Na4 43. Kxa3 Nc3+ 44. Kb3 Nd1
45. Rg1 Ne3 46. Re4 Rxg5 47. Re1 Nf5 48. b5 Rg2 49. Kc3 Bd8 50. Nb3 Nxh6
51. f4 Nf7 52. R1e2 Rg3+ 53. Kb4 Bb6 54. fxe5 Nxe5 55. Rxe5 dxe5 56. Rxe5
Re7 57. Rxe7 Kxe7 58. Nc5 Rg1 59. Ne4 Rb1+ 60. Kc3 Bc7 61. Kd4 Re1 62. Bd3
h5 63. Kc5 h4 64. b6 Rc1+ 65. Kb5 Bb8 66. d6+ Bxd6 67. Nxd6 Kxd6 68. Bxg6
h3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Ba6 7. Ne5 Ra7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Rd1 c5 13. d5 d6 14. Nc6 Nxc6
15. dxc6 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nc3 d4 18. Na4 Bb5 19. Nxb6 Qa6 20. Nd5 Nxd5
21. Bxd5 Rd8 22. Qf5 Rxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxc6 24. Qh5 Bf8 25. Rac1 Ba8 26. Rd2
Qe6 27. Qe5 Qd7 28. Qb8 Bc6 29. Rxc5 Rb7 30. Qe5 f6 31. Qf5 Bxc5 32. Qxc5
Rb5 33. Qxd4 Qxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxb2 35. Rc4 Bb5 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Rb8 Rb1+ 38.
Kg2 Bc6+ 39. f3 Ra1 40. Rb2 Bd5 41. Rb5 Bf7 42. Rxa5 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B92"]

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 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Nd4 f3 12. Bxf3 Nc6 13. Nf5 Re8 14. Kh1
Bf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g6 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd6 Rad8 20. Qg3
Qg5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Ne5 23. Rad1 Nc4 24. Rd4 Ne3 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26.
Rc1 Nxc2 27. Rd2 Ne3 28. d6 Nc4 29. d7 Nxd2 30. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 31. Bxb7 a5
32. h3 Re5 33. Kh2 Kf8 34. Rd1 Nc4 35. b3 Ne3 36. Rc1 g4 37. hxg4 Nxg4+ 38.
Kg3 Nf6 39. Bf3 g5 40. Rc3 Ke7 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. Kf2 Ne4+ 43. Bxe4 Rxe4 44.
Rc5 Re5 45. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 h6 8.
Ne5 Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. f3 Bh7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qb3 Qc7 14.
Rac1 Nhf6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rfd8 18. Qb3 Qxe5 19. f4 Qe6
20. Qxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. a4 b4 10. a5 h6 11. d3 Rb8 12. Bc4 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Be6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nbd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb5 18. Nc4 Qd7 19. Rfb1 Rfb8 20. Rxb5
Rxb5 21. h3 Qf7 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Bg4 6. Ne5 h5 7. h3 Be6 8. d3
Nh6 9. Qe1 Nd7 10. Nf3 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 d4 12. Nbd2 Nf5 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. c4 dxc3
15. bxc3 Nc5 16. Nh4 Nxh4 17. gxh4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Bc4 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. Bb4
Qc7 21. Bc5 b6 22. Be3 c5 23. a4 O-O 24. Rg1 e6 25. Bf3 Bh6 26. Qf2 Kh7 27.
f5 exf5 28. Bxh6 Kxh6 29. exf5 Qf4 30. Raf1 Rae8 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Qg2 Qd6
33. Bxh5 Rxf1 34. Rxf1 Re5 35. Qg3 Bd5+ 36. Kg1 Be4 37. Rf7 Qd1+ 38. Kf2
Rf5+ 39. Rxf5 Bxf5 40. Qg5+ Kh7 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Bg4 Qd2 43. Qe5 Qd8 44.
Qf4+ Kh7 45. Bxf5 gxf5 46. Qxf5+ Kh6 47. Qg5+ Qxg5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. Kf3
Kf5 50. h4 c4 51. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. d5 f5 14. Bg5
Qd6 15. Bh6 f4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f3 c4 18. Bc2 g5 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. g3 Rae8
21. gxf4 gxf4 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Rg5 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Rxg8 25. Rg1 Rxg1+ 26.
Nxg1 Nb7 27. Qe2 Qc5 28. Qg2 Qe7 29. Nh3 Nd6 30. Nf2 b5 31. Qg1 Qh4 32. Qg2
a5 33. a3 Nf7 34. Bd1 Qe7 35. Nh3 Qxa3 36. Ng5 Nd8 37. Qg1 Qe7 38. Qa7 h6
39. Ne6 Nxe6 40. dxe6 Qxe6 41. Qxa5 Qf6 42. Qc7 Bh3 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qxb5
Qh4 45. Qb7+ Kg6 46. Qb6+ Kh5 47. Qg1 Qd8 48. Be2 Qd2 49. Bf1 Be6 50. Bxc4
Qxc3 51. Bxe6 Qxf3+ 52. Qg2 Qd1+ 53. Qg1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 N8c6 12. Nxc6 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxc6
14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 Nb8
20. Rc1 g4 21. f4 gxf3 22. Bxf3 Nd7 23. Kf2 Ne5 24. Be2 Ke7 25. Ke3 Rd8 26.
Nd1 Bb7 27. Nb2 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Nc4 Nxc4+ 30. Bxc4 e5 31. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bxc6
bxc6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nd3 Nxe4 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13.
Qxd2 d6 14. b4 Be6 15. a3 Qf6 16. f3 Bd5 17. Qd3 Qf7 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Bd4
axb4 20. axb4 Rae8 21. Bc3 Qf4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Bc4 25.
Qc3 Bb5 26. h3 Qc4 27. Qxc4+ Bxc4 28. Bh4 Be2 29. Bd8 c5 30. bxc5 dxc5 31.
Bxc7 Bd1 32. c3 c4 33. Kf2 Bc2 34. Ke3 Kf7 35. Be5 g6 36. Kf4 Bd3 37. Bd4
Bf1 38. g4 Bxh3 39. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Bb7 14. a3
Rc8 15. Rg1 Ne5 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. h5 Re8 19. Kb1 Qc7 20. b3 Rc6
21. Nd5 exd5 22. exd5 Rxc2 23. g6 hxg6 24. hxg6 Rf8 25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxg7
Rxg7 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "A34"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Qc1 b6 10. h4 h5 11. Bh6 Bb7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ng5
e6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Nge4 Nf6 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. b3 Nd4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qb2 e5
21. Rac1 Red8 22. a3 Nd5 23. e3 Nc6 24. Nce4 Qe7 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. Red1 Nxe4
27. dxe4 Qe6 28. b4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qg4 30. Kg2 Qxe4 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Qb7
Rb8 33. Qc7 g5 34. hxg5 h4 35. Rh1 Rh8 36. Rh3 hxg3 37. g6 Rxh3 38. Qxf7+
Kh6 39. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C83"]

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 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14.
Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Be3 Qc4 16. Rfe1 Rfc8 17. Qd2 c5 18. Na5 Qg4 19. Nb7 Qg6 20.
Nd6 Rc6 21. Bf4 f6 22. Nb7 Rf8 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Bg3 Rb6 25. Na5 Bd6 26.
Nb3 Be7 27. Re2 Rc8 28. Rae1 Bf8 29. Nc1 d4 30. cxd4 Qxd4 31. Qa5 Qd8 32.
Bh4 Qc7 33. Bg3 Qd8 34. Bh4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8.
cxd5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 e6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Be2 Be7 14.
Qb6 Bd8 15. Qb4 Be7 16. Qa5 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Qxc8 18. O-O Bd8 19. Qa3 f6 20.
Rc1 Qd7 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Ba5 Kf7 23. Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8.
Qd2 b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14.
exf5 d5 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. h4 d4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g4 e4 19. Qf4 O-O 20. g5
Be5 21. Qxe4 Qc7 22. Kb1 Rfe8 23. Qg4 a5 24. Bc4 Kh8 25. f4 a4 26. fxe5
Nxe5 27. Qxd4 Nxc4 28. Nc5 Ne3 29. f6 Rad8 30. fxg7+ Kg8 31. Nd7 Qxc2+ 32.
Ka1 Rxd7 33. Qxd7 Nxd1 34. Qxe8+ Kxg7 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 h5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. O-O Bd7 13. a3 a4 14. Nb5 Nh7 15.
Be3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bxh5 Qe7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bxb2 20. Ra2 Be5 21.
Qe2 Nf6 22. Bg6 Bxb5 23. Bxe5 Bd7 24. Nf3 dxe5 25. Qxe5 Qc5+ 26. Nd4 Ng4
27. Qf4 Qd6 28. Nxf5 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 Ne5 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Bf5 Rae8 32. Bxd7
Rxe7 33. Rxf8 Kxf8 34. Bxa4 Nxc4 35. Bb5 Nd6 36. Rf2+ Kg7 37. Bxa6 bxa6 38.
Rc2 Kf6 39. h4 Ke5 40. Rc5 Nb7 41. Rc6 Kxd5 42. Rxa6 c5 43. Rb6 c4 44. Rb1
c3 45. g4 Nc5 46. Kg2 c2 47. Rc1 Nd3 48. Rxc2 Ne1+ 49. Kg3 Nxc2 50. g5 Ke5
0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Qe7 17. O-O Rad8 18. Bh5 b5 19. a4 b4 20. a5 d5
21. Re1 Kh8 22. Qe2 Qa7 23. Rad1 Nd4 24. Qd2 Nec6 25. h4 Qe7 26. Ng4 Rf5
27. Bg6 gxh4 28. Bf4 Rxf4 29. Qxf4 Rf8 30. Qe3 h5 31. Nh2 Ne5 32. Bd3 Nxd3
33. Qxd3 Qf6 34. Nf3 h3 35. Qxd4 Qg6 36. Nh4 Qg5 37. Qxb4 Kh7 38. g3 d4 39.
Qd2 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C42"]

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. Rb1 Rb8 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. Re3 f6 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. g4 Bf7 18. Nh4 Rfe8 19. Nf5 Rxe3 20.
Qxe3 Re8 21. Qg3 Nd8 22. h4 Bg6 23. h5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Qe7 25. Qd3 h6 26. Bg6
Rf8 27. Kf1 Qd6 28. Qe3 Ne6 29. Rxb7 Nf4 30. Kg1 Nxg6 31. hxg6 f5 32. gxf5
Rxf5 33. Rb8+ Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Qf3+ Qf6 36. Qxd5 Qxg6+ 37. Kf1 Qxc2
38. Qd8+ Kf7 39. Qxc7+ Kg8 40. Qc4+ Kf8 41. d5 Qc1+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Kf3
Qd1+ 44. Kg2 g5 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qd7+ Kg6 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. d6 g4 49. Qe5+
Kf7 50. Qf5+ Kg7 51. d7 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "A04"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
a3 a5 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Qh4 d5 11. e4 d4 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4
Nxb4 15. Ba3 Nec6 16. Rfb1 Bf6 17. Qh6 Bg7 18. Qh4 Bf6 19. Qh6 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D32"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Bf3 Bf5 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Qd3 c5 18. Qxa6 Be5 19. Qd3 Qb6 20.
Rcd1 Qb8 21. Nf5 Bxb2 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Be6 24. Qf3 Be5 25. h3 c4 26.
Nd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 cxb3 28. axb3 Qxb3 29. Rfd1 h6 30. Qf4 Rc4 31. Qd6 Rxd4
32. Rxd4 Rc8 33. Rb4 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Qc2 35. Qf4 Rf1 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Rb2 Qc1
38. Qe5 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Qg1 40. Qe4+ g6 41. Kf3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. b4 f6 13. Nf3 Bg6 14. Nc3
Nxc3 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxc3 dxc4 17. Qxc4+ Rf7 18. b5 cxb5 19. Qxb5 Qd7 20.
Qb3 b5 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Be3 Nc7 23. d5 a5 24. a4 Bb4 25. axb5 Nxb5 26. Bd2
Re4 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Nc7 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Qxb4 Qxd5 31. Qg4 Qf5 32.
Qg3 Kh7 33. Qh4+ Qh5 34. Qc4 Qd5 35. Qh4+ Qh5 36. Qc4 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C41"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8
8. Re1 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bc4 a6 13. a4 Qc8 14. Be2
Bf8 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nd4 17. Re3 b5 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. axb5
axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nf3 Ne6 23. Be7 Nb6 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26.
Rd3 Ke7 27. Qd2 Ra6 28. c3 b4 29. e5 bxc3 30. Qxc3 Qb4 31. Qxb4 cxb4 32.
Rd5 Nf4 33. Rb5 Nd3 34. Rb7+ Ke8 35. Rb8+ Ke7 36. Rb7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f4 Rc8 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h3 h5 13. Bd3 h4 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 e4 16. Rhe1 Be7 17. Be2 Nb6 18. Bg4 Nc4 19. Qf2 Nxg4 20. hxg4
h3 21. Bd4 h2 22. c3 Qb7 23. Qe2 Kf8 24. g5 a5 25. Qxe4 a4 26. Nc1 Bxg5 27.
g3 Bf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Nd3 Qd7 30. Qg2 Qh3 31. Qxh3 Rxh3 32. Rh1 Re8 33.
Nf2 Rxg3 34. Rxh2 Re2 35. Ng4 Rxh2 36. Nxh2 Rg2 37. Nf3 Rxb2+ 38. Ka1 a3
39. Nd4 Ne3 40. Rb1 Rf2 41. Rxb5 Rxf4 42. Rb1 Rf2 43. Rc1 f5 44. Nb5 Nc4
45. Nd4 f4 46. Nf5 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D46"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
e4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Be3 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. a3 a6 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Re1
Rad8 15. Bg5 exd4 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Ne4 c5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxc5 Bxg2 20. f4
Rd5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8.
e4 Be7 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
Bxd5 O-O 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 Rxa7 19. Rd7 Bd6 20.
Rxf7 Rxf7 21. Qf3 Kh8 22. Bxf7 Qb4 23. Qe4 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C67"]

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. Nf3 Bxc2
14. Rf2 Bg6 15. g4 f5 16. Be3 b6 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. Nh4 Kb7 19. Rfd2 fxg4 20.
hxg4 Be8 21. f5 Nc6 22. Nf3 Be7 23. Nd5 Rf8 24. Nxe7 Nxe7 25. Ng5 Nxf5 26.
Rf1 Nxe3 27. Rxf8 Bg6 28. Rxa8 Kxa8 29. e6 Nxg4 30. e7 Nf6 31. Ne6 Ne8 32.
Nf8 Bf7 33. Nxh7 Nd6 34. Ng5 Bg6 35. Ne6 Kb7 36. Rg2 Be8 37. Nxg7 Bb5 38.
Rf2 a5 39. Rf8 c4 40. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bg3 a6 12. Rac1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 dxc4 14.
Bxc4 b5 15. Bb3 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nb6 19. Nf4 Bd6 20.
e4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 c4 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Nd4 Rad8 24. e5 Rd5 25. Rd2 Kh8 26.
Rcd1 Rfd8 27. Qg4 Qf8 28. e6 Nc8 29. f5 Ne7 30. Qf4 f6 31. g4 R8d6 32. Nc2
Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 h5 35. Qd6 hxg4 36. Ne3 Kg8 37. Qxa6 Qb8 38.
Qa3 b4 39. Qa5 g3 40. Qc5 Qf4 41. fxg3 Qxg3+ 42. Ng2 Kf8 43. Qxb4 Qe5 44.
a4 g6 45. a5 gxf5 46. a6 Qc7 47. Qa3 Qa7+ 48. Kf1 Kg8 49. Qg3+ Kh7 50. Qd6
Kg6 51. Nf4+ Kg5 52. Ne2 Ng6 53. Qg3+ Kh6 54. Nf4 Ne7 55. Qh2+ Kg7 56. Qg1+
Qxg1+ 57. Kxg1 Kf8 58. a7 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. Qe2 Ne7 7. h4 h5 8.
e5 Nf5 9. Nbd2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Qe4 Bb7 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qf4 Bxg2 14.
Rg1 Bd5 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rb8 17. b3 Qb7 18. Be3 Qxe4 19. dxe4 f6 20.
f4 Kf7 21. O-O-O Rb7 22. exf6 gxf6 23. f5 c4 24. Kb2 a5 25. Rgf1 Rg8 26.
fxe6+ Kxe6 27. Rd5 a4 28. Bd4 Be7 29. Rdf5 cxb3 30. cxb3 Rg2+ 31. R1f2
Rxf2+ 32. Rxf2 axb3 33. axb3 Rb5 34. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C83"]

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 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14.
Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Be3 Qc4 16. Qd2 Qg4 17. Bc5 Rae8 18. Rfe1 Qg6 19. f3 c6 20.
Re2 Bc8 21. Rae1 h6 22. Qd4 Bf5 23. Qb4 Qg5 24. Qd4 h5 25. g3 Bxc5 26. Qxc5
h4 27. g4 Bd7 28. Qe3 Qe7 29. Kg2 Be6 30. Qd4 Bc8 31. Re3 Qc7 32. Nc5 Re7
33. b4 Rfe8 34. Nd3 a5 35. a3 Qa7 36. Nc5 Qc7 37. Kh3 axb4 38. axb4 Qd8 39.
f4 Ra7 40. f5 Ra2 41. Qf4 d4 42. cxd4 Qd5 43. Kxh4 Qg2 44. h3 Kh7 45. Qf3
Rh8 46. Qxg2 Rxg2 47. Kg5 Rd8 48. Rd3 Rb2 49. Rb3 Rd2 50. Re4 R8xd4 51.
Rxd4 Rxd4 52. e6 fxe6 53. fxe6 Rd5+ 54. Kf4 g5+ 55. Ke4 Kg6 56. Rf3 Rd1 57.
e7 Re1+ 58. Re3 Rxe3+ 59. Kxe3 Kf7 60. Kd4 Ke8 61. Ne4 Be6 62. Nxg5 Bd5 63.
h4 Kxe7 64. h5 Kf6 65. Ne4+ Kg7 66. g5 Bc4 67. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5
8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. e5
Bd5 15. Be7 Rfc8 16. Bd6 Qb7 17. a4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb8 19. a5 Nc6 20. axb6
axb6 21. Bc5 Rcb8 22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Nd2 Rb4 25. Ne4 Bxe5 26.
dxe5 Rxe4 27. Qd3 Nxe5 28. Qb5 h5 29. Rc1 Nc6 30. Bf1 Nd4 31. Qd7 Kg7 32.
f3 Re3 33. Rc7 Rf8 34. Bc4 Nf5 35. g4 Nd4 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Qxd5 Ne6 38.
gxh5 Re1+ 39. Kf2 Re2+ 40. Kf1 Nxc7 41. Qd4+ Kh6 42. Kxe2 Ne6 43. Qe5 g5
44. Qf6+ Kxh5 45. Kf2 Nf4 46. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B90"]

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. a4 Rc8 11. a5 Rxc3 12. Qxc3 d5 13. O-O-O Be7 14.
exd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Bg5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 O-O
20. Rd1 Qc8 21. Qd4 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 Bxh2 24. Qd5 Qg4 25. Rh1 Bc7
26. Qxh5 Qxh5 27. Rxh5 Bxa5 28. Nxa6 Bd8 29. Nc5 b6 30. Nd7 Re8 31. Re5
Rxe5 32. Nxe5 f5 33. c3 Bc7 34. Nf3 Kf7 35. Kc2 Kf6 36. Kd3 g5 37. b4 g4
38. Nd4 Bd6 39. Nb5 Be7 40. Nd4 Bf8 41. Nc6 Ke6 42. Nd4+ Ke5 43. Nc6+ Kf4
44. Nd4 Bd6 45. Ne2+ Ke5 46. Nd4 f4 47. Nc6+ Kd5 48. Nd4 Bf8 49. c4+ Ke5
50. Nc6+ Kd6 51. Nd4 Ke5 52. Nc6+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "A04"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. e4 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. c4 Bg4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qa6 dxc4 13. Nc3 O-O
14. Rd1 Rb8 15. Qxa7 Qc8 16. a4 Bc6 17. Qc5 Bxg2 18. Qxc8 Rfxc8 19. Kxg2 e6
20. Ra2 Ra8 21. h3 Ra6 22. Be3 Rca8 23. Rd4 Rc8 24. a5 h5 25. Ra4 Nd5 26.
Rxd5 exd5 27. Nxd5 Rca8 28. Bb6 Bxb2 29. Rxc4 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8.
Bb2 d5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Re1 Rc7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14.
Rxe4 c5 15. Re2 Bf6 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. d6 Rc8 20.
Qc2 Rd8 21. Rd1 Be4 22. Qd2 Qf8 23. Nh4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Qe8 26.
Qc3 Qe6 27. Qf3 Nf6 28. Nf5 g6 29. Ne3 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32.
Qxa7 Qc6+ 33. Kg1 Nd7 34. Qa4 Qxa4 35. bxa4 Kf6 36. f4 Ke6 37. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Ba6 8.
Qc2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rad1 Na6 13. Ne5 c6 14.
Rfe1 Re8 15. e4 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. exd5 Nb4 18. Qb3 Nxd5 19. Nxc6 Rxe1+
20. Rxe1 Bxc6 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd4 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Nc6 Qf6 25. Nxd4
Qxd4 26. Rd1 Qf6 27. Rd7 Re8 28. Qd5 g6 29. Qd6+ Kg7 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. Rb7
Re6 32. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B20"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. d3 g6 7. f4 Bg7
8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe1 Rac8 11. Nbd2 Nb4 12. Qc1 b5 13. a3 Nc6 14.
Kh1 d5 15. e5 Ng4 16. Qe1 f6 17. h3 Nh6 18. g4 Nd8 19. Qg3 f5 20. g5 Nhf7
21. h4 Ne6 22. Rf2 c4 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. dxc4 bxc4 25. Bc3 Nd6 26. h5 Ne4
27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. Nh2 Nd4 29. Rd1 Nf5 30. Rxd7 Nxg3+ 31. Kg2 Nxh5 32. Bd2
Rcd8 33. Rxe7 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Nxf4+ 35. Kh1 e3 36. Rdd7 Ne6 37. Rd1 e2 38.
Re1 Nd4 39. e6 h5 40. Rxa7 Be5 41. e7 Re8 42. c3 Bg3 43. Nf3 Bxe1 44. Nxe1
Nb5 45. Ra6 Kg7 46. Re6 Nxc3 47. Kg2 Nd5 48. Re5 Nxe7 49. Rxe2 Kf7 50. Nf3
Nf5 51. Rxe8 Kxe8 52. Kf2 h4 53. a4 Kd8 54. Ke2 h3 55. Kd2 Nd6 56. Kc3 Ne4+
57. Kd4 c3 58. Kd3 Nxg5 59. Nh2 Ne4 60. a5 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe2 Bf5
8. Rd1 Qe7 9. dxe5 Rd8 10. Rd4 Bg6 11. c3 Rxd4 12. cxd4 Qb4 13. Qe3 Be7 14.
b3 Qa5 15. Nfd2 Qd5 16. Ba3 Bg5 17. Qe1 Qxd4 18. Nxe4 Qxa1 19. e6 fxe6 20.
Nec3 Bxb1 21. h4 Bf6 22. Nxb1 Kf7 23. g3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B42"]

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. N1d2 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 e5 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Nb6
Rb8 15. Bc4 Ng4 16. Bxe6 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bg5 18. Qh3 Qxb6 19. Bc4 Nb4 20. c3
Qc6 21. Na5 Qc7 22. cxb4 b6 23. Bxa6 bxa5 24. Bb5 axb4 25. Qb3 d5 26. exd5
Be7 27. Rac1 Qa7 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Bg5 30. Kf2 Rb6 31. Rc6 Rfb8 32.
Rfc1 e4 33. d6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Re1 Rc8 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Nf6 14.
Rh4 Bb7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qc2 h6 17. Ng5 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Bxg2 19. Qc2 Re8
20. Rd1 Qxd1+ 21. Qxd1 hxg5 22. Rd4 Bc6 23. Rd6 Ne4 24. Qd4 e5 25. Qxe5
Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D19"]

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 Ne4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Na2 Ba5 13. b4 Bc7 14. f3
Nd6 15. Bb3 Bg6 16. e4 Rae8 17. Rd1 f5 18. e5 Nc8 19. b5 Nb6 20. Ba3 Rf7
21. Rac1 Nd5 22. Nb4 cxb5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rc5 bxa4 25. Rxd5 Qe6 26. Ba2
Kh8 27. Rc5 Qe7 28. Rc3 Qd8 29. e6 Ba5 30. Rc5 Bb6 31. Rd5 Qf6 32. Rd6 Rc7
33. Rxb6 axb6 34. d5 Qc3 35. Bd6 Qc2 36. Qd2 Qxd2 37. Rxd2 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 f4
39. Ba3 Rc3 40. Bb4 Rd3 41. Rxd3 Bxd3 42. d6 Bf5 43. d7 Ra8 44. Be7 b5 45.
d8=Q+ Rxd8 46. Bxd8 b4 47. e7 Bg6 48. Bb6 b3 49. Bb1 Be8 50. Bc5 Kg8 51.
Ke2 Kf7 52. Kd2 h6 53. h4 Ke6 54. Kc3 g5 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. Be4 b5 57. Kd4
Kf6 58. Kd5 b2 59. Kd6 Kf7 60. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3
c5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. dxc5 b6 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. Kb1 Rfd8
14. Be5 Qxc5 15. Ng5 h6 16. h4 Rd5 17. f4 Rad8 18. a3 b5 19. Rde1 Rxd3 20.
cxd3 Qd5 21. Ne4 Qxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. f5 exf5 25. Nf2 Rd7
26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bc5 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. g3 Be4 30. Kc1 Kf8 31. Nf4 Ke7
32. Kd2 b4 33. axb4 Bxb4+ 34. Ke2 Bc5 35. Rc1 Kd6 36. b3 a5 37. h5 Bc6 38.
Rd1+ Ke7 39. Nd5+ Ke6 40. Ne3 a4 41. bxa4 Bxa4 42. Ra1 Bb5+ 43. Kf2 Bd4 44.
Ra8 Bc6 45. Rd8 Ke5 46. Ke2 Bb5+ 47. Kd2 Ke4 48. Nxf5 Kxf5 49. Rxd4 Bc6 50.
Rc4 Bg2 51. Ke3 Kg5 52. Rc8 f5 53. Rg8+ Kf6 54. Kf4 Bh3 55. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Qe7 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. Rd1 Na6 13. O-O c5 14. e3
Rab8 15. Rfe1 Nc7 16. Rd2 Re8 17. h4 g6 18. Qa2 a5 19. Red1 c4 20. a4 Na6
21. Qa3 Nb4 22. b3 Ba6 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Nxd5
Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Rbc8 28. e4 Rc5 29. Qb2 Qxb2 30. Rxb2 Bxd5 31. exd5 Rc4 32.
Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14.
Kb1 O-O 15. c4 a5 16. Nf1 b5 17. c5 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. g4 Rad8 20. Ng3
N7f6 21. g5 hxg5 22. Nxg5 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. h6 Rd5 25. hxg7 Rxg5 26.
gxf8=Q+ Bxf8 27. Rhg1 Bg7 28. Ne2 Qf5 29. Rxg5 Qxg5 30. Rg1 Qh4 31. Qg3
Qxg3 32. Rxg3 a4 33. Ra3 Kf8 34. b3 axb3 35. axb3 Nd5 36. Ra7 Ke8 37. Kc2
Bf6 38. Kd3 Nb4+ 39. Ke4 Nd5 40. Ng1 Bd8 41. Nf3 f6 42. Ne1 Bc7 43. Ng2 Kd7
44. Ne3 Nb4 45. Kf3 f5 46. Ke2 Kc8 47. Ng2 Nd5 48. Ne1 Nb4 49. Nf3 Kb8 50.
Ra1 Kb7 51. Rh1 Kc8 52. Rh8+ Kd7 53. Rh7+ Kc8 54. Ng5 e5 55. Ne6 Bb8 56.
Rh8+ Kb7 57. dxe5 Bxe5 58. Rh5 Ka6 59. Rxf5 Bc3 60. Rf7 Na2 61. Kd3 Bb2 62.
f4 Ka5 63. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Re8 9. Rc1 d6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Rxc3 Nbd7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3
Qc7 15. Bb2 a4 16. bxa4 Ra6 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Rea8 19. Nh4 Rxa4 20. a3
b5 21. Nf5 b4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Rb3 Qb6 24. Rxb4 Qxb4 25. Qb1 Rb8 26. Ba1
Ba8 27. Qc1 c4 28. Bc3 Qb3 29. Qa1 Kh7 30. Nd4 Qb6 31. Nc6 Re8 32. Rb1 Qc7
33. Qa6 Ne5 34. Nxe5 dxe5 35. e4 Rb8 36. Rxb8 Qxb8 37. Qxc4 Qb1+ 38. Qf1
Qc2 39. Qe1 Nd7 40. h4 Bb7 41. Qd2 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Ba6 43. Qb2 Qxb2 44. Bxb2
f6 45. Ba3 g5 46. Bh3 Bb5 47. h5 Kg7 48. f3 Nb6 49. Kg1 Be8 50. Bg4 Bd7 51.
Bxd7 Nxd7 52. Kf2 Kf7 53. Ke2 Ke8 54. Kd3 Kd8 55. Kc4 Ke8 56. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Be2 Nb4 11. Qa4 Qxa4 12. Nxa4 Nxa2 13. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B06"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 c6 4. c4 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 Na6 9. Nge2 Nc7 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. f4 Qd7 13. f5 Ng7 14. e6
fxe6 15. fxg6 O-O-O 16. Bf4 hxg6 17. Be5 Rh7 18. Qc2 Nf5 19. Nb5 Nd6 20.
Qxg6 Rh6 21. Qg8 Qe8 22. Nbc3 Rg6 23. Qh7 Bh6 24. Bxd6 exd6 25. Rf7 Rd7 26.
Raf1 Rg7 27. Rxd7 Be3+ 28. Kh1 Rxd7 29. Qh3 Bg5 30. Ne4 Bd8 31. Nf4 d5 32.
Nc5 Rf7 33. g3 Nc4 34. Re1 Kb8 35. b3 Nb6 36. Qxe6 Qxe6 37. Ncxe6 Bf6 38.
Kg2 Nd7 39. h4 Re7 40. Re2 Re8 41. h5 Nf8 42. g4 Nh7 43. Nc5 Rxe2+ 44. Nxe2
b6 45. Nd7+ Kc7 46. Nxf6 Nxf6 47. Kf3 Kd6 48. Kf4 Ke6 49. b4 a5 50. bxa5
bxa5 51. Ng3 Nd7 52. g5 c5 53. dxc5 Nxc5 54. h6 Nd3+ 55. Ke3 Ne5 56. h7 Ng6
57. Nh5 Kf5 58. Nf4 Nh8 59. g6 Kf6 60. Kd4 Kg7 61. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Qb6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. g5 Qxd1 14.
Rxd1 Nc5 15. f3 Be5 16. Be3 a5 17. Rd2 a4 18. Rc1 a3 19. b4 Na4 20. Nd1 Be6
21. Bd4 Bf4 22. Be3 Be5 23. Bd4 Rfd8 24. Kf2 c5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Rxd8+
Rxd8 27. Ke1 cxb4 28. Rb1 Nc3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rd1 Rd4 31. Be2 Kf8 32. Rc1
Rd2 33. Rxc3 Rxa2 34. Rb3 Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5
8. Be3 a6 9. Na4 d6 10. Nxc5 dxc5 11. Nf3 e5 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14.
Bg5 Nbd7 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 b5 20.
cxb5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7
8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Bb3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 b4
14. Ne4 Bc6 15. Nc5 Qb8 16. Qe3 Bd6 17. Na6 Bf4 18. Nxb8 Bxe3+ 19. Bxe3
Rfxb8 20. f3 Nd5 21. Bf2 a5 22. Bc4 Rc8 23. Rd2 Bb7 24. Bd3 a4 25. Rhd1 a3
26. b3 Nc3 27. Bd4 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 f6 29. Bc4 Bd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Bf2 Ra5
32. Rd3 Kf7 33. Kd2 Ra6 34. Kd1 Rac6 35. Rd2 h5 36. Bd4 g5 37. h3 g4 38.
fxg4 hxg4 39. h4 g3 40. Be3 Rh8 41. Rd4 Re6 42. Ke2 Rhe8 43. Re4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D34"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 14.
Rc1 Bf8 15. Re1 Bg4 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. a3 Rad8 18. Nf3 h6 19. Qd2 d3 20. Qxd3
Qe7 21. Qb3 Kh8 22. h4 g6 23. Rcd1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bg7 25. Rd2 Bf5 26. Nd5
Qc5 27. Qxb7 Be4 28. Nc3 Bxf3 29. Bxf3 Ne5 30. Kg2 a5 31. Rd5 Qc4 32. Rxa5
Nxf3 33. Qxf3 Kh7 34. Ra7 Rf8 35. Nd5 Kg8 36. b4 Be5 37. h5 g5 38. Rd7 Qc2
39. Ne3 Qa4 40. Qd5 Bg7 41. Nc4 Qc2 42. e3 Bc3 43. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B47"]

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. a4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne7 11. b3 Nc6 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Ba3 Rc8 14. Ne2
b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rfd1 b4 17. Bb2 e5 18. Nc1 Bg4 19. Re1 O-O 20. Nd3 Rb8
21. Ra4 Rfc8 22. Nxb4 Nxb4 23. Rxb4 Rxb4 24. Qxb4 d5 25. Qd2 Qxc2 26. Qxc2
Rxc2 27. Bxe5 Bc5 28. Rf1 d4 29. b4 Bb6 30. Bf4 d3 31. h3 Be2 32. Ra1 g5
33. Bxg5 d2 34. Bxd2 Rxd2 35. e5 Bd3 36. g4 Bd4 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Bc6 Rxf2
39. Rd8 Bb6 40. Rb8 Be3 41. b5 Bf1 42. h4 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 Qd8 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. a3 Be7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bd7 13. f4 Qc7 14.
Kb1 O-O-O 15. Bd3 Kb8 16. Qc2 Bc8 17. Rhe1 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. g3 g5 20.
Ne2 Qg7 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Qd2 Bf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7
8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. Nf2 c5 13. Ng4 d5 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Be7 Rfe8 17. Bd6 Nd5 18. e4 f5 19. Bb5 Bc6 20. Ba6
fxg4 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. dxc5 gxf3 24. gxf3 bxc5 25. b4 Rc6 26.
Bg3 cxb4 27. axb4 Rb6 28. Rxa7 Rxb4 29. O-O Rb7 30. Rxb7 Bxb7 31. Kf2 Kf7
32. Rc1 Ba6 33. Rc7 Bb5 34. Be5 Kg6 35. Bb2 Nf6 36. Rc1 Ba4 37. Ke3 Bb3 38.
Rg1+ Kf7 39. Kd4 Bd5 40. f4 Ne4 41. Ke3 g5 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. Rg4 Nd6 44.
Be5 Nc4+ 45. Kd4 Nd2 46. Kd3 Nf3 47. Bg3 Kf6 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. Rb4 Bc6 50.
Rb8 Kg4 51. Rh8 Nh4 52. Kf2 Bd5 53. Rg8 Nf3 54. Rg7 Kh3 55. Ra7 Nh4 56. Ra3
Kg4 57. Bc7 Nf5 58. Ra1 Kh5 59. Rd1 Nh6 60. Rb1 Nf7 61. Ke3 Kg6 62. Kd4 Kf5
63. Rf1+ Kg6 64. Bg3 Bg2 65. Rg1 Bd5 66. Be1 Bf3 67. Ke3 Bd5 68. Bc3 Nh6
69. Kf2 Nf7 70. Bd2 Kf5 71. Kg3 Kg6 72. Bb4 Nh6 73. Kf2 Nf7 74. Be7 Kf5 75.
Ke3 e5 76. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ng5
h6 9. Nh3 Nge7 10. f4 g6 11. f5 gxf5 12. Qh5 Ne5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxe7 Bxe7
15. exf5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 O-O-O 17. Rae1 Rdf8 18. Ne4 Nc6 19. fxe6 fxe6 20.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Nf4 Bg7 22. c3 Nd8 23. Qg4 e5 24. Nxd6+ Kc7 25. Qxd7+ Kxd7
26. Nh5 Kxd6 27. Nxg7 Nc6 28. Rf1 c4 29. dxc4 bxc4 30. Rf6+ Kd5 31. Ne6 a5
32. Nc7+ Kc5 33. a4 h5 34. Kf3 Rh7 35. Ne6+ Kd5 36. Ng5 Re7 37. Ne4 Re6 38.
h4 Nb8 39. Rxe6 Kxe6 40. g4 hxg4+ 41. Kxg4 Nd7 42. h5 Nf8 43. h6 Ng6 44. h7
Nh8 45. Nd2 Kd5 46. Kf5 Nf7 47. Kf6 Nh8 48. Kg7 e4 49. Nxe4 Kxe4 50. Kxh8
1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. a4 b4 8.
Na2 Nf6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nxb4 d5 12. e5 Bxb4 13. c3 Be7 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bf5 Be7 18. Bxe6 Qc6 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20.
Bxd5+ Kd8 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rad1+ Kc7 23. a5 Rd8 24. Qb6+ Kc8 25. Qc5 Bf6
26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Re6 Bd7 28. Qf8+ Kc7 29. Qc5+ Kd8 30. Qf8+ Kc7 31. Rb6
Bc6 32. h4 h5 33. c4 Bd8 34. c5 Ba4 35. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 b5 9. Re1 e5 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Bxf4
exf4 15. Ne4 Qb6 16. Nd6 Na5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20.
Re6 Qd8 21. Qg4 Bc8 22. Rae1 Bd7 23. Qh4 h6 24. Rxg6 hxg5 25. Qh6 Qf8 26.
Re5 Re8 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7 28. Rxg5 Re7 29. f3 Nc6 30. Rxg7+ Rxg7 31. Qd6 c4
32. dxc4 bxc4 33. Qxf4 Ne7 34. Qxc4+ Kh7 35. Kf2 Nf5 36. g4 Ne7 37. Qd3+
Ng6 38. h4 Kg8 39. h5 Nf4 40. Qc4+ Ne6 41. Kg3 Rf7 42. Qd5 Nf4 43. Qxf7+
Kxf7 44. Kxf4 Bc6 45. c4 a5 46. c5 a4 47. g5 Ke6 48. h6 Kf7 49. Ke5 Bxf3
50. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C41"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8.
Bg2 Nxe5 9. Qe2 Nbc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 Bd6 14.
Bf4 Re8 15. Ne3 Qe7 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. c4 Qb6 20.
b3 Qb4 21. Qd3 Qc5 22. Qb1 Rd7 23. Qb2 a5 24. h3 h6 25. Nd5 Ne5 26. Nf4 Bf5
27. Rd5 Qc7 28. Rb5 Qd8 29. Qd4 Bc2 30. Rc1 Nc6 31. Qb6 Qxb6 32. Rxb6 Be4
33. Re1 Rde7 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxb7 Nb4 37. Rb5 Nxa2 38. Rxa5
Nc1 39. Rb5 g5 40. Ng2 Re2 41. Ne3 Nd3 42. Ng4 Kg7 43. Rd5 Nc5 44. Rxd6 Ne4
45. Rd5 h5 46. Ne3 Kg6 47. Nd1 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Kf1 Rc2 50. Ke1 Rc1 51.
Ke2 Rb1 52. Kd3 f5 53. Kc2 Ra1 54. Kb2 Ra7 55. b4 Rf7 56. b5 f4 57. gxf4
Rxf4 58. Rd4 Kf5 59. Ka3 Ke5 60. Rd5+ Ke6 61. Kb4 Nd6 62. Rc5 Rf3 63. Rc6
Kd7 64. Nc3 Rf4 65. Nd5 Rxf2 66. Nb6+ Ke7 67. Nc8+ Nxc8 68. Rxc8 Kf7 69.
Rd8 g3 70. Rd3 g2 71. Rg3 Re2 72. c5 Ke6 73. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5
8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Be4 Nce7 13. Qb3 Nf6 14.
Bf3 a6 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Qd6 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Bxh5 Bd7 19. Qxb7 Rab8
20. Qa7 Rxb2 21. Ne4 Nc8 22. Nxd6 Nxa7 23. Rdc1 Bc6 24. Nc4 Rbb8 25. Ne5
Be8 26. a4 Nc8 27. Be2 a5 28. Rc5 Nb6 29. Rb1 Bxa4 30. Rxa5 Nc4 31. Rxb8
Nxa5 32. Rb4 Bc2 33. Bf3 Rc8 34. h4 f6 35. Nd7 Nc6 36. Rc4 Ne7 37. Rxc8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "A00"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 Qc7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7
8. a4 Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. a5 b5 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxa8 Nc6 14. Qd3
O-O 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Qxb5 Nd4 18. Rxd4 Qa7 19. Qb6 Qxa8 20.
Bxd6 e5 21. Rdd1 Bh3 22. f3 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. a6 Rb8 25. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D32"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5
8. Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxc5 10. e3 dxe3 11. Qxe3+ Qxe3+ 12. Bxe3 Be6 13. Bb5
Nge7 14. Nd4 Bd5 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. b3 a6 19. Bf1 Rac8
20. Ne2 Nb4 21. Bd2 Nec6 22. Bc3 Be6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nf4 Bf5 25. g4 Bc2
26. Bg2 Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bxd1 28. a3 Na2 29. Bd2 Bxb3 30. Nd3 Bc4 31. Nc5 b6
32. Nd7 Nd4 33. Nxb6 Be2 34. Bd5 Nf3+ 35. Bxf3 Bxf3 36. Kh2 g5 37. Kg3 Bc6
38. Nc8 Bd7 39. Nd6 Kg7 40. h4 gxh4+ 41. Kxh4 Kg6 42. Nc4 f6 43. f4 Be6 44.
Nb2 f5 45. g5 hxg5+ 46. fxg5 f4 47. Nd3 Kf5 48. Nxf4 Bf7 49. Nd3 Bg6 50.
Nc5 a5 51. Bxa5 Nc1 52. a4 Ne2 53. Bd8 Be8 54. a5 Nd4 55. Kg3 Nc6 56. a6
Nxd8 57. Nb7 Nc6 58. Nd6+ Kxg5 59. Nxe8 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "A31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O
8. g3 Qb6 9. e3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 e4 12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Nxd5 14.
N1c3 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 f5 16. Ke2 Nc6 17. Bd2 Ne5 18. Nd5 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 11. c3 Bc5 12. Nbd2 Bb6 13. Ba2 Rf8 14. Nf1 d6
15. Ng3 Ne7 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Qf3 bxa4 18. Bb1 Bc6 19. Bc2 a5 20. Rd1 Qe8 21.
Nhf5 Nfg8 22. d4 Nxf5 23. Qxf5+ g6 24. Qg4 Bd7 25. Qf3 Bc6 26. h4 f5 27. h5
fxe4 28. Qg4 d5 29. Be3 g5 30. c4 exd4 31. Rxd4 Nf6 32. Qe2 Bxd4 33. Bxd4
Rb8 34. Re1 Rb4 35. Bxf6 Rxf6 36. cxd5 Bxd5 37. Bxe4+ Bxe4 38. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4 Bh6 13. a5 f5 14. Bd3 Kh8
15. Nd2 Ng8 16. Qc2 Rf7 17. Rad1 Ndf6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Bxc5 fxe4 20. Ncxe4
Bf5 21. Nf3 Rxa5 22. Nxe5 Rg7 23. Nc4 Bxe4 24. Nxa5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 b6 26.
Rfe1 Qxd5+ 27. Be4 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 bxc5 29. Nc6 Qh4 30. f3 Bf4 31. Re2 Nh5 32.
Kg1 g5 33. Qxc5 g4 34. Qf2 gxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C69"]

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 Bd6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4
Ne7 14. f3 Ng6 15. Nh5 Rhg8 16. Rd2 Be6 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. Nd5
c6 20. Ne3 Ne7 21. g4 Bf7 22. Ng3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. b3 g6 25. Kf2 Nc8
26. h4 Ke7 27. g5 c4 28. b4 Nd6 29. Ne2 Be6 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. Kg3 b6 32. Kf4
fxg5+ 33. hxg5 b5 34. Ng4 Nb7 35. Nf6 c5 36. bxc5 Nxc5 37. Nxh7 Ne6+ 38.
Ke3 b4 39. Nf6 Nxg5 40. Nd5+ Kd6 41. Nxb4 1-0