[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B20"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Nc3
Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 d4 9. Nb5 Kd8 10. c3 a6 11. Na3 dxc3 12. dxc3 Nc6 13. Nc4 Kc7
14. Bc1 b5 15. Bf4+ Kb7 16. O-O-O Nf6 17. Ne3 Be7 18. Bf3 Rhd8 19. Ne2 Be6
20. g4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. g5 Nd7 24. h4 f6 25. Be4 g6 26.
Kd2 fxg5 27. hxg5 Bc7 28. Nd5 Bxf4+ 29. Nexf4 Bf7 30. Ne7 Nde5 31. Nd3 Kb6
32. Nxc6 Nxc6 33. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8.
Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5
exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nb3 Nd3 20. Re2
Bb4 21. Bd4 Bc5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Bc3 Bb5 24. Re3 c4 25. Qg4 g6 26. Qh3
Bxc6 27. Qh6 f6 28. Bh3 Bd7 29. Ba5 Qxa5 30. Bxd7 Qd2 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Bxc8
Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Rxc8 34. Re7 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[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.
a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. c3 Bf8 12. Ba2 Qd7 13. Nf1 h6 14. Nh4 Ne7
15. h3 d5 16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Ng3 c5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. axb5 axb5
21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxe5 Qxf3 23. Nxf3 Nc6 24. Re1 Nd5 25. Ne4 b4 26. g4 Ra2
27. Kf1 f6 28. h4 Kg6 29. c4 Nc7 30. Be3 Ne6 31. h5+ Kf7 32. Re2 b3 33. Nc3
Nb4 34. Ne1 Bd6 35. Ne4 Be7 36. f4 Ra1 37. Kg2 f5 38. gxf5 Nd4 39. Bxd4
cxd4 40. Nd2 Nc2 41. Nef3 Ne3+ 42. Kf2 Bf6 43. Nxb3 Rf1+ 44. Kg3 Nxf5+ 45.
Kg2 Rd1 46. Nc5 Ne3+ 47. Kg3 Nf5+ 48. Kf2 Rb1 49. Ne4 Bd8 50. Ne5+ Kg8 51.
Nc6 Bc7 52. b4 Bxf4 53. b5 Be3+ 54. Kf3 Kf7 55. Ng3 Nd6 56. Ne5+ Kg8 57.
Ng4 Rb3 58. Ne5 Rb1 59. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bd6 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Ba4 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Nbd2 d6 11. Bg3 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 exd4
15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Bf2 d5 19. e5 Bb4 20. O-O Bxd2
21. Qxd2 Nc4 22. Qf4 Nxe5 23. Rfe1 Nh5 24. Qd2 Nf6 25. b3 Rc8 26. Rad1 Nc6
27. Bb1 Qa5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxa5 Nxa5 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Be1
Nb7 33. Nc6 Kf8 34. Bc3 Ke8 35. Nb4 Nd6 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Nxd5 f5 38. Kf2
Be6 39. Nc7+ Ke7 40. Nxa6 f4 41. Nb4 Kf6 42. Nd3 Bf5 43. Ke2 b4 44. Kd2
Bxd3 45. Kxd3 Ke5 46. g4 Nb5 47. Bc2 Nd4 48. Bd1 Kd5 49. h4 f6 50. Kd2 Nc6
51. Bc2 Ne5 52. Be4+ Kd4 53. Bb7 Ng6 54. h5 Ne5 55. Ba8 Nd3 56. Be4 Ne5 57.
Ba8 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[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 dxc4 8.
Nh4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nd5 11. e4 N5b6 12. Nf5 exf5 13. gxh5 fxe4 14.
Nxe4 Be7 15. Qg4 g6 16. Bh6 f5 17. Rfe1 Qb8 18. Qf3 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Nd5 20.
Rae1 Qd6 21. Re6 Qb4 22. a3 Qb5 23. Bg5 O-O-O 24. Bxe7 Rde8 25. hxg6 hxg6
26. Qg4 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Nxe7 28. Rxe7 Rd8 29. h4 Qxb2 30. Bh3 Qb1+ 31. Kg2
Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 c3 34. Re3 Rf8 35. Bxd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[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. c4 Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. c5 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Ne4 12. Nbd2 f5 13. Ne5 O-O 14. b4
Bf6 15. Ba3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 f4 18. f3 Be6 19. Bb2 Qh4 20. Rf2
Rf5 21. Bd4 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. a3 e5 8.
Nf5 Bxf5 9. exf5 Nc6 10. g4 h6 11. Qd3 Nd4 12. Ne2 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O-O 14.
Qe3 Qc6 15. Qc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 d5 17. Be3 d4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Bd2 Nd5 20.
Bd3 Bd6 21. Be4 Nf6 22. Bd3 Nd5 23. Be4 Nc3 24. Bd3 Rhe8+ 25. Kf2 Nd5 26.
h4 Bf4 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Be4 Nd5 29. Rab1 Re7 30. Rb3 Nc3 31. Bd3 b5 32. g5
h5 33. Rg1 Kc7 34. f6 gxf6 35. gxf6 Re6 36. Rg5 Nd1+ 37. Kg3 Rxf6 38. Rxh5
Nc3 39. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E61"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 Bg7 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 O-O 8.
Be2 e5 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. O-O e5 11. Nc2 Be6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Kh8 14. f3
Bg8 15. b4 Rf7 16. Nd5 Nf8 17. Rfd1 Ne6 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. Be3 Rd7 20. b5 c5
21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rab1 c5 23. Rb2 Rb8 24. Rdb1 Rb6 25. Na3 Nd4 26. Bd3 Rdb7
27. Rxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxb6 Qxb6 29. Nb5 Qa6 30. Bg5 Bg7 31. Nc7 Qa4 32. Nd5
Bxd5 33. exd5 Kg8 34. h4 Qb4 35. Qc1 a5 36. Bd2 Qb6 37. h5 gxh5 38. Qb1
Qxb1+ 39. Bxb1 a4 40. Kh2 Bf6 41. Be4 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[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 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nd2 Nf5 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bd2 g6 21.
c3 Ng7 22. c4 Nf5 23. a4 cxb4 24. cxb5 a5 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Qb8 27. Bb2
Bd8 28. g4 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Bc4 f5 31. gxf5 Rxf5 32. Ng3 Re5 33. Re4
Nf6 34. Rxe5 dxe5 35. Bb3 Qc8 36. d6+ Kg7 37. Qf3 Qxh3 38. Qb7+ Qd7 39. Qb8
Ne8 40. Ne4 Qg4+ 41. Kf1 Qh3+ 42. Ke2 Qg4+ 43. Kd2 Nf6 44. Qxd8 Nxe4+ 45.
dxe4 Qf4+ 46. Kd3 Qf3+ 47. Kc4 Qc3+ 48. Kd5 Qxb3+ 49. Kc6 d3 50. Qe7+ Kh6
51. d7 Qc4+ 52. Kb6 Qd4+ 53. Ka6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "A04"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e5 4. c4 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qe3+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ke6
14. Rac1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxb2 17. Nxc7+ Kd6 18. Nxa8 Bxc1 19. c5+
Ke7 20. Rxc1 Rxa8 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Rc3 Nc6 23. a3 b5 24. Re3+ Kf8 25. Rb3
Nd4 26. Rd3 Nxe2 27. Kf3 Nc1 28. Rc3 Na2 29. Rb3 Ra4 30. Ne4 b4 31. axb4
Rxb4 32. Ra3 Nc1 33. Nf6 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 N5f6 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Rd8 13. Qc2 Ncd7
14. Qb2 Nb6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. a3 Be8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. h3 h6
20. Nb5 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Nfd5 23. Kf1 a6 24. Be2 Na4 25. Qc2
Ndc3 26. Bc4 b5 27. Bb3 g6 28. Nd4 Kh7 29. g3 Qa8 30. Kg1 Qb7 31. h4 h5 32.
Qd3 Kg7 33. Bc2 Qd5 34. Kh2 Kg8 35. Bb3 Qe4 36. Qd2 Nd5 37. Bc2 Qe5 38.
Bxa4 bxa4 39. Qc2 Nb6 40. Qc6 Qb8 41. Kg1 Qd8 42. Qb7 e5 43. Nf3 Nc4 44.
Ng5 Qe8 45. Ne4 Kg7 46. Qxa6 Nxa3 47. Nc3 Nc2 48. b5 Qd7 49. b6 Qc6 50.
Nxa4 Ne1 51. Kf1 Nf3 52. Qa5 Qc4+ 53. Kg2 Qe4 54. Nc3 Nxh4+ 55. Kf1 Qh1+
56. Ke2 Qf3+ 57. Kd3 Nf5 58. Qxe5+ Kh7 59. Ne4 Qd1+ 60. Nd2 Qa4 61. Qd5
Qa3+ 62. Qb3 Qa6+ 63. Kc2 Nd6 64. Qb4 Qc8+ 65. Kb2 Qc6 66. e4 Kg8 67. e5
Nb7 68. Ne4 Kg7 69. Qd4 Qb5+ 70. Kc3 Qa5+ 71. Kd3 Kf8 72. e6 Qb5+ 73. Kd2
Qa5+ 74. Ke2 Qa2+ 75. Kf3 Qxe6 76. Qb4+ Kg8 77. Qb5 Kg7 78. Kf4 Qg4+ 79.
Ke3 Qe6 80. Kd4 Nd6 81. Nxd6 Qxd6+ 82. Kc4 Qe6+ 83. Kb4 Qe1+ 84. Kb3 Qb1+
85. Kc4 Qe4+ 86. Kc3 Qe1+ 87. Kd4 Qxf2+ 88. Ke4 Qg2+ 89. Kd4 Qf2+ 90. Ke4
Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[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 b6 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. a5 b5
15. Nb6 Bb7 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb4 18. f3 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bd3 Re8
21. Qd2 Nd7 22. Rac1 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Ne5 24. Qc3 Nc4 25. Bd4 Bd6 26. Nc5 Qh4
27. f4 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Re2 29. Rc2 Rbe8 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Qf3 Qh5 32. Qxh5
gxh5 33. Bd4 Nxa5 34. Rf3 h4 35. Re3 Rxe3 36. Bxe3 Nb3 37. f5 f6 38. g4
hxg3 39. hxg3 h5 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Bf4 Bc6 42. Ke3 a5 43. Kd3 a4 44. Be3 Ke7
45. Bd4 Bb5+ 46. Kc3 Bc6 47. Kd3 Na5 48. Bc5+ Ke8 49. Bd4 Ke7 50. Bc5+ Kf7
51. Nc8 Ke8 52. Bd4 Bd7 53. Nb6 Bxf5+ 54. Kc3 Nc6 55. Bxf6 Kf7 56. Bd4 Kg6
57. Nxa4 Nxd4 58. Kxd4 Kg5 59. Ke3 Kg4 60. Kf2 d4 61. Nc5 d3 62. Nb3 Bd7
63. Nd2 Bb5 64. b4 Kf5 65. Kf3 Bc6+ 66. Ke3 Kg4 67. Kf2 Kf5 68. Ke3 Kg4 69.
Kf2 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
O-O b5 9. Re1 b4 10. d4 bxc3 11. bxc3 cxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Ng5
Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Na5 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Na4 Bf5 18. Nc5 h6 19. Bd2 Nc4 20. Bc3
Rc8 21. f4 Nb6 22. Ba5 Qe8 23. Qe2 Qc6 24. Rac1 Nc4 25. Ba4 Qa8 26. Bc3 Nb6
27. Bb5 Rc7 28. g4 Bd7 29. Nxd7 Nxd7 30. Bb4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qd8 32. Qb2 a5
33. Ba3 f5 34. Qg2 Nb6 35. Rc6 Nc4 36. Rxg6 Ne3 37. Qg3 Qb8 38. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8.
Bh4 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. a5 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Be2 Bg4 16. O-O Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h3 Ne4 19. Qa4 Bh5 20.
Rac1 Ng3 21. Bd3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 d4 24. Qc4 dxe3 25. fxg3 Qd6
26. Bf1 Qxg3+ 27. Kh1 Qxf3+ 28. Bg2 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 e2 31. Qc8+
Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nbd2 O-O 14.
Ne5 Rac8 15. Ndf3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Nh5 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bd2 Rc7 19. Rfe1 Rd8
20. b3 h6 21. a4 Bc5 22. Nd3 Rdc8 23. a5 Nf6 24. b4 Bd6 25. axb6 Rxc4 26.
Bxb7 Rb8 27. Ra8 Nd7 28. Rxb8+ Bxb8 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. bxc5 Rxc5 31. Ra1 Rc2
32. Bf4 Bxf4 33. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8.
g4 b4 9. Nce2 h6 10. c4 e5 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. h4 a5 14. Bf2 g6 15.
Ne3 Bg7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Bd3 Nd4 18. Nc2 Nc6 19. Ne3 a4 20. Nef5 gxf5 21.
exf5 e4 22. fxe4 Ne5 23. fxe6 Nfxg4 24. e7 Qxe7 25. Nf5 Qe6 26. Rg1 h5 27.
Be2 Rfe8 28. Bd4 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Qxf5 30. Bxg7 Rxe4+ 31. Kd2 Qf4+ 32. Kc2
Rxc4+ 33. Kb1 Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 Qxf3 35. Bh6 Qf5+ 36. Ka1 Rc8 37. Qd1 Kh7 38.
Bc1 Qc2 39. Qf1 f6 40. Qe1 Kg6 41. Qe3 Kf7 42. Qe1 Rc4 43. Rf1 d5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "A29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8.
e3 a6 9. d4 Ba7 10. Nc3 h6 11. h3 Bf5 12. a3 Ne4 13. Ne2 Bh7 14. b4 exd4
15. exd4 Ne7 16. Nf4 Nf5 17. Bb2 c6 18. Re1 Re8 19. Re2 Ng5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8
21. Qd2 Qd7 22. Re1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Ne2 f6 26. Bf3 Ne7
27. d5 cxd5 28. cxd5 Ng6 29. Bd4 Ne5 30. Bg2 Nc4 31. Qc3 Qxe2 32. Bxa7 Be4
33. Qd4 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Nxa3 35. Qb6 Qe7 36. Qe3 Qxe3 37. Bxe3 Nc2 38. Bd2
Nd4 39. f4 gxf4 40. Bxf4 Nb5 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Bd2 f5 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. g4 g5+
45. Kf3 Nc7 46. Ke3 Nxd5+ 47. Kd4 Nf4 48. h4 Ne6+ 49. Kd5 gxh4 50. Bc3+ Kf7
51. gxf5 Nf4+ 52. Ke4 h3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C92"]

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. a4 Na5 13. Bc2 b4 14. d5 bxc3
15. bxc3 c6 16. c4 Qc7 17. Bd3 Reb8 18. Ba3 Bc8 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Re3 c5 21.
Qc2 g6 22. Bb2 Bh6 23. Ree1 Rb7 24. Bc3 Rab8 25. Reb1 Ne8 26. Bd3 f6 27.
Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Rb1 Rb6 29. Nf1 Nb7 30. a5 Rxb1 31. Qxb1 Bf8 32. Qa2 Be7 33.
Bc2 Ng7 34. N1d2 Bd8 35. Nb3 Nh5 36. Bd3 Qc8 37. Bf1 Bc7 38. Qd2 Nd8 39.
Nc1 Qb8 40. Qc2 Nf7 41. Ne2 f5 42. exf5 Bxf5 43. Qc1 Nf6 44. Ng3 Qb1 45.
Qxb1 Bxb1 46. Nd2 Bc2 47. Ne2 Nd8 48. f4 Nd7 49. fxe5 Nxe5 50. Nc1 Nb7 51.
Ndb3 Bd8 52. Na1 Ba4 53. Nab3 Bf6 54. Be1 Kf7 55. Be2 h5 56. Kf1 Nd7 57.
Bd2 Be5 58. Bd3 Bb2 59. Be2 Ne5 60. g4 hxg4 61. hxg4 Ba3 62. g5 Bb4 63.
Bxb4 cxb4 64. c5 Nxc5 65. Nxc5 dxc5 66. Bxa6 Ke7 67. Nd3 Kd6 68. Nxe5 Kxe5
69. Bd3 Kxd5 70. Bxg6 Ke5 71. Bd3 b3 72. Ke1 b2 73. Kd2 c4 74. Bb1 Kd4 75.
a6 c3+ 76. Ke2 c2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. Rd1 Nb4 11. Qd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 cxd4 14.
exd4 Bd6 15. a3 Nd5 16. Qc2 f5 17. f3 O-O 18. fxe4 Rc8 19. Bc4 Bxe5 20.
exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[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 Be7 8.
Be3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 Rc8 16. Qe1 Qc7 17. Rg2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Na5 c3 20. Qxc3
Qxc3 21. bxc3 Rxc3 22. Kd2 Ra3 23. Nc6 Bd8 24. Rb1 Ba5+ 25. Ke2 Rxa2 26.
Rb7 Nc5 27. Nxa5 Nxb7 28. Nxb7 Rb8 29. Rg4 Rxb7 30. Rc4 f5 31. gxf6 gxf6
32. Kd3 Kf7 33. Rc6 Ke7 34. Bb6 Kd7 35. c4 Ra3+ 36. Ke4 Rc3 37. Ba5 f5+ 38.
Kxf5 Rxf3+ 39. Kg4 Rf4+ 40. Kg5 Rb2 41. h4 Rg2+ 42. Kh5 Rgg4 43. Rc7+ Ke8
44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Bd8 Rxc4 46. Ra8 Rgd4 47. Ra7+ Ke8 48. Bg5 Rxd5 49. Re7+
Kf8 50. Rxh7 e4 51. Kg6 Rxg5+ 52. hxg5 e3 53. Rf7+ Ke8 54. Rf1 Re4 55. Kf5
e2 56. Re1 Re3 57. Kf6 Kd7 58. g6 Rf3+ 59. Kg5 Rf2 60. g7 Ke7 61. g8=N+ Ke6
62. Nh6 Kd5 63. Ng4 Rg2 64. Kf4 Kd4 65. Kf3 Rxg4 66. Kxg4 Ke3 67. Kg3 d5
68. Ra1 d4 69. Kg2 d3 70. Rxa6 e1=Q 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Nc3 Bc6 8.
Bg2 Ne4 9. Bb2 Bb4 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Bxc3 a5 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14.
Kxg2 Qc8 15. d5 Qb7 16. e4 d6 17. Nc4 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nd7 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Rc4
Rfe8 21. Qd4 exd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxe4 24. Nxc7 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. g3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Nxc5 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bxa4
14. Ra1 O-O 15. Be3 Nfd7 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Rxa4 Nd6 18. Rb1 a6 19. Nxc4 Nb5
20. Rb3 Rfc8 21. Kf1 Rab8 22. Ke1 Rc6 23. Nb6 Rbxb6 24. Bxb6 Rxb6 25. Rab4
Rc6 26. c4 Nd6 27. c5 Rxc5 28. Rd4 Rc1+ 29. Kd2 Rc6 30. Rbd3 Nc5 31. Ra3
Kf8 32. Rh4 g5 33. Rb4 a5 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Ra1 a4 36. Ke1 Nb3 37. Rd1 Nc4
38. f3 Rb6 39. Rc8 Rb4 40. Ra8 a3 41. Ra7 Nba5 42. Ra1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "A31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 e6 7. e4 d6 8.
Be3 a6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 Rb8 12. a5 bxa5 13. Nb3 Ba8 14. Ra2
O-O 15. Nxa5 Qc7 16. Qd2 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. exd5 Bd6 19. Nc4 Bxh2+ 20.
Kh1 Bg3 21. Rxa6 Qd8 22. Kg1 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qh4 24. Rd1 Rfe8 25. Qd4 Qh2+
26. Kf1 Bxd5 27. Bg1 Qh1 28. Qxd5 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 30. Kd3 Rb3+ 31. Kd4
Bf2+ 32. Ne3 Rxe3 33. Kc4 h6 34. Ra8+ Nf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Qc5+ Kg8 37.
Rd8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Qg6 39. Qxg6+ Kxg6 40. Bxf2 Rxf3 41. Bd4 h5 42. b4 h4 43.
Rh8 Kg5 44. b5 Rf1 45. b6 Rb1 46. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne5 Bd6
8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Ndc4 dxc4 11. Bxa8 cxd4 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. Bc6 Nb8
14. Qa4 Qc8 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Bg5 a6 17. Bxf6 axb5 18. Qxb5 gxf6 19. Qxb6 d3
20. Qxd6 dxe2 21. Rfe1 Bxf3 22. Qxf6 Qc6 23. Qg5+ Qg6 24. Qe3 Qd3 25. Qg5+
Qg6 26. Qe3 Qf6 27. Rxe2 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Nc6 29. Qxc4 Qxb2 30. Rd1 Ne5 31.
Qf4 Qe2 32. Qg5+ Ng6 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 Ra8 35. Kg2 Ne5 36. Kh3 Nc6 37.
Rb2 Ra4 38. f4 Nb4 39. a3 Nd3 40. Rb3 Nc5 41. Re3 Ne4 42. Kh4 Kg7 43. Rd3
Ra6 44. Rd5 Rxa3 45. Re5 Ra4 46. Kg4 Nf6+ 47. Kh3 h6 48. Re2 Kg6 49. Kg2
Rc4 50. Rd2 Ne4 51. Re2 Rd4 52. Kh3 f5 53. Ra2 Rd2 54. Ra6+ Kh5 55. Ra5
Nf2+ 56. Kg2 Ng4+ 57. Kg1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 d5 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne5 Nd4 10. g4 dxe4 11. dxe4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. Kh1 b4
15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Ng3 Rc8 18. b3 d3 19. cxd3 Qd4 20. Bd2 Nxd3
21. Qf3 Bc5 22. f5 a5 23. Bf4 e5 24. f6 g6 25. Rad1 Ba6 26. Nf5 gxf5 27.
Bg3 f4 28. Bh4 Qe3 29. Qh5 Rfd8 30. Rf3 Qe2 31. Rdf1 Bb7 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[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. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Na5 b6 13. Nc6 Nxd5 14.
Qxd5 Nf6 15. Qc4 b5 16. Qb3 Qxc6 17. a4 b4 18. O-O-O d5 19. Bg5 Rd8 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bd3 Qb6 22. Kb1 Bc5 23. Rhe1 Kf8 24. Re2 Bd4 25. Ka2 h4 26.
Red2 Be3 27. Re2 Bf4 28. c3 a5 29. cxb4 axb4 30. Bb5 Qd6 31. Rc2 d4 32. Rc6
Qe7 33. g3 Be3 34. a5 Kg7 35. Qc4 Rd7 36. a6 f5 37. Rc5 Ra7 38. f4 f6 39.
fxe5 fxe5 40. Qd5 Rc7 41. Qxe5+ Qxe5 42. Rxe5 Kf6 43. Rd5 hxg3 44. hxg3 Ke6
45. R5xd4 Bxd4 46. Rxd4 Rh3 47. g4 b3+ 48. Ka3 Ke5 49. Ra4 Ra7 50. gxf5
Kxf5 51. Bc6 Ke5 52. Bb7 Kd6 53. Rc4 Rg3 54. Kb4 Rg5 55. Rc6+ Kd7 56. Rc3
Kd6 57. Rxb3 Rxb7+ 58. axb7 Kc7 59. Ka4 Kb8 60. Rb5 Rg6 61. Ka5 Rh6 62. b3
Rg6 63. b4 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxe7
Qxe7 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. d5 Nf6 13. Nd2 Ne8
14. a4 Nd6 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rfb1 Rac8 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 b6 19. Nc4 Nxc4
20. Qxc4 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Rc7 22. c4 g6 23. Rb3 Rd6 24. g3 h5 25. Rba3 Kg7 26.
f4 h4 27. Qb2 f6 28. Re1 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rd8 30. g4 Rh8 31. g5 Kg8 32. Re2
Qd6 33. Rg2 Re7 34. gxf6 Qxf6 35. f5 Qh4 36. Rag3 Qxe4 37. Qc3 Qb1+ 38. Kf2
Qxf5+ 39. Rf3 Qe4 40. Qe3 Qxe3+ 41. Kxe3 Kg7 42. Rfg3 Rh6 43. Ke4 Rh4+ 44.
Rg4 Rxg4+ 45. Rxg4 Kf6 46. d6 Rh7 47. Kd5 g5 48. Rg1 e4 49. Rf1+ Kg6 50.
Kxe4 Rh4+ 51. Ke5 Rd4 52. Ke6 Re4+ 53. Kd5 Rd4+ 54. Kc6 Rxc4 55. Rd1 Rh4
56. d7 Rh8 57. d8=Q Rxd8 58. Rxd8 Kf5 59. Kd5 Kf4 60. Rf8+ Ke3 61. Rg8 Kf4
62. Rf8+ Ke3 63. Rg8 Kf4 64. Kc4 g4 65. Kd3 Kf3 66. Rf8+ Kg2 67. Ke2 g3 68.
Rg8 c4 69. Rc8 Kg1 70. Rxc4 g2 71. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. f3 Bc4 14. a5
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qc7 16. Kh1 e6 17. Qd2 Qc6 18. Qg5 h6 19. Qh4 Nd7 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Qe7 Ne5 22. Rxd6 Rc7 23. Rxc6 Rxe7 24. Rc5 Nc6 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Kg1
Rec7 27. Na4 Nb8 28. b4 Kf6 29. c3 Ke7 30. Kf2 Rxc5 31. Nxc5 Rc7 32. f4 Nc6
33. Na4 e5 34. g3 exf4 35. gxf4 g5 36. Nb6 Kf8 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Nxd7+ Ke7
39. Nc5 Nd8 40. Kf3 f6 41. Kg4 Kf7 42. f5 Kg7 43. Kh5 Kh7 44. h3 Kg7 45.
Ne6+ Nxe6 46. fxe6 Kf8 47. Kxh6 Ke7 48. e5 Kxe6 49. exf6 Kxf6 50. c4 Kf5
51. Kh5 Kf4 52. b5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. g4 Nc6 8.
Nb3 e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qf2 Rb8 13. Kb1 Nce5 14. Rg1
b4 15. Ne2 Nc4 16. Bc1 Be7 17. Ned4 Ndb6 18. f4 a5 19. Nd2 Qc5 20. Nxc4
Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. b3 Qc5 23. Be3 Qc3 24. g5 Bb7 25. Ne2 Qc7 26. Ng3
O-O 27. f5 Rfc8 28. h4 a4 29. f6 Bf8 30. h5 d5 31. g6 fxg6 32. hxg6 hxg6
33. Rh1 gxf6 34. Bd4 Bg7 35. Rdg1 dxe4 36. Nh5 e3 37. Nxf6+ Kf7 38. Bxe3
Qxc2+ 39. Qxc2 Rxc2 40. Rh7 axb3 41. axb3 Rc3 42. Bd4 Rh8 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7
44. Nd5+ e5 45. Bxe5+ Kf7 46. Nxc3 Rh5 47. Rf1+ Ke6 48. Bd4 bxc3 49. Rf6+
Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[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. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. Kb1
a5 15. Ng3 a4 16. Nc1 b3 17. Nf5 bxc2+ 18. Kxc2 d5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. exd5
Bf5+ 21. Bd3 Nd6 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Kb1 Rab8 24. d6 Qe6 25. Rhe1 Rb5 26. Qd3
Rfb8 27. Re2 g6 28. Bf2 h5 29. Rc2 Kh7 30. Ne2 e4 31. fxe4 Ne5 32. Qxb5
Rxb5 33. exf5 Qd7 34. fxg6+ Nxg6 35. Nc3 Rf5 36. Ne4 Nf8 37. Nf6+ Rxf6 38.
gxf6 Qf5 39. a3 Nd7 40. Rd4 Qf3 41. Be1 Qf1 42. Rd1 Qf3 43. Rdc1 Qd3 44.
Bb4 Nxf6 45. Ka1 Ne4 46. Rc7 Nxd6 47. Rd7 Qe3 48. Re1 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 Nbd7 8. a4
g6 9. Qa3 b4 10. Qxb4 Rb8 11. Qa3 a5 12. Bd2 Bg7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Nh4 e5 15.
Nxf5 gxf5 16. Be2 exd4 17. exd4 Re8 18. O-O Rb4 19. Be3 f4 20. Bxf4 Rxd4
21. Bd6 Rd2 22. Bf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rcd1 Qg5 25. Rxd2 Qxd2 26. Qb3
Bd4 27. Qd1 e3 28. Qxd2 exd2 29. Bf4 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Re2 31. g3 Nxc5 32. Kg2
Ne4 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[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.
a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. Bg5 Kh8 14. d4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ng8 17. Bf4 f5 18. exf5 Bf6 19. Qd3 Bxf5 20. Qg3 Bg6
21. Bg5 Rb5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. f3 Nh5 24. Qh4 Nf4 25. Ne3 Rh5 26. Qg3 Qd8
27. Kh1 Rg5 28. Ng4 h5 29. h4 Rc5 30. Ne3 Qf6 31. Ra4 Rb8 32. Raa1 Be8 33.
Nf1 Bc6 34. Nd2 d5 35. Qg5 Qxg5 36. hxg5 d4 37. Re7 Rxg5 38. Rxc7 Rxg2 39.
Rxc6 Rxd2 40. Re1 d3 41. cxd3 Nxd3 42. Re7 Rxb2 43. Bc2 Rxc2 44. Rxc2 b3
0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[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.
f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Be7 12. g4 Nb6 13. g5 Nh5 14. Qf2
Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 O-O 18. Rhd1 Qc8 19. Qg2 f5 20.
gxf6 Rxf6 21. c3 Rg6 22. Qf1 Nf6 23. R5d2 Qe6 24. Nc1 Rc8 25. Ne2 Rf8 26.
Bf2 Nh5 27. Ng3 Nxg3 28. Bxg3 Rgf6 29. Rf2 R6f7 30. Rd3 h5 31. Rg2 g5 32.
Qe2 Kh7 33. Be1 Rg7 34. Bd2 Kg8 35. Bc1 Rff7 36. Rg1 g4 37. fxg4 Rxg4 38.
Rxg4+ hxg4 39. a4 Qc4 40. axb5 Rf3 41. bxa6 Qxa6 42. Re3 Qxe2 43. Rxe2 Kf7
44. Rg2 Rh3 45. Kc2 Ke6 46. c4 Bd8 47. Bd2 Bb6 48. b4 Bd4 49. b5 Bc5 50.
Ba5 Kd7 51. Bd2 Kc7 52. Kd1 Kb6 53. Bg5 Bd4 54. Bd8+ Kc5 55. b6 Rb3 56.
Rxg4 Kxc4 57. Bc7 Bxb6 58. Bxb6 Rxb6 59. Kc2 Ra6 60. Kb2 Kd3 61. h4 d5 62.
exd5 e4 63. h5 e3 64. Rg3 Kd2 65. Kb3 e2 66. Rg1 e1=Q 67. Rxe1 Kxe1 68. Kb4
Ke2 69. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3
Qb8 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Ng5 Nf8 17. a4 Rc5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b4 Rc7 20. Nd5
Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 h6 23. Nf3 Nxd5 24. Nd4 Re8 25. Nc6 Qc7 26. Bg2
Nf6 27. Qc4 Qc8 28. e3 N8d7 29. Bf1 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qxb5 Qc7 32. Qa4
e6 33. b5 Rc8 34. Qd4 d5 35. Ra1 Qd6 36. Ra6 e5 37. Qa1 Re8 38. Qc3 Ne4 39.
Qb2 Nef6 40. Nb4 Qc5 41. Rc6 Qa7 42. Na6 Qb7 43. h3 h5 44. Nc7 Rb8 45. Qa2
d4 46. Bg2 dxe3 47. Rxf6 exf2+ 48. Rxf2 Qxc7 49. Qxf7+ Kh6 50. Bc6 Rd8 51.
Qe7 Qb6 52. Kg2 e4 53. h4 e3 54. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nd5
8. g3 e5 9. Bg2 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qf6 11. Qxf6 N7xf6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Ne3 Bb4+
14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Be4 16. f3 Bg6 17. Rhc1 Kd7 18. Rc5 Kd6 19. Rb5 Rac8
20. Rd1 Rhe8 21. Bh3 Rc5 22. Nf5+ Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Rxb5 24. axb5 Kc5 25. Ra1
Kb6 26. Ra4 h6 27. h4 Re5 28. Bd3 Ne8 29. g4 Nc7 30. Rf4 f6 31. Ra4 Re8 32.
Ra1 Ne6 33. e3 d4 34. e4 Rc8 35. Rg1 Nf4 36. Ra1 Rc7 37. Ra4 Ne6 38. Ra3 g5
39. h5 Nc5 40. Be2 Nd7 41. Ra4 Nc5 42. Ra3 Rc8 43. Bd1 Rd8 44. Be2 Nd7 45.
f4 Nc5 46. fxg5 Nxe4+ 47. Kd3 Nxg5 48. Ra1 Re8 49. Rf1 Re3+ 50. Kd2 Ne4+
51. Kd1 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. d3 b5 8.
Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10. Bg5 d6 11. f4 Be7 12. f5 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14.
Bxd8 Nxd1 15. Bg5 Nxb2 16. Bc1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 e5 18. f6 g6 19. Bh6 Kd7 20.
Nc3 Ke6 21. Ra5 Rhb8 22. Be3 b4 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Rb5 25. Ra4 h5 26.
Bg5 a5 27. Kf2 Rc8 28. Rc1 d5 29. exd5+ Kxd5 30. Rc4 Rd8 31. Be3 Ke6 32.
Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Bxc5 Rd3 34. Rxa5 Rxb3 35. Rb5 Rb2+ 36. Kf3 b3 37. Rb6+ Kf5
38. h3 h4 39. Rb5 Kxf6 40. Bd6 e4+ 41. Kxe4 Rxg2 42. Be5+ Kg5 43. Kf3 Rc2
44. Bf4+ Kf6 45. Bg5+ Kg7 46. Rxb3 Rc4 47. Ra3 Rb4 48. Be7 Rc4 49. Ra6 f5
50. Re6 Kh6 51. Bd8 Rc3+ 52. Kf4 Rc4+ 53. Ke5 Rc3 54. Kf4 Rc4+ 55. Kf3 Rc3+
56. Kg2 Rc2+ 57. Kf3 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[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. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14.
cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Qa4 Qf5 18. Bg3 Bd6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20.
Bg4 Qg6 21. dxe5 Bf5 22. Bf3 Rb8 23. Ra2 Red8 24. Rb2 Qe6 25. Bh4 Nxe5 26.
Kh1 b5 27. Bxd8 bxa4 28. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. Nxf6+
gxf6 8. d4 Bg7 9. c4 Bg4 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. dxe5 O-O-O 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Be3
Qe4 14. Rc1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qb4+ 16. Kf1 fxe5 17. h3 Qxb2 18. Qg4+ Rd7 19.
Kg1 h5 20. Qe6 Qb5 21. Kh2 Qd5 22. Qg6 Rg8 23. Qxh5 Bh6 24. Rhg1 Rdg7 25.
Qf5+ Kb8 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Rxg1 28. Rxg1 Rxg1 29. Kxg1 Bg7 30. h4 Kc8
31. h5 Kd7 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. Bxa7 b6 34. Kg3 Bf8 35. Kg4 Kf6 36. f4 exf4 37.
Kxf4 Bc5 38. Bb8 Bd6+ 39. Ke4 Kg5 40. Kd5 Kxh5 41. Kc6 Bc5 42. f3 Kg5 43.
Bxc7 Ba3 44. Kxb6 Kf5 45. Kc6 Ke6 46. Bg3 Ke7 47. Bf2 Kd8 48. Bc5 Bb2 49.
a4 Bc3 50. Bb6+ Kc8 51. a5 Kb8 52. a6 Bd2 53. Kd5 Bf4 54. Ke4 Bd6 55. Bd4
Ka8 56. Be5 Be7 57. Bd4 Bd6 58. Kf5 Bc7 59. Be5 Ba5 60. Ke4 Ka7 61. f4 Kxa6
62. Kd5 Kb7 63. f5 Bd8 64. Ke6 Kc6 65. Bf6 Ba5 66. Bh4 Bc3 67. Bg3 Bg7 68.
Be5 Bf8 69. f6 Bh6 70. f7 Bf8 71. Bf6 Bh6 72. Be7 Bg7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8.
Rc1 g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. g3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Nfd7 13. e4 g5 14. Bxg5
Ng6 15. exd5 Bg7 16. Qe2+ Kf8 17. d6 Qa5 18. Be3 b6 19. Bg2 bxc5 20. Bxc6
Rb8 21. dxc5 Nge5 22. Be4 Nxc5 23. O-O Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxh3 25. Rc5 Qa4 26.
Bg5 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Nd7 28. Be7+ Kg8 29. Rg5 h5 30. Nf6+ Nxf6 31. Bxf6 Rh7
32. d7 Qxd7 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qe5+ Kg6 36. Qxb8 Qd1+ 37. Kg2
Qd5+ 38. Kg1 Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[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.
a3 Bc5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Bc2 Nb8
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Bxa4 b5 19. Bb3 Nbd7 20. Qe2
Nc5 21. Bc2 Qc7 22. Qe3 a5 23. Nh4 Rad8 24. Nf5 Bc8 25. Nf3 Bxf5 26. exf5
b4 27. cxb4 axb4 28. Rad1 e4 29. Nd4 Rd7 30. Nb5 Qe5 31. f4 Qe7 32. Rxd7
Qxd7 33. Qxc5 Rc8 34. Qf2 Qxb5 35. Bxe4 b3 36. Bf3 Qxf5 37. Qd4 h5 38. Re5
Qb1+ 39. Kh2 h4 40. Be2 Qe1 41. Re3 Re8 42. Rxe8+ Nxe8 43. Bc4 Qg3+ 44. Kg1
Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qg3+ 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C42"]

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. h4 Bf6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bc4 Qc8 13. Bxc5
dxc5 14. Qf4 c6 15. Bd3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Re8 17. Bf5 Qb8 18. Rd7 Rd8 19. Rhd1
Qe5 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Rab8 22. g3 g6 23. a4 Kf8 24. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Qc7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bg2 Qxc4
8. O-O Nc6 9. Ndb5 O-O 10. Bf4 Bxc3 11. Nd6 Qc5 12. Rc1 Nd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5
14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Rxc3 b6 16. Rd1 d4 17. Ra3 a5 18. Nxc8 Rfxc8 19. Rb3 Ra6
20. Rb5 f6 21. h4 h6 22. h5 a4 23. g4 Re8 24. Kf1 Re4 25. e3 dxe3 26. fxe3
Re7 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Bd6 Re4 29. Kf3 Rc4 30. Bf4 Ke6 31. Rbd5 Ra7 32. Rb5
Rb7 33. Rd6+ Ke7 34. Rd2 Ke8 35. Bd6 Kf7 36. Bf4 Rc5 37. Rd5 Rxd5 38. Rxd5
b5 39. Rc5 Ke6 40. Ke4 Nb4 41. a3 Nc6 42. Rd5 Na5 43. Rd6+ Kf7 44. Rd2 Nc4
45. Rc2 Ke6 46. Kd4 d6 47. e4 Rc7 48. Bd2 Rc6 49. Bf4 Ne5 50. Rxc6 Nxc6+
51. Kc3 d5 52. exd5+ Kxd5 53. b3 axb3 54. Kxb3 Ne5 55. Kb4 Nd3+ 56. Kxb5
Nxf4 57. a4 Kd6 58. Kb6 f5 59. gxf5 Nxh5 60. a5 Nf6 61. a6 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D41"]

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 Bd6 12. e4 Rb8 13. e5 Be7
14. Be3 b6 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rc8+ Bd8 18. Ke2 Kd7 19. Rhc1 Rf8
20. Kd3 Be7 21. R8c6 Rfb8 22. Ke4 a5 23. f4 Bc5 24. dxc5 Kxc6 25. cxb6+ Kb5
26. g4 h5 27. h3 hxg4 28. hxg4 g6 29. f5 gxf5+ 30. gxf5 Rh8 31. Rc5+ Ka6
32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rc6 Rh4+ 34. Kd3 Rd7+ 35. Ke2 Rh2+ 36. Kf3 Rd3 37. Kf4
Rxa2 38. Bc5 Rc2 39. Rc7 Rd8 40. Ra7+ Kb5 41. Be3 Rf8+ 42. Ke4 Rc4+ 43. Kd3
Rd8+ 44. Ke2 Re4 45. Kf3 Rxe5 46. b7 Rf8+ 47. Kg2 Rxe3 48. Ra8 Kc6 49. Rxf8
Kxb7 50. Kf2 Re5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8.
g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 d5 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. b3 dxe4 14. Bc4
Bb7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6 Nc5 17. Bc4 Nxa4 18. bxa4 Qc5 19. Qe2 Rc8 20.
Bb3 Qc3 21. Kb1 Qxf3 22. Qd2 Be7 23. Bd6 e3 24. Qxb4 Qe4 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26.
Rd6 Bd5 27. Re1 O-O 28. Qb6 Bxb3 29. axb3 Qe4 30. Rd3 Nxg4 31. h3 Ne5 32.
Qxe3 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D16"]

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. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14.
Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Rad1 hxg5 19. Rxd7
Qb6 20. g3 Qc6 21. b3 b6 22. R1d5 Qc3 23. Rd3 Qc1+ 24. Kg2 Qc6+ 25. Qf3
Qxf3+ 26. Rxf3 f6 27. Rc3 Rf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Rc7+ Kg6 30. h3 Rd8 31.
Rxa7 Rd4 32. Re7 Rb4 33. Re3 f5 34. Kf3 f4 35. Rd3 fxg3 36. fxg3 g4+ 37.
hxg4 Kf6 38. Re3 Kg5 39. Re5+ Kf6 40. Rb5 Rxb5 41. axb5 Ke5 42. g5 g6 43.
Ke3 Kd5 44. Kd3 Ke5 45. Kc4 Ke4 46. Kc3 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E61"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Ng5 h6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. O-O Bg7 14.
b4 f5 15. exf5 O-O 16. Qg3 gxf5 17. Bxh6 Rf7 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Rac1 a5 20.
Nb5 Nb6 21. bxa5 Rxa5 22. Qb3 Nxc4 23. a4 c6 24. Nc3 Rc5 25. Rfd1 e4 26.
dxc6 bxc6 27. Ne2 d5 28. Nf4 Na5 29. Qg3 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qe5 31. h4 Nc4 32.
h5 e3 33. fxe3 Nd2 34. h6 Ne4 35. h7+ Kxh7 36. Qh4+ Kg8 37. Rxc6 Qa1+ 38.
Kh2 Qxa4 39. Rg6 Qd7 40. Ne6 Qd6+ 41. Bf4 Qe7 42. Qh5 Nf2 43. Ng5 Ng4+ 44.
Kh3 Rf6 45. Qh7+ Kf8 46. Rxf6+ Qxf6 47. Qh5 Ke7 48. Nf3 Qf7 49. Qg5+ Qf6
50. Nd4 Nf2+ 51. Kh4 Qxg5+ 52. Kxg5 Bxd4 53. exd4 Ke6 54. Be3 Ne4+ 55. Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D43"]

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. O-O h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Rh6 14. Qc1
Ng4 15. Bxg4 hxg4 16. Qxg5 Rg6 17. Qe3 f6 18. Bg3 Bh6 19. Qe2 O-O-O 20.
Rfd1 Qe7 21. a4 b4 22. Nb5 cxb5 23. axb5 Kd7 24. Rxa7 Ke8 25. Qxc4 Rc8 26.
Qb3 f5 27. d5 f4 28. d6 Qd7 29. Bh4 f3 30. e5 Ra8 31. Rxb7 Qxb7 32. d7+ Kf7
33. d8=N+ Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Qxb5 35. Qc2 Rg7 36. Bf6 Qe2 37. Qb1 Be3 38. Rd7+
Ke8 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. Qf1 g3 41. Rd7+ Ke8 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Rd7+ Ke8 44. Rd8+
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bb5 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. d4 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. a3 c4 12. Bc2 a5 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Qd2 b4 15. Qf4
g6 16. Nbd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 a4 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Nf1 Qa5 20. Bd2 Ra7 21. N1h2
h5 22. Ng5 Nd8 23. Nhf3 Nb6 24. Ra1 Rb7 25. Re3 Na8 26. Nxf7 Nxf7 27. Bxg6
Rf8 28. Ng5 Bxg5 29. Qxg5 Kd7 30. Qxh5 Kc6 31. Rf3 Rh8 32. Qg4 Rg8 33. Rf6
Nd8 34. h4 Qb5 35. h5 Qb2 36. Qd1 Nb6 37. Bc2 Kc7 38. h6 Nd7 39. Rg6 Rh8
40. Rg7 Rb3 41. h7 Rxc3 42. Bxc3 Qxc3 43. Rg3 Qa5 44. Rg8 Nf7 45. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[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. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Ne5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14.
exf5 Qc8 15. h3 Qxf5 16. g4 Qg6 17. Bg2 h6 18. Rhe1 Rab8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20.
Rxe5 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qf3 Bd6 24. Rf5 b5 25. a3 Re8 26.
Kb1 Nd7 27. Qc6 Re7 28. Qxa6 b4 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Nd5 Re1+ 32.
Ka2 Qe6 33. Qc4 Bd6 34. Rf1 Re5 35. Rd1 g6 36. Kb1 Re1 37. Qd3 Nc5 38. Qd4
Qe5 39. Ka2 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Kg7 41. Nc3 Be5 42. Rc4 Ne6 43. Nd5 Rg1 44. Be4
Rg3 45. b4 Rxh3 46. b5 h5 47. gxh5 Rxh5 48. b6 Rh4 49. b7 f5 50. Bd3 Rxc4
51. Bxc4 Nc5 52. Ka3 Nxb7 53. Kb4 g5 54. Bd3 f4 55. Be2 Kg6 56. Bg4 Nd6 57.
Ne7+ Kf7 58. Nf5 Ne4 59. Bf3 Bc3+ 60. Kb5 Nd2 61. Bg4 Kf6 62. Nd6 Be5 63.
Nc4 Ne4 64. Kc6 Nf2 65. Be2 g4 66. Kd5 Bc3 67. Nd6 f3 68. Bxf3 gxf3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D58"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8.
Rb1 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. b4 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5
14. Bb5 Rb8 15. O-O c4 16. Ba4 Rxb1 17. Qxb1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. h3 Bd7 20.
Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Qb5 Nf6 22. Rb1 h5 23. Bc2 Rd8 24. a4 g6 25. Qb7 Qa5 26. Qe7
Kg7 27. Rb7 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qxd7 Qc3 30. Bxg6 Kxg6 31. Qxd5 Qc1+ 32.
Kh2 c3 33. Qc6+ Kg7 34. d5 c2 35. d6 Qb2 36. d7 Qe5+ 37. g3 Qf5 38. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "A56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
Nge2 Ne8 9. O-O g6 10. Be3 Ng7 11. Kh1 Kh8 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4
Re8 15. Bg1 Ngh5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. Ne4 Nxe5 19. d6 Bf8 20. Bxc5
Bg7 21. Rac1 b6 22. Bg1 Bb7 23. c5 bxc5 24. Nxc5 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qc8 26. Nd4
Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Rad8 28. Nb7 Rd7 29. Rc7 Qh3 30. Qg2 Ng3+ 31. Qxg3 Qxf1 32.
Qg2 Qa6 33. Nc5 Qxd6 34. Nb5 Qxc7 35. Nxc7 Rxc7 36. Qd5 Rcc8 37. Nb7 Rc1
38. Nd6 Rd8 39. Kg2 Rc2+ 40. Kg3 Kg8 41. Kh3 h5 42. Bxa7 Rxb2 43. Bc5 Kh7
44. Bd4 Rd2 45. Qa5 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. a3 a5 8.
O-O Nh6 9. Nc3 f6 10. Be3 a4 11. Qb1 Nf7 12. b3 f5 13. Nxa4 fxe4 14. dxe4
Bxa1 15. Qxa1 O-O 16. Bf4 Ra6 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Ne5 c4 19. Qc3 Nd6 20. Bh6
Rf6 21. Ng4 Rf7 22. Rxd6 exd6 23. Nf6+ Rxf6 24. Qxf6 Ra7 25. Nxb6 cxb3 26.
cxb3 Be6 27. b4 Qe7 28. Qf3 Ra6 29. Qe3 Qb7 30. Qd4 Qe7 31. a4 c5 32. bxc5
dxc5 33. Qb2 Ra7 34. Qe5 c4 35. Nd5 Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[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.
a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. c3 Rb8 14. h3 h6 15.
d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bf4 Be6 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Bb1 Bg5 21.
Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Bd3 Ne5 23. Bf1 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rfc8 25. Bxa6 Rxc1 26. Qxc1
Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxe1 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. Kxe1 b3 30. Kd2 Rb4 31. Bb5 Kf8 32. Kd3
Ke7 33. Bc6 Kd8 34. a5 Kc7 35. Bd5 f6 36. Bc4 Ra4 37. Bxb3 Rxa5 38. Kxd4
Ra1 39. Bd5 Kb6 40. Be6 Rd1+ 41. Ke3 Kc5 42. g3 Re1+ 43. Kd3 Rb1 44. b3 Rb2
45. Ke3 Rc2 46. Kf3 Kd4 47. Bf5 Ke5 48. Bh7 Rb2 49. Bg8 Kd4 50. Bf7 Rd2 51.
h4 gxh4 52. gxh4 Rc2 53. h5 Ke5 54. Bg6 Rb2 55. Bf7 Rb1 56. Bg8 Re1 57. Bh7
Rh1 58. Kg4 Rg1+ 59. Kf3 d5 60. exd5 Kxd5 61. Kf4 Rg5 62. Bg6 Kd6 63. f3
Rb5 64. Kg4 Rxb3 65. f4 Rb2 66. Kf5 Rb5+ 67. Kg4 Ra5 68. Bh7 Rc5 69. Bg8
Ke7 70. Ba2 Rc2 71. Bb3 Rh2 72. Bc4 Kd6 73. Bf7 Ke7 74. Bc4 Rc2 75. Bb3 Rc5
76. Ba2 Kd6 77. Bb3 Kc6 78. Be6 Kd6 79. Bb3 Ra5 80. Bf7 Ke7 81. Bb3 Ra1 82.
Bc4 Rh1 83. Bb3 Kd6 84. Bf7 Ke7 85. Bb3 Kf8 86. Bc4 Rc1 87. Bb3 Rc5 88. Ba2
Ra5 89. Bb3 Ke7 90. Bc4 Kd6 91. Bf7 Rc5 92. Bg8 Kc6 93. Be6 Kb5 94. h6 gxh6
95. f5 Kc6 96. Kh5 Kd6 97. Kxh6 Ke5 98. Kg6 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[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 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. c3 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8
15. a4 c6 16. d4 Qc7 17. Bc2 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2 Qb6
21. Be3 Bc5 22. b4 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 c5 24. Red1 cxb4 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 26. Rxd8
Rxd8 27. cxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B63"]

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 Qb6 9. f3 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 a6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Rhd1 Bc6
14. R4d2 Rc8 15. Bf4 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Kb1 Bc6 18. a3 h6 19. Be5 O-O 20.
Bd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfe8 22. R6d2 Kf8 23. b3 Ke7 24. Kb2 g5 25. Na2 Nd5 26.
Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 e6
8. e3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. f4 O-O 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. O-O b6 13. Be1 Bb7 14. Bh4
Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qb3 Qe8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. a4 Bb4 19. f5 f6 20. Ng4
Rac8 21. Rfc1 Rfe8 22. Nf2 a5 23. Rc2 Ba6 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26.
Rac1 Rec6 27. d5 R6c7 28. Rd1 f5 29. g4 g6 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Nh3 Rg7+ 32.
Rg2 Bc5 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Nf4 Bc4 36. Rg1 Bb4 37. h4 Bb3 38.
Nfe2 Rd8 39. Nd4 Bxd5 40. Rg5 Be6 41. Rh5 Kg6 42. Nxe6 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Rxb2
44. Nf4+ Kg7 45. Rg5+ Kf6 46. Nfd5+ Ke5 47. Nxb4 axb4 48. Ne2 Kd5 49. Rxf5+
Kc4 50. Rb5 Ra2 51. Rxb6 b3 52. Nd4 b2 53. Kd1 Ra3 54. Kd2 Ra2 55. Nc2 h5
56. a5 Rxa5 57. Rb4+ Kd5 58. Rxb2 Ke5 59. Nd4 Ra3 60. Rb5+ Kf6 61. Rxh5
Rd3+ 62. Ke2 Rxd4 63. exd4 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D38"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8.
Qb3 Nc6 9. e3 h5 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nxg3 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. fxg3 Qd6 14.
O-O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Bd7 16. e4 dxe4 17. d5 Qf8 18. Qe5 O-O-O 19. d6 cxd6
20. Rxd6 f6 21. Qd4 Kc7 22. c5 Bc8 23. Bc4 Rxd6 24. cxd6+ Qxd6 25. Qxa7+
Bb7 26. Rd1 Qe5 27. a4 e3 28. a5 e2 29. Re1 Ra8 30. Qb6+ Kc8 31. a6 Bxa6
32. Bxa6+ Kd7 33. Rxe2 Rb8 34. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D16"]

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. Qd2 Nb4 13. Rad1 Rc8 14.
d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Rfd8
20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. g3 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Ne5 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Nf3 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. f4 d5 5. exd5 Ng4 6. d4 Bxd4 7. Nf3 Bf2+
8. Kf1 Bb6 9. fxe5 Nf2 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. d6+ Kh8 13. exf6 gxf6 14.
dxc7 Bxc7 15. Kxf2 fxg5 16. Qc3+ Qf6 17. Qxf6+ Rxf6 18. Re1 Bb6+ 19. Kg3
Bc7+ 20. Kf2 Bb6+ 21. Kg3 Bc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C42"]

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. h4 c6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qxd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6
Ne4 14. Rd4 Nxf2 15. Rg1 Ng4 16. a4 Re8 17. Bd3 h6 18. a5 Be6 19. Re1 Nf6
20. Ne5 Bd5 21. a6 b6 22. Re2 Bxg2 23. Rf4 Kf8 24. b4 Rad8 25. Ng6+ fxg6
26. Rxg2 Re5 27. Rxg6 Rd6 28. Rf1 Rh5 29. Rfg1 Rd7 30. Rh1 Re7 31. Kb2 Rhe5
32. Rf1 Rh5 33. Rg4 Rhe5 34. Rc4 R7e6 35. Bg6 Rd6 36. Kb3 Ke7 37. Rcf4 Re3
38. Bd3 Rg3 39. R4f2 Re6 40. Kb2 Re5 41. Bf5 Ree3 42. c4 Re5 43. Rd2 c5 44.
b5 Rge3 45. Rg2 Kf8 46. Rff2 Re1 47. Bg6 Rh1 48. Rf4 Re3 49. Rd2 Ke7 50. h5
Rg1 51. Rd3 Re2 52. Rff3 Rg5 53. Rd1 Rgg2 54. Kb3 Rgf2 55. Rfd3 Re5 56. Rd8
Re1 57. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C04"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Nb3 Bd7 7. c3 f6 8.
Nh4 f5 9. Nf3 Nh6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nf7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Nc5 Ncxe5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb3 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Bxe6 Kb8 19. Bg5 Qxg5
20. Bxd7 Bd6 21. g3 Rd8 22. Qb5 Ne7 23. Be6 h5 24. f4 Qf6 25. Qc4 h4 26. g4
g5 27. gxf5 Nxf5 28. Qd5 Nxd4 29. Bg4 gxf4 30. Rad1 Nc2 31. Bf3 c6 32. Qb3
Ne3 33. Bxc6 Qg7+ 34. Kh1 Nxf1 35. Rxf1 Bc5 36. Bg2 Rd2 37. Qf3 Be3 38. Qe4
a6 39. b4 h3 40. Bf3 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[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. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 h6 13. Rb1 Nd7 14.
h3 Qe7 15. Qxe7 Bxe7 16. Bd2 Kf8 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. a4 b6 19. Bb5 Nf6 20.
Bc6 Bf5 21. Rxb6 axb6 22. Bxa8 Bd7 23. Bf4 Bxa4 24. Bc7 b5 25. Bc6 Bd1 26.
Bxb5 Ne4 27. Ba5 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Ng5 29. Kg2 Ne6 30. Bf1 Ba3 31. Bb6 Bb2 32.
c4 dxc4 33. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rfd8 12. Rfe1 Bb4 13. Qc1 Rac8 14.
a3 Bd6 15. Qa1 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. a4 a6 18. Bf1 Re8 19. g3 Rcd8 20. Bg2
Bc7 21. Nh4 Qe6 22. Ne2 g5 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. a5 c4 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Nxg5
Nxg5 27. Bxb7 b5 28. Nf4 Qg4 29. Kg2 b4 30. Qa4 Bxf4 31. exf4 Nh3 32. Bc1
Re2 33. Rf1 Nc5 34. dxc5 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Rxf2+ 36. Kh1 Qe6 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38.
Qd4+ Qf6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5
8. d4 Bb6 9. O-O dxe4 10. Nxc6 Qd6 11. Ne5 Ba6 12. Re1 c5 13. Na3 cxd4 14.
Nac4 Qe6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. cxd4 Nd5 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nce2 Rc8 10. c4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. cxb5 Bxb5 13. Re1 Rc4 14.
Qd1 Nxe4 15. b3 Nc3 16. Nxc3 Rxc3 17. Bb2 Rc7 18. Qh5 Rc5 19. Rxe6+ Be7 20.
Bd5 g6 21. Rxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qg4 Rxd5 23. Bxh8 f6 24. a4 Be2 25. Qf4 Kf7 26.
Re1 Re5 27. h4 Re4 28. Qd2 Bf3 29. Qd5+ Qe6 30. Qb7+ Qe7 31. Qd5+ Qe6 32.
Qb7+ Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B18"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6
8. h4 Bxf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. c3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qa5 13. Bxb8 Rxb8
14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. a4 Rd5 18. Rfe1 Rbd8 19. b4 Qc7
20. a5 h5 21. g3 g6 1/2-1/2