[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AZ"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. d5 Ne5 5. Qd4 Ng6 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Nf6 8.
Nf3 b5 9. e4 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O h6 14. a3 Re8 15.
Rd1 Qe7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Ne5 19. h3 Rad8 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Bf4 Nc6 23. Re1 Nd4 24. Qb1 Re8 25. Kf1 Bd6 26. Be3 Qe5 27. Bxd4 Qxd4
28. Bf3 Re5 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Ne4 Qc4+ 31. Kg1 Bxb2 32. Nxf6+ Bxf6 33. g4 Kf8
34. Kg2 Be7 35. Qd1 Bd6 36. Bd5 Qf4 37. Qb3 c5 38. Qc3 h5 39. Qf3 Qxf3+ 40.
Kxf3 c4 41. a4 c3 42. Bb3 bxa4 43. Bxa4 h4 44. Ke4 Ke7 45. Kd5 Bf4 46. Kc4 Bd2
47. Kd5 a5 48. Kc6 g6 49. fxg6 fxg6 50. Kd5 Kf6 51. Bc2 g5 52. Ba4 Be1 53. f3
Bf2 54. Bc2 Ke7 55. Ba4 Bg1 56. Ke5 Bh2+ 57. Kd5 Bb8 58. Bc2 Kd7 59. Ba4+ Kc7
60. Kc5 Ba7+ 61. Kd5 Be3 62. Ke4 Bc1 63. Kd5 Kb6 64. Kc4 Bd2 65. Kd4 c2 66.
Bxc2 Kb5 67. Bh7 Kb4 68. Bg8 a4 69. Kd3 Bf4 70. Bf7 Ka3 71. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IN"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14.
Qd5 Qc6 15. c4 Bf6 16. g4 g6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. c3 c5 19. Kc2 Ng7 20. h5 Re4 21.
hxg6 fxg6 22. g5 Be7 23. Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "BG"]
[BlackTeam "HU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bc6 Nb6
15. Rd1 Qd6 16. Bg2 e5 17. Nc3 f5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qf6 21.
e3 g6 22. Rad1 Bh6 23. Rd7 Bg7 24. b3 Qc3 25. Qxc3 Bxc3 26. Rxc7 Rbc8 27. Rcd7
Bb4 28. Bb7 Rc2 29. Bxa6 Rxa2 30. Bxb5 Bc3 31. Kg2 Raa8 32. h4 Bf6 33. Bc4+ Kh8
34. b4 Rab8 35. b5 Rfc8 36. Bd3 Rd8 37. Be2 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Rd8 39. Rf7 Rd6 40.
h5 Bg5 41. f4 Bh6 42. Rc7 Rd2 43. Kf3 Rb2 44. Rc6 Kg7 45. Bd3 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AM"]
[BlackTeam "NL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. h4 a6 13. Be2 Nc5 14.
Rh3 Nxe4 15. Re3 f5 16. Bf3 Bd7 17. Rb1 Rc8 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Rxb7 Rxc3 20. Kf1
Rxe3 21. fxe3 Qc3 22. Nxe6 Qc4+ 23. Kg1 Qxe6 24. Qd4 Rg8 25. Rb6 Qf5 26. Qd6
Rg6 27. Rb8+ Bc8 28. Qc7 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qd1+ 31. Kf2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NO"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Ne6 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 Rb8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Bf5 Be7 17. Nb3 O-O 18. Nbd4 Ncxd4 19. cxd4 Bg6 20. Bg4 Ra8 21.
Qd2 h6 22. Nh2 c6 23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. f4 h5 26. Be2 Ra2 27. g4 Be4
28. f5 Nf8 29. Rf1 Ba3 30. Qe1 Rxb2 31. gxh5 Bb4 32. Qf2 Qxf5 33. Qg3 Rb1 34.
Ng4 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Kh7 36. h6 Ng6 37. hxg7 Kxg7 38. Be2 Be7 39. Nh6 Qd7 40. Qf2
Bh4 41. Qf1 b4 42. Bg4 Qe7 43. Nf5+ Bxf5 44. Qxf5 b3 45. Qh5 Qb4 46. Qh6+ Kg8
47. e6 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qg3+ 49. Kf1 b2 50. exf7+ Kxf7 51. Qh7+ Kf6 52. Qb7 Qxe3
53. Qxc6+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IL"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

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

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "AZ"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. b3 c6 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nde2 Qc7 15.
f4 Ned7 16. Qd3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Rad1 Be6 19. e5 Rad8 20. Qe3 Nd5 21. Qxc5
Bf8 22. Qf2 Qa5 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. Rd1 Qc3
28. Kh2 Be4 29. g4 Kg7 30. Nxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Rc8 33. Bxe4 dxe4
34. c3 b5 35. Ne2 Be3 36. Rd7 b4 37. c4 Rc6 38. Kg3 Ra6 39. Nd4 Bxd4 40. Rxd4
Rxa2 41. c5 Rc2 42. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "IN"]

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 f5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Bb2 Bd6 15.
Nf3 Qe7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Nd3 Rfd8 18. Re1 Qe8 19. e3 g5 20. Rc2 g4 21. Qc1 Qe7
22. Rd1 Ne4 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Bb8 25. Ne5 Ng5 26. Qa1 Nf7 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28.
a4 h5 29. b4 h4 30. b5 Bb7 31. Rdc1 Kg6 32. Be5 Bxe5 33. Qxe5 Qf6 34. Qd4 e5
35. Qb4 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rd7 37. Qa5 Rh8 38. Qxa7 f4 39. exf4 exf4 40. gxf4 Rdh7
41. Qb6 Qxf4 42. bxc6 Qf3 43. cxb7+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "HU"]
[BlackTeam "BG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O
Ncb6 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 Nc4 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Qe2 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Rxa8 Qxa8
15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 b5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Na5 Rd8 21.
Qe4 Nd5 22. Ra1 Rd7 23. Nb3 Ra7 24. Rxa7 Qxa7 25. Qe1 h5 26. Qa1 Qb7 27. Nc1 c5
28. dxc5 Bxc5 29. Nd3 Bb6 30. Qe1 Qc6 31. c3 Qc4 32. Qe4 Qb3 33. Qe2 Qc2 34.
Kf1 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2 36. Kf1 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qc2 38. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NL"]
[BlackTeam "AM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Qb3 c6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. gxf3 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Bd2 c5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. e4 Nd7
15. Bb5 d3 16. O-O Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra8 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Kg2 Nxf3 21.
Bh6 Qf6 22. Rb1 Nh4+ 23. Kf1 Rfc8 24. Qb2 Rc3 25. Bd2 Raa3 26. Bxc3 Rxc3 27.
Rc1 Rc5 28. Qd2 Nf3 29. Qe3 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qd4 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxb7 Nd2+ 33.
Ke2 Nxe4 34. Bc6 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "NO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Bd3 Bb4
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qe4+ Kg8 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Qxb7 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Rfd1
Rac8 21. Rd2 Rc4 22. g3 Rfc8 23. Kg2 Kh7 24. h4 b5 25. Re1 Kg6 26. Ng5 Rc2 27.
Ree2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 b4 29. Kf3 a5 30. Ne4 a4 31. g4 Kh7 32. Nd6 Rc7 33. Rd4 Kg8
34. Rc4 Rxc4 35. Nxc4 a3 36. Nxa3 bxa3 37. bxa3 Kf8 38. h5 Ne7 39. a4 Nc6 40.
Ke4 g5 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Kf4 Kf7 43. Kg5 Nxe5 44. a5 Nc6 45. a6 e5 46. f3 Kg7
47. f4 exf4 48. Kxf4 Kf6 49. a3 g5+ 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Kc3 Kd6 53. Kc4
Na7 54. Kd4 Nb5+ 55. Ke4 Ke6 56. a4 Nc3+ 57. Kd4 Nxa4 58. a7 Nb6 59. Kc5 Na8
60. Kc6 Ke5 61. Kb7 Kd6 62. Kxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "IL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Ng5 O-O 8.
Ngxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. Qf3 Bxe4 11. dxe4 Nd7 12. c3 a5 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bc2
Ne6 15. O-O Qe7 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. g3 Bc5 18. Bd2 Rd7 19. h4 Rad8 20. Be1 Bb6 21.
Kg2 g6 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 h5 24. Bd2 Kg7 25. Bc1 Ba7 26. Bb3 Rxd1 27. Qxd1
Qf6 28. Qd2 Bb6 29. Qe2 Nc5 30. Bc2 Ne6 31. b3 Kg8 32. Bd3 g5 33. hxg5 Nxg5 34.
b4 axb4 35. cxb4 Ne6 36. Qf3 Qg6 37. Bc4 Nd4 38. Qe3 Bd8 39. a5 Be7 40. Bd2 h4
41. Bc3 Bg5 42. Qd3 hxg3 43. fxg3 Bf6 44. a6 bxa6 45. Bxa6 Qg4 46. Bc4 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "IL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 8.
O-O g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. Nc3 c6 12. Ne2 Bg7 13. d4 O-O 14. Bb3 Nf6
15. f3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Rfd1 Ng8 20. Rac1 Bh6 21.
Rc2 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Nf6 23. Nc1 Qg7 24. Nd3 g5 25. h3 Nh5 26. b4 a5 27. bxa5
Rxa5 28. e5 d5 29. Nc5 Nf4 30. Rb2 b6 31. Rxb6 Rxa2 32. Rd2 Qa7 33. Rb7 Qa5 34.
Rxa2 Qxa2 35. Qf2 Qe2 36. Rb2 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Ra8 38. Rd2 Qb1 39. Rb2 Qd1 40. Qd2
Ra1 41. Qxd1 Rxd1 42. g3 Nd3 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Nxe6+ Kg6 45. Rf8 Rd2+ 46. Kg1 h6
47. h4 Rd1+ 48. Kg2 Rd2+ 49. Kf1 gxh4 50. Rf6+ Kh7 51. gxh4 Rf2+ 52. Kg1 Re2
53. f4 Rd2 54. Rf7+ Kg6 55. Rf6+ Kh7 56. Nf8+ Kg7 57. Ne6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "AM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Qd3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nb8 11. Ba4 Nbd7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nc4 c6 14. Nxb6 axb6
15. a4 Nf8 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. Bg3 Be6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 b5 20. Bg3 bxa4 21.
Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Bxa4 Ra8 23. Bd1 Ra2 24. Qb1 Ra5 25. Qd3 Nh5 26. Bxh5 Rxh5 27.
Nf3 Ra5 28. h3 Qd7 29. Re1 Kh8 30. Qd2 Rh5 31. Qe2 Qd8 32. c4 d5 33. exd5 cxd5
34. c5 Rf5 35. b4 Nf4 36. Qe3 Qf6 37. Bxf4 Rxf4 38. Qe5 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Qxf3 40.
Qe3 Qf5 41. b5 Qc2 42. b6 Kh7 43. Re2 Qb1+ 44. Re1 Qc2 45. Rf1 Bd7 46. Rf2 Qb1+
47. Rf1 Qc2 48. Rf2 Qb1+ 49. Rf1 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NL"]
[BlackTeam "NO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 7. dxc5 d4 8.
Qg3 Nc6 9. b4 e5 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Nf3 bxc5 13. b5 Nh5 14. Qg5 Qxg5 15.
Bxg5 Na5 16. Rb1 f6 17. Bd2 Nb7 18. h3 g5 19. Ke2 Nd6 20. g4 Ng7 21. a4 Bb7 22.
h4 Nxe4 23. hxg5 Nc3+ 24. Bxc3 e4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Bd2 Rae8 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "HU"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8.
Bd3 Nbc6 9. N2b3 Ne5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 a6 12. Re1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Qc7 14. h3 h6
15. Bd2 Bd7 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nf3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Ba5 b6 20. Bxb6 Bh2+ 21.
Kh1 Qxb6 22. Kxh2 Qxf2 23. Qxd5 Qxc2 24. Rac1 Qf5 25. Qxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IN"]
[BlackTeam "AZ"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8.
O-O e6 9. c4 Nf4 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5
h6 15. Nf3 b6 16. Qe3 Ba6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Ne4 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Rfe8 21.
d6 Qc6 22. Qf4 Re6 23. Rad1 Rde8 24. Ng3 Be2 25. Nxe2 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Rxe2 27.
Qh4 Re8 28. h3 a5 29. Qg4 Re4 30. Qg3 Qb5 31. Nh4 Qe2 32. Rd5 Qxa2 33. Nf5 Qa1+
34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Qf3 Re5 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Rd3 b5 39. Nc6 Re2 40.
Nxa5 Rxf2 41. Nb7 Re2 42. Rc3 Re5 43. Kg3 b4 44. Rc1 Re3+ 45. Kf4 Rxb3 46. Nxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "BG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Nge2 Ne7 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1 c5 14. dxc5
Qxc5 15. e4 d4 16. Nce2 Qb6 17. Nxd4 Ng4 18. h3 Rac8 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. Bc2 N7g6
21. Bb3 a5 22. Ngf5 a4 23. Bd5 a3 24. b3 Nf4 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Qe3 Nxg2 27. Nxc8
Rxc8 28. Qg3 Qc5 29. Qxe5 Qc3 30. Nc6 Qf3 31. Nb4 Nf4 32. Rhg1 f6 33. Qe7 Bg4
34. Rc1 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IL"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Qxd4 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Qe5 Be6
15. Bc2 O-O 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. Qc3 Qf4 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. b3 Qc7 20. h3 Rad8 21.
Nd4 Bc8 22. Qd3 Kf8 23. Qf3 Qa5 24. Nf5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Qxa2 27.
Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Qh7 Qa5 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qh7 Rd8 31. Qe4+ Kf8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.
g3 a5 34. Kg2 g6 35. Qe3 Kg7 36. Be4 h5 37. h4 Qe7 38. Bf3 Qb4 39. Qd3 Qb6 40.
Bd1 Bd4 41. Qd2 Qc5 42. Qe2 Qa3 43. Qd2 Bf6 44. Qc2 Qa1 45. Bf3 Qe1 46. Qe2 Qc3
47. Qe3 Qb2 48. Bd1 Qb1 49. Qe2 b5 50. cxb5 cxb5 51. Bc2 Qb2 52. Bd3 Qxb3 53.
Bxb5 Qd5+ 54. Kg1 Bd4 55. Bc4 Qc5 56. Ba2 a4 57. Qf3 Qa7 58. Kg2 a3 59. Qd5
Bxf2 60. Qe5+ f6 61. Qd5 Bxg3 62. Qg8+ Kh6 63. Qh8+ Qh7 64. Qxf6 Bxh4 65. Qxh4
Qb7+ 66. Kg1 Qb6+ 67. Kf1 Qb5+ 68. Kg1 Qg5+ 69. Qxg5+ Kxg5 70. Kf2 Kf4 71. Ke2
h4 72. Kd3 h3 73. Kc3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AM"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Rf7 14. Bd2 Nd5 15.
e3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Nf5 17. Qc2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Na4 axb4 20. Bxb4 Kh8 21. Bxf8
Qxf8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. a4 Nd6 24. Rb4 Bf5 25. Qb2 h6 26. h3 Qc8 27. g4 Be6 28. d4
e4 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. d5 cxd5 31. Qd2 Ra5 32. Rd4 b6 33. Rxd5 Nb7 34. Rxa5 bxa5
35. Qc2 f5 36. gxf5 Qxf5 37. Bxe4 Qg5+ 38. Bg2 Nd8 39. Rd5 Qf6 40. Rxa5 Rf8 41.
Ra8 Qa1+ 42. Bf1 Qa3 43. Qd2 Nc6 44. Rxf8+ Qxf8 45. Qd5 Qf6 46. Bg2 Qa1+ 47.
Kh2 Ne5 48. Qd4 Qxd4 49. exd4 Nc4 50. Kg3 g5 51. Kg4 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NO"]
[BlackTeam "NL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 O-O 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qc1 a5 18. Rd1 b4 19. Bh5 Rfd8 20. Nd6 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6
22. Nf7 Nc3 23. Re1 Bxd4 24. Nxh6+ Kf8 25. Nf5 Qc5 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Be5 Rf4
28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. Qxf4+ Qf5 30. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "HU"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Bf7 14. Be3 a5 15.
Nc5 axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. N3e4 Qc7 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Bh3 Rfa8 20. Qc1 Nd5 21.
Qb2 Nc3 22. Nxc3 dxc3 23. Qc2 Qe5 24. Rfc1 b5 25. Ne4 Ba2 26. Ra1 Bxb4 27. Rxa2
Rxa2 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. Qxb4 c2 30. Bf1 Qb2 31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. Nd2 c5 33. f4 c4
34. Nf3 b4 35. dxc4 Rd8 36. Ne1 b3 37. Kf2 Rd1 38. Nd3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AZ"]
[BlackTeam "IN"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. f4 Nf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. d3 d5 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 c4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 cxd3 14. cxd3 a5
15. f5 exf5 16. Rxf5 a4 17. e5 Ne8 18. e6 f6 19. Rff1 Nc7 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Kh1
axb3 22. axb3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Bf8 24. Qc2 c5 25. d4 Nxe6 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Rd1
Ne4 28. Bd4 Qc8 29. Qa2 Qb7 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. Qd3 Rc3 32. Qf1 Rxb3 33. Ra1 Qc6
34. Qe1 Rb8 35. Rc1 Qb5 36. Qe3 Re8 37. Qf4 Qd7 38. Rc7 Qd6 39. Qc1 Qe6 40. Ra7
Rc8 41. Qb1 Qc6 42. Ra1 Bc5 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "BG"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 c5 12. Bd2 Ra6 13. Rb1 h6 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. g3
Ne8 16. Nh4 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. f3 h5 20. Kh1 Kg8 21. Bg5 Bf6
22. f4 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Ng7 24. g6 Qe7 25. Qh6 Ne8 26. Bxh5 Qg7 27. Qg5 Qf6 28.
Qd2 Qh8 29. Be2 Kg7 30. Qg5 Qh6 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. g4 f4 33. Bd3 Qg7 34. Qg5 Nf6
35. h3 Qe7 36. Qh6 Qg7 37. g5 Ne8 38. h4 f3 39. Qh5 Qh8 40. Qxh8+ Kxh8 41. Be4
Ng7 42. Rxf3 Rxf3 43. Bxf3 Nf5 44. h5 Kg7 45. Kh2 b6 46. Be4 Kg8 47. h6 Ne3 48.
Re1 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Nc3 Qh4 9. g3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qh3 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Bf1 Qf5 13. Bd3 Qh3 14. Bf1
Qf5 15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. Qe2 c6 17. Rb3 Rhe8 18. Be3 Re7 19. Reb1 Rdd7 20. a4 Qg4
21. Qxg4 Bxg4 22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Bf5 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Bc7 26. c4 Bb6 27.
Rbd1 Re4 28. Kg2 f5 29. Kf3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Ne4
15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. c6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Nd7 Rfe8 20. Nb6 Rc2 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Bf6 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Bxb2 25. Bxe4 Bxc1 26. Rd7 Kf8
27. Bc6 Re6 28. Rc7 Bb2 29. e4 g5 30. Kg2 Be5 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Bd5 Re7 33. Ra8
Rc7 34. Rxa6 Rc2 35. Ra3 Bd4 36. Rf3 f6 37. h4 h6 38. Rf5 b4 39. h5 Kf8 40. Kf1
Ke7 41. Bb3 Rc5 42. Rd5 Rxd5 43. exd5 f5 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. f3 Be5 46. g4 fxg4 47.
fxg4 Ke7 48. Kd3 Bd6 49. Kc4 Kf6 50. Kb5 Ke5 51. Kc6 Bf8 52. Kd7 Bd6 53. Ke8
Kf6 54. Bc2 Bc5 55. Bf5 Bd6 56. Kd7 Ke5 57. Be6 Bc5 58. Bg8 Bd6 59. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 a6 8. N5c3
Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Qxd6 Bg5 14. Bd3 Bxc4
15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bxc4 Rd2 17. h4 Bh6 18. Rd1 Rxc2 19. Bb3 Rc1 20. O-O Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Nd4 22. Bd5 Rb8 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ne2 Nxe2 25. Kxe2 Ke7 26. Rd3 Rc8 27.
Rb3 b5 28. Ra3 Rc2+ 29. Kf1 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf1 Rc1+ 32. Ke2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Rc1 Nh5 8.
Bd2 Nf6 9. e3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Bd6
15. g4 Rc8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Qg2 Nb6 18. f4 Nb4 19. Bb1 Nc4 20. a3 Nc6 21. O-O h6
22. g6 f5 23. Be1 Qf6 24. e4 Ne3 25. e5 Nxg2 26. exf6 Ne3 27. Rf2 Nxd4 28. Bd2
Nc4 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Bc3 Bc5 31. Kh1 O-O 32. f7+ Kh8 33. Bxd4 Bxd4 34. Re2
Bxb2 35. Rxc4 dxc4 36. Rxb2 c3 37. Re2 b5 38. Bxf5 Rcd8 39. Bc2 a5 40. Kg1 a4
41. Kf1 b4 42. axb4 a3 43. Bb3 Rb8 44. Ke1 Rxb4 45. Re8 Rb8 46. Rxf8+ Rxf8 47.
Kd1 Ra8 48. Bd5 Rd8 49. Kc2 h5 50. Bc6 Rf8 51. Kxc3 a2 52. Kb2 Rb8+ 53. Ka1 h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
O-O 15. Qf3 Be5 16. Bd3 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Rhe1 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. f4
g6 21. b4 Kf8 22. Kb2 Ke7 23. Kb3 Rc8 24. g4 Bh4 25. Rf1 Kd7 26. Rf3 Rh8 27.
Rh3 Bf6 28. g5 Bg7 29. Rf3 f5 30. h4 h5 31. Rf1 Re8 32. b5 Kc7 33. bxa6 bxa6
34. Ka4 Re3 35. Ka5 Rh3 36. Kxa6 Rxh4 37. Re1 Kd8 38. Bb5 d3 39. Kb7 Be5 40.
fxe5 Re4 41. Rc1 d2 42. Rd1 Rxe5 43. Rxd2 f4 44. a4 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5
Qxe5 15. h3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qd4 Rfd8 18. Qe3 b6 19. Rfd1 h6 20. b3 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Re8 22. f3 Re7 23. Rd8+ Re8 24. Rd1 Re7 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 Ngxe5 6. a3 a5 7. f4 Ng6 8. Bd3
Bc5 9. Qh5 d6 10. Nf3 a4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Ne4 Qe8 13. O-O-O f5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15.
Kb1 Nge7 16. Qh4 h6 17. Bc3 Be6 18. Rhg1 Rd8 19. Ka1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Bxc4 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. g4 Ng6 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Rc3 Bf7 25. Qf2 Qe6 26. b3 axb3 27. Nh4
Rh5 28. Kb2 Qf6 29. Nxg6 Bxg6 30. e4 c4 31. Qd2 Qd4 32. Qxd4+ Nxd4 33. Rcg3
Rxh2+ 34. Kb1 Kf7 35. Rxg6 c3 36. Rg7+ Ke8 37. R7g2 Rxg2 38. Rxg2 Nf3 39. Kc1
Nd2 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Kb1 Rfe8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 c5 20. Bf4 Nf6 21.
Qe3 Qb6 22. Be5 Qa6 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. dxc5 Ng4 25. Qd4 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxc5 27.
Qd7 Rf8 28. Rc2 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Bxd6 30. Nd3 Rfd8 31. b3 Ba3 32. Ne5 Rd6 33. Re2
Rcd8 34. Kc2 Bb4 35. Nf3 a5 36. Rh4 Rd1 37. Kb2 Be7 38. Rhe4 Rf1 39. Kc2 Ra1
40. Kb2 Rdd1 41. Re1 Rab1+ 42. Kc2 Rbc1+ 43. Kb2 Bc5 44. R4e2 Rb1+ 45. Kc2
Rbc1+ 46. Kb2 Rb1+ 47. Kc2 Rbc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. a3 a6 12. b4 Qe7 13. Rg1 e5 14. h4 e4 15. g5
hxg5 16. hxg5 exf3 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bxf3 g6 19. e4 Rh3 20. Bg2 Rh4 21. Bg5 Rg4
22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. e5 Qe6 24. O-O-O Rxg2 25. Rxg2 Bf8 26. f4 a5 27. d5 Qh3 28.
e6 Bg7 29. exf7+ Kf8 30. Rd3 Qf5 31. Ne2 axb4 32. Rg5 Qf6 33. Re5 bxa3 34. d6
Qxf7 35. d7 Rd8 36. Qc5+ Kg8 37. Qd6 a2 38. Kb2 Qc4 39. Nc3 Qf7 40. Qc7 Bf6 41.
Nxa2 Qc4 42. Nc1 Qxf4 43. Rde3 Rxd7 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Kc2 Bxe5 46. Rxe5 Qc4+ 47.
Kb1 c5 48. Qe8 Qb4+ 49. Ka1 Qd4+ 50. Kb1 Rf7 51. Re7 Bd5 52. Rxf7+ Bxf7 53.
Qxb5 Qb4+ 54. Qxb4 cxb4 55. Nd3 b3 56. Kb2 Kf6 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 a5 7. Ngf3 Na6 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Ne5 Nxc5 10. Nxd7 Nfxd7 11. exd5 exd5 12. Qe5 O-O 13. Qxd5 Qb6 14.
a4 Rad8 15. O-O Qg6 16. Nb3 Qxc2 17. Nxa5 Nb6 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. b4 Nxb4 20. Ba3
Ne6 21. Qxb7 Bd6 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. Nc6 Qd2 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Bc4 Nf4 26. g3 Ne6
27. Rad1 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kg2 Bf8 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. a5 Rd5 32. a6 Bc5
33. a7 Bxa7 34. Qxa7 Kf8 35. h4 h5 36. Kf3 Rf5+ 37. Ke3 Re5+ 38. Kf4 Rf5+ 39.
Ke4 Rd5 40. f3 Rf5 41. Qd7 Rf6 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Rf1 44. h5 Kg8 45. Qxe6+
Kh8 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qg6+ Kh8 48. g5 Rf8 49. Ke5 Ra8 50. h6 gxh6 51. Qxh6+ Kg8
52. Qe6+ Kh8 53. Kf5 Ra7 54. Qe5+ Rg7 55. g6 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

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

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Qf3 Bc6
15. Ng4 h5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rd1 Nf5 19. Qh3 Qb6 20. b3 Nxd4 21.
Ba3 Rfe8 22. Rd2 e5 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Qd3 Nd5 25. Na4 Qb5 26. Bc5 Nf4 27. Qe3
Nd5 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Nb5 30. f3 f6 31. h3 Kf7 32. Kh2 g5 33. R1d2 Kg6 34.
Nb2 Rd7 35. Nc4 Red8 36. Na5 Nd4 37. Bxd4 Nb4 38. Rc3 Rxd4 39. Re2 Rd2 40. Nxc6
Rxe2 41. Nxd8 Nd5 42. Rc1 Ne3 43. Rg1 Rxa2 44. b4 a6 45. Nc6 h4 46. Kh1 Rc2 47.
Nb8 Ra2 48. Nc6 Kf5 49. Kh2 Kf4 50. Ne7 Rc2 51. Ng6+ Kf5 52. Nf8 Nd5 53. Rd1
Nf4 54. Rg1 Rb2 55. Nd7 Rxb4 56. Ra1 Rd4 57. Nc5 Rd2 58. Ne4 Rxg2+ 59. Kh1 Rb2
60. Rxa6 Nh5 61. Kg1 Rc2 62. Rb6 Kf4 63. Nxf6 Nxf6 64. Rxf6+ Kg3 65. Kf1 Rf2+
66. Ke1 Rxf3 67. Rg6 Rf5 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Qb3 Ngf6 9. Qxb7 O-O 10. Qb3 Re8 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Qc2 c5 13. d3 h6 14. Nh4 Rb4
15. Nf5 Be5 16. a3 Rb6 17. e4 Bg6 18. Na4 Ra6 19. f4 Bb8 20. Nh4 Bh7 21. Nc3 c4
22. dxc4 dxe4 23. Be3 Qc8 24. Qf2 Qxc4 25. Rfd1 Ra5 26. b4 Rh5 27. Rac1 Qe6 28.
Ne2 Nd5 29. Nd4 Qa6 30. Nc2 Nxe3 31. Nxe3 Nf6 32. Rc3 Qb6 33. Bf1 a5 34. Be2
axb4 35. axb4 Rxh4 36. gxh4 Ba7 37. b5 Rd8 38. Kg2 Nd5 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15.
Bh6 Rd8 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Qe7 18. Nd2 Ne6 19. a4 Rb8 20. Rab1 Bd7 21. Qg3 Kh8
22. Nf1 Na5 23. Ne3 Bc6 24. Rd2 f6 25. Rbd1 Rd7 26. h4 Rg8 27. Qf3 f5 28. Qh3
f4 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Nxc4 31. a5 Rc8 32. Bb3 Rcc7 33. h5 gxh5 34. Qxh5 b5
35. axb6 Nxb6 36. Rxe5 Nc4 37. Red5 Rd8 38. Bxc4 Rxc4 39. Rxd6 Rxe4 40. Rxd8+
Nxd8 41. Kh2 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8.
Nbd2 Nc6 9. a3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Qxc5 11. O-O Qh5 12. h3 Bd7 13. g4 Qd5 14. g5 Qxc4
15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. e4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Bf4 Be8 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. b4 Be7 23. Rc1 Rd3 24. b5 Bxa3 25. Ra1 Na7 26. Be3 Nxb5 27. Bf1
Rc3 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Rb3 30. Bc4 Rb4 31. Rxa3 Rxc4 32. Ra8 Kf8 33. Bxb6 f6
34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Rb8 Rxe4 36. Rxb7 Bf7 37. f3 Re2 38. Bd4 Kg7 39. Rb2 Re1+ 40.
Kf2 Rd1 41. Be3 Kg6 42. Rb4 h5 43. h4 Ra1 44. Rb6 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Ra3 46. Bc1 Rd3
47. Ra6 Kf5 48. Ra3 Rd5 49. Be3 e5 50. Rc3 Rd1 51. Rc1 Rd3 52. Kf2 Bd5 53. Rc8
Ra3 54. Rh8 Kg6 55. Rd8 Be6 56. Rd6 Kf7 57. Rd8 Bc4 58. Rd2 Ke6 59. Rc2 Bd5 60.
Re2 Ra1 61. Rb2 Rh1 62. Kg3 Rf1 63. Bf2 Ra1 64. Rb6+ Kf5 65. Be3 Ra2 66. Rb4
Ra3 67. Kf2 Ra2+ 68. Kg3 Rc2 69. Rb6 Bc6 70. Rb1 Re2 71. Bf2 Ke6 72. Re1 Rc2
73. Be3 Bd5 74. Bg1 f5 75. f4 Be4 76. Be3 Rg2+ 77. Kh3 Rg4 78. fxe5 Kxe5 79.
Rg1 f4 80. Bf2 Bf5 81. Re1+ Kd5 82. Kh2 Rg6 83. Rg1 Bg4 84. Re1 Ra6 85. Kg2 Ra2
86. Re8 Bf5 87. Rd8+ Ke6 88. Re8+ Kf7 89. Re1 Kf6 90. Kg1 Bd3 91. Bd4+ Kf5 92.
Re5+ Kg4 93. Rg5+ Kf3 94. Rxh5 Rg2+ 95. Kh1 Be4 96. Rg5 Rd2 97. Bc5 Ke2+ 98.
Kh2 Rc2 99. h5 Rc1 100. Bg1 f3 101. Re5 Kd3 102. Bf2 Rc8 103. Kg3 Rg8+ 104. Kf4
Rf8+ 105. Kg5 Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. Bd3
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. O-O Na5 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. f3 Re8 15.
e4 e5 16. Rae1 exd4 17. cxd4 Nh5 18. g3 g6 19. Qe3 Qd7 20. Qh6 Ng7 21. exd5 f5
22. d6 Bd5 23. g4 Rcd8 24. Re5 Qxd6 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8
28. Bxf5 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Bxc4 30. Re1 Ng7 31. Be4 Ne6 32. Kf2 Nxd4 33. Rg1+ Kf7
34. Bxh7 Ne6 35. Ke3 Rd5 36. Bc3 Rb5 37. Bg6+ Ke7 38. Bb4+ Kf6 39. f4 a5 40.
Bc3+ Ke7 41. f5 Rb3 42. Kd2 Nc5 43. f6+ Kd6 44. Rg4 Be6 45. f7 Bxf7 46. Bxf7
Rxa3 47. h4 b5 48. h5 b4 49. Bg7 Rh3 50. Bf8+ Kc6 51. Rc4 Rf3 52. Be8+ Kd5 53.
Rxc5+ Kd4 54. Be7 Rf2+ 55. Kc1 b3 56. Rxa5 Kc3 57. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 f5 19. Kc2 f4 20. Kd3 fxe3 21.
Kxe4 exf2 22. Rdf1 Rf8 23. Rxf2 Bd6 24. Re2 Rf4+ 25. Kd3 Kd7 26. Nh4 Rd8 27.
Ng6 Rg4 28. Rh4 Rxh4 29. Nxh4 Rf8 30. Ng6 Rf5 31. g4 Rf3+ 32. Re3 Rf2 33. Re2
Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. f4 e6 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. h5 Bh7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Ngf6 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Qe2 O-O 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Kb1 Bd6 18. Bc3 Nb6 19. Bd4 Nbd5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 f5 22. Qf3 Qxc2+ 23. Ka1 Qa4 24. Kb1 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 Nb4 26. Bc3 Bxe5 27.
fxe5 Nxa2 28. Rd2 Qa4 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 b6 8. Rb1
O-O 9. O-O d5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Qa6 Bc8 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qa6 Qa5
1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qxe6+
fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qe5 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Ne6+ Kf7 18. Rhe1 Qxe1 19. Nxc5+ Kg6 20.
Rxe1 Kxg5 21. Nxb7 Nd4 22. Nd6 Rhf8 23. f3 b4 24. Nce4+ Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Nxb3+ 26.
axb3 a5 27. Rg4+ Kf6 28. Ne4+ Ke5 29. Rh4 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Nc5 Ra1+ 32. Kd2
Rg8 33. g3 Rf1 34. Ke2 Rb1 35. Rxb4 Kd5 36. Ne4 Kc6 37. h4 Rh1 38. Rc4+ Kb6 39.
b4 Rd8 40. Rc5 Ra8 41. c3 Ra2+ 42. Ke3 Re1+ 43. Kf4 Rf1 44. Rh5 Ra8 45. Rh6+
Kb5 46. Nd6+ Ka4 47. Rxh7 Kb3 48. Rc7 Rd8 49. Nf5 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. Rad1 h6 13. g4 Nh4 14. Nxh4
Bxh4 15. h3 h5 16. f3 Be7 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Ng3 g6 19. Ne2 a5 20. Nf4 a4 21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. Kg2 b5 23. f4 hxg4 24. hxg4 axb3 25. axb3 Rh4 26. Kg3 Ra2 27. Rb1 Kb7
28. Rf2 Rh8 29. Rh2 Rxh2 30. Kxh2 c5 31. Kg3 Kc6 32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Ra4 34.
Rc1 Rb4 35. Rc2 Rb3+ 36. Bc3 Rb1 37. Bd2 Rg1+ 38. Kf3 Bh4 39. g5 Rg3+ 40. Ke4
Rg2 41. Kd3 Bg3 42. Rc3 Bf2 43. Ra3 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. f4 g6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. c4 dxc4 8.
bxc4 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nb8 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Rb1 Qd3 14. Ba3 Qxc4
15. Rxb7 Nd5 16. Qe2 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Na5 18. Rd7 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxc5 Rc8
21. Ba3 Rc4 22. Rc1 Rxa4 23. Rc8+ Bf8 24. Bb2 Ra2 25. Nc3 Rxb2 26. Nxd5 Kg7 27.
Kf2 Nb3 28. Ke2 a5 29. Nc7 a4 30. Ra8 Ra2 31. g4 a3 32. g5 Nc1+ 33. Kd1 Nd3 34.
Nd4 Nf2+ 35. Ke2 Ne4 36. Nf3 Ra1 37. Ne5 a2 38. Ne8+ Kg8 39. Nd7 Rc1 40. Nef6+
exf6 41. gxf6 h5 42. Rxf8+ Kh7 43. Rxf7+ Kh6 44. Nf8 Re1+ 45. Kf3 Nxf6 46. Rxf6
Kg7 47. Ra6 a1=Q 48. Rxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Bxd4 exd4
15. Rhe1+ Kd8 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rdd1 Re8 18. gxf6 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Nxf6 20. Rd1+
Bd7 21. Bxf7 Qxh2 22. Nd5 Rc8 23. Be6 Bxf2 24. c3 Rc7 25. Nxf6 Qh6+ 26. Kb1
Qxf6 27. Qxf2 Ke8 28. Qg3 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4
Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 b6 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qg5 19. Rac1 Re7 20. Rc3 f5
21. exf5 Qxf5 22. h3 Rf8 23. b4 Qg5 24. Qg4 Qe5 25. Rc4 Qe3+ 26. Kh2 Qe2 27.
Rdc1 Qxa2 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Qxd5 30. Rxa7 Qe5+ 31. Qg3 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "BG"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bh5 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. h3 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Re3 f6 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Nh4 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Re8 19. Qd2 Nd8 20. Nf5 Qd7
21. Qf4 Bg6 22. h4 Kh8 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Qf3 b6 25. g3 Nb7 26. Kg2 Bxf5 27. Qxf5
g6 28. Qf3 Nd6 29. h5 g5 30. g4 Qe6 31. h6 Re7 32. Rh1 Kg8 33. Qd1 c6 34. Rh3
Qe1 35. Qf3 Qe6 36. Qd1 Qe1 37. Qf3 Qe6 38. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "HU"]
[BlackTeam "AZ"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 d5 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 Rxg5 20. fxg5 Ne8 21. Qf3
d4 22. Rad1 c5 23. Ne2 Qxg5 24. cxd4 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Be5 26. Qd3 Bg3 27. Rf1 Ng7
28. b4 Rf8 29. Bb3 Bc8 30. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "IN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4
a6 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Rc1 Bg7 18. Be4 Bxe5 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Bh6 N7f6 21. Qd4 Rg8
22. Bg5 Be7 23. Nc5 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rb8 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6 Rf8 27. Rcd1 Rf7
28. Ne5 Rg7 29. Bh6 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NO"]
[BlackTeam "IL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O h6 10. Re1 e5 11. Nf5 g6 12. Ne3 Nbd7 13. a4 b4 14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 a5 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Be7 18. Rb1 Bc6 19. Bf1 h5 20. Bb5 Bxb5 21. Rxb5
hxg4 22. hxg4 Bh4 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. Rb7 Qc8 25. g5 Nxd5 26. Qxf7+ Kd8 27. exd5
Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ 29. Ke2 Qg4+ 30. Kd3 Qf5+ 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. Rh1 Kc8 33. Rf7
1-0

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "AM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Bd4 Rfd8 20. a4 Bf8 21.
Ne4 h6 22. h4 Bg6 23. Rad1 Bh5 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. Re3 Nd5 26. Ree1 Nb4 27. Re3
1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NL"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15.
Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Re8 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Rc1 Kh8 19. a4 a5 20. b5 Qd6 21. Qc2 Rac8
22. Rfe1 c5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qb3 c5 25. Qb5 Nd5 26. Rc4 Nb6 27. Rcc1 Nd5 28.
Rc4 Nb6 29. Rc2 Nd5 30. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "BG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nd5 d3 12. Bxd3 c6 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. Nxc8 Rxc8
15. Bf1 Nc5 16. Qxd6 Nxe4 17. Qa3 f5 18. h3 Ne5 19. Bf4 Nd7 20. Qxa7 Bxb2 21.
Rab1 Bg7 22. Qxb7 Ndc5 23. Qb6 Rf7 24. Ng5 Rb7 25. Qxb7 Nxb7 26. Rxb7 Kg8 27.
c5 h6 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Be5 hxg5 30. Bxg7+ Kh7 31. Bf8+ Kh8 32. Be7 Rb8 33. Rxe4
1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AZ"]
[BlackTeam "HU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 c5 8. Bb5+
Bc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Qg4 a6 14. Bc2 Nf6
15. Qe2 Bd6 16. O-O O-O 17. c4 Qc7 18. f4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Be4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21.
Rf3 Qe7 22. Ra1 f5 23. Rff1 Rc7 24. a4 Rfc8 25. a5 Rb7 26. Ra2 Bb4 27. axb6
Rxb6 28. Ba1 Bc3 29. c5 Qxc5 30. Rxa6 Bxa1 31. Raxa1 Qc4 32. Ra8 Qc7 33. Qa2
Rxa8 34. Qxa8+ Kf7 35. g4 Qb7 36. Qxb7+ Rxb7 37. gxf5 exf5 38. Nxf5 Rb3 39. Re1
g5 40. Ng3 Nd2 41. Re2 Nc4 42. Kf2 gxf4 43. exf4 Nb2 44. Rd2 Nd3+ 45. Kf3 Ne5+
46. Ke4 Ng4 47. Kf5 Nxh2 48. Ne2 Rb5+ 49. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IN"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qf2 b4 14. Ne2 bxa3 15.
Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxa3 Nb4 17. Ned4 Ke7 18. Kd2 Rhc8 19. Rha1 Rab8 20. Be2 Ne4+ 21.
Kc1 Nc5 22. Kd2 Ne4+ 23. Kd1 h6 24. Rb3 Ba8 25. Bxa6 Rg8 26. Bb5 g5 27. Rxb4
gxf4 28. Rba4 Bb7 29. Ra7 Kf8 30. Bf1 Kg7 31. R1a3 Bc8 32. Kc1 Rb4 33. Rc7 Rb6
34. Rb3 Rxb3 35. cxb3 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IL"]
[BlackTeam "NO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 Na6 8. e4
d5 9. cxd5 Nb4 10. Qb1 Ba6 11. Bf1 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 exd5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Qxe4 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Kg2 Rae8 19. Be5 c5 20. Rad1 c4 21.
Rd2 Nxa2 22. h4 Nb4 23. Ng5 g6 24. Re2 Nd3 25. Nf3 b5 26. Ra1 Nb4 27. Nh2 a6
28. Ng4 Bg7 29. Ne3 Nd3 30. f4 Nb4 31. Kh2 Qf7 32. Qg2 Rd8 33. Qe4 Rfe8 34. Qg2
Rd7 35. Nc2 Nxc2 36. Rxc2 Qe6 37. Re2 Qb6 38. Bxg7 Rxe2 39. Qxe2 Kxg7 40. Qe5+
Qf6 41. Rxa6 Qxe5 42. dxe5 Rd2+ 43. Kh3 h5 44. Ra7+ Kf8 45. Ra8+ Kf7 46. Ra7+
Kf8 47. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AM"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 Nc6 7. e5 Nb4 8. Qb1
Nfd5 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. a3 N4d5 12. O-O Bc6 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Nc5 Bxc5
15. dxc5 Na4 16. Qc2 b6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 O-O
21. Rd1 Qb5 22. Rd4 Nc5 23. Bc4 Qa4 24. Qf2 Rfd8 25. Bf1 Qe8 26. h4 Qe7 27. Qg3
Kh8 28. Bb5 f5 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Qf4 f5 31. b4 Rxd4 32. exd4 Ne4 33. Bc6 Rd8
34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Qxe4 Qg7 36. Rf4 Rg8 37. a4 h6 38. a5 Qg3 39. Qe5+ Rg7 40.
Rf8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Qg6 42. Qxg6+ Kxg6 43. a6 c6 44. Rb8 b5 45. Rb7 Rg8 46. a7
Ra8 47. g4 h5 48. g5 Kf5 49. Kf2 Ke4 50. g6 Kxd4 51. g7 Kc3 52. Rb8 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "NL"]

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

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "IN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Ng5
Nc6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bc4 Qd7 11. a4 Be7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 Bd8
15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bb6+ 17. Kh1 Bd4 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. h3 Be5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rd4 Qe7 22. Rfd1 Nfg4 23. Kg1 Rf2 24. Qxf2 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Rd8 26. Kg1 g5 27. Ne2
g4 28. hxg4 Nxg4 29. e5 Qh4 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AM"]
[BlackTeam "AZ"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. e3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. h3
Bf5 9. g4 Bd7 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Na6 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Nd2 a5 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bxh5
gxh5 16. Qxh5 Nd3 17. Kh2 f5 18. Qe2 f4 19. Qxd3 Qxg5 20. Ba7 Rxa7 21. Nb5 Bxb5
22. cxb5 Kh8 23. Rg1 Qe7 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Rac1 b6 26. Qc4 a4 27. a3 Qd7 28. Qf1
Raa8 29. Rc6 Rg8 30. Qc4 Rxg1 31. Nxg1 Rg8 32. Rxc7 Qe8 33. Qf1 Qh5 34. Rc3 Qg6
35. Rc4 Qh5 36. Rc3 Qg6 37. f3 Bh4 38. Rc2 Qg7 39. Rg2 Bg3+ 40. Kh1 Rc8 41. Ne2
Qd7 42. Rg1 Rc2 43. Nxg3 fxg3 44. Rxg3 Qc8 45. Qg1 Rxb2 46. f4 Rc2 47. fxe5
dxe5 48. Rf3 Rc1 49. Rf8+ Qxf8 50. Qxc1 Qf3+ 51. Kh2 Qf2+ 52. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NO"]
[BlackTeam "BG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 Nge7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Re1 f6 10. h3 a6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 g5 14. Nc5 Ng6
15. Qa4 Qb6 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Rac1 h5 18. Re3 g4 19. Rb3 Qc7 20. hxg4 hxg4 21.
Ne1 Qh7 22. Rg3 Rac8 23. Qxa6 Rf7 24. Ned3 Qh4 25. Re3 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Bxc5 27.
Rxc5 Bxd3+ 28. Rxd3 Re8 29. Be3 Nf4 30. Ke1 Nxg2+ 31. Kd1 Qg1+ 32. Kc2 Ne1+ 33.
Kd2 Nf3+ 34. Kc2 Qf1 35. Ra3 Qxa6 36. Rxa6 g3 37. fxg3 Rxe3 38. Rcxc6 Nxd4+ 39.
Kd2 Rfe7 40. Rxf6 Nf3+ 41. Kd1 d4 42. Rg6+ Kf8 43. Rgf6+ Rf7 44. Rg6 Rc7 45.
Rae6 Re7 46. Ref6+ Ke8 47. Ra6 Rc7 48. Rae6+ Re7 49. Ra6 Rd3+ 50. Kc2 Ne1+ 51.
Kc1 Rc7+ 52. Rac6 Rxc6+ 53. Rxc6 Nf3 54. Re6+ Kd7 55. Re2 Re3 56. Kd1 Rxe2 57.
Kxe2 Ne5 58. a4 Kc6 59. a5 Ng4 60. a6 Ne5 61. b4 Kb6 62. b5 Ka7 63. g4 Nxg4 64.
Kd3 Ne5+ 65. Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "HU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 Nc6 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 Be7 8. c5 e5
9. Bb5 exd4 10. exd4 Ng4 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bxc7 Qxc7 13. fxg4 Rd8 14. Nh3 Be6 15.
Qd2 Bxg4 16. Nf2 Be6 17. O-O h6 18. a3 Bf8 19. b4 Bg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. Rce1 Qf7
22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Nd3 Rf8 24. Ne5 Qe8 25. Nc3 f4 26. Rf2 Bf5 27. b5 cxb5 28.
Nxd5 Rd8 29. Nc7 Qe7 30. Nxb5 Qf6 31. Nxa7 Kh7 32. Nac6 Rc8 33. d5 Ra8 34. d6
Rxa3 35. d7 Raa8 36. Rfe2 g4 37. Qxf4 Bxd7 38. Qxf6 Rxf6 39. Ne7 Bb5 40. Re4
Raf8 41. g3 Rf1+ 42. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 43. Kg2 Rc1 44. Nf5 Rxc5 45. Nxg7 Kxg7 46.
Rxg4+ Kf6 47. Nf3 Bc6 48. Rf4+ Kg6 49. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NL"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nge7 6. a3 Be6 7. g3 Qd7 8. Bg2
Bh3 9. O-O Bxg2 10. Kxg2 O-O-O 11. b4 Ng6 12. Bb2 h5 13. b5 Ncxe5 14. Bxd4 Nxf3
15. Nxf3 h4 16. Bxa7 Qg4 17. Qc2 hxg3 18. fxg3 b6 19. a4 Bd6 20. e3 Rh3 21. Kh1
Rdh8 22. Rf2 Bxg3 23. Rg1 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IL"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2
Bb4 9. Bd3 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. O-O Re8 12. b4 Bc7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b5 Nf8 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. Qd1 Ne6 17. Qa4 c5 18. Nb5 Bb6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qc2 Nfe4 21. Bb4
Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qd7 23. Nc3 Qe6 24. Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IN"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c6 15.
b3 Qc7 16. Bb2 g6 17. c4 bxc4 18. bxc4 exd4 19. Bxd4 a5 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. Qd2 Ba6
22. Bd3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. e5 Nd7 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qe3 Rad8 27. Ne4 Ne5 28.
Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Rb6 Bc8 30. Rxc6 Bb7 31. Rxc5 Qd4 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rc7 Ba8 34.
Bc2 Rb8 35. g3 a4 36. a3 Be5 37. Rc5 Bg7 38. Kf1 Bf8 39. Rc7 Bxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxe4
41. Bxe4 Bxa3 42. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AZ"]
[BlackTeam "AM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Ng5 Bb7 10. Qf3 h6 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rd1 Qb6
15. Qg3 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. b4 Bd6 19. Bh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxd6 Qxd6
21. Qxd6 Rfd8 22. Qd2 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "BG"]
[BlackTeam "NO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Ngf3 Nc6 9. O-O d4 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Rd1 e5 12. e3 Bg4 13. exd4 e4 14. Ng5 Bxd1
15. Qxd1 a5 16. a4 Re8 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Bd5 Rc8 20. Bd2 Bxd4 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. Qxd4 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Kg2 Qb4 26. Bxf7+ Kh8
27. Bd5 Qxa4 28. Qg4 Rf8 29. Bxb7 Qb4 30. Bf3 Qxb2 31. c5 Qc3 32. c6 g6 33. h4
Qf6 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Rf7 36. Qg4 Rf8 37. Qe4 Rf7 38. Qe3 Kg7 39. Be4 Qe5
40. Qe2 Rc7 41. Qg4+ Kf8 42. Qh4 Qd6 43. Qh5 Qf6 44. Qd5 Kg7 45. g4 h6 46. Kg3
Qc3+ 47. Kg2 Qf6 48. Bf3 Rf7 49. Qd3 Qf4 50. Qc3+ Kh7 51. Qd3+ Kg7 52. Qe2 Qf6
53. Bd5 Re7 54. Qc4 Qe5 55. Qd3 Qf6 56. Qg3 Qd4 57. Bf3 Qc5 58. Qb8 Qc3 59. Bd5
Qc5 60. Qg8+ Kf6 61. Qh8+ Kg6 62. Bf3 Qe5 63. Qg8+ Rg7 64. Qh8 Re7 65. Qf8 Rc7
66. Qd8 Qe7 67. Qg8+ Kf6 68. Qd5 Kg7 69. Be4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "HU"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nd5 12. Bd2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 14.
Kb1 O-O 15. h4 Qd5 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. Qf1 Qa5 18. Be4 Ba6 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Be4
Ba6 21. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "NL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. Nf3
Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Qb3 Rc7 14. Nc5 Nxc5
15. Rxc5 O-O 16. Rfc1 Bg4 17. Qb6 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rd7 19. Kh1 g6 20. g3 Rb8 21.
R1c3 Kf8 22. Be2 Ne7 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Rb3 Rc6 25. Kg2 Ke8 26. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "IL"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 a5 7. O-O Nge7 8. Ne1
d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. d3 f5 12. Ned5 Kh8 13. Rb1 h6 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Nxb4 cxb4 18. Rxb4 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Rb5 e4 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. dxe4 Bc4 23. Rc5 b5 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Bf4 Qxd1 27. Rxd1
Re8 28. Bc6 Rxe2 29. Bd7 b4 30. Bxf5 Re8 31. h4 b3 32. Rd6 b2 33. Rb6 h5 34.
Kh2 Bd5 35. Bg6 Ra8 36. Rb5 Bf3 37. Rb3 Bd5 38. Rb6 Bd4 39. Rd6 Kg7 40. Bb1 Ra1
41. Bh6+ Kg8 42. Rxd5 Rxb1 43. Rxd4 Re1 44. Rb4 b1=Q 45. Rxb1 Rxb1 46. Kg2 Rb3
47. Be3 Kf7 48. Kf3 Rb4 49. Bd2 Ra4 50. Ke3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. d4 Nb8 13. Rb1 Nbd7 14. d5 c6 15. c4
Qc7 16. b3 Bh6 17. Nf1 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nc5 20. N3h2 Bc8 21. Qf3 Qe7
22. dxc6 Be6 23. Ne3 Nh5 24. Nd5 Qg5 25. Rb1 Rac8 26. Rb6 Nf4 27. Kh1 Bxd5 28.
cxd5 Nxg2 29. Rg1 Qd8 30. Rb4 Nf4 31. Rc4 Rb8 32. Ng4 Qe7 33. Ne3 Rb5 34. a4
Rb2 35. Rg4 Qf6 36. Rg3 h5 37. Nf5 Kh7 38. Ne3 Reb8 39. Ng2 h4 40. Rg4 Nxd5 41.
Rxh4+ Kg7 42. Qg4 Nc7 43. Ne3 Qxf2 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Qd1 gxf5 46. exf5 Qxh4 47.
Rxh4 d5 48. Rh7 Ra2 49. Qh5 Ra1+ 50. Kh2 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "NL"]

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. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 c6 12. Bb2 Bh6 13. Kh1 c5 14. Bd3 Nh5 15. g3
Bh3 16. Re1 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nde4 Nd4 19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. cxb5 Nf6 21. Kg1
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qd7 23. Qd3 Rf7 24. Bc3 Raf8 25. Ra2 Qc7 26. f3 Bf5 27. Rf2 b6
28. Kg2 Qd7 29. h4 Bh3+ 30. Kh2 Bf5 31. a4 Qd8 32. Kg2 Qd7 33. Rh1 Rf6 34. Re1
1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "HU"]
[BlackTeam "IL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd6 14.
Rab1 b6 15. Rb5 Rad8 16. h4 Ne7 17. h5 Rfe8 18. Re5 h6 19. Rb1 Kf8 20. Bb5 c6
21. Bd3 Ng8 22. Rbe1 Nf6 23. g4 Nd7 24. R5e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AZ"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. h4 c5 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. h5
cxd4 16. h6 Bh8 17. cxd4 Qd7 18. Bb5 a6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Qxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Bxe4 23. f3 Bd5 24. Kd2 Rfc8 25. Be7 Bc4 26. Ke3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "BG"]
[BlackTeam "AM"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. g3 Be5 8. Bd2
exd5 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nf4
Qf6 15. Qd4 Nc5 16. h4 Rae8 17. Rad1 Ne4 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Qb4 a5 20. Qxd6 Nxd6
21. c4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. c5 b5 24. c6 dxc6 25. dxc6 Bc8 26. Rc5 Rf5 27.
Rxf5 Bxf5 28. Rd1 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Rd5 Be6 31. Rb5 b3 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33.
Rxb3 Rxc6 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Rb4 Re6 36. Rc4 c6 37. g4 Kf6 38. Rc5 Ke7 39. Kg3 Kd6
40. Ra5 Re7 41. Kf4 c5 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. Ra4 Rb7 44. h5 g5 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Rxe4
Rb3+ 47. Kf4 Rb4 48. Rxb4 cxb4 49. Ke3 Kc4 50. Kd2 Kb3 51. f4 Ka2 52. f5 gxf5
53. gxf5 b3 54. f6 b2 55. f7 b1=Q 56. f8=Q Qb2+ 57. Ke1 Qa1+ 58. Kf2 Qd4+ 59.
Kg2 Qg4+ 60. Kf1 Qh3+ 61. Ke1 Qc3+ 62. Kf2 Qd4+ 63. e3 Qd2+ 64. Kf3 Qd1+ 65.
Kg2 Qg4+ 66. Kf2 Qh4+ 67. Ke2 Qc4+ 68. Kd2 Qd5+ 69. Ke1 Kb3 70. Qf4 Kc3 71. Ke2
Qg2+ 72. Qf2 Qg6 73. Qe1+ Kc4 74. Qh4+ Kd5 75. Qd4+ Kc6 76. Kf3 Qh5+ 77. Kf4
Qh4+ 78. Ke5 Qh8+ 79. Ke6 Qe8+ 80. Kf6 Qh8+ 81. Ke6 Qe8+ 82. Kf5 Qh5+ 83. Ke4
Qh1+ 84. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IN"]
[BlackTeam "NO"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nf3 N7f6 8.
O-O Bf5 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. c4 Nb6 11. Nc3 e6 12. g3 Be7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Qb3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Rac1 e5 18. d5 Nbd7 19. Bf3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21.
Qa3 b6 22. b4 e4 23. Be2 Nb7 24. Qxa7 Ra8 25. d6 Rxa7 26. dxc7 Rc8 27. c5 bxc5
28. b5 cxb5 29. Nxb5 Rxa2 30. Bf1 g5 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Nd8 33. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8
34. Nc3 e3 35. f3 g4 36. f4 g5 37. fxg5 Nh7 38. Ne4 Re8 39. Bg2 Kg7 40. Kf1 e2+
41. Ke1 Re5 42. Rc1 Nxg5 43. Rxc5 Rxc5 44. Nxc5 f5 45. Kxe2 Kf6 46. Ke3 Nf7 47.
Nd3 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Be7 8. Be3
a6 9. h4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bg2 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nd7 14. Qe2 Bxh4
15. Rh1 Be7 16. Rh5 g5 17. O-O-O Nf6 18. Rh3 Bd7 19. Kb1 O-O-O 20. Rdh1 Nd5 21.
Rxh6 Rxh6 22. Rxh6 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qb6 24. Be4 Kb8 25. Qf3 Be8 26. Rh8 e5 27. Nb3
Qb5 28. Rh2 a5 29. Rd2 a4 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Nd2 f6 32. Qf1 Qxf1+ 33. Nxf1 Bd7
34. Bf5 Bxf5+ 35. gxf5 Kc7 36. Nh2 e4 37. Ng4 Kd6 38. Kc2 Kd5 39. b3 b5 40. Kd2
axb3 41. axb3 Be7 42. Ke2 Bd8 43. Ke1 Be7 44. Kf2 Bd8 45. Kg3 Be7 46. Kh3 Bd8
47. Kg2 Be7 48. Kf2 Bd8 49. Ke2 Be7 50. Kd2 Bd8 51. Kc2 Be7 52. Kb2 Bd8 53. Kc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NL"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Nxe5 fxe5 7. Qh5+ Kd7 8. Qf5+
Ke8 9. Qh5+ Kd7 10. Qf5+ Ke7 11. Qxe5+ Be6 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. b5 c6 14. Na3 Nf6
15. Bb2 Kf7 16. Bxd4 cxb5 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kxe6 19. Nxb5 Na6 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. d4 b6 22. cxb6 Rb8 23. Rc1 Rxb6 24. a4 Kd7 25. Ke2 Bd6 26. Kf3 Bb8 27.
h4 Nc7 28. Nc3 f5 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. d5 Nd8 31. Nd4 Nf7 32. Rb1 Ne5+ 33. Ke2 Rb4
34. Nxf5 Rc8 35. Rxb4 axb4 36. Nd4 Ba7 37. Rb1 Rc4 38. Nf3 Nxf3 39. gxf3 Kd6
40. e4 Bc5 41. Rb3 Ke5 42. h5 Rc2+ 43. Kd3 Rxf2 44. Kc4 Rc2+ 45. Kb5 Bd6 46. a5
Rc3 47. Ka4 Kd4 48. a6 Bc5 49. d6 Bxd6 50. Rxc3 bxc3 51. a7 c2 52. a8=Q c1=Q
53. Qd5+ Ke3 54. Qxd6 Kxf3 55. e5 Qf4+ 56. Kb5 Ke4 57. Qc6+ Kxe5 58. Qc7+ Ke4
59. Qxh7+ Qf5+ 60. Qxf5+ Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IL"]
[BlackTeam "HU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Ne4 15.
Be1 Bf6 16. b4 Qc7 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rb1 Bc6 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 c4 21. Bb4
Rfe8 22. Qc2 Be7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27.
Qxe4 dxe4 28. Rbc1 f5 29. Rc3 Kf7 30. f3 exf3 31. exf3 Rec7 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. f4
Rc5 34. Rd4 R8c7 35. Kf3 h6 36. h4 g6 37. Ke3 Rc8 38. Kf3 R8c7 39. Ke3 Rc8 40.
Kf3 R8c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "AZ"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kf8 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Kxf7 13. O-O Qc5 14. Qxg4
Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qf5 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Be3 Rhe8 20. Rb5 Nc5
21. a4 Kg8 22. a5 Rab8 23. axb6 axb6 24. h3 Qe6 25. Re1 Ne4 26. Qf3 Qc4 27. Rb3
Nxc3 28. f5 Nd5 29. Bh6 Nf6 30. Rc3 Qd5 31. fxg6 Qxf3 32. Rxf3 hxg6 33. Bg5 Kg7
34. Rxe7+ Rxe7 35. Bxf6+ Kf7 36. Bxe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AM"]
[BlackTeam "BG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Rg1 e5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 e4 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Nh4 a6 13. Nf5 O-O 14. Nbd6 Bxd6 15.
Nxd6 Nb8 16. Qxc8 Qxd6 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qe5 Qb6 19. Qf4 g5 20. Qf5 Qxb2 21. Rd1
Ne8 22. Qxd5 Nc6 23. Bc4 Nf6 24. Qc5 Kg7 25. Bb3 Nd7 26. Qf5 Rad8 27. h4 Ne7
28. Qxe4 Ng6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Qxb7 Nf6 31. Qxa6 Nh4 32. Qa5 Nf3+ 33. Ke2 Nxg1+
34. Rxg1 Nh7 35. Rh1 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NO"]
[BlackTeam "IN"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3
Bc5 9. e3 d6 10. Nge2 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bc3 Bg4
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. b4 Bb6 17. Bxe4 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qb1+ g6
21. Qxb6 Rfa8 22. Qd4 Qf3 23. Nc3 Re8 24. h3 Bf5 25. Qf6 Kg8 26. Rab1 Rxe3 27.
Rxb7 Bc8 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qxc8 Rxc3 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qd7+ Kf6 32. Qd8+ Kf5
33. Qxa5 Rxa3 34. Qb4 Ke5 35. Qd2 Rd3 36. Qg5+ Qf5 37. Re1+ Kxd5 38. Qxf5+ gxf5
39. Kg2 Ra3 40. h4 Kd4 41. h5 d5 42. h6 Ra7 43. Kf3 Rh7 44. Re6 Kc3 45. Rc6+
Kd3 46. Kf4 Rf7 47. Kg5 Ke2 48. Rd6 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AM"]
[BlackTeam "IN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3
g5 9. h3 h5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6
16. Rc3 Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 18. Bd3 Re8 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nf4 Bh6 21. Bh7 Rgf8 22.
Nb3 Bf7 23. Nc5+ Kc8 24. Nce6 Bxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Nc4 27. hxg4 hxg4 28.
Rh4 Nxb2 29. Qc2 Nc4 30. Bf5 Kb8 31. Rxg4 Qc1+ 32. Qxc1 Bxc1 33. a4 Bb2 34. Ke2
a5 35. Bc2 Na3 36. Bb3 f5 37. Rh4 Rf7 38. Kd3 Bc1 39. Rh1 Bg5 40. Ra1 Nc4 41.
Bxc4 dxc4+ 42. Kxc4 f4 43. g4 f3 44. Re5 Bh4 45. Rh1 Bxf2 46. Rf5 Rd7 47. Rxf3
Bxd4 48. Rd3 c5 49. g5 Rg7 50. Rg3 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NO"]
[BlackTeam "AZ"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Qc7 8.
Bf4 Rb8 9. Bd3 Rxb2 10. O-O Ne7 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Qb8 14. Bxg6
hxg6 15. Be5 Rb5 16. Bxg7 Rh7 17. c4 Rbh5 18. g4 Rxh2 19. Be5 Rh1+ 20. Kg2 Rxf1
21. Qxf1 c5 22. Qd3 f5 23. Rb1 Bb7+ 24. f3 Kf7 25. Qb3 Bxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Rh3+ 27.
Bg3 Rxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Qxd6+ 29. Kf3 Qd4 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Rd1 Qe4+ 32. Kf2 Ke7 33.
Qe3 Qh4+ 34. Qg3 Qh6 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "BG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Kb1 O-O 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Qe2 Bb4 20. f4 Rfe8 21. a3
Bxd2 22. Rxd2 c5 23. Red1 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc5 25. Qe3 a4 26. Ne2 Nb3 27. R4d3
Rxd3 28. Rxd3 b5 29. cxb5 Nd5 30. Qf2 Qb7 31. b6 Nxb6 32. Nc3 Rc8 33. f5 Nd5
34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Qe1 Nxc3+ 36. Rxc3 Rd8 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. Nxd3 Qd5 39. Kc2
Qxg2+ 40. Kc3 Qc6+ 41. Kb4 Nd4 42. Qe5 Qd7 43. Qe4 Nc6+ 44. Kc3 Ne7 45. Nc5
Nd5+ 46. Kd4 Qf7 47. Nxe6 Nb6 48. Kc5 Nd7+ 49. Kb4 Qxh5 50. Kxa4 Qd1+ 51. b3
Qd6 52. b4 Nb6+ 53. Kb5 Nd5 54. Kc4 Nb6+ 55. Kb5 Nd5 56. Kc4 Nb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NL"]
[BlackTeam "HU"]

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. e5 O-O
15. Rd7 Bxd7 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IL"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bh3 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rfe1 Nf6 13. b4 a6 14. Re2 Nc6
15. a3 Qd6 16. Rae1 Na7 17. Re3 Nc8 18. Re5 c6 19. Na4 Rb8 20. Bxc8 Rfxc8 21.
Qd3 Nd7 22. Re7 Nf8 23. Qxa6 Qf6 24. Nxb6 Rd8 25. Rb7 h5 26. Qa7 Rxb7 27. Qxb7
h4 28. Qe7 Qxf3 29. Qxh4 Rb8 30. Re3 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Ng6 32. Qg5 Nf8 33. Qf4 Rxb6
34. Qc7 Qxd4 35. Re8 g6 36. Qd8 Kg7 37. Rxf8 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. c4 Qd6
15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Be3 Qg6 19. Nb5 Bh3 20. Bf3 Bd6 21. Bd4
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Bg4 23. Qc3 Bf4 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Nxd6 cxd6 26. a5 Bd7 27. Qg3
Qxg3 28. hxg3 Rec8 29. Rfc1 Rc7 30. Rc3 h6 31. c5 Rac8 32. Rac1 dxc5 33. Rxc5
Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Bc6 35. Rc3 a6 36. Bb6 Kh7 37. g4 Kg6 38. f3 Rh8 39. Rc5 Re8 40.
Kf2 Re7 41. Rc2 Rd7 42. Re2 Bb5 43. Rc2 Bc6 44. Re2 Rd5 45. Rc2 f6 46. Kg3 Kf7
47. Re2 h5 48. gxh5 Rxh5 49. Kf2 Rf5 50. Re3 g5 51. g4 Rb5 52. Kg3 Kg6 53. Bd8
Rd5 54. Bb6 Bd7 55. Re7 Bc6 56. Re3 f5 57. Re6+ Kf7 58. gxf5 Rxf5 59. Re3 Kg6
60. Re6+ Kh5 61. Re3 Rd5 62. Re2 Kg6 63. f4 Rd3+ 64. Re3 Rd2 65. fxg5 Kxg5 66.
Re5+ Kf6 67. Kf4 Rd3 68. Re3 Rd1 69. Bc7 Rd4+ 70. Kg3 Be4 71. Kf4 Bc6+ 72. Kg3
Rc4 73. Kf2 Be4 74. Bb6 Ke5 75. Rg3 Bc6 76. Ke3 Rc3+ 77. Kd2 Rc4 78. Rc3 Rh4
79. Rd3 Bd5 80. Kc3 Kd6 81. Rd4 Rh1 82. Rg4 Be6 83. Rg7 Rh3+ 84. Kd4 Rh4+ 85.
Kc3 Bd7 86. Rg6+ Kd5 87. Rg5+ Kc6 88. Rc5+ Kd6 89. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IN"]
[BlackTeam "AM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bc4 20. Nd2 Be6 21.
Bd4 Bb8 22. Qg2 Qh5 23. f3 Qg6 24. a3 h5 25. Re2 Rd5 26. Rae1 Rfd8 27. Ne4 Bd6
28. Qf2 Rf5 29. Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AZ"]
[BlackTeam "NO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Na4 Nd7 11. e4 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. Rfd1 g4 20. Nd2 Qg5 21. Rac1
Rfd8 22. Nc4 Ba6 23. b3 h5 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxa6 h4 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Kf1 Qf4
28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qe3 Qxh2 30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. Qxd8 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qxc1 33. Qxh4+
Kg7 34. Qg3 Qc2+ 35. Ke1 Qxe4+ 36. Be2 Qb1+ 37. Kd2 Qb2+ 38. Kd1 Qd4+ 39. Kc2
f5 40. a4 a5 41. Qh4 Ng6 42. Qg3 Kf6 43. Bd3 e5 44. f3 Qe3 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "BG"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qf5 g6 13. Qh3 Bg7 14. Rfd1 O-O 15.
Ne5 Nb6 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Ba5 Qd6 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd3 Rc4 20. Nd4 h6 21. Bf3
Ne4 22. Qg2 Ng5 23. b3 Bxd4 24. exd4 Rxd4 25. Rac1 Nd7 26. h4 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3
Rde4 28. Rc7 Ba8 29. Ra7 Nf6 30. Bc7 Qe6 31. Nc5 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6 33. Rxe1 Rxe1
34. Rxa8+ Qxa8 35. Qxf6 d4+ 36. f3 Re2+ 37. Kf1 d3 38. Nxd3 Re3 39. Ne1 Qe8 40.
Ng2 Re6 41. Qf4 Qc6 42. Be5 b4 43. Bd4 Qd6 44. Kf2 a5 45. Ne3 Qxf4 46. gxf4 Rd6
47. Nc2 Rc6 48. Ne1 Rd6 49. Ke3 Rd5 50. Ng2 Kf8 51. Kd3 Ke7 52. Kc4 Rh5 53. Bf2
Kd6 54. Ne1 Kc6 55. Nc2 Kd6 56. Ne1 Kc6 57. Nd3 f6 58. Nc5 Rf5 59. Nd3 Rh5 60.
Bg3 Rf5 61. Be1 Rh5 62. Bf2 Rf5 63. Kd4 Rh5 64. Ke4 Kb5 65. Nb2 Kc6 66. Nc4 Rd5
67. Bd4 f5+ 68. Kd3 Kb5 69. Ne5 Rd6 70. Nf7 Rc6 71. Nxh6 Rc1 72. Nf7 a4 73. Ne5
Rd1+ 74. Ke3 Rg1 75. bxa4+ Kxa4 76. Nd3 Rh1 77. Bc5 b3 78. axb3+ Kxb3 79. Be7
Rg1 80. Kf2 Ra1 81. Ne5 Ra6 82. Kg3 Kc3 83. Bg5 Kd4 84. h5 gxh5 85. Kh4 Ke3 86.
Kxh5 Re6 87. Kh4 Ra6 88. Kg3 Ra1 89. Nc4+ Ke2 90. Kg2 Rf1 91. Nd6 Rf2+ 92. Kg3
Rxf3+ 93. Kh4 Rf1 94. Nxf5 Kf3 95. Kh5 Rb1 96. Nh4+ Ke4 97. f5 Ke5 98. f6 Rb8
99. Kh6 Ke6 100. Kg7 Rb7+ 101. Kg6 Rb8 102. Nf5 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "HU"]
[BlackTeam "NL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qe2 Na5
15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Rd2 b5 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. h3 Naxb3 19. axb3 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21.
Ne3 Ne4 22. Rd5 Qf6 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. c3 Rf6 25. Qe3 h6 26. b4 Rcf8 27. Re1 Ng5
28. Nxg5 Qxg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. f3 Rc8 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Rd3 Ke6 33. Red1 Rc6 34.
Ke3 Rf8 35. Rd5 Rf7 36. R1d2 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "IL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qa5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Nf4 e5 14. Nb3 Qc7 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nf6 17. Bg2 a5 18. f4 Nxg4 19. Rhe1 a4 20. Nc1 Be7 21. Bg1
exf4 22. Qxf4 Ne5 23. Qxb4 Qd7 24. Bd4 Rc8 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 Kf8 27. d6
Bf6 28. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. a3 Rfc8 13. b4 Qd8 14. Rc1 Bd7
15. Qe2 Ng4 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bd2 a5 18. f4 axb4 19. axb4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Qb6+ 21.
Kh1 Qxb4 22. Be1 Qb1 23. h3 Ra2 24. Qf3 Rxg2 25. Kxg2 Nf6 26. Rb3 Qa2+ 27. Rf2
Qa6 28. Kh2 Rxc4 29. Ra3 Qc6 30. e5 Ne4 31. Re2 dxe5 32. fxe5 Ng5 33. Qxc6 Bxc6
34. g4 Rc1 35. Kg3 Ne4+ 36. Kh2 Ng5 37. Kg3 Ne6 38. Bb4 g5 39. Bxe7 Nf4 40. Rd2
Rg1+ 41. Kf2 Rh1 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Bf6 Rh2+ 44. Ke1 Rh1+ 45. Kd2 Rh2+ 46. Kc1
Ng6 47. Raa8 Rh1+ 48. Kd2 Rh2+ 49. Kc3 Rxh3+ 50. Kd4 Rg3 51. Rh8+ Nxh8 52.
Rxh8+ Kg6 53. Rg8+ Kh7 54. Rg7+ Kh8 55. Rxg5+ Kh7 56. Rg7+ Kh8 57. Rxf7+ Kg8
58. Rg7+ Kf8 59. e6 Rf3 60. Ke5 Re3+ 61. Kd6 Rd3+ 62. Kc7 Re3 63. Rf7+ Ke8 64.
Re7+ Kf8 65. Kd6 Rd3+ 66. Ke5 Re3+ 67. Kd6 Rd3+ 68. Kc7 Rf3 69. Rf7+ Ke8 70.
Kd6 Rd3+ 71. Ke5 Re3+ 72. Kd6 Rd3+ 73. Kc7 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "HU"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. a5 h6 14. Qd2 b5 15.
axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Rec1 Qb7 19. b3 Be6 20. Qd3 Bd8 21. Na4
Rc6 22. c4 Kh8 23. Rab1 a5 24. Be2 Rb8 25. Rd1 Nd7 26. h3 Nf6 27. Nc3 Bb6 28.
Nb5 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Qb6 30. Rxd6 Qxe3 31. fxe3 Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Nd7 33. Bd3 Nc5 34.
Bc2 Kg8 35. Kf1 Rd8 36. Rd1 Kf8 37. Ke1 Ke7 38. Nb5 Rxd1+ 39. Kxd1 Bd7 40. Nc3
Kd6 41. Kd2 Bc6 42. g3 f6 43. h4 Be8 44. Nd5 Bg6 45. Nc3 Be8 46. Kc1 Nb7 47.
Nd1 Kc5 48. Nf2 Kb4 49. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "AM"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. cxd5 O-O 6. h4 h6 7. Nc3 Nxd5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. Rb1 e5 13. b4 Nd4 14. Re1 c6 15. b5
Bd7 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Na4 Qc8 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Kg2 Qe6 21. Qc2
c5 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. dxc4 Ne4 24. Bf4 Re6 25. Rb7 Ra6 26. Nb2 Rb6 27. Re7 Rxb2
28. Rxe4 Bf8 29. a3 a5 30. Rd1 a4 31. e3 Rc2 32. Rb1 d3 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Bc7 Rd7
35. Ba5 Ra2 36. Re8 Bg7 37. Rc8 Rxa3 38. Rxc5 Rb3 39. Bd2 Ra7 40. Bc1 a3 41.
Bxa3 Raxa3 42. Rd5 Bb2 43. c5 Rc3 44. c6 Bc1 45. c7 d2 46. Rd7 Kg7 47. e4 Rc6
48. e5 Rac3 49. e6 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "NO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
Bf6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Qb3 a5 13. Be3 a4 14. Nxa4 exd5 15.
Nd4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Nxb6 Rd8 20. Nd5 Ne5 21.
Qb5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nf7 23. Rfd1 Nf6 24. R5d2 g6 25. a4 O-O 26. a5 Rb8 27. Bb7
Nd8 28. Bd5+ Ne6 29. Qc4 Rfc8 30. Qa2 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc7 32. a6 Ra7 33. Rd6 Kf8
34. Qa4 Ke8 35. b4 Ng5 36. Qa1 Nf7 37. Qd4 Qxd6 38. Qe3+ Qe6 39. Qxa7 Rxb4 40.
Qa8+ Ke7 41. a7 Ra4 42. Qb7 Qc6 43. Qb8 d6 44. Rb1 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IN"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8.
Qxh6 Nbd7 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O Qb4 11. Qe3 O-O 12. Rab1 e5 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qb6 16. Qd2 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AZ"]
[BlackTeam "NL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Kb1 Na5 14. Qc2 e5
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Rxd4 Qb6 17. Rd5 Be6 18. Rh5 Bg4 19. Rd5 Be6 20. Rh5 Bg4 21.
Qa4+ Nc6 22. Rb5 Qa6 23. Qxa6 bxa6 24. Rb7 Bf5 25. f3 Rg8 26. Bg3 Rg5 27. b3
Bg6 28. bxc4 Na5 29. Rxa7 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Ra8+ Kd7 32. Rd1+ Kc6 33. Rc8+
Kb5 34. Re8 Bxe4+ 35. fxe4 Ba3 36. Rb8+ Ka4 37. Rb3 Rxe4 38. Rdd3 Rb5 39. Kc2
Re2+ 40. Kc3 Bb2+ 41. Rxb2 Rbxb2 42. Rd4+ Ka3 43. Bd6+ Kxa2 44. Ra4+ Kb1 45.
Rxa6 Rxg2 46. Bg3 Rgc2+ 47. Kd4 Rb4+ 48. Kd3 Rb3+ 49. Ke4 Re2+ 50. Kf4 Re6 51.
Ra7 Rb4+ 52. Kf5 Rb5+ 53. Kf4 h5 54. Rxf7 Rc6 55. Kf3 Rb4 56. Rh7 Rb5 57. Bh4
Rc3+ 58. Kg2 Rc2+ 59. Kh3 Rb3+ 60. Bg3 Rc5 61. Rf7 Rf5 62. Rc7 Rb4 63. Rh7 Kc2
64. Bh4 Rb3+ 65. Bg3 Kd2 66. Kh4 Rb4+ 67. Kh3 Ke2 68. Ra7 Rf3 69. Ra2+ Ke3 70.
Ra5 h4 71. Ra3+ Ke4 72. Rxf3 Kxf3 73. Bxh4 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "BG"]
[BlackTeam "IL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Qd3 c5 8. dxc5
Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxc5 10. Qd1 exd5 11. Nf3 Nce4 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Nd4
Be4 15. Bh3 Bc5 16. a4 Re8 17. Nb3 Bd6 18. Be3 Bg6 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Nd2 Qc7 21.
Nxe4 Bxe4 22. a5 Bc5 23. e3 h6 24. Qb3 Re7 25. Rfd1 Qc6 26. c4 dxc4 27. Qxc4
Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qb5 29. Bg2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qa6 31. Qc5 Rae8 32. Rab1 Re5 33. Rd5
Qe6 34. Rxe5 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "HU"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nge7 9. Be3 Nc8 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Ne1 O-O 12. f4 Bg6 13. Ndf3 Nb6 14. b3 a5 15.
a4 Nb4 16. Nd3 Rc8 17. Nfe1 Nd7 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. Bb5 Nb8 20. Nd3 Nc6 21. Rc1
Ba3 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 d4 25. Bf2 d3 26. Ra2 Nb4 27. Rd2 Qd5 28.
Bc4 Qe4 29. Qg4 Rfd8 30. Re1 Qc6 31. Bb5 Qc7 32. Red1 Be4 33. Qg3 Qe7 34. Qe3
Bg6 35. Qf3 Rc7 36. h3 h6 37. Kh2 Rcc8 38. Qg4 Rd5 39. Bc4 Qd7 40. Qf3 Qc6 41.
Bxd5 Qxd5 42. Qxd5 Nxd5 43. g3 Nc3 44. Rc1 Ne4 45. Rb2 d2 46. Rd1 Nxf2 47.
Rdxd2 Ne4 48. Rd4 Nxc5 49. Rc4 b6 50. b4 axb4 51. Rbxb4 Rd8 52. Rxb6 Rd2+ 53.
Kg1 Nd3 54. g4 h5 55. Rd6 hxg4 56. hxg4 Rd1+ 57. Kh2 Ra1 58. f5 exf5 59. Rxd3
Ra2+ 60. Kg1 fxg4 61. Rd8+ Kh7 62. Rxg4 Bf5 63. Rb4 g5 64. Kf1 g4 65. Kg1 Be6
66. Rd1 Kg6 67. Rf1 Kg5 68. Rf2 Ra1+ 69. Rf1 Ra3 70. Rd4 Ra2 71. Rf2 Ra1+ 72.
Kg2 Ra3 73. Rf1 Ra2+ 74. Rf2 Ra3 75. Rf1 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NO"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qf3 Nb6 11. Ne3 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. a4 Bd7 14. a5 Na4
15. Qxb7 Nxc3 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. Ra4 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Ra3 Bb4
21. Raa1 Bc6 22. a6 Rad8 23. Rfc1 Bc3 24. Rab1 Rfe8 25. Bb5 Re6 26. Bc4 Re4 27.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bd4 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Re2 31. c3 Bxf2+ 32. Kf1 Ra2 33.
Rb1 Bh4 34. g3 Bg5 35. h4 Bd2 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Ne4 Bh6 38. Rb7 Rxa6 39. Nxc5
Rc6 40. Ne4 Re6 41. Nc5 Re5 42. Nd7 Re3 43. Rxa7 Rxg3 44. Ne5 Kf6 45. Nxf7 Be3
46. Rb7 h5 47. Ke2 Bf4 48. c4 Re3+ 49. Kf1 Rc3 50. Nh8 Rxc4 51. Rb6+ Kf5 52.
Nxg6 Bg3 53. Kg2 Kg4 54. Rb2 Re4 55. Ra2 Bd6 56. Ra5 Re2+ 57. Kf1 Re6 58. Rg5+
Kf3 59. Rf5+ Kg4 60. Rg5+ Kh3 61. Kf2 Rf6+ 62. Ke2 Bg3 63. Ke3 Re6+ 64. Kf3
Rf6+ 65. Ke3 Re6+ 66. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AM"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd3 Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. Ne5 e6 10. f3 Rg8 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nd3 a5 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Be1 Be7 15.
Bg3 Qb7 16. Rc1 Rg7 17. Rc2 Kf8 18. Bf4 Kg8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rg6 21. Ne2
Nd7 22. Bd6 Bg5 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 h6 25. Rcf2 Nf6 26. Kh1 Kh7 27. Be5 Rag8
28. Qc2 Nd7 29. Bd6 f6 30. Re2 Qc8 31. Rfe1 R8g7 32. e4 fxe4 33. fxe4 dxe4 34.
Qxe4 f5 35. Qf3 Nf6 36. Rxe6 Ne4 37. Rxg6 Rxg6 38. h3 Qe6 39. Kh2 Ng5 40. Qf1
Ne4 41. Be5 Rg5 42. Qf3 Nd2 43. Qc3 Ne4 44. Qxa5 Qd5 45. Re2 Kg6 46. b3 Kh5 47.
Qe1 Kg6 48. Qb4 h5 49. Bf4 h4 50. Bxg5 Kxg5 51. a4 bxa4 52. bxa4 Ng3 53. Qd2+
Kg6 54. Re1 Ne4 55. Qf4 Qxd4 56. Rf1 Qxc5 57. Qxh4 Qd5 58. Qf4 c5 59. a5 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "IN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. d3 Nxd5 8.
cxd5 Nd4 9. Nd2 d6 10. e3 Nf5 11. Nc4 a5 12. Bd2 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1
15. Qxa1 b5 16. Na5 Ne7 17. O-O Bg4 18. Nb7 Qd7 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qxe5 Qd6 21.
d4 Be2 22. Qxd6 cxd6 23. Re1 Bd3 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Rc1 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Bb4
Re8 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Re4 31. Ke2 f5 32. f3 Re5 33. d6 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NL"]
[BlackTeam "AZ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bg3 Nc6 6. h4 Ngxe5 7. e3 g4 8. Nc3
h5 9. Rc1 Bg7 10. Nd5 Ne7 11. Ne2 Nf5 12. Qc2 d6 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. g3 c6 15.
Ndf4 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Bxf4 17. exf4 O-O 18. Qd2 Re8+ 19. Be2 Qb6 20. Kf1 Qd4 21.
Rd1 Qg7 22. Kg2 c5 23. Bd3 Nd4 24. Nb5 Nf3 25. Qc3 Bd7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nxd6
Bc6 28. Nxe8+ Rxe8 29. Kf1 a6 30. b3 Re7 31. Bb1 a5 32. Bd3 a4 33. bxa4 Bxa4
34. Be2 Bc6 35. Rd6 Be4 36. Bd3 Nd2+ 37. Ke2 Nxc4 38. Bxc4 Bxh1+ 39. Kd2 Bc6
40. Bd5 Bb5 41. Kc3 Re2 42. Rb6 Ba6 43. Rb2 Rxb2 44. Kxb2 b6 45. Kc3 Bc8 46. a3
Kf6 47. Bc6 Ke6 48. Kc4 Kd6 49. Be4 Be6+ 50. Kb5 Kc7 51. f3 Bd7+ 52. Kc4 Kd6
53. Ba8 b5+ 54. Kc3 Be6 55. Bb7 f6 56. Be4 Bd7 57. Bb7 Kc7 58. Be4 Kd6 59. Bb7
Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IL"]
[BlackTeam "BG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Nh4 d6 11. Nf5 Re8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. O-O b5 14. Bg5 Nc7
15. Qf5 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Ne4 Bxd5 18. Nxd6 Rxe2 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Bxd5 Rb8
21. Rfe1 Nd4 22. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 23. Kf1 Rxb2 24. Re1 h6 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Rxe2 Rb1+
27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Nb6 29. Bb3 Kf8 30. Kd2 Nc8 31. Kd3 Nd6 32. g4 Kg7 33.
f4 Kg6 34. Bc2 f5 35. h3 Kf6 36. Kc3 Ne4+ 37. Kc4 Nf2 38. Bxf5 Nxh3 39. Bc2
Nxf4 40. Kxc5 Kg5 41. Bd1 Nd3+ 42. Kb5 Nf2 43. Bf3 Kf4 44. Bb7 Nxg4 45. Ka6 Ke5
46. Kxa7 Kd6 47. Kb6 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "AZ"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. f4 b5 7. Bd3 b4 8. Nce2 c5
9. Nf3 Bg7 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Be4 Rb8 14. h4 Qc7 15. h5
c4 16. Qd4 O-O 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Ng5 Nc5 19. Bd5 Bf5 20. Qxc4 e6 21. Be4 Rfd8
22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Rh3 Qa5 24. Nd4 Rbc8 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. Rd1 Nxb3 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8
28. axb3 Qg1+ 29. Ke2 Qxg2+ 30. Ke3 Bf8 31. Rh8+ Kxh8 32. Nxf7+ Kg8 33. Nxd8
Bc5+ 34. Kd3 Qf3+ 35. Kd2 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NL"]
[BlackTeam "BG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. Bd3 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Ne2 Nfd7 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
O-O Nc5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Nxc6 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bc5 20. Bd4 Rfc8 21.
Bxc5 Rxc6 22. Ba3 Bxc4 23. Rc2 b5 24. Rd7 a5 25. Bd6 h5 26. Kf2 Bd5 27. Rxc6
Bxc6 28. Rc7 Bxe4 29. e6 f6 30. a3 Bd5 31. e7 Kf7 32. Ke3 Be6 33. Kd4 Bg4 34.
Kc3 g5 35. h4 gxh4 36. gxh4 Rc8 37. Rxc8 Bxc8 38. Bc7 a4 39. Bd6 Bd7 40. Kd4
Be8 41. Kd5 Bd7 42. Bb4 Ke8 43. Kd6 Bg4 44. Kc6 Be2 45. Kd6 Bc4 46. Bc5 Bb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IL"]
[BlackTeam "IN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 a6 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4
e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne2 Qe6 19. f4 Ra2 20. Qd1 Ba1 21. e5 c5 22.
exf6 Bd4+ 23. Rf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qd5 25. Bb2 Qxg2+ 26. Ke1 c4 27. Bc2 Bf3 28.
fxg7 Re8 29. Be5 f6 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. g8=Q+ Kxg8 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 g5 10. fxg5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ncxe5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Bg7 14. Rae1 O-O 15.
Nd1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Nf2 Ne5 18. Qe2 c3 19. bxc3 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qd5 21. Ng4
Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Rxc3 23. Ne2 Rc4 24. Qg3 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 26. c3 Re4 27. Rf3 Rh4
28. Rh3 Rg4 29. g3 Re4 30. Kf2 Bd5 31. Rh4 Rxh4 32. gxh4 Rc8 33. Bf4 Bg7 34.
Bg3 Bf8 35. Nf4 Bxa3 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Rxd5 Bb2 38. Rd6 a5 39. Rd5 Bxc3 40.
Rxb5 a4 41. Bd6 Rd8 42. Be7 Re8 43. Bd6 Be1+ 44. Kf3 Ra8 45. Ba3 Bxh4 46. Re5
f6 47. gxf6 Bxf6 48. Re4 Kf7 49. Rf4 Ke6 50. Ke2 Ra7 51. Kd3 Be5 52. Rh4 Kf5
53. Rh5+ Kf6 54. Kc4 Bf4 55. Kb5 Kg6 56. Rh3 h5 57. Bc5 Ra8 58. Be7 Be5 59. Ra3
Bxh2 60. Rxa4 Rxa4 61. Kxa4 Bf4 62. Kb3 Bg5 63. Kc4 h4 64. Kd3 h3 65. Bd6 Kf5
66. Ke2 Bf4 67. Bxf4 Kxf4 68. Kf2 Kg4 69. Kg1 Kg3 70. Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AM"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Be4
15. Qc3 Bd5 16. Rac1 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Bxc5 18. Rc2 Qb6 19. e3 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Rfc8
21. a4 bxa4 22. Qxa4 Bd6 23. Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NO"]
[BlackTeam "HU"]

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. h3 Bb6 11. d3 h6 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. Nf5
Bc8 16. d4 Be6 17. dxe5 Bxb3 18. Qxb3 dxe5 19. Qc2 Re8 20. c4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qd7
22. Be3 Qe6 23. Qxe6 Rxe6 24. g3 Rb8 25. Bd2 Nf8 26. Bc3 N8d7 27. Re2 Rbe8 28.
Nd2 Nc5 29. Kg2 Na4 30. Rc1 Rc6 31. Ne3 Nxc3 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. bxc3 Ba5 34. Nd1
Rd8 35. Nc4 Rxd1 36. Nxa5 Rd3 37. Nc4 Rxc3 38. Nxe5 Rxa3 39. f3 Ra5 40. Nc6 Rc5
41. Nd4 a5 42. Ra2 Rc4 43. Nf5 a4 44. Ne3 Rc3 45. Kf2 a3 46. Nc2 Nd7 47. Nxa3
Ne5 48. f4 Nd3+ 49. Kg2 Nb4 50. Rb2 c5 51. Nb5 Rd3 52. e5 g5 53. fxg5 hxg5 54.
Nd6 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AZ"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
a6 9. h3 c6 10. Be3 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. c5 Bf8 13. b4 a5 14. a3 b6 15. cxb6
axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nxb6 18. Rd1 Nfd7 19. b5 cxb5 20. Nxb5 Nc4 21. Bg5
Qb6 22. Nc3 Qb2 23. Qxb2 Nxb2 24. Rb1 Nd3 25. Bf1 N3c5 26. Bb5 Ba6 27. Be3 Bxb5
28. Rxb5 Rc8 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Nxc5 31. Nxe5 Bg7 32. f4 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Nd3
34. e6 fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "BG"]
[BlackTeam "NL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 c5 14. Rg4
cxd4 15. Rxg7 Be5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bh6 Qf6 18. Qh3 O-O-O 19. Qh5 Ne5 20. Rg5
Nd3 21. Qh4 Qe7 22. Qg3 Nc5 23. Qa3 b6 24. b4 Ne4 25. Re5 Qb7 26. c5 Nc3 27.
Bd2 Rhg8 28. g3 Nb5 29. Qd3 Kb8 30. a4 Nc7 31. Rc1 f6 32. cxb6 Qxb6 33. Rec5
Rg7 34. Rc6 Qb7 35. b5 axb5 36. Ba5 Nd5 37. Bxd8 Nb4 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IN"]
[BlackTeam "IL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. c5 Nbd7 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bc7 14. Bf1 e5 15. b5
Re8 16. Na2 Ne4 17. Bd3 Nexc5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. dxc5 Kg8 20. e4 Nxc5 21. exd5
e4 22. Qg4 cxd5 23. Be3 Nd3 24. Nb4 Qd6 25. Qg3 Qd7 26. f4 d4 27. Nxd3 dxe3 28.
Ne5 Qxb5 29. Ng4 Qg5 30. fxg5 Bxg3 31. Nxe3 Rad8 32. Nf5 Bf4 33. h4 Rxd1+ 34.
Rxd1 e3 35. Re1 Re5 36. g4 g6 37. Nh6+ Kg7 38. Kg2 e2 39. Kf3 Bc1 40. a4 f6 41.
gxf6+ Kxh6 42. g5+ Kh7 43. Rxe2 Rxe2 44. Kxe2 a6 45. Kd3 b5 46. axb5 axb5 47.
Kc3 Ba3 48. Kd4 Kg8 49. Kd5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. g4 Nb6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Na5 Rc8 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 Be7 15.
h4 O-O 16. h5 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. Nc6 Nb8 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Nxe7+
Qxe7 22. Qxd3 Nd7 23. f4 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rhe1 a5 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Qf5 g6
28. Rxe5 gxf5 29. Rxe7 Rd8 30. h6 Kf8 31. Re5 f4 32. a3 bxa3 33. bxa3 f3 34.
Rf5 f2 35. Rf1 Rdxd5 36. R5xf2 Rc7 37. Rf5 Rd2 38. Rc1 a4 39. Ra5 Rg2 40. Rb5
Ke7 41. Re1+ Kd6 42. Rd1+ Ke6 43. Rc1 Kd6 44. c3 Kc6 45. c4 Re7 46. Rc2 Rg3 47.
Kb2 Ree3 48. Rf2 Ref3 49. Rxf3 Rxf3 50. Ra5 Rb3+ 51. Ka2 Rg3 52. Rf5 Kd6 53.
Rxf7 Rg2+ 54. Kb1 Rxg5 55. Rxh7 Kc5 56. Rc7+ Kd4 57. h7 Rh5 58. Kc2 Rh2+ 59.
Kd1 Kc3 60. c5 Kd4 61. Ke1 Ke4 62. Kf1 Rh6 63. Kg2 Kf4 64. Rf7+ Ke5 65. Kg3 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "AM"]

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. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Re1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nd7 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Qa3 Ne6
21. Qxa6 Rxc3 22. Qxa7 Bc5 23. Qa4 Qf6 24. Qe4 Ng5 25. Nxg5 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qxg5
27. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "HU"]
[BlackTeam "NO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. Nb3 Ng6 8.
Nc3 b5 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Qh5 d6 12. Rf3 e5 13. f5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15.
Rxf4 Ne5 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. Rff1 g6 18. Qh3 Bb7 19. Kh1 Rc8 20. a4 Bxd5 21. exd5
Qb6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rae1 b4 24. Qg3 Bf6 25. Nd2 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Bxb2 27. Nc4
Qd4 28. Nxb2 Qxb2 29. Qxd6 b3 30. Qe7 Qd4 31. d6 b2 32. Rb1 Qxd3 33. d7 Rc2 34.
h3 Qd5 35. Rg1 Rd2 36. f6 h5 37. Qb4 Rd3 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Kh1 Qd5 40. Kh2 Qe5+
41. Kh1 Rxd7 42. Qxb2 Qg5 43. Rgd1 Rxd1+ 44. Rxd1 Re8 45. Rf1 Qe3 46. Qc2 Qe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IN"]
[BlackTeam "NL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Bc6 15.
Qe2 Nd7 16. Bd4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Nc5 20. Ng5 Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

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. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 e5 15. d5
c5 16. b4 Qb6 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qa1
O-O 22. Qa5 Rb8 23. Rb1 Bf8 24. Nxb5 f5 25. Qa6 Kh8 26. Nc3 Rxb1+ 27. Nxb1 Qb4
28. Qxa8 Qxb1+ 29. Bf1 Qb4 30. exf5 c3 31. Qc8 e4 32. d6 Qxd6 33. Qxc3+ Bg7 34.
Qc8+ Kh7 35. g3 Qd4 36. Qe8 Qe5 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Kg2 Qe7 39. Kh3 e3 40. fxe3
Qxe3 41. Bc4 Qe7 42. Bb3 Qf6 43. Qe8+ Qf8 44. Qe6 Bf6 45. Kg4 Kh7 46. Kh5 Kg7
47. Bc4 Kh7 48. Qd7+ Qe7 49. Qc8 Qd8 50. Qe6 Qf8 51. Bd3 Kg7 52. Bc4 Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AZ"]
[BlackTeam "IL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. b4 Qe7 13. a3 f5 14. Bc2 e5 15.
Bc3 e4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. g3 a5 18. Rb1 Kh8 19. Bb3 axb4 20. axb4 Bc8 21. Qc1 Bd7
22. O-O f4 23. exf4 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Ng4 25. f3 Nxh2 26. Rf2 Nxf3+ 27. Nxf3 exf3
28. Rxf3 Bg4 29. Re3 Qd6 30. Re5 Qh6 31. Rb2 Bh3 32. Rg5 Qh4 33. d5 Ra7 34. Re2
h6 35. Be1 Ra1 36. Qxa1 Qxf4 37. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "BG"]
[BlackTeam "UA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Kb1 Rd8 13. g4 dxc4 14. Bxc4
Nb6 15. Be2 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. f4 g5 18. h3 Rd6 19. Bc1 Rdh6 20. Bf1 Qd7
21. Qc2 Re6 22. Bd3 Reh6 23. Qg2 Rh4 24. e4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Nd5 27.
Bc1 g6 28. Qf3 O-O 29. Rhe1 Bd8 30. Qb3 b5 31. Qf3 Kg7 32. Qg3 Rfh8 33. Bg2 Bc7
34. Qf3 Bd8 35. Rf1 a5 36. Rf2 a4 37. Rdf1 Rf8 38. Qg3 Qe6 39. Qe5+ Qxe5 40.
dxe5 Be7 41. Rc2 Nb4 42. Rc3 c5 43. a3 Na6 44. Rd3 Nb8 45. Be3 Rhh8 46. Rd5 Rc8
47. e6 fxe6 48. Re5 Rhf8 49. Rxe6 Rxf1+ 50. Bxf1 Kf7 51. Rb6 Nd7 52. Rb7 Nf6
53. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "HU"]
[BlackTeam "AM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Ne2 Nd8 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Ng5 c5 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. c3 Bd8 17. a4 Bb6 18. Be3 Kh8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nh5
Bd8 22. Nxf6 Bxf6 23. Qg4 Bc8 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Qe2 Bb7 26. Qg4 Bc8 27. Qe2 Bb7
28. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "RU"]
[BlackTeam "NO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 Bb6 8.
Bxb6 axb6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. Bd3 Ne5 11. O-O Qf4 12. g3 Qh6 13. f4 d5 14. exd5 Bh3
15. Re1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Rad8 17. c4 b5 18. Nc3 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qb6 20. Qb3 Qa7 21.
Qa3 Qxa3 22. bxa3 c6 23. dxc6 Nxc6 24. Red1 h5 25. Kf2 g6 26. Ne4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1
Ra8 28. Rd3 Be6 29. Nc5 Bxa2 30. Nxb7 Rb8 31. Rd2 Rxb7 32. Rxa2 Rb3 33. a4 Nb4
34. Ra1 Nd3+ 35. Ke2 Nc5 36. a5 Rb2+ 37. Ke1 Rxh2 38. Ra3 h4 39. gxh4 Rxh4 40.
Nd5 Na6 41. Ke2 Kg7 42. Kd3 Rh3+ 43. Ne3 Rh4 44. Ke4 Rh1 45. Kd5 Rc1 46. Kd4
Nc7 47. Ra4 Nb5+ 48. Kd3 Rc3+ 49. Kd2 Rc6 50. a6 Na7 51. Kd3 Rd6+ 52. Kc4 Rc6+
53. Kd5 Rf6 54. Ng4 Rb6 55. Ne5 Rf6 56. Nd7 Re6 57. Nc5 Rf6 58. Re4 Nb5 59. Re7
Rf5+ 60. Kc6 Nd4+ 61. Kb6 Rf6+ 62. Kb7 Nb5 63. Rd7 Kh6 64. Nd3 Nd6+ 65. Kb8 Nb5
66. Kb7 Nd6+ 67. Rxd6 Rxd6 68. Ne5 Rxa6 69. Kxa6 Kh5 70. Kb5 f5 71. Nxg6 Kxg6
72. Kc5 Kf6 73. Kd6 Kf7 74. Ke5 Ke7 75. Kxf5 Kf7 76. Ke5 Ke7 77. f5 Kf7 78. f6
Kf8 79. Kf5 Kf7 80. Kg5 Kf8 81. Kg6 Kg8 82. f7+ Kf8 83. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NL"]
[BlackTeam "IN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bb7
15. Re1 Bf6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Bxc4
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 Bc2 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Na2 Nxa2 13. Rxa2 Bg6 14. Rd1 c5 15.
dxc5 Qc7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Bb5 Bxc5 20. Rc2 Qe7 21. Kh1
Raa8 22. e4 Rfd8 23. Rf1 Ne8 24. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "IL"]
[BlackTeam "AZ"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. e4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. O-O Ne7 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Be2 c5 13. Bd3 g5 14. g3 Ng6 15.
Kh1 Kh8 16. Qe2 Qf6 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Bb1 Bh6 19. Qh5 Ne5 20. f3 a6 21. b3 b5
22. Rf2 Qg6 23. Qxg6 fxg6 24. Rdf1 Rb8 25. Kg2 Rf7 26. h3 Rbf8 27. Bc2 Rf6 28.
Bb1 g4 29. f4 gxh3+ 30. Kxh3 g5 31. fxe5 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Rxf2 33. exd6 g4+ 34.
Kxg4 Bxd2 35. e5 Kg7 36. d7 Ba5 37. b4 Kf7 38. bxa5 Ke7 39. cxb5 axb5 40. a6
Rf8 41. Bf5 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "UA"]
[BlackTeam "BG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 h6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. a3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. Qc2 Bf6 13. Rad1 g6 14. Rfe1 Kg7
15. b4 a6 16. Bf1 f4 17. h3 dxc4 18. d5 Bf5 19. Qc1 Na7 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Ne6+
Bxe6 22. dxe6 Qc8 23. Rd7 Kh8 24. Qxf4 Bg7 25. Rxf7 Qc6 26. e7 Rxf7 27. Qxf7
Re8 28. Re6 Qd7 29. Nd5 1-0

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "AM"]
[BlackTeam "HU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qb3 Qc7
15. Rfd1 a5 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. d5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Qxd5 Nd7 21.
Qb3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. b3 Nd5 24. Nd2 Bg5 25. Bxd5 Bxd2 26. Rd1 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Niza FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.15"]
[WhiteTeam "NO"]
[BlackTeam "RU"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 g6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Nc3 Nb8 10. h3 a6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Ne2 e6
15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rb1 Kh8 18. c3 Rg8 19. Nf4 Qc7 20. Qd2 Be7 21.
Kh1 Bd6 22. Nh5 b5 23. Rg1 Qe7 24. Rbe1 Rac8 25. Re2 Na5 26. Nf4 Nc4 27. Qc1
Qc7 28. Nd3 a5 29. Qe1 Rg7 30. Nfe5 Rcg8 31. f4 Be7 32. g4 Nd6 33. Reg2 fxg4
34. hxg4 f6 35. Nf3 Ne4 36. Qh4 Qc4 37. Nde1 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. cxb4 Qxb4 40.
g5 fxg5 41. fxg5 Bxg5 42. Nxg5 Rxg5 43. Rxg5 Rxg5 44. Rxg5 Nxg5 45. Qxg5 Qxe1+
46. Kg2 Qe4+ 47. Kg3 Qd3+ 48. Kg2 Qxd4 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kg6 51. Qxe6+ Kg5
52. Qe7+ Kf4 53. Qh4+ Ke3 54. Qe1+ Kd3 55. Qd1+ Ke4 56. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

