[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1855.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serafino Dubois"]
[Black "Jules Arnous De Riviere"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1855.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nf3 f5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O a6
9. d3 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. h3 Qc7 12. Be3 Rad8 13. a3 d5 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Ng5 Rf6
16. Qd2 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Na4 Bc6 19. Nb2 e5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bf3 Bg3 22.
Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rf3 f4 24. Ne4 Rg6 25. Nxg3 fxg3 26. Raf1 Qd6 27. Qb4 Qxb4 28.
axb4 b5 29. c5 Re6 30. Rxg3 Re2 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Nf5 33. Rf3 Ne3 34. Rxe3
dxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Kf7 36. d4 Re8+ 37. Kf4 Ke6 38. Ke4 Kd7+ 39. Kd5 Re3 40. Nd1
Rxb3 41. Nf2 Rxb4 42. Nd3 Rb3 43. c6+ Kc7 44. Nc5 Ra3 45. Ne6+ Kc8 46. Kc5 Rc3+
47. Kb6 b4 48. d5 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Jules Arnous De Riviere"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C38"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1863.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O h6 6. c3 d6 7. d4 Ne7 8. h4 Ng6
9. h5 Ne7 10. g3 Bg4 11. gxf4 Bxh5 12. fxg5 Qd7 13. Ne5 Qh3 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15.
Nxd3 hxg5 16. Na3 c6 17. Bxg5 Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Rg8 19. Rf6 Rxg5+ 20. Kf2 Nd7 21.
Rxd6 O-O-O 22. Rg1 Rxg1 23. Kxg1 Kc7 24. Rh6 Bg6 25. Nf4 Bxe4 26. Bxf7 Bf5 27.
Be6 Nf8 28. d5 Nxe6 29. Nxe6+ Bxe6 30. dxe6 Rd5 31. Kf2 b5 32. Kf3 Rd2 33. Nb1
Rxb2 34. Nc3 Kd6 35. Kf4 Nd5+ 36. Nxd5 cxd5 37. e7+ Kxe7 38. Ra6 Re2 39. a3 Kd7
40. Rxa7+ Kc6 41. Kf3 Re4 42. Ra8 Ra4 43. Rc8+ Kd6 44. Rc3 d4 45. Rb3 Kc5 46.
Ke4 Ra8 47. Kd3 Rh8 48. Kd2 Rh2+ 49. Kc1 Kc4 50. Rg3 d3 51. Rg8 Ra2 52. Rc8+
Kb3 53. Rb8 Rc2+ 54. Kd1 Rc5 55. Kd2 Kxa3 56. Kxd3 b4 0-1

[Event "Paris 1680"]
[Site "Paris 1680"]
[Date "1859.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jules Arnous De Riviere"]
[Black "Henri Baucher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1859.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4
Qe7 9. O-O Nh5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nxg4 Qxh4 12. Nh2 f3 13. Nxf3 Qg3 14. Nc3 Bg4
15. Be3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qh2+ 17. Kf1 Ng3+ 18. Kf2 Qh4 19. Ne2 Ne4+ 20. Kf1 Qh1+
21. Ng1 f5 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Nd6 24. Re3 Qh5 25. Be2 Qf7 26. c4 Nd7 27. Nf3
Ne4 28. Ne5 Qg7 29. Rd1 Rae8 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Rh3 Re7 32. b3 Rg7 33. Rh4 Ng3+
34. Kf2 Nxe2 35. Kxe2 Rxg2+ 36. Kd3 Qe7 37. Rdh1 Qe2+ 38. Kc3 Qc2+ 39. Kb4 a5+
40. Kb5 Qxa2 41. R4h3 Rg7 42. Qe5 Qa3 43. Qe6+ Kh8 44. Rxh7+ Rxh7 45. Qe5+ Kg8
46. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1860.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jules Arnous De Riviere"]
[Black "Paul Journoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1860.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Ba3 d6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Re1 e4 12. Nbd2 Bxc3 13. Nxe4 Bxe1 14. Rxe1
Kd8 15. Neg5 Na5 16. Ne5 Nxb3 17. Nexf7+ Qxf7 18. Nxf7+ Kd7 19. Bb5+ c6 20.
Re7# 1-0

[Event "match"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H Laroche"]
[Black "Jules Arnous De Riviere"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1862.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. a3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. d4 c4 7. b3 b5 8. a4 Na5 9.
bxc4 bxc4 10. Nfd2 Rb8 11. Be2 f6 12. f4 Nh6 13. O-O Nf7 14. Kh1 f5 15. g4 g6
16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Bh5 Qh4 18. Na3 Be7 19. Nb5 O-O 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Nf3 Qh6
22. Ng5+ Bxg5 23. Nd6+ Kg8 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Rxg5 Nb3 26. Qg1 Be8 27. Rb1 Bh5 28.
Qg2 Rg8 29. Ba3 Rxg5 30. fxg5 Qg6 31. Rf1 Bg4 32. Nf7+ Kg7 33. Nh6 Qxg5 34.
Nxg4 Qxg4 35. Qxg4+ fxg4 36. Rg1 h5 37. h3 Rh8 38. Rg3 Nd2 39. hxg4 Ne4 40. Rg2
hxg4+ 41. Kg1 g3 42. Be7 Rb8 43. Rc2 Kg6 44. Kg2 Kf5 45. Kf3 Rb1 46. Bh4 Rf1+
47. Kg2 Rf2+ 48. Rxf2+ gxf2 49. Bxf2 Nxc3 50. a5 Ke4 51. Kg3 Ne2+ 52. Kg4 c3
0-1

[Event "Paris,"]
[Site "Paris,"]
[Date "1859.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Jules Arnous De Riviere"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1859.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Nce7 10. e5 Ng6 11. e6 fxe6 12. dxe6 N8e7 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Qh5 h6
15. Nf7 Rxf7 16. exf7+ Kh7 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Bg5 Bxf7 19. Re1 Kg8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7
21. Qg4 Qf8 22. Nc3 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 d5 25. Rf1 Rd8 26. Nb5 c5 27.
Qg3 c4 28. Bc2 Nc6 29. Bg6 Rd7 30. Bf5 Re7 31. Nd6 Qb8 32. Bc8 Nd8 33. Bf5 b5
34. Bg6 Bxg6 35. Nf5 Qxg3 36. Nxe7+ Kh7 37. hxg3 d4 38. Nxg6 Kxg6 39. a3 a5 40.
Kg1 Nc6 41. Rf8 c3 42. Rc8 Ne5 43. Kf2 Nc4 44. Ke2 c2 0-1

[Event "Paris m2"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1860.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jules Arnous De Riviere"]
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1860.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb4+ 9. Kf1 O-O 10. Qa4 Be7 11. Nc3 Nb8 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. a3 Bg6 15.
h4 Nxc3 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxc3 a5 18. Be3 a4 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Rh3 Qf5 21. Qc2
Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Rac8 23. Nd2 h6 24. g4 g5 25. h5 Nd8 26. Nb1 c6 27. Nc3 Ra8 28.
Ne2 Ne6 29. Ng3 Rfc8 30. Nf5 Bf8 31. Bc1 b6 32. Rd3 Ra7 33. Be3 Kh7 34. Bd2 Rd7
35. b4 g6 36. Ng3 Rdd8 37. Ne2 gxh5 38. gxh5 Be7 39. Rf3 Kg7 40. Be3 c5 41.
bxc5 bxc5 42. Ng3 Kg8 43. Nf5 Bf8 44. Nxh6+ Bxh6 45. Rf6 Nxd4 46. Bxd4 Bg7 47.
Rg6 cxd4 48. Rxc8 Rxc8 49. h6 d3 50. Rxg7+ Kh8 51. Ke1 Rc2 52. Kd1 Rxf2 53. e6
Rf6 54. e7 Rxh6 55. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1860.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jules Arnous De Riviere"]
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1860.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. b4
Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bxb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 e4 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. f4 e3 14. Ndf3
Qb4+ 15. Ke2 Bf5 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Rb3 Ne4 18. Qa1 O-O 19. g4 Bc8 20. Rxe3 f5 21.
gxf5 Bxf5 22. Rg1 Rae8 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nc6+ Kh7 26. Nxa5 Rxf4
27. Ne5 Rf5 28. Nd3 Bxd5+ 29. Kd2 Bf3 30. Qd4 Re2+ 31. Kc3 Rxa5 32. Qd7+ Kg6
33. Nf4+ Kf6 34. Nxe2 Bxe2 35. Qd8+ Kf5 36. Qf8+ Ke4 37. Qe7+ Kf3 38. Qxc7 b6
39. Kd2 1-0

[Event "London-B"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jules Arnous De Riviere"]
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1862.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 h6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. g4
Nh7 9. Bd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 b5 13. Bb3 c6 14. Nf4 a5 15.
c4 a4 16. Bc2 b4 17. b3 axb3 18. Bxb3 Qb6 19. Kb1 Be6 20. Bc1 Ra7 21. Rd2 g5
22. Nh5 f6 23. f4 Re8 24. Qf3 d5 25. exd5 cxd5 26. cxd5 Bf7 27. Rc2 Rae7 28.
fxg5 fxg5 29. Rf1 Kh8 30. Nf6 Rd8 31. Ne4 Bd6 32. Rc6 Qb8 33. Nxd6 Rxd6 34. Qg3
Bg6 35. Bc2 Nf8 36. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Ne2 e6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ng3 Nh5 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. c5 Nd7 11. e4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Ng5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxd3 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Nxf7 Rd5 19. Rxd3 Qxf7 20. Rxd5 cxd5
21. Bxe5 Bxc5 22. f4 b6 23. Qc2 Kb7 24. Rxh7 Rg8 25. Kb1 a5 26. a3 d4 27. Qe4+
Ka7 28. Qd3 Qb7 29. Ka2 Qd5+ 30. Qb3 Rd8 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxg7+ Ka6 33. Rh7 d3
34. Rh1 Bf2 35. g4 d2 36. Rd1 Be3 37. g3 Bf2 38. g5 Bxg3 39. g6 Rd8 40. g7 a4
41. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Nd2 c4 12. g4 b5 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. h3 Re8 15.
e3 a5 16. O-O Qd6 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Bg3 Qc6 20. Be5 b4 21. axb4
axb4 22. e4 c3 23. exd5 Nfxd5 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Ne4 Qg6 26. Qb3 c2 27. Nc5 Rxe5
28. Rxe5 Nf4 29. Rc1 Bc6 30. Qxb6 Nxg2 31. Qa6 Ra8 32. Qd3 Nh4 33. Re3 Qg5 34.
Ne4 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Qf4 36. d5 Ne5 37. Qxc2 Bxd5 38. Rd1 Nxg4 39. hxg4 Qxg4+ 40.
Kf1 Ra2 41. Qd3 Qh4 42. Nf6+ gxf6 43. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Nc3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxe5 Qa5 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Ba6 14. Qd4
Rab8 15. O-O c5 16. Qd2 Bxc4 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Kf8
21. Rc1 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Ke7 23. Rc4 Rb4 24. Rxb4 cxb4 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. f4 d5 27.
Kf2 Rc3 28. e3 Kf6 29. Kf3 h6 30. h3 a5 31. Kf2 g5 32. Kf3 Kf5 33. Kf2 g4 34.
hxg4+ Kxg4 35. Re2 h5 36. Kg2 Kf5 37. Kf3 d4 38. Re1 e5 39. fxe5 Kxe5 40. Kf2
Rc2+ 41. Kf3 d3 42. Rh1 Rxa2 43. Rxh5+ Ke6 44. e4 a4 45. bxa4 b3 46. Rh1 b2 47.
Rb1 d2 48. Ke2 Ra1 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. a3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5
Rc8 9. g4 Bg6 10. Qa4 Nd7 11. b4 e6 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxa7 c5 15.
Qa6 O-O 16. Qe2 c4 17. e4 d4 18. Nb5 e5 19. h4 Qb6 20. a4 Qb7 21. Ng5 h6 22. h5
hxg5 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. f3 Bxb4 25. Ba3 Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Qb6 27. Qh2 Qc5 28. Qh7+
Kf7 29. Ra1 Nf6 30. Qh2 Ra8 31. d3 Qxb5 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Smeets, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd2 Nbd7 6. Rc1 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 c5 14. Nb5 b6
15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Bb1 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Re7 19. e4 Qf4 20. Rcd1 dxe4
21. Nxe4 Rae8 22. Nd6 Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. Rc1 Kf8 25. Kf2 Be6 26. Nb5 Ne8
27. a3 g6 28. h4 Rd7 29. Rcd1 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 a6 31. Nc3 Ke7 32. Bd3 Nc7 33. h5
Rd8 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 35. h6 Ke7 36. g4 Bc8 37. Ke3 Bd7 38. g5 a5 39. Kd4 Ne6+ 40.
Ke3 Nxg5 41. f4 Ne6 42. f5 Nc5 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Bxg6 Kf6 45. Bxh7 Be6 46. Bc2
Kf7 47. Kd4 Nd7 48. Ne4 Kg8 49. Ng5 Bg4 50. h7+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Qf3 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Rb8 12. g4 h6 13. h4 Be7 14. g5 hxg5
15. hxg5 Nh7 16. Re1 O-O 17. g6 fxg6 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. fxg6 Bg5 20. Qh1 Bh4 21.
Re4 Qf6 22. Qxh4 Qxg6+ 23. Qg4 Qf6 24. Qg3 d5 25. Rf4 Qe6 26. Nc3 Rxf4 27. Bxf4
Rb4 28. a3 Rc4 29. b3 Rd4 30. Qe3 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Ng5 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Ne4 34.
Re1 Qh5+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Nxc3+ 37. Qxc3 Re4+ 38. Kd1 Rxe1+ 39. Qxe1 Qf3+
40. Qe2 Qh1+ 41. Kd2 d4 42. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. g4 c6 14. Kg2 b5 15. b3 a5
16. Nf2 b4 17. Na4 Bb7 18. Rc1 fxe4 19. fxe4 cxd5 20. exd5 Nexd5 21. cxd5 Nxd5
22. Kg1 e4 23. Nxe4 Bd4+ 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Nxf2 Qh4 26. Qe1 Rf8 27. Bf3 Rxf3 28.
Qe4 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smeets, J."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. h3 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Be3 Nb7 16. e5 Bf5 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bg5 Re8 19. g4 Bd7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21.
exf6 Nb4 22. Bd1 Bc6 23. a4 Rad8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Re1 Nd3 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
b3 Nb2 28. Kg2 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Na5 30. Rd3 b4 31. Be3 Be4 32. Rd7 Nxb3 33. Rc7
Nd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Re7 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rb8 37. Re1 b3 38. Rb1 Kf8 39. Ke4 Rb4
40. Kd5 Ke8 41. Kc5 Rb8 42. Kxd4 Kd7 43. Kc3 Ke6 44. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 45. Kxb3 Kxf6
46. f4 g5 47. f5 Ke5 48. Kc4 Kf4 49. Kd5 Kg3 50. f6 Kxh3 51. Kd6 Kxg4 52. Ke7
h5 53. Kxf7 h4 54. Kg6 h3 55. f7 h2 56. f8=Q h1=Q 57. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. Rc1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc4 17. e5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bh6 19. Kf2 b5 20. Ke2 e6
21. Bb7 Rc4 22. Rxc4 bxc4 23. Be4 Rb8 24. Rb1 Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bb2 e6 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Qb8 15. Qc2
Rc8 16. a4 bxc4 17. bxc4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Be2 Nb3 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rb1
dxc4 22. Bxc4 Qc7 23. Qxb3 Qxc4 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxc4 Rab8 26. Qc2 Rbc8 27.
Qe2 Rc6 28. Rd1 Rdc8 29. Qf3 Rb6 30. Bd4 Rbc6 31. Rb1 Ne8 32. g3 Bxd4 33. exd4
Kg7 34. a5 Rf6 35. Qd3 Rcc6 36. d5 Rcd6 37. Qd4 Nc7 38. Rb6 Nb5 39. Qe5 h6 40.
f4 g5 41. f5 h5 42. g4 h4 43. Rc6 Rxc6 44. dxc6 Nd6 45. c7 Nc8 46. Qe8 Nd6 47.
Qd8 Nb7 48. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 Ne7 11. g4 b6 12. Qd2 c5 13. Bg3 a6 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Bb3
Bb5 16. Nf4 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc6 18. O-O-O Na5 19. h4 Rc8 20. Kb1 Nxb3 21. axb3
Bd7 22. h5 g5 23. Nd3 Nh7 24. Rhe1 f5 25. Nxd5 Rf7 26. Ne5 fxg4 27. Nxf7 Bf5+
28. Ka1 Qxd5 29. Nd6 Rc2 30. Nxf5 Qxb3 31. Qxc2 Qxc2 32. fxg4 Nf6 33. Rc1 Qa4+
34. Kb1 Nd5 35. Be5 Nb4 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Bxg7 Qa2+ 38. Kc1 Qa1+ 39. Kd2 Qxb2+
40. Ke3 Nd5+ 41. Kf3 Qb3+ 42. Kf2 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc6 Bb5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Nc3 a5 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Qd2 h6 18. Rc2 Qb4 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Rdc1 Rc4 21. Be3
Rec8 22. Bf2 a4 23. e3 R4c7 24. Be1 a3 25. b3 e5 26. Qd1 Qe7 27. Bf2 Qb4 28.
Be1 Qe7 29. Bf2 Qb4 30. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

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. Rd6 Rc6 18. Rxc6 Qxc6 19. Be2 f5 20. Bxe7 Qxe4
21. Bf6 Rg8 22. Bf3 Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Rg6 24. Re1+ Kf8 25. Be7+ Kg8 26. Kc3 Re6
27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Bd6 Kf7 29. Bh5+ Kf6 30. f4 b5 31. h3 Nc6 32. Bf3 e5 33. Bxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 b5 6. Bc2 d6 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. O-O Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. d4 O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Nb4 16. Nbd2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Qd7 18. Rac1 Rbc8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. e5 Bg7 21.
Ne4 Rfe8 22. Re3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 c5 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. b3 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27.
Rec3 c4 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 c6 4. Bb3 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. a4 exd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Nh4 Nc5 15.
Bxc5 bxc5 16. Ng6 Be6 17. Nxf8 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Kxf8 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qc4 Nd7 21.
Ne2 Rb8 22. Ng3 Rb4 23. Qc3 Nf6 24. Nf5 Rbxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Nxd6 Re2 27.
Nf5 Re5 28. g4 Kg8 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. e6 fxe6
15. Bg4 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Nce5 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Qf4 Rf8 20. Qg3 Nf6
21. Nc5 Nh5 22. Qe1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nf3 24. Qh1 Nf4+ 25. Kf2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Kh1 Bf4 13. Rae1 O-O 14. g3 Bh6
15. e5 Nd7 16. Nd1 c5 17. f4 Rfd8 18. Kg1 Qc6 19. Nf2 c4 20. bxc4 Nc5 21. cxd5
Rxd5 22. Ne4 Rad8 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxc2 27.
Rd4 Rdc8 28. Rfd1 g5 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. f5 g4 32. Ba3 Be3+ 33. Kf1
Rf2+ 34. Ke1 Rxf5 35. Bf8+ Kg6 36. Bd6 h5 37. Ra8 Bg1 38. Rxa6 Bxh2 39. Ra3 h4
40. gxh4 g3 41. Ra8 Kh7 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smeets, J."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Be3 Nb7 16. e5 Bf5 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rd5 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21.
Bxf6 Nd4 22. Rfd1 h6 23. Kf1 a5 24. Rac1 Nd8 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bxd8 Raxd8 27.
f4 g5 28. g3 d3 29. Kf2 d2 30. Rc3 b4 31. Re3 Kg7 32. f5 Rc8 33. Ke2 Rc2 34. e6
fxe6 35. fxe6 Kf8 36. Rd3 Rxd3 37. Kxd3 Rxb2 38. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 39. Kxd2 Ke7 40.
Kd3 Kxe6 41. Kc4 Kf5 42. Kb5 g4 43. h4 Ke4 44. Kxa5 Kf3 45. Kxb4 Kxg3 46. a4
Kxh4 47. a5 g3 48. a6 g2 49. a7 g1=Q 50. a8=Q h5 51. Qd5 Qg4+ 52. Ka3 Kg3 53.
Qe5+ Kh3 54. Qd5 Kh2 55. Qd2+ Qg2 56. Qd4 Qg3+ 57. Ka2 h4 58. Ka1 Qg1+ 59. Ka2
Qxd4 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. d5 Bg4 10. Qd4 Bxf3 11. Qxh8 Bxd5 12. Qd4 Nb6 13. e4 Bc6 14. f3 Qxd4
15. cxd4 Bg7 16. Rc1 Bxd4 17. Bxc4 Be3 18. Rc2 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Rd8 20. Rc2 Bb6
21. Bg5 Ba4 22. Rc1 Rd3 23. Rb1 c6 24. Bd2 Bb5 25. Rb3 Rd7 26. Ra3 Bc5 27. Rc3
Bb4 28. Rc2 Ba4 29. Rb2 Ba3 30. Rb1 Bc2 31. Ra1 Bb2 32. Ke2 Bd3+ 33. Kf2 Bxa1
34. Rxa1 c5 35. Be3 b6 36. Rd1 Bc4 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. a3 Kc6 39. Bf4 a5 40. Bd2
Kb5 41. Bf4 Ka4 42. Bc7 b5 43. Ke3 Bf1 44. Kf2 Bd3 45. Ke3 c4 46. Kd4 Kxa3 47.
Bxa5 b4 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. e4 Bxc3
15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 dxe4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. c4 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Na4
21. Rab1 b6 22. Nf1 Kg7 23. h4 h6 24. Bf4 f6 25. Ne3 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Bd6
f5 28. c5 Kf7 29. Nd5 Re6 30. Nc7 Rh6 31. Be5 bxc5 32. dxc5 Bc6 33. Rc4 Rd8 34.
Rd4 Rxd4 35. Bxd4 Rg6 36. Nb5 Bxb5 37. Rxb5 Ra6 38. c6 Rxc6 39. Rxf5+ Kg6 40.
Ra5 Nc3 41. Be3 Ne2+ 42. Kf1 Nf4 43. g3 Ne6 44. Rxa7 g4 45. a4 Nc7 46. Ra5 Rc4
47. Rc5 Rxc5 48. Bxc5 Kf5 49. a5 Ke6 50. Ke2 Kd5 51. Bb6 Ne6 52. a6 Kc6 53. a7
Kb7 54. Ke3 Ng5 55. Kf4 Nf3 56. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. bxc3 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Nd6 13. Qd3 Qf6 14. Re1
b6 15. Bg5 Qf5 16. Qxf5 Nxf5 17. g4 f6 18. Bf4 Nd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Nd4 Bb7
21. Nf5 g6 22. Ne7+ Kf7 23. Re3 Ba6 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. h4 Bc4 26. a3 Rh8 27. Kh2
b5 28. Kg3 a5 29. h5 Bb3 30. f4 Bc2 31. f5 g5 32. h6 Bb3 33. Kf2 Rhf8 34. Re4
Bc2 35. R4e3 Bb3 36. Re4 Bc2 37. R4e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. f4 Qb6 10. Qd2 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. f5 Nc6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Kh1 Ra7 18. Qe3 Rd7 19. Rb8 Kh8 20. e5 dxe5
21. Ne4 Qxe3 22. Bxe3 Rdd8 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Kg8 25. Bc4 Kf7 26. Rb6 Rd4
27. Bxe6+ Ke7 28. Rxc6 Nd7 29. Re1 Nxc5 30. Bxc8 Re4 31. Rc1 Rc4 32. Bxa6 Rc3
33. Bb5 Ne4 34. a4 Rxc6 35. Bxc6 Nc3 36. a5 Kd6 37. Bb7 Kc7 38. a6 e4 39. Re1
Kb6 40. Kg1 Rf5 41. Bxe4 Nxe4 42. Rxe4 Kxa6 43. Re7 Rg5 44. Kf2 Kb6 45. Kf3 h5
46. h4 Rf5+ 47. Ke4 Rc5 48. g3 Rc4+ 49. Kf5 g6+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smeets, J."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

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 a5 16. Bd3 b4 17. cxb4 axb4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qc2 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Be3
Qa8 22. Nd2 h5 23. Rec1 c5 24. Ngf1 Qa7 25. Qc4 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27. Nh2 Re6
28. Nhf3 Qa6 29. Qc2 Nb8 30. Nc4 Nc6 31. Rd1 Kg7 32. Ng5 Re8 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34.
Rxd6 Nd4 35. Rxa6 Nxc2 36. Ra7 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Kg8 38. Nxf7 Nxe4 39. Nh6+ Kh8 40.
Nf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Ba3 Qxc3 14. Qb1 Qf6
15. Bd3 h6 16. b5 Rd8 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Ra4 b6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rh4 N7f6 21. Ne5
Bd7 22. Ba3 Qe8 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Qb2 Kg8 25. h3 Rc3 26. Rd1 Rdc8 27. Rd4 Rxd3
28. R1xd3 Bxb5 29. Rd2 a6 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. Rxg4 f6 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qxf6 Qd7
34. Rxg7+ Qxg7 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Qg6 37. Qxc8 Qc6 38. Qd8 Qe6 39. Bb2 a5
40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. Qg7+ Kf5 42. Qg4# 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Re1 a6 8. Bc4
Na5 9. a3 Nxc4 10. dxc4 h6 11. h3 Bc5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 d6 14. Qd2 Be6 15.
b3 Nd7 16. Rd1 Rf8 17. Qe2 b6 18. Ne1 Nc5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 b5 21. d4 exd4
22. Rxd4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Qf6 24. Rd1 Rab8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rb2 27. Qf3 Qxf3
28. Rxf3 Re2 29. Rd4 Rc2 30. Ra4 Ra8 31. g4 c5 32. dxc6 Rxc6 33. Rb4 Rac8 34.
Rd3 Rc3 35. Rbd4 R8c4 36. Rxc4 Rxd3 37. Ra4 Rxh3 38. Rxa6 g6 39. Kg2 Rd3 40. a4
Ra3 41. f3 Kg7 42. Kg3 Ra2 43. a5 Ra3 44. Ra8 Kf6 45. a6 Ke7 46. a7 Ra2 47. f4
Ra3+ 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Ke2 Kg7 50. Kd2 h5 51. g5 h4 52. Ke2 h3 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54.
Kg1 Rg2+ 55. Kh1 Ra2 56. f5 Kh7 57. f6 h2 58. Rf8 Rxa7 59. Kxh2 Rb7 60. Kg3 Ra7
61. Kf4 Rb7 62. Ke3 Ra7 63. Kd4 Rc7 64. Re8 Ra7 65. Kd5 Ra5+ 66. Kxd6 Ra6+ 67.
Ke7 Ra7+ 68. Kf8 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smeets, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 c6 8. Bb3
Re8 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. d4 Bc7 11. h3 Nf8 12. Bc2 Ng6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Be6 15.
Bd2 b5 16. Bd3 Bb6 17. a4 a6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qd2 c5 20. d5 Bd7 21. b3 Rab8 22.
Bf1 c4 23. axb5 axb5 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Qe3 Bb5 27. Nd2 Reb8 28.
Nf5 Nd7 29. Ra3 Ra6 30. Rea1 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Nb6 32. Qg3 Bd7 33. Ne3 Bb5 34. Ra1
Ne7 35. Rb1 Qc5 36. Ndxc4 Bxc4 37. Nxc4 Qc7 38. Na3 Na4 39. Rxb8+ Qxb8 40. Nb5
Nc5 41. Qe3 Nc8 42. Kh2 Na7 43. c4 Nc8 44. f4 exf4 45. Qxf4 Nd7 46. Nd4 Ne7 47.
Qg3 Ne5 48. Nb5 Qb6 49. Be2 Qc5 50. Qf4 N7g6 51. Qg3 Nf8 52. Bf1 Nfd7 53. Qh4
Nf6 54. Qf4 Nfd7 55. Qh4 Nf6 56. Qf4 Kh8 57. Be2 Kg8 58. h4 h5 59. Kg3 Ng6 60.
Qf3 Ne5 61. Qf4 Ng6 62. Qf3 Ne5 63. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 Qb6 9. h3 d6 10. Qc2 a5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. e5 Qb4 15.
Nc3 dxe5 16. dxe5 Rb8 17. Rab1 Rd8 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Bd2 Bc4 20. Qd1 e6 21. b3
Bd3 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Re3 Bh6 24. Re1 Bg7 25. Re3 c5 26. Na4 Be4 27. Nxc5 Bxf3
28. Rxf3 Nxe5 29. Rfc3 Rd5 30. Qe1 Rc8 31. Na4 Rxc3 32. Nxc3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. Bd2 Re8 7. Nf3 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. dxc4 h6 10. Qc2 Bf8 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Bc1 Qc7 13. b3 a5 14. Na4 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb2 Bg4 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. h3 Be6 20. e3 Be7 21. Nf3
Nd7 22. g4 a4 23. Rd1 axb3 24. axb3 Ra8 25. Bc3 Ra3 26. Bf1 Qb6 27. Rb1 Bf6 28.
Nd2 Qa7 29. Bb2 Ra2 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Qd1 Ba3 32. Bc3 Be7 33. Bd3 b5 34. cxb5
cxb5 35. Bxb5 Qb7 36. Bd3 Bd5 37. Ng3 Bh4 38. Be2 Bxg3 39. fxg3 Qb6 40. Kf2 Nf6
41. Be1 Ne4+ 42. Kf1 Bb7 43. Ra1 Rxa1 44. Qxa1 Qf6+ 45. Kg1 Ng5 46. Qd1 Nxh3+
47. Kh2 Ng5 48. b4 Qc6 49. e4 Nxe4 50. Bf3 Qc7 51. Bxe4 Bxe4 52. Qe2 Ba8 53.
Kg1 Qb6+ 54. Kf1 Qc6 55. b5 Qd5 56. Bf2 f6 57. Ke1 Qb3 58. Qd1 Qxd1+ 59. Kxd1
Bf3+ 60. Kd2 Bxg4 61. Bc5 Kf7 62. Ke3 Bc8 63. b6 Bb7 64. Ba3 h5 65. Bd6 Ke6 66.
Bc7 g5 67. Bd8 Kf7 68. Kf2 Kg6 69. Bc7 Kf5 70. Bd8 Bc6 71. Ke3 h4 72. gxh4 gxh4
73. Kf2 e4 74. Bc7 Ke6 75. Ke3 Kd5 76. Bh2 Kc4 77. Bf4 Kc3 78. Bh2 Kc2 79. Ke2
h3 80. Bg3 f5 81. Bh2 Bb7 82. Bf4 Ba6+ 83. Ke3 Kd1 84. Bg3 Bc8 85. Kf2 Kd2 86.
Bf4+ Kd3 87. Kg3 e3 88. Kf3 e2 89. Kf2 h2 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. a3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
e5 9. O-O exd4 10. Bxd4 Bg7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 c5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 O-O 17. f4 Qd6 18. Qe3 Rae8 19. Rad1 Qd5 20. Qf2 Bxe5 21.
fxe5 Qxe5 22. Bc4 Re7 23. Rde1 Qd6 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qf6 Qxf6 26. Rxf6 a5 27.
Rb6 Be4 28. Rb5 Rd8 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. cxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxc5 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33.
Kf3 Rxb2 34. Rxa5 Ra2 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. a5 g5 37. Rb8 Ra4 38. g4 h5 39. h3 h4
40. Kg2 Kf6 41. Rb5 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 b3 43. Rxb3 Rxa5 44. Rf3+ Ke6 45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46.
Kg1 f6 47. Rf5 Re2 48. Rf3 Re4 49. Kg2 Rf4 50. Re3+ Kd5 51. Ra3 Rb4 52. Rf3
Rb2+ 53. Kg1 Rb6 54. Kg2 Ke4 55. Rf2 Rc6 56. Kh2 Ke3 57. Kg2 Re6 58. Rf3+ Kd2
59. Rf5 Re2+ 60. Kg1 Re3 61. Kg2 Re6 62. Rd5+ Ke1 63. Rf5 Re2+ 64. Kg1 Re3 65.
Kg2 Re6 66. Rf1+ Kd2 67. Rf5 Kd3 68. Rd5+ Ke4 69. Rf5 Rd6 70. Rf2 Ke3 71. Rf3+
Kd4 72. Rf5 Ke4 73. Rf2 Ke5 74. Rf5+ Ke6 75. Rf3 Rd2+ 76. Kg1 Rd5 77. Kg2 f5
78. gxf5+ Rxf5 79. Rxf5 Kxf5 80. Kf3 Ke5 81. Ke3 Kf6 82. Kf2 Ke6 83. Ke2 Kf7
84. Kf3 Kf6 85. Kf2 Kg6 86. Kg2 Kg7 87. Kg1 Kf6 88. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. d5 Nf6 12. Bd3 e5 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Nd2 Ng4
15. Bg5 f5 16. f3 Nh6 17. a4 Nf7 18. Be3 Nd6 19. Nc4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bd7 21. Qb3
b6 22. Rf1 h5 23. Rc2 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rf8+ 25. Rf2 Rxf2+ 26. Bxf2 Kh7 27. Kg1
Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Qd8 29. a5 b5 30. Bxb5 Qxa5 31. Bf1 Qb6 32. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. e4 Nh5 11. Be3 Nhf6 12. a4 Ng4 13. Bf4 e5 14. dxe5 Qa5 15.
e6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Kh1 g5 20. Rad1 b5 21. f4
gxf4 22. gxf4 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 Qxf4 24. e5 Rb8 25. Be4 Qh6 26. Qf2 Qf8 27. Qg2+
Qg7 28. Qh3 Kh8 29. Qh5 Bf8 30. Rd8 h6 31. Qf3 Kg8 32. Bh7+ Kxh7 33. Rxf8 Qg5
34. Ne4 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Nf2 Qg6+ 37. Kh3 h5 38. Rf6 Qg5 39. Qe4+ Kg7 40.
Qd4 bxa4 41. Rf3 Rb3 42. Qxa7+ Kg6 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. Rxb3 cxb3 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46.
Qxc8 Qxe5 47. Qd7+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kh6 49. Qf8+ Kg6 50. Qg8+ Kh6 51. Qf8+ Kg6 52.
Qg8+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Qb2 b6 14. a4 Bd7
15. Rfd1 Be8 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. f4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Bb3 Nc6
21. Bc4 Na5 22. Ba6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxa4 24. Rc7 e6 25. e5 Bf8 26. Rxa7 Nc6 27.
Rb7 Nb4 28. Nc3 Nxa6 29. Nxa4 Nb4 30. Nxb6 Nc2 31. Kf2 Nxd4 32. Nd7 Nc6 33. g4
Rc8 34. Kf3 Be7 35. Nb6 Re8 36. Ke4 Bd8 37. Nd7 Kg7 38. Rb1 Be7 39. Rc1 Rd8 40.
Rxc6 Rxd7 41. f5 exf5+ 42. gxf5 gxf5+ 43. Kxf5 h5 44. e6 Rd5+ 45. Ke4 Rd6 46.
Rxd6 Bxd6 47. exf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4
9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Be7 14. a5 b5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 g6 17. h3 Bf6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qd2 Be6 21. Qf4
Qd8 22. Re1 Bh8 23. Ng5 Qe7 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rc1 Nxd4 26. Rc7 Qe8 27. Qd6 Bf6
28. Bf4 Qd8 29. Qb6 e5 30. Bh6 e4 31. Qb7 Ne6 32. Rd7 Qe8 33. Bf1 d4 34. Qxe4
Qxd7 35. Qxa8+ Kf7 36. Qxa6 d3 37. Bd2 Bg5 38. Bxg5 Nxg5 39. Bxd3 Qxd3 40. Qb7+
Kf6 41. a6 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd6+ 43. g3 Qd4 44. Qc6+ Ne6 45. Kg2 b4 46. Qb7 Nc5 47.
Qf3+ Kg7 48. a7 Nd3 49. Qb7+ Kh6 50. a8=Q Qxf2+ 51. Kh1 Ne1 52. Qb5 b3 53. Qc4
1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd5 Nb6 11. Qe4 Bf5 12. Qh4 f6 13. g4 Be6 14. Bg2 Nc6 15.
O-O Kh8 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Ne4 Bg8 18. Nc5 Ncb4 19. a3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Nd5 21. Rfe1
c6 22. Nd3 g5 23. Qg3 h6 24. h4 Bh7 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. Nc5 Qc8 27. Rc1 e6 28.
Nd2 Ra7 29. Nde4 Re7 30. Nd6 Qa8 31. Rf1 a5 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Ncb7 Qa8 34.
Rxc6 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bd2 Ba5 13. Be1 Bc7 14. Rac1 Qe7 15.
Qc2 Rad8 16. Qb3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bf1 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. g3 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bg2 Qc7 24. Ne2 Nbd7 25. Bc3 Be7 26. Qc2 g6 27. b3
Bd6 28. Nf4 Ne8 29. Nd3 Ng7 30. Bb2 Be7 31. h4 Bf6 32. Ba3 Nf5 33. Bh3 Nd6 34.
h5 Nb5 35. Bb4 a5 36. Be1 Ne5 37. Nxe5 Qxe5 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Bf1 Nc3 40. a4 b5
41. Bxc3 Qxc3 42. Qxc3 Bxc3 43. axb5 cxb5 44. Bxb5 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Smeets, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Bf4 Ng6 8.
Bg3 f5 9. h4 f4 10. Bh2 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. h5 Ne5 13. Bxf4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Qxd3
15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Rh3 O-O 20. Rd6 Bxd6 21.
Qxe6+ Rf7 22. Qxd6 Qxg2 23. Rg3 Re8+ 24. Be3 Qh1 25. h6 Qh5 26. Rxg7+ Rxg7 27.
hxg7 Ng4 28. Nd5 Qe5 29. Qd7 Qe6 30. Qxb7 Rd8 31. Ne7+ Kxg7 32. Nf5+ Kf6 33.
Qg7+ Kxf5 34. Qg5+ Ke4 35. f3+ Kd3 36. Qxd8+ Kxe3 37. Qd2# 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Smeets, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nh4 Be6 10. e4 Na6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. h3 Be5 13. f4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Bd5 16. e5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. c4 Qe4 20. Re1 Qxe2+ 21.
Rxe2 Nd7 22. Be3 f6 23. Bxa7 fxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Kf7 26. Rb1 Rd7 27.
Bf2 Ke6 28. g4 Rf8 29. Be3 Rff7 30. a4 Rd3 31. a5 Rc3 32. Rd1 Rxc4 33. Bg5 Rd7
34. Rxd7 Kxd7 35. e6+ Ke8 36. Rd2 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Ne3 a5 15.
Kh1 g5 16. Bg3 Bb6 17. Re1 Kg7 18. f3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Nh5 20. Bf2 Nf4 21. d4 Qf6
22. Bc4 h5 23. Bf1 h4 24. Qd2 Rh8 25. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f4 b5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Kb1 h5 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. a3 Rb8 15.
Qe2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 b4 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Bg5 O-O 19. g4 hxg4 20. h3 g3 21. Qxg3
Rc8 22. Qg2 Kf8 23. Rhg1 Ke8 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc4 27. Re1
Kf8 28. Re3 Qc7 29. Rg3 Bf6 30. Rc3 Rc4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. Rxd6 a5 33. Rd3 Qb4
34. Nc1 a4 35. Qe2 Rb8 36. c3 Qb7 37. Rd5 Kg8 38. Ra5 Qc6 39. Qc2 Bg5 40. Rxa4
Rd8 41. Qb3 Qc5 42. Nd3 Rxd3 43. Ra8+ Bd8 44. Qa4 Kh7 45. Ka2 Rd2 46. Qb3 Qc7
47. Qb5 Kh6 48. Qe8 Kg5 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Rc1
c5 9. d5 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Qd2 e6 15. a5
exd5 16. exd5 Qh4 17. Bg4 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Bd4 19. Qd2 f5 20. Bd1 Nf6 21. Ne2 Ne4
22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Nxf4 Re8 24. Ba4 Re7 25. Rc2 Ng3 26. Rd1 Re4 27. Nd3 Kf7 28.
Re1 h5 29. Kh2 Rxe1 30. Nxe1 Ne4 31. Nd3 h4 32. Re2 Kf6 33. Bd7 Nxd5 34. cxd5
c4 35. Ne1 Bxf2 36. Nf3 g5 37. Nd2 Bg3+ 38. Kg1 Nc5 39. Bc8 c3 40. bxc3 Be5 41.
Nc4 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. f4 Rb8 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Nc4 e4 16. f5 Ra8 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. g4 h6 19. Nd6 Rf8 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qb6
22. Ndxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 gxf5 24. Ng3 Ne5 25. Qc2 Qg6 26. Bf4 Re8 27. Nh5 Ng4
28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Ra3 Bd7 30. h3 Re4 31. hxg4 Rh8+ 32. Bh2 Qh6 33. Bf3 Rd4 34.
g5 Qh3 35. Qg2 Qxg2+ 36. Bxg2 Rdh4 37. Kg1 Rxh2 38. Rc3 R2h5 39. Rxc5 Rxg5 40.
b3 f4 41. Rxf4 Bh3 42. Rf2 Rh6 43. Rc3 Bxg2 44. Rxg2 Rhg6 45. Rxg5 Rxg5+ 46.
Kf2 Rxd5 47. Rc7 b5 48. Rc6 bxa4 49. bxa4 a5 50. Ke3 f6 51. Rb6 Kf7 52. Ke4 Rg5
53. Rb8 Rh5 54. Kf4 Re5 55. Ra8 Rc5 56. Ke4 Ke7 57. Ra7+ Ke6 58. Ra6+ Kf7 59.
Ra8 Rh5 60. Kf4 Re5 61. Rb8 Ke7 62. Rb7+ Kd6 63. Rb6+ Ke7 64. Rb7+ Ke6 65. Rb6+
Kf7 66. Rb8 Kg6 67. Rg8+ Kf7 68. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h4 Qb6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. e5 dxe5
15. g5 Be7 16. f5 Nb6 17. f6 gxf6 18. gxf6 Bb4 19. Ne4 Bd7 20. a3 Bf8 21. Rh2
O-O-O 22. Rhd2 Kb8 23. Qh5 Rc8 24. Qxf7 Nd5 25. Kb1 Bc6 26. Qxc7+ Nxc7 27. Bd3
b6 28. Re2 Rd8 29. Nbd2 b5 30. Nf3 Bd6 31. Rf1 Rhf8 32. Nxd6 Bxf3 33. Rxf3 Rxd6
34. Rxe5 Rd5 35. Rxd5 Nxd5 36. f7 Kc7 37. c4 Ne7 38. cxb5 axb5 39. Rf6 Kd6 40.
Bxb5 Ke5 41. Rf1 Nf5 42. Bc4 Kd6 43. Rd1+ Ke7 44. Re1 Ng7 45. a4 Rxf7 46. a5
Rf4 47. b3 Kd6 48. Kb2 Rf7 49. Kc3 Re7 50. b4 Ne8 51. b5 Kc5 52. b6 Nd6 53.
Re5+ Kc6 54. Bxe6 Rg7 55. Kb4 Nb7 56. Bd5+ Kd6 57. Bxb7 Kxe5 58. a6 Rg4+ 59.
Kc5 Rg1 60. a7 Rc1+ 61. Kb5 Rb1+ 62. Kc6 Rc1+ 63. Kd7 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smeets, J."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

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 c5 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Rc8 19. Bb3 Nxe4 20. Qf4 Nef6
21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Qd4 N7f6 24. Bd2 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Rc1 Rxc1
27. Bxc1 Nc5 28. Bc2 Nb4 29. Be3 Nxc2 30. Bxc5 Ne1 31. Ne3 Nd3 32. b4 a5 33. a3
Nxc5 34. bxc5 b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. Kf1 b3 37. Nd1 Kf8 38. g3 g5 39. Ke2 Bg2 40.
h4 gxh4 41. gxh4 Kg7 42. Kd3 Kg6 43. Kc4 Kh5 44. Kxb3 Kxh4 45. Ne3 Bb7 46. Kc4
h5 47. Kd4 Kg5 48. Ke5 h4 49. f4+ Kg6 50. Ng4 h3 51. Nh2 f6+ 52. Ke6 Bg2 53.
Ng4 Kh5 54. Nf2 h2 55. Kxf6 Kh4 56. Ke5 Kg3 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. Nc3 b4 7. Na4 d6 8. d4 Nbd7
9. a3 a5 10. O-O c5 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Re1 Be4 13. Bh3 Be7 14. Ng5 Bg6 15. axb4 h6
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Bxe6 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Nxe6 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Qxe6+ Qe7 23. Qc6+ Kf7 24. Qd5+ Qe6 25. Qb7+ Be7 26. Nc5 Qf5 27. Nd7
Rhd8 28. Rad1 Qe4 29. Rd5 Kg8 30. Qb6 Kh7 31. h4 Bxh4 32. Rd4 Qf5 33. Rd5 Qh3
34. Qd4 Bxg3 35. Nf6+ gxf6 36. fxg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Rd8 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Qc7
15. Rfd1 b6 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Bb5 g5 18. f4 Ng6 19. fxg5 f6 20. gxf6 Rxf6 21. Kh1
Qe5 22. f3 Rdf8 23. Rf1 Nh4 24. Bd7 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Qxe4 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Bd4
Qxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Kg1 Kf6 31. Bg4 Rf4 32. h3 Ng6 33. Kg2
Ra4 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. Rf1+ Kg7 36. Be6 Ra3 37. Rf7+ Kh6 38. Rf3 b5 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

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. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb2 Qb6 14. Rfe1 Bb7
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bh3 Qc6 18. Rc1 Ne4 19. Bg2 0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Bb6 8. dxe5
Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Re1 h6 14. Nbd2 Bf5
15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Nc4 Ba7 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. h3 Nd3 21.
Re2 Ne5 22. Nd4 Qg6 23. Qc2 Bxd4 24. Qxg6 Nxg6 25. Bxd4 Re8 26. Rd2 Re6 27.
Rad1 Rc8 28. a4 f6 29. a5 Kf7 30. b3 Ne7 31. Rd3 g5 32. Kf1 Nc6 33. Bb6 Ne5 34.
Rg3 Nd7 35. Bd4 Nc5 36. c4 f5 37. Rf3 Kg6 38. g3 Ne4 39. Rfd3 h5 40. Be3 Rf8
41. Bc1 g4 42. h4 Re5 43. b4 Rc8 44. Bf4 Re6 45. Rd4 Kf7 46. R1d3 Re7 47. f3
gxf3 48. Rxf3 Ke6 49. Re3 Kf7 50. Kg2 Rec7 51. c5 dxc5 52. Rd5 Rc6 53. Rxf5+
Nf6 54. bxc5 Kg6 55. Rg5+ Kf7 56. Rf3 Ke6 57. Re5+ Kf7 58. Bg5 Kg6 59. Bxf6
Rxf6 60. Rg5+ Kf7 61. Rxh5 Rd8 62. Rh7+ Kg6 63. Rxf6+ Kxf6 64. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Ng6 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. Qd2 e6 15. Nc3
Be5 16. O-O-O Qf6 17. Nde2 Bd7 18. Kb1 b5 19. Nc1 Na5 20. Nd3 Nc4 21. Qe1 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Ke7 24. Kc1 Rhc8 25. h4 Nxh4 26. Bxh4 gxh4 27. Rxh4 Ne3
28. Re1 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 Rxc3 30. Kb2 Rbc8 31. Rf2 a5 32. Rxh6 b4 33. g4 Bb5 34.
Rd2 a4 35. Nxb4 a3+ 36. Kc1 Rxf3 37. Rh1 Rc4 38. Nd3 Rxe4 39. Ne1 Rg3 40. Rf2
Bc4 41. Kd2 Bxa2 42. Rh7 e5 43. Nd3 Rexg4 44. Rh8 Bd5 45. Rc8 Kd7 46. Rc3 a2
47. Ra3 Rg2 48. Ra7+ Ke6 49. Kc3 Rxf2 50. Nxf2 Rg1 0-1

