[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne1 Qc8 12. e4 Nd7 13. exf5 exf5 14. d5 Qe8 15.
Bd2 Ne5 16. f4 Nd7 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Bc3 a5 20. Bf3 Qh3 21. Rae1 Rae8
22. a3 a4 23. Ne6 Nxe6 24. dxe6 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Qh5 26. Rfe3 Ra8 27. Qg2 h6 28.
Qc6 Ra7 29. Qd5 Qg6 30. R1e2 Kh7 31. h3 h5 32. Rh2 Bf6 33. Bxf6 Rxf6 34. e7 Qe8
35. Qb5 c6 36. Qxb6 Rxe7 37. Rhe2 Rfe6 38. Kf2 c5 39. Rxe6 Rxe6 40. Rxe6 Qxe6
41. Qb5 Qe4 42. Qxa4 Qd4+ 43. Kf1 Qd3+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kf3 Qc1 46. Qb3 Qf1+
47. Ke3 Qxh3 48. Qd1 Qxg3+ 49. Qf3 Qg1+ 50. Ke2 Kh6 51. Qf2 Qb1 52. Qh4 Qxb2+
53. Ke1 Qc1+ 54. Kf2 Qd2+ 55. Kg1 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Qe2+ 57. Kg1 g6 58. a4 Kg7 59.
a5 Kf7 60. Qd8 Qg4+ 61. Kh1 Qxf4 62. a6 Qc1+ 63. Kg2 Qb2+ 64. Kf3 Qb3+ 65. Kf2
Qa2+ 66. Kf3 Qa3+ 67. Kf4 g5+ 68. Qxg5 Qc1+ 69. Kxf5 Qc2+ 70. Kf4 Qxc4+ 71. Kf5
Qd3+ 72. Kf4 Qxa6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 a6 8. Rd1
c6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bf4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Qb6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bd3 Qc6 18. Qe2 d4 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qg3 dxe3 21. fxe3
Rfd8 22. Bg5 h4 23. Qg4 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Rd7 25. Be4 Qc7 26. Qxh4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4
Rc8 28. h3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 g6 30. Qf4 Qc4 31. Kh2 Qxa2 32. Rf1 Rf8 33. Qg5 Qd5
34. Rf4 Rc8 35. Qf6 Rc4 36. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 e5 14. e4 Qf6
15. Nf3 Rfe8 16. Qa4 Qe7 17. Qc6 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Nb8 19. Qa4 c6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21.
c5 dxc5 22. Nxe5 cxd4 23. cxd4 Qb7 24. Qb3 Rcd8 25. Nc4 Qd7 26. Kg1 h6 27. a4
Qe6 28. Qc3 Nd7 29. a5 b5 30. Nd2 Nf6 31. f3 h5 32. Nb3 h4 33. g4 Rb8 34. Nc5
b4 35. Qb3 Qe7 36. Qc4 Rb5 37. Nb3 Qd7 38. Qf1 Reb8 39. Qf2 h3 40. Qg3 Nh7 41.
Qxh3 Ng5 42. Qg2 Qe6 43. Rd3 Qc4 44. Rde3 Re8 45. h4 Nh7 46. d5 cxd5 47. Rc1
Rc8 48. Rxc4 dxc4 49. Nd4 Rbb8 50. Qb2 Nf6 51. Nc2 c3 52. Qb3 Nd7 53. Nxb4 c2
54. Qxc2 Rxc2 55. Nxc2 Rb5 56. Ra3 Rb1+ 57. Kf2 Rb2 58. Rc3 Ra2 59. Rc8+ Nf8
60. h5 f6 61. Kg3 Rxa5 62. Nd4 Ra6 63. Nf5 Ra3 64. Nh4 Kf7 65. Rc7+ Kg8 66. Ng6
Nxg6 67. hxg6 Kf8 68. Rc8+ Ke7 69. Rg8 Ra6 70. Rxg7+ Kf8 71. Rf7+ Kg8 72. Kf4
Ra3 73. Rxf6 a5 74. Ra6 Kg7 75. g5 a4 76. Kg4 Ra1 77. Kf5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Qc2 Be4 8. Qa4
c5 9. d5 exd5 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Ne5 d5 13. Rd1 f5 14. Nxc4 Bf6 15.
f3 Nd6 16. Rxd5 b5 17. Qd1 bxc4 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Rxd6 Qb7 20. Bc1 f4 21. Qc2 Nc6
22. Qxc4+ Kh8 23. Bxf4 Qxb2 24. Rad1 Nd4 25. e3 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Nxf4 27. gxf4 Qf2
28. R6d3 Rac8 29. f5 Rfe8 30. Rf1 Qe2 31. e4 Rb8 32. Rc3 Qd2 33. Rc2 Qf4 34.
Qxc5 Be5 35. Qg1 Rb6 36. Bh3 Rh6 37. Qg4 Qe3 38. Rg2 Bf6 39. Rd1 Rg8 40. Qg3
Bh4 41. Qg4 Bf6 42. Rgd2 g6 43. Rg2 Rh4 44. Qg3 Qh6 45. Qd6 Qf8 46. Qxf8 Rxf8
47. Rg3 Be5 48. Kg2 gxf5 49. Bxf5 Bxg3 50. hxg3 Rh6 51. Rd7 Ra6 52. Rxh7+ Kg8
53. Rb7 Rxa2+ 54. Kh3 Ra6 55. g4 Rf7 56. Rb2 Rh6+ 57. Kg3 a5 58. g5 Ra6 59. Bc8
Rg6 60. f4 Ra7 61. Kg4 a4 62. f5 Rc6 63. Rb8 Kg7 64. f6+ Rxf6 65. gxf6+ Kxf6
66. Kf4 a3 67. Rb1 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1947.11.25"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Bd3
Nf6 15. a4 a5 16. Ne5 Rab8 17. f4 c5 18. f5 exf5 19. Bxf5 g6 20. Bd3 Rbd8 21.
Rae1 Nd7 22. Nxf7 Rde8 23. Bxg6 Kg7 24. Ne5 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rf8 26. Rxf8 Nxe5
27. Re8 Qh4 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Nxg6 30. Rb8 Bc6 31. Rxb6 Bxa4 32. Ra6 c4
33. Rxa5 Bc2 34. Rc5 Bd3 35. g3 Nf8 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. e4 Ne6 38. Rc6 Ke7 39. h4
Kd7 40. d5 Nd8 41. Rxh6 Bxe4 42. g4 Bxd5 43. g5 Be4 44. Ke3 Bd3 45. g6 Ne6 46.
Rh7+ Ke8 47. h5 Kf8 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Re7 Ng7 50. Re5 Nf5+ 51. Kf4 Nh4 52. Kg4
Nxg6 53. hxg6 Bxg6 54. Kf4 Kf7 55. Ke3 Kf6 56. Kd4 Bf7 57. Rc5 Ke6 58. Kxc4
Kd6+ 59. Kd4 Bb3 60. Rb5 Bd1 61. Rb6+ Kc7 62. Rf6 Be2 63. c4 Kb7 64. Kc5 Bd3
65. Rf7+ Ka6 66. Rf3 Bc2 67. Rf2 Be4 68. Rb2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Tsvetkov, Alexandar K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1947.11.25"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. Qd2 Ne8 10. g4 f5 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. O-O-O f4 13. Bf2 Nf6 14. Kb1 Bd7 15.
c5 Qe8 16. Nc1 Qh5 17. Be2 Bh3 18. Rdg1 Ne8 19. Qd1 Rf6 20. Nd3 Rg6 21. Rxg6
Nxg6 22. Ne1 Bf6 23. Qb3 Bc8 24. h4 Nf8 25. a4 Qf7 26. a5 Kh8 27. Qa4 Qe7 28.
c6 Qd8 29. cxb7 Bxb7 30. a6 Bc8 31. Bb5 Bd7 32. Qc4 Qc8 33. Bc6 Bxc6 34. Qxc6
Nd7 35. Nb5 Nb6 36. Bxb6 cxb6 37. Qxc8 Rxc8 38. Nd3 Kg7 39. h5 Kh6 40. b3 Rd8
41. Nb4 Rd7 42. Rc1 Rd8 43. Nc6 Ra8 44. Ncxa7 Bd8 45. Rc8 Nc7 46. Nxc7 Rxa7 47.
Nb5 Rxa6 48. Rxd8 Kxh5 49. Nxd6 b5 50. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Plater, Kazimierz"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1947.11.25"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bf4 Bf5 8.
Nbc3 c6 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. Qd3 Qf6 11. Bxd6 Nxd6 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. Rae1 Rae8 14.
Nd1 Re6 15. Re3 Rxe3 16. Nxe3 Re8 17. c3 Re6 18. Nc2 Qf4 19. Re1 Ne4 20. Nxe4
dxe4 21. Qe3 Qd6 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke2 c5 26. d5 Rb6
27. b3 Ra6 28. Kd2 Rxa2 29. Rxe4+ Kd6 30. c4 b5 31. f4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Nb6 33.
Kc3 Na4+ 34. Kd2 Rb2 35. Re3 Nb6 36. Rc3 Rb1 37. Na3 Rg1 38. Nb5+ Kd7 39. Nxa7
Rxg2+ 40. Kc1 Nc8 41. Nc6 Nd6 42. Ra3 Kc7 43. Ra7+ Kb6 44. Rd7 Nxc4 45. Ne5 Ne3
46. Rxf7 c4 47. Nxc4+ Nxc4 48. Rxg7 h5 49. Rh7 Rh2 50. f5 Kc5 51. f6 Kd4 52.
Kb1 Kc3 53. d6 Na3+ 54. Ka1 Nc2+ 55. Ka2 Nb4+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 a5 12. Ne1 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. e4 fxe4 15.
Bxe4 Nd8 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Nd3 c5 18. Ne5 a4 19. f4 axb3 20. axb3 Na5 21. Qe3
d6 22. Nf3 Rfe8 23. Rf2 Qb7 24. g4 cxd4 25. Nxd4 e5 26. Nf5 exf4 27. Qxf4 Bxb2
28. Rxb2 Re6 29. Rf2 h6 30. Nxd6 Qc7 31. Nf5 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Rd8 33. b4 Nc6 34.
b5 g5 35. Rf2 Nd4 36. Ng3 Re3 37. Rf6 Re6 38. Rxe6 Nxe6 39. Ra6 Rb8 40. Nf5 Kh7
41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Ne7+ Kf6 43. Nc6 Re8 44. Rb7 Nc5 45. Rxb6 Re4 46. Na5+ Ke5 47.
Rxh6 Re1+ 48. Kg2 Ra1 49. Nc6+ Ke4 50. Rf6 Rc1 51. Rf2 Rxc4 52. Re2+ Kf4 53. h3
Rc3 54. Nd4 Rg3+ 55. Kh2 Rd3 56. Nf5 Kf3 57. Re3+ Rxe3 58. Nxe3 Kxe3 59. h4 Ke4
60. h5 Ke5 61. b6 Nb7 62. Kg3 Nd8 63. Kf3 Kd5 64. h6 Kc6 65. h7 Nf7 66. Ke4
Kxb6 67. Kf5 Nh8 68. Kf6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. Re1 b5 8. Bc2
e5 9. h3 Qc7 10. d3 Be7 11. Nbd2 g5 12. Nh2 Rg8 13. Ndf1 g4 14. h4 d5 15. Bg5
d4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Ne3 Qd6 18. a4 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. axb5 Qxh4 21. bxa6 Kf8
22. Nef1 Qf6 23. a7 Qb6 24. Ne3 g3 25. fxg3 Rxg3 26. Nd5 Qg6 27. Kh1 Rxg2 28.
Ne3 Bh3 29. Rg1 Rxg1+ 30. Qxg1 Bg5 31. Nd5 Nxc2 32. Qxc5+ Kg7 33. Qxc2 Rd8 34.
a8=Q Rxa8 35. Rxa8 Bh4 36. Ra1 Kh7 37. Rg1 Qh5 38. Qf2 Kh8 39. Nf6 Bxf2 40.
Rg8# 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qb3 a6 7. a4 Bd6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Qc2 e5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Bc7 14. Ng3 Qe6 15.
a5 Re8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Neg4 18. e4 Qd6 19. Kh1 Qd4 20. e5 Nd5 21. Nd1 b5
22. axb6 Bxb6 23. Ra3 h5 24. Nxh5 g6 25. Ng3 Kg7 26. h3 Rh8 27. Raf3 Rh4 28.
Bc3 Nxc3 29. Qxc3 Be6 30. f5 Bd5 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. e6 Qxc3 33. Nxc3 Bxf3 34.
Bxf3 Ne5 35. Nge4 Re8 36. Ra1 Nxf3 37. Rxa6 Nd4 38. Rxb6 Rxe6 39. Rb7+ Kh6 40.
g4 Rxh3+ 41. Kg2 Re3 42. Ng3 Kg5 43. Nd1 Rd3 44. Nf2 Rd2 45. Rf7 Rxb2 46. Kh3
Rxf2 47. Rxf2 c3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. d4 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 c6 8. Ba3 b6
9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Ba6 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. Qb2 b5 14. c5 Qc7 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4 Rce8 18. Nf3 Bc8 19. e3 Kh8 20. h3 Rg8 21. g4 Nf8
22. Kh1 Re7 23. Rg1 Bd7 24. Bf1 Be8 25. Bd3 g6 26. Rg3 Reg7 27. Rcg1 Qe7 28. b4
Bd7 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra1 h6 32. h4 fxg4 33. Rxg4 Be8 34. Qh2 Nh7 35.
Nd4 Nf8 36. Rg2 Qf7 37. Ra6 Qc7 38. Rga2 Re7 39. Rb6 Qc8 40. Raa6 Rc7 41. Qa2
Qd8 42. Nf3 Qe7 43. Rb8 Nd7 44. Rba8 Bf7 45. Rxg8+ Kxg8 46. Rxc6 Rxc6 47. Qa8+
Nb8 48. Qxb8+ Kg7 49. Bxb5 Rc7 50. Qb6 Ra7 51. Ba6 d4 52. exd4 g5 53. hxg5 hxg5
54. d5 Rxa6 55. Qxa6 gxf4 56. d6 Qe8 57. Kg2 Qh8 58. Qc4 Qh6 59. Kf2 Bh5 60. d7
Bxf3 61. d8=Q Qh2+ 62. Kxf3 Qh1+ 63. Kxf4 Qh2+ 64. Kf3 Qh1+ 65. Ke2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Nd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O Be7 14. f4 Qd4+
15. Kh1 f5 16. Ng3 O-O 17. Qc2 g6 18. Rad1 Qg7 19. Ne2 h5 20. Ng1 Bf6 21. b3
Bd7 22. Nf3 Rae8 23. c5 Be6 24. Rfe1 Bd5 25. Bc4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qf7 27. Bxd5
Qxd5 28. h3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Be7 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15.
Ne5 Rd8 16. Qa7 Bd5 17. Qxa6 Qxa6 18. Bxa6 O-O 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Rac1 f5 21. f3
Kf7 22. Bb5 Nf6 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rdc1 Rb8 25. Bf1 Rfd8 26. Bd4 Ne8 27. R7c2 Bf6
28. Bxf6 Kxf6 29. Rd2 Nd6 30. Rd4 g5 31. Rc7 Rdc8 32. Rxc8 Nxc8 33. Nc5 Ra8 34.
Na6 Ne7 35. Nxb4 Ra3 36. Rd2 h5 37. Rb2 g4 38. Kf2 h4 39. Bd3 Bb7 40. fxg4 fxg4
41. Be2 Kg5 42. Bd3 e5 43. e4 Ng6 44. g3 Ra8 45. Ke3 hxg3 46. hxg3 Rh8 47. Bf1
Rd8 48. Nd3 Rc8 49. Rf2 Ba6 50. Rf5+ Kh6 51. Nxe5 Bxf1 52. Nxg4+ Kg7 53. Rxf1
Rc2 54. Rf2 Rc3+ 55. Kd4 Rxg3 56. Ne5 Nf8 57. Kd5 Rg1 58. Nf3 Rc1 59. e5 Kf7
60. Nd4+ Ke8 61. Rc2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pogrebissky, Iosif"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Qg3 g6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 Qa5 13. d4 h5 14. Qd3 b5 15.
Bd2 Qa4 16. Reb1 Nb6 17. Rb3 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rb8 19. Qd1 Kd7 20. Bd3 Rhc8 21. Qf3
Ke8 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 c5 24. Qe2 a6 25. Kg2 g5 26. Bh7 Kd7 27. Qf3 Rf8 28.
Bd3 Kc6 29. Rab1 f6 30. Qe2 fxe5 31. Bxc4 Qxc4 32. Qxe5 Bd6 33. Qe1 Rh8 34. Be3
Rh2+ 35. Kg1 Rbh8 36. Qd2 R8h4 37. Qd3 Rxg4+ 38. Kf1 Qxd3+ 39. cxd3 c4 40. dxc4
dxc4 41. R3b2 Ba3 42. Ke2 Bxb2 43. Rxb2 Rg1 44. a4 g4 45. axb5+ axb5 46. Ra2 g3
47. Ra6+ Kb7 48. Rxe6 gxf2 49. Bxf2 Rgg2 50. Rf6 b4 51. cxb4 c3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil Silovanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nf6 7. h4 h6 8.
Nf4 Bh7 9. Be3 e6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd5 12. O-O-O Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Nd7 14. Kb1
Nf6 15. Be5 Qb6 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Qf3 Rd5 19. c4 Ra5 20. d5 Ra3 21.
Nc3 cxd5 22. cxd5 Rd8 23. d6 Bf8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qxf6 Rxd6 26. Qxf7 Rxd1+ 27.
Nxd1 Qd8 28. Qxe6+ Kb8 29. Nc3 Ra6 30. Qe5+ Bd6 31. Rd3 Qf8 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33.
Ne4 Kc7 34. Qxd6+ Qxd6 35. Nxd6 Kxd6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A99"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Qe8 8. Bb2 a5
9. Nc3 Qh5 10. Re1 Na6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bf6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15.
Re1 a4 16. Bc3 axb3 17. axb3 Nc5 18. dxc5 Bxc3 19. Rh4 Qg6 20. Rd1 e5 21. cxd6
cxd6 22. c5 d5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Qxe5 Qc2 26. Rf1 Rae8 27. Qd4
Bc6 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. b4 Rd8 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 Rd2 32. f3 h6 33. Rf2 Rd1+
34. Kg2 Ra8 35. Rfe2 Rb1 36. Re8+ Rxe8 37. Rxe8+ Kh7 38. Re4 Rb2+ 39. Kh3 Kg6
40. Kg4 Kf6 41. h4 g6 42. h5 gxh5+ 43. Kxh5 Rg2 44. Kg4 h5+ 45. Kf4 Rb2 46. Rd4
Rb3 47. Rd6+ Ke7 48. Rxc6 Rxb4+ 49. Kg5 Rb3 50. Rf6 h4 51. gxh4 Rc3 52. Rf5 Rc1
53. Kg6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Grechkin, Dmitry Makarovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

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. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Rxd8 Rfxd8 14. Nbd2
Nc5 15. h3 Nd3 16. b3 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Rd4 20. Ba3 c5
21. Bb2 Rxc4 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Re1 Rb4 24. Bc3 Rb6 25. Qg3 Bf8 26. a4 Rb3 27. h4
h6 28. Re3 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Rd1 30. f4 Rd5 31. Qf3 g6 32. Qe2 Rc6 33. Re5 Bg7 34.
Rxd5 Bxd5 35. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh Moiseevich"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Be6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Bd6 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Re1 Rhe8 12. Nf1 Bc7 13. Kh1 Ng4 14. Bg5 f6
15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 exd4 17. cxd4 Kb8 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Nf5 Rd7
21. Qf2 g6 22. d5 cxd5 23. exd5 Qf7 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. d6 Bxd6 26. Nxd6 Rxd6
27. Qg3 Qd7 28. Rd1 Nc8 29. Rc1 Ne7 30. h3 Nf5 31. Qf4 Ka8 32. Kh2 a6 33. Rc5
Rc6 34. Rxc6 Qxc6 35. Kh1 h5 36. Qb4 Ka7 37. Qe1 Qc4 38. Qf2+ Ka8 39. Qb6 Qc1+
40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 g5 42. Qc5 Nd6 43. Qd4 Qxd4 44. Nxd4 h4 45. Kg1 Kb8 46.
Kf2 Kc7 47. Kf3 Kd7 48. g3 hxg3 49. Kxg3 Nc4 50. b3 Ne5 51. Kf2 Nc6 52. Nc2 Kd6
53. Ke3 Kd5 54. Ne1 Ne5 55. Nc2 f5 56. Nb4+ Kc5 57. Nc2 Nc6 58. a3 Kd5 59. Kd3
Ne5+ 60. Ke3 f4+ 61. Ke2 Ke4 62. Ne1 Nc6 63. Kf2 Nd4 64. b4 b5 65. Kf1 Nf3 66.
Ng2 Nd2+ 67. Kf2 Nc4 68. Ne1 Nxa3 69. Nf3 Nc2 70. Nxg5+ Kf5 71. Nf3 Nxb4 72.
Nd4+ Ke4 73. Nb3 Nd3+ 74. Ke2 f3+ 75. Kd2 Nf4 76. h4 f2 77. Kc2 Ke3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Vasiliev, Victor Andreevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 a6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Rd1 Be7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 h5 14. g5 Be4 15.
Nc3 Bc6 16. g6 Rh6 17. gxf7+ Kf8 18. e4 Bc5+ 19. Kh2 Qe7 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxh6
Qxe5+ 22. Kh1 gxh6 23. Bd5 Nf6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. exf5 Qxe2 26. Nxe2 Kxf7 27.
Rac1 Bd6 28. Rxc6 Ne4 29. Rd4 Re8 30. Kg2 Ng5 31. Nc3 Re3 32. Rh4 Rg3+ 33. Kf1
Nxh3 34. Rxh5 Rg1+ 35. Ke2 Rg2+ 36. Ke3 Rg3+ 37. Kd2 Rg2+ 38. Kd1 Nf2+ 39. Kc2
Ne4+ 40. Kb3 Nc5+ 41. Rxc5 Bxc5 42. Rxh6 Bd6 43. Re6 Rf2 44. Ne4 Be7 45. Nxf2
1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. c4 Be6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O O-O-O
14. Be3 Be7 15. Rfd1 Bf6 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Be6 18. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8.
e5 dxe5 9. Qxe5+ Be7 10. Re1 b5 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 Ra7 13. axb5 O-O 14. b6 Qxb6
15. d3 Bb4 16. Rf1 Qd8 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Qg3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Nd2 h6 21.
Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Ne4 Re6 23. Qh3 Qd5 24. c3 dxc3 25. bxc3 Be7 26. f4 f5 27. c4
Qd4+ 28. Kh1 g6 29. Rab1 h5 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Qg3 fxe4 32. f5 Rf6 33. Rh8 Qxd3
34. fxg6+ Kg7 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Qxd3 exd3 37. Rxf6 Bxf6 38. Rxa7 Bd4 39. Rf7 d2
40. Rf1 Bb2 41. Kg1 a4 42. Kf2 a3 43. Ke2 a2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
c6 9. a3 a6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Ba2 c5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd7 16. Bg3 b4 17. Nb1 Nb6 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Nc4 Qb5 21. Qc2 Bd5
22. Bb1 g6 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 f5 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Qe2 a5 27. Be5 Nc4 28.
Bc3 Qb7 29. Bd3 Nxd6 30. Ba6 Qc6 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Rfd1 a4 33. f3 Kh7 34. Qf2
Bb3 35. Rd3 Nb5 36. Be5 c4 37. Qd2 Qb6 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Re1 Qc6
41. Rxg6 c3 42. bxc3 Qd5 43. Qxd5 Bxd5 44. Rxh6 Kf7 45. h4 a3 46. h5 Rg8 47.
Rh7+ Ke8 48. Kf2 Bc4 49. h6 a2 50. Rb7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. d5 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Na6 11. e4 f6 12. Rad1 e5 13. a3 Nb8 14. b4 a5 15. Qb2
axb4 16. axb4 Na6 17. Na2 Bd6 18. Ne1 Qe7 19. Nc2 c5 20. Ne3 g6 21. b5 Nb4 22.
Nc3 Ra5 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rb8 25. h4 Qd8 26. h5 Ra8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Rf1
Qb8 29. Qe2 Ra3 30. Qg4 Qe8 31. Ne2 Bf8 32. Qh4 Bg7 33. Bf3 d6 34. Kg2 Kf7 35.
Nf5 Qf8 36. Nxg7 Qxg7 37. Qg4 Kf8 38. Rh1 Ra8 39. Qh3 Nd3 40. Nc3 Bc8 41. Qh4
Ra3 42. Nd1 Ke8 43. Be2 Bd7 44. Ne3 Ke7 45. Bxd3 Rxd3 46. Ra1 Kd8 47. Ra8+ Bc8
1-0

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. b3
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 h5 11. Nc3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Bd7 13. Qd2 a5 14. g3 h4 15.
g4 Nfe7 16. h3 f6 17. Kg2 Rf8 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. Bxd4
Bc6+ 22. Kg1 Qc7 23. Rh2 O-O-O 24. Bc4 Ng6 25. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai G"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

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. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Na5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Bc1 Qd7
15. b3 Nd6 16. Nd2 b4 17. c4 Nb7 18. Nf1 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. h3 Nf6 21. Bb2
Nd7 22. Ne3 Rfd8 23. Rad1 c6 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Rd3 f6 26. Rg3 Kf7 27. Bc1 Ndc5
28. h4 Ne6 29. h5 Rd7 30. Ne3 Rad8 31. Nd5 Nd4 32. Bb1 cxd5 33. exd5 Kg8 34. f4
Bd6 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Rg5 Rf7 37. Be3 Rdf8 38. Rg4 Rf1+ 39. Rxf1 Ne2+ 40. Kh2
Rxf1 41. Be4 Nc5 42. Bxc5 Bxc5 43. h6 g6 44. Bd3 Re1 45. g3 Nc3 46. Bxg6 hxg6
47. Rxg6+ Kh7 48. Rc6 Bf8 49. d6 Rd1 50. c5 e4 51. Rc7+ Kxh6 52. Re7 Kg5 53.
Kg2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Liublinsky, Victor Alexandrovic"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. a4 Be6 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. f3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c4 Bg5 15.
Bf2 b6 16. a5 Nc5 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rfc8 21. h4
Be7 22. b4 Qc7 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rac1 a5 25. Rfd1 Rd8 26. Qe2 a4 27. Bxc5 Qxc5+
28. Qf2 Rac8 29. Rc2 Kf8 30. Qxc5+ Rxc5 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke2 Rb8 33. Kd3 Kd6 34.
Rdd2 Ra5 35. Rc3 f5 36. Ra2 Kc5 37. Re2 Re8 38. Rb2 a3 39. Ra2 Rea8 40. Rb3 e4+
41. fxe4 fxe4+ 42. Kc3 e3 43. Kd3 e2 44. Rb1 Re8 45. Re1 Ra4 46. h5 Re5 47. d6
Kxd6 48. Kc2 Kc5 49. Kb1 Kxc4 50. Rexe2 Rxe2 51. Rxe2 Kd3 52. Rf2 Ra5 53. Rf7
Rg5 54. Rf3+ Ke4 55. Rxa3 Rxh5 56. Kc1 Rd5 57. Ra7 g5 58. Rf7 h5 59. Rf8 h4 60.
Rf2 g4 61. Rf8 Ke3 62. Rf7 Rd4 63. Rf8 Rf4 64. Rh8 g3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tartu"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay Alexandrovi"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Ne5
Qc8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Ng4 f5 13. exf5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
exf5 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Qf3 Ne4 17. Re1 Ng5 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. h4 Ne4 20. Bb2 c6 21.
Qc4 f4 22. Nd1 Qg4 23. Qxc6 fxg3 24. Rxe4 Qf3+ 25. Kf1 g2+ 26. Kg1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "LTU-ch"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Rd1 a5 13. e4 e5 14. Bg5 exd4 15.
Rxd4 Ne5 16. Qd1 Qe7 17. Be2 h6 18. Bh4 Ng6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bg4 Ne5 21. Rc1
Bc5 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Nd5 cxd5 24. Rxc5 dxe4 25. Qe2 Nd3 26. Rb5 Qd4 27. Qe3
Qxa4 28. Rxb7 Qc6 29. Qb6 Qc1+ 30. Rd1 Qg5 31. Ra7 Rd5 32. Qe3 Qe5 33. Be2 Qxb2
34. Qxe4 Nxf2 35. Rb7 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Qd2 37. Qe2 Qxd1+ 38. Kxf2 Qxe2+ 39. Kxe2
Ra8 40. Kd2 a4 41. Kc2 a3 42. Kb1 a2+ 43. Ka1 g6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Furman, Semen Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Ngf3 c5 7. a3 Ba5 8.
b4 cxb4 9. Qa4 Nc6 10. Nb3 Qd8 11. d5 bxa3+ 12. Kd1 exd5 13. cxd5 Bc3 14. Rxa3
O-O 15. dxc6 dxc6+ 16. Nbd2 b5 17. Qc2 Bb4 18. Rd3 Qb6 19. Qb2 c5 20. Ne1 a5
21. Rg3 f6 22. Nd3 c4 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Qxb4 Ra1+ 25. Kc2 Rd8 26. e4 Rxd2+ 27.
Kxd2 Qxf2+ 28. Be2 Qf4+ 29. Re3 Rxh1 30. Qxb5 c3+ 31. Kd3 Qd6+ 32. Qd5+ Qxd5+
33. exd5 Bf5+ 34. Kxc3 Rxh2 35. d6 Rh1 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Bc4 Rc1+
39. Kd4 Rd1+ 40. Kc5 Bg6 41. Rb7 Be8 42. Rb8 h5 43. Bb5 Rc1+ 44. Kb6 Kf7 45.
Bxe8+ Ke6 46. d7 Rb1+ 47. Kc7 Rc1+ 48. Kd8 h4 49. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Be4 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. Qe3 Nf6 14. Bh3 Qa6 15.
a4 Rae8 16. Rfe1 Ba8 17. Qc1 Qb7 18. Bg2 Qc8 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. f3
d5 22. e4 c6 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. b4 Rfe8 25. Rc1 Bf8 26. Rc2 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28.
Rxe4 Qe7 29. c5 bxc5 30. dxc5 Red8 31. Rg4 f5 32. Rd4 Rxd4 33. Qxd4 Rd8 34. Qe3
Rd5 35. Re2 Qd7 36. Bc3 Rd3 37. Qe5 Qd5 38. Qxd5 exd5 39. Be5 Kf7 40. b5 cxb5
41. c6 d4 42. Rc2 Re3 43. c7 d3 44. Rd2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Bd3 Na6 9. c3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. O-O Nf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4
15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 O-O 17. Qd3 Kh8 18. g3 Rg8 19. Kh1 Bh6 20. c4 Qd6 21.
Rad1 Rg4 22. Nh4 Rd8 23. f4 Qb4 24. b3 Qa5 25. Qf3 Rdg8 26. Qxc6 Qxa2 27. Qf3
Bxf4 28. Ng2 Bh6 29. d5 f5 30. Ra1 Qc2 31. Rxa7 f4 32. Rxf7 fxg3 33. h3 R4g6
34. d6 e5 35. d7 Bf4 36. Qd1 Qxd1 37. Rxd1 Bg5 38. Rf5 Bd8 39. Rxe5 Rh6 40. h4
Bxh4 41. Nxh4 g2+ 42. Kg1 Rxh4 43. Ree1 Kg7 44. Kxg2 Kf7+ 45. Kf3 Rh3+ 46. Kf4
Rh4+ 47. Ke5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. e4 b4 12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ba4+ Kf8
15. dxc5 Qc7 16. b4 Bd5 17. a3 h5 18. Ne5 Rd8 19. Bf4 Qc8 20. Rac1 Rg8 21. Rxc3
g5 22. Bc1 Qc7 23. Rcd3 a5 24. Bc6 axb4 25. axb4 Qb8 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Nc6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
Re8 9. Bf1 c6 10. Rb1 a6 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. b4 Nb6 14. a4 bxa4 15.
Nxa4 Bd7 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Be3 Qb8 18. Nd2 Ng4 19. Nc4 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 f5 21.
exf5 gxf5 22. Qh5 Rf8 23. Qd1 Rf6 24. Na5 Qb6 25. Rc3 e4 26. Nc6 Rh6 27. Qc1
Kh8 28. Ra3 f4 29. b5 a5 30. Qxf4 Bxc6 31. dxc6 Rf8 32. Qe3 Qc7 33. b6 Qxc6 34.
b7 Rb8 35. Qa7 Qc7 36. g3 Rh5 37. Bg2 Rc5 38. Bxe4 d5 39. Bf3 Bd4 40. Kg2 Kg7
41. Rxa5 Bxf2 42. Rxc5 Bxc5 43. Rc1 Qxg3+ 44. hxg3 Bxa7 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46. Bxd5
Rd8 47. Be4 Rd2+ 48. Kh3 h6 49. Rc8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 Bf8 15.
dxc5 dxc5 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Qf3 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Nf5 Nd7 20. Qg4 f6 21. h4
Be6 22. h5 c4 23. Re3 Kh8 24. Rg3 Nc5 25. Qh4 Qf7 26. Be3 Bxf5 27. exf5 h6 28.
Rd1 Rad8 29. Qg4 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 e4 31. Bd4 Nd3 32. Qg4 Bc5 33. Qg6 Qxg6 34.
hxg6 Bxd4 35. cxd4 Rd8 36. b3 Rxd4 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Re3 Kg8 39. f3 Kf8 40.
fxe4 Ke7 41. Kf1 Nb4 42. Bb1 Nc6 43. Ke2 Kd6 44. Ra3 Nb4 45. Ra4 c3 46. a3 c2
47. Bxc2 Nxc2 48. Rxa6+ Ke5 49. Re6+ Kf4 50. g3+ Kxg3 51. Re7 Kf4 52. Rxg7
Rxe4+ 53. Kf2 Ne3 54. Rb7 Nxf5 55. g7 Re8 56. Rf7 Kg5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 b5 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 Bb5 14. Bf4 Qc8 15.
Nd2 Nb6 16. Rdc1 Rd8 17. Nf3 Qb7 18. h3 Nfd7 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bd3 21. Qd2
Bxe4 22. Qxb4 Bd5 23. Ng5 Qd7 24. Rd1 Qe8 25. Qc3 Nd7 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. b4 Bf6
28. Qc2 Nf8 29. Ra6 Qd7 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Nd6 Ne6 32. Qf5 Bxd6 33. Bxd6 Qb7 34.
Ra4 Re8 35. h4 Qb5 36. Qc2 a5 37. Rxa5 Rxa5 38. bxa5 Qxa5 39. Kg2 h6 40. Rd2
Qb4 41. Qb2 Qe4+ 42. f3 Qe3 43. Rc2 Nd4 44. Rf2 Qd3 45. Be5 Nf5 46. Bf4 Re1 47.
Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qb7 d4 49. Qd7 Qb1 50. Kh3 Rh1+ 51. Rh2 h5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O c6 8. d4
Na6 9. b3 Re8 10. d5 c5 11. e4 Nc7 12. a3 a6 13. b4 Nd7 14. Be3 b6 15. Rb1 a5
16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qc2 Ba6 18. Na4 Ra7 19. Bd2 Na8 20. Nc1 Qc7 21. Nb3 Rb8 22.
Nxa5 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Bc8 24. Nc6 Ra6 25. Nc3 Rxc6 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. Nd5 Kf8 28.
a4 Nc7 29. Nxc7 Qxc7 30. Qb3 Ba6 31. a5 Ke7 32. Bh3 Qc6 33. f3 h6 34. Qd3 f5
35. exf5 e4 36. Qxe4+ Qxe4 37. fxe4 Bd4+ 38. Kh1 Bxc4 39. Bf1 Bxf1 40. Rxf1
gxf5 41. Rxf5 Ne5 42. a6 c4 43. Bc3 Ba7 44. Bxe5 dxe5 45. Rxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. h3 Qd8 8. Nbd2
Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. e4 Nh5
15. Nb3 Ne5 16. Qe3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Nf4 18. c4 Bc6 19. exd5 exd5 20. c5 Qe5 21.
Nd4 Rfe8 22. b4 Ba4 23. Nb3 g6 24. Bf1 Rad8 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rd1
a6 28. Kh2 Re5 29. g3 Nh5 30. Qxf6 Nxf6 31. Bd3 Ne4 32. Re1 Bxb3 33. axb3 Nd2
34. Rxe5 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Nxe5 36. Bf1 Kf8 37. b5 a5 38. f4 Nd7 39. c6 bxc6 40.
bxc6 Nb6 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Ba6 Na8 43. f5 Nc7 44. Bc8 Kd6 45. Bd7 Ke5 46. fxg6
fxg6 47. Ke3 Kd6 48. Kf4 Na6 49. Be8 Nc5 50. c7 Ne6+ 51. Kg4 Kxc7 52. Bf7 Kd6
53. Bg8 h5+ 54. Kh4 Ke5 55. g4 g5+ 56. Kxh5 d4 57. h4 d3 58. Bh7 d2 59. Bc2 Kf4
60. hxg5 Nxg5 61. Kg6 Kxg4 62. Kf6 Kf4 63. Bd1 Ne4+ 64. Ke6 Nc3 65. Bc2 Na2 66.
Kd6 Nb4 67. Bd1 Ke3 68. Kc5 Kf2 69. Kc4 Ke1 70. Bh5 Na2 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 c6 7. Bb2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. bxa5 b4 11. Na4 Qxa5 12. O-O Ba6 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Qc2 Rfc8 15.
Rec1 e6 16. Nd2 Bb5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Ng4 21.
Bxg7 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh4 23. g3 Qh3+ 24. Ke2 Kxg7 25. Rh1 Nh2 26. Qf4 Rd8 27.
Rag1 Qg4+ 28. f3 Qh5 29. g4 Qxc5 30. Rc1 Qb5+ 31. Qc4 Qb8 32. Qf4 Qb5+ 33. Ke1
Nxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Qd3 35. Rh2 Rd7 36. Re2 Rc8 37. Rxc6 Qb1+ 38. Kf2 Rxc6 39. Qxc6
Qd3 40. Bc2 Qd5 41. Qxd5 Rxd5 42. e4 Rc5 43. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Voiculescu, Paul"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 d6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Ba6 12. f4 Na5 13. f5 exf5 14. Rxf5 Bxc4
15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Qd3 Na5 18. Raf1 cxd4 19. Nf4 Rc8 20. Nd5 f6 21.
Qxd4 Nc6 22. Qf2 Ne7 23. Bd2 Nxf5 24. exf5 Nc7 25. Nf4 Qxf5 26. Be3 Kh8 27. Qa2
Qe4 28. Bd4 Nb5 29. Ne6 Nxd4 30. Nxf8 Ne2+ 31. Kf2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Paoli, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 a6
9. Nge2 Ne8 10. Ng3 Ndf6 11. Bd3 e5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. a3 Ng8 15. Qc2
Bd7 16. b4 b5 17. cxb5 c4 18. Be2 axb5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Qb7 21. Rfb1 Nc7
22. Bxc4 Nb5 23. Bxb5 Bxb5 24. Nc3 Bd7 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. b5 f6 27. Be3 Bf8 28.
Nf1 f5 29. Nd2 f4 30. Bg1 g5 31. b6 Nf6 32. Qb2 g4 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Qxa1 gxf3
35. gxf3 Bc8 36. Qa7 Qd7 37. Qxd7 Nxd7 38. Nc4 Ba6 39. Na5 Be7 40. Nc6 Bf6 41.
Na2 Kg7 42. Nab4 Bb7 43. Na5 Nc5 44. Bxc5 dxc5 45. Nd3 c4 46. Nxc4 Ba6 47. Nc5
1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. e4 b6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Na5
15. Bd3 f5 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd4 Rae8 19. Re1 Nc6 20. exf5 Nxd4 21.
cxd4 Bxd4 22. Rac1 Qd6 23. Rc4 Qd5 24. Be4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Bc5 27.
Rxe6 Rd8 28. Re2 Rxf5 29. Rc2 Rd3 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Rc3 Rd7 32. f3 a5 33. Be3
Bxe3 34. Rcxe3 b5 35. Ke1 Rfd5 36. Re6 Rd3 37. R6e5 Rb7 38. Rb2 Ra3 39. Rexb5
Rxb5 40. Rxb5 Rxa2 41. Kf1 a4 42. Ra5 a3 43. h4 Ke6 44. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Sandor, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bf4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Rad1 Bxb5 11. Nxb5 a6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bc1 Qc8 14. b3
Qe6 15. Rfe1 Qe5 16. Qd3 Bf8 17. f4 Qh5 18. h3 Rad8 19. g4 Qa5 20. g5 Nd7 21.
Bd2 Qa3 22. Nd5 Nc5 23. Qf3 c6 24. Nc3 Ne6 25. f5 Nd4 26. Qd3 Nb5 27. Na4 d5
28. e5 Qe7 29. Bf4 Qb4 30. Bg3 Qa3 31. Rf1 c5 32. Kh2 Nd4 33. Nc3 b5 34. Ne2
Nc6 35. e6 Qxa2 36. Ra1 Qb2 37. Rfb1 Nb4 38. Rxb2 Nxd3 39. cxd3 fxe6 40. Rxa6
exf5 41. Rb6 b4 42. Nf4 Bd6 43. Re2 Bxf4 44. Rxe8+ Rxe8 45. Bxf4 Re2+ 46. Kg1
Re1+ 47. Kf2 Rb1 48. d4 c4 49. Rxb4 cxb3 50. Rb7 b2 51. Bd2 Rh1 52. Rxb2 Rxh3
53. Bf4 Kf7 54. Rb7+ Kg6 55. Rd7 Ra3 56. Rxd5 Kh5 57. Rd7 Kg4 58. Bd2 Ra2 59.
Ke2 f4 60. Rxg7 f3+ 61. Kd3 Ra3+ 62. Ke4 Ra8 63. Rf7 Re8+ 64. Kd3 Kg3 65. Be3
1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nh6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. dxc5
dxe4 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Rxe4 Bf5 11. Re1 Rd5 12. c4 Rxc5 13. Be3 Rxb5 14. cxb5
Nb4 15. Na3 Ng4 16. Bd4 e5 17. Bc3 Nd3 18. Re2 Nf4 19. Rd2 Bd3 20. h3 e4 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. hxg4 exf3 23. gxf3 g5 24. Nc2 h5 25. Nd4 Rh8 26. Rad1 Bg6 27.
Nf5+ Bxf5 28. gxf5 Rc8 29. Rd7 h4 30. Rxb7 Rc2 31. Rdd7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bd2 b6 8. Rd1
Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Re8 12. a4 c6 13. a5 Rc8 14. axb6 axb6
15. Ra1 Ra8 16. Rfc1 Bf8 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qd1 Bd6 19. Ra1 Qb8 20. Ra2 Ne4 21.
g3 f5 22. Be1 h6 23. Nh4 Kg7 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. f4 Rf8 26. Bf1 Nf6 27. Qb3 Bc8
28. Qa4 c5 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Ng2 Bh3 31. Bc3 Qd8 32. b4 Bxg2 33. bxc5 Bxf1 34.
Kxf1 bxc5 35. Qa7+ Rf7 36. Qxc5 Qc7 37. Bxf6+ Kxf6 38. Qd4+ Kf5 39. Qxd5+ Kg4
40. Kg2 Rf5 41. h3+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Levit, Roman"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. O-O-O Na6 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. fxg5
hxg5 15. Bg3 Nc5 16. Rhf1 Be6 17. Bf3 Nfd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Nd5 g4 20. Be2
cxd5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nf6 23. Rdf5 Rac8+ 24. Kb1 Nxe4 25. Be1 Bh6 26. a3
Nd6 27. R5f2 Rc1+ 28. Ka2 f5 29. Bb4 Rxe2 30. Bxd6 Rxf1 31. Rxe2 f4 32. Re6 Kh7
33. Rf6 Bg5 34. Rf8 Rf2 35. Be5 Rxg2 36. Bxf4 Rf2 37. Bd6 Rxf8 38. Bxf8 Bf4 39.
Bc5 a6 40. Bg1 Kg6 41. Kb3 Kh5 42. Kc4 Kh4 43. Kc5 Bc7 44. b4 Kh3 45. a4 Bxh2
46. Bd4 Bc7 47. a5 g3 48. Kd5 g2 49. Ke6 Bg3 50. Kd7 Be1 51. Kc7 Bxb4 52. Kxb7
Bxa5 53. Kxa6 Be1 54. Kb5 Kg3 55. Be5+ Kf3 56. Bh2 Bg3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne5 Bxd2 11. Bxd2 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rfe1
Rab8 15. Rad1 Qb5 16. b3 c4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxc4 19. a3 Rb2 20. e4 Nb6
21. Bc3 Rc2 22. Bb4 Rc8 23. Rc1 Bd3 24. Rxc2 Bxc2 25. Bf1 h6 26. f3 Ba4 27. Kf2
Nd7 28. Re3 Rc2+ 29. Re2 Rc1 30. Rd2 Ne5 31. Be2 Nc6 32. Bd6 e5 33. f4 f6 34.
fxe5 fxe5 35. Bg4 Kf7 36. Kg2 Rc2 37. Rf2+ Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Bc2 39. Ke3 Kf6 40.
Bc5 Ba4 41. Be2 Ke6 42. Bc4+ Kf6 43. Kd3 Na5 44. Ba6 Nc6 45. Kc4 Bc2 46. Kd5
Ne7+ 47. Bxe7+ Kxe7 48. Kxe5 Bb3 49. Bb7 Bf7 50. Bd5 Be8 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. e5+
Ke7 53. Bb3 Bb5 54. Kc5 Bd7 55. a4 g5 56. a5 h5 57. h4 gxh4 58. gxh4 Be8 59.
Kd4 Kf8 60. Ke4 Bc6+ 61. Kf4 Ke7 62. Bd1 Be8 63. Kg5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nc2 Nc6 8.
Bg2 Be6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. Bxe3 O-O 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Rfd1
Rc4 15. Qe4 Bf6 16. Qxb7 Qa5 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd5
Rc2 21. Kf1 Rxb2 22. Rab1 Rc2 23. Rb7 a5 24. Bb3 Rc5 25. h4 h5 26. Kg2 g6 27.
Rd3 Kg7 28. Ra7 Be5 29. Rd7 Bf6 30. Rd1 Be5 31. Kf1 Bf6 32. Bd5 Rc2 33. Bb3 Rc5
34. Kg1 g5 35. hxg5 Rxg5 36. Kf1 h4 37. gxh4 Rh5 38. Rd3 Rxh4 39. Rg3+ Kh6 40.
Bxf7 Bg5 41. Rd6+ Kg7 42. Bc4 Rh5 43. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d5 8.
Bg2 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. e4 Rc8 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Rc1 dxc4 14. Nexc4
Bxc4 15. Nxc4 b5 16. Ne3 Qb6 17. Rc2 Rfd8 18. Qa1 Nf8 19. Rd1 Ng6 20. b4 a5 21.
a3 axb4 22. axb4 Ra8 23. Qb2 Ne7 24. Bf3 Qa6 25. Kg2 Kf8 26. h4 Qa3 27. Qb1 h6
28. e5 Nfd5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Nxd5 cxd5 31. Rc7 Kg8 32. Rd3 Qa6 33. Rf3 Rf8 34.
Qc2 Qb6 35. Qc5 Qxc5 36. dxc5 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rb7 d4 39. Rxb5 Rfd8 40. Rb6
d3 41. Rd6 Rdb8 42. Rd4 d2 43. Rfd3 Ra2 44. Rxd2 Rxd2 45. Rxd2 Rxb4 46. Rc2 Rb7
47. c6 Rc7 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Ke4 Kg6 50. g4 f6 51. Kd4 f5 52. Kc5 Rxc6+ 53. Kxc6
fxg4 54. Kd6 Kf5 55. Rc3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg4 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15.
Bb3 cxd5 16. a5 d4 17. axb6 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bc5 19. bxa7 h6 20. Be3 b6 21. Bd5
Rxa7 22. Rxa7 Qxa7 23. Bxh6 Nxd5 24. Qg3 f5 25. Rxd5 fxe4 26. Be3 Qa1+ 27. Kh2
Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Qa2 29. Rd2 Qb3 30. Rd7 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qxe4 Qxc3 33. Qb7+
Kg8 34. Qxb6 Qc2 35. Qd8+ Kf7 36. Qd7+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qf7 Qe4 39. g3 Kh6
40. Kg1 Kh7 41. Kh2 Qe2 42. g4 Qd2 43. Kg3 Qc3+ 44. Kh4 Qd4 45. Qf5+ g6 46.
Qf7+ Kh6 47. Qf6 Kh7 48. Kg5 Qd2+ 49. f4 exf4 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Kh6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Livshin, Iosif M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rfe1 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qf4 Bb7 13. e4 Qf6 14. Qd2
e5 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Nh4 Rab8 17. Nf5 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Nb5 Qd8 20. Qc2 a6
21. Nc3 Qd7 22. b4 Ne6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Nd8 25. Rc1 Re7 26. Re3 f6 27. Rc3
Rb7 28. Ra3 Ra7 29. Qd3 Qc8 30. Qd4 Ra8 31. Rac3 Qb8 32. f4 a5 33. a3 axb4 34.
axb4 Nf7 35. Bh3 Ra2 36. Be6 Kf8 37. Qc4 Ra7 38. Bf5 Kg8 39. Qe2 g6 40. Be6 Kg7
41. b5 Qe8 42. Qb2 Qf8 43. Re3 Qa8 44. Re2 Qf8 45. e5 Nd8 46. exd6 cxd6 47. Qd4
Rab7 48. g4 Re8 49. g5 Rbe7 50. f5 Rb7 51. Rf1 Kh8 52. gxf6 Nf7 53. fxg6 hxg6
54. Rg2 Qh6 55. Rg3 Kg8 56. Qd3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 e5 6. Nge2 Be6 7. d3 Qd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nd5 Bg4 11. Ne3 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nd4 13. Qd1 exf4 14. gxf4 Rae8
15. Bd2 Nh5 16. f5 Qd8 17. Ng4 c6 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21.
Rxf7 Qb6 22. Kh1 Kg8 23. Rf1 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qxa2 25. Rxb7 a5 26. Bc3 c5 27. Qg4
Nf6 28. Qg3 Re5 29. Qh3 h5 30. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A71"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Be2 Qe7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne5 14. f4 Ng6 15.
fxg5 hxg5 16. Kh1 Rd8 17. a4 g4 18. Nc4 Nh5 19. Bxg4 Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 Qxe4 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Bxg4 24. fxg4 Kg7 25. Rae1 Rd7 26. Kg2 Rad8 27.
Ne3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khavin, Abram Leonidovich"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1954.09.03"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc3 Naxc4 14.
Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Be6 16. Qc5 c6 17. Ng5 Bd5 18. Re7 h6 19. Nh3 b6 20. Qa3 c5
21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Qxa7 Qh4 23. Qc7 Qxd4 24. Qxb6 Qg4 25. Nf4 Qxf4 26. Qxc5 Qd2
27. b3 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Hennings, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1973.09.01"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. a4 Bb7 11. d4 h6 12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 c6 14. Na3 cxd5 15. exd5
Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qa5 18. b4 Qc7 19. Qb3 Rec8 20. Nd2 Nd7 21. a5 Bg5
22. Bf1 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. Ne4 Rb3 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Nxd6 Rxb4 27. Nxb7
Rxb7 28. d6 Nc5 29. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Budapest Tungsram"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Haag, Ervin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1976.08.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qa4 Bd5 7. Bg2 e5 8.
Nc3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Bc5 10. b4 Bd4 11. Rb1 O-O 12. b5 Re8 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O e4
15. Bg2 Re6 16. Bb2 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nbd7 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Rb4 c5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Bxe4 Rae8 22. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Budapest Spring op"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Qd8 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nfxd4 Na6 10. Be2 e5 11. Nf3 e4 12. Nfd4 Be7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. O-O
Bd7 15. f3 Nc5 16. fxe4 Ncxe4 17. Rae1 a6 18. Nc7 Rac8 19. Bf3 Bd6 20. Bxe4
Bxf4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bg5 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bxa6 Rxb2 25. Bc4 Bf6 26. Rb1
Rfb8 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. Bb3 Kf8 29. Re1 g6 30. Re3 Bc8 31. Bd5 Rd2 32. a4 Bxd4
33. cxd4 Rxd4 34. Bc6 Bd7 35. Bxd7 Rxd7 36. Ra3 Ra7 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. a5 Kd6 39.
a6 Kc5 40. Kf3 Kb5 41. Ke4 Kc5 42. Ke5 f5 43. h4 Kb4 44. Ra1 Kc4 45. h5 Kd3 46.
hxg6 hxg6 47. Kf6 Ke4 48. Kxg6 f4 49. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Orel"]
[Site "Orel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. f3
Bd7 9. Be3 e5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. g4 Be6 13. O-O-O a5 14. Kb1 a4 15.
Nc1 Qa5 16. g5 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nc5 19. a3 Bd8 20. Qxd6 Bb6 21. Qd5
Rfd8 22. Qc4 Ne6 23. Rd5 Bxe3 24. Rxa5 Nxa5 25. Qe2 Bxg5 26. Nd3 Nc4 27. Bf1
Nd4 28. Qg2 Bh6 29. Nb4 Nd2+ 30. Ka2 N2xf3 31. Bc4 Ng5 32. Bd5 Nge6 33. Bxb7
Rab8 34. Bd5 Nf4 35. Qf2 Rxd5 36. exd5 Rc8 37. Rd1 g6 1-0

[Event "Katowice Fibak op"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Be3 Bd7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Qc4+ Kh8 11. Ng5 Qe8 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. Qxe6 Nd8 14. Qh3
c6 15. Be2 b5 16. f3 Qf7 17. Kb1 Ne6 18. g3 Nd7 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Nb6 21. f5
Nc5 22. Bh5 Qg8 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. e5 Qc4 25. f6 gxf6 26. Bg6 Qg8 27. Rhg1 Rf7
28. Bxf7 Qxf7 29. e6 Qf8 30. Rdf1 Bd6 31. Ne4 Nd5 32. Rf5 Rd8 33. Rgf1 Qg7 34.
Nxf6 Nxf6 35. Rxf6 Re8 36. Qf3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 b4 11. a5 Rb8 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Na7 14. Na3 h6 15. Nc4
Bc8 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Bc2 c5 18. d4 Qc7 19. d5 Bd7 20. c4 g6 21. h3 Kg7 22. Qc1
Rh8 23. Qa3 Nh7 24. Bc3 Rhe8 25. Ng4 Bf8 26. Rab1 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Rxb1 28. Rxb1
Rb8 29. Re1 Be7 30. g3 Nf6 31. Nh2 Qc8 32. Bd1 Rb1 33. Qa4 Ne8 34. Qc2 Qb8 35.
Nf1 Bf6 36. Nd2 Rb7 37. Kg2 Nc8 38. Qd3 Ne7 39. Ba4 Kf8 40. Rh1 Bg7 41. Nf3 Nf6
42. g5 hxg5 43. Nxg5 Kg8 44. Nf3 Nh5 45. Nd2 Qc8 46. Bd1 Nf6 47. Qe3 Qe8 48.
Qg5 Nd7 49. Ba4 Qd8 50. Qh4 Nf8 51. f4 f6 52. fxe5 dxe5 53. Nb3 Qc7 54. Rb1 Nc8
55. Bc6 Rb8 56. Qh1 Ne6 57. Qd1 Nd6 58. Nd2 Nd4 59. Rxb8+ Qxb8 60. Qg4 Kh7 61.
Ba4 Bh6 62. Qd7+ Kh8 63. Qe7 Qf8 64. Qxf8+ Bxf8 65. Bxd4 exd4 66. Kf3 Be7 67.
Bc2 Kg7 68. Ba4 Bd8 69. Nb3 Nxc4 70. Nxc5 Bxa5 71. Ne6+ Kf7 72. Nxd4 Bd8 73.
Nb3 Ke7 74. Ke2 Kd6 75. Nd2 Ne5 76. Bb3 Kc5 77. Nf3 Nxf3 78. Kxf3 Bc7 79. g4 g5
80. Ke2 Kd4 81. Bc2 a5 82. Kd2 Bf4+ 83. Ke2 Kc3 84. Kd1 Kb4 85. d6 Bxd6 86. Kc1
Kc3 87. Ba4 Kd3 88. Bd7 Kxe4 89. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a4 b6 12. Ne2 Nf6 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. c3 O-O 15.
Qe2 Rac8 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. f4 Bf6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qc2 Rfe8 20. Bf2 g6 21. Nb3 e5
22. Nxc5 dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. d4 exd3 12. Nxd3 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Nd2 Bf5
15. O-O Rad8 16. Re1 Nd5 17. Bf1 c5 18. Qf3 Bg6 19. c4 Nf6 20. Nb3 Nxc4 21.
Ndxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc4 Bb4 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Bxf4 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Bd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3
27. Be3 Rd7 28. Nc5 Re7 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. b4 a5 31. a3 axb4 32. axb4 Rb8 33. Rd4
Ra7 34. g4 Ra2 35. g5 hxg5 36. Bxg5 Nh7 37. Bf4 Re8 38. Kg2 Nf8 39. Kf3 Ng6 40.
Bg3 Rb2 41. Nd3 Rb3 42. Kg2 f5 43. h4 Nf8 44. Rd5 Nh7 45. Nf4 Rxb4 46. Rxf5 Rf8
47. Rxf8+ Kxf8 48. Nd5 Rd4 49. Ne3 Kf7 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Ng2 Ra4 52. Bf4 Nf6 53.
Bg5 Nd7 54. Nf4+ Kf5 55. Nh5 Ne5+ 56. Kg2 g6 57. Ng3+ Kg4 58. Nf1 Nf7 59. Ne3+
Kh5 60. Bf6 Ra6 61. Be7 Re6 62. Nd5 Kg4 63. Ne3+ Kf4 64. Bc5 Rc6 65. Ba7 Ke4
66. Kg3 Ra6 67. Bb8 Rf6 68. Ng4 Rf3+ 69. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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. h3 h6 11. b3 c5 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nf4 g5 14. Bb2 Rg8
15. e6 Bxe6 16. Rad1+ Kc7 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. g4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Ne5 Rad8
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. f4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Ne8 25. Rf7+ Kb6 26. Re7 Nf6
27. Rxe6 Nd5 28. Rxh6 Ne3+ 29. Kg3 Nxc2 30. h4 Nd4 31. h5 Ka5 32. Rh7 b5 33. h6
Rh1 34. Kg2 Rh4 35. Kg3 Rh1 36. g5 Kb4 37. Nd3+ Kc3 38. Nxc5 a5 39. Rf7 Kb4 40.
Nd3+ Kc3 41. Nf2 Rh5 42. Nh3 Ne6 43. Rf3+ Kb2 44. Kg4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Bf5 12. Rd1 a4 13. d5 Na5 14. Nd4 Nac4 15.
Nxf5 gxf5 16. Qc2 Nd6 17. Rb1 Ra5 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Qc8 20. Bf4 h6 21. Rbc1
Rb5 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Qg4 24. Qd3 Rb4 25. Bf3 Qg6 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. Qxg6
fxg6 28. Bg4 g5 29. Be6+ Kf8 30. Be3 Rxb3 31. h4 Bf6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kg2 Rb4
34. Rh1 Kg7 35. Rh5 Rh8 36. Rxh8 Kxh8 37. Rh1+ Kg7 38. Rh5 Nc4 39. Bxg5 Kg6 40.
f4 Kxh5 41. Bf7+ Kg4 42. Be6+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. Bf4 Nh4 17. Kh1 Nf3 18. Kg2 Nh4+ 19. Kh1 Nf3 20. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. b3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxe5 14. Bb2 c6
15. Rd2 Bf5 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. h3 h5 18. Kh2 Be5 19. Kg1 Bf6 20. Bf1 Kf8 21. Kg2
Rad8 22. Ba3+ Kg8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. e4 Be6 26. Ne2 Nc8 27. Nf4
Bd7 28. Nd3 Be7 29. Bc5 Kf8 30. f4 b6 31. Be3 Nd6 32. Ne5 Be8 33. Bd3 c5 34.
Kf3 f6 35. Nc4 Bc6 36. Nxd6 Bxd6 37. Bd2 b5 38. Bc3 Kf7 39. Ke3 a6 40. Be2 Bd7
41. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Be3 Bc6 14. a5 a6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rdc1 Qc7 17. Na4 Nfd5 18. Bd2 Rfb8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nf4 21.
Qe4 Nbd5 22. b3 Ng6 23. Qe2 Qb7 24. Ra4 Rd8 25. g3 Nge7 26. Rb1 Nf5 27. Bd3 Qd7
28. Bc2 Nc7 29. Rd1 Nb5 30. Qe4 h5 31. Bg5 Qxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 Rd5 34.
Rc4 Ra7 35. Qf3 f6 36. Be3 Rad7 37. Re4 Re7 38. Bf4 Nfd4 39. Qd3 Nf5 40. Qf3
Nfd4 41. Qd3 Nf5 42. Qc2 e5 43. Be3 Red7 44. Qe2 g6 45. Qc4 Kg7 46. f4 Nxe3+
47. Rxe3 Rd2+ 48. Re2 e4 49. Kf2 f5 50. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 51. Ke1 Rd5 52. h3 Kf6 53.
g4 h4 54. b4 Rd8 55. gxf5 gxf5 56. Qe2 Nc3 57. Qh5 Rd1+ 58. Kf2 Rd2+ 59. Ke1
Rd1+ 60. Kf2 Rd2+ 61. Ke1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. e3 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Nge2
Na5 9. Bxb7 Nxb7 10. O-O c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Be1 f5 14. f3 Nf6 15.
b4 O-O 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rb1 Nd6 18. Qd3 Rfc8 19. Kg2 cxd4 20. Bb4 a5 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. Rfc1 Qa6 23. Nxd4 Qd6 24. Rb5 Rc5 25. Qc3 h6 26. a4 Nd5 27. cxd5 Rxc3
28. Rxc3 Kh7 29. dxe6 dxe6 30. Rb7 e5 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Rcc7 exd4 33. Rh7+ Kg8
34. Rcg7+ Kf8 35. Rf7+ Ke8 36. Rfg7 Qf8 37. exd4 Rd8 38. Ra7 Qf6 39. Rxa5 Rxd4
40. Rb7 Rd7 41. Rbb5 f4 42. Re5+ Kd8 43. Re2 Qc6 44. Rf5 fxg3 45. hxg3 Qxa4 46.
Rf8+ Kc7 47. Rfe8 Qb4 48. R8e4 Qa3 49. g4 Qd6 50. Re6 Qf4 51. Re7 h5 52. Rxd7+
Kxd7 53. gxh5 Qg5+ 54. Kf2 Qxh5 55. Kg2 Qg5+ 56. Kf2 Qf4 57. Kg2 Kd6 58. Re4
Qd2+ 59. Kg3 Kd5 60. Rg4 Qe2 61. Re4 Qf1 62. Kg4 Qg2+ 63. Kf4 Qg1 64. Re5+ Kd4
65. Re4+ Kd3 66. Re5 Qh2+ 67. Kf5 Qh5+ 68. Kf4 Qh2+ 69. Kf5 Qg3 70. f4 Qf3 71.
Kg5 Kd4 72. Re6 Qg3+ 73. Kf5 Qh3+ 74. Kf6 Qg4 75. f5 Qf4 76. Kg6 Kd5 77. Ra6
Qg4+ 78. Kf6 Qe2 79. Re6 Qh2 80. Kg6 Qg3+ 81. Kf6 Qf4 82. Kg6 Qg4+ 83. Kf6 Qg3
84. Ra6 Qc3+ 85. Kg6 Ke5 86. Re6+ Kf4 87. f6 Qg3+ 88. Kh7 Qh3+ 89. Kg7 Qg4+ 90.
Kh8 Qh5+ 91. Kg7 Qg5+ 92. Kh7 Qh4+ 93. Kg8 Qg3+ 94. Kh8 Qc3 95. Kh7 Qc2+ 96.
Kg7 Qg2+ 97. Kh8 Qb7 98. f7 Qxf7 99. Re4+ Kg5 100. Rg4+ Kh5 101. Rh4+ Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. O-O Bd6 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ndb5 axb5 15.
Nxb5 Bxh2 16. Nxc7 Bxc7 17. c5 bxc5 18. Rxc5 d5 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Qc1 Be5 21.
f4 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Nxe4 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. Qe5 Be8 25. Bd3 Rb3 26. Bd4 f6 27. Qxe6+
Bf7 28. Qa6 h5 29. Rc7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Ne2 Ne7 12. b3 Bg4 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. c4
Ng6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Be7 17. f4 Nh4 18. Ng3 g6 19. Kf1 Rf8 20. Ne4 Rd7 21.
a4 Kd8 22. Bd4 b6 23. a5 Kc8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Be3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Ra1
Rd3 28. Rb1 Rd8 29. Ke2 Kd7 30. f5 Nxf5 31. Ra1 Ke6 32. f4 f6 33. Ra7 Rc8 34.
exf6 Bxf6 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36. Bf2 c5 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke4 Re8 39. Kd3 Rd8+ 40. Ke2
Kd6 41. Ra1 Kc6 42. Rg1 Rd6 43. Rg2 Kd7 44. Rg1 Ke7 45. Ra1 Kd7 46. Rg1 Nd4+
47. Bxd4 cxd4 48. b4 Re6+ 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. h4 c5 51. bxc5+ Kxc5 52. Kd3 Re3+ 53.
Kd2 Rh3 54. Rxg6 Rxh4 55. Kd3 Rxf4 56. Rxh6 Rf3+ 57. Kd2 Rc3 58. Rh8 Kxc4 59.
Rc8+ Kb4 60. Rd8 b5 61. Rxd4+ Kb3 62. Rd7 b4 63. Rb7 Ka3 64. Ra7+ Kb2 65. Rb7
b3 66. Rb8 Rc7 67. Rd8 Kb1 68. Rb8 b2 69. Ra8 Rd7+ 70. Ke2 Rd5 71. Ra7 Kc2 72.
Rc7+ Kb3 73. Rb7+ Ka3 74. Ke3 Ra5 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 Bf6 15.
Be3 Bb7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Bb1 Re8 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. e5 cxd4 21. Rxc6
Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Bxc6 23. exf6 Bxf3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. gxf3 d5 26. b3 Ne5 27. Kf1
Nxf3 28. Bb4 Re6 29. Ne2 Rxf6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Kg3 g5 32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kf1 Rc6
34. Ba3 Nf3 35. Bb4 Kf6 36. Kg2 Nh4+ 37. Kg3 Ke5 38. Bd2 Rf6 39. f4+ gxf4+ 40.
Bxf4+ Rxf4 41. Nxf4 Ng6 42. Nxg6+ fxg6 43. Bd3 b4 44. Kg4 a5 45. h4 Kf6 46. Kf4
h6 47. Kg4 Kf7 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. h5 g5 52. Kf5 Kf7 53.
Be2 Ke7 54. Ke5 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bc1 Na5 13. O-O d6 14. Ba3 Be6
15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Re8 17. c5 Nc4 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Bc1 Rac8 20. Bxb7 Rxc5
21. Re1 h6 22. Ba6 Rd6 23. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. gxf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6
15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa5 Rc6 19. Rg1 Rfc8 20. Kb1 d5 21.
Bg5 d4 22. f4 h6 23. Bxh6 Ng4 24. Bxg7 Rxc2 25. Bd3 R2c5 26. Qa3 Kxg7 27. f5
Kf6 28. fxe6 Ne3 29. exf7 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Kxf7 31. Bxa6 R8c6 32. Qb3+ Kg7 33. Bb5
Rg6 34. a4 Rg2 35. Qa3 Rc7 36. Qxe7+ Rxe7 37. Bc4 Ra7 38. b3 Rxh2 39. Rf1 Rg2
40. Kc1 Ra8 41. Rd1 Kf6 42. Rd2 Rxd2 43. Kxd2 Ke7 44. Bb5 Kd6 45. b4 Kc7 46.
Kc2 Kb7 47. Kb3 Rh8 48. Bd3 Rh3 49. Kc2 Rh2+ 50. Kb3 Rd2 51. Bc4 Rd1 52. Kb2
Kb8 53. a5 d3 54. Kc3 d2 55. Bd3 Rb1 56. Kxd2 Rxb4 57. a6 Ka7 58. Kc3 Rd4 59.
Kc2 Kb6 60. Kd2 Kc6 61. Kc2 Kc5 62. Kc3 Ra4 63. Kb3 Ra1 64. Kb2 Rh1 65. Kc3 Rh3
66. Kc2 Kd4 67. Bb5 Ra3 68. Kb2 Ra5 69. Bf1 Ra1 70. Kxa1 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Rc1 a6 8. Nf3
e6 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. Qxb7 Na5 11. Qxa8 Qxa8 12. Bxd6 Kd7 13. Bc5 Rb8 14. Ne5+ Ke8
15. b4 Nb7 16. Na4 Nxc5 17. bxc5 Qb7 18. Nb6 Qc7 19. Kd1 Ne4 20. Nd3 Rxb6 21.
cxb6 Qxb6 22. f3 Nd6 23. Nc5 Qb2 24. g4 Bb1 25. Bxa6 Bxa2 26. Rc2 Qb1+ 27. Rc1
Bb3+ 28. Kd2 Qb2+ 29. Kd3 Bc4+ 30. Bxc4 dxc4+ 31. Rxc4 Nxc4 32. Kxc4 Qe2+ 33.
Kc3 Qxe3+ 34. Nd3 Qxf3 35. Ra1 f6 36. g5 e5 37. Kc4 Qe4 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
e5 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Re2 Nc5 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Bf4 Qxc4 15.
Rc2 Nfxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxd4 17. Nxd6 Rd8 18. Rd2 Qb4 19. Rc1 Ne6 20. Be3 Qa5 21.
Qb3 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Rxd6 23. Be3 Nd4 24. Qb4 Rd8 25. Kh2 a5 26. Qe7 Bd7 27. Bxd4
Bxd4 28. Rd1 Be6 29. Qxb7 Rab8 30. Qc7 Rdc8 31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rxd4 Bxa2 33.
Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Ne5 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
e6 9. a4 Qc8 10. e4 Be7 11. g4 Nfd7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Qe2 b4 15. Nd1
c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nf6 18. Ne3 Bf8 19. Ne5 Nxd5 20. Qxc4 Qe6 21. Rad1 Nxe3
22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. fxe3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Be7 26. g5 Ra7 27. Kf3 Rb7
28. b3 Kf8 29. g6 hxg6 30. Nxg6+ Ke8 31. Nxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. a3 Rfe8 18. Bd3 Rab8 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bc5
Bd8 22. b4 axb3 23. Nxb3 Qa8 24. Bd6 Rb6 25. Rc5 Nd4 26. Bxe5 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3
Qxa3 28. Bc2 Qa8 29. Bd4 Rbe6 30. Rg5 g6 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. Nxd7 Nxd7 33. Bb3 Bf6
34. Bxf6 Nxf6 35. Qf4 Qa5 36. Re3 Qd2 37. e5 Nd5 38. Qf3 Rdd8 39. Rg4 Re7 40.
Rd3 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe5+ 42. g3 Red7 43. Rgd4 Qf6 44. Qe2 Nc3 45. Rxd7 Rxd7 46.
Qe8+ Kg7 47. Rxd7 Qxf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. g3 Bxf3 6. exf3 e6 7. d5 exd5 8.
cxd5 Ne7 9. Bh3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Rc1 Nc4
15. Qb3 Ne5 16. Qd1 Nc4 17. b3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. f4 d5 21. Rd3
d4 22. Ne2 Qd6 23. Rc4 Rad8 24. Bf1 c5 25. b4 cxb4 26. Nxd4 Qb6 27. Nf3 a5 28.
Qa4 Kf8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qc2 Qd6 31. Rc5 a4 32. Ra5 a3 33. Qb3 Rc8 34. Rb5 Rc3
35. Qxb4 Qxb4 36. Rxb4 Nc6 37. Rc4 Rxf3 38. Rxc6 Rc3 39. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Rfd1 Rac8 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rfd8 14. Ne5 Qe8 15.
Qf3 Bb7 16. Qf4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. d5 exd5 20. Ne3 Bd6 21. Qf3
Be5 22. Nexd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Qc6 24. Rad1 Re8 25. Nb5 Bxb2 26. Nxa7 Qf6 27. Qxf6
Bxf6 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rb5 Rc6 30. b4 Kf8 31. Rbd5 Ke8 32. a4 Be7 33. a5 bxa5
34. bxa5 Nd6 35. Rb1 Kd7 36. Rb8 Ra6 37. h4 Bd8 38. Rbb5 f6 39. Rb8 Bxa5 40.
Rg8 Ke6 41. Rd1 Kf7 42. Rh8 h6 43. Ra1 Ne8 44. h5 Ra7 45. Kg2 Bb6 46. Rxa7+
Bxa7 47. g4 Bb8 48. f3 Bd6 49. Kh3 Bf8 50. f4 Nc7 51. Kg3 Nd5 52. Kf3 Ne7 53.
g5 fxg5 54. fxg5 hxg5 55. Kg4 Ng8 56. Kxg5 Be7+ 57. Kf5 Bf6 58. Rxg8 Kxg8 59.
Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 b4 12. Na4 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 a5
15. Rac1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. c4 bxc3 18. Rxc3 Ke7 19. Rhc1 Nb4 20. Rb3 Rc6
21. Rxc6 Nxc6 22. Rb7 Kd8 23. Ng5 Kc8 24. Nxf7 Kxb7 25. Nxh8 Nd8 26. Ke3 Kc6
27. Kd4 Kb5 28. Nc3+ Kb4 29. Nxd5+ exd5 30. Kxd5 Nc5 31. f5 Kb5 32. e6 Nc6 33.
g4 Kb6 34. Nf7 Ne7+ 35. Kd6 Nc8+ 36. Kd5 Ne7+ 37. Kd6 Nc8+ 38. Ke5 Ne7 39. g5
Nc6+ 40. Kd6 Nd4 41. Ke5 Nc6+ 42. Kd6 Nd4 43. Ke5 Nc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Be6 15.
b3 a5 16. Bf2 c5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Rae1 Ra7 20. Bd1 Re7 21. Kh1 Kh8
22. Bh4 Qe8 23. f4 e4 24. Nf2 Nd4 25. h3 Rd7 26. Na4 Ra7 27. Qe3 Qc6 28. Nc3 d5
29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Rg1 Bg8 32. g4 Re7 33. Kh2 Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 exf3
35. Qd2 Rd7 36. Qc2 Qd6 37. Qc1 Qd2 38. Qxd2 Rxd2 39. Ncd1 Bh4 40. Rgf1 Rxa2
41. Re3 c4 42. Rxf3 cxb3 43. Nc3 Rc2 44. Kg1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Nc3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nac5 14. cxd5 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Nxc3 16. Qxf5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Qc2 Rae8 19. Rae1 Re6 20. Re4 f6
21. exf6 Rexf6 22. Bc1 h6 23. Qe2 Kh8 24. h3 Qb3 25. f3 Rg6 26. Kh1 Rd6 27. Re1
Nf6 28. Re3 Qd5 29. Re5 Qd4 30. Re7 Rd7 31. Be3 Qa4 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Qd2 Nf6
34. Bc5 Rf7 35. Qd3 b6 36. Be7 Ng8 37. Bb4 c5 38. Bc3 Qc6 39. Qc4 Qd7 40. Re6
b5 41. Qg4 Re7 42. Rg6 Qxg4 43. Rxg4 Kh7 44. Re4 Rb7 45. Re5 b4 46. axb4 cxb4
47. Bd4 Ne7 48. Re6 a5 49. Ra6 Rd7 50. Bc5 Ng6 51. Rxa5 Rd1+ 52. Kh2 Rd2 53.
Ra7 Nh4 54. Kg3 Nf5+ 55. Kf4 Rxg2 56. Rb7 Nh4 57. Bd4 Ng6+ 58. Ke3 Nh4 59. Ke4
Re2+ 60. Kd3 Rg2 61. Ke4 Re2+ 62. Kd5 Nf5 63. Be5 Kg6 64. f4 Rd2+ 65. Ke6 Rd8
66. Rxb4 Re8+ 67. Kd7 Re7+ 68. Kc6 Kh5 69. Rb7 Re8 70. b4 g5 71. Rf7 Ne3 72. b5
Nc4 73. Bc7 Kg6 74. Rd7 Re3 75. Kc5 Rc3 76. Kb4 Rc1 77. fxg5 hxg5 78. Rd4 Ne3
79. Rd6+ Kf5 80. b6 Rb1+ 81. Kc5 g4 82. hxg4+ Nxg4 83. Rd5+ Ke6 84. Rd6+ Kf5
85. Rd4 Nf6 86. Kc6 Rc1+ 87. Kb7 Ke6 88. Rd6+ Ke7 89. Kc8 Ne8 90. Rd7+ Ke6 91.
b7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Rad1 Bb7 16. f3 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 b6 11. Ba3 Ba6 12. Nb5 Rd7 13. Nec3 Bb7 14. Na4 Rad8
15. Be2 Nh5 16. g3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Kf2 Nd4 19. Rhd1 Nxe2 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21.
Kxe2 Bh6 22. Bb4 Bc6 23. b3 Nf6 24. Bc3 e5 25. Nb2 a6 26. Na3 f4 27. Rd1 Kf7
28. Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. Nc2 e4 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Nb4 a5 32. Nd5 fxg3 33. hxg3 Ke6
34. Ne3 Bb1 35. a3 Nc5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Ne4 38. Be1 Nd6 39. Bf2 Ba2 40. Kd3
Bb1+ 41. Ke2 Ba2 42. Kd3 Bb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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. Nc5 Qc7 15.
Be3 a5 16. Qd2 axb4 17. axb4 Nd7 18. N5e4 f5 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng5
Ra3 22. Rfc1 Nb3 23. Qb2 Nxc1 24. Qxa3 Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Qxg5 26. Qa7 Qd2 27. Qxb7
Nb8 28. b5 Qc3 29. Nxc3 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Ne2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. f4 Qe7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 c5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. f5 c4 17. Bxc4 Qc5+ 18. Rf2 Nf6 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Ng3 gxf5 21. Qe2
fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd2 24. Raf1 Rxb2 25. Nf5 Kh8 26. Qh4 Rxf2 27. Rxf2
Qxc3 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Qe7 Qc8 31. Rf6 b6 32. Qxe5 Qc5+ 33. Qxc5
bxc5 34. Rc6 Re8 35. Rxc5 Re7 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. a4 Kg6 38. Ra5 h5 39. Kg3 f6 40.
Kf3 Rc7 41. Ke4 h4 42. Kf3 Rc3+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Rc7 46. g4
Rc2+ 47. Kg1 Rc3 48. Kg2 Rc2+ 49. Kh1 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Rc1+ 52. Kg2
Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. c4 e6 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. g3 Bd7 8. Nc3
Bc6 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Nbd5 14. Ne5 Bxe5
15. Bxe5 Qd7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rc4 a5 18. Rfc1 Ra6 19. Rc5 a4 20. Qa3 Rb6 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. R5c2 Rf7 23. Qe3 h6 24. h3 Rb4 25. f3 Qe6 26. Qd3 Bb5 27. Qd2 Rc4
28. Kh2 c6 29. Rg1 Qe7 30. g4 f4 31. Rxc4 Bxc4 32. Rg2 Qg5 33. a3 b5 34. Qa5 c5
35. Qb6 b4 36. axb4 cxb4 37. Qxb4 Bb3 38. Qd6 Kh7 39. Qb4 Ra7 40. Qb6 Qe7 41.
g5 hxg5 42. h4 a3 43. Rxg5 a2 44. Rh5+ Kg8 45. Qb8+ Kf7 46. Qxb3 Qd8 47. Qd3
a1=Q 48. Qf5+ Ke7 49. Rh7 Qg8 50. Bxg7 Qxh7 51. Qxh7 Qe1 52. Be5+ Ke8 53. Qg8+
Ke7 54. Qg7+ Ke8 55. Qg6+ Rf7 56. Qe6+ Kf8 57. Bd6+ Kg7 58. Be5+ Kf8 59. Qc8+
Ke7 60. Qc7+ Ke8 61. Qc6+ Ke7 62. Qb7+ Ke8 63. Qc8+ Ke7 64. Qc5+ Ke8 65. Qc6+
Ke7 66. Qd6+ Ke8 67. Qe6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Bd7 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nb8 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Qb3 Qc8 15.
d4 Nbd7 16. Qc2 g6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Rad1 c6 19. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. e3 Be6 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Na4 Qa5 16. Rxc6 Rad8 17. a3 d4 18. b4 Qb5 19. Rc5 Qb8 20. e4 d3 21. Qd2
Bb3 22. Nc3 Bd4 23. Rc6 Qb7 24. b5 Bc2 25. a4 Bb6 26. Nd5 Bxa4 27. e5 Qb8 28.
e6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Nc6 Qd6 32. Nxd8 Qxd8 33. Bc6 Qd4 34.
Kg2 Bc2 35. Re1 Qxf2+ 36. Qxf2 Bxf2 37. Rxe6 d2 38. Bf3 Bb6 39. Rd6 Ba4 40.
Rxd2 Bxb5 41. Be4 Kg8 42. Rd5 Bc6 43. Re5 Bxe4+ 44. Rxe4 h5 45. Kf3 g6 46. Kf4
Kg7 47. Ke5 Bd8 48. Ke6 Bf6 49. Ra4 Bb2 50. Rxa7+ Kg8 51. Ra2 Bc3 52. Rc2 Ba1
53. Rc7 Bb2 54. Rc2 Ba1 55. Rg2 Kg7 56. g4 hxg4 57. Rxg4 Bc3 58. Rc4 Ba1 59.
Rf4 Bb2 60. Rf1 Bd4 61. Rf7+ Kg8 62. Rf4 Bc3 63. Rg4 Kg7 64. Rg2 Bf6 65. Rc2
Ba1 66. Rc7+ Kg8 67. h4 Bb2 68. Rc2 Bd4 69. Rd2 Bc3 70. Rd3 Be1 71. Kf6 Bxh4+
72. Kxg6 Kf8 73. Rh3 Bd8 74. Rh7 Ke8 75. Kf5 Kf8 76. Ke6 Bg5 77. Rf7+ Kg8 78.
Rd7 Kf8 79. Rd5 Bc1 80. Rd1 Bb2 81. Rf1+ Kg7 82. Rf7+ Kg6 83. Rf2 Bc1 84. Rg2+
Kh5 85. Kf5 Kh4 86. Rc2 Be3 87. Ke4 Ba7 88. Ra2 Bb6 89. Kf4 Bc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Nc5 e5
15. Qc4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. h3 Rb8 18. a3 Qc7 19. b4 Rd8 20. Bb2 a5 21. Nd3
Rd6 22. Rac1 Nb6 23. Qc5 Na4 24. Nb5 Nxc5 25. Nxc7 Rxd3 26. Bxg7 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1
Kxg7 28. bxc5 Kf8 29. Rd8+ Ke7 30. Rh8 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Bd7 32. Na8 Rb5 33. Nb6
Rxc5 34. Nxd7 Kxd7 35. Rxh6 Rc3 36. h4 Rxa3 37. g4 a4 38. h5 gxh5 39. Rxh5 Ra1
40. Rf5 Ke7 41. Rc5 Kd6 42. Rf5 Ke6 43. Rc5 Kd6 44. Rf5 a3 45. Rxf7 Ke6 46. Rc7
Rc1 47. Ra7 Rc3 48. f4 Rf3 49. Ra4 c5 50. Kg2 Rb3 51. Ra6+ Kd5 52. g5 Ke4 53.
g6 a2 54. Rxa2 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. b3 O-O-O 13. Nd4 a6 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. g4 Ne5 16. Be2 Qc6 17. f4 Ng6 18. h5 Bxc3 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. Bc1 d5 21.
Bf3 e5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bf6 25. Rhg1 Rhf8 26. Rde1 Bxg5 27.
Rxg5 Qf6 28. Bg4+ Kb8 29. Rge5 Nc6 30. Rxd5 Nb4 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qf3 Qh6 33.
Qe4 Nc6 34. Bf3 Qf6 35. Qe3 Nd4 36. Rd1 Nxf3 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Qxf3 Qd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15.
Nf1 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxb5 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxe4
21. Bxe8 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qxe8 23. c4 Qe5 24. b3 d5 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 Bd5 15.
Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Nf3 Qxb5 18. Bxd4 a4 19. Qb1 Qd5 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21.
Qxb6 Rfc8 22. Rfb1 Rc3 23. Qxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxb7 Bxa3 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. Ra2 Ra6 27.
f4 Bc5 28. Nb5 Rc1 29. Nc7 Rg1+ 30. Kh3 Rc6 31. f5 a3 32. Ne6 Bd6 33. Rxg7+ Kh8
34. Rd7 Kg8 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Ra7 Rc8 37. Rc2 Rg8 38. Nf4 Rb1 39. Rc4 Rgb8 40.
Nh5 Bf8 41. Nxf6 R1b7 42. Rca4 Bc5 43. R7a6 Kg7 44. Ne4 Bb4 45. Nd6 Rb6 46.
Rxb6 Rxb6 47. Nc4 Rb5 48. e4 Bf8 49. e5 Rd5 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. f6 Kg6 52. Ra8 Bb4
53. Rg8+ Kf7 54. Rg7+ Ke6 55. Ra7 Rxd3 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ra4 Bc5 58. Kg4 Kg6 59.
Nxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 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 b4 15. Nb1
Nf6 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxb4 c5 18. Ba3 cxd4 19. Bf3 Bf8 20. Re1 Bxa3 21. Nxa3 Nc5
22. Nxc4 O-O 23. b4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Nd7 25. h4 Rc8 26. Qd3 Qc7 27. Rac1 Nb6 28.
Nd6 Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc3 31. Qxd4 Nd5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qg4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Nb3
e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qf2 Rb8 13. Kb1 Nce5 14. Rg1 Be7 15.
f4 Nc4 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Bd4 b4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Ne2 e5 21. Be3 a5
22. Ng3 g6 23. Nf3 a4 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rd5 b3 26. cxb3 axb3 27. a3 O-O 28. Rc1
Qa6 29. Qd2 Nf6 30. Rxe5 Rd8 31. Bd4 Be6 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. h3 Bc4 34. Ne7+ Bxe7
35. Rxe7 Bd3+ 36. Ka1 Bc2 37. Qf4 Rdc8 38. Rc7 Rxc7 39. Qxc7 Nxe4 40. Re1 Re8
41. Ng5 Rf8 42. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8.
O-O Qe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. Rfe1 d5 11. e3 Nbd7 12. b3 b6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nf4 dxc4
15. bxc4 c5 16. Ng5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e5 18. Nfe6 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxe6 20. Ng5 Qxc4
21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Rec1 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Nxd3 24. Rc7 h6 25. Nf3 Rf7 26. Rc3 Rd7 27.
a4 Rad8 28. Rb1 Rd5 29. Rc7 R8d7 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rb5 Rd6 32. a5 e4 33. Nd4 g6
34. Rb1 Kf7 35. h3 Ke7 36. Nb5 Rd5 37. axb6 axb6 38. Nd4 Rd6 39. Nb5 Rf6 40. f3
exf3+ 41. Kxf3 Ne5+ 42. Ke2 Nd7 43. Nd4 Rd6 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4 Ne5 46. Nb5
Rf6 47. Rb4 Rf2+ 48. Kxf2 Nd3+ 49. Kf3 Nxb4 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Nc3 Nd3+ 52. Ke4
Nc5+ 53. Kf4 g5+ 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Nb5 Ne4 56. Na7 Nd2+ 57. Ke2 Nc4 58. Nc6+ Ke4
59. Ne7 Nxe3 60. Nc8 Nxg4 61. Nxb6 Ne5 62. Kf2 h5 63. Kg3 h4+ 64. Kh3 Kf3 65.
Nc8 Nd3 66. Nd6 Nf4+ 67. Kh2 g4 68. Nf5 g3+ 69. Kh1 g2+ 70. Kh2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Ba6 12. h5 g5 13. f4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Kd7 15.
Bd2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Kc8 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. Qf4 Rh7 20. O-O-O Qd5 21.
Qg4 Kd7 22. Qg8 Qa2 23. Bc3 Be4 24. Bb2 Qc4 25. Rd2 Na6 26. Qg4 Bd5 27. Rd3 Qc6
28. Nd2 Rf8 29. Rc3 Qb7 30. Re3 b5 31. Ne4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 c6 33. Bc3 Qc8 34. Rf1
Rg8 35. Qh3 Nc7 36. Ref4 Rgg7 37. Bb4 Nd5 38. R4f2 Qg8 39. Bc5 a5 40. Qd3 a4
41. g4 Qd8 42. c4 Qg5+ 43. Rd2 bxc4 44. Qxc4 Qe3 45. Qa6 Nc7 46. Qxa4 Rxg4 47.
Qc2 Rg2 48. d5 Qxd2+ 49. Qxd2 Rxd2 50. Kxd2 exd5 51. Be3 Ne6 52. Rf6 Rg7 53.
Bxh6 Rg2+ 54. Ke1 Ke7 55. Rf2 Rg1+ 56. Rf1 Rg3 57. Rh1 Rxa3 58. Bc1 Ra1 59. Kf2
Ra2+ 60. Kg3 Kf8 61. h6 Kg8 62. Rf1 Ra7 63. Rd1 Rd7 64. Kg4 c5 65. Kf5 Kh7 66.
Be3 d4 67. Bf2 c4 68. Ke4 c3 69. Kd3 Nc5+ 70. Kc4 c2 71. Rc1 d3 72. Be3 Ne4 73.
Kb3 d2 74. Bxd2 Rxd2 75. Rxc2 Rxc2 76. Kxc2 Kxh6 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. b4 d6 7. Rb1 Nge7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. b5 Na5 12. d3 d5 13. Rd1 Nf5 14. Bg5 Nd4 15. Qc1
Nab3 16. Bxd8 Nxc1 17. Rdxc1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rfxd8 19. a4 Rab8 20. cxd5 exd5 21.
a5 Rd6 22. Na4 Bc8 23. Kg2 h5 24. h3 Be6 25. Rc2 c4 26. dxc4 Bf5 27. Rbc1 Bxc2
28. Rxc2 dxc4 29. axb6 axb6 30. Rxc4 Rd4 31. Nb2 Rxc4 32. Nxc4 Bf8 33. Bd5 Kg7
34. e4 Bc5 35. f4 Rc8 36. Ne5 f6 37. Nd3 Bf8 38. Bc6 Rd8 39. Bd5 Rd7 40. g4 h4
41. Kf3 g5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Ne5 Ra7 44. Nc4 Bc5 45. e5 Ra2 46. Ke4 Rh2 47. Kf5
Rxh3 48. Kxg5 Rd3 49. Bc6 h3 50. e6 h2 51. Nxb6 Rd6 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qxh7 Qa5 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. Nb1 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. a3 O-O-O 12. c3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 d4 14. Nb5 Bxd2+
15. Nxd2 Nf5 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. b4 Qa6 18. Qh3 Nxe5 19. Nxd4 Qd6 20. N4b3 Bc6 21.
Rg1 Bd5 22. Qc3 Bxb3 23. Nxb3 Nh4 24. Be2 Nxg2+ 25. Kf1 Nf4 26. Qe3 Rxg1+ 27.
Kxg1 Qd5 28. Bg4 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Rc1 Bg4 8. f3
Bc8 9. g4 g6 10. h4 h6 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. Qh2 e6 13. Bc7 Qe7 14. a3 g5 15. Bd6 Qd8
16. hxg5 Ng8 17. g6 fxg6 18. Bd3 Nge7 19. Nge2 Kf7 20. Bc7 Qd7 21. Bb6 e5 22.
Bc5 Re8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nxd5 Qd8 25. g5 Rh8 26. Bxg6+ Kf8 27. Nf6 Ke7 28.
Rxc6 bxc6 29. Qxe5+ Kf8 30. Qf4 Ke7 31. Nh7 Rxh7 32. Qf7+ Kd6 33. Bxh7 Qxg5 34.
Rg1 Be6 35. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. Nf3 Kg7 13. g3 c6 14. Bg2 Na6
15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Qe3 Bf5 17. Ne5 Rae8 18. f4 Bd8 19. Qf3 h5 20. Bh3 f6 21.
Bxf5 fxe5 22. Bc2 exd4 23. Rxd4 Bf6 24. Qd3 Qf7 25. e4 Nc5 26. Qe3 dxe4 27. Rd6
Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Qxd3 Rd8 30. Re1 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Re8 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Kd2
Kf7 34. Kd3 Bxc3 35. bxc3 Qe6 36. Qc7+ Qe7 37. Qb8 Qd7+ 38. Kc2 b6 39. Qa8 Qf5+
40. Kc1 Qd7 41. f5 gxf5 42. Qh8 Qd3 43. Qxh5+ Kg7 44. Qg5+ Kf7 45. Kb2 Qb5+ 46.
Kc2 Qd5 47. Kb2 Qb5+ 48. Kc1 Qd3 49. Kb2 Qb5+ 50. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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 Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Qh3 Nf8 16. Nf3 b5 17. Qh4 N8d7 18. Qh3 Nf8 19. a3 Nh5 20. Rfd1 Bxg5 21.
Nxg5 Qe7 22. Qe3 Nf6 23. Nf3 N8d7 24. Ne1 Rab8 25. f3 Nb6 26. b3 d5 27. exd5
exd5 28. Ne2 d4 29. Qg5 Nbd5 30. Ng3 Ne3 31. Rd2 Nfd5 32. Qxe7 Nxe7 33. Ne4
N7d5 34. h4 Nc3 35. Nxc3 Rxc3 36. a4 b4 37. a5 Kf7 38. f4 exf4 39. Rxd4 Nxc2
40. Rxf4+ Kg7 41. Nxc2 Rxc2 42. Rd1 Rc7 43. Rd6 Ra7 44. Rb6 Rxb6 45. axb6 Rb7
46. Rxb4 Kf6 47. Kf2 Ke5 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kf4 h6 50. g4 Kc5 51. Rc4+ Kd5 52. Rb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. c4 h6 6. Bf4 Nd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Bg3 g5
9. h3 Ne7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f4 12. Bh2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. exf4 gxf4 15.
Kh1 N7g6 16. Qd2 c6 17. Rad1 Qh4 18. f3 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Bf1 a6 21. Re4
Kh8 22. b3 Qf6 23. Nde2 d5 24. cxd5 Bf5 25. Nxf4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Qf7 27. Nxg6+
Qxg6 28. d6 Rf7 29. Re1 Rfd7 30. Bd3 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Qf5 32. Rd1 Re8 33. b4 a5
34. a3 axb4 35. axb4 Rdd8 36. Bg3 Be5 37. Qe3 Qg6 38. Bxe5+ Rxe5 39. Qb6 Rd7
40. Qd4 Rg7 41. Qb2 Rd5 42. Rxd5 cxd5 43. d7 Qb6 44. Qf6 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6
9. Nf4 c6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Be2 Qc7 12. O-O bxc5 13. bxc5 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qd4 Ned7 16. Na4 Re8 17. Rac1 Bf8 18. f3 Rb8 19. Bc3 Rb3 20. Ra1 Qb8 21. Rfc1
Ne4 22. Bb4 Ng5 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Bxc3 f6 25. Kf2 Ne5 26. Qb4 Qc7 27. Qa5 Qe7
28. Bd4 Bf5 29. Nc3 Rb8 30. g4 Bc2 31. Rc1 Bg6 32. Nxg6 Nxg6 33. Rb1 Rxb1 34.
Nxb1 Ne6 35. Nd2 f5 36. Nb3 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 fxg4 38. fxg4 Qh3 39. Qd2 Nh4 40. Bd1
Nf3+ 41. Bxf3 Qxf3 42. Be5 Ng5 43. h4 Nh3+ 44. Kh2 Nf2 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O Bf8 9. Bd2 b6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Nf4 Ba6 12. Qf3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Nc6 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Rfd1 c4 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. Qh3 Rb8 18. Rc2 Nd3 19. Qf3 d4 20. exd4 Rxb2
21. Rxb2 Nxb2 22. Rc1 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qe5 24. g3 Nd3 25. Nxd3 cxd3 26. Bd2 Qd4 27.
Rb1 Qc4 28. Rb3 Bb4 29. Kg2 a5 30. Nb1 Rd8 31. Bxb4 axb4 32. Nd2 Qc2 33. Qf4
Nd5 34. Qh4 f6 35. Qc4 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. h3 Re8 8. Nf3 e6
9. Nd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4
Bd7 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Bb5 18. Ncxb5 axb5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nxb5 Qxb6 21. Na3 Qb3
22. Rb1 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Rb3 24. Bd2 Nfd7 25. Bc3 g5 26. Kh1 Ra8 27. Bf1 Rxc3 28.
bxc3 Rxa3 29. Rdc1 Ra2 30. Kg2 Ng6 31. Bc4 Ra7 32. Bf1 Be5 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34.
Rxa1 Bxc3 35. Ra6 Be5 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Ke2 c4 38. f3 Nc5 39. Ra7 c3 40. Kd1 Nh4
41. Bb5 Nxf3 42. Be8 Nd4 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 Qb6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 cxd4 8. a5
Qd8 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Qa4 d5 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nd2 Rfc8 14. Nb3 e6
15. Rd1 Nd8 16. e3 Qxa4 17. Rxa4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bd2 f5 20. Bc3 Rc7 21.
Kf1 Kf7 22. Bb4 Nc6 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Ba3 e5 25. a6 b5 26. Rb4 exd4 27. Rxb5 dxe3
28. Rb7 Rxb7 29. axb7 Rb8 30. Rxc6 Rxb7 31. Na5 Rd7 32. fxe3 Rd1+ 33. Ke2 Rh1
34. Nc4 Rxh2+ 35. Kf1 h5 36. Ra6 Rc2 37. Rxa7+ Kg8 38. Rc7 Bf6 39. Rc6 Kg7 40.
Ne5 Rd2 41. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 Re8 6. Bd2 c6 7. Nf3 d5 8. O-O
h6 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 cxd5 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Qa6
Nc5 15. Qa3 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Rc3 d4 18. Rc2 Na6 19. Rac1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Nb4
21. Rc1 Nxa2 22. Nc4 Nxc1 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Qa4 Rd8 25. Bf3 Bh3 26. Bg2 Nxe2+
27. Kf1 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 e4 29. Qd1 exd3 30. Kf1 g5 31. Ke1 Nc3 32. Qxd3 Re8+ 33.
Kf1 Ne2 34. Qxe2 Rxe2 35. Kxe2 Kf8 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Kxd4 Kd6 38. g4 f6 39. Kc4
Kc6 40. b3 b5+ 41. Kb4 Kb6 42. h3 Kc6 43. Ka5 Kc5 44. b4+ Kc4 45. f3 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nd4 Ne4 12. Bf4 Re8 13. f3 Nexc5 14. Be2
Ne5 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Ng6 17. Bg3 Rxe3 18. O-O Bf5 19. Bf2 Re7 20. Qd2 Qc7
21. Rfe1 Qf4 22. Qxf4 Nxf4 23. Bf1 Re6 24. Red1 a6 25. b4 h6 26. Bg3 Ne2+ 27.
Bxe2 Rxe2 28. Rxd5 Be6 29. Rd4 a5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Re4 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Bd7 33.
Rc2 Bc6 34. e5 Rc5 35. c4 Be4 36. Rc3 Ra5 37. Re3 Bf5 38. Be1 Ra2 39. c5 Be6
40. Rd3 Kh7 41. h3 Ra1 42. Kf2 Rb1 43. Bc3 Rc1 44. Kg3 g5 45. h4 Kg6 46. hxg5
hxg5 47. Rf3 Bd5 48. Rf6+ Kh5 49. Bd2 Rc2 50. Rf2 Be6 51. Be3 Rc3 52. Kf3 Bd5+
53. Ke2 Kg4 54. Kd2 Ra3 55. Rf1 Ra2+ 56. Kd3 Rxg2 57. Rg1 Rxg1 58. Bxg1 Kf3 59.
Kd2 g4 60. Bd4 g3 61. Ke1 Bc4 62. e6 Bxe6 63. Bf6 Bc4 64. Kd2 Kf2 65. Bh4 f5
66. Kc3 f4 67. Kxc4 Ke2 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc7 15. Nb3
Nxb3 16. Bxb3 Bg4 17. Bg5 exd4 18. Qxd4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nh5 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. e5 Qg5+ 23. Qg4 Qxg4+ 24. fxg4 Nf4 25. Rc6 dxe5 26. Rxa6 Nd3 27. Re3
Nxb2 28. a5 e4 29. Rxe4 Nd3 30. Rc6 Ra8 31. a6 h5 32. g5 Rfc8 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8
34. g6 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3
Bd6 9. Qe2 c5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 c4 14. b3 Qc8
15. Qxc8 Rfxc8 16. Bd2 a6 17. a4 Bb4 18. Rdb1 cxb3 19. Rxb3 Rc4 20. Nb1 Bd6 21.
Ne1 Rac8 22. f3 h5 23. h3 h4 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Nc3 Ke6 27. Rab1 Nh5
28. Kd3 f5 29. Nc2 Nhf6 30. Nb4 Bxb4 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Rxb4 g5 33. Rb1 Rg8 34.
Rc1 Rc8 35. e4 dxe4+ 36. fxe4 Nxe4 37. Nxe4 fxe4+ 38. Kxe4 Nf6+ 39. Kd3 Rxc1
40. Bxc1 Kf5 41. Kc4 g4 42. hxg4+ Kxg4 43. Bd2 Kf5 44. Be1 Kg4 45. d5 b5+ 46.
axb5 axb5+ 47. Kd4 Nxd5 48. Kxd5 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. e3 d6 10. d4 Ne4 11. d5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. Ne1 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Rc1 Qf5 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Nf4 Nf6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. h3 Re5 20. g4 Qd7 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qe7 23. Qd3 g5 24. Kf1 Nd7 25. a4 Rf8 26. Qxa6 f5 27. Qb7 fxg4
28. hxg4 Rxe3 29. Qa6 Qf6 30. Re2 Ne5 31. Rce1 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
a4 9. Ba2 Qd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. f4 Ncxe4 14. dxe4 Nxe4
15. Kh1 Qc5 16. c4 f6 17. cxd5 Nc3 18. d6+ Nxa2 19. d7 Nc3 20. dxc8=Q Raxc8 21.
Qg4 fxg5 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Ng6+ hxg6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Qc2 c6
15. Rxc5 Bf5 16. e4 Bg6 17. Qc3 b6 18. Rc4 c5 19. b4 a5 20. b5 Nb7 21. O-O Nd6
22. a4 Rae8 23. Qb3 f5 24. Rc3 f4 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Qd7 27. Qe2 Rf6 28. g4
Bf7 29. f3 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31. Bh3 Rg6 32. Kf2 h5 33. Rh1 Qe7 34. Rcc1 Kh7 35.
Rcg1 Reg8 36. Kf1 Kh6 37. Rg2 c4 38. Qxc4 Qa3 39. Rf2 hxg4 40. Bxg4 Rxg4 41.
fxg4 Rxg4 42. Qe2 Bh5 43. Rf3 Qc1+ 44. Qe1 Qc4+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 c6 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Ba2 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Nf6 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Bd2 b6 16. f3 Nd5 17. e4 Nc7 18. O-O-O Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Bc3 Nb5
21. Be5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Qf4 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. Rhb1 O-O-O 16. Rb5 Qe7 17. Rab1 b6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. R5b4 g5 20. Qe3 Qc5
21. f4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Rhg8 23. g3 Qxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Rg5 25. Rxf7 Rxe5+ 26. Kf4 Rh5
27. g4 Rxh2 28. Rxa7 Rd7 29. Ra6 Kc7 30. Kg3 Rd2 31. Rbxb6 Bb7 32. Rxb7+ Kxb7
33. Rxe6 Rc7 34. Rxh6 Rxc3 35. Kf4 Rf2+ 36. Ke5 Rg2 37. Rg6 Ra3 38. Kxd5 Rxa2
39. Be4 Re2 40. c4 Rad2+ 41. Ke5+ Kc7 42. Kf5 Rf2+ 43. Kg5 Rd4 44. Bd5 Kd7 45.
Kh6 Re2 46. Rg7+ Kd6 47. g5 Re5 48. Rf7 Rh4+ 49. Kg6 Rg4 50. Rf5 Rg1 51. Kf6
Rxf5+ 52. Kxf5 Rf1+ 53. Kg6 Ke5 54. Kg7 Rf4 55. g6 Kf5 56. Bf7 Rd4 57. c5 Rd8
58. c6 Rc8 59. Bd5 Rc7+ 60. Kh6 Kf6 61. Kh5 Ra7 62. Bf7 Kg7 63. Kg5 Ra5+ 64.
Kf4 Rc5 65. Be8 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Nh2 Na6
9. Ng4 Qe8 10. Ne3 Kh8 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Nf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Rb1 f4 15. Nf1 Bd7
16. Nh2 Qe7 17. Bd2 g5 18. Ng4 Ng8 19. h4 gxh4 20. Nh2 Bf6 21. Nb5 Rf7 22. Be2
Nh6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Bxg4 Rg7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Qf3 cxb4 27. axb4 Nc7 28. Na3
Rag8 29. Rh2 b6 30. Kf1 Ne8 31. Ra1 Qc8 32. Rc1 Qd7 33. Nc2 Be7 34. Ne1 Nf6 35.
Bc3 Rc8 36. Qe2 Qe8 37. Nf3 Qg6 38. Re1 Ng4 39. Rh3 a5 40. bxa5 b5 41. a6 Bd8
42. Ra1 Bb6 43. Nxh4 Qg5 44. Be1 Rxc4 45. Nf5 Rg8 46. Nxd6 Rc7 47. Qf3 Bd4 48.
Rc1 Ra7 49. Rc6 b4 50. Nb5 Rf7 51. a7 b3 52. Nxd4 exd4 53. Qd3 Ne5 54. Qxd4
Qxg2+ 55. Ke2 Qg4+ 56. f3 Qg7 57. Bc3 Re7 58. Rh5 Nxc6 59. dxc6 b2 60. Qxg7+
Rexg7 61. Bxb2 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. O-O e5 16. Na4 Be6 17. c5 Qc7 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 exd4 21.
Rd1 Rd8 22. h3 g6 23. Qb2 Qf4 24. Bf3 d3 25. Qd2 Qd4 26. Bxb7 a5 27. Bf3 axb4
28. Qxb4 d2 29. c6 Qe5 30. Nd7 Nxd7 31. Qxd2 Qc7 32. Qd4 Rc8 33. cxd7 Rd8 34.
Qb2 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qb4 Qd3 38. a4 Bxh3 39. Qb2+ Kg8 40.
Be2 Qe4 41. gxh3 Qxa4 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Bf3 Qd7 45. Bd5 Qxh3 46.
Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qxf7+ Kh6 48. Qf4+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kh6 50. Qe3+ Qxe3 51. fxe3 Kg5 52.
Kg2 Kf5 53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Bg8 h6 55. Bf7 Kf5 56. Be8 h5 57. e4+ Kf6 58. Ke3 h4
59. Bd7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. g3 Bf6 17. Rc1 h6 18. c4 Qa5 19. d5 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Bd3
Bg4 22. Re4 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bb2 24. Rb1 Qxa3 25. c5 Kf8 26. d6 cxd6 27. cxd6 Rxe4
28. Qxe4 Bf6 29. Qh7 g6 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Rxb7 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Bg7 33. Qxg6 Qf6
34. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Ba4 d5 8. h3
h6 9. g4 Nh7 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. Bb3 Be6 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 Bf8 14. g5 Bxb3 15.
axb3 Qd5 16. Rg1 h5 17. g6 fxg6 18. Rxg6 Re6 19. Rg3 Be7 20. Nfg5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5
g6 22. c4 Qd7 23. Nc5 Qe8 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Be3 Kh8 26. O-O-O a5 27. Rdg1 Qf5
28. Rf3 Qd7 29. Bd2 a4 30. Bc3 Qd6 31. Qe4 a3 32. bxa3 Nd4 33. Bxd4 exd4 34.
Kc2 Rxa3 35. Rxg6 Ra2+ 36. Kb1 Ra1+ 37. Kxa1 Qa3+ 38. Kb1 Qxb3+ 39. Kc1 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

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. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 Bd5 15.
Nd2 c5 16. bxc6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 bxc6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rab1 Re8 20. Rfc1 a4 21.
Qa2 c5 22. Ba1 Bf8 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. Rb7 Qd6 25. Rc2 g5 26. e4 dxe3 27. Nxg5 Kg8
28. Ne4 Qe6 29. Rd7 Rad8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5+ Rxd5 32. Nxf6+ Kf7 33. Nxd5 e2
34. Bc3 e1=Q 35. Bxe1 Rxe1 36. Nc3 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3
Bg7 9. Qe1 Qd7 10. a4 f5 11. Nd5 fxe4 12. dxe4 Rb8 13. Ng5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qf5
15. Ne6 Bf6 16. Qe2 h5 17. Ra3 Nh6 18. Rg3 Kd7 19. Rg5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Qxd5 21.
Nf4 Qd4+ 22. Be3 Qe4 23. gxh6 Rxh6 24. Nd5 Rhh8 25. Qd2 Rhf8 26. Re1 Rf5 27.
Nb6+ Kc6 28. Bxc5 Rbf8 29. Bd4 1-0

