[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand"]
[Black "Gashimov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4
Bg7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O 12. e3 b4 13. Nb1
a5 14. a4 Bg4 15. Nbd2 Nbd7 16. Bb5 Rfd8 17. Bg3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qa7 19.
O-O Nxd5 20. Bc6 c4 21. Nxc4 Nc5 22. Qc2 Rac8 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Nd6
Rc6 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qa6 27. Nb5 Ne6 28. Qb3 h5 29. h4 Bf6 30.
Rd6 Rxd6 31. Nxd6 Qc6 32. Qc4 Qxf3 33. Qc8+ Nf8 34. Qc2 Be7 35. Nc4
Qd5 36. b3 Ne6 37. Qd2 Qxd2 38. Nxd2 Nc5 39. Kf1 Bd8 40. Ke2 f5 41.
Bd6 Nb7 42. Bg3 Kf7 43. e4 fxe4 44. Nxe4 Ke6 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. f3 Be7
47. Bf2 Nd8 48. Bb6 Nc6 49. Bf2 Ne5+ 50. Ke2 Bd8 51. Nd2 Nc6 52. Kd3
Ne5+ 53. Ke2 Nc6 54. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo"]
[Black "Topalov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

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. b3 g6 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Bf1 Qb6 18. Bb2 exd4 19. cxd4 d5
20. exd5 cxd5 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qd3 Bc6 24. g3 Nhf6 25.
Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Ne4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Qc3 Bg7 29. Rc1 Bxe5 30. Qxc6
Qxc6 31. Rxc6 Bxb2 32. Bxb5 Re7 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Re8 Rxe8 35. Bxe8 Bc3
36. Kf1 f5 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. f3 exf3+ 39. Kxf3 h5 40. h4 Ba5 41. Kg2 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian"]
[Black "Grischuk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. e4 Qxc3 10. Qxc3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Na4 12. Be3 Bd7 13.
Rb1 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Bb5 Bxb5 16. Rxb5 Nd7 17. Ne2 Nac5 18. Bc1
Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Ke7 21. Rc3 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. h4 Ra8
24. Rb3 Nc5 25. Rxb6 Rxa3 26. Nf4 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo"]
[Black "Aronian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

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. Ne2 b6 11. Nf4 Bb7 12. Rd1 Rd8
13. Rxd8+ Kxd8 14. g4 Ne7 15. Be3 Ke8 16. Rd1 Nd5 17. Nh5 h6 18. c4 g6
19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. exf6 c5 21. Ne5 Bd6 22. Re1 Bc8 23. Bxc5 Bxe5 24.
Rxe5+ Be6 25. Be3 Kd8 26. b3 h5 27. gxh5 Rxh5 28. Bg5 Rh8 29. h4 Re8
30. f3 Bd7 31. Re7 Rxe7 32. fxe7+ Ke8 33. Kf2 Bc6 34. b4 a6 35. f4 Bd7
36. Ke3 c5 37. a3 f5 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Kc3 Be8 40. Kb3 Ke6 41. Kc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk"]
[Black "Gelfand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O
dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nbd5 13.
Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qe4 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Be4 Bc6
19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qf4 f5 21. h4 Rac8 22. Rac1 Bd6 23. Rfe1 Qf6 24. Rc3
Rxc3 25. bxc3 Rc8 26. Qg3 Be4 27. h5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qf7 29. Re3 Kh8 30.
Qh4 gxh5 31. Rg3 Bd5 32. a5 f4 33. Rg7 Qf5 34. Qe7 Qe4 35. Qf6 1-0

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov"]
[Black "Gashimov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O
8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. b3 Nb8 11. Ba3 Nc6 12. Rac1 Be6 13. Qb2
Re8 14. h3 Rc8 15. Rc2 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Ne1 Ne4 18. Nd3 e5 19.
Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qa5 23. Bd6 Bxe5 24. b4
Qd8 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rc1 Rd5 27. a4 b5 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Qa4 Qd6 30.
Qa1 Qe5 31. Qxa6 Rxb4 32. Qh6 Rb8 33. g3 Qe6 34. Qf4 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rc6
36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Kg2 h6 38. Qb8 Qf6 39. Rd5 Re6 40. h4 h5 41. Rd8 Kh7
42. Rg8 f4 43. gxf4 Qxh4 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Qg8+ Kf6 46. Qd8+ Re7 47.
Rh6+ Kf5 48. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov"]
[Black "Grischuk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 13.
Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 15. Qh3 O-O 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxe6 Qc6 18. Rf1 g4 19.
Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Qxg4 Qd7 22. Nd5 Qxe6 23. Qxe6+ Bxe6 24.
Nc7 Ra7 25. Nxe6 b5 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Bb4 Ke7 28. e5 Nc6 29. exd6+ Ke6
30. a4 Nxb4 31. Rxb4 bxa4 32. Rxa4 Kxd6 33. Ra5 g6 34. h4 Re7+ 35. Kd2
Re4 36. Rxa6+ Kc5 37. Rxg6 Rd4+ 38. Kc3 Rc4+ 39. Kd3 Rd4+ 40. Kc3 Rc4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian"]
[Black "Topalov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7
8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nb6
14. Na3 Bd7 15. e4 Nc8 16. Qd3 Re7 17. Rb1 Be8 18. b4 cxb4 19. Rxb4
Rc7 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Rc1 Nc5 22. Qb1 b5 23. axb5 a5 24. Rb2 Nb6 25. Ra2
a4 26. Ne2 Rcb7 27. Bf4 Nc8 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Bxb8 Rxb8 30. f4 g5 31.
e5 gxf4 32. gxf4 f6 33. Qe4 fxe5 34. fxe5 Qg5 35. Nc4 Bxb5 36. h4 Qg6
37. Qxg6 hxg6 38. Rb2 Nd6 39. Nxd6 a3 40. Ra2 Bxe2 41. Rxe2 Bxe5 42.
Nc4 Bb2 43. Nxa3 Bxa3 44. Re6 c4 45. Rxg6+ Kf7 46. Rc6 Rh8 47. Rc7+
Kf8 48. Rxc4 Be7 49. Rc8+ Kg7 50. Rxh8 Kxh8 51. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand"]
[Black "Vallejo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5
8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne4 Qh4 13. Qe2 Nd7
14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb5 Be7 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. f4 O-O 19. Rac1
f6 20. Nd6 Ba8 21. Be1 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Nxf4 23. Qc4 fxe5 24. Qc7 Bg5 25.
h4 Nd5 26. hxg5 Nxc7 27. Rxc7 Nb6 28. Bxb4 Nd5 29. Rd7 Nxb4 30. Nxb4
Rxd7 31. Bxd7 Rd8 32. Bxe6+ Kf8 33. Nf5 a5 34. gxh6 gxh6 35. Nc2 Bxg2
36. Kxg2 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 Rxc2 38. Ke4 Re2+ 39. Kd3 Rg2 40. Bc4 h5 41. Ke4
h4 42. Nxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand"]
[Black "Topalov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2
a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2
Nd5 14. Rad1 Nab4 15. Bc1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Qb3 Nb6 18. Ba3 Bxa3
19. Qxa3 Qd6 20. Ra1 f6 21. Nd3 Qxa3 22. Rxa3 Nc4 23. Ra2 e5 24. Nc5
b6 25. Ne4 Rad8 26. Nd2 Nxd2 27. Rxd2 Rd6 28. d5 c6 29. c4 cxd5 30.
Rxd5 Rc6 31. Rb1 Rxc4 32. Rxb6 Rxa4 33. Rb7 Kh8 34. Ra7 Ra2 35. e3 a4
36. Rda5 h6 37. Rxa4 Rxa4 38. Rxa4 Kh7 39. g4 Rf7 40. Kg3 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk"]
[Black "Vallejo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4
8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.
Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Kc3 O-O 15. Qe3 b5 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qc5 Qd8
19. Kc2 Qf6 20. Bf3 Qg6+ 21. Kc1 Rad8 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Rxa7 Qf6 24.
Re1 Rc8 25. Qe5 Qh6+ 26. Qe3 Qxh2 27. Rb7 c3 28. bxc3 Qd6 29. Kb2 Ra8
30. Rb1 Qa3+ 31. Kc2 Qa2+ 32. Rb2 Qa4+ 33. Kc1 Qa1+ 34. Kc2 Qa4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gashimov"]
[Black "Aronian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rfe8 12. c3 d5 13. Nf1 dxe4
14. dxe4 Qxd1 15. Bxd1 Red8 16. Bc2 Nd7 17. Ne3 f6 18. b4 a5 19. Rb1
axb4 20. cxb4 Nb6 21. Bb3+ Kh8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rd7 24. Bb2 Nd8
25. Rbd1 c5 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. bxc5 Bxc5 28. Rd3 Ne6 29. Rb1 Kg8 30.
Kf1 Ra4 31. Nd2 Nf4 32. Rc3 Ba7 33. Bc1 h5 34. h4 Kh7 35. f3 Bd4 36.
Rcb3 Rc7 37. g3 Ne6 38. Rxb5 Be3 39. R5b4 Ra6 40. Nb3 Bxc1 41. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 42. Nxc1 Rxa3 43. Nb3 g5 44. hxg5 Nxg5 45. Ke2 Ra2+ 46. Nd2 Nxf3
47. Kxf3 Rxd2 48. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo"]
[Black "Gashimov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6
8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Ne8 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qb3 Rb8 14.
Nd2 f5 15. Nc4 g5 16. Bh2 f4 17. exf4 gxf4 18. Rfe1 Ne5 19. Ne4 b5 20.
axb5 Rxb5 21. Qd1 Rb4 22. Rc1 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Bxb2 24. Rxb4 cxb4 25. Qc2
Bg7 26. Qxc8 Qxe4 27. Qe6+ Qxe6 28. dxe6 Bc3 29. Rd1 a5 30. Bb5 Nc7
31. Bd7 Rf6 32. Rxd6 b3 33. Rb6 b2 34. g4 Bb4 35. Rb8+ Rf8 0-1

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov"]
[Black "Grischuk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1
Nf6 8. h3 Nc6 9. g4 Qb6 10. Nde2 e6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. b3 h6 13. Qd2 g5
14. Ba3 Ne5 15. O-O-O Qxf2 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Nfd7 18. Nd4 Qf6 19.
Qa3 Qe7 20. Qb2 O-O 21. Nf5 exf5 22. Nd5 Qc5 23. exf5 a5 24. h4 gxh4
25. Rxh4 Ra6 26. Kb1 Qf2 27. Ne7+ Kg7 28. Rh2 f6 29. g5 fxg5 30. Nxc8
Raf6 31. Ne7 R8f7 32. Nd5 Nf3 33. Bxf3 Qxh2 34. Nxf6 Nxf6 35. a4 Qf4
36. Bd5 Rd7 37. Re1 Qxf5 38. Bc4 Qf2 39. Qe5 Qd4 40. Qf5 Qg4 41. Qxa5
Rd1+ 42. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 43. Kb2 Qd6 44. Qa7 Qe5+ 45. Ka2 Qe4 46. Bd3 Qc6
47. a5 Nd5 48. Qd4+ Nf6 49. Qe5 Kf8 50. c4 g4 51. Bf5 Kf7 52. Qb8 Ne8
53. Qf4 Qc5 54. Bxg4+ Nf6 55. Qf5 Qd4 56. Bf3 Qf2+ 57. Ka3 Kg7 58. Ka4
b6 59. axb6 Qxb6 60. c5 Qa7+ 61. Kb5 Qb8+ 62. Kc4 Qg8+ 63. Kc3 Qe8 64.
b4 Qe1+ 65. Kc4 Qf1+ 66. Kb3 Qb5 67. Bd1 Qc6 68. Bc2 Kf7 69. Bd3 1-0

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian"]
[Black "Gelfand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 Bb7 10. b3 bxa4 11. Nxa4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5
Bxc5 14. O-O O-O 15. Bb2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 a5 17. f4 Be7 18. Bc4 Ne4 19.
Qc2 Bf6 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Qxe4 Bxb2 22. Ra2 Bf6 23. f5 exf5 24. Qxf5
Rfd8 25. Rd5 Qb6 26. Rb5 Qd6 27. Rbxa5 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 g6 29. Qf3 Kg7
30. Kg2 Qc7 31. Rd5 Rxd5 32. Qxd5 Bc3 33. Kf1 f5 34. Kg2 Qe7 35. Kf1
Qc7 36. h3 Qh2 37. Qf3 Bf6 38. b4 Qc7 39. Qd5 Qe5 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41. b5
Qd6 42. Qb7 f4 43. Qf3 fxe3 44. fxe3 Bd8 45. Ke2 Bb6 46. h4 Qe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk"]
[Black "Aronian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6
Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe2 Bd7 13.
Rfd1 Nc6 14. a3 Be7 15. b4 Qb8 16. Ng3 b5 17. Bxb5 Nxe5 18. Bxd7 Nxd7
19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Nb3 a6 21. Ne4 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Nd4 Rfd8 24.
Nxb5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nc4 26. Nec3 Nxa3 27. Ra1 Bxb4 28. Nb1 Nxb5 29.
Rxa8+ Bf8 30. h4 Nc7 31. Rc8 Nd5 32. Nd2 g6 33. Nc4 Kg7 34. g3 h5 35.
Kg2 Bb4 36. Rb8 Kf6 37. Rb7 Bf8 38. Kf3 Bc5 39. Nd2 Kg7 40. Ne4 Be7
41. Ng5 Kf8 42. Ke2 Nf6 43. Kd3 Ng4 44. Nh7+ Ke8 45. Rb8+ Kd7 46. Ke2
Bd6 47. Rb7+ Ke8 48. Ng5 Nh6 49. Ne4 Nf5 50. Nxd6+ Nxd6 51. Ra7 Kf8
52. Kf3 Kg7 53. Rd7 Nf5 54. Kg2 Kf6 55. f3 Nh6 56. Kh3 g5 57. hxg5+
Kxg5 58. Rd8 Kg6 59. Kg2 Kg7 60. Kf2 Nf5 61. Ra8 Kh7 62. Ra1 Kg6 63.
Rg1 Kg5 64. Ke2 Kf6 65. Kd3 Ke5 66. Rg2 Kd5 67. g4 hxg4 68. fxg4 Nd6
69. Rf2 Ke5 70. g5 Nf5 71. Rf1 Kd6 72. Ra1 Ke7 73. Ra8 Nh4 74. Ke3 Ng6
75. Rg8 Kd7 76. Kf3 Nh4+ 77. Kf4 Ke7 78. Ra8 Nf5 79. Ke4 Nh4 80. Kf4
Nf5 81. Ke5 Ne3 82. Rc8 Nd5 83. Ke4 Kd7 84. Ra8 Ke7 85. Kf3 Nb6 86.
Rb8 Nc4 87. Kg4 Ne3+ 88. Kf4 Nf5 89. Ke5 Ne3 90. Rb7+ Kf8 91. g6 fxg6
92. Kxe6 Nf5 93. Kf6 Ke8 94. Kxg6 Nd6 95. Rh7 Kd8 96. Kf6 Ne8+ 97. Ke6
Nc7+ 98. Kd6 Ne8+ 99. Kc6 Nf6 100. Rf7 Ne8 101. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov"]
[Black "Vallejo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3
g5 8. d3 g4 9. Nd2 h5 10. b4 h4 11. Bb2 Rh6 12. Nb3 Nd4 13. Nc5 c6 14.
e3 Ne6 15. O-O hxg3 16. fxg3 Nxc5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Qe2 Be7 19. Rad1
f5 20. Qf2 Be6 21. e4 Rh5 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Qe3 Na4 25.
Qh6 Kd7 26. Rxf5 Nxb2 27. Rdf1 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Nxd3 29. h4 Qd6 30. Qg7
Qxa3 31. Kh2 a5 32. Rf7 a4 33. h5 Ne1 34. Qxg4+ Kc7 35. Qe6 Re8 36.
Qxe5+ Kb6 37. Rf5 Qb4 38. Qe3+ Bc5 39. Qxe8 Nxg2 40. Kxg2 a3 1-0

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gashimov"]
[Black "Gelfand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13.
cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. a4 O-O 17. axb5 Bc5 18. Be3
Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Qg5 20. g3 Rfd8 21. Rd3 Kh8 22. b6 axb6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8
24. Nxb6 Rf8 25. h4 Qb5 26. Qb3 Qc6 27. Nd7 Ra8 28. Ne5 Ra1+ 29. Rd1
Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qc7 31. Qd5 g6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Nc4 Qc5 34. Qxc5 Nxc5
35. b4 Nd3 36. Nd6 Nxb4 37. Nxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian"]
[Black "Vallejo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc7
8. Bd2 Bh5 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. h3 Qb6 12. g3 Nbd7 13. O-O Nd5
14. Ng2 Bg6 15. f3 O-O 16. Ne2 a5 17. a3 Qa7 18. Nef4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 e5
20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Be2 Rad8 23. Qc3 Rd5 24. f4 Rfd8 25.
fxe5 Rxd2 26. Rce1 b5 27. Rf2 Bc5 28. Bf1 b4 29. Rxd2 bxc3 30. Rxd8+
Kh7 31. bxc3 Qe7 32. Rd3 Qxe5 33. Kg2 Bxa3 34. e4 Bd6 35. Rf3 Qc5 36.
e5 Bxe5 37. Re4 f5 38. Rc4 Qb6 39. g4 f4 40. h4 Qb2+ 41. Kh3 Bb8 42.
h5 gxh5 43. Bd3+ Kg8 44. gxh5 Qc1 45. Be4 c5 46. Kg2 Qd2+ 47. Rf2 Qd7
48. Bf3 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gashimov"]
[Black "Topalov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7.
Qxe4 Qe7 8. d4 Nc6 9. Qg4 h5 10. Qg3 Bxd4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nd5 Qe4 13.
Qg5 Qe5 14. c3 Bb6 15. a4 Re8 16. Qxe5 Rxe5 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Bf4 Re4
19. Bd6 a6 20. Bd3 Re6 21. Rfe1 g6 22. Rxe6 dxe6 23. Bc7 e5 24. Bxb6
Be6 25. h4 Rc8 26. a5 Ne7 27. Rd1 f5 28. Re1 Nc6 29. f3 Kf7 30. Kf2
Nb8 31. g3 Nd7 32. Ba7 Bb3 33. Re2 Bc4 34. Ke3 Ke6 35. Re1 Bb3 36. Kd2
Nc5 37. Bb6 Rc6 38. Re3 Nd7 39. Ba7 Rd6 40. Kc1 Rd5 41. c4 Rxa5 42.
Bxf5+ gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand"]
[Black "Grischuk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7.
O-O O-O 8. Bg2 Re8 9. d3 h6 10. Bd2 c6 11. Rc1 Bc5 12. a3 a6 13. Na4
Ba7 14. c5 d5 15. cxd6ep Qxd6 16. Bb4 Qc7 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Be6
19. b4 Rad8 20. Qc2 Bd5 21. a4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rd4 23. Qb3 b6 24. e3 Rd6
25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. dxe4 Qe7 27. Qc4 b5 28. Qc5 bxa4 29. Ra1 Rf6 30. Rxa4
Qxc5 31. bxc5 Rb8 32. Rxa6 Rb5 33. f4 Rxc5 34. Rd1 exf4 35. exf4 Rc2+
36. Kh3 Re6 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. e5 Re7 39. Rc8 h5 40. Kh4 Rxh2+ 41. Kg5
f6+ 42. exf6 Rf7 43. Raa8 gxf6+ 44. Kf5 Kh6 45. Rh8+ Rh7 46. Rhf8 Rd7
47. Rh8+ Rh7 48. Kxf6 Rd2 49. Rad8 Rxd8 50. Rxd8 Rg7 51. Rh8+ Rh7 52.
Re8 Rg7 53. f5 c5 54. Rh8+ Rh7 55. Rg8 Ra7 56. Rh8+ Rh7 57. Rc8 Rg7
58. Ke6 Rxg3 59. f6 Re3+ 60. Kf7 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk"]
[Black "Gashimov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. g3 Bg7
8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Qb3 Nh5 13. Bg5 Qd7
14. Nd2 h6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Nc4 Nb4 17. Rac1 Rab8 18. a4 b6 19. Nb5 Bf8
20. Bd2 a6 21. Nbxd6 b5 22. Nxe8 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxe8 24. Bxb4 cxb4 25.
e4 Bg4 26. e5 Qf5 27. e6 fxe6 28. dxe6 Be7 29. f3 Bh3 30. g4 Qg5 31.
Bxh3 Nf4 32. Bf1 Rf8 33. Qc7 h5 34. Qe5 Qh4 35. Re4 Nh3+ 36. Bxh3 Qxh3
37. Qg3 hxg4 38. Qxh3 gxh3 39. Kf2 Rd8 40. Ke2 1-0

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov"]
[Black "Aronian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3
Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3
O-O 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Qe2 Be8 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19.
Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bd6 21. Nd2 Qe7 22. Ne4 Kg7 23. Re1 Re8 24. h4 Rad8
25. h5 f5 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Rc5 e4 28. hxg6 f4 29. Qd2 Qe5 30. Rc7+
Rd7 31. Rxd7+ Nxd7 32. Ba4 Rd8 33. Qa5 Nb6 34. Bb3 e3 35. fxe3 fxe3
36. Qb4 Rd6 37. Re2 Rxg6 38. Qc3 Qxc3 39. bxc3 Rg5 40. Rxe3 Nxd5 41.
Bxd5 Rxd5 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. Rxb7 Ra5 44. Rb2 Ke5 45. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vallejo"]
[Black "Gelfand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 Bd6 12. h3 Bh5 13. g3
h6 14. Bf5 Qf6 15. Bg4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Rae8 17. Kg2 Rxe1 18. Qxe1 Qg6
19. g5 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Nd8 21. Qb1 Qxb1 22. Rxb1 Ne6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24.
Re1 Kf7 25. Rh1 c5 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. Bf4 Be7 28. Be5 Rc8 29. Rh7 Bf6
30. Bxf6 Kxf6 31. Rh4 b5 32. Rf4+ Ke7 33. Rg4 Kf6 34. Rf4+ Ke7 35. Rg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand"]
[Black "Aronian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Bh4 h6 13. Rc1 Qd8
14. Nf3 Nf8 15. O-O Bg4 16. Nd2 Bh5 17. Rce1 Bg6 18. Nf3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3
Ng6 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 a5 22. Ne2 Nf8 23. Qc2 N8d7 24. Nf4 Qe7 25.
Rb1 Ne4 26. Nd3 Rec8 27. Nd2 Nxd2 28. Qxd2 Nf6 29. Rfc1 Ne4 30. Qd1
Ra7 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 Ra6 33. Qd2 Rca8 34. Kf1 h5 35. Rbc1 g6 36.
Ke2 Rb6 37. R5c3 Re8 38. Rc5 Ra8 39. R5c3 Re8 40. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk"]
[Black "Topalov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3
O-O 8. Rc1 Ba3 9. Rc2 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bg2 d5 13. O-O
dxc4 14. bxc4 Rad8 15. Rd2 Bb4 16. Qb3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Na5 18. c5 Nc4
19. Rc2 bxc5 20. Qb3 cxd4 21. Rxc4 Rb8 22. Qc2 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 e5 24.
Qxc7 Rfe8 25. Qxa7 Rb2 26. Re1 g6 27. a4 Rd8 28. Qa5 e4 29. Nd2 e3 30.
fxe3 d3 31. Ne4 Qe7 32. exd3 Rxd3 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34. Qc6 f5 35. Nf2 Rdd2
36. Qc3+ Kh7 37. Rf1 Rbc2 38. Qb3 Rb2 39. Qc3 Rbc2 40. Qb3 Rb2 41. Qc4
h5 42. Qf4 Re2 43. Bf3 Rec2 44. Nd3 Ra2 45. Nb4 Rxa4 46. Nxc2 Rxf4 47.
gxf4 Kh6 48. Rb1 Qe6 49. Re1 Qa2 50. Nd4 h4 51. Be2 g5 52. fxg5+ Kxg5
53. Rf1 Kg6 54. Rxf5 Qb1+ 55. Rf1 Qe4 56. Kf2 1-0

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gashimov"]
[Black "Vallejo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6
8. Bb5 c4 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. O-O Bb4 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. d5
Qc7 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Nf3 Ne7 16. Nd4 Qd5 17. Bg5 Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6
19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Rfb1 d4 21. Rb4 dxc3 22. Rxc4 O-O 23. Rxc3 Rfc8 24.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rd1 Bxc2 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxd8 a6 28. a3 Bb3 29. Be7
Bc2 30. Bd8 Bb3 31. Be7 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vallejo"]
[Black "Grischuk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3
e6 8. Bf4 Qc7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bg3 Be7 12. f4 Ned7 13. Be2
e5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf6 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Rhf1 Qe7 18. Kb1 O-O
19. Na5 Bd7 20. Qb4 Rab8 21. Rde1 b5 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Qc7 24. Qe4
Rbe8 25. Qd5 Re6 26. Bg4 Nxg4 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Rf7 29. Qe8+ Rf8
30. Qe6+ Rf7 31. Qe8+ Rf8 32. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov"]
[Black "Gelfand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7.
Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. h4 c6 11. h5 h6 12. Kb1 Nf6 13.
Bd3 Bf8 14. Rdg1 Ng4 15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Nh2 Nxh2 17. Rxh2 Bf5 18. Bxf5
Qxf5 19. g4 Qe4 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qe2 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Be3 Rxe3
24. fxe3 Re8 25. Rh3 Re6 26. c4 Be7 27. Rf3 Re5 28. Rgf1 Rxh5 29. Rxf7
Re5 30. R7f3 Bf6 31. c3 Re4 32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Rxf6 Rxe3 34. Rxd6 Kf7
35. Kc2 Re2+ 36. Kb3 Ke7 37. Rd4 c5 38. Rd3 b6 39. Ka3 Rc2 40. Rd5 a5
41. Rd3 Rh2 42. b3 Rc2 43. Ka4 Rxa2+ 44. Kb5 Rb2 45. Kxb6 a4 46. Kxc5
Rxb3 47. Kc6 a3 48. c5 Ke8 49. Rh3 a2 50. Rh8+ Ke7 51. Ra8 Rb2 52. Kc7
Rc2 53. c6 Rb2 54. c4 Rc2 55. Ra6 Rb2 56. c5 Ke6 57. Ra5 Rc2 58. Kb7
Rb2+ 59. Kc8 Ke7 60. c7 Ke8 61. Rxa2 Rxa2 62. Kb7 1-0

[Event "XXVII Ciudad de Linares 2010"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian"]
[Black "Gashimov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "Message"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6
8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Ne8 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Re1 h6 14.
a5 Nc7 15. Rc1 f5 16. Qb3 g5 17. Bg3 Rb8 18. Na4 b5 19. axb6ep Na8 20.
Ra1 Naxb6 21. Nc3 Na8 22. Qc2 Nc7 23. Bc4 Rb4 24. b3 Nf6 25. Ra5 Nd7
26. Na4 Kh8 27. Nb2 Rb6 28. Rd1 Nb5 29. Bd3 Nc3 30. Rd2 Ne4 31. Bxe4
fxe4 32. Ne1 Bxb2 33. Qxb2+ Kg8 34. Nc2 Nf6 35. Na3 Ne8 36. Nc4 Rb5
37. Ra4 h5 38. Na5 h4 39. Bh2 Bf5 40. Nc6 Qb7 41. b4 Bd7 42. Qc2 Bf5
43. bxc5 Rxc5 44. Qd1 Rb5 45. Ra1 Bc8 46. Rc1 Bf5 47. Nd8 Qe7 48. Ne6
Bxe6 49. dxe6 Qxe6 50. Bxd6 Nxd6 51. Rxd6 Qf5 52. Qh5 Rb7 53. Rg6+ Rg7
54. Rh6 Rh7 55. Rxh7 Qxh7 56. Qxg5+ Qg7 57. Qxh4 Qg6 58. Rc5 1-0






