Amber Tournament selection

(1) Svidler,P (2735) - Vallejo Pons,F (2686) [B50] Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (6), 25.03.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Nc6 7.0-0 Nd7 8.Bb5 g6 9.Rd1 Bg7 10.Na3 0-0 11.Bxc6 Ne5 12.Qe3 Nxc6 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qb6 15.Nc4 Qa6 16.b3 Rad8 17.Na3 d5 18.e5 f6 19.exf6 exf6 20.Nc2 Rfe8 21.Qf3 Re4 22.a4 f5 23.Bb2 Qe2 24.Qc3 Rde8 25.Re1 Qa6 26.Rxe4 dxe4 27.b4 Qd3 28.b5 Qxc3 29.Bxc3 Ne7 30.Nb4 Rc8 31.Be1 Bxd4 32.Rd1 Rc4 33.a5 Kf7 34.Nc2 Rxc2 35.Rxd4 Ke6 36.Rd8 Rc8 37.Rd1 Nd5 38.Bd2 Rc5 39.a6 b6 40.Rb1 Nc7 41.Bf4 Rxb5 42.Rc1 Nxa6 43.Rc6+ Kd7 44.Rf6 Ke7 45.Bg5 Kd7 46.Rf7+ Kc6 47.Rxh7 Rd5 48.Rg7 Rd6 49.Bf4 Re6 50.Rxa7 Nc5 51.g3 Nd3 52.Be3 Ne5 53.Kf1 Nc4 54.Bf4 b5 55.Rc7+ Kb6 56.Rc8 Rc6 57.Rb8+ Ka5 58.Ke2 Ka4 59.g4 fxg4 60.hxg4 b4 61.Ra8+ Kb5 62.Bh6 b3 63.Bg7 Rb6 64.Re8 Rb7 65.Bc3 Kc5 66.Rxe4 b2 67.Bxb2 Rxb2+ 68.Kd3 Rb3+ 69.Ke2 Rb2+ 70.Kd3 Rb3+ 71.Ke2 Kd5 72.Rf4 Ne5 73.f3 Rb2+ 74.Ke3 Rb3+ 75.Ke2 Ke6 76.Rf8 Ke7 77.Rf4 Rb2+ 78.Ke3 Rb5 79.Ke2 Rb8 80.Re4 Kf6 81.Kf2 g5 82.Re3 Ng6 83.Kg3 Rd8 84.Ra3 Rd6 85.Rb3 Nf4 86.Ra3 Rd5 87.Ra4 Rc5 88.Rb4 Rc1 89.Rb6+ Ne6 90.Ra6 Ke5 91.Ra4 Rc2 92.Ra5+ Kd4 93.Ra4+ Kd3 94.Ra3+ Rc3 95.Ra5 Ke2 96.Ra2+ Ke3 97.Ra5 Rc5 98.Ra3+ Kd2 99.Ra2+ Rc2 100.Ra5 Ke1 101.Ra1+ Ke2 102.Ra5 Rc3 103.Ra2+ Ke3 104.Ra5 Nc5 105.Ra8 Nd3 106.Re8+ Kd2 107.Rg8 Rc5 108.Rd8 Ke2 109.Re8+ Kd2 110.Rd8 Re5 111.Ra8 Re1 112.Rd8 Ke2 113.Re8+ Kf1 114.Rg8 Re5 115.Ra8 Re2 116.Ra1+ Ne1 117.Ra3 Rf2 118.Rb3 Kg1 119.Rc3 Rf1 [119...Rg2+ 120.Kh3 Kf2 121.f4 Rg1 122.Kh2 Rxg4 123.Rh3 Nf3+ 124.Rxf3+ Kxf3 125.fxg5 Rxg5 126.Kh1 Kf2 127.Kh2 Rh5# ] 120.Ra3 Ng2 121.Ra5 Ne1 122.Rxg5 Rxf3+ 123.Kh4 Kg2 124.Rf5 Rh3+ 125.Kg5 Nf3+ 126.Kf6 Rh6+ 127.Kg7 Rh4 128.g5 Nxg5 1/2-1/2

(2) Topalov,V (2757) - Leko,P (2749) [E15] Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (6), 25.03.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb7 11.Bg2 c5 12.Neg5 Nc6 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Bc3 Nd4 15.Bxd4 cxd4 16.0-0 0-0 17.Ne5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Bd6 19.Ng4 g6 20.Nh6+ Kg7 21.Nhxf7 Qe7 22.Nxd6 Qxd6 23.Rae1 e5 24.Qd3 a5 25.f4 Ng4 26.Qe4 Qd7 27.fxe5 Ne3+ 28.Kg1 Nxf1 29.e6 Qa7 30.e7 d3+ 31.Kh1 Qf2 [31...Rf2 ] 32.exf8Q+ Rxf8 33.Qe7+ Kh6 34.Qxh7+ Kxg5 35.Qh4+ Kf5 36.g4+ 1-0

(3) Shirov,A (2713) - Van Wely,L (2679) [B31] Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (6), 25.03.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5 9.Qd2 h6 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nh2 Nf8 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne6 14.Bg3 Qg5 15.Qe1 Nd4 16.Qf2 0-0 17.Bd6 Bxh3 18.Bf4 Qxg2+ 19.Qxg2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Nxc2 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Ng4 h5 23.Nf2 Rfe8 24.Ne2 Be5 25.Bc1 b6 26.a3 a5 27.a4 Rd7 28.b3 Na1 29.Be3 Nxb3 30.Rb1 c4 31.dxc4 Nd2 32.Rfd1 Red8 33.Rbc1 c5 34.Bf4 f6 35.Bxe5 fxe5 36.Nc3 Rd4 37.Nd5 Rf8 38.Rc2 Nf3 39.Rh1 Ng5 40.Re1 Rf3 41.Rb1 h4 42.Rxb6 Rg3+ 43.Kf1 Nf3 44.Rcb2 Nd2+ 45.Ke2? [45.Rxd2 Rxd2 46.Ng4 draws] 45...Nxc4 46.Rb8+ Kg7 47.Rc2 h3 48.Rb1 Nd6 49.Ne3 Nxe4 50.Nfg4 Rb4 51.Rd1 Nd6 52.Rxd6 Rbxg4 53.Nxg4 Rxg4 54.Kf3 Rxa4 55.Rxc5 Rh4 56.Rd1 a4 57.Kg3 Rc4 58.Rxc4 1-0

(4) Van Wely,L (2679) - Shirov,A (2713) [D44] Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (6), 25.03.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 0-0-0 15.0-0 b4 16.Rb1 Qa6 17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Qc6 20.exd8Q+ Kxd8 21.Nd5 Rxh2 22.Kg1 Rh8 23.Qf3 Ne5 24.Qe4 Bd6 25.Rd1 Nd3 26.b3 Nb2 27.Nc3 Kd7 28.Qf5+ Kc7 29.Nd5+ Kb7 30.Re1 c3 31.Bf4 Bxf4 32.Re7+ Ka8 33.Qe4 Rc8 34.gxf4 c2 35.Nc7+ Rxc7 36.Qxc2 Rc8 37.Qxb2 Rh8 38.f3 Qd5 39.Qe2 Qd4+ 40.Kg2 Rg8+ 41.Kh3 Rh8+ 42.Kg4 Qg1+ 43.Kf5 Rh5+ 0-1