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(1) Ponomariov,Ruslan (2704) - Bareev,Evgeny (2675) WCC 2005 0:06.05-0:00.04 (52), 10.12.2005 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.g3 Qa5 11.Ra2 Rc8 12.Bg2 b4 13.axb4 Qxb4 14.0-0 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bc5 17.Rd1 Bxd4+ 18.Qxd4 Rc4 19.Qf2 0-0 20.Bf1 Rc7 21.Qd4 a5 22.Qxb4 axb4 23.Nb5 Rxc2 24.Nd4 Rcc8 25.Ra7 Nc5 26.Rc1 Ba8 27.Ba6 Nxa6 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Rxa6 g5 30.b3 gxf4 31.gxf4 Bb7 32.Rb6 Rc7 33.Kf2 Bc8 34.Rc6 Rxc6 35.Nxc6 Bb7 36.Nxb4 d4 37.Nc2 d3 38.Nb4 d2 39.Ke2 Kg7 40.Kxd2 Kg6 41.Ke3 Kf5 42.Nd3 Bc6 43.b4 Kg4 44.Nf2+ Kf5 45.h3 h5 46.h4 Ba4 47.Kf3 Bc6+ 48.Kg3 Ba4 49.Nd3 Bc6 50.Ne1 f6 51.Nf3 fxe5 52.Nxe5 Ba4 53.Nc4 Kf6 54.Kf3 Bb5 55.Nd6 Bc6+ 56.Ke3 e5 57.b5 1-0

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(2) Bacrot,Etienne (2725) - Rublevsky,Sergei (2652) WCC 2005 0:56.50-0:02.48 (52), 10.12.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 g6 12.Na4 Qa5 13.Bh6 Qb4 14.Qxb4 Bxb4 15.c3 Ba5 16.b4 Bc7 17.f4 a5 18.b5 Nb6 19.Nxb6 Bxb6+ 20.Kf1 cxb5 21.Bxb5+ Bd7 22.Rab1 Rb8 23.c4 Ba7 24.Ba6 Bc6 25.cxd5 exd5 26.f5 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 Kd7 28.Rc1 gxf5 29.Bd3 Re8 30.Bf4 Bd4 31.Bxf5+ Kc7 32.e6+ Kb6 33.Rb1+ Kc5 34.exf7 Rf8 35.Rc1+ Kb6 36.Be6 Bc5 37.Bh6 Bb5+ 38.Ke1 Bb4+ 39.Kf2 Rd8 40.Rc8 1-0

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(3) Gurevich,Mikhail (2652) - Aronian,Levon (2724) WCC 2005 0:05.21-0:31.46 (52), 10.12.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.Bg5 d6 9.Nd2 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.e3 Nbd7 12.f3 Re8 13.Bd3 Qb6 14.Bh4 d5 15.Bf2 a5 16.b3 a4 17.b4 e5 18.0-0 e4 19.fxe4 dxc4 20.Nxc4 Qe6 21.Bg3 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Qxe4 23.Rf2 cxb4 24.Qxb4 Bd5 25.Rd1 Qxc4 26.Qxc4 Bxc4 27.Rxd7 Rxe3 28.Rfd2 h6 29.Rd8+ Rxd8 30.Rxd8+ Kh7 31.Rd4 Bb5 32.Bd6 Re1+ 33.Kf2 Re2+ 34.Kf3 Rc2 35.g4 g5 36.Ke3 Kg6 37.Rd5 Bd7 38.Rd4 h5 39.gxh5+ Kxh5 40.Bb4 Bc6 41.Rd2 Rc4 42.Rd4 Rc1 43.Rd8 Bg2 44.Rd2 Bh3 45.Rd8 f5 46.Rh8+ Kg4 47.Ra8 f4+ 48.Kd2 Rh1 49.Rxa4 Rxh2+ 50.Kc3 Re2 51.Bd6 Bg2 52.Rd4 Be4 53.Rd1 Bc6 54.Rd4 Kf5 55.Rc4 Be4 56.Rc5+ Kg4 57.Be7 Bf5 0-1

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(4) Grischuk,Alexander (2720) - Gelfand,Boris (2717) WCC 2005 0:01.58-0:00.40 (52), 10.12.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.e4 Qd7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Rc1 0-0 13.Bb5 a6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Qc2 Bb7 16.0-0 f5 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Bxe4 19.Qxc7 Rf7 20.Qxb6 f4 21.Bc5 Qc6 22.Qxc6 Bxc6 23.b4 Bd5 24.Rc3 g5 25.Rfc1 Kg7 26.a4 Kg6 27.Bd6 g4 28.h3 h5 29.h4 Kf5 30.Rc5 Rh7 31.Rb1 Rb7 32.Rb2 Rb6 33.Rd2 Ke4 34.Kh2 Rb7 35.Rb2 Kf5 36.Rc3 Rb6 37.b5 axb5 38.axb5 Ra5 39.Rc5 Rb7 40.Bc7 Ra3 41.b6 g3+ 42.fxg3 Rxg3 43.Re2 Rg7 44.Rc3 Rf7 45.Kh3 Kg6 46.Rf2 Rf8 47.Kh2 Rf7 48.Rd3 Kf5 49.Rg3 Rfxc7 50.Rg5+ Ke4 51.bxc7 Rxc7 52.Rxh5 Ke3 53.Rb2 f3 54.gxf3 Bxf3 55.Rg5 Be4 56.Rg3+ Kf4 57.Rf2+ Kxe5 58.Re3 Kd4 59.Re1 e5 60.Rfe2 Bd3 61.Rxe5 Rg7 62.Rg5 1-0

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(5) Lautier,Joel (2679) - Carlsen,Magnus (2570) WCC 2005 0:00.42-0:00.55 (52), 10.12.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qe2 b6 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Bb2 Bb7 14.Bd3 Nd5 15.Qe4 N7f6 16.Qe5 Rac8 17.c4 Nf4 18.Bf1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Rfd8 20.Qxc7 Rxc7 21.a4 h6 22.a5 Nh7 23.axb6 axb6 24.Ra3 Nf8 25.Rda1 Rcc8 26.Rb3 N8g6 27.Rxb6 Nh4 28.Ra3 Nf5 29.c5 e5 30.Ba6 Nxd4 31.Rd6 [31.Bxc8 Nde2+ 32.Kf1 Rd1# ] 31...Rxd6 32.cxd6 Rd8 33.Kf1 Rxd6 34.Bd3 g5 35.Be4 Kg7 36.Ra1 Rb6 37.Ba3 f5 38.Ba8 Kf6 [38...Nc2! wins because the white rook cannot leave the first rank (...Rb1# is threatened) 39.Bc5 Rb5 ] 39.Bc5 Rb5 40.Bd6 Ke6 41.Bf8 Rb8 42.Bc5 Rb2 43.Re1 Kf6 44.Rd1 h5 45.Ke1 Re2+ 46.Kf1 Rb2 47.Ke1 Re2+ 48.Kf1 Rc2 49.Bb6 Kg6 50.Bb7 Rb2 51.Bxd4 exd4 52.Ba6 Kf6 53.Bc4 Ke5 54.Re1+ Kd6 55.Rd1 Kc5 56.Ba6 Kd5 57.Ke1 Ra2 58.Bb5 Kc5 59.Bd7 d3 60.Bxf5 Kd4 61.Rb1 Re2+ 62.Kf1 d2 63.Bc2 Re5 64.Rd1 Kc3 65.Be4 Rxe4 66.fxe4 Kc2 0-1

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(6) Sakaev,Konstantin (2668) - Kamsky,Gata (2690) WCC 2005 0:10.32-0:14.12 (52), 10.12.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.Nxc4 Qa6 9.Ne5 0-0 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Nd3 Rd8 12.Qc2 Qb6 13.e3 Qc7 14.f4 Nb6 15.e4 Ne8 16.Kh1 Rxd4 17.b3 Rd8 18.Bb2 Nd7 19.Rae1 b6 20.e5 e6 21.g4 Ba6 22.Rf3 c5 23.Nf2 Bb7 24.Nfe4 f5 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.Rg3 fxe4 27.Nxe4 Nf8 28.f5 Bxe4 29.Bxe4 exf5 30.Bxf5 Rd7 31.e6 Re7 32.Be5 Qd8 33.Rd1 Qc8 34.Qg2 Rb8 35.Rg1 Rbb7 36.Be4 Rbc7 37.Qf3 Ng6 38.Rxg6 hxg6 39.Rxg6 c4 40.Rg1 cxb3 41.Bxc7 1/2-1/2

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(7) Dreev,Alexey (2694) - Malakhov,Vladimir (2670) WCC 2005 0:00.28-0:24.58 (52), 10.12.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.h4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.g3 b5 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nd7 11.e4 h6 12.Bf4 e6 13.g4 Be7 14.a4 Nb6 15.g5 hxg5 16.hxg5 Bd6 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Qxg5 19.Qb1 Nd7 20.Bd6 Nf6 21.d5 0-0-0 22.axb5 cxb5 23.Bg3 exd5 24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Rxa6 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Qh5 27.Ra8+ Kb7 28.Rxd8 Qh3+ 29.Kf3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

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(8) Van Wely,Loek (2648) - Vallejo Pons,Francisco (2674) WCC 2005 0:15.29-0:16.29 (52), 10.12.2005 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.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Rg8 12.Nxg4 Nxg4 13.Bxg4 b4 14.Na4 c5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.dxc5 Qxd1+ 17.Bxd1 Bxe4 18.0-0 Nc6 19.Be2 Bd5 20.Rfc1 Na5 21.Kh2 Rc8 22.f3 Kd7 23.a3 Nb3 24.axb4 a5 25.bxa5 Rxc5 26.Rd1 c3 27.bxc3 Nxa1 28.c4 Rxa5 29.cxd5 exd5 30.Be1 Ra2 31.Rxd5+ Ke6 32.Rd2 Rxd2 33.Bxd2 Nc2 34.Kh3 Rh8 35.g4 Nd4 36.Bc4+ Kf6 37.Bxh6 Nxf3 38.g5+ Ke7 39.Bd5 Nxh4 40.Kxh4 f6 1/2-1/2