FIDE World Cup

(1) Aronian,L (2724) - Ponomariov,R (2704) [D58] WCC Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.2), 16.12.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bg3 Bd6 14.Bb5 Bxg3 15.hxg3 c6 16.Ba4 b5 17.Bc2 Bxc2 18.Qxc2 Qb6 19.Rac1 Rfc8 20.g4 Qd8 21.Qd3 a6 22.Rfd1 Qe7 23.Rc3 Rc7 24.a3 Nf6 25.Rdc1 Nxg4 26.Rxc6 Rac8 27.Rxc7 Rxc7 28.Rc3 Qd6 29.Qc2 Rxc3 30.Qxc3 Qd5 31.Ne1 Qd6 32.Kf1 Qh2 33.Qc6 g5 34.Qxa6 Qh1+ 35.Ke2 Nh2 36.Qa8+ Kg7 37.Qe4 h5 38.Kd2 Nf1+ 39.Kd1 Qg1 40.Qf3 g4 41.Qf4 g3 42.Ke2 h4 43.Nd3 gxf2 44.Qxh4 Nxe3 45.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 46.Kxf2 Nf5 47.d5 exd5 48.Nb4 d4 49.Kf3 Nd6 50.b3 f5 51.Nc6 Kf6 52.Nxd4 Ke5 53.Ke3 f4+ 54.Kd3 Kd5 55.Ne2 Ke5 56.Nc3 Nf5 57.Nxb5 Nh4 58.a4 Nxg2 59.Nd4 Ne1+ 60.Ke2 Ng2 61.a5 Ne3 62.Kd3 Kd6 63.b4 Ng4 64.Kc4 Ne3+ 65.Kb5 Nd5 66.Nf3 Nc7+ 67.Kc4 Nd5 68.b5 Ne3+ 69.Kd4 Nf5+ 70.Kc4 Ne3+ 71.Kd3 Kc5 72.b6 Nd5 73.b7 Nb4+ 74.Ke4 Na6 75.Nd4 f3 76.Ne6+ 1/2-1/2

(2) Grischuk,A (2720) - Bacrot,E (2725) [D13] WCC Places 3-4 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.2), 16.12.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.0-0 Be7 12.Nd2 0-0 13.Nb3 Nd7 14.h3 1/2-1/2

(3) Bareev,E (2675) - Gelfand,B (2717) [D11] WCC Places 5-6 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.2), 16.12.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.e4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.d5 Nb6 14.Bb3 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Nfxd5 1/2-1/2

(4) Gurevich,M (2652) - Rublevsky,S (2652) [D27] WCC Places 7-8 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.2), 16.12.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 a6 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Re1 b5 9.a4 bxa4 10.e4 cxd4 11.e5 Nd5 12.Rxa4 Bb4 13.Bd2 Bxd2 14.Nbxd2 Nc5 15.Rxd4 Nxd3 16.Rxd3 0-0 17.Nc4 a5 18.Rd4 Ba6 19.Nd6 Rb8 20.Qd2 Qb6 21.Rg4 Ne7 22.h4 Nf5 23.h5 h6 24.b4 axb4 25.Nd4 Bc8 26.Re3 Nxe3 27.Qxe3 Kh8 28.Rf4 Kg8 29.Qg3 Bd7 30.Rg4 Kh8 31.Nb3 Qa6 32.Rxg7 Qe2 33.Rg4 Rg8 34.Nxf7+ Kh7 35.Nxh6 Kxh6 36.Qf4+ Kh7 37.Qf7+ Kh8 38.Qf6+ Kh7 39.Qe7+ Kh8 40.Qf6+ Kh7 41.Qf7+ Kh8 42.Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

(5) Kamsky,G (2690) - Carlsen,M (2570) [B33] WCC Places 9-10 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.2), 16.12.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 Ne7 13.Ncb4 0-0 14.a4 bxa4 15.Qxa4 a5 16.Bb5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Be6 18.Bc6 Rb8 19.Ra2 Qc8 20.0-0 Bd8 21.b4 Kh8 22.Rd2 Qa6 23.b5 Qa7 24.Qa3 Bxd5 25.Qxd6 Be7 26.Qxd5 Rfd8 27.Qa2 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 a4 29.Qa2 a3 30.Qxf7 Rf8 31.b6 1-0

(6) Vallejo Pons,F (2674) - Malakhov,V (2670) [B36] WCC Places 11-12 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.2), 16.12.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Bg5 0-0 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.f3 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Na4 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Rc6 16.Nc3 Rcc8 17.Na4 Rc6 18.Rhe1 Kf8 19.Nc3 Rcc8 20.Bd3 Bd7 21.a3 e6 22.g3 Be8 23.Bf4 Rd8 24.b4 Rac8 25.Bg5 h6 26.Be3 Nd7 27.f4 Rc6 28.Ne2 Rdc8 29.Bd4 R6c7 30.Bf2 Kg8 31.Rc2 Nf6 32.Bb6 Rc6 33.Bd4 Nd7 34.Bxg7 Kxg7 35.Nd4 R6c7 36.Rec1 e5 37.Ne2 f6 38.Nc3 Bf7 39.Nd5 Bxd5 40.exd5 b6 41.h4 f5 42.fxe5 Nxe5 43.h5 gxh5 44.c5 Nxd3 45.Kxd3 bxc5 46.Re1 cxb4 47.Rxc7+ Rxc7 48.axb4 Rf7 49.Re6 1/2-1/2

(7) Dreev,A (2694) - Van Wely,L (2648) [D23] WCC Places 13-14 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.2), 16.12.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.e4 a6 7.Bxc4 Rb8 8.Qc2 b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Bf4 Rc8 11.d5 Nc5 12.0-0-0 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 Be7 16.h4 Qd7 17.Ne5 Qd6 18.Qf5 0-0 19.Nd7 g6 20.Bxd6 cxd6+ 21.Qc2 Rxc2+ 22.Kxc2 Rc8+ 23.Kb1 Rc7 24.Nb8 Rc5 25.Rde1 Bf8 26.Nd7 Rc8 27.Rc1 Rxc1+ 28.Rxc1 Be7 29.Re1 Bxh4 30.g3 Bg5 31.f4 Bh6 32.Re7 g5 33.f5 Kg7 34.Nb6 g4 35.Kc2 Kf6 36.Rxb7 Bf4 37.gxf4 g3 38.Nd7+ Kxf5 39.Nf8 1-0

(8) Lautier,J (2680) - Sakaev,K (2668) [D12] WCC Places 15-16 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.2), 16.12.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.g3 Nbd7 10.Bg2 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 e5 15.dxe5 1/2-1/2