FIDE World Cup

(1) Aronian,L (2724) - Ponomariov,R (2704) [D60] WCC Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.3), 17.12.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bg3 Bb4+ 12.Ke2 c5 13.a3 Ba5 14.b4 cxb4 15.Qb3 Nc5 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.axb4 c4 18.Bh7+ Kh8 19.Qc3 Bxb4 20.Qxb4 Kxh7 21.Qd6 Bf5 22.Qxd8 Rfxd8 23.Nd4 Bg6 24.Kd2 a5 25.Ra4 Ra6 26.Rha1 Rda8 27.Nb5 Rb6 28.Rxa5 c3+ 29.Nxc3 Rb2+ 30.Ke1 Rc8 31.R5a2 Rxa2 32.Nxa2 d4 33.exd4 Ra8 34.d5 Bf5 35.d6 Bd7 36.Bf4 Kg6 37.Bd2 Ra6 38.Bc3 Rxd6 39.Nb4 Bb5 40.Nc2 Rd3 41.Ra3 f6 42.Bd4 Rxa3 43.Nxa3 Bc6 44.f3 Kf7 45.Nc4 Ke6 46.Ne3 Bb7 47.Bc5 Bc6 48.Kf2 Bb7 49.f4 Be4 50.g3 h5 51.Ke2 g5 52.Kd2 h4 53.Kc3 hxg3 54.hxg3 gxf4 55.gxf4 Bb1 56.Kd4 Bg6 57.Bb6 Bb1 58.Bd8 f5 59.Kc5 Be4 60.Bg5 Bb1 61.Nd5 Be4 62.Nb4 Kd7 63.Na2 Ke6 64.Nc3 Bf3 65.Nb5 Be4 66.Nd4+ Kd7 67.Bf6 Kc7 68.Ne6+ Kd7 69.Ng7 Kc7 70.Be7 Kd7 71.Bf8 Kc7 72.Kd4 Kd7 73.Ke5 1-0

(2) Bacrot,E (2725) - Grischuk,A (2720) [E15] WCC Places 3-4 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.3), 17.12.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 0-0 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.0-0 Na6 12.e4 Rc8 13.Re1 Rc7 14.Nd3 dxe4 15.Nxe4 c5 16.d5 exd5 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.cxd5 g6 20.Qg4 Rd8 21.Rad1 h5 22.Qa4 Rd6 23.Ne5 Rc8 24.Nc4 Rdd8 25.d6 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Nb4 27.Qxa7 Nc2 28.Re4 Nd4 29.Rd3 Qf5 30.Qe7 Kh7 31.Rf4 Qd5+ 32.f3 Re8 33.Rxf7+ Kg8 34.Rg7+ 1-0

(3) Gelfand,B (2717) - Bareev,E (2675) [D15] WCC Places 5-6 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.3), 17.12.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Be6 10.f4 Qc7 11.g4 Ne4 12.Bf3 f5 13.Bd2 Nd7 14.Be1 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Bh6 17.Bd2 fxg4 18.Bxg4 Rxf1+ 19.Kxf1 Qd7 20.h3 Rf8+ 21.Kg1 Bg5 22.Qe2 h5 23.Bxe6+ Qxe6 24.Qg2 Bh4 25.Rf1 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Qf5+ 27.Ke2 Kf7 28.e6+ Qxe6 29.Qh2 Bf6 30.Kd1 g5 31.Qc7 h4 32.Kc1 Qxh3 33.Qxc6 Qh1+ 34.Kc2 h3 0-1

(4) Kamsky,G (2690) - Carlsen,M (2570) [D14] WCC Places 9-10 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.3), 17.12.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bb5 Bb4 9.0-0 0-0 10.Rc1 Bxc3 11.Rxc3 Ne4 12.Rc1 g5 13.Bg3 h5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Ne5 h4 16.Nxc6 Qd7 17.Be5 f6 18.f3 Nd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Qd2 Rf7 21.b4 Rg7 22.h3 Re8 23.Rfe1 Rc7 24.b5 a6 25.a4 axb5 26.axb5 Rb7 27.e4 dxe4 28.fxe4 Bh7 29.e5 Qf8 30.Rc5 Rg7 31.exf6 Qxf6 32.Ne5 Bf5 33.Rf1 Qd8 34.Qe3 g4 35.hxg4 Bxg4 36.Nc6 Qc7 37.Rg5 h3 38.gxh3 Bf5 39.Rfxf5 1-0

(5) Dreev,A (2694) - Van Wely,L (2648) [D43] WCC Places 13-14 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.3), 17.12.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Nbd7 8.e4 b4 9.Na4 Bb7 10.Be3 Be7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.Nb3 a5 13.f3 Ba6 14.Qc2 Bb5 15.Nbc5 Nxc5 16.Nxc5 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Be2 Rac8 19.Rd1 Rfd8 20.Kf2 f5 21.Rhe1 Bd6 22.g3 Qf7 23.Kg2 Qg6 24.exf5 exf5 25.Rc1 Bxe2 26.Rxe2 Qf7 27.d5 c5 28.Qc4 Re8 29.Rce1 Re5 30.Qa6 Qd7 31.Bf2 Rxd5 32.Qc4 Qf7 33.Re6 Rd2 34.Qc1 Rd5 35.Qc4 Rd2 36.Qa6 Rd8 37.Qxa5 Bf8 38.b3 Qb7 39.Re8 Rxe8 40.Rxe8 Rd3 41.Be3 Kf7 42.Ra8 Qd5 43.Rxf8+ Kxf8 44.Qxc5+ Kf7 45.Qa7+ Kg6 46.h4 h6 47.h5+ Kh7 48.Qb6 Qe5 49.Bf2 Rd2 50.Kh3 Rxa2 51.Qg6+ Kh8 52.Bd4 Qxd4 53.Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

(6) Sakaev,K (2668) - Lautier,J (2680) [E15] WCC Places 15-16 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.3), 17.12.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Rc1 Bb7 9.Bg2 Ne4 10.0-0 f5 11.d5 Bf6 12.Qc2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 exd5 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Rfd1 Bb7 16.Bb2 c5 17.Nh4 Qg5 18.b4 cxb4 19.Qc7 Bc6 20.Rxc6 dxc6 21.f4 Na6 22.Qb7 Qg4 23.Qxa6 Rad8 24.Qc4+ Kh8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Bxe4 fxe4 27.Qxe4 Rf8 28.Qxb4 c5 29.Qd2 Qe6 30.Be5 Qe7 31.Qd5 Qf7 32.Qd6 Re8 33.a4 Qe6 34.Qd3 c4 35.Qd4 Rg8 36.e4 h6 37.Nf5 Kh7 38.Nxg7 Qg4 39.Nf5 1-0

(7) Ponomariov,R (2704) - Aronian,L (2724) [C90] WCC Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.4), 17.12.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a3 d6 9.c3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Re8 12.Qc2 Bf8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 g4 16.Nh4 exd4 17.Nd2 dxc3 18.Qxc3 Ne5 19.Nf5 Nh5 20.Nf1 Nxg3 21.N1xg3 Re6 22.Rad1 Rc8 23.Ne2 Qg5 24.Ned4 Rf6 25.h4 gxh3 26.Qxh3 Qg4 27.Qxg4+ Nxg4 28.Nc6 Re6 29.f3 Ne5 30.Nfd4 Ree8 31.Re2 d5 32.exd5 Nxc6 33.dxc6 Bg7 34.Rxe8+ Rxe8 35.Nf5 Bxb2 36.Rd7 Re6 37.Rxc7 Bxa3 38.Kf1 Bc5 39.Ng3 b4 40.Rc8+ Kh7 41.Ne4 b3 42.c7 Rc6 43.Nf6+ Kg6 44.Rg8+ Kxf6 45.c8Q Rxc8 46.Rxc8 Bb4 47.Rc1 a5 48.Ke2 a4 49.Rc6+ Kg7 50.Kd3 a3 51.Ra6 a2 0-1

(8) Grischuk,A (2720) - Bacrot,E (2725) [C91] WCC Places 3-4 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.4), 17.12.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Bg5 c6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nbd2 Be6 16.Rc1 h6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nf1 d5 19.Qe2 Rfe8 20.N1h2 Rad8 21.Ng4 Bxg4 22.hxg4 Qe6 23.exd5 Qxg4 24.Be4 Nb7 25.c4 Nc5 26.cxb5 Nxe4 27.Qxe4 Qxe4 28.Rxe4 axb5 29.Rc5 Ra8 30.a3 Reb8 31.d6 Ra4 32.Nd2 Ra6 33.d7 Rd8 34.Rxb5 Rxd7 35.Nc4 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 Rd4 37.Rxd4 exd4 38.b3 Kf8 39.Kg3 Ke7 40.Kf3 Re6 41.a4 Re1 42.Nb2 Kd6 43.a5 Ra1 44.Ke4 Kc6 45.Rb6+ Kc7 46.b4 Be7 47.Nd3 Bf6 48.g4 Ra2 49.Nc5 Rxf2 50.Rb7+ Kc6 51.a6 Re2+ 52.Kd3 Re3+ 53.Kc2 Ra3 54.Rb8 Kc7 55.Rb5 d3+ 56.Kd1 Bg5 57.Ra5 Rxa5 58.bxa5 Kb8 59.Nxd3 Ka7 60.Nb4 g6 1/2-1/2

(9) Bareev,E (2675) - Gelfand,B (2717) [A67] WCC Places 5-6 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.4), 17.12.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.a4 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qd8 11.Nf3 0-0 12.0-0 a6 13.Bc4 Nb6 14.Be2 Bg4 15.Be3 Re8 16.Qc2 Qe7 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 N8d7 20.d6 Qe6 21.Rd1 Nxe5 22.Bxc5 Nbd7 23.Ba3 Nxf3+ 24.Bxf3 Rab8 25.Nd5 Kh8 26.Kg2 Red8 27.Nc7 Qf6 28.Rf1 Qe5 29.Rf2 h5 30.Qb3 Rf8 31.Re2 Qd4 32.Qd5 Qxa4 33.Re7 Nf6 34.Qd3 Rbd8 35.Bxb7 Nd7 36.Qxa6 Qg4 37.Bf3 Qg5 38.Qb5 Ne5 39.Qe2 h4 40.Bb4 Rb8 41.Bc3 h3+ 42.Kxh3 Qf5+ 43.Kg2 Nxf3 44.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 45.Kxf3 Bxc3 46.bxc3 Rfd8 47.Rxf7 Rxd6 48.Kg4 Kg8 49.Rf4 Rc8 50.Nb5 Rd2 51.h4 Kg7 52.c4 Rd3 53.Nd4 Kh6 54.Nf3 Rc5 55.Re4 Rc3 56.Ne5 Ra5 57.Kf4 Ra1 58.Ng4+ Kg7 59.Ne3 Ra7 60.Nd5 Rb3 61.g4 1/2-1/2

(10) Carlsen,M (2570) - Kamsky,G (2690) [B48] WCC Places 9-10 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.4), 17.12.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Be3 b5 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.f3 Bc5 11.Qe1 d6 12.Kh1 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 0-0 14.Rfd1 Bb7 15.Qd4 Qc5 16.Qxc5 dxc5 17.a4 b4 18.Nb1 Nd7 19.Nd2 Ne5 20.Be2 a5 21.Kg1 g5 22.Kf2 Ba6 23.g3 Rfd8 24.f4 gxf4 25.gxf4 Ng6 26.Bxa6 Rxa6 27.Nc4 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Nxf4 29.Rd8+ Kg7 30.Rc8 f5 31.Kf3 Nh3 32.exf5 exf5 33.Rxc5 Ng5+ 34.Ke3 f4+ 35.Ke2 Re6+ 36.Re5 Rc6 37.b3 Kf6 38.Rxa5 Re6+ 39.Kf2 f3 40.Ne3 Re4 41.Ra6+ Ke5 42.Rh6 Rd4 43.Nc4+ Kf5 44.h4 Nf7 45.Rb6 Rxh4 46.Rxb4 Rh3 47.a5 Ng5 48.a6 Ne4+ 49.Ke3 f2+ 50.Ke2 Rc3 51.Nd2 Rxc2 52.Rd4 Nxd2 53.Rd5+ Ke6 0-1

(11) Van Wely,L (2648) - Dreev,A (2694) [D36] WCC Places 13-14 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.4), 17.12.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.0-0-0 Nhf6 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.h3 Be6 13.Kb1 0-0-0 14.Nd2 Ne8 15.Nb3 Nd6 16.Nc5 Qg5 17.g4 h5 18.f4 Qe7 19.f5 Bd7 20.Rhe1 hxg4 21.hxg4 Kb8 22.Qf2 Bc8 23.Qf4 Qc7 24.b3 Rde8 25.Rh1 f6 26.Kc2 Nf7 27.Kd2 Ng5 28.Bc2 Qxf4 29.exf4 Nf3+ 30.Kd3 Nh2 31.Kd2 Rh3 32.Kc1 Na8 33.Kb2 Nc7 34.Rd2 Reh8 35.Bd1 b6 36.Nd3 Nf3 37.Rxh3 Rxh3 38.Nf2 Nxd2 39.Nxh3 Nf1 40.Bf3 Ba6 41.Nf2 Kc8 42.Kc1 Kd7 43.Kd1 Kd6 44.Ke1 Ng3 45.Nfd1 c5 46.Kf2 Nf1 47.Be2 Bxe2 48.Kxe2 cxd4 49.Na4 Nh2 50.Nf2 Na6 51.Nb2 Nb4 52.a4 Na2 53.Kd2 Nf3+ 54.Ke2 Nh2 55.Kd2 Nc3 56.Nbd3 Nf1+ 57.Ke1 Ne3 58.Kd2 a5 59.Ke1 Kc6 60.Kd2 b5 61.axb5+ Kxb5 62.Kc1 Ne4 63.Kb2 Nd2 64.Ne1 Kc5 65.Ned3+ Kc6 66.Ne1 Kb5 67.Ned3 Ne4 68.Kc1 Kb6 69.Kb2 Nd6 70.Ne1 Nf7 71.Nf3 Nh6 72.Nxd4 Nhxg4 73.Nxg4 Nxg4 74.Ne6 Ne3 75.Nxg7 d4 76.Ne8 Nd5 77.Kc2 Kc5 78.Kd3 Nxf4+ 79.Ke4 Nd5 80.Ng7 Nc7 81.Nh5 Ne8 82.Kd3 Kb4 83.Nf4 Kxb3 84.Ne6 a4 85.Nxd4+ Kb2 86.Nc2 a3 87.Nxa3 Kxa3 88.Kc4 Kb2 89.Kd5 Kc3 90.Ke6 Kd4 91.Kf7 Ke5 0-1

(12) Lautier,J (2680) - Sakaev,K (2668) [D45] WCC Places 15-16 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.4), 17.12.2005 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 0-0 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.0-0 Qe7 10.Qc2 h6 11.Rfe1 Re8 12.e4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b5 14.Bf1 e5 15.h3 Bb7 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nh4 Rad8 18.Nf5 Qc5 19.Rac1 Bc8 20.Ng3 h5 21.Red1 h4 22.Nge2 Rd3 23.Bf4 Nxe4 24.Rxd3 Nxd3 25.Be3 Nexf2 26.Bxc5 Bxc5 27.Kh2 Bd6+ 28.g3 hxg3+ 29.Nxg3 Re3 30.Nce2 Ne4 31.Qxc6 Bf5 32.Rd1 Nxg3 33.Qxd6 Nxf1+ 34.Kg1 Rxe2 35.Rxd3 Ne3 36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Qh4+ 1-0

(13) Sakaev,K (2668) - Lautier,J (2680) [E01] WCC Places 15-16 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.5), 17.12.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qc2 Re8 9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 e5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bd2 exd4 14.Qxd4 Ne5 15.Bc3 1/2-1/2

(14) Lautier,J (2680) - Sakaev,K (2668) [D43] WCC Places 15-16 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.6), 17.12.2005 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qb3 Be7 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qd3 Ba6 9.Qc2 b4 10.Na4 0-0 11.e4 Bb5 12.Nc5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Bxb5 cxb5 15.0-0 Nd7 16.Nd3 a5 17.Qc6 Qb6 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Qxb6 Nxb6 20.Rc6 Bxd4 21.b3 Bc3 22.Nc5 Rac8 23.Nxe6 Rxc6 24.Nxd8 Rc7 25.Rd1 Kf8 26.e5 Rd7 27.Rxd7 Nxd7 28.Nc6 a4 29.Nfd4 Nxe5 30.Nxe5 Bxd4 31.Nd3 Bc3 32.Kf1 Ke7 33.Ke2 Kd6 34.Ke3 axb3 35.axb3 f5 36.f3 Kd5 37.Nf4+ Ke5 38.Nd3+ Ke6 39.Nf4+ Kd6 40.Ng6 Be5 41.Nxe5 Kxe5 42.f4+ Kd5 43.Kd3 g6 1/2-1/2

(15) Sakaev,K (2668) - Lautier,J (2680) [D38] WCC Places 15-16 Khanty Mansyisk RUS (7.7), 17.12.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Qc2 c4 10.Bf5 0-0 11.0-0 Re8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bh3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Qxc3 15.bxc3 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Rfb1 Nb6 18.Rb5 f5 19.g4 fxg4 20.Bf1 Bd7 21.Rxb6 axb6 22.Bxc4+ Kg7 23.Rb1 Ra5 24.Bf4 b5 25.Bb3 Rc8 26.Be5+ Kh6 27.d5 Kg5 28.Kg2 Kf5 29.Bd4 h5 30.h3 gxh3+ 31.Kxh3 g5 32.Kg2 Kg6 33.f3 Bf5 34.Rg1 Rca8 35.Ra1 Ra3 36.c4 g4 37.fxg4 Bxg4 38.Rc1 Rxa2+ 39.Bxa2 Rxa2+ 40.Kg1 bxc4 41.Rxc4 Ra5 42.d6 Rd5 43.Bc5 b5 44.Rc2 Kf7 45.Bb4 Bd7 46.Kf2 Rd3 47.Kg3 Ke6 48.Kf4 Rb3 49.Bc5 b4 50.Rg2 Kd5 51.Rg5+ Kc6 52.Rxh5 Rb1 53.Bd4 Kxd6 54.Rh6+ Be6 55.Kxe4 1/2-1/2