Corus selection 1

(1) Topalov,V (2801) - Kamsky,G (2686) [B01] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 14.01.2006 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bf4 g5 11.Bg3 g4 12.Ne5 Nxd4 13.c5 Bxc5 14.Rad1 0-0 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Nxg4 c5 17.b4 [17.Be5 f6 18.Ng5 Nf5 (18...fxg5 19.Nh6# ) 19.Qh3+- (19.Nh6+ ) ] 17...Nd5? [17...Nf5 ] 18.bxc5 [18.Be5 f6 19.Ng5 Nf5 20.Nh6++- ] 18...Nf5 19.Qf3 Rc8 20.Bd6 Nxd6 21.cxd6 Bh4 22.d7 Rc6 23.Ne5 Rc7 24.Qg4+ Kh8 25.Nd6 1-0

(2) Karjakin,Sergey (2660) - Anand,V (2792) [B90] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 14.01.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.f4 a5 15.f5 a4 16.Nbd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 b3 18.Kb1 bxc2+ 19.Nxc2 Bb3 20.axb3 axb3 21.Na3 Ne5 22.h4 Ra5 23.Qc3 Qa8 24.Bg2 Nc7 25.Qxc7 Rc8 26.Qxe7 Nc4 27.g6 [27.Bc5 Rxa3! (27...Raxc5 28.Rxd6 Re8 29.e5 Qc8 30.Qxe8+ Qxe8 31.Nxc4 Rxc4 32.Rhd1 Rc8 33.Bc6+/- ; 27...Nxa3+ 28.bxa3 (28.Bxa3 Rxa3 29.bxa3 Qxa3 30.Rd2 b2-+ ) 28...Rxa3 29.Qxd6 Ra1+ 30.Kb2 Ra2+ 31.Kb1 Rxg2 32.Ba7 Re8 33.Qd7 Ra2 34.g6 better for Black but maybe draw) 28.bxa3 Rxc5 threatening 29...Nxa3+ and mate to follow.] 27...hxg6 28.fxg6 Nxa3+ 29.bxa3 Rxa3 30.gxf7+ Kh7 31.f8N+ Rxf8 32.Qxf8 Ra1+ 33.Kb2 Ra2+ 34.Kc3 Qa5+ 35.Kd3 Qb5+ 36.Kd4 Ra4+ 37.Kc3 Qc4+ 0-1

(3) Carlsen,M (2625) - L'Ami,E (2550) [C91] Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 14.01.2006 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.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Rc8 16.Qd1 Nc6 17.Nc3 b4 18.Ne2 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 g6 20.Qd2 Qb6 21.Rad1 Nd7 22.Bb3 Nc5 23.Bd5 Bf6 24.Nf3 Kg7 25.Nh2 h5 26.g4 Rh8 27.Kg2 hxg4 28.Nxg4 Nd7 29.Bxf7 Kxf7 30.Qf4 Ke6 [30...g5 31.Qf5! Qc6 32.Kh2! Ke7 33.e5 ] 31.Nxf6 Nxf6 32.e5 Qb7+ 33.Kg1 dxe5 34.Rxe5+ Kf7 35.Rd6 Rxh3 36.Qxf6+ Kg8 37.Rd8+ 1-0