Tal Memorial Moscow

(1) Ponomariov,R (2703) - Aronian,L (2741) [C88] Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (7), 14.11.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 b4 9.a5 d5 10.exd5 e4 11.dxc6 exf3 12.d3 fxg2 13.Qf3 Rb8 14.Bc4 Ne8 15.Bf4 Bf6 16.Nd2 Bxb2 17.Rab1 Bc3 18.Bg5 Bf6 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Ne4 Rxe4 [20...Bxg5 21.Qxf7+ Kh8 22.Nxg5 Qe7 23.Qxe8+ (23.Qxe7 Rxe7 24.Nf7+ Kg8 25.Ng5+ Kh8= ) 23...Qxe8 24.Nf7+ Kg8 25.Nd6+ Be6 26.Nxe8 Rxe8 27.Rxb4 and White is doing fine.] 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Qxf6 gxf6 23.dxe4 Kf8 24.Kxg2 Ke7 25.Rd1 1/2-1/2

(2) Gelfand,B (2733) - Svidler,P (2750) [A05] Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (7), 14.11.2006 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.d4 b5 8.Qb3 c5 9.dxc5 Bg7 10.e4 0-0 11.Be2 Bc6 12.e5 Nfd7 13.Be3 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.0-0 e6 16.a4 bxa4 17.Nxa4 Qc7 18.f4 Bg7 19.Nb6 Ra7 20.Rfd1 Re8 21.Bc4 Bh6 22.Rf1 Qb7 23.Rf2 Nd7 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Rxa6 Rxa6 26.Bxa6 Bg7 27.Rd2 Qa7 28.Qb6 Qa8 29.Bb5 Bxb5 30.Qxb5 Rb8 31.Qc4 Qa1+ 32.Kf2 Rxb2 33.c6 Rxd2+ 34.Bxd2 Qa7+ 35.Ke2 Qc7 36.Ba5 Qc8 37.c7 Bf8 38.Qc6 f5 39.Bc3 Kf7 40.Be5 Be7 41.Kd3 g5 42.g3 gxf4 43.gxf4 1-0

(3) Grischuk,A (2710) - Shirov,A (2720) [B30] Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (7), 14.11.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 Qc7 7.Ng5 e5 8.f4 exf4 9.0-0 Ng6 10.Qh5 d6 11.Bxf4 h6 12.Nxf7 Qxf7 13.Bxd6 Qe6 14.Bxf8 Rxf8 15.Nd2 Bd7 16.Qxc5 Qe7 17.Rxf8+ Kxf8 18.Rf1+ Kg8 19.Qxe7 Nxe7 20.Nb3 Rd8 21.Nc5 Bc8 22.Kf2 Rf8+ 23.Ke2 Rxf1 24.Kxf1 Ng6 25.b4 Kf7 26.Ke2 Nf4+ 27.Kf3 Ne6 28.Nb3 Ke7 29.Ke3 Kd6 30.d4 Nc7 31.c4 Be6 32.Kd3 Bg8 33.a4 Ne6 34.g3 Ng5 35.Nd2 a6 36.h4 Nh3 37.Ke3 g5 38.d5 cxd5 39.exd5 gxh4 40.gxh4 Bh7 41.Ne4+ Ke5 42.Nc5 Nf4 43.d6 Ne6 44.d7 Nd8 45.Nxa6 Kd6 46.Nc5 Bg8 47.Kd4 Nc6+ 48.Kc3 Ke7 49.b5 Ne5 50.b6 Nxd7 51.b7 1-0

(4) Carlsen,M (2698) - Leko,P (2741) [E20] Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (7), 14.11.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 0-0 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.0-0 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Bc4 16.Qc2 Nb6 17.Bf4 e5 18.Be3 Qa3 19.Bh3 Rab8 20.Qc1 Qxc1 21.Rdxc1 Bd3 22.f3 Rb7 23.Rd1 Bc2 24.Rdc1 Bd3 25.Rd1 Bc2 26.Re1 Nc4 27.Bc5 Rd8 28.Bf1 Nd2 29.Bg2 a5 30.Re2 Bb1 31.Re1 Bc2 32.Re2 Bb1 33.Re1 h6 34.Ba3 Rd3 35.Rc1 Rd8 [35...Rxf3 36.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 37.Kf2 Bxe4 ] 36.Re1 Bc2 37.Bc1 Nb1 38.c4 Rd4 39.c5 a4 40.Bf1 a3 41.Re3 Ra7 42.Re2 Bd3 43.Re3 Bxf1 44.Rxb1 Rd1 45.Kf2 Bd3 46.Rb8+ Kh7 47.Re1 Rxe1 48.Kxe1 Bc4 49.Rd8 Ra5 50.Rd2 f6 51.Rc2 Be6 52.Kd2 g5 53.Rc3 Kg6 54.Rxa3 Rxa3 55.Bxa3 Bxa2 1/2-1/2

(5) Morozevich,A (2747) - Mamedyarov,S (2728) [C95] Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (7), 14.11.2006 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.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 exd4 16.cxd4 c5 17.d5 Bg7 18.Rb1 a5 19.Bf4 Qc7 20.Bd3 Ba6 21.a4 c4 22.bxc4 bxc4 23.Bc2 c3 24.Re3 Nb6 25.Nd4 Nfd7 26.Ndf5 Be5 27.Nh6+ Kf8 28.Bxe5 Nxe5 29.Qd4 Nbc4 30.Rxc3 Qa7 31.Qxa7 Rxa7 32.Ng4 Nd7 33.f3 h5 34.Nf2 Rc8 35.Ne2 Na3 36.Rxc8+ Bxc8 37.Rc1 Rc7 38.Bd1 Rxc1 39.Nxc1 Nb1 40.Nb3 Nc3 41.Nxa5 Nb6 42.h4 Bd7 43.Nc6 [43.Nb7 Nxd1 (43...Nc4 ) 44.a5 ] 43...Nbxa4 44.Bxa4 Nxa4 45.Nd3 Nb6 46.Kf2 Nc4 47.Nd4 Ke7 48.Nc2 Na5 49.Na3 Nb3 50.Ke3 Be8 51.Nb4 Na5 52.Kd4 Nb3+ 53.Kc3 Nc5 54.Nd3 Nd7 55.Nc4 f6 56.f4 Nb8 57.e5 fxe5 58.fxe5 dxe5 59.Ndxe5 Kf6 60.Nf3 Bb5 61.Nd6 Bf1 62.Ne4+ Ke7 63.Ne1 Nd7 64.Kd4 Kf7 65.g3 Ke7 66.Nc2 Bg2 67.Nc5 Nxc5 68.Kxc5 Kf6 69.Ne3 Bh3 70.d6 Bd7 71.Kb6 Ke6 72.Kc7 Ba4 73.Nc2 Ke5 74.Nb4 Be8 75.Kd8 Ba4 76.Ke7 g5 77.Nd3+ Kf5 78.Nc5 Bb5 79.Ne6 gxh4 80.Nd4+ Kg4 81.Nxb5 h3 82.Nc3 Kxg3 83.Ne4+ Kg2 84.d7 h2 85.d8Q h1Q 86.Qd5 Qh4+ 87.Kf7 Qf4+ 88.Kg6 Qg4+ 89.Kh6 Qf4+ 90.Kxh5 Qf3+ 91.Kg5 Qe3+ 92.Kf5 Qf3+ 93.Ke5 Qe3 94.Qa2+ Kg1 95.Qb1+ Kg2 96.Qc2+ Kg1 97.Qd1+ Kg2 98.Qg4+ Kh2 99.Qh4+ Kg2 100.Qh5 Kg1 101.Kf5 Qh3+ 102.Qxh3 1/2-1/2