[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Bb2
Bd6 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Nd3 Rfd8 18. Re1 Qe8 19. e3 g5 20. Rc2 g4
21. Qc1 Qe7 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Bb8 25. Ne5 Ng5 26. Qa1 Nf7
27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. a4 h5 29. b4 h4 30. b5 Bb7 31. Rdc1 Kg6 32. Be5 Bxe5 33.
Qxe5 Qf6 34. Qd4 e5 35. Qb4 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rd7 37. Qa5 Rh8 38. Qxa7 f4 39.
exf4 exf4 40. gxf4 Rdh7 41. Qb6 Qxf4 42. bxc6 Qf3 43. cxb7+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. b3 c6 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nde2
Qc7 15. f4 Ned7 16. Qd3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Rad1 Be6 19. e5 Rad8 20. Qe3
Nd5 21. Qxc5 Bf8 22. Qf2 Qa5 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Nd4
Bc5 27. Rd1 Qc3 28. Kh2 Be4 29. g4 Kg7 30. Nxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Rxd2
Rc8 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. c3 b5 35. Ne2 Be3 36. Rd7 b4 37. c4 Rc6 38. Kg3 Ra6
39. Nd4 Bxd4 40. Rxd4 Rxa2 41. c5 Rc2 42. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nc8 8.
O-O Ncb6 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 Nc4 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Qe2 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Rxa8
Qxa8 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 b5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Bd2 Nb6 20.
Na5 Rd8 21. Qe4 Nd5 22. Ra1 Rd7 23. Nb3 Ra7 24. Rxa7 Qxa7 25. Qe1 h5 26.
Qa1 Qb7 27. Nc1 c5 28. dxc5 Bxc5 29. Nd3 Bb6 30. Qe1 Qc6 31. c3 Qc4 32. Qe4
Qb3 33. Qe2 Qc2 34. Kf1 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2 36. Kf1 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qc2 38. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "C24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Ng5 O-O 8.
Ngxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. Qf3 Bxe4 11. dxe4 Nd7 12. c3 a5 13. a4 Nc5 14.
Bc2 Ne6 15. O-O Qe7 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. g3 Bc5 18. Bd2 Rd7 19. h4 Rad8 20. Be1
Bb6 21. Kg2 g6 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 h5 24. Bd2 Kg7 25. Bc1 Ba7 26. Bb3
Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Qf6 28. Qd2 Bb6 29. Qe2 Nc5 30. Bc2 Ne6 31. b3 Kg8 32. Bd3 g5
33. hxg5 Nxg5 34. b4 axb4 35. cxb4 Ne6 36. Qf3 Qg6 37. Bc4 Nd4 38. Qe3 Bd8
39. a5 Be7 40. Bd2 h4 41. Bc3 Bg5 42. Qd3 hxg3 43. fxg3 Bf6 44. a6 bxa6 45.
Bxa6 Qg4 46. Bc4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "D94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Qb3 c6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. gxf3 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Bd2 c5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. e4
Nd7 15. Bb5 d3 16. O-O Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra8 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Kg2
Nxf3 21. Bh6 Qf6 22. Rb1 Nh4+ 23. Kf1 Rfc8 24. Qb2 Rc3 25. Bd2 Raa3 26.
Bxc3 Rxc3 27. Rc1 Rc5 28. Qd2 Nf3 29. Qe3 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qd4 31. Qc8+ Kg7
32. Qxb7 Nd2+ 33. Ke2 Nxe4 34. Bc6 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14.
Bd3 Bb4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qe4+ Kg8 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Qxb7 Qd5 19. Qxd5
Nxd5 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Rd2 Rc4 22. g3 Rfc8 23. Kg2 Kh7 24. h4 b5 25. Re1
Kg6 26. Ng5 Rc2 27. Ree2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 b4 29. Kf3 a5 30. Ne4 a4 31. g4 Kh7
32. Nd6 Rc7 33. Rd4 Kg8 34. Rc4 Rxc4 35. Nxc4 a3 36. Nxa3 bxa3 37. bxa3 Kf8
38. h5 Ne7 39. a4 Nc6 40. Ke4 g5 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Kf4 Kf7 43. Kg5 Nxe5 44.
a5 Nc6 45. a6 e5 46. f3 Kg7 47. f4 exf4 48. Kxf4 Kf6 49. a3 g5+ 50. Ke4 Ke6
51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Kc3 Kd6 53. Kc4 Na7 54. Kd4 Nb5+ 55. Ke4 Ke6 56. a4 Nc3+
57. Kd4 Nxa4 58. a7 Nb6 59. Kc5 Na8 60. Kc6 Ke5 61. Kb7 Kd6 62. Kxa8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "D46"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Qxd4 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14.
Qe5 Be6 15. Bc2 O-O 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. Qc3 Qf4 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. b3 Qc7 20.
h3 Rad8 21. Nd4 Bc8 22. Qd3 Kf8 23. Qf3 Qa5 24. Nf5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxf5 26.
Qxf5 Qxa2 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Qh7 Qa5 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qh7 Rd8 31. Qe4+ Kf8
32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. g3 a5 34. Kg2 g6 35. Qe3 Kg7 36. Be4 h5 37. h4 Qe7 38.
Bf3 Qb4 39. Qd3 Qb6 40. Bd1 Bd4 41. Qd2 Qc5 42. Qe2 Qa3 43. Qd2 Bf6 44. Qc2
Qa1 45. Bf3 Qe1 46. Qe2 Qc3 47. Qe3 Qb2 48. Bd1 Qb1 49. Qe2 b5 50. cxb5
cxb5 51. Bc2 Qb2 52. Bd3 Qxb3 53. Bxb5 Qd5+ 54. Kg1 Bd4 55. Bc4 Qc5 56. Ba2
a4 57. Qf3 Qa7 58. Kg2 a3 59. Qd5 Bxf2 60. Qe5+ f6 61. Qd5 Bxg3 62. Qg8+
Kh6 63. Qh8+ Qh7 64. Qxf6 Bxh4 65. Qxh4 Qb7+ 66. Kg1 Qb6+ 67. Kf1 Qb5+ 68.
Kg1 Qg5+ 69. Qxg5+ Kxg5 70. Kf2 Kf4 71. Ke2 h4 72. Kd3 h3 73. Kc3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 O-O 14.
Nxd7 Qxd7 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qc1 a5 18. Rd1 b4 19. Bh5 Rfd8 20. Nd6
f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Nf7 Nc3 23. Re1 Bxd4 24. Nxh6+ Kf8 25. Nf5 Qc5 26.
Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Be5 Rf4 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. Qxf4+ Qf5 30. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "A29"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7
8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Rf7 14. Bd2
Nd5 15. e3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Nf5 17. Qc2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Na4 axb4 20. Bxb4
Kh8 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. a4 Nd6 24. Rb4 Bf5 25. Qb2 h6 26. h3 Qc8
27. g4 Be6 28. d4 e4 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. d5 cxd5 31. Qd2 Ra5 32. Rd4 b6 33.
Rxd5 Nb7 34. Rxa5 bxa5 35. Qc2 f5 36. gxf5 Qxf5 37. Bxe4 Qg5+ 38. Bg2 Nd8
39. Rd5 Qf6 40. Rxa5 Rf8 41. Ra8 Qa1+ 42. Bf1 Qa3 43. Qd2 Nc6 44. Rxf8+
Qxf8 45. Qd5 Qf6 46. Bg2 Qa1+ 47. Kh2 Ne5 48. Qd4 Qxd4 49. exd4 Nc4 50. Kg3
g5 51. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "A29"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7
8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Bf7 14. Be3
a5 15. Nc5 axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. N3e4 Qc7 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Bh3 Rfa8 20.
Qc1 Nd5 21. Qb2 Nc3 22. Nxc3 dxc3 23. Qc2 Qe5 24. Rfc1 b5 25. Ne4 Ba2 26.
Ra1 Bxb4 27. Rxa2 Rxa2 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. Qxb4 c2 30. Bf1 Qb2 31. Qxb2 Rxb2
32. Nd2 c5 33. f4 c4 34. Nf3 b4 35. dxc4 Rd8 36. Ne1 b3 37. Kf2 Rd1 38. Nd3
Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "E97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 c5 12. Bd2 Ra6 13. Rb1 h6 14. Qc1 Kh7
15. g3 Ne8 16. Nh4 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. f3 h5 20. Kh1 Kg8 21.
Bg5 Bf6 22. f4 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Ng7 24. g6 Qe7 25. Qh6 Ne8 26. Bxh5 Qg7 27.
Qg5 Qf6 28. Qd2 Qh8 29. Be2 Kg7 30. Qg5 Qh6 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. g4 f4 33. Bd3
Qg7 34. Qg5 Nf6 35. h3 Qe7 36. Qh6 Qg7 37. g5 Ne8 38. h4 f3 39. Qh5 Qh8 40.
Qxh8+ Kxh8 41. Be4 Ng7 42. Rxf3 Rxf3 43. Bxf3 Nf5 44. h5 Kg7 45. Kh2 b6 46.
Be4 Kg8 47. h6 Ne3 48. Re1 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B20"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. f4 Nf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 d5 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 c4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 cxd3 14.
cxd3 a5 15. f5 exf5 16. Rxf5 a4 17. e5 Ne8 18. e6 f6 19. Rff1 Nc7 20. Nf3
Re8 21. Kh1 axb3 22. axb3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Bf8 24. Qc2 c5 25. d4 Nxe6 26. dxc5
Nxc5 27. Rd1 Ne4 28. Bd4 Qc8 29. Qa2 Qb7 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. Qd3 Rc3 32. Qf1
Rxb3 33. Ra1 Qc6 34. Qe1 Rb8 35. Rc1 Qb5 36. Qe3 Re8 37. Qf4 Qd7 38. Rc7
Qd6 39. Qc1 Qe6 40. Ra7 Rc8 41. Qb1 Qc6 42. Ra1 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "A52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 Ngxe5 6. a3 a5 7. f4 Ng6 8.
Bd3 Bc5 9. Qh5 d6 10. Nf3 a4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Ne4 Qe8 13. O-O-O f5 14. Nxc5
dxc5 15. Kb1 Nge7 16. Qh4 h6 17. Bc3 Be6 18. Rhg1 Rd8 19. Ka1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3
Bxc4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. g4 Ng6 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Rc3 Bf7 25. Qf2 Qe6 26. b3
axb3 27. Nh4 Rh5 28. Kb2 Qf6 29. Nxg6 Bxg6 30. e4 c4 31. Qd2 Qd4 32. Qxd4+
Nxd4 33. Rcg3 Rxh2+ 34. Kb1 Kf7 35. Rxg6 c3 36. Rg7+ Ke8 37. R7g2 Rxg2 38.
Rxg2 Nf3 39. Kc1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4
Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Kb1 Rfe8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 c5 20.
Bf4 Nf6 21. Qe3 Qb6 22. Be5 Qa6 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. dxc5 Ng4 25. Qd4 Nxe5 26.
Nxe5 Bxc5 27. Qd7 Rf8 28. Rc2 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Bxd6 30. Nd3 Rfd8 31. b3 Ba3 32.
Ne5 Rd6 33. Re2 Rcd8 34. Kc2 Bb4 35. Nf3 a5 36. Rh4 Rd1 37. Kb2 Be7 38.
Rhe4 Rf1 39. Kc2 Ra1 40. Kb2 Rdd1 41. Re1 Rab1+ 42. Kc2 Rbc1+ 43. Kb2 Bc5
44. R4e2 Rb1+ 45. Kc2 Rbc1+ 46. Kb2 Rb1+ 47. Kc2 Rbc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8.
Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. a3 a6 12. b4 Qe7 13. Rg1 e5 14. h4 e4
15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 exf3 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bxf3 g6 19. e4 Rh3 20. Bg2 Rh4
21. Bg5 Rg4 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. e5 Qe6 24. O-O-O Rxg2 25. Rxg2 Bf8 26. f4 a5
27. d5 Qh3 28. e6 Bg7 29. exf7+ Kf8 30. Rd3 Qf5 31. Ne2 axb4 32. Rg5 Qf6
33. Re5 bxa3 34. d6 Qxf7 35. d7 Rd8 36. Qc5+ Kg8 37. Qd6 a2 38. Kb2 Qc4 39.
Nc3 Qf7 40. Qc7 Bf6 41. Nxa2 Qc4 42. Nc1 Qxf4 43. Rde3 Rxd7 44. Qb8+ Kg7
45. Kc2 Bxe5 46. Rxe5 Qc4+ 47. Kb1 c5 48. Qe8 Qb4+ 49. Ka1 Qd4+ 50. Kb1 Rf7
51. Re7 Bd5 52. Rxf7+ Bxf7 53. Qxb5 Qb4+ 54. Qxb4 cxb4 55. Nd3 b3 56. Kb2
Kf6 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "C03"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 a5 7. Ngf3 Na6 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Ne5 Nxc5 10. Nxd7 Nfxd7 11. exd5 exd5 12. Qe5 O-O 13. Qxd5 Qb6
14. a4 Rad8 15. O-O Qg6 16. Nb3 Qxc2 17. Nxa5 Nb6 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. b4 Nxb4
20. Ba3 Ne6 21. Qxb7 Bd6 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. Nc6 Qd2 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Bc4
Nf4 26. g3 Ne6 27. Rad1 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kg2 Bf8 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31.
a5 Rd5 32. a6 Bc5 33. a7 Bxa7 34. Qxa7 Kf8 35. h4 h5 36. Kf3 Rf5+ 37. Ke3
Re5+ 38. Kf4 Rf5+ 39. Ke4 Rd5 40. f3 Rf5 41. Qd7 Rf6 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4
Rf1 44. h5 Kg8 45. Qxe6+ Kh8 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qg6+ Kh8 48. g5 Rf8 49. Ke5
Ra8 50. h6 gxh6 51. Qxh6+ Kg8 52. Qe6+ Kh8 53. Kf5 Ra7 54. Qe5+ Rg7 55. g6
1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B04"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nf3 N7f6
8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. c4 Nb6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nd2
a5 15. a3 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. g3 Rad8 18. Bg2 Nbd7 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Qc2 Nf8
21. Ne5 Ng6 22. Nd3 h5 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. f4 Bd6 25. Ne5 Ne7 26. c5 Bxe5 27.
fxe5 Nfd5 28. Qe2 Nf5 29. Rd3 h4 30. gxh4 b6 31. Be4 bxc5 32. dxc5 Qe7 33.
Bxf5 exf5 34. Rxf5 Qxh4 35. Bc1 Qh7 36. Rdf3 Nc3 37. Qc4 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qg6
39. Rg5 Qc2+ 40. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B14"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Nc6
8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qd3 h6 14.
Qf3 Bc6 15. Ng4 h5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rd1 Nf5 19. Qh3 Qb6 20.
b3 Nxd4 21. Ba3 Rfe8 22. Rd2 e5 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Qd3 Nd5 25. Na4 Qb5 26.
Bc5 Nf4 27. Qe3 Nd5 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Nb5 30. f3 f6 31. h3 Kf7 32. Kh2
g5 33. R1d2 Kg6 34. Nb2 Rd7 35. Nc4 Red8 36. Na5 Nd4 37. Bxd4 Nb4 38. Rc3
Rxd4 39. Re2 Rd2 40. Nxc6 Rxe2 41. Nxd8 Nd5 42. Rc1 Ne3 43. Rg1 Rxa2 44. b4
a6 45. Nc6 h4 46. Kh1 Rc2 47. Nb8 Ra2 48. Nc6 Kf5 49. Kh2 Kf4 50. Ne7 Rc2
51. Ng6+ Kf5 52. Nf8 Nd5 53. Rd1 Nf4 54. Rg1 Rb2 55. Nd7 Rxb4 56. Ra1 Rd4
57. Nc5 Rd2 58. Ne4 Rxg2+ 59. Kh1 Rb2 60. Rxa6 Nh5 61. Kg1 Rc2 62. Rb6 Kf4
63. Nxf6 Nxf6 64. Rxf6+ Kg3 65. Kf1 Rf2+ 66. Ke1 Rxf3 67. Rg6 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "A37"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 b6 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Qa6 Bc8 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qa6
Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Ne1 Bc6 18. Nd3 d4 19. Ne4 c4 20. Nb4
Rab8 21. d3 f5 22. Bg5 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Rfe8 24. Rfc1 c3 25. e3 h6 26. Bf4
Rbc8 27. exd4 Bxd4 28. Bxh6 Nc4 29. Nc2 Bb6 30. Rd1 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Nf5 32.
Bxf5 gxf5 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. h4 Ne5 35. Rb5 Ng4 36. Rxf5+ Ke6 37. Rfd5 Nxf2
38. Rd6+ Kf7 39. Rd7+ Re7 40. Bg5 Rxd7 41. Rxd7+ Ke6 42. Re7+ Kd5 43. Ke2
Ng4 44. Bf4 Kc4 45. Kf3 Nf6 46. g4 Nd5 47. Re4+ Kb3 48. Nb4 Nxf4 49. Rxf4
a5 50. Nd3 c2 51. Rf6 Bd4 52. Rd6 Kc3 53. Nc1 Bc5 54. Rd5 Rf8+ 55. Kg3 Bf2+
56. Kh3 Be3 57. Ne2+ Kb2 58. Rb5+ Ka2 59. g5 Rf2 60. g6 Bh6 61. Re5 Kxa3
62. Nc1 Rf1 63. Rxa5+ Kb4 64. Ra1 Kb5 65. Kg2 Rd1 66. Kf3 Kc6 67. h5 Kd6
68. Ra6+ Ke5 69. Ra5+ Kf6 70. Ra6+ Kg5 71. Ra5+ Kh4 72. Rc5 Rxc1 73. Ke2
Kg4 74. Rc4+ Kxh5 75. Kd3 Kxg6 76. Rxc2 Rg1 77. Rc5 Bg7 78. Ke4 Re1+ 79.
Kd3 Kf6 80. Ra5 Ke6 81. Ra6+ Kf5 82. Ra5+ Be5 83. Ra4 Rd1+ 84. Ke3 Rc1 85.
Kd2 Rc3 86. Rb4 Rh3 87. Ra4 Ke6 88. Ke2 Kd5 89. Kd2 Bd4 90. Kc2 Ke4 91. Rc4
Rh2+ 92. Kb3 Kd3 93. Rb4 Bc3 94. Rb5 Rh1 95. Rd5+ Bd4 96. Rb5 Rh2 97. Rb4
Bc3 98. Rb5 Kd4 99. Ka4 Kc4 100. Rb4+ Kd3 101. Rb5 Rh8 102. Kb3 Rd8 103.
Rb7 Bd4 104. Rb5 Rc8 105. Rb4 Rc1 106. Rb5 Bc5 107. Ka4 Kc4 108. Rb4+ Kd5
109. Rb2 Ra1+ 110. Kb5 Ra8 111. Rb3 Kd4 112. Rh3 Rb8+ 113. Kc6 Rb6+ 114.
Kc7 Rg6 115. Rh5 Bd6+ 116. Kd7 Be5 117. Rh7 Kd5 118. Rf7 Ra6 119. Re7 Bf6
120. Rf7 Ke5 121. Ke8 Ke6 122. Re7+ Kf5 123. Rb7 Rd6 124. Rd7 Re6+ 125. Kf7
Ra6 126. Rd5+ Be5 127. Rd7 Re6 128. Re7 Rh6 129. Rd7 Bd6 130. Kg7 Kg5 131.
Kf7 Rf6+ 132. Kg8 Re6 133. Kf7 Kf5 134. Rb7 Be5 135. Re7 Rh6 136. Rd7 Bd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14.
Qxe6+ fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qe5 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Ne6+ Kf7 18. Rhe1 Qxe1 19. Nxc5+
Kg6 20. Rxe1 Kxg5 21. Nxb7 Nd4 22. Nd6 Rhf8 23. f3 b4 24. Nce4+ Nxe4 25.
Rxe4 Nxb3+ 26. axb3 a5 27. Rg4+ Kf6 28. Ne4+ Ke5 29. Rh4 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4
31. Nc5 Ra1+ 32. Kd2 Rg8 33. g3 Rf1 34. Ke2 Rb1 35. Rxb4 Kd5 36. Ne4 Kc6
37. h4 Rh1 38. Rc4+ Kb6 39. b4 Rd8 40. Rc5 Ra8 41. c3 Ra2+ 42. Ke3 Re1+ 43.
Kf4 Rf1 44. Rh5 Ra8 45. Rh6+ Kb5 46. Nd6+ Ka4 47. Rxh7 Kb3 48. Rc7 Rd8 49.
Nf5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. Rad1 h6 13. g4 Nh4
14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. h3 h5 16. f3 Be7 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Ng3 g6 19. Ne2 a5 20.
Nf4 a4 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Kg2 b5 23. f4 hxg4 24. hxg4 axb3 25. axb3 Rh4 26.
Kg3 Ra2 27. Rb1 Kb7 28. Rf2 Rh8 29. Rh2 Rxh2 30. Kxh2 c5 31. Kg3 Kc6 32. c4
bxc4 33. bxc4 Ra4 34. Rc1 Rb4 35. Rc2 Rb3+ 36. Bc3 Rb1 37. Bd2 Rg1+ 38. Kf3
Bh4 39. g5 Rg3+ 40. Ke4 Rg2 41. Kd3 Bg3 42. Rc3 Bf2 43. Ra3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "A01"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. f4 g6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. c4 dxc4
8. bxc4 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nb8 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Rb1 Qd3 14.
Ba3 Qxc4 15. Rxb7 Nd5 16. Qe2 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Na5 18. Rd7 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8
20. Bxc5 Rc8 21. Ba3 Rc4 22. Rc1 Rxa4 23. Rc8+ Bf8 24. Bb2 Ra2 25. Nc3 Rxb2
26. Nxd5 Kg7 27. Kf2 Nb3 28. Ke2 a5 29. Nc7 a4 30. Ra8 Ra2 31. g4 a3 32. g5
Nc1+ 33. Kd1 Nd3 34. Nd4 Nf2+ 35. Ke2 Ne4 36. Nf3 Ra1 37. Ne5 a2 38. Ne8+
Kg8 39. Nd7 Rc1 40. Nef6+ exf6 41. gxf6 h5 42. Rxf8+ Kh7 43. Rxf7+ Kh6 44.
Nf8 Re1+ 45. Kf3 Nxf6 46. Rxf6 Kg7 47. Ra6 a1=Q 48. Rxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8.
Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bc4 Qc7 14.
Bxd4 exd4 15. Rhe1+ Kd8 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rdd1 Re8 18. gxf6 Rxe1 19. Rxe1
Nxf6 20. Rd1+ Bd7 21. Bxf7 Qxh2 22. Nd5 Rc8 23. Be6 Bxf2 24. c3 Rc7 25.
Nxf6 Qh6+ 26. Kb1 Qxf6 27. Qxf2 Ke8 28. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "E94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4 8.
Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14.
Qxd4 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 b6 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qg5 19. Rac1 Re7
20. Rc3 f5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. h3 Rf8 23. b4 Qg5 24. Qg4 Qe5 25. Rc4 Qe3+ 26.
Kh2 Qe2 27. Rdc1 Qxa2 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Qxd5 30. Rxa7 Qe5+ 31. Qg3 Rf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "E94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nd5 d3 12. Bxd3 c6 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14.
Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Bf1 Nc5 16. Qxd6 Nxe4 17. Qa3 f5 18. h3 Ne5 19. Bf4 Nd7 20.
Qxa7 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Bg7 22. Qxb7 Ndc5 23. Qb6 Rf7 24. Ng5 Rb7 25. Qxb7 Nxb7
26. Rxb7 Kg8 27. c5 h6 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Be5 hxg5 30. Bxg7+ Kh7 31. Bf8+ Kh8
32. Be7 Rb8 33. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "C14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8.
Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qf2 b4 14. Ne2
bxa3 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxa3 Nb4 17. Ned4 Ke7 18. Kd2 Rhc8 19. Rha1 Rab8 20.
Be2 Ne4+ 21. Kc1 Nc5 22. Kd2 Ne4+ 23. Kd1 h6 24. Rb3 Ba8 25. Bxa6 Rg8 26.
Bb5 g5 27. Rxb4 gxf4 28. Rba4 Bb7 29. Ra7 Kf8 30. Bf1 Kg7 31. R1a3 Bc8 32.
Kc1 Rb4 33. Rc7 Rb6 34. Rb3 Rxb3 35. cxb3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Bc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Qg4 a6 14.
Bc2 Nf6 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. O-O O-O 17. c4 Qc7 18. f4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Be4 20.
Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Rf3 Qe7 22. Ra1 f5 23. Rff1 Rc7 24. a4 Rfc8 25. a5 Rb7 26.
Ra2 Bb4 27. axb6 Rxb6 28. Ba1 Bc3 29. c5 Qxc5 30. Rxa6 Bxa1 31. Raxa1 Qc4
32. Ra8 Qc7 33. Qa2 Rxa8 34. Qxa8+ Kf7 35. g4 Qb7 36. Qxb7+ Rxb7 37. gxf5
exf5 38. Nxf5 Rb3 39. Re1 g5 40. Ng3 Nd2 41. Re2 Nc4 42. Kf2 gxf4 43. exf4
Nb2 44. Rd2 Nd3+ 45. Kf3 Ne5+ 46. Ke4 Ng4 47. Kf5 Nxh2 48. Ne2 Rb5+ 49. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Nd5 exd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14.
g5 Nfd7 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Qe2 Qd8 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 h6 20.
Qf4 a5 21. g6 f6 22. Re6 Bc8 23. Re3 Qb6 24. Rae1 Bd7 25. d6 Ra7 26. Qc4
1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "E17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 Na6 8.
e4 d5 9. cxd5 Nb4 10. Qb1 Ba6 11. Bf1 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 exd5 13. e5 Ne4 14.
Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Kg2 Rae8 19. Be5 c5 20.
Rad1 c4 21. Rd2 Nxa2 22. h4 Nb4 23. Ng5 g6 24. Re2 Nd3 25. Nf3 b5 26. Ra1
Nb4 27. Nh2 a6 28. Ng4 Bg7 29. Ne3 Nd3 30. f4 Nb4 31. Kh2 Qf7 32. Qg2 Rd8
33. Qe4 Rfe8 34. Qg2 Rd7 35. Nc2 Nxc2 36. Rxc2 Qe6 37. Re2 Qb6 38. Bxg7
Rxe2 39. Qxe2 Kxg7 40. Qe5+ Qf6 41. Rxa6 Qxe5 42. dxe5 Rd2+ 43. Kh3 h5 44.
Ra7+ Kf8 45. Ra8+ Kf7 46. Ra7+ Kf8 47. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 Nc6 7. e5 Nb4 8.
Qb1 Nfd5 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. a3 N4d5 12. O-O Bc6 13. Ne4 Qd7 14.
Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Na4 16. Qc2 b6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bxf3
20. Rxf3 O-O 21. Rd1 Qb5 22. Rd4 Nc5 23. Bc4 Qa4 24. Qf2 Rfd8 25. Bf1 Qe8
26. h4 Qe7 27. Qg3 Kh8 28. Bb5 f5 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Qf4 f5 31. b4 Rxd4 32.
exd4 Ne4 33. Bc6 Rd8 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Qxe4 Qg7 36. Rf4 Rg8 37. a4 h6 38.
a5 Qg3 39. Qe5+ Rg7 40. Rf8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Qg6 42. Qxg6+ Kxg6 43. a6 c6 44.
Rb8 b5 45. Rb7 Rg8 46. a7 Ra8 47. g4 h5 48. g5 Kf5 49. Kf2 Ke4 50. g6 Kxd4
51. g7 Kc3 52. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "C95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3
c6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Bb2 g6 17. c4 bxc4 18. bxc4 exd4 19. Bxd4 a5 20. Rb1 Bg7
21. Qd2 Ba6 22. Bd3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. e5 Nd7 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qe3 Rad8
27. Ne4 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Rb6 Bc8 30. Rxc6 Bb7 31. Rxc5 Qd4 32. Qxd4
Rxd4 33. Rc7 Ba8 34. Bc2 Rb8 35. g3 a4 36. a3 Be5 37. Rc5 Bg7 38. Kf1 Bf8
39. Rc7 Bxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxe4 41. Bxe4 Bxa3 42. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "D47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. Ng5 Bb7 10. Qf3 h6 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14.
Rd1 Qb6 15. Qg3 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. b4 Bd6 19. Bh7+ Kxh7 20.
Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Qxd6 Rfd8 22. Qd2 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "E00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. Ngf3 Nc6 9. O-O d4 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Rd1 e5 12. e3 Bg4 13. exd4 e4 14. Ng5
Bxd1 15. Qxd1 a5 16. a4 Re8 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Bd5 Rc8 20. Bd2
Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. Qxd4 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Kg2 Qb4
26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Bd5 Qxa4 28. Qg4 Rf8 29. Bxb7 Qb4 30. Bf3 Qxb2 31. c5 Qc3
32. c6 g6 33. h4 Qf6 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Rf7 36. Qg4 Rf8 37. Qe4 Rf7 38.
Qe3 Kg7 39. Be4 Qe5 40. Qe2 Rc7 41. Qg4+ Kf8 42. Qh4 Qd6 43. Qh5 Qf6 44.
Qd5 Kg7 45. g4 h6 46. Kg3 Qc3+ 47. Kg2 Qf6 48. Bf3 Rf7 49. Qd3 Qf4 50. Qc3+
Kh7 51. Qd3+ Kg7 52. Qe2 Qf6 53. Bd5 Re7 54. Qc4 Qe5 55. Qd3 Qf6 56. Qg3
Qd4 57. Bf3 Qc5 58. Qb8 Qc3 59. Bd5 Qc5 60. Qg8+ Kf6 61. Qh8+ Kg6 62. Bf3
Qe5 63. Qg8+ Rg7 64. Qh8 Re7 65. Qf8 Rc7 66. Qd8 Qe7 67. Qg8+ Kf6 68. Qd5
Kg7 69. Be4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+
Nxf6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nd5 12. Bd2 Nf4 13. Bxf4
Bxf4+ 14. Kb1 O-O 15. h4 Qd5 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. Qf1 Qa5 18. Be4 Ba6 19. Bd3
Bb7 20. Be4 Ba6 21. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "D10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8.
Nf3 Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Qb3 Rc7 14. Nc5
Nxc5 15. Rxc5 O-O 16. Rfc1 Bg4 17. Qb6 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rd7 19. Kh1 g6 20. g3
Rb8 21. R1c3 Kf8 22. Be2 Ne7 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Rb3 Rc6 25. Kg2 Ke8 26. Rxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 a5 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Ne1 d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. d3 f5 12. Ned5 Kh8 13. Rb1 h6 14. Bd2 Rb8
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Nxb4 cxb4 18. Rxb4 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Rb5
e4 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. dxe4 Bc4 23. Rc5 b5 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26.
Bf4 Qxd1 27. Rxd1 Re8 28. Bc6 Rxe2 29. Bd7 b4 30. Bxf5 Re8 31. h4 b3 32.
Rd6 b2 33. Rb6 h5 34. Kh2 Bd5 35. Bg6 Ra8 36. Rb5 Bf3 37. Rb3 Bd5 38. Rb6
Bd4 39. Rd6 Kg7 40. Bb1 Ra1 41. Bh6+ Kg8 42. Rxd5 Rxb1 43. Rxd4 Re1 44. Rb4
b1=Q 45. Rxb1 Rxb1 46. Kg2 Rb3 47. Be3 Kf7 48. Kf3 Rb4 49. Bd2 Ra4 50. Ke3
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Be7 8.
Be3 a6 9. h4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bg2 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nd7 14. Qe2
Bxh4 15. Rh1 Be7 16. Rh5 g5 17. O-O-O Nf6 18. Rh3 Bd7 19. Kb1 O-O-O 20.
Rdh1 Nd5 21. Rxh6 Rxh6 22. Rxh6 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qb6 24. Be4 Kb8 25. Qf3 Be8
26. Rh8 e5 27. Nb3 Qb5 28. Rh2 a5 29. Rd2 a4 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Nd2 f6 32.
Qf1 Qxf1+ 33. Nxf1 Bd7 34. Bf5 Bxf5+ 35. gxf5 Kc7 36. Nh2 e4 37. Ng4 Kd6
38. Kc2 Kd5 39. b3 b5 40. Kd2 axb3 41. axb3 Be7 42. Ke2 Bd8 43. Ke1 Be7 44.
Kf2 Bd8 45. Kg3 Be7 46. Kh3 Bd8 47. Kg2 Be7 48. Kf2 Bd8 49. Ke2 Be7 50. Kd2
Bd8 51. Kc2 Be7 52. Kb2 Bd8 53. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "A09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Nxe5 fxe5 7. Qh5+ Kd7 8.
Qf5+ Ke8 9. Qh5+ Kd7 10. Qf5+ Ke7 11. Qxe5+ Be6 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. b5 c6 14.
Na3 Nf6 15. Bb2 Kf7 16. Bxd4 cxb5 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kxe6 19. Nxb5
Na6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. d4 b6 22. cxb6 Rb8 23. Rc1 Rxb6 24. a4 Kd7 25. Ke2
Bd6 26. Kf3 Bb8 27. h4 Nc7 28. Nc3 f5 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. d5 Nd8 31. Nd4 Nf7
32. Rb1 Ne5+ 33. Ke2 Rb4 34. Nxf5 Rc8 35. Rxb4 axb4 36. Nd4 Ba7 37. Rb1 Rc4
38. Nf3 Nxf3 39. gxf3 Kd6 40. e4 Bc5 41. Rb3 Ke5 42. h5 Rc2+ 43. Kd3 Rxf2
44. Kc4 Rc2+ 45. Kb5 Bd6 46. a5 Rc3 47. Ka4 Kd4 48. a6 Bc5 49. d6 Bxd6 50.
Rxc3 bxc3 51. a7 c2 52. a8=Q c1=Q 53. Qd5+ Ke3 54. Qxd6 Kxf3 55. e5 Qf4+
56. Kb5 Ke4 57. Qc6+ Kxe5 58. Qc7+ Ke4 59. Qxh7+ Qf5+ 60. Qxf5+ Kxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8.
O-O d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 Rc8 14. Rac1
Ne4 15. Be1 Bf6 16. b4 Qc7 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rb1 Bc6 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5
c4 21. Bb4 Rfe8 22. Qc2 Be7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26.
Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 dxe4 28. Rbc1 f5 29. Rc3 Kf7 30. f3 exf3 31. exf3 Rec7
32. Kf2 Ke7 33. f4 Rc5 34. Rd4 R8c7 35. Kf3 h6 36. h4 g6 37. Ke3 Rc8 38.
Kf3 R8c7 39. Ke3 Rc8 40. Kf3 R8c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B09"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8.
e6 Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kf8 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Kxf7 13. O-O Qc5
14. Qxg4 Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qf5 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Be3
Rhe8 20. Rb5 Nc5 21. a4 Kg8 22. a5 Rab8 23. axb6 axb6 24. h3 Qe6 25. Re1
Ne4 26. Qf3 Qc4 27. Rb3 Nxc3 28. f5 Nd5 29. Bh6 Nf6 30. Rc3 Qd5 31. fxg6
Qxf3 32. Rxf3 hxg6 33. Bg5 Kg7 34. Rxe7+ Rxe7 35. Bxf6+ Kf7 36. Bxe7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8.
Rg1 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 e4 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Nh4 a6 13. Nf5 O-O 14. Nbd6
Bxd6 15. Nxd6 Nb8 16. Qxc8 Qxd6 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qe5 Qb6 19. Qf4 g5 20. Qf5
Qxb2 21. Rd1 Ne8 22. Qxd5 Nc6 23. Bc4 Nf6 24. Qc5 Kg7 25. Bb3 Nd7 26. Qf5
Rad8 27. h4 Ne7 28. Qxe4 Ng6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Qxb7 Nf6 31. Qxa6 Nh4 32.
Qa5 Nf3+ 33. Ke2 Nxg1+ 34. Rxg1 Nh7 35. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "A20"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
a3 Bc5 9. e3 d6 10. Nge2 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14.
Bc3 Bg4 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. b4 Bb6 17. Bxe4 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7
20. Qb1+ g6 21. Qxb6 Rfa8 22. Qd4 Qf3 23. Nc3 Re8 24. h3 Bf5 25. Qf6 Kg8
26. Rab1 Rxe3 27. Rxb7 Bc8 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qxc8 Rxc3 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31.
Qd7+ Kf6 32. Qd8+ Kf5 33. Qxa5 Rxa3 34. Qb4 Ke5 35. Qd2 Rd3 36. Qg5+ Qf5
37. Re1+ Kxd5 38. Qxf5+ gxf5 39. Kg2 Ra3 40. h4 Kd4 41. h5 d5 42. h6 Ra7
43. Kf3 Rh7 44. Re6 Kc3 45. Rc6+ Kd3 46. Kf4 Rf7 47. Kg5 Ke2 48. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "C89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3
Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bc4 20. Nd2
Be6 21. Bd4 Bb8 22. Qg2 Qh5 23. f3 Qg6 24. a3 h5 25. Re2 Rd5 26. Rae1 Rfd8
27. Ne4 Bd6 28. Qf2 Rf5 29. Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Na4 Nd7 11. e4 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5
Nxc5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. Rfd1 g4 20. Nd2
Qg5 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. Nc4 Ba6 23. b3 h5 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxa6 h4 26. Bxe5
Nxe5 27. Kf1 Qf4 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qe3 Qxh2 30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. Qxd8 Qh1+ 32.
Ke2 Qxc1 33. Qxh4+ Kg7 34. Qg3 Qc2+ 35. Ke1 Qxe4+ 36. Be2 Qb1+ 37. Kd2 Qb2+
38. Kd1 Qd4+ 39. Kc2 f5 40. a4 a5 41. Qh4 Ng6 42. Qg3 Kf6 43. Bd3 e5 44. f3
Qe3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qf5 g6 13. Qh3 Bg7 14. Rfd1
O-O 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Ba5 Qd6 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd3 Rc4 20. Nd4
h6 21. Bf3 Ne4 22. Qg2 Ng5 23. b3 Bxd4 24. exd4 Rxd4 25. Rac1 Nd7 26. h4
Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Rde4 28. Rc7 Ba8 29. Ra7 Nf6 30. Bc7 Qe6 31. Nc5 Re1+ 32.
Kg2 Qc6 33. Rxe1 Rxe1 34. Rxa8+ Qxa8 35. Qxf6 d4+ 36. f3 Re2+ 37. Kf1 d3
38. Nxd3 Re3 39. Ne1 Qe8 40. Ng2 Re6 41. Qf4 Qc6 42. Be5 b4 43. Bd4 Qd6 44.
Kf2 a5 45. Ne3 Qxf4 46. gxf4 Rd6 47. Nc2 Rc6 48. Ne1 Rd6 49. Ke3 Rd5 50.
Ng2 Kf8 51. Kd3 Ke7 52. Kc4 Rh5 53. Bf2 Kd6 54. Ne1 Kc6 55. Nc2 Kd6 56. Ne1
Kc6 57. Nd3 f6 58. Nc5 Rf5 59. Nd3 Rh5 60. Bg3 Rf5 61. Be1 Rh5 62. Bf2 Rf5
63. Kd4 Rh5 64. Ke4 Kb5 65. Nb2 Kc6 66. Nc4 Rd5 67. Bd4 f5+ 68. Kd3 Kb5 69.
Ne5 Rd6 70. Nf7 Rc6 71. Nxh6 Rc1 72. Nf7 a4 73. Ne5 Rd1+ 74. Ke3 Rg1 75.
bxa4+ Kxa4 76. Nd3 Rh1 77. Bc5 b3 78. axb3+ Kxb3 79. Be7 Rg1 80. Kf2 Ra1
81. Ne5 Ra6 82. Kg3 Kc3 83. Bg5 Kd4 84. h5 gxh5 85. Kh4 Ke3 86. Kxh5 Re6
87. Kh4 Ra6 88. Kg3 Ra1 89. Nc4+ Ke2 90. Kg2 Rf1 91. Nd6 Rf2+ 92. Kg3 Rxf3+
93. Kh4 Rf1 94. Nxf5 Kf3 95. Kh5 Rb1 96. Nh4+ Ke4 97. f5 Ke5 98. f6 Rb8 99.
Kh6 Ke6 100. Kg7 Rb7+ 101. Kg6 Rb8 102. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8.
Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qa5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Nf4 e5 14. Nb3
Qc7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nf6 17. Bg2 a5 18. f4 Nxg4 19. Rhe1 a4 20. Nc1
Be7 21. Bg1 exf4 22. Qxf4 Ne5 23. Qxb4 Qd7 24. Bd4 Rc8 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26.
Rxe5 Kf8 27. d6 Bf6 28. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14.
Qe2 Na5 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Rd2 b5 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. h3 Naxb3 19. axb3 f5 20.
exf5 Bxf5 21. Ne3 Ne4 22. Rd5 Qf6 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. c3 Rf6 25. Qe3 h6 26.
b4 Rcf8 27. Re1 Ng5 28. Nxg5 Qxg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. f3 Rc8 31. Kf2 Kf7 32.
Rd3 Ke6 33. Red1 Rc6 34. Ke3 Rf8 35. Rd5 Rf7 36. R1d2 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. a3 Rfc8 13. b4 Qd8 14. Rc1
Bd7 15. Qe2 Ng4 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bd2 a5 18. f4 axb4 19. axb4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3
Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Qxb4 22. Be1 Qb1 23. h3 Ra2 24. Qf3 Rxg2 25. Kxg2 Nf6 26. Rb3
Qa2+ 27. Rf2 Qa6 28. Kh2 Rxc4 29. Ra3 Qc6 30. e5 Ne4 31. Re2 dxe5 32. fxe5
Ng5 33. Qxc6 Bxc6 34. g4 Rc1 35. Kg3 Ne4+ 36. Kh2 Ng5 37. Kg3 Ne6 38. Bb4
g5 39. Bxe7 Nf4 40. Rd2 Rg1+ 41. Kf2 Rh1 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Bf6 Rh2+ 44. Ke1
Rh1+ 45. Kd2 Rh2+ 46. Kc1 Ng6 47. Raa8 Rh1+ 48. Kd2 Rh2+ 49. Kc3 Rxh3+ 50.
Kd4 Rg3 51. Rh8+ Nxh8 52. Rxh8+ Kg6 53. Rg8+ Kh7 54. Rg7+ Kh8 55. Rxg5+ Kh7
56. Rg7+ Kh8 57. Rxf7+ Kg8 58. Rg7+ Kf8 59. e6 Rf3 60. Ke5 Re3+ 61. Kd6
Rd3+ 62. Kc7 Re3 63. Rf7+ Ke8 64. Re7+ Kf8 65. Kd6 Rd3+ 66. Ke5 Re3+ 67.
Kd6 Rd3+ 68. Kc7 Rf3 69. Rf7+ Ke8 70. Kd6 Rd3+ 71. Ke5 Re3+ 72. Kd6 Rd3+
73. Kc7 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd3 Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. Ne5 e6 10. f3 Rg8 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nd3 a5 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Be1 Be7
15. Bg3 Qb7 16. Rc1 Rg7 17. Rc2 Kf8 18. Bf4 Kg8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rg6
21. Ne2 Nd7 22. Bd6 Bg5 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 h6 25. Rcf2 Nf6 26. Kh1 Kh7
27. Be5 Rag8 28. Qc2 Nd7 29. Bd6 f6 30. Re2 Qc8 31. Rfe1 R8g7 32. e4 fxe4
33. fxe4 dxe4 34. Qxe4 f5 35. Qf3 Nf6 36. Rxe6 Ne4 37. Rxg6 Rxg6 38. h3 Qe6
39. Kh2 Ng5 40. Qf1 Ne4 41. Be5 Rg5 42. Qf3 Nd2 43. Qc3 Ne4 44. Qxa5 Qd5
45. Re2 Kg6 46. b3 Kh5 47. Qe1 Kg6 48. Qb4 h5 49. Bf4 h4 50. Bxg5 Kxg5 51.
a4 bxa4 52. bxa4 Ng3 53. Qd2+ Kg6 54. Re1 Ne4 55. Qf4 Qxd4 56. Rf1 Qxc5 57.
Qxh4 Qd5 58. Qf4 c5 59. a5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qf3 Nb6 11. Ne3 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. a4 Bd7 14.
a5 Na4 15. Qxb7 Nxc3 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. Ra4 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Bxd7
20. Ra3 Bb4 21. Raa1 Bc6 22. a6 Rad8 23. Rfc1 Bc3 24. Rab1 Rfe8 25. Bb5 Re6
26. Bc4 Re4 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bd4 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Re2 31. c3
Bxf2+ 32. Kf1 Ra2 33. Rb1 Bh4 34. g3 Bg5 35. h4 Bd2 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Ne4
Bh6 38. Rb7 Rxa6 39. Nxc5 Rc6 40. Ne4 Re6 41. Nc5 Re5 42. Nd7 Re3 43. Rxa7
Rxg3 44. Ne5 Kf6 45. Nxf7 Be3 46. Rb7 h5 47. Ke2 Bf4 48. c4 Re3+ 49. Kf1
Rc3 50. Nh8 Rxc4 51. Rb6+ Kf5 52. Nxg6 Bg3 53. Kg2 Kg4 54. Rb2 Re4 55. Ra2
Bd6 56. Ra5 Re2+ 57. Kf1 Re6 58. Rg5+ Kf3 59. Rf5+ Kg4 60. Rg5+ Kh3 61. Kf2
Rf6+ 62. Ke2 Bg3 63. Ke3 Re6+ 64. Kf3 Rf6+ 65. Ke3 Re6+ 66. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nge7 9. Be3 Nc8 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Ne1 O-O 12. f4 Bg6 13. Ndf3 Nb6 14.
b3 a5 15. a4 Nb4 16. Nd3 Rc8 17. Nfe1 Nd7 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. Bb5 Nb8 20. Nd3
Nc6 21. Rc1 Ba3 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 d4 25. Bf2 d3 26. Ra2 Nb4
27. Rd2 Qd5 28. Bc4 Qe4 29. Qg4 Rfd8 30. Re1 Qc6 31. Bb5 Qc7 32. Red1 Be4
33. Qg3 Qe7 34. Qe3 Bg6 35. Qf3 Rc7 36. h3 h6 37. Kh2 Rcc8 38. Qg4 Rd5 39.
Bc4 Qd7 40. Qf3 Qc6 41. Bxd5 Qxd5 42. Qxd5 Nxd5 43. g3 Nc3 44. Rc1 Ne4 45.
Rb2 d2 46. Rd1 Nxf2 47. Rdxd2 Ne4 48. Rd4 Nxc5 49. Rc4 b6 50. b4 axb4 51.
Rbxb4 Rd8 52. Rxb6 Rd2+ 53. Kg1 Nd3 54. g4 h5 55. Rd6 hxg4 56. hxg4 Rd1+
57. Kh2 Ra1 58. f5 exf5 59. Rxd3 Ra2+ 60. Kg1 fxg4 61. Rd8+ Kh7 62. Rxg4
Bf5 63. Rb4 g5 64. Kf1 g4 65. Kg1 Be6 66. Rd1 Kg6 67. Rf1 Kg5 68. Rf2 Ra1+
69. Rf1 Ra3 70. Rd4 Ra2 71. Rf2 Ra1+ 72. Kg2 Ra3 73. Rf1 Ra2+ 74. Rf2 Ra3
75. Rf1 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "A29"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. d3 Nxd5
8. cxd5 Nd4 9. Nd2 d6 10. e3 Nf5 11. Nc4 a5 12. Bd2 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3
Rxa1 15. Qxa1 b5 16. Na5 Ne7 17. O-O Bg4 18. Nb7 Qd7 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qxe5
Qd6 21. d4 Be2 22. Qxd6 cxd6 23. Re1 Bd3 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Rc1 c4 26. bxc4
bxc4 27. Bb4 Re8 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Re4 31. Ke2 f5 32. f3
Re5 33. d6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "A52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bg3 Nc6 6. h4 Ngxe5 7. e3 g4 8.
Nc3 h5 9. Rc1 Bg7 10. Nd5 Ne7 11. Ne2 Nf5 12. Qc2 d6 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. g3
c6 15. Ndf4 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Bxf4 17. exf4 O-O 18. Qd2 Re8+ 19. Be2 Qb6 20. Kf1
Qd4 21. Rd1 Qg7 22. Kg2 c5 23. Bd3 Nd4 24. Nb5 Nf3 25. Qc3 Bd7 26. Qxg7+
Kxg7 27. Nxd6 Bc6 28. Nxe8+ Rxe8 29. Kf1 a6 30. b3 Re7 31. Bb1 a5 32. Bd3
a4 33. bxa4 Bxa4 34. Be2 Bc6 35. Rd6 Be4 36. Bd3 Nd2+ 37. Ke2 Nxc4 38. Bxc4
Bxh1+ 39. Kd2 Bc6 40. Bd5 Bb5 41. Kc3 Re2 42. Rb6 Ba6 43. Rb2 Rxb2 44. Kxb2
b6 45. Kc3 Bc8 46. a3 Kf6 47. Bc6 Ke6 48. Kc4 Kd6 49. Be4 Be6+ 50. Kb5 Kc7
51. f3 Bd7+ 52. Kc4 Kd6 53. Ba8 b5+ 54. Kc3 Be6 55. Bb7 f6 56. Be4 Bd7 57.
Bb7 Kc7 58. Be4 Kd6 59. Bb7 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "E17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8.
d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Nh4 d6 11. Nf5 Re8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. O-O b5 14.
Bg5 Nc7 15. Qf5 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Ne4 Bxd5 18. Nxd6 Rxe2 19. Nxb5 Nxb5
20. Bxd5 Rb8 21. Rfe1 Nd4 22. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 23. Kf1 Rxb2 24. Re1 h6 25. Bxh6
gxh6 26. Rxe2 Rb1+ 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Nb6 29. Bb3 Kf8 30. Kd2 Nc8 31.
Kd3 Nd6 32. g4 Kg7 33. f4 Kg6 34. Bc2 f5 35. h3 Kf6 36. Kc3 Ne4+ 37. Kc4
Nf2 38. Bxf5 Nxh3 39. Bc2 Nxf4 40. Kxc5 Kg5 41. Bd1 Nd3+ 42. Kb5 Nf2 43.
Bf3 Kf4 44. Bb7 Nxg4 45. Ka6 Ke5 46. Kxa7 Kd6 47. Kb6 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "E68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
e4 a6 9. h3 c6 10. Be3 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. c5 Bf8 13. b4 a5 14. a3 b6 15.
cxb6 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nxb6 18. Rd1 Nfd7 19. b5 cxb5 20. Nxb5 Nc4
21. Bg5 Qb6 22. Nc3 Qb2 23. Qxb2 Nxb2 24. Rb1 Nd3 25. Bf1 N3c5 26. Bb5 Ba6
27. Be3 Bxb5 28. Rxb5 Rc8 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Nxc5 31. Nxe5 Bg7 32. f4
Bxe5 33. fxe5 Nd3 34. e6 fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd3 e6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 c5 14.
Rg4 cxd4 15. Rxg7 Be5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bh6 Qf6 18. Qh3 O-O-O 19. Qh5 Ne5
20. Rg5 Nd3 21. Qh4 Qe7 22. Qg3 Nc5 23. Qa3 b6 24. b4 Ne4 25. Re5 Qb7 26.
c5 Nc3 27. Bd2 Rhg8 28. g3 Nb5 29. Qd3 Kb8 30. a4 Nc7 31. Rc1 f6 32. cxb6
Qxb6 33. Rec5 Rg7 34. Rc6 Qb7 35. b5 axb5 36. Ba5 Nd5 37. Bxd8 Nb4 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. c5 Nbd7 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bc7 14. Bf1 e5
15. b5 Re8 16. Na2 Ne4 17. Bd3 Nexc5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. dxc5 Kg8 20. e4
Nxc5 21. exd5 e4 22. Qg4 cxd5 23. Be3 Nd3 24. Nb4 Qd6 25. Qg3 Qd7 26. f4 d4
27. Nxd3 dxe3 28. Ne5 Qxb5 29. Ng4 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5
exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Re1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nd7 19. Nf3 Nc5 20.
Qa3 Ne6 21. Qxa6 Rxc3 22. Qxa7 Bc5 23. Qa4 Qf6 24. Qe4 Ng5 25. Nxg5 Bxf2+
26. Kh1 Qxg5 27. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. g4 Nb6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Na5 Rc8 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1
Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. h5 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. Nc6 Nb8 20. Bd3 Bxd3
21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qxd3 Nd7 23. f4 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rhe1 a5 26. fxe5
dxe5 27. Qf5 g6 28. Rxe5 gxf5 29. Rxe7 Rd8 30. h6 Kf8 31. Re5 f4 32. a3
bxa3 33. bxa3 f3 34. Rf5 f2 35. Rf1 Rdxd5 36. R5xf2 Rc7 37. Rf5 Rd2 38. Rc1
a4 39. Ra5 Rg2 40. Rb5 Ke7 41. Re1+ Kd6 42. Rd1+ Ke6 43. Rc1 Kd6 44. c3 Kc6
45. c4 Re7 46. Rc2 Rg3 47. Kb2 Ree3 48. Rf2 Ref3 49. Rxf3 Rxf3 50. Ra5 Rb3+
51. Ka2 Rg3 52. Rf5 Kd6 53. Rxf7 Rg2+ 54. Kb1 Rxg5 55. Rxh7 Kc5 56. Rc7+
Kd4 57. h7 Rh5 58. Kc2 Rh2+ 59. Kd1 Kc3 60. c5 Kd4 61. Ke1 Ke4 62. Kf1 Rh5
63. Kg2 Kf4 64. Rf7+ Ke5 65. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. Nb3 Ng6
8. Nc3 b5 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Qh5 d6 12. Rf3 e5 13. f5 Nf4 14. Bxf4
exf4 15. Rxf4 Ne5 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. Rff1 g6 18. Qh3 Bb7 19. Kh1 Rc8 20. a4
Bxd5 21. exd5 Qb6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rae1 b4 24. Qg3 Bf6 25. Nd2 Nxd3 26.
cxd3 Bxb2 27. Nc4 Qd4 28. Nxb2 Qxb2 29. Qxd6 b3 30. Qe7 Qd4 31. d6 b2 32.
Rb1 Qxd3 33. d7 Rc2 34. h3 Qd5 35. Rg1 Rd2 36. f6 h5 37. Qb4 Rd3 38. Kh2
Qe5+ 39. Kh1 Qd5 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Kh1 Rxd7 42. Qxb2 Qg5 43. Rgd1 Rxd1+ 44.
Rxd1 Re8 45. Rf1 Qe3 46. Qc2 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6 7. e3 Nb4 8.
Bxc4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 Bc2 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Na2 Nxa2 13. Rxa2 Bg6 14. Rd1
c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Bb5 Bxc5 20. Rc2
Qe7 21. Kh1 Raa8 22. e4 Rfd8 23. Rf1 Ne8 24. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "E15"]

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. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14.
Rxe4 Bb7 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5
20. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "A04"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. e4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8.
d5 Nd4 9. O-O Ne7 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Be2 c5 13. Bd3 g5 14. g3
Ng6 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. Qe2 Qf6 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Bb1 Bh6 19. Qh5 Ne5 20. f3 a6
21. b3 b5 22. Rf2 Qg6 23. Qxg6 fxg6 24. Rdf1 Rb8 25. Kg2 Rf7 26. h3 Rbf8
27. Bc2 Rf6 28. Bb1 g4 29. f4 gxh3+ 30. Kxh3 g5 31. fxe5 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Rxf2
33. exd6 g4+ 34. Kxg4 Bxd2 35. e5 Kg7 36. d7 Ba5 37. b4 Kf7 38. bxa5 Ke7
39. cxb5 axb5 40. a6 Rf8 41. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 h6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. a3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. Qc2 Bf6 13. Rad1 g6 14. Rfe1
Kg7 15. b4 a6 16. Bf1 f4 17. h3 dxc4 18. d5 Bf5 19. Qc1 Na7 20. Nd4 Bd7 21.
Ne6+ Bxe6 22. dxe6 Qc8 23. Rd7 Kh8 24. Qxf4 Bg7 25. Rxf7 Qc6 26. e7 Rxf7
27. Qxf7 Re8 28. Re6 Qd7 29. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "E06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14.
Qb3 Qc7 15. Rfd1 a5 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. d5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20.
Qxd5 Nd7 21. Qb3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. b3 Nd5 24. Nd2 Bg5 25. Bxd5 Bxd2 26.
Rd1 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[ECO "B13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 g6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. O-O Bg7
8. Nf3 O-O 9. Nc3 Nb8 10. h3 a6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14.
Ne2 e6 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rb1 Kh8 18. c3 Rg8 19. Nf4 Qc7 20. Qd2
Be7 21. Kh1 Bd6 22. Nh5 b5 23. Rg1 Qe7 24. Rbe1 Rac8 25. Re2 Na5 26. Nf4
Nc4 27. Qc1 Qc7 28. Nd3 a5 29. Qe1 Rg7 30. Nfe5 Rcg8 31. f4 Be7 32. g4 Nd6
33. Reg2 fxg4 34. hxg4 f6 35. Nf3 Ne4 36. Qh4 Qc4 37. Nde1 b4 38. axb4 axb4
39. cxb4 Qxb4 40. g5 fxg5 41. fxg5 Bxg5 42. Nxg5 Rxg5 43. Rxg5 Rxg5 44.
Rxg5 Nxg5 45. Qxg5 Qxe1+ 46. Kg2 Qe4+ 47. Kg3 Qd3+ 48. Kg2 Qxd4 49. Qd8+
Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kg6 51. Qxe6+ Kg5 52. Qe7+ Kf4 53. Qh4+ Ke3 54. Qe1+ Kd3 55.
Qd1+ Ke4 56. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

