Mtel Masters Sofia

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(1) Ivanchuk,V (2740) - Aronian,L (2763) [D11] 4th M-Tel Masters Sofia BUL (9), 17.05.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Bd2 Re8 11.Qd1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 a6 13.a4 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Qc2 Rc8 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Rac1 Rc7 18.Be1 Rec8 19.Be2 h6 20.Bf3 Ncd7 21.Qb3 Ne5 22.Be2 Bb4 23.Rc2 Nc6 24.Bf3 Ne5 25.Be2 Nc6 26.Bf3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

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(2) Radjabov,T (2751) - Cheparinov,I (2696) [D46] 4th M-Tel Masters Sofia BUL (9), 17.05.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 0-0 8.Bd3 e5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Be2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Be5 13.0-0 Bf5 14.Qd2 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxb2 16.Qxb2 dxe4 17.Be2 Qe7 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.b4 h6 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Bxd1 Qd7 23.Be2 Bg4 24.Bxg4 Qxg4 25.Qc2 Qd7 26.h3 Qd5 27.Qc7 Kh7 28.a4 a6 29.Qb6 Qd1+ 30.Kh2 Qd5 31.Kg1 Qd1+ 32.Kh2 Qd5 1/2-1/2

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(3) Bu Xiangzhi (2708) - Topalov,V (2767) [D23] 4th M-Tel Masters Sofia BUL (9), 17.05.2008 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Bg2 e6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Re1 h6 11.e4 Bh7 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Rad1 b5 15.a3 a5 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Qb6 18.a4 Nd7 19.Bf4 b4 20.Nb1 Nf6 21.Be5 c5 22.Nd2 cxd4 23.Nb3 Qc6 24.Qb5 Qxb5 25.axb5 a4 26.Nxd4 Ng4 27.Bf4 g5 28.Bf3 Nxf2 29.Kxf2 gxf4 30.Nc6 fxg3+ 31.Kxg3 Bf8 32.Rd7 Bg6 33.e5 Bc5 [33...Rb8 34.Nxb8 Rxb8 35.Rb7 Rxb7 36.Bxb7 a3 37.bxa3 bxa3 38.Ra1 Bc5 ] 34.Rc1 Be3 35.Rc4 [35.Ne7+ Kh7 36.Rxc8 Rxc8 37.Nxc8 ] 35...a3 36.bxa3 bxa3 37.Ra4 Bc5 38.Ra6 a2 39.Rxa2 Kg7 40.Ra6 Rb8 41.Nxb8 Rxb8 42.Bc6 h5 43.Ra8 Rb6 44.Rdd8 h4+ 45.Kf4 Bh7 46.Be4 Be7 47.Rdb8 1-0