Life Match Kiev

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(1) Karjakin,Sergey (2727) - Short,N (2655) [B05] Rapid Match Kiev UKR (3), 04.05.2008 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.0-0 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 dxe5 8.dxe5 e6 9.Nd2 Nd7 10.Re1 h6 11.a4 a5 12.g3 Qc7 13.Nc4 N7b6 14.Qd4 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Rd8 16.c3 Nb6 17.Qe4 Nd7 18.b4 Be7 19.Rb1 h5 20.Qe2 g6 21.bxa5 Ra8 22.Qb2 Ra7 23.a6 b6 24.Be2 0-0 25.Be3 Rb8 26.a5 Bc5 27.Bxc5 bxc5 28.Qd2 Qxe5 29.Rxb8+ Qxb8 30.Rd1 Qc7 31.Qd6 Qxa5 32.Qxc6 Nf6 33.Qc8+ Kg7 34.Qb8 Re7 35.Rb1 Nd5 36.Rb7 Qxc3 37.a7 Rxb7 38.Qxb7 Qe1+ 1-0

Startposition

(2) Short,N (2655) - Karjakin,Sergey (2727) [B23] Rapid Match Kiev UKR (4), 04.05.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.f4 e5 5.d3 Nc6 6.Ng3 Be7 7.Be2 Nd4 8.0-0 exf4 9.Bxf4 0-0 10.Kh1 d5 11.Bf3 Nxf3 12.gxf3 Be6 13.Rg1 Re8 14.Qe2 g6 15.Rae1 Rc8 16.Qf2 Qb6 17.Be5 dxe4 18.Ncxe4 Nd7 19.Bc3 c4 20.Bd4 Qa6 21.dxc4 Qxc4 22.c3 Qxa2 23.Nh5 Qa5 24.Ng7 Rf8 25.Qd2 Rc4 26.Qh6 Rxd4 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.Rxg6+ Kf7 29.Rg7+ Ke8 30.Qxe6 Kd8 31.Qxe7+ Kc7 32.Qxf8 1-0