FIDE Grand Prix

(1) Grischuk,A (2748) - Leko,P (2751) [D43] 4th FIDE GP Nalchik RUS (5), 19.04.2009 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.h4 g4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Qxg4 Qxd4 13.Rd1 Qf6 14.e5 Qf5 15.Qd4 Be7 16.a4 c5 17.Qd2 a6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nxb5 Qe4+ 20.Be2 Qxg2 21.Rh2 Qc6 22.Nd6+ Bxd6 23.exd6 Nd7 24.h5 Qb5 25.Qc3 Qa5 26.Qxa5 Rxa5 27.Bxc4 Rg8 28.Rh4 Ba6 29.Rc1 Bxc4 30.Rhxc4 Rg5 31.b4 Rb5 32.Ra1 Nb6 33.Rxc5 Rbxc5 34.bxc5 Rxc5 35.Ra7 Rxh5 36.Re7+ Kd8 37.Rxf7 e5 38.f4 exf4 1/2-1/2

(2) Karjakin,Sergey (2721) - Mamedyarov,S (2725) [B46] 4th FIDE GP Nalchik RUS (5), 19.04.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Qd3 d5 8.Qg3 Nf6 9.Be2 d4 10.e5 Nd7 11.Ne4 Qa5+ 12.c3 dxc3 13.Nxc3 Qxe5 14.Bf4 Qf6 15.0-0-0 Be7 16.h4 Qg6 17.Qe3 e5 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Qxe5 Qf6 20.Qxf6 Bxf6 21.Ne4 Be5 22.Nd6+ Ke7 23.Nxc8+ Rhxc8 24.Bc4 Re8 25.Kc2 Ra7 26.f4 Bb8 27.Rd4 Kf8 28.Rhd1 a5 29.Rd7 Rxd7 30.Rxd7 Re7 31.Rd8+ Re8 32.Rd7 Re7 33.Rd8+ Re8 34.Rd7 Re7 1/2-1/2

(3) Alekseev,Evgeny (2716) - Aronian,L (2754) [C89] 4th FIDE GP Nalchik RUS (5), 19.04.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qe2 Bd7 16.Qf1 Qf5 17.Be3 Rae8 18.Nd2 h5 19.Qg2 h4 20.Qf3 Nxe3 21.Rxe3 Rxe3 22.fxe3 Qg6 23.Kg2 Bg4 24.Qf2 c5 25.Rc1 Bf5 26.e4 Bxe4+ 27.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 28.Qf3 Qxf3+ 29.Kxf3 hxg3 30.hxg3 Re8 31.Rd1 c4 32.Bc2 Re6 33.Rd2 Kf8 34.g4 Rf6+ 35.Ke4 Re6+ 36.Kf3 Rf6+ 37.Ke4 Re6+ 38.Kf3 1/2-1/2

(4) Ivanchuk,V (2746) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2695) [D31] 4th FIDE GP Nalchik RUS (5), 19.04.2009 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.a3 Na5 9.Qa2 0-0 10.Nf3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Be5 Be6 13.Bd4 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Be2 Qe7 17.0-0 Rac8 18.Rac1 Kh8 19.Rfd1 Nd7 20.Rd2 Nde5 21.Qb3 Qf7 22.Bf1 d4! 23.Na2 [23.exd4 Nxd4 24.Qd1 Ndf3+! 25.gxf3 Nxf3+ 26.Kh1 Qf4! ] 23...Ng4 24.Rdc2 dxe3 25.fxe3 Na5 [25...Na5 26.Qd3 Rxc2 27.Qxc2 Qxf1+! 28.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Nxe3+ ] 0-1

(5) Bacrot,E (2728) - Eljanov,P (2693) [C92] 4th FIDE GP Nalchik RUS (5), 19.04.2009 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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6 16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 Qc7 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 a5 22.bxa5 Qb7 23.Ne3 Rxa5 24.Bb3 Bxe4 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Qc7 27.Rb1 Be7 28.Qd3 Qc5 29.Re3 g6 30.Rh3 Bf8 31.Rb4 Bg7 32.g5 Re7 33.Rbh4 Ra4 34.Rxa4 bxa4 35.Rh4 Qa3 36.Qc2 Qc5 37.Qd3 Qa3 38.Qc2 Qc5 39.Qd3 Qa3 1/2-1/2

(6) Svidler,P (2726) - Gelfand,B (2733) [D43] 4th FIDE GP Nalchik RUS (5), 19.04.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.0-0 Bg7 11.Rc1 0-0 12.Bb3 Qe7 13.Na4 e5 14.d5 e4 15.Nd4 cxd5 16.Nc3 Nf6 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bh3 19.Bxe4 [19.Qb3! Rad8 20.Qxb7 Rd7 21.Qb3 Bxg2 22.Bxf7+ Rxf7 23.Kxg2 ] 19...Qxe4 20.gxh3 Rad8 21.Rc4 [21.Qg4! Qxg4+ 22.hxg4 Bxd4 23.exd4 Rxd4 24.f3! (24.h3?! Rd2! ) ] 21...Rfe8 22.Qg4 Qd5 23.b3 b5 24.Rc7 Re4 25.Qg2 Bxd4 26.exd4 Qxd4 27.Qf3 Rf4 28.Qc3 Qxc3 29.Rxc3 Rd5 30.Re3 Rd2 31.a3 Ra2 32.b4 h5 33.f3 Rf5 34.h4 Rf4 35.Rf2 Ra1+ 36.Rf1 Rxf1+ 37.Kxf1 Rxh4 38.Re8+ Kg7 39.Kg2 Rd4 40.Rb8 Rd5 41.Rb7 a6 42.Rb6 Rg5+ 43.Kf2 h4 44.Rxa6 h3 45.f4 Rg2+ 46.Kf3 Rxh2 47.Kg3 Rb2 48.Kxh3 Rb3+ 49.Kg2 1/2-1/2

(7) Akopian,Vl (2696) - Kamsky,G (2720) [C07] 4th FIDE GP Nalchik RUS (5), 19.04.2009 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.b3 0-0 12.Bb2 Qf4 13.Qe2 Rd8 14.Rad1 Bd7 15.Bd3 Bc5 16.Nf3 Bc6 17.Ne5 Be4 18.Rde1 Bf5 19.g3 Bxd3 20.Nxd3 Qf5 21.Nxc5 Qxc5 22.c4 Ne8 23.Rd1 Qc6 24.Rd3 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 f6 26.Rd1 Rc8 27.Qd7 Qxd7 28.Rxd7 Rc7 29.Rd8 Kf7 30.Ba3 e5 31.g4 g6 32.Kg2 h5 33.h3 a6 34.Bb4 b5 35.cxb5 axb5 36.Rb8 Rc2 37.Rb7+ Kg8 38.Rb8 Kf7 39.Rb7+ Kg8 40.gxh5 gxh5 41.a4 bxa4 42.bxa4 Ra2 43.a5 Ra4 44.Kf3 f5 45.Ke2 Nf6 46.Kd1 Nd5 47.Bd2 Ra2 48.Rb5 Nf4 49.Rxe5 Ra1+ 50.Kc2 Ra2+ 51.Kc3 Nxh3 52.Rxf5 Nxf2 53.Bc1 Re2 54.Rxh5 Kf7 55.Kb3 Nd3 56.Ba3 Ne5 57.Rh7+ Ke6 58.Re7+ Kd5 59.a6 Rg2 60.Ka4 Nc4 61.a7 Rg8 62.Rb7? [62.Rc7! Nxa3 63.Kxa3 Kd6 64.Rg7! ] 62...Ra8 63.Rb5+ Kc6 64.Bc5 Kc7 65.Rb4 Rg8 66.Rxc4 Kb7 67.Ka5 Rc8 68.Rb4+ Ka8 69.Rb5 Re8 70.Bd4 Rc8 71.Rd5 Kb7 72.Bb6 Rg8 73.Kb5 Re8 74.a8Q+ Kxa8 75.Kc6? The endgame tablebases tell us that the position is now a draw. [75.Rd7 or; 75.Bc5 were required.] 75...Re6+ 76.Kc7 Re7+ 77.Kd6 Rh7 78.Kc6 Rh6+ 79.Kc7 Rh7+ 80.Kc8 Rh8+? Now White can win. [80...Rh5! is the move to draw.] 81.Bd8 Rh7 82.Ra5+ Ra7 83.Rb5 Rb7 84.Rh5 Rf7 85.Ra5+ Ra7 86.Rb5 Rb7 87.Re5 Rh7 88.Re1 Rb7 89.Ra1+ Ra7 90.Rb1 Rb7 91.Re1 Rh7 92.Re2 Rb7 93.Be7? Rb8+? [93...Rxe7!= ] 94.Kc7 Rb7+ 95.Kc6 Ra7 96.Bd8 Rh7 97.Bc7 Rh6+ 98.Bd6 1-0