Wijk aan Zee

(1) Anand,V (2790) - Short,N (2696) [D38] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 17.01.2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.e3 Qa5 9.Bd3 Qxa2 10.0-0 Qa5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.Bf4 f6 14.e4 fxe5 15.Bg3 Bxc3 16.Rxc3 d4 17.Ra3 Qc5 18.Qd2 0-0 19.h3 Nh6 20.Ra5 b5 21.Rc1 Qd6 22.Qc2 Rf6 23.Qc5 Nf7 24.Qxd6 Rxd6 25.Rc5 Be6 26.Kf1 h6 27.Ke2 a6 28.b4 Bb3 29.Bxe5 Nxe5 30.Rxe5 Rg6 31.g3 Rg5 32.Re7 c5 33.bxc5 Rxc5 34.Rd7 Be6 35.Rd6 Bxh3 36.Raxa6 Rf8 37.f4 Rc1 38.Rxd4 Bf1+ 39.Kd2 Rfc8 40.Bxf1 Rxf1 41.Rd7 Rcc1 42.Rb7 Rcd1+ 43.Ke3 Rfe1+ 44.Kf3 h5 45.f5 Rd3+ 46.Kf4 Rf1+ 47.Ke5 Rxg3 48.Rxb5 Kh7 49.Rb8 Rg4 50.Raa8 Kh6 51.Rh8+ Kg5 52.Rh7 Kh4 53.Rah8 Rg5 54.Rg8 Rfg1 55.Ra8 Re1 56.Rg8 Rg4 57.Rgxg7 1/2-1/2

(2) Nakamura,Hi (2708) - Van Wely,L (2641) [B96] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 17.01.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Nd7 12.0-0-0 Nc5 13.a3 Rb8 14.b4 Nd7 15.Nd5 exd5 16.exd5 Be7 17.Re1 Ne5 18.fxe5 Bxg5+ 19.Kb1 dxe5 20.Nc6 Bf6 21.Bd3 h5 22.Rxe5+ Bxe5 23.Re1 Bg4 24.Qf4 0-0 25.Rxe5 g6 26.Qf6 Rbe8 27.Ne7+ Rxe7 [27...Kh7 28.Bxg6+ fxg6 29.Qxg6+ Kh8 30.Qh6# ] 28.Rxe7 Qxh2 29.Bxg6 Qh1+ 30.Kb2 Qxd5 31.Bxf7+ Qxf7 32.Rxf7 Rxf7 33.Qxa6 Kg7 34.Qxb5 Kg6 35.Qc4 Rd7 36.b5 Kg5 37.b6 Bf3 38.Qb5+ Rd5 39.Qb3 1-0

(3) Carlsen,M (2810) - Smeets,J (2657) [D44] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 17.01.2010 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 0-0-0 15.0-0 b4 16.Na4 Qb5 17.a3 Nb8 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Qd4 Nc6 20.Nb6+ axb6 21.dxc6 Bxc6 22.Bxc6 Qxc6 23.Qg4 Bc5 [Novelty. 23...Kb7 eventually led to a draw in Hebden-Prasad, Edinbugh 2009.] 24.Ra7 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Kxd7 26.h4 Kc7 27.h5 e5 28.h6 Bd4 29.Qe2 b3 30.Be3 Qd5?! 31.Rd1 Kc6? Thus far, Kasparov had not been too happy with his protege's position, but after Black's last two moves, he perked up noticeably and predicted that now White would win. 32.Qg4 b5 33.Bxd4 exd4 34.Rxd4 Qe5 35.Qd7+ Kc5 36.Qa7+ This reptition was predicted by Kasparov a few moves earlier - "to give yourself an extra minute on the clock!". Both players were very short of time by this stage. 36...Kc6 37.Qd7+ Kc5 38.Rf4?! [Here, although not having a computer to hand, Kasparov instantly predicted 38.Rd1 which your engine will confirm is indeed winning. He was aghast when Carlsen instead played the text.] 38...Qxb2? [Kasparov's misery did not last long. 38...Kb6! was Black's only hope.] 39.Rf5+ Kb4 40.Qxb5+ Kc3 41.Rf3+ 1-0

(4) Ivanchuk,V (2749) - Tiviakov,S (2662) [B01] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 17.01.2010 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Bf4 Nd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.Nf3 Nb6 10.Be2 Bf5 11.c3 Qe4 12.Qd2 Qc2 13.Qxc2 Bxc2 14.Ne5 h5 15.0-0 e6 16.Rfe1 Be7 17.h3 Rd8 18.g3 Bd6 19.Be3 Nd5 20.Bd2 h4 21.Rac1 Bh7 22.Bf3 hxg3 23.fxg3 0-0 24.Kg2 c5 25.a3 cxd4 26.cxd4 Rfe8 27.Nc4 Bc7 28.Ne3 Nxe3+ 29.Bxe3 Bb6 30.d5 e5 31.Bxb6 axb6 32.Red1 e4 33.Be2 e3 34.Bf3 Be4 35.Rd4 Bxf3+ 36.Kxf3 Rd6 37.Re1 Rf6+ 38.Rf4 Rd6 39.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 40.Kxe3 Rxd5 41.Rd4 Re5+ 42.Kd3 Rf5 43.Kc4 b5+ 44.Kb4 Rf3 45.Rg4 f6 46.Kxb5 Rb3+ 47.Rb4 Rxg3 48.h4 Rd3 49.a4 f5 50.Kb6 Rd7 51.a5 Rf7 52.Rf4 Kh7 53.b4 g5 54.hxg5 Kg6 55.b5 Kxg5 56.Rf1 f4 57.a6 1/2-1/2

(5) Shirov,A (2723) - Caruana,F (2675) [C80] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 17.01.2010 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.b4 0-0 16.Re1 Qd7 17.h3 Bg6 18.Ba2 Kh8 19.Bf4 a5 20.bxa5 Rxa5 21.b4 Ra4 22.Bb3 Rxa1 23.Qxa1 Nd8 24.Qa7 Ne6 25.Bd2 Rd8 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Nd4 Bxb4 28.Nxb5 Qxb5 29.cxb4 Rc8 30.Qa5 Qd7 31.Ra1 Be4 32.Qc5 Qd5 33.Qxd5 Bxd5 34.f3 Bc4 35.Ra5 c6 36.Kf2 Kg8 37.Ke3 Rc7 38.Kd4 Bb5 39.g4 Rd7+ 40.Kc3 Kf7 41.h4 g6 42.h5 gxh5 43.gxh5 Ke8 44.h6 Rd5 45.f4 Ke7 46.Ra7+ Rd7 47.Ra1 c5 48.bxc5 Bc6 49.Rg1 Be4 50.Rg7+ Kd8 51.Kc4 Kc7 52.Rg8 Kc6 53.Rc8+ Rc7 54.Re8 Kd7 55.Rg8 Rb7 56.Ba5 Rb2 57.Rd8+ Ke7 58.Rd6 Rc2+ 59.Bc3 Kf7 60.Rd4 d2 61.Kb3 Kg6 62.Bxd2 Kxh6 63.f5+ Kg7 64.f6+ 1-0

(6) Kramnik,V (2788) - Leko,P (2739) [E15] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 17.01.2010 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.Qc2 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.0-0 0-0 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.Rfe1 d4 15.e3 dxe3 16.fxe3 Ne8 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Ne4 Rd8 19.Neg5 g6 20.Qe4 Bb7 21.Qh4 h5 22.g4 Ndf6 23.h3 Ng7 24.Qg3 Nfe8 25.h4 Bf6 26.Be5 Bxf3 27.Nxf3 hxg4 28.Qxg4 Nh5 29.Bh2 Bc3 30.Rf1 Nef6 31.Qg5 Ne4 32.Qg4 Nef6 33.Qg5 1/2-1/2

(7) Karjakin,Sergey (2720) - Dominguez Perez,L (2712) [B90] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 17.01.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 Be7 11.h3 Qc7 12.Bd3 b5 13.g4 b4 14.Ne2 d5 15.g5 dxe4 16.fxe4 Nh7 17.Ng3 g6 18.Nf5 gxf5 19.exf5 Bd5 20.Rhe1 Bf3 21.f6 Nhxf6 22.gxf6 Nxf6 23.Bd4 exd4 24.Qf2 Qf4+ 25.Nd2 Ng4 26.Qxf3 Qxf3 27.Nxf3 Ne3 28.Rd2 Kf8 29.Nxd4 Bg5 30.Nf3 Bf4 31.Kb1 1/2-1/2