[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bd3
Nd7 8. Be3 Nc5 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. Rhe1 Qf6 13. Kb1
Be6 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15. Qg5 Be7 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Qg5 Be7 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Qg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Ng5 Qa6 14. e4
Rad8 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Qe1 h6 17. exf5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rxf7 19. fxg6 Rff8 20.
f4 Qd3 21. f5 Nh5 22. Rf3 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Bf6 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. Nc5 Rd6 26.
Bxf6+ Rdxf6 27. Ne6+ Rxe6 28. Qxe6 Rf6 29. Qe3 Rxf5 30. Qxd4+ Nxd4 31. Rxf5
Ng3+ 32. Kh2 Ngxf5 33. Rc7 Kxg6 34. g4 Nd6 35. Rxe7 Kf6 36. Re3 b5 37. h4
Nc4 38. Re4 Ne6 39. Kg3 a5 40. b3 Nd6 41. Re1 Nc5 42. g5+ Kf5 43. Rf1+ Ke5
44. Kg4 Nce4 45. h5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3
Re8 15. Ng5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. a5 Bxa5 18. Qf3 Nf8 19. Qf7+ Kh8 20. Qxb7
Qb6 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nd6 Qxb7 23. Nxb7 Bb6 24. Be3 Reb8 25. Nd6 Bd8 26. Ra2
Rb4 27. Rc1 a5 28. Rc2 Rab8 29. Kf1 g5 30. Ke2 Ng6 31. g3 h6 32. Kd3 Rb3+
33. Rc3 Rxc3+ 34. bxc3 Ne7 35. h3 Bc7 36. Bc1 Bxd6 37. exd6 Nf5 38. d7 Rd8
39. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8.
Qa4 Nbd7 9. e5 Nb6 10. exf6 Nxa4 11. fxg7 Re8 12. Nxa4 e5 13. dxe5 Bg4 14.
Nc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rxe5+ 16. Be2 Qe7 17. f4 Re6 18. Kf1 Rd8 19. Bf3 Re1+ 20.
Kg2 Rxh1 21. Kxh1 Rd3 22. Kg2 c6 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nc3 Kxg7 25. a4 a5 26. Nd1
h5 27. Ne3 h4 28. h3 Qe6 29. Kf1 Rd4 30. Be2 Qe4 31. f3 Rxa4 32. fxe4 Rxa1
33. exf5 Rxc1+ 34. Kf2 Rb1 35. Nc4 a4 36. fxg6 Rxb2 37. Nxb2 a3 38. Bc4
axb2 39. Bd3 c5 40. Ke3 b5 41. Bb1 b4 42. Kd3 Kxg6 43. Kc4+ 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6
15. b3 g6 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Qc2 Bg7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Bb2 Nh5 20. Bf1 bxa4
21. bxa4 d5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. c4 dxe4 25. c5 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 e3
27. fxe3 Rcd8 28. Nc4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qe7 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Qd4 Rf8 32. Bc4 Bc8
33. Rb1 Ng3 34. e4 Qg5 35. Bxf7+ Rxf7 36. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. g4 Be6 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Ne4 13. Ndxe4 dxe4 14. Rc1 a4
15. Be2 Bb3 16. axb3 a3 17. Nxe4 e5 18. Bg5 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 h6 20. bxc6 bxc6
21. Bh4 a2 22. Kg2 exd4 23. exd4 Qa3 24. Qd2 Rfe8 25. Nd6 Rxe2 26. Qxe2
Qxb3 27. Rhd1 Qd5+ 28. Qe4 Qxe4+ 29. Nxe4 Ra4 30. Ra1 f5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32.
Nc3 Rxd4 33. Rxa2 Rxh4 34. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "C88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
d4 Nxd4 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe5 Rf8 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qc3 Qc7 13. a4 Bb7 14.
axb5 Nxe4 15. Qb3+ c4 16. Qxc4+ Qxc4 17. Nxc4 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ncd2
Ra1 20. f3 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Bg5 22. Nb3 Rb1 23. Bd2 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Bd5 25. Nd4
Be3+ 26. Bf2 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Ba2 28. h4 Bb1 29. c3 Kf7 30. Kf2 g6 31. Ke3 Ke6
32. Kf4 h5 33. Kg5 d5 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Bc2 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Bd3 38.
Kf4 Kf7 39. Ke5 Bc4 40. Be3 Kg7 41. Kd4 Kh7 42. Kc5 Kg8 43. h6 Kh7 44. Kb4
Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "C63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Qe2
Be7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nxe5 Bf5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. d3 Rhe8 12. f4 Kb8 13. Qf2
Bc8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rae1 Qe6 16. f5 Qd5 17. c4 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4
Re8 15. Rc1 a6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. b5 Rxa3 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Ra7 20. Qb3
Bxf3 21. Rxb6 Be2 22. Rb1 Bc4 23. Qc3 Rae7 24. f3 f6 25. Qd4 Qc8 26. e4
dxe4 27. Rc1 e3 28. Qxc4+ Qxc4 29. Rxc4 e2 30. Bg3 e1=Q+ 31. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 32.
Kh2 R1e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. Rb1
Kh8 15. a4 Bd6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ne7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nc5 20. f3
Bh5 21. Nb3 Ne6 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Rb3 Bg6 24. Ba3 Rf7 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. f4
Nc8 27. Bc5 Nb6 28. Rbb1 Rd7 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 31. Kh1 Qe6 32. c4
dxc4 33. Bxc4 Qe7 34. Be2 Qb4 35. Red1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Qxf4 37. Qxc7 Re8 38.
b6 h6 39. e6 Qe3 40. Bc4 Bh5 41. Rf1 Be2 42. Qf7 Bxc4 43. Qxe8+ Kh7 44. Rg1
Bxe6 45. Qb5 Qd4 46. Qb1 Qc5 47. Rc1 Qf2 48. Rf1 Qc5 49. h3 Bd7 50. Rc1 Qf2
51. Rc7 Qd4 52. Rxb7 Bc6 53. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Ng5 Nf6
8. Nxe6 fxe6 9. Bc4 Qd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Qf3 Na5 13. Ba4 Nc6 14.
O-O-O O-O 15. Qh3 Kh8 16. Rhf1 a6 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Qc7 19. Qxe6 b5 20.
Bb3 Na5 21. Kb1 Rfe8 22. Bd4 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Qb7 24. Qf7 Qc6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6
26. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. a5 Ba7 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 exd4 13. Rd1 h6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. cxd4 Rfd8 17. Ra4 f5 18. exf5 Rd5 19. Nc3 Rxf5
20. g4 Rf6 21. Rb4 b5 22. axb6 cxb6 23. Ra4 a5 24. Ne4 Rf4 25. Ng3 Rd8 26.
Kg2 Rf6 27. Nf5 Bb8 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Rac4 Rc8 30. b4 axb4 31. Rxb4 Bc7 32.
Ra4 Ke8 33. Ra7 Bf4 34. Rb1 b5 35. d5 cxd5 36. Rxb5 Kf8 37. Rxd5 Re8 38. h4
Kg8 39. h5 Bc1 40. Rb7 Ba3 41. Rbd7 Bf8 42. Rd8 Rfe6 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Ne3
Rxd8 45. Rxd8 Rb1 46. Nf5 Rb6 47. Rc8 Rb3+ 48. Kh4 Rb6 49. f4 Ra6 50. g5
hxg5+ 51. Kxg5 Re6 52. h6 Rg6+ 53. Kh5 Rf6 54. Ne7+ Kh7 55. Rxf8 Rxf4 56.
Kg5 Rf1 57. Nf5 Rg1+ 58. Kf6 Rg6+ 59. Kxf7 Ra6 60. Ke7 Kg6 61. Kd7 Rb6 62.
Kc7 Ra6 63. Kb8 Rb6+ 64. Ka7 Re6 65. Kb7 Re1 66. Kc6 Rc1+ 67. Kd6 Rd1+ 68.
Ke5 Re1+ 69. Kf4 Rf1+ 70. Kg3 Rh1 71. Kf3 Rh2 72. Kg4 Rg2+ 73. Kf4 Rg1 74.
Rg8+ Kh5 75. h7 Rxg8 76. Ng3+ Kh6 77. hxg8=R 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8.
e3 Nxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. Qe2
Qc6 15. Qf1 Rfc8 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. h3 Ncd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. e4 Bf6 20. f3
Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nc5 22. a5 Na4 23. Rd6 b5 24. Bb3 Rxc3 25. Bxa4 bxa4 26. Rb6
Rb3 27. Qc4 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B14"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. O-O h6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. Rfe1+ Ne7 16. Qb3 O-O 17. a4 Bf5 18. a5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bc7 20. b5
Bd6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qd7 23. Bb4 Rfd8 24. Bd6 Rc4 25. h3 Qe6 26. Rad1
Rd7 27. a6 bxa6 28. bxa6 Nf5 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc6 31. Red1 Rxa6 32.
Bc5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Ra5 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Bd6 Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8.
Bd3 g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. e4 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 exd4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1
Qd6 15. Bb1 d3 16. Bxd3 Rd8 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Qxd5 20.
Re8+ Rxe8 21. Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Qd3+ Kg8 24. Re4 Rad8 25. Qb1 Rd6
26. Re1 Red8 27. b3 b5 28. Qc2 Bf6 29. Qc5 a6 30. Qc7 Kg7 31. Kh2 R8d7 32.
Qc5 Rd5 33. Qc2 Bf5 34. Qc7 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8.
Qf3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rg1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qg3 Rd8 14.
Be2 Rxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rc4 Be6 17. Rd1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rd8 19. Nd5 Nxd5
20. Bxd5 Kh8 21. Rf1 f6 22. Kb1 b5 23. Qf3 b4 24. g4 Qb6 25. h4 Be3 26. g5
Bf4 27. gxf6 Qxf6 28. h5 a5 29. a4 Qg5 30. Qe2 Rf8 31. Rh1 Qe7 32. Qa6 Qc5
33. Bb3 Rd8 34. Ka2 Bg5 35. Rf1 Bf4 36. Rd1 Qf8 37. Bd5 Qc5 38. Bb3 Qf8 39.
Rh1 Ra8 40. Qb6 Qd8 41. Qe6 Qe8 42. Qd5 Qd8 43. Qb5 Qe8 44. Qe2 Rd8 45. Qa6
Ra8 46. Qb7 Rb8 47. Qc7 Qd8 48. Qc4 Qd6 49. Rh3 Rd8 50. Rd3 Qf8 51. Rd5 Ra8
52. Rd7 Rd8 53. Ra7 Ra8 54. Rf7 Qd6 55. Qb5 Bh6 56. Rd7 Qf6 57. Qd5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "A16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5
8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qh4 Bf6 10. Qf4 Qf5 11. g3 g5 12. Qe3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. h6
Rc8 15. O-O Rg8 16. Ne1 b6 17. Nd3 Qg6 18. a4 Na5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5
Qxh6 21. d3 Bc6 22. Qf5 Rd8 23. Bxc6+ Nxc6 24. a5 Nxa5 25. Rxa5 bxa5 26.
Be3 Qc6 27. Rb1 Rg6 28. c4 Rh6 29. f3 Qe6 30. Qxc5 Qh3 31. Qb5+ Kf8 32. Kf2
Re6 33. Rg1 f6 34. Qb1 Qf5 35. Qc1 a4 36. Rh1 Kg8 37. d4 Rc6 38. c5 Ra6 39.
g4 Qd5 40. Qc2 Qf7 41. Rxh7 Qxh7 42. Qc4+ Qf7 43. Qxa6 Qb3 44. c6 Qe6 45.
c7 Qxa6 46. cxd8=Q+ Kf7 47. d5 Qb5 48. d6 exd6 49. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8.
d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Ng2 h5 14. f4 hxg4
15. hxg4 Qc7 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 f5 20. exf5
exf5 21. g5 Bf7 22. Qc2 g6 23. Qf2 d5 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Be3 Bxg5 26. Qg3
Be7 27. Bg2 g5 28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxg5 Qf7 31. Kf2 Rh2+ 32.
Kf1 Rd8 33. Qg3 Qc4+ 34. Kg1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Qf2
Na5 15. Ndb5 axb5 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Bxa5 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rf8 20.
Bb5 b6 21. Bb4 Qc7 22. c3 Ra8 23. Rda1 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Nd7 25. Qe2 Nc5 26.
Ra1 Qb7 27. Bc4 Ra8 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. g3 e6 30. Kg2 Bf6 31. Bb5 Ra7 32. h4 h5
33. Bc4 Qc6 34. Kh3 Be7 35. Re1 Qa8 36. Rd1 Ra1 37. Ba3 Rxd1 38. Qxd1 Qc8
39. Bb5 d5 40. exd5 exd5+ 41. Kg2 Qe6 42. Qe2 Kf8 43. Qxe6 Nxe6 44. Bxe7+
Kxe7 45. Kf2 d4 46. c4 Nc7 47. Ba4 f5 48. Ke2 Na6 49. Bb5 Nb4 50. f4 Kf7
51. Kd2 Ke7 52. Ke2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "C88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 f6 14. Na5
Qc8 15. c3 Kh8 16. Qb3 c5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra2
Qc6 21. Rea1 c4 22. Qc2 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Nb6 24. Ra6 Rfd8 25. Qe2 Qd5 26. Be3
Nc4 27. Ba7 Ra8 28. b3 Na3 29. b4 Nc4 30. Ne1 h6 31. Nc2 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3
33. Ne3 Nxe3 34. Bxe3 Rxa6 35. Rxa6 Rxc3 36. Rb6 Bxb4 37. Rxb5 Rc4 38. g4
Kh7 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. Rb7 Bf8 41. Rb8 Kf7 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Kf3 Be7 44. Rb6+
Bd6 45. Rb7 Be7 46. Rb6+ Bd6 47. Rb7 Bf8 48. Rb6+ Kf7 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb8
Bd6 51. Rb7 Bc7 52. Ra7 h5 53. Rb7 hxg4+ 54. hxg4 Bd6 55. Rb6 Ba3 56. Rb7
Bc1 57. Bxc1 Rxc1 58. Kg2 Kh6 59. g5+ fxg5 60. Rb6+ Kh5 61. Rb7 Kg6 62.
Rb6+ Kf5 63. Rb7 g6 64. Rf7+ Ke6 65. Rf8 Rc3 66. Ra8 g4 67. Rg8 Kf5 68.
Rf8+ Ke6 69. Re8+ Kf6 70. Rf8+ Ke7 71. Rg8 Rf3 72. Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Bg6 7. Nh4 Nf5 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. Nf3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14.
Bxc4 Nc6 15. Bb2 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Rxh4 17. Bd3 Bb6 18. g3 Rh5 19. f4 O-O-O 20.
O-O-O Bd4 21. h4 Rhh8 22. Rh2 Rd7 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Be4 Rhd8 25. Kb2 Nf5
26. Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6
8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. Be2 e6 13. O-O Bb4 14.
Be3 O-O 15. Qb3 Qb8 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Rad1 f6 18. Na2 Bf8 19. Bc4 Bf7 20. f4
Re7 21. Nc3 Qe8 22. Bf2 Nb8 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Na6 25. Bb6 cxd5 26. Nxd5
Re4 27. Qg3 Qc6 28. Bb5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Bxa5 Nc5 31. b4 Ne6 32. Bd3
Rd4 33. Qe3 Re8 34. Bb5 Rc8 35. Bd7 Re4 36. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "E36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4
8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. e4 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 g5 14. Bg3
cxd4 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Qe2 Qa6 17. Bxb8 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Raxb8 19. Rxd4 Rbc8
20. Rfd1 Rc2+ 21. R1d2 Rfc8 22. Ne5 Rc1 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Ra8
Rc5 26. Nd3 Rc2+ 27. Kd1 Rc7 28. f3 h5 29. Kd2 Nd7 30. b3 h4 31. g3 hxg3
32. hxg3 Kf6 33. f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 e5 35. Re8 exf4 36. Nxf4 Rc6 37. b4 Kg7
38. Kd3 Rd6+ 39. Ke3 a6 40. e5 Rh6 41. e6 Ne5 42. e7 Kf6 43. Nd5+ Ke6 44.
Rd8 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "C55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Bb3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 d5 8.
Nbd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5 12. Qe2 h6 13. Qb5 Qe7 14.
Qxb7 Na5 15. Qb5 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Bd6 17. Nh4 a6 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. f3 Qb5 20.
Qxb5 axb5 21. Be3 Nd7 22. g4 Bg6 23. Red1 Rfb8 24. a3 Kf8 25. Rd5 Ke7 26.
Rad1 Bh7 27. Kf2 Nb6 28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. Nf5+ Bxf5 30. exf5 h5 31. Nd2 hxg4
32. fxg4 Ra4 33. Re1 Rb8 34. Ne4 f6 35. h4 Kd7 36. Kf3 Kc6 37. Red1 Be7 38.
h5 Rh8 39. R5d2 Raa8 40. Rh2 Rh6 41. Rc2 Ra4 42. Rcd2 Rh8 43. Rd7 Re8 44.
Ke3 Raa8 45. R7d5 Rh8 46. R5d3 Ra4 47. R3d2 Raa8 48. Rh1 Rh6 49. c4 b4 50.
axb4 Bxb4 51. Rd5 Ra2 52. Rb1 Rh8 53. Rb5 Be7 54. Nc3 Raa8 55. Nd5 Bd6 56.
Ke4 Ra4 57. b4 Ra3 58. Ra5 Rg3 59. b5+ Kd7 60. b6 Rxg4+ 61. Kf3 Rd4 62. b7
Rb8 63. Ra8 c6 64. Nb6+ Kd8 65. c5 Bc7 66. Rg1 Rf4+ 67. Ke2 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
O-O Qxb2 9. Nb5 c4 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 Bxc2 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nge7 14.
Bxb4 Nxb4 15. Ng5 Rxa8 16. Nxf7 Nec6 17. Nd6 Bg6 18. a3 Nxd4 19. Bxc4 Nbc6
20. Ra2 Qb6 21. Be2 a6 22. Qc3 Rb8 23. Rd1 Qb3 24. Qxb3 Nxb3 25. f4 b5 26.
Bg4 Ke7 27. h4 h5 28. Bh3 Nba5 29. Rf2 Nc4 30. Rf3 N4xe5 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32.
Rg3 Kxd6 33. Re1 Be4 34. Rxg7 a5 35. Ra7 Nc6 36. Ra6 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38.
Bxe6 b3 39. Rc1 d4 40. Bxb3 Rxb3 41. Rc4 Rd3 42. Kf2 Bd5 43. Rc2 Rc3 44.
Rd2 Kc5 45. Ra8 Be6 46. Rg8 Bxg8 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8.
h3 Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Rg1 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14.
Ke2 dxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16. Bg2 exd4 17. exd4 O-O 18. Rgd1 Rfe8+ 19. Kf1 Nb6
20. b3 a5 21. g5 Nh5 22. c5 Nd7 23. Ne4 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Nf4 25. Nd6 Reb8 26.
Bf3 Ra6 27. Bg4 f5 28. Be2 b5 29. h4 a4 30. Bd1 Rba8 31. bxa4 bxa4 32. Ra3
Nf8 33. Rb2 N8e6 34. Rb4 Nd5 35. Rc4 Rb8 36. Raxa4 Rxa4 37. Bxa4 Rb1+ 38.
Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Ke1 Nb4 40. Kd1 Nf4 41. Bc2 Kf8 42. Rc3 Nfd5 43. Rc4 Nf4 44.
Rc3 Nfd5 45. Rc4 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "E94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8.
O-O c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. h3 Re8 12. Rfd1 Bf8 13. a3 Nc5 14.
Nd2 Ne6 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Nd2 Ne6 17. Nf3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B00"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 e6 7. Re1 Ne7 8.
Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nf1 a6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Qe2 c5 12. Be3 h6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bb1
Rad8 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 b5 17. h4 Nf6 18. h5 Ng4 19. Bc1 Bc8 20. a4 Qb6 21.
axb5 axb5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nh2 Nxh2 24. Kxh2 c4 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Rd1 Be6 29. Bc2 Nc6 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Kg1 h5 32. Nf1 Bf6
33. Qd2 Kg7 34. Qxd8 Nxd8 35. Nd2 Nf7 36. b3 Bg5 37. Bxg5 Nxg5 38. bxc4
Bxc4 39. g3 Kf6 40. Kg2 Ne6 41. Nxc4 bxc4 42. Ba4 Nc5 43. Bc6 Nd3 44. Kf3
g5 45. Bb5 Nb2 46. Ke2 h4 47. Bd7 Ke7 48. Bf5 Na4 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. Bg4 Kc6
51. Bf5 Nb2 52. Ke2 Kb5 53. Bd7+ Kc5 54. Be6 Na4 55. Kd2 Kb5 56. Bd7+ Ka5
57. Be6 Nc5 58. Bxc4 Nxe4+ 59. Ke3 hxg3 60. fxg3 Nxc3 61. Kf3 Kb4 62. Bf1
Kc5 63. Kg4 Ne4 64. Bg2 Kd4 65. Kf5 Nxg3+ 66. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "E20"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5
8. O-O dxc4 9. Nc2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. Na3 e5 13. Qc2 Rd8 14.
Qb2 Rb8 15. Nb5 Qa5 16. Bg5 Bf5 17. Rbd1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rd6 Qb6 20.
Qd2 Rf8 21. Bxf6 Qxb5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Be7 Re8 24. Rd8 c5 25. f3 h6 26.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qd8 Qxd8 28. Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 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. Kb1 Rd8 17. Ne4 O-O 18. g3 b5 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. Nxf6+
Nxf6 21. Ne5 c5 22. cxb5 Rxd4 23. Qf3 Nd5 24. Nc6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bf6 26.
Qb3 a6 27. Rc1 axb5 28. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. O-O e5 8.
a3 a5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 a4 11. b4 axb3 12. Nxb3 f5 13. a4 f4 14. Bd2 Qd6
15. Bc3 Rb8 16. Qb1 g5 17. Qb2 Ng6 18. Nbd2 b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Ra7 Bf6
21. Ba5 Qc6 22. Rc7 Qd6 23. Nc4 Qe6 24. Rxc5 O-O 25. Bc7 Rb7 26. Na5 Ra7
27. Qxb5 Bd7 28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. Bxb6 Ra6 30. Nc4 g4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. Nfd2
Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. Ba5 Be6 35. Rb1 f3 36. g3 Bg5 37. Rb6 Rxa5 38. Nxa5
Bxd2 39. Rxe6 Bxa5 40. Rf6 Kg7 41. Ra6 Bb4 42. Rc6 h5 43. c3 Be7 44. d4 h4
45. Kh2 Bg5 46. d5 Be3 47. fxe3 f2 48. Kg2 hxg3 49. Ra6 Nh4+ 50. Kf1 Nf3
51. Ra1 Kf7 52. c4 Nd2+ 53. Kg2 Nxe4 54. c5 Nxc5 55. Kxg3 Ne4+ 56. Kg2 Ke7
57. Ra6 Nc5 58. Rc6 Ne4 59. Re6+ Kd7 60. Rxe5 Nf6 61. e4 Ng4 62. Rf5 Kd6
63. Rxf2 Ke5 64. Kg3 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rfd1 Bf5 11. c5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bc2 13. Rdc1 Bxb3 14.
Nd2 Bc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Na4 Nd5 17. Rxc4 b5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rcc1 Rfc8
20. Nc3 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Nf6 23. Ra6 Bd8 24. Bf3 Kf8 25. e3 Nd5
26. Ne4 Be7 27. Nd2 c5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxb6 cxd4 30. exd4 g6 31. Nf3 f6
32. Kg2 Kf7 33. h4 h5 34. Ng1 Rc2 35. Kf3 g5 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. hxg5 Bxg5
38. Rb5 Ke6 39. Rb6+ Kf7 40. Rd6 Bf6 41. Ne2 Rxb2 42. Rxd5 h4 43. Nf4 Rd2
44. Ke3 Rd1 45. Ke4 Ke7 46. Nd3 Ra1 47. Rh5 Kf7 48. d5 Kg7 49. f3 Ra3 50.
Nf4 Kf7 51. Rh7+ Kg8 52. Rb7 Bg5 53. Ne6 Bf6 54. f4 h3 55. Kf5 Bh4 56. Rg7+
Kh8 57. Rg6 Ra7 58. Rg1 Ra5 59. Ke4 h2 60. Rh1 Ra2 61. Nd4 Kg8 62. d6 Kf7
63. Nf3 Bf6 64. Kf5 Rf2 65. Nxh2 Rd2 66. Ng4 Rxd6 67. Rh6 Rd5+ 68. Ne5+
Bxe5 69. fxe5 Ra5 70. Rh7+ Kg8 71. Re7 Ra6 72. Re6 Ra1 73. Rf6 Kg7 74. Ke4
Ra4+ 75. Kd5 Ra5+ 76. Kd4 Ra4+ 77. Kd5 Ra5+ 78. Ke4 Ra4+ 79. Kf5 Ra1 80.
Rb6 Kf7 81. Rb7+ Ke8 82. Kf6 Re1 83. Ke6 Kf8 84. Rb8+ Kg7 85. Rd8 Re2 86.
Rd5 Kf8 87. Rc5 Re1 88. Rc8+ Kg7 89. Kd6 Kf7 90. Rc7+ Ke8 91. Ke6 Kf8 92.
Rf7+ Ke8 93. Rh7 Kf8 94. Rh8+ Kg7 95. Re8 Re2 96. Kd7 Rd2+ 97. Ke7 Re2 98.
e6 Ra2 99. Rc8 Ra7+ 100. Kd6 Ra6+ 101. Kd7 Ra7+ 102. Rc7 Ra8 103. Ke7 Kg6
104. Rb7 Kg7 105. Rd7 Kg6 106. Rd2 Ra7+ 107. Kf8 Ra8+ 108. Ke7 Ra7+ 109.
Kd6 Ra6+ 110. Ke5 Ra5+ 111. Rd5 Ra1 112. Rd8 Ra5+ 113. Kd6 Ra6+ 114. Ke7
Ra7+ 115. Rd7 Ra8 116. Rd6 Kg7 117. Rc6 Ra7+ 118. Ke8 Ra8+ 119. Ke7 Ra7+
120. Kd8 Kf8 121. Rc5 Ra8+ 122. Kd7 Ra7+ 123. Kd6 Ra6+ 124. Rc6 Rxc6+ 125.
Kxc6 Ke7 126. Kd5 Ke8 127. Kd6 Kd8 128. e7+ Ke8 129. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Qd2 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 e6 10. c5 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 g6 13. Nf4 Qc7 14. Nd3 Nh5
15. f4 Be7 16. O-O-O Bh4 17. Be2 Ng7 18. Kb1 f5 19. Ka2 Nf6 20. f3 Nd7 21.
Rdg1 Nh5 22. Bd1 O-O-O 23. Be2 Kb8 24. Qc2 Rde8 25. Bc1 Kc8 26. Bd2 Kd8 27.
Qd1 Ke7 28. Qf1 Kf7 29. Qh3 Qd8 30. Bd1 Qe7 31. Rg2 Ref8 32. Rhg1 Ke8 33.
Re2 Bf6 34. Rge1 Bh4 35. Rf1 Bf6 36. Be1 Kd8 37. Bf2 Qg7 38. Rfe1 Kc7 39.
Rc2 Ra8 40. Qf1 Rhe8 41. Ne5 Qe7 42. Qh3 Bg7 43. Rg1 Bf6 44. Be2 Rab8 45.
Rcc1 Red8 46. Ba6 Rf8 47. Qf1 Bh4 48. Bg3 Nxe5 49. dxe5 Qd8 50. Bd3 Be7 51.
Bb1 Qc8 52. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[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. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. g4 Nxg4 17. Rhg1 f5 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. c4 Qd6 20. Ne5
Qxd4 21. Nxg4 fxg4 22. Rxg4 Qxf2 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 24. Rf4 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8.
e5 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. Be2 N8d7 12. Qa3 c6 13. h4 h5 14. Qb3
Be6 15. Qd1 f6 16. Bd3 Qe8 17. Qc2 f5 18. Ng5 Bd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Ne6 Rf7
21. Bd2 Nf8 22. Ng5 Rd8 23. O-O-O Bh6 24. Nxf7 Bxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Qxf7 26. Bc4
Ne6 27. Kb1 Qe8 28. f3 Kg7 29. g4 hxg4 30. fxg4 fxg4 31. Qe4 Qf7 32. Rf1
Qg8 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Qxg4 c5 35. Rg2 g5 36. Rgf2 Rxd4 37. Rf7+ Qxf7 38.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qf5+ Ke8 40. Qxe6 gxh4 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qf5+ Kg7 43. e6 h3
44. Qxh3 Kf6 45. Qf3+ Kxe6 46. Qxb7 Rd6 47. Kc2 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 e6 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14.
Rc1 O-O 15. Na4 Ba7 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Bxa6 Ne4 18. Qh5 f5 19. Bd3 Bd7 20.
Rc1 Qe7 21. Rc2 f4 22. exf4 Rxf4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Bc3 d4 25. Bd2 d3 26.
Rc3 Re2 27. Rxd3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "E04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8.
a4 a6 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxa8 O-O 14.
Bf3 Nd5 15. h4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. e4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne7 19. Bb4 Nbc6 20.
Bd6 Qb6 21. b3 Ra8 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qc1 Ng6 24. Qxc4 Ncxe5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5
26. Qc3 Qd4 27. Rc1 g5 28. Kg2 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 g4 30. Be2 Kg7 31. f4 gxf3+
32. Bxf3 Ra2+ 33. Kf1 Ra4 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Ke3 Nc4+ 36. Kd3 Ne5+ 37. Ke3
Nc4+ 38. Kd3 Ne5+ 39. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "A00"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O
8. e4 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. O-O a5 11. a3 a4 12. Nd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nce4
Qa5 15. Rb1 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Nd4 17. c3 Nc6 18. b4 Qc7 19. Bb2 Nb6 20. Qe2 Ne5
21. Rfd1 Ba2 22. Ra1 Bd5 23. Nc5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qc6+ 25. f3 Nbd7 26. Nxd7
Rxd7 27. c4 Rad8 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rab1 Rd3 30. h4 Bg7 31. Ne4 Qxc4 32.
Rbc1 Qd5 33. Rxd3 Qxd3 34. Qxd3 Rxd3 35. Rc8+ Bf8 36. Nc5 Rxa3 37. Nd7 Kg7
38. Nxf8 Rd3 39. Nxh7 Kxh7 40. Rc7 b6 41. Rxe7 Kg7 42. Rb7 Rd2+ 43. Kh3 Rd6
44. b5 a3 45. Ra7 Rd3 46. Ra6 Rxf3 47. Rxb6 a2 48. Ra6 Rf2 49. b6 Rb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 c6 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd2 Qd5 11. a5 c5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14.
Bxc4 Bc6 15. Ke2 Nd7 16. Rhc1 Ke7 17. Be3 b5 18. Bd3 c4 19. Bb1 f6 20.
exf6+ Nexf6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nd5 23. f3 Nxe3 24. Kxe3 Rad8 25. Bc2 Rd5
26. Be4 Rxe5 27. Kd4 Kf6 28. Rd1 Bd5 29. a6 Rb8 30. Bxd5 Rxd5+ 31. Ke4 Rbd8
32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. f4 Ke7 34. g4 Kd6 35. f5 exf5+ 36. gxf5 Kc5 37. Rg1 Rd7
38. Rg5 Re7+ 39. Kf4 Kb6 40. h4 Kxa6 41. h5 h6 42. Rg6+ Ka5 43. Re6 Rd7 44.
Ke4 Ka4 45. f6 gxf6 46. Rxf6 Kb3 47. Rxh6 Kxc3 48. Rg6 b4 49. h6 Rh7 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 c6 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Be3 a5 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Qb3 Bf5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Rac1 h6 14. Rfd1
Rfd8 15. Rd2 Nd7 16. Rdd1 Be6 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb6 20.
Qa2 Nc7 21. Bc4 e6 22. d5 Qxb2 23. dxe6 Qxa2 24. exf7+ Kh7 25. Bxa2 Nb5 26.
Rd3 Nf8 27. Rb3 Nd6 28. Bf4 g5 29. Bg3 Nxf7 30. Rxb7 Nd6 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32.
Rcc7 Nd7 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Rc8 35. g3 Rc3 36. Rd3 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Bf8 38.
a4 Bc5 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Ne5+ Kf5 41. Nd3 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5
8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Be2 exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14.
O-O Nf6 15. c4 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 b6 17. h3 Re8 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Ne5 20. Bf1
Bd7 21. Nb1 f5 22. Nc3 Nf7 23. a4 g5 24. a5 f4 25. Bd2 Nd6 26. axb6 axb6
27. Rb1 Reb8 28. Re1 Ra3 29. Re7 Bf5 30. Rc1 Rb7 31. Rxb7 Nxb7 32. Nb5 Ra1
33. Rxa1 Bxa1 34. h4 h6 35. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8.
Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O Ng6 11. c4 Be7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14.
g3 O-O 15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Bc3 Rfd8 17. Qa4 Bc5 18. Rac1 h6 19. Rc2 a5 20. a3
Bb6 21. Qg4 a4 22. Re1 Qa7 23. Rf1 Qb8 24. Re1 Ba5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Qb4
Qxb4 27. axb4 Raa8 28. Rd2 Rdb8 29. Rd4 c5 30. bxc5 Rxb2 31. Rd2 a3 32. Ra1
Nxe5 33. Rxb2 Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. b3 g6
8. Bb2 Bg7 9. c4 Nh5 10. Bxg7 Nxg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. e5 Nf5 13. Nd5 dxe5 14.
Nxe5 Qe6 15. Rae1 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 e6 18. Ne3 b6 19. Nxf5 gxf5
20. Re3 Kg7 21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Rg3+ Kf6 23. Rh3 Kg6 24. Rg3+ Kf6 25. Rh3 Kg6
26. Rg3+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "C43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O
Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7
14. Bh6 Rfd8 15. h4 Be6 16. Qg5 Qxc3 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rd5 19. Qf6 Rxf8
20. Be4 Rh5 21. Rac1 Qa5 22. f3 Rb5 23. a4 Rb6 24. d5 Bf5 25. d6 Bxe4 26.
fxe4 Qxa4 27. h5 Qxe4 28. Qe7 Qb4 29. h6 Rc6 30. Qf6 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "E61"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5
8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Be3 Qc4
14. Bd5 Qa6 15. Qb3 Qxe2 16. Bc5 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rxb7
Rf5 20. Rc7 Be5 21. Rxe7 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Rxc5 23. Rb1 a5 24. Rbb7 Rh5 25.
Rxe6 Rd8 26. Ree7 Rc8 27. Ra7 Rd8 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. a4 Rb8 30. g4 Rh4 31. f3
Rf8 32. Rxa5 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh5 34. Rxh5 gxh5 35. a5 Rf6 36. Rb7 h4 37. Rb3
1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[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 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Kg2 h5
14. f3 Be7 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Be3 a6 17. Ne2 Rd8 18. Nf4 g6 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.
Rd1+ Ke8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. f4 Rh7 23. Bf2 Rh8 24. Bg3 Rh7 25. Kf3 Rh8 26.
Re1 Rh7 27. Re2 Rh8 28. Rh2 Rh7 29. Ke4 Rg7 30. Rd2 Rg8 31. Re2 Rg7 32. Rh2
Kf7 33. Rd2 Ke8 34. Rg2 Kf7 35. b3 Rg8 36. Rd2 Ke8 37. Rf2 Kf7 38. Rf3 hxg4
39. hxg4 Rh8 40. f5 gxf5+ 41. gxf5 exf5+ 42. Kxf5 Rh6 43. Rf2 c5 44. Rh2
Rxh2 45. Bxh2 Ke8 46. Bf4 c4 47. bxc4 Bb4 48. Ke6 Ba5 49. Be3 Bb4 50. Bd4
Bf8 51. c5 Be7 52. Kd5 c6+ 53. Ke6 Bf8 54. Be3 Be7 55. Bf2 Bf8 56. Bg1 Be7
57. Kf5 Kf7 58. e6+ Ke8 59. Bd4 Bf8 60. Ke4 Ke7 61. Kf5 Ke8 62. Be3 Be7 63.
Ke5 Bf8 64. Bf2 Be7 65. Kd4 Bf6+ 66. Ke4 Be7 67. Be3 Bf8 68. Bd4 Ke7 69.
Kf5 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "A33"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8.
Nc2 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Qe2 d6 12. O-O Na5 13. Be3 a6 14. Nd4 Qc7
15. Rac1 Qb8 16. b4 Nc6 17. f5 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Ba8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. e5 dxe5
21. Bxe5 Qb7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Be4 Qc7 25. Nd5 Bd4+ 26. Kh1
Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qxc4 28. Re1 Rf8 29. Nf4 b5 30. h3 Bf2 31. Qe7 Qc8 32. Ne6
Rg8 33. Ng5 Rf8 34. Ne6 Rg8 35. Ng5 Rf8 36. Rd1 Re8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+
Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nd6 Rxe7 41. Nxc8 Re8 42. Bxa8 Rxc8 43. Bd5+ Kh8 44.
Bb7 Rb8 45. Bxa6 g6 46. Rd6 Bg3 47. Rd3 Be5 48. g4 Rb6 49. Bc8 Kg7 50. Kg2
Kf6 51. Kf3 Rb8 52. Bd7 Bb2 53. Ke4 Rd8 54. Rf3+ Ke7 55. Bxb5 Rd4+ 56. Ke3
Rd6 57. Ke2 Rf6 58. Rb3 Bd4 59. Kd3 Rf3+ 60. Kc4 Rxb3 61. Kxb3 Kd6 62. a4
Bf2 63. Kc4 g5 64. Be8 h6 65. Kb5 Be1 66. Kb6 Bxb4 67. a5 Bc5+ 68. Kb7 Ke7
69. Bh5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 h6 13. d5 Ne7 14. b3 c6
15. c4 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. g4 Ng6 18. Nf1 Nf4 19. Kh2 Rc8 20. Bd2 h5 21.
Ne3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nf6 23. Rg1 g6 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Rg3 Be7 26. Bb1 Rxc1 27.
Bxc1 Bd8 28. Kg1 Bb6 29. Nh4 Qc7 30. Bd2 Bc8 31. Qf3 Nh7 32. Kf1 Qd8 33.
Qh1 Ng5 34. Nf3 Kg7 35. Nxg5 Qxg5 36. Nf5+ Bxf5 37. gxf5 Qf6 38. Bd3 Rh8
39. Qg1 Qh4 40. Bxf4 exf4 41. Rxg6+ Kf8 42. Rxd6 Bxf2 43. Qg2 f3 44. Qxf2
Qe7 45. Qg3 Qc7 46. f6 Rg8 47. Qf4 Rh8 48. Rc6 Rh1+ 49. Kf2 Qa7+ 50. Kxf3
1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd2 a5 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Rae1 e5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc3 Qe7 17. Bd4 b4 18. a3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. axb4
axb4 21. Ra1 Qa7 22. Rxa6 Qxa6 23. b3 Ra8 24. Ra1 Qxa1+ 25. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 26.
Nc1 Ne4 27. g4 Bf8 28. Kg2 Nc3 29. Nd3 Ra2 30. Qc1 Ne4 31. Qe1 Bxc5 32. Qc1
Ra5 33. h4 Nc3 34. Nxc5 Rxc5 35. Qa1 Ne4 36. f3 Rc2+ 37. Kh3 Rc3 38. Qa7
Nd2 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qxb4 Rd3 41. Kg2 d4 42. exd4 Nxb3 43. Qe7 Nxd4 44.
Qe5+ Kg8 45. h5 Ne6 46. h6 g5 47. Kf2 Rd8 48. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8.
c4 Nbc6 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Rd1 Bd3 13. Bxd3 cxd3
14. Rxd3 Bc5 15. Ne4 Bxd4 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Rxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qa5+ 19. Ke2
Ke7 20. Rc1 Rhd8 21. Qh4+ Kf8 22. Nc4 Qc5 23. Qxh7 b5 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qh4+
Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qc2 Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bd2 Ng4 13. f4 Nh6 14. b4
Bf5 15. a4 f6 16. Nd1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 e5 18. Nf2 Qd7 19. Bc3 exf4 20. exf4
Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Ng4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 f5 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8
26. Bd2 Kf7 27. Be3 Qe4 28. Qd2 h6 29. h4 Qb1 30. g3 Qa1 31. a5 Qb1 32. Kg2
Bf6 33. Kh2 Qf1 34. Bg1 Qf3 35. Bf2 Bd8 36. Qe3 Qe4 37. Qd2 Qb1 38. Kg2 Bc7
39. Be3 Qe4+ 40. Kf2 Qh1 41. Qe1 Qh2+ 42. Kf3 Qh3 43. Qg1 Qg4+ 44. Kf2 Kg7
45. Qe1 Kf7 46. Qe2 Bd8 47. Qf3 Bf6 48. Kg2 Bg7 49. Kf2 Qh3 50. Qg2 Qg4 51.
Qf3 Bf8 52. Kg2 Be7 53. Kf2 g5 54. Qxg4 fxg4 55. fxg5 hxg5 56. Bxg5 Bxg5
57. hxg5 Kg6 58. Ke3 Kxg5 59. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8.
cxd5 Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nxc5 13. Be5 Bxe5
14. Nxe5 f6 15. Nd3 Ne4 16. Qa2 Qxa2 17. Bxa2 b6 18. f3 Nd6 19. c4 e5 20.
dxe6 Bxe6 21. Nf4 Bf7 22. O-O Rc8 23. Rfd1 Nb7 24. e4 Nc5 25. Nd5 Rc6 26.
Rc3 Kf8 27. Ra3 a5 28. Rb1 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rd6 30. Re3 g5 31. e5 fxe5 32.
Rxe5 h6 33. Rbe1 Kg7 34. Re7+ Kf6 35. Rc7 a4 36. Re3 Na6 37. Ra7 b5 38. f4
Nb4 39. fxg5+ hxg5 40. Bb1 Nxd5 41. Rf3+ Nf4 42. Rf1 Rd2 43. Be4 Ke5 44.
Bf3 g4 45. Re1+ Kd6 46. Rd1 Rxd1+ 47. Bxd1 Rc8 48. Kf2 Rc3 49. Ra6+ Kc5 50.
Bxg4 a3 51. h4 b4 52. h5 Nd3+ 53. Kg1 b3 54. Rxa3 Rc1+ 55. Kh2 b2 56. Rb3
b1=Q 57. Rxb1 Rxb1 58. Bf5 Rb3 59. h6 Ne5 60. h7 Rb8 61. Kg3 Kd6 62. Kf4
Nf7 63. g4 Ke7 64. g5 Kf8 65. g6 Nh8 66. Kg5 Kg7 67. Be4 Rc8 68. Kh5 Rc4
69. Bd3 Rc1 70. Be4 Rg1 71. Bf5 Kf6 72. Be4 Rg5+ 73. Kh6 Rg4 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 f6 7. Nh4 g6 8.
f4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Be3 h6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 f5
15. Bxc5 g5 16. Nf3 Ng6 17. d4 Re8 18. Bxa7 Rb7 19. Bc5 g4 20. Ne1 Bf8 21.
Nd3 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Qxd4+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Ra7 25. Re2 Rd8 26. g3 h5
27. a3 f4 28. gxf4 Nxf4 29. Rc2 Rf7 30. N3e4 Rf5 31. Re1 Kg7 32. Ng3 Rg5
33. Nf1 h4 34. Rd2 Rf8 35. Re4 g3 36. hxg3 hxg3 37. Ne3 Nh3+ 38. Kg2 Nf4+
39. Kg1 Nh3+ 40. Kg2 Nf4+ 41. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B18"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 e5
8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Nbd7 13. O-O
O-O-O 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. Nf1 Kc7 17. g3 Ne4 18. Bc1 Bc5 19. Bf4+
Bd6 20. Bc1 Bc5 21. Ne3 Nd5 22. Bd3 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Bxe3 24. Bxe4 Rxd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8.
Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 c5 14. Re1
cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nb6 16. Bf1 Bd7 17. Bb5 Rfd8 18. Qe4 a6 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Na4
Nd5 21. Nc5 Rc7 22. Nd3 Rac8 23. g3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Qc7 26.
Nd3 Qc2 27. Kg2 h5 28. Nfe1 Qc6 29. Kg1 Bh6 30. a3 b5 31. f4 Bf8 32. Kf2 a5
33. Kf3 a4 34. h3 Qc4 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 Qb3 37. f5 Qd1+ 38. Kg3 Kh7 39.
fxg6+ fxg6 40. Qf3 Qxf3+ 41. Nxf3 Kg8 42. Nd4 b4 43. axb4 Nxb4 44. Nxb4
Bxb4 45. Nxe6 Kf7 46. Nf4 Bc3 47. e6+ Ke8 48. Nd5 Bxb2 49. Kf4 a3 50. Nb4
Ke7 51. Kg5 Kxe6 52. Kxg6 Kd6 53. Kf5 Kc5 54. Nc2 a2 55. g5 Kc4 56. g6 Kb3
0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Ba5 8.
O-O Bb6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Qd2 exd5 11. cxd5 Ng4 12. Bb1 Qh4 13. Qf4 f5 14. exf5
Bxf5 15. h3 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Qg5 Bc5 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Ng1 Rf1 20.
Bxh7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "E62"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qa5 8.
e4 e5 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nxe6
Rxe6 15. Kg2 Rae8 16. Rb1 a6 17. b4 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. c5 Rd8 20. cxd6
Rexd6 21. Qc2 b5 22. Red1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 Qd6 25. Bf4 Qd4 26.
f3 Nfd7 27. Qd2 Nc4 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Ne3 Nb6 31. Kf1 f6 32.
Ke2 c5 33. bxc5 Bxc5 34. Bc7 Na4 35. Ba5 c3 36. Nd5 Kf7 37. Kd3 Bd6 38. g4
Ke6 39. Bxc3 Nxc3 40. Kxc3 f5 41. Kd4 fxg4 42. hxg4 Be5+ 43. Ke3 g5 44. Kd3
Bd6 45. Kd4 Bh2 46. a4 Bg1+ 47. Kc4 Ke5 48. Nb4 Kf4 49. Nxa6 Kxf3 50. e5
Bh2 51. e6 Bd6 52. Kd5 Bf8 53. Nb8 h5 54. Nd7 hxg4 55. Nxf8 g3 56. e7 g2
57. e8=Q g1=Q 58. Qe4+ Kg3 59. Ne6 Qd1+ 60. Qd4 Qb3+ 61. Ke5 g4 62. Kf5 Kh2
63. Qf2+ Kh1 64. Qh4+ Kg1 65. Qxg4+ Kh1 66. Qe4+ Kh2 67. Kf6 Qa3 68. Ke5
Qc3+ 69. Qd4 Qa5+ 70. Kd6 Qa6+ 71. Kd7 Qb7+ 72. Nc7 Qf3 73. Qh8+ Kg1 74.
Qd4+ Kh2 75. Qe5+ Kg1 76. a5 Qd3+ 77. Kc8 Qh3+ 78. Kb8 Qb3+ 79. Ka7 Qa3 80.
a6 Kh1 81. Kb6 Qg3 82. Qd5+ Kh2 83. a7 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D12"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. h3 Be7 11. Bb3 e5 12. O-O exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14.
Bf4 O-O 15. Qd3 Nfd5 16. Be5 a5 17. a4 Re8 18. f4 Qd7 19. f5 f6 20. Bg3 g5
21. Ne4 Rad8 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Nc8 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Bf2 Qe2 26. Rfe1
Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Kf8 28. Red1 Re2 29. R1d2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Ke8 31. g4 Nf4 32.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Be1 Nd3 34. Bxa5+ Ke8 35. Be6 Ne7 36. b4 Nf4 37. Bc4 Nxh3+
38. Kf1 Nf4 39. b5 Kd7 40. Bd2 Nfd5 41. Bd3 cxb5 42. axb5 b6 43. cxb6 Nxb6
44. Kf2 Ned5 45. Bc1 Kd6 46. Ba3+ Ke5 47. Be2 Kd4 48. Ke1 Nf4 49. Bf3 Nfd5
50. Bf8 Nd7 51. Bxg7 Kc5 52. Kf1 N7b6 53. Be2 Nd7 54. Bf3 N7b6 55. Ke2 Kxb5
56. Kd3 Nb4+ 57. Kd4 Nd7 58. Bd1 Ka5 59. Bb3 Nc6+ 60. Kd5 Nce5 61. Kd6 Kb5
62. Bd1 Kc4 63. Ke7 Kc5 64. Bxf6 Nxf6 65. Kxf6 Kd6 66. Kxg5 Ke7 67. f6+ 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O O-O 8.
a3 Nbd7 9. h3 Rb8 10. Be3 a5 11. b3 Re8 12. g4 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Na4 d5
15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. f4 Ba6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 Qc7 19. Rf2 g6 20. Nb2 Ra8
21. Ne2 Bh4 22. Rg2 Nb6 23. c4 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "B43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a4 Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. Be3 O-O 11. f3 Bb7 12. Rf2 Qc7 13. Bf1 Rac8 14. Qe1
Ne5 15. Rd2 Nfd7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. Qg3 Nc5 19. Nd4 Qb8 20. Rf2
Ncd7 21. Bc1 Nf6 22. Re2 Ng6 23. Ree1 Be7 24. Qf2 Bd8 25. Nde2 Bc7 26. Qg1
d5 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Nc3 Bb7 30. Be3 Ne5 31. Be2 Bc6 32. Bxa6
Nxf3 33. gxf3 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "A61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4
Qe7 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ne8 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. a5 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Bd7 16. Na4 Bb5 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Nc3 Nd7 19. Qb3 Ne5 20. Nxb5 c4
21. Qb4 axb5 22. Be2 Qd7 23. e4 Rfe8 24. Bg3 h5 25. Ra3 Rac8 26. a6 bxa6
27. Rxa6 Rc5 28. Bf4 Qc8 29. Rb6 Nd7 30. Bxd6 Nxb6 31. Bxc5 Na4 32. Be3 Qd7
33. Bd1 Rxe4 34. Bxa4 bxa4 35. Rd1 f5 36. Qb6 Kh7 37. d6 Re8 38. Bf4 c3 39.
bxc3 a3 40. Qa5 Re4 41. Qc7 Qa4 42. Ra1 Rc4 43. Qe7 Re4 44. Qc7 Rc4 45.
Rxa3 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qe2 47. Ra7 Rxc7 48. dxc7 Qc4 49. Bd6 Qc6 50. c8=Q Qxc8
51. Be5 Qe6 52. Rxg7+ Kh6 53. f4 h4 54. Rb7 g5 55. Rb8 Kg6 56. Rd8 Qc4 57.
Rd6+ Kh5 58. fxg5 Kxg5 59. Rd4 Qc5 60. Bf4+ Kh5 61. Rd3 Qc4 62. Rf3 Qc5 63.
Kh1 Kg6 64. Bh2 Kg5 65. Bg1 Qc4 66. Be3+ Kg6 67. Bd4 Kg5 68. Re3 f4 69. Rf3
Qe2 70. Kh2 Kf5 71. Bc5 Qe6 72. Ba3 Qe1 73. Bd6 Kg6 74. c4 Qe6 75. c5 Qd5
76. Rxf4 Kh5 77. Rg4 Qe6 78. Rd4 Qd7 79. Re4 Qc6 80. Re6 Qa4 81. Rf6 Qc6
82. Rf8 Qe4 83. Rc8 Qd4 84. Rd8 Qe4 85. Rh8+ Kg5 86. Rc8 Qd5 87. Rd8 Kh5
88. Re8 Qc4 89. Rf8 Qd5 90. Rf6 Kg5 91. Rf4 Kh5 92. Rg4 Qc6 93. Kg1 Qd5 94.
Kf2 Qd3 95. Kg1 Qd1+ 96. Kh2 Qd5 97. Rf4 Qc6 98. Rf5+ Kg6 99. Rf1 Kh5 100.
Rc1 Kg5 101. Kh1 Kh5 102. Bh2 Kg6 103. Bg1 Kh5 104. Bf2 Kg5 105. Rc4 Qd5
106. Rg4+ Kf5 107. Rxh4 Qd2 108. Bg1 Qe1 109. Rg4 Ke6 110. Rd4 Kf5 111. c6
1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 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. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4
e5 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Ba3 Bf8 17. Bg4 Rd8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Bxd7
Rxd7 21. dxe5 Qe6 22. Qh5 Qxe5 23. f4 Qxf4 24. Rf1 Qe5 25. Rf5 Qe6 26. Raf1
Kg7 27. Ne2 Rf8 28. Ng3 c5 29. Rf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Qxh6+ Ke7 32.
Nf5+ Ke8 33. Nd6+ Ke7 34. e5 Rg8 35. Qf6+ Kf8 36. e6 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 bxc6
8. g3 Nc5 9. Bd2 d5 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bxb4 Qb6 14.
Ba3 Bxc4 15. Rac1 Nfd7 16. Ng5 f5 17. b3 Ba6 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Bb2 Nf6 20.
Bd4 e5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. e3 e4 25. h4 h6 26. Nh3
Kh7 27. Qd4 Re7 28. b4 Rc7 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Bb5 31. a3 a6 32. Bf1 Bxf1
33. Kxf1 Ng4 34. Qc8 Qe5 35. Kg2 Nf6 36. Nf4 d4 37. exd4 Qxd4 38. Qxf5+ Kh8
39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qxa6 Qc3 41. Qe2 Qxa3 42. b5 Qb3 43. h5 Kh8 44. Ng6+ Kh7
45. Ne7 Qb4 46. Nf5 Qc5 47. Ne3 Nd5 48. Nxd5 Qxd5 49. b6 Qc6 50. Qe3 Qc4
51. g4 Qb4 52. Kg3 Qd6+ 53. f4 exf3 54. Kxf3 Qf6+ 55. Kg3 Qd6+ 56. Kh3 Qd5
57. Qf2 Qb3+ 58. Kh4 Kg8 59. Qc5 Qb2 60. Kg3 Kh7 61. Kf4 Qh2+ 62. Kf5 Qe2
63. Qc6 Qf2+ 64. Ke5 Qg3+ 65. Kd4 Qg1+ 66. Kd5 Qd1+ 67. Kc5 Qc2+ 68. Kd6
Qd2+ 69. Kc7 Qf4+ 70. Qd6 Qc4+ 71. Kd8 Qb5 72. Qd4 Qc6 73. Qd3+ Kh8 74. Qg6
Qd5+ 75. Kc7 Qc5+ 76. Qc6 Qe7+ 77. Kb8 Kh7 78. Qc2+ Kh8 79. b7 Qb4 80. Qc8+
Kh7 81. Qf5+ Kh8 82. Qe5 Kh7 83. Kc7 Qc4+ 84. Kd8 Qd3+ 85. Ke8 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8.
Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 dxe4
14. fxe4 c5 15. Bc4 cxd4 16. Bxf7+ Kd8 17. Kb1 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxe4 19. Bxg7
Nec5 20. Qe3 Rh4 21. Rhe1 Re4 22. Qh3 Qf4 23. Qh8+ Kc7 24. Qxa8 Rxe1 25.
Rxe1 Qxf7 26. Bc3 Qf5+ 27. Ka1 Bf6 28. Qxa7 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qf2 30. Qa5+ Kc6
31. Rb1 Qxg2 32. Qb5+ Kc7 33. Qa5+ b6 34. Qa7+ Nb7 35. Rd1 Qf3 36. Rc1 Qf4
37. Rd1 Ndc5 38. Rb1 Qf6 39. Qa3 Ne4 40. Qb4 Nbc5 41. Qd4 Qf3 42. Qg7+ Nd7
43. Qd4 g5 44. Rd1 Ndc5 45. Rc1 Qf4 46. Rd1 Qxh2 47. Qg7+ Kc6 48. Qg6+ Kb7
49. Qf7+ Qc7 50. Qxc7+ Kxc7 51. Rg1 Nd3 52. Kb1 Ndf2 53. Kc2 g4 54. a4 g3
55. Kb3 Kc6 56. Kb4 Nd3+ 57. Kc4 Ne5+ 58. Kb4 Nf3 59. Rxg3 Nxg3 60. a5
bxa5+ 61. Kxa5 Kc5 62. c4 Ne4 63. Ka4 Nd4 64. Ka5 Nc3 65. Ka6 Ne6 66. Kb7
Na4 67. Ka6 Nb6 68. Kb7 Nd7 69. Ka6 Nd8 70. Ka5 Nb6 71. Ka6 Kc6 72. c5 Nc4
73. Ka7 Ne6 74. Kb8 Nd8 75. Ka7 Nb7 76. Kb8 Na3 77. Ka7 Nb5+ 78. Ka6 Nc3
79. Ka7 Nd5 80. Ka6 Nb4+ 81. Ka7 Kc7 82. c6 Nc5 83. Ka8 Ne4 84. Ka7 Nd6 85.
Ka8 Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8.
Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Na4 Rd8 14. Qc2
Nf8 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Rab8 18. f4 Be8 19. Rc2 Nh7 20. Rfc1
Nf6 21. a3 Bf8 22. g3 Kg7 23. Kg2 a5 24. Kf3 b6 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Nxc6 a4
27. Nxd8 axb3 28. Rc7+ Kg8 29. Nxe6 g5 30. e4 Bd7 31. Nxf8 Bg4+ 32. Ke3 Re8
33. e5 Nd5+ 34. Ke4 Nxc7 35. Rxc7 Rxf8 36. d5 Bf5+ 37. Kd4 Bh3 38. fxg5 Rf2
39. e6 Rd2+ 40. Ke5 Rxb2 41. Rb7 Rb1 42. e7 Re1+ 43. Kf6 Rf1+ 44. Ke5 Re1+
45. Kf6 Rf1+ 46. Ke5 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[ECO "C53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
Qe2 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qe7 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Nc4 Qe6 14.
Na5 Nxa5 15. Rxa5 Nd7 16. Rd1 c6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rfd8 19. h3 f6 20.
Raa1 Nf8 21. Qb6 Rd7 22. Nh4 Rc8 23. Nf5 Rcc7 24. Kh2 h5 25. Qe3 g6 26. Nh4
Kg7 27. Qe2 Qb3 28. g3 Ne6 29. Rg1 Rd6 30. Ra3 Nd4 31. cxd4 Qxb4 32. dxe5
Rd2 33. exf6+ Kf7 34. Qe3 Qxb2 35. Rg2 Re2 36. Qg5 Qxa3 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 38.
Qh6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Ng6+ Ke8 41. Qe5+ Kd8 42. Nf4 Re1 43. f7 Rxf7 44.
Qb8+ Ke7 45. Qxb7+ Ke8 46. Qc8+ Ke7 47. e5 Rxe5 48. Ng6+ Kf6 49. Nxe5 Kxe5
50. f4+ Kf6 51. Qh8+ Kg6 52. Qg8+ Rg7 53. f5+ Kf6 54. Qe6+ 1-0

