[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 (13... dxc4 14.
Bxc4 Bd6 15. Bg5 {The main line here.}) 14. Bf4 dxc4 ({
Against Alexey, he was worse after:} 14... Na5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Ne5 c6 17. c4
Qd8 18. Bh5 g6 19. Bg4 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Re3 Rad8 23. Qe1 b6
24. Rd1 f6 25. Ng4 Rxe3 26. Nxe3 $16 {Shirov-Karpov Prague 2002}) 15. Bxc4 Bd6
16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qg4 {
A new move from Karjakin in a very fashionable position.} (19. h4 Qe7 (19... h6
20. h5 (20. Nh3 Na5) 20... Bxh5 21. Qxh5) 20. Qg4 h6 21. Nh3 (21. Nf3 Be4 (
21... Qe4 22. Qg3 Rd8 23. Re1 Qf5 24. Ba2 Qf6 25. Nh2 Qf5 26. Ng4 Kf8 27. Bb1
Qh5 28. Qf4 Bxb1 29. Rxb1 Rd7 30. Ne3 Ne7 31. g3 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Re1 Re7
34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Qe3+ Qe6 {
1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Karpov,A/Wijk aan Zee NED 2003/The Week in Chess 428 (35).})
22. Nd2 Bh7) 21... Qf6 (21... Qe4 22. Nf4 Ne5 23. dxe5 Qxc4 24. Qg3 dxe5 25.
Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxe5 Rf8 27. Qg3 Qf4 28. Qxf4 {1/2-1/2 Gonzalez,Y-Morovic
Fernandez,I/Havana CUB 2003/The Week in Chess 444 (61).  (61)}) 22. Nf4 Bf5 23.
Qf3 Re8 24. Nh5 Qg6 25. Ng3 Be6 26. Re1 Re7 {
0-1 Shirov,A-Anand,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2003/The Week in Chess 437 (73)}) 19... h6
20. Nf3 Qe4 21. Qg3 Qc2 22. Nh4 Be4 23. Re1 d5 24. Bf1 Qd2 ({
The third game of the match continued} 24... Qb2 25. a4 Rd8 26. h3 Qa3 27. Re3
Qd6 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Nf3 Ne7 30. Nd2 Bg6 {
1-0 Karjakin,S-Topalov,V/Leon ESP 2003 (85).  (84)}) 25. Re3 Rc8 26. h3 Qc1 27.
Qg4 Rd8 28. a4 Ne7 29. c4 Ng6 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Nxg6 fxg6 32. Qxg6 Bf7 33. Qe4
Qa1 34. Re1 Qxd4 35. Qxb7 Rf8 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Re8 38. f3 Rxe4 39. fxe4
Bg6 40. Bc4+ Kf8 41. e5 Bf7 42. e6 Be8 43. a5 Ke7 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Ke3 Bc6 46.
g3 g5 47. Kd4 Bb7 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 Bc6 50. Bd5 $4 Bxd5 51. e7 Bc6 (51...
Kxe7 $4 52. Kxd5 {and white wins.}) 0-1

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb5 (6. e3 e6 7. Bg2
Bb4+ 8. Bd2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2
exd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Rhc1 {
1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Timman,J/Amsterdam 1987/CBM 03 (100)}) 6... a6 7. N5c3 g6
(7... e6 8. Bg2 Ne5 9. Qb3 Qb4 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. O-O Be7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. a3 Qc5
14. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Gligoric,S/Bugojno 1984/MCD (54).}) 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O
Bg7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Nd2 Qh5 13. e4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nc5
16. Nd5 Be6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf1 b5 19. b4 Nd7 20. Nfe3 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Rab8 22.
a3 Rfc8 23. Nce3 Nb6 24. Bf1 Bxd5 25. exd5 Ne5 26. Rbc1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Ra8 28.
Rc7 Kf8 29. Rb7 Na4 30. Kg2 Ke8 31. f4 Nd7 32. Rc7 Kd8 33. Rc2 a5 34. b5 Nab6
35. Kf2 Nc5 36. Kf3 Kc7 37. g4 e6 38. dxe6 fxe6 39. Bg2 Rf8 40. Kg3 Kd7 41. h4
Rg8 42. Bf3 Rg7 43. g5 Rf7 44. h5 Ke7 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Nc4 Nxc4 47. Rxc4 Kd7
48. Rc2 Rh7 49. Bc6+ Kc7 50. Be8 Rg7 51. Rh2 Rg8 52. Rh7+ Kb6 53. Bf7 Rb8 54.
Bxg6 Kxb5 55. Bf7 Ka4 56. g6 Ne4+ 57. Kf3 Nf6 58. Bxe6 d5 59. Rf7 Rb3+ 60. Ke2
Ne4 61. g7 Rg3 62. Bxd5 Nc3+ 63. Kf2 Rxg7 64. Rxg7 Nxd5 65. Kf3 Kxa3 66. Rg5
Nxf4 67. Kxf4 a4 68. Ke3 Kb2 69. Kd2 a3 70. Rb5+ Ka1 71. Kc3 Ka2 72. Rb3 1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qg4 h6 20. Nf3 Qe4
21. Qg3 Qc2 22. Nh4 Be4 23. Re1 d5 24. Bf1 Qb2 25. a4 Rd8 26. h3 Qa3 27. Re3
Qd6 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Nf3 Ne7 30. Nd2 Bg6 31. Qe2 Nc6 32. Nb3 b6 33. Nc1 Kf8 34.
Nd3 Be4 35. Qg4 g6 36. Nf4 h5 37. Qg3 Ne7 38. Re1 Nf5 39. Qh2 Rc8 40. f3 Rxc3
41. Ne2 Bd3 42. Nxc3 Qxd4+ 43. Kh1 Qxc3 44. Rd1 Bxf1 45. Rxf1 h4 46. Qb8+ Kg7
47. Rd1 Ne3 48. Rg1 Nf5 49. Rb1 Qc2 50. Re1 Qf2 51. Qe5+ Kg8 52. Kh2 Ng3 53.
Qa1 d4 54. Qc1 Kg7 55. Rd1 a6 56. Qc4 Nf5 57. Qxa6 Ne3 58. Rg1 Qc2 59. Qxb6
Qxa4 60. Qd6 Qc4 61. Qe5+ Kh7 62. Qf4 Nf5 63. Re1 Qc2 64. Re8 Qf2 65. Qe5 Qg3+
66. Kg1 Qxe5 67. Rxe5 Kg7 68. Kf2 Kf6 69. Re4 Kg7 70. Ke1 Kf6 71. Kd2 Kg7 72.
Kd3 Kf6 73. Re8 Kg5 74. Re4 Kf6 75. f4 Kg7 76. Re5 f6 77. Ra5 Kf7 78. Ke4 Ke6
79. Ra6+ Ke7 80. Kd5 Ne3+ 81. Kxd4 Nxg2 82. Ke4 g5 83. fxg5 fxg5 84. Kf5 Nf4
85. Ra3 1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "224"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Qe7 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 (9. e3 c6 10. Bg2 Re8 11. d3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 d5 13. b3 Bf5 14. Bb2
Rad8 15. Rad1 {1-0 Kotanjian,T-Tseitlin,M/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (54).})
9... c6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d6 12. b4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. b5 c5 15. Bg2 Qe7
16. e3 Bg4 17. f4 f5 18. Rae1 g5 19. e4 gxf4 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Qg5 22. Qd2
Rae8 23. Ref1 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qxg5+ hxg5 26. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 b6 28.
Kf2 Kg7 29. Ke3 Be6 30. Bf3 Kf6 31. Ke4 Bf5+ 32. Ke3 Ke5 33. Bd5 Bd7 34. Bf7
Bc8 35. Bd5 Bh3 36. a3 Bd7 37. Bf7 Bc8 38. Bd5 Bh3 39. Bf3 Be6 40. Be2 d5 41.
Bf1 Bg4 42. Bg2 Be6 43. Bf1 Bf7 44. Be2 Be6 45. Bf1 Bg4 46. Bg2 d4+ 47. Kf2 Bf5
48. Bf1 Kf4 49. Be2 Bg6 50. Bf1 Bh7 51. Be2 Bf5 52. Bf1 Bc8 53. Bg2 a6 54. bxa6
Bxa6 55. Bc6 Bc8 56. Be4 Bg4 57. Bh7 Bh5 58. Be4 Bd1 59. Bh7 Kg4 60. Be4 Bb3
61. Bc6 Kf4 62. Bf3 Ba4 63. Be4 Bd7 64. Bd5 Bf5 65. Ke2 Kg4 66. Bg2 Kh4 67. Kd2
Kg4 68. Ke2 Kf4 69. Bc6 Ke5 70. Bf3 Kd6 71. Kd2 Kc7 72. Bg2 Kb8 73. Bc6 Ka7 74.
Be8 Ka6 75. Ke2 Ka5 76. Bc6 Bg6 77. Bd7 Bh7 78. Be8 Bf5 79. Bc6 Ka6 80. Be8 Kb7
81. Bb5 Kc7 82. Be8 Kd6 83. Bh5 Ke5 84. Bf3 Kf4 85. Bc6 Kg4 86. Bg2 Kh4 87. Kd2
Bg4 88. Ke1 Bf5 89. Kd2 Bh3 90. Be4 g4 91. Ke2 g3 92. hxg3+ Kxg3 93. Kd2 Kf4
94. Bc6 Ke5 95. Be8 Kd6 96. Bb5 Kc7 97. Ke2 Bg4+ 98. Kd2 Bd7 99. Kc2 Bxb5 100.
cxb5 Kd6 101. a4 Kd5 102. Kd2 c4 103. dxc4+ Kxc4 104. a5 Kxb5 105. axb6 Kxb6
106. Kd3 Kc5 107. Kd2 Kc4 108. Kc2 d3+ 109. Kd2 Kd4 110. Kd1 Ke3 111. Ke1 d2+
112. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

