[Event "FIDE World Cup 2007"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

{Kamsky, possibly surprised by his opponent's choice of the Scotch, chose a
fairly unusual set-up with 5...bxc6 and 6...Qh4, but equalized effortlessly,
and even had slightly the better of the position towards the end.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Qh4 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Be3 Bxe3
9. Qxe3 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. O-O d6 12. Rae1 a5 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 a4 15. f3
Be6 16. b3 Nd7 17. Re3 axb3 18. axb3 Ne5 19. Be2 Ra2 20. Rc3 c5 21. b4 cxb4 (
21... cxb4 22. Rxc7 b3 {is adequately met by} 23. f4 bxc2 24. Rc1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2007"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

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. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nb3 (12. Nd5 {is the other
critical line, but various games of Gelfand have shown that Black is OK after}
Qxd4 $1) 12... b4 13. Nb1 (13. Na4 {was played in a famous brilliancy.} Qc7 14.
Nd4 Be7 15. Qh3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bc4 Rd8 19. Qxe6 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Rf8 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qg8+ Bf8 23. g3 Bc8 24. e5 Rb6 25. Qxh7 Be6 26. Qg6+
Qf7 27. Qe4 Qc7 28. h4 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qc6 30. b3 g6 31. Qe2 Qe6 32. h5 Rb7 33.
Qe4 Rg7 34. hxg6 Qxg6 35. f5 {
1-0 Spassky,B (2655)-Tukmakov,V (2545)/Moscow 1973/URS-ch}) 13... Be7 14. N1d2
Qc7 15. Qh3 e5 16. Nc4 O-O 17. Nba5 Bc8 18. Qg3 Re8 19. Kb1 Rb8 20. Rf1 exf4 {
Starting a forcing liquidation.} 21. Bxf4 Rb5 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Rxa5 24.
Rxf6 Nxf6 25. Nxe8 Qxg3 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. hxg3 Rg5 {The result of the forcing
sequence is that White has an extra pawn, but his weaknesses on the g and
e-files mean that he has no real winning chances.} 28. Be2 Kg7 29. Rd3 a5 30.
Re3 Re5 31. g4 Rg5 32. a3 Bxg4 33. Bxg4 Rxg4 34. axb4 axb4 35. g3 Kg6 36. Ka2
f5 37. exf5+ Kxf5 38. Kb3 h5 39. Rf3+ Ke6 40. Ka4 f5 41. Kb5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

