[Event "63rd ch-RUS"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]

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 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 c5 15. Nf5 Be2 16. Rd2 Bc4 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. b3 c6 20. Ne3 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bb2 g6 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. f3 Bh6 25. Kf2 a5 26. a4 b5 {#It is
rather remarkable how Black has managed to activate what is usually a dead
queenside majority. To his credit, the treatement of the bishop pair against
bishop and knight would have made Steinitz proud. Notice how the knight is
completely denuded of any squares at the moment.} 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Nd5+ Kc6
29. Nc3 Bf8 30. Rd8 c4 {Threatening Bc5+ and Rxd8.} 31. Ke2 b4 32. Ne4 cxb3 33.
cxb3 Bg7 34. Rd6+ Kb5 35. Rd3 ({The engines suggest the clever} 35. Nc5 $1 {
protecting b3 and attacking e6.} {The knight cannot be taken with} Kxc5 {due
to the mate after} 36. Bd4+ Kb5 37. Rb6#) 35... Bh6 36. Kd1 Ra8 37. Kc2 Rc8+
38. Kb1 Rc7 39. g4 Bf4 40. Nd6+ Ka6 41. Ne8 Rd7 42. Rxd7 Bxd7 43. Nf6 Be6 {#}
44. gxh5 $2 {Though Black was much better, this mistake is decisive.} Bxb3 $1
45. Bc1 Bxc1 46. Kxc1 gxh5 47. f4 a4 48. f5 a3 49. Nd7 Bd5 50. e6 fxe6 51. f6
e5 52. Nxe5 b3 53. f7 b2+ 54. Kc2 Be4+ 55. Kd2 b1=Q 56. f8=Q Qc2+ 57. Ke3 a2
58. Qd6+ Kb5 59. Qb8+ Kc5 60. Nd7+ Kc6 61. Ne5+ Kd5 62. Nf7 Qc3+ 63. Kf4 Qf6+
0-1

[Event "63rd ch-RUS"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Nb6 (11... Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. b3 Bg7 14.
Bd2 Qb6 15. c5 Qb7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. bxc4 h6 19. h4 d5 20. cxd6
cxd6 21. Bc3 d5 22. Kc2 c5 23. Rab1 O-O 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd1
Nb4+ 27. Bxb4 cxb4 28. Kb3 Bf8 29. Rd7 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2734)-Leko,P (2734)/
Dortmund 2010/Mega2010 Update 32 (57)}) 12. b3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Bb2 O-O 15.
Kc2 c5 16. h4 d5 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Bxg7 Qxd2+ 19. Nxd2 Kxg7 {#Not easy to
understand why Svidler accepted to enter this line, since the pawn structure
is shattered and weakened, and there is no obvious compensation for it.} 20.
Ne4 Nd7 21. Rd1 Bb7 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. f3 Rfe8 24. Bd3 a5 25. Rhe1 Bc6 26. Nb5
Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 {#} 29. Kb2 $1 {White's plan to bring his king
to a3-a4 and pick up the pawn is straightforward and strong, and forces Black
to play precisely.} Kh6 30. Be2 {#To protect f3 and be able to answer Kh5 with
g3.} Ng7 $2 {A mistake. Black cannot capture the pawn with the king with Kh5,
since White has g3, so he goes for it with his knight instead. The problem is
that this takes far too much time.} ({The immediate} 30... g5 {was necessary.}
31. hxg5+ (31. g3 $2 gxh4 32. gxh4 Kh5) 31... Kxg5 32. g3 Ng7 33. f4+ Kh6 34.
Nxc7 Nh5 $11) 31. Ka3 Nf5 32. Ka4 Nxh4 33. Bf1 Nf5 34. Kxa5 Ne3 35. Nxc7 Nxf1
36. Kb6 Bd7 37. Nd5 Kg7 38. a4 Bc8 39. Ne7 1-0

